[meteorite-list] Sale Ad / Moapa Valley CM1 Main Mass and Slices for sale

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:46:53 -0400
Message-ID: <8CE3109E540A025-1048-16D9E_at_webmail-d101.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Count Guido

I have absolutely no knowledge, but there are several factors you need
to consider before sparring with the Met Bulletin.

First, is the coordinate system specified? It is quite easy to mix up
WGS's in those sorts of localities regardless of what the official
policy is ...

That may or may not introduce a lot-sized variance ....

Then, in 2004, were the GPS' signals corrected or still scrambled
several tens of meters, I can't remember when the switch was made.

Last of what ocurrs to me at the moment - but the house you are
discussing was built in 2004. The meteorite was found in 2004. See
where this is headed? The rest of the area is basically still desert
unless there has been very recent construction.

If I had a dime for every coordinate complaint I had, I wouldn't need
to work again ;-), but unless you know something else, it is a bit soon
to explore that tangent especially when the message for this astounding
material was put up for salle moments ago. As always the best case is
to be friendly with the finder, get them drunk and then take them out
there. There's not a single secret that can withstand being spilled
with that methodology when in the hands of a pro---

Kindest wishes and the best of luck hunting
Doug

(I hope I have addressed this message properly, in light of the last
touchy discussion on the subject, as I can't get myself to be formal to
use titles of nobility with last names in non-formal discussion lists.
I certainly will if that is what you prefer, though, for whatever
reason. After so long in Mexico where titles of nobility were
punishable by the firing squad and prohibited by law, we all grow up
with the idea that it is strictly an old world custom. This aside is
in this message becasue in the past I have addressed you by my
preference as simply an acquaintance in an informal setting - 'Guido',
and just want it known that it was respectfully equally as with all
other list members.)


-----Original Message-----
From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; imca at imcamail.de
Sent: Thu, Aug 25, 2011 12:43 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale Ad / Moapa Valley CM1 Main Mass and
Slices for sale


Hello List,

I made a recent trip an hour north of my house with three other hunters
to
search the location listed in the MetSoc Bulletin for Sonny Clary's
rare CM1
find.

The coordinates published put the finds location in the near center of
a fifty
lot residential sub-division in Overton, Nevada. To be more precise, in
some
homeowners side yard at the SW corner of Vista View and Cave Ave. Of
course, we
we decided not to bother the folks and didn't hunt the sub-division.

My questions are. Was the find really made there..in that sub-division,
or are
the coordinates incorrect in the Bulletin...and if so, was this done on
purpose?
If intentional, another question begs to be asked. Is science served by
misleading coordinates being submitted and knowingly published? And
further,
what would motivate the person who submits erroneous information.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536


-----Original Message-----
>From: wahlperry at aol.com
>Sent: Aug 24, 2011 8:24 PM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Sale Ad / Moapa Valley CM1 Main Mass and
Slices for
sale
>
>Hi All,
>
>I have listed 3 large slices and the main mass of Moapa Valley on my
>web site for sale. These three pieces will be the only large slices
for
>sale. Moapa Valley is the only CM1 available to collectors world wide.
>Don't miss out on a unique opportunity to add a truly rare meteorite
to
>your collection. Moapa Valley is the first CM1 recovered in the United
>States, with a TKW of 699 grams. It has been described as ?One of
>the most important US finds ever, and rarer than any Lunar or Martian
>finds. Material of this classification is almost unattainable.?
>
>
>Sonny
>
>
>
>
>http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Moapa_Valley_Sale_page_
1.html
>
>
>http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/CM1_Rare_Carbonaceous_c
hondrite_Sonny_Clary.html
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