It's a sub-set of the adage, ~'Muricans try all sorts of cockamamie things, sometimes finally discovering one which works (then erase all the stories of the failures: in 'classes'). And like that.

On my plot I've found n spearheads; the best ones are the unbroken forms, also showing progress in the accuracy of their craft. On Day 1 here, I was well aware that my 'Deed' was bogus: stolen land, etc. As there are a couple rows of walnut trees, the nearby soil was not plowed over the years: that was where a little digging brought up some of that local history. Shallower an anachronism was excavated: a ~1" dia. swastika--not of any indigent style--modern alloy, etc. prompting wonderings of previous faux-Owners of the plot. They be dead now, so no provenance. Periodic flooding over decades (the creek) means there are likely other treasures yet to surface.

LIfe's a beach; we are merely fossils--along the way.