[meteorite-list] NO REGRETS

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:46:25 -0400
Message-ID: <20100517154625.HXV9T.414752.imail_at_fed1rmwml44>

Robert,
You are a class act.
This is good information as many of us had no idea how this works in the real world.
Now we know. thank you for sharing.
Carl

--
Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- Robert Ward <ironfromthesky.com at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello Sonny, List, As per Art's request I will not discuss the Nevada
> issue, but I am happy to address Sonny's request that I disclose  the
> agreements I have in regards to the shares on my hunts. On desert
> hunts the finder keeps all of his common chondrites, we do split rare
> achondrites, lunars, carbonaceous chondrites, rumurutiites, ect. The
> thought of my 22.61 kilo DHO 1431 oriented nose cone having been cut
> in half so that my partner could get his share is unimaginable to me.
> Also, if one finds a broken individual and your partner finds the
> other piece, let's say ten feet away, that piece belongs to the
> original finder, and that person calls the shots on how the strewn
> field is hunted from that point on.  All of our agreements are made
> before we even step foot on an airplane, this prevents any
> misunderstandings.  As far as Glorieta Mountain is concerned, every
> person I have hunted with that has found meteorites kept their finds,
> Patrick Hermann, Robert Haag, myself, Shauna Russell, Jim Strope. I
> feel that if you work for it, it was meant for you. On large scale
> projects such as Springwater we do split equally, but this is a mining
> project essentially, we all have a lot of money invested, and all open
> ground gets covered, the 'luck of the hunt' is not such of a factor,
> it was simply in your grid area. Sonny, I hope this public statement
> answers you questions. May I suggest you have a contract in writing
> with your partners, and the land owners in the future to prevent these
> recurrent problems.    Regards, Robert Ward.
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