A Metal Detector Led This Hobbyist To Uncover Something He Never Anticipated

Now or Never

Mike patiently awaited their arrival. Honestly, there wasn't much of choice, he was trapped down there! Climbing out had proven to be harder than he anticipated, so he trapped himself with the haunted remains. When the officials and professionals arrived at the site, they were totally in shock. In a later interview, Mike said that "the look on their faces when they saw it said it all."

Sweet Chariot

The archaeologists quickly got down to business with their excavation. Their first discovery was a chariot that had been kept under the surface for centuries. The full discovery took several months, but as they would soon find out, that extra time made everything well worth it. Mike could not believe that this all started with a weird coin he found, and now it was something incredible!

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.