[meteorite-list] Treasure, tales of space booty

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 5 17:29:25 2004
Message-ID: <100520042129.18188.4163121F0009E6FF0000470C21587667559C9C070D040A90070BD206_at_att.net>

Adam,

That must have been one "COLD" swimming hole to cause all those rings to fall off fingers, and shorts with money in them to fall off waists.

Now we can see where the fortune started. :)

John


 

-------------- Original message from "Adam Hupe" : --------------

> Dear List Members,
>
> While we are on the subject of treasure which seems to be a positive string
> I would like to make a few comments. First of all, I would give just about
> anything to be in Florida right now chasing down galleon wreck treasures as
> this has been a goal of Greg and I since we were 12 and 13 years old.
> Congratulations bro. on a successful recovery.
>
> Here is an image of one summers recovery effort by me diving on old swimming
> holes:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/TreasureWide.jpg
>
> Here is a close-up of the same treasure, all wet finds:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/TresureClose3.jpg
>
> Second, it was treasure hunting that lead to our involvement in meteoritics.
> Meteorites are some of the most elusive booty we have chased down requiring
> long hours in the field. Our first exposure to the wonderful world of
> meteorites was when we were invited on two meteorite hunting expeditions at
> an ancient terminal moraine by the University of Washington. Two meteorites
> had been recovered here in the past where a one mile thick ice sheet acted
> as a conveyer belt and deposited the space treasure. We were only invited
> because of our treasure hunting equipment and skills but soon realized that
> meteorite hunting added another dimension to a great hobby.
>
> As we sat around the campfire at night other expedition members were talking
> about Haag and Ninninger. I had never heard of either one but was becoming
> more interested by the minute as tales of Snicks and Lunars were being
> thrown about in the conversation. As bottles of wine were being passed
> around the camp, talk of adventure kept me peeked. I thought to myself,
> these meteorites sure are cool and wouldn't it be great to travel around the
> world in pursuit of these objects not realizing that the meteorite bug had
> taken hold at that very moment. Here we were camping out on a 3000 foot
> high plateau, a cosmic landing strip, so to speak, talking about a type of
> treasure from space, what could be better?
>
> Hope to hear more tales from other members,
>
>
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> Adam Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
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