1 00:00:01,752 --> 00:00:03,043 Narrator: Tonight on the curse of oak island... 2 00:00:03,129 --> 00:00:05,004 Gary: I love the smell of treasure in the morning. 3 00:00:05,047 --> 00:00:09,091 Ooh, look at that! I would say this looks military. 4 00:00:09,176 --> 00:00:11,427 Doug: This particular artifact was found in the swamp 5 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:13,095 and I've never seen anything like that. 6 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:14,513 Marty: Wow. What the hell is that? 7 00:00:14,557 --> 00:00:16,098 We're hoping you might have an idea of what it is. 8 00:00:16,183 --> 00:00:19,810 Oh, this is really, really old. Middle 1400s. 9 00:00:19,895 --> 00:00:21,145 -Steve g.: Oh, wow. -Scott: What have you got? 10 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:22,813 It looks like a piece of finished wood. 11 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:24,690 Gary: It looks like railing. 12 00:00:24,775 --> 00:00:26,025 It looks like ship's railing. 13 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:27,443 We found the ship in the swamp! 14 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:28,485 Billy: Yeah. 15 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:34,283 Narrator: There is an island in the north atlantic 16 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:37,786 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 17 00:00:37,872 --> 00:00:41,081 for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,084 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:46,837 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:49,631 mysterious fragments of human bone, 21 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:53,427 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 22 00:00:53,512 --> 00:00:55,971 to the days of the knights templar. 23 00:00:56,057 --> 00:01:00,559 To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,604 --> 00:01:03,687 And, according to legend, 25 00:01:03,773 --> 00:01:06,732 one more will have to die 26 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:10,486 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,116 --> 00:01:16,158 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:25,834 -steve g.: So, rick, I just talked to the drillers. -Rick: Okay. 29 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,045 And I have them pinned dead center 30 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:29,797 in the barringer survey-- the vlf survey. 31 00:01:29,882 --> 00:01:31,215 Yup. 32 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,675 The one they were very convinced was a nonferrous target. 33 00:01:33,761 --> 00:01:35,385 Yeah. 34 00:01:35,471 --> 00:01:37,513 Narrator: It's the beginning of another 35 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:41,100 hopeful day on oak island for brothers rick and marty lagina. 36 00:01:41,185 --> 00:01:44,394 With just a little more than a month before the harsh 37 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,231 north atlantic winter will force them and their team 38 00:01:47,316 --> 00:01:50,442 to halt all major search operations for the year, 39 00:01:50,528 --> 00:01:53,112 they are determined to make every effort that 40 00:01:53,155 --> 00:01:55,197 could lead to a major discovery 41 00:01:55,282 --> 00:01:58,617 in the 226-year-old treasure mystery. 42 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:01,787 To put an x on the ground is pretty impressive work. 43 00:02:01,872 --> 00:02:04,039 -Mm-hmm. -And if this is a nonferrous target, 44 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:06,250 I mean, it's singularly attractive, right? 45 00:02:06,335 --> 00:02:08,544 -Mm-hmm. -It will be very interesting. 46 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:10,295 There's the end of it. 47 00:02:10,381 --> 00:02:13,549 So not really any wood that we were hoping to run into. 48 00:02:13,634 --> 00:02:16,802 91 feet and nothing to report. 49 00:02:16,846 --> 00:02:18,762 Narrator: After reaching a frustrating setback 50 00:02:18,848 --> 00:02:20,889 with their core drilling operation 51 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:23,058 in the money pit area one week ago... 52 00:02:23,144 --> 00:02:25,060 Do we have any other options? 53 00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:27,688 We have the barringer anomalies. 54 00:02:27,773 --> 00:02:29,273 -Can we go after one of those? -I would. 55 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:32,025 Narrator: ...Rick, marty and their partner craig tester 56 00:02:32,111 --> 00:02:34,361 have decided to pursue what could be 57 00:02:34,446 --> 00:02:36,280 a number of other treasure deposits 58 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:39,783 located near smith's cove, that were first identified 59 00:02:39,869 --> 00:02:43,203 more than 30 years ago on the barringer survey. 