Brodie Brooks, an 11-year-old from South Carolina, could never have imagined that his passion for fishing would one day result in a catch so unorthodox that he would remember it for the rest of his life. Joined by his uncle for a day of sun and fishing on the lake, he recalls the excitement he experienced on that fateful day when his fishing rod bent further than usual, possibly indicating that there may have been a large fish on the other end. What he ended up catching was not a fish at all. Instead, it was something that caught Brodie and his uncle by total surprise.
The Leathery Catch
The Leathery Catch
Rushing to help his nephew gain control of what then seemed to be the catch of a lifetime, Brodie’s uncle could not have been prepared for what was actually on the other end of the line. A few minutes of tussling later, a leathery shape emerged from the lake. It was clear that this wasn’t a fish, but rather, an object that may have been below the surface for ages.
A Keen Fisherman
Brodie Brooks is someone who loves to grab any opportunity to go fishing, especially when it involves spending quality time with a family member. The 11-year-old youngster had just gotten a brand new fishing rod for his birthday, which was why he was even more excited to head out and see what he could catch alongside his uncle on that fateful day involving the leathery catch.
A Keen Fisherman
The Peaceful Lake
Heading out that day, neither Brodie nor his uncle had expected that the trip would be unlike the other trips they had taken in the past. Little did they know that their fishing adventure would result in Brodie catching an old purse, which miraculously still had all of its contents preserved and intact after likely spending decades underwater.
The Peaceful Lake
Lake Hartwell in Anderson Country
Setting off to Lake Hartwell in Anderson County in South Carolina, the guys discussed the fish they hoped to catch that day. Geared and ready, with speedboat in tow, they set off to find a good spot to stop for the morning and to set up their fishing rods. The water glistened in the sunlight, giving the lake a more majestic feel than usual.
Lake Hartwell In Anderson Country
The Banter Begins
Anybody who has gone on a fishing trip will know that it usually involves a lot of joking and banter between the people involved. This specific day was no different. Started out as a normal day like always on the water would eventually turn into an extraordinary one involving the local authorities. So much for everyone thinking that it may be an uneventful day after all.
The Banter Begins
Uncle Knows Best
That morning, Ben Myers had been showing his nephew how to use his new fishing rod, including teaching him to bait and cast it. He had little to no expectations that Brodie would actually catch anything during the course of the day, let alone on his very first try.
Uncle Knows Best
Shock and Surprise
One can only imagine Ben’s shock and surprise when Brodie called for him to help, as something was tugging at his line after only a few minutes of being in the water. The adrenaline pulsed through his body, excited at what might be at the end of the line for his nephew’s very first catch with his brand new rod.
Shock And Surprise
Don’t Break The Rod!
At that moment, Brodie was convinced that there may be a big fish at the end of his line, especially as his rod was bobbing up and down rigorously. Recalling that day, he mentioned that he was worried that the catch might end up snapping his rod, which he really didn’t want to happen considering it had been a birthday present after all.
Dont Break The Rod
The Catch Hits The Boat Deck
Tugging and pulling as hard as he can do, a leathery bag eventually emerged from the water. Carefully picking it up after placing it on the boat deck, there was a moment of shock between Ben and Brodie as they wondered what might be inside. The pair stared down at the catch for a few seconds, with Ben ending up unzipping it to see what was inside.
The Catch Hits The Boat Deck
The Contents of the Purse
Touching the bag, Ben realized that it must have been very old. While it is impossible to venture a guess just by looking at it, perhaps something inside the bag would offer further clues as to where it came from. The items may even get them closer to knowing who the owner was, or when it was last used.
The Contents Of The Purse
Surprisingly Well Preserved
While covered in mud and with some noticeable fading, the purse was strangely in really good condition. As they opened it up, there was a flurry of items that gave some clues as to who the owner might have been. A couple of them were hard to make out, but one, in particular, caught Ben’s eye immediately.
Surprisingly Well Preserved
Catching Something Special
While it’s easy to imagine Brodie’s disappointment when he realized that he hadn’t caught the gigantic fish he had been hoping for, there can be no doubt about the fact that catching something as unique as an old leather bag would be a memory that would last him his entire lifetime. He was also focused on being thankful that his new rod didn’t end up snapping as he tugged on the bag to try and get it out of the water.
Catching Something Special
The Items Inside The Purse
Everybody was curious when they saw exactly what was in the bag. Scattered on the deck of the boat and slowly starting to dry out, were old photographs, money, cards, lipstick and other items giving clues as to who the purse might have belonged to before it ended up at the bottom of the lake.
The Items Inside The Purse
A Bag of Many Mysteries
While initially there was excitement around seeing what might be inside the bag, upon seeing just how many items were in the purse, the discussion turned to start to figure out exactly who it belonged to. The vast amount of items found in the bag meant that the person who lost it, clearly someone who enjoyed carrying their life with them everywhere they went, had parted with something near and dear to them.
A Bag Of Many Mysteries
Catch Me If You ‘Can’
Ben later told a reporter that it wasn’t uncommon to catch a can or something similar in the lake from time to time. A woman’s purse, however? This was truly a first. Having been fishing on this lake since he was a little boy, he was still dumbstruck by the idea that his nephew had caught something so unique, and especially on his first try with a new rod.
Catch Me If You Can
The Important Photograph
Organizing the items across the deck of the boat, the guys discovered that there were photographs among all the contents of the bag. In one photograph, a clearly identifiable woman was staring straight back at the camera. Was she the owner of the bag, or a friend or relative of the person who had lost it?
The Important Photograph
The Woman Looks Familiar
As fate would have it, Ben realized that he recognized the woman from his childhood, although he couldn’t quite place her 100%. Thinking about it for some minutes, he came to the conclusion that she was likely someone he had gone to school within his youth. He hadn’t seen that face in more than a decade.
The Woman Looks Familiar
Coincidence or Fate?
Realizing who the woman was, Ben could hardly believe what he was looking at. It was astounding that his nephew had caught a purse of all things to begin with, but what was even more mind amazed was that he possibly knew the person who owned it. Joking about it later, he said it was like finding something from a long lost friend.
Coincidence Or Fate
Pristine Condition
One thing that continues to baffle everyone involved that day is how well the items had held up after being immersed in muddy water roughly thirty feet deep. Without the items being preserved, it may never have been possible to find out who it belonged to. Even at a quick glance, with the purse including lipstick and a comb, so it was likely safe to assume that it had belonged to a woman.
Pristine Condition
What Happened To The Purse?
As it’s easy to imagine, the discovery of the purse led to a multitude of questions, mainly related to who the owner was, but also about how it had managed to end up spending years and years at the bottom of this very lake. Why was the bag here to begin with?
What Happened To The Purse
Old Photos, Old Secrets
Littered with cosmetic contents inside, the purse also included a series of photographs, many of which were of people, and some of which were very old. Surprisingly, these pictures had remained preserved relatively well in spite of being underwater and considering how long they had been there to begin with.
Old Photos Old Secrets
Discovering The Driving Permit
One of the items discovered in the bag provided further clues about the owner. A driving permit was discovered among a series of store cards, which indicated important information like the State the person was living in. This also backed up Ben’s theory that the owner of the bag might be someone who he had gone to school with.
Discovering The Driving Permit
Extra Care To Save The Pictures
While a few of the photos had been damaged from the water, Brodie and Ben knew they had to take extra care when separating the pictures to dry, especially in case these were original photos that somebody had lost. They were laid out to dry very carefully, ready to be inspected in case they led to further clues.
Extra Care To Save The Pictures
Reporting The Bag Missing
Even before seeing all the contents of the bag laid out on the deck of the ship, the guys knew they had to call the authorities and report the bag to them, in case somebody had enquired about a missing bag. Considering how long it may have been in the water, was the owner still out there?
Reporting The Bag Missing
Ben Remembers More About The Woman In The Picture
After a closer look at the photograph with a woman staring back at the camera, Ben’s memory was eventually triggered beyond just realizing that this was someone he knew from his school days. He remembered that she was a friend of the family who had been close with one of his nephews, but he couldn’t recall having seen her for at least 10 years.
Ben Remembers More About The Woman In The Picture
The Obvious Question
The obvious question was to worry whether something had happened to the woman, and how her bag had ended up at the end of the bottom of the lake. While not voicing this outright at the time, Ben later told reporters that he feared that she might have been the victim of a criminal act. This made him extra careful when handling the items, in case they were evidence in a bigger trial.
The Obvious Question
Turning To Social Media
In the digital age, it’s certainly a lot easier to track down people from your past than it was before. After notifying the authorities, Ben took to social media to see if he could find any relatives of the woman in the picture online. The search led him back to her nephew, who was just as stunned to hear the purse had been recovered after a very long time.
Turning To Social Media
Reaching The Woman In The Picture
Deciding to reach out to his aunt after discovering the purse had been found by Ben and Brodie, as he tells it, she was shocked to receive the call. She had almost forgotten about the bag altogether, not because the contents were not dear to her, but because it had been so long that she had given up hope of finding it all together.
Reaching The Woman In The Picture
Finding April Bolt
As it turned out, the owner of the bag was the now 49-year-old April Bolt, who was in disbelief about it being found again after all these years of it being lost. She didn’t know what to say when she was reunited with the bag and all its contents, telling reporters that she never thought she would see it again in her life.
Finding April Bolt
How The Bag Got Lost
April shared that the bag had been lost in the early 1990s, around 1992. This meant that the purse had been underwater for almost thirty years. Upon hearing this, Brodie and Ben were astounded, commenting on the fact that the items had been so well preserved. This was nothing short of a miracle.
How The Bag Got Lost
The Indestructible Seal of the Bag
As the bag had been sealed shut when it went missing, most of the contents inside were able to remain intact, without corrosion from being exposed to the water. Astoundingly, the bag itself had merely faded slightly over time, and had survived nearly three decades at the bottom of a dark lake without any holes or being bitten by anything.
The Indestructible Seal Of The Bag
Circumstances of the Disappearance
To this day, April affirms that the purse went missing under slightly strange circumstances. While Ben and Brodie wondered whether she may not have mistakenly dropped it overboard on a boat trip, April remembers how it went down a little differently. She was quick to share the story according to how she remembered that day in 1992.
Circumstances Of The Disappearance
How The Bag Went Missing
It was a summer day in the early 1990’s, and April was attending a cookout at Lake Hartwell. She mentioned that she had been on a boat with friends and family, as her parents owned a condo nearby. The boat was parked near the shore as everyone was preparing to have lunch, and April and her friends were waiting for the burgers to be grilled.
How The Bag Went Missing
Losing a Prized Possession
After what felt like a split second, she turned to see where her bag was, as she wanted to get something from it. It was nowhere to be found after everyone looked all over the boat. It felt like it had vanished into thin air. April was suspicious that two strange guys fishing nearby may have had something to do with it, but she couldn’t be sure.
Losing A Prized Possession
The Lasting Effect of Losing The Items
Thinking back to that day, April recalls feeling overwhelmed and devastated after losing her bag. She certainly wasn’t crying about losing cash (around $60). It was the sentimental items inside she was mourning, conceding that she may never see some of the photographs and other important items she carried with her every day ever again.
The Lasting Effect Of Losing The Items
Focusing on the Little Things
Some items were irreplaceable. From a lipstick that was later discontinued, to the additional sentimental items she had kept with her for good luck, April was highly upset at what had happened. She joked that this “wonder lipstick” she had lost was still intact after 27 years, even remarking that it looked just as good now as it did 27 years ago when she lost it!
Focusing On The Little Things
The One Priceless Item
We all have sentimental items in our homes that simply can never be replaced. In her bag, there was one particular item, a photograph, that she knew she would never be able to get back again after that fateful day in 1992. Why was this such an important photograph to begin with?
The One Priceless Item
The Photograph of Her Child
Among the batch of photographs that were recovered, was a photo of April’s son when he was a baby. Unlike in the digital era, back in the nineties photographs were not often backed up and stored on devices. You may well have ended up with a single photograph of a loved one, and if you didn’t look after it, the memory would be lost forever. That is why this was such a special discovery for her.
The Photograph Of Her Child
Seeing The Picture Again
Nobody can place a value on a memory from three decades ago. April explained that at the time of the photograph, her song had been just fifteen months old, and she had taken him to get a few professional photos taken. All these years later, a little bit of water damage aside, she could still make him out, and the photo now holds an even more meaningful memory in her heart.
Seeing The Picture Again
An Unforgettable Experience
When asked by a reporter about April reuniting with her purse, Brodie and Ben agreed that they were both still somewhat in shock and speechless about the entire experience. Ben referred to what had happened as “pretty wild”, with Brodie expressing that he could never have imagined that they would track down the owner of the purse to begin with. This made it a day he will never forget.
An Unforgettable Experience
A Once In a Lifetime “First Catch”
While Brodie certainly would have preferred a large fish as his first catch with his brand new rod, the leather purse has given him a memory that will last a lifetime. Even though it wasn’t quite the prized possession he was hoping for, the 11-year-old was still glad to be able to return the purse to its rightful owner.
A Once In A Lifetime First Catch
Ben Thought It Was Treasure
Later, it was revealed that Ben initially thought Brodie had caught a treasure of sorts. As it was being reeled in and placed onto the deck of the boat, Brodie remembers Ben’s exact words: “You ain’t got no fish, you got a treasure”. Pity, it wasn’t exactly the treasure he might have been hoping for.
Ben Thought It Was Treasure
Pure Joy
After being separated from her belongings for 27 years, April expressed her elation and joy at being reunited with her prized possessions after such a long time. Knowing that was very hard to get over losing everything was enough to make her appreciate the fact that the bag was coming back into her life even though she never thought she would see it again.
Pure Joy
All Hope Had Been Lost
In talking about the incident, April mentioned that she was over the moon to get her purse back, but she still had some lingering questions in the back of her mind. Aside from wondering what had happened to the bag back in 1992, she was simply elated that she would be able to see something she lost nearly thirty years ago in person when she had given up on it ever happening to begin with.
All Hope Had Been Lost
Stolen and Dumped
Is it possible that April’s bag may have been stolen that day on the lake? If that was the case, it could have been snatched and thrown in the water. Perhaps the items in the bag, including the cash that was found by Brodie and Ben, indicate that if someone took it, they didn’t have intentions to steal the items inside it. Had it simply fallen over from the side of the boat?
Stolen And Dumped
An Unanswered Question
The question of exactly what had happened to the bag may never be answered. April admits that now that she has the bag and its contents in her possession again, her mind often lingers to the day, wondering about who was there and what might have actually happened. This is not something that she expects to get all the answers for, considering how long ago it happened.
An Unanswered Question
Too Big To Be a Coincidence
What are the odds that Ben, who knows April from high school, would be involved in the bag being found? April wonders if this wasn’t more than just a coincidence and a divine way of being reconnected with an old family friend. Perhaps the universe wanted her bag to be returned home along with an old friend too.
Too Big To Be A Coincidence
Part of God’s Plan
Whenever April tells the story to her friends, they are quick to remind her that there may be a bigger plan at work with this discovery, beyond just getting her old possessions back. A devout Christian, April believes that God will reveal His plan in time. Until then, she is going to enjoy having these old items back, going down memory lane and sharing a new experience with her family in the process.
Part Of Gods Plan
A Priceless Memory for April and Her Son
In an incredible turn of events, April was eventually able to share the beloved baby photo she has of her son with her son, who saw it for the first time in his life. This was an experience that they will both remember for the rest of their lives.
A Priceless Memory For April And Her Son
A Similar Tale of Lost Treasure
As it turns out, April’s story of finding lost treasure is not the only one out there. Mike Smith was also someone who never thought he would recover any kind of treasure or lost item in his lifetime. Similar to Brodie and Ben finding April’s bag, one fateful day would put him face to face with a discovery that would end up changing his life forever.
A Similar Tale Of Lost Treasure
Hide and Seek
Many children in the world are fascinated by the fantasy of discovering buried treasure, with educational activities in the playground often involving teamwork in order to find an item of some value. For Mike, the fascination behind putting in time and energy to find something that may have been lost or forgotten has never left him, and that childlike enthusiasm to track down treasure is still there even if he is now a fully grown adult.
Hide And Seek
Metal Detector Search
Mike is not alone in this kind of thinking, and if you’ve ever been on a beach, you’ll likely have come across a couple of people with metal detectors scurrying the surface of the sand in order to try and find items of value. Mike’s discovery also involved a metal detector, with results he couldn’t even have dreamed about when he started out his search on that fateful day.
Metal Detector Search
Getting To Know Mike
Mike Smith is prominently known among his loved ones as a history enthusiast. He loves all things related to the past, including the idea of finding a buried treasure from yesteryear. His friends say that finding old items with his metal detector is probably one of his favorite activities in the whole world. Little did they know it at first, but this is a hobby that was about to pay off big time for him.
Getting To Know Mike
No Thanks To The Shopping Trip
While many people enjoy going shopping over the weekends, or spending time watching Netflix when they can, Mike has always been a bit different. He is not your typical guy, preferring to spend his free time out in a field, metal detector in tow, ready to see if he can discover anything interesting or curious related to the past.
No Thanks To The Shopping Trip
A Shot In The Dark
One thing for being clear about, is that most metal detector hobbyists rarely find any items of real value. It’s an activity that takes a lot of time, with very little success rate. Mike knows this all too well by now, so he makes sure to do his research before heading out to an area that may give him a better chance at success. As he was about to find out, this would soon be paying dividends aplenty.
A Shot In The Dark
The Impact of the Weather
Being a metal detector hobbyist certainly is not something that will fit everyone’s lifestyle. Some days, it involves having the discipline to brave the worst of weather conditions. This is the case for Mike, who lives in Pembrokeshire in England, known for being wet and rainy all year round.
The Impact Of The Weather
Penny For Your Thoughts
With such a small population, the odds were stacked against Mike for even finding something of real value, which became evident early on, as he stumbled onto a penny or two. These certainly aren’t valuable and can’t take you all that far. Perhaps one of these pennies did however help to change his luck, particularly on the morning that led to a truly astounding discovery.
Penny For Your Thoughts
Nature Intervenes
Around the time of the discovery, Mike had learned that his usual “go to” field for treasure hunting had flooded from heavy rains over the course of the previous week. Undeterred by this, he got his gear ready, and set out to see if he could find something new amongst the muddy pathways.
Nature Intervenes
Today Is The Day
Mike recalls having a peculiar feeling that he was in for a lucky day when he woke up on the morning of his discovery. As he headed off to his usual searching spot, he had no idea about the valuable item that was awaiting his discovery on that particular morning.
Today Is The Day
The Flooded Field
To his surprise, the field he usually searched for treasure was flooded worse than imagined, and it wouldn’t be a viable spot to search after all. Undeterred, he decided to try his luck at a field adjacent to his usual spot, showing resilience amid the stormy weather and undeterred due to a lingering feeling that his luck was about to change that day.
The Flooded Field
Follow The Beep
Sweeping his metal detector from one side to another side, Mike waited anxiously to hear its usual low humming beep, signifying that there was something in the area he was exploring. As he kept running the detector over the area of interest, the beeping carried on. This was uncommon, so he wondered if the metal detector was perhaps malfunctioning in the bad weather.
Follow The Beep
Undeterred and Resilient
Not giving the idea that his detector was faulty too much thought, he resided himself to the fact that he may have stumbled onto something interesting. A voice in the back of his head kept telling him to carry on, even though he questioned whether he had actually found something to begin with.
Undeterred And Resilient
Curiosity Rewarded
Mike has always been a naturally curious person, so he entertained the idea that the longer-than-usual beeping of the detector may mean that he had found something rather large. Was there something massive underneath the surface of the field he was searching on? If so, this would be a life changing discovery for him.
Curiosity Rewarded
Dig Away
Mike decided that he wanted to start digging, just to make sure that his machine wasn’t acting up and to see if there was any sign of a structure beneath the surface of the ground. Unable to shake off the idea that something valuable lurked beneath the surface of the ground, Mike was quick to get his equipment ready to start doing a general search of the area in question.
Dig Away
Dig a Little Deeper
Placing his metal detector to the side, he grabbed his trusty shovel and dug up a small surface area right on the spot he was standing on. Thanks to the rain, the earth moved rather seamlessly, making it easy for him to gain some speed and momentum. A couple of minutes in, there was an undeniable “clank” as his shovel hit something hard.
Dig A Little Deeper
Time To Get Your Hands Dirty
After hearing the “clank” and seeing an object in plain view, Mike got so excited that he started with his hands to dig up as much dirt around it as he could. When he was able to get a firm grip on a part of the object, he pulled as hard as he could. Had he found something special, or just a piece of old metal?
Time To Get Your Hands Dirty
Not Going Anywhere
Even though he pulled as hard as he could, his efforts were somewhat in vain, as the piece of metal he discovered was just not going to budge, no matter how much force he put into trying to get it out of the ground. He decided to keep digging, to see if it would be easier to remove once the gravel was loosened somewhat.
Not Going Anywhere
Part of a Bigger System
As he kept digging, Mike realized that the object wasn’t budging because it was connecting to something else. What exactly this was, he could only venture a guess about at the time. The object did not want to budge, even after another hour of digging. Mike was not about to give up, but his imagination ran wild as to what he could have stumbled on after all.
Part Of A Bigger System
The Missing Link
Carrying on with his digging efforts, Mike discovered another link, bringing the total to three. This was clearly part of a bigger system, and for a split second he wondered if what he had found maybe something illegal. He had come this far and wasn’t about to give up on learning what it was, so he carried on digging.
The Missing Link
Chained To The Process
There can be no contradiction that this was a very peculiar object. The iron links kept showing themselves as Mike kept digging, and from his perspective, they simply carried on and on to no end. As he unraveled more and more links, he realized that they ran even deeper into the soil. What exactly were they attached to in the first place?
Chained To The Process
The End of the First Day
Without even realizing it, the day had run away from Mike, and darkness was starting to fall upon him. He wished that he didn’t have to stop, but he hadn’t anticipated being out so late, so he didn’t pack a flashlight before he left home that morning. It seemed that this was a mystery that would take more than one day to solve.
The End Of The First Day
A Restless Night
Feeling tired from a long day of digging, Mike left for home wondering what he was going to discover the next day. Slightly deflated by not getting the answers he wanted after a long day at the site, he tried to give his mind some rest by going to bed early. He also wanted to be up early to go back and continue the dig as soon as it was possible to do so.
A Restless Night
Considering All Possibilities
Mike spent some time before going to bed pondering whether he might have stumbled onto something dangerous. Even if it was something that someone didn’t want to have discovered, at the end of the day Mike was a treasure hunter for the very reason that he was looking to find something unique and exciting. This certainly ticked the boxes in this regard, and he wanted to keep going.
Considering All Possibilities
The Burial Sites of Pembrokeshire
Aware of the history attached to the town of Pembrokeshire, which was known for its old burial sites, the last thing Mike wanted to do was step on any toes and offend anyone. He hoped that this wasn’t what he was about to find.
The Burial Sites Of Pembrokeshire
A Sleepless Night
This kind of thinking only led to Mike struggling to fall asleep more than he had hoped would be the case. As the hours wore on, he pictured that he may find something that could alter the course of history in the town. These images flooded his mind and as a result of this, he ended dreaming about what could possibly await him the next day.
A Sleepless Night
The Land of Enchantment
Burial sites aside, Pembrokeshire was well known as a land of enchantment, particularly described as such by 11th-century folktale collection author The Mabinogion. Was there any chance that what was under the surface of the earth in the field was related to events from as far back as the year 1000?
The Land Of Enchantment
A Celtic Influence
Running wild myth and legend over the course of history, one of the last remaining Welsh outposts in the area also happens to be surrounded by the Celtic sea. Was it possible that whatever Mike was about to discover could be related to the Celts, or was it something even bigger than this?
A Celtic Influence
A Town of Hauntings
Pembrokeshire was actually known as one of the most haunted places in the entire world, with many tourists visiting the region to try and catch a glimpse of some paranormal activity. Mike wondered if he was about to come face to face with something supernatural, or if he was in that time of digging up part of a murky history of the region, which many people would like to keep quiet today.
A Town Of Hauntings
Up At Daybreak
Regardless of how little sleep he got the night before, Mike was up and ready to go at daybreak, armed with all the tools he thought he might need. Heading straight for the field, he hoped he was about to discover what was at the end of the “never-ending” chain he had dug up the day before.
Up At Daybreak
The Surprise of a Lifetime
Little did Mike know that what he would eventually uncover would even lead him to an encounter with the police that very day. He was unaware of the secrets he was about to uncover, as well as the surprising discovery that had been on his life path as an explorer and treasure hunter ever since he was an overly curious child.
The Surprise Of A Lifetime
The Dig Continues
When he arrived at the field that morning, everything was still in place and exactly as he had left things the night before. Not one to waste any time, he took straight to continuing the dig, finding himself getting more excited by the minute. After some time, his eyes caught sight of something slightly peculiar.
The Dig Continues
The Earth Continues To Reveal Itself
As his shovel continued to hit the muddy surface, he noticed that it was clashing with a smooth surface that had excess dirt for him to wipe away. This was something firm and unlike what he had imagined he was going to find amid the series of chains he’d found the day before.
The Earth Continues To Reveal Itself
The Truth Must Out
As a metal detector specialist, Mike knew that he should cherish this very moment when he was about to uncover something rare and special. This was a situation once in a lifetime situation that was a game-changer for him and his hobby, ultimately leaving him with years of future searches that paled in comparison to what he found that day.
The Truth Must Out