Interesting article on urban prospecting

[DrDuck]

This may be of interest. The more detailed article in New Scientist is behind a paywall, unfortunately.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jo...be-paved-gold-and-other-precious-metals/5778/

 

[aadelaidean]

Thanks , interesting reading indeed. Dont think Im ready to fossick in the sewer yet,,,,lol.... people working at the water treatment works often find jewelery .....Cheers Debra

This may be of interest. The more detailed article in New Scientist is behind a paywall, unfortunately.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jo...be-paved-gold-and-other-precious-metals/5778/

 

[axeman]

I knew a bloke back in the thunder box days, he would spread the contents of the pan on the ground in the hope of finding treasures. I had a mowing job on the council and one place I mowed was the sewerage treatment plant, the bloke in charge of that told me stories of items he had found, had some ripper vegies growing there to. Another bloke who worked on the council had the job of going down into the sewerage pipes to inspect them (he was 3ft nothing, that's why he got the job) and he's found some interesting items as well. Back in the 80's a bloke asked me where the original dump site was for the thunder box pans, he wanted to go over it with his metal detector.
Mick