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by plantain 1241 days ago
>If the capsule is on or very near the road, a single trip from start to finish with a NaI(Tl) or CsI scintillation counter will find it. Every CBRN team in the world has these, so they have obviously completed the first run at this without finding it. The capsule is not on or near the road.

It was reported in the national news within 12 hours of being found lost, so I don't think they had done that yet, especially given the distance.