Meteorite Men

Meteorites are remnants of long-dead planets and asteroids. Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin love nothing more than to hunt them down! Our passionate treasure-hunters take us on an adventure as we learn what meteorites tell us about our past and where we are

There is amazing footage of the night time fireball of the Buzzard Coulee Meteorite that fell in Canada, last November. The fall occurred just before a blanket of Winter snow, so the meteorites are well preserved for Geoff and Steve to unearth.

Approximately 63,000 years ago a giant meteorite created one of only two craters in the U.S. that have produced meteorite specimens. Steve and Geoff will be hunting on the land surrounding the crater with their new cutting edge detectors.

In the 1850's a Mexican farmer came across a huge meteorite in Arizona. It became known as the "Tucson Ring" and now resides at the Smithsonian. This is a hunt that will attempt to solve one of the biggest mysteries in the world of meteorite hunters.

In 1995, Professor Jim Kriegh discovered a field of thousands of ancient (fossil) stone meteorites, while prospecting for gold. Dr. Kriegh discovered the Gold Basin Meteorite - known as the best mapped strewn field in history.

Dry lake beds are a great place to find new, never before discovered meteorites. The terrain of the bed provides spectacular visuals and high-speed action as the guys cover as much ground as possible, looking for dark rocks against the light colored sand.