1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,375 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,333 The gold concentrations get higher as we go down. 3 00:00:06,458 --> 00:00:08,500 -SCOTT: Oh, wow. -COTE: "X" marks the spot. 4 00:00:08,583 --> 00:00:11,333 RICK: We're going to dig the great quadrilateral. 5 00:00:11,458 --> 00:00:13,458 This clay should not be here. 6 00:00:13,542 --> 00:00:15,500 There's something at the bottom of that clay. 7 00:00:15,625 --> 00:00:18,000 -That's a big something. -Oh, wow. -What is that? 8 00:00:18,167 --> 00:00:19,667 -GARY: That is sweet. -ALEX: Whoa. 9 00:00:19,792 --> 00:00:21,583 This is Portuguese. 10 00:00:21,708 --> 00:00:25,000 It's 1474 to 1638. 11 00:00:25,167 --> 00:00:25,958 -RICK: Wow. -(chuckles) 12 00:00:26,083 --> 00:00:27,000 No way. 13 00:00:27,167 --> 00:00:28,667 -It's incredible. -(laughs) 14 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,875 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:35,042 --> 00:00:37,167 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:41,167 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:44,083 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:47,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:51,000 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:51,083 --> 00:00:55,125 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:55,208 --> 00:00:56,792 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,917 --> 00:00:59,375 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,667 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,792 --> 00:01:07,167 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,292 --> 00:01:10,708 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:24,125 CRAIG: Hey, guys. 28 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:25,500 -SCOTT: Hey, Craig. -COTE: How's it going? 29 00:01:25,625 --> 00:01:27,000 -Good. -All right. 30 00:01:27,167 --> 00:01:29,417 -Question is, how are you doing? -Ah, she's going. 31 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:32,667 NARRATOR: Another bright and hopeful day 32 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:34,208 has begun on Oak Island 33 00:01:34,375 --> 00:01:36,750 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 34 00:01:36,875 --> 00:01:38,167 their partner Craig Tester, 35 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:39,833 and their entire team, 36 00:01:39,958 --> 00:01:41,417 as they dig deeper 37 00:01:41,542 --> 00:01:43,542 in the Money Pit area for the answers 38 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:46,917 to a 228-year-old treasure mystery. 39 00:01:47,042 --> 00:01:48,875 CRAIG: How deep are you cribbed? 40 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,292 Uh, right now, we're at 67 feet. 41 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:55,667 Okay. 42 00:01:55,833 --> 00:01:58,583 NARRATOR: Thanks to representatives of Dumas Contracting Limited, 43 00:01:58,708 --> 00:02:02,167 the reconstruction of the so-called Garden Shaft 44 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:05,333 has now reached a depth of nearly 70 feet 45 00:02:05,417 --> 00:02:08,750 and will continue until the original structure 46 00:02:08,875 --> 00:02:11,375 is completely refurbished with waterproof levels, 47 00:02:11,542 --> 00:02:13,500 or sets, down to its bottom, 48 00:02:13,625 --> 00:02:16,333 approximately 80 feet underground. 49 00:02:16,458 --> 00:02:18,375 SCOTT: The deeper this goes, 50 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:20,417 kind of the more exciting it gets for us. 51 00:02:20,542 --> 00:02:23,000 CRAIG: Yeah. I'm sure hoping we find more gold 52 00:02:23,167 --> 00:02:24,833 and the concentrations get higher as we go down. 53 00:02:24,917 --> 00:02:26,458 Yeah. 54 00:02:26,583 --> 00:02:28,167 NARRATOR: The team has numerous reasons 55 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:30,000 to believe that the Garden Shaft, 56 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:33,125 which has been carbon-dated to more than 60 years prior 57 00:02:33,208 --> 00:02:36,750 to the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795, 58 00:02:36,875 --> 00:02:39,500 may lead them to the ultimate discovery. 59 00:02:39,583 --> 00:02:43,167 First, water that flooded the shaft, 60 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:45,500 as well as wood samples that were taken 61 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:49,417 at depths of 55 and 58 feet from the structure, 62 00:02:49,542 --> 00:02:52,667 have yielded high trace evidence of gold. 63 00:02:52,792 --> 00:02:56,125 And second, the Garden Shaft is located 64 00:02:56,208 --> 00:02:59,833 less than 20 feet east from the so-called "Treasure Zone," 65 00:02:59,958 --> 00:03:03,292 where the team has discovered their highest traces of silver, 66 00:03:03,375 --> 00:03:07,958 gold, and other metals between depths of 80 and 120 feet. 67 00:03:08,042 --> 00:03:10,167 And within that zone, 68 00:03:10,292 --> 00:03:12,208 a tunnel was recently discovered, 69 00:03:12,333 --> 00:03:14,333 some 95 feet deep, 70 00:03:14,458 --> 00:03:18,583 that appears to lead almost directly below the shaft. 71 00:03:18,708 --> 00:03:21,542 How deep are your probes going at this point in time? 72 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:23,833 So, uh, we're probing 12 feet on the outside wall. 73 00:03:23,958 --> 00:03:25,667 Okay. 74 00:03:25,833 --> 00:03:27,125 COTE: And then we're gonna probably probe each corner 75 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:28,292 about 20 feet. 76 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:30,125 I've got a print right here. 77 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:33,167 There are three per wall, so there's 12. 78 00:03:33,292 --> 00:03:35,458 CRAIG: Okay. 79 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:37,167 NARRATOR: Because of the recent discoveries of gold 80 00:03:37,292 --> 00:03:39,500 found on samples of wood that were collected 81 00:03:39,583 --> 00:03:43,542 at the 55 and 58-foot levels of the Garden Shaft, 82 00:03:43,708 --> 00:03:48,125 the Laginas and Craig have directed the team from Dumas 83 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:50,875 to conduct a new probe drilling operation 84 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,583 at the current depth of 67 feet. 85 00:03:53,708 --> 00:03:57,167 Using a powerful hydraulic earth drill, 86 00:03:57,292 --> 00:04:00,042 three holes will be made at various angles 87 00:04:00,167 --> 00:04:02,292 through each of the four walls, 88 00:04:02,417 --> 00:04:05,750 reaching as far as 20 feet outside the shaft 89 00:04:05,875 --> 00:04:08,833 in order to look for possible tunnels, chambers, 90 00:04:08,958 --> 00:04:12,125 and valuables that may be buried nearby. 91 00:04:12,208 --> 00:04:17,042 RICK: This area is significantly unknown and under-investigated. 92 00:04:17,167 --> 00:04:20,083 So, because of that 93 00:04:20,208 --> 00:04:23,083 and because of all the issues with the high gold values, 94 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:26,208 the associated soft areas, 95 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:28,583 we and the Dumas team 96 00:04:28,708 --> 00:04:30,875 want to know what's outside of the shaft. 97 00:04:31,042 --> 00:04:33,833 It's all about, at this point, the probe drilling 98 00:04:33,958 --> 00:04:36,000 to further our understanding of the relevance 99 00:04:36,167 --> 00:04:38,708 of the Garden Shaft in terms of treasure recovery. 100 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:43,042 COTE: That's right. Yeah. 101 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:44,667 So, when we're doing our testing, 102 00:04:44,750 --> 00:04:46,667 we can see if there's... you know, if we are lucky enough 103 00:04:46,750 --> 00:04:48,333 that we get another concentration 104 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:49,917 of gold on the wood, we can see if it is higher 105 00:04:50,042 --> 00:04:52,167 on the outside versus the inside to know, you know, 106 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,083 was it something that's outside the shaft 107 00:04:54,208 --> 00:04:55,792 -that's causing this? -Yeah. 108 00:04:55,875 --> 00:04:57,667 CRAIG: It's all just another piece of the puzzle, 109 00:04:57,750 --> 00:04:59,500 but it will help us figure it out. 110 00:04:59,583 --> 00:05:02,625 -So... Appreciate it. -Okay. Thank you. 111 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:05,500 -CRAIG: Talk to you later. -SCOTT: Thanks, Craig. 112 00:05:05,583 --> 00:05:07,375 NARRATOR: As the probe drilling operation 113 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:10,250 continues in the Garden Shaft... 114 00:05:11,708 --> 00:05:14,333 RICK: Okay. Are we about ready? 115 00:05:14,458 --> 00:05:15,917 Just in time. Yeah. 116 00:05:16,042 --> 00:05:17,792 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, 117 00:05:17,875 --> 00:05:20,250 fellow Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan, 118 00:05:20,375 --> 00:05:21,792 and other members of the team 119 00:05:21,875 --> 00:05:24,583 prepare to conduct another excavation 120 00:05:24,708 --> 00:05:27,875 in search of vital clues on Lot 13, 121 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,500 just northeast of the swamp. 122 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:34,667 This is the site. We are looking at the quadrilateral. 123 00:05:34,792 --> 00:05:36,833 Right here. 124 00:05:36,958 --> 00:05:38,625 It just was interesting when you brought out, 125 00:05:38,708 --> 00:05:40,708 you know, what your father had written about it. 126 00:05:40,833 --> 00:05:42,250 I mean, three layers 127 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,417 of multi-ton stone is right there. 128 00:05:44,542 --> 00:05:48,667 -GARY: Dang. -RICK: That's a unique feature. 129 00:05:48,750 --> 00:05:50,500 TOM: Just maybe today we can get 130 00:05:50,625 --> 00:05:53,458 a couple answers 'cause it left my dad, you know, 131 00:05:53,583 --> 00:05:56,375 he knew he had found something, you know, of importance, 132 00:05:56,500 --> 00:06:00,500 but he didn't know exactly what its meaning was, so... 133 00:06:01,917 --> 00:06:03,667 This is the section of the book that was 134 00:06:03,792 --> 00:06:06,750 dedicated to the quadrilateral. 135 00:06:06,875 --> 00:06:09,208 NARRATOR: One week ago, Tom shared an unpublished book 136 00:06:09,375 --> 00:06:11,208 written by his late father, 137 00:06:11,333 --> 00:06:15,500 Fred Nolan, which documented his nearly six-decade search 138 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:17,583 for the answers to the Oak Island mystery. 139 00:06:17,708 --> 00:06:19,583 What they found themselves in 140 00:06:19,708 --> 00:06:21,250 was some sort of a boulder field, 141 00:06:21,375 --> 00:06:24,708 and it definitely didn't look natural 142 00:06:24,833 --> 00:06:26,708 once they started to uncover it. 143 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:29,042 NARRATOR: One item in the book 144 00:06:29,167 --> 00:06:30,708 was a 32-foot-long, 145 00:06:30,833 --> 00:06:33,042 quadrilateral-shaped boulder feature 146 00:06:33,167 --> 00:06:36,333 that he discovered back in 1993. 147 00:06:36,458 --> 00:06:38,250 RICK: That's intriguing, right? 148 00:06:38,375 --> 00:06:40,375 -Don't you think so? -Very intriguing. 149 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:43,333 TOM: To construct this thing, 150 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:45,417 it would've taken a huge amount of time 151 00:06:45,542 --> 00:06:46,792 to put this thing together. 152 00:06:46,875 --> 00:06:48,958 NARRATOR: Although he removed 153 00:06:49,083 --> 00:06:51,417 a number of boulders from the feature, 154 00:06:51,542 --> 00:06:54,333 Fred was never able to confirm if it was simply 155 00:06:54,458 --> 00:06:57,208 a marker or perhaps hiding something. 156 00:06:57,375 --> 00:06:58,833 RICK: That was the end 157 00:06:58,958 --> 00:07:01,708 of his dig, and this is the beginning of ours. 158 00:07:01,833 --> 00:07:03,667 Let's see what we can find here. 159 00:07:03,792 --> 00:07:05,958 -Okay. Time to get boulder. -Time... -(chuckles) 160 00:07:06,083 --> 00:07:07,500 (chuckles) 161 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:11,125 GARY: Now we're rolling. 162 00:07:14,458 --> 00:07:17,375 NARRATOR: As Billy Gerhardt carefully peels back the earth 163 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:19,833 covering the stone formation, 164 00:07:19,958 --> 00:07:22,542 Gary Drayton will metal detect the spoils 165 00:07:22,667 --> 00:07:25,667 in search of important clues and discoveries. 166 00:07:28,583 --> 00:07:30,792 We know nothing about the great quadrilateral, 167 00:07:30,875 --> 00:07:34,125 other than the little bit of information that was in 168 00:07:34,208 --> 00:07:35,542 Fred's book. 169 00:07:35,667 --> 00:07:37,042 -There's one. -There's a rock, yeah. 170 00:07:37,208 --> 00:07:39,833 RICK: The aim is to learn 171 00:07:39,958 --> 00:07:42,417 more about it and its import on the island. 172 00:07:42,542 --> 00:07:45,833 And, hopefully, it will be quite revealing 173 00:07:45,958 --> 00:07:48,667 in terms of understanding the mystery. 174 00:07:48,792 --> 00:07:52,167 GARY: Oh, there's a metal pipe there. 175 00:07:52,250 --> 00:07:53,833 Did your dad do any drilling here? 176 00:07:53,958 --> 00:07:56,333 TOM: Yes, that's what he said in the book. 177 00:07:56,458 --> 00:07:59,000 GARY: Nice little piece of Nolan history there, mate. 178 00:07:59,083 --> 00:08:00,708 -TOM: Yep. -BILLY: Hey, guys, you should take a look here. 179 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:02,250 GARY: Do you want to see what's going on? 180 00:08:02,375 --> 00:08:03,625 The little sticks there. 181 00:08:07,708 --> 00:08:10,292 GARY: What is it, Tom? 182 00:08:10,375 --> 00:08:12,042 TOM: I'd say it's been cut and burnt. 183 00:08:12,208 --> 00:08:13,625 Cut and burnt. Wood? 184 00:08:13,750 --> 00:08:15,125 Yeah. 185 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:18,208 GARY: Oh, yeah. 186 00:08:19,792 --> 00:08:22,125 To me, that looks like it's been in a fire. 187 00:08:22,250 --> 00:08:23,625 Mm-hmm. 188 00:08:23,708 --> 00:08:25,833 I want to know what that is right there. 189 00:08:25,958 --> 00:08:27,667 BILLY: Yeah, the consistency of that, to me, 190 00:08:27,833 --> 00:08:29,917 reminds me more of when we dig in the bottom of the swamp. 191 00:08:30,042 --> 00:08:32,583 -What do you got, Rick? -RICK: It's burnt, too. 192 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:36,333 (sighs) 193 00:08:36,417 --> 00:08:38,625 Yep, I would say 194 00:08:38,708 --> 00:08:40,083 that's been through a fire, wouldn't you? 195 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:41,958 Yeah. 196 00:08:42,083 --> 00:08:44,917 -Oh, yeah. It's charcoal. -TOM: Yeah. 197 00:08:45,042 --> 00:08:46,875 GARY: That kind of reminds me of those small 198 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,875 little pieces of wood that we found 199 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,667 in the base layer of the stone pathway 200 00:08:51,792 --> 00:08:54,583 that goes around the swamp. 201 00:08:54,708 --> 00:08:56,125 With all these thin little branches 202 00:08:56,208 --> 00:08:57,625 like that, that were cut. 203 00:08:58,875 --> 00:09:02,875 It's really firm right here. Feel how firm that is. 204 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:05,750 Yeah there's some sort of cribbing or support. 205 00:09:05,875 --> 00:09:07,375 NARRATOR: Two years ago, 206 00:09:07,542 --> 00:09:09,750 the team uncovered a stone road 207 00:09:09,875 --> 00:09:11,750 in the southeast corner of the swamp. 208 00:09:11,875 --> 00:09:14,458 A road that is believed to be at least 209 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:16,000 500 years old, 210 00:09:16,083 --> 00:09:18,333 potentially of Portuguese design... 211 00:09:18,417 --> 00:09:20,667 Wow. So, that's the coal we're finding. 212 00:09:20,792 --> 00:09:23,083 Yeah, we found some pieces fairly large. 213 00:09:23,208 --> 00:09:25,625 NARRATOR: ...and which was constructed atop a layer of charcoal 214 00:09:25,708 --> 00:09:27,292 and wood fragments. 215 00:09:27,417 --> 00:09:29,833 ALEX: Looks a lot like the stone path. 216 00:09:29,958 --> 00:09:31,833 CORJAN: Yeah, it looks the spitting image. 217 00:09:31,958 --> 00:09:36,875 NARRATOR: Incredibly, one year later in 2021, 218 00:09:37,042 --> 00:09:40,667 while visiting a site in Alqueidão da Serra, Portugal, 219 00:09:40,750 --> 00:09:42,917 known to have been a stronghold for the Knights Templar 220 00:09:43,042 --> 00:09:45,167 between the 12th and 16th centuries, 221 00:09:45,333 --> 00:09:49,542 Rick and Alex Lagina, along with Doug Crowell 222 00:09:49,667 --> 00:09:51,667 and Peter Fornetti, were shown 223 00:09:51,750 --> 00:09:53,708 a nearly identical feature. 224 00:09:53,875 --> 00:09:55,375 If there is a Portuguese connection 225 00:09:55,542 --> 00:09:57,500 to the construction of the road in the swamp, 226 00:09:57,625 --> 00:09:59,500 maybe this is the blueprint. 227 00:09:59,625 --> 00:10:02,875 -How deep are you, Bill? -Four feet. 228 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,667 Oh, there's quite a bit of digging to do here yet. 229 00:10:05,792 --> 00:10:09,083 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the team has just found evidence 230 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:11,917 that the quadrilateral feature on Lot 13 231 00:10:12,042 --> 00:10:16,583 and the stone road in the swamp may be related? 232 00:10:16,708 --> 00:10:19,583 And if so, could both help explain 233 00:10:19,708 --> 00:10:22,583 just who was behind the Oak Island mystery? 234 00:10:23,542 --> 00:10:25,500 BILLY: Hey, Rick? 235 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,542 That's a bit of clay there. 236 00:10:27,667 --> 00:10:30,167 -TOM: This stuff? -BILLY: Yeah. 237 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:32,208 Pretty definitive that that 238 00:10:32,333 --> 00:10:34,708 -shouldn't normally be there, right? -TOM: No. That could be 239 00:10:34,833 --> 00:10:36,125 -blue clay, right there. -Yeah. 240 00:10:36,208 --> 00:10:38,250 Where have you seen that color before? 241 00:10:38,375 --> 00:10:39,667 Money Pit. 242 00:10:39,792 --> 00:10:43,250 GARY: I was not expecting that. 243 00:10:46,917 --> 00:10:48,208 NARRATOR: On Lot 13, 244 00:10:48,375 --> 00:10:49,917 located northeast of the Oak Island swamp... 245 00:10:50,042 --> 00:10:52,958 RICK: There's a big, thick seam of it right here. 246 00:10:53,042 --> 00:10:56,333 NARRATOR: ...while excavating a mysterious boulder formation 247 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:58,250 known as "the quadrilateral," 248 00:10:58,375 --> 00:11:01,667 which was first discovered by Fred Nolan in the 1990s, 249 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:05,000 Rick Lagina and members of the team 250 00:11:05,125 --> 00:11:08,208 have just found a potentially critical clue. 251 00:11:08,333 --> 00:11:12,125 RICK: Exactly the kind of clay that we found around the Money Pit. 252 00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:16,167 NARRATOR: In 1804, 253 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:19,625 when searchers began the first major excavation 254 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:21,750 of the original Money Pit 255 00:11:21,875 --> 00:11:24,083 at a depth of 40 feet, 256 00:11:24,208 --> 00:11:27,208 they found a layer of blue clay that acted 257 00:11:27,375 --> 00:11:30,458 as a sealant to keep water out of the shaft. 258 00:11:30,583 --> 00:11:33,458 Curiously, when the team investigated 259 00:11:33,542 --> 00:11:35,250 a circular feature of boulders, 260 00:11:35,375 --> 00:11:37,083 known as the Eye of the Swamp, 261 00:11:37,208 --> 00:11:38,833 in 2018, 262 00:11:38,917 --> 00:11:41,708 they discovered the same substance. 263 00:11:41,833 --> 00:11:43,500 You've never seen it this shallow? 264 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:44,833 No, definitely not. 265 00:11:44,958 --> 00:11:45,667 NARRATOR: Is it possible 266 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:47,292 that the team 267 00:11:47,375 --> 00:11:48,667 has now found evidence 268 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:50,500 that the quadrilateral was created 269 00:11:50,625 --> 00:11:52,458 by the same people 270 00:11:52,583 --> 00:11:56,042 who manipulated the swamp and constructed the Money Pit? 271 00:11:57,250 --> 00:11:58,667 -RICK: Hey, Terry. -Hi, Rick. How you doing? 272 00:11:58,792 --> 00:12:00,042 -Hey, Terry. -Hey, Tom. 273 00:12:00,167 --> 00:12:01,833 RICK: Well, I'm gonna be a lot better 274 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,625 once you tell us things we don't know. (laughs) Come on down. 275 00:12:03,750 --> 00:12:06,875 -Only make educated guesses. -No, you'll know this. 276 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:09,417 -I got my fingers crossed. -Why is that there? 277 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:24,750 It seems a little bit similar to what we're seeing 278 00:12:24,875 --> 00:12:27,000 in the Money Pit. 279 00:12:27,167 --> 00:12:29,625 RICK: Blue clay is part of the historical narrative 280 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:31,000 of the find of the Money Pit. 281 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:32,708 Would you use that to your advantage 282 00:12:32,875 --> 00:12:34,167 if you wanted to keep water out 283 00:12:34,333 --> 00:12:36,458 of-of some sort of underground structure? 284 00:12:36,583 --> 00:12:37,958 Absolutely. 100%. 285 00:12:38,042 --> 00:12:39,833 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina's notion 286 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,375 that the presence of blue clay 287 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,458 indicates that a structure 288 00:12:44,583 --> 00:12:47,042 is possibly buried below be correct? 289 00:12:47,167 --> 00:12:50,917 If so, what kind of structure could it be? 290 00:12:51,042 --> 00:12:53,458 And might it contain something of great value? 291 00:12:53,583 --> 00:12:55,500 RICK: It's a mystery. 292 00:12:55,583 --> 00:12:57,167 I can't wait dig the rest of it, 293 00:12:57,292 --> 00:12:59,792 but I think we're done for the day. 294 00:12:59,875 --> 00:13:01,500 Yep. Absolutely. 295 00:13:01,667 --> 00:13:03,042 RICK: We'll pick it up tomorrow. 296 00:13:03,208 --> 00:13:05,250 GARY: I think the best is yet to come. 297 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:11,292 NARRATOR: The following morning... 298 00:13:11,375 --> 00:13:13,917 RONNIE: All right, stop around the same spot, 299 00:13:14,042 --> 00:13:15,542 I'll throw another rod on. 300 00:13:15,667 --> 00:13:16,583 NARRATOR: ...while representatives 301 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:18,667 from Dumas Contracting Limited 302 00:13:18,833 --> 00:13:21,000 continue the probe drilling operation 303 00:13:21,083 --> 00:13:22,750 within the Garden Shaft... 304 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,125 RICK: So, this is the quadrilateral. 305 00:13:27,250 --> 00:13:30,833 I think, Ian, you know a little bit about this. 306 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,417 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and members of the team return to Lot 13 307 00:13:35,542 --> 00:13:38,667 to have geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner examine 308 00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:42,083 the mysterious quadrilateral feature. 309 00:13:42,208 --> 00:13:45,500 We found a layer of clay below the stones. 310 00:13:45,667 --> 00:13:47,625 -Okay. -RICK: So, 311 00:13:47,708 --> 00:13:49,917 if you can go down there and 312 00:13:50,042 --> 00:13:52,792 give us a better understanding of what happened here. 313 00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:55,667 Is it natural? Has it been manipulated? 314 00:13:55,750 --> 00:13:57,125 That's-that's 315 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,833 -what we want to know. -IAN and GARY: Yeah. 316 00:13:58,958 --> 00:14:02,833 Let's go down, take a look here. 317 00:14:02,917 --> 00:14:06,417 RICK: We have to see if there's some other, 318 00:14:06,542 --> 00:14:09,042 as yet undetermined reason 319 00:14:09,167 --> 00:14:10,375 for this clay to be at this horizon. 320 00:14:10,542 --> 00:14:12,667 It's all about being 321 00:14:12,792 --> 00:14:16,250 keenly aware of what you observe 322 00:14:16,375 --> 00:14:18,333 as the dig proceeds. 323 00:14:19,750 --> 00:14:22,667 IAN: Right off the bat, what I'm seeing is a layer here of-of 324 00:14:22,792 --> 00:14:25,833 very clay-rich sediment. 325 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,333 Like, you can feel how deep it is. 326 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:33,375 That's probably pretty thick, which is odd. 327 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:35,833 And if it were geologic? 328 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,333 -I.e., glacially deposited? -It's not. 329 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:41,125 -It's not? -I just don't think so. This is the wrong environment. 330 00:14:41,208 --> 00:14:44,292 It's on a hill slope. It's a little bit improbable 331 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:46,792 that it would have collected here naturally. 332 00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:50,333 Yeah, like... there's also 333 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:52,250 the different kinds of clays we're seeing here, 334 00:14:52,375 --> 00:14:53,708 the different colors. 335 00:14:53,833 --> 00:14:55,375 That may speak to burning or heat. 336 00:14:55,542 --> 00:14:56,417 Mm. 337 00:14:56,542 --> 00:14:58,167 IAN: You see this? 338 00:14:58,292 --> 00:15:02,083 That's burnt wood. This burnt wood is in clay, 339 00:15:02,208 --> 00:15:04,792 and that just-- the-the two things don't go together. 340 00:15:04,917 --> 00:15:08,083 And so, I can tell you definitively, 341 00:15:08,208 --> 00:15:11,458 it is a disturbed clay and out of place. 342 00:15:13,125 --> 00:15:15,625 Something with a fair bit of purpose took place here. 343 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:19,750 RICK: It's a complex story, 344 00:15:19,875 --> 00:15:21,292 and thus, there has to be a why to it. 345 00:15:21,375 --> 00:15:23,500 You stack boulders 346 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:26,125 because it's much harder to get boulders out of a hole 347 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,000 -than it is to get them in the hole. -That's right. 348 00:15:28,083 --> 00:15:30,708 So, basically, this becomes, 349 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:32,875 -possibly, a safe. -Yeah. 350 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,833 You seal the top, you prevent water from 351 00:15:35,958 --> 00:15:37,792 getting down below, and boulders are actually 352 00:15:37,917 --> 00:15:40,167 -the key to the safe. -Right. 353 00:15:40,292 --> 00:15:44,500 RICK: I think the quadrilateral is a human construct. 354 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:46,667 There is no way that you would, 355 00:15:46,792 --> 00:15:51,125 for fun and games, put huge boulders in a huge hole. 356 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:54,000 And so, yes, there's every bit of possibility 357 00:15:54,125 --> 00:15:56,542 that this may have something to do with 358 00:15:56,708 --> 00:16:00,333 furthering our understanding of what happened here long ago. 359 00:16:00,458 --> 00:16:04,958 Is there going to be treasure at the bottom of this location? 360 00:16:05,083 --> 00:16:07,917 This is worth investigating. 361 00:16:08,042 --> 00:16:10,375 If we could kind of get through the clay, 362 00:16:10,542 --> 00:16:12,500 what's at the bottom of that clay 363 00:16:12,625 --> 00:16:15,000 is really important. 364 00:16:15,083 --> 00:16:16,333 RICK: If there's something at the bottom 365 00:16:16,417 --> 00:16:17,917 of that clay, that-that's a big something. 366 00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:19,333 IAN: Yeah. 367 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:22,208 RICK: We need to investigate further, 368 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:24,667 but I think we have to wait for Tom and then dig. 369 00:16:24,833 --> 00:16:28,083 We're definitely not done here. 370 00:16:30,125 --> 00:16:32,042 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 371 00:16:32,167 --> 00:16:34,500 RICK: So, guys, as everybody knows, 372 00:16:34,667 --> 00:16:36,583 research has played an important role to date. 373 00:16:36,708 --> 00:16:40,667 Uh, we have a researcher in the Azores, Francisco Nogueira. 374 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:42,667 And Judi has been working with him. 375 00:16:42,792 --> 00:16:46,167 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina has gathered with members of the team 376 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:49,500 in the war room for a meeting via videoconference 377 00:16:49,583 --> 00:16:53,667 with Portuguese researcher Francisco Nogueira. 378 00:16:53,792 --> 00:16:55,250 -Good morning, sir. -Hey. 379 00:16:57,167 --> 00:16:59,208 NARRATOR: While Rick has currently commissioned 380 00:16:59,375 --> 00:17:01,583 a number of researchers across Europe 381 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:03,500 to scour their national archives 382 00:17:03,625 --> 00:17:06,167 for possible connections to the Oak Island mystery, 383 00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:09,167 in light of the recent discoveries on the island 384 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:11,750 that may be connected to the Portuguese sect 385 00:17:11,875 --> 00:17:14,667 of the Knights Templar, known as the Order of Christ, 386 00:17:14,792 --> 00:17:19,333 Rick's friend Judi Rudebusch has alerted him that Francisco 387 00:17:19,458 --> 00:17:22,833 has information to share that may help prove members 388 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:26,000 of that organization buried treasure on Oak Island. 389 00:17:26,167 --> 00:17:29,000 So, without any more, uh, statements from our end, 390 00:17:29,167 --> 00:17:31,125 I think we'll turn it over to you. 391 00:18:13,917 --> 00:18:17,000 NARRATOR: Although the Christian order of the Knights Templar 392 00:18:17,125 --> 00:18:19,667 established strongholds in Portugal as early 393 00:18:19,792 --> 00:18:21,250 as the 12th century, 394 00:18:21,375 --> 00:18:24,333 after the King of France and the Catholic Church 395 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,875 persecuted the order in 1307 396 00:18:27,042 --> 00:18:30,833 and attempted to confiscate the sacred religious treasures 397 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 that they were rumored to possess, 398 00:18:33,125 --> 00:18:35,542 a number of Templars fled to Portugal, 399 00:18:35,708 --> 00:18:38,625 rebranded themselves as the Order of Christ, 400 00:18:38,708 --> 00:18:41,542 and maintained fortresses on the mainland 401 00:18:41,708 --> 00:18:45,542 as well as hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic Ocean 402 00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:49,292 on the Portuguese islands known as the Azores. 403 00:18:49,417 --> 00:18:52,333 From there, some researchers believe 404 00:18:52,458 --> 00:18:54,667 they moved their treasures to the New World 405 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:58,000 sometime between the 14th and 16th centuries 406 00:18:58,083 --> 00:19:00,875 and hid them on Oak Island. 407 00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:38,417 No way. 408 00:19:56,042 --> 00:20:02,667 ALEX: That's a very interesting lead to follow up on. 409 00:20:02,792 --> 00:20:04,833 FRANCISCO: This is a Portuguese rock wall, 410 00:20:04,958 --> 00:20:06,875 and I have no doubts about that. 411 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:07,917 NARRATOR: In the war room, 412 00:20:08,042 --> 00:20:09,333 Portuguese researcher 413 00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:11,208 Francisco Nogueira 414 00:20:11,375 --> 00:20:13,667 has just made a surprising assertion 415 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:17,375 to Rick Lagina and members of the Oak Island team. 416 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:21,500 It is his belief that the rock wall on Lot 26, 417 00:20:21,667 --> 00:20:24,375 located on the western side of Oak Island, 418 00:20:24,542 --> 00:20:26,875 which the team has been investigating 419 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,500 for the past several weeks, 420 00:20:28,625 --> 00:20:31,208 is more than 500 years old 421 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:34,208 and of Portuguese origin. 422 00:20:41,833 --> 00:20:43,833 JACK: Those dates from 1400 to 1600s 423 00:20:43,917 --> 00:20:45,958 are legitimate, 424 00:20:46,083 --> 00:20:47,792 and th-- and that people were here, 425 00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:49,333 specifically the Portuguese. 426 00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:51,708 RICK: They may be significantly relevant, yes. 427 00:21:07,167 --> 00:21:09,792 NARRATOR: Following the death of King Henry of Portugal 428 00:21:09,875 --> 00:21:11,458 in 1580, 429 00:21:11,542 --> 00:21:13,750 the fact that he had no children 430 00:21:13,875 --> 00:21:15,500 led to a bitter conflict 431 00:21:15,625 --> 00:21:18,333 over who should be the rightful heir to the throne. 432 00:21:18,417 --> 00:21:21,750 Many citizens believed that António, 433 00:21:21,875 --> 00:21:23,500 Prior of Crato, 434 00:21:23,625 --> 00:21:26,167 who was the nephew of the late King Henry 435 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:28,375 and who had ties to the Order of Christ, 436 00:21:28,542 --> 00:21:30,458 was the rightful successor. 437 00:21:30,542 --> 00:21:33,333 However, King Philip II of Spain 438 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:35,500 waged a bloody war 439 00:21:35,583 --> 00:21:38,958 and eventually seized power over both nations. 440 00:21:40,083 --> 00:21:43,208 In the wake of the carnage, a large fortune of gold, 441 00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:45,458 which some believe was connected 442 00:21:45,583 --> 00:21:48,042 to the Order of Christ, went missing 443 00:21:48,208 --> 00:21:51,042 and has never been accounted for. 444 00:22:08,167 --> 00:22:09,750 NARRATOR: Is it possible 445 00:22:09,875 --> 00:22:12,083 that a vast golden treasure was moved 446 00:22:12,208 --> 00:22:16,167 in the 16th century from Portugal to Oak Island 447 00:22:16,292 --> 00:22:18,542 by members of the Order of Christ? 448 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:21,542 If so, could that explain the stone road 449 00:22:21,667 --> 00:22:24,042 in the swamp, the rock wall 450 00:22:24,167 --> 00:22:26,125 on Lot 26, 451 00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:29,583 the quadrilateral feature on Lot 13, 452 00:22:29,708 --> 00:22:33,958 and the high-trace evidence of gold in the Money Pit area? 453 00:22:34,083 --> 00:22:36,542 RICK: What's interesting, though, is Francisco mentions 454 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:39,042 the Order of Christ helping the Azoreans 455 00:22:39,208 --> 00:22:40,333 with their struggle. 456 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:43,208 When we were in Portugal, we 457 00:22:43,333 --> 00:22:45,042 surmised that the Order of Christ 458 00:22:45,167 --> 00:22:47,833 knew there was impending doom, if you will, right? 459 00:22:47,958 --> 00:22:50,500 -Mm-hmm. -King John inviting the Inquisition. 460 00:22:50,583 --> 00:22:53,042 Well, the Order of Christ would have familiarity 461 00:22:53,208 --> 00:22:54,583 with the Azores. 462 00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:56,667 They would know of voyages to the New World. 463 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:58,625 Where are you going to seek refuge? 464 00:22:58,708 --> 00:23:01,000 You would want to seek refuge to an area, 465 00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:03,917 at least, that you know of, right? 466 00:23:04,042 --> 00:23:05,917 They are here in the New World. 467 00:23:06,042 --> 00:23:09,792 It's a possible place of refuge. It's a possibility, certainly. 468 00:23:09,875 --> 00:23:13,417 DOUG: The timeline I see developing here is that 469 00:23:13,542 --> 00:23:16,375 the Knights Templar, suppressed in 1307, right, 470 00:23:16,542 --> 00:23:19,875 they found sanctuary in Portugal. 471 00:23:20,042 --> 00:23:23,333 And then, when the Inquisition finally reached Portugal, 472 00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:25,417 they had to look for a safe haven elsewhere. 473 00:23:25,542 --> 00:23:29,583 A great amount of wealth disappeared from the Azores, 474 00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:31,458 a-and-and, like you have said, 475 00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:32,542 who knows what else under the protection 476 00:23:32,667 --> 00:23:33,667 of the Order of Christ 477 00:23:33,792 --> 00:23:35,667 disappeared around that time. 478 00:23:35,833 --> 00:23:37,917 It-It's-it's an interesting concept. 479 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:39,833 Oh, Francisco, 480 00:23:39,958 --> 00:23:42,083 I speak for everyone here on the war room, uh, 481 00:23:42,208 --> 00:23:44,750 we respect and appreciate the research you've done. 482 00:23:44,875 --> 00:23:47,667 We-We've always said there's a treasure hunt here, 483 00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:49,958 but there's also an information hunt, and you're-you're 484 00:23:50,083 --> 00:23:51,500 integral to that process, 485 00:23:51,583 --> 00:23:53,667 so we really appreciate all the hard work, 486 00:23:53,792 --> 00:23:56,042 and we-we hope, sincerely, 487 00:23:56,208 --> 00:23:58,917 -that you will continue in this. -Okay. That's a promise. 488 00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:00,375 (laughter) 489 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:01,500 -Thank you. -Thanks. -Take care. 490 00:24:01,583 --> 00:24:02,667 JUDI: Bye-bye. 491 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:04,417 FRANCISCO: You're welcome. 492 00:24:05,542 --> 00:24:07,542 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 493 00:24:07,667 --> 00:24:09,458 CRAIG: This is my first look-see. 494 00:24:09,542 --> 00:24:10,875 ALEX: Yeah, me, too. 495 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:13,333 Watch your step here. It's pretty steep. 496 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:15,500 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 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS