[muir_redwoods]

....hailed the find as the first provable example of actual Knights Templar."

Really?

[cookcounty]

" ....hailed the find as the first provable example of actual Knights Templar."

That is indeed nuts. There are Knights Templar artifacts all over France, most of which were never "lost." My favorite is their monastary at Temple-sur-Lot in SW France, which houses a really great restaurant (friendly to Americans!) named "La Commanderie."