[meteorite-list] Full Circle With Correo

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 07:28:56 -0700
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=m2Z0b0jMSPn8xvDXyqh5XAf8WOwCrYO4vw7Dc_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I have hunted with Del many times and he is very good at finding space
rocks! Carbonaceous in Cali, as well as OC's in Arizona and NM. He is
hardly an amature...he is being modest.

So this does not surprise me at all as I know Robert is very cool and
always willing to share or help. Both of you Rock in my book!

On 2/5/11, Larry Atkins <thetoprok at aol.com> wrote:
> Great story Robert!
>
> I've always been a believer in what comes around goes around and there
> you have it, more proof!
>
> Congrat's to Del!
>
> I've not been to Correo but the Jensens have told me what a tough hunt
> it is with the houses and all. I'm not surprised though, Del's name
> has been popping up over the last couple years, quite a meteorite
> hunter from what I see.
>
> Keep it up! We will have to hunt together sometime, I'll be in Az by
> Feb 8th for ~10 weeks of sunshine, meteorite hunting, and no snow
> shoveling or wood doggin'.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry Atkins
>
> IMCA # 1941
> Ebay alienrockfarm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Woolard <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Cc: schoner at mybluelight.com
> Sent: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 12:52 am
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Full Circle With Correo
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I hope you will indulge me with regard to this email concerning a
> full-circle,
> or pay-it-forward, moment I was so happy to be a small part of.
>
> Back in early December, I was contacted by a self-described "amateur
> weekend
> meteorite hunter" named Del Waterbury. He explained that he had read a
> post I
> made to the List in 2002 about the Correo strewnfield, and my August,
> 2007
> Meteorite magazine article, "Let's Go, Correo!". He said that he had
> wanted to
> hunt there, but was not having much luck in finding any helpful info
> concerning
> the details of the strewnfield, such as size or orientation. He very
> politely
> asked me if I would mind helping him.
>
> How could I refuse? Especially when I was in his place, 16 years ago,
> when I
> contacted two veteran Correo hunters, Robert Haag and Steve Schoner,
> asking them
> for help with the same questions. As they did for me, I happily shared
> anything
> I knew about the site. Del graciously thanked me for my help and said
> he would
> send me an email after the hunt with all the details of the result.
>
> Well, tonight I received a very nice email from Del. I was thrilled
> to see
> that he actually was successful. In only one day of hunting, he found 2
> fragments of Correo! The first was a 5 grammer, and very close by, a 2
> gram
> specimen. True to his word, Del sent me photos of his finds, along with
> his
> appreciation for my help. That certainly made my day. And... he
> provided me the
> opportunity to "pay-it-forward"... "it" being the kindness that I had
> been shown
> all those years ago.
>
> Correo is not the same place it was 16 years ago. There were only a
> handful of
> scattered house back then. A major section of the strewnfield is now
> occupied by
> a small community! I had wished Del the best earlier, but deep down I
> felt the
> odds were against him. But Del came thru. He went.... and he found!
>
> I am very humbled and thankful to Del for sharing the excitement of
> his finds,
> and for giving me the chance to come full circle with Correo. And,
> thanks to
> you, Steve and Robert, for starting this whole process to begin with.
>
> Sincerely,
> Robert Woolard
>
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Rock On!
Ruben Garcia
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Received on Sat 05 Feb 2011 09:28:56 AM PST