New Concept English II - 55 (1/30/09)

Not a gold mine



Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A
new machine called \'The Revealer\' has been invented and it
has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the
ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore
where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold. The
pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to
collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went
into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of
the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the
cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the
ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep.
They finally found a small gold coin which was almost
worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly
but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In
spite of this, many people are confident that \'The Revealer\'
may reveal something of value fairly soon.