Overnight, it turned cold. Frost was in the air and on the surface of the ground. As farmers don't really mind us trampling the empty fields in winter time, and the hardened surface meant we could do so without the little Tops sinking knee-deep in the mud, we finally were able to search the fields near Borger, famous for its large collection of megalith tombs and the enormous amount of flint.

For an hour or so, we stared hard at the ground, picking up all the flint we spotted.



Back home, we rinsed them off and left them by the fire to dry. Top3 even counted them.



240 pieces of flint. Yes, siree.

So, what do we need all that flint for?

Well, Top1 regularly sells the old "flint and steel" combination to re-enactors, archaeologists and history fanatics. (He hopes it'll become trendy one day, as it's easypiecy to make and a real eye-catcher for hip dudes and dudettes.)

Here's another look at the hotties, as portrayed in his Dutch shop:



And as you can see in the video below, this ancient technique for making fire still does the trick...