Buried Gold: How the FBI Got Involved In a Treasure Hunt

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Dennis Parada looks into the FBI's excavation hole and sees only dirt, fueling theories they stole the gold.

This episode investigates the legend of lost Civil War gold in Dent's Run, Pennsylvania, where treasure hunter Dennis Parada and his son Kem believe they located the treasure. The FBI gets involved, conducts an excavation, but claims nothing was found, leading to allegations of a cover-up, witness accounts of nighttime activity, and an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

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A buried-gold legend turns into a calm, federal-scale treasure hunt.

Dent's Run is framed as a family story that turns into a federal-scale search: a Civil War-era shipment of gold, a father who once chased it, and a son who pulls the legend back into view.

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You want a treasure hunt that turns into an FBI showdown.

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