Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

The material of an item is an important evidence for judging the age of the item. For example, if you see plastic, then the item can basically be confirmed to be a product of the 20th century.

However, this set is not accurate at all times. For metals or alloys that have a long history of use by humans, such as copper, iron or bronze, it is difficult to judge the specific age just by looking at the material.

Of course, because the proportions of various trace elements in the ores produced by mines in each place are different, sometimes it is possible to determine where these things come from through more detailed analysis, and then judge based on the operating hours of those mines.

However, this approach is very restrictive. At least when those minerals have not been discovered, it is difficult to determine the origin of these things, let alone determine their age.

So now Liang En and the others are stuck in this area again, because they realize that unless they are really lucky and can encounter similar recorded antiques in the past, they will not be able to successfully judge at all.

But this does not mean that they are completely helpless, because when they calmly inspected these metal blocks one by one, Liang En found that there were some very vague marks on these metal blocks, as if someone had carved them.

After realizing this, Liang En immediately focused on these traces, because both patterns and words contain a lot of information, allowing people to get more information.

According to the results they compiled, there were a total of six pieces of metal with scratches on them, but due to the long retention time on the seabed, the scratches on them had been blurred to the point where they could not be seen clearly.

Fortunately, after a series of processes and the consumption of a copper bell, a small can of camping liquefied gas and three [Repair (N)] cards, Liang En finally managed to identify what the contents carved on these six pieces of metal were. What.

The marks on two of the copper ingots were obviously just scratches, which meant that his previous busy work was in vain, but Liang En couldn't guess this until he cleaned them thoroughly.

However, the other four copper ingots clearly had some writing on them, totaling seven in total. These writings quickly excited Liang En, because these writings were the Linear A that he had found before.

You must know that these words should be the words used by the Minoan civilization on Crete at that time, which means that these copper blocks are likely to be related to the early Minoan civilization.

It is a pity that these characters are just numbers in the Minoan civilization, so it is impossible to get more information from them. However, Liang En also learned from the numbers that there were at least 47 copper blocks in a batch, because these copper blocks The largest number on the block is 47.

In order to obtain further information, Liang En took these copper nuggets to visit the National Museum of Ireland, and the equipment there conducted a comprehensive analysis and testing of these copper nuggets.

Unfortunately, the test results did not bring any more information. The only thing that could be confirmed was that the casting technology of these copper blocks was very primitive. Even these brass blocks that should be the same batch had huge differences in zinc content.

This also proves from the side that those brass smelters in ancient times may not have fully mastered the casting skills of brass, which is why brass with such unstable quality has just been reported.

"Where did you get these things?" When Liang En went to get the laboratory report, the museum's chief inspection consultant named Huck asked Liang En. “I feel like these things have historical value.”

"This was accidentally obtained from an auction. According to my investigation, these items should come from an illegal salvage group in the eastern Mediterranean. Unfortunately, those people are already dead."

"This is indeed very bad." Huck shook his head helplessly and said, "Then are you willing to donate these copper blocks to the museum now? I think you should know the value of these things -"

"Sorry, I can't." Liang En shrugged and said, "Even if I want to donate, I should donate it to a museum in Greece, not to mention that I now hope to understand where these things come from."

"I'm sorry, I was rude. These cultural relics should indeed be returned to their hometown." Huck was just a little excited just now, so he quickly reacted and apologized after being rejected by Liang En.

"It's nothing." Liang En shook his head and said. At least the other person's question just now was just out of habit and had no bad intentions, so he could naturally understand the other person's thoughts.

But at this moment, Liang En suddenly thought of something, so he cleared his throat and looked at the middle-aged man and asked.

"By the way, I think you should know that I have previously cooperated with our university to conduct large-scale archaeological work on two ruins in Greece." "Yes, of course we know this."

Having said this, Huck shook his head helplessly. "It's a pity that there wasn't much communication between the two of us that we lost this opportunity."

"But now there is a new opportunity." Liang En smiled like a fox stealing a chicken, because he understood where he could find the funds and manpower needed for his subsequent search work.

"You know that although my alma mater is very good, the scale of archeology is still a bit too small, so spreading my strength between two ruins is already the limit."

"So I hope from the bottom of my heart that there will be someone here in Ireland who can help me with new excavations."

"I think our museum can take on this work." The chief inspection consultant immediately said excitedly. "I'm going to apply to our dean now. If nothing unexpected happens, we will fully support your archaeological excavation work."

"Why do you have to hire a bunch of assistants to help you dig every time?" Jeanne asked curiously while driving home. "I see that the great explorers of the early 20th century excavated the ruins themselves."

"You also said that it was in the early 20th century, but now it is the 21st century, and the ancient routine is completely inconsistent with the current era." Liang En said with a smile.

“In that era, those explorers could dig unscrupulously and even dig a trench directly on the ancient ruins to find what they wanted at the cost of destroying several layers of ancient ruins, but that is completely impossible now. "

"With the progress of the times, humans have made great progress in archaeological work, and can obtain more ancient information more accurately, but the corresponding amount of funds and manpower required are also increasing."

"In this case, it is not only legally difficult for one person to be responsible for the comprehensive excavation work, but it is also completely unnecessary. After all, people can only remember the discoverer, and there are not many excavators behind. Individuals can remember.”

"What you said makes sense." Joan of Arc nodded and said, "But have you locked the location of these things now?"

"Not yet." Liang En looked a little frustrated when he said this. "Originally, I thought that we could lock the target location through these existing methods, but unfortunately now it seems that we can only use those special methods."