Dents Run, Pennsylvania

Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
PA 555 eastbound in Dents Run
Dents Run, Pennsylvania
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]

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]

Further reading

• 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

Notes

1. "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