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To date, several treasure hunters have succeeded in unearthing hoards of coins, jewellery or other valuables. Thus, they contributed indirectly but significantly to the emergence of scholarly archaeology. However, the importance of the treasure in law and popular culture is strangely out of proportion to the number and value of the treasure troves that have been found. Treasure received the greatest attention in early modern Europe and Britain.
I have writ my letters, casketed my treasure.
(William Shakespeare: All’s Well that Ends Well, 1602/03)
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Dillinger, J. (2012). Conclusion. In: Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230353312_10
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