1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,958 [Narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:04,125 --> 00:00:05,833 [Rick] There's a number of questions 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,375 that can be answered in the Azores. 4 00:00:07,542 --> 00:00:09,042 [Corjan] Some things here relate to our search. 5 00:00:09,167 --> 00:00:10,833 We have this on Oak Island. 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,375 It's time to dig. 7 00:00:12,542 --> 00:00:14,333 [Gary] We need to get to the treasure. 8 00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:17,000 -[beeping] -Oh. What have we got here? 9 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:19,792 Wow. You might have some evidence 10 00:00:19,917 --> 00:00:23,708 to a 14th-century Portuguese presence in Oak Island. 11 00:00:23,833 --> 00:00:26,292 [Alex] The proof might be underground right here. 12 00:00:26,458 --> 00:00:28,625 -[Doug] Wow. -[Corjan] Fantastic. 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 --> 00:00:46,042 with strange symbols carved into it, 18 00:00:46,208 --> 00:00:50,875 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:51,042 --> 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 --> 00:01:07,125 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,667 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,458 [Adam E.] Come up a little bit, Billy. 27 00:01:27,458 --> 00:01:29,333 [Jared] There it is. There you go, Billy. 28 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,458 [Narrator] As a crisp fall morning begins on Oak Island, 29 00:01:32,667 --> 00:01:36,333 workers from ROC Equipment and SB Canada 30 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:38,417 repair the Money Pit area 31 00:01:38,625 --> 00:01:40,958 where the Laginas and their team plan to dig 32 00:01:41,125 --> 00:01:45,375 another eight-foot-diameter steel shaft in the coming days. 33 00:01:45,542 --> 00:01:49,667 It is here where they have detected high traces of silver 34 00:01:49,750 --> 00:01:52,583 some 200 feet deep in the solution channel, 35 00:01:52,708 --> 00:01:55,167 which have been scientifically matched 36 00:01:55,375 --> 00:01:58,208 to a 14th-century Portuguese coin 37 00:01:58,375 --> 00:02:00,708 reportedly found in the original Money Pit 38 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:03,750 back in 1849. 39 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:06,667 [Jared] And after this, we should be good. 40 00:02:06,875 --> 00:02:10,208 [Narrator] While the work continues on Oak Island... 41 00:02:11,208 --> 00:02:13,417 ...over 2,000 miles to the southeast 42 00:02:13,583 --> 00:02:16,333 in the Azores islands of Portugal... 43 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:18,500 ♪ ♪ 44 00:02:24,583 --> 00:02:26,875 -[Doug] Gentlemen. -[Manuel] Hello. Welcome. -Hello. 45 00:02:27,042 --> 00:02:28,542 -[Francisco] Welcome to Azores. -[Alex] Thank you very much. 46 00:02:28,708 --> 00:02:30,333 [Rick] Appreciate it. 47 00:02:30,542 --> 00:02:32,333 [Narrator] ...Rick and other members of the team 48 00:02:32,458 --> 00:02:34,375 have traveled to Terceira. 49 00:02:34,542 --> 00:02:37,417 They are following up on the research that suggests 50 00:02:37,542 --> 00:02:40,375 members of the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar, 51 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:41,917 known as the Knights of Christ, 52 00:02:42,125 --> 00:02:44,250 may have used the Azores 53 00:02:44,417 --> 00:02:48,000 to safeguard a portion of their sacred religious treasures 54 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:50,125 before sailing them to Oak Island 55 00:02:50,250 --> 00:02:53,542 between the 14th and 16th centuries. 56 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:56,292 [Doug] Everybody, this is Francisco. 57 00:02:56,417 --> 00:02:58,792 He's a historian here in the Azores. 58 00:02:58,958 --> 00:03:00,333 He's worked with us in the past 59 00:03:00,458 --> 00:03:03,167 -on the stone walls found on Lot 26. -[Rick] Yep. 60 00:03:03,333 --> 00:03:05,667 [Narrator] In 2022, 61 00:03:05,833 --> 00:03:09,000 Francisco examined photos of a stone wall 62 00:03:09,208 --> 00:03:11,708 on Lot 26 of Oak Island 63 00:03:11,833 --> 00:03:15,042 and believed it could be of Portuguese origin 64 00:03:15,208 --> 00:03:18,500 and date back to the 15th century. 65 00:03:25,792 --> 00:03:28,333 ...by the first settlements in this island. 66 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:29,958 -Oh, really? -[Alex] Wow. 67 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:31,250 [Manuel] What is very important 68 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:34,292 is that th-this church... 69 00:03:44,042 --> 00:03:45,500 Close. 70 00:03:45,708 --> 00:03:48,000 [Alex] Is there the possibility that there was 71 00:03:48,167 --> 00:03:49,917 a smaller group, uh, that arrived here 72 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:51,333 before the official date? 73 00:03:51,542 --> 00:03:52,917 So, is there anything in this church 74 00:03:53,083 --> 00:03:54,708 that speaks to that possibility? 75 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:57,917 [Peter] Hmm. 76 00:03:58,042 --> 00:04:00,167 -I think we're all eager to see inside. -[Alex] We are. 77 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:01,792 -Let's go have a look. -So let's go. 78 00:04:01,917 --> 00:04:03,542 -Yes. -Okay. 79 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:06,500 [Rick] There's a number of questions that need to be asked 80 00:04:06,667 --> 00:04:08,833 and maybe can be answered in the Azores. 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,167 It would be wonderful 82 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:11,833 to find a smoking gun 83 00:04:12,042 --> 00:04:14,708 directly connected to the Oak Island mystery. 84 00:04:14,917 --> 00:04:16,875 ♪ ♪ 85 00:04:39,417 --> 00:04:42,958 So this likely dates to the 1450s? 86 00:04:45,625 --> 00:04:48,167 Right. Which-which would be... 87 00:04:48,375 --> 00:04:50,542 about 150 years after 88 00:04:50,708 --> 00:04:54,000 the-the dissolution of the Knights Templar. 89 00:04:54,167 --> 00:04:57,000 We're looking at something that the Order of Christ created. 90 00:04:58,167 --> 00:05:00,500 What we have are figures that were important 91 00:05:00,708 --> 00:05:02,833 to the Knights Templar. So this speaks to 92 00:05:02,958 --> 00:05:04,542 the continuation of the belief system. 93 00:05:07,042 --> 00:05:08,375 How closely were the Order of Christ 94 00:05:08,583 --> 00:05:10,167 related to the Templar order? 95 00:05:10,375 --> 00:05:12,542 Was it a true continuation of the order? 96 00:05:15,208 --> 00:05:18,583 So any-any belief systems, any treasures, 97 00:05:18,750 --> 00:05:21,000 any-anything they were safeguarding came with them. 98 00:05:25,708 --> 00:05:29,583 [Narrator] Founded in 1318 by King Denis of Portugal, 99 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:33,417 the Order of Christ was a successor to the Knights Templar 100 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:35,542 after their disbanding and persecution 101 00:05:35,708 --> 00:05:38,833 by the Catholic Church in 1307. 102 00:05:39,875 --> 00:05:42,333 While it is rumored that the Order of Christ 103 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:44,875 protected Templar treasures in Portugal 104 00:05:45,042 --> 00:05:46,583 and the Azores islands, 105 00:05:46,750 --> 00:05:48,958 it is known that they were connected 106 00:05:49,083 --> 00:05:51,875 to the minting of coins exactly like the one 107 00:05:52,042 --> 00:05:54,458 believed to have been found in the Money Pit. 108 00:06:22,458 --> 00:06:25,125 -[Alex] Mm-hmm. -But what was the destination? 109 00:06:32,167 --> 00:06:35,833 [Rick] It's not so outlandish to believe that an organization 110 00:06:35,958 --> 00:06:37,708 like the Order of Christ 111 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:40,750 would have had the capability, the knowledge, the connections 112 00:06:40,917 --> 00:06:43,875 to get to North America to safeguard what they deemed 113 00:06:44,042 --> 00:06:45,792 to be of utmost importance. 114 00:06:45,958 --> 00:06:50,208 If you think of the journey of the Templars as a pilgrimage, 115 00:06:50,375 --> 00:06:51,500 we know from the Camino de Santiago, 116 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:53,083 at the end of the pilgrimage, 117 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:55,167 the Templars would leave a goose paw. 118 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:58,333 -You would scratch a goose paw. Uh... -Yeah. 119 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:01,625 Want to share an observation. If you look up. 120 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:06,250 So here we have three corners of the chapel. 121 00:07:06,417 --> 00:07:09,917 Only three have three webbed feet. 122 00:07:10,083 --> 00:07:11,833 Three goose paws. 123 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,125 -Three there, three there. -[Doug] Yeah. 124 00:07:14,292 --> 00:07:17,958 Three there. There they still have the original red color. 125 00:07:18,125 --> 00:07:19,333 [Alex] Very interesting. 126 00:07:19,542 --> 00:07:22,667 Which ties this all together beautifully 127 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:24,917 with the symbol that we found in Nova Scotia. 128 00:07:27,917 --> 00:07:30,542 [Narrator] The goose paw is a three-pronged symbol 129 00:07:30,708 --> 00:07:32,875 that was designed by the Knights Templar 130 00:07:33,083 --> 00:07:36,375 and used to mark important locations for the order 131 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:38,333 throughout the Middle East and Europe 132 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:42,000 between the 11th and 14th centuries. 133 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:44,167 In recent years, 134 00:07:44,375 --> 00:07:46,625 Corjan has showed the team several goose paw carvings 135 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:51,167 found in places such as the Camerano Caves in Italy. 136 00:07:51,542 --> 00:07:53,833 A 12th-century Templar stronghold 137 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,875 which was created in the shape of a cross 138 00:07:57,042 --> 00:07:59,292 matching the design of the lead cross 139 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:03,125 that was found on Oak Island in 2017. 140 00:08:04,708 --> 00:08:07,625 [Corjan] That is the mark of the Masons for the Knights Templar. 141 00:08:07,750 --> 00:08:11,375 -Incredible. -[Narrator] And in 2022, 142 00:08:11,542 --> 00:08:13,500 Corjan showed them a goose paw carving 143 00:08:13,625 --> 00:08:14,875 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 144 00:08:15,083 --> 00:08:19,417 just 50 miles southwest of Oak Island. 145 00:08:19,542 --> 00:08:22,333 Isn't that a great connection to Oak Island? 146 00:08:22,458 --> 00:08:23,958 -Mm-hmm. -[Corjan] We found the same 147 00:08:24,125 --> 00:08:27,042 symbol language here that we know both 148 00:08:27,208 --> 00:08:28,833 from close to Oak Island 149 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,500 and from the place in Europe where we've been. 150 00:08:31,667 --> 00:08:36,167 So what this place brings is a consistent next step 151 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:37,917 in the journey that we're sketching, 152 00:08:38,083 --> 00:08:40,833 a journey that led from Jerusalem 153 00:08:40,958 --> 00:08:43,667 through the Mediterranean basin to Portugal 154 00:08:43,875 --> 00:08:46,667 and through the Azores, maybe to Oak Island. 155 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:49,208 That's more than I expected. 156 00:08:49,375 --> 00:08:52,583 We would invite you to come to the island at your convenience 157 00:08:52,750 --> 00:08:54,500 and experience the same mystery, 158 00:08:54,625 --> 00:08:57,875 the same questions that we have puzzled over 159 00:08:58,083 --> 00:09:00,583 all these many years, and maybe with your help 160 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:05,250 and others, we can finally put an answer to these questions. 161 00:09:05,417 --> 00:09:06,542 -So, thank you. -Thank you. 162 00:09:06,708 --> 00:09:08,167 -[Rick] We appreciate it. -Thank you. 163 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:09,583 Thank you so much. 164 00:09:09,792 --> 00:09:11,583 [Corjan] We have a lot to discover. 165 00:09:11,750 --> 00:09:13,292 -[Alex] Yeah, let's keep going. -[Rick] Keep looking. 166 00:09:13,458 --> 00:09:15,042 -[Alex] This has been great. -[Narrator] As the team 167 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:17,542 continues their investigation in the Azores... 168 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:20,167 -[beeping] -...back on Oak Island... 169 00:09:20,292 --> 00:09:22,042 [Marty] All right. Well, I think I'm positioned okay. 170 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:23,458 [Fiona] Perfect. 171 00:09:23,625 --> 00:09:25,375 [shuts engine off] 172 00:09:25,583 --> 00:09:27,167 [Marty] So, hopefully, with continued digging, 173 00:09:27,375 --> 00:09:30,458 you find an artifact to give us an answer to this thing. 174 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:32,500 -That would be nice. -Yes. 175 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:35,500 [Narrator] ...Marty joins Laird and Fiona on Lot 8 176 00:09:35,625 --> 00:09:37,833 at the stone cradle formation 177 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,500 that the team found beneath a 40,000-pound boulder. 178 00:09:41,625 --> 00:09:43,333 [Marty] What's the plan? 179 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,583 So, we just want to carefully check, 180 00:09:46,750 --> 00:09:48,417 see if there's a soil change. 181 00:09:48,583 --> 00:09:51,208 -See if it's not natural. -Yeah. 182 00:09:51,375 --> 00:09:55,000 And just have a feeling that something was coming this way. 183 00:09:55,167 --> 00:09:57,500 Why don't I dig this down and look for the roof of a tunnel? 184 00:09:57,708 --> 00:10:00,500 -Yeah. -Off chance, I understand, but... 185 00:10:00,708 --> 00:10:02,917 Well, I mean, worst-case scenario is you hit a tunnel. 186 00:10:03,042 --> 00:10:06,292 -[laughs] Yeah. Which is also the best-case scenario. -So... 187 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:07,667 -Yeah. -[Marty] All right. 188 00:10:07,792 --> 00:10:09,625 -Let's do it. -All right. 189 00:10:09,792 --> 00:10:12,125 -[beeping] -[Narrator] Over the past several weeks, 190 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:15,708 scientific testing and investigation at the site 191 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:18,542 has revealed traces of silver in the ground soil 192 00:10:18,708 --> 00:10:22,542 and possible evidence of a shaft deeper below. 193 00:10:22,708 --> 00:10:24,333 [Fiona] That's a lot of roots. 194 00:10:24,417 --> 00:10:27,583 [Narrator] Now, because Laird does not want to risk 195 00:10:27,708 --> 00:10:30,167 archaeological damage to the feature, 196 00:10:30,375 --> 00:10:33,000 he has given Marty permission to dig an adjacent trench 197 00:10:33,125 --> 00:10:35,458 to look for evidence of a possible tunnel 198 00:10:35,625 --> 00:10:37,792 that may run beneath it. 199 00:10:37,958 --> 00:10:40,000 [clacking] 200 00:10:40,167 --> 00:10:42,750 Sounded like rocks, but I don't see any. 201 00:10:44,542 --> 00:10:47,000 It's pretty consistent soil. 202 00:10:47,125 --> 00:10:48,292 [loud clack] 203 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,833 [creaking] 204 00:10:51,042 --> 00:10:52,833 [Marty] What the hell is that? 205 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,750 [Fiona] That's interesting. 206 00:10:56,542 --> 00:10:58,417 Doesn't make any sense. 207 00:10:58,583 --> 00:11:00,292 [Marty] Unbelievable. 208 00:11:04,917 --> 00:11:06,667 [Marty] Let's see what we got. 209 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:08,750 I think that's bedrock. 210 00:11:08,917 --> 00:11:12,750 -These little chips are starting to look like bedrock. -Yeah. 211 00:11:12,917 --> 00:11:14,958 [Narrator] While digging near the cradle of stones 212 00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:17,083 -on Lot 8... -You know, that's interesting. 213 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:19,000 -[Laird] Absolutely. -[Narrator] ...Marty 214 00:11:19,167 --> 00:11:21,417 has made a potentially important discovery. 215 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:24,833 [Marty] And yet we're higher 216 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,167 than the base of the cradle over here. 217 00:11:27,375 --> 00:11:29,042 [Laird] Yeah. 218 00:11:29,208 --> 00:11:30,500 Doesn't make any sense. 219 00:11:30,667 --> 00:11:32,083 Huh. 220 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:35,875 [Narrator] On the eastern side of Oak Island, 221 00:11:36,042 --> 00:11:40,000 the slate bedrock is known to be flat and at a uniform depth. 222 00:11:40,208 --> 00:11:43,708 Because Marty has now confirmed that the cradle of stones 223 00:11:43,833 --> 00:11:47,042 sits below the bedrock to the side of the feature, 224 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:49,208 this offers more compelling evidence 225 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:53,292 that the stone cradle is the result of an earlier excavation 226 00:11:53,417 --> 00:11:57,292 and may be covering a much deeper man-made shaft. 227 00:11:57,417 --> 00:11:58,917 But you didn't hit bedrock 228 00:11:59,042 --> 00:12:01,333 -in the cradle over here? -No. 229 00:12:03,375 --> 00:12:05,917 [Marty] So what we need to do next, Laird, then is 230 00:12:06,042 --> 00:12:07,667 you need to dig deeper there. 231 00:12:07,875 --> 00:12:10,708 -Yeah. -See if you can find bedrock. 232 00:12:10,875 --> 00:12:12,208 Laird doesn't appear to have hit the bedrock at all 233 00:12:12,417 --> 00:12:15,125 in that cradle, so there's the possibility 234 00:12:15,250 --> 00:12:17,958 that under that rock a lot of digging occurred, 235 00:12:18,125 --> 00:12:21,917 which, you know, makes your mind go to a shaft or a tunnel. 236 00:12:22,125 --> 00:12:24,333 So I'm very excited about it. 237 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:26,500 I'm happy with the information. 238 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:29,333 It's moving the needle for me that somebody did dig that out, 239 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:31,500 way out. 240 00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:33,458 [Fiona] They did it for a reason. 241 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:34,708 Th-This is not something that somebody 242 00:12:34,875 --> 00:12:37,333 -would've done lightheartedly. -No. 243 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,833 I think we really need to take our time and understand this 244 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,667 a little bit better. 245 00:12:40,833 --> 00:12:42,250 I think this makes it something even more special 246 00:12:42,375 --> 00:12:43,958 than we already thought. 247 00:12:44,125 --> 00:12:46,833 I know a certain Rick Lagina will be real interested 248 00:12:47,042 --> 00:12:50,500 in this, too, who will be back from the Azores soon. 249 00:12:50,708 --> 00:12:52,875 So I think we leave this all like this, 250 00:12:53,042 --> 00:12:55,500 in case they want to do more or move something around. 251 00:12:55,667 --> 00:12:57,000 -Yeah. -So let's call it, 252 00:12:57,208 --> 00:12:59,750 -shall we? -[Laird] Excellent. 253 00:13:03,250 --> 00:13:05,833 [Narrator] Meanwhile, over 2,000 miles away 254 00:13:06,042 --> 00:13:09,000 on the island of Terceira in the Azores... 255 00:13:09,208 --> 00:13:11,292 -[Emiliano] Hey, Francisco. -[Francisco] Hi. 256 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:14,958 -Hi, Francisco. -Thank you. 257 00:13:15,125 --> 00:13:16,917 [Narrator] ...Rick, Alex, and other members 258 00:13:17,083 --> 00:13:18,417 of the Oak Island team have journeyed 259 00:13:18,583 --> 00:13:21,458 to the region of Serreta to meet once again 260 00:13:21,625 --> 00:13:24,292 with Francisco Nogueira. 261 00:13:24,417 --> 00:13:26,417 [Francisco] Like we talk about this before... 262 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:36,833 [Alex] We have suggestions that the wall on Lot 26 263 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,875 bears a distinct, uh, Portuguese-Azorian style. 264 00:13:41,042 --> 00:13:44,292 There's distinguishing features about the Lot 26 wall 265 00:13:44,417 --> 00:13:46,208 that we want to keep an eye out for. 266 00:13:46,375 --> 00:13:49,167 There are larger boulders that run along either edge. 267 00:13:49,375 --> 00:13:51,375 And inside of those large boulders, 268 00:13:51,542 --> 00:13:53,458 there are smaller rubble rocks. 269 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:55,875 So that's one thing that we're looking for here. 270 00:13:56,083 --> 00:13:58,667 We want to look at these walls and confirm 271 00:13:58,833 --> 00:14:00,375 they're made in the same way. 272 00:14:00,542 --> 00:14:02,833 Yeah, those walls are very interesting to us, 273 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,333 because carbon dating has said that they were 274 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:09,208 likely constructed somewhere around 1470, 1475. 275 00:14:15,667 --> 00:14:18,958 [Corjan] And that would put it in what sort of time? 276 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:24,125 That's very comparable in time to the wall on Oak Island. 277 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:28,208 -Yeah. -Why do you believe it's not earlier than that? 278 00:14:31,042 --> 00:14:33,500 Nothing says that this wasn't much earlier. 279 00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:37,458 [Narrator] In 1427, 280 00:14:37,625 --> 00:14:41,333 the Portuguese explorer Prince Henry the Navigator, 281 00:14:41,417 --> 00:14:45,000 who was also a high-ranking member of the Order of Christ, 282 00:14:45,167 --> 00:14:47,333 officially discovered and claimed 283 00:14:47,458 --> 00:14:50,500 the Azores islands on behalf of Portugal. 284 00:14:50,708 --> 00:14:54,333 However, some believe that the Order of Christ 285 00:14:54,542 --> 00:14:56,750 may have been secretly visiting the islands 286 00:14:56,917 --> 00:14:59,333 as early as the mid-1300s 287 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:02,792 in order to safeguard their priceless treasures. 288 00:15:02,917 --> 00:15:05,250 Well, let's-let's go in and see how they compare 289 00:15:05,458 --> 00:15:06,625 to the wall on Lot 26. 290 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:11,583 [Alex] I have really never seen anything like this in my life. 291 00:15:11,750 --> 00:15:13,750 It's full of rock walls 292 00:15:13,917 --> 00:15:16,125 that potentially predate the official dates 293 00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:18,833 of discovery and settlement of the Azores. 294 00:15:19,042 --> 00:15:20,625 [Corjan] Don't get lost. It's a labyrinth. 295 00:15:20,792 --> 00:15:22,458 [Alex] Looks like it. 296 00:15:22,625 --> 00:15:24,375 [Alex] Nobody seems to know who built them 297 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:26,333 or what the purpose was. 298 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:28,167 Here's where it gets, uh, exciting, 299 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:29,583 because they're great candidates 300 00:15:29,792 --> 00:15:32,708 to compare to our wall on Lot 26. 301 00:15:32,875 --> 00:15:34,708 [Emiliano] Come take a look. 302 00:15:34,875 --> 00:15:36,542 [Doug] What'd you find, E? 303 00:15:39,917 --> 00:15:41,250 [Emiliano] So, look at this. 304 00:15:41,458 --> 00:15:44,292 So, we have small rocks in the middle, 305 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:46,333 big rocks to contain it. 306 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:49,583 And the width, it's almost the same 307 00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:51,500 as Oak Island. 308 00:15:51,708 --> 00:15:53,042 [Rick] It's very close. 309 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:55,917 Come take a look at this. 310 00:15:57,542 --> 00:15:59,958 -Got rubble right here. -[Alex] Yeah. Inside the wall. 311 00:16:00,083 --> 00:16:01,333 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 312 00:16:01,542 --> 00:16:02,875 -I see it everywhere. -[Peter] Yep. 313 00:16:03,042 --> 00:16:05,333 It's all in there. 314 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:08,333 [Rick] The interior wall is filled with rubble, 315 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:10,167 small stones. 316 00:16:10,333 --> 00:16:14,250 That is exactly the way the Lot 26 wall was created. 317 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:20,542 What you can see is a mirror of the Lot 26 wall. 318 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:24,083 Question here is why was this wall built in this manner, 319 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:27,167 just as it is on Lot 26. 320 00:16:27,292 --> 00:16:30,125 [Alex] It's almost like the same technique was used on Lot 26, 321 00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:32,667 so it's almost like that approach 322 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:35,958 was taken from here to Oak Island. 323 00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:38,417 [Rick] The same style, the same understanding 324 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:42,083 of how walls function, how you build a wall. 325 00:16:42,250 --> 00:16:44,000 [Emiliano] The wall on Lot 26 326 00:16:44,208 --> 00:16:47,958 is unique, because we don't have other examples 327 00:16:48,083 --> 00:16:50,917 like that in Nova Scotia, right? 328 00:16:51,042 --> 00:16:54,000 -Not that we know of. -[Corjan] So, Francisco, 329 00:16:54,125 --> 00:16:55,292 would you think these might've been, 330 00:16:55,458 --> 00:16:57,375 like, living quarters for people? 331 00:17:03,792 --> 00:17:05,125 [Emiliano] Interesting. 332 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:11,583 [Rick] Might a treasure once have found its way to the Azores 333 00:17:11,750 --> 00:17:13,667 and thus to Oak Island? 334 00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:17,042 There's nothing we see within this complex that would suggest 335 00:17:17,250 --> 00:17:20,292 anything other than the possibilities 336 00:17:20,417 --> 00:17:24,500 when people are committed to an endeavor like Oak Island. 337 00:17:24,625 --> 00:17:26,958 I've said it many times-- where there's a will, there's a way. 338 00:17:27,125 --> 00:17:28,958 All you have to do is look around you 339 00:17:29,125 --> 00:17:32,208 at this incredible complex of stone 340 00:17:32,375 --> 00:17:35,500 a-and realize that there is a purpose. 341 00:17:35,708 --> 00:17:39,167 All of that is associated with Oak Island. 342 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:42,000 -This fits all our timelines, right? -Yeah. 343 00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:43,875 -[chuckles] -[Alex] It sure does. 344 00:17:44,042 --> 00:17:47,625 We sort of suspect that perhaps somebody was here 345 00:17:47,792 --> 00:17:50,167 in the 1300s secretly. 346 00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:54,458 -[Peter] Yes. -[Rick] We talk about it all the time 347 00:17:54,625 --> 00:17:56,000 on the island. You've got to look backwards 348 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,458 in order to look forwards. 349 00:17:57,583 --> 00:18:00,042 And we know just from this little... 350 00:18:00,208 --> 00:18:02,125 experience here 351 00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:05,500 that, indeed, the possibility of information having traveled 352 00:18:05,625 --> 00:18:07,208 to the New World, 353 00:18:07,375 --> 00:18:09,042 -generationally. -[Corjan] Is there a place on the island 354 00:18:09,208 --> 00:18:11,833 where we can qualify a little bit more, perhaps? 355 00:18:16,292 --> 00:18:18,208 -[Alex] Yeah. -[Peter] Okay. 356 00:18:21,875 --> 00:18:24,000 [Narrator] As a new day begins on Oak Island... 357 00:18:24,208 --> 00:18:25,500 [Marty] Billy. 358 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:27,042 [Billy] Hey. Glad to see you here. 359 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:29,500 [Marty] Thank you. All right, I'm ready. 360 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:32,958 ...Marty joins other members of the team on Center Road 361 00:18:33,125 --> 00:18:35,500 near the western border of the swamp. 362 00:18:35,708 --> 00:18:38,417 The sand road projects right down here. 363 00:18:38,583 --> 00:18:39,833 And if it's here, 364 00:18:39,958 --> 00:18:42,542 then that would be 365 00:18:42,708 --> 00:18:44,333 a very strong clue that Center Road was here 366 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:48,250 -before the survey. -Right. 367 00:18:48,417 --> 00:18:50,417 [Narrator] The team is preparing to dig 368 00:18:50,583 --> 00:18:53,417 a cross section of Center Road to look for evidence 369 00:18:53,542 --> 00:18:56,333 that it may have been built by previous treasure hunters 370 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,417 on top of the sand-covered cobblestone road 371 00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:02,125 that was recently found running through the swamp 372 00:19:02,292 --> 00:19:04,208 toward the believed Portuguese stone road 373 00:19:04,375 --> 00:19:06,125 in the southeast corner. 374 00:19:06,292 --> 00:19:08,250 If the team can find evidence 375 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:10,583 of the sand and cobblestone road here, 376 00:19:10,708 --> 00:19:15,000 it could suggest that it was created by someone long ago, 377 00:19:15,167 --> 00:19:18,833 perhaps even before a 1762 survey 378 00:19:19,042 --> 00:19:23,500 when Oak Island was divided into 32 four-acre lots. 379 00:19:23,625 --> 00:19:26,458 As I'm standing here, Billy, I see 380 00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:28,833 the sand road you nicely uncovered. 381 00:19:29,042 --> 00:19:31,333 I'm lined right up with it, 382 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:34,167 which also lines right up with Center Road proper. 383 00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:37,125 -So I think this is our spot. -Yeah. 384 00:19:37,292 --> 00:19:38,875 Hey, Marty, what time is it, mate? 385 00:19:39,042 --> 00:19:41,792 It's time to dig, Gary. Time to dig. 386 00:19:41,917 --> 00:19:43,083 You heard the man. 387 00:19:43,250 --> 00:19:46,292 [beeping] 388 00:19:47,417 --> 00:19:48,833 [Marty] Let's give the boy room. 389 00:19:53,875 --> 00:19:55,417 [Gary] Here we go. 390 00:19:56,375 --> 00:19:57,792 [Marty] We speculate, 391 00:19:57,917 --> 00:19:59,625 upon looking at the sand road, 392 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:03,292 that it could be directly under Center Road. 393 00:20:03,417 --> 00:20:06,000 If that's the case, whoever built it 394 00:20:06,208 --> 00:20:08,583 came here long before anybody else. 395 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:11,542 Is that sand there already? 396 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:13,083 [Gary] Oh, he might've seen sand. 397 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:14,750 Kind of. Yeah. 398 00:20:14,917 --> 00:20:16,458 That would explain the activity 399 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:18,333 that was here before the Money Pit. 400 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:21,667 It would explain the very significant wall on Lot 26. 401 00:20:21,833 --> 00:20:23,167 -Clay rich. -[Marty] It would explain 402 00:20:23,250 --> 00:20:25,167 the rock feature on Lot 8. 403 00:20:25,375 --> 00:20:27,167 It would explain virtually everything. 404 00:20:27,333 --> 00:20:28,958 It's a little of both. Keep digging. 405 00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:31,333 ♪ ♪ 406 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:46,792 Getting rockier underneath there. 407 00:20:46,917 --> 00:20:49,208 Yeah, it looks like sand now. 408 00:20:49,375 --> 00:20:51,458 -Check this out. -[Marty] Does it? 409 00:20:53,458 --> 00:20:55,792 -What do you think? -Yep. Right down here. Look at that. 410 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,208 [Laird] Where it should be. 411 00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:03,000 [shovel scraping] 412 00:21:06,542 --> 00:21:09,167 -[Scott] Mm. Still a lot of... -[Marty] Yeah. 413 00:21:09,333 --> 00:21:11,375 -[Scott] Gravel in there, too. -[Marty] I'm afraid 414 00:21:11,583 --> 00:21:13,333 we're getting contamination from the road. 415 00:21:13,542 --> 00:21:15,542 -Yeah. -If you want to look at the end of the bucket here, 416 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:18,208 you can see the profile of what it is: rocks... 417 00:21:18,417 --> 00:21:20,833 -sand. -[Marty] Hey, look, Laird. 418 00:21:20,958 --> 00:21:22,500 [Laird] Oh, here. 419 00:21:22,708 --> 00:21:25,042 [Billy] But see how it's rocks in the bottom of the sand? 420 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:26,625 -Yeah. -Yeah. 421 00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:29,375 But I mean, that shouldn't be here naturally. 422 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:32,000 -That's not the natural dirt for here, no. -Yeah. 423 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:34,375 [Gary] All right. I'm gonna have a scan. 424 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,292 [Marty] I just don't see anything definitive here. 425 00:21:40,417 --> 00:21:41,917 [Gary] No metal. 426 00:21:43,917 --> 00:21:46,000 This isn't jumping out at me. 427 00:21:47,208 --> 00:21:49,250 It's a little bit tricky to evaluate it 428 00:21:49,417 --> 00:21:50,792 because you have to raise 429 00:21:50,958 --> 00:21:53,000 the possibility of contamination 430 00:21:53,125 --> 00:21:55,542 from modern construction. 431 00:21:55,708 --> 00:21:58,917 So, we need to try another location. 432 00:21:59,042 --> 00:22:00,958 Any sort of ancient road 433 00:22:01,125 --> 00:22:03,750 on this island is worth following. 434 00:22:04,792 --> 00:22:07,625 We want to put this back, Billy, and try one more right there? 435 00:22:07,708 --> 00:22:09,083 Sure. 436 00:22:09,292 --> 00:22:11,292 [Narrator] As the team repositions 437 00:22:11,458 --> 00:22:14,542 to dig another cross section through Center Road... 438 00:22:15,833 --> 00:22:17,417 [Rick] Oh, look at how pretty that is. 439 00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:19,250 -[Alex] Yeah. -[Peter] Beautiful. 440 00:22:19,417 --> 00:22:21,375 [Narrator] ...Rick and members of the team arrive 441 00:22:21,542 --> 00:22:24,333 at the Angra do Heroísmo Museum. 442 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:25,917 It's incredible. 443 00:22:27,708 --> 00:22:29,833 -Thank you. Great to see you. I'm Alex. -Thank you. 444 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,375 [Narrator] Francisco has arranged 445 00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:36,750 for the team to look for clues in the museum 446 00:22:36,917 --> 00:22:40,875 and meet with local archaeologist Tiago Rodrigues 447 00:22:41,042 --> 00:22:44,833 regarding artifacts that have been found on Oak Island. 448 00:22:45,042 --> 00:22:46,875 [Alex] We have a Portuguese coin 449 00:22:47,042 --> 00:22:48,625 dating to the late 1300s, 450 00:22:48,750 --> 00:22:50,500 and if it came through the Azores, 451 00:22:50,667 --> 00:22:53,333 that's about 50 years, give or take, 452 00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:55,000 prior to the official date 453 00:22:55,167 --> 00:22:57,333 that the Azores were discovered and then colonized. 454 00:23:15,542 --> 00:23:17,042 Uh, so, is it possible 455 00:23:17,208 --> 00:23:20,000 that some people knew 456 00:23:20,125 --> 00:23:22,500 that the Azores were here? 457 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:25,625 [Alex] It does kind of remind me 458 00:23:25,792 --> 00:23:28,417 of the early years of our treasure hunt on Oak Island, 459 00:23:28,583 --> 00:23:30,792 stories that speak of people from Europe 460 00:23:30,958 --> 00:23:33,583 at a time when the conventional story 461 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,667 says that people from Europe should not have been there. 462 00:23:35,792 --> 00:23:38,167 And from what Tiago is telling us, 463 00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:39,875 it sounds like that is again the case 464 00:23:40,042 --> 00:23:42,542 with the story here in the Azores. 465 00:23:42,708 --> 00:23:44,667 Before you arrived, Emiliano and myself 466 00:23:44,875 --> 00:23:46,958 did some, uh, scouting here in the museum. 467 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:50,167 What we came to do here is 468 00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:53,000 well-illustrated by, by this stone here. 469 00:23:53,208 --> 00:23:55,333 This is 15th century, Emiliano? 470 00:23:55,458 --> 00:23:56,833 [Emiliano] Mm, uh, 1454, 471 00:23:56,958 --> 00:24:00,750 probably, and it's the oldest stone carving 472 00:24:00,917 --> 00:24:03,500 that were found here in the Azores. 473 00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:06,542 [Corjan] This caught our attention not only because 474 00:24:06,708 --> 00:24:09,667 it's possibly one of the oldest or the oldest 475 00:24:09,792 --> 00:24:12,167 carved stones that there are on this island, 476 00:24:12,375 --> 00:24:15,417 but particularly because of what it's showing, you know, the... 477 00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:20,500 ...swirls here from the copper piece from the ribbon. 478 00:24:20,708 --> 00:24:23,000 [Narrator] In 2022, 479 00:24:23,167 --> 00:24:26,542 the team unearthed part of a copper artifact on Lot 8 480 00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:29,000 decorated with an ornate symbol. 481 00:24:29,125 --> 00:24:32,000 Incredibly, one year later, 482 00:24:32,125 --> 00:24:33,875 they saw the similar symbol 483 00:24:34,042 --> 00:24:37,000 in a Templar-related manuscript in Reykjavík, Iceland, 484 00:24:37,083 --> 00:24:39,833 that dated back to the 12th century. 485 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,417 I actually have a photo of our copper a-artifact 486 00:24:43,583 --> 00:24:45,750 from Lot 8 that shows that symbol. 487 00:24:45,875 --> 00:24:47,833 Let's see if it compares to what we're seeing here. 488 00:24:49,375 --> 00:24:50,833 Hmm. 489 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:54,458 It could be a match. 490 00:24:55,583 --> 00:24:57,083 [Rick] Well done. 491 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:02,250 [Peter] It could be a match. 492 00:25:02,417 --> 00:25:05,458 It has the same middle feature here, 493 00:25:05,583 --> 00:25:09,250 and then on the ends, it could round closed. 494 00:25:10,792 --> 00:25:14,833 [Narrator] At the Angra do Heroísmo Museum in the Azores, 495 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,083 the team has found a 15th-century stone carving 496 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,333 that may be connected to the Knights Templar 497 00:25:20,542 --> 00:25:22,625 and the Order of Christ, 498 00:25:22,750 --> 00:25:25,792 which matches a symbol on the copper artifact 499 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:30,167 that was discovered on Lot 8 in 2022. 500 00:25:30,333 --> 00:25:32,667 It shows that when people traveled, 501 00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:34,417 they took their symbols with them, right? 502 00:25:34,583 --> 00:25:36,125 [Rick] Correct. 503 00:25:36,333 --> 00:25:38,333 [Emiliano] And also, that symbol 504 00:25:38,458 --> 00:25:41,667 is, um, the one we found 505 00:25:41,833 --> 00:25:44,167 in a manuscript in Reykjavík, Iceland. 506 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:11,458 [Rick] The image is telling a story. 507 00:26:11,625 --> 00:26:14,708 We see the decorative carving, 508 00:26:14,833 --> 00:26:17,833 indicating the possibility that Templars 509 00:26:18,042 --> 00:26:20,833 or the Knights of Christ knew of the Azores 510 00:26:21,042 --> 00:26:23,833 before their documented discovery by Portuguese. 511 00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:26,042 Could it be related to the copper artifact 512 00:26:26,208 --> 00:26:28,625 that we found on Lot 8? 513 00:26:28,792 --> 00:26:32,417 I think it's very plausible that they had the ability 514 00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:34,667 to make a transatlantic voyage. 515 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:36,500 Tiago, we've actually brought some artifacts 516 00:26:36,708 --> 00:26:38,000 from Oak Island with us. 517 00:26:38,167 --> 00:26:40,083 We were hoping you'd take a look at them. 518 00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:50,417 [Rick] We're trying to understand 519 00:26:50,625 --> 00:26:53,375 the pre-Columbian history of Oak Island 520 00:26:53,542 --> 00:26:55,125 and what happened there. 521 00:26:55,292 --> 00:26:56,792 After you. 522 00:26:56,958 --> 00:26:58,792 [Rick] We've brought a number of artifacts, 523 00:26:58,958 --> 00:27:00,542 and Tiago is qualified to look at them 524 00:27:00,708 --> 00:27:02,625 and render an opinion. 525 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:06,500 Uh, I hope that he can speak definitively about them. 526 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:08,375 [Doug] Tiago, we really appreciate you 527 00:27:08,542 --> 00:27:10,208 taking a look at these items. 528 00:27:10,375 --> 00:27:13,708 I guess, maybe we just dive right in and get your thoughts. 529 00:27:16,208 --> 00:27:17,917 This is actually one of the stoneshot 530 00:27:18,042 --> 00:27:20,458 that we have found on the island. 531 00:27:20,583 --> 00:27:22,583 This was found this year, actually. 532 00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:41,000 Right. 533 00:27:41,958 --> 00:27:44,125 So, most, most probable then, 534 00:27:44,292 --> 00:27:48,167 is that this is from the 1300s or-or earlier? 535 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:01,167 Have you found any around here in the Azores at all? 536 00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:32,750 -Mm-hmm. -[Doug] You know, we're looking at several 537 00:28:32,917 --> 00:28:35,750 scenarios of when treasure might have passed through the Azores 538 00:28:35,917 --> 00:28:38,708 and then moved to Oak Island and safeguarded there. 539 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:41,417 To hear Tiago agree that our stoneshot 540 00:28:41,583 --> 00:28:44,667 and the others like it have been found here in the islands 541 00:28:44,875 --> 00:28:47,333 is the connective tissue we're looking for. 542 00:28:56,708 --> 00:28:58,958 [Doug] Now that you mention it, 543 00:28:59,083 --> 00:29:01,000 this is a very interesting artifact, 544 00:29:01,208 --> 00:29:05,958 and we believe that it may be a small hand cannon. 545 00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:12,000 And I have the report to go along with it. 546 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:14,542 [Narrator] Earlier this year, when the team first discovered 547 00:29:14,708 --> 00:29:16,625 a section of the sand-covered road 548 00:29:16,792 --> 00:29:18,833 in the western region of the swamp, 549 00:29:19,042 --> 00:29:21,917 they found part of a hand cannon, 550 00:29:22,042 --> 00:29:25,667 a weapon first invented in China during the 12th century. 551 00:29:26,708 --> 00:29:29,875 After having Emma Culligan examine the piece in the lab, 552 00:29:30,042 --> 00:29:32,625 the team sent photos of the artifact 553 00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:37,750 to Maltese military historian Matthew Balzan for his analysis. 554 00:29:48,792 --> 00:29:50,375 [Alex] Wow. 555 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:12,750 Mm-hmm. 556 00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:17,292 Mm-hmm. 557 00:30:22,333 --> 00:30:23,792 [soft chuckling] 558 00:30:25,542 --> 00:30:28,000 [Rick] The timelines that Tiago relates, 559 00:30:28,208 --> 00:30:31,542 it aligns perfectly for my belief 560 00:30:31,708 --> 00:30:35,792 that the effort on Oak Island was, uh, in multiple stages. 561 00:30:35,917 --> 00:30:39,042 I believe it's more aligned 562 00:30:39,208 --> 00:30:41,667 with the efforts here in the Azores 563 00:30:41,875 --> 00:30:44,333 to possibly protect a treasure 564 00:30:44,458 --> 00:30:46,458 in transit from Europe 565 00:30:46,625 --> 00:30:50,333 across the seas to North America and perhaps to Oak Island. 566 00:30:51,375 --> 00:30:55,042 This one here is a-a deck spike, we believe, from a ship. 567 00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:56,917 It was found 568 00:30:57,042 --> 00:30:58,833 a couple years ago on the island. 569 00:31:05,250 --> 00:31:06,792 [Narrator] The believed deck spike 570 00:31:06,917 --> 00:31:09,167 was found in 2023 571 00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:11,167 by Jack Begley while investigating 572 00:31:11,375 --> 00:31:14,500 the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5. 573 00:31:22,583 --> 00:31:24,833 -Oh. -Really? 574 00:31:27,375 --> 00:31:28,500 [Alex] Mm-hmm. 575 00:31:40,542 --> 00:31:42,000 [Alex] Is there a time period 576 00:31:42,208 --> 00:31:43,500 that... 577 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:51,250 [Corjan] Amazing. 578 00:31:55,875 --> 00:31:57,250 [Alex] Is it common for the Portuguese 579 00:31:57,417 --> 00:31:59,958 -and unique to the Portuguese? -[Tiago] Yes. 580 00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:08,542 [Doug] Wow. 581 00:32:17,667 --> 00:32:19,083 [Alex] Okay. 582 00:32:19,250 --> 00:32:20,917 [Narrator] At the Angra do Heroísmo Museum 583 00:32:21,042 --> 00:32:22,500 in the Azores, 584 00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:25,333 archaeologist Tiago Rodrigues 585 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:29,667 has concluded that a spike found in the round feature on Lot 5 586 00:32:29,833 --> 00:32:32,042 is not only of Portuguese origin 587 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:35,542 but could also date back to the 1300s. 588 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:38,667 That artifact just got much more interesting. 589 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:41,208 -Yeah, it did. It did. -[chuckles] 590 00:32:41,375 --> 00:32:44,167 [Narrator] Could this artifact offer further evidence 591 00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:46,667 to support the theory that members 592 00:32:46,833 --> 00:32:49,125 of the Templar-related Order of Christ 593 00:32:49,292 --> 00:32:52,250 may have visited Oak Island as much as four centuries 594 00:32:52,417 --> 00:32:55,000 before the discovery of the Money Pit? 595 00:32:55,167 --> 00:32:57,208 [Rick] I mean, what can you say? 596 00:32:57,375 --> 00:33:00,250 Without any hesitation, this is Portuguese. 597 00:33:00,417 --> 00:33:04,042 Size, shape, weight, hammered head, 598 00:33:04,208 --> 00:33:09,042 everything spoke to him that it was a Portuguese design. 599 00:33:09,208 --> 00:33:10,625 Quite impactful. 600 00:33:10,792 --> 00:33:12,667 [Doug] Okay, next up. 601 00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:15,958 This, uh, sparked a lot of excitement for us this year. 602 00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:18,125 It was, uh, revealed to us by a family 603 00:33:18,292 --> 00:33:20,833 that was associated with the treasure hunt 604 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:22,292 on Oak Island in the past. 605 00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:24,125 And that family showed it to us this year, 606 00:33:24,292 --> 00:33:27,542 and it's a Portuguese coin, of Ferdinand I. 607 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:33,250 The mint is somewhere between 1367 and 1383. 608 00:33:42,250 --> 00:33:43,958 [Doug] Yeah, the story behind this coin 609 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:47,208 is that, in 1849, 610 00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:50,458 they were drilling to try and strike the treasure chamber, 611 00:33:50,625 --> 00:33:53,542 and this may have come up on the drill bit. 612 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:04,542 Mm-hmm. 613 00:34:07,833 --> 00:34:09,542 Mm-hmm. 614 00:34:09,708 --> 00:34:11,167 [Doug] Yeah. 615 00:34:11,292 --> 00:34:13,833 And you previously said with the stoneshot 616 00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:16,000 -that it was most predominately used... -Yeah. 617 00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:17,833 ...likely, in the 14th century as well. 618 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000 Both those objects, we believe, 619 00:34:20,167 --> 00:34:22,167 came from underground on our island 620 00:34:22,333 --> 00:34:24,208 in the so-called "treasure pit." 621 00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:26,167 -Yeah. -So, there's a, there's a connection there. 622 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:27,750 Oh, almost for sure. 623 00:34:27,917 --> 00:34:29,417 [Doug] So, a lot of these artifacts 624 00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:31,792 seem to be centering on the 1300s, 625 00:34:31,958 --> 00:34:33,417 that we've shown you here today, so... 626 00:34:33,542 --> 00:34:35,625 Several have, and-and several are also 627 00:34:35,792 --> 00:34:37,500 converging on the 15th century, 628 00:34:37,667 --> 00:34:40,125 which happens to be kind of the two timelines that we were 629 00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:42,417 -wanting to investigate when we came here. -[Tiago] Yeah. 630 00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:45,708 Right. 631 00:34:52,542 --> 00:34:55,333 [Alex] Yeah. The proof might be 632 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:57,875 -underground on Oak Island. -[Corjan] Yeah. 633 00:34:58,042 --> 00:35:00,292 -[soft laughter] -And-and we might only 634 00:35:00,458 --> 00:35:03,750 do as good as, uh, establishing plausibility 635 00:35:03,917 --> 00:35:06,167 until something comes out of the ground. 636 00:35:06,292 --> 00:35:07,667 [Rick] Yeah, the forensic evidence 637 00:35:07,875 --> 00:35:10,333 seems to point to silver a-and gold underground, 638 00:35:10,542 --> 00:35:12,333 -almost certainly. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 639 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:14,500 [Rick] It's quite impactful 640 00:35:14,708 --> 00:35:16,458 to have a person of his experience 641 00:35:16,583 --> 00:35:20,000 and his understanding confirm the clues 642 00:35:20,208 --> 00:35:23,208 to the possibility of a treasure moving east to west. 643 00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:27,000 -Mm-hmm. -[Rick] There might be 644 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:30,167 multiple treasures connected to the Templars 645 00:35:30,292 --> 00:35:32,042 and their descendants. 646 00:35:32,208 --> 00:35:35,000 So, we learn that, as you uncover clues, 647 00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:37,208 you not only advance the search agenda 648 00:35:37,333 --> 00:35:41,250 but you-you learn about history worldwide. 649 00:35:41,375 --> 00:35:43,667 You know, this is a little bit different setting 650 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:45,958 than the war room on Oak Island, 651 00:35:46,125 --> 00:35:47,583 but it has been highly informative. 652 00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:50,708 We're most appreciative of your-- both of your time. 653 00:35:50,875 --> 00:35:53,333 You've set us on a course of action that may provide 654 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:56,167 the definitive answers that we seek. 655 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:58,500 I can't say anything more than just "Thank you." 656 00:36:00,167 --> 00:36:01,792 -Thank you very much. -Yeah, thank you. 657 00:36:03,708 --> 00:36:05,250 [Marty] Let's go here. 658 00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:07,875 [Narrator] Meanwhile, back on Oak Island... 659 00:36:10,167 --> 00:36:11,792 -[Laird] Oh. Yep. -[Scott] The rock under that. 660 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,167 [Narrator] ...Marty, Laird, and other members of the team 661 00:36:15,375 --> 00:36:16,958 have moved to a location a few yards 662 00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:18,875 further down Center Road 663 00:36:19,042 --> 00:36:23,792 to look for evidence of the sand and cobblestone road beneath it. 664 00:36:28,042 --> 00:36:29,208 [Billy] That's sand there. 665 00:36:29,375 --> 00:36:31,500 -Yeah, it is. -Yeah. 666 00:36:31,708 --> 00:36:33,167 [Marty] Looks like it. 667 00:36:34,208 --> 00:36:36,625 The sand goes under the modern, 668 00:36:36,792 --> 00:36:39,167 and that should be-- that's right on line. 669 00:36:41,750 --> 00:36:43,667 [crunching] 670 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:45,708 [Marty] That's it, isn't it? 671 00:36:47,667 --> 00:36:49,708 -[Scott] Oh, yeah. Look at this. -[Gary] Oh, yeah. 672 00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:52,458 -The way that scoops up. -That's sand. Yeah. 673 00:36:52,542 --> 00:36:54,000 Is this what we're looking for? Is this... 674 00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:55,917 [Billy] Oh, that's what we're looking for. 675 00:36:56,125 --> 00:36:57,250 [Marty] Okay. Well, then, let's see 676 00:36:57,375 --> 00:36:58,792 what's underneath it. 677 00:37:04,958 --> 00:37:08,042 [Gary] I'll go over and see if there's anything in that sand. 678 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:09,708 [Marty] Is it all sand right there? 679 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:11,917 Yep. All this is. 680 00:37:13,125 --> 00:37:15,417 I'm getting a little chirping, but... 681 00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:17,875 How about here? 682 00:37:22,208 --> 00:37:24,417 [detector beeping] 683 00:37:24,583 --> 00:37:26,000 [whining] 684 00:37:26,167 --> 00:37:28,125 -Got something there to dig? -Yeah. 685 00:37:28,333 --> 00:37:31,208 Let's see if I can pinpoint it first. 686 00:37:34,708 --> 00:37:36,208 [pinpointer beeping] 687 00:37:37,125 --> 00:37:39,333 [beeping continues] 688 00:37:42,833 --> 00:37:44,750 It's in me hand. Let's see what we got. 689 00:37:44,958 --> 00:37:46,667 What you got, Gary? 690 00:37:46,875 --> 00:37:48,208 [Gary] Oh, yeah. 691 00:37:52,875 --> 00:37:54,000 [Marty] What you got, Gary? 692 00:37:54,125 --> 00:37:56,125 A nice little nail. 693 00:37:56,250 --> 00:37:57,833 Little iron nail. 694 00:37:57,917 --> 00:37:59,708 [Narrator] After finding more possible evidence 695 00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:02,833 of the sand road beneath Center Road, 696 00:38:02,958 --> 00:38:07,500 Gary has just discovered what could be another important clue. 697 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:10,083 [Gary] It could be an oxshoe nail. 698 00:38:10,292 --> 00:38:13,167 We found an oxshoe in the sand road 699 00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:15,417 a stone's throw away from here. 700 00:38:15,542 --> 00:38:17,000 Yeah. 701 00:38:17,208 --> 00:38:20,167 [Gary] This artifact is actually buried 702 00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:22,500 in the sand road. 703 00:38:22,708 --> 00:38:26,167 And this is a foot down, it's in excellent condition. 704 00:38:26,292 --> 00:38:28,167 Better keep hold of this, Laird. 705 00:38:28,292 --> 00:38:29,667 It's going back to the lab, 706 00:38:29,833 --> 00:38:32,167 and Emma's gonna run her magic on it. 707 00:38:32,292 --> 00:38:35,250 Maybe we can find out how old it is 708 00:38:35,417 --> 00:38:38,000 and date this sand road. 709 00:38:38,208 --> 00:38:40,292 That was the only find. 710 00:38:40,417 --> 00:38:42,583 What we don't have is anything definitive on a date. 711 00:38:42,750 --> 00:38:45,125 -Yeah. -[Billy] Well, we had the hand cannon, 712 00:38:45,292 --> 00:38:46,833 which is very significant. 713 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,625 -Yeah. -So, we-we have 714 00:38:48,792 --> 00:38:51,167 -a lot of old dates in this particular area. -Mm-hmm. 715 00:38:51,375 --> 00:38:53,500 -[Gary] Yep. -Okay. We find 716 00:38:53,708 --> 00:38:55,833 a sand road in the swamp. 717 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,542 It's really well-constructed, it's heretofore unknown. 718 00:38:58,708 --> 00:39:00,000 Right. 719 00:39:00,167 --> 00:39:01,667 So, we have oxen 720 00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:04,625 going up and down this road well prior to the time 721 00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:08,167 when we thought Center Road didn't even exist. 722 00:39:08,333 --> 00:39:11,333 So, now let's pull that together and say 723 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:14,208 this road was actually just an extension of that sand road. 724 00:39:14,375 --> 00:39:16,167 -Yeah, exactly. -Yeah. 725 00:39:16,375 --> 00:39:17,917 [Marty] And then, it goes, 726 00:39:18,042 --> 00:39:20,583 by my reckoning, directly to the beginning 727 00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:23,333 of what we now call the Portuguese Road, 728 00:39:23,542 --> 00:39:25,583 which, in fact, goes up the hill 729 00:39:25,708 --> 00:39:27,833 -towards the Money Pit. -[Laird] Yeah. 730 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,667 [Marty] Which leads us to the thought that perhaps 731 00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:35,500 Center Road here existed prior to the 1762 survey. 732 00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:38,417 The reason we're here today is to try and prove that theory, 733 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:39,917 and we more or less did. 734 00:39:40,125 --> 00:39:41,792 Geez. 735 00:39:41,917 --> 00:39:43,333 It's always fun finding what you're looking for. 736 00:39:43,417 --> 00:39:44,750 -[Billy] Yeah. -It's Oak Highway. 737 00:39:44,917 --> 00:39:46,208 [laughter] 738 00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:47,958 Pull all that together, and it leads 739 00:39:48,125 --> 00:39:51,833 to a pretty solid conclusion that the so-called Center Road 740 00:39:52,042 --> 00:39:55,333 has actually been there for a very long time. 741 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:57,667 It was not created after that survey. 742 00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:00,500 Okay, and then the next dot to connect this-- 743 00:40:00,667 --> 00:40:02,500 well, there's our connection. 744 00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:05,292 Center Road goes right to Lot 5. 745 00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,083 How did Lot 5 get to the Money Pit? 746 00:40:07,250 --> 00:40:08,833 It just went out to Center Road, 747 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,042 and then went on to go to the swamp, 748 00:40:11,250 --> 00:40:14,208 so that road could've carried the people back and forth 749 00:40:14,417 --> 00:40:16,167 between Lot 5 and the Money Pit area. 750 00:40:16,333 --> 00:40:17,917 Simple as that. 751 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:20,833 It gives credence to what we're doing here, gentlemen. 752 00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:23,833 It helps that these things continually verify 753 00:40:24,042 --> 00:40:27,167 that we're not really on a wild-goose chase. 754 00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:29,208 Well, I think it's been a success, 755 00:40:29,375 --> 00:40:32,000 but now we need to get to the treasure. 756 00:40:32,167 --> 00:40:34,000 [laughter] 757 00:40:34,167 --> 00:40:35,792 I know one thing for certain-- 758 00:40:35,958 --> 00:40:37,667 for absolute certain-- I know somebody 759 00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:39,375 who's gonna be keenly interested in this 760 00:40:39,542 --> 00:40:41,500 when he gets back from the Azores, 761 00:40:41,708 --> 00:40:43,417 -and that would be big brother Rick. -Yeah. 762 00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:45,292 -Yep. -Okay. 763 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:47,875 -Let's get on to the next task. -Okay. 764 00:40:48,042 --> 00:40:50,833 -[Marty] Billy, put this back together. -[Billy] Very good. 765 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,542 [Narrator] The deeper 766 00:40:52,708 --> 00:40:56,500 and further that Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 767 00:40:56,667 --> 00:41:00,375 look into this 231-year-old mystery, 768 00:41:00,542 --> 00:41:02,333 new clues and revelations 769 00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:06,667 only bolster their will to keep digging. 770 00:41:06,875 --> 00:41:10,625 Because whether on Lot 8, in the Money Pit area 771 00:41:10,792 --> 00:41:14,625 or 2,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean... 772 00:41:15,625 --> 00:41:19,542 ...one conclusion is becoming more probable by the day: 773 00:41:19,708 --> 00:41:22,667 Oak Island may be hiding secrets 774 00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,833 that changed the course of history in Europe, 775 00:41:25,042 --> 00:41:29,083 and could most certainly rewrite the history... 776 00:41:31,042 --> 00:41:32,833 ...of North America. 777 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:38,042 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 778 00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:39,792 [Corjan] Wait, what's that? 779 00:41:39,958 --> 00:41:41,500 It's similar to what we have on Oak Island. 780 00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:44,167 This is from 2000 BC. 781 00:41:44,333 --> 00:41:45,958 -Really? -[Fiona] We're starting to find 782 00:41:46,167 --> 00:41:47,667 -a hidden wall. -[Marty] Whoa. 783 00:41:47,833 --> 00:41:49,875 This would be an ideal place to deposit treasure. 784 00:41:50,042 --> 00:41:51,792 -[detector whining] -[Katya] That sounds great. 785 00:41:51,958 --> 00:41:53,583 -[Marty] Wow. -Oh, my gosh. 786 00:41:53,792 --> 00:41:55,583 -This is huge. -Amazing. 787 00:41:55,792 --> 00:41:58,458 This is very, very, very significant. 788 00:41:58,625 --> 00:41:59,875 If that was part of the treasure, 789 00:42:00,042 --> 00:42:01,875 the rest of it is still in the Money Pit. 790 00:42:02,042 --> 00:42:03,333 Absolutely. 791 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:05,000 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS