Has Anyone Ever Found Knights of the Golden Circle Treasure?

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	rational observer, I am sure the readers of this board are anxiously waiting for you to post facts supporting your allegations and not just continuously posting your opinion which is not shared by the books editor, publisher, or the Library of Congress.  You are also ignoring the fact that the Federal government had sealed all information about the Knights of the Golden Circle immediately after the War and the fact that, while few dispute the KGCs involvement in the Lincoln conspiracy, there appears to be not a single reference to this feared organization in the transcripts of the trial of John Surratt which, by the way, ended in a hung jury.  Surratt was never tried again.  Did it ever occur to you that some of the jurors may very well have been Knights too?  You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://www.archive.org/details/trialofjohnhsurr01surr   You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://www.archive.org/details/trialofjohnhsurr02surr ~Texas Jay

I am ignoring a fact? Sorry...I am just observant enough to know the difference between a twenty-five cent fictional novel and what your belief system thinks is a historical document. I am also observant enough to know the difference between speculation and fact. Speculating any information was withheld during the Surratt trial...without proof...is just speculation

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Rational Observer, you are walking on thin ice and I suggest you either offer some documented facts supporting your allegation or you stop repeating it over and over again.
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  - Commonly known as the Holt Report, this is the online edition of "A Western Conspiracy in Aid of the Southern Rebellion".  It was an official U.S. report from Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt to Secretary of War Stanton telling of the strength of the Knights of the Golden Circle at the end of 1864. 
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Who is "Open Library"?  Sounds like a source who doesn't want their true identity known to me.  Anyone can create a webpage and post whatever ridiculous opinions they want on it.  If you don't believe me, then take another look at the webpage you furnished.  It seems the "Probably fictitious" statement has been edited out.   
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I think everyone would like to know who erroneously edited it in the first place and added the "Probably fictitious" line.  This is certainly not the first time this kind of scam has been pulled on those of us who are seeking to learn the truth about our Civil War history.  I caution all members to exercise extreme caution when googling for "KGC" or "Knights of the Golden Circle" as many of the best websites have been infected with viruses and worms by those not wanting the truth to get out.  The same group of people are responsible for this too.  So, unless you have a top-notch anti-virus security system on your computer as I do on mine, I suggest you rely on sites like this and Yahoo-sponsored groups and don't visit sites that you haven't heard of before.  I will never post a link on here that I haven't first checked out with my computer and found to be free of implanted viruses or worms.
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GoldDigger, I have to contradict your statement about viruses and worms on websites.  My computer has been infected several times by such malware before I got the proper anti-virus system.  There are ways to verify the Surratt Diary as genuine.  First off, it must be read by someone who has some knowledge of the history of the period.  It took me 3-4 hours to read this Diary carefully.  I don't believe anyone who has not read a book should be infecting such a webpage as the one in this discussion with his/her biased and uneducated opinions. 
To answer your question, yes, there have been many verified KGC treasures recovered but one must know how to accurately read the symbols and signs marking such a cache or depository in order to be able to "verify" one.  There have not been many that have been made public and this is for very good reasons that I don't think anyone will have any problem figuring out.  The $200,000 found by Bob Brewer was verified in detail by Mr. Brewer and other witnesses but, then again, one must be willing to read his account in order to determine whether or not you believe the photos, details about the way he found these caches, and the eyewitnesses accounts that he gives to support the fact.  As I've said before, I believe that Pastore's, Brewer's and Griffith's finds were KGC based on documentation that I have seen.  Whether or not you, GoldDigger, or anyone else believe they are KGC does not bother me one bit nor does it change my beliefs which are based on solid facts and what I have seen with my own eyes.
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