1 00:00:03,087 --> 00:00:04,837 Marty: Wow. Look at that. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:05,879 Aaron: It's showing that this whole thing 3 00:00:05,965 --> 00:00:07,297 is being staked off. 4 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:08,799 Marty: It may lead us to treasure. 5 00:00:08,884 --> 00:00:11,385 Terry d.: Wow. This is 16th century 6 00:00:11,470 --> 00:00:12,970 -and before. -That's remarkable. 7 00:00:13,055 --> 00:00:14,221 Charles: Terry, we got wood. 8 00:00:14,306 --> 00:00:15,472 Terry: That's interesting. 9 00:00:15,558 --> 00:00:17,099 Probably at the edge of a tunnel. 10 00:00:17,184 --> 00:00:18,642 (laughs): Oh. 11 00:00:18,728 --> 00:00:21,770 Could have even come off samuel ball's walking cane. 12 00:00:21,856 --> 00:00:22,980 It's pretty incredible. 13 00:00:23,065 --> 00:00:24,481 This does seem to match 14 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:25,983 what we have in our collection. 15 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:27,860 -We found the smoking gun. -I knew it! 16 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:34,324 Narrator: There is an island in the north atlantic 17 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:37,953 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 18 00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:41,081 for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,168 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,253 --> 00:00:46,879 with strange symbols carved into it, 21 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:49,798 mysterious fragments of human bone, 22 00:00:49,884 --> 00:00:53,510 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 23 00:00:53,596 --> 00:00:55,971 to the days of the knights templar. 24 00:00:56,057 --> 00:01:00,559 To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,937 --> 00:01:04,563 And, according to legend, 26 00:01:04,648 --> 00:01:07,566 one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,651 --> 00:01:10,486 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:13,866 --> 00:01:15,866 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:21,791 --> 00:01:24,041 -terry d.: This is new. -Craig: Yeah, this is it. 30 00:01:24,126 --> 00:01:26,335 Obviously a road, but what can you tell us about it? 31 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:29,213 Yeah. That is very impressive. 32 00:01:29,298 --> 00:01:30,589 Wow. 33 00:01:30,633 --> 00:01:32,216 Those are some big stones in there. 34 00:01:32,301 --> 00:01:34,134 It looks definitely like it was built 35 00:01:34,220 --> 00:01:36,053 for the purpose of being a road. 36 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:40,432 Narrator: In their quest to solve the 225-year-old 37 00:01:40,476 --> 00:01:44,019 oak island treasure mystery, brothers rick and marty lagina, 38 00:01:44,105 --> 00:01:47,106 their partner craig tester, 39 00:01:47,191 --> 00:01:50,109 and the members of their team continue to unearth 40 00:01:50,194 --> 00:01:52,361 incredible man-made workings 41 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,280 that suggest whatever may have been buried here long ago 42 00:01:55,324 --> 00:01:57,699 was valuable enough to require 43 00:01:57,785 --> 00:02:01,286 massive engineering efforts to keep it hidden. 44 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:04,206 What I tend to find, is that, um, when roads 45 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:08,460 have been engineered with so much stone like this, 46 00:02:08,504 --> 00:02:11,213 they were designed to carry heavy loads. 47 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:14,133 Narrator: Today, they have invited terry deveau, 48 00:02:14,176 --> 00:02:16,885 the former president of the new England antiquities 49 00:02:16,971 --> 00:02:18,595 research association, 50 00:02:18,681 --> 00:02:21,723 to inspect the massive stone road uncovered this year 51 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:25,060 in the southeastern corner of the artificially-made swamp. 52 00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:28,605 It is their hope that he can offer an informed opinion 53 00:02:28,691 --> 00:02:32,359 on its design and potential cultural origin. 54 00:02:32,444 --> 00:02:34,695 This stone is two or three courses thick. 55 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:37,322 Exactly. There probably was a dock, 56 00:02:37,408 --> 00:02:39,324 a little bit more to the sea. 57 00:02:39,368 --> 00:02:42,995 -Yeah. -And then this stone road 58 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,248 would have likely have been put down in order to carry the loads 59 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:49,793 from that dock to wherever they needed to take them. 60 00:02:51,172 --> 00:02:52,713 Marty: Why was this thing buried? 61 00:02:52,798 --> 00:02:54,506 Who builds roads in swamps? 62 00:02:54,550 --> 00:02:57,342 And then lets the swamp, you know, swallow it up? 63 00:02:57,386 --> 00:02:58,802 And we're not to the end of it. 64 00:02:58,846 --> 00:03:01,847 Could I have predicted that? Never. 65 00:03:01,891 --> 00:03:04,016 They've just gotten started. 66 00:03:04,101 --> 00:03:06,268 They're gonna cut this entire part out. 67 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:09,354 -Oh, okay. -But that is just a, uh, 68 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,816 -a swamp mat at the bottom in there. -Yeah. 69 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:15,444 Terry d.: You definitely can see that. 70 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,946 These, uh, cobblestones, you know, 71 00:03:18,032 --> 00:03:21,700 are a clearly defined feature, and the width of it, 72 00:03:21,744 --> 00:03:23,535 to me, that looks like about six feet. 73 00:03:23,621 --> 00:03:27,039 -Yeah. -For hundreds and hundreds of years, 74 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:31,168 there was a standard, uh, cart track width 75 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:33,837 of basically five feet. 76 00:03:33,923 --> 00:03:35,839 And so you needed your road to be 77 00:03:35,925 --> 00:03:37,674 just a little bit bigger than that. 78 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,968 The fact that it's at least that wide is supportive 79 00:03:40,054 --> 00:03:44,640 evidence that carts were being used to transport material. 80 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:46,600 Rick: That's an interesting observation 81 00:03:46,685 --> 00:03:49,937 because the cobbled area is so well-defined. 82 00:03:50,022 --> 00:03:53,106 And we've spoken of it before, that a ship comes in, 83 00:03:53,192 --> 00:03:57,069 treasure's offloaded, or something is offloaded, 84 00:03:57,154 --> 00:03:59,321 to wagons pulled by oxen-- 85 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:02,574 because we have the ox shoes-- pulled up to the money pit, 86 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:06,453 and there's your treasure story, there's your mystery. 87 00:04:06,538 --> 00:04:09,164 But it's way too premature yet. 88 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:11,750 I want the archeologists to do their work, 89 00:04:11,835 --> 00:04:14,336 and hopefully at the end of this investigation, 90 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:17,047 they will recreate what happened there. 91 00:04:17,132 --> 00:04:19,508 Yeah, it definitely looks like the edge of, uh, another 92 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:20,968 piece of the road, right? 93 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:22,344 That's what it looks like to me. 94 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:24,721 Rick: But the key question is, 95 00:04:24,807 --> 00:04:27,266 if you had to put a date on that-- 96 00:04:27,351 --> 00:04:30,143 forced to-- how old is it? 97 00:04:30,229 --> 00:04:33,563 Well, I mean, that's what makes that so interesting 98 00:04:33,649 --> 00:04:35,732 and special is, 99 00:04:35,818 --> 00:04:39,611 like you said, the many courses of-of stone that were used. 100 00:04:39,655 --> 00:04:44,324 It doesn't fit, in my eye, either with the roadbuilding 101 00:04:44,410 --> 00:04:46,868 that we're used to seeing from the french or the british 102 00:04:46,954 --> 00:04:48,912 during the colonial period in nova scotia. 103 00:04:48,998 --> 00:04:52,249 The type of technology that's in evidence over there 104 00:04:52,334 --> 00:04:55,127 is not the way things have been done 105 00:04:55,212 --> 00:04:58,380 in this part of the world for the last 400 years. 106 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,924 -It's very unusual. -Wow. 107 00:05:01,010 --> 00:05:03,802 So to me, it would speak to a technology 108 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:06,013 of roadbuilding that people 109 00:05:06,098 --> 00:05:09,433 were used to using and were familiar with prior to that. 110 00:05:09,518 --> 00:05:12,436 -Mm-hmm. -Right? The 1500s or earlier. 111 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:15,105 People that came here from europe 112 00:05:15,149 --> 00:05:18,150 were used to building roads that way, with stone. 113 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:20,944 Narrator: The stone-paved road in the swamp, 114 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:23,322 possibly constructed by europeans 115 00:05:23,365 --> 00:05:26,074 more than 500 years ago? 116 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,410 Terry d.: So now you can see the carving quite clearly here. 117 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,120 It's-it's very beautiful. 