Meteorite Men | S02 E01 | Alpha Gemstones
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- In this gadget and gizmo-heavy Season Two opener, Geoff and Steve return to their top-secret Alpha Site, but this time they are bringing a new secret weapon that is bright orange and weighs 900 pounds. During a research and development visit to Orange County Choppers in New York, they help the "American Chopper" team design a monster meteorite hunting motorcycle, which is later delivered to them in Kansas by Paul Senior. With the help of the new off-road bike and a massive experimental metal detector, the guys follow the historic Santa Fe trail and uncover a gemstone-laden monster space rock that dwarfs their previous Alpha finds.
TRIVIA
In the spirit of the classic "Marvel Team-Up" comic books, Executive Producer Christo Doyle came up with the idea of an "American Chopper" / "Meteorite Men" crossover episode. In addition to Paul Senior of Orange County Choppers guesting on "Meteorite Men," Geoff and Steve also guest-starred in an episode of his "American Chopper" show, which was named "Meteorite Men Bike." The motorcylce was painted orange to match the Science Channel logo. Geoff had been an enthusiastic dirt biker in his teens, but took an advanced motorcycle class with Harley-Davidson, just before filming, in order get to grips with the heavyweight motorcycle.
The friendly argument between the MM regarding what would become of the massive meteorite found on this episode - Steve wanted to melt it down for gemstones while Geoff wanted to preserve it in a museum - continued for many years. For the first five years, the meteorite was on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere musuem. It was eventually acquired by Geoff's company, Aerolite Meteorites, Inc., and is has been the centerpiece of free exhibits at numerous gem shows and museums where it was been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Finally a show where they actually do find things they are looking for!!
Lol I know right, you should try watching oak island 🙄
I found a softball sized one 40 years ago a perfect specimen. Gave it to my highschool science class and my daughter got a chance to hold it 30 years later
I miss this show
We do too! Thank you for watching and check out our all-NEW series, "Fireball Steve," starring Steve of MM and directed by Geoff of MM 😀
Me too!!
Same here this was the best show on TV
Same here!
I dont miss how slow they are
They work about 90 minutes a day actually looking for a meteorite
There could be bigger meteorite 100' from this rock and there not even going to look.
There could be 1000 pounder under the fence and they can't conceive of how to look for it.
This area needed to be completely covered by professionals. In a cooler time of year
Nice o learn Junior Sample is alive in Kansas. He was told he would “sack seed”one day. 🙏💪🌎🌍🌏❤️🎥❤️🇺🇸🖖
im a big fan, always loved this show glad to see it again some more !! hope you guys are out there having fun ! Happy Hunting !
Thanks so much for the nice comment : ) Cheers and all the best to you -- Geoff
This show was fucking great man, I can't believe they stopped showing it
Thanks so much! I think we were all pretty worn out after three years of filming (and about another year of planning and post production). But I so appreciate the enthusiastic comment. Cheers and all the best to you -- Geoff
somehow i only thought there was one season...so happy happy for my binge...
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching. I will say (don't tell anyone) that Season 1 was my favorite, but there were plenty of great moments in 2 and 3. Cheers.
The billion year old knowledge in said meteorite is priceless.
Can't wait for the rest of the episodes of this season, Thanks!
Cheers, Abdallah! Love your enthusiasm, thank you! I'm working on it. Takes me a while to write those trivia notes 😉
They broke the main winch use rule ... Never get behind or near winch cable
Never gets old watching you guys! Love all of the unique places you've gone and found meteorites. So what was the decision the two of you came to after a year of waiting? Did you find a buyer for the boulder or did you harvest the peridot?
Aha! Excellent question 😉 Please see the TRIVIA notes posted above for all the details. It had a happy ending -- at least as far as I'm concerned.
So someone can track the Santa Fe Trail and pretty much find out where you guys are hunting is meteorites
at 30 minutes, "we need a bigger shovel"
Meteoric Rising Cheers Guys !
Every time they say olivine in this show I imagine they’re saying “Aladeen” and “Aladeen crystals” and I start chuckling
this is one video I don't skip ahead on. thanks again for time well spent watching.
Thank you, Mark! Very glad you enjoyed it.
@@GeoffNotkin how do I even start looking for them
That is some cool scientific bad ass bike. Well done to O.C.C and both of you have good hunting on it.Tony. U.K
Is there a possibility that a meteorite will have microorganisms that are from other planets?
Hello Jesser! Excellent question. There is a meteorite that was found in Antarctica -- ALH 84001 -- that some scientists believe contains a fossilized bacterium. Other disagree. If we suppose that there is life elsewhere (and I do believe that) I suppose it's possible that primitive life could hitch a ride. However, consider the long time a potential meteorite might spend in the extreme cold of space, combined with the intense heat it would experience during flight through our atmosphere. You'd have to be a hardy life form to survive all that, but I would have to say such a thing might be possible. Thank you for writing and if you'd like to learn more about meteorites, you may enjoy my website --> aerolite.org/
Cheers from here -- Geoff
@@GeoffNotkin ok thanks for your reply and answering my question. Have a good new year's!
Cows: just checking for poison, because, stupid humans.
Miss this show sooo much
Thanks, Peter! Me too. We have some exciting "MM"-related projects planned for this year. May I invite you to connect with our Facebook page. All news posted there when we have it: facebook.com/meteoritemen
I found a 4foot diameter round "rock" with flaking layers of iron. It sits on White Rock Mountain. While excavating I found a layer of squared white sandstone. Each stone had a border of a dark clay stain.
It seems to me that it is a meteorite that shattered the white sandstone seam. I-64, Hartsrun ,WV to Draft road . Past state park and turn right to W.R.Mountain. about half way up, on left side of road where excavation was made to procure road material.
That bike must run hot going so slow across the field
Honestly these stones should be way more than what they are worth!
Agreed! We were very careful to try and always give realistic values on the meteorites found and discussed on the show. In some cases we underestimated. Also, we filmed those episodes quite a few years ago and meteorite values / prices have gone up considerably since then, in most cases. Thank you for watching!
@@GeoffNotkin bring back the show everybody likes it
OMG I’ve been waiting for this video for 2 years
Thank you for your patience, Legend! We had some technical issues that took quite a while to sort our. I hope to have all 23 complete episodes up within the next few days. We appreciate your enthusiasm. Cheers!
@@GeoffNotkin What happened with the meteorite? I'm pretty sure a year has passed now. Lol
Oh, just found the answer, sorry :)
Big fan by the way.
This made me very happy I never use car washes
By saying it is the that specific-trail I’m sure people know where you are
I haven't never seen this. !! These guys look like they're mapping the people's land out along with looking for rocks! Huh
Pretty cool , now tome to melt these suckers instead of staring at them, the rocks i mean.
??? What..why destroy something worth so much..
@@roberttaylor7064 the rock has been in display in a musuem , read the trivia notes in the description.That should please you.
Super, kod nas u Hrvatskoj je sve opljačkano pa vjerojatno i meteoriti.
22:56 😆I love this show it is so unplanned unlike annoying oak island editing.
if can you make about how to find market for it after you find
Hey guys , think your missing the spot !!!! Were you parked your truck is by a pond ? Who says that it shouldn't be drained! What made the hole? May need to go back and think about it!!! Johnnypotatoes 😉😄😎 great show !! Give me your email?
Love my meteorites
Man in a field , simples.
I Fucking Miss these days of Television.....
So do I! This is one of my favorite comments on the channel ever ; ) Thank you!
Finally Simon Cowell found a decent job
You guys are scientists ! And organized. (4/25/21)
I think a side by side would do the same thing probably a lot cheaper but that gust me....
You can replicate a rock you can't replicate the gems. You would have to had suffered a stroke if you decided not to utilize a million bucks hiding inside of a freakin rock.
Why didn't the calibrate there detectors on a old meteor they have
Good note! We actually nearly always did test and calibrate detectors on existing meteorites. Especially in Sweden where we were using a very deep-seeking detector. It wouldn't have worked in Kansas because of the size of the detector we had, but I think in quite a few others you can see us testing the detectors on samples we already had. Good observation, thank you for watching.
AI will build detector spiders, small and gargantuan. like a dog fetching a bone.
50k or 1 million?
No brainer there... 💰💰💰
How do yall know that it wasn't going the opposite direction
Finally i waited so long
Thank you, Matej! We are uploading all 23 episodes over the next few days. We appreciate your interest in the show! 😀
@@GeoffNotkin Nice
Does John Higgins go with you guys to look for meteorites?
We haven't been hunting together, but I do know him! : )
👍🏻
Cheers Tom!
What did u do with the stone ???
A little better quality video ?
Apologies! I really wish we had better quality copies. We'd surely post them if we did. These were made from the best source material we had at the time. We are hoping for a much higher quality release later this year 🙂
@@GeoffNotkin Oke thanks for the information
If Steve wants Peridot so bad I have a jar full
"Hold The ICE please"
What a piece get a quad and do it right
Top secret spot, then they start giving out locations XD XD yea were hunting a meteorite landing zone on the sante fe trail.. Top secret though. Pond and a bunch of cows with a road nearby.. Yup shouldnt be hard to find on google earth.
Are either of these guys married or "taken"? Asking for a friend.
Why is the thumbnail of the OCC guys?
They made a Meteorite hunting Motorcycle for them.
Guys, please, what's the best meteor detector
Paul Sr. was on that show?
Good show do you have meteroite
⛰️ we also found weight 5700 hram date...02.02.2021
Who say's there are crystals in them. why destroy valuable specimens.
Hey I have found a meteorite. I need help.
It hasn't been to a lab yet because of this covid crap, but I found in an area of glacial terminal moraine, a cylindrical bluish 355 pound completely see thro crystal rock that a magnet will slap onto it. the surface looks melted off in one direction, the front end looks like it has a circle of extra melt area that flowed down the body and the tail also has a circular markings like what ever was melting, didnt make it that far. I took a grinder to it on an area an inch square and polished the grind , lo and behold I could see several inches into it under my poor garage lighting. does this sound like a meteorite to you guys or am I silly holding onto it ? Oh it also has a nasty sooty smell to it when wet.
detector beep some thing is inside
did they end up selling it?
Hi Lorne! Interesting you should ask that. After this episode was completed, we gave the giant meteorite on loan to the wonderful Kansas Cosmosphere for five years -- I suppose, in a way to suspend the argument 😉 I am VERY pleased to say that, after the five years were up, I was able to preserve this magnificent meteorite, whole. It has been publicly exhibited at the Tucson gem and mineral shows -- where it was seen by several hundred thousand people -- and we hope it will one day have a permanent place in a museum exhibit. One thing I can tell you for sure, is it will NOT be melted down for gemstones 😉
Geoff Notkin yayyyyyy
Are you enterested buying my meteorite
My friend I have a meteorite..if u interest tell me please
your sound is low
GEMSTONES? Olivine is not rare at all. I HATE you are wrecking them.
Olivine is not rare on earth, but it's extremely rare in visible crystal form in meteorites. You'll be pleased to know that the big pallasite we found went to a museum on long-term loan after the show, and was not cut up .
Sometimes the settlers just discarded things to lighten their wagons on their way west.
Ahhh! Interesting observation Stephen, thanks. That helps make sense. I've always been puzzled that we, several times, found items which must have been quite valuable in the frontier era (plow blades, horse shoes, an antique iron, etc.).
Roger Spurr
Takes bacon and puts it in acid
Bike is dumb should have bought a quad.
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A light year is a measure of distance not time.....you dork!
Its the Distance light travels in a year..
Lol distance and time.... Funny fail here
As a science writer, I do actually know that. I said it for humorous or "poetic" effect, which was evidently lost on you.