1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,375 NARRATOR: Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:06,167 STEVE: We're coming in to the cavity now. 3 00:00:06,333 --> 00:00:08,417 -There's a linear feature right there. -ALEX: Whoa! 4 00:00:08,583 --> 00:00:09,500 It looks like a hallway or a tunnel. 5 00:00:09,667 --> 00:00:11,125 Wow. 6 00:00:11,208 --> 00:00:12,833 MOYA: Helen, I think I found something. 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,125 That indicates marine activity. 8 00:00:15,292 --> 00:00:16,708 Yeah, it's really interesting. 9 00:00:16,875 --> 00:00:19,583 Do you have any idea what that is? 10 00:00:20,667 --> 00:00:21,667 What? 11 00:00:21,875 --> 00:00:22,833 ROGER: I tapped into a cavern 12 00:00:23,042 --> 00:00:24,417 from the side of my shaft. 13 00:00:24,583 --> 00:00:26,500 RICK: This could be an offset chamber. 14 00:00:26,708 --> 00:00:28,125 Yeah. 15 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,375 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,042 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:50,417 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:24,542 --> 00:01:26,167 STEVE: Look at the water coming in. 29 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,000 ROGER: Yeah, that's quite a bit. 30 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:30,083 MARTY: Here's the water. 31 00:01:30,208 --> 00:01:32,292 NARRATOR: A new day has arrived on Oak Island 32 00:01:32,417 --> 00:01:34,542 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 33 00:01:34,750 --> 00:01:37,458 -and their team. -Where's that coming from, Roger? 34 00:01:37,625 --> 00:01:39,167 Right now, it's coming from the walls, 35 00:01:39,375 --> 00:01:41,333 so it's coming down between our tight lining. 36 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:43,042 -MARTY: Is that the bottom? -Yeah, and it's just referring 37 00:01:43,208 --> 00:01:44,167 right back to the bottom. 38 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:46,417 NARRATOR: But unlike most 39 00:01:46,583 --> 00:01:49,000 that begin with new search activities in the hopes 40 00:01:49,167 --> 00:01:52,792 of solving a 228-year-old treasure mystery, 41 00:01:52,917 --> 00:01:56,500 today, they must first contend with a sobering setback 42 00:01:56,667 --> 00:01:58,417 in the Money Pit area. 43 00:01:58,583 --> 00:02:02,167 ROGER: We were all talking about all this water. 44 00:02:02,292 --> 00:02:04,792 Like, I know we had tons of rain and-and it sure didn't help. 45 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,667 We just found it excessive. 46 00:02:06,875 --> 00:02:08,833 -Yeah, I would be concerned about it. -ROGER: Yeah. 47 00:02:11,583 --> 00:02:13,875 NARRATOR: Following a recent torrential rainstorm, 48 00:02:14,042 --> 00:02:16,833 which battered the southern region of Nova Scotia, 49 00:02:17,042 --> 00:02:20,875 something that may not be related to Mother Nature, 50 00:02:21,042 --> 00:02:22,833 triggered a constant flow of water 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,167 to enter the Garden Shaft at a depth of some 66 feet. 52 00:02:27,375 --> 00:02:30,333 30 feet of water didn't fall in that area. 53 00:02:30,542 --> 00:02:31,875 -No. -Only ten inches did. 54 00:02:32,042 --> 00:02:34,000 -That's right. -Is that deep enough 55 00:02:34,208 --> 00:02:35,833 to be the flood tunnel? 56 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:40,500 NARRATOR: Whether or not the source of the water 57 00:02:40,625 --> 00:02:43,583 is related to one of the legendary flood tunnels 58 00:02:43,750 --> 00:02:46,708 that have plagued searchers for more than two centuries, 59 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:49,833 it has halted the team's current operation 60 00:02:50,042 --> 00:02:51,500 to deepen the Garden Shaft 61 00:02:51,667 --> 00:02:54,708 beyond its current depth of 87 feet, 62 00:02:54,875 --> 00:02:58,125 down to a target depth of nearly 100 feet. 63 00:02:58,292 --> 00:03:01,667 It is there where the team hopes to breach 64 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:04,167 a mysterious seven-foot-high tunnel. 65 00:03:04,333 --> 00:03:07,792 One that leads due west toward the Baby Blob, 66 00:03:07,917 --> 00:03:11,167 an area where high-trace evidence of gold, 67 00:03:11,333 --> 00:03:14,417 silver and other metals have been detected 68 00:03:14,583 --> 00:03:18,917 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 69 00:03:19,958 --> 00:03:23,125 MARTY: Last year, almost no water was coming into the shaft. 70 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:25,500 This year, it appears to be pouring in. 71 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:28,333 We have to figure out what's going on with the Garden Shaft. 72 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,125 Could this actually be the flood tunnel 73 00:03:31,292 --> 00:03:33,167 that's causing our problems? I don't know. 74 00:03:33,333 --> 00:03:34,833 That's what we're here to find out 75 00:03:34,958 --> 00:03:37,917 because we could be that close to the treasure. 76 00:03:38,958 --> 00:03:40,667 Are they pumping right now? They're pumping it out? 77 00:03:40,833 --> 00:03:42,208 ROGER: Yeah, that's what they're doing right now. 78 00:03:42,375 --> 00:03:43,208 They're lowering the pump and we're going to see 79 00:03:43,375 --> 00:03:45,500 where the sediment's at. 80 00:03:45,708 --> 00:03:47,042 So, we started drilling a bunch of holes in there. 81 00:03:47,208 --> 00:03:48,667 Probe holes to see if there's, you know, 82 00:03:48,875 --> 00:03:50,417 is there anything out there that we're not aware of? 83 00:03:50,542 --> 00:03:52,542 And we did find some voids. 84 00:03:52,708 --> 00:03:55,167 -Really? -Oh, yeah. For sure. 85 00:03:55,333 --> 00:03:57,083 STEVE: So, it could be a flood tunnel. We don't know. 86 00:03:57,208 --> 00:03:58,375 -Yeah. -MARTY: Well, I'll tell you what. 87 00:03:58,542 --> 00:04:00,083 We can sit here and guess all day 88 00:04:00,292 --> 00:04:02,167 where the water's coming from, but let's stop it. 89 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:04,625 Yeah. My biggest concern is stopping this water. 90 00:04:04,792 --> 00:04:06,125 MARTY: Yeah. 91 00:04:06,292 --> 00:04:07,333 You're going to do it today? The urethane? 92 00:04:07,458 --> 00:04:08,833 ROGER: Uh, it won't be today. 93 00:04:09,042 --> 00:04:10,708 What we're going to do right now is kind of define drill, 94 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,333 find out exactly where that void is going, where it is. 95 00:04:13,458 --> 00:04:15,333 And then we're gonna probably look at 96 00:04:15,458 --> 00:04:16,750 getting all these cavities filled, 97 00:04:16,875 --> 00:04:19,042 hopefully stopping this water completely. 98 00:04:19,208 --> 00:04:20,625 Okay. 99 00:04:20,792 --> 00:04:22,250 NARRATOR: In an attempt to stop 100 00:04:22,375 --> 00:04:24,167 the inflow of water, 101 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:27,375 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 102 00:04:27,583 --> 00:04:29,875 will use the exploratory holes they have drilled 103 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:33,000 to fill the mysterious voids outside of the shaft 104 00:04:33,208 --> 00:04:35,125 with multi-urethane, 105 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:37,542 an industrial-grade compound 106 00:04:37,708 --> 00:04:41,625 that expands in order to seal off open spaces. 107 00:04:42,875 --> 00:04:44,500 RICK: The goal is to extend the Garden Shaft 108 00:04:44,625 --> 00:04:47,750 to the top of the previously unknown tunnel, 109 00:04:47,917 --> 00:04:51,333 and with 700 gallons an hour coming in on that shaft, 110 00:04:51,542 --> 00:04:53,167 there is no way that's going to happen. 111 00:04:53,333 --> 00:04:56,292 This presents some difficult issues, 112 00:04:56,458 --> 00:04:58,125 and they have to be resolved. 113 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:01,500 We cannot accomplish the goal unless 114 00:05:01,708 --> 00:05:05,083 we stop the water from intruding into the shaft. 115 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:07,083 ROGER: So, once we seal all this 116 00:05:07,208 --> 00:05:08,750 and everything is foamed up and solid, 117 00:05:08,917 --> 00:05:10,833 then we get down there, we start digging again. 118 00:05:11,042 --> 00:05:13,833 Our number one focus is get down in that shaft. 119 00:05:13,958 --> 00:05:15,875 Good deal. Roger, look, I'll be keenly interested 120 00:05:16,042 --> 00:05:16,875 to see how that turns out. 121 00:05:17,042 --> 00:05:18,292 Oh, I'll keep you posted. 122 00:05:18,458 --> 00:05:19,542 -Please do. -Absolutely. 123 00:05:19,708 --> 00:05:21,458 MARTY: Okay. Carry on, Roger. 124 00:05:21,625 --> 00:05:23,000 ROGER: Right on. Thanks, guys. 125 00:05:23,208 --> 00:05:24,708 NARRATOR: As the team from Dumas 126 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:27,958 continues their work in the Garden Shaft... 127 00:05:28,167 --> 00:05:30,000 LAIRD: That's a lot of water. 128 00:05:30,208 --> 00:05:32,875 PETER: Yeah, we had a crazy amount of rain. 129 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:34,500 We had about nine inches in 12 hours. 130 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:35,583 Yep. 131 00:05:35,750 --> 00:05:37,625 NARRATOR: ...on Lot 5, 132 00:05:37,792 --> 00:05:40,333 located on the western side of the island... 133 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:42,042 LINDY: Hopefully, 134 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:43,833 once we get it pumped out, it'll start to dry up. 135 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,208 ...Peter Fornetti, lead archaeologist Laird Niven 136 00:05:47,375 --> 00:05:50,208 and other members of the team arrive 137 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:52,208 at the mysterious circular structure 138 00:05:52,375 --> 00:05:54,458 near the shoreline to assess its condition 139 00:05:54,625 --> 00:05:56,500 following the recent storm. 140 00:05:56,667 --> 00:05:58,833 I think we'll be able to still work up here. 141 00:05:59,042 --> 00:06:00,667 JAMIE: I hope so, yeah. 142 00:06:00,792 --> 00:06:02,708 All right. So, let's take the tarp off. 143 00:06:02,875 --> 00:06:03,833 Yeah. Works for me. 144 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,333 Let's do it. 145 00:06:05,542 --> 00:06:07,625 NARRATOR: Although this feature 146 00:06:07,750 --> 00:06:09,667 sits nearly a mile from the Money Pit area, 147 00:06:09,833 --> 00:06:12,333 it has yielded a number of clues 148 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:15,375 suggesting that it may also be critical 149 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,333 to solving the Oak Island mystery. 150 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,583 JAMIE: There we go. 151 00:06:19,750 --> 00:06:23,375 NARRATOR: After finding a lead barter token last year 152 00:06:23,542 --> 00:06:25,583 near the outer rim, and which may be 153 00:06:25,792 --> 00:06:28,833 directly connected to the 14th-century lead cross 154 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,125 that was found in 2017 at Smith's Cove... 155 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:34,875 FIONA: Okay. What is this? 156 00:06:35,042 --> 00:06:36,333 JACK: What is it? 157 00:06:36,542 --> 00:06:37,167 -JAMIE: Oh, my God. -FIONA: That looks like 158 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:38,167 the handle of something. 159 00:06:38,292 --> 00:06:39,667 ...in recent weeks, 160 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:43,000 the team has discovered three metal artifacts 161 00:06:43,208 --> 00:06:46,833 within the structure that have been scientifically linked 162 00:06:47,042 --> 00:06:50,500 to the 17th-century English politician and privateer 163 00:06:50,583 --> 00:06:52,583 Sir William Phips, 164 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:56,417 a man who some believe buried a vast cache 165 00:06:56,542 --> 00:06:59,125 of Spanish gold and silver in the Money Pit 166 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:01,458 back in 1687. 167 00:07:01,583 --> 00:07:04,583 And curiously, after conducting 168 00:07:04,792 --> 00:07:07,500 a magnetometry scan of the immediate area, 169 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:11,167 the team found evidence that a much larger, 170 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:13,167 and possibly older structure, 171 00:07:13,292 --> 00:07:15,625 lies buried beneath it. 172 00:07:16,833 --> 00:07:17,833 FIONA: Oh, boy. 173 00:07:17,958 --> 00:07:19,292 JAMIE: A lot of debris 174 00:07:19,458 --> 00:07:20,542 and stuff washed in, 175 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:22,667 but it could be much, much worse. 176 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:24,500 LAIRD: All right. Well, let's get started. 177 00:07:24,708 --> 00:07:26,583 We need someone to bring the pump over, 178 00:07:26,708 --> 00:07:28,292 someone to bring the generator over 179 00:07:28,458 --> 00:07:29,917 and someone to bring the hose over. 180 00:07:30,083 --> 00:07:31,750 Yeah. Let's go. 181 00:07:32,792 --> 00:07:34,583 MARTY: The team of archaeologists are very excited 182 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:37,875 that this circular feature is actually 183 00:07:38,042 --> 00:07:40,083 very anomalously large for the time period. 184 00:07:42,125 --> 00:07:43,500 -LAIRD: That's good. -MARTY: They're thinking 185 00:07:43,667 --> 00:07:45,333 it could be an important feature. 186 00:07:45,542 --> 00:07:47,667 -LAIRD: There you go. -MARTY: Maybe connected to 187 00:07:47,875 --> 00:07:51,000 the Money Pit, and they aren't even to the bottom of it yet. 188 00:07:51,083 --> 00:07:53,833 I think it's going to be dry enough by tomorrow. 189 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:55,500 I hope so. Yeah. 190 00:07:56,542 --> 00:07:58,667 NARRATOR: While the investigation of the stone feature 191 00:07:58,792 --> 00:08:00,958 continues on Lot 5... 192 00:08:02,042 --> 00:08:03,500 MARTY: Well, are we about set up? 193 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:05,500 Should be ready to roll, Marty. 194 00:08:05,708 --> 00:08:08,083 MARTY: Okay. I want to see what this cave's all about. 195 00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:10,500 ...back in the Money Pit area, 196 00:08:10,667 --> 00:08:13,667 Marty Lagina joins other members of the team, 197 00:08:13,875 --> 00:08:17,833 approximately 60 feet southwest of the Garden Shaft, 198 00:08:18,042 --> 00:08:20,208 where they are preparing to conduct 199 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:22,917 a sonar scan of a mysterious cavity 200 00:08:23,083 --> 00:08:25,583 more than 150 feet deep 201 00:08:25,792 --> 00:08:28,333 known as "Aladdin's Cave." 202 00:08:28,542 --> 00:08:30,500 We've maxed out the settings, 203 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:32,292 so, hopefully, we can get a really quick scan 204 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:34,958 of the ten-foot void that we're into. 205 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:37,333 This is a good data-gathering device. 206 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:38,500 Yeah. 207 00:08:38,708 --> 00:08:40,833 MARTY: Okay, go real slow. 208 00:08:40,958 --> 00:08:43,667 NARRATOR: Since discovering this large cavity 209 00:08:43,875 --> 00:08:46,958 during a core-drilling operation one year ago, 210 00:08:47,125 --> 00:08:50,500 the team has not only obtained sonar data, 211 00:08:50,708 --> 00:08:52,833 recorded on the western side of the feature, 212 00:08:53,042 --> 00:08:55,542 showing a possible tunnel entrance, 213 00:08:55,708 --> 00:08:58,500 but have also detected trace evidence 214 00:08:58,708 --> 00:09:00,667 of wood and precious metals 215 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:02,833 in collected water samples. 216 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,583 -Oh, whoa, whoa! -Whoa! 217 00:09:04,708 --> 00:09:06,167 CHARLES: What's that sitting 218 00:09:06,292 --> 00:09:07,250 right on the end of it, right there? 219 00:09:08,625 --> 00:09:09,792 STEVE: It looks like a bolt. 220 00:09:09,958 --> 00:09:12,250 NARRATOR: And, just one week ago, 221 00:09:12,417 --> 00:09:14,583 after inserting a camera 222 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:17,375 through a new borehole in the center of the cavern, 223 00:09:17,542 --> 00:09:19,375 the team saw more evidence 224 00:09:19,583 --> 00:09:22,208 of possible man-made workings. 225 00:09:22,375 --> 00:09:23,833 PAUL: We should be good to go. 226 00:09:23,917 --> 00:09:25,458 We just have to get it in the hole. 227 00:09:25,625 --> 00:09:27,792 -Okay. Proceed. -I'll do it. 228 00:09:27,917 --> 00:09:31,958 NARRATOR: Now, using the Echologger DASS710 sonar device 229 00:09:32,125 --> 00:09:33,333 in the same borehole, 230 00:09:33,458 --> 00:09:35,125 Marty and the team 231 00:09:35,292 --> 00:09:38,500 are hoping to obtain a more definitive 3D map 232 00:09:38,708 --> 00:09:41,042 of "Aladdin's Cave" to determine 233 00:09:41,208 --> 00:09:43,625 if it really could be a man-made feature 234 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:46,833 that contains something of great value. 235 00:09:47,042 --> 00:09:50,042 You have to open up your mind to the idea 236 00:09:50,208 --> 00:09:51,667 that there are multiple treasure cavities 237 00:09:51,833 --> 00:09:53,292 in the Money Pit. 238 00:09:53,458 --> 00:09:55,833 Aladdin's Cave and the Garden Shaft 239 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,958 are legitimate targets and areas of interest 240 00:09:59,125 --> 00:10:00,333 to find the treasure. 241 00:10:00,458 --> 00:10:02,000 So, we have to continue 242 00:10:02,167 --> 00:10:04,667 to investigate this area, and that's important. 243 00:10:04,833 --> 00:10:06,500 I'm in the water. 244 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:07,792 PAUL: Okay. Still have a little bit to go. 245 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,417 MARTY: Aladdin's Cave is unique. 246 00:10:11,583 --> 00:10:12,875 Sonar will see through the silt. 247 00:10:13,042 --> 00:10:15,292 That will see through the opaque, muddy water. 248 00:10:15,458 --> 00:10:17,292 Obviously, I'm hoping to see 249 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:19,125 something that looks man-made. 250 00:10:19,292 --> 00:10:21,375 Uh, shelves or timbers 251 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:23,417 or chests. 252 00:10:23,542 --> 00:10:27,500 STEVE: All right, so we're coming in to the cavity now. 253 00:10:27,667 --> 00:10:28,708 Okay, we're going to start the scan 254 00:10:28,917 --> 00:10:30,875 -in just a second here. -Okay. 255 00:10:31,792 --> 00:10:33,917 Okay, we are scanning. 256 00:10:34,083 --> 00:10:35,417 TERRY: Something's happening there. 257 00:10:35,542 --> 00:10:37,667 PAUL: So, we're getting a return now. 258 00:10:38,792 --> 00:10:40,333 PAUL: Now we're getting the perimeter of the cavern. 259 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:41,833 TERRY: There it is. 260 00:10:42,917 --> 00:10:45,667 PAUL: It looks kind of, uh, crescent moon-shaped. 261 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:48,208 Okay. 262 00:10:48,375 --> 00:10:49,625 -Hey, guys. -TERRY: Hey, guys. 263 00:10:49,792 --> 00:10:51,250 -How are you doing? -RICK: Hey. 264 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:52,958 TERRY: We've got the image all set up here. 265 00:10:53,125 --> 00:10:54,833 So, the image is very clear and crisp at this time. 266 00:10:55,042 --> 00:10:57,000 Rotate it a little more, Paul. 267 00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:58,583 -TERRY: Now, look at that. -CHARLES: Oh, now we're 268 00:10:58,708 --> 00:11:00,375 starting to see-see the sides form. 269 00:11:00,542 --> 00:11:01,833 TERRY: Excellent. 270 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:03,917 CHARLES: Do you see any evidence 271 00:11:04,083 --> 00:11:06,417 of a tunnel or an entrance or... 272 00:11:06,583 --> 00:11:08,125 Maybe. 273 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:10,333 It's hard to say. 274 00:11:10,417 --> 00:11:11,583 Whoa. What is this? 275 00:11:11,750 --> 00:11:12,833 We seem to have a sharp edge there. 276 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,333 Where are we looking? 277 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:16,125 RICK: The sides, right? 278 00:11:16,292 --> 00:11:18,125 CHARLES: Yeah. There's two straight lines. 279 00:11:18,292 --> 00:11:19,542 PAUL: They certainly don't look natural. 280 00:11:19,708 --> 00:11:21,292 TERRY: Yeah. 281 00:11:29,042 --> 00:11:30,417 CHARLES: There's two straight lines. There's one there 282 00:11:30,625 --> 00:11:31,833 and then there's one there, right? 283 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,458 PAUL: Absolutely. 284 00:11:33,583 --> 00:11:34,417 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area 285 00:11:34,583 --> 00:11:36,042 on Oak Island, 286 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:38,542 Rick, Marty and other members of the team 287 00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:41,667 have just obtained new sonar data... 288 00:11:42,958 --> 00:11:45,125 ...that indicates possible evidence 289 00:11:45,292 --> 00:11:48,667 of man-made workings some 150 feet deep 290 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:52,750 in a large cavern known as "Aladdin's Cave." 291 00:11:54,208 --> 00:11:56,083 PAUL: They certainly don't look natural. 292 00:11:56,250 --> 00:11:57,333 TERRY: Yeah. 293 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,917 We'll see those better 294 00:11:59,083 --> 00:12:00,333 when Steve puts them in the 3D model. 295 00:12:00,542 --> 00:12:02,167 -Yep. -The characterization 296 00:12:02,333 --> 00:12:04,167 of this opening is, I really think, 297 00:12:04,333 --> 00:12:06,250 going to give us a lot of information as to, 298 00:12:06,375 --> 00:12:09,000 you know, how people proceeded in the past to dig 299 00:12:09,167 --> 00:12:13,500 and work below 106 in the Money Pit area. 300 00:12:13,667 --> 00:12:15,375 Keep rotating it please, Paul. 301 00:12:20,417 --> 00:12:21,750 Stop there. 302 00:12:23,875 --> 00:12:25,000 TERRY: What I'm seeing is the potential 303 00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:28,333 that that slope there might be sand. 304 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:30,125 And this slope 305 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:32,500 could be burying whatever might be laying on the floor. 306 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:36,375 MARTY: There's a pretty square wall along one side. 307 00:12:36,542 --> 00:12:37,500 Very interesting. 308 00:12:38,542 --> 00:12:40,417 You almost only could come up with one explanation 309 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:43,000 why there would be man-made anything in that cave. 310 00:12:43,125 --> 00:12:45,000 It was some sort of deposit of treasure. 311 00:12:45,167 --> 00:12:47,375 We have a very good view here. 312 00:12:47,542 --> 00:12:49,625 So, based on the data we have today, 313 00:12:49,792 --> 00:12:51,958 this is the western part of the cave. 314 00:12:52,125 --> 00:12:54,250 It's substantial in size. 315 00:12:54,458 --> 00:12:56,708 But most importantly, we need to see where it's coming from. 316 00:12:56,875 --> 00:12:58,792 MARTY: Are you seeing a potential way in? 317 00:12:58,917 --> 00:13:00,583 I mean, we could go over to that direction 318 00:13:00,750 --> 00:13:01,667 and see if it continues on. 319 00:13:01,833 --> 00:13:03,000 -Yes. -TERRY: Yep. 320 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,500 RICK: I think you gotta put a drill hole on it. 321 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:08,833 MARTY: That's what I would do. 322 00:13:09,042 --> 00:13:11,500 RICK: I simply want to see 323 00:13:11,667 --> 00:13:14,333 a way into Aladdin's Cave. 324 00:13:14,542 --> 00:13:17,667 There's a possibility that treasure does reside there. 325 00:13:17,875 --> 00:13:21,333 But I think, all things Oak Island, 326 00:13:21,542 --> 00:13:22,667 everything is incremental. 327 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:23,750 We're seeing a little bit of an echo here, 328 00:13:23,917 --> 00:13:26,125 so maybe there is an opening. 329 00:13:26,292 --> 00:13:27,917 RICK: Let's do some more drilling. 330 00:13:28,042 --> 00:13:29,417 Put a camera down into it. 331 00:13:29,583 --> 00:13:31,458 Let's see what-what we learn 332 00:13:31,667 --> 00:13:33,875 and then make a decision on how to proceed. 333 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:37,125 So, I think everyone here is quite adamant 334 00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:40,667 that we need to make a proper, sound assessment 335 00:13:40,875 --> 00:13:42,667 of what this represents, right? 336 00:13:42,833 --> 00:13:44,708 There are two ways to do it. 337 00:13:44,875 --> 00:13:46,583 One is put another drill hole down 338 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:48,500 and put it on a more detailed, 339 00:13:48,667 --> 00:13:50,583 outward-looking scan, right? 340 00:13:50,708 --> 00:13:52,375 -Sounds good. -Let's do it. Set it up. 341 00:13:52,542 --> 00:13:54,792 I think that's all we can do today. Nice job. 342 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,250 -Okay. -All right, guys. 343 00:13:56,375 --> 00:13:57,500 ALEX: Thanks. 344 00:13:57,625 --> 00:13:59,000 TERRY: Time's going to tell. 345 00:14:03,875 --> 00:14:06,000 NARRATOR: The following morning, 346 00:14:06,167 --> 00:14:09,375 as members of the team begin drilling a new borehole-- 347 00:14:09,542 --> 00:14:12,542 known as L13.5-- 348 00:14:12,708 --> 00:14:17,000 in order to collect more data inside of Aladdin's Cave... 349 00:14:17,208 --> 00:14:19,167 ROGER: Okay, it's all good. 350 00:14:19,375 --> 00:14:20,708 NARRATOR: ...and while representatives from Dumas 351 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:23,083 continue their effort 352 00:14:23,250 --> 00:14:26,167 to stop the flow of water into the Garden Shaft... 353 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:27,792 -CARMEN: Hello. -CRAIG: Hey, Carmen. 354 00:14:27,958 --> 00:14:29,375 PETER: Hey, Carmen. 355 00:14:29,542 --> 00:14:31,208 -How you doing today? -Good. -Welcome back. 356 00:14:31,375 --> 00:14:33,292 Got some more stuff for me, have you? 357 00:14:33,417 --> 00:14:35,500 NARRATOR: ...Craig Tester, Peter Fornetti, 358 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,375 Jack Begley, 359 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:40,042 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 360 00:14:40,208 --> 00:14:42,708 meet with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 361 00:14:42,917 --> 00:14:44,208 in the Interpretive Centre. 362 00:14:46,125 --> 00:14:47,833 -Who's gonna start? -JACK: Me. 363 00:14:47,958 --> 00:14:51,750 And these objects have been found on Lot 5. 364 00:14:51,917 --> 00:14:53,083 CARMEN: Oh, okay. 365 00:14:53,208 --> 00:14:54,958 NARRATOR: Carmen has been invited 366 00:14:55,125 --> 00:14:56,875 to examine a metal strap 367 00:14:57,042 --> 00:14:58,667 and a heavy fastener, 368 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:00,583 that were both found one week ago 369 00:15:00,750 --> 00:15:05,583 within the mysterious circular depression on Lot 5. 370 00:15:06,958 --> 00:15:09,375 JACK: What do you think about this, Carmen? 371 00:15:13,667 --> 00:15:16,000 CARMEN: Well, I would have to see a scan on that 372 00:15:16,167 --> 00:15:19,417 because I can't tell if that has a hole into it or not. 373 00:15:20,833 --> 00:15:22,917 There you go, Carmen. 374 00:15:23,042 --> 00:15:25,500 NARRATOR: In preparation for today's meeting, 375 00:15:25,708 --> 00:15:27,792 Emma processed both objects 376 00:15:27,958 --> 00:15:30,792 with two specialized scanning devices. 377 00:15:30,958 --> 00:15:32,333 The first, 378 00:15:32,542 --> 00:15:36,458 known as the Skyscan 1273 CT Scanner, 379 00:15:36,667 --> 00:15:38,917 emits non-destructive radiation 380 00:15:39,042 --> 00:15:42,083 that penetrates built-up corrosion on objects 381 00:15:42,250 --> 00:15:44,667 in order to reveal their finer details. 382 00:15:44,875 --> 00:15:49,208 The second, known as an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, 383 00:15:49,375 --> 00:15:52,250 uses X-rays to identify the elements 384 00:15:52,417 --> 00:15:54,792 that the objects are composed of. 385 00:15:54,958 --> 00:15:56,667 EMMA: And it is heavily corroded. 386 00:15:56,875 --> 00:16:00,208 So, the red is the corrosion. 387 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:02,042 And the green is the base metal. 388 00:16:02,208 --> 00:16:03,750 Yep. There's a hole on both sides. 389 00:16:03,958 --> 00:16:05,833 -EMMA: Right there. -CARMEN: Yeah. 390 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,333 It would end right here. 391 00:16:09,208 --> 00:16:10,667 CARMEN: It was very well done. 392 00:16:10,875 --> 00:16:13,042 Oh, do you have any idea what that is? 393 00:16:13,208 --> 00:16:16,583 Yeah, that's a clasp off a... a chest or a trunk. 394 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:18,333 -What? -Yeah. 395 00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:21,292 'Cause you can see this part's sticking out here, right? 396 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,292 -JACK: Oh. -CARMEN: So, then you, when you close the lid, 397 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,458 the clasp comes down at the hinge part, right? 398 00:16:25,625 --> 00:16:28,917 It comes down and then you insert a, uh, a lock or a wedge. 399 00:16:29,083 --> 00:16:30,750 Oh, okay. 400 00:16:30,875 --> 00:16:33,875 A chest for what, typically? 401 00:16:34,042 --> 00:16:37,000 Uh, this would be a small chest. I would say 12 by 12. 402 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:41,417 Does the style of that suggest a time period? Or... 403 00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:45,958 CARMEN: It is old. You know, early 1600s to the mid-1700s. 404 00:16:46,125 --> 00:16:47,167 NARRATOR: A clasp 405 00:16:47,292 --> 00:16:50,167 to a small chest or trunk 406 00:16:50,292 --> 00:16:53,458 possibly dating back to the 17th century? 407 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:58,167 And found in the mysterious feature on Lot 5? 408 00:16:58,375 --> 00:17:01,500 Could it be related to other 17th-century artifacts, 409 00:17:01,667 --> 00:17:03,875 which have been traced to Sir William Phips? 410 00:17:04,042 --> 00:17:06,875 The privateer who, some believe, 411 00:17:07,042 --> 00:17:09,417 buried treasure from the famed Spanish wreck 412 00:17:09,583 --> 00:17:14,167 known as the Concepcion on Oak Island in 1687? 413 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:17,167 If so, could they also be connected 414 00:17:17,375 --> 00:17:19,792 to the precious metals that have been detected 415 00:17:19,917 --> 00:17:21,583 across the Money Pit area? 416 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,250 JACK: Well, what's the metallurgy of this? 417 00:17:25,417 --> 00:17:27,792 Metallurgy, there are no modern indicators. 418 00:17:27,958 --> 00:17:29,375 Okay. 419 00:17:29,542 --> 00:17:31,333 PETER: So, I'm curious about this next piece. 420 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:32,875 JACK: All the iron pieces 421 00:17:33,042 --> 00:17:35,833 were relatively found in the same zone. 422 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,375 CARMEN: Oh, definitely a nail, Jack. 423 00:17:37,583 --> 00:17:39,833 Do we have a scan of this one, so I can see it? 424 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:41,333 I do. 425 00:17:42,125 --> 00:17:44,667 Can you flip the head around a few times? 426 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:48,458 What I'm seeing here is a nail that was made in a hurry 427 00:17:48,625 --> 00:17:49,917 with no definitive head. 428 00:17:50,083 --> 00:17:51,583 It's not a rose head or anything like that. 429 00:17:51,750 --> 00:17:52,917 It was just squished out. 430 00:17:53,083 --> 00:17:55,000 So, it wasn't, uh, made for anything 431 00:17:55,167 --> 00:17:57,625 that was going to be fancy or pretty or whatever. 432 00:17:57,708 --> 00:17:59,167 So, typical structure nail. 433 00:17:59,375 --> 00:18:00,667 Okay. 434 00:18:00,833 --> 00:18:02,167 We have overwhelming evidence 435 00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:05,167 that people were doing something in this structure. 436 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:07,708 CARMEN: It's a very crude nail for a very crude purpose. 437 00:18:07,917 --> 00:18:10,667 JACK: What would be your best guess for time frame? 438 00:18:10,875 --> 00:18:13,875 Early 1600s up to 1700s. 439 00:18:14,042 --> 00:18:15,792 Nice. 440 00:18:15,958 --> 00:18:17,958 Um, I would lean towards the older part of that time period. 441 00:18:18,042 --> 00:18:19,333 CRAIG: Emma? 442 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,583 -Mm-hmm. -What's the chemistry of that? 443 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:23,042 EMMA: From what I do see, 444 00:18:23,208 --> 00:18:27,000 definitely pre-1800s, could be 1600s, 445 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:30,917 but it does have a higher aluminum-to-silicon ratio, 446 00:18:31,083 --> 00:18:33,167 which is unusual, 447 00:18:33,375 --> 00:18:36,333 but it is a signature that I'm seeing 448 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:39,208 in William Phipps artifacts, 449 00:18:39,375 --> 00:18:41,417 and I've been seeing it on Oak Island artifacts. 450 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:46,167 I mean, it's good. 451 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:47,875 These two artifacts, we have two different disciplines 452 00:18:48,083 --> 00:18:51,083 suggesting the same time frame, which is great. 453 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:53,250 CRAIG: Yep. Well, thank you, Carmen. 454 00:18:53,375 --> 00:18:55,667 I'm hoping we have you back here very soon. 455 00:18:55,875 --> 00:18:57,708 CARMEN: The sooner the better. 456 00:18:58,917 --> 00:19:01,333 NARRATOR: As the team concludes their meeting 457 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:03,917 with Carmen Legge at the Interpretive Centre... 458 00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:05,875 MOYA: Do you want to go look through it? 459 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,083 HELEN: Okay. 460 00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:08,958 NARRATOR: On Lot 5, 461 00:19:09,083 --> 00:19:11,125 archaeologists Helen Sheldon 462 00:19:11,333 --> 00:19:14,000 and Moya MacDonald continue 463 00:19:14,167 --> 00:19:15,917 their excavation of the mysterious feature, 464 00:19:16,083 --> 00:19:19,750 now that the rain water has been completely removed. 465 00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:24,167 HELEN: So, what we're looking for right now, really, is soil. 466 00:19:24,375 --> 00:19:26,500 -Change in soil. -Okay. 467 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:30,792 -MOYA: It's that clay stuff. -HELEN: Yep. 468 00:19:43,708 --> 00:19:44,875 MOYA: Oh. 469 00:19:46,042 --> 00:19:47,500 Helen, I think I found something. 470 00:19:48,792 --> 00:19:49,875 That's interesting. 471 00:19:51,542 --> 00:19:55,000 It's really interesting, different from what we've seen. 472 00:19:55,208 --> 00:19:56,708 HELEN: Oh, wow! 473 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:58,375 MOYA: Yeah. 474 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,458 Oh, wow. Very cool. 475 00:20:03,583 --> 00:20:05,292 NARRATOR: While meticulously investigating 476 00:20:05,458 --> 00:20:09,333 a deeper layer of the mysterious stone structure on Lot 5, 477 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:13,000 archaeologists Helen Sheldon and Moya MacDonald 478 00:20:13,167 --> 00:20:15,333 have just made a new 479 00:20:15,458 --> 00:20:18,458 and potentially significant discovery. 480 00:20:18,625 --> 00:20:20,000 MOYA: What do you think that is? 481 00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:21,333 That looks like a barrel strap. 482 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:23,292 Yeah, it's really interesting. 483 00:20:23,417 --> 00:20:25,417 HELEN: It's got the nail through there, 484 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:27,375 that it was fastened to the barrel. 485 00:20:27,542 --> 00:20:29,500 The nail almost looks like a different type of metal. 486 00:20:29,708 --> 00:20:32,000 -Would you agree? -It's got a greenish hue to it. 487 00:20:32,167 --> 00:20:34,292 -MOYA: Mm-hmm. -HELEN: Which probably means it's copper... 488 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,667 -Mm-hmm. -...on an iron strap. 489 00:20:38,083 --> 00:20:40,875 I came to do a check-in, but I see I came at the right time. 490 00:20:41,042 --> 00:20:42,500 -Yeah. -Look. 491 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:43,958 -What did you find? -HELEN: We've just found this. 492 00:20:44,125 --> 00:20:46,000 Well, it's a piece of a barrel strap. 493 00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:48,500 And it has a nail in there, 494 00:20:48,583 --> 00:20:52,083 and it had a greenish tint to it, which means copper. 495 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:53,750 -JACK: Yeah. -MOYA: Would that mean anything, 496 00:20:53,958 --> 00:20:56,542 if it's two different types of metal on a barrel strap? 497 00:20:56,708 --> 00:20:58,167 Well, copper normally indicates it's been to sea, 498 00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:00,208 you know, because they don't corrode. 499 00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:02,125 But the strap itself is still iron. 500 00:21:02,292 --> 00:21:04,417 I mean, a lot of things were imported in barrels, 501 00:21:04,583 --> 00:21:06,125 like, that's how they shipped things. 502 00:21:06,208 --> 00:21:08,333 So, that's how you transported things around. 503 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,333 We've also found barrel hoops around the whole island. 504 00:21:11,542 --> 00:21:13,833 Near the swamp and, well, 505 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,917 a bunch of different places metal detecting. 506 00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:19,667 Hey, guys. Check that out. 507 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:21,750 -Top of a keg. -Wow! 508 00:21:21,917 --> 00:21:23,708 NARRATOR: Three years ago, while investigating 509 00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:27,333 a stone pathway connected to the stone road, 510 00:21:27,542 --> 00:21:29,417 or ship's wharf, in the swamp, 511 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:33,083 Rick Lagina and members of the team unearthed 512 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,417 pieces of wooden cargo barrels. 513 00:21:35,583 --> 00:21:38,000 -So, that's a keg. -Yep. 514 00:21:38,208 --> 00:21:40,458 NARRATOR: Those finds not only suggested 515 00:21:40,625 --> 00:21:42,750 that an operation to move heavy cargo 516 00:21:42,917 --> 00:21:45,958 from a large sailing vessel up to the Money Pit 517 00:21:46,083 --> 00:21:49,833 took place when the swamp may have been an open harbor... 518 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,958 This one is extremely old because it's hand-made. 519 00:21:53,083 --> 00:21:55,708 NARRATOR: ...but were also believed, by blacksmithing expert 520 00:21:55,875 --> 00:21:58,917 Carmen Legge, to date back hundreds of years. 521 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:01,417 So, that could go right straight back to the 1400s. 522 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,375 NARRATOR: Could this barrel strap, 523 00:22:04,542 --> 00:22:08,042 found in a deeper layer of the mysterious feature on Lot 5, 524 00:22:08,208 --> 00:22:12,000 be related to the barrel pieces uncovered in the swamp? 525 00:22:12,208 --> 00:22:15,375 And if so, could they offer more evidence 526 00:22:15,542 --> 00:22:17,500 to support the team's speculation 527 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:20,667 that Lot 5 was used as a staging ground 528 00:22:20,875 --> 00:22:23,875 for whatever may be buried in the Money Pit? 529 00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:27,333 From our on-island finds, 530 00:22:27,542 --> 00:22:30,167 it would seem that Lot 5 is the place 531 00:22:30,375 --> 00:22:32,750 that was the encampment 532 00:22:32,917 --> 00:22:34,583 to build the Money Pit. 533 00:22:34,708 --> 00:22:37,125 There might be enough evidence around here to tell us 534 00:22:37,292 --> 00:22:41,833 who did this and then we can finally recover the treasure. 535 00:22:42,792 --> 00:22:44,875 So, Moya will put this in the bag. 536 00:22:45,042 --> 00:22:46,500 And, at the end of the day, 537 00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:48,667 we'll take it back to the lab 538 00:22:48,833 --> 00:22:50,500 -and see what Emma can do with it. -All right. 539 00:22:50,667 --> 00:22:53,417 Great find. You mind if I help sift for a while? 540 00:22:53,583 --> 00:22:55,417 -Yeah, sure. Go ahead, Jack. -We'll get back to work. 541 00:22:55,542 --> 00:22:58,333 -Here, I'll take your bucket. -Thank you. 542 00:22:59,375 --> 00:23:01,042 JACK: Hopefully, we can find some more. 543 00:23:01,208 --> 00:23:03,500 NARRATOR: While Jack helps Helen and Moya search 544 00:23:03,667 --> 00:23:06,000 for additional clues on Lot 5... 545 00:23:07,042 --> 00:23:09,208 -TERRY: We're getting close, Charles. -CHARLES: Yep. 546 00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:10,792 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area... 547 00:23:10,958 --> 00:23:13,667 The next run should bring us evidence of the cavern. 548 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:15,333 NARRATOR: ...Terry Matheson 549 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:18,250 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 550 00:23:18,375 --> 00:23:21,458 continue supervising the drilling operation 551 00:23:21,583 --> 00:23:24,333 in borehole L13.5. 552 00:23:24,542 --> 00:23:27,958 A borehole positioned to, once again, 553 00:23:28,125 --> 00:23:29,750 penetrate the large cavity 554 00:23:29,917 --> 00:23:33,583 located some 150 feet underground, 555 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:36,458 which the team has optimistically dubbed 556 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:38,750 Aladdin's Cave. 557 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:41,208 Mike, what's up? 558 00:23:41,375 --> 00:23:42,667 How's it going over there? 559 00:23:42,875 --> 00:23:44,208 TEDFORD: So, I hit the cavern 560 00:23:44,375 --> 00:23:46,333 -around 141. -TERRY: Right. 561 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:48,000 It seemed like there's only, like, 562 00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:50,208 six feet of open space there, 563 00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:52,292 and then I started feeling a little muck. 564 00:23:52,458 --> 00:23:53,500 We'll see when we bring the core up. 565 00:23:53,708 --> 00:23:54,750 -Yeah. -Thanks a lot, Mike. 566 00:23:54,875 --> 00:23:56,167 That's super news. 567 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:57,292 -CHARLES: Hey, Alex. -Charles. Terry. 568 00:23:57,458 --> 00:23:58,500 TERRY: Hey, Alex, how you doing? 569 00:23:58,708 --> 00:24:01,000 What's the update? L-13.5. 570 00:24:01,208 --> 00:24:05,583 141 below grade, and we popped out into the old Aladdin's Cave. 571 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:07,250 -Great. Awesome. -TERRY: Oh, yeah. 572 00:24:07,458 --> 00:24:09,792 Five feet of open space before we hit bottom. 573 00:24:09,958 --> 00:24:12,083 Then we're into the grit and gravel 574 00:24:12,208 --> 00:24:13,958 on the floor of the cavern. 575 00:24:14,125 --> 00:24:16,125 Okay, that's excellent. 576 00:24:16,250 --> 00:24:19,542 MARTY: This Aladdin's Cave is very important to us. 577 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:22,208 It would be a game changer if there's anything man-made 578 00:24:22,375 --> 00:24:23,375 in that cave. 579 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:24,917 -Hey, Steve. -Hey, guys. 580 00:24:25,125 --> 00:24:26,417 We hit Aladdin's Cave. 581 00:24:26,583 --> 00:24:28,333 -We're in the cavity for sure. -That's perfect. 582 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,542 This couldn't have been a better hole. 583 00:24:30,708 --> 00:24:32,333 MARTY: We need to try everything we can. 584 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,500 We have to figure out what this 585 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:36,167 Aladdin's Cave is, and if it has something 586 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:37,500 to do with the treasure. 587 00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:39,833 The next step is to run the camera. 588 00:24:39,917 --> 00:24:41,500 So, if you guys are ready, I'd like to see 589 00:24:41,708 --> 00:24:43,708 -what's down there. -Absolutely. -Yeah. 590 00:24:43,875 --> 00:24:46,000 ALEX: The overwhelming likelihood 591 00:24:46,125 --> 00:24:48,000 is that Aladdin's Cave is not natural. 592 00:24:48,208 --> 00:24:50,583 If it's not natural, then somebody dug it. 593 00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:53,458 It's either searcher or depositor. 594 00:24:53,583 --> 00:24:55,167 Where are we at? 595 00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:56,875 We're just ready to put it down. 596 00:24:57,083 --> 00:24:59,292 -Okay, great. -Okay, let's get after it. 597 00:24:59,458 --> 00:25:01,375 ALEX: If this cave is man-made, 598 00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:03,167 there must be an entrance. 599 00:25:03,375 --> 00:25:04,958 So, when we lower the camera down, 600 00:25:05,125 --> 00:25:06,667 we should be able to see something, and, hopefully, 601 00:25:06,875 --> 00:25:08,333 we can get as much data as we can. 602 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:09,875 -TERRY: Here we go. -All right, Steve. 603 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:11,875 NARRATOR: In order to look for any signs 604 00:25:12,042 --> 00:25:14,292 of a tunnel or possible treasure... 605 00:25:14,458 --> 00:25:15,667 TERRY: Down the hole we go. 606 00:25:15,833 --> 00:25:17,375 NARRATOR: ...the team is using 607 00:25:17,542 --> 00:25:21,583 the Inuktun Spectrum 120 high-definition camera. 608 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:24,500 A waterproof device designed to operate 609 00:25:24,625 --> 00:25:26,625 in low-light conditions, 610 00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:31,375 and which features a lens that can pan 360 degrees 611 00:25:31,542 --> 00:25:34,167 for a full view of its surroundings. 612 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,500 -TERRY: Few feet away. Oh. Boom. -ALEX: Boom. 613 00:25:37,625 --> 00:25:39,167 TERRY: We're into the water. 614 00:25:39,375 --> 00:25:40,792 STEVE: Aladdin's Cave, to me, 615 00:25:40,917 --> 00:25:42,833 is probably the most interesting feature in the Money Pit. 616 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:46,250 It's a huge structure. It's almost 30 feet wide. 617 00:25:46,417 --> 00:25:48,000 It has gold and silver in the water, 618 00:25:48,125 --> 00:25:49,917 and it has wood organics. 619 00:25:50,042 --> 00:25:51,500 So, to me, it's the most promising location 620 00:25:51,708 --> 00:25:53,208 for an offset chamber. 621 00:25:53,375 --> 00:25:55,958 To me, this is a potential treasure location. 622 00:25:56,083 --> 00:25:57,833 PAUL: Okay, it's pretty murky down there. 623 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,833 We're not seeing too much right now. 624 00:26:00,042 --> 00:26:02,000 Let's get into the cavity and see what we can see. 625 00:26:02,083 --> 00:26:03,167 Okay. 626 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:11,625 ALEX: There you go, it's right under the lip of the casing. 627 00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:13,208 TERRY: Okay. 628 00:26:13,417 --> 00:26:14,917 ALEX: There you go. You got something. 629 00:26:15,083 --> 00:26:16,833 PAUL: Okay. Stop right there. Stop right there. 630 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:17,708 CHARLES: Now it's starting to clear up a little bit. 631 00:26:17,875 --> 00:26:19,333 ALEX: Stop there! 632 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:21,583 It's not a bad image, but what is it? 633 00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:25,000 PAUL: Yeah, it looks like the edge, 634 00:26:25,208 --> 00:26:27,625 edge of something here. 635 00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:30,208 ALEX: What do you see there, Terry? 636 00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:32,458 TERRY: I see broken edges. 637 00:26:32,625 --> 00:26:35,667 Okay, now-now pan around if you can. 638 00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:39,375 CHARLES: Paul, stop right there. Go back. 639 00:26:39,542 --> 00:26:40,542 PAUL: Oh, okay. Yep. 640 00:26:40,750 --> 00:26:42,333 Yeah, there's a linear feature, 641 00:26:42,542 --> 00:26:44,292 but we've gone by it. 642 00:26:44,458 --> 00:26:45,667 -It was up further. -PAUL: Okay. 643 00:26:45,875 --> 00:26:48,500 Let me try to get back up there. 644 00:26:48,625 --> 00:26:50,292 Yeah, tilt it up a little bit here. 645 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:52,000 TERRY: What's that? 646 00:26:52,167 --> 00:26:53,458 There you go. There's... 647 00:26:53,625 --> 00:26:56,708 -something there. -STEVE: What do you see? 648 00:26:56,875 --> 00:26:59,333 Looks like the edge fracture of a wall right now. 649 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:00,625 Just want to take a quick look. 650 00:27:00,750 --> 00:27:02,125 PAUL: We're just panning around 651 00:27:02,292 --> 00:27:04,625 -to try to get the perimeter. -CHARLES: Yeah. 652 00:27:04,792 --> 00:27:07,542 So, you can see this bunch of material here, Steve. 653 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:10,167 It's basically, like, an edge, 654 00:27:10,375 --> 00:27:12,167 edge of a wall for the cavern. 655 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:13,583 Oh, yeah, that looks good. 656 00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:15,292 What would you say that is? 657 00:27:15,417 --> 00:27:16,583 That does look... 658 00:27:16,792 --> 00:27:19,833 look like a tunnel. 659 00:27:26,917 --> 00:27:28,458 STEVE: That does look like a tunnel. 660 00:27:28,625 --> 00:27:30,375 Oh, yeah, that looks good. 661 00:27:30,542 --> 00:27:33,708 NARRATOR: It is a riveting moment for Alex Lagina 662 00:27:33,833 --> 00:27:35,667 and members of the Oak Island team 663 00:27:35,792 --> 00:27:37,833 in the Money Pit area. 664 00:27:39,292 --> 00:27:42,833 PAUL: Clearly, we're stirring up some silt with the camera motion. 665 00:27:43,875 --> 00:27:47,250 NARRATOR: While investigating the mysterious cavern 666 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:49,667 nearly 150 feet underground, 667 00:27:49,792 --> 00:27:52,750 known as Aladdin's Cave, 668 00:27:52,958 --> 00:27:56,000 they have just obtained high-definition video 669 00:27:56,167 --> 00:27:58,333 of a possible man-made entrance. 670 00:27:58,542 --> 00:28:00,042 CHARLES: Yeah, there it is right there. 671 00:28:00,208 --> 00:28:02,042 PAUL: See, that looks like an opening right there. 672 00:28:02,208 --> 00:28:04,500 STEVE: Look, look. 673 00:28:04,708 --> 00:28:08,167 Oh. It's hard to see now. 674 00:28:08,375 --> 00:28:09,667 It's promising, 675 00:28:09,833 --> 00:28:11,000 from what I can see just for a second 676 00:28:11,167 --> 00:28:12,875 before the water got quite murky. 677 00:28:13,042 --> 00:28:15,917 It did look like we could see a potential hallway or a tunnel. 678 00:28:16,083 --> 00:28:18,042 -So, that's promising. -It is promising. 679 00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:20,667 STEVE: I'll go get Terry back in here. 680 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:22,417 Okay. Sounds good. 681 00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:25,208 PAUL: Maybe this is man-made. 682 00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:27,250 We're trying to get an answer, a definitive answer. 683 00:28:27,417 --> 00:28:30,167 But the question is, if we keep following this, 684 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,083 are we going to see something? 685 00:28:33,042 --> 00:28:34,417 -ALEX: Hey, Steve. -Yes, sir. 686 00:28:34,583 --> 00:28:36,958 Can you just lower it about six inches? 687 00:28:40,042 --> 00:28:42,000 ALEX: Perfect. That's good. 688 00:28:42,208 --> 00:28:44,167 PAUL: Now we're able to get a 360 a little bit. 689 00:28:48,542 --> 00:28:50,833 ALEX: There. 690 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,542 -TERRY: That's kind of a sharp edge. -Yeah. 691 00:28:53,708 --> 00:28:56,167 But that's going to be the open space. 692 00:28:56,375 --> 00:28:58,542 CHARLES: Yeah, that's open space there. 693 00:28:58,708 --> 00:29:02,708 -If I keep going... -It's pretty wide. 694 00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:06,792 PAUL: Okay, yeah. So, we have a clear, open area 695 00:29:06,958 --> 00:29:09,750 between two sidewalls, it looks like. 696 00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:11,125 Charles, what do you see? 697 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,000 We're seeing, like, a dark space, 698 00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:14,750 like, between two walls, and you can't see 699 00:29:14,958 --> 00:29:17,167 the back of it at all. 700 00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:19,375 Yeah. When I was in there, that's what I could see, too. 701 00:29:19,542 --> 00:29:23,000 It almost looks like a tunnel, or an opening to a cave. 702 00:29:23,208 --> 00:29:25,000 CHARLES: You know, we're into an open space. 703 00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:28,167 This could be a tunnel. It could be an offset chamber. 704 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:30,167 Who knows? 705 00:29:30,375 --> 00:29:31,333 And that's exciting. 706 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:32,500 We've got to investigate this 707 00:29:32,708 --> 00:29:34,333 and see where it ends. 708 00:29:34,542 --> 00:29:38,333 Maybe that will lead us to where the Money Pit is. 709 00:29:39,375 --> 00:29:42,125 -I'm just trying to look down. -Yeah. Yeah. 710 00:29:44,208 --> 00:29:46,000 -ALEX: You see anything? -CHARLES: No. 711 00:29:46,208 --> 00:29:49,917 -It's very murky. -This image is so poor. 712 00:29:50,125 --> 00:29:52,458 The sonar, I think is going to give us a better idea. 713 00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:56,000 NARRATOR: Because of the heavy silt that has now obscured the team's 714 00:29:56,208 --> 00:29:58,625 ability to visually investigate 715 00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:01,333 the possibly man-made cavern, 716 00:30:01,542 --> 00:30:04,500 in the coming days, they will once again conduct 717 00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:09,125 a sonar scan from this new vantage point in order to better 718 00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:12,750 define the dimensions of the possible tunnel entrance, 719 00:30:12,917 --> 00:30:14,875 and hopefully determine 720 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,833 just what this feature may contain. 721 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,375 ALEX: Aladdin's Cave. 722 00:30:20,583 --> 00:30:22,042 This really is the most significant 723 00:30:22,208 --> 00:30:24,125 underground cavity that we've found in the Money Pit. 724 00:30:24,250 --> 00:30:27,917 And that's why we need to explore it as much as we can. 725 00:30:28,083 --> 00:30:29,875 The sonar can see through the dark, 726 00:30:30,042 --> 00:30:33,208 and get us a really precise measurement of this cave, 727 00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:35,000 and help us try to solve this mystery. 728 00:30:36,333 --> 00:30:37,750 I think we've seen everything we can see. 729 00:30:37,958 --> 00:30:40,417 I think it's gonna come down to the sonar. 730 00:30:40,542 --> 00:30:41,917 CHARLES: I agree. Yeah. 731 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,208 ALEX: Thanks, guys. 732 00:30:48,458 --> 00:30:51,292 NARRATOR: The following morning... 733 00:30:51,458 --> 00:30:53,792 as the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 734 00:30:53,958 --> 00:30:58,208 continues to look for voids in the Garden Shaft... 735 00:30:58,375 --> 00:31:00,667 FIONA: I've got a lot of loose rocks here, and I think 736 00:31:00,833 --> 00:31:02,000 I'm going to have to take them out. 737 00:31:02,167 --> 00:31:04,958 I expected that at the edge. 738 00:31:05,125 --> 00:31:07,708 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley, Jamie Kouba, 739 00:31:07,875 --> 00:31:09,542 Moya MacDonald and Fiona Steele 740 00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:13,500 continue their careful investigation to uncover 741 00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:18,167 more layers of the mysterious stone foundation near the shore 742 00:31:18,333 --> 00:31:19,458 on Lot 5. 743 00:31:19,625 --> 00:31:21,667 JAMIE: I will say, I'm finding 744 00:31:21,833 --> 00:31:23,333 barely anything now that we're 745 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:26,375 in these big rocks, so that's a good sign for it being a wall. 746 00:31:28,250 --> 00:31:32,125 I think that this is the edge. 747 00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:36,500 JACK: On Lot 5, it appears that this is some sort of 748 00:31:36,708 --> 00:31:38,917 habitation or structure 749 00:31:39,083 --> 00:31:41,583 that predates the Money Pit discovery. 750 00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:44,792 So, is this our depositor? 751 00:31:44,917 --> 00:31:47,792 Is this related to the Money Pit? 752 00:31:47,875 --> 00:31:49,542 Digging up these features and recovering 753 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:52,375 all the artifacts could tell us who this was, 754 00:31:52,542 --> 00:31:56,375 and whether or not they are related to the Money Pit story. 755 00:31:56,542 --> 00:32:01,208 So, just kind of looking at this structure, I'm struggling 756 00:32:01,375 --> 00:32:06,250 to figure out how it all lines up, and how big this might be. 757 00:32:06,375 --> 00:32:09,875 What I expected to find was a pretty much intact wall. 758 00:32:10,042 --> 00:32:12,292 But I think it's possible that it was 759 00:32:12,458 --> 00:32:15,958 a taller wall, and it has collapsed in on itself. 760 00:32:16,083 --> 00:32:18,000 When you're looking down on it, you can see 761 00:32:18,083 --> 00:32:19,708 these rocks here look in situ. 762 00:32:19,875 --> 00:32:22,750 -Like they weren't just stacked. -Hmm. 763 00:32:22,917 --> 00:32:25,083 And there is still this straight line 764 00:32:25,292 --> 00:32:27,667 that we have going through here. 765 00:32:27,833 --> 00:32:30,708 It kind of makes me wonder if we don't have both sides of 766 00:32:30,833 --> 00:32:32,042 this rock wall, because 767 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:33,833 we know we have sterile soil over here 768 00:32:34,042 --> 00:32:35,833 on the south side of it. 769 00:32:36,042 --> 00:32:37,917 And it looks like Moya might be coming down 770 00:32:38,125 --> 00:32:40,458 on sterile soil here on the right. 771 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:45,167 So, it's entirely possible that we got both sides of it. 772 00:32:45,333 --> 00:32:46,958 NARRATOR: A stone wall? 773 00:32:47,083 --> 00:32:50,125 Is it possible that the team is in the process 774 00:32:50,292 --> 00:32:54,083 of uncovering another section of the mysterious feature? 775 00:32:54,208 --> 00:32:56,833 And if so, just what will they find 776 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,208 as they continue digging deeper 777 00:32:59,375 --> 00:33:02,083 into the purposely buried layer below? 778 00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:05,708 I have a hunch that this thing just fell in on itself. 779 00:33:05,875 --> 00:33:07,833 That it was higher than ground level, 780 00:33:08,042 --> 00:33:09,667 and that it fell in on itself. 781 00:33:09,792 --> 00:33:12,542 I'd like to get Laird out here and have him take a look 782 00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:13,833 and get his opinion on it. 783 00:33:14,875 --> 00:33:16,833 I mean, at the very least, we've definitely come down 784 00:33:17,042 --> 00:33:18,958 on the rock feature that we were looking for. 785 00:33:19,167 --> 00:33:20,167 -MOYA: Absolutely. -JACK: Yeah. 786 00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:21,833 MOYA: It's really interesting. 787 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,625 JAMIE: This is really exciting to see. 788 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,042 -LAIRD: Hello -JAMIE: Hello. 789 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:31,208 -Hey, Laird. -What's happening? 790 00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,500 We have an interesting puzzle. 791 00:33:33,708 --> 00:33:35,000 -Yeah. -Great. 792 00:33:35,125 --> 00:33:36,000 NARRATOR: Near the northern shore 793 00:33:36,125 --> 00:33:38,292 of Lot 5 on Oak Island, 794 00:33:38,458 --> 00:33:42,250 archaeologist Laird Niven joins Jack Begley 795 00:33:42,417 --> 00:33:44,833 and other members of the team to inspect 796 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,167 a potentially important discovery 797 00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:48,833 that was just uncovered 798 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,917 inside the mysterious stone foundation. 799 00:33:52,083 --> 00:33:55,542 So, we might be coming down on a wall feature. 800 00:33:55,708 --> 00:33:57,958 -Mm-hmm. -It's possible that this structure was 801 00:33:58,125 --> 00:34:00,167 a little taller than we originally anticipated, 802 00:34:00,333 --> 00:34:02,833 and it has collapsed in on itself. 803 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,292 That's possible. 804 00:34:05,458 --> 00:34:07,125 The other thing I kind of wanted to discuss 805 00:34:07,292 --> 00:34:08,500 with you, since you're here. 806 00:34:08,708 --> 00:34:11,042 As we started taking back this historic fill, 807 00:34:11,208 --> 00:34:13,125 we started hitting the dark stuff. 808 00:34:13,292 --> 00:34:15,000 And that's all the same area that we're 809 00:34:15,167 --> 00:34:17,083 finding the iron and stuff in. 810 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:19,458 -Yeah. -Like, especially, like, the door pieces. 811 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:21,917 -Right. -And we've also been finding 812 00:34:22,083 --> 00:34:25,500 a lot of nails in that area around the dark soil, 813 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:28,667 -so that would also maybe indicate a door, right? -Yep. 814 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:30,083 Yeah. 815 00:34:30,250 --> 00:34:33,833 The magnetometer data is indicating that there 816 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,333 should be at least intact base of a wall. 817 00:34:36,542 --> 00:34:38,333 -Yeah. All four sides of it. -Right? 818 00:34:38,542 --> 00:34:41,833 Yeah, so, I mean, what we have here is the outline of a fairly 819 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,542 large structure that for some reason was abandoned and either 820 00:34:46,708 --> 00:34:50,792 collapsed or was filled in, or a combination of both. 821 00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:53,458 -Yeah. -So it's pretty exciting. 822 00:34:53,625 --> 00:34:55,500 Oh, yeah. Very exciting. 823 00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:58,500 NARRATOR: The confirmation that this feature is much 824 00:34:58,708 --> 00:35:01,000 larger than the team previously knew 825 00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:02,458 is an exciting development, 826 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,667 and underscores the burning question 827 00:35:04,875 --> 00:35:07,542 of why it may have been deliberately buried. 828 00:35:07,708 --> 00:35:11,375 Could the artifacts that the team has found inside of it, 829 00:35:11,583 --> 00:35:14,750 which have been directly connected to Sir William Phips, 830 00:35:14,875 --> 00:35:18,167 the 17th-century English privateer who may have hidden 831 00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:20,958 tons of Spanish treasure in the Money Pit, 832 00:35:21,125 --> 00:35:24,292 offer a potential answer? 833 00:35:25,333 --> 00:35:27,167 This is huge if it's as big as we think it is. 834 00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,000 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 835 00:35:30,208 --> 00:35:32,375 -We'll just keep pulling this back... -Yeah. 836 00:35:32,542 --> 00:35:34,708 ...and seeing where the large rocks end. 837 00:35:34,875 --> 00:35:36,083 All right. I think that's a plan. 838 00:35:36,250 --> 00:35:37,167 You guys keep going. 839 00:35:37,333 --> 00:35:38,333 -Okay, perfect. -Yay. 840 00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:40,917 We're making progress though. 841 00:35:41,083 --> 00:35:42,625 -Yeah. -All right, so I'm gonna go back 842 00:35:42,792 --> 00:35:44,250 to the lab, and you guys can get back to work. 843 00:35:44,417 --> 00:35:45,667 -Yeah. Great. -I'll see you again soon. 844 00:35:45,875 --> 00:35:47,000 -Sure. -Thanks. 845 00:35:47,167 --> 00:35:48,125 JACK: It just gets more interesting 846 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:49,417 the more we dig. 847 00:35:49,583 --> 00:35:50,958 LAIRD: I agree. 848 00:35:51,042 --> 00:35:52,250 NARRATOR: As the archaeological work 849 00:35:52,458 --> 00:35:54,250 continues on Lot 5... 850 00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:57,167 -CRAIG: Hey, Scott. -SCOTT: Hi, guys. 851 00:35:57,375 --> 00:35:58,792 -What's up? -How we doing? 852 00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:00,167 Not so great. 853 00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:02,000 We have some issues here inside the shaft wall. 854 00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:03,667 They were doing some drilling, 855 00:36:03,833 --> 00:36:05,958 trying to find the source of the water coming in. 856 00:36:06,167 --> 00:36:07,542 Wow. 857 00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:09,292 SCOTT: And the water's coming in at quite a rate. 858 00:36:09,458 --> 00:36:11,250 It was raising about a foot an hour in the shaft. 859 00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:13,167 -Really? -Wow. -Yeah. 860 00:36:13,333 --> 00:36:14,542 So, Roger, he's got a camera down there. 861 00:36:14,708 --> 00:36:16,958 He's definitely gonna get some pictures and video. 862 00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:19,000 And he's gonna show us what he sees. 863 00:36:19,125 --> 00:36:20,333 CRAIG: Good. 864 00:36:20,542 --> 00:36:22,417 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and Craig Tester 865 00:36:22,583 --> 00:36:25,417 join Scott Barlow in the Money Pit area 866 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:28,417 where members of Dumas Contracting Limited 867 00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:32,167 are struggling to stop the mysterious flow of water 868 00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:35,292 that continues to flood the Garden Shaft. 869 00:36:54,167 --> 00:36:55,167 ROGER: Woah! 870 00:37:26,417 --> 00:37:28,958 So they're going 65 feet down, where the water's coming in. 871 00:37:29,125 --> 00:37:31,333 And it seems to be an isolated spot 872 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:35,167 because they've drilled around it and it's dry. 873 00:37:35,375 --> 00:37:37,375 -Hey, guys. -SCOTT: Hi, Roger. -CRAIG: Hey. 874 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:39,083 -How did it go down there? -(chuckles) 875 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:42,500 I got some pretty weird things actually. 876 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,333 In there, there's like a little cavern 877 00:37:46,542 --> 00:37:47,833 and it's full of timber in there. 878 00:37:48,042 --> 00:37:49,667 -Whew. -ROGER: It's really weird. 879 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:52,000 Actually, I've got a picture maybe I can show you. 880 00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:54,833 There's a long void in there. 881 00:37:55,042 --> 00:37:56,375 So, you can see in here... 882 00:37:57,625 --> 00:38:00,625 So that's inside the cavity. See these planks up there? 883 00:38:00,792 --> 00:38:03,083 They look like one-by-six laid one on top of the other. 884 00:38:03,208 --> 00:38:04,500 -CRAIG: Oh, wow. -ROGER: It's weird. 885 00:38:04,708 --> 00:38:06,167 It's just weird. 886 00:38:06,375 --> 00:38:08,542 -And it's not connected to my shaft. -Wow. 887 00:38:08,708 --> 00:38:10,833 That makes this very interesting. 888 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:11,625 ROGER: Yeah. 889 00:38:15,833 --> 00:38:18,417 There's a long void in there. It's kind of really weird. 890 00:38:18,583 --> 00:38:20,667 And it's not connected to the shaft. 891 00:38:20,875 --> 00:38:22,333 Yeah. 892 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,333 NARRATOR: It is a perplexing moment 893 00:38:24,542 --> 00:38:27,167 for Rick Lagina, Craig Tester and their team 894 00:38:27,375 --> 00:38:29,333 in the Money Pit area 895 00:38:29,417 --> 00:38:32,000 as workers from Dumas Contracting Limited 896 00:38:32,208 --> 00:38:34,083 were probe drilling in an effort 897 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,167 to find the source of the water flow 898 00:38:36,375 --> 00:38:38,542 that is currently flooding the Garden Shaft. 899 00:38:38,708 --> 00:38:41,542 They discovered a mysterious cavern 900 00:38:41,708 --> 00:38:43,625 just outside the structure 901 00:38:43,792 --> 00:38:49,000 at a depth of 65 feet that contains wooden timbers. 902 00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:50,667 You'll see some really good shots. 903 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:54,417 ROGER: Wow, look at that. 904 00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:56,292 -That's quite a cavity. -It is. 905 00:38:56,458 --> 00:38:58,708 Seeing the void or the cavity, 906 00:38:58,875 --> 00:39:02,417 your first thought, of course, is... 907 00:39:02,542 --> 00:39:04,875 "You know, is this possibly connected to an offset chamber 908 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:08,292 "or a previously unknown void, cavity, tunnel? 909 00:39:08,417 --> 00:39:09,875 And might it lead somewhere?" 910 00:39:10,042 --> 00:39:11,375 -SCOTT: That's horizontal there. -ROGER: That's right. 911 00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:13,958 That cavity is certainly interesting, you know? 912 00:39:14,125 --> 00:39:15,250 Thought-provoking at the very least. 913 00:39:15,417 --> 00:39:16,667 ROGER: Oh, for sure. 914 00:39:17,958 --> 00:39:19,333 RICK: But you've got to get down there. 915 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:20,917 You've got to put your eyes on it. 916 00:39:21,083 --> 00:39:24,167 And if it happens to turn out to be true, wow. 917 00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:26,708 That would be amazing. 918 00:39:26,875 --> 00:39:28,375 And I know I'm anxious 919 00:39:28,542 --> 00:39:30,958 -to enlarge that hole if we can. -Oh, for sure. 920 00:39:31,125 --> 00:39:32,042 -And have a look in there. -Yeah. 921 00:39:32,250 --> 00:39:33,458 I think first thing's first. 922 00:39:33,583 --> 00:39:34,583 -We need to deal with the water. -Yeah. 923 00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:36,375 NARRATOR: Is it possible 924 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:38,000 that a frustrating setback for the team 925 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:42,458 has actually led to a potential breakthrough discovery 926 00:39:42,542 --> 00:39:45,250 that may help them solve the Oak Island mystery? 927 00:39:45,417 --> 00:39:47,292 Unfortunately, 928 00:39:47,417 --> 00:39:50,542 they will have to first stop the flow of water 929 00:39:50,708 --> 00:39:54,083 into the Garden Shaft before they can find out for sure. 930 00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:56,083 It's pretty ironic, you know? When you think about this, 931 00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:59,500 we're 200-plus years after the first shaft was dug here 932 00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:01,333 and we're still dealing with the same issues 933 00:40:01,458 --> 00:40:02,292 -that the first people were. -Yeah. 934 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,458 -Exactly. -Water coming in. 935 00:40:03,625 --> 00:40:04,833 RICK: But on some level, 936 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,125 that's what makes this very interesting, right? 937 00:40:07,292 --> 00:40:09,417 -Yeah. -RICK: The bottom line is this-- 938 00:40:09,583 --> 00:40:11,333 you'll find a way 939 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:13,333 and the tunnel is still down there, right? 940 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:14,625 ROGER: Yep. 941 00:40:14,792 --> 00:40:16,375 And, and look, at the end of the day, 942 00:40:16,542 --> 00:40:18,500 you know, we'll all put our heads together. 943 00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:19,833 -ROGER: Yeah. -And then collectively, 944 00:40:20,042 --> 00:40:22,458 we can have a-a good idea of how to proceed. 945 00:40:23,458 --> 00:40:24,958 It's Charles who says it all the time, 946 00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:27,667 "If this were easy, it would've been done long ago." 947 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:30,500 We're on Oak Island for gosh sakes, right? 948 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:31,833 Yeah. (chuckles) 949 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,333 228-year mystery. 950 00:40:33,458 --> 00:40:34,917 If we're gonna let a little water 951 00:40:35,083 --> 00:40:37,625 say to us, "Well, you know what? We're done." 952 00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:39,167 -"We're done." -We're not! 953 00:40:39,375 --> 00:40:41,542 We're not done. So, let's just keep going. 954 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,458 -Agreed. -We can solve this together. 955 00:40:44,667 --> 00:40:46,583 -CRAIG: It's a plan. -RICK: Thank you, Roger. 956 00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:49,167 ROGER: Right on. We'll get to it. 957 00:40:50,208 --> 00:40:55,500 NARRATOR: Ever since the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795, 958 00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:59,333 the Oak Island mystery has remained a complex puzzle 959 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:02,833 that is missing a number of critical pieces. 960 00:41:03,042 --> 00:41:06,500 Now, thanks to the efforts of Rick, 961 00:41:06,667 --> 00:41:09,500 Marty, Craig and their team, 962 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:12,083 the pieces needed to complete the picture 963 00:41:12,250 --> 00:41:14,333 of what happened here long ago 964 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,708 may finally be falling into place. 965 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:20,375 But as they move forward, determined 966 00:41:20,583 --> 00:41:23,875 to reach those answers, perhaps 967 00:41:24,042 --> 00:41:27,917 the ultimate question is, will the island allow them 968 00:41:28,042 --> 00:41:30,708 to be revealed? 969 00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:37,875 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 970 00:41:38,083 --> 00:41:40,833 -MARTY: Time to drain the swamp. -RICK: Do it. 971 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,458 RICK: The swamp holds secrets to the mystery. 972 00:41:43,625 --> 00:41:45,667 -Oh! Look! -Oh! 973 00:41:45,833 --> 00:41:47,333 JAMIE: That's interesting. 974 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:48,375 -MOYA: What do you got? -JAMIE: Holy crap! 975 00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:50,208 It seems like jewelry. 976 00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:52,708 SCOTT: A symbol found on Templar churches 977 00:41:52,917 --> 00:41:55,250 pointing directly to Oak Island and it is believed 978 00:41:55,375 --> 00:41:56,625 -to represent the Holy Grail. -Oh! 979 00:41:57,958 --> 00:42:00,875 RICK: If there's gold in that void, that'd be huge. 980 00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:03,417 There's something there. 981 00:42:03,625 --> 00:42:05,500 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS