1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,292 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,417 --> 00:00:06,292 That is part of a larger human-made structure. 3 00:00:06,458 --> 00:00:09,000 A rock like this came from an excavation. 4 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:11,833 Nolan's Cross was created to locate 5 00:00:11,958 --> 00:00:13,625 the treasure in the Money Pit. 6 00:00:14,708 --> 00:00:16,833 This drilled stone is perfectly half the distance 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:17,833 to Nolan's Cross. 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,958 Things are starting 9 00:00:19,042 --> 00:00:20,458 to line up. It makes sense. 10 00:00:21,333 --> 00:00:22,917 -RON: You ready? -COTE: There you go. 11 00:00:23,042 --> 00:00:24,750 MARTY: Yeah, baby! 12 00:00:26,583 --> 00:00:28,667 RICK: That's like the original Money Pit. 13 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,417 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 15 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,042 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,125 with strange symbols carved into it... 18 00:00:46,792 --> 00:00:50,417 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 20 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:10,625 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,167 RICK: So, Ian, this is one of the reasons 27 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:26,333 why we asked you to come down. 28 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:28,667 -Sure. -It's this relationship, 29 00:01:28,875 --> 00:01:31,000 if there is one, between the stone and that little, 30 00:01:31,208 --> 00:01:33,958 -uh, stone walkway, we'll call it. -Mm-hmm. 31 00:01:34,125 --> 00:01:36,833 NARRATOR: As another day begins on Oak Island 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,667 for brothers Rick 33 00:01:38,875 --> 00:01:41,917 and Marty Lagina and their team, they are hoping 34 00:01:42,042 --> 00:01:44,083 that a recently unearthed discovery 35 00:01:44,250 --> 00:01:45,833 in the triangle-shaped swamp 36 00:01:46,042 --> 00:01:48,500 might offer new critical clues 37 00:01:48,625 --> 00:01:52,458 that will help them solve a 229-year-old mystery. 38 00:01:52,583 --> 00:01:55,667 So what are your thoughts upon initial observation? 39 00:01:55,875 --> 00:01:58,667 Yeah. This feature that Bill's 40 00:01:58,833 --> 00:02:00,875 uncovering, that... 41 00:02:01,083 --> 00:02:03,167 is very suspicious to me, 42 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:05,417 especially the angularity of the rocks. 43 00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:06,625 Right. 44 00:02:08,250 --> 00:02:10,333 Rick, there's something curious about this boulder. 45 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:13,375 NARRATOR: One week ago, while digging just north 46 00:02:13,542 --> 00:02:16,333 of the potentially 500-year-old stone road-- 47 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:19,208 or ship's wharf-- in the southeast corner 48 00:02:19,375 --> 00:02:21,542 of the swamp, the team uncovered 49 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:24,125 what appeared to be another stone walkway 50 00:02:24,292 --> 00:02:26,958 leading to a massive boulder. 51 00:02:27,083 --> 00:02:29,250 JACK: And this boulder is about the size 52 00:02:29,458 --> 00:02:31,042 of some of those other Nolan's Cross rocks. 53 00:02:31,250 --> 00:02:32,792 RICK: Yeah. 54 00:02:32,917 --> 00:02:34,333 NARRATOR: Curiously, the boulder 55 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,167 at the end of the believed walkway 56 00:02:36,375 --> 00:02:38,708 bears a striking resemblance 57 00:02:38,875 --> 00:02:40,833 to the five cone-shaped boulders 58 00:02:41,042 --> 00:02:43,208 that were discovered in 1981 59 00:02:43,375 --> 00:02:45,292 by the late Fred Nolan, 60 00:02:45,458 --> 00:02:47,958 which form a perfectly symmetrical, 61 00:02:48,083 --> 00:02:50,167 megalithic cross. 62 00:02:50,375 --> 00:02:52,917 I think what we should do is get Billy to wash this. 63 00:02:53,083 --> 00:02:54,875 -Mm-hmm. Okay. -That would help us 64 00:02:55,042 --> 00:02:56,833 understand if this is human-made. 65 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,250 The why is gonna be very difficult. 66 00:02:58,417 --> 00:03:00,500 -JACK: Yeah. -Billy, you're up. 67 00:03:00,708 --> 00:03:02,125 Okay. 68 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:05,500 NARRATOR: Now the team is hoping 69 00:03:05,708 --> 00:03:08,625 that geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 70 00:03:08,792 --> 00:03:11,458 can determine not only if this feature 71 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:13,625 was indeed constructed by man 72 00:03:13,750 --> 00:03:16,833 but also when it may have been created 73 00:03:16,958 --> 00:03:20,250 and what sort of function it might have served. 74 00:03:20,417 --> 00:03:24,208 There is part of what I call the book about Oak Island. 75 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:27,333 Some of those pages are yet to be written 76 00:03:27,542 --> 00:03:29,958 about what the swamp holds, 77 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:32,167 what the mysteries are within, 78 00:03:32,292 --> 00:03:34,750 and why that work was done. 79 00:03:34,875 --> 00:03:37,125 Good? 80 00:03:37,292 --> 00:03:39,333 That should be fine. Just let it drain. 81 00:03:39,458 --> 00:03:40,958 Okay. 82 00:03:41,125 --> 00:03:42,542 RICK: I don't think you'll ever come 83 00:03:42,708 --> 00:03:45,458 to a conclusive answer to this mystery 84 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:48,792 without understanding what happened in that bog. 85 00:03:48,958 --> 00:03:51,625 What stands out to me is this stone 86 00:03:51,792 --> 00:03:54,833 and this stone, this stone and this stone, 87 00:03:55,042 --> 00:03:56,792 all in a line. 88 00:03:56,958 --> 00:04:00,000 When there's nothing over to the right-hand side. 89 00:04:00,167 --> 00:04:02,125 -That's not natural. -Mm-hmm. 90 00:04:02,333 --> 00:04:04,667 I-I'm pretty confident it's a human-made structure. 91 00:04:04,875 --> 00:04:05,917 Hmm. 92 00:04:08,167 --> 00:04:09,500 But what I do know is, 93 00:04:09,625 --> 00:04:11,458 a rock like this didn't come from the beach. 94 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:14,458 And my contention is, a lot of the rocks 95 00:04:14,625 --> 00:04:17,167 from this came from an excavation, not from a beach. 96 00:04:17,375 --> 00:04:20,417 From excavations, like the digging of the Money Pit. 97 00:04:20,625 --> 00:04:22,000 IAN: Something like that. 98 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:27,042 NARRATOR: The rocks that form the mysterious walkway? 99 00:04:27,208 --> 00:04:29,333 A geological type that would have come 100 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:31,542 from deep underground? 101 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:34,083 Could Jack's notion that they were placed 102 00:04:34,250 --> 00:04:36,375 in the swamp by those who created 103 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:39,250 the original Money Pit be correct? 104 00:04:39,417 --> 00:04:42,167 Or, since the team has found evidence 105 00:04:42,375 --> 00:04:44,708 throughout the swamp suggesting that it may be 106 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:47,625 an entirely artificially made feature, 107 00:04:47,792 --> 00:04:51,333 could these rocks have come from a deep excavation 108 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:53,667 that was conducted in order to hide something 109 00:04:53,792 --> 00:04:56,792 of great value right in this area? 110 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,125 RICK: The more you dig, 111 00:04:58,292 --> 00:04:59,792 the more you look in-in the body 112 00:04:59,958 --> 00:05:04,000 of the swamp proper, you find human constructs. 113 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:06,083 Why are they there? 114 00:05:06,208 --> 00:05:08,042 They imply purpose, intent. 115 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:10,000 I do believe 116 00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:12,083 that we can connect these dots. 117 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:15,000 -Hey, guys. -IAN: Hey, Steve. 118 00:05:15,167 --> 00:05:18,167 -BILLY: Hey, Tom. -Good to see you. 119 00:05:18,375 --> 00:05:21,667 So, what you see is what you see, but... 120 00:05:21,792 --> 00:05:25,333 I'll let the two of you describe what you know. 121 00:05:25,542 --> 00:05:27,833 Yeah. What we know is, the stones are placed by people. 122 00:05:28,042 --> 00:05:29,625 -Mm-hmm. -Um... 123 00:05:29,792 --> 00:05:31,833 It's kind of almost a little bit like a mini stone road. 124 00:05:32,042 --> 00:05:35,292 -Well, that's what I'm seeing. The similarity. -STEVE: Yeah. 125 00:05:35,417 --> 00:05:37,208 You have a grade elevation, so 126 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:39,417 to me it looks like at least a ramp of some sort. 127 00:05:39,542 --> 00:05:42,500 I think the next steps are to leave this. 128 00:05:42,708 --> 00:05:44,083 And we haven't gone to the other end. 129 00:05:44,208 --> 00:05:45,542 We need to continue 130 00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:47,583 -looking for features. -RICK: Yeah. 131 00:05:47,708 --> 00:05:50,833 For now, that shoreline is the most important area. 132 00:05:50,958 --> 00:05:52,833 -That's where people traveled. -RICK: Mm-hmm. 133 00:05:52,917 --> 00:05:56,583 Well, now let's just take a look over there. 134 00:05:56,708 --> 00:05:58,667 And we let Billy loose and keep digging. 135 00:05:58,875 --> 00:06:00,000 Sure. 136 00:06:00,167 --> 00:06:01,917 JACK: Let's keep digging. 137 00:06:02,042 --> 00:06:04,500 I mean, who knows what else we're gonna find around here? 138 00:06:04,708 --> 00:06:06,917 NARRATOR: While the investigation proceeds 139 00:06:07,083 --> 00:06:09,042 in the triangle-shaped swamp... 140 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:10,833 CHARLES: Hey, Scott. 141 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,042 SCOTT: Hey, Charles. 142 00:06:12,208 --> 00:06:13,708 CHARLES: So where are we today? 143 00:06:13,875 --> 00:06:15,375 So, as you can see here, 144 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:16,708 the boys are just working on deepening 145 00:06:16,917 --> 00:06:18,292 -the shaft here right now. -CHARLES: Okay. 146 00:06:18,375 --> 00:06:20,333 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 147 00:06:20,458 --> 00:06:22,583 Scott Barlow and Charles Barkhouse 148 00:06:22,792 --> 00:06:25,125 are supervising the operation to deepen 149 00:06:25,292 --> 00:06:29,042 the mid-18th century structure known as the Garden Shaft 150 00:06:29,208 --> 00:06:31,917 down to a depth of some 95 feet. 151 00:06:32,042 --> 00:06:34,208 -SCOTT: That was a good grab there. -CHARLES: Yeah. 152 00:06:34,417 --> 00:06:38,208 NARRATOR: An operation that may soon lead the team to the valuables 153 00:06:38,417 --> 00:06:40,125 that people have been trying to find 154 00:06:40,292 --> 00:06:42,292 since the treasure hunt began 155 00:06:42,458 --> 00:06:44,583 in 1795. 156 00:06:45,750 --> 00:06:48,542 They're probably within a foot or two 157 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:50,500 above where the top of the tunnel should be. 158 00:06:50,667 --> 00:06:52,333 -Wow. -So, they've been 159 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:54,792 making good progress. They're excited today. 160 00:06:54,958 --> 00:06:56,333 I can't wait to see it. 161 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:58,458 Yeah, you and I both. 162 00:06:58,625 --> 00:07:00,625 NARRATOR: In the coming days, 163 00:07:00,833 --> 00:07:03,583 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 164 00:07:03,792 --> 00:07:06,333 will finish installing the final set 165 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:08,542 in the Garden Shaft extension, 166 00:07:08,750 --> 00:07:11,417 where they hope to breach a seven-foot-high tunnel 167 00:07:11,542 --> 00:07:15,333 that may not only be as much as 400 years old 168 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:17,917 but which leads to an area that has been dubbed 169 00:07:18,083 --> 00:07:19,875 the Baby Blob. 170 00:07:20,042 --> 00:07:22,583 It is in this region where the team has obtained 171 00:07:22,750 --> 00:07:25,375 water samples from previously drilled boreholes 172 00:07:25,542 --> 00:07:28,833 that indicate a large cache of silver, 173 00:07:29,042 --> 00:07:32,125 gold and other metal objects could be buried 174 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:36,167 between depths of 80 and 120 feet. 175 00:07:36,292 --> 00:07:38,625 At this stage, based on what we see, 176 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:41,250 it is quite possible that this is 177 00:07:41,375 --> 00:07:43,583 not a searcher tunnel, meaning 178 00:07:43,792 --> 00:07:45,750 a depositor tunnel. 179 00:07:45,917 --> 00:07:48,208 And we still have the anomalous metals 180 00:07:48,375 --> 00:07:50,708 in the water near the Garden Shaft. 181 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:53,833 So we have to get to the bottom of that. 182 00:07:54,792 --> 00:07:56,333 CHARLES: Shouldn't be too much longer 183 00:07:56,542 --> 00:07:58,292 before they, uh, reach that top of the tunnel. 184 00:07:58,458 --> 00:07:59,333 SCOTT: I'll see what they have to say. 185 00:07:59,542 --> 00:08:01,500 Hey, Ronnie. Can you hear me? 186 00:08:03,333 --> 00:08:05,458 SCOTT: How is it down there? 187 00:08:13,792 --> 00:08:15,917 Okay. Well, we'll let you get back to work. 188 00:08:16,083 --> 00:08:17,958 You're doing a great job. 189 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:22,375 SCOTT: We're really looking forward to it, thanks. 190 00:08:22,542 --> 00:08:26,542 NARRATOR: As the search operations continue on Oak Island... 191 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:30,083 ...later that afternoon... 192 00:08:30,208 --> 00:08:33,000 DOUG: These field trips are usually quite rewarding. 193 00:08:33,167 --> 00:08:34,000 SCOTT: Absolutely. 194 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:35,417 This is the printshop. 195 00:08:35,625 --> 00:08:36,750 ...Scott Barlow 196 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:38,917 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 197 00:08:39,083 --> 00:08:41,583 have traveled some 50 miles northeast 198 00:08:41,750 --> 00:08:44,000 to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 199 00:08:44,208 --> 00:08:45,667 Hey, Joe. 200 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:47,208 -Hi. -Good to see you again. 201 00:08:47,375 --> 00:08:48,917 -Good to see you. -NARRATOR: Here, 202 00:08:49,083 --> 00:08:51,667 they have arranged to meet with ancient documents 203 00:08:51,875 --> 00:08:55,000 and leather expert Joe Landry at Dawson Print Shop 204 00:08:55,208 --> 00:08:57,042 to have him examine part 205 00:08:57,208 --> 00:09:00,042 of a potentially ancient shoe that was discovered 206 00:09:00,208 --> 00:09:04,000 two weeks ago in the southeast corner of the swamp. 207 00:09:05,042 --> 00:09:08,375 So, we uncovered a stone road, if you will, in the swamp. 208 00:09:08,542 --> 00:09:10,792 -Sure. -And this was found just off to the side of it. 209 00:09:10,958 --> 00:09:12,500 It was found by Rick and Gary 210 00:09:12,667 --> 00:09:14,625 when they were out there metal detecting. 211 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:17,833 DOUG: It'll be curious to see what Joe thinks of this shoe leather. 212 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:19,667 Hopefully, he can confirm that that is 213 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:22,458 what it is and give us an idea of the age of it. 214 00:09:22,625 --> 00:09:24,542 Oh, yes. 215 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Wow. 216 00:09:28,542 --> 00:09:30,708 Well, this is hand-stitched. 217 00:09:30,875 --> 00:09:33,125 I mean, it's very fine work. 218 00:09:33,292 --> 00:09:35,958 This is a shoe or light boot, by the looks of things. 219 00:09:36,167 --> 00:09:39,042 -Okay. -And it would have been a gentleman's boot. 220 00:09:39,250 --> 00:09:40,958 -Interesting. -JOE: Yes. 221 00:09:41,125 --> 00:09:43,750 DOUG: Does the leather itself tell you anything? 222 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,875 Well, it appears to be a vegetable tan leather. 223 00:09:47,042 --> 00:09:48,875 When you say a vegetable tan, that's just, 224 00:09:49,042 --> 00:09:51,125 basically they were using a vegetable to color it? 225 00:09:51,208 --> 00:09:53,833 JOE: That's right. That's one of the earliest 226 00:09:54,042 --> 00:09:56,250 -forms of tannage. -DOUG: Oh, really? -SCOTT: Really? 227 00:09:56,375 --> 00:09:58,292 -Yeah. -DOUG: Can you tell anything 228 00:09:58,458 --> 00:10:01,333 from the stitching what age this shoe may have come from? 229 00:10:01,542 --> 00:10:03,125 JOE: Yeah. 230 00:10:03,292 --> 00:10:05,500 You're talking late 1600s, 231 00:10:05,667 --> 00:10:08,083 early, uh, 1700s. 232 00:10:08,250 --> 00:10:08,350 -Oh, wow. -That's great. 233 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:09,708 -Oh, wow. -That's great. 234 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:12,375 SCOTT: Absolutely. 235 00:10:14,542 --> 00:10:16,542 s. 236 00:10:16,708 --> 00:10:18,667 Well, as you can see, this is amazing, 237 00:10:18,833 --> 00:10:22,792 something like this still intact after all those years. 238 00:10:22,958 --> 00:10:25,042 -It is well preserved, I'll say that. -JOE: Yeah. 239 00:10:25,250 --> 00:10:28,667 NARRATOR: At the Dawson Print Shop in Halifax, Nova Scotia... 240 00:10:28,833 --> 00:10:31,875 That, uh, that's beautiful, beautiful work. 241 00:10:32,917 --> 00:10:34,833 ...leather expert Joe Landry 242 00:10:35,042 --> 00:10:37,042 has just given his assessment 243 00:10:37,208 --> 00:10:38,875 that the piece of a leather boot, 244 00:10:39,042 --> 00:10:41,500 which was recently found near the stone road 245 00:10:41,625 --> 00:10:43,042 in the Oak Island swamp, 246 00:10:43,208 --> 00:10:45,750 could date back more than a century 247 00:10:45,917 --> 00:10:48,750 before the discovery of the Money Pit. 248 00:10:49,708 --> 00:10:51,708 Who would have worn a boot like this? 249 00:10:51,875 --> 00:10:54,792 Well, it would have been an officer... 250 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:59,417 ...you know, who could afford a fine boot like this, 251 00:10:59,583 --> 00:11:01,958 rather than a general crew member. 252 00:11:02,125 --> 00:11:03,792 SCOTT: Well, I find that very interesting 253 00:11:03,958 --> 00:11:05,833 because it speaks to somebody who wasn't doing the work 254 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,833 but probably dictating the work. 255 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,792 DAN L.: Yes. And this, it's, uh, quite plain to see, 256 00:11:10,958 --> 00:11:13,458 was, uh, was hand-stitched. 257 00:11:13,625 --> 00:11:17,667 This would have been more likely done in Europe and brought. 258 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:19,167 -DOUG: Oh, really? -SCOTT: Really? 259 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:20,500 DAN L.: Yes. Yeah. 260 00:11:20,625 --> 00:11:22,375 It speaks to me of French work. 261 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:26,875 Although, you know, it was practiced quite widely. 262 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:29,667 So, at this point, we can't rule out the Portuguese, 263 00:11:29,833 --> 00:11:31,375 the French, or the British. 264 00:11:31,583 --> 00:11:34,333 -They all remain suspects. -DAN L.: Or even the Spanish. 265 00:11:34,542 --> 00:11:36,792 I mean, they did fine leather work as well. 266 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:39,292 DOUG: Joe's observations are pointing 267 00:11:39,458 --> 00:11:41,667 to pre-discovery of the Money Pit. 268 00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:43,042 I mean, this is important for the search 269 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:44,875 because we're always trying to figure out 270 00:11:45,042 --> 00:11:46,625 what to investigate further... 271 00:11:46,708 --> 00:11:49,667 It's a possibility that this was the toe. 272 00:11:49,792 --> 00:11:51,458 DOUG: ...what needs further testing, 273 00:11:51,583 --> 00:11:54,458 and this lines up with so many of our artifacts. 274 00:11:54,625 --> 00:11:57,833 NARRATOR: Has the team found another critical piece of evidence 275 00:11:58,042 --> 00:12:01,167 that could help them narrow in on the identity 276 00:12:01,375 --> 00:12:03,208 of those who created the stone road 277 00:12:03,375 --> 00:12:06,125 and the recently uncovered walkway 278 00:12:06,208 --> 00:12:09,083 and boulder feature in the swamp? 279 00:12:10,042 --> 00:12:12,917 If so, could it also help reveal 280 00:12:13,083 --> 00:12:15,417 who was responsible for the high-trace evidence 281 00:12:15,583 --> 00:12:17,833 of precious metals that have been detected 282 00:12:17,958 --> 00:12:19,958 in the Money Pit area? 283 00:12:21,292 --> 00:12:22,833 DOUG: We knew when it was leather 284 00:12:22,958 --> 00:12:24,542 that you were the man to come and see first. 285 00:12:24,708 --> 00:12:26,333 SCOTT: Yeah. We really appreciate your input on this. 286 00:12:26,542 --> 00:12:29,250 -Yeah, you're quite welcome. -Until next time. 287 00:12:30,542 --> 00:12:33,333 -That was interesting. -Very. 288 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:38,125 NARRATOR: As Doug and Scott begin their return journey... 289 00:12:39,167 --> 00:12:40,833 RICK: Miners reporting for duty. 290 00:12:41,042 --> 00:12:42,333 ...back on Oak Island... 291 00:12:42,458 --> 00:12:43,667 -(laughter) -Oh, yeah. 292 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:45,000 RON (over radio): Coming down. 293 00:12:45,125 --> 00:12:46,667 The boys are calling you the Silver Fox. 294 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:48,708 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty Lagina 295 00:12:48,875 --> 00:12:50,458 are about to join the operation 296 00:12:50,667 --> 00:12:54,292 to help Dumas reach the potential treasure tunnel 297 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:57,625 located just below the Garden Shaft. 298 00:12:57,750 --> 00:13:00,083 What are we gonna do? Explain to us what we're gonna do. 299 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:02,625 So, uh, we got to excavate a little bit more. 300 00:13:02,792 --> 00:13:04,167 We got to chip some of that clay. 301 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:05,958 -Right. -And then we can put another set in. 302 00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:09,958 -Okay. -We're now at 90, 93 feet. 303 00:13:10,125 --> 00:13:12,500 You've got to be within two feet then, something like that. 304 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:13,625 -Yeah, somewhere around there. Yeah. -MARTY: Yeah. 305 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:15,333 Well, let's get suited up 306 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:17,458 and have a go at this, big brother. 307 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:20,875 NARRATOR: Before Dumas can finish construction 308 00:13:21,042 --> 00:13:22,792 on the final wooden set 309 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,792 that will extend the Garden Shaft into the tunnel, 310 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,625 several feet of hard clay must be removed. 311 00:13:29,833 --> 00:13:32,708 It is a task that Rick and Marty 312 00:13:32,875 --> 00:13:35,333 are more than eager to help complete. 313 00:13:35,542 --> 00:13:37,375 MARTY: Well, it's gonna be exciting. 314 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:40,417 To go down in that shaft and actually do some digging 315 00:13:40,583 --> 00:13:43,000 and maybe be part of unearthing an original tunnel 316 00:13:43,208 --> 00:13:46,167 would be incredibly gratifying. 317 00:13:47,542 --> 00:13:49,375 All kinds of thoughts are streaming through my head. 318 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:52,333 I mean, you can't help it. This is an exciting moment. 319 00:13:52,542 --> 00:13:53,667 RICK: Ready. 320 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,417 MARTY: We're gonna go down deep 321 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:57,667 into the Garden Shaft, big brother and I. 322 00:13:57,875 --> 00:14:00,333 -COTE: All set. -MARTY: Let's go. 323 00:14:00,458 --> 00:14:02,167 My brother and I are gonna be miners. 324 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:04,958 And our heritage is mining. 325 00:14:05,125 --> 00:14:07,875 Our grandfather came here in order to work 326 00:14:08,042 --> 00:14:09,167 in the mines out of Michigan. 327 00:14:10,125 --> 00:14:13,125 It's really an amazing thing that's happening here. 328 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:16,625 A confluence of heritage. 329 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,167 COTE: Very good. 330 00:14:19,333 --> 00:14:21,000 MARTY: That's right. Now we can begin. 331 00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:22,792 Marty, that's gonna be your corner over there. 332 00:14:22,917 --> 00:14:25,208 -That's your baby over there. -That corner over there? Okay. 333 00:14:26,292 --> 00:14:28,083 RON: Yours is called the Destroyer. 334 00:14:28,208 --> 00:14:30,125 -Mine is? -Yeah. Yours is the Destroyer. 335 00:14:30,333 --> 00:14:32,250 -MARTY: All right. -RON: You got Big Betsy. 336 00:14:32,417 --> 00:14:34,750 -Cool. -MARTY: Well, here's the deal, Rick. 337 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:37,708 You could be standing a couple feet above 338 00:14:37,875 --> 00:14:39,125 the tunnel we've been looking for 339 00:14:39,292 --> 00:14:40,375 for at least two years. 340 00:14:40,542 --> 00:14:42,417 -Right there. -More than could. We are. 341 00:14:42,583 --> 00:14:43,708 Okay. Well, let's get busy. How do you work this thing? 342 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,083 RON: Okay. 343 00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:49,125 A little bit at a time? Yeah. Okay. 344 00:14:49,292 --> 00:14:50,917 -Pump going on. -DAN (over radio): Pump on. 345 00:14:51,083 --> 00:14:52,667 RON: Silver Fox and his brother are ready to go. 346 00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:53,917 (laughter) 347 00:14:54,083 --> 00:14:55,375 (hissing) 348 00:14:57,375 --> 00:14:59,667 (clattering) 349 00:15:07,292 --> 00:15:11,042 NARRATOR: In order to break up the hard clay below the shaft, 350 00:15:11,208 --> 00:15:13,958 Rick and Marty are using a pneumatic jackhammer. 351 00:15:14,125 --> 00:15:18,417 Then, representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 352 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:20,708 will use the three-ton hammer grab tool 353 00:15:20,875 --> 00:15:23,125 to remove the materials. 354 00:15:24,292 --> 00:15:25,417 -MARTY: Yeah, baby! -COTE: There you go. 355 00:15:25,583 --> 00:15:26,958 There you go. You're getting the hang... 356 00:15:27,125 --> 00:15:28,167 -(rattling) -(indistinct shouting) 357 00:15:30,542 --> 00:15:31,250 Work your way around. 358 00:15:31,417 --> 00:15:33,333 This is no job for old men. 359 00:15:33,417 --> 00:15:34,625 (laughter) 360 00:15:34,792 --> 00:15:37,292 Jackhammers themselves weigh 60 or 70 pounds. 361 00:15:37,458 --> 00:15:39,500 They tend to get stuck in the clay. 362 00:15:39,708 --> 00:15:43,667 It is some of the hardest work I've done in many years. 363 00:15:43,875 --> 00:15:45,167 All right. Break time. 364 00:15:48,875 --> 00:15:50,500 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 365 00:15:50,667 --> 00:15:52,000 RICK: In the moment, 366 00:15:52,208 --> 00:15:54,000 I'm an eyes and boots guy. I'm down there. 367 00:15:54,167 --> 00:15:55,500 I want to get that clay out of the hole. 368 00:15:55,708 --> 00:15:57,000 I want to find the tunnel. 369 00:15:57,125 --> 00:15:59,583 I, I didn't think of much else, to be honest. 370 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:01,333 (rattling) 371 00:16:06,375 --> 00:16:07,625 MARTY: What do you think you hit? 372 00:16:07,792 --> 00:16:09,167 The last spade bit, 373 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:11,042 I thought I hit something different. 374 00:16:13,083 --> 00:16:14,208 See that? 375 00:16:16,542 --> 00:16:17,583 MARTY: Oh, yeah. 376 00:16:17,792 --> 00:16:19,458 Try digging right up there. 377 00:16:20,917 --> 00:16:22,292 Look at that. It's nothing. 378 00:16:22,458 --> 00:16:24,917 RICK: It's really soft. Get me a bar. 379 00:16:25,042 --> 00:16:26,417 -Do you have a bar down here? -COTE: Yeah. Right there, Rick. 380 00:16:26,542 --> 00:16:27,625 MARTY: Right there by your hand. 381 00:16:28,875 --> 00:16:30,625 COTE: The other one's right there. 382 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:44,375 RICK: I thought, at the bottom of the spade bit, 383 00:16:44,542 --> 00:16:46,333 that I was on top of something. 384 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:49,708 And I thought, "Wow, wow, maybe, maybe I'm on a tunnel." 385 00:16:49,917 --> 00:16:52,042 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina's speculation 386 00:16:52,208 --> 00:16:53,625 that he may have reached the mysterious-- 387 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:57,250 and potentially ancient-- tunnel be correct? 388 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:03,583 If so, the team may be closer than ever 389 00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:06,875 to the answers and reward that they've worked 390 00:17:07,042 --> 00:17:09,250 for more than a decade to uncover. 391 00:17:12,458 --> 00:17:14,000 Yeah. "Right there" is a relative term, 392 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:15,167 though, isn't it, with this stuff? 393 00:17:15,375 --> 00:17:16,792 "Right there" is a relative term. 394 00:17:16,917 --> 00:17:20,167 All right, well, we got it all loosened up for you. 395 00:17:20,375 --> 00:17:22,375 So, now the hammer grab is gonna come down? 396 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:24,500 -Yeah. We'll hammer grab. We'll clean that hole. -Yep. 397 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:27,833 Wood, uh, delineates man-made things, 398 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,750 obviously, when it's way underground. 399 00:17:29,917 --> 00:17:31,292 So we need to keep going. 400 00:17:31,375 --> 00:17:33,917 We could be closer than we've ever been 401 00:17:34,083 --> 00:17:37,000 to this actual treasure, or to where it was deposited. 402 00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:38,500 So, when we start doing the tunnel, 403 00:17:38,708 --> 00:17:39,667 you guys are gonna come down for a day or what? 404 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:41,333 Yes! Yes. 405 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:43,833 -Try to keep us out. -That's gonna be an experience. 406 00:17:43,958 --> 00:17:44,792 That would be cool. 407 00:17:44,792 --> 00:17:45,042 That would be cool. 408 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:46,542 We got to be really close. We got to be. 409 00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:48,292 COTE: Yeah, we are. 410 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,792 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island... 411 00:17:57,917 --> 00:17:59,750 ST. LOUIS: One, two. 412 00:17:59,917 --> 00:18:01,583 (grunting) 413 00:18:01,750 --> 00:18:02,875 Beautiful. 414 00:18:03,042 --> 00:18:04,000 NARRATOR: ...while representatives 415 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,167 from Dumas Contracting Limited 416 00:18:06,375 --> 00:18:07,875 finish extending the Garden Shaft 417 00:18:08,083 --> 00:18:11,667 down to the believed treasure tunnel in the Money Pit area... 418 00:18:12,875 --> 00:18:14,083 RICK: So, gentlemen, 419 00:18:14,250 --> 00:18:15,625 I have no need 420 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:18,333 to introduce Chris Morford to everyone here. 421 00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:20,208 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina along with other members 422 00:18:20,375 --> 00:18:22,333 of the team meet once again 423 00:18:22,542 --> 00:18:25,792 with author and 32nd degree Freemason 424 00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:28,500 Chris Morford in the war room. 425 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,083 In recent years, 426 00:18:30,250 --> 00:18:33,333 Chris and his research partner Corjan Mol 427 00:18:33,542 --> 00:18:35,625 have assisted the team both on the island 428 00:18:35,792 --> 00:18:39,000 and in numerous destinations across Europe 429 00:18:39,167 --> 00:18:41,708 to investigate the incredible theory 430 00:18:41,875 --> 00:18:44,708 that the medieval order of the Knights Templar, 431 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:48,167 and their believed descendants, known as the Freemasons, 432 00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,583 made repeated visits to Oak Island 433 00:18:50,708 --> 00:18:53,333 between the 12th and 18th centuries 434 00:18:53,458 --> 00:18:55,000 in order to hide items 435 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:58,500 of great historic and monetary value. 436 00:18:58,708 --> 00:19:01,083 I very much look forward to the presentation. 437 00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:02,792 I think it's going to be informative 438 00:19:02,958 --> 00:19:06,417 and-and quite interesting, so please proceed. 439 00:19:06,583 --> 00:19:08,833 Oh, thank you, Rick. Thank you, everybody. 440 00:19:08,958 --> 00:19:11,833 What I'd like to discuss today is an alignment 441 00:19:11,958 --> 00:19:14,833 that I found with Nolan's Cross. 442 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,958 NARRATOR: Now, in light of the team's ongoing efforts 443 00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:22,083 to locate the source of precious metals that have been detected 444 00:19:22,250 --> 00:19:23,667 in the Money Pit area... 445 00:19:23,792 --> 00:19:25,583 CHRIS: So, you can see here Nolan's Cross. 446 00:19:25,708 --> 00:19:28,500 ...Chris has conducted new research 447 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:30,667 that he believes could help them pinpoint it 448 00:19:30,833 --> 00:19:34,500 using the megalithic boulders of Nolan's Cross. 449 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:37,583 CHRIS: Now, who placed the stones there as well as why 450 00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:42,083 is a question that has been nagging all of us for decades. 451 00:19:42,250 --> 00:19:44,000 So, why go through the trouble 452 00:19:44,167 --> 00:19:46,000 of moving these enormous stones 453 00:19:46,208 --> 00:19:47,667 into such an arrangement? 454 00:19:47,833 --> 00:19:51,500 I believe this structure was built by the Templars. 455 00:19:51,708 --> 00:19:56,083 And the Templars may have used the alignment of Nolan's Cross 456 00:19:56,208 --> 00:19:57,667 to guide us to the treasure. 457 00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,667 Wow. 458 00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:03,083 CHRIS: This treasure is said to be no less than the Holy Grail itself. 459 00:20:03,292 --> 00:20:06,875 This goes back to the research that Corjan and I have done. 460 00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:10,792 I do believe that the original Temple Menorah 461 00:20:10,958 --> 00:20:12,458 was safeguarded here 462 00:20:12,583 --> 00:20:15,750 to make way for the new Jerusalem 463 00:20:15,917 --> 00:20:17,708 and the new temple. 464 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:22,500 NARRATOR: Between the 12th and 14th centuries, 465 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:25,792 the military order of the Knights Templar 466 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,958 fiercely battled for Christian interests 467 00:20:28,125 --> 00:20:30,208 in the Middle East and Europe 468 00:20:30,375 --> 00:20:33,458 during the holy wars known as the Crusades. 469 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:36,583 After building their headquarters on the site 470 00:20:36,708 --> 00:20:40,250 of the original Temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem, 471 00:20:40,417 --> 00:20:42,458 they accumulated vast riches 472 00:20:42,625 --> 00:20:45,708 by establishing the world's first banking system. 473 00:20:45,875 --> 00:20:49,000 However, some believe that their great treasure 474 00:20:49,167 --> 00:20:51,250 also included priceless relics 475 00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:54,125 that they discovered during excavations 476 00:20:54,292 --> 00:20:55,833 beneath the temple ruins, 477 00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:59,208 including King Solomon's golden menorah 478 00:20:59,375 --> 00:21:01,500 and the Holy Grail. 479 00:21:01,667 --> 00:21:05,042 In 1307, the order was disbanded 480 00:21:05,208 --> 00:21:07,833 and persecuted by the Pope and the king of France 481 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,292 over controversial charges of heresy. 482 00:21:11,458 --> 00:21:14,667 Many were imprisoned and executed. 483 00:21:14,833 --> 00:21:17,792 However, their believed sacred treasures 484 00:21:17,958 --> 00:21:19,625 have never been found. 485 00:21:20,625 --> 00:21:22,667 Is it possible that some of these relics 486 00:21:22,833 --> 00:21:25,833 are buried on Oak Island, as Chris Morford believes? 487 00:21:26,042 --> 00:21:28,667 And could Nolan's Cross hold the key 488 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:31,542 to locating where they are buried? 489 00:21:31,708 --> 00:21:34,167 CHRIS: Now, I spent a lot of time wondering 490 00:21:34,375 --> 00:21:36,000 what clues would these knights have left 491 00:21:36,208 --> 00:21:37,042 for the future brothers 492 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:39,500 to locate the treasure 493 00:21:39,667 --> 00:21:42,417 so that their enemies or the uninitiated 494 00:21:42,583 --> 00:21:44,083 would not be able to find it. 495 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:48,167 Nolan's Cross could be the answer. 496 00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:50,167 I needed a first step, 497 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:51,333 and the most obvious to me 498 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:54,333 was Stone C, up on the beach. 499 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:57,958 This would be the only stone visible from a ship. 500 00:21:58,125 --> 00:21:59,500 As you leave Cone C, 501 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:01,667 of course, you will hit Cone A. 502 00:22:01,833 --> 00:22:04,500 They actually have a nice sight line to each other, 503 00:22:04,667 --> 00:22:06,125 and straight to the Money Pit. 504 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:09,542 But still you would need markers 505 00:22:09,708 --> 00:22:11,375 to help you get from that point 506 00:22:11,542 --> 00:22:12,792 to the Money Pit 507 00:22:12,958 --> 00:22:15,792 because it's pretty easy to wander off course. 508 00:22:15,958 --> 00:22:18,542 I saw, on some updated maps you have, that 509 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:20,458 there were two drilled stones. 510 00:22:22,375 --> 00:22:25,208 Remarkably, they were right on that line. 511 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:26,833 It seems to me they were intentionally 512 00:22:27,042 --> 00:22:28,125 put there as markers. 513 00:22:29,417 --> 00:22:31,458 STEVE: Yep. We had one on Lot 15 514 00:22:31,625 --> 00:22:33,083 and the other one was on the Nolan property. 515 00:22:33,208 --> 00:22:35,375 Well, remember now, there was another drilled stone 516 00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:39,417 in the Money Pit area that Frederick Blair found. 517 00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:40,667 CHARLES: Yes. 518 00:22:40,792 --> 00:22:43,333 NARRATOR: In 1895, 519 00:22:43,542 --> 00:22:45,125 treasure hunter Frederick Blair 520 00:22:45,292 --> 00:22:49,208 discovered a mysterious drilled stone in the Money Pit area. 521 00:22:49,417 --> 00:22:51,833 Although the stone was moved 522 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,958 during future searcher excavations, 523 00:22:54,083 --> 00:22:56,792 its original location was marked on a survey 524 00:22:56,958 --> 00:23:00,625 conducted by Charles Roper in the 1930s. 525 00:23:00,750 --> 00:23:03,833 More than three decades later, 526 00:23:03,958 --> 00:23:07,083 Fred Nolan noted two additional drilled stones 527 00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:09,250 during surveys that he conducted 528 00:23:09,417 --> 00:23:11,625 between the swamp and the Money Pit. 529 00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:14,292 Could Chris Morford be correct 530 00:23:14,458 --> 00:23:18,125 that these drilled stones were related to Nolan's Cross 531 00:23:18,292 --> 00:23:21,208 and placed as markers in order to help pinpoint 532 00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:25,667 the location of the fabled Oak Island treasure? 533 00:23:25,875 --> 00:23:28,708 CHRIS: So, when you get to the Money Pit area, 534 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:30,708 I would think that there was a marker there, 535 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:34,792 and then from there you would know where to dig. 536 00:23:35,792 --> 00:23:37,667 JACK: We should get proper measurements 537 00:23:37,792 --> 00:23:40,500 and see if we can have it align through the Money Pit. 538 00:23:40,667 --> 00:23:43,000 'Cause what are the chances we run into 539 00:23:43,208 --> 00:23:48,042 these two drilled stones right through Cone A and Cone C? 540 00:23:48,208 --> 00:23:49,667 And maybe we can project 541 00:23:49,875 --> 00:23:51,458 where the Money Pit was. 542 00:23:51,583 --> 00:23:53,167 RICK: That could be highly relevant. 543 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:59,542 Chris, do you believe that Templars or descendants 544 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:01,792 or versions of the Templars 545 00:24:01,917 --> 00:24:04,000 came and did the work here? 546 00:24:04,125 --> 00:24:05,750 Either is plausible. 547 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:08,917 RICK: It's so romantic to think 548 00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:12,542 that the Templars come to this tiny, nondescript island, 549 00:24:12,708 --> 00:24:15,708 they do this incredible amount of work, 550 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:17,917 and then Chris has taken that 551 00:24:18,083 --> 00:24:21,500 to help put an "X" on the ground on Oak Island. 552 00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:23,333 It doesn't prove anything, 553 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:27,250 but the line created by Cone C, 554 00:24:27,417 --> 00:24:30,458 the drilled stones, and Cone A 555 00:24:30,625 --> 00:24:33,000 may ultimately assist us in finding 556 00:24:33,208 --> 00:24:35,667 the original Money Pit, and that's the goal. 557 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:40,083 Chris, I certainly believe that research is 558 00:24:40,208 --> 00:24:42,500 a huge component to figure out what happened here 559 00:24:42,708 --> 00:24:44,167 on this island long ago. 560 00:24:44,333 --> 00:24:46,125 So the debt of gratitude 561 00:24:46,292 --> 00:24:49,458 lays on our heads and our shoulders to you. 562 00:24:49,625 --> 00:24:51,167 Thank you so much. 563 00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:54,667 We should check that projection of Nolan's Cross. 564 00:24:54,833 --> 00:24:56,083 It's always important to put eyes and boots. 565 00:24:56,083 --> 00:24:56,500 It's always important to put eyes and boots. 566 00:24:56,917 --> 00:24:58,667 -Okay. -RICK: Having said that, 567 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:00,125 -let's get back to work. -ALEX: Thanks, Chris. 568 00:25:00,292 --> 00:25:01,292 CHRIS: Thank you. 569 00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:06,417 RICK: So, Tom, 570 00:25:06,583 --> 00:25:07,750 I suppose you're wondering why 571 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:09,458 we asked you to come out today, right? 572 00:25:09,625 --> 00:25:11,750 Well, I know roughly where we are here, 573 00:25:11,958 --> 00:25:13,167 -as I look at that. -RICK: Exactly. 574 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:15,375 -Cone C of Nolan's Cross. -TOM: Yeah. 575 00:25:15,542 --> 00:25:16,958 NARRATOR: Following their meeting 576 00:25:17,125 --> 00:25:19,500 with 32nd degree Freemason Chris Morford, 577 00:25:19,625 --> 00:25:22,500 Rick Lagina and Steve Guptill 578 00:25:22,625 --> 00:25:25,292 join fellow Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan 579 00:25:25,458 --> 00:25:27,875 on his property at Cone C, 580 00:25:28,042 --> 00:25:31,167 the northernmost boulder near the shoreline, 581 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:34,875 which marks the so-called left arm of Nolan's Cross. 582 00:25:35,042 --> 00:25:37,292 We had a theorist come. Chris Morford. 583 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:38,625 -You're quite familiar with him. -Yep. 584 00:25:38,792 --> 00:25:40,042 RICK: He made an association between 585 00:25:40,208 --> 00:25:42,792 Cone C, Cone A, 586 00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:44,792 drilled stones, and alignment 587 00:25:44,958 --> 00:25:47,000 -to the Money Pit. -Wow. 588 00:25:47,208 --> 00:25:49,500 NARRATOR: It is Rick's intention to have Steve, 589 00:25:49,583 --> 00:25:51,625 a professional surveyor, 590 00:25:51,792 --> 00:25:54,375 track the line from Cone C 591 00:25:54,542 --> 00:25:56,083 through several drilled stones, 592 00:25:56,208 --> 00:25:58,833 as well as Cone A of Nolan's Cross, 593 00:25:59,042 --> 00:26:01,875 and, finally, to the Money Pit area, 594 00:26:02,042 --> 00:26:03,917 where Chris Morford believes 595 00:26:04,083 --> 00:26:06,833 the precise location of the fabled Oak Island treasure 596 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,542 may be buried deep underground. 597 00:26:10,708 --> 00:26:12,625 -Okay. Let's go. -Let's go. 598 00:26:12,792 --> 00:26:13,875 RICK: We're all excited. 599 00:26:14,042 --> 00:26:15,292 We want to measure it ourselves, 600 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:16,833 we want to walk the line, 601 00:26:16,958 --> 00:26:18,542 and hopefully we corroborate 602 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:20,542 what Chris has suggested. 603 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,583 We have to find out where it goes, 604 00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:24,375 specifically in the Money Pit. 605 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:26,708 STEVE: All right, so this is 606 00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:27,958 -our first drilled stone. -RICK: Yep. 607 00:26:28,167 --> 00:26:29,500 And for reference, I'll tag it again. 608 00:26:29,708 --> 00:26:32,000 Okey doke. 609 00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:35,792 All right, let me take you to Cone A. 610 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,208 -RICK: Okay. -TOM: Okay. 611 00:26:38,542 --> 00:26:40,333 STEVE: So, I'm gonna do my best to actually walk the line. 612 00:26:40,458 --> 00:26:42,625 RICK: As we walk that line, 613 00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:45,667 we know the elevation will change, 614 00:26:45,875 --> 00:26:47,667 thus the reason for the drilled stones. 615 00:26:47,833 --> 00:26:49,542 The purpose is to draw 616 00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:51,750 an alignment between Cone C 617 00:26:51,917 --> 00:26:54,000 and perhaps the location of a treasure. 618 00:26:54,167 --> 00:26:57,750 STEVE: All right, so, I mean, we all know this is Cone A. 619 00:26:57,917 --> 00:26:59,000 -RICK: Yep. -STEVE: I'm gonna tag it 620 00:26:59,167 --> 00:27:00,542 and then calculate the next point. 621 00:27:00,708 --> 00:27:01,875 RICK: Okay. 622 00:27:03,250 --> 00:27:04,417 Got it. 623 00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:06,417 -Got it. -Thank you. 624 00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:09,583 All right, we've got it there. 625 00:27:09,708 --> 00:27:11,333 -Follow me through. -RICK: Okay. 626 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:12,667 TOM: Okay. 627 00:27:12,833 --> 00:27:14,875 STEVE: So, I'm currently on the line. 628 00:27:15,083 --> 00:27:17,500 -I guess we'll go through here. -RICK: Yep. 629 00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:19,042 RICK: As we walk the line, 630 00:27:19,208 --> 00:27:21,125 we're getting closer to the Money Pit. 631 00:27:21,250 --> 00:27:22,333 I'm excited to 632 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:23,417 see where it goes. 633 00:27:25,125 --> 00:27:27,167 STEVE: So, here's the next drilled stone. 634 00:27:28,292 --> 00:27:29,833 It's right on line. 635 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,458 RICK: Can I just see that? 636 00:27:31,667 --> 00:27:33,458 STEVE: Sure can. I'm gonna tag it while you're here. 637 00:27:34,458 --> 00:27:37,500 RICK: You see how they would have turned the chisel? 638 00:27:37,625 --> 00:27:39,833 TOM: Yes, as they were... Yeah, as they were going. 639 00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:42,458 So, here's an observation. 640 00:27:43,625 --> 00:27:46,792 This is the exact half point from Cone C in the water... 641 00:27:46,958 --> 00:27:48,667 -Mm-hmm. -...to Lot 15, 642 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:50,333 and the next half is the Money Pit, 643 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:54,000 so this is almost perfectly half the distance. 644 00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:54,875 Hmm. 645 00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:56,833 What are the odds of that? 646 00:27:56,958 --> 00:27:58,958 I don't know. For Chris to make this observation 647 00:27:59,125 --> 00:28:00,917 and then have these measurements 648 00:28:01,083 --> 00:28:02,292 lay out as they are? 649 00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:04,458 -Right. -Quite remarkable. Really is. 650 00:28:04,625 --> 00:28:06,000 I'd be very curious 651 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:07,833 if it-- half again, the measurement 652 00:28:08,042 --> 00:28:09,458 -to the Money Pit. -STEVE: Let's find out. 653 00:28:09,583 --> 00:28:11,708 -Let's find out. -STEVE: Follow me. 654 00:28:11,875 --> 00:28:15,333 RICK: It's quite remarkable that the drilled stone on Lot 15 655 00:28:15,542 --> 00:28:19,833 is exactly halfway from Cone C to the Money Pit. 656 00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:22,208 So, now, what we need to do 657 00:28:22,417 --> 00:28:25,375 is walk the other half to the Money Pit. 658 00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:27,750 So, the next stop is our end point, 659 00:28:27,917 --> 00:28:28,833 so I'll take you to the end point. 660 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,000 -RICK: Okay. -TOM: Okay. 661 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,500 STEVE: Watch your step here. 662 00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:39,667 So, the final location of the other half 663 00:28:39,792 --> 00:28:42,042 of the distance from Lot 15 is right here. 664 00:28:42,208 --> 00:28:44,417 RICK: Oh, my goodness. 665 00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:45,583 STEVE: As you can see, 666 00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:46,833 it's not perfectly on the shaft, 667 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,500 but what it is on top of is the tunnel. 668 00:28:49,708 --> 00:28:50,500 Really? 669 00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:52,333 -Yeah. -Wow. 670 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:55,375 RICK: The bingo point, if you will, 671 00:28:55,542 --> 00:28:57,125 is almost exactly where 672 00:28:57,250 --> 00:28:59,000 the tunnel under the Garden Shaft is. 673 00:28:59,083 --> 00:29:00,417 Now, that's quite remarkable. 674 00:29:00,583 --> 00:29:02,833 -That's pretty close. -That's pretty close. 675 00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:04,792 TOM: That's pretty darn close. 676 00:29:04,958 --> 00:29:06,167 RICK: Remember, the reason why we're there is 677 00:29:06,292 --> 00:29:07,833 because of the high gold and silver values, 678 00:29:07,958 --> 00:29:10,333 but to have that line, 679 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:13,833 based on two of the stones of Nolan's Cross 680 00:29:14,042 --> 00:29:15,792 and two drilled stones, 681 00:29:15,958 --> 00:29:18,458 land on that corner of the Garden Shaft, 682 00:29:18,625 --> 00:29:20,167 that's... dramatic. 683 00:29:20,375 --> 00:29:22,833 Now we have to expose the bottom of 684 00:29:23,042 --> 00:29:25,750 the structure and exploit that information. 685 00:29:25,958 --> 00:29:27,792 We have to come to a further understanding 686 00:29:27,958 --> 00:29:29,167 of what this tunnel 687 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:31,333 -potentially represents. -Yep. 688 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:32,833 -We're a ways from that yet. -TOM: Yeah. 689 00:29:32,958 --> 00:29:34,333 RICK: But for right now, 690 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:36,125 there's a lot of work to do, so let's get to it. 691 00:29:36,292 --> 00:29:38,417 TOM: Okay. Sounds good. 692 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:44,625 NARRATOR: As the operation to deepen the Garden Shaft continues 693 00:29:44,792 --> 00:29:46,625 in the Money Pit area... 694 00:29:46,792 --> 00:29:49,125 JACK: I'm really interested to see what we dig up 695 00:29:49,292 --> 00:29:51,375 over here as we continue digging along the stone path. 696 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:52,417 GARY: Yeah. 697 00:29:52,542 --> 00:29:53,875 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley 698 00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:55,458 along with Gary Drayton 699 00:29:55,542 --> 00:29:58,125 and Billy Gerhardt are proceeding with 700 00:29:58,250 --> 00:30:00,000 their excavation to the north of 701 00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:02,708 the newly uncovered stone walkway or ramp... 702 00:30:02,875 --> 00:30:03,792 JACK: Let's go. 703 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,417 ...where they hope to find 704 00:30:05,583 --> 00:30:07,500 additional evidence of man-made structures 705 00:30:07,708 --> 00:30:10,292 and buried valuables. 706 00:30:11,292 --> 00:30:12,917 GARY: Yeah. Well, let's get back, mate, 707 00:30:13,083 --> 00:30:15,208 'cause we're running out of room. 708 00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:17,833 There we go. Look. 709 00:30:18,042 --> 00:30:20,625 Whew. Look at the size of that. 710 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,500 That's a big stump. 711 00:30:27,250 --> 00:30:29,625 JACK: That's a big tree. 712 00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:33,083 Makes you wonder how big the trees used to be. 713 00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:34,333 Yeah. 714 00:30:36,708 --> 00:30:39,333 It would've took a big fella to get this down. 715 00:30:39,542 --> 00:30:41,208 This is giving me hope. 716 00:30:41,375 --> 00:30:44,292 Every time I see a trunk like that coming out, 717 00:30:44,417 --> 00:30:46,667 that means the woods, the forest, 718 00:30:46,833 --> 00:30:48,292 there's more in there. 719 00:30:48,417 --> 00:30:51,000 Like Dr. Spooner said, this did not 720 00:30:51,167 --> 00:30:53,000 -used to be a swamp. -No. 721 00:30:53,167 --> 00:30:54,583 It used to allow trees to grow. 722 00:30:54,792 --> 00:30:56,500 GARY: Exactly. 723 00:30:57,458 --> 00:30:59,167 NARRATOR: The stump of a tree, 724 00:30:59,333 --> 00:31:02,125 unearthed from the deepest area of the swamp? 725 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:06,875 Because trees cannot generally grow in bodies of water, 726 00:31:07,042 --> 00:31:09,167 the team has found more evidence to support 727 00:31:09,375 --> 00:31:12,167 Dr. Ian Spooner's belief that the swamp was 728 00:31:12,375 --> 00:31:14,750 at least a partially man-made feature. 729 00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:19,667 No. No metals. 730 00:31:19,833 --> 00:31:21,417 We're metal-less. 731 00:31:21,583 --> 00:31:24,917 But the wood more than makes up for it. 732 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:27,208 It's about the context, and the wood was found 733 00:31:27,375 --> 00:31:29,000 at the very bottom of the swamp, 734 00:31:29,167 --> 00:31:31,333 and it wasn't thrown in later. 735 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:34,583 This is, this is wood from a very old source. 736 00:31:34,792 --> 00:31:37,500 NARRATOR: If Dr. Spooner can successfully 737 00:31:37,708 --> 00:31:40,542 date this stump, could it help the team confirm 738 00:31:40,708 --> 00:31:43,042 when the swamp was artificially created? 739 00:31:43,208 --> 00:31:44,167 GARY: Billy! 740 00:31:44,333 --> 00:31:46,000 This was perfect timing, mate, 741 00:31:46,125 --> 00:31:48,167 getting these interesting pieces of wood out. 742 00:31:48,333 --> 00:31:51,750 We know that that storm's coming from down south, 743 00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:54,625 -and we are gonna get drenched. -BILLY: You can feel it. 744 00:31:54,708 --> 00:31:56,833 -The air is changing. -GARY: 'Cause, I mean, 745 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,667 the swamp's gonna fill up for sure. 746 00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:00,333 Those stumps are pretty unique. 747 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,083 We should get Rick down here to take a look at 'em. 748 00:32:03,208 --> 00:32:03,917 Oh, we will. Yeah. 749 00:32:03,917 --> 00:32:04,333 Oh, we will. Yeah. 750 00:32:04,875 --> 00:32:06,542 Yeah. Great work, Billy, mate. 751 00:32:06,708 --> 00:32:12,958 -See you later, mate. -JACK: See you, Bill. 752 00:32:12,958 --> 00:32:15,833 GARY: Ah, what a glorious day to be in the swamp, Rick, eh? 753 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,667 New day. 754 00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:19,375 A fresh dig. 755 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:23,083 NARRATOR: As another day dawns on Oak Island 756 00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:25,625 Rick Lagina has joined Gary Drayton 757 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:29,375 and Billy Gerhardt to continue their investigation 758 00:32:29,583 --> 00:32:32,000 near the middle of the triangle-shaped swamp. 759 00:32:32,208 --> 00:32:34,000 There might be a story here that we're standing on 760 00:32:34,167 --> 00:32:35,333 and don't even know it. 761 00:32:35,542 --> 00:32:37,625 Yeah. Right. 762 00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:39,542 Let's find some good stuff. 763 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:42,042 NARRATOR: Because a heavy overnight rainstorm 764 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:44,542 has partially refilled the brackish bog, 765 00:32:44,708 --> 00:32:48,667 the team is now excavating several feet to the north 766 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:51,333 of where they discovered a large tree stump-- 767 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:54,667 and possible evidence of ancient human activity-- 768 00:32:54,792 --> 00:32:56,417 just one day ago. 769 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:58,625 GARY: Pulling up another stump. 770 00:33:07,542 --> 00:33:08,625 Billy, hey! 771 00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:13,208 That layer there, 772 00:33:13,375 --> 00:33:14,875 -that's a change. -BILLY: Right. 773 00:33:15,042 --> 00:33:16,458 A significant change. 774 00:33:16,625 --> 00:33:20,250 How did it go from forestland-- and when-- 775 00:33:20,417 --> 00:33:22,833 to a deepwater cove? 776 00:33:22,958 --> 00:33:24,292 BILLY: I think it might prove 777 00:33:24,458 --> 00:33:26,375 when somebody did something here. 778 00:33:26,542 --> 00:33:27,583 Yeah. 779 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:29,000 RICK: We know that, 780 00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:30,625 according to Dr. Spooner, 781 00:33:30,792 --> 00:33:33,417 and certainly the evidence is there, that... 782 00:33:33,583 --> 00:33:35,583 at one point, the swamp was forested. 783 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:39,333 Well, now the key question is, was that manipulated? 784 00:33:39,542 --> 00:33:44,292 Hopefully, Dr. Spooner can provide us with some answers. 785 00:33:50,083 --> 00:33:51,292 RICK: Oh, oh, oh. 786 00:33:54,250 --> 00:33:56,375 BILLY: Is that a trunk and a notch there or not? 787 00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:05,333 GARY: It's all uneven, like it was axe-cut. 788 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,667 BILLY: If that broke off, the log should be laying right there 789 00:34:07,792 --> 00:34:08,833 beside it, I think. 790 00:34:09,042 --> 00:34:10,542 -Oh, absolutely. -BILLY: Right? 791 00:34:10,708 --> 00:34:11,875 And it's not... 792 00:34:12,042 --> 00:34:12,625 -RICK: It's not there. -It's not there. 793 00:34:13,875 --> 00:34:14,750 It's just not there. 794 00:34:14,917 --> 00:34:16,750 Somebody took the logs... 795 00:34:16,917 --> 00:34:17,667 -Yep. -Yeah. 796 00:34:17,875 --> 00:34:19,375 Oh, yeah. 797 00:34:19,542 --> 00:34:21,458 ...for something. Maybe to build the Money Pit. 798 00:34:21,625 --> 00:34:24,667 NARRATOR: Could Billy Gerhardt be correct, 799 00:34:24,875 --> 00:34:26,667 that long ago, 800 00:34:26,875 --> 00:34:29,500 trees were removed from this area when it was dry land... 801 00:34:29,708 --> 00:34:33,375 in order to construct the nine wooden platforms 802 00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:36,625 of rounded logs that were reportedly discovered 803 00:34:36,792 --> 00:34:40,458 more than two centuries ago in the original Money Pit? 804 00:34:41,375 --> 00:34:43,292 Yeah, I don't know. 805 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,667 -We need Dr. Spooner to weigh in... -GARY: Yeah, for sure. 806 00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:49,625 ...to see if he can date when that event happened. 807 00:34:51,375 --> 00:34:53,958 Okay. For right now, I've got to take off. 808 00:34:54,167 --> 00:34:55,500 You guys are in charge. 809 00:34:55,708 --> 00:34:57,333 Hopefully you'll find some more things. 810 00:34:57,542 --> 00:34:59,292 -Okay, mate. -Thanks, Billy. 811 00:34:59,375 --> 00:35:01,542 -BILLY: Yep. -GARY: Good luck. 812 00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:04,417 NARRATOR: As Gary and Billy continue their excavation 813 00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:06,375 for answers in the swamp... 814 00:35:09,125 --> 00:35:10,875 ...later that afternoon... 815 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,917 COTE: So, it seems like we hit your target. Finally. 816 00:35:14,083 --> 00:35:15,042 -You found her. -COTE: Yeah. 817 00:35:15,167 --> 00:35:16,208 (laughter) 818 00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:17,500 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, 819 00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,667 Scott Barlow, and Craig Tester 820 00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:23,000 have just received long-awaited news. 821 00:35:23,167 --> 00:35:25,458 After extending the Garden Shaft 822 00:35:25,625 --> 00:35:29,167 to an approximate depth of 95 feet in the Money Pit area, 823 00:35:29,375 --> 00:35:32,708 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 824 00:35:32,875 --> 00:35:36,208 have finally reached a believed seven-foot-high tunnel 825 00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:37,667 that leads toward the Baby Blob 826 00:35:37,875 --> 00:35:41,833 and perhaps a vast cache of buried treasure. 827 00:35:42,042 --> 00:35:43,625 We can actually see wood. 828 00:35:43,792 --> 00:35:46,208 -Okay. -COTE: But it's either collapsed or whatever. 829 00:35:46,333 --> 00:35:47,750 -Who knows what the...? -Yeah. 830 00:35:47,917 --> 00:35:49,500 COTE: Yeah, until we uncover more of it. 831 00:35:49,667 --> 00:35:51,167 -Okay. Get us dressed. -Well. 832 00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:52,958 -Let's get going. -COTE: Okay. 833 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,292 RICK: Hey, finally, we can actually 834 00:35:57,417 --> 00:35:59,500 put eyes and boots on the tunnel that was found 835 00:35:59,708 --> 00:36:01,833 by the sonic drill program. 836 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,167 You get a little bit of chills. 837 00:36:03,375 --> 00:36:05,333 Let's go take a peek. 838 00:36:05,542 --> 00:36:09,208 It's been frustratingly slow at times, but it's exciting. 839 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:10,667 -CRAIG: Good luck, guys. -We'll take you a pic... 840 00:36:10,792 --> 00:36:12,583 -We'll take you a picture. -SCOTT: Thanks. 841 00:36:12,708 --> 00:36:14,250 RICK: If it was original, it's our belief 842 00:36:14,375 --> 00:36:16,000 that we're talking hundreds of years ago. 843 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:20,292 (chuckles) Now, that's-- that raises the bar. 844 00:36:20,417 --> 00:36:22,333 There's hope. There's promise. 845 00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:24,583 There's... You might find the one thing. 846 00:36:24,750 --> 00:36:27,000 So I think there are some answers here. 847 00:36:27,167 --> 00:36:28,583 There you go. 848 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,292 Okay. 849 00:36:32,417 --> 00:36:33,708 Okay, so what are we looking at here, Paul? 850 00:36:36,042 --> 00:36:39,583 COTE: So that's where we got the sample out of the wood. 851 00:36:46,083 --> 00:36:47,167 Do you feel anything? 852 00:36:47,375 --> 00:36:49,750 RICK: Ah... 853 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:53,583 Yeah. There's definitely wood right here. 854 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:56,833 -I see your bar here. -COTE: Yeah. 855 00:36:57,042 --> 00:36:58,375 So, we drove that bar 856 00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:00,083 -that was just, uh, for guiding. -RICK: Yeah. 857 00:37:00,292 --> 00:37:02,917 COTE: So here's a round log, there. 858 00:37:03,125 --> 00:37:04,125 -RICK: Oh, okay. -COTE: Okay? 859 00:37:04,292 --> 00:37:06,500 RICK: Right here, that's wood? 860 00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:08,000 -COTE: That's wood right there. -RICK: Oh, really? 861 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:09,750 -See that? -(laughs) 862 00:37:09,917 --> 00:37:11,500 See, there's some wood right there. 863 00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:12,708 Yeah. 864 00:37:13,708 --> 00:37:16,375 RICK: But that's right here. See that right there? 865 00:37:17,292 --> 00:37:19,708 That looks like wood there, too. 866 00:37:23,792 --> 00:37:25,375 Well, now it gets exciting, right? 867 00:37:28,542 --> 00:37:28,958 h. 868 00:37:29,375 --> 00:37:30,042 NARRATOR: It is a historic 869 00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:32,083 and exciting moment 870 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,125 for Rick and Marty Lagina, 871 00:37:34,333 --> 00:37:35,792 their partner Craig Tester, 872 00:37:35,958 --> 00:37:37,583 and their entire team. 873 00:37:37,708 --> 00:37:39,792 You got the crowbar right there behind you. 874 00:37:41,208 --> 00:37:42,500 NARRATOR: At the bottom of the Garden Shaft 875 00:37:42,708 --> 00:37:45,125 in the fabled Money Pit area, 876 00:37:45,292 --> 00:37:47,292 a wooden tunnel that may lead 877 00:37:47,458 --> 00:37:49,792 to a legendary cache of buried treasure 878 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,708 has finally been reached at a depth of some 95 feet. 879 00:37:53,917 --> 00:37:56,875 RICK: You know there's something going on there. 880 00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:06,333 RICK: You hear that? 881 00:38:06,542 --> 00:38:08,417 Doesn't that sound hollow? 882 00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:10,333 Yeah. 883 00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:12,083 RICK: Listen to that. 884 00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:14,375 That's, that's one of the beams. 885 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:16,833 This beam is not hollow like that. 886 00:38:17,958 --> 00:38:21,042 There's only so much you can see between the clay, the water, 887 00:38:21,250 --> 00:38:22,583 but it's real. 888 00:38:22,750 --> 00:38:24,125 And that's the important part. 889 00:38:24,292 --> 00:38:26,167 There's a wood structure down there. 890 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:28,833 And at that point, it becomes "Okay, 891 00:38:28,958 --> 00:38:30,417 we can't stop now." 892 00:38:30,583 --> 00:38:32,500 If you want to expose more of it, 893 00:38:32,625 --> 00:38:34,708 we can add one more section and then go deeper, 894 00:38:34,875 --> 00:38:36,333 -and that'll give us another 32 inches. -Yes. 895 00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:38,792 You-you have to, you have to go deeper. 896 00:38:38,958 --> 00:38:41,208 -Absolutely. -RICK: Because the board this way, 897 00:38:41,375 --> 00:38:43,458 if you pound on it, sounds hollow to me, 898 00:38:43,667 --> 00:38:45,667 like there's air and empty space below that. 899 00:38:45,833 --> 00:38:47,125 -SCOTT: Right. -And that would be, 900 00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:48,250 to me, that would be indicative 901 00:38:48,458 --> 00:38:50,458 of the top of the tunnel. 902 00:38:50,625 --> 00:38:52,167 We did probe the logs 903 00:38:52,375 --> 00:38:55,167 that were in line with the projection. 904 00:38:55,292 --> 00:38:57,042 It seemed hollow underneath it. 905 00:38:57,208 --> 00:39:00,292 Hit that. Hit that one timber. 906 00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:01,833 It sounds hollow to me. 907 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,708 SCOTT: Yep. 908 00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:06,167 RICK: And the hope is to extend the shaft 909 00:39:06,375 --> 00:39:07,875 to explore this further. 910 00:39:08,042 --> 00:39:10,167 COTE (over radio): We'll excavate, squaring off, 911 00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:12,042 and then keep digging. 912 00:39:12,208 --> 00:39:13,833 SCOTT: It's exciting seeing round timbers down there 913 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,667 'cause, to me, round timbers are 914 00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:17,542 a great indication, it's potentially old. 915 00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:20,500 You, you have to go back to the original story, right? 916 00:39:20,708 --> 00:39:23,167 You know, logs every ten feet 917 00:39:23,333 --> 00:39:24,458 in the Money Pit. 918 00:39:24,583 --> 00:39:25,875 Logs. That's the description. 919 00:39:26,042 --> 00:39:28,708 It's an interesting possible connection. 920 00:39:28,875 --> 00:39:31,375 Round timbers associated with the original construct 921 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,583 of the Money Pit and a round timber here. 922 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,292 When I look back and think about reading 923 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:37,958 the Reader's Digest article, 924 00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:41,667 it does bring your mind back to round logs 925 00:39:41,875 --> 00:39:44,583 in the original Money Pit, round logs in this feature. 926 00:39:44,708 --> 00:39:46,625 And so, I don't have to believe 927 00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:48,958 that we're making progress at solving the mystery. 928 00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:50,500 I know we are. 929 00:39:50,583 --> 00:39:52,833 If we only saw square timbers down there, 930 00:39:53,042 --> 00:39:55,375 I'd think that we're more-- into more modern searcher times. 931 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:58,000 So we'll just square off the-the excavation 932 00:39:58,125 --> 00:40:00,625 -and we'll add another section on top. -Yeah. 933 00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:02,500 And then we'll be ready to dig for another three feet, 934 00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:05,083 and we'll be right on top of the structure. 935 00:40:05,208 --> 00:40:07,333 MARTY: I mean, you can't help but let your mind go on this. 936 00:40:07,458 --> 00:40:08,500 (chuckles) 937 00:40:08,667 --> 00:40:10,792 After 15 years, 938 00:40:10,917 --> 00:40:14,500 we may be just a few feet above original works. 939 00:40:14,708 --> 00:40:17,250 It could be it. It could be the thing! 940 00:40:17,458 --> 00:40:18,667 I am very excited 941 00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:20,750 that this is going to lead us to a treasure. 942 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:23,083 Yeah. It's gonna be, uh, 943 00:40:23,292 --> 00:40:24,333 it's gonna be quite a day 944 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:25,958 when we set eyes on it completely. 945 00:40:26,125 --> 00:40:26,917 Let's get it done. 946 00:40:27,083 --> 00:40:28,292 Let's figure out 947 00:40:28,458 --> 00:40:29,583 what that tunnel represents, right? 948 00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:30,875 -COTE: Yeah. -And where it's going. 949 00:40:31,083 --> 00:40:32,167 SCOTT: We're gonna find that out in time. 950 00:40:32,333 --> 00:40:33,333 You know, it's right below us. 951 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,708 RICK: I think we need to get 952 00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:35,958 -out of their way, Scott. -SCOTT: I think so. 953 00:40:36,125 --> 00:40:37,333 You guys stay safe down here. Okay? 954 00:40:37,458 --> 00:40:38,833 Yeah. Thanks for stopping by. 955 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,833 NARRATOR: For Rick and Marty Lagina, 956 00:40:42,042 --> 00:40:44,917 what began as a childhood dream 957 00:40:45,083 --> 00:40:47,750 may soon be fulfilled by a discovery 958 00:40:47,917 --> 00:40:50,917 that could rewrite history as we know it. 959 00:40:51,042 --> 00:40:56,000 Do the ultimate answers of just who and what was behind 960 00:40:56,167 --> 00:40:57,500 the Oak Island mystery 961 00:40:57,708 --> 00:41:00,583 lie at the end of a mysterious tunnel 962 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,667 below the Garden Shaft? 963 00:41:02,833 --> 00:41:06,542 Perhaps one more dig is all it will take. 964 00:41:06,708 --> 00:41:12,625 But as they proceed, they must also prepare for the unknown, 965 00:41:12,792 --> 00:41:17,000 for the unforeseen and the unforgiving forces 966 00:41:17,167 --> 00:41:22,667 that have guarded Oak Island's secrets for hundreds of years. 967 00:41:24,875 --> 00:41:27,708 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 968 00:41:27,875 --> 00:41:28,833 ALEX: That's deep. 969 00:41:29,042 --> 00:41:31,417 If it dates 1200 on those logs, 970 00:41:31,583 --> 00:41:32,500 that's the same as the paved area. 971 00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:34,833 AARON SATKOSKI (on monitor): The Money Pit samples are 972 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:37,417 the most interesting samples that we have. 973 00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,417 Where do you think that sample comes from? 974 00:41:39,583 --> 00:41:40,708 Southeast France. 975 00:41:41,250 --> 00:41:42,667 Remarkable. 976 00:41:42,792 --> 00:41:44,583 We're on it. Oh, oh, oh, 977 00:41:44,708 --> 00:41:45,917 I see something round, mate. 978 00:41:46,083 --> 00:41:47,750 -Oh, it's got a design on it. -It does. 979 00:41:47,917 --> 00:41:49,167 RICK: The hurricane is coming. 980 00:41:49,333 --> 00:41:50,875 There's no denying it. 981 00:41:51,042 --> 00:41:52,583 This could be the most dangerous day on this island. 982 00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:54,917 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS