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

Looking Deeper

This was certainly one of the more intriguing things Mike had found in his career, but it wasn't too fascinating to him. The coin had a figure etched into one side as well as some words he couldn't make out. He didn't spend too long trying to analyze the artifact. Why not? Well, his detector was still picking up on something beneath the coin...

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