Posted on 08/07/2023 7:54:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
DENTS RUN, Pa.—Dennis Parada points to a weedy spot where he believes the Federal Bureau of Investigation dug up nine tons of Civil War-era gold, worth more than $500 million, and made off with it in the middle of the night.
The patch of ground halfway up a mountain in western Pennsylvania lies at the heart of the treasure hunter’s quest to recover the trove and prove it was snatched from under his nose. The matter is now playing out in federal court.
At 70, he has been chasing the Dents Run gold for more than 40 years. “It’s definitely a major coverup,” says Parada, who has the mustache of a 19th-century gambler and smokes his cigarettes down to a stub.
Tales of lost Civil War-era gold have stirred imaginations for generations though few fortunes have been made. One exception was a pile of more than 700 gold coins minted in the mid-1800s that a farmer unearthed in a Kentucky cornfield earlier this year.
In April 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled Richmond, Va., with gold that would be worth millions today. Union troops later seized a large portion in Georgia, but that was then stolen at gunpoint. Other stories of lost Confederate gold abound in the South.
People across the U.S. have hunted for lost rebel treasure in Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri—and the bottom of Lake Michigan. The searches have inspired novels and films, including “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” starring Clint Eastwood.
Far less attention has been paid to tales of Union gold. But one caught Parada’s attention in 1974 when he was working in a furniture store in Philipsburg, Pa., and metal detecting on weekends.
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Yes, it’s on there, but many people might not have it listed, so good suggestion for others.
I think they found stuff pointing to the Templars...and even George Washington...I think...Boot maybe??
We had Indians in our area...and the stories keep piling up. Most stories are repeats from an earlier historian. The bad part is...if the first story is wrong....they're all wrong.
Does sound suspicious.
Assuming that the claims are entirely true and that the gov’t had no legal right to it neither this guy,nor his heirs,have a prayer here. And if they’re not true perhaps they don’t have the right to make the claim.
This guy is inviting the newly reminted FBI/Gestapo to show up at his front door at 5am ready to knock it down and arrest him for challenging the government in court.
I see no difference between the FBI and the MOB..............
Even if it was true, the FBI or the IRS would have claimed the reasure, all of it, and they would get nothing............
Ahh yes, the Treasure Coast.
I walk the beaches often.
As a teenager in the 70-73 era, I eagerly went to the beaches around Jax right after a storm.................
hard to know which gold rush. my thoughts are that a lot of gold that is stolen historically gets salted back into mines to give an explanation where wealth has been acquired from. I think this has happened with missing World War 2 gold and happens a lot throughout history when an explanation is needed for sudden found wealth.
Ah but if Prada had even stuck a shovel in that dirt he would be serving out the rest of his life at FLorence Super Max
one day we dug and dug...about 3 feet...it was a tiny manet about the size of an eraser on a #2 pencil...fortunately...i was supervising the dig...lol...did we feel like big jerks....but we laughed...and went on the hunt again.
first....who owns the property...
What a joke...The dude and the physic are now a team...and working on discovering new sites. The article does speak of books, movies etc etc.
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