Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"I found it -" Just seven or eight minutes after he started searching, Liang En, who had no hope at all, was about to find an excuse to guide everyone's thoughts to this big banyan tree, but unexpectedly heard Joan of Arc cheering and raising her hands. road.

"What did you find?" After hearing what Joan said, Liang En immediately walked over and asked, because he really didn't know what else of value could be found in this place besides the possible treasures.

"One - one should be gold-plated cufflinks." After gently peeling off the soil with her hands, Joan of Arc said in an uncertain tone and stretched out her hand.

There was a golden object lying there quietly in Jeanne's slightly rough hand. After picking up the object with two fingers and putting it in front of her eyes, Liang En recognized that the object was indeed a cufflink.

After careful inspection, he determined that this thing was not a native product of India, but a product from Europe. It was one of the first luxury goods in the world that was probably for the middle class instead of wealthy merchants and nobles.

In the early years, luxury goods were mainly targeted at princes, nobles and wealthy people. However, with the advent of the industrial revolution and the emergence of the so-called middle class, these people with spare money also have requirements for luxury goods.

Manufacturers of luxury goods have also seized on this and produced a series of specially manufactured luxury goods targeted at these emerging markets.

Compared with traditional luxury goods, these luxury goods are lower in cost and simpler in style, but they are also carefully crafted and have successfully won the favor of the middle class as soon as they were launched.

Therefore, it is naturally a bit unusual for such a cufflink to be issued in this place. Especially when Liang En's cufflink was produced at about the same time as the group of criminals looting the ruins of the temple here, it highlights the previous question.

Thanks to such a layer of gold plating, this cufflink, which was originally made of only brass, has been perfectly preserved to this day and left enough clues.

For example, from the abbreviation on the back of this cufflink, they can basically determine that this gold-plated cufflink comes from a manufacturer in London, which was rare in India at that time.

"Maybe this is something left by the treasure hunter back then." After watching Liang En study the cufflinks, Joan of Arc said seriously from the side.

"This cufflink was found in a stone crevice. It's really easy to catch on your clothes when you walk past that place. If you are unlucky, you may leave something like this inside."

"I see - you are right, things should indeed be like this." After hearing what Joan said, Liang En recalled the hurried Mr. Carter in his memory and nodded.

After all, he was risking his life when he did this, so it is understandable that he accidentally left something behind in a hurry.

"And I guess that thing should be near this banyan tree." After receiving Liang En's approval, Jeanne looked even more excited. She looked around and then pointed to the umbrella-like banyan tree and said.

"Just reading the diary, we also know that when the other party hid things, he wanted to get them back and use them after escaping, so he would definitely follow certain rules when hiding things.

"To take the simplest example, if you want to find something you hid in a hurry, then the place where you hide the thing cannot be too ordinary, otherwise it will be easy to find it when you come back later."

"That's right -" Liang En nodded in approval. For example, if you throw something directly into the sea or a ravine, the concealment is indeed strong enough, but the possibility of the person hiding the thing trying to get it back is basically the same. Above is zero.

"But if you want to guard against some people, then this location cannot be clearly marked, otherwise it is likely to be found by others instead of the person who hid the thing." Joan of Arc continued.

"So if you want to hide something, it's best to hide it near a naturally formed sign. This can meet the previous two requirements." Liang En said at this time.

"For example, this banyan tree is very suitable. It is a natural landmark, and at the same time, it will not arouse too much suspicion because it is a naturally growing tree."

"Excellent reasoning." At this time, Fan Meng, who had been holding a small camera to record the situation, said, "I think if there is really a treasure, that thing should be here."

Fan Meng has a new task since he was reminded to shoot something for publicity last time, which is to shoot on the side when Liang En is doing excavation work to see if there is anything that can be released for publicity. of.

The excavation work in India during this period was naturally a very good subject for photography. According to Fan Meng, if he cuts this thing after he returns, he will be able to produce a good video.

Of course, the boring excavation work is naturally more eye-catching than searching for treasures, so when he realized that there might be a major discovery this time, Fan Meng naturally took out his camera and started to follow.

Liang En once asked Fan Meng before what he should do if he didn't find something during the treasure hunt, and Fan Meng told him that it would make his character look more real, and the overall publicity effect would not be worse than if he found the treasure. Where to go.

So under the camera, Liang En and Joanne used metal detectors to detect the banyan tree. When they were close to the trunk of the banyan tree, Liang En slightly turned the metal detector away, and sure enough, they heard a prompt from the detector. the sound of.

From the beeping sound of the metal detector, Liang En was sure that there was indeed gold in the treasure. Unfortunately, in his memory, he only saw the box and had no idea what was inside.

But now that the location was confirmed, the next work became much easier. Liang En and the others quickly took out their portable tools and dug hard at the trunk. In just ten minutes, a big hole was opened in the trunk.

It was at this time that they discovered that the tree trunk was not as solid as it appeared on the outside, but had a large hole inside.

It seems that this tree originally had holes before, but with the changes of time, especially the growth of the tree, the outer edges of these holes have been filled in, so it seems that there is no problem.

After opening a hole about half a meter in diameter, Liang En used a hiking pole to dig through the humus accumulated in the tree hole, and indeed found some golden things underneath.

After 20 minutes of cleaning work, they took out a total of two things from inside. One of them was a men's necklace with a huge pink gemstone, and the other was an exquisite gold box.

When it was discovered, the necklace was placed in a gold box, surrounded by a layer of completely carbonized textiles, and there were traces of the carbonized wooden box on the outside of the gold box.

"It seems that we did find something that should be very valuable." Liang En looked at the necklace in front of him with a thoughtful expression.

Although he doesn't understand diamonds, the over 50-carat pink diamond on the necklace and the exquisite necklace as the base should definitely have a name in history, so it shouldn't be difficult to find the origin of this thing.