NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island...
We are definitely drilling in the right spot.
There's a big, whopping bunch of metal. I want to hit it.
JACQUO: Under this castle is a dungeon where we found
-Templar symbolism. -Perhaps there are answers down below.
CORJAN: This symbol here, I've seen in Templar prisons before.
It's a Viking sail.
GARY: When this cone is rolled over,
we should be finding something medieval.
JACK: I'm just trying to figure out how this made its way
underneath the boulder.
That doesn't happen naturally.
This is astounding.
NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic
where people have been looking for
an incredible treasure for more than 200 years.
So far, they have found a stone slab
with strange symbols carved into it...
...man-made workings that date to medieval times,
and a lead cross whose origin may be connected
to the Knights Templar.
To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
And according to legend, one more will have to die
before the treasure can be found.
♪ ♪
MARTY: Well, guys...
-Oh, hey, Marty. -Hey, Marty.
Give me the story. What happened?
Well, Marty, we started drilling, we got to the bottom,
there was nothing but in situ material, unfortunately.
-All the way up and down? -Up and down, unfortunately.
NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island,
Marty Lagina and members of the team
remain determined to brave not only
the chill of the fall season but also a major setback
that recently took place in the Money Pit area
in the hopes of making a breakthrough discovery
that could finally solve a 229-year-old mystery.
Nothing to write home about at all.
-Sorry-- sorry to inform. -No, that's okay.
-All data's good data. -That's right.
NARRATOR: Three weeks ago, the team began
a horizontal probe-drilling operation
some 106 feet deep
at the bottom of the Garden Shaft
to explore a mysterious seven-foot-high tunnel.
A tunnel that runs due west
into an area dubbed the "Baby Blob,"
where water testing has revealed
high-trace evidence of gold and silver
between 80 and 120 feet underground.
NARRATOR: However, salt water
suddenly rushed in and flooded the shaft...
NARRATOR: ...leaving the team to wonder
if they encountered one of the legendary booby traps
believed to be connected to the ocean.
We are definitely drilling in the right spot.
This is where the scientists tell us
there's a big, whopping bunch of metal.
So, I want to hit it.
-Yeah. -This next one, we're gonna call it
the "Bravo Well," because...
I am hoping it leads to Tango.
-Okay? -(laughs)
NARRATOR: Marty and the team
are about to begin drilling a new borehole
known as Bravo-1 near the Baby Blob,
in the hopes of pinpointing the high source
of precious metals that may be buried
more than 80 feet below ground.
All the indications are leading us into this position,
so, uh, I'm looking forward to this-this next hole.
-Yeah. Okay. -TERRY: Bravo-1. Here we go.
-Bravo-1. -Let's hope we hit Tango.
-Okay. We'll see you, guys. -Absolutely.
-Take care. -Okay. Yeah. See you, Marty.
MARTY: Carry on.
NARRATOR: As the operations continue
in the Money Pit area,
over on Lot 5,
located on the western side of the island...
Whoa, you guys are deep.
-Oh, hi. -Hi. -Hello.
NARRATOR: ...Marty is joined by Jack Begley
where archaeologists Helen Sheldon and Moya MacDonald
are investigating a rectangular stone foundation.
JACK: It just keeps getting deeper, Marty.
-Yeah. -HELEN: Mm-hmm. It's never-ending, this hole.
NARRATOR: Although the team has found
a number of 18th-century artifacts
near the surface of this feature
since they first acquired Lot 5 in 2022,
as they have dug deeper, evidence has been unearthed
suggesting that it could be much older,
including an iron spike that may date back
as much as eight centuries.
I was doing the final scrape over this orangey soil...
-Mm-hmm. -Because you have to make sure it's subsoil.
-Yeah. -And I got big chunks of creamware coming out.
-Really? -Yeah.
Like half bowls. Yeah, a ton of stuff.
-So, we said, "Hmm, this isn't subsoil." -Right.
NARRATOR: Subsoil refers to a natural layer of earth
that would be undisturbed by human activity.
Because archaeologist Helen Sheldon
has just found fragments of pottery
in the soil layer that she is investigating,
that means the team has not yet reached
the bottom of the foundation.
-And what's that? -HELEN: Here we have this blob,
basically, of a much harder clay
with this rectangle in it.
It almost looks like blue-gray till from the Money Pit.
Yeah, it does. It's similar.
Maybe the clay was put there as more of a solid base.
MARTY: The clay found in that feature
matches the clay found 50 feet down
in the Money Pit in the 1800s.
That is highly significant.
JACK: If this is deep Money Pit material,
well, there's got to be a connection
to these two features on Lot 5.
This could be related to depositors.
-Yeah. -NARRATOR: Could Jack be correct
that the team has found more evidence
that the features on Lot 5 may be connected
to an operation to bury valuables in the Money Pit area?
If so, what might they find as they continue to dig deeper?
I guess I'm pleased that there's more to be found here.
-Yeah. -Could I also get a sample
of that blue-gray clay in a bag...
-Yeah. -...and we'll get it analyzed while I go back there.
-Jack, we can, we can go do that. -Mm-hmm.
-MARTY: Okay, carry on. Thank you very much. -Okay.
-Come on, Jack. Let's go find out what this is. -MOYA: Thank you.
Great work, ladies.
NARRATOR: While the search for clues
and treasure continues on Oak Island,
more than 3,200 miles to the east in the Netherlands...
JACQUO: Right, guys. Welcome to the Castle of Valkenburg,
one of the mightiest strongholds
in the Middle Ages here in this region.
NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, his nephews Alex and Peter,
along with Doug Crowell and Emiliano Sacchetti
are meeting with author Corjan Mol
and historian Jacquo Silvertant
at a 12th-century fortress known as Valkenburg Castle.
The lords of Valkenburg had relations
with both the French and the German kings,
so they were very powerful.
You see the Templar cross?
-DOUG: Oh, yeah. -NARRATOR: One week ago,
Rick and the team began their journey in Morimondo, Italy,
to investigate the theory
that as early as the 12th century,
the medieval order of the Knights Templar
conspired with members of the Viking culture
to smuggle sacred religious treasures
across Europe before transporting them to Oak Island.
And while visiting sites in Italy...
DOUG: I see a four-dot cross.
NARRATOR: ...as well as outside the city
of Maastricht in the Netherlands...
On the other side here, circle and dot.
ALEX: Yep.
Over here. Four-dot cross.
RICK: That's remarkable.
NARRATOR: ...they were shown numerous carved symbols
that have also been found over the years on Oak Island.
Maybe they took their treasure here
on their way up north.
NARRATOR: Now, in light of several new discoveries
on Oak Island, including three artifacts
whose origins have been traced to Scandinavia,
Corjan and Jacquo have arranged for Rick and the team
to explore Valkenburg Castle where they believe
more evidence of a Templar/Viking alliance
is waiting to be revealed.
Under this castle is a dungeon I'm gonna show you,
where a couple of years ago, we found loads
of inscriptions that relate to Templar symbolism.
The lords of Valkenburg
probably were involved in arresting and, uh,
keeping, uh, Templar Knights in their dungeon.
So, it might have been refugees that they picked up.
DOUG: As they fled.
-Yeah. -RICK: Perhaps there are answers down below.
CORJAN: Let's find out,
go underground.
-You lead the way, Jacquo. -Yeah.
NARRATOR: In 1307,
King Philip IV of France
and Pope Clement V
dissolved and prosecuted the Templar order
on charges of heresy.
However, some believe
that the true purpose was to obtain the priceless treasures
that they may have found in the Holy Land
during the 12th-century Crusades,
including the golden menorah
that once stood in King Solomon's Temple,
and the Ark of the Covenant.
(men screaming)
Hundreds of Templar Knights were arrested and executed
in prisons across Europe such as Valkenburg Castle.
However, many others eluded capture
and their sacred treasures have never been found.
-Mind your head. Corjan. -Okay.
Yep. Thank you.
RICK: Each of us in our own way
are trying to make these
very positive connections
between what we're seeing and doing in the Old World
and how it may relate to Oak Island and the mystery.
JACQUO: Watch your head.
RICK: If we see that evidenced here,
I think it will be quite impactful.
CORJAN: Be extremely careful.
-JACQUO: Everybody here? -ALEX: Yeah.
JACQUO: Okay, people, uh, this is what I wanted to show you.
We're, uh, in a dungeon here, under the Castle of Valkenburg.
Our interest goes to these engravings
on this 14th-century, uh, wall.
If you look carefully,
uh, there is a four-dot cross here,
-like you see. -ALEX: Oh, yeah. Yep. Mm-hmm.
ALEX: We seem to see these four-dot crosses
in a lot of places.
We've seen it on the H+O Stone,
uh, on Oak Island.
And we've seen it, actually, throughout Europe.
It's much more significant to us
because we're kind of seeing it crop up all along this trail
that we're chasing of the Knights Templar.
-Could this be a goose paw? -Ah! No way.
That is a goose paw.
Remember when we saw this symbol in Nova Scotia?
Yeah.
NARRATOR: At Valkenburg Castle,
a 12th-century fortress in the Netherlands
that once held prisoners
connected to the Knights Templar,
Rick Lagina and members
of the Oak Island team have just discovered
a potentially important clue.
CORJAN: But I mean,
but a goose paw here--
(chuckles) I got goosebumps.
♪ ♪
That is the, the mark of the Masons
for the Knights Templar.
Incredible.
NARRATOR: In 2022,
Corjan Mol showed Rick and members of the team
a so-called goose paw,
that in addition to other symbols
that are related to the Templar Order,
was carved into the rocky shoreline
in Liverpool, Nova Scotia,
just 50 miles southwest of Oak Island.
CORJAL: That's-that's just crazy.
-Doug, if you have a minute. -Yup.
-CORJAL: This-- -DOUG: What are you looking at?
CORJAL: This symbol here
I've seen in Templar prisons before.
DOUG: Oh, really?
DOUG: Oh, I can see.
Yeah, I can see what you're pointing out.
I mean,
they are one of our primary suspects this year...
Yeah.
DOUG: ...just because of the convergence
of so many 1200s dates.
NARRATOR: A possible Templar carving
of what may be depicting a Viking sail?
There's been thoughts that this is a Templar treasure
on Oak Island, right?
We know the suppression happened.
-Yeah. -DOUG: We know they had motivation
to maybe take something to a sanctuary
far away from the troubles.
But how did they get there?
How did they know about the New World?
CORJAN: Yep.
So Templars used Vikings
for transportation to come
to a promised land--
North America.
NARRATOR: Earlier this year,
retired professor of psychology Dr. Doug Symons
presented the team with his published research
detailing how the Scandinavian Viking culture,
which is known to have explored regions of North America
more than 1,000 years ago,
intermingled with the Templar Order
during the 12th-century Crusades
and may have helped them
navigate across the Atlantic Ocean
in order to hide their sacred treasures
on Oak Island.
This might be a clue that there's a link
between Templar and Viking technology.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that Corjan has
just found more evidence in Valkenburg Castle
that supports Dr. Symons' theory?
CORJAN: That's a boat with two masts.
NARRATOR: If so, could that explain not only the artifacts
and structures discovered on Oak Island
that may be related to the Templar Order
but also those that were
scientifically traced to Scandinavia?
If there are Templar carvings in this dungeon prison,
to me, that supports the idea that they did flee to the north.
-Yeah. -ALEX: Which-which is exactly
-what we suspected may have happened. -CORJAN: I agree.
And they traveled through lands
where they didn't have any holdings
so people wouldn't be looking for them.
RICK: There was a need for refuge, safe refuge.
So, where are you going to go?
You're going to go to the New World.
You have to cross the Atlantic.
So what we are chasing now is that
east to west voyage possibilities.
Did the Norse really have the command of the oceans,
such that the Templars could rely on them?
They went a more practical way
up north using the highway of the Middle Ages--
-the river. -Right.
That's part of this trip we're making.
We'll be off to Denmark here soon.
Oh, it's gonna be a lot more interesting now we know this.
RICK: Maybe there's a missing clue.
NARRATOR: While Rick Lagina and members of the team
continue their quest for clues in Europe...
...the following morning on Oak Island...
Dang. Brought a big truck.
BILLY: You can swing in.
I think we're all pretty excited about this, actually.
I-I know I am.
NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina and other members
of the Oak Island team
have gathered on Lot 10 near the center of the island
for a new investigation of Cone E...
Good.
NARRATOR: ...one of the six boulders
that make up the megalithic formation
known as Nolan's Cross.
BILLY: So to help us move the rock today,
this is, uh, Justin and Philip with Corkum's Towing.
-How you doing, guys? -Hey.
-Good. -It's a good number for you
-to keep handy, Marty. -Yeah. Yeah.
You gonna be able to pick that bad boy up?
We're gonna give it our best shot.
That's all we can ask.
This is real important to us as to what's underneath that.
GARY: And that's it.
If Professor Gaspani is right,
when this cone is rolled over,
we should be finding something medieval.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: In light of the research
of Italian archeoastronomy expert
Professor Adriano Gaspani, who believes that members
of the Templar Order created Nolan's Cross
some eight centuries ago,
Marty has secured special permission
from fellow landowner Tom Nolan
to lift Cone E in order to search for clues
that might help prove
that this incredible theory is true.
If we can get it straight up,
-that's the ideal situation. -Right.
TOM: You know, so we don't disturb what might be
underneath it.
-Yeah. -MARTY: All right.
Proceed.
♪ ♪
MARTY: Cone E has never been moved, to our understanding.
If we pick it directly up and then get an expert
like Dr. Ian Spooner to look underneath it...
...I believe we have a really good chance
of finding organic material.
-Oh! -GARY: Ooh!
Might need another strap, I think.
MARTY: Then we can analyze the samples
and be definitive
as to whether it was placed by people or by the glaciers.
If there's something man-made under it,
then that's even more definitive.
I want to see what's under that stone.
GARY: A little bit of history here.
TOM: Yeah.
I think she's coming this time.
GARY: It's a long time since that boulder's been moved.
It's like an iceberg. Most of it was underground.
PHILIP: Yeah.
There it is.
GARY: There we go. Billy is gonna secure it.
All right. You ready to rock and roll?
Yep.
It's-- You can see there's a very thin
cover of the dark material.
Then we get right down into what looks to me
like just C horizon.
There's nothing really obvious.
Nothing right now jumps out.
I'm going swimming.
I mean, there's-- there are leaves and stuff
directly at the bottom of it.
And just a sample is really all I need.
MARTY: Yeah. It can't hurt, right?
IAN: No, no, no, no.
Especially if you found a stick.
MARTY: I like this rock.
There's something weird about it.
IAN: Yeah, we'll take a look at it.
Okay.
Well, I've done my amateur investigation.
I think you got what you need.
IAN: Yep.
What's that look like to you?
SCOTT: That is different.
IAN: Yeah. It's a conglomerate, but it's sort of odd.
MARTY: It is odd, isn't it?
I mean, I'll tell you what I'm hoping...
that that's cement.
Huh. Found cement. That's as good as metal.
MARTY: That'd be nice.
MARTY: It is odd, isn't it?
I mean, I'll tell you what I'm hoping.
That that's cement.
TOM: Yeah. (chuckles)
SCOTT: It seems like it's formed around
-or against something here. -Yeah. Yeah, it does.
NARRATOR: After lifting Cone E, which is the bottom boulder
in the megalithic formation on Oak Island
known as Nolan's Cross,
Marty Lagina
and members of the team may have just uncovered
an important clue.
MARTY: I mean, if that's cement,
then we found something. (chuckles)
Well, yeah.
-Yeah. -SCOTT: It's not something
I expected to see under there.
TOM: It's worth getting tested, for sure.
-MARTY: Oh, yeah. We will. -Yeah. Yeah.
Thank you, sir.
MARTY: I'd really like this to be as scientific as possible.
I don't want any unknowns. Let's get to the bottom of this.
Let's find out when this thing was initially put in place.
All right. I think we're all done here for now.
Well done to these gentlemen.
We still have some more data to look at.
Let's back off so they can do this safely.
-TOM: Okay. -MARTY: Let's go.
NARRATOR: While search operations continue
on Oak Island...
...nearly 3,400 miles to the east
on the island of Bornholm in Denmark...
-ALEX: Hello. -ERLING: Hello.
-How are you? -I'm fine, thanks.
-NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina... -Nice to meet you.
...along with other members of the team,
have arrived at Nylars Church...
Very nice.
NARRATOR: ...a Christian house of worship
that is believed to have been constructed by members
of the Knights Templar in the 12th century.
Very welcome to this island of Bornholm.
-DOUG: Thank you. -RICK: Thank you.
I-I'm so impressed to see all you experts coming here.
-(laughter) -That's a high compliment indeed.
NARRATOR: Here, they are meeting
with author, journalist and documentary filmmaker
Erling Haagensen.
ERLING: There were two reasons why
the-the Knights Templar came to this island.
One of them was that they had
family relations from old time, and then,
they wanted to make an experiment to find out
how far it was to go around the world
sailing, uh, east-west.
-Hmm. -Okay. Interesting.
NARRATOR: According to Erling's research,
Nylars Church was one of the locations in Scandinavia
where members of the Viking culture
helped the Templars prepare to transport
their sacred treasures across the Atlantic Ocean
in order to hide them on Oak Island
approximately eight centuries ago.
I'd love to see the church.
I would love to show you.
-After you, sir. -DOUG: Lead the way, sir.
Okay, thank you.
RICK: We're chasing an Old World treasure,
Old World mystery that travels from east to west.
It's beautiful.
RICK: So, now we are in the land
of the Norse.
We hope to make some direct connections
between the Norse and the Templars.
And one of the ways in which to do that
might be at this very church.
-ALEX: Oh, look at these. -Oh, wow.
Wow.
CORJAN: Oh, wow,
are these actual rune stones?
ERLINE: They are rune stones,
and they were found here close to the church
and then put into the church later.
-CORJAN: Amazing. -Yeah.
ERLING: Rune stones on this island, they are all connected
-to Christianity. -Okay.
NARRATOR: Dating back to as early as the fourth century,
the Norse culture carved symbols known as runes
into raised stones and boulders
throughout Scandinavia and beyond
for various commemorative purposes
such as honoring the dead, religious worship
and to mark new territory.
RICK: Look at how many of those runes
match the 90 Foot Stone.
Quite a few on there, actually.
Oh, wow.
NARRATOR: Runes found
at a believed Templar church in Denmark,
matching symbols reportedly carved on the 90 Foot Stone
which was discovered in the Money Pit back in 1804?
First documented by members of the Onslow Company,
the 90 Foot Stone, which was lost
in the early 20th century,
was described as Swedish porphyry,
which is a type of igneous rock with an olive-green color.
And upon its removal from the Money Pit,
seawater began flooding the shaft,
which has thwarted everyone since then--
including the Laginas-- when attempts have been made
to dig below that depth for whatever
may lie buried in the area.
DOUG: I've got a photo of that with me.
RICK: Do you see many, Doug?
I see one.
DOUG: The cross.
RICK: Yep.
-CORJAN: The arrow. -PETER: The arrow.
-CORJAN: Yep. -RICK: Yeah.
-RICK: The dots. -DOUG: Yeah.
ALEX: Oh, wow.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that Rick Lagina and members of the team
found critical clues at Nylars Church
on the island of Bornholm
that may help identify
just who placed the 90 Foot Stone
in the Money Pit?
This is a strange symbol here.
DOUG: Yeah, the illustration certainly
looks like the shape of a Templar cross.
And that's what might be reflected right there.
If you recall, the description of the 90 Foot Stone
is very interesting, also, because it says,
"Swedish porphyry, olive-green tinge."
It's close.
They come close.
Look at that stone right there.
The early descriptions of the 90 Foot Stone
c-certainly fits what we're seeing here at Nylars.
What it says to me is,
"Within these runes might be a connection
to help us understand the Oak Island mystery."
It's a remarkable journey
but it continues to get even more remarkable.
So, I just want to say thank you.
Thank you, all of you. Thank you so much.
-DOUG: Thank you. -ALEX: Thank you.
DOUG: Hey, Jeanne.
JEANNE: Oh, welcome to Madsebakke.
Ah, thank you. Glad to be here.
NARRATOR: On the island of Bornholm in Denmark,
Rick Lagina, along with other members
of the Oak Island team,
are meeting with local researcher
and historian Jeanne Cordua at a site known as Madsebakke,
a massive rock face that features
hundreds of ancient carvings known as petroglyphs.
JEANNE: So,
what we are going to see is about 3,000 years old,
dating back to the Scandinavian Bronze Age.
-ALEX: Wow. -DOUG: What is the, uh,
archaeological thought for these carvings?
Were they made by the people of Bornholm?
JEANNE: I am sure they were made by the local people.
And the rock carvings...
(exhales) ...they were sacred.
NARRATOR: While historians believe
that many of the petroglyphs at Madsebakke
were created for religious purposes
as much as 3,500 years ago,
some of the carvings are thought to depict navigational tools
and were created to align with stars in the night sky.
It is researcher Corjan Mol's belief
that between the 12th and 13th centuries,
members of the Viking culture and the Knights Templar
may have studied these very carvings
in order to journey across the Atlantic Ocean together
in order to hide sacred treasures on Oak Island.
And the large one you're going to see up here,
well, you can call it a-a compass from the Bronze Age.
You will find north.
And it points to, uh, sunrise
at winter solstice and sunset at winter solstice.
Norse mariners, they could, of course,
use this, uh, knowledge,
so that they could travel these immense distances.
They had some, uh, devices.
It's quite transparent, translucent.
DOUG: The, uh, sunstone.
-Yeah, sunstone. Yes, indeed. -Sunstone.
NARRATOR: According to 13th-century Icelandic records,
a sunstone is a translucent mineral block
that Viking mariners used
in order to navigate on the high seas,
as it would allow them to track the sun
through fog or overcast weather.
JEANNE: I think you should go over here
to look at the-the large wheel cross
with the cup marks around it and the four little dots,
uh, signifying sunrise and sunset at the solstices.
It's also like a-a Bronze Age compass, if you want.
-So, uh, please. -ALEX/PETER: Okay.
Oh, is this it?
PETER: Yeah.
-It's impressive. -CORJAN: Oh, wow. Look at that.
ALEX: Wow. That is exactly what we've been seeing.
RICK: Mm-hmm.
PETER: Pretty identical.
If that isn't a four-dot cross...
(chuckles): 3,000 years old.
NARRATOR: Could the team be correct
that this Bronze Age petroglyph of an astronomical compass
might also represent a four-dot cross,
a symbol that they have not only seen
at numerous Templar strongholds across Europe
but also on the so-called H+O Stone
that was found on Oak Island back in the 1920s?
CORJAN: You know, I think the puzzle just got
more complicated in some way, because we have a new use
for the four-dot cross, right?
-As a compass. -Mm.
This is so old.
RICK: It would make the four-dot cross
pre-Christianity.
I think, because we find
the four-dot cross representation everywhere
here in the Old World,
I think it needs more study.
What cultures assimilated it?
Were they specific to certain societies
or organizations like the Templars?
-A lot more study. -There is, also,
little deep potholes that should depict,
perhaps, the Hyades,
part of the constellation of Orion.
DOUG: That looks like five stone piles
in the shape of the Hyades.
NARRATOR: Earlier this year,
Italian archaeoastronomer Adriano Gaspani
shared research with the team suggesting
that the five stone piles, or cairns,
which were discovered on Oak Island in the 1960s
were created according to alignments
with a star cluster known as Hyades
by members of the Templar Order in the 13 century.
I have the picture here of the stone cairns.
I'd say it's almost identical.
-CORJAN: That's just uncanny. -ALEX: Looks pretty close. -PETER: Looks pretty identical.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that the team
has just found the inspiration
for that megalithic formation more than 3,400 miles away
at Madsebakke?
It's a cross-fertilization of cultures, right?
Using this old knowledge.
In that sense, this is-- this is a fantastic place
where a lot of lines come together, literally.
RICK: Well, it's cross-cultural assimilation
and the Templars were
one of the most astute at doing that.
We just have to figure out the relationship.
-Yeah. -Yeah. -Indeed.
Thank you for showing us this site.
-PETER: Amazing. -RICK: Thank you very much.
Thank you. It's a lifelong study.
You can never stop.
-RICK: Yeah. -ALEX: Yeah. -PETER: Yes.
RICK: It's quite remarkable.
NARRATOR: The following morning...
MARTY: Okay. Where are we at?
We're about to get kicked off here?
-Putting down the first core right now, I think. -I like it.
NARRATOR: ...while the core-drilling operation continues
in the Money Pit area on Oak Island...
-ANE JEPSEN NYBORG: Hello. -RICK: Good morning.
-ANE: Good morning. -Hi. -How are you?
You are very welcome.
NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and the team
have traveled to Kerteminde, Denmark
where they are meeting
with museum curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg
at the historic Ladby Viking Museum.
You are all very welcome to the Ladby Viking Museum.
I've heard that you've also brought something
for me to look at. Is that right?
DOUG: We have, indeed.
And we're hoping that maybe you can enlighten us.
Shall we go and have a look at it?
-Surely. -Yeah.
NARRATOR: First established in 1937,
the Ladby Viking Museum
is located on the burial site of the King of Ladby,
who died in 925 AD,
and was buried within a 70-foot-long Viking ship.
ANE: So, do move in, guys.
This is gonna be very, very small.
NARRATOR: In the hopes of proving more potential connections
between the Vikings and the Oak Island mystery,
Rick and Doug have brought a picture
of a believed medieval crossbow bolt
that was found on Oak Island back in the 1960s
by the late Robert Dunfield.
RICK: As it turns out, we have something we would like to show
that's currently being conserved and tested.
-So, Doug, I believe you have a picture of it. -I do.
RICK: It's a real, uh, interesting item
and may have a story to tell.
That's the best photo I have of it.
ANE: Wow!
Now we're talking.
This is very interesting to me
because this is the type of artifact
that I could find tomorrow
in-in an archaeological dig around here.
ANE: This is the type of artifact that I could
find tomorrow in an archaeological dig around here
and that could date from the Vikings.
Or it could even date from the early medieval period.
-Perfect. -Wow.
NARRATOR: At the Ladby Viking Museum in Kerteminde, Denmark,
museum curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg
has just given her assessment that an iron arrowhead,
which was found on Oak Island nearly 60 years ago,
could be of Viking origin.
ANE: This is very quintessentially the way
that they made these artifacts in the Viking age.
-Wow. -And, fortunately,
I have a replica here.
We have here an artifact which quintessentially
looks very, very much like what we see here on the picture.
Right.
ANE: This is an arrowhead
for what we would call a long bow.
Okay.
ANE: So, these types of arrowheads,
they come in around the beginning of the Viking age,
so we're talking about 800 we see this particular point.
And then it goes on throughout the Viking age
and stops somewhere around the middle
of the medieval period.
So, this is pre-1300.
-DOUG: That is really cool. -Yeah.
So, this could have been used through the 1200s?
-It could, yes. Yeah. -Wow.
ANE: So, the Vikings were very keen archers,
both in war times and for hunting.
So, this to me is absolutely something
that belongs to a Nordic
or a Norse, uh, sort of way of doing it.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: If Ane's assessment
of this arrowhead is correct,
could that help explain
who created the megalithic structures on the island
such as the stone piles on Lot 15
and Nolan's Cross, which are believed
to date back to approximately 1200 AD?
Would it account for the other artifacts the team has found,
which have been scientifically traced to Scandinavia?
And finally, does it offer more evidence
to support Dr. Doug Symons' theory
that Vikings assisted members of the Knights Templar
in transporting their sacred treasures
across the Atlantic Ocean to Oak Island
as much as 800 years ago?
RICK: So, Ane, we're always trying
to put X through things, right?
Yeah.
We have a list of "usual suspects"
for the activities on the island regarding the mystery.
Yeah.
So, we just have to take this information back
-and build on that. -Yeah, absolutely.
-RICK: So, thank you. -ANE: You're very welcome.
NARRATOR: As the search for clues continues in Europe...
We're here to look at the conglomerate
that you found under the Cone E boulder
-that was lifted yesterday. -Yep.
NARRATOR: ...back on Oak Island, Marty Lagina
and geologist Terry Matheson
meet with other members of the team in the laboratory
in order to further analyze the cement-like substance
that was discovered beneath Cone E
of Nolan's Cross just one day ago.
MARTY: I got in there, 'cause I thought I'm not gonna
have this cone moved and not jump down there myself.
So, I did.
Now, what is that likely, geologically?
And is it likely to be found on Oak Island?
-Please, have a look. -TERRY: Okay.
What I think I'm looking at there, then, is,
it would seem to be, well...
I have smaller pieces if you want to look at, at the--
Oh. Well, definitely, yes. Absolutely.
-Could I, please? -There you go.
Thank you.
Okay. Mm-hmm.
Yeah, looks like-- Oh, there we go. Okay.
It could be a-a hardened piece of clay
but I see some chunks of rock sticking out.
Okay.
Would it happen normally under a boulder?
TERRY: Oh, no.
I don't know how it would find its way under a boulder.
-What is it made out of, Emma? -So I do have a scan of it.
NARRATOR: Earlier this morning,
archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan
scanned the mysterious substance
using an X-ray diffraction device-- or XRD--
which uses X-rays to determine
the chemical composition and physical properties of minerals.
So, majority is, there's a lot of quartz in it,
which is not surprising.
There's a lot of albite, muscovite.
There's chlorite serpentine, which again,
is another form of chlorite.
I-I see a lot of clay-esque type of material.
EMMA: Yep. Yep.
I'm not seeing anything too unusual
-with the clay composition. -Okay.
LAIRD: So, I was photographing the sample
at kind of a microscopic level.
I noticed that there's a hair embedded in it.
-MARTY: This is it? -LAIRD: It is.
Uh, okay. Wow.
-That is a hair embedded in this rock? -Yes.
-Would you explain that to me? -I have no idea. It's in it--
-Have you ever seen that before? -(chuckling): No.
-Have you ever seen that before? -I've never seen that before.
MARTY: Wow, that is really, really strange.
MARTY: There's a hair embedded in this rock?
LAIRD: Yes.
-Have you ever seen that before? -(chuckling): No.
-Have you ever seen that before? -I've never seen that before.
MARTY: Wow, that is really, really strange.
JACK: Wow.
NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Laboratory,
archaeologist Laird Niven
has just revealed that hair of some kind
has been found embedded
within the cement-like substance
that was discovered beneath a boulder
known as Cone E in Nolan's Cross.
That doesn't happen naturally, right?
No, that's impossible.
JACK: But then... I'm just trying
to figure out how this made its way underneath the boulder.
A 60-ton boulder.
MARTY: I don't want any unknowns.
Now, we have some evidence that Cone E was placed.
But, who did it?
Maybe, finally, we're going to figure that out.
Well, this is astounding.
This is... at this point, inexplicable.
Yes.
MARTY: Okay.
It's an enigma that I can't explain.
It's like every bloody else thing here, you know?
It's odd, it's weird, it's inexplicable,
at the present.
And we arrive at the same place.
We need more data. But you know what?
It could be very meaningful.
Laird doesn't know what it is.
Terry doesn't know what it is.
And so I'm putting that in
the just "I don't know what that is" category
for right now.
And so, we need to test it
because it's definitely anomalous.
Can we do a DNA test?
-SEM would be good. -Yeah.
EMMA: Scanning electron microscope.
-Okay. -Yeah.
MARTY: I don't think every rock here does mean something.
But I believe, I really do believe
this one is super important.
We need to get it tested and see what it means.
Could this actually be from a human?
That's what we're trying to figure out.
I just can't wait to see what my brother says.
Right.
Beyond that, thank you guys very much.
Uh, I think we're done for today. Let's go.
JACK: Great job, Laird.
NARRATOR: When they began their quest more than a decade ago,
Rick and Marty Lagina vowed to leave no stone unturned
in order to solve the Oak Island mystery.
Now, as they, and their team,
continue that disciplined approach on the island,
as well as across Europe,
just what might they uncover next?
And just how might it change our understanding
about the true history of North America?
Next time on The Curse of Oak Island...
RICK: We're trying to make a connection
between the Norse and the Templars.
DOUG: We found a piece of wood
in our swamp, very much like this.
GUIDE: This Viking ship could travel
to Oak Island.
FIONA: Look what popped out. What is that?
MARTY: Somebody on Lot 5 was deep
in the Money Pit based on this evidence.
DOUG: This is a copper piece from Oak Island,
and here's that symbol next to a cross.
RICK: It's remarkable.
This cave might relate to Oak Island.
-GUIDE: This is it. -ALEX: Wow, look at this.
RICK: We've seen that before.
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