He Has a Method

He always keeps his proverbial ear to the ground until he hears about a construction crew in an area. Then he visits the site after dark when there’s no one around and sticks a five-foot-long steel rod in the ground. If it comes up clean then he sticks the rod somewhere else until he hears a crunching sound. If that happens, he starts digging. But what does he do with the treasures he finds?