Escudo was a currency unit, which means 'shield' in Spanish and Portuguese. In addition to Europe, the overseas colonies of these two countries also used this currency unit.
This currency unit has both banknotes and coins. In the hundreds of years before banknotes became popular, coins were mainly used, and gold coins were especially valuable!
At this moment, what appeared in Ye Tian's eyes was the Spanish escudo gold coin minted in the 16th century, and it was a very rare royal eight-shaped escudo.
There are six gold coins of this kind, piled together with other twenty gold coins and silver coins, scattered beside a skull soaked to pale by sea water, which should belong to the private property of the deceased.
Compared to other gold and silver coins with a diameter of about two or three centimeters, the Royal Eight-shaped Escudo gold coin is almost twice as large, which is very conspicuous!
The dazzling orange light radiating from these gold coins is a very accurate description of the age they came from.
This is indeed a gold escudo coined in the late 16th century, no doubt!
As far as Ye Tian knows, there are only a little more than 20 Spanish royal eight-shaped escudo gold coins in the world, most of which are collected in major museums, and very few circulating in the antique market.
In the eyes of antique coin collectors, this Escudo gold coin is definitely a top collectible item.
Whenever the Spanish royal eight-shaped escudo gold coin appears in the antique market, it will inevitably cause a sensation, and many ancient coin collectors will definitely come!
Based on the current market conditions, the value of these gold coins should be between 3 million and 5 million U.S. dollars. If they are auctioned, they may be able to sell even higher prices, which is not a small fortune!
Because of this, Ye Tian 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 been a steady profit!
If there are any further discoveries after that, it will be all benefits!
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, many of them, but never again found royal eight-shaped escudo gold coins, generally of little value!
When he quickly scanned the cabin and turned to the next cabin, Pique also maneuvered the submarine to move a little aside, illuminating another hole with a searchlight, and began to investigate the situation inside.
This is a cargo hold. Looking in from the hole, everyone only saw a few boxes and some bones, but nothing else.
What is in the boxes near the entrance of the hole? There is nothing else in the cabin that is shrouded in darkness, everyone does not know.
But under Ye Tian's perspective, this cabin didn't have any secrets. He also knew exactly what was in those boxes.
There are many boxes in this cabin, dozens of them, scattered on the deck, very messy!
After looking through it, Ye Tian found that some of the boxes were already empty and there was nothing in them.
But there are also some boxes with goods in them, not only bones of different lengths, but also some huge tortoise shells, many of them!
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 for food. Those bones are animal bones used for food! It also includes tortoise shells of varying sizes.
In the age of sailing, in order to solve the food problem during long-distance voyages at sea, the Spanish navy and pirates unanimously used tortoises as one of their food.
The reason for choosing tortoises is that tortoises can survive for a long time without eating or drinking, and they can provide fresh meat for people in the ocean without decay and deterioration!
Whenever the Spanish Navy and the Pirates of the Caribbean went to sea, they would basically bring some living tortoises on board as food reserves.
Among the tortoises that are used as food, include the famous Galapagos tortoise!
Under the wild capture and killing by Spanish colonists and pirates, this huge tortoise, which was originally a large number, was almost eaten to extinction. Now it is a critically endangered species and urgently needs protection!
And the Spanish battleship that sank in the depths of the Caribbean Sea obviously feeds on tortoises, so there are so many shells here.
The fate of these tortoises, like the corpses seen before, must have died very painful.
As they only drink fresh water, sinking into the depths of the seabed, they can only die slowly in pain and despair, and there is no hope of escape at all.
Next, their corpses gradually decayed in the box and become food for the microorganisms in the ocean, leaving only the turtle shells in the box.
In just two or three seconds, Ye Tian scanned the entire cargo hold and had a clear understanding of its internal conditions, without missing anything!
Immediately afterwards, he moved his gaze forward again and began to see the other cabin in front.
And the two searchlights in front of the submarine still illuminate the hole on the right side of the hull, and the two powerful beams of light are extremely dazzling in the deep sea.
The other three people in the cockpit were also busy. Everyone was excited, their eyes shining straight.
Pique is using a high-definition camera to take pictures of the hole in the hole for later analysis. The two Hollywood stars are staring at the hole in front, looking forward to discovering surprising content.
Just as Ye Tian cast his gaze into another cabin and was about to start exploring, several strange visitors suddenly broke into his field of vision!
These are a few rays, large and small, the big one is more than three meters long, and the small one is only fifty or sixty centimeters. It looks like a family traveling.
At this time, they were gently flapping their pectoral fins and gliding in the stern of the Saint Anthony, like a group of gliders deep in the sea, their posture was very elegant and beautiful!
And their goal is this small sightseeing submarine that constantly emits strong light.
For them, this is probably the first time they have seen such a luminous monster on the bottom of the sea. Naturally, they are very curious and want to come and see what happened.
With the appearance of these deep-sea gliders, there was an exclamation of excitement in the glass cockpit.
"Wow! Devil fish! I didn't expect to see them, so lucky!"
"These guys' swimming posture is so beautiful, worthy of the reputation of water gliders!"
The two Hollywood stars tweeted in admiration and raised their mobile phones to take pictures of the group of rays. Both of them were excited!
Ye Tian also retracted his gaze, temporarily stopped the perspective, and turned to admire the gliding deep-sea visitors.
After looking carefully, he smiled and said:
"Johnny, this is not a devil fish, but a ray. The devil fish you are talking about refers to the stingray. The water layer that the stingray lives in is relatively shallow, generally within 100 meters of the water layer, and the body is smaller!
Rays are different. Rays can be seen from the surface waters to the depth of two to three kilometers in the sea. They are also larger. The largest rays can reach more than 8 meters in length, which is definitely a giant.
The appearance of these two kinds of marine fish is very similar, and many people will confuse them. If you observe carefully, you can still find the difference between the two, especially the face of the ray, which is very distinctive.
Stingrays can be called devil fish, rays can be called ghost fishes. When these rays fly to the top of the submarine, everyone can lay down their 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, but this time I can observe it carefully!"
Orlando exclaimed, his eyes fixed on the flying rays, becoming even more curious.
Johnny and Pique are the same, both admiring the schools of rays that are approaching.
While talking, this school of rays has flown diagonally above the submarine, only two or three meters from the top of the transparent glass cockpit, and every move is very clear.
And their ghostly and weird faces were also clearly presented before everyone's eyes.
"Snapped!"
The four people in the submarine cockpit lay down their seats at the same time and began to lie down to admire the gliding fish in the sea.
The next moment, the exclamation immediately sounded again.
"God! This is really a bunch of ghosts!"