[Rockhounds] "list where the knowledge of many is shared freely"

[Ted Kowalski]

Don't you already do that?

What Tim is too modest to state is that he provides sites, maps, GPS cords,
directions and tips on where to dig the better/good sites.

Check out his website: http://orerockon.com/ and his CD of rock hunting
sites is the best deal out there for rock hunting. At his current price (is
the holiday special still on?) it is the next best thing to freely sharing
(with a strict definition of free). I, an Easterner who occasionally spends
large sums of money to drive west for collecting, considers Tim's CD
indispensable.

Also check out Gary's masmils database; available on Ebay.

Some states (Utah comes to mind) and colleges provides lots of information
about collecting sites.

Ted Kowalski
Fredericksburg, VA USA

-----Original Message-----
From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
[mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Tim Fisher
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:33 AM
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] "list where the knowledge of many is shared
freely"

That's a bizarre debate. Sounds like the smog is getting a little 
thick down in SoCal. Greed and selfishness is killing this already 
dying hobby. Sharing collecting sites makes sense if only from a 
survivalist perspective; if everything was kept secret, what would 
newcomers to the hobby do? Spend years tracking down new places to 
find rocks, fossils, minerals etc.? Wrong. They would get 
disillusioned and find something else to do with their spare time. I 
have seen it happen, in fact this "hoarder" mentality has caused the 
death of some of the local rock clubs. You can only tell someone "no" 
a few times before they get the hint and go away for good. Maybe I 
will Join LA Rocks just to post a few hundred pairs of GPS coords I 
have for CA collecting sites :D

At 06:33 PM 12/20/2007, you wrote:
>PawPawTiger  said Rockhounds is a "list where  the knowledge of many is
>shared freely". A furious debate is raging on the  LARocks 
>discussion group about
>sharing the locations of places to collect rocks  and minerals at, 
>and I'd like
>to see some opinions of the rockhounds on  this list.  Do you think
>rockhounds should share the location of collection  sites, or should 
>people have to
>earn the right to this knowledge by going out  first with someone 
>else?  Is the
>knowledge of a collecting site  "intellectual property", and thus should be
>paid for?  Is it wrong to post  GPS coordinates for others to 
>use?  I'd sure like
>to hear what you have to  say.
>

Tim Fisher
Ore-ROCK-On!
Email address at http://OreRockOn.com  

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