[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....

From: John higgins <geohiggins_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:06:58 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1329221218.98345.YahooMailNeo_at_web126001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Hi Folks,

Sandy Hook is a national Park, regular civilians don't live there. There are no 75ft escarpments in Sandy Hook. Maybe if the guy said he was from Atlantic Highlands, that would make more sense..... This story is full of holes, Daryl please be careful.


Best Regards from New Jersey,
John Higgins
IMCA # 9822
www.outerspacerocks.com



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From: Pete Pete <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
To: darryl at dof3.com; mike at meteoriteguy.com
Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; imca at imcamail.de
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....


I agree with Mike, Daryl!



I'm trying to imagine a scenario of a house on a ravine, a guy finding a rusty lump, and the wife persistently tries to throw the lump out in the garbage(?!) instead of simply heaving it over the fence?

Doesn't track. Sounds like a scripted story.

Like we say at work - "The name's Tucker, not sucker!"



Pete



> From: darryl at dof3.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:10:31 -0500
> To: mike at meteoriteguy.com
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; imca at imcamail.de
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not inclined to disagree....it doesn't add up.
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>
> > Scam.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature.
> >>
> >> A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is.
> >>
> >> This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard.
> >>
> >> The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honest....but I just don't get it.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg.
> >>
> >> I'll get a pic posted tomorrow.
> >>
> >> All best and thanks / d,
> >>
> >>
> >>
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