1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,667 [narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,792 --> 00:00:05,875 -I've got a signal! -Ah-ha! 3 00:00:06,042 --> 00:00:07,333 What have we got here? 4 00:00:07,542 --> 00:00:09,500 I recognized this seal. 5 00:00:09,667 --> 00:00:12,042 So, it could date to the 1300s. 6 00:00:13,208 --> 00:00:15,000 That large boulder looks intriguing. 7 00:00:15,125 --> 00:00:17,083 [Fiona] We've uncovered a big void right there. 8 00:00:17,208 --> 00:00:19,375 [Rick] What is underneath that boulder? 9 00:00:19,583 --> 00:00:22,083 We put cameras in BN-13.5. 10 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:24,167 [Bob B.] What we found suggests 11 00:00:24,333 --> 00:00:26,583 -human origin. -[Jack] It really seems like 12 00:00:26,750 --> 00:00:28,667 -it's a depositor. -Wow. 13 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,417 [narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 15 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it, 18 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:50,417 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:54,792 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 20 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:10,667 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:22,208 --> 00:01:23,375 [Terry] This is the critical intersection 27 00:01:23,542 --> 00:01:25,375 -right here, guys. -[Charles] Yeah. 28 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:27,625 What we should see beneath the Peacock is loose material. 29 00:01:27,833 --> 00:01:31,250 Our targets are the possible void at 148 feet, 30 00:01:31,417 --> 00:01:33,167 -and then the solution channel below that. -Right. 31 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:36,208 [narrator] A new day on Oak Island 32 00:01:36,375 --> 00:01:39,167 brings fresh hope for Rick and Marty Lagina 33 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:43,083 that their team is closing in on the answers 34 00:01:43,250 --> 00:01:45,875 to a 231-year-old treasure mystery. 35 00:01:46,042 --> 00:01:47,417 [Steve] But really the end goal 36 00:01:47,542 --> 00:01:48,958 is to get down in the solution channel and see 37 00:01:49,125 --> 00:01:50,667 if there's a potential treasure there. 38 00:01:50,750 --> 00:01:53,167 But I also believe that we're close to a chamber here. 39 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:54,625 Right. 40 00:01:54,708 --> 00:01:56,458 [narrator] In a location 41 00:01:56,625 --> 00:01:59,500 of the Money Pit area known as the Peacock, 42 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:03,000 the team is drilling borehole DN-13 43 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:07,667 just a few feet northwest of borehole BN-13.5. 44 00:02:08,542 --> 00:02:11,458 [Adam M.] Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 45 00:02:11,625 --> 00:02:14,167 [narrator] It was there that, one week ago, 46 00:02:14,375 --> 00:02:16,833 the drill entered a possible man-made cavern 47 00:02:17,042 --> 00:02:20,000 some 150 feet deep, which sets 48 00:02:20,208 --> 00:02:23,125 more than 20 feet above the solution channel. 49 00:02:23,250 --> 00:02:25,292 You can make out almost a wall or something there. 50 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:26,958 When you move away from it, 51 00:02:27,083 --> 00:02:28,875 we kind of go more into an opening here. 52 00:02:29,042 --> 00:02:30,417 [narrator] After inserting a camera, 53 00:02:30,542 --> 00:02:34,458 evidence was revealed of a possible artificial wall... 54 00:02:34,625 --> 00:02:36,458 -Show me the money. -[narrator] ...and a potential 55 00:02:36,625 --> 00:02:39,250 -opening to a larger cavity. - We've got an opening. 56 00:02:39,417 --> 00:02:40,917 [narrator] This made them wonder 57 00:02:41,083 --> 00:02:43,125 if an offset treasure chamber connected 58 00:02:43,250 --> 00:02:46,750 to the original Money Pit has been discovered. 59 00:02:48,792 --> 00:02:53,208 Now, while the team waits to view enhanced video images 60 00:02:53,375 --> 00:02:55,167 of the mysterious void, 61 00:02:55,333 --> 00:02:58,500 they hope to drill into the larger nearby cavity 62 00:02:58,708 --> 00:03:01,000 and confirm if it indeed is a man-made chamber. 63 00:03:01,167 --> 00:03:02,833 [Terry] Oh, look. 64 00:03:03,042 --> 00:03:04,167 Yeah, something's going on over there. 65 00:03:04,333 --> 00:03:05,792 [Charles] Yeah. The rods fell. 66 00:03:05,958 --> 00:03:07,125 They just dropped. 67 00:03:07,292 --> 00:03:08,625 [Terry] That's really soft, man. 68 00:03:08,792 --> 00:03:10,708 Adam! 69 00:03:10,875 --> 00:03:12,417 [Charles] Here he comes. 70 00:03:13,292 --> 00:03:14,500 [Terry] Hey, Adam. 71 00:03:14,667 --> 00:03:16,000 -How's it going? -[Adam M.] Good. 72 00:03:16,208 --> 00:03:17,750 Did something happen? 73 00:03:17,875 --> 00:03:21,833 Uh, the rods fell about 16 feet. 74 00:03:22,042 --> 00:03:25,250 -Really? -From 128. 75 00:03:25,417 --> 00:03:27,042 -Wow. -Wow. That's really interesting. 76 00:03:27,208 --> 00:03:29,333 -Thanks a lot, Adam. -All right. 77 00:03:29,417 --> 00:03:31,167 That means somewhere between 118 and 128, 78 00:03:31,292 --> 00:03:33,333 -we went into the soft area. -Right. 79 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:35,917 -Yeah. All the way to 144. -Yeah. Wow. 80 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:37,625 So, the core of the Peacock, 81 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:39,583 I've always believed, is going to be a structure. 82 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:42,167 Because of the loose soil, when we see 83 00:03:42,292 --> 00:03:43,583 those rods drop, that tells us 84 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:45,333 maybe we're close to seeing the structure 85 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:47,500 that we all hoped we're going to encounter. 86 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:49,333 We're going to track that down into the solution channel. 87 00:03:49,542 --> 00:03:51,167 You know, there's plenty of places down there 88 00:03:51,375 --> 00:03:52,708 for a treasure to hide. 89 00:03:52,875 --> 00:03:54,417 No question. 90 00:03:54,583 --> 00:03:57,500 -We'll move on to the more interesting levels. -Yeah. 91 00:03:57,708 --> 00:03:59,458 [narrator] As the core drilling pushes deeper 92 00:03:59,583 --> 00:04:01,750 in the Money Pit area... 93 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:04,083 [Peter] That mound's getting higher and higher. 94 00:04:04,250 --> 00:04:05,458 [Gary] Tell me about it. 95 00:04:05,542 --> 00:04:06,958 [narrator] ...Rick Lagina 96 00:04:07,167 --> 00:04:08,917 and other members of the team 97 00:04:09,125 --> 00:04:10,667 continue investigating 98 00:04:10,875 --> 00:04:13,792 the southwest corner of the triangle-shaped swamp. 99 00:04:13,958 --> 00:04:16,000 After this, I feel like we only have one little section 100 00:04:16,208 --> 00:04:18,875 -left behind us. -Yeah. 101 00:04:19,042 --> 00:04:20,833 [narrator] In recent weeks, 102 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,917 the team has been uncovering a mysterious stone 103 00:04:24,083 --> 00:04:25,583 road-like feature 104 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:28,417 that may be connected to a similar structure 105 00:04:28,625 --> 00:04:32,292 that was found several yards to the north earlier this year. 106 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:36,333 Curiously, eight-sided wooden survey stakes were found 107 00:04:36,458 --> 00:04:38,625 lining both of these features, 108 00:04:38,750 --> 00:04:42,083 and the team also recovered old ox shoes, 109 00:04:42,292 --> 00:04:45,000 suggesting the roads may have been used 110 00:04:45,208 --> 00:04:48,333 to move heavy cargo into the swamp. 111 00:04:49,958 --> 00:04:52,250 -Get in there. -[Gary] Okay. 112 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:54,208 [Rick] The southwest corner is almost done. 113 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:56,542 What we did learn is 114 00:04:56,708 --> 00:04:58,833 we have a possible path or a road to follow. 115 00:04:59,042 --> 00:05:01,167 And the hope is that there'll be some artifacts 116 00:05:01,333 --> 00:05:03,125 that can be dated. 117 00:05:03,208 --> 00:05:06,375 And then, maybe we can figure out 118 00:05:06,542 --> 00:05:09,375 who made these features and why. 119 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:16,625 You ready for me to go in, Billy? 120 00:05:16,792 --> 00:05:18,333 [Billy] Yes. Take the bottom there, 121 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,542 -Gary, maybe. -[Gary] Yup. 122 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:22,667 [rhythmic, mechanical beeping] 123 00:05:30,750 --> 00:05:33,417 -It's getting quiet. -It is. 124 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:35,833 We hadn't had a hit in a while now. 125 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:39,000 [Billy] This might be the end of the line 126 00:05:39,167 --> 00:05:40,708 for this area, I think. 127 00:05:40,875 --> 00:05:43,042 [Gary] Yeah, I think you're right, Billy. 