'Rare' metal slab found in Maryland was once part of a suit of armor worn by colonists.

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By Jennifer Nalewicki published 4 days ago
A mysterious scrap of metal found at a 1634 settlement in Maryland was once part of a suit of armor.

Archaeologists discovered the slightly concave "slab" that's "about the size of a cafeteria tray" while conducting excavations in a cellar at Historic St. Mary's City, a town in Maryland founded by European colonists in 1634, according to The Washington Post.

"At first it looked like a small piece of iron sticking out of the ground," Travis Parno, director of research and collections at Historic St. Mary's City, told Live Science, "but as we continued digging, it became larger."

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