Lost city found by amateur.

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http://www.freep.com/story/news/world/2017/01/04/man-follows-hunch-says-hes-uncovered-lost-city/96150474/

(NEWSER) – Stuart Wilson says people thought he was crazy when he gambled $39,000 — his life savings — in a 4.6-acre field in Wales.

Having heard a farmer's story about moles digging up bits of pottery on the land, the amateur archaeologist tells the Guardian he had a hunch that something important lay beneath, and when the parcel went on the market in 2004, he bought it.

Now, it looks like his bet is paying off: He believes his land is sitting atop the lost city of Trellech — Wales' largest city in the 13th century, reports the BBC — and the Guardian reports his theory is starting to gain traction. Wilson, a former toll collector who got his undergrad degree in archaeology, estimates the project has cost more than $200,000, funded in part through donations (you can be an archaeologist for a day for $61).