List, Yes, this woman and her husband contacted me and came to my house with several hundred pounds of rocks she said she had traded all her belongings for to a "dealer" in Quartzite. None of the rocks were meteorites. I immediately called Adam Hupe' and told him about her. He said that a number of people were foisting rocks on unsuspecting travelers in Quartzite and he warned me not to let them in my house.
I posted this encounter to the List the next morning and received the same warnings from several Listers. I am sorry I took her for granted and thought she had been duped. I even gave her a few throw downs to help her see what a real meteorite looks like. I now, after reading Sonny's post, know she was a grifter and a fraud and took me for a sucker. Count Deiro Imca 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Aug 1, 2011 9:27 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [meteorite-list] Craigslist meteorite ad / Cat Mountain or Cat >something? > >Hi List, > >I was contacted by a woman last week who said she had meteorites for >sale. She said she bought them in Quartzsite that they were found in >Arizona and that they were "Arizona Meteorites". She told me she had >acquired them from the finder. As you all know, there have been many >meteorites and just as many meteorwrongs found in Quartzsite so I was a >bit skeptical. I was out of town so I had to follow up with her upon my >return. I had to wonder if she was the same person that had visited >Guido with the pickup truck who had traded their 5th wheel for >meteorites. She wanted to come to the house to show me the meteorites. >During our phone conversation I asked if they could be NWA meteorites >and how she knew that they were meteorites. She insisted that these >meteorites were found in Arizona, that she had 2 types iron and >"lighter" Stone ones. When I asked her if she knew the name of these >meteorites she said Catskill or Cat something. I figured it was pretty >unlikely that she had Cat Mountain meteorites and more than likely she >just has some slag. I waited several days as I was skeptical about what >she had. My curiosity peaked over the last few days with Guido's >announcement of his great find. I spoke with her over the phone and >asked her more about the meteorites. She asked me what part of town I >lived in. I gave her a rough area as I was not going to allow her to >come to my home. She said "Oh I know where that is. I was out in that >area of town a few weeks ago and sold some meteorites". She had planned >on meeting me in a public location so I could see what she really had. >Since then she has decided she will contact me when she is ready to >sell. I really don't know what she has for sale (slag or true >meteorites) but I have to say I am still curious. So it sounds like >it's possible that a few hunters have been successful in the Cat >Mountain area. This might be an area to hunt when it cools off. Here >are some links to her Las Vegas Craigslist ads. > >http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/bar/2466476859.html > >http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/wan/2471782770.html > > > >Sonny >______________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________ 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
