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Ancient Dagger Up to 2.5k Years Old W Stars/Moons/Geometric Patterns Unearthed

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144 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 07 Apr 25 21:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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bb88 ◴[08 Apr 25 04:02 UTC] No.43618246[source]▶
Reminds me of "Detectorists."

https://www.amazon.com/Detectorists-BBC-Series/dp/B06XC4TPTN

Here in the US, if you search along the roads, mostly you're just going to find trash.

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verisimi ◴[08 Apr 25 08:22 UTC] No.43619475[source]▶
> Here in the US, if you search along the roads, mostly you're just going to find trash.

You too could find something amazing, if you prepare the ground you intend to detect.

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1. bb88 ◴[10 Apr 25 18:35 UTC] No.43646845[source]▶
I think maybe a better approach I saw was to sweep and vacuum up NY City sidewalks for gemstones that have fallen out of people's jewelry.

It's similar to the idea of sweeping up the edges of high travelled roads looking for palladium. But I think the palladium recovered wasn't worth the effort. But the gem stones might be, even if they're tiny.