Treasure hunters sue for records on FBI's Civil War gold dig

1630Boston

Treasure hunters sue for records on FBI's Civil War gold dig - By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press - 2h ago
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Treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania are now on the prowl for something as elusive as the buried booty itself: government records of the FBI's excavation.
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Finders Keepers filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over its failure to produce documents on the FBI’s search for the legendary gold, which took place nearly four years ago at a remote woodland site in northwestern Pennsylvania.

The FBI has since dragged its feet on the treasure hunters' Freedom of Information Act request for records, their lawyer said Wednesday.

“There’s been a pattern of behavior by the FBI that’s been very troubling,” said Anne Weismann, who represents Finders Keepers. She questioned whether the agency is “acting in good faith.”

A message was sent to the Justice Department seeking comment on the suit, which asks a judge to order the FBI to immediately turn over the records.

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Finders Keepers' owners, the father-son duo of Dennis and Kem Parada, had spent years looking for what, according to legend, was an 1863 shipment of Union gold that was lost or stolen on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The duo focused on a spot where they say their instruments detected a large metallic mass.

After meeting with the treasure hunters in early 2018, the FBI brought in a contractor with more sophisticated instruments. The contractor detected an underground mass that weighed up to nine tons and had the density of gold, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed last year at the request of news organizations, including The Associated Press.

The Paradas accompanied the FBI to the site in Dent’s Run, about 135 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh, but say they were confined to their car while the FBI excavated.

The FBI has long insisted the March 2018 dig came up empty, but the agency has consistently stymied the Paradas' efforts to obtain information.

"From the outset, it seems as if the FBI is doing everything it can to avoid answering the question of whether they actually found gold,” Weismann said.

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Namvet69

Does make one wonder what they don't want everyone to know. Aliens? Hoffa? Peace Roy

MisterTim1962

This story was beaten to death on TreasureNet until they stopped him from posting there. He admitted he was lying about a lot of the details, so they no longer allow him to post about this tall tale.

1630Boston

Interesting @MisterTim1962 , thanks for the info

ricko

@MisterTim1962.... Who was lying??? The Parada's?... Cheers, RlckO

johnny9434

they want the whole loaf and cant share half of it. what a bummer thay cant share with every one, just sayig

MisterTim1962

He posted under the ID Finders Keepers on TNet. He started out with "finding" 7 tons of gold and then it was 9 tons and also tons of silver! He then added a story about a skeleton in a cave. Sorry, this story is baloney. He's stated from day one that he wanted a book or movie deal. He never found anything and has never posted a photo of even one gold bar. Pure fiction.

ricko

@MisterTim1962... Thank you for your reply. Cheers, RickO

m4832

I was vacationing there back in October. We drove a long ways along Dents Run Creek but I didn't see where this dig took place. A few of the locals claimed to have witnessed the ordeal confirming the Treasure Hunters story.