8/11/22 Report - Treasure Hunters Accuse Agency of Stealing Civil War Gold. Old Silver Brooch? Porcelain Again.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Treasure Hunters That Claim FBI Stole Tons of Civil War Gold.

The gold, which the FBI said was "stolen during the Civil War," is estimated at "one or more tons." According to the agency it belongs to the US government. A geophysical survey of the area commissioned by the FBI, however, suggested an object with a mass of up to 9 tons and a density consistent with gold was buried at the site.

The father-son team, Dennis and Kem Parada of Finders Keepers think the FBI actually found the gold and are lying about it.

Notably, their attorney says the agency either lied to a federal judge about having video of its secretive 2018 dig for the gold, or illegally destroyed the video to prevent them from gaining access to it, new filings allege. The pair led agents to the remote woodland site in hopes of getting a finder's fee, however the FBI insists they recovered nothing of value, according to AL.com...

Here is the link for the rest of that story.

Treasure Hunters Accuse FBI Of Stealing Tons Of Civil War Gold | ZeroHedge

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Old Silver Brooch or Reliquary Find.

Here is a find that I didn't pay much attention to when I first found it.  It was corroded and broken.  It looked pretty junky.  I'm more curious about it now, and wish I knew what it once held.  It is about the size of a US quarter but has some depth to it and looks to me like something bigger than a picture was inside, although I don't know that.  It has an open back, maybe to let the light through, but maybe not.

Here is something kind of similar.

18th Century Brooch.

People do not always realize that a lot of 18th century and earlier Spanish Colonial jewelry was imported to the new world for daily life and included a variety of types of stones - some being glass or cheap paste or rhinestones.  Rhinestones are often thought to be modern, but they date back to the 13th century.  The stones haven't been tested and I don't know what they are, but they never impressed me as being valuable.

It is easy to dismiss finds that don't look like the kinds of treasure you hope to find, but sometimes as time goes by and your knowledge increases, some items can actually become more interesting.   I'll probably never know what this item held, but it is the kind of thing that I appreciate now, even though I can only wish I knew it's story.

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Here is another piece of fine porcelain found oin the beach. 

Piece of Porcelain Cup Showing Handle, Broken Edge,
and A Misplaced Drop of Paint.

When you find a piece of blue and white porcelain on a shipwreck beach, there is always the chance it is Kang Hsi.  This piece seems is very much like Kang Hsi.  It is fine china.  The paste looks like Kang Hsi.  I've seen a very similar design on Kang Hsi, but there is one problem - two problems actually.  It doesn't look like the paint was applied with the same kind of artistic brush strokes I've seen on Kang Hsi, and, perhaps more tellingly, a Chinese teacup would not have a handle.  I don't know if they ever added handles on items made for export or not.  That will take more research, but at this point, the handle seems like a disqualifier to me.  It could also possibly be a European piece made in the likeness of Chinese porcelain.  I just don't know enough to say for sure one way or the other.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

This system is moving and developing slowly.

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I wish the agency had allowed observers so everybody could see they weren't in there practicing for their next drag show or planting evidence.  People can get the wrong idea when things are done under cover of secrecy.  People will be thinking Hoover all over again.

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Good hunting,

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