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a can t-miss opportunity. he e-mailed me that he had found this kris. reporter: kris? kris is a muslim knife. had an ivory handle and had golden silver inlay in the sheath. i saw a picture of it. it looked great. reporter: the kris, dennis told karl, had to be worth $10,000. but he let karl have it for a mere $1,000. dennis gift, if you will, to make up for the money karl had already lost. so, karl sent the money and he sent it gratefully. then dennis e-mailed him again and said, he met some muslim rebels in the southern philippines. and they told him about a sunken ship which contained platinum bars. and if karl would send him a few thousand more, he would go after those bars and both of them would make a lot of money, certainly make up for the money karl lost and then some. already burned and battling death, karl tried to resist. but the treasure hunter proved

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part, a small fee compared to the untold riches aboard a sunken japanese hospital ship. what was it like to look down and see that wreck there, knowing what might be inside it? oh, it was i was like a kid in a candy store. reporter: as karl and other expedition investors waited, divers scoured the hospital ship wreck, they brought up artifacts, cups and dishes. but no gold. karl says he didn t care. he knew it was risky. we didn t find anything especially valuable. but all that stuff is considered artifacts. and very intriguing. i mean, this was my first shipwreck. reporter: all that mattered was he was on a real treasure hunt with a friend who lived the life karl wanted. money would have been nice but i got into it for the sense of adventure. i m like, this is what i always wanted to do. and this guy is going to make it happen here. reporter: the next summer, 1993, karl was back in the philippines with dennis. and this time they dug up

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stand standefer. stories of gold asleep in the deep, stories from central mark to the south pacific, it was a magic connection carl had been looking for since boyhood. he was fascinating. probably the most fascinating person i ever met. two years later in 1992 the treasure hunter approached carl with a plan. standefer wanted to dive in the sunken world war ii japanese hospital ship like this one in the newsreel. the hospital ship complete with crosses and all of the international insig ni abu officers of the seventh fleet smelled a rat. not only was there ammunition on this trip, but treasure, too. treasure they supposedly plundered in from southeast asia during the war. it was upwards of billions and billions of dollars. act facts? ar facts. gold bars, thousands of gold bars, tons of gold.

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dennis, about a year s salary as a part-time teacher. but treasure hunting and dennis standefer were magnets for karl. he s one of the greatest storytellers i ve ever met. i mean, you know, if a pigeon was landing on the roof, he could make it sound like the air force was coming. reporter: karl visited the philippines and dennis again in 1995. and then, two years later, when karl was on the verge of yet another trip, his father, now dying of emphysema stepped in to warn his son again. he pointed out that karl had no guarantees from standefer. no protection. he told me up front that he said, this guy is going to take you. reporter: you didn t believe him? no. reporter: your own father? you know, it s kind of a rebellious thing, i guess. reporter: karl told his father, treasure hunting isn t a world of guarantees and protection. it s about trust and friendship. and dennis, he knew, was the real thing. he wasn t just somebody that

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