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

[cdtucson at cox.net]

This practice dates back around 20 years . It was started by our fearless leader Bob Haag. I remember a TV show called 
"Missing : Reward", where Bob offered up to a one million dollar reward for a piece of the Tucson Iron along with it's exact find location. True story he admits this on page 14 of his 1991 tenth anniversary edition of his Field Guide of Meteorites. What a nut. I think the key words were "up to". 
Carl
---- McCartney Taylor <mccartney at blackbearddata.com> wrote: 
> A $5,000/kg or $10,000/kg reward for the first kg may be appropriate for
> most some falls.  But quickly the newspapers will drop the 'first kg'
> part and spread the value at $10/g.  There will also be unit errs and
> report the value at $10,000/lb.
> 
> $20,000/kg is ludicrous.
> 
> I think we, as a community, should make some kind of gentleman's
> agreement with the highest reward that should be offered.  Quickly, a
> point will be reached that will be counter-productive.
> 
> http://www.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/georgia/article/meteorite_hunters_closing_in_on_georgia_fireball_reward_upped_to_20000/12165/
> 
> -mt
> 
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