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: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:10:31 -0500 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> 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, > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> > >> Visit the Archives at > >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
