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 ...
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.....
Note to self. Don’t trust the FBI on anything.
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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.
I remember hearing about this back when they started digging and wondering how the Feds got involved. Tough guys with guns who legally don’t have to follow any rules.
“..Note to self. Don’t trust the FBI on anything....”
^THIS^
NEVER ever verbally respond to them especially without a lawyer present even if it’s just a simple “Good morning”. Immediately plead the 5th and run, don’t walk, away.
And anyone that thinks they are not following FR posters is just as naive...
Theze two are dumber than dumb. They should have just quietly found and spirited away the loot.
If it was only a case of the Germans wanting to see the gold, would have been a simple matter to simply improvise something looking like a stack of gold bars.
Escort them into the vault, let them even handle the gold bars, etc. - and then, when the Krauts are satisfied that everything is in bester Ordnung, escort them out again.
An hour later, when the Panamanian delegation arrives, lead them to the same stash of bars.
Rinse and repeat.
If it's a question of visually inspecting and verifying the serial numbers embossed on the bars, that would require a little quick melting and re-casting, but it would still be doable.
Regards,
Well, it was "fabled," so...
Now, if it had been legendary...
Regards,
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.
FBI-
“What? That $200 million in gold?”
“It’s right here in the evidence room.”
Never lead ANY government agency to ANY precious metals or other gainful cash.....I’ve seen it before...they will steal it outright.
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