NARRATOR: Kevin Dykstra and his team--
KEVIN DYKSTRA: Hey, guys. Welcome back.
Hey, thanks. KEVIN DYKSTRA: Hey, Marty.
NARRATOR: --have scheduled a critical meeting
with Marty Lagina at his winery in Traverse City, Michigan.
They have come to show him an important piece of evidence,
evidence that could prove once and for all that everything
that was whispered 100 years ago during a lighthouse keeper's
deathbed confession was true.
When Marty sees the footage and he
sees what we see in the footage, I
think Marty will be blown away.
Bring me up to speed.
Where are we at?
All right.
Well, first off, we went down.
And we did a dive.
And we were in a debris field.
So in that area, Jeff got some video that we want to show you.
And I think you'll be really impressed--
All right.
--with what this video is.
This is in the area that we got that huge non-ferrous hit,
very strong.
And when we saw this footage, you've seen everybody
jump up out of their chair.
I like this.
I'm ready.
MARTY LAGINA: That's good video.
Yeah.
Isn't that awesome?
[beeping]
KEVIN DYKSTRA: Got down as far as we could.
We're still getting a non-ferrous hit.
But the visibility just turned to nothing.
Have you ever had that, where you're--
As soon as you get to the bottom, yes.
Yeah, just turns into muck and you can't see nothing.
That's where we were at.
OK, then we come into this area here.
Keep going.
Boom.
Right there.
Do you see what's in the corner there?
Hmm.
KEVIN DYKSTRA: And right there, we have what we believe
is a gold bar.
That does look like a metal bar, doesn't it?
Mm-hmm.
Are you saying that you didn't notice
that until you saw the video?
Until we saw the video.
If all I had was just a square object on the screen,
I might be a little skeptical.
But I have two different metal detectors
from two different people passing over that area
with that high-pitched squeal.
That can only be silver or gold.
I mean, do we have any idea of dimension?
KEVIN DYKSTRA: Well, the gold bar is about 2 and 1/4
by about 6 inches.
Looks like it has a bevel on the side.
Is that correct?
Yeah.
Because that's the most interesting feature there.
NARRATOR: Could Marty Lagina be looking at possible evidence
that Kevin Dykstra's theory is true,
that a box car filled with millions in stolen
Confederate gold was pushed off a ferry boat
more than 100 years ago and that its contents are still lying
at the bottom of Lake Michigan?
Guys, you know, I am--
I am skeptical by nature.
I know.
I think that's healthy.
I'm not convinced that that's a gold bar.
But I'll tell you what I am convinced of.
You guys have done a great job of advancing the bar.
You have not done anything that takes anything
away from your theory and a whole bunch
of stuff that advances it.
Well, I can tell you one thing you can't do.
You can't quit.
No, [laughs] we're not going to quit.
[laughter]
What do you think our next plan of attack should be?
Because we can't touch it.
This is an enormous legal question.
And I think you're going to have to have very competent advice
before you go to the next step.
You know, you're going to have to send somebody trained
in this area of the law.
I think I might be able to refer you.
You got some recommendations?
Yeah, I think so.
Yes.
Why don't you look into the technical side of what remote
sensing equipment we might be able to use that could define
this ferrous/non-ferrous thing.
You know what I mean?
If that really is a gold bar and it's Confederate gold,
this is historic.
Yeah.
To say 100% for certain that is a gold bar,
I can't accurately say that.
But I can say strongly I believe it is.
It looks like it.
Let's get some estimates, right,
see how much this stuff is going to cost, see if it's available,
and get back after it.
You know, I'm totally on board with that.
MARTY LAGINA: OK, we have a plan.
And we need to put it into effect.
And we'll keep in touch.
All right.
This thing has zeroed in.
It's gone full circle.
It started with the Michigan Cavalry that captured Jefferson
Davis, intrigue and connections to this conspiracy group,
this Mr. Hackley, right back to Confederate gold
at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
We have to go see if it's there.
KEVIN DYKSTRA: Now that we've revealed
what I believe to be that gold bar, the story just begins.
There's a huge process ahead of us that's
going to be an exciting one.
Oh, this story is far from being over.
NARRATOR: For Kevin Dykstra and his team,
a quest that began seven years ago with a deathbed confession
about a box car full of gold may soon
expose the truth behind one of the greatest
crimes in American history.
For if a small group of Union officers really did
conspire to steal millions of dollars
worth of Confederate gold, did they act on their own?
Or was it done under orders from someone
much higher up, perhaps someone who was connected to an even
greater conspiracy and whose agenda was intended to lead him
all the way to the White House?