Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 308 Vaseline Glass

Cleaning, even a rough cleaning, of the dust that has accumulated in an attic for decades is no easy task.

Fortunately, this place is a restaurant, so all kinds of labor tools are readily available, so Liang En's first step is to use an industrial vacuum cleaner to suck up the thick dust.

Apparently the place hadn't been cleaned in a long time, so when they were about to take out the rubbish after they had vacuumed the grounds mostly clean, they removed a whole bunch of debris from the filter that had been caught by the filter.

"Coins, small crosses, badges, keychains, tie clips—" Looking at the things blocked by the filter, Liang En shook his head slightly. "How long has this place been cleaned?"

"What's the matter, are there any valuable antiques in this pile of things?" Hearing what Liang En said, Fan Meng came over curiously and asked.

"You're half right. These things are indeed antiques, but they're not very valuable." Liang En said as he picked up a small cross and pointed to the text below.

"This cross should be a souvenir obtained by believers after donating to the church. Although it comes from the 18th century, the copper-silver-plated material and the apparently large-scale casting make this thing of low value."

"How much is this thing worth?" Fan Meng asked for details.

"It's 40~50 Euros, and it's a direct sale price." The corner of Liang En's mouth hooked up slightly. "If the middleman wants to buy it, they will get a 3-5% discount on this basis."

"Are the rest of these things the same?"

"Same thing, this pile is full of worthless odds and ends." Liang En checked these things and said with certainty, "If you want to sell it, it's more reasonable to pack it for 200~220 Euros, and if you sell it to a middleman, it's 100 Euros." That's pretty good."

In order to avoid missing anything, the two of them took out a metal detector to detect it in the pile of ashes, but unfortunately there were some used staples, rusty razor blades or nails. something of value.

After cleaning up the dust, the two began to check the boxes, boxes and packages, but when they were asked to check the boxes and packages at the entrance, they found that the first five or six boxes contained some old clothes .

Yes, old clothes rather than vintage clothes, because these things should look like something from the 20s and 80s, and they are not branded.

"Damn it, the sole pattern of these shoes is almost worn out." After picking up a pair of leather shoes that looked like crocodile leather and turning them over for a look, Fan Meng threw the shoes back into the box.

"It's normal. These boxes should contain the garbage that the previous owner of the room didn't throw away in order to save money." Liang En shook his head helplessly and said.

"In a while, we can just drive and throw these things to the garbage disposal station in the suburbs. Although it is a bit far there, at least we won't be charged for garbage disposal."

After tying the garbage with ropes and hanging it downstairs to load it into the car, the two began to check the boxes further into the room. At this moment, Liang En found that the farther away from the entrance of the attic, the older the containers looked. .

"Ha, a whole set of copper pots, I think Dad will be happy with this thing." After picking the lock on a box, Fan Meng suddenly became excited.

Because in the opened box in front of him was a whole set of old-fashioned western-style copper pots, ranging from the largest stew pot to the smallest small milk pot. can be used.

"I remember that Uncle Fan's business here should only be Chinese food." Liang En asked the excited Fan Meng and the pots in the box, puzzled, "What does he want these Western pots for?"

"Because the French restaurant next door has ten sets of colored porcelain tableware for export during the Guangxu period, my father has always been very greedy. It's just that the other party is not willing to sell it, but after many inquiries, the other party agrees to exchange it with valuable kitchen utensils or tableware. "

After closing the lid of the wooden box, Fan Meng explained to Liang En, "So I think if I use this set of copper pots, I might be able to replace the tableware."

"Well, I hope you can go well." Liang En was not very clear about the collusion behavior of these colleagues, but he also knew that this was not an uncommon thing.

However, it may be because the successive discoveries were too valuable, so the next boxes are basically complete garbage.

For example, some festive ribbons, colored balls and even Christmas trees are used to decorate the room, and another example is a large number of things similar to patterned plasterboard left over from the decoration of an unknown age.

"What is this, tableware?" Just as they opened a wooden box again, Fan Mengxin opened a box full of yellow-green glassware.

These utensils seem to be of various types. In addition to cups, plates, fruit plates, and even candle holders and wine dividers, it is a complete set of Victorian tableware.

"I've never seen any kind of glass with such a vibrant green color." Fan Meng picked up a cup and lifted it up, but at this moment Liang En suddenly remembered something and grabbed his arm.

"Put this thing down quickly." Liang En said nervously, "Also, I remember that the Geiger counter I bought last time should be with you. Can you help me find it?"

"You said this thing has radiation?" After hearing Liang En's words, Fan Meng immediately put the cup back to its original place, and then asked nervously when he and Liang En came to the entrance of the attic.

"Yes, because of the color of these things, you can tell that they are Vaseline glass, also known as canary glass, because it will turn into a beautiful golden yellow like this in the sun." Liang En introduced in a low voice up.

"Even the glassware glows a fluorescent green under ultraviolet light, and this is made possible by the addition of oxides of the radioactive element uranium to the glass."

"Then is my hand okay?" After hearing Liang En's words, Fan Meng looked nervously at the hand he used to hold the glass just now. As a former soldier, he was very aware of the dangers of radioactive elements.

"It should be fine." Liang En patted Fan Meng on the shoulder and comforted him.

"Although Vaseline glass containing 25% uranium oxide has existed in history, this extreme variety is very rare because the higher the uranium concentration, the darker the fluorescence under ultraviolet light."

"In contrast, the ordinary Vaseline glass with 2% uranium oxide has a radiation dose of only 100 microroentgens/hour, which is equivalent to an X-ray exposure for ten hours. In addition, the radiation range is only 10-15 cm, so it is dangerous. Very low."

After listening to Liang En's explanation, Fan Meng finally felt relieved and went downstairs to get a Geiger counter, and then started testing the box.

The test results are just like what Liang En said before, the radiation level of these glassware is very low, only less than [-]% of the lowest radiation they guessed before, so as long as they are not made into powder and ingested in the body, daily appreciation is completely fine.

And when they isolated all the light sources in the attic and turned on an ultraviolet disinfection lamp brought up, these yellow-green glass vessels suddenly emitted a beautiful green light.

"This is really beautiful." Seeing this scene, Liang En and Fan Meng said with emotion at the same time.

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