Chapter 848: Treasure Digging Expert
What a cute little guy. When Arya saw Sniff, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but reach out and want to touch Sniff, but Sniff seemed to have found something, and jumped off Shen Long's hand with a whoosh, falling to the ground, her long mouth sticking to the ground, and constantly sniffing something with her nose.
"Let's just follow it, the metal detector should be thrown aside!" Shen Long followed, he had brought a metal detector just to hide people's eyes and ears, since there was already a treasure hunt expert sniffing, what else did he want this thing for? Now, days have passed, and the inhabitants of Lohend Island have no more doubts, and it is time to call this little fellow out to help him find the lost treasures of the pirates.
He hadn't climbed far before he stopped moving, stopped near a rock, circled around it a few times, and then stretched out his two front paws and dug up quickly.
The little creature was so fast that both of its front paws formed afterimages, and the sand was quickly gouged out, and its body continued to drill down, and in a short time it disappeared.
"It looks like there is a treasure here, and the treasure of Lohode Island is not just a legend!" Shen Long rubbed his hands, and now he didn't have to go to Cocoa Island in the Caribbean.
"So we're going to widen the hole?" Arya pointed to the hole where the sniff had disappeared and said, she felt that such a small hole would definitely not be able to take out all the gold, silver and jewelry hidden in the ground.
"Wait a minute, I'm sure this little guy will surprise us." The entrance of the cave must be expanded, lest other people feel strange when they see such a small hole, well, it is better to leave a few gold coins or something inside, so that the treasure hunters on the island can also get a little surprise in the future.
Suddenly, Sniff poked out his little head from the entrance of the hole, and there was a gold coin in his long mouth, Shen Long took it and took a look, the style of the gold coin was the shape of the Spanish gold coin of the Age of Discovery, and the size was larger than that of ordinary gold coins.
It is slightly deformed, but the pattern on the coin is still clearly visible, and the sand on it is gently wiped off, and the coin emits a seductive glow unique to gold.
"This is the octagonal escudo! That's a good thing! When he saw the pattern clearly, Shen Long's eyes lit up, he had also read a lot of information about the treasure these days, and he recognized the origin of this gold coin at a glance, this gold coin was more valuable than he imagined.
This is a Spanish royal octagonal gold coin minted in the 16th century, there are only about 20 pieces in existence, most of them are collected in major museums, according to the current collection market, each Escudo gold coin is worth about 300 to 5 million US dollars, if you meet the avid antique coin collectors, the price can be doubled.
Holding the gold coin and rolling it between his fingers a few times, Shen Long gave the gold coin to Arya, he didn't plan to take it to auction, and he didn't lack the millions of dollars.
"Very beautiful gold coins." Arya took the gold coin and studied it carefully, this thing looked much better than the golden dragon used in Westeros.
"It's also expensive, about four or five million dollars." Shen Long reminded that he was afraid that Arya would give it to his friend as soon as she was happy, which didn't matter to Arya and him, but it wasn't a good thing for the friend who received the gift.
"Wow, then our treasure hunt is worth it." Arya exclaimed, even if the harvest of this treasure hunt is only this one gold coin, it is also a great reward.
"No, no, no, we still have a lot of treasures to find this time!" Shen Long laughed, and his hind legs trembled when he lifted Sniff, only to hear a loud noise, and gold coins, gold crosses, and other gold and silver jewelry decorated with precious stones fell out of the pockets on Sniff's stomach.
In a short time, a hill of gold and silver was piled up on the beach, and the sniffing pocket had its own space expansion effect, which could accommodate things countless times larger than its size.
"This ring is good!" Shen Long picked up a ring inlaid with a shiny ruby and observed it carefully, the gem was crystal clear, rich as blood, and it was a good thing at first glance.
"What is this for?" Arya crouched down and asked as she picked up a gold-minted chain, which was more than ten meters long.
"This is a special kind of currency, the king of Spain collects seigniorage in the colonies, and every gold and silver coin minted has to pay a tax to the king, but the chain shape is not included, and those colonists in order to avoid paying taxes, over time it has become customary to mint this gold chain." Shen Long explained, "It is said that these were used as tax-free coinage back then. ”
"Choose some gold and silver coins, choose one or two pieces of each jewelry, take them back to pay taxes and take them away, and hide the rest first." After squatting there and admiring it, Shen Long chose some bits and pieces to put into the small box he had brought for several days, and the rest was put into his own personal space.
He doesn't want to take out all the treasures to pay taxes, these are not Australian treasures, what qualifications do they have to collect taxes? It is enough to let the jewels you find see the light of day, so that Arya or herself will not cause trouble by showing them in the future.
"Alright, let's dig this hole a little bigger!" Shen Long made a cover-up, completely destroyed the traces of sniffing and digging, and buried a few relatively cheap gold and silver coins inside.
When they were done, it was already lunchtime, and the two of them ate the dry food with mineral water, and then took the sniff to look for it on the island, since the first treasure was found, there must be a second one.
Working from morning to sunset, Sniff finally found out all the treasures on the island, and Shen Long didn't bother to dig any more in the remaining places, just use magic to restore the terrain destroyed by Sniff to its original state.
When night fell, Shen Long and Arya returned to the docks with a body of dust, and came to the hotel where they were staying, and when they saw them returning, Colwell immediately greeted them, "Mr. Shen, Miss Stark, how was your harvest today?" Did you find any treasures? …… Uh, do you want to consider my previous suggestion? ”
He remembered that Shen Long had said earlier that today was the last day of their treasure hunt, and if they didn't find anything, they would consider buying his Spanish gold coins.
"Haha, what a day to gain, Cowell, look what I found!" Shen Long laughed, and with a bang, he flicked a gold coin high.
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