1 00:00:02,044 --> 00:00:03,502 Narrator: Tonight, on the curse of oak island... 2 00:00:03,587 --> 00:00:05,129 -Oh. Bingo. -Oh. We got wood. 3 00:00:05,172 --> 00:00:06,338 Rick: We've got six hits. 4 00:00:06,424 --> 00:00:08,632 -It's a tunnel. -Gary: Ooh, look at that. 5 00:00:08,718 --> 00:00:10,009 -Gary: We got another one. -David f.: Oh, wow. 6 00:00:10,094 --> 00:00:11,719 What the heck are these? 7 00:00:11,804 --> 00:00:13,303 Carmen: There had to be some destructive force. 8 00:00:13,389 --> 00:00:15,014 Something caused this to break. 9 00:00:15,057 --> 00:00:17,683 -It could have blown apart. -Yes. It had to be an explosion. 10 00:00:17,727 --> 00:00:19,560 -(aaron laughs) -marty: What do you got there? 11 00:00:19,645 --> 00:00:21,812 -Sharpened survey stakes. -Aw, baby. 12 00:00:21,897 --> 00:00:23,939 Craig: That sample came out to be two different 13 00:00:24,025 --> 00:00:25,858 -time periods. -Wow. 14 00:00:25,943 --> 00:00:28,360 -Marty: That's well before the money pit. -Wow. 15 00:00:30,614 --> 00:00:34,199 Narrator: There is an island in the north atlantic 16 00:00:34,243 --> 00:00:37,703 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 17 00:00:37,747 --> 00:00:40,998 for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:44,043 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,128 --> 00:00:46,712 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,797 --> 00:00:49,548 mysterious fragments of human bone, 21 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:53,385 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 22 00:00:53,429 --> 00:00:55,888 to the days of the knights templar. 23 00:00:55,973 --> 00:01:00,392 To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,437 --> 00:01:03,520 And, according to legend, 25 00:01:03,606 --> 00:01:06,565 one more will have to die 26 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:10,360 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:27,963 --> 00:01:29,922 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:36,305 --> 00:01:37,679 marty: About here, aaron? 29 00:01:37,765 --> 00:01:39,598 -Yeah. Just... -All right. 30 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,191 Narrator: As a new day of adventure begins on oak island... 31 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:51,110 That's perfect, marty. 32 00:01:51,153 --> 00:01:53,153 ...Brothers rick and marty lagina, 33 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:55,280 along with their team, 34 00:01:55,366 --> 00:01:57,199 are working more diligently than ever 35 00:01:57,284 --> 00:02:01,453 to peel back the layers of a 225-year-old treasure mystery. 36 00:02:02,665 --> 00:02:04,331 And along the eastern border 37 00:02:04,416 --> 00:02:06,625 of the mysterious triangle-shaped swamp, 38 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:09,962 they continue to unearth remains of a potentially ancient 39 00:02:10,005 --> 00:02:13,090 stone pathway that may have been used for purposes 40 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:16,635 of moving heavy cargo away from an old ship's wharf 41 00:02:16,679 --> 00:02:18,595 and somewhere inland. 42 00:02:18,681 --> 00:02:21,348 The questions now are just what was being hauled 43 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:25,144 onto the island, and will this pathway lead them to it? 44 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:28,105 What are you thinking, boss? 45 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:30,440 Aaron: Well... 46 00:02:30,526 --> 00:02:33,485 I think if we pull up the organic matter... 47 00:02:33,571 --> 00:02:35,779 -Right there? Okay. -Yeah. Let's see. 48 00:02:35,865 --> 00:02:37,156 Aaron: It seems like the cobbles 49 00:02:37,199 --> 00:02:39,324 are just right underneath that. 50 00:02:41,287 --> 00:02:43,912 Marty: It's terribly hard work to dig in the swamp 51 00:02:43,998 --> 00:02:46,373 because everything resists the shovel. 52 00:02:46,458 --> 00:02:49,543 The sort of vegetative mat resists the shovel, 53 00:02:49,628 --> 00:02:53,130 but worse is trying to dig on this road. 54 00:02:53,215 --> 00:02:55,507 Every time you try and put the shovel in, you hit a rock. 55 00:02:55,593 --> 00:02:58,385 -Aaron: Oh, you got one there. -Yeah. I sure do. 56 00:02:58,470 --> 00:02:59,678 Marty: And then you have to come back 57 00:02:59,763 --> 00:03:01,221 and just kind of scrape along the top 58 00:03:01,265 --> 00:03:03,348 because, in this case, rocks are what we're looking for. 59 00:03:04,602 --> 00:03:05,851 -Aaron: There's another one. -Josh: Yep. 60 00:03:05,895 --> 00:03:07,978 Marty: But here's what changes it. 61 00:03:08,063 --> 00:03:10,856 When you find something, you're reenergized. 62 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:13,650 When you dig on oak island, you find things. 63 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:16,069 Aaron: Ah, there they are. 64 00:03:16,155 --> 00:03:17,196 Yeah. 65 00:03:21,452 --> 00:03:23,327 Marty. 66 00:03:23,412 --> 00:03:25,454 Aw, baby. 67 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:27,789 -Right there. -Josh: There we go. 68 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:28,999 Aaron: Another stake. 69 00:03:29,084 --> 00:03:31,210 -Marty: Look at that. -Wow. 70 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:34,504 Narrator: A wooden stake, found bordering the pathway? 71 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:36,673 Marty: Look at that. That's cut. 72 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:37,883 Narrator: Just one week ago, 73 00:03:37,927 --> 00:03:40,844 marty made an identical discovery 74 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:43,222 on another portion of the pathway 75 00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:45,557 that archaeologist dr. Aaron taylor believes 76 00:03:45,601 --> 00:03:48,268 may have been used as a survey marker 77 00:03:48,354 --> 00:03:50,020 when the feature was originally built. 78 00:03:50,105 --> 00:03:52,814 It's showing that this whole thing is being staked off 79 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:54,858 and we're following the line. 80 00:03:54,944 --> 00:03:57,402 Narrator: These discoveries are not only helping the team 81 00:03:57,446 --> 00:03:59,404 uncover more of the buried pathway 82 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:01,698 and determine the direction it is heading 83 00:04:01,784 --> 00:04:06,245 but may also be important clues as to when it was constructed. 84 00:04:06,330 --> 00:04:09,206 Rick: Dr. Taylor puts great emphasis 85 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:13,210 on these so-called survey stakes because he believes 86 00:04:13,295 --> 00:04:15,504 that they are critical in terms of understanding 87 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:17,756 the timeline of the road. 88 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,593 And the only tool we have to apply to that is carbon dating. 89 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:26,431 Aha. Aha! What have we got there? 90 00:04:28,018 --> 00:04:29,726 Is that cut? 91 00:04:29,812 --> 00:04:32,187 -Josh: Yep. -(aaron laughs) 92 00:04:32,273 --> 00:04:33,563 -it's nubbed off, though. -But it's... 93 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:35,941 -We only care about one end. -Yeah. 94 00:04:35,985 --> 00:04:38,443 -And she's cut. -That's cut, for sure. 95 00:04:40,447 --> 00:04:43,156 -Marty: So, what does-- what does it mean? -They went to 96 00:04:43,242 --> 00:04:46,618 an awful lot of effort to survey this in. 97 00:04:46,704 --> 00:04:49,663 -Wow. -Marty: Why so many right here? 98 00:04:49,748 --> 00:04:52,582 -You haven't found that many in one spot before? -God no. 99 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:56,003 -Are they, are they... -Yeah, that's what I think. 100 00:04:56,088 --> 00:04:57,421 -...Turning? -There's a change going here. 101 00:04:57,506 --> 00:04:59,506 There's a change going on. 102 00:04:59,591 --> 00:05:02,759 Marty: I really want to know where this road goes in the swamp. 103 00:05:02,845 --> 00:05:04,845 And these stakes are gonna tell the story. 104 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:06,972 In other words, somebody came along, staked it out, 105 00:05:07,016 --> 00:05:09,308 then workmen came b-behind and built it. 106 00:05:09,351 --> 00:05:11,852 So, now, we're sort of at a juncture, it looks like. 107 00:05:11,937 --> 00:05:13,979 Hey, there's an army of people down here. 108 00:05:15,024 --> 00:05:16,148 Hey, rick. 109 00:05:16,191 --> 00:05:17,816 Ask rick. Ask what the score is here. 110 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:19,276 -Go ahead, ask him. -(laughter) 111 00:05:19,361 --> 00:05:21,111 rick: What-what's the score? 112 00:05:21,196 --> 00:05:22,821 Uh, marty is leading on, uh, 113 00:05:22,906 --> 00:05:25,449 sharpened survey stakes that we found. 114 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:26,908 Marty: The amazing thing, rick, 115 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:28,577 is they're finding all kinds of them here. 116 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:30,954 -Aaron: Right in here. -Josh: Just in this. 117 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,165 Aaron: The reason there's so many here is, possibly, 118 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:35,667 there's something going on here that's not 119 00:05:35,753 --> 00:05:38,670 been going on along the rest of the way. 120 00:05:38,756 --> 00:05:41,965 And maybe this is a turning point. 121 00:05:42,051 --> 00:05:45,552 It kind of seems to be turning, doesn't it? 122 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:46,845 There's something special about this. 123 00:05:46,889 --> 00:05:49,181 It could be going two different ways. 124 00:05:50,267 --> 00:05:52,184 Narrator: The stone pathway, 125 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:55,896 possibly now branching off in two directions? 126 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:58,857 Although archaeologist dr. Aaron taylor 127 00:05:58,901 --> 00:06:00,692 has speculated that it may be leading 128 00:06:00,778 --> 00:06:03,528 toward the fabled money pit treasure shaft, 129 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:06,990 could this new potential pathway mean there might be yet 130 00:06:07,076 --> 00:06:09,910 another hiding place where valuables could be buried 131 00:06:09,995 --> 00:06:11,870 on oak island? 132 00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:13,538 You know, every little piece adds up. 133 00:06:13,624 --> 00:06:15,665 We just have to keep following the cobbles. 134 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:17,626 -Mm-hmm. -Rick: What's that? 135 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:21,963 Oh, yeah. 136 00:06:22,049 --> 00:06:23,173 Look at that. 137 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:25,384 Aaron: Oh, rick's on the board. 138 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:27,386 -One. One. -I'm on the board. I'm on the board. 139 00:06:27,471 --> 00:06:28,804 -You're on the board. -I'm gonna give you 140 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:30,555 a half a point for that itty-bitty one. 141 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:31,848 (laughter) 142 00:06:31,934 --> 00:06:34,726 -as long as I'm on the board. -Half a point. 143 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:40,732 Narrator: While rick and marty continue 144 00:06:40,776 --> 00:06:42,859 leading the investigation at the swamp... 145 00:06:42,945 --> 00:06:44,194 Terry: So, charles, here we are. 146 00:06:44,238 --> 00:06:47,239 59 to 69 on c-3. 147 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:48,615 Narrator: ...In the money pit area, 148 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,659 oak island historian charles barkhouse 149 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:52,911 and geologist terry matheson 150 00:06:52,955 --> 00:06:54,663 are overseeing the drilling operation 151 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:58,583 currently taking place in borehole c-3. 152 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:02,712 Interestingly, as we've come over to this area, 153 00:07:02,798 --> 00:07:04,297 we've drilled five holes, 154 00:07:04,383 --> 00:07:06,591 and it's been pretty much five out of five. 155 00:07:06,677 --> 00:07:08,885 We keep hitting wood each and every time. 156 00:07:08,971 --> 00:07:10,429 There's a tunnel down there, 157 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:12,889 in an area where we're trying to pick up the money pit. 158 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:14,516 So, we're looking for the shaft, 159 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:16,601 but the secondary target is the tunnel. 160 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:17,769 Well, yeah. 161 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:22,023 That is wood. No question. 162 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:23,859 We're probably at the edge of a tunnel. 163 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:27,195 Narrator: Over the course of the past two weeks, 164 00:07:27,281 --> 00:07:29,406 the team has consistently drilled into what they believe 165 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:34,286 to be a man-made wooden tunnel at a depth of some 90 feet 166 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:38,707 that has been scientifically dated to as early as 1648, 167 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:42,127 some 150 years prior to the original discovery 168 00:07:42,171 --> 00:07:43,879 of the money pit. 169 00:07:43,964 --> 00:07:49,134 Now, having moved just feet westward with borehole c-3, 170 00:07:49,219 --> 00:07:52,637 they are hoping to soon intersect the treasure shaft 171 00:07:52,723 --> 00:07:55,724 and finally recover whatever might lie buried 172 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:56,975 at the bottom of it. 173 00:07:58,353 --> 00:08:00,437 Special delivery? Right down here, gentlemen. 174 00:08:00,522 --> 00:08:03,231 Put the patient on the table. What do you think, mike? 175 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:05,442 -Tedford: You better let the doctor cut it open. -Okay. 176 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:08,904 -Whoa. Bingo. -We got wood. 177 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:10,655 Hold your cards. 178 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:12,866 There. A little bit of wood. 179 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:14,409 Holy cow. 180 00:08:16,622 --> 00:08:20,832 88. 87. 86.5. 181 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:22,334 I'm telling you, it's right on the money. 182 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:24,544 -Unbelievable. -Charles: Yeah. 183 00:08:24,630 --> 00:08:26,671 Terry: For six holes we've drilled, we've hit wood 184 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:30,884 at almost exactly 86 or 87 feet each time. 185 00:08:30,969 --> 00:08:32,761 We're-we're definitely on top of something. 186 00:08:34,097 --> 00:08:35,180 There's no question of that. 187 00:08:35,265 --> 00:08:37,057 That we're intersecting. 188 00:08:37,142 --> 00:08:38,683 Um, it's obviously a tunnel. 189 00:08:38,769 --> 00:08:40,393 And the question is, where does that tunnel lead? 190 00:08:40,479 --> 00:08:42,687 -Yeah. -Charles: If this is indeed a tunnel, 191 00:08:42,773 --> 00:08:45,315 then we have to follow that, 192 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,192 because, you know, that could 193 00:08:47,277 --> 00:08:49,444 lead us to where the money pit could be. 194 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:51,947 You know, this is six out of six. 195 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,990 -I know. -I think I'm gonna get-- touch base with rick, 196 00:08:54,076 --> 00:08:56,868 just to let him know that we've hit something again. 197 00:08:56,954 --> 00:08:58,703 I mean, this gets more and more interesting every time 198 00:08:58,747 --> 00:09:00,038 -we drill a hole in this area. -Yeah. 199 00:09:00,082 --> 00:09:02,541 Terry: We are in and around something. 200 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:09,172 Terry: Hi, rick. How you doing? 201 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:10,423 Where are you here? 202 00:09:10,509 --> 00:09:13,093 -This is 86. -It's-it's... 203 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:15,220 And we're hitting it again at-at 88. 204 00:09:15,264 --> 00:09:17,138 Narrator: In the money pit area, 205 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:19,891 rick lagina joins members of the team 206 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:22,018 after being alerted that they may have obtained 207 00:09:22,104 --> 00:09:25,522 more evidence of a tunnel some 87 feet deep 208 00:09:25,607 --> 00:09:28,650 in borehole c-3 that they hope could be connected 209 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:31,152 to the original treasure shaft. 210 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:35,073 So, we're currently here. 211 00:09:35,158 --> 00:09:38,201 We show all the wood hits in the previous five holes there. 212 00:09:38,287 --> 00:09:41,580 Right. But anyway, you only hit it at 87, 213 00:09:41,665 --> 00:09:44,332 which has been consistent through all of these holes. 214 00:09:44,418 --> 00:09:47,085 Yes. But I think the preponderance of evidence 215 00:09:47,129 --> 00:09:50,130 says we've got a tunnel or some kind of a structure 216 00:09:50,215 --> 00:09:52,424 that is being constructed 217 00:09:52,467 --> 00:09:54,509 at the 87-foot level below grade. 218 00:09:54,595 --> 00:09:57,095 -We've got three more. -We've got one, two, three, 219 00:09:57,139 --> 00:09:59,681 four, maybe five. 220 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:02,267 -Six hits, and it's consistent horizon. -So far. 221 00:10:03,395 --> 00:10:05,103 It's a tunnel. 222 00:10:05,188 --> 00:10:07,731 Well, people built it and they went somewhere. 223 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:09,232 Yeah. 224 00:10:09,276 --> 00:10:10,358 Does it lead to the money pit? 225 00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:12,110 Does it lead to another shaft 226 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:14,279 that we don't know anything about? 227 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:16,656 You have to chase it. Th-there's no... 228 00:10:16,742 --> 00:10:19,284 -No doubt about it. -Yep. 229 00:10:19,328 --> 00:10:22,120 I think this is very important corroborative evidence, 230 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:24,581 I.E., the drill has struck 231 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:28,627 this 87-foot horizon and wood has been retrieved. 232 00:10:28,712 --> 00:10:32,505 The problem is, we don't know the beginning of the tunnel, 233 00:10:32,591 --> 00:10:34,507 we don't know the end of the tunnel. 234 00:10:34,593 --> 00:10:37,719 Is it coming from a previously unknown shaft 235 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:39,429 towards the money pit? 236 00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:42,307 What's its relationship to the money pit 237 00:10:42,351 --> 00:10:44,059 and who dug it? 238 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:46,061 If it is going this way, 239 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,146 then you have to put some holes up here... 240 00:10:48,231 --> 00:10:49,814 -Charles: Yeah. -...To see if it continues. -Terry: Oh, yeah. 241 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:51,274 No, th-- absolutely. 242 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:52,817 You've got to follow this line. 243 00:10:52,903 --> 00:10:55,403 You have to follow the line, yes, a-absolutely. 244 00:10:55,489 --> 00:10:56,738 Rick: Okay. Keep drilling. 245 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:58,448 -Okay. Thanks, guys. -Okay. -Will do. Thanks. 246 00:10:58,533 --> 00:11:00,283 -Yeah. -See you later, rick. 247 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:02,160 Terry: Bit of work to be done. 248 00:11:02,245 --> 00:11:03,328 Charles: Okay. 249 00:11:09,127 --> 00:11:11,419 Narrator: The following morning, at the swamp... 250 00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:13,380 Rick: You can see the cobble picks up. 251 00:11:13,465 --> 00:11:15,715 And we'll dig there and see if it continues. 252 00:11:15,801 --> 00:11:19,177 ...Rick lagina, along with his nephew david fornetti, 253 00:11:19,262 --> 00:11:21,680 join archaeologist miriam amirault 254 00:11:21,765 --> 00:11:24,307 and heavy equipment operator billy gerhardt 255 00:11:24,393 --> 00:11:26,768 as they try to confirm whether or not 256 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:30,188 the mysterious stone pathway is beginning to branch off 257 00:11:30,273 --> 00:11:32,065 in two separate directions. 258 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,566 -Rick: Hey, billy, miriam. -Good morning. 259 00:11:33,652 --> 00:11:35,151 Rick: We finally arrived. 260 00:11:35,237 --> 00:11:37,404 So, what is the status right now? 261 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:41,658 So, I'm finding stones here, which is a good sign 262 00:11:41,702 --> 00:11:44,369 that I think the road, or the path, 263 00:11:44,454 --> 00:11:45,870 is still continuing this way. 264 00:11:45,956 --> 00:11:48,331 At this point, we see some cobble, 265 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:49,708 but I'm not fully convinced yet. 266 00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:52,377 This is pretty descriptive right here. 267 00:11:52,462 --> 00:11:53,586 -Yeah. -Right here. 268 00:11:53,672 --> 00:11:55,505 -Yep, I agree. -If we just take a section 269 00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:58,216 across here, it's hard to refute. 270 00:11:58,301 --> 00:12:01,469 If this is indeed a legitimate area of cobble, 271 00:12:01,555 --> 00:12:03,513 -it's definitely headed up that way. -Hmm. 272 00:12:03,598 --> 00:12:07,142 Yeah. I-I mean, just right now, it is a bit of a jumble. 273 00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:09,477 So, I think getting this layer of dirt 274 00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:11,855 off the top here would, you know, 275 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:13,857 allow us to be able to definitively say, 276 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:15,567 "okay, yes, it's turning this way." 277 00:12:15,610 --> 00:12:18,862 but it certainly does appear as though it's going uphill. 278 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:20,572 -But let's confirm it here. -Yeah. For sure. 279 00:12:20,657 --> 00:12:22,365 All right. I'll start here. 280 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:23,783 David, you start on the wall. 281 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:25,368 Sounds good. 282 00:12:25,454 --> 00:12:27,287 Rick: I'm getting a bit frustrated 283 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:31,416 because the time and weather constraints are-are closing in, 284 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:33,626 and I'm not sure we're any closer to understanding 285 00:12:33,712 --> 00:12:36,629 the who and the when and the why of this 286 00:12:36,715 --> 00:12:40,925 stone road in a bog 500 feet away from the money pit. 287 00:12:41,011 --> 00:12:43,762 So, you know, there's a lot of work to do. 288 00:12:43,805 --> 00:12:45,597 Are we about to quit? No. 289 00:12:52,314 --> 00:12:53,438 Okay, this is... 290 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:57,609 This shouldn't be here. 291 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,865 See this, bill? 292 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:06,785 This shouldn't be here. It-- this is puddled clay. 293 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:10,622 See that, miriam? 294 00:13:12,751 --> 00:13:13,833 See that? 295 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:15,710 That's the really good puddled clay. 296 00:13:15,796 --> 00:13:17,796 -Miriam: Yeah. -Look at that. 297 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:20,548 No sand, no rocks, no grit. 298 00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:23,426 And it's just like putty. 299 00:13:23,512 --> 00:13:25,553 This is what was found in the money pit. 300 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:28,681 Narrator: Puddled, blue clay? 301 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:32,310 Not only was this type of man-worked substance 302 00:13:32,395 --> 00:13:35,730 found to have been used as a sealant deep in the money pit 303 00:13:35,816 --> 00:13:39,442 when it was first excavated to the 90-foot level in 1804... 304 00:13:39,528 --> 00:13:41,444 Jack: Look at the clay. 305 00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:44,489 It's just packed onto it. 306 00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:46,324 Narrator: ...But one year ago, the team also found 307 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:49,452 large amounts of it within a previously dug pit 308 00:13:49,538 --> 00:13:51,621 at the northernmost point of the swamp, 309 00:13:51,706 --> 00:13:55,208 also referred to as the eye of the swamp, 310 00:13:55,293 --> 00:13:57,836 a feature that geoscientist dr. Ian spooner 311 00:13:57,921 --> 00:14:00,922 dated to as early as 1680. 312 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:04,509 Is it possible that with this discovery of puddled clay 313 00:14:04,553 --> 00:14:08,263 on the stone pathway, rick lagina has just found 314 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:10,932 an important clue that the pathway is connected 315 00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:15,436 to both the eye of the swamp and the original money pit? 316 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:18,481 Finding clay in and amongst stones is a good sign, 317 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:20,358 because it could've been used, you know, 318 00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:21,776 -to hold the path together. -Rick: As a binder? 319 00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:23,778 Yeah. Exactly. 320 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:26,281 So, here, it might be used as a binder, 321 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,367 as you say, and over there it was used as a-a caulk. 322 00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:31,411 It was to prevent collapse, right? 323 00:14:31,496 --> 00:14:33,872 You don't want soils migrating down. 324 00:14:33,957 --> 00:14:36,541 -It's not definitive... -Miriam: But it's interesting that it's in both locations. 325 00:14:36,585 --> 00:14:39,669 Interesting that it's in both locations. Exactly. 326 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:43,840 You find something, which may be useful here, 327 00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:45,508 -just as useful over there. -Yeah. 328 00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:49,053 As strange as it is, we now have possible-- 329 00:14:49,139 --> 00:14:53,308 and I reiterate possible-- connection between the money pit 330 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:54,851 and the stone path. 331 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,895 And so, it increases the probability 332 00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:59,731 that we may be travelling down the right road. 333 00:15:01,026 --> 00:15:02,650 It's all through here, and generally, 334 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:04,903 this stuff, it's found at depth. 335 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:08,573 -Miriam: Mm-hmm. -It's not found at these horizons. 336 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:11,951 So, was it brought in? I don't know. 337 00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:14,037 There's something going on up across here, for sure. 338 00:15:14,122 --> 00:15:17,040 -Miriam: Mm-hmm. -Rick: We've gotta keep digging, 339 00:15:17,125 --> 00:15:18,541 see what else we can find. 340 00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:20,376 Narrator: As rick continues to oversee 341 00:15:20,462 --> 00:15:21,920 the work in the swamp... 342 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:24,756 Gary: He's here. 343 00:15:26,051 --> 00:15:27,675 -I'm going right over here. -All right, mate. 344 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:29,427 Narrator: ...David fornetti joins 345 00:15:29,512 --> 00:15:31,596 metal detection expert gary drayton 346 00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:34,682 and michael john on nearby lot 15 347 00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:37,435 where they are about to excavate a mysterious mound 348 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,855 located in the vicinity of the pine tar kiln 349 00:15:40,941 --> 00:15:42,941 discovered earlier this year. 350 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,110 -All right, michael. -Hello. 351 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:49,072 We got a game plan, mate. 352 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:51,032 -Yeah? -There could be anything in there, mate, 353 00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:53,034 because this is a special area. 354 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:54,577 That's right. 355 00:15:54,663 --> 00:15:56,412 So, what is this thing? 356 00:15:56,498 --> 00:15:57,956 Aaron: It's a pine tar kiln. 357 00:15:58,041 --> 00:16:00,833 Narrator: In addition to the pine tar kiln, 358 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:03,711 which could date back as far as the 16th century... 359 00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:05,546 Well, this is historically important. 360 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:06,589 Marty: Wow. 361 00:16:06,675 --> 00:16:08,091 Really? 362 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:10,343 Narrator: ...The team also discovered 363 00:16:10,428 --> 00:16:12,804 a number of ox shoes in the area, 364 00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:15,848 potentially dating to the same time period, 365 00:16:15,934 --> 00:16:17,934 and which offer possible evidence 366 00:16:18,019 --> 00:16:20,687 of a large-scale operation to haul cargo 367 00:16:20,772 --> 00:16:23,439 between the swamp and the money pit. 368 00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:25,650 And where you gonna put the spoils? 369 00:16:25,735 --> 00:16:28,152 I'll put them there. Like, right here for you. 370 00:16:28,238 --> 00:16:29,988 -Is that fine? -Yeah, that's great. 371 00:16:30,073 --> 00:16:32,407 Okay. Let's do it. 372 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:34,534 Gary: We'll keep our eye out. You never know. 373 00:16:34,619 --> 00:16:36,536 Could be a piece of leather, 374 00:16:36,621 --> 00:16:38,871 pottery, glass, anything that tells a story. 375 00:16:38,957 --> 00:16:40,164 Sounds good. 376 00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:44,877 Narrator: Using the excavator, 377 00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:46,504 michael john will carefully break up 378 00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:48,798 the hard, compacted mound, 379 00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:51,884 allowing gary to scan the loose spoils 380 00:16:51,970 --> 00:16:53,594 with his metal detector. 381 00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:58,141 -We're gonna find the treasure in here? -It would be nice. 382 00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:00,184 -Wouldn't it? -It would. 383 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,114 (device whirring) 384 00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:17,201 gary: There's iron in the ground. 385 00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:18,953 Do you want to dig it up, david? 386 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:20,538 Let's see what it is. 387 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,796 -That ground's rock-hard, isn't it? -David f.: Yeah. 388 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 00:17:56,785 --> 00:17:58,826 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, 400 00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:13,424 and I've never seen anything like this. 401 00:18:13,468 --> 00:18:17,428 Narrator: While investigating a mysterious mound on lot 15 402 00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:20,014 between the swamp and the money pit, 403 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,475 metal detection expert gary drayton 404 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,562 and members of the team have just made a puzzling discovery. 405 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:28,940 -Michael j.: What's that? -Gary: I don't know. 406 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 411 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. 414 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) 416 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:58,219 gary: I'd like to know what went on in this area. 417 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:00,680 We've found a large piece of iron, 418 00:19:00,765 --> 00:19:02,598 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) 426 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:39,969 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 00:19:51,149 --> 00:19:52,982 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 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:23,364 -Michael j.: That's right, yeah. -...In the same area. 459 00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:25,074 Gary: What the heck was going on here? 460 00:21:25,118 --> 00:21:26,867 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 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:33,457 It could be ballasts. You know? 464 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:36,711 Just for the size and the weight. 465 00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:38,879 That is a really good point, michael. 466 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:41,173 With so many wharfs along this side, 467 00:21:41,259 --> 00:21:44,719 these pieces could've been ship's ballast. 468 00:21:46,097 --> 00:21:49,223 Narrator: Possible pieces of ballast? 469 00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:52,476 Dating back as far as the 15th century, 470 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,438 heavy objects known as ballast 471 00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:58,316 were stored deep in the hulls of large sailing vessels 472 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,110 to help give them balance on the high seas. 473 00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:03,988 Could michael john be correct 474 00:22:04,073 --> 00:22:06,282 that these mysterious pieces of iron 475 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:09,827 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 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:17,460 discovered this year in the man-made swamp? 479 00:22:17,545 --> 00:22:21,589 Or the numerous burnt objects believed to be parts of a ship 480 00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:24,300 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 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:36,687 -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 Captioning provided by a+e networks