[meteorite-list] Tucson Show, featured on "The Desert Speaks" a repeat tonight from 2006, on one of my local PBS stations with Bob Haag

[Brian Cox]

I Just watched the Desert Speaks on PBS, it was a show from 2006, with the 
host David Yetman and they were in Tucson. They did different sections of 
the 30 minute show. They showed meteorites and were at the home of  Bob 
Haag, and David said he was the most well known person in the meteorite 
collecting world, "The King of Meteorites" I do believe they called him. He 
was showing the host how to use his metal detector to hunt for meteorites 
and the different kinds of meteorites, some from Argentina, Kansas, Russia 
and other countries around the world. He showed the beautiful peridot in 
pallasite meteorites and showed how to cut and polish a meteorite. Then they 
were walking around the Tucson show looking at fossils and then went to 
Wyoming to hunt for fossils and then showed petrified wood and then cut away 
to travel near the Petrified Forest and the land of the owners of a large 
petrified wood shop where they were using a back hoe to dig out petrified 
wood and polish it and make it into bookends and table tops. It was a great 
show.

Bob Haag ended the show with the host David as they were walking with the 
metal detector as the credits rolled. Look for this 2006 show on your local 
PBS stations. It was a fitting show to be on tonight with all of the talk 
about the Tucson Show. One thing we have to remember about meteorites is 
that any irons would surely start to rust if not treated in a humid climate 
or near the ocean. Tucson and anyplace in the desert that is dry is the 
perfect place for meteorites. They could easily move the fossils, petrified 
wood, minerals and gems to about any location anywhere in the world, but we 
also have to remember that flying to Hawaii or anyplace that you can't load 
up your RV, truck, camper or car is going to be very, very expensive since 
you can't bring large stones as carry on luggage, since they think they may 
be used as weapons and shipping costs could get expensive from some of the 
areas that are being mentioned.