1 00:00:01,871 --> 00:00:03,351 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,438 --> 00:00:05,005 -CORJAN: Welcome to Portugal. -ALEX: Thank you. 3 00:00:05,092 --> 00:00:06,658 If there is a Portuguese connection 4 00:00:06,745 --> 00:00:08,095 to the construction of the road in the swamp, 5 00:00:08,182 --> 00:00:09,748 -maybe this is the blueprint. -DOUG: Yeah. 6 00:00:09,879 --> 00:00:11,272 That's exactly what we have on Oak Island. 7 00:00:11,402 --> 00:00:12,534 -Wow! -Oh, man. 8 00:00:12,664 --> 00:00:14,275 Oh, my God. That's brilliant! 9 00:00:14,362 --> 00:00:16,799 -All right! -That's a trophy find, mate. 10 00:00:16,886 --> 00:00:19,497 -The 90 Foot Stone definitely has this symbol on it. -CORJAN: Oh, wow. 11 00:00:19,584 --> 00:00:21,456 -It looks the spitting image. -ALEX: Yeah. 12 00:00:21,543 --> 00:00:23,371 -It's perfect. -You're looking right into it. 13 00:00:23,458 --> 00:00:25,112 Whoa! It's not English? 14 00:00:25,199 --> 00:00:26,548 -No. -Portuguese? 15 00:00:26,635 --> 00:00:28,332 -Yeah. -That is amazing. 16 00:00:31,509 --> 00:00:34,382 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,512 --> 00:00:36,993 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:37,124 --> 00:00:40,997 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,084 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,131 --> 00:00:45,871 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:47,351 --> 00:00:50,528 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,615 --> 00:00:54,880 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:54,967 --> 00:00:56,143 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:58,971 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:01,931 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:02,018 --> 00:01:06,936 And according to legend, one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:09,373 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:14,422 --> 00:01:16,946 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:19,992 --> 00:01:22,125 -DANNY: This is gonna be a good day. -ANDREW: Oh, yeah. 30 00:01:22,212 --> 00:01:24,649 -TERRY: Another one in the ground. -BILLY: Yeah. 31 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:26,260 Last can of the year. 32 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:28,871 -Feeling good. -Absolutely. 33 00:01:28,958 --> 00:01:31,047 NARRATOR: The chilly North Atlantic fall season 34 00:01:31,178 --> 00:01:33,528 has arrived on Oak Island. 35 00:01:33,658 --> 00:01:35,399 -Marty. How you doing, brother? -Good morning. 36 00:01:35,530 --> 00:01:37,880 NARRATOR: But for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 37 00:01:38,010 --> 00:01:39,577 as well as their team, 38 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:42,232 the burning will to solve 39 00:01:42,363 --> 00:01:44,582 a 227-year-old treasure mystey 40 00:01:44,713 --> 00:01:46,932 has never been stronger. 41 00:01:47,063 --> 00:01:49,457 GARY: Here we go. Back to where it all started. 42 00:01:49,587 --> 00:01:52,112 -Where we saw that shiny gold thing. -BILLY: Yeah, I always said 43 00:01:52,242 --> 00:01:54,984 a lot of our finds have been in C-1, right? 44 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:56,290 -GARY: Yeah. -So it's only logical 45 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,074 -to go around it, right? -Yeah. 46 00:01:58,161 --> 00:01:59,902 NARRATOR: With only three weeks left 47 00:02:00,032 --> 00:02:02,644 before all search operations will need to be halted 48 00:02:02,774 --> 00:02:04,646 until next spring, 49 00:02:04,733 --> 00:02:06,691 they are excavating their fifh 50 00:02:06,822 --> 00:02:09,216 ten-foot-wide steel-cased shat this year 51 00:02:09,346 --> 00:02:12,175 in the Money Pit area, which they have dubbed 52 00:02:12,306 --> 00:02:13,698 B4-C. 53 00:02:13,785 --> 00:02:14,743 Where's the water, Andrew? 54 00:02:14,830 --> 00:02:17,354 We're down 14 feet now 55 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:19,704 -since this morning with the water level. -Okay. 56 00:02:19,835 --> 00:02:21,576 Well, let us know if you see any drastic changes 57 00:02:21,663 --> 00:02:23,404 -or whatever. Okay. Thank you. -Yep. Yeah, yeah. 58 00:02:25,057 --> 00:02:28,191 NARRATOR: Located in the so-called C-1 cluster, 59 00:02:28,322 --> 00:02:31,890 just five feet north of Borehole C-1, 60 00:02:31,977 --> 00:02:34,371 this is the same general location 61 00:02:34,502 --> 00:02:36,547 where the team has recently recovered 62 00:02:36,678 --> 00:02:39,507 not only high traces of both silver and gold 63 00:02:39,637 --> 00:02:42,466 through water testing and core drilling... 64 00:02:43,859 --> 00:02:45,948 ...but also evidence of believed tunnels 65 00:02:46,078 --> 00:02:47,950 at a depth of some 90 feet 66 00:02:48,037 --> 00:02:52,128 that could date to as early as 1488. 67 00:02:52,259 --> 00:02:55,610 When the B4-C shaft surpasses 68 00:02:55,697 --> 00:02:58,874 that approximate depth less than two weeks from now.. 69 00:02:59,004 --> 00:03:01,311 That looks like first hammer grab is going in. 70 00:03:01,398 --> 00:03:03,531 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty and the team 71 00:03:03,618 --> 00:03:05,489 hope to not only confirm the location 72 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:07,839 of the original Money Pit shat 73 00:03:07,926 --> 00:03:11,191 but also recover the legendary treasure vault. 74 00:03:11,321 --> 00:03:15,151 MARTY: When we dug C-1, odd things started to turn up. 75 00:03:15,238 --> 00:03:16,544 We thought, based on all the records, 76 00:03:16,631 --> 00:03:17,980 that there shouldn't be any activity 77 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:19,590 from searchers up by C-1. 78 00:03:19,721 --> 00:03:22,637 And yet, every time we drill, we find stuff. 79 00:03:22,767 --> 00:03:27,381 I mean, it shows evidence of potential depositor activity. 80 00:03:27,511 --> 00:03:29,861 So, between the old wood and the gold, 81 00:03:29,992 --> 00:03:33,169 I am full of expectation. 82 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:35,389 The Money Pit's been producing. 83 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:37,521 I mean, you can't argue with the data. 84 00:03:37,608 --> 00:03:38,914 Yes. 85 00:03:39,001 --> 00:03:40,698 TERRY: The gold in the water 86 00:03:40,829 --> 00:03:44,354 and the flecks of gold on some of the metallic pieces 87 00:03:44,441 --> 00:03:46,704 that we took up out of this area, 88 00:03:46,835 --> 00:03:49,272 -that-that makes the area hot. -Of course. -Yep. 89 00:03:49,359 --> 00:03:51,927 GARY: Okay, guys. This is the day! 90 00:03:52,057 --> 00:03:53,842 -JACK: Yep. -Okay, here we go. 91 00:03:53,929 --> 00:03:55,409 -Let's get ready, Jack. -Okay. Let's go. 92 00:03:55,539 --> 00:03:57,976 GARY: Let's go find some treasure. 93 00:03:58,107 --> 00:04:01,719 NARRATOR: While Marty Lagina leads the team's efforts on Oak Island.. 94 00:04:01,806 --> 00:04:03,939 [bells tolling] 95 00:04:07,508 --> 00:04:10,206 -NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina... -DOUG: Yeah, right there. 96 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:11,599 NARRATOR: ...his nephews Peter and Alex 97 00:04:11,686 --> 00:04:14,602 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell... 98 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,430 -Corjan. -CORJAN: Ah. 99 00:04:16,517 --> 00:04:18,910 -Good morning. Welcome to Portugal. -Thank you. 100 00:04:18,997 --> 00:04:21,957 NARRATOR: ...have traveled some 2,800 miles east 101 00:04:22,087 --> 00:04:25,874 to the city of Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal. 102 00:04:25,961 --> 00:04:28,006 Can I introduce you to Joao? 103 00:04:28,137 --> 00:04:29,399 He's a historian, 104 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:30,922 and he's an expert, uh, 105 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:32,533 in the Knights Templar Portuguese. 106 00:04:32,620 --> 00:04:34,622 Welcome to Portugal. 107 00:04:34,752 --> 00:04:39,366 NARRATOR: Upon the invitation of researcher Corjan Mol, 108 00:04:39,453 --> 00:04:41,672 Rick and the team are here to investigate 109 00:04:41,803 --> 00:04:44,240 potential clues that Corjan believes 110 00:04:44,371 --> 00:04:47,069 could tie the 14th-century set of the Knights Templar, 111 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:49,550 known as the Knights of Christ, 112 00:04:49,637 --> 00:04:51,552 to a number of discoveries that have been made 113 00:04:51,682 --> 00:04:54,642 over the last two years on Oak Island 114 00:04:54,729 --> 00:04:57,514 and which are believed to be of Portuguese origin. 115 00:04:57,601 --> 00:04:59,081 These finds 116 00:04:59,211 --> 00:05:01,823 include the stone road or whaf 117 00:05:01,910 --> 00:05:05,087 uncovered in the triangle-shaped swamp, 118 00:05:05,217 --> 00:05:07,089 a fragment of a ship's cannon 119 00:05:07,219 --> 00:05:09,265 and two stone cannonballs, 120 00:05:09,396 --> 00:05:13,008 one of which was found deep in the Money Pit area. 121 00:05:13,138 --> 00:05:15,750 RICK: I have always said to myself 122 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,666 that this Oak Island mystery 123 00:05:18,753 --> 00:05:20,494 is incredibly complex. 124 00:05:20,581 --> 00:05:22,583 And the only way, in my opinion, 125 00:05:22,713 --> 00:05:24,454 to find some answers 126 00:05:24,585 --> 00:05:27,065 is to look outside of the island. 127 00:05:27,196 --> 00:05:29,764 That's the reason why we're here in Portugal. 128 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:32,419 We may learn something that we wouldn't otherwise have learned. 129 00:05:32,549 --> 00:05:35,335 So, I have... I have high hopes. I really do. 130 00:05:35,465 --> 00:05:38,425 NARRATOR: To begin their investigation, they have arrived 131 00:05:38,555 --> 00:05:41,776 at the historic Church of Fontarcada. 132 00:05:41,906 --> 00:05:44,126 So, is Corjan correct? 133 00:05:44,213 --> 00:05:46,433 He tells me that this is the first land 134 00:05:46,563 --> 00:05:49,261 granted to the Knights Templar in Portugal. 135 00:05:49,392 --> 00:05:53,657 Yes. It is documented that in 1126, 136 00:05:53,744 --> 00:05:57,661 the mother of our first king, Lady Teresa, 137 00:05:57,792 --> 00:06:01,012 donated to the Templars Fontarcada. 138 00:06:01,143 --> 00:06:02,579 Probably one of the oldest church 139 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:04,886 -that we have in Portugal. -DOUG: Is that right? 140 00:06:05,016 --> 00:06:07,497 JOAO: Ye... From Christian times, yes. 141 00:06:07,584 --> 00:06:10,021 Because they needed to have, like, a stronghold, 142 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:12,502 a force here for the reconquest 143 00:06:12,633 --> 00:06:13,938 that was ongoing. 144 00:06:14,069 --> 00:06:16,027 And at the same time, crusading was 145 00:06:16,158 --> 00:06:18,987 being established to Holy Land. 146 00:06:19,074 --> 00:06:22,382 NARRATOR: In 1126, during the Crusades, 147 00:06:22,469 --> 00:06:24,514 members of the military order of monks 148 00:06:24,601 --> 00:06:26,473 known as the Knights Templar 149 00:06:26,603 --> 00:06:28,431 arrived in Portugal 150 00:06:28,562 --> 00:06:31,739 at the invitation of King Afonso I. 151 00:06:33,523 --> 00:06:36,396 In exchange for their service in battle against Islamic Moos 152 00:06:36,483 --> 00:06:38,180 across the Iberian Peninsula, 153 00:06:38,267 --> 00:06:41,357 the king granted the order both land 154 00:06:41,488 --> 00:06:44,534 and great wealth that would help expand their influence 155 00:06:44,665 --> 00:06:46,841 across Europe and the Holy Land, 156 00:06:46,928 --> 00:06:49,191 where they are believed to have later obtained 157 00:06:49,321 --> 00:06:51,280 priceless religious treasures. 158 00:06:51,367 --> 00:06:53,717 Treasures that some researchers suggest 159 00:06:53,848 --> 00:06:56,807 are buried today on Oak Islan. 160 00:06:56,894 --> 00:06:59,288 We might be looking at what I think is 161 00:06:59,375 --> 00:07:03,118 the oldest Templar commandery or place, uh, in-in Portugal. 162 00:07:03,248 --> 00:07:04,598 -Maybe in Europe. -DOUG: Wow. 163 00:07:04,685 --> 00:07:06,774 RICK: What that tells me, then, 164 00:07:06,904 --> 00:07:10,473 is whatever the earliest understandings 165 00:07:10,604 --> 00:07:12,910 and foundations of who the Templars were 166 00:07:13,041 --> 00:07:14,869 might reside within the church. 167 00:07:14,956 --> 00:07:16,392 JOAO: Correct. 168 00:07:16,523 --> 00:07:20,440 Uh, we will not find written things. 169 00:07:20,570 --> 00:07:25,140 We will find symbolism in some details of the church. 170 00:07:25,227 --> 00:07:28,099 That was what they did at the time. 171 00:07:28,186 --> 00:07:30,058 -Cool. -RICK: You know, the-the church 172 00:07:30,188 --> 00:07:33,191 presents a unique opportunity to-to learn something today, 173 00:07:33,278 --> 00:07:35,803 and I-I propose that we go visit. 174 00:07:35,933 --> 00:07:37,761 -Let's go to church. -Let's go to church. -After you. 175 00:07:56,127 --> 00:07:59,348 -ALEX: Oh, wow. -RICK: That's impressive. 176 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:00,480 DOUG: Wow. 177 00:08:02,786 --> 00:08:04,222 Wow. 178 00:08:04,309 --> 00:08:06,442 CORJAN: It's the real deal, Doug. 179 00:08:06,573 --> 00:08:07,748 Ah, this is cool, Corjan. 180 00:08:09,750 --> 00:08:11,186 CORJAN: It's a solemn place. 181 00:08:11,273 --> 00:08:13,971 -DOUG: A sanctuary. -CORJAN: A sacred place. 182 00:08:14,058 --> 00:08:15,495 RICK: It's incredible. 183 00:08:15,625 --> 00:08:18,715 This looks like, castle-like. 184 00:08:18,802 --> 00:08:20,500 JOAO: It is... 185 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:24,329 In-in a sense, yeah, it is a fortress. 186 00:08:24,416 --> 00:08:27,115 -Yes. -It's God's fortress, in a certain way. 187 00:08:27,202 --> 00:08:30,466 That's the-the general idea at the time. 188 00:08:30,597 --> 00:08:32,729 Why don't we split forces? 189 00:08:32,816 --> 00:08:35,340 Peter, Alex, why don't the three of us 190 00:08:35,471 --> 00:08:37,081 look for symbols on this side, 191 00:08:37,212 --> 00:08:38,518 and you can look for symbols on that side? 192 00:08:38,648 --> 00:08:39,867 -ALEX: Okay. -CORJAN: Yeah. 193 00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:41,956 CORJAN: Okay, let's see what we can find. 194 00:08:46,003 --> 00:08:48,005 ALEX: Every one of them has a symbol. 195 00:08:48,092 --> 00:08:50,355 CORJAN: This is unbelievable, how many symbols 196 00:08:50,442 --> 00:08:51,661 there are on the wall here. 197 00:08:51,792 --> 00:08:53,184 -DOUG: So many different ones. -Yeah. 198 00:08:53,315 --> 00:08:54,969 RICK: At Fontarcada, 199 00:08:55,099 --> 00:08:56,623 you're immediately impressed 200 00:08:56,710 --> 00:08:58,929 at the antiquity of the building. 201 00:08:59,016 --> 00:09:01,453 You can literally breathe history out of the air, 202 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:03,847 and I-I find it fascinating. 203 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:06,284 But it has to be more than that. 204 00:09:06,415 --> 00:09:08,896 Our hope is that we'll see some symbology 205 00:09:08,983 --> 00:09:10,941 connected to Oak Island. 206 00:09:11,072 --> 00:09:14,292 Joao, is this, is this an ankh right here? 207 00:09:14,423 --> 00:09:16,294 -Like that? -JOAO: Probably not. 208 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:19,341 Not relating with Egyptian mythology. 209 00:09:19,471 --> 00:09:21,212 -But it would be a cross and a hat. -ALEX: Oh, a cross 210 00:09:21,299 --> 00:09:23,040 -with something on top. -Something on top. 211 00:09:23,127 --> 00:09:25,042 JOAO: But these are mainly 212 00:09:25,129 --> 00:09:27,131 mason marks, mason signatures. 213 00:09:27,262 --> 00:09:28,524 Who-- The mason who made this stone. 214 00:09:28,655 --> 00:09:30,570 -Yes. -Okay. 215 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:34,225 NARRATOR: Leaving mason's marks, or maker's marks, 216 00:09:34,312 --> 00:09:37,228 was a common practice dating back to the 12th century, 217 00:09:37,315 --> 00:09:40,797 wherein stonemasons would carve their initials 218 00:09:40,884 --> 00:09:44,627 and sometimes cryptic symbols to memorialize their work. 219 00:09:44,714 --> 00:09:47,369 A number of believed Masonic and Templar symbols 220 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:50,459 have been found over the years on Oak Island, 221 00:09:50,546 --> 00:09:53,593 such as on the so-called G-Stone, 222 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:55,551 the H+O stone 223 00:09:55,682 --> 00:09:57,901 and the legendary 90 Foot Stoe 224 00:09:58,032 --> 00:10:01,862 that was found deep in the Money Pit back in 1804. 225 00:10:01,949 --> 00:10:05,126 ALEX: The people that actually did the work... 226 00:10:05,256 --> 00:10:07,563 -Mm-hmm. -...would they go on to become, or-or-- they-they certainly... 227 00:10:07,650 --> 00:10:09,304 -Oh, yes. -...would go on to be governed by the Templars. 228 00:10:09,434 --> 00:10:12,742 Yes. The only Templars were foreigners. 229 00:10:12,873 --> 00:10:14,439 -They were not locals. -Okay. 230 00:10:14,526 --> 00:10:15,832 -So they arrived. -Yeah. 231 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:17,312 They may have arrived to local people 232 00:10:17,399 --> 00:10:19,357 using these symbols as their mason's marks. 233 00:10:19,488 --> 00:10:21,882 -JOAO: Yes. Yes. -Okay. 234 00:10:22,012 --> 00:10:23,666 DOUG: A lot of symbols, but I haven't seen anything 235 00:10:23,753 --> 00:10:25,712 -that ties to Oak Island yet. -CORJAN: Not yet, huh? 236 00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:28,192 -Let's keep looking. -Absolutely. 237 00:10:28,323 --> 00:10:31,892 RICK: If we are really tracking the Templars 238 00:10:31,979 --> 00:10:35,809 or Masonic connections to Oak Island, 239 00:10:35,939 --> 00:10:37,767 we need to look at the masons' marks, 240 00:10:37,898 --> 00:10:40,204 and see if they actually mean something. 241 00:10:40,335 --> 00:10:43,338 It may only take one, just one clue, 242 00:10:43,425 --> 00:10:47,559 one strange symbol that says, "Here. Here is what you seek." 243 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:50,040 ALEX: Hey, guys? 244 00:10:50,127 --> 00:10:52,086 You might be interested in this one over here. 245 00:10:52,216 --> 00:10:54,262 -DOUG: Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 246 00:10:54,392 --> 00:10:56,438 DOUG: Oh, that's interesting. I can see it from here. 247 00:10:56,568 --> 00:11:00,660 So, this symbol is definitely on the 90 Foot Stone. 248 00:11:02,792 --> 00:11:05,012 RICK: Wow. That's pretty cool. 249 00:11:09,843 --> 00:11:11,366 ALEX: So, I know what we have is 250 00:11:11,453 --> 00:11:13,063 of the inscription on the 90 Foot Stone, 251 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:15,936 but it definitely has this symbol on it, right there. 252 00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:19,504 NARRATOR: In Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal, 253 00:11:19,635 --> 00:11:22,986 Alex Lagina has just identifid a potentially important clue 254 00:11:23,073 --> 00:11:25,032 related to the Oak Island mystery 255 00:11:25,162 --> 00:11:27,730 in the Church of Fontarcada, 256 00:11:27,861 --> 00:11:30,254 a church that was once a stronghold 257 00:11:30,341 --> 00:11:34,345 for the Knights Templar dating back to the 12th century. 258 00:11:34,432 --> 00:11:36,870 -I actually, yeah, I have a copy of that picture right here. -Oh, yeah, right there. 259 00:11:36,957 --> 00:11:39,481 Yep. 260 00:11:39,568 --> 00:11:41,004 ALEX: Yeah, look at this. 261 00:11:41,091 --> 00:11:42,745 -Right there. -That's perfect. 262 00:11:42,832 --> 00:11:44,616 -Yep. -NARRATOR: A symbol found on the walls 263 00:11:44,747 --> 00:11:48,229 of a 12th-century Templar church? 264 00:11:48,316 --> 00:11:51,188 Matching one from the mysterious inscription 265 00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:55,410 that was reportedly carved on the legendary 90 Foot Ston? 266 00:11:55,497 --> 00:11:56,672 You know what's curious? 267 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:58,065 It's-it's even got the same slant. 268 00:11:58,152 --> 00:12:00,981 I know. I know. 269 00:12:01,068 --> 00:12:04,332 This is the only one of these makers' marks we've seen. 270 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:06,900 This is unique, right here. 271 00:12:06,987 --> 00:12:08,902 RICK: Did the person who carved the 90 Foot Stone 272 00:12:08,989 --> 00:12:12,209 have a connection to the Knights Templar and Portugal? 273 00:12:12,296 --> 00:12:15,647 We know that that type of symbology 274 00:12:15,778 --> 00:12:18,868 has the potential to tell us many things. 275 00:12:18,999 --> 00:12:22,698 So the first thing to do is do a comprehensive study 276 00:12:22,785 --> 00:12:24,874 of the mason's marks. 277 00:12:25,005 --> 00:12:26,702 DOUG: One of the things about the 90 Foot Stone 278 00:12:26,833 --> 00:12:29,487 we've always tried to evaluate is, is there a clue 279 00:12:29,574 --> 00:12:33,143 to who wrote it in the symbols that were used 280 00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:35,145 -to formulate the cypher? -Mm-hmm. 281 00:12:35,276 --> 00:12:37,017 -PETER: Yeah. -DOUG: Now we have another option to consider. 282 00:12:37,104 --> 00:12:39,497 - ALEX: Yeah. - Makers' marks. 283 00:12:39,584 --> 00:12:40,585 RICK: But what did that mark mean 284 00:12:40,716 --> 00:12:42,631 to the person who carved it? 285 00:12:42,718 --> 00:12:44,024 CORJAN: Right. 286 00:12:44,111 --> 00:12:45,460 We're not certain of the characters 287 00:12:45,547 --> 00:12:47,114 on the 90 Foot Stone. 288 00:12:47,244 --> 00:12:50,465 But as we understand it, that symbol is on that stone. 289 00:12:50,552 --> 00:12:52,249 We should check outside. 290 00:12:52,336 --> 00:12:53,468 We think there is something you should see there. 291 00:12:53,555 --> 00:12:54,904 -Yeah. -RICK: Love to. 292 00:12:54,991 --> 00:12:56,863 RICK: You have to take that information 293 00:12:56,950 --> 00:12:58,603 and think to yourself, "Okay, 294 00:12:58,734 --> 00:13:00,170 "is this part of a mason's mark, 295 00:13:00,301 --> 00:13:02,172 "and does that make it imperative 296 00:13:02,259 --> 00:13:03,870 "that we understand what these mason marks 297 00:13:03,957 --> 00:13:06,307 possibly are telling us?" 298 00:13:06,394 --> 00:13:08,265 CORJAN: So, here we are, at what I think 299 00:13:08,352 --> 00:13:11,268 is one of the most interesting features of this church. 300 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:13,140 Big Templar cross... 301 00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:18,623 ...and it's configured with the sun to the left. 302 00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:21,975 The crescent moon to the right. 303 00:13:22,062 --> 00:13:24,978 Uh, this to me, screams, uh, 304 00:13:25,065 --> 00:13:29,156 Knights Templar commandery, very early. 305 00:13:29,286 --> 00:13:30,810 DOUG: The circle and the dot, 306 00:13:30,897 --> 00:13:32,246 in the center of the cross, 307 00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,378 that's one of our symbols on a stone 308 00:13:34,465 --> 00:13:36,598 we call the H+O stone, that was on Oak Island. 309 00:13:36,728 --> 00:13:38,818 I've never seen it on a cross like that before. 310 00:13:38,905 --> 00:13:42,169 It is a-a symbol used by the Templars 311 00:13:42,256 --> 00:13:44,519 -in Portugal. -Okay. 312 00:13:44,606 --> 00:13:48,044 CORJAN: And I-I think the circle and the dot 313 00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:50,177 is an early alchemical symbol for gold. 314 00:13:50,307 --> 00:13:51,918 Yes. 315 00:13:52,005 --> 00:13:54,659 NARRATOR: A symbol for gold? 316 00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:58,576 In 1921, a massive boulder 317 00:13:58,707 --> 00:14:00,665 featuring a number of carved symbols 318 00:14:00,752 --> 00:14:03,755 was found on Oak Island's northern shore. 319 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,497 Believing it might be a marker for buried treasure, 320 00:14:06,584 --> 00:14:08,978 searchers blew it up with dynamite 321 00:14:09,065 --> 00:14:11,415 so that they could dig beneath it. 322 00:14:11,546 --> 00:14:14,854 Unfortunately, no treasure was found, 323 00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:18,292 and most of the fragments of the boulder have gone missing. 324 00:14:18,422 --> 00:14:22,165 However, one piece that was photographed 325 00:14:22,252 --> 00:14:25,690 has come to be known as the H+O stone. 326 00:14:25,821 --> 00:14:29,129 Is it possible that the team has just found another clue 327 00:14:29,216 --> 00:14:32,175 potentially connecting the Templars to Oak Island? 328 00:14:32,262 --> 00:14:35,222 And if so, could it also be related 329 00:14:35,309 --> 00:14:38,225 to the high trace evidence of precious metals 330 00:14:38,355 --> 00:14:41,968 that the team has recovered in the Money Pit area this year? 331 00:14:42,055 --> 00:14:44,013 I'm curious, y-your take on this. 332 00:14:44,144 --> 00:14:46,711 Your interpretation, Joao. 333 00:14:46,842 --> 00:14:50,977 Do you feel that the H+O stone could be Portuguese in origin? 334 00:14:51,107 --> 00:14:54,154 It's very interesting. 335 00:14:54,241 --> 00:14:58,332 [laughs]: It could be, definitely, European. 336 00:14:58,419 --> 00:15:01,117 And if we are saying the Portuguese were 337 00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:02,640 in Oak Island, 338 00:15:02,771 --> 00:15:04,904 it would be something made by them. 339 00:15:05,034 --> 00:15:07,819 RICK: Seeing the O symbol 340 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:11,040 on the H+O stone represented on the wall of the church, 341 00:15:11,171 --> 00:15:12,955 that means something. 342 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:14,914 That represented something. It's not decorative. 343 00:15:15,044 --> 00:15:18,961 And I think there is a direct connection to Oak Island. 344 00:15:19,048 --> 00:15:21,790 So, there's some information there, 345 00:15:21,877 --> 00:15:24,227 I just don't know what it is at this point. 346 00:15:24,314 --> 00:15:25,707 ALEX: From what we did today, 347 00:15:25,794 --> 00:15:26,926 it sounds like this is maybe, 348 00:15:27,013 --> 00:15:28,666 this is the infancy of the Templars. 349 00:15:28,797 --> 00:15:31,191 We may have found some connections here. 350 00:15:31,278 --> 00:15:33,367 -Yes. Yes. -CORJAN: So, I believe, if I'm not mistaken, 351 00:15:33,454 --> 00:15:35,412 we have the identical symbol 352 00:15:35,499 --> 00:15:38,763 over the original entrance to the castle of Tomar, 353 00:15:38,894 --> 00:15:41,549 where the Knights Templar and later the Order of Christ 354 00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:42,898 had their headquarters. 355 00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:44,421 JOAO: Yes. 356 00:15:44,552 --> 00:15:48,556 Tomar is from the 1160. 357 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:52,212 The capital of the Templar Knights in Portugal. 358 00:15:52,299 --> 00:15:54,605 So, if we're looking for evidence that the Templars 359 00:15:54,692 --> 00:15:57,086 were connected to Oak Island, either-either through symbolism 360 00:15:57,217 --> 00:15:59,610 or anything else, that's where we need to go. 361 00:15:59,697 --> 00:16:01,482 CORJAN: And that's significant, because the Portuguese 362 00:16:01,612 --> 00:16:04,441 Age of Discovery was completely fueled 363 00:16:04,528 --> 00:16:07,183 and driven by the people in Tomar. 364 00:16:07,314 --> 00:16:10,186 CORJAN: Yes. So, any journey that would have 365 00:16:10,317 --> 00:16:12,449 landed on Oak Island in the 16th century 366 00:16:12,536 --> 00:16:15,365 would have departed from, uh, from Tomar. 367 00:16:15,452 --> 00:16:17,411 To me, it's pretty simple, right? 368 00:16:17,541 --> 00:16:19,891 We also must take a voyage. A very short one. 369 00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:22,068 We need to go to Tomar and figure out 370 00:16:22,155 --> 00:16:23,460 how it might affect our search. 371 00:16:23,547 --> 00:16:24,635 -Yep. -We do. 372 00:16:24,766 --> 00:16:26,768 -So, off we go. -All right. 373 00:16:26,855 --> 00:16:30,250 NARRATOR: As Rick, Corjan and members of the team 374 00:16:30,337 --> 00:16:33,557 proceed with their investigation in Portugal, 375 00:16:33,644 --> 00:16:36,647 -back on Oak Island... -SAM: I think he's gonna grab 376 00:16:36,778 --> 00:16:39,085 another bucketful, so the boys can have a look at it. 377 00:16:39,215 --> 00:16:41,609 That'd probably be good. 378 00:16:41,696 --> 00:16:44,177 NARRATOR: ...while the excavation of the B4-C shaft continues 379 00:16:44,264 --> 00:16:45,830 in the Money Pit area... 380 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,876 MARTY: Let's dig up these things around here. 381 00:16:47,963 --> 00:16:49,182 GARY: All right, mate. Let's go for it. 382 00:16:49,269 --> 00:16:52,185 -MARTY: Okay. -See what we got. 383 00:16:52,272 --> 00:16:56,058 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 384 00:16:56,145 --> 00:17:00,932 arrive on Lot 8, located West of the triangle-shaped swamp. 385 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,847 One time, I'd like to be with you, Gary, 386 00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:05,198 when we find the spectacular find, 387 00:17:05,328 --> 00:17:07,678 so I can show it to Rick and say, "Look what I found." 388 00:17:07,765 --> 00:17:09,550 -[beeping] -I guess that's a little brother thing. 389 00:17:09,637 --> 00:17:11,421 No, mate, it's gonna come. 390 00:17:11,508 --> 00:17:13,119 MARTY: Lot 8 is really interesting 391 00:17:13,249 --> 00:17:16,383 because we find things that seem out of place. 392 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:18,515 So I want to go back with Gary to see 393 00:17:18,646 --> 00:17:19,908 if there are more clues 394 00:17:19,995 --> 00:17:21,127 that might lead somewhere. 395 00:17:21,214 --> 00:17:23,651 [beeping] 396 00:17:23,781 --> 00:17:24,782 How come you're getting two different kinds 397 00:17:24,913 --> 00:17:26,045 of sounds there, Gary? 398 00:17:26,175 --> 00:17:29,004 Scratchy tones like this are normally iron. 399 00:17:29,135 --> 00:17:30,527 -It's not a good two-way... -It's right there. 400 00:17:30,658 --> 00:17:32,747 -...just there. -Yep. 401 00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:38,405 -GARY: Pattern? -This digs easily. Thank you. 402 00:17:38,492 --> 00:17:42,017 Yeah. That forest stuff is compacted, isn't it? 403 00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:44,802 I can hear you hitting the rocks underneath. 404 00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:46,065 MARTY: There you go. 405 00:17:46,195 --> 00:17:47,936 -I'll bet it's in there. -Let's see. 406 00:17:50,547 --> 00:17:52,680 -Still in there? -Just-- Yep, we're just missing it. 407 00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,943 GARY: Look at that. 408 00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:56,771 MARTY: Oh, man. 409 00:18:00,731 --> 00:18:01,645 GARY: [whoops] That's weird. 410 00:18:01,776 --> 00:18:03,865 What the heck? 411 00:18:03,995 --> 00:18:06,998 There's some big chunky pieces of iron around here. 412 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,305 NARRATOR: While searching Lot8 on the western side 413 00:18:09,436 --> 00:18:13,309 of Oak Island, Marty Lagina and Gary Drayton 414 00:18:13,396 --> 00:18:15,877 may have just found another important clue. 415 00:18:15,964 --> 00:18:18,445 What do you feel? 416 00:18:18,532 --> 00:18:20,621 I have no idea what that is. 417 00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:23,102 GARY: That makes two of us as well. 418 00:18:23,232 --> 00:18:28,498 Maybe it's, uh, off a... kind of like a gate or a door? 419 00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:30,500 -MARTY: Piece of a hinge, you mean? -Yeah. 420 00:18:30,631 --> 00:18:32,937 -Yeah, there's gonna be a story here. -Yeah. 421 00:18:33,024 --> 00:18:36,593 NARRATOR: A possible decorative hinge, 422 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,509 found where the team has already unearthed evidence 423 00:18:39,596 --> 00:18:42,295 of heavy cargo being transported to this area? 424 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:43,992 MARTY: Gary and I actually found 425 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:46,386 a triangular-shaped piece of metal on Lot 8, 426 00:18:46,473 --> 00:18:48,170 and of course, it's corroded. 427 00:18:48,257 --> 00:18:50,172 It's been in the soil a long time. 428 00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:51,391 I think we just need to find somebody 429 00:18:51,478 --> 00:18:53,088 that knows what the heck it is. 430 00:18:53,175 --> 00:18:55,046 All right, let's get the next one. 431 00:18:55,177 --> 00:18:57,048 GARY: Okay. 432 00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:59,138 -All right. -Next flag's over there. 433 00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:04,795 -Let's see what this one sounds like. -I'll be Captain Obvious. 434 00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:06,275 Ooh, let's have a coin. 435 00:19:06,362 --> 00:19:07,711 -[beeping] -Ooh. -Whoa. 436 00:19:07,798 --> 00:19:09,539 GARY: Got a two-way repeatable signal. 437 00:19:09,670 --> 00:19:12,977 Definitely a big target, mate. Just there. 438 00:19:13,064 --> 00:19:15,893 Reveal your secrets, as I often say. 439 00:19:15,980 --> 00:19:18,113 -GARY: That went... -There we go. 440 00:19:18,244 --> 00:19:19,462 GARY: All right. 441 00:19:19,549 --> 00:19:21,160 [exhales sharply] 442 00:19:22,378 --> 00:19:23,858 Another... 443 00:19:23,945 --> 00:19:27,688 Another chunk of iron, by the feel of it. 444 00:19:31,431 --> 00:19:33,781 Musket! Lock plate! 445 00:19:33,911 --> 00:19:35,783 -Is it really? -Musket! We found a musket, mate. 446 00:19:35,913 --> 00:19:37,567 -All right! -That... 447 00:19:37,698 --> 00:19:39,003 -Is that, is that what that is? -GARY: Yeah! 448 00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:40,527 GARY: That's what it's got to be. 449 00:19:40,657 --> 00:19:41,876 -Hey, and I was involved. -[whoops] 450 00:19:41,963 --> 00:19:42,877 That's the first really cool thing I've dug. 451 00:19:43,007 --> 00:19:44,531 -Yeah, baby! -Brilliant. 452 00:19:44,618 --> 00:19:46,924 That's a-- Oh, my God, that's a first for Oak Island. 453 00:19:47,011 --> 00:19:48,361 So, that is a-- very dateable, then, is it not? 454 00:19:48,491 --> 00:19:51,102 Yeah, this, this would be... 455 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,539 It's called a lock plate. 456 00:19:52,669 --> 00:19:55,977 And that would be the frizzen, 457 00:19:56,064 --> 00:19:57,761 and that would be the hammer. 458 00:19:57,848 --> 00:19:59,546 So it's a flintlock? 459 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:02,331 Yeah! Look, the flint would have gone in there, 460 00:20:02,418 --> 00:20:03,724 and there would have been more of this, 461 00:20:03,854 --> 00:20:05,508 -but it's a musket, mate! -[laughs] 462 00:20:05,595 --> 00:20:07,162 We found a musket on Oak Island. 463 00:20:07,249 --> 00:20:09,120 Brilliant! That has got to be... 464 00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:12,559 -That's fabulous, Gary. -Oh, that is fantastic. 465 00:20:12,646 --> 00:20:14,691 -Ah... -So, this might have been an entire gun, 466 00:20:14,778 --> 00:20:16,302 -and just all the wood and everything's gone? -Yeah. 467 00:20:16,389 --> 00:20:18,391 -Yeah? -Uh, this is the lock. 468 00:20:18,521 --> 00:20:20,349 And then you've got the stock, 469 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,569 -which is the wood part, and then the barrel. -Mm-hmm. 470 00:20:22,656 --> 00:20:24,745 -The barr... -So the barrel could be around here. 471 00:20:26,312 --> 00:20:28,575 MARTY: Gary's positive what it is. 472 00:20:28,662 --> 00:20:31,360 It's the action piece of a flintlock musket, 473 00:20:31,491 --> 00:20:33,014 the firing mechanism. 474 00:20:33,144 --> 00:20:35,799 And to find it on Oak Island is-is really cool. 475 00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:38,585 These things just weren't discarded, they were kept. 476 00:20:38,715 --> 00:20:40,456 So it is a really cool find. 477 00:20:40,543 --> 00:20:42,763 Uh, and it might... better yet, 478 00:20:42,850 --> 00:20:46,462 it might tell, uh, a pretty major story. 479 00:20:46,549 --> 00:20:48,725 Well, Gary, buddy, 480 00:20:48,812 --> 00:20:51,685 I am glad I was here when you found what you were looking for. 481 00:20:51,772 --> 00:20:53,991 -Yeah. Give me... -I've always wanted to find one, mate. 482 00:20:54,122 --> 00:20:57,081 -And we are the Two Musketeers. -[both laugh] 483 00:20:57,212 --> 00:20:59,258 -Brilliant. -Fantastic. 484 00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:01,260 MARTY: Let's go. Let's go back to the shop. 485 00:21:01,390 --> 00:21:02,826 GARY: Okay, mate. [Woo hoo!] 486 00:21:02,913 --> 00:21:06,743 -That is a trophy find! -[laughs] 487 00:21:06,874 --> 00:21:09,833 NARRATOR: Following their search of Lot 8... 488 00:21:09,964 --> 00:21:12,314 MARTY: Hey, Laird. 489 00:21:12,445 --> 00:21:13,968 NARRATOR: ...Marty and Gary arrange 490 00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:16,536 to meet with archaeologist Laird Niven 491 00:21:16,623 --> 00:21:18,189 in the Oak Island Interpretive Centre. 492 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,279 -I recognize that grin. -MARTY: Yeah. 493 00:21:20,409 --> 00:21:22,368 A first for Oak Island, mate. 494 00:21:22,455 --> 00:21:24,761 -Yeah. -Long time coming. 495 00:21:24,848 --> 00:21:27,373 Here we go, mate, what I believe is a, uh, 496 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:29,244 -flintlock musket. -Oh, wow. 497 00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:31,377 -MARTY: Isn't that cool? -LAIRD: That is cool. 498 00:21:31,464 --> 00:21:33,422 That's not something you see very often. 499 00:21:33,509 --> 00:21:35,337 I don't think I've ever found one. 500 00:21:35,424 --> 00:21:36,295 -MARTY: Really? -Wow. 501 00:21:38,558 --> 00:21:40,603 LAIRD: Well, I'll put it in the scanner and, uh, 502 00:21:40,690 --> 00:21:43,650 it'll pretty much tell us everything about it. 503 00:21:43,737 --> 00:21:46,522 -All right, well, let's see what the magic machine can do. -All right. 504 00:21:46,609 --> 00:21:50,613 NARRATOR: In order to better assess the believed flintlock, 505 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:56,271 Laird is utilizing the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner. 506 00:21:56,402 --> 00:22:00,101 The device emits nondestructive X-ray radiation 507 00:22:00,231 --> 00:22:04,323 that penetrates corrosion and encrusted soil on artifacts, 508 00:22:04,453 --> 00:22:06,107 producing high-definition, 509 00:22:06,194 --> 00:22:08,762 three-dimensional images of them. 510 00:22:08,849 --> 00:22:12,940 This process can identify not only microscopic details 511 00:22:13,027 --> 00:22:17,074 but also the materials that the object is composed o. 512 00:22:17,205 --> 00:22:19,120 All right, guys. 513 00:22:19,207 --> 00:22:20,339 -Got it? -It's all done. Yep. 514 00:22:20,469 --> 00:22:22,341 All right, let's have a look. 515 00:22:25,256 --> 00:22:26,345 MARTY: Whoa. 516 00:22:28,303 --> 00:22:29,565 That is amazing. 517 00:22:29,696 --> 00:22:31,219 -GARY: Yeah, that is beautiful. -LAIRD: Yep. 518 00:22:31,306 --> 00:22:33,308 LAIRD: So there it is. 519 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:35,266 MARTY: Explain to me what I'm looking at, Gary. 520 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:36,790 You see where the, uh, the front part, 521 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:38,966 that's the frizzen. 522 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:41,490 That is what covers the pan, 523 00:22:41,621 --> 00:22:43,100 -where the gunpowder is. -Mm-hmm. 524 00:22:43,231 --> 00:22:45,015 GARY: And at the back, 525 00:22:45,102 --> 00:22:48,367 we've got the hammer, sometimes referred to as the cock... 526 00:22:48,454 --> 00:22:51,718 -Mm-hmm. ...-going all the way down. 527 00:22:51,805 --> 00:22:53,981 GARY: And I love that stylized hole in the middle. 528 00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:56,984 I-I think that's unusual. 529 00:22:57,114 --> 00:22:59,160 -That'll tell us something. -LAIRD: That was styled. 530 00:22:59,290 --> 00:23:02,424 GARY: This has certainly got some style to it. 531 00:23:02,511 --> 00:23:04,121 -MARTY: It sure looks like it. -LAIRD: Yeah. 532 00:23:04,208 --> 00:23:07,081 -Huh. -LAIRD: Do you want to see the really neat thing? 533 00:23:07,168 --> 00:23:08,299 This is a series of really, 534 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:09,910 really thin slices put together... 535 00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:12,826 -Mm-hmm. -...to create a three-dimensional space. 536 00:23:12,956 --> 00:23:15,045 You're going through the metal. So now you're starting to see 537 00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:16,569 -internal parts... -MARTY: Oh, my goodness. 538 00:23:16,656 --> 00:23:18,484 -GARY: Oh... -...that you couldn't see before. 539 00:23:18,571 --> 00:23:20,094 MARTY: Fantastic. 540 00:23:20,181 --> 00:23:22,575 -So you're looking right into it. -Mm-hmm. 541 00:23:22,662 --> 00:23:24,620 And this... 542 00:23:24,751 --> 00:23:26,187 -Wow. -...this is what's gonna help us identify it. 543 00:23:26,274 --> 00:23:28,407 The configuration of the screws. 544 00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:31,235 MARTY: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... 545 00:23:31,322 --> 00:23:33,281 -LAIRD: Yep. -...nine, ten, eleven, twelve 546 00:23:33,368 --> 00:23:35,675 -screw holes, holding that thing together? Wow. -Yeah. 547 00:23:35,762 --> 00:23:37,720 And I love the way you can literally dissect 548 00:23:37,851 --> 00:23:40,636 this solid piece of metal. 549 00:23:40,767 --> 00:23:42,943 GARY: These types of flintlock muskets 550 00:23:43,073 --> 00:23:46,163 were popular from mid-1500s 551 00:23:46,294 --> 00:23:48,644 all the way to the middle of the 1800s. 552 00:23:48,775 --> 00:23:51,168 But this looks like it's an older style. 553 00:23:51,299 --> 00:23:53,606 This has got something special about it. 554 00:23:53,693 --> 00:23:56,783 It's probably not a British military issue. 555 00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:59,133 So that leaves, uh, French. 556 00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:01,222 -Hmm. -Or Portuguese? 557 00:24:01,309 --> 00:24:03,180 Yeah. 558 00:24:03,267 --> 00:24:04,530 MARTY: There's a lot of clues on that thing. 559 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:06,009 LAIRD: Yeah. 560 00:24:06,096 --> 00:24:07,663 -All right. -Yeah. 561 00:24:07,794 --> 00:24:09,665 -Gary Drayton, good find. -[chuckles] 562 00:24:09,796 --> 00:24:11,319 -GARY: Good find, Marty. -Yeah, I... 563 00:24:11,406 --> 00:24:13,626 -I was a great digger. -[Gary laughs] 564 00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:19,458 NARRATOR: As a new day begins... 565 00:24:19,588 --> 00:24:22,373 GARY: We could do with an Hail Mary find now, couldn't we? 566 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:25,725 NARRATOR: ...and while the excavation of the B4-C shaft 567 00:24:25,812 --> 00:24:28,858 continues on Oak Island, 568 00:24:28,945 --> 00:24:32,383 some 2,800 miles to the east... 569 00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:34,255 -CORJAN: Gentlemen. -RICK: Hey, man. 570 00:24:34,342 --> 00:24:35,996 -Who ordered the beautiful day? -CORJAN: I did. 571 00:24:36,126 --> 00:24:37,388 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, 572 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,478 his nephews Alex and Peter 573 00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:42,176 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 574 00:24:42,263 --> 00:24:44,091 join researcher Corjan Mol 575 00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:46,963 and Knights Templar expert Joao Fiandeiro 576 00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:50,489 in the town square of Tomar, Portugal. 577 00:24:50,576 --> 00:24:53,013 And welcome to the Templar city of Tomar. 578 00:24:57,626 --> 00:24:59,846 CORJAN: Y-You've landed in-in the Templar heartland. 579 00:25:04,024 --> 00:25:08,202 Tomar is a-a city on seven hills, 580 00:25:08,289 --> 00:25:10,857 like Rome, like Jerusalem, 581 00:25:10,987 --> 00:25:13,729 so it's a, it's a really special place. 582 00:25:13,860 --> 00:25:16,210 RICK: Beautiful. Absolutely stunnin. 583 00:25:16,297 --> 00:25:19,082 CORJAN: So, this is the town center. 584 00:25:19,213 --> 00:25:21,694 This is the church of Saint John the Baptist 585 00:25:21,781 --> 00:25:24,348 who was patron saint of the Knights Templar. 586 00:25:24,479 --> 00:25:25,915 RICK: I see the sun is shining 587 00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:27,526 on the statue that we've come to see. 588 00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:28,875 -Correct? -CORJAN: Yes. 589 00:25:41,322 --> 00:25:45,326 NARRATOR: In 1157, after a successful military campaign 590 00:25:45,456 --> 00:25:47,284 in the Holy Land, 591 00:25:47,415 --> 00:25:48,764 where the Templars were headquartered 592 00:25:48,851 --> 00:25:51,506 during the Crusades, 593 00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:54,901 Gualdim Pais returned to Tomar, Portugal, 594 00:25:55,031 --> 00:25:57,686 where he became the fourth grand master of the order. 595 00:25:59,732 --> 00:26:01,864 There he would make Tomar the new Templar headquarters 596 00:26:01,951 --> 00:26:05,738 in Portugal and, according to some researchers, 597 00:26:05,825 --> 00:26:08,088 the temporary hiding place 598 00:26:08,175 --> 00:26:10,873 for their priceless religious treasures. 599 00:26:11,004 --> 00:26:13,049 CORJAN: On-- to the left, 600 00:26:13,136 --> 00:26:15,878 you see the first castle that Gualdim Pais built there. 601 00:26:19,926 --> 00:26:22,581 So at the time that Gualdim started, 602 00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:25,279 there were Knights Templar. 603 00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:27,716 It was 1307 when King Philip 604 00:26:27,847 --> 00:26:31,502 and the pope actually brought them to their knees. 605 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,722 -JOAO: That's right. -But the official abandonment 606 00:26:33,809 --> 00:26:36,377 of the Knights Templar organization was 1317. 607 00:26:36,464 --> 00:26:38,553 JOAO: Was 1317. 608 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,642 NARRATOR: Although Portugal would remain 609 00:26:40,729 --> 00:26:42,601 a stronghold for the Knights Templar 610 00:26:42,688 --> 00:26:46,387 long after the efforts of Gualdim Pais, 611 00:26:46,474 --> 00:26:50,652 by 1307, their headquarters had been moved to France 612 00:26:50,739 --> 00:26:54,525 and was now led by Grand Master Jacques de Molay. 613 00:26:54,656 --> 00:26:57,050 But on Friday the 13th of that year, 614 00:26:57,137 --> 00:26:59,182 in a shocking act of betrayal, 615 00:26:59,269 --> 00:27:04,187 King Philip IV of France conspired with Pope Clement V 616 00:27:04,318 --> 00:27:07,800 to disband and persecute the order. 617 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:11,194 Thousands of Templar Knights, including Jacques de Molay, 618 00:27:11,325 --> 00:27:15,068 were arrested, tortured and executed. 619 00:27:15,155 --> 00:27:19,028 However, it is believed that several hundred knights 620 00:27:19,159 --> 00:27:21,727 escaped with their sacred treasures. 621 00:27:21,814 --> 00:27:23,642 Some went to Scotland, 622 00:27:23,729 --> 00:27:25,382 while others fled back to Portugal 623 00:27:25,513 --> 00:27:29,125 and were renamed the Knights of Christ. 624 00:27:29,212 --> 00:27:32,259 But to this day, no one knows for sure 625 00:27:32,389 --> 00:27:35,784 what became of their priceless treasures. 626 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,441 CORJAN: The Portuguese king Denis did something very clever. 627 00:27:40,528 --> 00:27:43,923 He just rebranded the Templars into the Order of Christ. 628 00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:48,449 So what he did, he invented a new name and a new logo. 629 00:27:48,579 --> 00:27:51,800 So instead of the Templar cross that we will see 630 00:27:51,887 --> 00:27:53,976 on the shield of Gualdim, he made a square cross 631 00:27:54,107 --> 00:27:57,893 with the flattened edges and another cross in the middle. 632 00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:00,417 This is the cross that you will see, for example, 633 00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:02,115 on the ships that went to America. 634 00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:04,465 And then, over time, it got a little bit longer 635 00:28:04,552 --> 00:28:06,685 until it ended like this today. 636 00:28:06,772 --> 00:28:09,209 So, on the church, you see 637 00:28:09,296 --> 00:28:10,340 -the elongated cross... -RICK: Oh, yes. 638 00:28:10,471 --> 00:28:11,820 ...of the Order of Christ. 639 00:28:11,907 --> 00:28:13,169 DOUG: Wow. 640 00:28:13,256 --> 00:28:15,171 So, when we look at that representation 641 00:28:15,258 --> 00:28:16,956 -that you have... Yes. -This one here? 642 00:28:17,086 --> 00:28:20,176 RICK: When I look at Nolan's Cross, on Oak Island, 643 00:28:20,263 --> 00:28:24,877 and I see this representation, the longer part of the stem, 644 00:28:25,007 --> 00:28:29,229 Nolan's Cross, possibly could indicate Portuguese influence. 645 00:28:29,316 --> 00:28:30,883 Can we make that assessment? 646 00:28:38,325 --> 00:28:40,283 DOUG: So it's kind of like a fingerprint, then. 647 00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:42,503 If they created Nolan's Cross, it would be in the form 648 00:28:42,633 --> 00:28:44,244 of the elongated cross. 649 00:28:49,118 --> 00:28:51,338 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina be correct 650 00:28:51,425 --> 00:28:54,036 that the megalithic cross formation of boulders 651 00:28:54,123 --> 00:28:58,867 that was discovered in 1981 by Fred Nolan on Oak Island 652 00:28:58,954 --> 00:29:01,304 is a representation of the symbol 653 00:29:01,435 --> 00:29:03,959 for the Portuguese Knights of Christ? 654 00:29:04,090 --> 00:29:06,701 RICK: The long-stemmed Templar cross 655 00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:08,877 and Nolan's Cross, they are quite similar. 656 00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,837 The stem is much longer than the arms. 657 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:14,100 There's something to this. 658 00:29:14,187 --> 00:29:16,972 An actual connection between Portugal and Oak Island. 659 00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:19,105 The thing we've found on Oak Island is, 660 00:29:19,192 --> 00:29:22,543 even the most subtle clue might have impact. 661 00:29:22,673 --> 00:29:24,675 Right? Might have import. 662 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,808 And that's why we're here, right? 663 00:29:26,939 --> 00:29:28,941 -CORJAN: Absolutely. -Looking for clues. 664 00:29:29,028 --> 00:29:31,465 NARRATOR: As Rick and the team continue 665 00:29:31,552 --> 00:29:34,120 their investigation in Tomar, Portugal... 666 00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:37,993 ...back on Oak Island, 667 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,692 while the excavation of the B4-C shaft continues 668 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,129 in the Money Pit area... 669 00:29:43,216 --> 00:29:45,174 MARTY: Carmen Legge, 670 00:29:45,305 --> 00:29:47,350 this one I'm pretty sure I know what it is, 671 00:29:47,437 --> 00:29:49,352 but you might be able to shed some light about it. 672 00:29:49,439 --> 00:29:52,965 But I will just hand it to you, see what you say. 673 00:29:53,052 --> 00:29:56,620 ...Marty Lagina and his partner Craig Tester 674 00:29:56,707 --> 00:29:59,101 are meeting with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 675 00:29:59,232 --> 00:30:01,234 in the research center. 676 00:30:01,364 --> 00:30:03,366 They are eager to get Carmen's assessment 677 00:30:03,497 --> 00:30:05,020 of the mysterious triangular object 678 00:30:05,151 --> 00:30:09,242 discovered on Lot 8 just one day ago. 679 00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:11,679 -Well, it looks like a hinge, don't it? -[chuckles]: It sure does. 680 00:30:13,681 --> 00:30:15,248 CARMEN: Well, 681 00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:17,293 this is something unique. 682 00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:18,991 This is something you don't see every day. 683 00:30:20,296 --> 00:30:22,037 It's a spade hinge. 684 00:30:22,124 --> 00:30:23,517 You can see the little spade on the end of it. 685 00:30:23,647 --> 00:30:25,519 But it's a very, very small spade. 686 00:30:25,606 --> 00:30:28,217 Looks like on a suit of a deck of cards, right? 687 00:30:28,304 --> 00:30:31,307 A lot of hinges were made with spade tips on the end. 688 00:30:31,394 --> 00:30:32,831 -Oh, just for decoration, that part? -Also, if you look 689 00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:34,963 at this one here, you can see a little bit 690 00:30:35,094 --> 00:30:37,836 of a groove and a band around the bottom of the spade. 691 00:30:37,923 --> 00:30:39,098 -MARTY: Hand-made then, no doubt. -Oh, yes, very.. 692 00:30:39,185 --> 00:30:40,534 very well made, too. 693 00:30:40,664 --> 00:30:43,145 This looks really, really old. 694 00:30:44,930 --> 00:30:46,235 This would be, uh, early 1400s. 695 00:30:46,366 --> 00:30:47,889 Really? 696 00:30:47,976 --> 00:30:49,848 Yeah. It's, it's 697 00:30:49,935 --> 00:30:51,371 very, very old. 698 00:30:57,681 --> 00:31:00,032 -How sure are you of that date? -How sure? 699 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,730 CARMEN: I know it would fit in the middle of the 1400s 700 00:31:02,817 --> 00:31:05,037 up until about 1690, 1670. 701 00:31:05,124 --> 00:31:06,734 -Okay. -Cool. 702 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,736 NARRATOR: In the research center, 703 00:31:08,823 --> 00:31:10,825 blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 704 00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:13,436 has just given his assessment 705 00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:15,699 that the decorative hinge found one day ago 706 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:18,702 on Lot 8 could predate the discovery of the Money Pit 707 00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:22,054 by as much as four centuries. 708 00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:23,751 CARMEN: You can look it up and you'll see a lot 709 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,796 of Spanish hinges with spades onto it. 710 00:31:25,927 --> 00:31:28,016 MARTY: Okay, so Spanish, that's Iberian peninsula. 711 00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:31,802 A-Any chance it's Portuguese? 712 00:31:31,933 --> 00:31:34,196 Yes. Could be from that area. 713 00:31:34,283 --> 00:31:36,024 -Seriously? -Yep. 714 00:31:36,155 --> 00:31:37,678 CARMEN: This would have been off a very strong box. 715 00:31:37,808 --> 00:31:40,811 -MARTY: Okay. -Nothing light like clothes 716 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,204 or-or wooden items or anything like that. 717 00:31:42,291 --> 00:31:44,728 It would be more valuable items, 718 00:31:44,859 --> 00:31:47,340 so china dishes, tools, valuables... 719 00:31:48,732 --> 00:31:50,038 ...treasure. 720 00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:51,431 -Wow. -Anything valuable. 721 00:31:51,518 --> 00:31:53,520 [laughter] 722 00:31:53,650 --> 00:31:54,869 NARRATOR: Could Carmen Legge's belief 723 00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:57,176 that this hinge was part of a chest 724 00:31:57,306 --> 00:32:01,136 designed to hold valuable ites and possibly be 725 00:32:01,267 --> 00:32:04,618 of Spanish or Portuguese origin, be correct? 726 00:32:04,705 --> 00:32:09,057 If so, could it be related to the large metallic anomaly 727 00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:11,668 that still lies buried some 20 feet deep 728 00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:14,671 in the same area on Lot 8? 729 00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:18,240 -MARTY: That's way more significant than I thought. -CRAIG: Yeah. 730 00:32:18,371 --> 00:32:20,112 MARTY: Carmen, thank you very much. It is very helpful. 731 00:32:20,242 --> 00:32:21,940 And we appreciate when you come down. 732 00:32:22,027 --> 00:32:23,985 -We will find you more, so... cheers. -Very good. 733 00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:25,291 -I'll see more. -Yep. -Take care. 734 00:32:25,378 --> 00:32:27,249 MARTY: See you next time. Thank you. 735 00:32:27,336 --> 00:32:28,729 NARRATOR: As Marty and Craig conclude 736 00:32:28,859 --> 00:32:31,036 their meeting with Carmen Legge, 737 00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:34,648 some 30 miles west of Tomar, Portugal, 738 00:32:34,735 --> 00:32:37,999 in the town of Alqueidao da Serra... 739 00:32:38,086 --> 00:32:41,089 ALEX: Corjan texted me. It should be just up here. 740 00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:44,005 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, along with Alex, Peter 741 00:32:44,136 --> 00:32:46,573 and Doug Crowell have arrived at the site 742 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:49,793 of a 2,000-year-old Roman construct: 743 00:32:49,924 --> 00:32:53,449 a stone road that researcher Corjan Mol believes 744 00:32:53,580 --> 00:32:56,278 may further connect the Portuguese Templar order 745 00:32:56,365 --> 00:33:00,369 known as the Knights of Christ to the Oak Island mystery. 746 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,545 Look at, look at how beautifully constructed-- 747 00:33:02,676 --> 00:33:06,201 I mean, rough and raw, but look at the curvature. 748 00:33:06,332 --> 00:33:08,464 Look at-- the degree of slope remains constant. 749 00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:09,813 It's beautiful. 750 00:33:09,944 --> 00:33:11,554 If there is a Portuguese connection 751 00:33:11,685 --> 00:33:12,773 to the construction of the road in the swamp, 752 00:33:12,903 --> 00:33:15,515 maybe this is the blueprint. 753 00:33:15,602 --> 00:33:17,647 God, look at that. 754 00:33:17,734 --> 00:33:20,128 That looks exactly like an old Roman road. 755 00:33:20,215 --> 00:33:22,217 NARRATOR: Ever since the Oak Island team 756 00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:24,437 unearthed the mysterious stone road 757 00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:27,092 in the triangle-shaped swamp one year ago, 758 00:33:27,222 --> 00:33:28,919 they have worked with numerous experts 759 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:32,097 in order to determine its possible origin. 760 00:33:32,227 --> 00:33:34,012 This is the type of road 761 00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:37,537 that was built in Europe in the 1500s. 762 00:33:37,624 --> 00:33:40,801 NARRATOR: To date, the strongest opinion offered 763 00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:42,977 has come from historian Terry Deveau, 764 00:33:43,108 --> 00:33:45,197 who also serves as the president 765 00:33:45,327 --> 00:33:48,417 of the New England Antiquities Research Association. 766 00:33:48,548 --> 00:33:51,159 What comes to my mind is the Portuguese. 767 00:33:53,727 --> 00:33:56,860 RICK: During our stewardship of the mystery, 768 00:33:56,947 --> 00:33:59,211 the stone road is probably one 769 00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:01,300 of the most significant finds we have made. 770 00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:04,781 A road in a bog? To what end, for what purpose? 771 00:34:04,912 --> 00:34:07,741 It looks a lot more similar to what we have, 772 00:34:07,871 --> 00:34:09,656 -that's for sure. -DOUG: Yeah. 773 00:34:09,743 --> 00:34:11,962 RICK: We now have a very unique opportunity 774 00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:15,227 to visit a very early stone construct of a road 775 00:34:15,314 --> 00:34:17,490 that goes back to Roman times. 776 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:21,059 And maybe there's a possible connection to Oak Island. 777 00:34:21,146 --> 00:34:24,149 We were gonna drive up in a chariot. 778 00:34:24,279 --> 00:34:25,976 -We changed our minds. -I'm so glad to see 779 00:34:26,107 --> 00:34:28,849 -the show is finally on the road. -[laughter] 780 00:34:28,936 --> 00:34:30,198 RICK: And it is. It's beautiful. 781 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:31,547 -How are you? Welcome. -Good. How are you? 782 00:34:31,678 --> 00:34:33,593 NARRATOR: To shed light 783 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,464 on the 2,000-year-old construct, 784 00:34:35,551 --> 00:34:39,381 Joao has asked archaeologist Jorge Figueiredo, 785 00:34:39,468 --> 00:34:42,036 who is currently restoring the ancient feature, 786 00:34:42,123 --> 00:34:44,212 to join their investigation. 787 00:34:44,343 --> 00:34:46,867 We were talking on the way up how impressive this is, 788 00:34:46,997 --> 00:34:51,654 and how very much similar to the road we have in the swamp. 789 00:34:51,785 --> 00:34:53,395 CORJAN: Isn't it? 790 00:34:53,526 --> 00:34:55,180 RICK: How was this built up? 791 00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:58,661 Like, what are the stratigraphy? What are the layers? 792 00:34:58,792 --> 00:35:00,185 It would be in the base, 793 00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:02,665 putting big stones. 794 00:35:02,796 --> 00:35:05,364 And then another layer of smaller stones 795 00:35:05,494 --> 00:35:07,409 to make the compact. 796 00:35:09,455 --> 00:35:11,370 RICK: What about in a wetter area than this? 797 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:14,242 Say, our swamp? 798 00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:17,550 Yeah, it's already in another medieval constructions 799 00:35:17,637 --> 00:35:20,770 in swamps, where they use bigger, 800 00:35:20,857 --> 00:35:23,425 bigger stones on the base and the foundation. 801 00:35:25,688 --> 00:35:30,258 Once... Once the Romans created roads like this, 802 00:35:30,345 --> 00:35:33,043 did any other culture copy the technology? 803 00:35:33,174 --> 00:35:35,307 -Did that become the method? -JORGE: Yes. 804 00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:51,366 ALEX: We're looking for similarities between this 805 00:35:51,497 --> 00:35:53,716 and the style of construction of our road, 806 00:35:53,803 --> 00:35:57,285 because if we know there's Roman roads in Portugal, 807 00:35:57,416 --> 00:36:00,419 then we know that the Portuguese would be able 808 00:36:00,506 --> 00:36:03,204 to observe the technique, learn from it, 809 00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:05,250 and incorporate it into their own. 810 00:36:05,380 --> 00:36:07,165 And if they have done that, then we can look 811 00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:09,776 for the same signs on Oak Island. 812 00:36:09,906 --> 00:36:11,691 That's very exciting because we're actually startig 813 00:36:11,778 --> 00:36:14,259 to connect the-the Portuguese exploration 814 00:36:14,346 --> 00:36:16,435 directly with Oak Island. 815 00:36:16,522 --> 00:36:18,741 CORJAN: I'm not sure if you've seen the road 816 00:36:18,828 --> 00:36:21,527 -on Oak Island, but I believe we have pictures. -JORGE: Yes. 817 00:36:23,355 --> 00:36:24,443 -Yeah, okay. -But... 818 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:29,491 -DOUG: Great. -JORGE: Okay? -CORJAN: Okay. 819 00:36:29,622 --> 00:36:30,710 -Let's see it. -ALEX: After you. 820 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,625 DOUG: I'm gonna go get the video set up, 821 00:36:32,712 --> 00:36:35,541 show Jorge our road. 822 00:36:35,671 --> 00:36:36,977 -I'll meet you back down below? -Perfect. 823 00:36:37,064 --> 00:36:39,197 -All right. -We'll be down, shortly. 824 00:36:45,072 --> 00:36:48,206 RICK: Just think, you're walking on 2,000 years of... 825 00:36:49,598 --> 00:36:51,165 -...history. -CORJAN: Yeah. 826 00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:52,993 -PETER: That's true. -Isn't that amazing? 827 00:37:01,697 --> 00:37:04,352 ALEX: Looks a lot like the stone path. 828 00:37:04,483 --> 00:37:06,746 -CORJAN: Yeah, it looks the spitting image. -Yeah. 829 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:08,748 RICK: Just fabulous. 830 00:37:13,709 --> 00:37:14,971 ALEX: The stone path, it looks exactly like this. 831 00:37:15,058 --> 00:37:16,973 -Yeah, it looks the spitting image. -Yeah. 832 00:37:17,104 --> 00:37:19,193 NARRATOR: In Alqueidao da Serra, Portugal, 833 00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:22,588 archaeologist Jorge Figueiredo 834 00:37:22,675 --> 00:37:25,721 has just shown Rick Lagina and members of the team 835 00:37:25,808 --> 00:37:30,117 a stone feature that is nearly an exact match in design 836 00:37:30,204 --> 00:37:33,207 to a pathway that the team found in the Oak Island swamp 837 00:37:33,338 --> 00:37:35,253 just one year ago. 838 00:37:42,303 --> 00:37:44,697 -RICK: It does. -CORJAN: Yeah, however simple it is, 839 00:37:44,784 --> 00:37:46,612 it looks so purposeful, and it looks really, 840 00:37:46,742 --> 00:37:49,832 really close to what is on Oak Island. 841 00:37:49,963 --> 00:37:53,488 NARRATOR: When the Oak Island team uncovered the stone pathway 842 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:56,665 just adjacent to the massive stone road, 843 00:37:56,796 --> 00:38:00,843 they were struck by the fact that they had also found 844 00:38:00,930 --> 00:38:04,151 pieces of cargo barrels in the same area. 845 00:38:04,238 --> 00:38:07,720 The pathway also appeared to be heading in the direction 846 00:38:07,807 --> 00:38:09,417 of the Money Pit. 847 00:38:09,548 --> 00:38:12,725 I think we have a few areas that might be in-in... 848 00:38:12,812 --> 00:38:13,726 I don't want to say "better condition," 849 00:38:13,813 --> 00:38:14,814 but there's more rocks. 850 00:38:18,165 --> 00:38:19,471 That makes sense. 851 00:38:19,601 --> 00:38:21,690 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Rick 852 00:38:21,821 --> 00:38:24,214 and members of the team have just seen evidence 853 00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:26,608 to explain who may have built the stone features 854 00:38:26,695 --> 00:38:29,611 in the southeast corner of the swamp? 855 00:38:29,698 --> 00:38:32,701 RICK: You could have taken a snapshot of this, 856 00:38:32,832 --> 00:38:35,225 and you could have taken a snapshot of the stone path 857 00:38:35,356 --> 00:38:37,837 on Oak Island, and you wouldn't tell the difference. 858 00:38:37,967 --> 00:38:40,883 To me, that matches up perfectly. 859 00:38:41,014 --> 00:38:44,278 My opinion is, the stone road we have 860 00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:48,456 is an adaptation of constructs such as these. 861 00:38:48,587 --> 00:38:51,546 So, uh, we have some things we'd love to show you. 862 00:38:51,677 --> 00:38:53,766 -Yeah? -And I think we should go take a look. 863 00:38:53,853 --> 00:38:55,594 -Yeah, let's see. -Yeah, let's do that. 864 00:38:55,681 --> 00:38:57,247 CORJAN: Let's be rolling stones. 865 00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:58,423 JORGE: Yeah. 866 00:39:01,817 --> 00:39:03,428 DOUG: Jorge, we have some stills. 867 00:39:07,649 --> 00:39:11,087 RICK: This was in the bog, covered by about 868 00:39:11,218 --> 00:39:12,959 -two feet of water. -Okay. 869 00:39:13,089 --> 00:39:15,135 And off to the side here, 870 00:39:15,265 --> 00:39:18,834 in the swamp material, we found a piece of milled plank 871 00:39:18,965 --> 00:39:21,707 that carbon-dated to the 1500s. 872 00:39:21,837 --> 00:39:24,797 -Okay. -RICK: So, would the Portuguese, 873 00:39:24,927 --> 00:39:27,539 during that time frame, choose that type of construct 874 00:39:27,669 --> 00:39:30,542 for purposes of crossing a swamp? 875 00:39:35,111 --> 00:39:36,504 Is it possible 876 00:39:36,591 --> 00:39:38,506 the Portuguese were on Oak Island? 877 00:39:38,593 --> 00:39:42,510 Here you have a trained archaeologist who is saying yes. 878 00:39:42,597 --> 00:39:45,470 Definitely, this is something interesting 879 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,080 and needed of a study. 880 00:39:47,210 --> 00:39:48,908 RICK: Is it probable? 881 00:39:49,038 --> 00:39:51,389 I'd say we're, we're approaching that, 882 00:39:51,476 --> 00:39:52,868 but there's more work to do. 883 00:40:01,355 --> 00:40:04,010 Yeah, so the technology must have come from outside. 884 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,885 RICK: We are certainly making some progress here in Portugal. 885 00:40:09,972 --> 00:40:11,844 -JORGE: This is great. -RICK: It's about seeking out 886 00:40:11,931 --> 00:40:14,586 and finding information, and we have made 887 00:40:14,673 --> 00:40:16,588 some interesting discoveries. 888 00:40:16,675 --> 00:40:19,155 I think we've found an avenue of-of continued search, 889 00:40:19,242 --> 00:40:20,330 or research. 890 00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:23,072 Then you can start 891 00:40:23,203 --> 00:40:26,380 connecting the dots between Portugal and Oak Island. 892 00:40:26,511 --> 00:40:29,992 The key question is, always, why? 893 00:40:30,123 --> 00:40:32,386 -"Why?" -"Why?" That's true. -Why build that? 894 00:40:32,517 --> 00:40:34,432 But every piece of information is exceedingly helpful, 895 00:40:34,562 --> 00:40:36,259 and for that, we-we thank you. 896 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:37,609 -JORGE: Yeah. -JOAO: Yeah. 897 00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:40,002 Well, we really appreciate your time. 898 00:40:40,133 --> 00:40:42,352 ALEX: Yeah, thank you. 899 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,832 -Did you want to come back to Canada and have a look at it? -Yeah. 900 00:40:43,963 --> 00:40:46,008 [laughter] 901 00:40:46,095 --> 00:40:48,141 -Muito obrigado. -Thank you so much. 902 00:40:48,228 --> 00:40:50,448 Thank you. 903 00:40:50,535 --> 00:40:53,407 NARRATOR: A mystery that has confounded treasure hunters 904 00:40:53,494 --> 00:40:55,583 for more than two centuries 905 00:40:55,670 --> 00:40:58,760 may now be on the road to a resolution. 906 00:40:58,891 --> 00:41:03,199 As Rick, Marty and their team recover each missing piee 907 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:07,682 of the puzzle, just what will they ultimately reveal? 908 00:41:07,769 --> 00:41:11,294 A vast treasure that includes priceless objects 909 00:41:11,381 --> 00:41:13,819 of divine inspiration? 910 00:41:13,906 --> 00:41:18,824 Ancient, lost knowledge about the history of mankind? 911 00:41:18,911 --> 00:41:21,827 One thing is more certain than ever: 912 00:41:21,957 --> 00:41:24,830 as the dig continues, the answers 913 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,833 are getting closer to the surface. 914 00:41:32,359 --> 00:41:35,101 Next time onThe Curse of Oak Island... 915 00:41:35,231 --> 00:41:37,407 -It's the last caisson for the year. -STEVE G.: If we're gonna take 916 00:41:37,538 --> 00:41:39,584 a shot at this, we're gonna take our best shot. 917 00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:40,846 CORJAN: This is the holy of holiest 918 00:41:40,933 --> 00:41:43,283 -of the Templars. -Wow. 919 00:41:43,413 --> 00:41:44,589 CORJAN: I think we're gonna find some real answers here. 920 00:41:44,676 --> 00:41:47,069 That is incredible. 921 00:41:47,156 --> 00:41:49,202 -LAIRD: We're looking for the extension to the road. -MARTY: Yes. 922 00:41:49,332 --> 00:41:50,246 STEVE G.: Whoa, whoa, whoa, look at this. 923 00:41:50,377 --> 00:41:51,770 There's a lot of cobble there. 924 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:53,554 Yeah, I'm wondering if that's it already. 925 00:41:53,641 --> 00:41:55,425 -ALEX: Wow. -CORJAN: It is spectacular. 926 00:41:55,556 --> 00:41:57,384 Stunningly beautiful. 927 00:41:57,471 --> 00:41:59,168 JOAO: There's nine platforms. 928 00:41:59,255 --> 00:42:00,387 That's exactly the Money Pit story. 929 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,041 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS