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Real-Life ‘The Goonies’: Archaeologists Discover 14,000-Year-Old Treasure

Never-Seen-Before Artifacts

After a few hours of digging, the team couldn’t believe their eyes when they laid hands on what looked like the remains of a hearth. They continued digging, and the Earth continued to unravel more secrets for them.

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Alisha Gauvreau holds a 6,000-year-old hand drill (fire-lighting tool). Photograph By Vancouver Sun

They found some sort of medieval weapons, tools that could be used for fishing, hunting and even igniting fires. Since everyone believed this island was never also inhabited by mankind, these finds were a huge revelation, but there was more to come.