1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,375 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:05,542 We are definitely drilling in the right spot. 3 00:00:05,708 --> 00:00:08,417 There's a big, whopping bunch of metal. I want to hit it. 4 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:12,125 JACQUO: Under this castle is a dungeon where we found 5 00:00:12,250 --> 00:00:14,167 -Templar symbolism. -Perhaps there are answers down below. 6 00:00:14,333 --> 00:00:17,333 CORJAN: This symbol here, I've seen in Templar prisons before. 7 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:18,750 It's a Viking sail. 8 00:00:18,917 --> 00:00:20,708 GARY: When this cone is rolled over, 9 00:00:20,875 --> 00:00:22,625 we should be finding something medieval. 10 00:00:22,792 --> 00:00:24,875 JACK: I'm just trying to figure out how this made its way 11 00:00:25,042 --> 00:00:26,042 underneath the boulder. 12 00:00:26,208 --> 00:00:27,500 That doesn't happen naturally. 13 00:00:27,708 --> 00:00:28,708 This is astounding. 14 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:34,125 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,292 --> 00:00:36,542 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:40,542 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:43,458 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:45,750 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,083 --> 00:00:50,208 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:54,708 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:55,833 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,750 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:58,917 --> 00:01:01,500 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,667 --> 00:01:06,792 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:06,958 --> 00:01:09,375 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,417 --> 00:01:16,792 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:23,167 --> 00:01:24,625 MARTY: Well, guys... 28 00:01:24,792 --> 00:01:26,083 -Oh, hey, Marty. -Hey, Marty. 29 00:01:26,250 --> 00:01:28,042 Give me the story. What happened? 30 00:01:28,208 --> 00:01:31,167 Well, Marty, we started drilling, we got to the bottom, 31 00:01:31,333 --> 00:01:33,292 there was nothing but in situ material, unfortunately. 32 00:01:33,458 --> 00:01:36,167 -All the way up and down? -Up and down, unfortunately. 33 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:39,333 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island, 34 00:01:39,542 --> 00:01:41,833 Marty Lagina and members of the team 35 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,292 remain determined to brave not only 36 00:01:44,417 --> 00:01:48,375 the chill of the fall season but also a major setback 37 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:51,458 that recently took place in the Money Pit area 38 00:01:51,625 --> 00:01:54,250 in the hopes of making a breakthrough discovery 39 00:01:54,417 --> 00:01:59,500 that could finally solve a 229-year-old mystery. 40 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:01,333 Nothing to write home about at all. 41 00:02:01,458 --> 00:02:03,292 -Sorry-- sorry to inform. -No, that's okay. 42 00:02:03,458 --> 00:02:05,333 -All data's good data. -That's right. 43 00:02:09,125 --> 00:02:11,250 NARRATOR: Three weeks ago, the team began 44 00:02:11,417 --> 00:02:13,833 a horizontal probe-drilling operation 45 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 some 106 feet deep 46 00:02:16,125 --> 00:02:18,333 at the bottom of the Garden Shaft 47 00:02:18,542 --> 00:02:21,292 to explore a mysterious seven-foot-high tunnel. 48 00:02:21,458 --> 00:02:24,333 A tunnel that runs due west 49 00:02:24,542 --> 00:02:27,000 into an area dubbed the "Baby Blob," 50 00:02:27,167 --> 00:02:29,167 where water testing has revealed 51 00:02:29,375 --> 00:02:31,875 high-trace evidence of gold and silver 52 00:02:32,042 --> 00:02:36,333 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 53 00:02:37,583 --> 00:02:39,250 NARRATOR: However, salt water 54 00:02:39,417 --> 00:02:42,667 suddenly rushed in and flooded the shaft... 55 00:02:44,208 --> 00:02:46,250 NARRATOR: ...leaving the team to wonder 56 00:02:46,417 --> 00:02:48,667 if they encountered one of the legendary booby traps 57 00:02:48,875 --> 00:02:52,167 believed to be connected to the ocean. 58 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:55,458 We are definitely drilling in the right spot. 59 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:58,167 This is where the scientists tell us 60 00:02:58,333 --> 00:03:00,083 there's a big, whopping bunch of metal. 61 00:03:00,208 --> 00:03:01,667 So, I want to hit it. 62 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:03,250 -Yeah. -This next one, we're gonna call it 63 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:05,458 the "Bravo Well," because... 64 00:03:05,625 --> 00:03:08,167 I am hoping it leads to Tango. 65 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:09,958 -Okay? -(laughs) 66 00:03:10,083 --> 00:03:11,500 NARRATOR: Marty and the team 67 00:03:11,708 --> 00:03:14,167 are about to begin drilling a new borehole 68 00:03:14,375 --> 00:03:17,792 known as Bravo-1 near the Baby Blob, 69 00:03:17,958 --> 00:03:20,583 in the hopes of pinpointing the high source 70 00:03:20,750 --> 00:03:23,167 of precious metals that may be buried 71 00:03:23,333 --> 00:03:26,625 more than 80 feet below ground. 72 00:03:26,792 --> 00:03:30,667 All the indications are leading us into this position, 73 00:03:30,875 --> 00:03:32,917 so, uh, I'm looking forward to this-this next hole. 74 00:03:33,083 --> 00:03:34,625 -Yeah. Okay. -TERRY: Bravo-1. Here we go. 75 00:03:34,833 --> 00:03:37,333 -Bravo-1. -Let's hope we hit Tango. 76 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:38,917 -Okay. We'll see you, guys. -Absolutely. 77 00:03:39,083 --> 00:03:40,125 -Take care. -Okay. Yeah. See you, Marty. 78 00:03:40,208 --> 00:03:42,083 MARTY: Carry on. 79 00:03:42,208 --> 00:03:43,708 NARRATOR: As the operations continue 80 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:45,708 in the Money Pit area, 81 00:03:45,875 --> 00:03:47,500 over on Lot 5, 82 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:50,250 located on the western side of the island... 83 00:03:50,458 --> 00:03:52,750 Whoa, you guys are deep. 84 00:03:52,917 --> 00:03:54,625 -Oh, hi. -Hi. -Hello. 85 00:03:54,750 --> 00:03:56,750 NARRATOR: ...Marty is joined by Jack Begley 86 00:03:56,917 --> 00:04:00,333 where archaeologists Helen Sheldon and Moya MacDonald 87 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:04,167 are investigating a rectangular stone foundation. 88 00:04:04,375 --> 00:04:06,500 JACK: It just keeps getting deeper, Marty. 89 00:04:06,667 --> 00:04:09,458 -Yeah. -HELEN: Mm-hmm. It's never-ending, this hole. 90 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,500 NARRATOR: Although the team has found 91 00:04:11,625 --> 00:04:13,917 a number of 18th-century artifacts 92 00:04:14,083 --> 00:04:16,042 near the surface of this feature 93 00:04:16,208 --> 00:04:20,292 since they first acquired Lot 5 in 2022, 94 00:04:20,417 --> 00:04:23,583 as they have dug deeper, evidence has been unearthed 95 00:04:23,750 --> 00:04:27,167 suggesting that it could be much older, 96 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:30,958 including an iron spike that may date back 97 00:04:31,125 --> 00:04:33,333 as much as eight centuries. 98 00:04:33,542 --> 00:04:36,792 I was doing the final scrape over this orangey soil... 99 00:04:36,958 --> 00:04:39,625 -Mm-hmm. -Because you have to make sure it's subsoil. 100 00:04:39,708 --> 00:04:43,042 -Yeah. -And I got big chunks of creamware coming out. 101 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:44,500 -Really? -Yeah. 102 00:04:44,708 --> 00:04:47,333 Like half bowls. Yeah, a ton of stuff. 103 00:04:47,542 --> 00:04:51,125 -So, we said, "Hmm, this isn't subsoil." -Right. 104 00:04:51,292 --> 00:04:55,167 NARRATOR: Subsoil refers to a natural layer of earth 105 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:58,250 that would be undisturbed by human activity. 106 00:04:58,417 --> 00:05:00,833 Because archaeologist Helen Sheldon 107 00:05:00,958 --> 00:05:02,833 has just found fragments of pottery 108 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,750 in the soil layer that she is investigating, 109 00:05:05,917 --> 00:05:08,292 that means the team has not yet reached 110 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:11,375 the bottom of the foundation. 111 00:05:11,583 --> 00:05:13,875 -And what's that? -HELEN: Here we have this blob, 112 00:05:14,042 --> 00:05:17,417 basically, of a much harder clay 113 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:20,250 with this rectangle in it. 114 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:22,375 It almost looks like blue-gray till from the Money Pit. 115 00:05:22,542 --> 00:05:24,583 Yeah, it does. It's similar. 116 00:05:24,708 --> 00:05:27,542 Maybe the clay was put there as more of a solid base. 117 00:05:27,708 --> 00:05:30,542 MARTY: The clay found in that feature 118 00:05:30,708 --> 00:05:33,250 matches the clay found 50 feet down 119 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:35,542 in the Money Pit in the 1800s. 120 00:05:35,708 --> 00:05:38,500 That is highly significant. 121 00:05:38,667 --> 00:05:41,208 JACK: If this is deep Money Pit material, 122 00:05:41,375 --> 00:05:43,292 well, there's got to be a connection 123 00:05:43,417 --> 00:05:46,333 to these two features on Lot 5. 124 00:05:46,458 --> 00:05:50,125 This could be related to depositors. 125 00:05:50,292 --> 00:05:52,250 -Yeah. -NARRATOR: Could Jack be correct 126 00:05:52,417 --> 00:05:54,458 that the team has found more evidence 127 00:05:54,625 --> 00:05:57,667 that the features on Lot 5 may be connected 128 00:05:57,875 --> 00:06:01,958 to an operation to bury valuables in the Money Pit area? 129 00:06:02,125 --> 00:06:07,708 If so, what might they find as they continue to dig deeper? 130 00:06:07,875 --> 00:06:11,083 I guess I'm pleased that there's more to be found here. 131 00:06:11,250 --> 00:06:14,208 -Yeah. -Could I also get a sample 132 00:06:14,375 --> 00:06:16,167 of that blue-gray clay in a bag... 133 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:18,958 -Yeah. -...and we'll get it analyzed while I go back there. 134 00:06:19,125 --> 00:06:21,333 -Jack, we can, we can go do that. -Mm-hmm. 135 00:06:21,542 --> 00:06:23,625 -MARTY: Okay, carry on. Thank you very much. -Okay. 136 00:06:23,792 --> 00:06:24,667 -Come on, Jack. Let's go find out what this is. -MOYA: Thank you. 137 00:06:24,875 --> 00:06:26,208 Great work, ladies. 138 00:06:26,375 --> 00:06:27,875 NARRATOR: While the search for clues 139 00:06:28,042 --> 00:06:32,458 and treasure continues on Oak Island, 140 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:36,500 more than 3,200 miles to the east in the Netherlands... 141 00:06:43,542 --> 00:06:46,292 JACQUO: Right, guys. Welcome to the Castle of Valkenburg, 142 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:48,125 one of the mightiest strongholds 143 00:06:48,333 --> 00:06:50,083 in the Middle Ages here in this region. 144 00:06:50,208 --> 00:06:53,667 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, his nephews Alex and Peter, 145 00:06:53,875 --> 00:06:57,625 along with Doug Crowell and Emiliano Sacchetti 146 00:06:57,792 --> 00:07:00,208 are meeting with author Corjan Mol 147 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:03,125 and historian Jacquo Silvertant 148 00:07:03,208 --> 00:07:07,792 at a 12th-century fortress known as Valkenburg Castle. 149 00:07:07,958 --> 00:07:10,292 The lords of Valkenburg had relations 150 00:07:10,458 --> 00:07:13,542 with both the French and the German kings, 151 00:07:13,708 --> 00:07:15,542 so they were very powerful. 152 00:07:16,667 --> 00:07:18,833 You see the Templar cross? 153 00:07:19,042 --> 00:07:21,125 -DOUG: Oh, yeah. -NARRATOR: One week ago, 154 00:07:21,333 --> 00:07:25,042 Rick and the team began their journey in Morimondo, Italy, 155 00:07:25,208 --> 00:07:26,833 to investigate the theory 156 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,625 that as early as the 12th century, 157 00:07:29,750 --> 00:07:32,667 the medieval order of the Knights Templar 158 00:07:32,833 --> 00:07:36,333 conspired with members of the Viking culture 159 00:07:36,542 --> 00:07:38,833 to smuggle sacred religious treasures 160 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:42,417 across Europe before transporting them to Oak Island. 161 00:07:43,958 --> 00:07:46,958 And while visiting sites in Italy... 162 00:07:47,125 --> 00:07:48,708 DOUG: I see a four-dot cross. 163 00:07:48,875 --> 00:07:50,625 NARRATOR: ...as well as outside the city 164 00:07:50,792 --> 00:07:53,333 of Maastricht in the Netherlands... 165 00:07:53,542 --> 00:07:55,667 On the other side here, circle and dot. 166 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:56,958 ALEX: Yep. 167 00:07:57,042 --> 00:07:59,417 Over here. Four-dot cross. 168 00:07:59,583 --> 00:08:01,583 RICK: That's remarkable. 169 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:03,833 NARRATOR: ...they were shown numerous carved symbols 170 00:08:04,042 --> 00:08:07,667 that have also been found over the years on Oak Island. 171 00:08:07,833 --> 00:08:10,667 Maybe they took their treasure here 172 00:08:10,792 --> 00:08:12,833 on their way up north. 173 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,333 NARRATOR: Now, in light of several new discoveries 174 00:08:16,458 --> 00:08:19,333 on Oak Island, including three artifacts 175 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:22,750 whose origins have been traced to Scandinavia, 176 00:08:22,958 --> 00:08:26,667 Corjan and Jacquo have arranged for Rick and the team 177 00:08:26,875 --> 00:08:29,833 to explore Valkenburg Castle where they believe 178 00:08:30,042 --> 00:08:32,333 more evidence of a Templar/Viking alliance 179 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:35,667 is waiting to be revealed. 180 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:38,792 Under this castle is a dungeon I'm gonna show you, 181 00:08:38,958 --> 00:08:41,500 where a couple of years ago, we found loads 182 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:45,042 of inscriptions that relate to Templar symbolism. 183 00:08:45,208 --> 00:08:47,292 The lords of Valkenburg 184 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:50,042 probably were involved in arresting and, uh, 185 00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:54,208 keeping, uh, Templar Knights in their dungeon. 186 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:57,167 So, it might have been refugees that they picked up. 187 00:08:57,375 --> 00:08:58,708 DOUG: As they fled. 188 00:08:58,875 --> 00:09:00,875 -Yeah. -RICK: Perhaps there are answers down below. 189 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:02,292 CORJAN: Let's find out, 190 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:03,583 go underground. 191 00:09:03,708 --> 00:09:05,750 -You lead the way, Jacquo. -Yeah. 192 00:09:08,083 --> 00:09:10,292 NARRATOR: In 1307, 193 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:13,000 King Philip IV of France 194 00:09:13,167 --> 00:09:14,667 and Pope Clement V 195 00:09:14,833 --> 00:09:18,042 dissolved and prosecuted the Templar order 196 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:20,458 on charges of heresy. 197 00:09:20,625 --> 00:09:22,750 However, some believe 198 00:09:22,917 --> 00:09:25,875 that the true purpose was to obtain the priceless treasures 199 00:09:26,042 --> 00:09:27,792 that they may have found in the Holy Land 200 00:09:27,958 --> 00:09:31,333 during the 12th-century Crusades, 201 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,667 including the golden menorah 202 00:09:33,833 --> 00:09:36,292 that once stood in King Solomon's Temple, 203 00:09:36,458 --> 00:09:38,875 and the Ark of the Covenant. 204 00:09:39,083 --> 00:09:41,708 (men screaming) 205 00:09:41,875 --> 00:09:44,667 Hundreds of Templar Knights were arrested and executed 206 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:48,833 in prisons across Europe such as Valkenburg Castle. 207 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,042 However, many others eluded capture 208 00:09:52,208 --> 00:09:56,625 and their sacred treasures have never been found. 209 00:09:56,792 --> 00:09:59,000 -Mind your head. Corjan. -Okay. 210 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:00,583 Yep. Thank you. 211 00:10:00,750 --> 00:10:02,375 RICK: Each of us in our own way 212 00:10:02,583 --> 00:10:04,458 are trying to make these 213 00:10:04,583 --> 00:10:06,167 very positive connections 214 00:10:06,375 --> 00:10:10,917 between what we're seeing and doing in the Old World 215 00:10:11,083 --> 00:10:15,125 and how it may relate to Oak Island and the mystery. 216 00:10:15,333 --> 00:10:16,833 JACQUO: Watch your head. 217 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,083 RICK: If we see that evidenced here, 218 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:21,833 I think it will be quite impactful. 219 00:10:22,042 --> 00:10:25,083 CORJAN: Be extremely careful. 220 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:31,375 -JACQUO: Everybody here? -ALEX: Yeah. 221 00:10:31,542 --> 00:10:34,208 JACQUO: Okay, people, uh, this is what I wanted to show you. 222 00:10:34,375 --> 00:10:38,000 We're, uh, in a dungeon here, under the Castle of Valkenburg. 223 00:10:38,208 --> 00:10:41,375 Our interest goes to these engravings 224 00:10:41,583 --> 00:10:44,250 on this 14th-century, uh, wall. 225 00:10:45,417 --> 00:10:46,583 If you look carefully, 226 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:48,583 uh, there is a four-dot cross here, 227 00:10:48,750 --> 00:10:51,792 -like you see. -ALEX: Oh, yeah. Yep. Mm-hmm. 228 00:10:51,958 --> 00:10:53,667 ALEX: We seem to see these four-dot crosses 229 00:10:53,833 --> 00:10:54,917 in a lot of places. 230 00:10:55,083 --> 00:10:56,542 We've seen it on the H+O Stone, 231 00:10:56,708 --> 00:10:58,292 uh, on Oak Island. 232 00:10:58,417 --> 00:11:01,333 And we've seen it, actually, throughout Europe. 233 00:11:01,542 --> 00:11:03,500 It's much more significant to us 234 00:11:03,667 --> 00:11:06,750 because we're kind of seeing it crop up all along this trail 235 00:11:06,917 --> 00:11:08,083 that we're chasing of the Knights Templar. 236 00:11:09,042 --> 00:11:11,625 -Could this be a goose paw? -Ah! No way. 237 00:11:11,833 --> 00:11:13,833 That is a goose paw. 238 00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:17,208 Remember when we saw this symbol in Nova Scotia? 239 00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:18,917 Yeah. 240 00:11:24,917 --> 00:11:26,167 NARRATOR: At Valkenburg Castle, 241 00:11:26,333 --> 00:11:28,667 a 12th-century fortress in the Netherlands 242 00:11:28,792 --> 00:11:30,500 that once held prisoners 243 00:11:30,708 --> 00:11:31,875 connected to the Knights Templar, 244 00:11:32,042 --> 00:11:34,542 Rick Lagina and members 245 00:11:34,708 --> 00:11:36,625 of the Oak Island team have just discovered 246 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:38,750 a potentially important clue. 247 00:11:38,917 --> 00:11:39,708 CORJAN: But I mean, 248 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:41,208 but a goose paw here-- 249 00:11:41,375 --> 00:11:42,542 (chuckles) I got goosebumps. 250 00:11:42,708 --> 00:11:44,833 ♪ ♪ 251 00:11:45,042 --> 00:11:47,000 That is the, the mark of the Masons 252 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:48,333 for the Knights Templar. 253 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:49,500 Incredible. 254 00:11:49,708 --> 00:11:51,833 NARRATOR: In 2022, 255 00:11:52,042 --> 00:11:54,833 Corjan Mol showed Rick and members of the team 256 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,083 a so-called goose paw, 257 00:11:57,208 --> 00:11:59,833 that in addition to other symbols 258 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,667 that are related to the Templar Order, 259 00:12:01,875 --> 00:12:04,250 was carved into the rocky shoreline 260 00:12:04,417 --> 00:12:06,542 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 261 00:12:06,750 --> 00:12:09,875 just 50 miles southwest of Oak Island. 262 00:12:09,875 --> 00:12:11,208 CORJAL: That's-that's just crazy. 263 00:12:12,208 --> 00:12:14,875 -Doug, if you have a minute. -Yup. 264 00:12:15,917 --> 00:12:16,667 -CORJAL: This-- -DOUG: What are you looking at? 265 00:12:16,833 --> 00:12:18,042 CORJAL: This symbol here 266 00:12:18,250 --> 00:12:20,708 I've seen in Templar prisons before. 267 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:24,708 DOUG: Oh, really? 268 00:12:27,708 --> 00:12:28,875 DOUG: Oh, I can see. 269 00:12:29,083 --> 00:12:30,125 Yeah, I can see what you're pointing out. 270 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:33,208 I mean, 271 00:12:33,375 --> 00:12:35,333 they are one of our primary suspects this year... 272 00:12:35,542 --> 00:12:37,000 Yeah. 273 00:12:37,167 --> 00:12:38,708 DOUG: ...just because of the convergence 274 00:12:38,875 --> 00:12:40,250 of so many 1200s dates. 275 00:12:41,208 --> 00:12:43,208 NARRATOR: A possible Templar carving 276 00:12:43,375 --> 00:12:46,875 of what may be depicting a Viking sail? 277 00:12:47,042 --> 00:12:49,500 There's been thoughts that this is a Templar treasure 278 00:12:49,667 --> 00:12:50,833 on Oak Island, right? 279 00:12:50,958 --> 00:12:52,625 We know the suppression happened. 280 00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:53,875 -Yeah. -DOUG: We know they had motivation 281 00:12:54,042 --> 00:12:55,667 to maybe take something to a sanctuary 282 00:12:55,792 --> 00:12:56,958 far away from the troubles. 283 00:12:57,083 --> 00:12:58,500 But how did they get there? 284 00:12:58,708 --> 00:12:59,375 How did they know about the New World? 285 00:12:59,542 --> 00:13:00,667 CORJAN: Yep. 286 00:13:00,875 --> 00:13:03,333 So Templars used Vikings 287 00:13:03,542 --> 00:13:05,792 for transportation to come 288 00:13:05,958 --> 00:13:07,417 to a promised land-- 289 00:13:07,542 --> 00:13:08,750 North America. 290 00:13:08,917 --> 00:13:10,667 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 291 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:14,208 retired professor of psychology Dr. Doug Symons 292 00:13:14,375 --> 00:13:17,792 presented the team with his published research 293 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,500 detailing how the Scandinavian Viking culture, 294 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:25,000 which is known to have explored regions of North America 295 00:13:25,167 --> 00:13:27,458 more than 1,000 years ago, 296 00:13:27,583 --> 00:13:30,667 intermingled with the Templar Order 297 00:13:30,833 --> 00:13:32,792 during the 12th-century Crusades 298 00:13:32,917 --> 00:13:34,208 and may have helped them 299 00:13:34,417 --> 00:13:36,542 navigate across the Atlantic Ocean 300 00:13:36,708 --> 00:13:39,417 in order to hide their sacred treasures 301 00:13:39,583 --> 00:13:40,833 on Oak Island. 302 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 This might be a clue that there's a link 303 00:13:43,167 --> 00:13:45,208 between Templar and Viking technology. 304 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:48,000 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Corjan has 305 00:13:48,208 --> 00:13:51,167 just found more evidence in Valkenburg Castle 306 00:13:51,333 --> 00:13:53,625 that supports Dr. Symons' theory? 307 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:55,667 CORJAN: That's a boat with two masts. 308 00:13:55,875 --> 00:13:59,667 NARRATOR: If so, could that explain not only the artifacts 309 00:13:59,875 --> 00:14:02,167 and structures discovered on Oak Island 310 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:04,875 that may be related to the Templar Order 311 00:14:05,042 --> 00:14:07,042 but also those that were 312 00:14:07,208 --> 00:14:10,208 scientifically traced to Scandinavia? 313 00:14:10,375 --> 00:14:14,167 If there are Templar carvings in this dungeon prison, 314 00:14:14,333 --> 00:14:17,000 to me, that supports the idea that they did flee to the north. 315 00:14:17,167 --> 00:14:19,000 -Yeah. -ALEX: Which-which is exactly 316 00:14:19,167 --> 00:14:21,042 -what we suspected may have happened. -CORJAN: I agree. 317 00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:22,542 And they traveled through lands 318 00:14:22,708 --> 00:14:23,833 where they didn't have any holdings 319 00:14:24,042 --> 00:14:25,375 so people wouldn't be looking for them. 320 00:14:26,417 --> 00:14:29,458 RICK: There was a need for refuge, safe refuge. 321 00:14:29,625 --> 00:14:31,167 So, where are you going to go? 322 00:14:31,333 --> 00:14:33,083 You're going to go to the New World. 323 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:34,917 You have to cross the Atlantic. 324 00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:37,125 So what we are chasing now is that 325 00:14:37,292 --> 00:14:41,042 east to west voyage possibilities. 326 00:14:41,208 --> 00:14:44,750 Did the Norse really have the command of the oceans, 327 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:47,000 such that the Templars could rely on them? 328 00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:49,458 They went a more practical way 329 00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:52,542 up north using the highway of the Middle Ages-- 330 00:14:52,708 --> 00:14:54,542 -the river. -Right. 331 00:14:54,708 --> 00:14:56,167 That's part of this trip we're making. 332 00:14:56,333 --> 00:14:58,250 We'll be off to Denmark here soon. 333 00:14:58,458 --> 00:15:01,875 Oh, it's gonna be a lot more interesting now we know this. 334 00:15:02,833 --> 00:15:05,000 RICK: Maybe there's a missing clue. 335 00:15:05,208 --> 00:15:08,042 NARRATOR: While Rick Lagina and members of the team 336 00:15:08,250 --> 00:15:11,250 continue their quest for clues in Europe... 337 00:15:12,542 --> 00:15:14,875 ...the following morning on Oak Island... 338 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,000 Dang. Brought a big truck. 339 00:15:20,917 --> 00:15:23,208 BILLY: You can swing in. 340 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:26,542 I think we're all pretty excited about this, actually. 341 00:15:26,708 --> 00:15:27,875 I-I know I am. 342 00:15:28,958 --> 00:15:30,708 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina and other members 343 00:15:30,875 --> 00:15:33,042 of the Oak Island team 344 00:15:33,208 --> 00:15:36,083 have gathered on Lot 10 near the center of the island 345 00:15:36,250 --> 00:15:39,333 for a new investigation of Cone E... 346 00:15:39,542 --> 00:15:41,000 Good. 347 00:15:41,167 --> 00:15:42,333 NARRATOR: ...one of the six boulders 348 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:44,625 that make up the megalithic formation 349 00:15:44,792 --> 00:15:46,583 known as Nolan's Cross. 350 00:15:47,583 --> 00:15:49,292 BILLY: So to help us move the rock today, 351 00:15:49,458 --> 00:15:51,292 this is, uh, Justin and Philip with Corkum's Towing. 352 00:15:51,458 --> 00:15:52,750 -How you doing, guys? -Hey. 353 00:15:52,917 --> 00:15:54,125 -Good. -It's a good number for you 354 00:15:54,292 --> 00:15:56,417 -to keep handy, Marty. -Yeah. Yeah. 355 00:15:56,542 --> 00:15:57,833 You gonna be able to pick that bad boy up? 356 00:15:57,958 --> 00:15:59,500 We're gonna give it our best shot. 357 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,333 That's all we can ask. 358 00:16:01,458 --> 00:16:04,000 This is real important to us as to what's underneath that. 359 00:16:04,167 --> 00:16:05,250 GARY: And that's it. 360 00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:07,208 If Professor Gaspani is right, 361 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:10,708 when this cone is rolled over, 362 00:16:10,917 --> 00:16:12,667 we should be finding something medieval. 363 00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:14,000 Yeah. 364 00:16:14,167 --> 00:16:15,583 NARRATOR: In light of the research 365 00:16:15,792 --> 00:16:18,625 of Italian archeoastronomy expert 366 00:16:18,750 --> 00:16:22,167 Professor Adriano Gaspani, who believes that members 367 00:16:22,375 --> 00:16:25,042 of the Templar Order created Nolan's Cross 368 00:16:25,208 --> 00:16:26,750 some eight centuries ago, 369 00:16:26,917 --> 00:16:29,250 Marty has secured special permission 370 00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:31,458 from fellow landowner Tom Nolan 371 00:16:31,625 --> 00:16:34,500 to lift Cone E in order to search for clues 372 00:16:34,667 --> 00:16:36,167 that might help prove 373 00:16:36,375 --> 00:16:39,250 that this incredible theory is true. 374 00:16:39,417 --> 00:16:41,292 If we can get it straight up, 375 00:16:41,417 --> 00:16:43,417 -that's the ideal situation. -Right. 376 00:16:43,542 --> 00:16:45,708 TOM: You know, so we don't disturb what might be 377 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,000 underneath it. 378 00:16:47,167 --> 00:16:48,583 -Yeah. -MARTY: All right. 379 00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:50,333 Proceed. 380 00:16:50,458 --> 00:16:52,375 ♪ ♪ 381 00:16:54,042 --> 00:16:58,417 MARTY: Cone E has never been moved, to our understanding. 382 00:16:58,625 --> 00:17:02,833 If we pick it directly up and then get an expert 383 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,333 like Dr. Ian Spooner to look underneath it... 384 00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:09,000 ...I believe we have a really good chance 385 00:17:09,208 --> 00:17:11,542 of finding organic material. 386 00:17:13,583 --> 00:17:16,000 -Oh! -GARY: Ooh! 387 00:17:16,167 --> 00:17:17,875 Might need another strap, I think. 388 00:17:19,042 --> 00:17:21,792 MARTY: Then we can analyze the samples 389 00:17:21,917 --> 00:17:23,708 and be definitive 390 00:17:23,875 --> 00:17:27,458 as to whether it was placed by people or by the glaciers. 391 00:17:27,583 --> 00:17:29,792 If there's something man-made under it, 392 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,583 then that's even more definitive. 393 00:17:33,208 --> 00:17:35,250 I want to see what's under that stone. 394 00:17:36,208 --> 00:17:38,750 GARY: A little bit of history here. 395 00:17:38,917 --> 00:17:39,917 TOM: Yeah. 396 00:17:40,083 --> 00:17:41,708 I think she's coming this time. 397 00:17:43,042 --> 00:17:46,125 GARY: It's a long time since that boulder's been moved. 398 00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:51,875 It's like an iceberg. Most of it was underground. 399 00:17:52,042 --> 00:17:53,250 PHILIP: Yeah. 400 00:17:54,792 --> 00:17:56,667 There it is. 401 00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:59,125 GARY: There we go. Billy is gonna secure it. 402 00:18:04,292 --> 00:18:05,708 All right. You ready to rock and roll? 403 00:18:05,917 --> 00:18:07,542 Yep. 404 00:18:13,375 --> 00:18:16,042 It's-- You can see there's a very thin 405 00:18:16,208 --> 00:18:17,583 cover of the dark material. 406 00:18:17,792 --> 00:18:21,167 Then we get right down into what looks to me 407 00:18:21,375 --> 00:18:23,417 like just C horizon. 408 00:18:23,625 --> 00:18:25,167 There's nothing really obvious. 409 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:29,167 Nothing right now jumps out. 410 00:18:30,167 --> 00:18:31,792 I'm going swimming. 411 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:43,833 I mean, there's-- there are leaves and stuff 412 00:18:44,042 --> 00:18:45,792 directly at the bottom of it. 413 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:48,125 And just a sample is really all I need. 414 00:18:48,292 --> 00:18:49,333 MARTY: Yeah. It can't hurt, right? 415 00:18:49,458 --> 00:18:50,333 IAN: No, no, no, no. 416 00:18:50,542 --> 00:18:52,375 Especially if you found a stick. 417 00:18:54,042 --> 00:18:55,083 MARTY: I like this rock. 418 00:18:55,250 --> 00:18:56,333 There's something weird about it. 419 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,417 IAN: Yeah, we'll take a look at it. 420 00:18:58,583 --> 00:18:59,667 Okay. 421 00:18:59,875 --> 00:19:02,333 Well, I've done my amateur investigation. 422 00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:04,000 I think you got what you need. 423 00:19:04,125 --> 00:19:05,833 IAN: Yep. 424 00:19:06,042 --> 00:19:08,167 What's that look like to you? 425 00:19:08,292 --> 00:19:09,917 SCOTT: That is different. 426 00:19:10,083 --> 00:19:11,750 IAN: Yeah. It's a conglomerate, but it's sort of odd. 427 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:13,083 MARTY: It is odd, isn't it? 428 00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:15,000 I mean, I'll tell you what I'm hoping... 429 00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:17,250 that that's cement. 430 00:19:17,458 --> 00:19:19,750 Huh. Found cement. That's as good as metal. 431 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:21,625 MARTY: That'd be nice. 432 00:19:26,375 --> 00:19:27,500 MARTY: It is odd, isn't it? 433 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:29,167 I mean, I'll tell you what I'm hoping. 434 00:19:29,292 --> 00:19:30,792 That that's cement. 435 00:19:30,917 --> 00:19:32,000 TOM: Yeah. (chuckles) 436 00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:33,542 SCOTT: It seems like it's formed around 437 00:19:33,708 --> 00:19:36,167 -or against something here. -Yeah. Yeah, it does. 438 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:39,792 NARRATOR: After lifting Cone E, which is the bottom boulder 439 00:19:39,958 --> 00:19:42,250 in the megalithic formation on Oak Island 440 00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:44,167 known as Nolan's Cross, 441 00:19:44,375 --> 00:19:46,333 Marty Lagina 442 00:19:46,542 --> 00:19:48,625 and members of the team may have just uncovered 443 00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:50,917 an important clue. 444 00:19:51,042 --> 00:19:53,083 MARTY: I mean, if that's cement, 445 00:19:53,208 --> 00:19:54,167 then we found something. (chuckles) 446 00:19:54,292 --> 00:19:55,458 Well, yeah. 447 00:19:55,583 --> 00:19:57,333 -Yeah. -SCOTT: It's not something 448 00:19:57,542 --> 00:19:59,125 I expected to see under there. 449 00:19:59,250 --> 00:20:00,458 TOM: It's worth getting tested, for sure. 450 00:20:00,625 --> 00:20:01,167 -MARTY: Oh, yeah. We will. -Yeah. Yeah. 451 00:20:01,375 --> 00:20:03,625 Thank you, sir. 452 00:20:03,792 --> 00:20:06,375 MARTY: I'd really like this to be as scientific as possible. 453 00:20:06,542 --> 00:20:09,333 I don't want any unknowns. Let's get to the bottom of this. 454 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:12,250 Let's find out when this thing was initially put in place. 455 00:20:12,417 --> 00:20:14,833 All right. I think we're all done here for now. 456 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Well done to these gentlemen. 457 00:20:17,208 --> 00:20:18,375 We still have some more data to look at. 458 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:20,958 Let's back off so they can do this safely. 459 00:20:21,083 --> 00:20:22,333 -TOM: Okay. -MARTY: Let's go. 460 00:20:22,417 --> 00:20:24,125 NARRATOR: While search operations continue 461 00:20:24,250 --> 00:20:25,833 on Oak Island... 462 00:20:26,750 --> 00:20:29,167 ...nearly 3,400 miles to the east 463 00:20:29,292 --> 00:20:32,542 on the island of Bornholm in Denmark... 464 00:20:33,583 --> 00:20:35,375 -ALEX: Hello. -ERLING: Hello. 465 00:20:35,583 --> 00:20:37,000 -How are you? -I'm fine, thanks. 466 00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:39,250 -NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina... -Nice to meet you. 467 00:20:39,417 --> 00:20:40,292 ...along with other members of the team, 468 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:42,083 have arrived at Nylars Church... 469 00:20:42,292 --> 00:20:43,500 Very nice. 470 00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:45,500 NARRATOR: ...a Christian house of worship 471 00:20:45,708 --> 00:20:48,333 that is believed to have been constructed by members 472 00:20:48,458 --> 00:20:50,958 of the Knights Templar in the 12th century. 473 00:20:51,958 --> 00:20:54,958 Very welcome to this island of Bornholm. 474 00:20:55,167 --> 00:20:57,333 -DOUG: Thank you. -RICK: Thank you. 475 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,500 I-I'm so impressed to see all you experts coming here. 476 00:20:59,708 --> 00:21:03,292 -(laughter) -That's a high compliment indeed. 477 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:05,667 NARRATOR: Here, they are meeting 478 00:21:05,875 --> 00:21:08,125 with author, journalist and documentary filmmaker 479 00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:10,375 Erling Haagensen. 480 00:21:10,542 --> 00:21:12,375 ERLING: There were two reasons why 481 00:21:12,542 --> 00:21:15,500 the-the Knights Templar came to this island. 482 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:18,167 One of them was that they had 483 00:21:18,333 --> 00:21:21,667 family relations from old time, and then, 484 00:21:21,875 --> 00:21:25,208 they wanted to make an experiment to find out 485 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:28,250 how far it was to go around the world 486 00:21:28,375 --> 00:21:30,333 sailing, uh, east-west. 487 00:21:30,542 --> 00:21:32,500 -Hmm. -Okay. Interesting. 488 00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:34,875 NARRATOR: According to Erling's research, 489 00:21:35,083 --> 00:21:38,708 Nylars Church was one of the locations in Scandinavia 490 00:21:38,917 --> 00:21:41,667 where members of the Viking culture 491 00:21:41,875 --> 00:21:43,833 helped the Templars prepare to transport 492 00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:47,292 their sacred treasures across the Atlantic Ocean 493 00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:49,500 in order to hide them on Oak Island 494 00:21:49,667 --> 00:21:53,208 approximately eight centuries ago. 495 00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:54,958 I'd love to see the church. 496 00:21:55,125 --> 00:21:56,292 I would love to show you. 497 00:21:56,458 --> 00:21:57,292 -After you, sir. -DOUG: Lead the way, sir. 498 00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:59,333 Okay, thank you. 499 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:01,500 RICK: We're chasing an Old World treasure, 500 00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:03,833 Old World mystery that travels from east to west. 501 00:22:03,917 --> 00:22:05,458 It's beautiful. 502 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:07,875 RICK: So, now we are in the land 503 00:22:08,042 --> 00:22:09,667 of the Norse. 504 00:22:09,792 --> 00:22:11,625 We hope to make some direct connections 505 00:22:11,750 --> 00:22:13,333 between the Norse and the Templars. 506 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,083 And one of the ways in which to do that 507 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:16,917 might be at this very church. 508 00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:21,583 -ALEX: Oh, look at these. -Oh, wow. 509 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:22,833 Wow. 510 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:24,000 CORJAN: Oh, wow, 511 00:22:24,167 --> 00:22:25,667 are these actual rune stones? 512 00:22:25,875 --> 00:22:27,375 ERLINE: They are rune stones, 513 00:22:27,542 --> 00:22:29,583 and they were found here close to the church 514 00:22:29,792 --> 00:22:32,292 and then put into the church later. 515 00:22:32,458 --> 00:22:34,208 -CORJAN: Amazing. -Yeah. 516 00:22:34,375 --> 00:22:36,125 ERLING: Rune stones on this island, they are all connected 517 00:22:36,208 --> 00:22:38,333 -to Christianity. -Okay. 518 00:22:38,542 --> 00:22:41,875 NARRATOR: Dating back to as early as the fourth century, 519 00:22:42,042 --> 00:22:45,500 the Norse culture carved symbols known as runes 520 00:22:45,667 --> 00:22:48,167 into raised stones and boulders 521 00:22:48,375 --> 00:22:50,500 throughout Scandinavia and beyond 522 00:22:50,667 --> 00:22:53,375 for various commemorative purposes 523 00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:56,500 such as honoring the dead, religious worship 524 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:59,583 and to mark new territory. 525 00:23:00,875 --> 00:23:03,333 RICK: Look at how many of those runes 526 00:23:03,542 --> 00:23:05,333 match the 90 Foot Stone. 527 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:08,125 Quite a few on there, actually. 528 00:23:08,292 --> 00:23:10,125 Oh, wow. 529 00:23:10,292 --> 00:23:11,833 NARRATOR: Runes found 530 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,917 at a believed Templar church in Denmark, 531 00:23:15,083 --> 00:23:18,833 matching symbols reportedly carved on the 90 Foot Stone 532 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,958 which was discovered in the Money Pit back in 1804? 533 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:26,667 First documented by members of the Onslow Company, 534 00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:28,667 the 90 Foot Stone, which was lost 535 00:23:28,792 --> 00:23:31,250 in the early 20th century, 536 00:23:31,458 --> 00:23:34,167 was described as Swedish porphyry, 537 00:23:34,292 --> 00:23:38,042 which is a type of igneous rock with an olive-green color. 538 00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:40,833 And upon its removal from the Money Pit, 539 00:23:41,042 --> 00:23:44,000 seawater began flooding the shaft, 540 00:23:44,167 --> 00:23:46,292 which has thwarted everyone since then-- 541 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:49,500 including the Laginas-- when attempts have been made 542 00:23:49,708 --> 00:23:52,083 to dig below that depth for whatever 543 00:23:52,250 --> 00:23:54,000 may lie buried in the area. 544 00:23:54,125 --> 00:23:56,333 DOUG: I've got a photo of that with me. 545 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:57,417 RICK: Do you see many, Doug? 546 00:23:57,625 --> 00:23:59,458 I see one. 547 00:23:59,667 --> 00:24:02,292 DOUG: The cross. 548 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:04,667 RICK: Yep. 549 00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:06,333 -CORJAN: The arrow. -PETER: The arrow. 550 00:24:06,542 --> 00:24:08,792 -CORJAN: Yep. -RICK: Yeah. 551 00:24:08,958 --> 00:24:10,833 -RICK: The dots. -DOUG: Yeah. 552 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,500 ALEX: Oh, wow. 553 00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:17,500 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Rick Lagina and members of the team 554 00:24:17,667 --> 00:24:19,750 found critical clues at Nylars Church 555 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:22,333 on the island of Bornholm 556 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,042 that may help identify 557 00:24:24,208 --> 00:24:26,167 just who placed the 90 Foot Stone 558 00:24:26,333 --> 00:24:28,292 in the Money Pit? 559 00:24:28,458 --> 00:24:31,958 This is a strange symbol here. 560 00:24:32,125 --> 00:24:34,833 DOUG: Yeah, the illustration certainly 561 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:37,583 looks like the shape of a Templar cross. 562 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:42,000 And that's what might be reflected right there. 563 00:24:42,083 --> 00:24:45,375 If you recall, the description of the 90 Foot Stone 564 00:24:45,542 --> 00:24:49,000 is very interesting, also, because it says, 565 00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:52,625 "Swedish porphyry, olive-green tinge." 566 00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:53,917 It's close. 567 00:24:54,083 --> 00:24:55,833 They come close. 568 00:24:56,042 --> 00:24:57,708 Look at that stone right there. 569 00:24:57,875 --> 00:25:00,750 The early descriptions of the 90 Foot Stone 570 00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:04,542 c-certainly fits what we're seeing here at Nylars. 571 00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,667 What it says to me is, 572 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:09,000 "Within these runes might be a connection 573 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:12,125 to help us understand the Oak Island mystery." 574 00:25:12,292 --> 00:25:13,833 It's a remarkable journey 575 00:25:13,958 --> 00:25:15,875 but it continues to get even more remarkable. 576 00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:16,667 So, I just want to say thank you. 577 00:25:17,042 --> 00:25:18,875 Thank you, all of you. Thank you so much. 578 00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:21,833 -DOUG: Thank you. -ALEX: Thank you. 579 00:25:28,208 --> 00:25:29,333 DOUG: Hey, Jeanne. 580 00:25:29,542 --> 00:25:31,333 JEANNE: Oh, welcome to Madsebakke. 581 00:25:31,542 --> 00:25:34,917 Ah, thank you. Glad to be here. 582 00:25:35,042 --> 00:25:37,667 NARRATOR: On the island of Bornholm in Denmark, 583 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:40,458 Rick Lagina, along with other members 584 00:25:40,625 --> 00:25:42,000 of the Oak Island team, 585 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:44,208 are meeting with local researcher 586 00:25:44,375 --> 00:25:48,667 and historian Jeanne Cordua at a site known as Madsebakke, 587 00:25:48,875 --> 00:25:51,333 a massive rock face that features 588 00:25:51,458 --> 00:25:55,167 hundreds of ancient carvings known as petroglyphs. 589 00:25:55,375 --> 00:25:56,833 JEANNE: So, 590 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,917 what we are going to see is about 3,000 years old, 591 00:26:00,083 --> 00:26:02,667 dating back to the Scandinavian Bronze Age. 592 00:26:02,792 --> 00:26:04,792 -ALEX: Wow. -DOUG: What is the, uh, 593 00:26:04,958 --> 00:26:06,542 archaeological thought for these carvings? 594 00:26:06,750 --> 00:26:09,792 Were they made by the people of Bornholm? 595 00:26:09,958 --> 00:26:13,000 JEANNE: I am sure they were made by the local people. 596 00:26:13,208 --> 00:26:16,000 And the rock carvings... 597 00:26:16,167 --> 00:26:18,750 (exhales) ...they were sacred. 598 00:26:20,792 --> 00:26:22,500 NARRATOR: While historians believe 599 00:26:22,667 --> 00:26:25,375 that many of the petroglyphs at Madsebakke 600 00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:27,333 were created for religious purposes 601 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:30,542 as much as 3,500 years ago, 602 00:26:30,708 --> 00:26:34,708 some of the carvings are thought to depict navigational tools 603 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:39,167 and were created to align with stars in the night sky. 604 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:42,167 It is researcher Corjan Mol's belief 605 00:26:42,333 --> 00:26:45,250 that between the 12th and 13th centuries, 606 00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:48,667 members of the Viking culture and the Knights Templar 607 00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:51,167 may have studied these very carvings 608 00:26:51,292 --> 00:26:54,208 in order to journey across the Atlantic Ocean together 609 00:26:54,417 --> 00:26:58,333 in order to hide sacred treasures on Oak Island. 610 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:02,125 And the large one you're going to see up here, 611 00:27:02,333 --> 00:27:07,125 well, you can call it a-a compass from the Bronze Age. 612 00:27:07,333 --> 00:27:10,292 You will find north. 613 00:27:10,458 --> 00:27:13,250 And it points to, uh, sunrise 614 00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:17,833 at winter solstice and sunset at winter solstice. 615 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,625 Norse mariners, they could, of course, 616 00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,875 use this, uh, knowledge, 617 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:27,542 so that they could travel these immense distances. 618 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:30,542 They had some, uh, devices. 619 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:33,833 It's quite transparent, translucent. 620 00:27:33,917 --> 00:27:35,458 DOUG: The, uh, sunstone. 621 00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:37,958 -Yeah, sunstone. Yes, indeed. -Sunstone. 622 00:27:38,042 --> 00:27:42,583 NARRATOR: According to 13th-century Icelandic records, 623 00:27:42,750 --> 00:27:45,833 a sunstone is a translucent mineral block 624 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,917 that Viking mariners used 625 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:50,833 in order to navigate on the high seas, 626 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,708 as it would allow them to track the sun 627 00:27:53,875 --> 00:27:57,000 through fog or overcast weather. 628 00:27:57,208 --> 00:28:00,417 JEANNE: I think you should go over here 629 00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:03,917 to look at the-the large wheel cross 630 00:28:04,042 --> 00:28:08,208 with the cup marks around it and the four little dots, 631 00:28:08,375 --> 00:28:13,125 uh, signifying sunrise and sunset at the solstices. 632 00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:17,750 It's also like a-a Bronze Age compass, if you want. 633 00:28:17,917 --> 00:28:20,167 -So, uh, please. -ALEX/PETER: Okay. 634 00:28:27,542 --> 00:28:28,500 Oh, is this it? 635 00:28:28,625 --> 00:28:30,292 PETER: Yeah. 636 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:32,833 -It's impressive. -CORJAN: Oh, wow. Look at that. 637 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,625 ALEX: Wow. That is exactly what we've been seeing. 638 00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:37,458 RICK: Mm-hmm. 639 00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:42,208 PETER: Pretty identical. 640 00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:44,917 If that isn't a four-dot cross... 641 00:28:45,083 --> 00:28:46,833 (chuckles): 3,000 years old. 642 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,125 NARRATOR: Could the team be correct 643 00:28:49,208 --> 00:28:52,542 that this Bronze Age petroglyph of an astronomical compass 644 00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:56,917 might also represent a four-dot cross, 645 00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:59,083 a symbol that they have not only seen 646 00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:02,083 at numerous Templar strongholds across Europe 647 00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:05,125 but also on the so-called H+O Stone 648 00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:09,458 that was found on Oak Island back in the 1920s? 649 00:29:09,625 --> 00:29:12,500 CORJAN: You know, I think the puzzle just got 650 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:15,667 more complicated in some way, because we have a new use 651 00:29:15,792 --> 00:29:16,708 for the four-dot cross, right? 652 00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:18,500 -As a compass. -Mm. 653 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,000 This is so old. 654 00:29:22,167 --> 00:29:23,625 RICK: It would make the four-dot cross 655 00:29:23,792 --> 00:29:25,500 pre-Christianity. 656 00:29:27,375 --> 00:29:29,042 I think, because we find 657 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:31,875 the four-dot cross representation everywhere 658 00:29:32,042 --> 00:29:33,333 here in the Old World, 659 00:29:33,542 --> 00:29:35,125 I think it needs more study. 660 00:29:35,292 --> 00:29:36,958 What cultures assimilated it? 661 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:39,125 Were they specific to certain societies 662 00:29:39,292 --> 00:29:42,125 or organizations like the Templars? 663 00:29:42,292 --> 00:29:44,375 -A lot more study. -There is, also, 664 00:29:44,542 --> 00:29:47,667 little deep potholes that should depict, 665 00:29:47,792 --> 00:29:50,208 perhaps, the Hyades, 666 00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:53,500 part of the constellation of Orion. 667 00:29:53,708 --> 00:29:55,750 DOUG: That looks like five stone piles 668 00:29:55,917 --> 00:29:58,542 in the shape of the Hyades. 669 00:30:12,667 --> 00:30:14,167 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 670 00:30:14,292 --> 00:30:17,125 Italian archaeoastronomer Adriano Gaspani 671 00:30:17,292 --> 00:30:19,750 shared research with the team suggesting 672 00:30:19,917 --> 00:30:22,542 that the five stone piles, or cairns, 673 00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:26,042 which were discovered on Oak Island in the 1960s 674 00:30:26,208 --> 00:30:29,042 were created according to alignments 675 00:30:29,208 --> 00:30:32,083 with a star cluster known as Hyades 676 00:30:32,292 --> 00:30:35,917 by members of the Templar Order in the 13 century. 677 00:30:36,125 --> 00:30:38,875 I have the picture here of the stone cairns. 678 00:30:41,208 --> 00:30:43,167 I'd say it's almost identical. 679 00:30:45,583 --> 00:30:48,875 -CORJAN: That's just uncanny. -ALEX: Looks pretty close. -PETER: Looks pretty identical. 680 00:30:49,042 --> 00:30:51,500 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the team 681 00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:54,000 has just found the inspiration 682 00:30:54,167 --> 00:30:57,875 for that megalithic formation more than 3,400 miles away 683 00:30:58,042 --> 00:31:00,000 at Madsebakke? 684 00:31:00,167 --> 00:31:02,667 It's a cross-fertilization of cultures, right? 685 00:31:02,792 --> 00:31:04,500 Using this old knowledge. 686 00:31:04,708 --> 00:31:07,875 In that sense, this is-- this is a fantastic place 687 00:31:08,042 --> 00:31:10,917 where a lot of lines come together, literally. 688 00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:14,375 RICK: Well, it's cross-cultural assimilation 689 00:31:14,542 --> 00:31:15,958 and the Templars were 690 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:19,125 one of the most astute at doing that. 691 00:31:19,292 --> 00:31:22,500 We just have to figure out the relationship. 692 00:31:22,708 --> 00:31:24,875 -Yeah. -Yeah. -Indeed. 693 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:27,792 Thank you for showing us this site. 694 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,167 -PETER: Amazing. -RICK: Thank you very much. 695 00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:30,583 Thank you. It's a lifelong study. 696 00:31:30,750 --> 00:31:32,125 You can never stop. 697 00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:33,208 -RICK: Yeah. -ALEX: Yeah. -PETER: Yes. 698 00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:35,625 RICK: It's quite remarkable. 699 00:31:38,167 --> 00:31:40,208 NARRATOR: The following morning... 700 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:42,542 MARTY: Okay. Where are we at? 701 00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:44,542 We're about to get kicked off here? 702 00:31:44,708 --> 00:31:46,708 -Putting down the first core right now, I think. -I like it. 703 00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:50,000 NARRATOR: ...while the core-drilling operation continues 704 00:31:50,167 --> 00:31:52,625 in the Money Pit area on Oak Island... 705 00:31:54,292 --> 00:31:55,750 -ANE JEPSEN NYBORG: Hello. -RICK: Good morning. 706 00:31:55,917 --> 00:31:57,167 -ANE: Good morning. -Hi. -How are you? 707 00:31:57,333 --> 00:31:58,875 You are very welcome. 708 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:01,083 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and the team 709 00:32:01,250 --> 00:32:02,667 have traveled to Kerteminde, Denmark 710 00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:04,792 where they are meeting 711 00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:08,167 with museum curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg 712 00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:10,625 at the historic Ladby Viking Museum. 713 00:32:11,625 --> 00:32:15,458 You are all very welcome to the Ladby Viking Museum. 714 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,750 I've heard that you've also brought something 715 00:32:17,917 --> 00:32:18,792 for me to look at. Is that right? 716 00:32:18,958 --> 00:32:20,458 DOUG: We have, indeed. 717 00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:23,250 And we're hoping that maybe you can enlighten us. 718 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:24,958 Shall we go and have a look at it? 719 00:32:25,125 --> 00:32:26,250 -Surely. -Yeah. 720 00:32:27,542 --> 00:32:30,583 NARRATOR: First established in 1937, 721 00:32:30,750 --> 00:32:32,667 the Ladby Viking Museum 722 00:32:32,792 --> 00:32:36,500 is located on the burial site of the King of Ladby, 723 00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:40,208 who died in 925 AD, 724 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:44,208 and was buried within a 70-foot-long Viking ship. 725 00:32:44,375 --> 00:32:46,042 ANE: So, do move in, guys. 726 00:32:46,208 --> 00:32:48,417 This is gonna be very, very small. 727 00:32:48,542 --> 00:32:51,375 NARRATOR: In the hopes of proving more potential connections 728 00:32:51,542 --> 00:32:54,167 between the Vikings and the Oak Island mystery, 729 00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:56,458 Rick and Doug have brought a picture 730 00:32:56,583 --> 00:32:59,125 of a believed medieval crossbow bolt 731 00:32:59,250 --> 00:33:02,542 that was found on Oak Island back in the 1960s 732 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:04,833 by the late Robert Dunfield. 733 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,000 RICK: As it turns out, we have something we would like to show 734 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:10,667 that's currently being conserved and tested. 735 00:33:10,833 --> 00:33:14,042 -So, Doug, I believe you have a picture of it. -I do. 736 00:33:15,417 --> 00:33:17,292 RICK: It's a real, uh, interesting item 737 00:33:17,417 --> 00:33:18,833 and may have a story to tell. 738 00:33:20,125 --> 00:33:21,583 That's the best photo I have of it. 739 00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:23,125 ANE: Wow! 740 00:33:23,292 --> 00:33:25,125 Now we're talking. 741 00:33:25,292 --> 00:33:27,125 This is very interesting to me 742 00:33:27,292 --> 00:33:28,042 because this is the type of artifact 743 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:29,500 that I could find tomorrow 744 00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:31,042 in-in an archaeological dig around here. 745 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:32,458 in-in an archaeological dig around here. 746 00:33:40,292 --> 00:33:41,667 ANE: This is the type of artifact that I could 747 00:33:41,875 --> 00:33:43,167 find tomorrow in an archaeological dig around here 748 00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:46,667 and that could date from the Vikings. 749 00:33:47,625 --> 00:33:49,583 Or it could even date from the early medieval period. 750 00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:52,333 -Perfect. -Wow. 751 00:33:52,542 --> 00:33:56,333 NARRATOR: At the Ladby Viking Museum in Kerteminde, Denmark, 752 00:33:56,542 --> 00:34:00,125 museum curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg 753 00:34:00,333 --> 00:34:03,167 has just given her assessment that an iron arrowhead, 754 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,708 which was found on Oak Island nearly 60 years ago, 755 00:34:06,875 --> 00:34:09,375 could be of Viking origin. 756 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:12,375 ANE: This is very quintessentially the way 757 00:34:12,542 --> 00:34:14,917 that they made these artifacts in the Viking age. 758 00:34:15,042 --> 00:34:17,542 -Wow. -And, fortunately, 759 00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:19,167 I have a replica here. 760 00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:22,875 We have here an artifact which quintessentially 761 00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:26,667 looks very, very much like what we see here on the picture. 762 00:34:26,875 --> 00:34:27,875 Right. 763 00:34:28,042 --> 00:34:29,167 ANE: This is an arrowhead 764 00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:30,833 for what we would call a long bow. 765 00:34:30,958 --> 00:34:32,250 Okay. 766 00:34:32,375 --> 00:34:33,708 ANE: So, these types of arrowheads, 767 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:35,833 they come in around the beginning of the Viking age, 768 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,208 so we're talking about 800 we see this particular point. 769 00:34:39,417 --> 00:34:41,625 And then it goes on throughout the Viking age 770 00:34:41,792 --> 00:34:44,208 and stops somewhere around the middle 771 00:34:44,375 --> 00:34:45,708 of the medieval period. 772 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,917 So, this is pre-1300. 773 00:34:49,125 --> 00:34:51,333 -DOUG: That is really cool. -Yeah. 774 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:53,500 So, this could have been used through the 1200s? 775 00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:56,292 -It could, yes. Yeah. -Wow. 776 00:34:56,375 --> 00:34:58,875 ANE: So, the Vikings were very keen archers, 777 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:01,833 both in war times and for hunting. 778 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,792 So, this to me is absolutely something 779 00:35:03,958 --> 00:35:05,958 that belongs to a Nordic 780 00:35:06,125 --> 00:35:07,833 or a Norse, uh, sort of way of doing it. 781 00:35:08,042 --> 00:35:09,333 Yeah. 782 00:35:09,542 --> 00:35:11,167 NARRATOR: If Ane's assessment 783 00:35:11,333 --> 00:35:13,125 of this arrowhead is correct, 784 00:35:13,292 --> 00:35:15,250 could that help explain 785 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:18,000 who created the megalithic structures on the island 786 00:35:18,208 --> 00:35:21,292 such as the stone piles on Lot 15 787 00:35:21,417 --> 00:35:23,458 and Nolan's Cross, which are believed 788 00:35:23,625 --> 00:35:27,500 to date back to approximately 1200 AD? 789 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:31,458 Would it account for the other artifacts the team has found, 790 00:35:31,583 --> 00:35:34,417 which have been scientifically traced to Scandinavia? 791 00:35:34,583 --> 00:35:37,917 And finally, does it offer more evidence 792 00:35:38,125 --> 00:35:39,917 to support Dr. Doug Symons' theory 793 00:35:40,083 --> 00:35:43,208 that Vikings assisted members of the Knights Templar 794 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,708 in transporting their sacred treasures 795 00:35:45,875 --> 00:35:48,292 across the Atlantic Ocean to Oak Island 796 00:35:48,417 --> 00:35:51,208 as much as 800 years ago? 797 00:35:52,542 --> 00:35:54,500 RICK: So, Ane, we're always trying 798 00:35:54,667 --> 00:35:56,708 to put X through things, right? 799 00:35:56,875 --> 00:35:58,458 Yeah. 800 00:35:58,583 --> 00:36:02,208 We have a list of "usual suspects" 801 00:36:02,417 --> 00:36:03,833 for the activities on the island regarding the mystery. 802 00:36:04,042 --> 00:36:05,333 Yeah. 803 00:36:05,458 --> 00:36:06,750 So, we just have to take this information back 804 00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:10,167 -and build on that. -Yeah, absolutely. 805 00:36:10,375 --> 00:36:12,792 -RICK: So, thank you. -ANE: You're very welcome. 806 00:36:12,958 --> 00:36:15,667 NARRATOR: As the search for clues continues in Europe... 807 00:36:15,875 --> 00:36:20,125 We're here to look at the conglomerate 808 00:36:20,292 --> 00:36:21,542 that you found under the Cone E boulder 809 00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:24,542 -that was lifted yesterday. -Yep. 810 00:36:24,708 --> 00:36:27,333 NARRATOR: ...back on Oak Island, Marty Lagina 811 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,833 and geologist Terry Matheson 812 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,042 meet with other members of the team in the laboratory 813 00:36:33,208 --> 00:36:36,333 in order to further analyze the cement-like substance 814 00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,292 that was discovered beneath Cone E 815 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,625 of Nolan's Cross just one day ago. 816 00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:44,167 MARTY: I got in there, 'cause I thought I'm not gonna 817 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:46,583 have this cone moved and not jump down there myself. 818 00:36:46,750 --> 00:36:48,583 So, I did. 819 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:51,500 Now, what is that likely, geologically? 820 00:36:51,625 --> 00:36:53,250 And is it likely to be found on Oak Island? 821 00:36:53,417 --> 00:36:56,167 -Please, have a look. -TERRY: Okay. 822 00:36:56,292 --> 00:36:58,125 What I think I'm looking at there, then, is, 823 00:36:58,292 --> 00:37:01,292 it would seem to be, well... 824 00:37:02,542 --> 00:37:05,167 I have smaller pieces if you want to look at, at the-- 825 00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:08,000 Oh. Well, definitely, yes. Absolutely. 826 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:09,833 -Could I, please? -There you go. 827 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:10,958 Thank you. 828 00:37:12,958 --> 00:37:15,625 Okay. Mm-hmm. 829 00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:18,833 Yeah, looks like-- Oh, there we go. Okay. 830 00:37:21,417 --> 00:37:24,375 It could be a-a hardened piece of clay 831 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:28,875 but I see some chunks of rock sticking out. 832 00:37:29,042 --> 00:37:30,292 Okay. 833 00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:32,083 Would it happen normally under a boulder? 834 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,875 TERRY: Oh, no. 835 00:37:34,083 --> 00:37:35,500 I don't know how it would find its way under a boulder. 836 00:37:36,625 --> 00:37:39,125 -What is it made out of, Emma? -So I do have a scan of it. 837 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:41,208 NARRATOR: Earlier this morning, 838 00:37:41,375 --> 00:37:43,542 archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 839 00:37:43,708 --> 00:37:45,500 scanned the mysterious substance 840 00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:48,333 using an X-ray diffraction device-- or XRD-- 841 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,958 which uses X-rays to determine 842 00:37:52,125 --> 00:37:56,792 the chemical composition and physical properties of minerals. 843 00:37:56,917 --> 00:37:59,042 So, majority is, there's a lot of quartz in it, 844 00:37:59,208 --> 00:38:00,958 which is not surprising. 845 00:38:02,208 --> 00:38:03,500 There's a lot of albite, muscovite. 846 00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:05,958 There's chlorite serpentine, which again, 847 00:38:06,125 --> 00:38:08,500 is another form of chlorite. 848 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:10,083 I-I see a lot of clay-esque type of material. 849 00:38:10,292 --> 00:38:11,458 EMMA: Yep. Yep. 850 00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:14,125 I'm not seeing anything too unusual 851 00:38:14,333 --> 00:38:17,333 -with the clay composition. -Okay. 852 00:38:17,542 --> 00:38:21,625 LAIRD: So, I was photographing the sample 853 00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:23,917 at kind of a microscopic level. 854 00:38:24,083 --> 00:38:28,625 I noticed that there's a hair embedded in it. 855 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:33,042 -MARTY: This is it? -LAIRD: It is. 856 00:38:33,208 --> 00:38:34,833 Uh, okay. Wow. 857 00:38:34,958 --> 00:38:38,000 -That is a hair embedded in this rock? -Yes. 858 00:38:38,208 --> 00:38:40,750 -Would you explain that to me? -I have no idea. It's in it-- 859 00:38:40,917 --> 00:38:42,792 -Have you ever seen that before? -(chuckling): No. 860 00:38:42,958 --> 00:38:44,833 -Have you ever seen that before? -I've never seen that before. 861 00:38:44,833 --> 00:38:45,667 -Have you ever seen that before? -I've never seen that before. 862 00:38:46,917 --> 00:38:49,042 MARTY: Wow, that is really, really strange. 863 00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:55,333 MARTY: There's a hair embedded in this rock? 864 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:56,833 LAIRD: Yes. 865 00:38:56,958 --> 00:38:58,625 -Have you ever seen that before? -(chuckling): No. 866 00:38:58,792 --> 00:39:00,750 -Have you ever seen that before? -I've never seen that before. 867 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,667 MARTY: Wow, that is really, really strange. 868 00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:05,333 JACK: Wow. 869 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:07,000 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Laboratory, 870 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:09,292 archaeologist Laird Niven 871 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:12,167 has just revealed that hair of some kind 872 00:39:12,292 --> 00:39:14,000 has been found embedded 873 00:39:14,208 --> 00:39:15,542 within the cement-like substance 874 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:17,833 that was discovered beneath a boulder 875 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,958 known as Cone E in Nolan's Cross. 876 00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:24,833 That doesn't happen naturally, right? 877 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,208 No, that's impossible. 878 00:39:26,375 --> 00:39:27,958 JACK: But then... I'm just trying 879 00:39:28,125 --> 00:39:30,875 to figure out how this made its way underneath the boulder. 880 00:39:31,042 --> 00:39:32,792 A 60-ton boulder. 881 00:39:32,958 --> 00:39:35,417 MARTY: I don't want any unknowns. 882 00:39:35,542 --> 00:39:38,917 Now, we have some evidence that Cone E was placed. 883 00:39:40,042 --> 00:39:41,625 But, who did it? 884 00:39:41,792 --> 00:39:44,250 Maybe, finally, we're going to figure that out. 885 00:39:44,417 --> 00:39:46,333 Well, this is astounding. 886 00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:49,667 This is... at this point, inexplicable. 887 00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:50,833 Yes. 888 00:39:51,917 --> 00:39:53,167 MARTY: Okay. 889 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:55,042 It's an enigma that I can't explain. 890 00:39:55,167 --> 00:39:58,458 It's like every bloody else thing here, you know? 891 00:39:58,583 --> 00:40:01,250 It's odd, it's weird, it's inexplicable, 892 00:40:01,417 --> 00:40:03,500 at the present. 893 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,167 And we arrive at the same place. 894 00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:07,208 We need more data. But you know what? 895 00:40:07,375 --> 00:40:09,167 It could be very meaningful. 896 00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:11,000 Laird doesn't know what it is. 897 00:40:11,167 --> 00:40:12,542 Terry doesn't know what it is. 898 00:40:12,708 --> 00:40:14,375 And so I'm putting that in 899 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:16,000 the just "I don't know what that is" category 900 00:40:16,208 --> 00:40:17,125 for right now. 901 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:18,833 And so, we need to test it 902 00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:20,833 because it's definitely anomalous. 903 00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:23,333 Can we do a DNA test? 904 00:40:23,458 --> 00:40:25,458 -SEM would be good. -Yeah. 905 00:40:25,625 --> 00:40:26,542 EMMA: Scanning electron microscope. 906 00:40:26,708 --> 00:40:28,333 -Okay. -Yeah. 907 00:40:28,458 --> 00:40:30,625 MARTY: I don't think every rock here does mean something. 908 00:40:30,792 --> 00:40:33,417 But I believe, I really do believe 909 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:35,042 this one is super important. 910 00:40:35,208 --> 00:40:38,042 We need to get it tested and see what it means. 911 00:40:38,167 --> 00:40:40,375 Could this actually be from a human? 912 00:40:40,542 --> 00:40:42,042 That's what we're trying to figure out. 913 00:40:42,208 --> 00:40:45,625 I just can't wait to see what my brother says. 914 00:40:45,792 --> 00:40:46,792 Right. 915 00:40:46,958 --> 00:40:48,833 Beyond that, thank you guys very much. 916 00:40:49,042 --> 00:40:51,292 Uh, I think we're done for today. Let's go. 917 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:53,500 JACK: Great job, Laird. 918 00:40:53,625 --> 00:40:57,000 NARRATOR: When they began their quest more than a decade ago, 919 00:40:57,167 --> 00:41:01,000 Rick and Marty Lagina vowed to leave no stone unturned 920 00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:04,208 in order to solve the Oak Island mystery. 921 00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:07,583 Now, as they, and their team, 922 00:41:07,708 --> 00:41:10,667 continue that disciplined approach on the island, 923 00:41:10,875 --> 00:41:13,000 as well as across Europe, 924 00:41:13,167 --> 00:41:16,125 just what might they uncover next? 925 00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:19,542 And just how might it change our understanding 926 00:41:19,708 --> 00:41:23,083 about the true history of North America? 927 00:41:27,958 --> 00:41:30,500 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 928 00:41:30,708 --> 00:41:31,958 RICK: We're trying to make a connection 929 00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:33,208 between the Norse and the Templars. 930 00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:34,542 DOUG: We found a piece of wood 931 00:41:34,708 --> 00:41:36,667 in our swamp, very much like this. 932 00:41:36,875 --> 00:41:38,042 GUIDE: This Viking ship could travel 933 00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:39,583 to Oak Island. 934 00:41:39,750 --> 00:41:41,458 FIONA: Look what popped out. What is that? 935 00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:42,833 MARTY: Somebody on Lot 5 was deep 936 00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:44,833 in the Money Pit based on this evidence. 937 00:41:45,042 --> 00:41:46,667 DOUG: This is a copper piece from Oak Island, 938 00:41:46,875 --> 00:41:49,208 and here's that symbol next to a cross. 939 00:41:49,375 --> 00:41:50,667 RICK: It's remarkable. 940 00:41:50,833 --> 00:41:52,083 This cave might relate to Oak Island. 941 00:41:52,250 --> 00:41:53,500 -GUIDE: This is it. -ALEX: Wow, look at this. 942 00:41:53,667 --> 00:41:55,500 RICK: We've seen that before. 943 00:41:55,667 --> 00:41:57,708 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS