Hello,
No worries...I do not think you offended anyone. Thanks for the
compliment, but I do not consider myself one of the great meteorite
hunters, in fact, I made the choice of family over meteorites long
ago. I can not justify leaving my children for any great lengths of
time. If I had no children, well I think I would of moved to Morocco
10 years ago!
Best Wishes
Michael
On Jul 15, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Brian Cox wrote:
Yes, Michael, you are right. I didn't mean to offend anyone, and I
meant it in good spirits and the overall fact that I know the list
likes competition.
I have always thought of you as being at the top, but I honestly
don't know who has found the most and you are right about the
equation.
Hope I didn't offend you in any way.
have a good one!
Brian
----- Original Message ----- From: "michael cottingham" <[email protected]
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To: "Brian Cox" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most Successful Meteorite Hunter
Hello,
The question does raise a lot of questions, and I am not sure if
quantity is the only deciding factor anymore. What makes a
successful meteorite hunter? I personally don't think of myself as
a meteorite hunter, unless I am actually in the field hunting
meteorites. I guess you could have a question as to who
personally has found the most individual meteorites? Like how many
count wise. I personally would like to know who has found the most
individuals ? However, this does not make them the BEST or Most
successful meteorite hunter in the world. The number of overall
finds is just a part of the equation...in my thinking at least.
Best Wishes
Michael
On Jul 15, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Brian Cox wrote:
In my humble opinion, I would assume that the "Most Successful"
meteorite hunter would be the person who has "hunted" and "found"
the most separate individual named or to be named meteorites. I
think if a person found 5,000 meteorites all from the same fall
that those, unfortunately, that would only count as 1 named
meteorite.
The most successful would be whomever has the largest number of
different meteorites. I'm pretty sure that is what Michael is
talking about and I know he has found many. I honestly don't know
what the tally is between Michael, Farmer, Haag, Aziz, and The
Labennes or Nininger. Someone out there who is really good with
figures can do that, Elton? would you like to take this one? I
know you are very good with details and calculations. Is this a
contest and will the winner please give away specimens of the
largest meteorite find they discovered?
Brian
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