# Found -- New show on the History Channel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580 "2017-08-01T15:01:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580/1 "2017-08-01T15:01:33Z")

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No spoilers please, there is only one episode out yet 🙂

What a refreshing and interesting show. The first one was aired 7/31.

Basically, people contact the History channel with questions about objects they have “found” but don’t know exactly what they are. It is cool and straightforward. Folks present their finds to archaeologists who ask questions, examine the object, do some off-screen research and present answers. Toot sweet!

I hope it continues to air and retains the nice simple format without a bunch of unnecessary dramatic pauses and cliff-hangers.

-rainy

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580/2 "2017-08-01T15:09:11Z")

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Sounds a lot like PBS’ History Detectives. Which I love. I actually sent them a thing found by my son. He had a summer job with his friend’s dad who is a contractor. They were working on an old Brooklyn brownstone and found these old time card thingies and old skeleton keys behind a wall they took down. PBS never answered back.

Maybe I’ll send it to this new show.

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580/3 "2017-08-03T08:37:06Z")

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> [@rainy](#):
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> I hope it retains the nice simple format **without a bunch of unnecessary dramatic pauses and cliff-hangers.**

But then, it won’t be the History Channel, would it? 🙂

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580/4 "2017-08-03T08:47:55Z")

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Maybe we should ask them about this.  
[What is this object? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=760960).

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**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-new-show-on-the-history-channel/792580/5 "2017-08-03T14:33:43Z")

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The owner of the object has to do the asking. So, I’ll distract him and you grab the …thingy.