QUITE Cool: Metal Detectorist's 'Feeling' Leads to Massive Roman Settlement Discovery

Archaeologists uncovered an "extensive" Ancient Roman settlement in an idyllic tourist destination in England – all thanks to the chance discovery of an amateur metal detectorist.

In a press release shared with Fox News Digital, Cotswold Archaeology announced the discovery of the Roman settlement in Gloucestershire, a county within the Cotswold region of England. (See the video at the top of this article.) 

The settlement dates back 2,000 years; it was inhabited between the first and second centuries A.D. The excavation near Willersey was done as a joint effort with Historic England.

Among the recent discoveries were a Roman villa, remains of limestone buildings — and at least three Iron Age ring ditches.