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Treasure hunter accused FBI of a 'major cover up' claiming agents made off with missing $500M in Civil War gold in middle of the night after he found long-lost burial site
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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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: 2018; civilwar; dennisparada; dentsrun; elkcounty; fbi; godsgravesglyphs; gold; historychannel; hoax; ntsa; pa; parada; pennsylvania; rebelgold; warrengetler
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To: algore
“The detectorist claims he alerted authorities to the possible haul after ground-testing suggested the Dents Run site was filled with gold.”
I see the problem...
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posted on
08/06/2023 9:15:54 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: algore
If F-Troop was being honest, there was no reason the treasure hunters could not watch their dig.
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posted on
08/06/2023 9:17:57 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: Sacajaweau
Parada was on site at the time of the dig.
No, they disallowed everyone but them.
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posted on
08/06/2023 9:20:55 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: algore
This is what happens if you trust the government, I would not trust them in an empty basement.
To: Jonty30
To: All
The FBI NEEDED that Gold. They can’t pay off their operatives like Ray Epps, John Sullivan, ANTIFA, Patriot Front, etc. out of their budget; that might be audited.
To: algore
“The detectorist claims he alerted authorities to the possible haul”
Now, why would you go and do a thing like that for?
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posted on
08/06/2023 11:32:18 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
To: algore
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posted on
08/06/2023 11:40:15 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
(Pray for our nation. Never be slave in a new Socialist America)
To: algore
This story about the FBI has been around awhile. It disappears for while and then it comes back again like it is a new story.
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posted on
08/06/2023 11:53:00 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: algore
He is lucky they let him live.
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posted on
08/07/2023 1:01:43 AM PDT
by
UnwashedPeasant
(The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
To: algore
Shoulda kept his mouth shut.
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posted on
08/07/2023 1:26:46 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
I'm with you. If the FBI denied it, that's proof positive that they stole the gold. That sounds about right. 😆
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posted on
08/07/2023 1:43:33 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: UnwashedPeasant
“He is lucky they let him live.”
^this^
To: algore
“The detectorist claims he alerted authorities to the possible haul after ground-testing suggested the Dents Run site was filled with gold.”
Idiot. This proves it..
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posted on
08/07/2023 4:08:17 AM PDT
by
joethedrummer
(We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
To: Right Brother
“Yep. The Mafia would make a more trust worthy and patrotic law enforcement agency.“
You are EXACTLY onto it!
Our politicians have twisted our government to operate JUST like the mafia. THAT is what they’ve learned while supposedly “cleaning up the mob” for decades. They became envious of them and have now used the law, or the perversion of it, to form a more perfect form of the mob.
Only, the old school mob had SOME honor here and there…
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posted on
08/07/2023 4:12:33 AM PDT
by
joethedrummer
(We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
It does not say that. It says The detectorist claims he alerted authorities . What authorities? Why did those authorities contact the FBI? Are there pictures of the dug up area?
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posted on
08/07/2023 4:37:11 AM PDT
by
pas
To: algore
“The detectorist claims he alerted authorities to the possible haul after ground-testing suggested the Dents Run site was filled with gold.”
———
Dumbass. It is a cardinal rule of treasure hunting/finding that you STFU when you find something of potential or real value.
This is as bad as the guy in CA whose dog dug up millions in old gold coins a few years back. First the Feds wanted them, claiming that they were stolen by a Mint employee, then the heirs of the former owner sued, then they had to pay gargantuan taxes on what was left after their legal fees - and, as a bonus, every family member, thief and kidnapper in the area know that the guy and his family are rich.
No, STFU!!!
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posted on
08/07/2023 5:20:11 AM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
(“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: algore
Sorry, but NTSA.
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posted on
08/07/2023 5:41:51 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: algore
He forgot the rules of metal detecting.
1. Sweep
2. Shovel
3. Collect
4. Shovel (fill in your hole)
5. Shut up.
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posted on
08/07/2023 6:16:58 AM PDT
by
Mathews
(I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
To: Dr. Zzyzx
Most folks trust authority—until they get burned.
Learning is best done the hard way.
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posted on
08/07/2023 6:22:45 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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