Jason, I agree with what you are saying. Most of the finds are going to come from the easier/clear spots where the most people are looking hardest. I do think the majority of the finds are being recorded properly, but there have been some that have not been. Jim, I don't want to get into specifics publicly or make any accusations.
Just saying: It would be nice if people would report the true location of their finds, and if they can't or don't want to, to just not report the find at all or keep the coordinates private. Posting fake coordinates is just a really crappy thing to do. In the grand scheme of things, most of the finds are probably correct, but I'm sure there are some that are not. Thanks, Mike On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:45 PM, jason utas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jim, Michael, All, > I'm not so sure about that. Our team made the majority of its finds > along roadsides because it was the easiest place to spot meteorites. > Hunting in grass as your team did (Mike Hankey) is all very well for > finding larger stones (and congrats on your find). But - smaller > stones would be much harder to spot in grass. Finds on trails should > have nothing to do with ethics, as trails typically belong to the land > they run through. > ...And that 7.3 gram stone I found was sitting right in the middle of > the trail (I'll post a photo on facebook soon). I'm impressed by Mark > Dayton's nearby five-gram find -- he must have been bush-whacking, and > there was *a lot* of poison-oak in there. We spent some time > off-trail in there, but it was tough going, and you'd have to just > about step on a meteorite in order to find it. Same goes for most > grassy areas. > Jason > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jim Wooddell <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mike, >> >> Which finds are you talking about??? >> >> I think Peter is confirming all of them. >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hankey" <[email protected]> >> To: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Marc Fries" <[email protected]>; "Meteorite-list" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Coloma/Lotus/SM fall map to date >> >> >> >> i think some finds are also popping up in these locations due to >> err-ummm ethical reasons.. or lack of ethics i should say. >> >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Most found by roads and trails because rest is waist-high poison oak >>> slithering with rattlesnakes. 99% or more will never be found. >>> Michael Farmer >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On May 8, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Marc Fries <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Howdy all >>>> >>>> There are a few people keeping track of the Coloma/Lotus/SM meteorite >>>> fall with maps, and let me give a hat tip to Peter Jenniskens for keeping >>>> up >>>> with the meteorites. He has a regularly updated list of these meteorites >>>> with masses and find locations: >>>> >>>> http://asima.seti.org/sm/ >>>> >>>> I've assembled these and a few others into a strewn field map: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/coloma-ca-strewn-field-map/ >>>> >>>> I've been chafing to get up there myself but have been restrained to >>>> hunting vicariously through others. I'll get up there, but I wanted to >>>> point >>>> out that there is a lot of area on that map with no finds, and that most of >>>> the finds seem to be close to trails and roads. Looks to me like there's >>>> still quite a lot of material waiting to be found...! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Marc Fries >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> 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 >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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
