[1][2] The city boy Rolf Rønne arrives at Benningstad, a large farm in Hedemark, and gets to work.
He meets Jørgen Krullerstugun and lies that he has found gold at Kråkberget, which is on Hans Benningstad's property.
Jørgen makes his own investigations at Kråkberget and finds mica and mistakes it for gold.
At night, he brings home large quantities of the stone and fills his living room and bedrooms.
Karl Kanten goes to Oslo to sell the gold to the bank, but he is told that it is only gray stone.