DOOR COUNTY (NBC 26) — Last week, the discovery of the FJ King schooner, which sank nearly 130 years ago off Cana Island, was announced. Now, citizen scientists who made the discovery are sharing their experience, including a virtual look at the wreck.

Dan Kleewein says when he signed up for a citizen scientist tour this summer, he never expected to actually find a ship.

"Not going out with expectations to finding it, although Brendon [Baillod] thought, maybe, maybe," Dan Kleewein said.

While out with the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association, he was the first to spot the 'Ghost Ship' schooner.

"All of a sudden, broken timbers and the side of a ship came into view, and oh boy, I screamed out, 'I got a wreck, I got a wreck,'" Kleewein said.

Using sonar and other technology, they

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