[meteorite-list] The Trials and Tribulations in Dealing with Landowners

From: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:01:14 -0700
Message-ID: <AANLkTik8Q=a1VD=r_bNmG9LmwYQvY5cJDbE6mfGkQRvA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Just so we keep things straight the Admire meteorites are the ones
being melted down for their peridot and also the strewn field where
the landowner lives that was given big expectations about the returns
of the meteorites found on his land.

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:30 AM, <cdtucson at cox.net> wrote:
> Adam,
> "One of the main problems is with trust."
> Speaking of trust. Is there a way to certify this material from Earth peridot?
> Wait until the eBay *posers* get word of this new Space Gem.
> Kaching, (sp)?
> Carl
> --
> Carl or Debbie Esparza
> Meteoritemax
>
>
> ---- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> One of the main problems is with trust. This strewn field has been available for
>> over 100 years and for all practical purposes now may be closed. It only takes
>> one or two angry landowners to shut down the entire area to meteorite hunters.
>> News of fraud, lawsuits and unpaid promised large sums of money, real or
>> imagined spread like wildfire through these rural communities.
>>
>> The quicker this is resolved, the better. The hunting tradition in this area
>> dates back to the Kimberly's, Nininger and Haag. ?It would be a shame to see it
>> permanently off-limits now.
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, I witnessed the same thing with with the avocation of treasure
>> hunting which still has not recovered after 25 years. ?Property owners used to
>> grant permission freely to search but this is a rarity these days.
>>
>> Happy Hunting,
>>
>> Adam
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