Can you imagine that this seemingly ordinary man turned out to be a world-class treasure hunting expert? His name is Jean Paul, he is from Marseille, France, and he lives in seclusion in Indonesia. A decade ago, he cleaned up a thousand-year-old shipwreck on the bottom of the Indian Ocean and found treasure worth about $80 million (about 570 million yuan). Now, he will once again dive into a Dutch merchant ship that has sunk for 200 years, expecting to discover another astonishing treasure. The ship will resurface.
Explorers II is a commentary documentary. Not long ago, Paul, who was in a poor financial situation, approached his old employer, Klaus, to ask if there was a job that would suit him. When he arrived, Klaus was counting his loot in the warehouse. The ball, which weighs several kilograms, is a cannonball and was found on a British pirate ship that sank two centuries ago. They have been soaked in desalination tanks and are well preserved, and it can even be seen that their production date is 1802.
Klaus showed his old partner a lot of impressive collections. In his treasure trove, there was an extremely fragile money brick, about 600 coins stuck together. It used to weigh about 2 tons, and today 3,000 coins have been completely peeled off, with a total value of about one million euros.
Klaus's safe hides his most proud works. The four coins were the first dollars minted in the world, with a woman's head on one side and the words of the United States of America on the other. Their production dates back to 1802 and are expected to have a total value of more than 2-3 million euros (about 14-21 million).
Klaus has been searching for shipwrecks for eight years, and his shelves are filled with unexpected antiques, such as an 18th-century hourglass. A well-preserved bottle of red wine, although it has a valuable treasure, but Klaus's life is not prosperous. Because he put all his passion and money into these antiques, but he has never been able to obtain the right to sell antiques from the Indonesian government. That is, although he has the treasure, he cannot sell it.
Now, Klaus wants to hire Paul to begin a new wreck search program. From their old partner Harry, they get several new clues to the wreck. The Padang Sea off the west coast of Sumatra is the place with the highest probability of shipwrecks, where the depth is only 20 meters, but because of the fierce wind and waves, no one has been able to successfully search for it. After much deliberation, Paul finally decided to go in search of a new shipwreck. In this way, he and his family have a guarantee of life for the coming months.
Paul departed from Jakarta airport and began a long and dangerous search for the treasure of the wreck. Pierre got up early today to start his internship in the shop of the treasure hunting king Alan. It's like a mysterious universe, with a dazzling array of old objects and detectors. Pierre has always dreamed of one day being a guest here. He loved these beautiful coins from ancient times. Many of his private collections have been accurately identified through professional websites, and some media alone are worth more than a few hundred euros.
