[meteorite-list] Now you can be a Meteorite Man! (courtesy of eBay!)

[Shawn Alan]

Hi Mike,Greg and List,
 
If I was going to sell a meteorite hunting kit on eBay like the guy on eBay that you commented on I would say screw the walking stick, that's child's play. 
 
My kit would have a MINELAB GPX 4500 METAL DETECTOR, a Trimble ms750 GPS Base Station & 5800 Rover Receiver, a Nikon D3X Digital SLR Camera with a 70-200mm lens, a life time subscription to MAPS, and for the adventurous, a 2006 Fleetwood American Eagle 42B motor home for those long hunting trips.
 
Buy it now or make an offer $450,000  

 
Or I can go for the kit the guy is offering on eBay. From what I can tell, it looks good to me, I wish I would have thought about it first. Plus its spring time, lets get out and look for some meteorites :)
 
Shawn Alan 
 
 
[meteorite-list] Now you can be a Meteorite Man! (courtesy of eBay!)Greg Stanley stanleygregr at hotmail.com 
Tue Mar 23 20:12:31 EDT 2010 


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Mike and List: 

That's so funny.  Everyone is jumping on the band wagon to make a little cash.  It doesn't bother me a bit, because if you want to get into any venture or start a new hobby, you should do research on it first so you don't get taken advantage of.  I just wonder if this person has ever hunted a meteorite before? Perhaps he has, but marketing and sales may be his true hobby. 

Greg S. 

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> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:59:00 -0400 

> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com 

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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Now you can be a Meteorite Man! (courtesy of eBay!) 

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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120547711841 

> 

> Falling Stars is not a bad book, but it's not exactly an up to date 

> guide to hunting meteorites. The dealer listings and market quotes 

> are outdated. And it's not exactly a book full of strewnfield maps as 

> the seller implies. If I wanted to pick one book to offer as part of 

> a meteorite hunting package, this book wouldn't be it. 

> 

> I should go on Amazon, buy up several copies of the cheapest used 

> meteorite book I can find (probably Falling Stars), stick a $2 magnet 

> with it, and top it off with a walking stick - I wouldn't be surprised 

> if the seller moves several of these kits. 

> 

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