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[LotR] What evidence of the first, second and third ages remains extant to present day?

Say I'm a billionaire with a passion for archeology and the Red Book of Westmarch. If I wanted to find evidence of the world the book posits actually existing, where should I look? Further, what should I be looking for both on Earth and off of it.
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The most obvious should be Venus. The Star of Eärendil is supposed to be just that. That's both a relic of the Year of the Trees as well as the First Age since the Silmarils predate the First Age.

The other place I'd go looking for relics would be the ocean. Both Numenor and Beleriand got sunk and there should be some remnants of them in the oceans still. Nargothrond, Menegroth and Gondolin could be home to some pretty dope coral reefs.