[meteorite-list] Re: In The Beginning

[Notkin]

Edward posted:

> some have me completely discouraged.

Dear Ed:

Welcome to the one-and-only Meteorite List!

Ed and I had a very pleasant correspondence about meteorite hunting and 
metal detectors. I suggested that he join the M-List and thereby 
benefit from the copious knowledge of all you wonderful guys.

Ed, I hope I am not one of those who discouraged you. When I was 
writing to you, I was remembering how many crummy hot rocks I had to 
dig up at Gold Basin before I found a real meteorite, and all the time 
put in at Holbrook, just find some teensy little stones about the size 
of an ant's brain. But then I've been lucky enough to make good finds 
elsewhere, so there's no point in complaining  : )  There ARE 
meteorites out there ("They gotta be out there" as my friend and 
mega-meteorite hunter Sonny Clary is fond of saying . . . the minute he 
gets out in the field with anyone).

List members, please give Ed some tips and encouragement. He is a 
friend of my friend (and List member) Derek Yoost -- himself an eminent 
meteorite collector and paleontologist.

Ed, regarding your metal detector question, try searching the List 
archives. It takes a while to wade through everything, but there is a 
wealth of info on detectors in there, from people who really know their 
stuff.

Welcome aboard.


Regards,

Geoff N.
www.aerolite.org