[meteorite-list] Treasure Hunters

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

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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