25. Identification
"Where did you find this?" Chen Mo happily touched the head of the gold bar and asked.
"Squeak." The gold bar pointed to the nest in the tree, got in and took a piece of dog's head gold out.
This piece of dog's head gold is much smaller than the previous one.
Chen Mo was curious about how many gold nuggets there were in the little thing's nest, so he picked up a wooden stick on the ground and directly took out the little thing's nest.
This basin-sized nest is made of yellow mud and hay, like a capped bird's nest, which fell to the ground and was directly smashed in half. ”
Chen Mo's eyes lit up, staring at the gold nuggets on the ground, and counted them carefully, there were sixteen pieces. The two largest gold bars have been voluntarily handed in, and the rest are all knuckle-like gold nuggets. This chipmunk is a bit of an amusement and carries gold nuggets to the nest instead of collecting food.
Together, these nuggets weighed five or six pounds.
Chen Mo took off his clothes, tied the cuffs and neckline, made a cloth pocket and put the gold nuggets in it: "Good boy, where did you find this thing, is there anything else?" ”
"Squeak." The little thing was stunned, looking at the broken room, holding two little arms and twisting his head to the side angrily.
"Ugh." Chen Mo smiled awkwardly, extremely embarrassed. Also, Chen Mo smashed the little thing's home, can he not be angry?
Chen Mo squatted down, teased it with his fingers, and said, "Hey, it's a drop." ”
"Squeak, squeak." The gold bar pointed to its nest.
"You're still kicking your nose in the face."
"Squeak." Jin Bar turned his head and looked at Chen Mo, with two tears of grievance in his small eyes: "Squeak." ”
"Holy!" Chen Mo suddenly had a feeling of collapse: "Okay, follow the boss, what kind of dirt nest do you still live in." When you go back, you can choose a room in my villa. Chen Mo wasn't sure if it could understand his words, but he said it anyway. In his senses, little things have at least as much wisdom as a three- or four-year-old child.
The little thing squeaked for a while, jumping and grinning at Chen Mo.
Finally stopped making trouble with the gold bars, Chen Mo smiled slightly, and said shamelessly: "Hey, where did you pick up this thing, is there more?" ”
"Squeak."
The moon was dark and the wind was high, they had been running for a long time, and Chen Mo had completely lost his sense of direction.
Thinking that the little thing has collected so much ko's head gold, this guy must have a talent for treasure hunting, could it be the legendary treasure hunting mouse? Chen Mo is full of expectations for this treasure hunt......
Over a mountain, over another mountain...... After crossing another mountain, he returned to the manor.
"I ......" Chen Mo thought that the chipmunk was going to take him to continue the treasure hunt, but when he saw the light bulb on the mansion on the top of the mountain, he felt like he was in tears, and he was actually tricked by a chipmunk.
Back at home, Jin Bar pointed to the refrigerator and called twice, realizing that the uncle was hungry and waiting.
"Okay, you're the uncle." Chen Mo now wants to please the chipmunks, who called him Yayi was so excited that he took down other people's nests and took the treasures collected by others. Eating people with soft mouths and soft hands with soft hands is what it means.
Chen Mo washed the dog's head gold, took it back to the room and locked it in the safe. Then I went to take a shower but couldn't sleep.
It is likely that the doghead gold came from the same place. For example, the largest horseshoe gold, with obvious fractures on it, should have been broken off from a larger gold nugget.
Unable to sleep, Chen Mo checked the information of Goutoujin on the Internet.
The next day.
Chen Mo tried his best to please the gold bar, massaged it, and made its favorite fruit salad.
"Tell me, where did you find this koshit?"
"Squeak." The little thing pretended to be stupid and cute twice, ate its belly, and ran to sleep in the shade under the tree.
"Holy." Chen Mo is very similar to holding a knife to the neck of a small thing, threatening it, or the ten torturers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to greet it and force it to interrogate.
"Okay, you have a kind. Don't say yes, Lao Tzu didn't ask. Chen Mo angrily returned to the house, took two small gold nuggets and sat on his Ferrari convertible.
It's not certain if it's a dog's head gold, and if not, there's no need to curry favor with the bar. If so, come back and make a cow and a horse for it. Faced with the temptation of huge profits, Chen Mo's discipline also fell to the ground.
I drove straight to Napa County and found a jewelry store with luxurious decorations, "Excuse me, is the manager of your store here?" ”
The girl who sells jewelry saw Chen Mo driving a sports car and warmly received her: "Hello, our manager is running a company, I can take you up." ”
"Thank you."
The office was on the second floor, Chen Mo walked in and got straight to the point: "Hello." yes, I have two gold nuggets here that I need to identify. I don't know, do you have a dedicated appraiser here? ”
"Uh, sorry. Is it a natural gold nugget? ”
"I found it in the valley of my own estate. I'm not sure if it's a gold nugget yet, so I'd like to ask you to help identify it. ”
“OK。 We can help our customers identify precious metals such as gold, but we are unable to issue a certificate of authenticity. If you need a certificate, head to a specialized auction house or a large jewelry house in San Francisco. ”
"Don't bother, I just want to know if it contains gold."
"Alright, please come with me."
The laboratory was very rudimentary, with no luxurious equipment as expected, and only an unnamed instrument was placed in it. Chen Mo took out the gold nugget, and the two appraisers took a piece of it, first weighed it, and then ......
After sitting on the sofa in the appraisal room for about twenty minutes, the appraisal results came out, and the bald middle-aged man came back with two gold nuggets: "Sir, congratulations. Their gold content is very high, reaching more than ninety-two percent. ”
"These two gold nuggets should come from the same place, such a high gold content is likely to be formed by the fall of a meteor, and the value is very high."
There are two kinds of doghead gold, one is formed by the enrichment and deposition of primary gold nuggets under suitable conditions, and the gold content of this type of doghead gold is often very low, no more than 70%, and the price is between three and seven times that of pure gold. There is also a particularly pure dog's head gold......
In fact, there has always been this debate about the formation of ko's head gold. In particular, the high-purity doghead gold is believed by many to be formed by a meteorite fall. Produced by the fall of large gold-rich meteorites, many impurities are consumed in the process due to the violent friction and intense oxidative combustion of meteors with the air as they pass through the Earth's atmosphere. The gold nugget formed by the ground is in a fluid state, that is, its solidified shape, like a dog's head or a horse's hoof...... The gold nuggets formed by meteors are often very high, which is extremely rare in the world, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a treasure of the town.
This statement has not been scientifically proven, but there are many people who believe it, including many people in the industry.
Chen Mo gave the appraisal fee to the manager, and was about to leave, when the manager handed Chen Mo a business card.
"Hello, for the official introduction, my name is Maddie. I don't know, are you going to sell the gold nuggets in your hands? We are willing to buy it at a high price. ”
Chen Mo put away the gold nugget and said with a smile: "It depends on what price you come up with." ”
"You have 6 for your two nuggets. 2 ounces, 92% gold. I am willing to buy your gold nuggets for the price of pure gold. ”
Chen Mo glanced at him like an idiot, turned around and left directly without saying a word. , think of yourself as an idiot. The price of the same weight of doghead gold is at least five times the price of pure gold, or even ten times or dozens of times......
Seeing Chen Mo's back, the smile on the foreign ghost's face suddenly stiffened, and he caught up: "The price can be negotiated......
Chen Mo was in no mood to talk to him, and he didn't look back when he sat on the Ferrari.