All: I usually just lurk but need to put in my 2 cents about recent posts by Bill and Sonny. Prior to WI, I had not known Sonny personally, but his good reputation preceeded him. While hunting with him over the last 2 weeks, I have seen nothing but gentlemanly behavior and respect from him towards landowners as well as fellow meteorite hunters. I do not know Bill and cannot comment except about his rude post. Bill, if you have anything to say/post other than an apology to Sonny and the list, please take it off-list to Sonny. The list is no place for name-calling.
As far as the lack of material, this is not even close to hunting in West. I think that the average number of finds per hunter (professional) now is just about 1 with something like 100 hours of searching needed to find that 1 stone. In the first week it was about 1/2 find or less per hunter. There is no pumping of a lack of stones. This isn't the Buzzard it was initially thought to be. Bill, how many stones have you found and how many hours have you seached? I hope you have done better than me with more than 100 hours for my 1 stone. With most hunters keeping their one find or a slice of it, not much material will make it to market unless someone on the ground makes a breakthrough. Karl Aston ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
