[meteorite-list] Cat Mountain on Ebay

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:34:01 -0700
Message-ID: <CAH3bqe+bb8nqVY4d+=sVo+NcgPyN4UQusFKHiwD6a7MkndpwEw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Regine,

As the new owner of a 61.3 gram Cat Mountain half stone - and after
spending two days hunting the area - I am writing an article about it.
I have talked to the finder and to Count - no they are not the same
person. The short version is this - as I'm saving the long version for
an article.

It was found by the guys that found the Snider hill meteorite. They
went back after many years to spend time together as they had not seen
each other in a while. They found the 107 gram stone in March 2011
within minutes of arriving. They contacted some noticeable
hunter/collectors who dismissed the stone as slag. Eventually they
contacted Count who after studying the stone orchestrated the
classification via Ted Bunch and for his efforts earned about 20% of
the stone.

The 164 grams stone was found earlier this month, Aug 2 2011. From
what I am told there are only 3 stones authenticated and 2 were done
this year. The Largest and first Cat Mountain (2.7 kilo) was found in
1981 but not identified/ classified until 1992. My 61.3 gram specimen
is what was left from the 107 gram after Count and NAU got their
share.

The 164 gram stone was found by a hunter and given to Count to sell.
He is currently
taking offers.

Count can correct me if I'm wrong - but to me this is the way it all
fits together.


On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Regine Petersen <fips_bruno at yahoo.de> wrote:
> Hi Sonny and list,
>
> can someone clarify some things for me? I find it a bit confusing, so excuse me if I ask obvious questions. These are the facts as far as I have understood them:
>
> Apart from the first Cat Mountain find there was Snyder Hill, which was not part of the same fall and only found while looking for further Cat Mountain pieces. There was another small Cat Mountain found by Robert Haag which didn't get classified. Now hunters were searching the Snyder Hill site and found two more Cat Mountains which are now sold on ebay.
>
> Who found the rocks, Count Deiro or the hunters who have also found the Snyder Hill piece? Who is selling them? And why was the third rock which was found designated 001? The second one hasn't been classified, but wouldn't the original find get the first number?
>
> Pretty amazing finds :-)
> Regine
>
>
>
>
> --- wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry at aol.com> schrieb am Fr, 19.8.2011:
>
>> Von: wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry at aol.com>
>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Cat Mountain on Ebay
>> An: cdtucson at cox.net, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Datum: Freitag, 19. August, 2011 16:29 Uhr
>> Hi Carl,
>>
>> These are truly amazing finds. This is a great example to
>> everyone that if one meteorite is found return and check for
>> more pieces. Who knows, you may find something from a
>> different fall.? The number one key is to spend time in
>> the field and to have fun!
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cdtucson <cdtucson at cox.net>
>> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
>> wahlperry <wahlperry at aol.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Aug 19, 2011 3:00 am
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cat Mountain on Ebay
>>
>>
>> Sonny,This is interesting because the seller and finder are
>> also the original finders of Snyder Hill back in 1995. They
>> also found a pecan sized cat MT I was never aware of that
>> Bob Haag never got added to the official record.I also had
>> no idea they were the finders of this new Cat MT find until
>> now but, I actually took them to the Cat MT strewnfield back
>> in 1995 and I was with them when they originally found
>> Snyder Hill.It was interesting because Mike Holden and
>> Jerome Johnson? found the first half of Snyder Hill and
>> the very next day Dave found the other half on the opposite
>> side of the hill. It seems it had struck the hill and each
>> half went it's own direction. They were later reunited and
>> they fit perfectly back together.Bob Haag has said it a
>> million times. "Go back and search where meteorites have
>> been found before". It worked again. I talked to Dave
>> tonight for the first time since 1995 and he told me he had
>> not ever been back since his first find until this past
>> March when he found this latest Cat MT. 001. This story has
>> another interesting twist to it. Back then everyone was
>> worried about ownership. For this reason everyone was afraid
>> to mention find locations. There was no Met-list to ask
>> questions. Only rumors. Long story short? the true find
>> location of Snyder Hill was eventually correctly documented
>> and named appropriately. Tonight Dave said he went back to
>> the hill because that is the only place he had ever found a
>> meteorite and low and behold he found another of the holy
>> grail of all impact melt breccias. A new Cat MT itself. He
>> says he sold it? to Ruben for a pile of money and some
>> nice meteorites were thrown in on the deal. So, looks like
>> Dave finds meteorites every time he hunts. Even if they were
>> 16 years apart. Great job Dave.Carl--
>>
>>
>>
>> ? ? ???"Democracy is two wolves and
>> a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a
>> well-armed lamb contesting the vote".? ? ---- wahlperry at aol.com
>> wrote: > Hi List,> > Cat Mountain for sale on
>> Ebay.> > http://cgi.ebay.com/Cat-Mountian-meteorite-001-/330599015532?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf93ca46c>
>> > > >
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