I guess the question is "are we better off today with meteorites then we
were 4 years ago"? I am not sure I can answer that, but if President Obama
asked me if I am better off today then 4 years ago I guess I can say yes! 4
years ago I didn't qualify for food stamps!!
Sincerely
Don Merchant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Adam" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio
I hit you back when you mention me.
Leave me out of your emails and you will hear a lot less from me.
Let the hunters hunt and you can do whatever you please. I heard you made
some friends in Tucson with a nice Arispe deal.....
Michael
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 2, 2013, at 5:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Mike, Why are you always on the attack?
The truth is that I do not risk jail by committing illegal acts. Never
have and never will.
But, if I were ever jailed I certainly would never brag about it.
The point of my post was to relinquish the blame of the state of the
market from Geoff and Steve. They are good for our field and I think they
always will be.
So, please share us your attacks. I stay away from you but would ask that
you try to keep the negative things out of the press.
You are very lucky most people admire your antics. I have to admit, you
make good press but it is unfortunately not always good "GOOD" press.
Mike, I LOVE YA MAN. PLEASE STOP THE ATTACKS .
CARL
METEORITEMAX
--
Cheers
---- Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote:
Carl, the problem is armchair warriors like you who cry and whine
incessantly but have yet to provide a real meteorite, have no idea the
troubles us hunters go through to fill the collections of the world, and
don't care. You have been involved in many scams but no recoveries. Some
of us have the sack to take risks, some, like you, do not.
Sincerely
Michael Farmer
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
List,
I have been around Bob Haag (this radio voice does not sound like bob?)
and the meteorite world long enough to say that in my opinion, Bob Haag
and The Meteorite Men TV show have done nothing but, improve the
popularity of meteorites and those men have represented us well. These
are the rock stars of our field. To see the look in the eyes of the
kids while getting Geoff's autograph is truly a sight to see. Geoff
should make us all proud.
So, before you knock them please look at the real cause of the
problems;
1) It all started when a certain Meteorite Man was (wrongly) jailed
for attempting to export a 37 ton iron meteorite from Argentina. {Made
the press}
1) We do have NYT articles that put out bad information. {made the
press}
2) Whether it's true or not The Egyptian officials themselves say it is
illegal to export their meteorites. {made the press}
3) Whether it's true or not We also have India officials saying it is
illegal to export it's meteorites. {made the press}
4) We also have incidents where people admit to being tried , convicted
and imprisoned for illegal mining of meteorites. And then further
publicize it on the local news. {made the press}
5) And of coarse there are all of the news stories about the value of
meteorites. {made the press}
6). Too many more stories to list here but, the point is that the
situation this field is in today cannot be blamed on any one single
thing but can be attributed to many things.
I see the field as growing and improving dramatically.
Our genius scientists are discovering more and more points of interest
and our semi-genius hunters are finding more and more good material.
It's all good.
Carl
Meteoritemax
--
Cheers
---- Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote:
Guido Asked:
"Can anyone argue that we are better off as a result of three years
hyping the rarity and value of meteorites on cable TV and in the
nation's print media?"
I am beginning to long for the good old days just a decade ago. I
have seen over a dozen countries restrict meteorite hunting including
the U.S. in the past few years, many farms and ranches are now off
limits due to the perception of being treated, fraud is at an all time
high and wackos are coming out of the woodwork at an alarming rate.
Other than that, we are great shape.
Every time a self-proclaimed spokesperson seeking fleeting fame steps
up to the plate, the rest of us are left to deal with the aftermath.
Happy Hunting,
Adam
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