Hello Everyone,
I have been reading these posts about the hunt with interest. It sounds
like everyone had a great time and the organizers are to be commended. They
made it a wonderful experience for everyone. It's great to read about these
hunts where so much good will was involved.
And my-oh-my, how productive!
Keep hunting.
-Walter Branch
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From: "Ruben Garcia" <mrmeteor...@gmail.com>
To: "Robert Verish" <bolidecha...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt
Thanks Bob and all,
I appreciate all the nice words but truthfully Jim and Wendy (like the
Live video hosting I did last year) arranged just about everything!
I only came up with the idea and then showed up.
Thanks also to the 50 or so meteorite enthusiasts that took part.
Two things now seem certain.
One: there will be an organized 100th anniversary!
Two: We won't find as much,.....
See everyone in Denver soon!
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Robert Verish <bolidecha...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Hello All,
Well, I've finally unloaded the truck and downloaded my camera images of
our trip to the highly successful "99th Year Anniversary" Holbrook
Meteorite Hunt. After Moni got home from work we stayed-up late last night
reviewing all of the images. I'm sure glad that Ben Fisler's son, Erik, is
such a good photographer, and that they took time from finding all of
those meteorites in order to record this "event". Because, I think they'll
be talking about this "group hunt" years from now. But, if I want to make
any more predictions, I should save them for a future article,
So, a big "THANK YOU" goes to Ruben Garcia (who is always the first person
to volunteer to be host for any social gathering), for taking a casual
comment about a "99 year anniversary" and to turn it into a fun, group
meteorite hunt (not that Ruben needs an excuse to socialize). And the same
"Thank you" goes to Jim & Wendy Wooddell for their logistical support and
managing of the daily (and nightly) activities, which insured a successful
social event.
And to all of those who have taken the time to share their images and
videos of the Holbrook Hunt with us, a big "Thank you", as well. Although
this group hunt has been ably documented by many of those in attendance, I
still wish I had taken more images while hunting in the strewnfield.
Especially of people making their very first meteorite find, because this
only happens once in each finders lifetime. And to be able to re-live this
event (even vicariously) through its recording, would be reinvigorating to
the soul of every meteorite hunter.
But I did record the group activities the evening before and after the
Saturday hunt. And that is what I would like to comment on here. Upon
arriving at the Motel 6 on Friday evening and entering into the central
courtyard, it was as if we had registered for a symposium, because we
encountered several dozen people standing around in small circles engaged
in animated discussions (talking about meteorite-recovery). All that was
missing were the name-tags.
A good percentage of these people had never found a meteorite, and a few
had never gone on a meteorite hunt before coming to Holbrook. Some of
these neophytes had brought rocks they had found with the hope that one of
the more experienced hunters would deem their "hopeful" as being a
meteorite. All of the others were intently listening, trying to learn why
these meteor-wrongs were not meteorites. The crowd around Ruben Garcia was
particularly large. It seemed like the meteor-wrong discussions were going
to last all night.
Finally, almost out of desperation, Ruben brought out his collection of
Holbrook stones and conducted an impromptu free-clinic on "Meteorite
Identification". I feel that Ruben's extra effort in educating, by
conducting this class on meteorite ID, was a factor in the overall success
of the hunt the next day. After Ruben's free-seminar, conversations over
dinner would be centered on meteorites. After dinner, small groups would
form to continue discussing various meteorite-related subjects long into
the night.
Then the next evening, even after a whole day of meteorite-hunting,
everyone pitched-in to make the awards ceremony as memorable as making
your first find. Jim and Wendy found the time to make Certificates of
Achievement for all 47 participants, as well as, the trophy awards, not
the least of which was the award bestowed upon Ruben for his unique social
skills which made possible this anniversary-hunt as a historical day in
meteorite-recovery.
After Ruben accepted his award, he and Erik personally awarded each
meteorite hunter with their Certificate, and in addition, if that person
hadn't made a find that day, they were given an original Ruben Garcia
genuine Holbrook meteorite along with limited-edition Mr.Meteorite ID Card
& CoA (which were much larger than any of the fragments that I found)!!
By my count, there were 19 people who were presented with a Holbrook
meteorite by Ruben!
As I mentioned earlier, I have some images from this event. I plan on
uploading those and making them available on-line at a later time. Just
wanted to add my 2yen and comment on some of the other activities that
centered on the "99th Year Anniversary" Holbrook Meteorite Hunt.
Bob V.
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[meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt Video!
Jim Wooddell jimwooddell at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 15:45:57 EDT 2011
Hi all!
I added /updated pictures of the Holbrook hunt!
They are in my Scrap Book under 7/16/2011
http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org
Jim Wooddell
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all,
Worked all day on the video - it's done!
http://www.mr-meteorite.net/99thanniversaryhunt.htm
Even if you are NOT a "meteorite hunter" type you may want to watch
this video just to see how the largest 240 gram specimen was found
this last Saturday (July 16th, 2011)
P.s. I just talked to Ben and Erik Fisler and
they will be posting photos soon!
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Rock On!
Ruben Garcia
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