[meteorite-list] Hunt Goes On for More Meteorites

[Michael Farmer]

Then please explain what "rogue meteorite hunters" is supposed to mean. It implies illegal or bad meteorite hunters. I am pretty pissed off after reading that crap. Using Meteorite Men as an example of what we really do is also disingenuous to those of us who hunt meteorites for a living VS for TV. True meteorite hunters don't pretend 5 years after the fact that "Alpha site" is not actually Admire.
Michael Farmer
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On Nov 3, 2012, at 8:21 AM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:

> 
> "Rivera said he took an oath not to tell  what they saw for fear that 
> rogue meteorite hunters — eager to sell galactic  collectibles on eBay 
> — might pounce on new potential meteorite locations and  rob scientists' 
> ability to research more rocks."
> 
> 
> 
> Maybe I'm  missing something here, but from sitting on the side, I've 
> gotten the impression  that its standard practice for various meteorite hunters 
> to hide their hot spots  from each other until the "cat is pretty much out of 
> the bag."  I think it  was on the first episode of Meteorite Men they 
> talked about keeping the location  of Pallasite finds secret. I also think on 
> another episode, a hunting site in  Nevada was also suppose to been kept 
> secret. On occasions I've read on this list  where individual hunters or various 
> groups would hint at not mentioning where  they are etc. while searching for 
> a new strewnfield. I honestly don't think  Jenniskens is doing anything 
> different for his interests, than what the rest of  the meteorite hunting world 
> is doing for themselves or group. 
> George Zay  
> 
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