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NARRATOR:
In November of 1938, civil engineer William R. Jones
became the first treasure hunter to conduct a search
of this East Mountain property after reading the account of
a local man known as Indian Joe that was published
in the Austin American. According to his testimony,
Joe personally watched as Sam Bass
and several associates buried an estimated
$80,000 in gold coins somewhere on East Mountain, a sum that would be worth
more than $2.2 million today
In November of 1938, civil engineer William R. Jones
became the first treasure hunter to conduct a search
of this East Mountain property after reading the account of
a local man known as Indian Joe that was published
in the Austin American. According to his testimony,
Joe personally watched as Sam Bass
and several associates buried an estimated
$80,000 in gold coins somewhere on East Mountain, a sum that would be worth
more than $2.2 million today
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NARRATOR:
In November of 1938,
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civil engineer William R. Jones
became the first treasure hunter
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to conduct a search
of this East Mountain property
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after reading the account of
a local man known as Indian Joe
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that was published
in the Austin American.
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According to his testimony,
Joe personally watched
00:00:22.075 --> 00:00:25.998
as Sam Bass
and several associates
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buried an estimated
$80,000 in gold coins
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somewhere on East Mountain,
00:00:31.005 --> 00:00:36.167
a sum that would be worth
more than $2.2 million today.
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Movie Summary
"Beyond Oak Island" digs deep into the many treasure quests across the globe, revealing amazing new details and clues from past searches--and in some cases, advancing the hunt.
