Ep. 3133 - STORY: Metal Detectorist Gets Paid for Finding Lost Jewelry
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
When a full-time data developer starts a detective agency with his kids, it goes on to help people recover over $100,000 worth of jewelry in a casual side hustle.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:00.0 | Introducing the new Dell AI PC powered by the Intel Core Ultra processor. It's not just an AI |
| 0:06.7 | computer, it's a computer built for AI. That means it's built to help do your busy work for you. |
| 0:12.8 | So you can fast forward through editing images, designing presentations, generating code, |
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| 0:26.9 | finding that file you are looking for, managing your schedule, meeting your deadlines, |
| 0:30.9 | and responding to Chuck's long emails. Chuck, our producer, doesn't actually send long emails, |
| 0:36.8 | but this computer can do a lot, |
| 0:38.4 | leaving all the time in the world for more you time and for the things you actually want to do. |
| 0:44.0 | And no offense, Chuck. |
| 0:45.1 | Get a new Dell AIPC starting at 699 at Dell.com slash AI-PC. |
| 0:52.6 | How those ahead, stay ahead. |
| 0:59.7 | Lemonada. |
| 1:04.4 | Metal detector gets paid for finding lost jewelry. Hey friends, welcome to side hustle school. |
| 1:15.3 | This is a fun story I've got for you today. A full-time data developer starts a detective agency with his kids. |
| 1:21.6 | It goes on to help people recover over $100,000 worth of jewelry in a casual side hustle. Did you know you can make $100,000 in a |
| 1:29.9 | casual side hustle? Well, you can. We featured all kinds of stories over the years of people |
| 1:34.0 | operating at that level and beyond. He's having fun with his kids. He's helping people recover |
| 1:39.1 | something of value and he's getting paid. All good things, of course. This is part of a remix |
| 1:43.8 | series. |
| 1:44.6 | We first broadcast a version of this story back in 2018. |
| 1:48.0 | We are re-recording it for you now. |
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