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A Florida man recently stumbled across a wrecked vessel while fishing with his grandson – and he believes it could be as much as 150 years old.

Thomas Peterson, a self-described "Florida redneck," told FOX 13 Tampa Bay that he recently found what may be a 19th-century rum-runner.

He discovered the ship remains in Aripeka, a small community roughly 50 miles north of Tampa. The wreckage was found at low tide.

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"I look down and I see this boat has this green stuff going on…it's like shag carpet," Peterson recalled.

"My boys, they say it's a dock," he added. "I say no, it's not a dock, it's a boat. That's pretty cool that I found

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