60 00:02:43,289 --> 00:02:46,957 Commissioned in 1988 by dan blankenship 61 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:48,959 and his partner david tobias, 62 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:52,629 the barringer survey was a military-grade 63 00:02:52,715 --> 00:02:56,133 vlf-- or low frequency radio wave scan-- 64 00:02:56,218 --> 00:02:59,970 that denoted possible tunnels some 100 feet deep 65 00:03:00,055 --> 00:03:01,847 in and around smith's cove 66 00:03:01,891 --> 00:03:04,558 and the eastern perimeter of the money pit area, 67 00:03:04,643 --> 00:03:07,728 as well as four distinct nonferrous deposits, 68 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:11,523 meaning they could be composed of either silver or gold. 69 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:16,612 Although dan and david did not have the resources 70 00:03:16,697 --> 00:03:19,489 to pursue these targets when the data was first obtained, 71 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:22,784 after doug crowell recently found these records 72 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:24,411 in dan's archived files, 73 00:03:24,496 --> 00:03:27,789 rick, marty and craig believe it is 74 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:31,376 worth trying to finish what their late partner started. 75 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:34,504 Marty: The barringer survey has indications 76 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:36,840 of nonferrous material at depth. 77 00:03:36,926 --> 00:03:39,843 If it's nonferrous material at depth, 78 00:03:39,929 --> 00:03:42,888 it's probably treasure, if it's really there. 79 00:03:44,141 --> 00:03:45,515 It could be everything. 80 00:03:45,601 --> 00:03:47,726 You know, one percent chance of finding this thing 81 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:49,519 for drilling one hole or two, 82 00:03:49,605 --> 00:03:51,897 I say: Drill. 83 00:03:51,982 --> 00:03:53,565 This is a treasure hunt. 84 00:03:53,651 --> 00:03:55,776 -Morning, guys. -Hey, rick. -Morning. 85 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:57,152 Terry: Hey, steve. How you doing? 86 00:03:57,238 --> 00:03:58,487 -Good. -Good. 87 00:04:00,115 --> 00:04:01,698 Steve g.: I brought an updated plan for everybody. 88 00:04:01,784 --> 00:04:03,784 It's just an overview, it's not 89 00:04:03,869 --> 00:04:05,535 like our drill program in the money pit, terry. 90 00:04:05,621 --> 00:04:07,496 -Right. -But it lets you see what's going on here. 91 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:11,041 So these are the four nonferrous targets. 92 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:12,834 We're currently sitting at this one. 93 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,878 80 to 120 is our target depth. 94 00:04:14,964 --> 00:04:18,507 Terry: And I've referred to this one as "nonferrous metal-1." 95 00:04:18,592 --> 00:04:22,052 -right. -We're right now-- this is only at 68. 96 00:04:22,137 --> 00:04:24,596 But it's in very tight, clay-rich material. 97 00:04:24,682 --> 00:04:26,348 So let's cross our fingers for gold and silver. 98 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:27,391 -Charles: There you go. -Yeah. 99 00:04:27,476 --> 00:04:30,227 -Okay. Let's find it. -Terry: Yup. 100 00:04:30,312 --> 00:04:31,853 Narrator: As rick lagina oversees 101 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:34,231 the drilling operation at smith's cove, 102 00:04:34,316 --> 00:04:38,068 near the northeastern border of the triangle-shaped swamp... 103 00:04:38,153 --> 00:04:39,695 Miriam: We still have a lot of shoveling 104 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:41,071 -to do before we find this road. -Alex: Right. 105 00:04:41,156 --> 00:04:42,781 (chuckles): Right. 106 00:04:42,825 --> 00:04:44,658 Narrator: ...Marty lagina's son alex 107 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:47,244 joins archeologists miriam amirault 108 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:50,580 and dr. Aaron taylor to continue the team's 109 00:04:50,666 --> 00:04:53,667 efforts to uncover more of the mysterious stone pathway 110 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:56,461 that extends out of the brackish bog 111 00:04:56,505 --> 00:05:00,757 and into the uplands, possibly toward the money pit. 112 00:05:01,719 --> 00:05:04,052 Miriam: So it would be great if we found 113 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:05,804 another artifact with a good date. 114 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:07,597 -Mm-hmm. -Which could prove to us, 115 00:05:07,683 --> 00:05:12,602 "okay, the road is actually continuing uphill." 116 00:05:12,688 --> 00:05:14,980 have we looked at, like, contour? 117 00:05:15,065 --> 00:05:18,233 To kind of figure out the most likely path of the road? 118 00:05:18,319 --> 00:05:19,609 Or are we just kind of chasing it? 119 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:22,154 No, at this point, we're just chasing it because 120 00:05:22,239 --> 00:05:25,073 this is the first time we've had an actual curve, 121 00:05:25,159 --> 00:05:26,742 -a turn, um... -Mm-hmm. 122 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:28,452 ...That we think is-is the road. 123 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,912 Got it. Okay. 124 00:05:30,998 --> 00:05:33,749 -We'll keep looking. -Yes, exactly. 125 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,752 Narrator: Over the past several weeks, 126 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:38,879 the oak island team has made a number 127 00:05:38,964 --> 00:05:41,715 of compelling discoveries that indicate 128 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,259 this man-made stone pathway was possibly used 129 00:05:44,345 --> 00:05:48,764 to move heavy cargo off of a ship and onto oak island. 130 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:52,309 These discoveries include the massive stone road, 131 00:05:52,394 --> 00:05:55,187 believed to have once been part of a ships' wharf; 132 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:57,189 large iron ringbolts, 133 00:05:57,232 --> 00:06:00,525 potentially used as part of a pulley system; 134 00:06:00,569 --> 00:06:02,819 and pieces of wooden keg barrels, 135 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:06,365 that may date back as far as the 15th century. 136 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,868 Now, with winter fast approaching, 137 00:06:09,953 --> 00:06:12,579 the team is determined to find out just where 138 00:06:12,664 --> 00:06:14,748 the pathway leads and what they may 139 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:16,917 find at the end of it. 140 00:06:17,002 --> 00:06:19,252 I'm curious what's going on here, 141 00:06:19,338 --> 00:06:20,796 if there's any more in this. 142 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:22,798 Yeah. I kind of think it's... 143 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:26,301 It just seems to keep moving kind of under the berm. 144 00:06:26,387 --> 00:06:29,221 Well, it's hard to say because down there, 145 00:06:29,264 --> 00:06:31,848 -we're not finding any stones. -Right. 146 00:06:31,934 --> 00:06:34,226 Miriam: I just want to make sure it's actually definitive 147 00:06:34,269 --> 00:06:37,145 -before I say "this is the road." -mm-hmm. 148 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:38,814 -Hey, aaron? -Sorry? 149 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:40,440 Do you mind taking a look? 150 00:06:40,526 --> 00:06:43,402 Yeah, yeah. What do you got? 151 00:06:43,487 --> 00:06:46,696 There's not much down here. I mean, in terms of rocks. 152 00:06:46,782 --> 00:06:48,532 Over here, we're finding these stones 153 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:50,700 from the path are higher on that end 154 00:06:50,786 --> 00:06:52,035 and much lower on this end. 155 00:06:52,121 --> 00:06:54,037 So, what we're wondering is, 156 00:06:54,123 --> 00:06:56,289 are we looking at it maybe curving around and heading back 157 00:06:56,375 --> 00:06:58,250 -up the hill that way? -That's a good question. 158 00:06:58,293 --> 00:07:01,545 It looks like we probably have a corner. 159 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:03,797 -Wow. That's good. -Yeah. 160 00:07:03,882 --> 00:07:07,843 Narrator: Has the team really uncovered a corner in the stone pathway? 161 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:11,304 If so, could it bring them another step closer 162 00:07:11,390 --> 00:07:12,889 in determining just where it leads, 163 00:07:12,975 --> 00:07:15,225 and how it might offer answers 164 00:07:15,310 --> 00:07:19,813 to the 226-year-old oak island mystery? 165 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:23,275 To me, it-it really seems like we probably need 166 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,569 to have somebody take this entire berm out. 167 00:07:25,654 --> 00:07:27,654 -Aaron: Yeah, we need to be right on this. -Mm-hmm. 168 00:07:27,739 --> 00:07:29,489 -I'd say we do it. -Alex: Right. 169 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:31,867 I think the singular most important item 170 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:34,578 to yet discover is: Where does the road lead? 171 00:07:34,663 --> 00:07:36,371 Does it lead back to the money pit? 172 00:07:36,457 --> 00:07:38,206 Is it possible that it goes somewhere 173 00:07:38,292 --> 00:07:39,958 we're currently unaware of? 174 00:07:40,002 --> 00:07:43,336 So, to have this turn to the upland, 175 00:07:43,422 --> 00:07:45,797 that's great. 176 00:07:47,009 --> 00:07:48,049 -Hey, guys. -Hey. 177 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:49,718 -Hey! -Alex: What's up? 178 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:52,095 Narrator: Arriving to search for artifacts 179 00:07:52,181 --> 00:07:56,016 or valuable clues, that could help identify more sections 180 00:07:56,101 --> 00:07:57,934 of the stone pathway, 181 00:07:58,020 --> 00:08:00,270 are metal detection expert gary drayton 182 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:03,106 and rick and marty's nephew david fornetti. 183 00:08:03,192 --> 00:08:05,108 -Any finds? -Nothing today. 184 00:08:05,194 --> 00:08:07,819 Narrator: Also joining the effort 185 00:08:07,905 --> 00:08:09,988 is heavy equipment operator billy gerhardt. 186 00:08:10,032 --> 00:08:12,824 -(excavator beeping) -there's the big trowel! 187 00:08:15,746 --> 00:08:17,913 -Good day. -All right, mate. 188 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:19,873 -Hey, gary. -So, yeah. 189 00:08:19,958 --> 00:08:22,792 We want to try and see if we can find the elbow. 190 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:26,922 So maybe two bucket-widths back. Just to be sure. 191 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,131 Okay. 192 00:08:28,217 --> 00:08:30,091 (excavator beeping) 193 00:08:31,053 --> 00:08:33,553 marty: As cool as that road is in the swamp, 194 00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:36,848 it leads to more questions than answers. 195 00:08:36,934 --> 00:08:41,144 So, is it an indirect indicator of potential treasure? Yes. 196 00:08:41,230 --> 00:08:43,813 But it's just exactly that: Indirect. 197 00:08:43,899 --> 00:08:47,943 And so, against all odds, I'm one of the biggest 198 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:51,112 proponents of digging up the rest of it at this point. 199 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:53,156 And there's a lot undug yet. 200 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:56,076 Billy! 201 00:08:56,161 --> 00:08:58,203 You're right on top of it, there. 202 00:08:58,247 --> 00:09:00,038 So we don't want to go any deeper. 203 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:03,708 ♪ ♪ 204 00:09:16,932 --> 00:09:20,183 (detector beeping) 205 00:09:20,269 --> 00:09:21,601 (beeping rapidly) 206 00:09:21,687 --> 00:09:24,312 yeah, I've got a hit here, david. 207 00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:26,189 (detector whines) 208 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:27,524 just there. 209 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:31,695 I'll stop billy when he starts getting close. 210 00:09:31,780 --> 00:09:34,072 -(detector beeps) -oh, you got it out. 211 00:09:38,328 --> 00:09:39,995 ♪ ♪ 212 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:49,879 it's this. Oh, my gosh! 213 00:09:49,965 --> 00:09:51,423 Wow, this is fantastic! 214 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:54,884 It's a little cuff button, that's what that is. 215 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:56,511 Narrator: In the uplands, 216 00:09:56,597 --> 00:09:58,930 northeast of the triangle-shaped swamp, 217 00:09:59,016 --> 00:10:01,266 metal detection expert gary drayton 218 00:10:01,351 --> 00:10:04,269 and david fornetti have just made a potentially 219 00:10:04,313 --> 00:10:07,439 telling discovery along the stone pathway. 220 00:10:07,482 --> 00:10:10,191 Gary: And you can see, it's a single loop. 221 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:12,110 That's the back where it would have fastened 222 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:15,655 onto a sleeve of a shirt or a jacket. 223 00:10:15,741 --> 00:10:18,366 I would say this looks military. 224 00:10:18,452 --> 00:10:21,453 More than likely a little military cuff button. 225 00:10:21,538 --> 00:10:23,663 That's a sweet find. 226 00:10:23,749 --> 00:10:28,460 And if I was dating it, I'd put it at 1750 to 1850, mate. 227 00:10:28,545 --> 00:10:32,130 Narrator: A possible military-style button? 228 00:10:32,215 --> 00:10:34,341 Dating back half a century before 229 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:36,217 the discovery of the money pit? 230 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:39,137 Although rick, marty and the team have 231 00:10:39,181 --> 00:10:42,307 found evidence of both british and french military activity 232 00:10:42,392 --> 00:10:46,019 on oak island that predates 1795, 233 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:50,148 could this military button help identify just who 234 00:10:50,192 --> 00:10:52,651 was behind the pathway's construction? 235 00:10:52,694 --> 00:10:56,321 It's got a lot of detail on that. A lot of design. 236 00:10:56,365 --> 00:10:57,781 So, when that's cleaned up, 237 00:10:57,824 --> 00:11:00,825 we'll definitely be able to date this. 238 00:11:00,911 --> 00:11:04,287 It's a nice little find, crackin' little button. 239 00:11:04,373 --> 00:11:08,291 If we can get a regiment, we can get a date, 240 00:11:08,377 --> 00:11:10,627 we can get a nationality. 241 00:11:10,671 --> 00:11:13,046 You can gleam a lot of information 242 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,131 off one single button. 243 00:11:15,217 --> 00:11:18,426 This could be a very valuable find. 244 00:11:18,512 --> 00:11:21,262 Narrator: Having been alerted to the discovery 245 00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:23,598 of a possible bend in the stone pathway, 246 00:11:23,684 --> 00:11:24,974 rick lagina, 247 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:27,602 along with oak island historian doug crowell, 248 00:11:27,688 --> 00:11:30,647 arrive to help with the investigation. 249 00:11:30,732 --> 00:11:32,232 It looks a lot different. 250 00:11:32,317 --> 00:11:33,817 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 251 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,778 -So, this way? -So just-- yeah. 252 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:39,989 We just want to-- I think this is the elbow. 253 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,658 So we just want to make sure. 254 00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:44,828 -Rick: This, right here? -Aaron: Yeah, yeah. 255 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:46,746 Is gary metal detecting that? 256 00:11:46,832 --> 00:11:49,541 Doug: Over there, in the pile, as it's dumped. Yes. 257 00:11:49,626 --> 00:11:52,544 Aaron: I wonder if we should get him in here right now. 258 00:11:52,587 --> 00:11:54,379 Might as well. Better to do it here than up on a hill. 259 00:11:54,423 --> 00:11:56,631 Aaron: Yeah. 260 00:11:56,717 --> 00:11:59,384 -Rick: Hey, gary! -Pardon? 261 00:11:59,428 --> 00:12:01,052 Rick: Want to come down here and do this? 262 00:12:01,096 --> 00:12:03,513 Yup, I'll come down. 263 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:10,019 Anything interesting down here? 264 00:12:10,105 --> 00:12:12,731 Not yet-- you're about to find it. 265 00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:14,566 Gary: All right. 266 00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:25,034 -(detector beeping) -gary: Oh... 267 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:26,995 This is going to be fun. 268 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,580 Yeah. 269 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,417 We're definitely getting signals. 270 00:12:32,461 --> 00:12:34,502 (detector beeping) 271 00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:36,087 there's definitely something here. 272 00:12:42,888 --> 00:12:45,722 It's definitely iron, by the sound of it. 273 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:47,390 Miriam: Yup. Right there. 274 00:12:47,476 --> 00:12:50,727 This is a decent chunk. 275 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:52,937 Gary: Wow! You got it out? 276 00:12:54,024 --> 00:12:55,315 Yeah, what the heck... 277 00:12:56,443 --> 00:13:00,278 This kind of reminds me of an old fire grate. 278 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,406 That's what that reminds me of. 279 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,617 I bet this is part of a fire grate. 280 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,077 Narrator: A possible fire grate? 281 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:11,414 Look how big that charcoal feature is. 282 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:13,625 Narrator: Just one week ago, the oak island team 283 00:13:13,668 --> 00:13:16,211 uncovered the remains of what appears to be 284 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:19,422 an ancient fire pit next to the stone pathway. 285 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:22,050 Aaron: You've got this big stone, and then above it a big stone. 286 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:25,845 -Mm-hmm. -And in that area, you've got the fire. 287 00:13:25,931 --> 00:13:29,432 Narrator: A fire pit that, much like the pine tar kiln 288 00:13:29,476 --> 00:13:32,352 discovered earlier this year on lot 15, 289 00:13:32,437 --> 00:13:36,481 was likely used for a major construction operation. 290 00:13:36,525 --> 00:13:40,401 Because the archaeological team suspects that the pine tar kiln 291 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:43,029 was used to construct the original money pit, 292 00:13:43,114 --> 00:13:45,990 they are just as curious to identify what the fire pit 293 00:13:46,076 --> 00:13:49,160 near the swamp was used to create. 294 00:13:49,204 --> 00:13:52,413 Could the discovery of a possible fire grate 295 00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:54,791 bring them closer to finding out? 296 00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:56,835 Makes sense if you think about it. 297 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,839 -Could be some kind of grate that they used on the fire. -Yeah. 298 00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:02,966 And they go back a long way. 299 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:05,093 They go back all the way to roman days. 300 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:10,014 This is a great find. This-this is getting exciting. 301 00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:12,642 All right. 302 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:14,352 Let's see if we got anything else. 303 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:21,234 Narrator: The following morning, 304 00:14:21,278 --> 00:14:24,362 marty lagina and archeologist laird niven 305 00:14:24,447 --> 00:14:27,198 join doug crowell in the research center. 