A TREASURE hunter has revealed what to look out for when trying to discover something precious hiding in the structure of your house.
Keith Wille hunts lost items professionally and even helped a family discover $1,000s after they suspected something might be in the floorboards of their attic.
“I received a call from a woman trying to locate a potential cash box,” Wille explained in a video.
“I would consider this cash box my most exciting find to date.”
The woman who Wille was helping explained in the same video she believes other family members had hidden the box a long time ago.
There was an urgency to find it because the family would like to move soon and they have delayed their move in the past specifically due to not finding the box yet.
Wille knew just what to do.
Some of his techniques include using a metal detector, knocking on all of the wood while listening for echoes, and using an endoscope camera to get into tight areas.
He also explained he is “constantly looking beyond the information I have.”
This includes: “Looking for small things that are slightly out of place, investigating, then moving on to the next one.”
One of the small things Wille noticed was pry marks on a piece of wood that indicated someone trying to get behind it.
This specific clue helped lead him directly to the cask box in only one hour after the family has been trying to find it for years.
Inside the box, they found multiple five thousand dollar bricks and a total of $46,000 in bills from the 1930s and 50s with some being silver certificates that are worth more than face value.
Wille was not shocked at his discovery as he said: “One question I get all the time is how many treasures do you think are out there?
“I think there are countless treasures still out there and if it’s there. I’ll find it.”
