[meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-20 Thread rochette
as a response to Martin, yes one could consider that those who recover meteorite for a living are hunters and those who do it for Science and academic carrier are searchers, but this leaves apart those that are not academics but do this as a passion and live on another job. Moreover the activi

[meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-20 Thread rochette
Dear list I saw Jeff Grossman rightfully mentioned Antarctic search leaders on top of that contest, but the point was dismissed, someone even suggesting that collecting meteorite in Antarctica is not "hunting" but "fishing"; myself I hunt and fish animals and I have collected meteorites both

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread tracy latimer
Just look through back issues of Meteorite Times. The Meteorite People is like a who's who of hunters and mentors to the field. Best! Tracy Latimer _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.mi

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread Greg Stanley
e: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:54:30 -0400 > Subject: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE > HUNTER OUT THERE? > > Darren, > > I have to agree. It's a simple matter of statistics, whoever finds the > mostest is the bestest! > Really, Osama vs. Jesus, t

[meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Darren, I have to agree. It's a simple matter of statistics, whoever finds the mostest is the bestest! Really, Osama vs. Jesus, that's too funny! You get my vote for the funniest list member! Phil Whitmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Met

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:28:32 -0400, you wrote: >I think everyone can agree on some general criteria of what makes a >great hunter - I would define a great meteorite hunter only by how many meteorites he finds. When you start adding all sorts of arbitrary personal caveat to the term, then you are

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Who is the BEST meteorite hunter? Last night I jokingly said Hopper the Dog, but after some thinking on the subject, and considering some of the other replies on the List, I realize I was being shortsighted. I think everyone can agree on some general criteria of what makes a great hunter - 1) re

[meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Isn't this a no brainer? It's Michael Farmer! If you're talking high profile, non Russian, Japanese, Moroccan, Antarctic, European,etc., Mike is currently the man to beat at every new fall, with a very few exceptions. For better or for worse, Mike is the face of modern American meteorite hunt

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread cdtucson
Randy, Isn't this ANSMET technique more like fishing? Or even "fishing in a barrel"? Isn't NWA similar? It seems to me we need different categories of hunting here. If you can see your prey while sitting in your car or on a snowmobile how is that hunting? As in many true sports the difficulty

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread Martin Altmann
04 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE? If we're counting rocks, then the answer is John Schutt of ANSMET (followed closely by Cassidy and Harvey, as Jeff mentioned): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-16 Thread Randy Korotev
If we're counting rocks, then the answer is John Schutt of ANSMET (followed closely by Cassidy and Harvey, as Jeff mentioned): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schutt http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/sports/othersports/25outdoors.html He's been doing this since 1980 and probably has personally

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-15 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, Yeah, most were .5 to 5 gram pieces. A few larger ones. Michael On Jul 15, 2009, at 7:35 PM, Carl 's wrote: Wait a minute! You found 4,000 Imilac individuals? Holy craps!! Carl Michael wrote: and I found 27 kilos of small Imilac's one time, with about 4,000 individuals total. Howe

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-15 Thread Carl 's
Wait a minute! You found 4,000 Imilac individuals? Holy craps!! Carl Michael wrote: >and I found 27 kilos of small Imilac's one time, with about 4,000 individuals total. However, It counts as one... _ Hotmail® has ever-growing

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-15 Thread Carl 's
Man, I can name at least 10 people, maybe more, all in the US. Many can name many more in the world but I don't know them. Tough to name just one. Carl _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-15 Thread michael cottingham
Alive today... On Jul 15, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Carl 's wrote: Besides Nininger? You mean, still alive? Carl _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 _

Re: [meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT THERE?

2009-07-15 Thread Carl 's
Besides Nininger? You mean, still alive? Carl _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 __ http://www.meteoritecen