[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....

[Darryl Pitt]

Hi, 

I'm not inclined to disagree....it doesn't add up.  


On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:

> Scam.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Folks, 
>> 
>> I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature. 
>> 
>> A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is. 
>> 
>> This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment.  The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage.  It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg.  How do I know it's a medium  octahedrite?  I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face.  Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard.
>> 
>> The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed.  While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honest....but I just don't get it. 
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>> Any thoughts here?   Northeastern New Jersey.  End piece.  Medium octahedrite.  4.2 kg. 
>> 
>> I'll get a pic posted tomorrow. 
>> 
>> All best and thanks / d, 
>> 
>> 
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