New York City’s Diamond District is home to more than 2,000 businesses that buy and sell jewelry. Through the years, many people have lost pieces of treasure here. Valuable bits of gold and gems have fallen off broken necklaces, earrings, watches, and other accessories. Now, the enterprising Raffi Stepnanian is cashing in. Using tweezers and a butter knife, he mines for rich pickings packed in the mud of sidewalk cracks and gutters. “The percentage of gold out here on the street is greater than the amount of gold you would find in a mine,” he says. Get inspired by his efforts. Dig for treasure in unlikely places where no one else would deign to look.
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