Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 689 Gold Mine
"It's a pity that this horseshoe was worn out too much before, and it has been placed outside for so many years, so now it is impossible to see where and by what manufacturer this thing was produced. It's a pity."

After inspecting the horseshoe, Liang En shook his head helplessly, because the level of preservation of the horseshoe was really terrible, and he couldn't find any information other than roughly judging the age.

This kind of situation is also expected. After all, this thing has been worn out before and it has been exposed to the wind and sun for so many years. It can still have a rough frame. It is pure luck that it fell into a depression on the edge of the cliff.

In this way, the horseshoe will not completely disappear due to rust, but it is inevitable that it will be oxidized after so many years.

The discovery of the horseshoe made the whole expedition excited. Although there is no evidence to prove that the horseshoe is related to the Brown expedition that year, almost everyone thinks that it was left by that expedition.

After all, in the records, their expedition prepared six mules, two horses and two donkeys, and they purchased two additional horses after the last supply before they disappeared.

"There is a problem." Joan asked suddenly as if thinking of something. "How about taking the animals with them if they're on a boat?"

"It's very simple. Their boats are used to transport goods, and people or horses can pull the boats on the shore like trackers. This will make it easier for them to travel farther." Liang En explained.

"You know, they may need to leave inhabited places for several months, and at the same time, it is unlikely that they can ask others to deliver supplies for us like us, so they need to carry a lot of supplies at a time."

"In this case, it is obviously not appropriate to simply rely on yourself or animals to carry these things, so it is obviously more convenient if you can drag a boat to help transport the supplies."

Because the horseshoe was discovered, both Liang En and Fan Meng took out their metal detectors and walked forward while exploring, hoping to find something.

After all, this road looks rough, and the ground is full of gravel, so it is very reasonable to drop something on the ground when passing this kind of road.

Sure enough, as they continued to move forward, Liang En and Fan Meng found several lost items in this narrow canyon, such as shoe spikes and horseshoe nails.

Like the previous horseshoe, the nails were clearly from the early 20th century, probably from the same era as the horseshoe.

After they crossed the canyon, a very open valley appeared in front of several people, and at this time Liang En saw some obvious artificial traces in the distance.

"I think it should be around here." Liang En looked at a shadow under the distant stone wall and walked over. Seeing this, the whole team followed him and walked towards that place.

This place looked like a shadow on a stone wall from a distance, but when they got closer, they found that it was actually a cave with a wide opening but not too deep.

The reason why it looks like a shadow, on the one hand, is because it is difficult for sunlight to enter as a cave, and on the other hand, it is because there are obvious traces of blackening after smoking around the entire cave.

After scratching the stone wall with a plastic needle that he carried with him, Liang En removed a small thumb-sized black flake that exuded metallic luster from the wall, which looked as thin as the peeling paint on a can.

"This thing looks like oily fumes, which are the kind of things that were formed in the past because of the long-term smoky fire in the kitchen." After carefully observing the piece, crushing it and putting it under the nose to smell, Liang En said with some uncertainty.

"Let me see." After hearing Liang En's words, Joan stepped forward to carefully observe the black things on the stone wall and nodded affirmatively.

"You're right, this thing is indeed what was formed after burning in those old-fashioned wood-burning stoves in the past. If you guess wrong, the stove should be in this place."

Speaking of which, Joan gently kicked away the layer of sand and stones on the ground with her feet. As expected, after she removed the layer of sand and stones with her feet, the ground appeared on the ground that had begun to become pottery.

"If I remember correctly, Brown's expedition team only stayed in this place for about a month at most. Then why is there so much soot in this place?" Looking at the cave, Fan Meng asked with some doubts.

It is obviously not possible to form so much soot on this kind of stone wall in a short period of time. If this is really Brown's expedition, the timing is a bit wrong.

"Because the other party didn't just light the fire, but smoked some food here." Liang En said after touching the stone wall in front again.

"As I said before, their supplies will definitely not be as sufficient as ours. So it is very likely that they will hunt around to supplement the shortage of supplies. In this case, if you want to preserve food, smoking is the easiest way."

"If you come up and check carefully now, you will find that the soot here contains a lot of fat, which is produced after smoking and roasting some things."

It would take a long time to accumulate such a thick layer of carbon ash if it was just a normal fire, but deliberately using smoke is another matter.

After careful inspection, it was unanimously determined that the smoke was indeed deliberately smoked, rather than traces of long-term use.

"The other party can stay in this place for such a long time, so the gold mine must be nearby." After confirming that this place is most likely related to the previous expedition team, Jeanne looked at the surrounding environment and said.

"Yes, normal people will definitely choose the place closest to their work place as their station." Liang En nodded, and then took out the gold ores he found before and greeted everyone.

"Let's take a look at the appearance of some ores first. If there are no accidents, we should be able to find these ores directly on the surface. You can bring all similar stones back to Mr. Joey."

"Understood." After Liang En's order, everyone nodded in agreement, and then, except for those who stayed on patrol, they all dispersed and started searching.

Liang En originally thought that it might take some time to find the target, but what he didn't expect was that after only half an hour, people came back with stones one after another.

"The whole valley is full of this kind of stone." After placing the found ore next to Mr. Joey, Louis showed a shocked expression on his face. "I think we may well have found an incredible gold mine this time."

"I also guessed that way, because everyone found gold ore from various places in this valley, and it just fell on the surface." Liang En said with a slight nod. "There is no doubt that this is good news."

"It looks like the clues we've found before, the scale of the gold mine in this place is not small." During dinner that night, Liang En informed everyone of the news.

"The next thing we're going to do is do a simple but comprehensive survey of this valley to have a simple but general survey of this gold field and then we can go home."

(End of this chapter)