1 00:00:03,087 --> 00:00:04,670 Yeah, look at that. 2 00:00:04,714 --> 00:00:06,296 -The top of a keg. -Ian: Wow. 3 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:13,721 Gary: Holy schmoly! 4 00:00:13,806 --> 00:00:14,763 Marty: Well, how about that? 5 00:00:14,849 --> 00:00:16,390 Rick, come look at this. 6 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:18,684 -We just found this. -Wow. 7 00:00:18,728 --> 00:00:20,811 It's the most significant artifact we have. 8 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:22,354 -Hey, guys. -What do we got, gentlemen? 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,189 Rick: That is incredible. 10 00:00:24,275 --> 00:00:25,482 Debris field, baby. 11 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:27,484 It might actually be the money pit. 12 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:34,283 Narrator: There is an island in the north atlantic 13 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:37,661 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 14 00:00:37,747 --> 00:00:41,081 for more than 200 years. 15 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,168 So far, they have found a stone slab 16 00:00:44,253 --> 00:00:46,670 with strange symbols carved into it, 17 00:00:46,756 --> 00:00:49,506 mysterious fragments of human bone, 18 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:53,385 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 19 00:00:53,429 --> 00:00:55,804 to the days of the knights templar. 20 00:00:55,890 --> 00:01:00,476 To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 21 00:01:01,479 --> 00:01:03,562 And, according to legend, 22 00:01:03,606 --> 00:01:06,565 one more will have to die 23 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:10,402 before the treasure can be found. 24 00:01:13,949 --> 00:01:15,908 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:20,456 --> 00:01:22,539 gary: It's a good place to stop, right here. 26 00:01:22,625 --> 00:01:25,334 -Let's find some good stuff. -Rick: I agree. 27 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:28,253 Narrator: For brothers rick and marty lagina, 28 00:01:28,297 --> 00:01:30,798 their friend and partner, craig tester, 29 00:01:30,883 --> 00:01:32,883 and members of their team, 30 00:01:32,968 --> 00:01:35,344 another exciting day of investigation 31 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:37,763 has begun on oak island. 32 00:01:37,807 --> 00:01:41,141 And although they have made numerous compelling discoveries 33 00:01:41,227 --> 00:01:43,602 across the island this year, 34 00:01:43,646 --> 00:01:45,604 in the triangle-shaped swamp, 35 00:01:45,648 --> 00:01:48,649 they continue to uncover and investigate 36 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:51,485 one of the most incredible man-made features 37 00:01:51,570 --> 00:01:54,905 ever unearthed during the 225-year-long hunt 38 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:56,824 for a fabled treasure. 39 00:01:56,909 --> 00:01:59,785 A stone road-- or pathway-- 40 00:01:59,829 --> 00:02:01,912 running along the eastern border 41 00:02:01,997 --> 00:02:03,956 and somewhere into the uplands. 42 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:07,292 -Rick: Wow. -(laughter) 43 00:02:07,378 --> 00:02:08,335 gary: Oh, wow indeed. 44 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:10,462 Narrator: Over the past two weeks, 45 00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:14,174 rick, marty, craig and the team have found 46 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:15,467 not only an iron ringbolt 47 00:02:15,553 --> 00:02:17,845 dating back as much as 400 years, 48 00:02:17,930 --> 00:02:19,680 believed to have been used 49 00:02:19,765 --> 00:02:21,473 for docking large sailing vessels... 50 00:02:21,559 --> 00:02:24,601 That is a piece of oak island history. 51 00:02:25,563 --> 00:02:27,855 ...But also evidence that the pathway-- 52 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:30,566 which appears to possibly be heading in the direction 53 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:33,318 of the original money pit-- may have been used 54 00:02:33,404 --> 00:02:35,612 for hauling large cargo away from the area. 55 00:02:37,616 --> 00:02:39,199 (metal detector beeping) 56 00:02:39,285 --> 00:02:41,493 yeah, that's a little blippy one. Let's see. 57 00:02:41,579 --> 00:02:44,454 It is reading nine inches. 58 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:47,249 So, it's probably trapped between the big rocks. 59 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,543 (metal detector whining) 60 00:02:49,628 --> 00:02:51,295 somewhere in there. 61 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,511 Gary: Fingers crossed it's a good target. 62 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,973 Rick: A lot of stones in there. 63 00:03:04,977 --> 00:03:06,393 (detector beeps) 64 00:03:07,146 --> 00:03:09,479 let's see if you've moved it. 65 00:03:14,069 --> 00:03:15,861 Maybe you've got it out. 66 00:03:15,946 --> 00:03:17,779 -Let's see. -(beeping) 67 00:03:21,035 --> 00:03:22,492 (beeping rapidly) 68 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:23,869 it's in here. 69 00:03:25,623 --> 00:03:26,705 Oh. 70 00:03:26,749 --> 00:03:28,832 Rick: Whatever it is, it's pretty tiny. 71 00:03:28,918 --> 00:03:31,668 Yeah, it's some kind of... 72 00:03:31,754 --> 00:03:33,462 Oh, look at that. 73 00:03:34,924 --> 00:03:36,840 -That... -Craig: Head of a nail? 74 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:40,886 Yeah, it's a square ox shoe nail. 75 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:42,304 -Hmm. -Yeah. 76 00:03:42,389 --> 00:03:43,430 Sweet. 77 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:46,767 Rick: When gary finds an ox nail, 78 00:03:46,852 --> 00:03:50,896 that's some confirmation that the path was used by oxen, 79 00:03:50,940 --> 00:03:53,607 hauling things back and forth 80 00:03:53,692 --> 00:03:57,569 and coming up the hill and leading towards the money pit. 81 00:03:57,613 --> 00:04:00,030 -Rick, are you headed back there? -Yeah. 82 00:04:00,115 --> 00:04:02,574 -Yeah. -We better get you back over there. 83 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:04,368 Billy's got a lot of spoils. 84 00:04:04,453 --> 00:04:05,953 All right, we're going to hit the road. 85 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:06,662 -All right. -Rick: Let's go. 86 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:08,413 -(chuckling) -okay. 87 00:04:12,544 --> 00:04:14,544 Come on. Let's have another target. 88 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:21,426 Narrator: While gary drayton continues to metal detect the pathway, 89 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:24,638 heavy equipment operator billy gerhardt attempts 90 00:04:24,723 --> 00:04:26,723 to uncover more of the feature 91 00:04:26,809 --> 00:04:30,185 to hopefully determine just what direction it is heading. 92 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:34,439 Aaron: So, in archaeology, you always follow the feature. 93 00:04:34,525 --> 00:04:37,776 And depending where it takes you, how long it takes you, 94 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:39,069 and that's what we're doing. 95 00:04:39,154 --> 00:04:41,863 We're using that methodology on this stone path, 96 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:43,115 this stone road. 97 00:04:43,158 --> 00:04:44,950 And... 98 00:04:44,994 --> 00:04:48,078 What's incredible about this feature is 99 00:04:48,163 --> 00:04:51,415 it continues to go and go and go. 100 00:04:53,836 --> 00:04:56,003 -Anything, gary? -No, mate. 101 00:04:56,088 --> 00:04:57,629 I checked it out. 102 00:04:57,673 --> 00:04:59,589 Gave this another once-over. 103 00:04:59,675 --> 00:05:01,550 -You're gonna have to go up there, though. -Yeah, I am. 104 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:03,427 -Back to the spoils. -Okay. 105 00:05:03,512 --> 00:05:05,929 -Notice anything, bill? -Yeah. 106 00:05:06,015 --> 00:05:07,848 -It seems like it's rocky. -Yeah. 107 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:10,100 -There's a big one there. -Yeah. 108 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:11,476 Gary: It's crazy, isn't it? 109 00:05:11,562 --> 00:05:12,978 Something this big. 110 00:05:13,022 --> 00:05:15,605 It would have took a heck of a long time to build this. 111 00:05:15,691 --> 00:05:18,650 This is al-almost ancient-looking. 112 00:05:18,736 --> 00:05:21,653 The question is not trying to explain what it is, it's-- 113 00:05:21,739 --> 00:05:24,531 -the question is, where is it going? -Hmm. 114 00:05:24,616 --> 00:05:25,824 We've still got the same three options. 115 00:05:25,909 --> 00:05:29,995 There, straight ahead or up to the money pit. 116 00:05:30,039 --> 00:05:32,789 -I guess we got to follow it to get the answers, right? -Billy: Yeah, exactly. 117 00:05:32,875 --> 00:05:35,042 -We just got to keep digging, right? -Mm-hmm. 118 00:05:35,127 --> 00:05:36,585 Well, we know the line exists this way, 119 00:05:36,628 --> 00:05:39,504 so I think the easiest thing is to stay in this line for now. 120 00:05:39,548 --> 00:05:40,672 I think I'll work up a little bit 121 00:05:40,758 --> 00:05:42,924 because I'd like to be a little further in. 122 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:44,259 Okay. 123 00:05:45,888 --> 00:05:49,890 Narrator: While rick, craig and the team continue their investigation 124 00:05:49,975 --> 00:05:52,059 of the stone pathway in the swamp... 125 00:05:52,144 --> 00:05:54,394 Steve g.: So, I got a lot of good news. 126 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,687 ...In the money pit area... 127 00:05:55,731 --> 00:05:56,688 I got a map ready for us. 128 00:05:56,774 --> 00:05:58,065 -Okay. -Charles: Okay. 129 00:05:58,150 --> 00:06:00,067 ...Surveyor steve guptill 130 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:02,569 along with geologist terry matheson, 131 00:06:02,654 --> 00:06:05,155 oak island historian charles barkhouse 132 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,783 and project manager scott barlow 133 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:10,535 are about to begin a new core-drilling program 134 00:06:10,579 --> 00:06:13,163 in the hopes of pinpointing the location 135 00:06:13,248 --> 00:06:15,832 of the original treasure shaft. 136 00:06:15,876 --> 00:06:18,168 Okay, so based on this orientation, 137 00:06:18,253 --> 00:06:21,088 we've used previous drill holes from previous years 138 00:06:21,173 --> 00:06:23,173 to go back and we used your notes. 139 00:06:23,258 --> 00:06:25,133 -Yeah. -To help define this hole. 140 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:28,178 We also used c-1 and the success that we had in c-1 141 00:06:28,263 --> 00:06:29,846 to anchor our other point. 142 00:06:29,932 --> 00:06:32,849 We created a 13-foot-diameter money pit. 143 00:06:32,935 --> 00:06:35,477 -Okay. -So, we know something's in here, 144 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:37,104 but we don't know what it is. 145 00:06:37,189 --> 00:06:40,148 This is the diagram from 1898. 146 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:42,984 "a" is the tupper shaft. 147 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:44,528 The money pit 148 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:47,531 -is to the west. -Wow. 149 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:48,949 Narrator: One week ago, 150 00:06:49,034 --> 00:06:50,700 oak island historian doug crowell 151 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:53,745 discovered a 19th-century diagram, 152 00:06:53,789 --> 00:06:55,789 created by previous searchers, 153 00:06:55,874 --> 00:06:57,791 suggesting that the original money pit 154 00:06:57,876 --> 00:07:00,794 may actually be located more than 20 feet west 155 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:03,713 from where the team has currently been drilling. 156 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:06,758 Which would mean that the money pit would be here. 157 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:09,803 The money pit's to the west of the tupper shaft. 158 00:07:09,888 --> 00:07:11,012 Rick: We have to go west. 159 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,098 You have to chase the historical context. 160 00:07:13,142 --> 00:07:14,099 Yes. 161 00:07:15,144 --> 00:07:17,227 Narrator: Now, having studied this new information, 162 00:07:17,312 --> 00:07:19,438 and after surveying the area, 163 00:07:19,523 --> 00:07:22,774 steve guptill has created a new drilling grid 164 00:07:22,818 --> 00:07:25,527 for rick, marty, craig and the team to break ground on 165 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:27,612 and hopefully locate 166 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:30,240 the legendary money pit treasure vault. 167 00:07:30,325 --> 00:07:33,577 So, today, we're gonna drill in c-5. 168 00:07:33,662 --> 00:07:35,620 -Okay. -So, we're taking a shot at the money pit. 169 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:37,998 So, it's the first time this year we've taken a shot. 170 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:39,749 -Sounds good to me. -Okay. 171 00:07:39,835 --> 00:07:41,168 -Let's pin it. -Okay. 172 00:07:41,253 --> 00:07:42,836 Terry: Got get 'em. 173 00:07:42,921 --> 00:07:44,504 Rick: The most elusive thing of all 174 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:46,590 on this island is the money pit. 175 00:07:46,675 --> 00:07:48,175 In terms of where we are, 176 00:07:48,260 --> 00:07:50,719 uh, with the drilling program in the money pit. 177 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:55,182 New information has caused us to develop this new grid. 178 00:07:55,267 --> 00:07:59,144 So, I'm hoping that this is a huge breakthrough. 179 00:07:59,188 --> 00:08:01,021 So, mike. 180 00:08:01,106 --> 00:08:02,939 First time all year, 181 00:08:03,025 --> 00:08:04,774 we're taking a shot at the money pit. 182 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:06,151 All right. 183 00:08:06,236 --> 00:08:08,570 So, we believe we have a 13-foot-diameter money pit 184 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:10,071 based in here. 185 00:08:10,115 --> 00:08:11,990 Uh, we're going to take a shot at roughly the center. 186 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:13,950 -Sounds good. -Okay. -Okay. 187 00:08:14,745 --> 00:08:16,077 Getting awful close to c-1. 188 00:08:16,163 --> 00:08:17,204 It's only, uh... 189 00:08:17,289 --> 00:08:18,788 It's only five or six feet off of c-1. 190 00:08:20,209 --> 00:08:22,709 -You got it? -Right there. C-5. 191 00:08:22,794 --> 00:08:25,170 -All right. -This is it, right here, right now. 192 00:08:25,214 --> 00:08:28,965 Narrator: Although this new search area is more than 20 feet 193 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:31,176 from where the team has previously discovered 194 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:34,179 compelling evidence of ancient man-made workings 195 00:08:34,264 --> 00:08:35,680 deep underground, 196 00:08:35,766 --> 00:08:40,143 it is in nearly the same exact location as borehole c-1. 197 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:43,980 A borehole where five years ago, 198 00:08:44,066 --> 00:08:45,690 upon the recommendation 199 00:08:45,776 --> 00:08:48,068 of oak island historian charles barkhouse, 200 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:50,195 the team discovered a large void 201 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,323 some 170 feet underground... 202 00:08:56,245 --> 00:08:57,786 Here we go. 203 00:08:57,871 --> 00:09:00,622 ...Containing a mysterious gold-colored object 204 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:01,748 embedded in the wall. 205 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:02,958 Charles: It looks metallic. 206 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,209 What the hell is that? 207 00:09:05,295 --> 00:09:06,670 Is this another one? 208 00:09:06,755 --> 00:09:07,837 I can see gold. 209 00:09:07,923 --> 00:09:10,215 That's definitely a gold object right there. 210 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:12,259 A gold-colored object, that's for sure. 211 00:09:12,344 --> 00:09:14,344 Narrator: And where earlier this year 212 00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:16,930 the team obtained video footage 213 00:09:17,015 --> 00:09:19,891 of three more possibly gold objects. 214 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:22,394 -There you go, mike. -All right. 215 00:09:22,479 --> 00:09:25,188 All the work we did this year leads right here. 216 00:09:25,274 --> 00:09:26,856 -Yeah. -The question is, 217 00:09:26,942 --> 00:09:27,941 -can mike get in there? -Yeah. 218 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:29,234 I think with a little bit of scrubbing, 219 00:09:29,319 --> 00:09:31,194 we can... We can make that work. 220 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,195 -Okay. -Okay. 221 00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:33,989 All right. Thanks, mike. 222 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:36,074 Narrator: While the drilling operation 223 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:39,369 gets underway in borehole c-5 at the money pit... 224 00:09:39,454 --> 00:09:41,580 Rick: There's certainly cobble here. 225 00:09:41,665 --> 00:09:43,123 Billy: We got to clear it off a little more. 226 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:45,917 Narrator: ...Rick lagina, along with members of the team, 227 00:09:46,003 --> 00:09:49,254 continue investigating the mysterious stone pathway 228 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:52,215 running along the eastern border of the swamp. 229 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,968 Aaron: I like this area, right here. 230 00:09:55,053 --> 00:09:57,929 It's got cobblestone and big stone. 231 00:09:58,015 --> 00:10:00,265 -It hasn't been disturbed yet. -Mm-hmm. 232 00:10:00,309 --> 00:10:02,309 So, just keep a diligent eye on that. 233 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:05,270 Little, wee pieces can give us a lot of information. 234 00:10:05,355 --> 00:10:07,814 Yeah. 235 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:10,817 So, we clear this and just keep following it 236 00:10:10,902 --> 00:10:12,277 and see where it takes us to. 237 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:13,778 Miriam: Yeah. 238 00:10:13,864 --> 00:10:16,615 Aaron: I think that's our... Our best strategy right now. 239 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,116 Miriam: Mm-hmm. Yeah. 240 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:27,375 -Oh! -You got an artifact? 241 00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:28,918 Look at this. 242 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:34,382 Wow. 243 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:35,592 The oak island swamp, 244 00:10:35,677 --> 00:10:38,261 archaeologist miriam amirault 245 00:10:38,347 --> 00:10:40,472 has just found a potentially important clue 246 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:44,100 on the recently uncovered stone pathway. 247 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:47,479 Miriam: I think the reason why we're finding coal 248 00:10:47,522 --> 00:10:50,774 is because this is potentially a stone path. 249 00:10:50,859 --> 00:10:53,109 I think people were transporting coal 250 00:10:53,195 --> 00:10:54,319 along this road. 251 00:10:54,404 --> 00:10:55,945 It's a rough road, 252 00:10:56,031 --> 00:10:59,282 things would have fallen off a cart or something like that. 253 00:10:59,368 --> 00:11:01,117 I think we'll definitely have enough 254 00:11:01,203 --> 00:11:02,786 for dr. Spooner to send off to a lab, 255 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:06,164 and we can get some really good dates and information on that. 256 00:11:06,208 --> 00:11:08,708 Aaron: So, that's a good sign. 257 00:11:08,794 --> 00:11:10,627 -Miriam: Yeah. -Nice find. 258 00:11:10,712 --> 00:11:13,129 -Cool. -Why don't you call rick over and... 259 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:15,256 -He might be interested. -Miriam: Okay. 260 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:16,800 Rick? 261 00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:19,511 Do you want to come look at this? 262 00:11:19,554 --> 00:11:20,804 Rick: What have you got? 263 00:11:20,889 --> 00:11:23,807 We found a piece of coal. 264 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:25,100 Wow. 265 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,351 I'm happy to see that. 266 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:28,311 -Miriam: Yeah. -So, now we have a connection 267 00:11:28,397 --> 00:11:30,480 from there to here. 268 00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:32,357 -Aaron: Yeah. -Yeah, hopefully. 269 00:11:32,401 --> 00:11:35,318 Narrator: Earlier this year, the team investigated 270 00:11:35,404 --> 00:11:37,779 a rock formation on nearby lot 15 271 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:42,492 that they believe could be a british military pine tar kiln 272 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:45,662 that not only could date back to the 16th century 273 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:48,206 but could also be connected to the construction 274 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,333 of the original money pit. 275 00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:54,170 Because charcoal was also discovered there, 276 00:11:54,256 --> 00:11:56,423 could they have now found evidence that links 277 00:11:56,508 --> 00:11:59,759 these two features together? 278 00:11:59,845 --> 00:12:02,178 What we came here for, 279 00:12:02,264 --> 00:12:04,723 however many years ago it seems now, 280 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:07,225 we came looking to solve a treasure mystery 281 00:12:07,269 --> 00:12:09,310 and find treasure. 282 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:11,229 And now, we're excited about finding coal on a road 283 00:12:11,273 --> 00:12:13,398 -we knew nothing about. -Yeah. 284 00:12:13,483 --> 00:12:15,358 -Miriam, show gary the connective tissue. -Yeah, yeah. 285 00:12:15,444 --> 00:12:16,693 -We just found this... -(gary laughs) 286 00:12:16,778 --> 00:12:18,695 -...Piece of coal. -Bit of coal. 287 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:20,780 -Yeah. It was right here. -That is an oldie. 288 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:23,867 Well, it'll be interesting to see, 289 00:12:23,952 --> 00:12:27,203 when we get this coal tested, you know, where it comes from. 290 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:30,415 -Yeah. -We can get a country of origin. 291 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:32,917 -Miriam: Yeah. -We always say the most insignificant little find, 292 00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:34,669 and there, miriam's holding 293 00:12:34,755 --> 00:12:37,589 a little piece of charcoal that, in my mind's eye, 294 00:12:37,632 --> 00:12:42,385 connects this and the building of this with the stone feature. 295 00:12:42,471 --> 00:12:44,971 I mean, it's almost incontrovertible evidence. 296 00:12:45,056 --> 00:12:46,890 Aaron: It's very compelling. 297 00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:49,934 -Rick: Just keep digging. -Absolutely. 298 00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:52,395 Narrator: While rick and members of the team 299 00:12:52,481 --> 00:12:54,689 continue working in the swamp... 300 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:56,524 Marty: Lead the way, gary. 301 00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:58,401 Gary: All right, mate. Cone e. 302 00:12:58,487 --> 00:13:00,904 Narrator: ...Metal detection expert gary drayton 303 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:04,449 joins marty lagina on nearby lot 10 304 00:13:04,493 --> 00:13:07,410 for a follow-up investigation of an area that they believe 305 00:13:07,496 --> 00:13:09,913 may also be connected to the mysterious features 306 00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:12,916 uncovered this year in the swamp. 307 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:16,586 Cone e is one of the five cone-shaped boulders 308 00:13:16,671 --> 00:13:18,630 that make up the megalithic formation 309 00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:21,758 known as nolan's cross, which was first discovered 310 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:27,472 in 1981 by the late treasure hunter and landowner fred nolan. 311 00:13:27,516 --> 00:13:30,934 Cone e, reveal your secrets. 312 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:33,520 Although, it looks like been quite a bit of digging 313 00:13:33,605 --> 00:13:36,439 -around this particular cone. -Gary: Yep. 314 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:39,400 Doug: Good pile of rocks right there. 315 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:40,693 Rick: They're somewhat fitted. 316 00:13:40,779 --> 00:13:42,695 Narrator: Earlier this year, 317 00:13:42,781 --> 00:13:46,449 after oak island theorists corjan mol and chris morford 318 00:13:46,535 --> 00:13:47,867 suggested something of great value 319 00:13:47,953 --> 00:13:50,954 might be located near this area, 320 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:53,456 rick, marty and members of the team 321 00:13:53,542 --> 00:13:56,960 discovered a stone-paved feature that appears eerily similar 322 00:13:57,003 --> 00:14:00,964 in design to the pathway on the swamp's eastern border. 323 00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:03,633 Ian: The stone on the side, some of it fitted together 324 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:05,927 exactly the same as the paved area. 325 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:08,096 Perfect. 326 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:11,474 Narrator: Now, marty and gary 327 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:14,936 are hoping to see if any more clues can be found in this area 328 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:17,063 that might not only provide potential answers 329 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:19,399 about nolan's cross, 330 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:21,734 but also any possible connections it could have 331 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:25,446 to the workings recently unearthed in the swamp. 332 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:28,032 -What I'll do, I'll just go around the boulder. -Yep. 333 00:14:38,086 --> 00:14:39,544 (detector whining) 334 00:14:39,588 --> 00:14:41,921 we got some iron in there. 335 00:14:42,007 --> 00:14:44,007 What's the best way to do this? 336 00:14:44,092 --> 00:14:46,551 Probably from up above. 337 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:50,388 -Like, right here? -Yeah. It's a tough one. 338 00:14:57,689 --> 00:15:00,690 I think you got it out, but I... Yep. 339 00:15:00,775 --> 00:15:02,984 Let's see if I can pinpoint it. 340 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:10,533 A little hand-forged ox shoe nail. 341 00:15:10,619 --> 00:15:12,994 -Yeah? -It's an oldie. Handmade. 342 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,538 -Marty: That's pretty cool. -Narrator: An ox shoe nail, 343 00:15:15,624 --> 00:15:18,541 found at the base of a boulder in nolan's cross? 344 00:15:18,627 --> 00:15:22,587 Could it possibly be connected to the other ox shoe nails 345 00:15:22,631 --> 00:15:25,089 and ox shoes that the team has recently discovered 346 00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:29,552 on and near the massive stone pathway in the swamp? 347 00:15:29,638 --> 00:15:31,554 Look, oxen would have been required 348 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,973 to move that beast right there. 349 00:15:34,059 --> 00:15:35,892 -A team of them. -Yeah. 350 00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:37,727 -So, that makes sense. -Yeah. 351 00:15:37,812 --> 00:15:39,437 That's a good find. Keep going. 352 00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:43,691 I'll spiral around. 353 00:15:43,777 --> 00:15:46,945 I think I might have just got a signal just here. 354 00:15:47,948 --> 00:15:49,238 (beeping) 355 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:52,492 it's just there, mate. 356 00:15:52,577 --> 00:15:56,955 And the easiest place to put it is down here again. 357 00:15:56,998 --> 00:15:59,457 How come every time you put a shovel in the ground, 358 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,918 every time, you hit a rock? 359 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:09,592 (grunts) 360 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:12,637 eh, who needs oxes, right? 361 00:16:12,681 --> 00:16:14,138 (strains): That's right. 362 00:16:16,685 --> 00:16:18,643 Gary: All right, mate. I'll try pinpointing. 363 00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:20,228 All right. 364 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,442 No surprises what we think this is. 365 00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:28,611 -Ox shoe nail. -Yep. 366 00:16:28,697 --> 00:16:29,946 Hmm. 367 00:16:30,031 --> 00:16:32,949 I am quite surprised by the plethora 368 00:16:33,034 --> 00:16:36,160 of ox shoe nails that we find around cone e. 369 00:16:36,204 --> 00:16:37,996 It leads to the thought: 370 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:40,999 Why are so many oxen throwing their shoes 371 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:44,919 and losing nails around this giant rock? 372 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:46,629 Ox shoe nail. 373 00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:49,173 -You are correct, sir. -Yes! 374 00:16:49,217 --> 00:16:51,009 Another one bites the dust. 375 00:16:51,094 --> 00:16:52,677 -That is a heck of a lot of ox shoe nails. -That is a lot. 376 00:16:52,762 --> 00:16:54,095 -I have to say. -Yeah. 377 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:56,639 -And not only that, not just in one place. -Yeah. 378 00:16:56,725 --> 00:16:58,182 If they were all right there, you'd say, 379 00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:00,059 "well, maybe they re-shoed an animal there," 380 00:17:00,145 --> 00:17:02,812 -but over here, too, and there, too, and there, too. -Yeah. 381 00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:07,483 It goes back to if there was a lot of oxen here, 382 00:17:07,569 --> 00:17:10,820 an oxen team, that's some serious bucks. 383 00:17:10,905 --> 00:17:12,947 -Yeah. Yeah, that's true. -That-that would have been a heck of a lot of money 384 00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:14,532 back in the day. 385 00:17:14,576 --> 00:17:16,784 -And some serious pulling power, which you would need. -Yeah. 386 00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:18,828 Yeah. 387 00:17:18,913 --> 00:17:21,164 Narrator: Could the discovery of these ox shoe nails 388 00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:24,959 mean that gary and marty have just found key evidence 389 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:28,671 that whoever made the massive stone pathway in the swamp 390 00:17:28,757 --> 00:17:33,009 might also have constructed nolan's cross? 391 00:17:33,094 --> 00:17:34,177 -(stammers) -I think you've nailed it, marty. 392 00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:35,678 Yes. 393 00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:37,180 Gary: That was brutal, wasn't it? 394 00:17:37,265 --> 00:17:38,639 Marty: Yeah. 395 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:40,725 ♪ ♪ 396 00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:45,313 narrator: The following morning 397 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:46,856 in the money pit area... 398 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:48,191 Steve g.: I think we got rick coming. 399 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:51,277 ...Rick lagina and doug crowell arrive, 400 00:17:51,362 --> 00:17:54,113 having been alerted to a potentially important discovery 401 00:17:54,199 --> 00:17:57,200 just made in borehole c-5. 402 00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:59,660 -Hey, rick. -Hey. 403 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:00,745 Right over here. 404 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:01,954 Take-take a little look over there. 405 00:18:01,998 --> 00:18:02,997 Walk around, gentlemen. Get over there. 406 00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:04,332 Take a look at the new discovery. 407 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:05,666 I can see it from here. 408 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,293 -Terry: Got to love it. -That's exciting. 409 00:18:07,378 --> 00:18:08,544 Terry: You got to love it. 410 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:09,670 What's the depth? 411 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:10,838 79 feet here. 412 00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:11,923 Terry: 79. 413 00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:13,549 So, 77.5. 414 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:15,259 Steve g.: Picked a good hole. 415 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:17,595 Yeah. 416 00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:19,555 Narrator: Old wood? 417 00:18:19,641 --> 00:18:22,725 Is it possible the team has found not only more evidence 418 00:18:22,811 --> 00:18:25,853 of ancient man-made workings deep underground 419 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:29,607 but also perhaps evidence that they are closer than ever 420 00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:31,692 to the legendary treasure? 421 00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:33,945 Scott: We don't know what it is-- if it's part 422 00:18:33,988 --> 00:18:35,071 of the original money pit 423 00:18:35,156 --> 00:18:37,031 or is it part of a tunnel? 424 00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:41,911 Doug: Great questions. 425 00:18:41,996 --> 00:18:43,788 Ow if it's part of the original money pit 426 00:18:43,873 --> 00:18:45,832 or is it part of the tunnel that goes to the money pit. 427 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:47,583 We just caught the edge of it. 428 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,336 The drill was coming down on an angle. 429 00:18:50,421 --> 00:18:53,798 Narrator: In borehole c-5 in the money pit area, 430 00:18:53,883 --> 00:18:55,925 the oak island team has just retrieved 431 00:18:56,010 --> 00:18:57,969 a piece of timber some 432 00:18:58,054 --> 00:19:00,763 77 and a half feet deep that they believe 433 00:19:00,849 --> 00:19:03,349 could be connected to the original treasure shaft 434 00:19:03,434 --> 00:19:06,435 first discovered in 1795. 435 00:19:07,438 --> 00:19:08,563 Wood at this location, 436 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,439 it-it certainly raises a lot of questions. 437 00:19:10,525 --> 00:19:11,691 The wood was pretty deteriorated, 438 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:13,276 pretty dark-looking. 439 00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:15,945 It's exciting in the sense that we don't know what it is. 440 00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:17,989 So, we-we have some more drilling to do. 441 00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:20,366 -What do we got? -84. 442 00:19:20,451 --> 00:19:21,450 84? 443 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:24,954 84 to the bottom. 444 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:25,997 (indistinct chatter) 445 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,707 doug: Whatever it is, looks like 446 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:29,000 it was really old and really rotten. 447 00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:31,002 -Yeah. -Charles: Yeah. 448 00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:39,385 Scott: I thought we'd make an assessment around 449 00:19:39,470 --> 00:19:40,970 100 feet. 450 00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:41,971 I don't know how deep you want to go. 451 00:19:42,056 --> 00:19:43,014 Rick: I know one thing. 452 00:19:43,099 --> 00:19:45,641 We're going to one-- at least 118. 453 00:19:45,727 --> 00:19:46,976 And you know why. 454 00:19:47,061 --> 00:19:48,477 Debris field, baby! 455 00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:49,729 -Debris field. -As gary would say. 456 00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:51,981 -Debris field. Shaft six. -(chuckling) 457 00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:55,026 narrator: In the summer of 1861, 458 00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:57,445 searchers from the oak island association 459 00:19:57,530 --> 00:20:01,407 constructed a shaft known as shaft six 460 00:20:01,492 --> 00:20:03,868 18 feet west of the money pit, 461 00:20:03,953 --> 00:20:07,163 down to a depth of 118 feet. 462 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:09,916 From there, they began tunneling eastward, 463 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:12,752 with the plan of avoiding the legendary flood traps 464 00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:16,505 and retrieving the fabled treasure vault from below. 465 00:20:16,591 --> 00:20:19,425 The effort was a disastrous failure 466 00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:21,969 that nearly cost two men their lives 467 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:25,473 when the shaft six tunnel caused the money pit to collapse 468 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:29,477 in a barrage of rushing seawater and scattered debris. 469 00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:32,021 No valuables were recovered. 470 00:20:32,106 --> 00:20:34,732 However, one of the lucky survivors 471 00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:38,694 made it back to the surface with a large, yellow piece of a cask, 472 00:20:38,780 --> 00:20:40,029 or keg barrel, 473 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:43,658 believed to have contained part of the treasure. 474 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,618 I truly believe, 475 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:50,039 of all the information regarding the 225-year exhaustive search 476 00:20:50,124 --> 00:20:51,207 in the money pit, 477 00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:53,918 the one that reads real to me 478 00:20:54,003 --> 00:20:57,880 is the description of the collapse in shaft six, 1861. 479 00:20:57,966 --> 00:21:01,217 I've always felt that looking for that debris field 480 00:21:01,302 --> 00:21:05,805 is the way to prove the story of the money pit. 481 00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:06,973 If you found the debris field 482 00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:08,724 and you found the collapsed feature, 483 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:11,686 then, of course, it's certainly a reason to believe 484 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:15,022 that we may be close to the original money pit. 485 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:16,649 Is there wood in that? 486 00:21:16,734 --> 00:21:18,067 -Yeah. -Nice. 487 00:21:18,152 --> 00:21:19,694 We got more wood, guys. 488 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:22,071 Doug: Oh, I see it. 489 00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:23,030 Steve g.: We got wood in this. 490 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:25,950 -Charles: More wood. -Oh. Okay. 491 00:21:25,994 --> 00:21:28,035 Right there. 492 00:21:29,664 --> 00:21:32,164 -89? -Yep. Right here. 493 00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:36,919 Oh, yeah. You see, that's what I'm talking about right there. 494 00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:40,506 That's the kind of... 495 00:21:40,591 --> 00:21:43,050 More of a stacked timber type of thing, yeah. 496 00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,094 -Soft wood. -Yeah, definitely 497 00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:47,763 -kind of piney or sprucy smell. -Yeah. 498 00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:55,813 Terry: I say you've got a beam. 499 00:21:55,898 --> 00:21:58,691 That's potentially a support structure right there. 500 00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:00,943 So, could that be the money pit? 501 00:22:00,987 --> 00:22:02,111 At this point, all things are possible, 502 00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:04,655 but that right there is a nice sharp break, 503 00:22:04,699 --> 00:22:07,241 and it looks like a support for the top 504 00:22:07,327 --> 00:22:09,869 that's holding this in situ material back. 505 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,246 It might actually be the money pit. 506 00:22:13,291 --> 00:22:14,999 Scott: The only way we're ever gonna say 507 00:22:15,084 --> 00:22:16,542 with confidence it's the money pit is 508 00:22:16,627 --> 00:22:17,835 if we bring treasure up out of it. 509 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:27,553 Doug: You find the one thing, 510 00:22:27,638 --> 00:22:29,972 and we're gonna pass it around like the stanley cup. 511 00:22:30,058 --> 00:22:32,350 -That's what's gonna happen. -(laughter) 512 00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:38,230 (squeaks, thumps) 513 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:42,318 narrator: Just as the team has recovered more wood 514 00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:45,237 in borehole c-5... 515 00:22:45,323 --> 00:22:47,698 -Whoa! Whoa! -...Something has happened 516 00:22:47,742 --> 00:22:49,909 to the sonic drill rig. 517 00:22:49,994 --> 00:22:52,036 -Scott: Did you blow a hose? -Tedford: Yep. 518 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,829 Scott: All right. We're done for the day. 519 00:22:53,915 --> 00:22:55,581 -Right on. -Pick up in the morning where we left off. 520 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,792 Cool, cool. 521 00:22:57,877 --> 00:23:00,544 So, the guys just blew a hose over there. 522 00:23:00,630 --> 00:23:05,758 They're gonna just change that, so, that's gonna finish our day. 523 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:08,386 -Rick: That's it then. -Scott: Yeah. 524 00:23:10,765 --> 00:23:12,098 Charles: That's oak island for you. 525 00:23:12,183 --> 00:23:13,599 Narrator: While the team 526 00:23:13,684 --> 00:23:15,267 from choice drilling makes necessary repairs 527 00:23:15,353 --> 00:23:19,271 to their drill rig, later that afternoon... 528 00:23:19,357 --> 00:23:21,774 Ian: Yeah, that's perfect. 529 00:23:21,859 --> 00:23:23,275 Narrator: ...Rick lagina has joined 530 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:25,778 geoscientist dr. Ian spooner, 531 00:23:25,863 --> 00:23:29,031 craig tester, gary drayton and billy gerhardt 532 00:23:29,117 --> 00:23:31,283 in an attempt to uncover more 533 00:23:31,369 --> 00:23:34,078 of the mysterious stone pathway 534 00:23:34,163 --> 00:23:37,748 and search for potentially important clues. 535 00:23:37,834 --> 00:23:39,250 Ian: We're getting down 536 00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:41,210 to that layer that the road was built on. 537 00:23:41,295 --> 00:23:43,963 Every scoop, we're going back another hundred years in time. 538 00:23:44,048 --> 00:23:46,132 Rick: Yeah, you're in the peat now. 539 00:23:46,217 --> 00:23:48,008 Ian: Yeah. Now we're into the same stuff 540 00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:49,927 they built the road on. 541 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:52,930 What are you hoping to find in terms of trying 542 00:23:52,974 --> 00:23:54,890 to figure out what has... What has gone on here? 543 00:23:54,976 --> 00:23:57,726 Ian: I mean, really what we're looking for is an artifact. 544 00:23:57,812 --> 00:24:00,896 -Rick: Yep. -And finding coal is a big deal. 545 00:24:00,982 --> 00:24:02,731 It gives us an indication 546 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:05,067 -of time and purpose. -Rick: Yeah. 547 00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:08,404 -That's what I'm looking for. -Ah. 548 00:24:10,408 --> 00:24:12,950 Ian: What I would do is, instead of digging it, 549 00:24:12,994 --> 00:24:16,245 have gary detect this layer 550 00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:19,331 and see if he sees anything down. 551 00:24:19,417 --> 00:24:21,959 That peat layer is contemporaneous with the road. 552 00:24:22,044 --> 00:24:26,422 So if there's anything, it's right in here to me. 553 00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:28,257 -You want to whistle gary over? -Yeah. 554 00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:29,717 -Gary?! -Gary: Yep. 555 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:31,635 Maybe we should detect this whole surface. 556 00:24:31,721 --> 00:24:33,387 I agree with that. 557 00:24:33,473 --> 00:24:35,431 I'm coming over. 558 00:24:40,021 --> 00:24:41,937 Ian: The underwater road has 559 00:24:42,023 --> 00:24:43,939 age on it, and it also has 560 00:24:44,025 --> 00:24:46,442 about 20 inches of sediment on top of it. 561 00:24:46,527 --> 00:24:49,153 So, that speaks to it being a little older. 562 00:24:49,197 --> 00:24:51,238 It's really exciting and, as usual, you know, 563 00:24:51,324 --> 00:24:53,782 you go in there thinking you've kind of got it figured out, 564 00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:57,703 and you find something that is completely new to everybody. 565 00:24:57,788 --> 00:24:59,788 Ooh! 566 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,917 Very squidgy down here. 567 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:04,043 (detector beeping softly) 568 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:06,128 not hardly any of metal. 569 00:25:08,257 --> 00:25:11,008 I'll try over here. 570 00:25:12,053 --> 00:25:13,886 Rick: Hey, look at that! 571 00:25:13,971 --> 00:25:17,139 Right here. 572 00:25:17,225 --> 00:25:19,266 Check that out. 573 00:25:20,102 --> 00:25:25,898 Gary: This is really unusual. 574 00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:28,692 Rick: Hey, look at that! Cask. 575 00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:31,153 Gary: Oh, that's what that is, mate-- bottom of a keg. 576 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:33,989 Narrator: Near the eastern border of the swamp 577 00:25:34,075 --> 00:25:36,367 and the stone pathway, rick lagina has just 578 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:39,828 found a piece of a wooden cask, or keg barrel. 579 00:25:39,914 --> 00:25:42,373 Rick: Hey, guys. 580 00:25:42,458 --> 00:25:45,000 Check that out. Top of a keg. 581 00:25:45,086 --> 00:25:46,961 Ian: Wow. 582 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:48,295 So that's a keg. Lid to a keg? 583 00:25:48,381 --> 00:25:50,214 -Rick: Yep. -How far down? 584 00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:53,008 -Right there. -Ian: Holy crow. 585 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:54,843 That's very important. 586 00:25:54,929 --> 00:25:56,178 The lower one is important 587 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:58,097 because it's going to frost heave. 588 00:25:58,182 --> 00:26:01,850 And everything. That's right at the cultural level, right? 589 00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:03,894 -Like, right at the... -Pretty much... 590 00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:05,729 Like, look at the amount of mud we have over this. 591 00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:08,357 Gary: Because it wasn't just gunpowder they put in kegs. 592 00:26:08,442 --> 00:26:10,693 It was all treasure coins, as well. 593 00:26:10,778 --> 00:26:14,196 Narrator: Could this piece of a keg barrel be more evidence 594 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,200 that the stone pathway was once used to haul heavy cargo-- 595 00:26:18,286 --> 00:26:20,327 or as gary drayton is suggesting, 596 00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:23,080 treasure-- onto oak island? 597 00:26:23,124 --> 00:26:25,374 And if so, could it be connected 598 00:26:25,459 --> 00:26:27,126 to the piece of the keg barrel 599 00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:31,088 recovered from the money pit in 1861? 600 00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:33,007 Right here. 601 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:35,426 -Yeah, there's another one. -Yeah, another piece. 602 00:26:35,469 --> 00:26:38,095 Ian: Does this...? Do these go together? 603 00:26:38,139 --> 00:26:40,097 -Craig: This looks too rounded. -Yeah, they're different, uh... 604 00:26:40,182 --> 00:26:41,724 Craig: Different radiuses. 605 00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:43,726 Ian: This is very important. It's... 606 00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,853 'cause this is down at the bottom of this mud layer. 607 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,147 I think as we move more towards that road, 608 00:26:48,232 --> 00:26:49,857 we're gonna find more and more stuff. 609 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:51,692 And I'm hoping we come up with some more coal. 610 00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:53,068 Yeah. 611 00:26:53,154 --> 00:26:54,737 Rick: Well, we should get some answers 612 00:26:54,822 --> 00:26:56,238 from these two pieces. 613 00:26:56,324 --> 00:26:58,240 I think there's some information to be gleaned from them. 614 00:26:58,326 --> 00:27:00,701 Might they indicate a-a certain type 615 00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:04,330 of tool, I.E. A certain type of cultural influence? 616 00:27:04,415 --> 00:27:07,291 I think the thing to do at this point is 617 00:27:07,335 --> 00:27:10,127 not to speculate about the 618 00:27:10,171 --> 00:27:13,130 why they're there or how they came to be there. 619 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:15,924 I very much look forward to whatever chemical 620 00:27:16,010 --> 00:27:17,718 analysis could be done. 621 00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:20,095 It's all about the application of science. 622 00:27:20,181 --> 00:27:23,098 We should get some answers from these two pieces. 623 00:27:23,184 --> 00:27:25,059 Should we bag this? 624 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:26,935 Because what if there is 625 00:27:27,021 --> 00:27:28,771 -a chemical trace here? -Yeah. 626 00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:31,231 Because it's not... Look at how distinctly different... 627 00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:32,316 Ian: Right. 628 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:33,984 Rick: Yeah, why-why don't we do that? 629 00:27:34,028 --> 00:27:36,278 Ian: I'll get a bag. 630 00:27:36,364 --> 00:27:38,781 I mean, this-this little piece could tell us some things. 631 00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:40,115 Craig: Hopefully, it tells a story. 632 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:41,408 Rick: Hopefully, there's more in there 633 00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:42,951 that'll tell a-a better story. 634 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,286 Craig: A better story and quicker. 635 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:46,121 (rick laughs) 636 00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:49,875 narrator: The following day, 637 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,129 some 50 miles north of oak island at northville farm... 638 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:56,090 Doug: We found a couple of what look like keg 639 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:57,800 or barrel tops in the swamp. 640 00:27:57,885 --> 00:27:59,802 We're going to take them up to carmen legge 641 00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:02,304 to have him take a look at them because we know, 642 00:28:02,390 --> 00:28:04,390 as a blacksmith, he often fashions 643 00:28:04,475 --> 00:28:06,517 such things as barrel hoops and whatnot. 644 00:28:06,602 --> 00:28:08,769 So, he's gonna be familiar with these, I think. 645 00:28:08,854 --> 00:28:10,979 It's going to be interesting to get his opinion, at least. 646 00:28:11,065 --> 00:28:12,398 Hey, carmen. 647 00:28:13,442 --> 00:28:17,778 Narrator: ...Doug crowell and scott barlow arrive at the shop 648 00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:20,197 of blacksmithing expert carmen legge. 649 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:24,868 We do have a couple artifacts. 650 00:28:56,944 --> 00:29:00,237 Doug: Can you venture to put a date on "extremely old"? 651 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,577 Doug: Right. 652 00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:17,463 Narrator: The keg barrel found in the swamp 653 00:29:17,548 --> 00:29:20,841 dating back as far as the 1400s? 654 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:23,260 Marty: What do we got? 655 00:29:23,345 --> 00:29:25,929 Craig: 95% sure 656 00:29:26,015 --> 00:29:27,514 this is what it is. 657 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,226 1492 to 1662. 658 00:29:31,312 --> 00:29:34,855 -Medieval, baby! -(laughs) 659 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,149 narrator: Could it be related to not only the keg barrel 660 00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:40,402 found in the money pit in 1861, 661 00:29:40,488 --> 00:29:42,946 but also the leather boot heel 662 00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:46,241 discovered by the oak island team in borehole 8-b, 663 00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:50,329 which dated to as early as 1492? 664 00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:53,957 If so, then who brought it to oak island? 665 00:29:54,001 --> 00:29:56,043 Where did they come from? 666 00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:58,587 And just what did they bring with them? 667 00:30:20,653 --> 00:30:24,238 This was found on the east bank of the swamp. 668 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:25,697 Scott: So, I mean if... 669 00:30:25,783 --> 00:30:27,491 If they were transporting things up or down that hillside, 670 00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:29,076 you know, it could have easily got pushed off 671 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:31,078 as time went on in the swamp. 672 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,080 Doug: But you think dry goods? 673 00:30:35,376 --> 00:30:37,501 You know what else is dry? Gold. 674 00:30:39,213 --> 00:30:40,963 -Doug: Yeah. -(laughs) 675 00:30:41,048 --> 00:30:42,214 doug: That's true. That's true. 676 00:30:42,299 --> 00:30:43,632 It doesn't come in liquid form. 677 00:30:43,717 --> 00:30:46,093 Well, that's really interesting because 678 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:51,098 if this is the same date range-- 1400 to 1720-- I mean, 679 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,683 it corresponds with a lot of the dates we're finding 680 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:54,643 on other parts of the island, other artifacts. 681 00:30:54,728 --> 00:30:56,979 The question is, does it indicate 682 00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:59,022 someone... One period of activity 683 00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:01,316 where someone came, did what they had to do and left? 684 00:31:01,402 --> 00:31:03,652 Or was there a longer occupation? 685 00:31:05,698 --> 00:31:07,406 Doug: Well, that's all we have for you today, 686 00:31:07,491 --> 00:31:09,199 but I know we're gonna have more. 687 00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:18,458 Doug: We'll be back. Thank you, sir. 688 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,335 -Hey doug. Scott. -Hey marty. -Hey marty. 689 00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:21,879 Did you have a chance to talk to carmen legge? 690 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,046 Doug: Yeah, we were out there 691 00:31:23,132 --> 00:31:24,006 the other day, scott and I. 692 00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:25,382 Uh, what'd you find out? 693 00:31:25,426 --> 00:31:27,217 Let me get the pieces of wood, and we'll tell you. 694 00:31:27,303 --> 00:31:29,219 You're going to find it interesting, I think. 695 00:31:29,263 --> 00:31:31,221 Narrator: After returning to oak island 696 00:31:31,265 --> 00:31:33,849 from their trip to northville farm, 697 00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:36,727 doug crowell and scott barlow meet up 698 00:31:36,812 --> 00:31:39,813 with marty lagina in the research center. 699 00:31:39,899 --> 00:31:42,733 Doug: Well, we showed the two cask tops to carmen. 700 00:31:42,818 --> 00:31:44,693 He had two different things to say about them. 701 00:31:44,778 --> 00:31:46,361 -So, of these two pieces... -Right. 702 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:48,739 He said they were for different purposes. 703 00:31:48,782 --> 00:31:50,032 Scott: This was for dry goods. 704 00:31:50,117 --> 00:31:53,744 And he made that assessment based on, you know, 705 00:31:53,829 --> 00:31:55,162 the density of the wood, the type of the wood... 706 00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:57,080 -Marty: Mm-hmm. -...And the edge. 707 00:31:57,124 --> 00:31:58,999 Yeah, okay, and, how old? 708 00:31:59,084 --> 00:32:00,459 Potentially, he said, 709 00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:02,252 -it could be 1400s. -Really? 710 00:32:02,296 --> 00:32:05,213 Doug: Up into the mid-1700s. 711 00:32:05,299 --> 00:32:08,175 The curious thing he said, scott, was that this 712 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,552 isn't workmanship that would have been done in nova scotia. 713 00:32:10,638 --> 00:32:11,845 -Scott: Yeah. -Those dates. 714 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:13,388 Which means if we get 715 00:32:13,474 --> 00:32:15,891 a definitive carbon date range on this... 716 00:32:15,976 --> 00:32:18,101 -Yeah, at least we can eliminate that, can't we? Yeah. -Right. 717 00:32:18,145 --> 00:32:19,978 And this piece, he said we could get tested. 718 00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:21,939 We could probably find out what was in it. 719 00:32:21,982 --> 00:32:22,898 Really? 720 00:32:22,983 --> 00:32:23,899 The keg tops that came 721 00:32:23,943 --> 00:32:25,108 out of the swamp are-are 722 00:32:25,194 --> 00:32:26,860 extremely interesting to me. 723 00:32:26,946 --> 00:32:28,236 It's way out of place. 724 00:32:28,322 --> 00:32:30,113 According to carmen legge, who knows his stuff, 725 00:32:30,157 --> 00:32:32,074 is very, very old. 726 00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:34,993 We'll have to see who might be able to tell us the chemistry. 727 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:37,079 Marty: Cool. That's good. I like this. 728 00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:40,123 It's just something that I'm interested in anyway, you know? 729 00:32:40,209 --> 00:32:42,167 It's all part of trying to pin down the activity 730 00:32:42,252 --> 00:32:45,087 around the swamp and on that stone road. 731 00:32:45,172 --> 00:32:47,422 -All right, we'll get that taken care of. -Okay, that's excellent work. 732 00:32:47,508 --> 00:32:50,258 -See you, guys. -Doug: Take care, marty. 733 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,386 Narrator: Later that afternoon 734 00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:54,930 -in the money pit... -Terry: We got to drill. 735 00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:57,057 Drill, baby, drill. 736 00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:59,434 ...Despite the harsh north atlantic storm front 737 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,812 that has just moved in, 738 00:33:01,855 --> 00:33:04,314 geologist terry matheson, 739 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,609 scott barlow and charles barkhouse 740 00:33:07,695 --> 00:33:10,278 continue to oversee the drilling operation 741 00:33:10,364 --> 00:33:12,280 in borehole c-5, where one day ago 742 00:33:12,366 --> 00:33:15,617 they obtained evidence of a possible tunnel 743 00:33:15,703 --> 00:33:18,286 some 77 and a half feet deep. 744 00:33:20,207 --> 00:33:23,792 We should have some of that finely bedded, 745 00:33:23,836 --> 00:33:26,503 dark charcoal stuff somewhere up in there. 746 00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:27,963 That's a pretty good section 747 00:33:28,048 --> 00:33:30,424 from 83 to 89 right there. 748 00:33:30,509 --> 00:33:32,509 We're definitely in situ here. 749 00:33:32,553 --> 00:33:34,011 We're not... 750 00:33:34,096 --> 00:33:35,345 This isn't backfill. 751 00:33:35,431 --> 00:33:37,556 I would more or less trust that. 752 00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:40,350 And that, much less... Must less so. 753 00:33:40,394 --> 00:33:43,353 It's been passed through and then comes in, 754 00:33:43,439 --> 00:33:46,231 and then as they go down, they ring the exterior, 755 00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:48,025 and you have the central portion 756 00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:51,278 full of loose, washed gravel and whatnot. 757 00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,530 So, anyway, I trust this. 758 00:33:53,574 --> 00:33:54,489 That's... 759 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:57,492 We've already seen that. 760 00:33:57,536 --> 00:33:59,536 I'm surprised you guys aren't blowing away 761 00:33:59,621 --> 00:34:01,121 off in the woods somewhere. 762 00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:03,540 -Well, we're at the windiest spot on oak island. -Really. 763 00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:05,000 So, what do we got here, guys? 764 00:34:05,085 --> 00:34:06,293 Terry: Bit of a bit blocker. 765 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:10,422 It's in no way as dense as till normally gets. 766 00:34:10,507 --> 00:34:14,384 Narrator: Because the soil in this core sample is less dense 767 00:34:14,428 --> 00:34:17,888 than geologist terry matheson believes it naturally should be, 768 00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:21,224 it could be evidence that the team has once again encountered 769 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:22,768 man-made workings. 770 00:34:22,853 --> 00:34:26,688 The question now is whether it's from past searchers, 771 00:34:26,774 --> 00:34:30,150 or from someone who came before them. 772 00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:32,486 Let's see what this one shows. 773 00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:38,533 So, we're starting to look for the intersection point 774 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:40,118 of that tunnel. 775 00:34:40,204 --> 00:34:41,495 This next intersection 776 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,371 will tell the tale: Are we gonna hit that tunnel, 777 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:45,916 or are we gonna go off to the left or right of it? 778 00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:48,043 I got it. I got it. 779 00:34:48,128 --> 00:34:49,336 You got it? 780 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:55,300 -119. -Terry: Super. 781 00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:57,594 Charles: I'm gonna run the metal detector over this. 782 00:34:57,679 --> 00:34:59,054 Terry: Very good. 783 00:34:59,098 --> 00:35:00,514 Crumbly. 784 00:35:00,557 --> 00:35:04,351 Terry: Some in situ material undisturbed at depth. 785 00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:05,602 Clear. 786 00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:07,104 Rick: Okay, well, I think the consensus, 787 00:35:07,189 --> 00:35:10,232 you know, we got to 118, our target depth. 788 00:35:10,317 --> 00:35:12,109 This is quite obvious that we're done 789 00:35:12,152 --> 00:35:14,111 -in this hole and move to the next one. -Okay. 790 00:35:15,697 --> 00:35:17,197 Narrator: The team has completed 791 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:21,243 another productive borehole in c-5, once again encountering 792 00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:24,579 what they believe could be an ancient tunnel 793 00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:28,125 that is possibly connected to the original money pit. 794 00:35:28,210 --> 00:35:30,627 Perhaps the next hole on their new drill grid 795 00:35:30,671 --> 00:35:33,672 will finally lead to the ultimate discovery 796 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:37,634 that people have sought for 225 years. 797 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,469 -See ya. -See ya later. 798 00:35:39,555 --> 00:35:41,471 Terry: I think we should call it a day, charles. 799 00:35:41,557 --> 00:35:43,473 Charles: Let's go somewhere where it's warm. 800 00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:49,271 Narrator: Before the close of another day on oak island... 801 00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:50,522 You know, I'm grateful 802 00:35:50,566 --> 00:35:53,150 that everyone's around the war room table... 803 00:35:53,193 --> 00:35:54,526 ...Rick and marty lagina, 804 00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:56,987 along with members of their team, 805 00:35:57,072 --> 00:35:59,990 have gathered to hear an important scientific report 806 00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:02,450 from dr. Ian spooner. 807 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,578 We've all spent, around this table, 808 00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:06,121 we've all spent significant time 809 00:36:06,165 --> 00:36:08,957 in the swamp, and certainly this year, 810 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:10,125 the archaeologists, in particular, 811 00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,294 have spent a considerable amount of time 812 00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:14,504 in the swamp. 813 00:36:14,590 --> 00:36:16,047 And so dr. Spooner is going to give us 814 00:36:16,133 --> 00:36:18,425 a breakdown of the analysis 815 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:21,011 and what he feels is, uh, 816 00:36:21,054 --> 00:36:23,972 the important aspects of the coal finds. 817 00:36:24,057 --> 00:36:26,183 So, um... 818 00:36:26,226 --> 00:36:28,518 I'll turn it over to you, uh, dr. Spooner. 819 00:36:28,604 --> 00:36:30,187 Yeah, yeah, I'm kind of... 820 00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:32,272 I'm kind of excited to talk about the coal. 821 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:36,109 I mean, we've all seen it, and, um, most people here 822 00:36:36,195 --> 00:36:38,153 have been part of gathering some of it up. 823 00:36:38,197 --> 00:36:40,822 I can't pass coal to you folks out there, 824 00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:42,324 but I'm gonna pass some 825 00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:44,117 around here-- so just pass it around, 826 00:36:44,203 --> 00:36:46,077 so everybody has a piece of this 827 00:36:46,163 --> 00:36:48,163 as we go... Go through this. 828 00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:50,749 I'm not sure if everybody's handled it. 829 00:36:52,044 --> 00:36:55,503 To me, it's the most significant artifact we have on the road. 830 00:36:56,590 --> 00:36:57,714 All right! 831 00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:03,553 Oom, 832 00:37:03,597 --> 00:37:07,557 dr. Ian spooner is presenting his analysis of the coal 833 00:37:07,601 --> 00:37:09,726 found along the stone pathway 834 00:37:09,770 --> 00:37:13,396 on the eastern border of the oak island swamp. 835 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,483 Ian: We found a lot of neat things. A ringbolt. 836 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:18,193 Uh, we found some pottery. 837 00:37:18,237 --> 00:37:21,821 But the coal is probably the most significant find, 838 00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:24,407 because it has the potential to answer 839 00:37:24,493 --> 00:37:26,493 some of the who and the why. 840 00:37:27,788 --> 00:37:30,247 If I can take it apart 841 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:32,415 and figure out the pollen and the spores 842 00:37:32,501 --> 00:37:35,377 that are in there, I can figure out 843 00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:37,254 the age of it, 844 00:37:37,297 --> 00:37:39,756 and I can also figure out geographically 845 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,716 where it came from. 846 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:42,759 Doug: It's almost as good 847 00:37:42,844 --> 00:37:45,262 -as a fingerprint. -Well put. And so, 848 00:37:45,347 --> 00:37:46,680 on the first slide... 849 00:37:48,267 --> 00:37:50,767 What's critical here is the sulfur content. 850 00:37:50,852 --> 00:37:52,560 It's very low. 851 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:55,355 It's 1.12 as received. 852 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,898 And that is odd. 853 00:37:56,984 --> 00:37:59,234 For instance, in nova scotia, our coal generally averages 854 00:37:59,278 --> 00:38:01,403 around three to four percent. 855 00:38:01,488 --> 00:38:03,863 This is what we call low sulfur 856 00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:06,074 subbituminous a coal. 857 00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:07,575 We don't have a lot of this in nova scotia. 858 00:38:07,661 --> 00:38:09,619 So, next slide. 859 00:38:09,705 --> 00:38:14,249 But you do get this kind of low sulfur coal in europe. 860 00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:17,711 These are the european coal fields. 861 00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:20,630 There's coal in Spain, all through eastern europe, 862 00:38:20,674 --> 00:38:23,550 czechoslovakia, bulgaria. 863 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,302 We also get it in England, 864 00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:26,720 scotland... 865 00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:27,637 And wales. 866 00:38:27,681 --> 00:38:29,306 Wow. 867 00:38:31,685 --> 00:38:32,726 Jack: This sounds like 868 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:35,437 this could be the science to literally... 869 00:38:35,522 --> 00:38:38,481 Put a stamp on who built the road and who... 870 00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:42,277 Who was doing work on the island in the early 1700s. 871 00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:45,155 Ian: Let's just say this turns out to be spanish coal. 872 00:38:45,198 --> 00:38:47,741 Does that mean the spanish were here? 873 00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:49,659 Not necessarily. 874 00:38:49,703 --> 00:38:53,663 It could be the british who bought the spanish coal 875 00:38:53,707 --> 00:38:55,498 and used it here. 876 00:38:55,584 --> 00:38:57,667 It could be the french who bought spanish coal 877 00:38:57,711 --> 00:39:00,170 and brought it here. 878 00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:03,715 But we know who was buying what coal at that time. 879 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,135 We have to go into archives to figure that out. 880 00:39:07,179 --> 00:39:11,848 So I think we really, with this coal, have the ability 881 00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:14,392 to say who built the road 882 00:39:14,478 --> 00:39:16,144 and why they were bringing coal. 883 00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:18,355 Right. 884 00:39:18,398 --> 00:39:19,356 Where do we go from here? 885 00:39:19,441 --> 00:39:21,816 Can you tee up these spore studies? 886 00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:23,526 -Pollen studies? -Absolutely. 887 00:39:23,612 --> 00:39:26,654 Great. And what kind of time for feedback 888 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:28,490 do you anticipate for that? 889 00:39:29,576 --> 00:39:31,326 (exhales sharply) months. 890 00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:32,786 Yeah, okay. I figured. 891 00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:33,953 Ian: Yeah. 892 00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:36,873 Craig: I'm looking forward to the results 893 00:39:36,917 --> 00:39:40,377 of a more detailed analysis of the coal. 894 00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:44,214 That'll be real interesting to see where this coal came from, 895 00:39:44,299 --> 00:39:45,965 and hopefully we can narrow it down greatly. 896 00:39:46,051 --> 00:39:49,219 But I understand sometimes you just get large regions. 897 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,845 So we'll see what happens. 898 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:53,306 Yeah. Best we can do. 899 00:39:53,392 --> 00:39:54,557 -Sounds good. -Ian: Okay. 900 00:39:54,643 --> 00:39:55,683 That's an excellent 901 00:39:55,769 --> 00:39:57,644 presentation, ian. Thank you very much. 902 00:39:57,729 --> 00:39:58,812 You're welcome. 903 00:39:58,855 --> 00:40:01,564 Rick: You know, it's incremental, this... 904 00:40:01,608 --> 00:40:03,775 This discovery process. 905 00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:05,985 But we've learned over the years 906 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:09,406 that the only way to solve oak island is to... 907 00:40:09,449 --> 00:40:11,241 Wrap it in the arms of real science 908 00:40:11,284 --> 00:40:13,952 and real professionals and real academics, and... 909 00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:16,329 We thank you for your efforts, 910 00:40:16,415 --> 00:40:18,331 because... Just that. 911 00:40:18,417 --> 00:40:21,876 Look at, look at what has come of just that. 912 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,253 -It's amazing. So... -Yeah. 913 00:40:23,338 --> 00:40:24,462 I'm very grateful. 914 00:40:25,465 --> 00:40:28,383 Marty: We've been incrementally attacking this thing, 915 00:40:28,427 --> 00:40:29,884 because it is apparent that 916 00:40:29,970 --> 00:40:31,344 that's what's required. 917 00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:32,929 We're putting more money and resources 918 00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:34,722 and time into the island, 919 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,766 and so, you know, um, as long as it's prudent, 920 00:40:36,852 --> 00:40:39,394 we're gonna keep at it, and we'll keep upping the ante 921 00:40:39,438 --> 00:40:40,979 until we get it done. 922 00:40:41,064 --> 00:40:43,481 Time to go to work. 923 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:45,567 I agree. Billy's got the right idea. 924 00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:47,735 Narrator: Another week has come to an end 925 00:40:47,821 --> 00:40:49,696 on oak island. 926 00:40:50,532 --> 00:40:52,615 But with it has also come 927 00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:55,577 new promise for rick, marty, craig and their team 928 00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:58,455 that they are closer than ever to solving 929 00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:01,749 a 225-year-old treasure mystery. 930 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:02,876 ♪ ♪ 931 00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:04,794 although some of the answers they seek 932 00:41:04,838 --> 00:41:07,672 will require them to remain patient, 933 00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:13,470 their will and determination to keep moving forward every day, 934 00:41:13,555 --> 00:41:16,639 no matter what challenges they face, 935 00:41:16,683 --> 00:41:19,601 may soon deliver the ultimate... 936 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:21,728 Reward. 937 00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:27,650 Next time on the curse of oak island... 938 00:41:27,694 --> 00:41:30,403 Marty: Something massive was occurring 939 00:41:30,489 --> 00:41:32,614 well before the discovery of the money pit. 940 00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:34,782 That looks exactly like an old roman road. 941 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:38,328 Hey, craig, I found a piece of leather strap. 942 00:41:38,371 --> 00:41:39,996 Ship's log or something like that 943 00:41:40,081 --> 00:41:42,832 -was made with a leather strap. -Wow. 944 00:41:42,876 --> 00:41:43,791 The money pit can only be here. 945 00:41:43,877 --> 00:41:45,668 That is the only place it can be. 946 00:41:45,712 --> 00:41:47,504 This is the top of a tunnel. Not maybe. 947 00:41:47,589 --> 00:41:49,756 This wood was from 1648. 948 00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:51,466 It seems like we found our money pit. 949 00:41:51,510 --> 00:41:53,009 Yeah! 950 00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:54,677 Captioning provided by a+e networks