118 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:32,622 Narrator: In 2015, 119 00:05:32,708 --> 00:05:35,584 terry showed rick, marty, craig and dave blankenship 120 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:39,838 a mysterious rock carving located in overton, nova scotia, 121 00:05:39,882 --> 00:05:43,175 some 140 miles east of oak island... 122 00:05:43,218 --> 00:05:45,010 Isn't that a templar cross? 123 00:05:45,054 --> 00:05:46,720 ...That he believes could date back 124 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:51,016 to the same time period as this stone road. 125 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:54,269 If terry is correct about the stone road, 126 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:57,147 could that mean it may be connected to other medieval 127 00:05:57,191 --> 00:06:00,984 european discoveries that the team has made on oak island? 128 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:03,987 Such as the 700-year-old lead cross 129 00:06:04,073 --> 00:06:06,698 discovered three years ago at smith's cove, 130 00:06:06,742 --> 00:06:09,284 and which is believed to possibly be linked 131 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:11,828 to the knights templar? 132 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:16,083 So, on several levels, that is quite unique to you. 133 00:06:16,168 --> 00:06:19,336 Because it predates any british or french activity. 134 00:06:19,421 --> 00:06:20,504 In my mind it does. 135 00:06:20,547 --> 00:06:24,341 -So, that's remarkable. -It is. It is. 136 00:06:24,426 --> 00:06:26,510 We didn't anticipate your observation 137 00:06:26,595 --> 00:06:28,678 putting us that far back in time. 138 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:31,264 -So we thank you for that. -Mm-hmm. 139 00:06:31,350 --> 00:06:33,892 Terry d.: My pleasure. Anytime. 140 00:06:36,522 --> 00:06:39,231 Narrator: Later that morning, 141 00:06:39,316 --> 00:06:41,691 as rick and other members of the team continue 142 00:06:41,777 --> 00:06:43,902 to excavate the stone pathway... 143 00:06:43,946 --> 00:06:45,946 -Hey, craig. -Hey, marty. 144 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:47,864 ...His brother marty meets with craig tester 145 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:49,741 in the war room to discuss the status 146 00:06:49,785 --> 00:06:52,411 of the drilling operation currently underway 147 00:06:52,496 --> 00:06:54,496 at the money pit. 148 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:58,542 Okay, um, you know, we're trying to follow this tunnel, 149 00:06:58,627 --> 00:07:00,335 -look for the money pit. -Mm-hmm. 150 00:07:00,421 --> 00:07:03,046 We just got done drilling c-4.5. 151 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:05,298 -It did hit tunnel. -Marty: Okay. 152 00:07:05,384 --> 00:07:07,426 But so far, we have, you know, three wells 153 00:07:07,511 --> 00:07:08,969 that have hit that tunnel. 154 00:07:09,054 --> 00:07:10,303 Okay. 155 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:14,474 Uh, the good news is we did get, uh, c-14 data. 156 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,144 -Yeah, from that piece of wood? -From the piece of wood, yep. 157 00:07:17,229 --> 00:07:22,524 And it dated to 1648 to 1694. 158 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:24,359 That's great. 159 00:07:24,445 --> 00:07:27,571 Terry: For right now, I'm convinced this is a tunnel. 160 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:28,864 Narrator: Two weeks ago, 161 00:07:28,949 --> 00:07:31,408 the team began a new core-drilling program 162 00:07:31,493 --> 00:07:34,202 in the western region of the money pit area 163 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:36,830 in the hopes of finally locating the original shaft 164 00:07:36,915 --> 00:07:40,250 that was first discovered in 1795. 165 00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:43,962 Now that they have found a possible tunnel 166 00:07:44,006 --> 00:07:48,758 some 90 feet deep dating as much as 150 years earlier, 167 00:07:48,844 --> 00:07:51,344 it is their hope, if they can continue tracking it, 168 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:53,805 it will soon lead them to the location 169 00:07:53,849 --> 00:07:56,766 of the fabled treasure vault. 170 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:58,768 So, where do you want to go next? 171 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:01,938 Uh, we're picking this location just to the northwest. 172 00:08:02,024 --> 00:08:04,149 It's bc-4, 173 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:06,318 and hopefully it gives us more information 174 00:08:06,361 --> 00:08:09,237 on this tunnel leading in this direction. 175 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:10,739 Right. 176 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:11,907 Crazy stuff. 177 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:13,658 You know, there shouldn't have been anything 178 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:15,952 up around c-1, uh, 179 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:18,997 based on what we knew prior to this year. 180 00:08:19,082 --> 00:08:22,167 And we clearly have to follow this tunnel 181 00:08:22,211 --> 00:08:24,836 because we're always looking for that breakthrough. 182 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,797 And there'd be nobody happier than me to find out that 183 00:08:27,883 --> 00:08:29,841 we've been looking in the wrong place for the money pit. 184 00:08:29,885 --> 00:08:34,012 So I'm not discounting that the money pit could be up there. 185 00:08:34,097 --> 00:08:37,516 I mean, this is way away from anything we thought. 186 00:08:37,601 --> 00:08:39,059 Craig: Maybe the money pit's in this area. 187 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:41,269 -Well, that's c-1, right? -Yep. 188 00:08:41,355 --> 00:08:43,813 Maybe this is where we should have been looking all the time. 189 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:45,232 I mean, it was an interesting hole. 190 00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:47,484 -Yep. So... -All right. 191 00:08:47,528 --> 00:08:50,403 Sounds good to me. Let's keep going. 192 00:08:50,489 --> 00:08:53,156 -Drill. -Craig: Okay. We'll do that. 193 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,493 Narrator: As marty and craig conclude their meeting in the war room... 194 00:08:57,412 --> 00:08:58,995 Today's gonna be a good day, rick. 195 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:00,830 I can feel it in my wand. 196 00:09:00,916 --> 00:09:04,709 ...Rick lagina joins metal detection expert gary drayton 197 00:09:04,795 --> 00:09:09,214 on lot 25, located on the western end of the island, 198 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:12,634 to continue their investigation of the site 199 00:09:12,719 --> 00:09:15,428 where late 18th-century landowner samuel ball 200 00:09:15,514 --> 00:09:18,515 built a thriving homestead. 201 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,811 The only safety gear we need on for this, mate, is sunglasses. 202 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:25,021 Because when we see the shine on that gold and silver, mate... 203 00:09:25,107 --> 00:09:27,190 -Ah, that-that... -...It will damage your eyes. 204 00:09:27,276 --> 00:09:29,192 That you've got to prove, gary. 205 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:32,028 I believe you, I trust you, I'll dig, 206 00:09:32,114 --> 00:09:33,572 I'll dig as far as you need me to dig, 207 00:09:33,615 --> 00:09:35,949 -but you got to find it. -Okay, mate. 208 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:40,078 Narrator: Because the ball foundation is a protected site, 209 00:09:40,122 --> 00:09:42,706 gary is only permitted to dig up targets 210 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:46,084 he previously marked with flags while under the supervision 211 00:09:46,128 --> 00:09:49,170 of provincial archaeologist laird niven. 212 00:09:50,132 --> 00:09:52,716 Gary: There's a group of pink flags here. 213 00:09:52,801 --> 00:09:56,803 This is the closest, I believe, to the ball foundation. 214 00:09:56,888 --> 00:09:58,930 I'm not sure if they're iron or not, 215 00:09:59,016 --> 00:10:02,267 but we have got one good pink flag over there. 216 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:03,935 -Okay. -Let's check these ones out. 217 00:10:04,021 --> 00:10:05,895 -Okay. -(device whirring) 218 00:10:05,981 --> 00:10:10,609 narrator: Although samuel ball, a former american slave, 219 00:10:10,652 --> 00:10:12,694 was known to be a simple cabbage farmer, 220 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:16,156 he would mysteriously become one of the wealthiest men 221 00:10:16,241 --> 00:10:18,199 in the province of nova scotia. 222 00:10:19,161 --> 00:10:22,412 This has led researchers and historians to speculate 223 00:10:22,497 --> 00:10:26,249 that perhaps he found something of great value on oak island. 224 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:32,797 Yeah, my guess is just there, mate. 225 00:10:34,843 --> 00:10:38,386 It's to this side of that little stump. 226 00:10:47,189 --> 00:10:49,147 Looks like you've moved it. 227 00:10:52,361 --> 00:10:54,778 We're on it. Come on, baby. 228 00:10:59,701 --> 00:11:02,035 It's in my hand. 229 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,995 What have we got here? 230 00:11:05,540 --> 00:11:07,499 (device beeping) 231 00:11:11,713 --> 00:11:13,004 gary: What have we got here? 232 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:14,005 -Oh. It is! It is! It is! -(laughs) 233 00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:16,091 -it is! It is, it is! -(laughs) 234 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:17,592 it's a coin or a button. 235 00:11:17,678 --> 00:11:20,136 Narrator: On lot 25, rick lagina 236 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,681 and metal detection expert gary drayton 237 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:25,809 have just made what could be a significant discovery 238 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:29,104 on the former property of samuel ball. 239 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,648 Oh, it's an old greenie. 240 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:34,776 That means it's a copper coin. 241 00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:37,404 -Rick: Mm-hmm. -And there's a good chance it's an oldie. 242 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:40,865 You're talking 1730s, 1740s. 243 00:11:40,951 --> 00:11:43,535 This isn't one of the smaller coins 244 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:45,412 we've recovered in the area. 245 00:11:45,497 --> 00:11:48,206 This is one of the larger coppers. 246 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,208 Uh, which is a good sign. 247 00:11:50,252 --> 00:11:54,713 Whenever you find large copper coins on oak island, 248 00:11:54,756 --> 00:11:56,548 you've got a good chance that one of them 249 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:58,591 is gonna be a british penny, 250 00:11:58,677 --> 00:12:02,554 because of those really old pennies we've found. 251 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:05,640 Everything that's found on lot 25 252 00:12:05,726 --> 00:12:07,726 could be attributed to samuel ball. 253 00:12:07,811 --> 00:12:10,729 It's hard not to get excited. It's hard not to get enthused. 254 00:12:10,814 --> 00:12:13,398 It's hard not to say, "well, let's keep going." 255 00:12:13,442 --> 00:12:15,692 and you know, we'll see what the coin says. 256 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:20,405 Sandy should be able to clean that up really, really well. 257 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:22,574 -Oh, man, I'm so pleased we flagged this. -(laughs) 258 00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:24,993 and we've got a coin to put in the bag. 259 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,078 Ah, I like this. 260 00:12:27,164 --> 00:12:30,915 -Coin. -(laughs): You know, you smile, you grin, you... 261 00:12:30,959 --> 00:12:33,126 I can't wait for you to find a gold or silver-- 262 00:12:33,211 --> 00:12:34,586 I mean, y-you're gonna be... 263 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:36,880 -Jumping six feet in the air. -(laughs) 264 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:39,758 all right, next flag. 265 00:12:47,434 --> 00:12:50,935 -Ooh. Good, clear signal. -Another one. 266 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:55,064 -Yep. Yep. -Yeah, it's right on the edge of that rock. 267 00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:05,533 Fingers crossed it's a good target. 268 00:13:07,662 --> 00:13:12,457 -It's in situ. -I don't want to damage it. 269 00:13:15,212 --> 00:13:16,544 Gary: Yeah. 270 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:21,132 Oh, what is that? 271 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:25,595 Oh-ho-ho! This is beautiful. 272 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:29,307 -Rick: What is it? -What a gorgeous artifact. 273 00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:34,103 This is a cane topper. 274 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,773 It could be a riding crop topper 275 00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:40,693 or it could be a military swagger stick topper. 276 00:13:40,779 --> 00:13:42,987 What's that? What's on top? 277 00:13:43,073 --> 00:13:44,739 Some kind of design. Look at that. 278 00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:47,575 That-- even that design looks old. 279 00:13:47,661 --> 00:13:51,621 Could have even come off samuel ball's walking cane. 280 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:54,499 You have a look, mate. What do you see-- 281 00:13:54,543 --> 00:13:56,835 what do you see on that design? 282 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,795 Rick: I-I see a crown. 283 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:02,966 That's what it looks like. Yeah. 284 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:05,593 I see a crown, 285 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,513 -and some kind of leaf or floral design. -Yeah. 286 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:10,557 Rick: Yep. Mm-hmm. 287 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:13,685 Being a crown on there, a-and I'm thinking, 288 00:14:13,728 --> 00:14:16,563 samuel ball, because he was in the military, 289 00:14:16,648 --> 00:14:19,816 uh, this, with a crown on it, you would think military. 290 00:14:21,570 --> 00:14:23,194 Narrator: As a young man, 291 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:25,029 samuel ball earned his freedom 292 00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:29,200 by joining the british military during the american revolution. 293 00:14:29,286 --> 00:14:31,202 However, he was not known to have risen 294 00:14:31,288 --> 00:14:33,580 to the rank of an officer. 295 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:36,416 Could gary be correct that this cane topper 296 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:38,376 was part of his property? 297 00:14:38,461 --> 00:14:40,920 Or could it mean that someone of high ranking 298 00:14:41,006 --> 00:14:44,883 in the british military came to visit him on oak island? 299 00:14:44,926 --> 00:14:48,136 And if so, what brought them here? 300 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:51,014 And could it be connected to the mysterious wealth 301 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:53,349 samuel ball came to possess? 302 00:14:54,311 --> 00:14:58,813 I've seen so many of these type of designs on artifacts 303 00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:02,025 from the 1700s all over England. 304 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:05,820 This is really, really nice. And this is a sign of wealth. 305 00:15:05,906 --> 00:15:09,532 And with samuel ball being a black loyalist, I-I wonder 306 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:13,536 if this is something regimental, this crest... 307 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:17,248 That-that emblem may... May tell someone, 308 00:15:17,292 --> 00:15:20,251 "hey, this is from a century before samuel ball." 309 00:15:20,295 --> 00:15:24,088 -yeah. -So that may be outside of samuel's life. 310 00:15:24,132 --> 00:15:25,423 That's a very good point, rick. 311 00:15:25,508 --> 00:15:27,926 -We don't know where this comes from. -We don't. 312 00:15:27,969 --> 00:15:31,054 -That-that could be french, could be portuguese. -Mm-hmm. 313 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:32,931 -Could be english. -Mm-hmm. 314 00:15:33,016 --> 00:15:37,560 Anytime you find an artifact that may establish a date, 315 00:15:37,646 --> 00:15:41,439 timeline, ownership, it's important. 316 00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:43,441 And hopefully, further investigation 317 00:15:43,485 --> 00:15:44,901 and further research will give us 318 00:15:44,986 --> 00:15:46,778 some clue as to who might have owned it 319 00:15:46,821 --> 00:15:49,906 and any cultural influences associated with it. 320 00:15:49,991 --> 00:15:51,741 It's a very unique piece. 321 00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:54,911 There's enough on this, between the design, 322 00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:57,956 the shape, to-to get this id'd. 323 00:15:57,999 --> 00:16:01,793 I'm sure that doug crowell can do his research 324 00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:03,962 and find something similar to this. 325 00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:06,589 Who knows where this find will lead us, mate? 326 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,007 (laughs) 327 00:16:08,093 --> 00:16:09,592 gary: And who knows what else is here, mate? 328 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:12,220 -We've got more flags to go. -Rick: Yep. 329 00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:19,143 Narrator: The following morning, 330 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:21,354 as the investigation of the cobblestone road 331 00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:25,650 along the eastern edge of the swamp continues, 332 00:16:25,735 --> 00:16:27,151 at the money pit... 333 00:16:27,195 --> 00:16:29,112 Terry: Just blue-gray till here, charles. 334 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:31,155 Just as mother nature left it. 335 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:33,950 ...Oak island historian charles barkhouse 336 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:35,994 and geologist terry matheson 337 00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:39,789 are overseeing the drilling of borehole bc-4, 338 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:42,250 where they hope to find more evidence of a tunnel 339 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:45,169 that could be connected to the fabled treasure vault. 340 00:16:45,213 --> 00:16:48,006 Terry: We're still above the 87-foot tunnel depth, 341 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:52,176 that is now a new benchmark for us, that we've seen 342 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:54,137 a lot of tunneling at about that level. 343 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:56,305 And when you find a tunnel, tunnel's coming from somewhere 344 00:16:56,391 --> 00:16:57,849 and it's going somewhere. 345 00:16:57,934 --> 00:16:59,350 So we'll have to see what that is. 346 00:16:59,436 --> 00:17:02,103 We have come to believe that there is this tunnel horizon 347 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:04,188 at around 87 feet. 348 00:17:04,232 --> 00:17:06,524 Will it yield a benefit? 349 00:17:06,609 --> 00:17:09,694 I don't know, but you have to follow the clues, 350 00:17:09,738 --> 00:17:11,821 and we have two significant clues. 351 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:13,531 Seventy-eight. 352 00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:18,786 Terry, we got wood. 353 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:21,664 At 78? 354 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:26,544 That's some pretty significant beam going on there. 355 00:17:26,629 --> 00:17:29,172 -This is... -It's an odd depth. 356 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:31,883 This is really perplexing to me. 357 00:17:31,926 --> 00:17:34,052 And, at that point right there, we are in 358 00:17:34,137 --> 00:17:37,555 some very dense maroon till. 359 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,684 Narrator: Part of a wood beam discovered at a depth of 78 feet? 360 00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:44,395 If this has any connection to the tunnel 361 00:17:44,439 --> 00:17:47,774 they have been tracking, because it is at a shallower depth, 362 00:17:47,859 --> 00:17:50,777 could that mean they have found a correlating shaft? 363 00:17:50,862 --> 00:17:54,864 And if so, could it be the original money pit? 364 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:57,658 I think what's gonna be telling is that next core we pull up. 365 00:17:57,744 --> 00:18:00,536 -Terry: So... -If the timbers extend, then it's a tunnel. 366 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,580 But I just find it rather odd. 367 00:18:02,665 --> 00:18:03,831 Fairly sharp edge there. 368 00:18:03,875 --> 00:18:06,751 There's a, there's a cut edge, right there. 369 00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:08,920 Hand-hewn. 370 00:18:09,005 --> 00:18:11,756 I can't see any saw cut across it. 371 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,425 See the cut away? There's a ridge. 372 00:18:14,469 --> 00:18:17,220 See where the hack, this way and that. 373 00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:19,180 That says relatively old. 374 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:22,433 A-again, back to the more interesting, uh, 375 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:25,269 possibility that it is hand-hewn. 376 00:18:25,355 --> 00:18:27,939 -Okay. -Terry: Let's wash it up a bit. 377 00:18:33,988 --> 00:18:35,613 Tedford: Yo! 378 00:18:35,657 --> 00:18:39,700 87 to 94 is right here! 379 00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:42,954 Okay. So here's the one we're really interested in. 380 00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:44,872 -(grunts) -yep. 381 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:48,292 Narrator: Having now reached the target depth of 87 feet, 382 00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:50,795 terry matheson and charles barkhouse 383 00:18:50,839 --> 00:18:54,298 are hoping to find any evidence of a wooden tunnel or shaft 384 00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:56,467 that could be the smoking gun they need 385 00:18:56,511 --> 00:18:59,929 to prove they're moving closer to the money pit treasure. 386 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,765 All right, let's open this up a little. 387 00:19:04,394 --> 00:19:06,018 Okay, there's, uh... 388 00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:08,646 No, looked like wood but it is not. 389 00:19:08,731 --> 00:19:10,815 But if this the collapsed tunnel, it should be softer 390 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:12,984 -through here, right? -Well, uh-- yeah. 391 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:19,991 Well, I'll tell you what, we got, we got fiber, 392 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:22,160 but I don't see any beams here. 393 00:19:22,203 --> 00:19:25,496 No significant workings or beam or tunnel here. 394 00:19:25,582 --> 00:19:27,832 We got a few flecks of wood which almost 395 00:19:27,876 --> 00:19:29,750 certainly came from above. 396 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:31,127 We got wood here. 397 00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:32,962 -What? -That's wood there. 398 00:19:38,136 --> 00:19:40,178 That's interesting. That is wood, no question. 399 00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:42,638 -And it was embedded, too. -Yeah, it was right in here. 400 00:19:42,724 --> 00:19:44,265 Terry: Yeah. 401 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:46,309 And there's another chunk there. 402 00:19:46,394 --> 00:19:48,436 We're probably at the edge of a tunnel. 403 00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:50,938 And this loose material is what collapsed 404 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:53,191 and squashed out to the sides. 405 00:19:53,234 --> 00:19:55,193 And we're now clipping the sides of this tunnel. 406 00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:57,486 Narrator: A possible tunnel, 407 00:19:57,572 --> 00:20:01,199 at a depth of some 87 feet in borehole bc-4? 408 00:20:01,284 --> 00:20:04,202 Could it be confirmation that they have indeed 409 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:07,205 once again intersected a tunnel dating back as much 410 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:11,626 as 150 years prior to the discovery of the money pit? 411 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:14,170 If so, they might not have pinpointed 412 00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,839 the location of the fabled treasure vault yet, 413 00:20:16,925 --> 00:20:21,010 but they may be one major step closer to it. 414 00:20:21,095 --> 00:20:24,263 It's almost impossible to deny that this is a tunnel. 415 00:20:24,349 --> 00:20:28,017 It is consistent, in terms of depth. 416 00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:31,145 It's possible we're very close to the money pit. 417 00:20:31,231 --> 00:20:33,981 Beams didn't just kind of sneak their way in there. 418 00:20:34,067 --> 00:20:36,150 -Yeah. -People put them there, so there must have been 419 00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:37,652 a people-sized opening. 420 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:40,613 It's got to do with a tunnel that went in very close to this. 421 00:20:40,698 --> 00:20:43,866 -Yep. -So hopefully we're close. 422 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:46,619 Ultimately, we will be victorious. 423 00:20:46,704 --> 00:20:50,581 Narrator: While the drilling operation at the money pit continues, 424 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:53,376 in the uplands along the eastern edge 425 00:20:53,461 --> 00:20:55,211 of the triangle shaped-swamp... 426 00:20:55,255 --> 00:20:57,129 -Good afternoon. -How are you? -Hey. 427 00:20:57,215 --> 00:21:00,883 ...Rick lagina joins geoscientist dr. Ian spooner 428 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:03,177 and archeologists miriam amirault 429 00:21:03,263 --> 00:21:04,971 and dr. Aaron taylor 430 00:21:05,056 --> 00:21:07,098 as they continue to unearth more evidence 431 00:21:07,141 --> 00:21:11,602 of the massive stone pathway extending into the uplands. 432 00:21:11,646 --> 00:21:14,480 The questions that remain are who built it, 433 00:21:14,565 --> 00:21:16,232 what was it used for 434 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:18,776 and where does it ultimately lead? 435 00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:23,072 -Is it still here? -Yep. 436 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:25,491 -That way? -Miriam: At this point, 437 00:21:25,576 --> 00:21:27,159 we don't know where this is going, 438 00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:28,911 but I'm not too worried about it. 439 00:21:28,997 --> 00:21:31,497 We just take it one day at a time and go from there. 440 00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:32,498 See what it tells us. 441 00:21:32,583 --> 00:21:34,834 Ian: What's important to us is that, 442 00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:35,918 it's this brown material here. 443 00:21:36,004 --> 00:21:38,087 -Rick: Right. -And every time we get 444 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:40,881 to the bottom of it, we hit rocks. 445 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:42,258 They're all together. 446 00:21:42,343 --> 00:21:44,552 -We're into people-placed rocks. -Right. 447 00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:45,928 Ian: We're pretty sure that 448 00:21:46,014 --> 00:21:47,722 they were still defining a road here. 449 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,140 Right. 