Dents Run - Civil war gold thread

[Inigoes]

From time to time, the story of the FBI taking civil war gold from Dents Run in PA appears on MDS. The subject deserves it's own thread instead of being scattered in various nonrelated threads.

The most current piece of news is the metal detectionist is suing the FBI.

Detectorist sues FBI, claiming they stole his find of Civil War gold | Fortune

"The truth will come out," says Dennis Parada, who hunted the gold for years.

fortune.com

 

[Inigoes]

https://www.mdshooters.com/threads/curse-of-oak-island.183646/post-5147255

https://www.mdshooters.com/threads/friday-night-fbi-vault-dumps.227261/post-6693577

https://www.mdshooters.com/threads/friday-night-fbi-vault-dumps.227261/post-6729954

 

[Inigoes]

A couple of witnesses have come forward.

Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig

In the heart of Pennsylvania elk country, Eric McCarthy and his client, Don Reichel, got up before sunrise to scour the forest floor for so-called “brown gold” — a rack of freshly shed antlers to add to Reichel’s collection back home. One hill over, a team of FBI agents was also hunting for...

news.yahoo.com

 

[BigCountry14]

What's wild about this story is how rough the terrain on Dents Run is. I totally believe the FBI found something there, but for the life of me can't figure out why it was there in the first place.

 

[Inigoes]

Payroll for the Union troops

Legend of the Lost Gold of Dents Run | Visit PA Great Outdoors

Federal Agents searching for “something” within a large secured area brought the Legend of the Lost Gold of Dents Run back into the media spotlight in 2019. The year was 1863. Legends states that a Union wagon train left Wheeling, West Virginia with 52 bars of gold, each weighing 50 pounds...

visitpago.com

 

[JohnnyE]

Is there an executive summary of this?