TREASURE TROVE.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 August 1919, Page 5

TREASURE TROVE.

The British Government is to be approached with a. view to an organised effort— by means of “mechanical devining rods and electric locators of ore’ ’-—to recover the fabulous treasure King John lost in the Wash 700 years a.g~rA_. P-1-irate enterprise, ‘it is ‘explained. is debarred by reason of the law of treasure trove_ I don’t think, says the writer in the London Star, that need deter anyone who thinks he knows where. to find King John ’s gold and silver., It is true that gold or silver coin, plate, or bullion found beneath the surface of the earth is treasure trove, and belongs to the Crown-if no owner is 1"o1-tI1'E‘5}hing—but the Crown always pays full Value to the finder if it t:akes4posses»sion.