Chapter 122: The scale is unprecedented
Another golden cross with a severe twist and deformation... This is supposed to be part of the ancient helmetγγγγγγ β
Arthur sat at the bottom of the pit, one by one from the treasure chest that was still buried in the earth, and after careful identification, put it into the travel bag on the side, and Paul, the housekeeper who was also sitting on the side, was intently recording the number of treasures and the general characteristics of each item with a pen and paper.
When the treasure was dug up, Arthur was indeed shocked and amazed by the scale of the gold items stacked in the treasure chest, but as he slowly began to clean up the treasure, Arthur's mood was not so excited and excited.
Although many gold products he could not identify, had never seen them, or even never heard of them, he knew that they were carefully cut, polished, inlaid and made by craftsmen when he looked at the patterns and gems on them.
But most of the 'objects' have long since been formed, such as a gold cup, which is completely squeezed and twisted, and most of these gold objects are fragmentary objects, such as a sword head guard hat inlaid with precious stones, and a sword hilt plate are ornaments on some weapons and other utensils.
What's even more speechless is that some of the gold jewelry inlaid with precious stones looks like they were pulled from some utensil. The most numerous are such gold peels and gold flakes...
However, it has to be said that the craftsmanship of these gold and silver treasures is the pinnacle, and almost every piece has a carved or pressed pattern. Luxurious effect, stunning.
"These articles must have belonged to the elite of the aristocracy or the royal family at the time, and were probably trophies... Paul, the butler, who was recording, said to Arthur with a crooked piece of gold set with precious stones.
"But, if I'm not mistaken, Thomas Boleyn wasn't a soldier?" Although Arthur consulted a large number of family notes to write Boleyn Manor, he mainly read notes from the First and Second World Wars, and he only flipped through them in general earlier.
However, Lord Henster, the father of the Earl of Thomas, was the general of Richard I the Lionheart in the Third Crusade, and he followed the Lionheart to France, because the Lionheart died, and returned to England with the Lionheart's coffin, but before the earl award ceremony could be held in a hurry, he died of illness, so there was the first Earl of Boleyn succeeded by Thomas Boleyn. β
Listening to the butler Paul talk about the origin of the Bolin family, Andy couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Okay, it seems that this is what my ancestors got in a battle, and it may also be a collection accumulated in a long career as a horse."
Ancestors bless, God bless, let me be "guided" in the dark, to the location of the treasure. It is indeed a bit "incredible" to be able to find such a huge fortune. β
"Hehe, the main thing is that you have this heart, and insist on searching, back then, your father and I, just after a few days of searching, have no interest in continuing, it's hard to imagine, if your father knew that we found the treasure left by the first Earl of Boleyn, how happy and excited he would be... β
As he spoke, Paul, the housekeeper, couldn't help but start thinking about Arthur's dead cheap father, and seemed to be caught in remembrance.
Arthur looked at Paul's expression, the corners of his mouth pulled unnaturally, it was not that he was dirty in his heart, sometimes, he really felt that Paul was too 'missing' for his cheap father.
Ahem...
"How many are there?"
Not daring to continue the association, Arthur asked, diverting his dirty thoughts.
"550 pieces of gold, 430 pieces of silver, 110 pieces of brass. Paul, the butler, looked down on the notebook and reported.
Arthur nodded, looked at the small pile of gold and silver ornaments left in the treasure chest, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are going to miss lunchtime, these gold and silver have to be of real value, there are not much, now it depends on what age they are and what research value they have." β
"These things are historical relics, their value is absolutely extraordinary, once reported, it will inevitably attract a large number of experts in archaeology and cultural relics, as well as people from major museums, LORD, you have to be mentally prepared in advance, they are definitely a group of experts who talk about it, and will persuade you to hand over these treasures to the government, or sell them to museums.
This is the most precious inheritance belonging to the Boleyn family, and it is of great significance to the Boleyn family, and it must not be left behind!" Paul exhorted, looking at Arthur with burning eyes and a serious and solemn expression.
"Of course, you can rest assured that I'm not short of money right now, am I?" Arthur nodded and smiled, then sneered, "Hehe, besides, my things, why should I hand them in, what do I want!"
Arthur didn't have such a high level of consciousness, but he had to face the security problem in his own hands, and when he thought of this, he said to Paul: "To preserve this batch of gold relics, we have to spend a sum of money to keep it properly, and if this batch of things is really valuable, we are really busy!"
The housekeeper Paul also nodded in agreement, and he was still thinking about another problem, that is, the restoration of this batch of gold and silver cultural relics will be another major trouble, and it can't just be crooked.
"We don't want to think about these things for now, we want to clean up everything, and then find an expert to take a look, identify, and give this batch of cultural relics a generation, we generally know that the value of these is almost. Arthur shook his head and continued to reach out and pick up a gold ring encrusted with rubies from the treasure chest, looking at the beautiful pattern on the gold ring, he was looking forward to the origin of these things more and more.
When the treasure chest, which was still buried deep in the earth, bottomed out and emptied, Arthur exhaled a cloudy breath, stood up, and moved his somewhat stiff waist, "It's finally done-"
"680 pieces of gold, with a total weight of about 5 kilograms, and 530 pieces of silver, weighing more than 1 kilogram. In addition to this, he also found some copper products, etc., a total of 1,345 cultural relics. This is probably the largest archaeological discovery in British history in recent years... β
Paul, the housekeeper, also finished the record, stood up and moved his wrists and body, and said with heartfelt emotion.
"Hehe, now Bolin Manor can't think of being famous, and your wish is about to come true. Arthur teased Paul, the butler.
"Huh. The corners of the housekeeper Paul's mouth twitched, and he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That was before, what your father and I hoped most was to be able to let Bolin Manor come forward and then do tourism development.
But now, it's a different matter entirely, you're about to become a billionaire, how can you develop your estate into a tourist attraction, and then fame becomes a problem. β
"That's no way, we have to report it within 14 days, otherwise there will be trouble, and once it is reported, the news will not be hidden, how can those media miss this kind of exciting news, in the future, we will be annoyed!" Arthur smiled helplessly.
"I'll contact the security company tomorrow and hire four security guards to keep our manor safe, in addition to your personal safety. β
"Well, you really can't relax in security!" Arthur also said with a slight squint of his eyes, once people have money, they will be more and more desperate for their lives, no one wants it, the money is gone, what is the use of making a mountain of gold?
"I'm looking to see if there's anything missing. β
As he spoke, Arthur reached out and easily broke the wood of the treasure chest, and pulled the rusty iron hoops, and pulled them down, then picked up the metal detector and continued to look for fish around the treasure chest.
But after a careful probing, the detector did not respond, "Hehe, it seems that I am a little greedy, with these, I hope to find it again... Arthur shook his head self-deprecatingly and laughed.