[meteorite-list] My First Hunt
From: goldmaster <goldmaster_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:34 2004 Message-ID: <000b01c06636$386febe0$a0a702d0_at_aaa> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C065FB.89840060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Don And All Well now your hooked !!!! Congrads !!! Gold Basin sure is a a pretty = desert area to hunt !! Happy Huntin John Blennert ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Donald O'Keeffe=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:53 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] My First Hunt Hello list,=20 After much fantasizing and pondering, I took the plunge. I sold my = truck and my tools, picked up a 1979 Mobile Traveler, a 1980 Yamaha = SR250, a GM IV, and went a huntin'. Here's a picture of my rig .=20 Being a novice, Gold Basin seemed like the most reasonable place to = begin. It took me four days to find my first stone (I was searching too = far West). It was a little one at 13.9 grams, but obviously I was = thrilled. Finds continued to be few and far between until I got a feel = for the field and my machine. Then things picked up. I ended up with 80 = finds for four and a half kilos. Some I'll keep, some I'll sell, and = some are for gifts. When I was out hunting the day after Thanksgiving, I = just thought of myself as a typical American out Christmas shopping.=20 What a beautiful place to camp, picture post card views no matter = which direction you turn. Beautiful sunrises, sunsets, and star filled = evenings.Not being accustomed to the desert, I found the flora and fauna = fascinating. What would seem to be an inhospitable environment is = actually teeming with life. One morning, when I was out in the field = before sunrise, I startled a bobcat. Ah, makes for a fond memory.=20 I also found a couple of "mystery stones" that seemed different from = my other Gold Basins.They are currently being analyzed at ASU. The first = test has shown them to be meteoritic. And, I also found some gold. Not a = bad trip.=20 Sincerely,=20 Don=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C065FB.89840060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Don And All</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well now your hooked !!!! Congrads = !!! Gold=20 Basin sure is a a pretty desert area to hunt !! Happy Huntin John=20 Blennert</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:donald.okeeffe_at_signalhill.net"=20 title=3Ddonald.okeeffe_at_signalhill.net>Donald O'Keeffe</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 = title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr= al.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 14, = 2000 3:53=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] My = First=20 Hunt</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hello list,=20 <P>After much fantasizing and pondering, I took the plunge. I sold my = truck=20 and my tools, picked up a 1979 Mobile Traveler, a 1980 Yamaha SR250, a = GM IV,=20 and went a huntin'. Here's a picture of <A=20 href=3D"http://okeeffe.signalhill.net/images/myrig.jpg">my rig</A> .=20 <P>Being a novice, Gold Basin seemed like the most reasonable place to = begin.=20 It took me four days to find my first stone (I was searching too far = West). It=20 was a little one at 13.9 grams, but obviously I was thrilled. Finds = continued=20 to be few and far between until I got a feel for the field and my = machine.=20 Then things picked up. I ended up with 80 finds for four and a half = kilos.=20 Some I'll keep, some I'll sell, and some are for gifts. When I was out = hunting=20 the day after Thanksgiving, I just thought of myself as a typical = American out=20 Christmas shopping.=20 <P>What a beautiful place to camp, picture post card views no matter = which=20 direction you turn. Beautiful sunrises, sunsets, and star filled = evenings.Not=20 being accustomed to the desert, I found the flora and fauna = fascinating. What=20 would seem to be an inhospitable environment is actually teeming with = life.=20 One morning, when I was out in the field before sunrise, I startled a = bobcat.=20 Ah, makes for a fond memory.=20 <P>I also found a couple of "mystery stones" that seemed different = from my=20 other Gold Basins.They are currently being analyzed at ASU. The first = test has=20 shown them to be meteoritic. And, I also found some gold. Not a bad = trip.=20 <P>Sincerely, <BR>Don=20 <P> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C065FB.89840060-- Received on Thu 14 Dec 2000 08:27:38 PM PST |
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