chance discovery

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The excavation took place in July following the chance discovery of a similar object by metal detectorist Alan Gray at the same location in 2021.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

“This was a chance discovery made during a search ordered by an examining magistrate at the Paris court,” the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN in a statement Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

"This chance discovery allowed us to recognize that we can design carbon nanotube architectures with desired characteristics by adjusting rotation angles and shaking conditions."

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

Some of her most celebrated finds came from a 1987 Greenland trip, inspired by her chance discovery of a specimen in a museum drawer in Cambridge, UK.

From Nature • Apr. 22, 2020

Better to hide out and chance discovery than be caught in open country at sunrise.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson