So... there I was just a minding my own bidness, reading CatsFive's post about "financial stuff" This one .. and I got to the part where it discussed Demarco, old ledgers tracking gold, and it mentioned "M1 gold", so in an effort to find out more, the Google AI Twat spit this out... and I tried not to spit out my covfefe onto the keyboard:
Based on the search results, "The M1 files gold" most likely refers to the legal battle and resulting records regarding an FBI search for Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania.
Say WHAAAT?
Key Facts on the Dents Run FBI Gold Case:
The Search: The FBI was accused of searching for and finding a large cache of buried Civil War-era gold in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, in 2018, but failing to report it or stealing it.
The Files (Documents): A federal judge ordered the release of records (files) related to this dig after a lawsuit from treasure hunters (Finders Keepers) who claimed the FBI engaged in a coverup.
The Findings: An FBI affidavit unsealed in 2021 revealed that a contractor detected an underground mass with the density of gold that weighed up to nine tons. However, the FBI maintained they found nothing.
Ongoing Dispute: Treasure hunters continue to pursue legal action against the Justice Department and FBI, claiming the released files prove the government is covering up the results of the excavation.
Now, I never heard about this before today. Apparently, this was so big that the write up that Popular Mechanics did about it was YUGE... So I apologize if this is one of those, "What? You never heard about this before? You been living under a rock?", moments...
Here's one video of many HERE describing the events that took place.
The treasure hunters were scoping out and surveying the site since around 2010, including doing some ground penetrating radar and other things that all pointed to a substantial volume of metal under the ground.
I thought it was interesting & thought maybe others never heard of it either.
Could you imagine finding 7 to 9 TONS of gold and silver valued at $600 million?
I sure as hell would have handled things a bit differently...You?
Yeah that's the one!