1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,375 [Narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:05,417 -[Rick] Heads up. -[Terry] We've broken through 3 00:00:05,583 --> 00:00:07,875 -into the solution channel. -That's what we're looking for. 4 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:11,167 [Marzia] The three churches have exactly the same 5 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:13,708 stellar alignment of Lot 5. 6 00:00:13,875 --> 00:00:16,167 This could be a tunnel shaft entrance. 7 00:00:16,333 --> 00:00:17,875 -Maybe it's just right under here. -[Rick] A piece of wood? 8 00:00:18,042 --> 00:00:19,875 [Marty] What's wood doing down that deep? 9 00:00:20,042 --> 00:00:21,792 Maybe this wood came from the original Money Pit. 10 00:00:21,917 --> 00:00:24,000 [Craig] If there's wood at the top, maybe there's gold 11 00:00:24,208 --> 00:00:26,167 -at the bottom. -Possibly treasure on deck. 12 00:00:26,375 --> 00:00:28,042 Ooh, hoo-hoo, what have we got here? 13 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:34,250 [Narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:34,417 --> 00:00:36,667 where people have been looking for 15 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:40,833 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:43,833 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:44,042 --> 00:00:46,208 with strange symbols carved into it, 18 00:00:46,375 --> 00:00:50,333 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:50,458 --> 00:00:54,542 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 20 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:56,000 to the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,083 --> 00:00:58,833 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,667 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:01,833 --> 00:01:06,875 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,042 --> 00:01:10,417 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:14,542 --> 00:01:17,083 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:23,042 --> 00:01:25,667 -[Craig] Hello, down there. -[Fiona] Hi. 27 00:01:25,833 --> 00:01:27,333 -Hi, Fiona. -Oh, wow, Fiona. 28 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,083 -You've gotten so much done. -Wow. 29 00:01:29,250 --> 00:01:31,167 This must look a little different from before. 30 00:01:31,375 --> 00:01:33,333 -[Alex] Yeah. -[Narrator] A new day 31 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,250 on Oak Island 32 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:38,625 brings the team fresh hope for a breakthrough discovery 33 00:01:38,792 --> 00:01:41,083 as Rick, Craig and members of the team 34 00:01:41,208 --> 00:01:44,667 investigate the cradle-shaped feature of stones 35 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:46,667 on Lot 8. 36 00:01:46,875 --> 00:01:49,250 I can't wait to show you h-how this is progressing 37 00:01:49,417 --> 00:01:51,042 and what I'm seeing in here. 38 00:01:51,208 --> 00:01:53,833 It's, uh, it's-it's been changing as I've gone along. 39 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,167 Oh, yeah. 40 00:01:56,375 --> 00:01:58,958 So, once we removed that-that third layer of rocks, 41 00:01:59,167 --> 00:02:00,833 we came across a substance which was like mortar. 42 00:02:01,042 --> 00:02:03,625 Like, a cement-like material. So, it makes me feel like 43 00:02:03,750 --> 00:02:06,417 they did this in a way that they wanted these rocks 44 00:02:06,542 --> 00:02:08,500 to stay in place for some reason. 45 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:10,292 And what I've discovered, this morning, 46 00:02:10,417 --> 00:02:12,167 as I've been digging around this, 47 00:02:12,375 --> 00:02:13,667 this particular area here. 48 00:02:13,875 --> 00:02:15,583 As I've been removing the rocks-- 49 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:18,292 they were extremely hard to get out-- 50 00:02:18,458 --> 00:02:20,208 but I've got enough of the smaller rocks out now 51 00:02:20,375 --> 00:02:22,208 that I think that maybe you should see 52 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:23,792 if you could get that moved. 53 00:02:23,958 --> 00:02:25,292 [Alex] I have gloves on. 54 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:26,958 -Want me to give it a try? -I think you guys, 55 00:02:27,125 --> 00:02:28,667 any of you would be welcome. 56 00:02:29,708 --> 00:02:31,667 You'll notice there's still some of what I call 57 00:02:31,792 --> 00:02:34,250 -these pinner rocks holding this in place. -Mm-hmm. 58 00:02:34,417 --> 00:02:36,042 I'm gonna try to just step right down 59 00:02:36,250 --> 00:02:37,792 so I don't move anything, hopefully. 60 00:02:37,958 --> 00:02:40,417 Oh, it's pretty sturdy. 61 00:02:40,583 --> 00:02:41,958 All right. 62 00:02:42,167 --> 00:02:44,250 Oh, yeah, that's in there. That's true. 63 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:46,708 [Narrator] After revealing this formation 64 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:49,458 beneath a 40,000-pound boulder, 65 00:02:49,625 --> 00:02:53,167 the team has discovered handworked blue clay 66 00:02:53,292 --> 00:02:55,125 and a mortar-like cement 67 00:02:55,292 --> 00:02:58,667 which were used to seal the stones together. 68 00:02:59,708 --> 00:03:01,750 And after scientifically examining the soils 69 00:03:01,917 --> 00:03:06,333 within the feature, they have found traces of silver and lead. 70 00:03:06,542 --> 00:03:10,875 This suggests evidence of another possible structure 71 00:03:11,042 --> 00:03:13,000 containing something of great value 72 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:16,167 may be buried deeper below. 73 00:03:19,208 --> 00:03:20,708 -[Alex] Got it. -[Fiona] Did you get it? 74 00:03:20,875 --> 00:03:22,792 -Yep. No problem. That's no problem. -Oh, I'm amazed. 75 00:03:22,958 --> 00:03:24,583 Okay. Where do you want me to throw this? Over there? 76 00:03:24,750 --> 00:03:26,500 -Well, how about right here? That's fine for now. -Okay. 77 00:03:26,625 --> 00:03:28,125 [Fiona] I'm actually keeping all of these rocks, 78 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:29,500 because I just want to get an idea 79 00:03:29,667 --> 00:03:31,125 of how many we've taken out in total. 80 00:03:31,292 --> 00:03:33,000 It does look like 81 00:03:33,208 --> 00:03:34,542 there's some dark organic underneath it there. 82 00:03:34,708 --> 00:03:36,042 [Jack] Mm-hmm. 83 00:03:36,208 --> 00:03:38,333 [Fiona] The mortar-like material was done very well, 84 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:40,625 and we had three types of it. 85 00:03:40,792 --> 00:03:44,208 We found a very, very fine one, which was down here. 86 00:03:44,375 --> 00:03:47,250 And if I were to put it on my trowel, 87 00:03:47,458 --> 00:03:49,125 you can see how fine it is. 88 00:03:49,292 --> 00:03:50,750 A very fine powder material, which is actually 89 00:03:50,917 --> 00:03:53,417 similar to what you're seeing on the outskirts of this. 90 00:03:53,583 --> 00:03:56,583 And we've taken samples to see if we can compare them. 91 00:03:56,708 --> 00:04:00,125 Then we had a very blue-like clay sample, 92 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:03,208 if you can kind of see some of it in here. 93 00:04:04,125 --> 00:04:06,167 -[Jack] Mm-hmm. -But this blue, 94 00:04:06,292 --> 00:04:08,250 blue-gray clay, um, 95 00:04:08,375 --> 00:04:10,750 had some very similarities, according to Dr. Spooner, 96 00:04:10,958 --> 00:04:13,500 to what we think the puddling clay is at the Money Pit. 97 00:04:13,667 --> 00:04:15,833 So, we've taken samples to compare 98 00:04:16,042 --> 00:04:17,250 against the clay that we found 99 00:04:17,375 --> 00:04:19,125 at the Money Pit, just in case it matches. 100 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:22,250 And then you have this third mortar material, 101 00:04:22,417 --> 00:04:23,917 which is what you see at this north end. 102 00:04:24,083 --> 00:04:25,708 Very cement-like. 103 00:04:26,708 --> 00:04:28,625 What I'm wondering is if any of those have materials 104 00:04:28,792 --> 00:04:30,542 that are not from here. 105 00:04:30,708 --> 00:04:32,917 You know, sourced from somewhere else, 106 00:04:33,042 --> 00:04:35,542 then-then, it's proof positive that it's deliberate. 107 00:04:35,708 --> 00:04:37,875 We're also gonna compare it to the mortar material 108 00:04:38,042 --> 00:04:39,375 that we found on Lot 5. 109 00:04:39,542 --> 00:04:41,333 -Mm-hmm. -And we think Lot 5's pretty old. 110 00:04:41,458 --> 00:04:44,542 But if we do get matches, then that could be information 111 00:04:44,667 --> 00:04:46,833 -for both sites as well. -[Jack] Based upon 112 00:04:46,958 --> 00:04:51,208 the analysis of the mortars, we'll be able to pin down 113 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:53,542 -when this was built. -Yeah. 114 00:04:53,708 --> 00:04:56,500 You know, to me, it's... i-it's so amazing, 115 00:04:56,667 --> 00:04:59,500 but what is it? What does it mean? 116 00:04:59,667 --> 00:05:02,042 I mean, at this point in time, we have no idea. 117 00:05:02,208 --> 00:05:04,625 No idea. So... 118 00:05:04,750 --> 00:05:08,208 This could be a tunnel shaft entrance. 119 00:05:08,375 --> 00:05:10,500 Maybe it's just right under here. 120 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:13,792 Yeah. Well, it definitely goes deeper. 121 00:05:15,417 --> 00:05:18,333 [Rick] Some of us want to dig below the cradle 122 00:05:18,542 --> 00:05:19,833 with heavy equipment. 123 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,250 And I know that 124 00:05:21,417 --> 00:05:23,042 the archaeologists, especially Fiona, 125 00:05:23,208 --> 00:05:27,500 have an intense desire to do it in a very disciplined fashion. 126 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:31,458 I think all parties agree that, if something's underneath it, 127 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:33,583 we want to know what that something is. 128 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:35,917 We just have to be patient. 129 00:05:36,083 --> 00:05:39,458 What are you gonna do? You're gonna bisect it there? 130 00:05:39,625 --> 00:05:43,375 The plan is to do a bisection on-on this left side here. 131 00:05:43,542 --> 00:05:44,667 -[Alex] Mm-hmm. -We'll take it right down, 132 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:46,500 look at exactly how they constructed it. 133 00:05:46,708 --> 00:05:48,667 And I think, as we're removing these rocks, 134 00:05:48,875 --> 00:05:51,542 I would like to get samples of the soil underneath. 135 00:05:51,708 --> 00:05:53,917 Okey doke. We'll let you get-get after it. 136 00:05:54,042 --> 00:05:55,333 [Jack] Great job. 137 00:05:55,542 --> 00:05:57,667 -[Alex] Thank you, Fiona. -[Fiona] Thanks, guys. 138 00:05:59,583 --> 00:06:02,375 [Narrator] Later that afternoon... 139 00:06:03,417 --> 00:06:04,958 -[Alex] Guys. How's it going? -[Gary] Hello, Alex. 140 00:06:05,167 --> 00:06:06,958 -Hey, Alex. How you doing? -[Narrator] ...Alex and Jack 141 00:06:07,125 --> 00:06:09,208 arrive in the Money Pit area 142 00:06:09,375 --> 00:06:12,375 where the excavation of the TPF Shaft 143 00:06:12,542 --> 00:06:15,250 has nearly breached the solution channel, 144 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:18,083 and in an area where soil testing 145 00:06:18,250 --> 00:06:20,458 during their core-drilling operation 146 00:06:20,625 --> 00:06:25,333 detected high traces of silver more than 200 feet deep. 147 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:28,417 -Where are we at? -We're below 167. 148 00:06:28,583 --> 00:06:30,250 -Okay. -And we're into something very hard. 149 00:06:30,417 --> 00:06:31,750 We're cutting into it. They've got some good recovery. 150 00:06:31,917 --> 00:06:33,875 We can see little bits of gypsum 151 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,958 if we're really close to the ledge that overhangs 152 00:06:36,125 --> 00:06:37,708 the solution channel. 153 00:06:40,375 --> 00:06:41,667 [Narrator] Previous drilling that reached 154 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:44,208 the solution channel has made the team aware 155 00:06:44,417 --> 00:06:47,167 of a thick ledge or layer of bedrock 156 00:06:47,333 --> 00:06:51,458 between 150 and 170 feet deep 157 00:06:51,625 --> 00:06:55,625 that acts as a ceiling for the large natural cavity. 158 00:07:05,375 --> 00:07:06,833 -Hey. -[Jack] Hey, Rick. -[Terry] Hey, Rick. 159 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,875 -How you doing? -Good. Do you see how much smoke 160 00:07:09,042 --> 00:07:12,042 is coming off there, the kind of heat that's being generated? 161 00:07:12,208 --> 00:07:14,667 -[Terry] There's a lot of heat buildup on that thing. -Yep. 162 00:07:14,833 --> 00:07:16,167 That's been chewing into bedrock. 163 00:07:17,708 --> 00:07:19,917 -You can see the caked gypsum on the side of it. -[Gary] Wow. 164 00:07:21,042 --> 00:07:22,458 [Gary] And we're so close, 165 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:25,667 really tantalizing, but this material that comes up, 166 00:07:25,792 --> 00:07:27,750 we've got a really good chance 167 00:07:27,917 --> 00:07:30,042 of actually finding some top-pocket finds. 168 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,167 -Yep. -[Rick] Absolutely. 169 00:07:32,375 --> 00:07:34,542 There's no give-up around the table, so... 170 00:07:34,708 --> 00:07:37,417 -Get after it. -[Alex] Sounds good. 171 00:07:37,542 --> 00:07:40,333 [Narrator] As the teams from SBC and ROC 172 00:07:40,458 --> 00:07:43,208 work to drill through the bedrock ledge... 173 00:07:44,250 --> 00:07:47,708 [Marty] Gentlemen, it is data and analysis time. 174 00:07:47,875 --> 00:07:50,125 Always a good time, uh, always interesting. 175 00:07:50,292 --> 00:07:54,167 [Narrator] ...Rick, Marty, Craig and other members of the team 176 00:07:54,250 --> 00:07:56,250 have gathered in the war room. 177 00:07:56,375 --> 00:07:58,667 We have an-- a bona fide expert 178 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:00,792 in laser ablation, Dr. Chris McFarlane. 179 00:08:00,917 --> 00:08:02,667 He's been in this war room before. 180 00:08:02,792 --> 00:08:04,667 Let's get him on the screen. 181 00:08:04,875 --> 00:08:06,083 Here we go. 182 00:08:07,292 --> 00:08:10,542 -[Marty] Dr. McFarlane. -Hello, fellas. 183 00:08:10,708 --> 00:08:13,958 [Narrator] The team is meeting with Dr. Chris McFarlane, 184 00:08:14,167 --> 00:08:18,417 a professor of geochemistry at the University of New Brunswick. 185 00:08:18,583 --> 00:08:20,917 It is one of the leading testing facilities 186 00:08:21,083 --> 00:08:25,458 in North America for the study of historical artifacts. 187 00:08:25,625 --> 00:08:27,125 We're gonna discuss 188 00:08:27,208 --> 00:08:28,417 the decorative lead piece found by you, right, Gary? 189 00:08:28,542 --> 00:08:30,458 -Yeah. Charles and I. -Yeah. 190 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:35,750 [Narrator] Dr. McFarlane has analyzed a lead artifact 191 00:08:35,917 --> 00:08:38,583 found earlier this year in spoils removed 192 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:42,167 from the round feature on Lot 5. 193 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:44,333 [Marty] So, what did your ablation 194 00:08:44,542 --> 00:08:46,542 and isotope analysis say about that? 195 00:08:46,708 --> 00:08:49,625 Yeah, just pulling it up here. 196 00:08:50,625 --> 00:08:53,500 [Narrator] Laser ablation is a process 197 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:57,042 of removing microscopic samples from lead objects 198 00:08:57,250 --> 00:08:59,750 using a high-powered laser. 199 00:08:59,958 --> 00:09:02,500 The isotopic values of the samples 200 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:05,333 are then analyzed to potentially identify 201 00:09:05,542 --> 00:09:07,542 not only when the object was made 202 00:09:07,708 --> 00:09:12,333 but also the geographic region where it originated. 203 00:09:12,458 --> 00:09:15,875 The decorative lead piece, 204 00:09:16,042 --> 00:09:19,792 the encrustation on it is quite sodium-rich, 205 00:09:19,958 --> 00:09:22,167 which suggests, you know, that it's been there a while. 206 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:24,667 The silver content 207 00:09:24,875 --> 00:09:27,833 -is, uh, actually quite high. -Wow. 208 00:09:28,042 --> 00:09:30,542 And it's sort of anomalous compared to 209 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:32,167 modern lead. 210 00:09:32,375 --> 00:09:33,750 -Okay. -The actual fabrication 211 00:09:33,917 --> 00:09:36,917 is probably preindustrial, 212 00:09:37,083 --> 00:09:38,833 and predates 213 00:09:38,958 --> 00:09:41,583 anything happening in North America 214 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:43,875 in the turn of the last century, more or less. 215 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,917 Oh, wow. Okay. 216 00:09:46,083 --> 00:09:47,417 Quite typical 217 00:09:47,583 --> 00:09:49,833 of a Central European source. 218 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,792 And by Central European, I mean 219 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:54,708 U.K., France and Germany, 220 00:09:54,875 --> 00:09:56,167 sort of in that part of the world. 221 00:09:56,375 --> 00:09:58,292 -[Rick] Really? -[Jack] Wow. 222 00:09:58,458 --> 00:09:59,625 -[chuckles] -[Chris] I do have 223 00:09:59,792 --> 00:10:01,333 a-another piece of information 224 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:03,458 -for you, though. -Good. 225 00:10:03,583 --> 00:10:05,167 It also bears 226 00:10:05,375 --> 00:10:10,042 some similarity with the scalloped artifact 227 00:10:10,208 --> 00:10:15,667 from Lot 5 that we previously analyzed. 228 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:19,500 Isotopically, it matches this decorative lead piece, right? 229 00:10:19,708 --> 00:10:21,667 Correct. Yeah. 230 00:10:21,792 --> 00:10:24,500 -Wow. -[Doug] And we think that's from 231 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:27,000 -medieval times. -[laughter] 232 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:31,250 [Gary] That's really, really cool. 233 00:10:35,708 --> 00:10:37,500 Isotopically, it matches this decorative lead piece, 234 00:10:37,708 --> 00:10:39,542 -right? -Correct. Yeah. 235 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:42,458 -Wow. -[Doug] And we think that's from 236 00:10:42,667 --> 00:10:44,792 -medieval times. -[laughter] 237 00:10:44,958 --> 00:10:46,750 [Gary] That's really, really cool. 238 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:49,125 [Narrator] In the war room, Dr. Chris McFarlane 239 00:10:49,292 --> 00:10:51,750 has just informed the team 240 00:10:51,875 --> 00:10:54,542 that the lead artifact found in the spoils 241 00:10:54,708 --> 00:10:56,750 of the round feature on Lot 5 242 00:10:56,917 --> 00:10:58,667 has a similar composition 243 00:10:58,750 --> 00:11:01,708 to the potentially 14th-century scalloped disc 244 00:11:01,875 --> 00:11:05,958 that was also found there in 2022. 245 00:11:06,125 --> 00:11:08,208 [Chris] It came from a deposit 246 00:11:08,375 --> 00:11:09,833 of a similar age, 247 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,500 somewhere across Central Europe. 248 00:11:12,708 --> 00:11:14,542 [Marty] Interesting. That's pretty neat. 249 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:16,833 [soft laughter] 250 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,083 Okay, and we can also infer that it doesn't fit 251 00:11:19,250 --> 00:11:22,917 the mining profile of North America? 252 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:24,333 Yeah. 253 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:25,917 [Marty] And that's probably 254 00:11:26,042 --> 00:11:28,000 what we can garner from this, correct? 255 00:11:28,167 --> 00:11:30,875 Yeah. Those are all true statements, I would say. 256 00:11:31,917 --> 00:11:34,667 [Marty] Okay, well, good. So, this, this fits with the bulk 257 00:11:34,875 --> 00:11:37,250 of the artifacts from that area. 258 00:11:37,417 --> 00:11:39,708 [Narrator] In addition to this lead piece 259 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:41,833 and the scalloped disc, 260 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,667 the team has found numerous artifacts in the Lot 5 feature 261 00:11:45,833 --> 00:11:49,583 that predate the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795 262 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:51,792 and originated in Europe. 263 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,250 These include a button made of arsenical bronze 264 00:11:55,375 --> 00:11:58,375 that may be at least 700 years old, 265 00:11:58,542 --> 00:12:01,833 two decorative buttons and several glass beads 266 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,500 that may date to the 17th century 267 00:12:04,708 --> 00:12:06,833 and two glass gemstones 268 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,958 that may have originated in France 269 00:12:09,125 --> 00:12:12,167 during the mid-18th century. 270 00:12:12,292 --> 00:12:15,708 [Rick] We now have artifacts on Lot 5 that... 271 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:17,583 on a bell-shaped curve, 272 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:20,625 on the far end, you have the Roman coins. 273 00:12:20,792 --> 00:12:23,458 On the other end, you have pottery and glass 274 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:25,167 and other artifacts that indicate 275 00:12:25,375 --> 00:12:28,000 people were there in the early 1800s. 276 00:12:28,167 --> 00:12:31,250 My belief, it speaks to, again, 277 00:12:31,375 --> 00:12:34,500 that this effort here on Oak Island long ago 278 00:12:34,667 --> 00:12:37,708 was done multigenerationally. 279 00:12:37,917 --> 00:12:40,042 Okay. Dr. McFarlane, thank you very much. 280 00:12:40,208 --> 00:12:42,458 Always interested in finding out what you have learned, 281 00:12:42,625 --> 00:12:44,625 and we appreciate it. 282 00:12:44,833 --> 00:12:47,208 -Always a pleasure. -Thank you. -Thank you. 283 00:12:47,375 --> 00:12:49,333 [Rick] Okay doke, I think we all have a lot to do, 284 00:12:49,542 --> 00:12:51,125 so let's go. 285 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:57,000 [Narrator] The next morning... 286 00:12:58,042 --> 00:12:59,500 -[Carmen] Well, look here, guys. -[Doug] Hey, Carmen. 287 00:12:59,708 --> 00:13:01,083 -[Emma] Hi. -[Carmen] How you doing? 288 00:13:01,292 --> 00:13:02,667 -Good to see you. -[Narrator] ...Doug Crowell 289 00:13:02,792 --> 00:13:04,292 and other members of the team 290 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:07,750 meet with Carmen Legge in the Oak Island lab. 291 00:13:07,917 --> 00:13:09,542 You got some more stuff to show me? 292 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:11,375 We've got a couple pieces of chain here 293 00:13:11,542 --> 00:13:13,833 -that look pretty old. -[Carmen] I'll have a look. 294 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:16,458 [Narrator] Carmen is examining 295 00:13:16,625 --> 00:13:18,833 two hand-forged sections of chain 296 00:13:19,042 --> 00:13:22,667 that were found in the spoils of the Karma-1 shaft. 297 00:13:22,792 --> 00:13:25,167 The shaft excavated one week ago, 298 00:13:25,375 --> 00:13:27,542 less than ten feet from where the team 299 00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:30,417 is currently digging in the Money Pit area. 300 00:13:31,708 --> 00:13:32,833 [Doug] This has made its way down 301 00:13:32,958 --> 00:13:35,000 into solution channel depths. 302 00:13:35,167 --> 00:13:36,667 And that's what we're hoping to see, 303 00:13:36,792 --> 00:13:38,500 for signs of a collapse of the Money Pit. 304 00:13:38,667 --> 00:13:39,833 [Carmen] Oh, I see. 305 00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:43,417 Well, they're both similar. 306 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:49,958 They have a-a big, elongated link on the end. 307 00:13:50,167 --> 00:13:51,542 A lot of times, these was used 308 00:13:51,708 --> 00:13:53,833 to create sort of a basket 309 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,375 for lowering and raising items. 310 00:13:56,542 --> 00:13:58,125 Right. 311 00:13:58,292 --> 00:13:59,833 You picture a treasure chest wrapped in chains, right? 312 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,083 -It's possible. -Yeah. 313 00:14:03,042 --> 00:14:05,042 [Narrator] If Carmen is correct, 314 00:14:05,208 --> 00:14:07,792 is it possible that the team has recovered chains 315 00:14:07,958 --> 00:14:09,708 that may have been used 316 00:14:09,875 --> 00:14:12,500 to lower something into the original Money Pit? 317 00:14:12,667 --> 00:14:15,000 Carmen, is there anything about that chain that you see 318 00:14:15,167 --> 00:14:17,875 that may indicate where it may have been made? 319 00:14:18,042 --> 00:14:20,708 Uh, I'm gonna have to say no, Scott, because... 320 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:25,000 this is a generic chain style, chain design, 321 00:14:25,208 --> 00:14:27,667 made over many, many years. 322 00:14:27,875 --> 00:14:29,875 I do notice that this one here 323 00:14:30,042 --> 00:14:32,833 has a bend in the middle of the long link. 324 00:14:33,042 --> 00:14:34,792 And that reinforces my idea 325 00:14:34,958 --> 00:14:37,375 that it had to fit going through and then lock in. 326 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:42,125 And some stress or force onto it bent that link a little. 327 00:14:43,542 --> 00:14:46,500 This one was made by a blacksmith that knew his stuff. 328 00:14:46,667 --> 00:14:49,125 This one here, however, wasn't. 329 00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:52,250 Yeah, I'm gonna say that these were made 330 00:14:52,375 --> 00:14:54,667 -by two different blacksmiths. -[Doug] Emma, 331 00:14:54,833 --> 00:14:57,083 I'm curious about the dates. 332 00:14:57,250 --> 00:14:59,333 Based on the metallurgy, I would give these, um, 333 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:01,833 late 1600s to mid-1700s, 334 00:15:02,042 --> 00:15:04,917 and typical of some European regions. 335 00:15:05,083 --> 00:15:07,625 Wow. I kind of like Emma's date range 336 00:15:07,708 --> 00:15:10,708 because I'm kind of partial to Duc d'Anville's expedition. 337 00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:13,125 I mean, that was 1746. 338 00:15:13,292 --> 00:15:15,458 Is that from, uh, his efforts? 339 00:15:15,625 --> 00:15:18,042 That would be a perfect fit for the date range, 340 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:21,375 and you did say Europe for a point of origin. 341 00:15:21,542 --> 00:15:23,542 [Narrator] Could Doug Crowell be correct 342 00:15:23,708 --> 00:15:26,625 that these chains may provide another potential link 343 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:28,417 to the Duc d'Anville? 344 00:15:28,542 --> 00:15:32,125 A French admiral with ties to the Knights Templar, 345 00:15:32,250 --> 00:15:34,875 the Duc d'Anville is believed to have ordered 346 00:15:35,042 --> 00:15:36,625 treasure to be buried on a wooded island 347 00:15:36,792 --> 00:15:40,458 in this area back in 1746. 348 00:15:40,625 --> 00:15:43,958 This is corroborated by part of a ship's log 349 00:15:44,125 --> 00:15:47,667 that Doug found in the Nova Scotia Archives. 350 00:15:48,708 --> 00:15:51,500 [Rick] The chains that were found in the Karma 1 spoils, 351 00:15:51,667 --> 00:15:53,500 one artifact does not substantiate a theory 352 00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:57,167 in its totality, but it does give you a clue. 353 00:15:57,333 --> 00:16:00,333 We're in the same area with the Top Pocket Find location, 354 00:16:00,417 --> 00:16:02,958 and hopefully, it will yield results. 355 00:16:03,125 --> 00:16:04,417 It's very exciting. 356 00:16:04,583 --> 00:16:06,042 I mean, finding something that old from deeper 357 00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:07,917 than the deepest shaft in the Money Pit 358 00:16:08,083 --> 00:16:10,000 is a reason to keep going. 359 00:16:10,167 --> 00:16:11,500 Fingers crossed we find some more. 360 00:16:11,667 --> 00:16:13,833 And I'm sure there is more. 361 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,375 -[Doug] Thanks, Carmen. Thanks, Emma. -[Scott] Thanks, Carmen. 362 00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:16,875 -[Scott] Thanks, Emma. -[Emma] Thank you. 363 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,833 [Narrator] Meanwhile... 364 00:16:18,958 --> 00:16:20,667 [Mikayla] I'm ready to find something in this feature 365 00:16:20,833 --> 00:16:23,792 that's gonna tell us something truly significant about it. 366 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:25,708 [Tansy] I can get behind that. 367 00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:28,333 [Narrator] ...Laird Niven and other members of the team 368 00:16:28,542 --> 00:16:30,458 are back on Lot 5, 369 00:16:30,625 --> 00:16:33,875 investigating the rounded stone foundation. 370 00:16:34,042 --> 00:16:36,250 [Mikayla] After I get this bucket filled, 371 00:16:36,417 --> 00:16:38,500 maybe I'll do a little bit more closer. 372 00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:40,375 I hope we find more artifacts. 373 00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:42,083 [Narrator] After the scientific report 374 00:16:42,250 --> 00:16:44,625 on the mysterious lead artifact, 375 00:16:44,792 --> 00:16:46,750 the team is eager to search 376 00:16:46,958 --> 00:16:49,000 for additional clues. 377 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:52,250 [Rick] Obviously, humans created this. 378 00:16:52,417 --> 00:16:55,125 But why is it here? What's its purpose? 379 00:16:55,292 --> 00:16:57,000 Who did it? When did they do it? 380 00:16:57,167 --> 00:16:59,208 You see it as it sits in front of you, 381 00:16:59,375 --> 00:17:01,500 and all the work that's been done by Laird and his team. 382 00:17:01,625 --> 00:17:05,375 But because of multigenerational activities, 383 00:17:05,542 --> 00:17:09,500 we still struggle with who was here first. 384 00:17:12,542 --> 00:17:15,250 [Tansy] It would be great if you could find a bead right now. 385 00:17:15,375 --> 00:17:18,375 [Mikayla] There's a high potential to find even more. 386 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,375 [Tansy] All right. We can do that. 387 00:17:24,083 --> 00:17:27,292 Oh. I found something. 388 00:17:31,792 --> 00:17:33,833 -Hey, Laird. -Yo. 389 00:17:33,958 --> 00:17:36,417 I've got something here. 390 00:17:37,333 --> 00:17:39,417 What a great start. 391 00:17:44,333 --> 00:17:47,542 Hey, Laird. I've got something here. 392 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:50,792 Cool. 393 00:17:50,958 --> 00:17:52,875 It's metal. 394 00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:56,500 Oh, it's got a little pattern to it. 395 00:17:56,667 --> 00:17:58,875 [Narrator] In the rounded feature on Lot 5, 396 00:17:59,042 --> 00:18:01,833 Tansy Rudnicki has just discovered 397 00:18:02,042 --> 00:18:03,708 a curious artifact. 398 00:18:03,875 --> 00:18:05,542 [Laird] It's got a finished edge, 399 00:18:05,708 --> 00:18:07,125 which is kind of neat. 400 00:18:07,292 --> 00:18:09,500 A bit of a design. 401 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:14,417 That looks like the rim of a button, perhaps? 402 00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:18,167 It's got a definite edge, which is good. 403 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:20,125 -It's tiny. -[Tansy] It's thin 404 00:18:20,292 --> 00:18:23,042 -for a button, isn't it? -It is. 405 00:18:23,208 --> 00:18:26,750 But last year, there was a button found right in here 406 00:18:26,917 --> 00:18:31,250 that turned out to be made of recycled arsenical bronze, 407 00:18:31,375 --> 00:18:34,250 uh, from the medieval period, which is pretty interesting. 408 00:18:34,375 --> 00:18:35,958 [Narrator] Is it possible 409 00:18:36,125 --> 00:18:39,333 that Tansy has just found another clue 410 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:43,167 that may date to the same period as the believed medieval button? 411 00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:45,417 And perhaps the scalloped disc 412 00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:49,042 and lead artifact that were also uncovered here? 413 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:51,750 If so, could it be more evidence 414 00:18:51,958 --> 00:18:54,542 that this feature was originally constructed 415 00:18:54,708 --> 00:18:57,292 more than 700 years ago? 416 00:18:57,375 --> 00:19:00,000 [Laird] The occupation of the round feature on Lot 5 417 00:19:00,125 --> 00:19:01,333 is undocumented, 418 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:04,333 so we turn to the archaeological evidence, 419 00:19:04,458 --> 00:19:07,208 and it's telling us that the last occupation on Lot 5 420 00:19:07,417 --> 00:19:09,833 was the end of the 1700s. 421 00:19:09,958 --> 00:19:11,167 But what's really significant 422 00:19:11,333 --> 00:19:13,958 are the earlier artifacts we're finding, 423 00:19:14,083 --> 00:19:17,708 the ones that date from before 1750, 424 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:19,958 showing two occupations. 425 00:19:20,083 --> 00:19:21,583 But we've got lots of work left to do, 426 00:19:21,708 --> 00:19:23,500 so hopefully, we're gonna find even more. 427 00:19:24,542 --> 00:19:25,917 We found some nice stuff, right? 428 00:19:26,083 --> 00:19:28,875 Beads and buttons just in this area. 429 00:19:29,083 --> 00:19:31,333 -Yeah. -And that's why we're expanding 430 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:33,750 this way, um, to see what else is there. 431 00:19:33,917 --> 00:19:35,458 Right? This is the main yard. 432 00:19:35,625 --> 00:19:37,083 So, there's just a lot going on here. 433 00:19:37,250 --> 00:19:39,917 High activity means they lose things, 434 00:19:40,083 --> 00:19:42,333 and they obviously have, which is cool. 435 00:19:42,458 --> 00:19:45,917 It makes me want to just keep expanding. [chuckles] 436 00:19:46,042 --> 00:19:48,333 -Same. -[both laugh] 437 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,542 I mean, that's a great find, so I'm gonna take it back 438 00:19:50,708 --> 00:19:52,875 to the lab and we'll see what it's made of. 439 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:55,083 -Whoo! -I'll let you know. All right. 440 00:19:55,250 --> 00:19:56,917 -Keep digging. -[Tansy] All right. See you. 441 00:19:57,083 --> 00:20:00,708 [Narrator] As the investigation of Lot 5 continues... 442 00:20:02,208 --> 00:20:04,333 ...later that afternoon... 443 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,417 [Marty] Top Pocket Find. 444 00:20:06,542 --> 00:20:09,000 -Let's hope it's named properly. -[Rick] Yep. 445 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,458 [Narrator] ...Rick, Marty and Craig arrive 446 00:20:11,625 --> 00:20:14,500 in the Money Pit area where the TPF Shaft 447 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:18,125 has finally broken through the bedrock ledge 448 00:20:18,292 --> 00:20:20,458 and reached the solution channel. 449 00:20:20,625 --> 00:20:22,792 -Hey, guys. -Marty, how you doing? 450 00:20:22,917 --> 00:20:24,125 [Marty] Good. 451 00:20:24,292 --> 00:20:25,958 Okay, Terry, how deep are we? 452 00:20:26,125 --> 00:20:28,083 They're pushing me over just a little 453 00:20:28,250 --> 00:20:29,792 ahead of the casing at this time, 454 00:20:29,958 --> 00:20:31,417 so they're at about 175. 455 00:20:31,625 --> 00:20:33,500 -Okay. -Oh, so we're just about there. 456 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:36,417 Exactly, because we're into the void beneath the ledge. 457 00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:38,417 That's what we're looking for. 458 00:20:38,583 --> 00:20:41,167 And that's exactly what we're looking for, Marty. For sure. 459 00:20:41,333 --> 00:20:43,292 Looks like we're switching to the hammer grab there. 460 00:20:43,458 --> 00:20:45,042 [Terry] There we go. 461 00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:46,500 [Narrator] Because the team 462 00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:48,625 has now breached the solution channel, 463 00:20:48,792 --> 00:20:51,542 they are now replacing the auger cutting tool 464 00:20:51,708 --> 00:20:54,333 with a hammer grab and dig bucket 465 00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:56,625 to safely retrieve the spoils, 466 00:20:56,750 --> 00:21:00,292 and hopefully, evidence of treasure. 467 00:21:00,417 --> 00:21:02,375 [Gary] He's just dumped another load, mate. 468 00:21:02,542 --> 00:21:04,875 -So, let's do some beeping. -[Terry] For sure. 469 00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:08,958 [Gary] All right, let's find some good stuff, Rick. 470 00:21:09,125 --> 00:21:11,583 [Marty] We know we've broken into the solution channel. 471 00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:14,083 If the treasure or a piece of the treasure 472 00:21:14,208 --> 00:21:16,167 is down there, it should be around this depth. 473 00:21:16,292 --> 00:21:17,792 Now it's getting exciting. 474 00:21:17,958 --> 00:21:20,167 I want to see what's in those drill buckets. 475 00:21:20,375 --> 00:21:22,833 [Rick] I thought I saw a piece of wood. 476 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,792 That's it. 477 00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:34,000 Is that wood? 478 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,333 [Alex] Yeah. A piece of wood. 479 00:21:36,417 --> 00:21:38,333 [Craig] Yeah. 480 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:40,042 I'm gonna go check on that piece of wood, 481 00:21:40,208 --> 00:21:42,167 just in case it's something. 482 00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:44,250 -Okay. -Rick, 483 00:21:44,375 --> 00:21:47,167 -I'll take that piece of wood. -Right there. 484 00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:49,500 -I'll grab it. -[detector beeping] 485 00:21:56,375 --> 00:21:57,958 [Marty] What's wood doing down that deep? 486 00:21:58,125 --> 00:22:00,792 It's been a long, long time 487 00:22:00,917 --> 00:22:03,292 since the last wood that we saw coming out of the hole. 488 00:22:04,875 --> 00:22:06,583 This is not, like, a tree 489 00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:08,333 that fell into a sinkhole or something. 490 00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:10,250 -That's a clear cut. -[Alex] Yeah. 491 00:22:10,417 --> 00:22:14,167 So, it's been, you know, shaped or utilized by somebody. 492 00:22:14,375 --> 00:22:15,583 [Alex] Well, I guess it's possible that it pulled up 493 00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:18,167 just shy of the bottom of the Chappell Shaft. 494 00:22:18,292 --> 00:22:21,000 -Yeah. -I mean, we could be at the edge. 495 00:22:21,167 --> 00:22:23,500 [Narrator] Could the team be correct 496 00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:26,375 that they may have encountered evidence of the Chappell Shaft, 497 00:22:26,542 --> 00:22:29,417 the shaft built in 1931 498 00:22:29,583 --> 00:22:31,792 in an unsuccessful attempt 499 00:22:31,958 --> 00:22:35,542 to recover a believed seven-foot-tall treasure vault? 500 00:22:36,542 --> 00:22:38,500 -I'll see if it floats or sinks. -[Gary] Yeah. 501 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:41,583 If it sinks, that's a hell of a sign. Isn't it, Rick? 502 00:22:42,625 --> 00:22:44,625 -That's what Dan always thought. -Yeah. 503 00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:46,667 [Craig] You know, one thing that Dan Blankenship 504 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:49,208 had always said, when he brought up wood, 505 00:22:49,417 --> 00:22:51,625 he'd always test it by putting it in a bucket. 506 00:22:51,708 --> 00:22:56,500 His experience was, if it sank, it was old wood. 507 00:22:56,583 --> 00:22:58,500 If it was-- if it tended to float, 508 00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:01,167 it was more modern, s-searcher wood. 509 00:23:01,375 --> 00:23:03,458 So, we always do that test right away. 510 00:23:03,625 --> 00:23:05,208 It goes down like a rock. 511 00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:07,500 And seeing it sink right then, well, 512 00:23:07,667 --> 00:23:11,292 it's also telling me that this isn't searcher wood. 513 00:23:11,417 --> 00:23:12,833 There shouldn't be wood this deep. 514 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,417 [Alex] It sinks like a rock. 515 00:23:14,583 --> 00:23:16,208 So, if that's the case, then maybe this wood 516 00:23:16,375 --> 00:23:18,833 came from the original Money Pit. 517 00:23:18,958 --> 00:23:21,125 Well, that's pretty cool. We're looking for a collapse. 518 00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:23,083 This virtually proves it. 519 00:23:23,208 --> 00:23:25,333 -[Gary] Yeah. -[Narrator] Could Marty's notion be correct? 520 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,333 Is it possible 521 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:29,833 this wood is not from a searcher shaft 522 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,833 but perhaps the original Money Pit? 523 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,292 [Marty] Bits of wood are extremely important, 524 00:23:35,417 --> 00:23:37,875 because this is the first indications 525 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:42,167 that-that the collapse, in fact, occurred and that we're near it. 526 00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:44,375 And maybe the treasure, too. 527 00:23:44,542 --> 00:23:45,958 I mean, this is where we detected 528 00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:47,292 a whole bunch of silver. 529 00:23:47,458 --> 00:23:49,167 [Adam E.] We're into that end of the day. 530 00:23:49,333 --> 00:23:51,375 [Marty] Okay, so, how deep are we? 531 00:23:51,542 --> 00:23:54,500 We are about 186, 187. 532 00:23:54,708 --> 00:23:56,667 I mean, things are moving, things are still turning. 533 00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:58,417 I think we're gonna call it a day for today. 534 00:23:58,542 --> 00:24:00,292 [Rick] We're not gonna give up until we figure out 535 00:24:00,458 --> 00:24:01,833 what that hole has to tell us. 536 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,833 And we need to keep going. We need to keep looking. 537 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,500 Tomorrow, you know, we're gonna go to the bottom 538 00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:08,333 of the solution channel and we're gonna see what's there. 539 00:24:08,542 --> 00:24:10,042 Period. And if everybody crosses their fingers, 540 00:24:10,250 --> 00:24:12,833 -we'll find something. -[Craig] If there's wood's at the top, 541 00:24:13,042 --> 00:24:14,708 -maybe there's gold at the bottom. -[Gary] Exactly. 542 00:24:14,875 --> 00:24:16,333 [Marty] But we got to get there, Adam, 543 00:24:16,458 --> 00:24:18,667 so we want to make hole tomorrow. 544 00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:20,500 -[Adam E.] Yep. We're working on it. -All right. 545 00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:22,333 [Rick] Okey doke. We'll pick it up tomorrow. 546 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:23,667 Thank you, Adam. Thank you, Quinton. 547 00:24:23,833 --> 00:24:25,167 [Terry] That's great. Thanks, guys. 548 00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:25,958 See you in the morning. 549 00:24:30,375 --> 00:24:31,917 [Quinton] How we looking, my man? 550 00:24:32,083 --> 00:24:33,500 [Josh] We're getting there. 551 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:34,500 [Terry] We're in the solution channel right now, 552 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:37,042 so time is gonna tell. 553 00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:39,833 [Narrator] As a new morning dawns on Oak Island... 554 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,917 All right, chaps. Possibility of treasure on deck. 555 00:24:43,083 --> 00:24:44,833 [Narrator] ...members of the team carefully search 556 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,208 through the spoils being unearthed from the TPF Shaft. 557 00:24:49,417 --> 00:24:51,083 [detector beeping] 558 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:54,208 -[sustained beep] -[Gary] We got a signal. 559 00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:56,583 And I don't think it's in that slop, 560 00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:58,125 I think it's underneath it. 561 00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,083 [Craig] Okay. 562 00:25:05,375 --> 00:25:07,125 ♪ ♪ 563 00:25:07,292 --> 00:25:09,500 Ooh. Uh, let me, let me have a pinpoint, mate, 564 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,500 because you might've got it out. 565 00:25:11,708 --> 00:25:13,583 Let's see what this is. 566 00:25:14,542 --> 00:25:17,875 [high-pitched beeping] 567 00:25:19,542 --> 00:25:21,667 -Got it in my hand. -[sustained beep] 568 00:25:21,792 --> 00:25:25,000 Now this has got potential. 569 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:29,500 I don't know what that is, but it's a little bit different. 570 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:32,708 With the black around it, you never know what it could be. 571 00:25:33,708 --> 00:25:35,500 [Craig] Yeah. But it's been there a while. 572 00:25:35,708 --> 00:25:37,000 -[Gary] Yeah, it's been there. -Yeah. 573 00:25:37,208 --> 00:25:39,083 [Gary] There's a probability it could be iron. 574 00:25:39,292 --> 00:25:42,167 Yeah. You got the depth? 575 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:46,875 The bottom of that hole we just pulled it out of, 193 feet deep. 576 00:25:47,083 --> 00:25:49,375 -Okay. -Okay. 577 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:51,167 [Gary] I love me chunky iron. 578 00:25:51,292 --> 00:25:55,625 When you find an old artifact encrusted in the clay, 579 00:25:55,833 --> 00:25:58,833 you know it's been there a very long time. 580 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,083 What a heck of a start to the day. 581 00:26:02,208 --> 00:26:03,875 -All right, guys. Good morning. -[Gary] Good morning! 582 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,042 What have we got for exciting finds? 583 00:26:06,208 --> 00:26:09,333 -Anything this morning? -Yep. We have got a good find. 584 00:26:09,542 --> 00:26:10,833 We just pulled it out of the clay, 585 00:26:11,042 --> 00:26:12,667 and this has got a lot of potential, mate, 586 00:26:12,875 --> 00:26:17,542 because of the color and the tone it gave me. 587 00:26:17,708 --> 00:26:20,042 This is more than likely gonna be iron. 588 00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:21,500 -[Alex] Hmm. -[Marty] Wow. 589 00:26:21,625 --> 00:26:22,708 -[Gary] It's got potential. -[Marty] Yeah, 590 00:26:22,875 --> 00:26:24,542 this is definitely dense. 591 00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:26,708 Wow, this is old. We didn't... this is... 592 00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:28,500 -It-it looks old. -Yeah. 593 00:26:28,667 --> 00:26:30,333 -Yeah. -[Marty] How deep? 594 00:26:30,417 --> 00:26:32,167 193. 595 00:26:32,292 --> 00:26:35,583 Well, that's way, way, way, way, way below any searcher. 596 00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:37,167 -Yeah, and actually... -God, I hope this 597 00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:38,833 -is something neat. -Going through the, uh... 598 00:26:38,958 --> 00:26:41,292 going through the bedrock plateau above it, 599 00:26:41,458 --> 00:26:43,125 if there was a collapse into this region, 600 00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:44,708 which that seems to indicate, 601 00:26:44,875 --> 00:26:47,750 then that could be signs of the original Money Pit. 602 00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:50,583 -Yeah. -[Alex] The only reason we could be finding 603 00:26:50,708 --> 00:26:53,667 stuff like this below where searchers have been before 604 00:26:53,792 --> 00:26:55,667 is either the original works 605 00:26:55,833 --> 00:26:58,500 or evidence of the collapse of the original Money Pit. 606 00:26:58,667 --> 00:27:00,333 And that would be a great, great indication 607 00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:01,875 that we're in the right place 608 00:27:02,042 --> 00:27:03,833 and that there's really something going on here. 609 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:08,833 [horn honks] 610 00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:15,708 -Billy's waving to us. -Let's take a look. 611 00:27:17,375 --> 00:27:18,917 [Craig] What you seeing, Billy? 612 00:27:19,083 --> 00:27:20,500 [Billy] See, Craig, it looks like a piece of wood 613 00:27:20,708 --> 00:27:22,500 in dark ground, but more interesting, it's... 614 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:25,000 it's in dry material. 615 00:27:26,042 --> 00:27:28,042 Yeah. Yeah, that whole side 616 00:27:28,208 --> 00:27:30,000 looks like it was up against a different material. 617 00:27:30,208 --> 00:27:31,750 Yeah, exactly. 618 00:27:31,917 --> 00:27:34,000 -Good eye. -[Terry] We're near the bottom 619 00:27:34,208 --> 00:27:35,500 of the TPF-1. 620 00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:37,792 We found what I feel is solid material 621 00:27:37,958 --> 00:27:39,833 adjacent to loose, slushy material. 622 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,125 It's a good indication that you might have 623 00:27:42,333 --> 00:27:43,958 an open void nearby 624 00:27:44,167 --> 00:27:47,042 where treasure could fall into in the solution channel. 625 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:48,792 -Are we doing any good? -[Terry] Hey, 626 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:50,667 we're dropping like gangbusters here, and we just 627 00:27:50,833 --> 00:27:52,500 -pulled up wood. -[Craig] Look how on this side, 628 00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:55,875 it's all got a... more of a drier, 629 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:58,250 sandy, compared to the muck 630 00:27:58,417 --> 00:28:00,917 -that they're bringing up everywhere else. -[Terry] Yeah. 631 00:28:01,042 --> 00:28:03,292 So, I think we could be adjacent to an actual open void. 632 00:28:03,458 --> 00:28:04,833 -[Craig] Yeah. -That's what I think we're seeing here, 633 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,042 and that wood didn't get there itself. 634 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:09,833 No, no. That-that's out of place at 195 feet. 635 00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:11,208 -Wherever we're at, that's... -[Terry] Absolutely. 636 00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:13,167 -195-ish. Yeah. -Yeah. 637 00:28:13,375 --> 00:28:16,042 -Let me see that piece of wood, please, Alex. -[Alex] Yeah. 638 00:28:17,042 --> 00:28:19,000 -It's heavy, dense. -That's even better. 639 00:28:19,167 --> 00:28:20,917 It's-- that's a piece of shaped wood. 640 00:28:21,042 --> 00:28:22,667 Yeah. There's only one explanation 641 00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:24,417 that I can come up with right now for why 642 00:28:24,542 --> 00:28:26,708 -that's down there, and that is the collapse. -[Craig] Yeah. 643 00:28:26,875 --> 00:28:28,875 We're getting another confirmation of it. 644 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:30,417 It's very, very interesting. 645 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,500 Good. 646 00:28:32,708 --> 00:28:33,917 Let's bring it back to the lab. 647 00:28:34,083 --> 00:28:35,333 [Gary] Is that the deepest we've ever 648 00:28:35,542 --> 00:28:36,958 retrieved wood? 649 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:39,000 Anything substantial, yeah. 650 00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:40,917 [Marty] If you find something in the solution channel, 651 00:28:41,042 --> 00:28:43,042 well below where any searcher ever was, 652 00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:45,667 if that got there, then the treasure could get there, 653 00:28:45,875 --> 00:28:47,375 and we have solid indications 654 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:49,125 that there was a treasure here. 655 00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:53,000 So, any artifact below searcher depth is exciting. 656 00:28:53,125 --> 00:28:55,583 -Hey, Quinton. -Hey, guys. -Hey, Quinton, how you doing? 657 00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:59,292 -What do we got? -We're down to 206.5 feet. 658 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:00,875 -Okay. -So, we are-are 659 00:29:01,042 --> 00:29:02,833 right down to where you... 660 00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:05,125 -are hoping to be or very close. -Very close. 661 00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:07,625 We're within ten feet of the bottom. We almost have to be. 662 00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:10,833 The bottom around here is, uh, 215 to 217, 218, 663 00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:12,500 so we're getting very close. 664 00:29:12,625 --> 00:29:13,750 -Yeah. -[Rick] I mean, this is where 665 00:29:13,958 --> 00:29:15,667 it starts to get exciting, 666 00:29:15,833 --> 00:29:18,667 because you're about to reach the bottom 667 00:29:18,875 --> 00:29:20,750 of the solution channel. 668 00:29:20,958 --> 00:29:24,125 There's every hope that, as this process continues 669 00:29:24,292 --> 00:29:26,875 and the spoils come up aboveground 670 00:29:27,042 --> 00:29:28,875 and Gary metal detects, he'll find it. 671 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:31,000 Billy just scooped out another piece of wood. 672 00:29:31,125 --> 00:29:32,667 [Rick] Every time you put a can in the ground, 673 00:29:32,833 --> 00:29:34,750 you're hoping to find the one thing, 674 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,958 and there's all kinds of reasons to believe that we will. 675 00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:40,625 [Gary] That is some Money Pit stew. 676 00:29:40,792 --> 00:29:42,500 This is pretty soft-- I mean, look at that. 677 00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:44,125 -[detector beeping] -It's a good signal. 678 00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:49,583 [sustained beep] 679 00:29:49,708 --> 00:29:50,833 -[Alex] Right there? -Just there, please. 680 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,417 Yep. And anywhere you like. 681 00:30:01,292 --> 00:30:03,292 -[Alex] That's out. -It was right in that chunk there. 682 00:30:04,542 --> 00:30:06,458 It's a good signal. 683 00:30:06,625 --> 00:30:07,833 Let's see what we got. 684 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,500 [high-pitched beeping] 685 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:12,042 -Ooh, hoo-hoo, what have we got here? -[Terry] Oh, wow. 686 00:30:12,208 --> 00:30:13,875 -[Alex] Whoa. -[Gary] Oh! [laughs] 687 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,542 [Gary] Ooh, hoo-hoo, what have we got here? 688 00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:21,708 -[Alex] Whoa. -Oh! I saw the roundness. 689 00:30:21,875 --> 00:30:24,125 -[Alex] Yeah. -[Narrator] While searching spoils 690 00:30:24,333 --> 00:30:27,792 from nearly 210 feet deep in the solution channel, 691 00:30:27,958 --> 00:30:31,583 the team has just found a metallic object. 692 00:30:31,708 --> 00:30:33,208 [Rick] It's brass, isn't it? 693 00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:35,625 Yeah. It looks like-- it's almost like a-a bearing? 694 00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:37,833 Is that what it is? 695 00:30:38,042 --> 00:30:40,125 [Gary] Only one way to tell, and that's to... 696 00:30:40,292 --> 00:30:41,458 ask Adam. 697 00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:44,667 Adam's coming in now. 698 00:30:44,875 --> 00:30:46,250 What is that? 699 00:30:49,917 --> 00:30:51,542 [Adam E.] It's a button head. That's what it's called. 700 00:30:51,708 --> 00:30:54,208 -[Rick] It's off of your stuff? -Not from ours, but more like 701 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:56,042 if you were running a smaller diameter, 702 00:30:56,208 --> 00:30:57,708 -and it would be on your outside. -Yep. 703 00:30:57,875 --> 00:30:59,042 -[Rick] A button bit. -Little button bit. 704 00:30:59,208 --> 00:31:01,833 I thought we had a gold coin for a minute. 705 00:31:02,042 --> 00:31:04,417 [Narrator] Unfortunately, the button bit 706 00:31:04,583 --> 00:31:06,500 is merely a cutting tool 707 00:31:06,667 --> 00:31:09,958 that likely broke off the rim of a smaller-diameter caisson 708 00:31:10,083 --> 00:31:12,000 as it broke through bedrock 709 00:31:12,167 --> 00:31:14,458 during one of the team's previous dig operations 710 00:31:14,583 --> 00:31:16,083 in this area. 711 00:31:17,083 --> 00:31:19,000 -Okay, mate. I'll put it in my pouch. -Thank you, Adam. 712 00:31:19,167 --> 00:31:20,542 -[Gary] Thanks. -[Alex] Thanks, Adam. 713 00:31:20,708 --> 00:31:22,167 [Rick] It's disappointing, because 714 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:24,500 it's not what we're looking for, obviously. 715 00:31:24,667 --> 00:31:26,417 But again, because it's not part 716 00:31:26,542 --> 00:31:31,000 of this work currently undertaken by SBC and ROC, 717 00:31:31,167 --> 00:31:32,667 it has fallen from above, 718 00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:35,500 and that proves once again 719 00:31:35,625 --> 00:31:40,042 that heavy thing migrates down through the soils 720 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:42,750 to the bottom of the solution channel. 721 00:31:42,917 --> 00:31:45,000 [Terry] Well, look who's here. 722 00:31:45,208 --> 00:31:46,750 Hey, guys. How you doing? 723 00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:48,917 Uh, we, uh, we're on bottom with, uh, 724 00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:52,667 the drill dig there, so about 215. 725 00:31:52,792 --> 00:31:54,500 -215. -It's all good. 726 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:57,375 We're at the bottom. That's where we want to be. 727 00:31:57,542 --> 00:31:59,000 -That's where we want to be. -[Alex] Perfect. Thanks, guys. 728 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:01,458 -Yep. -[Craig] Still finding quite a bit of wood 729 00:32:01,625 --> 00:32:03,292 falling out of the bucket. 730 00:32:03,458 --> 00:32:05,708 There was a collapse into the solution channel. 731 00:32:05,917 --> 00:32:07,125 -[Alex] Yeah. -[Marty] Had to be. -Yeah. 732 00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:08,625 [Marty] And we know from the records 733 00:32:08,792 --> 00:32:10,750 that the Money Pit itself disappeared. 734 00:32:10,917 --> 00:32:13,167 We just got to bloody find it. 735 00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:19,083 -Look at that. Anything could fall into that. -Let's go see 736 00:32:19,250 --> 00:32:21,542 -if there's anything there. -Yep. 737 00:32:22,542 --> 00:32:25,417 [Marty] Everything we saw in Top Pocket-1 738 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:28,000 indicates that our theory is correct, 739 00:32:28,167 --> 00:32:30,917 that the Money Pit collapsed into the solution channel. 740 00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:33,917 [Gary] That's it, mate. We gave it a good shot. 741 00:32:34,042 --> 00:32:36,625 [Marty] So, not only is the theory correct, 742 00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:39,792 I think we're getting close to where it happened. 743 00:32:39,917 --> 00:32:42,042 So, we're very excited to keep going. 744 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:44,333 Now, we proved the theory, but we didn't find the treasure, 745 00:32:44,542 --> 00:32:47,833 and that is probably the sort of elephant in the room 746 00:32:48,042 --> 00:32:49,583 as we're deciding where to go next. 747 00:32:49,792 --> 00:32:52,333 We're searching areas that have never been searched before. 748 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:55,583 You say it all the time: a technical success. 749 00:32:55,792 --> 00:32:56,958 -It is. -Proof of concept. 750 00:32:57,125 --> 00:32:58,375 -Yes. -Things falling to the bottom 751 00:32:58,542 --> 00:32:59,875 of the solution channel. 752 00:33:00,042 --> 00:33:02,083 The one thing that, obviously, 753 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:04,583 we're missing is Gary's top-pocket find. 754 00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:06,958 I am not disillusioned at all. 755 00:33:07,125 --> 00:33:09,667 The reality of it, it's a bit disappointing, you know? 756 00:33:10,750 --> 00:33:13,583 But you have to admit that, because you got to climb 757 00:33:13,750 --> 00:33:15,500 that mountain again, right? 758 00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:16,875 [Marty] Keep going. 759 00:33:17,042 --> 00:33:18,500 [Rick] I'm not about to quit. 760 00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:20,583 There's still a lot to hope for, 761 00:33:20,708 --> 00:33:22,292 but at the end of the day, 762 00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:24,083 -we've got to move on. -Yeah. 763 00:33:24,208 --> 00:33:25,500 [Rick] We've got to pick the next location. 764 00:33:25,625 --> 00:33:28,042 And the next location could be the location. 765 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:31,167 We've only just started searching the solution channel. 766 00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:34,250 [Rick] So, there is a lot to look forward to. 767 00:33:39,292 --> 00:33:41,333 [Narrator] The following morning... 768 00:33:42,375 --> 00:33:44,125 [Marty] Thanks for joining, because this should be 769 00:33:44,292 --> 00:33:46,000 a very exciting war room. 770 00:33:46,208 --> 00:33:48,250 Thank you, Rick, for having us again. 771 00:33:48,458 --> 00:33:50,583 [Narrator] ...as the team considers where their next dig 772 00:33:50,750 --> 00:33:53,208 will be in the Money Pit area... 773 00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:55,833 First, we'll get the professor and Marzia, 774 00:33:56,042 --> 00:33:57,958 we'll get them up on the screen. 775 00:33:58,125 --> 00:33:59,458 [Narrator] ...they are meeting once again 776 00:33:59,625 --> 00:34:00,792 via videoconference 777 00:34:00,958 --> 00:34:02,792 with archaeoastronomy expert 778 00:34:02,917 --> 00:34:04,833 Professor Adriano Gaspani 779 00:34:04,958 --> 00:34:08,333 and his interpreter Marzia Sebastiani. 780 00:34:08,417 --> 00:34:11,083 -Emiliano, I'll turn it over to you. -Well, today, 781 00:34:11,208 --> 00:34:14,125 we are going to present, uh, 782 00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:15,958 an archaeoastronomical analysis of, 783 00:34:16,125 --> 00:34:19,125 of the churches that Charlotte Wheatley 784 00:34:19,250 --> 00:34:21,417 found to be aligned with Oak Island. 785 00:34:21,625 --> 00:34:23,875 [Charlotte] So, we have three churches, 786 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,583 all on the west coast of France, pointing towards the island. 787 00:34:27,708 --> 00:34:30,875 -Hmm. -[Narrator] One week ago, researcher Charlotte Wheatley 788 00:34:31,042 --> 00:34:34,875 pointed out a reference to the city of Talmont-sur-Gironde 789 00:34:35,042 --> 00:34:36,417 in Southern France, 790 00:34:36,583 --> 00:34:39,500 on Zena Halpern's map of Oak Island, 791 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:42,250 which Zena believed was created by members 792 00:34:42,417 --> 00:34:45,417 of the Knights Templar in the 14th century. 793 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:47,750 According to Charlotte, three medieval churches 794 00:34:47,958 --> 00:34:52,708 near Talmont-sur-Gironde had ties to the Templar order 795 00:34:52,917 --> 00:34:54,833 and sit on an east-to-west line 796 00:34:55,042 --> 00:34:57,583 that points directly toward Oak Island. 797 00:34:57,792 --> 00:35:01,167 Now, after being given the GPS coordinates 798 00:35:01,292 --> 00:35:03,833 of several structures across the island, 799 00:35:04,042 --> 00:35:06,750 including the round feature on Lot 5, 800 00:35:06,875 --> 00:35:10,292 Professor Gaspani has analyzed Charlotte's research... 801 00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:16,167 [Narrator] ...and compared it with his own study 802 00:35:16,333 --> 00:35:18,917 of historical stellar alignments between the churches 803 00:35:19,083 --> 00:35:21,125 and specific features on the island. 804 00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:39,083 It is true. All the axes of the three churches 805 00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:43,167 would intersect with Oak Island. 806 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:45,250 Excellent confirmation. 807 00:35:55,333 --> 00:35:57,333 [Marzia] We have an alignment with the rising of Sirius. 808 00:35:57,542 --> 00:35:59,750 And then on the opposite side, 809 00:35:59,875 --> 00:36:02,375 we have a star alignment 810 00:36:02,542 --> 00:36:04,667 with the Pleiades and with Hamal. 811 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:32,917 And what is really interesting 812 00:36:33,042 --> 00:36:35,667 is when it comes to stellar alignment. 813 00:36:35,792 --> 00:36:38,917 They are exactly the same alignment 814 00:36:39,042 --> 00:36:40,917 that you have in Lot 5. 815 00:36:41,042 --> 00:36:43,458 That's stunning. 816 00:36:43,583 --> 00:36:45,917 This is incredibly thought-provoking. 817 00:36:46,083 --> 00:36:49,167 -Yeah. -So, the two datings 818 00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:50,958 of the structures suggest 819 00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:53,333 the same historical period. 820 00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:56,208 And the elements that we have 821 00:36:56,375 --> 00:37:00,833 seem to point in the direction of the 13th century. 822 00:37:03,583 --> 00:37:06,792 So, thanks to these archaeoastronomical techniques, 823 00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:09,667 we managed to have a date 824 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:14,208 for, uh, this structure, for this stone in Lot 5. 825 00:37:21,125 --> 00:37:25,250 [Marzia] A date, which is 1236. 826 00:37:34,875 --> 00:37:36,083 [Marzia] We managed to have 827 00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:38,792 a date for this structure, 828 00:37:38,958 --> 00:37:40,708 for this stone in Lot 5, 829 00:37:40,917 --> 00:37:43,458 which is 1236. 830 00:37:43,583 --> 00:37:45,917 -[laughter] -Very interesting. 831 00:37:46,083 --> 00:37:49,125 [Narrator] In the war room, Professor Adriano Gaspani 832 00:37:49,292 --> 00:37:51,167 has informed the team 833 00:37:51,250 --> 00:37:53,417 that, based on historic stellar alignments, 834 00:37:53,625 --> 00:37:56,875 he believes that the round feature on Lot 5 835 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,917 may have been created by members of the Knights Templar 836 00:38:00,042 --> 00:38:02,375 in the early 13th century. 837 00:38:31,750 --> 00:38:34,083 [Marzia] This structure would be built 838 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:37,333 in the same period where we assumed, 839 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:40,042 uh, that there was a Templar presence 840 00:38:40,208 --> 00:38:42,583 on Oak Island. 841 00:38:42,708 --> 00:38:45,875 Which is pretty consistent with the dating of Nolan's Cross. 842 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Emiliano, I assume all three of these churches 843 00:38:51,208 --> 00:38:53,000 date to the same era, then, the 1200s? 844 00:38:53,208 --> 00:38:54,750 -Yeah. -Okay. 845 00:38:54,917 --> 00:38:56,417 [Emiliano] Roughly, 846 00:38:56,542 --> 00:39:02,292 by the end of the 1100s and the early 1200s. 847 00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:04,167 Well, I'm having a hard time rejecting this one. 848 00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:06,167 -[laughter] -Yeah. 849 00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:08,625 [Doug] It seems like somebody was here, 850 00:39:08,833 --> 00:39:10,417 -let's say from France, from the Talmont region... -Mm-hmm. 851 00:39:10,625 --> 00:39:13,667 ...of France, in the 1200s. 852 00:39:13,875 --> 00:39:17,292 They established a base of operations. 853 00:39:17,458 --> 00:39:19,625 And then, when you consider the Pitblado coin, 854 00:39:19,792 --> 00:39:22,417 the latest date it could be is from 1383. 855 00:39:23,417 --> 00:39:27,083 So, Zena introduced us to her Oak Island map 856 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:29,375 that mentioned Talmont, right? 857 00:39:29,542 --> 00:39:31,167 And that was supposed to represent a Templar journey 858 00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:32,958 -to the island. -Mm-hmm. 859 00:39:33,167 --> 00:39:36,375 Here we see a lot of these factors converging together. 860 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:38,250 All these areas that were denoted as significant 861 00:39:38,417 --> 00:39:41,625 on her map are proven to be significant today. 862 00:39:41,792 --> 00:39:44,500 -Yeah. -[Steve] And the latest being the Lot 8 structure, 863 00:39:44,708 --> 00:39:46,000 as well as the December triangle. 864 00:39:46,208 --> 00:39:48,333 December triangle. Yeah. 865 00:39:48,458 --> 00:39:51,792 So, this could well be a multigenerational endeavor, 866 00:39:51,958 --> 00:39:54,417 because they established their base of operations 867 00:39:54,583 --> 00:39:57,583 and then moved something of great value over time. 868 00:39:57,792 --> 00:39:59,208 Yeah. 869 00:39:59,375 --> 00:40:01,542 [Narrator] Could Doug and Steve be correct 870 00:40:01,708 --> 00:40:04,333 that this new research has helped to validate 871 00:40:04,542 --> 00:40:06,500 Zena Halpern's map of Oak Island, 872 00:40:06,667 --> 00:40:08,458 as well as her belief 873 00:40:08,625 --> 00:40:11,667 that the Templar order and their descendants 874 00:40:11,792 --> 00:40:13,500 made repeated trips to Oak Island 875 00:40:13,708 --> 00:40:16,792 beginning nearly eight centuries ago? 876 00:40:16,958 --> 00:40:21,167 The 1200s, years ago, would've been... 877 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:22,833 we'd have laughed at it. 878 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,333 And that, and that's quite meaningful because 879 00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:29,208 now there's a body of evidence building 880 00:40:29,375 --> 00:40:32,083 that it perhaps is the point of beginning 881 00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:35,917 of some endeavor here on the island to do something. 882 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 So, again, we want to thank you both 883 00:40:39,208 --> 00:40:41,000 for your time today. 884 00:40:41,125 --> 00:40:42,333 It's quite stunning information. 885 00:40:42,542 --> 00:40:44,792 I-I think it's amazing. 886 00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:46,333 -Thank you. Thank you. -Grazie. 887 00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:47,958 [Rick] And we need to use everything we have 888 00:40:48,125 --> 00:40:50,792 in our "toolbox," if you will, to prove it. 889 00:40:50,958 --> 00:40:53,542 But we can't prove it without continuing to do the work. 890 00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:55,667 -So, let's get at it. -[Alex] Mm-hmm. 891 00:40:55,833 --> 00:40:57,708 -Sounds good. -[Rick] Thanks, everybody. 892 00:40:57,875 --> 00:40:59,542 [Narrator] The Money Pit's long-held secret 893 00:40:59,708 --> 00:41:02,542 remains elusive, at least for now. 894 00:41:02,708 --> 00:41:05,917 But once again, by searching for clues 895 00:41:06,083 --> 00:41:08,333 where none have thought to look before, 896 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:11,958 Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 897 00:41:12,125 --> 00:41:13,708 may be closing in on the truth 898 00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:16,750 behind the world's longest-running treasure hunt. 899 00:41:16,917 --> 00:41:19,625 Could the origin of this mystery be older 900 00:41:19,792 --> 00:41:23,958 and more profound than anyone thought possible? 901 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,250 Perhaps one more dig in the solution channel 902 00:41:28,458 --> 00:41:31,542 will reveal the answer. 903 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,958 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 904 00:41:37,125 --> 00:41:38,667 [Craig] Here we go. 905 00:41:38,833 --> 00:41:41,000 [Rick] Wait, wait, wait. Hey! 906 00:41:41,167 --> 00:41:42,667 -Guess what? -Well! 907 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:45,250 -[laughs] Brilliant. -[Craig] Oh, wow. 908 00:41:45,375 --> 00:41:46,667 [Fiona] Oh, look at that. 909 00:41:46,833 --> 00:41:48,458 We're starting to get this material. 910 00:41:48,583 --> 00:41:49,792 [Ian] This is blowing me away right now 911 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,500 because it's nothing I have ever seen before. 912 00:41:51,708 --> 00:41:53,583 -This is a covered well, right? -[Gary] Yeah, it is. 913 00:41:53,792 --> 00:41:55,583 Oh, this has got potential, mate. 914 00:41:55,792 --> 00:41:57,167 Ooh! Look at that. 915 00:41:57,333 --> 00:42:00,167 It's premodern, all the way back to medieval. 916 00:42:00,292 --> 00:42:02,292 -[Jack] No way! -[laughter] 917 00:42:02,458 --> 00:42:04,042 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS