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NARRATOR:
Tonight on
The Curse of Civil War Gold...
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Isn't it great to be
back in Georgia again?
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BRAD:
There were six wagons
full of gold.
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GARY:
And it was stolen at this site?
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Once the robbery got underway,
it was just a free-for-all.
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GARY:
If you was running
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with gold in your pockets,
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this is the type of place
you'd hide it.
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-What is that?
-I don't know.
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I've never seen
anything like it.
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-GARY:
Wow!
-AL: Wow!
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Nice!
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It's time to go down
and see if that's real gold.
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♪
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NARRATOR:
While waiting for a permit
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that would allow him and his
team to search Lake Michigan
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for a sunken train car full
of lost Confederate gold,
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treasure hunter Kevin Dykstra
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has been researching
other places
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where additional gold could
have been taken
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during the chaotic last days
of the Civil War.
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We're meeting a lady
by the name of Carlene.
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Unbelievably, she's got some
very interesting insight
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into missing gold
from the Confederacy.
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-Wow.
-And talking with her
on the phone, she's legit.
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I can tell you that.
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NARRATOR:
According to Kevin Dykstra's
research,
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the gold that he believes
lies buried at the bottom
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of Lake Michigan was once part
of the Confederate treasury.
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It was confiscated by members
of the 4th Michigan Cavalry
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during their arrest
of President Jefferson Davis
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in Irwinville, Georgia
on May 10, 1865.
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Although many mainstream
historians insist
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that the Confederacy
was nearly bankrupt
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at the end of the Civil War
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and that Davis had no gold with him at the time of his arrest,
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Kevin and his team have
recently uncovered
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important information.
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Well, I understand you've got
a lot to show us here today.
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This is only a small amount
of what I've got.
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NARRATOR:
Four weeks ago,
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they were shown
compelling evidence
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that not only was Davis
fleeing the South
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with millions
in Confederate gold,
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but that the gold
captured with him
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may have been only a portion
of a much larger cache.
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Here I have a letter written
by a Confederate veteran.
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"We crossed the Savanna River,
arriving at Washington, Georgia.
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"It was there that
the Confederate treasury
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was divided."
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So those six wagons
that were Davis,
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that wasn't the only bit
of gold.
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-That's correct.
-Wow.
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-There was a lot
of missing gold.
-Mm-hmm.
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-[laughs]
-Well.
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KEVIN:
You know, we know there's gold
missing all over the place.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Here we get a chance
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to get some oral history,
handed down from generation
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-to generation.
-Yep.
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Something tells me
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that she's been itching
to talk to somebody
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about what she knows.
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I just have a feeling
she's gonna blow the lid
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off from this.
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Excited to talk to her.
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-Oh, I can't wait.
-I know.
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KEVIN:
I believe all that gold was
with Jefferson Davis,
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and I think they split it off
and then started
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to take different directions
with different portions of it.
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Here's Brad's house.
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So there's no telling how many
Confederate gold treasures
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can be out there,
and you could see
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traces of it surface
in the most unlikely places.
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-Hey, guys.
-KEVIN:
Hey, Brad.
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-Come on in.
-How are you?
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-Big Al.
-How's it going?
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Good. Well, our guests
are already here.
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-Hello.
-Hello.
-Hi.
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AL:
Hello.
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-I'm Kevin.
-Hi, I'm Carlene.
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NARRATOR: Carlene Ingram is
the great-great-granddaughter
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of John Chennault, the owner of a large plantation
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located near the town
of Washington, Georgia.
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Based on stories passed down
within her family,
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Carlene believes that not only
was a large portion
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of stolen Confederate gold
hidden years ago
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on the family property,
but that remnants of that gold
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might still remain
buried there,
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even after more than 150 years.
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So nice to meet you in person.
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KEVIN: So when Carlene Ingram
said that she wanted to share
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her family history,
I was really excited
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because I always look
at information handed down
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from families
as kind of a window
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into what actually happened.
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You are a descendant
of the Chennaults
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from the Chennault Plantation.
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Yes, my great-grandmother,
Ginny Chennault,
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was born in Washington, Georgia,
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and John Nelson Chennault
was the slave master.
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Ginny was the slave.
[laughs]
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He committed the unpardonable
sin at that time.
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He not only fell in love
with his slave, he married her.
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-AL:
Oh!
-[laughs]
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-Wow.
-BRAD:
Fascinating.
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BRAD:
It's a real social commentary
on the...
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-Yeah.
-...the time period.
-CARLENE: Right.
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-Right.
-KEVIN:
And a good story.
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CARLENE:
[chuckles] Yes.
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It is. I mean,
our family history, it is.
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BRAD:
So, the story goes
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that when
the Confederacy government
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left Richmond, Virginia,
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five banks emptied their gold
and silver coins onto wagons,
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and made their way down to
eventually Washington, Georgia.
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Well, I know what happened
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to, if not all,
at least most of the gold
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that was dumped at or near
the Chennault Plantation
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in Washington, Georgia.
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Wow.
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[indistinct shouting]
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NARRATOR:
On the night of May 24, 1865,
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a group of some
20 ex-Confederate soldiers
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stormed a camp on the
Chennault Plantation grounds
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in response to rumors
that a portion
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of the Confederate treasury
had been taken there.
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According to published reports, the thieves made off
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with some $251,000 worth
of gold, silver and jewelry,
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nearly $4 million worth
in today's dollars.
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But there are many who believe
that a portion of it
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may still remain
somewhere on or near
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the Chennault Plantation.
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There's only a few of us
still living today
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that knows about this.
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So either we die out with it
or we preserve it
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for generations to come.
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And I felt like it's time
to get it out there.
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Sure.
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My Aunt Janie had
explained to me
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about my
great-great-grandfather.
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He was a slave
on the Chennault Plantation.
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He had found some gold.
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Okay.
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In a creek.
She said it was in a creek.
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Can you show us
where this creek is at?
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No. My Aunt Janie just
told me that he found it.
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All I know, it was somewhere
around the plantation.
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You know, after it rains,
every now and then,
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somebody would find a gold coin
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here and there
on the plantation.
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That's what
my Aunt Janie told me.
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KEVIN:
She said that coins would just
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surface after a rain?
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-Well... So he didn't...
-No kidding.
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-they did not get it all.
-BRAD:
They didn't get it all.
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-They didn't get it all.
-That's right.
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Do you think that there's
still coins buried there today?
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The gold was dumped in the
1800s, so it's a possibility
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it could still
be some gold there.
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So that gold could
really be laying anywhere?
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-AL:
Anywhere.
-And I'd like to go down there
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after a rain and find a few.
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[laughter]
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AL:
Is this, like, a family secret?
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Nobody outside of your family
has heard this?
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-Right.
-ALL: Really?
-BRAD: Wow.
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I feel like
we are extremely fortunate
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to hear this information
that's never been published,
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it's never been shared
outside the family.
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But I feel it's drawing me down
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-to the Chennault Plantation.
-Me, too.
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KEVIN:
I can think
of nothing better to do
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while we're waiting
for this permit
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than to head down to Washington,
Georgia and see if we can find
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some of that gold or jewelry
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where Carlene's
great-great-grandfather
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said he saw it.
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I can't thank you guys enough
for making the trip.
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Well, always a pleasure
to meet history buffs.
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-You guys, too. Thank you.
-Pleasure to meet you all.
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Thank you for having us.
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NARRATOR: One day before
heading south
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to Washington, Georgia,
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Kevin Dykstra,
along with his brother Darren,
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travels to the marina
in Frankfort.
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-JEFF:
Hey, all right.
-KEVIN: Gentlemen!
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-There he is.
-How are you?
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Good to see you, man.
I'm glad you made it.
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-Man. Here you go.
-Thank you.
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-Hey, Darren.
-Darren.
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NARRATOR:
While waiting
for official permission
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to thoroughly explore an area at the bottom of Lake Michigan,
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where Kevin believes
a large portion
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of stolen Confederate gold
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was deliberately dumped
back in the late 1800s...
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This is Brian Abbott.
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...Kevin has arranged
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for underwater imaging expert
Brian Abbott
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to conduct additional
sonar scans of the area.
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If additional search sites
can be identified,
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Kevin might still
have time to amend
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his permits to include them.
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Al, myself and Brad
are gonna be down in Georgia.
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Uh, we got some terrific leads
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-to follow down there.
-All right.
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So with Darren coming aboard--
Darren is just as good
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a diver as Al and I,
so he's gonna take our place.
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-Sure.
-We're gonna really ramp up
the search.
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-Okay.
-I've got a map here,
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and what I'd like to do
is outline
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where I think we need
to start searching.
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We've covered a lot
of this area to the south.
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If we can focus
a little bit more north,
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and really scour that.
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-Really scour it hard.
-Gotcha.
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-Yeah.
-KEVIN:
If you guys come up
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with an interesting target--
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-Brian, it's gonna
kind of be up to you.
-Yeah.
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If you see a target you feel
they need to dive on,
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-put those guys in the water.
-All right. Will do.
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Jeff, you'll do the video,
but we take our lead from Brian.
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-Yep.
-Fred, you're gonna keep
an eye on these guys.
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-I'll keep them alive.
-Just do what
you've always done.
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-It'll be done.
-Good.
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I think if we can find
multiple sites of interest
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to present to the state,
that would be huge.
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-Yeah.
-Yeah, for sure.
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All right. Well, guys,
I got to get down to Georgia.
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We got a lot of work
to do down there.
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DARREN:
Have a safe trip.
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KEVIN:
Isn't it great
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-to be back in Georgia again?
-Sure is.
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NARRATOR: Having traveled
more than 900 miles southeast
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from Muskegon, Michigan,
Kevin Dykstra,
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along with his brother Al,
Brad Richards
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and metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,
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arrive in Washington, Georgia
to search for evidence
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of Confederate treasure
that could still be found
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on the historic
Chennault Plantation.
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And joining the team
for this trip is Alex Lagina,
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the son of Kevin's investor,
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Oak Island treasure hunter,
Marty Lagina.
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So, this is maybe
a separate cache of gold?
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BRAD: Yeah. There were
six wagons full of gold
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that went with Jefferson Davis.
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This is unrelated to that.
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Yeah, this-this
is totally separate,
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and I think what we're
looking at here
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is one other example
of Confederate gold
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that traveled
all over the South.
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Right.
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NARRATOR:
If Kevin can find evidence
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of Confederate treasure
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on what was once
the plantation grounds,
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it could further
support his theory
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that Jefferson Davis
had a large amount of gold,
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silver, and jewelry with him
at the time of his arrest.
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You know, to be searching
for the gold
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at the bottom of Lake Michigan
for eight years
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is exciting in its own right.
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Cool property up here.
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KEVIN: But to find out that
there's other caches of gold
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that were moving
around the South is huge.
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You know, history records
that there was wagons of gold.
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There was also some jewelry.
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If we can find some of that,
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it definitely means
we're on the right track.
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How big of an area
are we looking?
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The Chennault Plantation
was over 1,000 acres
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and a fellow by the name
of Dan O'Leary
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owns 300 of those
original acres.
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So we have permission to go
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where the-the wagons
of gold were.
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But he's also given us
permission to use a backhoe
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-if we need to dig further.
-Wow.
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NARRATOR:
Because the historic
Chennault mansion
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is undergoing
a major renovation...
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KEVIN: Oh! Here they are
right here, guys.
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-Yeah.
-NARRATOR:
...Kevin and his team
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have chosen to focus
their search
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on a 300-acre area
of the plantation property
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where they believe the incident
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involving the Confederate gold
originally took place.
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Nice to meet you, Dan.
I'm Alex.
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Hey, Alex.
Good to see you. Yes, sir.
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KEVIN:
This is amazing.
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So how long have you
been researching
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this property, Bob?
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Uh, I've been hearing
about this whole business
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with the gold robbery
all my life,
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and about ten years ago,
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I did some more research on it,
and wrote a book about it.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Bob Young is the former mayor
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of Augusta, Georgia
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and the author of
The Treasure Train,
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a historical novel detailing
a number of Civil War events
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including the infamous
Chennault Plantation robbery.
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Now this road that you drove
down to get down here to us,
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that was a main superhighway
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for troops coming back
at the end of the war.
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There was a tremendous
amount of traffic,
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ex-Confederate soldiers
trying to get home,
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and so there were
a lot of troops
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that were hanging
around this area.
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Around Eastertime,
April of 1865,
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the Union forces
were pressing on Richmond.
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And so the banks pooled
their gold and silver reserves
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to escape the advancing
Union troops,
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about $450,000 worth all total.
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Interesting.
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BOB:
Then on May 24th,
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a train of five wagons
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with a light escort
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and the clerks
from the bank came up
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what we know now
as Graball Road,
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and they camped
for the night up here,
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and that's when it was robbed.
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And everybody who got something
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in the robbery would've fled
by way of Graball Road.
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And that's why this is named
Graball Road, out here,
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because they were grabbing
all that they could.
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Mm-hmm.
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And, it sounds like
it was all gold coins.
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It was a mix of gold and silver
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and the jewelry that was
collected from the people
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across the Confederacy
to support the war effort.
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Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Because the robbery
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on the plantation was committed in the middle of the night,
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and not all the gold
and treasure was recovered
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after the robbery,
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there are many
who believe that portions
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of the Confederate gold
might still be found
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on the Chennault property.
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It is a theory that gained
further credibility
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after Kevin's meeting
with Chennault descendant
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Carlene Ingram.
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Al and I met with
a direct descendent
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from the Chennault Plantation
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and she gave us a story
about some gold
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being found by one of her
forefathers in a creek.
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BOTH:
Mm-hmm.
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AL: Now, we were told they
are still finding gold coins
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around here. Have you,
have you heard of that?
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That's an excellent question.
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-It's very possible.
-Mm-hmm.
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It's possible that there's
money placed in many places.
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So it could be on the ground
or it could be with the looters?
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It could be.
Let me give you the numbers.
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Okay, th-th-there
was $450,000 total,
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$159,000 was not taken.
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-Wow.
-$111,000 was recovered.
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$40,000 on the ground
and $70,000 from robbers.
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So that leaves unaccounted,
$179,000.
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-Oh, man.
-[laughter]
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You know, I believe Carlene's
story is totally legit.
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We'll do a thorough search
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of the property
and we'll find out.
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Are there any creeks
on your property?
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As a matter of fact,
one is just right back here,
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which would be
extremely close to
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where I think
Graball Road would've gone.
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Gary, I think that
might be a place...
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Yeah, puts a whole new meaning
to the words "river bank."
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-[laughter]
-DAN: I like the way you think.
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Oh, yeah.
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You know, I've got a couple
of aerial photographs and maps
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that might be really helpful
if you'd like
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-to take a look at 'em.
-Yeah, I think we should.
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Okay, sure.
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Take a look at this aerial here.
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This is the old
Chennault Plantation,
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-just directly
across the street.
-Mm-hmm.
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And it looks as though
Graball Road
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probably went along
that area there.
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ALEX:
Yeah, it definitely does.
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The existing creek actually
crosses Graball Road.
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You know, somewhere
in this area here,
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the creek and old
Graball Road intersect.
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I think we need to get up
on that Graball Road.
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I think we need
to break up into teams,
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and we'll just kind of work
towards each other.
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-Cool.
-Does that sound like a plan?
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-Yeah.
-Sounds like a plan.
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That sounds great.
Well, good luck.
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-Happy hunting.
-OTHERS: Thank you.
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-Thanks, guys.
-Thanks again.
-See you later, guys.
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KEVIN: All of the stories
that we've heard about gold
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being spilled
at the Chennault Plantation
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happened on Graball Road.
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I think we have the best chance for success in that creek
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that Carlene's
great-great-grandfather
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found the gold in.
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Well, I think, um,
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you know, right here is where
Graball Road come down.
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-Yeah.
-What do you think, Gary?
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This road going down here,
this is the prime area to me.
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Why don't, um, you and Alex
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start metal detecting
up this way,
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and then the rest of us
will head down and approach it
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from the other end.
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Let's get some tools out
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and let's get this process
underway.
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00:17:02,978 --> 00:17:04,458
-Okay.
-About time.
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00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:07,896
-Anticipation's been
killing me here.
-Grab a shovel.
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00:17:07,939 --> 00:17:10,029
-All right. Let's get started.
-All right. Let's do it, man.
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NARRATOR:
While Brad and Alex
begin searching
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along the old Graball Road,
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Kevin, Al and Gary
look for the creek bed where,
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according to Carlene Ingram,
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lost Confederate gold and
silver may still lie buried.
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Oh, look at that erosion
down there.
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You can see where the water's
been filling up in this creek
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and it's eroded the banks.
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Any gold hidden in the banks,
in this we're gonna find it.
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So should we check
this spot out?
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-Yeah.
-Let's do that.
You lead the way.
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I'll stay up here
and watch out for snakes.
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AL:
All right.
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Oh, now you remind us
of the snakes.
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We'll know if he sees one
'cause he'll scream.
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Fantastic erosion. This is
a great place to hide stuff.
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Mm-hmm.
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NARRATOR:
If Kevin and his team
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can find physical evidence
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of stolen Confederate treasure
on the Chennault property,
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it will validate his theory
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that lost Civil War gold
and silver might be found
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not only in Michigan,
but at numerous locations.
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00:18:18,575 --> 00:18:21,100
The gold at the bottom
of Lake Michigan, in my opinion,
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is by no means all of the gold.
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It's a small portion of a much
larger cache of gold
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I think that's scattered
around the country.
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-[metal detector whirring]
-I mean, look at this.
436
00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:33,416
I mean, this puts you
back in the day,
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00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:35,810
'cause if you was running
with gold in your pockets,
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this is the type of place
you'd hide it,
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00:18:37,855 --> 00:18:39,553
-in amongst all
the roots and stuff.
-Absolutely.
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00:18:39,596 --> 00:18:42,033
This is the place
I think we're gonna find it.
441
00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:48,431
That's a tough one to tell
what it is, mate.
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00:18:48,475 --> 00:18:50,868
-[metal detector whirring]
-How deep?
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It's only, uh, three inches.
444
00:18:54,742 --> 00:18:56,918
You're right,
it is rocky, ain't it?
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00:18:56,961 --> 00:18:58,267
Mm. It is!
446
00:18:58,311 --> 00:19:00,182
Would it be on top of the rock
or under it?
447
00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:02,010
It'll be on top of the rock.
448
00:19:02,053 --> 00:19:04,404
That's a good thing that
the rocks are trapping targets.
449
00:19:04,447 --> 00:19:06,101
They're a natural barrier,
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they stop things
from sinking further.
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00:19:11,715 --> 00:19:15,415
-Is that...?
-Whoa!
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-Oh, look at that.
-GARY: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Just outside
of Washington, Georgia,
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on land that was once part
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of the historic
Chennault Plantation...
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Whoa!
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NARRATOR:
...Kevin and Al Dykstra,
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along with metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,
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are carefully searching
an old creek bed.
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They are hoping
to find physical evidence
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of a 150-year-old robbery
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involving gold,
silver and jewelry
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that had once been part
of the Confederate treasury.
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That's old, mate.
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I think this might be part
of a thrown horseshoe.
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00:19:56,238 --> 00:19:59,154
I'm pretty certain that this is
a horseshoe. Take a look here.
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00:20:02,157 --> 00:20:03,767
Oh, yeah, nail hole.
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00:20:03,811 --> 00:20:06,292
GARY:
Oh, you can see all the holes.
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00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:09,425
This is definitely a horseshoe,
and-and this is an old one,
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and it's interesting because
it is, it's totally wore out.
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00:20:11,427 --> 00:20:13,037
AL:
Yup.
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A farmer who's using his animals
would never let that shoe
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wear down that far,it would do damage to the horse
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or the mule's foot.
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00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:21,437
So, the fact that this is
just totally wore out
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said this-this animal had been
travelling a long time.
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00:20:24,571 --> 00:20:28,052
You know, with Bob saying that
this was the road they believe
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the gold travelled on, and us
finding a definite horseshoe,
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we're on the right track,
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00:20:33,319 --> 00:20:34,755
but let's keep checking here,
all right?
481
00:20:34,798 --> 00:20:36,974
Yeah, there might
be more in there.
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NARRATOR: As Kevin and his team continue to search
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the Chennault Plantation area
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for evidence of lost
Confederate treasure,
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Kevin's brother Darren,
486
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:49,509
along with fellow
treasure hunters
487
00:20:49,552 --> 00:20:52,033
Jeff Zehr
and Frederick J. Monroe,
488
00:20:52,076 --> 00:20:54,383
meet with boat captain
Matt Mervau
489
00:20:54,427 --> 00:20:56,994
and underwater imaging expert
Brian Abbott
490
00:20:57,038 --> 00:20:59,040
back in Frankfort, Michigan.
491
00:20:59,083 --> 00:21:01,912
JEFF: We got some smaller things
on the side-scan here.
492
00:21:01,956 --> 00:21:04,306
FRED: So we'll probably circle
around and double-check that.
493
00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:08,528
NARRATOR:
As before, the team is
searching for the remains
494
00:21:08,571 --> 00:21:12,183
of a boxcar that, according to
Kevin's research,
495
00:21:12,227 --> 00:21:14,577
was filled with
millions of dollars
496
00:21:14,621 --> 00:21:18,189
in stolen Confederate gold
and on its way west to Utah
497
00:21:18,233 --> 00:21:21,105
when,
sometime in the late 1800s,
498
00:21:21,149 --> 00:21:23,499
it was deliberately pushed
off a ferryboat
499
00:21:23,543 --> 00:21:25,936
and sent crashing to the bottom of the lake.
500
00:21:28,199 --> 00:21:31,681
Although they have already
identified two possible
501
00:21:31,725 --> 00:21:34,989
dive sites, and have applied
to the state for the permits
502
00:21:35,032 --> 00:21:37,426
that will allow the areas
to be investigated,
503
00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:40,516
the team is hoping to find
additional places
504
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,431
where the gold might be.
505
00:21:43,911 --> 00:21:46,043
Ah, we got something right here.
506
00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:49,656
Left-hand side.
507
00:21:49,699 --> 00:21:51,701
BRIAN:
That's a nice target.
That's interesting.
508
00:21:52,876 --> 00:21:54,443
FRED:
What do you think it is, Brian?
509
00:21:54,487 --> 00:21:55,662
BRIAN:
I don't know,
but it's a good target.
510
00:21:55,705 --> 00:21:57,098
FRED:
It is a good target.
511
00:21:57,141 --> 00:22:00,101
Yeah. So let's get ready
to deploy the sonar,
512
00:22:00,144 --> 00:22:02,277
-if you can hold position here.
-We can do that.
513
00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:03,757
See, that's when it
gets exciting now.
514
00:22:06,803 --> 00:22:09,763
NARRATOR:
Having located a promising
object on the lake bottom,
515
00:22:09,806 --> 00:22:16,030
the team deploys the MS1000
sector scanning sonar device,
516
00:22:16,073 --> 00:22:20,556
which can generate a 360-degree three-dimensional map
517
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,993
of underwater environments.
518
00:22:23,037 --> 00:22:27,998
BRIAN:
20 feet. 40 feet.
519
00:22:31,175 --> 00:22:33,047
Okay, we're on bottom.
520
00:22:33,090 --> 00:22:34,831
If we can put engines
in neutral.
521
00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:36,093
MATT:
Neutral.
522
00:22:36,137 --> 00:22:38,182
BRIAN:
And I'll start scanning.
523
00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:46,582
-JEFF:
Got an image yet, Brian?
-BRIAN: Yeah.
524
00:22:46,626 --> 00:22:49,193
-Keep an eye on this.
-Yep.
525
00:22:49,237 --> 00:22:51,108
[clicking rapidly]
526
00:22:53,154 --> 00:22:56,723
BRIAN:
Wow, this is phenomenal, guys.
527
00:22:56,766 --> 00:22:58,855
I'm getting full range
out there.
528
00:22:58,899 --> 00:23:03,469
It may be nothing, but it's got
some stuff kind of spread out.
529
00:23:03,512 --> 00:23:08,387
We do have a target over here.
Not sure what it is.
530
00:23:08,430 --> 00:23:11,172
Could you give us
some dimensions on that?
531
00:23:11,215 --> 00:23:12,695
I don't think I can be exact.
532
00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:16,220
It's a little over
six inches in height.
533
00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:17,439
Roughly, about a foot long.
534
00:23:17,483 --> 00:23:18,875
-JEFF: Is that right?
-Yeah.
535
00:23:18,919 --> 00:23:21,400
They're six inches wide,
536
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:24,707
a foot long; that sounds to me
like a gold bar.
537
00:23:24,751 --> 00:23:27,710
JEFF:
It's time to go down and see
if that's real gold.
538
00:23:27,754 --> 00:23:29,190
We need to dive on this.
539
00:23:29,233 --> 00:23:30,147
FRED:
What are you waiting for?
540
00:23:30,191 --> 00:23:31,584
Heck yeah, let's do it.
541
00:23:31,627 --> 00:23:33,281
JEFF:
I can't tell you
542
00:23:33,324 --> 00:23:35,239
how anxious I am
to get underwater again.
543
00:23:35,283 --> 00:23:37,024
To actually know that
there's a possibility
544
00:23:37,067 --> 00:23:38,721
that we're gonna see
bars of gold.
545
00:23:38,765 --> 00:23:40,680
It's hard to keep me
out of the water.
546
00:23:40,723 --> 00:23:43,770
We're gonna look for
what we saw on the sonar,
547
00:23:43,813 --> 00:23:45,162
because we know the sand
could have covered up
548
00:23:45,206 --> 00:23:46,990
-all kinds of stuff.
-Cool.
549
00:23:47,034 --> 00:23:49,079
-All right, you ready to go?
-Ready, willing and able.
550
00:23:57,479 --> 00:23:59,133
Yep, right here.
551
00:23:59,176 --> 00:24:00,526
So, everything else looks good.
552
00:24:03,529 --> 00:24:05,139
BRIAN:
Diver in the water.
553
00:24:06,357 --> 00:24:08,708
Okay, diver two in the water.
554
00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:16,324
Jeff, let me know when
you guys are on the bottom.
555
00:24:19,675 --> 00:24:23,026
Go west 25 feet.
556
00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,922
What type of debris
do you see?
557
00:24:57,104 --> 00:24:59,236
NARRATOR:
A gold bar?
558
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,370
Is it possible that Darren
and Jeff have located
559
00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:05,852
a second debris field,
one that contains the remains
560
00:25:05,895 --> 00:25:09,290
of a 19th-century boxcar
that was once carrying
561
00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:12,032
stolen Civil War gold?
562
00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:13,947
Is it gold or what?
563
00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:23,304
NARRATOR:
Although the sediment-covered
object
564
00:25:23,347 --> 00:25:25,567
appears to be the right
size and shape
565
00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:27,613
of a possible gold bar,
566
00:25:27,656 --> 00:25:31,442
without a government permit,
Jeff and Darren are prohibited
567
00:25:31,486 --> 00:25:33,575
by Michigan law from digging,
568
00:25:33,619 --> 00:25:38,537
picking up, or even touching
anything on the lake bottom.
569
00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,017
JEFF:
That could have been a bar
of gold, but you never know
570
00:25:41,061 --> 00:25:42,802
until you actually see
what's down there.
571
00:25:42,845 --> 00:25:44,717
We have targets to check off,
572
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,457
and right now,
we're gonna continue searching
573
00:25:46,501 --> 00:25:50,331
this big area till we just
have to call the dive.
574
00:25:50,374 --> 00:25:53,073
We need an air check, gentlemen.
575
00:25:53,116 --> 00:25:55,379
What is the PSI in your tanks?
576
00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:01,777
-Okay.
-Thank you, gentlemen.
577
00:26:01,821 --> 00:26:04,258
I'm gonna call it
in about two minutes.
578
00:26:04,301 --> 00:26:06,695
Jeff, you have
a two-minute notice.
579
00:26:39,946 --> 00:26:41,208
NARRATOR:
While searching for a fortune
580
00:26:41,251 --> 00:26:43,123
in stolen Confederate gold
581
00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:45,342
at the bottom of Lake Michigan,
582
00:26:45,386 --> 00:26:47,954
Jeff Zehr and Darren Dykstra
may have just made
583
00:26:47,997 --> 00:26:49,390
an incredible discovery.
584
00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:52,175
Gold bar.
585
00:26:52,219 --> 00:26:53,220
We'll give 'em a couple
extra minutes.
586
00:26:53,263 --> 00:26:55,744
-Uh, we'll see.
-[laughs]
587
00:26:55,788 --> 00:26:58,791
Have you found the object
you were looking for?
588
00:27:06,494 --> 00:27:08,278
They're going through their air
pretty quick.
589
00:27:08,322 --> 00:27:10,454
They've been in a little over
17 minutes.
590
00:27:10,498 --> 00:27:12,718
Time to quit playing.
I'm gonna call it.
591
00:27:12,761 --> 00:27:14,981
All right, gentlemen,
showtime's over.
592
00:27:15,024 --> 00:27:16,243
Start your ascent.
593
00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:21,248
Head back to the anchor rope.
Do you copy?
594
00:27:24,033 --> 00:27:25,992
NARRATOR: Although
they would like more time
595
00:27:26,035 --> 00:27:27,950
to examine the area,
596
00:27:27,994 --> 00:27:30,692
Jeff and Darren's air supply is
nearly exhausted.
597
00:27:32,128 --> 00:27:34,522
Copy that.
598
00:27:34,565 --> 00:27:37,264
NARRATOR:
They must return
to the surface immediately.
599
00:27:39,483 --> 00:27:42,138
-MATT: Two divers up.
-Two divers up.
600
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,841
BRIAN:
Diver all right? Okay.
601
00:27:52,975 --> 00:27:56,413
BRIAN:
Good job. Tell me about it.
602
00:27:56,457 --> 00:27:57,632
You mentioned a debris field.
603
00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,982
What was the context of that?
604
00:28:00,026 --> 00:28:02,376
Well, the very first objects
we got to,
605
00:28:02,419 --> 00:28:04,334
I still couldn't tell you
what it was made out of.
606
00:28:04,378 --> 00:28:06,467
-All right.
-And then I saw two things
607
00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:09,035
that were lipped up,
and they looked like--
608
00:28:09,078 --> 00:28:11,515
They really looked like they
could have been a gold bar.
609
00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:13,213
-Okay.
-And, uh, one of them was
610
00:28:13,256 --> 00:28:14,823
definitely brick-shaped.
611
00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:16,303
It was definitely curious
when we went up to it.
612
00:28:16,346 --> 00:28:18,653
I-I was hoping it was
a gold brick,
613
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:20,524
-because it was,
like, that size.
-Yeah. Yeah.
614
00:28:20,568 --> 00:28:23,571
JEFF:
And, uh, we'll see how
the video comes out.
615
00:28:23,614 --> 00:28:25,442
Boy, that sometimes
shows things that I
616
00:28:25,486 --> 00:28:27,009
may have missed seeing or...
617
00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:29,185
-Right, a camera will.
-Yeah.
618
00:28:29,229 --> 00:28:31,013
Much more to look at.
Much more to look at.
619
00:28:31,057 --> 00:28:34,234
All right, well,
let's get you on deck here.
620
00:28:34,277 --> 00:28:36,018
JEFF:
So Darren and I had
a great dive
621
00:28:36,062 --> 00:28:38,238
in terms of just seeing
what's down there.
622
00:28:38,281 --> 00:28:40,719
So we're gonna go back
to that area again.
623
00:28:40,762 --> 00:28:42,590
And right now,
we can at least
624
00:28:42,633 --> 00:28:44,679
take a shot at getting
the sector scan out
625
00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:47,116
-and getting some more reads.
-Let's pull the buoy.
626
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,336
JEFF:
We need to get as many
targets as possible
627
00:28:49,379 --> 00:28:52,034
before Kevin comes back home.
628
00:28:52,078 --> 00:28:53,819
So, we just finished
the north side.
629
00:28:53,862 --> 00:28:55,821
We did get some good data
I can add to the mosaic
630
00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:58,649
that we've already started
to build out here.
631
00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:01,696
Let's move to the south side,
and we'll work our way south
632
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,916
-and see what targets
we can pick up.
-Okay.
633
00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:07,615
NARRATOR: While the team
finishes up their work
634
00:29:07,658 --> 00:29:10,792
on Lake Michigan,
635
00:29:10,836 --> 00:29:15,884
Kevin Dykstra, his brother Al,
and Gary Drayton continue
636
00:29:15,928 --> 00:29:18,060
searching the grounds of the
historic Chennault Plantation
637
00:29:18,104 --> 00:29:20,410
in Washington, Georgia.
638
00:29:24,501 --> 00:29:26,199
-Ooh, look at that one.
-Good one.
639
00:29:26,242 --> 00:29:27,983
-KEVIN: Square nail, yeah?
-AL: Yeah.
640
00:29:28,027 --> 00:29:30,464
Yeah, this is called a cut nail.
641
00:29:30,507 --> 00:29:32,379
This is typical late 1800s.
642
00:29:32,422 --> 00:29:34,729
It could have been used
in construction.
643
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,949
-On a wagon.
-Yeah, could have been a wagon.
644
00:29:36,992 --> 00:29:38,689
Maybe an old bridge that might
have been here at one time.
645
00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:40,082
Could have been just
about anything.
646
00:29:40,126 --> 00:29:41,388
You know what, guys,
647
00:29:41,431 --> 00:29:43,390
I think we need to get
the backhoe in here.
648
00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:45,958
-It'd be a a whole lot faster
than doing it this way.
-AL: Yeah, I agree.
649
00:29:46,001 --> 00:29:47,786
GARY:
It's easier to take
a bucket out, you're right.
650
00:29:47,829 --> 00:29:49,744
KEVIN:
For sure. I'm gonna go
grab the backhoe.
651
00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,050
-All right, mate.
-Excellent.
652
00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:54,923
[metal detector beeping]
653
00:29:57,273 --> 00:29:58,579
GARY:
This is a good little area.
654
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,545
[device whining]
655
00:30:08,589 --> 00:30:10,504
-AL: What'd you get?
-GARY: I got a ring!
656
00:30:10,547 --> 00:30:12,158
Oh, yes! That's awesome.
657
00:30:12,201 --> 00:30:13,289
I got a ring, mate.
I got a ring.
658
00:30:13,333 --> 00:30:15,770
Let me see.
659
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:16,858
No way.
660
00:30:16,902 --> 00:30:18,686
GARY:
It is a ring.
661
00:30:18,729 --> 00:30:20,427
That is a silver ring,
662
00:30:20,470 --> 00:30:23,169
-and that looks like
an oldie as well.
-Wow.
663
00:30:23,212 --> 00:30:24,997
Looks like an old design.
664
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,086
NARRATOR:
A ring?
665
00:30:27,129 --> 00:30:30,611
Could it be one of the pieces
of jewelry that was reportedly
666
00:30:30,654 --> 00:30:32,874
part of the Confederate
treasury,
667
00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:36,356
of which a portion had been
confiscated by Union troops
668
00:30:36,399 --> 00:30:39,489
before being stolen by rebels
on this same property
669
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:42,014
back in 1865?
670
00:30:42,057 --> 00:30:45,452
-GARY: Kev's gonna lose it.
-AL: Oh, he's gonna freak.
671
00:30:45,495 --> 00:30:47,976
AL:
Hey, Kev.
672
00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:49,369
You've got to come
and see this, mate.
673
00:30:49,412 --> 00:30:52,589
-What is it?
-You won't believe it.
674
00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:55,114
-Oh, this is big.
-No.
675
00:30:55,157 --> 00:30:57,029
It's not gold, but it's
the next best thing.
676
00:30:57,072 --> 00:30:58,726
Put your hand out, mate.
677
00:31:00,989 --> 00:31:02,425
AL:
Silver.
678
00:31:02,469 --> 00:31:04,253
-Silver ring.
-GARY: Silver ring.
679
00:31:06,212 --> 00:31:07,735
-Man.
-Yep.
680
00:31:07,778 --> 00:31:09,302
And by that pattern--
681
00:31:09,345 --> 00:31:11,478
and that is from the day;
that's period.
682
00:31:15,699 --> 00:31:17,266
AL:
That's a find.
That's a good one, ain't it?
683
00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:19,355
-That's a top-pocket find.
-It really is.
684
00:31:19,399 --> 00:31:20,835
-Yep.
-KEVIN: So, to actually
685
00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,707
find silver, to find a ring
686
00:31:23,751 --> 00:31:25,361
in that creek was huge.
687
00:31:25,405 --> 00:31:27,494
It definitely showed
we're on the right track.
688
00:31:27,537 --> 00:31:30,279
You know, right now, I'll
settle for any kind of proof.
689
00:31:30,323 --> 00:31:33,761
Proof for Marty,
and proof for my team.
690
00:31:33,804 --> 00:31:35,284
He's still getting
readings in here.
691
00:31:35,328 --> 00:31:36,938
Yeah, there's still
a lot of metal in here.
692
00:31:36,982 --> 00:31:38,548
KEVIN:
We're fighting this water.
I mean,
693
00:31:38,592 --> 00:31:40,942
if we can get the water stopped
for just a brief period
694
00:31:40,986 --> 00:31:42,639
and I can bail
some of this water out,
695
00:31:42,683 --> 00:31:44,554
then we're looking
at the ground underneath.
696
00:31:44,598 --> 00:31:47,383
And I, and I feel like we could
be uncovering gold coins
697
00:31:47,427 --> 00:31:49,385
under the water,
we just can't see them.
698
00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,866
-Sure.
-So, if we dam the creek up
for just a minute,
699
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:53,650
we'll clear this out
and we'll see what's down there.
700
00:31:53,694 --> 00:31:55,696
-Good idea. Good thinking.
-I'm gonna set this back.
701
00:31:55,739 --> 00:31:57,306
-I'm going to jump back
in the excavator.
-Okay, mate.
702
00:32:01,223 --> 00:32:02,833
There could be stuff
in this as well, in the bank.
703
00:32:02,877 --> 00:32:04,139
-Yeah, in the bank?
-Easily.
704
00:32:04,183 --> 00:32:06,272
-This is a crossing.
-Yep.
705
00:32:06,315 --> 00:32:08,752
NARRATOR:
Using the backhoe
to dam up the creek,
706
00:32:08,796 --> 00:32:11,059
Kevin and his team
will be able to create
707
00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:13,235
a relatively dry search area.
708
00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:14,715
GARY:
I'm telling you, Al,
we're gonna find
709
00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:16,847
-some really good stuff in here.
-Yeah.
710
00:32:18,414 --> 00:32:20,242
NARRATOR:
As Kevin continues
711
00:32:20,286 --> 00:32:23,985
damming up the creek,
Brad Richards and Alex Lagina
712
00:32:24,029 --> 00:32:27,597
are metal-detecting the area
around old Graball Road...
713
00:32:27,641 --> 00:32:29,686
-All right, Alex,
let's make this thing sing.
-Yep.
714
00:32:29,730 --> 00:32:31,601
...which,
according to Bob Young,
715
00:32:31,645 --> 00:32:34,039
might be littered with remnants of Confederate treasure
716
00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:36,432
that was dropped by thieves
when they raided
717
00:32:36,476 --> 00:32:39,783
the Chennault Plantation
in 1865.
718
00:32:39,827 --> 00:32:41,568
[beeping]
719
00:32:41,611 --> 00:32:44,005
-That's all reading as iron.
-Okay.
720
00:32:44,049 --> 00:32:46,138
ALEX:
We are basically
721
00:32:46,181 --> 00:32:49,271
ten feet off of Graball Road
as we're searching this area.
722
00:32:49,315 --> 00:32:51,230
Kind of fits the story.
723
00:32:51,273 --> 00:32:53,058
It's just about within sight
of the plantation.
724
00:32:54,407 --> 00:32:56,278
[beeping]
725
00:32:56,322 --> 00:32:58,063
Right there.
726
00:33:05,244 --> 00:33:06,767
Still in there.
727
00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:18,997
It's out now.
728
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:19,998
What is it?
729
00:33:21,782 --> 00:33:23,958
What is that?
730
00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,786
BRAD:
I've never seen
anything like it.
731
00:33:29,790 --> 00:33:31,748
That's a piece of jewelry.
It's decorated.
732
00:33:31,792 --> 00:33:34,012
Look, you can see a decorated
pattern here on the bottom.
733
00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:35,970
-Hang on, let me check.
-Have a look.
734
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,581
BRAD:
Oh, yeah. That is engraved.
735
00:33:38,625 --> 00:33:40,279
ALEX:
Mm-hmm. Let's see what Gary
thinks about that.
736
00:33:40,322 --> 00:33:41,671
-That's a good find.
-That's cool.
737
00:33:41,715 --> 00:33:43,064
Yeah, I think
we should check this area
738
00:33:43,108 --> 00:33:44,631
-a little bit more.
-Yeah.
739
00:33:44,674 --> 00:33:47,938
NARRATOR:
While Brad and Alex continue
740
00:33:47,982 --> 00:33:50,332
to search for more evidence,
741
00:33:50,376 --> 00:33:55,555
Kevin Dykstra, his brother Al and Gary Drayton
742
00:33:55,598 --> 00:33:58,645
investigate the area
where Carlene Ingram
743
00:33:58,688 --> 00:34:00,864
claimed her
great-great-grandfather
744
00:34:00,908 --> 00:34:02,866
kept finding
a number of gold coins
745
00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:05,391
for years after the Civil War.
746
00:34:05,434 --> 00:34:07,175
Yeah. Right there.
747
00:34:07,219 --> 00:34:09,177
-That's the one we wanted.
-GARY:
Yep.
748
00:34:09,221 --> 00:34:10,657
-That'll be the golden bucket.
-Yep.
749
00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:12,267
NARRATOR:
After building a dam
750
00:34:12,311 --> 00:34:14,052
to clear the water
out of a creek bed,
751
00:34:14,095 --> 00:34:17,751
Kevin now uses the backhoe
to dig up what he hopes
752
00:34:17,794 --> 00:34:21,929
could be important clues,
and possible treasure.
753
00:34:24,540 --> 00:34:26,803
Ooh, I see an horseshoe!
754
00:34:26,847 --> 00:34:29,110
-AL:
Oh, look.
-GARY: Right on top.
755
00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:31,330
That's a crossing, mate.
756
00:34:33,897 --> 00:34:36,248
-Look at that. Yeah.
-KEVIN:
That is wore out,
757
00:34:36,291 --> 00:34:38,119
-just like the other half.
I knew it.
-AL: Yeah.
758
00:34:38,163 --> 00:34:40,687
KEVIN:
And this completes
that horseshoe.
759
00:34:40,730 --> 00:34:42,645
GARY:
And I'm telling you, mate,
760
00:34:42,689 --> 00:34:44,734
this is just
a drop in the bucket.
761
00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:46,345
-Yeah.
-Yeah. We got to...
-It really is.
762
00:34:46,388 --> 00:34:47,955
-We got to keep going. Okay.
-Yeah.
763
00:34:47,998 --> 00:34:49,783
Let's see what else
we got in here.
764
00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:54,875
KEVIN:
That's a pretty low tone.
765
00:34:54,918 --> 00:34:56,659
GARY:
That sounds good.
766
00:34:56,703 --> 00:34:59,619
So hopefully there's something
good being masked,
767
00:34:59,662 --> 00:35:01,011
'cause some of this stuff
sounds good,
768
00:35:01,055 --> 00:35:03,275
and I can see it on top,
this one.
769
00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:06,756
Oh, I know what that is.
770
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,281
♪ That is Civil War.♪
771
00:35:09,324 --> 00:35:11,109
-What is it?
-It's an hanger.
772
00:35:11,152 --> 00:35:12,849
A belt hanger.
773
00:35:12,893 --> 00:35:16,375
It used to hang off
a belt or a sash.
774
00:35:16,418 --> 00:35:18,420
-AL:
Oh, that's a good find.
-Yeah, I found those
775
00:35:18,464 --> 00:35:21,423
in the southern states
all over on Civil War sites.
776
00:35:21,467 --> 00:35:24,296
That is really cool; that would
have been on a soldier
777
00:35:24,339 --> 00:35:26,341
during the Civil War.
778
00:35:26,385 --> 00:35:28,169
-No kidding.
-Yeah.
779
00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:30,258
NARRATOR:
A belt hanger?
780
00:35:30,302 --> 00:35:32,652
Could this have been worn
by one of the men
781
00:35:32,695 --> 00:35:37,744
that was involved in the rebel
attack in May of 1865?
782
00:35:37,787 --> 00:35:39,876
You know, it's funny. It seems
the deeper we're digging,
783
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,661
-the older we're getting.
-Yeah.
784
00:35:41,704 --> 00:35:44,968
Yeah, and we're getting
a wide variety of finds now.
785
00:35:45,012 --> 00:35:47,145
I'll say that's
a great little start.
786
00:35:50,060 --> 00:35:51,149
[beeping]
787
00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,677
The heck is this?
788
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:59,244
That looks like a pin.
789
00:35:59,287 --> 00:36:02,377
GARY:
Oh, I'm not sure.
790
00:36:02,421 --> 00:36:05,075
That... that's jewelry.
791
00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:07,556
Look at that.
I see stones in it.
792
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:16,217
NARRATOR:
While searching for evidence of stolen Confederate treasure,
793
00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:19,133
on property that was once part
of the Chennault Plantation,
794
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,614
Kevin Dykstra, his brother Al
795
00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:24,225
and metal detection expert
Gary Drayton,
796
00:36:24,269 --> 00:36:27,576
have just made a potentially
important discovery.
797
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:29,883
That's a little bobby-dazzler.
798
00:36:32,712 --> 00:36:36,324
AL:
It's got, uh, blue stones,
green stones.
799
00:36:36,368 --> 00:36:38,718
Emeralds on the sides, and maybe
a sapphire in the middle?
800
00:36:38,761 --> 00:36:40,241
KEVIN:
You know, there was jewelry
801
00:36:40,285 --> 00:36:43,244
missing at the
Chennault Plantation as well.
802
00:36:43,288 --> 00:36:47,857
So quite likely, this could be
some of that jewelry.
803
00:36:47,901 --> 00:36:50,599
Gary, why don't you put that
in your top pocket?
804
00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:53,123
I'm running out of pockets,
mate. That's a good sign.
805
00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:54,908
-Don't lose it.
-Two pieces of jewelry.
806
00:36:54,951 --> 00:36:57,171
-That is pretty special.
-AL:
That's a big day.
807
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:58,912
Are you good, or do you want
to take more out?
808
00:36:58,955 --> 00:37:01,480
I don't think we should take
any more out today.
809
00:37:01,523 --> 00:37:03,264
It's getting late in the day.
810
00:37:03,308 --> 00:37:05,571
That was very successful,
look at all the stuff we found.
811
00:37:05,614 --> 00:37:09,357
We found jewelry, we found
period Civil War pieces.
812
00:37:09,401 --> 00:37:11,229
Well, I think we're done
for today, mate.
813
00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:13,231
All right.
Well, I'm gonna push this back
814
00:37:13,274 --> 00:37:16,538
and we're gonna clear this creek
out so the water flows again,
815
00:37:16,582 --> 00:37:18,018
and then we'll hook up
with the other boys
816
00:37:18,061 --> 00:37:20,542
-and see what they found.
-Okay.
817
00:37:20,586 --> 00:37:24,720
NARRATOR:
Although they didn't find
gold bars or silver coins,
818
00:37:24,764 --> 00:37:26,896
Kevin and his team
819
00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:28,724
discovered enough evidence
to convince them
820
00:37:28,768 --> 00:37:32,250
that stories of the Confederate treasury being scattered
821
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:35,688
throughout the United States
could very well be true.
822
00:37:35,731 --> 00:37:38,168
-Look at all that stuff.
-[laughs]: I know.
823
00:37:38,212 --> 00:37:40,301
NARRATOR:
If so, it would mean
824
00:37:40,345 --> 00:37:42,782
that the gold bars he's hoping
to recover from the bottom
825
00:37:42,825 --> 00:37:46,786
of Lake Michigan represent
only the tip of an incredible
826
00:37:46,829 --> 00:37:49,397
multimillion-dollar iceberg.
827
00:37:49,441 --> 00:37:51,138
GARY:
And we've done fantastic.
828
00:37:51,181 --> 00:37:53,227
Ooh! That was a day.
829
00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:54,968
AL:
That was.
830
00:37:59,842 --> 00:38:02,367
NARRATOR:
The next day...
831
00:38:02,410 --> 00:38:04,543
KEVIN: This is an amazing
amount of stuff.
832
00:38:04,586 --> 00:38:07,415
...before Kevin Dykstra
and his team return
833
00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:09,896
to their home base
in Muskegon, Michigan,
834
00:38:09,939 --> 00:38:12,986
they meet once again with property owner Dan O'Leary
835
00:38:13,029 --> 00:38:16,337
and area historian Bob Young.
836
00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:20,210
They are eager share with them
their incredible finds.
837
00:38:20,254 --> 00:38:22,082
Wow.
838
00:38:22,125 --> 00:38:24,606
KEVIN:
These artifacts tell a story.
839
00:38:24,650 --> 00:38:26,782
We know that Jefferson Davis
was traveling
840
00:38:26,826 --> 00:38:29,350
with a bunch of gold and wagons,
but we also know
841
00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:31,613
there were other caches of gold.
842
00:38:31,657 --> 00:38:34,529
So we found artifacts
that lend credibility
843
00:38:34,573 --> 00:38:37,532
-to our research.
-Yeah.
844
00:38:37,576 --> 00:38:40,927
KEVIN:
When we laid all those
artifacts out for Dan and Bob
845
00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:43,799
to see on that table,
it made me feel like
846
00:38:43,843 --> 00:38:46,411
we were definitely looking
at a time capsule here.
847
00:38:46,454 --> 00:38:50,415
And all of those artifacts
only helped my theory.
848
00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:55,681
This is a silver ring
from the Civil War era.
849
00:38:55,724 --> 00:38:58,074
That is amazing.
850
00:38:58,118 --> 00:38:59,685
We got a little brooch here,
a little pin.
851
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:02,775
DAN:
Look at that.
852
00:39:02,818 --> 00:39:04,385
KEVIN:
We found silver,
853
00:39:04,429 --> 00:39:06,387
but we didn't find gold.
854
00:39:06,431 --> 00:39:09,521
Whether we ever find a piece
of gold or not, uh,
855
00:39:09,564 --> 00:39:11,740
look at all this history
that took place on our property.
856
00:39:11,784 --> 00:39:13,916
I mean, that's just so exciting.
857
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,614
I do believe
there is gold there.
858
00:39:15,657 --> 00:39:17,485
-So do I.
-I do believe that.
859
00:39:17,529 --> 00:39:19,487
KEVIN:
With the many searches
we have going on,
860
00:39:19,531 --> 00:39:21,446
we feel that there was gold
that spread
861
00:39:21,489 --> 00:39:23,883
in many different places
across the South.
862
00:39:23,926 --> 00:39:25,624
Unfortunately,
we just don't have the time
863
00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:28,235
-to dedicate more here.
-Sure.
864
00:39:28,278 --> 00:39:31,238
KEVIN:
So to have the privilege
to excavate on your property
865
00:39:31,281 --> 00:39:33,414
really pushes
this project forward.
866
00:39:33,458 --> 00:39:35,329
Well, I really appreciate
you guys coming out
867
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,722
and digging up the stories
868
00:39:36,765 --> 00:39:38,158
that we've heard
about our own property,
869
00:39:38,201 --> 00:39:40,508
but really,
you've brought it to life.
870
00:39:40,552 --> 00:39:43,250
KEVIN:
After these amazing finds
at the Chennault Plantation,
871
00:39:43,293 --> 00:39:46,906
who knows where the discoveries will come next?
872
00:39:46,949 --> 00:39:50,779
This was an amazing,
worthwhile and exciting trip,
873
00:39:50,823 --> 00:39:54,392
but I am very anxious to get
back home and look for that gold
874
00:39:54,435 --> 00:39:56,045
that's at the bottom
of Lake Michigan.
875
00:39:56,089 --> 00:39:58,831
And can you say it?
Y'all come back now.
876
00:39:58,874 --> 00:39:59,832
-[laughter]
-Y'all come back now, you hear?
877
00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:01,486
You hear?
878
00:40:01,529 --> 00:40:04,314
NARRATOR: For Kevin Dykstra and his team,
879
00:40:04,358 --> 00:40:06,926
the search
for lost Civil War gold
880
00:40:06,969 --> 00:40:09,972
has become bigger
and more challenging
881
00:40:10,016 --> 00:40:13,323
than they could have ever
previously imagined.
882
00:40:13,367 --> 00:40:16,326
What began
as a deathbed confession
883
00:40:16,370 --> 00:40:19,112
concerning a boxcar filled
with stolen gold
884
00:40:19,155 --> 00:40:22,202
has become a trail of clues,
885
00:40:22,245 --> 00:40:25,379
and a mystery begging
to be solved.
886
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,990
But what next?
887
00:40:28,034 --> 00:40:30,993
Will Kevin find millions of
dollars' worth of stolen gold
888
00:40:31,037 --> 00:40:33,518
at the bottom of Lake Michigan?
889
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:36,782
Or will the trail
lead him elsewhere,
890
00:40:36,825 --> 00:40:42,788
perhaps far out west, or to a location as yet unknown
891
00:40:42,831 --> 00:40:48,184
that is hiding not only gold,
but evidence of a conspiracy
892
00:40:48,228 --> 00:40:50,491
that, once exposed,
could rewrite...
893
00:40:50,535 --> 00:40:51,753
[gunfire]
894
00:40:51,797 --> 00:40:54,277
...history.
895
00:40:54,321 --> 00:40:57,280
Next time on
The Curse of Civil War Gold...
896
00:40:57,324 --> 00:40:59,195
BRAD:
Every property
Charles Hackley developed,
897
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:00,893
there's rumors of tunnels.
898
00:41:00,936 --> 00:41:03,504
Charles Hackley and the idea
of the Confederate gold
899
00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:05,114
was not speculation.
900
00:41:05,158 --> 00:41:06,812
Could Edwin Stanton
have been connected
901
00:41:06,855 --> 00:41:08,335
to Charles Hackley?
902
00:41:08,378 --> 00:41:10,206
It's a strong possibility.
903
00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:12,252
And Stanton was involved in
the murder of Abraham Lincoln?
904
00:41:12,295 --> 00:41:13,688
-Yes.
-Wow.
905
00:41:13,732 --> 00:41:15,168
11 feet across.
906
00:41:15,211 --> 00:41:16,648
Six feet wide.
907
00:41:16,691 --> 00:41:18,650
That's what we're looking for.
908
00:41:18,693 --> 00:41:19,825
I'm getting a bad feeling
about these waves.
909
00:41:19,868 --> 00:41:21,479
AL
Holy [bleep]!
910
00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:23,306
Aah!
911
00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,831
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