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Narrator:
Tonight, on
the curse of oak island...
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-Oh. Bingo.
-Oh. We got wood.
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Rick:
We've got six hits.
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-It's a tunnel.
-Gary: Ooh, look at that.
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-Gary: We got another one.
-David f.: Oh, wow.
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What the heck are these?
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Carmen:
There had to be
some destructive force.
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Something caused this to break.
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-It could have blown apart.
-Yes. It had to be an explosion.
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-(aaron laughs)
-marty: What do you got there?
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-Sharpened survey stakes.
-Aw, baby.
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Craig:
That sample came out
to be two different
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-time periods.
-Wow.
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-Marty: That's well before
the money pit.
-Wow.
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Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back
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to the days
of the knights templar.
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To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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marty:
About here, aaron?
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-Yeah. Just...
-All right.
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Narrator:
As a new day of adventure
begins on oak island...
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That's perfect, marty.
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...Brothers rick
and marty lagina,
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along with their team,
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are working
more diligently than ever
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to peel back the layers of
a 225-year-old treasure mystery.
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And along the eastern border
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of the mysterious
triangle-shaped swamp,
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they continue to unearth remains
of a potentially ancient
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stone pathway that may have
been used for purposes
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of moving heavy cargo
away from an old ship's wharf
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and somewhere inland.
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The questions now
are just what was being hauled
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onto the island, and will
this pathway lead them to it?
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What are you thinking, boss?
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Aaron:
Well...
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I think if we pull up
the organic matter...
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-Right there? Okay.
-Yeah. Let's see.
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Aaron:
It seems like the cobbles
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are just right underneath that.
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Marty:
It's terribly hard work
to dig in the swamp
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because everything
resists the shovel.
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The sort of vegetative mat
resists the shovel,
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but worse is trying
to dig on this road.
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Every time you try and put
the shovel in, you hit a rock.
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-Aaron: Oh, you got one there.
-Yeah. I sure do.
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Marty:
And then you have to come back
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and just kind of
scrape along the top
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because, in this case, rocks
are what we're looking for.
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-Aaron: There's another one.
-Josh: Yep.
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Marty:
But here's what changes it.
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When you find something,
you're reenergized.
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When you dig on oak island,
you find things.
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Aaron:
Ah, there they are.
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Yeah.
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Marty.
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Aw, baby.
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-Right there.
-Josh: There we go.
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Aaron:
Another stake.
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-Marty: Look at that.
-Wow.
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Narrator:
A wooden stake,
found bordering the pathway?
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Marty:
Look at that. That's cut.
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Narrator:
Just one week ago,
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marty made
an identical discovery
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on another portion
of the pathway
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that archaeologist
dr. Aaron taylor believes
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may have been used
as a survey marker
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when the feature
was originally built.
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It's showing that this
whole thing is being staked off
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and we're following the line.
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Narrator:
These discoveries
are not only helping the team
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uncover more
of the buried pathway
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and determine the direction
it is heading
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but may also be important clues
as to when it was constructed.
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Rick:
Dr. Taylor puts great emphasis
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on these so-called survey stakes
because he believes
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that they are critical
in terms of understanding
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the timeline of the road.
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And the only tool we have to
apply to that is carbon dating.
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Aha. Aha!
What have we got there?
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Is that cut?
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-Josh: Yep.
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-it's nubbed off, though.
-But it's...
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-We only care about one end.
-Yeah.
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-And she's cut.
-That's cut, for sure.
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-Marty: So, what does--
what does it mean?
-They went to
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an awful lot of effort
to survey this in.
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-Wow.
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-You haven't found
that many in one spot before?
-God no.
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-Are they, are they...
-Yeah, that's what I think.
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-...Turning?
-There's a change going here.
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There's a change going on.
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Marty:
I really want to know where
this road goes in the swamp.
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And these stakes
are gonna tell the story.
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In other words, somebody
came along, staked it out,
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then workmen came b-behind
and built it.
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So, now, we're sort of
at a juncture, it looks like.
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Hey, there's an army
of people down here.
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Hey, rick.
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Ask rick. Ask what
the score is here.
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-Go ahead, ask him.
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rick:
What-what's the score?
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Uh, marty is leading on, uh,
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sharpened survey stakes
that we found.
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Marty:
The amazing thing, rick,
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is they're finding
all kinds of them here.
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-Aaron: Right in here.
-Josh: Just in this.
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Aaron:
The reason there's
so many here is, possibly,
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there's something
going on here that's not
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been going on
along the rest of the way.
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And maybe this is
a turning point.
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It kind of seems to be turning,
doesn't it?
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There's something special
about this.
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It could be going
two different ways.
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Narrator:
The stone pathway,
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possibly now branching off
in two directions?
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Although archaeologist
dr. Aaron taylor
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has speculated
that it may be leading
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toward the fabled
money pit treasure shaft,
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could this new potential pathway
mean there might be yet
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another hiding place
where valuables could be buried
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on oak island?
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You know, every little
piece adds up.
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We just have to keep
following the cobbles.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Rick: What's that?
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Oh, yeah.
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Look at that.
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Aaron:
Oh, rick's on the board.
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-One. One.
-I'm on the board.
I'm on the board.
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-You're on the board.
-I'm gonna give you
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a half a point
for that itty-bitty one.
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(laughter)
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-as long as I'm on the board.
-Half a point.
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Narrator:
While rick and marty continue
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leading the investigation
at the swamp...
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Terry:
So, charles, here we are.
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59 to 69 on c-3.
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Narrator:
...In the money pit area,
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oak island historian
charles barkhouse
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and geologist terry matheson
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are overseeing
the drilling operation
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currently taking place
in borehole c-3.
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Interestingly,
as we've come over to this area,
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we've drilled five holes,
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and it's been pretty much
five out of five.
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We keep hitting wood
each and every time.
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There's a tunnel down there,
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in an area where we're trying
to pick up the money pit.
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So, we're looking for the shaft,
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but the secondary target
is the tunnel.
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Well, yeah.
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That is wood. No question.
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We're probably
at the edge of a tunnel.
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Narrator:
Over the course
of the past two weeks,
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the team has consistently
drilled into what they believe
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to be a man-made wooden tunnel
at a depth of some 90 feet
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that has been scientifically
dated to as early as 1648,
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some 150 years prior
to the original discovery
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of the money pit.
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Now, having moved just feet
westward with borehole c-3,
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they are hoping to soon
intersect the treasure shaft
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and finally recover
whatever might lie buried
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at the bottom of it.
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Special delivery?
Right down here, gentlemen.
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Put the patient on the table.
What do you think, mike?
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-Tedford: You better let
the doctor cut it open.
-Okay.
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-Whoa. Bingo.
-We got wood.
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Hold your cards.
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There. A little bit of wood.
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Holy cow.
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88. 87. 86.5.
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I'm telling you,
it's right on the money.
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-Unbelievable.
-Charles: Yeah.
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Terry:
For six holes we've drilled,
we've hit wood
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at almost exactly
86 or 87 feet each time.
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We're-we're definitely
on top of something.
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There's no question of that.
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That we're intersecting.
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Um, it's obviously a tunnel.
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And the question is,
where does that tunnel lead?
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-Yeah.
-Charles: If this is
indeed a tunnel,
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then we have to follow that,
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because, you know, that could
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lead us to where
the money pit could be.
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You know,
this is six out of six.
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-I know.
-I think I'm gonna get--
touch base with rick,
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just to let him know that
we've hit something again.
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I mean, this gets more
and more interesting every time
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-we drill a hole in this area.
-Yeah.
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We are in and around something.
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Terry:
Hi, rick. How you doing?
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Where are you here?
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-This is 86.
-It's-it's...
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And we're hitting it
again at-at 88.
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Narrator:
In the money pit area,
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rick lagina joins
members of the team
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after being alerted that
they may have obtained
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more evidence of a tunnel
some 87 feet deep
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in borehole c-3 that they hope
could be connected
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to the original treasure shaft.
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So, we're currently here.
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We show all the wood hits in
the previous five holes there.
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Right. But anyway,
you only hit it at 87,
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which has been consistent
through all of these holes.
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Yes. But I think
the preponderance of evidence
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says we've got a tunnel
or some kind of a structure
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that is being constructed
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at the 87-foot level
below grade.
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-We've got three more.
-We've got one, two, three,
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four, maybe five.
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-Six hits,
and it's consistent horizon.
-So far.
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It's a tunnel.
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Well, people built it
and they went somewhere.
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Yeah.
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Does it lead to the money pit?
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Does it lead to another shaft
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that we don't know
anything about?
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You have to chase it.
Th-there's no...
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-No doubt about it.
-Yep.
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I think this is very important
corroborative evidence,
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I.E., the drill has struck
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this 87-foot horizon
and wood has been retrieved.
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The problem is, we don't know
the beginning of the tunnel,
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we don't know
the end of the tunnel.
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Is it coming from
a previously unknown shaft
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towards the money pit?
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What's its relationship
to the money pit
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and who dug it?
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If it is going this way,
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then you have to put
some holes up here...
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-Charles: Yeah.
-...To see if it continues.
-Terry: Oh, yeah.
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No, th-- absolutely.
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You've got to follow this line.
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You have to follow
the line, yes, a-absolutely.
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Rick:
Okay. Keep drilling.
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-Okay. Thanks, guys.
-Okay.
-Will do. Thanks.
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-Yeah.
-See you later, rick.
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Terry:
Bit of work to be done.
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Charles:
Okay.
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Narrator:
The following morning,
at the swamp...
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Rick:
You can see the cobble picks up.
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And we'll dig there
and see if it continues.
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...Rick lagina, along with
his nephew david fornetti,
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join archaeologist
miriam amirault
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and heavy equipment operator
billy gerhardt
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as they try to confirm
whether or not
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the mysterious stone pathway
is beginning to branch off
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in two separate directions.
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-Rick: Hey, billy, miriam.
-Good morning.
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Rick:
We finally arrived.
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So, what is the status
right now?
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So, I'm finding stones here,
which is a good sign
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that I think the road,
or the path,
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is still continuing this way.
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At this point,
we see some cobble,
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but I'm not fully convinced yet.
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This is pretty descriptive
right here.
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-Yeah.
-Right here.
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-Yep, I agree.
-If we just take a section
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across here,
it's hard to refute.
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If this is indeed
a legitimate area of cobble,
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-it's definitely
headed up that way.
-Hmm.
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Yeah. I-I mean, just right now,
it is a bit of a jumble.
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So, I think getting
this layer of dirt
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off the top here
would, you know,
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allow us to be able
to definitively say,
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"okay, yes,
it's turning this way."
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but it certainly does appear
as though it's going uphill.
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-But let's confirm it here.
-Yeah. For sure.
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All right. I'll start here.
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David, you start on the wall.
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Sounds good.
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Rick:
I'm getting a bit frustrated
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because the time and weather
constraints are-are closing in,
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and I'm not sure we're
any closer to understanding
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the who and the when
and the why of this
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stone road in a bog 500 feet
away from the money pit.
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So, you know,
there's a lot of work to do.
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Are we about to quit? No.
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Okay, this is...
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This shouldn't be here.
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See this, bill?
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This shouldn't be here.
It-- this is puddled clay.
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See that, miriam?
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See that?
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That's the really good
puddled clay.
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-Miriam: Yeah.
-Look at that.
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No sand, no rocks, no grit.
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And it's just like putty.
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This is what was found
in the money pit.
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Narrator:
Puddled, blue clay?
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Not only was this type
of man-worked substance
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found to have been used as
a sealant deep in the money pit
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when it was first excavated
to the 90-foot level in 1804...
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Jack:
Look at the clay.
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It's just packed onto it.
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Narrator: ...But one year ago,
the team also found
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large amounts of it
within a previously dug pit
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at the northernmost point
of the swamp,
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also referred to
as the eye of the swamp,
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a feature that geoscientist
dr. Ian spooner
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dated to as early as 1680.
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Is it possible that with
this discovery of puddled clay
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on the stone pathway,
rick lagina has just found
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an important clue
that the pathway is connected
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to both the eye of the swamp
and the original money pit?
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Finding clay in and amongst
stones is a good sign,
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because it could've been used,
you know,
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-to hold the path together.
-Rick: As a binder?
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Yeah. Exactly.
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So, here, it might
be used as a binder,
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as you say, and over there
it was used as a-a caulk.
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It was to prevent
collapse, right?
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You don't want soils
migrating down.
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-It's not definitive...
-Miriam: But it's interesting
that it's in both locations.
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Interesting that
it's in both locations. Exactly.
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You find something,
which may be useful here,
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-just as useful over there.
-Yeah.
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As strange as it is,
we now have possible--
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and I reiterate possible--
connection between the money pit
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and the stone path.
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And so, it increases
the probability
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that we may be travelling
down the right road.
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It's all through here,
and generally,
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this stuff, it's found at depth.
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-Miriam: Mm-hmm.
-It's not found
at these horizons.
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So, was it brought in?
I don't know.
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There's something going on
up across here, for sure.
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-Miriam: Mm-hmm.
-Rick: We've gotta keep digging,
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see what else we can find.
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Narrator:
As rick continues to oversee
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the work in the swamp...
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Gary:
He's here.
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-I'm going right over here.
-All right, mate.
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Narrator:
...David fornetti joins
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metal detection expert
gary drayton
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and michael john
on nearby lot 15
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where they are about to excavate
a mysterious mound
348
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located in the vicinity
of the pine tar kiln
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discovered earlier this year.
