An uncovered Michigan family secret is worth a fortune

At a family house in Franklin, Michigan, life appeared normal from the outside looking in. Yet those walls within the wealthy Detroit suburb held countless secrets — mysteries that are just starting to be revealed.

Dale Watts, an attorney in metro Detroit and minor entrepreneur, was an eccentric man with a keen eye for valuables. He filled rooms in his home with boxes, locking them away and keeping the contents unknown to his wife and two children.