1 00:00:01,875 --> 00:00:03,167 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:04,667 We have new information 3 00:00:04,833 --> 00:00:06,375 about the stone pile in Lot 15. 4 00:00:06,542 --> 00:00:09,500 MICHAEL A.: The conclusion is they were made 5 00:00:09,708 --> 00:00:10,708 by the Templars. 6 00:00:11,875 --> 00:00:12,833 This is really cool. 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,792 This could be medieval. 8 00:00:14,958 --> 00:00:16,000 That could be a friend of the cross. 9 00:00:16,167 --> 00:00:17,667 Is it a match for other artifacts 10 00:00:17,875 --> 00:00:19,292 -we found on the island? -Yeah. 11 00:00:19,417 --> 00:00:20,500 Whoa. 12 00:00:20,667 --> 00:00:22,167 RICK: Those are big beams. 13 00:00:22,333 --> 00:00:24,250 I've been in a lot of old mines. Never seen this. 14 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:27,542 GARY: That's Oak Island Money Pit history right here. 15 00:00:27,708 --> 00:00:28,708 (laughs): Yeah, it is. 16 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,417 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,042 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:50,417 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:23,458 --> 00:01:26,250 -RICK: That's a strong as a wind as I've ever been in. -ALEX: Yeah. 30 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,333 I wonder how the island did. 31 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:30,667 RICK: That's what we're gonna figure out, right? 32 00:01:30,875 --> 00:01:33,000 -Mm-hmm. -There's a potential 33 00:01:33,167 --> 00:01:35,333 that it's really quite bad. 34 00:01:35,542 --> 00:01:37,792 NARRATOR: A new morning has dawned 35 00:01:37,958 --> 00:01:39,667 under a cloud of great concern 36 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:42,583 for Rick Lagina, his nephew Alex 37 00:01:42,750 --> 00:01:46,792 and Jack Begley as they make their way to Oak Island. 38 00:01:46,958 --> 00:01:49,333 ALEX: Well, the Causeway's there. 39 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:52,333 RICK: Yeah, I know, it looks pretty good. 40 00:01:54,250 --> 00:01:56,083 NARRATOR: 48 hours ago, 41 00:01:56,292 --> 00:01:59,500 a devastating storm known as Hurricane Lee 42 00:01:59,625 --> 00:02:02,542 reached the eastern coastline of Nova Scotia, 43 00:02:02,708 --> 00:02:05,625 causing torrential rains, flooding 44 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:08,542 and millions of dollars in damage to the province. 45 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:13,500 ALEX: The swamp is full. 46 00:02:13,708 --> 00:02:15,500 JACK: Yeah. 47 00:02:15,667 --> 00:02:19,167 -That's a lot of water to pump out. -It's a lot of water. 48 00:02:19,250 --> 00:02:22,500 Speaking of that, I think we'll start the pump right now. 49 00:02:25,417 --> 00:02:28,250 ALEX: Oh, wow. Look how deep it is. 50 00:02:28,458 --> 00:02:29,667 RICK: You remember how deep 51 00:02:29,833 --> 00:02:31,750 -t-those digs were. -Yeah. 52 00:02:31,917 --> 00:02:35,042 RICK: There's-there's three, four feet of water in there. 53 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:39,167 NARRATOR: Finding the swamp, which was drained several weeks ago, 54 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,208 now nearly refilled with rain and seawater 55 00:02:42,375 --> 00:02:44,833 is especially frustrating for the team. 56 00:02:45,042 --> 00:02:46,625 Let's start the pumps. 57 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:48,417 NARRATOR: It means that they will have to spend 58 00:02:48,583 --> 00:02:50,667 the rest of the week pumping it dry, 59 00:02:50,875 --> 00:02:54,542 and won't be able to explore critical areas 60 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:57,625 such as the region near the 800-year-old paved area... 61 00:02:57,792 --> 00:03:01,083 -ALEX: It's going. -where just one week ago, 62 00:03:01,208 --> 00:03:04,208 they discovered axe-cut tree stumps 63 00:03:04,375 --> 00:03:08,167 that dated back to as early the 14th century. 64 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:11,250 Let's go check on the Money Pit. 65 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:14,542 The storm has been very detrimental 66 00:03:14,708 --> 00:03:16,708 to the search agenda. 67 00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:18,417 ALEX: It looks okay. 68 00:03:18,542 --> 00:03:21,000 RICK: Well, they're working, that's a good thing. 69 00:03:21,208 --> 00:03:23,917 Mother Nature has done what Mother Nature does, 70 00:03:24,083 --> 00:03:26,500 and thus, we have to have patience. 71 00:03:26,708 --> 00:03:28,708 And we will continue to move forward. 72 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:32,208 -Good morning, Roger. -Hey, how's it going, guys? 73 00:03:32,333 --> 00:03:33,708 So, what happened? 74 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:35,417 ROGER: It was rough, 75 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:37,708 uh, with the hurricane, but little to no damage here. 76 00:03:37,875 --> 00:03:39,208 JACK: Are you ready to start 77 00:03:39,375 --> 00:03:40,625 -digging again today? -Oh, yeah, for sure. 78 00:03:40,792 --> 00:03:42,500 We've been, we dug quite a bit yesterday. 79 00:03:42,667 --> 00:03:44,708 Actually, we dug down to 99 feet. 80 00:03:44,875 --> 00:03:46,250 Oh, wow. 81 00:03:46,417 --> 00:03:47,917 NARRATOR: The fact that the hurricane 82 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:51,583 did not prevent representatives of Dumas Contracting Limited 83 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:55,333 from continuing to deepen the 18th-century structure 84 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,458 known as the Garden Shaft 85 00:03:57,625 --> 00:04:01,083 means that the team's most important operation of the year 86 00:04:01,292 --> 00:04:04,208 has thankfully not been interrupted. 87 00:04:04,375 --> 00:04:06,833 So, is the tunnel exposed? 88 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,167 ROGER: So, that's what we're... 89 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:10,042 planning on doing next. 90 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:11,792 We're gonna get in there and expose 91 00:04:11,917 --> 00:04:13,375 that-that timber that's there. 92 00:04:13,542 --> 00:04:15,000 Okay. 93 00:04:15,167 --> 00:04:16,833 NARRATOR: In the coming days, 94 00:04:17,042 --> 00:04:20,792 Dumas is hopeful that they will be able to fully expose 95 00:04:20,958 --> 00:04:24,250 a seven-foot-tall tunnel nearly 100 feet deep 96 00:04:24,417 --> 00:04:26,667 just below the Garden Shaft. 97 00:04:26,875 --> 00:04:31,792 A tunnel that leads due west into the so-called Baby Blob, 98 00:04:31,875 --> 00:04:34,708 where high-trace evidence of precious metals 99 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:36,667 has been detected in the groundwater 100 00:04:36,750 --> 00:04:41,000 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 101 00:04:41,208 --> 00:04:44,542 RICK: Nothing detrimental happened to the Garden Shaft. 102 00:04:44,708 --> 00:04:46,417 We should be very grateful for that, 103 00:04:46,542 --> 00:04:48,792 because now they can move seamlessly forward. 104 00:04:48,958 --> 00:04:50,542 That's why we're here. 105 00:04:50,708 --> 00:04:52,667 We're here to treasure hunt. We're here to solve a mystery. 106 00:04:52,875 --> 00:04:55,458 Anyway, Rog, uh, we're glad that you stayed safe, 107 00:04:55,625 --> 00:04:57,167 -your team stayed safe. -Yep. 108 00:04:57,292 --> 00:04:58,875 You get to that wood, give us a call. 109 00:04:59,042 --> 00:05:00,250 We've got a lot of cleanup to do. 110 00:05:00,375 --> 00:05:01,708 -So, we're gonna get after it. -Yeah. 111 00:05:01,875 --> 00:05:03,625 -RICK: Good luck today. -ROGER: Sounds good. 112 00:05:03,833 --> 00:05:04,750 -RICK: All right. Thanks, Roger. -ROGER: Talk to you later, guys. 113 00:05:06,792 --> 00:05:09,333 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 114 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,292 -DOUG: Hey, gentlemen. -RICK: Hello, gentlemen. 115 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:12,417 CRAIG: Hey guys. 116 00:05:12,583 --> 00:05:14,917 RICK: Ciao. So, I think 117 00:05:15,083 --> 00:05:16,583 this war room in particular 118 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:19,417 might reflect what we have long sought to do: 119 00:05:19,542 --> 00:05:22,375 establish some sort of origination story 120 00:05:22,542 --> 00:05:23,708 to the Oak Island mystery. 121 00:05:23,875 --> 00:05:25,542 Sì. 122 00:05:25,708 --> 00:05:27,250 NARRATOR: In the war room, 123 00:05:27,375 --> 00:05:30,042 Rick, along with his brother Marty, 124 00:05:30,250 --> 00:05:32,167 Craig Tester and other members of the team 125 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:34,167 are meeting via video conference 126 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:39,458 with archaeoastronomy expert Professor Adriano Gaspani. 127 00:05:39,583 --> 00:05:42,333 RICK: We have Professor Gaspani with us today. 128 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:45,417 We obviously have Emiliano, and we have Michael Amadio, 129 00:05:45,542 --> 00:05:47,125 who is going to be the interpreter 130 00:05:47,292 --> 00:05:49,333 for Professor Gaspani. 131 00:05:49,542 --> 00:05:52,000 As you know, we met Professor Gaspani 132 00:05:52,208 --> 00:05:55,500 last year outside of Rome. 133 00:05:55,625 --> 00:05:57,875 He quite literally shocked us with his interpretation 134 00:05:58,042 --> 00:06:01,000 of Nolan's Cross and its import here on the island. 135 00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:03,958 ALEX: Boy. 136 00:06:04,167 --> 00:06:05,625 -RICK: Stunning. -Everything is just so well-built. 137 00:06:05,792 --> 00:06:07,333 -RICK (chuckles): Yeah. Really. -CORJAN: Wow. 138 00:06:07,542 --> 00:06:09,292 NARRATOR: In 2022, 139 00:06:09,417 --> 00:06:10,958 Rick and members of the team 140 00:06:11,167 --> 00:06:13,417 visited numerous sites in Italy 141 00:06:13,583 --> 00:06:17,167 that once served as strongholds for the Knights Templar, 142 00:06:17,333 --> 00:06:19,417 the medieval order of warrior monks 143 00:06:19,583 --> 00:06:23,292 who some believe made numerous visits to Oak Island 144 00:06:23,458 --> 00:06:26,375 in order to hide priceless religious treasures 145 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:29,792 between the 12th and 17th centuries. 146 00:06:29,958 --> 00:06:31,167 ALEX: Hey, Rick. 147 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:32,542 Check this out. 148 00:06:32,708 --> 00:06:35,083 We have seen this symbol before... 149 00:06:35,250 --> 00:06:36,583 -on Oak Island. -RICK: H+O Stone. -PETER: Yeah. 150 00:06:36,708 --> 00:06:38,500 NARRATOR: During their visit, 151 00:06:38,667 --> 00:06:41,333 they not only saw a number of carved symbols 152 00:06:41,542 --> 00:06:43,292 that have been found over the years 153 00:06:43,458 --> 00:06:45,083 on and near Oak Island 154 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:48,125 but also met with Professor Gaspani 155 00:06:48,292 --> 00:06:51,542 regarding the megalithic formation of six boulders 156 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:55,125 that were discovered in 1981 by Fred Nolan, 157 00:06:55,250 --> 00:06:57,750 known as Nolan's Cross. 158 00:07:01,208 --> 00:07:05,250 NARRATOR: According to Professor Gaspani's 40 years of expertise 159 00:07:05,375 --> 00:07:07,542 in the field of archaeoastronomy, 160 00:07:07,750 --> 00:07:12,458 the boulders in Nolan's Cross were positioned on Oak Island 161 00:07:12,667 --> 00:07:15,833 to align with certain stars in the night sky. 162 00:07:15,958 --> 00:07:19,292 And furthermore, by studying the historic positions 163 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:22,750 of those stars, he was able to determine 164 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:25,792 the approximate time period that it was created. 165 00:07:33,667 --> 00:07:34,583 Wow. 166 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:38,000 We have tasked Professor Gaspani 167 00:07:38,167 --> 00:07:41,958 with looking at the research with new information 168 00:07:42,083 --> 00:07:43,833 and new perspective. 169 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,333 DOUG: Yes, some of the additional information 170 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:47,917 we sent to Professor Gaspani to consider 171 00:07:48,083 --> 00:07:51,833 were the location of the stone piles on Lot 15 172 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,583 and the stone triangle, 173 00:07:53,750 --> 00:07:55,042 to see if there's any astronomical relevance 174 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,625 -to those as well. -Mm-hmm. 175 00:07:57,792 --> 00:08:00,167 NARRATOR: Now, after being given the coordinates 176 00:08:00,375 --> 00:08:02,458 of other megalithic stone formations 177 00:08:02,625 --> 00:08:04,375 that have been discovered 178 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:07,125 during the past two centuries on Oak Island, 179 00:08:07,333 --> 00:08:12,542 including the remains of five stone piles located on Lot 15 180 00:08:12,708 --> 00:08:14,750 that were shaped like pyramids, 181 00:08:14,917 --> 00:08:17,583 and which were first documented by Fred Nolan 182 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:19,875 back in the 1960s, 183 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:21,833 and the stone triangle, 184 00:08:22,042 --> 00:08:23,667 which was unfortunately destroyed 185 00:08:23,875 --> 00:08:27,333 by searcher activities in 1965, 186 00:08:27,542 --> 00:08:31,042 Professor Gaspani has prepared a report 187 00:08:31,167 --> 00:08:34,417 on their possible origins as well. 188 00:08:34,583 --> 00:08:36,792 RICK: I turn it over to Professor Gaspani. 189 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:39,542 I'm quite excited to listen to what he has to tell us. 190 00:08:39,708 --> 00:08:40,875 ADRIANO: Perfetto. 191 00:08:50,750 --> 00:08:52,042 Right. 192 00:09:24,542 --> 00:09:26,875 NARRATOR: Similar to Nolan's Cross, 193 00:09:27,042 --> 00:09:30,458 it is Professor Gaspani's belief that the positions 194 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:33,625 of the five stone piles on Lot 15 195 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:36,917 were constructed long ago, according to alignments 196 00:09:37,125 --> 00:09:40,333 with specific stars, including the Sun, 197 00:09:40,458 --> 00:09:44,875 as well as the position of the Moon in the night sky. 198 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:48,083 And, thus, by calculating how long ago 199 00:09:48,208 --> 00:09:50,917 the positions of the piles perfectly aligned 200 00:09:51,083 --> 00:09:54,833 with those stars in relation to the position of the Moon, 201 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,750 he can approximate when the piles were created. 202 00:10:14,833 --> 00:10:18,333 MICHAEL A.: And so, somebody was on the island 203 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:21,208 all those years, uh, laying out 204 00:10:21,375 --> 00:10:24,375 those piles of stones, 205 00:10:24,542 --> 00:10:27,792 and the stones of the Nolan's Cross. 206 00:10:29,542 --> 00:10:31,125 MARTY: Wow. 207 00:10:31,208 --> 00:10:34,250 -Amazing. -RICK: That's pretty cool. 208 00:10:48,125 --> 00:10:48,958 It's incredible. 209 00:10:49,083 --> 00:10:50,917 NARRATOR: In the war room, 210 00:10:51,042 --> 00:10:54,125 archaeoastronomy expert Professor Adriano Gaspani 211 00:10:54,292 --> 00:10:56,042 has just presented 212 00:10:56,208 --> 00:10:58,167 the Oak Island team with an astonishing 213 00:10:58,375 --> 00:11:00,167 scientific report. 214 00:11:00,375 --> 00:11:03,208 He believes that Nolan's Cross 215 00:11:03,375 --> 00:11:08,042 and the five stone piles, or cairns, located on Lot 15 216 00:11:08,208 --> 00:11:11,750 were possibly created by the same group of people 217 00:11:11,958 --> 00:11:14,292 nearly 800 years ago. 218 00:11:15,542 --> 00:11:17,500 MICHAEL A.: There is a level of certainty, 219 00:11:17,708 --> 00:11:20,458 a level of coincidence 220 00:11:20,583 --> 00:11:21,958 which is incredible. 221 00:12:09,542 --> 00:12:10,833 Right. 222 00:12:11,750 --> 00:12:13,500 So, can the professor 223 00:12:13,708 --> 00:12:15,125 speculate as to the people 224 00:12:15,292 --> 00:12:16,833 who constructed it? 225 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,292 Wow. 226 00:13:14,292 --> 00:13:16,000 There's intelligent design to this, it seems. 227 00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:17,542 Esatto. 228 00:13:17,708 --> 00:13:19,667 NARRATOR: The Templar order? 229 00:13:19,875 --> 00:13:22,333 Could Professor Gaspani be correct? 230 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:25,583 If so, would that explain 231 00:13:25,750 --> 00:13:27,958 why the team has seen numerous carvings 232 00:13:28,083 --> 00:13:31,083 in former Templar strongholds across Europe 233 00:13:31,208 --> 00:13:34,125 that have also been found on Oak Island? 234 00:13:35,167 --> 00:13:38,833 Might it explain who created the paved area in the swamp, 235 00:13:39,042 --> 00:13:43,417 in addition to Nolan's Cross, the stone cairns on Lot 15 236 00:13:43,583 --> 00:13:45,708 and the stone triangle? 237 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:50,250 And, finally, could it also identify who was responsible 238 00:13:50,417 --> 00:13:52,458 for the high-trace evidence of gold, 239 00:13:52,625 --> 00:13:55,333 silver and other metals that have been detected 240 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:57,458 in the Money Pit area? 241 00:13:57,583 --> 00:14:00,292 I think Dr. Gaspani is correct. 242 00:14:00,417 --> 00:14:02,792 It turns the Oak Island history on its ear. 243 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 It may even turn history as it's understood 244 00:14:06,167 --> 00:14:09,000 in terms of European contact on its ear 245 00:14:09,167 --> 00:14:10,958 and in the Maritimes, for sure. 246 00:14:12,042 --> 00:14:13,083 MICHAEL A.: The message is a secret. 247 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:15,333 It's not for everybody to know. 248 00:14:15,542 --> 00:14:20,375 The conclusion is they were made by the Templars. 249 00:14:24,375 --> 00:14:25,208 ALEX: That's a fact. 250 00:14:25,375 --> 00:14:27,583 (laughing) 251 00:14:28,792 --> 00:14:30,750 RICK: The amazing thing is 252 00:14:30,917 --> 00:14:33,833 that it was constructed by Europeans. 253 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,167 The level of certainty 254 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:37,333 he has put to it is amazing. 255 00:14:38,583 --> 00:14:40,958 RICK: I've always believed in the importance of Nolan's Cross. 256 00:14:41,125 --> 00:14:44,167 But now we have to come 257 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:46,625 to a complete understanding of the stone cairns, 258 00:14:46,792 --> 00:14:48,708 what the stone triangle represents. 259 00:14:48,875 --> 00:14:50,292 So we need to get busy. 260 00:14:50,458 --> 00:14:51,500 Yeah. 261 00:14:51,708 --> 00:14:53,167 MARTY: Professori Gaspani, um, 262 00:14:57,083 --> 00:14:59,208 It's an incredible presentation. 263 00:14:59,375 --> 00:15:01,958 And we may have some follow-up questions 264 00:15:02,042 --> 00:15:04,792 after we have time to think about it a little bit. 265 00:15:04,917 --> 00:15:07,917 -ADRIANO: Okay. -RICK: Grazie. 266 00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:13,292 NARRATOR: The following morning, 267 00:15:13,417 --> 00:15:17,458 as restoration efforts continue across the island... 268 00:15:18,708 --> 00:15:19,833 TERRY: We're going deep. 269 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,083 Here we are right here, Charles. 270 00:15:21,208 --> 00:15:23,500 Bedrock is gonna be about 271 00:15:23,708 --> 00:15:26,250 210, 215 feet below grade. 272 00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:27,792 Yeah. 273 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,333 NARRATOR: ...in the Money Pit area, 274 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:32,250 Charles Barkhouse joins geologist Terry Matheson 275 00:15:32,417 --> 00:15:35,708 to supervise a new core-drilling operation 276 00:15:35,875 --> 00:15:40,000 in borehole F.25-8.25 277 00:15:40,208 --> 00:15:44,083 located 55 feet southwest of the Garden Shaft. 278 00:15:44,250 --> 00:15:46,417 TERRY: We're very close to RF-1 279 00:15:46,583 --> 00:15:47,833 and that's the reason why we're drilling this hole. 280 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,500 -Yeah. -Because we found 281 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,417 -such interesting artifacts in RF-1. -Yes. 282 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:52,625 So it's very interesting. 283 00:15:53,708 --> 00:15:54,583 Look at all the wood. 284 00:15:55,625 --> 00:15:58,042 -GARY: That is spectacular. -SCOTT: That's cool. 285 00:15:58,208 --> 00:15:59,708 NARRATOR: In 2019, 286 00:15:59,875 --> 00:16:03,667 the team first excavated an eight-foot-wide steel caisson 287 00:16:03,875 --> 00:16:06,750 in this area, known as RF-1. 288 00:16:06,917 --> 00:16:10,292 Incredibly, below a depth of 100 feet, 289 00:16:10,458 --> 00:16:14,000 they unearthed the handle of a pickax 290 00:16:14,208 --> 00:16:17,167 as well as massive wooden timbers that, 291 00:16:17,333 --> 00:16:20,542 just one week ago, were scientifically proven 292 00:16:20,750 --> 00:16:22,625 to have originated in Europe. 293 00:16:22,792 --> 00:16:25,958 So this is a very interesting area and hopefully, 294 00:16:26,125 --> 00:16:27,833 -now we can find something else. -Yep. 295 00:16:27,958 --> 00:16:29,625 NARRATOR: Now, because recent 296 00:16:29,792 --> 00:16:31,333 water testing in this area 297 00:16:31,542 --> 00:16:34,583 has also yielded high traces of gold and silver 298 00:16:34,750 --> 00:16:37,333 below a depth of 150 feet, 299 00:16:37,542 --> 00:16:41,625 the team is hoping to find more evidence of man-made workings 300 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:44,250 and ultimately, the source of the precious metals... 301 00:16:44,417 --> 00:16:45,750 Here it comes. 302 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:46,667 NARRATOR: ...that have been detected 303 00:16:46,875 --> 00:16:48,583 deep underground. 304 00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:50,792 -Thank you, my friend. -Eight. 305 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,542 What've we got? Eight feet below grade. 306 00:16:52,708 --> 00:16:54,167 -Here we go, Charles. -Yep. 307 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:55,375 -Zero to eight. -I think that's going to be it. 308 00:16:55,542 --> 00:16:56,667 Looks like they've locked onto cobble. 309 00:16:56,875 --> 00:16:57,792 This is all we-- 310 00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:59,167 all the recovery we have. 311 00:16:59,333 --> 00:17:01,375 Not so much to write home about here, Charles. 312 00:17:01,542 --> 00:17:03,125 Very early days, yep. 313 00:17:03,250 --> 00:17:05,333 We've got quite a ways to go. 314 00:17:05,542 --> 00:17:07,667 NARRATOR: As the drilling operation continues 315 00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:09,417 in the Money Pit area 316 00:17:09,583 --> 00:17:12,667 some 200 yards to the northwest 317 00:17:12,833 --> 00:17:14,875 on Lot 15... 318 00:17:15,042 --> 00:17:17,667 This is an important area for us, mate. 319 00:17:17,875 --> 00:17:19,667 NARRATOR: ...metal detection expert Gary Drayton 320 00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:24,667 and Jack Begley arrive at the site of the stone cairns. 321 00:17:24,833 --> 00:17:26,792 It's become really important 322 00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:29,583 due to Professor Gaspani's work. 323 00:17:29,708 --> 00:17:31,167 We're looking for anything that could allude 324 00:17:31,292 --> 00:17:34,000 to that 12, 1300s visit. 325 00:17:34,208 --> 00:17:36,167 Yeah. Well, now you're in my wheelhouse, mate. 326 00:17:36,333 --> 00:17:37,250 I'm from England. 327 00:17:37,417 --> 00:17:38,917 I search for medieval treasure. 328 00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:40,167 You ready to get stuck in? 329 00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:41,375 -Let's get started. -Okay. 330 00:17:42,417 --> 00:17:44,125 NARRATOR: When these five stone formations 331 00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:48,042 were first surveyed by Fred Nolan in the 1960s, 332 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:50,500 they were described as pyramid-shaped 333 00:17:50,625 --> 00:17:54,167 and stood between five and seven feet high. 334 00:17:54,333 --> 00:17:58,750 However, since then, searcher activities caused them 335 00:17:58,875 --> 00:18:00,708 to be partially dismantled. 336 00:18:00,875 --> 00:18:02,167 First flag here. 337 00:18:02,375 --> 00:18:05,042 All right. Right next to these stones. 338 00:18:05,208 --> 00:18:07,208 -(beeping) -Great sounding signal. 339 00:18:08,750 --> 00:18:10,542 Just there, mate. 340 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:16,750 Dang. 341 00:18:23,417 --> 00:18:25,250 JACK: Is this one of the piles or something? 342 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:27,667 It's out. 343 00:18:27,792 --> 00:18:28,708 JACK: That's a lot of stones. 344 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:30,500 Let's see what we've got. 345 00:18:39,208 --> 00:18:41,667 What have we got here? Oh. 346 00:18:41,833 --> 00:18:43,042 Ooh, hoo, hoo, hoo. 347 00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:45,375 Now, this is interesting. 348 00:18:50,042 --> 00:18:51,250 GARY: What have we got here? 349 00:18:51,417 --> 00:18:53,167 -Oh, ho, ho. -Is that a bit of lead? 350 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:55,167 GARY: Yeah, a bit of lead. It's like a lead strip. 351 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:58,333 NARRATOR: On Lot 15, located several hundred feet 352 00:18:58,458 --> 00:19:00,333 northwest of the Money Pit area... 353 00:19:00,542 --> 00:19:03,583 -Now, this is interesting. -Yeah, that is. 354 00:19:04,542 --> 00:19:05,458 NARRATOR: ...Gary Drayton 355 00:19:05,667 --> 00:19:07,708 and Jack Begley have just found 356 00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:11,292 a potentially important clue near the believed 357 00:19:11,458 --> 00:19:14,167 750-year-old stone cairns. 358 00:19:14,333 --> 00:19:16,042 GARY: This is fantastic, mate. 359 00:19:16,208 --> 00:19:17,958 It's shaped. 360 00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:20,667 That could be very, very interesting, mate, 361 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:22,000 'cause it looks decorated. 362 00:19:22,208 --> 00:19:24,583 And it was made like that on purpose. 363 00:19:24,708 --> 00:19:28,333 This has the potential to be medieval. 364 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:29,500 -You think it's medieval? -Yeah. 365 00:19:29,625 --> 00:19:31,292 -Honestly? -Yeah. I really do, mate. 366 00:19:32,333 --> 00:19:34,125 When I'm working medieval sites in England 367 00:19:34,292 --> 00:19:35,667 with me metal detector, 368 00:19:35,875 --> 00:19:39,875 you find a lot of old iron and a lot of old lead. 369 00:19:40,042 --> 00:19:41,125 And then, if you're lucky, 370 00:19:41,250 --> 00:19:43,083 you find medieval silver and gold. 371 00:19:43,208 --> 00:19:45,292 I think we've just scored 372 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:47,292 a really great find on Lot 15, 373 00:19:47,458 --> 00:19:49,417 right next to these old stone piles. 374 00:19:49,625 --> 00:19:52,375 This might link back, somehow, 375 00:19:52,583 --> 00:19:55,375 to help prove Professor Gaspani's work. 376 00:19:56,917 --> 00:20:01,125 NARRATOR: The so-called medieval period was an era of European history 377 00:20:01,292 --> 00:20:05,542 that lasted from roughly 500 to 1500 AD. 378 00:20:06,542 --> 00:20:08,417 Could Gary Drayton be correct 379 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:13,333 that this lead artifact may be more than 600 years old? 380 00:20:13,542 --> 00:20:14,750 If so, 381 00:20:14,917 --> 00:20:17,000 might it offer hard evidence 382 00:20:17,208 --> 00:20:19,167 that Professor Adriano Gaspani's belief 383 00:20:19,292 --> 00:20:21,292 that the stone piles, 384 00:20:21,417 --> 00:20:25,583 or cairns, were created in the 13th century is true? 385 00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:28,542 GARY: This is fantastic, mate. 386 00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:30,917 I can't wait to see the data on this. 387 00:20:31,042 --> 00:20:33,750 I think we should take it straight to the lab. 388 00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:35,125 Yep. I'm with you, mate. 389 00:20:35,292 --> 00:20:37,500 -Sweet find, Gary. -Good digging, mate. 390 00:20:37,708 --> 00:20:41,542 NARRATOR: While Gary and Jack finish their search on Lot 15... 391 00:20:42,583 --> 00:20:43,667 -SCOTT: Hey, Roger. -ROGER: How's it going, Scott? 392 00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:45,125 SCOTT: Good. 393 00:20:45,292 --> 00:20:46,667 You've uncovered some wood down there, now? 394 00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:48,583 Yeah. So Rodney just gave me a call not too long ago 395 00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:50,125 and, yeah, 396 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:51,625 he's uncovered quite a bit of wood, actually. 397 00:20:52,792 --> 00:20:54,667 NARRATOR: ...Operations Manager Scott Barlow 398 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:58,375 meets with Roger Fortin in the Money Pit area 399 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,042 after being informed that representatives 400 00:21:01,208 --> 00:21:03,333 from Dumas Contracting Limited 401 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,833 have finally uncovered a large section 402 00:21:06,042 --> 00:21:08,000 of the believed treasure tunnel 403 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:10,458 located just below the Garden Shaft 404 00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:13,792 at a depth of some 100 feet underground. 405 00:21:13,958 --> 00:21:15,167 This is exciting. 406 00:21:15,292 --> 00:21:16,542 -Oh, yeah, yeah. -This is what we've been 407 00:21:16,708 --> 00:21:18,000 -waiting for. -Absolutely, and that's why 408 00:21:18,125 --> 00:21:19,250 I told Rodney to stop and they know 409 00:21:19,417 --> 00:21:20,583 before we start excavating, I want 410 00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:22,167 to make sure nothing gets damaged, 411 00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:24,417 that we'll go at it nice and easy and-and 412 00:21:24,542 --> 00:21:26,167 preserve every little piece that's in there. 413 00:21:26,375 --> 00:21:27,250 -It's a big day on Oak Island. -Oh, yeah. 414 00:21:27,417 --> 00:21:29,333 Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. 415 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:31,333 SCOTT: Very few people have had this opportunity 416 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,708 and we're fortunate enough to be unearthing 417 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:37,500 a very old tunnel, uh, potentially a depositor tunnel. 418 00:21:37,708 --> 00:21:39,708 -This is exciting. -Oh, yeah. 419 00:21:39,917 --> 00:21:41,333 -Let's go down and have a look. -Sounds good. 420 00:21:41,542 --> 00:21:43,250 Grab's out of the hole. 421 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:46,708 SCOTT: Working with the guys from Dumas, I mean, it's a privilege. 422 00:21:46,917 --> 00:21:49,542 They're hard-working guys. You know, they're miners. 423 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:51,500 It's back-breaking work. They're down there. 424 00:21:51,625 --> 00:21:53,458 They're on their hands and their knees. They're chipping. 425 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:54,958 They're digging. They're doing whatever 426 00:21:55,125 --> 00:21:56,333 it takes to move this material. 427 00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:58,125 But the great this about it is, 428 00:21:58,292 --> 00:22:00,500 they're just as excited as we are for this project. 429 00:22:00,708 --> 00:22:02,667 They want to put their hands and their eyes on this tunnel. 430 00:22:02,833 --> 00:22:05,125 They want to see what we want to see. 431 00:22:06,292 --> 00:22:08,333 -Scotty, do you want to come and take a closer look? -Yeah. 432 00:22:08,542 --> 00:22:09,667 -Yes. -That's impressive structure. 433 00:22:09,792 --> 00:22:11,167 I mean, look at the size of those planks. 434 00:22:11,375 --> 00:22:13,458 -Yes. -The beams. 435 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:15,333 -Yeah, all logs of different sizes. -ROGER: Yeah. 436 00:22:15,458 --> 00:22:18,333 SCOTT: Oh, wow. Look at the size of those. 437 00:22:18,458 --> 00:22:21,250 I mean, we can get some great information from that. 438 00:22:21,417 --> 00:22:23,167 That's gonna be, you know, 12 or 14 inches across. 439 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:24,417 ROGER: Yeah. 440 00:22:25,625 --> 00:22:27,333 SCOTT: It's a pretty exciting moment to be down there 441 00:22:27,542 --> 00:22:29,167 and to put eyes on this wood that, 442 00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:31,250 you know, nobody's seen 443 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:33,000 for potentially upwards of 400 years. 444 00:22:33,167 --> 00:22:34,583 Pretty incredible. 445 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:37,333 When we see this rounded edge here, 446 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:39,458 like that looks like it may even have bark on it. 447 00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:41,250 The log, you look at the size of that, 448 00:22:41,417 --> 00:22:42,583 that rounded as an outside edge, 449 00:22:42,708 --> 00:22:43,500 and we can see the center in there 450 00:22:43,708 --> 00:22:45,583 there's a lot of rings in there. 451 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,583 Which is great, that's a good indicator that it's old growth. 452 00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:51,208 NARRATOR: A possibly older, rounded timber, 453 00:22:51,375 --> 00:22:55,417 found nearly 100 feet underground in the Garden Shaft? 454 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:58,708 In 1804, when treasure hunters 455 00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:01,667 began the first major excavation of the Money Pit, 456 00:23:01,833 --> 00:23:04,458 They reported finding a series of platforms 457 00:23:04,625 --> 00:23:07,458 made of round logs every ten feet, 458 00:23:07,583 --> 00:23:09,500 down to the 90-foot level. 459 00:23:09,625 --> 00:23:13,250 Is it possible that this tunnel may be connected 460 00:23:13,417 --> 00:23:15,000 to the original treasure shaft? 461 00:23:15,167 --> 00:23:19,875 If so, just what might the team find at the end of it? 462 00:23:20,042 --> 00:23:21,958 SCOTT: I can't wait to get this uncovered 463 00:23:22,125 --> 00:23:23,208 and get some of this material out of here. 464 00:23:23,375 --> 00:23:24,958 ROGER: Yeah. You and I both. 465 00:23:25,125 --> 00:23:26,500 We might be able to slide that plank right out of there. 466 00:23:26,708 --> 00:23:28,833 Oh, yeah, you can tell, there's like, say, 467 00:23:29,042 --> 00:23:31,208 you got a piece here, a piece there, a piece here. 468 00:23:31,417 --> 00:23:33,083 I think that tunnel would be probably 469 00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:34,125 no more than five feet wide. 470 00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:35,708 There's kind of, like, wedges, 471 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:37,458 like, if you can take that wedge off right there. 472 00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:39,083 SCOTT: Let's give it her try, yep. 473 00:23:41,417 --> 00:23:43,167 ROBERT: That piece looks like it's loose, Scott. 474 00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:44,333 You might be able to pry that right up. 475 00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:45,625 SCOTT: Yep. 476 00:23:47,375 --> 00:23:49,042 There we go. Look at that. 477 00:23:49,208 --> 00:23:51,333 Definitely a wedge. 478 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:52,958 This looks like bark there as well. 479 00:23:53,125 --> 00:23:55,417 ROGER: You don't get more homemade wedge than that. 480 00:23:55,583 --> 00:23:57,042 This is pretty exciting. We should let Rick know 481 00:23:57,208 --> 00:23:59,750 that we're on this and starting to remove some stuff. 482 00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:02,042 ROGER: Oh, for sure he's gonna be excited to put eyes on this. 483 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:04,917 -SCOTT: Yeah. -I've been in a lot of old mines, never seen this. 484 00:24:06,583 --> 00:24:09,208 -SCOTT: Let's keep digging. -ROGER: Sounds good. 485 00:24:12,875 --> 00:24:14,500 -ROGER: Okay, Rick. -RICK: All set? 486 00:24:14,708 --> 00:24:15,458 ROGER: All set. I'll hold the ladder for you. 487 00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:17,333 RICK: Coming down. 488 00:24:17,542 --> 00:24:20,250 NARRATOR: It is an extraordinary moment for Rick Lagina. 489 00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:21,792 Having been alerted 490 00:24:21,917 --> 00:24:24,333 that a large section of the possible treasure tunnel, 491 00:24:24,542 --> 00:24:26,500 located just beneath the Garden Shaft 492 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:28,875 at a depth of some 100 feet, 493 00:24:29,083 --> 00:24:30,875 has been exposed. 494 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:33,958 SCOTT: Look at that. Right there. -RICK: Wow. 495 00:24:34,125 --> 00:24:36,292 -Those are big beams. -SCOTT: They are. -ROGER: Oh, yeah. 496 00:24:36,458 --> 00:24:37,708 SCOTT: And no two are the same. 497 00:24:37,875 --> 00:24:39,500 -RICK: That's impressive. -SCOTT: Yeah. 498 00:24:39,708 --> 00:24:40,792 RICK: To get down there and realize 499 00:24:40,958 --> 00:24:42,750 that there is hard evidence 500 00:24:42,917 --> 00:24:46,458 that the tunnel is not a interpretation, it's real, 501 00:24:46,667 --> 00:24:48,292 you get a little bit of chills. 502 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:50,500 Now we need to understand 503 00:24:50,667 --> 00:24:51,958 its relevance to the mystery. 504 00:24:52,125 --> 00:24:54,667 Boy, I'd love to get one of those, though. 505 00:24:54,833 --> 00:24:57,708 Well, what we're gonna do is clean some of it off 506 00:24:57,875 --> 00:24:59,875 and then we're gonna try to get the whole length out. 507 00:25:00,042 --> 00:25:03,458 -RICK: And I think it would be nice to get that one. -SCOTT: Yeah. 508 00:25:03,625 --> 00:25:06,500 -And then this one here we know is good and wide. -RICK: Yep. 509 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:09,167 And this one is definitely rounded here. 510 00:25:10,333 --> 00:25:12,583 This is much thinner here. 511 00:25:12,750 --> 00:25:15,417 -SCOTT: And that could be an upright piece. -RICK: Yep. 512 00:25:15,542 --> 00:25:16,917 It's cool. It's very cool, 513 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:20,542 especially given the C-14 results. 514 00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:23,875 So, that's why it's imperative that we get samples. 515 00:25:24,042 --> 00:25:25,500 It is. 516 00:25:25,708 --> 00:25:27,583 The whole idea of what happened in the Money Pit, 517 00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:30,667 you know, we have a timeline. 518 00:25:30,875 --> 00:25:32,500 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 519 00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:34,625 wood samples from this tunnel, 520 00:25:34,792 --> 00:25:37,875 which the team obtained during a core-drilling operation, 521 00:25:38,042 --> 00:25:40,833 were carbon-dated to the 17th century. 522 00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:45,083 RICK: You know, you'd want to get that piece out whole. 523 00:25:45,292 --> 00:25:47,000 ROGER: Yeah. Absolutely. 524 00:25:47,208 --> 00:25:50,000 NARRATOR: But now that much more of the structure has been revealed, 525 00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:53,333 the team will remove some of the massive beams 526 00:25:53,417 --> 00:25:55,250 for additional testing, 527 00:25:55,417 --> 00:25:56,625 in the hopes of confirming 528 00:25:56,833 --> 00:25:59,500 just when this tunnel was created. 529 00:25:59,667 --> 00:26:02,167 It's a year of pivotal moments. 530 00:26:02,250 --> 00:26:03,583 Timber there. 531 00:26:03,792 --> 00:26:06,292 I think the Professor Gaspani's work is pivotal. 532 00:26:06,458 --> 00:26:09,000 This recovery of these timbers 533 00:26:09,208 --> 00:26:13,000 may be a pivotal moment if it represents original work. 534 00:26:13,125 --> 00:26:14,250 This is important. 535 00:26:14,417 --> 00:26:16,458 SCOTT: What I'd like to see happen here 536 00:26:16,625 --> 00:26:18,875 is these three timbers right here, 537 00:26:19,042 --> 00:26:20,625 even the fourth one being the one on top, 538 00:26:20,792 --> 00:26:22,333 get one pulled out so we can see a whole length. 539 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:25,042 -Absolutely. We can get that done for you. -Great. 540 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,583 If this is original depositor, there's a good chance 541 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:29,125 that there may be treasure at the end of this tunnel. 542 00:26:29,292 --> 00:26:31,458 -Yep. -But I also want to get Steve Guptill 543 00:26:31,542 --> 00:26:33,250 to come down here and survey this. 544 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:34,208 -Yes. -RICK: Great. 545 00:26:34,375 --> 00:26:36,042 I wonder, just, you know, 546 00:26:36,208 --> 00:26:38,333 have Gary come down, scan that real quick. 547 00:26:38,542 --> 00:26:40,042 -SCOTT: Yep. -ROGER: Yep. Absolutely. 548 00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:43,333 -So, anyway, we will let you get started. -Yes. 549 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,625 And I will get up and out of your way. 550 00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:47,833 My thought was, you know, 551 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,250 to have Gary come down, I mean, why not? 552 00:26:49,375 --> 00:26:51,125 It is a treasure hunt, after all. 553 00:26:51,292 --> 00:26:53,167 And we have exposed a new area 554 00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:54,833 for him to investigate. 555 00:26:54,917 --> 00:26:57,958 -STEVE: Ready, Gary? -GARY: Yep. Ready, mate. 556 00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:01,667 RICK: And hope that we find a artifact or artifacts 557 00:27:01,792 --> 00:27:04,833 that can be associated with cultural context 558 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,167 as it relates to the construct. 559 00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:11,833 -How freaking awesome is this? -STEVE: It's pretty great. 560 00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:15,083 -We got everything we need, Gary. -GARY: Thanks, mate. 561 00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:16,833 Time to unleash the beast. 562 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:19,167 You guys ready to find some treasure? 563 00:27:19,375 --> 00:27:20,333 Let's find some treasure. 564 00:27:20,458 --> 00:27:22,000 Let's strike up the magic wand. 565 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,000 -(beeping) -Right. 566 00:27:24,125 --> 00:27:26,167 See if there's any metals in there. 567 00:27:27,375 --> 00:27:29,000 (beeping) 568 00:27:29,125 --> 00:27:32,625 And unfortunately, I can't get too close to this iron. 569 00:27:42,042 --> 00:27:44,625 All right, mate, well, unfortunately, no hits 570 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:46,375 but we ain't finished yet, mate. 571 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:47,958 If you can hang on to my detector, 572 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,125 -I'm gonna try pinpointing. -Sure. 573 00:27:53,542 --> 00:27:54,583 (beeping rapidly) 574 00:27:54,708 --> 00:27:56,875 -GARY: Oh. -Oh. 575 00:27:57,833 --> 00:28:00,375 -Oh, you've got it. -GARY: It's in me hand. 576 00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:02,667 Let's see what we got. 577 00:28:06,042 --> 00:28:07,833 -It is this. -STEVE: What is that? 578 00:28:08,042 --> 00:28:10,958 GARY: Tough to tell what it is. 579 00:28:11,042 --> 00:28:12,750 I'm not getting a rapid vibration off it, 580 00:28:12,917 --> 00:28:14,833 which would tell me it's iron. 581 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,625 -So, this is gonna go back to the lab. -STEVE: Yep. 582 00:28:16,792 --> 00:28:19,792 And hopefully, Emma's got some great news about this. 583 00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:21,542 STEVE: All right. 584 00:28:21,708 --> 00:28:23,917 -Good find, Gary. -GARY: Yeah. All right. 585 00:28:24,042 --> 00:28:25,958 Let's see what we got here. 586 00:28:26,083 --> 00:28:27,167 (beeping) 587 00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:28,917 Fingers crossed. 588 00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:33,167 (beeping rapidly) 589 00:28:33,333 --> 00:28:34,583 STEVE: Gary, you've got another hit. 590 00:28:34,750 --> 00:28:38,792 Yep. Now, what have we got here? 591 00:28:42,167 --> 00:28:45,625 Yeah. We have got a piece of metal. 592 00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:47,500 Look, it's shaped. 593 00:28:47,708 --> 00:28:50,000 -See that flat edge on it? -STEVE: Mm-hmm. -RODNEY: Yeah. 594 00:28:50,125 --> 00:28:52,875 It's an interesting shape, for sure. 595 00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:57,000 You seen anything like this from your operation? 596 00:28:59,833 --> 00:29:03,083 -So, it's probably from the tunnel construction. -Yeah. 597 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:05,667 Even more curious now. 598 00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:07,083 Yeah, it really is. 599 00:29:07,292 --> 00:29:09,000 NARRATOR: Could Gary be correct 600 00:29:09,167 --> 00:29:11,875 that this metal artifact may have been used 601 00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:13,500 in the construction of the tunnel? 602 00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:15,458 It's fantastic news. 603 00:29:15,583 --> 00:29:18,167 NARRATOR: If so, could it be another critical clue 604 00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:20,417 that could help the team determine 605 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,125 just when it was built? 606 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:24,625 All right, chaps. I'm gonna put this 607 00:29:24,792 --> 00:29:26,958 in the front pocket there and zip it. 608 00:29:27,125 --> 00:29:29,042 Do you want me to help you do some measurements, mate? 609 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:31,750 I wouldn't mind. For the first time, I can put 610 00:29:31,917 --> 00:29:33,792 survey control points on this tunnel 611 00:29:33,958 --> 00:29:35,125 and this is gonna help me draft 612 00:29:35,250 --> 00:29:36,917 and project this tunnel accurately now 613 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:38,167 because this is the first time we've stood on it. 614 00:29:38,333 --> 00:29:39,542 GARY: Okay, mate. 615 00:29:39,708 --> 00:29:40,917 I think it's great we're doing this, Steve, 616 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:43,208 - for good measure. -(Steve chuckles) 617 00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:45,958 NARRATOR: While Steve and Gary complete their survey 618 00:29:46,125 --> 00:29:48,375 of the tunnel beneath the Garden Shaft... 619 00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:51,000 CHARLES: I think we have a core coming up now. 620 00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:53,000 NARRATOR: ...some 50 feet to the southwest... 621 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:55,625 -What do we got, Adam? -One fifty-one. 622 00:29:55,792 --> 00:29:57,125 CHARLES: One fifty-one. 623 00:29:57,292 --> 00:29:59,292 NARRATOR: ...geologist Terry Matheson 624 00:29:59,458 --> 00:30:01,625 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 625 00:30:01,792 --> 00:30:03,583 are continuing to monitor 626 00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:05,833 the core-drilling operation 627 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,542 in borehole F.25-8.25. 628 00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:12,042 Thank you, Adam. 629 00:30:12,208 --> 00:30:14,167 NARRATOR: A borehole where they hope to find 630 00:30:14,250 --> 00:30:16,917 more evidence of another man-made structure 631 00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:20,125 -more than 150 feet deep... -Scalpel. 632 00:30:20,292 --> 00:30:22,708 that, according to recent scientific testing 633 00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:24,458 is of European origin. 634 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:28,458 Let's slice this open and take a look. 635 00:30:32,625 --> 00:30:34,250 -We've got wood here, Terry. -What? 636 00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:36,833 -We got wood. -Wow. 637 00:30:38,042 --> 00:30:41,792 Yeah. This is all undisturbed here. 638 00:30:41,958 --> 00:30:44,417 So, we must be right at the edge of something. 639 00:30:44,542 --> 00:30:46,000 CHARLES: You know, Terry, 640 00:30:46,167 --> 00:30:47,625 the fact that we're finding wood at this depth-- 641 00:30:47,792 --> 00:30:50,833 we could maybe be in the original Money Pit. 642 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,750 -So, all the more important we get a sample. -CHARLES: Oh, absolutely. 643 00:30:54,917 --> 00:30:56,333 -That's what we do, right? -Yeah. 644 00:30:57,917 --> 00:30:59,500 Well, we got another core coming. 645 00:30:59,708 --> 00:31:01,417 And hopefully we'll pull up some of that real treasure. 646 00:31:01,625 --> 00:31:02,875 Yeah. 647 00:31:03,042 --> 00:31:04,833 What have you got, Adam? 648 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,792 -One seventy-one. -One seventy-one. 649 00:31:06,958 --> 00:31:09,542 -Ooh, looks like we're into bedrock. -Yeah. 650 00:31:13,375 --> 00:31:16,667 TERRY: Yep. We're into the side of the bedrock. 651 00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:18,292 CHARLES: Yeah. 652 00:31:18,458 --> 00:31:19,333 TERRY: And here's some more of that punky, 653 00:31:19,542 --> 00:31:22,917 relatively soft material. 654 00:31:23,125 --> 00:31:25,583 M-Much harder gypsum bedrock here. 655 00:31:25,708 --> 00:31:27,292 Yeah. 656 00:31:27,417 --> 00:31:30,917 TERRY: This stuff is just as Mother Nature left it. 657 00:31:31,042 --> 00:31:34,375 NARRATOR: It is an unfortunate revelation for Charles and Terry 658 00:31:34,542 --> 00:31:37,000 that the drilling operation has reached bedrock 659 00:31:37,208 --> 00:31:41,417 at a depth of some 170 feet. 660 00:31:41,625 --> 00:31:44,208 However, since they recovered evidence 661 00:31:44,375 --> 00:31:48,125 of a wooden structure less than 20 feet higher 662 00:31:48,292 --> 00:31:51,292 and have also detected precious metals in this area, 663 00:31:51,417 --> 00:31:55,125 could it be that they just missed direct contact 664 00:31:55,333 --> 00:31:58,458 with something of great importance or value? 665 00:31:59,958 --> 00:32:02,750 We are in and out of old workings. 666 00:32:02,917 --> 00:32:04,875 -Yeah. -Something went on down there. 667 00:32:05,083 --> 00:32:07,125 Let's, uh, clear this table 668 00:32:07,292 --> 00:32:09,500 and hopefully have another target to drill on. 669 00:32:09,708 --> 00:32:12,458 There's still a lot of areas where-where we haven't drilled. 670 00:32:12,625 --> 00:32:13,750 Absolutely. 671 00:32:13,958 --> 00:32:15,250 CHARLES: We'll move on. 672 00:32:15,417 --> 00:32:16,583 TERRY: Mystery abounds on Oak Island. 673 00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:18,250 CHARLES: Certainly does. 674 00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:24,458 NARRATOR: As an exciting new day begins on Oak Island. 675 00:32:24,625 --> 00:32:26,375 ROGER: All right, guys. 676 00:32:26,583 --> 00:32:27,875 If you're ready, we're gonna get this wood up. 677 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,292 -Okey doke. -ROGER: Yep. 678 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:30,833 -Let's do it. -NARRATOR: Rick Lagina 679 00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:33,000 and other members of the team 680 00:32:33,167 --> 00:32:35,042 arrive in the Money Pit area 681 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:38,000 as massive timbers from the potential treasure tunnel, 682 00:32:38,167 --> 00:32:41,000 located some 100 feet underground, 683 00:32:41,208 --> 00:32:44,375 are about to be removed from the Garden Shaft. 684 00:32:44,542 --> 00:32:46,500 All right, Jeremy. Let's get her up here. 685 00:32:46,625 --> 00:32:49,208 ♪ ♪ 686 00:32:51,042 --> 00:32:53,083 We've never had this opportunity before 687 00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:55,167 and we need to make certain we do everything we can 688 00:32:55,333 --> 00:32:57,125 to understand what this represents. 689 00:32:57,292 --> 00:32:59,250 ALEX: Here it comes right here. 690 00:32:59,375 --> 00:33:02,458 RICK: I absolutely hope that this leads us 691 00:33:02,625 --> 00:33:05,250 five steps closer to-to solving the mystery. 692 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:08,250 (straining): Oh, not quite. Now I do. 693 00:33:08,375 --> 00:33:11,167 RICK: You can see in that piece of wood 694 00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:14,000 a man down there cutting that timber, 695 00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:16,833 creating that tunnel to-to go somewhere, 696 00:33:16,917 --> 00:33:19,542 hopefully, to hide treasure. 697 00:33:21,875 --> 00:33:23,750 Look at that. We got a rounded edge here 698 00:33:23,917 --> 00:33:25,542 -and rounded on this side. -CHARLES: Yep. 699 00:33:25,708 --> 00:33:27,625 And it's adze-cut. 700 00:33:30,917 --> 00:33:32,667 GARY: Yeah, that's adze-cut. 701 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,500 NARRATOR: A timber cut with an adze? 702 00:33:37,542 --> 00:33:40,708 Dating back to the days of ancient Egypt, 703 00:33:40,917 --> 00:33:43,500 an adze was a type of cutting tool 704 00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:46,417 designed for the construction of ships and wooden structures, 705 00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:50,542 until the 18th century, when they were replaced 706 00:33:50,708 --> 00:33:52,583 by mechanized tools. 707 00:33:52,750 --> 00:33:56,792 That's a bit of Oak Island Money Pit history right here. 708 00:33:56,958 --> 00:33:59,333 NARRATOR: So now, the question is 709 00:33:59,542 --> 00:34:01,917 just how long before the 18th century 710 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:04,000 might this tunnel have been created? 711 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:05,833 ROGER: Watch your fingers. 712 00:34:06,042 --> 00:34:08,333 RICK: It's real aha moment. 713 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,083 There's no question about it. 714 00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:12,292 After all the struggles and all the setbacks 715 00:34:12,458 --> 00:34:14,333 and all the time and all the effort, 716 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:16,667 to see it there in front of you... 717 00:34:16,833 --> 00:34:18,250 Well, this is real history, 718 00:34:18,375 --> 00:34:20,333 and I want to hold it in my hand. 719 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:24,167 This has more going for it than anything else so far. 720 00:34:24,292 --> 00:34:26,500 I mean, this could lead right to the treasure. 721 00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:27,833 We don't know yet. 722 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,208 Let me just test it, 723 00:34:29,375 --> 00:34:31,958 see if it's sturdy enough for a gold dance. 724 00:34:32,083 --> 00:34:33,000 -Yeah. It will be. -(laughter) 725 00:34:33,167 --> 00:34:34,333 RICK: The good news is 726 00:34:34,542 --> 00:34:37,292 we still do have the horizontal drilling. 727 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,625 -Still to come. -Still to come. 728 00:34:39,792 --> 00:34:43,958 NARRATOR: Because the tunnel must be more fully exposed and inspected 729 00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:47,667 before the team can possibly access it, 730 00:34:47,792 --> 00:34:49,333 in the coming days, 731 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,333 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 732 00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:55,083 will conduct a probe-drilling operation 733 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:57,208 from the bottom of the Garden Shaft 734 00:34:57,375 --> 00:34:59,167 into the tunnel's interior 735 00:34:59,333 --> 00:35:02,125 to hopefully pinpoint the source of the precious metals 736 00:35:02,292 --> 00:35:06,000 that have been detected nearby in the Baby Blob. 737 00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:09,125 Kudos to everybody, especially the guys down hole, 738 00:35:09,292 --> 00:35:11,583 you know, 'cause they did the work. 739 00:35:11,792 --> 00:35:12,917 Let's stay the course, 740 00:35:13,042 --> 00:35:15,333 get as much information as we can. 741 00:35:15,542 --> 00:35:17,833 So, it's been a very good day. 742 00:35:17,958 --> 00:35:21,792 NARRATOR: While the operation continues in the Garden Shaft, 743 00:35:21,875 --> 00:35:24,667 later that afternoon... 744 00:35:25,875 --> 00:35:27,792 -LAIRD: Hey, Rick. -RICK: Laird. How are you? Emma? 745 00:35:27,958 --> 00:35:29,375 -Hey. -Hey. 746 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:32,333 NARRATOR: ...Rick, his nephew Alex 747 00:35:32,458 --> 00:35:34,333 and Doug Crowell join 748 00:35:34,458 --> 00:35:36,458 archaeologist Laird Niven 749 00:35:36,583 --> 00:35:38,833 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 750 00:35:39,042 --> 00:35:40,500 in the Oak Island laboratory. 751 00:35:40,667 --> 00:35:44,667 RICK: So, I see this artifact that was found on Lot 15. 752 00:35:44,875 --> 00:35:47,500 Was it found close to the, uh, stone cairn piles? 753 00:35:47,708 --> 00:35:49,792 Yes. 754 00:35:49,958 --> 00:35:53,417 NARRATOR: They are eager to hear Emma's scientific analysis 755 00:35:53,625 --> 00:35:55,875 of the decorative lead artifact 756 00:35:56,042 --> 00:35:58,292 that was found just one day ago 757 00:35:58,417 --> 00:36:02,583 near the potentially 750-year-old stone cairns 758 00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:04,625 located on Lot 15. 759 00:36:05,583 --> 00:36:08,125 Is it a match for any of the other lead artifacts 760 00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:09,333 we found on the island? 761 00:36:09,458 --> 00:36:10,958 Um, so, because it's lead, 762 00:36:11,125 --> 00:36:14,125 I can't give 100% confirmation of a match. 763 00:36:14,292 --> 00:36:16,083 But 99%, which is still pretty good. 764 00:36:16,250 --> 00:36:18,167 It matched a lot 765 00:36:18,333 --> 00:36:20,583 with an artifact from 2021. 766 00:36:24,375 --> 00:36:26,500 -Which I do have here in the lab. -Oh. 767 00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:28,417 DOUG: That was the piece Chris McFarlane found a hit 768 00:36:28,583 --> 00:36:32,458 as being possibly from Scandinavian origin. 769 00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:35,708 -GARY: Here we go. -NARRATOR: Two years ago, 770 00:36:35,875 --> 00:36:37,417 while searching Lot 13 771 00:36:37,625 --> 00:36:39,500 between the swamp and the Money Pit... 772 00:36:39,708 --> 00:36:40,667 What the heck? 773 00:36:40,833 --> 00:36:42,042 -That's lead! -Yeah. 774 00:36:42,208 --> 00:36:45,250 ...Gary Drayton and Peter Fornetti 775 00:36:45,458 --> 00:36:49,292 found a lead artifact with a decorative, spiral design. 776 00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:51,917 This is the data for the twisted rod. 777 00:36:52,042 --> 00:36:56,708 ...an artifact that surprised geochemist Dr. Chris McFarlane 778 00:36:56,875 --> 00:37:00,875 after he conducted a form of isotope testing on it 779 00:37:01,083 --> 00:37:03,500 known as laser ablation. 780 00:37:03,625 --> 00:37:06,292 When we run the results through the database, 781 00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:09,875 uh, one source would be 782 00:37:10,042 --> 00:37:12,208 in Eastern Scandinavia. 783 00:37:14,292 --> 00:37:16,250 Here it is, right here. 784 00:37:16,375 --> 00:37:19,292 DOUG: Lot 13-- where this twisted lead was found-- 785 00:37:19,417 --> 00:37:21,500 that's just downhill from Lot 15. 786 00:37:21,708 --> 00:37:24,958 -Mm-hmm. -Professor Gaspani posited this idea 787 00:37:25,125 --> 00:37:27,500 that those stone cairns were placed there in the 1200s, 788 00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:31,625 so any and all metal artifacts, 789 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,375 whether they're precious metal or not, 790 00:37:33,542 --> 00:37:36,167 could play a part in identifying who was there, 791 00:37:36,333 --> 00:37:37,833 possibly, in that time period. 792 00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:40,000 -So, yeah. I think it's important. -Correct. Yep. 793 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:42,292 And given this item being found 794 00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:44,208 in such close proximity to the stone cairns, 795 00:37:44,375 --> 00:37:47,333 I think we have to, uh, follow up on that: 796 00:37:47,458 --> 00:37:49,875 a possible Scandinavian connection to the island. 797 00:37:50,042 --> 00:37:52,000 ♪ ♪ 798 00:38:01,542 --> 00:38:03,583 DOUG: I think we have to, uh, follow up 799 00:38:03,750 --> 00:38:06,083 on a possible Scandinavian connection to the island. 800 00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:08,042 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island laboratory, 801 00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:10,833 Rick Lagina and members of the team 802 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,875 have just found out 803 00:38:13,042 --> 00:38:15,917 that a lead artifact unearthed just one day ago 804 00:38:16,083 --> 00:38:19,375 on Lot 15, near the stone cairns, 805 00:38:19,542 --> 00:38:22,625 is a near compositional match to the lead object 806 00:38:22,792 --> 00:38:26,208 that was found two years ago on Lot 13 807 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:28,958 and may have come from Scandinavia. 808 00:38:29,125 --> 00:38:31,667 RICK: It's certainly probable if not definitive 809 00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:34,875 that this is not a North American mystery, i.e., 810 00:38:35,042 --> 00:38:37,583 it wasn't originated here. 811 00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:39,500 It had to have come from the Old World. 812 00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:42,667 In years past, we've investigated the possibility 813 00:38:42,833 --> 00:38:44,458 that the Knights Templar were behind this mystery. 814 00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,792 The only people that we know of 815 00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:50,500 for sure that made the voyage pre-Columbian are the Norse. 816 00:38:50,708 --> 00:38:52,792 The historical record and some science 817 00:38:52,917 --> 00:38:55,333 puts the Norse along these shores, 818 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:56,750 like L'Anse aux Meadows, right? 819 00:38:56,917 --> 00:38:58,625 Where else they were is another question. 820 00:38:58,708 --> 00:39:00,333 And we also know that the Templars 821 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:01,833 were at the height of their power 822 00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:03,625 in the same time period. 823 00:39:03,792 --> 00:39:05,167 So, did they know each other? 824 00:39:05,292 --> 00:39:06,625 ♪ ♪ 825 00:39:06,792 --> 00:39:09,125 NARRATOR: It is well documented 826 00:39:09,292 --> 00:39:11,667 that the Scandinavian warrior civilization 827 00:39:11,833 --> 00:39:14,667 known as the Norse, or Vikings, 828 00:39:14,875 --> 00:39:17,250 explored and established settlements 829 00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:20,167 on the North American continent 830 00:39:20,292 --> 00:39:22,458 including Iceland, Greenland 831 00:39:22,667 --> 00:39:24,000 and New Brunswick 832 00:39:24,208 --> 00:39:26,750 as much as 1,000 years ago. 833 00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:30,375 But could Doug's idea that the Vikings may have 834 00:39:30,583 --> 00:39:32,750 possibly been connected to the Knights Templar 835 00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,458 as well as the Oak Island mystery 836 00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:38,083 have any basis in reality? 837 00:39:39,125 --> 00:39:42,333 I think it's imperative to follow up on that research. 838 00:39:42,542 --> 00:39:44,125 NARRATOR: If so, 839 00:39:44,333 --> 00:39:45,792 could that explain how structures 840 00:39:45,958 --> 00:39:48,500 like the paved area in the swamp, 841 00:39:48,583 --> 00:39:51,625 the stone cairns on Lot 15 842 00:39:51,792 --> 00:39:55,875 and these lead artifacts came to be on Oak Island? 843 00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:59,333 Could that also explain the man-made workings 844 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:02,625 that were recovered from deep in the RF-1 caisson 845 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:05,542 and which are potentially of Scandinavian origin, 846 00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:08,833 as well as the traces of gold and silver 847 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,000 that have been detected in the Money Pit area? 848 00:40:13,042 --> 00:40:15,083 I've always said it's a wonderful mystery, 849 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:17,500 and that's why it's complex. 850 00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:19,250 And that's why it's interesting. 851 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:22,000 And that's why it continues to puzzle. 852 00:40:22,208 --> 00:40:24,000 So, when you take items like this, 853 00:40:24,208 --> 00:40:25,833 you have to find the context. 854 00:40:25,958 --> 00:40:28,000 You know, you have to find the one thing. 855 00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:30,375 -And we only need one. -One. 856 00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:32,750 One that connects the Norse, 857 00:40:32,917 --> 00:40:35,708 perhaps Norse-Templar connection, 858 00:40:35,917 --> 00:40:38,333 to those constructs up on that hill. 859 00:40:38,458 --> 00:40:39,917 Now, with what we're finding 860 00:40:40,083 --> 00:40:42,833 and with what Professor Gaspani is-is suggesting, 861 00:40:42,958 --> 00:40:45,458 your one thing might be found outside the Money Pit. 862 00:40:45,625 --> 00:40:47,208 RICK: We just have to find it. 863 00:40:47,375 --> 00:40:49,000 ♪ ♪ 864 00:40:49,125 --> 00:40:51,875 Emma, Laird, again, thank you both very much. 865 00:40:52,042 --> 00:40:53,792 I think we've got some homework to do. 866 00:40:53,958 --> 00:40:55,500 -Let's get after it. -All right. -Take care, guys. 867 00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:57,000 -RICK: Thank you. -ALEX: Thanks. 868 00:40:58,208 --> 00:41:02,625 NARRATOR: Another historic week on Oak Island has come to an end. 869 00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:06,000 And like many others in recent years, 870 00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:09,917 it may have revealed another chapter in a mystery 871 00:41:10,125 --> 00:41:14,250 that now appears to stretch back further in time 872 00:41:14,417 --> 00:41:16,500 and to further regions of the globe 873 00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,375 than anyone ever dreamed possible. 874 00:41:19,542 --> 00:41:23,583 As Rick, Marty and the team continue to dig, 875 00:41:23,792 --> 00:41:26,500 just what will they find? 876 00:41:26,708 --> 00:41:28,792 And where might it lead them 877 00:41:28,958 --> 00:41:33,750 on their quest for the ultimate answers? 878 00:41:35,625 --> 00:41:38,042 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 879 00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:39,750 GARY: We found these in the Garden Shaft. 880 00:41:39,875 --> 00:41:41,667 CARMEN: It's very old. 881 00:41:41,792 --> 00:41:43,625 It definitely wasn't used to put together structures. 882 00:41:43,750 --> 00:41:45,583 It could be off boxes on a treasure. 883 00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:47,500 There's a wall in the swamp. 884 00:41:47,667 --> 00:41:49,125 It could be related to the stone road. 885 00:41:49,292 --> 00:41:51,333 That red stuff is what's underneath the stone road-- 886 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,333 that will place that wood structure 887 00:41:53,458 --> 00:41:55,208 further back in time. 888 00:41:55,375 --> 00:41:57,333 Vikings had knowledge of North America 889 00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:59,917 with contacts to early Templars. 890 00:42:00,083 --> 00:42:01,875 They could have had knowledge of this area. 891 00:42:02,042 --> 00:42:03,583 That's correct. 892 00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:06,792 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS