Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 682 Ore
The white stone that Fan Meng found was covered with mud, and it looked dusty and inconspicuous at all. If these things hadn't been piled up in a pile at the bottom of the pit, no one would have paid attention to them at all.

"I'm not quite sure why the pair of stones are placed in this place." Fan Meng pointed to the bottom of the pit with his free finger, "But I can be sure that they were indeed thrown into the pit and buried together with those daily necessities. of."

The reason for making such a judgment is simple, because the imprints left on the soil after the textile decayed and some metal parts that were obviously on the bags were found on the side of these stones.

In other words, these things were supposed to be packed in a certain bag, but after being buried in the soil for such a long time, the original bag rotted and the contents leaked out
"This is a very important thing, yes, very important." After brushing off the dust on these stones with a small brush, Liang En took out the flashlight and turned on the illuminated stones.

Just when this glaring white light hit the surface of the cleaned stone, several people were surprised to see that there were dots of golden light mixed in the stone.

"Could it be—" Seeing these golden lights, the people around fell silent, and it was not until several seconds later that Fan Meng whispered.

"Yes, this is a gold mine." Liang En nodded. "It seems that Brown's expedition did find a gold mine under very difficult circumstances."

Unlike the 21st century, where the climate is warming. The climate in the 20s was much colder than it is now, so the environment in this area was much harsher than it is now.

At least in that era, the biodiversity of this place would definitely not be as high as it is today, and it would look even more desolate. At the same time, the equipment of those explorers was far inferior to today's due to technology.

Finding the gold ore really made everyone excited, but soon they had to calm themselves down, because finding these things was only half the work, and then they needed to find the location of the gold mine.

"Mr. Liang, we also made new discoveries here." Just as Liang En was about to announce the end of today's work before finishing the cleaning of this small pit, the voice of another team came from the intercom.

"I'll go over there first to see how the situation is. You send this pile of things to the camp and then come over." After instructing Louis, Liang En led Joan of Arc and Fan Meng towards a small hillside on the side. past.

"We found this just now. At first I thought it was just a piece of wood that was ignited after being struck by lightning, but later I found that the situation was obviously wrong, and there were obvious carving marks on it."

After seeing Liang En and Joan of Arc approaching, the member of the White Knight named Jose pointed to a piece of charred black charcoal on the ground and told them what he had discovered.

"Thank you, leave the rest of the work to me." Liang En nodded to the other party and went forward to check.

This is a whole piece of wood that fell on the ground and has been broken into three pieces, with a diameter of at least 50cm. The only thing to be thankful for is that the carbonization caused by the flames has preserved these things to this day.

After examining it on one knee on the ground, Liang En found that there were polar bears, abstract human faces and eagles engraved on it. Although most of them were damaged, the remaining parts were enough for him to distinguish that it was what.

"This is a totem pole belonging to the aborigines. Judging from this totem pole, it should be used by the local aboriginal tribe in Yukon. Judging from the size and shape of the totem pole, this should be a group of at most a hundred people. small tribe."

Liang En is also considered a half-expert in the study of North American aboriginal culture, mainly because he is now an elder of the Native American otter tribe, so he naturally knows something about such things.

Here, I must also thank Mrs. Nell, thanks to her collation of a large amount of knowledge about Native Americans, Liang En was able to learn a lot in a short period of time.

"Is this something that every aboriginal tribe has?" Fan Meng asked after hearing what Liang En said. "I remember that in many old movies, there will be a stick of this thing in the middle of the tribe in the face of the Indian tribe."

"To be precise, only some aborigines in the western United States and Canada have this habit, while those aborigines in the eastern United States do not have this habit, such as the otter tribe, which was originally in the east, did not have this habit."

"According to tradition, a totem pole is a pole or pole carved and painted with symbolic images representing family lineage, often interspersed with mythological or historical events, and is a representation of the beliefs of local Aboriginal tribes."

"Then why is there such a thing in this place?" After Liang En briefly explained the meaning of the totem pole, Joan of Arc asked a little puzzled. "There is absolutely no trace of human activity in this place."

"What you said is indeed a strange thing, but the strange thing is not the case now." Liang En nodded and pointed to the black totem pole on the ground, then turned to Jose and another white man. asked the knight member.

"From the perspective of your professionals, can you see how this thing was burned? Was it an accident, a natural fire, or man-made fire."

"According to our inspection just now, this thing should be the result of arson." Jose stepped forward and pointed to the bottom of the original totem pole.

"You're right. Another thing is that the ignition point of this thing is not normal." After Jose finished speaking, Liang En nodded and added.

"A totem pole like this is most likely to catch fire after being struck by lightning, but at that time the fire point tends to be at the top of the totem pole rather than the bottom."

"Could it be the traces left by the aborigines who burned these things that were not easy to take away after they migrated?" Joan asked curiously. "It's not easy to take a log like this away."

"Absolutely not." Liang En shook his head firmly. "According to the beliefs of the local aborigines, when they need to relocate, they will choose to bury the totem poles that cannot be taken away, but they will never burn them with fire."

"That is to say, the burning of this thing is probably done by outsiders, right?" After listening to Liang En's explanation, Joan suddenly realized. "Maybe it has something to do with those old Canadian or American traditions of Aboriginal people."

What you said is indeed a highly probable thing.But to confirm this we must have more clues. Liang En said after standing up and looking around.

"It's still more than three hours before dark. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to find the settlements of those aborigines before dark."

Of course, he didn't expect these non-professionals to find the location of the settlements. After all, the settlements of the Canadian aborigines are generally tents, and there are some wooden structures in the later period, but it is difficult to preserve any of them.

But unexpectedly, everyone seemed to be very lucky this time. After only half an hour, Tyson keenly discovered that there was something wrong with a place by the lake that looked like a landslide, and then used a metal detector to find it in the landslide area. metal reaction.

(End of this chapter)