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I worked building landfills. The scale house operators (who weighed the truck) had some stories about accidentally tossed things. Someone came and asked if they could look for a silver metal box. Sure, they said your not likely to find it. They insisted on looking. What’s in the box? A lot of money.

The only success was when someone got there before the trash truck and they dumped it in a certain area and wallet was recovered.

For $500 million it’s worth trying..though who knows if the drive will even be in one piece.. though landfills are pretty dry and almost nothing rots. landfill archiology.



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