[meteorite-list] The Trials and Tribulations in Dealing with Landowners

[Adam Hupe]

One of the main problems is with trust. This strewn field has been available for 
over 100 years and for all practical purposes now may be closed. It only takes 
one or two angry landowners to shut down the entire area to meteorite hunters. 
News of fraud, lawsuits and unpaid promised large sums of money, real or 
imagined spread like wildfire through these rural communities.

The quicker this is resolved, the better. The hunting tradition in this area 
dates back to the Kimberly's, Nininger and Haag.  It would be a shame to see it 
permanently off-limits now. 


Unfortunately, I witnessed the same thing with with the avocation of treasure 
hunting which still has not recovered after 25 years.  Property owners used to 
grant permission freely to search but this is a rarity these days.

Happy Hunting,

Adam