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We stopped the backhoe and started excavating can shovels and uncovered a portion of this hull. since then have uncovered the rest that you see. >> reporter: what we can see is believed to be half of a ship. marine historian norm an brower was brought in to take a look. >> appears to be an ocean going vessel. probably at some time in the 1700s. it's heavily built. very solid frames built close together. >> reporter: this structure may have been used as a fireplace. an anchor was also recovered. how significant is this find? >> i mean i think it remains to be seen what this ship really is, but ...

New york, with a firsthand look at this. >> reporter: hi, fredricka. this was really an extraordinary find, and where this was found is a part where construction is under way for the new world trade center site. it wasn't part the original site. archeologists say this area hadn't been excavate sewed deeply before until now. at the construction site at ground zero, a rare find. remnants of a ship baiting back to the 18th century. we were allowed to climb down and see firsthand what archeologists stumbled upon tuesday. >> two timbers pulled up by a backhoe and immediately thought that looked lik...

Backhoe. we stopped the backhoe and started excavating with shovels and uncovered a portion of this hull and since then have uncovered the rest of it. >> reporter: what we can see is believed to be half of a ship. marine historian norman brower was brought in to take a look. >> it appears to be an ocean-going vessel, and probably sometime in the 1700s, heavily built, very solid frames close together. >> reporter: one mystery, the circular structure that brower says may have been used a fireplace. >> how significant is this find? >> i think it remains to be seen what this ship really is, but it...

The ship up close and personal and she's here with an a.m. follow-up. >> good morning, you guys. this is truly an amazing story. this is part of the new world trade center, not the original site. construction is under way on what will eventually be an underground security center for vehicles. that's how workers unearthed the ship. at the construction site at ground zero, a rare find. remnants of a ship dating back to the 18th century. we were allowed to climb down 25 feet to the site and see firsthand what archaeologists stumbled upon tuesday. >> two timbers were pulled up by a backhoe and imm...

Of a ship dating all the way back to the 1700s. >> they're thrilled about this find. we first told but it yesterday. they had an aerial shot from one of the helicopters over the site. now the big question is why is it here? why was it there in the first place in our mary snow actually climbed all the way down. >> hardhat and everything. >> you saw it up close and personal. archaeologists are just thrilled with this. >> they are so excited. this is such a rare find. this is part of the new world trade center se. it wasn't part of the original site. archaeologists say the area hadn't been excava...