Particles not showing up when object is destroyed

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I have a particle system (PS for short) that is supposed to instantiate when the object (rock here) gets destroyed. I can see that the PS is being instantiated when the object is destroyed from the hierarchy. But it is not showing up on the game or scene. This is my code:

public class Collector : MonoBehaviour
{
public Text scoreText;
public int score;
public ParticleSystem dest;

void IncreaseScore()
{
    score++;
    scoreText.text = "Score: " + score;
}
private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D target)
{
    if (target.tag == "Enemy")
    {
        IncreaseScore();
        Instantiate(dest, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
        Destroy(target.gameObject);
    }
}

}

I tried changing the position to target.transform.position but to no avail. Tried using Play() as well.

2

if it gets instantiated as a child of the object it will get destroyed aswell, so it will do nothing.

can you see the particle system after the object is destroyed ?

i think its better to have a separate particle system, that can receive all the data it needs to spawn the particles independently of the object.