450 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:51,225 The stone road is a lot of work. 451 00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:53,519 Where did all these stones come from? 452 00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:56,772 It's not like a pile of stone was dumped on the beach. 453 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:59,483 These stones had to be acquired. 454 00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:02,486 When you look at them, they're not from the beach. 455 00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:04,530 These are brought from the uplands. 456 00:22:04,615 --> 00:22:07,533 So we need to know where this road goes. 457 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:09,827 I mean, I think we have to take a little bit 458 00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:11,287 more of a look at that bank. 459 00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:12,830 One thing we did notice, 460 00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:14,206 -did you see the red staining on it? -Yeah. 461 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:15,416 That's an old firepit. 462 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:18,169 -Rick: Wow. -And there's charcoals in it. 463 00:22:18,212 --> 00:22:20,463 Somebody was building a fire 464 00:22:20,548 --> 00:22:22,048 'cause they were building a road. 465 00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:23,883 And so again, it's just another indication 466 00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:26,177 that people were building this. 467 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:28,137 Narrator: A firepit? 468 00:22:28,222 --> 00:22:30,056 Possibly used in the construction 469 00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:32,266 of the massive stone-paved road? 470 00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:36,103 If so, what other clues might be found nearby 471 00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:38,856 that were also left behind that could potentially help 472 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:41,150 identify just who made this? 473 00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:43,027 Well, put me to work. 474 00:22:43,112 --> 00:22:44,653 What can I do? Wh-- how can I help? 475 00:22:44,739 --> 00:22:48,157 Ian: Well, do we want to get to the edge of this, this way? 476 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:49,867 -Aaron: Yeah. -Rick: Yeah. I'll start up here 477 00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:51,494 so I'm not in anybody's way. 478 00:22:54,582 --> 00:22:56,665 Ian: I'd just dearly love to, uh... 479 00:22:56,751 --> 00:23:00,669 Again, if we can come up with a stake or an artifact. 480 00:23:00,755 --> 00:23:04,173 Rick: Okay, well, keep digging, see what happens. 481 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:06,092 Narrator: As rick lagina continues to oversee 482 00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:08,719 the investigation in the swamp... 483 00:23:08,763 --> 00:23:11,180 -Marty: Hey, doug. -Doug: Gentlemen. 484 00:23:11,265 --> 00:23:14,934 Marty lagina and metal detection expert gary drayton 485 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:17,103 arrive at the research renter, 486 00:23:17,188 --> 00:23:18,646 to meet with oak island historian doug crowell, 487 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:22,024 who has cleaned and also been researching 488 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:26,695 the possible cane topper found one day ago on lot 25. 489 00:23:26,781 --> 00:23:28,697 I've been meaning to look at this. 490 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:31,867 I've been trying to match up the symbol to a maker's mark. 491 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:34,036 That's what I'm treating it as right now. 492 00:23:34,122 --> 00:23:36,080 Marty: That is really pretty. 493 00:23:36,124 --> 00:23:38,332 Gary: That is fantastic. 494 00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:41,377 But that is interesting there is a rose and crown, 495 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:44,255 because samuel ball was a black loyalist. 496 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:46,382 -Yes. -And he was working 497 00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:49,385 with the english military back in the day, 498 00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:52,263 and there's an english symbol on that. 499 00:23:52,306 --> 00:23:55,057 Marty: Oh, yeah. 500 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:58,561 Narrator: The crown and rose is a symbol of the english monarchy 501 00:23:58,646 --> 00:24:01,564 which dates back to 1485 502 00:24:01,649 --> 00:24:04,191 when henry vii defeated richard iii 503 00:24:04,277 --> 00:24:07,778 in series of civil wars known as the war of the roses. 504 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:11,073 Could it be possible that this cane 505 00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,784 or potential swagger stick topper 506 00:24:13,828 --> 00:24:16,912 is connected in some way to british royalty? 507 00:24:16,998 --> 00:24:19,582 If so, how did it end up on property 508 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:22,626 once belonging to samuel ball? 509 00:24:23,671 --> 00:24:26,338 Marty: There's no doubt there's a rose and a crown on this. 510 00:24:26,424 --> 00:24:27,923 And you think it's what? 511 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:31,093 I think that is... Could be one of three things. 512 00:24:31,179 --> 00:24:34,180 To me, it looks like a cane topper, 513 00:24:34,265 --> 00:24:36,932 a riding crop topper, 514 00:24:37,018 --> 00:24:39,643 -or it could be a swagger stick topper. -Mm. 515 00:24:39,687 --> 00:24:41,896 And a swagger stick is...? 516 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:43,772 Remember the old regimental days 517 00:24:43,858 --> 00:24:45,274 -with the swagger in the stick? -Oh, yes, oh, yes. 518 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:47,443 -Yeah. -Sort of badge of authority. 519 00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:49,320 -Yeah. -Yeah. And it goes all the way back 520 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:52,072 to roman days, and then it became really popular 521 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:56,577 in the english military from the 1600s on. 522 00:24:56,662 --> 00:24:57,828 Doug: It just seems to me 523 00:24:57,914 --> 00:25:00,372 we should be able to find this exact design. 524 00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:02,958 -You would think. -There's so many variations of it. 525 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:05,127 Marty: This was gilded, I think, gary. 526 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:06,587 Wow. 527 00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:07,713 Narrator: Gilding, 528 00:25:07,798 --> 00:25:09,798 which dates back thousands of years 529 00:25:09,884 --> 00:25:12,801 to ancient egypt, is a decorative process 530 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:16,514 by which thin layers of gold, also known as gold leaf, 531 00:25:16,557 --> 00:25:20,768 are applied to the surfaces of precious objects. 532 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:24,522 Has the team found something that samuel ball had made 533 00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:26,982 after he became a wealthy man? 534 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:30,110 Or could it have possibly been an actual piece 535 00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,404 of the oak island treasure? 536 00:25:32,490 --> 00:25:36,742 Once again, it shows samuel ball was no ordinary farmer. 537 00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:38,327 -It's a luxury item. -Gary: Yeah. 538 00:25:38,412 --> 00:25:39,787 Doug: I mean, it seems to be a man that 539 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:41,163 took pride in his possessions. 540 00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:43,040 Yeah. 541 00:25:43,084 --> 00:25:45,584 Gary: That is a bobby-dazzler of a find. 542 00:25:45,670 --> 00:25:48,879 Yes, it is. And it may tell us something about the search. 543 00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:51,215 I mean, you know, we could be jumping to conclusions. 544 00:25:51,259 --> 00:25:53,008 Maybe it's not samuel ball. 545 00:25:53,094 --> 00:25:55,386 Maybe it's somebody before him, right? 546 00:25:55,429 --> 00:25:56,845 -Yeah. -I mean, we could be jumping to conclusions. 547 00:25:56,931 --> 00:25:58,514 Marty: Yeah, and we don't know the story on that yet. 548 00:25:58,558 --> 00:26:00,391 That-that has to be run to ground, 549 00:26:00,434 --> 00:26:02,184 and you are just the man to do it. 550 00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:03,352 Yeah, I'm gonna try. 551 00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:05,020 Marty: So, gary, 552 00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:07,189 great find. 553 00:26:07,275 --> 00:26:09,066 Yep. Find some more. 554 00:26:09,151 --> 00:26:11,110 (laughter) 555 00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:12,444 -marty: Let's go do it. -Gary: Okay, mate. -Doug: See you, guys. 556 00:26:12,530 --> 00:26:17,491 -Gary: See you later. -Marty: See you, doug. 557 00:26:17,577 --> 00:26:19,910 - Gary: Hi, chaps! - Aaron: Hey, gary. 558 00:26:19,954 --> 00:26:21,537 Me and michael's here to hopefully help you guys 559 00:26:21,581 --> 00:26:24,248 recover what you're searching for. 560 00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:26,458 Narrator: One day after the oak island team 561 00:26:26,544 --> 00:26:28,919 discovered the remains of an ancient firepit 562 00:26:28,963 --> 00:26:31,213 in the middle of the stone pathway 563 00:26:31,299 --> 00:26:33,424 running along the eastern border of the swamp, 564 00:26:33,509 --> 00:26:36,176 gary drayton, along with michael john, 565 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:39,638 join dr. Ian spooner and archeologists 566 00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:42,891 miriam amirault and dr. Aaron taylor, 567 00:26:42,977 --> 00:26:45,060 as they continue to carefully excavate the site, 568 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:47,730 as well as expose more of the pathway 569 00:26:47,815 --> 00:26:51,108 to determine just where it is leading. 570 00:26:51,193 --> 00:26:54,111 I guess rick wanted you to go over the spoils. 571 00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:56,655 Okay. Wow, there's plenty of spoils. 572 00:26:56,741 --> 00:26:58,282 Aaron: We got lots of spoils. 573 00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,784 So, we're gonna work here, and give us a scream 574 00:27:00,828 --> 00:27:02,620 if you, if you get anything. 575 00:27:02,663 --> 00:27:05,080 All right, mate. We'll get stuck into the spoils. 576 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,417 Narrator: It is the team's hope that gary and michael 577 00:27:08,502 --> 00:27:10,586 can find more clues and artifacts 578 00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:13,881 that will help precisely date the firepit 579 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,299 and the stone pathway, 580 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:18,927 as well as identify who made them. 581 00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:21,639 Gary: Good place to start, just here. 582 00:27:22,683 --> 00:27:24,308 (device beeping) 583 00:27:26,354 --> 00:27:27,770 that didn't take long. Did it, eh? 584 00:27:27,855 --> 00:27:28,979 Just in there, mate. 585 00:27:34,737 --> 00:27:36,987 Okay, mate. I'll have a recheck. 586 00:27:42,453 --> 00:27:44,536 What is this? 587 00:27:44,622 --> 00:27:45,788 What have we got here? 588 00:27:47,416 --> 00:27:49,208 -I mean, it's quite heavy. -Yeah. 589 00:27:49,293 --> 00:27:51,669 It feels old. It's irregular. 590 00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:53,504 But it doesn't look modern. 591 00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:55,631 -No, it doesn't at all. -It doesn't look factory, 592 00:27:55,675 --> 00:27:56,965 -machine-made. -I know what you mean. Exactly. 593 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,551 So it's pre-industrial revolution. 594 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:02,262 Maybe even older. 595 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:04,556 Now it could be some kind of, I don't know, 596 00:28:04,642 --> 00:28:06,183 maybe a wheel bearing. 597 00:28:06,227 --> 00:28:08,185 Handmade. 598 00:28:08,270 --> 00:28:11,980 Maybe it was off a cart? An axle of a cart? 599 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:15,359 So maybe this was connected to those ox shoes, 600 00:28:15,403 --> 00:28:17,486 which were along this trail. 601 00:28:17,571 --> 00:28:20,280 Narrator: Could gary be correct 602 00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:21,907 that he and michael have found a wheel bearing 603 00:28:21,992 --> 00:28:23,826 that came from an old cart? 604 00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:28,789 If so, could it be connected to the large iron ringbolt 605 00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:32,543 and the parts of keg barrels the team has recently discovered 606 00:28:32,586 --> 00:28:34,962 along this stone pathway? 607 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:39,717 Discoveries which not only date back as much as 400 years, 608 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,386 or older, but also serve as evidence 609 00:28:42,430 --> 00:28:44,847 that the pathway may have been used to transport 610 00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:49,226 heavy cargo off of a ship and onto oak island? 611 00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:51,562 Aaron. 612 00:28:53,023 --> 00:28:55,399 Can you come and check this out, please, mate? 613 00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:59,445 -Sure. -Gary: We found this 614 00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:02,072 irregular piece of iron. 615 00:29:02,116 --> 00:29:05,325 It just... It's got a heavy feel to it. 616 00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:07,494 Looks kind of old-ish. 617 00:29:07,580 --> 00:29:09,163 Well, that's a pretty cool find. 618 00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:12,458 Gary: I was thinking maybe it was off 619 00:29:12,543 --> 00:29:14,585 a cart axle? 620 00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:18,964 Aaron: I have no idea. 621 00:29:19,049 --> 00:29:22,009 Well, it's not modern. Potentially, yeah. 622 00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:24,595 How about I bag it up and I'll take it to the lab? 623 00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:25,971 -Okay, mate. -All right. 624 00:29:26,056 --> 00:29:27,765 -Aaron: Well, that's great. -Gary: All right, mate. 625 00:29:27,808 --> 00:29:29,016 On to the next. 626 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,517 Narrator: As gary, michael 627 00:29:30,603 --> 00:29:33,604 and members of the team continue searching for clues 628 00:29:33,647 --> 00:29:36,023 along the stone pathway in the swamp... 629 00:29:36,859 --> 00:29:38,734 -Doug: Hey, guys. -Rick: Hey. 630 00:29:38,819 --> 00:29:40,235 -Hey, everybody. -Hello. 631 00:29:40,321 --> 00:29:41,904 -Hey, guys. -Hi. 632 00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:43,906 Narrator: ...Rick and marty lagina, 633 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,033 along with members of the team, 634 00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,994 have gathered for a highly anticipated video conference 635 00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:50,287 with sarah macinnes, 636 00:29:50,331 --> 00:29:53,207 a historian from the fortress of louisbourg 637 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:55,292 national historic site, 638 00:29:55,377 --> 00:29:58,253 some 300 miles northeast of oak island, 639 00:29:58,339 --> 00:30:01,799 to get her expert opinion on some of their recent finds, 640 00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:05,177 including the ox shoes, discovered near the swamp, 641 00:30:05,262 --> 00:30:07,471 as well as the possible cane topper 642 00:30:07,515 --> 00:30:09,640 unearthed at the ball foundation. 643 00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:15,312 So, gentlemen, today we have the-the distinct pleasure 644 00:30:15,356 --> 00:30:17,523 of welcoming sarah macinnes, 645 00:30:17,608 --> 00:30:19,483 the historian for fort louisbourg. 646 00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:22,069 Doug and I had the pleasure of-of meeting her 647 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:24,363 when we visited there. 648 00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:27,491 Narrator: Completed in 1740 by the french 649 00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:30,410 as they battled for control of nova scotia 650 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,371 with great britain, 651 00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:34,623 the fortress at louisbourg was considered 652 00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:38,293 a monument to 18th-century military engineering. 653 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:41,672 It features over two miles of stone walls, 654 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:45,384 some as much as 30 feet high and eight feet thick. 655 00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:48,136 But the reason why it remains a curiosity 656 00:30:48,222 --> 00:30:50,305 to the laginas and their team 657 00:30:50,391 --> 00:30:54,059 is the fact that not only does the fort have a vast network 658 00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:57,104 of secret tunnels that were constructed beneath it, 659 00:30:57,189 --> 00:30:59,857 but also because a large cache of treasure 660 00:30:59,942 --> 00:31:03,861 once kept there by the french is believed to have gone missing 661 00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:07,364 sometime in the mid-1700s. 662 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:09,700 Rick: Pretty impressive. 663 00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:11,535 Narrator: One year ago, 664 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:13,662 rick lagina and doug crowell 665 00:31:13,747 --> 00:31:16,206 visited the fortress of louisbourg... 666 00:31:16,292 --> 00:31:18,667 Oh, rick, come look at this one. 667 00:31:18,752 --> 00:31:21,712 ...And were also stunned by stone-paved features 668 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:24,089 on the grounds that eerily resembled 669 00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:27,301 the massive stone-paved area unearthed last year 670 00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:28,927 in the middle of the swamp, 671 00:31:29,013 --> 00:31:32,055 which geoscientist dr. Ian spooner dated 672 00:31:32,099 --> 00:31:35,309 to as early as 1200 ad. 673 00:31:37,104 --> 00:31:38,770 We sent her off some photographs 674 00:31:38,856 --> 00:31:41,857 of, uh, some of the artifacts that have been found. 675 00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:44,443 We very much look forward to what sarah has to tell us. 676 00:31:44,528 --> 00:31:46,570 Thank you so much for having me. 677 00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:50,198 We're really fortunate here with parks canada 678 00:31:50,284 --> 00:31:52,576 at the fortress of louisbourg national historic site 679 00:31:52,661 --> 00:31:55,871 to have one of the largest archeological collections-- 680 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:58,707 if not the largest-- in all of canada. 681 00:31:58,792 --> 00:32:01,251 The photographs that you sent to me, 682 00:32:01,337 --> 00:32:03,962 I took them and I did a comparison of objects 683 00:32:04,048 --> 00:32:06,590 that we actually have within the collection. 684 00:32:06,634 --> 00:32:09,092 The object that you guys have identified 685 00:32:09,178 --> 00:32:11,345 as a possible cane topper... 686 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:14,264 So there are a number of cane toppers 687 00:32:14,308 --> 00:32:16,600 within the collection here, and none of them 688 00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:18,602 really are of the same style of the one that you have. 689 00:32:18,687 --> 00:32:21,939 So, the 18th-century canes, 690 00:32:21,982 --> 00:32:24,483 or walking sticks, that were used were really... 691 00:32:24,568 --> 00:32:28,028 Ornamental, and were really kind of a fashion piece. 692 00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:30,489 The piece that you found 693 00:32:30,574 --> 00:32:31,782 is definitely very interesting 694 00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:34,743 because it does feature some 695 00:32:34,787 --> 00:32:39,206 ornamental elements that may provide some help 696 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:40,540 in actually dating the piece. 697 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,960 What have you gleaned from that? 698 00:32:44,505 --> 00:32:48,006 Sarah: So, I was unable to identify that design. 699 00:32:48,092 --> 00:32:50,968 It's not something that we've seen. 700 00:32:51,053 --> 00:32:54,805 But there may be someone who recognizes it 701 00:32:54,848 --> 00:32:56,473 and is able to date it from that design. 702 00:32:59,687 --> 00:33:01,395 Did you excavate it, laird? 703 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,438 It's from a site I'm working on. 704 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:06,149 It's smaller, I think, than a cane topper. 705 00:33:06,235 --> 00:33:07,943 I think it's a lipstick cover. 706 00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:09,194 Ah. 707 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:10,988 -(chuckles) -hmm. 708 00:33:11,031 --> 00:33:12,155 I wasn't able to tell 709 00:33:12,199 --> 00:33:13,991 from the photos, is there gilding on it? 710 00:33:14,034 --> 00:33:18,412 It's almost like a-a gild wash. 711 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:21,081 There's always that option that it may be something 712 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:22,708 that we're just not thinking of. 713 00:33:22,793 --> 00:33:24,501 Makes sense. 714 00:33:24,545 --> 00:33:26,378 Alex: Did we send you anything 715 00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:28,463 that you found, you know you have a comparable object 716 00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:29,673 in your collection? 717 00:33:29,717 --> 00:33:31,508 It is interesting that you have 718 00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:34,803 found some ox shoes on the island. 719 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:37,681 This does seem to match 720 00:33:37,725 --> 00:33:38,974 what we have in our collection. 721 00:33:44,898 --> 00:33:46,023 Narrator: In the war room, 722 00:33:46,108 --> 00:33:47,441 historian sarah macinnes has just revealed 723 00:33:47,484 --> 00:33:50,152 that the ox shoes the team has found this year 724 00:33:50,237 --> 00:33:54,489 near the swamp match those found at the fortress of louisbourg, 725 00:33:54,575 --> 00:33:57,409 300 miles northeast of oak island, 726 00:33:57,494 --> 00:34:00,370 a mid-18th-century french military compound 727 00:34:00,414 --> 00:34:03,999 where a large treasure is believed to have gone missing 728 00:34:04,084 --> 00:34:05,751 in the 1740s. 729 00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:08,670 Sarah: I think you've got a lot of objects that show 730 00:34:08,756 --> 00:34:10,714 occupation during the colonial period, 731 00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:13,717 which I-I know wouldn't necessarily be unexpected, 732 00:34:13,761 --> 00:34:15,719 but it's definitely interesting to see. 733 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:17,220 Narrator: Could it be possible 734 00:34:17,306 --> 00:34:19,097 that the similarities in features 735 00:34:19,183 --> 00:34:21,224 found in the oak island swamp, 736 00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:25,353 such as the massive paved area discovered last year 737 00:34:25,439 --> 00:34:27,230 and the ox shoes found nearby, 738 00:34:27,316 --> 00:34:30,901 are evidence that the missing louisbourg treasure 739 00:34:30,986 --> 00:34:34,071 may be connected to the oak island mystery? 740 00:34:34,156 --> 00:34:36,198 That's pretty interesting stuff, 741 00:34:36,283 --> 00:34:39,076 regarding the fortress connection to oak island. 742 00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:42,245 Rick: Do we have two stories, three stories, 743 00:34:42,331 --> 00:34:45,332 or is this connected over centuries of activity 744 00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:47,167 by various groups or entities? 745 00:34:47,252 --> 00:34:50,712 The story of oak island is the real treasure, 746 00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:54,007 and beginning to be exemplified by the finds we're making. 747 00:34:54,093 --> 00:34:56,384 Thank you for your time today. 748 00:34:56,470 --> 00:34:59,763 Uh, we certainly have a plethora of items here that we'd love 749 00:34:59,807 --> 00:35:03,433 to put in your hands and compare within your collection. 750 00:35:03,519 --> 00:35:05,894 Again, we-we say thank you. 751 00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:07,604 Thanks for including us and giving us 752 00:35:07,648 --> 00:35:10,065 -the opportunity to share. -Marty: Great. 753 00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:12,067 Well, as rick said, thank you for your time. 754 00:35:12,152 --> 00:35:13,110 Bye. 755 00:35:13,195 --> 00:35:14,986 Rick: Well, that was interesting. 756 00:35:15,072 --> 00:35:18,115 And we, you know, we certainly owe her a debt of gratitude. 757 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,159 Anyways, it's time to get back to work. 758 00:35:21,245 --> 00:35:25,247 Narrator: As rick and the team complete their meeting in the war room... 759 00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:27,165 (device whirring) 760 00:35:27,251 --> 00:35:28,250 there's something here, michael. Just in there. 761 00:35:28,335 --> 00:35:30,001 Narrator: ...Back in the swamp, 762 00:35:30,087 --> 00:35:31,837 gary drayton and michael john 763 00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:34,089 continue searching for clues in a spoils pile 764 00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:37,634 that were recently removed from a buried firepit 765 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,554 found along the mysterious stone pathway. 766 00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:44,266 -Gary: Yeah, you've got it out. -Yeah. 767 00:35:44,309 --> 00:35:45,892 Gary: Whatever it is, it's just here. 768 00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:48,728 -Oh, very interesting. Yeah. -Oh wow, look at that. 769 00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:51,648 Gary: A nice, short spike. 770 00:35:51,692 --> 00:35:53,775 -That's an oldie. Look. -Michael j.: Yeah. Is it a rose head? 771 00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:55,861 Oh, yeah. See there, mate, michael? 772 00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:58,864 -That's your classic rose head spike. -Michael j.: Yes. 773 00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:01,158 That's an old, old nail, and I know it's old 774 00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:02,701 because of the weight of it. 775 00:36:02,786 --> 00:36:04,953 Feel the weight of it, mate. 776 00:36:05,038 --> 00:36:08,707 -Michael j.: Yeah. -Narrator: A hand-forged rose head spike, 777 00:36:08,792 --> 00:36:13,003 found in a firepit along the stone pathway? 778 00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:16,047 Hey, jack. Check this out. 779 00:36:16,133 --> 00:36:17,924 Whoa. 780 00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:21,136 It looks like it-it might be pounded into an old rose head. 781 00:36:21,221 --> 00:36:22,846 Narrator: Earlier this year, 782 00:36:22,931 --> 00:36:24,848 while searching through the spoils 783 00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:26,808 excavated from borehole oc-1 784 00:36:26,894 --> 00:36:29,311 in the money pit area, where the team also 785 00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:33,690 discovered evidence of a wooden tunnel that dated to 1706, 786 00:36:33,734 --> 00:36:37,986 michael found a nearly identical rose head spike. 787 00:36:38,071 --> 00:36:41,406 Well, you're in the 1700s with that. 788 00:36:41,491 --> 00:36:45,202 Narrator: Could this rose head spike, found in the swamp, 789 00:36:45,245 --> 00:36:48,038 be evidence connecting the stone pathway 790 00:36:48,081 --> 00:36:50,957 with the man-made workings in the money pit area? 791 00:36:51,043 --> 00:36:53,501 And could it also be an important clue 792 00:36:53,587 --> 00:36:57,589 that the stone pathway might date to the same period? 793 00:36:57,674 --> 00:37:00,175 No doubt it came from out of there. 794 00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:02,844 So, it is an artifact connected 795 00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:06,640 to whatever that stone feature is there. 796 00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:09,059 All right, mate. Very nice artifact indeed. 797 00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:11,811 It's gonna be beautiful when it's cleaned up. 798 00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:14,064 Let's try and find some more artifacts. 799 00:37:14,107 --> 00:37:15,357 Michael j.: That's right. 800 00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:21,571 Narrator: Later that afternoon, 801 00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:23,698 after hearing about the team's recent discoveries 802 00:37:23,784 --> 00:37:25,116 along the stone pathway, 803 00:37:25,202 --> 00:37:29,704 marty lagina joins archeologist dr. Aaron taylor 804 00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:32,540 along with gerhardt property improvement representatives 805 00:37:32,626 --> 00:37:34,876 josh ballard and john winters, 806 00:37:34,962 --> 00:37:36,711 to continue looking for clues 807 00:37:36,797 --> 00:37:38,922 that will hopefully help identify 808 00:37:38,966 --> 00:37:40,590 when this feature was made 809 00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:44,135 and just who was behind its construction. 810 00:37:44,221 --> 00:37:46,596 What's going on? Give me a summary if you can, aaron. 811 00:37:46,682 --> 00:37:49,516 So, uh, we've been following the cobblestones. 812 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:51,309 -Marty: Right. -So, what we're looking for 813 00:37:51,395 --> 00:37:54,771 is cobblestone in the dark organic layer, 814 00:37:54,815 --> 00:37:56,147 which I'm coming to on now. 815 00:37:56,233 --> 00:37:59,484 Everything in this light brown, the clay, it has to go. 816 00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:00,944 So, you want me to dig right there? 817 00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:02,612 -Right there would be perfect. -I can do that. 818 00:38:02,656 --> 00:38:04,614 -I'm just gonna keep working here. -Okay. 819 00:38:09,663 --> 00:38:11,413 Josh: Hope you ate your wheaties this morning. 820 00:38:11,498 --> 00:38:12,789 Marty: No, I didn't, actually. 821 00:38:12,874 --> 00:38:14,958 (laughter) 822 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:22,841 yes. 823 00:38:22,926 --> 00:38:25,260 How far back am I coming here? 824 00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:27,554 I'd love to find the swamp boundary. 825 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:28,888 -So, keep coming? -Yeah. 826 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,056 Marty: All righty. 827 00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:53,121 Marty: Hey, wait a second. Look at that. 828 00:38:53,206 --> 00:38:54,122 Marty: Look at that. 829 00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:56,082 That's cut. 830 00:38:56,168 --> 00:38:58,376 I'd say. 831 00:38:58,462 --> 00:39:00,170 Aaron: Oh, yeah, that's definitely cut. 832 00:39:00,213 --> 00:39:01,838 Yeah, right there, right there, right there. 833 00:39:01,923 --> 00:39:04,049 Aaron: So that's staking it. 834 00:39:04,134 --> 00:39:06,092 Great find. 835 00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:07,802 Josh: Would they use that as, like, a survey stake, you think? 836 00:39:07,888 --> 00:39:09,512 Stake out the road. 837 00:39:09,598 --> 00:39:11,222 Like, if guys like us were working... 838 00:39:11,308 --> 00:39:13,141 -Okay. Yeah. -Somebody would go through first, 839 00:39:13,226 --> 00:39:14,809 say, "between there and there, "right? 840 00:39:14,895 --> 00:39:16,186 Yeah. That's beautiful. 841 00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:18,355 Narrator: A wooden stake, 842 00:39:18,398 --> 00:39:20,523 lining the stone pathway? 843 00:39:20,609 --> 00:39:24,152 Is it possible that this wooden stake was used 844 00:39:24,196 --> 00:39:27,822 to help engineer and construct the massive stone road? 845 00:39:27,908 --> 00:39:31,451 And if so, could it prove to be a critical clue 846 00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:33,661 to help date when the feature was made? 847 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,747 Marty: We will carbon-date that, right? 848 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:38,041 Especially with the way carbon dates have been coming in 849 00:39:38,126 --> 00:39:39,125 -so crazy. -Yeah. 850 00:39:39,169 --> 00:39:40,585 We'll definitely get a date on it. 851 00:39:40,629 --> 00:39:43,797 It's showing that this whole thing is being staked off 852 00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:45,090 -and we're still in it. -Yeah. 853 00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:46,341 -And we're following the line. -Yeah. 854 00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,009 That means we haven't run out of it, then. 855 00:39:48,095 --> 00:39:49,469 That means we haven't run out of it. 856 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:52,222 -Yeah. That's good. -That's great, marty. 857 00:39:52,265 --> 00:39:55,183 Great. Not quite as nice as the steak I had for dinner 858 00:39:55,268 --> 00:39:57,685 last night, but... But in archaeological circles 859 00:39:57,771 --> 00:39:59,729 -I guess it counts. -Oh, I don't have a beef with this. 860 00:39:59,773 --> 00:40:01,689 -(laughter) -marty: Excellent. 861 00:40:03,777 --> 00:40:05,610 Rick: I think right now, everybody's 862 00:40:05,695 --> 00:40:09,697 sky-high on the possibilities of what the swamp might tell us. 863 00:40:09,783 --> 00:40:11,533 Marty: As with many of the things 864 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:14,285 we're getting out of the swamp, it's another amazing moment 865 00:40:14,371 --> 00:40:17,122 because I think this is something. 866 00:40:17,207 --> 00:40:20,125 Somebody laid that road out 867 00:40:20,210 --> 00:40:22,168 for the guys who came along and built it. 868 00:40:22,254 --> 00:40:24,254 Maybe this will be it. 869 00:40:24,297 --> 00:40:26,339 Maybe this will be the thing that breaks it wide open. 870 00:40:26,425 --> 00:40:27,799 Aarson: I'll bag it 871 00:40:27,884 --> 00:40:29,717 and, uh, we'll get it to the lab. 872 00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:31,719 -Great. -Yeah, I found something! 873 00:40:31,805 --> 00:40:33,263 (laughter) 874 00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:36,057 -aaron: Victory. -Marty: Victory. 875 00:40:36,143 --> 00:40:38,685 Narrator: For 225 years, 876 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:42,605 generations of searchers have been mystified by evidence 877 00:40:42,649 --> 00:40:45,358 that a fabled treasure vault lies hidden 878 00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:46,901 deep in the money pit. 879 00:40:46,987 --> 00:40:49,487 But now, with the mounting clues 880 00:40:49,573 --> 00:40:51,698 and potentially valuable objects 881 00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:54,742 that rick, marty, craig and their team 882 00:40:54,828 --> 00:40:57,245 continue to find all over oak island, 883 00:40:57,330 --> 00:41:02,417 it appears that it may be home to many more secrets 884 00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:07,922 and perhaps more buried valuables than anyone ever knew. 885 00:41:08,008 --> 00:41:10,133 One thing is certain. 886 00:41:10,177 --> 00:41:12,635 The fellowship of the dig 887 00:41:12,721 --> 00:41:14,929 is closer than anyone before them 888 00:41:15,015 --> 00:41:18,224 to revealing the ultimate truth. 889 00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:25,231 Next time on the curse of oak island... 890 00:41:25,317 --> 00:41:26,191 -Oh! -Whoa! 891 00:41:26,276 --> 00:41:27,609 -Charles: We got wood. -Bingo! 892 00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:29,694 We've got six hits. It's a tunnel. 893 00:41:29,779 --> 00:41:32,238 -Gary: Oh, look at that, we got another one. -Michael j.: Oh, wow. 894 00:41:32,324 --> 00:41:33,990 What the heck are these? 895 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,533 Carmen: There had to be some destructive force. 896 00:41:35,619 --> 00:41:37,285 Something caused this to break. 897 00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:38,620 -It could've blown apart? -Yes. 898 00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:39,871 It had to be an explosion. 899 00:41:39,956 --> 00:41:41,873 -Aaron: Oh, oh. -Marty: What have we got there? 900 00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:44,042 -Sharpened survey stakes. -Oh, baby. 901 00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:45,335 Craig: That sample came out to be 902 00:41:45,378 --> 00:41:47,462 two different time periods. 903 00:41:47,547 --> 00:41:49,714 Wow. That's well before the money pit. 904 00:41:49,799 --> 00:41:50,798 Wow. 905 00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:52,258 Captioning provided by a+e networks