Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 399 - 294: Treasures at the bottom of the sea_2

Chapter 399: Chapter 294: Treasures at the bottom of the sea_2

There really were sea goods!

When the sun was about to set, Oliver Brooks came back up.

Upon boarding the ship, Oliver’s face didn’t show much disappointment.

Sean Knight guessed that he was used to setbacks, considering it’s normal not to find anything on the first day.

On the contrary, Elijah Hastings and his two companions took turns diving, bringing up many sea goods. In the evening, they started having a barbecue and cooking seafood on the deck.

For the next period, the yacht would slowly search the nearby sea area.

Sean Knight dove in on the second day.

Thanks to good weather, Sean Knight went underwater and slowly descended.

The nearby sea area had already been clearly surveyed by the Sky Eye, and although there were many sea goods, there were no sunken ships.

So, Sean decided to dive further away.

The deeper he went, the weaker the light became.

Thankfully, Sean had the Sky Eye. Even in the dark night, he could see clearly, and naturally, he could also see things in this situation.

A large group of fish swam past him, seemingly treating Sean as a large predatory creature and hurriedly swimming away.

He swam about 500 meters ahead and found that the seawater seemed to become shallower.

Going down another twenty or so meters, he reached the seafloor.

Many marine creatures were hidden in the fine white sand, and large colorful coral formations nearby were very beautiful.

Some clownfish and other sea fishes swam between them with leisure.

Sean scanned around and swam to a reef, using a shovel to dig.

Underneath the reef was a copper firearm, so rusted that only the barrel remained.

However, it was evident that this must be an older model.

Sean brought the barrel up with him.

Last night’s seafood feast made him temporarily uninterested in the sea goods at the bottom of the sea.

Swimming slowly to the yacht, Sean handed the barrel to Oliver Brooks, who had been waiting on the deck:

"Check this out, which era does this thing belong to?"

Oliver hadn’t expected Sean to make a discovery as soon as he dove, so he excitedly took the barrel and examined it closely.

Sean didn’t pay him any attention, changed direction, and continued diving.

What he actually wanted was for Oliver to move the yacht to another location.

However, since the water was deep, despite his Sky Eye being able to see the bottom, the coverage area was limited.

So, if the boat just kept moving, it would only cover a little area on the surface, and any items buried beneath the sand on the seafloor might not be easily seen.

This time, Sean swam nearly a kilometer without finding anything and could only resort to following Douglas Cooper’s example by catching a crab.

It had to be said, there were indeed many sea goods in this area.

After two dives, Sean took a break, then swam along two other directions, covering all four sides in total.

He didn’t swim in a straight line, but instead in a spiral, so when he covered one area after another, he basically didn’t miss anything.

Apart from the copper barrel, Sean also found two porcelain plates.

This made him wonder if there was a sunken ship carrying porcelain nearby?

However, after expanding the search area, he found nothing and ultimately had to give up.

He guessed that these two porcelain plates might have fallen from a ship in ancient times.

After all, the porcelain was several hundred years old and could be traced back to the Ming Dynasty.

However, it was not from an official kiln and was probably not worth much money.

Sean threw the porcelain onto the boat and boarded himself.

Diving was a tiring activity, and even someone like Sean, whose body had been transformed by energy, still felt exhausted.

It was not until Sean had changed out of his equipment and clothes that Oliver came over with the barrel and said:

"Mr. Knight, this barrel is indeed from the Ming Dynasty, but it doesn’t seem to be military. It looks like a replica of a military bird gun barrel."

Seeing Oliver’s excitement, Sean felt puzzled:

"This is just a bird gun barrel, after all... "

"A replica," Oliver corrected, "Because it’s a replica, it was most likely used by pirates or merchant ship guards."

Oliver Brooks sat comfortably on the deck, stroking the gun barrel carefully and said:

"The bird gun must have cost several ounces of silver at that time, right? So it would be considered a valuable item and not something to be discarded easily. If it ended up in the sea and was not found, there is usually only one reason..."

"A naval battle?" Sean Knight immediately guessed Oliver Brooks’s speculation.

"Right, a naval battle!" Oliver Brooks’s face turned red with excitement, "I guess it’s likely that it was left behind by my ancestors and the naval battle with the colonial navy at that time..."

Although this probability does exist, it may not be that high.

Sean Knight did not reveal the truth, he could see that Oliver Brooks really needed something to boost his morale and give him some confidence.

This included, but was not limited to, the gun barrel and the porcelain plate.

Oliver Brooks took a look at the porcelain plate but didn’t know much about it.

Sean Knight, however, told him:

"I know a bit about this. This is a porcelain made by the Min Kiln during the Ming Dynasty, used by ordinary families."

Oliver Brooks’s eyes lit up:

"Doesn’t that prove that... nearby..."

Neither of them continued the conversation.

Since hope was given, why take it back?

Sean Knight himself also hoped that these were true findings.

The second day, the search radius was expanded, the yacht changed its position, focusing on the areas where the gun barrel and porcelain were found - in the middle of the two lines, with porcelain being in the west and the gun barrel in the north, the location was the northwest.

Today, Elijah Hastings was the first to find a boat plank more than a meter wide underwater, but unfortunately, there were no markings on it.

As for Sean Knight, he once again salvaged a copper helmet, one with an odd shape.

What surprised Sean Knight was that the helmet was still in good condition. Although it was covered in green rust, it was not deeply corroded, and with careful cleaning, it could still be restored to a good appearance.

He then handed over his diving suit to Oliver Brooks.

As the salvaging went on one after another, Oliver Brooks became anxious himself.

How could he not be involved in such a matter?

He was still counting on finding the final boat by himself!

Sean Knight was also happy to see Oliver Brooks working hard.

A person who was once desperate was now filled with unprecedented hope and a strong willingness to work, which should be encouraged.

Sean Knight willingly stepped back as the hands-off manager, and in the meantime, developed several ways to cook seafood.

But after Oliver Brooks had no harvest for two days in a row, he reluctantly handed over the diving equipment back to Sean Knight.

Sean then continued to drive the yacht further in the northwestern direction.

By now, he could operate the yacht on his own.

It felt pretty simple, like a big toy - at least much easier than driving a car on a crowded road. The "road" here was so wide!

As soon as the yacht stopped, Sean immediately dropped anchor and put on his diving suit to dive into the water.

Scanning with his Sky Eye, he found a black object sixty meters away in the northwest direction below the seawater.

What excited Sean was that the water depth here was only about twenty meters, and the black object could be seen on the surface of the water.

Ordinary people would basically think it was a reef when they saw it.

But Sean’s Sky Eye scanned over it and it was definitely a sunken ship!

The ship sank intact, surrounded by seawater and marine life, and looked similar to a reef.

Half of the sunken ship had sunk into the sand, so it did not seem very tall; not more than two meters appeared above the surface.

Some marine life grew on the ship, fluttering around, creating a somewhat eerie feeling.

As Sean swam closer to the sunken ship to scan its interior with his Sky Eye, he discovered that there were actually goods inside!

Only, these things...

Sean Knight furrowed his brow.