The Clementine Homilies, the Apostolical Constitutions, the Teaching of Addai, Victor of Capua, Origen, and other patristic quotations identify the money as scripture, both genuine and spurious, given out as a test.
The first slave recognized pure gold and preserved it. The second one doubled...
Who proved them to be fake, the devil? I think you’re confusing this with the moon landing (I took the photos myself a week ago, and I didn’t position the wheels in the water before diving :-)
Yes, I've read all that rubbish before. The unregenerate will always serve the adversary while waffling about the consensus of respected scholars and archeologists - gosh, what idiots.
As said previously, people explain away what they don't like (evidence doesn't matter these days). I've just done some snorkelling in the Gulf of Aqaba, and here's a six spoke chariot wheel:
You can find the same pic with the spokes marked (as well as a vertical axle and some other chariot...
As usual, such finds are discredited because they are genuine (you wouldn't expect anything less, would you). I've just done some snorkelling in the Gulf of Aqaba, and anyone who's able to put two and two together will realize that there's a graveyard of Egyptian wreckage on the seafloor...