If you’re looking for a fun 1-hour special to watch on TV these days, check your local listings for Meteorite Men on the Science Channel. It’s already run once or twice and will again be broadcast on Memorial Day, May 25 (and, we can hope, repeated lots of other times). Last February, Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich and I ran into the Meteorite Men themselves — noted hunters and dealers Steve Arnold and Geoffrey Notkin — at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Their TV program features Steve and Geoffrey digging for meteorites in Kansas and Arizona and visiting the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe. Believe me, this is one fun show to watch for those who lust after meteorites like I do.
For more on the show, see their web site, meteoritemen.com. You will be swept up by the fun and exciting adventures Steve and Geoffrey have, as they describe it, on their “search for alien treasures.” Enjoy!
[Photo caption: Geoffrey Notkin (left) and Steve Arnold during filming of Meteorite Men in Brenham, Kansas.
Credit: Caroline Palmer, Aerolite Meteorites]
Related: See a gallery of some of David Eicher's meteorites