Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 211 The Treasure Under the Oak Tree
As Liang En had guessed before, the guys who played tricks on the spoils were not those on the scene.So the scope of excavation they applied for was quickly approved.

As soon as the permission was obtained, Liang En, Fan Meng, and Pierce left the camp with the workers and walked towards the excavation target.

After entering the camp, Pierce first arranged for the workers to excavate several buildings within the excavation range, and then, together with Liang En and the others, they carried tools and walked straight towards the targeted oak tree.

The oak tree stood upright near the center of the ruins, facing the main entrance of the commander's residence ruins.Probably because of the luxuriant foliage of this oak tree, there is only a thick layer of fallen leaves under the tree, and not many other plants grow.

It is around 9:[-] in the morning, and the golden sunlight shines on the ground through the cracks in the canopy of the oak trees, forming a dreamlike scene.

"It's really beautiful. I think it's a good sign." Seeing the beams of light formed by the sun through the canopy, Pierce had a smile on his face.

"Yes, a good sign." Fan Meng nodded beside him, and then turned on the metal detector in his hand. "The area that can be excavated in this area can be said to be very small, so if there is anything, we should be able to find it before lunch."

After arriving under the tree, the three of them simultaneously used metal detectors to explore around the big tree. Soon, Liang En's earphones sounded a beeping alarm.

"I've found something." Liang En said to the two friends the first time he heard the alarm, and at the same time raised his head to look at the location of the land where the alarm was sounded.

This location is about four or five meters away from the oak tree, and the location is on the line between the oak tree and the commander's residence, which is the central axis of the entire camp.

"It seems that there is something really buried in this place." Liang En muttered, and then he, Pierce, and Fan Meng took out their tools and began to dig down.

Unlike the remains they had excavated before, after removing the mixture of fallen leaves and humus on the top layer and digging down 20cm, a large number of stones began to appear in the soil.

The sudden appearance of stones disrupted the rhythm of Liang En's digging, because the fist-sized stones blocked the engineer shovel, and several people had to slow down their digging speed and move these things away little by little.

Fortunately, when the three of them were digging together, the degree of tacit understanding gradually increased as time went by.So after more than half an hour, they successfully found something unusual under the 1m deep pit.

"Ding——" With the sound of a collision, Liang En felt that the tip of his shovel hit another rock, but when he was about to pry that rock away like the previous ones, he accidentally found this rock Much bigger.

"It seems that we have found our target." Five minutes later, Liang En said in a low voice, and at the bottom of the pit appeared a circular stone slab with a diameter of more than 5m.

After digging a little from the side, they confirmed that the stone slab with a shallow engraved cross on it was only seven or eight centimeters thick, but it was definitely not something Liang En and the others could lift.

Fortunately, they had made adequate preparations before their visit, so they quickly ordered the workers under them to build a tripod with steel pipes on the top, and then installed the pulley block to secure the stone slab with iron chains and iron hooks. Pulled up.

There was a thin layer of soil under the stone slab, and hundreds of small blackened metal discs stayed quietly in the soil.Just grab a few pieces and wipe them off.They soon discovered that these things were silver coins.

Interestingly, the sources of these silver coins are very complicated. In addition to the locally minted silver coins, there are also silver coins minted from the German region, the Russian region and even the distant Middle East.

In ancient times, the mixed use of metal coins from different countries was very common, because the real value of these currencies was the precious metal contained in them, so it was not a problem who issued the currencies.

The total number of this batch of silver coins is more than 170 pieces, which are distributed under the stone slab at the bottom of the pit with a radius of 1m.After taking out these silver coins and weighing them, they found that these silver coins add up to nearly 3kg.

"It feels like these silver coins are much bigger than the ones I've seen before." After taking out a silver coin and turning it upside down in his hand, Fan Meng asked suspiciously. "I feel that the dinar silver coins I found before are much lighter than this one, and they are also smaller."

"You're right. After the Europeans discovered America and developed the gold and silver mines in the Americas on a large scale, Europe experienced a significant currency depreciation due to the influx of gold and silver." Liang En also picked up a silver coin After shaking, he said.

"So in order to adapt to such changes, the volume of gold and silver coins throughout Europe at that time became larger to facilitate daily use. The batch of silver coins we have found now were minted after the price revolution in Europe."

After some inspection, Liang En and the others were basically sure that the contents of the pit should have been buried in the middle and late 17th century, and it could not be later than 1682.

Because among this batch of silver coins, the closest silver coin they found was a Groschen silver coin minted in 1682.

Somewhat unexpectedly, when they dug out the silver coins in the soil, they found that the bottom of the silver coins was not soil, but another stone slab.

"It seems that this is the reason why the moisture didn't seep up." Looking at the obviously larger and thicker stone slab, Liang En muttered in a low voice, which also explained why the rust on the silver coins just now was not very serious.

But on the other hand, he doesn't think the stone slab is just for moisture protection. Compared with the value of more than 100 silver coins, whether it is a backfill full of stones or a whole stone cover is a bit overreacted.

"I think these silver coins are probably used for some kind of ceremony or a cover-up, but the real thing should be hidden under the current stone slab." After looking at the silver coins, the bottom of the silver coin is thicker, bigger and thicker than the previous stone slab. Liang En said after the rough slate. "So I think we should dig out the bottom slab as well."

"You're right, we'd better not let go of any trace." Pierce nodded in support. "At least we have to dig this pit until the raw soil has never been disturbed by people."

After making a decision, several people used the tripod and the pulley block to repeat the previous work. As the slate was removed, a piece of metal embedded in sand and charcoal was exposed underneath.

After digging briefly, Liang En found that it was a rectangular copper box plated with silver.After wiping the slightly flattened box with his gloved hand, he found that the box was quite rusted.

Fortunately, the wall of the box is thick enough, and it is protected by silver plating, so the rust is only superficially floating on the surface, and there is no bad perforation phenomenon.

For the contents of the box, this level of rust is even better than no rust at all.Because these rusts just sealed the whole box, ensuring the safety of the box contents.

(End of this chapter)