A gentleman an armchair hunter is not
when rewards be posted on the spot
the landowners tend to frown
when the hunter arrives in town
to hunt a rewarded strewnfield
maybe not be a very good deal
some people just do their part
according to a selfish heart
too bad we must compete
for fear of being beat
by rewarding the first rock on the ground
we lose the respect of the town
offering up hefty rewards
the seekers arrive in hordes
to the great strewnfield land
we become a silly band
we strive to know the place
and we wind up with mud on our face
so it must be a race
to the place where meteorites lie
some do what others may shy
too bad we must fight
when a fireball pierces the night
it should be a great event
not something we lament
but most times people go too far
over the price of such a star
before we make the landowners cry foul
or in fact endanger our crowd
those people must lose their greed
or we'll lose the respect of the people we need
some have more money than brains
bad for the hunter this puts us in chains
I don't know what you call it
in my opinion it's "all" shit
POSTED:
NO METEORITE HUNTING!
Violators will be tarred and feathered by locals.
Regards,
Eric
Rob Wesel wrote:
Inflated field prices
Landowners refusing to allow their property hunt
Risk to all hunters safety from mugging or perceived attempts to con
the public
Flooding the area with every kid on spring break who doesn't consider
the care needed to maintain a good relationship with landowners.
Imagine the tension you would feel of all of a sudden garden gnomes
were as rare as meteorites and hundreds of people show up in your
neighborhood because a garden gnome from your area sold for $20K.
Would you feel safe? Would you want to work with gnome hunters? I am
always amazed at how kind landowners are but if you chum the water it
ain't gonna happen. Huge amounts do get paid in the field but it needs
to be done in private.
This type of action gets one twenty thousand dollar piece safely out
of the strewnfield...maybe.
I met a man in Park Forest at the peak of sales (~$20-30/g in the
retail world not the field ) who had a 1kg stone. He was carrying it
like a baby chicken "How much would you give me for this". I replied
that I only had about $5k to offer for it. "I've had guys offer me
$35K and said no" as he retracted the stone. I tried to tell him to
forget about me then and take the higher offer, to bring it to
Applebee's where all the hunters met at night and see what he could
make of it. He never showed up. I often wonder what he ever got, or
perhaps never got for it because the TV, newspapers and planetarium
were telling him it was worth so much. Now we have the hunters saying
the same thing......
Very bull in a china shop this is, myopic
Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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