Treasure hunters believe they have found $2million worth of gold stolen from the Confederates after the Civil War in a Lake Michigan Shipwreck.
Kevin Dykstra and Frederick J. Monroe, who have been searching for the long-lost bullions for a year, claim they have stumbled upon a 19th Century tug boat off of Frankfort, Michigan, with the cabin doors still intact.
There is also a safe on the vessel, and the pair believe there is something hidden inside, and are now trying to pry it open.
Kevin Dykstra and Frederick J. Monroe think they have discovered a boat containg $2million worth of Confederate gold stolen after the Civil War in this ship that popped up on their Sonar in Lake Michigan
In the late 1800s, boxcars were pushed into the water to lighten their cargo.
A story was then passed down through generations that the fortune was still inside one of them.
A deathbed confession George Alexander Abbott, who died in 1921, is said to have revealed the location.
The ship was said to be fully intact cabin and safe was still there.
Monroe was relayed the tale in 1972 and, 40 years later, they believe they are closer than ever to finding the fortune.
He told WZZM 13: 'I was sitting down and talking to a friend of mine, and all of the sudden he says, "Fred, you're just the person I want to see with your diving experience. My grandfather told me a story that he heard from a lighthouse keeper, who originally heard it during a deathbed confession, that there's 2 million dollars of gold bullion inside a box car that fell off a ferry into Lake Michigan".'
They were out on the water during one their searches when they saw the outline of a boat pop up on their sonar.
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The pair dove into the 37-degree water and found most of the vessel, including the ship's cabin and steering wheel, was in tact
The 70ft tugboat found in the depths would have looked similar to this vessel
Dykstra told the station: 'I was actually hovering over the bow of the ship, and when I looked down, I could see the windless very clear.
They decided to investigate and plunged into the 37-degree water.
It didn't take long to determine that it was a tug boat, and it was roughly 70 feet in length.
He added: 'I was actually hovering over the bow of the ship, and when I looked down, I could see the windless very clear.
'As I looked to the back of the cabin, there was a rear door to the cabin,' said Dykstra. 'Just to the left of the rear door was a safe.'
They believe the latest discovery may lead them closer to the lost box cars.
On board they found a safe with the doors sealed shut. They believe the fortune is stashed inside
The pair have been searching for the gold off of Frankfort, Michigan, for more than a year
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