The Lost Treasures of Bad King John (plus other treasures both found and missing).

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:

Have you ever wanted to get rich quick? Long before Nigerian spammers were in on the actthere was the art of metal-detecting. Often metal-detecting enthusiasts are derided as being a little bit odd and depicted as spending their lives wondering around barren fields with not much to show for it but then one of them discovers a lost treasure and spends the rest of their lives still beingthe subject of jealousy the rest of us.

The largest UK hoard of Anglo Sa...