I saw my first hobby, treasure hunting destroyed by an increase in publicity . The press focused mainly on the negative aspects of treasure hunting, not the wholesome family outing. Try treasure hunting on public land or a city park these days! I am insulted by watching "Diggers" and had to turn the channel. They were digging out giant plugs of grass on private property thus violating the treasure hunters code of ethics leaving the property in the condition it was found or better by removing trash. A real treasure hunter uses a soft tipped probe and a screwdriver to remove targets, not dig out a giant hole unless absolutely necessary. Then they cut a hinge which will grow back, not a plug which will break ankles.
They share their finds internally through memos, not blast it all over the media which only serves to attract the wrong kind of attention. Enough from me, Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Altmann <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 A keen hypothesis if you refer to the Meteorite Men Show, Adam. The introduction of explicit and sometimes restricting meteorite laws, Hence those of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Namibia, New Zealand, Lesotho, (Oman), Poland, The Philippines, Slovakia, Swaziland, South Africa ....others I don't know (neither yet the wordings of the Algerian...) predate that show. Only the newer U.S.-regulations not. Best! Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Adam Hupe Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 17:25 An: Adam Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 Unfortunately, lawmakers and bureaucrats watch these shows and base decisions upon them as stated by the BLM in their last public writings. Old-time treasure hunters and clubs are up-in-arms over the new cable show called "Diggers". These two idiots are breaking the cardinal rule of keeping quite, undoing all of the hard work treasure hunters have spent decades repairing. It looks like history is repeating itself in my old avocation. I have been asked to rejoin my old club called "Cascade Treasure Hunters" in order to let these rookies know that they are considered outcasts. They took it upon themselves to coin all new terms like "Juice", "Civ", Riv" and "Nector". No real advocate of amateur or professional treasure hunting would be caught dead using this baby-talk in the field. Happy Hunting, Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Altmann <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 But it was reported also here on the list, that in the Farmer/Ward trial the court decided that the mining decree wasn't violated? Btw. I can't find the decree anymore on web for free. Only for buying at 80$ ....tststs.... strange country, where you have to pay first to know, whether you act legally or illegally. And since when does the meteorite world take the press for a reliable source of information? Best, Martin, Who never read the NYT again ;-) -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Galactic Stone & Ironworks Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 16:49 An: Paul H. Cc: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 In other words - "foreign hunters beware." Nobody wants to see a nation plundered of it's resources - but closing off the strewnfields to the majority of hunters and arbitrarily enforcing the laws is not doing science, collectors, or Oman any good. Best regards and happy huntings, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 ------------------------------------------------------------- On 1/27/13, Paul H. <[email protected]> wrote: > Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 MENAFN, Muscat > Daily, January 25, 2103 > http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093602529/--Oman-contributed-16-of-worlds-mete orite-finds-2011?src=RSS > > Note that this article states: > > "''Now, export of any kind of rock is prohibited unless > authorised by the relevant authority,'' he said." > > and > > "Oman's Mining Law, The Mining Law issued by Royal Decree No 27/2003, > prohibits the practice of all rock and mineral and exploratory > activities and trading in the same without obtaining permission from > the Directorate General of Minerals." > > Some other older articles. > > Experts study meteorites, Oman Observer Mon, 17 December 2012 > http://main.omanobserver.om/node/133724 > > Oman is major site for meteor discovery (Country was second only to > Antarctica in meteor finds until 2007) Emirates 24/7, October 19, 2010 > http://www.emirates247.com/news/oman-is-major-site-for-meteor-discovery-2010 -10-19-1.306190 > > Searching for Meteorites in the Deserts of Oman by Simon Mitton, Live > Science, May 18, 2009 > http://www.livescience.com/3613-searching-meteorites-deserts-oman.html > > Related papers are: > > Korotev, R. L., 2012, Lunar meteorites from Oman. > Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 47, no 8, pp. 1365–1402 (August > 2012) > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01393.x/abstract > > Hofmann, B. A., E. Gnos, A. Al-Kathiri, and A. J. T. Jull, 2006, > Meteorite accumulation surfaces in Oman: Main results of Omani-Swiss > meteorite search campaigns, 2001-2006. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, > Bern 2006. > http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2006/SGM06_abstracts/08_OS_Min_Pet/ Hofmann_Beda_Talk_or_Poster.pdf > > Best wishes, > > Paul H. > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
