Fishermen salvaged 90 kilograms of iron pillars and sold them to the waste station for 65 yuan, but experts said that iron pillars were worth 300 million yuan

China is an ancient civilization with a long history, and there are some amazing precious treasures all over the country. Some of the treasures look particularly gorgeous, and some of them are very quaint.

The former is easily recognizable, while the latter can only be accurately discerned by relatively capable experts.

Therefore, those treasures that seem ordinary, but are actually of great value, are often sold as scrap copper and rotten iron because of the people's ignorance of goods.

This kind of thing has happened many times in the folk. There are many precious treasures that have even been permanently damaged because of it. Such a loss is particularly distressing, and every time cultural relics experts find this situation, they will beat their chests in anger and be difficult to let go for a long time.

In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, cultural relics experts will often pay attention to relevant news, and when they find abnormal situations, they will find opportunities to verify it so as not to destroy important treasures.

Many years ago, there was a fisherman in Sichuan, accidentally salvaged an iron pillar weighing about 90 kilograms, and finally he sold it to the scrap station at a price of 65 yuan.

Why does an iron pillar salvaged from the river have such a high value? This fisherman, surnamed Chen, grew up by the river and often dealt with rivers and bridges.

With the continuous development of the times, many of the local bridges need to be demolished and rebuilt because of their disrepair. Fishermen living along the river often take advantage of the opportunity to rebuild bridges and sail boats to the river to see if they can fish out some things and exchange them for money to subsidize their families.

The same is true of Chen Laohan, who accidentally salvaged a large iron pillar when he went to the river to salvage it. It is particularly heavy, and when it was salvaged, it had become rusty due to the erosion of the river. However, the symbols on the iron pillar are still relatively clear.

Chen Laohan was particularly curious when he first found these symbols, and he carefully examined them for a long time. Because there was no too high cultural level, Chen Laohan never understood the specific meaning of the symbol.

After bringing the big iron pillar home, Chen Laohan originally wanted to stay at home as a decoration, but after a few days of release, he changed his mind.

He felt that this iron pillar looked particularly eye-catching, and no matter how it was placed in the home, he did not feel good. So he decided to take the iron pillar to the scrap station to sell it, and exchange it for money to improve his life.

The owner of the waste station, after weighing this iron pillar, found that it was of excellent texture and was a rare thing, so he bought this iron pillar from Chen Laohan at a price of 65 yuan.

This money was not a small fortune in that era when the economy was not developed. Chen Laohan was very happy after exchanging this money and bought himself a lot of good things.

When he meets relatives and friends, Chen Laohan, who is in a happy mood, can't help but show off a few words. Therefore, the matter of Chen Laohan salvaging the iron pillar was quickly passed out.

When the staff of the local cultural relics department heard the news, they instinctively thought that this iron pillar was extraordinary, so they inquired through many parties and found the owner of the waste station who traded with Chen Laohan.

After the cultural relics workers arrived at the waste station, they carefully observed the iron pillar sold by Chen Laohan and found that the symbol on it was actually a bird seal script from the Western Han Dynasty.

So he consulted with the owner of the waste station to see if he could spend money to buy the iron pillar. The owner of the waste station felt that this iron pillar was of no great use in his hands, and he agreed very happily.

The two sides discussed for a period of time and finally sold the transaction at a price of 200 yuan. The cultural relics workers bought the iron pillar from the boss and sent it to their own unit.

Immediately afterward, many experts rushed to hear the news, and in order to find out the specific origin of the iron pillar, they conducted a very in-depth study around it.

As a result, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that this iron pillar was indeed a product of the Western Han Dynasty, and it should be an iron pier used by the imperial court to build bridges during the Han Wudi period.

According to historical records, as early as the Qin Dynasty, China began to use iron products as bridge piers, but few were preserved in the end.

In the era of relatively backward technology, this kind of large-scale iron products are difficult to smelt products, and the number itself is relatively rare.

After being put into use, ferrous products will also corrode rapidly due to environmental influences. Therefore, experts in the cultural relics department, although they have found many treasures in the past few decades, they have basically not found large iron pillars like this.

Experts believe that the large iron pillar that Chen Laohan salvaged from the river is the earliest iron bridge pier found on the mainland so far. It is also the largest iron casting in the archaeology of the Han Dynasty on the mainland.

The discovery of this iron pillar can help experts study the traffic history of Shu Dao, and also has a huge help for the application for heritage in ancient Shu Dao.

Not only that, the discovery of this iron pillar also provided a reliable physical basis for the study of iron smelting and bridge transportation in the Han Dynasty.

All in all, the reappearance of the iron pillar has provided a lot of necessary help for the follow-up research of cultural relics experts. To a certain extent, it makes up for the gap in the history of mainland bridges.

Therefore, experts finally judged that this iron pillar has extremely high historical and archaeological value, and if it is comprehensively assessed, it is worth at least 300 million.

From the numerical point of view, 300 million far exceeds the 65 yuan obtained by Chen Laohan. However, Chen Laohan did not regret it, he was very optimistic that he could organically discover this iron pillar, it was already a very lucky thing, there was no need to ask for more things.

Taking a step back, even if he had secretly hidden this iron pillar, there was no way to make it play its due value. On the contrary, it is possible that it will rot rapidly because of improper preservation.

Chen Laohan's positive and optimistic attitude has been admired by many people. His relationship with his relatives and friends is also much closer because of this open-minded state of mind.

So, where was the iron pillar that Chen Laohan accidentally discovered and was later sent to by cultural relics experts? It was sent to the Sanxingdui Museum for preservation.

Because the iron pillar is prone to rust, the museum's experts put it in a constant temperature and humidity environment. In this state, the iron pillar has the opportunity to be preserved for a long time and will not be too damaged due to changes in the environment.

From this point of view, the iron pillar being sent to the museum is also a relatively gratifying thing. If it is not given a certain amount of protection, it is indeed very easy to be destroyed.

In fact, in addition to this iron pillar, there are many precious treasures worth talking about. If you encounter something of extraordinary origin or with ancient character marks, you may wish to take it to a professional person to help identify it, so as not to treat the precious treasure as a rag because of lack of professional knowledge.