Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"Cans and bottles, if I remember correctly, it is indeed popular here in the United States to collect some weird old things, including cans and bottles, but just one can and bottle shouldn't be enough to call us all here."

After being called in, Fan Meng looked at the can bottle placed on a piece of plastic sheet with a curious expression, and curiously stretched out his hand to pick up the can.

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

Like Liang En just now, Pierce almost let go when he grabbed the can and lifted it up. Fortunately, he has been working in antiques for a long time, so he held on to the can to prevent it from overturning.

This failure is not Pierce's fault, because this kind of can bottle only weighs about two pounds even if it is full, not to mention that this thing is full of rust and looks like an empty can bottle.

But in fact, the contents of this can weigh nearly ten pounds, so when you lift the can, it feels like holding a solid lead ball.

"Put it down first." Fan Meng said to Pierce after seeing this. He then stepped forward and took out the Geiger counter, checked the jar, and then gently shook the jar.

"Fortunately, there are no radioactive substances in this, nor is it a dangerous liquid metal like metallic mercury, so the contents inside should not be dangerous."

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

"Thank you, I was indeed a little reckless just now." Liang En also reflected on himself at this time, because that dangerous move was obviously too much faith in the memory of another world.

After all, there is a big gap between this world and another world. Since some treasures cannot be dug out, it is possible that the contents of other items may change.

After checking himself, Liang En took out a knife and carefully removed the rust around the can lid joint, then used a piece of cloth to cushion the can lid and twisted it hard.

Unexpectedly, the can lid had rusted together with the can body, and the can body was severely corroded, so after twisting, the entire upper half of the can body shattered. Fortunately, he had stab-proof gloves. Will not be scratched.

"Oh my god, this is gold!" Joan of Arc was the first to react. Under the sunlight of the western afternoon, the gold coins shone charmingly.

"It seems that my memory is correct. This should be the largest gold coin treasure unearthed in the history of the United States in another world, the Saddle Ridge Treasure." After seeing these gold coins, Liang En felt a lot more relaxed, and then quickly opened the door. I got energetic and made arrangements.

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

The law in the United States stipulates that, except for a few limited types such as aboriginal burial remains, all things excavated underground belong to the land owner, and licensed excavators receive a portion of it according to law.

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

Not to mention this kind of gold treasure with a lot of stories behind it. If it is well publicized in advance, it will definitely be no problem to sell it for 20 to 30% more.

Perhaps because of its shorter history, the United States has some differences from the Old World in terms of collection. For example, certain brands of old jeans or Coke bottles from a certain era can sell for high prices if they can tell a story.

Of course, this also reflects the differences in people's cognition under different cultural backgrounds. For example, if you ask Europeans or Americans to see a string of bloody lotus flowers in China a few years ago, they will also be unable to understand it.

Soon, with the joint efforts of everyone, they found seven more jars of different sizes and weights from the grassy backyard, but all of these jars were filled with gold coins.

Unlike other materials, gold will not rust when buried in the ground, so when they took these gold coins out of the can and gathered them together, it really gave people a big shock.

After counting, there were a total of 1,427 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 at the San Francisco Mint, which was established in 1854, a century and a half ago.

"The total face value of these gold coins is US$28,000, but the price is definitely more than that now." Pierce, who knew the most about this thing at the scene, said as he carefully placed a gold coin in a special plastic box.

"Most of the gold coins in the jar have not been circulated and are in perfect condition, so they are very valuable in themselves. Especially the one in my hand is the best of the best."

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

"Of course I remember that the professor was very 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 popular terms. The one you have in your hand is an 1866 double eagle gold coin that has never been circulated. The current market price of one was around US$1 million in the past few years. Recently, it may be It’s also up 10%.”

"It's really amazing that this little thing is worth 1 million US dollars." Fan Meng opened his mouth in surprise as he looked at this gold coin that was not much different from other gold coins.

"Yes, these rare coins are so valuable." Liang En nodded at the side. "It's a pity that such valuable things are rare. Unless you are very lucky, it is difficult to find such things."

In his previous life, as a desperate online novel writer, Liang En consulted a large amount of information in order to write a book, including examples of those guys who got rich overnight in history, and this Ma'anling treasure was naturally among his Search range.

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

Because there were cracks on the jars, they could see the gold coins inside, and during the subsequent search, they found a total of eight jars filled with gold coins in their backyard.

The 1,427 ancient 19th-century gold coins counted inside immediately made this treasure hoard surpass the "Jackson Treasure" discovered by city workers in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1985. The treasure previously had a total face value of $4,500, but is now worth $1 million.

Liang En also used his mobile phone to find out that the most valuable gold treasure unearthed in the United States is the Jackson Treasure, and then combined several other clues and ran to San Francisco to dig for this treasure.