This is a great example of: "be careful what you wish for... you might get it." The entire meteorite community has been on a high with all the publicity, and now its come to bite us.
Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:20:49 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] its a sad day > > Now really....Who among us DIDNT see this coming??!! I have to tell this > story. I have been cold hunting (yeah, call me crazy, whatever) on and off > for going on six years now in the state of PA. Believe this or not, I have > yet to have a landowner refuse me access here in my home state, and have > covered many farms in different areas around the state, and have befriended > many good landowners. This past weekend, I stopped by a farm near where I > live, which has this huge hillside that has beckoned me for years. Parked the > jeep, went up to the door, as I had countless times in the past, Spoke with > the woman of the house briefly, and she went to get her husband. He and I > talked briefly, (a very nice gentleman at first)and I told him I'd love to > hunt his land for previously undiscovered meteorites. An aggravated look > suddenly came over his face and he says: "You mean like the meteorite men Ive > been seein on tv?" I started to explain the difference between cold > hunting and hunting known strewnfields, when he interrupted me by coldly > stating "We dont need no treasure hunters around here." ...and proceeded to > shut the door in my face. I am a friendly guy, and I know how to talk to, and > relate to people in general, and like I said, I've NEVER been refused thus > far, and have always been thankful for that. Just wanted to share this very > surprisingly unpleasant experience. Take from it whatever you want, I hope > this isnt a trend thats just gettin started. Yours, Mike Antonelli > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
