Foreword: In the long history of the mainland, there are many dynastic changes and cultural relics unearthed, in addition to the formal cultural relics unearthed, in fact, there are many cultural relics unearthed is unexpected, and even some cultural relics will be obtained by the people, as heirlooms passed on to future generations.
Such things were still relatively common in the 60s and 70s of the last century, because some large machinery was not used in social construction at that time, and many ancient tombs were not discovered, which would also allow some ancient artifacts to be found in different forms. In the town of Solun in The Right Front Banner of Xing'an Mengke in Inner Mongolia, a couple once found a gold medal.
Gold medals were spotted by chance by the river
In the late 1960s, a couple was digging sand under the Solon Bridge on the Tao'er River, and during the excavation, they stumbled upon a piece of metal with some unknown writing on it, which also made the couple think it might be a treasure, so they took it home after the end of work.
Because it was discovered by accident, the husband and wife did not pay much attention to this gold medal, and found someone from the same village to help look at it, and no one could say why. After that, the husband and wife put away this gold medal, and at this time they also felt that this gold medal was a bit of a chicken rib, so they didn't care very much.
In the early 1970s, a friend of the couple visited and talked about related topics, which also reminded the couple of this gold medal. So take out the gold medal and give it to a friend for appreciation, the friend is not an expert in this area, but after viewing and wiping, it also makes the couple feel that this should be a treasure.
Pass it on to your son as an heirloom
In order to know the origin of this treasure, the couple also found a local more knowledgeable person to help identify, but this person did not have any ideas about this gold medal, but the text on the gold medal he felt somewhat familiar, it looked like the font of genghis Khan's time.
Because they heard that it was related to Genghis Khan, the couple also felt that this gold medal was a priceless treasure. So after that, the husband and wife collected it as an heirloom and hid it in the cellar of the family. It was not until his death that he handed it over to his son, who knew nothing about the treasure until then.
It was acquired by experts for 60,000 yuan
My son has always been in business, and later because of problems with capital turnover, the business was not very smooth. At this time, he thought of the heirloom handed down by his parents, because this gold medal had not rusted after being put into the cellar of the family, and it still looked golden, so he also felt that it was a treasure and was ready to sell it for money to maintain the business.
Because the gold medal looked golden, he thought it should be made of gold, so he found a bank and wanted to sell it for gold. However, after testing and analysis, the bank found that the gold medal contained less than 60%, so it was not acquired by the bank.
Later, it was sold under the evaluation of some collectors and gold stores, but for some reason, the gold medal was not sold. He also appeared on the treasure hunt, but the experts did not give a single result. In the end, he went to a historical research institute in Inner Mongolia, but it was also fruitless, and in desperation, he could only leave the gold medal related to the expansion and photos in the historical research institute.
To sum up: after purchasing this gold medal, many people also persuaded the professor to sell it at a high price, but Professor Bao Xiang finally donated it to the Museum of Ethnology of Inner Mongolia University free of charge. This is also to pass on culture and history, which is of great significance.