Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Dents Run, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°21′29″N 78°16′02″W / 41.35806°N 78.26722°W / 41.35806; -78.26722
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyElk
Elevation
922 ft (281 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code814
GNIS feature ID1173167[1]

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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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Dents Run, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation-Benezette Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Rubinkam, Michael (October 9, 2018). "Treasure hunters doubt FBI's word on dig for Civil War gold". Associated Press. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ Weidenboerner, Katie (March 15, 2018). "Historian shocked FBI searching Dents Run, warns about findings". Courier-Express. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ FBI feared Pennsylvania would seize fabled gold, affidavit says


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