[meteorite-list] Treasure Hunters

Tue Apr 25 22:02:09 EDT 2006

Hello List and whomever you are that wrote this last email without signing  
it,

I am glad you seem to be as concerned as we are about  accumulating as much 
scientific data as possible on our excavations.  It is  our hope to find a 
buffalo skull under one of our Brenhams, or a field mouse, or  at least some grass 
carried to the bottom of the impact pit.  The odds of  finding a soiled 
loincloth are pretty slim, but we are looking anyway.   

So for the last 6 or so digs at Brenham, I have had the Backhoe dig off  to 
the side and deeper than where the meteorite target is, then slowly he moves  
over to where the specimen is at in situ.  Then when we reach it, we dig  out 
above it so that we can get beside it and lift it up preserving the soil  
beneath it with the imprint of the rock just removed.   We are then  able to get 
samples of the soil for age dating and possibly other research that  guys in 
white lab coats might be interested in.

I am not sure if the  Travel Channel will explain why we were digging the way 
we were.  That part  might actually get included in the final production, or 
it might get cut to the  editing room floor. But even if they don't show it, 
or explain it, the samples  are being taken.

By the way, what is your name?  I'm justifiably and  unassailably an enemy of 
the irresponsible, counterscientific, hobbyist lack of  email signatures 
glorified by certain people and uncritically tolerated by  others (accomplices).

Ex Astra,
Steve Arnold
_www.BrenhamMeteoriteCompany.com_ (http://www.BrenhamMeteoriteCompany.com)   

In a message dated 4/25/2006 7:37:32 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
endophasy at yahoo.com writes:

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.j
pg&.src=ph

Keep  Out!  
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=b500re2.j
pg&.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.j
pg&.src=ph

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=2787re2.j
pg&.src=ph

Mike,  Sonny, Ruben, Geoff and Luke the "camera man"  
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=5c0bre2&.dnm=8f57re2.j
pg&.src=ph

Me  and  Geoff
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=5c0bre2&.dnm=8267re2.j
pg&.src=ph

Our  finds by 3:30  pm
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meteoritemall/detail?.dir=e579re2&.dnm=3c1bre2.j
pg&.src=ph

Ruben  Garcia

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