King John's treasure is still very much a part of the cultural
landscape in Norfolk. Anyone digging a hole for gardening or
construction purposes runs the risk of some smartass coming along and
asking whether he has found King John's treasure yet.
I saw a documentary some time ago that I can't find any more about
some guys who raised money to look for King John's treasure with
ground penetrating radar. They were unsuccessful but with more money
and more recent technology there might be a startup opportunity in
there somewhere. On the other hand, I can't imagine they'd be allowed
to keep it.
In my experience people do not lose treasure and also do not get mysterious fevers from emotional turmoil as was so often claimed in European history. A ruler usually has a lot of experience facing such things, I believe the answer lies with Murphy's law and Occam's razor - he got his shit took and mfs poisoned his ass.
I saw a documentary some time ago that I can't find any more about some guys who raised money to look for King John's treasure with ground penetrating radar. They were unsuccessful but with more money and more recent technology there might be a startup opportunity in there somewhere. On the other hand, I can't imagine they'd be allowed to keep it.