[meteorite-list] Kenya Fall & Hammers

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:06:05 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1314144365.47784.YahooMailClassic_at_web1114.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com>

Are you for real? I donated nearly 400 grams to ASU, ooops, there goes $40,000, keeping nearly 5 kg for myself, there goes half a million in profit at your numbers, sold 3 kg already for a price you don't need to know, but hardly anything close to what you think.
Am I making profit, yes.
Few months ago was in prison and lost massive amount of money due to lawyers, expenses, and confiscated meteorites and equipment, not to mention missing Tucson show and two months of work, but hey, think of the food money I saved and lot less toilet paper to buy, now there is a plus.
Risk and Reward, win some, lose some
you act like it is pure casino money here.
Get a clue.
Michael Farmer



--- On Tue, 8/23/11, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kenya Fall & Hammers
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 5:30 PM
> Hello Mike and Listers
>
> Mike so your suggesting that you will be selling the Kenya
> meteorites for less then $20 a gram? still $20 a gram at
> that is $230,000 with with 15-20 grand invested in the trip
> and I bet you paid about a dollar a gram or less for the
> meteorites thats not bad at all. You make it sound like your
> loosing money.
>
> Any whos if you make your money back and double that, thats
> still a killing which you will, not to mention I bet you
> will do trades for the meteorites as well. I know how much
> money can be had from new falls with meteorites and I think
> a few people on here can say the same. Not saying that what
> you do is easy, but money can be made from new fresh falls
> and you said your self....
>
> "Real news will breaking in hours........
> Get your checkbooks out."
>
> and
>
> " I may have
> one or two larger stones available, 279~ g and 313~ gram
> 100% complete, but
> not cheap!"
>
> At any rate hunters like you and other make it possible for
> use and the rest of the meteorite community to collect.
> Thank you and glad you made it out to Kenya or who knows,
> they could have been rocks and nothing more.
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> eBaystore
> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/23/11, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kenya Fall &
> Hammers
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com,
> "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 5:08 PM
> > Wow, it would sure be nice to ever
> > see that kind of money. Sadly that is not even close
> to
> > reality.
> > Try it sometime and find out what is involved.
> > Michael Farmer
> >
> > PS, why not go for $1000 per gram and net a billion?
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/23/11, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Kenya Fall &
> Hammers
> > > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 4:54 PM
> > > Hello Listers
> > >
> > > Way to go Mike :) on the recovery of the
> meteorites
> > from
> > > the Kenya fall... 11.7kg in total not bad. I did
> the
> > math
> > > and if you sold them at $50 a gram across the
> board
> > thats
> > > $585,000 even if you sold them at $25 a gram
> thats
> > $292,500.
> > > Thats not bad for a few days of work and about
> $15,000
> > to
> > > $20,000 in expense.
> > >
> > > I need to change my day job and fly to third
> world
> > counties
> > > and buy meteorites from the locals when
> meteorite
> > falls
> > > happen.
> > > I wonder whats the going rate for compensation to
> the
> > > locals for ordinary chondrities found by them?
> And I
> > wonder
> > > if they know how much they are worth? Cause I bet
> they
> > can
> > > be bought for pennys or a few bucks compared to
> finds
> > in the
> > > USA or else where in developed countries.
> > >
> > > At any rate, will be exciting to see what the
> > > classification will be and if any new discoveries
> come
> > from
> > > this fall.?
> > > ?
> > > GOT TO COLLECT THEM ALL
> > > ?
> > >
> > > Shawn Alan
> > > IMCA 1633
> > > eBaystore
> > > http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > meteorite-list] Kenya Fall & Hammers
> > > Jim Wooddell nf114ec at npgcable.com
> > > Tue Aug 23 17:48:13 EDT 2011
> > >
> > > Previous message: [meteorite-list] Kenya Fall
> &
> > Hammers
> > >
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> > > This is from Mike...
> > >
> > > Trying to get this to the meteorite list but
> tried
> > more
> > > than 30 hours ago
> > > with no response from Art.
> > >
> > > This email is premature due to circumstances out
> of
> > my
> > > control sadly.
> > >
> > > I am announcing the recovery of over 11.7
> kilograms of
> > the
> > > new Kenya
> > > meteorite fall from 16 July, 2011.
> > >
> > > I saw the news of the fall on 17 July, and
> purchased
> > a
> > > ticket to Kenya about
> > > 4 hours later. I arrived in Kenya on 20 July, and
> on
> > the
> > > morning of 21
> > > July, less than 125 hours after the fall, I had
> more
> > than a
> > > kilo in hand.
> > > Upon arriving at the fall location, I met a guy
> who
> > knew a
> > > girl who saw a
> > > stone land only 5 feet from her in a coffee
> field
> > while
> > > working at ~10:30 am
> > > when the explosions rocked the sky. It was cloudy
> at
> > the
> > > fall site so no one
> > > saw anything, just heard massive explosions and
> then
> > loud
> > > whistling and
> > > sounds that most described as gunfire.
> > >
> > > Moments after buying that stone, I went to
> another
> > house of
> > > a boy who found
> > > a 777 gram stone in a coffee field about 30
> minutes
> > after
> > > the fall.
> > >
> > > I stayed 9 days in Kenya, purchasing 10.5 kilos
> of
> > stones,
> > > including the as
> > > of now main mass of 3.5 kg. The first stone that
> was
> > > reported on the news
> > > weighs less than 2.5 kg, not 5 kg reported.
> > >
> > > Most interesting about this fall is that it also
> has
> > 3
> > > seperate
> > > hammerstones!
> > >
> > > First is a househitter that smashed through a
> metal
> > house
> > > roof. I paid to
> > > have the rooftop cut out and purchased several
> > fragments of
> > > the meteorite,
> > > including more on this trip.
> > >
> > > Second was a stone that weighed more than 350
> grams
> > which
> > > went through the
> > > roof of a greenhouse, and was witnessed by a man
> > working
> > > there, it smashed
> > > into a metal growing table and exploded into
> hundreds
> > of
> > > pieces. I have all
> > > of that one and the plastic hole where it was cut
> out
> > to be
> > > patched.
> > >
> > > Third is another greenhouse smasher from the
> same
> > complex,
> > > found only 3
> > > days ago by workers moving plants out. It broke
> into
> > > several pieces
> > > virtually all of which Greg Hupe and I recovered.
> It
> > has
> > > been subjected to
> > > high humidity for a month.
> > >
> > >
> > > I have built a strewnfield map of all but 3
> pieces,
> > with
> > > exact locations.
> > >
> > > I returned almost two weeks ago for round two
> with
> > Greg
> > > Hupe. We were able
> > > to purchase only an additional 6 stones
> totalling
> > 1150
> > > grams.
> > >
> > > This fall is not thick, despite intense searching
> by
> > > hundreds of people who
> > > need the money very badly, they have found
> little.
> > >
> > > We hired 25 workers for the last two weeks,
> working
> > from 8
> > > am to 6 pm
> > > scouring the bushland, cornfields, banana
> plantations,
> > and
> > > coffee fields,
> > > without a single recovery from them. I hunted
> and
> > walked a
> > > great many miles
> > > myself with no finds. This was a large fall but
> seems
> > to be
> > > very spread out
> > > and large areas are either not huntable or are
> under
> > heavy
> > > cultivation as
> > > harvest and tilling is going on now.
> > >
> > > I have already sold several large pieces of this
> > meteorite,
> > > I will have some
> > > for sale, but less than 1 kg.
> > >
> > > I will be building a page about it in the next
> 48
> > hours as
> > > I am in London
> > > now, on my way home. It is already in the lab
> under
> > study,
> > > thin sections on
> > > the way and from my own observations I think
> this
> > meteorite
> > > will likely be
> > > an L4 or 5.
> > >
> > > It has no brecciation or veining other than what
> I
> > suspect
> > > are some metal
> > > veins seen from the outside, have cut nothing.
> > >
> > > Expect to hear more from me as soon as I get
> rested up
> > and
> > > get my site
> > > ready.
> > >
> > > There will be little of this available, mostly
> small
> > > fragments, I may have
> > > one or two larger stones available, 279~ g and
> 313~
> > gram
> > > 100% complete, but
> > > not cheap!
> > >
> > > Expenses were more than $1000 per day not
> including
> > > airfare. Nobody works
> > > for free in Kenya, to get them to move, money had
> to
> > come
> > > out.
> > >
> > > In their own words " I need to be properly
> > motivated".
> > > Heard that exact
> > > phrase more than once.
> > >
> > > Michael Farmer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Meteorite Mania!" <meteoritemania at
> > > gmail.com>
> > > To: <meteorite-list at
> meteoritecentral.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:04 PM
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Kenya Fall &
> Hammers
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Where is all the talk about the newly
> recovered
> > Kenya
> > > fall with
> > >
> > > > multiple hammers?
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > The list should be on fire right now...and
> where
> > are
> > > the pictures?
> > >
> > > > We're itching to see fresh crust.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Well done Michael, keep up the good work.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Ty
> > >
> > > >
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