1 00:00:01,875 --> 00:00:03,333 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,458 --> 00:00:04,333 I found something. 3 00:00:04,542 --> 00:00:05,208 -MARTY: This is special. 4 00:00:05,375 --> 00:00:06,833 How old does this go back? 5 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,292 There are examples back in medieval times. 6 00:00:09,458 --> 00:00:11,458 ALEX: We are looking for connections to Oak Island here in Italy. 7 00:00:11,667 --> 00:00:13,250 -PETER: Oh, wow. -DOUG: Templars built this castle? 8 00:00:13,375 --> 00:00:15,333 RICK: Those are symbols we have on Oak Island. 9 00:00:15,458 --> 00:00:17,333 DOUG: So this is connected with Nolan's Cross. 10 00:00:17,458 --> 00:00:19,625 CORJAN: This would have been an ideal hideout. 11 00:00:19,792 --> 00:00:22,458 -JACQUO: There we are, guys. -RICK: Wow. Look at that. 12 00:00:22,625 --> 00:00:24,042 CORJAN: They took their treasure here 13 00:00:24,208 --> 00:00:25,792 on their way up to Oak Island. 14 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:28,583 Oh, wow. That is a lot. 15 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,500 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,708 --> 00:00:38,042 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 17 00:00:38,208 --> 00:00:41,000 for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,042 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,208 --> 00:00:50,833 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,833 and a lead cross whose origin 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,125 may be connected to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,167 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,375 --> 00:01:01,792 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:05,625 And according to legend, one more 26 00:01:05,792 --> 00:01:09,708 will have to die before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:27,292 MARTY: All right, so, the objective here is 28 00:01:27,458 --> 00:01:29,458 find the treasure, to find where 29 00:01:29,583 --> 00:01:31,000 the metals in the water are coming from. 30 00:01:31,167 --> 00:01:33,125 -Correct? Okay. -Yeah. 31 00:01:33,250 --> 00:01:35,542 NARRATOR: Another chilly fall season 32 00:01:35,750 --> 00:01:38,417 has descended upon Oak Island. 33 00:01:38,625 --> 00:01:41,667 But for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team, 34 00:01:41,875 --> 00:01:45,667 hope remains high that they still have time this year 35 00:01:45,792 --> 00:01:47,542 to make a discovery in the Money Pit area 36 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:49,667 that could finally solve 37 00:01:49,875 --> 00:01:53,000 a 229-year-old treasure mystery. 38 00:01:53,167 --> 00:01:55,667 We have locations that you and Fred have picked? 39 00:01:55,875 --> 00:01:56,750 -Correct? -Yeah. Fred and I have talked it over. 40 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:58,833 -Okay. -Yeah. 41 00:01:59,042 --> 00:02:00,958 And we do know as well that this is where 42 00:02:01,167 --> 00:02:03,083 we had some of the highest metal results. 43 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:09,500 NARRATOR: Just two weeks ago, the team believed 44 00:02:09,708 --> 00:02:11,833 that they were close to a major breakthrough 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,167 as representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 46 00:02:15,333 --> 00:02:17,667 began a lateral probe-drilling operation 47 00:02:17,833 --> 00:02:21,000 to explore a seven-foot-high, dilapidated tunnel 48 00:02:21,167 --> 00:02:25,000 that was discovered some 106 feet deep, 49 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:26,708 just below the Garden Shaft. 50 00:02:27,792 --> 00:02:31,417 A tunnel that runs due west towards an area dubbed 51 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:35,875 the "Baby Blob," where geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 52 00:02:36,042 --> 00:02:38,292 and his colleague, Dr. Fred Michel, 53 00:02:38,417 --> 00:02:41,292 detected high trace evidence of gold and silver 54 00:02:41,458 --> 00:02:44,208 during previous groundwater tests. 55 00:02:46,417 --> 00:02:48,000 NARRATOR: However, shortly after 56 00:02:48,208 --> 00:02:49,667 the probe-drilling operation began... 57 00:02:54,417 --> 00:02:57,250 ...the Garden Shaft suddenly flooded with salt water, 58 00:02:57,417 --> 00:03:01,208 forcing the team to abandon the operation, 59 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:03,875 and speculate that they had encountered 60 00:03:04,042 --> 00:03:06,000 one of the legendary flood tunnels 61 00:03:06,167 --> 00:03:07,917 which have thwarted treasure hunters 62 00:03:08,083 --> 00:03:10,292 for more than two centuries. 63 00:03:12,375 --> 00:03:14,500 So, we've got locations based on the work 64 00:03:14,667 --> 00:03:17,500 -from Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michel. -Okay. 65 00:03:17,667 --> 00:03:21,208 NARRATOR: Now, because the team can no longer horizontally drill 66 00:03:21,375 --> 00:03:23,333 at the bottom of the Garden Shaft 67 00:03:23,458 --> 00:03:26,458 to look for the precious metals that have been detected 68 00:03:26,625 --> 00:03:30,333 in the Baby Blob, Drs. Spooner and Michel 69 00:03:30,542 --> 00:03:32,750 have conducted new groundwater tests 70 00:03:32,917 --> 00:03:35,292 and identified potential treasure targets 71 00:03:35,458 --> 00:03:39,750 in the area between depths of 80 and 120 feet, 72 00:03:39,917 --> 00:03:41,417 which the team will investigate 73 00:03:41,625 --> 00:03:44,500 by core-drilling from the surface. 74 00:03:44,625 --> 00:03:46,250 We're standing where we should be 75 00:03:46,417 --> 00:03:48,250 on top of the tunnel, but we don't have any 76 00:03:48,417 --> 00:03:49,708 information connecting the tunnel through here. 77 00:03:49,875 --> 00:03:51,667 MARTY: You know, Ian Spooner 78 00:03:51,833 --> 00:03:52,958 and Fred Michel, 79 00:03:53,125 --> 00:03:55,292 they don't take positions lightly, 80 00:03:55,417 --> 00:03:56,917 and they are still of the opinion 81 00:03:57,042 --> 00:04:00,208 that there is a substantial mass of precious metal 82 00:04:00,375 --> 00:04:01,583 very near the Baby Blob. 83 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,000 We're gonna go 84 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:05,125 where the science tells us to go. 85 00:04:05,292 --> 00:04:08,542 We need to find the source of those metals. 86 00:04:08,708 --> 00:04:11,167 I really feel like the data suggests 87 00:04:11,375 --> 00:04:14,000 -there is a big clump of metal here. -IAN: Here. 88 00:04:14,208 --> 00:04:16,500 -Right. -We have some prep work to do here. 89 00:04:16,625 --> 00:04:17,958 -Yep. -SCOTT: And everything will be ready to go. 90 00:04:18,125 --> 00:04:20,542 All right. Let's make it happen. 91 00:04:20,750 --> 00:04:24,375 NARRATOR: While the search for treasure continues on Oak Island... 92 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:28,333 ...approximately 3,500 miles to the east, 93 00:04:28,542 --> 00:04:30,833 in Morimondo, Italy... 94 00:04:39,625 --> 00:04:41,625 RICK: Here we are. There's Emiliano. 95 00:04:41,792 --> 00:04:44,500 -DOUG: I see some familiar faces. -RICK: Yep. 96 00:04:44,583 --> 00:04:46,167 -Hey, guys. -RICK: Emiliano. 97 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:48,250 How are you? Good to see you again. 98 00:04:48,417 --> 00:04:51,250 Professor Gaspani. Good to see you. 99 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:53,500 Hello, sir. Good to see you again. 100 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:56,542 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, his nephews Alex Lagina 101 00:04:56,708 --> 00:05:00,667 and Peter Fornetti, along with Doug Crowell, 102 00:05:00,792 --> 00:05:02,500 are beginning a research trip to investigate 103 00:05:02,708 --> 00:05:04,167 the possible origins of 104 00:05:04,333 --> 00:05:06,875 the 229-year-old mystery. 105 00:05:07,042 --> 00:05:08,542 EMILIANO: Welcome to Morimondo. 106 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,792 This is the Cistercian Abbey 107 00:05:10,958 --> 00:05:12,500 of this little town. 108 00:05:12,667 --> 00:05:15,583 NARRATOR: Today, researcher Emiliano Sacchetti 109 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:19,458 and archeoastronomer Professor Adriano Gaspani 110 00:05:19,625 --> 00:05:23,417 have arranged for the team to visit Morimondo Abbey, 111 00:05:23,583 --> 00:05:26,750 the site of a monastery that was established 112 00:05:26,917 --> 00:05:30,792 by Cistercian monks back in the 12th century. 113 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,417 We decided to start from here because Cistercians 114 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:36,875 were among the greatest builders of the Middle Ages. 115 00:05:37,042 --> 00:05:40,000 And according to Professor Gaspani's theory, 116 00:05:40,208 --> 00:05:43,000 whoever built the Nolan's Cross 117 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:46,708 was close to some monastic circles. 118 00:05:46,875 --> 00:05:49,792 So, they knew the sacred geometry. 119 00:05:49,958 --> 00:05:51,500 -Oh. -Oh, wow. 120 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:54,000 NARRATOR: According to the research 121 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:55,500 of Professor Gaspani, 122 00:05:55,708 --> 00:05:57,833 three megalithic stone formations 123 00:05:58,042 --> 00:06:00,958 that have been discovered on the surface of Oak Island, 124 00:06:01,083 --> 00:06:03,375 known as Nolan's Cross, 125 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:07,417 the five pyramid-shaped stone piles on Lot 15, 126 00:06:07,583 --> 00:06:12,292 and the stone triangle that once stood on the south shore 127 00:06:12,458 --> 00:06:14,625 were constructed based on alignments with stars 128 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:17,833 in the night sky back in the 13th century 129 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,292 by members of the Knights Templar, 130 00:06:20,417 --> 00:06:23,958 the Christian military order that some believe 131 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:26,667 smuggled priceless religious treasures from Europe 132 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:30,333 to Oak Island as much as eight centuries ago. 133 00:06:31,208 --> 00:06:33,333 (speaking Italian) 134 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:42,333 I am convinced that Nolan's Cross 135 00:06:42,542 --> 00:06:44,625 may have been built by 136 00:06:44,792 --> 00:06:48,083 a Knight Templar, or by a Cistercian monk. 137 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:49,667 ALEX: Mm-hmm. 138 00:06:49,833 --> 00:06:52,333 So we are looking for connections to Oak Island. 139 00:06:52,542 --> 00:06:54,042 We're looking for the possibility of a connection 140 00:06:54,208 --> 00:06:56,292 to the Knights Templar, and we might see that here? 141 00:06:56,417 --> 00:06:57,583 Right. 142 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,667 NARRATOR: The Order of Cistercians was founded 143 00:07:27,833 --> 00:07:32,167 in 1098 and constructed numerous abbeys across Europe, 144 00:07:32,292 --> 00:07:36,542 including the Morimondo Abbey in the late 12th century. 145 00:07:36,708 --> 00:07:39,667 Known for advancements in the sciences, 146 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:43,667 including architecture, engineering and astronomy, 147 00:07:43,833 --> 00:07:47,292 the Cistercians recorded their knowledge in decorated texts 148 00:07:47,458 --> 00:07:49,833 known as illuminated manuscripts. 149 00:07:50,042 --> 00:07:53,292 The order was also closely connected 150 00:07:53,458 --> 00:07:55,333 to the Knights Templar, 151 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:57,500 whom Professor Gaspani believes 152 00:07:57,708 --> 00:08:00,542 may have used abbeys such as this one in Morimondo 153 00:08:00,708 --> 00:08:02,708 to not only share secretive knowledge, 154 00:08:02,875 --> 00:08:06,667 but also smuggle their sacred treasures across Europe 155 00:08:06,792 --> 00:08:10,000 before transporting them to North America. 156 00:08:10,167 --> 00:08:12,292 Before we get into the church, 157 00:08:12,417 --> 00:08:14,667 I would like to show you something. 158 00:08:14,833 --> 00:08:17,458 RICK: The breadth of knowledge that Professor Gaspani has 159 00:08:17,625 --> 00:08:20,208 is integral to this process. 160 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:23,042 And he said there was indeed a very 161 00:08:23,208 --> 00:08:27,667 profound connection between Templars and Cistercian monks. 162 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:29,500 And the hope is there'll be a connection 163 00:08:29,667 --> 00:08:31,958 between that knowledge and perhaps 164 00:08:32,125 --> 00:08:34,375 a voyage to the New World. 165 00:08:34,542 --> 00:08:36,625 And of course, to the island in particular. 166 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:39,458 EMILIANO: So, on top of the facade, 167 00:08:39,625 --> 00:08:42,500 you can see some ceramic vessels? 168 00:08:42,667 --> 00:08:44,167 -Oh, yes. -Yeah. 169 00:08:44,375 --> 00:08:47,500 EMILIANO: And if you pay attention, on the left side, 170 00:08:47,625 --> 00:08:49,250 there is a group of five. 171 00:08:49,417 --> 00:08:51,292 Two have 172 00:08:51,458 --> 00:08:53,750 very specific symbolism. 173 00:08:54,958 --> 00:08:56,417 I see it. 174 00:08:57,458 --> 00:09:00,417 -I see a couple of four-dot crosses. -EMILIANO: Yeah. 175 00:09:00,542 --> 00:09:02,333 DOUG: We have the four-dot cross carved 176 00:09:02,458 --> 00:09:04,292 on the H+O Stone on Oak Island. 177 00:09:04,375 --> 00:09:06,500 Oh. (laughs) 178 00:09:08,667 --> 00:09:10,167 EMILIANO: There it is. 179 00:09:14,917 --> 00:09:16,708 DOUG: I see a four-dot cross. 180 00:09:16,875 --> 00:09:18,583 We have the four-dot cross carved on a stone 181 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:22,625 on Oak Island along with a circle with a dot in the center. 182 00:09:22,792 --> 00:09:26,833 NARRATOR: At a 12th century Cistercian abbey in Morimondo, Italy, 183 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,417 Rick Lagina and members of the team 184 00:09:30,583 --> 00:09:32,208 have just found a symbol known to be 185 00:09:32,417 --> 00:09:33,708 connected to the Knights Templar 186 00:09:33,875 --> 00:09:37,250 that has also been found on Oak Island. 187 00:09:37,417 --> 00:09:39,250 ALEX: The H+O stone, we've only seen 188 00:09:39,417 --> 00:09:41,167 the photographs, but it's carved deeply. 189 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:42,542 Right. 190 00:09:42,708 --> 00:09:44,417 NARRATOR: Discovered on the northern shore 191 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:47,333 of Oak Island back in the 1920s, 192 00:09:47,417 --> 00:09:49,750 the so-called H+O Stone, 193 00:09:49,958 --> 00:09:53,375 which featured a cross surrounded by four dots, 194 00:09:53,542 --> 00:09:55,000 was part of a larger boulder 195 00:09:55,167 --> 00:09:57,208 that had been detonated by searchers 196 00:09:57,375 --> 00:09:59,208 who mistakenly believed 197 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:02,167 that it marked the location of buried treasure. 198 00:10:02,917 --> 00:10:05,875 Is it possible that the team has found 199 00:10:06,042 --> 00:10:08,667 an important clue outside of Morimondo Abbey 200 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:11,625 that offers more evidence connecting the Knights Templar 201 00:10:11,750 --> 00:10:13,958 to the Oak Island mystery? 202 00:10:14,125 --> 00:10:18,500 So what about getting into the church and taking a look? 203 00:10:18,708 --> 00:10:21,292 -ALEX: Yep. -Yeah, that'd be great. -Love to. Yep. 204 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:24,792 RICK: The H+O stone, it's an integral part of the story. 205 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,417 And if it was meaningful to the people 206 00:10:27,542 --> 00:10:30,292 who were here, i.e., the Cistercians 207 00:10:30,417 --> 00:10:32,125 and perhaps the Templars... 208 00:10:32,292 --> 00:10:36,167 me, personally, I think it's too ubiquitous a symbol for it 209 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:39,833 and too iconic to Oak Island for us to ignore it. 210 00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:45,250 -Wow. -Oh, wow. 211 00:10:47,875 --> 00:10:49,500 ALEX: Look at this. I did not expect this. 212 00:10:49,708 --> 00:10:51,875 -PETER: Yeah. -ALEX: Wow. Yeah, it's... 213 00:10:53,167 --> 00:10:54,625 It's stunning. 214 00:10:56,750 --> 00:11:00,333 EMILIANO: So, this is it. 60 meters by 13. 215 00:11:00,542 --> 00:11:02,958 So, very long and narrow. 216 00:11:03,167 --> 00:11:05,917 Eight massive pillars on each side. 217 00:11:06,083 --> 00:11:08,250 But, let-let's just spread out 218 00:11:08,375 --> 00:11:10,083 and take a look. 219 00:11:11,208 --> 00:11:12,708 ALEX: It's interesting that we see this 220 00:11:12,917 --> 00:11:14,583 four-dot cross on the H+O Stone, which we 221 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:16,750 seem to see at a lot of Templar sites, 222 00:11:16,917 --> 00:11:18,333 which is very interesting. 223 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:20,333 The church there has several 224 00:11:20,542 --> 00:11:22,667 really significant orientations 225 00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:25,292 and markings, and I'm excited to find out more. 226 00:11:25,417 --> 00:11:27,167 You see the Templar cross? 227 00:11:27,375 --> 00:11:28,542 DOUG: Oh, yeah. 228 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:29,583 ALEX: I'm hopeful that we will 229 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:31,042 be able to learn something, 230 00:11:31,208 --> 00:11:32,292 or at least see some symbols here 231 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:33,292 that could be really important 232 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:34,417 to help us figure out 233 00:11:34,583 --> 00:11:35,708 what's going on on Oak Island. 234 00:11:35,875 --> 00:11:37,875 Okay. I think it's time to go 235 00:11:38,042 --> 00:11:39,708 -to the scriptorium. -ALEX: Okay. 236 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:41,125 I'm really looking forward to show it to you guys. 237 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,708 -Okay. -You lead the way. 238 00:11:42,875 --> 00:11:46,417 The scriptorium was a place where the monks 239 00:11:46,542 --> 00:11:48,500 used to study, 240 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:51,500 copy, illuminate 241 00:11:51,708 --> 00:11:55,500 the manuscript that were recording 242 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:57,750 the knowledge of the times. 243 00:11:57,917 --> 00:12:01,583 So, this is the-the scriptorium, 244 00:12:01,792 --> 00:12:04,333 and here in this place 245 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:07,417 there were at least ten monks 246 00:12:07,625 --> 00:12:11,292 working, copying manuscript, studying them. 247 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,542 And, as you can see, 248 00:12:13,708 --> 00:12:15,833 it's beautifully decorated. 249 00:12:16,875 --> 00:12:19,208 These paintings are actually 250 00:12:19,417 --> 00:12:21,167 made by Cistercian monks. 251 00:12:21,375 --> 00:12:23,792 It's not a later addition. 252 00:12:23,958 --> 00:12:27,667 And we're talking around the mid-13th century. 253 00:12:27,833 --> 00:12:29,500 ALEX: Wow. 254 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:31,500 Right over your shoulder there... 255 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:32,958 -EMILIANO: Y-You mean this one? -ALEX: Yep. 256 00:12:33,083 --> 00:12:35,208 We saw that in the Templar prison in Domme. 257 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:36,625 We did. 258 00:12:36,792 --> 00:12:40,167 -What it reminds you? -Well, the tree of life. 259 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:41,583 Yeah? 260 00:12:41,750 --> 00:12:42,500 NARRATOR: A painted depiction 261 00:12:42,667 --> 00:12:43,792 of the tree of life? 262 00:12:43,958 --> 00:12:45,875 The sacred religious symbol 263 00:12:46,042 --> 00:12:49,292 believed by many to represent a pathway to God? 264 00:12:49,458 --> 00:12:51,958 JERRY: I think it's possible 265 00:12:52,083 --> 00:12:53,917 that this might have been inspired 266 00:12:54,042 --> 00:12:56,250 by the Kabbalistic tree of life. 267 00:12:56,417 --> 00:12:58,917 NARRATOR: In 2017, Rick, 268 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:00,750 Alex, and Peter visited 269 00:13:00,917 --> 00:13:03,708 a 14th-century prison in Domme, France, 270 00:13:03,875 --> 00:13:05,958 where members of the Templar order 271 00:13:06,167 --> 00:13:08,667 had been incarcerated in 1307 272 00:13:08,833 --> 00:13:12,417 by King Philip IV on charges of heresy. 273 00:13:13,625 --> 00:13:15,750 However, some believe that 274 00:13:15,958 --> 00:13:17,583 the true reason for the Templar persecution 275 00:13:17,750 --> 00:13:19,667 was for the Catholic Church 276 00:13:19,875 --> 00:13:21,833 to confiscate the religious treasures 277 00:13:21,958 --> 00:13:23,458 that they possessed, 278 00:13:23,583 --> 00:13:27,000 which may have included the Ark of the Covenant. 279 00:13:28,042 --> 00:13:30,917 Much of the Templar treasure has never been found. 280 00:13:36,292 --> 00:13:38,458 NARRATOR: But, curiously, 281 00:13:38,625 --> 00:13:39,917 Nolan's Cross on Oak Island, 282 00:13:40,083 --> 00:13:42,875 which Professor Gaspani believes was created 283 00:13:43,042 --> 00:13:46,333 by Templar Knights around 1200 AD, 284 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:48,917 has also been thought by some 285 00:13:49,125 --> 00:13:52,208 to represent the tree of life. 286 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:56,667 And on the opposite side of the pillar, 287 00:13:56,875 --> 00:13:59,208 there is another four-dot cross. 288 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:01,375 What we learned last year is that this cross 289 00:14:01,542 --> 00:14:03,042 marks a special place. 290 00:14:03,208 --> 00:14:05,792 The scriptorium, for a monk, 291 00:14:05,958 --> 00:14:07,292 -it was a special place. -ALEX: Mm-hmm. 292 00:14:07,458 --> 00:14:09,833 RICK: I wonder if the work that was done here 293 00:14:10,042 --> 00:14:13,208 was meant to be so secret and so... 294 00:14:13,375 --> 00:14:14,417 precious that 295 00:14:14,625 --> 00:14:16,333 only few were allowed 296 00:14:16,542 --> 00:14:18,083 the actual information. 297 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:19,208 Yeah. 298 00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:31,333 EMILIANO: The Templars, they were 299 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:32,833 bringing back 300 00:14:32,958 --> 00:14:35,333 the knowledge from the Holy Land 301 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,333 and put into practice 302 00:14:37,458 --> 00:14:41,667 what they have learned through the help of the Cistercians. 303 00:14:41,833 --> 00:14:43,000 The only reason why I ask that question, 304 00:14:43,167 --> 00:14:45,625 Emiliano, is because, I mean, 305 00:14:45,833 --> 00:14:48,292 when I look at the cross there, 306 00:14:48,458 --> 00:14:49,875 I see oak leaves. 307 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,625 If you're bringing information back from foreign lands, 308 00:14:54,792 --> 00:14:56,500 part of that information is gonna be knowledge 309 00:14:56,708 --> 00:14:58,250 of, um, exotic plants. 310 00:14:59,750 --> 00:15:00,958 DOUG: Are you envisioning 311 00:15:01,083 --> 00:15:04,125 a 13th-century Cistercian scribe 312 00:15:04,333 --> 00:15:06,667 copying information about activities on Oak Island? 313 00:15:06,833 --> 00:15:08,583 Yeah, I certainly believe that 314 00:15:08,750 --> 00:15:10,000 what was done on Oak Island 315 00:15:10,125 --> 00:15:13,542 would be preserved within Templar hierarchy. 316 00:15:13,708 --> 00:15:15,292 ALEX: Yeah. I think 317 00:15:15,417 --> 00:15:17,500 if there was somebody with knowledge of the New World, 318 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:19,292 this is a plausible way 319 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:21,292 for that information to be disseminated. 320 00:15:21,458 --> 00:15:23,667 But we're still looking for the proof of that. 321 00:15:23,875 --> 00:15:25,917 As this trip ensues, we may find something 322 00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:29,000 that is even more definitive. 323 00:15:43,458 --> 00:15:45,667 We would certainly love to-to go there 324 00:15:45,875 --> 00:15:47,917 and learn more of what we learned today. 325 00:15:48,875 --> 00:15:51,583 RICK: Grazie. Grazie mille. 326 00:15:54,042 --> 00:15:56,375 NARRATOR: The following day, on Oak Island, 327 00:15:56,542 --> 00:15:58,875 as preparations continue 328 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:01,000 for the new core-drilling operation 329 00:16:01,167 --> 00:16:02,833 near the Baby Blob, 330 00:16:03,042 --> 00:16:05,792 in the northern region of Lot 5, 331 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,917 located on the western side of the island... 332 00:16:09,042 --> 00:16:11,000 LAIRD: I think it's gonna be really important to 333 00:16:11,167 --> 00:16:13,667 -carefully excavate in here. -Yeah. 334 00:16:13,875 --> 00:16:16,167 So, it means that the edge of the feature 335 00:16:16,292 --> 00:16:17,917 goes at least over here. 336 00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:20,333 NARRATOR: ...archaeologists Laird Niven, 337 00:16:20,542 --> 00:16:21,500 Helen Sheldon, 338 00:16:21,708 --> 00:16:23,708 and Moya MacDonald 339 00:16:23,875 --> 00:16:26,333 continue investigating two mysterious stone foundations 340 00:16:26,542 --> 00:16:29,750 that they believe were both purposely buried 341 00:16:29,875 --> 00:16:31,458 more than two centuries ago. 342 00:16:31,583 --> 00:16:34,667 In the foundation nearest to the shore, 343 00:16:34,792 --> 00:16:37,833 the team has not only uncovered a concrete-like substance 344 00:16:38,042 --> 00:16:39,042 and blue clay, 345 00:16:39,208 --> 00:16:40,667 which have also been found 346 00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:42,917 deep underground in the Money Pit area, 347 00:16:43,125 --> 00:16:46,292 but also a 14th-century lead disc, 348 00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:49,667 which may be related to the possible Templar cross 349 00:16:49,833 --> 00:16:51,625 that was uncovered at Smith's Cove 350 00:16:51,833 --> 00:16:54,125 back in 2017. 351 00:16:54,208 --> 00:16:58,000 While in the feature located several yards to the south, 352 00:16:58,125 --> 00:17:00,958 an iron spike was recently unearthed 353 00:17:01,042 --> 00:17:03,375 that archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan has found 354 00:17:03,542 --> 00:17:07,000 to potentially date back more than 800 years. 355 00:17:07,167 --> 00:17:09,417 MOYA: What else shall I find? (sighs) 356 00:17:09,583 --> 00:17:11,833 NARRATOR: Now, the team is looking for additional clues 357 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 at both sites 358 00:17:13,167 --> 00:17:14,542 in the hopes of determining 359 00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:15,667 when they originated 360 00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:18,208 and just who created them. 361 00:17:24,833 --> 00:17:26,417 Hmm. 362 00:17:28,542 --> 00:17:29,417 Hmm... 363 00:17:33,583 --> 00:17:35,125 Hey, Laird, Helen. 364 00:17:36,208 --> 00:17:37,958 -What's up? -I found something interesting 365 00:17:38,083 --> 00:17:39,333 over by feature one. 366 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:42,000 -Near the stairs. -LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 367 00:17:42,208 --> 00:17:43,167 -It's a button. -MOYA: Yeah. 368 00:17:43,333 --> 00:17:45,125 I thought the pattern looked 369 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:47,000 kind of interesting. 370 00:17:47,208 --> 00:17:48,958 -LAIRD: The pattern's strange, eh? -MOYA: Mm-hmm. 371 00:17:49,125 --> 00:17:51,042 LAIRD: It's not a pattern I've seen before. 372 00:17:51,250 --> 00:17:52,417 HELEN: Wow. 373 00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:58,625 LAIRD: We don't find a lot of white metal buttons. 374 00:17:58,750 --> 00:17:59,917 But it's a strange pattern. 375 00:18:00,083 --> 00:18:01,833 It's not a pattern I've seen before. 376 00:18:02,042 --> 00:18:04,958 NARRATOR: On Lot 5, located on the western side 377 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:08,458 of Oak Island, archaeologist Moya MacDonald 378 00:18:08,625 --> 00:18:11,583 has just made a curious discovery 379 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:15,375 while investigating the stone foundation near the shoreline. 380 00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:18,167 Yeah. It's a, it's an odd pattern. 381 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:19,833 I've never seen it before. 382 00:18:20,042 --> 00:18:21,542 It's almost like an asymmetrical spiderweb. 383 00:18:22,667 --> 00:18:25,792 And you can see, on the reverse, where the shank was attached. 384 00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:27,208 So, it's definitely a button. 385 00:18:27,375 --> 00:18:29,208 -LAIRD: It sure looks old. -HELEN: It does. 386 00:18:29,417 --> 00:18:30,750 -MOYA: Yeah. -Where was that? 387 00:18:30,917 --> 00:18:33,125 It was in the northeast corner. 388 00:18:33,333 --> 00:18:37,167 LAIRD: The artifacts that are coming out are really surprising to me, 389 00:18:37,375 --> 00:18:40,042 and the building is completely unusual. 390 00:18:40,250 --> 00:18:43,167 This may have been an industrial structure, 391 00:18:43,375 --> 00:18:45,083 something other than a house. 392 00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:47,083 But the fact that it's on Oak Island 393 00:18:47,250 --> 00:18:49,000 adds to the mystery around it, 394 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:50,917 and, hopefully, the button can tell us 395 00:18:51,083 --> 00:18:53,833 who was doing what and when. 396 00:18:55,042 --> 00:18:57,708 LAIRD: It's really fragile for a button. 397 00:18:57,917 --> 00:19:01,250 Yeah, I think we'll get that to Emma. 398 00:19:01,417 --> 00:19:03,500 -Have her take a look at it. -MOYA: Yeah. 399 00:19:03,625 --> 00:19:05,833 -Let's find out what sort of metal it actually is. Yeah. -Yeah. 400 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,667 It's an oldy. Good job. 401 00:19:07,792 --> 00:19:09,917 NARRATOR: While the archaeologists 402 00:19:10,083 --> 00:19:12,667 continue searching for clues on Lot 5, 403 00:19:12,833 --> 00:19:15,875 some 3,500 miles to the east 404 00:19:16,042 --> 00:19:18,208 in Bianzano, Italy... 405 00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:19,458 -Morning, guys. -Morning 406 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:20,375 -Morning. -Ciao. 407 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:22,167 -Buongiorno. -Buongiorno. 408 00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:24,417 Welcome to the Bianzano Castle. 409 00:19:24,542 --> 00:19:26,417 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and members 410 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:28,542 of the team are meeting once again 411 00:19:28,708 --> 00:19:30,417 with archaeoastronomer 412 00:19:30,583 --> 00:19:32,750 Professor Adriano Gaspani, his interpreter 413 00:19:32,917 --> 00:19:34,958 Marzia Sebastiani, 414 00:19:35,083 --> 00:19:37,500 and researcher Emiliano Sacchetti 415 00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:39,167 at Bianzano Castle. 416 00:19:39,333 --> 00:19:41,958 As you will see, there are some very close links 417 00:19:42,083 --> 00:19:45,542 to the Knights Templar here in this castle. 418 00:19:45,708 --> 00:19:48,417 Uh, there's also a close link to Nolan's Cross. 419 00:19:48,625 --> 00:19:49,708 -Huh. Oh. -Oh. 420 00:19:49,875 --> 00:19:52,792 NARRATOR: Dating back to the 13th century, 421 00:19:52,875 --> 00:19:56,667 Bianzano Castle is believed by many religious scholars 422 00:19:56,792 --> 00:19:59,500 to have once served as the Italian headquarters 423 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:02,042 for the order of the Knights Templar. 424 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:04,833 It is also believed by some 425 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,833 to have been one of the places 426 00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:10,250 where the Templars may have safeguarded their treasures 427 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:12,083 as they worked to transport them 428 00:20:12,250 --> 00:20:15,833 across Europe and, finally, to North America. 429 00:20:26,292 --> 00:20:29,417 -Mm. -And the Templars built this castle? 430 00:20:33,167 --> 00:20:34,708 Mm-hmm. 431 00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,500 Hmm. 432 00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:46,750 So, this is a structure built about the same time 433 00:20:46,917 --> 00:20:49,208 as Nolan's Cross? 434 00:20:57,333 --> 00:21:00,167 MARZIA: Nolan's Cross has a similar alignment 435 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:02,167 to the Cygnus constellation. 436 00:21:02,375 --> 00:21:03,167 And, in this case as well, 437 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:05,375 the external walls have 438 00:21:05,542 --> 00:21:07,875 a configuration, which is perfectly aligned 439 00:21:08,042 --> 00:21:09,208 with the rise and the set 440 00:21:09,375 --> 00:21:11,125 of the Cygnus constellation. 441 00:21:11,292 --> 00:21:13,417 -I see. -MARZIA: And we have 442 00:21:13,625 --> 00:21:16,000 the external walls pointing in the direction 443 00:21:16,167 --> 00:21:18,125 of the Arcturus star, 444 00:21:18,292 --> 00:21:20,667 which is the case with Nolan's Cross as well. 445 00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:23,042 So, basically, we have the same configuration 446 00:21:23,208 --> 00:21:24,708 that you have with Nolan's Cross. 447 00:21:24,875 --> 00:21:28,667 It's the same stars that are being used as a reference. 448 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:32,167 NARRATOR: One of the key reasons that Professor Gaspani 449 00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:35,042 chose to show this site to Rick and the team 450 00:21:35,208 --> 00:21:37,333 is that, according to his research, 451 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:40,250 the castle was constructed based on alignments 452 00:21:40,375 --> 00:21:43,000 with specific stars in the constellation 453 00:21:43,208 --> 00:21:46,000 known as Cygnus, just like the design 454 00:21:46,167 --> 00:21:49,375 for Nolan's Cross on Oak Island. 455 00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:54,167 -That's what we struggle with. -ALEX: Yes. 456 00:21:54,375 --> 00:21:56,833 As Gaspani said, uh, Templars were here, 457 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,417 and we can infer that, 458 00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:02,875 also, from the symbolism that is inside the castle. 459 00:22:03,042 --> 00:22:05,167 And then, once we're in, we will take a look at it. 460 00:22:05,375 --> 00:22:07,750 -RICK: Great. -DOUG: Absolutely. Lead the way. 461 00:22:07,917 --> 00:22:10,083 RICK: Three things align, right? 462 00:22:10,292 --> 00:22:13,167 The date of Bianzano Castle construction 463 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,333 and Nolan's Cross construction 464 00:22:15,458 --> 00:22:18,000 and also, that, that timeline aligns perfectly 465 00:22:18,125 --> 00:22:21,667 with the-the rise of what we'll call Templarism. 466 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:27,000 If there was a reason to safeguard some treasure, 467 00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:30,667 a case is being built that, partly through these alignments, 468 00:22:30,875 --> 00:22:35,833 that, perhaps, something was done, uh, in North America. 469 00:22:37,625 --> 00:22:40,917 So, this is the main entrance, and, as you can see, 470 00:22:41,042 --> 00:22:43,667 it's full of different symbols. 471 00:22:43,792 --> 00:22:45,625 -ALEX: Yeah. -RICK: Look at this. 472 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,458 EMILIANO: This symbolism refers, 473 00:22:47,583 --> 00:22:51,542 in some parts, to the Templars. 474 00:22:51,708 --> 00:22:53,500 DOUG: I actually see something 475 00:22:53,625 --> 00:22:56,333 in that fresco that I recognize from Nova Scotia, I think. 476 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:58,792 -EMILIANO: What is it? -Right here. 477 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,875 -DOUG: See this eight-pointed star here? -Yeah. Yeah. 478 00:23:03,542 --> 00:23:04,500 ALEX: Is there a significance 479 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:06,958 to that symbol, that shape? 480 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,500 That's like the Bedford Barren petroglyph. 481 00:23:30,667 --> 00:23:31,625 Yes. 482 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,500 NARRATOR: In 2014, 483 00:23:35,583 --> 00:23:37,667 Rick, Marty and Craig Tester 484 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:40,417 saw a mysterious eight-pointed star 485 00:23:40,542 --> 00:23:43,708 carved into a rock in the Bedford Barrens, 486 00:23:43,917 --> 00:23:48,250 located some 40 miles northeast of Oak Island. 487 00:23:48,375 --> 00:23:51,083 The symbol holds spiritual significance 488 00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:54,292 to the indigenous Mi'kmaw people of Nova Scotia 489 00:23:54,458 --> 00:23:56,708 and it is believed by some 490 00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:59,500 that the Mi'kmaw adopted it from the Templar order 491 00:23:59,625 --> 00:24:02,333 after the two cultures made contact 492 00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:04,333 back in the 14th century. 493 00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:08,583 DOUG: So, we find it here in Northern Italy 494 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,417 and we find it in Nova Scotia? 495 00:24:10,542 --> 00:24:12,625 RICK: That, maybe, was Old-World information 496 00:24:12,792 --> 00:24:15,875 that had come to Nova Scotia. 497 00:24:16,083 --> 00:24:18,458 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Doug Crowell 498 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:21,500 has found additional evidence at Bianzano Castle 499 00:24:21,708 --> 00:24:23,292 that supports the theory 500 00:24:23,458 --> 00:24:25,417 that members of the Knights Templar 501 00:24:25,583 --> 00:24:28,458 brought their symbology to North America? 502 00:24:28,625 --> 00:24:32,542 If so, could it have been connected to a secret mission 503 00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:35,667 to hide their sacred treasures on Oak Island? 504 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:37,417 RICK: Well, when you start to look, it's everywhere. 505 00:24:37,625 --> 00:24:39,167 -PETER: Yeah. -EMILIANO: Yeah. 506 00:24:39,375 --> 00:24:41,667 DOUG: It does. Look, it just repeats everywhere. 507 00:24:41,833 --> 00:24:43,667 EMILIANO: But the best is yet to come, 508 00:24:43,875 --> 00:24:46,792 because Professor Gaspani has something he wants to show you. 509 00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:49,208 -Look, why don't we take a seat? -DOUG: Sounds great. 510 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:56,417 NARRATOR: In Bianzano, Italy, 511 00:24:56,583 --> 00:25:00,000 Rick Lagina and other members of the Oak Island team 512 00:25:00,167 --> 00:25:02,583 are meeting with researcher Emiliano Sacchetti 513 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:05,000 and Professor Adriano Gaspani 514 00:25:05,167 --> 00:25:07,958 at a 13th-century fortress that once served 515 00:25:08,125 --> 00:25:11,125 as a headquarters for the Knights Templar. 516 00:25:11,292 --> 00:25:14,083 This might be very revealing. 517 00:25:14,250 --> 00:25:15,417 So, I look forward 518 00:25:15,583 --> 00:25:18,167 to what Professor Gaspani has to show us. 519 00:25:18,375 --> 00:25:20,042 EMILIANO: I shared with Professor Gaspani 520 00:25:20,208 --> 00:25:21,833 the Cremona Document. 521 00:25:22,042 --> 00:25:25,500 I asked him to think about the devices 522 00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:27,833 described in the Cremona Document, 523 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,625 with a specific focus on the Abetor. 524 00:25:33,167 --> 00:25:35,583 NARRATOR: In 2016, 525 00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:39,333 Rick's friend, the late author and researcher Zena Halpern, 526 00:25:39,458 --> 00:25:43,333 gave him and Doug Crowell a copy of the "Cremona Document," 527 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:47,208 which had reportedly been discovered in a medieval church 528 00:25:47,333 --> 00:25:51,042 in the town of Cremona, Italy, back in the 1970s. 529 00:25:51,208 --> 00:25:55,542 Believed to have been coauthored by a 12th-century Templar knight 530 00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:58,083 named Ralph de Sudeley, 531 00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:03,083 the Cremona Document contained reported first-hand testimony 532 00:26:03,250 --> 00:26:05,375 that the Templars did, in fact, 533 00:26:05,542 --> 00:26:07,458 recover priceless religious treasures 534 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:11,833 beneath the Temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem. 535 00:26:11,958 --> 00:26:15,292 Also described in the document was a device 536 00:26:15,417 --> 00:26:19,167 believed to be known as an Abetor, which was designed 537 00:26:19,375 --> 00:26:22,292 to track the positions of stars in the night sky 538 00:26:22,458 --> 00:26:25,500 for the purpose of not only constructing buildings 539 00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:30,292 but also for navigation on the high seas. 540 00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:34,125 So, Professor Gaspani did his homeworks... (chuckles) 541 00:26:34,208 --> 00:26:38,500 ...and he decided to build his own Abetor. 542 00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:39,833 Oh, really? 543 00:26:42,958 --> 00:26:43,958 Wow. 544 00:26:47,458 --> 00:26:49,958 DOUG: Wow. Nice work. 545 00:26:50,125 --> 00:26:51,958 Beautiful. 546 00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:29,333 MARZIA: So, with such a tool, 547 00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:31,833 you can cross the Atlantic and stick, 548 00:27:31,917 --> 00:27:35,000 uh, to the prescribed, uh, route. 549 00:27:35,167 --> 00:27:37,458 RICK: We have found, on the island, 550 00:27:37,583 --> 00:27:40,458 constructs from the period of 1200. 551 00:27:40,583 --> 00:27:43,250 So, you would need a device such as this 552 00:27:43,375 --> 00:27:44,667 in order to make certain 553 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:46,500 that you were secure in the knowledge 554 00:27:46,625 --> 00:27:48,750 that you could sail back and forth. 555 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,583 DOUG: A navigational device 556 00:28:28,708 --> 00:28:31,250 may have brought them across the Atlantic, 557 00:28:31,417 --> 00:28:32,667 and utilizing the science 558 00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:34,625 and the technology they had with them-- 559 00:28:34,792 --> 00:28:36,958 say, this device-- to build a construct 560 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:38,833 -on Oak Island... -Mm-hmm. 561 00:28:39,042 --> 00:28:41,542 ...then something like this could have accomplished that. 562 00:28:41,708 --> 00:28:44,292 It al-- it almost certainly could have. 563 00:28:44,417 --> 00:28:47,875 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina and members of the team actually 564 00:28:48,042 --> 00:28:50,000 be looking at a type of device 565 00:28:50,167 --> 00:28:52,167 that not only helped in the transport 566 00:28:52,292 --> 00:28:55,000 of a vast treasure from Europe to Oak Island, 567 00:28:55,208 --> 00:28:59,833 but also in the construction of Nolan's Cross? 568 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,833 I believe it has something to do with solving the mystery. 569 00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:06,000 I can only say, "Thank you," prego. 570 00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:08,000 We thank you greatly for your insight 571 00:29:08,208 --> 00:29:10,583 and perspective again, in our search for truth. 572 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:12,458 DOUG: We have a flight to catch. 573 00:29:12,625 --> 00:29:15,625 We're following this trail from east to west and our next stop 574 00:29:15,792 --> 00:29:19,375 is, uh, in the Netherlands to meet with Corjan Mol. 575 00:29:20,708 --> 00:29:22,333 Thank you for your time. 576 00:29:22,542 --> 00:29:24,375 Thank you. 577 00:29:27,042 --> 00:29:30,208 NARRATOR: The following morning on Oak Island... 578 00:29:30,375 --> 00:29:32,708 TERRY: Very, very interesting hole up ahead of us, Charles. 579 00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:33,833 -CHARLES: Yep. -Avanti-1. 580 00:29:34,042 --> 00:29:35,333 CHARLES: Avanti-1. 581 00:29:35,458 --> 00:29:36,917 Zero to eight, just as expected. 582 00:29:37,083 --> 00:29:39,958 And that's gonna be eight to eight-- uh, 18. 583 00:29:40,042 --> 00:29:43,667 NARRATOR: ...while Terry Matheson and Charles Barkhouse 584 00:29:43,833 --> 00:29:45,792 supervise the new core-drilling operation 585 00:29:45,875 --> 00:29:48,333 that has just begun near the Baby Blob... 586 00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:50,708 -Let's slice and dice. -Okay. 587 00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:53,917 NARRATOR: ...where they hope to locate the source of gold and silver 588 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:57,417 that has been detected some 120 feet below ground... 589 00:29:57,583 --> 00:29:59,750 TERRY: Onward and downward. 590 00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:03,542 -LAIRD: Hey, Jack. -JACK: Hey, Laird. Hey, Emma. 591 00:30:03,708 --> 00:30:06,000 -MARTY: Science team. -NARRATOR: ...in the Oak Island laboratory, 592 00:30:06,167 --> 00:30:09,833 Marty Lagina and Jack Begley join 593 00:30:09,958 --> 00:30:12,042 archaeologist Laird Niven 594 00:30:12,208 --> 00:30:13,833 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan. 595 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,958 My understanding is that this is something special, 596 00:30:17,125 --> 00:30:19,042 -that you're gonna tell us about. -It is. 597 00:30:19,208 --> 00:30:20,833 NARRATOR: They are eager to hear the analysis 598 00:30:20,917 --> 00:30:23,458 of the ornate metal button that was found 599 00:30:23,625 --> 00:30:28,333 in the large stone foundation on Lot 5 just one day ago. 600 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:30,333 So, I did a couple of map scans. 601 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:33,417 And so, this layer right here is highlighted in yellow, 602 00:30:33,542 --> 00:30:35,208 which is the lead. 603 00:30:35,375 --> 00:30:39,208 And then, the base metal is the tin content. 604 00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,375 NARRATOR: Earlier this morning, 605 00:30:42,542 --> 00:30:47,667 Emma scanned the button using the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner, 606 00:30:47,875 --> 00:30:50,875 a device which emits X-ray radiation 607 00:30:51,042 --> 00:30:54,833 to produce a three-dimensional image of its finer details. 608 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,125 She also examined it 609 00:30:57,250 --> 00:31:01,250 using the X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, or XRF, 610 00:31:01,458 --> 00:31:04,292 which uses gamma rays to determine the elements 611 00:31:04,458 --> 00:31:07,333 that make up the object's composition. 612 00:31:09,417 --> 00:31:11,000 Now we understand it to be 613 00:31:11,208 --> 00:31:13,667 -a lead-coated tin button. -MARTY: Hmm. 614 00:31:13,792 --> 00:31:14,833 Very few made of lead. 615 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,583 EMMA: Which makes it... 616 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,500 -Unique. -Yeah. (laughs softly) 617 00:31:19,667 --> 00:31:21,458 LAIRD: It's a cast button, 618 00:31:21,625 --> 00:31:22,833 so it's been cast in place. 619 00:31:23,042 --> 00:31:25,125 It's a sunburst design. 620 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:27,625 MARTY: What about status? 621 00:31:27,833 --> 00:31:29,292 Who would wear such a thing? 622 00:31:29,458 --> 00:31:31,833 -Well, I mean, it-it's decorated. -Mm-hmm. 623 00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:33,667 LAIRD: That elevates the status of a button... 624 00:31:33,875 --> 00:31:35,167 -Right. -...right away. 625 00:31:35,375 --> 00:31:38,000 But how-how old does this style go back? 626 00:31:38,208 --> 00:31:41,333 LAIRD: The only equivalents 627 00:31:41,542 --> 00:31:43,875 I can find to it... 628 00:31:44,917 --> 00:31:48,375 ...date from, like, 1600 to 1700. 629 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:50,917 And that's the latest. 630 00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:52,250 -(laughs): No way. -Mm-hmm. 631 00:31:52,375 --> 00:31:53,417 MARTY: Really? What's the earliest? 632 00:31:53,583 --> 00:31:54,833 LAIRD: The earliest, 633 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,542 there are examples back in medieval times. 634 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,250 MARTY: Well, how about that? 635 00:32:06,917 --> 00:32:08,542 LAIRD: It's a design that dates from medieval 636 00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:10,792 into the 1700s. 637 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:11,875 JACK: You-you said some of these buttons 638 00:32:12,042 --> 00:32:14,500 go back to medieval times? 639 00:32:14,708 --> 00:32:16,000 1300s. 640 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:18,667 -Well, how about that, Laird? -Yeah. 641 00:32:18,833 --> 00:32:20,042 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island laboratory, 642 00:32:20,208 --> 00:32:22,333 archaeologist Laird Niven 643 00:32:22,542 --> 00:32:26,625 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan have just informed 644 00:32:26,792 --> 00:32:28,833 Marty Lagina and Jack Begley 645 00:32:29,042 --> 00:32:31,375 that a button featuring a star design, 646 00:32:31,542 --> 00:32:35,042 which was discovered one day ago in the stone foundation 647 00:32:35,250 --> 00:32:37,292 near the shoreline of Lot 5, 648 00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:40,792 could date back more than four centuries prior 649 00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:43,500 to the discovery of the Money Pit. 650 00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:47,000 Isn't this sort of a game changer for that, for that site? 651 00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:49,417 -That's, that's what I feel. -Wow. 652 00:32:50,375 --> 00:32:53,208 Well, if this does go back to medieval periods, 653 00:32:53,333 --> 00:32:56,833 the guys are in Europe right now, investigating 654 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,292 Professor Gaspani's work on Nolan's Cross. 655 00:32:59,458 --> 00:33:03,500 And he seems to think that that dated back to the 1200s. 656 00:33:03,708 --> 00:33:06,208 So this might be more data 657 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:08,083 showing us that people were here. 658 00:33:09,917 --> 00:33:11,750 Lot 5 is still a mystery. 659 00:33:11,875 --> 00:33:13,500 And it seems like things 660 00:33:13,667 --> 00:33:16,833 don't fit real well for one period of occupation. 661 00:33:17,042 --> 00:33:19,417 I would like to get to the very bottom 662 00:33:19,542 --> 00:33:21,917 of that structure. I want to know 663 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:25,125 when that thing was first constructed. 664 00:33:25,250 --> 00:33:27,417 Jack's right. There are other dates 665 00:33:27,542 --> 00:33:30,500 -that have to be verified, that go into the 1200s. -Mm-hmm. 666 00:33:30,667 --> 00:33:33,042 There's still a lot of excavation to do, so... 667 00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:36,000 Okay. Excellent find. 668 00:33:36,167 --> 00:33:38,667 -Go find some more. -Yes. 669 00:33:38,875 --> 00:33:41,167 -JACK: Great job. See you Laird. -MARTY: Yeah. See you guys. Thank you. 670 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:43,250 NARRATOR: While the search for treasures and clues 671 00:33:43,417 --> 00:33:45,750 continues on Oak Island... 672 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,917 ...some 3,200 miles to the east, 673 00:33:49,083 --> 00:33:51,583 just outside the city of Maastricht 674 00:33:51,708 --> 00:33:55,000 near the border between Belgium and the Netherlands... 675 00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:58,000 Behind those trees, there is the river, um... 676 00:33:58,167 --> 00:34:00,292 They call it the River Meuse in French. 677 00:34:00,458 --> 00:34:03,500 ...Rick Lagina and members of the team 678 00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:06,958 are meeting with cultural historian Jacquo Silvertant 679 00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:09,042 and author Corjan Mol, 680 00:34:09,208 --> 00:34:11,875 who, along with his research partner Chris Morford, 681 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:14,583 recently published The Jerusalem Files-- 682 00:34:14,792 --> 00:34:18,417 a book describing how members of the Knights Templar 683 00:34:18,583 --> 00:34:21,167 may have transported their sacred treasures, 684 00:34:21,250 --> 00:34:24,083 including the Golden Menorah from King Solomon's Temple, 685 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:27,833 to Oak Island more than 700 years ago. 686 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:31,167 At the end of the 12th century, people started to dig 687 00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:33,708 these quarries underground. 688 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:36,042 Vast labyrinths. 689 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:39,250 The people who-who made these quarries, 690 00:34:39,417 --> 00:34:41,500 they might have had connections with the Templar order. 691 00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:42,917 Wow. 692 00:34:43,083 --> 00:34:44,625 NARRATOR: Corjan has arranged 693 00:34:44,792 --> 00:34:46,167 for the team to explore 694 00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:48,583 the 12th-century Caestert stone quarry. 695 00:34:48,708 --> 00:34:51,375 It is one of the locations where he believes 696 00:34:51,542 --> 00:34:53,833 the Templar order may have hidden their valuables 697 00:34:54,042 --> 00:34:56,333 as they made their way across Europe 698 00:34:56,500 --> 00:35:00,000 before ultimately transporting them to Oak Island. 699 00:35:01,042 --> 00:35:04,208 This would've been an ideal hideout if you were on the run. 700 00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:07,667 Just 15 meter, literally under our feet, 701 00:35:07,833 --> 00:35:10,250 we have what we believe are, uh, 702 00:35:10,458 --> 00:35:12,625 drawings by the Knights Templar 703 00:35:12,792 --> 00:35:14,167 with a lot of symbols 704 00:35:14,333 --> 00:35:16,333 that you are going to recognize from Oak Island. 705 00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:17,833 -BOTH: Great. -That's awesome. 706 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,542 I think I'm gonna go to the archives. 707 00:35:19,708 --> 00:35:21,583 -So, have fun, guys. -ALEX: Okay. -PETER: Yeah. 708 00:35:21,750 --> 00:35:23,667 -This way. -ALEX: Okay. -Thank you. See you, gentlemen. 709 00:35:23,792 --> 00:35:26,500 NARRATOR: Excavated beneath Sint Pietersberg Hill 710 00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:29,167 between the 12th and 16th centuries, 711 00:35:29,333 --> 00:35:31,542 the Caestert stone quarry 712 00:35:31,708 --> 00:35:34,417 was used to mine limestone for the construction 713 00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:38,167 of Catholic churches and abbeys throughout the region. 714 00:35:38,375 --> 00:35:40,875 CORJAN: Uh, we do have an entrance or call it a hole. 715 00:35:41,042 --> 00:35:44,000 So, go all the way down. 716 00:35:44,167 --> 00:35:45,500 ALEX: Okay. That should be no problem. 717 00:35:45,708 --> 00:35:48,333 -Can I have you take that, buddy? -Wow. 718 00:35:48,542 --> 00:35:51,000 NARRATOR: Today, the quarry consists 719 00:35:51,125 --> 00:35:53,667 of several thousand hand-carved tunnels, 720 00:35:53,875 --> 00:35:57,375 totaling 15 miles of underground passageways 721 00:35:57,542 --> 00:36:00,125 between the Netherlands and Belgium. 722 00:36:01,167 --> 00:36:03,750 CORJAN: Okay. This way. 723 00:36:03,917 --> 00:36:05,792 ALEX: Wow. 724 00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:09,375 Wow. Look at that. 725 00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:12,375 -Looks like the inside of a pyramid, doesn't it? -ALEX: Yeah. 726 00:36:14,375 --> 00:36:16,417 RICK: Looks... It almost looks otherworldly. 727 00:36:16,583 --> 00:36:18,083 -Doesn't it? -ALEX: Yeah. 728 00:36:18,208 --> 00:36:20,417 JACQUO: And we're going down now here, uh... 729 00:36:20,583 --> 00:36:23,125 -It's a bit steep. -Okay. 730 00:36:24,042 --> 00:36:25,750 There we are, guys. 731 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,667 CORJAN: And then I would invite you to look up. 732 00:36:32,042 --> 00:36:33,833 ALEX: Oh, wow. 733 00:36:35,250 --> 00:36:36,500 That's extensive. 734 00:36:38,167 --> 00:36:40,375 We have a four-dot cross there. 735 00:36:40,542 --> 00:36:42,167 -In the corner. -ALEX: Oh, yeah. 736 00:36:42,375 --> 00:36:45,667 CORJAN: Which we've seen in Italy, in Portugal. 737 00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:48,417 Here now and, of course, on Oak Island. 738 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:51,875 Look, you can't deny where we have found it, 739 00:36:52,083 --> 00:36:54,500 from place to place to place 740 00:36:54,667 --> 00:36:58,917 that's associated almost irrefutably with Templars. 741 00:36:59,083 --> 00:37:00,750 If we walk up here, there's some 742 00:37:00,917 --> 00:37:02,917 very interesting stuff on the side of the wall. 743 00:37:03,083 --> 00:37:04,958 -So... -JACQUO: Follow me. 744 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:08,125 RICK: When you know of a safe place, 745 00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:09,875 you're gonna utilize it. 746 00:37:10,042 --> 00:37:11,750 Not only to keep themselves safe, 747 00:37:11,917 --> 00:37:14,375 but more importantly, to keep their beliefs safe. 748 00:37:14,583 --> 00:37:18,167 And then you see represented high in this cave system 749 00:37:18,333 --> 00:37:19,750 some of the important representations 750 00:37:19,917 --> 00:37:21,250 of those beliefs. 751 00:37:21,417 --> 00:37:23,125 Oh. Look at that. 752 00:37:23,292 --> 00:37:25,833 I-I became almost childlike in that moment. 753 00:37:26,042 --> 00:37:27,667 I-I think it, it's impactful. 754 00:37:27,875 --> 00:37:29,750 Here we are. 755 00:37:31,417 --> 00:37:32,500 ALEX: Oh, wow. 756 00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:33,875 That is a lot. 757 00:37:35,542 --> 00:37:39,083 We have a cross, uh, gallery here. 758 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:43,042 And this is the only, uh, cross-shaped gallery 759 00:37:43,208 --> 00:37:45,083 in this part of the system. 760 00:37:45,250 --> 00:37:49,208 So I like to think that they picked this place 761 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:50,417 because of the cross shape. 762 00:37:50,625 --> 00:37:53,125 CORJAN: So, this symbol here 763 00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:56,917 looks suspiciously like a menorah. 764 00:37:57,042 --> 00:37:58,667 It does. 765 00:37:58,833 --> 00:38:01,875 On the other side here, circle and dot. 766 00:38:02,042 --> 00:38:03,208 ALEX: Yep. 767 00:38:03,417 --> 00:38:06,000 Over here, four-dot cross. 768 00:38:06,167 --> 00:38:07,458 RICK: That's remarkable. 769 00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:08,875 CORJAN: Perhaps they left their breadcrumbs 770 00:38:09,042 --> 00:38:10,833 on the ceiling. 771 00:38:10,958 --> 00:38:12,500 Mm-hmm. 772 00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:14,917 CORJAN: Maybe they took their treasure here 773 00:38:15,042 --> 00:38:17,167 on their way up north. 774 00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:18,917 PETER: Incredible. 775 00:38:23,708 --> 00:38:27,333 CORJAN: Maybe, you know, they took their treasure here. 776 00:38:27,542 --> 00:38:30,292 Let's not forget we have, you know, the circle and dot, 777 00:38:30,458 --> 00:38:33,167 the four-dot cross that you have 778 00:38:33,333 --> 00:38:35,333 -on the H+O stone on Oak Island. -Mm-hmm. 779 00:38:35,542 --> 00:38:38,333 CORJAN: So, perhaps, you know, that's also, uh, 780 00:38:38,542 --> 00:38:40,167 an indication... (stammers) ...of the destination. 781 00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:42,917 NARRATOR: At the Caestert stone quarry-- 782 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:46,167 a 12th-century tunnel system in the Netherlands, 783 00:38:46,375 --> 00:38:48,583 where members of the Knights Templar 784 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:51,292 are believed to have once kept their sacred treasures 785 00:38:51,458 --> 00:38:54,417 before transporting them to North America-- 786 00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:57,333 Rick Lagina and members of the team 787 00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:00,292 have just been shown carved symbols that also appear 788 00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:02,750 on the so-called H+O stone, 789 00:39:02,958 --> 00:39:07,083 which was discovered on Oak Island back in the 1920s. 790 00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:10,250 RICK: If they put these up there, they're saying something. 791 00:39:10,375 --> 00:39:12,292 Then their beliefs are encapsulated within... 792 00:39:12,458 --> 00:39:15,333 the context of a treasure. 793 00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:18,333 Something that was incredibly important to them. 794 00:39:18,458 --> 00:39:20,000 I think you're seeing that up there. 795 00:39:20,167 --> 00:39:22,792 My belief is that whatever happened on Oak Island 796 00:39:22,917 --> 00:39:26,167 is an Old World treasure wrapped up in an Old World mystery. 797 00:39:26,375 --> 00:39:29,208 I think what we're seeing is 798 00:39:29,417 --> 00:39:32,583 a possible route to the New World. 799 00:39:32,708 --> 00:39:35,333 You flee suppression in France, 800 00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:37,833 you find your way to the ocean 801 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:39,958 and you make your way to the New World. 802 00:39:40,125 --> 00:39:41,958 Along the way you seek shelter with a group of people 803 00:39:42,167 --> 00:39:43,375 who could easily hide you in here. 804 00:39:43,542 --> 00:39:45,708 Yeah. Yeah. 805 00:39:45,917 --> 00:39:48,208 NARRATOR: Is it possible, as Corjan Mol believes, 806 00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:50,125 that members of the Knights Templar 807 00:39:50,292 --> 00:39:52,042 once stored their priceless treasures 808 00:39:52,208 --> 00:39:55,333 in the Caestert stone quarry before ultimately taking them 809 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:58,958 across the Atlantic Ocean to Oak Island? 810 00:39:59,125 --> 00:40:02,417 If you see same symbols here in the Old World 811 00:40:02,625 --> 00:40:05,250 that you see in the New World, specifically on Oak Island 812 00:40:05,417 --> 00:40:08,000 and in close proximity to Oak Island, 813 00:40:08,167 --> 00:40:10,375 is it possible it's just random? 814 00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:11,917 I personally think not. 815 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:14,917 Hopefully, that will be impactful in the near future. 816 00:40:15,125 --> 00:40:17,833 They weren't just running for their freedom. 817 00:40:18,042 --> 00:40:20,292 They were running to protect something. 818 00:40:20,458 --> 00:40:23,333 And what they were running to protect 819 00:40:23,542 --> 00:40:26,042 perhaps was with them, 820 00:40:26,208 --> 00:40:27,583 i.e. a treasure. 821 00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:30,167 There's a message within each of these symbols 822 00:40:30,292 --> 00:40:33,417 and we need to understand what they're trying to tell us. 823 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:36,375 Maybe part of that answer is in Valkenburg, 824 00:40:36,542 --> 00:40:39,458 where we have a, uh, Templar catacomb. 825 00:40:39,667 --> 00:40:42,042 I think we should take a look there, too. 826 00:40:42,167 --> 00:40:43,042 That would be great. 827 00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:44,250 So, why don't we leave? 828 00:40:44,417 --> 00:40:46,333 -CORJA: Let's go. -PETER: Okay. 829 00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:47,792 NARRATOR: As their quest for answers 830 00:40:47,917 --> 00:40:51,542 to a 229-year-old mystery continues, 831 00:40:51,708 --> 00:40:55,292 can the Laginas and their team find proof 832 00:40:55,458 --> 00:40:58,208 more than 3,000 miles away 833 00:40:58,375 --> 00:41:01,333 that Oak Island is home to a treasure 834 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:04,750 that could re-write history as we know it? 835 00:41:05,792 --> 00:41:09,125 It is certain that they will follow the trail of clues 836 00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:11,667 wherever it leads 837 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:14,333 and keep searching for valuables 838 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,167 where the evidence directs them. 839 00:41:18,250 --> 00:41:22,875 But perhaps the greatest unknown that remains to be answered 840 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,500 is, as they dig closer to the truth, 841 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:30,833 will a deadly curse stand in their way? 842 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,833 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 843 00:41:38,042 --> 00:41:40,292 We are definitely drilling in the right spot. 844 00:41:40,458 --> 00:41:43,292 There's a big, whopping bunch of metal. I want to hit it. 845 00:41:43,458 --> 00:41:45,500 JACQUO: Under this castle is a dungeon 846 00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:47,500 where we found Templar symbolism. 847 00:41:47,667 --> 00:41:48,750 Perhaps there are answers down below. 848 00:41:48,958 --> 00:41:50,333 CORJAN: This symbol here, 849 00:41:50,458 --> 00:41:52,042 I've seen in Templar prisons before. 850 00:41:52,208 --> 00:41:53,417 It's a Viking symbol. 851 00:41:53,583 --> 00:41:55,333 GARY: When this cone is rolled over, 852 00:41:55,542 --> 00:41:57,500 we should be finding something medieval. 853 00:41:57,625 --> 00:41:58,958 JACK: I'm just trying to figure out 854 00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:00,792 how this made its way underneath the boulder. 855 00:42:00,958 --> 00:42:02,167 That doesn't happen naturally. 856 00:42:02,375 --> 00:42:03,583 This is astounding. 857 00:42:03,708 --> 00:42:05,000 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS