An 8-year-old boy out metal-detecting unearthed a steel spike that, after digging further, he realized was attached to a shipwreck. The ship remains was that of the St. Anthony, a schooner that was built in 1856 and wrecked later that same year. This story is a collaboration with Biography.comWhen you’re a kid, and you get your first metal detector, it comes with big dreams of making some great discovery. Folks have reportedly put forth a promising candidate: the schooner St. Anthony, a vessel both built and wrecked in 1856. The FASHION was going to the assistance of the ST. ANTHONY, at the time of her accident.