[meteorite-list] Excessively Large Reward a bad precedent.

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:43:44 -0700
Message-ID: <49CD80D0.1080609_at_meteoritesusa.com>

A gentleman an armchair hunter is not
when rewards be posted on the spot
the landowners tend to frown
when the hunter arrives in town
to hunt a rewarded strewnfield
maybe not be a very good deal
some people just do their part
according to a selfish heart
too bad we must compete
for fear of being beat
by rewarding the first rock on the ground
we lose the respect of the town
offering up hefty rewards
the seekers arrive in hordes
to the great strewnfield land
we become a silly band
we strive to know the place
and we wind up with mud on our face
so it must be a race
to the place where meteorites lie
some do what others may shy
too bad we must fight
when a fireball pierces the night
it should be a great event
not something we lament
but most times people go too far
over the price of such a star
before we make the landowners cry foul
or in fact endanger our crowd
those people must lose their greed
or we'll lose the respect of the people we need
some have more money than brains
bad for the hunter this puts us in chains
I don't know what you call it
in my opinion it's "all" shit

POSTED:
NO METEORITE HUNTING!
Violators will be tarred and feathered by locals.

Regards,
Eric




Rob Wesel wrote:
> Inflated field prices
>
> Landowners refusing to allow their property hunt
>
> Risk to all hunters safety from mugging or perceived attempts to con
> the public
>
> Flooding the area with every kid on spring break who doesn't consider
> the care needed to maintain a good relationship with landowners.
>
> Imagine the tension you would feel of all of a sudden garden gnomes
> were as rare as meteorites and hundreds of people show up in your
> neighborhood because a garden gnome from your area sold for $20K.
> Would you feel safe? Would you want to work with gnome hunters? I am
> always amazed at how kind landowners are but if you chum the water it
> ain't gonna happen. Huge amounts do get paid in the field but it needs
> to be done in private.
>
> This type of action gets one twenty thousand dollar piece safely out
> of the strewnfield...maybe.
>
> I met a man in Park Forest at the peak of sales (~$20-30/g in the
> retail world not the field ) who had a 1kg stone. He was carrying it
> like a baby chicken "How much would you give me for this". I replied
> that I only had about $5k to offer for it. "I've had guys offer me
> $35K and said no" as he retracted the stone. I tried to tell him to
> forget about me then and take the higher offer, to bring it to
> Applebee's where all the hunters met at night and see what he could
> make of it. He never showed up. I often wonder what he ever got, or
> perhaps never got for it because the TV, newspapers and planetarium
> were telling him it was worth so much. Now we have the hunters saying
> the same thing......
>
> Very bull in a china shop this is, myopic
>
> Rob Wesel
> http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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Eric Wichman
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Received on Fri 27 Mar 2009 09:43:44 PM PDT