[meteorite-list] Thanks, Michael!

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:36:12 -0700
Message-ID: <4BF1A8BC.7030502_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the mention, great credit should be given to Michael for his
work on this find and extending the field.

I'm personally grateful for the sharing of the data Rob. Thank you, it
will be reciprocated in kind now and in future hunts for sure! It was a
pleasure meeting and hunting with you as well as sharing one of my
meteorite find moments with you which happens a few days before
Michael's great find which I will not spoil by giving away any juicy
details. ;)

Congrats go out to Michael for his 105.1g find, and I want to thank him
and Greg for a great hunt. It was most enjoyable.

Regards,
Eric



On 5/17/2010 1:19 PM, Matson, Robert D. wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wanted to let everyone know that I received a VERY nice
> (overwhelming,
> really) package from Michael Cottingham in today's mail. In it were
> copies
> of four separate Dodgeville and Platteville papers containing stories
> about
> the big fall in Livingston/Mifflin -- mementos that I wish I had taken
> the
> time to chase down while I was there a few weeks ago.
>
> But the BIG surprise in the package was a very generous 4+ gram slice
> from Michael's latest 105.1-gram find there a little over a week ago! I
> don't think Michael has discussed this discovery on the list yet, so
> I'll leave the details of that story for him to share. But I will say
> that it took a bit of a leap of faith on his, Greg Hupe's, and Eric
> Wichman's parts to search in an area I recommended to them (based on
> radar), given that it was over 3 miles from the nearest prior find.
> (Psychologically, it is much easier to hunt with confidence when you
> are searching an area surrounded by other known finds.)
>
> Bottom line is that this find ended up being a significant strewn field
> extender, and I'm thankful to Michael, Greg and Eric for diverting
> valuable time they could have spent in more productive areas in an
> attempt to validate my interpretation of the NEXRAD data. I am quite
> relieved that their efforts were not in vain! Their success alone
> was most gratifying from a theoretical analysis standpoint; to actually
> be sent a slice from that find was (in the words of MasterCard) ...
> priceless.
>
> A VERY BIG THANK YOU!
>
> --Rob
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Received on Mon 17 May 2010 04:36:12 PM PDT