1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,250 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:06,583 We have a large metallic anomaly in the swamp. 3 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:07,958 MARTY: Wow! That's great. 4 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:10,750 I believe there are answers in that swamp. 5 00:00:10,875 --> 00:00:12,625 JACK: Yes! We're starting to dig. 6 00:00:12,708 --> 00:00:15,208 The more we dig, the more we find. 7 00:00:15,375 --> 00:00:16,958 Oh, my gosh! 8 00:00:17,042 --> 00:00:19,250 What the heck is that? 9 00:00:20,375 --> 00:00:21,667 PAUL: Something's going on in that corner. 10 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:22,875 They hit something solid. 11 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,333 They couldn't drill through it. 12 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:25,833 That's where the gold signal's coming from. 13 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,042 There could be something there. 14 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,417 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,042 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,167 --> 00:00:40,458 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:44,083 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,000 with strange symbols carved into it, 19 00:00:46,125 --> 00:00:48,167 manmade workings 20 00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:50,917 that date to medieval times 21 00:00:51,042 --> 00:00:53,333 and a lead cross whose origin 22 00:00:53,417 --> 00:00:56,167 may be connected to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,167 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,917 --> 00:01:03,833 And according to legend, 26 00:01:03,958 --> 00:01:07,167 one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,708 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:25,417 --> 00:01:26,500 Hey, Paul. 29 00:01:26,583 --> 00:01:28,083 Hey, how's it going? 30 00:01:28,208 --> 00:01:30,000 Question is, how are you doing? 31 00:01:30,083 --> 00:01:31,458 All right. 32 00:01:31,542 --> 00:01:33,417 -Mind if we go and have a look? -Yeah. 33 00:01:33,542 --> 00:01:36,500 NARRATOR: Another promising day has begun on Oak Island 34 00:01:36,625 --> 00:01:39,833 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 35 00:01:39,917 --> 00:01:43,000 their partner Craig Tester and the rest of their team 36 00:01:43,167 --> 00:01:44,583 as they investigate 37 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:47,333 the so-called Garden Shaft in the hopes 38 00:01:47,417 --> 00:01:51,542 of finally solving a 228-year-old treasure mystery. 39 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:53,917 COTE: They're probe drilling straight down in the shaft. 40 00:01:54,042 --> 00:01:55,667 CRAIG: How deep are we? 41 00:01:55,792 --> 00:01:57,833 We're around 65 to 66 feet. 42 00:01:57,958 --> 00:02:00,167 -In between there. -Okay. 43 00:02:00,292 --> 00:02:02,125 NARRATOR: Of all the large-scale excavations 44 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:04,583 the Oak Island team has performed 45 00:02:04,708 --> 00:02:06,500 during the past decade, 46 00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:08,583 they have a number of reasons to believe 47 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:11,542 that the Garden Shaft, which is now being reconstructed 48 00:02:11,667 --> 00:02:14,333 by representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited, 49 00:02:14,458 --> 00:02:18,583 may be the key to locating a legendary treasure vault. 50 00:02:18,708 --> 00:02:21,917 After scientifically dating the shaft to 1735-- 51 00:02:22,042 --> 00:02:25,833 meaning that it could be related to the original Money Pit-- 52 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,083 the team conducted additional tests 53 00:02:28,208 --> 00:02:30,000 on water samples within it, 54 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:33,083 as well as on wood fragments 55 00:02:33,208 --> 00:02:35,375 collected from the walls of the structure 56 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:38,917 at depths of 55 and 58 feet. 57 00:02:39,042 --> 00:02:42,000 Incredibly, both exercises yielded 58 00:02:42,083 --> 00:02:44,500 high trace evidence of gold. 59 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:48,083 Really appreciate you grabbing these samples of the wood 60 00:02:48,208 --> 00:02:50,417 as you're boring through there, cutting a hole. 61 00:02:50,542 --> 00:02:54,083 'Cause, uh, you know, the gold we found up hole a little bit, 62 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:57,083 it's got us excited to see what's down here. 63 00:02:57,208 --> 00:02:59,583 And if we can use that wood and trace the gold, 64 00:02:59,708 --> 00:03:01,917 hopefully it can tell us where it's coming from. 65 00:03:02,042 --> 00:03:03,500 -Exactly. -Yeah. 66 00:03:03,625 --> 00:03:05,417 NARRATOR: Now, given that the location 67 00:03:05,542 --> 00:03:08,125 of the Garden Shaft is within 20 feet 68 00:03:08,208 --> 00:03:10,208 of the so-called "treasure zone," 69 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:12,667 where geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 70 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:15,667 and his colleague hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michael 71 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:17,750 believe the Money Pit treasure vault 72 00:03:17,875 --> 00:03:21,500 may be buried between 80 and 120 feet deep... 73 00:03:21,583 --> 00:03:23,833 There's another augur on there now. 74 00:03:23,958 --> 00:03:27,250 ...Dumas is conducting a probe drilling operation 75 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:29,042 within the structure 76 00:03:29,167 --> 00:03:31,583 at a depth of approximately 65 feet, 77 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:34,083 in the hopes of finding more evidence 78 00:03:34,208 --> 00:03:36,292 of the fabled riches. 79 00:03:37,208 --> 00:03:39,333 Using a hydraulic earth drill, 80 00:03:39,458 --> 00:03:41,792 the team is drilling three holes 81 00:03:41,875 --> 00:03:44,333 through all four walls of the original shaft 82 00:03:44,458 --> 00:03:47,167 which will reach as far as 20 feet 83 00:03:47,292 --> 00:03:49,417 in every direction. 84 00:03:49,542 --> 00:03:51,750 RICK: It's all about, at this point, 85 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:53,083 the probe drilling 86 00:03:53,208 --> 00:03:54,833 and trying to use the information 87 00:03:54,958 --> 00:03:57,667 derived from that program to further our understanding 88 00:03:57,750 --> 00:03:59,333 of the relevance of the Garden Shaft 89 00:03:59,458 --> 00:04:01,000 in terms of treasure recovery. 90 00:04:01,167 --> 00:04:02,875 CRAIG: That seemed to be drilling awful easy. 91 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:04,833 Yeah. 92 00:04:04,958 --> 00:04:06,833 RICK: It's exciting to think about the possibilities, 93 00:04:06,917 --> 00:04:10,125 because, uh, now we have found gold values, 94 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:11,667 meaning that... 95 00:04:11,792 --> 00:04:13,792 we might be close to a source location 96 00:04:13,917 --> 00:04:15,958 for gold here. 97 00:04:17,167 --> 00:04:18,625 CRAIG: Where are they at? 98 00:04:18,708 --> 00:04:21,417 -COTE: In, uh, northeast corner. -Okay. 99 00:04:21,542 --> 00:04:23,250 COTE: Something's going on in that corner. 100 00:04:23,375 --> 00:04:25,417 Yeah. Still, it's looking like it's 101 00:04:25,542 --> 00:04:27,500 -a softer corner, which... -Yeah. 102 00:04:27,583 --> 00:04:29,917 ...which all indications were from what we've seen. 103 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:34,000 We've been probe drilling in the northeast corner, 104 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:36,833 and the ground seems quite soft. 105 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,833 It's very interesting. 106 00:04:38,958 --> 00:04:40,583 It's telling us something. 107 00:04:40,708 --> 00:04:43,500 Are we gonna find tunnels? Are we gonna to find unknown shafts? 108 00:04:43,625 --> 00:04:46,042 And we're real excited about it. 109 00:04:46,167 --> 00:04:47,875 SCOTT: You know, if there's a tunnel there 110 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,125 or anything like that, it's gonna be really interesting. 111 00:04:50,250 --> 00:04:51,792 We just got the information 112 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:53,500 and we'll start following the information. 113 00:04:53,625 --> 00:04:54,917 That's right. Let the science do the work. 114 00:04:55,042 --> 00:04:56,250 -Yeah. -Yep. -Yeah. 115 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:58,833 CRAIG: Okay, well, it's moving along. 116 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,167 -Okay. -Thank you very much. 117 00:05:00,250 --> 00:05:01,583 We'll keep at it. 118 00:05:01,708 --> 00:05:04,000 CRAIG: Let me know if you hit anything, for sure. 119 00:05:04,167 --> 00:05:05,917 COTE: Okay, will do. 120 00:05:07,833 --> 00:05:10,750 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 121 00:05:11,917 --> 00:05:13,875 MARTY: All right. What we got going here today? 122 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,125 I want to pull this corner back, 123 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:19,250 because when we first dug, 124 00:05:19,375 --> 00:05:22,375 I thought there were a couple three stones there. 125 00:05:22,542 --> 00:05:24,833 NARRATOR: On Lot 13, 126 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,917 over 400 feet north 127 00:05:27,042 --> 00:05:29,000 of the triangle-shaped swamp... 128 00:05:29,125 --> 00:05:31,292 I agree, it's possible 129 00:05:31,375 --> 00:05:33,250 we could follow that out a little further. 130 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:36,583 ...Craig Tester joins Rick and Marty Lagina, 131 00:05:36,708 --> 00:05:39,833 along with fellow landowner Tom Nolan, 132 00:05:39,958 --> 00:05:42,167 and other members of the team to resume 133 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:44,667 investigating a mysterious site 134 00:05:44,750 --> 00:05:47,625 known as the great quadrilateral. 135 00:05:47,750 --> 00:05:51,250 First discovered more than 30 years ago 136 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:53,833 by Tom's late father, Fred Nolan, 137 00:05:53,917 --> 00:05:58,417 the feature is a 32-foot-long formation of boulders, 138 00:05:58,542 --> 00:06:01,167 which Fred believed might have been created 139 00:06:01,292 --> 00:06:03,083 centuries ago. 140 00:06:03,208 --> 00:06:05,875 Based on a diagram that he designed 141 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,333 back in the 1990s, 142 00:06:08,458 --> 00:06:11,667 the team is currently excavating 143 00:06:11,750 --> 00:06:13,583 the northeast portion of the quadrilateral 144 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:15,667 in the hopes of determining 145 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:19,167 who created it and just what they used it for. 146 00:06:19,250 --> 00:06:22,792 MARTY: And all this clay is out of place, is that correct? 147 00:06:22,875 --> 00:06:24,167 It shouldn't be there? 148 00:06:24,292 --> 00:06:26,333 Yeah, bottom line is, you found artifacts. 149 00:06:26,458 --> 00:06:29,458 That tells us that somebody's dug that clay. 150 00:06:29,542 --> 00:06:31,667 And we found that staple. 151 00:06:31,750 --> 00:06:33,958 Yeah, we did, and that's the thing. 152 00:06:34,083 --> 00:06:35,375 -If we can dig deeper... -Mm. 153 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:37,083 ...the artifacts should be older. 154 00:06:37,208 --> 00:06:38,958 The more we dig, the more we find. 155 00:06:40,958 --> 00:06:43,250 Hey, Rick? That's a bit of clay there. 156 00:06:43,375 --> 00:06:46,042 Where have you seen that color before? 157 00:06:46,167 --> 00:06:47,667 RICK: Money Pit. 158 00:06:47,792 --> 00:06:49,667 NARRATOR: One week ago, 159 00:06:49,792 --> 00:06:52,500 after uncovering an artificial layer of blue clay, 160 00:06:52,667 --> 00:06:54,417 which is a kind of water sealant 161 00:06:54,542 --> 00:06:56,750 that was also found deep in the Money Pit 162 00:06:56,875 --> 00:06:58,333 back in 1804, 163 00:06:58,458 --> 00:07:01,208 -Ooh! A piece of metal. -...the team discovered 164 00:07:01,375 --> 00:07:03,167 a heavy iron staple. 165 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:05,250 A staple 166 00:07:05,375 --> 00:07:07,417 that blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 167 00:07:07,542 --> 00:07:10,417 believed was part of a pulley system 168 00:07:10,542 --> 00:07:12,875 designed to move heavy objects 169 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 and may actually date back to medieval times. 170 00:07:17,208 --> 00:07:19,667 To me, this strongly 171 00:07:19,792 --> 00:07:21,625 suggests the original work. 172 00:07:21,750 --> 00:07:24,000 Now we have to figure out the why of this. 173 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:26,625 Is there a possibility that there's something 174 00:07:26,750 --> 00:07:29,542 underground here that may be the one thing? 175 00:07:29,667 --> 00:07:31,250 I'm-I'm hopeful. I am. 176 00:07:31,375 --> 00:07:32,833 But we have to prove it. 177 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,417 Okay. Go hop in that machine and start finding. 178 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:37,833 -Yep. -All right, mate. I'll get ready as well. 179 00:07:40,708 --> 00:07:43,167 NARRATOR: As Billy Gerhardt excavates the feature, 180 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:45,875 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 181 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,250 will search the spoils for important clues 182 00:07:48,375 --> 00:07:50,500 and signs of treasure. 183 00:07:50,583 --> 00:07:53,000 The quadrilateral appears to be an area 184 00:07:53,125 --> 00:07:55,167 of rather substantial impact. 185 00:07:55,292 --> 00:07:57,958 The boulders, they were basically stacked in two tiers. 186 00:07:58,083 --> 00:08:00,708 Doesn't look anything like an agricultural thing. 187 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:03,167 Farmers are extremely practical people. 188 00:08:03,333 --> 00:08:04,542 They're not gonna waste effort. 189 00:08:04,667 --> 00:08:06,375 And why would they dig down 190 00:08:06,542 --> 00:08:08,667 eight, 12, 14 feet? 191 00:08:08,750 --> 00:08:10,583 No, it's not farmers. 192 00:08:10,708 --> 00:08:12,167 It's not agricultural. 193 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:13,833 So could it be somehow associated 194 00:08:13,917 --> 00:08:16,042 with the whole mystery? Yeah. 195 00:08:16,167 --> 00:08:18,250 (beeping) 196 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:20,250 That one weird, little tick like that. 197 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:22,750 (beeping) 198 00:08:22,875 --> 00:08:24,375 Yeah, we can't ignore that. 199 00:08:24,542 --> 00:08:26,542 Just there. 200 00:08:35,375 --> 00:08:37,208 Is that a lump of coal on the side there? 201 00:08:37,375 --> 00:08:39,667 On the side of that wall there? 202 00:08:42,042 --> 00:08:44,000 A little charcoal? 203 00:08:48,292 --> 00:08:50,083 (Rick blows) 204 00:08:50,208 --> 00:08:52,458 GARY: That is definitely charcoal, mate, isn't it? 205 00:08:52,583 --> 00:08:53,583 RICK: Yeah. 206 00:08:53,708 --> 00:08:55,333 See the glint off of it? 207 00:08:55,458 --> 00:08:56,833 Yeah, definitely part 208 00:08:56,958 --> 00:08:58,917 of the quadrilateral story, for sure. 209 00:08:59,042 --> 00:09:00,792 RICK: Yeah, good eye, Gary, because 210 00:09:00,875 --> 00:09:02,625 -it was right there in the wall. -Yep. 211 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:05,500 NARRATOR: Because charcoal can be carbon-dated... 212 00:09:05,583 --> 00:09:07,917 I'll put this in the bag, Rick. This is cool. 213 00:09:08,042 --> 00:09:10,375 ...perhaps this discovery can offer 214 00:09:10,542 --> 00:09:12,625 the team another clue as to when 215 00:09:12,708 --> 00:09:15,083 this feature was created. 216 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:17,583 All right, let's get back at it. 217 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:21,208 The other burning question, where's the metal? 218 00:09:21,375 --> 00:09:23,500 It seems to be 219 00:09:23,667 --> 00:09:25,833 elongated. Oh. 220 00:09:25,958 --> 00:09:27,958 It's there? 221 00:09:28,042 --> 00:09:29,917 Still there? 222 00:09:31,542 --> 00:09:33,833 Yep. It's just... 223 00:09:33,958 --> 00:09:35,875 finding it. 224 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,333 (beeping) 225 00:09:37,458 --> 00:09:40,042 I believe... got it. 226 00:09:40,167 --> 00:09:41,958 That's it. 227 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:46,083 What the heck is this? 228 00:09:46,208 --> 00:09:49,083 Oh, my gosh! 229 00:09:52,875 --> 00:09:54,333 -Heavy? -Yeah, it's heavy. 230 00:09:54,458 --> 00:09:56,500 Uh, don't know what it is. 231 00:09:56,625 --> 00:09:59,667 -It's a curved piece of iron. -Yeah. 232 00:09:59,792 --> 00:10:02,167 NARRATOR: While excavating the mysterious formation 233 00:10:02,292 --> 00:10:06,042 known as the great quadrilateral on Lot 13... 234 00:10:06,208 --> 00:10:08,083 -What you got, Gary? -GARY: It looks like 235 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:09,708 some large piece of iron. 236 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:12,125 -Yep. -...Billy Gerhardt 237 00:10:12,208 --> 00:10:15,167 and Gary Drayton have just unearthed a potentially 238 00:10:15,292 --> 00:10:16,833 important discovery. 239 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,792 -Was that in the clay? -Eh. 240 00:10:19,875 --> 00:10:21,792 It's not in the clay, no. 241 00:10:21,917 --> 00:10:23,708 -Show it to these guys. -GARY: Yeah. 242 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,167 That just seems strange to me. 243 00:10:28,292 --> 00:10:30,292 A little heavy. 244 00:10:30,375 --> 00:10:32,000 A little heavy. Watch yourself. 245 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,875 -RICK: It's weird, whatever it is. -GARY: Yeah. 246 00:10:36,042 --> 00:10:38,417 It's a non-descript hunk of something. 247 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:40,333 Chunk of metal. 248 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:42,708 -That's heavy. -TOM: Yeah. 249 00:10:42,833 --> 00:10:45,667 -MARTY: That is rusty. -TOM: Yeah. 250 00:10:45,792 --> 00:10:48,583 -But that's not 30 years of rusty. -MARTY: No. 251 00:10:48,708 --> 00:10:50,833 -It looks more than that. -TOM: Yeah. Yeah. 252 00:10:50,958 --> 00:10:53,083 This goes well back into antiquity. 253 00:10:53,208 --> 00:10:54,292 Right. 254 00:10:54,375 --> 00:10:55,708 Well, that's not something 255 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:57,167 you find every day. 256 00:10:57,292 --> 00:10:58,625 Nope. 257 00:10:58,750 --> 00:10:59,875 Just on Oak Island. 258 00:11:00,042 --> 00:11:01,667 MARTY: Just on Oak Island. 259 00:11:01,833 --> 00:11:03,542 Tell you, mate, when that chunk of iron 260 00:11:03,708 --> 00:11:05,500 come out there, the way it's curved like that, 261 00:11:05,667 --> 00:11:07,917 the size and the weight of it, 262 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:11,167 reminded me of a fragment of a cannonball. 263 00:11:11,292 --> 00:11:14,667 I've found loads of them in the southeast United States. 264 00:11:14,792 --> 00:11:17,708 I mean, we did find armament. 265 00:11:17,875 --> 00:11:20,458 -We've found musket balls, obviously. -Yeah. 266 00:11:20,542 --> 00:11:22,458 We've found Portuguese stone shot. 267 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:24,083 -Yeah. -If you start putting 268 00:11:24,208 --> 00:11:25,542 puzzle pieces together, 269 00:11:25,667 --> 00:11:26,958 then that becomes perhaps more relevant. 270 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:28,292 Yeah. 271 00:11:28,375 --> 00:11:30,917 NARRATOR: A possible fragment of a cannonball 272 00:11:31,042 --> 00:11:33,958 found in the great quadrilateral? 273 00:11:34,042 --> 00:11:36,375 And of a potentially ancient origin? 274 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:37,792 -Ready? -Yep. 275 00:11:39,042 --> 00:11:41,667 I love it when we find stuff like this. 276 00:11:41,833 --> 00:11:44,208 That is a bona fide artifact. 277 00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:46,542 NARRATOR: Over the past three years, 278 00:11:46,667 --> 00:11:50,917 the team has found two stone cannonballs on Oak Island, 279 00:11:51,042 --> 00:11:54,458 one of which was discovered deep in the Money Pit area. 280 00:11:54,542 --> 00:11:56,917 Incredibly, those objects, 281 00:11:57,042 --> 00:11:59,667 just like the stone road that was uncovered 282 00:11:59,833 --> 00:12:01,500 in the triangle-shaped swamp 283 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:03,875 back in 2020 284 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:08,000 and the stone wall located on Lot 26, 285 00:12:08,167 --> 00:12:11,667 are all believed to be 500 years old or more. 286 00:12:11,750 --> 00:12:14,125 And potentially connected 287 00:12:14,208 --> 00:12:17,708 to the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar. 288 00:12:18,708 --> 00:12:21,333 If it is indeed a cannonball frag, 289 00:12:21,458 --> 00:12:23,833 then that becomes, perhaps, extremely relevant. 290 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,125 Yep, you got that right, mate. 291 00:12:26,208 --> 00:12:28,042 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina be correct 292 00:12:28,208 --> 00:12:31,375 that this discovery may offer a critical clue 293 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:35,500 in identifying who created the so-called great quadrilateral? 294 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:38,708 I think we can say we got it, but I'll re-check the hole 295 00:12:38,833 --> 00:12:40,167 -just in case. -Yep. Yep. 296 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:41,667 NARRATOR: If so, the question 297 00:12:41,750 --> 00:12:43,875 that grows all the more curious is, 298 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,250 just what was its purpose? 299 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:49,000 GARY: Yep, it's out. 300 00:12:49,167 --> 00:12:50,250 All right. 301 00:12:50,375 --> 00:12:51,625 It's all clear. 302 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:53,750 Billy, crank it up. 303 00:12:55,750 --> 00:12:57,875 -(dirt grinding) -IAN: Geez! 304 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,833 GARY: I'd say we're getting into some boulders as well. 305 00:13:02,917 --> 00:13:06,125 One there... one there. 306 00:13:07,250 --> 00:13:08,667 BILLY: I don't know if somebody wants to look, 307 00:13:08,792 --> 00:13:11,375 but you got four rocks, all flat, 308 00:13:11,542 --> 00:13:14,000 right there-- you can see where the tops are scratched. 309 00:13:14,125 --> 00:13:16,167 -CRAIG: Yeah. -TOM: You mean those four, four 310 00:13:16,292 --> 00:13:17,667 -small ones there, Billy, sort of... -BILLY: Yeah, it's just... 311 00:13:17,792 --> 00:13:19,042 they're just kind of laid flatted out. 312 00:13:19,208 --> 00:13:21,167 Worried about it, or pulling them out? 313 00:13:21,292 --> 00:13:23,542 -No. Let's see what's under them. -Keep going. 314 00:13:32,583 --> 00:13:34,833 This is definitely a disturbed area 315 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,333 where somebody excavated a bunch of stuff 316 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,708 and then put stuff back in that didn't belong there... 317 00:13:40,833 --> 00:13:42,000 I'm coming down. 318 00:13:42,125 --> 00:13:44,000 ...and maybe the boulders here 319 00:13:44,167 --> 00:13:45,667 in this disturbed area might have been used 320 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:47,333 to seal something. 321 00:13:47,458 --> 00:13:48,833 If treasure was 322 00:13:48,958 --> 00:13:50,833 brought to Oak Island and deposited here, 323 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,708 this would be a great place for it. 324 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,833 GARY: Nothing in there. 325 00:13:54,917 --> 00:13:56,208 RICK: What do you think? 326 00:13:56,375 --> 00:13:57,833 IAN: So there's nothing really here? 327 00:13:57,958 --> 00:13:59,833 MARTY: No. Nothing. 328 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,458 I wouldn't go any further than that. 329 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:03,167 Yeah. 330 00:14:03,292 --> 00:14:06,000 So now I think what we need to do is 331 00:14:06,167 --> 00:14:07,667 sort of sequentially move towards the west. 332 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:09,208 I agree. 333 00:14:09,375 --> 00:14:11,125 And we need artifacts. 334 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:12,833 Or something underneath this. 335 00:14:12,958 --> 00:14:14,167 That's where I sit. 336 00:14:14,292 --> 00:14:16,333 MARTY: Yeah, something went on here. 337 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:18,250 Something was dug out and something was placed back in. 338 00:14:18,375 --> 00:14:19,833 And we don't know why. 339 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,708 I think we all agree there's something 340 00:14:21,833 --> 00:14:24,125 strangely unique about this. 341 00:14:24,208 --> 00:14:25,833 Oh, yeah. 342 00:14:25,958 --> 00:14:28,125 RICK: We're not done digging at the quadrilateral 343 00:14:28,250 --> 00:14:30,042 is what the next steps are. 344 00:14:30,167 --> 00:14:33,708 We need to dig the structure in its entirety. 345 00:14:33,875 --> 00:14:36,583 I believe there is a chance 346 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:38,833 that there are additional boulders, 347 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,125 and hopefully find more artifacts. 348 00:14:41,208 --> 00:14:43,875 And make our own assessment of what it might mean. 349 00:14:44,042 --> 00:14:47,167 My usual MO is to say... (chuckles) 350 00:14:47,292 --> 00:14:50,708 ...keep digging, so that's what I suggest we do. 351 00:14:50,833 --> 00:14:52,500 IAN: Yep. This is going to take 352 00:14:52,583 --> 00:14:54,000 -a few days. -RICK: Yeah. 353 00:14:54,083 --> 00:14:55,833 But it's about the end of the day, 354 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,500 so let's call it a day. 355 00:14:57,583 --> 00:15:00,125 -TOM: Okay. -MARTY: We'll be back again. 356 00:15:04,875 --> 00:15:07,167 -NARRATOR: The following day... -Going up. 357 00:15:07,250 --> 00:15:09,708 ...as the probe drilling operation continues 358 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,333 in the Garden Shaft... 359 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:14,125 RICK: Certainly, the Garden Shaft is the... 360 00:15:14,208 --> 00:15:16,667 most important, uh, project that we have, 361 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:19,000 but the swamp also is important. 362 00:15:19,125 --> 00:15:21,167 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty and Craig 363 00:15:21,292 --> 00:15:24,000 have gathered members of the team in the war room, 364 00:15:24,125 --> 00:15:27,125 as well as on video conference, for an update 365 00:15:27,208 --> 00:15:29,333 on another major investigation 366 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:32,000 they soon hope to begin 367 00:15:32,125 --> 00:15:35,083 in order to help solve the Oak Island mystery. 368 00:15:35,208 --> 00:15:38,083 The thing that is required, obviously, is a permit. 369 00:15:38,208 --> 00:15:39,958 I just wanted to bring everybody up to date, 370 00:15:40,083 --> 00:15:42,375 as to where we are. Laird has 371 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:45,000 put in for heritage research permits regarding 372 00:15:45,083 --> 00:15:47,292 the southeast corner of the swamp. 373 00:15:47,375 --> 00:15:49,750 TONY: How's that for a starting point, guys? 374 00:15:49,875 --> 00:15:51,167 JEREMY: Yeah, that's a good one. 375 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:52,833 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 376 00:15:52,958 --> 00:15:55,667 the team conducted new magnetometer scans 377 00:15:55,792 --> 00:15:57,542 in the swamp with geophysical 378 00:15:57,708 --> 00:16:00,667 experts Jeremy Church and Burton Cosgrove. 379 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:01,667 JEREMY: Whoa! 380 00:16:01,792 --> 00:16:02,958 -TONY: Big one? -Yeah. 381 00:16:03,083 --> 00:16:05,417 -Through the roof. -Fantastic! 382 00:16:06,542 --> 00:16:08,875 NARRATOR: Incredibly, they detected numerous 383 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,042 metallic anomalies in an area 384 00:16:11,167 --> 00:16:13,333 just several yards from the possible 385 00:16:13,458 --> 00:16:16,833 Portuguese stone road located in the brackish bog's 386 00:16:16,958 --> 00:16:19,250 southeast corner. 387 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:22,750 And we've sent all information to the First Nations, right? 388 00:16:22,875 --> 00:16:23,917 Correct. We have. Yes. 389 00:16:24,042 --> 00:16:24,875 NARRATOR: However, 390 00:16:25,042 --> 00:16:26,667 due to the discovery 391 00:16:26,833 --> 00:16:28,667 of 2,000-year-old fragments 392 00:16:28,833 --> 00:16:30,958 of First Nations Mi'kmaw pottery 393 00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:33,042 that archaeologist Laird Niven made 394 00:16:33,167 --> 00:16:34,958 in the southeast corner of the swamp 395 00:16:35,042 --> 00:16:37,250 back in 2021, 396 00:16:37,375 --> 00:16:40,375 the Oak Island team has been delayed in obtaining 397 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:43,750 governmental permits to once again draw down, 398 00:16:43,875 --> 00:16:45,875 or drain, the swamp and investigate 399 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,250 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. 402 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. 411 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:14,625 The good news is... 412 00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:16,833 from what we understand... 413 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,875 they gave the approvals 414 00:17:20,042 --> 00:17:22,333 -for a permit. -Perfect! 415 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,125 (laughter) 416 00:17:24,208 --> 00:17:27,125 RICK: All the information has been relayed 417 00:17:27,208 --> 00:17:29,000 to the proper governmental authorities 418 00:17:29,167 --> 00:17:31,000 and all of the permit 419 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 422 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:39,208 have the permits in hand. 423 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. 426 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. 428 00:17:51,625 --> 00:17:53,542 -SCOTT: Thanks. -MARTY: Drain that swamp. 429 00:17:57,417 --> 00:17:58,958 NARRATOR: Two days after the Oak Island team's 430 00:17:59,042 --> 00:18:01,000 meeting in the war room... 431 00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:01,958 -ALEX: Hey, Billy! -BILLY: How you doing, guys? 432 00:18:02,042 --> 00:18:03,125 JACK: Hey, Billy. 433 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 436 00:18:09,542 --> 00:18:13,250 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. 440 00:18:22,542 --> 00:18:24,167 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... 443 00:18:28,292 --> 00:18:30,167 I think, I think this thing would probably seven 444 00:18:30,333 --> 00:18:32,750 -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 449 00:18:41,625 --> 00:18:44,167 on Lot 29. Up in the middle, there's 450 00:18:44,292 --> 00:18:45,542 quite a rocky section in the woods. 451 00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:47,292 As you know, we're pretty protective 452 00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:48,833 -of any runoff, so... -ALEX: Yeah. 453 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,792 -Let's get pumping. -Yeah. 454 00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:53,500 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 457 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 459 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:05,875 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 464 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:17,833 of secrets that it's still hiding. 465 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,375 You know, it almost looks like 466 00:19:19,542 --> 00:19:21,167 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. 469 00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:28,792 -Well done. -JACK: It makes you wonder, 470 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:30,625 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. 473 00:19:38,042 --> 00:19:40,208 That is a hooked-up pump. 474 00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:41,792 I think we're all ready. 475 00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:47,667 Oh! Here goes. 476 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. 478 00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:53,792 NARRATOR: The following day, 479 00:19:53,875 --> 00:19:55,958 while the swamp continues to drain... 480 00:19:56,042 --> 00:19:58,625 COTE: Want tightlining now? 481 00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:00,542 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 487 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:11,500 to Lot 13, 488 00:20:11,625 --> 00:20:14,333 along with Rick Lagina, Tom Nolan 489 00:20:14,458 --> 00:20:16,500 and other members of the team 490 00:20:16,667 --> 00:20:19,000 to continue excavating the great quadrilateral 491 00:20:19,125 --> 00:20:21,750 for additional clues, as well as signs 492 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 494 00:20:26,667 --> 00:20:29,000 -and sort through the spoils? -Yeah. 495 00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:31,500 NARRATOR: Having discovered several 496 00:20:31,625 --> 00:20:33,250 potentially important artifacts 497 00:20:33,375 --> 00:20:35,500 in the northeast portion of the feature, 498 00:20:35,583 --> 00:20:38,167 the team is now excavating 499 00:20:38,292 --> 00:20:40,500 its southern region. 500 00:20:40,625 --> 00:20:43,125 RICK: My hope is that we can 501 00:20:43,208 --> 00:20:45,333 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? 504 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 ♪ ♪ 1006 00:41:55,750 --> 00:41:57,500 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS