1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,500 NARRATOR: Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,708 --> 00:00:04,917 RICK: We're trying to make a connection 3 00:00:05,083 --> 00:00:06,292 between the Norse and the Templars. 4 00:00:06,458 --> 00:00:08,333 We found a piece of wood in our swamp. 5 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:09,917 Very much like this. 6 00:00:10,083 --> 00:00:12,042 This Viking ship could travel to Oak Island. 7 00:00:12,208 --> 00:00:14,125 -FIONA: Look what popped out. -HELEN: What is that? 8 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:15,667 MARTY: Somebody on Lot 5 was deep 9 00:00:15,833 --> 00:00:17,667 in the Money Pit based on this evidence. 10 00:00:17,875 --> 00:00:20,583 This is a copper piece from Oak Island. 11 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:21,917 Here's that symbol next to a cross. 12 00:00:22,083 --> 00:00:23,333 It's remarkable. 13 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,500 This cave might relate to Oak Island. 14 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:25,667 ROBERTO: This is it. 15 00:00:25,875 --> 00:00:26,833 EMILIANO: Wow. Look at this. 16 00:00:27,042 --> 00:00:28,375 RICK: We've seen that before. 17 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,375 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 18 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 19 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 20 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,042 So far, they have found a stone slab 21 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 22 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:50,875 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 23 00:00:51,042 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 24 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 25 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:58,958 To date, six men have died 26 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,792 trying to solve the mystery. 27 00:01:01,917 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 28 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 29 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:24,125 --> 00:01:25,125 MARTY: Gentlemen! 31 00:01:25,292 --> 00:01:26,458 Hey, Marty. How you doing? 32 00:01:26,625 --> 00:01:27,667 Looking for reports. Good reports. 33 00:01:27,875 --> 00:01:28,667 TERRY: (chuckles) Well, 34 00:01:28,875 --> 00:01:30,250 down to 137 here, Marty. 35 00:01:30,375 --> 00:01:33,375 What we have in front of us is 117 to 137. 36 00:01:34,375 --> 00:01:36,208 NARRATOR: Another chilly fall morning 37 00:01:36,375 --> 00:01:38,375 has begun on Oak Island 38 00:01:38,542 --> 00:01:41,667 for Marty Lagina and members of the team. 39 00:01:41,875 --> 00:01:44,500 But despite the increasingly harsh weather, 40 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:46,042 they remain determined 41 00:01:46,208 --> 00:01:47,958 to make a major breakthrough discovery 42 00:01:48,125 --> 00:01:49,208 in the Money Pit area 43 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:51,708 that could finally solve 44 00:01:51,875 --> 00:01:54,833 a 229-year-old treasure mystery. 45 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,958 And we don't have any, uh... 46 00:01:57,167 --> 00:01:58,500 no wood or nothing like that? 47 00:01:58,667 --> 00:01:59,583 TERRY: No. 48 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:01,667 This hole, really close 49 00:02:01,833 --> 00:02:05,417 to the Garden Shaft, has a lot of silt and sand. 50 00:02:05,583 --> 00:02:08,625 -That stuff? -TERRY: Oh yeah, very coarse material. 51 00:02:08,792 --> 00:02:11,000 It very much looks like the sand that came into the Garden Shaft 52 00:02:11,167 --> 00:02:12,500 -with the water. -Yeah. -Exactly. 53 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,167 NARRATOR: One month ago, the team began 54 00:02:19,333 --> 00:02:21,000 a horizontal probe-drilling operation 55 00:02:21,167 --> 00:02:24,833 at a depth of 106 feet in the Garden Shaft 56 00:02:25,042 --> 00:02:29,375 to explore a seven-foot-high partially dismantled tunnel. 57 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:32,542 A tunnel that runs due West 58 00:02:32,708 --> 00:02:35,250 into an area dubbed the Baby Blob 59 00:02:35,417 --> 00:02:37,417 where water testing has revealed 60 00:02:37,583 --> 00:02:39,958 high-trace evidence of gold and silver 61 00:02:40,083 --> 00:02:44,250 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 62 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:48,583 NARRATOR: But as the probe-drilling proceeded, 63 00:02:48,750 --> 00:02:51,667 salt water suddenly rushed into the structure... 64 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:56,958 NARRATOR: ...forcing the team members to vacate the shaft 65 00:02:57,125 --> 00:02:59,750 and abandon the operation. 66 00:02:59,917 --> 00:03:02,833 This has made the Oak Island team speculate 67 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,542 that they encountered 68 00:03:04,708 --> 00:03:06,958 one of the infamous booby-trapped flood tunnels, 69 00:03:07,125 --> 00:03:10,208 which have prevented searchers from successfully digging 70 00:03:10,417 --> 00:03:12,708 below 90 feet in the Money Pit area 71 00:03:12,875 --> 00:03:14,917 for more than two centuries. 72 00:03:16,125 --> 00:03:17,625 You can see the sand all slumped in. 73 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:18,958 Let me see that one. 74 00:03:19,125 --> 00:03:21,500 NARRATOR: Now, with only two weeks 75 00:03:21,583 --> 00:03:24,167 before the onset of winter will force the team 76 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:27,083 to halt their search operations until next spring, 77 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:30,292 they are conducting a new core-drilling operation 78 00:03:30,458 --> 00:03:32,667 in and around the Baby Blob 79 00:03:32,875 --> 00:03:35,542 and the mysterious tunnel near the Garden Shaft 80 00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:37,917 in the hopes of pinpointing the source 81 00:03:38,083 --> 00:03:42,458 of the possible treasure that has been detected in the area. 82 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:45,750 MARTY: The scientists are absolutely convinced 83 00:03:45,917 --> 00:03:47,917 that there's a source of metals. 84 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:49,500 And some of the metals are precious. 85 00:03:49,708 --> 00:03:52,917 You would think, "Absolutely, we're close." 86 00:03:53,083 --> 00:03:56,542 I will do my absolute damnedest 87 00:03:56,667 --> 00:03:58,417 to advance the treasure hunt 88 00:03:58,583 --> 00:03:59,750 in what little time we have left. 89 00:03:59,917 --> 00:04:01,833 -Anyway. -Guys, carry on. 90 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:02,917 Maybe there's something down deep. 91 00:04:03,125 --> 00:04:04,000 Right on. 92 00:04:04,208 --> 00:04:06,042 See you later. 93 00:04:06,208 --> 00:04:07,833 NARRATOR: While the search for the legendary treasure 94 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,792 continues on Oak Island... 95 00:04:11,792 --> 00:04:14,167 ...more than 3,200 miles to the northeast 96 00:04:14,250 --> 00:04:15,875 in Roskilde, Denmark... 97 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:19,542 ALEX: Wow. Look at these. 98 00:04:19,750 --> 00:04:20,917 PETER: Wow. 99 00:04:21,083 --> 00:04:22,833 DOUG: It's amazing, eh? 100 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,083 -Hi. Morten? -MORTEN: Hi. 101 00:04:24,208 --> 00:04:25,250 -Nice to meet you. -I'm Alex. 102 00:04:25,417 --> 00:04:27,000 -Nice to meet you. -Alex. Morten. 103 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,542 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, 104 00:04:28,708 --> 00:04:30,250 along with his nephews Alex and Peter, 105 00:04:30,417 --> 00:04:33,083 Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 106 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:35,417 and researchers Emiliano Sacchetti 107 00:04:35,583 --> 00:04:37,750 and Corjan Mol are meeting 108 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:39,250 with Dr. Morten Ravn 109 00:04:39,417 --> 00:04:41,000 at the Viking Ship Museum 110 00:04:41,167 --> 00:04:43,583 where he serves as the curator. 111 00:04:43,708 --> 00:04:46,292 Yeah. Welcome to the Viking Ship Museum. 112 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:48,875 So glad that you want to visit us also here 113 00:04:49,083 --> 00:04:51,000 on your long voyage through Europe and everywhere else. 114 00:04:51,167 --> 00:04:52,583 Thank you. 115 00:04:54,167 --> 00:04:55,167 NARRATOR: Over the past two weeks... 116 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:57,208 -Wow. -Oh, wow. 117 00:04:57,375 --> 00:04:58,708 NARRATOR: ...Rick and the team have visited 118 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:01,667 numerous historic sites in Italy, 119 00:05:01,875 --> 00:05:03,625 the Netherlands... 120 00:05:03,833 --> 00:05:05,167 If you look carefully, 121 00:05:05,333 --> 00:05:07,333 there is a four-dot cross here. 122 00:05:08,292 --> 00:05:09,375 -Ah, look at these. -Oh, wow. 123 00:05:09,583 --> 00:05:11,000 NARRATOR: ...and Denmark... 124 00:05:11,083 --> 00:05:12,708 RICK: Look at how many of those runes 125 00:05:12,875 --> 00:05:15,417 match the 90-foot stone. 126 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:17,542 NARRATOR: ...where Emiliano, Corjan 127 00:05:17,708 --> 00:05:21,500 and other researchers have shown them carved symbols 128 00:05:21,667 --> 00:05:22,917 and other compelling clues... 129 00:05:23,042 --> 00:05:24,167 On the other side here, 130 00:05:24,333 --> 00:05:26,500 -circle and dot. -ALEX: Yep. 131 00:05:26,667 --> 00:05:29,333 NARRATOR: ...supporting the incredible theory 132 00:05:29,458 --> 00:05:32,208 that members of the medieval Christian order known 133 00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:35,333 as the Knights Templar conspired with Vikings 134 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:38,958 in order to smuggle their sacred religious treasures 135 00:05:39,125 --> 00:05:42,125 across Europe before transporting them to Oak Island 136 00:05:42,208 --> 00:05:45,083 nearly 800 years ago. 137 00:05:46,292 --> 00:05:47,917 The five-schooner ship we have here is 138 00:05:48,042 --> 00:05:50,458 from the absolutely latest part of the Viking Age, 139 00:05:50,625 --> 00:05:52,750 turning into medieval times. 140 00:05:52,917 --> 00:05:56,833 NARRATOR: Now, Rick and the team are hoping that Dr. Ravn 141 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,125 can provide more information on the Viking culture, 142 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:02,458 which is known to have explored 143 00:06:02,625 --> 00:06:05,542 and created settlements in parts of North America 144 00:06:05,708 --> 00:06:08,083 some 1,000 years ago... 145 00:06:09,292 --> 00:06:11,458 ...to see if he can offer more clues 146 00:06:11,583 --> 00:06:14,583 that could help determine if this theory is true. 147 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,833 RICK: Can you give us an understanding 148 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,125 of the evolution of the design of the ships? 149 00:06:20,292 --> 00:06:22,208 Because I'm sure, initially, 150 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:24,875 it would have been about commerce and raiding, 151 00:06:25,042 --> 00:06:27,125 not necessarily transatlantic voyages. 152 00:06:27,250 --> 00:06:29,083 Yeah, it's an excellent question. 153 00:06:29,208 --> 00:06:32,042 First, it's large and larger ships, 154 00:06:32,208 --> 00:06:33,583 which you would be rowing. 155 00:06:33,750 --> 00:06:34,792 And after that, 156 00:06:34,917 --> 00:06:36,583 at the beginning of the Viking Age, 157 00:06:36,750 --> 00:06:39,375 around 750, comes the sail. 158 00:06:39,542 --> 00:06:40,708 And with the sail, 159 00:06:40,875 --> 00:06:42,958 you now can travel at the open sea, 160 00:06:43,083 --> 00:06:47,583 and eventually go all the way to Canada and to United States. 161 00:06:48,583 --> 00:06:49,583 If you are interested in seeing how we built 162 00:06:49,750 --> 00:06:51,417 reconstructions of these ships, 163 00:06:51,542 --> 00:06:53,542 you can just go outside and I have arranged 164 00:06:53,708 --> 00:06:57,083 for one of our very skilled boat builders, Marten, 165 00:06:57,208 --> 00:07:01,292 to-to show you a reconstruction of these oceangoing ships. 166 00:07:01,375 --> 00:07:03,417 -Our new number one. -ALEX: Sounds great. 167 00:07:04,458 --> 00:07:05,667 RICK: We're trying to make a connection 168 00:07:05,875 --> 00:07:07,375 between the Norse and-and the Templars, 169 00:07:07,542 --> 00:07:09,000 especially in context 170 00:07:09,167 --> 00:07:10,917 of transatlantic voyages. 171 00:07:12,167 --> 00:07:13,167 -Hello. -Hi. Welcome. 172 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:14,958 -Good to see you. -Hello. 173 00:07:15,083 --> 00:07:17,417 RICK: If the Oak Island mystery is real, 174 00:07:17,583 --> 00:07:19,792 you have to be able to connect the dots. 175 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:24,167 So right now we are looking at a seagoing Viking ship 176 00:07:24,375 --> 00:07:26,208 that is built here at the museum. 177 00:07:26,417 --> 00:07:27,833 And it's a good size ship, this one. 178 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,708 You have different layers of deck here. 179 00:07:30,875 --> 00:07:34,083 So, you can see underneath here, if you take these up. 180 00:07:34,250 --> 00:07:36,667 There's another layer of deck. 181 00:07:36,833 --> 00:07:39,625 So you can have a lot of cargo underneath here. 182 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:42,750 The one we are looking at now is a cargo ship 183 00:07:42,917 --> 00:07:46,167 that can carry a lot of weight, about 20 ton. 184 00:07:46,375 --> 00:07:48,125 Could you sail to Canada on this? 185 00:07:48,250 --> 00:07:49,208 To Oak Island? 186 00:07:49,375 --> 00:07:51,208 I would say absolutely. 187 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:55,500 This is built in 1060. 188 00:07:56,542 --> 00:07:59,792 On Oak Island, we have a couple of stone constructs 189 00:07:59,875 --> 00:08:02,000 that we're told were likely built 190 00:08:02,167 --> 00:08:03,750 in the 1200s. 191 00:08:03,875 --> 00:08:07,208 So, is this boat representative of the type of boat 192 00:08:07,417 --> 00:08:08,958 that may have been used in that time period? 193 00:08:09,125 --> 00:08:10,083 Absolutely. 194 00:08:11,125 --> 00:08:13,458 Yeah, I've been looking around here because we found 195 00:08:13,583 --> 00:08:15,333 -a piece of wood in our swamp. -MARTEN: Yeah. 196 00:08:15,542 --> 00:08:17,500 It was three-quarters of an inch thick. Very uniform. 197 00:08:17,708 --> 00:08:19,208 -It looked like a railing. -Okay. 198 00:08:19,375 --> 00:08:22,375 -And it carbon-dated to 770 A.D. -Okay. Wow. 199 00:08:22,542 --> 00:08:25,333 And as I look around, I only see one piece of wood 200 00:08:25,458 --> 00:08:27,000 that kind of resembles it, and that's up here 201 00:08:27,167 --> 00:08:29,375 -along the bow. -MARTEN: Yeah. 202 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:31,375 We found a piece that very much looks like this. 203 00:08:31,542 --> 00:08:33,000 Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 204 00:08:33,167 --> 00:08:35,042 Oh, look at that. 205 00:08:35,208 --> 00:08:36,333 What do you got? 206 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:37,583 It looks like a piece of finished wood. 207 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:39,833 NARRATOR: In 2020, 208 00:08:39,958 --> 00:08:41,708 while investigating the southern region 209 00:08:41,833 --> 00:08:44,042 of the triangle-shaped swamp, 210 00:08:44,208 --> 00:08:48,333 members of the team unearthed a well-fashioned piece of wood 211 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:50,917 that, according to carbon-14 testing, 212 00:08:51,083 --> 00:08:55,208 is one of the oldest artifacts ever found on Oak Island. 213 00:08:56,292 --> 00:08:57,333 So we tested it. 214 00:08:57,500 --> 00:09:01,333 The date was 660 to 770 A.D. 215 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,750 (chuckling) 216 00:09:05,708 --> 00:09:08,042 It's pretty much the same width, same thickness. 217 00:09:08,208 --> 00:09:10,000 Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 218 00:09:10,167 --> 00:09:13,375 NARRATOR: Could Doug Crowell be correct that he, 219 00:09:13,542 --> 00:09:15,500 Rick and the team may now be seeing 220 00:09:15,708 --> 00:09:17,667 the exact same kind of woodworking 221 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:21,583 in a Viking Ship museum located in Denmark? 222 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:23,333 It makes total sense. 223 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:26,125 It's something that would easily fall off, I would say, 224 00:09:26,292 --> 00:09:28,000 so that would make sense. 225 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,000 RICK: Well, Marten, you know, we obviously 226 00:09:30,167 --> 00:09:33,625 have learned a lot today about not only the Viking culture 227 00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:35,458 but, specifically, Viking ships. 228 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,375 And the ability, possibly, 229 00:09:37,542 --> 00:09:39,667 to sail on transatlantic voyages long ago. 230 00:09:39,875 --> 00:09:41,333 Without this information, 231 00:09:41,542 --> 00:09:43,333 we can't fill in the holes in the story 232 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:45,833 that we believe is quite complex 233 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,667 regarding the Oak Island mystery. 234 00:09:47,875 --> 00:09:50,125 So, thank you and everyone associated with this facility. 235 00:09:50,292 --> 00:09:52,083 You're very welcome. 236 00:09:52,208 --> 00:09:55,000 But the journey is not over because we are 237 00:09:55,167 --> 00:09:58,000 -about to take off to Iceland. -Correct. 238 00:09:58,167 --> 00:09:59,750 PETER: Unfortunately, 239 00:09:59,917 --> 00:10:01,833 I'm not gonna be able to make the journey to Iceland, 240 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:04,708 uh, but I look forward to hearing about it. 241 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:06,625 -We'll fill you in. -Yep. -Yeah, same here. 242 00:10:06,792 --> 00:10:08,792 I need to move back to the Netherlands for business. 243 00:10:08,917 --> 00:10:11,583 But I wish you sound sailing with this group. 244 00:10:11,708 --> 00:10:13,125 Thank you. I appreciate it. 245 00:10:13,333 --> 00:10:14,458 -ALEX: We will. -Okay. 246 00:10:14,625 --> 00:10:16,542 -Corjan, been fun. -Take care, man. 247 00:10:16,542 --> 00:10:18,542 EMILIANO: Next stop, Iceland. 248 00:10:18,542 --> 00:10:20,083 RICK: Absolutely. 249 00:10:24,042 --> 00:10:26,250 NARRATOR: As a new morning begins on Oak Island... 250 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,917 ...while the core-drilling operation continues 251 00:10:31,083 --> 00:10:33,708 near the Garden Shaft in the Money Pit area... 252 00:10:35,708 --> 00:10:37,667 MARTY: Pardon the usage of terms, Laird, 253 00:10:37,875 --> 00:10:39,333 but we're trying to cement the relationship 254 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:42,167 between the Money Pit 255 00:10:42,333 --> 00:10:43,750 and then Lot 5. 256 00:10:43,875 --> 00:10:45,750 NARRATOR:...Marty Lagina and Jack Begley 257 00:10:45,917 --> 00:10:48,667 meet with archaeologist Laird Niven 258 00:10:48,875 --> 00:10:51,292 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 259 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:53,583 in the Oak Island Laboratory. 260 00:10:53,708 --> 00:10:56,625 We've collected a sample of clay from 261 00:10:56,792 --> 00:11:00,583 the round feature and rectangular feature. 262 00:11:00,708 --> 00:11:02,042 EMMA: And then at the Money Pit. 263 00:11:02,208 --> 00:11:03,667 NARRATOR: They are eager to receive 264 00:11:03,875 --> 00:11:05,583 a follow-up report from Laird and Emma 265 00:11:05,750 --> 00:11:08,792 regarding mysterious clay-like and soil materials 266 00:11:08,917 --> 00:11:12,833 that were recently discovered in two stone foundations 267 00:11:13,042 --> 00:11:16,542 that are located in the middle of the island on Lot 5. 268 00:11:16,708 --> 00:11:19,333 One of these features is rounded in appearance 269 00:11:19,542 --> 00:11:21,625 and sits near the shoreline. 270 00:11:21,833 --> 00:11:24,167 The other, which is rectangular, 271 00:11:24,375 --> 00:11:25,750 sits further inland 272 00:11:25,875 --> 00:11:28,167 and has also yielded compelling clues, 273 00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:31,500 including an iron spike which Emma believes 274 00:11:31,667 --> 00:11:34,500 could be more than 800 years old. 275 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:37,667 Curiously, preliminary analysis on 276 00:11:37,833 --> 00:11:40,583 the clay-like soils found in the round feature 277 00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:44,667 revealed that they are closely matched to 278 00:11:44,833 --> 00:11:46,292 other soil samples that have been unearthed 279 00:11:46,458 --> 00:11:48,000 in the Money Pit area. 280 00:11:48,167 --> 00:11:50,125 Why don't you walk Jack and I through it? 281 00:11:50,292 --> 00:11:53,042 So, this is from the rectangular feature. 282 00:11:53,208 --> 00:11:54,000 MARTY: Yeah. 283 00:11:54,208 --> 00:11:55,500 Another clay deposit 284 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:56,917 standing on its own. 285 00:11:57,042 --> 00:11:58,625 Okay, so, we had a big bunch of clay 286 00:11:58,792 --> 00:12:00,708 that, even by appearance, we thought 287 00:12:00,875 --> 00:12:02,667 looked like the Money Pit, correct? 288 00:12:02,875 --> 00:12:03,875 -Yes. Yeah. -MARTY: Okay. 289 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:06,333 And then Emma ran her analysis. 290 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:07,542 Yeah. 291 00:12:08,667 --> 00:12:10,917 NARRATOR: In order to further analyze the soils 292 00:12:11,042 --> 00:12:13,792 that were found in the features on Lot 5, 293 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:15,708 Emma has scanned them 294 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:17,583 with an X-ray diffraction device, or XRD, 295 00:12:17,708 --> 00:12:23,625 which can identify the chemical composition of materials. 296 00:12:23,792 --> 00:12:26,000 MARTY: Here we have the results of that comparison? 297 00:12:26,208 --> 00:12:27,500 LAIRD: Yes. 298 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:29,500 EMMA: The rectangular feature, it is 299 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:31,500 a really close match to 300 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:33,583 a really shallow sample of the Money Pit. 301 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:35,292 -Okay, that's good. -EMMA: Yep. 302 00:12:35,417 --> 00:12:37,125 MARTY: What is this? 303 00:12:37,292 --> 00:12:39,542 LAIRD: Well, this is from part of the round feature. 304 00:12:39,708 --> 00:12:40,708 MARTY: Okay. 305 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:42,167 And Emma tested this. 306 00:12:42,292 --> 00:12:44,167 And so, in her analysis, 307 00:12:44,375 --> 00:12:47,125 this soil matches the maroon till from the Money Pit. 308 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:48,750 Which is deep. 309 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:51,250 -Yep. -Mm-hmm. 118 feet. 310 00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:55,000 So, we have two matches now to 311 00:12:55,167 --> 00:12:57,875 -the Money Pit and Lot 5. -MARTY: Right. 312 00:12:58,042 --> 00:12:59,833 JACK: How do you explain that in a feature 313 00:13:00,042 --> 00:13:02,958 that was covered over before the Money Pit was discovered? 314 00:13:05,083 --> 00:13:06,708 MARTY: Because we have some evidence that could 315 00:13:06,875 --> 00:13:09,958 go back into the 1600s, even the 1500s, 316 00:13:10,167 --> 00:13:11,458 even before. 317 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:13,167 Yeah. 318 00:13:14,083 --> 00:13:15,375 MARTY: You have somebody over on Lot 5 319 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:17,292 or some somebodies over on Lot 5 320 00:13:17,417 --> 00:13:20,667 who were deep in the Money Pit, based on this evidence. 321 00:13:20,875 --> 00:13:23,250 Which is incredibly significant, okay? 322 00:13:25,542 --> 00:13:26,917 If the data is correct, 323 00:13:27,083 --> 00:13:28,875 the clay in these features on Lot 5 324 00:13:29,042 --> 00:13:31,542 matches the clay found in the Money Pit, 325 00:13:31,708 --> 00:13:33,500 then whoever was there 326 00:13:33,708 --> 00:13:35,542 had something to do with the Money Pit. 327 00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:37,500 Uh, that's a big deal. 328 00:13:37,708 --> 00:13:38,958 That's a big connection. 329 00:13:39,125 --> 00:13:41,000 All right. Good data. We need to find out 330 00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:42,667 what it doesn't match, 331 00:13:42,792 --> 00:13:44,292 because that will add credence to 332 00:13:44,417 --> 00:13:46,208 what it does match. Okay. 333 00:13:46,375 --> 00:13:48,208 -JACK: All right. -LAIRD: See you later. 334 00:13:48,375 --> 00:13:49,833 -MARTY: Yeah. See you. Thank you. -EMMA: Yeah. 335 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,667 NARRATOR: As Marty, Jack, Laird and Emma 336 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:55,333 conclude their meeting on Oak Island... 337 00:13:56,708 --> 00:13:58,958 ...over 2,000 miles northeast 338 00:13:59,083 --> 00:14:01,208 in Reykjavík, Iceland... 339 00:14:05,042 --> 00:14:07,625 -RICK: What a beautiful day. -ALEX: Yeah. 340 00:14:07,792 --> 00:14:11,000 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, along with his nephew Alex, 341 00:14:11,167 --> 00:14:14,625 Doug Crowell and researcher Emiliano Sacchetti... 342 00:14:14,750 --> 00:14:16,250 EMILIANO: Okay, we'll go in here. 343 00:14:16,458 --> 00:14:18,833 ...arrive at the Árni Magnússon Institute. 344 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,500 -Hello, Professor. -Hello. 345 00:14:21,625 --> 00:14:23,833 Thanks for having us today, here. 346 00:14:24,042 --> 00:14:26,000 NARRATOR: On Emiliano's recommendation, 347 00:14:26,167 --> 00:14:30,250 they are meeting with Professor Gudvardur Mar Gunnlaugsson, 348 00:14:30,417 --> 00:14:33,000 the curator of the institute's manuscripts, 349 00:14:33,208 --> 00:14:36,000 to see more documented clues 350 00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:37,583 that could link the Viking culture 351 00:14:37,750 --> 00:14:40,083 to the order of the Knights Templar 352 00:14:40,250 --> 00:14:44,083 and, potentially, the Oak Island mystery. 353 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,333 Basically collecting, 354 00:15:03,542 --> 00:15:05,667 translating that knowledge 355 00:15:05,833 --> 00:15:08,417 that was brought back from the holy land 356 00:15:08,583 --> 00:15:10,875 from people like the Templars. 357 00:15:13,417 --> 00:15:16,333 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago, Emiliano 358 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:18,750 and archeoastronomer Professor Adriano Gaspani 359 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:21,125 gave Rick and the team a tour 360 00:15:21,250 --> 00:15:25,000 of a 12th-century monastery in Morimondo, Italy 361 00:15:25,167 --> 00:15:27,792 that was built by Cistercian monks, 362 00:15:27,917 --> 00:15:30,000 a Catholic order 363 00:15:30,167 --> 00:15:33,083 that constructed certain Christian houses of worship 364 00:15:33,208 --> 00:15:37,000 across Europe according to astronomical alignments 365 00:15:37,083 --> 00:15:39,792 with stars in the night sky. 366 00:15:39,917 --> 00:15:41,917 DOUG: We have the four-dot cross 367 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:43,833 carved on a stone on Oak Island, 368 00:15:43,958 --> 00:15:46,917 along with a circle with a dot in the center. 369 00:15:47,042 --> 00:15:51,542 NARRATOR: While there, the team not only saw numerous Templar symbols 370 00:15:51,708 --> 00:15:54,125 that have been found over the years on Oak Island, 371 00:15:54,292 --> 00:15:57,625 but were also informed by Professor Gaspani 372 00:15:57,750 --> 00:16:00,708 that the Templars may have employed knowledge of astronomy 373 00:16:00,917 --> 00:16:03,750 that they learned in such abbeys 374 00:16:03,958 --> 00:16:05,250 in order to construct 375 00:16:05,417 --> 00:16:07,292 megalithic formations on Oak Island, 376 00:16:07,458 --> 00:16:10,500 including the feature made up of six boulders 377 00:16:10,708 --> 00:16:12,917 known as Nolan's Cross. 378 00:16:14,333 --> 00:16:17,542 Eventually, that knowledge reached, also, Iceland, 379 00:16:17,708 --> 00:16:21,500 because what we know is that between the 11th century 380 00:16:21,625 --> 00:16:24,250 and the 14th century, in this island, 381 00:16:24,458 --> 00:16:28,417 were active more than 15 monastic houses. 382 00:16:28,542 --> 00:16:30,750 And those abbeys 383 00:16:30,875 --> 00:16:33,917 produced hundreds of manuscripts. 384 00:16:34,125 --> 00:16:37,250 This one is evidence 385 00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:39,875 that very specific knowledge-- 386 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:43,333 and I'm talking about astronomy, sacred geometry-- 387 00:16:43,542 --> 00:16:46,667 arrived here and was processed here. 388 00:16:46,792 --> 00:16:49,958 The oldest part is around 1190, 389 00:16:50,125 --> 00:16:54,125 up to the early 14th century. 390 00:16:55,167 --> 00:16:56,667 RICK: What is the language? 391 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:58,125 EMILIANO: The language is in Latin. 392 00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:01,792 There are parts in Norse. 393 00:17:01,917 --> 00:17:03,250 Emiliano, what have you identified in this 394 00:17:03,458 --> 00:17:06,792 particular manuscript of interest to our quest? 395 00:17:06,875 --> 00:17:08,292 EMILIANO: Not only this manuscript 396 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:10,833 contains information about astronomy, 397 00:17:10,958 --> 00:17:16,000 but it also names specific stars. 398 00:17:25,208 --> 00:17:26,667 -RICK: Yeah. -DOUG: Hmm. 399 00:17:31,458 --> 00:17:33,542 -The primary alignment. -EMILIANO: Yeah. 400 00:17:41,375 --> 00:17:45,750 NARRATOR: According to the research of Professor Adriano Gaspani, 401 00:17:45,917 --> 00:17:48,500 the star known as Arcturus, 402 00:17:48,625 --> 00:17:52,125 which is part of a constellation named Boötes, 403 00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:54,083 was used as a key alignment 404 00:17:54,292 --> 00:17:55,792 to create Nolan's Cross 405 00:17:55,958 --> 00:17:57,958 on the surface of Oak Island. 406 00:17:58,125 --> 00:18:01,250 Is it possible that Emiliano Sacchetti 407 00:18:01,417 --> 00:18:03,917 has now found a new connection between 408 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:06,667 Arcturus and the Oak Island mystery 409 00:18:06,833 --> 00:18:09,167 in a medieval Norse manuscript? 410 00:18:11,375 --> 00:18:15,000 EMILIANO: This says that it was important to know the stars. 411 00:18:15,167 --> 00:18:16,667 You know, celestial navigation, 412 00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:19,250 and probably Arcturus, 413 00:18:19,417 --> 00:18:23,375 which was called the day star for its brightness. 414 00:18:23,583 --> 00:18:27,042 So, probably, Arcturus was one of the stars followed 415 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:29,125 because of its brightness. 416 00:18:29,250 --> 00:18:30,958 ALEX: It's interesting because, 417 00:18:31,125 --> 00:18:32,833 again, that says that's useful for sailing 418 00:18:33,042 --> 00:18:34,625 at far north latitudes. 419 00:18:34,750 --> 00:18:36,500 Yeah. 420 00:18:36,667 --> 00:18:38,208 RICK: There were many interesting things 421 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:40,458 contained within the book, stellar alignments 422 00:18:40,542 --> 00:18:42,833 that we find of significant interest 423 00:18:42,958 --> 00:18:45,500 in how it may relate to Oak Island. 424 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,500 And it's possible that as we follow 425 00:18:47,708 --> 00:18:50,250 this trail of information, it may become 426 00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:53,333 more and more interesting, and perhaps valuable, to us. 427 00:18:53,417 --> 00:18:56,417 DOUG: You know, I'm sitting here looking at this book 428 00:18:56,583 --> 00:18:59,125 and I'm just... I'm marveling at it because 429 00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:01,958 within this manuscript, I keep seeing 430 00:19:02,125 --> 00:19:04,000 the repeated use of the symbol 431 00:19:04,208 --> 00:19:06,250 that's on our copper piece on Oak Island. 432 00:19:08,250 --> 00:19:09,500 RICK: That's remarkable. 433 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:16,667 DOUG: I keep seeing the repeated use of the symbol 434 00:19:16,833 --> 00:19:19,000 that's on our copper piece on Oak Island. 435 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:23,167 NARRATOR: At the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík, Iceland... 436 00:19:23,375 --> 00:19:25,542 I see it here and here, 437 00:19:25,708 --> 00:19:27,667 and I've seen it on several pages. 438 00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:30,458 ...Doug Crowell may have just found a symbol 439 00:19:30,625 --> 00:19:33,042 in a 12th-century Icelandic manuscript 440 00:19:33,208 --> 00:19:35,167 that could be connected to 441 00:19:35,292 --> 00:19:37,500 the Oak Island mystery. 442 00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:40,542 DOUG: This is the ribbon-like symbol on our copper piece, 443 00:19:40,750 --> 00:19:42,583 and, curious, it's next to 444 00:19:42,792 --> 00:19:45,125 a representation of a cross. 445 00:19:50,792 --> 00:19:52,000 RICK: That's remarkable. 446 00:19:52,167 --> 00:19:53,125 It's not just here on this page, though. 447 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,833 It's throughout the text. 448 00:19:55,042 --> 00:19:56,500 RICK: That's very interesting. 449 00:19:57,583 --> 00:19:58,917 ALEX: Is this what you're talking about, Doug, here? 450 00:19:59,042 --> 00:20:00,542 DOUG: Yes. 451 00:20:02,208 --> 00:20:04,708 Yeah, this symbol right here. 452 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:07,625 Oh, yeah. 453 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,292 EMILIANO: Can you see it, Professor? 454 00:20:11,292 --> 00:20:14,292 Yes. They look similar, yes. 455 00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:18,333 NARRATOR: In 2022, 456 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:20,833 Gary Drayton and Jack Begley 457 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,500 unearthed a copper artifact 458 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:24,583 bearing a number of ornate symbols. 459 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:28,625 And when archaeologist Dr. Edwin Barnhardt 460 00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:33,042 analyzed a metallurgy report conducted by Emma Culligan, 461 00:20:33,208 --> 00:20:34,917 he made a fascinating observation. 462 00:20:35,042 --> 00:20:37,458 EDWIN: It could be some sort of older object. 463 00:20:37,625 --> 00:20:40,333 The other possibility is the Vikings. 464 00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:44,167 DOUG: You see, until we 465 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:46,375 fully understand what this copper piece is... 466 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:48,417 I mean, it's found in 467 00:20:48,542 --> 00:20:50,417 pretty close proximity to Nolan's Cross. 468 00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:55,375 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Doug Crowell has found 469 00:20:55,542 --> 00:20:58,333 more evidence in this 12th century manuscript 470 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:00,667 that may connect the copper artifact 471 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:04,042 found on Lot 8 to the Viking culture? 472 00:21:04,208 --> 00:21:05,917 If so, 473 00:21:06,042 --> 00:21:08,125 could it also support the theory 474 00:21:08,292 --> 00:21:10,292 that Vikings helped the Knights Templar 475 00:21:10,458 --> 00:21:14,125 bury priceless treasures on Oak Island? 476 00:21:14,292 --> 00:21:16,417 Makes me wonder all the more whether 477 00:21:16,583 --> 00:21:19,167 the astronomical constructs we have on the island-- 478 00:21:19,375 --> 00:21:21,958 if this isn't somehow associated with it. 479 00:21:22,125 --> 00:21:23,958 I-It's remarkable. Stunning. 480 00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:26,458 That symbol we see in the book 481 00:21:26,625 --> 00:21:29,208 is the same symbol that we see on the copper artifact. 482 00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:31,458 You cannot ignore that. 483 00:21:31,583 --> 00:21:34,750 We have found the possibility of connective tissue 484 00:21:34,958 --> 00:21:38,167 between this book and representations of symbology 485 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:39,333 found on Oak Island. 486 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:41,250 I just think it's 487 00:21:41,375 --> 00:21:42,542 an incredible piece of history. 488 00:21:42,750 --> 00:21:44,625 I'm certain all of us will treasure 489 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:47,125 -this moment for a long, long time. -GUNNLAUGSSON: Yes. 490 00:21:47,292 --> 00:21:48,833 But the journey's not over. 491 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,208 DOUG: You've got us hooked. 492 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:51,917 RICK: Thank you. 493 00:21:54,708 --> 00:21:56,375 NARRATOR: The following morning, 494 00:21:56,542 --> 00:21:59,000 while the core-drilling operation 495 00:21:59,208 --> 00:22:02,250 in the Money Pit area continues on Oak Island... 496 00:22:02,417 --> 00:22:03,833 Thank you, Marvin. 497 00:22:04,833 --> 00:22:07,792 ...approximately 50 miles northeast 498 00:22:07,958 --> 00:22:10,042 in Halifax, Nova Scotia... 499 00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:11,833 -CHRISTA: Hey, how's it going? -JACK: Hey. 500 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,292 -Good to see you, Dr. Brosseau. -CHRISTA: Nice to see you again. 501 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:14,833 We actually have an artifact here 502 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:16,792 -we'd like you to take a look at. -Excellent. 503 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,333 NARRATOR: Jack Begley and Oak Island historian 504 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:21,333 Charles Barkhouse 505 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:24,000 arrive at the chemistry lab of Dr. Christa Brosseau 506 00:22:24,167 --> 00:22:28,167 and Dr. Xiang Yang at St. Mary's University. 507 00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:32,125 CHRISTA: So, uh, can you tell me a little bit about this artifact? 508 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:34,833 Sure, this was actually found on Lot 10 509 00:22:34,958 --> 00:22:36,667 underneath a large boulder. 510 00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:38,542 -Okay. -And these boulders make up 511 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:40,333 what we call Nolan's Cross. 512 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:42,458 NARRATOR: One week ago, 513 00:22:42,583 --> 00:22:45,292 Marty Lagina and members of the team 514 00:22:45,458 --> 00:22:47,125 lifted Cone E-- 515 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,667 the bottom boulder of the believed 516 00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:53,500 800-year-old formation known as Nolan's Cross. 517 00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:55,708 It was Marty's hope 518 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,292 to find evidence of human activity 519 00:22:58,458 --> 00:23:01,917 that could help identify who created the feature. 520 00:23:02,042 --> 00:23:04,375 MARTY: I like this rock, there's something weird about it. 521 00:23:04,542 --> 00:23:06,750 NARRATOR: Incredibly, Marty discovered 522 00:23:06,917 --> 00:23:10,000 a mysterious conglomerate of a cement-like substance 523 00:23:10,083 --> 00:23:14,417 which, when analyzed by archaeologist Laird Niven, 524 00:23:14,625 --> 00:23:17,167 was found to contain what appeared to be 525 00:23:17,292 --> 00:23:18,958 some kind of hair. 526 00:23:20,542 --> 00:23:23,292 JACK: The big question is how did a hair 527 00:23:23,458 --> 00:23:25,042 make its way under this boulder? 528 00:23:25,208 --> 00:23:27,667 Okay, we'll have a look at it. 529 00:23:27,792 --> 00:23:30,167 NARRATOR: Now, in an attempt to determine the type of hair 530 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:33,458 it could be, Doctors Brosseau and Yang 531 00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:35,667 will examine it under a high-powered 532 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:39,083 scanning electron microscope or SEM. 533 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:43,708 The device can not only magnify objects up to 200,000 times 534 00:23:43,917 --> 00:23:48,583 their actual size, but also determine their composition. 535 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,042 All right, so... 536 00:23:59,625 --> 00:24:01,792 CHRISTA: The surface is covered in debris, 537 00:24:01,875 --> 00:24:04,167 which indicates that those fibers 538 00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:06,292 have been present on that conglomerate 539 00:24:06,458 --> 00:24:08,083 for some amount of time. 540 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:13,583 -JACK: What? -XIANG: Yep. 541 00:24:13,708 --> 00:24:15,500 It's not just one hair. 542 00:24:22,458 --> 00:24:24,458 But, we don't know what kind of animal it is. 543 00:24:24,625 --> 00:24:26,500 That's very curious. 544 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:28,792 JACK: Do they both look like the same type of hair? 545 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,208 Similar, quite similar. 546 00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:36,375 NARRATOR: Animal hair discovered beneath Cone E of Nolan's Cross? 547 00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:39,542 But if so, what kind is it? 548 00:24:39,708 --> 00:24:42,333 And how might it help the team to reveal 549 00:24:42,542 --> 00:24:45,167 another piece of the Oak Island puzzle? 550 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:49,833 CHARLES: To me, the next step i-is DNA analysis of the hairs. 551 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,917 Uh, determine what the species is. 552 00:24:52,083 --> 00:24:55,875 You know, is this a oxen or horse or a burrowing animal? 553 00:24:56,083 --> 00:24:59,292 Ideally, it would be an oxen, which you would 554 00:24:59,417 --> 00:25:01,583 need to move these heavy stones. 555 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:04,167 -It surprised us. -Yeah. 556 00:25:04,333 --> 00:25:06,708 -This is a game changer. -CHRISTA: Well, that's great news. 557 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:08,375 -All right. -Thank you very much. 558 00:25:08,375 --> 00:25:10,000 -We'll be back. -Always nice seeing you. 559 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,667 Always a pleasure. Okay, thank you. 560 00:25:11,750 --> 00:25:12,833 CHRISTA: Thanks for coming. 561 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,833 -CHARLES: Hey, Colten, where'd you get to? -137. 562 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,833 -137 -Very good. 563 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,875 NARRATOR: While search operations continue on Oak Island 564 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,667 more than 2,000 miles to the northeast 565 00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:29,833 in Reykjavík, Iceland... 566 00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:31,833 ÁRMANN: Welcome to the National Museum. 567 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,500 -So nice to meet you. -ALEX: Thank you. 568 00:25:33,708 --> 00:25:34,875 Nice to see you. I'm Rick. 569 00:25:35,042 --> 00:25:37,667 ...Rick Lagina and members of the team 570 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:39,792 arrive at the National Museum. 571 00:25:39,958 --> 00:25:43,792 I'd like to introduce you to Ármann Gudmundsson. 572 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,667 He's the curator of the artifacts 573 00:25:46,875 --> 00:25:49,333 -with The National Museum of Iceland. -Mm-hmm. 574 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:52,667 EMILIANO: The main reason why you're here today is because 575 00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:57,167 this museum hosts some Roman coins 576 00:25:57,375 --> 00:25:58,750 that were unearthed 577 00:25:58,875 --> 00:26:01,250 in the southern part of the island 578 00:26:01,417 --> 00:26:03,958 -like we found on Oak Island. -Perfect. 579 00:26:04,042 --> 00:26:07,417 NARRATOR: In addition to the mysterious stone foundations 580 00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:10,167 that the team has unearthed on Lot 5 581 00:26:10,333 --> 00:26:13,250 since they purchased it in 2022, 582 00:26:13,458 --> 00:26:15,917 they were stunned to also discover 583 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:18,958 four Roman coins that have been dated 584 00:26:19,167 --> 00:26:23,333 to between 1,500 and 2,000 years old. 585 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,750 So, uh, here we have the coins. 586 00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:28,833 The Roman coins that have been found in Iceland. 587 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,333 So I think that 588 00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:35,167 the Norse settlers that arrived here 589 00:26:35,292 --> 00:26:37,792 in the late ninth century, 590 00:26:37,958 --> 00:26:40,125 early tenth century, brought them 591 00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:41,833 -with them. -RICK: Mm-hmm. 592 00:26:42,042 --> 00:26:44,458 Maybe found in the British Isles 593 00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:46,833 -or something like that. -Mm-hmm. 594 00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:55,417 -Mm-hmm -DOUG: I'm curious as to what 595 00:26:55,583 --> 00:26:56,875 date these were minted on. 596 00:26:57,042 --> 00:26:58,833 Do you know the years the coins were issued? 597 00:26:59,042 --> 00:27:01,167 Yeah, this is fourth century. 598 00:27:01,375 --> 00:27:02,583 -Fourth century? -ÁRMANN: Yeah. 599 00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:04,583 -Well that's great. -Yeah. 600 00:27:04,708 --> 00:27:07,542 DOUG: We were told ours were from fifth century A.D. 601 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:10,833 ALEX: Right. There must have been many incidents 602 00:27:11,042 --> 00:27:12,458 of travel for these to end up here. 603 00:27:12,542 --> 00:27:14,708 It's just evidence of an interconnected 604 00:27:14,875 --> 00:27:16,833 nature of everything much earlier than we had thought, 605 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,750 -is what I'm saying. -Oh, absolutely. 606 00:27:18,917 --> 00:27:21,917 DOUG: On Oak Island, we find coins 607 00:27:22,083 --> 00:27:25,875 from the same basic era, but the only known European activity 608 00:27:26,042 --> 00:27:28,375 in our region of the world 609 00:27:28,583 --> 00:27:32,000 before the 15th century is the Norse. 610 00:27:32,208 --> 00:27:35,833 So that, in my mind, makes the Norse exploration 611 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,458 more important to our investigation on Oak Island. 612 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:44,000 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the team has finally found evidence 613 00:27:44,208 --> 00:27:46,875 of just who may have brought the Roman coins 614 00:27:47,042 --> 00:27:50,042 that were discovered on Lot 5 to Oak Island? 615 00:27:50,208 --> 00:27:53,542 Could that explain other discoveries, 616 00:27:53,708 --> 00:27:55,750 including the piece of possible ship's railing 617 00:27:55,917 --> 00:27:57,958 that was unearthed in the swamp, 618 00:27:58,125 --> 00:28:01,750 the copper artifact that was found on Lot 8, 619 00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:05,333 or the numerous tools and decorative lead pieces 620 00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:08,417 which have been traced to Scandinavia? 621 00:28:08,625 --> 00:28:12,125 RICK: Based on the information derived here in Europe, 622 00:28:12,292 --> 00:28:13,833 we know that there was 623 00:28:14,042 --> 00:28:17,042 trade between the Mediterranean 624 00:28:17,208 --> 00:28:19,042 and the Norse. 625 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:20,667 We know that the Norse traveled the Atlantic. 626 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:22,708 It's a possible explanation 627 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:24,875 why Roman coins were on Oak Island. 628 00:28:25,083 --> 00:28:26,667 It is explainable on some level. 629 00:28:26,833 --> 00:28:28,708 Ármann, we certainly appreciate 630 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:31,500 your time and we value your expertise. 631 00:28:31,667 --> 00:28:33,667 Understanding history 632 00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:36,083 has been beneficial to our hunt, our search. 633 00:28:36,250 --> 00:28:39,292 -Thank you for the information. -Yeah, definitely. 634 00:28:39,417 --> 00:28:42,292 -RICK: Thank you again. -EMILIANO: Next stop, man-made caves. 635 00:28:42,458 --> 00:28:45,917 NARRATOR: As Rick, Alex, Doug and Emiliano 636 00:28:46,083 --> 00:28:49,958 conclude their visit at the National Museum of Iceland... 637 00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:54,417 ...back on Oak Island... 638 00:28:54,625 --> 00:28:56,833 JACK: Hey, Helen. Hey, Fiona. 639 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,458 -Hi. -Hey, Jack. How you doing? 640 00:28:58,625 --> 00:29:01,000 Came by to check on progress. 641 00:29:01,167 --> 00:29:03,792 ...Jack Begley arrives on Lot 5 642 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:07,500 where archeologists Fiona Steele and Helen Sheldon 643 00:29:07,667 --> 00:29:09,167 continue investigating 644 00:29:09,375 --> 00:29:11,792 the rectangular stone foundation. 645 00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:15,083 A foundation where they have not only discovered 646 00:29:15,208 --> 00:29:17,542 a potentially 800-year-old spike, 647 00:29:17,708 --> 00:29:21,000 but also artificially manipulated soils 648 00:29:21,208 --> 00:29:25,083 that have been unearthed in the Money Pit area. 649 00:29:26,125 --> 00:29:27,917 JACK: It seems like you've almost reached the bottom, right? 650 00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:29,458 FIONA: We're getting pretty close. 651 00:29:29,625 --> 00:29:31,375 -It sure is looking like it. -Yeah. 652 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:32,833 Can I help by sifting? 653 00:29:32,958 --> 00:29:34,917 -Sure. -Sure, we'd love that. 654 00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:38,542 It's starting to get harder to get in and out of this pit. 655 00:29:38,708 --> 00:29:40,875 -Yeah, I can see that. -It's getting deep. 656 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:43,042 NARRATOR: While Fiona and Helen 657 00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:45,000 remove sediment from the structure, 658 00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:47,875 Jack will sift spoils through a screen 659 00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:50,500 in order to look for potential clues 660 00:29:50,583 --> 00:29:52,042 or valuables. 661 00:29:52,208 --> 00:29:53,667 MARTY: One of the big mysteries 662 00:29:53,833 --> 00:29:55,167 we've always struggled with 663 00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:56,750 is the Money Pit would have taken 664 00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:58,417 quite a crew to do. 665 00:29:58,583 --> 00:30:00,167 Where were they? 666 00:30:00,333 --> 00:30:01,625 Where were they housed? 667 00:30:01,792 --> 00:30:03,500 Maybe they were here. 668 00:30:03,625 --> 00:30:05,500 We're getting close to the bottom, and at the bottom 669 00:30:05,625 --> 00:30:10,083 would be data indicating the earliest dates they were there. 670 00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:12,583 So, hopefully, we'll get some breakthroughs 671 00:30:12,792 --> 00:30:15,292 as to what the heck happened on Lot 5. 672 00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:21,833 Look, we're getting iron color, too, on the side. 673 00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:24,250 That's interesting. 674 00:30:24,458 --> 00:30:26,042 Could be something in there. 675 00:30:27,250 --> 00:30:29,542 FIONA: Oh, yeah, look. Look. 676 00:30:29,708 --> 00:30:31,500 Ah! 677 00:30:31,625 --> 00:30:33,708 -What? -Look what popped out. 678 00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:36,333 What is that? 679 00:30:36,458 --> 00:30:37,667 It's got a heft to it. 680 00:30:37,875 --> 00:30:39,500 It's like, it almost feels like lead. 681 00:30:39,708 --> 00:30:41,292 -Oh, it feels like lead. -Yeah. 682 00:30:41,417 --> 00:30:43,250 I've never seen anything like this before. 683 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:44,458 FIONA: Really? 684 00:30:51,042 --> 00:30:52,542 HELEN: I've never seen anything like this before. 685 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,708 -JACK: What do you think it is? -HELEN: Looks like it has, like, 686 00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:56,667 slightly faceted edges, doesn't it? 687 00:30:56,833 --> 00:30:58,833 FIONA: Yeah. You can see it. 688 00:30:58,958 --> 00:31:03,917 NARRATOR: While excavating the mysterious rectangular feature on Lot 5, 689 00:31:04,083 --> 00:31:07,125 archaeologists Fiona Steele and Helen Sheldon 690 00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:11,292 have just made another potentially important discovery. 691 00:31:11,458 --> 00:31:12,833 Well, it's heavy. 692 00:31:13,042 --> 00:31:14,667 It-it feels like lead. 693 00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:16,458 Oh, that's cool. 694 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:19,292 HELEN: I think it's probably a weight of some sort. 695 00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:20,667 A measuring weight, maybe. 696 00:31:20,875 --> 00:31:22,458 That would make sense. 697 00:31:22,625 --> 00:31:23,583 It definitely looks worked. 698 00:31:23,708 --> 00:31:25,167 You can see... 699 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:26,958 it's almost like it's been carved, in a sense. 700 00:31:27,083 --> 00:31:30,833 So, yeah, maybe it was carved to a specific weight. 701 00:31:30,958 --> 00:31:32,125 JACK: Well, if it is a weight, 702 00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:34,625 then it should be a exact measurement. 703 00:31:34,792 --> 00:31:36,083 Yeah. 704 00:31:36,208 --> 00:31:37,875 NARRATOR: A measuring weight? 705 00:31:38,042 --> 00:31:41,250 Found in the rectangular structure on Lot 5? 706 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:45,708 In 2020, Rick Lagina and members of the team 707 00:31:45,875 --> 00:31:47,292 unearthed a trade weight 708 00:31:47,458 --> 00:31:49,375 believed to have possibly been designed 709 00:31:49,542 --> 00:31:51,917 for weighing gold or silver coins. 710 00:31:52,083 --> 00:31:54,500 It's the really weird artifacts that give 711 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:56,708 a fun side of the story. 712 00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:59,833 NARRATOR: Given that this potential lead weight was discovered 713 00:32:00,042 --> 00:32:01,750 in the feature on Lot 5 714 00:32:01,917 --> 00:32:03,833 where the team recently found 715 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:06,167 a possible 800-year-old spike, 716 00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:09,208 could it be another critical clue 717 00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:11,875 that might help solve the Oak Island mystery? 718 00:32:12,042 --> 00:32:14,000 JACK: I like that we keep finding 719 00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:16,125 more and more artifacts 720 00:32:16,292 --> 00:32:17,917 and the bottom keeps pushing deeper. 721 00:32:18,042 --> 00:32:19,333 FIONA: Yeah. 722 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,583 Well, it sure shows that we're not done yet. 723 00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:23,125 JACK: Yeah, definitely. 724 00:32:23,292 --> 00:32:25,958 Well, let's bag this one and put it in the bag of plenty. 725 00:32:26,125 --> 00:32:27,208 -Let's keep going. -This is really turning out 726 00:32:27,417 --> 00:32:30,667 -to be a strange feature. -FIONA: Yeah. 727 00:32:30,792 --> 00:32:32,917 NARRATOR: While the search for a legendary treasure 728 00:32:33,083 --> 00:32:34,875 continues on Oak Island, 729 00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:37,833 across the Atlantic Ocean, 730 00:32:38,042 --> 00:32:41,458 some 70 miles southeast of Reykjavík, Iceland... 731 00:32:42,583 --> 00:32:45,208 EMILIANO: Roberto would like to show us something 732 00:32:45,375 --> 00:32:47,458 that could be really interesting for our search. 733 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:48,667 Perfect. 734 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:49,833 ROBERTO: There is a cave 735 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,042 that I would like to show you. 736 00:32:51,208 --> 00:32:52,333 -ALEX: Sure. -RICK: Absolutely. 737 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:54,667 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Alex Lagina, 738 00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:57,583 Doug Crowell and Emiliano Sacchetti are 739 00:32:57,792 --> 00:32:59,875 meeting with historian Roberto Pagani 740 00:33:00,042 --> 00:33:01,708 at Kverkarhellir cave. 741 00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:02,958 So, here it is. 742 00:33:03,083 --> 00:33:04,417 -ALEX: Okay. -Let's go. 743 00:33:05,458 --> 00:33:07,667 NARRATOR: A man-made system of underground caverns 744 00:33:07,833 --> 00:33:09,542 that archaeologists believe 745 00:33:09,708 --> 00:33:13,167 may have been originally created around 800 A.D. 746 00:33:13,375 --> 00:33:16,333 by a Christian monastic order from Ireland. 747 00:33:17,375 --> 00:33:21,167 However, in 874 A.D., the area was conquered 748 00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:23,042 by members of the Viking culture, 749 00:33:23,250 --> 00:33:26,250 who settled here until the 13th century. 750 00:33:27,208 --> 00:33:28,792 ROBERTO: This is it. 751 00:33:28,958 --> 00:33:32,208 -EMILIANO: Wow. Look at this. -RICK: Yeah. 752 00:33:32,375 --> 00:33:34,625 NARRATOR: It is Emiliano Sacchetti's belief 753 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:36,333 that Kverkarhellir Cave 754 00:33:36,542 --> 00:33:39,375 contains clues that could further help connect 755 00:33:39,542 --> 00:33:43,000 both the Vikings and the order of the Knights Templar 756 00:33:43,083 --> 00:33:45,167 to the Oak Island mystery. 757 00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:47,958 RICK: My hope would be that we see something definitive. 758 00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:50,958 Some way to connect what we see there 759 00:33:51,083 --> 00:33:54,292 with symbols that we have on Oak Island. 760 00:33:55,375 --> 00:33:56,792 Some of these depictions, 761 00:33:56,958 --> 00:33:58,667 some of these carvings in these caves 762 00:33:58,792 --> 00:34:02,958 might represent some sort of Templar association. So, 763 00:34:03,125 --> 00:34:05,250 I look forward to seeing if that is true. 764 00:34:05,417 --> 00:34:08,000 -So, this is an artificial cave. -Okay. 765 00:34:08,208 --> 00:34:09,750 As you can see, uh, 766 00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:11,333 it's completely man-made. 767 00:34:11,458 --> 00:34:13,000 It means that they started from the entrance 768 00:34:13,167 --> 00:34:14,500 and they worked their way in. 769 00:34:14,708 --> 00:34:18,292 But probably the single most interesting thing 770 00:34:18,458 --> 00:34:20,333 is right here on this wall. 771 00:34:21,417 --> 00:34:25,875 As you can see, there is a cross with a circular top. 772 00:34:26,042 --> 00:34:27,000 DOUG: Oh. 773 00:34:27,167 --> 00:34:28,417 RICK: Wow. 774 00:34:28,625 --> 00:34:30,333 We've seen that before. 775 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:31,792 Oh, yeah. 776 00:34:31,958 --> 00:34:34,000 That seems to match Gary's lead cross. 777 00:34:34,208 --> 00:34:36,667 -RICK: The head is bent the right way. -ALEX: Yeah. 778 00:34:36,750 --> 00:34:39,583 I think it's burned into my memory at this point. 779 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:41,375 It is. (chuckles) 780 00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:43,542 NARRATOR: A carving of a Christian cross 781 00:34:43,708 --> 00:34:46,708 found in Kverkarhellir cave in Iceland? 782 00:34:46,875 --> 00:34:49,042 Matching the exact design 783 00:34:49,208 --> 00:34:52,333 of the lead cross found on Oak Island? 784 00:34:53,375 --> 00:34:56,542 DOUG: That particular form of a cross or crucifix 785 00:34:56,750 --> 00:35:01,042 we've followed from Italy to France to here 786 00:35:01,208 --> 00:35:03,083 and Oak Island. 787 00:35:05,042 --> 00:35:08,667 NARRATOR: Incredibly, Rick and members of the team have now seen 788 00:35:08,875 --> 00:35:12,375 this particular cross design in four locations. 789 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:16,417 A man-made cave system in Camerano, Italy 790 00:35:16,583 --> 00:35:20,667 that they visited in 2022, and which was known 791 00:35:20,792 --> 00:35:22,958 to have been a stronghold for the Knights Templar 792 00:35:23,083 --> 00:35:25,917 between the 12th and 14th centuries, 793 00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:29,458 inside of a 14th century Templar prison 794 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:34,208 in Domme, France, which they visited in 2017, 795 00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:36,333 and later that year, 796 00:35:36,458 --> 00:35:40,000 on Oak Island, when Rick and Gary Drayton discovered 797 00:35:40,167 --> 00:35:42,792 a lead cross at Smith's Cove. 798 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,375 All right. Let's do the comparison. 799 00:35:46,542 --> 00:35:49,000 DOUG: I think it bears quite a resemblance. 800 00:35:49,125 --> 00:35:50,833 RICK: Yeah, I don't see how you can... 801 00:35:51,042 --> 00:35:53,458 how you can say it's dissimilar. 802 00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:54,958 No, it's mysterious. 803 00:35:55,083 --> 00:35:56,333 -Yeah. -RICK: There was a reason 804 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:58,833 for that configuration. 805 00:35:59,042 --> 00:36:03,125 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Rick and the team have just found 806 00:36:03,333 --> 00:36:06,167 another critical piece of evidence in Iceland 807 00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:09,333 that may help prove the theory that Vikings helped 808 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:12,500 members of the Templar order hide their sacred treasures 809 00:36:12,667 --> 00:36:16,292 on Oak Island nearly eight centuries ago? 810 00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:20,083 Look, this trip-- the genesis of it, 811 00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:23,167 was to follow, perhaps, an old world connection 812 00:36:23,333 --> 00:36:25,500 to the new world, east to west. 813 00:36:26,542 --> 00:36:29,542 I think we have made huge strides towards probable. 814 00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:31,417 -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 815 00:36:31,625 --> 00:36:33,083 RICK: But the work is not done. 816 00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:34,458 It's time to get back to the island 817 00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:36,500 and maybe do some digging and drilling. 818 00:36:36,625 --> 00:36:38,125 -Yeah. -DOUG: And we have to say 819 00:36:38,292 --> 00:36:40,083 goodbye to one more colleague. 820 00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:41,667 EMILIANO: Well, I'm going back to Rome, 821 00:36:41,875 --> 00:36:44,333 but I promise I'll be back on the island very soon. 822 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,750 -Deal. -EMILIANO: Deal. 823 00:36:46,750 --> 00:36:47,875 Roberto, thank you. 824 00:36:47,875 --> 00:36:48,667 -Until next time. -Yep. 825 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:50,042 -RICK: Okay. -ALEX: After you. 826 00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:51,125 ROBERTO: Good luck with everything. 827 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:52,583 RICK: We thank you very much. 828 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,792 MARTY: Well, look who's here. 829 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,375 Welcome back, guys. 830 00:37:00,542 --> 00:37:02,958 You look, uh, full of all kinds of knowledge. 831 00:37:03,125 --> 00:37:04,833 I see you saved our seats for us. 832 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,208 Absolutely. 833 00:37:06,375 --> 00:37:07,750 NARRATOR: Having just returned 834 00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:10,958 from their unforgettable journey across Europe, 835 00:37:11,042 --> 00:37:14,250 Rick and Alex Lagina, along with Doug Crowell 836 00:37:14,417 --> 00:37:17,000 meet with Marty Lagina, Craig Tester 837 00:37:17,167 --> 00:37:19,583 and other members of the Oak Island team 838 00:37:19,708 --> 00:37:20,750 in the war room. 839 00:37:21,958 --> 00:37:23,625 We want to know what happened. 840 00:37:23,792 --> 00:37:24,958 Yeah. 841 00:37:25,125 --> 00:37:27,125 My big takeaway was the fact that, 842 00:37:27,333 --> 00:37:29,333 in most places we went 843 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:31,833 on the trip, from Italy 844 00:37:32,042 --> 00:37:34,333 to the Netherlands to Denmark 845 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:36,625 to Iceland, we saw the symbols 846 00:37:36,750 --> 00:37:39,458 that we're curious about here on Oak Island. 847 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:42,208 And for me, that just cements the idea: 848 00:37:42,375 --> 00:37:44,000 they're old-world symbols. 849 00:37:44,208 --> 00:37:46,833 Like, what symbols in particular? 850 00:37:47,042 --> 00:37:48,333 Well, the four-dot cross, 851 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,292 some of the symbols in the 90-foot stone 852 00:37:50,458 --> 00:37:51,792 -inscription. -Oh. 853 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:53,917 There's this as well. 854 00:37:55,042 --> 00:37:57,292 This is a cave in Iceland. 855 00:37:57,458 --> 00:37:59,375 This is right at the entrance. 856 00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:01,000 This is the closest match we found 857 00:38:01,125 --> 00:38:02,750 to Drayton's Cross, the lead cross. 858 00:38:02,917 --> 00:38:04,250 Over the years, you know, 859 00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,542 when we talk about the Knights Templar theory, 860 00:38:06,708 --> 00:38:09,292 somebody coming here in the Middle Ages, 861 00:38:09,458 --> 00:38:12,708 I probably dismissed the possibility... 862 00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:15,000 more than I should. 863 00:38:15,208 --> 00:38:17,542 No longer can I dismiss it and say, 864 00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:19,500 "Well, nobody would have known about it." 865 00:38:19,583 --> 00:38:23,708 But I believe there was all kinds of crossing happening. 866 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,792 I mean, we know the Norse were here in that time period. 867 00:38:29,958 --> 00:38:32,292 We know the Templars were at the height of their power 868 00:38:32,458 --> 00:38:33,667 during that time. 869 00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:35,625 What do you take away from all that? 870 00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:38,625 Two, three years ago, I would've said, uh, 871 00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:41,667 you know, very low chance Templars were here. 872 00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:46,250 Now it's looking more that it's potential that they were here. 873 00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:48,833 So we need to keep on researching it. 874 00:38:50,125 --> 00:38:53,000 To me, the conjecture of something 875 00:38:53,167 --> 00:38:55,042 in the 12th century is possible. 876 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:57,000 -Yeah. -RICK: If Nolan's Cross 877 00:38:57,208 --> 00:38:58,958 is a real construct-- 878 00:38:59,125 --> 00:39:00,500 and I happen to believe that it is-- 879 00:39:00,667 --> 00:39:02,833 from 1200, people came here 880 00:39:03,042 --> 00:39:07,000 with some intent in the 1200s to do something. 881 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:09,625 Because, I think, 882 00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:13,000 the magnitude of the construct of Nolan's Cross, 883 00:39:13,208 --> 00:39:16,042 to me says that 884 00:39:16,208 --> 00:39:18,708 it's a map to the treasure. 885 00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:21,583 That's what I think. 886 00:39:22,583 --> 00:39:23,667 Yeah. 887 00:39:24,667 --> 00:39:26,667 MARTY: Well, big brother, we have been busy. 888 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,250 -Have we not, crew? -JACK: Oh, yeah. 889 00:39:29,458 --> 00:39:32,667 MARTY: Cone E, lifting the boulder. 890 00:39:32,750 --> 00:39:35,583 And we picked it up and I was fishing around the bottom, 891 00:39:35,750 --> 00:39:37,917 and I felt a rock that felt different than the others. 892 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:39,500 And I said, "You know, this looks like concrete." 893 00:39:39,708 --> 00:39:41,625 Put a picture up there, please. 894 00:39:42,583 --> 00:39:45,250 Look at that. Looks like concrete, doesn't it? 895 00:39:45,375 --> 00:39:46,958 Mm-hmm. 896 00:39:47,125 --> 00:39:48,542 MARTY: So, we kind of got hopeful about that, 897 00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:50,208 and I said, "Well, let's send it back to the lab." 898 00:39:50,375 --> 00:39:53,500 And then we found that. 899 00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:57,333 That is a hair. 900 00:39:57,458 --> 00:39:59,083 -RICK: Incredible. -MARTY: Yeah. 901 00:39:59,208 --> 00:40:00,667 And it's not the only one. 902 00:40:00,875 --> 00:40:02,667 There are several hairs stuck in this rock, 903 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:04,000 if it's a rock. 904 00:40:04,208 --> 00:40:05,500 I can't come up with a reason 905 00:40:05,625 --> 00:40:07,542 for that being under that boulder. 906 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,792 I'm exceedingly grateful for everyone and... 907 00:40:11,958 --> 00:40:14,708 this has been a long haul for each and every one of us. 908 00:40:14,875 --> 00:40:17,458 But we are on the cusp, in my opinion, 909 00:40:17,583 --> 00:40:20,500 of maybe cracking one of the W's, 910 00:40:20,625 --> 00:40:22,125 maybe two, maybe even three. 911 00:40:22,250 --> 00:40:23,500 Yeah. 912 00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:25,333 RICK: This all comes down 913 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:26,667 to who, what, when, where, why and how. 914 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:28,208 And you have to crack one of the W's. 915 00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:29,708 And I think we are about to crack, 916 00:40:29,917 --> 00:40:31,917 if we have not already cracked, one of the W's. 917 00:40:32,083 --> 00:40:33,458 Yep. 918 00:40:33,625 --> 00:40:35,167 MARTY: The European team uncovered 919 00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:38,292 some really interesting connections to the island. 920 00:40:38,458 --> 00:40:40,667 We're getting to the endgame here. 921 00:40:40,833 --> 00:40:42,667 We're gonna throw everything we have at it. 922 00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:46,333 I'm hoping the bravo tango moment could be within reach. 923 00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:47,500 Anyway, that's it. That's the report. 924 00:40:47,625 --> 00:40:49,000 I think we're done. 925 00:40:49,208 --> 00:40:50,583 -Yeah. -Why don't we get back out there? 926 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:51,958 -We're running out of time. -We got to. 927 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,125 -We're running out of time. -Let's do it. 928 00:40:55,167 --> 00:40:57,042 NARRATOR: After tracing the possible path 929 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:01,083 of a legendary lost treasure across Europe, 930 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,625 the Laginas and their fellowship 931 00:41:03,792 --> 00:41:05,750 may be closer than ever 932 00:41:05,917 --> 00:41:09,625 to pinpointing where it lies hidden today. 933 00:41:10,625 --> 00:41:12,417 Winter is fast approaching, 934 00:41:12,583 --> 00:41:14,667 threatening the team's chances 935 00:41:14,875 --> 00:41:17,125 of making the ultimate discovery. 936 00:41:17,250 --> 00:41:22,042 However, as they keep digging and drilling, 937 00:41:22,208 --> 00:41:24,625 could the curse that has allowed Oak Island 938 00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:28,083 to keep its secrets for more than two centuries 939 00:41:28,250 --> 00:41:30,917 finally come to an end? 940 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:38,208 Next time, on the thrilling season finale 941 00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:40,583 of The Curse of Oak Island... 942 00:41:40,750 --> 00:41:41,917 LAIRD: I think that's meant to go through something 943 00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:43,750 -like chain mail. -That would make it old. 944 00:41:43,875 --> 00:41:46,500 On the composition? Pre-1600. 945 00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:48,250 -HELEN: Remember the lead weight? -Yes. 946 00:41:48,417 --> 00:41:50,667 -I've just found two more. -What would they be measuring? 947 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:52,292 Gold. 948 00:41:52,458 --> 00:41:53,667 All right, here we go. Fingers crossed? 949 00:41:53,875 --> 00:41:55,208 -Yep. -RICK: We're looking for a vault. 950 00:41:55,375 --> 00:41:56,667 This one might tell the tale. 951 00:41:56,875 --> 00:41:57,667 MARTY: We got a chance of actually 952 00:41:57,875 --> 00:41:59,042 finding treasure with this one. 953 00:41:59,208 --> 00:42:00,750 RICK: X marks the spot. 954 00:42:00,917 --> 00:42:02,083 -That's the spot, man, I can feel it. -I hope so. 955 00:42:02,250 --> 00:42:03,750 MARTY: Come on, baby! 956 00:42:03,917 --> 00:42:05,667 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS