Brass bell in coal

In a discovery in 1944 that by now is almost becoming common place, a man called Newton

Anderson found this quaint brass bell inside a lump of coal that was mined near his house in West

Virginia

bell underwent rigorous testing and was extensively analyzed at the University of Oklahoma and

found to contain known metals but mixed together in an unusual blend and quite different from

any modern alloys.

Numerous other such discoveries in coal have even been recorded, including the delicate gold

chain mentioned previously and a cast iron pot that was also found inside a coal seam.. Newton dropped the lump and it broke revealing the bell encased inside. The