Man Mines Precious Metals and Gems on Midtown Manhattan Sidewalks
June 20th, 2011I happen to like stories about weird ways that people make it through this… reality.
Wow, I definitely wouldn’t have ever thought of this. He probably should have told people he lost his contact lenses or something.
Via: New York Post:
There’s gold in them thar sidewalk cracks!
A Queens man has discovered enough hidden treasure — bits of diamonds, rubies, platinum and gold — on the gritty sidewalks of Midtown’s Diamond District to make a living.
“The streets of 47th Street are literally paved with gold,” a giddy Raffi Stepanian, 43, of Whitestone told The Post last week when a reporter discovered him on all fours — armed with tweezers and a butter knife — digging through cracks in the sidewalk in a driving rainstorm.
