New York prospector finds gold

Raffi at work

 

While Dicovery Channel's ill fated amateur gold miners were freezing their collective tuches off in Alaska, our fellow New Yorker Raffi Stepanian has been finding gold right on the sidewalks of our fair state.

Raffi Stepanian, a self-styled urban prospector, has discovered enough tiny jewellery fragments hidden in the sidewalks of the city's Diamond District to make a living.

Using nothing more than a Styrofoam cup, tweezers and a butter knife, he collects hundreds of dollars worth of gold, diamonds and rubies each week.

While the Empire State may not be creating as many jobs as Texas, there are still some free market opportunities if one looks hard enough, we guess.