[meteorite-list] has this ever happened to you?

[Darren Garrison]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:41:08 -0400, you wrote:

>meteorites in. I like to show them off and teach landowners what to
>look for. Its a pretty big box that nicely fits two 1kg chondrites, a

...

>one of the magnets in my pocket stuck to the clasp on the box. As I
>moved, the box opened and a 1kg Canon Diablo fell on my toe. It hurt
>like $%!+, but I still went out hunting anyway.

It could have been worse-- you could have been this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_EoRZOVes