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

[Rob Wesel]

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





Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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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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