[meteorite-list] NO REGRETS

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:48:37 -0700
Message-ID: <BLU125-W432AEA1327BD33F0CC031C9E10_at_phx.gbl>

 
    Hi Robert,
 
  Thanks for your informative email. I've yet to experience my first hunt, so your information helps me understand some of the intricacies of meteorite hunting rules and ediquettes.
 
  Your neighbor in Prescott Valley,
 
  Greg Lindh
 
 


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> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 12:32:42 -0700
> From: ironfromthesky.com at gmail.com
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] NO REGRETS
>
> 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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Received on Mon 17 May 2010 09:48:37 PM PDT