Although they had previously judged that the well-preserved historic ruins likely contained some treasure, the simultaneous reaction from both of their metal detectors still startled him.
Because the positions where Joan and Elizabeth stood were several meters apart, if the treasure was buried between them, then the treasure they could find this time might exceed their previous expectations.
Thus, Leonard Ethan immediately took the metal detector to the space between them and started the detection work; unfortunately, after detecting for about a dozen seconds, he had to admit that his judgment was somewhat off:
There was no metal reaction in the land between the two, and after some simple excavation, he discovered that the layer of dirt below was much thinner than that on the ladies' sides—only one or two centimeters thick—right below it was stone.
