1 00:00:01,875 --> 00:00:03,167 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:04,958 This is the year. Let's do it. 3 00:00:05,125 --> 00:00:06,458 NARRATOR: ...a special two-hour premiere. 4 00:00:06,625 --> 00:00:10,042 That story can be finished, and I'm committed 5 00:00:10,167 --> 00:00:12,375 -to doing that. -Amen. Let's go. 6 00:00:12,542 --> 00:00:15,417 MARTY: I want to throw every resource we can at it this year. 7 00:00:15,625 --> 00:00:17,792 STEVE: So, this location's where the treasure could be. 8 00:00:17,958 --> 00:00:19,667 MARTY: We're clearly into a collapsed 9 00:00:19,875 --> 00:00:21,250 chamber of some sort. 10 00:00:21,458 --> 00:00:25,292 The scientists say metals are coming out of here. 11 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:28,375 That's a big enough box for an offset chamber. 12 00:00:28,542 --> 00:00:29,917 -LAIRD: Marty. -What do you think it is? 13 00:00:30,083 --> 00:00:31,458 LAIRD: Could be a trapdoor. 14 00:00:31,583 --> 00:00:33,125 -Wow. -Yeah! 15 00:00:33,292 --> 00:00:34,625 -(laughter) -It's a coin! 16 00:00:36,583 --> 00:00:37,958 That is fantastic. 17 00:00:38,125 --> 00:00:39,250 JACK: Good luck, Tony. 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,167 He's getting right down into it. 19 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:43,333 He's got his head into something now. 20 00:00:43,458 --> 00:00:44,542 ALEX: Yeah. 21 00:00:46,875 --> 00:00:48,958 Oh. No, that's not modern. 22 00:00:49,083 --> 00:00:51,083 This is probably BC. 23 00:00:51,208 --> 00:00:52,333 MARTY: Holy smokes. 24 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:53,750 (laughter) 25 00:00:56,917 --> 00:01:00,042 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 26 00:01:00,208 --> 00:01:02,500 where people have been looking for 27 00:01:02,708 --> 00:01:06,500 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 28 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:09,375 So far, they have found a stone slab 29 00:01:09,542 --> 00:01:12,167 with strange symbols carved into it... 30 00:01:13,208 --> 00:01:16,167 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 31 00:01:16,333 --> 00:01:20,625 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 32 00:01:20,792 --> 00:01:22,125 to the Knights Templar. 33 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,667 To date, six men have died 34 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:27,458 trying to solve the mystery. 35 00:01:27,625 --> 00:01:32,500 And according to legend, one more will have to die 36 00:01:32,708 --> 00:01:35,583 before the treasure can be found. 37 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,125 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:48,417 --> 00:01:52,042 MARTY: Well, how does everybody feel about being back? 39 00:01:52,250 --> 00:01:53,458 How can you not be excited? 40 00:01:53,625 --> 00:01:55,583 JACK: Yeah. I've had the feeling 41 00:01:55,750 --> 00:01:57,833 that we're about to find the treasure this year. 42 00:01:58,042 --> 00:02:00,333 Jack, let's have a little optimism here. 43 00:02:00,542 --> 00:02:02,875 (laughter) 44 00:02:03,083 --> 00:02:07,375 NARRATOR: The most highly-anticipated and potentially historic chapter 45 00:02:07,542 --> 00:02:11,000 of the 228-year-old Oak Island mystery 46 00:02:11,167 --> 00:02:13,000 is about to begin. 47 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:15,000 MARTY: I want to throw every resource 48 00:02:15,167 --> 00:02:16,875 we can at it this year, because 49 00:02:17,042 --> 00:02:18,833 I think we're closer than we have ever been. 50 00:02:18,958 --> 00:02:20,167 We'll do whatever it takes this year. 51 00:02:20,375 --> 00:02:23,000 -There you go. -Yeah. 52 00:02:23,083 --> 00:02:26,208 NARRATOR: Dating back to 1795, 53 00:02:26,417 --> 00:02:28,917 generations of determined searchers 54 00:02:29,042 --> 00:02:30,667 have found startling clues 55 00:02:30,792 --> 00:02:34,000 that suggest a vast treasure could be buried 56 00:02:34,208 --> 00:02:36,625 in a more than 100-foot-deep 57 00:02:36,792 --> 00:02:40,458 booby-trapped shaft known as the Money Pit. 58 00:02:40,583 --> 00:02:43,333 And after spending more than a decade 59 00:02:43,417 --> 00:02:45,333 on their own quest for answers, 60 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:48,042 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina have returned, 61 00:02:48,208 --> 00:02:50,208 along with their team, 62 00:02:50,375 --> 00:02:52,042 to fulfill the dream 63 00:02:52,208 --> 00:02:54,750 they've shared since they were just boys. 64 00:02:54,917 --> 00:02:58,167 MARTY: All right, there she be, guys, in all her glory. 65 00:02:58,333 --> 00:02:59,792 Oak Island. 66 00:02:59,958 --> 00:03:01,583 As I drive up to the island, 67 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:04,083 my expectation is that this year we will figure it out. 68 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:07,167 The main reason is that the data supports that. 69 00:03:07,375 --> 00:03:10,500 And a lot of data points to gold and silver 70 00:03:10,667 --> 00:03:12,833 in the water in the Money Pit area. 71 00:03:13,042 --> 00:03:16,167 So, I do feel in my heart that this has to be the year. 72 00:03:16,333 --> 00:03:19,000 Big brother, let's get 'er done. 73 00:03:19,208 --> 00:03:20,667 Let's do it. 74 00:03:20,792 --> 00:03:23,292 There's a wonderful mystery here ensconced 75 00:03:23,458 --> 00:03:25,750 within an island in the North Atlantic 76 00:03:25,917 --> 00:03:28,125 that has endured centuries long. 77 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,833 Okay, guys. Let's go see the team. 78 00:03:32,083 --> 00:03:33,792 RICK: And my expectation is... 79 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:36,708 ...that we'll be able to solve it. 80 00:03:36,875 --> 00:03:38,208 That's my hope. 81 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:39,333 DOUG: Hey, guys. 82 00:03:39,542 --> 00:03:40,833 Gentlemen. 83 00:03:41,042 --> 00:03:42,042 -Hey, guys. -Hey. 84 00:03:42,208 --> 00:03:43,333 MARTY: We're back. (chuckles) 85 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:44,750 RICK: We are all together, 86 00:03:44,917 --> 00:03:46,750 all of us, the whole team. 87 00:03:46,917 --> 00:03:50,000 The fellowship is striving to-to make that happen. 88 00:03:50,208 --> 00:03:52,667 Well, welcome, everybody. 89 00:03:52,792 --> 00:03:55,708 I see we have the rest of the team up on the screen there. 90 00:03:55,875 --> 00:03:58,833 Which has grown to be quite a group. Some new faces. 91 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,458 And so, the purpose of this meeting is to get us 92 00:04:01,583 --> 00:04:04,250 all together again and get us all on the same page. 93 00:04:04,417 --> 00:04:07,667 -So, let's get to it. -GARY: Before we get too far 94 00:04:07,875 --> 00:04:10,958 into talking about this year, what about last year? 95 00:04:11,125 --> 00:04:12,542 (laughter) 96 00:04:12,708 --> 00:04:15,000 Well, that is a perfect segue, because last year, 97 00:04:15,208 --> 00:04:18,958 at the end, what happened, Gary? 98 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:21,417 Down at the bottom of that Garden Shaft 99 00:04:21,583 --> 00:04:24,417 and getting those nonferrous hits, 100 00:04:24,625 --> 00:04:26,625 and then having to leave the shaft... 101 00:04:26,792 --> 00:04:28,167 (laughter) 102 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:30,375 ...I mean, oh, my God. 103 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:33,333 NARRATOR: Although the 82-foot-deep structure 104 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,625 known as the Garden Shaft 105 00:04:35,708 --> 00:04:38,500 is not believed to be the original Money Pit-- 106 00:04:38,667 --> 00:04:41,167 which was lost in the 19th century 107 00:04:41,375 --> 00:04:44,375 due to constant digging by previous searchers-- 108 00:04:44,542 --> 00:04:48,000 last year, after wood samples from the structure 109 00:04:48,208 --> 00:04:51,708 were scientifically dated to 1735 110 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:55,375 and water samples produced high-trace evidence of gold, 111 00:04:55,542 --> 00:04:57,583 the Oak Island team commissioned 112 00:04:57,750 --> 00:05:01,333 a mining company named Dumas Contracting Limited 113 00:05:01,458 --> 00:05:05,167 to remodel the shaft for further exploration. 114 00:05:05,375 --> 00:05:06,917 -(device beeping) -GARY (laughs): Oh! 115 00:05:07,083 --> 00:05:08,500 That's the best-sounding target. 116 00:05:08,625 --> 00:05:10,333 -That's nonferrous. -RICK: Really? 117 00:05:10,542 --> 00:05:13,833 -Yeah. -NARRATOR: Just before they were forced to halt 118 00:05:13,958 --> 00:05:16,750 their search operations due to the onset of winter... 119 00:05:16,875 --> 00:05:19,542 -MARTY: That's a screaming large hit, isn't it? -GARY: Yeah. 120 00:05:19,708 --> 00:05:22,958 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty, and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 121 00:05:23,167 --> 00:05:26,500 identified nonferrous-- or precious metal-- targets 122 00:05:26,625 --> 00:05:29,542 just below the bottom of the Garden Shaft. 123 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:33,500 Now, once new permits can be secured, 124 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:37,375 Dumas will return to deepen the shaft by 20 feet, 125 00:05:37,542 --> 00:05:40,208 with the potential to construct lateral tunnels 126 00:05:40,375 --> 00:05:42,917 depending on what is encountered below. 127 00:05:43,917 --> 00:05:47,500 GARY: Well, I'm hoping we get down there again, 128 00:05:47,708 --> 00:05:49,375 because we know those hits are there. 129 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:50,542 Yeah, plans have been laid for that. 130 00:05:50,708 --> 00:05:52,833 -Right. -So, I'd like to hear, 131 00:05:52,958 --> 00:05:54,750 uh, Ian, from you. 132 00:05:54,917 --> 00:05:56,500 I've been a big believer in this methodology-- 133 00:05:56,708 --> 00:05:58,917 the gold in the water, the silver in the water-- 134 00:05:59,042 --> 00:06:01,125 for a long time, and those seem to be concentrated there, too. 135 00:06:01,333 --> 00:06:03,917 -So, why don't you kind of give us a recap on that? -IAN: Yeah. 136 00:06:04,083 --> 00:06:05,417 You know, I'll pull Fred in-- 137 00:06:05,583 --> 00:06:08,292 he's the real expert here-- but, uh, 138 00:06:08,458 --> 00:06:10,667 last year, we were able to concentrate 139 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:14,583 and be very confident in the Baby Blob area. 140 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:16,375 That's right. 141 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:18,167 MATT: All right, that's the last sample. 142 00:06:18,333 --> 00:06:20,458 NARRATOR: Over the past two years, 143 00:06:20,583 --> 00:06:24,292 geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner and his colleagues, 144 00:06:24,458 --> 00:06:27,458 including hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michel, 145 00:06:27,625 --> 00:06:31,667 have been analyzing water samples from numerous boreholes 146 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:35,167 that Rick, Marty, Craig and the team have drilled 147 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:38,708 over the past decade in the Money Pit area. 148 00:06:38,875 --> 00:06:43,667 Incredibly, these tests have identified evidence of gold, 149 00:06:43,792 --> 00:06:48,667 silver and other metals between depths of 80 and 120 feet, 150 00:06:48,792 --> 00:06:51,208 with the highest concentrations in a zone 151 00:06:51,375 --> 00:06:53,083 they have dubbed the "Baby Blob." 152 00:06:53,208 --> 00:06:56,708 which sets just several feet west of the Garden Shaft. 153 00:06:56,875 --> 00:07:00,292 It is also within this zone that the team has encountered 154 00:07:00,417 --> 00:07:03,167 a believed tunnel at a depth of 95 feet 155 00:07:03,292 --> 00:07:08,375 that appears to run almost directly below the Garden Shaft. 156 00:07:09,417 --> 00:07:12,208 IAN: I think what's got us particularly excited 157 00:07:12,375 --> 00:07:13,708 is that we've got the area of interest 158 00:07:13,875 --> 00:07:15,500 narrowed down to about a 20-foot radius 159 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:17,750 around the Garden Shaft. 160 00:07:17,875 --> 00:07:20,708 -Well, that's a good start. -Yeah. 161 00:07:20,875 --> 00:07:23,917 FRED: Well, as some of the drilling takes place this year, 162 00:07:24,083 --> 00:07:26,917 and looking at the data from last year, 163 00:07:27,083 --> 00:07:29,583 I think we might be able to narrow it down a bit more. 164 00:07:29,708 --> 00:07:31,625 -IAN: Right. -MARTY: Well, that I consider 165 00:07:31,792 --> 00:07:33,417 -very good news. -ALEX: Yeah. 166 00:07:33,542 --> 00:07:34,875 MARTY: Okay, so, 167 00:07:35,083 --> 00:07:36,792 we're gonna chase these metals until they-- 168 00:07:36,958 --> 00:07:39,125 -we figure out what they mean. We got that. -Mm-hmm. 169 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:41,917 We haven't given up yet on the sonic drilling, too, right? 170 00:07:42,083 --> 00:07:43,292 Yes. 171 00:07:43,375 --> 00:07:45,583 -Right. -So, if we can continue 172 00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:47,875 to narrow down this radius that we've been supplied with 173 00:07:48,042 --> 00:07:49,333 from Ian and Fred, 174 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:51,875 we can really narrow in on the Money Pit. 175 00:07:53,375 --> 00:07:54,917 NARRATOR: While the team awaits 176 00:07:55,042 --> 00:07:58,333 the return of Dumas to deepen the Garden Shaft, 177 00:07:58,542 --> 00:08:00,292 they will continue with their strategic 178 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:04,000 core-drilling program throughout the surrounding area. 179 00:08:04,167 --> 00:08:08,042 If any new boreholes produce physical evidence of valuables, 180 00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:12,167 Rick, Marty and the team will have exact locations 181 00:08:12,375 --> 00:08:14,250 for where tunnels can be extended 182 00:08:14,417 --> 00:08:16,417 from the bottom of the Garden Shaft 183 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:19,667 to hopefully solve the Oak Island mystery. 184 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,417 STEVE: Right now, we've got the drill out there 185 00:08:22,583 --> 00:08:24,208 waiting for us to pin our first location. 186 00:08:24,375 --> 00:08:26,125 And that's gonna give us great information 187 00:08:26,292 --> 00:08:27,542 to where we need to tunnel to. 188 00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:29,667 Okay. Well, let's move on 189 00:08:29,875 --> 00:08:31,375 to something that was exciting last year. 190 00:08:31,542 --> 00:08:33,917 So, Laird, why don't you bring us up to speed 191 00:08:34,042 --> 00:08:35,958 on what you've planned this year, archaeologically. 192 00:08:36,125 --> 00:08:37,500 And-and your team. 193 00:08:37,708 --> 00:08:40,000 Well, we have lots of new members. 194 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:41,833 We have Emma, of course. 195 00:08:41,958 --> 00:08:44,500 Uh, in the middle, we have Jamie Kouba 196 00:08:44,667 --> 00:08:48,375 and to the left is Moya MacDonald. 197 00:08:48,542 --> 00:08:51,583 Up above, we have Helen, who's come back. 198 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:55,292 And then Danny Hennigar, who's a Oak Island historian. 199 00:08:55,458 --> 00:08:56,708 You got enough trowels? 200 00:08:56,875 --> 00:08:58,958 -We bought more trowels. -More trowels? 201 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:00,708 (laughter) 202 00:09:00,875 --> 00:09:02,500 NARRATOR: Although the search 203 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,375 for the legendary treasure vault 204 00:09:04,542 --> 00:09:07,042 remains focused in the Money Pit area, 205 00:09:07,208 --> 00:09:11,500 last year, archaeologist Laird Niven and his colleagues 206 00:09:11,708 --> 00:09:14,667 helped the team make several stunning revelations 207 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:17,083 in other areas of the island. 208 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:20,917 These include Lot 26, 209 00:09:21,042 --> 00:09:24,000 where the team investigated a stone wall 210 00:09:24,208 --> 00:09:26,583 that may be more than five centuries old 211 00:09:26,708 --> 00:09:30,750 and of Portuguese design, along with a stone well 212 00:09:30,875 --> 00:09:33,667 that could be more than 800 years old, 213 00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:37,333 and which also contains trace evidence of silver. 214 00:09:37,542 --> 00:09:40,500 However, of all the recent discoveries 215 00:09:40,583 --> 00:09:42,708 made by the team on Oak Island, 216 00:09:42,875 --> 00:09:46,167 the most compelling were unearthed on Lot 5, 217 00:09:46,375 --> 00:09:48,917 which was purchased in 2022 218 00:09:49,083 --> 00:09:51,708 from the estate of the late Robert Young. 219 00:09:51,917 --> 00:09:54,750 It was on these four acres that the team 220 00:09:54,917 --> 00:09:58,583 found half of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin, 221 00:09:58,750 --> 00:10:01,750 a 14th-century lead barter token 222 00:10:01,875 --> 00:10:05,000 and a stone foundation that could date back 223 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:08,625 to the same era as the Garden Shaft. 224 00:10:08,750 --> 00:10:12,167 -That's 13 feet. -It's a bizarre measurement. 225 00:10:12,375 --> 00:10:17,000 NARRATOR: But the most curious structure that was investigated on Lot 5 226 00:10:17,125 --> 00:10:21,708 was a circular stone depression featuring a 13-foot diameter. 227 00:10:21,875 --> 00:10:25,292 A measurement that is an exact match 228 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:27,875 to the reported description of the Money Pit, 229 00:10:28,042 --> 00:10:31,375 when it was discovered in 1795. 230 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:35,208 Where are you starting? 231 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:36,667 The circular feature on Lot 5. 232 00:10:36,875 --> 00:10:39,542 -We're gonna expand that search. -Mm-hmm. 233 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:41,000 And actually, Danny's just recently brought 234 00:10:41,167 --> 00:10:43,583 some photographs that shed some light 235 00:10:43,708 --> 00:10:45,875 -on the circular feature. -Okay. 236 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:47,667 So, I have some pictures from Laird and Danny. 237 00:10:47,833 --> 00:10:49,875 -I'll share them. -DANNY H.: In the photographs 238 00:10:50,042 --> 00:10:52,417 that we, uh, received from the Robert Young family, 239 00:10:52,583 --> 00:10:56,458 it has an enormous amount of rocks around the structure. 240 00:10:56,625 --> 00:11:00,458 LAIRD: I don't think those rocks came out of the feature. 241 00:11:00,625 --> 00:11:03,208 SCOTT: This looks like the progression of how it's being built. 242 00:11:03,375 --> 00:11:04,833 LAIRD: Right. 243 00:11:05,042 --> 00:11:08,333 Robert Young created the stone circles 244 00:11:08,458 --> 00:11:10,333 around the depression. 245 00:11:10,542 --> 00:11:13,375 RICK: Wow. Look at that. 246 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:15,333 -Robert Young did all that? -Yeah. 247 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:17,333 LAIRD: Yes, but he didn't dig the depression. 248 00:11:17,542 --> 00:11:19,667 MARTY: It's like he thought this thing was really important, 249 00:11:19,833 --> 00:11:22,000 so he built this beautiful apron around it. 250 00:11:22,125 --> 00:11:24,083 -LAIRD: Exactly. -MARTY: And you find stuff-- 251 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:26,167 lots of stuff-- from the earliest, 252 00:11:26,333 --> 00:11:30,333 1700-dated things we found on the island, correct? 253 00:11:30,542 --> 00:11:31,833 Yeah. 254 00:11:32,042 --> 00:11:34,458 MARTY: It's very clear, Robert Young 255 00:11:34,625 --> 00:11:36,500 didn't build that entire feature on Lot 5. 256 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:38,000 It was already there. 257 00:11:38,167 --> 00:11:41,500 There's way too many 17th-century artifacts in there. 258 00:11:41,625 --> 00:11:43,667 We're going to carefully deconstruct 259 00:11:43,875 --> 00:11:45,833 the piece he didn't build. 260 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,625 The hope is the feature had something to do 261 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:51,667 with the deposit of treasure. 262 00:11:51,833 --> 00:11:54,000 Okay, the next topic is, 263 00:11:54,208 --> 00:11:57,167 of course, my often nemesis: the swamp. 264 00:11:57,375 --> 00:11:59,500 -(laughter) -But just about every time we dig, 265 00:11:59,667 --> 00:12:01,833 something comes up. 266 00:12:02,042 --> 00:12:04,375 And some of it is inexplicably old. 267 00:12:04,542 --> 00:12:05,833 -Really old. -Yep. 268 00:12:06,042 --> 00:12:07,333 NARRATOR: In recent years, 269 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:08,958 the team has found evidence 270 00:12:09,083 --> 00:12:10,833 that the mysterious triangle-shaped swamp 271 00:12:10,958 --> 00:12:12,667 in the middle of Oak Island 272 00:12:12,875 --> 00:12:16,167 is either partially or completely man-made. 273 00:12:16,375 --> 00:12:18,958 And within it, they have unearthed numerous pieces 274 00:12:19,125 --> 00:12:21,833 of ancient sailing vessels dating anywhere 275 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,875 from the seventh to the 18th centuries. 276 00:12:25,042 --> 00:12:28,000 They have also uncovered a stone road, 277 00:12:28,208 --> 00:12:31,333 an adjoining cobblestone pathway 278 00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:34,417 and a stone ramp that all may be related 279 00:12:34,542 --> 00:12:37,708 to the stone wall on Lot 26. 280 00:12:37,917 --> 00:12:40,750 And finally, a massive paved feature 281 00:12:40,917 --> 00:12:42,833 that is believed to have been created 282 00:12:42,958 --> 00:12:45,917 as early as 1200 AD. 283 00:12:46,083 --> 00:12:49,500 So, we have, currently, four areas of interest 284 00:12:49,708 --> 00:12:50,917 -that we've permitted. -(mouse clicks) 285 00:12:51,083 --> 00:12:53,208 They're in bright yellow on your screen. 286 00:12:53,417 --> 00:12:56,042 RICK: So, we have the southeast corner, 287 00:12:56,208 --> 00:12:59,708 the area off of Fred's peninsula to the south, 288 00:12:59,875 --> 00:13:02,000 and then we have the paved area. 289 00:13:02,208 --> 00:13:04,458 But I am positively fascinated 290 00:13:04,625 --> 00:13:06,500 with the north side of the swamp. 291 00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:08,875 GARY: Yep. That side of the island, 292 00:13:09,083 --> 00:13:10,583 maybe we should send Tony Sampson 293 00:13:10,708 --> 00:13:12,625 and have a look around. 294 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:14,333 RICK: Every time Tony dove 295 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:15,625 in the waters around Oak Island, 296 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,333 y-you know, he's found something. 297 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:21,333 So, I, absolutely, am convinced that a dive should happen. 298 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:22,833 Yes. 299 00:13:23,042 --> 00:13:24,833 -I think we should do that. -JACK: Great. 300 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,833 It looks like we have a very busy year. 301 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,833 CRAIG: Well, every area 302 00:13:29,042 --> 00:13:31,000 we've talked about, I'm excited to get into. 303 00:13:31,125 --> 00:13:34,958 I just think there's so much to learn yet on this island, 304 00:13:35,125 --> 00:13:37,583 and hopefully, this is the year. 305 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:39,833 -Yep. Beautiful. -RICK: As I look around this table 306 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,833 and I see the fervor in people's eyes, 307 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,667 that story can be finished, 308 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:47,042 and I'm committed to doing that. 309 00:13:47,208 --> 00:13:49,000 And I know that all of you are as well. 310 00:13:49,208 --> 00:13:50,792 Absolutely. 311 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,500 Amen. Let's go. 312 00:13:52,625 --> 00:13:54,375 Okay, let's get going. 313 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:56,167 The mystery will get solved. 314 00:13:56,375 --> 00:14:01,958 MARTY: So, let's get to it, big brother. 315 00:14:01,958 --> 00:14:03,792 TERRY: All right, here we go. 316 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,250 -Hey, guys. -STEVE: Hey, Alex. How you doing? 317 00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:06,792 -Alex. How you doing? -Good. -Hey, Alex. 318 00:14:06,917 --> 00:14:09,833 So, first hole of the year. 319 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,625 -STEVE: Yep. -Absolutely. 320 00:14:11,792 --> 00:14:13,500 NARRATOR: Following their meeting in the war room, 321 00:14:13,708 --> 00:14:16,708 Alex Lagina joins other members of the Oak Island team 322 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:19,417 in the Money Pit area 323 00:14:19,542 --> 00:14:22,875 as they begin drilling a new six-inch-diameter borehole 324 00:14:23,042 --> 00:14:28,375 on their strategic grid known as B5N13. 325 00:14:28,542 --> 00:14:30,875 -So, we have the Garden Shaft, which is right there. -Yep. 326 00:14:31,042 --> 00:14:32,583 STEVE: So, this location's really interesting 327 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:35,875 because Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michel put a 20-foot radius 328 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:38,333 around the Garden Shaft where the treasure could be. 329 00:14:38,542 --> 00:14:40,292 -And we're right into that location. -Yeah. 330 00:14:40,375 --> 00:14:43,417 NARRATOR: Located between the so-called Baby Blob 331 00:14:43,542 --> 00:14:46,750 and the Garden Shaft, it is the team's hope 332 00:14:46,958 --> 00:14:50,667 that Borehole B5N13 will make direct contact 333 00:14:50,875 --> 00:14:55,167 with the mysterious source of gold, silver and other metals 334 00:14:55,333 --> 00:14:57,958 that have been detected in the area between a depth 335 00:14:58,125 --> 00:15:01,292 of 80 and 120 feet. 336 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:03,667 So, this is gonna help us gather more information 337 00:15:03,833 --> 00:15:06,167 because the end goal of this is, really, 338 00:15:06,375 --> 00:15:08,792 dig the Garden Shaft deeper and tunnel out. 339 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:10,625 So, we need a location to tunnel out to, 340 00:15:10,792 --> 00:15:12,125 and potentially, this could be the area. 341 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:13,792 Yes. 342 00:15:13,958 --> 00:15:15,333 RICK: The sonic drill program 343 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:17,125 is gonna be important and informative. 344 00:15:17,292 --> 00:15:19,667 The one evocative thought from all of us is, 345 00:15:19,792 --> 00:15:21,458 "This is the hole. 346 00:15:21,625 --> 00:15:25,125 This is where we're gonna nail this thing and this'll be done." 347 00:15:25,208 --> 00:15:27,083 So, I'm very hopeful. 348 00:15:27,250 --> 00:15:29,000 -It's looking good. -Yeah. 349 00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:31,333 Keep your fingers crossed. We'll see what it brings up. 350 00:15:31,542 --> 00:15:34,167 -TERRY: Absolutely. -NARRATOR: As the core drilling operation 351 00:15:34,292 --> 00:15:36,750 continues at the Money Pit, 352 00:15:36,917 --> 00:15:42,083 on Lot 5, located on the western side of the island, 353 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:46,417 Jack Begley joins archaeologists Laird Niven, 354 00:15:46,583 --> 00:15:51,042 Jamie Kouba and their assistant Fiona Steele to continue 355 00:15:51,208 --> 00:15:55,208 investigating the mysterious circular stone depression... 356 00:15:55,375 --> 00:15:56,792 JACK: So, where are we starting? 357 00:15:56,917 --> 00:15:58,333 -Over... Okay. -Right here. 358 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:00,333 NARRATOR: ...a feature that is now known 359 00:16:00,417 --> 00:16:02,542 to have been altered by the late Robert Young, 360 00:16:02,708 --> 00:16:05,708 but which is believed to possibly date back 361 00:16:05,875 --> 00:16:08,333 to at least the mid-18th century. 362 00:16:08,542 --> 00:16:11,583 The main goal is to expose the bottom, 363 00:16:11,792 --> 00:16:16,125 but also to look for the south wall that we hope is there. 364 00:16:16,292 --> 00:16:18,125 If this was a dwelling, it should have 365 00:16:18,292 --> 00:16:20,000 a foundational wall. 366 00:16:20,125 --> 00:16:22,125 -Well, let's get started. -All right. 367 00:16:22,292 --> 00:16:23,958 So, did you have any particular area 368 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:25,667 where you'd like to get started? 369 00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:27,000 I was kind of thinking here... 370 00:16:27,208 --> 00:16:28,500 -Yeah. -...at this sort of point. 371 00:16:28,708 --> 00:16:30,083 -Take that lump down. -Okay. 372 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:33,042 Your goal is to expose the top of the rocks. 373 00:16:33,208 --> 00:16:35,417 -FIONA: Perfect. Okay. -All right. Let's do it. -LAIRD: Yeah. 374 00:16:35,583 --> 00:16:38,375 NARRATOR: As Jamie and Fiona carefully remove sediment 375 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:41,458 from the rock layer that Mr. Young added to the feature 376 00:16:41,583 --> 00:16:43,542 some 20 years ago, 377 00:16:43,708 --> 00:16:46,375 Laird and Jack begin sifting those materials 378 00:16:46,542 --> 00:16:49,083 for any artifacts that may help identify 379 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,542 who originally created it. 380 00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:54,167 FIONA: Jamie, look at this. 381 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:55,875 -Look. -JAMIE: What'd you find? 382 00:16:56,042 --> 00:16:57,958 FIONA: I'm finding some red earthenware here. 383 00:16:58,042 --> 00:16:59,667 That's exciting. 384 00:16:59,833 --> 00:17:01,208 Hey, Laird. 385 00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:03,917 You might want to come have a look at this. 386 00:17:04,042 --> 00:17:06,833 -All righty. -That's incredible. 387 00:17:06,958 --> 00:17:08,542 I think we found some redware. 388 00:17:11,208 --> 00:17:14,000 LAIRD: Wow. That's cool. 389 00:17:14,208 --> 00:17:17,042 NARRATOR: Redware, which is a type 390 00:17:17,208 --> 00:17:20,333 of earthenware pottery made from fired clay, 391 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:23,125 was a widely used material for the storage and transport 392 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:26,042 of goods in both Europe and North America 393 00:17:26,208 --> 00:17:29,792 between the 17th and 18th centuries. 394 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,042 It's just that the glaze is... 395 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,167 ...unusual. 396 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,167 It's kind of purple and black. 397 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:38,833 We see a lot of coarse earthenwares, 398 00:17:38,958 --> 00:17:40,167 a lot of redwares. 399 00:17:40,333 --> 00:17:43,917 -Yeah. -So when we can't recognize it, 400 00:17:44,042 --> 00:17:45,708 we immediately wonder if it's earlier. 401 00:17:45,875 --> 00:17:47,333 -Okay. -Right? 402 00:17:47,542 --> 00:17:49,000 JACK: How early do you think it could be? 403 00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:50,583 LAIRD: Oh... 404 00:17:50,708 --> 00:17:53,500 in general, it can get into the 1600s. 405 00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:55,708 Wow. Great find. 406 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,417 Yeah. 407 00:17:57,583 --> 00:17:59,417 JACK: If there were people settling here, 408 00:17:59,583 --> 00:18:04,000 and-and it happened before the discovery of the Money Pit, 409 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,375 uh, did they have knowledge of the Money Pit, 410 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:10,708 and is there a reason why they-they dug around this area? 411 00:18:10,917 --> 00:18:13,583 -Right. -I'm wondering if the answers are deeper. 412 00:18:13,708 --> 00:18:15,250 LAIRD: Oh, absolutely. 413 00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:17,208 The further down we go, the older the artifacts. 414 00:18:17,375 --> 00:18:19,125 Yep. 415 00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:21,583 All right. I still have to screen. 416 00:18:21,792 --> 00:18:23,167 I kind of like getting dirty. 417 00:18:23,333 --> 00:18:25,000 -(laughs) You got Jamie's bucket? -Sure. 418 00:18:25,125 --> 00:18:27,708 -Okay. -Why, thank you, sir. 419 00:18:27,875 --> 00:18:30,000 LAIRD: I'm actually excited about the round feature. 420 00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:31,708 This is an indication 421 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:33,583 that there were people living on the island 422 00:18:33,708 --> 00:18:35,958 before the 1760s, before the island 423 00:18:36,125 --> 00:18:38,625 was divided up into lots. 424 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:42,625 So, this is a new and exciting and unknown occupation. 425 00:18:42,708 --> 00:18:44,375 Okay, guys. 426 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:45,958 Here's our hardworking archaeologists, 427 00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:47,917 and this is our playground right here. 428 00:18:48,125 --> 00:18:49,833 -RICK: Good morning. -JAMIE: Morning. 429 00:18:50,042 --> 00:18:52,708 Ladies, gentlemen, what's new? 430 00:18:52,917 --> 00:18:55,042 LAIRD: We found a nice piece of, uh, coarse earthenware. 431 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:58,833 One that I can't... I don't recognize. 432 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,333 Really? Okay. 433 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:02,583 What is strange about this piece of pottery? 434 00:19:02,792 --> 00:19:05,375 Um, purple glaze on the rim 435 00:19:05,583 --> 00:19:06,958 and the dark glaze on the interior, 436 00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:09,208 I just don't recognize. 437 00:19:09,375 --> 00:19:11,875 Laird, if there's a piece of pottery you don't recognize, 438 00:19:12,042 --> 00:19:13,542 -it's likely to be older, right? -Exactly. 439 00:19:13,708 --> 00:19:15,125 -Yeah. -Yeah. 440 00:19:15,292 --> 00:19:16,750 RICK: What's the earliest that could be? 441 00:19:16,875 --> 00:19:18,708 LAIRD: 1600s. 442 00:19:18,875 --> 00:19:22,667 What brings it back to 1600? That's quite early. 443 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,583 This is utilitarian pottery, 444 00:19:24,708 --> 00:19:27,375 so it doesn't change over-- much over time. 445 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:31,500 When Laird, who is a pottery expert, 446 00:19:31,708 --> 00:19:35,500 uh, says, "Guys, this is an inexplicable find, 447 00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:38,625 I've never seen such earthenware before," 448 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:42,208 I mean, how can you say anything but "Wow"? 449 00:19:42,375 --> 00:19:44,958 If Laird is mystified, we certainly are. 450 00:19:45,125 --> 00:19:48,667 Can Gary do a little perimeter? 451 00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:50,458 He can if he wants. 452 00:19:50,625 --> 00:19:53,250 -Oh, you know I want. -(laughter) 453 00:19:53,417 --> 00:19:54,625 -RICK: Go for it, Gary. -MARTY: Get in there, Gary. 454 00:19:54,792 --> 00:19:55,667 GARY: All right. 455 00:19:58,125 --> 00:20:00,667 LAIRD: I remember last year, you said it was really noisy in there. 456 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,167 GARY: Yeah, it is. 457 00:20:02,333 --> 00:20:03,792 (device beeping) 458 00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:05,167 JACK: That means there's a lot more to find. 459 00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:07,042 LAIRD: There you go. 460 00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:09,333 GARY: Yeah, there's a lot of iron. 461 00:20:13,708 --> 00:20:16,125 -JACK: Is that something? -Yeah, it's iron. 462 00:20:16,292 --> 00:20:18,458 It's a large piece of iron. 463 00:20:18,625 --> 00:20:20,167 MARTY: All right, well, let's keep going. 464 00:20:20,375 --> 00:20:22,000 Let's get out here and see what we got. 465 00:20:22,167 --> 00:20:24,333 Yep. Let's keep rolling. 466 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:26,500 RICK: Okay, Gary, it's all up to you. 467 00:20:26,667 --> 00:20:28,083 -Right, uh, let's... -Uh, are you gonna, do you want to start 468 00:20:28,208 --> 00:20:29,875 -some kind of pattern? -Yeah. 469 00:20:30,042 --> 00:20:32,250 Uh, let's grid this out. 470 00:20:32,417 --> 00:20:34,625 Lot 5 is a complete mystery. 471 00:20:35,542 --> 00:20:37,167 We're going to have Gary 472 00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:39,250 metal-detect around the circular feature 473 00:20:39,458 --> 00:20:42,583 to see what other artifacts might be found. 474 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:44,500 -I'm happy to screen for a bit if you want to get down... -All right. 475 00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:46,167 -...and do some trowel work. -Yep. 476 00:20:46,375 --> 00:20:48,250 JACK: I'll find everything. 477 00:20:48,417 --> 00:20:50,333 The Lot 5 feature is extraordinary 478 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:53,167 because there's no record of any habitation there. 479 00:20:53,375 --> 00:20:55,167 Every other feature we've found on the island, 480 00:20:55,375 --> 00:20:57,250 we kind of know about. 481 00:20:57,417 --> 00:21:01,042 Lot 5, there's no record of anybody ever living there. 482 00:21:01,208 --> 00:21:03,250 FIONA: Look at this, Laird. 483 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:04,917 It's much thicker than what we found before. 484 00:21:05,042 --> 00:21:06,333 LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 485 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:09,500 And yet, we're still not to the bottom of it. 486 00:21:09,708 --> 00:21:11,042 It's a coarse earthenware. 487 00:21:11,208 --> 00:21:12,917 So it could be older. 488 00:21:14,167 --> 00:21:16,042 -FIONA: Neat. -Yep. 489 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:18,167 That'll clean up nicely. 490 00:21:18,375 --> 00:21:20,833 I couldn't stay away. 491 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,833 -You got a bucket ready to go there? -FIONA: Actually, we do. 492 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,292 MARTY: Okay. Hand me the bucket, let's go. 493 00:21:24,458 --> 00:21:25,667 I'm gonna try one. 494 00:21:28,292 --> 00:21:29,792 Okay. Now hold that. 495 00:21:29,917 --> 00:21:30,958 -Yep... -I'll do this. 496 00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:34,667 We'll see if I can find something, just for grins. 497 00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:36,292 (chuckles) 498 00:21:38,208 --> 00:21:40,042 -All right. -JAMIE: Much easier. 499 00:21:40,208 --> 00:21:41,708 MARTY: Yes. Much easier. 500 00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:45,500 -Marty? -Yes, sir. 501 00:21:45,708 --> 00:21:47,333 Remember the metal hit Gary got here? 502 00:21:47,542 --> 00:21:49,333 -I sure do, yeah. -I think I have it. 503 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:51,917 -Really? What is it? -It's big. 504 00:21:52,042 --> 00:21:54,833 Is it? Good, I'll come down there and have a look. 505 00:21:55,042 --> 00:21:56,542 -Okay. -Show me, Laird. 506 00:21:57,458 --> 00:21:58,917 JAMIE: Wow. 507 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:01,000 MARTY: Well, that's a good CAT scan thing. 508 00:22:01,167 --> 00:22:02,583 LAIRD: Yep. (chuckles) 509 00:22:02,708 --> 00:22:04,833 -What do you think it is? -I don't know. 510 00:22:05,042 --> 00:22:06,917 Let me see it, Laird. 511 00:22:07,083 --> 00:22:09,333 -I think Emma's gonna be excited with it. -LAIRD: Yeah. 512 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:10,750 -It's pretty solid. -JAMIE: Yeah. 513 00:22:10,917 --> 00:22:12,875 MARTY: It looks like a latch, Laird. 514 00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:21,208 MARTY: This goes like that. 515 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:22,500 -I think it is a latch of some sort. -LAIRD: Yeah. 516 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:24,875 Could be a cellar door. Could be a trapdoor. 517 00:22:25,042 --> 00:22:27,458 -Wow. -MARTY: Yeah. 518 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:29,208 NARRATOR: An iron latch? 519 00:22:29,375 --> 00:22:32,917 Possibly from a cellar or trapdoor? 520 00:22:33,042 --> 00:22:35,083 Could it be related to the pottery 521 00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:37,292 that Laird believes might date back 522 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:39,875 to as early as the 1600s? 523 00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:42,917 And might it also be evidence that this feature 524 00:22:43,083 --> 00:22:45,667 was created in order to hide something? 525 00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:51,167 If so, what might the team find deeper below? 526 00:22:51,375 --> 00:22:53,667 MARTY: That is rather unique, Laird. 527 00:22:53,833 --> 00:22:56,500 -LAIRD: Yeah. -I would like to take that straight to the lab. 528 00:22:56,583 --> 00:22:58,333 -Okay. All right. -Thank you, sir. 529 00:22:58,500 --> 00:22:59,708 Find some more stuff. 530 00:22:59,917 --> 00:23:01,792 -LAIRD: See you later. -See you. 531 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,000 NARRATOR: While the investigation continues on Lot 5... 532 00:23:06,250 --> 00:23:07,333 CHARLES: We got a core, gentlemen. 533 00:23:07,542 --> 00:23:08,750 MIKE M.: This here is 88. 534 00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:10,792 -TERRY: What've we got? 88? -Yep. 535 00:23:10,917 --> 00:23:13,208 NARRATOR: ...back in the Money Pit area, 536 00:23:13,375 --> 00:23:15,458 members of the team continue monitoring 537 00:23:15,667 --> 00:23:18,833 the core drilling operation, which has just reached 538 00:23:18,958 --> 00:23:23,667 the believed treasure zone between 80 and 120 feet deep. 539 00:23:27,042 --> 00:23:30,083 -It's dense, eh, Charles? -CHARLES: It is very dense. 540 00:23:30,292 --> 00:23:32,000 CHARLES: Yeah. 541 00:23:32,167 --> 00:23:33,583 TERRY: Look at that. 542 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,625 That's pretty soft material right there. 543 00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:39,167 -That's interesting. -Yep. 544 00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:41,958 CHARLES: You know, we hit a soft zone in this borehole... 545 00:23:43,458 --> 00:23:44,792 ALEX: Onto the next core. 546 00:23:44,917 --> 00:23:46,667 CHARLES: But oftentimes, a soft area 547 00:23:46,875 --> 00:23:49,375 or a slushy area indicates that you're close 548 00:23:49,542 --> 00:23:52,333 to a structure, or a void, if you will. 549 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:54,583 So, we're very excited about this area. 550 00:23:54,750 --> 00:23:57,083 -What you got, Mike? -MIKE M.: 109. 551 00:23:57,208 --> 00:23:58,833 TERRY: 109. Thank you. 552 00:24:00,875 --> 00:24:02,417 STEVE: Terry, what do you think? 553 00:24:02,583 --> 00:24:04,583 Looks like we've hit the soft zone. 554 00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:06,792 This is saturated and loose. 555 00:24:06,958 --> 00:24:10,667 So, maybe what lies beneath is what caused this soft material. 556 00:24:10,792 --> 00:24:12,292 STEVE: So, here's a piece of information: 557 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:14,667 only feet away is the Baby Blob. 558 00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,500 -The Baby Blob's just north of this hole. -ALEX: Yep. 559 00:24:16,667 --> 00:24:18,542 STEVE: The highest source of the metals 560 00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:20,667 is just feet from this in one of our testing holes. 561 00:24:20,875 --> 00:24:23,833 So, we're only about two and a half to five feet away 562 00:24:24,042 --> 00:24:25,500 from the source of where we're getting 563 00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:27,958 the highest precious metals: gold, silver. 564 00:24:28,125 --> 00:24:30,833 TERRY: Suffice it to say, we're in an interesting area. 565 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:32,958 ALEX: Yes. We could be looking at a change 566 00:24:33,125 --> 00:24:36,292 in density propagating out from a void 567 00:24:36,417 --> 00:24:39,333 that's collapsed in and allowed all the soil and earth around it 568 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:41,167 to become less dense. 569 00:24:41,375 --> 00:24:42,625 TERRY: Exactly. 570 00:24:42,792 --> 00:24:44,833 Charles, are we still feeling like... 571 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 like we might be close to the original Money Pit here? 572 00:24:47,125 --> 00:24:49,542 Because there's the story of the collapse... 573 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:52,042 -Yeah. -...which would create an area like this. 574 00:24:52,208 --> 00:24:53,917 I-It's certainly possible, Alex. 575 00:24:54,083 --> 00:24:56,250 I mean, we don't know where the original Money Pit was. 576 00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:57,667 -It's been lost. -Yeah. 577 00:24:57,875 --> 00:24:59,458 For over 150 years, it's been lost. 578 00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:02,000 -Yeah. -So, i-it's very possible 579 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,583 that that could be the tunnel going from Shaft Six 580 00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,708 -to the Money Pit. -Yeah. 581 00:25:08,667 --> 00:25:10,833 NARRATOR: In 1861, 582 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:14,250 while drilling straight down into the original Money Pit, 583 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:16,917 members of the Oak Island Association 584 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:19,167 encountered what they believed to be 585 00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:24,667 two stacked treasure chests at a depth of some 100 feet. 586 00:25:24,833 --> 00:25:27,833 Because of a believed booby-trapped flood tunnel, 587 00:25:27,917 --> 00:25:31,625 they sunk an adjacent shaft, known as Shaft Six, 588 00:25:31,792 --> 00:25:36,500 18 feet to the west down to a depth of 118 feet 589 00:25:36,708 --> 00:25:39,542 and began tunneling laterally toward the Money Pit, 590 00:25:39,667 --> 00:25:42,542 hoping to recover the treasure from below. 591 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:46,500 Unfortunately, just before reaching their target, 592 00:25:46,708 --> 00:25:50,042 the tunnel filled with seawater, 593 00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:53,875 which soon caused a catastrophic collapse in both shafts, 594 00:25:54,042 --> 00:25:57,125 leaving the underground tunnel full of broken timbers, 595 00:25:57,292 --> 00:26:00,833 debris and possible scattered treasure. 596 00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:04,292 ALEX: Well, this could be the aftermath 597 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:06,792 -of a collapse like that. -CHARLES: Yeah. Absolutely. 598 00:26:06,958 --> 00:26:08,458 Absolutely. 599 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,417 NARRATOR: Could the Oak Island team 600 00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:12,583 be close to locating the tunnel 601 00:26:12,708 --> 00:26:15,833 between Shaft Six and the original Money Pit? 602 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,833 -Gentlemen. -Hey, Craig. 603 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,833 NARRATOR: ...and perhaps the source of precious metals 604 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,667 that they have detected in the area? 605 00:26:21,875 --> 00:26:24,208 -What you got, Mike? -MIKE M.: Uh, 119. 606 00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:26,458 -119. -Thank you. 607 00:26:26,542 --> 00:26:28,667 ALEX: So, this is an exciting moment. 608 00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:31,458 What we're seeing today could be the remains 609 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,167 of the Shaft Six collapse, which would mean 610 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:35,583 that we've found the original Money Pit. 611 00:26:35,708 --> 00:26:37,167 But it could also be the remains of 612 00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:39,625 a more recent collapsed searcher shaft. 613 00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:41,708 So, that's what we're trying to answer with this borehole. 614 00:26:42,792 --> 00:26:44,542 CHARLES: That's pretty dry. 615 00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:47,667 TERRY: Yeah. This is relatively firm material, 616 00:26:47,833 --> 00:26:51,542 and it looks like, uh... 617 00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:54,375 a mix of limestone and sediments. 618 00:26:54,542 --> 00:26:56,208 Fairly regular stuff. 619 00:26:56,375 --> 00:26:59,917 We've moved out of the slush zone probably about 114. 620 00:27:00,083 --> 00:27:02,625 -We're into classic sediments. -CRAIG: Okay. 621 00:27:02,792 --> 00:27:04,458 STEVE: We need a firm target to tunnel to. 622 00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:07,833 Is this it? At this point, probably not. 623 00:27:08,042 --> 00:27:10,458 But it's a great borehole to help define the area. 624 00:27:10,625 --> 00:27:11,917 -Yeah. -Yes. 625 00:27:12,083 --> 00:27:13,500 RICK: The sonic drill program 626 00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:15,208 is a huge asset. 627 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:18,083 The data that we are collecting will provide information 628 00:27:18,208 --> 00:27:20,583 in terms of what directions to tunnel 629 00:27:20,792 --> 00:27:22,458 at the bottom of the Garden Shaft. 630 00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:24,292 But we have to be patient. 631 00:27:24,458 --> 00:27:27,042 I believe there's a very good chance that whatever was 632 00:27:27,208 --> 00:27:30,667 put in place at the depths in the Money Pit 633 00:27:30,833 --> 00:27:32,625 is still there, and we're going to find it 634 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:34,458 and we're going to dig it up. 635 00:27:34,625 --> 00:27:36,167 CRAIG: Okay, guys. 636 00:27:36,375 --> 00:27:38,208 -We need to pick a new-- next location, so... -STEVE: Yeah. 637 00:27:38,375 --> 00:27:40,833 CRAIG: We'll get with Scott and move the rig. 638 00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:42,333 -Okay. -TERRY: See you later, Craig. 639 00:27:42,542 --> 00:27:43,667 CRAIG: See you later. 640 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:51,542 NARRATOR: As a new morning begins on Oak Island... 641 00:27:51,708 --> 00:27:54,250 -LAIRD: Hey, Marty. -MARTY: Oh, yes, 642 00:27:54,417 --> 00:27:56,542 -there's our artifact. -NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty Lagina, 643 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,208 along with Craig Tester, 644 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:00,167 arrive at the Interpretive Centre. 645 00:28:00,333 --> 00:28:01,833 So, it's substantial. 646 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,833 NARRATOR: They are meeting with Laird Niven 647 00:28:04,042 --> 00:28:05,375 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 648 00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:07,917 for an update on the iron latch 649 00:28:08,042 --> 00:28:11,125 that was found one day ago on Lot 5. 650 00:28:11,292 --> 00:28:12,667 RICK: W-When you say it's heavily encrusted, 651 00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:14,708 -it's heavily encrusted. -(laughs): Yeah. 652 00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:16,208 So, I've just finished a CT scan. 653 00:28:16,375 --> 00:28:17,625 So we'll go over that right now? 654 00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:20,208 NARRATOR: Earlier this morning, 655 00:28:20,375 --> 00:28:22,000 Emma examined the artifact 656 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:25,667 using the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner, 657 00:28:25,833 --> 00:28:30,167 a device which emits nondestructive X-ray radiation 658 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:32,792 that can penetrate encrusted sediment 659 00:28:32,958 --> 00:28:36,333 that builds up on the surface of objects over time. 660 00:28:36,542 --> 00:28:39,583 The process generates clear images of artifacts 661 00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:41,833 and their finer details. 662 00:28:42,042 --> 00:28:44,917 LAIRD: So, that's the reconstructed image. 663 00:28:45,083 --> 00:28:48,083 MARTY: It looks like a door knocker. It's pointy. 664 00:28:48,208 --> 00:28:51,417 So, I'd say it was made to be driven into something. 665 00:28:51,625 --> 00:28:54,833 Definitely been used. You can see the top's been hammered. 666 00:28:55,042 --> 00:28:56,750 MARTY: Were you able to do a data search, Laird, 667 00:28:56,875 --> 00:28:58,542 to see what it is? 668 00:28:58,708 --> 00:29:00,167 Any light on that? 669 00:29:00,375 --> 00:29:02,708 The only thing I found is that it was, um, 670 00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:05,125 it was a river-raft spike. 671 00:29:05,292 --> 00:29:07,958 But functionally, you could use that for anything. 672 00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:10,167 Have you been able to do any analysis? 673 00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:12,625 I've done an XRF map scan. 674 00:29:12,792 --> 00:29:14,875 So, it's really high in iron. 675 00:29:15,083 --> 00:29:17,125 -MARTY: Is there any manganese? -No. 676 00:29:17,292 --> 00:29:20,333 -So, it's pre-1840, right? That's kind of our benchmark? -Mm-hmm. 677 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,333 EMMA: But what's really interesting is that... 678 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,667 now that we have a database 679 00:29:23,875 --> 00:29:25,167 and we've scanned all these artifacts, 680 00:29:25,333 --> 00:29:28,333 I can go and compare it 681 00:29:28,542 --> 00:29:30,667 to the ones that we have. 682 00:29:30,833 --> 00:29:32,500 Does it match any of our other stuff? 683 00:29:32,708 --> 00:29:33,875 No. 684 00:29:35,417 --> 00:29:37,292 MARTY: So, Laird, 685 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:38,625 -what do you make of this? -LAIRD: I think it's odd. 686 00:29:38,792 --> 00:29:40,708 No, I-I mean... (stammers) 687 00:29:40,875 --> 00:29:44,083 But what was a lot more interesting, early in the year, 688 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:46,875 I was contacted by a-a man named Frank White 689 00:29:47,042 --> 00:29:49,000 who, um, follows the Oak Island story. 690 00:29:49,208 --> 00:29:51,833 And he had some artifacts-- 691 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,250 some, uh, archaeological artifacts-- 692 00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:57,375 from the William Phips birthplace in Maine. 693 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,292 And he asked if we would do analysis on the artifacts, 694 00:30:00,458 --> 00:30:02,208 so he sent them over. 695 00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:04,375 RICK: Well, we all know the William Phips story. 696 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:06,000 It's the Concepción theory. 697 00:30:06,167 --> 00:30:08,750 And Phips is known to have traveled in these waters. 698 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:11,833 So, the idea is that his treasure 699 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,250 -was brought here to Oak Island. -Right. 700 00:30:14,375 --> 00:30:18,750 Scott Clarke did a fantastic job of laying out the parameters. 701 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:21,042 Many people are actually familiar 702 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:24,875 with William Phips's discovery of the Concepción back in 1687. 703 00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:27,500 We know that Phips found silver on the Concepción, 704 00:30:27,667 --> 00:30:29,500 and I believe some of the treasure 705 00:30:29,625 --> 00:30:32,083 from the Concepción was secreted to Oak Island. 706 00:30:32,250 --> 00:30:34,208 NARRATOR: Two years ago, 707 00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:37,417 32nd-degree Freemason Scott Clarke presented research 708 00:30:37,583 --> 00:30:41,333 linking the 17th-century English nobleman 709 00:30:41,458 --> 00:30:44,500 Sir William Phips to the Oak Island mystery. 710 00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:49,208 In 1687, Phips located the wreck of the Concepción, 711 00:30:49,375 --> 00:30:52,833 a Spanish galleon that sank near the Dominican Republic 712 00:30:53,042 --> 00:30:56,167 in 1641 while attempting to transport 713 00:30:56,333 --> 00:31:00,375 more than 200 tons of gold, silver and jewels 714 00:31:00,583 --> 00:31:02,000 back to Europe. 715 00:31:02,167 --> 00:31:05,375 After recovering nearly 100 tons of silver 716 00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:07,042 during his initial salvage of the wreck, 717 00:31:07,208 --> 00:31:10,333 Phips returned to the site one year later 718 00:31:10,542 --> 00:31:13,167 with an assistant named Andrew Belcher 719 00:31:13,375 --> 00:31:15,500 who was also a high-ranking Freemason. 720 00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:20,000 However, after completing this operation, 721 00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:23,042 they delivered a much smaller bounty. 722 00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:25,500 During the second expedition of the treasure, 723 00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:27,667 Phips brought back to England what was only valued 724 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:29,458 at 10,000 pounds. 725 00:31:29,583 --> 00:31:32,250 He literally found one twentieth of what he found the first time. 726 00:31:32,417 --> 00:31:34,333 NARRATOR: According to Scott Clarke's theory, 727 00:31:34,542 --> 00:31:37,250 Sir William Phips and Andrew Belcher, 728 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:40,125 who is known to have owned land near Oak Island, 729 00:31:40,292 --> 00:31:43,500 buried a vast amount of their recovered treasure 730 00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:45,167 in the Money Pit. 731 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:47,000 LAIRD: So, Frank sent the artifacts 732 00:31:47,208 --> 00:31:50,000 from the William Phips site, and we did the analysis. 733 00:31:50,167 --> 00:31:52,167 So, we're making a comparison to that? 734 00:31:52,375 --> 00:31:53,625 -Yeah. -EMMA: It's matching to that. 735 00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:54,875 So, it's matching really similar 736 00:31:55,042 --> 00:31:56,750 to the-the William Phips artifact. 737 00:31:56,917 --> 00:31:59,000 -And-and nothing else? -MARTY: But not ours? 738 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,917 -EMMA: Nothing else. -Is it definitive? 739 00:32:01,083 --> 00:32:04,333 That latch was 100% matching to the William Phips site. 740 00:32:07,583 --> 00:32:09,167 That's astounding, Emma. 741 00:32:09,333 --> 00:32:10,917 NARRATOR: A latch found 742 00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:13,208 in the circular depression on Lot 5? 743 00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:16,083 An identical metallurgical match to artifacts 744 00:32:16,208 --> 00:32:18,917 directly related to Sir William Phips? 745 00:32:19,083 --> 00:32:21,958 Could that explain not only the potentially 746 00:32:22,083 --> 00:32:24,750 17th-century pottery recovered from the feature 747 00:32:24,917 --> 00:32:27,333 but also the high-trace evidence 748 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,583 of precious metals in the Money Pit? 749 00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:30,958 Amazing. 750 00:32:31,125 --> 00:32:33,333 So... I mean, even the fact 751 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,750 that it doesn't match anything else... 752 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:37,208 -EMMA: Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 753 00:32:37,375 --> 00:32:40,583 You don't get too many 100% sensitivity matches. 754 00:32:40,708 --> 00:32:42,333 I'm excited about it. 755 00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:44,292 -RICK: Yeah, it's cool. It's very cool. -Yeah. 756 00:32:44,458 --> 00:32:45,667 MARTY: All right, well, we need him to go back out there 757 00:32:45,875 --> 00:32:47,083 -and keep digging. -(laughter) 758 00:32:47,208 --> 00:32:48,417 -LAIRD: That's right. Yep. -Right? 759 00:32:48,583 --> 00:32:50,750 There could be all kinds of more things in there. 760 00:32:50,958 --> 00:32:52,958 -This is really interesting. -Mm-hmm. 761 00:32:53,125 --> 00:32:54,875 -So, thank you. -No problem. 762 00:32:55,042 --> 00:32:56,167 All righty. Thank you, Emma. Thanks, Laird. 763 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:58,333 MARTY: Thank you, Emma. Thanks, Laird. 764 00:33:00,042 --> 00:33:01,667 NARRATOR: Later that morning, 765 00:33:01,792 --> 00:33:05,250 while the archaeological team continues investigating 766 00:33:05,458 --> 00:33:08,500 the circular stone depression on Lot 5... 767 00:33:08,667 --> 00:33:10,208 -Head in here. -Okey doke. 768 00:33:10,417 --> 00:33:11,875 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton 769 00:33:12,042 --> 00:33:14,042 search the nearby area 770 00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:17,625 for additional clues and evidence of valuables. 771 00:33:17,792 --> 00:33:20,458 We have flags here, the potential of these finds 772 00:33:20,625 --> 00:33:25,500 helping us try to understand that feature, 773 00:33:25,625 --> 00:33:26,958 it's-it's fairly elevated. 774 00:33:27,125 --> 00:33:28,542 NARRATOR: Earlier today, 775 00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:31,333 in accordance with provincial guidelines, 776 00:33:31,458 --> 00:33:34,625 Gary identified a number of metallic targets, 777 00:33:34,833 --> 00:33:36,917 which Laird Niven has now given him and Rick 778 00:33:37,042 --> 00:33:39,208 permission to retrieve. 779 00:33:39,375 --> 00:33:41,833 RICK: Okay. Let's get after it. 780 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,125 (device beeping) 781 00:33:46,917 --> 00:33:48,417 Little blippy signal. 782 00:33:49,542 --> 00:33:51,542 Let's see if it's in the surface. 783 00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:56,042 (device beeping) 784 00:33:56,250 --> 00:33:57,792 -Uh-oh. -Oh, yep. 785 00:33:57,958 --> 00:34:00,125 That is more than likely surface junk. 786 00:34:00,292 --> 00:34:02,167 Okay, where's the next flag? 787 00:34:02,333 --> 00:34:03,792 Uh, right at the side of us, mate. 788 00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:06,833 Oh. 789 00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:08,292 Okay. 790 00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:12,625 (device beeping) 791 00:34:12,792 --> 00:34:15,042 There we go. That's better. 792 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:17,583 Good-sounding target, mate. Just there. 793 00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:21,583 RICK: Wow. 794 00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:24,708 -(chuckles) -It's tough digging, isn't it? 795 00:34:27,708 --> 00:34:29,083 I'm just gonna take the top off, 796 00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:30,667 and you can kind of pinpoint it, all right? 797 00:34:30,875 --> 00:34:31,708 Yep. 798 00:34:32,875 --> 00:34:33,833 Can't be that deep. 799 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,583 (device beeping) 800 00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:39,208 (high-pitched beep) 801 00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:44,917 -It's in my hand. -(rapid beeping) 802 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,458 Let's see what we've got. 803 00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:55,000 (chuckles) Look at that. 804 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:56,333 RICK: Wow. 805 00:35:00,458 --> 00:35:02,167 (laughs): I think we've got a coin! Look at that. 806 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:04,708 That looks like a really, really old coin, mate. 807 00:35:04,875 --> 00:35:08,792 NARRATOR: On Lot 5, located on the western side of Oak Island, 808 00:35:08,875 --> 00:35:12,000 Gary Drayton and Rick Lagina have just unearthed 809 00:35:12,167 --> 00:35:16,125 another potentially important and valuable clue. 810 00:35:16,292 --> 00:35:18,542 -That's a coin, mate. -(chuckles) 811 00:35:18,708 --> 00:35:22,417 And that could potentially be really, really old. 812 00:35:22,583 --> 00:35:24,333 -Look at that. -RICK: That's a beauty. 813 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:26,000 You know what that looks like? 814 00:35:26,208 --> 00:35:28,000 Remember over here? 815 00:35:28,208 --> 00:35:30,500 -Yep. That... -That's what that looks like. 816 00:35:30,583 --> 00:35:33,667 NARRATOR: It was less than 30 yards from this location 817 00:35:33,833 --> 00:35:35,083 where one year ago... 818 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:38,333 GARY: (exclaims) Look at that! 819 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:41,500 -It's a coin, mate. That is old. -(laughs) 820 00:35:41,708 --> 00:35:43,750 NARRATOR: Just days after the team purchased the lot 821 00:35:43,917 --> 00:35:47,625 from the estate of Robert Young, Rick and Gary discovered 822 00:35:47,792 --> 00:35:50,833 the nearly 2,000-year-old half Roman coin. 823 00:35:50,958 --> 00:35:54,667 Is it possible that they have just found another coin 824 00:35:54,875 --> 00:35:56,625 of the same origin? 825 00:35:56,792 --> 00:36:00,708 If so, how did they end up on Oak Island? 826 00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:03,167 And what could it mean for Lot 5's significance 827 00:36:03,375 --> 00:36:07,708 as it relates to the 228-year-old treasure mystery? 828 00:36:07,875 --> 00:36:09,583 Doesn't that give you that hand-hammered look? 829 00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:13,500 Yeah, it's got that same vibe about it. 830 00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:15,375 That looks like an head, doesn't it, Rick? 831 00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:17,792 RICK: You can see it, right there. 832 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,708 I see that hand-hammered look, 833 00:36:21,917 --> 00:36:23,375 like the half Roman coin. 834 00:36:23,542 --> 00:36:25,333 We have to bring it back to the lab, 835 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:28,583 we have to have Emma do the XRF and the CT scan, 836 00:36:28,750 --> 00:36:30,292 hopefully, there's something on the coin. 837 00:36:30,417 --> 00:36:32,000 But it was a heck of a find. 838 00:36:32,167 --> 00:36:34,167 That's a top pocketer there. 839 00:36:34,375 --> 00:36:36,250 Imagine the look on their faces 840 00:36:36,417 --> 00:36:38,792 -when we take that into the-the lab. -(laughs) 841 00:36:38,958 --> 00:36:40,708 Part of me would like to go back to the lab, 842 00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:41,958 but I don't think we should. 843 00:36:42,125 --> 00:36:43,333 -We should just keep going. -Yeah. 844 00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:44,708 Keep going, mate. We've got other flags. 845 00:36:44,875 --> 00:36:47,750 Fantastic. That's going in the bag, mate. 846 00:36:47,917 --> 00:36:50,833 RICK: Lot 5 has presented all kinds of unique opportunities 847 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,667 for metal detecting. 848 00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:55,167 -Next target's over there. -Okey doke. 849 00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:56,708 RICK: There have been a number of finds. 850 00:36:56,875 --> 00:37:00,750 And so, the future of Lot 5 looks exceedingly bright. 851 00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:02,875 Hopefully there's more. 852 00:37:03,042 --> 00:37:04,750 GARY: Next flag, coming up. 853 00:37:06,875 --> 00:37:08,875 (device beeping) 854 00:37:09,042 --> 00:37:10,333 Okay. 855 00:37:12,042 --> 00:37:13,875 Another sharp signal. 856 00:37:20,458 --> 00:37:22,083 RICK: Let's see where it is. 857 00:37:22,250 --> 00:37:25,125 Let's see what we've got. 858 00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:27,750 -(high-pitched beeping) -RICK: It'd be amazing if it were another one. 859 00:37:29,583 --> 00:37:31,583 -It's in your hand. -It's in my hand. 860 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,500 (rapid beeping) 861 00:37:34,875 --> 00:37:36,833 Let's see what we got, Rick. 862 00:37:37,042 --> 00:37:38,500 Big reveal. 863 00:37:40,833 --> 00:37:42,875 -Ooh-hoo! We got another coin, mate! -(laughs) 864 00:37:43,042 --> 00:37:44,667 Hey! 865 00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:46,875 That is fantastic. 866 00:37:47,042 --> 00:37:49,667 -Look at that. (whoops) -I thought I saw something. 867 00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:52,208 -GARY: That's a coin. -And another hand-hammered one. 868 00:37:52,375 --> 00:37:54,500 GARY: Yeah. 869 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:56,333 You know what? I think at this point, 870 00:37:56,542 --> 00:37:59,083 we need to call my brother and we need to call Craig 871 00:37:59,250 --> 00:38:00,417 and see if they want to come down. 872 00:38:00,583 --> 00:38:02,333 I can't imagine they'll say no. 873 00:38:02,542 --> 00:38:04,417 -Yeah. -All right, I'm gonna call them right now, 874 00:38:04,542 --> 00:38:06,792 -see if they want to come down. -(line ringing) 875 00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:10,125 -MARTY (over phone): Hello? -Hey. 876 00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:12,167 -It's Rick. -We're on lot... we're on Lot 5. 877 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:15,250 -Yeah? -And I think you and Craig want to come down here, 878 00:38:15,417 --> 00:38:18,208 and I am not gonna tell you the reason why. 879 00:38:18,375 --> 00:38:19,667 Okay. I'm on my way. 880 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:21,208 -On my way. -All right. See you both. 881 00:38:21,375 --> 00:38:22,708 All right, take care. 882 00:38:22,917 --> 00:38:25,208 Big Brother Rick calls me out of the blue 883 00:38:25,375 --> 00:38:27,458 and tells me I better come see something, I'm excited. 884 00:38:27,625 --> 00:38:29,208 He won't do that for just anything, 885 00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:31,083 so this is gonna be something good. 886 00:38:31,208 --> 00:38:33,167 All right, all right. 887 00:38:33,292 --> 00:38:35,333 You teased us enough. What do you got? 888 00:38:35,542 --> 00:38:36,542 We're not gonna say anything. 889 00:38:36,708 --> 00:38:38,208 -GARY: No. -But what I want is 890 00:38:38,375 --> 00:38:39,833 your first impressions. 891 00:38:40,042 --> 00:38:41,708 GARY: Here we go. Hold your hand out, Marty. 892 00:38:43,583 --> 00:38:45,792 There's your little reward from Lot 5. 893 00:38:45,958 --> 00:38:48,500 RICK: What's your first impression? 894 00:38:48,625 --> 00:38:51,500 MARTY: I don't know. It's a very old coin. 895 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:53,833 Doesn't remind you of anything? 896 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,625 Maybe the Roman one, I guess. I don't know. 897 00:38:56,792 --> 00:38:59,333 Wait. There's insignia on this. 898 00:38:59,542 --> 00:39:01,458 There's some sort of cross or something on that. 899 00:39:03,917 --> 00:39:06,083 RICK: There's three loops of chain. 900 00:39:06,250 --> 00:39:08,292 -See that? -MARTY: Oh, yes. I do. 901 00:39:08,458 --> 00:39:10,250 This coin is gonna tell us something. 902 00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:11,583 What do you got in your other hand? 903 00:39:11,792 --> 00:39:14,208 Uh, this is a little prezzy for Craig. 904 00:39:14,375 --> 00:39:16,292 RICK: See-see the hand-hammered look? 905 00:39:16,458 --> 00:39:18,000 CRAIG: Yeah. 906 00:39:18,167 --> 00:39:20,208 What-what's this... what's this all about, Gary? 907 00:39:20,375 --> 00:39:22,667 I have no idea, mate. I'm gobsmacked. 908 00:39:22,792 --> 00:39:24,292 MARTY: Were they found together? 909 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:25,917 GARY: Not too far away. 910 00:39:26,083 --> 00:39:27,292 I don't know what the hell to make of this, 911 00:39:27,458 --> 00:39:28,958 but I sure am intrigued with it. 912 00:39:29,125 --> 00:39:31,667 What it's saying is there is a real mystery here 913 00:39:31,833 --> 00:39:34,167 and there is a real story here, 914 00:39:34,375 --> 00:39:36,208 -and we will uncover it. -CRAIG: It... Yeah. 915 00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:37,708 -Pretty cool, guys. -GARY: Yep. 916 00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:39,708 We have a couple more. Why don't you dig one? 917 00:39:39,875 --> 00:39:41,417 -You pick one and you pick one. -Craig, you dig one. 918 00:39:41,542 --> 00:39:43,250 -Yeah. -No, mine will be a, mine will be 919 00:39:43,417 --> 00:39:45,250 -a .22 shell. -Oh, pick one. Come on. 920 00:39:45,375 --> 00:39:47,500 -GARY: Let's go dig another one up. -MARTY: That one. 921 00:39:49,458 --> 00:39:50,625 MARTY: My turn to dig. 922 00:39:50,833 --> 00:39:53,417 My track record is poor, but... 923 00:39:53,583 --> 00:39:55,875 from the human heart, hope springs eternal. 924 00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:58,000 Maybe this is mine. 925 00:39:58,167 --> 00:39:59,750 -(device beeping) -Yeah. 926 00:40:02,708 --> 00:40:04,375 That sounds terrible. 927 00:40:06,292 --> 00:40:07,667 Yeah, it's nothing. 928 00:40:07,833 --> 00:40:09,792 I didn't even get anything. 929 00:40:09,958 --> 00:40:12,333 Let's move on. That ain't nothing. 930 00:40:12,542 --> 00:40:14,167 Here you go, Craig. (laughs) 931 00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:17,000 -You got me beat. -Let's give it back to the expert. 932 00:40:17,208 --> 00:40:18,667 Show us how it's done. 933 00:40:20,542 --> 00:40:23,250 MARTY: Then it's Rick's turn again. 934 00:40:23,375 --> 00:40:25,500 Honestly, Rick seems to find the good stuff. 935 00:40:25,708 --> 00:40:28,292 Jack. Jack and Rick seem to find the good stuff. 936 00:40:28,417 --> 00:40:30,417 (device beeping) 937 00:40:30,583 --> 00:40:32,542 -There we are. -Is that it? 938 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,667 -Yes! A coin. -(laughter) 939 00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:38,458 (whoops) 940 00:40:38,667 --> 00:40:39,833 MARTY: So, what's the score at this point? 941 00:40:39,958 --> 00:40:41,417 Not that we should be keeping score, 942 00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:43,708 but I believe it's, uh, Big Brother Rick: 3, 943 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,625 Craig and Marty combined: 0. 944 00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:47,167 -GARY: Look at that. -(laughter) 945 00:40:47,375 --> 00:40:48,833 -CRAIG: You know how to do it. -Come on. 946 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,167 What the hell? 947 00:40:51,375 --> 00:40:53,167 GARY: Fantastic. 948 00:40:53,333 --> 00:40:54,667 MARTY: I think this is a record. 949 00:40:54,833 --> 00:40:56,667 Three coins in one morning, 950 00:40:56,792 --> 00:40:59,625 and all of them peculiar and perhaps ancient. 951 00:40:59,792 --> 00:41:02,000 These are potentially major-league finds. 952 00:41:02,167 --> 00:41:04,708 GARY: Yeah, no, it's got that same patina. 953 00:41:04,875 --> 00:41:06,542 RICK: Yeah, that's the same thing. 954 00:41:06,708 --> 00:41:08,542 GARY: That's got to be a really old coin, mate. 955 00:41:08,708 --> 00:41:10,792 -RICK: It-it-- it's like the other ones. -Yeah. 956 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,333 Pretty cool. 957 00:41:12,542 --> 00:41:14,292 -You're coming around to it. -Well, I-I... 958 00:41:14,417 --> 00:41:16,250 I'm-I'm not ready to say those are Roman. 959 00:41:16,375 --> 00:41:17,750 -Exactly. -Yeah, but they're old coins, 960 00:41:17,917 --> 00:41:20,375 and they-- there's a story going on here. 961 00:41:20,542 --> 00:41:22,375 I know we don't understand this story yet. 962 00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:23,750 I know we don't understand 963 00:41:23,917 --> 00:41:26,375 the complexity that the mystery is, 964 00:41:26,542 --> 00:41:29,833 but we know for certain in our heart of hearts 965 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,250 that there's something here to this mystery. 966 00:41:32,458 --> 00:41:35,708 It has long endured. 228 years. 967 00:41:35,875 --> 00:41:38,500 -Let's go to the lab. -Yep. 968 00:41:39,792 --> 00:41:42,625 GARY: Lot 5 just keeps giving it. 969 00:41:51,167 --> 00:41:52,417 MARTY: Laird. 970 00:41:52,583 --> 00:41:54,667 -Hey. -We've got some stuff for you. 971 00:41:54,875 --> 00:41:56,625 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Interpretive Centre, 972 00:41:56,833 --> 00:41:58,750 Rick and Marty Lagina, 973 00:41:58,917 --> 00:42:00,833 their partner Craig Tester 974 00:42:01,042 --> 00:42:03,375 and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 975 00:42:03,542 --> 00:42:05,458 meet with archaeologist Laird Niven 976 00:42:05,625 --> 00:42:09,125 along with archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan. 977 00:42:09,292 --> 00:42:10,500 -Lot 5. -LAIRD: Yeah. 978 00:42:10,625 --> 00:42:12,708 Just up from where the feature is. 979 00:42:12,875 --> 00:42:16,042 NARRATOR: They are eager to have Laird and Emma analyze 980 00:42:16,208 --> 00:42:19,667 the discoveries that were made earlier today on Lot 5: 981 00:42:19,833 --> 00:42:22,667 three potentially ancient coins. 982 00:42:23,625 --> 00:42:26,625 Uh, we'll let you take a look at them 983 00:42:26,792 --> 00:42:29,500 and tell us what you believe these are. 984 00:42:29,667 --> 00:42:31,542 Cool stuff, though. 985 00:42:39,042 --> 00:42:39,958 LAIRD: Hmm. 986 00:42:42,958 --> 00:42:45,708 -It's an oldie, isn't it? -GARY: It is, mate. 987 00:42:45,875 --> 00:42:49,125 Almost the same patina as the Roman coin. 988 00:42:49,250 --> 00:42:50,833 -RICK: There you go. -GARY: Yeah. -LAIRD: Right. 989 00:42:50,958 --> 00:42:53,583 If you find one half-Roman coin, which we did last year, 990 00:42:53,750 --> 00:42:55,000 okay, that's one half-Roman coin. 991 00:42:55,208 --> 00:42:59,167 It's still amazing. But three coins? 992 00:42:59,375 --> 00:43:02,333 They're clearly very old. They're patinaed. 993 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:05,708 I want to believe that they're hugely significant. 994 00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:07,625 What do these things mean 995 00:43:07,792 --> 00:43:09,708 with regard to what happened on Oak Island? 996 00:43:09,875 --> 00:43:12,500 -What, should she do an XRF? -Yeah. 997 00:43:12,625 --> 00:43:14,875 -CRAIG: Get a scan going? -LAIRD: I think so. 998 00:43:15,042 --> 00:43:17,875 Emma, we want to know exactly what this is, 999 00:43:18,042 --> 00:43:20,083 when it was made, and who dropped it, okay? 1000 00:43:20,208 --> 00:43:21,417 No pressure. 1001 00:43:21,583 --> 00:43:22,875 -And when. -(chuckles) 1002 00:43:23,042 --> 00:43:24,792 NARRATOR: In order to help determine 1003 00:43:24,958 --> 00:43:27,250 the possible origin of the coins, 1004 00:43:27,375 --> 00:43:28,833 Emma will scan them 1005 00:43:29,042 --> 00:43:31,333 using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer-- 1006 00:43:31,542 --> 00:43:35,792 a device that bombards objects with non-destructive radiation 1007 00:43:35,917 --> 00:43:38,208 to identify the elements and minerals 1008 00:43:38,375 --> 00:43:40,250 that make up their composition. 1009 00:43:42,250 --> 00:43:44,500 EMMA: So, the XRF is done for the first coin. 1010 00:43:44,667 --> 00:43:47,875 It's 94% copper with about five percent silver. 1011 00:43:48,083 --> 00:43:49,750 -Copper and silver? -EMMA: Yeah. 1012 00:43:49,917 --> 00:43:52,750 Normally, Roman coins have tin and lead, 1013 00:43:52,917 --> 00:43:54,417 which I'm not seeing in this one. 1014 00:43:54,583 --> 00:43:57,458 So, not Roman, but it's not modern, either, 1015 00:43:57,625 --> 00:44:00,875 'cause it has no modern coin alloys. 1016 00:44:01,042 --> 00:44:03,625 -CRAIG: Okay. Want to look at another one? -Yeah. 1017 00:44:04,625 --> 00:44:06,333 RICK: Which one is this one, the big one? 1018 00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:08,333 MARTY: The itty-bitty one. 1019 00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:10,500 Ooh, that's a different metal. 1020 00:44:10,667 --> 00:44:13,667 -MARTY: It is? -LAIRD: It sure looks like it. 1021 00:44:13,875 --> 00:44:15,250 It seems, it's a different color. 1022 00:44:15,417 --> 00:44:18,583 It's more brassy, bronzy. 1023 00:44:18,750 --> 00:44:22,792 Here, check that out. Now tell me what you see, mate. 1024 00:44:23,792 --> 00:44:25,833 LAIRD: I see the stuff in the center. 1025 00:44:26,042 --> 00:44:28,875 MARTY: It looks like a female. 1026 00:44:29,042 --> 00:44:31,208 GARY: Definitely looks like a face, doesn't it? 1027 00:44:31,375 --> 00:44:34,417 -Let's have her run that one. -MARTY: Yeah. 1028 00:44:34,583 --> 00:44:36,833 -Can we run this one in the XRF, please? -EMMA: Yes. 1029 00:44:39,708 --> 00:44:41,458 RICK: Finding these coins 1030 00:44:41,542 --> 00:44:44,833 from roughly a very localized area, 1031 00:44:44,958 --> 00:44:46,500 that's certainly intriguing. 1032 00:44:46,708 --> 00:44:48,167 Why here? 1033 00:44:48,333 --> 00:44:50,833 We're really gonna have to put our heads down 1034 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,125 and try to figure out what it means. 1035 00:44:52,292 --> 00:44:54,833 And maybe it will help us as we move forward. 1036 00:44:54,958 --> 00:44:58,917 So the second coin I scanned, 1037 00:44:59,083 --> 00:45:03,292 we've got copper, silicon, some lead, some tin. 1038 00:45:03,417 --> 00:45:05,667 So I'd say yeah, pretty good candidate for Roman coin. 1039 00:45:05,875 --> 00:45:07,500 CRAIG: She matched it 1040 00:45:07,708 --> 00:45:10,042 to the Roman coins in the database. 1041 00:45:10,250 --> 00:45:12,833 So, what were the coins doing here? 1042 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,000 Who brought them here? 1043 00:45:14,167 --> 00:45:15,250 Knights Templar, obviously, 1044 00:45:15,375 --> 00:45:16,792 is one of the groups 1045 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,167 that jump into your mind. 1046 00:45:18,333 --> 00:45:20,917 Well, that... that one's looking promising. 1047 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,833 NARRATOR: A second potentially ancient Roman coin 1048 00:45:24,042 --> 00:45:26,833 discovered on Lot 5? 1049 00:45:27,042 --> 00:45:31,000 If so, were they brought to Oak Island by the same people 1050 00:45:31,208 --> 00:45:35,125 who may have hidden something of great value in the Money Pit? 1051 00:45:35,250 --> 00:45:36,667 In recent years, 1052 00:45:36,833 --> 00:45:39,667 members of the team have found clues 1053 00:45:39,792 --> 00:45:41,292 possibly related to the Oak Island mystery 1054 00:45:41,458 --> 00:45:43,333 at locations across Europe-- 1055 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:46,958 such as in Portugal, England and Italy-- 1056 00:45:47,125 --> 00:45:49,542 that were once part of the Roman Empire... 1057 00:45:49,708 --> 00:45:51,250 What did you find, Pete? 1058 00:45:51,417 --> 00:45:53,833 I think something pretty interesting. 1059 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,167 It's the same as the H+O stone. 1060 00:45:56,375 --> 00:46:00,125 NARRATOR: ...but later, between the 12th and 16th centuries 1061 00:46:00,292 --> 00:46:03,250 served as strongholds for the Knights Templar-- 1062 00:46:03,375 --> 00:46:06,333 a Christian military order that many believe 1063 00:46:06,458 --> 00:46:08,167 hid a vast treasure 1064 00:46:08,292 --> 00:46:11,833 along with priceless religious artifacts on Oak Island, 1065 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,167 including the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant. 1066 00:46:16,333 --> 00:46:18,167 ALEX: You get the H+O Stone. 1067 00:46:18,333 --> 00:46:20,625 And this symbol, we've learned today, 1068 00:46:20,792 --> 00:46:24,083 means Templar-related relic. 1069 00:46:24,250 --> 00:46:27,417 And what have we found that the symbol at the end means? 1070 00:46:27,583 --> 00:46:29,083 Some have interpreted it to be gold. 1071 00:46:29,250 --> 00:46:30,750 ALEX: Yeah. 1072 00:46:30,875 --> 00:46:33,208 NARRATOR: Last year, while investigating 1073 00:46:33,375 --> 00:46:35,000 a medieval church in Viterbo, Italy, 1074 00:46:35,208 --> 00:46:37,625 Marty's son, Alex, speculated 1075 00:46:37,750 --> 00:46:39,417 that a mysterious symbol they found, 1076 00:46:39,542 --> 00:46:43,500 which was also discovered on Oak Island in the 1920s 1077 00:46:43,667 --> 00:46:46,875 carved into a boulder known as the H+O Stone, 1078 00:46:47,042 --> 00:46:50,333 may very well have a Templar connection. 1079 00:46:50,917 --> 00:46:52,375 ALEX: To put it all together, I mean, 1080 00:46:52,542 --> 00:46:55,333 there is a possibility that the H+O Stone represents 1081 00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:58,083 "Here, Templar gold." 1082 00:46:58,208 --> 00:47:00,167 And then you can look at the last one. 1083 00:47:00,333 --> 00:47:02,625 That's the one with a lot of markings on it. 1084 00:47:02,792 --> 00:47:03,958 CRAIG: Yeah. 1085 00:47:04,083 --> 00:47:04,792 LAIRD: To me, it almost looks like 1086 00:47:04,917 --> 00:47:06,708 a woven pattern. 1087 00:47:06,875 --> 00:47:09,000 GARY: Almost looks like some chain links. 1088 00:47:09,167 --> 00:47:11,667 Yeah. Why don't you throw that one in? 1089 00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:13,833 Emma, here's the last one. 1090 00:47:13,958 --> 00:47:16,375 So right now, we have one indeterminant coin-- 1091 00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:17,917 which is weird-- 1092 00:47:18,083 --> 00:47:21,750 95% copper, five percent silver, which is very strange. 1093 00:47:21,917 --> 00:47:25,917 We have one coin that could be Roman 1094 00:47:26,042 --> 00:47:27,958 based on the metallurgy. 1095 00:47:28,958 --> 00:47:30,375 And then we have a yet to be determined, 1096 00:47:30,542 --> 00:47:32,542 while it's put in the XRF. 1097 00:47:32,708 --> 00:47:35,417 GARY: From metal detecting experience, 1098 00:47:35,583 --> 00:47:38,667 some of these features that you're looking at on these coins 1099 00:47:38,875 --> 00:47:40,750 are ancient features. 1100 00:47:40,917 --> 00:47:43,500 This one is the last one. 1101 00:47:43,667 --> 00:47:44,958 CRAIG: And which one are we looking at now? 1102 00:47:45,125 --> 00:47:46,208 MARTY: Waffle coin. 1103 00:47:46,375 --> 00:47:49,583 From first look, I've got brass... 1104 00:47:49,750 --> 00:47:53,750 ...with iron, heavy manganese, 1105 00:47:53,917 --> 00:47:56,542 especially with a brass coin... Oh. 1106 00:47:56,708 --> 00:47:58,667 No, that's not modern. 1107 00:47:58,875 --> 00:47:59,833 Why? What is it? 1108 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,667 So it is technically a brass, 1109 00:48:03,792 --> 00:48:06,083 but the high calcium and phosphorous, 1110 00:48:06,250 --> 00:48:09,000 I was looking at where have I seen 1111 00:48:09,125 --> 00:48:11,250 such across-the-board composition. 1112 00:48:11,375 --> 00:48:13,667 And that is the French denier. I've scanned a French denier 1113 00:48:13,875 --> 00:48:15,875 -dated... 13th century? -I think so. 1114 00:48:16,042 --> 00:48:17,542 -Just like the cross. -Wow. 1115 00:48:19,375 --> 00:48:22,042 NARRATOR: First minted during the late 7th century 1116 00:48:22,208 --> 00:48:25,958 to replace gold coins that were in circulation, 1117 00:48:26,042 --> 00:48:27,958 the French denier was widely used 1118 00:48:28,125 --> 00:48:31,375 from the Middle Ages up to the 17th century. 1119 00:48:31,542 --> 00:48:35,333 Is it possible that this coin could be of French origin? 1120 00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:36,708 And if so, 1121 00:48:36,875 --> 00:48:40,167 could it be connected to the French lead barter token 1122 00:48:40,375 --> 00:48:44,083 also found on Lot 5 one year ago, 1123 00:48:44,208 --> 00:48:47,667 a barter token that when scientifically analyzed 1124 00:48:47,792 --> 00:48:50,167 proved to be a compositional match 1125 00:48:50,333 --> 00:48:52,417 to the 14th-century lead cross 1126 00:48:52,583 --> 00:48:57,167 that was found at Smith's Cove back in 2017, 1127 00:48:57,292 --> 00:49:01,458 and which is also believed to be of possible Templar origin? 1128 00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:04,542 All three oddballs. 1129 00:49:04,750 --> 00:49:06,583 -Three unique coins. -Yep. 1130 00:49:06,750 --> 00:49:08,667 Yep. This makes it better for me. 1131 00:49:08,875 --> 00:49:10,083 I would rather have 1132 00:49:10,208 --> 00:49:13,208 these coins come from different areas. 1133 00:49:13,417 --> 00:49:15,000 You know, it goes to trade. 1134 00:49:15,167 --> 00:49:16,500 You're going around, 1135 00:49:16,667 --> 00:49:18,708 you've got different coins in your pocket 1136 00:49:18,875 --> 00:49:19,917 from different countries. 1137 00:49:20,083 --> 00:49:22,042 -I think this is great. -Yep. 1138 00:49:22,250 --> 00:49:24,667 Emma, go ahead and do your more comprehensive scans 1139 00:49:24,792 --> 00:49:26,125 and then let us know. 1140 00:49:26,250 --> 00:49:27,417 And we will get a hold of Sandy Campbell. 1141 00:49:27,542 --> 00:49:28,875 -Yep. -MARTY: And get him out here. 1142 00:49:29,083 --> 00:49:31,583 And we will go out and find some more stuff. 1143 00:49:31,708 --> 00:49:33,167 -EMMA: All right. Have fun. -MARTY: Talk to you soon. 1144 00:49:33,375 --> 00:49:33,958 -CRAIG: See you. -GARY: See you later. 1145 00:49:34,125 --> 00:49:36,000 We will. Cheers. 1146 00:49:40,625 --> 00:49:42,750 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 1147 00:49:42,917 --> 00:49:44,083 -(thunder rumbles) -ALEX: Hey, guys. 1148 00:49:44,250 --> 00:49:45,958 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina joins 1149 00:49:46,125 --> 00:49:48,333 other members of the team in the Money Pit area 1150 00:49:48,542 --> 00:49:51,417 as the strategic core-drilling operation continues. 1151 00:49:51,625 --> 00:49:52,833 So, where are we? 1152 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:54,333 We're right in the middle of the Baby Blob. 1153 00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:57,125 So, this is our best guess right now 1154 00:49:57,292 --> 00:49:59,333 as to the source of the metals in the water? 1155 00:49:59,542 --> 00:50:00,417 TERRY: Exactly. 1156 00:50:01,542 --> 00:50:03,667 NARRATOR: The current borehole that is being drilled 1157 00:50:03,833 --> 00:50:07,333 is known as E5N-9.5. 1158 00:50:07,542 --> 00:50:11,083 It is located several feet west of the Garden Shaft 1159 00:50:11,250 --> 00:50:13,458 in the so-called Baby Blob 1160 00:50:13,625 --> 00:50:16,333 where high-trace evidence of precious metals 1161 00:50:16,458 --> 00:50:21,500 have been detected between 80 and 120 feet underground. 1162 00:50:21,667 --> 00:50:23,458 Okay, guys, this is it. 1163 00:50:25,042 --> 00:50:27,250 -How you doing Mike, we go to 99? -98. 1164 00:50:27,375 --> 00:50:31,208 -We picked up a rock around 97. -Okay, very good. Thank you. 1165 00:50:31,375 --> 00:50:33,708 Let's slice and dice, see what we got. 1166 00:50:38,250 --> 00:50:40,875 That is Mother Nature, unfortunately. 1167 00:50:41,042 --> 00:50:42,458 There's a boulder in it. 1168 00:50:43,500 --> 00:50:46,667 Sadly, gentlemen, this doesn't look good. 1169 00:50:46,875 --> 00:50:47,958 -Marty. -Hey, Marty. 1170 00:50:48,125 --> 00:50:50,375 Hello, gentlemen. It's a wet one. 1171 00:50:50,542 --> 00:50:51,417 It is a wet one. 1172 00:50:51,583 --> 00:50:53,375 Anyway, nothing so far, Marty. 1173 00:50:53,542 --> 00:50:56,000 This is not looking good, we're at target depth 1174 00:50:56,208 --> 00:50:57,500 and we don't think we see anything. 1175 00:50:57,708 --> 00:50:59,833 Show me, show me where we are, please. 1176 00:51:00,042 --> 00:51:01,208 Steve's got a map there for you. 1177 00:51:01,375 --> 00:51:02,833 Okay. So we're right here. 1178 00:51:03,042 --> 00:51:04,167 You can see we are about 1179 00:51:04,292 --> 00:51:06,417 32 feet west of the Garden Shaft, 1180 00:51:06,583 --> 00:51:08,583 and we are about seven or eight feet 1181 00:51:08,750 --> 00:51:12,000 northwest of our tunnel from where we hit last year. 1182 00:51:12,167 --> 00:51:14,000 Somebody got a pencil? 1183 00:51:14,167 --> 00:51:15,417 TERRY: There's one right there. 1184 00:51:16,542 --> 00:51:17,583 Okay. 1185 00:51:17,750 --> 00:51:19,458 This is the most interesting well. 1186 00:51:19,625 --> 00:51:21,458 STEVE: That's our eight-foot void or tunnel. 1187 00:51:21,625 --> 00:51:23,542 This one right here, which is what number? 1188 00:51:24,708 --> 00:51:26,500 That is DN-11.5. 1189 00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:29,375 NARRATOR: One year ago, 1190 00:51:29,542 --> 00:51:32,792 while drilling borehole DN-11.5, 1191 00:51:32,958 --> 00:51:36,000 some 12 feet southeast from their current position 1192 00:51:36,208 --> 00:51:40,042 at a depth of approximately 90 feet 1193 00:51:40,208 --> 00:51:43,167 the team encountered an eight-foot-high void-- 1194 00:51:43,292 --> 00:51:44,792 or possible chamber-- 1195 00:51:44,958 --> 00:51:49,125 located just 20 feet west of the Garden Shaft. 1196 00:51:49,208 --> 00:51:50,792 -There's some wood, Terry. -Whoa! 1197 00:51:50,958 --> 00:51:52,667 -We've got wood at the bottom here. -Yeah. 1198 00:51:52,833 --> 00:51:54,083 NARRATOR: Incredibly, they also recovered 1199 00:51:54,250 --> 00:51:55,750 a wood sample... 1200 00:51:55,917 --> 00:51:57,792 TERRY: Oh, my gosh. We're into something. 1201 00:51:57,917 --> 00:51:59,417 NARRATOR: ...that when analyzed by Emma Culligan 1202 00:51:59,542 --> 00:52:02,083 contained high-trace evidence of gold. 1203 00:52:02,208 --> 00:52:04,167 It shows gold. 1204 00:52:04,375 --> 00:52:05,917 -Yeah. It's there. -(chuckles) 1205 00:52:06,875 --> 00:52:10,333 The scientists say metals are coming out of here. 1206 00:52:10,458 --> 00:52:12,833 The only thing that could be producing metals 1207 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000 is out of some man-made something. 1208 00:52:15,208 --> 00:52:18,083 That's a big enough box for an offset chamber. 1209 00:52:19,125 --> 00:52:21,208 I just want to put another one right down, right down into it. 1210 00:52:21,375 --> 00:52:23,333 Marty, I'm with you, if we go back 1211 00:52:23,542 --> 00:52:26,167 to DN-11.5, we should put another well right next to it. 1212 00:52:26,292 --> 00:52:28,625 -Yep. -And try to get back into this, 1213 00:52:28,792 --> 00:52:30,083 whatever it is, tunnel or chamber. 1214 00:52:30,208 --> 00:52:31,458 Agreed. 1215 00:52:31,667 --> 00:52:32,958 Let me talk to everybody else and see. 1216 00:52:33,125 --> 00:52:34,208 I'm gonna take off right now. 1217 00:52:34,375 --> 00:52:35,833 Finish this one up, we'll get you some info. 1218 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:37,500 -Thanks, guys. -Okay. -MARTY: See you, guys. 1219 00:52:43,833 --> 00:52:46,333 ♪ ♪ 1220 00:52:47,917 --> 00:52:49,250 TERRY: Gentlemen, here we go. 1221 00:52:49,417 --> 00:52:51,167 -Hey, Alex. -Hey, guys. 1222 00:52:51,375 --> 00:52:52,625 -STEVE: How're you doing? -TERRY: Alex, how're you doing? 1223 00:52:52,792 --> 00:52:53,833 Good. 1224 00:52:54,042 --> 00:52:55,167 So, just getting started? 1225 00:52:55,333 --> 00:52:56,708 Just queueing her up. 1226 00:52:56,875 --> 00:52:59,042 NARRATOR: In spite of an ominous storm 1227 00:52:59,208 --> 00:53:01,000 that has enveloped Oak Island, 1228 00:53:01,208 --> 00:53:04,167 another hopeful morning has begun in the Money Pit area 1229 00:53:04,333 --> 00:53:05,750 for Alex Lagina 1230 00:53:05,958 --> 00:53:08,542 and other members of the team. 1231 00:53:08,750 --> 00:53:11,000 -Where are we? -DN-12. I've got a map. 1232 00:53:11,208 --> 00:53:12,875 -ALEX: Cool. -TERRY: The man's got a map. 1233 00:53:13,042 --> 00:53:15,250 NARRATOR: At the direction of Alex's father Marty, 1234 00:53:15,417 --> 00:53:17,833 the team has just broken ground 1235 00:53:18,042 --> 00:53:20,458 on a borehole known as DN-12-- 1236 00:53:20,667 --> 00:53:24,833 a borehole located within the so-called Baby Blob, 1237 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:26,750 or possible treasure zone, 1238 00:53:26,875 --> 00:53:31,875 that sets less than three feet east of borehole DN-11.5. 1239 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:36,208 It was there that a mysterious eight-foot void was discovered 1240 00:53:36,375 --> 00:53:39,542 one year ago at a depth of some 90 feet 1241 00:53:39,708 --> 00:53:43,583 containing high-trace evidence of gold. 1242 00:53:44,625 --> 00:53:46,208 STEVE: Based on all the information we've had so far, 1243 00:53:46,375 --> 00:53:49,542 DN-12 is still our best target to hope to get back 1244 00:53:49,750 --> 00:53:50,833 into that eight-foot chamber. 1245 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,708 Right. And I'm with my dad. 1246 00:53:52,875 --> 00:53:54,542 I mean, he-he really feels that, you know, 1247 00:53:54,750 --> 00:53:57,542 this is probably our best chance to hit something meaningful 1248 00:53:57,750 --> 00:54:01,542 and with that eight-foot span that we hit in a previous hole, 1249 00:54:01,708 --> 00:54:03,292 we could have found an offset chamber. 1250 00:54:03,500 --> 00:54:04,708 Absolutely. 1251 00:54:06,458 --> 00:54:09,458 MARTY: The site itself is interesting because 1252 00:54:09,625 --> 00:54:12,000 I am a believer in an offset chamber 1253 00:54:12,167 --> 00:54:14,708 as a likely repository 1254 00:54:14,875 --> 00:54:17,458 for any treasure that might be here. 1255 00:54:17,583 --> 00:54:19,167 The good news about this location is 1256 00:54:19,375 --> 00:54:20,667 it's close to the Garden Shaft. 1257 00:54:20,875 --> 00:54:23,167 So it's well within the range of where we can 1258 00:54:23,375 --> 00:54:24,833 tunnel to from the bottom of the Garden Shaft. 1259 00:54:25,042 --> 00:54:26,500 -Exactly. -So... 1260 00:54:26,667 --> 00:54:28,000 I'm gonna run for a little bit. 1261 00:54:28,167 --> 00:54:29,667 I'll check back in later if I can. 1262 00:54:29,792 --> 00:54:31,083 -No problem. -Let me know if anything happens. 1263 00:54:31,250 --> 00:54:32,333 TERRY: Yeah, we'll be in touch. 1264 00:54:32,542 --> 00:54:34,083 -CHARLES: Will do. -ALEX: Thanks. 1265 00:54:34,250 --> 00:54:35,333 NARRATOR: As the core-drilling operation 1266 00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:37,583 continues in the Money Pit area... 1267 00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:41,500 MARTY: Guys, you know we're waiting on our swamp permit. 1268 00:54:41,708 --> 00:54:43,667 NARRATOR: ...Alex joins his father Marty 1269 00:54:43,875 --> 00:54:45,500 and his uncle Rick 1270 00:54:45,708 --> 00:54:47,458 along with other members of the team 1271 00:54:47,625 --> 00:54:49,250 in the research center. 1272 00:54:49,458 --> 00:54:52,083 I talked to Tony. He's available this year. 1273 00:54:52,250 --> 00:54:54,208 I thought we'd talk about dive targets. 1274 00:54:54,417 --> 00:54:57,208 Yeah. Yeah, the north end of the bog 1275 00:54:57,375 --> 00:54:59,458 has drawn Tom's curiosity 1276 00:54:59,542 --> 00:55:00,875 as it has every year. 1277 00:55:01,083 --> 00:55:02,792 Well, we intend to, as part of our permit, 1278 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,167 we intend to do a dig there, but... 1279 00:55:05,333 --> 00:55:07,667 if there is this artificial wall 1280 00:55:07,875 --> 00:55:10,333 that Fred spoke of quite earnestly, 1281 00:55:10,458 --> 00:55:14,000 then there had to be some evidence of 1282 00:55:14,167 --> 00:55:16,792 some of that work offshore. 1283 00:55:19,208 --> 00:55:21,167 GARY: Big old log on there. 1284 00:55:21,333 --> 00:55:23,375 And we got a plank here as well. 1285 00:55:23,583 --> 00:55:24,958 NARRATOR: One year ago, 1286 00:55:25,125 --> 00:55:27,625 fellow Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan, 1287 00:55:27,792 --> 00:55:30,500 along with Rick and members of the team, 1288 00:55:30,667 --> 00:55:33,833 unearthed evidence of a mysterious wooden structure 1289 00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:36,875 just north of the triangle-shaped swamp. 1290 00:55:38,292 --> 00:55:39,542 GARY: Wow. Look at this. 1291 00:55:39,708 --> 00:55:42,667 That could be like an old iron pin. 1292 00:55:43,667 --> 00:55:45,083 RICK: I'd say it is. 1293 00:55:46,708 --> 00:55:48,500 NARRATOR: They were investigating a long-held theory 1294 00:55:48,708 --> 00:55:50,833 of Tom's late father Fred Nolan 1295 00:55:51,042 --> 00:55:53,333 that the swamp was artificially created 1296 00:55:53,542 --> 00:55:56,250 centuries ago by the installation of dams 1297 00:55:56,375 --> 00:55:59,583 on the northern and southern boundaries of the island. 1298 00:56:00,625 --> 00:56:03,500 Incredibly, Fred's theory was also corroborated 1299 00:56:03,708 --> 00:56:06,833 by a reported 14th century map of Oak Island 1300 00:56:06,958 --> 00:56:09,792 that was given to the team in 2016 1301 00:56:09,958 --> 00:56:12,750 by the late researcher Zena Halpern-- 1302 00:56:12,875 --> 00:56:15,708 a map which Zena believed had been created 1303 00:56:15,875 --> 00:56:18,167 by members of the Knights Templar 1304 00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:20,458 and featured numerous landmarks 1305 00:56:20,583 --> 00:56:23,208 including one in the northern region of the island 1306 00:56:23,375 --> 00:56:25,583 labeled as The Dam. 1307 00:56:26,625 --> 00:56:29,292 As part of that exploration on the north bog, 1308 00:56:29,417 --> 00:56:31,000 we should have an understanding of what's out in the water. 1309 00:56:31,208 --> 00:56:32,667 ALEX: Mm-hmm. 1310 00:56:33,708 --> 00:56:35,667 NARRATOR: While the team awaits a permit to conduct 1311 00:56:35,875 --> 00:56:39,250 a larger excavation in search of the dam on land, 1312 00:56:39,417 --> 00:56:42,917 they are hoping that the waters just off the island might 1313 00:56:43,083 --> 00:56:47,250 contain more clues to support Fred Nolan's incredible theory. 1314 00:56:48,458 --> 00:56:50,500 The thing that was most curious about that, 1315 00:56:50,667 --> 00:56:51,708 the northern end of the bog, 1316 00:56:51,875 --> 00:56:54,542 is we did do a dig there with Billy, 1317 00:56:54,708 --> 00:56:56,167 and we found that spike. 1318 00:56:56,292 --> 00:56:57,458 It was only about yay long. 1319 00:56:57,625 --> 00:57:00,542 And Emma did her analysis of it 1320 00:57:00,708 --> 00:57:02,833 and it's possibly very old. 1321 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,583 If Fred is right, 1322 00:57:04,708 --> 00:57:07,167 there may be evidence of this artificial wall 1323 00:57:07,375 --> 00:57:08,500 or some other edifice out there 1324 00:57:08,667 --> 00:57:09,833 that we are currently unaware of. 1325 00:57:09,958 --> 00:57:11,792 -Yeah. -Yeah. 1326 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,458 We should go out there and do a dive, 1327 00:57:14,625 --> 00:57:16,708 and maybe, we know that Tony's very good, right? 1328 00:57:16,917 --> 00:57:19,000 He takes a line and he runs a grid. 1329 00:57:19,167 --> 00:57:20,500 Why not do it? 1330 00:57:20,708 --> 00:57:22,833 No, I think you two guys should do it. 1331 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,042 You young guys go out there and do it, and report back. 1332 00:57:25,208 --> 00:57:26,958 And if there's something really cool to see, 1333 00:57:27,042 --> 00:57:29,083 -then maybe I'll suit up. -ALEX: Okay. 1334 00:57:30,708 --> 00:57:31,833 RICK: Solving the mystery 1335 00:57:32,042 --> 00:57:33,958 is all about connecting the dots. 1336 00:57:34,125 --> 00:57:35,417 Well, we certainly have 1337 00:57:35,583 --> 00:57:37,833 some very interesting dots at this point. 1338 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,958 We've found, at the very least, 1339 00:57:41,125 --> 00:57:43,708 ancient-looking coins. 1340 00:57:43,875 --> 00:57:47,792 Is there something in the water offshore of the swamp 1341 00:57:47,958 --> 00:57:51,833 that's related to the finds in Zena's map? 1342 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,375 It's possible. 1343 00:57:53,542 --> 00:57:55,250 -See what you can see. -Okay. 1344 00:57:55,417 --> 00:57:56,708 We'll get in touch with Tony. 1345 00:57:56,917 --> 00:57:58,417 -Okey doke. -I want a full report. 1346 00:57:58,542 --> 00:58:00,083 -ALEX: Okay. -RICK: Good luck. 1347 00:58:02,375 --> 00:58:04,417 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 1348 00:58:04,542 --> 00:58:07,042 while the drilling operation continues 1349 00:58:07,208 --> 00:58:08,208 in the Money Pit area... 1350 00:58:08,375 --> 00:58:10,542 TERRY: Hey, Mike. 1351 00:58:10,708 --> 00:58:13,000 -Thank you. -28. 28. 1352 00:58:13,875 --> 00:58:15,167 GARY: All right. 1353 00:58:15,292 --> 00:58:17,417 Let's add to that ancient coin collection. 1354 00:58:17,583 --> 00:58:19,250 Next target's here. 1355 00:58:20,875 --> 00:58:22,542 NARRATOR: ...on Lot 5, 1356 00:58:22,708 --> 00:58:25,000 located on the western side of the island... 1357 00:58:26,042 --> 00:58:27,292 GARY: It's there, mate. 1358 00:58:27,458 --> 00:58:29,917 Come on, Craig. One time. 1359 00:58:30,125 --> 00:58:32,542 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty and Craig 1360 00:58:32,708 --> 00:58:34,833 join Gary Drayton to search for more clues 1361 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,167 near the area where three ancient coins were discovered 1362 00:58:38,375 --> 00:58:40,333 just two days ago. 1363 00:58:41,542 --> 00:58:42,917 GARY: He's going full dung beetle on it. 1364 00:58:43,083 --> 00:58:44,417 -(laughs) -MARTY: Geez, look at him. 1365 00:58:44,583 --> 00:58:46,458 RICK: Keep looking, Craig. 1366 00:58:46,625 --> 00:58:48,167 -You might find it, yourself. -Yeah. 1367 00:58:52,625 --> 00:58:53,583 CRAIG: There it is. 1368 00:58:53,750 --> 00:58:54,542 GARY: There it is, mate. 1369 00:58:54,708 --> 00:58:56,667 -You got it? -Yeah. 1370 00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:58,875 GARY: What have we just found? 1371 00:59:00,292 --> 00:59:02,208 -MARTY: Iron? -GARY: Yeah. 1372 00:59:02,417 --> 00:59:03,750 It looks like a map of Ohio. 1373 00:59:05,167 --> 00:59:07,167 CRAIG: I haven't worked with Gary very often 1374 00:59:07,375 --> 00:59:08,917 but when I have, 1375 00:59:09,042 --> 00:59:12,167 I've never had any luck finding anything of importance. 1376 00:59:13,125 --> 00:59:15,792 I'd have to go with "modern" on that. 1377 00:59:16,750 --> 00:59:18,000 CRAIG: My record stands, 1378 00:59:18,208 --> 00:59:21,208 zero good finds, a whole bunch of junk. 1379 00:59:21,375 --> 00:59:23,000 MARTY: Good find, Craig. 1380 00:59:23,167 --> 00:59:25,792 -Yeah. -GARY: I'm gonna keep that in the pouch. 1381 00:59:25,958 --> 00:59:28,583 And the next flag is over there. 1382 00:59:28,792 --> 00:59:30,000 MARTY: Treasure bound. 1383 00:59:30,208 --> 00:59:31,208 Yep. 1384 00:59:32,667 --> 00:59:33,917 All right. 1385 00:59:36,708 --> 00:59:38,208 In the valley. 1386 00:59:40,208 --> 00:59:42,333 (detector beeping) 1387 00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:43,792 It's good. 1388 00:59:44,708 --> 00:59:46,208 Right there, mate. 1389 00:59:47,875 --> 00:59:49,958 That's a good sounding target. 1390 00:59:53,667 --> 00:59:56,500 I'm gonna have to pry him out of there. 1391 00:59:56,708 --> 00:59:58,458 All right, Gary. Try that. 1392 00:59:58,583 --> 01:00:00,708 Let's see what we've got. 1393 01:00:03,542 --> 01:00:05,708 It's underneath this pile. 1394 01:00:12,292 --> 01:00:14,500 We've got another one! 1395 01:00:14,708 --> 01:00:16,250 Look at that. 1396 01:00:21,042 --> 01:00:22,125 -(beeping) -GARY: We've got another one! 1397 01:00:22,250 --> 01:00:23,333 That's a coin. Look! 1398 01:00:23,542 --> 01:00:24,833 It is a coin. All right! 1399 01:00:24,958 --> 01:00:27,625 -Another coin. -GARY: Look at that. 1400 01:00:27,792 --> 01:00:29,167 NARRATOR: On Lot 5, 1401 01:00:29,375 --> 01:00:31,583 located west of the swamp on Oak Island... 1402 01:00:31,708 --> 01:00:33,833 GARY: Wow. Look at that. 1403 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,833 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty Lagina, 1404 01:00:36,042 --> 01:00:37,833 along with Craig Tester 1405 01:00:38,042 --> 01:00:40,042 and Gary Drayton, have just made 1406 01:00:40,208 --> 01:00:43,458 another potentially important discovery. 1407 01:00:43,542 --> 01:00:45,333 Is it the same as the other ones? 1408 01:00:45,542 --> 01:00:47,625 MARTY: I don't see anything on it, but it's about the same size. 1409 01:00:47,792 --> 01:00:49,875 GARY: Anything on the other side? 1410 01:00:52,667 --> 01:00:53,750 Thank you. 1411 01:00:53,917 --> 01:00:55,458 I don't see anything, Gary. 1412 01:00:55,667 --> 01:00:56,833 Oh, wait. 1413 01:00:57,750 --> 01:00:59,000 Is that a number? 1414 01:00:59,208 --> 01:01:00,708 There's some kind of number or something. 1415 01:01:00,875 --> 01:01:03,042 If you can see stuff with a naked eye on it, 1416 01:01:03,208 --> 01:01:05,250 -then there should be some details. -I think, I think I can. 1417 01:01:05,458 --> 01:01:06,375 Let's have a look. 1418 01:01:08,250 --> 01:01:09,458 Yeah. Look at that. 1419 01:01:09,583 --> 01:01:11,667 Some kind of like squiggly design. 1420 01:01:11,875 --> 01:01:13,583 That is just like those other ones. 1421 01:01:13,708 --> 01:01:16,500 -MARTY: Yeah. -These are old. 1422 01:01:16,625 --> 01:01:18,333 That's brilliant, mate. 1423 01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:20,375 MARTY: I'm flabbergasted. 1424 01:01:20,542 --> 01:01:22,000 We have a half a Roman coin 1425 01:01:22,125 --> 01:01:25,250 verified by experts. 1426 01:01:25,417 --> 01:01:27,333 We have four new coins. 1427 01:01:27,500 --> 01:01:32,083 That's five coins found on this Lot 5 that are all inexplicable. 1428 01:01:32,208 --> 01:01:34,125 So, we're gonna get Sandy Campbell. 1429 01:01:34,208 --> 01:01:37,333 He's been out here before. He's a numismatic expert 1430 01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:41,042 and he is gonna tell us all about these coins. 1431 01:01:41,208 --> 01:01:43,125 You can see by the patina, I mean, 1432 01:01:43,250 --> 01:01:45,083 that's been in circulation a while. 1433 01:01:45,250 --> 01:01:47,958 And, basically, it's just change. 1434 01:01:48,125 --> 01:01:49,125 It's in awfully good shape. 1435 01:01:49,250 --> 01:01:50,667 GARY: Yeah. 1436 01:01:50,833 --> 01:01:51,917 -What a day on Lot 5. -MARTY: Oh, yeah. 1437 01:01:52,083 --> 01:01:53,250 -Bag it and tag it. -GARY: Yep. 1438 01:01:53,417 --> 01:01:54,542 -Call it a day. -GARY: Put it in the bag. 1439 01:01:56,542 --> 01:01:58,125 Wow. 1440 01:01:59,792 --> 01:02:02,417 -Smell that ancientness. -(laughs) 1441 01:02:02,542 --> 01:02:03,833 GARY: That's unbelievable. 1442 01:02:04,042 --> 01:02:05,833 RICK: It's been a really good day. 1443 01:02:07,083 --> 01:02:09,208 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 1444 01:02:10,208 --> 01:02:11,875 Okay, guys. Here we are. 1445 01:02:12,042 --> 01:02:14,417 -I'm quite excited to get down there. -Right. 1446 01:02:14,542 --> 01:02:18,208 NARRATOR: ...in the waters just north of Oak Island 1447 01:02:18,375 --> 01:02:19,792 Alex Lagina 1448 01:02:19,958 --> 01:02:22,208 and Jack Begley join diver Tony Sampson 1449 01:02:22,375 --> 01:02:25,250 and underwater imaging expert Ken Deboer 1450 01:02:25,458 --> 01:02:27,875 to search for clues that might be related 1451 01:02:28,042 --> 01:02:29,792 to a possible buried dam 1452 01:02:29,917 --> 01:02:32,542 near the northern region of the swamp. 1453 01:02:32,708 --> 01:02:35,542 So we're seven to eight feet in the shallows, here. 1454 01:02:35,708 --> 01:02:36,625 ALEX: Okay. 1455 01:02:36,750 --> 01:02:38,500 And we dropped down to about 1456 01:02:38,667 --> 01:02:39,667 -25 out here. -ALEX: Right. 1457 01:02:39,833 --> 01:02:41,417 So that's shallow enough 1458 01:02:41,542 --> 01:02:44,000 that if we're looking well in the past, 1459 01:02:44,208 --> 01:02:45,375 the water level would've been lower. 1460 01:02:45,542 --> 01:02:47,167 So it's, it's plausible that, 1461 01:02:47,375 --> 01:02:49,333 you know, something here may have been on dry land 1462 01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:50,792 -at one point. -Yeah. 1463 01:02:50,917 --> 01:02:51,917 'Cause Fred Nolan thought he had seen evidence 1464 01:02:52,042 --> 01:02:53,750 of a structure on his beach here. 1465 01:02:53,958 --> 01:02:56,167 The one that correlates with Zena Halpern's map. 1466 01:02:56,333 --> 01:02:57,333 Yeah. Exactly. 1467 01:02:57,500 --> 01:02:59,250 And you guys were looking for the dam. 1468 01:02:59,375 --> 01:03:00,250 ALEX: Exactly. 1469 01:03:00,417 --> 01:03:02,208 So it is possible that any evidence 1470 01:03:02,375 --> 01:03:04,833 of that structure might be out here in the water. 1471 01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:07,042 Yeah. Awesome. Okay. 1472 01:03:07,208 --> 01:03:08,750 I can't wait to get on the bottom 1473 01:03:08,917 --> 01:03:10,875 and get my eyes on it. Your eyes will be on it 1474 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:12,333 -with the ROV up here. -JACK: Great. 1475 01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:14,792 So we need to get the ROV in the water, 1476 01:03:14,958 --> 01:03:17,000 and I'm gonna get suited up and go get wet. 1477 01:03:17,208 --> 01:03:19,250 -Let's get started. -Beautiful. 1478 01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:23,458 All right. Here we go. 1479 01:03:23,583 --> 01:03:26,208 NARRATOR: In order to further aid Tony while he investigates 1480 01:03:26,375 --> 01:03:28,167 the possible man-made feature underwater... 1481 01:03:28,333 --> 01:03:31,917 KEN: In she goes. Perfect. 1482 01:03:32,083 --> 01:03:33,500 NARRATOR: ...Ken will utilize 1483 01:03:33,667 --> 01:03:37,167 a tethered, remote-operated vehicle or ROV. 1484 01:03:38,208 --> 01:03:41,125 Equipped with thrusters and a high definition camera, 1485 01:03:41,250 --> 01:03:45,083 the ROV will act as a second set of eyes for the team 1486 01:03:45,208 --> 01:03:47,167 to help direct Tony 1487 01:03:47,292 --> 01:03:49,917 toward any additional targets of interest. 1488 01:03:51,792 --> 01:03:53,958 -ALEX: So, Ken, we'll run a grid? -We're going to run a grid. 1489 01:03:54,125 --> 01:03:55,833 -Okay. -Just go back and forth. 1490 01:03:55,917 --> 01:03:57,917 -We'll follow the diver as well. -Mm-hmm. 1491 01:03:58,042 --> 01:04:00,042 And we'll be in communication with Tony 1492 01:04:00,250 --> 01:04:01,708 -the entire time. -ALEX: Perfect. 1493 01:04:01,875 --> 01:04:03,667 Good luck, Tony. 1494 01:04:10,667 --> 01:04:13,500 -All right. Tony's in the water. -Tony's in the water. 1495 01:04:13,667 --> 01:04:15,417 There you go. 1496 01:04:15,583 --> 01:04:17,833 KEN: All right. 1497 01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:19,333 Ready to rock and roll. 1498 01:04:28,708 --> 01:04:30,000 Surface to diver, 1499 01:04:30,167 --> 01:04:32,625 let us know if you see any signs of a structure 1500 01:04:32,792 --> 01:04:33,667 or anything else. 1501 01:04:33,792 --> 01:04:34,958 Over. 1502 01:04:46,750 --> 01:04:49,208 -KEN: He's got his head into something now. -ALEX: Yeah. 1503 01:04:49,375 --> 01:04:50,625 He's fanning. 1504 01:04:50,792 --> 01:04:53,292 Yeah. Fanning is what we can do. 1505 01:04:53,458 --> 01:04:55,583 Digging is what we cannot do. 1506 01:04:55,708 --> 01:04:59,000 NARRATOR: Although Tony is allowed to scan the seafloor 1507 01:04:59,125 --> 01:05:01,167 with a handheld metal detector, 1508 01:05:01,375 --> 01:05:04,542 provincial regulations prohibit him from removing 1509 01:05:04,750 --> 01:05:06,583 or disturbing artifacts. 1510 01:05:12,042 --> 01:05:14,125 Can you tell if there's any more buried there? 1511 01:05:14,292 --> 01:05:15,458 Over. 1512 01:05:16,500 --> 01:05:19,792 NARRATOR: However, if potential clues or valuables 1513 01:05:19,917 --> 01:05:21,333 are identified, 1514 01:05:21,542 --> 01:05:24,042 the team can apply for a special permit 1515 01:05:24,250 --> 01:05:27,208 to retrieve and further investigate them. 1516 01:05:27,375 --> 01:05:31,375 JACK: Tony's getting a visual on possibly hard-carved wood 1517 01:05:31,542 --> 01:05:34,792 which is actually a really exciting find because... 1518 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,292 we have evidence from Zena's map 1519 01:05:37,417 --> 01:05:41,250 that there's a dam somewhere along the edge of the water 1520 01:05:41,375 --> 01:05:44,167 and that could indicate that people were around 1521 01:05:44,375 --> 01:05:47,792 that north edge of the swamp doing something. 1522 01:05:52,708 --> 01:05:54,583 Copy. How big? 1523 01:05:58,042 --> 01:05:59,708 ALEX: Copy. 1524 01:05:59,875 --> 01:06:01,500 So that sounds like, I don't know, 1525 01:06:01,708 --> 01:06:02,708 a little piece of plank. 1526 01:06:05,208 --> 01:06:06,500 I don't know what to make of it. 1527 01:06:06,583 --> 01:06:07,708 KEN: Yeah. 1528 01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:14,375 Copy. Keep us posted. Over. 1529 01:06:16,375 --> 01:06:19,125 -KEN: We're going shallower. -ALEX: Yeah. 1530 01:06:20,125 --> 01:06:22,000 Tony's heading towards a boulder there. 1531 01:06:22,208 --> 01:06:23,833 You can see him. 1532 01:06:30,458 --> 01:06:31,833 He's going right straight for whatever that is. 1533 01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:33,208 What's that? 1534 01:06:35,833 --> 01:06:37,333 He's getting right down into it. 1535 01:06:37,542 --> 01:06:38,625 ALEX: Mm-hmm. 1536 01:06:49,417 --> 01:06:51,542 We found a fair amount of pottery recently 1537 01:06:51,708 --> 01:06:53,042 just from Lot 5. 1538 01:06:53,208 --> 01:06:54,875 -Maybe it's comparable. -Right. 1539 01:06:55,083 --> 01:06:56,333 NARRATOR: Is it possible 1540 01:06:56,458 --> 01:06:58,375 that the artifacts Tony has found 1541 01:06:58,542 --> 01:07:00,958 are related to some of the discoveries made 1542 01:07:01,083 --> 01:07:05,042 in the last year within the two stone features on Lot 5? 1543 01:07:05,208 --> 01:07:07,708 Artifacts that may date back 1544 01:07:07,875 --> 01:07:11,000 to as early as the 17th century? 1545 01:07:11,125 --> 01:07:12,542 ALEX: After we get this pottery, 1546 01:07:12,708 --> 01:07:14,708 I'm thinking there's two possibilities here-- 1547 01:07:14,875 --> 01:07:17,625 One is that the rocks have trapped this stuff here. 1548 01:07:17,792 --> 01:07:20,708 And the other is that it's sort of a deposit. 1549 01:07:20,833 --> 01:07:23,250 There's got to be a source for these things. 1550 01:07:23,417 --> 01:07:25,333 Hey, Tony, we'd love to see 1551 01:07:25,542 --> 01:07:27,875 if there's any other artifacts surrounding this boulder. 1552 01:07:28,042 --> 01:07:29,333 Over. 1553 01:07:31,208 --> 01:07:33,042 Those are some big boulders. 1554 01:07:33,208 --> 01:07:34,417 KEN: Yeah. 1555 01:07:35,292 --> 01:07:37,417 (detector whirring) 1556 01:07:42,792 --> 01:07:43,958 JACK: All right. 1557 01:07:44,083 --> 01:07:45,250 -There you go. -KEN: Wow. 1558 01:07:52,333 --> 01:07:53,417 -JACK: All right. -KEN: Wow. 1559 01:07:53,625 --> 01:07:55,542 That's incredible, Tony. That's awesome. 1560 01:07:55,708 --> 01:07:58,042 NARRATOR: After finding pottery 1561 01:07:58,208 --> 01:08:00,292 and other artifacts in the waters just north 1562 01:08:00,500 --> 01:08:02,667 of the Oak Island swamp... 1563 01:08:02,833 --> 01:08:04,042 Keep us posted. Over. 1564 01:08:04,208 --> 01:08:05,750 NARRATOR: ...diver Tony Sampson 1565 01:08:05,875 --> 01:08:09,708 has identified a potentially valuable clue. 1566 01:08:24,333 --> 01:08:26,542 NARRATOR: A possible coin? 1567 01:08:26,708 --> 01:08:29,292 Until the team can present their evidence 1568 01:08:29,417 --> 01:08:31,542 to the provincial government and hopefully obtain 1569 01:08:31,750 --> 01:08:34,250 a special permit to remove and examine it, 1570 01:08:34,417 --> 01:08:38,667 unfortunately, this potentially valuable discovery 1571 01:08:38,833 --> 01:08:41,583 will have to remain on the ocean floor. 1572 01:08:45,292 --> 01:08:47,333 Copy that, Tony. We'll see you on the boat soon. 1573 01:08:47,542 --> 01:08:48,458 Over. 1574 01:08:48,583 --> 01:08:49,583 All right. 1575 01:08:49,708 --> 01:08:51,000 I'd say that was a successful dive. 1576 01:08:51,208 --> 01:08:52,333 Very. 1577 01:08:53,500 --> 01:08:55,667 TONY: What makes these artifacts interesting 1578 01:08:55,792 --> 01:08:57,000 is they're similar to the artifacts 1579 01:08:57,208 --> 01:08:58,208 that they're finding on land. 1580 01:08:58,375 --> 01:09:00,292 So either they came in on a ship 1581 01:09:00,417 --> 01:09:02,083 or maybe it's part of a shipwreck 1582 01:09:02,250 --> 01:09:03,750 that was blowing up onshore. 1583 01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:07,333 Wow. That was cool. 1584 01:09:07,500 --> 01:09:09,875 Or maybe, it was from people that were 1585 01:09:10,042 --> 01:09:11,417 on the island itself. 1586 01:09:11,583 --> 01:09:14,042 All right, Tony. That was pretty exciting. 1587 01:09:14,208 --> 01:09:16,500 That was a fantastic dive, buddy. 1588 01:09:16,708 --> 01:09:18,000 What about that metal detector hit? 1589 01:09:18,167 --> 01:09:19,958 -What was it? -So that was a disc. 1590 01:09:20,083 --> 01:09:22,167 Like a coin with a hole in it. 1591 01:09:22,375 --> 01:09:23,417 -No kidding. -Yeah. 1592 01:09:23,625 --> 01:09:24,333 Initially, 1593 01:09:24,542 --> 01:09:26,333 I thought it was one of those 1594 01:09:26,542 --> 01:09:28,083 Chinese-style coins. 1595 01:09:28,250 --> 01:09:29,583 -Really? -I'm not sure. 1596 01:09:29,750 --> 01:09:31,583 -Or something like that? -Something like that. 1597 01:09:31,750 --> 01:09:34,958 Just right up on that hill is where Gary and I found 1598 01:09:35,125 --> 01:09:36,667 an actual Chinese coin, 1599 01:09:36,792 --> 01:09:39,917 and that dated back to possibly BC. 1600 01:09:41,292 --> 01:09:43,792 -Ooh! -Oh! No way. 1601 01:09:43,958 --> 01:09:46,208 That's an old coin. 1602 01:09:46,375 --> 01:09:48,375 GARY: And it's got that square hole in it, mate. 1603 01:09:48,542 --> 01:09:50,750 NARRATOR: In 2020, 1604 01:09:50,958 --> 01:09:53,167 while searching between the swamp and the Money Pit 1605 01:09:53,375 --> 01:09:54,833 on Lot 15, 1606 01:09:55,042 --> 01:09:57,250 Jack and Gary unearthed a coin 1607 01:09:57,417 --> 01:09:59,750 that, according to numismatist Sandy Campbell, 1608 01:09:59,917 --> 01:10:04,833 is of Chinese origin and more than 1,000 years old. 1609 01:10:04,917 --> 01:10:08,292 Is it possible that Tony Sampson has just found 1610 01:10:08,500 --> 01:10:11,125 the same type of coin in the waters 1611 01:10:11,292 --> 01:10:12,958 just north of the Oak Island swamp? 1612 01:10:13,125 --> 01:10:14,667 If so, 1613 01:10:14,792 --> 01:10:18,458 could it and other items he has discovered today, 1614 01:10:18,583 --> 01:10:21,417 actually be related to an ancient dam feature 1615 01:10:21,583 --> 01:10:23,458 that is believed to have been constructed 1616 01:10:23,583 --> 01:10:25,417 in order to help create the swamp 1617 01:10:25,583 --> 01:10:28,333 more than 700 years ago? 1618 01:10:28,458 --> 01:10:31,000 Well, I was excited before about the pottery 1619 01:10:31,167 --> 01:10:33,125 but, I mean, pipe stems and maybe even 1620 01:10:33,292 --> 01:10:35,000 -a coin or something. -TONY: Yeah. 1621 01:10:35,125 --> 01:10:36,375 -Now I'm really excited. -TONY: Yep. 1622 01:10:36,542 --> 01:10:38,167 ALEX: One thing I know it is for sure 1623 01:10:38,292 --> 01:10:40,792 is a concentration of artifacts underwater. 1624 01:10:40,958 --> 01:10:42,458 It might be enough to get 1625 01:10:42,667 --> 01:10:44,167 some kind of a permit to do further investigation here. 1626 01:10:44,333 --> 01:10:45,458 -Right. -ALEX: That's what I'm thinking. 1627 01:10:45,667 --> 01:10:47,417 RICK: They're great finds. 1628 01:10:47,625 --> 01:10:49,833 I think the next step would have to be 1629 01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:51,292 to get a proper permit 1630 01:10:51,500 --> 01:10:54,542 for actually retrieving some of these items. 1631 01:10:54,708 --> 01:10:57,500 We may be able to understand why they're there 1632 01:10:57,667 --> 01:11:00,250 and if they are connected to Fred's wall 1633 01:11:00,417 --> 01:11:02,542 in the north end of the bog. 1634 01:11:03,542 --> 01:11:05,833 This area needs a lot more investigation. 1635 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:07,042 Yeah. Nice job, Tony. 1636 01:11:07,208 --> 01:11:07,875 -Well done. -TONY: Thanks, my friend. 1637 01:11:08,083 --> 01:11:09,375 JACK: Yeah. 1638 01:11:10,500 --> 01:11:12,750 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 1639 01:11:14,375 --> 01:11:16,000 TERRY: This is it. This is the run. 1640 01:11:16,167 --> 01:11:18,042 88 to 98's gonna do it. 1641 01:11:18,208 --> 01:11:19,500 ALEX: This could be the one. 1642 01:11:19,708 --> 01:11:21,167 NARRATOR: ...in the Money Pit area, 1643 01:11:21,292 --> 01:11:23,333 Alex Lagina has joined Craig Tester 1644 01:11:23,542 --> 01:11:26,458 and other members of the team 1645 01:11:26,667 --> 01:11:29,417 as the drilling operation in borehole DN-12 1646 01:11:29,625 --> 01:11:31,833 is approaching the depth where they hope 1647 01:11:32,042 --> 01:11:34,292 to once again encounter an eight-foot void 1648 01:11:34,500 --> 01:11:37,583 and, hopefully, the legendary treasure. 1649 01:11:37,708 --> 01:11:39,375 -How deep are we? -88. 1650 01:11:39,542 --> 01:11:40,792 STEVE: They're on something. 1651 01:11:45,125 --> 01:11:46,750 There it is. 1652 01:11:48,167 --> 01:11:49,917 That's the bottom of the run. 1653 01:11:52,542 --> 01:11:54,083 -What you got, Mike? -MIKE: 101. 1654 01:11:54,208 --> 01:11:55,333 101, that's what I thought. 1655 01:11:55,458 --> 01:11:56,917 Three feet under. There you go. 1656 01:12:01,250 --> 01:12:03,708 That looks fairly soft there, Terry. 1657 01:12:03,875 --> 01:12:06,000 -TERRY: It's softish. Yeah. -MARTY: The base of it though. 1658 01:12:06,167 --> 01:12:09,083 -Right? That's the bottom? -Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 1659 01:12:09,208 --> 01:12:10,042 CHARLES: Here's the top. 1660 01:12:10,208 --> 01:12:11,500 Thank you. 1661 01:12:11,625 --> 01:12:13,417 All right. Bring her in. 1662 01:12:17,708 --> 01:12:18,792 MARTY: Is there wood there? 1663 01:12:18,958 --> 01:12:20,667 CHARLES: Feels like something there. 1664 01:12:23,500 --> 01:12:24,583 CHARLES: That's wood. 1665 01:12:25,875 --> 01:12:28,042 -SCOTT: Bingo. -ALEX: There's wood. 1666 01:12:28,208 --> 01:12:30,125 -STEVE: Oh, good. -TERRY: Wood up here, too. 1667 01:12:30,292 --> 01:12:31,917 CHARLES: Yeah. 1668 01:12:32,083 --> 01:12:33,417 TERRY: It's a fairly significant beam, yeah. 1669 01:12:33,542 --> 01:12:36,000 It's very close to 97 and a half, 1670 01:12:36,167 --> 01:12:37,417 right about there. 1671 01:12:37,542 --> 01:12:39,250 That's where we want to be for this hole. 1672 01:12:39,417 --> 01:12:40,833 TERRY: Yep. 1673 01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:43,292 I have a question, is this our tunnel 1674 01:12:43,417 --> 01:12:44,750 or is this, is this the chamber? 1675 01:12:44,917 --> 01:12:46,625 I don't know because we can't see the top. 1676 01:12:46,792 --> 01:12:49,875 But I'd say there's enough loose material, 1677 01:12:50,042 --> 01:12:51,542 so it's a chamber. 1678 01:12:51,708 --> 01:12:53,375 -Chamber? -MARTY: I'd say. 1679 01:12:53,542 --> 01:12:54,875 TERRY: Yep. 1680 01:12:56,458 --> 01:13:00,583 MARTY: Lo and behold, we do hit wood in DN-12 at about 97 feet, 1681 01:13:00,750 --> 01:13:04,208 which is very close to exactly where we hit wood before 1682 01:13:04,417 --> 01:13:06,083 in the Baby Blob that we interpreted to be 1683 01:13:06,292 --> 01:13:07,750 a chamber or vault. 1684 01:13:07,875 --> 01:13:11,333 We're clearly into a collapsed chamber of some sort. 1685 01:13:11,500 --> 01:13:13,125 So we hit what we wanted to hit. 1686 01:13:14,500 --> 01:13:16,250 We'll want a bunch of samples of this. 1687 01:13:16,375 --> 01:13:17,417 We test the metals. 1688 01:13:17,542 --> 01:13:20,625 If it tests high enough, this is it. 1689 01:13:20,792 --> 01:13:21,958 Yeah. 1690 01:13:22,083 --> 01:13:23,500 Yay! 1691 01:13:23,667 --> 01:13:25,792 This is a success from a technical standpoint. 1692 01:13:25,958 --> 01:13:26,958 It worked. 1693 01:13:27,125 --> 01:13:27,958 TERRY: No question. 1694 01:13:28,125 --> 01:13:29,667 So let's see what it says. 1695 01:13:29,875 --> 01:13:32,667 ALEX: It's gonna tell us a lot, one way or the other. 1696 01:13:32,833 --> 01:13:35,667 NARRATOR: Following the potentially historic discovery 1697 01:13:35,792 --> 01:13:37,875 in the Money Pit area... 1698 01:13:38,958 --> 01:13:40,208 MARTY: Hey, Gary. Laird. 1699 01:13:40,417 --> 01:13:42,000 -Marty. -Hey, guys. 1700 01:13:42,208 --> 01:13:43,667 -Hey, guys. -We have Sandy Campbell with us today. 1701 01:13:43,833 --> 01:13:45,833 Hey, Sandy. How's it going? 1702 01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:47,625 -Good. -Lots of work for you. 1703 01:13:47,792 --> 01:13:49,500 Yeah. That's what I hear. 1704 01:13:49,625 --> 01:13:51,500 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty and Craig Tester 1705 01:13:51,708 --> 01:13:53,667 accompany numismatist 1706 01:13:53,875 --> 01:13:55,792 Sandy Campbell to meet with Gary Drayton 1707 01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:59,208 and Laird Niven in the Interpretive Centre. 1708 01:13:59,375 --> 01:14:01,208 With Sandy's 40 years of experience 1709 01:14:01,375 --> 01:14:04,375 analyzing rare and ancient coins, 1710 01:14:04,542 --> 01:14:06,583 it is the team's hope that he can determine 1711 01:14:06,792 --> 01:14:09,333 the origin of the four mysterious coins 1712 01:14:09,542 --> 01:14:12,417 discovered earlier this week on Lot 5. 1713 01:14:12,583 --> 01:14:15,833 We had a heck of a week on Oak Island. 1714 01:14:15,958 --> 01:14:17,792 -(Marty chuckles) -Let's have a look. 1715 01:14:20,125 --> 01:14:21,667 It's interesting. 1716 01:14:31,542 --> 01:14:34,750 (mutters quietly) 1717 01:14:34,917 --> 01:14:40,250 This design goes back to the 1500s, 16th century. 1718 01:14:42,208 --> 01:14:44,333 RICK: Which cultures are you referencing? 1719 01:14:44,458 --> 01:14:46,333 SANDY: British. This is Tudor period. 1720 01:14:46,458 --> 01:14:48,500 It's very obvious 1721 01:14:48,667 --> 01:14:50,417 that that's a portcullis on there. 1722 01:14:50,583 --> 01:14:54,333 And it's used even today on modern British coins. 1723 01:14:55,458 --> 01:14:57,625 NARRATOR: Between the 5th and 15th centuries, 1724 01:14:57,750 --> 01:14:59,625 heavy iron gates 1725 01:14:59,750 --> 01:15:02,667 known as portcullises were used to protect castles 1726 01:15:02,792 --> 01:15:04,417 and fortifications 1727 01:15:04,583 --> 01:15:07,000 across Europe from invading armies. 1728 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,917 Beginning in the late 15th century, 1729 01:15:10,083 --> 01:15:13,083 the portcullis was incorporated into the design 1730 01:15:13,250 --> 01:15:17,083 of English coinage to symbolize strength and resilience. 1731 01:15:17,250 --> 01:15:21,500 Is it possible that this coin is related to the other 1732 01:15:21,667 --> 01:15:24,583 English artifacts recently found on Lot 5, 1733 01:15:24,750 --> 01:15:27,583 such as those potentially connected 1734 01:15:27,750 --> 01:15:30,375 to Sir William Phips who is believed by some 1735 01:15:30,583 --> 01:15:33,958 to have buried a large cache of silver in the Money Pit? 1736 01:15:35,333 --> 01:15:39,667 SANDY: That's a, you know, Tudor monarch period item. 1737 01:15:39,875 --> 01:15:42,833 I'm gonna have to try and do a little more research. 1738 01:15:42,958 --> 01:15:44,500 Well, that wasn't the only coin, mate. 1739 01:15:44,708 --> 01:15:46,792 We have been roaming around on Lot 5 1740 01:15:46,958 --> 01:15:49,000 and we've got another 1741 01:15:49,208 --> 01:15:51,667 little bobby-dazzler of a coin to show you, mate. 1742 01:15:51,750 --> 01:15:53,417 You are leading the witness, Counselor. 1743 01:15:53,542 --> 01:15:55,625 Oh. (laughs) 1744 01:16:05,708 --> 01:16:07,083 That's pretty obvious. 1745 01:16:07,250 --> 01:16:08,375 MARTY: Okay. 1746 01:16:08,542 --> 01:16:10,250 SANDY: Well, this here you can see 1747 01:16:10,417 --> 01:16:12,917 the pretty common design, 1748 01:16:16,792 --> 01:16:18,083 SANDY: That's pretty obvious. 1749 01:16:18,250 --> 01:16:20,083 NARRATOR: In the Interpretive Centre... 1750 01:16:20,250 --> 01:16:22,333 SANDY: Well, this here you can see 1751 01:16:22,542 --> 01:16:25,208 the pretty common design, 1752 01:16:25,375 --> 01:16:27,042 a Roman coin. 1753 01:16:27,208 --> 01:16:28,875 -(Marty laughs) -Roman, baby! 1754 01:16:29,042 --> 01:16:30,667 -MARTY: Is it? -I knew it. 1755 01:16:30,833 --> 01:16:32,167 NARRATOR: ...numismatist Sandy Campbell 1756 01:16:32,375 --> 01:16:35,125 has just confirmed that the Oak Island team 1757 01:16:35,292 --> 01:16:38,833 has found another Roman coin on Lot 5. 1758 01:16:39,042 --> 01:16:40,583 What is it? You said it was obvious. What? 1759 01:16:40,750 --> 01:16:42,083 What does that mean? 1760 01:16:42,208 --> 01:16:46,208 It's-it's a Roman coin from probably... 1761 01:16:47,417 --> 01:16:49,167 ...between 100 and 300 AD, 1762 01:16:49,292 --> 01:16:51,458 -if I'm allowed to use AD. -RICK: Wow. 1763 01:16:51,625 --> 01:16:53,083 My new best friend. 1764 01:16:55,583 --> 01:16:57,125 NARRATOR: Over the past year 1765 01:16:57,292 --> 01:17:00,167 this is the second coin found on Lot 5 1766 01:17:00,333 --> 01:17:04,125 that has been verified to be more than 1,000 years old 1767 01:17:04,292 --> 01:17:06,208 and of Roman origin. 1768 01:17:06,417 --> 01:17:10,292 The questions now are when were they brought to Oak Island? 1769 01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:12,792 And who brought them here? 1770 01:17:12,958 --> 01:17:14,792 MARTY: Had somebody told me 1771 01:17:14,958 --> 01:17:16,833 that we would find this here, I would have said no. 1772 01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:18,833 "No, we're not gonna find Roman coins here." 1773 01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:21,542 No. No, but here we are with number two. 1774 01:17:21,708 --> 01:17:23,167 MARTY: Right. 1775 01:17:23,333 --> 01:17:26,458 But you are quite definitive about 100 to 300 AD? 1776 01:17:26,625 --> 01:17:27,625 Yeah. Yeah. 1777 01:17:27,792 --> 01:17:29,708 Well, this is all great, mate. 1778 01:17:29,917 --> 01:17:32,542 But we got some more candy for Sandy, mate. 1779 01:17:32,708 --> 01:17:34,292 We got more coins. 1780 01:17:34,458 --> 01:17:37,083 Sandy, I have the honor of being the one who dug this coin up. 1781 01:17:37,208 --> 01:17:40,833 Of course, Gary found it and that is unique because 1782 01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:42,750 I never find anything. 1783 01:17:43,792 --> 01:17:47,333 SANDY: Well, it's... it's interesting. 1784 01:17:47,500 --> 01:17:51,708 I'm seeing things that appear to be design. 1785 01:17:51,833 --> 01:17:54,292 But nothing that's giving me 1786 01:17:54,458 --> 01:17:56,417 feedback where I can identify. 1787 01:17:56,583 --> 01:17:57,958 What could that be? 1788 01:17:58,125 --> 01:18:00,667 -It could be Indian. -MARTY: Indian like India? 1789 01:18:00,750 --> 01:18:02,167 India. Yeah. You know, like 1790 01:18:02,333 --> 01:18:05,000 6th, 7th, 8th century type thing. 1791 01:18:05,208 --> 01:18:07,833 -Sheesh. -That's a box we haven't ticked off yet. 1792 01:18:08,042 --> 01:18:10,167 -Yeah. -Yeah. 1793 01:18:10,375 --> 01:18:13,708 MARTY: We've found English coins. We've found Spanish coins. 1794 01:18:13,875 --> 01:18:17,917 Now, we've found an Indian coin. We've found a Chinese coin. 1795 01:18:18,083 --> 01:18:23,333 Who gathers all these weird non-associated coins? 1796 01:18:23,500 --> 01:18:25,000 I'm just trying to make sense 1797 01:18:25,208 --> 01:18:29,042 out of something that doesn't appear to make sense. 1798 01:18:29,208 --> 01:18:32,833 We've got another little coin to show you. 1799 01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:35,167 -I hope that one's just as interesting. -Yep. 1800 01:18:35,375 --> 01:18:36,458 Very tiny. 1801 01:18:38,750 --> 01:18:42,750 Like, the detail for this type of coin is quite pronounced. 1802 01:18:42,917 --> 01:18:44,000 -It is? -SANDY: Yeah. 1803 01:18:44,167 --> 01:18:46,958 This is a clearly Roman design. 1804 01:18:47,125 --> 01:18:49,250 So, it is a Roman coin? 1805 01:18:49,417 --> 01:18:50,833 Absolutely, yeah. 1806 01:18:52,083 --> 01:18:54,000 -Two for two. -Brilliant. 1807 01:18:54,167 --> 01:18:55,625 Remember when we were out there, high-fiving? 1808 01:18:55,750 --> 01:18:57,875 -Yeah. Yeah. -RICK: Now we know why. 1809 01:18:58,042 --> 01:18:59,208 What do you see on there? 1810 01:18:59,375 --> 01:19:02,250 I-I think this is a male portrait. 1811 01:19:02,417 --> 01:19:06,917 You got more of a pointed chin, bigger nose. 1812 01:19:07,083 --> 01:19:09,167 And then on the, on the reverse, 1813 01:19:09,292 --> 01:19:12,542 you got two, two conjoined people here, I think. 1814 01:19:12,708 --> 01:19:15,167 You know, this is probably, 1815 01:19:15,375 --> 01:19:16,667 you know, BC. 1816 01:19:16,792 --> 01:19:18,833 Holy smokes. 1817 01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:20,667 Is this 100%, Sandy? 1818 01:19:20,833 --> 01:19:22,500 It's 100%. 1819 01:19:23,708 --> 01:19:25,250 Absolutely incredible. 1820 01:19:25,417 --> 01:19:28,292 So this could be the oldest coin ever found on Oak Island. 1821 01:19:28,458 --> 01:19:32,167 To unearth this is pretty remarkable. 1822 01:19:32,333 --> 01:19:36,250 You know, the design is very pronounced on a coin 1823 01:19:36,417 --> 01:19:39,000 that's more than 2,000 years old. 1824 01:19:39,125 --> 01:19:40,417 MARTY: The puzzlement grows. 1825 01:19:40,583 --> 01:19:43,167 Three Roman coins found on Oak Island. 1826 01:19:43,292 --> 01:19:46,167 It's possible that if there's an ancient treasure, 1827 01:19:46,292 --> 01:19:49,333 it would have ancient things in it, 1828 01:19:49,542 --> 01:19:52,458 including perhaps a component of Roman coins. 1829 01:19:52,667 --> 01:19:53,917 You have to keep an open mind 1830 01:19:54,083 --> 01:19:56,542 because "facts," as Winston Churchill said, 1831 01:19:56,708 --> 01:19:57,708 "are stubborn things." 1832 01:19:57,875 --> 01:19:59,042 Here's a fact-- 1833 01:19:59,208 --> 01:20:00,542 we found those coins on Oak Island. 1834 01:20:00,708 --> 01:20:02,000 That's a fact. 1835 01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:05,833 I've always believed there was a plan 1836 01:20:06,042 --> 01:20:08,542 properly executed over, 1837 01:20:08,708 --> 01:20:09,917 perhaps generationally, 1838 01:20:10,125 --> 01:20:11,667 perhaps over decades or centuries. 1839 01:20:11,875 --> 01:20:14,000 It was that important. 1840 01:20:14,167 --> 01:20:18,708 Look, I'm a big proponent of Zena's research, right? 1841 01:20:18,875 --> 01:20:20,208 That there was 1842 01:20:20,333 --> 01:20:22,083 transatlantic voyages to the New World 1843 01:20:22,208 --> 01:20:24,458 long before it's accepted. 1844 01:20:24,625 --> 01:20:26,500 NARRATOR: In 2016, 1845 01:20:26,708 --> 01:20:28,250 when Zena Halpern gave the team 1846 01:20:28,417 --> 01:20:31,125 a reported 14th century map of Oak Island 1847 01:20:31,292 --> 01:20:33,042 that she believed to have been created 1848 01:20:33,208 --> 01:20:35,208 by members of the Knights Templar, 1849 01:20:35,417 --> 01:20:38,500 she also shared a second believed Templar map 1850 01:20:38,708 --> 01:20:42,500 of Nova Scotia dating back to the 12th century. 1851 01:20:42,708 --> 01:20:45,375 Since then, Rick, Marty 1852 01:20:45,542 --> 01:20:47,000 and members of the team 1853 01:20:47,208 --> 01:20:49,542 have visited numerous sites around Europe 1854 01:20:49,708 --> 01:20:53,167 that served as strongholds for the Knights Templar 1855 01:20:53,333 --> 01:20:55,583 between the 12th and 16th centuries... 1856 01:20:55,750 --> 01:20:57,250 Whoa. 1857 01:20:57,375 --> 01:20:59,375 NARRATOR: ...including in England... 1858 01:20:59,542 --> 01:21:04,917 Up there, on one of the bricks is literally carved "1347." 1859 01:21:05,083 --> 01:21:06,375 NARRATOR: ...Portugal... 1860 01:21:06,542 --> 01:21:09,208 It looks a lot more similar to what we have. 1861 01:21:09,375 --> 01:21:10,792 -That's for sure. -ALEX: Yeah. 1862 01:21:10,917 --> 01:21:12,250 NARRATOR: ...and Italy 1863 01:21:12,375 --> 01:21:14,833 that were also once part of the Roman Empire. 1864 01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:17,042 We have seen this symbol before. 1865 01:21:17,208 --> 01:21:19,167 -RICK: H+O Stone. -PETER: Yeah. 1866 01:21:19,333 --> 01:21:21,125 -ALEX: Right there. -RICK: It's perfect. 1867 01:21:21,333 --> 01:21:22,875 NARRATOR: And in each of these locations 1868 01:21:23,042 --> 01:21:24,333 they have seen carvings 1869 01:21:24,500 --> 01:21:26,667 and structures similar to those 1870 01:21:26,875 --> 01:21:29,000 that have been found on Oak Island. 1871 01:21:29,208 --> 01:21:31,542 Could Rick Lagina be correct 1872 01:21:31,708 --> 01:21:35,333 that the ancient Roman coins unearthed on Lot 5 1873 01:21:35,542 --> 01:21:39,292 and the mysterious structures found all around the island 1874 01:21:39,417 --> 01:21:42,292 offer evidence that Zena Halpern discovered 1875 01:21:42,417 --> 01:21:45,667 the true origin of the Oak Island mystery? 1876 01:21:45,875 --> 01:21:47,042 GARY: What this tells me is 1877 01:21:47,167 --> 01:21:49,167 there's a heck of a lot 1878 01:21:49,250 --> 01:21:51,000 of stories going on, on this island, 1879 01:21:51,167 --> 01:21:54,917 from a long time ago. 1880 01:21:55,042 --> 01:21:57,958 I concur. We've got to prove it. 1881 01:21:58,125 --> 01:21:59,917 Let's be metal detectives. 1882 01:22:00,083 --> 01:22:01,833 -GARY: Get back to Lot 5. -Yeah. Metal detectives. 1883 01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:03,625 Let's get going. 1884 01:22:05,333 --> 01:22:08,625 NARRATOR: A new year of searching has just begun 1885 01:22:08,750 --> 01:22:11,792 for Rick, Marty and their team. 1886 01:22:12,792 --> 01:22:16,500 And already, they have made discoveries on Oak Island 1887 01:22:16,667 --> 01:22:20,333 and in the surrounding waters that suggest 1888 01:22:20,542 --> 01:22:24,333 this 228-year-old mystery is more complex 1889 01:22:24,458 --> 01:22:28,583 and profound than anyone could have ever imagined. 1890 01:22:29,875 --> 01:22:32,792 As the research, expert analysis 1891 01:22:32,958 --> 01:22:36,417 and digging continues, will they be able to shatter 1892 01:22:36,542 --> 01:22:40,833 the protective barrier of a deadly curse 1893 01:22:41,042 --> 01:22:45,500 and finally recover a treasure 1894 01:22:45,625 --> 01:22:50,042 that could rewrite North American history? 1895 01:22:51,042 --> 01:22:53,042 This season on The Curse of Oak Island... 1896 01:22:53,208 --> 01:22:55,000 MARTY: This is the year. 1897 01:22:55,208 --> 01:22:56,958 There could be some actual treasure just below us. 1898 01:22:57,167 --> 01:22:58,375 RICK: You have to follow the clues 1899 01:22:58,500 --> 01:22:59,667 -where they lead. -MARTY: Let's go! 1900 01:22:59,833 --> 01:23:00,667 Let's go deep. 1901 01:23:00,833 --> 01:23:02,125 We're very close 1902 01:23:02,292 --> 01:23:03,625 -to what we're trying to find. -Right. 1903 01:23:03,792 --> 01:23:06,167 We need to get to the bottom of the Garden Shaft. 1904 01:23:06,375 --> 01:23:08,083 ROGER: We pushed a hole and there's a long void in there. 1905 01:23:08,250 --> 01:23:10,792 MARTY: It could be the offset chamber that we seek. 1906 01:23:10,958 --> 01:23:13,000 -TERRY: There it is, guys. -Seven or eight-foot tunnel. 1907 01:23:13,167 --> 01:23:14,583 This one is a mystery tunnel. 1908 01:23:14,750 --> 01:23:16,958 RICK: We found a structure in the swamp. 1909 01:23:17,042 --> 01:23:18,292 GARY: Look at that! 1910 01:23:18,458 --> 01:23:19,542 HELEN: It's the first time in 40 years 1911 01:23:19,708 --> 01:23:20,917 of fieldwork I've seen something like this 1912 01:23:21,083 --> 01:23:22,667 buried. 1913 01:23:22,833 --> 01:23:24,500 MARTY: The results of the muon technology are in. 1914 01:23:24,667 --> 01:23:25,417 What we're seeing is 1915 01:23:25,583 --> 01:23:27,458 high-density anomaly 230 feet 1916 01:23:27,625 --> 01:23:29,125 below the surface of the Money Pit. 1917 01:23:29,250 --> 01:23:31,000 We think it's Aladdin's Cave. 1918 01:23:31,208 --> 01:23:32,958 MATT L.: There is wood in that void. 1919 01:23:33,083 --> 01:23:35,500 MARTY: It could be a man-made structure. 1920 01:23:35,667 --> 01:23:37,250 That makes the cave even that much more important. 1921 01:23:37,375 --> 01:23:38,292 MARTY: We are not leaving this island 1922 01:23:38,458 --> 01:23:39,417 without having a go 1923 01:23:39,542 --> 01:23:40,875 at this Aladdin's Cave. 1924 01:23:41,042 --> 01:23:42,250 I want to know what this thing is. 1925 01:23:42,417 --> 01:23:43,667 GARY: This year, we could get down there 1926 01:23:43,833 --> 01:23:46,042 and actually hold shiny gold things in our hand. 1927 01:23:46,208 --> 01:23:47,167 ♪ ♪ 1928 01:23:47,292 --> 01:23:48,500 (whooping) 1929 01:23:48,667 --> 01:23:51,167 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS