Chapter 326: A True Treasure (Happy Holidays!) )
Shi Lei confidently took the two super bodyguards and dived back to the sunken ship. After letting the smaller baby sea snake sneak around the cabin one by one to make sure that there were no living creatures inside, Shi Lei let the sea snake stay around him to be on guard, and he continued to carry out meticulous search work with the big octopus sand and stone that continued to act as a light source.
In order not to miss any possible valuables, Shi Lei still started the search from the cabin that was destroyed by the sand and gravel last time. The starting cabin is already in better condition than the crew cabin that I have searched before. Although some skeletons of various forms will be seen from time to time, Shi Lei, who has already been mentally prepared, did not panic anymore.
Finally, in a very deep cabin, which should be close to the bottom of the ship, Shi Lei found a square object with a dull color. In order to confirm his discovery, Shi Lei turned on the light of the searchlight, and this large object with a blackened main body had a faint hint of golden brilliance, and Shi Lei suddenly became excited.
Shi Lei swam to the big square, holding one side with both hands, and through the weight of guò sensed by both hands, Shi Lei could determine that this was definitely a metal object with a large specific gravity.
However, in order to determine whether it was gold or not, Shi Lei adopted the simplest but most direct method. He pulled out the diving knife at his waist and gently sliced at what could have been a gold brick.
The touch of the start is relatively soft, and the possibility of copper or lead can be basically ruled out. Shi Lei took the new section cut and took a look at it, this brilliant gold undoubtedly shows its identity, this is really a gold nugget.
The excited Shi Lei couldn't help but start dancing, and planned to shout twice to express his excitement. It's really a nugget, the real treasure of Shi Lei's dreams.
However, he forgot that he was still in the water at this time, so except for almost choking on two mouthfuls of seawater, only a large number of bubbles came out. Shi Lei didn't care much, and hurriedly swam towards the water. He was anxious to share the good news with Laura.
"Laura, Laura, look what I found." After Shi Lei emerged from the water, he shouted Laura's name loudly while waving the brand-new golden section in his hand.
"Wow, is it really gold?" Laura muttered in disbelief when she saw the golden light.
"It's really a nugget. And there are such big guys down there, and that's just a small part of them. Shi Lei also said excitedly.
After hearing Shi Lei's affirmative answer, Laura screamed excitedly and leaned down to face Shi Lei, who had swam to the back deck of the yacht. Kissed hard. Then he jumped and screamed on the deck alone, shouting meaningless words.
Shi Lei climbed onto the yacht and took out a small metal detector from the cabin that could be used underwater. I hung up the waterproof battery to power it, and by the way, I changed it to an oxygen cylinder.
Sue Laura, let her prepare the electric gallows on the side of the boat, prepare the hanging basket, and Shi Lei will give Laura a signal later.
Shi Lei swam back to the place where he found the gold bricks before. I first groped around for a long time, and sure enough, in the mud and sand, I touched a few square objects. When you move it out, you can see that this thing is the same thing as the gold brick you found before.
Judging from the location of these gold nuggets, these gold nuggets were also used as ballast at that time, so there should not be only a few pieces around.
I turned on the metal detector and looked around. Sure enough, there was a constant sound of ticking, reminding Shi Lei that there were indeed a lot of metal objects around.
Shi Lei carefully touched it all the way, and soon a lot of gold nuggets of similar shape came out around him, and the whole should be the location of the bilge. Basically, it is covered with all kinds of large and small gold nuggets.
Although they are not quite regular in shape and different in size. Shi Lei is estimated to have come from gold smelted in different mines.
After all, these galleons were pulling local minerals from South American countries. At that time, there was no concept of industrial production. The gold nuggets made by manpower are naturally not so regular.
After making sure that in the largest cabin, all the metal objects have been found by himself, Shi Lei is still a little worried. The metal detector scanned all the areas where the gold nuggets had been excavated again, and found some gold and silver coins in the surrounding mud and sand.
Shi Lei, who did not give up, filtered it again, and this time he could finally make sure that not even a single copper plate was left in the sand, so Shi Lei stopped.
All the items in hand were piled up towards the door of the cabin as much as possible, and of course it was necessary to ask the biological crane of sand and gravel to help. Its huge but flexible wrists and feet could reach inside and help Shi Lei carry the gold nugget to the hatch.
Leaving Shashi here to take care of the gold, Shi Lei hurriedly ran to the yacht again. I found all the items I had prepared, such as thickened waterproof bags, and prepared to stuff all the gold into them so that I could bring them back.
"Is there a lot of gold down there?" Seeing Shi Lei's movements, Laura stepped forward and asked.
"It's not much in terms of volume alone." Shi Lei smiled and sold a pass.
The well-known gold has a very large proportion, 19.32 times that of water. In other words, a gold nugget the size of a cubic decimeter is enough to weigh 19.32 kilograms. So in terms of volume, if it looks big, the weight is very scary.
"But it's almost the size of a suitcase. I estimated it to weigh about 2 tons. In other words, we have made a fortune! ”
Shi Lei's turn, after finishing speaking, he couldn't help but cheer loudly. The feeling of having a stack of gold bars in front of you is definitely not the same as the impact of seeing a string of numbers on an account.
Although these gold nuggets are all piled together, they are really not too big. Shi Lei is not wrong, 2 tons of gold nuggets are only about one-tenth of a cubic meter. Larger suitcases can definitely be opened, of course, whether they can really withstand this weight is another matter.
And Laura is still busy calculating how much 2 tons of gold is worth. This will be a very smart brain, just follow up the paste, don't turn in circles at all, and the dizzy can't always figure out how much it's worth.
But after hearing Shi Lei's last cheer of making a fortune, Laura suddenly thought about it, no matter how much it was worth, anyway, she knew that it must be a big number.
"Can you get it?" Laura asked with some woodenness, her spirit was still under the impact of just now. At this time, I was just subconsciously worried, and my brain was not bored yet. But the objects in Shi Lei's hands are not specially held for gold nuggets, so I don't know if they are strong enough.
"No problem, these bags are specially made and very resistant to pulling, although the proportion of gold nuggets is large, but there should be no problem. I'll just divide it into a few bags.
By the way, don't forget to put the hanging basket down, I'll put all these things inside. Shi Lei saw that Laura was still in a trance. His eyes were still a little sloppy, and he deliberately admonished him.
After saying hello to Laura, who finally came to her senses, Shi Lei dived again. Hold the bag you brought with you in your hand to prevent it from getting caught in any protruding objects.
Swimming all the way back to the pile of gold nuggets guarded by the sand and stones, he opened a bag and carefully placed some gold nuggets inside. You have to consider the load-bearing of each part, and you have to be about the same, so that the bag is crushed.
Although this bag is actually specially customized by Shi Lei for the convenience of going to sea to hunt for treasures, it is aimed at the situation that you may encounter hidden treasures such as gold nuggets, so it should be able to stand the test.
At that time, it was tested in the field. When a one-ton block of lead is placed inside, the bag can still be lifted at will, and it will not be crushed at all. Unless it is a sharp object, the bag is cut open. It's possible to fall out of what's inside.
Considering that it was easy to carry, Shi Lei did not bother to open the ten special bags one after another and put in the gold of about the same weight.
Then, Shi Lei himself carried such a big weight. It will definitely be more troublesome to swim out, who made Shi Lei forget to design the inflatable part of these bags. Otherwise, with the help of air buoyancy, these weights are nothing.
And Shi Lei naturally has a way to be lazy. He carried a bag in both hands. Let Sandstone roll itself up whole with its extra-long tentacles.
The sand and stone swam a few times, and when he reached a place not far from the big hole at the exit, he handed Shi Lei the whole thing from one wrist and foot to the other longest wrist and foot. As soon as his wrist and feet rolled, Shi Lei had already been handed outside the wreck.
When I got to the outside of the ship, this weight still needs to be borne by Shi Lei, swimming and dragging 200 kg of falling objects, generally speaking, this is a suicide configuration, so Shi Lei was simply pulled to the shell of the sunken ship, and it was still troublesome to swim up.
Shi Lei waved his hand, beckoned a large killer whale, held a heavy bag in one hand, and climbed on the killer whale's strong dorsal fin with the other, and then signaled that the killer whale could move.
Although it was a bit laborious to carry such a heavy thing, but fortunately, with the help of buoyancy, the strength of the killer whale was strong enough, and Shi Lei and the 200 kilograms of gold nuggets were easily transported to the side of the yacht.
Shi Lei put the bag on the hanging basket on the yacht, and then came out and told Sù Laura that he could use the noose to pull the gondola up.
Over there, Laura was busy manipulating the electric noose, and here Shi Lei had to run up by himself, ready to move the heavy harvest down. With more than 200 kilograms, Laura definitely can't move, but for Shi Lei, it's actually relatively easy.
Unloading this inconspicuous little gold nugget from the hanging basket, Shi Lei carefully carried the bag and walked to the specially renovated storage room on the lower level. The nugget was adjusted slightly and laid flat on the ground.
It just so happened that the storage space was placed at the bottom of the ship, and the gold nuggets were ballast. As long as the distribution is even, it should not have a great impact on the balance of the yacht. Even the waterline must sink a lot, after all, it weighs 2 tons if it is carried up.
After ten rounds of going back and forth like this, Shi Lei finally put all the gold nuggets in the special storage room. After locking the password lock in the storage room, Shi Lei suddenly felt like a big stone had fallen to the ground.
However, Shi Lei did not return to the voyage, and he hasn't finished checking it yet, who knows if there will be more surprises waiting for him. (To be continued......) R1292