My car is Missing

Well after giving it not too much thought I figured that it would be better to spend a couple of hrs now pulling off the intake to find the piece of metal than to not do it and have my motor puke because I neglected to pull the intake. well I found the piece of metal, clean on the other side of the motor laying right beside the push rod for the #5 cylinder. A little more towards the back of the engine and it would have prolly took out my cam gear and the gear that drive the oil pump... So now I can drive and wont have any worries...