[meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment

[tett]

Geoff,

Very exciting that the find turned out to be a Brenham piece!  You must have 
been thrilled to see this captured by the film crew.

Thanks for your update.

Cheers,

tett
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment



> On Jan 3, 2007, at 7:00 PM, tett wrote:

>

>> Fess up guys, was this iron planted?  If it was, it really does not

>> detract from a great news

>> article and the new "find" helps to give the segment more pizzaz!

>

> Dear Tett:

>

> Thanks for the enthusiastic comments.

>

> Funny you should ask about the iron being planted, because the host

> asked us the same thing! No, we did not plant it. What they don't show

> are the hours and days Steve spent on his own hunting for a good

> signal. Before shooting started Steve had marked some underground

> targets with little surface flags to save time while the crew was on

> location (but left the targets buried and untouched).

>

> When we finally got the film crew out into the field, all the flags had

> gone. They may have been scooped up by a tractor -- it is a working

> farm after all. So, Steve had to start over and go find the targets

> from scratch. Just ask him how long it took to find those targets  : )

>

> As you can imagine, Steve has a pretty good ear and we both felt this

> one might be a real iron, and it was. What they also don't show you are

> the next 19 (?) targets Steve dug up over the next few digs, none of

> which were meteorites. The way the show is edited does make it look

> pretty easy. We were only supposed to have a seven-minute segment, and

> they expanded it to eleven, so I guess we actually got more airtime

> than planned, so I'm not complaining.

>

> I put together a "Making-of" feature about the show, and that goes into

> a little more detail.

>

> I hope you enjoy it:  http://www.aerolite.org/wired-science.htm

>

>

> Thanks for watching.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Geoff N.

>

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>

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