Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Compared with those rifles that came before it, this pair of 1875 London-made William Moore Gray centerfire Elephant Cage pistols chambered for .577-inch flat-nosed bullets added a lot of embellishments to the original.

This situation is not uncommon in civilian weapons, especially for some noble or wealthy people. They naturally hope that their weapons will be different, so they will spend extra money to decorate their weapons.

Because of these decorations, the value of the two double-barreled elephant sedan pistols in front of Liang En and the others is much higher than the ordinary version of the pistol, and they are naturally more valuable.

"If it is a mass-produced version, the two pistols will cost about 2,500 pounds in total, but now this kind of pistol with exquisite sculptures is not cheap. If there are no problems, it can be sold for about 4,000 pounds." Soon, Liang En gave an estimate.

"That is to say, the firearms here alone exceed 10,000 pounds." After hearing Liang En's quotation, Miss Black suddenly became excited.

"Yes, but this is the market price, not my purchase price." Liang En said with a smile. "After all, according to tradition, I am entitled to 40% of it, so if it were sold to me, I would only be able to pay £6,000."

"Of course you also have the right to sell these firearms to other people, but according to tradition, you need to pay me £4,000 as a reward for finding these items."

"Of course, Mr. Liang, you deserve this." Miss Black nodded with a smile, and then said, "But we think we should read the contents of the last box before making a decision."

The box Miss Black was talking about was what Liang En had found in the secret compartment at the back of the cabinet, and it was wrapped in a thick layer of wax.

Liang En had seen this method of preserving items several times before, and it was basically to preserve various precious things. So everyone was naturally very curious when facing this box hidden in the mezzanine.

"There is a book and a necklace inside." After taking out some tools from the bag to clean the wax on the outside of the box and opening the box, Liang En saw what was inside the box.

The necklace is a silver necklace with a very simple style. It looks like some metal rings simply buckled together. However, there is an unusual necklace pendant on top of the simple necklace.

"What animal's tooth is this?" Miss Black looked curious after seeing the pendant on the necklace in the box. Because the pendant hanging in the center of the necklace is a pair of huge teeth half-mounted on a silver base.

"It should be a tiger's tooth." After a brief inspection, Liang En said. "After all, the shape of this tooth should come from some kind of feline carnivore, and among these animals only tigers have such large teeth."

Considering that the man who left the firearm was obviously an officer who hunted frequently in India during the colonial era, it makes perfect sense to use his own trophies to make such a piece of jewelry.

"This tooth is quite big." Just as Liang En was explaining, Fan Meng who was beside him took out a small measuring tape and measured it, and quickly measured the size of the tooth. "16.6cm, it seems that this tiger was really big back then."

"Let me see--" After Fan Meng said this, their client, Ms. Blake, also became interested, so she immediately took out her phone and started searching. Soon, she found content related to Indian tigers.

"You are right, this is indeed a big guy." Miss Black read to the mobile phone in her hand, "In India, people often hunt Bengal tigers, and the canine teeth of Bengal tigers are generally 136 mm, and this canine tooth is obviously It needs to be bigger.”

"Also, the largest tiger is the Siberian tiger, but that animal is mainly distributed in Siberia, Russia, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. So it is impossible for the British officer in India to find this kind of tiger."

"It seems that this can be understood." Liang En looked at the necklace with the tiger's canine teeth and said, "Obviously, our Major Porter hunted a tiger that was bigger than other tigers, so he took Tiger teeth were removed as decorations.”

"Considering that tigers are now protected animals around the world, and this tiger tooth is much larger than other normal tiger teeth, I think if I find the right person, this necklace should be sold for 3,500 to 3,700 pounds."

After taking away the silver necklace, Liang En put on white silk gloves and carefully took out the book from the box, then opened the book and inspected it.

This is not a common printed book, but a diary. After reading a few pages, Liang En discovered that it was Major Porter's diary, recording the major's experience as an officer in the army stationed in India.

"If this lot of things were packaged and sold, I think it should be sold for about 35,000 pounds." After checking all the things, Liang En gave a simple valuation.

"Of course, I mean selling these things in a package. Because these things are related, they can be sold as a whole for a good price."

"Uh - I think it would be more useful if I left this thing behind." Miss Black said after thinking for a while. “I could give them to my grandfather and I would be able to solve my current property tax problem.”

Obviously, for this rich young lady, he can give this kind of gift to his elders. This is indeed the most appropriate way for her to handle it. But the problem is, in this case, she will owe Liang En 14,000 pounds.

"Sorry, I really don't have cash right now." Miss Black naturally knew that her current situation was not suitable for debt, so she quickly came up with a solution. "But I can pay for it with something if you want."

"Yes, you can quote everything, but we have the right to choose." After discussing a few words with Fan Meng in Chinese, Liang En said the final result of their discussion.

Because the two of them felt that the things this young girl could bring out to pay for the debt were probably some bags or jewelry. Although such items have a certain depreciation when used second-hand, they are easy to sell and easier to exchange for cash.

What they didn't expect was that after waiting downstairs for 15 minutes, Ms. Blake came downstairs with a bunch of obviously antique-looking things in addition to some luxury goods.

"These are things I bought with money before. If you like any of them, you can take them." Miss Black said, while opening the boxes one by one.

"This is -" Just when the other party opened a wooden box that was originally filled with red wine, Liang En's eyes suddenly froze because he saw a brown and green statue inside the box.

This statue is a standing statue of a monk with his chest exposed and his belly exposed. He has a kind-hearted image, a pleasant smile and a leisurely look on his face. The statue holds a rosary in its left hand and a cloth bag in its right hand.

The entire statue adopts the exposed tire decoration technique, using the flint red burned from the exposed tire to express the color of the skin, and at the same time, the characters' faces and expressions are carefully depicted. As for the clothes, thick and shiny celadon is used to reflect the soft and smooth texture of the clothes.

In short, the whole statue makes people feel a sense of peace at first glance. And this just shows how valuable this statue is as a work of art.