128 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:45,333 -And we hammered it. -[Peter] Everywhere we turn 129 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,333 in the swamp, we're finding stakes, 130 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:48,875 and that must mean something. 131 00:05:49,042 --> 00:05:51,542 -[Rick] Yup. Has to. -[Peter] And my question is, 132 00:05:51,708 --> 00:05:54,208 where are we going next? Because I know that there are 133 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:56,500 -other areas of interest. -[Gary] Yeah. 134 00:05:56,667 --> 00:05:59,333 Who are you, and what did you do with Peter Fornetti? 135 00:05:59,542 --> 00:06:02,833 Hey, the swamp is looking like a beach right now. 136 00:06:03,042 --> 00:06:04,208 Let's get back into it. 137 00:06:04,375 --> 00:06:06,042 [Rick laughs] 138 00:06:06,250 --> 00:06:08,000 [Rick] You have three data points that 139 00:06:08,208 --> 00:06:09,500 seemingly line up. 140 00:06:09,667 --> 00:06:11,000 An unknown road/path, 141 00:06:11,208 --> 00:06:13,042 ox shoes, 142 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:14,667 then you have the stakes. 143 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:16,917 And who knows what else is after that? 144 00:06:17,917 --> 00:06:20,333 If there is a road, where does it go? 145 00:06:20,458 --> 00:06:23,208 Right now, Steve has projected it to go towards 146 00:06:23,375 --> 00:06:25,000 the north end of the bog. 147 00:06:25,125 --> 00:06:28,333 So, now it gives us some insight as to where to go next. 148 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:31,292 And that's every bit as important as an artifact. 149 00:06:31,458 --> 00:06:33,500 -Yeah. -[Rick] We've got to get back 150 00:06:33,708 --> 00:06:35,917 to do some homework. We need to talk to Tom Nolan 151 00:06:36,042 --> 00:06:37,792 about where to go next. 152 00:06:37,958 --> 00:06:39,292 So, I say we head back. 153 00:06:39,417 --> 00:06:40,458 -[Peter] Yeah. All right. -[Gary] Thanks, Billy. 154 00:06:40,625 --> 00:06:41,833 [Gary and Peter] Thanks, Billy. 155 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,667 -[Rick] See you. -[Gary] See you, mate. 156 00:06:43,833 --> 00:06:45,500 [narrator] As the team works on new plans 157 00:06:45,667 --> 00:06:47,583 for digging in the swamp... 158 00:06:49,125 --> 00:06:51,083 ...later that day... 159 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:54,167 [Rick] I'm always grateful to come into the lab. 160 00:06:54,375 --> 00:06:57,000 I think we learn so many things here. 161 00:06:57,208 --> 00:07:00,625 And I'm impressed by these two finds from Lot 8. 162 00:07:00,833 --> 00:07:02,542 [narrator] ...in the Oak Island lab, 163 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:04,917 Rick and members of the team 164 00:07:05,042 --> 00:07:07,167 join Laird Niven and Emma Culligan 165 00:07:07,333 --> 00:07:11,000 to hear a scientific report on a possible iron knife handle 166 00:07:11,167 --> 00:07:15,625 and a lead bag seal that were found on Lot 8 one week ago. 167 00:07:15,792 --> 00:07:18,333 The iron is kind of more of the mysterious piece, 168 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:20,167 so we'll start there. 169 00:07:21,208 --> 00:07:23,500 And you can see that wood-like grain structure on it, 170 00:07:23,667 --> 00:07:25,167 so, it is hand-forged. 171 00:07:25,375 --> 00:07:28,625 But what is interesting is the shape of it. 172 00:07:28,750 --> 00:07:31,083 So, it came in as a possible knife handle, 173 00:07:31,208 --> 00:07:34,292 and it does have some features of it being, like, 174 00:07:34,458 --> 00:07:36,250 the scale of a knife handle. 175 00:07:36,417 --> 00:07:39,333 But it could have also been used as a multi-tool. 176 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,042 [Rick] But why 177 00:07:41,208 --> 00:07:43,667 the round hole at the base and the square hole above? 178 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:46,833 [Emily] So this could have been used as a fastener 179 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,667 to hold something in place, a little pivot point. 180 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:56,000 But this section right here, I can find components 181 00:07:56,208 --> 00:08:00,500 that are similar to other tools, but nothing like this. 182 00:08:00,667 --> 00:08:02,542 -Okay. -[Emma] And the composition 183 00:08:02,708 --> 00:08:05,375 is clean, so, it's post-medieval, 184 00:08:05,542 --> 00:08:07,167 pre mid-1800s. 185 00:08:07,375 --> 00:08:09,500 So, it does fit within the 1700s. 186 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:11,500 -Yup. -[Rick] It's very peculiar. 187 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:13,667 You know, it's possible 188 00:08:13,750 --> 00:08:16,667 Carmen might have an idea as to what that represents. 189 00:08:16,833 --> 00:08:19,167 -Yeah. -But the next item... 190 00:08:19,292 --> 00:08:21,708 what does it tell us? 191 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:23,708 It's a bag seal. 192 00:08:23,917 --> 00:08:27,792 [narrator] Dating back to as early as the 13th century, 193 00:08:27,958 --> 00:08:31,792 lead bag seals were fasteners used to contain large quantities 194 00:08:31,958 --> 00:08:35,125 of goods in heavy cloth packages. 195 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:41,125 I recognized an element of it right away, which was a... 196 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:49,625 I found an existing example of... of this seal. 197 00:08:49,708 --> 00:08:53,292 And that is the only example we could find. 198 00:08:53,458 --> 00:08:58,000 So this is the city seal of Leeds, in England. 199 00:08:58,208 --> 00:08:59,667 So... 200 00:08:59,833 --> 00:09:01,458 What a macabre design. 201 00:09:01,625 --> 00:09:03,667 I know. It's so grim. 202 00:09:03,833 --> 00:09:05,542 [Laird] So, this would have been a seal 203 00:09:05,708 --> 00:09:08,958 -on a finished bale of fabric. -[Doug] Hmm. 204 00:09:09,125 --> 00:09:13,458 So, that implies that it arrived on the island as a bale, 205 00:09:13,583 --> 00:09:15,542 and that was taken off on Lot 8. 206 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:17,708 Wow. 207 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:21,667 Leeds in the 16th, 17th and 18th century was, like, 208 00:09:21,875 --> 00:09:25,333 the wool manufacturing place in England. 209 00:09:25,542 --> 00:09:30,292 And basically, Britain was built around wool. 210 00:09:30,458 --> 00:09:32,250 -Oh, really? -Yeah. 211 00:09:32,458 --> 00:09:33,958 That begs the question, what time period? 212 00:09:34,083 --> 00:09:37,542 The Leeds wool industry goes back to the 1300s. 213 00:09:37,708 --> 00:09:41,083 So, it could date earlier. 214 00:09:50,042 --> 00:09:52,667 [Laird] The Leeds wool industry goes back to the 1300s. 215 00:09:52,875 --> 00:09:54,292 Wow. 216 00:09:54,458 --> 00:09:56,167 [narrator] In the Oak Island lab, 217 00:09:56,292 --> 00:09:58,750 Laird has just confirmed 218 00:09:58,875 --> 00:10:02,917 that the lead bag seal found on Lot 8 originated in England, 219 00:10:03,042 --> 00:10:06,708 and could be as much as 700 years old. 220 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,667 When you say "bale," I picture something 221 00:10:09,833 --> 00:10:12,708 -of great quantity, though? -[Laird] Let's say, 222 00:10:12,875 --> 00:10:15,292 -the size of this, probably. -That much? 223 00:10:15,458 --> 00:10:16,625 -So, big. Yeah. -That's a-- 224 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:18,250 -Like a hay bale. -Yeah. 225 00:10:18,375 --> 00:10:23,583 Isn't that a lot of fabric for a singular household? 226 00:10:23,750 --> 00:10:25,250 That's the problem. 227 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:26,500 A singular household, you're going to those people 228 00:10:26,708 --> 00:10:28,167 and buying your clothes. 229 00:10:28,333 --> 00:10:30,875 [Doug] Why on the island? 230 00:10:31,042 --> 00:10:33,083 -Here on the island, there were limited families. -[Laird] Yeah. 231 00:10:33,208 --> 00:10:35,500 Bag seals are not uncommon in North America, 232 00:10:35,708 --> 00:10:37,875 but they're usually associated with trade. 233 00:10:38,042 --> 00:10:40,833 Like, a fort, you're finding a lot of these. 234 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,125 Because you're making uniforms, but you're also trading cloth. 235 00:10:45,375 --> 00:10:48,125 This is our third bale seal. 236 00:10:48,250 --> 00:10:50,625 Now we have three from different areas. 237 00:10:50,792 --> 00:10:54,208 So, why is it there? 238 00:10:54,417 --> 00:10:56,042 [narrator] Previously, 239 00:10:56,250 --> 00:10:58,708 the team found a lead bag seal on Lot 5 240 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:01,417 and another on Lot 32, 241 00:11:01,583 --> 00:11:03,792 just yards from the possible stone road 242 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,542 that was recently uncovered 243 00:11:05,708 --> 00:11:08,208 in the southwest corner of the swamp. 244 00:11:08,375 --> 00:11:12,708 Astonishingly, that bag seal was scientifically matched 245 00:11:12,917 --> 00:11:16,208 to the 14th-century lead cross, which is believed 246 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:19,000 to be connected to the Knights Templar. 247 00:11:19,125 --> 00:11:21,500 There's enough going on on Lot 8 that 248 00:11:21,708 --> 00:11:24,458 I'd like to look closer, to take a good look 249 00:11:24,667 --> 00:11:26,958 -at what's out there. -[Katya] Yeah. 250 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:30,208 [Laird] Could be something else that we're not aware of. 251 00:11:30,417 --> 00:11:32,958 So, to that end, I think we need to get back out there. 252 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:34,875 -We have to get to work. -Yes. 253 00:11:35,042 --> 00:11:37,708 You have to find things, and I will help you dig. 254 00:11:37,833 --> 00:11:40,958 -That sounds like a plan. -That's a plan. That is a plan. 255 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:42,458 -All right. Thank you. -[overlapping chatter] 256 00:11:42,583 --> 00:11:44,042 [Katya] Thanks, guys. 257 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:51,000 [narrator] The next day, 258 00:11:51,208 --> 00:11:54,833 while drilling continues in the Money Pit area... 259 00:11:55,042 --> 00:11:58,125 [Rick] You are of firm belief that 260 00:11:58,292 --> 00:12:00,167 there are answers to the Oak Island mystery 261 00:12:00,333 --> 00:12:02,875 -that reside within the bog. -How can you deny it? 262 00:12:03,042 --> 00:12:04,750 No matter how you look at it, 263 00:12:04,917 --> 00:12:08,375 somebody did an immense amount of work in that bog. 264 00:12:08,583 --> 00:12:10,000 [narrator] ...Rick meets 265 00:12:10,167 --> 00:12:13,000 with fellow Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan 266 00:12:13,208 --> 00:12:15,917 and other members of the team in the research center 267 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:19,500 to plan their next dig in the swamp. 268 00:12:19,667 --> 00:12:21,667 [Rick] I think the north end of the bog, 269 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:24,292 in terms of the size 270 00:12:24,458 --> 00:12:27,917 and the amount of finds in a very confined space, 271 00:12:28,125 --> 00:12:30,583 was quite exciting and incredibly interesting 272 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,667 and incredibly confusing. 273 00:12:32,792 --> 00:12:35,208 The amount of stakes that we found, 274 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:37,125 all of uniform size, 275 00:12:37,292 --> 00:12:38,875 uniform strikes in terms 276 00:12:39,042 --> 00:12:42,167 of making the sharpened end, eight strokes. 277 00:12:42,292 --> 00:12:43,917 And when you look at it, 278 00:12:44,083 --> 00:12:46,500 as they're plotted, it's meaningful. 279 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:48,042 [Tom] Oh, really meaningful. 280 00:12:48,208 --> 00:12:51,583 Somebody was trying to leave a path. 281 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:53,833 -Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm. -Yup. 282 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,500 [narrator] Before uncovering the stone features 283 00:12:56,667 --> 00:12:58,958 in the western and southwestern areas 284 00:12:59,125 --> 00:13:00,583 of the swamp this year, 285 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:05,083 working with Tom on his property in the northern region, 286 00:13:05,292 --> 00:13:08,792 the team previously discovered very similar stone structures 287 00:13:08,958 --> 00:13:11,958 and several eight-sided survey stakes, 288 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:15,375 leading to an empty, vault-like structure. 289 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:21,083 Yeah. The so-called vault was captivating in and of itself. 290 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:23,917 I mean, we've found paths, roads, 291 00:13:24,042 --> 00:13:26,375 but that vault was quite singular and unique. 292 00:13:26,542 --> 00:13:28,000 Yeah. 293 00:13:28,167 --> 00:13:30,667 [narrator] Now, Rick and Tom 294 00:13:30,875 --> 00:13:32,708 want to know if all of the stone structures 295 00:13:32,875 --> 00:13:35,708 they've uncovered across the swamp are connected, 296 00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:37,667 and if other vaults 297 00:13:37,875 --> 00:13:39,792 that still contain something valuable are waiting 298 00:13:39,917 --> 00:13:41,917 to be found. 299 00:13:42,083 --> 00:13:44,833 The vault-- to me, it was a hiding place. 300 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,958 It's in the perfect place to hide, 301 00:13:47,083 --> 00:13:49,167 and in the most vegetation and stuff where people probably 302 00:13:49,375 --> 00:13:51,167 -aren't gonna go looking. -Absolutely. 303 00:13:51,333 --> 00:13:53,833 [Rick] If you are safeguarding something, 304 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,167 if you have something really important, 305 00:13:56,333 --> 00:13:59,000 -you're not going to put all your eggs in one basket. -Right. 306 00:13:59,167 --> 00:14:02,542 And you're going to have, you know, one, two, three, more. 307 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:05,667 -My hope is that there is a backup vault. -[Tom] Yup. 308 00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:07,458 We're ready to put the bucket in the ground 309 00:14:07,625 --> 00:14:10,167 -and see what's under it. -Well... 310 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,000 there's no time like the present, right? 311 00:14:12,167 --> 00:14:13,875 -Yeah. Let's do it. -So, I say we get out there. 312 00:14:14,042 --> 00:14:15,542 [Tom] Let's go. 313 00:14:15,708 --> 00:14:18,417 [narrator] Following the meeting in the research center... 314 00:14:19,417 --> 00:14:21,083 [Tom] I think we should start here, 315 00:14:21,292 --> 00:14:24,833 take this apart, and then, once we get across that, 316 00:14:24,958 --> 00:14:27,083 -just keep going to the other part of the bog. -Yup. 317 00:14:27,292 --> 00:14:29,542 [narrator] ...the team begins searching for new clues 318 00:14:29,708 --> 00:14:31,375 in the northern region of the swamp. 319 00:14:31,542 --> 00:14:32,833 Gary, it's gonna be up to you 320 00:14:32,958 --> 00:14:34,583 to find whatever artifacts are here. 321 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:37,167 -If they're here, we're going to find it. -[Rick] Okey doke. 322 00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:39,000 [beeping] 323 00:14:39,208 --> 00:14:42,250 [Marty] You know, the swamp has been enigmatic because 324 00:14:42,375 --> 00:14:45,292 virtually every time we dig in there, we find something. 325 00:14:45,458 --> 00:14:47,667 And not just something. We find things 326 00:14:47,875 --> 00:14:51,125 that you wouldn't suspect would be in a swamp. 327 00:14:51,292 --> 00:14:55,042 We find things that could very well be related 328 00:14:55,208 --> 00:14:58,500 to the, uh, mystery of what happened here. 329 00:14:58,625 --> 00:15:00,417 [Rick] We're close to the line where you found all the stakes. 330 00:15:00,583 --> 00:15:02,542 [Tom] Yeah. 331 00:15:07,875 --> 00:15:10,250 Is that-- Right there's your stake, right there. 332 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:19,125 [Rick] Probably right there. 333 00:15:19,292 --> 00:15:20,625 Ah-ha! 334 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,542 [Rick] Probably right there. 335 00:15:27,958 --> 00:15:30,292 But is it eight-sided? 336 00:15:31,417 --> 00:15:35,458 Hmm. Two, three, four, 337 00:15:35,667 --> 00:15:39,167 five, six, seven. 338 00:15:39,292 --> 00:15:40,667 -There. -There's one there. 339 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:42,292 -And there's the start. -Yup. 340 00:15:42,458 --> 00:15:45,333 -[Tom] There's your eight sides. -Wow. 341 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:48,917 They drilled that down deep for some reason. 342 00:15:50,542 --> 00:15:52,417 [Gary] That's got to be really, really old. 343 00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:57,750 [Rick] Last year, these eight-sided stakes 344 00:15:57,917 --> 00:16:00,125 led us to a vault. 345 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:03,250 The stakes are a puzzle unto themselves. 346 00:16:03,375 --> 00:16:06,083 There's every belief that as the stakes continue 347 00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:08,333 to be found, at some point, 348 00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:10,958 we will have an explanation as to why. 349 00:16:11,125 --> 00:16:12,500 Yeah, that's where it was, right there. 350 00:16:12,708 --> 00:16:15,500 Well, we're going to have to get Steve out to pin it 351 00:16:15,625 --> 00:16:16,917 right now, before we move it. 352 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:19,000 Unless you can dig around it, Al? 353 00:16:19,167 --> 00:16:21,000 Dig on this side and that side? 354 00:16:21,083 --> 00:16:24,792 Maybe they can help explain the structures 355 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,625 that have already been found. 356 00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:31,625 -Hey, guys. -[Tom] Hey, Steve. 357 00:16:31,708 --> 00:16:33,417 What do we got? 358 00:16:33,583 --> 00:16:35,250 -[Rick] You're standing on it. -I'm literally standing on it. 359 00:16:35,417 --> 00:16:37,708 You're literally standing on it, and that's... 360 00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:39,708 That's where it was. The hole is right there. 361 00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:41,500 -Okay. The hole is what we want. -[Rick] Yup. 362 00:16:41,708 --> 00:16:43,167 And like everything else, 363 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:45,042 we're a foot and a half above sea level. 364 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:46,792 And actually, most stakes that we have found 365 00:16:46,958 --> 00:16:48,958 in the swamp have been a foot and a half above sea level. 366 00:16:49,125 --> 00:16:51,042 They've been very consistent, which to me means 367 00:16:51,208 --> 00:16:53,333 a lot of them were probably done in the same time period. 368 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,208 And that would be pretty interesting. 369 00:16:55,375 --> 00:16:56,625 Yeah. 370 00:16:57,792 --> 00:16:59,458 So, anyway, we'll keep going. 371 00:16:59,625 --> 00:17:02,167 -Thanks, Steve. Appreciate it. -Thanks, guys. 372 00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,292 [Rick] These stakes almost certainly represents 373 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:07,958 that a group of individuals did the work. 374 00:17:08,125 --> 00:17:10,625 Implying a reason, implying planning. 375 00:17:10,750 --> 00:17:14,542 Maybe it is connected to the vault that we've discovered. 376 00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:17,542 -[beep] -I've got a signal! 377 00:17:17,708 --> 00:17:21,917 [Rick] And I'm hoping that there are clues that will lead us to 378 00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:23,417 new discoveries. 379 00:17:23,583 --> 00:17:27,125 I've got a good signal in that last pile, 380 00:17:27,292 --> 00:17:29,000 wherever the last pile came from. 381 00:17:29,125 --> 00:17:30,500 Would have been on the bottom. 382 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:33,000 He was scraping bottom with that last bucket. 383 00:17:33,167 --> 00:17:35,500 -So, it's... It was down there. -[Gary] That's excellent. 384 00:17:35,625 --> 00:17:37,542 -That's where we'd find the older artifacts. -[Tom] Yeah. 385 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,167 Let me see if I can pinpoint it first. 386 00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:41,333 [beeping] 387 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,208 [Gary] What do we got here? 388 00:17:50,042 --> 00:17:52,167 -[Gary] What do we got here? -What is that? 389 00:17:52,375 --> 00:17:53,958 [narrator] In the northern region of the swamp, 390 00:17:54,125 --> 00:17:57,500 Gary has just found an intriguing artifact. 391 00:17:57,667 --> 00:17:59,125 You know what that is? 392 00:17:59,250 --> 00:18:02,500 That's like a sneck, a latch 393 00:18:02,625 --> 00:18:05,417 off a gate or a door. 394 00:18:05,542 --> 00:18:08,167 It would be inside an opening, and you'd put your thumb on it, 395 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:10,208 and you'd open the gate. 396 00:18:10,375 --> 00:18:12,292 In England, we'd call it a gate sneck. 397 00:18:12,417 --> 00:18:16,417 It's more than likely hand-forged. 398 00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:17,875 This... 399 00:18:18,042 --> 00:18:19,792 looks really, really old. 400 00:18:19,958 --> 00:18:21,917 [narrator] A possible gate latch? 401 00:18:22,042 --> 00:18:24,250 Found in the northern section of the swamp? 402 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:26,000 It's a great thought. 403 00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:28,292 Your thumb fits in there perfectly. 404 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:30,208 -The latch springs up. -Yeah. 405 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:32,833 [narrator] Because these fixtures have been in use 406 00:18:32,958 --> 00:18:35,458 as far back as the 13th century, 407 00:18:35,583 --> 00:18:38,042 just how old might this artifact be? 408 00:18:38,208 --> 00:18:40,500 And could it be related to a structure 409 00:18:40,625 --> 00:18:43,917 that might be buried in this area? 410 00:18:44,125 --> 00:18:45,667 Well, it's a great sign. 411 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:49,333 An old piece of iron came from the bottom of the dig. 412 00:18:49,542 --> 00:18:51,667 -Yeah. That was down deep. -Mm. 413 00:18:51,875 --> 00:18:53,125 I'll put it in the bag? 414 00:18:53,292 --> 00:18:55,750 -Yeah. That's a good find. -Yup. 415 00:18:57,542 --> 00:19:00,375 [Gary] Okay. Let her rip, Al. 416 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:32,000 -What have you found, Tom? -Piece of pottery. 417 00:19:32,167 --> 00:19:34,333 But it's, uh... it's green. 418 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,917 Green and blue. You don't usually see that color. 419 00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:38,667 [Gary] No. 420 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:40,583 -That decoration is unique, too. -[Tom] Yeah. 421 00:19:40,750 --> 00:19:42,208 [Gary] This area 422 00:19:42,375 --> 00:19:47,042 with the green and the blue glazed pottery, 423 00:19:47,208 --> 00:19:48,542 it could match another area 424 00:19:48,708 --> 00:19:50,417 where the archeologists have found it. 425 00:19:50,583 --> 00:19:52,083 I know it's been found before. 426 00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:54,833 -Yeah? -I think some green and blue 427 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,583 came off the Lot 26 wall, as well, 428 00:19:57,750 --> 00:19:59,958 when the archeologists were investigating, 429 00:20:00,125 --> 00:20:01,792 taking the wall apart. 430 00:20:03,167 --> 00:20:04,458 We have to find artifacts. 431 00:20:04,583 --> 00:20:07,625 -Okay. Get on that. -[laughs] 432 00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:09,458 [narrator] In 2022, 433 00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:13,167 the team investigated a rock wall on Lot 26 434 00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:16,250 because it was much larger and wider 435 00:20:16,417 --> 00:20:17,958 than a number of others on the island 436 00:20:18,125 --> 00:20:19,708 that are known to have been built 437 00:20:19,917 --> 00:20:22,333 by farmers in the 19th century. 438 00:20:22,542 --> 00:20:25,375 Incredibly, in addition to pottery, 439 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:29,083 charcoal was found in the wall that, when carbon-dated, 440 00:20:29,250 --> 00:20:33,417 suggested it could be over 500 years old. 441 00:20:33,583 --> 00:20:35,125 And when Portuguese researcher 442 00:20:35,292 --> 00:20:39,083 Francisco Nogueira inspected it, he made 443 00:20:39,250 --> 00:20:41,708 a fascinating observation. 444 00:20:47,167 --> 00:20:48,833 No way. 445 00:20:49,042 --> 00:20:52,000 [narrator] Could this piece of pottery be the same kind 446 00:20:52,208 --> 00:20:54,667 that was found in the wall on Lot 26? 447 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:58,583 If so, is it possible that the wall is somehow related 448 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:03,000 to the manmade workings uncovered in the swamp? 449 00:21:03,167 --> 00:21:05,125 [Rick] We have a suggestion 450 00:21:05,292 --> 00:21:09,125 by experts that some of the activities conducted here 451 00:21:09,292 --> 00:21:11,958 on the island can be associated with the Portuguese. 452 00:21:12,083 --> 00:21:16,917 The stone road, the swamp has Portuguese influence. 453 00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:20,042 The stone wall has influences. 454 00:21:20,208 --> 00:21:22,958 The Pitblado Portuguese Templar coin that was possibly found 455 00:21:23,125 --> 00:21:24,458 in the Money Pit. 456 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:26,542 It's a worthy consideration 457 00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:31,208 that they all may have a connection to the mystery. 458 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:32,833 [Gary] We'll get these finds back to the lab. 459 00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:36,833 I mean, we've had a great start to the dig in this area. 460 00:21:37,042 --> 00:21:38,708 -Yup. -[Rick] It shows 461 00:21:38,917 --> 00:21:41,208 -there's things to be found here, right? -[Gary] Yeah. 462 00:21:41,375 --> 00:21:42,667 -[Tom] I agree. -[Rick] We just have to keep 463 00:21:42,875 --> 00:21:44,458 -plugging away. -Yeah. 464 00:21:44,625 --> 00:21:47,208 All right, Al, we'll take her down quite a bit more here. 465 00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:49,667 [Alan A.] Perfect. No problem. 466 00:21:50,708 --> 00:21:52,917 [narrator] Later that day... 467 00:21:54,583 --> 00:21:56,375 [Laird] So, this is what I wanted to show you. 468 00:21:56,583 --> 00:21:58,833 -We've got this large boulder... -[Rick] Yup. 469 00:21:59,042 --> 00:22:00,833 ...which is uncommon. 470 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,375 [narrator] ...after looking around the area on Lot 8, 471 00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:05,375 where the lead bag seal was found, 472 00:22:05,542 --> 00:22:09,500 Laird has made a potentially important discovery. 473 00:22:09,708 --> 00:22:12,125 [Laird] We're not seeing them around here a lot, that size. 474 00:22:12,292 --> 00:22:13,583 But then I started seeing 475 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:17,333 the number of stones that are around it. 476 00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:20,583 -Perhaps filling in something. -Mm-hmm. 477 00:22:20,750 --> 00:22:24,208 Even the berm over there, that could indicate digging. 478 00:22:24,375 --> 00:22:28,167 It looks like someone was filling in a pit. 479 00:22:28,250 --> 00:22:30,208 And actually, if you look again, 480 00:22:30,333 --> 00:22:32,750 the rocks seem to go further off to the east. 481 00:22:32,917 --> 00:22:35,917 -Mm-hmm. -The more I look, the more I see. 482 00:22:36,083 --> 00:22:37,583 Yup. 483 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:39,833 [narrator] Could Laird be correct 484 00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:42,667 that someone deliberately filled in a pit 485 00:22:42,875 --> 00:22:46,500 around this massive boulder with soil and smaller rocks? 486 00:22:46,708 --> 00:22:52,000 But if so, who did it? And for what purpose? 487 00:22:52,208 --> 00:22:55,667 You know, it appears as though there is a ring of stones 488 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:58,958 -around the boulder. -Mm-hmm. Yeah. 489 00:22:59,125 --> 00:23:03,000 It's not unusual to find a boulder on Oak Island, 490 00:23:03,167 --> 00:23:04,875 but even more interesting was the 491 00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:08,125 ground-level rock feature around it. 492 00:23:08,292 --> 00:23:09,667 My immediate thought was that this was 493 00:23:09,875 --> 00:23:13,125 a possible filled-in foundation that we're not aware of. 494 00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:16,833 I don't know the relationship between that large boulder 495 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,667 -and this stone formation just yet. -Mm-hmm. 496 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:23,625 But I think it's definitely worth exploring. 497 00:23:24,625 --> 00:23:26,833 It's interesting. There's no doubt about it. 498 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,250 [Laird] Yeah. Lot 8 has intrigued me. 499 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:32,625 -But then you and Katya recently found the bag seal? -Correct. 500 00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:35,167 Which is another really intriguing artifact. 501 00:23:35,375 --> 00:23:37,625 I know its function, but why is it here? 502 00:23:37,792 --> 00:23:39,292 -[Rick laughs] -And then, 503 00:23:39,458 --> 00:23:43,167 we find this huge boulder and these rocks. 504 00:23:43,333 --> 00:23:44,708 It does make me think 505 00:23:44,917 --> 00:23:46,500 that we need to really analyze it. 506 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:48,333 It's certainly unique, 507 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,167 and, like you said, you can see 508 00:23:50,375 --> 00:23:51,542 the raised areas everywhere, right? 509 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:54,167 -Yeah. Yeah. -Here, here. There. 510 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:57,333 -This would have been quite an effort by someone... -Mm-hmm. 511 00:23:57,542 --> 00:24:00,875 ...if this really is a hand-built construction. 512 00:24:01,042 --> 00:24:04,875 [Laird] Yeah. So, I think what we'll do, we're going to 513 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,542 -clear it off, clear that whole area off... -Mm-hmm. 514 00:24:07,708 --> 00:24:10,667 ...to get a good idea of what it looks like. 515 00:24:10,833 --> 00:24:13,250 And then, hopefully, taking a section from it. 516 00:24:13,417 --> 00:24:15,292 Sure. 517 00:24:15,417 --> 00:24:17,833 This may provide a very unique opportunity 518 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,167 to try to understand, not only this lot, but the entire island. 519 00:24:21,375 --> 00:24:22,500 -[chuckles] -You know, not every stone 520 00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:24,458 -on this island means something. -Yes. 521 00:24:24,625 --> 00:24:26,375 -But some of them do. -Do. Yup. 522 00:24:26,542 --> 00:24:28,333 -And this may be one of those times. -Yeah. 523 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,083 [Rick] If it's been filled in, 524 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:33,000 there might be something hidden that would break the story open. 525 00:24:33,208 --> 00:24:34,375 At this point, 526 00:24:34,542 --> 00:24:36,500 the archaeologists need to get to work. 527 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:39,292 This is surely worth investigating. 528 00:24:39,458 --> 00:24:42,625 You've laid out a very proper approach. 529 00:24:42,792 --> 00:24:45,917 I applaud you for, again, being observant. 530 00:24:46,083 --> 00:24:48,708 Um, I-I think if there's any way we can help, 531 00:24:48,875 --> 00:24:51,583 we all would invest some time here. 532 00:24:51,708 --> 00:24:53,250 You're leading me into the dark side 533 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,292 because I'm really intrigued by that stone. 534 00:24:55,458 --> 00:24:58,292 It does make me think that there's a lot more out there. 535 00:24:58,458 --> 00:25:01,667 -Here. Welcome to the dark side. -[laughs] 536 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:04,167 -[Rick] We've got work to do. Let's go. -[Laird] All right. 537 00:25:08,042 --> 00:25:10,292 [narrator] At the start of a new day on Oak Island... 538 00:25:10,417 --> 00:25:13,167 -We got lots of work to do, guys. -Yeah. 539 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:16,417 [narrator] ...Laird and members of the archeology team 540 00:25:16,583 --> 00:25:19,000 investigate the possible man-made boulder 541 00:25:19,167 --> 00:25:21,542 and rock feature on Lot 8. 542 00:25:21,708 --> 00:25:24,167 There's a lot of rocks in here, Laird. 543 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:26,875 -Yup. -I've never seen this many rocks 544 00:25:27,042 --> 00:25:29,708 -underneath the topsoil layer. -[Laird] Yeah. 545 00:25:29,875 --> 00:25:32,000 Kind of looks like there was a cut, 546 00:25:32,167 --> 00:25:34,500 and at some point, it got filled back in. 547 00:25:34,708 --> 00:25:35,958 I've got the edge here, I think. 548 00:25:36,125 --> 00:25:37,667 -[Fiona] Oh. -You may be coming to an edge. 549 00:25:37,792 --> 00:25:40,167 Well, I am getting to the different soil here. 550 00:25:40,375 --> 00:25:44,500 But you should be coming to what we think may be the redeposited. 551 00:25:44,667 --> 00:25:46,708 Well, there's a nice big lump right behind Ethan. 552 00:25:46,875 --> 00:25:48,542 -You're right. It's mounded. -[Laird] Yeah. 553 00:25:48,708 --> 00:25:50,500 That's a good sign. There was digging, 554 00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:53,458 for whatever reason, and then it got filled in. 555 00:25:53,625 --> 00:25:55,708 And then you got this huge rock in the middle. 556 00:25:55,875 --> 00:25:57,958 Like, I find that strange, as well. 557 00:25:58,083 --> 00:26:01,792 I think we still have to at least define the edges 558 00:26:01,958 --> 00:26:03,958 as we go, all the way around 559 00:26:04,125 --> 00:26:06,917 -the, uh... the boulder. -Yeah. Okay, good. 560 00:26:07,083 --> 00:26:10,458 Okay, so let's... let's see how far back this goes. 561 00:26:10,625 --> 00:26:11,917 [Laird] To me, this site is one 562 00:26:12,083 --> 00:26:14,333 of the strangest sites I've been on. 563 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:15,708 It doesn't make any sense 564 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:18,917 that someone would come and excavate 565 00:26:19,083 --> 00:26:21,125 and then fill it back full of rocks. 566 00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:23,292 [Fiona] It's brutal work. 567 00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:27,000 [Laird] So, I find it very unusual, and I can't wait 568 00:26:27,167 --> 00:26:30,167 to get the excavation deeper, and, hopefully, 569 00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:32,042 answer some of these questions. 570 00:26:39,625 --> 00:26:41,250 [Fiona] Hey, look at this. 571 00:26:41,417 --> 00:26:42,875 A piece of wood. 572 00:26:43,042 --> 00:26:45,333 Does that look like that top's been cut before? 573 00:26:45,542 --> 00:26:47,333 I didn't do that. 574 00:26:47,542 --> 00:26:49,917 [Laird] Sure does. 575 00:26:50,083 --> 00:26:51,500 Doesn't look like it got snapped off. 576 00:26:51,667 --> 00:26:52,792 [Fiona] No. That's what I'm thinking. 577 00:26:52,958 --> 00:26:55,417 I think that if that was cut, 578 00:26:55,542 --> 00:26:56,792 then that could've been cut 579 00:26:56,958 --> 00:26:58,833 by whoever created whatever this is. 580 00:26:59,042 --> 00:27:00,833 -That's... -[Laird] Yeah. I could see that. 581 00:27:01,042 --> 00:27:02,667 [Fiona] I mean, that was deep. That was... that was underneath 582 00:27:02,875 --> 00:27:04,667 all these roots that I've been pulling up. 583 00:27:04,792 --> 00:27:06,750 -So, that is not something that was on the surface. -Okay. 584 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,792 If this was cut, that would have been years ago. 585 00:27:08,958 --> 00:27:10,750 -Many years ago. -That's what I'm thinking. 586 00:27:10,958 --> 00:27:13,333 The sticks that had cut marks on them, 587 00:27:13,458 --> 00:27:14,708 that's another evidence 588 00:27:14,917 --> 00:27:16,208 of cultural activity happening there. 589 00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:17,500 Okay. We better keep our eye out for stuff like that. 590 00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:19,333 [Laird] Okay. Cool. 591 00:27:19,458 --> 00:27:22,417 [narrator] As the investigation continues on Lot 8... 592 00:27:22,542 --> 00:27:24,875 [loud mechanical whirring] 593 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,250 [Adam M.] Oh, yeah. 594 00:27:27,417 --> 00:27:28,917 Pull! 595 00:27:32,042 --> 00:27:33,750 [narrator] ...in the Money Pit area... 596 00:27:33,875 --> 00:27:35,292 [Steve] Looks like you guys are in bedrock. 597 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,000 If he's driving it over, 598 00:27:37,208 --> 00:27:39,250 that would be his 20 feet through the solution channel. 599 00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:40,667 [Charles] I guess we missed 600 00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:44,083 -the void at 148 feet. -Yeah. 601 00:27:44,250 --> 00:27:46,000 [narrator] ...after finding no new evidence 602 00:27:46,167 --> 00:27:47,625 of the void that was discovered 603 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:51,458 nearly 150 feet deep one week ago, 604 00:27:51,583 --> 00:27:54,583 the drilling operation in borehole DN-13 605 00:27:54,750 --> 00:27:56,708 has now reached 606 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:59,000 the solution channel. 607 00:27:59,167 --> 00:28:00,542 [Adam M.] Bottom's 208, rock is 204. 608 00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:03,000 [Charles] Bottom's 208. Rock is 204. Got it. 609 00:28:03,875 --> 00:28:05,583 At least we have intercepted the bottom 610 00:28:05,792 --> 00:28:07,167 of the solution channel in this hole. 611 00:28:07,375 --> 00:28:09,792 There we go. [groans] 612 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,500 She's a full-on anaconda, ladies and gentlemen. 613 00:28:14,625 --> 00:28:17,083 Here we go. Cut her up. 614 00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:19,833 DN-13, 615 00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:23,167 this is the last gasp, I think, since we're on bedrock. 616 00:28:23,375 --> 00:28:25,708 Let's see what we got here in front of us. 617 00:28:25,875 --> 00:28:28,000 This up here actually is a little bit loose. 618 00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:33,167 Actually, it got a little loose between, uh, 184 and 188, so... 619 00:28:33,375 --> 00:28:35,333 -Yeah. -...I think we're ready for the pin-pointer. 620 00:28:35,542 --> 00:28:37,125 Okay. 621 00:28:42,917 --> 00:28:44,250 [Terry] This is the more promising 622 00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:46,333 -upper portion, which is a bit slushy. -Yup. 623 00:28:51,583 --> 00:28:52,833 It's clear, gentlemen. 624 00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:55,375 Okay. Thank you, Charles. 625 00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:59,750 Well, it's not the ending we hoped for, for DN-13. 626 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:02,000 [Steve] We've had all kinds of success 627 00:29:02,208 --> 00:29:05,500 in this area with metals being in all the water testing. 628 00:29:05,583 --> 00:29:08,167 -So, we'll take a soil sample back to the lab. -Yeah. 629 00:29:08,292 --> 00:29:09,833 And maybe, just maybe, there will be 630 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,833 some hope with this borehole yet. 631 00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:14,083 [Steve] I can't believe we missed an open void 632 00:29:14,250 --> 00:29:15,917 at 150-ish feet. 633 00:29:16,125 --> 00:29:19,667 If we can prove that there's metals in the soils here, 634 00:29:19,875 --> 00:29:21,417 and that's through testing through Dr. Spooner 635 00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:23,125 and testing in the lab with Emma, 636 00:29:23,208 --> 00:29:24,625 we can prove that this is potentially 637 00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,292 still a treasure location. 638 00:29:26,458 --> 00:29:28,667 We'll move on, and we'll go back to the heart of the Peacock. 639 00:29:28,833 --> 00:29:30,083 And let's try to get back in that void. 640 00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:32,458 Very good. I'm in full agreement with that, Steve. 641 00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:34,542 [Charles] Okay, fair enough. 642 00:29:35,917 --> 00:29:39,083 [narrator] Later that afternoon... 643 00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:41,542 -[Peter] Hey, guys. -[Jack] Hey, guys. 644 00:29:41,708 --> 00:29:42,833 [Rick] Hey, guys. 645 00:29:43,042 --> 00:29:45,000 -Hello. -Hey. 646 00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:46,750 [narrator] ...in the war room, 647 00:29:46,917 --> 00:29:49,000 Rick, Marty and members of the team meet 648 00:29:49,208 --> 00:29:51,708 with video enhancement expert Bob Brown 649 00:29:51,875 --> 00:29:54,083 from Prohawk Technology Group. 650 00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:56,542 [Rick] The reason for this meeting is 651 00:29:56,708 --> 00:30:01,375 in BN-13.5, we put camera down and sonar. 652 00:30:01,542 --> 00:30:03,667 It showed a void. 653 00:30:03,875 --> 00:30:05,333 Uh, the thought was to give it to Prohawk 654 00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:08,333 to enhance the data that we've given them, so, 655 00:30:08,542 --> 00:30:11,250 having said that, Bob, welcome to the war room. 656 00:30:11,417 --> 00:30:13,500 Appreciate it. Thank you so much. 657 00:30:13,708 --> 00:30:16,667 Here's a little of the footage. 658 00:30:16,792 --> 00:30:19,000 [narrator] Prohawk Technology Group 659 00:30:19,125 --> 00:30:21,667 has worked with the team several times in the past, 660 00:30:21,875 --> 00:30:23,542 using their proprietary software 661 00:30:23,708 --> 00:30:26,792 to clarify underwater video images 662 00:30:26,917 --> 00:30:29,083 collected from deep in the Money Pit area. 663 00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:31,667 [Bob B.] This one was really interesting. 664 00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:33,208 Really, there were 665 00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:34,667 distinct things 666 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,042 that we kind of noticed in the imagery. 667 00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:42,875 So, we found this to be quite interesting. 668 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:46,083 You can see here, this cluster of 669 00:30:46,208 --> 00:30:48,917 stake-like pointed objects, right? 670 00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:53,375 It just looked arranged, and the shapes, 671 00:30:53,583 --> 00:30:57,167 the tapering, the alignment appears deliberate. 672 00:30:57,375 --> 00:31:00,917 And would suggest planked stakes, 673 00:31:01,083 --> 00:31:04,375 something, you know, of human origin... 674 00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:09,000 ...rather than the natural environment. 675 00:31:09,208 --> 00:31:11,458 [Tom] You know, I can see 676 00:31:11,583 --> 00:31:15,208 a layering effect in there, that it does look man-made. 677 00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:16,625 Mm-hmm. 678 00:31:18,083 --> 00:31:20,042 We are all intrigued. 679 00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:22,167 It would defy logic 680 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:25,375 that those could be represented geologically. 681 00:31:25,542 --> 00:31:27,625 It's different-- unexplainable, really. 682 00:31:27,792 --> 00:31:29,208 I mean, you guys are dealing 683 00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:31,375 with cutting-edge technology here. 684 00:31:31,542 --> 00:31:33,167 Yeah. 685 00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:35,792 [Rick] I still need to be convinced, but it makes 686 00:31:35,958 --> 00:31:38,333 the Peacock area that much more interesting. 687 00:31:38,542 --> 00:31:40,583 And I think that's what we have to go off of. 688 00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:44,750 Then there were definitely these distinct, square 689 00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:49,083 geometry patterns throughout many portions of the video. 690 00:31:50,292 --> 00:31:53,083 The edges, the uniformity of it, 691 00:31:53,292 --> 00:31:55,083 um, and you take it all together, 692 00:31:55,250 --> 00:31:58,458 and it really begins to add up 693 00:31:58,625 --> 00:32:01,458 that there's something that's not organic. 694 00:32:02,958 --> 00:32:04,500 Another area we found, 695 00:32:04,667 --> 00:32:07,833 there was a bright, reflective rectangle. 696 00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:13,375 Right? It's got sharp edges. It's highly reflective. 697 00:32:14,542 --> 00:32:17,958 So, that would lead us to believe that there's some type 698 00:32:18,083 --> 00:32:20,167 of metallic or polished quality 699 00:32:20,375 --> 00:32:22,500 that's causing the reflection. 700 00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:26,250 [narrator] A possible rectangular metal object? 701 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:30,417 Has the team indeed found a man-made chamber 702 00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:34,250 some 150 feet underground in the Peacock? 703 00:32:34,375 --> 00:32:37,500 Well, yeah. I mean, this is really keenly interesting. 704 00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:41,125 [narrator] If so, could it contain the source 705 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:43,833 of the precious metals that have been detected 706 00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:46,333 in water deep in the Money Pit area? 707 00:32:46,542 --> 00:32:48,500 [Marty] Bob, if you had to say how likely these, 708 00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:50,500 at least one of these is a man-made object, 709 00:32:50,625 --> 00:32:51,833 what would you say? 710 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,542 I'd put it over 90%. 711 00:32:54,750 --> 00:32:56,333 Wow. 712 00:33:06,042 --> 00:33:07,167 [Marty] Bob, if you had to say how likely 713 00:33:07,375 --> 00:33:08,667 at least one of these is a man-made object, 714 00:33:08,792 --> 00:33:10,000 what would you say? 715 00:33:10,167 --> 00:33:12,750 I'd put it over 90%. 716 00:33:12,917 --> 00:33:14,708 [Marty] Wow. 717 00:33:14,875 --> 00:33:17,750 [narrator] In the Oak Island war room, Rick, Marty, Craig 718 00:33:17,875 --> 00:33:20,083 and members of the team 719 00:33:20,292 --> 00:33:23,792 are viewing enhanced video of a potentially man-made cavern 720 00:33:23,958 --> 00:33:28,000 some 150 feet deep in the Money Pit area. 721 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:31,500 [Bob B.] It really came down to geometry, precision, 722 00:33:31,667 --> 00:33:34,833 consistency, the arrangements, the materials. 723 00:33:35,042 --> 00:33:37,208 They strongly suggested man-made origins. 724 00:33:37,375 --> 00:33:39,500 It's just 725 00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:41,208 really compelling evidence. 726 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:44,917 [Alex] An open void is highly unlikely to be natural 727 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:46,833 for the depth that we're looking at, right? 728 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:49,875 -Correct. -[Marty] Is there any geologic explanation for this? 729 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,125 'Cause I can't really think of one. 730 00:33:52,292 --> 00:33:54,083 [Terry] I would say, this is my working premise, 731 00:33:54,250 --> 00:33:58,000 is that the Peacock is the wash-out around a structure. 732 00:33:58,167 --> 00:34:00,917 And perhaps we're seeing into that structure 733 00:34:01,042 --> 00:34:02,500 from our actual borehole. 734 00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:05,167 I mean, it's deeper than any searchers. 735 00:34:05,333 --> 00:34:08,208 And if there are weird, anomalous features 736 00:34:08,375 --> 00:34:11,167 that Prohawk's picking up, it really seems like 737 00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:12,667 -it's a depositor. -[Marty] Yeah. 738 00:34:12,875 --> 00:34:16,750 [Rick] I am taken aback by the number of things 739 00:34:16,875 --> 00:34:20,375 being represented in such a small, confined space. 740 00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:24,667 He saw several items that represented very linear, 741 00:34:24,833 --> 00:34:26,333 90-degree angles 742 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:28,500 that we've been told many, many times 743 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:31,125 that that doesn't happen in nature. 744 00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:35,667 And I have no explanation for this reflective image. 745 00:34:35,792 --> 00:34:38,458 I can only insinuate that it has something 746 00:34:38,583 --> 00:34:40,583 to do with metals being underground. 747 00:34:40,708 --> 00:34:43,667 Perhaps there is a man-made reason 748 00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:46,958 for those highly unconsolidated soils in the Peacock. 749 00:34:47,167 --> 00:34:49,458 This would strongly suggest 750 00:34:49,583 --> 00:34:53,292 that the offset chamber is a valid explanation. 751 00:34:53,417 --> 00:34:55,458 So, this area is quite compelling. 752 00:34:55,625 --> 00:34:58,000 [Marty] Bob, I mean, does this look like a jumble of stuff 753 00:34:58,208 --> 00:34:59,500 that could've collapsed? 754 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:02,917 It-- It could have collapsed. Yes. 755 00:35:03,042 --> 00:35:04,375 [Marty] Okay. We should jump 756 00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:07,042 up and down about this data, right, guys? 757 00:35:07,208 --> 00:35:09,000 I mean, we're seeing man-made objects-- 758 00:35:09,125 --> 00:35:11,500 or strong indications of it-- in an area where 759 00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:15,125 we haven't had any indication of any searchers. 760 00:35:15,250 --> 00:35:17,542 This is the kind of thing that we set out to find. 761 00:35:17,708 --> 00:35:22,000 You know, for sure, we have to explore this further, 762 00:35:22,167 --> 00:35:24,333 but that's pretty dramatic. 763 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,792 The Peacock still has very elevated amounts of silver 764 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:30,083 and some other metals in it, so, 765 00:35:30,250 --> 00:35:31,750 here's the point. 766 00:35:31,958 --> 00:35:36,208 The source of these metals in the water is still there 767 00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:38,417 and hasn't been found. 768 00:35:38,583 --> 00:35:42,167 But maybe we just found it. 769 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:45,167 Bob, we hope you got a bullseye for us. 770 00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:46,792 Yeah, I hope so. 771 00:35:46,958 --> 00:35:48,042 Thank you very much. Appreciate it. 772 00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:49,375 [Bob B.] You bet. 773 00:35:49,583 --> 00:35:51,917 Our pleasure and happy hunting, guys. 774 00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:53,667 -[Alex] Thanks, Bob. -[Peter] Thank you. 775 00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:56,500 [narrator] As the meeting concludes in the war room... 776 00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:59,250 [Fiona] I'm just looking at these rocks here. 777 00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:01,958 What about if you started from the rock in there, out? 778 00:36:02,125 --> 00:36:03,417 Yeah. 779 00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:04,917 [narrator] ...archeologist Fiona Steele 780 00:36:05,042 --> 00:36:06,542 and members of the team 781 00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:09,500 investigate the boulder feature on Lot 8. 782 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:12,333 [Fiona] I'm really interested in what's happening down there. 783 00:36:12,542 --> 00:36:15,625 There's definitely evidence of the stones 784 00:36:15,792 --> 00:36:18,292 being deliberately placed around the outside 785 00:36:18,458 --> 00:36:21,167 and underneath this huge, erratic boulder. 786 00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:22,667 Such a big rock could be something 787 00:36:22,833 --> 00:36:24,000 that was used for a marker. 788 00:36:24,208 --> 00:36:25,333 It could be something that... 789 00:36:25,542 --> 00:36:27,042 that you'd want to hide things under. 790 00:36:27,208 --> 00:36:29,125 So, it's just so out of the ordinary, 791 00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:31,042 that we need a little bit more evidence 792 00:36:31,208 --> 00:36:33,167 before we can make that full determination. 793 00:36:38,958 --> 00:36:40,708 -[Isabelle] Fiona? -Yeah? 794 00:36:41,875 --> 00:36:43,458 I found a piece of wood. 795 00:36:44,667 --> 00:36:47,292 I don't know if it's cut, though. 796 00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:50,208 -Look at that bottom. -Yeah. 797 00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:52,667 [Fiona] That does not look like it's broken. 798 00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:54,500 I would say that's cut. 799 00:36:54,708 --> 00:36:56,667 [Isabelle] It was wedged right in there, 800 00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:58,333 in between the rocks. 801 00:36:58,458 --> 00:37:01,208 These are the type of things we need to look out for. 802 00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:03,625 It could tell us a lot about the age of this feature. 803 00:37:03,750 --> 00:37:05,333 [Isabelle] Yeah. 804 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:08,750 Oh, it-it goes down. 805 00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:13,250 Can you get your arm right in there? Yes, you can. 806 00:37:13,375 --> 00:37:15,792 -Whoa. You're going deep. -[Isabelle] Yeah. It looks 807 00:37:15,958 --> 00:37:17,875 like a void down there. 808 00:37:18,042 --> 00:37:19,583 You've got a big void down there. 809 00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:22,333 And you would not expect to see a big void like that 810 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:24,333 -right there. -No. 811 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:26,833 Not with the size of the rock and how loose the soil was. 812 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,292 [Fiona] Yeah. I would agree. 813 00:37:28,458 --> 00:37:30,458 This large boulder is getting more 814 00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:32,125 and more interesting, because as we're going, 815 00:37:32,292 --> 00:37:33,500 we're seeing more and more spaces 816 00:37:33,625 --> 00:37:35,208 that are underneath the rock. 817 00:37:35,375 --> 00:37:36,917 And this really shouldn't be the case. 818 00:37:37,042 --> 00:37:40,083 That really speaks to what they were doing here. 819 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:41,333 -Yeah. -[Fiona] So, it's very evident 820 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,125 that man has been involved 821 00:37:43,292 --> 00:37:44,625 with this boulder to some degree. 822 00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:47,375 It's just a matter of why they were there. 823 00:37:47,542 --> 00:37:49,417 Or whether they were doing something 824 00:37:49,583 --> 00:37:51,292 to hide something in that area. 825 00:37:51,417 --> 00:37:53,917 Well, that's a good indication of possible disturbance. 826 00:37:54,042 --> 00:37:56,000 But I really think that Rick might be very interested 827 00:37:56,167 --> 00:37:57,375 -in this. -Yeah. 828 00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:59,000 [Fiona] This is really cool. 829 00:37:59,167 --> 00:38:00,542 [Isabelle] Definitely. 830 00:38:04,917 --> 00:38:07,042 ♪ ♪ 831 00:38:07,208 --> 00:38:08,375 Well, looks a bit different. 832 00:38:08,542 --> 00:38:10,333 Hi. Yeah, we've been working hard. 833 00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:11,958 -[Rick] I see that. -We've uncovered 834 00:38:12,125 --> 00:38:13,542 a-a fair bit more of it. 835 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:15,417 You should see what we just discovered. 836 00:38:15,583 --> 00:38:18,500 [narrator] Rick and Scott arrive on Lot 8 837 00:38:18,667 --> 00:38:21,375 after being alerted that a mysterious void 838 00:38:21,542 --> 00:38:24,333 has been found beneath the massive boulder. 839 00:38:24,458 --> 00:38:26,000 We're seeing voids like that around other areas 840 00:38:26,125 --> 00:38:27,750 -around the large rock as well. -[Rick] Yeah, I see that. 841 00:38:27,917 --> 00:38:29,583 -Yeah. -[Isabelle] It looked like it was going down quite far 842 00:38:29,792 --> 00:38:32,333 because the soil was falling in as I was e-excavating it. 843 00:38:32,458 --> 00:38:35,458 -Mm-hmm. -And it goes pretty far down. 844 00:38:38,125 --> 00:38:39,583 [Rick] Yep. 845 00:38:44,583 --> 00:38:47,000 It looked like it was at least three feet that goes down. 846 00:38:47,208 --> 00:38:48,542 So, that's got our curiosity piqued-- 847 00:38:48,708 --> 00:38:50,125 that it would be going that deep. 848 00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:51,875 Y-You wouldn't expect to see that. 849 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,833 I find that... 850 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,458 strange. 851 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,833 See how this almost seems placed? 852 00:38:59,042 --> 00:39:01,667 -[Fiona] Jammed up? -This one almost seems placed. 853 00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:04,375 [Rick] That's not a toss-in. 854 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:05,958 Look at that. 855 00:39:06,125 --> 00:39:08,958 That is almost fitted. 856 00:39:09,125 --> 00:39:11,625 As is that, as is that. 857 00:39:12,542 --> 00:39:15,125 [Scott] Yeah. Like a wedge. 858 00:39:15,250 --> 00:39:16,792 -[Rick] It is peculiar. -Yeah. 859 00:39:16,958 --> 00:39:19,250 We've not found any other feature like this 860 00:39:19,417 --> 00:39:23,458 other than maybe the stone structures on, uh, Lot 5. 861 00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:25,167 -Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm. 862 00:39:25,375 --> 00:39:27,167 [Rick] Looking at the boulder more closely, 863 00:39:27,292 --> 00:39:29,250 I was significantly struck 864 00:39:29,458 --> 00:39:32,458 by the placement of smaller stones around it. 865 00:39:32,625 --> 00:39:34,167 They are equally spaced. 866 00:39:34,375 --> 00:39:36,792 They are artfully applied, if you will. 867 00:39:36,917 --> 00:39:39,292 But there is a stone, then a space, 868 00:39:39,458 --> 00:39:41,208 then a stone, then a space. 869 00:39:41,375 --> 00:39:42,875 Mother Nature wouldn't do that. 870 00:39:43,083 --> 00:39:45,292 So, human beings were involved 871 00:39:45,458 --> 00:39:47,333 in doing some work in this area, 872 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:50,208 specifically directed to this stone. 873 00:39:50,375 --> 00:39:53,917 This may have been completely unknown to previous searchers. 874 00:39:54,083 --> 00:39:55,792 It's exciting. 875 00:39:55,958 --> 00:39:58,917 We need to find out what is underneath that boulder. 876 00:39:59,042 --> 00:40:01,917 Boy, there's intention there, I think. 877 00:40:02,083 --> 00:40:04,917 I-I can't imagine... 878 00:40:05,042 --> 00:40:06,250 how you could explain that 879 00:40:06,417 --> 00:40:07,917 other than they were placed there. 880 00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:09,708 I agree with you 100%. 881 00:40:09,833 --> 00:40:11,500 [Rick] And now you have another reason to be inquisitive. 882 00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:13,458 "Why is the void? 883 00:40:13,583 --> 00:40:15,000 -That should be filled up." -[Scott] I would think so. 884 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:16,833 [Scott] I mean, if you wanted to hide something there, 885 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,708 you move something like this in place, y-you position it. 886 00:40:19,875 --> 00:40:21,333 I mean, it's a unique stone, just look at it. 887 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:23,000 This could be a great marker stone. 888 00:40:23,208 --> 00:40:24,708 But I'm more excited about what could be under it. 889 00:40:24,875 --> 00:40:27,125 We're gonna find out once we move the rocks. 890 00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:28,917 [Rick] Uh, look, the three of you 891 00:40:29,083 --> 00:40:32,167 have done an exemplary job here, and this is singularly unique, 892 00:40:32,375 --> 00:40:34,042 -at least as of right now. -Yeah. 893 00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:35,625 [Fiona] Yeah, we still have a lot more work to do, 894 00:40:35,750 --> 00:40:36,875 but, uh, we-we're feeling pretty good about... 895 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:38,333 -[Rick] -...how far we've come so far. 896 00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:40,042 -Yeah. -[Scott] Well, 897 00:40:40,208 --> 00:40:42,208 a feature like this, the one line that comes to my mind 898 00:40:42,375 --> 00:40:44,333 -is "leave no stone unturned." -[laughter] 899 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:46,833 [Fiona] Touché. We're with you on that. 900 00:40:46,917 --> 00:40:48,625 [narrator] Patience and persistence 901 00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:53,583 have taught Rick, Marty and the team a priceless lesson: 902 00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:56,542 the ultimate truth behind the Oak Island mystery 903 00:40:56,667 --> 00:40:58,667 may be hiding in plain sight 904 00:40:58,833 --> 00:41:02,708 anywhere across these 140 acres. 905 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:06,667 But as they uncover more clues 906 00:41:06,875 --> 00:41:10,167 under man-made features near the surface, 907 00:41:10,292 --> 00:41:12,333 in a muddy, brackish swamp, 908 00:41:12,542 --> 00:41:15,292 and deep in the Money Pit area... 909 00:41:16,333 --> 00:41:18,833 ...will it lead to a vault that people have been seeking 910 00:41:19,042 --> 00:41:21,750 for 231 years? 911 00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:25,167 Or is the truth 912 00:41:25,333 --> 00:41:29,000 that Oak Island contains more buried treasure 913 00:41:29,125 --> 00:41:32,750 than anyone ever imagined? 914 00:41:35,458 --> 00:41:37,958 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 915 00:41:38,167 --> 00:41:39,542 [Charles] We're in a sweet area right here. 916 00:41:39,708 --> 00:41:41,000 [Ian] There's metals in the water. 917 00:41:41,208 --> 00:41:42,667 -High metals. -We're looking for the one thing. 918 00:41:42,833 --> 00:41:44,458 This could be where it's coming from. 919 00:41:44,583 --> 00:41:46,167 -Yeah. -Exactly. 920 00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:47,708 -[Rick] What are you seeing, Peter? -Definitely a void 921 00:41:47,875 --> 00:41:50,083 that goes on for a long ways. 922 00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:51,875 [Rick] We're gonna get to the bottom of this. 923 00:41:52,042 --> 00:41:53,875 There's a heck of a lot of bricks up here. 924 00:41:54,042 --> 00:41:56,875 [Craig] Maybe it'll lead to a vault. 925 00:42:02,208 --> 00:42:03,625 Wow. 926 00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:05,500 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS