One ordinary day, Mike Smith set out doing what he loved most: using his metal detector. Ever since he was a little boy, Smith had dreamed of finding buried treasure with his metal detector. After years of searching, it finally became his lucky day! Smith could not believe his luck when his detector loudly beeped, and he discovered what looked like an ancient, buried chain sticking out of the ground.
Adrenaline pumped through Smith’s veins as he slowly began to dig out the buried chain. While he knew he had found something, Smith had no idea the magnitude of the incredible discovery he had just made. Soon enough, the press and authorities got involved, and Smith’s life turned upside down…
1. A Childhood Dream
Since the age of 12, Mike Smith, a native of Wales in the United Kingdom, has enjoyed metal detecting. It all started when his dad gifted him a metal detector for Christmas. Ever since then, Smith had made it a point to go out whenever he has a chance. For him, there’s nothing quite like that special feeling when the detector bings with a finding!
A curious man by nature, as he grew up, Smith retained his love for his hobby. One rainy day a few years ago, he was out and about with his trusty metal detector. Suddenly, he heard a loud bing from his machine, meaning it had found something! As Smith found himself in a large pasture, he had no idea what could possibly be lying underneath the land…
2. Something’s Here
After Smith’s metal detector binged in the middle of the field, he walked a few feet and began making wide circles over the area where it had beeped. You see, he wanted to narrow down the exact location of the buried object. As he did, Smith tried to calm himself, reminding himself that he had likely found a simple, worthless piece of metal, like usual.
Then, something extraordinary happened. As Smith walked away from the area where the detector first beeped, it did so again, but this time even louder. At first, Smith figured that his machine was malfunctioning. Little did he know that he was heading towards the biggest surprise of his life…
