[meteorite-list] Mammoth

[MexicoDoug]

"It's nothing to find a fossil in the Las Vegas Valley."

Hi Count

Come on, where's that priceless tone of spirit Guido!  Is it also 
*nothing* to find a meteorite in a strewn field?  I recall sharing the 
wonder and excitement vicariously in your post when you found a 27 
pound or was it kg chondrite somewhere around there.  You were awesome! 
  But I have a truckload of old chondrites myself, why should I have 
felt that way?  Now - There are many mammoths in my own hunting area, 
far, far away from Vegas.  I've never had the good fortune to notice 
one.

I have found a prehistoric horse's tooth looking for tektites in 
Georgia, and some barely recognizeable prehistoric North American camel 
part fossils athere too, and it sure made the days interesting since I 
was skunked royal on that trip.  I'm, sure they are common, but IMO, 
the rarest thing is getting some for the first time, i.e., rare is what 
you are looking for and find on that first special occasion whether you 
know what you are looking for or not; when you become one with the 
land.  You take on the challenge she presents and the task you take 
upon yourself to look for things any fat ass can buy for pennies off 
eBay.  Is that not the thrill of the hunt?  Is it the rock, fossil, or 
whatever, or is it the impact it makes on your life and the sharing of 
it with like minded friends?

I don't know what Adam was up to but he sounded as if he wished nice 
fossils like this one would be preserved and and that was the thrust of 
his comment.  I think my jaw would have dropped if I tripped over a 
huge mammouth tusk or the like.  After spending days on end in the 
summer Nevada Sun looking for meteorites, most days with goose egg, I 
imagine:

My long winded point is: Surely, but Surely, it is *something* to find 
a freakin' mammoth!  I wish I were there to see it peaking out of the 
ground for the first time since ... the comet struck it, or so I would 
imagine as any healthy hunter distorts the reality of the tough desert 
into his home and rushes his passions into it - after discovering 
enough of its secrets, time and time again drunk on grain of the desert 
pavement and remembering the first time, the last time, and the 
enchantment of the finds to come!

Peace
Doug




-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net>
To: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>; Adam Hupe 
<raremeteorites at yahoo.com>; Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Mon, Jul 25, 2011 8:57 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoth


Count...with due respect, it was Tina Faye who characterized the "see 
Russia from my house" Sarah thang on Saturday Night Live.... 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Count Deiro" 
<countdeiro at earthlink.net> 
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>; "Adam" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 5:31 PM 
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoth 
 
> Sort of like Sarah Palin, I can see the "early man" site, as we kids 
 > called the area where we found mammoth teeth and bones nearly sixty 
years > ago, from the second floor of my house. I remember kids 
bringing home > elephant teeth and trading them for marbles.. 
> 
> A number of digs have been funded in Las Vegas over the last half 
century > and the area is now supposed to be better protected and 
dedicated as a > historical site when the State gets some dough. 
> 
> Adam is correct. There are fossils all over North Las Vegas, even 
within > the housing subdivisions, and the folks just ATV and ride 
horses all over > them. It's nothing to find a fossil in the Las Vegas 
Valley. 
> 
> Count Deiro 
> IMCA 3536 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
>>From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> 
>>Sent: Jul 25, 2011 2:55 PM 
>>To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoth 
>> 
>>Yes, there are fossils everywhere north of Vegas. They have an area 
that >>looks like a miniature Grand Canyon. People are riding 
motorcycles and >>quad runners all over fossil camels and mammoths and 
do not have a clue. >>They have also left behind tons and tons of trash 
used for target >>practice. We have had bullets zing over our heads and 
ricochet through the >>canyons so it not the safest place to be. 
>> 
>>Happy Hunting, 
>> 
>>Adam 
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