[meteorite-list] Treasure Hunters

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
What have YOU done to preserve science?  And, what do you have in your 
collection  that you shouldn't have (meaning anything that wasn't 
correctly scientifically removed)?  Exactly what are your credentials to 
be knowledgeable to whine..?
It is very easy for those stoic office types to complain about those in 
the field doing the real WORK.
   Our western lands are not studied because the amateur is shut out by 
the scientific lobby in congress so the stuff just sits and gets eroded 
away by nature.  In the CFR, under "artifacts"  there is no penalty for 
collecting random arrowheads on the surface of the ground.  So, don't 
forget that.  Don't forget that private land still is private, and what 
may be collected there is not controlled by blue footed boobies.   Poo 
poo to all those that have an opinion but do nothing to support the 
cause.  I am actually still  surprised that anyone can own meteorites or 
artifacts of any kind with the few bone-heads-for-science that roam our 
country.  There is nothing wrong with good science but  letting things 
erode to nothing in the name of preservation is quite self serving for 
nothing.
I will get of my soap box now.  Mr. Dave and Mr. Jim....got 
me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAve F.


Thaddeus Besedin wrote:

> They should be recovered, but we should be aware of how our excavation 
> impacts other deposits. I'll let this rest, guys. You know my position 
> by now. The same argument ("it will rot if I do nothing") is advanced 
> by "relic" hunters who search rivers, but there is a major difference 
> between surface hunting and excavation, and especially in the contexts 
> of drainages and areas subject to mass wasting. to protect their 
> "troves," looters typically do not disclose the provenances of their 
> finds when offered for sale, if at all they have been conscientious 
> enough to record a GPS position. Such negligence is irresponsible, and 
> proves that the motive for these activities is itself personal gain. 
> Seriously, the prices that these meteorites yield would be 
> better deserved if all sciences involved with the thin, 
> fragile surface of the earth are considered. This would be the 
> attitude of a professional in any other invasive field.
> -Thaddeus 
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