After gulping down about half a bottle, Chen Feng put it down, let out a burp, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and prepared to smoke one and take a break.
A puff of smoke through my lungs eased my fatigue a little.
He looked around. It was already past three o'clock. Summer days are long, so it probably wouldn't get dark until around seven o'clock.
However, we can't be too rigid about the schedule. We need to head back around 5 PM, otherwise we won't be able to tell which way is which after dark, and that would be troublesome.
A few minutes later, Chen Feng took a deep drag on his cigarette butt, stubbed it out on the ground, and a thick cloud of smoke billowed out. Chen Feng then stood up, carrying the detector.
Chen Feng chose a direction slightly closer to where he had come from and started walking forward.
The system gave a prompt after only a few steps.
Chen Feng scanned the area with his eyes, then picked up the detector and began to probe back and forth.
The large detector was indeed very effective, and Chen Feng even regretted not buying it sooner.
If I had bought this earlier, I could have saved so much time.
"Ooh-woo~"
Halfway through the sweeping, the detector went off. Chen Feng took out a shovel, squatted down, and began shoveling through the soil, one shovelful at a time.
After a morning of searching for goods, he discovered that the goods here were generally buried much deeper than in the small abandoned mines.
Very few items can be shoveled out in just a few shovels; most of the time it takes a while to shovel them.
That's all for now. We'll have to come back next time. To speed up the shopping process, Chen Feng needs to prepare some other tools.
After countless shovelfuls, Chen Feng dug another hole in front of him before the detector finally sounded.
Chen Feng shook the soil off the shovel and checked the detector.
The detector was still beeping, and Chen Feng shuddered again.
Halfway through shaking, Chen Feng started to pick at it with his hands.
He quickly found a silver nugget worth about sixty or seventy dollars in the shovel.
Chen Feng took out a bottle from his pocket and threw the silver granules in.
Chen Feng stood up, supporting himself on his knees.
Sometimes, squatting for a long time makes my legs go numb, and kneeling on pebbles is also uncomfortable.
Although it was just a single silver grain, Chen Feng felt fine. He had already harvested nearly six thousand today, which was quite satisfying.
After wandering around for a while, around 4 p.m., he found some silver coins worth several hundred yuan. Coupled with the temperature being much higher than in his hometown, he was a little tired after walking all day.
He took out his phone, glanced at it, and prepared to turn back.
After walking for about ten minutes, just as he was thinking about what to eat for dinner, the system suddenly beeped.
"bite!"
“There is precious metal within a three-meter radius of the host!”
Chen Feng put his mind at ease, looked around at himself, drew a boundary, and began to probe with the detector.
He was already very satisfied with today's harvest; finding even one more piece would be a bonus.
"If I could get a hundred silver coins, that would be fine too."
Chen Feng smiled and said casually.
When the probe reached about a third of the way through, it went off. Chen Feng slowly squatted down and pulled out a shovel.
I shoveled a shovelful of soil and passed it over the detector.
The detector didn't sound, so Chen Feng shook off the soil and shoveled another shovelful.
Shovel after shovel, Chen Feng was in no hurry, with a sense of leisure after completing a task.
It's unclear how much time passed, but the detector finally beeped when Chen Feng ran the shovel over it.
This time, Chen Feng didn't shake the shovel. Instead, he took it directly, reached out and slowly dug through the soil in the shovel, checking the detector every now and then to make sure he didn't miss anything he had dug up.
They dug with a large shovel, until only a third of the soil remained, but the goods still hadn't come out.
Of course, Chen Feng wasn't anxious this time. He just slowly dug, knowing that it would come out sooner or later anyway. As long as it was in the shovel, there was no rush.
A moment later, as Chen Feng was digging around, he suddenly spotted something yellow. Chen Feng's eyes widened instantly, his fingers stopped, and he carefully examined the item that was only partially visible.
"No way, sir."
Chen Feng's lips gradually curled up. He was just about to wrap up work, and now he was getting a surprise?
He reached out and picked up the gold piece. It was in the shape of a sheet, not nearly as big as the one he had panned for that morning, but it wasn't small either.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Chen Feng looked at the gold piece in his hand and grinned silently.
He estimated that this piece of gold was worth more than a thousand, and today's total harvest exceeded seven thousand!
After putting the gold into a bottle, Chen Feng plopped down on the ground, overjoyed.
Seven thousand a day, what does that mean?
He absolutely adored this mine. As for just how much...
If possible, he would like to be buried here after he dies.
He took out a celebratory cigarette from his pocket and lit it with a lighter.
Chen Feng clipped the shovel to his bag and took a comfortable drag on his cigarette.
That's all for today. My next task is to head back.
Of course, if we come across any goods on the road, we definitely won't let them go.
He stood up halfway through his cigarette, picked up the detector, and walked back the way he came.
On the other side, Zheng Ping had a silver nugget in his shovel. Looking at it, he felt an urge to burst into laughter.
Deciding to come here to pan for gold was definitely the best decision he ever made.
He found five silver coins today, bringing his total income to over two hundred and forty yuan.
Two hundred and forty yuan, that's more than half a month's income in a day.
This place is truly a treasure!
If possible, he would like to be buried here after he dies.
After putting the silver nuggets into the bottle, Zheng Ping stood up with renewed energy. Although time was running out, he was reluctant to turn back.
He was well aware of the consequences if he didn't return to the van by nightfall.
So after thinking about it, he decided to go back to the vicinity of the van first, and then, while it was still light, explore the area a little further away and try his luck.
Meanwhile, Yin Xing knelt on the ground on the other side, staring at a single gold nugget in the pit, completely dumbfounded, unable to believe it was real.
His hand trembled slightly as he reached into the pit, pinched the gold nugget, breathed on it, and wiped it clean.
After confirming that it was indeed gold, Yin Xing held the gold nugget in both hands, looked up at the dazzling sun in the sky, and his smile gradually widened.
Hahahaha!
The laughter had a sense of relief after hardship, like a weight being lifted from one's shoulders.
Before they came, no one knew if this place would be suitable. The travel expenses, food and drink, and the 400 yuan phone bill were a huge gamble for them.
No one said it outwardly, but everyone was uneasy inside.
At this moment, after panning out this gold nugget, Yin Xing finally let go of the pressure in his heart. The heavy stone that had been weighing on his stomach finally disappeared. He had never felt so relaxed.
This piece of gold is worth about four hundred, and with the silver nuggets he found, his income today is around six hundred!
He rarely earns this much in a month!
All I can say is that sometimes you really have to take a gamble in life, because what if you win?
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