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How money can be made from shit

Money for shit

It might sound like the ultimate shit post, but we’ve found four examples of how money has literally been made from shit.

Published October 4, 2023
Categorised as Money Tagged alchemy, hustling, prospecting

What’s driving the rising popularity of metal detecting?

rise in popularity metal detecting

What’s driving the rise in popularity of metal detecting, and how likely is an amateur detectorist to be doing a gold dance after just a few sweeps of the coil?

Published July 15, 2023
Categorised as Discovery Tagged hustling, prospecting, scavenging

The craziest ever money making schemes

asteroid mining crazy money making schemes

What are the craziest ever money-making schemes? How about mining asteroids for precious metals, cornering the silver market or towing icebergs to release gold? We’ve pulled together some of the maddest money-making ideas.

Published March 15, 2023
Categorised as Money Tagged lottery, new frontiers, prospecting

How Victorian sewer hunters scavenged treasure from beneath London

Sewer Hunter Scavenging Victorian Sewers

Hold your nose, put down your sandwich and meet an army of Sewer Hunters dredging the drains of Victorian-era London for treasure.

Published December 16, 2022
Categorised as Discovery, Work Tagged history, hustling, prospecting

How a sewer hunter broke into the Bank of England vaults

A sketch of the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street

In 1836, the Bank of England’s Directors received a taunting letter claiming access to its vaults. The events that followed, worthy of a Netflix documentary, involved a mysterious trunk and a trail leading through the bowels of London to an illiterate sewer hunter who might be the unsung OG of white hat hacking.

Published December 13, 2022
Categorised as Discovery, Money Tagged history, hustling, prospecting

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