A man was left gobsmacked after making an eerie discovery when metal detecting in his friend's garden for a bit of fun. Anticipating nothing more than the odd bit of scrap, they were stunned to dig up a massive chest. Sharing the tale on Reddit , he recounted: "My friend and I were searching around his property with my metal detector when we came across this. "It took a while to get it out. We thought It was a coffin at first but it's too small and it was unmarked. I think it may be the past