Meteorite Men | S02 E07 | Mundrabilla Australia

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The Meteorite Men -- Geoffrey Notkin and Steve Arnold -- head "Downunder" to the mighty Australian Outback on the most ambitious expedition of their careers. On the far side of the world, they cross the Nullarbor Plain by - a stark, magnificent limestone plateau that is one of the most desolate locations on Earth - by road to reach the remote Mundrabilla strewnfield. The MM team up with Australian meteorite specialist Dr. Andy Tomkins and discover that their campsite is right in the middle of the fall zone. With limited time and an enormous area to cover, the guys use every trick they know to find examples of the strange and beautiful Mundrabilla iron.
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The Nullarboor Plain is home to multiple species of venomous snakes, deep and shear-sided sink holes, and many other hazards. The team was camped so far from civilization they were advised that -- in case of emergency -- even a "flying bush doctor" would likely not arrive in time. As a result, the crew included a field medic plus an Australian Outback survival expert. The doctor was only needed to treat minor injuries, but the extensive knowledge (and good humor) of the team's Outback expert were invluable on a daily basis.

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@speckledjim_ 3 года назад

Marvelous

@patrickrose1221 3 года назад

How he spotted that from the truck - " Dead Eye " ! aye lol. Once he dropped one and bent down so fast to pick it up that , it hit him on the back of the head on the way down pmsl : ) great show .

@SynthgodXXX 4 года назад

Fantastic show! Great episode! I love meteorites!

@bouzadachannel5320 2 года назад

Bravo both of you men Really a very successful expedition! Not easy to find such beautiful meteorites in just 2/3 days!

@16-BITFPV 2 месяца назад

I just recently found your TV show it's really good. Have you ever considered basically making your own show on RU-vid? Probably have a huge audience.

@p4tr1ck18 4 года назад

I wish I could be the errand boy for this. I just wanna support what I like huh

@MadPaperPeople 3 года назад

put your magnets on a canvas sheet on top stuff will still pick up through the canvas...

@GCL110 Месяц назад

Looks like someone refined the magnet-rake, satellite images show several kms of zigzag tracks!

@tommajor6239 4 года назад

I really , really hope you got to add the big one to your collection Geoff :/

@GeoffNotkin 3 года назад

Thanks Tom! I am very pleased to say that our wonderful colleagues in Australian academia very kindly granted us export permits for the pieces we found and I've had the pleasure of exhibiting that large Mundrabilla in our traveling museum exhibit. As a "thank you" I donated some rare meteorites to the Australian museum that sponsored us. It wasn't a required trade, just a thank you : ) Cheers for watching and the good wishes.

@annaronneholmvuxenutbildni4056 4 года назад

OMG!

@rickmessina5396 3 года назад

Have you ever found any other metal deposits while looking for meteorites.???

@p4tr1ck18 4 года назад

Bring me on for new blood!

@Staceyoz 11 месяцев назад

These meteorites look like most of the rocks found in the wheatbelt of Western Australia How can you tell the difference

@GeoffNotkin 7 месяцев назад

Well, it definitely takes a lot of practice and getting familiar with the shapes and features of meteorites. The Mundrabilla meteorites did tend to melt into those tadpole-like shapes. They are 90+ plus iron, so will stick like mad to a good magnet. Also, if you were to cut and prepare a piece, you'd see features unique to that meteorite inside.

@goldfools5445 3 года назад

I’m not sure about the detectors and the detecting style. I guess that’s just to make the show look more speedy than detecting really is. A gpz7000 with a 19” coil would miss much. I think I found my first meteorite while gold prospecting last week, hence my interest. Going on the value of these it’s worth $2.00. It’s more interesting than all the gold I found that week. Always loved your show.

@GeoffNotkin 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much for watching! The GPZ 7000 is an excellent (though complex) machine. It had not yet been invented back when we were filming "Meteorite Men." I've used one many times since, and the 5000, and the CTX 3030. You are 100% right! It doesn't miss much. I am a fan of Minelab the only drawback for me is some of the higher-end machines are heavy and there are places I've hunted (cliff sides, forest with trees very close together, etc.) where it's difficult to use them and a smaller, lighter detector maybe works better. But I've had great success with Minelab machines, although I don't think we used any on the show. The SDC 2300 is my personal favorite among Minelabs. Also, I was friends with the team at Fisher Labs and they invited us to try out some of their prototypes on the show, which was exciting and an honor for a tech head like me. I love Fisher gear too and still use it. Looking back, I would use different hunting strategies in some situations ... and the detecting equipment is for sure significantly better now than it was. But we did the best we could, bouncing from one continent to another with limited time and all my detecting gear (including a back-up machine, spare parts, batteries, etc., as there's no repair shop in the Outback) having to travel with us on planes in one Pelican case : ) Cheers and good hunting! -- Geoff

@goldfools5445 4 месяца назад

@@GeoffNotkin thanks Geoff, great reply, Things sure have moved on since I commented on this video. I still detect, in fact we have been out this week, only 5 grams of gold to show so far. As far as detectors go, we have moved on to the GpX6000. It’s light weight and a real killer on the small gold. It would have to be the best gold detector available in the world today. Good luck with your future projects, hope to see you back on the screen. Cheers Mark

@jyesucevitz 3 года назад

camels? in Australia??

@GeoffNotkin 4 месяца назад

That is EXACTLY what I thought! It's quite an amazing story. Here's a good piece on it. Thanks for watching! www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180410-the-strange-story-of-australias-wild-camel

@tejjensen9402 3 года назад

They see a camel but I saw a dromedary.

@dirkjackson1267 Год назад

Love it ❤. U still hunt

@GeoffNotkin 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Dirk! Yes I do! I was hunting for meteorite long before we started making the show. And I am still great friends with Steve. We just had a call yesterday to discuss a new project. I love metal detectors (and the technology that fuels them) and I'm always ready to try out a new one. Or a vintage one, for that matter ; )