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-All right, michael.
-Hello.
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We got a game plan, mate.
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-Yeah?
-There could be anything
in there, mate,
353
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because this is a special area.
354
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That's right.
355
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So, what is this thing?
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Aaron:
It's a pine tar kiln.
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Narrator:
In addition
to the pine tar kiln,
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which could date back
as far as the 16th century...
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Well, this is
historically important.
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Marty:
Wow.
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Really?
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Narrator:
...The team also discovered
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a number of ox shoes
in the area,
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potentially dating
to the same time period,
365
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and which offer
possible evidence
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of a large-scale operation
to haul cargo
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between the swamp
and the money pit.
368
00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:25,650
And where you gonna
put the spoils?
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I'll put them there.
Like, right here for you.
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-Is that fine?
-Yeah, that's great.
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Okay. Let's do it.
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Gary:
We'll keep our eye out.
You never know.
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Could be a piece of leather,
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pottery, glass,
anything that tells a story.
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Sounds good.
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Narrator:
Using the excavator,
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michael john will
carefully break up
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the hard, compacted mound,
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allowing gary
to scan the loose spoils
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with his metal detector.
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00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:58,141
-We're gonna find
the treasure in here?
-It would be nice.
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-Wouldn't it?
-It would.
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00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,114
(device whirring)
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gary:
There's iron in the ground.
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Do you want to dig it up, david?
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00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:20,538
Let's see what it is.
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00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,796
-That ground's rock-hard,
isn't it?
-David f.: Yeah.
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00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,549
Yeah, could you take a scoop
out of here, michael?
389
00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:33,968
-Sure.
-Then we'll get it. Thanks.
390
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,554
Right about here?
391
00:17:36,639 --> 00:17:38,556
Yeah, that's great. Thanks.
392
00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:48,858
Yeah. We got it out, mate.
393
00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:50,193
Okay.
394
00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:53,029
All right, let's see
what the mystery item is.
395
00:17:53,114 --> 00:17:54,739
(beeping)
396
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oh, a little bit bigger
than a tin can.
397
00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:00,078
Oh, wow.
398
00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:02,747
Wow. What the heck is that?
399
00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:10,922
Gary:
I've been metal-detecting
a heck of a long time,
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and I've never seen
anything like this.
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Narrator: While investigating
a mysterious mound on lot 15
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between the swamp
and the money pit,
403
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,475
metal detection expert
gary drayton
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and members of the team have
just made a puzzling discovery.
405
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-Michael j.: What's that?
-Gary: I don't know.
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00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:31,609
Gary: Let's get some
of this crud off it.
407
00:18:34,155 --> 00:18:35,238
Wow, it's so heavy.
408
00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:37,198
Feel how heavy that is, david.
409
00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:40,368
Oh. I was not expecting that.
410
00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,912
-(laughs)
-gary: Normally,
the deeper an object is
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00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:46,457
when you detect it
and dig it out, the older it is.
412
00:18:46,543 --> 00:18:48,251
-Yeah.
-But we won't know
413
00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:50,878
until that's cleaned up.
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00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:52,463
And I ain't got a top pocket
big enough
415
00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,423
-to put that in.
-(laughter)
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00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:58,219
gary:
I'd like to know
what went on in this area.
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00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:00,680
We've found
a large piece of iron,
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and this doesn't disappoint.
419
00:19:02,684 --> 00:19:04,725
Do you want to put that on
that boulder, please, david?
420
00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,811
-You bet.
-Thanks.
421
00:19:06,855 --> 00:19:09,772
Gary:
We haven't found one like
this before on the island.
422
00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:11,774
It's really unusual.
423
00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:16,237
Maybe you can chunk
another scoop out of there?
424
00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:17,989
Okay.
425
00:19:33,006 --> 00:19:35,339
(beeping)
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gary:
Oh, I got an iron signal.
427
00:19:40,013 --> 00:19:42,680
It might be connected to this.
428
00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:46,184
Oh. This is it. I see it.
429
00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:51,063
-It's more of the same.
-Michael j.: Okay. Oh, wow.
430
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There you go.
431
00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:54,775
Let's see what this one's like.
432
00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,946
It's that same kind of deal.
433
00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:01,908
I believe this was hand-forged.
434
00:20:01,993 --> 00:20:03,910
This is raw iron.
435
00:20:03,995 --> 00:20:06,162
And now there's two pieces.
436
00:20:06,247 --> 00:20:07,914
Even better.
437
00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:10,041
And I wouldn't be surprised
if there's another piece
438
00:20:10,084 --> 00:20:12,001
similar to this
already in the ground.
439
00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:13,377
That's right.
440
00:20:13,421 --> 00:20:14,879
David f.:
I say we see if we can find
441
00:20:14,923 --> 00:20:16,214
-that other one.
-All right, mate. Yep.
442
00:20:16,299 --> 00:20:18,674
Let's go for the next one.
443
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:20,051
See what's in the hole.
444
00:20:32,065 --> 00:20:33,564
(beeping)
445
00:20:33,608 --> 00:20:35,650
you've got to dig it out, dave.
446
00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:38,027
-Just there, mate.
-All right.
447
00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:39,654
-Let's see what you got.
-Yep.
448
00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:51,582
(beeping)
449
00:20:56,506 --> 00:20:58,005
-gary: Ooh, look at that.
-Michael j.: Wow.
450
00:20:58,091 --> 00:20:59,507
-We got another one.
-Wow.
451
00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:01,425
-What the heck are these?
-I've got to come in
452
00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:03,219
-and see this one.
-Yeah, mate.
453
00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:05,388
This is even bigger
than the last one.
454
00:21:05,473 --> 00:21:09,892
This doesn't look like
anything to do with shafts
455
00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:13,854
or tunnels or farming, to me.
456
00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:17,108
But again,
that nice, crude shape.
457
00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:19,819
And the fact that we have got
three pieces now...
458
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-Michael j.: That's right, yeah.
-...In the same area.
459
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Gary:
What the heck was going on here?
460
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This isn't a one-off.
461
00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:29,245
-That's right.
-These are here for a reason.
462
00:21:29,330 --> 00:21:30,788
Michael j.:
You know what I'm thinking?
463
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It could be ballasts. You know?
464
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Just for the size
and the weight.
465
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That is a really good point,
michael.
466
00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:41,173
With so many wharfs
along this side,
467
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these pieces could've been
ship's ballast.
468
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Narrator:
Possible pieces of ballast?
469
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Dating back as far
as the 15th century,
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heavy objects known as ballast
471
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were stored deep in the hulls
of large sailing vessels
472
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to help give them balance
on the high seas.
473
00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:03,988
Could michael john be correct
474
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that these mysterious
pieces of iron
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were once used as ballast
in a large sailing vessel?
476
00:22:09,912 --> 00:22:12,663
If so, could they be
clues connected
477
00:22:12,707 --> 00:22:14,623
to the mysterious stone wharf
478
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discovered this year
in the man-made swamp?
479
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Or the numerous burnt objects
believed to be parts of a ship
480
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that have also been found
in the brackish bog?
481
00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:26,886
Feel the weight
of that one, david.
482
00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:29,972
-(laughter)
-oh. I wasn't ready for that.
483
00:22:30,058 --> 00:22:31,807
-Yeah, that's incredible.
-Yeah.
484
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:34,852
And now we've got three pieces
485
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-to take to carmen legge.
-Yes. Exactly.
486
00:22:36,773 --> 00:22:39,023
Well, I say we keep digging and
see if we can't find some more.
487
00:22:39,108 --> 00:22:40,816
-That's right.
Yeah, I think so, too. Yeah.
-Yeah. You're right, david.
488
00:22:40,902 --> 00:22:42,276
Gary:
All right, mate.
We'll see what else is here.
489
00:22:42,362 --> 00:22:43,861
Michael j.:
All right.
490
00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:54,872
Rick:
Hey, guys.
491
00:22:54,957 --> 00:22:56,457
Hello, ladies and gentlemen.
492
00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:59,377
Narrator: Brothers
marty and rick lagina gather
493
00:22:59,462 --> 00:23:01,545
with members of
the oak island team
494
00:23:01,631 --> 00:23:05,174
for a highly anticipated report
on the wood stakes
495
00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:08,803
recently discovered along
the stone pathway in the swamp.
496
00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:11,305
Today should be
a very interesting war room.
497
00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:15,267
We have in front of us probably
the most significant artifact
498
00:23:15,353 --> 00:23:18,396
that has been found
on the road to date.
499
00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:21,857
And I believe craig has
the c-14 test results.
500
00:23:21,943 --> 00:23:24,110
And so, I'm sure we're all
very interested in finding out
501
00:23:24,195 --> 00:23:26,070
-what these dates are.
-Yes.
-We certainly are.
502
00:23:26,114 --> 00:23:27,863
Craig, take it away.
503
00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:29,740
Okay, we got, uh,
504
00:23:29,784 --> 00:23:31,659
data back on two of the stakes
505
00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,619
that were found in the swamp.
506
00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:35,871
They were both found
by marty and aaron.
507
00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:39,250
It's basically two time periods.
508
00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:41,168
One, sample 112,
509
00:23:41,254 --> 00:23:45,423
is from 1719 to 1826.
510
00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:48,259
And at 113,
511
00:23:48,344 --> 00:23:52,721
from 1636 to 1684.
512
00:23:52,807 --> 00:23:54,432
(laughter)
513
00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:55,558
wow.
514
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:04,608
Marty: The preponderance of
the data speaks to well before
515
00:24:04,694 --> 00:24:06,485
the money pit discovery.
516
00:24:06,571 --> 00:24:07,820
Wow.
517
00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:09,280
Narrator:
In the oak island war room,
518
00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:12,241
rick, marty, craig and the team
have just confirmed
519
00:24:12,326 --> 00:24:13,951
that the wooden survey stakes
520
00:24:13,995 --> 00:24:16,454
found along the stone pathway
on the eastern border
521
00:24:16,497 --> 00:24:20,166
of the swamp could date
back as far as 1636.
522
00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:24,462
Meaning that the pathway
might date that early as well.
523
00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,298
These stakes were survey stakes,
524
00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:30,009
so they were put in prior
to the search period,
525
00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,303
and they're adding up
with a lot of the artifacts
526
00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:34,847
that we're finding, um,
as we're moving upland.
527
00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:37,433
Rick:
I believe that the middle part
528
00:24:37,518 --> 00:24:40,352
of the 1600s
to the latter part of the 1600s,
529
00:24:40,438 --> 00:24:42,771
that c-14 date is more relevant.
530
00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:45,483
That's almost a century
and a half
531
00:24:45,568 --> 00:24:47,651
before the money pit
was discovered.
532
00:24:47,695 --> 00:24:49,737
I am stunned by those dates.
533
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:53,157
It's great news, as far
as the treasure hunt goes.
534
00:24:53,242 --> 00:24:54,825
Rick: Except that they're
a century apart.
535
00:24:54,911 --> 00:24:56,619
-Craig: Yeah.
-Alex: Mm-hmm.
536
00:24:56,704 --> 00:24:58,662
Marty:
How could those two be
so different, though?
537
00:24:58,748 --> 00:25:00,122
I mean, aaron, we found those
538
00:25:00,208 --> 00:25:01,832
right next to each other,
didn't we?
539
00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:05,711
Yeah, within probably
ten feet of each other.
540
00:25:06,881 --> 00:25:09,798
Rick:
If those massive projects
were done at one time,
541
00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:11,884
where is the evidence?
542
00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:14,261
We've always stumbled over that.
543
00:25:14,347 --> 00:25:16,430
There's a couple periods
going on there
544
00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:17,890
that we haven't
quite figured out.
545
00:25:17,975 --> 00:25:19,266
It speaks to me like there's
546
00:25:19,352 --> 00:25:22,144
more than one occupation period
for this.
547
00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:24,021
Marty:
That does make a lot of sense
548
00:25:24,065 --> 00:25:27,233
in that if-- let's say it
was made-- the road was made
549
00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:28,817
very long ago,
550
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,861
and then the swamp
covered it up except for
551
00:25:30,947 --> 00:25:32,363
the upland portion.
552
00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:33,447
Craig:
Upland.
553
00:25:33,533 --> 00:25:35,824
Marty:
Yeah, and then people used that,
554
00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:38,369
but they couldn't use the
portion under the swamp anymore.
555
00:25:38,454 --> 00:25:40,538
That would explain exactly
what you're saying.
556
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,916
Rick:
But then again, why?
557
00:25:44,001 --> 00:25:46,377
Why, why, why?
558
00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:49,380
Marty:
I'm going to make an assumption
that we're relatively
559
00:25:49,423 --> 00:25:51,382
bright people,
and we can't come up, really,
560
00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:53,884
with a plausible reason
for any of this.
561
00:25:53,928 --> 00:25:56,220
Rick:
I think if we look
at each other honestly,
562
00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:58,055
-we're more confused
than we have ever been.
-Mm-hmm.
563
00:25:58,140 --> 00:25:59,098
Exactly right, rick.
564
00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:00,891
I thought the stakes would be
565
00:26:00,935 --> 00:26:03,852
a little bit more helpful
than they are because,
566
00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,896
you know, at least
it could be consistent.
567
00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:07,940
They were found right next
to each other, but still,
568
00:26:08,025 --> 00:26:12,403
even with the inconsistency,
everything keeps pointing back
569
00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:15,364
to long before the money pit
was discovered.
570
00:26:15,449 --> 00:26:17,533
And I think we need
to just keep gathering data
571
00:26:17,618 --> 00:26:19,451
until it all starts
to line up somehow,
572
00:26:19,537 --> 00:26:21,245
until it tells the story.
573
00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:23,080
I guess that's where I'm at.
574
00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:25,791
Craig:
Yeah. I concur.
575
00:26:25,876 --> 00:26:28,752
All the data's tying quite well,
576
00:26:28,838 --> 00:26:32,965
so hopefully artifacts
can tell us that story.
577
00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:35,426
Marty:
I don't think anybody
could argue with us.
578
00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:39,513
Something very odd, very unique,
579
00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:41,515
and way too early
580
00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:44,810
for what we know of the written
history of nova scotia
581
00:26:44,895 --> 00:26:46,395
happened on oak island.
582
00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:49,273
Long before 1795.
583
00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:51,817
So, what do I make
of these dates?
584
00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:53,944
We're at least chasing
something real.
585
00:26:53,988 --> 00:26:57,156
Very helpful
and-and very gratifying.
586
00:26:57,241 --> 00:27:00,451
Rick:
It's funny because,
when we first came,
587
00:27:00,494 --> 00:27:02,953
we thought science was gonna
give us all the answers.
588
00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:06,665
Unfortunately,
the real answers are coming
589
00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:08,876
from shovels and trowels.
590
00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:10,711
Well, I guess we have more
digging and troweling to do.
591
00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:13,130
-Yep.
-Because there are
answers there.
592
00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:15,633
So, I think we just need
to stay the course
593
00:27:15,718 --> 00:27:17,134
and keep doing what we're doing.
594
00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:19,887
I think so.
595
00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:21,180
Rick:
Hopefully, before the end
of the year,
596
00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:24,350
-we'll have some answers.
-Marty: Please.
597
00:27:24,435 --> 00:27:26,018
No more questions.
598
00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:28,979
Rick:
We'll try. We'll try.
599
00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:34,693
Narrator:
Later that afternoon,
600
00:27:34,779 --> 00:27:36,445
on the eastern edge
of the swamp...
601
00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:37,488
Rick:
Hey, aaron.
602
00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:39,365
How much farther
do you want to go?
603
00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:43,327
I just want it definitive
that we have cobblestones here,
604
00:27:43,412 --> 00:27:44,995
that it hasn't detoured.
605
00:27:45,081 --> 00:27:47,831
Narrator: ...Rick lagina
and members of the team
606
00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:51,293
continue their efforts
to investigate the possible fork
607
00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:55,464
in the potentially early 17th
century stone road, or pathway.
608
00:27:55,549 --> 00:27:58,008
If we can get you around
the other side,
609
00:27:58,052 --> 00:27:59,677
I'll show you something
kind of cool.
610
00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:05,891
So, we're getting
a boundary here.
611
00:28:05,976 --> 00:28:08,519
We... Obviously, we're gonna,
we're gonna pull back more.
612
00:28:08,562 --> 00:28:12,564
Got these rocks
that are on top of swamp.
613
00:28:12,650 --> 00:28:14,692
You know, it's still early,
but we're...
614
00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:19,363
We're thinking we have the swamp
boundary of the stones.
615
00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:21,115
And if you look at the line,
616
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,702
you know, it seems to be angling
more that way.
617
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:29,915
And the other thing, too,
is all these rocks are
618
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,751
a size that-- easy to move,
619
00:28:32,837 --> 00:28:35,546
maximize the volume.
620
00:28:35,631 --> 00:28:37,214
The right size to build
a cobble road.
621
00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:41,093
-Yeah. Yep.
-You can see them.
622
00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:42,845
They're all that size.
623
00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:47,558
So, we're getting to an area
of intense manipulation.
624
00:28:47,601 --> 00:28:49,727
There's a hell of a lot of work
that went on up there.
625
00:28:49,812 --> 00:28:52,271
And there's the eye and that
down here.
626
00:28:52,356 --> 00:28:54,106
At some point, this thing is
either gonna go left,
627
00:28:54,191 --> 00:28:55,899
right or straight ahead.
628
00:28:55,943 --> 00:28:59,236
Okay, so maybe the next step
should be going this way?
629
00:28:59,321 --> 00:29:01,572
Our next move is
to come back over here
630
00:29:01,657 --> 00:29:03,449
and dig up
the hill a little ways.
631
00:29:03,534 --> 00:29:05,576
-Aaron: All right,
so we got a plan.
-Rick: We'll go up there.
632
00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:07,327
-Yep.
-Billy, you head off and do
633
00:29:07,413 --> 00:29:08,912
what you're gonna do
with the swamp excavator.
634
00:29:08,998 --> 00:29:11,123
-Aaron, we'll be back.
-Yeah.
-Okay.
635
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,250
Rick:
All the archaeologists
have stated,
636
00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:16,754
with a construct
such as the path,
637
00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:20,299
there may be more than one road,
638
00:29:20,384 --> 00:29:22,426
leading to different places--
639
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:26,472
perhaps one to the money pit,
perhaps one into the swamp.
640
00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:29,558
Hopefully, they'll be able
to find supportive evidence
641
00:29:29,643 --> 00:29:31,935
that, indeed, the road
has turned to the upland.
642
00:29:33,647 --> 00:29:34,730
So, what are you thinking?
643
00:29:34,774 --> 00:29:36,482
I mean, you stopped
digging there.
644
00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:39,193
Billy:
Yep. Well, it's...
It's rocky in here,
645
00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:40,944
so I think we're on
the edge of the rocks.
646
00:29:42,573 --> 00:29:44,823
Ian:
We're starting to see
all this red color--
647
00:29:44,909 --> 00:29:45,949
the red-colored rocks--
648
00:29:46,035 --> 00:29:48,118
and that's a sign
of an interface.
649
00:29:48,204 --> 00:29:49,661
Yeah. There's something here,
I think.
650
00:29:49,747 --> 00:29:51,246
We-we might be onto something.
651
00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:54,291
Ian:
So, if we agree that
the rocks were stacked,
652
00:29:54,376 --> 00:29:57,169
and that's not normal,
653
00:29:57,254 --> 00:30:00,005
and if we agree that
there's a defined width,
654
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:01,632
and that's not normal,
655
00:30:01,717 --> 00:30:05,511
so can we agree that it's--
looks like it's going uphill
656
00:30:05,596 --> 00:30:08,806
-towards the uplands?
-Billy: Yeah. Lot 15. Money pit.
657
00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:11,266
Like, there'd be no reason
to rock this
658
00:30:11,352 --> 00:30:12,893
unless you're hauling
real heavy stuff.
659
00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:14,186
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
660
00:30:15,523 --> 00:30:17,648
Narrator:
Could the team have found
hard evidence
661
00:30:17,691 --> 00:30:19,233
that the stone path
does, in fact,
662
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:24,863
continue not only toward lot 15
but also toward the money pit?
663
00:30:24,949 --> 00:30:27,491
Kudos to you for having the eye
to pick this up.
664
00:30:27,535 --> 00:30:29,868
Maybe I'll just go up there,
like, ten or some more feet,
665
00:30:29,954 --> 00:30:31,995
just to reestablish
our edge on that side.
666
00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:34,456
It might give us a little angle
as to where we're going.
667
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,833
I'm gonna look over there
and just try
668
00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:37,835
to understand that
a little bit better.
669
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,127
Aaron:
Well, let's get back to it.
670
00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:40,337
-Billy: Yep.
-Ian: Yep.
671
00:30:44,134 --> 00:30:46,051
Narrator:
While the search operations
672
00:30:46,136 --> 00:30:48,136
near the swamp and in
the money pit area continue...
673
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:49,388
(metal clanging)
674
00:30:49,473 --> 00:30:50,722
hey, carmen.
675
00:30:50,808 --> 00:30:52,683
Hello, charles. How are you?
676
00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:55,394
Narrator: ...Charles barkhouse,
david fornetti
677
00:30:55,479 --> 00:30:57,688
and veteran treasure hunter
dan henskee
678
00:30:57,731 --> 00:31:00,941
have traveled some 50 miles
north of oak island
679
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:02,651
to centreville, nova scotia...
680
00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:04,862
-Big stuff this time.
-Charles: Big stuff.
681
00:31:04,947 --> 00:31:06,822
Narrator: ...Where they
have arranged to meet
682
00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:08,949
with blacksmith expert
carmen legge
683
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:10,784
at historic northville farm
684
00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:13,579
to get his analysis
of the iron artifacts
685
00:31:13,664 --> 00:31:17,416
found two days ago
on lot 15.
686
00:31:17,501 --> 00:31:21,253
David f.:
So, we have three pieces here.
These were all found together.
687
00:31:21,338 --> 00:31:24,506
We were thinking ship ballast,
but we really didn't know
688
00:31:24,592 --> 00:31:27,134
because they're just kind of
odd-shaped iron pieces.
689
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,802
Well, let's have a look at it.
690
00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:31,054
-Very heavy, isn't it?
-Yeah.
691
00:31:31,098 --> 00:31:33,140
Extremely heavy,
and they all have
692
00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:35,267
that triangular shape
to the ends, right?
693
00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:37,644
They belong to
the same equipment.
694
00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:38,937
They're legs off of something.
695
00:31:39,023 --> 00:31:41,231
This one has a foot onto it,
696
00:31:41,317 --> 00:31:44,276
-but it's also rounded
on the ends.
-Mm-hmm.
697
00:31:44,361 --> 00:31:47,279
So that meant
that it was draggable.
698
00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,031
Like, you can drag it
from one place to another.
699
00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:50,908
This one here is actually
bent a little bit.
700
00:31:50,951 --> 00:31:55,996
But this curvature is not
indicative of a purposeful bend.
701
00:31:56,081 --> 00:31:58,832
This was bent because of
the pressure exerted onto it.
702
00:31:58,918 --> 00:32:00,834
Something caused this to break,
703
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,337
and something like that
breaking would require
704
00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:06,006
a lot of tremendous,
destructive force.
705
00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:08,800
-So, you mean it could've
blown apart?
-Yes.
706
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:12,846
I would say they're legs off
of a small, uh, cannon
707
00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:15,349
or a large signal cannon.
708
00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,643
Any kind of date
you can give us?
709
00:32:17,728 --> 00:32:19,436
Because of the way
it's forged...
710
00:32:22,149 --> 00:32:25,275
I'm gonna say early 1700s.
711
00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:26,735
So, 1710, 1720.
712
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:32,449
Narrator:
Parts of a signal cannon
found on oak island,
713
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:35,494
which possibly date back
to nearly a century
714
00:32:35,579 --> 00:32:37,454
before the discovery
of the money pit?
715
00:32:37,539 --> 00:32:40,958
If so, who brought it
to oak island
716
00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:42,501
and for what purpose?
717
00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:44,294
Any cultural influences here?
718
00:32:44,380 --> 00:32:45,837
It would be english.
It would be english.
719
00:32:45,923 --> 00:32:47,714
Yes. Yes.
720
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,508
You would think that if
there was a big operation,
721
00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:51,718
they would have grapeshot
and cannons,
722
00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:53,553
-you know, for defense.
-Yeah.
723
00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,722
It speaks to a...
A number of theories
724
00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:57,641
involving certainly
the british military,
725
00:32:57,726 --> 00:32:59,142
but other militaries, too.
726
00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:00,894
Would you have any idea
what a signal cannon
727
00:33:00,980 --> 00:33:02,521
would be doing on oak island?
728
00:33:02,606 --> 00:33:04,564
Charles:
Yes. There's a possibility
that could've been
729
00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:07,317
an observation post,
to watch, you know, any ships
730
00:33:07,361 --> 00:33:09,027
coming in from the bay.
731
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:14,241
Narrator:
Could carmen legge be correct
that these iron objects
732
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:16,618
came from a british
signal cannon?
733
00:33:16,704 --> 00:33:19,079
And does that mean
they're connected
734
00:33:19,164 --> 00:33:22,457
to the pine tar kiln on lot 15,
735
00:33:22,543 --> 00:33:27,504
which carmen suspects might also
be of british military origin,
736
00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:30,298
and which archaeologist
laird niven believes
737
00:33:30,384 --> 00:33:32,217
could be linked
to the construction
738
00:33:32,302 --> 00:33:34,344
of the original money pit?
739
00:33:34,430 --> 00:33:37,848
If so, was the cannon
possibly used
740
00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:40,976
in an effort to protect
something of great value?
741
00:33:41,061 --> 00:33:42,644
Wow.
742
00:33:42,730 --> 00:33:44,980
I think we got to get back
and tell the guys about this.
743
00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:46,606
David f.
I think you're right.
I think you're right.
744
00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:47,983
-Very good. All right.
-Charles: Okay.
745
00:33:48,027 --> 00:33:49,317
-Nice item.
-David f.: Thank you.
746
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,820
Narrator:
While charles, david and dan
747
00:33:51,905 --> 00:33:53,613
make their way back
to oak island...
748
00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:56,158
Ian:
The only reason
we're really here is
749
00:33:56,243 --> 00:33:58,702
'cause we're trying to figure
out where that road goes.
750
00:33:58,746 --> 00:34:02,581
Narrator: ...On lot 13, near
the eastern border of the swamp,
751
00:34:02,666 --> 00:34:05,751
rick lagina, gary drayton
752
00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:07,711
and geoscientist dr. Ian spooner
753
00:34:07,796 --> 00:34:11,089
are searching for evidence
of which direction--
754
00:34:11,175 --> 00:34:14,968
or directions-- the stone
pathway could be leading.
755
00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:17,512
Here, we've got these cobbles
on the surface.
756
00:34:17,598 --> 00:34:19,389
But if there's artifacts,
757
00:34:19,433 --> 00:34:21,475
then it tells us
that it's been manipulated.
758
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,060
You know, the bottom line is,
is we're trying
759
00:34:23,145 --> 00:34:24,978
to figure out whether
that road is going
760
00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:28,356
to the eye-- a left-- or right,
up the hill here.
761
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,317
Gary:
There's only one way
to find out.
762
00:34:31,779 --> 00:34:34,321
Narrator:
Because any extensions
of the ancient pathway is
763
00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:36,031
currently buried under the soil,
764
00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:38,867
it is dr. Spooner's suspicion
765
00:34:38,952 --> 00:34:41,119
that gary might be able
to expedite
766
00:34:41,205 --> 00:34:44,206
the team's ability to pinpoint
more of the features,
767
00:34:44,291 --> 00:34:47,042
if he can first locate
any metal artifacts
768
00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,211
or evidence of human activity.
769
00:34:50,798 --> 00:34:52,756
(detector beeping)
770
00:34:54,551 --> 00:34:56,718
big target here, guys.
771
00:34:56,804 --> 00:35:00,013
Oh, look at this.
We got iron in here.
772
00:35:00,099 --> 00:35:02,015
-Look on the top.
-Rick: Huh.
773
00:35:02,101 --> 00:35:03,850
Why would there be iron in here?
774
00:35:03,936 --> 00:35:08,897
Somebody drilled that stone out
and put that in the stone?
775
00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:13,485
Gary:
I wonder if that was
potentially a ring bolt.
776
00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:15,403
Rick:
I wonder if fred knew that.
777
00:35:15,489 --> 00:35:17,614
That may be the one
that was cut off.
778
00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:21,243
-Ian: Right.
-Rick: Tom always said
there was one that was cut off.
779
00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:23,120
Narrator:
Part of a ring bolt?
780
00:35:23,205 --> 00:35:26,414
Embedded in a boulder
just east of the swamp?
781
00:35:28,085 --> 00:35:29,751
Oh, I can feel it.
(grunts)
782
00:35:29,837 --> 00:35:31,837
-look at that.
-Look at that.
783
00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:33,380
Narrator:
Earlier this year,
784
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:36,466
the team discovered
a large iron ring bolt
785
00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:39,302
on the massive stone road
that was not only dated
786
00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:41,763
to as early as the 1600s
787
00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:44,307
but was believed
to have been used for docking
788
00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:47,894
a large sailing vessel at
a time that the man-made swamp
789
00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:49,771
may have been an open harbor.
790
00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:51,898
Look at that.
791
00:35:51,984 --> 00:35:53,525
Narrator:
And soon after,
792
00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:55,527
they discovered evidence
of another ring bolt
793
00:35:55,612 --> 00:35:57,237
further north
on the stone pathway,
794
00:35:57,322 --> 00:35:59,406
suspected to have been used
795
00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:03,368
in transporting heavy cargo
to somewhere on the island.
796
00:36:03,453 --> 00:36:05,912
If this was just, uh, you know,
Sunday groceries coming
797
00:36:05,998 --> 00:36:07,539
down the road here,
you don't need ring bolts.
798
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:10,917
It's unequivocal we've got
a road built to last.
799
00:36:12,379 --> 00:36:15,505
Narrator:
This discovery was identical
to several reported
800
00:36:15,549 --> 00:36:18,633
by the late oak island landowner
and treasure hunter, fred nolan,
801
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,927
who claimed to have found
three ring bolts
802
00:36:21,013 --> 00:36:24,806
in and around the swamp
back in the 1960s.
803
00:36:25,934 --> 00:36:28,894
Could this piece of iron
that gary has just found
804
00:36:28,979 --> 00:36:31,354
be the remains of
one of the ring bolts
805
00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:33,023
discovered by fred nolan?
806
00:36:33,066 --> 00:36:36,234
And if so,
could it be more evidence
807
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,280
that points to the direction
the pathway is heading?
808
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:45,118
Rick:
This road feature seems to be
lining up with the ring bolts
809
00:36:45,204 --> 00:36:46,828
marked on fred's map.
810
00:36:46,914 --> 00:36:48,914
And if that is the case,
my hope is
811
00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:51,208
this may be a step
in the right direction.
812
00:36:52,211 --> 00:36:53,710
Marty:
What's he got?
813
00:36:53,795 --> 00:36:55,587
Rick:
A piece of steel drilled
into the rock.
814
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,714
-Marty: What do you think, doc?
-Rick: It's a question for tom.
815
00:36:57,758 --> 00:37:00,634
As far back as he can remember,
was this stone here?
816
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,178
Or did his father put it here?
817
00:37:03,222 --> 00:37:06,681
Well, it's well embedded
into the topsoil here.
818
00:37:06,767 --> 00:37:08,892
So, if it was just plunked down,
you wouldn't expect
819
00:37:08,977 --> 00:37:10,560
this rock
to be this far embedded.
820
00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:16,399
Rick:
We have to get tom down here.
821
00:37:21,323 --> 00:37:23,448
Rick:
Why don't we just
walk up here, tom.
822
00:37:23,533 --> 00:37:25,158
Think we can go
right over this way.
823
00:37:25,244 --> 00:37:27,702
Narrator: On lot 13, near
the eastern border of the swamp,
824
00:37:27,788 --> 00:37:30,038
rick lagina
and members of the team
825
00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:33,458
are joined by fellow oak island
landowner tom nolan,
826
00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:36,002
the son of the late fred nolan.
827
00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,796
Rick:
Take a look.
828
00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:39,130
Tom:
Wow.
829
00:37:39,216 --> 00:37:40,548
Rick:
It should be interesting--
830
00:37:40,634 --> 00:37:42,842
this revelation, if you will--
831
00:37:42,928 --> 00:37:46,888
that this large stone
next to the old apple tree,
832
00:37:46,974 --> 00:37:49,057
uh, on the nolan property
833
00:37:49,142 --> 00:37:52,435
actually has the long
sought-after ring bolt.
834
00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:56,064
The point of this is
to bring tom in to look at it
835
00:37:56,149 --> 00:37:58,942
and have him decide,
once and for all,
836
00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:02,445
is that the ring bolt
that you saw as a young boy?
837
00:38:02,489 --> 00:38:03,989
And I hope he'll say yes.
838
00:38:04,074 --> 00:38:06,366
Tom:
Gee, that's interesting.
839
00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:08,535
That is one of
the original ring bolt rocks.
840
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:10,245
-It is?
-Yep.
841
00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:11,538
Rick:
Wow.
842
00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:13,748
Uh, dad removed the top,
843
00:38:13,834 --> 00:38:16,001
-and that's what's
in the pictures.
-Ian: Right.
844
00:38:16,086 --> 00:38:19,504
Tom:
You can see the original ring
bolt was a little bit thicker.
845
00:38:19,589 --> 00:38:21,589
These things have taken some...
You know, time and weather
846
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,591
has beaten them down
a bit, but...
847
00:38:23,677 --> 00:38:26,136
-That's one of the original ones
right there.
-Wow.
848
00:38:26,179 --> 00:38:28,430
Narrator:
With tom nolan's confirmation
849
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:30,015
that they have discovered
the remains
850
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:32,225
of another iron ring bolt
851
00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:35,895
first located some 50 years ago
by his father, fred nolan,
852
00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:38,315
rick, marty and the team
may very well
853
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,152
have confirmed that not only
does the stone pathway feature
854
00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:45,405
extend further into the uplands
of the island
855
00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:47,866
but that it could be
leading them directly
856
00:38:47,951 --> 00:38:50,160
to a major
breakthrough discovery.
857
00:38:50,203 --> 00:38:52,412
It's just, to me,
very interesting,
858
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:54,247
'cause I can't even imagine
the amount of work
859
00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:57,125
the original depositor put in.
860
00:38:57,210 --> 00:38:58,835
-And to what end?
-To what end?
861
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,589
To support something
either high or heavy.
862
00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,507
Billy: Perfect spot for it,
though, you know,
863
00:39:04,551 --> 00:39:06,593
if it is a ring bolt,
to get you up the hill, right?
864
00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,553
You know, it would be
a very logical place for it
865
00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:09,971
-with the block and tackle.
-Right.
866
00:39:10,015 --> 00:39:12,223
Tom:
If you were tying something up
around here,
867
00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:13,892
if this is some sort of a...
868
00:39:13,977 --> 00:39:16,144
You know, a loading
or an unloading area.
869
00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:19,064
If what you're doing here
you don't want anybody to see,
870
00:39:19,149 --> 00:39:22,108
you bring it all the way in here
to the center of the island...
871
00:39:22,194 --> 00:39:23,485
Who's going to see it?
872
00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:24,694
If they were digging here,
873
00:39:24,738 --> 00:39:26,946
they have a ready source
of cobble.
874
00:39:27,032 --> 00:39:28,406
They could continue the road.
875
00:39:28,492 --> 00:39:30,784
Actually, I think the road is
right over there.
876
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,619
-Rick: Over there. Yeah.
All the cobbles.
-Ian: Yeah.
877
00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:37,415
Either it's a turnaround to go
up here, or it's some kind of y.
878
00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:39,793
Rick:
I think it's very preliminary,
879
00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:44,839
uh, but dr. Spooner
does advocate perhaps strongly
880
00:39:44,925 --> 00:39:46,758
that the orientation of the path
881
00:39:46,843 --> 00:39:49,344
is now leading up
in this direction
882
00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:51,096
towards the money pit.
883
00:39:51,181 --> 00:39:53,056
Now you have a ring bolt.
884
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:57,435
Tom has asserted that is indeed
the ring bolt that he remembers.
885
00:39:57,521 --> 00:39:59,896
We need something
more substantial.
886
00:39:59,981 --> 00:40:03,900
But we also need to focus
our energies in a specific area,
887
00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:08,780
and there are enough clues here,
small clues, that tell us
888
00:40:08,865 --> 00:40:11,449
that this is an area
worthy of investigation.
889
00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:15,328
Marty: It really seems like if
somebody wanted to put in a road
890
00:40:15,414 --> 00:40:16,746
that then would be
easily hidden,
891
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:18,832
well, that's an eye opener.
892
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:22,043
That sounds like
clandestine, uh, activity.
893
00:40:22,129 --> 00:40:24,796
The question is:
Where does it go?
894
00:40:24,881 --> 00:40:29,008
It is a direct indicator
of substantial human effort
895
00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,803
here on this island
well before the money pit.
896
00:40:32,806 --> 00:40:35,515
Well, in order to get
to a certainty,
897
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,183
we just have to keep
plugging away.
898
00:40:37,269 --> 00:40:39,060
-Tom: Yup.
-Ian: Well, I should get down
and continue.
899
00:40:39,146 --> 00:40:41,729
-I'll head back down.
-Head back down.
900
00:40:41,815 --> 00:40:44,149
-Rick: Great find.
-Ian: Oh, yeah.
901
00:40:44,234 --> 00:40:46,484
Narrator:
The only thing that seems
certain at this point
902
00:40:46,570 --> 00:40:50,029
for rick, marty, craig
and the members of their team
903
00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:53,700
is that the more they dig
into the oak island mystery,
904
00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:57,245
the more evidence they will
find that something profound
905
00:40:57,330 --> 00:40:59,164
happened here long ago.
906
00:41:00,459 --> 00:41:03,960
But if it really does revolve
around a vast treasure,
907
00:41:04,004 --> 00:41:05,795
what would have justified
908
00:41:05,881 --> 00:41:08,131
such painstaking efforts
to hide it...
909
00:41:09,593 --> 00:41:11,468
...A possible lethal force
to guard it...
910
00:41:13,096 --> 00:41:16,806
...And a legendary curse
that has claimed six lives
911
00:41:16,850 --> 00:41:18,308
so far?
912
00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:21,686
Perhaps the answers
will come by drilling
913
00:41:21,771 --> 00:41:23,480
and digging in the money pit,
914
00:41:23,523 --> 00:41:25,273
or...
915
00:41:25,358 --> 00:41:27,358
By careful excavation,
916
00:41:27,444 --> 00:41:30,653
one cobblestone at a time.
917
00:41:34,367 --> 00:41:37,243
Next time, on
the curse of oak island...
918
00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:40,163
-It's there. A big,
chunky piece of iron.
-Aaron: Wow.
919
00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:42,957
This is something to do
with tunneling.
920
00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:46,753
The road seems to be angling
toward the eye of the swamp.
921
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,755
-Michael j.: Look at this.
-Marty: Oh, wow.
922
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,299
What the hell is that?
923
00:41:51,384 --> 00:41:52,717
Steve g.:
I think that's a cannonball.
924
00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:54,385
Somebody was trying
to protect something.
925
00:41:54,471 --> 00:41:56,262
It's rock on rock.
They're stacked.
926
00:41:56,348 --> 00:41:59,057
There's a big hole. You can
put your hand right in there.
927
00:41:59,142 --> 00:42:00,934
Rick:
There might be
something in there.
928
00:42:01,019 --> 00:42:02,644
Could there be
treasure here? Yeah.
929
00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:04,646
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