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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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We have a large metallic anomaly
in the swamp.
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MARTY:
Wow! That's great.
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I believe there are
answers in that swamp.
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JACK:
Yes! We're starting to dig.
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The more we dig,
the more we find.
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Oh, my gosh!
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What the heck is that?
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PAUL: Something's going on
in that corner.
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They hit something solid.
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They couldn't drill through it.
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That's where
the gold signal's coming from.
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There could be something there.
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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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manmade workings
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that date to medieval times
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and a lead cross whose origin
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may be connected
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,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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Hey, Paul.
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Hey, how's it going?
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Question is, how are you doing?
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All right.
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-Mind if we go and have a look?
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Another promising day
has begun on Oak Island
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for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester
and the rest of their team
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as they investigate
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the so-called Garden Shaft
in the hopes
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of finally solving
a 228-year-old treasure mystery.
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COTE: They're probe drilling
straight down in the shaft.
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CRAIG:
How deep are we?
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We're around 65 to 66 feet.
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-In between there.
-Okay.
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NARRATOR: Of all
the large-scale excavations
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the Oak Island team
has performed
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during the past decade,
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they have a number
of reasons to believe
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that the Garden Shaft,
which is now being reconstructed
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by representatives
from Dumas Contracting Limited,
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may be the key to locating
a legendary treasure vault.
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After scientifically dating
the shaft to 1735--
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meaning that it could be related
to the original Money Pit--
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the team conducted
additional tests
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on water samples within it,
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as well as on wood fragments
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collected from the walls
of the structure
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at depths of 55 and 58 feet.
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Incredibly,
both exercises yielded
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high trace evidence of gold.
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Really appreciate you grabbing
these samples of the wood
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as you're boring through there,
cutting a hole.
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'Cause, uh, you know, the gold
we found up hole a little bit,
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it's got us excited
to see what's down here.
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And if we can use that wood
and trace the gold,
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hopefully it can tell us
where it's coming from.
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-Exactly.
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NARRATOR:
Now, given that the location
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of the Garden Shaft
is within 20 feet
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of the so-called
"treasure zone,"
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where geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner
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and his colleague
hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michael
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believe the Money Pit
treasure vault
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may be buried
between 80 and 120 feet deep...
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There's another augur
on there now.
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...Dumas is conducting
a probe drilling operation
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within the structure
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at a depth
of approximately 65 feet,
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in the hopes
of finding more evidence
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of the fabled riches.
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Using a hydraulic earth drill,
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the team
is drilling three holes
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through all four walls
of the original shaft
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which will reach
as far as 20 feet
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in every direction.
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RICK:
It's all about, at this point,
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the probe drilling
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and trying
to use the information
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derived from that program
to further our understanding
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of the relevance
of the Garden Shaft
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in terms of treasure recovery.
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CRAIG: That seemed to be
drilling awful easy.
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RICK: It's exciting to think
about the possibilities,
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because, uh, now
we have found gold values,
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meaning that...
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we might be close
to a source location
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for gold here.
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CRAIG:
Where are they at?
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-COTE: In, uh, northeast corner.
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COTE: Something's going on
in that corner.
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Yeah. Still,
it's looking like it's
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-a softer corner, which...
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...which all indications
were from what we've seen.
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We've been probe drilling
in the northeast corner,
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and the ground seems quite soft.
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It's very interesting.
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It's telling us something.
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Are we gonna find tunnels? Are
we gonna to find unknown shafts?
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And we're real excited about it.
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SCOTT: You know,
if there's a tunnel there
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or anything like that, it's
gonna be really interesting.
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We just got the information
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and we'll start
following the information.
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That's right.
Let the science do the work.
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-Yeah.
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-Yeah.
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CRAIG:
Okay, well, it's moving along.
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-Okay.
-Thank you very much.
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We'll keep at it.
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CRAIG: Let me know if you
hit anything, for sure.
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COTE:
Okay, will do.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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MARTY: All right.
What we got going here today?
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I want to pull this corner back,
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because when we first dug,
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I thought there were
a couple three stones there.
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NARRATOR: On Lot 13,
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over 400 feet north
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of the triangle-shaped swamp...
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I agree, it's possible
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we could follow
that out a little further.
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...Craig Tester joins
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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along with fellow landowner
Tom Nolan,
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and other members of the team
to resume
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investigating a mysterious site
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known as
the great quadrilateral.
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First discovered
more than 30 years ago
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by Tom's late father,
Fred Nolan,
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the feature is a 32-foot-long
formation of boulders,
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which Fred believed
might have been created
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centuries ago.
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Based on a diagram
that he designed
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back in the 1990s,
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the team is currently excavating
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the northeast portion
of the quadrilateral
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in the hopes of determining
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who created it
and just what they used it for.
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MARTY:
And all this clay is
out of place, is that correct?
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It shouldn't be there?
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Yeah, bottom line is,
you found artifacts.
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That tells us
that somebody's dug that clay.
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And we found that staple.
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Yeah, we did,
and that's the thing.
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-If we can dig deeper...
-Mm.
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...the artifacts
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The more we dig,
the more we find.
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Hey, Rick?
That's a bit of clay there.
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Where have you seen
that color before?
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RICK:
Money Pit.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
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after uncovering an artificial
layer of blue clay,
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which is a kind of water sealant
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that was also found
deep in the Money Pit
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back in 1804,
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-Ooh! A piece of metal.
-...the team discovered
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a heavy iron staple.
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A staple
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that blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
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believed was part
of a pulley system
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designed to move heavy objects
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and may actually
date back to medieval times.
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To me, this strongly
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suggests the original work.
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Now we have
to figure out the why of this.
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Is there a possibility
that there's something
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underground here
that may be the one thing?
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I'm-I'm hopeful. I am.
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But we have to prove it.
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Okay. Go hop in
that machine and start finding.
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-Yep.
-All right, mate.
I'll get ready as well.
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NARRATOR: As Billy Gerhardt
excavates the feature,
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metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
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will search the spoils
for important clues
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and signs of treasure.
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The quadrilateral appears
to be an area
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of rather substantial impact.
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The boulders, they were
basically stacked in two tiers.
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Doesn't look anything
like an agricultural thing.
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Farmers are
extremely practical people.
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They're not gonna waste effort.
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And why would they dig down
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eight, 12, 14 feet?
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No, it's not farmers.
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It's not agricultural.
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So could it be
somehow associated
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with the whole mystery?
Yeah.
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(beeping)
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That one weird,
little tick like that.
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(beeping)
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Just there.
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Is that a lump of coal
on the side there?
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On the side of that wall there?
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A little charcoal?
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(Rick blows)
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GARY: That is definitely
charcoal, mate, isn't it?
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RICK:
Yeah.
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See the glint off of it?
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Yeah, definitely part
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of the quadrilateral story,
for sure.
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RICK:
Yeah, good eye, Gary, because
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-it was right there in the wall.
-Yep.
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can be carbon-dated...
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I'll put this in the bag, Rick.
This is cool.
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...perhaps this discovery
can offer
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the team another clue as to when
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this feature was created.
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The other burning question,
where's the metal?
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It seems to be
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elongated. Oh.
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It's there?
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Still there?
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Yep. It's just...
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finding it.
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(beeping)
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I believe... got it.
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That's it.
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What the heck is this?
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Oh, my gosh!
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-Heavy?
-Yeah, it's heavy.
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Uh, don't know what it is.
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-It's a curved piece of iron.
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NARRATOR: While excavating
the mysterious formation
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known as the great quadrilateral
on Lot 13...
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-What you got, Gary?
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some large piece of iron.
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-Yep.
-...Billy Gerhardt
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and Gary Drayton have just
unearthed a potentially
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important discovery.
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-Was that in the clay?
-Eh.
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It's not in the clay, no.
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-Show it to these guys.
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That just seems strange to me.
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A little heavy.
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A little heavy. Watch yourself.
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-RICK: It's weird,
whatever it is.
-GARY: Yeah.
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It's a non-descript
hunk of something.
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Chunk of metal.
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-That's heavy.
-TOM: Yeah.
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-MARTY: That is rusty.
-TOM: Yeah.
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-But that's not 30 years
of rusty.
-MARTY: No.
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-It looks more than that.
-TOM: Yeah. Yeah.
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This goes well back
into antiquity.
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Well, that's not something
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you find every day.
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Just on Oak Island.
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MARTY:
Just on Oak Island.
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Tell you, mate,
when that chunk of iron
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come out there,
the way it's curved like that,
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the size and the weight of it,
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reminded me of a fragment
of a cannonball.
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I've found loads of them
in the southeast United States.
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I mean, we did find armament.
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-We've found
musket balls, obviously.
-Yeah.
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We've found Portuguese
stone shot.
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-Yeah.
-If you start putting
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puzzle pieces together,
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then that becomes
perhaps more relevant.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR: A possible
fragment of a cannonball
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found
in the great quadrilateral?
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And of a potentially
ancient origin?
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-Ready?
-Yep.
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I love it when
we find stuff like this.
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That is a bona fide artifact.
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NARRATOR:
Over the past three years,
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the team has found two stone
cannonballs on Oak Island,
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one of which was discovered
deep in the Money Pit area.
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Incredibly, those objects,
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just like the stone road
that was uncovered
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in the triangle-shaped swamp
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back in 2020
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and the stone wall
located on Lot 26,
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are all believed to be
500 years old or more.
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And potentially connected
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to the Portuguese sect
of the Knights Templar.
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If it is indeed
a cannonball frag,
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then that becomes, perhaps,
extremely relevant.
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Yep, you got that right, mate.
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NARRATOR:
Could Rick Lagina be correct
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that this discovery
may offer a critical clue
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in identifying who created the
so-called great quadrilateral?
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I think we can say we got it,
but I'll re-check the hole
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-just in case.
-Yep. Yep.
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NARRATOR:
If so, the question
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that grows
all the more curious is,
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just what was its purpose?
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GARY:
Yep, it's out.
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All right.
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It's all clear.
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Billy, crank it up.
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-(dirt grinding)
-IAN: Geez!
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GARY: I'd say we're getting
into some boulders as well.
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One there... one there.
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BILLY: I don't know
if somebody wants to look,
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but you got four rocks,
all flat,
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right there-- you can see
where the tops are scratched.
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-CRAIG: Yeah.
-TOM: You mean those four, four
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-small ones there, Billy,
sort of...
-BILLY: Yeah, it's just...
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they're just
kind of laid flatted out.
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Worried about it,
or pulling them out?
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-No.
Let's see what's under them.
-Keep going.
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This is definitely
a disturbed area
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where somebody excavated
a bunch of stuff
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and then put stuff back in
that didn't belong there...
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I'm coming down.
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...and maybe the boulders here
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in this disturbed area
might have been used
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to seal something.
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If treasure was
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brought to Oak Island
and deposited here,
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this would be
a great place for it.
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GARY:
Nothing in there.
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RICK:
What do you think?
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IAN:
So there's nothing really here?
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MARTY:
No. Nothing.
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I wouldn't go
any further than that.
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Yeah.
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So now I think
what we need to do is
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sort of sequentially move
towards the west.
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I agree.
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And we need artifacts.
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Or something underneath this.
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That's where I sit.
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MARTY:
Yeah, something went on here.
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Something was dug out and
something was placed back in.
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And we don't know why.
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I think we all agree
there's something
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strangely unique about this.
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Oh, yeah.
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RICK: We're not done
digging at the quadrilateral
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is what the next steps are.
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We need to dig the structure
in its entirety.
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I believe there is a chance
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that there are
additional boulders,
347
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and hopefully
find more artifacts.
348
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And make our own assessment
of what it might mean.
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My usual MO is to say...
(chuckles)
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...keep digging,
so that's what I suggest we do.
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IAN:
Yep. This is going to take
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-a few days.
-RICK: Yeah.
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But it's about
the end of the day,
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so let's call it a day.
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-TOM: Okay.
-MARTY: We'll be back again.
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-NARRATOR: The following day...
-Going up.
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...as the probe drilling
operation continues
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in the Garden Shaft...
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RICK: Certainly,
the Garden Shaft is the...
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most important, uh,
project that we have,
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but the swamp also is important.
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NARRATOR:
...Rick, Marty and Craig
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have gathered members
of the team in the war room,
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as well as on video conference,
for an update
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on another major investigation
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they soon hope to begin
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in order to help solve
the Oak Island mystery.
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The thing that is required,
obviously, is a permit.
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I just wanted to bring everybody
up to date,
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as to where we are. Laird has
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put in for heritage
research permits regarding
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the southeast
corner of the swamp.
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TONY: How's that
for a starting point, guys?
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JEREMY:
Yeah, that's a good one.
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NARRATOR:
Earlier this year,
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the team conducted
new magnetometer scans
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in the swamp with geophysical
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experts Jeremy Church
and Burton Cosgrove.
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JEREMY:
Whoa!
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-TONY: Big one?
-Yeah.
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-Through the roof.
-Fantastic!
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NARRATOR: Incredibly,
they detected numerous
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metallic anomalies in an area
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just several yards
from the possible
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Portuguese stone road
located in the brackish bog's
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southeast corner.
387
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And we've sent all information
to the First Nations, right?
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Correct. We have. Yes.
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NARRATOR:
However,
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due to the discovery
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of 2,000-year-old fragments
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of First Nations Mi'kmaw pottery
393
00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:33,042
that archaeologist
Laird Niven made
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in the southeast corner
of the swamp
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back in 2021,
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00:16:37,375 --> 00:16:40,375
the Oak Island team has been
delayed in obtaining
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governmental permits
to once again draw down,
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or drain, the swamp
and investigate
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those potential targets.
400
00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:51,208
I know things have
gotten more complicated and
401
00:16:51,375 --> 00:16:53,333
-we need that draw-down
permit because...
-Yeah.
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00:16:53,458 --> 00:16:56,042
...we want to dig and Jeremy's
403
00:16:56,208 --> 00:16:58,042
presentation
and there's some things that,
404
00:16:58,167 --> 00:16:59,833
in my mind, should be dug.
405
00:16:59,917 --> 00:17:01,500
Right.
406
00:17:01,625 --> 00:17:03,500
Billy, I'm going to turn it over
to you because you've been
407
00:17:03,625 --> 00:17:05,875
more intimately involved
in that process than anyone.
408
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,042
So if you can fill everyone in,
that'd be great.
409
00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:10,833
So, the government,
they've been very good
410
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,125
in communicating with us.
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The good news is...
412
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from what we understand...
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they gave the approvals
414
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-for a permit.
-Perfect!
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00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,125
(laughter)
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RICK: All the information
has been relayed
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to the proper
governmental authorities
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00:17:29,167 --> 00:17:31,000
and all of the permit
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00:17:31,125 --> 00:17:32,958
application requirements
have been met.
420
00:17:33,083 --> 00:17:34,500
Well done, sir.
421
00:17:34,625 --> 00:17:37,167
And I believe
that we should shortly
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00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:39,208
have the permits in hand.
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00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:42,083
I think we're,
uh, we're well on our way.
424
00:17:42,208 --> 00:17:45,167
Hopefully it'll be
all positive from here on in.
425
00:17:45,333 --> 00:17:48,417
It's all good. We can't control
it beyond this, so proceed.
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00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:49,958
All righty.
427
00:17:50,083 --> 00:17:51,500
-ALEX: See you, guys.
-See you.
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00:17:51,625 --> 00:17:53,542
-SCOTT: Thanks.
-MARTY: Drain that swamp.
429
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NARRATOR: Two days after
the Oak Island team's
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meeting in the war room...
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00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:01,958
-ALEX: Hey, Billy!
-BILLY: How you doing, guys?
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00:18:02,042 --> 00:18:03,125
JACK:
Hey, Billy.
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00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:05,500
This is one heck of a big pump.
434
00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:07,542
-ALEX: Yeah, yeah.
-BILLY: Well, it's a big swamp.
435
00:18:07,667 --> 00:18:09,458
NARRATOR: ...they have
officially received a permit
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from the provincial government
to drain the swamp
437
00:18:13,375 --> 00:18:16,500
in order to investigate a number
of potential metal targets
438
00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:19,458
that were detected
earlier this year.
439
00:18:19,542 --> 00:18:22,375
So we cleaned out the sump,
sump's all ready to go.
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ALEX:
When we did this year one,
441
00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:25,833
I don't remember what the flow
rate was on those things.
442
00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:28,167
-What-what's this thing?
-Uh...
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00:18:28,292 --> 00:18:30,167
I think, I think this thing
would probably seven
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-or 800 gallons a minute,
I imagine.
-ALEX: So that means,
445
00:18:32,875 --> 00:18:34,833
couple three days,
we'll have this thing drained?
446
00:18:34,958 --> 00:18:37,000
Yeah, it'll go pretty quick,
yeah.
447
00:18:37,125 --> 00:18:40,083
Where are we running
the outflow?
448
00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:41,500
This line here,
we have it strung over
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on Lot 29.
Up in the middle, there's
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quite a rocky section
in the woods.
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00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:47,292
As you know,
we're pretty protective
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-of any runoff, so...
-ALEX: Yeah.
453
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,792
-Let's get pumping.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR: In accordance with
environmental regulations...
455
00:18:53,625 --> 00:18:55,250
Hey, Tim!
456
00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:57,500
...rather than pumping
the brackish water out
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00:18:57,583 --> 00:19:00,500
of the swamp
and into the nearby ocean,
458
00:19:00,583 --> 00:19:02,625
the Oak Island team
will transfer it all
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to Lot 29,
in the middle of the island.
460
00:19:06,042 --> 00:19:09,458
Tim got tired of taking pumps
apart and picking sticks out,
461
00:19:09,583 --> 00:19:11,667
so he designed
this little float for us.
462
00:19:11,833 --> 00:19:13,375
Yeah. Ingenious idea.
463
00:19:13,542 --> 00:19:15,542
The swamp definitely has a lot
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of secrets
that it's still hiding.
465
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,375
You know, it almost looks like
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someone covered a stone pathway,
467
00:19:21,292 --> 00:19:23,500
and other related features.
468
00:19:23,625 --> 00:19:26,458
I got to say, Tim,
I'm very impressed.
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00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:28,792
-Well done.
-JACK: It makes you wonder,
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was that done by the depositors?
471
00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:33,417
Or was that done
by early searchers?
472
00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:35,917
Cool.
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00:19:38,042 --> 00:19:40,208
That is a hooked-up pump.
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00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:41,792
I think we're all ready.
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00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:47,667
Oh! Here goes.
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00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:49,958
All righty! See you, Bill.
477
00:19:50,042 --> 00:19:52,250
-Yeah.
-Jack: See you, guys.
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NARRATOR:
The following day,
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while the swamp
continues to drain...
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COTE:
Want tightlining now?
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Want to bring
them down some nails?
482
00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:02,500
...and while the probe
drilling operation proceeds
483
00:20:02,625 --> 00:20:05,083
in the Garden Shaft
at the Money Pit...
484
00:20:05,208 --> 00:20:07,000
RICK:
Okay, Billy.
485
00:20:07,125 --> 00:20:08,833
-It's up you.
-BILLY: Okay.
486
00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,083
...Billy Gerhardt returns
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to Lot 13,
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00:20:11,625 --> 00:20:14,333
along with Rick Lagina,
Tom Nolan
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and other members of the team
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to continue excavating
the great quadrilateral
491
00:20:19,125 --> 00:20:21,750
for additional clues,
as well as signs
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00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:24,000
of potential valuables.
493
00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,500
What say me and you
go behind there
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-and sort through the spoils?
-Yeah.
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00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:31,500
NARRATOR:
Having discovered several
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potentially important artifacts
497
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in the northeast portion
of the feature,
498
00:20:35,583 --> 00:20:38,167
the team is now excavating
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its southern region.
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RICK:
My hope is that we can
501
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somehow figure out
the why of it.
502
00:20:45,458 --> 00:20:47,208
Fred was unable to.
503
00:20:47,375 --> 00:20:49,958
Why build such a structure?
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00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:51,917
It makes no sense.
505
00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:54,500
To me, it might be associated
506
00:20:54,625 --> 00:20:58,250
with a... what we call
"original work," because...
507
00:20:58,375 --> 00:21:00,458
I can't believe a farmer
508
00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:03,500
would conduct such an activity.
509
00:21:05,708 --> 00:21:07,333
GARY:
Nothing.
510
00:21:07,458 --> 00:21:09,375
Keep going, Bill.
511
00:21:12,625 --> 00:21:14,167
You know what's interesting
512
00:21:14,292 --> 00:21:17,208
about this is,
I mean, Fred described it
513
00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:19,292
as roughly paving,
514
00:21:19,417 --> 00:21:21,458
and if you look
at the sketch in the book,
515
00:21:21,583 --> 00:21:24,083
they're mostly big rocks,
but he actually
516
00:21:24,208 --> 00:21:26,292
draws little rocks
in between them
517
00:21:26,375 --> 00:21:29,125
as though the top
was meant to be paved.
518
00:21:29,250 --> 00:21:31,000
In fact,
I think even in the book
519
00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:33,500
he calls it a paved area.
520
00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:37,667
Well, now there's paved area
in the swamp.
521
00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:39,375
Paved area here.
522
00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:41,042
Are they the same?
523
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:42,750
I don't know.
524
00:21:42,875 --> 00:21:45,333
NARRATOR:
In 2019,
525
00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:48,667
the team was astonished
to uncover a vast area
526
00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:51,458
of paving stones
near the middle of the swamp.
527
00:21:51,583 --> 00:21:52,833
IAN:
Well, we got the date.
528
00:21:52,917 --> 00:21:55,167
And so we just got them
back yesterday.
529
00:21:55,292 --> 00:21:57,167
NARRATOR:
But even more incredible
530
00:21:57,292 --> 00:21:59,500
was that Dr. Ian Spooner
was able
531
00:21:59,625 --> 00:22:01,708
to date the feature to as early
532
00:22:01,875 --> 00:22:03,542
as 1200 AD.
533
00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:05,542
-Medieval, baby!
-(laughter)
534
00:22:06,542 --> 00:22:08,208
RICK:
Be nice to find
535
00:22:08,333 --> 00:22:10,000
-another artifact or two.
-GARY: Yeah.
536
00:22:10,125 --> 00:22:13,542
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the great quadrilateral,
537
00:22:13,708 --> 00:22:16,500
which Fred Nolan discovered
more than 30 years ago,
538
00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:20,500
could actually date
to the same time period?
539
00:22:20,583 --> 00:22:23,167
If so, could this feature
540
00:22:23,333 --> 00:22:25,542
be more evidence that the origin
541
00:22:25,708 --> 00:22:28,667
of the Oak Island mystery
goes further back in time
542
00:22:28,792 --> 00:22:31,667
than anyone ever
thought possible?
543
00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:34,583
TOM: I believe there's
one of the boulders that
544
00:22:34,708 --> 00:22:36,625
formed part of the,
part of the structure.
545
00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:38,500
IAN: So if it is part
of the structure,
546
00:22:38,583 --> 00:22:40,375
it'd be fun to go over
and look at it and see
547
00:22:40,542 --> 00:22:41,667
-what-what its relationship...
-TOM: Yeah.
548
00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:43,333
...is to the sediment
underneath.
549
00:22:43,417 --> 00:22:44,708
If there's soil
underneath the boulder,
550
00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:46,375
then we know it's been moved,
you know?
551
00:22:46,542 --> 00:22:47,667
I think we should
just come up and go over there
552
00:22:47,792 --> 00:22:48,958
-and take a look at them.
-CRAIG: Yeah.
553
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,792
BILLY: There's three rocks
in a line at a height
554
00:22:55,917 --> 00:22:57,833
of where we found
the other ones, but...
555
00:22:57,958 --> 00:23:00,000
Does it kind of parallel
the other side?
556
00:23:00,125 --> 00:23:02,667
-Yes. I'd say, yeah.
-So it could be
something underneath?
557
00:23:02,833 --> 00:23:05,125
-Could be.
-RICK: That'd be interesting.
558
00:23:08,125 --> 00:23:10,000
Yeah, so... like Tom,
559
00:23:10,125 --> 00:23:12,167
you were saying,
these boulders look embedded.
560
00:23:12,333 --> 00:23:13,500
Oh, they are.
561
00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:15,875
They were definitely
562
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,542
placed in a certain type
563
00:23:17,708 --> 00:23:20,125
of order here and you can
see it here, that they're
564
00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:22,417
-stacked pretty tight.
-IAN: Right.
565
00:23:22,542 --> 00:23:24,333
Yeah, bottom line is,
if we didn't have
566
00:23:24,458 --> 00:23:27,667
rocks here and rocks there,
or rocks in line,
567
00:23:27,792 --> 00:23:29,542
that's a little unnatural,
right?
568
00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:32,208
But I want to see if we have any
organic matter underneath it.
569
00:23:32,375 --> 00:23:33,375
Yeah, so I think
570
00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,333
we just need to pluck this.
571
00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,000
Okey doke.
572
00:23:44,708 --> 00:23:47,542
As we get below the layer of
boulders, which my dad didn't,
573
00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:50,000
it's deepening the mystery.
574
00:23:50,125 --> 00:23:54,500
This site has been
manipulated for a reason.
575
00:23:54,625 --> 00:23:57,917
That's the question, now,
we need to find out.
576
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,167
I'd like to metal detect that.
We might get an Hail Mary find
577
00:24:03,292 --> 00:24:04,917
-out of there.
-That's right.
578
00:24:05,042 --> 00:24:06,917
Yep.
579
00:24:10,042 --> 00:24:13,333
Ooh, bit of pottery
right on the top.
580
00:24:13,458 --> 00:24:15,667
Can't really tell
a lot about it, it's...
581
00:24:15,792 --> 00:24:19,333
it's just a white glazed
shard of pottery.
582
00:24:19,417 --> 00:24:21,792
Right in that last bucket.
583
00:24:24,208 --> 00:24:25,500
RICK:
Take a look at this, Gary.
584
00:24:25,625 --> 00:24:27,833
What do you got, mate?
585
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000
Ooh.
586
00:24:29,125 --> 00:24:31,208
Oh, wow that's old.
587
00:24:35,292 --> 00:24:37,167
GARY:
It looks old.
588
00:24:37,292 --> 00:24:39,000
Yeah, that is
an old piece of glass,
589
00:24:39,167 --> 00:24:40,500
with it being that thin.
590
00:24:40,667 --> 00:24:42,667
NARRATOR:
While searching the spoils
591
00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:45,500
that have been excavated from
a depth of more than ten feet
592
00:24:45,625 --> 00:24:48,250
at the mysterious
great quadrilateral...
593
00:24:48,375 --> 00:24:50,000
Check that out, Tom.
594
00:24:50,167 --> 00:24:51,708
That's old. Good eye, Rick.
595
00:24:51,875 --> 00:24:54,333
...Rick Lagina has uncovered
596
00:24:54,458 --> 00:24:56,250
a potentially significant
artifact.
597
00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:58,125
That is terribly thin.
598
00:24:58,208 --> 00:25:00,667
GARY: Yeah. That's how you know
it's old-- when it's thin.
599
00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:04,125
That could easily be 1700s
or older.
600
00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:05,500
NARRATOR:
A piece of glass
601
00:25:05,625 --> 00:25:07,708
potentially dating back earlier
602
00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:11,333
than the 18th century and found
more than ten feet deep
603
00:25:11,458 --> 00:25:13,083
in the great quadrilateral?
604
00:25:13,208 --> 00:25:15,792
That's a crackin' find, Rick.
It really is.
605
00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:18,000
NARRATOR:
Could that mean
that it was left behind
606
00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:21,375
by someone who previously
investigated this feature?
607
00:25:21,542 --> 00:25:25,542
Or was it left by someone
who helped create it?
608
00:25:25,708 --> 00:25:26,750
IAN:
I think
wherever that little piece
609
00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:28,708
came from
was right at the interface
610
00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:31,458
-between the soil
and the C horizon.
-GARY: Yeah.
611
00:25:31,542 --> 00:25:33,875
NARRATOR:
The C horizon refers
612
00:25:34,042 --> 00:25:37,250
to the natural layer of earth
below the topsoil,
613
00:25:37,375 --> 00:25:41,417
which may have previously been
disturbed by human activity.
614
00:25:41,542 --> 00:25:43,375
IAN:
I think,
615
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,000
all in here,
we're down into C horizon.
616
00:25:45,167 --> 00:25:48,833
We're probably out of the, uh...
the quadrilateral now.
617
00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:51,375
NARRATOR:
At this point,
618
00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:53,833
it is Dr. Spooner's opinion
619
00:25:53,917 --> 00:25:55,750
that they have reached
the bottom of the feature.
620
00:25:55,875 --> 00:25:58,000
-We're so far back now.
-RICK: Too far?
621
00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:00,833
Yeah, even at its longest point,
it was 32 feet,
622
00:26:00,917 --> 00:26:03,000
going north to south, and...
623
00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:05,167
we'd be well past that here,
so...
624
00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:07,833
I think we're out
of the original structure.
625
00:26:07,958 --> 00:26:09,333
Yeah.
626
00:26:09,458 --> 00:26:10,958
It does look like
it's been disturbed.
627
00:26:11,042 --> 00:26:13,167
IAN:
Yeah. Quite a bit,
right in here.
628
00:26:13,292 --> 00:26:14,958
RICK:
Well, bottom line is,
629
00:26:15,042 --> 00:26:18,208
we may not uncover anything
more than your father did.
630
00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:21,542
I think the most important thing
we've learned
631
00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:24,208
about the quadrilateral to date
632
00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:27,167
is that what Fred wrote about
his observations were correct.
633
00:26:27,333 --> 00:26:30,958
We have proven that there was
a stacked stone feature.
634
00:26:31,083 --> 00:26:32,333
It can only
635
00:26:32,417 --> 00:26:34,333
have been put there
by human beings.
636
00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:35,708
To what end?
637
00:26:35,833 --> 00:26:37,750
That's yet to be discovered.
638
00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:40,000
IAN:
We're absolutely certain
639
00:26:40,167 --> 00:26:41,542
it's been manipulated.
Somebody's dug it.
640
00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:42,667
It's just who
641
00:26:42,792 --> 00:26:44,708
and when they dug.
642
00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:46,875
So, the quadrilateral
still does remain a mystery.
643
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,667
Unfortunately,
we didn't find any treasure.
644
00:26:50,792 --> 00:26:53,958
But I think it had purpose.
645
00:26:54,042 --> 00:26:57,167
Was it used here
as some sort of a marker?
646
00:26:57,292 --> 00:26:58,875
We just don't know.
647
00:26:59,042 --> 00:27:02,833
But it just validates
what my dad discovered
648
00:27:02,958 --> 00:27:05,125
and the work he did here.
649
00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:08,250
I-It's a great fulfillment
in life for me.
650
00:27:09,292 --> 00:27:12,333
Well, we gave it a go,
651
00:27:12,417 --> 00:27:13,833
like your father did, but this
652
00:27:13,958 --> 00:27:16,458
-probably defines the dig.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
653
00:27:16,542 --> 00:27:18,667
-IAN: I agree.
-BILLY: Yep.
-RICK: Let's call it a day.
654
00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:20,875
-TOM: Sounds good.
-RICK: Well done, guys.
655
00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:22,917
♪ ♪
656
00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:27,083
NARRATOR:
The following day...
657
00:27:31,125 --> 00:27:34,000
...while representatives
from Dumas continue searching
658
00:27:34,083 --> 00:27:37,208
for clues
just outside the Garden Shaft
659
00:27:37,333 --> 00:27:41,000
and while the swamp
continues to drain...
660
00:27:42,458 --> 00:27:46,500
RICK: So, gentlemen, today's,
uh, another data download day.
661
00:27:46,583 --> 00:27:48,958
But it's about my favorite place
on Oak Island,
662
00:27:49,083 --> 00:27:49,958
the swamp.
663
00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:52,042
...Rick and Marty Lagina,
664
00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:54,458
along with members
of the team...
665
00:27:54,583 --> 00:27:56,708
So, Billy, if you can get
Marty and Jeremy up.
666
00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:59,667
...are meeting via
video conference in the war room
667
00:27:59,792 --> 00:28:02,833
with geoscientist Jeremy Church.
668
00:28:02,958 --> 00:28:04,458
-JEREMY: Hey, guys.
-Hi, guys!
669
00:28:04,542 --> 00:28:05,708
-Hey, Marty. Hey, Jeremy.
-Hey!
670
00:28:05,875 --> 00:28:06,750
RICK:
So, Jeremy,
671
00:28:06,875 --> 00:28:08,125
I hear you've got some analysis,
672
00:28:08,250 --> 00:28:10,792
and I very much
look forward to it.
673
00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:13,333
There's some interesting stuff
that's come out of it.
674
00:28:13,417 --> 00:28:15,625
-Great.
-MARTY: Hey, I want
to say this right now--
675
00:28:15,708 --> 00:28:17,958
I've been telling Rick
for years now
676
00:28:18,083 --> 00:28:19,792
we should not quit
on that swamp.
677
00:28:19,875 --> 00:28:20,750
-(chuckles)
-That's-that's-that's the way
678
00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:22,000
I remember it.
679
00:28:22,125 --> 00:28:23,792
That's not the way
I remember it.
680
00:28:23,875 --> 00:28:26,000
-(chuckling)
-RICK: Now that we have indeed
681
00:28:26,167 --> 00:28:28,000
the swamp permits,
I had asked Jeremy
682
00:28:28,125 --> 00:28:30,667
to further study
the geophysical data.
683
00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:33,750
And he believes he has some...
684
00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:37,250
some targets, legitimate
targets, in the swamp.
685
00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:39,000
Jeremy, it's over to you.
686
00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:41,167
JEREMY:
All right, gentlemen.
687
00:28:41,292 --> 00:28:45,458
Here's the data coverage
of the swamp area.
688
00:28:45,542 --> 00:28:47,625
So, jumping in,
689
00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:49,333
first slice
that we're gonna look at is
690
00:28:49,417 --> 00:28:51,208
real close to the surface.
691
00:28:52,208 --> 00:28:54,833
We have this "Anomaly SWa" up
in...
692
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,083
north part of the swamp.
693
00:28:57,208 --> 00:28:58,750
Hmm.
694
00:28:58,875 --> 00:29:00,792
It was quite interesting
'cause there's something
695
00:29:00,917 --> 00:29:03,208
under the surface
when he was in-in the soft muck
696
00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:06,625
that you can see it in the--
in the acquisition line.
697
00:29:06,708 --> 00:29:08,542
It's not metallic, either.
698
00:29:08,708 --> 00:29:09,750
Hmm. Interesting.
699
00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:10,833
But definitely
700
00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:13,042
a very interesting anomaly.
701
00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:16,500
RICK:
The potential target
702
00:29:16,625 --> 00:29:19,833
at the base of
the Eye of the Swamp
703
00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:23,500
means it probably is
some sort of legitimate target
704
00:29:23,667 --> 00:29:26,250
and we'll have to figure out
a way to investigate it.
705
00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:28,500
I believe there are answers
in that swamp.
706
00:29:28,583 --> 00:29:30,000
Okay. What else do you find?
707
00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:31,167
All right.
708
00:29:31,333 --> 00:29:33,000
About three feet down,
709
00:29:33,125 --> 00:29:34,833
a couple new anomalies in here.
710
00:29:34,958 --> 00:29:38,875
So, uh, I do believe
this is your stone path
711
00:29:39,042 --> 00:29:41,667
going along
kind of the eastern edge,
712
00:29:41,792 --> 00:29:45,958
with potential kind of extension
out into more of the open water.
713
00:29:46,083 --> 00:29:47,917
So, this is
a slightly deeper slice.
714
00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:50,333
Now we're at, like,
just over three feet.
715
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,833
And I do believe
this is your paved area
716
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:55,000
that has started
to show up here,
717
00:29:55,125 --> 00:29:58,042
just north of the peninsula.
718
00:29:58,167 --> 00:29:59,958
And this is where things
start getting
719
00:30:00,042 --> 00:30:02,042
a little more interesting
for us.
720
00:30:03,167 --> 00:30:04,833
It all shallows up, of course,
721
00:30:04,958 --> 00:30:06,833
as you get north
of the peninsula here.
722
00:30:06,958 --> 00:30:09,542
So, this is
very bright conductivity.
723
00:30:09,667 --> 00:30:12,375
Bright colors like yellows
and-and then getting into reds
724
00:30:12,542 --> 00:30:16,000
represents high conductivity
anomalies, and...
725
00:30:16,167 --> 00:30:19,292
the blues and purples
are lower conductivity.
726
00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:23,083
So, higher chance of some sort
of metallic content.
727
00:30:23,208 --> 00:30:24,708
Oh.
728
00:30:24,875 --> 00:30:28,000
And just on the other side
of the peninsula,
729
00:30:28,167 --> 00:30:31,667
that really bright anomaly
shows up there.
730
00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:33,542
It's quite a major feature,
for sure.
731
00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:34,500
JACK:
Why is it
732
00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:36,333
so much darker red there?
733
00:30:36,458 --> 00:30:39,500
The deeper the red,
the higher the conductivity.
734
00:30:39,625 --> 00:30:42,042
So it's very elevated there.
735
00:30:42,208 --> 00:30:45,292
That's the strongest
metallic response
736
00:30:45,375 --> 00:30:47,208
in the swamp area.
737
00:30:48,542 --> 00:30:49,833
JACK:
All right.
738
00:30:49,958 --> 00:30:51,333
RICK:
That's great.
739
00:30:55,292 --> 00:30:57,333
JEREMY: That's kind of
the strongest metallic response
740
00:30:57,458 --> 00:30:58,500
in the swamp area.
741
00:30:58,625 --> 00:30:59,583
NARRATOR:
In the war room,
742
00:30:59,708 --> 00:31:02,500
geoscientist Jeremy Church
743
00:31:02,625 --> 00:31:05,958
has just presented the team
with updated magnetometry data
744
00:31:06,083 --> 00:31:09,667
indicating several metallic
anomalies may lie buried
745
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:14,250
approximately three feet deep
near the 800-year-old paved area
746
00:31:14,375 --> 00:31:17,417
in the northeastern region
of the Oak Island swamp.
747
00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:21,125
And this anomaly does extend
to deeper than...
748
00:31:21,208 --> 00:31:23,958
this three-foot kind of level
that we're at.
749
00:31:24,042 --> 00:31:26,250
It's quite a major feature,
for sure.
750
00:31:28,958 --> 00:31:30,875
In that red zone,
751
00:31:31,042 --> 00:31:34,833
have we ever dug
for "Anomaly SWe," like,
752
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,833
around in that area at all?
753
00:31:36,917 --> 00:31:39,208
You know,
not to his targeted area.
754
00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:41,875
There may be two feet of water
on it right now.
755
00:31:43,958 --> 00:31:45,208
MARTY:
That sounds like a good target,
756
00:31:45,333 --> 00:31:47,417
but it's a tough one to get to.
757
00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:53,458
RICK: When Jeremy shows
the high conductivity values
758
00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:54,958
in the swamp,
759
00:31:55,083 --> 00:31:57,875
it's a difficult location
to dig,
760
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,875
because it's too wet
of an environment.
761
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,000
Yes, we were able
to drain the swamp,
762
00:32:03,125 --> 00:32:07,167
but the body of the swamp proper
retains a lot of water.
763
00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:09,292
We'll have to wait and see
what it is.
764
00:32:09,417 --> 00:32:12,167
JEREMY:
That-- what I'm calling
"the paved area"--
765
00:32:12,292 --> 00:32:16,000
maybe this is another region
to take another look at.
766
00:32:16,083 --> 00:32:18,333
That's at least three feet deep.
767
00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:20,125
So now we have reason
to go back there.
768
00:32:20,250 --> 00:32:22,375
RICK:
In regards to conductivity
769
00:32:22,542 --> 00:32:24,500
within the paved area
of the swamp,
770
00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:26,667
the first thought
on everyone's mind is,
771
00:32:26,792 --> 00:32:28,292
"This is diggable."
772
00:32:28,375 --> 00:32:29,667
At that location,
773
00:32:29,833 --> 00:32:31,250
you could probably dig 50 feet,
maybe.
774
00:32:31,375 --> 00:32:33,167
-Wow. Okay.
-RICK: Billy could bring
775
00:32:33,292 --> 00:32:37,000
an excavator in there
and dig it to the proper depth.
776
00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,042
I think everyone wants to know
what it is
777
00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:41,250
or what it might represent.
778
00:32:41,375 --> 00:32:43,750
MARTY:
Conductivity in the paved area
779
00:32:43,875 --> 00:32:46,417
could have telltale artifacts
on it.
780
00:32:47,375 --> 00:32:50,750
The swamp clearly has mysteries.
781
00:32:50,875 --> 00:32:53,125
I think, Steve, you need to get
782
00:32:53,208 --> 00:32:54,542
all these things on our map
783
00:32:54,667 --> 00:32:56,458
and then it's time to dig.
784
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:57,708
Yeah. Yeah, that's easy.
785
00:32:57,833 --> 00:32:59,250
JEREMY:
So, yeah,
786
00:32:59,375 --> 00:33:00,625
that's what I got
for you right now,
787
00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:01,833
but a bunch more exciting data
788
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,750
comes in daily
and I'm working it,
789
00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:06,000
so stay tuned.
790
00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:07,333
Well, it's all interesting.
791
00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:08,875
We'll have Steve overlay
everything,
792
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:09,917
as Marty said,
793
00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:12,292
and-and, uh, have a look.
794
00:33:12,417 --> 00:33:13,958
-Yeah.
-MARTY: That's excellent,
I think.
795
00:33:14,083 --> 00:33:15,792
This data's good.
796
00:33:15,875 --> 00:33:18,583
It means the swamp is full of
secrets-- that's what it means.
797
00:33:18,708 --> 00:33:20,125
(chuckling)
798
00:33:20,250 --> 00:33:21,667
Jeremy, thank you very much.
799
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,500
There's a lot to do.
800
00:33:23,625 --> 00:33:26,000
The only way to do it, as usual,
it's not in this room--
801
00:33:26,125 --> 00:33:27,833
it's out back, as Dan called it.
802
00:33:27,917 --> 00:33:29,292
So, see you, guys.
803
00:33:29,417 --> 00:33:31,125
Till the next time! Thank you!
804
00:33:31,208 --> 00:33:33,333
-Thanks, Jeremy.
-JEREMY: Goodbye. Thank you.
805
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,333
NARRATOR:
After the meeting
in the war room...
806
00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,792
-SCOTT: Hey, Paul!
-COTE: Hey, how's it going?
807
00:33:38,875 --> 00:33:41,083
...Craig Tester and Scott Barlow
808
00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:43,667
arrive in the Money Pit area.
809
00:33:43,792 --> 00:33:46,167
Working at a depth of 65 feet
810
00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:47,833
in the Garden Shaft,
811
00:33:47,958 --> 00:33:50,250
the team
from Dumas Contracting Limited
812
00:33:50,375 --> 00:33:53,125
has nearly completed
their probe drilling operation
813
00:33:53,208 --> 00:33:56,625
at the current depth
of the feature's reconstruction.
814
00:33:56,708 --> 00:33:57,750
CRAIG:
Where are they at?
815
00:33:57,875 --> 00:34:00,000
So, uh,
they got one hole 15 feet
816
00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:01,375
and they hit solid.
817
00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:04,500
CRAIG:
15, did you say?
818
00:34:04,625 --> 00:34:06,125
-15. Yeah.
-Okay.
819
00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:20,125
NARRATOR:
An impenetrable obstruction
820
00:34:20,250 --> 00:34:24,125
some 15 feet outside
of the Garden Shaft
821
00:34:24,208 --> 00:34:27,292
and at a depth of some 65 feet?
822
00:34:27,375 --> 00:34:31,167
The questions that arise now
are is it natural
823
00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:34,292
or could it be man-made?
824
00:34:34,375 --> 00:34:36,167
SCOTT:
There could be a void.
825
00:34:36,292 --> 00:34:38,125
There could be another shaft
right beside this one.
826
00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:39,583
-(walkie beeps)
-AURELE: Going down.
827
00:34:39,708 --> 00:34:41,833
SCOTT:
Down just below 58 feet,
60 feet.
828
00:34:41,917 --> 00:34:43,292
-(walkie beeps)
-Good.
829
00:34:44,375 --> 00:34:46,292
SCOTT:
It's-it's a bit baffling.
830
00:34:47,958 --> 00:34:50,042
But it doesn't mean
that it can't be significant,
831
00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:51,583
because lots of places
832
00:34:51,708 --> 00:34:53,583
in history where things...
833
00:34:53,708 --> 00:34:55,958
operations like this have
been done by the depositors,
834
00:34:56,042 --> 00:34:57,625
they may dig down
835
00:34:57,708 --> 00:35:00,000
but then tunnel off to the side
in an offset chamber
836
00:35:00,083 --> 00:35:02,167
or-or back up
towards the surface
837
00:35:02,292 --> 00:35:04,708
and that's where their-their
cache of treasure is put.
838
00:35:06,417 --> 00:35:08,333
-There's another augur
on there now.
-CRAIG: Yep.
839
00:35:08,417 --> 00:35:09,917
We'll try to drill through it.
840
00:35:10,042 --> 00:35:11,167
Okay.
841
00:35:14,792 --> 00:35:16,542
(clanking)
842
00:35:16,667 --> 00:35:17,667
All right.
843
00:35:17,833 --> 00:35:19,458
We got something going.
844
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:25,750
They got something there.
845
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:30,750
-Did we hit something, Daniel?
-(beep)
846
00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,000
10-4.
847
00:35:37,125 --> 00:35:38,500
Probably a rock or something.
848
00:35:40,625 --> 00:35:43,667
NARRATOR:
After completing
12 20-foot boreholes
849
00:35:43,792 --> 00:35:46,792
covering all four walls
of the Garden Shaft,
850
00:35:46,917 --> 00:35:50,125
unfortunately, no signs
of valuables have been found
851
00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:52,292
at the 65-foot level.
852
00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:55,292
However,
since the shaft extends down
853
00:35:55,417 --> 00:35:58,167
to a total depth of 80 feet,
854
00:35:58,292 --> 00:36:00,125
perhaps they simply need
to proceed deeper
855
00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:02,625
in order to locate
the large source of gold
856
00:36:02,708 --> 00:36:05,250
that has been detected
in the area.
857
00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:08,042
What about timing
going forward from here?
858
00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:10,292
How soon
until you're mucking again?
859
00:36:10,417 --> 00:36:12,292
Uh, so, after they're done,
860
00:36:12,417 --> 00:36:13,958
they'll pull the drill out,
861
00:36:14,083 --> 00:36:15,583
if we don't encounter
any problems,
862
00:36:15,708 --> 00:36:18,542
and then we'll work our way down
and then we'll start grabbing.
863
00:36:18,708 --> 00:36:22,250
NARRATOR:
Once the probe drill
is removed from the structure,
864
00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:24,500
the team from Dumas will prepare
865
00:36:24,667 --> 00:36:27,833
to reconstruct the next
eight-foot level, or set,
866
00:36:27,958 --> 00:36:30,167
-of the Garden Shaft.
-SCOTT: Let's get down
867
00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:31,958
to the interesting depth, right?
868
00:36:32,083 --> 00:36:33,167
I mean, the closer
we get to the bottom,
869
00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:34,958
the more curious it becomes.
870
00:36:35,083 --> 00:36:37,125
Hopefully, that's where
the gold signal's coming from,
871
00:36:37,208 --> 00:36:38,458
-but we'll see.
-COTE: Yeah.
872
00:36:38,583 --> 00:36:40,167
SCOTT:
Thanks, Paul.
873
00:36:40,292 --> 00:36:41,417
-CRAIG: Appreciate it.
-COTE: Yeah.
874
00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:44,667
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
875
00:36:46,583 --> 00:36:48,000
RICK:
Billy, you ready
to start making a mess?
876
00:36:48,125 --> 00:36:49,333
BILLY:
Well,
877
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:50,958
-I hope so. I hope...
-(chuckles)
878
00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:52,542
I hope it's a good mess.
879
00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:54,667
...Rick Lagina and Craig Tester,
880
00:36:54,792 --> 00:36:56,625
along with other members
of the team,
881
00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:59,792
arrive
at the triangle-shaped swamp.
882
00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:01,333
This is it?
883
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:03,875
It would be on the eastern edge.
884
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,458
Okay. So, Bill, as usual,
885
00:37:05,542 --> 00:37:07,167
when it comes to digging,
it's up to you.
886
00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:08,750
-Yep.
-So, pull up.
887
00:37:08,875 --> 00:37:09,833
Let's start here.
888
00:37:09,917 --> 00:37:12,083
All right. Great.
889
00:37:12,208 --> 00:37:16,000
NARRATOR:
Now that nearly three million
gallons of brackish water
890
00:37:16,083 --> 00:37:17,833
have been drained
from the swamp,
891
00:37:17,917 --> 00:37:20,792
the team is eager
to begin investigating
892
00:37:20,875 --> 00:37:24,000
a metallic anomaly
that Jeremy Church identified
893
00:37:24,083 --> 00:37:26,042
in the northeastern region
894
00:37:26,167 --> 00:37:28,833
near the 800-year-old
paved area.
895
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,500
RICK:
Digging in the swamp
is incredibly difficult.
896
00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:33,333
But what is
897
00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:34,750
exciting about it
898
00:37:34,875 --> 00:37:36,708
is the possibilities
that it presents.
899
00:37:36,875 --> 00:37:38,875
-(clanging)
-RICK: Right there.
Something hard.
900
00:37:39,042 --> 00:37:41,708
There are some interesting finds
yet to be made in the swamp
901
00:37:41,833 --> 00:37:44,000
that may lead
to "X marks the spot."
902
00:37:44,167 --> 00:37:45,250
CRAIG:
The bucket going across here
903
00:37:45,375 --> 00:37:46,500
is hitting something solid.
904
00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:48,208
You can hear it all the way.
905
00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:53,333
-(clanging) is that?
-RICK: What is that?
906
00:37:53,417 --> 00:37:55,167
BILLY:
I'm not sure.
907
00:37:55,250 --> 00:37:56,792
NARRATOR:
While investigating the swamp,
908
00:37:56,875 --> 00:38:00,125
where a believed metallic
anomaly may be buried...
909
00:38:00,250 --> 00:38:01,250
(clanging continues)
910
00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:02,708
JACK:
What is that?
911
00:38:02,875 --> 00:38:05,250
...the Oak Island team
has just made
912
00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,792
a potentially important
discovery.
913
00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:11,167
BILLY:
I'm not sure,
but I think there's all rocks
914
00:38:11,333 --> 00:38:13,208
underneath there.
But I think they're coming...
915
00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:14,625
They're sloping up.
916
00:38:14,708 --> 00:38:16,125
Really?
917
00:38:16,208 --> 00:38:17,333
LAIRD:
You just see the white tops.
918
00:38:17,458 --> 00:38:19,292
STEVE:
Yeah. That's a lot of cobble.
919
00:38:19,417 --> 00:38:21,083
I am gonna take an elevation.
920
00:38:21,208 --> 00:38:22,333
If I remember correctly,
921
00:38:22,458 --> 00:38:24,167
I believe the paved area
was about a foot
922
00:38:24,333 --> 00:38:25,667
to a foot and a half
below sea level,
923
00:38:25,833 --> 00:38:28,000
but let me get-get
an elevation check.
924
00:38:28,125 --> 00:38:29,667
CRAIG:
Okay. Sounds good.
925
00:38:29,833 --> 00:38:32,792
And then just see
if it's coming up at-at all.
926
00:38:34,833 --> 00:38:36,208
Oh.
927
00:38:36,375 --> 00:38:37,833
Yeah, there's
a lot of cobble under here.
928
00:38:37,958 --> 00:38:40,625
It's-- I think it's cobble
the whole way up, Steve, yeah.
929
00:38:40,708 --> 00:38:42,750
Yeah.
930
00:38:44,417 --> 00:38:46,208
So, we're a foot and a half
below sea level here.
931
00:38:46,375 --> 00:38:49,333
Do you think it's sloping up?
932
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,500
BILLY:
Yeah. It seems like
it's coming up this way.
933
00:38:51,625 --> 00:38:53,833
And maybe even side to side
a little bit.
934
00:38:53,958 --> 00:38:56,167
So we've come up
a couple inches here, Billy.
935
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:57,417
Yeah.
936
00:38:57,542 --> 00:39:00,083
STEVE:
So the grade starts to...
937
00:39:00,208 --> 00:39:01,792
come up. So...
938
00:39:01,917 --> 00:39:03,167
it could be a ramp.
939
00:39:03,250 --> 00:39:04,583
Yeah.
940
00:39:06,042 --> 00:39:07,458
STEVE:
The elevations are about a foot
and a half below sea level,
941
00:39:07,542 --> 00:39:09,500
which is very consistent
to the paved area
942
00:39:09,625 --> 00:39:11,500
that we found a few years ago.
943
00:39:11,583 --> 00:39:13,583
Well, that's important,
because if a ramp
944
00:39:13,708 --> 00:39:15,375
is connected to the paved area,
945
00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,208
it's gonna start
at the same elevation.
946
00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:20,000
NARRATOR:
A ramp made of stone?
947
00:39:20,167 --> 00:39:24,083
And possibly connected
to the 800-year-old paved area
948
00:39:24,208 --> 00:39:28,042
that the team discovered
back in 2017?
949
00:39:28,208 --> 00:39:31,833
If so, could it be covering
the metallic anomaly
950
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,500
that has recently been detected
in this area?
951
00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:39,833
Uh, do we want to go wider
or...?
952
00:39:39,958 --> 00:39:41,667
-Any thoughts, Laird?
-I would've thought wider
953
00:39:41,792 --> 00:39:43,667
if you think it's sloping up.
954
00:39:43,750 --> 00:39:46,417
Yeah, I was gonna say,
let's continue this way.
955
00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:47,500
That's what I would do.
956
00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:48,792
And then if it runs out,
957
00:39:48,875 --> 00:39:50,417
it runs out,
which is a good thing.
958
00:39:50,542 --> 00:39:52,375
We definitely think
we're in a paved area here.
959
00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:54,167
Oh, yeah. No, there's no doubt.
960
00:39:54,333 --> 00:39:56,292
RICK:
I think we're all thinking
961
00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:57,917
the same thing.
962
00:39:58,042 --> 00:39:59,417
R-A-M-P. A ramp.
963
00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:01,167
An inclined ramp.
964
00:40:01,292 --> 00:40:04,333
We believe there was a construct
965
00:40:04,458 --> 00:40:07,917
that possibly connected the
paved area to the stone path.
966
00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:11,542
And now we have a potential
connection between the two.
967
00:40:11,708 --> 00:40:13,417
Yeah, I'd keep going that way
968
00:40:13,542 --> 00:40:15,167
and-and what--
uncover it from here...
969
00:40:15,250 --> 00:40:16,875
-Yeah.
-...and-and if we end up having
970
00:40:17,042 --> 00:40:19,417
-to reposition,
we reposition. But...
-Yeah.
971
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:20,958
Yeah. This gives us
a good starting point,
972
00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:22,542
and the ramp is as important
as anything, I think.
973
00:40:22,708 --> 00:40:24,500
JACK:
So let's start here,
974
00:40:24,625 --> 00:40:26,500
dig it up and see if there
really is a ramp that connects
975
00:40:26,667 --> 00:40:29,583
this paved area to the road.
976
00:40:29,708 --> 00:40:30,417
I agree.
977
00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:32,000
Okay, Bill, keep going.
978
00:40:32,125 --> 00:40:33,167
Okay.
979
00:40:39,458 --> 00:40:41,625
RICK:
Let's see where this leads.
980
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:48,625
NARRATOR:
As another memorable week
comes to a close on Oak Island,
981
00:40:48,708 --> 00:40:53,167
Rick, Marty, Craig and their
team are once again confronted
982
00:40:53,333 --> 00:40:55,958
with a daunting realization.
983
00:40:57,042 --> 00:41:00,000
The answers
to this 228-year-old mystery
984
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:01,667
appear to be hidden
985
00:41:01,833 --> 00:41:05,417
in a number of
ingeniously concealed locations.
986
00:41:05,542 --> 00:41:07,792
And while that suggests
987
00:41:07,875 --> 00:41:11,542
that their quest will remain
frustratingly complex,
988
00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:15,583
it could also mean that
following every potential clue
989
00:41:15,708 --> 00:41:18,833
and finishing every arduous dig
990
00:41:18,958 --> 00:41:23,833
will lead
to many profound rewards.
991
00:41:27,750 --> 00:41:30,292
Next time
on The Curse of Oak Island...
992
00:41:30,375 --> 00:41:31,542
SCOTT:
Oh, wow.
993
00:41:31,708 --> 00:41:32,667
No matter what we're into
in this area,
994
00:41:32,792 --> 00:41:34,833
whether it's wood
or water or soil,
995
00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:37,042
-we're getting gold.
-(rapid beeping)
996
00:41:37,167 --> 00:41:39,375
-(gasps, laughs)
-Oh! What have we got, mate?
997
00:41:39,542 --> 00:41:40,500
JACK:
That's awesome!
998
00:41:40,625 --> 00:41:43,042
EMMA:
This comes from Sardinia.
999
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:44,375
Off the coast of Italy.
1000
00:41:44,542 --> 00:41:46,042
-MARTY: Whoa.
-RICK: It's the trail
1001
00:41:46,167 --> 00:41:47,667
-of the Templars.
-This thing could have
1002
00:41:47,792 --> 00:41:49,500
a worldwide impact.
1003
00:41:49,625 --> 00:41:51,458
-Oh, definitely.
It's a game changer.
-Yeah.
1004
00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:53,917
The source
of an astonishing revelation.
1005
00:41:54,042 --> 00:41:55,667
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1006
00:41:55,750 --> 00:41:57,500
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