Citizen scientists discovered a ghost ship that had eluded historians and shipwreck hunters for decades, lying at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

"A few of us had to pinch each other," said Brendon Baillod, president of the Wisconsin Underwater Archeological Association, in a statement. "After all the previous searches, we couldn’t believe we had actually found it, and so quickly."

On Sunday, Sept. 14, the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association announced that Baillod, along with 20 other citizen scientists from around the Midwest, found the F.J. King, a ship that's been missing for 139 years, according to a press release published by the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association.

"They were the first humans to lay eyes on F.J. King in 139 years," according to the press release

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