Morning in the middle
of the Brenham strewn field

Steve Arnold fires up his ATV.
Note meteorite on the luggage rack

Early morning and Steve
calibrates the detector

Digging up a target

Uncovering the 1,400 lb meteorite,
the King of the Pallasites

It came from outer space!

The back hoe hoists the 3/4-ton
meteorite out of a seven-foot hole

Mr. and Mrs. Binford (the landowners), with Steve and new friend

Moving the King. Haviland City water tower is in the background

The world's
largest oriented pallasite

Detail of crystals in
an exposed olivine pocket

A similar Brenham specimen,
cut and polished to show crystals

Scrap dug up while hunting included wagon wheels and plow blades

Kids ride in the meteorite-proof
Toyota at the Afton Observatory

The back hoe is called in to
excavate a possible meteorite

The back hoe is called in to
excavate a possible meteorite

At least one piece of equipment
broke down every day

Most targets were dug by hand

Geoff Notkin and Steve have fun
making their own craters

Steve returns home to Arkansas
with the King of the Pallasites

Sunset across the
Brenham strewn field

Photographs by Qynne Arnold, Steve Arnold, Phil Mani, Geoffrey Notkin. All rights reserved.
Brenham detail slice photo © Oscar Monnig Meteorite Gallery.