Armed with a metal detector he had just received as a birthday present, Atchison dutifully scanned the area, hoping to hear that coveted “beep.”Eventually, he did. “We were on the beach, we got our metal detector out, and as soon as we set it up, ding! Related: [Amateur metal detector uncovers massive Iron Age treasure hoard]You never know what you might findLucas’ discovery is a nice reminder that, even today, in our seemingly mapped-out, modernized world, you never know what you might find with a trusty metal detector. In just the past few months, a Romanian man used a metal detector to uncover an ancient hoard of Roman coins. Case in point: an Australian prospector named David Hole found a large rock with a metal detector in 2016, believing it to be a gold nugget.