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In 1934, a pair of teenagers from Baltimore by the names of Theodore Jones and Henry Grob embarked on what they thought would be another sluggish summer afternoon. They popped in at the soda pop shop and idly browsed through the aisles of few local mom-and-pop stores, however when they cannot wipe out their boredom, they made a decision to go back to Grob's place for an impromptu treasure hunt. Clunky material detectors in hand, they roamed around the backyard, finding and delighting in unusual metal knickknacks on the way. What started out as yet another slow-moving summer's day turned out to be anything but when one of the detectors began to set off. Intrigued, the couple grabbed a spade each and shoveled like their lives depended onto it. What they found was none other than a rusted pot of 5,000 glittering coins, with the secret words "Great Seal of the K'S of the G.C." stamped onto the sides of each token. What ensued was a bitter dispute within the possession of said cash, one that continues to be raging on via the gatherings' descendants even today. But who had been these "K's," and just why was this treasure so coveted? As it proved, the boys had stumbled after artifacts left over by an ambitious secret society that operated in the midst of the American Civil Warfare, with no less an purpose than to establish a brand new sovereignty made up of territories in Mexico, Central America, the Confederacy, and the Caribbean.
