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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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The gold concentrations
get higher as we go down.
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-SCOTT: Oh, wow.
-COTE: "X" marks the spot.
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RICK:
We're going to dig
the great quadrilateral.
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This clay should not be here.
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There's something at
the bottom of that clay.
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-That's a big something.
-Oh, wow.
-What is that?
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-GARY: That is sweet.
-ALEX: Whoa.
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This is Portuguese.
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It's 1474 to 1638.
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-RICK: Wow.
-(chuckles)
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No way.
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-It's incredible.
-(laughs)
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NARRATOR:
There is an island
in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it...
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man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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And according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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CRAIG:
Hey, guys.
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-SCOTT: Hey, Craig.
-COTE: How's it going?
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-Good.
-All right.
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-Question is, how are you doing?
-Ah, she's going.
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NARRATOR:
Another bright and hopeful day
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has begun on Oak Island
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for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester,
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and their entire team,
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as they dig deeper
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in the Money Pit area
for the answers
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to a 228-year-old
treasure mystery.
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CRAIG:
How deep are you cribbed?
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Uh, right now, we're at 67 feet.
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Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Thanks to representatives
of Dumas Contracting Limited,
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the reconstruction
of the so-called Garden Shaft
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has now reached a depth
of nearly 70 feet
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and will continue
until the original structure
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is completely refurbished
with waterproof levels,
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or sets, down to its bottom,
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approximately 80 feet
underground.
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SCOTT:
The deeper this goes,
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kind of the more exciting
it gets for us.
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CRAIG:
Yeah. I'm sure hoping
we find more gold
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and the concentrations
get higher as we go down.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
The team has numerous reasons
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to believe
that the Garden Shaft,
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which has been carbon-dated
to more than 60 years prior
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to the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795,
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may lead them
to the ultimate discovery.
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First, water
that flooded the shaft,
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as well as wood samples
that were taken
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at depths of 55 and 58 feet
from the structure,
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have yielded high
trace evidence of gold.
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And second,
the Garden Shaft is located
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less than 20 feet east from
the so-called "Treasure Zone,"
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where the team has discovered
their highest traces of silver,
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gold, and other metals between
depths of 80 and 120 feet.
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And within that zone,
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a tunnel
was recently discovered,
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some 95 feet deep,
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that appears to lead almost
directly below the shaft.
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How deep are your probes going
at this point in time?
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So, uh, we're probing
12 feet on the outside wall.
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Okay.
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COTE:
And then we're gonna
probably probe each corner
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about 20 feet.
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I've got a print right here.
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There are three per wall,
so there's 12.
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CRAIG:
Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Because of the recent
discoveries of gold
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found on samples of wood
that were collected
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at the 55 and 58-foot levels
of the Garden Shaft,
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the Laginas and Craig have
directed the team from Dumas
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to conduct a new
probe drilling operation
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at the current depth of 67 feet.
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Using a powerful
hydraulic earth drill,
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three holes will be made
at various angles
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through each of the four walls,
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reaching as far as
20 feet outside the shaft
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in order to look for
possible tunnels, chambers,
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and valuables
that may be buried nearby.
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RICK:
This area is significantly
unknown and under-investigated.
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So, because of that
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and because of all the issues
with the high gold values,
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the associated soft areas,
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we and the Dumas team
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want to know
what's outside of the shaft.
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It's all about, at this point,
the probe drilling
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to further our understanding
of the relevance
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of the Garden Shaft in terms
of treasure recovery.
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COTE: That's right. Yeah.
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So, when we're
doing our testing,
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we can see if there's...
you know, if we are lucky enough
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that we get
another concentration
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of gold on the wood,
we can see if it is higher
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on the outside versus
the inside to know, you know,
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was it something
that's outside the shaft
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-that's causing this?
-Yeah.
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CRAIG:
It's all just another piece
of the puzzle,
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but it will help us
figure it out.
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-So... Appreciate it.
-Okay. Thank you.
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-CRAIG: Talk to you later.
-SCOTT: Thanks, Craig.
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NARRATOR:
As the probe drilling operation
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continues in the Garden Shaft...
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RICK:
Okay. Are we about ready?
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Just in time. Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina,
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fellow Oak Island landowner
Tom Nolan,
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and other members of the team
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prepare to conduct
another excavation
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in search of vital clues
on Lot 13,
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just northeast of the swamp.
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This is the site. We are looking
at the quadrilateral.
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Right here.
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It just was interesting
when you brought out,
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you know, what your father
had written about it.
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I mean, three layers
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of multi-ton stone
is right there.
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-GARY: Dang.
-RICK: That's a unique feature.
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TOM:
Just maybe today we can get
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a couple answers 'cause it
left my dad, you know,
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he knew he had found something,
you know, of importance,
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but he didn't know exactly
what its meaning was, so...
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This is the section
of the book that was
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dedicated to the quadrilateral.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
Tom shared an unpublished book
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written by his late father,
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Fred Nolan, which documented
his nearly six-decade search
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for the answers
to the Oak Island mystery.
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What they found themselves in
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was some sort of
a boulder field,
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and it definitely
didn't look natural
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once they started to uncover it.
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NARRATOR:
One item in the book
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was a 32-foot-long,
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quadrilateral-shaped
boulder feature
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that he discovered back in 1993.
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RICK:
That's intriguing, right?
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-Don't you think so?
-Very intriguing.
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TOM:
To construct this thing,
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it would've taken
a huge amount of time
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to put this thing together.
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NARRATOR:
Although he removed
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a number of boulders
from the feature,
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Fred was never able to confirm
if it was simply
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a marker or perhaps
hiding something.
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RICK:
That was the end
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of his dig, and this is
the beginning of ours.
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Let's see what we can find here.
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-Okay. Time to get boulder.
-Time...
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GARY:
Now we're rolling.
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NARRATOR:
As Billy Gerhardt carefully
peels back the earth
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covering the stone formation,
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Gary Drayton will
metal detect the spoils
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in search of important clues
and discoveries.
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We know nothing about
the great quadrilateral,
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other than the little bit
of information that was in
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Fred's book.
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-There's one.
-There's a rock, yeah.
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RICK:
The aim is to learn
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more about it
and its import on the island.
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And, hopefully,
it will be quite revealing
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in terms of understanding
the mystery.
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GARY:
Oh, there's a metal pipe there.
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Did your dad
do any drilling here?
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TOM:
Yes, that's what
he said in the book.
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GARY:
Nice little piece
of Nolan history there, mate.
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-TOM: Yep.
-BILLY: Hey, guys,
you should take a look here.
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GARY:
Do you want to see
what's going on?
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The little sticks there.
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GARY:
What is it, Tom?
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TOM:
I'd say it's been cut and burnt.
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Cut and burnt. Wood?
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GARY:
Oh, yeah.
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To me, that looks like
it's been in a fire.
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Mm-hmm.
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I want to know what
that is right there.
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BILLY:
Yeah, the consistency
of that, to me,
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reminds me more of when we dig
in the bottom of the swamp.
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-What do you got, Rick?
-RICK: It's burnt, too.
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that's been
through a fire, wouldn't you?
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-Oh, yeah. It's charcoal.
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GARY:
That kind of reminds me
of those small
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little pieces of wood
that we found
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in the base layer
of the stone pathway
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that goes around the swamp.
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With all these
thin little branches
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like that, that were cut.
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It's really firm right here.
Feel how firm that is.
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Yeah there's some sort of
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NARRATOR:
Two years ago,
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the team uncovered a stone road
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in the southeast corner
of the swamp.
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A road that is believed
to be at least
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500 years old,
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potentially
of Portuguese design...
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Wow. So, that's
the coal we're finding.
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Yeah, we found
some pieces fairly large.
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NARRATOR:
...and which was constructed
atop a layer of charcoal
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and wood fragments.
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ALEX:
Looks a lot like the stone path.
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CORJAN:
Yeah, it looks
the spitting image.
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NARRATOR:
Incredibly,
one year later in 2021,
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while visiting a site
in Alqueidão da Serra, Portugal,
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known to have been a stronghold
for the Knights Templar
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between the 12th
and 16th centuries,
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Rick and Alex Lagina,
along with Doug Crowell
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and Peter Fornetti, were shown
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a nearly identical feature.
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If there is
a Portuguese connection
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to the construction
of the road in the swamp,
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maybe this is the blueprint.
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-How deep are you, Bill?
-Four feet.
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Oh, there's quite a bit
of digging to do here yet.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the team
has just found evidence
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that the quadrilateral feature
on Lot 13
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and the stone road
in the swamp may be related?
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And if so,
could both help explain
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just who was behind
the Oak Island mystery?
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BILLY:
Hey, Rick?
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That's a bit of clay there.
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-TOM: This stuff?
-BILLY: Yeah.
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Pretty definitive that that
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-shouldn't normally
be there, right?
-TOM: No. That could be
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-blue clay, right there.
-Yeah.
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Where have you seen
that color before?
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Money Pit.
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GARY:
I was not expecting that.
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NARRATOR:
On Lot 13,
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located northeast
of the Oak Island swamp...
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RICK:
There's a big, thick seam
of it right here.
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NARRATOR:
...while excavating
a mysterious boulder formation
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known as "the quadrilateral,"
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which was first discovered
by Fred Nolan in the 1990s,
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Rick Lagina and
members of the team
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have just found
a potentially critical clue.
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RICK:
Exactly the kind of clay that we
found around the Money Pit.
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NARRATOR:
In 1804,
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when searchers began
the first major excavation
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of the original Money Pit
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at a depth of 40 feet,
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they found a layer
of blue clay that acted
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as a sealant to keep water
out of the shaft.
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Curiously, when the team
investigated
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a circular feature
of boulders,
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known as the Eye of the Swamp,
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in 2018,
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they discovered
the same substance.
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You've never seen it
this shallow?
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No, definitely not.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that the team
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has now found evidence
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that the quadrilateral
was created
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by the same people
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who manipulated the swamp
and constructed the Money Pit?
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-RICK: Hey, Terry.
-Hi, Rick. How you doing?
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-Hey, Terry.
-Hey, Tom.
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RICK:
Well, I'm gonna be a lot better
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once you tell us things we don't
know. (laughs) Come on down.
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-Only make educated guesses.
-No, you'll know this.
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-I got my fingers crossed.
-Why is that there?
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It seems a little bit similar
to what we're seeing
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in the Money Pit.
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RICK:
Blue clay is part
of the historical narrative
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of the find of the Money Pit.
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Would you use that
to your advantage
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if you wanted to keep water out
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of-of some sort of
underground structure?
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Absolutely. 100%.
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NARRATOR:
Could Rick Lagina's notion
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that the presence of blue clay
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indicates that a structure
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is possibly buried below
be correct?
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If so, what kind of structure
could it be?
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And might it contain
something of great value?
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RICK:
It's a mystery.
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I can't wait dig the rest of it,
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but I think
we're done for the day.
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Yep. Absolutely.
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RICK:
We'll pick it up tomorrow.
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GARY:
I think the best is yet to come.
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NARRATOR:
The following morning...
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RONNIE:
All right,
stop around the same spot,
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I'll throw another rod on.
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NARRATOR:
...while representatives
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from Dumas Contracting Limited
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continue the
probe drilling operation
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within the Garden Shaft...
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RICK:
So, this is the quadrilateral.
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I think, Ian, you know
a little bit about this.
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NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina and members
of the team return to Lot 13
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to have geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner examine
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the mysterious
quadrilateral feature.
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We found a layer of clay
below the stones.
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-Okay.
-RICK: So,
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if you can go down there and
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give us a better understanding
of what happened here.
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Is it natural?
Has it been manipulated?
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That's-that's
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-what we want to know.
-IAN and GARY: Yeah.
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Let's go down, take a look here.
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RICK:
We have to see
if there's some other,
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as yet undetermined reason
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for this clay
to be at this horizon.
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It's all about being
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keenly aware of what you observe
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as the dig proceeds.
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IAN:
Right off the bat, what I'm
seeing is a layer here of-of
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very clay-rich sediment.
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Like, you can feel
how deep it is.
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That's probably pretty thick,
which is odd.
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And if it were geologic?
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-I.e., glacially deposited?
-It's not.
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-It's not?
-I just don't think so. This
is the wrong environment.
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It's on a hill slope.
It's a little bit improbable
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that it would have
collected here naturally.
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Yeah, like... there's also
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the different kinds of clays
we're seeing here,
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the different colors.
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That may speak
to burning or heat.
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Mm.
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IAN:
You see this?
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That's burnt wood.
This burnt wood is in clay,
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and that just-- the-the
two things don't go together.
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And so, I can tell you
definitively,
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it is a disturbed clay
and out of place.
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Something with a fair bit
of purpose took place here.
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RICK:
It's a complex story,
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and thus,
there has to be a why to it.
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You stack boulders
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because it's much harder
to get boulders out of a hole
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-than it is to get them
in the hole.
-That's right.
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So, basically, this becomes,
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-possibly, a safe.
-Yeah.
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You seal the top,
you prevent water from
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getting down below,
and boulders are actually
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-the key to the safe.
-Right.
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RICK:
I think the quadrilateral
is a human construct.
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There is no way that you would,
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for fun and games, put
huge boulders in a huge hole.
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And so, yes, there's
every bit of possibility
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that this may have
something to do with
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furthering our understanding
of what happened here long ago.
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Is there going to be treasure
at the bottom of this location?
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This is worth investigating.
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If we could kind of
get through the clay,
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what's at the bottom
of that clay
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is really important.
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RICK:
If there's something
at the bottom
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of that clay,
that-that's a big something.
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IAN:
Yeah.
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RICK:
We need to investigate further,
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but I think we have to wait
for Tom and then dig.
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We're definitely not done here.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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RICK:
So, guys, as everybody knows,
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research has played
an important role to date.
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Uh, we have a researcher in
the Azores, Francisco Nogueira.
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And Judi has been
working with him.
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NARRATOR:
Rick Lagina has gathered
with members of the team
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in the war room for a meeting
via videoconference
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with Portuguese researcher
Francisco Nogueira.
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-Good morning, sir.
-Hey.
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NARRATOR: While Rick has
currently commissioned
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a number of researchers
across Europe
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to scour their national archives
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for possible connections
to the Oak Island mystery,
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in light of the recent
discoveries on the island
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that may be connected
to the Portuguese sect
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of the Knights Templar,
known as the Order of Christ,
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Rick's friend Judi Rudebusch
has alerted him that Francisco
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has information to share
that may help prove members
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of that organization
buried treasure on Oak Island.
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So, without any more, uh,
statements from our end,
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I think we'll turn it over
to you.
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NARRATOR:
Although the Christian order
of the Knights Templar
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established strongholds
in Portugal as early
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as the 12th century,
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after the King of France
and the Catholic Church
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persecuted the order in 1307
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and attempted to confiscate
the sacred religious treasures
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that they were
rumored to possess,
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a number of Templars
fled to Portugal,
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rebranded themselves
as the Order of Christ,
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and maintained fortresses
on the mainland
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as well as hundreds of miles
out in the Atlantic Ocean
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on the Portuguese islands
known as the Azores.
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From there,
some researchers believe
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they moved their treasures
to the New World
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sometime between
the 14th and 16th centuries
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and hid them on Oak Island.
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No way.
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ALEX:
That's a very interesting
lead to follow up on.
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FRANCISCO:
This is a Portuguese rock wall,
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and I have no doubts about that.
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NARRATOR:
In the war room,
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Portuguese researcher
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Francisco Nogueira
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has just made
a surprising assertion
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to Rick Lagina and members
of the Oak Island team.
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It is his belief
that the rock wall on Lot 26,
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located on the western side
of Oak Island,
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which the team
has been investigating
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for the past several weeks,
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is more than 500 years old
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and of Portuguese origin.
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JACK:
Those dates from 1400 to 1600s
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are legitimate,
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and th-- and that
people were here,
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specifically the Portuguese.
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RICK: They may be
significantly relevant, yes.
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NARRATOR:
Following the death
of King Henry of Portugal
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in 1580,
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the fact that he had no children
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led to a bitter conflict
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over who should be the
rightful heir to the throne.
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Many citizens believed
that António,
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Prior of Crato,
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who was the nephew
of the late King Henry
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and who had ties
to the Order of Christ,
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was the rightful successor.
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However, King Philip II of Spain
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waged a bloody war
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and eventually seized power
over both nations.
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In the wake of the carnage,
a large fortune of gold,
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which some believe was connected
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to the Order of Christ,
went missing
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and has never been
accounted for.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that a vast golden treasure
was moved
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in the 16th century
from Portugal to Oak Island
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by members
of the Order of Christ?
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If so, could that explain
the stone road
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in the swamp, the rock wall
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on Lot 26,
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the quadrilateral feature
on Lot 13,
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and the high-trace evidence
of gold in the Money Pit area?
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RICK:
What's interesting, though,
is Francisco mentions
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the Order of Christ
helping the Azoreans
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with their struggle.
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When we were in Portugal, we
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surmised that
the Order of Christ
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knew there was impending doom,
if you will, right?
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-Mm-hmm.
-King John inviting
the Inquisition.
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Well, the Order of Christ
would have familiarity
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with the Azores.
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They would know of voyages
to the New World.
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Where are you going
to seek refuge?
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You would want to seek refuge
to an area,
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at least,
that you know of, right?
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They are here in the New World.
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It's a possible place of refuge.
It's a possibility, certainly.
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DOUG:
The timeline I see
developing here is that
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the Knights Templar,
suppressed in 1307, right,
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they found sanctuary
in Portugal.
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And then, when the Inquisition
finally reached Portugal,
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they had to look
for a safe haven elsewhere.
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A great amount of wealth
disappeared from the Azores,
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a-and-and, like you have said,
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who knows what else
under the protection
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of the Order of Christ
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disappeared around that time.
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It-It's-it's an
interesting concept.
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Oh, Francisco,
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I speak for everyone here
on the war room, uh,
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we respect and appreciate
the research you've done.
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We-We've always said
there's a treasure hunt here,
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but there's also an information
hunt, and you're-you're
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integral to that process,
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so we really appreciate
all the hard work,
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and we-we hope, sincerely,
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-that you will continue in this.
-Okay. That's a promise.
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(laughter)
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-Thank you.
-Thanks.
-Take care.
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JUDI:
Bye-bye.
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FRANCISCO:
You're welcome.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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CRAIG:
This is my first look-see.
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ALEX:
Yeah, me, too.
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Watch your step here.
It's pretty steep.
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NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina, along with
497
00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:17,375
his nephew Alex, Craig Tester,
498
00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,375
Tom Nolan,
499
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,458
and other members of the team
500
00:24:21,542 --> 00:24:25,250
arrive on Lot 13
to continue their excavation
501
00:24:25,375 --> 00:24:27,458
of the so-called quadrilateral.
502
00:24:27,583 --> 00:24:29,500
Yeah, I've looked at it. I mean,
503
00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:31,833
I-I don't think I've
gone through it with Tom
504
00:24:31,958 --> 00:24:35,000
or-or Alex
or-or Craig for that matter.
505
00:24:35,083 --> 00:24:37,625
Um, I think we should all
go through the stratigraphy
506
00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:40,417
just to get a feel,
uh, for how things
507
00:24:40,542 --> 00:24:42,500
were deposited here, so
508
00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:45,167
I've got the flag
at the contact between
509
00:24:45,292 --> 00:24:48,333
Nolan's dig and an older dig,
510
00:24:48,458 --> 00:24:50,500
and then that goes
all the way down,
511
00:24:50,583 --> 00:24:53,583
down to the clay layer,
which is right beside us.
512
00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:55,833
There's a big chunk of it.
513
00:24:55,958 --> 00:24:57,875
-Craig, can you just
grab that big...
-Clay?
514
00:24:58,042 --> 00:24:59,583
Yeah, that big chunk.
515
00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:01,125
If you take a look
at that chunk,
516
00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:03,208
what does
517
00:25:03,333 --> 00:25:06,083
the chunk have in it? Wood.
518
00:25:06,208 --> 00:25:08,333
-It's disturbed.
-Mm-hmm.
519
00:25:08,417 --> 00:25:10,000
My contention is, this clay,
520
00:25:10,125 --> 00:25:13,000
which is really nice clay,
should not be here.
521
00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:16,833
When you say it shouldn't
be here,
522
00:25:16,958 --> 00:25:18,125
do you mean it was
transported here?
523
00:25:18,208 --> 00:25:19,583
That's my guess.
524
00:25:19,708 --> 00:25:22,042
Because, fact of the matter is,
525
00:25:22,208 --> 00:25:24,500
if there were the boulders
on top of it, somebody
526
00:25:24,667 --> 00:25:26,333
had to transport them here, too.
527
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,583
But what I can't get
my head around is,
528
00:25:28,708 --> 00:25:31,583
why would you put down clay,
then put down rocks,
529
00:25:31,708 --> 00:25:33,417
-what were you doing?
-ALEX: Yeah.
530
00:25:33,542 --> 00:25:35,750
Why would it be a uniform layer
of clay that was brought here?
531
00:25:35,875 --> 00:25:38,167
I don't know.
There's something going on here.
532
00:25:38,292 --> 00:25:41,500
RICK:
I think that this
is a representation
533
00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:43,500
of original work.
534
00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:46,542
The only explanation
outside of original work
535
00:25:46,667 --> 00:25:50,083
on Oak Island
is something to do with
536
00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:51,917
habitation or farming.
537
00:25:52,042 --> 00:25:54,750
And I can't
for the life of me explain
538
00:25:54,875 --> 00:25:58,375
why farmers would dig a pit,
539
00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:00,292
put blue clay
at the bottom of it,
540
00:26:00,417 --> 00:26:02,833
and then put huge boulders,
541
00:26:02,917 --> 00:26:05,500
one on top of each other,
542
00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:07,667
and then bury it.
543
00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:10,000
IAN:
It's got organic matter in it,
544
00:26:10,083 --> 00:26:11,542
so we've got a chance
to date it.
545
00:26:11,708 --> 00:26:13,583
-Yeah.
-Just to go through it.
546
00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:15,500
If I get the whole class's
attention here again.
547
00:26:15,583 --> 00:26:17,875
-(laughter)
-Thank you.
548
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,792
-Right along in here...
-(metallic clanging)
549
00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:26,583
-RICK: What's that?
-CRAIG: Is that a rock?
550
00:26:26,708 --> 00:26:29,500
IAN:
Oh, no.
551
00:26:29,625 --> 00:26:30,833
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho.
552
00:26:30,958 --> 00:26:36,667
ALEX:
What is that?
553
00:26:36,750 --> 00:26:38,250
NARRATOR:
While investigating
a site northeast
554
00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:41,458
of the Oak Island swamp
known as the quadrilateral,
555
00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:44,750
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
556
00:26:44,875 --> 00:26:47,750
has just made a potentially
important discovery.
557
00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:51,917
I think it's a really large
iron staple.
558
00:26:52,042 --> 00:26:54,125
And an oldie by the look of it.
559
00:26:54,250 --> 00:26:57,833
Look at that one little spot
that's deteriorated. You can see
560
00:26:57,917 --> 00:26:59,417
-the striations in the metal.
-GARY: Yeah.
561
00:26:59,542 --> 00:27:00,833
It's got that wood grain effect.
562
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,042
What would they use that for?
563
00:27:03,167 --> 00:27:05,292
CRAIG:
Definitely looks like, with
the thin ends, that it was
564
00:27:05,375 --> 00:27:07,542
-to be driven into wood.
-GARY: Yeah.
565
00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:09,167
And you think
this is hand-forged?
566
00:27:09,292 --> 00:27:11,125
That's what it looks like to me.
567
00:27:11,208 --> 00:27:14,792
NARRATOR:
A hand-forged iron staple
or fastener?
568
00:27:14,917 --> 00:27:19,000
Dating as far back
as the sixth century BC,
569
00:27:19,125 --> 00:27:22,833
large metal staples
are commonly used to this day
570
00:27:22,958 --> 00:27:26,417
in the assembly of both
stone and wooden structures.
571
00:27:26,542 --> 00:27:28,167
Could this hand-forged
572
00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:31,792
metal fastener be more evidence
that kind of structure
573
00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:35,458
is waiting to be revealed
at the so-called quadrilateral?
574
00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:37,208
If so, given the fact
575
00:27:37,375 --> 00:27:39,667
that the team has already found
blue clay,
576
00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:42,375
what kind of structure
could it be?
577
00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:45,792
RICK:
Anything that predates
the original discovery
578
00:27:45,875 --> 00:27:47,333
of the Money Pit
provides an opportunity
579
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:49,333
that might be original work.
580
00:27:49,458 --> 00:27:52,042
But you put
this so-called staple
581
00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:55,500
in line with
the laborious effort it took
582
00:27:55,583 --> 00:27:58,250
to create
the great quadrilateral,
583
00:27:58,375 --> 00:28:00,375
it certainly is quite puzzling.
584
00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:04,417
What, if any, is the relevance
to the overall mystery?
585
00:28:04,542 --> 00:28:05,958
That is yet to be determined.
586
00:28:06,083 --> 00:28:08,833
We made an interesting find.
587
00:28:08,958 --> 00:28:10,542
I can't wait
to get it back to the lab,
588
00:28:10,667 --> 00:28:12,167
but, for right now,
let's just keep digging.
589
00:28:12,292 --> 00:28:14,875
BILLY:
Yep. Keep going.
590
00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:19,500
NARRATOR:
The following morning,
591
00:28:19,625 --> 00:28:21,917
while Billy Gerhardt and members
592
00:28:22,042 --> 00:28:24,167
of the team continue excavating
593
00:28:24,292 --> 00:28:28,167
the mysterious quadrilateral
feature on Lot 13...
594
00:28:29,667 --> 00:28:31,333
COTE:
The outside corner,
595
00:28:31,458 --> 00:28:33,458
if it goes good, I'm gonna try
to push it a little bit deeper.
596
00:28:33,583 --> 00:28:35,083
Okay.
597
00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:36,792
NARRATOR:
...and as the probe drilling
598
00:28:36,917 --> 00:28:39,167
operation continues
in the Garden Shaft...
599
00:28:39,292 --> 00:28:41,708
RICK: Carmen, as usual,
we are very grateful
600
00:28:41,833 --> 00:28:43,000
that you were able
to make some time
601
00:28:43,083 --> 00:28:45,042
in your busy schedule
to come down.
602
00:28:45,208 --> 00:28:47,792
In front of us, we have
a really unique artifact.
603
00:28:47,917 --> 00:28:50,792
NARRATOR:
...at the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre,
604
00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:54,083
Rick and Marty Lagina,
along with Craig Tester
605
00:28:54,208 --> 00:28:56,375
and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan,
606
00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:59,333
meet with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
607
00:28:59,458 --> 00:29:01,875
to have him examine
the large metal staple
608
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,042
unearthed one day ago.
609
00:29:04,208 --> 00:29:08,000
Where it comes from is
the great quadrilateral.
610
00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:12,000
It's a unique geometric figure,
and we have no understanding
611
00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:13,958
of what that feature
represented.
612
00:29:14,042 --> 00:29:15,750
It's the first one
we've found on the island.
613
00:29:15,875 --> 00:29:17,333
First time
we've seen anything like that.
614
00:29:17,458 --> 00:29:19,500
So, I don't know
what that means.
615
00:29:27,583 --> 00:29:28,792
MARTY:
Four feet down.
616
00:29:28,917 --> 00:29:30,458
We know it was perhaps
buried there,
617
00:29:30,542 --> 00:29:31,708
somehow.
618
00:29:45,708 --> 00:29:47,375
That makes sense.
619
00:29:49,792 --> 00:29:51,167
MARTY:
This would've been used
in a tree
620
00:29:51,250 --> 00:29:52,875
or a big post
or something, right?
621
00:30:02,708 --> 00:30:03,875
MARTY:
Straight out.
622
00:30:04,917 --> 00:30:05,917
But perpendicular to it,
it would take
623
00:30:06,042 --> 00:30:07,750
a hell of a lot of force.
624
00:30:09,542 --> 00:30:11,000
Yeah, it made--
625
00:30:11,125 --> 00:30:12,833
when you said it,
it made complete sense to me.
626
00:30:12,917 --> 00:30:15,250
-Yeah.
-Could that have been used with
627
00:30:15,375 --> 00:30:17,167
helping pull the boulders
into place or not?
628
00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:20,042
Half the size of this table.
629
00:30:21,833 --> 00:30:23,333
MARTY:
How old is this?
630
00:30:28,917 --> 00:30:30,875
NARRATOR:
Medieval times?
631
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,333
Could Carmen Legge be correct
632
00:30:33,417 --> 00:30:36,000
that this heavy staple
was used as part
633
00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:37,958
of a rope and pulley system
centuries ago
634
00:30:38,083 --> 00:30:39,917
in order to create
635
00:30:40,042 --> 00:30:41,958
the massive
quadrilateral feature?
636
00:30:42,083 --> 00:30:43,583
Emma, do you have
the metallurgy?
637
00:30:43,708 --> 00:30:45,000
I do.
638
00:30:45,125 --> 00:30:46,667
NARRATOR:
Prior to their meeting,
639
00:30:46,792 --> 00:30:48,792
Emma scanned the artifact
640
00:30:48,875 --> 00:30:51,042
under an X-ray
fluorescence spectrometer.
641
00:30:51,167 --> 00:30:55,375
The device bombards
metal objects with gamma rays
642
00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:58,458
in order to determine
their elemental composition
643
00:30:58,583 --> 00:31:00,792
and also their possible age.
644
00:31:00,917 --> 00:31:02,833
It is 98% iron.
645
00:31:02,917 --> 00:31:03,833
It's got a bit of
646
00:31:03,958 --> 00:31:05,292
silicon, aluminum,
647
00:31:05,417 --> 00:31:07,625
manganese, calcium,
sulfur, phosphorous,
648
00:31:07,750 --> 00:31:09,167
which is all indicative of the
649
00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:12,083
furnace type of the technology
that was used.
650
00:31:12,208 --> 00:31:14,250
I do agree with Carmen
saying that it is older.
651
00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:23,000
RICK:
It's another little mystery.
652
00:31:23,083 --> 00:31:26,208
- I do agree with Carmen
saying that it is older.
-Cool.
653
00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:28,333
NARRATOR: In the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre,
654
00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:30,792
blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
655
00:31:30,917 --> 00:31:33,000
and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan
656
00:31:33,083 --> 00:31:36,292
have just given their analysis
that the iron staple found
657
00:31:36,375 --> 00:31:40,292
one day ago at the site
of the so-called quadrilateral
658
00:31:40,375 --> 00:31:44,125
on Lot 13 could date
back to medieval times.
659
00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:46,917
I think it does speak
to what Fred discovered.
660
00:31:47,042 --> 00:31:48,000
Evidence of the blue clay,
661
00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:49,875
evidence of stacked boulders,
662
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,167
evidence of a way to
manipulate those boulders.
663
00:31:52,292 --> 00:31:54,250
Yeah.
664
00:31:54,375 --> 00:31:56,833
MARTY:
Whatever happened in
the great quadrilateral
665
00:31:56,958 --> 00:31:58,583
could have been depositor.
666
00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,208
In fact,
maybe more likely 'cause
667
00:32:00,333 --> 00:32:02,375
I don't know why
searchers would have done that.
668
00:32:02,542 --> 00:32:05,500
If that's the case, then
I want to see what's under it.
669
00:32:05,625 --> 00:32:07,500
We just don't know the "why"
of the structure itself.
670
00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:11,417
And we need to figure out
what that means.
671
00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:12,542
Yeah.
672
00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:18,375
-Thank you, Carmen.
-Good seeing you again.
673
00:32:18,542 --> 00:32:20,917
-RICK: Take care. Thank you.
-CRAIG: Take care.
674
00:32:22,958 --> 00:32:24,917
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon,
675
00:32:25,042 --> 00:32:28,500
as heavy equipment
operator Billy Gerhardt
676
00:32:28,667 --> 00:32:30,250
and members of the team
677
00:32:30,375 --> 00:32:34,500
continue their excavation
of the quadrilateral...
678
00:32:34,625 --> 00:32:35,750
-CRAIG: Hey, Paul.
-COTE: How's it going?
679
00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:37,250
How we doing?
680
00:32:37,375 --> 00:32:38,792
-How's it going, Rick?
-Good, thank you.
681
00:32:38,875 --> 00:32:41,125
They're going back
to the shallow holes
682
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:42,333
-that they couldn't complete.
-Okay.
683
00:32:43,417 --> 00:32:46,167
NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina and Craig Tester
684
00:32:46,250 --> 00:32:48,208
arrive at the Money Pit area
685
00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:51,667
for an update from Paul Cote
of Dumas Contracting Limited
686
00:32:51,750 --> 00:32:56,625
on the probe drilling operation
inside the Garden Shaft.
687
00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:58,958
So, this one here,
they got past three feet now,
688
00:32:59,083 --> 00:33:01,208
they drilled
through the rocks.
689
00:33:01,375 --> 00:33:04,667
Then they'll do number two, and
they'll all be around 12 feet.
690
00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:06,750
Okay.
691
00:33:06,875 --> 00:33:08,792
NARRATOR:
After completing six holes
692
00:33:08,875 --> 00:33:10,125
on the eastern side
of the shaft,
693
00:33:10,250 --> 00:33:13,375
the team has yet
to find definitive signs
694
00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:16,000
of man-made workings
or valuables.
695
00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:18,917
However, they have just
begun drilling
696
00:33:19,042 --> 00:33:21,333
a new hole on the western wall,
697
00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:25,167
which faces the direction
of the so-called treasure zone.
698
00:33:25,250 --> 00:33:28,333
From the wells we drilled
just nearby,
699
00:33:28,417 --> 00:33:30,917
that's where we got gold
in the water
700
00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:34,000
and now gold in the wood,
in the shaft, so...
701
00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:36,167
COTE:
Well, right now it's
702
00:33:36,292 --> 00:33:37,833
a little bit more work for us.
703
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,250
Since they're separating,
704
00:33:39,375 --> 00:33:41,542
the tightlining's
a little wonky.
705
00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:44,333
It's not, you know,
as-as you'd like it.
706
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:46,750
You know, you can see
a little bit of bow in it and...
707
00:33:46,875 --> 00:33:49,917
What does that tell you,
as a miner?
708
00:33:50,042 --> 00:33:53,292
Well, I would, I would think
that it seems like
709
00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:55,375
they were in a little bit
of a rush to get to the bottom.
710
00:33:56,458 --> 00:33:58,333
MARTY:
We're very near to a whole bunch
711
00:33:58,458 --> 00:34:01,792
of things, and the bottom of
the shaft is going to let us do
712
00:34:01,917 --> 00:34:04,458
probe drilling down,
probe drilling out.
713
00:34:04,583 --> 00:34:08,250
So, what this probe might find
is anything from the treasure
714
00:34:08,375 --> 00:34:11,417
itself to anything associated
with the treasure itself.
715
00:34:11,542 --> 00:34:14,292
So, this is where it begins,
not where it ends.
716
00:34:14,417 --> 00:34:17,708
I will be very interested
when you drill this corner.
717
00:34:17,833 --> 00:34:19,667
-COTE: Yeah.
-The north corner,
I guess it is.
718
00:34:19,792 --> 00:34:21,500
-COTE: Straight down. Yeah.
-Pretty much the north corner.
719
00:34:21,667 --> 00:34:23,125
Yeah. Straight down.
See what you hit there.
720
00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:26,208
Yeah. "X" marks the spot, yeah.
721
00:34:26,375 --> 00:34:27,708
-CRAIG: Absolutely.
-COTE: Yeah.
722
00:34:28,917 --> 00:34:30,167
-CRAIG: Okay.
-RICK: Thanks.
723
00:34:30,292 --> 00:34:31,292
-COTE: Thanks.
-CRAIG: Catch you later.
724
00:34:34,458 --> 00:34:36,708
NARRATOR:
The following day...
725
00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:39,542
-STEVE: Hey, guys.
-RICK: Hey, guys.
726
00:34:39,708 --> 00:34:42,458
Let's have Laird and Marty
and Craig come up because
727
00:34:42,542 --> 00:34:44,708
I'm sure they'll have
some input as well.
728
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:47,750
NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina
has gathered his brother Marty
729
00:34:47,875 --> 00:34:52,250
and members of the team in the
war room and on videoconference
730
00:34:52,375 --> 00:34:55,250
for an important update
on the mysterious stone wall
731
00:34:55,375 --> 00:34:59,708
that the team has been
investigating on Lot 26,
732
00:34:59,875 --> 00:35:03,958
a wall which researcher
Francisco Nogueira believes
733
00:35:04,042 --> 00:35:06,042
to be of Portuguese origin
734
00:35:06,167 --> 00:35:10,333
and possibly
more than 500 years old.
735
00:35:10,417 --> 00:35:14,625
So, guys, I think that
today's meeting is really
736
00:35:14,708 --> 00:35:17,208
quite different than
any other meeting because
737
00:35:17,375 --> 00:35:19,750
Lot 26 is a very unique lot on
738
00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:21,833
the island, and I think
following the science
739
00:35:21,917 --> 00:35:23,667
is highly applicable here.
740
00:35:23,833 --> 00:35:26,125
So, Laird, I'm going
to turn it over to you.
741
00:35:26,208 --> 00:35:28,458
Let us know your thoughts
about the wall.
742
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:30,833
Well, um, this wall is unique.
743
00:35:30,958 --> 00:35:33,000
I mean, it was a typical--
744
00:35:33,125 --> 00:35:35,333
we call them
double-skinned walls.
745
00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:37,333
So, you have two larger walls,
746
00:35:37,458 --> 00:35:39,000
and the center is just filled
747
00:35:39,083 --> 00:35:42,500
with-with rubble
and cobbles, basically.
748
00:35:42,667 --> 00:35:46,875
And when we got those top rocks
off at the end of the wall,
749
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,917
we did get a really good sample
750
00:35:50,042 --> 00:35:51,250
of carbon 14.
751
00:35:52,708 --> 00:35:55,000
-That's charcoal.
-That's a cool find.
752
00:35:55,125 --> 00:35:56,333
That's pretty interesting.
753
00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:58,208
NARRATOR:
One week ago,
754
00:35:58,375 --> 00:36:00,458
after excavating
the curiously constructed wall
755
00:36:00,542 --> 00:36:02,792
down to the ground level with
756
00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:07,500
fellow archaeologist Miriam
Amirault and Alex Lagina,
757
00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:10,000
they were all intrigued
when Laird discovered
758
00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:11,667
a piece of charcoal.
759
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:14,375
If you can get a date
off of that, you can sort of
760
00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:15,875
try and date this wall.
761
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,333
At least say, like,
it was not here
762
00:36:18,458 --> 00:36:20,458
-before this time.
-Right.
763
00:36:20,542 --> 00:36:23,083
Lot 26 has become
quite interesting
764
00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:25,083
with the intricacy of the well,
765
00:36:25,208 --> 00:36:27,250
with the construction
methodology
766
00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,250
we're discovering with the wall.
767
00:36:29,375 --> 00:36:31,500
It has a good chance
of being ancient.
768
00:36:31,625 --> 00:36:33,750
That makes you raise an eyebrow
and think
769
00:36:33,875 --> 00:36:37,583
that it might be associated
with treasure deposition, yes.
770
00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:40,542
I mean, I've got
the results on that.
771
00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:43,458
The date came
in one time period.
772
00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:45,167
1474...
773
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:48,917
...to 1638.
774
00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:49,958
Wow.
775
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:51,167
(Rick chuckles)
776
00:36:53,292 --> 00:36:59,042
DOUG:
Wow.
777
00:36:59,167 --> 00:37:00,500
CRAIG: The date came in
one time period:
778
00:37:00,625 --> 00:37:02,292
1474...
779
00:37:04,208 --> 00:37:05,167
...to 1638.
780
00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:07,000
-Wow.
-Wow.
781
00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:09,292
Great.
782
00:37:09,375 --> 00:37:11,625
NARRATOR:
In the war room, Craig Tester
783
00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:15,333
has just revealed carbon dating
results of charcoal found
784
00:37:15,458 --> 00:37:19,833
in the mysterious stone wall
on Lot 26 which suggests
785
00:37:19,917 --> 00:37:23,833
that the feature was constructed
more than 500 years ago.
786
00:37:23,917 --> 00:37:28,333
I'm a bit taken aback because,
787
00:37:28,458 --> 00:37:32,208
according to Francisco,
the wall on Lot 26
788
00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:35,375
exhibits Portuguese
construction.
789
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,333
And now you have a date
of the wall
790
00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,083
from 1474 to 1638.
791
00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:41,708
You know, there are connections.
792
00:37:41,833 --> 00:37:44,000
We know the Portuguese were
in the area.
793
00:37:44,083 --> 00:37:46,833
I think there is a rather
unique story being constructed
794
00:37:46,958 --> 00:37:49,125
as we speak about Oak Island,
795
00:37:49,208 --> 00:37:51,167
and I hope that progress
continues.
796
00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:53,542
MARTY: So what can you
come up with, Laird?
797
00:37:53,708 --> 00:37:55,292
What is the purpose
of a wall like that?
798
00:37:55,417 --> 00:37:57,750
Say it was built in 1500s.
799
00:37:57,875 --> 00:37:59,667
What's its purpose?
800
00:37:59,792 --> 00:38:02,333
LAIRD:
Those wide, low walls
801
00:38:02,458 --> 00:38:04,083
separate agricultural land,
802
00:38:04,208 --> 00:38:05,167
cultivated land.
803
00:38:05,292 --> 00:38:07,167
Okay.
804
00:38:07,292 --> 00:38:09,583
-Under normal circumstances,
that's what it would be.
-Right.
805
00:38:09,708 --> 00:38:12,250
This isn't very normal, though.
806
00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:14,125
Well, no, not now.
(chuckles)
807
00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:16,792
JACK:
Yeah, they weren't just
doing it for no reason.
808
00:38:16,875 --> 00:38:19,667
They didn't even have
farm animals necessarily then.
809
00:38:19,792 --> 00:38:22,958
What would be the point
of building these massive walls
810
00:38:23,042 --> 00:38:24,750
away from the Money Pit
811
00:38:24,875 --> 00:38:28,250
if they weren't somehow related
to the overall treasure hunt?
812
00:38:28,375 --> 00:38:30,250
LAIRD:
I have no idea.
813
00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:32,792
That's a lot of expended effort
814
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:36,500
to be done, uh, to what purpose,
I actually have no idea.
815
00:38:36,583 --> 00:38:40,833
To me, whatever happened here
was incremental,
816
00:38:40,958 --> 00:38:45,000
in that the Lot 26 work,
it's a planned endeavor.
817
00:38:45,083 --> 00:38:48,000
Right? You have your well,
you have needs of a wall.
818
00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:49,667
For what reason I don't know.
819
00:38:49,792 --> 00:38:52,125
That's infrastructure,
and there was a purpose to it.
820
00:38:52,208 --> 00:38:53,458
Right.
821
00:38:53,542 --> 00:38:54,792
Yes.
822
00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:56,042
ALEX: Do you remember
when we were in Portugal,
823
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,625
what were the significant dates
824
00:38:57,708 --> 00:38:59,625
of expeditions and voyages?
825
00:38:59,708 --> 00:39:01,333
The Portuguese Age
of Exploration?
826
00:39:01,417 --> 00:39:03,458
-Yeah.
-I think that was
827
00:39:03,542 --> 00:39:06,625
as early as 13 but it was
more around 1500s.
828
00:39:06,708 --> 00:39:10,750
Yeah, in 1536, the Templars,
or the Order of Christ,
829
00:39:10,875 --> 00:39:13,667
would have had a reason to move
anything they were safeguarding
830
00:39:13,750 --> 00:39:15,875
because the Inquisition started
in Portugal,
831
00:39:16,042 --> 00:39:17,625
-in that time frame.
-Mm-hmm.
832
00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:19,500
And that wall date falls right
in the middle of that.
833
00:39:19,667 --> 00:39:21,333
That's what I was thinking
with the wall,
834
00:39:21,417 --> 00:39:23,625
-not to mention
the construction of it.
-Yeah.
835
00:39:23,708 --> 00:39:26,000
It indicates someone that had
some kind of knowledge
836
00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:27,708
in building with rock,
837
00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:29,458
to-to build that way,
I would think.
838
00:39:29,542 --> 00:39:31,500
And we saw over there
in Portugal
839
00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,833
-the Templars certainly
had that.
-Oh, they did.
840
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,667
NARRATOR:
Could obtaining
an approximate date
841
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:40,292
that the stone wall
on Lot 26 was created
842
00:39:40,417 --> 00:39:43,417
support the belief of researcher
Francisco Nogueira
843
00:39:43,542 --> 00:39:45,667
that members of
the Portuguese sect
844
00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:48,333
of the Knights Templar
visited Oak Island
845
00:39:48,417 --> 00:39:50,833
in the 16th century
to hide something
846
00:39:50,958 --> 00:39:52,375
of great value?
847
00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:55,292
RICK:
The date of the wall aligns with
848
00:39:55,375 --> 00:39:57,500
the Portuguese Age
of Exploration.
849
00:39:57,625 --> 00:39:59,375
I think they certainly
were here.
850
00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:02,500
So if there was some sort
of Templar association
851
00:40:02,625 --> 00:40:04,542
with some esoteric knowledge
or some treasure,
852
00:40:04,667 --> 00:40:07,167
is it all tied together?
853
00:40:07,250 --> 00:40:09,625
It's hard to think
that it isn't.
854
00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:12,500
With what we know about
the Portuguese being
855
00:40:12,583 --> 00:40:14,625
in this area as well,
it kind of lines up with,
856
00:40:14,750 --> 00:40:17,333
-with what is known
and recorded.
-Yeah.
857
00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,333
-Yes.
-There's all kinds
of possibilities,
858
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,917
and that's why you have
to keep an open mind,
859
00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:24,500
-until the facts say otherwise.
-Yeah, that's right.
860
00:40:24,625 --> 00:40:27,208
So there's still an incredible
amount of work to do.
861
00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:29,667
Okay. Get after it.
862
00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:32,333
Yes, it is time to get after it,
so here we go.
863
00:40:32,458 --> 00:40:35,167
-CRAIG: Bye, guys.
-MARTY: See you, guys.
-OTHERS: See you.
864
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:39,333
NARRATOR:
The pursuit of Rick, Marty
and their team
865
00:40:39,458 --> 00:40:42,167
to solve the Oak Island mystery
can be summed up
866
00:40:42,250 --> 00:40:45,333
with six simple questions.
867
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:50,667
Who? What? When?
Where? Why? And how?
868
00:40:50,792 --> 00:40:54,000
And although they continue
unearthing clues
869
00:40:54,125 --> 00:40:58,375
across the island, as well as
in numerous destinations
870
00:40:58,542 --> 00:41:00,542
throughout Europe,
871
00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,917
the truth of what happened
long ago
872
00:41:03,042 --> 00:41:05,042
remains elusive.
873
00:41:05,167 --> 00:41:09,042
However, as they dig and drill
874
00:41:09,167 --> 00:41:11,167
deeper into the Garden Shaft,
875
00:41:11,333 --> 00:41:14,417
perhaps a golden opportunity
876
00:41:14,542 --> 00:41:16,542
to answer all of those questions
877
00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:21,417
will soon be
within their reach.
878
00:41:21,542 --> 00:41:24,292
Next time on The Curse
of Oak Island...
879
00:41:24,375 --> 00:41:27,542
JEREMY:
We have a large metallic
anomaly in the swamp.
880
00:41:27,667 --> 00:41:28,875
MARTY:
Wow, that's great.
881
00:41:29,042 --> 00:41:31,167
RICK: I believe
there are answers in that swamp.
882
00:41:31,292 --> 00:41:32,500
(engine starts)
883
00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:34,333
JACK:
Yes, we're starting to dig.
884
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:36,333
The more we dig,
the more we find.
885
00:41:36,458 --> 00:41:38,125
-Oh, my gosh.
-(device beeping rapidly)
886
00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:40,458
What the heck is that?
887
00:41:41,542 --> 00:41:43,083
COTE: Something's going on
in that corner.
888
00:41:43,208 --> 00:41:45,542
It hit something solid.
They couldn't drill through it.
889
00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:46,875
That's where the gold signal's
coming from.
890
00:41:47,042 --> 00:41:48,375
SCOTT:
There could be something there.
891
00:41:48,542 --> 00:41:51,458
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