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>> we're going to fill the seas full of plastic. we're making more than a quarter billion tons of plastic trash annually. the planet can't absorb that. something has to give. if you don't get a hold of this now, we're going to destroy our eco-system and affecting ourselves. it's coming back to haunt us, on our dinner plate. we're eating our own trash. >> do you still eat fish? >> i don't, no, i don't. oh yea, that's coming down

>> reporter: and these are worth money? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the reason rick and his team chose this spot to dig, a few yards this way, battlefield of gettysburg. >> in this thing could speak, did anyone die? >> reporter: you may recognize this crew from the reality tv show "savage family diggers." now off the air, it captured their creative tactics, using backhoes to move the biggest find, even diving for treasure. like this haul. they say it is pirate booty. >> somebody's dinner plate. a goblet. >> piece of gold. there's a diamond. >> reporter: they pawned it for a tidedy sum. >> $11,...

Green peas as sweet as the moment when the pod went pop. >> so much better than canned, by the way. some other food companies got onboard the frozen food train, and we mean literally. >> this is the bizarre story of the intention of tv dinners. the very first tv dinner was made by swanson and consisted of a thanksgiving male of peas, sweet potatoes, corn bread stuffing and turkey with all the fixins. >> hungry man dinner. in 1962 swanson faced a foul crises. after thanksgiving, the company had 260 tons of leftover turkey. that wasn't enough refrigerated space for storage so swanson had to fill...

Canned soup. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] so good, they'll think it's homemade. try campbell's homestyle soup. m'm! m'm! good. welcome back. i'm melissa harris-perry. why did the chicken cross the pacific ocean. to get to your dinner plate. your nuggets and your patties to the u.s. for the first time. as long as the chickens are raised and slaughtered in the u.s. or canada first. okay, so that trip is about 7,000 miles each way, measuring from los angeles to hong kong, and will take at least two weeks each way by ship. without counting the time and miles the chicken takes to get from the ...

Aspire to be in this position, but it the cool just to see the hard work pay off. >> it has paid off indeed. she is reportedly made close to $5 million in winnings. but lewis also knows it's not forev forever. >> i don't know how long i'm going to be able to play golf. i just feel very lucky to be doing what i'm doing. why not enjoy it? >> i could tell you that same attitude is also driving our fit nation six pack. last week one of our team members, ray timmy, she rode a grueling 32 miles for a bike challenge in colorado. it's something she didn't think she'd be able to do. i watched her impro...