400-year-old battle gear discovered by metal detectorist in Poland: 'Unique find'

Youtuber Patryk Chmielewski was walking through a dirt field in Mikułowice, Poland, when his metal detector started pinging, alerting to him to battle gear buried two feet down.

Soon enough, Chmielewski uncovered several pieces of metal that were buried 60 centimeters deep. Around a week later, officials from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the discovery in a Polish language news release. Andrea Vacchiano is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. You can follow her on X at @andrea_vacch or send story tips to andrea.vacchiano@fox.com.

Archaeologists believe that the armor belonged to the Polish hussars, a calvary unit in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the early 16th century to the early 18th century.