The pair subsequently led agents to the mountainous, heavily wooded area they had honed in on in their sprawling search, and into an underground cave in Dent's Run, about 135 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
The bureau took over from there, barring the duo from taking part in the subsequent search.
Now, however, the two have since filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over its failure to produce documents chronicling the FBI's search.
note to self -
never lead the FBI to a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold
A pair of fools. Never, ever trust the government to do the right thing.
The FBI.
Remember when we actually respected them?
Well, we were d*mned fools even then.
As for now.....
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the simplest answer is gold is going to vanish if they found it.
there was an issue some years back - the fed would not allow germany to visually inspect the gold it supposedly had had in the fed vaults for decades, nor allow it to withdraw it.
simple answer? it had long since been sold.
And anyone that thinks they are not following FR posters is just as naive...
the FIB never had a US charter.
it works for a foreign government.
guess which gets the gold.
Where’s Tuco, Angel eyes, and Blondie? Now that we need them.
They were incredibly stupid for ever disclosing it to anybody. Shovel and shut up.
98% of FBI agents give the other 2% a bad name.
The US govt always does this with treasure. If you find a cache just dig it up and walk away and never tell anybody about it.
“Dennis Parada said. ‘I don’t understand why they played that game on us.”
You don’t understand why. Really?
What possessed them to call the FBI?
“Treasure hunters who believe they led FBI...”
Mistake No. 1. Been better off telling the Mob.
Is this supposed to be the lost Confederate treasury? How did it get to PA? It has long been thought to be hidden somewhere near Danville, VA.
Likely financed 2018 and 2020 election cheating, you know, jus need to spread some o’ that money around and voila, ballots in trunks, ads on cable, twitter, faceplace, billboards, volunteer group training.
“underground cave”
I’ve never been in an above ground cave.
The first mistake is in contacting or telling the FBI about ANYTHING.
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.