[meteorite-list] Happy Easter / 2 Year PF Aniv.

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Mar 27 11:52:08 2005
Message-ID: <004d01c532ed$50e7be90$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Great story Rob, I have that feeling in my bones that another large fall is
coming VERY soon.
My bags are packed so I can leave in a moment.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Wesel" <nakhladog_at_comcast.net>
To: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531_at_comcast.net>; "RYAN PAWELSKI"
<yellowengine_at_earthlink.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Easter / 2 Year PF Aniv.


> Trip Revisited
> http://www.meteoritetimes.com/Back_Links/2003/May/park_forest_wonderland.htm
>
> Candy and Park Forest in the same composition
> http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/willywonka.htm
>
> And an eBay plug
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnakhladog
>
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> Rob Wesel
> http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
> ------------------
> We are the music makers...
> and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> Willy Wonka, 1971
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531_at_comcast.net>
> To: "RYAN PAWELSKI" <yellowengine_at_earthlink.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 7:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Easter / 2 Year PF Aniv.
>
>
>> Ryan,
>>
>> Try to imagine waking up and finding hundreds of fresh meteorite
>> fragments scattered in the grass in your front lawn. For me this is where
>> I spent the first day of the fall. It took me 10 hours to clean out the
>> majority of these fragments from the lawns.
>> Whats amazing is that there were other people searching along side of me
>> and my wife. They would find a few and leave to look elsewhere. Even
>> though the impact in the street was apparent and the volume of fragments
>> scattered was obvious. But, you had to get on your knees and sift through
>> the grass. Many of the frags were smaller than a gram. I only wish I had
>> a large magnet that day. I would certainly have found considerably more,
>> they would have popped right out of the grass.
>> As we searched there was a helicopter hovering above more than likely
>> looking for a impact crater. Not many people were there yet. Steve Witt
>> was already on the scene hunting and offering cash for finds. This was
>> the most opportune time. I was paying $1/gram and less for some
>> specimens. Not many to buy at this point though. There was a guy on
>> Winslow St. that came up to me and questioned what I was doing , I
>> discussed meteorites with him for a few minutes and then went back to
>> sifting the grass. A few minutes later the man came up to me with several
>> frags in his hand ( maybe 20 grams ) and handed them to me. I just gave
>> him a strange look and he told me he didn't want them. After this things
>> would only get more competitive. Everyone was on their way. I didn't even
>> know about the list when PF fell.
>> The following day I met Mike farmer for the first time on Winslow St. He
>> had purchased his first fragment from Chris Gasco.
>> Mike and I headed over to Olympia Fields to investigate the Phil Jones
>> stone. No luck there we checked the police station, they said they didn't
>> have it. Apparently Phil Jones was wiser than the rest. He didn't see any
>> reason to drop off his treasure at the police station. The stone was
>> actually with his wife at his kids gradeschool for a little show and
>> tell.
>> Mike and I wound up back at Winslow St. and got into a bidding war with a
>> local guy who basically drove the price up from $1/gram to $10. Mike and
>> I were royally pissed it after that. Mike did win the bidding war though.
>> He got some nice large specimens for around $2,000. I think he got close
>> to a kilo from that purchase.
>>
>> Well, off to Easter breakfast. I did want to take a pic of this 62 gram
>> PF frag that I have that has a little bit of everything( Imbedded tree
>> bark, vinyl siding imbedded in the crust and regmaglypts) to share with
>> everyone as well as more stories of the PF experience.
>>
>> Have a great Easter everbody !!
>>
>> Bob
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "RYAN PAWELSKI" <yellowengine_at_earthlink.net>
>> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:23 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Happy Easter / 2 Year PF Aniv.
>>
>>
>>> Good Early Morning,
>>>
>>> I just wanted to say Happy Easter to all on the list who celebrate this
>>> holiday. And a happy 2 year aniversary of the Park Forest fall to
>>> everyone around the world! It was 2 years ago to date that all of us
>>> awoke in glory to hear the great news that a meteorite had found it's
>>> path to the southwest suburbs of Chicago, IL. I sure hope to see more
>>> posts relating to the Park Forest fall on the list in the days ahead,
>>> because so far I have seen nothing. Must not we forget one of the
>>> greatest meteorite falls in current U.S. history. Although I found no
>>> specimens of my own, it was an honor to be a part of the hunt. If only
>>> then I had the knowlege that I have know, maybe I would have come home
>>> with something of my own. Patiently waiting the next heavenly gift to
>>> find it's way to the good ol' U-S-OF-A. Let's hope it's sometime in the
>>> near future, even if it's one of smaller proportions. Have a great day!
>>>
>>> Ryan
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