A Metal Detector Led This Hobbyist To Uncover Something He Never Anticipated

Artifact #1

The first artifact was a coin, but not a penny or a nickel. This time, he had discovered something that was unlike anything he'd ever seen. He rubbed some dirt off of the surface, but he was still unsure as to what he was looking at. Was it some kind of ancient currency? As he cleaned the object, an engraving became visible...

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The More You Know

  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.
  • The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
  • The majority of polar bears live in Canada—not in the Arctic.
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