Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 294

"Canning bottles, if I remember correctly, it is indeed popular to collect some strange old things in the United States, including canning bottles, but just one canning bottle should not call us all."

After being called in, Fan Meng looked at the canned jar on a piece of plastic sheet with a curious expression, and curiously reached out to take the canned food.

"But to be honest, some well-preserved special brand cans are indeed worth more, at least than that silver coin-why is this thing so heavy?"

Just like Liang En just now, Pierce almost let go when he grabbed the canning jar and lifted it up. Fortunately, he has been engaged in antique work for a long time, so he held on to the jar tightly so as not to overturn the car.

This kind of failure is not Pierce's fault, because this type of can is only about two catties even if it is full, not to mention that this thing is full of rust, and it does look like an empty can.

But in fact, the contents of this can weigh nearly ten catties, so when you lift this can, it feels like you are holding a solid shot put.

"Put it down first." Fan Meng said to Pierce after seeing this scene, then stepped forward and took out the Geiger counter to test around the jar, and then shook the jar lightly.

"Fortunately, there is no radioactive substance in this, and it is not a dangerous liquid metal like mercury, so there should be no danger in this."

As the person in charge of safety, Fan Meng naturally took on everyone's current security work, so after he felt that the things inside were too heavy, he naturally had to rule out the dangers of radioactive metal or metallic mercury.

"Thanks, I was indeed a little reckless just now." Liang En also reviewed himself at this time, because that dangerous move obviously believed too much in the memory of another world.

After all, there is a big gap between this world and another world. Since some treasures have not been dug out, it is also possible that the contents of other items have changed.

After examining himself, Liang En took out a small knife and carefully removed the rust around the joint of the jar lid, then used a piece of cloth to prop the jar lid and twist it hard.

Unexpectedly, the can lid has been rusted together with the can body itself, and the can body has been corroded a bit, so the upper half of the entire can body is directly broken after twisting, fortunately, he has stab-resistant gloves Will not be scratched.

"Oh my God, this is gold!" Joan of Arc was the first to react, and under the afternoon sun in the west, pieces of gold coins shone with charming brilliance.

"It seems that there is no mistake in my memory. This should be the largest gold coin treasure dug up in the history of the United States in another world, the Saddle Ridge Treasure." After seeing these gold coins, Liang En suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and then quickly opened the door. Get up and arrange it.

"There may not be only such a jar in this place, so everyone should look for it in this yard. Also, it is best to record the search process with a mobile phone."

The law in the United States stipulates that, except for a few restricted types such as aboriginal burial remains, all things dug out of the ground belong to the land owner, and licensed excavators get a part of it according to law.

But Liang En also knew that the main purpose of excavating this treasure this time was to make money, so he asked everyone to film the process as evidence, so that as an antique with heels, it would naturally sell for more money.

Not to mention such a golden treasure with a lot of stories behind it, if the publicity is better in advance, it is absolutely no problem to sell it for an extra [-]-[-]% of the price.

The United States may have some differences in collections from the old continent due to its shorter history. For example, old jeans of certain brands or Coke bottles of a certain era can be sold at high prices if they can tell a story.

Of course, this also reflects the difference in people's cognition in different cultural backgrounds. For example, if you let Europeans or Americans watch a string of blood-dropping lotuses in China a few years ago, it is also incomprehensible.

Soon, with everyone's joint efforts, they found seven jars of different sizes and weights from this weedy backyard, but all of these jars were filled with gold coins without exception.

Unlike other materials, gold will not rust when buried in the ground, so it was quite a shock when they took the coins out of the tin and put them together.

After counting, there were 1427 gold coins in the eight jars. Most of the gold coins were $20 gold coins commonly known as Double Eagle Gold Coins, and all of them were made by the San Francisco Mint established in 1854, a century and a half ago.

"The combined face value of these gold coins is 28000 US dollars, but it is definitely more than that now." Pierce, who knew this thing best at the scene, said while carefully putting a gold coin in a special plastic box.

"Most of the gold coins in the jar have not passed through, and they are in perfect condition, so they will be very valuable in themselves, especially the one in my hand is the best of the best."

With that said, Pierce handed the box that had just been packed to Liang En. "Let's just tell me why this thing is so precious." Liang En said after glancing at the gold coin. "You know, I wasn't very good at it when I was in college."

"Of course I remember, when the professor was angry because you couldn't tell the difference between the silver coins issued during the Roman Empire and the Republic." Pierce said with a smile.

"Well, let me put it in the most common terms now. The one in your hand is an 1866 double eagle gold coin that has never been circulated. The current market price of one is around 100 million US dollars a few years ago. Recently, it may It also increased by 10%.

"Just this little thing is worth 100 million US dollars. It's really amazing." Fan Meng opened his mouth in surprise when he saw this gold coin, which was not much different from other gold coins.

"That's right, these rare coins are so valuable." Liang En nodded beside him at this moment. "It's a pity that such valuable things are hard to come by. Unless you're very lucky, it's hard to find such things."

In his previous life, as a writer of online novels on the street, Liang En searched a lot of information for writing books, including those guys who got rich overnight in history, and the treasure of Ma'an Ridge is naturally in his The range to look for.

According to reports on the Internet, one day in February 2013, a middle-aged couple in California, USA, was walking their dog as usual. When they were walking in their backyard, they accidentally discovered a rusted metal tank on the ground.

Because of the crack in the jar, they could see the gold coins inside, and in the subsequent search, they found a total of eight jars full of gold coins in their backyard.

而里面清点出的1427枚19世纪古金币立刻让这处藏宝超过了1985年田纳西州杰克逊市的城市工人发现的“杰克逊宝藏”。之前这个宝藏总面值4500美元，现在价值100万美元。

Before Liang En found out through his mobile phone that the most valuable gold treasure unearthed in the United States was the Jackson Treasure, he combined several other clues and went to San Francisco to dig this treasure.

(End of this chapter)