A German treasure hunter accidentally found what could be evidence that the Third Reich was closer to developing an atomic bomb than originally thought. A 64-year-old treasure hunter from Brandenberg, Germany, named Bernd Thälmann, stumbled upon an uncommon find while scouring ground around the town of Oranienburg. A shiny piece of metal triggered his metal detector and, upon closer inspection, the nondescript piece of metal turned out to be non-magnetic. The find was different from what Thälmann, who has been scouring the region for some time, expected to find. The treasure hunter brought the piece home and went to the internet for more information. What he found made him call the authorities as, upon deeper study, the metal was revealed to be highly radioactive. According to media reports, authorities came with hazmat suits and a fire brigade, cordoned off Thälmann's house, and those of 15 neighbors, and took Thälmann into custody. Despite that he sounded the alarm, he was detained