[meteorite-list] Treasure Hunters

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Apr 26 10:21:56 2006
Message-ID: <444EDC5C.7000705_at_fascination.com>

A little anal lately aren't we???????????????

df

Thaddeus Besedin wrote:

> Oh great - another glorification of looting (relic hunting)! Do Any of
> the Brenham pits get at least a cursory record of their possible
> prehistoric components? I'm justifiably and unassailably an enemy of
> the irresponsible, counterscientific, hobbyist attitudes glorified by
> certain people and uncritically tolerated by others (accomplices). No,
> we don't need degrees to collect lumps of asteroids, planets, and
> comets, but a bit of respect for irreplacable biological taxa and
> cultural residues would make us more than drooling, avaricious
> freebooters.
>
> Ruben Garcia <meteoritemall_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> We had a great time filming an episode of "Cash and
> Treasure". A new series on the Travel Channel that
> will air in early 2007. Each show will be an hour long
> and will feature various types of treasure hunting.
> >From gold prospecting to relic hunting to meteorites,
> it should be great.
>
> Our half of the one hour show will feature Geoff
> Notkin, Mike Miller, Sonney Clary, Keith Jenkerson and
> Myself. It will detail a recent Glorieta Mountain
> hunting trip where we found on and off camera 12
> Glorieta "Gems" by 3:30 p.m. and 16 total for the day!
>
> The second half of the show will spotlight Steve
> Arnold along with Geoff Notkin finding meteorites in
> the Brenham strewn field that most of us only dream
> of.
>
> This show is unique in that they insisted that nothing
> be staged or set-up. Everything was real! There was no
> planting meteorites, we were asked to just go and see
> what we could do. I think most of us were pleased to
> come up with what we did.
>
> The specimens were small averaging only about 10 or 12
> grams each. But as anyone who has ever hunted Glorieta
> knows, one could walk for days and never get close to
> these extra-terrestrial gems.
>
> Check out some of the pictures:
>
> Geoff, Mike, Sonny, Keith, Me before the cameras
> rolled
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=e3f1re2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> Keep Out!
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=b500re2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> Me and Becky(host of the show) finding the first
> glorieta meteorite on camera!
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=91d2re2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=2787re2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> Mike, Sonny, Ruben, Geoff and Luke the "camera man"
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=5c0bre2&.dnm=8f57re2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> Me and Geoff
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=5c0bre2&.dnm=8267re2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> Our finds by 3:30 pm
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=3c1bre2.jpg&.src=ph
>
> Ruben Garcia
>
>
>
>
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