@reidrac the same discoverability issues probably apply to #Gopher. #VERONICA does find stuff, but maybe I need to learn how to make it show results in a different order? That sounds like it'd sometimes help.

What other search engines are there for #InternetGopher?

I also have the tarball from some years ago somewhere, I suppose I could just unpack and grep it :-D (but of course this won't include newer content)

Other place where having a usable search engine and archive would help: #USENET.