1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,250 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:05,667 -Can you go deeper, Billy? -Definitely. 3 00:00:05,875 --> 00:00:06,833 -GARY: Ooh! -RICK: Oh! 4 00:00:07,042 --> 00:00:08,583 JACK: There's a structure! 5 00:00:08,792 --> 00:00:10,167 These are massive. 6 00:00:10,333 --> 00:00:11,875 A piece of Oak Island history. 7 00:00:12,042 --> 00:00:13,458 Whoa! 8 00:00:14,583 --> 00:00:18,000 -I hit the void at 183. -That's what we want. 9 00:00:18,208 --> 00:00:19,958 Do you think we hit the anomaly? 10 00:00:20,083 --> 00:00:22,583 What we have here is a void that encapsulates 11 00:00:22,750 --> 00:00:24,125 -the Chappell Vault. -Yeah! 12 00:00:24,292 --> 00:00:26,458 That's the treasure of the Money Pit 13 00:00:26,625 --> 00:00:28,125 that was never recovered. 14 00:00:31,542 --> 00:00:34,458 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,583 --> 00:00:37,125 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,292 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,042 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,208 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:50,458 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,667 --> 00:00:55,042 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:55,208 --> 00:00:56,167 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:02,000 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:02,167 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,375 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,167 -RICK: Morning, Bill. -BILLY: Morning. 28 00:01:26,333 --> 00:01:27,792 Should say good morning, right? 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,208 We're gonna find something today, right? 30 00:01:29,333 --> 00:01:30,958 Well, we're pretty excited on this area. 31 00:01:31,125 --> 00:01:32,208 The closer we get to the stone road, 32 00:01:32,375 --> 00:01:33,500 the more exciting it's gonna get. 33 00:01:35,125 --> 00:01:37,542 NARRATOR: As a new morning dawns on Oak Island 34 00:01:37,708 --> 00:01:41,417 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team, 35 00:01:41,625 --> 00:01:43,125 the quest for answers 36 00:01:43,292 --> 00:01:47,333 to a 229-year-old treasure mystery continues 37 00:01:47,458 --> 00:01:49,167 in one of the most intriguing 38 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:53,750 and inhospitable locations on these 140 acres: 39 00:01:53,875 --> 00:01:57,083 the triangle-shaped swamp. 40 00:01:57,292 --> 00:01:59,667 -Gary, you're up. -All right, mate. 41 00:01:59,875 --> 00:02:01,292 I'm ready to get stuck in. 42 00:02:01,417 --> 00:02:04,708 -Hopefully, it's not literally. -(Rick laughs) 43 00:02:04,917 --> 00:02:06,167 This looks old. 44 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:08,500 -That does. Yeah. -Yeah. 45 00:02:08,667 --> 00:02:11,542 NARRATOR: One week ago, while excavating the potentially 46 00:02:11,750 --> 00:02:15,250 500-year-old stone road, or ship's wharf, 47 00:02:15,375 --> 00:02:18,208 that was first uncovered in the southeast corner 48 00:02:18,375 --> 00:02:21,833 of the brackish bog back in 2020, 49 00:02:21,917 --> 00:02:25,250 the team found a large hand-wrought chain and hook, 50 00:02:25,417 --> 00:02:27,500 which, according to blacksmithing expert 51 00:02:27,667 --> 00:02:32,292 Carmen Legge, was not only used to lift heavy cargo 52 00:02:32,458 --> 00:02:35,917 but may also date back to the 16th century. 53 00:02:36,083 --> 00:02:37,208 I'll start down there at the bottom 54 00:02:37,375 --> 00:02:39,167 -and work my way back. -Okay. 55 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,792 NARRATOR: Now the team is digging further into the southern shore 56 00:02:42,958 --> 00:02:44,542 that borders the swamp 57 00:02:44,708 --> 00:02:48,167 in the hopes of uncovering more of the stone road 58 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:50,833 and also clues that could prove whether or not 59 00:02:51,042 --> 00:02:53,375 the swamp was artificially created 60 00:02:53,542 --> 00:02:57,125 in order to hide something of great value on Oak Island. 61 00:02:58,292 --> 00:03:00,750 Is that a stick there, mate? 62 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:03,542 On this side of the hole? 63 00:03:03,708 --> 00:03:04,625 Yeah. 64 00:03:04,792 --> 00:03:05,667 RICK: Yeah. There. 65 00:03:05,875 --> 00:03:07,667 -It's axe-cut. -GARY: Oh, yeah? 66 00:03:07,875 --> 00:03:10,167 -That's worth bagging. -Okay. 67 00:03:10,375 --> 00:03:12,417 -I'll put it in the bag. -Okay. 68 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:15,458 This is almost peaty, though, here. 69 00:03:15,625 --> 00:03:17,250 -Yeah. That does. -BILLY: It's a little bit of peat, 70 00:03:17,417 --> 00:03:18,417 and then it goes to a mud. 71 00:03:18,583 --> 00:03:20,292 And it's the only layer in here 72 00:03:20,458 --> 00:03:22,500 that's kind of like that. 73 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:24,292 RICK: What it tells me is, we need to know 74 00:03:24,458 --> 00:03:26,417 -what's under this dirt. -Right. 75 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:29,958 We should have Dr. Spooner come down. 76 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:31,167 GARY: Yeah. 77 00:03:31,333 --> 00:03:33,417 -I'll send him a text. -Yeah. 78 00:03:34,458 --> 00:03:36,708 RICK: The axe-cut wood is interesting because 79 00:03:36,875 --> 00:03:40,208 it represents older type of wood construct, 80 00:03:40,375 --> 00:03:43,458 and this material is coming up in the peat. 81 00:03:43,667 --> 00:03:48,417 It's quite layered there. There's sand, peat, sand, peat. 82 00:03:48,542 --> 00:03:50,958 I would say that it's not natural. 83 00:03:51,125 --> 00:03:53,208 So, what is going on here? 84 00:03:53,417 --> 00:03:55,208 -Hey, Billy. -Hi. 85 00:03:56,417 --> 00:03:59,000 We don't know what to make of the possible 86 00:03:59,167 --> 00:04:02,042 connection between here and the stone road. 87 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:04,500 What do you make of the peat, the gray sand, 88 00:04:04,583 --> 00:04:07,542 -the raw sand? -That's kind of odd. 89 00:04:07,708 --> 00:04:10,250 Yeah. The peat shouldn't be over the sand. 90 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:13,833 If this beach is moving landward with time, 91 00:04:14,042 --> 00:04:16,375 then the sand should be over the peat. 92 00:04:16,542 --> 00:04:18,458 I mean, this is, to me, really important because 93 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:23,333 it tells us this feature extended out this way. 94 00:04:23,542 --> 00:04:26,542 So, why doesn't that feature, the way it exists there in front 95 00:04:26,708 --> 00:04:30,333 of our eyes, why doesn't that extend here? 96 00:04:30,542 --> 00:04:32,167 I think it was beach. 97 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:33,208 They pulled the boat up on the beach, 98 00:04:33,417 --> 00:04:34,833 but you can't just have a big 99 00:04:34,958 --> 00:04:37,458 26-foot boat sitting on a beach. 100 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:39,542 You're trying to unload it. 101 00:04:39,708 --> 00:04:42,208 And they needed a platform to haul it on, 102 00:04:42,375 --> 00:04:45,292 so I think they placed peat over the sand. 103 00:04:45,458 --> 00:04:47,625 And that's what it looks like to me. 104 00:04:48,708 --> 00:04:52,417 NARRATOR: Could Dr. Spooner be correct that the swamp 105 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:56,083 and surrounding area was artificially manipulated 106 00:04:56,250 --> 00:04:58,333 in order to construct the stone road 107 00:04:58,417 --> 00:05:00,958 for the purpose of moving something of great value 108 00:05:01,083 --> 00:05:03,833 from a ship onto Oak Island? 109 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,750 I think you need to go three or four feet deeper. 110 00:05:05,917 --> 00:05:07,250 -Oh, okay. -Good. 111 00:05:07,417 --> 00:05:08,250 So, I think we should get back at it, right? 112 00:05:08,417 --> 00:05:10,000 -Yeah. -Yeah. Okay. Good. 113 00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:11,500 Yeah. I-I think so. Thank you. 114 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:13,167 I hope there is something below here. 115 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:14,833 IAN: I hope so, too. 116 00:05:15,042 --> 00:05:16,958 NARRATOR: As the investigation of the stone road 117 00:05:17,125 --> 00:05:19,667 continues in the swamp... 118 00:05:20,708 --> 00:05:22,167 -MARTY: Hey, guys. -CRAIG: Hey, Roger. 119 00:05:22,375 --> 00:05:23,250 -Hey, how's it going, guys? -Hey, Roger. 120 00:05:23,417 --> 00:05:24,292 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina 121 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:25,833 and Craig Tester 122 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,708 arrive in the Money Pit area 123 00:05:27,875 --> 00:05:31,792 to meet with Roger Fortin of Dumas Contracting Limited. 124 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,333 These are the guys that are going to help us get these voids 125 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,583 filled in the shaft itself. 126 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:39,333 NARRATOR: Along with Ryan Hooker and Clint Molyneaux 127 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:42,708 of Minova Global, a company that specializes 128 00:05:42,875 --> 00:05:46,708 in large underground construction operations. 129 00:05:46,875 --> 00:05:49,750 We got to get down to that 95-plus feet. 130 00:05:49,917 --> 00:05:52,750 -Yep. -And this is going to allow us to do it? 131 00:05:52,917 --> 00:05:54,375 -You're pretty sure, right? -Oh, absolutely. 132 00:05:54,583 --> 00:05:57,000 -Yeah. -Once we get this geofoam in place, 133 00:05:57,167 --> 00:05:59,417 -I'm very confident that we're going to get down there. -Okay. 134 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:05,208 NARRATOR: For the past four weeks, 135 00:06:05,375 --> 00:06:07,583 the 18th century, 87-foot-deep structure 136 00:06:07,750 --> 00:06:10,208 known as the Garden Shaft 137 00:06:10,375 --> 00:06:14,333 has been continuously flooded after a number of voids formed 138 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,250 just outside of the remodeled feature. 139 00:06:18,292 --> 00:06:22,208 This has made Rick, Marty and Craig wonder if the cause 140 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:24,458 is related to one of the legendary 141 00:06:24,667 --> 00:06:26,250 man-made flood tunnels 142 00:06:26,417 --> 00:06:29,333 because it has stopped them and Dumas 143 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,167 from extending the shaft down to a target depth 144 00:06:32,375 --> 00:06:35,917 of 95 feet, where a seven-foot-high tunnel 145 00:06:36,042 --> 00:06:37,833 has been discovered. 146 00:06:38,042 --> 00:06:41,333 A tunnel which runs directly toward an area 147 00:06:41,542 --> 00:06:43,458 known as the Baby Blob, 148 00:06:43,625 --> 00:06:46,458 where numerous groundwater tests have yielded 149 00:06:46,625 --> 00:06:50,542 high-trace evidence of gold, silver and other metals 150 00:06:50,708 --> 00:06:55,250 between depths of 80 and 120 feet. 151 00:06:55,417 --> 00:06:57,375 Okay. Tell us what we're going to do. 152 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,375 Well, we're gonna pump some foam in there and try 153 00:06:59,542 --> 00:07:01,167 to get your voids filled up. 154 00:07:01,333 --> 00:07:03,792 -All right, well, this is just a pump, right? -Yep. 155 00:07:03,958 --> 00:07:07,500 NARRATOR: Ryan and Clint will use an industrial-grade material 156 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:11,292 known as geofoam, which is specifically designed 157 00:07:11,458 --> 00:07:14,708 for use in mining and construction projects. 158 00:07:15,708 --> 00:07:17,792 Once injected into the open cavities, 159 00:07:17,958 --> 00:07:21,667 it will expand to fill those voids, 160 00:07:21,792 --> 00:07:23,750 seal out the inflow of water, 161 00:07:23,875 --> 00:07:26,708 and stabilize the Garden Shaft so that Dumas can extend it 162 00:07:26,875 --> 00:07:29,625 down into the possible treasure tunnel. 163 00:07:31,542 --> 00:07:33,167 -All right. -Well, gentlemen, good luck. 164 00:07:33,333 --> 00:07:34,875 -We'll let you get to your work. -Thank you. Nice to meet you. 165 00:07:35,042 --> 00:07:36,000 Pleasure to meet you guys. 166 00:07:36,208 --> 00:07:38,000 ROGER: All right, thanks, guys. 167 00:07:38,208 --> 00:07:41,583 NARRATOR: As the process begins in the Garden Shaft, 168 00:07:41,708 --> 00:07:46,000 -just 60 feet to the southwest... -So, where are we? 169 00:07:46,125 --> 00:07:48,667 -We are down 88 feet below grade. -Awesome. 170 00:07:48,875 --> 00:07:51,458 ...geologist Terry Matheson, 171 00:07:51,625 --> 00:07:54,167 Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 172 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:56,833 and Alex Lagina are supervising 173 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,750 a new core-drilling operation in a borehole known as K-06. 174 00:08:01,917 --> 00:08:05,167 A borehole that might actually be on track 175 00:08:05,375 --> 00:08:08,917 to encounter another potential cache of buried valuables 176 00:08:09,083 --> 00:08:12,875 some 180 feet deep, near a site that the team 177 00:08:13,083 --> 00:08:16,542 previously investigated six years ago. 178 00:08:16,708 --> 00:08:19,375 Okay, so K-6, drilling for 179 00:08:19,542 --> 00:08:21,958 -the muon low-density anomaly. -Exactly. 180 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:25,208 -Also could be where the H-8 plug ended up. -TERRY: That's right. 181 00:08:25,375 --> 00:08:27,250 We're only about seven or eight feet away 182 00:08:27,375 --> 00:08:29,292 from the actual H-8 caisson, 183 00:08:29,417 --> 00:08:31,083 which makes it doubly interesting. 184 00:08:32,708 --> 00:08:36,042 So what we're seeing is a high-density anomaly 185 00:08:36,167 --> 00:08:38,500 southwest of the Garden Shaft. 186 00:08:38,625 --> 00:08:40,250 It's significant. 187 00:08:42,042 --> 00:08:44,125 NARRATOR: Several weeks ago, representatives 188 00:08:44,333 --> 00:08:48,333 from Ideon Technology, utilizing a process known as 189 00:08:48,542 --> 00:08:51,500 muon tomography, presented the team 190 00:08:51,667 --> 00:08:54,083 with a subsurface scan of the Money Pit area 191 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:57,042 that revealed numerous low-density targets, 192 00:08:57,208 --> 00:09:00,917 such as voids and possible buried containers. 193 00:09:01,042 --> 00:09:04,042 One of the most compelling was identified 194 00:09:04,208 --> 00:09:07,958 at a depth of nearly 180 feet. 195 00:09:08,958 --> 00:09:12,000 MARTY: Come on, baby, let's make hole! 196 00:09:12,208 --> 00:09:15,833 NARRATOR: It was in the same area where, in 2017, 197 00:09:15,958 --> 00:09:19,292 the team excavated with a five-foot-diameter 198 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,375 steel caisson known as H-8 while they were attempting 199 00:09:22,583 --> 00:09:26,250 to locate the fabled Chappell Vault. 200 00:09:26,708 --> 00:09:28,583 A seven-foot-high chest 201 00:09:28,750 --> 00:09:31,167 reportedly encountered by Frederick Blair 202 00:09:31,333 --> 00:09:35,875 and William Chappell during a drilling operation in 1897 203 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:39,458 that uncovered trace evidence of gold, 204 00:09:39,583 --> 00:09:42,333 along with pieces of parchment 205 00:09:42,458 --> 00:09:45,292 bearing the letters "VI." 206 00:09:46,292 --> 00:09:50,167 After Rick, Marty, Craig and the team discovered 207 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:53,042 their own pieces of parchment and leather book binding 208 00:09:53,208 --> 00:09:56,125 in H-8, they were stunned 209 00:09:56,250 --> 00:09:58,250 when the caisson encountered a large object 210 00:09:58,417 --> 00:10:01,667 at a depth of 170 feet. 211 00:10:01,875 --> 00:10:06,583 However, as the team extended the caisson deeper 212 00:10:06,708 --> 00:10:08,667 in the hopes of penetrating the object, 213 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:12,167 the plug, or spoils inside of the caisson, 214 00:10:12,375 --> 00:10:17,083 fell from the bottom and pushed the mysterious object deeper 215 00:10:17,292 --> 00:10:19,667 and somewhere off to the side. 216 00:10:19,875 --> 00:10:23,000 Is it possible that the muon target 217 00:10:23,208 --> 00:10:25,583 that was detected at that same depth 218 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:28,708 might be a void that now contains the missing plug 219 00:10:28,917 --> 00:10:32,833 from H-8 as well as the fabled Chappell Vault? 220 00:10:37,250 --> 00:10:38,792 They hit a cobble there. 221 00:10:38,958 --> 00:10:41,250 At least they got-- I think they got the cobble. 222 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:46,833 Hey, Colten. 223 00:10:46,958 --> 00:10:48,750 -That's going to be to 118. -118. 224 00:10:48,917 --> 00:10:51,417 We just pushed a rock for 20 feet, so it's gonna be 118. 225 00:10:51,583 --> 00:10:53,750 TERRY: Yeah. It's in there, I believe. 226 00:10:57,625 --> 00:11:01,125 That's a core barrel blocker, for sure. 227 00:11:02,583 --> 00:11:04,250 How often do we hit cobble around 100 feet? 228 00:11:04,417 --> 00:11:06,917 Uh... 229 00:11:07,083 --> 00:11:08,792 I would say, "Not very often." 230 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,875 I'm just wondering, the flood tunnel's description 231 00:11:12,042 --> 00:11:14,292 is un-cribbed... 232 00:11:14,417 --> 00:11:15,917 -Yeah. -...stacked rocks, right? 233 00:11:16,083 --> 00:11:17,875 -Yeah. -That's exactly the size 234 00:11:18,042 --> 00:11:19,958 of a rock you'd put in a flood tunnel. 235 00:11:22,458 --> 00:11:26,292 -TERRY: That's interesting. -CHARLES: Yep. Very interesting. 236 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,292 ALEX: That's exactly the size of a rock 237 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:32,375 you'd put in a flood tunnel. 238 00:11:32,542 --> 00:11:34,250 In my head, it could be 239 00:11:34,458 --> 00:11:36,500 a tunnel or something, right? 240 00:11:36,708 --> 00:11:38,417 TERRY: Yeah, you raise a pretty good point. 241 00:11:38,583 --> 00:11:40,625 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 242 00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:43,292 while drilling borehole K-6, 243 00:11:43,458 --> 00:11:46,708 where something of great value is potentially buried 244 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:50,667 at a depth of approximately 170 feet, 245 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:53,667 Alex Lagina and members of the team 246 00:11:53,875 --> 00:11:56,500 may have just made an important discovery 247 00:11:56,708 --> 00:12:00,292 at a depth of just 118 feet. 248 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:01,833 ALEX: I think it would at least 249 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,167 be worth recording. 250 00:12:03,375 --> 00:12:05,458 On this one, say, on your log... 251 00:12:05,667 --> 00:12:06,833 -TERRY: Okay. -...just make a mark 252 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,208 saying we hit a cobble at 118. 253 00:12:09,375 --> 00:12:10,500 -Okay. -TERRY: Sure. 254 00:12:10,667 --> 00:12:11,667 'Cause I'm just wondering if... 255 00:12:11,792 --> 00:12:12,792 if maybe there's a pattern there. 256 00:12:12,875 --> 00:12:14,667 TERRY: Yeah. And that's actually 257 00:12:14,792 --> 00:12:15,917 an interesting premise. 258 00:12:16,042 --> 00:12:17,375 -Maybe we should look into that. -Yeah. 259 00:12:17,542 --> 00:12:19,000 ALEX: And as we're drilling, 260 00:12:19,167 --> 00:12:20,542 I'm thinking, 261 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:24,833 the stories of the flood tunnels are that they're full of stones, 262 00:12:25,042 --> 00:12:28,125 so we wouldn't have an open cavity if it was a flood tunnel. 263 00:12:29,458 --> 00:12:31,042 Maybe we're actually pushing 264 00:12:31,208 --> 00:12:34,208 the topmost cobble through the flood tunnel, 265 00:12:34,375 --> 00:12:36,042 through the bottom. 266 00:12:36,208 --> 00:12:39,667 NARRATOR: In 1897, the same year 267 00:12:39,875 --> 00:12:42,250 that Frederick Blair and his team encountered 268 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:44,167 the so-called Chappell Vault, 269 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:48,333 they also reported discovering a man-made flood tunnel 270 00:12:48,542 --> 00:12:53,500 which halted their efforts at a depth of 111 feet. 271 00:12:53,667 --> 00:12:55,167 It was described as measuring 272 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:58,542 nearly three feet wide by four feet high 273 00:12:58,708 --> 00:13:01,417 and was packed with large cobblestones. 274 00:13:02,542 --> 00:13:04,333 Is it possible that the team 275 00:13:04,542 --> 00:13:08,542 has now also found evidence of a flood tunnel? 276 00:13:08,708 --> 00:13:10,542 If so, could that mean 277 00:13:10,708 --> 00:13:12,875 that they are on target to encounter 278 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:15,333 what it was designed to protect? 279 00:13:16,750 --> 00:13:18,167 ALEX: The flood tunnels were said 280 00:13:18,375 --> 00:13:21,208 to be full of stones, small stones, 281 00:13:21,375 --> 00:13:23,917 about the size of what we're seeing in the drill bit. 282 00:13:24,042 --> 00:13:26,333 TERRY: The breaks don't seem to be very fresh or new. 283 00:13:26,542 --> 00:13:29,917 ALEX: It could be evidence of depositor activity. 284 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:32,750 TERRY: So, this is all very, very interesting ground. 285 00:13:32,917 --> 00:13:34,583 We're gonna cover it today. 286 00:13:35,458 --> 00:13:37,875 The most important thing is the muon target at depth. 287 00:13:38,042 --> 00:13:39,500 -ALEX: Yeah, I agree. -CHARLES: Yeah. 288 00:13:39,708 --> 00:13:40,875 NARRATOR: As operations continue 289 00:13:41,042 --> 00:13:44,333 in the Money Pit area, on Lot 5, 290 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:46,958 located on the western side of the island... 291 00:13:47,167 --> 00:13:50,208 -Hey, Laird, archaeological team. -Marty. 292 00:13:50,375 --> 00:13:51,917 -HELEN: Hey, Marty. -I'm checking up on you. 293 00:13:52,125 --> 00:13:54,333 ...Marty Lagina joins lead archaeologist 294 00:13:54,458 --> 00:13:58,667 Laird Niven, Jack Begley, and other members of the team 295 00:13:58,833 --> 00:14:01,625 as they continue their investigation 296 00:14:01,792 --> 00:14:04,083 of a mysterious stone foundation. 297 00:14:04,208 --> 00:14:06,875 So, what is this? Any more insight? 298 00:14:07,042 --> 00:14:09,250 -This is definitely something going on. -Mm-hmm. 299 00:14:09,375 --> 00:14:13,125 The soil is darker, it's looser, we got larger artifacts in it. 300 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:15,333 Here it's tighter packed, like they've been walked on 301 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:17,083 -a lot more. -Okay. 302 00:14:17,208 --> 00:14:19,750 NARRATOR: Curiously, the Oak Island team 303 00:14:19,875 --> 00:14:22,083 has discovered evidence on Lot 5 304 00:14:22,292 --> 00:14:25,667 that suggests that a number of secretive operations 305 00:14:25,875 --> 00:14:28,833 took place in this area long ago. 306 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,208 For instance, near the middle of the lot, 307 00:14:32,375 --> 00:14:34,750 they have found a rectangular feature 308 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:38,167 which Helen Sheldon believes was purposely buried, 309 00:14:38,375 --> 00:14:40,667 containing pottery and other artifacts 310 00:14:40,875 --> 00:14:44,458 suggesting that it may date back to the same time period 311 00:14:44,625 --> 00:14:49,167 as the early 18th century Garden Shaft in the Money Pit area. 312 00:14:49,333 --> 00:14:52,333 And near the shoreline, they are also investigating 313 00:14:52,542 --> 00:14:55,625 this circular feature that not only sets above 314 00:14:55,792 --> 00:14:59,667 a much larger foundation, but which has produced artifacts 315 00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:04,833 that have been dated to between the 14th and 18th centuries. 316 00:15:05,042 --> 00:15:06,625 MARTY: Okay, is there anything I can do for you, Laird? 317 00:15:06,708 --> 00:15:07,833 Yeah. 318 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,417 -Over here. -Okay. 319 00:15:11,708 --> 00:15:13,000 -Um... -What you got? 320 00:15:13,208 --> 00:15:14,833 LAIRD: Where Jack and Fiona are, 321 00:15:14,958 --> 00:15:16,583 we need the rocks to go, 322 00:15:16,708 --> 00:15:19,917 -including that big rock, if possible. -Mm-hmm. 323 00:15:20,083 --> 00:15:22,500 And then we're expanding to the west. 324 00:15:22,625 --> 00:15:27,833 So we need half of the circle, those rocks, taken out as well. 325 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,042 -Okay, I'll go get the backhoe. -Okay. 326 00:15:30,208 --> 00:15:32,167 ♪ ♪ 327 00:15:36,958 --> 00:15:38,917 What started as a circular feature 328 00:15:39,042 --> 00:15:41,167 is turning into a rectangular feature. 329 00:15:41,292 --> 00:15:43,917 (beeping) 330 00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:46,458 The archaeologists themselves 331 00:15:46,625 --> 00:15:48,875 are quite amazed at what they're finding. 332 00:15:49,042 --> 00:15:50,667 Let me nudge that one, Jack. 333 00:15:50,875 --> 00:15:53,125 We've always been looking for some sort of encampment. 334 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:56,000 This is clearly very important. 335 00:15:56,125 --> 00:15:59,292 -Oh, that's got it. Yeah. -Yeah. 336 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,667 JACK: Perfect, Marty. 337 00:16:02,875 --> 00:16:05,125 My gosh, we'll have room to work. 338 00:16:05,250 --> 00:16:07,500 -Well done. -NARRATOR: While the investigation 339 00:16:07,708 --> 00:16:11,500 of the mysterious structure proceeds on Lot 5... 340 00:16:11,708 --> 00:16:14,375 GARY: We are right at the end of the stone road, mate. 341 00:16:14,542 --> 00:16:16,000 This should be good. 342 00:16:16,167 --> 00:16:18,000 I know the archaeologists found a lot of pottery 343 00:16:18,167 --> 00:16:20,833 but hardly any metals. 344 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,042 -They're gonna be here. -(chuckles): Okay. 345 00:16:24,208 --> 00:16:26,458 NARRATOR: ...along the southern edge of the swamp, 346 00:16:26,625 --> 00:16:28,042 Rick Lagina, Gary Drayton 347 00:16:28,208 --> 00:16:31,792 and Billy Gerhardt continue their efforts 348 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:33,333 to uncover another section 349 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,167 of the possibly 500-year-old stone road 350 00:16:36,333 --> 00:16:39,583 and, hopefully, valuable clues. 351 00:16:42,583 --> 00:16:45,083 I think that's the end of the road right there, 352 00:16:45,250 --> 00:16:47,583 'cause there's stacked rocks, right? 353 00:16:47,750 --> 00:16:49,167 RICK: That's what I would say. 354 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:52,167 If that's the end of the road, though, then... 355 00:16:52,333 --> 00:16:54,583 if you're transitioning from one form 356 00:16:54,792 --> 00:16:57,000 of transportation to another, 357 00:16:57,167 --> 00:16:59,167 -this is where the stuff should be. -Yeah. 358 00:16:59,333 --> 00:17:01,125 GARY: Yeah. Exactly. 359 00:17:01,292 --> 00:17:03,208 I'm gonna go check that pile. 360 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:09,875 (device beeping) 361 00:17:10,042 --> 00:17:11,875 What have we got here? 362 00:17:12,042 --> 00:17:14,417 Look, we have got a signal. 363 00:17:14,583 --> 00:17:16,417 Right in the corner, so that would've come out 364 00:17:16,583 --> 00:17:18,667 of that last scoop. 365 00:17:18,833 --> 00:17:21,083 All right, Rick, dig that sucker up. 366 00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:22,667 It's gonna be an artifact. 367 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,250 Might have come from the road, right? 368 00:17:26,417 --> 00:17:27,500 GARY: Yep. 369 00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:32,292 I'll try pinpointing it 370 00:17:32,458 --> 00:17:34,125 and then grabbing it out of there. 371 00:17:37,042 --> 00:17:39,667 (device beeping) 372 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:43,042 RICK: Boy, it's tiny, whatever it is. 373 00:17:43,208 --> 00:17:45,417 GARY: I'm not bothered, as long as it's old. 374 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:47,792 (device beeping) 375 00:17:47,917 --> 00:17:50,375 (whispers): Let's see what we got. 376 00:17:50,542 --> 00:17:52,667 Come on, baby. Be something good. 377 00:17:52,792 --> 00:17:53,833 I think it's that. 378 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,667 It is this. 379 00:17:56,792 --> 00:18:02,542 That was a lot of noise for what looks like some kind of tack. 380 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,417 That looks like it's, uh, 381 00:18:05,542 --> 00:18:08,167 either a round or triangular shank. 382 00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:10,500 Some kind of small fastener. 383 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:13,458 I think it's too long for boots and too thin 384 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:16,167 to be an oxshoe nail or an horseshoe nail. 385 00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:19,083 Yet to be determined. That is definitely 386 00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:21,500 a candidate for the XRF machine. 387 00:18:21,708 --> 00:18:23,125 RICK: Bag it. 388 00:18:23,292 --> 00:18:24,833 -Dang. -There's got to be something more than that. 389 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,333 GARY: Yeah. Into the bag it goes. 390 00:18:27,542 --> 00:18:29,333 -We'll get more. Just got to go deeper. -Yeah. 391 00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:31,583 Okay. Can you go deeper, Billy? 392 00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:33,792 Oh, definitely. 393 00:18:33,958 --> 00:18:35,750 -Okay. -Okay. Dig deeper. Let's go. 394 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,000 GARY: Oh, see that, Rick? 395 00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:50,208 Look. What's that he's dragging? 396 00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:52,417 -GARY: Ooh! -RICK: Oh! 397 00:18:52,583 --> 00:18:53,208 Whoa, whoa. Whoa. 398 00:18:53,208 --> 00:18:55,208 Whoa, whoa. Whoa. 399 00:18:59,125 --> 00:19:00,833 GARY: Oh, see that, Rick? Look. 400 00:19:01,042 --> 00:19:02,250 -GARY: Ooh! -RICK: Oh! 401 00:19:02,417 --> 00:19:03,917 -Look at that. -Whoa, whoa. Whoa. 402 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:07,500 -Got a nice piece of pottery. -Whoa, whoa. 403 00:19:07,667 --> 00:19:10,042 NARRATOR: While digging near the massive stone road 404 00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:12,000 in the southern region of the Oak Island swamp... 405 00:19:12,167 --> 00:19:14,667 Look how deep it was. 406 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:17,042 ...Rick Lagina, Gary Drayton 407 00:19:17,208 --> 00:19:19,250 and Billy Gerhardt have just unearthed 408 00:19:19,417 --> 00:19:22,167 several potentially important clues. 409 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:23,667 Oh, that's gorgeous. 410 00:19:23,833 --> 00:19:25,167 Look at that. 411 00:19:25,375 --> 00:19:27,542 Hopefully, it's got some decoration, mate. 412 00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:29,458 If it's gonna be anywhere, it'd be on that base. 413 00:19:29,583 --> 00:19:31,667 -RICK: Here's another one. -Ooh. 414 00:19:31,875 --> 00:19:34,458 GARY: That's a big chunk of pottery, isn't it? 415 00:19:34,625 --> 00:19:36,792 -Mm-hmm. -It's some kind of bowl 416 00:19:36,958 --> 00:19:38,042 or a dish. 417 00:19:38,208 --> 00:19:39,167 There's so much of it. 418 00:19:39,375 --> 00:19:41,000 RICK: There might be more. 419 00:19:41,125 --> 00:19:42,333 -We should hand-dig this now. -Yeah. 420 00:19:42,542 --> 00:19:44,000 Talk about finding something in situ, 421 00:19:44,125 --> 00:19:46,417 as the archaeologists say. 422 00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:52,875 That's gorgeous. Do you see any marks on any pieces? 423 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:55,292 RICK: Not yet. Nope. 424 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:58,250 Ooh, look at that. 425 00:19:58,458 --> 00:19:59,292 -GARY: What have you got, Rick? -A handle. 426 00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:01,625 Look at that. That's nice. 427 00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:04,292 GARY: Yeah, that's gorgeous. Look at that. 428 00:20:04,458 --> 00:20:06,000 Someone would have had money. 429 00:20:06,208 --> 00:20:07,625 I'm telling you, mate, 430 00:20:07,792 --> 00:20:09,375 wherever there's muck, there's money. 431 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,208 -This is great. -RICK: But they-- 432 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,917 the archaeologists can put that together and clean it up. 433 00:20:15,125 --> 00:20:17,083 -Maybe there's a maker's mark. -Yeah. 434 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:20,208 NARRATOR: If Rick's hope that this pottery, which was found 435 00:20:20,375 --> 00:20:23,500 near the potentially 500-year-old stone road, 436 00:20:23,708 --> 00:20:26,583 might bear a maker's mark proves to be true, 437 00:20:26,708 --> 00:20:28,917 could it help verify the revelations 438 00:20:29,083 --> 00:20:34,083 the team made two years ago and nearly 3,000 miles away? 439 00:20:34,208 --> 00:20:37,583 -ALEX: It should be just up here. -NARRATOR: In 2022, 440 00:20:37,708 --> 00:20:41,042 while visiting Alqueidão da Serra in Portugal, 441 00:20:41,208 --> 00:20:43,500 a town known to have been a stronghold 442 00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:46,333 for the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar 443 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:48,750 between the 12th and 16th centuries... 444 00:20:48,875 --> 00:20:50,667 Whoa, look at, look at how beautifully constructed-- 445 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:54,417 I mean, rough and raw, but look at the curvature. 446 00:20:54,542 --> 00:20:56,833 Look at-- the degree of slope remains constant. 447 00:20:57,042 --> 00:20:59,000 -It's beautiful. -...Rick, 448 00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:02,750 his nephews Alex and Peter, as well as Doug Crowell, 449 00:21:02,917 --> 00:21:06,333 were shown a stone road that was nearly identical 450 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,792 to the stone road in the swamp. 451 00:21:08,958 --> 00:21:11,792 ALEX: If there is a Portuguese connection to the construction 452 00:21:11,917 --> 00:21:14,500 of the road in the swamp, maybe this is the blueprint. 453 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:18,667 RICK: Okay, now we got to really keep our eyes peeled, all right? 454 00:21:18,875 --> 00:21:22,458 NARRATOR: Could Rick, Gary, and Billy have just gotten one step closer 455 00:21:22,625 --> 00:21:27,792 to proving whether or not that potential connection is true? 456 00:21:27,917 --> 00:21:29,750 There's pottery there, Gary. 457 00:21:30,792 --> 00:21:33,750 GARY: Oh, yeah. No mistaking that. 458 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:35,250 What is it, Rick? 459 00:21:37,542 --> 00:21:39,250 The thin stuff, I think. 460 00:21:40,375 --> 00:21:41,500 Yeah. It's the thin stuff, 461 00:21:41,708 --> 00:21:43,458 and this looks like it's a plate. 462 00:21:43,625 --> 00:21:45,583 That's a plate rim, by the look of it. 463 00:21:45,792 --> 00:21:49,167 There's got to be some maker's marks on some of this stuff. 464 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:50,667 Good eye, mate. 465 00:21:52,125 --> 00:21:54,125 -Check this out. -Oh. 466 00:21:54,292 --> 00:21:56,292 It's coming up. Look at that. 467 00:21:56,458 --> 00:21:59,958 That's a beautiful piece of pottery. 468 00:22:00,125 --> 00:22:01,583 That could be old. 469 00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:03,417 Yeah, this could be old, mate. 470 00:22:03,583 --> 00:22:05,125 That is really, really fancy. 471 00:22:05,333 --> 00:22:06,208 -Look. -That's pretty. 472 00:22:06,375 --> 00:22:09,458 Almost like a leaf design on it. 473 00:22:09,583 --> 00:22:11,917 I haven't seen that before, 474 00:22:12,083 --> 00:22:13,083 so that makes it interesting. 475 00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:15,292 Here you go. Another one. 476 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,542 -Excellent. -Oh, one more. 477 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:20,167 GARY: Oh, man. That's sweet, isn't it? 478 00:22:20,292 --> 00:22:21,958 RICK: Mm-hmm. 479 00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:23,667 GARY: Yeah, glazed on one side. 480 00:22:23,792 --> 00:22:25,000 It's got to be... 481 00:22:25,208 --> 00:22:26,333 This is lovely, mate. 482 00:22:26,542 --> 00:22:30,000 Good eye. That's some sweet pottery. 483 00:22:30,167 --> 00:22:32,333 And I believe that this pottery 484 00:22:32,542 --> 00:22:36,875 is older than that dish or a bowl we found. 485 00:22:37,042 --> 00:22:38,417 RICK: Yep. I would agree. 486 00:22:38,625 --> 00:22:40,458 GARY: I think the pottery is getting older, 487 00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:41,708 the deeper we're going. 488 00:22:41,875 --> 00:22:43,500 RICK: Yep. 489 00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:46,750 We found a number of different types of pottery, 490 00:22:46,875 --> 00:22:51,042 one or two vessels where they can possibly be reconstructed, 491 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:52,750 and it was quite localized. 492 00:22:53,875 --> 00:22:54,958 Nice finds, Rick. 493 00:22:55,167 --> 00:22:56,792 RICK: But what does that say? 494 00:22:56,958 --> 00:22:58,333 Perhaps Laird can 495 00:22:58,458 --> 00:22:59,625 make sense of it. 496 00:22:59,792 --> 00:23:02,458 I know we're running out of daylight, mate, 497 00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:04,417 but we've got to come back and dig some more, 498 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:08,583 because there really could be anything anywhere in this sand. 499 00:23:08,792 --> 00:23:12,000 Well, then what you need to do is ask Billy 500 00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:14,208 if we want to keep digging. 501 00:23:14,375 --> 00:23:16,250 Guess what his answer's gonna be. 502 00:23:16,417 --> 00:23:19,167 -Yeah. Hell yeah! -(Rick chuckles) 503 00:23:19,375 --> 00:23:20,667 BILLY: Exactly. Yeah. 504 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,833 RICK: All right. Good job. 505 00:23:22,958 --> 00:23:24,042 GARY: Love it. 506 00:23:25,375 --> 00:23:27,500 ♪ ♪ 507 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:30,375 NARRATOR: The following morning... 508 00:23:31,417 --> 00:23:33,458 RICK: I don't think they have to go any deeper, do you? 509 00:23:34,542 --> 00:23:36,250 Take that little square out of there. 510 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:37,833 Yep. 511 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:39,250 NARRATOR: ...as Rick leads the efforts 512 00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:40,625 in the swamp... 513 00:23:41,625 --> 00:23:43,708 So it is expanding and filling that void up. 514 00:23:43,917 --> 00:23:45,333 That's great. That's what we want to see. 515 00:23:45,458 --> 00:23:46,792 Absolutely. 516 00:23:46,917 --> 00:23:48,292 ...and while the geofoam application 517 00:23:48,417 --> 00:23:51,000 proceeds in the Garden Shaft... 518 00:23:51,167 --> 00:23:53,292 MIKE ST. LOUIS: Oh, there she goes. There she goes. 519 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:56,667 -ALEX: Hey, Charles. Terry. -TERRY: Hey, how you doing, Alex? 520 00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:58,833 I hear we're close to target depth. 521 00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:00,208 -We are. -Okay. 522 00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:02,458 ...Alex Lagina returns 523 00:24:02,583 --> 00:24:03,500 to the Money Pit area... 524 00:24:03,667 --> 00:24:05,500 TEDFORD: Oh, yeah. Lovely. 525 00:24:05,708 --> 00:24:09,708 NARRATOR: ...to check on the core-drilling operation in borehole K-6-- 526 00:24:09,875 --> 00:24:11,667 a borehole which the team hopes 527 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:15,625 will encounter man-made workings or valuables 528 00:24:15,792 --> 00:24:21,042 between the depths of 170 and 180 feet. 529 00:24:21,208 --> 00:24:23,125 They haven't brought anything up for quite a while. 530 00:24:23,292 --> 00:24:25,458 -We got to cross our fingers this could be it. Yeah. -Yeah. 531 00:24:27,625 --> 00:24:28,708 ALEX: This is it, eh? 532 00:24:28,917 --> 00:24:32,000 There it is. There's the core barrel. 533 00:24:33,208 --> 00:24:34,500 This is a big one. 534 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:35,708 They got to put it in the Bobcat bucket. 535 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:38,167 Hey, Mike. What's up? 536 00:24:38,333 --> 00:24:40,542 TEDFORD: I hit the void at, uh, 183. 537 00:24:40,542 --> 00:24:41,250 TEDFORD: I hit the void at, uh, 183. 538 00:24:41,375 --> 00:24:42,458 TERRY: Wow. 539 00:24:43,292 --> 00:24:44,958 ALEX: That could be it. 540 00:24:45,042 --> 00:24:46,042 I mean, that could be what we're looking for here. 541 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:50,875 TERRY: Yeah. 542 00:24:50,875 --> 00:24:53,000 TEDFORD: I hit the void at, uh, 183. 543 00:24:53,167 --> 00:24:54,083 ALEX: All right. 544 00:24:54,250 --> 00:24:56,000 So let's see what we got. 545 00:24:56,208 --> 00:24:58,500 NARRATOR: It is a potentially important moment 546 00:24:58,625 --> 00:25:00,500 in the Money Pit area 547 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:02,583 for members of the Oak Island team. 548 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:04,333 CHARLES: Here we go. 549 00:25:04,542 --> 00:25:05,667 If we're looking for something 550 00:25:05,875 --> 00:25:07,292 that slipped out of the H-8 caisson... 551 00:25:07,458 --> 00:25:09,417 -That could be it right there. -Yeah. 552 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,083 NARRATOR: After encountering a void 553 00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:12,375 in borehole K-6 554 00:25:12,542 --> 00:25:16,000 at a depth of 183 feet, 555 00:25:16,167 --> 00:25:19,208 where a highly specialized muon tomography scan 556 00:25:19,375 --> 00:25:23,167 identified possible man-made workings earlier this year... 557 00:25:23,375 --> 00:25:24,333 Thank you, Mike. 558 00:25:24,458 --> 00:25:26,333 TEDFORD: No prob. 559 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,833 Let's carve this bad boy up 560 00:25:28,958 --> 00:25:30,375 and see what we got here, gentlemen. 561 00:25:30,542 --> 00:25:31,917 ...they are examining 562 00:25:32,083 --> 00:25:34,333 a freshly unearthed core sample that will hopefully 563 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,125 reveal clues 564 00:25:36,292 --> 00:25:38,000 as to what the void contains. 565 00:25:38,208 --> 00:25:40,833 TERRY: We have ten feet of real bedded material. 566 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,708 For the most part, it seems relatively natural and normal. 567 00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,375 Except here. Right under the bedrock. 568 00:25:48,542 --> 00:25:49,958 TERRY: Yeah. 569 00:25:50,125 --> 00:25:52,333 That potentially is low density material there. 570 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:54,667 And it looks like it might be disturbed. 571 00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:57,417 If the plug slipped out of H-8, settled anywhere, 572 00:25:57,583 --> 00:25:59,083 it's gonna be mixed up like this. 573 00:25:59,208 --> 00:26:00,417 TERRY: Absolutely. 574 00:26:00,583 --> 00:26:02,167 I think, you know, we have the potential 575 00:26:02,375 --> 00:26:04,458 to have a portion or an aspect 576 00:26:04,667 --> 00:26:06,125 -of the H-8 plug. -Okay. -CHARLES: Yeah. 577 00:26:06,292 --> 00:26:10,375 Chances are, we just may be close to the Chappell Vault. 578 00:26:10,542 --> 00:26:12,042 Yeah. 579 00:26:12,208 --> 00:26:14,917 So we're close, I guess, is-is the optimistic take. 580 00:26:15,083 --> 00:26:16,292 Yeah. 581 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:19,000 H-8 was a very interesting caisson. 582 00:26:19,208 --> 00:26:21,667 That's the caisson where a 12-foot plug 583 00:26:21,833 --> 00:26:23,875 just dropped overnight 584 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:27,167 and went somewhere down into a void. 585 00:26:27,333 --> 00:26:29,750 So if we can locate where that plug is, 586 00:26:29,917 --> 00:26:33,375 it could indicate that we're near the Chappell Vault. 587 00:26:33,542 --> 00:26:37,708 NARRATOR: Possible evidence of the spoils, or plug, 588 00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:39,333 that the team believes 589 00:26:39,542 --> 00:26:41,000 may have pushed the Chappell Vault 590 00:26:41,125 --> 00:26:43,792 to a deeper location in the Money Pit area? 591 00:26:43,958 --> 00:26:45,542 If they have found the missing plug 592 00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:48,458 from H-8 in this mysterious void, 593 00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:50,500 is it possible that they are close 594 00:26:50,708 --> 00:26:54,083 to locating the fabled Chappell Vault as well? 595 00:26:54,250 --> 00:26:56,792 And we find it just in under the lip 596 00:26:56,958 --> 00:27:00,125 of an actual large bedrock overhang, 597 00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:03,042 so it's possible the depositors 598 00:27:03,250 --> 00:27:05,833 were able to work to this point and get in under there. 599 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,833 So, possibly this was an open area. 600 00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:13,333 Right, but K-6, 183 to 187, looks good. 601 00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:15,833 -It could answer a lot of questions for us. -ALEX AND CHARLES: Yeah. 602 00:27:16,042 --> 00:27:18,333 ALEX: So we might be close to finding something. 603 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:21,042 -TERRY: We should let Rick know. -ALEX: Sounds good. 604 00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:25,042 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 605 00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:27,667 RICK: So, gentlemen, 606 00:27:27,833 --> 00:27:29,458 the K-6 hole 607 00:27:29,667 --> 00:27:32,917 was meant to find and determine the Ideon anomaly. 608 00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:35,792 NARRATOR: ...Alex, Terry and Charles 609 00:27:35,958 --> 00:27:37,417 meet with Rick Lagina 610 00:27:37,583 --> 00:27:39,625 and other members of the team 611 00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:41,917 in the war room to report their potentially 612 00:27:42,042 --> 00:27:43,625 important discovery that was made 613 00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:45,958 in borehole K-6. 614 00:27:46,167 --> 00:27:47,542 RICK: What did the hole do? 615 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:49,708 Do you think we hit the anomaly? 616 00:27:49,875 --> 00:27:52,583 I think it's important to show where it is in relation to H-8. 617 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:55,042 Can you plot the K-6? Can we see it up on the screen? 618 00:27:55,208 --> 00:27:57,417 K-6 is right there. 619 00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:00,833 TERRY: I definitely think we hit some loose material 620 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,250 and probably disturbed, uh, 621 00:28:04,417 --> 00:28:08,458 at about 183 to 187 or 188. 622 00:28:08,667 --> 00:28:11,375 Given the low-density anomaly 623 00:28:11,542 --> 00:28:12,833 seems to jibe with the levels 624 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,167 at which we lost the plug to the H-8 caisson, 625 00:28:15,375 --> 00:28:18,750 I really think we hit a piece of that plug from H-8. 626 00:28:18,917 --> 00:28:20,458 STEVE: And so the void that Terry is talking about, 627 00:28:20,583 --> 00:28:22,375 so I brought up the data from Ideon. 628 00:28:23,458 --> 00:28:26,167 Our borehole K-6 would have gone through here. 629 00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:27,583 This is the anomaly 630 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:28,833 they're talking about. You're not wrong. 631 00:28:29,042 --> 00:28:30,958 The H-8 caisson would have gone through, 632 00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:33,375 and this potentially could be the area where we lost the plug. 633 00:28:34,625 --> 00:28:36,792 I think the Ideon low-density anomaly is 634 00:28:36,958 --> 00:28:41,958 potentially the void that encapsulates the Chappell Vault. 635 00:28:42,125 --> 00:28:43,375 Great. 636 00:28:43,542 --> 00:28:45,667 -Yeah. -Exactly. 637 00:28:45,875 --> 00:28:47,458 JACK: In my mind, that's where 638 00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:48,833 the treasure of the Money Pit that was 639 00:28:49,042 --> 00:28:50,833 never recovered has been slowly falling 640 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000 deeper and deeper. 641 00:28:52,208 --> 00:28:53,792 RICK: The K-6 drilling 642 00:28:53,917 --> 00:28:55,875 has significantly 643 00:28:56,042 --> 00:28:57,667 upped the ante, if you will, 644 00:28:57,833 --> 00:29:00,125 in terms of the interest in this area. 645 00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:03,792 It's eminently possible that the Chappell Vault fell 646 00:29:03,958 --> 00:29:06,417 to a greater depth into areas that have been 647 00:29:06,583 --> 00:29:08,333 not explored or investigated. 648 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:10,458 So this could lead to possible 649 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:14,833 treasure recovery or something of great importance. 650 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,208 Well, bottom line is, there's potential for caisson work. 651 00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:23,167 Everyone should weigh in on where the drill program goes. 652 00:29:23,292 --> 00:29:24,625 Agreed. 653 00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:25,792 If the question is, "Where do we drill?" 654 00:29:25,958 --> 00:29:27,333 I'd want to put one more borehole 655 00:29:27,542 --> 00:29:29,125 through that H-8 plug. 656 00:29:29,292 --> 00:29:31,375 -Yeah. -I don't see how you can walk away from it. 657 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:33,333 Okay. 658 00:29:33,542 --> 00:29:37,667 NARRATOR: If the team is able to discover more definitive evidence 659 00:29:37,792 --> 00:29:39,958 of man-made workings or valuables 660 00:29:40,125 --> 00:29:43,833 in the area around borehole K-6 and H-8, 661 00:29:44,042 --> 00:29:46,667 they could, as they have done in the past, 662 00:29:46,833 --> 00:29:50,208 install a much larger diameter steel caisson 663 00:29:50,417 --> 00:29:52,292 in order to retrieve it. 664 00:29:52,417 --> 00:29:55,542 Over the next coming days, we'll reposition 665 00:29:55,708 --> 00:29:57,708 and try to hit the anomaly of the void. 666 00:29:57,875 --> 00:29:58,833 That'd be great. 667 00:29:59,042 --> 00:30:00,708 Lot of work to do. Let's go. 668 00:30:00,917 --> 00:30:02,208 ALEX: Okay. 669 00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:05,042 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 670 00:30:05,208 --> 00:30:07,167 -ALEX: Lindy, Helen, Moya. -LINDY: Hello. 671 00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:09,167 -HELEN: Hey, Alex. -ALEX: How's it going? So... 672 00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:12,667 this looks like the dig has expanded yet again 673 00:30:12,833 --> 00:30:13,708 since the last time I was here. 674 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:15,625 -Yes. -MOYA: Yes. 675 00:30:15,792 --> 00:30:17,667 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina joins Helen Sheldon 676 00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:20,500 and other members of the archaeology team 677 00:30:20,625 --> 00:30:22,375 on Lot 5 as they continue 678 00:30:22,542 --> 00:30:26,458 their investigation of the mysterious stone foundation. 679 00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:27,875 Are you still getting artifacts? 680 00:30:28,042 --> 00:30:29,875 HELEN: A few. We got a really interesting one. 681 00:30:30,042 --> 00:30:32,333 It's called a strike-a-light. 682 00:30:32,542 --> 00:30:34,458 It's a piece of European flint 683 00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:37,833 that they would have used to hit on the metal 684 00:30:38,042 --> 00:30:39,833 to make a spark to start a fire. 685 00:30:40,042 --> 00:30:41,833 -See all those bits that have chipped off it? -ALEX: Yeah, right there. 686 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:42,875 -HELEN: Yeah. -ALEX: And this is how you identify it? 687 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:44,917 This kind of worn edge? 688 00:30:45,083 --> 00:30:47,042 HELEN: Yeah. There were quite a few worn bits on it. 689 00:30:47,208 --> 00:30:48,333 -ALEX: How do you know it's European? -HELEN: Just by the color. 690 00:30:48,458 --> 00:30:50,292 And they used to bring it 691 00:30:50,417 --> 00:30:53,375 -over to North America as a ballast on ships. -ALEX: Mm-hmm. 692 00:30:53,542 --> 00:30:55,000 And it's unusual to find them. 693 00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:56,625 NARRATOR: A piece of flint? 694 00:30:56,792 --> 00:30:59,667 Of possible European origin? 695 00:30:59,833 --> 00:31:01,958 And discovered in the foundation 696 00:31:02,083 --> 00:31:05,875 that was buried beneath the circular structure on Lot 5? 697 00:31:06,042 --> 00:31:09,458 Is it possible that it was left here by someone 698 00:31:09,625 --> 00:31:13,000 who secretly inhabited this area long ago? 699 00:31:13,125 --> 00:31:16,417 If so, might there be more clues in the feature 700 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:19,208 that will help the team better understand 701 00:31:19,375 --> 00:31:22,125 how it could be related to the Oak Island mystery? 702 00:31:23,125 --> 00:31:24,500 All right. Well, thank you for the update, 703 00:31:24,667 --> 00:31:26,000 and then I'll stick around and make myself useful. 704 00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:28,083 -Sounds good. -Sounds good. 705 00:31:28,208 --> 00:31:29,792 ALEX: All the indicators are 706 00:31:29,958 --> 00:31:32,042 that something happened on Lot 5 707 00:31:32,208 --> 00:31:34,708 long before people started looking for treasure here. 708 00:31:34,875 --> 00:31:35,875 Anything that happened on the island 709 00:31:36,042 --> 00:31:37,583 prior to the discovery 710 00:31:37,792 --> 00:31:39,333 of the Money Pit is possibly connected 711 00:31:39,458 --> 00:31:42,125 with any kind of deposit that might have been made. 712 00:31:47,542 --> 00:31:48,667 Hey, Helen. 713 00:31:51,667 --> 00:31:53,042 What do you make of these? 714 00:31:54,167 --> 00:31:55,458 Ooh. 715 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,583 ALEX: What do you make of these? 716 00:32:00,750 --> 00:32:02,333 -HELEN: Oh, my heavens. -NARRATOR: On Lot 5, located on 717 00:32:02,458 --> 00:32:03,833 the western side of Oak Island... 718 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:06,333 ALEX: It's copper, I think. 719 00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:08,292 HELEN: Yeah. Definitely copper, 'cause of the greenness of it all. 720 00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:10,875 ...Alex Lagina has just made what 721 00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:12,958 could be an important discovery 722 00:32:13,125 --> 00:32:15,208 in the spoils that have been excavated 723 00:32:15,375 --> 00:32:18,042 from the mysterious stone foundation. 724 00:32:18,208 --> 00:32:20,583 HELEN: I would say decorative rather than functional 725 00:32:20,750 --> 00:32:23,167 -just because of the fragility of it. -ALEX: Mm-hmm. 726 00:32:23,333 --> 00:32:25,250 It's not the first copper we've found on the island like this. 727 00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:29,125 Peter and David, a few years ago, 728 00:32:29,292 --> 00:32:30,708 -found copper sheeting... -Oh, wow. 729 00:32:30,875 --> 00:32:33,000 ...on the high side of the beach. 730 00:32:33,208 --> 00:32:34,542 HELEN: Very cool. 731 00:32:34,708 --> 00:32:36,667 NARRATOR: Two years ago... 732 00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:38,333 GARY: Wow, this is fantastic. 733 00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:42,667 ...while investigating the shoreline of nearby Lot 4... 734 00:32:42,833 --> 00:32:45,333 GARY: Old piece of copper sheeting. 735 00:32:45,542 --> 00:32:48,333 ...Gary Drayton, along with brothers Peter 736 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,000 and David Fornetti, found a very similar artifact. 737 00:32:52,208 --> 00:32:53,958 Well, I'll have a look. 738 00:32:54,083 --> 00:32:56,500 NARRATOR: An artifact that blacksmithing expert 739 00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:59,167 Carmen Legge believed might be one of the most 740 00:32:59,375 --> 00:33:02,042 significant clues ever found by the team. 741 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:04,167 CARMEN: So, it'd be used, like, on a box. 742 00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:07,167 Were there certain boxes that would consistently 743 00:33:07,292 --> 00:33:08,833 have that type of sheeting on it? 744 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,333 Only for valuables. 745 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,792 -Treasure. -(laughs) Right. 746 00:33:12,875 --> 00:33:15,250 CARMEN: Well, it's very old. 747 00:33:15,375 --> 00:33:18,208 When you say "very old," how old do you mean? 748 00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:20,000 Oh, this could go all the way back to the 1100s. 749 00:33:20,208 --> 00:33:22,625 Wow. That's pretty old. (laughs) 750 00:33:23,625 --> 00:33:27,125 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Alex has just found evidence 751 00:33:27,292 --> 00:33:29,167 of an ancient container 752 00:33:29,333 --> 00:33:30,833 designed to hold something of value 753 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:34,208 in the mysterious foundation on Lot 5? 754 00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:37,708 If so, what happened to the contents? 755 00:33:37,875 --> 00:33:39,500 And could they be buried deeper 756 00:33:39,708 --> 00:33:42,708 within this feature, or perhaps somewhere deep 757 00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:44,458 in the Money Pit area? 758 00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:45,917 I think this is going to be 759 00:33:46,083 --> 00:33:48,042 a good candidate for the lab here. 760 00:33:48,167 --> 00:33:52,042 Right. We should put it all carefully together, 761 00:33:52,208 --> 00:33:54,833 so it doesn't get crushed by anything else. 762 00:33:54,917 --> 00:33:56,500 Okay. I'll do that. 763 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:58,417 Thanks. 764 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,125 NARRATOR Later that afternoon... 765 00:34:03,458 --> 00:34:05,333 GARY: A scoop full of opportunities. 766 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,500 JACK: Oh, look at that piece of lumber. 767 00:34:07,625 --> 00:34:09,333 GARY: Yep. I saw that. 768 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:12,833 NARRATOR: ...in the swamp, Gary Drayton, Jack Begley 769 00:34:13,042 --> 00:34:14,458 and Billy Gerhardt 770 00:34:14,583 --> 00:34:17,125 continue unearthing new potential clues 771 00:34:17,292 --> 00:34:19,000 just to the south of the possibly 772 00:34:19,167 --> 00:34:22,167 500-year-old stone road, or ship's wharf. 773 00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:25,042 What is it, Jack? 774 00:34:27,083 --> 00:34:29,333 It's an old, cut piece of wood. 775 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:33,667 -There we go. -GARY: It could be a roller. 776 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:35,750 Something that was used on top 777 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:40,333 of the stone roadway, and you'd roll cargo up on it. 778 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,542 BILLY: Sure. And it's in the right area right by the road, right? 779 00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:45,333 We got wedges, rollers and the chain hoist to pull. 780 00:34:45,458 --> 00:34:47,250 -Yep. -BILLY: Right? So... 781 00:34:47,417 --> 00:34:49,125 NARRATOR: Could Gary and Billy be correct 782 00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:51,500 that this cut wooden log 783 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:54,250 might have been used along with the large chain 784 00:34:54,417 --> 00:34:56,917 that was found one week ago in this area, 785 00:34:57,042 --> 00:34:58,333 and which Carmen Legge believed 786 00:34:58,542 --> 00:35:00,500 was designed to lift heavy cargo 787 00:35:00,708 --> 00:35:04,000 in order to transport something of great value 788 00:35:04,167 --> 00:35:06,250 along the stone road long ago? 789 00:35:06,417 --> 00:35:08,625 So, we'll set it aside and get it tested. 790 00:35:08,792 --> 00:35:10,167 Okay, mate. 791 00:35:10,333 --> 00:35:11,500 NARRATOR: If so, could that suggest 792 00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:13,167 the clues that the team has found 793 00:35:13,292 --> 00:35:16,000 in the swamp and on Lot 5 794 00:35:16,208 --> 00:35:17,917 have revealed more evidence 795 00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:20,125 that there could be multiple treasures 796 00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:23,125 buried in the Money Pit area? 797 00:35:24,167 --> 00:35:28,167 Ooh. I see wood. 798 00:35:28,333 --> 00:35:30,042 Ooh, look at this. 799 00:35:30,208 --> 00:35:33,833 That looks like a bit of decking or a bit of planking. 800 00:35:34,042 --> 00:35:36,250 Oh, you might be right. 801 00:35:37,292 --> 00:35:38,750 -It's dimensional. -GARY: Yeah. 802 00:35:38,958 --> 00:35:41,833 And I'm saying that it could be 803 00:35:41,958 --> 00:35:43,167 a piece of decking or planking, 804 00:35:43,292 --> 00:35:45,167 but it could be a bit of railing. 805 00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:47,667 I like how you keep thinking ship 806 00:35:47,833 --> 00:35:49,833 -'cause definitely there's ship pieces in here. -Yeah. 807 00:35:49,917 --> 00:35:53,167 GARY: To me, the most important recoveries 808 00:35:53,375 --> 00:35:56,083 we've got out of this dig is the wood. 809 00:35:56,250 --> 00:35:59,333 Because we can have the wood C-14'ed. 810 00:35:59,542 --> 00:36:02,125 You can see it's been worked, 811 00:36:02,292 --> 00:36:05,542 and I'm hoping that when this is tested, 812 00:36:05,708 --> 00:36:09,208 we get those same ancient date ranges. 813 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:11,250 That would be fantastic. 814 00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:13,750 All right, well, keep an eye out for more wood. 815 00:36:13,917 --> 00:36:15,375 I'll keep an eye out, mate. 816 00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:17,833 And I'll go put it up with the other wood we found. 817 00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:19,417 -Thanks, mate. -Good find, Gary. 818 00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:22,292 -All right. So, back to the search. -Yep. 819 00:36:28,208 --> 00:36:29,833 JACK: Look, is that...? 820 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,458 When you pull that bucket away, 821 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,500 can you see the difference between the swamp muck 822 00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:36,333 -and the gravel there? -Yeah, there's a line. 823 00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,833 Oh, nice. Look at that, Gary. 824 00:36:39,042 --> 00:36:41,875 -GARY: Ooh. -JACK: There's a structure under there, Billy. 825 00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:46,667 GARY: Look at that. 826 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:48,583 h. 827 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:49,958 Hey, Billy. 828 00:36:50,125 --> 00:36:52,292 -Can you see that wood? -Yeah. 829 00:36:52,458 --> 00:36:55,167 NARRATOR: While excavating the earthen barrier 830 00:36:55,292 --> 00:36:56,750 between the Oak Island swamp 831 00:36:56,917 --> 00:36:59,125 and the waters of Mahone Bay, 832 00:36:59,292 --> 00:37:02,458 Billy Gerhardt, Jack Begley and Gary Drayton 833 00:37:02,625 --> 00:37:07,000 have just uncovered another compelling find. 834 00:37:07,167 --> 00:37:09,792 Could that be a piece of the wall that Fred Nolan found? 835 00:37:09,958 --> 00:37:11,208 I think that's it. 836 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:13,792 Yeah. I mean, if we found the wall in the swamp, 837 00:37:13,958 --> 00:37:16,667 -that would be a major discovery. -Yeah. 838 00:37:16,875 --> 00:37:19,625 Rick would be as happy as a pig in the proverbial. 839 00:37:19,792 --> 00:37:21,000 Yeah. 840 00:37:21,208 --> 00:37:22,833 NARRATOR: Fred Nolan's wall? 841 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:27,375 After partially draining the swamp in 1969, 842 00:37:27,542 --> 00:37:30,500 the late Oak Island landowner Fred Nolan 843 00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:32,500 reportedly discovered evidence 844 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:35,500 of what he believed to be timbered walls, or dams, 845 00:37:35,583 --> 00:37:39,167 buried along both the northern and southern borders 846 00:37:39,375 --> 00:37:40,917 of the brackish bog. 847 00:37:42,292 --> 00:37:44,125 This led Fred to theorize 848 00:37:44,292 --> 00:37:45,750 that the entire feature 849 00:37:45,917 --> 00:37:48,750 had been artificially created centuries ago 850 00:37:48,917 --> 00:37:53,083 in order to hide something of great value. 851 00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:56,250 That looks like two pieces of wood 852 00:37:56,375 --> 00:37:58,708 and they've been cut to fit like that. 853 00:37:58,875 --> 00:38:02,292 -There's definitely two pieces there. -Right. 854 00:38:02,417 --> 00:38:05,083 NARRATOR: Is it possible the Oak Island team 855 00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:06,875 has found corroborating evidence 856 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,417 that Fred's theory was true? 857 00:38:09,583 --> 00:38:13,167 -I think this is the wall. -Mm-hmm. 858 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:15,208 -Maybe we can wash it down a little bit. -JACK: All right. 859 00:38:15,375 --> 00:38:18,000 But I think we should call Rick to come and see. 860 00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:19,667 Yeah. I agree with that, mate. 861 00:38:19,833 --> 00:38:21,458 BILLY: All right. 862 00:38:21,542 --> 00:38:23,000 GARY: There are so many things 863 00:38:23,208 --> 00:38:25,792 connected with Oak Island that no one 864 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,458 has seen for a very long time. 865 00:38:28,625 --> 00:38:31,083 Fred Nolan's wall is one of them. 866 00:38:31,208 --> 00:38:33,083 -RICK: Hey, guys. -Hey, Rick. 867 00:38:33,250 --> 00:38:34,417 It could be true. 868 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,125 I don't see a treasure chest. 869 00:38:39,292 --> 00:38:41,125 No, but we got news for you. 870 00:38:41,292 --> 00:38:43,250 We just wanted to wait for your input 871 00:38:43,458 --> 00:38:44,708 before we went any further. 872 00:38:44,875 --> 00:38:46,708 That. 873 00:38:46,875 --> 00:38:48,542 RICK: Wow. 874 00:38:48,708 --> 00:38:50,917 JACK: We were thinking this might be the wall 875 00:38:51,083 --> 00:38:52,250 that Fred Nolan had found. 876 00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:54,000 It's possible. 877 00:38:54,208 --> 00:38:57,417 And those two pieces of wood there look like they was cut, 878 00:38:57,542 --> 00:39:00,833 and the angles look like they fitted together. 879 00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:04,458 Does it look broken? Or, I mean, I got to go over there. 880 00:39:04,583 --> 00:39:06,500 Between the two, they certainly look like they were cut-fitted, 881 00:39:06,625 --> 00:39:09,333 -but that somebody fit 'em together. -Yeah. 882 00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:11,625 JACK: Hope you don't mind having wet feet. 883 00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:15,542 RICK: It's a big piece of wood. There's no doubt about that. 884 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:19,000 -Like you said, cut, angled, cut there. -GARY: Yeah. 885 00:39:19,167 --> 00:39:21,667 Certainly, we have the live edge on the backside 886 00:39:21,833 --> 00:39:24,250 -if we wanted to C-14 it. -JACK: Mm-hmm. 887 00:39:24,417 --> 00:39:26,667 It would be interesting to expose the top of that. 888 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,667 -RICK: Yeah. -BILLY: It certainly looks like 889 00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:31,083 it could be pretty important. 890 00:39:31,292 --> 00:39:33,500 Well, yeah. I would dig that 891 00:39:33,625 --> 00:39:36,333 -to see if it extends. -Yeah. 892 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,667 But I think we need to understand what this may 893 00:39:39,833 --> 00:39:41,792 represent and perhaps its association with that. 894 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,167 GARY: And that's exactly why we stood down, mate. 895 00:39:45,333 --> 00:39:46,292 We figured this could be important. 896 00:39:46,417 --> 00:39:47,833 -JACK: Yeah. -RICK: Right. 897 00:39:48,042 --> 00:39:51,333 We want to understand this in its totality, right? 898 00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:54,083 And the only way to do that is be very specific 899 00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:56,167 about how we approach exposing it. 900 00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:58,125 It's all good news. 901 00:39:58,250 --> 00:40:00,125 -Yeah. -Yeah. 902 00:40:00,292 --> 00:40:04,167 RICK: I so desperately want this to be the wall 903 00:40:04,375 --> 00:40:05,667 that Fred had stated 904 00:40:05,875 --> 00:40:08,708 was there, so I'm very hopeful. 905 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:12,583 Because if you found such a structure 906 00:40:12,750 --> 00:40:14,125 in the face of the swamp, 907 00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:15,750 I would go on record as saying 908 00:40:15,917 --> 00:40:19,875 it had to be closely associated with the original work. 909 00:40:20,083 --> 00:40:23,542 There's a real story here, and we are all endeavoring 910 00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:25,583 to come up with an answer. 911 00:40:25,750 --> 00:40:27,667 And that's why we're doing the work. 912 00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:30,167 Okay. Well, you know, guys, great job. 913 00:40:30,375 --> 00:40:32,208 It was a long day in the hot sun. 914 00:40:32,375 --> 00:40:34,167 I know, you know, unfortunately, every day 915 00:40:34,250 --> 00:40:36,875 there's an end of the day, but I see no reason 916 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:39,625 why we can't continue. Pretty good day. 917 00:40:39,792 --> 00:40:42,208 Amazing day of discoveries and recoveries. 918 00:40:42,375 --> 00:40:43,333 RICK: Oh, absolutely. 919 00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:45,917 Okey doke, guys. 920 00:40:46,042 --> 00:40:48,958 NARRATOR: After another week of digging and drilling 921 00:40:49,083 --> 00:40:52,833 into the 229-year-old Oak Island mystery, 922 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,875 Rick, Marty and their faithful team 923 00:40:57,042 --> 00:41:00,417 have discovered more incredible evidence 924 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:04,042 suggesting that people went to great lengths 925 00:41:04,208 --> 00:41:08,083 to keep secrets that were never meant to be revealed. 926 00:41:08,250 --> 00:41:12,000 But now, as the team works 927 00:41:12,208 --> 00:41:14,917 to overcome the odds that have defeated 928 00:41:15,083 --> 00:41:18,042 all who came before them in search of the truth, 929 00:41:18,167 --> 00:41:22,750 are the days that those secrets will remain buried 930 00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:26,458 finally coming to an end? 931 00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:30,333 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 932 00:41:30,542 --> 00:41:32,167 What the hell have you got there? 933 00:41:32,333 --> 00:41:33,792 A big chunk of steel. 934 00:41:33,875 --> 00:41:34,708 MARTY: That could be the drill that found 935 00:41:34,875 --> 00:41:37,500 the famous Chappell Vault. 936 00:41:39,083 --> 00:41:41,042 A small jewelry chest or something. 937 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:44,167 ALEX: Which means it could have been 938 00:41:44,333 --> 00:41:45,500 part of any treasure that was here. 939 00:41:46,708 --> 00:41:48,500 Look at that. A coin. 940 00:41:48,667 --> 00:41:50,250 -What?! -ALEX: Cool. -(laughs) 941 00:41:50,417 --> 00:41:52,208 -LINDY: Wow. -There's a boulder. 942 00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:54,500 -GARY: It looks similar to the stone roadway. -BILLY: Yeah. 943 00:41:54,625 --> 00:41:55,792 This could be very important. 944 00:41:55,958 --> 00:41:59,000 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS