Posted on 01/06/2022 5:21:54 AM PST by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
A father-son duo of Pennsylvania treasure hunters have sued the FBI for failing to produce records chronicling a top-secret excavation the agency administered in the state nearly four years ago that may have yielded a $400million cache of Civil War-era gold.
Court documents unsealed earlier this year revealed that the bureau had in fact engaged in the previously undisclosed dig in Elk County in search of the fabled treasure, lost by the US government in 1863.
The filing attested that agents engaged in the dig came up empty-handed.
Fortune seekers Dennis and Kem Parada, however - who together comprise the lost treasure locate and recovery service Finders Keepers - are not buying the agency's claims, after leading agents to the excavation site in 2018.
They are now suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) in hopes of obtaining the bureau's official records detailing the hush-hush dig.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“underground cave”
I’ve never been in an above ground cave.
If it was stolen from Uncle Sam, how do they have a claim? Plus nice claim of ZERO they now have doing it your way.
I hear you. But since it wasn’t their land, it’s a state park I think, they couldn’t dig without permission. Trying to dig without permission is just asking for trouble. I’m sure they weighed all this.
I think they got $crewed too, but just like in the UK, if you find buried treasure - especially on public land - you better report it.
There was a case a couple of years ago, where a guy found some ancient Viking gold jewelry and tried to sell it privately. He had to serve some time.
The first mistake is in contacting or telling the FBI about ANYTHING.
But you’re not supposed to do it the stupid way.
Sometimes I worry about myself.
May have been from their on-line activities that attracted attention.
People need to stay away from social media. Getting back to a wonderfully large waterfall to have a conversation is one of the best settings for exchanging knowledge.
People think they are doing the right thing and the government is there to help them. How many articles have been posted on FR from numerous treasure finds across the world and they all have the same thing in common? The government stepped in and claimed it was a national treasure and these folks mostly end up with nothing or a small portion of it.
If you find a long-lost stash of gold or silver, then re-smelt it and sell it off slowly. If you find coins or other artifacts, sell them individually over a period of time.
The gold was sent by President Abraham Lincoln to pay Union soldiers and was last spotted in St Marys, Pennsylvania, traveling northeast toward the capital.
How difficult would it have been for the writer to look at a map to get an idea of the relative position of St Marys, PA and Philadelphia? Sheesh!
Learned everything I needed to know about the fbi from watching the X-files...
but the fed wouldn’t.
reportedly, after months of asking, they eventually let the delegation in, and allowed one drawer/cabinet to be opened and inspected, and no other in the room supposedly full of (west) german gold, deposited decades before.
the gold was not the physical gold that had been delivered, either.
apparently after who knows how many years they managed to withdraw an equal amount of gold, but it was a fascinating story. the fed hypothecated/sold/?? the gold, everyone knew it, but since they did eventually pay, the theft wasn’t called.
it was certainly noticed by anyone else with gold on deposit, though.
Thanks SteveH, but, ntsa. OTOH, this looks like the perfect Digest ping for this week. Will post the week's topic links in a bit.
The other GGG topics added since (and during) the last digest ping:
Ditto.
Ditto.
“You f***ed up-you trusted us” Quote from Animal House, but so true in regards to anything fed...
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