[meteorite-list] its a sad day

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:30:35 -0800
Message-ID: <SNT117-W574EE448D3CA83E90300E7D2340_at_phx.gbl>

This is a great example of:
"be careful what you wish for... you might get it."
The entire meteorite community has been on a high with all the publicity, and now its come to bite us.

Greg S.

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> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:20:49 -0800
> From: mfrancis66 at verizon.net
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] its a sad day
>
> Now really....Who among us DIDNT see this coming??!! I have to tell this story. I have been cold hunting (yeah, call me crazy, whatever) on and off for going on six years now in the state of PA. Believe this or not, I have yet to have a landowner refuse me access here in my home state, and have covered many farms in different areas around the state, and have befriended many good landowners. This past weekend, I stopped by a farm near where I live, which has this huge hillside that has beckoned me for years. Parked the jeep, went up to the door, as I had countless times in the past, Spoke with the woman of the house briefly, and she went to get her husband. He and I talked briefly, (a very nice gentleman at first)and I told him I'd love to hunt his land for previously undiscovered meteorites. An aggravated look suddenly came over his face and he says: "You mean like the meteorite men Ive been seein on tv?" I started to explain the difference between cold
> hunting and hunting known strewnfields, when he interrupted me by coldly stating "We dont need no treasure hunters around here." ...and proceeded to shut the door in my face. I am a friendly guy, and I know how to talk to, and relate to people in general, and like I said, I've NEVER been refused thus far, and have always been thankful for that. Just wanted to share this very surprisingly unpleasant experience. Take from it whatever you want, I hope this isnt a trend thats just gettin started. Yours, Mike Antonelli
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