Hello Greg C.,
First thing I would do if I were you would be polite to those who you seek
information from! I am sure you remember the saying comparing honey and
vinegar... don't feel bad, I hear there are other's who are "frustrated"
with the finding team's well-earned 'good luck'!!
Greg H.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Catterton" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] My thoughts on the Arizona Fall
Im glad you seem to understand where I am coming from, this was not meant as
an attack, just my frustration at not being able to join in on what I would
consider a great learning experience.
When I was told it was being kept secret, I felt pretty upset at the fact
that it seemed to be that something of a high scholl clique only type thing.
I am newer at this and want to take up as many things like this as I can to
better learn and understand things and thought with the gorup out there
currently, I could learn alot while contributing in a good manner.
I have asked many hunters to tag along on trips, becouse I dont know how to
do it and really want to learn. each time I have been told no.
I want to learn how to do this right and if none of these guys are willing
to help me out or anyone else who wants to learn how to do it right, why
should I even stay in this hobby?
Greg C.
--- On Sun, 7/5/09, Jack Schrader <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jack Schrader <[email protected]>
Subject: [meteorite-list] My thoughts on the Arizona Fall
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 5:35 PM
Dear list members.
I have today received an email from a person. He sent the
message to the list and not to me personally so you already
know who this person is. If he had sent the message to me
personally, I would have treated it with complete
confidentiality. I feel that it is important to share the
information I shared with him with the members of this
list. Most of the people on this list have been involved
with the science of meteorites for many years and have
already gained the knowledge and wisdom that can only come
from years of experience. This list has been very fortunate
to have been joined by people who are new to the science and
to the wonderful hobby of collecting meteorites. His email
was not sent to be malicious but was sent out of frustration
and out of his enthusiastic desire to be able to look for a
new meteorite and to actually find one for himself.. These
people who hold this intense enthusiasm are the people we
need in this science, this
hobby. This is the dream we all hold dear, to venture out,
find and be the first one to touch a stone that acually fell
to earth from space. I have copied the information I sent
to him below. I hope others who are experiencing similar
feelings of frustration at the present time will benefit
from this as well.
Hello. This fall is a very rare, a very important and
historic fall for this state and for the University of
Arizona in particular as the site is very literally in their
own back yard. It is vitally important that the area be
protected for only as long as it takes to properly record
and document the fall. I have seen what happens to an area
when the location is announced publicly too early. The
area is almost immediately deluged and over run with not
only the true professional meteorite hunters who are
actually trying to do something good and recover the stones
properly with GPS coordinates and photographic evidence of
the stones in situ but with every treasure seeker and rock
hunter and curiosity seeker who could care less about the
science but more about simply having something cool to show
off to their friends. This is okay too and there is
absolutely nothing wrong with this but right now is not the
time for this. This area is presently
pristine and kin to a very delicate archaeological site.
The archaeologists need to do the proper work in the area
before the "pot
hunters" find it and destroy any information that could
otherwise be learned from the site. My intention is
certainly not simply just for the money or the stones that
can be recovered. When you really give this some thought,
you will realize that I did not have to tell a single soul
about this. I discovered this remote area entirely on my
own using the knowledge that I have gained over many years
of hunting meteorites. I could have very easily kept this
site to myself and hunted it for months and months. But
the path I chose was simply to do the right thing. I made
a proper announcement and I have begun preparations for
conducting a proper search and recording of the fall site.
Please do not worry. You will get your opportunity to hunt
the area. There will be stones in this area to be
recovered for years to come and you will find yours. And
they will be free, you will not have to buy anything. The
area as any area where meteorite have
fallen either in recent or in ancient times is impossible
to
hunt out completely. I am just simply asking for a little
time that it takes to be able to properly record this fall
site so the information may be available to the University
of Arizona and to any other institutions and meteoriticists
in the world who may have an interest in the work that we
will be doing. It is too important to risk destroying the
information at this point not only for the science that can
be gained from the area but for the generations to come who
may have an interest in learning more about the dynamics of
meteors and the variety of strewn field types that they
create. I do appreciate your understanding. My very best
wishes, Dr. Jack Schrader
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