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Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
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Joseph Smith
Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)
Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of followers by the time of his death fourteen years later. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Golden plates
Metallic plates from which Joseph Smith allegedly translated the Book of Mormon
According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates are the source from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the faith. Some accounts from people who reported handling the plates describe the plates as weighing from 30 to 60 pounds, gold in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)