Category: amateur

Hummingbirds of Costa Rica

Half of the hummingbird species of Costa Rica are assembled, with direct sounds and comments on varied features of the birds, leading to their identification, enjoyable entertainment, and an educational video for the amateur and the connoisseur. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook:…


How Amateur Sleuths Solved the Mystery of 100-Year-Old South Minneapolis Toilet Cover

By Richard Chin From Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Minneapolis—Nearly a century ago, a plumber installed a toilet in a bungalow in south Minneapolis. When the job was done, the workman took a pencil and signed his work on the inside of the toilet tank lid in a flowing cursive hand: “Otto Johnson plumber May 6, 1924.”…


Henry III Gold Coin Found by Amateur Metal Detectorist Sells at Auction for $875,000

A rare 13th century King Henry III gold penny, found on farmland by an amateur metal detectorist, has sold at auction in London, England, for over three-quarters of a million dollars. Not only will it go down in history as Britain’s “most valuable single coin find,” but it is also the “most expensive English medieval…