[meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Hi All I was actually contacted about this meteorite to help confirm that it was stolen. Here is the reference I had that was used to prove that it was a hot rock; http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/Metic/0004//251.000.html?high=49b7dad54e18398 or http://tinyurl.com/bpvomy The short article also mentions that several others were stolen around the same time from other institutions as well. I sure wonder if any of them were/will ever be recovered. Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Thanks Eric - Hi listers I love that story. And what a beautiful meteorite. Bravo to Tom Lynch for his attitude and gesture ! I personally feel they could have given him a little more... like 3000. Don't you think ? A bit surprised that the scientists in Chicago didn't react faster. But well... they did it later. related question: what is the law if you find a meteorite on your property or public property or else ? can someone send me a link to the laws basics on that subject ? In France, if you find something valuable (treasure, archeological artifacts etc..) on your property, you are called the inventor but the find belongs to the State. I am not sure, if someone can confirm, I think the inventor gets 50% of the value of the find. But it must be less when objects of significant and difficult to estimate historic value. A bientot Michael B, France - Original Message - From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Thanks Mike Great looking postcards. I prefer Ring to Basket... Michael B, France - Original Message - From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Hi Michael A basket should hold something so it is hard to see how something with a hole in it would make a good basket. But I guess the problem is there is another well known ring meteorite from Arizona; http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/ad04-tucson.jpg I guess maybe minnie-me ring might work; http://blog.oregonlive.com/houseoffame/2008/08/VernTroyerAP.jpg Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Bross elemen...@peconic.net wrote: Thanks Mike Great looking postcards. I prefer Ring to Basket... Michael B, France - Original Message - From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned = unnecessary swipe at collectors
Andes said Lynch is doing the honest thing and the decent thing, which is no guarantee in the world of meteorite collectors. Too bad Andes chose these words One could easily insert any number of other occupations with far more tarnished reputations that have brought our financial system and nation to its knees. Investment Banker SEC regulator Career Politician . See how easy this ? -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Eric Wichman Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:16 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
IANAL, but as far as I can tell, this Diablo is way, way, way beyond Arizona's Statute of Limitations for theft. Returning the meteorite is the nice thing to do, but he was in no risk whatsoever keeping it or reselling it however he pleased. http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/00107.htmTitle=13DocType=ARS __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Hi Mike From one side, it does actually look like the older rotin/rattan baskets with the handle that I saw in my childhood in France in the 60s. Ring is just more poetic... What a beauty that other Ring meteorite ! where is it displayed ? Michael B, France From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Michael A basket should hold something so it is hard to see how something with a hole in it would make a good basket. But I guess the problem is there is another well known ring meteorite from Arizona; http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/ad04-tucson.jpg I guess maybe minnie-me ring might work; http://blog.oregonlive.com/houseoffame/2008/08/VernTroyerAP.jpg Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Bross elemen...@peconic.net wrote: Thanks Mike Great looking postcards. I prefer Ring to Basket... Michael B, France - Original Message - From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Hi Michael It is at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. Here is a fine article by Martin Horejsi that has the image that I linked to; http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/Accretion_Desk.htm Enjoy Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Michael Bross elemen...@peconic.net wrote: Hi Mike From one side, it does actually look like the older rotin/rattan baskets with the handle that I saw in my childhood in France in the 60s. Ring is just more poetic... What a beauty that other Ring meteorite ! where is it displayed ? Michael B, France From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Michael A basket should hold something so it is hard to see how something with a hole in it would make a good basket. But I guess the problem is there is another well known ring meteorite from Arizona; http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/ad04-tucson.jpg I guess maybe minnie-me ring might work; http://blog.oregonlive.com/houseoffame/2008/08/VernTroyerAP.jpg Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Bross elemen...@peconic.net wrote: Thanks Mike Great looking postcards. I prefer Ring to Basket... Michael B, France - Original Message - From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Unless he was the original thief (or a collaborator), he probably wouldn't be exposed to theft charges anyway. Possession of or trafficking in stolen property, maybe. Not sure how either Arizona or Wisconsin law would deal with that, but I wouldn't say it's risk free. Mark - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned IANAL, but as far as I can tell, this Diablo is way, way, way beyond Arizona's Statute of Limitations for theft. Returning the meteorite is the nice thing to do, but he was in no risk whatsoever keeping it or reselling it however he pleased. http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/00107.htmTitle=13DocType=ARS __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:31:33 -0700 (PDT) To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:31:33 -0700 (PDT) To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
Mike and List, I spoke to several law enforcement officials in Tucson about any limitations on theft and stolen property. The consensus was that while there may be no criminal liability, the recovery of the stolen property would be settled in a civil court. It would be easy to establish ownership of such a unique meteorite and thus be returned to Meteor Crater. Regards, Fred Olsen -- Original message -- From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com Hi Michael A basket should hold something so it is hard to see how something with a hole in it would make a good basket. But I guess the problem is there is another well known ring meteorite from Arizona; http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/ad04-tucson.jpg I guess maybe minnie-me ring might work; http://blog.oregonlive.com/houseoffame/2008/08/VernTroyerAP.jpg Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Bross elemen...@peconic.net wrote: Thanks Mike Great looking postcards. I prefer Ring to Basket... Michael B, France - Original Message - From: Mike Jensen meteoritepl...@gmail.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned Hi Frank list I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the Basket and once referred to as the Ring meteorite. Some of the postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on it? http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hello all, Glad the basket meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his collection. Cheers, Frank --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com wrote: From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritewatch.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM I found article this in my email box this morning... ..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 50,000 years ago. For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds, said Lynch, a retired foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held a magnet up to the object and it stuck. He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.. READ THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. Does anyone on-list remember this piece? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
