"Didi!" Chen Wenzhe had just emerged from a coral area when the alarm sounded again.
"Huh? Under the sand here, is it all metal?"
Chen Wenzhe looked at a strange-shaped reef. He didn't detect the underwater sediment just now, but just passed by this reef, right?
This is a coral reef. Is there a lot of metal in it?
Chen Wenzhe took out the metal detector and turned off the alarm again.
However, just as the alarm was turned off, it sounded again.
Chen Wenzhe glanced at the coral reef next to him, and there must be metal in it.
After thinking for a moment, he pulled out the old Zhao family's ancestral speargun and pointed it at the coral reef.
This offshore coral reef is also a protected animal, but it shouldn't damage much if you come here, right?
"Huh? This thing looks familiar!"
After knocking off some shells and water plants on the outer layer of the coral reef, a dark substance was revealed inside, which must be iron.
When he knocked off all the shells attached to it, what emerged was a severely corroded cannon barrel.
At this time, how could Chen Wenzhe not know that he might have actually found the sunken ship?
Without thinking much, Chen Wenzhe directly sent the signal and turned on the headlights.
As the signal was transmitted, people quickly entered the water.
This time, Zheng Yu followed excitedly, mainly because this reef area was not dangerous and the water was shallow.
No one thought that traces of sunken ships could be found here.
Of course, it is not certain whether it is a sunken ship or not. It will only be determined after excavation.
However, it's almost impossible, because the barrel of the gun is tilted toward the sky. If there is a fort below, it must be on the hull of the ship.
Soon someone arrived at the sea area where the sunken ship was located, and Chen Wenzhe carefully explored the surrounding area.
At this time, on the sea, Zheng Yu had already ordered his big ship to get as close as possible.
Fortunately, the reefs here are very obvious, so they are not afraid of running aground.
Of course, this was mainly due to the guidance of Lao Zhao, otherwise, the captain would really not dare to approach this reef area.
Arriving near the sunken ship, Zheng Yu immediately used a winch to tie a prepared large hanging basket to a line and threw it directly into the sea. He also jumped down.
Dive into the water and head straight for the sunken ship.
Soon, a group of people arrived at the place where the cannon was exposed.
This was most likely a gunboat, or, of course, a buried armed merchant ship.
No matter what it is, they hope that the sunken ship is well preserved, otherwise, they won't gain much, or they may just harvest a severely corroded iron cannon.
I looked up at the top of my head, and the light was still very bright.
"The depth is probably less than twenty meters. How could a ship sink here?" After coming down, Zheng Yu was still very excited.
However, he soon lost his excitement. As he excavated the sand, the surrounding environment became filthy.
But as they dig deeper, everyone can still see the hull of the iron cannon firmly fixed.
The sunken ship here is only shallowly buried under 20 to 30 centimeters of sand, so it is not difficult to excavate it.
Soon, the general outline of the ship was unearthed.
Of course, this is a side view, and the outside of the ship is actually a patch of real coral reefs.
In other words, the ship unfortunately got stuck in the center of the reef area and capsized over here.
Over time, it was buried under the sand.
After walking around the sunken ship, I determined that it should be an ancient sunken ship.
As for the age, unless the ancient ship buried in the mud is completely cleaned out, Chen Wenzhe will not be able to identify it for a while.
After finding a location where it was relatively easy to clean up the mud, Chen Wenzhe swam to the large hanging basket he had dropped earlier and found a prepared shovel from inside.
Arriving at the chosen place, Chen Wenzhe helped others and began to clean up the sediment that buried the sunken ship.
The hull here is damaged. As long as the surrounding sediment is cleared away, people should be able to get in.
Cleaning up silt on the seabed is different from dredging on land.
The water pressure at a depth of twenty meters also brought a lot of pressure to them.
Fortunately, what was being excavated was a sunken ship. Everyone knew that there would be benefits if there was a harvest, so naturally they all worked hard.
After a lot of effort, the buried entrance was finally cleared.
The ship was relatively well preserved, but there was a lot of silt accumulated inside the damaged area. As a result, they still couldn't enter the interior of the sunken ship.
They had no choice but to continue cleaning the mud inside the ship.
The cleaning work is not over until the entrance is cleared.
Fortunately, the size of this boat is not large, that is, it is more than thirty meters.
In addition, there are many of them and the water here is not too deep, so they can be cleaned up smoothly.
When I saw that most of the ancient ship had been cleaned up, I could already see the cabin.
Once you see the cabin, you can go in. If there is nothing inside, there is no need to continue cleaning.
Besides, this ship is close to Nanhai Island. Even if more things are salvaged from the sunken ship here, Chen Wenzhe has no intention of keeping it.
Therefore, he did not plan to continue cleaning up, but wanted to go on board first to see what was there, and then take his time with the rest.
Having made his decision, Chen Wenzhe went to Zheng Yu and expressed his intention.
Zheng Yu didn't care. After all, Chen Wenzhe discovered the sunken ship. If he was willing to hand it over, how could he stop it?
This time he went to sea, he was just looking for excitement, and he didn't want to make a fortune from a sunken ship.
Besides, it is so close to Nanhai Island and there are many outsiders, so it is impossible to keep it secret.
Rather than having problems in the future, it is better to hand it in directly.
Of course, they still need to do what they should do before handing it in.
What if there is nothing on board? Then after handing it in, not to mention the five hundred yuan for a certificate, you might get five slaps.
Chen Wenzhe didn't know what Zheng Yu was thinking. He had already turned on his diving headlight, held a multifunctional engineer shovel, and started to enter the cabin that was supposed to be occupied by people.
As for the cargo hold, it is still buried in thick mud.
This ship must have been buried at the bottom of the sea for a long time. Some parts of the wooden hull have rotted, and it can be crushed with a little force.
Fortunately, the silt above has been cleared away, so even if the cockpit collapses, there is no need to worry about being buried in the cabin.
Entering the slightly dark cabin, Chen Wenzhe found that a lot of sediment had also been poured into the cabin.
After carefully pulling it with a sapper shovel, he could see clearly that the cabin was relatively well-preserved. He felt that this should be a cabin for people to live in.
Looking at the porcelain covered in mud in the cabin, with many fragments among it, Chen Wenzhe couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"It seems that this ship also hit the rocks and sank. I just don't know if there are any dead people in the cabin."
Chen Wenzhe naturally had no interest in picking up the broken porcelain, but it was still possible to see what kind of porcelain it was.
But when he picked it up, he discovered that it was just some ordinary blue and white porcelain. These porcelains were all for daily use.