Asa was frustrated and he let everyone know it.“This is too much.We need more shovels and maybe we shouda been smarter than this.Like get a few metal detectors.”
Cheyenne took her turn digging and she’d been at it for a half hour.“So, now you think of that?”she asked him then paused and wiped sweat from her brow.
“Well, Miss Smarty Pants, you coulda thought of it too.”
She grinned at him.“True dat, Dad.True dat.”
“Datisn’t even a real word.”Asa shook his head at her but he didn’t hide his smirk.
Jolene took Cheyenne’s shovel from her as she giggled over their banter.“GimmeDATshovel.I’ll take a turn.Go and get yourself some cold water.”
Cheyenne laughed at her use of the word, then she nodded and took a handkerchief out to wipe her face down as she went over to one of the coolers.
In the next hour, Cheyenne and Jolene made sure the men had cold water bottles as well.
Amy forced them all to take a break and get hydrated as she told them they were looking like dried out rats, not healthy wolverines.
The girls kept giggling at her bossing them.Then while the digging continued, the two women wandered around a bit.
After a few stroll through and around the property, Jolene stumbled and fell.
When Cheyenne helped her up she saw something sparkling in the weeds.She immediately called out to the men.
Asa, Mad Dog, Rock and Stroker came over to them.
Cheyenne pointed down at the sparkle.
Miss Amy came over then and she nodded.“Yeah, that says a lot, doesn’t it?”She turned and looked at the other area and shook her head.“Those ruins you were digging at are only part of the stone house.”She walked over to some nearby brush and waved at the men.“Can you all use your shovels to move all this away?It’s mostly dried up.”
They went and got their shovels then went about uncovering more of the old place.Like she guessed at, this revealed a much bigger room.The gold sparkle in the brush was part of what used to be an old fireplace and when they exposed it they found an opening in the stone.They went back to some rigorous digging.
This went on for about twenty more minutes.
“Oh, fuck!”Suddenly, Rock yelled at everyone to step back.
They all rushed backward as a large whooshing sound could be heard.The ground rumbled and bounced as dust flew everywhere.
Most of them landed on their asses in the dirt.
Finally, Asa got up after cussing a mean streak.He then stumbled over to the now massive hole in the ground and looked down.“Well, fuck me!”
Stroker helped Miss Amy up to her feet.
“Are you okay, Miss Amy?”Cheyenne asked her.
“I didn’t break nuthin’!”She snickered.“Someone my age needs to beware of treasure hunting.”Heading forward, she stepped up next to Asa.Staring down, she shook her head.
In this large hole, there were three chests, all old and falling apart.Sparkling jewels had spilled over and were spread out along the dusty ground.Emerald, sapphires, glistening diamonds.Along with gold and silver.There were also lots of old looking gold coins.
“There’s gotta be millions down there,” Jolene exclaimed in awe.
They had finally found it.They found the pirate’s treasure.And it did not disappoint.In today’s market, they could be looking at a billion dollars in precious gems, metals and gold.
They all went quiet at the final realization that they finally unearthed it all.This whole, long drawn out history and battles would finally be over.
Breaking the respectful silence, Miss Amy leaned her head back and laughed.
Everyone looked over at her.
