Thanks Eric - Hi listers
I love that story. And what a beautiful meteorite.
Bravo to Tom Lynch for his attitude and gesture !
I personally feel they could have given him a little more... like 3000.
Don't you think ?
A bit surprised that the scientists in Chicago didn't react faster.
But well... they did it later.
related question: what is the law if you find a meteorite on your property
or public property or else ?
can someone send me a link to the laws basics on that subject ?
In France, if you find something valuable (treasure, archeological artifacts
etc..)
on your property, you are called the "inventor" but the find belongs to the
State. I am not sure, if someone can confirm, I think the "inventor" gets
50% of the value of the find. But it must be less when objects of
significant
and difficult to estimate historic value.
A bientot
Michael B, France
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Wichman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
I found article this in my email box this morning...
"..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage
sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he
figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value.
He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some
50,000 years ago.
"For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from
blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds," said Lynch, a retired
foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee.
Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and
realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the
thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he
held a magnet up to the object and it stuck.
He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and
then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited.
Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.."
READ THE FULL ARTICLE
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html
Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite.
Does anyone on-list remember this piece?
Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
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