306 00:14:27,242 --> 00:14:28,324 Marty: Hey, doug. 307 00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:30,034 Hey, gentlemen. Thanks for dropping by. 308 00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:32,287 Yeah. What you got for us? 309 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:34,622 I've got a couple of artifacts from dan's archives. 310 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:35,707 Yeah. 311 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,001 There's several artifacts he-he's kept. 312 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:41,212 Narrator: After the discovery of the barringer survey 313 00:14:41,256 --> 00:14:43,673 in the files of dan blankenship, 314 00:14:43,758 --> 00:14:46,384 doug has been combing through the rest of his archives to look 315 00:14:46,428 --> 00:14:49,637 for any more clues that might aid the team's current efforts 316 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:53,850 to solve the 226-year-old treasure mystery. 317 00:14:53,894 --> 00:14:56,394 -This was all in dan's basement? -Yeah. 318 00:14:56,438 --> 00:14:59,606 What caught my interest immediately: 319 00:14:59,691 --> 00:15:01,566 This actually says "found in the swamp by dan blankenship 320 00:15:01,651 --> 00:15:03,234 in the 1970s." 321 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:06,738 -dan seems to have kept everything. -Good. 322 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:09,824 Doug: But what was in there is this. 323 00:15:09,910 --> 00:15:14,245 This apparently was found in the swamp in the 1970s. 324 00:15:18,168 --> 00:15:20,543 Marty: What do you think it is? 325 00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:23,755 I'm thinking it's forged. 326 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:28,092 -Marty: That looks like a latch. -Mm-hmm. 327 00:15:28,136 --> 00:15:31,304 Narrator: A possible hand-forged latch? 328 00:15:31,389 --> 00:15:35,308 Found nearly 50 years ago in the swamp? 329 00:15:35,393 --> 00:15:38,603 Since the team has made curiously similar finds 330 00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:41,397 this year near the stone road, 331 00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:44,651 such as the gold-colored knob, which artifact conservator 332 00:15:44,736 --> 00:15:49,113 sandy campbell believes might have come from a jewel chest, 333 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:51,783 as well as a potentially ancient lock, 334 00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:55,286 could this object be connected to those discoveries? 335 00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:58,206 And perhaps offer more evidence related 336 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:00,124 to the treasure mystery? 337 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:02,919 Marty: I don't know what that is, doug, but it's cool. 338 00:16:03,004 --> 00:16:06,255 You know who comes to mind immediately: Carmen legge. 339 00:16:06,341 --> 00:16:09,133 -Yeah, I can touch base with him and see what he thinks about it. -Marty: That'd be great, doug. 340 00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:10,635 Doug: Will do. 341 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:13,596 Narrator: Later that afternoon, 342 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:18,142 as the drilling operation continues at smith's cove... 343 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:20,770 Doug: There's an awful lot of getting up and down in archeology. 344 00:16:20,855 --> 00:16:24,315 Rick: Yup, I'm there with you, doug. 345 00:16:24,359 --> 00:16:27,068 Narrator: ...Doug crowell has rejoined rick lagina, 346 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:29,445 and archeologists miriam amirault 347 00:16:29,531 --> 00:16:30,989 and dr. Aaron taylor, 348 00:16:31,074 --> 00:16:34,492 to continue investigating the stone pathway extending 349 00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:37,704 out of the northeastern border of the swamp. 350 00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:40,999 About a hundred years ago, the dig site director 351 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:43,292 would just sit in a chair and people would 352 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:45,294 -just bring him things. -Doug: Oh. 353 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,005 Sounds like a good position to have. 354 00:16:47,048 --> 00:16:48,589 -(aaron laughs) -it's not gonna happen, aaron. 355 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:52,677 (all laughing) 356 00:16:58,768 --> 00:17:00,476 hey, aaron. 357 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,520 Do you want to take a look at this? 358 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:08,109 Aaron: Nice. I like that. 359 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:11,154 From the shape, just the squareness of it, 360 00:17:11,239 --> 00:17:13,865 it looks like it went into a musket. 361 00:17:13,908 --> 00:17:17,785 I think it might be a piece of gunflint, rick. 362 00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:19,996 Doug: So you mean like flintlock weapons. 363 00:17:20,081 --> 00:17:21,497 Aaron: Yeah. Muskets. 364 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:22,665 -Yeah. -Yeah. 365 00:17:22,751 --> 00:17:25,334 When did flintlocks first come into use? 366 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:26,711 Aaron: Well, gunflints, again, 367 00:17:26,796 --> 00:17:30,465 you know they had them in the american revolution. 368 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,258 And when the europeans first came, 369 00:17:32,343 --> 00:17:34,427 the french and the british had them. 370 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:37,513 -Doug: So early 1600s. -Early 1600s. 371 00:17:38,516 --> 00:17:40,933 Narrator: A flintlock from a musket? 372 00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:44,562 Possibly dating back to the early 17th century? 373 00:17:44,606 --> 00:17:48,024 Could it be more evidence, like the button located 374 00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:51,235 one day ago by gary drayton, that might help determine 375 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:54,572 the identity of just who built the stone pathway? 376 00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:57,909 Aaron: That's one definitely we'll look at in the lab. 377 00:17:57,994 --> 00:18:00,203 Something happened in this one specific area. 378 00:18:00,288 --> 00:18:02,830 -Yup. -What do we make of it? 379 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:06,000 We have something that's human-made here. 380 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:07,210 We've got burning, 381 00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:09,545 -we've got artifacts. -Yeah. 382 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,923 To me, this road was built before the start 383 00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:15,051 of the treasure hunt, as proven by the artifacts that are on it. 384 00:18:15,095 --> 00:18:17,053 -True. -And I think 385 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:18,888 we're close and we just got to 386 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:21,265 -get it across the finish line. -Yeah. 387 00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:26,395 Rick: Great day, everybody. 388 00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:28,397 Narrator: As another day dawns on oak island, 389 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:31,400 and while the investigation of the stone pathway 390 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,069 continues near the swamp... 391 00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:34,987 Rick: Gonna find treasure this morning? 392 00:18:35,073 --> 00:18:37,198 -We'll find out. -(all laugh) 393 00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:39,325 narrator: ...Rick lagina and steve guptill 394 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:41,119 arrive at smith's cove 395 00:18:41,204 --> 00:18:44,622 to check on the progress of the core drilling operation 396 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:46,791 in borehole nf-1, 397 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:49,418 where the team is investigating a possible cache 398 00:18:49,504 --> 00:18:53,631 of precious metals buried some 100 feet deep, 399 00:18:53,675 --> 00:18:56,259 which were identified on the barringer survey, 400 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:58,386 conducted almost 30 years ago 401 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:02,557 by dan blankenship and his partner david tobias. 402 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,393 Steve g.: Man, that's some nice till. 403 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:07,103 Charles: That's pretty solid stuff. 404 00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:08,187 Terry: This is embedded clay. 405 00:19:08,273 --> 00:19:11,065 -How deep is this? -Brennan: 79. 406 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:12,775 -This is 79? -Yeah. 407 00:19:12,861 --> 00:19:15,111 Terry: Okay, yup. 408 00:19:15,196 --> 00:19:18,030 All right, I've seen enough of this, this is in situ. 409 00:19:18,116 --> 00:19:21,033 Okay, let's get the next one up on the table. 410 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:22,994 Our next few cores are our target depth. 411 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:25,413 We're into the 88-foot range. 412 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:28,166 Narrator: Because the soils being brought up in the core samples 413 00:19:28,251 --> 00:19:31,002 are densely packed with hard clay, 414 00:19:31,045 --> 00:19:33,421 this means, at least at this depth, 415 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,841 that the ground would be ideal for constructing tunnels, 416 00:19:36,926 --> 00:19:40,428 which have also been identified on the barringer survey. 417 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,349 -Which way does it go? -That way. That way. 418 00:19:45,393 --> 00:19:48,519 Okay, that's not exactly a good sign. 419 00:19:48,605 --> 00:19:51,522 It looks like we're out of this very dense clay, 420 00:19:51,566 --> 00:19:54,317 into a limestone-rich sediment. 421 00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:57,028 So, we-we're grading out of our clay 422 00:19:57,113 --> 00:20:00,281 into a more crumbly, limestone crumble. 423 00:20:01,576 --> 00:20:03,367 You're not gonna tunnel in that. 424 00:20:03,411 --> 00:20:05,953 It's gonna be tricky, yeah. 425 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:07,330 Rick: I don't know what to make of it. 426 00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:11,042 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. 429 00:20:16,466 --> 00:20:18,883 I mean, it-it's human nature. 430 00:20:18,968 --> 00:20:22,011 It doesn't mean that all is lost. 431 00:20:22,096 --> 00:20:24,180 It's just the first hole. 432 00:20:24,224 --> 00:20:25,723 I think everyone would agree, 433 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:27,892 this is too crumbly to tunnel through. 434 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:32,021 Yeah, I would call it poor tunnel terrain, absolutely. 435 00:20:32,106 --> 00:20:34,815 Rick: It goes from almost a perfect medium to... 436 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. 438 00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:40,821 You'd have to work your way along. 439 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:42,531 It would be a struggle all the way. 440 00:20:42,617 --> 00:20:45,159 -I think we call the hole. -Yeah. 441 00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:47,453 There's no tunneling through that. 442 00:20:47,538 --> 00:20:48,746 Calculate the second spot 443 00:20:48,831 --> 00:20:50,373 -and we'll move. -Okay. 444 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." 448 00:20:58,132 --> 00:21:00,424 if it were me, I'd try to confirm the tunnel. 449 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,261 Steve g.: We're getting close. 450 00:21:03,346 --> 00:21:05,054 -I would move it... Right there. -Rick: Why not move it to there? 451 00:21:05,139 --> 00:21:06,931 Yeah. Let's do that. 452 00:21:07,016 --> 00:21:09,600 Yeah, I-I'd go there. 453 00:21:09,644 --> 00:21:12,228 Narrator: Although their first attempt to confirm 454 00:21:12,313 --> 00:21:13,729 that treasure might actually be 455 00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:17,066 buried at smith's cove has proven unsuccessful, 456 00:21:17,151 --> 00:21:19,986 the team will now move the sonic drill rig 457 00:21:20,071 --> 00:21:24,031 15 feet to the east and focus on a larger target identified 458 00:21:24,117 --> 00:21:27,618 on the barringer survey as a possible tunnel. 459 00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:29,870 If they can at least find evidence 460 00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:32,581 of man-made workings deep underground, 461 00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:37,169 it will offer good reason that this effort is worth pursuing. 462 00:21:37,255 --> 00:21:39,380 Just for the record, our second hole is going 463 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,924 to be the east point of the golden anomaly. 464 00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:43,467 Rick: Steve, if you could put a pin in, 465 00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:46,262 so mike and colton can get after this. 466 00:21:46,347 --> 00:21:48,139 -Steve g.: Will do. -Rick: Thank you. 467 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,685 Narrator: Later that afternoon, 468 00:21:52,770 --> 00:21:56,772 some 50 miles north in centreville, nova scotia, 469 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:59,442 oak island historian doug crowell 470 00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:01,652 and project manager scott barlow 471 00:22:01,738 --> 00:22:03,779 arrive at northville farms. 472 00:22:03,865 --> 00:22:05,948 -Carmen: Oh, lookie here. You're back again, are ya? -Doug: Yup. 473 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:07,074 Narrator: They have arranged 474 00:22:07,118 --> 00:22:09,285 for blacksmithing expert carmen legge 475 00:22:09,370 --> 00:22:11,078 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 477 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:16,542 late partner dan blankenship. 478 00:22:17,587 --> 00:22:20,421 This particular artifact was found 50 years ago. 479 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:23,090 -50 years ago? Wow. -Yeah. 480 00:22:23,176 --> 00:22:26,969 So, found in the swamp around 1970. 481 00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:28,220 Carmen: Oh, okay. 482 00:22:28,264 --> 00:22:31,307 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 Captioning provided by a+e networks