A Lot of Battle Mountain is NOT BLM land. It is a checkerboard system. A lot of private mining land in there. In fact about half the pieces have been found on private land.
Michael Cottingham On Sep 20, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Michael Farmer wrote: > I have a funny feeling this was "sparked" by the recent fall on BLM land at > Battle Mountain! > > > Michael Farmer > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 20, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jim stated: >> >> >> "While they are claiming media sparked this, most of us knew it was coming, >> just did not know when or how the wording would be." >> >> My experience has been when high monetary values are attached to any object >> or pursuit, governments will quickly become interested. They cant help it, >> controlling and taxing everything is in their nature. >> >> These are some tough new rules that all of of us now have have live by. We >> can thank the recent popularization of meteorite collecting/hunting in the >> media for making all of us who pursue a wholesome avocation look like >> poachers! Now the BLM has the tools necessary to wipe out field gathering >> all together. Once tighter rules are in place, it is much easier to change >> them to state "No meteorite collecting whatsoever." I see this happening >> very soon. >> >> I have already been through all of this as a treasure hunter and had to >> abandon that hobby over ten years ago. We will soon join the ranks of >> artifact, treasure and fossil hunters. Thank you to everybody who made >> this possible. >> >> >> I was hoping for another decade of unimpeded hunting. >> >> >> Not so happy hunting, >> >> Adam >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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
