1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,417 NARRATOR: Tonight on 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:05,167 PETER ROMKEY: What if somebody was trying 3 00:00:05,250 --> 00:00:07,167 to hide the evidence of underground digging? 4 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:09,083 Best place to put it would be in the middle of a wall. 5 00:00:09,208 --> 00:00:11,875 -Rod's dropped. -Here we go, Marty. -Here we go. 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,167 We've got to be close to a tunnel or chamber. 7 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:16,125 -Drill's going in now. -RON: Hold it. 8 00:00:16,208 --> 00:00:17,458 BRANDON VANDERHOOFT: They hit something at 11 feet. 9 00:00:17,583 --> 00:00:19,458 That could be where the treasure's hiding. 10 00:00:19,542 --> 00:00:21,125 -I detected gold. -TERRY: Wow! -MARTY: Wow! 11 00:00:21,250 --> 00:00:23,458 -100%? -Yeah. -This is huge. 12 00:00:23,542 --> 00:00:27,125 -Well, there you go, guys! -Yay. -(laughing) 13 00:00:30,917 --> 00:00:34,167 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:34,292 --> 00:00:37,042 where people have been looking for 15 00:00:37,167 --> 00:00:41,042 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,083 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it... 18 00:00:47,542 --> 00:00:50,500 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:50,667 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 20 00:00:55,167 --> 00:00:56,167 to the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,042 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:02,000 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:02,125 --> 00:01:07,042 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:22,208 --> 00:01:23,333 -ALEX: Hey, Brandon! -RICK: There he is. 27 00:01:23,458 --> 00:01:24,833 BRANDON V.: Morning, Alex, Rick. 28 00:01:24,958 --> 00:01:26,250 -How're you doing? -How's it going? 29 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,000 Perfect timing. We're just getting started 30 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:30,000 -with the probe drill. -Okey-doke. -Cool. 31 00:01:30,125 --> 00:01:33,667 NARRATOR: Every new day on Oak Island begins with hope 32 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:35,833 and excitement for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 33 00:01:35,958 --> 00:01:40,000 their partner Craig Tester and the rest of their team. 34 00:01:40,167 --> 00:01:42,417 RON: Coming down slow. 35 00:01:45,083 --> 00:01:48,375 RODNEY MACIVER: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Right there. 36 00:01:49,667 --> 00:01:52,750 NARRATOR: However, today has been especially anticipated 37 00:01:52,875 --> 00:01:56,333 as it marks the beginning of a new probe-drilling operation 38 00:01:56,458 --> 00:01:58,750 that will be conducted from within the Garden Shaft 39 00:01:58,875 --> 00:02:02,333 by representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 40 00:02:02,458 --> 00:02:06,333 in order to look for valuables just outside the structure. 41 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:09,167 This dilapidated 80-foot-deep shaft-- 42 00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:12,625 which is currently being refurbished by Dumas-- 43 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:15,333 has not only yielded high-trace evidence of gold 44 00:02:15,417 --> 00:02:17,375 through water testing, 45 00:02:17,542 --> 00:02:19,667 but may also set within mere feet 46 00:02:19,833 --> 00:02:22,333 of a possible treasure chamber connected 47 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:24,333 to the original Money Pit. 48 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:26,667 MARTY: It's exciting. 49 00:02:26,792 --> 00:02:30,167 I'm hoping for something very substantial in the Garden Shaft. 50 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:34,250 This is where the treasure hunt actually begins. 51 00:02:34,375 --> 00:02:36,792 So, Brandon, this is 55 feet, right? 52 00:02:36,875 --> 00:02:39,125 -Yes, sir. -So, close to that depth 53 00:02:39,208 --> 00:02:42,167 when we were drilling, we hit a void in this area. 54 00:02:42,292 --> 00:02:44,208 -So, just a heads-up. -Wow. Heads-up? 55 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:46,000 Surprise, surprise, man. 56 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:47,750 Surprise, surprise. 57 00:02:47,875 --> 00:02:50,375 How much you think we're missing out of that last 30 feet? 58 00:02:50,542 --> 00:02:52,458 I'd say approximately ten feet. 59 00:02:52,583 --> 00:02:54,000 NARRATOR: Earlier this summer, 60 00:02:54,083 --> 00:02:56,792 the team drilled into a ten-foot-high void 61 00:02:56,917 --> 00:03:00,792 located several feet southwest of the Garden Shaft. 62 00:03:00,875 --> 00:03:04,333 This could be the indication of an offset chamber. 63 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:07,333 NARRATOR: A void that Marty Lagina speculated 64 00:03:07,458 --> 00:03:11,917 may hold the fabled Money Pit treasure vault. 65 00:03:12,042 --> 00:03:15,500 -RODNEY: All good. Let's try her out. -RON: Okay. 66 00:03:15,667 --> 00:03:18,042 -They're just lining up and getting squared away. -Okay. 67 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:23,500 NARRATOR: Now, since Dumas has reached a depth of 55 feet 68 00:03:23,583 --> 00:03:25,333 in the reconstruction of the Garden Shaft, 69 00:03:25,417 --> 00:03:27,500 they are about to manually 70 00:03:27,583 --> 00:03:29,917 probe-drill a number of boreholes 71 00:03:30,042 --> 00:03:32,583 that will reach several feet outside of the structure 72 00:03:32,708 --> 00:03:34,667 in the hopes of reaching the void 73 00:03:34,750 --> 00:03:37,625 and determining just what it might contain. 74 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:40,833 If there is some sort of connection here, 75 00:03:40,958 --> 00:03:43,667 -they need to know it, and we need to know it. -Mm-hmm. 76 00:03:43,792 --> 00:03:46,708 ALEX: If we get lucky, this will tell us. 77 00:03:47,875 --> 00:03:49,667 RICK: The drill's going in now. 78 00:03:49,792 --> 00:03:53,000 -All right, brother, we're in business. -Yup. 79 00:03:53,125 --> 00:03:55,083 NARRATOR: In order to probe-drill 80 00:03:55,208 --> 00:03:57,083 from within the Garden Shaft, 81 00:03:57,208 --> 00:04:01,417 the team from Dumas is using a powerful hydraulic earth drill 82 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:05,667 equipped to penetrate hard clay, sediment and rock. 83 00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:09,500 Although they are focused on finding the nearby void, 84 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:12,333 they will drill a total of three holes 85 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:16,000 in each of the shaft's four walls, for a total of 12, 86 00:04:16,167 --> 00:04:19,500 at different angles in order to look for further evidence 87 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:23,583 of man-made workings and potential valuables. 88 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:29,458 -RICK: You're grabbing soil samples? -Yes, sir. 89 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:31,417 But the other thing is, 90 00:04:31,542 --> 00:04:33,167 -when you cut through this tight lining... -Yeah. 91 00:04:33,292 --> 00:04:35,333 -...the old tight lining... -The wood? 92 00:04:35,458 --> 00:04:38,500 -Yes. I would like that small piece on every hole. -Yeah. 93 00:04:38,625 --> 00:04:40,500 I just want to put it in our XRF 94 00:04:40,625 --> 00:04:43,500 because we have detected high gold values in the area. 95 00:04:43,625 --> 00:04:45,708 -High gold values? -Right. 96 00:04:45,833 --> 00:04:50,042 My thought was wood would act like a sponge. 97 00:04:50,208 --> 00:04:52,500 If we test the outside of the shaft, 98 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:55,417 we know the water samples are indicating presence of gold. 99 00:04:55,542 --> 00:04:57,208 Well, certainly the wood should, as well. 100 00:04:57,375 --> 00:04:58,833 We need to get busy. 101 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,500 -Hi, guys. -Hey, Charles. 102 00:05:00,583 --> 00:05:03,000 -Maybe our man right here might know. -Yeah. 103 00:05:03,167 --> 00:05:04,875 -CHARLES: I see they're drilling right now. -BRANDON V.: Yeah. 104 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,875 We're drilling from here. This is where we started here. 105 00:05:07,042 --> 00:05:09,667 -Going clockwise. -Okay. 106 00:05:09,792 --> 00:05:11,667 So, I'll tell you what, guys. I-I'm very interested 107 00:05:11,792 --> 00:05:14,958 in these wood samples and-and the soil samples. 108 00:05:15,042 --> 00:05:17,375 So, I'm going to head down to the lab, bring them to Emma. 109 00:05:17,542 --> 00:05:19,833 -There you are, buddy. It's all you. -Yup, I'll take her all. 110 00:05:19,917 --> 00:05:21,458 -There you go. -Okay. You guys are in charge. -Yup. 111 00:05:21,583 --> 00:05:23,250 Anything comes up, give me a call. 112 00:05:23,375 --> 00:05:24,875 -We'll keep you posted. -Will do. -Thank you. 113 00:05:25,042 --> 00:05:26,375 BRANDON V.: All right, we'll see you in a bit. 114 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,583 -RICK: All right. See ya. -ALEX: See ya. 115 00:05:28,708 --> 00:05:29,917 NARRATOR: As the probe-drilling operation continues 116 00:05:30,042 --> 00:05:31,750 in the Garden Shaft... 117 00:05:31,875 --> 00:05:35,417 MARTY: All right, Peter. This is the target. 118 00:05:35,542 --> 00:05:38,875 Right here. That old girl. 119 00:05:39,042 --> 00:05:40,333 NARRATOR: ...on Lot 26, 120 00:05:40,458 --> 00:05:43,000 located on the western side 121 00:05:43,125 --> 00:05:46,792 of Oak Island, Marty Lagina, 122 00:05:46,917 --> 00:05:51,042 Jack Begley, and archaeologist Laird Niven, arrive 123 00:05:51,167 --> 00:05:53,250 at a mysterious stone wall 124 00:05:53,375 --> 00:05:54,542 with forestry technician Peter Romkey. 125 00:05:54,708 --> 00:05:56,333 LAIRD: We're doing an excavation 126 00:05:56,458 --> 00:05:57,833 on the outside of the wall. 127 00:05:57,958 --> 00:06:01,292 So, having the tree grow almost directly on top 128 00:06:01,375 --> 00:06:04,375 of the wall could help us say that this wall 129 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:07,708 is at least... this many years old. 130 00:06:07,875 --> 00:06:11,875 If the tree predates Samuel Ball's occupation, 131 00:06:12,042 --> 00:06:15,292 then it changes the significance of the wall a lot. 132 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:17,167 MARTY: It's at least as old as the wall. 133 00:06:17,333 --> 00:06:19,167 -Yes. Yeah. -Yeah. 134 00:06:19,250 --> 00:06:21,500 LAIRD: It's a really interesting area. 135 00:06:21,625 --> 00:06:23,917 We also have a well down there. 136 00:06:24,042 --> 00:06:25,500 ROMKEY: Wow. 137 00:06:25,583 --> 00:06:27,833 NARRATOR: Over the past several weeks, 138 00:06:27,958 --> 00:06:31,542 the team has been investigating a stone well 139 00:06:31,708 --> 00:06:35,667 less than 100 feet away from this mysterious stone wall. 140 00:06:35,833 --> 00:06:38,208 Because the well has not only been dated 141 00:06:38,375 --> 00:06:40,417 to as early as the 11th century, 142 00:06:40,542 --> 00:06:43,667 but also contains high trace evidence of silver, 143 00:06:43,750 --> 00:06:45,667 the team wants to determine 144 00:06:45,792 --> 00:06:49,333 if the nearby stone wall could be just as old, 145 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:51,042 and perhaps contain clues 146 00:06:51,167 --> 00:06:53,917 that might help solve the Oak Island mystery. 147 00:06:54,042 --> 00:06:55,500 Yup. 148 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:57,333 Any guesses before you proceed? 149 00:06:57,458 --> 00:06:59,542 (laughing): Okay. Let me have a look. 150 00:06:59,667 --> 00:07:01,708 -LAIRD: No pressure. -ROMKEY: Yeah, he could... 151 00:07:01,833 --> 00:07:03,500 He could certainly be hundreds of years old. 152 00:07:03,625 --> 00:07:05,333 -MARTY: Wow. -ROMKEY: Yeah. 153 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:07,625 -That would be interesting. -Yup. -Yeah. 154 00:07:07,750 --> 00:07:10,792 -Okay. Well, let's, uh, let's bore a tree. -MARTY: Okay. 155 00:07:10,875 --> 00:07:13,333 NARRATOR: Now, the team has asked Peter 156 00:07:13,458 --> 00:07:16,542 to extract a core sample of an adult oak tree 157 00:07:16,667 --> 00:07:19,250 that has grown up through the stone wall 158 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:21,333 in order to determine its age. 159 00:07:21,458 --> 00:07:23,667 So, what we're gonna do is we're gonna drill this into the tree, 160 00:07:23,792 --> 00:07:25,667 -Mm-hmm. -and extract the, uh, the core 161 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:27,458 -once we bore it into the tree. -Right. Okay. 162 00:07:27,542 --> 00:07:28,833 ROMKEY: All right, let me pick a spot. 163 00:07:28,958 --> 00:07:30,500 Sure. 164 00:07:40,667 --> 00:07:43,833 -(clicks) -That's a good noise. -MARTY: Yeah. 165 00:07:43,958 --> 00:07:45,667 It's nice and solid. 166 00:07:45,792 --> 00:07:50,167 MARTY: The wall between Lots 26 and 27 is quite unique. 167 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:51,875 If we know how old that tree is, 168 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,458 the stone wall was there at least that long. 169 00:07:54,542 --> 00:07:56,583 Could've been there much, much longer. 170 00:07:56,708 --> 00:07:58,500 So, it's well worth doing. 171 00:07:58,583 --> 00:08:01,333 And I slide the spoon in very carefully, 172 00:08:01,417 --> 00:08:03,417 and it goes in very hard sometimes. 173 00:08:03,542 --> 00:08:05,500 It's pretty good there. 174 00:08:05,583 --> 00:08:08,542 It's all the way in. (sighs) 175 00:08:08,708 --> 00:08:11,583 Back it off one turn. 176 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:14,500 -And then... -MARTY: Hope for the best. 177 00:08:17,458 --> 00:08:19,583 All right, we've got some here. 178 00:08:22,375 --> 00:08:24,833 MARTY: Well, that looks good. That looks promising. 179 00:08:24,958 --> 00:08:27,958 We got a piece here that we can have a look at. 180 00:08:28,042 --> 00:08:29,833 -MARTY: Good. -Jack, you want to take that down... 181 00:08:29,958 --> 00:08:31,667 -Yeah. -...and I'll pull the bore out? 182 00:08:31,833 --> 00:08:34,042 NARRATOR: Having extracted the core, 183 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:37,375 Peter will analyze it in a laboratory and count 184 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:39,750 the circular features, known as "tree rings," 185 00:08:39,875 --> 00:08:42,583 to determine just how old the tree is. 186 00:08:42,708 --> 00:08:44,667 ROMKEY: We can estimate the age by counting the rings. 187 00:08:44,792 --> 00:08:47,625 -Can-can you see any in there? -I can see a few, yeah. 188 00:08:47,708 --> 00:08:49,875 -Are they tight or...? -Yeah, they're pretty tight. 189 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,667 MARTY: I think you're gonna have to take that back to the shop, 190 00:08:53,792 --> 00:08:56,042 clean that up to get... I mean, 191 00:08:56,167 --> 00:08:58,167 they-they look pretty tight to me, which is good. 192 00:08:58,292 --> 00:09:02,000 That would give us the best data we could... we could hope for. 193 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:03,417 LAIRD: Can't wait to see the results. 194 00:09:03,542 --> 00:09:05,375 ROMKEY: Absolutely. 195 00:09:05,542 --> 00:09:07,833 Sounds great. 196 00:09:07,917 --> 00:09:10,250 NARRATOR: As Marty, Jack, Laird and Peter finish their work 197 00:09:10,375 --> 00:09:12,625 on Lot 26... 198 00:09:12,708 --> 00:09:15,500 -The next flag is back in the bush. -Okay. 199 00:09:15,667 --> 00:09:17,625 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina 200 00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:22,083 and metal detection expert Gary Drayton arrive on Lot 4, 201 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:27,000 also located on the western side of the island. 202 00:09:27,083 --> 00:09:29,000 -(beeping) -Ooh. 203 00:09:29,125 --> 00:09:31,625 Yeah, that sounds great. 204 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:35,083 That's definitely "come and get me" material. 205 00:09:36,292 --> 00:09:37,667 NARRATOR: Earlier today, 206 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:40,250 while detecting and flagging potential 207 00:09:40,375 --> 00:09:42,167 buried clues on Lot 5, 208 00:09:42,292 --> 00:09:44,708 where the team has recently made a number 209 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:46,667 of ancient discoveries, 210 00:09:46,833 --> 00:09:48,542 including half of a Roman coin 211 00:09:48,667 --> 00:09:51,458 that is nearly 2,000 years old, 212 00:09:51,583 --> 00:09:55,542 Gary also identified several targets on Lot 4. 213 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:57,083 Okay. Let's see if you got it out. 214 00:09:57,208 --> 00:09:58,667 (beeping) 215 00:09:58,792 --> 00:10:01,167 NARRATOR: Now, after alerting Rick Lagina, 216 00:10:01,333 --> 00:10:03,250 they have returned together 217 00:10:03,375 --> 00:10:06,917 in order to find out just what those flagged targets could be. 218 00:10:07,042 --> 00:10:08,500 -(rapid beeping) -It's in my hand, mate. 219 00:10:08,583 --> 00:10:11,250 -This is my favorite time. -(beeping) 220 00:10:13,292 --> 00:10:16,042 A shoe? The heel of a shoe? 221 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:18,042 That's my guess-- it's a shoe. You can see the little... 222 00:10:18,208 --> 00:10:19,792 Yeah, you can see the little nails right there. 223 00:10:19,875 --> 00:10:21,833 GARY: Yeah. Nail holes. 224 00:10:21,917 --> 00:10:25,083 Yeah, it's leather and metal around there. 225 00:10:25,208 --> 00:10:28,875 That toe tap around the outside on the toes-- 226 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,083 that's what they did back in the day. 227 00:10:31,208 --> 00:10:33,000 -It's normally a copper alloy. -It is copper. 228 00:10:33,167 --> 00:10:36,167 -See the patina? -Yeah, I see it. Green, mate. 229 00:10:36,250 --> 00:10:40,167 NARRATOR: A leather and copper boot heel found on Lot 4? 230 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:43,625 But who did it belong to? 231 00:10:43,708 --> 00:10:45,667 And might it have been someone 232 00:10:45,833 --> 00:10:49,500 who visited Oak Island prior to 1795? 233 00:10:49,625 --> 00:10:51,250 Brilliant find. I like it. 234 00:10:51,375 --> 00:10:52,583 We got two chances of dating it 235 00:10:52,708 --> 00:10:55,167 with the leather and the metal. 236 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:57,042 -I'm going to bag it. Oh, well. -I'd put it in a shoebox 237 00:10:57,208 --> 00:11:01,000 -if I were you. -Ooh. I like that one. 238 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:06,000 Wow. Lot 4... producing again. All right. 239 00:11:06,125 --> 00:11:10,167 -And the next flag is over here, mate. -Okay. 240 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:13,167 Way back here. 241 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:17,167 All right. 242 00:11:17,250 --> 00:11:19,417 (beeping) 243 00:11:19,542 --> 00:11:23,625 Not too bad sounding, mate. Right there. 244 00:11:25,917 --> 00:11:27,375 (grunts) 245 00:11:30,250 --> 00:11:31,833 (beeping) 246 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:34,792 -Fingers crossed. -(beeps) 247 00:11:38,667 --> 00:11:39,667 GARY:-That's it. 248 00:11:39,792 --> 00:11:41,625 -Oh! Nice. -Yeah, an axe. 249 00:11:41,708 --> 00:11:44,292 Oh! Dang. 250 00:11:44,417 --> 00:11:47,167 NARRATOR: While searching for clues on Lot 4-- 251 00:11:47,292 --> 00:11:51,042 located on the western side of Oak Island-- 252 00:11:51,208 --> 00:11:53,208 Rick Lagina and metal detection expert 253 00:11:53,375 --> 00:11:58,625 Gary Drayton have just made a potentially important discovery. 254 00:11:58,750 --> 00:12:01,958 -GARY: That is a gorgeous axe head. -Mm-hmm. 255 00:12:02,042 --> 00:12:04,750 You can see it's hand-wrought. See that? 256 00:12:04,875 --> 00:12:07,083 Yup, I do. Yeah. 257 00:12:07,208 --> 00:12:09,208 RICK: We've never seen one like that design, either. 258 00:12:09,375 --> 00:12:11,667 No. That's an oldie, as well. 259 00:12:11,792 --> 00:12:13,708 All the way back to Viking days. 260 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:15,458 Vikings used to swing axes 261 00:12:15,583 --> 00:12:18,208 -that are very similar to this. -Mm. 262 00:12:18,333 --> 00:12:21,333 That is either a trade axe or a ship's rigging axe, 263 00:12:21,458 --> 00:12:22,917 which makes sense. 264 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:24,833 We're not too far from the shore. 265 00:12:24,917 --> 00:12:27,833 -To cut away the lines? -Yeah. 266 00:12:27,958 --> 00:12:31,042 NARRATOR: A hand-wrought rigging axe from a ship? 267 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:35,500 But could Gary's notion of its potential origin be true? 268 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:36,875 (beeping) 269 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,583 -It's that. -JACK: Whoa. 270 00:12:38,708 --> 00:12:41,333 Oh, yeah. This is fantastic! 271 00:12:41,417 --> 00:12:43,875 NARRATOR: Earlier this year while searching Lot 8-- 272 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,042 also on the western side 273 00:12:46,167 --> 00:12:48,458 of the island-- Gary and Jack Begley 274 00:12:48,583 --> 00:12:50,792 unearthed a metal artifact 275 00:12:50,917 --> 00:12:53,625 featuring mysterious ornate symbols. 276 00:12:53,708 --> 00:12:57,958 The possibilities of such an object coming to your island 277 00:12:58,083 --> 00:13:01,208 really increase starting in the 1500s. 278 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:03,125 NARRATOR: And when renowned archaeologist 279 00:13:03,208 --> 00:13:06,500 Dr. Edwin Barnhart examined the artifact, 280 00:13:06,625 --> 00:13:09,167 his analysis stunned the team. 281 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:11,833 It could be some sort of older object. 282 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,375 The other possibility is... the Vikings. 283 00:13:16,375 --> 00:13:18,917 There could be some friends of this here. 284 00:13:19,042 --> 00:13:21,833 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Gary and Rick 285 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:25,333 have found a potentially related artifact on Lot 4? 286 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:29,833 If so, how did they come to be on Oak Island? 287 00:13:29,958 --> 00:13:32,625 And what might their true connection be 288 00:13:32,708 --> 00:13:35,750 to the 228-year-old treasure mystery? 289 00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:37,958 RICK: There's a lot of information, 290 00:13:38,042 --> 00:13:40,292 a lot of artifacts to be found in this area, 291 00:13:40,375 --> 00:13:42,458 and we're gonna do it, and we're gonna do it 292 00:13:42,542 --> 00:13:44,125 in a very disciplined way. 293 00:13:44,208 --> 00:13:46,208 I want to make sure we don't miss anything. 294 00:13:46,333 --> 00:13:50,292 -That's pretty cool. -It bloody is, isn't it? 295 00:13:50,417 --> 00:13:54,917 This is exactly what I was hoping that we would find here. 296 00:13:55,042 --> 00:13:56,958 RICK: Okay. Now I'm excited. 297 00:13:57,083 --> 00:13:58,917 I want to find more. 298 00:13:59,042 --> 00:14:01,750 All right, mate. We'll bag this for sure. You know what? 299 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:04,917 We're going to need a bigger top pocket. 300 00:14:05,958 --> 00:14:07,958 And the next flag's over here. 301 00:14:08,042 --> 00:14:11,292 RICK: There's probably some surprises yet to find. 302 00:14:14,917 --> 00:14:17,375 NARRATOR: The following morning... 303 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:20,958 RON: All right. Yeah. We've got 18 inches on the last hole. 304 00:14:21,083 --> 00:14:22,667 NARRATOR: ...while the core-drilling operation 305 00:14:22,792 --> 00:14:25,333 from within the Garden Shaft continues 306 00:14:25,458 --> 00:14:27,542 -in the Money Pit area... -RODNEY: We're doing good. 307 00:14:27,708 --> 00:14:29,917 RICK: Hey, Peter, Laird. 308 00:14:30,042 --> 00:14:31,750 -Hey, Rick. -Hello. 309 00:14:31,875 --> 00:14:34,042 -Uh, you both met Peter Romkey. -Yup. -Yup. 310 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:37,167 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina returns to Lot 26 311 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:40,083 with forestry technician Peter Romkey 312 00:14:40,208 --> 00:14:42,083 to share information with Laird Niven 313 00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:44,417 and Rick's nephew Peter Fornetti 314 00:14:44,542 --> 00:14:46,833 regarding the mysterious stone wall. 315 00:14:46,958 --> 00:14:50,542 Peter has made an observation about this wall. 316 00:14:50,708 --> 00:14:52,667 -Yup. -Mm-hmm. 317 00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:54,333 NARRATOR: Although Peter is still awaiting 318 00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:56,292 the dating analysis of the core he took 319 00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:59,125 from the large oak tree one day ago, 320 00:14:59,250 --> 00:15:01,667 after spending the morning 321 00:15:01,750 --> 00:15:03,333 closely examining the wall itself, 322 00:15:03,417 --> 00:15:07,667 he is eager to share a theory about its possible construction. 323 00:15:07,833 --> 00:15:10,083 Peter, if you can impart to them 324 00:15:10,208 --> 00:15:13,125 -what your perceptions were about the wall. -Sure. Sure. 325 00:15:13,208 --> 00:15:15,208 Well, my primary employment was forestry, 326 00:15:15,375 --> 00:15:18,667 but I've always had a real interest in-in stone, 327 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:20,917 and built a great deal of walls myself. 328 00:15:21,042 --> 00:15:23,000 And some of the components of the wall struck me. 329 00:15:23,125 --> 00:15:27,000 Just the way that the outside rocks are sort of structured 330 00:15:27,125 --> 00:15:30,792 to-to lean in on a wall, which is a classic way 331 00:15:30,917 --> 00:15:33,167 of holding a rubble wall together. 332 00:15:33,292 --> 00:15:36,083 Almost more significant was this, uh... this smaller rock 333 00:15:36,208 --> 00:15:38,250 that was at the bottom of the wall. 334 00:15:38,375 --> 00:15:40,625 It was almost like it had a foundation of small rocks. 335 00:15:40,708 --> 00:15:43,292 -Mm. -And that would be, uh, very similar to, uh, 336 00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:45,958 uh, castles and-and large structures 337 00:15:46,083 --> 00:15:47,958 that were built in-in England and Scotland. 338 00:15:49,042 --> 00:15:51,250 They were all built on rubble foundations 339 00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:53,500 where they excavated below frost, 340 00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:55,167 filled it full of coarse gravel 341 00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:57,917 like this, and then built the castle walls on top of it. 342 00:15:58,042 --> 00:16:00,000 So, it's rather interesting that 343 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:03,292 this wall seems to be put together in that same fashion. 344 00:16:04,792 --> 00:16:06,333 -Yeah. -RICK: You've just pointed out 345 00:16:06,417 --> 00:16:10,292 that how unique this type of construct is. 346 00:16:10,417 --> 00:16:13,917 But that well feature there is also unique 347 00:16:14,042 --> 00:16:16,542 because it, too, is representative 348 00:16:16,708 --> 00:16:18,292 of this type of construct. 349 00:16:18,417 --> 00:16:22,333 But all the other wells on the island are very different. 350 00:16:22,458 --> 00:16:26,833 They're stacked granite stone about this big. 351 00:16:26,958 --> 00:16:28,125 Mm-hmm. 352 00:16:29,542 --> 00:16:32,000 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina's speculation 353 00:16:32,083 --> 00:16:35,042 that the stone wall might be related in some way 354 00:16:35,167 --> 00:16:36,708 to the nearby stone well, 355 00:16:36,875 --> 00:16:41,167 which may date as far back as the 11th century, be correct? 356 00:16:41,292 --> 00:16:44,917 People have been building wells with this kind of technique 357 00:16:45,042 --> 00:16:46,875 for thousands of years. 358 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,542 NARRATOR: One week ago, 359 00:16:48,667 --> 00:16:50,583 Terry Deveau, the president 360 00:16:50,708 --> 00:16:53,000 of the New England Antiquities Association, 361 00:16:53,083 --> 00:16:54,958 examined the stone well 362 00:16:55,042 --> 00:16:57,750 and made a startling observation. 363 00:16:57,875 --> 00:17:00,125 You know, the well that does look a lot similar to that 364 00:17:00,208 --> 00:17:02,583 is the one at New Ross. 365 00:17:02,708 --> 00:17:05,000 -Go lower? -RICK: Yep. 366 00:17:05,083 --> 00:17:06,500 It's very good clarity. 367 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,250 NARRATOR: Terry believed that the well 368 00:17:08,375 --> 00:17:10,292 on Lot 26 369 00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:13,917 matched the design of one found at a property 370 00:17:14,042 --> 00:17:16,542 located nearly 20 miles north of Oak Island 371 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:18,500 in the town of New Ross. 372 00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:21,625 A site where some researchers believe 373 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:24,875 a fortress was built by members of the Knights Templar, 374 00:17:25,042 --> 00:17:27,167 who brought sacred treasures 375 00:17:27,292 --> 00:17:29,167 to the New World from Scotland 376 00:17:29,292 --> 00:17:31,000 more than seven centuries ago 377 00:17:31,167 --> 00:17:33,458 and buried them on Oak Island. 378 00:17:34,958 --> 00:17:36,500 So, there is another part of this wall 379 00:17:36,625 --> 00:17:37,708 that I'd like to show you. 380 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:38,875 -Great. -Just down here. 381 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:40,292 NARRATOR: Is it possible 382 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:42,583 that Peter Romkey is correct, 383 00:17:42,708 --> 00:17:45,375 that the stone wall on Lot 26 384 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:48,333 may be of a medieval Scottish design? 385 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,208 And if so, could it offer more evidence 386 00:17:51,333 --> 00:17:53,000 that the Templar order 387 00:17:53,083 --> 00:17:56,125 was connected to the Oak Island mystery? 388 00:17:56,250 --> 00:17:58,958 So, one of the fundamentals of, uh, 389 00:17:59,042 --> 00:18:01,667 dry-stone wall laying and any stone wall laying 390 00:18:01,792 --> 00:18:04,167 is the principle of one-over-two, two-over-one. 391 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:05,750 And when I looked at this little bit of a wall, 392 00:18:05,875 --> 00:18:08,000 you can see this construction 393 00:18:08,083 --> 00:18:10,583 is very purposeful, so you can see here: 394 00:18:10,708 --> 00:18:13,167 one rock over these two. 395 00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:15,875 Two rocks over this one. 396 00:18:16,042 --> 00:18:19,625 One rock here over these two. 397 00:18:19,708 --> 00:18:21,333 And there'll always be little anomalies. 398 00:18:21,458 --> 00:18:23,000 There might be three rocks over one. 399 00:18:23,125 --> 00:18:25,417 But you can see that it's, uh, it's certainly 400 00:18:25,542 --> 00:18:28,333 been laid by somebody who knows how to build a wall. 401 00:18:28,458 --> 00:18:30,583 But the wall was to be used. 402 00:18:30,708 --> 00:18:33,958 It wasn't just a border. It wasn't just a boundary. It... 403 00:18:34,042 --> 00:18:36,167 There's an implied use. 404 00:18:36,292 --> 00:18:40,208 If you want to make something strong and stable, 405 00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:42,125 there's a reason for that, right? 406 00:18:42,208 --> 00:18:44,125 -ROMKEY: Absolutely. -What is the reason? 407 00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:46,417 I-I don't know. I don't know why. 408 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:49,417 Maybe it was people who were more experienced with those 409 00:18:49,542 --> 00:18:51,583 kinds of construction projects that were here. 410 00:18:51,708 --> 00:18:53,708 RICK: The other thing you might want to know, Peter, 411 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:57,167 is Mr. Blankenship thought it was weird, over here on 24. 412 00:18:57,333 --> 00:18:59,375 Right on the surface, 413 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:01,875 -there is a bunch of this. -Mm. 414 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,458 RICK: Right at surface. 415 00:19:03,583 --> 00:19:05,542 And he thought maybe it was a dumping ground 416 00:19:05,667 --> 00:19:08,625 -from tunneling processes, right? -Right. 417 00:19:08,708 --> 00:19:11,083 So, I struggle with an explanation for this. 418 00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:12,625 -I really do. -LAIRD: Yeah. 419 00:19:16,708 --> 00:19:19,000 ROMKEY: What if somebody was trying to hide 420 00:19:19,083 --> 00:19:21,333 the evidence of underground digging? 421 00:19:21,417 --> 00:19:23,750 Best place to put it would be in the middle of a wall. 422 00:19:25,375 --> 00:19:29,458 NARRATOR: On Lot 26, forestry technician Peter Romkey 423 00:19:29,583 --> 00:19:32,667 has just made a startling suggestion 424 00:19:32,792 --> 00:19:35,417 to Rick Lagina and members of the Oak Island team. 425 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:40,167 It is his belief that the stone wall on Lot 26 426 00:19:40,292 --> 00:19:42,250 may have been built with rocks 427 00:19:42,375 --> 00:19:45,417 that were excavated during the construction of a tunnel. 428 00:19:45,542 --> 00:19:48,042 You know, it's, uh, it certainly is interesting. 429 00:19:48,208 --> 00:19:50,208 RICK: The thought on Peter's part 430 00:19:50,333 --> 00:19:52,167 was it would've been an easy way to hide 431 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:54,625 any sort of tunneling attempts. 432 00:19:54,708 --> 00:19:57,417 You take the spoils from the tunnels, 433 00:19:57,542 --> 00:19:59,625 and you cast them about on the land, 434 00:19:59,750 --> 00:20:01,542 and it's possible 435 00:20:01,708 --> 00:20:05,792 that that same rubble was introduced into this wall. 436 00:20:05,917 --> 00:20:08,458 -It's phenomenal. -Absolutely. 437 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:12,250 I totally agree with you. This was a purposeful build 438 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:15,500 by an experienced hand, but to what end? 439 00:20:15,667 --> 00:20:18,500 Sounds like Laird needs to find an artifact. 440 00:20:18,625 --> 00:20:19,333 I've been trying. 441 00:20:19,417 --> 00:20:20,958 It sounds like you need 442 00:20:21,083 --> 00:20:22,583 -to move more stone. -(laughter) 443 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:24,292 PETER: Oh, boy. 444 00:20:24,375 --> 00:20:26,208 RICK: Peter, thank you. 445 00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:29,333 We'll know more when you date the trees. 446 00:20:33,208 --> 00:20:34,833 NARRATOR: The following morning... 447 00:20:34,958 --> 00:20:36,583 CHARLES: Hey, Brandon. 448 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:39,167 Hey, Charles. 449 00:20:39,292 --> 00:20:40,167 NARRATOR: ...Oak Island historian 450 00:20:40,250 --> 00:20:41,917 Charles Barkhouse arrives 451 00:20:42,042 --> 00:20:43,458 in the Money Pit area 452 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:46,625 for an update on the exploratory probe 453 00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:49,500 drilling operation being conducted at a depth 454 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:52,167 of 55 feet in the Garden Shaft 455 00:20:52,292 --> 00:20:55,292 in an effort to reach a mysterious void 456 00:20:55,417 --> 00:20:57,500 that the team discovered earlier this year 457 00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:00,250 just west of the structure. 458 00:21:00,375 --> 00:21:02,625 I'm kind of anxious to see where we are. 459 00:21:02,708 --> 00:21:04,417 NARRATOR: Now that representatives 460 00:21:04,542 --> 00:21:08,000 from Dumas have completed 11 holes at this level, 461 00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:10,333 or set, they are about to start 462 00:21:10,458 --> 00:21:13,208 their 12th and final probe-drilling effort 463 00:21:13,375 --> 00:21:15,333 before they cease this operation 464 00:21:15,458 --> 00:21:17,458 in order to begin reconstruction 465 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:20,167 on the next level of the shaft. 466 00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:21,833 The boys are just getting ready to fire it up. 467 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,792 -Okay. -Ronnie, Mack, how're you making out? 468 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:31,917 All right, let's fire it up and get to work. 469 00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:33,792 Should be good to go. 470 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:37,917 BRANDON V.: We're just drilling on the west wall. 471 00:21:38,042 --> 00:21:39,625 Okay. 472 00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:41,208 This is our last hole there and then we're pulling 473 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,542 the drill out. That's the plan. 474 00:21:46,542 --> 00:21:48,750 CHARLES: No surprises yet, other than the rocks? 475 00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:50,167 No-no voids? 476 00:21:50,250 --> 00:21:51,542 -No water? Anything? -No. Nothing. 477 00:21:51,708 --> 00:21:52,667 Everything's been pretty good. 478 00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:54,167 Good. 479 00:21:54,333 --> 00:21:56,417 They're on their third rod there now. 480 00:22:12,875 --> 00:22:14,417 They hit an obstruction in the hole there. 481 00:22:30,167 --> 00:22:32,167 They hit something at 11 feet. 482 00:22:32,292 --> 00:22:33,458 -Something solid. Yeah. -Oh, did they? 483 00:22:33,583 --> 00:22:35,125 On this last hole, 484 00:22:35,208 --> 00:22:36,333 they hit some kind of obstruction. 485 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:38,542 What it is, I'm not sure yet. 486 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:40,458 But they're gonna probably advance another rod 487 00:22:40,583 --> 00:22:42,875 -and try to keep going through it. -CHARLES: Okay. 488 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,708 You know, one of the challenging things facing Dumas 489 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:47,208 in their probe drilling is identifying 490 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:48,833 what-what they're, what they're hitting. 491 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,167 I mean, it could be a rock. It could be something else. 492 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:52,292 So, they don't have any idea what it is yet? 493 00:22:52,417 --> 00:22:54,125 No, no. 494 00:22:54,250 --> 00:22:55,292 CHARLES: So, we just have to wait to see 495 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:57,708 what may be below there. 496 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:02,333 -There he goes, he's going. -Yeah. 497 00:23:04,292 --> 00:23:05,458 RODNEY: Yeah. 498 00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:16,000 Right now, they're bouncing on it. 499 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,208 RON: That was no fun at all. 500 00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:25,292 So, I'm gonna grab, uh, the bucket. 501 00:23:25,375 --> 00:23:28,375 I'm going to grab a sample of that. 502 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:30,042 How far did you end up getting in there, Mack? 503 00:23:35,542 --> 00:23:37,000 -They-they stopped her dead. -Yeah. 504 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:38,500 There's a big rock there. 505 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:41,458 -CHARLES: It's frustrating. -Yeah. 506 00:23:43,083 --> 00:23:45,167 NARRATOR: Brandon Vanderhooft's report that no signs 507 00:23:45,292 --> 00:23:49,000 of human activity have been found outside the Garden Shaft 508 00:23:49,083 --> 00:23:52,792 at the 55-foot depth is disappointing news 509 00:23:52,917 --> 00:23:55,458 given the known void that the team has encountered 510 00:23:55,542 --> 00:23:56,917 in the nearby area. 511 00:23:58,542 --> 00:24:00,000 Very good, Rodney. 512 00:24:00,167 --> 00:24:01,667 NARRATOR: However, since trace evidence 513 00:24:01,792 --> 00:24:03,625 of gold has been detected 514 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:05,917 in the water within the Garden Shaft itself... 515 00:24:08,875 --> 00:24:11,708 NARRATOR: ...could it be that the team simply must dig deeper 516 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:13,500 in order to make the breakthrough discovery 517 00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:15,500 they are hoping for? 518 00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:18,667 There's a story at the bottom of this-this shaft for sure. 519 00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:25,833 -Very good. Excuse me. -Okay. 520 00:24:25,958 --> 00:24:28,208 NARRATOR: Although the team from Dumas will collect 521 00:24:28,375 --> 00:24:31,667 more wood and soil samples so that they can be tested 522 00:24:31,792 --> 00:24:34,958 for signs of possible precious metals... 523 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:36,667 ...they will now cease probe drilling, 524 00:24:36,792 --> 00:24:38,833 and continue with reconstructing 525 00:24:38,958 --> 00:24:42,708 the next eight-foot level, or set, in the Garden Shaft. 526 00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:46,167 RICK: You know, certainly it's disappointing that we've 527 00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:49,583 not found any cavities or voids behind the original structure. 528 00:24:53,167 --> 00:24:55,875 RICK: We're hoping to find something worthy of investigating, 529 00:24:56,042 --> 00:24:58,167 so you keep going. 530 00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,125 Hey, Brandon. 531 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:02,583 -Hey, buddy. Got the samples back from hole number 12. -Oh. 532 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:07,625 Okay. Excellent. 533 00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:09,792 That's your soil sample 534 00:25:09,917 --> 00:25:12,042 -right there. -CHARLES: You know what? 535 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:13,792 I'm gonna take these samples and get them back to the lab. 536 00:25:13,917 --> 00:25:15,083 They can start working on them right away. 537 00:25:15,208 --> 00:25:16,792 Attaboy. Okay, buddy. 538 00:25:16,917 --> 00:25:18,833 CHARLES: Okay. Thank you. 539 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:21,125 NARRATOR: As the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 540 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:23,875 continues their work on the Garden Shaft... 541 00:25:26,917 --> 00:25:28,708 ...later that afternoon... 542 00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:30,625 -STEVE: Hey, guys. -MARTY: Hey, guys. 543 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:32,833 It looks like they've let up now. We're just back at it. 544 00:25:32,958 --> 00:25:35,333 NARRATOR: Marty and Alex Lagina arrive 545 00:25:35,417 --> 00:25:37,333 at the Money Pit area. 546 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:39,458 The next hole is DN-10.5. 547 00:25:39,583 --> 00:25:42,792 -I have high hopes for this being meaningful somehow. -Yes. 548 00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:45,250 NARRATOR: Because the probe drilling operation 549 00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:49,000 did not yield any new clues at the 55-foot level 550 00:25:49,083 --> 00:25:50,292 in the Garden Shaft... 551 00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:52,417 TEDFORD: Okay, let's go. 552 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:55,167 NARRATOR: ...the team is drilling a new borehole known as 553 00:25:55,292 --> 00:25:57,000 DN-10.5. 554 00:25:57,083 --> 00:26:00,500 A borehole located just 30 feet west 555 00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:02,125 of the Garden Shaft, 556 00:26:02,250 --> 00:26:06,875 in a 20-by-20-foot area known as "The Baby Blob." 557 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,500 It is within this zone that recent water testing 558 00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:13,125 has suggested a large source of gold 559 00:26:13,208 --> 00:26:17,167 may lie buried between a depth of 80 and 120 feet. 560 00:26:17,292 --> 00:26:18,833 And what we're looking for here is a continuation 561 00:26:18,917 --> 00:26:20,625 of the tunnel that appears to be 562 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,125 under the Garden Shaft. 563 00:26:22,958 --> 00:26:25,917 NARRATOR: In recent weeks, the team has encountered 564 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:28,875 a believed tunnel at a depth of some 90 feet 565 00:26:29,042 --> 00:26:32,208 in three separate boreholes that has not only yielded 566 00:26:32,333 --> 00:26:35,292 high-trace evidence of gold during water testing, 567 00:26:35,375 --> 00:26:37,458 but also appears to be running 568 00:26:37,542 --> 00:26:39,625 directly below the Garden Shaft. 569 00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:41,583 -Cross your fingers. -Here's hoping. 570 00:26:41,708 --> 00:26:44,083 MARTY: I have extremely high hopes 571 00:26:44,208 --> 00:26:46,167 for this whole little area, this treasure area, 572 00:26:46,292 --> 00:26:47,250 the Baby Blob. 573 00:26:47,375 --> 00:26:48,542 Last year, we found 574 00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:49,667 gold and silver in the water. 575 00:26:49,833 --> 00:26:52,500 We tasked two good scientists 576 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:54,542 with saying, "Narrow it down for us, please." 577 00:26:54,708 --> 00:26:55,958 We did a lot of testing. 578 00:26:56,042 --> 00:26:58,500 The scientists say-- Dr. Spooner, 579 00:26:58,583 --> 00:27:00,833 Dr. Michael-- "It's in this very small area." 580 00:27:02,417 --> 00:27:03,792 ALEX: The core is coming. 581 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:04,875 TERRY: Here we go. 582 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,875 -What do we got? -All right. 583 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,875 -So, that's 89 feet. -89. 584 00:27:10,042 --> 00:27:11,625 After we cased, the rods dropped 585 00:27:11,708 --> 00:27:13,792 down to 89 and a half, which is a good sign. 586 00:27:13,875 --> 00:27:15,792 It means it's softening up down there. 587 00:27:15,917 --> 00:27:18,042 -That is a good sign. -Thank you. 588 00:27:18,167 --> 00:27:19,500 -MARTY: Right at the right depth, too. -The right depth. 589 00:27:19,625 --> 00:27:20,833 TERRY: Absolutely. Perfect. 590 00:27:20,958 --> 00:27:22,625 NARRATOR: An opening, or void? 591 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:25,042 At a depth of nearly 90 feet? 592 00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:26,375 Is it possible that 593 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:28,208 the Oak Island team has found 594 00:27:28,333 --> 00:27:31,250 more evidence of a tunnel in the believed treasure zone... 595 00:27:31,375 --> 00:27:32,667 Here we go. 596 00:27:32,833 --> 00:27:34,208 NARRATOR: ...which also may run 597 00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:36,625 directly underneath the Garden Shaft? 598 00:27:37,708 --> 00:27:38,750 CRAIG: Here we go. 599 00:27:41,708 --> 00:27:43,167 It's a little bit soft. 600 00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:50,292 Yeah, you get that when you're close to a structure. 601 00:27:55,292 --> 00:27:58,083 DN-10.5 looks like it could yield up a few mysteries here. 602 00:27:58,208 --> 00:27:59,042 ALEX: Hey. 603 00:27:59,167 --> 00:28:00,208 STEVE: Hey, Rick. 604 00:28:00,375 --> 00:28:01,958 -What is this? -We're at 90 feet 605 00:28:02,042 --> 00:28:04,167 basically and the last foot, it dropped a little bit. 606 00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:06,125 TERRY: The rods fell a foot, so that bodes 607 00:28:06,208 --> 00:28:08,417 very well for us being in the structure. 608 00:28:08,542 --> 00:28:12,042 NARRATOR: It is an exciting moment in the Money Pit area, 609 00:28:12,208 --> 00:28:15,750 as the team has encountered a mysterious void at a depth 610 00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:19,667 of 90 feet in borehole DN-10.5. 611 00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:23,458 A borehole just 30 feet west of the Garden Shaft, 612 00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:28,125 located in the Baby Blob, or believed treasure zone. 613 00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:30,583 MARTY: All right, well, let's hope something 614 00:28:30,708 --> 00:28:32,333 anomalous happens here. 615 00:28:32,417 --> 00:28:34,000 -Yeah. -TERRY: We've got to be close to a structure, 616 00:28:34,125 --> 00:28:36,750 due to softness. We're only five feet away 617 00:28:36,875 --> 00:28:38,667 from a hit of a fairly substantial tunnel. 618 00:28:38,792 --> 00:28:40,292 We'll see. 619 00:28:41,542 --> 00:28:43,542 TERRY: Okay, guys. It looks like they're peeling 620 00:28:43,708 --> 00:28:44,833 another one off for us. 621 00:28:49,542 --> 00:28:51,000 What do you got, Colten? 622 00:28:51,125 --> 00:28:53,083 -That's 99 feet. -TERRY: Thank you. 623 00:28:57,542 --> 00:29:00,042 I mean, I don't see any little chips or chunks of wood. 624 00:29:00,208 --> 00:29:02,042 MARTY: So, we sort of just missed, probably. 625 00:29:02,208 --> 00:29:05,000 Yeah, I would say based on this, Marty, we just missed. 626 00:29:05,125 --> 00:29:06,833 So, a near miss is-is very likely. 627 00:29:06,958 --> 00:29:08,833 And that soft area there 628 00:29:08,917 --> 00:29:11,667 speaks to us of being close to a structure. 629 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,750 Well, how deep will this core be? 630 00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:17,000 99 to 109 will be the next stroke. 631 00:29:17,167 --> 00:29:19,708 Well, we took that other one deeper, didn't we? 632 00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:21,167 The last one? 633 00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:22,750 Uh, we took it to 120. 634 00:29:22,875 --> 00:29:24,500 -Yeah. -RICK: How many times 635 00:29:24,625 --> 00:29:26,542 in the Money Pit have we said to ourselves, 636 00:29:26,708 --> 00:29:29,500 "If only we had gone deeper"? 637 00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:31,833 NARRATOR: Although the team has not found evidence 638 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,333 of the tunnel that they have recently encountered 639 00:29:34,458 --> 00:29:36,000 in this area, 640 00:29:36,083 --> 00:29:38,292 since they may be close to a structure, 641 00:29:38,375 --> 00:29:40,792 and because the believed treasure zone 642 00:29:40,875 --> 00:29:43,958 extends down to the 120-foot level, 643 00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:47,875 could they still be on course for a major discovery? 644 00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:50,875 RICK: We might as well go two more runs. 645 00:29:51,042 --> 00:29:53,208 -We call it at 120. Okay. -Yep. 646 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,500 NARRATOR: As the core drilling operation 647 00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:59,875 in borehole DN-10.5 continues in the Money Pit area... 648 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,667 ALEX: Hey, guys. What do you think? 649 00:30:02,750 --> 00:30:04,375 I'm looking at walls differently now. 650 00:30:04,542 --> 00:30:06,375 -Right. -And I think we've learned a lot from it. 651 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:09,208 -Yeah, there's been some strange things about it. -Yeah. 652 00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:10,667 And I'm surprised at how many questions 653 00:30:10,792 --> 00:30:11,708 we haven't been able to answer yet. 654 00:30:11,875 --> 00:30:14,167 Yes. Yeah, that is a surprise. 655 00:30:14,292 --> 00:30:17,625 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina arrives on Lot 26, 656 00:30:17,708 --> 00:30:21,875 where he joins archaeologists Laird Niven and Miriam Amirault 657 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,458 to help them investigate the stone wall. 658 00:30:24,542 --> 00:30:28,000 I'm glad we listened to Rick because he tagged this 659 00:30:28,083 --> 00:30:29,500 -as not being like any other wall. -MIRIAM: Mm-hmm. 660 00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:31,042 -Mm-hmm. -MIRIAM: And maybe this area 661 00:30:31,167 --> 00:30:33,500 has more importance than others. 662 00:30:33,625 --> 00:30:34,792 LAIRD: That's what Rick thinks. 663 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:35,583 -Okay. -I mean, look at those. 664 00:30:35,708 --> 00:30:37,000 He may be right. 665 00:30:37,083 --> 00:30:37,917 NARRATOR: While they are still 666 00:30:38,042 --> 00:30:39,792 awaiting the tree-coring results 667 00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:42,000 conducted two days ago, 668 00:30:42,167 --> 00:30:45,083 which may help date when the wall was constructed, 669 00:30:45,208 --> 00:30:48,375 Laird has decided to continue methodically 670 00:30:48,542 --> 00:30:49,917 excavating a section of the wall 671 00:30:50,042 --> 00:30:52,375 in order to search for important 672 00:30:52,542 --> 00:30:54,833 and potentially valuable clues. 673 00:30:54,917 --> 00:30:56,333 So, I think the plan for today 674 00:30:56,417 --> 00:30:58,958 is probably start 675 00:30:59,083 --> 00:31:00,708 -where that large rock is... -Mm-hmm. 676 00:31:00,833 --> 00:31:02,083 ...and take that end off. 677 00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:03,500 -Okay. -ALEX: All righty. 678 00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:04,708 MIRIAM: We are doing 679 00:31:04,875 --> 00:31:06,375 a cross section of the wall. 680 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,000 So, basically, we're taking it apart 681 00:31:08,125 --> 00:31:10,000 to determine how it was built, 682 00:31:10,167 --> 00:31:11,917 as well as to see if we can find some artifacts 683 00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:13,708 that can help us date it. 684 00:31:13,833 --> 00:31:15,750 ALEX: You want to do the edge, yeah? 685 00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,458 -Yeah, I think so. -Okay, we'll work our way towards you, maybe. 686 00:31:18,542 --> 00:31:21,000 -Yeah. -Okay. 687 00:31:21,083 --> 00:31:23,292 Leaves can go wherever. 688 00:31:23,417 --> 00:31:25,542 MIRIAM: Leaves, go away. 689 00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:26,958 LAIRD: And one thing Rick noticed, 690 00:31:27,042 --> 00:31:28,500 this is the rubble fill, 691 00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:31,000 they're putting these smaller rocks to support 692 00:31:31,125 --> 00:31:32,958 -these other rocks... -Yeah. 693 00:31:33,083 --> 00:31:35,292 -...which is a deliberate act in his mind. -Mm-hmm. 694 00:31:35,417 --> 00:31:39,333 LAIRD: I would just keep your eye out for any unusual rock, too. 695 00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:42,292 This isn't a field stone. This is 696 00:31:42,417 --> 00:31:45,333 -coming from probably the shore. -Mm-hmm. 697 00:31:45,417 --> 00:31:47,750 And it shatters. It's broken off, so 698 00:31:47,875 --> 00:31:49,667 that's what's perplexing to us. What... 699 00:31:49,833 --> 00:31:52,042 What were they doing? Why is this here? 700 00:31:52,208 --> 00:31:53,000 Yeah. 701 00:31:53,125 --> 00:31:54,500 ALEX: The unusual thing 702 00:31:54,625 --> 00:31:56,000 about this wall is that there's 703 00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:57,417 part of it that looks like the stones 704 00:31:57,542 --> 00:31:59,083 were actually shaped 705 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,625 and cut. This is really the only place 706 00:32:00,708 --> 00:32:01,875 on the island that we see this. 707 00:32:02,042 --> 00:32:04,167 As we take this wall apart, 708 00:32:04,292 --> 00:32:05,958 we'll kind of go back through time, 709 00:32:06,042 --> 00:32:07,667 and as we get to the base of the wall, 710 00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:09,833 that's where we have the best chance of finding artifacts 711 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,500 from when it was constructed. 712 00:32:11,625 --> 00:32:13,958 I mean, you can kind of see how much more work it is 713 00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:16,292 to make this, based on how many more 714 00:32:16,375 --> 00:32:18,542 scoops we have to take, to take it apart. 715 00:32:18,708 --> 00:32:21,667 -Yeah. Mm. -Each handful is only like two rocks. 716 00:32:23,833 --> 00:32:25,333 See that? 717 00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:26,792 Yeah. 718 00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:28,500 LAIRD: That's worked. 719 00:32:28,625 --> 00:32:30,167 That's been knocked off. 720 00:32:30,333 --> 00:32:32,167 If that stone is worked, why? 721 00:32:32,292 --> 00:32:33,667 -Yeah. -ALEX: There's no other worked stone around here. 722 00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:35,000 LAIRD: Yeah. 723 00:32:35,083 --> 00:32:36,833 -That's red granite. -ALEX: Yeah. 724 00:32:36,917 --> 00:32:38,458 Do you think that that cut piece, 725 00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:41,125 the worked piece was deliberately cut to go there? 726 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:42,833 LAIRD: It was done for some other purpose 727 00:32:42,917 --> 00:32:44,375 and made its way in here. 728 00:32:44,542 --> 00:32:46,250 ALEX: What I find interesting about that is 729 00:32:46,375 --> 00:32:48,125 it was split off of something deliberately. 730 00:32:48,208 --> 00:32:50,042 -We don't see that stone. -LAIRD: No. 731 00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:55,583 ALEX: The Kingdom Stone. That was red granite. 732 00:32:55,708 --> 00:32:57,375 -Right. -ALEX: If that stone was placed there, 733 00:32:57,542 --> 00:33:00,375 what better place to hide the rest of it 734 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:01,833 -than in a stone wall here? -Hmm. 735 00:33:01,958 --> 00:33:03,667 NARRATOR: On Lot 26, 736 00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:05,667 Alex Lagina has just noticed 737 00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:07,875 a potentially important clue 738 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,750 while investigating the stone wall 739 00:33:09,875 --> 00:33:13,708 with archaeologists Laird Niven and Miriam Amirault. 740 00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:16,958 We investigated the Nolan's Cross theory 741 00:33:17,042 --> 00:33:19,375 that that represents the Kabbalistic tree of life. 742 00:33:19,542 --> 00:33:21,333 -LAIRD: Right. -It's got all these points, and we investigated 743 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,625 -with Petter Amundsen, the Kingdom Stone. -LAIRD: Mm-hmm. 744 00:33:25,208 --> 00:33:28,542 -PETTER: This is Nolan's Cross. -MARTY: Good. 745 00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:30,500 NARRATOR: In 2013, 746 00:33:30,625 --> 00:33:33,083 Norwegian researcher and filmmaker, 747 00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:36,583 Petter Amundsen presented the team his incredible theory 748 00:33:36,708 --> 00:33:38,958 that the megalithic formation of six boulders, 749 00:33:39,042 --> 00:33:41,375 known as Nolan's Cross, 750 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:44,000 included four additional smaller stones 751 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:45,958 called sephirot, 752 00:33:46,083 --> 00:33:48,125 that were used to form 753 00:33:48,250 --> 00:33:51,333 an ancient Kabbalistic symbol - known as the tree of life, 754 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:54,750 which has often been connected to the ancient 755 00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:58,708 religious and military order known as the Knights Templar. 756 00:33:58,833 --> 00:34:01,000 The geometry indicates 757 00:34:01,083 --> 00:34:04,542 that we are talking about a tree of life. 758 00:34:04,708 --> 00:34:08,250 NARRATOR: According to Petter's theory, the man-made feature 759 00:34:08,375 --> 00:34:11,750 represented evidence that priceless, religious treasures 760 00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:15,417 of the Templar order were buried on Oak Island. 761 00:34:15,542 --> 00:34:16,875 Is this it here? 762 00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:19,167 Yeah. This is it. Good. 763 00:34:19,250 --> 00:34:20,917 NARRATOR: And in an effort to prove 764 00:34:21,042 --> 00:34:23,125 his research to the Oak Island team, 765 00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:25,833 he took Marty and Alex Lagina out 766 00:34:25,958 --> 00:34:28,125 to Lot 30, where they uncovered 767 00:34:28,250 --> 00:34:32,000 one of the sephirot, known as the Kingdom Stone. 768 00:34:32,125 --> 00:34:33,667 Yeah. Here it comes. Oh. 769 00:34:33,792 --> 00:34:35,625 ALEX: Well, the stone itself is interesting 770 00:34:35,708 --> 00:34:38,708 because you'd think there'd be the other half of it somewhere. 771 00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:42,167 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Alex, 772 00:34:42,333 --> 00:34:44,542 Laird, and Miriam have found 773 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:47,667 a missing piece of the so-called Kingdom Stone 774 00:34:47,792 --> 00:34:50,500 hidden in the wall on Lot 26? 775 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:55,000 If so, could that mean that whoever built this feature 776 00:34:55,125 --> 00:34:56,833 also created Nolan's Cross 777 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,750 and the Tree of Life formation on the island as well? 778 00:35:00,875 --> 00:35:03,708 Out here on the island, in order to figure this thing out, 779 00:35:03,875 --> 00:35:08,208 we have to go down these avenues of thought and remember them 780 00:35:08,333 --> 00:35:11,208 for later because it wouldn't be the first time that something 781 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:15,333 we did years ago turns out to be relevant as we're digging today. 782 00:35:15,458 --> 00:35:18,333 LAIRD: It's very strange. 783 00:35:18,458 --> 00:35:21,083 At the time, I thought it was naturally split, 784 00:35:21,208 --> 00:35:24,250 but it was split, and the other half of it 785 00:35:24,375 --> 00:35:26,167 -was nowhere to be found. -LAIRD: Right. 786 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:27,417 ALEX: But I think that's interesting 787 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:29,333 that we're finding these offcuts, 788 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:31,042 -but not the stone that they came from. -LAIRD: Yeah. 789 00:35:31,208 --> 00:35:33,000 ALEX: We're getting a lot of really small, 790 00:35:33,125 --> 00:35:35,167 broken up fragments of rock. 791 00:35:35,292 --> 00:35:37,458 Maybe this is a piece of the Kingdom Stone. 792 00:35:37,542 --> 00:35:40,333 If the stone wall predates the discovery of the Money Pit, 793 00:35:40,458 --> 00:35:41,833 there could be a connection there. 794 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,000 LAIRD: It is interesting because 795 00:35:43,083 --> 00:35:44,458 granite is not easy to work. 796 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:46,875 -ALEX: Mm-hmm. -It takes some ex-expertise. 797 00:35:47,042 --> 00:35:49,500 I think so. It's-it's also worth recording. 798 00:35:49,583 --> 00:35:51,250 -LAIRD: Yeah. -ALEX: But if we're seeing signs 799 00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,875 of shaped stone here that correspond to the boulders 800 00:35:54,042 --> 00:35:55,458 we found at those points, then maybe 801 00:35:55,583 --> 00:35:57,458 that adds a little bit more weight to that theory. 802 00:35:57,542 --> 00:35:59,167 LAIRD: Cool. This is exactly 803 00:35:59,250 --> 00:36:01,083 what Rick wants us to find. 804 00:36:01,208 --> 00:36:02,167 ALEX: So, finally, we got one. 805 00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:03,750 LAIRD: We do it. 806 00:36:03,875 --> 00:36:04,833 -Cool. -(Miriam chuckles) 807 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,583 ALEX: Well done. 808 00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:08,125 MIRIAM: No, it's a great find. That's awesome. 809 00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:10,833 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 810 00:36:10,958 --> 00:36:12,625 IAN: Hello. 811 00:36:12,708 --> 00:36:14,417 Hello, Doc. 812 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:15,833 -Hey, Ian, how're you doing? -Good to see you. 813 00:36:15,958 --> 00:36:17,333 It's everybody. 814 00:36:17,458 --> 00:36:19,292 -We got enough guys here now? -(laughter) 815 00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:21,000 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty Lagina 816 00:36:21,167 --> 00:36:22,958 arrive in the Money Pit area 817 00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:27,708 as the core drilling operation in borehole DN-10.5 818 00:36:27,833 --> 00:36:30,375 has proceeded deeper into the target depths 819 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:32,333 of the believed treasure zone. 820 00:36:32,458 --> 00:36:34,625 What've we got coming next, Terry? 821 00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:36,792 TERRY: It looks like they're pulling it up right now. 822 00:36:36,875 --> 00:36:38,292 It's gonna be interesting. 823 00:36:38,375 --> 00:36:40,000 We're getting very close to target horizon. 824 00:36:40,125 --> 00:36:41,167 Yeah. 825 00:36:41,292 --> 00:36:43,292 -120 feet. -Thank you. 826 00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:44,708 Yeah, it's pretty stiff the whole way down. 827 00:36:44,875 --> 00:36:45,708 CRAIG: Okay. 828 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:50,958 TERRY: Interesting. 829 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:53,917 Firm. Very dense, 830 00:36:54,042 --> 00:36:56,042 maroon till. 831 00:36:56,208 --> 00:36:58,375 -Yeah. -Same old, same old. 832 00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:00,500 TERRY: It is still the same old, same old. 833 00:37:00,625 --> 00:37:03,000 And, at this point, we're the closest 834 00:37:03,125 --> 00:37:06,167 we are gonna be with this run to what we hope to hit. 835 00:37:06,292 --> 00:37:07,833 And I don't see any wood right there. 836 00:37:07,958 --> 00:37:09,458 We didn't, we didn't hit it. 837 00:37:15,958 --> 00:37:20,167 RICK: You know, every search agenda that we try to follow, 838 00:37:20,250 --> 00:37:22,625 it's disappointing when you can't prove it. 839 00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:25,083 But you have to let the process continue. 840 00:37:25,208 --> 00:37:27,375 -Hello. -Oh, look who's here. 841 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:29,500 -Gang's all here. -The gang's all here. 842 00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:30,958 -Come on in. -Come on in. 843 00:37:31,042 --> 00:37:32,125 Oh, my God, it's a crowd. 844 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,250 Hello. How're you doing? Please. 845 00:37:33,375 --> 00:37:35,500 Emma's got some news. 846 00:37:35,583 --> 00:37:37,792 -So, you guys gave me these. -Right. 847 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:39,375 This piece right here, 'cause it's small, 848 00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:41,833 I could do a map scan of it. 849 00:37:41,917 --> 00:37:43,625 What-what-what is that? 850 00:37:43,750 --> 00:37:45,083 EMMA: That's the Garden Shaft inner lining that-- 851 00:37:45,208 --> 00:37:46,292 the wood pieces. 852 00:37:46,417 --> 00:37:48,833 -The original shaft. -Yeah. 853 00:37:48,917 --> 00:37:51,542 And from this one, 854 00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:54,500 I detected gold. 855 00:37:55,667 --> 00:37:56,625 Wow. 856 00:37:57,625 --> 00:37:59,917 IAN: This is huge. 857 00:38:03,667 --> 00:38:06,042 From this one, I detected gold. 858 00:38:06,167 --> 00:38:07,167 -MARTY: Wow. -To confirm your theories. 859 00:38:07,292 --> 00:38:08,417 Gold? 860 00:38:08,542 --> 00:38:09,500 -Gold, yeah. -Yeah. 861 00:38:09,625 --> 00:38:11,292 -Gold in the wood? -Yeah. 862 00:38:11,417 --> 00:38:12,667 -Wow. That's wild. -TERRY: Wow. 863 00:38:12,792 --> 00:38:14,458 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 864 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:16,125 archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 865 00:38:16,208 --> 00:38:19,167 has just shared some astonishing news. 866 00:38:19,292 --> 00:38:20,708 Yeah, I confirmed it. 867 00:38:20,875 --> 00:38:23,500 I had to make sure, but there's definite gold, yeah. 868 00:38:23,667 --> 00:38:26,333 NARRATOR: The wood samples extracted two days ago, 869 00:38:26,458 --> 00:38:30,042 from a depth of 55 feet inside the Garden Shaft, 870 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,583 contain high-trace evidence of gold. 871 00:38:32,708 --> 00:38:36,375 What degree of accuracy do you believe that to be? 872 00:38:36,542 --> 00:38:38,750 This one's accurate. 873 00:38:38,875 --> 00:38:40,125 -MARTY: 100%? -Yeah. 874 00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:42,042 Well, there you go, guys. 875 00:38:42,167 --> 00:38:44,417 And it's adhered to the organic material? 876 00:38:44,542 --> 00:38:45,708 -The wood? -EMMA: Yeah. 877 00:38:45,875 --> 00:38:48,167 0.11%, so it's 0.1, 878 00:38:48,292 --> 00:38:49,792 but still, that is enough. 879 00:38:49,917 --> 00:38:52,208 -This is huge. -Isn't that like a big number? 880 00:38:52,375 --> 00:38:54,500 That's a big number for my-- in my book, 881 00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,333 -that's a big number. -It is 'cause it's 882 00:38:56,417 --> 00:38:57,750 a lot of parts per billion. 883 00:38:57,875 --> 00:39:00,917 So, I mean, all we can do is continue, like, 884 00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:04,958 with the water to cross-check, like, check other samples, 885 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:06,875 see if we can duplicate. 886 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,000 This girl can find gold. 887 00:39:08,125 --> 00:39:10,042 That's a superpower around here. 888 00:39:10,167 --> 00:39:11,625 (laughter) 889 00:39:11,708 --> 00:39:14,000 The results are incredible, 890 00:39:14,083 --> 00:39:18,167 fantastic, gob-smacking, to use one of Gary's terms. 891 00:39:18,292 --> 00:39:20,250 ALEX: That's huge, isn't it? That's a lot. 892 00:39:20,375 --> 00:39:22,500 -Pretty big, like, significant. -Yeah. 893 00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:24,000 MARTY: We could be close to the actual treasure. 894 00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:26,458 We've got a little bit of time to pull it all 895 00:39:26,542 --> 00:39:28,208 together, and we're 896 00:39:28,333 --> 00:39:29,833 gonna work together to do that. 897 00:39:29,917 --> 00:39:32,042 That's where we are right now. I'm hopeful. 898 00:39:32,167 --> 00:39:33,667 RICK: We've always said that, 899 00:39:33,792 --> 00:39:35,875 you know, science had to be a real component 900 00:39:36,042 --> 00:39:37,458 of this search, and now, 901 00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:40,125 this analysis is incredibly invigorating. 902 00:39:40,250 --> 00:39:41,375 Look at the smiles around the table. 903 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:43,167 I mean, everybody's smiling, so 904 00:39:43,292 --> 00:39:44,917 it's-it's a great component, 905 00:39:45,042 --> 00:39:46,292 and we always said that 906 00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:48,417 this shaft would provide a unique opportunity 907 00:39:48,542 --> 00:39:49,958 if we were humble enough 908 00:39:50,042 --> 00:39:51,458 and smart enough to learn 909 00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:53,667 from lost opportunities, right? 910 00:39:53,792 --> 00:39:55,167 -Yeah. -RICK: But, anyway, 911 00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:56,792 I think we all owe Emma 912 00:39:56,917 --> 00:39:59,333 -a round of applause actually. -Oh, God. 913 00:39:59,458 --> 00:40:01,042 (applause) 914 00:40:01,167 --> 00:40:04,042 TERRY: You find gold around here, you get applause. 915 00:40:04,208 --> 00:40:05,500 (laughter) 916 00:40:05,625 --> 00:40:06,833 Well, thank you for bringing the news. 917 00:40:06,958 --> 00:40:08,333 We appreciate it. 918 00:40:08,458 --> 00:40:10,917 It's all good news and the search for the truth. 919 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:13,208 MARTY: Absolutely. Find us some more. 920 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:16,917 -(laughter) -TOM: Yeah, more gold. 921 00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:21,708 NARRATOR: After more than a decade of searching for the answers 922 00:40:21,833 --> 00:40:26,708 to the 228-year-old Oak Island mystery, 923 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:30,417 Rick and Marty Lagina may be closing in 924 00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:33,042 on a discovery that they have dreamed about 925 00:40:33,167 --> 00:40:36,667 since they were just boys growing up in Northern Michigan. 926 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,875 Although there is still much work to be done, 927 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,167 and many more clues 928 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,750 that must be uncovered, 929 00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:50,667 thanks to the efforts of the Fellowship of the Dig, 930 00:40:50,792 --> 00:40:53,333 the days that Oak Island's secrets 931 00:40:53,458 --> 00:40:56,375 remain hidden may finally 932 00:40:56,542 --> 00:40:59,417 be numbered. 933 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:03,958 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 934 00:41:04,083 --> 00:41:05,958 RICK: We're following the trail of the gold. 935 00:41:06,083 --> 00:41:08,208 MARTY: A highly unusual source of gold here. 936 00:41:08,333 --> 00:41:09,375 Hey, look at this. 937 00:41:09,542 --> 00:41:10,792 LAIRD: Nice. 938 00:41:10,875 --> 00:41:11,917 If you can get a date off of that, 939 00:41:12,042 --> 00:41:13,208 you could date this wall. 940 00:41:13,375 --> 00:41:17,042 We're talking about 1650 to about 1690. 941 00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:18,542 RICK: Come on in, Bill. 942 00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:20,667 We're digging up a hidden well. 943 00:41:20,792 --> 00:41:22,083 -(beeping) -Oh, look at that. 944 00:41:22,208 --> 00:41:23,958 That's fantastic! 945 00:41:24,083 --> 00:41:26,250 There's definitely higher counts of gold here. 946 00:41:26,375 --> 00:41:27,542 That's exciting. 947 00:41:27,708 --> 00:41:29,333 -Yeah. -Yeah. 948 00:41:29,458 --> 00:41:31,083 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS