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Narrator: Tonight on
the curse of oak island...
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Gary: I love the smell
of treasure in the morning.
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Ooh, look at that!
I would say this looks military.
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Doug:
This particular artifact
was found in the swamp
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and I've never
seen anything like that.
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Marty:
Wow. What the hell is that?
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We're hoping you might have
an idea of what it is.
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Oh, this is really, really old.
Middle 1400s.
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-Steve g.: Oh, wow.
-Scott: What have you got?
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It looks like
a piece of finished wood.
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Gary:
It looks like railing.
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It looks like ship's railing.
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We found the ship in the swamp!
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Billy:
Yeah.
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Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back
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to the days
of the knights templar.
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To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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-steve g.: So, rick, I just
talked to the drillers.
-Rick: Okay.
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And I have them pinned
dead center
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in the barringer survey--
the vlf survey.
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Yup.
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The one they were very convinced
was a nonferrous target.
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Yeah.
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Narrator:
It's the beginning of another
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hopeful day on oak island for
brothers rick and marty lagina.
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With just a little more
than a month before the harsh
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north atlantic winter
will force them and their team
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to halt all major search
operations for the year,
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they are determined to
make every effort that
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could lead to a major discovery
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in the 226-year-old
treasure mystery.
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To put an x on the ground
is pretty impressive work.
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-Mm-hmm.
-And if this is
a nonferrous target,
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I mean, it's singularly
attractive, right?
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-Mm-hmm.
-It will be very interesting.
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There's the end of it.
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So not really any wood that
we were hoping to run into.
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91 feet and nothing to report.
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Narrator: After reaching
a frustrating setback
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with their
core drilling operation
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in the money pit area
one week ago...
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Do we have any other options?
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We have the barringer anomalies.
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-Can we go after one of those?
-I would.
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Narrator: ...Rick, marty
and their partner craig tester
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have decided to pursue
what could be
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a number of other
treasure deposits
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located near smith's cove,
that were first identified
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more than 30 years ago
on the barringer survey.
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Commissioned in 1988
by dan blankenship
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and his partner david tobias,
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the barringer survey
was a military-grade
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vlf-- or low frequency
radio wave scan--
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that denoted possible tunnels
some 100 feet deep
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in and around smith's cove
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and the eastern perimeter
of the money pit area,
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as well as four distinct
nonferrous deposits,
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meaning they could be composed
of either silver or gold.
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Although dan and david
did not have the resources
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to pursue these targets when
the data was first obtained,
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after doug crowell
recently found these records
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in dan's archived files,
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rick, marty
and craig believe it is
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worth trying to finish what
their late partner started.
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Marty: The barringer survey
has indications
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of nonferrous material at depth.
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If it's nonferrous material
at depth,
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it's probably treasure,
if it's really there.
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It could be everything.
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You know, one percent chance
of finding this thing
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for drilling one hole or two,
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I say: Drill.
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This is a treasure hunt.
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-Morning, guys.
-Hey, rick.
-Morning.
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Terry:
Hey, steve. How you doing?
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-Good.
-Good.
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Steve g.:
I brought an updated plan
for everybody.
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It's just an overview, it's not
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like our drill program
in the money pit, terry.
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-Right.
-But it lets you see
what's going on here.
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So these are the four
nonferrous targets.
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We're currently sitting
at this one.
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80 to 120 is our target depth.
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Terry:
And I've referred to this one
as "nonferrous metal-1."
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-right.
-We're right now--
this is only at 68.
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But it's in very tight,
clay-rich material.
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So let's cross our fingers
for gold and silver.
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-Charles: There you go.
-Yeah.
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-Okay. Let's find it.
-Terry: Yup.
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Narrator:
As rick lagina oversees
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the drilling operation
at smith's cove,
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near the northeastern border
of the triangle-shaped swamp...
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Miriam:
We still have a lot of shoveling
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-to do before we find this road.
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(chuckles): Right.
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Narrator:
...Marty lagina's son alex
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joins archeologists
miriam amirault
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and dr. Aaron taylor
to continue the team's
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efforts to uncover more
of the mysterious stone pathway
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that extends out
of the brackish bog
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and into the uplands,
possibly toward the money pit.
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Miriam: So it would
be great if we found
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another artifact
with a good date.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Which could prove to us,
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"okay, the road is
actually continuing uphill."
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have we looked at,
like, contour?
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To kind of figure out the most
likely path of the road?
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Or are we just kind of
chasing it?
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No, at this point,
we're just chasing it because
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this is the first time
we've had an actual curve,
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-a turn, um...
-Mm-hmm.
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...That we think is-is the road.
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Got it. Okay.
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-We'll keep looking.
-Yes, exactly.
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Narrator:
Over the past several weeks,
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the oak island team
has made a number
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of compelling discoveries
that indicate
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this man-made stone pathway
was possibly used
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to move heavy cargo off
of a ship and onto oak island.
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These discoveries include
the massive stone road,
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believed to have once been
part of a ships' wharf;
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large iron ringbolts,
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potentially used as
part of a pulley system;
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and pieces
of wooden keg barrels,
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that may date back
as far as the 15th century.
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Now, with winter
fast approaching,
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the team is determined
to find out just where
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the pathway leads
and what they may
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find at the end of it.
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I'm curious
what's going on here,
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if there's any more in this.
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Yeah. I kind of think it's...
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It just seems to keep moving
kind of under the berm.
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Well, it's hard to say
because down there,
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-we're not finding any stones.
-Right.
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Miriam:
I just want to make sure
it's actually definitive
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-before I say
"this is the road."
-mm-hmm.
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-Hey, aaron?
-Sorry?
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Do you mind taking a look?
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Yeah, yeah. What do you got?
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There's not much down here.
I mean, in terms of rocks.
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Over here,
we're finding these stones
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from the path
are higher on that end
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and much lower on this end.
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So, what we're wondering is,
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are we looking at it maybe
curving around and heading back
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-up the hill that way?
-That's a good question.
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It looks like we
probably have a corner.
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-Wow. That's good.
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Narrator:
Has the team really uncovered
a corner in the stone pathway?
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If so, could it bring them
another step closer
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in determining just
where it leads,
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and how it might offer answers
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to the 226-year-old
oak island mystery?
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To me, it-it really seems
like we probably need
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to have somebody
take this entire berm out.
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-Aaron: Yeah, we need
to be right on this.
-Mm-hmm.
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-I'd say we do it.
-Alex: Right.
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I think the singular
most important item
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to yet discover is:
Where does the road lead?
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Does it lead back
to the money pit?
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Is it possible that
it goes somewhere
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we're currently unaware of?
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So, to have this turn
to the upland,
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that's great.
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-Hey, guys.
-Hey.
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-Hey!
-Alex: What's up?
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Narrator:
Arriving to search for artifacts
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or valuable clues, that could
help identify more sections
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of the stone pathway,
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are metal detection
expert gary drayton
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and rick and marty's nephew
david fornetti.
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-Any finds?
-Nothing today.
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Narrator:
Also joining the effort
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is heavy equipment operator
billy gerhardt.
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-(excavator beeping)
-there's the big trowel!
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-Good day.
-All right, mate.
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-Hey, gary.
-So, yeah.
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We want to try and see
if we can find the elbow.
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So maybe two bucket-widths back.
Just to be sure.
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marty:
As cool as that road is
in the swamp,
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it leads to more questions
than answers.
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So, is it an indirect indicator
of potential treasure? Yes.
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But it's just exactly that:
Indirect.
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And so, against all odds,
I'm one of the biggest
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proponents of digging up
the rest of it at this point.
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And there's a lot undug yet.
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Billy!
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You're right
on top of it, there.
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So we don't want
to go any deeper.
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(detector beeping)
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(beeping rapidly)
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yeah, I've got
a hit here, david.
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(detector whines)
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just there.
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I'll stop billy
when he starts getting close.
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-(detector beeps)
-oh, you got it out.
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it's this. Oh, my gosh!
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Wow, this is fantastic!
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It's a little cuff button,
that's what that is.
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Narrator:
In the uplands,
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northeast of
the triangle-shaped swamp,
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metal detection expert
gary drayton
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and david fornetti have
just made a potentially
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telling discovery along
the stone pathway.
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Gary:
And you can see,
it's a single loop.
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That's the back where
it would have fastened
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onto a sleeve
of a shirt or a jacket.
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I would say this looks military.
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More than likely a little
military cuff button.
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That's a sweet find.
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And if I was dating it, I'd
put it at 1750 to 1850, mate.
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Narrator: A possible
military-style button?
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Dating back
half a century before
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the discovery of the money pit?
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Although rick, marty
and the team have
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found evidence of both british
and french military activity
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on oak island
that predates 1795,
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could this military button
help identify just who
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was behind the pathway's
construction?
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It's got a lot of detail
on that. A lot of design.
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So, when that's cleaned up,
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we'll definitely be able
to date this.
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It's a nice little find,
crackin' little button.
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If we can get a regiment,
we can get a date,
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we can get a nationality.
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You can gleam
a lot of information
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off one single button.
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This could be
a very valuable find.
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Narrator: Having been alerted
to the discovery
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of a possible bend
in the stone pathway,
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rick lagina,
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along with oak island
historian doug crowell,
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arrive to help
with the investigation.
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It looks a lot different.
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-Oh, yeah.
-Yeah.
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-So, this way?
-So just-- yeah.
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We just want to--
I think this is the elbow.
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So we just want to make sure.
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-Rick: This, right here?
-Aaron: Yeah, yeah.
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Is gary metal detecting that?
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Doug:
Over there, in the pile,
as it's dumped. Yes.
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Aaron:
I wonder if we should get him
in here right now.
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Might as well. Better to
do it here than up on a hill.
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Aaron:
Yeah.
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-Rick: Hey, gary!
-Pardon?
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Rick:
Want to come down here
and do this?
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Yup, I'll come down.
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Anything interesting down here?
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Not yet--
you're about to find it.
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Gary:
All right.
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-(detector beeping)
-gary: Oh...
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This is going to be fun.
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Yeah.
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We're definitely
getting signals.
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(detector beeping)
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there's definitely
something here.
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It's definitely iron,
by the sound of it.
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Miriam:
Yup. Right there.
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This is a decent chunk.
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Gary:
Wow! You got it out?
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Yeah, what the heck...
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This kind of reminds me
of an old fire grate.
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That's what that reminds me of.
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I bet this is part
of a fire grate.
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Narrator:
A possible fire grate?
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Look how big
that charcoal feature is.
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Narrator:
Just one week ago,
the oak island team
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uncovered the remains
of what appears to be
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an ancient fire pit
next to the stone pathway.
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Aaron:
You've got this big stone,
and then above it a big stone.
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-Mm-hmm.
-And in that area,
you've got the fire.
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Narrator: A fire pit that,
much like the pine tar kiln
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discovered earlier
this year on lot 15,
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was likely used for a major
construction operation.
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Because the archaeological team
suspects that the pine tar kiln
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was used to construct
the original money pit,
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they are just as curious
to identify what the fire pit
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near the swamp
was used to create.
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Could the discovery
of a possible fire grate
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bring them closer
to finding out?
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Makes sense
if you think about it.
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-Could be some kind of grate
that they used on the fire.
-Yeah.
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And they go back a long way.
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They go back all the way
to roman days.
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This is a great find.
This-this is getting exciting.
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All right.
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Let's see if we got
anything else.
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Narrator:
The following morning,
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marty lagina
and archeologist laird niven
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join doug crowell
in the research center.
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Marty:
Hey, doug.
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Hey, gentlemen.
Thanks for dropping by.
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Yeah. What you got for us?
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I've got a couple of artifacts
from dan's archives.
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Yeah.
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There's several artifacts
he-he's kept.
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Narrator: After the discovery
of the barringer survey
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in the files of dan blankenship,
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doug has been combing through
the rest of his archives to look
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for any more clues that might
aid the team's current efforts
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to solve the 226-year-old
treasure mystery.
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-This was all in dan's basement?
-Yeah.
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What caught my interest
immediately:
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This actually says "found in
the swamp by dan blankenship
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in the 1970s."
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-dan seems to have
kept everything.
-Good.
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Doug:
But what was in there is this.
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This apparently was found
in the swamp in the 1970s.
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Marty:
What do you think it is?
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I'm thinking it's forged.
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-Marty: That looks like a latch.
-Mm-hmm.
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Narrator:
A possible hand-forged latch?
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Found nearly 50 years ago
in the swamp?
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Since the team has made
curiously similar finds
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this year near the stone road,
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such as the gold-colored knob,
which artifact conservator
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sandy campbell believes might
have come from a jewel chest,
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as well as a potentially
ancient lock,
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could this object be connected
to those discoveries?
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And perhaps offer
more evidence related
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to the treasure mystery?
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Marty:
I don't know what that is,
doug, but it's cool.
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You know who comes to mind
immediately: Carmen legge.
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-Yeah, I can touch base with him
and see what he thinks about it.
-Marty: That'd be great, doug.
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Doug:
Will do.
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Narrator:
Later that afternoon,
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as the drilling operation
continues at smith's cove...
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Doug:
There's an awful lot of getting
up and down in archeology.
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Rick:
Yup, I'm there with you, doug.
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Narrator: ...Doug crowell
has rejoined rick lagina,
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and archeologists
miriam amirault
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and dr. Aaron taylor,
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to continue investigating
the stone pathway extending
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out of the northeastern
border of the swamp.
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About a hundred years ago,
the dig site director
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would just sit in a chair
and people would
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-just bring him things.
-Doug: Oh.
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Sounds like a good
position to have.
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-(aaron laughs)
-it's not gonna happen, aaron.
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(all laughing)
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hey, aaron.
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Do you want to
take a look at this?
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Aaron:
Nice. I like that.
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From the shape,
just the squareness of it,
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it looks like
it went into a musket.
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I think it might be
a piece of gunflint, rick.
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Doug: So you mean
like flintlock weapons.
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Aaron:
Yeah. Muskets.
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-Yeah.
-Yeah.
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When did flintlocks
first come into use?
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Aaron:
Well, gunflints, again,
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you know they had them
in the american revolution.
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And when the europeans
first came,
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the french
and the british had them.
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-Doug: So early 1600s.
-Early 1600s.
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Narrator:
A flintlock from a musket?
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Possibly dating back to
the early 17th century?
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Could it be more evidence,
like the button located
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one day ago by gary drayton,
that might help determine
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the identity of just who
built the stone pathway?
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Aaron:
That's one definitely
we'll look at in the lab.
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Something happened in
this one specific area.
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-Yup.
-What do we make of it?
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00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:06,000
We have something
that's human-made here.
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We've got burning,
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-we've got artifacts.
-Yeah.
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To me, this road was
built before the start
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of the treasure hunt, as proven
by the artifacts that are on it.
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-True.
-And I think
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we're close and we just got to
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-get it across the finish line.
-Yeah.
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Rick:
Great day, everybody.
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Narrator: As another day
dawns on oak island,
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and while the investigation
of the stone pathway
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continues near the swamp...
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Rick: Gonna find treasure
this morning?
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-We'll find out.
-(all laugh)
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narrator:
...Rick lagina and steve guptill
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arrive at smith's cove
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to check on the progress
of the core drilling operation
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in borehole nf-1,
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where the team is investigating
a possible cache
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of precious metals buried
some 100 feet deep,
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which were identified
on the barringer survey,
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conducted almost 30 years ago
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by dan blankenship
and his partner david tobias.
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Steve g.:
Man, that's some nice till.
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Charles:
That's pretty solid stuff.
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00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:08,187
Terry:
This is embedded clay.
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-How deep is this?
-Brennan: 79.
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-This is 79?
-Yeah.
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Terry:
Okay, yup.
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00:19:15,196 --> 00:19:18,030
All right, I've seen enough
of this, this is in situ.
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00:19:18,116 --> 00:19:21,033
Okay, let's get the next one
up on the table.
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Our next few cores
are our target depth.
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We're into the 88-foot range.
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Narrator:
Because the soils being
brought up in the core samples
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are densely packed
with hard clay,
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this means,
at least at this depth,
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that the ground would be ideal
for constructing tunnels,
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which have also been identified
on the barringer survey.
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-Which way does it go?
-That way. That way.
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Okay, that's not
exactly a good sign.
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It looks like we're out
of this very dense clay,
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into a limestone-rich sediment.
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So, we-we're grading
out of our clay
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into a more crumbly,
limestone crumble.
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You're not gonna tunnel in that.
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00:20:03,411 --> 00:20:05,953
It's gonna be tricky, yeah.
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Rick: I don't know
what to make of it.
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There was some cobble
and some loose gravels.
427
00:20:11,127 --> 00:20:14,003
That does not a tunnel make.
428
00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:16,380
We want to find that tunnel
on the first hole.
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00:20:16,466 --> 00:20:18,883
I mean, it-it's human nature.
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It doesn't mean
that all is lost.
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00:20:22,096 --> 00:20:24,180
It's just the first hole.
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I think everyone would agree,
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this is too crumbly
to tunnel through.
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00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:32,021
Yeah, I would call it poor
tunnel terrain, absolutely.
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Rick:
It goes from almost
a perfect medium to...
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00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:37,693
-I mean, you'd have to
crib this, hundred percent.
-Yes.
437
00:20:37,779 --> 00:20:39,153
And I don't even know
if that would be safe.
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00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:40,821
You'd have to work
your way along.
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It would be a struggle
all the way.
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-I think we call the hole.
-Yeah.
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00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:47,453
There's no tunneling
through that.
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Calculate the second spot
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-and we'll move.
-Okay.
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00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:51,958
Rick: It's not that
we're not in the right area,
445
00:20:52,043 --> 00:20:53,876
-it's just
the target's not there.
-Yeah.
446
00:20:53,962 --> 00:20:55,836
I know there's a fascination
with the nonferrous target
447
00:20:55,922 --> 00:20:58,047
'cause it's "treasure."
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00:20:58,132 --> 00:21:00,424
if it were me, I'd try
to confirm the tunnel.
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00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,261
Steve g.:
We're getting close.
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-I would move it... Right there.
-Rick: Why not move it to there?
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00:21:05,139 --> 00:21:06,931
Yeah. Let's do that.
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Yeah, I-I'd go there.
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Narrator: Although their
first attempt to confirm
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that treasure might actually be
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buried at smith's cove
has proven unsuccessful,
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the team will now move
the sonic drill rig
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15 feet to the east and focus
on a larger target identified
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on the barringer survey
as a possible tunnel.
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If they can at least
find evidence
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of man-made workings
deep underground,
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it will offer good reason that
this effort is worth pursuing.
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Just for the record,
our second hole is going
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to be the east point
of the golden anomaly.
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Rick: Steve,
if you could put a pin in,
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so mike and colton
can get after this.
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-Steve g.: Will do.
-Rick: Thank you.
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Narrator:
Later that afternoon,
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some 50 miles north
in centreville, nova scotia,
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oak island historian
doug crowell
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and project manager
scott barlow
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arrive at northville farms.
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-Carmen: Oh, lookie here.
You're back again, are ya?
-Doug: Yup.
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Narrator:
They have arranged
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for blacksmithing expert
carmen legge
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to examine the metal artifact
476
00:22:11,164 --> 00:22:13,789
that doug found in the archives
of rick and marty's
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late partner dan blankenship.
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00:22:17,587 --> 00:22:20,421
This particular artifact
was found 50 years ago.
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00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:23,090
-50 years ago? Wow.
-Yeah.
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So, found in the swamp
around 1970.
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Carmen:
Oh, okay.
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Doug: Very near where
we're exploring now.
483
00:22:31,392 --> 00:22:34,310
And we're hoping you might
have an idea of what it is.
484
00:22:36,814 --> 00:22:39,523
Carmen:
Wow, this is very unique.
485
00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:44,403
Made of several layers.
486
00:22:44,489 --> 00:22:46,447
That construction
of layered metal,
487
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:50,451
which is not iron or steel,
is a very, very old technique.
488
00:22:51,746 --> 00:22:55,331
I think it has something to do
with weapons or military use.
489
00:22:55,416 --> 00:22:58,709
Like on top of a cannon
or some type of guns
490
00:22:58,753 --> 00:23:01,003
-or-or that sort of thing.
-Doug: Really?
491
00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:03,005
Narrator:
Part of a cannon?
492
00:23:03,091 --> 00:23:05,091
Found in the oak island swamp?
493
00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:08,511
Could it be connected to the
evidence of a signal cannon,
494
00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:10,471
which the team discovered
just two weeks ago
495
00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:15,184
on lot 15 between
the swamp and the money pit?
496
00:23:16,104 --> 00:23:18,729
Carmen: This had something
to do with explosives.
497
00:23:18,815 --> 00:23:21,565
It was strong
and I think these holes
498
00:23:21,651 --> 00:23:23,734
released pressure of the powder.
499
00:23:23,778 --> 00:23:25,611
And I think that
what you see trapped
500
00:23:25,696 --> 00:23:27,738
in there is burnt gunpowder.
501
00:23:29,367 --> 00:23:31,659
Well, we have found
military-style buttons
502
00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,411
-on the island.
-Yeah.
503
00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:35,204
Off of... Off uniforms.
504
00:23:35,289 --> 00:23:37,498
So they would have had,
uh, weapons of some sort.
505
00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:42,169
And if this is off a cannon,
it's a fairly big one.
506
00:23:42,255 --> 00:23:44,713
So, from the craftsmanship
of this,
507
00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:47,258
any idea of the period of time?
508
00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:50,052
Oh, this is really, really old.
509
00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:52,555
They started making weapons
using gunpowder
510
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,348
in the middle 1400s.
511
00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:56,267
-Wow.
-It's very indicative of
512
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:58,853
that type of construction,
in that time period.
513
00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:01,021
(laughs)
514
00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,356
doug:
There's that date again.
515
00:24:02,442 --> 00:24:07,611
Carmen:
That's right, yup.
516
00:24:07,697 --> 00:24:09,697
-Doug: There's that date again.
-Carmen: That's right, yup.
517
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,073
I'm curious as to
where's the rest of it?
518
00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,950
Narrator:
At northville farms,
519
00:24:12,994 --> 00:24:14,910
some 50 miles north
of oak island,
520
00:24:14,996 --> 00:24:19,039
blacksmithing expert
carmen legge has just given
521
00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:21,917
his opinion that the artifact
dan blankenship reportedly found
522
00:24:22,003 --> 00:24:25,463
in the swamp back in the 1970s
523
00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,465
came from a large cannon,
dating back
524
00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:30,301
as far as the early 1400s.
525
00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:32,595
Carmen:
Did he not find any more?
526
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,847
Doug: It might still be
at the bottom of the swamp.
527
00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:36,515
It could very well be, yeah.
528
00:24:36,601 --> 00:24:39,768
Narrator: If carmen's
assessment is correct,
529
00:24:39,854 --> 00:24:42,438
could this discovery
be connected to other finds
530
00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:45,524
the team has made matching
that same time period?
531
00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:47,651
Such as the pieces
of keg barrel,
532
00:24:47,695 --> 00:24:49,695
also found this year
in the swamp?
533
00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:52,656
Perhaps the tunneling tools,
known as swages,
534
00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,367
unearthed on lot 21 last year?
535
00:24:55,453 --> 00:24:57,828
Or even possibly the lead cross,
536
00:24:57,872 --> 00:25:00,664
discovered three years ago
at smith's cove,
537
00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:03,584
which might be connected
to the knights templar?
538
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:07,421
The richness of the story,
it just keeps expanding.
539
00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:09,757
I always believed that
there were interesting finds
540
00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:11,175
in the swamp.
541
00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:15,763
In terms of connection
to past historical events,
542
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:19,141
I don't think anyone
can say to themselves,
543
00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:20,768
"oh, there's nothing to that."
544
00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:22,144
thanks, carmen.
545
00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:23,479
You're very welcome, yeah.
Very interesting piece.
546
00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:24,897
-Thanks for bringing it.
-Yeah.
547
00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:27,191
-See ya, carmen.
-Carmen: See ya!
548
00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,443
Narrator:
Later that afternoon...
549
00:25:29,529 --> 00:25:31,612
-Doug: Hey, marty.
-Marty: What'd you find out?
550
00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:34,949
Narrator: ...After returning
to oak island, doug crowell
551
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,159
and scott barlow
meet with marty lagina
552
00:25:37,245 --> 00:25:39,370
in the research center.
553
00:25:39,413 --> 00:25:41,038
Might be easier if
I lay it out here, I guess.
554
00:25:41,082 --> 00:25:42,706
All right.
555
00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,000
Douog: This is what we took
up to carmen legge.
556
00:25:46,087 --> 00:25:48,546
His impression of what it is,
is surprising.
557
00:25:48,631 --> 00:25:52,550
He thinks it's a part of a--
you tell him, scott.
558
00:25:52,593 --> 00:25:54,635
-He thinks it's part
of a cannon.
-Really?
559
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,554
-Yup.
-How so?
560
00:25:56,639 --> 00:25:58,055
Well, he believes
this was mounted
561
00:25:58,099 --> 00:26:00,224
on the back of the cannon.
You would put your wick in here.
562
00:26:00,268 --> 00:26:02,226
-In there?
-And this would be
563
00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:03,894
exhaust ports here
where the blowback
564
00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:05,729
would come out and down
and knock back at you.
565
00:26:05,815 --> 00:26:07,606
-Really?
-Doug: He thought he even
566
00:26:07,692 --> 00:26:10,067
saw the remains of black powder.
567
00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:11,860
He did give us a period,
didn't he, scott?
568
00:26:11,946 --> 00:26:13,404
Scott:
Earliest was early 1400s.
569
00:26:15,825 --> 00:26:17,324
Marty: Boy, I wouldn't
have guessed that.
570
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:18,701
How sure was he?
571
00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:20,995
He spoke with conviction.
572
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,830
1400s cannon?
573
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,331
Yeah.
574
00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:26,625
You know, dan might've
discarded something
575
00:26:26,711 --> 00:26:29,086
as irrelevant or-or stuffed it
away in-in a file
576
00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:31,046
because it didn't make sense
to his conception
577
00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,590
of what was going on.
578
00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:34,883
But-but now that we have
a lot more data,
579
00:26:34,969 --> 00:26:37,094
uh, it's really valuable.
580
00:26:37,179 --> 00:26:39,763
It's a happy thing that
there's a bunch of data
581
00:26:39,807 --> 00:26:41,515
in dan's basement and I guess
582
00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:44,560
dan's still helping us
in that aspect.
583
00:26:44,604 --> 00:26:47,605
Let's get it into the hands
of an armament expert because,
584
00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:50,441
you know, if that's verified?
It's a big clue.
585
00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:52,443
Great, find the rest of
the cannon and call me back.
586
00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:54,445
-(laughter)
-doug: Will do.
587
00:26:58,826 --> 00:27:00,534
Narrator:
The following morning...
588
00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:03,579
Gary: I love the smell
of treasure in the morning.
589
00:27:03,664 --> 00:27:05,789
Narrator: ...Metal detection
expert gary drayton
590
00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:07,124
and david fornetti
591
00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:09,126
join rick and alex lagina,
592
00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:12,755
along with archeologists
miriam amirault
593
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,840
and dr. Aaron taylor,
594
00:27:14,925 --> 00:27:17,968
to continue unearthing
more of the stone pathway
595
00:27:18,012 --> 00:27:21,138
and also to search for
any clues that might reveal
596
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:24,892
just who constructed it,
and for what purpose.
597
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:28,395
Gary: I'll start down
at the bottom here.
598
00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:30,147
(detector beeping)
599
00:27:30,191 --> 00:27:33,817
yeah, that's a little
squeaky piece of iron.
600
00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,155
Ooh, look at that!
601
00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:41,367
That's nice.
602
00:27:41,452 --> 00:27:43,577
That is beautiful, isn't it?
603
00:27:43,663 --> 00:27:45,537
Look at that.
604
00:27:45,623 --> 00:27:46,789
Aaron:
Yeah, that is nice.
605
00:27:46,832 --> 00:27:48,957
So, this is
a transfer print ware.
606
00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,668
It dates quite early.
607
00:27:50,711 --> 00:27:53,295
And what kind of date
are we looking at on that?
608
00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:56,840
It's definitely, uh,
pre-searcher material.
609
00:27:56,926 --> 00:27:58,425
Probably early 1760s.
610
00:27:58,511 --> 00:28:00,969
-Gary: Oh, wow, that's old.
-Aaron: Yeah.
611
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:02,846
But what nationality?
612
00:28:02,890 --> 00:28:05,557
Is that native to this area,
or does it come from europe?
613
00:28:05,643 --> 00:28:08,686
Aaron: This comes from europe.
It would have been french.
614
00:28:08,771 --> 00:28:11,230
Narrator:
Ancient french pottery?
615
00:28:11,315 --> 00:28:13,816
Found on the stone pathway?
616
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,360
Because no previous searches
617
00:28:16,404 --> 00:28:19,530
since the discovery
of the money pit in 1795
618
00:28:19,573 --> 00:28:21,699
have ever documented
this feature,
619
00:28:21,784 --> 00:28:24,827
could this discovery
be potential evidence
620
00:28:24,912 --> 00:28:26,829
of who was behind
its construction,
621
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:29,790
and the oak island mystery?
622
00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,000
Aaron: So, just a tiny
little thing like this
623
00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:34,795
can give us so much information.
624
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,714
So, it's really,
actually a really exciting find.
625
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:38,549
But every piece
of information helps.
626
00:28:38,592 --> 00:28:41,385
-So we need to find more.
-Aaron: We need to find more.
627
00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:43,429
Narrator: As rick
and members of the team
628
00:28:43,514 --> 00:28:45,389
investigate the stone pathway,
629
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:49,309
over on the eastern end
of the island at smith's cove,
630
00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:51,645
geologist terry matheson
631
00:28:51,731 --> 00:28:54,106
and oak island historian
charles barkhouse
632
00:28:54,191 --> 00:28:57,401
continue to supervise
the drilling operation
633
00:28:57,445 --> 00:28:59,570
looking for evidence
of a tunnel,
634
00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,739
and a stockpile
of precious metals
635
00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:04,074
that were identified
as possibly existing
636
00:29:04,118 --> 00:29:06,535
more than 100 feet underground
637
00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:09,788
by a radio wave scan
conducted in 1988
638
00:29:09,874 --> 00:29:12,916
known as the barringer survey.
639
00:29:13,002 --> 00:29:16,044
What was the last
depth there, colton?
640
00:29:16,130 --> 00:29:18,005
-134.
-Charles: 134?
641
00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,256
Okay.
642
00:29:20,801 --> 00:29:22,092
Terry:
Hey, charles, where are we?
643
00:29:22,136 --> 00:29:23,218
Charles:
134.
644
00:29:24,346 --> 00:29:25,596
Here we go.
645
00:29:27,308 --> 00:29:29,183
Okay, what have we here?
646
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:30,601
Let's have a look.
647
00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:33,604
So this, to me, is just
the continuation of a fracture.
648
00:29:36,317 --> 00:29:39,359
Gypsum material falling
back into the fracture
649
00:29:39,445 --> 00:29:41,403
from both sides.
650
00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,948
Unfortunately,
I don't see anything other than
651
00:29:45,034 --> 00:29:47,576
mother nature here.
It's not a tunnel.
652
00:29:48,746 --> 00:29:52,164
The lack of artifacts
and the presence of all this
653
00:29:52,249 --> 00:29:56,960
sheared-up geology says
we probably can stop this hole.
654
00:29:57,004 --> 00:30:00,255
Narrator: Because terry has
identified geological evidence
655
00:30:00,341 --> 00:30:02,424
of a fracture
in the bedrock below,
656
00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:05,886
could that explain the anomaly
on the barringer survey
657
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:08,305
that appeared as though
it could be a tunnel?
658
00:30:08,349 --> 00:30:11,099
If so, what would explain
the readings
659
00:30:11,185 --> 00:30:15,521
for possible precious metals
like silver or gold?
660
00:30:15,606 --> 00:30:17,773
Rick: The fact
that we didn't find it,
661
00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:19,107
you could've missed it
662
00:30:19,193 --> 00:30:23,153
by an inch, you could've
missed it by five feet.
663
00:30:23,197 --> 00:30:26,865
But again, time and weather
conspire against us
664
00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,368
and we have a lot
of search agenda,
665
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:31,787
I.E., drilling remaining to do.
666
00:30:31,831 --> 00:30:33,956
So we gave it two attempts.
667
00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:35,332
We weren't successful.
668
00:30:35,376 --> 00:30:37,334
It doesn't mean it's not there.
669
00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:39,419
Terry:
I believe this hole,
670
00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:41,672
-nfm-2, is done.
-Is done. Okay.
671
00:30:41,757 --> 00:30:47,052
-Terry: I'll give rick a call.
-Charles: Yeah.
672
00:30:47,137 --> 00:30:48,679
-Marty: Hey, guys.
-Craig: How's it going?
673
00:30:48,722 --> 00:30:49,847
-Hey, guys.
-Hey, guys.
674
00:30:49,932 --> 00:30:52,015
Narrator:
In the oak island war room,
675
00:30:52,059 --> 00:30:54,059
marty lagina, craig tester
676
00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:56,979
and jack begley
are meeting with rick lagina
677
00:30:57,064 --> 00:30:59,189
and doug crowell
via video conference
678
00:30:59,233 --> 00:31:01,483
to discuss the results
of the drilling operation
679
00:31:01,569 --> 00:31:03,026
at smith's cove,
680
00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:06,530
and how best to move forward
with harsh fall weather
681
00:31:06,574 --> 00:31:10,367
already here
and winter fast approaching.
682
00:31:10,411 --> 00:31:12,870
So, what happened?
683
00:31:12,913 --> 00:31:14,955
It's not what we
were hoping for.
684
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,749
Doug: We've got no gold
or precious metals to put
685
00:31:17,835 --> 00:31:19,668
on the table at all. You know?
686
00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:23,380
But we took two shots that--
we knew it was a long shot.
687
00:31:23,465 --> 00:31:24,548
And really,
688
00:31:24,633 --> 00:31:27,009
to do full justice to it,
we'd need 16 holes
689
00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:28,427
to cover it completely.
690
00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:30,721
So the silver lining in this
691
00:31:30,764 --> 00:31:32,848
might be that we might
still be able to repeat this
692
00:31:32,892 --> 00:31:34,892
when we get out
of this pandemic.
693
00:31:34,935 --> 00:31:36,226
Rick:
So I think the targets
694
00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:39,354
that were seen by barringer
certainly could have
695
00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:42,232
-been seen.
-Doug: I don't think we
can put an x through it yet.
696
00:31:42,276 --> 00:31:45,235
Rick: I don't think the door
is closed on this yet.
697
00:31:45,321 --> 00:31:46,862
I think we need to
do some homework,
698
00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:49,448
but the door remains open
to the possibility
699
00:31:49,533 --> 00:31:51,491
of either duplicating
700
00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,452
the survey,
701
00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:55,454
or set up over it and drill it.
702
00:31:55,539 --> 00:31:57,414
We will continue to pursue this,
703
00:31:57,458 --> 00:32:00,584
but it may have to be
put on a back burner.
704
00:32:00,628 --> 00:32:04,171
Okay, but in the meantime,
what do we do with the rig?
705
00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,632
Well, I think we come
back up to the money pit.
706
00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:08,842
We want to look
at our current grid,
707
00:32:08,928 --> 00:32:11,303
see where there's some
unexplored space.
708
00:32:11,388 --> 00:32:13,055
Let's do it.
I mean, that's my vote.
709
00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:14,973
Craig:
Yes. We can look at either
710
00:32:15,059 --> 00:32:16,767
duplicating this study
711
00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:20,604
with a very low frequency
in the mag-data.
712
00:32:20,648 --> 00:32:24,608
You know, I think we just
make this a research agenda
713
00:32:24,652 --> 00:32:26,860
for down the road,
and we get back to
714
00:32:26,946 --> 00:32:28,612
drilling at the money pit.
715
00:32:28,656 --> 00:32:31,281
Rick: Get us a few days
to look at the documents
716
00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:32,950
and then go back
to the money pit.
717
00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:34,451
Okay. Well, let's-let's give up
718
00:32:34,536 --> 00:32:36,286
on the barringer survey
for right now.
719
00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:39,623
But, doug, next time we're
discussing drilling results,
720
00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:42,793
will you please not use
the term "silver lining"?
721
00:32:42,836 --> 00:32:44,378
(all laugh)
722
00:32:44,463 --> 00:32:45,879
my heart jumped.
723
00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:47,255
I'll try not to.
724
00:32:47,341 --> 00:32:48,298
(laughs):
Yeah.
725
00:32:48,342 --> 00:32:49,508
Okay. Good deal.
726
00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:51,134
-Rick: All right, see ya.
-Craig: Bye, guys.
727
00:32:54,515 --> 00:32:56,139
Narrator:
Later that afternoon...
728
00:32:56,183 --> 00:32:58,433
Billy, can you do
right-right about there?
729
00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:00,060
-Yup.
-Yup.
-Okay.
730
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,979
Narrator:
...Rick, marty and craig
731
00:33:02,064 --> 00:33:04,147
send steve guptill
732
00:33:04,191 --> 00:33:07,484
and members of the team to the
southern border of the swamp.
733
00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:09,987
After making a number
of significant discoveries
734
00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:13,782
in this area that may date as
far back as the 14th century,
735
00:33:13,867 --> 00:33:16,785
including pieces
of wooden cargo barrels,
736
00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:18,996
iron ringbolts,
737
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:21,581
and part of a cannon,
originally unearthed
738
00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:24,334
more than five decades ago
by dan blankenship,
739
00:33:24,378 --> 00:33:28,755
they will begin an even deeper
excavation of the area
740
00:33:28,841 --> 00:33:31,800
to see what else
might be buried here.
741
00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:35,971
Billy?
742
00:33:36,015 --> 00:33:37,806
-Yeah?
-You can go deeper.
743
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:38,974
Okay.
744
00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,560
I'll grab my gps.
745
00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:44,688
Narrator: As heavy equipment
operator billy gerhardt
746
00:33:44,732 --> 00:33:47,524
removes the tons of muck
and mud, hoping to unearth
747
00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:49,359
new clues or anything
of value...
748
00:33:49,403 --> 00:33:50,652
There's bottom.
749
00:33:50,738 --> 00:33:52,821
Narrator: ...Surveyor
steve guptill will be
750
00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:55,032
recording the depths
once they reach the bottom,
751
00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:58,368
or hardpan, in order
to build a computer model
752
00:33:58,412 --> 00:34:01,538
of what this area
looked like centuries ago
753
00:34:01,582 --> 00:34:04,124
when the swamp may have
been an open harbor.
754
00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:06,251
Steve g.:
We're gonna dig a long--
755
00:34:06,336 --> 00:34:08,628
like almost a trench--
through the swamp.
756
00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,714
A cross section, really.
It will help us to see
757
00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:13,050
if there was a spot
deep enough in the swamp
758
00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:15,761
to get a small boat
or small ship in,
759
00:34:15,846 --> 00:34:18,555
and they'd be able to
dock it at the paved area.
760
00:34:23,145 --> 00:34:25,562
-We're getting deeper here, eh?
-Scott: Yup.
761
00:34:25,606 --> 00:34:27,731
Could you dig it a little
closer to your track?
762
00:34:27,816 --> 00:34:29,399
Yup.
763
00:34:29,485 --> 00:34:31,193
Marty:
Getting down to the hardpan,
764
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,611
where this deep part
765
00:34:32,696 --> 00:34:35,530
of the swamp might've been
some sort of little harbor,
766
00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:38,825
that is extremely important.
767
00:34:38,911 --> 00:34:41,244
To me, the main targets
in the swamp would be
768
00:34:41,330 --> 00:34:43,997
any artifacts that might've
fallen to the bottom
769
00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:47,084
when it was a lot deeper,
and maybe open to the sea.
770
00:34:48,796 --> 00:34:50,212
That's deep.
771
00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:51,546
Scott:
Nine feet there, I'd say.
772
00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:52,714
-Yeah.
-At least, yeah.
773
00:34:57,805 --> 00:34:59,596
That's bottom there?
774
00:35:01,683 --> 00:35:02,641
No.
775
00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:04,267
Doesn't that feel like till?
776
00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:06,770
-No?
-No.
777
00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:09,606
Doug:
How do you explain that?
778
00:35:09,650 --> 00:35:12,275
There's something on the bottom
there, and I'm not joking.
779
00:35:15,906 --> 00:35:18,448
Is that a piece
of cut wood there?
780
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,328
Or is that the corner of a rock?
781
00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:24,788
Is that cut wood or not?
782
00:35:24,832 --> 00:35:27,457
Or just did I split it
with the bucket?
783
00:35:27,501 --> 00:35:29,751
It might be. I'll go get it.
784
00:35:31,672 --> 00:35:33,964
Oh, look, they got something.
785
00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:39,803
Doug:
Oh, look at that.
786
00:35:39,847 --> 00:35:40,846
What have you got?
787
00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:43,306
It looks like
a piece of finished wood.
788
00:35:50,858 --> 00:35:52,149
Narrator:
While excavating
789
00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:53,817
at the southern border
of the oak island swamp,
790
00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:57,154
billy gerhardt, along with
other members of the team,
791
00:35:57,197 --> 00:36:01,491
have just unearthed what may be
an important discovery.
792
00:36:01,535 --> 00:36:03,493
Doug: It's very smooth,
seems really polished.
793
00:36:03,579 --> 00:36:06,705
I mean, I can't see that
happening naturally.
794
00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:08,874
I'm going to toss it in to ya.
795
00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:11,626
It seems like a pretty solid
piece of wood.
796
00:36:13,589 --> 00:36:15,213
That's beautiful, actually.
797
00:36:15,299 --> 00:36:16,882
Doug:
It looks like a handrail.
798
00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:18,341
Or the top of some baluster.
799
00:36:18,427 --> 00:36:19,801
Billy: Yeah, the top
of your ship, right?
800
00:36:19,887 --> 00:36:21,595
Around, uh,
around your rail, right?
801
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:22,596
Scott:
Yup.
802
00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:24,139
Narrator:
Part of a possible
803
00:36:24,224 --> 00:36:25,640
ship's railing?
804
00:36:25,726 --> 00:36:28,018
Discovered in
the oak island swamp?
805
00:36:28,061 --> 00:36:31,521
Could it be connected
to the nearby stone road,
806
00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:34,357
believed to have once been
part of a ships' wharf?
807
00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:36,693
And also offer further evidence
808
00:36:36,737 --> 00:36:39,321
that the swamp was once
an open harbor?
809
00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:43,116
Doug:
Hey, look at the
rounded corners on that
810
00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:45,368
and everything, that's like
it's been sanded down.
811
00:36:45,412 --> 00:36:48,371
That does look like a rail.
812
00:36:48,415 --> 00:36:51,291
And billy's saying that we're
on something down there
813
00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:52,918
that we're not getting down
to the bottom.
814
00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:54,628
Billy:
We can't get to the sand.
815
00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,213
There's wood or something
at the bottom there.
816
00:36:56,256 --> 00:36:58,048
Doug: Some-something is
blocking us there, yeah.
817
00:36:58,133 --> 00:36:59,883
Something down there quite deep.
818
00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:02,886
Narrator:
A large object,
819
00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:06,514
blocking the excavator's
ability to dig below,
820
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,976
where part of a possible ship's
railing was just recovered?
821
00:37:10,062 --> 00:37:11,895
Alex g.:
Good to go whenever
you guys are good to go.
822
00:37:11,939 --> 00:37:13,438
I'm more than ready.
I think the swamp
823
00:37:13,523 --> 00:37:15,106
has answers and I want 'em.
824
00:37:15,192 --> 00:37:18,235
Narrator: Two years ago,
after conducting
825
00:37:18,278 --> 00:37:20,403
a seismic scanning survey
across the entire swamp...
826
00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:22,072
(explosions)
827
00:37:24,284 --> 00:37:27,827
...Rick, marty, craig
and the team were astonished
828
00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:31,539
that a 200-foot-long anomaly,
that eerily resembled the shape
829
00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:35,919
of a massive sailing vessel,
was detected in this same area.
830
00:37:36,004 --> 00:37:37,671
Jeremy:
It's very unusual.
831
00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,798
Marty: Let's not just
dork around anymore.
832
00:37:39,883 --> 00:37:44,719
Would it be s-h-I-p? Would that
be what everybody's thinking?
833
00:37:44,805 --> 00:37:47,472
Narrator: Although
subsequent drilling was unable
834
00:37:47,557 --> 00:37:50,892
to reveal any definitive proof
of what the object was,
835
00:37:50,978 --> 00:37:56,940
is it possible that the team
may now be close to finding out?
836
00:37:56,984 --> 00:37:59,359
This is pretty exciting, scott.
Why don't you give rick a call.
837
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:01,069
Yeah.
838
00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:02,904
-Here's another piece of it.
Look at that!
-Oh, look at that.
839
00:38:02,990 --> 00:38:04,531
Doug: We found another
piece of it, guys.
840
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:08,618
This is a nicely worked
piece of wood.
841
00:38:08,662 --> 00:38:11,246
This is crafted,
and it looks like a railing.
842
00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:14,040
There's something down there
keeping us from digging deeper.
843
00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,794
The bucket is sliding along
something and it's not rocks.
844
00:38:17,838 --> 00:38:19,129
If we can get eyes down there,
845
00:38:19,214 --> 00:38:21,673
I think we're going
to find a lot more.
846
00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:23,591
-Charles: Hey, guys.
-Hey, guys.
847
00:38:23,677 --> 00:38:24,926
-Hey.
-Hey.
848
00:38:26,555 --> 00:38:30,223
Scott: So, this came up
from quite a depth.
849
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:34,269
I mean, it looks to be quite a-a
uniquely finished piece of wood.
850
00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:35,854
Charles:
You put your hand
around it, rick,
851
00:38:35,939 --> 00:38:37,605
it has that feel, you know.
852
00:38:37,691 --> 00:38:40,317
What do you think?
You're the guy to ask.
853
00:38:43,196 --> 00:38:44,654
This looks like
a finished piece of wood,
854
00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:47,866
this is out of place
down there for sure.
855
00:38:47,951 --> 00:38:51,870
It-it looks like railing.
It looks like ship's railing.
856
00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:56,041
And it looks kind of
square hole there as well,
857
00:38:56,126 --> 00:38:57,834
which is a good sign.
858
00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:01,171
So there would have been
a square fastener there,
859
00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:04,507
making it old,
if it's an old iron fastener.
860
00:39:06,595 --> 00:39:08,011
Marty:
Virtually every time
we dig in the swamp,
861
00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:09,095
we find something.
862
00:39:09,181 --> 00:39:10,263
Um...
863
00:39:10,349 --> 00:39:11,806
We haven't found
the answer we seek yet,
864
00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:14,684
but-but it clearly
played a role
865
00:39:14,728 --> 00:39:16,644
in what happened on oak island.
866
00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:18,730
And not just in a small sense.
867
00:39:18,815 --> 00:39:23,526
Steve g.:
I have that at ten feet
below sea level. That's deep.
868
00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:25,612
Doug: We haven't been able
to get by whatever's
869
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,655
down there obstructing us
to get to the bottom.
870
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:28,990
We haven't reached bottom yet.
871
00:39:29,034 --> 00:39:30,784
You're scraping on it right now?
872
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:31,785
Yeah.
873
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,703
-Can you see anything in there?
-No.
874
00:39:33,747 --> 00:39:35,455
You can't get
close enough to the hole.
875
00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:36,581
Why not?
876
00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:37,874
It's all slumping in.
877
00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:39,084
It's really unstable.
878
00:39:39,169 --> 00:39:42,170
Where is it, in relation
to the... To the hole?
879
00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:44,339
The whole length of the hole.
880
00:39:46,635 --> 00:39:48,843
Rick: We have to find out
what that is.
881
00:39:48,929 --> 00:39:50,428
I've always believed
that there were
882
00:39:50,514 --> 00:39:51,679
some answers in the swamp.
883
00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,265
It's the keeper of secrets.
884
00:39:54,351 --> 00:39:56,309
You know, even as a young child,
885
00:39:56,395 --> 00:39:58,353
I remember looking
at the little map
886
00:39:58,438 --> 00:40:00,480
on the reader's digest article
887
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:04,567
and thinking: Why is that,
why is that swamp there?
888
00:40:04,653 --> 00:40:07,987
You always wonder: What's at
the bottom? What's down there?
889
00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:10,073
I still feel the same way
about the swamp.
890
00:40:10,117 --> 00:40:11,574
What's down there?
891
00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:13,576
What's it hiding?
892
00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:16,871
Look, you guys
a-are making a great case
893
00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,873
that there's some answers
down there.
894
00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:21,209
So, whatever it takes.
Seriously.
895
00:40:21,294 --> 00:40:23,962
It's a great find
and it presents
896
00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:25,755
all kinds of possibilities.
897
00:40:25,841 --> 00:40:29,092
I wish it were 9:00
instead of the...
898
00:40:29,136 --> 00:40:30,385
Latter part of the evening,
899
00:40:30,429 --> 00:40:32,429
but it's time to call it a day
900
00:40:32,472 --> 00:40:34,389
and come back
with a plan tomorrow.
901
00:40:34,433 --> 00:40:37,100
-Very cool. Very cool.
-Gary: Yup.
902
00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:38,268
Good eyes.
903
00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:40,270
Top-pocket find.
904
00:40:40,313 --> 00:40:42,397
(all laugh)
905
00:40:42,441 --> 00:40:43,606
gary:
Good one, billy.
906
00:40:46,403 --> 00:40:48,945
Narrator:
Despite the frustrating setbacks
907
00:40:48,989 --> 00:40:50,780
that the laginas and their team
908
00:40:50,866 --> 00:40:53,575
must sometimes endure
as they work to unravel
909
00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:55,785
a 226-year-old mystery,
910
00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:57,829
their persistence
911
00:40:57,914 --> 00:41:01,374
and willingness to learn
from those who came before them
912
00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:03,626
may have finally
brought them to the brink
913
00:41:03,712 --> 00:41:06,463
of a major
breakthrough discovery.
914
00:41:06,506 --> 00:41:09,591
Will the swamp lead them
to the ultimate answers,
915
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:12,469
and reward,
that generations have been
916
00:41:12,512 --> 00:41:15,930
searching for since 1795?
917
00:41:16,016 --> 00:41:18,600
Or, will they discover
918
00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:23,438
that it is only one part
of this incredible story?
919
00:41:27,444 --> 00:41:30,111
Narrator: Next time on
the curse of oak island...
920
00:41:30,197 --> 00:41:32,322
-Steve g.: Look at this!
Something in there.
-Charles: What is that?
921
00:41:32,407 --> 00:41:33,948
-This could be it, man.
-What's in that thing?
922
00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,825
-Holy cow!
-Steve g.: Oh, wow.
923
00:41:35,869 --> 00:41:37,785
These artifacts
are pre-searchers.
924
00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:40,038
-Marty: Whoa.
-What was going on here?
925
00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:41,289
That is the question.
926
00:41:41,374 --> 00:41:43,791
Oh, what the heck is that?
927
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:46,336
Aaron:
Wow, that is very badly burned.
928
00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:47,795
-Part of a ship.
-Alex: Wow.
929
00:41:47,881 --> 00:41:49,130
Steve g.:
He's getting close.
930
00:41:49,216 --> 00:41:50,131
Doug:
Oh, look at that.
931
00:41:50,217 --> 00:41:51,299
-Whoa, whoa!
-Hey, hey!
932
00:41:51,343 --> 00:41:53,092
There's a big timber
running this way.
933
00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:54,219
Rick:
Oh, baby.
934
00:41:54,304 --> 00:41:55,261
Gary:
Oh, that's fantastic!
935
00:41:55,347 --> 00:41:57,180
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