Posted on 08/06/2023 7:59:35 PM PDT by algore
A treasure hunter has accused the FBI of a 'major coverup' after it allegedly made off with $500million worth of buried Civil War gold.
Dennis Parada believes he located a burial site around halfway up a mountain in western Pennsylvania laden with Civil War treasure, before the FBI dug up the goods under the cover of darkness.
The detectorist claims he alerted authorities to the possible haul after ground-testing suggested the Dents Run site was filled with gold.
The FBI then commissioned its own tests that suggested vast amounts of the metal could be below the surface.
The agency claims that when it dug up the site in 2018, it came up empty.
Parada insists the feds made off with the gold during a nighttime dig, depriving him of a hefty finder's fee.
Warren Getler, co-author of 'Rebel Gold' and a former reporter who helped Parada identify the site, told The Wall Street Journal he had 'come to the unavoidable conclusion that the FBI did take the treasure under cover of darkness.'
Parada said it smacked of a 'major coverup.'
He and his son Kem, who together comprise the treasure hunters firm Finders Keepers, sued the FBI last year seeking enforcement of a Freedom of Information Act request.
They now allege the FBI has failed to turn over certain records and doctored photos to conceal a night dig.
Treasure hunters have long sought lost rebel treasure, but less attention has been paid to Union gold.
Parada's interest was piqued by an article in Treasure magazine in 1974 that said a Union caravan with gold bars was ambushed in Elk County, Pennsylvania.
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10% for the big guy!
Some rando claiming that the effBI stole a bunch of gold.
The effBI claiming that they didn't.
I'm going with believing the rando.
Check to see if there were any backshot pregnant women or little kids in the vicinity, too.
It wouldn’t surprise me.
No the FBI would NEVER lie.
That guy is FOS!!!!’ /s
He should have been willing to do the work himself and melt the gold into gold bars.
Well of course they did. That’s SOP if you tell the govt where treasure is.
This moment in Animal House came to mind. (Language warning).
https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e64b98ee-3b39-4aea-9f02-85d217da89a1
Why on earth would he tell the FBI to begin with?
Ambushed again.
The Good, Bad, and the Ugly....part 2
Parada was on site at the time of the dig.
If the rebels ambushed the caravan they would have made off with everything in the wagons.
FBI are the most corrupt Organization in the Country
Pretty much. If the FBI says the sky is blue, it must be raining.
Yep. The Mafia would make a more trust worthy and patrotic law enforcement agency.
Why even report findings? Just keep mouths shut.
Every few years, sell a bar of gold.
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