Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dents Run is an unincorporated community in Benezette Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1][2] It has attracted attention from treasure hunters and the media as the reputed site of a lost shipment of gold. The FBI conducted excavation activities in Dents Run in 2018.[3][4][5][6]
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Dents Run, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 41°21′29″N 78°16′02″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Elk |
Elevation | 922 ft (281 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code | 814 |
GNIS feature ID | 1173167[1] |
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- Pennsylvania Visitors Bureau. Legend of The Lost Gold of Dent's Run. March 3, 2020
- The Atlantic. A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Excavation, and Some Very Angry Treasure Hunters June 17, 2022
- Rubinkam, Michael (October 9, 2018). "Treasure hunters doubt FBI's word on dig for Civil War gold". Associated Press. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- Weidenboerner, Katie (March 15, 2018). "Historian shocked FBI searching Dents Run, warns about findings". Courier-Express. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- Rubinkam, Michael. "The FBI Has Searched for a Fabled Cache of Civil War Gold in Pennsylvania, Records Show". Time. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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