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Man Says He Found Missing Confederate Treasure, But State Won't Let Him Dig

It's a mystery going back more than 140 years. Many have searched, but no one has found the millions of dollars in gold lost during the Civil War in Elk County.

Now, one treasure hunting team from Clearfield says it knows where the gold is [but the state of Pennsylvania won't allow him to dig it up.]
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