The escudo is a unit of currency, meaning 'shield' in Spanish and Portuguese, and is used by the overseas colonies of these two countries in addition to the European mainland.

This unit of currency includes both paper money and coins, and in the centuries before paper money became popular, mainly coins were used, especially gold coins, which were the most valuable!

What appeared in Ye Tian's eyes at this moment was the Spanish Escudo gold coin minted in the 16th century, and it was a very rare royal figure-of-eight escudo.

There were six of them, stacked with two dozen other gold and silver coins, scattered next to a skull that had been soaked in the sea to a terrible white, and was supposed to belong to the deceased's personal property.

Compared to other gold and silver coins with a diameter of about two or three centimeters, the Royal Figure Eight Gold Coin is almost twice as large and very conspicuous!

The dazzling orange glow emitted on these coins is a very accurate indication of the age from which they came.

This is indeed an Escudo gold coin struck in the late 16th century, there is no doubt about it!

As far as Ye Tian knows, there are only about 20 Spanish royal figure-of-eight Escudo gold coins in the world, and most of them are collected in major museums, and the number circulating in the antique market is very small.

In the eyes of antique coin collectors, this gold escudo is a top collector's item, and each one is worth a lot of money!

The appearance of a Spanish royal figure-of-eight gold escudo in the antique market is bound to cause quite a stir, and many collectors of ancient coins are sure to flock to it!

Based on the current market conditions, these gold coins should be worth between $3 million and $5 million, and if they are auctioned, they may all fetch a higher price, which is also a lot of money!

Because of this, after discovering these figure-of-eight escudo gold coins, Ye Tian was so excited.

With these rare antique gold coins as the base, this deep-sea exploration operation has made a lot of money!

If there's anything to be found after that, it's all about gain!

After looking at these Escudo gold coins again, Ye Tian looked away.

Elsewhere in the cabin, he also found some gold and silver coins, quite a few, but no more royal figure-of-eight gold coins were found, and they were generally of little value!

After he had done a quick scan of the cabin and turned to the next compartment, Pique moved the submarine a little to the side, shining his searchlight on another hole and began to investigate the inside.

This is a cargo hold, and when you look through the hole, you can only see a few boxes, some bones, and nothing else.

It is unknown what was in the chests near the entrance of the cave, and what else was in the other dark places in the cabin.

But under Ye Tian's perspective, there were no secrets in this cabin, and he could see clearly what those boxes contained.

There are a lot of boxes in this cabin, there are dozens of them, scattered on the deck, very messy!

After looking through it, Ye Tian found that some of the boxes were already empty, and there was nothing in them.

But there are also some boxes with goods inside, ranging from bones of various lengths to some huge tortoise shells, and quite a few!

Seeing these things, Ye Tian immediately understood what the purpose of this cargo hold was and what those boxes contained.

It's a cargo hold for food, and the bones are animal bones that are used for food, including tortoise shells of all sizes.

In the age of sailing, tortoises were used as one of the food items by both the Spanish navy and pirates to solve the problem of food during long voyages at sea.

Tortoises were chosen because they can survive for a long time without eating or drinking, and can provide fresh meat for people in the vast ocean without rotting and spoiling!

Every time the Spanish Navy and the Pirates of the Caribbean went out to sea, they would catch some live tortoises on board as a food reserve.

Among the tortoises used for food is the famous Galapagos tortoise!

Under the large-scale capture and killing of Spanish colonists and pirates, this giant tortoise, which was originally abundant, was almost eaten to extinction, and is now a critically endangered species that needs to be protected urgently!

And the Spanish warship in front of me, which sank in the depths of the Caribbean Sea, obviously feeds on tortoises, which is why there are so many tortoise shells here.

The fate of these tortoises, like the corpses seen before, must have died very painfully.

When they sink into the depths of the sea, they can only die slowly in pain and despair, and there is no hope of escape.

Next, their carcasses will gradually decay in the crate and become food for microorganisms in the ocean, leaving only a turtle shell in the crate.

It only took two or three seconds for Ye Tian to scan the entire cargo hold, and he had a clear understanding of the internal situation, and nothing was missed!

Then, he moved his gaze forward and began to look through the other cabin in front of him.

The two searchlights in front of the submarine still illuminated the hole on the right side of the hull, and the two powerful pillars of light were extremely dazzling in the deep sea.

The other three people in the cockpit were also busy, each with high spirits and eyes shining.

While Pique uses a high-definition camera to film the hole for later analysis, the two Hollywood stars stare at the hole in front of them, hoping to find something surprising.

Just as Ye Tian's eyes fell into another cabin, ready to start exploring, several strange visitors suddenly broke into his field of vision!

These are a few rays, some big and some small, the big ones are more than three meters long, and the small ones are only fifty or sixty centimeters, which looks like a family on a trip.

At this time, they are gently flapping their pectoral fins and gliding from the stern of the St. Anthony, like a group of gliders deep under the sea, with a very elegant and beautiful posture!

And their goal is this small sightseeing submarine that constantly emits bright lights.

For them, this is probably the first time they have seen such a glowing monster at the bottom of the sea, so they are naturally very curious and want to come and see what is going on.

With the appearance of these deep-sea gliders, a burst of excited exclamations immediately rang out in the glass cockpit.

"Wow! Manta rays! I didn't expect to see them, I was so lucky!"

"These guys are so beautiful to swim in a way that they deserve the reputation of underwater gliders!"

The two Hollywood stars raised their mobile phones to take pictures of the group of rays while admiring, and both of them danced excitedly!

Ye Tian also retracted his gaze, temporarily stopped the perspective, and turned to admire these deep-sea visitors gliding over.

After a few careful glances, he smiled and said:

"Johnny, this is not a manta ray, but a ray, and when we say manta ray, we mean a stingray, and the water layer where the stingray lives is shallow, generally within 100 meters, and the body size is smaller!

Rays are different, they can be seen from the surface waters to the depth of two or three thousand meters, and they are also larger, and the largest rays can reach more than 8 meters in length, which is absolutely behemoth.

The appearance of these two marine fish is very similar, many people will confuse them, if you look closely, you can still find the difference between the two, especially the face of the ray, which is very distinctive.

Stingrays can be called manta rays, and rays can be called ghost fish, and when these rays fly to the top of the submarine, you can put down your seat and observe, and you will see a ghost's face!"

"Wow! There is such a difference, to be honest, I really didn't know before, but this time I can take a good look!"

Orlando exclaimed, his eyes fixed on the flying rays, and became even more curious.

Johnny and Peake, too, were admiring the school of rays as they approached.

As he spoke, the school of rays had flown diagonally above the submarine, only two or three meters away from the roof of the transparent glass cockpit, and its every move was very clear.

And their ghostly and weird faces are also clearly presented in front of everyone's eyes.

"Smack!"

The four people in the cockpit of the submarine reclined their seats at the same time and began to lie down and admire the flying fish in the sea.

The next moment, the exclamation immediately rang out again.

"Oh my God, it's a bunch of ghosts!"