.. who found it, and alerted the fbi... who then stole it in the dead of night.
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Dennis Parada sued to force the FBI to turn over records of its excavation in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, where local lore says an 1863 shipment of gold disappeared on its way to the US Mint in Philadelphia. The FBI went to Dents Run after sophisticated testing suggested tons of gold might be buried there but says none was found.
Parada believes otherwise. He accuses the FBI of distorting key evidence and improperly withholding records. The FBI defends its handling of the materials.
The dispute is playing out in federal court, where a judge must decide whether the FBI will have to release records it wants to keep secret.
“We feel we were double-crossed and lied to,” said Parada, co-founder of the treasure-hunting outfit Finders Keepers.
Solving the mystery is not his only goal. He also hoped to earn a finder’s fee from the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of gold.
An FBI spokesperson declined to answer questions, citing ongoing litigation. Last year, the FBI publicly acknowledged it had looked for gold in Dents Run. It said it did not find any and “continues to unequivocally reject any claims or speculation to the contrary”.
IS THE RUMOR
US treasure hunter accuses FBI of covering up discovery of civil war gold
Dennis Parada sued to force FBI to turn over records of excavation in Pennsylvania, where an 1863 shipment of gold vanished
Dennis Parada sued to force the FBI to turn over records of its excavation in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, where local lore says an 1863 shipment of gold disappeared on its way to the US Mint in Philadelphia. The FBI went to Dents Run after sophisticated testing suggested tons of gold might be buried there but says none was found.
Parada believes otherwise. He accuses the FBI of distorting key evidence and improperly withholding records. The FBI defends its handling of the materials.
The dispute is playing out in federal court, where a judge must decide whether the FBI will have to release records it wants to keep secret.
“We feel we were double-crossed and lied to,” said Parada, co-founder of the treasure-hunting outfit Finders Keepers.
Solving the mystery is not his only goal. He also hoped to earn a finder’s fee from the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of gold.
An FBI spokesperson declined to answer questions, citing ongoing litigation. Last year, the FBI publicly acknowledged it had looked for gold in Dents Run. It said it did not find any and “continues to unequivocally reject any claims or speculation to the contrary”.
