[meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt

Wed Jul 20 11:58:13 EDT 2011

Hello Everyone,

 I have been reading these posts about the hunt with interest.  It sounds 
like everyone had a great time and the organizers are to be commended.  They 
made it a wonderful experience for everyone.  It's great to read about these 
hunts where so much good will was involved.

And my-oh-my, how productive!

Keep hunting.

-Walter Branch

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruben Garcia" <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
To: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt

Thanks Bob and all,

I appreciate all the nice words but truthfully Jim and Wendy (like the
Live video hosting I did last year) arranged just about everything!
I only came up with the idea and then showed up.

Thanks also to the 50 or so meteorite enthusiasts that took part.

Two things now seem certain.
One: there will be an organized 100th anniversary!
Two: We won't find as much,.....

See everyone in Denver soon!

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Robert Verish <bolidechaser at yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Well, I've finally unloaded the truck and downloaded my camera images of 
> our trip to the highly successful "99th Year Anniversary" Holbrook 
> Meteorite Hunt. After Moni got home from work we stayed-up late last night 
> reviewing all of the images. I'm sure glad that Ben Fisler's son, Erik, is 
> such a good photographer, and that they took time from finding all of 
> those meteorites in order to record this "event". Because, I think they'll 
> be talking about this "group hunt" years from now. But, if I want to make 
> any more predictions, I should save them for a future article,
>
>
> So, a big "THANK YOU" goes to Ruben Garcia (who is always the first person 
> to volunteer to be host for any social gathering), for taking a casual 
> comment about a "99 year anniversary" and to turn it into a fun, group 
> meteorite hunt (not that Ruben needs an excuse to socialize). And the same 
> "Thank you" goes to Jim & Wendy Wooddell for their logistical support and 
> managing of the daily (and nightly) activities, which insured a successful 
> social event.
>
> And to all of those who have taken the time to share their images and 
> videos of the Holbrook Hunt with us, a big "Thank you", as well. Although 
> this group hunt has been ably documented by many of those in attendance, I 
> still wish I had taken more images while hunting in the strewnfield. 
> Especially of people making their very first meteorite find, because this 
> only happens once in each finders lifetime. And to be able to re-live this 
> event (even vicariously) through its recording, would be reinvigorating to 
> the soul of every meteorite hunter.
>
> But I did record the group activities the evening before and after the 
> Saturday hunt. And that is what I would like to comment on here. Upon 
> arriving at the Motel 6 on Friday evening and entering into the central 
> courtyard, it was as if we had registered for a symposium, because we 
> encountered several dozen people standing around in small circles engaged 
> in animated discussions (talking about meteorite-recovery). All that was 
> missing were the name-tags.
>
> A good percentage of these people had never found a meteorite, and a few 
> had never gone on a meteorite hunt before coming to Holbrook. Some of 
> these neophytes had brought rocks they had found with the hope that one of 
> the more experienced hunters would deem their "hopeful" as being a 
> meteorite. All of the others were intently listening, trying to learn why 
> these meteor-wrongs were not meteorites. The crowd around Ruben Garcia was 
> particularly large. It seemed like the meteor-wrong discussions were going 
> to last all night.
>
> Finally, almost out of desperation, Ruben brought out his collection of 
> Holbrook stones and conducted an impromptu free-clinic on "Meteorite 
> Identification". I feel that Ruben's extra effort in educating, by 
> conducting this class on meteorite ID, was a factor in the overall success 
> of the hunt the next day. After Ruben's free-seminar, conversations over 
> dinner would be centered on meteorites. After dinner, small groups would 
> form to continue discussing various meteorite-related subjects long into 
> the night.
>
> Then the next evening, even after a whole day of meteorite-hunting, 
> everyone pitched-in to make the awards ceremony as memorable as making 
> your first find. Jim and Wendy found the time to make Certificates of 
> Achievement for all 47 participants, as well as, the trophy awards, not 
> the least of which was the award bestowed upon Ruben for his unique social 
> skills which made possible this anniversary-hunt as a historical day in 
> meteorite-recovery.
>
> After Ruben accepted his award, he and Erik personally awarded each 
> meteorite hunter with their Certificate, and in addition, if that person 
> hadn't made a find that day, they were given an original Ruben Garcia 
> genuine Holbrook meteorite along with limited-edition Mr.Meteorite ID Card 
> & CoA (which were much larger than any of the fragments that I found)!!
> By my count, there were 19 people who were presented with a Holbrook 
> meteorite by Ruben!
>
> As I mentioned earlier, I have some images from this event. I plan on 
> uploading those and making them available on-line at a later time. Just 
> wanted to add my 2yen and comment on some of the other activities that 
> centered on the "99th Year Anniversary" Holbrook Meteorite Hunt.
>
> Bob V.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt Video!
> Jim Wooddell jimwooddell at gmail.com
> Tue Jul 19 15:45:57 EDT 2011
>
> Hi all!
> I added /updated pictures of the Holbrook hunt!
> They are in my Scrap Book under 7/16/2011
> http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org
>
> Jim Wooddell
>
> --------------------
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Worked all day on the video - it's done!
>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/99thanniversaryhunt.htm
>>
>> Even if you are NOT a "meteorite hunter" type you may want to watch
>> this video just to see how the largest 240 gram specimen was found
>> this last Saturday (July 16th, 2011)
>>
>> P.s. I just talked to Ben and Erik Fisler and
>> they will be posting photos soon!
>>
>> --
>> Rock On!
>>
>> Ruben Garcia
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