[meteorite-list] Ivan "Skip" Wilson

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:12:23 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550907171112t58d916fex587fa9f604606d3a_at_mail.gmail.com>

No offense to Skip Wilson, but he was merely following in the
footsteps of another famous Meteorite-Hunting Wilson with a nickname -

http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/x9dsng_the-flip-wilson-show-geraldine-bill_shortfilms?from=rss

:)




On 7/17/09, al mitt <almitt at kconline.com> wrote:
> Greetings Dr. Moore and all,
>
> I've heard of C.U. Shepard after having visited the ASU Collection. Good
> candidates for sure.
>
> --AL Mitterling
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carleton Moore" <CMoore at asu.edu>
> To: "Robert Woolard" <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>; <mikewren at gilanet.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ivan "Skip" Wilson
>
>
>> All these comments are very interesting. What about C U shepard and Hugh
>> Howard? Anyone heard of them??
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com on behalf of Robert
>> Woolard
>> Sent: Thu 7/16/2009 9:44 PM
>> To: mikewren at gilanet.com
>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ivan "Skip" Wilson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael and List,
>>
>> Michael, you wrote in part, :
>>
>> " Some of you know him, some of you have heard of him and
>> many of the newer members of this list should know about
>> him."
>>
>> "Ivan Skip Wilson is one of the most successful meteorite
>> hunters in the world."
>>
>> " He is a kind man and he shared his wealth of information with me. A
>> remarkable human being who is always sharing stories,
>> generous with his meteorite knowledge and gifted at finding
>> lots of meteorites."
>>
>>
>> I just want to add that I couldn't agree more! I first read of Skip in
>> a small newsletter I used to get called "METEOR NEWS". Obviously, it
>> dealt mostly with meteors, but occasionally had meteorite and tektite
>> related articles. The April 1990 issue (Number 89) was almost entirely
>> devoted to an article entitled " An Interview With Skip Wilson ". I was
>> absolutely enthralled at reading his adventures. And two particular
>> sentences were etched into my memory:
>>
>> "I have hunted mostly alone but have hunted some with local people and
>> am always interested in hunting with anyone who is interested. If any of
>> the readers ever get in this area, look me up and I will go hunting."
>>
>> I never forgot about his standing invitation, and a little over 8 years
>> later, I was lucky enough to meet with him as a part of one of the best
>> hunting trips I've ever been on for sure! ;-) He was every bit as kind
>> and helpful as you wrote. Although it didn't work out for us to actually
>> HUNT together then, I consider myself very lucky in having the chance to
>> visit and spend some very enjoyable time with Skip.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Robert Woolard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com <http://www.meteoritecentral.com/>
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>

-- 
.........................................................
Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
..........................................................

Received on Fri 17 Jul 2009 02:12:23 PM PDT