1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,167 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:05,042 GARY: Ooh! Big chunk. 3 00:00:05,208 --> 00:00:06,833 -Oh. -RICK: Check that out. 4 00:00:07,042 --> 00:00:09,833 This might tell us who built this stone road. 5 00:00:10,042 --> 00:00:12,167 -Right there. -GARY: Oh, yeah. 6 00:00:12,375 --> 00:00:13,667 It's Latin. 7 00:00:13,875 --> 00:00:15,167 PHIL: These are very old. 8 00:00:15,333 --> 00:00:18,000 They were a precious commodity. 9 00:00:18,167 --> 00:00:19,250 The first hole. 10 00:00:19,458 --> 00:00:20,375 MARTY: Finally, we're drilling 11 00:00:20,583 --> 00:00:22,000 under the Garden Shaft. 12 00:00:25,042 --> 00:00:26,000 MARTY: Talk to me. What do you got? 13 00:00:26,167 --> 00:00:27,250 RICK: We found it. 14 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,375 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,208 --> 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 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:50,417 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,958 --> 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 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:25,833 MARTY: Okay, gentlemen. 28 00:01:26,042 --> 00:01:28,042 Money and time are getting more precious. 29 00:01:28,208 --> 00:01:29,583 -Absolutely. -Time especially. 30 00:01:29,792 --> 00:01:32,042 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island 31 00:01:32,208 --> 00:01:34,333 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 32 00:01:34,542 --> 00:01:36,792 and members of their team... 33 00:01:36,958 --> 00:01:39,667 Mother Nature and some other things got us 34 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:41,375 in the Garden Shaft. 35 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:43,958 ...they have gathered in the war room to discuss 36 00:01:44,125 --> 00:01:47,375 the most ambitious and challenging operations 37 00:01:47,542 --> 00:01:50,542 that they are conducting in the hopes of solving 38 00:01:50,708 --> 00:01:53,583 a 229-year-old mystery. 39 00:01:54,583 --> 00:01:56,875 The excavation and drilling programs 40 00:01:57,042 --> 00:01:59,625 in the fabled Money Pit area. 41 00:02:00,625 --> 00:02:04,375 After much deliberation, Rick and I, Craig, 42 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,125 with input from a lot of you, actually, 43 00:02:07,292 --> 00:02:09,167 we have decided that we don't feel 44 00:02:09,375 --> 00:02:11,333 we have the requisite targets 45 00:02:11,458 --> 00:02:14,042 for canisters at this time, for caissons. 46 00:02:14,208 --> 00:02:16,000 So, we're going to just put it off 47 00:02:16,167 --> 00:02:17,375 until next year, as far as the canisters go. 48 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:20,542 RICK: We thought there would be 49 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:23,667 targets out there that we could say, 50 00:02:23,875 --> 00:02:25,250 "Okay, we need a can here, 51 00:02:25,417 --> 00:02:27,083 we need a can here, we need a can here." 52 00:02:27,250 --> 00:02:29,958 And, unfortunately, we don't have that at this point. 53 00:02:30,125 --> 00:02:32,167 It's a timing issue. We can't get 54 00:02:32,292 --> 00:02:35,000 the Garden Shaft done in the time it would take 55 00:02:35,167 --> 00:02:38,000 for caisson work on additional targets. 56 00:02:38,125 --> 00:02:40,250 So, we're not going to put cans down. 57 00:02:42,208 --> 00:02:44,500 Are they pumping right now? They're pumping it out? 58 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:46,083 ROGER: Yeah, that's what they're doing right now. 59 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:46,833 They're lowering the pump and we're going to see 60 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:48,750 where the sediment's at. 61 00:02:48,958 --> 00:02:51,375 NARRATOR: It was Rick, Marty and Craig's hope 62 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:56,042 that by now, representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 63 00:02:56,208 --> 00:02:58,833 would have been able to complete the reconstruction 64 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,875 and extension of the mid-18th-century Garden Shaft 65 00:03:03,042 --> 00:03:05,833 down to a target depth of 95 feet 66 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,167 where it is expected to breach 67 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:10,000 a seven-foot-high tunnel. 68 00:03:10,208 --> 00:03:12,792 A tunnel that leads directly west 69 00:03:12,917 --> 00:03:14,875 into the so-called "Baby Blob," 70 00:03:15,042 --> 00:03:18,542 where water testing in previously drilled boreholes 71 00:03:18,667 --> 00:03:21,000 has identified a massive source 72 00:03:21,208 --> 00:03:23,583 of gold, silver and other metals 73 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:28,333 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 74 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,250 This is where our water starts, right here. 75 00:03:30,417 --> 00:03:32,500 And then it comes in along the side. 76 00:03:32,667 --> 00:03:35,667 NARRATOR: However, several weeks ago 77 00:03:35,875 --> 00:03:38,833 after salt water began flowing into the Garden Shaft 78 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,500 at a depth of nearly 67 feet, 79 00:03:41,708 --> 00:03:44,500 Dumas has been working tirelessly 80 00:03:44,708 --> 00:03:48,500 to seal any leaks and stabilize the structure. 81 00:03:48,667 --> 00:03:52,167 And now, even though they are finally able to 82 00:03:52,375 --> 00:03:54,333 continue the efforts to reach 83 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,917 the potential treasure tunnel below the shaft, 84 00:03:57,042 --> 00:04:00,292 the workspace that Dumas requires to safely operate 85 00:04:00,458 --> 00:04:04,250 in the Money Pit area will prevent Rick, Marty, 86 00:04:04,417 --> 00:04:07,417 Craig and the team from conducting what they hoped 87 00:04:07,542 --> 00:04:10,500 would be a second major operation this year. 88 00:04:11,542 --> 00:04:14,458 The installation of several ten-foot-diameter 89 00:04:14,583 --> 00:04:16,667 steel caissons at other locations 90 00:04:16,875 --> 00:04:18,583 in the Money Pit area, 91 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:21,833 where evidence of not only man-made workings, 92 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,708 but also precious metals, 93 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:26,333 have been recovered between depths of 94 00:04:26,458 --> 00:04:30,667 150 and 180 feet underground. 95 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:34,833 So, then what are we going to do in the Money Pit instead? 96 00:04:34,958 --> 00:04:35,875 RICK: Well, to address everyone's concerns, 97 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:37,333 what're we going to do? 98 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:39,542 Currently, the sonic rig is still there. 99 00:04:39,708 --> 00:04:41,667 There's a lot of unique opportunities left 100 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:45,750 to come up with high-value targets. 101 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:47,833 -MARTY: Yep. -Yep. 102 00:04:47,958 --> 00:04:49,458 So, we're gonna get more data. 103 00:04:49,583 --> 00:04:51,542 We will continue with the vertical drilling 104 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:53,167 with the sonic rig, which will allow us 105 00:04:53,292 --> 00:04:54,583 to be most efficient when 106 00:04:54,750 --> 00:04:57,417 we finally do mobilize the oscillator next year. 107 00:04:57,583 --> 00:05:00,375 -RICK: Yep. -SCOTT: And don't forget, guys, 108 00:05:00,542 --> 00:05:01,417 the Garden Shaft isn't finished, there's still 109 00:05:01,583 --> 00:05:02,667 a lot of work to do there yet. 110 00:05:02,875 --> 00:05:04,417 They're gonna come down on this tunnel. 111 00:05:04,542 --> 00:05:06,708 When they get close, we're gonna start drilling. 112 00:05:06,875 --> 00:05:09,250 And then, as they come down through that, 113 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:10,583 we're going to see how this tunnel lies. 114 00:05:10,750 --> 00:05:12,000 We're going to see how it was built. 115 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:13,708 We're going to see where it goes. 116 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:15,167 That tunnel is going in the direction of 117 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:16,542 where our precious metals are coming from... 118 00:05:16,708 --> 00:05:18,750 -Right. -...which is very exciting to me. 119 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:21,667 RICK: Dumas suggested they could get 120 00:05:21,792 --> 00:05:24,208 40 feet out. Well, you're talking an 80-foot diameter. 121 00:05:24,375 --> 00:05:26,292 From an informational perspective, 122 00:05:26,458 --> 00:05:27,750 it is literally a big dig. 123 00:05:27,875 --> 00:05:29,292 Yep. 124 00:05:29,458 --> 00:05:31,958 NARRATOR: As Dumas continues 125 00:05:32,125 --> 00:05:35,708 extending the Garden Shaft to a total depth of 95 feet, 126 00:05:35,917 --> 00:05:38,792 where they hope to breach a mysterious tunnel, 127 00:05:38,958 --> 00:05:41,833 in the coming days, once they have reached 128 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,667 a depth of 90 feet, 129 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:46,667 they will use a lateral probe drilling device 130 00:05:46,833 --> 00:05:49,500 capable of reaching up to 40 feet 131 00:05:49,667 --> 00:05:51,750 outside of the Garden Shaft. 132 00:05:51,917 --> 00:05:53,375 This will allow the team 133 00:05:53,583 --> 00:05:55,625 to not only collect samples of the tunnel 134 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:58,833 in order to determine just who may have built it, 135 00:05:59,042 --> 00:06:00,750 but also, hopefully, 136 00:06:00,917 --> 00:06:03,667 pinpoint the source of all the precious metals 137 00:06:03,833 --> 00:06:06,417 that have been detected in the area. 138 00:06:07,375 --> 00:06:09,500 I know that there's been some setbacks, 139 00:06:09,708 --> 00:06:12,167 but when I look around the war room table 140 00:06:12,333 --> 00:06:13,708 and I look in the eyes of the guys, 141 00:06:13,875 --> 00:06:16,792 I don't see any sense of being done. 142 00:06:16,958 --> 00:06:19,458 I see enthusiasm, 143 00:06:19,583 --> 00:06:22,000 I see some really smart people 144 00:06:22,167 --> 00:06:24,042 all focused on a singular agenda: 145 00:06:24,208 --> 00:06:25,333 Trying to solve the mystery. 146 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:27,917 So, I know we're making progress. 147 00:06:28,042 --> 00:06:30,000 You know, there's every reason to believe that 148 00:06:30,167 --> 00:06:31,833 as we move out in the year, 149 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,167 that we are really gonna use this opportunity 150 00:06:34,333 --> 00:06:37,500 -and turn it into a positive. -Yep. 151 00:06:37,708 --> 00:06:40,083 MARTY: Okay, let's get back to the things we can do. 152 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:42,375 RICK: Yep. Agreed. 153 00:06:43,542 --> 00:06:45,958 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 154 00:06:46,083 --> 00:06:49,500 as the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 155 00:06:49,625 --> 00:06:51,917 continues the extension of the Garden Shaft 156 00:06:52,083 --> 00:06:54,042 in the Money Pit area... 157 00:06:55,375 --> 00:06:57,125 -GARY: Artifact time. -RICK: Hope so. 158 00:06:57,292 --> 00:07:00,208 God, I love this place. 159 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:02,333 ...Rick Lagina and Craig Tester 160 00:07:02,458 --> 00:07:04,750 join metal detection expert Gary Drayton 161 00:07:04,875 --> 00:07:07,292 and Billy Gerhardt near the southern edge 162 00:07:07,458 --> 00:07:09,167 of the triangle-shaped swamp. 163 00:07:10,375 --> 00:07:13,875 Got that stone roadway, we're close to shore. 164 00:07:14,042 --> 00:07:16,167 Imagine how many people landed on this beach 165 00:07:16,375 --> 00:07:18,667 back in the day, came ashore. 166 00:07:20,042 --> 00:07:21,000 Ooh, look at that. 167 00:07:21,208 --> 00:07:22,458 Kind of looks similar to the rocks 168 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,000 -on the stone roadway. -MARTY: Yeah. 169 00:07:24,208 --> 00:07:27,167 NARRATOR: One week ago, while excavating 170 00:07:27,292 --> 00:07:29,167 near the massive cobblestone road 171 00:07:29,375 --> 00:07:31,167 in the southeast corner of the swamp, 172 00:07:31,375 --> 00:07:33,667 Marty Lagina, Billy and Gary 173 00:07:33,875 --> 00:07:36,625 uncovered yet another possible section 174 00:07:36,792 --> 00:07:39,042 of the mysterious construct. 175 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:40,833 This is a type of road 176 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,500 that was built in Europe in the 1500s. 177 00:07:46,042 --> 00:07:47,833 NARRATOR: Since the team's discovery of the stone road 178 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,667 in 2020, experts, such as historian Terry Deveau, 179 00:07:52,833 --> 00:07:55,958 have speculated that it could be as much as 180 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:58,208 500 years old. 181 00:07:58,375 --> 00:08:00,708 ALEX: The stone path looks exactly like this. 182 00:08:00,875 --> 00:08:04,042 NARRATOR: And incredibly, in 2021, 183 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:08,333 while visiting Alqueidão da Serra, Portugal, 184 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:10,500 a location that served as a stronghold 185 00:08:10,708 --> 00:08:13,542 for the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar 186 00:08:13,667 --> 00:08:15,667 from the 12th to the 16th centuries, 187 00:08:15,833 --> 00:08:18,333 Rick and members of the team 188 00:08:18,542 --> 00:08:21,792 were shown a nearly identical feature. 189 00:08:22,958 --> 00:08:25,208 BILLY: The bottom there is different. 190 00:08:25,375 --> 00:08:27,500 Way more rockier and bigger rocks. 191 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:29,208 I guess we've got to dig, 192 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:30,292 -right? -GARY: Yeah. 193 00:08:30,458 --> 00:08:31,458 -CRAIG: Gotta dig. -Yeah. 194 00:08:43,917 --> 00:08:45,167 Craig? 195 00:08:45,292 --> 00:08:46,833 There's a rock here. 196 00:08:48,583 --> 00:08:51,083 And there's one in the ground here. 197 00:08:51,292 --> 00:08:52,583 And there's one here. 198 00:08:52,750 --> 00:08:54,250 And there's one here. 199 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:55,625 Four in a row? 200 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:56,917 Four or five there, at least. Yeah. 201 00:08:57,125 --> 00:08:58,500 And it's all very uniform. 202 00:08:58,667 --> 00:09:00,333 Rocks don't end up in a straight line 203 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:01,917 -like that normally. -Yeah. 204 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:04,125 Hey, Rick. 205 00:09:08,042 --> 00:09:09,417 Okay. 206 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:13,000 As you can see, we got down deeper here. 207 00:09:13,125 --> 00:09:16,167 We started hitting rocks everywhere. 208 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:19,208 So, to me, it almost looks like 209 00:09:19,375 --> 00:09:20,667 it's an extension, 210 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:23,583 part of the stone road or work material, 211 00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:26,583 but it's definitely way, way more rocks 212 00:09:26,750 --> 00:09:29,125 than there should naturally be here. 213 00:09:29,250 --> 00:09:30,833 RICK: I agree with you, Craig. 214 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,000 And you're roughly at the same elevation as the stone road. 215 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,000 CRAIG: Yeah. 216 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:38,125 It's a natural incline 217 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:40,875 from that stone roadway coming down like a ramp. 218 00:09:41,083 --> 00:09:42,333 CRAIG: Yeah. 219 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,042 Probably went right on to the beach. 220 00:09:46,375 --> 00:09:49,208 -RICK: Well, it's definitely different. -CRAIG: Oh, yeah. 221 00:09:52,917 --> 00:09:55,083 GARY: It's a natural incline 222 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:56,625 from that stone roadway 223 00:09:56,792 --> 00:09:58,708 coming down like a ramp. 224 00:09:58,875 --> 00:10:00,875 And elevation-wise, it just seems to be 225 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:04,583 a continual slope coming on down with this. 226 00:10:04,750 --> 00:10:07,000 This would be, definitely, the lowest part. 227 00:10:07,167 --> 00:10:09,833 It probably went right on to the beach. 228 00:10:11,542 --> 00:10:14,500 RICK: Well, it's definitely different. 229 00:10:14,667 --> 00:10:16,042 It's a tough one. 230 00:10:16,250 --> 00:10:18,958 -CRAIG: Could be an extension. -RICK: Could be. 231 00:10:19,125 --> 00:10:21,708 NARRATOR: In the southeast corner of the Oak Island swamp, 232 00:10:21,875 --> 00:10:24,625 Rick Lagina and members of the team 233 00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:27,625 have just discovered a possible ramp feature 234 00:10:27,792 --> 00:10:30,583 connected to the stone road. 235 00:10:32,042 --> 00:10:34,667 Well, we're not gonna pull this out right now. 236 00:10:34,875 --> 00:10:36,792 I think, I think we want to continue 237 00:10:36,958 --> 00:10:38,500 looking that way because he hasn't gone deeper there. 238 00:10:38,667 --> 00:10:40,500 -Mm-hmm. -That's basically it. 239 00:10:40,667 --> 00:10:43,458 And if it's, you know, continually going lower, 240 00:10:43,583 --> 00:10:46,000 then it could be right there. 241 00:10:47,125 --> 00:10:49,792 NARRATOR: If the team has actually found a ramp 242 00:10:49,958 --> 00:10:52,958 connecting the stone road to the shoreline, 243 00:10:53,083 --> 00:10:55,583 could it represent more evidence 244 00:10:55,708 --> 00:10:57,625 that the road-- or ship's wharf-- 245 00:10:57,750 --> 00:11:00,000 was constructed in order to move 246 00:11:00,208 --> 00:11:02,583 heavy cargo from a large sailing vessel 247 00:11:02,750 --> 00:11:04,625 onto Oak Island? 248 00:11:04,792 --> 00:11:08,167 Craig felt there were some rocks that one could 249 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:10,958 suggest that they were a little, mini-wharf. 250 00:11:11,125 --> 00:11:13,500 -Why don't you go ahead and metal detect this? -Yeah. Will do. 251 00:11:13,625 --> 00:11:16,833 RICK: And it certainly does look like that. 252 00:11:17,042 --> 00:11:20,750 Could a small boat pull up to it? Sure. 253 00:11:20,875 --> 00:11:23,500 And my hope is that as we excavate, 254 00:11:23,708 --> 00:11:24,958 we'll come to a greater understanding 255 00:11:25,083 --> 00:11:26,667 of what the stone represents. 256 00:11:26,875 --> 00:11:28,583 No. No metals in there. 257 00:11:28,750 --> 00:11:30,167 Why is it there? 258 00:11:30,375 --> 00:11:32,458 Why was it built? Who built it? 259 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:35,000 We have that construct, 260 00:11:35,167 --> 00:11:37,167 but we have no explanation for it. 261 00:11:37,375 --> 00:11:38,833 Well, you should dig over here. 262 00:11:39,042 --> 00:11:41,833 And then we can clean this area up and then... 263 00:11:42,042 --> 00:11:45,500 have a go at looking at this area in its entirety. 264 00:11:45,625 --> 00:11:47,458 Yeah. I like, I like that idea. 265 00:11:47,625 --> 00:11:50,292 Okay. 266 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:52,125 RICK: Let's get after it. 267 00:11:52,292 --> 00:11:55,375 NARRATOR: As the investigation in the swamp continues... 268 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:59,500 TERRY: HI-6.75. Here we go. 269 00:11:59,625 --> 00:12:02,042 This is a little bit to the north and west 270 00:12:02,167 --> 00:12:05,958 -of the actual H-8 caisson. -Yeah. 271 00:12:06,042 --> 00:12:08,000 -...in the Money Pit area... -28. 272 00:12:08,125 --> 00:12:09,375 Thank you. 273 00:12:09,542 --> 00:12:11,125 ...geologist Terry Matheson 274 00:12:11,292 --> 00:12:13,750 and Oak Island historian Paul Troutman 275 00:12:13,917 --> 00:12:17,167 are overseeing the drilling of a new borehole 276 00:12:17,375 --> 00:12:20,708 known as HI-6.75. 277 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:24,417 A borehole nearly two feet 278 00:12:24,542 --> 00:12:28,792 from H-8, one of the team's additional targets of interest 279 00:12:28,917 --> 00:12:33,125 located more than 50 feet southwest of the Garden Shaft. 280 00:12:34,292 --> 00:12:36,125 Thank you. 281 00:12:37,625 --> 00:12:40,208 TERRY: The H-8 caisson intersected 282 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:42,500 possibly the Chappell Vault. 283 00:12:42,708 --> 00:12:45,500 This hole will hopefully cover that ground. 284 00:12:45,708 --> 00:12:48,250 If we could recover that, there'd be a lot of artifacts. 285 00:12:49,750 --> 00:12:51,125 TERRY: No question. 286 00:12:52,875 --> 00:12:54,875 NARRATOR: In 2017, 287 00:12:55,042 --> 00:12:57,833 after recovering pieces of parchment 288 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,167 and leather bookbinding in a six-inch borehole 289 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:02,833 known as H-8, 290 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,708 the Oak Island team 291 00:13:04,875 --> 00:13:07,875 excavated a five-foot diameter steel caisson 292 00:13:08,083 --> 00:13:09,917 in the hope of encountering 293 00:13:10,125 --> 00:13:12,875 the legendary Chappell Vault. 294 00:13:13,083 --> 00:13:16,417 A large, wooden chest that was reportedly 295 00:13:16,583 --> 00:13:20,000 drilled into by Frederick Blair and William Chappell 296 00:13:20,208 --> 00:13:21,750 in 1897. 297 00:13:21,958 --> 00:13:24,500 And which was believed to contain both gold 298 00:13:24,708 --> 00:13:27,000 and parchment documents. 299 00:13:27,125 --> 00:13:29,167 We have a 14-foot plug right now. 300 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:31,125 But we're stuck. 301 00:13:31,292 --> 00:13:33,958 NARRATOR: Incredibly, the Oak Island team's caisson 302 00:13:34,125 --> 00:13:37,333 struck a large object at a depth of 170 feet. 303 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,833 Something was in front of the can and we were pushing it 304 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,583 for a while until it hit something hard. 305 00:13:43,708 --> 00:13:47,833 NARRATOR: But unfortunately, as they extended the caisson 306 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,083 deeper in the hopes of breaching the potential vault, 307 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:54,042 it was pushed deeper and into a void 308 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:56,375 somewhere off to the side. 309 00:13:57,375 --> 00:13:59,583 I'm glad that we're getting it done. 310 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:01,500 We're going to 171. 311 00:14:01,625 --> 00:14:03,708 TERRY: Yeah. That's right. 312 00:14:03,917 --> 00:14:05,250 NARRATOR: If the team is able 313 00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:08,167 to not only penetrate the mysterious void, 314 00:14:08,333 --> 00:14:11,083 but also locate the fabled Chappell Vault, 315 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:14,833 once the Garden Shaft project is complete, 316 00:14:15,042 --> 00:14:18,833 they will be able to excavate a ten-foot-diameter caisson, 317 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 and hopefully, retrieve it. 318 00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:22,958 PAUL: Hopefully, we can get a few more answers 319 00:14:23,125 --> 00:14:25,042 -with this borehole, but... -TERRY: Right now, 320 00:14:25,208 --> 00:14:28,417 we're well above target horizon, we're only 28 feet below grade. 321 00:14:28,583 --> 00:14:32,583 HI-6.75 is going to yield up a lot of secrets. 322 00:14:32,708 --> 00:14:34,583 PAUL: Yes. 323 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:36,750 NARRATOR: As the core drilling operation continues 324 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:38,333 in the Money Pit area... 325 00:14:39,375 --> 00:14:41,875 -ALEX: Hey. -RICKY: Hey. -GARY: Hello, chaps. 326 00:14:42,042 --> 00:14:45,167 NARRATOR: ...at the Oak Island Interpretive Centre, 327 00:14:45,333 --> 00:14:46,833 Rick Lagina and his nephew Alex 328 00:14:46,958 --> 00:14:49,333 are meeting with Gary Drayton, 329 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:51,583 archaeologist Laird Niven 330 00:14:51,792 --> 00:14:54,500 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan. 331 00:14:54,667 --> 00:14:57,792 All of this is coming from inside that circular feature. 332 00:14:57,917 --> 00:15:00,167 NARRATOR: They are eager to receive Gary, 333 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,583 Laird and Emma's analysis of a coin, 334 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:07,083 as well as a potentially 500-year-old Venetian bead 335 00:15:07,292 --> 00:15:09,792 that were both found one week ago 336 00:15:09,958 --> 00:15:12,000 in a large stone foundation 337 00:15:12,208 --> 00:15:15,125 located near the shoreline on Lot 5. 338 00:15:15,292 --> 00:15:17,083 GARY: Uh, let's have a look, mate. 339 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,833 That's the right size for a penny 340 00:15:20,042 --> 00:15:22,000 -or an half-penny. -Yeah. 341 00:15:22,125 --> 00:15:24,167 GARY: Oh, yeah. No mistaking that. 342 00:15:24,375 --> 00:15:25,792 King George? 343 00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:27,292 Well, let's take a look. Emma? 344 00:15:28,792 --> 00:15:30,000 NARRATOR: Earlier today, 345 00:15:30,125 --> 00:15:31,917 Emma scanned the coin 346 00:15:32,083 --> 00:15:35,500 with the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner, 347 00:15:35,708 --> 00:15:39,333 which emits non-destructive X-ray radiation 348 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,042 to penetrate corrosion 349 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:44,417 and reveal the object's finer details. 350 00:15:46,875 --> 00:15:49,250 -RICK: Oh, there you go. Yeah. -ALEX: Okay. 351 00:15:49,417 --> 00:15:51,250 -LAIRD: Right there, see on the righthand side? -GARY: Oh. 352 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:55,583 -Yeah. -LAIRD: It should say, "Georgius III Rex." 353 00:15:57,375 --> 00:15:58,542 GARY: Yeah, it's Latin-- Georgius. 354 00:15:58,708 --> 00:15:59,833 LAIRD: It's the third. 355 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:01,333 Yeah. That's definitely, yeah. 356 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:03,000 So, 1760 to 1820. 357 00:16:03,167 --> 00:16:05,042 -GARY: Yeah. -LAIRD: I think 358 00:16:05,208 --> 00:16:06,833 it's the first edition head. 359 00:16:07,042 --> 00:16:08,125 -GARY: Yeah. An early head. -LAIRD: Yeah. 360 00:16:08,250 --> 00:16:11,458 So, that's... takes it into 1770s. 361 00:16:13,042 --> 00:16:15,500 NARRATOR: An English penny or half-penny 362 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:19,208 that could date back nearly three decades prior 363 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:22,208 to the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795? 364 00:16:22,417 --> 00:16:26,667 If so, who left it in the foundation on Lot 5? 365 00:16:26,792 --> 00:16:30,167 Someone who may have left something of value behind? 366 00:16:30,375 --> 00:16:34,333 Or was it someone looking for the fabled treasure? 367 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:37,500 ALEX: We think we're still in the foundation, 368 00:16:37,667 --> 00:16:39,417 and this just came from the fill 369 00:16:39,542 --> 00:16:41,833 -that's actually really close to the top of it. -Yeah. 370 00:16:42,042 --> 00:16:43,667 ALEX: It's also in the stuff 371 00:16:43,792 --> 00:16:46,000 that was thrown onto this feature. 372 00:16:46,208 --> 00:16:47,458 It means whatever's underneath it is older. 373 00:16:47,583 --> 00:16:49,083 Older, yup. Yeah. 374 00:16:50,083 --> 00:16:51,167 ALEX: The Money Pit was supposed 375 00:16:51,375 --> 00:16:52,833 to have been discovered in 1795. 376 00:16:53,042 --> 00:16:55,167 And that's why these 1760s dates 377 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:57,125 that we're getting off the coin and the other artifacts 378 00:16:57,292 --> 00:17:00,125 make Lot 5 so fascinating. 379 00:17:00,292 --> 00:17:02,250 If this feature was covered over, 380 00:17:02,417 --> 00:17:04,542 it may have been associated with whatever did happen 381 00:17:04,708 --> 00:17:07,125 in the Money Pit prior to its discovery. 382 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:08,875 So, in our world, that means 383 00:17:09,042 --> 00:17:11,208 maybe this Lot 5 feature is associated 384 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:12,875 with early depositor activity. 385 00:17:13,042 --> 00:17:15,250 -You were here for this, as well? -Yeah. 386 00:17:15,375 --> 00:17:17,333 This was exciting, too. It's a glass bead. 387 00:17:17,458 --> 00:17:19,875 -Oh, wow. -Yeah. It is colored. 388 00:17:20,042 --> 00:17:22,708 This is a stretched bead. 389 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,333 You know, they'd have different colors 390 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:27,208 of enamel laid in, and then they'd stretch it... 391 00:17:27,375 --> 00:17:30,042 -Mm-hmm. -...for, like, 150 feet... 392 00:17:30,208 --> 00:17:32,667 -ALEX: Mm-hmm. -LAIRD: ...and then just cut off the beads. 393 00:17:32,875 --> 00:17:34,333 GARY: So, it's probably off 394 00:17:34,542 --> 00:17:37,042 -a bracelet or a necklace. -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. Yeah. 395 00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:39,833 -Most likely from Venice. -GARY: Wow. 396 00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:43,083 NARRATOR: In 1470 AD, 397 00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:45,667 a specialized method for the production 398 00:17:45,833 --> 00:17:47,708 of fine glass bead jewelry 399 00:17:47,875 --> 00:17:49,917 was developed in Venice, Italy. 400 00:17:50,042 --> 00:17:52,875 As demand quickly grew, 401 00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:55,458 Venetian glass beads also became 402 00:17:55,625 --> 00:17:58,000 a highly valued type of barter currency 403 00:17:58,208 --> 00:18:00,625 along trade routes 404 00:18:00,792 --> 00:18:05,667 in Europe, India, Africa and the New World. 405 00:18:05,875 --> 00:18:09,000 LAIRD: Interestingly, we did find another one earlier on. 406 00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:10,792 This one's even smaller. 407 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,750 NARRATOR: Is it possible that 408 00:18:12,875 --> 00:18:16,167 if the team has actually found two Venetian glass beads 409 00:18:16,292 --> 00:18:19,292 in the mysterious foundation on Lot 5, 410 00:18:19,458 --> 00:18:22,083 could there be even more valuable artifacts 411 00:18:22,208 --> 00:18:24,958 waiting to be recovered deeper below? 412 00:18:25,083 --> 00:18:26,667 LAIRD: Yeah. So, very, very similar. 413 00:18:26,875 --> 00:18:28,750 Which means there's probably a lot of them out there. 414 00:18:28,917 --> 00:18:30,167 -Yeah. -LAIRD: Yeah. 415 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:34,500 ALEX: If this was truly valuable, maybe this 416 00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:36,958 and the other things we're finding could be a trade item, 417 00:18:37,125 --> 00:18:38,958 could be just in a chest of valuables 418 00:18:39,167 --> 00:18:40,583 that was taken from somebody. 419 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:43,000 LAIRD: We need to find an expert because beads are 420 00:18:43,208 --> 00:18:45,667 an extremely complex subject. 421 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:47,833 And that's why we need someone who's been doing it 422 00:18:48,042 --> 00:18:49,042 for years and years and years. 423 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:50,875 RICK: That little item there 424 00:18:51,083 --> 00:18:52,667 -might be highly significant. -Yeah. 425 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:55,458 These are nice finds, but as your dad always tells us, 426 00:18:55,458 --> 00:18:55,833 These are nice finds, but as your dad always tells us, 427 00:18:56,542 --> 00:18:57,917 "Let's go out there and find some more." 428 00:18:58,042 --> 00:18:59,500 -More digging. -Yup. -Okay. 429 00:18:59,708 --> 00:19:01,333 RICK: Thanks, Laird. Thank you, Emma. 430 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:03,333 -EMMA: Thank you. -RICK: Bye-bye. 431 00:19:06,833 --> 00:19:09,167 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island... 432 00:19:09,375 --> 00:19:10,875 -OPERATOR: Coming down? -RON MacKENZIE: Copy that. 433 00:19:11,042 --> 00:19:12,375 NARRATOR: ...and while operations 434 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:14,167 to deepen the Garden Shaft 435 00:19:14,375 --> 00:19:17,167 continue in the Money Pit area... 436 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:20,708 GARY: What a great day for finding treasure. 437 00:19:20,875 --> 00:19:22,625 RICK: Okay. Here we go. 438 00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:25,500 -All it takes is one good find. -That's right. 439 00:19:25,625 --> 00:19:29,083 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, Gary Drayton 440 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:31,250 and Billy Gerhardt continue 441 00:19:31,375 --> 00:19:34,042 searching for valuable clues near the potentially 442 00:19:34,208 --> 00:19:36,417 500-year-old stone road 443 00:19:36,583 --> 00:19:39,667 in the southeast corner of the swamp. 444 00:19:44,208 --> 00:19:46,167 Is that pottery? 445 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:48,833 -RICK: Billy! -GARY: We both saw that. 446 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,667 -Look. See that? -Oh, I see it, mate. 447 00:19:50,792 --> 00:19:52,958 That's nice. 448 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:54,667 Oh, ho, ho. That's... 449 00:19:54,833 --> 00:19:55,958 I see... I see color. 450 00:19:56,125 --> 00:19:57,750 That's gorgeous, mate! 451 00:19:57,917 --> 00:20:00,625 Oh, look at that! 452 00:20:00,792 --> 00:20:02,875 And there's another piece there, as well. 453 00:20:03,042 --> 00:20:04,333 -RICK: Where? -There. 454 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:05,667 -RICK: Oh, yeah. -You see the rim? 455 00:20:05,833 --> 00:20:07,167 RICK: Yup, yup. 456 00:20:07,375 --> 00:20:09,125 All right, let's see if this is a match. 457 00:20:09,292 --> 00:20:12,500 Oh, that is absolutely stunning. 458 00:20:12,667 --> 00:20:14,333 -That's beautiful, mate. -What is that? 459 00:20:14,417 --> 00:20:16,958 That-that's old. That is some fine china, 460 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,250 by the look of it. 461 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:20,958 I mean, this is high-end stuff. 462 00:20:21,125 --> 00:20:23,250 I know that this Chinese porcelain 463 00:20:23,375 --> 00:20:25,667 was really, really popular. 464 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:29,833 That's what the Portuguese fleets used to bring up 465 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,167 through these trade routes. 466 00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:33,333 Really, really nice. 467 00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:36,667 NARRATOR: Potentially ancient Chinese pottery? 468 00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:40,333 If so, could Gary Drayton be correct 469 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:42,792 that it may offer another Portuguese connection 470 00:20:42,958 --> 00:20:46,833 to the stone road in the Oak Island swamp? 471 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,667 According to documented history, 472 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:52,250 beginning in the early 16th century, 473 00:20:52,375 --> 00:20:54,667 Portuguese explorers, 474 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:58,292 including Vasco da Gama, who was also a member 475 00:20:58,375 --> 00:21:01,292 of the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar, 476 00:21:01,458 --> 00:21:04,292 made extensive trading expeditions to China, 477 00:21:04,458 --> 00:21:06,417 bringing back, among other goods, 478 00:21:06,625 --> 00:21:09,500 fine Chinese porcelain, 479 00:21:09,667 --> 00:21:12,000 which then became highly traded 480 00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:14,833 throughout the region and the Americas. 481 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,250 But you look. You can see the age on the back. 482 00:21:17,458 --> 00:21:20,833 -You see that crackling on the back? -Mm-hmm. 483 00:21:20,917 --> 00:21:23,250 It's been in there a while. 484 00:21:23,417 --> 00:21:25,208 RICK: What we're looking for is to try 485 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:27,750 to establish a connection between these artifacts 486 00:21:27,917 --> 00:21:29,667 and the actual 487 00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:31,250 physical constructs: 488 00:21:31,417 --> 00:21:33,000 stone road, stone path. 489 00:21:33,208 --> 00:21:36,000 It's possible this pottery will give us great insight 490 00:21:36,208 --> 00:21:38,708 into what this feature represents 491 00:21:38,917 --> 00:21:41,792 because that stone road, to me, is still inexplicable. 492 00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:44,917 There's something right there. 493 00:21:45,083 --> 00:21:46,667 -Something? You've seen it? -Yup. 494 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,625 -Ooh! -Ooh! 495 00:21:49,792 --> 00:21:51,875 -Big chunk. -That's a big chunk, too. 496 00:21:52,042 --> 00:21:54,583 GARY: Yeah, that's a big chunk. 497 00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:56,792 Okay, mate, I've got it in me hand, mate. 498 00:21:56,958 --> 00:21:58,042 I'll wait till you get out. 499 00:21:58,208 --> 00:21:59,542 There's-there's another one. Gary! 500 00:21:59,708 --> 00:22:01,000 -There's another one. Yup. -There's another one? 501 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:02,958 GARY: That is so fantastic. 502 00:22:05,875 --> 00:22:08,167 -I think this may be something different. -Is it? 503 00:22:08,375 --> 00:22:10,750 GARY: Yeah. I think this is teacup. 504 00:22:10,917 --> 00:22:12,417 Don't get any better than that, mate. 505 00:22:12,542 --> 00:22:15,417 What a perfect start to the morning. 506 00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:18,417 Let's see. Look at that. 507 00:22:18,542 --> 00:22:22,000 -No. It's not... -It's either a teacup or a bowl. 508 00:22:22,125 --> 00:22:24,500 Oh, yeah. Actually... 509 00:22:24,708 --> 00:22:26,458 -It might fit? -...it's two different vessels. 510 00:22:26,583 --> 00:22:30,125 Where's the silver spoons, though, with it, right? 511 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:31,500 That would be nice. 512 00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:33,333 And I'll bet there's more in here. 513 00:22:33,542 --> 00:22:36,458 -GARY: Yup. -RICK: Yup. Here you go. Here you go. 514 00:22:36,625 --> 00:22:39,833 Oh, look at that, Billy. 515 00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:41,125 Yeah. 516 00:22:41,292 --> 00:22:43,333 GARY: I love this blue glaze. 517 00:22:43,542 --> 00:22:45,667 Oh. Yeah, that's a Chinese design on it, as well. 518 00:22:45,875 --> 00:22:48,208 Turning into the swamp tea party, isn't it? 519 00:22:48,375 --> 00:22:49,833 (both laugh) 520 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,208 If you found all that pottery, 521 00:22:52,375 --> 00:22:53,542 it should be a pretty good chance 522 00:22:53,708 --> 00:22:55,125 of finding something else there too, right? 523 00:22:55,292 --> 00:22:56,708 Yeah. With that amount of finds, 524 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,292 I think we have to go through it by hand. 525 00:22:58,375 --> 00:23:00,000 GARY: Agreed, mate. 526 00:23:00,167 --> 00:23:01,583 And I'll put these to one side 527 00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:03,375 'cause I'm turning into Gary Potter. 528 00:23:03,542 --> 00:23:05,250 (Gary and Rick laugh) 529 00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:07,167 NARRATOR: While Rick, Gary and Billy 530 00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:10,000 continue searching for clues in the swamp, 531 00:23:10,167 --> 00:23:13,500 back in the Money Pit area... 532 00:23:13,708 --> 00:23:15,500 TERRY: Let's, uh... get ready 533 00:23:15,667 --> 00:23:17,625 for another core. Here it comes. 534 00:23:17,792 --> 00:23:20,750 -118. -Thank you, Colten. 535 00:23:20,875 --> 00:23:22,833 NARRATOR: ...other members of the team 536 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:25,875 continue monitoring the core drilling operation 537 00:23:26,042 --> 00:23:29,667 in borehole HI-6.75, 538 00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:33,000 a borehole where they hope to recover evidence 539 00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:38,833 of the fabled Chappell Vault nearly 180 feet below ground. 540 00:23:40,292 --> 00:23:42,583 Thank you. 541 00:23:44,542 --> 00:23:46,917 Wow. That doesn't look good. 542 00:23:47,083 --> 00:23:48,833 -Little bit of, uh, PVC? -Yeah. 543 00:23:49,042 --> 00:23:50,792 You know what that means, my friend? 544 00:23:50,917 --> 00:23:53,125 -It means we're drifting. -Yeah. That means 545 00:23:53,292 --> 00:23:55,583 we're not going straight down. 546 00:23:56,542 --> 00:23:57,875 Yeah. Unfortunately, 547 00:23:58,042 --> 00:23:59,833 the drill drifts off, it looks like we tagged 548 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,458 into either H-7 or maybe H-6.5 that's in this area. 549 00:24:04,625 --> 00:24:07,667 And so, we're going down and getting that PVC. 550 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:09,333 NARRATOR: Unfortunately, 551 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:11,000 the drill pipe has veered off course, 552 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:14,458 and apparently, encountered another nearby borehole 553 00:24:14,625 --> 00:24:17,625 that was previously drilled by the team. 554 00:24:17,792 --> 00:24:19,750 MARTY: It's very difficult to drill a straight hole. 555 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:23,542 Sometimes these holes wander on average five or six feet. 556 00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:25,458 And if the borehole walks a little bit 557 00:24:25,625 --> 00:24:27,250 and gets into one of those other ones, it'll... 558 00:24:27,417 --> 00:24:29,125 it's almost impossible to get it out. 559 00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:31,542 So, we're going to move the rig. 560 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:33,542 And if we're still in the right area, 561 00:24:33,708 --> 00:24:35,333 or heading for the right area, then we can keep going. 562 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:37,917 It's discouraging. Uh, the idea that we're passing 563 00:24:38,083 --> 00:24:39,917 -through an old borehole-- that's-that's not good. -Yeah. 564 00:24:40,083 --> 00:24:41,958 We don't want to keep chewing on this all the way down, so... 565 00:24:42,125 --> 00:24:43,958 That's right. Yeah. We've got to get them a new spot. 566 00:24:44,125 --> 00:24:45,500 I agree. 567 00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:48,083 -TERRY: And then we move on. -PAUL: Okay. 568 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:52,833 NARRATOR: While Terry and Paul regroup in the Money Pit area... 569 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 JACK: I'm really excited to see what this guy has to say. 570 00:24:55,208 --> 00:24:56,500 CHARLES: Yeah. 571 00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:58,500 I think this is the place, Jack. 572 00:24:58,667 --> 00:25:00,333 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley 573 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:02,625 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 574 00:25:02,792 --> 00:25:05,542 have traveled some 50 miles northeast 575 00:25:05,708 --> 00:25:07,750 to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 576 00:25:07,917 --> 00:25:11,083 I think it's back here, Jack. 577 00:25:11,208 --> 00:25:12,708 -(knocking) -Hi, Phil. 578 00:25:12,875 --> 00:25:14,333 -Hey. How you doing? -Good. How are you? 579 00:25:14,542 --> 00:25:16,125 Not too bad. 580 00:25:16,250 --> 00:25:17,833 NARRATOR: Here, they are meeting 581 00:25:17,958 --> 00:25:20,875 with Philip Doucette, a specialist 582 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 in glass bead design, at his studio 583 00:25:24,167 --> 00:25:27,208 in order to have him examine the believed Venetian beads 584 00:25:27,375 --> 00:25:30,667 that were recently found on Lot 5. 585 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,750 So, we were working on Oak Island, 586 00:25:33,875 --> 00:25:37,250 and we've uncovered this buried feature. 587 00:25:37,417 --> 00:25:39,208 And while digging amongst the boulders, 588 00:25:39,375 --> 00:25:42,167 our archaeologists found these beads. 589 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:46,333 They believe that they could be Venetian beads? 590 00:25:46,458 --> 00:25:48,833 PHIL: Very nice. 591 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,167 And they've come out of the ground? 592 00:25:51,333 --> 00:25:52,917 And they were there for a while. 593 00:25:53,083 --> 00:25:56,250 The signs of the pitting that you can see on the ends. 594 00:25:56,417 --> 00:26:00,625 Well, I know exactly what these appear to be. 595 00:26:00,792 --> 00:26:03,875 These are drawn glass beads. 596 00:26:04,042 --> 00:26:07,000 And what really identifies these as drawn 597 00:26:07,125 --> 00:26:11,042 -is that the stripes are incredibly straight. -CHARLES: Right. 598 00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:13,083 And that comes from pulling against the glass. 599 00:26:13,250 --> 00:26:14,917 It pulls them out straight. 600 00:26:15,083 --> 00:26:16,583 -Oh. -Yeah. 601 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:20,500 These beads, I'm very confident, were made in Venice. 602 00:26:20,625 --> 00:26:22,917 This color-- 603 00:26:23,083 --> 00:26:25,458 the red and the blue and the white-- 604 00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:28,000 are very early formulations 605 00:26:28,208 --> 00:26:30,292 of glass in that color. 606 00:26:30,417 --> 00:26:33,208 So, the style of this bead-- 607 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:35,667 it speaks towards it being older? 608 00:26:35,875 --> 00:26:37,667 Is there a time period? 609 00:26:37,833 --> 00:26:42,375 Yes. So, based on the color and the design, 610 00:26:42,542 --> 00:26:45,667 I would confidently say that these were made 611 00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:48,958 between 1500 and 1650. 612 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,083 JACK: Wow. 613 00:26:56,833 --> 00:26:59,125 PHIL: These were made between 1500 614 00:26:59,333 --> 00:27:00,625 and 1650. 615 00:27:00,792 --> 00:27:02,833 -Wow. -Really? 616 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,167 NARRATOR: In Halifax, Nova Scotia... 617 00:27:04,375 --> 00:27:05,833 PHIL: These are very old. 618 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,500 NARRATOR: ...glass bead expert Philip Doucette 619 00:27:08,667 --> 00:27:11,333 has just confirmed that the two beads 620 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:12,917 that were recently unearthed 621 00:27:13,083 --> 00:27:15,708 in the stone foundation on Lot 5 622 00:27:15,875 --> 00:27:18,083 are Venetian trade beads 623 00:27:18,208 --> 00:27:22,083 and date as far back as the early 16th century. 624 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,667 CHARLES: The date range for these beads-- 625 00:27:24,833 --> 00:27:26,625 you're extremely confident that 626 00:27:26,792 --> 00:27:28,958 it falls into that time frame? 627 00:27:29,125 --> 00:27:32,875 That's correct. Um, drawn glass, white-striped. 628 00:27:33,958 --> 00:27:35,833 They were a precious commodity. 629 00:27:35,917 --> 00:27:37,583 Wow. 630 00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:40,542 Yes. There was a really brisk trade going on. 631 00:27:40,708 --> 00:27:41,708 Five or six of these beads would 632 00:27:41,875 --> 00:27:44,667 -buy a beaver pelt. -Really? 633 00:27:44,875 --> 00:27:47,667 And that's a high-value item. 634 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:52,833 And a bracelet would probably have 40, 50 beads on it. 635 00:27:53,042 --> 00:27:55,583 -Oh. -That's a small fortune in trade. 636 00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:57,083 CHARLES: Okay. 637 00:27:57,250 --> 00:27:59,000 PHIL: And it was a great currency 638 00:27:59,208 --> 00:28:02,500 for the people that were coming across the Atlantic. 639 00:28:02,625 --> 00:28:05,000 In particular, in Nova Scotia. 640 00:28:05,208 --> 00:28:09,083 It was first the Portuguese, and then, 641 00:28:09,250 --> 00:28:12,375 the Spanish, and then the French took over, 642 00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:14,750 and the British taking over Louisbourg. 643 00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:17,875 The Portuguese were a major trader 644 00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:19,792 up and down the American coast, 645 00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:21,833 and then, the Canadian coast at that time. 646 00:28:22,042 --> 00:28:23,917 And they would have these barrels of beads 647 00:28:24,083 --> 00:28:27,250 that they would trade, which come originally from Venice. 648 00:28:27,417 --> 00:28:29,167 We have found some things 649 00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:32,125 that pointed to the Portuguese possibly being on the island. 650 00:28:32,250 --> 00:28:35,000 There's even questions on the stone road along the swamp. 651 00:28:35,167 --> 00:28:37,917 There are theories that, that stone road was 652 00:28:38,042 --> 00:28:41,958 built by the Portuguese, based upon the dates. 653 00:28:42,125 --> 00:28:44,375 We've wondered if the Portuguese could be involved, 654 00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:46,875 and they had made it to Oak Island, but 655 00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:50,125 maybe they were over on Lot 5, as well, 656 00:28:50,292 --> 00:28:52,292 and these beads got lost. 657 00:28:52,458 --> 00:28:53,958 NARRATOR: Is it possible 658 00:28:54,083 --> 00:28:55,667 that these Venetian beads-- 659 00:28:55,792 --> 00:28:58,833 which may be 500 years old, or older-- 660 00:28:59,042 --> 00:29:01,750 could offer evidence that the feature 661 00:29:01,875 --> 00:29:05,500 on Lot 5 was built during that same time period? 662 00:29:05,708 --> 00:29:08,833 If so, could it also have been constructed 663 00:29:09,042 --> 00:29:10,833 by those who created the stone road 664 00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:13,250 in the triangle-shaped swamp? 665 00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:16,000 And perhaps explain the high trace evidence 666 00:29:16,167 --> 00:29:18,333 of precious metals that have been detected 667 00:29:18,542 --> 00:29:21,500 all across the Money Pit area? 668 00:29:21,667 --> 00:29:23,417 If the Portuguese were here, 669 00:29:23,542 --> 00:29:25,125 these beads could be an indication 670 00:29:25,208 --> 00:29:27,542 that they were around the Lot 5 area. 671 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:32,083 They might be the depositors of the treasure in the Money Pit. 672 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:36,625 We don't know, but this could be what answers it all. 673 00:29:36,792 --> 00:29:38,667 Well, here. Let me give these back to you. 674 00:29:38,792 --> 00:29:40,667 But keep them safe. 675 00:29:40,792 --> 00:29:42,667 JACK: This makes the bead more important. 676 00:29:42,833 --> 00:29:44,625 CHARLES: Yeah, absolutely. 677 00:29:44,792 --> 00:29:47,083 Lot 5 has become a very prominent point 678 00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:48,625 on-on the island. 679 00:29:48,792 --> 00:29:50,625 And-and it makes you wonder, 680 00:29:50,708 --> 00:29:52,083 -"What else is there?" -JACK: Well, this is 681 00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:53,958 -really great information. -CHARLES: Agreed. 682 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:56,042 -We appreciate it. -And I want to thank you for your time. 683 00:29:56,208 --> 00:29:58,417 -PHIL: Oh, you're very welcome. -JACK: Thanks, Phil. 684 00:29:58,542 --> 00:30:01,458 NARRATOR: While Jack and Charles begin their return journey, 685 00:30:01,625 --> 00:30:03,542 back on Oak Island... 686 00:30:03,708 --> 00:30:05,625 -RICK: This was the most interesting area. -GARY: Yeah. 687 00:30:05,750 --> 00:30:07,000 -Why don't you just start digging? -Yup. 688 00:30:07,167 --> 00:30:08,458 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, 689 00:30:08,625 --> 00:30:10,167 along with Gary Drayton 690 00:30:10,292 --> 00:30:11,833 and Billy Gerhardt 691 00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:13,750 continue their search for additional clues 692 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:16,708 along the stone road, or ship's wharf, 693 00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:19,542 in the southeast corner of the swamp. 694 00:30:20,583 --> 00:30:22,917 BILLY: Do I dump it, or do you want to pull some of it out? 695 00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:26,167 GARY: Did you see something, Billy? 696 00:30:26,375 --> 00:30:27,667 BILLY: It looked like 697 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:29,792 a piece right away, but... 698 00:30:29,958 --> 00:30:32,000 but I'm not sure. 699 00:30:32,208 --> 00:30:33,625 GARY: Seems to be a lot of peat in this. 700 00:30:33,792 --> 00:30:35,792 There could be some pottery. 701 00:30:35,958 --> 00:30:37,458 RICK: I think that's a rock. 702 00:30:37,542 --> 00:30:39,417 I'm not sure. 703 00:30:41,250 --> 00:30:43,792 No, that's a bit of pottery, mate. 704 00:30:43,958 --> 00:30:45,833 And it's different, as well. 705 00:30:46,042 --> 00:30:48,208 It's got black edges. 706 00:30:48,375 --> 00:30:50,625 So, it's two-toned. It would have been black and brown. 707 00:30:50,792 --> 00:30:53,208 Or brown and tan. Look. 708 00:30:53,375 --> 00:30:55,000 -See that darker glaze there? -Oh, yeah. 709 00:30:55,167 --> 00:30:58,250 -GARY: And it's on that side. -Yup. 710 00:30:58,458 --> 00:31:01,000 -I've never seen that before. -And I haven't, mate. 711 00:31:01,167 --> 00:31:03,542 It's got the black glaze on both sides. 712 00:31:03,708 --> 00:31:04,833 That... that is different. 713 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,500 All right, I'll put that in the bag 714 00:31:06,708 --> 00:31:08,333 to add to the collection. 715 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,750 RICK: I do find the credible collection 716 00:31:10,917 --> 00:31:13,792 of pottery telling some sort of story. 717 00:31:13,958 --> 00:31:15,917 And so, we need to do our homework. 718 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:18,542 Uh, we need to understand what... how old this pottery is, 719 00:31:18,708 --> 00:31:20,333 what it might have been used for. 720 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:24,417 Is there a cultural-stylistic understanding of it? 721 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:25,667 And then go from there. 722 00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:27,667 GARY: There we go. 723 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:30,750 More pottery, mate. Look. It's tumbling out. 724 00:31:30,917 --> 00:31:32,917 (Rick chuckles) 725 00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:34,375 Oh, here you go, Gary. 726 00:31:34,542 --> 00:31:35,833 Here's your favorite. 727 00:31:36,042 --> 00:31:38,792 What've you got? Oh. (laughs) 728 00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:42,292 Oh, that's bloody beautiful. Look at that. 729 00:31:42,458 --> 00:31:46,333 That... is really nice. 730 00:31:46,542 --> 00:31:48,125 I think this is older 731 00:31:48,292 --> 00:31:52,583 than that other porcelain we found. Oh, yeah. 732 00:31:52,750 --> 00:31:54,667 I mean, this is really nice. 733 00:31:54,833 --> 00:31:56,500 Look. That's not the same pattern. 734 00:31:56,625 --> 00:31:58,458 -That's an older pattern. -RICK: No, that's different. 735 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:01,250 There was a lot of people here, spent a lot of time right here 736 00:32:01,417 --> 00:32:05,833 at the end of this road, and it might span centuries. 737 00:32:06,042 --> 00:32:08,417 -RICK: Let's see what else there is, right? -Yeah. 738 00:32:14,042 --> 00:32:15,167 Look at that, Gary. 739 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:16,958 Check that out. 740 00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:19,167 What the heck is that? 741 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:21,292 GARY: Oh! 742 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,958 GARY: This is absolutely stunning, mate. 743 00:32:27,125 --> 00:32:29,500 That is either a shoe or a boot. 744 00:32:29,667 --> 00:32:32,000 NARRATOR: While searching for clues near the stone road 745 00:32:32,125 --> 00:32:34,792 in the southeast corner of the swamp, 746 00:32:34,958 --> 00:32:37,833 Rick Lagina, Gary Drayton 747 00:32:38,042 --> 00:32:40,333 and Billy Gerhardt have just made a potentially 748 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,375 critical discovery. 749 00:32:42,542 --> 00:32:44,667 Obviously, it's leather. 750 00:32:44,875 --> 00:32:48,667 It looks like the heel piece. 751 00:32:48,875 --> 00:32:50,708 I think that is a heel 752 00:32:50,917 --> 00:32:52,958 of a boot or a shoe. 753 00:32:53,125 --> 00:32:55,208 I'd say it's the heel, yeah. 754 00:32:55,375 --> 00:32:58,250 -Do you see that square hole there, mate? -Mm-hmm. 755 00:32:58,417 --> 00:33:02,042 GARY: And that was made by fastening this sole 756 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:05,083 to the shoe with odd nails. 757 00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:07,917 Little handmade nails that had square shanks. 758 00:33:08,042 --> 00:33:09,875 Now, if it was modern, it would be glued. 759 00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:12,458 So, this is an oldie-- 760 00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:17,625 1800s or older because now they're glued. 761 00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:21,208 NARRATOR: The sole of a possibly ancient boot? 762 00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:23,833 Found near the stone road in the swamp? 763 00:33:24,042 --> 00:33:27,000 But if so, just how old could it be? 764 00:33:27,167 --> 00:33:30,125 And who did it belong to? 765 00:33:30,292 --> 00:33:32,542 -That's a very cool find. -Yeah. 766 00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:33,875 RICK: If there's a certain 767 00:33:34,042 --> 00:33:36,250 style to this type of shoe, 768 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:39,292 since its close proximity to the stone road, 769 00:33:39,458 --> 00:33:42,333 you may be able to infer who built the road. 770 00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:43,917 I think it's important 771 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:47,500 to understand the age of this artifact... 772 00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:48,833 I'm going to put it in a bag. 773 00:33:48,958 --> 00:33:51,542 RICK: ...and the dates on the pottery 774 00:33:51,708 --> 00:33:53,667 and see what it tells us about the mystery. 775 00:33:53,833 --> 00:33:56,917 I'll bring it back to the lab 776 00:33:57,083 --> 00:33:58,667 where they can conserve it properly. 777 00:33:58,833 --> 00:34:00,500 All right, mate. And I'll let you know if we find any more. 778 00:34:00,667 --> 00:34:01,792 Perfect. 779 00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:03,083 Good luck. See you. 780 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:04,542 GARY: See you, mate. 781 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,958 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 782 00:34:08,167 --> 00:34:10,500 -MARTY: Hey, Scott. -SCOTT: Hey, guys. 783 00:34:10,667 --> 00:34:12,333 They're just above where the tunnel should be 784 00:34:12,542 --> 00:34:14,333 -on the west side. -NARRATOR: ...Rick 785 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:17,542 and Marty Lagina join operations manager Scott Barlow 786 00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:20,083 in the Money Pit area. 787 00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:22,208 SCOTT: They're gonna be on an angle for the first hole, 788 00:34:22,375 --> 00:34:24,125 judging by the looks of how that drill's sitting. 789 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:26,667 NARRATOR: After months of tireless work 790 00:34:26,833 --> 00:34:28,333 and unforeseen challenges, 791 00:34:28,542 --> 00:34:32,167 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 792 00:34:32,333 --> 00:34:34,667 have successfully extended the Garden Shaft 793 00:34:34,833 --> 00:34:36,708 to a depth of 90 feet, 794 00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:40,167 and are ready to begin a core-drilling operation 795 00:34:40,375 --> 00:34:43,625 in the hopes of penetrating the seven-foot-high tunnel 796 00:34:43,792 --> 00:34:47,458 located just five feet deeper below ground. 797 00:34:47,583 --> 00:34:51,000 A tunnel which leads directly toward the Baby Blob, 798 00:34:51,167 --> 00:34:54,167 and a potential cache of buried treasure. 799 00:34:54,333 --> 00:34:56,375 Hopefully, they get some wood in their returns. 800 00:34:56,542 --> 00:34:58,375 -Let's find a tunnel today. -Let's find a tunnel. 801 00:34:58,542 --> 00:35:00,708 MARTY: Finally, we're ready to do the probe-drilling 802 00:35:00,917 --> 00:35:02,375 down to what we think is the tunnel. 803 00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:04,542 -RON: Hold the rod. -So, we need the data. 804 00:35:04,708 --> 00:35:06,833 We need to probe-drill first and try and see 805 00:35:06,958 --> 00:35:09,958 where this tunnel is and what might be inside it. 806 00:35:10,125 --> 00:35:12,458 Okay, let's just see what happens. 807 00:35:14,958 --> 00:35:16,583 Okay, Ronnie, want to start drilling? 808 00:35:22,708 --> 00:35:24,333 (air hissing) 809 00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:36,875 -All right, there we go. -There we go. 810 00:35:37,042 --> 00:35:38,917 Yeah. 811 00:35:39,083 --> 00:35:41,417 MARTY: I am extremely excited about this, 812 00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:43,583 because what we find at the bottom of that Garden Shaft 813 00:35:43,792 --> 00:35:45,333 could be everything. 814 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:48,083 The key to this whole mystery might be down there. 815 00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:50,792 It's possible that that's where the treasure is. 816 00:35:50,958 --> 00:35:53,250 So, I mean, we could find it. 817 00:35:55,417 --> 00:35:57,167 RICK: What does this tunnel represent? 818 00:35:57,375 --> 00:36:00,333 It's been the focus of the year, you know? 819 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:04,667 Does it represent searcher era or-or pre-searcher era? 820 00:36:04,792 --> 00:36:05,958 So... 821 00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:07,958 all fingers crossed. 822 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:11,375 The hope is there's a wood core in there and we'll send it off. 823 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:13,083 SCOTT: You may not hit anything 824 00:36:13,208 --> 00:36:15,333 until the very bottom, until the 95-foot mark. 825 00:36:15,458 --> 00:36:17,125 -They're about there now. -Yeah. 826 00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:23,125 (metal crunching) 827 00:36:47,208 --> 00:36:48,208 RON: Copy, Paul? 828 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:50,292 Yeah. Go ahead. 829 00:36:53,917 --> 00:36:55,167 We're on something. 830 00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:08,583 -MIKE S.: Yeah. -But if it's wood, 831 00:37:08,792 --> 00:37:10,542 it can only be the tunnel. 832 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:12,000 NARRATOR: It is a potentially critical moment 833 00:37:12,125 --> 00:37:13,625 in the Money Pit area 834 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:16,667 for Rick and Marty Lagina and their team. 835 00:37:16,833 --> 00:37:18,375 MARTY: It'd be about the right depth for the floor 836 00:37:18,542 --> 00:37:20,042 -of the tunnel. -NARRATOR: After weeks 837 00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:21,833 of frustrating setbacks, 838 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,292 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 839 00:37:25,458 --> 00:37:28,292 may have finally reached a seven-foot-high tunnel 840 00:37:28,458 --> 00:37:30,458 located just below the Garden Shaft 841 00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:33,125 at a depth of some 95 feet. 842 00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:36,667 A tunnel that runs westward towards an area 843 00:37:36,833 --> 00:37:40,500 known as the Baby Blob, where water testing has detected 844 00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:44,375 high-trace evidence of gold, silver and other metals 845 00:37:44,542 --> 00:37:48,458 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 846 00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:57,792 -Wow. -Could be you're going through the floor. 847 00:37:57,917 --> 00:37:59,833 -So, that's potentially the floor of the tunnel. -The floor of the tunnel. 848 00:37:59,917 --> 00:38:02,167 -Pull it out and see what we got. -See what we got. 849 00:38:02,375 --> 00:38:03,792 Pull it out. 850 00:38:03,917 --> 00:38:05,875 ♪ ♪ 851 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:15,750 MIKE S.: Yeah. 852 00:38:15,875 --> 00:38:17,792 (air hissing) 853 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:23,000 We'll soon know. 854 00:38:23,125 --> 00:38:25,000 MARTY: We're about to see what they went through. 855 00:38:25,125 --> 00:38:27,167 I mean, sometimes it fails. Sometimes you don't get a core. 856 00:38:27,292 --> 00:38:30,042 But I think we have one. 857 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,667 MARTY: I want to see a good piece of wood. 858 00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:34,375 That's what I want to see. That means that 859 00:38:34,583 --> 00:38:36,292 our efforts are worthwhile. 860 00:38:43,708 --> 00:38:45,417 ♪ ♪ 861 00:38:46,875 --> 00:38:49,375 COTE: Okay. Watch it when you open it. 862 00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:55,167 SCOTT: Is that wood right here? 863 00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:56,333 -RICK: Right there? -Yeah. 864 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:57,542 That's wood there, yeah? 865 00:38:59,167 --> 00:39:01,750 -MARTY: We got wood, baby. -Beautiful. 866 00:39:01,958 --> 00:39:03,583 RICK: There's a collective sigh of relief, 867 00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:06,167 that it confirms the existence of the tunnel 868 00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:08,000 underneath the Garden Shaft. 869 00:39:08,125 --> 00:39:09,667 Bingo, they did it. 870 00:39:09,875 --> 00:39:11,208 Great relief. 871 00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:13,833 And we can send it off for C-14 testing, 872 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,083 and keep going to see if that will lead to solving 873 00:39:17,208 --> 00:39:18,917 the mystery or finding the treasure. 874 00:39:19,042 --> 00:39:20,625 MARTY: This whole thing is wood, then, isn't it? 875 00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:22,833 -That's clay, wood. -A lot of wood. 876 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,792 Yeah, that's got to be six inches, isn't it? 877 00:39:25,875 --> 00:39:28,167 Could we be one step closer to finding a treasure 878 00:39:28,375 --> 00:39:30,750 if, in fact, a treasure's there? Yes. 879 00:39:30,917 --> 00:39:32,250 I've been focused for three years now 880 00:39:32,417 --> 00:39:33,750 on the metals in the water. 881 00:39:33,917 --> 00:39:36,042 You got two preeminent scientists saying 882 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:37,667 these metals are coming from somewhere, 883 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:40,042 and it's probably very near the Garden Shaft. 884 00:39:40,208 --> 00:39:42,417 SCOTT: So, do we want to drill another hole or do we want 885 00:39:42,542 --> 00:39:43,750 to just get to digging? 886 00:39:43,958 --> 00:39:45,917 I'd say we drill the north corner, 887 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:47,708 tell you something about the structure of it. 888 00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:50,083 -Exactly. -Might be a good data point 889 00:39:50,250 --> 00:39:51,167 to figure out what it is. 890 00:39:51,292 --> 00:39:52,500 It's a tunnel to somewhere. 891 00:39:52,708 --> 00:39:54,167 -COTE: Yeah. -It's a tunnel for something. 892 00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:56,583 -It could be original. -Yeah. 893 00:39:56,708 --> 00:39:59,083 RICK: If that C-14 date comes back 894 00:39:59,250 --> 00:40:00,625 and if it predates 895 00:40:00,792 --> 00:40:03,667 searcher activity, it's incredible. 896 00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:07,083 If you are looking at a tunnel where people went in 897 00:40:07,250 --> 00:40:10,333 to safeguard a secret treasure... 898 00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:12,042 (chuckles) ...that raises the bar so high, 899 00:40:12,208 --> 00:40:13,875 I can't even get over it. 900 00:40:14,042 --> 00:40:16,583 I mean, look, it-it's been a long summer, 901 00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:18,667 there's been a lot of obstacles, 902 00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:22,458 but we've proven there's wood down below the Garden Shaft. 903 00:40:22,583 --> 00:40:24,917 We found it, right? That was one of the goals, right? 904 00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:26,583 And we're this far from... 905 00:40:26,750 --> 00:40:28,500 -well, we're more like this far... -COTE: Yeah. 906 00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:30,375 ...from getting to the top of that. 907 00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:32,875 So, let's figure out what this thing represents. 908 00:40:33,042 --> 00:40:35,417 Hey, here's the deal: right now, we're still in the game. 909 00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:36,750 If that'd come up empty, we'd start to think 910 00:40:36,917 --> 00:40:38,417 -game was getting bad. -There you go. 911 00:40:38,583 --> 00:40:40,708 -We're still in the game, so... -Let's move on. 912 00:40:40,875 --> 00:40:43,125 NARRATOR: For more than two centuries, 913 00:40:43,292 --> 00:40:45,000 the inability of searchers 914 00:40:45,208 --> 00:40:48,667 to recover something of great value in the Money Pit 915 00:40:48,833 --> 00:40:52,625 has caused many to wonder 916 00:40:52,750 --> 00:40:56,833 if the Oak Island mystery was based on mere fantasy. 917 00:40:57,042 --> 00:41:00,708 But now, after discovering new evidence 918 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:05,250 of ancient human activity on Lot 5 and in the swamp, 919 00:41:05,375 --> 00:41:07,667 as well as a possible treasure tunnel 920 00:41:07,875 --> 00:41:10,542 just below the Garden Shaft, 921 00:41:10,708 --> 00:41:12,792 Rick, Marty and their team 922 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,458 have all but proven... 923 00:41:15,583 --> 00:41:18,708 that an extraordinary treasure is waiting to be found. 924 00:41:20,875 --> 00:41:24,000 And they may have finally located the solution 925 00:41:24,125 --> 00:41:29,833 that will allow them to recover it. 926 00:41:31,625 --> 00:41:34,208 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 927 00:41:34,417 --> 00:41:36,667 GARY: It's catching on something. 928 00:41:36,792 --> 00:41:38,500 -RICK: Look at that thing. -BILLY: There's something curious 929 00:41:38,625 --> 00:41:40,375 -about this boulder. -That's like 930 00:41:40,542 --> 00:41:42,417 the Nolan's Cross boulder. 931 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:45,125 JAMIE: This soil is super compact. 932 00:41:45,292 --> 00:41:46,792 This was constructed for a purpose. 933 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,417 -Whoa. -EMMA: It's an almost exact match 934 00:41:49,542 --> 00:41:52,125 -to a Money Pit sample. -Wow. 935 00:41:52,292 --> 00:41:55,333 RICK: The association that could be made is mind-blowing. 936 00:41:55,458 --> 00:41:57,208 -What is that? -Pretty solid chunk of metal. 937 00:41:57,375 --> 00:41:58,667 TERRY: That could be a piece of the treasure vault. 938 00:41:58,875 --> 00:41:59,875 Yep. 939 00:42:00,042 --> 00:42:01,708 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS