Confederate Gold from the Civil War was Found in a Shocking Place

[Carl-NC]

An article appeared in a treasure hunting magazine in 1973.
And they obviously get the information from somewhere.

From someone's imagination. A whole lotta treasure stories were fabricated in the 50s, 60s, and 70s for books and magazines. That where the Dents Run story was born.

 

[achanceforgold]

From someone's imagination. A whole lotta treasure stories were fabricated in the 50s, 60s, and 70s for books and magazines. That where the Dents Run story was born.

Yeah, I remember some crazy stories in Florida when I was a kid. One was that around the Sebastain Inlet area 11 treasure ships crashed ashore during a hurricane. So silly. I think they said it happened in like 1715 or something like that. Some people actually believed that fairy tale.

Then I remember some crazy guy from Indiana was trying to raise a bunch of money to find some huge ship full of silver. He's name was Mel something I can't remember.

Legends are usually built on some truth. Not always, but usually.

 

[Doubter in MD]

I have read a LOT of the Dent's Run threads here. I have stated my opinion about this particular story on many of those threads, including this one.

I do have a question, though. I could probably research it, but I'm hopeful that others reading this thread already know the answer.

Has FinderKeeper found ANY of the treasures they have sought over the years?

 

[franklin]

I have read a LOT of the Dent's Run threads here. I have stated my opinion about this particular story on many of those threads, including this one.

I do have a question, though. I could probably research it, but I'm hopeful that others reading this thread already know the answer.

Has FinderKeeper found ANY of the treasures they have sought over the years?

A dangerous question to answer. You can go back on threads where I had it out a lot of times with Finderkeepers when they first formed their LLC about the same time I formed my LLC. I had a Virginia State License and I suppose they had a Pennsylvania State License. We never saw eye to eye on treasures and we had whip attacks of each other. They had the same search equipment as I had---a GPL or ground resistivity meter which I found never worked and got rid of it. It would show pure gold when there was either quartz or sand. I found the machine useless. Then they had the electroscope model #20 made by Thomas. There have been numerous threads about the divining use of this machine. Several even tore the "black box" apart and revealed no working parts with the wire melted into the side of the black plastic. No working parts except the meter that would test the strength of a 9 volt battery. I watched them use it digging at the Holy Well at New Ross, Nova Scotia. They told Scott Wolter there was an offset chamber but after digging none was found. As far as any treasures they have recovered you would have to go to their website to find out. But as far as I have ever heard I have heard of no significant finds. I know they have been on several History Channel shows like "The Curse of Oak Island" and as I said the show Scott Wolter was in but I never saw any treasures found.

 

[Carl-NC]

Legends are usually built on some truth. Not always, but usually.

A minority of treasure legends have a basis in fact. I wouldn't consider most of the e.g. Spanish shipwrecks to be treasure legends as they are hard-documented events. Not just facts, but even details. Other legends far predate the golden era of magazine fables -- like Oak Island, Beale, Victorio, and Lost Dutchman -- but are still a mixture of fiction, fraud, and delusions. If you grab a handful of the old True Treasure and Treasure World magazines from the 60s and 70s a clear majority of the treasure stories in those issues are purely fictional, made up for the sole purpose of receiving a check in the mail. If you can trace a treasure story no further back than one of those magazine articles, then that's very likely where it was born.

 

[Carl-NC]

Has FinderKeeper found ANY of the treasures they have sought over the years?

The answer is a simple 'no'.

 

[releventchair]

A minority of treasure legends have a basis in fact. I wouldn't consider most of the e.g. Spanish shipwrecks to be treasure legends as they are hard-documented events. Not just facts, but even details. Other legends far predate the golden era of magazine fables -- like Oak Island, Beale, Victorio, and Lost Dutchman -- but are still a mixture of fiction, fraud, and delusions. If you grab a handful of the old True Treasure and Treasure World magazines from the 60s and 70s a clear majority of the treasure stories in those issues are purely fictional, made up for the sole purpose of receiving a check in the mail. If you can trace a treasure story no further back than one of those magazine articles, then that's very likely where it was born.

Documented recoveries and recovery attempts and other ships reports of wrecked plate ships are far different that alleged wrecks. Much of thier cargo was documented. as were characters and dates and weather and more. Yep they were tardy. How do we know? Who were they? Any supporting fact or was the plate fleet and Spanish activity regarding shipping wealthy cargos during a documented era's activities all a fairy tale?

Then archived documentation (in Seville?) By one of Mels researchers indicating a particular wreck was not where rumored to be.. it happened to be the right puzzle piece but who knows if it hadn't been "found"? (It existed long but let's call it found.)
Not fiction. Fact.
Had that document not been located ; where would Mel have searched next in addition to prior planned search grids?

Research has been launched time and again for the gold and characters referenced in the Dents Run tale. The result being more polished tales. Not facts supporting prior stories..

 

[3cylbill]

Documented recoveries and recovery attempts and other ships reports of wrecked plate ships are far different that alleged wrecks. Much of thier cargo was documented. as were characters and dates and weather and more. Yep they were tardy. How do we know? Who were they? Any supporting fact or was the plate fleet and Spanish activity regarding shipping wealthy cargos during a documented era's activities all a fairy tale?

Then archived documentation (in Seville?) By one of Mels researchers indicating a particular wreck was not where rumored to be.. it happened to be the right puzzle piece but who knows if it hadn't been "found"? (It existed long but let's call it found.)
Not fiction. Fact.
Had that document not been located ; where would Mel have searched next in addition to prior planned search grids?

Research has been launched time and again for the gold and characters referenced in the Dents Run tale. The result being more polished tales. Not facts supporting prior stories..

the FBI researched this and they wouldn't have sent such a large force there unless they knew it was there . that's why they made the finders sit in there care all afternoon while they dug and all the traffic at night

 

[KYgotGOLD]

as Far as This Video I Do Not Know Who Ceated it ,
I Do Not Know if they are a Member here !



My warning is Simply Do NOT Bring Finders Keepers Into the Story To Attack Him !!!! He is a Respected Member Here !

& I've even been Lax on that

By allowing a few False Comments about the Day the Treasure Was Possibly Dug.

How is it attacking. Honest question

 

[Carl-NC]

the FBI researched this and they wouldn't have sent such a large force there unless they knew it was there .

There are gullibillies even in the FBI.

 

[releventchair]

the FBI researched this and they wouldn't have sent such a large force there unless they knew it was there . that's why they made the finders sit in there care all afternoon while they dug and all the traffic at night

How many agents? How many visits?
How many documented illegal activities occurred prior to the first F.B.I. agent being on scene?
How many personelle would you personally recommend on a site where tons of gold were reported to be and a dig was going to occur for it?
Is it better to be understaffed or overstaffed if you are scheduling a remote F.B.I. activity?

What document states anyone was restrained in a vehicle all afternoon?
I believe that was disproved repeatedly. Not going to go look as I am confident of my recall regarding the subject. That and I've had enough backtracking rewarding F.B.I. presence, mission or nefarious intent following the discovery of no gold. Let alone bars or ingots of gold. Or natural gold. Or silver. Of any form.

The F.B.I, researched?
The F.B.I. was solicited by a particular alleged treasure hunting party and provided information.
If a federal agency researched and found a "medium" closing his eyes and putting a finger on a convenient magazine article/map being how to confirm a lead is worth pursuing (or stealing) then o.k..
But I'm still not calling the F.B.I. to help me dig.

What the F.B.I. would or wouldn't do in terms of staffing "such a large force" (How many agents again? Vs how many were needed?) is speculation unless you have facts and documentation supporting such defining procedure of F.B.I. assignment staffing.
hey I'd be up for a field tip too!
A back hoe? Sign me up.
Not everyday you get to go play in the dirt and rocks.

A shooting range I was on the board of had prior giving a certain police dept. Carte blanche on a particular weekend.
A nice gesture as the police need firing range time to practice.
After the helicopter and practice of tactics not imagined by varied groups of L.E.O.'s and who knows maybe even sneaky F.B.I. agents....
When permission was granted in the future ; permission to follow had a bit more specifics attached.
Poor neighbors were nearly traumatized.

Meaning: a group showed up at Dents Run.. Let's not attribute that to everyone showing up was carrying a bar of gold when they left. Or went there without consent of their superiors because it was a gold robbery and free gold everyone wanted in on.
Questioning the ethics of others can be a ploy by those with questionable ethics themselves.

But hey let's watch the F.B.I. closely that it's employees don't have too fancy a Christmas party on someone they robbed's dime.

 

[achanceforgold]

Well, you all know the story and events much better than I do.
All I did was watch a couple videos on it.

But I'm a dreamer and hope the treasure is real and the TN member who claimed to find it gets his share of it.
If it wasn't found, I hope someone does find it. I would like to see someone who put the time, effort and research into it to get it.
Because it's about the quest.

I hope some GenZers walking through the woods doesn't find it.

 

[TruthbeTold]

I have read a LOT of the Dent's Run threads here. I have stated my opinion about this particular story on many of those threads, including this one.

I do have a question, though. I could probably research it, but I'm hopeful that others reading this thread already know the answer.

Has FinderKeeper found ANY of the treasures they have sought over the years?

Absolutely not.

 

[pepperj]

Well, you all know the story and events much better than I do.
All I did was watch a couple videos on it.

But I'm a dreamer and hope the treasure is real and the TN member who claimed to find it gets his share of it.
If it wasn't found, I hope someone does find it. I would like to see someone who put the time, effort and research into it to get it.
Because it's about the quest.

I hope some GenZers walking through the woods doesn't find it.

Been following the tale since day 1.
Read every post.
Those that believed in it.
Those that dissected the posts and the actual reality of this tale.
So many years have past, and there hasn't been a thread of proof that there was anything.
Though it only takes a simple web search to find the years of research, court records, the denials, the judgements.


It's a long time ago when these posts numbered in the 100s regarding this event.
Things were stated, then a legitimate question would be asked.
The stated would change, grow, like a weed.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Well, you all know the story and events much better than I do.
All I did was watch a couple videos on it.

But I'm a dreamer and hope the treasure is real and the TN member who claimed to find it gets his share of it.
If it wasn't found, I hope someone does find it. I would like to see someone who put the time, effort and research into it to get it.
Because it's about the quest.

I hope some GenZers walking through the woods doesn't find it.

The searcher spent months here graciously posting information about his “find”. It was very interesting to say the least. It was claimed here that in addition to the bars of gold, there were tons of silver and jewels taken as well that amounted to millions.

It was speculated that the silver may have been from a Spanish ship wreck that the native Americans hid.

Somehow the story is limited to just the gold now, because I guess that sells better. Maybe it’s just that there was no evidence of silver being found.

The first part of the story shared here that made me skeptical was that the searcher got a permit from the state to drill holes into the “cave” in search of gold. It was claimed they drilled into a bar of gold, leaving gold smeared onto the drill bit Right there I’d be bagging that drill bit and having it analyzed. No, they just kept drilling and ended up throwing the bit away.

I was thinking WTH?!

That is now part of this legend, although it is not mentioned in any of the media releases.

Lots of stuff like that was posted here.

 

[Old Bookaroo]

the FBI researched this and they wouldn't have sent such a large force there unless they knew it was there . that's why they made the finders sit in there care all afternoon while they dug and all the traffic at night

#cylbill: Have you read the FBI affidavit? It clearly shows there's no there there.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo