1 00:00:01,544 --> 00:00:03,043 Narrator: Tonight on the curse of oak island... 2 00:00:03,129 --> 00:00:05,170 Terry: Whoa! We got a shaft here, 3 00:00:05,256 --> 00:00:07,673 -and maybe it's the money pit. -Aaron: Wow. 4 00:00:07,717 --> 00:00:09,425 That's super cool. This would indicate 5 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:11,260 that there was a structure in here. 6 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:13,595 -(beeping) -ooh, look at that. 7 00:00:13,681 --> 00:00:15,097 -Michael j.: What's that? -Gary: This is old. 8 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:16,724 It's typical of early time periods. 9 00:00:16,809 --> 00:00:18,851 With the narrow cork on the back, it means 10 00:00:18,936 --> 00:00:21,270 -that it was scottish that did this. -Jack: Oh, no way! 11 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:23,814 This came from underneath the pathway, 12 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:25,649 and they're from one time period. 13 00:00:25,693 --> 00:00:27,401 -Wow. -That's really cool. 14 00:00:27,486 --> 00:00:28,485 That's stunning. 15 00:00:31,157 --> 00:00:34,533 Narrator: There is an island in the north atlantic 16 00:00:34,577 --> 00:00:37,911 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 17 00:00:37,997 --> 00:00:40,372 for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:43,917 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,003 --> 00:00:46,879 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:49,673 mysterious fragments of human bone, 21 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:52,843 and a lead cross whose origin 22 00:00:52,928 --> 00:00:56,013 may stretch back to the days of the knights templar. 23 00:00:56,098 --> 00:00:59,058 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,143 --> 00:01:01,101 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,187 --> 00:01:04,354 And, according to legend, 26 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,566 one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,651 --> 00:01:10,444 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:10,529 --> 00:01:13,822 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:24,124 -rick: Hey, guys! -Scott: Hey, guys. 30 00:01:24,210 --> 00:01:26,126 -Marty: Hello! -Alex: Hey, everyone. -Rick: So... 31 00:01:26,212 --> 00:01:28,045 The current update on the path... 32 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:30,923 Steve's latest estimate is 460 feet. 33 00:01:30,966 --> 00:01:32,925 -Mm-hmm. -Narrator: As a new day 34 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:34,718 begins on oak island 35 00:01:34,804 --> 00:01:38,430 for brothers rick and marty lagina, craig tester, 36 00:01:38,474 --> 00:01:40,474 and the members of their team, 37 00:01:40,559 --> 00:01:42,476 rick has gathered them to report 38 00:01:42,561 --> 00:01:44,895 a potentially significant discovery 39 00:01:44,980 --> 00:01:47,898 near the man-made triangle-shaped swamp. 40 00:01:47,983 --> 00:01:49,942 A mysterious building foundation 41 00:01:49,985 --> 00:01:52,444 unearthed next to the stone pathway 42 00:01:52,488 --> 00:01:54,571 that has been determined to be extending 43 00:01:54,657 --> 00:01:56,532 off the swamp's eastern border 44 00:01:56,617 --> 00:02:00,452 and possibly branching off in two separate directions. 45 00:02:01,497 --> 00:02:03,205 Uh, we're right where 46 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:05,374 tom's field is, 47 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:07,084 right behind the barn. 48 00:02:07,169 --> 00:02:08,919 It's at that juncture where 49 00:02:09,004 --> 00:02:11,713 the road seems to, uh, separate. 50 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:15,259 -Right. -Rick: There appears to be 51 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:19,888 a... What miriam and aaron both say is a foundation. 52 00:02:19,974 --> 00:02:22,891 What's curious about it is-- and this is the hope-- 53 00:02:22,977 --> 00:02:25,394 there are voids between the rocks. 54 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:28,313 You can actually reach your hand, most of your forearm in. 55 00:02:28,399 --> 00:02:30,274 -Oh, really? -Wow. 56 00:02:30,359 --> 00:02:32,651 -Rick: There's a big hole. -Miriam: Oh, yeah. 57 00:02:32,736 --> 00:02:34,444 Rick: You can put your hand right in there. 58 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:37,114 Narrator: One day ago, while investigating 59 00:02:37,199 --> 00:02:39,324 several of these small voids, 60 00:02:39,410 --> 00:02:41,994 the team speculated that they may be evidence 61 00:02:42,079 --> 00:02:44,830 of a possible substructure. 62 00:02:44,915 --> 00:02:46,331 It's a stone foundation, 63 00:02:46,417 --> 00:02:50,669 and we now have two right angles. 64 00:02:50,713 --> 00:02:53,839 The feature's about two feet high, give or take. 65 00:02:53,924 --> 00:02:55,674 How much soil was covering it? 66 00:02:55,759 --> 00:02:57,634 Three feet, craig. 67 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,388 Just seems like a lot of, uh, material to be covering it. 68 00:03:01,473 --> 00:03:04,057 You know, the more material, the older it is. 69 00:03:04,143 --> 00:03:07,519 I'm going to let steve tell you what his thoughts are, but, uh, 70 00:03:07,563 --> 00:03:10,480 -it's certainly not the road. -Steve g.: Mm-hmm. 71 00:03:10,566 --> 00:03:13,358 So, I've come across numerous amounts 72 00:03:13,444 --> 00:03:16,862 of foundations from the 1700 and 1800's in nova scotia. 73 00:03:16,947 --> 00:03:18,822 And, uh, coming up on this, 74 00:03:18,908 --> 00:03:21,200 that's the first thing to cross my mind, and I said, 75 00:03:21,243 --> 00:03:22,826 you know, we're near anthony graves, 76 00:03:22,912 --> 00:03:25,454 where his house and foundation and property. 77 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:28,415 And there are stories that anthony graves had found 78 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,667 a treasure or cache of some sort 79 00:03:30,753 --> 00:03:32,377 because of the coins he was spending. 80 00:03:32,463 --> 00:03:34,379 And what are the chances that 81 00:03:34,465 --> 00:03:37,674 he could have stored maybe his treasure under a foundation? 82 00:03:38,928 --> 00:03:42,095 Narrator: One persistent rumor about a possible treasure discovery 83 00:03:42,181 --> 00:03:43,847 on oak island 84 00:03:43,933 --> 00:03:46,683 revolves around a farmer named anthony graves 85 00:03:46,769 --> 00:03:50,020 who purchased most of the island in 1857. 86 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:53,649 Although never known to have participated 87 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:55,943 in organized treasure hunts, 88 00:03:56,028 --> 00:03:58,862 many locals reported that mr. Graves 89 00:03:58,948 --> 00:04:01,281 occasionally purchased goods on the mainland 90 00:04:01,367 --> 00:04:04,284 using spanish silver and gold coins 91 00:04:04,370 --> 00:04:06,912 after he began living on the island. 92 00:04:06,997 --> 00:04:09,998 Look, graves spent spanish coin. 93 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:12,209 That's irrefutable, and... 94 00:04:12,294 --> 00:04:14,711 Back then, when graves was alive, 95 00:04:14,797 --> 00:04:16,838 there were no banks. 96 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:20,467 You trusted putting your treasure 97 00:04:20,552 --> 00:04:22,386 where you deemed it to be safe. 98 00:04:22,471 --> 00:04:24,054 Well, you wouldn't put it in your principal residence 99 00:04:24,139 --> 00:04:25,681 because that's where people would look. 100 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:28,183 -Yes. -Rick: If I had 101 00:04:28,269 --> 00:04:30,936 a sum of money, coin, 102 00:04:30,980 --> 00:04:32,646 I would put it in a rock wall, 103 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:35,691 or I would put it in the floor of a foundation. 104 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:38,318 We know there are voids down between these rocks, 105 00:04:38,404 --> 00:04:40,445 and I would love nothing better than 106 00:04:40,531 --> 00:04:42,239 to probe deeper into it. 107 00:04:42,324 --> 00:04:44,408 It's certainly interesting. 108 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:48,161 We were chasing the road, and we come upon this. 109 00:04:48,247 --> 00:04:51,290 So, interesting enough to continue to pursue it, 110 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:53,834 that's for sure, and we'll-we'll figure out 111 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:55,544 a way to get at that target. 112 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,462 That's really cool. You know, 113 00:04:57,548 --> 00:04:59,006 and the road is still an enigma. 114 00:04:59,091 --> 00:05:02,050 It will lead us where it wants to lead us, so... All right. 115 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:03,760 Well, good. That's excellent. That's exciting, guys. 116 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:06,096 We'll get to the bottom of it. No pun intended. 117 00:05:06,181 --> 00:05:08,724 All right. Good deal. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. 118 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,225 Rick: All right, see you. 119 00:05:10,311 --> 00:05:11,935 -Take care. -Craig: Talk to you later. 120 00:05:14,857 --> 00:05:17,691 Narrator: Later that morning, near the swamp... 121 00:05:17,776 --> 00:05:19,735 Miriam: How is the stone throwing going? 122 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:21,236 David f.: Uh, so far so good. 123 00:05:21,322 --> 00:05:24,323 Narrator: ...Archeologist miriam amirault 124 00:05:24,408 --> 00:05:26,950 and rick and marty's nephew, david fornetti, 125 00:05:27,036 --> 00:05:30,370 continue investigating the mysterious stone foundation 126 00:05:30,456 --> 00:05:32,122 for additional clues. 127 00:05:32,207 --> 00:05:33,999 Miriam: Nothing popping out? 128 00:05:34,043 --> 00:05:36,126 No. I mean, it looks like it's deeper, 129 00:05:36,211 --> 00:05:38,420 but I don't know if that's normal or not. 130 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:40,088 Okay. 131 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:42,132 Miriam: At the beginning of the excavation, 132 00:05:42,217 --> 00:05:45,719 we were finding these voids between the stones. 133 00:05:45,804 --> 00:05:48,013 It's almost like the stones were all stacked 134 00:05:48,098 --> 00:05:51,767 on top of each other, and then soil was placed on the top, 135 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:54,144 and then it didn't fall into these holes, 136 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:56,563 and so it's obviously not natural. 137 00:05:56,648 --> 00:05:59,524 You would never find something like that just in nature. 138 00:05:59,568 --> 00:06:02,486 What it is, I think we're all still kind of baffled, 139 00:06:02,571 --> 00:06:04,154 but after we remove the stones 140 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:06,865 that will help us figure out what it actually is. 141 00:06:09,578 --> 00:06:11,495 David f.: What does this look like to you? 142 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:13,705 Is that charcoal or is that... 143 00:06:13,791 --> 00:06:15,499 More like a burn area? 144 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:19,711 Miriam: Looks like it to me. 145 00:06:19,797 --> 00:06:21,797 This is how we check. 146 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:27,719 Yes. See how smudgy that is? 147 00:06:27,805 --> 00:06:29,179 -David f.: Yeah. -Charcoal. 148 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:33,350 Narrator: Charcoal discovered in the stone foundation? 149 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:35,560 Could it offer a valuable clue 150 00:06:35,646 --> 00:06:38,397 as to how old this structure might be? 151 00:06:38,482 --> 00:06:40,774 -Aaron! -Aaron: Yeah? 152 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:43,068 Can you come over here for a bit? 153 00:06:43,153 --> 00:06:44,152 Hey, guys. 154 00:06:44,196 --> 00:06:47,114 Look how big that charcoal feature is. 155 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:49,282 Aaron: Wow. 156 00:06:50,035 --> 00:06:53,036 Huh. I was not expecting that. 157 00:06:53,122 --> 00:06:55,872 (chuckles) that's super cool. 158 00:06:55,958 --> 00:06:57,833 Wow. Okay. 159 00:06:57,918 --> 00:07:00,669 Miriam: (chuckles) it's pretty much at the level 160 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:02,254 that the till would be on. 161 00:07:02,297 --> 00:07:05,132 Aaron: It's interesting how it's running. 162 00:07:05,217 --> 00:07:07,259 -Miriam: Mm-hmm. -David f.: Linear. -Yeah. 163 00:07:07,302 --> 00:07:10,011 Like, this is almost like a corner, you got this big stone, 164 00:07:10,097 --> 00:07:12,222 -and above it a big stone. -Miriam: Mm-hmm. 165 00:07:12,307 --> 00:07:15,725 Aaron: You know, and in that area, you got the fire. 166 00:07:15,811 --> 00:07:18,728 And then look at how red this is. 167 00:07:18,814 --> 00:07:20,439 -Miriam: Yeah. -Aaron: And that's indication 168 00:07:20,524 --> 00:07:22,274 that it's been a hot fire there. 169 00:07:22,317 --> 00:07:25,277 David f.: Have you seen something like this before? 170 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,697 Yeah. This would indicate that this is the result 171 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:30,699 of the structure burning down 172 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:33,535 or that this might be some sort of hearth feature, 173 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:36,037 where it had continuous burning. 174 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:38,123 You can just see by the redness of the soil 175 00:07:38,208 --> 00:07:39,666 and the depth of the charcoal. 176 00:07:39,751 --> 00:07:42,377 -Miriam: Yup. -Narrator: A hearth feature 177 00:07:42,463 --> 00:07:45,881 or a structure made for the purpose of continuous burning? 178 00:07:46,842 --> 00:07:49,551 Could david fornetti possibly have found evidence 179 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:53,472 linking this feature to similar discoveries made this year, 180 00:07:53,515 --> 00:07:55,515 like the pine tar kiln 181 00:07:55,601 --> 00:07:58,185 located on nearby lot 15, 182 00:07:58,270 --> 00:08:01,062 which archaeologist laird niven believes may be 183 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:04,065 connected to the construction of the original money pit? 184 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:07,277 I was not expecting to see that. 185 00:08:07,362 --> 00:08:09,988 -Miriam: Yeah. -I think I would excavate that 186 00:08:10,032 --> 00:08:13,742 as a separate feature, take a sample, bag it, and then take 187 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:15,243 everything right down to till. 188 00:08:15,329 --> 00:08:18,163 All right. I'll let you guys continue on. 189 00:08:18,207 --> 00:08:21,625 -Okay. -David f.: All right. Well, I'll keep pulling this down to till, 190 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:23,460 -and I'll let you... -Yeah. 191 00:08:23,545 --> 00:08:24,836 -...Excavate that charcoal. -I'll get a bag right now. 192 00:08:24,922 --> 00:08:26,129 Aaron: All right. 193 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:28,381 Well, let's get back to it. 194 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:31,134 Narrator: While aaron, david and miriam 195 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:33,803 continue investigating the mysterious structure... 196 00:08:33,889 --> 00:08:35,931 Gary: That's some big rocks. 197 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,058 Narrator: ...Approximately 50 yards to the south, 198 00:08:38,894 --> 00:08:41,061 project manager scott barlow, 199 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:43,813 metal detection expert gary drayton, 200 00:08:43,899 --> 00:08:46,483 and heavy equipment operator billy gerhardt, 201 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:49,945 are searching the stone pathway for valuable artifacts 202 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:52,948 or any evidence that could offer a definitive date 203 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:54,908 as to when the feature was created. 204 00:08:54,993 --> 00:08:57,577 -Getting anything up there, gary? -Gary: Not yet, mate. 205 00:08:57,663 --> 00:09:01,831 Couple little, small, scrappy nail signals. That's it. 206 00:09:01,917 --> 00:09:03,959 Once we start getting down to depth, though, 207 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:07,629 we have a chance of finding something good. 208 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:09,422 This is the same road? 209 00:09:09,508 --> 00:09:11,925 This is the road, but we may be coming near 210 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:14,010 its destination, right? 211 00:09:14,096 --> 00:09:16,304 Marty: The data is a little bit all over the board 212 00:09:16,390 --> 00:09:18,348 on this road or path. 213 00:09:18,433 --> 00:09:21,476 But some of the oldest stuff appears to date into the 1600s. 214 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:23,395 And, remember, with the younger things 215 00:09:23,438 --> 00:09:25,981 on top of older things, that's its youngest possible age, 216 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,816 not its correct age. 217 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,901 The road could've been there for a thousand years. 218 00:09:29,987 --> 00:09:32,696 You have to get the artifacts in the succession of layers 219 00:09:32,781 --> 00:09:34,531 to figure out how old that thing is. 220 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:37,033 It'd be nice to find another ringbolt 221 00:09:37,119 --> 00:09:39,578 or some really old ox shoes. 222 00:09:39,621 --> 00:09:41,454 Or, even better, some of the stuff 223 00:09:41,540 --> 00:09:43,248 that they were hauling along this track. 224 00:09:43,292 --> 00:09:45,709 Hey, a gold coin would be nice. 225 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:48,545 -Oh, would it. -(chuckles) 226 00:09:48,630 --> 00:09:50,213 we'll see. 227 00:09:50,299 --> 00:09:51,840 Scott: I want something that we can say, 228 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:53,216 -"who did it?" -gary: Yep. 229 00:09:53,302 --> 00:09:55,051 Yeah. Another 90 foot stone or something like that 230 00:09:55,137 --> 00:09:56,845 -would be good. -Scott: That'd be great. 231 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,430 ♪ ♪ 232 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:03,643 is the cobble road there? 233 00:10:03,729 --> 00:10:05,770 Scott: It's starting to get a little cobbly here now. 234 00:10:05,814 --> 00:10:07,188 He's getting down to that level. 235 00:10:07,274 --> 00:10:09,065 Pretty hard, isn't it? 236 00:10:09,151 --> 00:10:11,234 There's lots of stones in here, like, 237 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,904 there, there, there. Oh, wow. 238 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:17,824 There's something here. 239 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:20,744 Not sure if it was buried here or if it was in place 240 00:10:20,829 --> 00:10:24,122 -when they laid the stones. -Well, that's totally out of place. 241 00:10:24,166 --> 00:10:26,124 What is it doing here? 242 00:10:30,589 --> 00:10:31,630 -Scott: It'sn not cut -yeah. 243 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:33,340 It looks like a branch, doesn't it? 244 00:10:33,425 --> 00:10:36,426 Scott: A tree root or something. 245 00:10:36,511 --> 00:10:38,261 Where's the rest of it? 246 00:10:38,347 --> 00:10:39,804 -It was right up against the rock. -Billy: Yeah. Exactly. 247 00:10:39,848 --> 00:10:41,640 I'd say it is cut, because the rest-- 248 00:10:41,725 --> 00:10:43,642 it should go down to a small piece, right? 249 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:45,268 -Gary: Yeah. -Scott: That's it there. The stump should be 250 00:10:45,354 --> 00:10:46,478 right by my knee. 251 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:48,688 Then it suggests that it may be placed, right? 252 00:10:48,774 --> 00:10:50,315 -Yeah. -Billy: People laid 253 00:10:50,359 --> 00:10:52,192 the sticks down and threw the rocks on top. 254 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:53,401 Gary: Exactly right, mate. 255 00:10:53,487 --> 00:10:55,987 And then treasure run over the top of it. 256 00:10:56,031 --> 00:10:57,322 (chuckles) 257 00:10:57,366 --> 00:10:59,991 -hey, scott. -Scott: Hey, aaron. 258 00:11:00,077 --> 00:11:02,160 Aaron: You guys have moved a bit of dirt. 259 00:11:02,245 --> 00:11:04,454 Well, we're trying to chase this along here. 260 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:05,955 How's it looking? 261 00:11:06,041 --> 00:11:08,750 Scott: Right here we got a lot of cobbles. 262 00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:10,293 You can see it. Then this. 263 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:12,253 We took it out. It was in amongst, 264 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,589 almost as if the rocks were placed within it. 265 00:11:14,675 --> 00:11:16,925 -Aaron: Yeah. -You know, the stump wasn't there. 266 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:19,594 Uh, there was rocks on top of part of it, 267 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:21,638 so maybe we can do c-14 on it, 268 00:11:21,682 --> 00:11:23,181 and we can get an age. 269 00:11:23,225 --> 00:11:25,266 -Yeah. -Marty: Look at that! 270 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:27,227 -That's cut. -Narrator: Three weeks ago, 271 00:11:27,312 --> 00:11:30,105 the team discovered a number of wooden survey stakes 272 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:32,524 bordering the pathway that were dated 273 00:11:32,609 --> 00:11:35,443 to as early as 1636. 274 00:11:35,529 --> 00:11:39,072 However, since these newly discovered wood pieces 275 00:11:39,157 --> 00:11:40,865 were found beneath the pathway, 276 00:11:40,951 --> 00:11:42,992 meaning that they were most likely placed there 277 00:11:43,078 --> 00:11:44,911 when the structure was built, 278 00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:46,538 could testing them reveal 279 00:11:46,581 --> 00:11:48,873 a more precise age of the feature? 280 00:11:48,959 --> 00:11:51,835 That's the sort of stuff we're looking for. 281 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,713 Trying to make a connection between this 282 00:11:54,798 --> 00:11:56,548 and the stone feature 283 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:59,884 we just found, um, and have excavated. 284 00:11:59,928 --> 00:12:02,929 And more and more we're digging, we're finding 285 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:05,473 similar building techniques, 286 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,600 and when you add up all these small little pieces 287 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:11,229 it makes a compelling argument that the two are connected. 288 00:12:11,314 --> 00:12:14,023 What's interesting about wood going under stone-- 289 00:12:14,109 --> 00:12:17,026 wood can't naturally lodge itself 290 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,028 under, uh, a bunch of stones. 291 00:12:19,114 --> 00:12:21,489 So these were intentionally placed, 292 00:12:21,575 --> 00:12:23,908 possibly as a cribbing method to keep the stones 293 00:12:23,952 --> 00:12:26,327 from sinking to the bottom through the mud. 294 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:29,414 So when you add all these little things together, 295 00:12:29,458 --> 00:12:31,541 that gives us a more confident date 296 00:12:31,585 --> 00:12:33,710 on when this was constructed. 297 00:12:33,754 --> 00:12:35,295 Just one more piece of the puzzle. 298 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:37,464 -One more little piece. -We find enough pieces, 299 00:12:37,549 --> 00:12:40,258 -we'll be able to put the puzzle together. -Yeah. Hopefully. 300 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:42,218 But this is-- this is looking great, 301 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,888 and, uh, I'll let you guys get back at it. 302 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:47,599 -All right. Thank you. -Thank you. 303 00:12:47,642 --> 00:12:49,851 Narrator: While members of the team 304 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:52,729 continue investigating near the swamp... 305 00:12:53,523 --> 00:12:55,106 ...In the money pit area... 306 00:12:55,192 --> 00:12:56,775 Steve g.: So, change of game plan 307 00:12:56,818 --> 00:12:58,318 -just a little bit. -Terry: Okay. 308 00:12:58,361 --> 00:13:02,197 Narrator: ...Steve guptill meets with oak island historian 309 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:05,784 charles barkhouse and geologist terry matheson 310 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:08,286 to update them on new instructions 311 00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:10,455 from rick, marty and craig 312 00:13:10,499 --> 00:13:13,792 regarding the team's core drilling operation. 313 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:15,251 We've had a lot of success 314 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:17,045 with consistent wood hits in this area 315 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:20,298 in the 86 to 91 range plus or minus a foot. 316 00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:23,301 -Yup. -Steve g.: What we want to do is head back east a little bit, 317 00:13:23,345 --> 00:13:24,803 so what we're going to do is we're going to punch a hole 318 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:27,931 -at cd-7, the hole I just set mike up over. -Good. 319 00:13:28,016 --> 00:13:30,517 Steve g.: We're looking for the eastern edge of the tunnel 320 00:13:30,602 --> 00:13:33,770 -or hopefully in the center of the money pit. -Okay. 321 00:13:33,855 --> 00:13:35,313 -Cd-7. -Cd-7. 322 00:13:35,357 --> 00:13:37,106 -Charles: Cd-7. -Terry: Okay. I'm in. 323 00:13:37,192 --> 00:13:39,234 -Steve g.: We're looking for the tunnel. -Charles: The tunnel. 324 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:41,569 Bingo! 325 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:44,239 Terry: This is the top of a tunnel, not maybe. 326 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:46,574 So it comes from somewhere, and it goes to somewhere. 327 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:49,327 Narrator: Over the past several weeks, 328 00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:51,454 the oak island team has drilled six boreholes 329 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:53,164 in the vicinity of the c-1 shaft 330 00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:56,042 on the western side of the money pit area, 331 00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:58,670 and in each case encountered 332 00:13:58,755 --> 00:14:00,839 what appears to be a wooden tunnel 333 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:03,633 between 86 and 90 feet deep. 334 00:14:04,761 --> 00:14:08,179 Now, it is rick, marty and craig's hope that, 335 00:14:08,223 --> 00:14:10,515 by moving some 13 feet eastward 336 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,269 to a borehole on their refined grid known as cd-7, 337 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,521 they will once again obtain more evidence 338 00:14:16,565 --> 00:14:18,398 of this mysterious tunnel 339 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:21,401 and hopefully be another step closer to locating 340 00:14:21,486 --> 00:14:24,863 the original money pit and the fabled treasure vault. 341 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:27,532 I'm very interested 342 00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:29,951 in the progress we're making in the money pit. 343 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:33,204 We've intersected a tunnel or tunnels, 344 00:14:33,248 --> 00:14:35,790 but we don't know the direction in which they're headed, 345 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:37,709 so we're following that, basically. 346 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:39,294 It's like a hound on a scent. 347 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,046 You pick up a scent, you need to follow it. 348 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,382 In this case, the prey is the money pit. 349 00:14:44,426 --> 00:14:46,342 This one going up. 350 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:49,888 -Charles: 38 feet. -Terry: All right. 351 00:14:50,932 --> 00:14:52,098 (grunts) 352 00:14:53,101 --> 00:14:55,435 narrator: Although the coring drill has yet to reach 353 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,979 the target depth of 86 feet, 354 00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:01,399 geologist terry matheson is ready to begin looking 355 00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:03,568 for any indications of backfill 356 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:07,572 or human activity from possible treasure depositors. 357 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:11,659 -So, terry, this is in situ material? -Terry: Yep. 358 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:13,912 Blue-gray till that hasn't been disturbed 359 00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:15,580 in a very long time. 360 00:15:18,501 --> 00:15:20,043 Something's wrong there. 361 00:15:20,962 --> 00:15:23,171 It looks in situ, but it's relatively loose. 362 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:27,216 And that looks like it might be disturbed. 363 00:15:27,302 --> 00:15:30,887 It's borderline. It's definitely till, but it could be backfill. 364 00:15:30,972 --> 00:15:33,389 We could be close to something. 365 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:37,101 Narrator: Disturbed backfill material? 366 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:39,604 Could the team have just located evidence 367 00:15:39,648 --> 00:15:41,272 of human activity? 368 00:15:41,316 --> 00:15:43,858 And, if so, is it from prior searchers? 369 00:15:43,944 --> 00:15:47,987 Or perhaps someone who came to oak island much earlier? 370 00:15:48,073 --> 00:15:50,198 The clues are adding up, 371 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:53,242 and I'm never sick and tired of a clue being found. 372 00:15:53,328 --> 00:15:56,204 That's what this is all about. I've referenced it before: 373 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:58,957 This is a thousand-piece puzzle, you know? 374 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:00,291 Every piece counts, 375 00:16:00,377 --> 00:16:01,709 so we need to stay the course. 376 00:16:02,545 --> 00:16:04,921 Terry: We've got a shaft here. 377 00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:08,466 And maybe, maybe, it's the money pit. 378 00:16:12,931 --> 00:16:14,639 Narrator: The following morning... 379 00:16:14,683 --> 00:16:16,474 Ian: So here we are. 380 00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:19,268 Narrator: ...As the core drilling operation continues 381 00:16:19,354 --> 00:16:21,145 in the money pit area, 382 00:16:21,231 --> 00:16:24,732 rick lagina has invited geoscientist dr. Ian spooner 383 00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:27,944 to join archeologists dr. Aaron taylor 384 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:29,195 and miriam amirault 385 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,155 for a further examination 386 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:33,324 of the mysterious stone feature 387 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:35,785 near the northeastern border of the swamp. 388 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:38,413 Aaron: So, this was all covered 389 00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:40,206 in-in charcoal. 390 00:16:40,291 --> 00:16:41,958 -Right. -Aaron: And you can see in that 391 00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:44,836 -profile wall the depth of it. -Ian: Right. I can see that. 392 00:16:44,921 --> 00:16:47,797 -Mm-hmm. -And we get that orangey color soil. 393 00:16:47,882 --> 00:16:49,382 Ian: Indication of all the oxidation 394 00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:50,967 that's taking place because of all the heat. 395 00:16:51,052 --> 00:16:52,510 -Yeah. -Ian: It's very common 396 00:16:52,595 --> 00:16:53,803 with any kind of fire, right? 397 00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:56,973 But this amount of burning here is pretty-- 398 00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,891 -pretty intense. -Aaron: Yeah. 399 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:01,269 And these stones here, 400 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:03,855 you know, they look intentionally placed. 401 00:17:03,898 --> 00:17:05,857 -Ian: Yes. -Aaron: They don't look rubbly to me. 402 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:08,359 Ian: No. I'm starting to think of that as, 403 00:17:08,445 --> 00:17:10,695 if you have that road, and all the coal, 404 00:17:10,739 --> 00:17:12,697 if you have major burning here-- 405 00:17:12,782 --> 00:17:15,867 I mean, maybe it speaks to industrial activity. 406 00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:19,370 I can't even imagine the amount of work put in and to what end? 407 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:21,289 Miriam: Well, it's just, like, with the depth 408 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:23,332 that we are finding in this burn feature, 409 00:17:23,418 --> 00:17:25,126 it's been burned multiple times. 410 00:17:25,211 --> 00:17:28,046 What were they burning, why was it burned so much, 411 00:17:28,131 --> 00:17:30,048 and where is any evidence of that? 412 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:32,008 That's what's confusing us. 413 00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:33,634 There is nothing in this. 414 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,803 -Yeah. -This couldn't be one single burn event? 415 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:38,139 -Not with that. No. -Not with that depth. 416 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:40,558 You can see it in the profile wall. 417 00:17:40,602 --> 00:17:44,562 It's similar to what we were getting up at the pine tar kiln. 418 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:47,940 Narrator: Is it possible that, 419 00:17:48,026 --> 00:17:50,902 like the pine tar kiln on lot 15, 420 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:54,322 which may date to the 16th century and be connected 421 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,574 to the construction of the original money pit, 422 00:17:56,659 --> 00:17:59,911 this stone feature might have been used by someone 423 00:17:59,954 --> 00:18:03,706 who came to oak island long before 18th-century settlers? 424 00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:07,418 If so, what was it used for? 425 00:18:07,462 --> 00:18:10,254 And could it be connected to the mysterious wealth 426 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:13,591 of previous landowners like anthony graves? 427 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:16,260 Or, for that matter, samuel ball? 428 00:18:17,138 --> 00:18:19,305 It doesn't necessarily have to be a campsite. 429 00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:20,807 It could be a workplace. 430 00:18:20,892 --> 00:18:23,059 It could be an area where work was done 431 00:18:23,144 --> 00:18:25,937 in association with, perhaps, the eye of the swamp. 432 00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:28,439 There's all kinds of variables here, 433 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:31,526 and so we need to take a very slow, methodical approach 434 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:35,363 and give the archeologists time to put this story together. 435 00:18:36,199 --> 00:18:38,449 We say this over and over again, 436 00:18:38,535 --> 00:18:40,284 but I think it is worth repeating. 437 00:18:40,328 --> 00:18:42,453 No artifacts here. 438 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:45,373 It's interesting and perplexing because 439 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:48,793 of all my experiences, anything like this-- 440 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:51,796 anything-- you're finding artifacts. 441 00:18:51,881 --> 00:18:53,714 -Ian: Right. -And in large quantities. 442 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,383 Right. 443 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:58,010 It seems like everything that we've excavated, 444 00:18:58,096 --> 00:19:01,097 there's like a secretive component to it. 445 00:19:01,182 --> 00:19:03,599 It's almost eerie 446 00:19:03,685 --> 00:19:05,226 that there's so little. 447 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:08,646 Maybe there is a swamp story and a money pit story. 448 00:19:08,731 --> 00:19:11,149 -Yeah. -Aaron: I don't believe there's 449 00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:13,025 two parallel stories here. 450 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:16,279 I think there's one story, and they're connected. 451 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:19,157 There's too much going on here 452 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,951 for it to be some other parallel story. 453 00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:25,079 Like, what would possess people to do 454 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:27,498 what they've done here, this path, 455 00:19:27,584 --> 00:19:31,460 unless it was for some real important purpose? 456 00:19:34,007 --> 00:19:37,008 Rick: The swamp seems to be telling us some things 457 00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:39,677 which we had previously no knowledge of. 458 00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:41,554 My concern is simply this: 459 00:19:41,639 --> 00:19:44,599 Is there a unique swamp story 460 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,518 and a unique money pit story or are they connected? 461 00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:50,313 Why not go directly towards the money pit 462 00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:52,857 if it is in association with that? 463 00:19:52,901 --> 00:19:55,151 I don't know, but that's the point 464 00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:57,195 of this whole exercise. 465 00:19:58,072 --> 00:20:00,323 Ian: So, I'm going to clean off this face. 466 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:02,533 -I'm going to get some soil samples. -Yep. 467 00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:04,619 -Okay. -All right. Sounds good. 468 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,704 -Rick: Thank you, everybody. -Ian: Yep. 469 00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:12,710 Narrator: While the investigation of the stone foundation 470 00:20:12,754 --> 00:20:16,005 located near the pathway in the swamp continues, 471 00:20:16,090 --> 00:20:17,548 in the money pit area... 472 00:20:17,592 --> 00:20:19,592 Terry: Alley-oop. 473 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:22,887 Narrator: ...Charles barkhouse and terry matheson 474 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:24,847 are making timely progress 475 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,558 in the drilling operation of borehole cd-7 476 00:20:27,602 --> 00:20:30,728 as they have nearly reached their target depth of 90 feet. 477 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:34,190 Terry: Unbroken... 478 00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:39,111 ...Complete section of maroon-ish till. 479 00:20:39,197 --> 00:20:40,905 You know what we're not seeing? 480 00:20:40,990 --> 00:20:43,115 -Spendables? -Charles: No. 481 00:20:43,201 --> 00:20:44,784 We're not seeing that 87-88 level 482 00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:46,702 -where we see wood. -No. 483 00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:48,329 -86. -Charles: Yep. 484 00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:49,914 Terry: 87ish... 485 00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:52,500 -We should see it right about there. -Yeah. 486 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:55,086 Terry: A little too continuous, and not really any wood 487 00:20:55,171 --> 00:20:56,921 that we were hoping to run into. 488 00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:00,925 There's the end of it. 489 00:21:01,803 --> 00:21:05,012 91 feet and nothing to report. 490 00:21:05,098 --> 00:21:07,306 Narrator: Unfortunately for the team, 491 00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:09,558 their hope that borehole cd-7 492 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:12,895 might offer the breakthrough they have been working for 493 00:21:12,981 --> 00:21:15,356 this year has failed to be realized. 494 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,443 Is it possible that the drill rod just missed its target? 495 00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:22,446 Or has the team now lost track of the tunnel 496 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:25,658 they've been tracing some 90 feet deep underground? 497 00:21:26,661 --> 00:21:29,620 With the harsh winter months now fast approaching, 498 00:21:29,664 --> 00:21:31,789 they will have to reassess their strategy 499 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:34,250 on how best to move forward in their quest 500 00:21:34,335 --> 00:21:37,295 to locate the fabled treasure vault. 501 00:21:37,338 --> 00:21:40,131 -Charles: The clock is ticking. -Terry: We're running out of time. 502 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:42,258 -Exactly. -Pretty uneventful 503 00:21:42,343 --> 00:21:44,010 going on here, charles. 504 00:21:44,095 --> 00:21:46,679 We haven't been able to intersect the tunnel. 505 00:21:46,764 --> 00:21:48,472 Charles: It's down there, terry. 506 00:21:48,516 --> 00:21:50,641 Terry: We just haven't found it yet, charles. 507 00:21:53,855 --> 00:21:56,188 Narrator: Later that afternoon... 508 00:21:56,274 --> 00:21:57,940 Gary: Here we are, mate. 509 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,650 Narrator: ...Over on lot 26... 510 00:21:59,694 --> 00:22:02,320 Gary: This used to be owned by samuel ball, 511 00:22:02,405 --> 00:22:04,822 and it was farmland back in the day. 512 00:22:04,907 --> 00:22:07,658 Narrator: ...Metal detection expert gary drayton 513 00:22:07,702 --> 00:22:10,161 along with treasure hunter michael john 514 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,496 are investigating an area near the foundation 515 00:22:12,582 --> 00:22:15,833 that once belonged to samuel ball. 516 00:22:15,877 --> 00:22:17,752 They are hoping to find more clues 517 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:21,255 as to why the 19th-century oak island landowner 518 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:24,175 mysteriously came to be one of the wealthiest men 519 00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:26,177 in the province of nova scotia. 520 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:29,096 Gary: What I've done, since we have cleared out 521 00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:32,350 the surface artifacts, I've brought the big mama jama. 522 00:22:32,435 --> 00:22:33,851 There you go. 523 00:22:35,897 --> 00:22:38,981 Gary: It's a little bit of 524 00:22:39,067 --> 00:22:41,192 -a bigger coil. -Yes. 525 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:43,069 What's the maximum depth for this one? 526 00:22:43,154 --> 00:22:45,821 Like a cannonball-size target? 527 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:47,907 About six, seven feet. 528 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:49,825 -Okay, wow. -Gary: This area 529 00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:52,328 is now cleared of trees 530 00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:55,039 and scrubs and bulrushes. 531 00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:58,751 Gives me an opportunity to run the gpx 5000 532 00:22:58,836 --> 00:23:00,878 with a 32-inch coil. 533 00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:03,714 We're looking for deep targets. 534 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,217 Okay, mate. This is a good little clearing to start. 535 00:23:06,302 --> 00:23:07,676 Yeah. Okay. 536 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:10,304 I want to go in these wide-open spaces. 537 00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:12,556 -Hopefully we find something. -All right. 538 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,892 Gary: Okay. We are ready to rock and roll. 539 00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:16,894 Michael j.: All righty. 540 00:23:17,939 --> 00:23:21,482 Marty: Other than the interest in samuel ball, the human being, 541 00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:25,403 there is a little bit of a glimmer that he was... 542 00:23:25,488 --> 00:23:27,738 A little bit more than meets the eye. 543 00:23:27,782 --> 00:23:31,033 I don't think there's any way anybody that smart, 544 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,035 that aware of things, 545 00:23:33,121 --> 00:23:35,704 wouldn't have known exactly what was going on oak island 546 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,790 the whole time he was there. 547 00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:41,419 The more I can find out about this person, uh, the better. 548 00:23:41,462 --> 00:23:44,338 (beeping) 549 00:23:44,424 --> 00:23:46,674 -that was a small piece of iron. -Small piece? 550 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:47,925 Gary: Yep. 551 00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:50,511 (beeping) 552 00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:53,097 gary: Come on. Where are you? 553 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,850 -(beeps loudly) -oh. 554 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:56,892 Whoa. 555 00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:59,228 (laughs) look at that. 556 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:01,772 -A very strong signal. -Michael j.: Yeah. 557 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:06,152 -Gary: Looks like it's just here, mate. -Michael j.: Okay. 558 00:24:06,237 --> 00:24:08,904 ♪ ♪ 559 00:24:17,498 --> 00:24:19,123 -michael j.: Check? -Gary: Yep. 560 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,127 (buzzing) 561 00:24:24,005 --> 00:24:27,423 see? I should be able to hit it. 562 00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:31,635 Gary: That should be something good. It's deep. 563 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,930 So it should be old. 564 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:37,141 Oh. What we got here? 565 00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:40,478 -Gary: That's it. Yeah. -That's probably it, yes. 566 00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:42,104 That is... 567 00:24:42,190 --> 00:24:44,815 Oh, a little baby ox shoe. 568 00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:47,318 -(michael j. Chuckles) -we found the shack daddy, 569 00:24:47,361 --> 00:24:49,111 -the mother of all ox shoes... -Yeah. 570 00:24:49,197 --> 00:24:51,155 -Yeah. -...Uh, near the swamp. 571 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,365 And now we've found a little baby one. 572 00:24:53,451 --> 00:24:56,327 That is a small little ox shoe. 573 00:24:56,412 --> 00:24:59,663 Now we've pulled up several different ox shoes 574 00:24:59,749 --> 00:25:01,665 in really good condition. 575 00:25:01,751 --> 00:25:05,461 And if there is some kind of industrial operation, 576 00:25:05,546 --> 00:25:08,589 you're going to need beasts of burden 577 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:12,635 to transport whatever you was doing there. 578 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,346 And when we show these to carmen, 579 00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:19,016 hopefully carmen will give us a country of origin. 580 00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:22,311 It is an oldie. This is an old artifact. 581 00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:24,313 I've just never seen them this small. 582 00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:27,733 What a nice little artifact, and I'm looking forward 583 00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:29,860 to taking this to carmen legge... 584 00:25:29,904 --> 00:25:32,947 -There we go, yeah. -To give us a story behind this. 585 00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:36,367 Hey, great find, michael. Great find. 586 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:38,619 We've got to tell the archeologists 587 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:44,291 -about this area. -Michael j.: That's right. Yeah. 588 00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:46,585 -Narrator: The following morning... -Marty: What's going on? 589 00:25:46,671 --> 00:25:47,920 What's today's issue? 590 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:50,130 Narrator: ...Marty lagina meets with his partner 591 00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:51,966 craig tester and jack begley 592 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,301 to discuss the team's current setback 593 00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:56,262 in the money pit area 594 00:25:56,347 --> 00:25:58,055 and to decide how best to prioritize 595 00:25:58,099 --> 00:26:00,057 the use of the core drilling rig 596 00:26:00,101 --> 00:26:02,685 with just a few precious weeks remaining 597 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:05,020 before the onset of winter. 598 00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:08,190 So, we're chasing the money pit 599 00:26:08,276 --> 00:26:10,985 -towards c1. -Marty: Mm-hmm. 600 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:15,114 Craig: And, uh, the most recent one we drilled was cd-7. 601 00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:17,908 It's not on the map yet, but it's right here. 602 00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:21,036 -Marty: Yep. -A-and we didn't find the tunnel there. 603 00:26:21,122 --> 00:26:24,081 So, that didn't work. What do you want to do? 604 00:26:25,126 --> 00:26:26,792 Well, the question is: 605 00:26:26,877 --> 00:26:29,587 Do we continue following these tunnels that 606 00:26:29,672 --> 00:26:32,506 we're finding because, you know, we're running out of time. 607 00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:34,216 Do we have any other options? 608 00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:36,176 Anywhere else to move that rig? 609 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:38,929 We have the barringer anomalies. 610 00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:40,723 -The nonferrous anomalies? -The nonferrous ones. 611 00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:42,850 -Yeah. -Jack: Can we go after one of those? 612 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:44,351 I would. 613 00:26:45,646 --> 00:26:48,647 Narrator: Earlier this year, while searching through the files 614 00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:52,443 of rick, marty and craig's late partner dan blankenship, 615 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:55,070 oak island historian doug crowell 616 00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:56,947 discovered a 30-year-old survey 617 00:26:56,991 --> 00:27:00,826 that had been conducted by a company known as barringer. 618 00:27:00,911 --> 00:27:04,538 A survey that used low-frequency radio waves 619 00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:07,625 which identified four targets some 100 feet deep 620 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:12,296 in and around smith's cove that were nonferrous in nature, 621 00:27:12,381 --> 00:27:16,258 meaning they could be composed of silver or gold. 622 00:27:16,344 --> 00:27:18,719 Because the covid-19 pandemic 623 00:27:18,804 --> 00:27:21,639 delayed the start of their drilling operation this year 624 00:27:21,724 --> 00:27:25,225 by nearly two months, the laginas and craig 625 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,020 had planned to focus their efforts on trying to locate 626 00:27:28,105 --> 00:27:29,938 the original money pit. 627 00:27:30,024 --> 00:27:32,608 However, now that they have hit 628 00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:35,444 an unfortunate setback there and with only a few 629 00:27:35,529 --> 00:27:38,906 precious weeks remaining before the onset of winter, 630 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:42,242 perhaps investigating the targets on the barringer survey 631 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:45,162 could lead to a significant discovery. 632 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:48,207 The barringer survey has not one, two, three, 633 00:27:48,292 --> 00:27:51,126 but four nonferrous targets delineated. 634 00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:54,630 It's a vlf survey: Very low frequencies. 635 00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:57,049 And it was never followed up on. 636 00:27:57,134 --> 00:27:59,927 I-it's sort of risk-reward ratio. 637 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,221 If it hits, it would turn everything. 638 00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:04,306 -Jack: Mm-hmm. -You know, if there's gold or silver at that location, 639 00:28:04,392 --> 00:28:05,599 it would change everything. 640 00:28:05,685 --> 00:28:06,809 Yeah. 641 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,977 There is certainly some belief 642 00:28:09,063 --> 00:28:11,730 that the barringer survey was accurate. 643 00:28:11,816 --> 00:28:14,483 That is supported by some inferential data. 644 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:17,653 In the money pit, we found an area 645 00:28:17,738 --> 00:28:19,905 that may have been interpreted 646 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:22,282 by the barringer survey as a tunnel. 647 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,159 I think there's some value in it. 648 00:28:24,245 --> 00:28:27,621 And it's interesting enough to follow up on. 649 00:28:27,707 --> 00:28:28,997 I'd go do the barringer thing. 650 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:31,166 What the hell? Let's have a go at it. 651 00:28:31,252 --> 00:28:32,793 Yeah, I have no problem going to the barringer survey. 652 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,378 We're not giving up on these. 653 00:28:34,422 --> 00:28:37,172 -It's a time issue. -There's so much more to do here. 654 00:28:37,258 --> 00:28:39,550 -So that's where I'm at. -Okay. I'll go meet up with rick. 655 00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:40,926 -See you out there in a little while. -Yep. 656 00:28:41,011 --> 00:28:44,138 -Jack: Let's find some gold. -Marty: Let's do it. 657 00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:50,686 Narrator: Later that afternoon, 658 00:28:50,771 --> 00:28:53,647 jack begley and charles barkhouse 659 00:28:53,733 --> 00:28:56,233 have traveled some 50 miles north of oak island 660 00:28:56,318 --> 00:28:58,110 to centerville, nova scotia 661 00:28:58,195 --> 00:28:59,862 where they have arranged to meet 662 00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:01,697 with blacksmithing expert carmen legge 663 00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:04,992 to have him examine the artifact found one day ago 664 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:08,829 on the property once belonging to samuel ball. 665 00:29:09,790 --> 00:29:12,666 -Jack: Hey, carmen! -Well, hello. -Charles: Hey, carmen. 666 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:14,585 Carmen: What do you got today? 667 00:29:14,670 --> 00:29:17,254 Jack: Well, this is from lot 26. 668 00:29:17,339 --> 00:29:19,339 It was found metal detecting. 669 00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:21,675 Let's see if you can identify this. 670 00:29:24,305 --> 00:29:27,431 -Oh, a little fella. -Yeah. 671 00:29:27,516 --> 00:29:29,433 Carmen: Very nice. 672 00:29:29,518 --> 00:29:33,103 Well, this is a-- the hind shoe off an ox. 673 00:29:33,189 --> 00:29:35,397 -Right. -Carmen: The front cork 674 00:29:35,483 --> 00:29:37,649 and the back cork are fairly parallel. 675 00:29:37,735 --> 00:29:40,110 With the narrow cork on the back it means 676 00:29:40,154 --> 00:29:42,404 it was scottish that did this. 677 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,364 -Really? -Yes. 678 00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:47,576 Do you have any idea what a date on that might be? 679 00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:50,788 Carmen: Uh, I would say 1610 680 00:29:50,873 --> 00:29:53,415 -to 1740s. -Wow. 681 00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:56,376 Jack: This would have been made before samuel ball. 682 00:29:56,462 --> 00:29:57,878 Yeah. 683 00:29:57,963 --> 00:29:59,630 Narrator: A scottish ox shoe? 684 00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:02,424 Possibly dating over a century prior to the arrival 685 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:05,552 of samuel ball and the discovery of the money pit? 686 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:08,388 Is it possible that this ox 687 00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:11,099 was used to haul valuable cargo across the island, 688 00:30:11,185 --> 00:30:14,603 and, if so, how were the scottish involved? 689 00:30:15,898 --> 00:30:19,566 Uh, just trying to figure out why the scottish would be there. 690 00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:21,777 There's a theory that the scottish may have buried 691 00:30:21,821 --> 00:30:23,320 uh, a treasure on oak island. 692 00:30:24,907 --> 00:30:27,282 James: So here's the theory in a nutshell: 693 00:30:27,368 --> 00:30:29,159 Followers of a group of scottish knights 694 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:32,287 settled in nova scotia during the early 1600s. 695 00:30:32,373 --> 00:30:34,998 Narrator: One week ago, author and historian 696 00:30:35,084 --> 00:30:38,293 james mcquiston shared an incredible theory 697 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:40,963 that the oak island treasure might be connected 698 00:30:41,048 --> 00:30:43,757 to a 17th-century scottish order 699 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:46,385 known as the knights baronets, an organization 700 00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:49,304 with strong ties to both the freemasons 701 00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:53,392 and their predecessors, the knights templar. 702 00:30:53,477 --> 00:30:55,435 James: Unfortunately, the french 703 00:30:55,521 --> 00:30:57,145 attacked nova scotia, 704 00:30:57,231 --> 00:31:00,691 leaving the scots ousted in the spring of 1632, 705 00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:02,609 and I believe they took shelter in mahone bay 706 00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:04,653 and buried the oak island treasure. 707 00:31:04,738 --> 00:31:06,780 That's remarkable. 708 00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:09,658 Narrator: Is it possible that the team has now found evidence 709 00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:12,035 that could corroborate that treasure theory? 710 00:31:12,121 --> 00:31:15,873 And on property that once belonged to samuel ball? 711 00:31:15,916 --> 00:31:18,041 And the time frame for that is? 712 00:31:18,085 --> 00:31:20,043 Charles: Uh, right around that time frame. 713 00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:21,628 -Carmen: Is that right? -Yeah. 714 00:31:21,714 --> 00:31:23,505 We're coming up with so much different information 715 00:31:23,591 --> 00:31:26,383 of people all over europe, at least, 716 00:31:26,427 --> 00:31:29,052 having some sort of a stop on oak island. 717 00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:31,221 Not just around the money pit, either. 718 00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:33,682 Given the date, as far as we know, there was nobody living 719 00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:35,517 on oak island at that time. 720 00:31:35,603 --> 00:31:39,563 So, to me, that says a lot. It really does. 721 00:31:39,607 --> 00:31:42,858 We've dug up a lot of ox shoes on the island over the years. 722 00:31:42,943 --> 00:31:45,402 These guys were not just settlers that were making 723 00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:47,738 these ox shoes, so there's a lot of activity 724 00:31:47,823 --> 00:31:49,489 going on the island. 725 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:52,743 This could be from the depositors. 726 00:31:52,828 --> 00:31:54,453 We keep bringing you iron. 727 00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:56,371 Hopefully, we can bring you some precious metals. 728 00:31:56,457 --> 00:31:58,916 Oh, wouldn't that be nice? Yes. Yes. 729 00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:01,501 -Make sure you bring it here first. -Okay. 730 00:32:01,587 --> 00:32:03,462 -Charles: Thank you, carmen. -Carmen: Very good, see you. 731 00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:04,421 -Charles: Bye now. -Carmen: Oh, yeah. 732 00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:10,510 Narrator: As the team from choice sonic drilling 733 00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:12,804 repositions their rig at smith's cove 734 00:32:12,890 --> 00:32:14,932 in preparation to drill in search of 735 00:32:14,975 --> 00:32:16,683 one of the nonferrous targets 736 00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:19,102 identified on the barringer survey... 737 00:32:19,146 --> 00:32:20,604 Miriam: Oh, wow. 738 00:32:20,648 --> 00:32:22,439 Hey, aaron! 739 00:32:22,483 --> 00:32:24,066 Do you want to come check this out? 740 00:32:25,069 --> 00:32:27,235 Narrator: ...In the uplands near the northeastern border 741 00:32:27,321 --> 00:32:29,279 of the oak island swamp, 742 00:32:29,365 --> 00:32:33,075 archeologists miriam amirault and dr. Aaron taylor 743 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,578 continue to search for more evidence that might tell them 744 00:32:36,664 --> 00:32:40,290 which direction the mysterious stone pathway is heading. 745 00:32:41,502 --> 00:32:44,878 -Aaron: Ooh, what do you got? -Look what I just found. 746 00:32:44,964 --> 00:32:47,047 Aaron: Oh, nice. 747 00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:48,799 Hand-painted. 748 00:32:48,842 --> 00:32:51,426 Miriam: I haven't seen colors like that. 749 00:32:51,512 --> 00:32:52,719 Aaron: Yeah. 750 00:32:52,763 --> 00:32:55,639 -Blue, pink, and green. -That's great. Wow. 751 00:32:55,683 --> 00:32:58,141 Narrator: Hand-painted pottery? 752 00:32:58,227 --> 00:33:00,686 Discovered near the pathway in the uplands? 753 00:33:00,771 --> 00:33:02,980 Was it left behind by someone 754 00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:07,067 after the discovery of the money pit in 1795? 755 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:10,654 Or is it evidence of much earlier human activity 756 00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:12,656 -on oak island? -Miriam: It's almost, like, uh, 757 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:16,159 a base of maybe a teacup or something? Or a bowl? 758 00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:17,619 -Do you see that base? -Yeah. 759 00:33:17,705 --> 00:33:19,454 -Rick: Hey. Good morning. -Aaron: Hey, rick. 760 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,832 -Miriam: Hi. -Hey. 761 00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:25,127 -Miriam just had an interesting find. -Look what I just found. 762 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:27,421 Oh. In the black or in the...? 763 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:28,839 Yeah. 764 00:33:28,882 --> 00:33:30,132 Here you go. 765 00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:31,508 Rick: What do you make of it? 766 00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:33,301 -Aaron: That's hand-painted. -Miriam: Hand-painted. 767 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:36,096 -Isn't it pretty? -It's very pretty. 768 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,349 The thing about doing the archeological work 769 00:33:39,435 --> 00:33:42,686 with aaron and miriam is that you learn to pay attention. 770 00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:45,022 You learn that the most insignificant find 771 00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:46,982 might be highly revealing. 772 00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:49,192 This is what archeology is about. 773 00:33:49,278 --> 00:33:53,280 Finding artifacts, studying them, dating them, 774 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,532 and then weaving them into an understanding-- 775 00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:58,368 a "story," if you will-- of what happened. 776 00:33:58,412 --> 00:34:00,162 This is certainly quite unique. 777 00:34:00,205 --> 00:34:02,414 Aaron: What the ceramics do tell us 778 00:34:02,499 --> 00:34:04,416 is that this was exposed 779 00:34:04,501 --> 00:34:06,877 when those ceramics 780 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,046 -came down on it. -Miriam: Yeah. -Rick: Right. 781 00:34:09,089 --> 00:34:11,757 But right now, the question is: 782 00:34:11,842 --> 00:34:14,718 Does this connect to the road? 783 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:19,556 I mean, is it believable to think that this is all man-made? 784 00:34:19,641 --> 00:34:23,477 Well, we know parts of it are definitely man-made. 785 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:26,563 -In here is definitely man-made. -Rick: Right. 786 00:34:26,648 --> 00:34:30,650 I think it's-it's stronger that it moves upland 787 00:34:30,736 --> 00:34:33,612 at some point, and the road connects to there, 788 00:34:33,697 --> 00:34:38,075 it's coming along here, stops, and turns up here. 789 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,869 And that's why I want to see if billy is available 790 00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:43,413 to take another bucket-width back 791 00:34:43,457 --> 00:34:45,624 to see if this is something. 792 00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:48,251 So, for right now, I'll talk to billy about digging this 793 00:34:48,295 --> 00:34:49,628 -and digging that. Okay. -Great. 794 00:34:49,713 --> 00:34:51,213 -All right. -Thanks, rick. -All right, thank you. 795 00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:53,965 -Rick: Good find, miriam. -Yeah, it's exciting. 796 00:34:54,051 --> 00:34:56,009 Aaron and miriam have decided 797 00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:59,137 that they're going to take basically a leap of faith. 798 00:34:59,223 --> 00:35:01,932 This road has to go somewhere, 799 00:35:01,975 --> 00:35:04,351 and there are significant clues 800 00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:07,938 that have led them to believe that the road has turned upland. 801 00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:10,440 And, thus, they've chosen to open up 802 00:35:10,526 --> 00:35:13,819 some test pits around the stone path. 803 00:35:13,904 --> 00:35:17,948 The hope is that we can follow it in some way, shape, or form. 804 00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:23,120 Billy, if you would be able to pull back this area 805 00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:26,706 then maybe we can see if the road's, uh, coming up there. 806 00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:27,791 Billy: Okay. 807 00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:35,799 That's the perfect depth, billy. 808 00:35:38,178 --> 00:35:39,761 ♪ ♪ 809 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:44,933 that's great, billy. That's perfect. 810 00:35:45,018 --> 00:35:47,602 I think this is good for now. Thank you. 811 00:35:47,688 --> 00:35:49,229 -Okay. -Aaron: So we can 812 00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:51,857 get in here with our shovels and trowels. 813 00:35:51,942 --> 00:35:53,817 If maybe just we can get that little blob out of there? 814 00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:55,193 -I'll get that with a shovel. -Yup. 815 00:35:55,279 --> 00:35:57,487 Rick: What's that? 816 00:35:58,490 --> 00:35:59,823 Did you see this? 817 00:36:00,701 --> 00:36:03,660 -There's stone here. -Aaron: Wow. 818 00:36:03,704 --> 00:36:06,872 Miriam: I'd say that's exactly what 819 00:36:06,957 --> 00:36:09,082 -we're looking for. -Yeah. 820 00:36:09,168 --> 00:36:12,335 Narrator: Evidence of more cobblestones? 821 00:36:12,421 --> 00:36:14,921 Could dr. Aaron taylor's intuition have paid off 822 00:36:15,007 --> 00:36:18,967 with the discovery of another section of the stone pathway 823 00:36:19,011 --> 00:36:22,179 leading further into the uplands, away from the swamp? 824 00:36:22,222 --> 00:36:26,016 If so, just where is it leading? 825 00:36:26,101 --> 00:36:29,477 And what will the team find when they reach its end? 826 00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:33,940 The stones are here, and then they stop. 827 00:36:34,026 --> 00:36:35,984 I'm thinking that's telling me the road is 828 00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:38,486 probably stopping here, 829 00:36:38,572 --> 00:36:40,322 and coming up this way. 830 00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:43,658 The path appears to have 831 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:46,036 turned to the upland at this point. 832 00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:49,748 And all the treasure-associated thoughts 833 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:51,374 around oak island, 834 00:36:51,418 --> 00:36:53,835 are, of course, based in the money pit. 835 00:36:53,879 --> 00:36:57,047 Well, we're certainly headed in that direction, and so 836 00:36:57,132 --> 00:36:59,758 I have every reason to hope 837 00:36:59,843 --> 00:37:02,636 that we're following the right path. 838 00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:05,013 Do you want me to shovel this out? 839 00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:07,515 Yes, please. (laughs) 840 00:37:07,601 --> 00:37:09,392 -rick: Okay. -Miriam: Yeah. 841 00:37:09,478 --> 00:37:12,187 Narrator: Later that afternoon... 842 00:37:12,272 --> 00:37:14,314 We all recognize the amount of work that we've done 843 00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:16,524 trying to uncover the stone pathway. 844 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:20,737 Narrator: ...Rick, marty and their partner craig tester 845 00:37:20,822 --> 00:37:23,490 have gathered members of their team in the war room 846 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:26,076 for a highly anticipated scientific report 847 00:37:26,119 --> 00:37:29,412 regarding the hand-cut wood recently found 848 00:37:29,498 --> 00:37:32,415 beneath the mysterious stone pathway. 849 00:37:32,501 --> 00:37:35,710 I believe craig has a c-14 test result, 850 00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:37,712 so, craig, fill us in. 851 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,631 Well, this sample came from, 852 00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:41,925 uh, right before fred's road. 853 00:37:41,969 --> 00:37:45,262 We found this piece of wood underneath the rocks. 854 00:37:45,347 --> 00:37:47,514 It was obvious it was, uh, in place 855 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:51,518 when the road was put in place there, the pathway. 856 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:54,145 And, uh, we got two different time periods, 857 00:37:54,231 --> 00:37:56,106 but, really, they're so close together, 858 00:37:56,191 --> 00:37:58,608 basically one time period: 859 00:37:58,652 --> 00:38:03,071 From 1489 to 1654. 860 00:38:03,156 --> 00:38:05,365 -Wow. -Oh, wow. 861 00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:06,283 Great! 862 00:38:09,871 --> 00:38:13,707 Craig reveals these dates of, uh, 1489 to 1654. 863 00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:17,210 Those are stunning, uh, there's no question about it, 864 00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:19,629 but they do fit. 865 00:38:19,715 --> 00:38:21,798 I've always believed that the road 866 00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:25,802 was quite a bit older than, uh, the 1700s, 867 00:38:25,887 --> 00:38:28,930 and here we have dates that support that. 868 00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:30,807 Look, that is a very exciting date range. 869 00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:32,976 Okay? That's a fabulous date range. 870 00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:34,811 That's really cool. 871 00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:36,771 But is this a shaped piece of wood 872 00:38:36,857 --> 00:38:38,148 or a twig or something? 873 00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:41,526 It was like a branch, a small branch. 874 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:44,321 -You feel good about that? -Yeah. 875 00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:45,613 Marty: Great. Fantastic. 876 00:38:45,699 --> 00:38:47,324 But I think the dates that come from 877 00:38:47,409 --> 00:38:49,659 organics under the road are more telling than 878 00:38:49,703 --> 00:38:53,413 the artifacts found on it, because once that road is built 879 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:55,707 -it could have been used for hundreds of years. -Yeah. 880 00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:57,375 Alex: This is a great one. 881 00:38:57,461 --> 00:38:59,961 It's good for the theory the road might be quite old. 882 00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:02,005 If we keep getting these numbers, 883 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:03,840 then it becomes more and more conclusive. 884 00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:05,592 Miriam: And that's basically what we do. 885 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:09,471 If we find an artifact that seems completely 886 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:13,350 out of the ordinary, but then we find more with those dates, 887 00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,518 that's how we conclusively say, 888 00:39:15,604 --> 00:39:17,645 "yes, this is... This is right." 889 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:20,398 I-I'll just reference fred nolan: 890 00:39:20,484 --> 00:39:22,525 "duplication, duplication, duplication." 891 00:39:22,569 --> 00:39:24,819 -marty: Yeah. -Craig: Yep. Absolutely. 892 00:39:24,905 --> 00:39:27,489 I'll tell you what those results mean to me. 893 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:29,366 They mean that this thing is real. 894 00:39:29,409 --> 00:39:30,825 Somehow, this thing is real, 895 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,869 and remember who you're talking to. 896 00:39:32,954 --> 00:39:35,955 For the longest time, my number one theory of what happened 897 00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:38,792 on oak island was nothing of significance 898 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:41,044 prior to 1795. 899 00:39:41,088 --> 00:39:43,505 We've already proved that's not the case. 900 00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:45,632 That makes me enthused to keep going. 901 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:48,218 We haven't solved this yet and we're going to. 902 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:51,096 That is an extremely 903 00:39:51,181 --> 00:39:53,890 intriguing and exciting range. 904 00:39:53,934 --> 00:39:55,517 -I agree. It's exciting. -Marty: Yeah. 905 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,519 -Absolutely. -Marty: Carry on, guys. 906 00:39:57,604 --> 00:39:59,020 Hope the weather holds for you. 907 00:39:59,106 --> 00:40:00,897 -Rick: Take care. -Doug: Take care. 908 00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:02,982 Narrator: As another week comes to a close 909 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,902 for rick, marty, craig and their team, 910 00:40:05,946 --> 00:40:09,364 despite a frustrating setback in the money pit, 911 00:40:09,449 --> 00:40:12,200 there is new hope that a breakthrough discovery 912 00:40:12,285 --> 00:40:15,412 may still be within their reach at smith's cove. 913 00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:17,914 And new revelations at the swamp 914 00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,875 provide strong encouragement that they are getting 915 00:40:20,961 --> 00:40:23,753 closer and closer to unraveling 916 00:40:23,797 --> 00:40:26,548 the 226-year-old treasure mystery. 917 00:40:27,426 --> 00:40:30,343 But as they continue to research, 918 00:40:30,429 --> 00:40:32,429 drill and dig, 919 00:40:32,514 --> 00:40:34,472 will they ultimately reveal 920 00:40:34,558 --> 00:40:37,600 that the carefully-hidden truth about oak island 921 00:40:37,644 --> 00:40:39,602 revolves around one story? 922 00:40:39,688 --> 00:40:42,147 Or a number of them? 923 00:40:42,232 --> 00:40:45,692 Whatever the case may be, 924 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:48,236 their story could re-write north american history 925 00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:50,238 as we know it. 926 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,909 Next time on the curse of oak island... 927 00:40:54,995 --> 00:40:56,744 Gary: I love the smell of treasure in the morning. 928 00:40:56,830 --> 00:40:58,580 Oh, look at that! 929 00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,790 I would say this looks military. 930 00:41:00,876 --> 00:41:03,251 This particular artifact was found in the swamp, 931 00:41:03,295 --> 00:41:04,919 and I've never seen anything like that. 932 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:06,296 Marty: Wow. What the hell is that? 933 00:41:06,381 --> 00:41:08,423 We are hoping you might have an idea of what it is. 934 00:41:08,467 --> 00:41:10,425 Well, this is really, really old. 935 00:41:10,510 --> 00:41:11,551 -Middle 1400s. -Jack: Oh, wow. 936 00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:12,886 Scott: What do you got? 937 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:14,596 Looks like a piece of finished wood. 938 00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:17,765 It looks like railing. It looks like ship's railing. 939 00:41:17,851 --> 00:41:20,226 -Steve g.: It was on the ship in the swamp. -Billy: Yeah. 940 00:41:20,312 --> 00:41:22,979 Captioning provided by a+e networks