[meteorite-list] Wisconsin Meteorite Hunt.

Mon May 3 09:26:20 EDT 2010

Wow Bill, you really seem to remember the chain of events much 
differently than I do. As I remember it was late in the day with little 
time left to hunt. As we pulled up there was a gentleman on an ATV, 2 
guys standing at the back of a truck talking, and one guy leaning over 
a car talking thru the passenger window to the driver. As I approached 
the guy on the ATV I asked whose land it was, the man I spoke to WAS 
the PATRIARCH of the land. We joked about me riding on the back of his 
ATV and how much he would charge me per hour to drive around in his 
son's cornfield. He then suggested that I go talk to his son at the 
house at the bottom of the hill and ask for permission for my friends 
and I to hunt the land. As I was walking away you approached us and 
said Hi. We introduced ourselves ,I shook your hand. We then drove down 
to the bottom of the hill to talk to the landowner. The landowner 
greeted us and said "You can hunt this land all you want".  We 
discussed a 50/50 split of the finds and a dollar amount per gram for 
his half if we were lucky enough to find any. He then explained the 
property boundaries and wished us luck.   Bill you have to remember 
this was late in the day and we only had an hour and a half left of 
sunlight. We only wanted to hunt the small corner of the property to 
plan the next days hunt. You have to understand we spent thousands of 
dollars to come and do this hunt between airfare, rent a car and hotel. 
  We were on a mission to get as  much done as possible in a few short 
days. We are also working on mapping the finds and at the end will 
present the map  to the University. Time was of the essence that 
evening.

Bill , you would also think that when we returned the following morning 
we were greeted by BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON and spent a few minutes 
joking around. At this point I am sure they would have said something 
if it was such a big deal.
It is up to the landowners who they allow to hunt their property, not 
you.

Bill as with this post and with the history of some of your other posts 
to the list you can understand why we did not spend a lot of time 
talking with you. Your bad reputation precedes you.  Also for all of 
the meteorites that you are saying are being recovered please enlighten 
me. So for the 12 days you and your team spent out there please let us 
know how many kilos you recovered. There is no doubt that there may be 
a lot of material in the field but it is yet be found. With the 
planting going on there is a good chance the material may be lost 
forever.

And as for Georgia, you're right my heart belongs to Georgia.

Sonny

-----Original Message-----
From: bill kies <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>
To: wahlperry at aol.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sun, May 2, 2010 10:33 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Meteorite Hunt.

Well, I just returned from my third trip with 12 days walking on cobbs 
and I have to say that the most pathetic display of rude bs was that of 
Sonny what's his name. The man pulled up his truck, looked through us 
like we were non-exixtant ignoring the fact, as we protested, that we 
had previous permission to search the property in question. Sonny was 
so aggressive that he didn't even notice that one of our team members 
was a 77 year old man that was the Patriarch of the family that owned 
the land. He ignored us and hauled ass straight up to the front door 
trying to conive his way in. Nice work Sonny. You deserve a big  pat on 
the back. You belong in Georgia. You're a real inspiration to us all 
you greedy S*B. Bill PS: Keep pumping the lack of material. Time will 
tell.    ----------------------------------------> To: 
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 00:37:00 
-0400> From: wahlperry at aol.com> Subject: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin 
Meteorite Hunt.>> Hi All,>> I just returned from my second hunt in 
Wisconsin. I hunted a total of 9> days in the field. I really enjoyed 
spending time with the other> hunters and got to know some of the 
locals too.> Without a doubt, Wisconsin is the friendliest state I have 
ever> visited. Everyone would invite you into their homes, also allow 
you to> hunt for meteorites on their property. I even had> a chance to 
milk a cow. I want to say thanks to Rob Matson and Mark> Fries for the 
great work with the Doppler Radar. Terry Boudreaux and> Karl Aston 
played a major role in gaining> access to hunt many of the properties. 
These 2 guys are awesome. What> really made this trip enjoyable was 
spending time with everyone> hunting. After 9 days of hunting I was 
able> to find 3 meteorites, one with the assistance of Brix (my dog) 
and the> other 2 on my second trip out. The total of my finds is 366.4 
grams. I> hope to post pictures from the hunt on my> website within the 
next week. The rumors of many stones being recovered> is simply not 
true. Out of 6 guys hunting for 4 days( covering a lot of> ground ) 
only 2 stones were recovered.> On the previous hunt with 10 guys 
hunting only 4 stones were recovered.> By far, the best complete stone 
I have seen is Rob Wesel's. Another> kudo's goes out to Joe Kerchner 
for his> magnificent find. Eric Wichman also made some outstanding 
finds.>> Many of the fields are now being plowed and planted. Further 
recovery> of meteorites is becoming more difficult. It would be nice to 
compile a> list of everyone's finds to determine the TKW> so far.>>> 
Good luck to all of the guys that are still out in the field.>> Sonny> 
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