The old man dug up a "dung ladle" to scoop water for three years. Expert 50 yuan bought it. How much is it worth now?

Bronze comes out of the water, and black hat wraps the mountain. -"Water Tune Song Tou Bronze Blurred Water"

"Playing Zheng Zeng Raul" wrote: "Two thousand snow cocoons and six hundred and twenty copper coins." The earliest metal smelted by the ancients was bronzes, especially in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and their eating and drinking lines may be related to bronzes. And the ancient common bronzes, because of the changes of the times, have been damaged a lot, and the number spread to the present is extremely limited. Basically, an unearthed one will be regarded as the treasure of the National Museum. Unfortunately, some bronzes unearthed in rural areas are even used as ordinary tools because of the unfixed location, and are not treated as national treasures. In fact, it is no wonder that people in rural areas have never seen these antiques. Because of limited knowledge, I naturally have no sense of protection when I see these precious things. They even make some jokes about it. An old man in Anhui dug a "dung ladle" and scooped water for three years. Finally, he was bought by an expert for 50 yuan. Now it's worth tens of millions.

Small village

The old man is from Jiagou Village, Tianchang County, Anhui Province. His name is Shuang Xinghua. It was still in the' 80s. Their farming is also a commune system, and Lao Shuang is assigned to work on a small mound. Lao Shuang is also a diligent person. He did the work assigned to him step by step. At noon, Lao Shuang suddenly let out a scream. It turned out that he dug up a strange-looking thing that looked like a long jar with a pair of protruding eyes carved outside, which startled the old man. Attracted everyone to watch. However, even if so many people are watching here, no one says anything and no one knows what this thing is. Later, someone suggested that it should be smashed. It looks strange. I'm afraid something bad will happen if I stay So this newly dug jar was smashed by everyone.

farmer

But not long after, Lao Shuang actually dug up two things in the process of working. This time, he cleaned the soil on these two things and found that one looked like a cup and the other was a big copper pot. These two things did not arouse people's onlookers, because everyone went back to eat at noon, and only the captain and the old couple were still working hard. Finally, the two of them divided the two things, and gave one thing that looked like a spoon to Lao Shuang as a dung spoon, so that he could take it back to scoop water.

Farmers' farming

After getting this dung spoon, Lao Shuang is really not idle. When farming, he will use this thing to scoop water and feces. Originally, Lao Shuang saw that it was covered with copper rust, and it should not take long. I didn't expect it to be "all that glitters is not gold, but the sea can't be measured." The best interpretation. In the past three years, he used it to water crops. Besides the short handle, it is also very convenient. Three years later, Lao Shuang's dung ladle was bought by 50 yuan, a cultural relic expert.

Western Zhou bronze hand washer

1984 10 Chen Mou, a cultural relic expert from Tianchang county, went to the countryside to carry out a general survey of cultural relics. When he was about to go back, he was attracted by Lao Shuang's dung ladle. They couldn't restrain their curiosity and asked Lao Shuang if he could show it to him. Lao Shuang is an honest man. If others want to see him, wash it and hand it to them. Chen Mou, who got the dung spoon, observed it for a while and found that it was not an ordinary tool, but probably an unearthed bronze ware. So Chen Mou told Lao Shuang that the dung spoon was a national treasure and he needed to take it away, so he gave Lao Shuang 50 yuan money to take it away.

After identification, it was found that this dung ladle was indeed a bronze card of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was a tool they used to wash their hands. The old pair was also wrong, but it was too dirty to scoop dung on the bronze ware. This bronze medal is exquisite, national treasure and worth tens of millions. Later, people from the Cultural Relics Bureau also asked people in Jiagou Village if they had any other cultural relics, and all they got were negative answers. They had no choice but to look for the big copper pot lost by the captain and lamented that it was a pity that the copper pot was smashed by everyone. Cultural relics were destroyed because people at that time didn't know much about cultural relics and had never seen similar pictures. Fortunately, everyone can be cautious about strange things now, which also brings more precious cultural relics to the museum.

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