Yikes on you, my Grandma did that with deer-shit and the necklace is pure fire :D Was still disturbed, when I learned where the coloured beads came from
Mythbusters did an episode "can you polish a 💩". It's an art thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI
Maybe that's part of it? I imagine draping animal feces around your neck might actually affect your health, unlike copper wires or magnets or crystals.