(NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from two centuries ago, a report said.
Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift.
The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes on it. Further inspection revealed that the spikes and the wood were part of a wrecked ship.
Atchinson and his family reported the discovery to park staff and the volunteer group, the Ontario Marine Heritage Committee.
Archaeologists found that the ship was likely an old schooner. Old schooners were two-masted, wooden sailing vessels with double frames.
Researchers are now making drawings of the shipwreck from different angles to identify the vessel. They’re also assessing catalogues detailing insurance requirements for ships from the 19th century.