寻宝者在苏格兰河床发现价值10万美元的22克拉金块

寻宝者在苏格兰河床发现价值10万美元的22克拉金块

All that glitters is not gold — but that glint in the water just might be.

闪光的不一定都是金子——但在水中闪光的可能就是金子。

A treasure-hunting hobbyist in Scotland has unearthed a solid-gold nugget worth an estimated ￡80,000, about $103,400.

苏格兰一位寻宝爱好者日前发掘出一块价值约8万英镑、约10.34万美元的实心金块。

The gleaming lump was pulled out of a river in two semicircular pieces, which fit together “like an exact jigsaw” to create a ring shape. Dubbed “The Reunion Nugget,” the adjoining pieces together weighed-in at more than a quarter of a pound (4.2 ounces) — a potentially record-breaking booty.

这个闪闪发光的块状物体从河里被拉了出来，分成两个半圆形，它们“像一个精确的拼图”一样组合在一起，形成了一个环形。被称为“留尼旺金块”的两块金块连在一起的重量超过了四分之一磅(4.2盎司)，这可能是一个破纪录的战利品。

“This is now the largest nugget in existence in the UK,” Lee Palmer, author of “Gold Occurrences in the UK,” told Picture Exclusive.

“这是目前英国存在的最大的金块，”《英国黄金事件》的作者李·帕尔默告诉《图片独家》。

Added Palmer, “There are no impurities in it, it is just pure gold nugget of about 22 karats. It really is a remarkable find.”

帕尔默补充道：“里面没有杂质，只是22克拉左右的纯金块。这真是一个了不起的发现。”

The unnamed finder used a scavenging method called sniping, said Palmer, which involves snorkeling in shallow waters and turning over rocks and dirt in search of buried treasure. The larger half of The Reunion Nugget, which weighs 3.1 ounces, was spotted first — and the other side, weighing 1.1 ounces, was retrieved in the same area about 10 minutes later.

帕尔默说，这位无名的发现者使用了一种叫做“狙击”的清除方法，其中包括在浅水中浮潜，翻动岩石和泥土寻找埋藏的宝藏。大块的留尼汪金块重3.1盎司，最先被发现，另一边重1.1盎司，大约10分钟后在同一区域被找到。

“One mineralogist thought it looked like an entry and exit hole that could’ve been made with a neolithic antler pick, which were used by farmers in the Iron Age,” said Palmer, who hopes the valuable find will be purchased by a museum — that is, if the Crown Estate doesn’t try to stake their claim.

“一个矿物学家认为，新石器时代可以用鹿角镐，它像在铁器时代农民进出洞口使用的工具。”帕尔默说，如果皇冠产业不试图与他们的主张相抗衡，他希望这个有价值的发现将被博物馆购买。