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

Trapped Underneath

This was no ordinary excavation. As he dug down, deeper and deeper, he noticed that the digging was not doing him much good. In fact, it was barely doing anything at all. The next object was completely stuck in the mud, so much so that he could not even move it. Whatever was lying under the dirt, he would need a little more power. Mike was not about to give up yet...

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The More You Know

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