Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 703: Ghost Fish (Happy Spring Festival to everyone)
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The Escudo is a currency unit that means ‘shield’ in Spanish and Portuguese. In addition to mainland Europe, this currency unit is also used in the overseas colonies of these two countries.
This monetary unit includes both paper money and coins. Hundreds of years before paper money became popular, coins were mainly used, among which gold coins were the most valuable!
What appeared in Ye Tian's eyes at this moment was the Spanish Escudo gold coin minted in the 16th century, and it was a very rare royal eight-shaped Escudo.
There are a total of six gold coins of this kind, piled together with more than twenty other gold and silver coins, scattered next to a skull soaked in seawater until it turns pale. They should be the private property of the deceased.
Compared with other gold and silver coins that are about two to three centimeters in diameter, the Royal Figure-Eight Escudo gold coin is almost twice as large, which is very conspicuous!
The dazzling orange light emitting from these gold coins very accurately illustrates the era from which they come.
This is indeed a gold Escudo coin minted in the late sixteenth century, there is no doubt about it!
As far as Ye Tian knows, there are only about twenty Spanish royal eight-shaped Escudo gold coins left in the world, and most of them are collected in major museums, with very few circulating in the antique market.
In the eyes of antique coin collectors, this Escudo gold coin is definitely a top-notch collectible. Each one is valuable and can only be found but not sought!
Whenever Spanish royal eight-shaped Escudo gold coins appear on the antique market, it will inevitably cause quite a stir, and many collectors of ancient coins will definitely come here!
Based on the current market conditions, the value of these gold coins should be between US$3 million and US$5 million. If they are put up for auction, they may fetch a higher price, which can be considered a considerable fortune. !
Because of this, Ye Tiantian was so excited after discovering these eight-shaped Escudo gold coins.
With these rare antique gold coins as the base, this deep-sea exploration operation has made a sure profit!
If there is any discovery after this, it will all be a gain!
After looking at these Escudo gold coins again, Ye Tian looked away.
In other places in the cabin, he also found some gold and silver coins, quite a lot, but he never found the royal figure-eight Escudo gold coins, which are generally of little value!
When he quickly scanned the cabin and turned to the next cabin, Peake also maneuvered the submarine to move a little to the side, shined a searchlight on another hole, and began to explore the situation inside.
This is a cargo hold. Looking through the hole, everyone only sees a few boxes and some bones, but nothing else.
What are the boxes near the cave entrance? No one knows what else is in the other places shrouded in darkness in the cabin.
But under Ye Tian's perspective, there was no secret in this cabin. He could see clearly what was in those boxes.
There are many boxes in this cabin, dozens of them, scattered on the deck, very messy!
After looking through, Ye Tian found that some of the boxes were already empty, with nothing in them.
But there are also some boxes with goods inside, including skeletons of different lengths and some huge tortoise shells, there are quite a few!
Seeing these things, Ye Tian immediately understood what the purpose of this cargo hold was and what was in those boxes.
This is a cargo hold carrying food, and those bones are animal bones used for food! Also included are those tortoise shells of various sizes.
In the age of sailing ships, in order to solve the food problem during long-distance voyages at sea, the Spanish navy and pirates invariably regarded tortoises as one of their foods.
The reason why tortoises were chosen is because tortoises can survive for a long time without eating or drinking, and can provide fresh meat for people in the vast ocean without spoiling!
Every time the Spanish Navy and Pirates of the Caribbean went on a long voyage, they would basically catch some living tortoises and put them on board as food reserves.
Among the tortoises used as food, the famous Galapagos giant tortoise!
Under the massive capture and killing by Spanish colonists and pirates, this originally numerous giant tortoise was almost eaten to extinction. Now it is an extremely endangered species and is in urgent need of protection!
The Spanish warship sunk in the depths of the Caribbean Sea obviously feeds on tortoises, so there are so many tortoise shells here.
The fate of these tortoises, like those of the corpses seen before, must have been a very painful death.
When they drink only fresh water and sink to the depths of the sea, they can only die slowly in pain and despair, without any hope of escape.
Next, their bodies will gradually rot in the box and become food for microorganisms in the ocean, leaving only a turtle shell in the box.
It only took two or three seconds for Ye Tian to scan the entire cargo hold and understand its internal conditions clearly, without missing anything!
Immediately afterwards, he moved his gaze forward again and began to see through another cabin in front.
The two searchlights in front of the submarine were still shining on the hole on the right side of the hull, and the two powerful light beams were extremely dazzling in the deep sea.
The other three people in the cockpit were also busy, and everyone was in high spirits, with their eyes shining brightly.
Piqué was using a high-definition camera to record the situation in the hole for later analysis, while the two Hollywood stars were staring at the hole in front of them, expecting to find surprising content.
Just as Ye Tian's eyes were focused on another cabin and he was about to start exploring, several strange visitors suddenly broke into his field of vision!
These are several rays, some big and small. The big one is more than three meters long, and the small one is only 50 or 60 centimeters. They look like a family traveling.
At this time, they were gently flapping their pectoral fins, gliding from the stern of the St. Anthony, like a group of gliders deep under the sea, with a very elegant and beautiful posture!
Their target is this small sightseeing submarine that continuously emits bright light.
For them, this is probably the first time they have seen this kind of luminous monster on the seabed. Naturally, they are very curious and want to come and take a look.
With the appearance of these deep-sea gliders, a burst of excited exclamations immediately sounded in the glass cockpit.
"Wow! Manta rays! I didn't expect to see them. I'm so lucky!"
"The swimming posture of these guys is so beautiful, they deserve the reputation of water gliders!"
The two Hollywood stars admired and raised their mobile phones to take pictures of the group of rays. They were both beaming with excitement!
Ye Tian also retracted his gaze, temporarily stopped viewing, and turned around to admire these gliding visitors from the deep sea.
After taking a closer look, he smiled and said:
"Johnny, this is not a manta ray, but a ray. The manta ray we are talking about refers to the stingray. The water layer where the stingray lives is relatively shallow, usually within 100 meters, and its size is smaller. !
Manta rays are different. Manta rays can be seen from surface waters to the deep sea of two to three thousand meters. They are also larger in size. The largest manta ray can reach more than 8 meters in length, which is definitely a giant.
The appearance of these two kinds of sea fish is very similar, and many people confuse them. If you look closely, you can still find the differences between the two, especially the face of the ray, which is very distinctive.
Sting rays can be called devil fish, and rays can be called ghost fish. When these rays fly to the top of the submarine, you can put down your seats and observe, and you will see a ghost face! "
"Wow! There is such a difference. To be honest, I didn't know it before. This time I can take a closer look!"
Orlando exclaimed and stared at the flying ray, becoming even more curious.
Johnny and Peake were also admiring the school of rays that were gradually flying closer.
As he spoke, the shoal of rays had flown diagonally above the submarine, only two or three meters away from the roof of the transparent glass cockpit. Every move was very clear.
And their ghostly and strange faces were clearly displayed in front of everyone.
"Bang!"
The four people in the submarine cockpit put down their seats at the same time and began to lie down and admire these flying fish in the sea.
The next moment, the exclamation sounded again.
"Oh my God! These are indeed a group of ghosts!"