Show Gold and Jewels vels Lostin Lost in Wash ash Seven hundred years ears ago a great collection of gold cold and Jewels jeweL known as King Johns John's Treasure was lost In Inthe Inthe inthe the Wash which was a body of water that has since disappeared by bya a natural filling In process It is said that there Is no record of ot any of the material having been recovered but a serious effort Is about to be made by the Fen Research Ltd A strip of oC land half hal a mile wide and some 10 miles long near Wisbech has las teen been en chosen 3 as the area In which the he treasure probably lies It is mostly agricultural land which has been een reclaimed from the shallow waters of the Wa Wash h and arid work is tabe to ta tobe toe be e started soon with an electrical This instrument will de dc- the presence of precious metals at any ordinary depth and as soon as promising indications are arc given digging dig ging will begin A farmer whose land is In the area known cnown as King Johns John's bank across which the kings king's two-mile two baggage train rain is said to have proceeded has signed a contract with the company which covers three years years' operations allowing all antiquities bones ves- ves ck sels models and objects of rarity to be removed when found |