[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle

From: Dave Schultz <indy1996_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:52 2004
Message-ID: <20030329030222.97000.qmail_at_web40507.mail.yahoo.com>

  Steve Witt robbed the finder????? Ask some of the
finders how the police ripped them off!!!!! And also
that idiot from Chicago! (NOT STEVE) What a maroon!
                                  Dave


> Hello everyone, a little news from the strewnfield.
> The news is not good. The people here all think that
> they are millionaires, they all want $10 to $20 gram
> now. The police chief tols Steve Witt to leave or be
> arrested as they think he robbed a meteorite finder
> by paying several dollars per gram! The news has
> stated that they are worth $500 per ounce ~$15 gram.
> The Museum in Chicago has not helped, stating that
> dealers are here to rip the locals off and that they
> should "donate all the pieces" to the
> university/museum.
> I have been in 6 homes today that were
> penetrated by meteorites, serious damage to many of
> them. There are many pieces but as I said, people
> now want $100,000 for some stones and they are NOT
> JOKING.
> I wish anyone who plans to come out good luck, I
> will hunt tomorrow and try to secure a stone or two,
> then go home and let people get to reality.
> I do have 4 pieces totaling about one kilo, 3 pieces
> that hit a house and damaged the siding. The other
> piece is a half individual that impacted the median
> in a road, and has the nose imbedded with yellow
> street paint. I do not know if there will be any out
> for sale any time soon, the price is so high we are
> just walking away from many people.
> A few got a few cheap specimens, but very few. If
> any will come for sale from me, it will likely be
> quite expensive. I do not know what the next few
> days hold, more pieces should be found though so
> maybe we will have more luck.
> I will email more info later.
> Mike Farmer
>


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Received on Fri 28 Mar 2003 10:02:22 PM PST