1 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:03,292 NARRATOR: Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,417 --> 00:00:05,583 This is the first hole in the southern edge 3 00:00:05,750 --> 00:00:07,250 of the Golden Egg. 4 00:00:07,375 --> 00:00:09,083 You could definitely hide a treasure chest in there. 5 00:00:11,375 --> 00:00:13,292 Whoa. I think we're on wood. 6 00:00:13,417 --> 00:00:14,667 LAIRD: We have this hollow area. 7 00:00:14,875 --> 00:00:16,208 FIONA: This is nothing 8 00:00:16,375 --> 00:00:17,708 like anything else you've seen on the island. 9 00:00:17,875 --> 00:00:19,167 How bizarre. 10 00:00:20,083 --> 00:00:21,917 -Oh! -Oh, wow. 11 00:00:22,083 --> 00:00:23,333 SANDY: This is a pretty cool item. 12 00:00:23,542 --> 00:00:25,333 You're pre-1650. 13 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:27,583 MARTY (over phone): So, the plot thickens. 14 00:00:27,708 --> 00:00:28,667 Again. 15 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,458 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,583 --> 00:00:37,125 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,292 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:47,167 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:47,333 --> 00:00:50,458 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,667 --> 00:00:55,042 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,208 --> 00:00:56,167 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:02,000 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:02,167 --> 00:01:07,167 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:10,708 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:19,875 --> 00:01:21,500 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:26,000 MARTY: Guys, I've asked us to come here 30 00:01:26,167 --> 00:01:27,750 because this is kind of the crew that is 31 00:01:27,958 --> 00:01:29,125 planning the well drilling. 32 00:01:29,208 --> 00:01:31,167 And I would just like 33 00:01:31,250 --> 00:01:33,083 to make sure we're all on the same page. 34 00:01:33,208 --> 00:01:35,833 NARRATOR: As a new day in the quest to solve 35 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 a 229-year-old treasure mystery begins on Oak Island... 36 00:01:40,125 --> 00:01:42,208 Let's get these next holes decided. 37 00:01:42,375 --> 00:01:44,417 NARRATOR: ...brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 38 00:01:44,583 --> 00:01:48,083 along with their partner, Craig Tester, are meeting 39 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:50,542 with members of their team in the Research Center 40 00:01:50,708 --> 00:01:52,917 to discuss their current search operations 41 00:01:53,083 --> 00:01:55,583 in the legendary Money Pit area. 42 00:01:56,708 --> 00:01:57,833 What have we drilled so far? 43 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:58,833 Right here. 44 00:01:59,042 --> 00:02:00,417 Here's what we've done. 45 00:02:00,542 --> 00:02:02,125 We've done 20 boreholes this year. 46 00:02:02,292 --> 00:02:03,458 -They're all on that board. -MARTY: Okay. 47 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:05,125 And we haven't found any indication 48 00:02:05,250 --> 00:02:06,708 of spendables? 49 00:02:06,875 --> 00:02:07,958 -STEVE: No. -SCOTT: Correct. 50 00:02:08,125 --> 00:02:09,375 Okay. 51 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:11,375 STEVE: So, in and around the Baby Blob 52 00:02:11,542 --> 00:02:13,167 and the pie area we have four left. 53 00:02:13,375 --> 00:02:15,125 SCOTT: So, from here 54 00:02:15,250 --> 00:02:17,667 we'll probably move up into the-the golden circle, 55 00:02:17,875 --> 00:02:19,000 whatever you want to call that. 56 00:02:19,125 --> 00:02:21,625 MARTY: I've been focused very much 57 00:02:21,792 --> 00:02:23,167 on these metals in the water. 58 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:26,000 After our recent go-around with the scientists, 59 00:02:26,208 --> 00:02:29,167 they seem to say that that had the most potential 60 00:02:29,375 --> 00:02:30,750 to be where the metals are coming from, wasn't it? 61 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:32,500 Yeah. 62 00:02:33,458 --> 00:02:37,000 We put together in blue there, an area we call the pie. 63 00:02:37,208 --> 00:02:39,333 NARRATOR: Over the past three years, 64 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:42,167 geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 65 00:02:42,292 --> 00:02:45,167 and his colleagues, chemist Dr. Matt Lukeman 66 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:48,333 and hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michel 67 00:02:48,542 --> 00:02:51,125 have conducted numerous groundwater tests 68 00:02:51,250 --> 00:02:55,125 in previously drilled boreholes all across the Money Pit area 69 00:02:55,250 --> 00:02:57,750 and have come to a stunning conclusion: 70 00:02:57,917 --> 00:03:01,667 a massive source of gold, silver and other metals 71 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:07,042 is buried somewhere between 80 and 120 feet underground. 72 00:03:07,208 --> 00:03:10,583 IAN: The yellow, that's Fred's sort of special 73 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:11,958 area of interest, 74 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:14,000 mainly because that's where we got 75 00:03:14,167 --> 00:03:17,417 persistent high copper, lead, zinc and tin. 76 00:03:19,667 --> 00:03:22,250 NARRATOR: And while their most recent tests have suggested 77 00:03:22,417 --> 00:03:24,292 that the treasure lies buried 78 00:03:24,458 --> 00:03:28,708 inside of a 2,500-square-foot region known as the Pie, 79 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:31,875 Dr. Michel believes that it is most likely hidden 80 00:03:32,042 --> 00:03:35,625 within a mere 30 by 15-foot oval-shaped area. 81 00:03:36,583 --> 00:03:39,250 We need a name for this golden circle, 82 00:03:39,375 --> 00:03:41,000 golden oval, golden ellipse. 83 00:03:41,167 --> 00:03:42,667 All of those are too difficult. 84 00:03:42,875 --> 00:03:45,208 Let's call it the Golden Egg from here on out, okay? 85 00:03:45,375 --> 00:03:48,833 -Yep. -And let's hope that that name is prophetic. 86 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,292 RICK: Dr. Michel thinks 87 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:52,750 this is an appropriate place to find something. 88 00:03:52,875 --> 00:03:55,083 So, all I'm saying is 89 00:03:55,250 --> 00:03:57,000 let's put in a grid, 90 00:03:57,208 --> 00:03:59,542 cover it as extensively as we can 91 00:03:59,708 --> 00:04:02,125 while safeguarding any monitoring wells in the area. 92 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:03,667 Yes. Okay. 93 00:04:03,833 --> 00:04:05,292 MARTY: You know, Marty, the offset chamber 94 00:04:05,458 --> 00:04:06,542 that you have long believed in? 95 00:04:06,708 --> 00:04:08,792 It's very possible that it could be 96 00:04:08,917 --> 00:04:10,500 -within the Golden Egg. -Yep. 97 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,125 Now we are talking the same language, Rick. 98 00:04:13,292 --> 00:04:15,167 I want to see bits of metal come up. 99 00:04:15,292 --> 00:04:16,500 Gold-colored metal. 100 00:04:18,708 --> 00:04:20,500 NARRATOR: While the team has recently 101 00:04:20,708 --> 00:04:23,542 conducted large-scale excavations in an attempt 102 00:04:23,708 --> 00:04:25,750 to locate the original Money Pit, 103 00:04:25,875 --> 00:04:27,417 which has been lost 104 00:04:27,625 --> 00:04:30,292 for more than a century due to previous searcher operations, 105 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:33,542 Marty has suspected that no one has found 106 00:04:33,708 --> 00:04:36,208 the elusive treasure because it lies at the end 107 00:04:36,417 --> 00:04:38,167 of a secret underground tunnel 108 00:04:38,333 --> 00:04:40,708 in an offset chamber. 109 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:43,000 Could Rick be correct-- 110 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:44,625 that the so-called Golden Egg 111 00:04:44,750 --> 00:04:47,667 is where the legendary riches are hidden? 112 00:04:47,833 --> 00:04:49,917 MARTY: I have felt for a long time 113 00:04:50,125 --> 00:04:52,375 that if something was concealed here, 114 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:55,292 it wouldn't have been at the bottom of the Money Pit. 115 00:04:55,417 --> 00:04:59,167 But to drill an offset chamber or chambers-- 116 00:04:59,292 --> 00:05:01,500 that has always made sense to me. 117 00:05:01,708 --> 00:05:03,333 I'd like to go here first, though. 118 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:05,417 And then kind of follow this line 119 00:05:05,542 --> 00:05:08,042 and put the wells on side to stay away from the others 120 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:09,292 until we cover the thing. 121 00:05:09,458 --> 00:05:11,375 -Okay. -MARTY: We have the Golden Egg, 122 00:05:11,583 --> 00:05:13,500 where most likely the metals are coming from. 123 00:05:13,667 --> 00:05:15,917 So, we have to drill a bunch of wells in there, 124 00:05:16,083 --> 00:05:17,750 sufficient to evaluate it. 125 00:05:18,792 --> 00:05:22,083 So, our first well, by the sound of it, is gonna be EN-13. 126 00:05:22,292 --> 00:05:23,750 So, 13 is covering 127 00:05:23,917 --> 00:05:25,500 -the Baby Blob and the Golden Egg. -MARTY: Yep. 128 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:28,000 -Seems like a good idea. -SCOTT: Yep. 129 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:29,500 This is what we need to do. 130 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:31,208 MARTY: Okay. This is the year. 131 00:05:31,375 --> 00:05:33,083 Let's go back. We're looking for treasure. 132 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:34,625 SCOTT: We're not gonna find it in here. 133 00:05:34,792 --> 00:05:36,000 MARTY: (laughs) That's a good point, Scott. 134 00:05:36,167 --> 00:05:37,500 We're not. 135 00:05:38,583 --> 00:05:40,792 NARRATOR: Later that morning... 136 00:05:42,875 --> 00:05:45,250 -CHARLES: Morning, Rick. Morning, Alex. -RICK: Good morning. 137 00:05:45,375 --> 00:05:48,167 Well, I'm hoping that you guys are gonna be 138 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,625 very successful today, right? 139 00:05:49,750 --> 00:05:51,750 We got our fingers crossed, yeah. 140 00:05:52,792 --> 00:05:54,875 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and his nephew Alex arrive 141 00:05:55,042 --> 00:05:56,167 in the Money Pit area 142 00:05:56,375 --> 00:05:58,750 where geologist Terry Matheson 143 00:05:58,875 --> 00:06:02,083 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 144 00:06:02,250 --> 00:06:03,667 are supervising the drilling 145 00:06:03,833 --> 00:06:05,417 of the team's first potential target 146 00:06:05,542 --> 00:06:07,500 inside the Golden Egg. 147 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:12,208 A borehole known as EN-13. 148 00:06:12,375 --> 00:06:14,625 TERRY: This is hole EN-13. 149 00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:16,417 First hole, in the southern edge 150 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:18,250 of the southern portion of the Egg. 151 00:06:18,417 --> 00:06:20,625 You could definitely hide a treasure chest in there. 152 00:06:21,708 --> 00:06:23,667 RICK: Look, this Golden Egg is novel. 153 00:06:23,875 --> 00:06:25,042 This is new. 154 00:06:25,208 --> 00:06:27,125 It's a large area, 155 00:06:27,292 --> 00:06:29,750 and there's no record of it in the historical narrative. 156 00:06:30,875 --> 00:06:32,250 That's quite exciting, 157 00:06:32,417 --> 00:06:34,500 but it's important to be very disciplined in how 158 00:06:34,708 --> 00:06:36,542 we explore, so that, when you leave, 159 00:06:36,708 --> 00:06:40,667 you know it's either there or it cannot be there. 160 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:43,167 We're gonna leave no ground, no place where a treasure chest 161 00:06:43,375 --> 00:06:45,500 -can duck away and hide. -RICK: Right. 162 00:06:45,708 --> 00:06:47,500 'Cause that's what this... what we're endeavoring 163 00:06:47,583 --> 00:06:49,417 to do with the sonic drill program, right? 164 00:06:49,583 --> 00:06:52,500 -We're trying to come up with a caisson location. -Yes. 165 00:06:52,708 --> 00:06:54,542 NARRATOR: Over the following weeks, 166 00:06:54,708 --> 00:06:57,125 if the team's core-drilling operation 167 00:06:57,292 --> 00:07:00,208 encounters compelling evidence of the believed treasure 168 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:03,750 that has eluded searchers since 1795, 169 00:07:03,875 --> 00:07:07,000 Rick, Marty, and Craig will commission 170 00:07:07,167 --> 00:07:10,667 a number of seven-foot-diameter steel caissons to be installed 171 00:07:10,833 --> 00:07:15,083 in the hopes of finally retrieving the fabled riches. 172 00:07:15,250 --> 00:07:17,167 We got a ways to go. Target horizon's 173 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:19,625 -about 80 feet away, gentlemen. -Yep. 174 00:07:19,750 --> 00:07:22,292 Well, hopefully, we'll find something here. 175 00:07:22,417 --> 00:07:24,917 NARRATOR: While the core-drilling operation continues 176 00:07:25,042 --> 00:07:26,750 in the Money Pit area, 177 00:07:26,917 --> 00:07:31,583 on Lot 5, located on the western side of the island... 178 00:07:31,708 --> 00:07:34,583 -LAIRD: You ready? -JACK: Let's see what we got. 179 00:07:34,708 --> 00:07:37,500 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley and archeologist Laird Niven 180 00:07:37,708 --> 00:07:39,833 are also searching for answers 181 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,667 between two mysterious stone features. 182 00:07:42,875 --> 00:07:45,500 These are two nonferrous hits, 183 00:07:45,667 --> 00:07:47,500 which just means they're not iron. 184 00:07:47,708 --> 00:07:51,667 -Yeah. -And they're so close to the rectangular feature. 185 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:55,000 If we can tie these two features together, that's just a bonus. 186 00:07:55,125 --> 00:07:56,417 Yeah. 187 00:07:56,625 --> 00:07:58,167 NARRATOR: Although they sit 188 00:07:58,292 --> 00:08:00,833 nearly half a mile away from the Money Pit, 189 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,042 these two stone features have yielded 190 00:08:03,208 --> 00:08:06,875 some of the most compelling and confounding discoveries 191 00:08:07,042 --> 00:08:10,333 that are potentially related to the Oak Island mystery, 192 00:08:10,542 --> 00:08:13,917 including a cut British silver coin 193 00:08:14,125 --> 00:08:17,833 and Venetian trade beads dating to the 16th century, 194 00:08:18,042 --> 00:08:22,625 a 14th century barter token, which, like the lead cross 195 00:08:22,750 --> 00:08:26,333 that was unearthed at Smith's Cove in 2017, 196 00:08:26,458 --> 00:08:28,458 may be connected to the medieval order 197 00:08:28,625 --> 00:08:30,500 of the Knights Templar, 198 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:34,042 and an iron spike that is possibly 199 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:36,875 more than 800 years old. 200 00:08:37,042 --> 00:08:38,333 There you go. 201 00:08:38,542 --> 00:08:40,208 NARRATOR: These discoveries suggest 202 00:08:40,375 --> 00:08:42,500 that both features may have been used 203 00:08:42,708 --> 00:08:44,500 by different unknown groups of people 204 00:08:44,667 --> 00:08:46,125 over a number of centuries 205 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:48,333 and have compelled the provincial government 206 00:08:48,542 --> 00:08:53,167 to designate them as culturally significant "special places." 207 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:56,667 In light of that, Laird is supervising Jack Begley 208 00:08:56,875 --> 00:08:59,583 as he methodically searches for metal targets 209 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:02,375 that were detected and flagged earlier today 210 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,167 by Gary Drayton. 211 00:09:04,292 --> 00:09:08,542 One can say that, you know, with some assurance, that 212 00:09:08,708 --> 00:09:11,083 whatever the structures are on Lot 5 213 00:09:11,208 --> 00:09:13,375 were utilized for quite some time, 214 00:09:13,542 --> 00:09:16,292 earlier than the original discovery of the Money Pit. 215 00:09:16,458 --> 00:09:19,667 So, I would like a complete and clear understanding 216 00:09:19,875 --> 00:09:22,333 of what the relationship might be 217 00:09:22,542 --> 00:09:26,542 between Lot 5 and the Oak Island mystery. 218 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:28,833 There you go. 219 00:09:28,958 --> 00:09:30,667 Try that. 220 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:44,208 Oh! 221 00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:49,792 LAIRD: Oh, wow. 222 00:09:49,792 --> 00:09:51,208 JACK: Oh, look at that. 223 00:09:51,375 --> 00:09:52,833 It's a coin. 224 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,083 Oh, wow. 225 00:09:54,208 --> 00:09:56,458 NARRATOR: On Lot 5 of Oak Island, 226 00:09:56,625 --> 00:09:58,042 while searching for clues 227 00:09:58,208 --> 00:10:01,000 between two mysterious stone foundations, 228 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:03,958 Jack Begley and archeologist Laird Niven 229 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:08,000 have just made a potentially valuable discovery. 230 00:10:08,167 --> 00:10:10,917 Do you know what type of coin that is? 231 00:10:11,042 --> 00:10:13,083 LAIRD: The edges are really worn. 232 00:10:13,250 --> 00:10:14,250 I'm seeing... 233 00:10:15,625 --> 00:10:17,500 ...not letters, but markings. 234 00:10:17,625 --> 00:10:18,625 Yeah, I see that. 235 00:10:18,750 --> 00:10:20,375 LAIRD: The edges are what 236 00:10:20,542 --> 00:10:22,417 really kind of 237 00:10:22,583 --> 00:10:23,958 make me think it's older. 238 00:10:24,167 --> 00:10:27,667 My initial impression of the coin was that the patina 239 00:10:27,833 --> 00:10:30,375 makes it look very old and very worn. 240 00:10:30,542 --> 00:10:33,250 So, that may give us a good idea about 241 00:10:33,417 --> 00:10:36,292 the function of the feature and perhaps some idea 242 00:10:36,458 --> 00:10:38,542 whether it dates earlier than we thought. 243 00:10:38,708 --> 00:10:41,875 We have found a lot of coins scattered 244 00:10:42,042 --> 00:10:43,750 -around this area. -Yeah. 245 00:10:43,917 --> 00:10:45,500 And thinking about it, some of the oldest ones 246 00:10:45,708 --> 00:10:47,375 were those Roman coins. 247 00:10:47,583 --> 00:10:49,333 Do you think it goes that old? 248 00:10:49,542 --> 00:10:51,000 Uh, it could. 249 00:10:52,792 --> 00:10:55,000 NARRATOR: Incredibly, between 250 00:10:55,208 --> 00:10:59,042 2022 and 2023, 251 00:10:59,250 --> 00:11:01,917 the team unearthed four coins on Lot 5 252 00:11:02,042 --> 00:11:05,333 that have been verified by numismatist Sandy Campbell 253 00:11:05,542 --> 00:11:07,167 to be Roman in origin 254 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:11,667 and dated to between 1,500 and 2,000 years old. 255 00:11:11,833 --> 00:11:13,750 And while numerous 256 00:11:13,958 --> 00:11:15,833 coin experts have advised the team 257 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,833 that such coins may have been in circulation 258 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,625 as late as the medieval period 259 00:11:20,833 --> 00:11:22,708 of the 14th century in Europe, 260 00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:25,000 who may have brought them to Oak Island 261 00:11:25,125 --> 00:11:27,917 remains a tantalizing mystery. 262 00:11:28,083 --> 00:11:30,708 It'll be interesting to see if it's something exotic. 263 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:33,625 JACK: Exotic coins are no stranger on Oak Island. 264 00:11:33,792 --> 00:11:35,417 I mean, that's got to have 265 00:11:35,583 --> 00:11:37,542 some specific story of its own 266 00:11:37,708 --> 00:11:39,333 in order for it to get here. 267 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:41,583 That's why I think it's so important to identify this. 268 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:45,250 It may give us a better idea of who was here 269 00:11:45,417 --> 00:11:46,458 and what they were doing. 270 00:11:46,583 --> 00:11:47,708 Mm. 271 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:49,375 Maybe we should have 272 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:51,833 Sandy Campbell take a look at it. 273 00:11:52,042 --> 00:11:53,583 We might be able to figure out 274 00:11:53,750 --> 00:11:55,333 -Yeah. -exactly what type of coin it is. 275 00:11:55,542 --> 00:11:58,042 I think that should get back to the lab as soon as possible. 276 00:11:58,208 --> 00:12:00,042 JACK: I can't wait to show the guys this. 277 00:12:00,208 --> 00:12:02,208 LAIRD: Should be interesting. 278 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:05,958 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 279 00:12:06,083 --> 00:12:08,125 TEDFORD: All right, let's go get it. 280 00:12:08,292 --> 00:12:10,250 That's good. 281 00:12:10,417 --> 00:12:11,833 NARRATOR: ...while the core-drilling operation proceeds 282 00:12:11,958 --> 00:12:13,792 in the Money Pit area, 283 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:16,000 back on Lot 5... 284 00:12:16,125 --> 00:12:17,542 ALEX: You know, the feature's grown a lot. 285 00:12:17,708 --> 00:12:21,042 ...Alex Lagina joins Laird Niven 286 00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:23,417 and other members of the team as they investigate 287 00:12:23,583 --> 00:12:27,375 the rounded stone foundation near the shoreline. 288 00:12:27,542 --> 00:12:28,750 Is this the edge of it, 289 00:12:28,917 --> 00:12:30,750 -do you think? -LAIRD: We think so. 290 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,000 We have this odd 291 00:12:32,167 --> 00:12:34,417 -outer perimeter. -ALEX: Mm-hmm. 292 00:12:34,542 --> 00:12:36,250 The cut coin came from this area. 293 00:12:36,375 --> 00:12:37,750 FIONA: That's where all 294 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:39,583 the maroon till was, too, that matched 295 00:12:39,750 --> 00:12:41,375 the Money Pit soils. 296 00:12:41,542 --> 00:12:44,167 That's why I think it's so important to open this area up. 297 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:45,708 NARRATOR: In addition to discoveries 298 00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:48,167 such as the 14th-century barter token 299 00:12:48,333 --> 00:12:51,000 that the team has uncovered at this feature, 300 00:12:51,125 --> 00:12:53,708 they also discovered an artificial, 301 00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:56,083 mortar-like soil several feet deep 302 00:12:56,250 --> 00:13:00,167 that, when analyzed by team geology expert Moya MacDonald, 303 00:13:00,375 --> 00:13:03,167 was found to match other soils discovered 304 00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:07,208 not only more than 100 feet deep in the Money Pit area 305 00:13:07,375 --> 00:13:11,667 but also beneath the bottom boulder of Nolan's Cross, 306 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:14,625 the megalithic formation that may date back 307 00:13:14,792 --> 00:13:18,333 to as early as 1200 AD. 308 00:13:18,458 --> 00:13:20,208 We are about to expand 309 00:13:20,375 --> 00:13:21,792 the archeological grid over here anyway. 310 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:23,583 Yeah. Exactly. 311 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:25,083 ALEX: As we go down, 312 00:13:25,208 --> 00:13:26,792 we should have a good chance of finding 313 00:13:26,958 --> 00:13:28,750 -more artifacts. -LAIRD: He'll shovel, 314 00:13:28,917 --> 00:13:29,750 you'll bucket, I'll screen? 315 00:13:29,917 --> 00:13:31,083 Okay. Let's do it. 316 00:13:31,208 --> 00:13:32,958 NARRATOR: These discoveries 317 00:13:33,083 --> 00:13:34,542 have led the team to speculate 318 00:13:34,708 --> 00:13:36,500 that whoever created the Money Pit 319 00:13:36,708 --> 00:13:38,708 and Nolan's Cross may have used 320 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:41,583 both of the features on Lot 5 321 00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:43,000 as a base of operations, 322 00:13:43,167 --> 00:13:45,458 and then deliberately buried them. 323 00:13:47,375 --> 00:13:48,333 What I find so fascinating 324 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:49,625 is how did they 325 00:13:49,708 --> 00:13:51,208 make the structure this big 326 00:13:51,375 --> 00:13:53,917 in such a crude manner and have it last? 327 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:55,875 -Right. -You know, maybe that was 328 00:13:56,083 --> 00:13:58,000 part of the reason it was buried, or was it buried 329 00:13:58,125 --> 00:13:59,667 for some other mysterious reason? 330 00:13:59,875 --> 00:14:01,208 What was it for, right? 331 00:14:01,375 --> 00:14:02,667 ALEX: Yeah. 332 00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:04,208 Plus, we're finding all kinds of artifacts, 333 00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:05,875 which is saying that people were here a lot. 334 00:14:06,042 --> 00:14:08,292 I mean, this is obviously part of what was intended 335 00:14:08,458 --> 00:14:09,833 -to be covered up. -Yeah. 336 00:14:10,042 --> 00:14:12,083 -ALEX: So, we'll keep at it. -FIONA: Yeah. 337 00:14:19,917 --> 00:14:21,333 So, I'm starting to hit rocks here. 338 00:14:23,417 --> 00:14:24,750 FIONA: Oh, more. 339 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:25,875 ALEX: Yeah. 340 00:14:26,042 --> 00:14:27,625 So, I'm hitting rocks. 341 00:14:27,792 --> 00:14:28,875 -Yeah. -I think that I'm coming down 342 00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:30,125 more of the structure. 343 00:14:30,292 --> 00:14:32,250 -FIONA: Yeah. -This structure 344 00:14:32,417 --> 00:14:34,083 -keeps getting bigger. -Absolutely. 345 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:36,417 NARRATOR: Another possible section 346 00:14:36,583 --> 00:14:39,000 of the stone foundation? If so, 347 00:14:39,167 --> 00:14:41,000 just how much more extensive 348 00:14:41,167 --> 00:14:42,833 could this buried feature be? 349 00:14:43,042 --> 00:14:44,875 And what else might the team discover 350 00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:47,000 once they uncover it? 351 00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:48,542 One of the most incredible discoveries 352 00:14:48,708 --> 00:14:50,000 we've made on Lot 5 so far 353 00:14:50,167 --> 00:14:51,917 is this connection between 354 00:14:52,083 --> 00:14:53,958 these archeological features and the Money Pit. 355 00:14:54,125 --> 00:14:55,875 It's starting to suggest 356 00:14:56,042 --> 00:14:58,042 that maybe they were part of the Oak Island treasure deposit, 357 00:14:58,208 --> 00:14:59,917 and then were hidden. 358 00:15:00,042 --> 00:15:03,167 So, uh, somewhere under us could be more structure, 359 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,708 and we're gonna have to do this to get there. 360 00:15:05,875 --> 00:15:06,875 This means we've got a lot more work to do. 361 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:08,875 ALEX: Yeah. 362 00:15:14,208 --> 00:15:15,833 NARRATOR: The following morning... 363 00:15:16,042 --> 00:15:17,792 LAIRD: Hopefully, there's something 364 00:15:17,958 --> 00:15:19,167 to find in this area as well. 365 00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:20,792 NARRATOR: ...as Laird 366 00:15:20,958 --> 00:15:22,583 and the archeology team carefully work 367 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:25,917 to expose more of the rounded stone feature on Lot 5... 368 00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:27,500 -ALEX: Hey. -CHARLES: Morning, Alex. 369 00:15:27,667 --> 00:15:28,625 ALEX: How are we doing? 370 00:15:28,833 --> 00:15:31,125 Got another core coming. 371 00:15:31,208 --> 00:15:32,667 NARRATOR: ...in the Money Pit area, 372 00:15:32,875 --> 00:15:34,667 Alex Lagina joins his Uncle Rick 373 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,750 and other members of the team 374 00:15:36,917 --> 00:15:38,583 at the core- drilling operation 375 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:40,750 in borehole EN-13 376 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:42,958 within the so-called Golden Egg... 377 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,500 -TERRY: Adam, what do you got? -Eighty-nine. 378 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:46,125 Eighty-nine. 379 00:15:46,292 --> 00:15:48,333 ...the region where the team has detected 380 00:15:48,542 --> 00:15:50,833 high trace levels of silver and gold 381 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,667 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 382 00:15:54,792 --> 00:15:57,667 TERRY: Yeah, this is some pretty solid interface here. 383 00:15:57,833 --> 00:16:00,708 The next run will hopefully give us something better. 384 00:16:01,542 --> 00:16:04,750 -We may hit the mother lode. -Bravo Tango. 385 00:16:04,958 --> 00:16:06,167 There's every reason 386 00:16:06,292 --> 00:16:08,625 to believe that within the area 387 00:16:08,833 --> 00:16:10,375 there lies some 388 00:16:10,542 --> 00:16:13,042 source of these metals, i.e. treasure. 389 00:16:13,208 --> 00:16:15,792 Every time the steel goes down the hole, 390 00:16:15,958 --> 00:16:18,042 you're hoping it'll find treasure or a void 391 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:22,000 or a vault or a offset chamber or a tunnel. 392 00:16:22,083 --> 00:16:26,042 We'll just have to be patient and see what we find. 393 00:16:26,208 --> 00:16:27,458 TERRY: Here it comes. 394 00:16:28,875 --> 00:16:31,000 That's a lot of core, Adam. 395 00:16:31,167 --> 00:16:32,708 -It got really loose at the bottom. -Okay. 396 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:34,500 That's some good news. Thank you. 397 00:16:38,042 --> 00:16:39,917 That seems to change, right? 398 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:41,917 TERRY: It got soft right at the bottom. 399 00:16:42,125 --> 00:16:43,375 Sounds like soft ground beneath. 400 00:16:43,542 --> 00:16:46,000 That bodes well for our potential target. 401 00:16:46,167 --> 00:16:47,375 That's a good sign. 402 00:16:47,542 --> 00:16:49,083 Absolutely. 403 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:54,958 Whoa. 404 00:17:00,542 --> 00:17:02,292 Solid. 405 00:17:02,458 --> 00:17:03,500 Hey, Mike. 406 00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:06,417 I think we're on wood. 407 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:07,792 It got real stiff. 408 00:17:07,958 --> 00:17:09,500 -Really? -Yeah. 409 00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:10,833 I should actually get this out, 410 00:17:10,958 --> 00:17:11,875 though, in case something happens. 411 00:17:12,042 --> 00:17:13,333 -You go for it. -(laughs) 412 00:17:16,208 --> 00:17:18,333 He thinks that they might be on wood. 413 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:20,542 -Wow. -If Mike thinks he hit wood, 414 00:17:20,708 --> 00:17:22,333 -he's not often wrong. -No. 415 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:25,458 CHARLES: There's nothing that, from the historical record 416 00:17:25,625 --> 00:17:27,458 that we know, actually occurred in this area. 417 00:17:27,625 --> 00:17:30,292 -Yeah. -CHARLES: To me, that says "depositor." 418 00:17:30,375 --> 00:17:31,958 Yep. 419 00:17:32,125 --> 00:17:32,917 Time's gonna tell as to whether we're into 420 00:17:33,042 --> 00:17:34,292 a treasure vault, I hope. 421 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:41,542 ALEX: This could be the one. 422 00:17:41,542 --> 00:17:43,417 CHARLES: There's nothing that, from the historical record 423 00:17:43,625 --> 00:17:45,250 that we know, actually occurred in this area. 424 00:17:45,417 --> 00:17:47,625 To me, that says "depositor." 425 00:17:47,792 --> 00:17:49,042 ALEX: This could be the one. 426 00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:51,000 TERRY: Let's hope he pulls up some wood 427 00:17:51,208 --> 00:17:52,333 and we've got a structure. 428 00:17:52,542 --> 00:17:53,708 Maybe we'll get a doubloon today. 429 00:17:55,125 --> 00:17:56,875 NARRATOR: It is an intense moment 430 00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:59,000 in the Money Pit area for Rick Lagina 431 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:01,833 and members of the Oak Island team. 432 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,500 We'll have a good look here now. 433 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,333 NARRATOR: While drilling borehole EN-13 434 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:07,250 in the possible treasure zone, 435 00:18:07,417 --> 00:18:08,667 dubbed the Golden Egg... 436 00:18:08,875 --> 00:18:10,625 What do you got, Adam? 437 00:18:10,792 --> 00:18:12,833 -Ninety-nine. -Ninety-nine feet. Thank you. 438 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,292 ...evidence of a possible structure has been encountered 439 00:18:16,417 --> 00:18:19,417 at a depth of nearly 100 feet. 440 00:18:21,875 --> 00:18:23,333 -How you doing? -Good. 441 00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:25,042 You felt like you just caught something? 442 00:18:25,208 --> 00:18:26,833 Well, it was really soft at the top here. 443 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Felt like it, anyway. 444 00:18:28,083 --> 00:18:30,167 And then, got super stiff. 445 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:31,708 It is a little soft. Let's carve it up. 446 00:18:35,250 --> 00:18:37,000 Most of the intersections at about 447 00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:39,833 this level get soft. 448 00:18:39,917 --> 00:18:41,417 But it gets relatively firm here. 449 00:18:42,583 --> 00:18:43,583 But no wood. 450 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:47,833 And this is... this is relatively soft material. 451 00:18:48,042 --> 00:18:50,375 We're in fertile territory. This looks pretty good, Mike. 452 00:18:51,417 --> 00:18:52,750 So, we could be close to something. 453 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,250 NARRATOR: Because underground structures 454 00:18:56,417 --> 00:18:58,875 cause the soil and sediment immediately around them 455 00:18:59,042 --> 00:19:03,167 to be less compacted than natural, undisturbed earth, 456 00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:06,000 could geologist Terry Matheson be correct 457 00:19:06,167 --> 00:19:08,250 that the drill may have just missed 458 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:11,750 some kind of man-made object or construct? 459 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:13,708 If so, might it be something 460 00:19:13,875 --> 00:19:16,458 that contains the large source of precious metals 461 00:19:16,625 --> 00:19:18,875 that have been detected in this area? 462 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,958 We're through that zone of interest, 463 00:19:22,083 --> 00:19:23,708 but that is suggesting something-- 464 00:19:23,875 --> 00:19:25,375 something might be close. 465 00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:27,833 We could go back. 466 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:29,458 I'd just move over here. 467 00:19:29,542 --> 00:19:31,042 -TERRY: No problem. -RICK: Right, and the next hole, 468 00:19:31,208 --> 00:19:33,042 we're five feet away. 469 00:19:33,208 --> 00:19:34,417 -Yeah. -So, if there's 470 00:19:34,583 --> 00:19:35,792 something there, we should be able 471 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:36,833 to find it in that hole. 472 00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:38,667 ALEX: Any utility in 473 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:40,250 grabbing a sample of the water 474 00:19:40,417 --> 00:19:41,833 for metal testing? 475 00:19:42,042 --> 00:19:43,083 RICK: I'd like to see 476 00:19:43,208 --> 00:19:44,667 Dr. Spooner take a sample. 477 00:19:44,875 --> 00:19:47,333 All right. Good luck, guys. 478 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,375 -We'll see you later, all right? -TERRY: You bet. 479 00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,542 NARRATOR: The following morning, 480 00:19:55,708 --> 00:19:57,667 as geoscientist 481 00:19:57,792 --> 00:19:59,458 Dr. Ian Spooner collects 482 00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:01,750 a water sample from borehole EN-13 483 00:20:01,875 --> 00:20:03,375 in the Money Pit area... 484 00:20:03,542 --> 00:20:05,625 -CHARLES: Hey, Sandy. -CRAIG: Hey, Sandy. 485 00:20:05,792 --> 00:20:07,208 -CHARLES: Good to have you back. -JACK: Welcome back. 486 00:20:07,375 --> 00:20:08,750 Thank you. Good to be back. 487 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:11,083 NARRATOR: ...Craig Tester 488 00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:12,167 and members of the team 489 00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:13,958 meet with numismatist 490 00:20:14,167 --> 00:20:16,000 Sandy Campbell in the Oak Island laboratory. 491 00:20:16,167 --> 00:20:18,875 They are eager for him to examine the coin 492 00:20:19,042 --> 00:20:21,458 that was discovered between the two stone foundations 493 00:20:21,625 --> 00:20:24,167 on Lot 5 just one day ago. 494 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:26,167 Let's have a look. 495 00:20:36,250 --> 00:20:38,250 So, this is, obviously, 496 00:20:38,458 --> 00:20:40,167 a pretty cool item. 497 00:20:40,375 --> 00:20:42,125 So, right off the bat, 498 00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:44,292 the shape-- it's irregular, 499 00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,500 which speaks to it 500 00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:49,750 being hammered rather than struck. 501 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:54,292 So, you're pre-1650 502 00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:56,458 -to start. -Oh, no way. 503 00:20:56,583 --> 00:20:59,625 SANDY: And then, you know, it comes down to 504 00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:00,958 what we may be able to pull off the coin 505 00:21:01,125 --> 00:21:03,000 from a design point of view. 506 00:21:03,167 --> 00:21:05,708 You know, we're-we're seeing 507 00:21:05,917 --> 00:21:09,250 an animal here, I think, maybe. 508 00:21:09,417 --> 00:21:11,167 What kind of animal? 509 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:13,250 SANDY: It kind of looks like a horse. 510 00:21:13,417 --> 00:21:16,250 But in all likelihood, I... 511 00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:19,542 I think it's Roman. 512 00:21:19,708 --> 00:21:20,750 -Wow. -Wow. 513 00:21:20,917 --> 00:21:22,167 Giddyup. 514 00:21:22,333 --> 00:21:24,667 So, Emma, maybe you can shine a little light 515 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:27,333 on what the, uh, alloy would be on this piece? 516 00:21:27,542 --> 00:21:28,667 EMMA: Sure, can do. 517 00:21:28,792 --> 00:21:30,583 NARRATOR: Prior to their meeting, 518 00:21:30,708 --> 00:21:34,458 archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan scanned the coin 519 00:21:34,625 --> 00:21:38,833 using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, or XRF. 520 00:21:39,042 --> 00:21:42,292 A device which emits non-destructive radiation 521 00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:46,083 that can identify an object's chemical composition. 522 00:21:46,250 --> 00:21:47,917 EMMA: It is copper based. 523 00:21:48,083 --> 00:21:51,167 And it's 70% copper, um, 16% lead, 524 00:21:51,375 --> 00:21:53,250 so there's a high lead content 525 00:21:53,417 --> 00:21:55,583 that we do not see in modern coins. 526 00:21:55,750 --> 00:21:59,333 And it definitely, yeah, it puts it medieval and pre. 527 00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:03,708 And high contents of, um, arsenic and then sulfur. 528 00:22:03,833 --> 00:22:07,542 So, yeah, a composition that we do see in Roman coins. 529 00:22:07,708 --> 00:22:11,792 It ain't the first Roman coin that we found on Lot 5. 530 00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:13,042 I'll send Rick a text. 531 00:22:14,875 --> 00:22:16,583 Two words. 532 00:22:16,708 --> 00:22:18,125 "Roman, baby." 533 00:22:18,292 --> 00:22:20,125 -Exactly. -(laughing) 534 00:22:20,292 --> 00:22:22,708 GARY: Another Roman coin off Lot 5. 535 00:22:22,917 --> 00:22:26,208 Those are the words I love to hear on Oak Island. 536 00:22:26,375 --> 00:22:30,417 This is turning into a pretty special lot. 537 00:22:34,667 --> 00:22:36,667 Wow, what a impressive group of smiling faces. 538 00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:38,417 -Mm-hmm. -Good reason for it. -What's up? 539 00:22:38,625 --> 00:22:40,500 CRAIG: Let me call Marty first. 540 00:22:40,708 --> 00:22:42,583 -Okay. -CRAIG: Let's get him involved, too. 541 00:22:45,708 --> 00:22:46,833 -What do you got? -CRAIG: We're getting closer. 542 00:22:47,042 --> 00:22:48,750 We found a coin on Lot 5 543 00:22:48,875 --> 00:22:51,500 and, uh, Sandy's here. 544 00:22:51,667 --> 00:22:53,667 And we thought we'd bring you up to date. 545 00:22:53,833 --> 00:22:56,208 We've done some investigating with Emma 546 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,583 in terms of metal content. 547 00:22:57,750 --> 00:22:59,458 You know, all the evidence, to me, 548 00:22:59,625 --> 00:23:02,417 points to it being late Roman. 549 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:08,250 When you say late Roman, can you put a time frame on that? 550 00:23:08,375 --> 00:23:10,000 Two to 300 AD. 551 00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:25,375 It's a copper coin that traded as currency 552 00:23:25,542 --> 00:23:26,917 for a long period of time. 553 00:23:31,833 --> 00:23:35,000 SANDY: You know, the Vikings were great to repurpose. 554 00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:39,917 So, when they would come across war chests of Roman coins, 555 00:23:40,125 --> 00:23:43,250 they would repurpose it into their own coinage. 556 00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:45,917 Well, when we were in Reykjavik, in Iceland, 557 00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:48,000 we went to the museum there 558 00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:50,875 and there were Roman coins. 559 00:23:51,042 --> 00:23:53,000 We know for a fact, 560 00:23:53,208 --> 00:23:56,792 artifacts such as those crossed the North Atlantic. 561 00:23:57,875 --> 00:24:02,333 NARRATOR: In 2023, Rick and members of the team 562 00:24:02,458 --> 00:24:04,292 traveled to Europe in order to investigate 563 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:06,458 an incredible theory: 564 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:09,167 that approximately 800 years ago, 565 00:24:09,375 --> 00:24:10,875 members of the Knights Templar 566 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:14,500 transported priceless religious treasures to Oak Island 567 00:24:14,708 --> 00:24:18,250 with the help of sailors who were descendants of Vikings. 568 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,500 And during their travels through Italy... 569 00:24:20,583 --> 00:24:22,000 -Oh, wow. -Wow. 570 00:24:22,167 --> 00:24:23,458 -NARRATOR: ...the Netherlands... -Oh, is this it? 571 00:24:23,542 --> 00:24:26,667 NARRATOR: ...Denmark and Iceland, 572 00:24:26,792 --> 00:24:30,333 they were astonished to see Templar and Viking symbols 573 00:24:30,458 --> 00:24:33,167 and artifacts that are strikingly similar 574 00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:35,625 to others that have been found on Oak Island. 575 00:24:35,833 --> 00:24:39,917 EMLILIANO: This museum hosts some Roman coins. 576 00:24:40,042 --> 00:24:41,875 Perfect. 577 00:24:42,042 --> 00:24:43,750 NARRATOR: And at the National Museum of Iceland, 578 00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:47,167 they also saw a number of Roman coins. 579 00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:50,625 Is it possible that the Roman coins 580 00:24:50,792 --> 00:24:52,667 the team has found on Lot 5 581 00:24:52,750 --> 00:24:55,125 offer further proof of a connection 582 00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:59,083 between the Knights Templar and the descendants of Vikings? 583 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:04,417 Well, remember, we went to Europe and to Scandinavia 584 00:25:04,542 --> 00:25:06,708 to track east to west. 585 00:25:06,875 --> 00:25:10,667 How would an old-world treasure and an old-world mystery 586 00:25:10,875 --> 00:25:14,333 come from maybe even the Middle East, 587 00:25:14,542 --> 00:25:16,000 across the continent of Europe 588 00:25:16,125 --> 00:25:19,792 and possibly vis-à-vis the Templars connection 589 00:25:19,958 --> 00:25:21,583 or association with the descendants of the Vikings? 590 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:24,583 We know the Norse traveled 591 00:25:24,750 --> 00:25:27,458 t-the North Atlantic long, long ago. 592 00:25:27,667 --> 00:25:31,667 I think we need some solid artifactual evidence 593 00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:35,125 that says descendants of Vikings on Oak Island. 594 00:25:35,292 --> 00:25:37,708 But I wouldn't rule it out. 595 00:25:39,042 --> 00:25:42,208 This find will make five Roman coins we've found. 596 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:46,208 It must have something to do with at least, at the minimum, 597 00:25:46,375 --> 00:25:47,875 what happened on Lot 5. 598 00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:51,750 But what is it saying about the people that inhabited Lot 5? 599 00:25:51,958 --> 00:25:53,583 Or the people that visited Lot 5? 600 00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:55,417 I don't know what it's saying. 601 00:25:55,542 --> 00:25:56,917 At least not yet. 602 00:25:57,083 --> 00:25:58,833 I think it's incredibly important. 603 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,500 Because there has been strong suggestions or hints 604 00:26:02,708 --> 00:26:04,667 based on the current work to date 605 00:26:04,792 --> 00:26:07,875 that there is a tie to the Money Pit. 606 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,167 There ya have it. Marty, you-- 607 00:26:10,708 --> 00:26:12,417 Exactly. That's what you were gonna say. 608 00:26:12,583 --> 00:26:14,667 Let's all get out there, there's a lot of work to do, right? 609 00:26:14,792 --> 00:26:20,167 CHARLES: Absolutely. 610 00:26:20,167 --> 00:26:22,000 ALEX: Do you feel that there's more features to be found? 611 00:26:23,083 --> 00:26:25,333 Or do you think we're actually moving away from it now? 612 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:27,625 -I think it's too early to tell. -Right. 613 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:31,917 We have this much fill on top of the original surface. 614 00:26:32,125 --> 00:26:34,542 NARRATOR: Following the incredible revelation 615 00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:36,667 that a fifth Roman coin has been discovered 616 00:26:36,875 --> 00:26:38,500 on Lot 5 of Oak Island, 617 00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:41,667 Alex Lagina helps Laird Niven 618 00:26:41,875 --> 00:26:43,917 and members of the archeology team 619 00:26:44,042 --> 00:26:46,000 expose another possible section 620 00:26:46,125 --> 00:26:48,750 of the mysterious rounded stone foundation 621 00:26:48,917 --> 00:26:51,708 that sits near the shoreline. 622 00:26:53,542 --> 00:26:55,917 FIONA: This is really weird. 623 00:26:57,708 --> 00:26:59,583 I'm getting some rock patterns. 624 00:27:00,917 --> 00:27:03,417 ALEX: Yeah, that kinda looks placed, doesn't it? 625 00:27:03,583 --> 00:27:05,208 FIONA: You can almost see them in a line. 626 00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:06,667 LAIRD: I'm getting rocks here, too. 627 00:27:08,375 --> 00:27:10,667 Which could relate to yours. 628 00:27:10,875 --> 00:27:13,750 What it looks like is these rocks were placed here, 629 00:27:13,917 --> 00:27:17,250 and then this, we have this... 630 00:27:17,375 --> 00:27:20,250 -Yeah, that-- That's weird. -...hollow area. 631 00:27:21,708 --> 00:27:23,667 -You hear that? -FIONA: I do. 632 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:27,250 LAIRD: That's like one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. 633 00:27:29,250 --> 00:27:31,083 I mean, I can feel it in my feet right here. 634 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,333 FIONA: I was gonna say that. That's vibrational. 635 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:35,667 How bizarre. 636 00:27:35,833 --> 00:27:37,875 NARRATOR: A potentially hollow area 637 00:27:38,042 --> 00:27:41,333 in the rounded stone foundation? 638 00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:44,833 Given the fact that Laird Niven believes this entire feature 639 00:27:45,042 --> 00:27:48,333 was deliberately hidden by someone long ago, 640 00:27:48,542 --> 00:27:51,500 is it possible that the team has just discovered 641 00:27:51,625 --> 00:27:54,167 an additional buried compartment? 642 00:27:54,333 --> 00:27:59,125 If so, just what might they find as they carefully excavate it? 643 00:27:59,292 --> 00:28:01,667 ALEX: Archeology is really the only way we're gonna get any answers. 644 00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:04,375 But the north half of Lot 5 645 00:28:04,542 --> 00:28:06,542 is now what's called a special place, 646 00:28:06,708 --> 00:28:08,667 which means the rules have changed. 647 00:28:08,833 --> 00:28:10,292 So, it's a tedious process. 648 00:28:10,458 --> 00:28:12,250 Um, it takes a lot of time. 649 00:28:12,417 --> 00:28:14,500 You have to be very careful about what you're doing 650 00:28:14,708 --> 00:28:17,333 and very meticulous about how you record it. 651 00:28:17,458 --> 00:28:19,292 And this is a huge feature. 652 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,500 It's exciting because there's much more to this structure 653 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,333 than we believed at first. 654 00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:25,500 We're already looking at a feature 655 00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:27,167 that's much bigger than what you'd expect. 656 00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:28,917 And it seems to keep going here. 657 00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:32,542 I mean, it will be something. 658 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:34,667 Uh, maybe it's an extension of this feature. 659 00:28:34,875 --> 00:28:37,042 Maybe it's a new feature. 660 00:28:37,208 --> 00:28:38,875 (chuckling): I don't know the answers. 661 00:28:39,042 --> 00:28:41,125 Never had this happen before. 662 00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:45,125 FIONA: And this construction is nothing like anything else you've seen 663 00:28:45,250 --> 00:28:48,000 on the island in regards to structures. 664 00:28:48,167 --> 00:28:49,542 It's so crudely built, and I find that strange, 665 00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:51,333 that it would be this large. 666 00:28:51,542 --> 00:28:52,833 It's built for a purpose 667 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,208 and we don't even know what that end looks like. 668 00:28:54,375 --> 00:28:55,583 FIONA: Mm-hmm. 669 00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:57,500 ALEX: So, the feature continues. 670 00:28:57,708 --> 00:28:58,833 It doesn't make any sense, 671 00:28:58,958 --> 00:28:59,708 but I know we've got to keep digging. 672 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:00,750 LAIRD: Yeah. 673 00:29:00,875 --> 00:29:03,167 See what we can find. 674 00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:07,250 NARRATOR: As Alex and the archaeology team continue uncovering more 675 00:29:07,417 --> 00:29:10,250 of the mysterious foundation on Lot 5... 676 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,833 RICK: What's going on? 677 00:29:14,042 --> 00:29:15,250 There's a lot happening right here. 678 00:29:15,417 --> 00:29:19,375 It's kind of, for me, a first-time experience. 679 00:29:20,375 --> 00:29:23,750 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina has arrived in the Money Pit area 680 00:29:23,958 --> 00:29:27,000 after being alerted to a potentially major development 681 00:29:27,167 --> 00:29:30,333 near the recently drilled borehole known as EN-13 682 00:29:30,417 --> 00:29:33,042 in the so-called Golden Egg. 683 00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:37,000 A borehole where, one day ago, the team believes 684 00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:40,167 that they nearly drilled into a possible man-made structure 685 00:29:40,292 --> 00:29:43,000 approximately 100 feet underground. 686 00:29:43,208 --> 00:29:46,833 IAN: Right there, that's the drill hole EN-13. 687 00:29:47,042 --> 00:29:50,167 And I just sampled FN-13, 688 00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:51,708 in the yellow cone there, 689 00:29:51,875 --> 00:29:53,208 -right under the yellow cone. -RICK: Yep. 690 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:57,333 And I was bailing it, and I thought there was thunder. 691 00:29:58,875 --> 00:30:01,208 Boom, boom, boom. 692 00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:05,042 And, uh, it was coming out of the-the well. 693 00:30:05,208 --> 00:30:07,000 RICK: Really? 694 00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,333 You've never heard that underground before? 695 00:30:09,458 --> 00:30:12,083 No! No, honest to God. 696 00:30:12,250 --> 00:30:13,792 It was really quite extraordinary. 697 00:30:13,958 --> 00:30:15,458 It went on for about 30 seconds. 698 00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:19,250 RICK: What do you make of that? 699 00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:23,375 My thought is that when they were drilling EN-13 there, 700 00:30:23,583 --> 00:30:25,042 we know they were in soft ground, 701 00:30:25,208 --> 00:30:26,917 -that they're near something. -Mm-hmm. 702 00:30:27,083 --> 00:30:29,875 And now it's moving around air within it. 703 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,667 The implication being there's something open down there? 704 00:30:33,750 --> 00:30:36,208 Yes. This thing's collapsing. 705 00:30:36,375 --> 00:30:39,292 So, to collapse, it means there has to be a void. 706 00:30:41,583 --> 00:30:46,875 -RICK: 100%. -IAN: Yep. 707 00:30:46,875 --> 00:30:48,125 IAN: This thing's collapsing there. 708 00:30:48,292 --> 00:30:50,000 RICK: That's quite interesting. 709 00:30:50,125 --> 00:30:54,917 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 710 00:30:55,083 --> 00:30:58,667 has alerted Rick Lagina that, just minutes ago, 711 00:30:58,875 --> 00:31:01,250 a structure of some kind may have collapsed 712 00:31:01,417 --> 00:31:03,833 deep underground while he was collecting 713 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,125 water samples from borehole EN-13. 714 00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:11,375 A borehole located in the so-called Golden Egg 715 00:31:11,583 --> 00:31:13,542 where Dr. Spooner also believes 716 00:31:13,708 --> 00:31:15,417 the legendary Oak Island treasure 717 00:31:15,542 --> 00:31:20,417 may be buried between a depth of 80 and 120 feet. 718 00:31:20,583 --> 00:31:23,125 We know we've drilled a million holes here, 719 00:31:23,292 --> 00:31:24,792 and we've had monitoring wells nearby 720 00:31:24,958 --> 00:31:26,000 and I've never heard that. 721 00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:27,625 If things are moving around 722 00:31:27,792 --> 00:31:29,125 down there, there's an opening. 723 00:31:30,042 --> 00:31:31,667 Dr. Spooner revealed 724 00:31:31,792 --> 00:31:34,417 he heard some sort of collapse underground. 725 00:31:34,583 --> 00:31:37,125 I never heard anyone talk of that before, so, 726 00:31:37,292 --> 00:31:39,542 might there be a chance here 727 00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:42,500 to-to discover the treasure once and for all? Sure. 728 00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:46,167 There's all of these clues that strongly suggest 729 00:31:46,292 --> 00:31:49,833 this area holds significant interest. 730 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,042 So, I think something's going on here. 731 00:31:52,208 --> 00:31:53,542 -Something's going on here. -All the chemistry has 732 00:31:53,708 --> 00:31:55,000 -kind of pointed to that. -Yeah. 733 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:57,667 So, you know, here's... here's one example. 734 00:31:57,833 --> 00:31:59,833 If you hold it up to the sun, you can see the discoloration 735 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,500 in it, the yellow color. 736 00:32:02,667 --> 00:32:05,500 -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. -Yeah, that wasn't there beforehand. 737 00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,375 -You just took a sample? -Yeah. 738 00:32:07,542 --> 00:32:08,792 -After that? -Yes. 739 00:32:08,958 --> 00:32:11,417 The darker water can indicate 740 00:32:11,583 --> 00:32:14,083 -we're closer to, uh, wood, a source of wood. -Oh. 741 00:32:14,250 --> 00:32:15,833 So, I'm very interested 'cause we have not seen this 742 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,125 -at this well before. -Hmm. 743 00:32:18,292 --> 00:32:20,167 And if that's the case, then we've moved something around. 744 00:32:20,292 --> 00:32:23,500 There's some, almost a direct connection from something. 745 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:24,667 Yes. 746 00:32:25,917 --> 00:32:28,208 IAN: I think the underground collapse 747 00:32:28,375 --> 00:32:31,958 probably means that we're in and around an open chamber. 748 00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:35,792 So, what we think is that this event moved water 749 00:32:35,917 --> 00:32:37,833 from a tunnel or a shaft, 750 00:32:38,042 --> 00:32:40,417 and all of this is critical 751 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:43,000 to understanding where the metals are coming from. 752 00:32:43,167 --> 00:32:47,125 So, it's a good place to have a very strange event occur. 753 00:32:47,292 --> 00:32:50,083 Well, that next hole will be very interesting. 754 00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:52,083 IAN: Yes. Hopefully we'll just... we'll drill there, 755 00:32:52,250 --> 00:32:54,333 we'll hit it, and we'll actually hit something 756 00:32:54,417 --> 00:32:56,958 that can help us explain the metals. 757 00:32:57,125 --> 00:32:59,083 Okay. Well, thank you for the update. 758 00:32:59,250 --> 00:33:02,833 -Yup. -We need to keep our wits about us. 759 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,458 IAN: Yup. 760 00:33:08,417 --> 00:33:10,083 NARRATOR: The next morning... 761 00:33:11,292 --> 00:33:13,167 DOUG: Well, gentlemen, as you know, 762 00:33:13,375 --> 00:33:16,792 last year, we ended off our east-to-west journey in Iceland. 763 00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:19,458 And it-it was an incredible experience. 764 00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:21,375 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty Lagina 765 00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:23,292 are meeting in the research center 766 00:33:23,458 --> 00:33:25,875 with Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 767 00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:29,333 and researcher Emiliano Sacchetti. 768 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:32,250 Following the discovery of another a Roman coin-- 769 00:33:32,375 --> 00:33:34,583 which the team believes may be connected 770 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:36,167 to descendants of Vikings-- 771 00:33:36,333 --> 00:33:39,083 Doug and Emiliano have a new 772 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:42,125 and potentially important development to discuss. 773 00:33:42,250 --> 00:33:45,208 We learned that by 875 AD, 774 00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:47,250 the Norse had reached Iceland, 775 00:33:47,417 --> 00:33:50,667 and by 985 AD, they had reached Greenland. 776 00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:52,167 But what's more intriguing is, 777 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:54,208 the only known Viking settlement 778 00:33:54,417 --> 00:33:57,417 on the North American continent, 779 00:33:57,542 --> 00:33:59,083 the L'Anse aux Meadows site in Newfoundland, 780 00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:02,375 was, uh, active in 1021 AD. 781 00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:05,458 Seems like that's our next destination. 782 00:34:05,583 --> 00:34:08,000 So, what I'm hearing is that what you want to do 783 00:34:08,208 --> 00:34:10,542 is continue the trip. Follow the trail. 784 00:34:10,708 --> 00:34:13,000 -Right. -(laughs) Yeah. 785 00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:17,208 NARRATOR: Located in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada, 786 00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:22,042 approximately 625 miles northeast of Oak Island, 787 00:34:22,208 --> 00:34:24,500 L'Anse aux Meadows is a Viking settlement 788 00:34:24,667 --> 00:34:28,042 that was established more than 1,000 years ago, 789 00:34:28,208 --> 00:34:30,542 and has been designated by the Canadian government 790 00:34:30,750 --> 00:34:33,208 as a National Historic Site. 791 00:34:33,375 --> 00:34:35,958 Today, it is the only officially-recognized 792 00:34:36,083 --> 00:34:39,000 Viking settlement in North America. 793 00:34:39,167 --> 00:34:42,333 However, according to the 13th-century writings 794 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:44,792 known as "the Viking sagas," 795 00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:46,667 members of the Viking culture 796 00:34:46,875 --> 00:34:49,500 and their descendants may have actually traveled 797 00:34:49,583 --> 00:34:52,667 and explored much further to the south. 798 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:56,125 RICK: The descendants of Vikings are very important 799 00:34:56,292 --> 00:34:58,833 to understanding how an old-world treasure 800 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:02,042 might have come to Oak Island. 801 00:35:02,208 --> 00:35:04,000 I believe they were integral 802 00:35:04,208 --> 00:35:07,042 to the ability of someone or someones 803 00:35:07,208 --> 00:35:09,417 to come across the North Atlantic 804 00:35:09,583 --> 00:35:12,458 to the Maritimes and do this work on Oak Island. 805 00:35:13,583 --> 00:35:15,833 Well, you guys put together that if the Templars 806 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,167 had anything to do with this, the logical way to get here, 807 00:35:18,292 --> 00:35:20,208 at that period of time, 808 00:35:20,375 --> 00:35:22,458 was through the Vikings' descendants. 809 00:35:22,625 --> 00:35:24,000 Right? I mean, they were good at it. 810 00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:25,667 -Absolutely. -MARTY: Yeah. 811 00:35:25,792 --> 00:35:27,500 Plus, we know that the Vikings 812 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:29,500 and their descendants were active 813 00:35:29,625 --> 00:35:32,917 in Greenland and, um, in Newfoundland 814 00:35:33,083 --> 00:35:35,958 between 1021 and 1347 at least. 815 00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:39,000 I mean, we got from Europe to the North Atlantic. 816 00:35:39,208 --> 00:35:41,833 Now you need to get from Newfoundland 817 00:35:42,042 --> 00:35:44,292 somewhere down around these shores. 818 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:48,167 Are we going to bring the things that we suspect possibly 819 00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:50,458 could be related to the Vikings' descendants? 820 00:35:50,625 --> 00:35:52,833 We-we can certainly get permission to do that. 821 00:35:53,042 --> 00:35:55,250 -What about the arrowhead? -Absolutely. 822 00:35:56,750 --> 00:35:58,208 -ANE: Good morning! -Hi. 823 00:35:58,417 --> 00:36:00,542 NARRATOR: In 2023, 824 00:36:00,708 --> 00:36:02,042 Rick, Doug, Emiliano 825 00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:03,792 and other members of the team 826 00:36:03,875 --> 00:36:05,875 visited the Ladby Viking Museum 827 00:36:06,042 --> 00:36:07,667 in Kerteminde, Denmark. 828 00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:11,542 And there, they showed curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg... 829 00:36:11,667 --> 00:36:13,333 Wow! 830 00:36:13,542 --> 00:36:15,458 NARRATOR: ...a photo of an iron arrowhead 831 00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:17,792 that was reportedly discovered on Oak Island 832 00:36:17,958 --> 00:36:22,042 by geologist and treasure hunter Robert Dunfield in the 1960s. 833 00:36:22,208 --> 00:36:24,167 ANE: It is very interesting to me 834 00:36:24,292 --> 00:36:26,250 because this is the type of artifact 835 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:27,708 that I could find tomorrow 836 00:36:27,917 --> 00:36:30,000 in an archaeological dig around here. 837 00:36:30,167 --> 00:36:32,792 -Perfect. -Wow. 838 00:36:32,958 --> 00:36:34,292 Now, there... there is something 839 00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:36,333 that I don't think you're aware of yet. 840 00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,208 -Uh-oh. -It just came to our attention. 841 00:36:38,375 --> 00:36:40,708 So, uh, around 1885, 842 00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:43,000 a very unique and ornate whistle was found 843 00:36:43,125 --> 00:36:44,667 on Oak Island near Smith's Cove. 844 00:36:44,833 --> 00:36:47,167 -Hmm. -And let me show you this artifact. 845 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:51,083 Now, what's interesting about this whistle 846 00:36:51,292 --> 00:36:53,667 is that it came into the possession 847 00:36:53,792 --> 00:36:54,833 of Mary B. Steward. 848 00:36:54,958 --> 00:36:56,667 She was a wealthy New Yorker 849 00:36:56,833 --> 00:36:59,958 who helped finance the 1932 expedition here on the island. 850 00:37:00,125 --> 00:37:04,500 She had this whistle examined by museums in New York. 851 00:37:04,708 --> 00:37:07,250 And at the American Museum of Natural History, 852 00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:08,708 they reported to her 853 00:37:08,875 --> 00:37:12,458 that this was most likely of Scandinavian origin, 854 00:37:12,625 --> 00:37:15,000 and made out of walrus tusk ivory. 855 00:37:15,208 --> 00:37:17,333 And this is important, because that is what 856 00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:19,708 the descendants of the Vikings were collecting and trading 857 00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:21,333 in Greenland in the 1200s. 858 00:37:21,458 --> 00:37:23,208 So, here we have another artifact 859 00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:25,000 found on Oak Island that could be related 860 00:37:25,167 --> 00:37:26,417 to that group of people. 861 00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:28,458 Okay, that's-that's very interesting. 862 00:37:28,625 --> 00:37:29,750 Absolutely. 863 00:37:35,458 --> 00:37:37,542 -MARTY: That's very interesting. -DOUG: Absolutely. 864 00:37:37,708 --> 00:37:40,000 This piece here was supposedly found on Oak Island? 865 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:41,917 DOUG: Yes, and it could potentially be 866 00:37:42,083 --> 00:37:43,542 a Viking-related artifact. 867 00:37:44,750 --> 00:37:47,167 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Research Center, 868 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:49,417 Doug Crowell and Emiliano Sacchetti 869 00:37:49,583 --> 00:37:52,500 have just revealed to Rick and Marty Lagina 870 00:37:52,625 --> 00:37:55,208 an archival image of an artifact, 871 00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:57,958 possibly of Scandinavian origin, 872 00:37:58,125 --> 00:37:59,625 that was reportedly discovered 873 00:37:59,750 --> 00:38:03,083 on Oak Island in the late 19th century. 874 00:38:03,208 --> 00:38:05,917 EMILIANO: Well, I kind of disagree 875 00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:10,417 with what the archeologists say about L'Anse aux Meadows, 876 00:38:10,583 --> 00:38:11,875 because I don't think it's the only 877 00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:14,667 Norse site in Canada. 878 00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:17,667 Think about it. 400 years, only one camp? 879 00:38:17,875 --> 00:38:20,000 I think there are other sites in Canada, 880 00:38:20,208 --> 00:38:21,250 and maybe one is here. 881 00:38:21,417 --> 00:38:23,208 MARTY: Right. So, 882 00:38:23,375 --> 00:38:25,083 when did they discover L'Anse aux Meadows? 883 00:38:25,208 --> 00:38:27,500 -In the 1960s. -MARTY: Yeah. Okay. 884 00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:30,458 So, if that one was hidden until 1960, 885 00:38:30,583 --> 00:38:32,417 -why would it be the only one? -EMILIANO: Yeah. 886 00:38:32,542 --> 00:38:34,083 -Yeah. -DOUG: Well, this is another mystery, and this is why 887 00:38:34,250 --> 00:38:37,833 I think maybe, since we have found other things on the island 888 00:38:38,042 --> 00:38:39,833 of possible Scandinavian origin, 889 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,500 this could be indications of prolonged activity 890 00:38:42,708 --> 00:38:44,542 -by descendants of the Vikings or the Templars. -Yeah. 891 00:38:44,708 --> 00:38:46,500 DOUG: Maybe they came down from L'Anse aux Meadows 892 00:38:46,667 --> 00:38:48,917 in Newfoundland to hide something, 893 00:38:49,083 --> 00:38:51,958 -and I think that's what brought 'em to Oak Island. -Yeah. 894 00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:56,125 NARRATOR: In addition to the five Roman coins 895 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:58,708 that were discovered on Lot 5 896 00:38:58,875 --> 00:39:02,167 and the potentially 800-year-old structures-- 897 00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:03,583 like Nolan's Cross 898 00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:07,333 and the paved area in the swamp-- 899 00:39:07,458 --> 00:39:09,083 in recent years, 900 00:39:09,250 --> 00:39:11,250 the team has also unearthed a pickaxe 901 00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:13,292 in the Money Pit area, 902 00:39:13,375 --> 00:39:17,625 as well as a decorative lead artifact on Lot 13, 903 00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:19,292 which have both been scientifically traced 904 00:39:19,458 --> 00:39:21,333 to Scandinavia. 905 00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:24,500 Could Doug Crowell be correct 906 00:39:24,708 --> 00:39:26,750 that these finds offer evidence 907 00:39:26,917 --> 00:39:29,083 that Norse descendants of the Vikings 908 00:39:29,208 --> 00:39:31,500 helped members of the Knights Templar 909 00:39:31,625 --> 00:39:34,667 hide a vast treasure on Oak Island? 910 00:39:34,875 --> 00:39:36,583 And if so, 911 00:39:36,750 --> 00:39:38,792 might the team find further evidence 912 00:39:38,958 --> 00:39:42,542 at L'Anse aux Meadows that will help them prove it? 913 00:39:42,708 --> 00:39:45,125 MARTY: If something happened in the 1200s here, 914 00:39:45,333 --> 00:39:47,167 it almost has to have a component 915 00:39:47,333 --> 00:39:49,125 of the Vikings' descendants. 916 00:39:49,292 --> 00:39:52,250 Based on everything we know right now, it almost has to. 917 00:39:52,417 --> 00:39:54,500 Um, there weren't a lot of other people 918 00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:56,292 who knew about this place then. 919 00:39:56,458 --> 00:39:58,667 It's entirely possible 920 00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:01,125 that they could have brought the Knights Templar 921 00:40:01,292 --> 00:40:03,167 or anybody else to Oak Island 922 00:40:03,333 --> 00:40:05,417 for purposes of depositing something. 923 00:40:05,583 --> 00:40:07,667 So, I want to just chase that. 924 00:40:07,875 --> 00:40:09,958 I think we should mount an expedition. 925 00:40:10,125 --> 00:40:12,000 -I-I... -I really do. I want to go this time. 926 00:40:12,167 --> 00:40:13,083 I totally agree. There's... 927 00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:14,167 There's always something to learn. 928 00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:15,875 -Yes. -MARTY: Yeah. 929 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:19,292 You know, we just found another Roman coin on Lot 5. 930 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,958 My suggestion would be, go to L'Anse aux Meadows 931 00:40:21,125 --> 00:40:23,083 and see what you can find. 932 00:40:23,208 --> 00:40:24,542 -Absolutely. -RICK: I can stay, 933 00:40:24,708 --> 00:40:26,833 hold down the fort here. I mean, 934 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,917 we'll get a full lowdown of what happens there, 935 00:40:29,125 --> 00:40:33,125 and new perspective, new insight is always a-a big thing. 936 00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:34,583 -Yeah, I'm in. -MARTY: I'm in! 937 00:40:34,750 --> 00:40:36,375 We will give you a full report. 938 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:38,083 -Right, guys? -EMILIANO: Yeah. 939 00:40:38,208 --> 00:40:40,125 -Yeah. -Yes. Okay. Let's go. -Yeah? I'm good. 940 00:40:40,292 --> 00:40:42,167 -MARTY: Let's make it happen. -DOUG: See you, gentlemen. 941 00:40:42,292 --> 00:40:44,167 RICK: Bon voyage. 942 00:40:45,375 --> 00:40:47,000 NARRATOR: For more than two centuries, 943 00:40:47,083 --> 00:40:50,542 the Oak Island mystery has confounded historians, 944 00:40:50,708 --> 00:40:54,667 scientists and faithful adventurers. 945 00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:58,542 Who could have engineered such complex underground workings 946 00:40:58,708 --> 00:41:00,500 in the Money Pit area? 947 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:02,333 Where did they come from? 948 00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:05,750 And just what did they leave behind? 949 00:41:07,375 --> 00:41:09,042 After more than a decade, 950 00:41:09,250 --> 00:41:10,875 Rick, Marty, Craig 951 00:41:11,083 --> 00:41:14,750 and their team have gathered incredible evidence 952 00:41:14,917 --> 00:41:17,708 suggesting that the answers to those questions 953 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:20,875 could rewrite the history of North America. 954 00:41:21,042 --> 00:41:23,667 As they keep digging 955 00:41:23,875 --> 00:41:26,458 and following the trail of clues, 956 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:29,000 will all soon be 957 00:41:29,125 --> 00:41:31,042 revealed? 958 00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:35,000 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS