1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,208 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:05,708 It's the last caisson for the year. 3 00:00:05,833 --> 00:00:06,833 If we're gonna take a shot at this, 4 00:00:06,958 --> 00:00:07,875 we're gonna take our best shot. 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,042 CORJAN: This is the holy 6 00:00:09,167 --> 00:00:10,417 of holiest of the Templars. 7 00:00:10,542 --> 00:00:12,167 -Wow! -Oh! 8 00:00:12,292 --> 00:00:13,000 CORJAN: I think we're gonna find some real answers here. 9 00:00:13,167 --> 00:00:15,333 That is incredible. 10 00:00:15,417 --> 00:00:17,375 -We're looking for the extension to the road. -Yes. 11 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:18,708 LAIRD: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Look at this. 12 00:00:18,833 --> 00:00:20,208 There's a lot of cobble there. 13 00:00:20,375 --> 00:00:21,917 Yeah, I'm wondering if that's it already. 14 00:00:22,042 --> 00:00:23,917 -ALEX: Wow. -CORJAN: It is spectacular. 15 00:00:24,042 --> 00:00:25,917 It's stunningly beautiful. 16 00:00:26,042 --> 00:00:27,417 JOÃO FIANDEIRO: There's nine platforms. 17 00:00:27,542 --> 00:00:29,000 That's exactly the Money Pit story. 18 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:33,792 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 19 00:00:33,875 --> 00:00:35,583 where people have been looking for 20 00:00:35,708 --> 00:00:40,458 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 21 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:43,500 So far, they have found a stone slab 22 00:00:43,583 --> 00:00:46,625 with strange symbols carved into it, 23 00:00:46,750 --> 00:00:50,250 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 24 00:00:50,375 --> 00:00:54,833 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 25 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,167 to the Knights Templar. 26 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,042 To date, six men have died 27 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,458 trying to solve the mystery. 28 00:01:01,542 --> 00:01:07,042 And according to legend, one more will have to die 29 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,250 before the treasure can be found. 30 00:01:14,375 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:20,833 --> 00:01:22,792 -JACK: Last can for the year! -GARY: Yeah. 32 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:25,792 -JACK: I feel good about this caisson. -TERRY: Absolutely. 33 00:01:25,875 --> 00:01:27,542 GARY: Hopefully, we've saved the best 34 00:01:27,667 --> 00:01:28,833 -till the last. -TERRY: Hopefully, some 35 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:29,958 of the great mystery 36 00:01:30,083 --> 00:01:32,250 -will be revealed today. -Yeah. 37 00:01:32,375 --> 00:01:34,375 NARRATOR: As another brisk fall morning 38 00:01:34,542 --> 00:01:38,292 gets underway on Oak Island, the anticipation 39 00:01:38,417 --> 00:01:40,292 for a potentially historic breakthrough discovery 40 00:01:40,375 --> 00:01:43,208 in the Money Pit area has never been higher 41 00:01:43,375 --> 00:01:45,333 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 42 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:47,500 and the members of their team. 43 00:01:47,583 --> 00:01:49,542 -Top of the morning, gentlemen. -Hi, Sam. How you doing? 44 00:01:49,708 --> 00:01:55,000 Oh, very best. So, our current depth of hole is around 57 feet. 45 00:01:55,167 --> 00:01:58,167 Super. We're starting to get into full mouthfuls 46 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:00,083 of the maroon till. 47 00:02:00,208 --> 00:02:01,833 -Yes, sir. -We need to go 48 00:02:01,958 --> 00:02:03,833 -from that to gold. -That's right. -That's right. 49 00:02:03,917 --> 00:02:05,875 First, through the wood maybe 50 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:07,083 and then into a chamber, let's hope. 51 00:02:07,208 --> 00:02:09,208 It appears, to our research, 52 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:11,458 -that there is some tunnel here. -Yeah. 53 00:02:11,542 --> 00:02:14,333 NARRATOR: At a location just five feet north 54 00:02:14,458 --> 00:02:18,667 of Borehole C-1, the team is excavating their fifth 55 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:23,417 and final ten-foot-diameter steel-cased shaft for this year. 56 00:02:23,542 --> 00:02:29,167 Dubbed "B4-C," Rick, Marty and their partner Craig Tester 57 00:02:29,292 --> 00:02:31,083 are especially hopeful for this dig 58 00:02:31,208 --> 00:02:32,708 due to the incredible clues 59 00:02:32,875 --> 00:02:34,333 that they've already recovered 60 00:02:34,417 --> 00:02:36,958 in this area over the past several months. 61 00:02:37,042 --> 00:02:41,000 These finds include evidence of mysterious wooden tunnels 62 00:02:41,083 --> 00:02:42,792 at a depth of some 90 feet, 63 00:02:42,917 --> 00:02:47,167 which have been carbon-dated to as early as the 15th century. 64 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:50,125 But even more compelling were the results 65 00:02:50,208 --> 00:02:52,167 of water testing in existing boreholes 66 00:02:52,292 --> 00:02:54,417 and core drilling across the area 67 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:56,708 that was conducted this year. 68 00:02:56,875 --> 00:03:00,292 Both operations yielded high-trace evidence 69 00:03:00,375 --> 00:03:02,750 that vast quantities of silver and gold 70 00:03:02,875 --> 00:03:05,625 lie buried somewhere deep below. 71 00:03:06,792 --> 00:03:08,958 RICK: Our expectations are exceedingly high 72 00:03:09,083 --> 00:03:10,625 for the final can. 73 00:03:10,708 --> 00:03:13,333 The data strongly suggests there's a tunnel, 74 00:03:13,458 --> 00:03:15,875 and the tunnel perhaps means treasure, 75 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,375 or proximity to treasure. 76 00:03:18,542 --> 00:03:21,458 The other thing, of course, is that at 150-foot level, 77 00:03:21,583 --> 00:03:27,458 where in 1897 the vault supposedly was drilled into. 78 00:03:27,583 --> 00:03:29,500 There was a number of intersections 79 00:03:29,667 --> 00:03:31,417 that were confirmed by two or three drill holes. 80 00:03:31,542 --> 00:03:35,667 90 feet was the top of the first suspected tunnel. 81 00:03:35,792 --> 00:03:37,542 So, we're getting close. We're sneaking up on it. 82 00:03:37,667 --> 00:03:39,542 -Yup. -And hopefully, we'll open up into a chamber. 83 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:41,667 All right, fellas. We'll be... we'll be in touch. 84 00:03:41,750 --> 00:03:43,333 -All right then. -Thanks. -Keep on rocking. 85 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:45,083 -Take care. -(Sam laughs) 86 00:03:45,208 --> 00:03:47,208 NARRATOR: Although it could take 87 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:48,833 as much as one more week 88 00:03:48,917 --> 00:03:51,750 for the B4-C Shaft to reach its target depth 89 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:54,042 below 150 feet, 90 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:56,083 geologist Terry Matheson 91 00:03:56,208 --> 00:03:59,292 and members of the team will continue searching the spoils 92 00:03:59,417 --> 00:04:02,167 for valuable clues that could help solve 93 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:05,750 the 227-year-old Oak Island mystery. 94 00:04:05,875 --> 00:04:07,167 So, we're in very dense, 95 00:04:07,292 --> 00:04:08,500 tight material that hasn't been disturbed. 96 00:04:08,583 --> 00:04:11,208 So, that's great, and it just 97 00:04:11,333 --> 00:04:13,250 bodes well for tunnels, or an off... 98 00:04:13,375 --> 00:04:15,333 Cross your fingers-- an offset chamber and some 99 00:04:15,458 --> 00:04:16,958 silver and gold perhaps. 100 00:04:17,083 --> 00:04:18,833 Here's to hoping. 101 00:04:19,875 --> 00:04:21,167 NARRATOR: While the excavation continues 102 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:23,083 in the Money Pit area, 103 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:26,208 later that morning... 104 00:04:27,292 --> 00:04:29,208 -MARTY: Hey, Rick! Doug! -SCOTT: Hey, guys. 105 00:04:29,375 --> 00:04:31,500 -Hello, chaps. -Hey, everybody. 106 00:04:31,625 --> 00:04:33,792 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina gathers members of the team 107 00:04:33,875 --> 00:04:36,417 in the war room for a video conference 108 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:37,667 with his brother Rick 109 00:04:37,833 --> 00:04:39,792 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell, 110 00:04:39,875 --> 00:04:43,375 who are currently in Tomar, Portugal. 111 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:46,375 I got these guys all teed up for a fantastic report. 112 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:48,417 So, have you got one? 113 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:49,792 I think an unqualified "yes." 114 00:04:49,917 --> 00:04:51,667 Proceed! 115 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:55,000 It's been a very interesting trip. 116 00:04:55,083 --> 00:04:57,167 From the moment we arrived, 117 00:04:57,292 --> 00:04:58,917 there was something to be learned. 118 00:04:59,042 --> 00:05:01,500 Finally, we're chasing real historical information 119 00:05:01,625 --> 00:05:03,833 as it relates to Oak Island. 120 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,708 And you cannot separate Portugal from Templar, in my opinion. 121 00:05:08,833 --> 00:05:11,500 Please, inform us. 122 00:05:11,583 --> 00:05:13,708 -Let's go to church! -Let's go to church. 123 00:05:13,833 --> 00:05:16,792 NARRATOR: For the past week, Rick and Doug, 124 00:05:16,875 --> 00:05:20,417 along with Marty's son Alex and his and Rick's nephew Peter, 125 00:05:20,542 --> 00:05:22,167 have been investigating the area 126 00:05:22,250 --> 00:05:24,208 around Tomar for clues 127 00:05:24,333 --> 00:05:26,458 that might support an incredible theory. 128 00:05:26,583 --> 00:05:28,708 One connecting members of the 12th century 129 00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:31,000 medieval military order of monks 130 00:05:31,167 --> 00:05:32,708 known as the "Knights Templar" 131 00:05:32,875 --> 00:05:35,250 and their 14th-century descendants 132 00:05:35,375 --> 00:05:37,458 known as the "Knights of Christ," 133 00:05:37,542 --> 00:05:39,167 to the Oak Island mystery. 134 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:41,208 Okay, let's see what we can find. 135 00:05:41,333 --> 00:05:43,000 NARRATOR: So far, working with researcher Corjan Mol... 136 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:45,708 Every one of them has a symbol. 137 00:05:45,833 --> 00:05:48,167 NARRATOR: ...they have not only seen Templar carvings 138 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:50,500 at the historic church of Fontarcada... 139 00:05:50,625 --> 00:05:52,542 You might be interested in this one over here. 140 00:05:52,667 --> 00:05:55,292 NARRATOR: ...matching symbols reportedly found 141 00:05:55,375 --> 00:05:57,458 on the legendary 90 Foot Stone... 142 00:05:57,583 --> 00:06:00,250 There's a circle and the dot in the center of the cross. 143 00:06:00,375 --> 00:06:03,125 NARRATOR: ...as well as the H+O Stone. 144 00:06:03,208 --> 00:06:05,125 CORJAN: The circle and the dot 145 00:06:05,208 --> 00:06:07,167 is an early alchemical symbol for gold. 146 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:09,583 NARRATOR: But also, 147 00:06:09,708 --> 00:06:12,625 in Alqueidão da Serra, an ancient stone road 148 00:06:12,708 --> 00:06:15,667 and pathway that appeared eerily similar in design 149 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:18,083 to those that the team has recently discovered 150 00:06:18,208 --> 00:06:20,333 in the triangle-shaped swamp. 151 00:06:20,458 --> 00:06:22,625 RICK: Isn't that spectacular? 152 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:23,958 Yeah, it's cool. 153 00:06:24,083 --> 00:06:26,000 RICK: That is 2,000 years old. 154 00:06:26,125 --> 00:06:28,333 DOUG: Unlike other areas or other countries, 155 00:06:28,417 --> 00:06:30,167 here in Portugal, 156 00:06:30,292 --> 00:06:32,542 they seemed to have embraced that design, 157 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:35,583 and they've carried that forward through the centuries. 158 00:06:35,708 --> 00:06:38,917 They have kept building roads in this manner. 159 00:06:39,042 --> 00:06:42,167 One of the things that Jorge, the archaeologist, 160 00:06:42,250 --> 00:06:44,167 told us was that 161 00:06:44,292 --> 00:06:49,542 this construction type would be suitable for hills and swamps. 162 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:52,542 We walked all the way up the mountainside, and 163 00:06:52,667 --> 00:06:56,167 they looked exactly like the stone path we have. 164 00:06:56,292 --> 00:06:58,000 -No kidding. -CHARLES: Wow. 165 00:06:58,083 --> 00:06:59,667 Yeah, that's fantastic. 166 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:01,458 Okay, well, that's all good information. 167 00:07:01,542 --> 00:07:03,208 Real interesting stuff, guys, and it looks like 168 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:04,750 you're having an interesting time. 169 00:07:04,875 --> 00:07:07,167 Hurry back because there's a lot of work 170 00:07:07,292 --> 00:07:09,750 gonna be commencing up in the Money Pit, as you're aware. 171 00:07:09,875 --> 00:07:13,167 And, um, we look forward to getting you back on the island. 172 00:07:13,250 --> 00:07:14,708 We will do that. 173 00:07:14,875 --> 00:07:16,625 All right, guys. Thank you. See you later then. 174 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:17,750 We're going to get back to work. 175 00:07:17,875 --> 00:07:19,333 Yeah. 176 00:07:19,458 --> 00:07:22,500 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 177 00:07:22,583 --> 00:07:25,292 -MARTY: Hey, gents! -BILLY: Hey, Marty. 178 00:07:25,417 --> 00:07:27,375 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina 179 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:29,750 joins Gary Drayton, surveyor Steve Guptill, 180 00:07:29,875 --> 00:07:32,125 and Billy Gerhardt on Lot 15, 181 00:07:32,208 --> 00:07:35,792 located just east of the swamp. 182 00:07:35,875 --> 00:07:38,250 If there's a road, that's what we're after today. 183 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:40,667 -And clues. -Yeah. 184 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:42,500 I've been wanting to dig this ever since 185 00:07:42,583 --> 00:07:44,833 we were out here delineating this thing. 186 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,875 NARRATOR: In light of Rick and Doug's report from Portugal, 187 00:07:48,042 --> 00:07:49,000 Marty has just obtained 188 00:07:49,167 --> 00:07:51,333 permission from the authorities 189 00:07:51,458 --> 00:07:53,583 to continue investigating a mysterious feature 190 00:07:53,708 --> 00:07:55,500 discovered earlier this year. 191 00:07:55,667 --> 00:07:57,750 First scan, coming up. 192 00:07:57,875 --> 00:08:00,000 NARRATOR: While conducting a ground-penetrating radar scan 193 00:08:00,125 --> 00:08:02,333 just east of the stone road 194 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:04,875 in the southeast corner of the swamp... 195 00:08:05,042 --> 00:08:06,542 I think the stone road 196 00:08:06,667 --> 00:08:09,042 -might be under us right here. -Oh, that's interesting. 197 00:08:09,208 --> 00:08:11,792 ...Alex Lagina and his cousin David Fornetti 198 00:08:11,917 --> 00:08:14,500 were stunned to obtain possible evidence 199 00:08:14,625 --> 00:08:17,000 that buried portions of the feature 200 00:08:17,167 --> 00:08:20,417 may continue somewhere into the uplands. 201 00:08:20,542 --> 00:08:23,667 -I have survey plans for everybody. -Yay! 202 00:08:23,792 --> 00:08:25,333 NARRATOR: Now, it is Marty's hope 203 00:08:25,458 --> 00:08:26,958 that he and members of the team 204 00:08:27,083 --> 00:08:30,167 can not only prove that the stone feature 205 00:08:30,250 --> 00:08:31,792 does continue out of the swamp, 206 00:08:31,875 --> 00:08:35,750 but also determine just where it might lead. 207 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:37,333 If we're going to take a shot at this, 208 00:08:37,458 --> 00:08:38,333 we're going to take our best shot. 209 00:08:38,458 --> 00:08:40,083 -GARY: Yeah. -All right. 210 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:41,708 -Positions, everyone. -All right. -All right. 211 00:08:41,833 --> 00:08:44,583 MARTY: This is about the right width 212 00:08:44,708 --> 00:08:48,000 and the right depth to be the road, 213 00:08:48,083 --> 00:08:50,208 and it's showing a consistent anomaly 214 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:51,333 where we think the road is. 215 00:08:51,458 --> 00:08:54,125 These things all add up. So, 216 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:56,667 it's risk-reward ratio: it costs almost nothing, 217 00:08:56,750 --> 00:08:58,750 and it could be a huge reward. 218 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:05,167 (scraping) 219 00:09:13,708 --> 00:09:15,292 STEVE G.: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Look at this. 220 00:09:16,708 --> 00:09:19,000 That could be the road. 221 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:26,625 -You may want to take a look. -MARTY: Really? 222 00:09:26,708 --> 00:09:28,583 NARRATOR: On Lot 15, 223 00:09:28,708 --> 00:09:30,875 Marty Lagina and members of the team 224 00:09:31,042 --> 00:09:33,375 may have just found promising evidence 225 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:35,708 that the mysterious stone pathway 226 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:38,167 believed to be of possible Portuguese origin 227 00:09:38,292 --> 00:09:40,667 does, in fact, continue into the uplands. 228 00:09:41,708 --> 00:09:44,000 STEVE G.: There is a lot of cobble there. 229 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:47,000 -Oh, yeah. It kind of looks like down there. -It does. 230 00:09:47,083 --> 00:09:50,458 -Yes, it does. Yeah. -MARTY: Yeah. All right, well, 231 00:09:50,542 --> 00:09:51,667 -I'm gonna go dig over there. -BILLY: Yeah. 232 00:09:51,833 --> 00:09:53,375 -That's a good start. -Okay. 233 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:55,417 MARTY: This new area looks a lot like 234 00:09:55,542 --> 00:09:56,417 it's the beginning of yet another road 235 00:09:56,542 --> 00:09:58,875 going off to the east. 236 00:09:59,042 --> 00:10:01,083 The obvious thing to do is follow the road, 237 00:10:01,208 --> 00:10:03,958 see where it leads us, keep digging. 238 00:10:06,208 --> 00:10:08,583 GARY: This is getting interesting, Billy. 239 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,958 BILLY: Yup. Really exciting. 240 00:10:16,042 --> 00:10:18,500 -There's some cobble. -Yeah, there they are. 241 00:10:18,667 --> 00:10:22,542 You got one, two. This one, three, four, five. 242 00:10:22,667 --> 00:10:24,958 -That's flat, too. -Yeah. 243 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:26,417 The question is, what do we do? 244 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,000 BILLY: Right. It certainly looks 245 00:10:28,125 --> 00:10:30,583 very typical to other things that we saw down 246 00:10:30,708 --> 00:10:32,458 on the edge of the swamp and in the swamp. 247 00:10:32,542 --> 00:10:33,750 The people that built the path, obviously, 248 00:10:33,875 --> 00:10:35,458 probably built other roads. 249 00:10:35,542 --> 00:10:37,833 STEVE G.: Another piece of information 250 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,833 that makes this more likely, or probable, to be a road is 251 00:10:40,958 --> 00:10:43,333 that it's the same width as the stone road in the swamp. 252 00:10:43,458 --> 00:10:45,917 It's-it's about 20 feet wide. 253 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:48,917 This is exactly how the road in the swamp started. 254 00:10:49,042 --> 00:10:52,208 And I wonder if-if it's carefully excavated, 255 00:10:52,375 --> 00:10:53,833 if there'd be some more clues 256 00:10:53,958 --> 00:10:55,792 that that's Portuguese construction. 257 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:58,208 Of course, we've got a team in Portugal. 258 00:10:58,375 --> 00:11:02,125 So, we might want to get Laird to look at it. 259 00:11:02,208 --> 00:11:04,083 -Yeah. -Yeah. 260 00:11:04,208 --> 00:11:05,667 NARRTOR: Now that Marty and the team 261 00:11:05,833 --> 00:11:07,375 have found evidence of a potentially 262 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:09,667 ancient structure that has never been documented 263 00:11:09,750 --> 00:11:12,083 by previous searchers, 264 00:11:12,208 --> 00:11:14,667 they will enlist archaeologist Laird Niven 265 00:11:14,750 --> 00:11:16,500 to join the investigation 266 00:11:16,583 --> 00:11:19,458 in order to help identify important clues 267 00:11:19,542 --> 00:11:23,667 that may be critical in solving the 227-year-old mystery. 268 00:11:23,792 --> 00:11:27,167 If we get the archaeologists in to uncover this 269 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:29,417 and show us exactly what it looks like... 270 00:11:29,542 --> 00:11:31,625 Yeah, or at least tell us what they think. 271 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:33,250 -Yeah. -In the meantime, 272 00:11:33,375 --> 00:11:34,583 I do want to cut a cross-section, 273 00:11:34,708 --> 00:11:36,000 so let's try down there. 274 00:11:36,125 --> 00:11:38,250 -STEVE G.: Yeah. -MARTY: Okay, let's do it! 275 00:11:38,375 --> 00:11:40,625 NARRATOR: While Marty and members of the team 276 00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:43,750 continue their investigation on Lot 15... 277 00:11:43,875 --> 00:11:45,250 TERRY: Hopefully, 278 00:11:45,375 --> 00:11:47,333 some of the great mystery will be revealed today. 279 00:11:47,458 --> 00:11:49,375 -Yup. -Let's hope we, uh, come 280 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:51,000 into something very interesting. 281 00:11:51,083 --> 00:11:52,958 NARRATOR: ...and as the excavation 282 00:11:53,042 --> 00:11:56,250 of the B4-C Shaft continues in the Money Pit area, 283 00:11:56,375 --> 00:12:01,000 some 2,800 miles away in the city of Tomar, Portugal... 284 00:12:01,083 --> 00:12:03,125 CORJAN: So, here we are. 285 00:12:03,208 --> 00:12:04,958 Welcome to the Convento de Cristo. 286 00:12:05,042 --> 00:12:06,833 JOÃO: The castle of the Templar Knights. 287 00:12:06,958 --> 00:12:08,292 PETER: Wow. 288 00:12:08,375 --> 00:12:10,833 Impressive. 289 00:12:10,958 --> 00:12:14,292 JOÃO: Built in the 1st of March of 1160. 290 00:12:14,375 --> 00:12:16,167 ALEX: Wow. 291 00:12:16,250 --> 00:12:18,833 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Alex Lagina, 292 00:12:18,958 --> 00:12:21,833 along with Doug Crowell and Peter Fornetti, 293 00:12:21,917 --> 00:12:24,000 meet up with historian João Fiandeiro 294 00:12:24,125 --> 00:12:28,667 and researcher Corjan Mol at the Convento de Cristo, 295 00:12:28,750 --> 00:12:31,917 a location that served as a stronghold 296 00:12:32,042 --> 00:12:35,833 for the Knights Templar more than 800 years ago. 297 00:12:37,542 --> 00:12:40,250 -RICK: Oh, wow. -ALEX: Beautiful. 298 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:41,958 RICK: It certainly is. 299 00:12:42,042 --> 00:12:44,625 JOÃO: So, we're here, and now, 300 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:47,167 I'll show you the most important 301 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:49,875 places where Templar Knights left for us. 302 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,667 And I'm quite sure that you will see the links 303 00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:55,875 and the connection to the Oak Island. 304 00:12:56,042 --> 00:12:56,833 Oh. 305 00:12:56,958 --> 00:12:58,250 CORJAN: I think we're gonna find 306 00:12:58,375 --> 00:12:59,708 -some real answers here. -RICK: Then I'm ready 307 00:12:59,875 --> 00:13:00,875 to go look at them. 308 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,583 -JOÃO: Let's go? -Let's go. 309 00:13:04,792 --> 00:13:07,125 RICK: Is it possible that somewhere in the building 310 00:13:07,208 --> 00:13:11,000 there will be a testament to the fact that they went west? 311 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:15,625 That they did indeed come to Nova Scotia? 312 00:13:15,708 --> 00:13:17,000 That's the hope. 313 00:13:26,042 --> 00:13:28,042 CORJAN: After you, gentlemen. 314 00:13:31,417 --> 00:13:34,917 -So, welcome to New Jerusalem. -Oh, wow. 315 00:13:39,042 --> 00:13:42,333 -Oh. -Wow. That's incredible. 316 00:13:44,292 --> 00:13:47,792 RICK: Oh, it's... It-it defies words. 317 00:13:50,042 --> 00:13:51,875 When you think speechless, 318 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,417 -you see this. -Exactly. 319 00:13:57,208 --> 00:13:59,208 CORJAN: This is 12th century. 320 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:00,917 ALEX: You said this is 12th century? 321 00:14:01,042 --> 00:14:02,667 -12th century. -In the 1100s, this was built? 322 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:04,083 Exactly. 323 00:14:09,208 --> 00:14:12,000 NARRATOR: During the Crusades in 1160 AD, 324 00:14:12,083 --> 00:14:15,792 the Knights Templar lost control of Temple Mount in Jerusalem, 325 00:14:15,917 --> 00:14:18,958 leading their grand master, Gualdim Pais, 326 00:14:19,083 --> 00:14:23,750 to establish a new headquarters in Tomar, Portugal. 327 00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:26,667 Within the Castle of Tomar, he built 328 00:14:26,792 --> 00:14:31,083 the Convento de Cristo, their most sacred Catholic convent. 329 00:14:31,208 --> 00:14:33,583 It would remain the order's stronghold 330 00:14:33,708 --> 00:14:36,875 for centuries to come, and where they were rebranded 331 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,958 as the Knights of Christ in 1318. 332 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:43,333 CORJAN: This is the heart of the heart, 333 00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:47,250 the holy of holiest of the Templars in Europe. 334 00:14:49,167 --> 00:14:50,917 RICK: What this is a testament to is 335 00:14:51,042 --> 00:14:52,833 that nothing was beyond them. 336 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,417 CORJAN: Yeah. 337 00:14:54,542 --> 00:14:57,875 -Nothing. -Yeah. That's true. -Yeah. 338 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:01,875 RICK: This just defies imagination. 339 00:15:03,208 --> 00:15:05,125 CORJAN: Okay, guys. 340 00:15:05,208 --> 00:15:07,250 -Let's move on. There's a lot more to see here. -Hmm. 341 00:15:10,167 --> 00:15:11,583 This was also a functioning building, 342 00:15:11,708 --> 00:15:13,208 a functional community. 343 00:15:13,375 --> 00:15:16,042 We're on top of a hill, and they needed water. 344 00:15:16,167 --> 00:15:19,708 So, they built a huge aqueduct to bring water... 345 00:15:19,833 --> 00:15:21,667 -Is that why? -...to this place 346 00:15:21,792 --> 00:15:23,542 so they could sustain themselves. 347 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:26,042 And the waterways are underground. 348 00:15:26,167 --> 00:15:29,083 So, there's tunnels under this castle and under the convent. 349 00:15:29,208 --> 00:15:31,833 And they had a very special way to indicate 350 00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:33,750 where the aqueducts are underground, 351 00:15:33,875 --> 00:15:35,333 and I think you're going to find 352 00:15:35,417 --> 00:15:37,792 an interesting connection there, perhaps, to Oak Island. 353 00:15:37,917 --> 00:15:39,333 Are we allowed to go underground? 354 00:15:39,417 --> 00:15:41,417 I'll show you now. 355 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:44,833 JOÃO: Watch your step. 356 00:15:44,958 --> 00:15:46,875 CORJAN: I'll show you how they indicated 357 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,750 the underground water stream. 358 00:15:49,958 --> 00:15:54,000 For the first time I was here, I noticed this hand on the wall 359 00:15:54,083 --> 00:15:56,917 with this strange, extended middle finger. 360 00:15:57,042 --> 00:15:59,583 -RICK: Mm-hmm. -It's clearly a hand. 361 00:15:59,708 --> 00:16:04,542 This, as far as I know, there's five or six of those 362 00:16:04,667 --> 00:16:08,333 in the convent, and they indicate the aqueduct. 363 00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:11,000 -Oh. -So, these hands 364 00:16:11,125 --> 00:16:13,125 actually indicate how the water flows 365 00:16:13,208 --> 00:16:15,125 beneath the Convento, 366 00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:17,042 which reminded me a little bit 367 00:16:17,167 --> 00:16:19,583 of the-the finger drains on Oak Island. 368 00:16:21,583 --> 00:16:26,417 On Oak Island, the so-called finger drains were rock. 369 00:16:26,542 --> 00:16:28,542 -Yeah. -And then a cap rock over the top of it. 370 00:16:28,667 --> 00:16:31,750 -Is that how these are formed? -JOÃO: Yes. 371 00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:36,167 Under these, you have a-a square pipe. 372 00:16:36,292 --> 00:16:37,875 -CORJAN: Like a squared gutter. -JOÃO: Yeah. 373 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,250 -Are they capped? -CORJAN: With a... with a... 374 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:41,208 -with a cap stone. -With a cap stone. 375 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:42,375 -ALEX: From stone? -From stone. -RICK: That's exactly 376 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,708 the way it's described, right? 377 00:16:44,875 --> 00:16:46,625 -As a finger drain. -Yeah. 378 00:16:46,708 --> 00:16:51,000 On the island. A finger drain. There you go. 379 00:16:51,125 --> 00:16:53,167 NARRATOR: The print of a hand? 380 00:16:53,333 --> 00:16:57,167 Representing an underground drainage system? 381 00:16:57,250 --> 00:17:01,625 In 1850, members of the Truro Company discovered 382 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:05,167 that the beach at Smith's Cove had been artificially created. 383 00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:09,667 After building a massive dam composed of earth and rock, 384 00:17:09,750 --> 00:17:11,167 they drained the cove 385 00:17:11,333 --> 00:17:13,583 and uncovered five finger-like drains 386 00:17:13,708 --> 00:17:17,333 buried beneath layers of eel grass and coconut fiber. 387 00:17:17,458 --> 00:17:21,542 Constructed of flat stones and covered with cap rocks, 388 00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:24,250 these drains appeared to converge at the beach 389 00:17:24,375 --> 00:17:26,000 into a single tunnel, 390 00:17:26,083 --> 00:17:28,417 heading due west toward the Money Pit. 391 00:17:29,542 --> 00:17:32,417 Is it possible that the team has just found 392 00:17:32,542 --> 00:17:36,208 the same kind of drainage system at Convento de Cristo? 393 00:17:36,333 --> 00:17:37,625 CORJAN: Shall we follow the hands? 394 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,750 -Yes. -Cool. 395 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:43,583 RICK: If there was ever a connection to Oak Island, 396 00:17:43,708 --> 00:17:44,958 this is it. 397 00:17:45,083 --> 00:17:47,083 Finger drains in this Convento 398 00:17:47,208 --> 00:17:51,292 built by the Templars, or at least Templar influenced, 399 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:55,083 exactly as we understand them in Smith's Cove. 400 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:57,833 It doesn't get any closer connection than that, 401 00:17:57,958 --> 00:17:59,250 at least not yet. 402 00:17:59,375 --> 00:18:01,000 You saw the hand there, 403 00:18:01,125 --> 00:18:02,833 you know, at the bottom of the... of the wall, 404 00:18:02,917 --> 00:18:07,125 and then... it lands here. 405 00:18:07,208 --> 00:18:11,333 You see, the stones here, then the next hand is there, 406 00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:14,333 indicating the flow of the water. 407 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:17,000 Finger drain. 408 00:18:17,083 --> 00:18:18,458 RICK: This is an exact representation 409 00:18:18,542 --> 00:18:21,042 of the finger drains on the island. 410 00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:23,292 -Cap rock. -Mm-hmm. 411 00:18:23,375 --> 00:18:26,750 CORJAN: They were engineers as much as, you know, 412 00:18:26,875 --> 00:18:28,208 religious monks. 413 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:30,625 Engineers extraordinaire. 414 00:18:30,708 --> 00:18:33,083 -Yeah. Yeah. -I mean, from what we've seen. 415 00:18:33,208 --> 00:18:34,833 Okay, guys. Let's move on. 416 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,292 Step through that door there. 417 00:18:36,417 --> 00:18:38,167 -Right through here? -Yeah. -Yup. 418 00:18:38,292 --> 00:18:40,167 CORJAN: I'd like to show you a number of things. 419 00:18:40,292 --> 00:18:43,708 So, we're going to walk back in time again, 420 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:46,792 all the way to the original gate of the castle. 421 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:49,500 RICK: Can't wait. 422 00:18:53,250 --> 00:18:56,292 CORJAN: Straight down here, guys. 423 00:18:56,375 --> 00:19:01,042 So, we're now going to the more medieval part of the property. 424 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:02,750 To the original gate. 425 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:05,583 NARRATOR: At the Convento de Christo 426 00:19:05,708 --> 00:19:07,042 in Tomar, Portugal... 427 00:19:07,208 --> 00:19:09,500 This would have been the grand entrance. 428 00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:11,250 NARRATOR: ...researcher Corjan Mol 429 00:19:11,375 --> 00:19:13,458 and historian João Fiandeiro 430 00:19:13,542 --> 00:19:15,792 are showing Rick Lagina and members of the team 431 00:19:15,917 --> 00:19:19,375 clues that they believe connect the Knights Templar 432 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:21,500 to the Oak Island mystery. 433 00:19:21,625 --> 00:19:22,833 CORJAN: Now there's a couple of things 434 00:19:22,917 --> 00:19:24,167 I would like to show you here. 435 00:19:24,292 --> 00:19:26,125 To start with, now over the arch, 436 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:30,333 the big Templar cross. This was their trademark. 437 00:19:30,417 --> 00:19:33,000 Now, maybe even more interesting, 438 00:19:33,083 --> 00:19:34,667 and it's worn, but if you move 439 00:19:34,792 --> 00:19:37,667 your eyes down to the yellowish stone, 440 00:19:37,792 --> 00:19:42,458 I believe there you have a cross with four dots. 441 00:19:42,542 --> 00:19:45,417 -Like the H+O Stone. -Oh! 442 00:19:45,542 --> 00:19:48,708 What I mean is this cross here with the four dots. 443 00:19:48,875 --> 00:19:51,000 RICK: Wow. 444 00:19:51,125 --> 00:19:53,292 NARRATOR: A cross inscription? 445 00:19:53,417 --> 00:19:56,667 Matching a symbol found on the so-called H+O Stone? 446 00:19:57,875 --> 00:20:02,375 Discovered on the northern shore of Oak Island in 1921, 447 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:06,167 the H+O Stone was a fragment of a much larger boulder 448 00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:09,000 that was blown up with dynamite by searchers 449 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:10,792 who mistakenly believed 450 00:20:10,917 --> 00:20:13,625 that it marked the location of buried treasure. 451 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:16,167 JOÃO: This is the thing that the Templars 452 00:20:16,250 --> 00:20:20,208 would use to mark something of their own. 453 00:20:20,333 --> 00:20:23,458 NARRATOR: One week ago, while investigating 454 00:20:23,583 --> 00:20:25,917 the ancient Knights Templar Church of Fontarcada, 455 00:20:26,042 --> 00:20:28,125 in Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal, 456 00:20:28,250 --> 00:20:30,542 the team discovered a Templar cross 457 00:20:30,708 --> 00:20:34,167 featuring another character on the H+O Stone. 458 00:20:34,292 --> 00:20:36,208 CORJAN: The circle and the dot is an early 459 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:38,958 alchemical symbol for gold. 460 00:20:39,083 --> 00:20:41,375 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the H+O Stone 461 00:20:41,542 --> 00:20:43,208 was a marker for buried treasure 462 00:20:43,333 --> 00:20:45,208 somewhere on Oak Island after all? 463 00:20:45,375 --> 00:20:47,167 A treasure hidden there 464 00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:49,583 by Portuguese members of the Knights Templar? 465 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:52,875 So, what do you think that represents? 466 00:20:54,125 --> 00:20:56,500 I think it's a Templar cross, 467 00:20:56,625 --> 00:20:58,167 and Knights Templar, here, 468 00:20:58,292 --> 00:20:59,833 continuing into the Order of Christ, 469 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:02,042 perhaps in possession of something awesome 470 00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:03,583 from the Holy Land, 471 00:21:03,708 --> 00:21:06,125 that brought holy relics to North America 472 00:21:06,208 --> 00:21:08,000 and Oak Island. 473 00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:10,625 ALEX: I think we've kind of seen that 474 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:13,583 there is a thread that runs through the Knights Templar, 475 00:21:13,708 --> 00:21:15,833 and it's plausible that they had 476 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,458 something in their possession 477 00:21:17,583 --> 00:21:19,292 that they may have wanted to hide. 478 00:21:19,375 --> 00:21:22,583 It's plausible that they could have reached America. 479 00:21:22,708 --> 00:21:24,333 Yeah, I think that's exactly what it is. 480 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:25,750 RICK: We've heard this before-- 481 00:21:25,875 --> 00:21:27,333 the suggestion that 482 00:21:27,458 --> 00:21:29,250 The Knights Templar had in their possession 483 00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:31,000 precious items. 484 00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:34,167 What's impactful is that we're seeing symbology 485 00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:37,125 that we know once existed on the island. 486 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:39,417 And could that have something to do 487 00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:42,458 with westerly exploration, 488 00:21:42,583 --> 00:21:44,792 perhaps even to Nova Scotia? 489 00:21:44,875 --> 00:21:47,875 -We always seek connective tissue. -Yeah. 490 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,583 The most interesting puzzles of all are those 491 00:21:50,708 --> 00:21:52,500 that are difficult to solve. 492 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:53,792 -That's it. -And we have one here. 493 00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:55,667 -Yeah. -That's it. 494 00:21:55,750 --> 00:21:58,042 But surely, we have more pieces 495 00:21:58,167 --> 00:21:59,583 because of these efforts. 496 00:21:59,708 --> 00:22:01,458 So, all the more reason to continue the search. 497 00:22:01,542 --> 00:22:03,333 -Absolutely. -Yeah. 498 00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:05,792 RICK: Okay, let's go meet Doug. 499 00:22:05,917 --> 00:22:08,000 NARRATOR: As Rick and members of the team 500 00:22:08,083 --> 00:22:11,833 continue their investigation in Tomar, Portugal, 501 00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:16,167 some 2,800 miles to the west on Oak Island... 502 00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:17,542 MARTY: Here's the man. 503 00:22:17,708 --> 00:22:19,583 -Hey, fellas. -Hey. You called? 504 00:22:19,708 --> 00:22:21,542 NARRATOR: ...archaeologist Laird Niven 505 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:24,000 and project manager Scott Barlow 506 00:22:24,083 --> 00:22:26,000 join Marty Lagina and other members of the team 507 00:22:26,083 --> 00:22:29,250 to continue uncovering the believed stone pathway 508 00:22:29,375 --> 00:22:33,792 between the swamp and the Money Pit on Lot 15. 509 00:22:33,875 --> 00:22:36,000 MARTY: Yeah, here's the deal, Laird. Here's the background. 510 00:22:36,083 --> 00:22:39,458 We ran the OKM, got several lined-up cross sections 511 00:22:39,542 --> 00:22:41,583 of 20 feet across. 512 00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:44,417 We dug the best one up there, which I'd like you to look at. 513 00:22:44,542 --> 00:22:46,375 LAIRD: Okay. We're looking 514 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:47,667 -for the extension to the road, right? -MARTY: Yes. 515 00:22:47,792 --> 00:22:49,458 -Yup. -You guys walk on up. 516 00:22:49,583 --> 00:22:50,625 I'll bring the machine, and see what you think 517 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:51,875 of that spot right up there. 518 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:53,875 -Okay. -All right. 519 00:22:58,042 --> 00:23:00,583 MARTY: The stone road is clearly man-made. 520 00:23:00,708 --> 00:23:02,583 I mean, I don't think there's any doubt. 521 00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:04,792 But I don't know really what to make of it. 522 00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:07,917 The road has to go somewhere, and it has to go somewhere 523 00:23:08,042 --> 00:23:11,375 for a reason, and maybe we can figure out what that reason is. 524 00:23:11,542 --> 00:23:13,458 GARY: This is the area, mate. 525 00:23:13,583 --> 00:23:15,750 Two scoops there, 526 00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:18,750 and started hitting all of these rocks and boulders. 527 00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:21,333 Well, Laird, do you see anything? 528 00:23:21,458 --> 00:23:22,958 LAIRD: They're angular. 529 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:25,042 Billy's observation is that 530 00:23:25,167 --> 00:23:26,708 these don't look glacial because 531 00:23:26,875 --> 00:23:28,583 -they're so angular. -Mm-hmm. So angular. 532 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,375 And they're slate. We don't see much slate 533 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:32,000 -on this side, right? -Yeah. I mean, all of 'em. 534 00:23:32,167 --> 00:23:35,833 This-this seemed like what we were looking for right away. 535 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,542 And we spent a lot of time on that stone pathway, 536 00:23:38,667 --> 00:23:40,708 -and this reminds me of that. -Yes. 537 00:23:40,875 --> 00:23:43,500 GARY: It's rocks and cobbles. Small cobbles. 538 00:23:43,667 --> 00:23:45,667 BILLY: Just take a peek. 539 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:49,125 This is our very first bucket, but if you look here. 540 00:23:49,250 --> 00:23:50,875 -Oh, yeah. Yeah. -Right? 541 00:23:51,042 --> 00:23:52,458 -You got a lot of rocks here, Laird. -Yeah. 542 00:23:52,583 --> 00:23:54,333 There, there, there. There, there. 543 00:23:54,458 --> 00:23:55,792 -And they're loose, too, right? -They're loose. 544 00:23:55,917 --> 00:23:57,750 -They're not packed in. -Yeah. It's the size. 545 00:23:57,875 --> 00:23:59,292 -Like, they're not huge. -Yeah, yeah. 546 00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:00,708 -And the placement. -Right. 547 00:24:00,833 --> 00:24:03,333 They look like they've been put in there. 548 00:24:03,417 --> 00:24:05,875 MARTY: How do we do this? 549 00:24:06,042 --> 00:24:07,167 How do we do... ascertain 550 00:24:07,333 --> 00:24:08,667 whether there's something going on here? 551 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,667 LAIRD: If we just take the excavator and 552 00:24:10,792 --> 00:24:12,625 just kind of roll it over, 553 00:24:12,708 --> 00:24:15,000 when you feel the rocks, just come up and go along. 554 00:24:15,125 --> 00:24:17,000 The purpose is to find 555 00:24:17,125 --> 00:24:20,208 no rocks, rocks, no rocks. 556 00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:22,208 -That may define a road. -MARTY: Okay. 557 00:24:22,375 --> 00:24:24,208 You show Billy where to cut one more. 558 00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:27,250 We got Laird here so we can do it. 559 00:24:27,375 --> 00:24:28,750 Maybe it'll tell us its secrets 560 00:24:28,875 --> 00:24:30,792 without having to do a bunch of excavation. 561 00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:32,708 All right, let's quit gabbing and start digging. Ready? 562 00:24:32,833 --> 00:24:35,583 -STEVE G.: Let's do it! -GARY: We're ready. 563 00:24:40,167 --> 00:24:42,542 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island.. 564 00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:45,958 JACK: The game's afoot. 565 00:24:46,042 --> 00:24:47,417 NARRATOR: ...while the excavations continue 566 00:24:47,542 --> 00:24:49,542 in the Money Pit area, 567 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,708 and on Lot 15... 568 00:24:51,833 --> 00:24:55,500 All right. Moment of truth. 569 00:24:55,583 --> 00:24:58,333 NARRATOR: ...nearly 2,800 miles 570 00:24:58,417 --> 00:24:59,833 across the Atlantic Ocean... 571 00:24:59,917 --> 00:25:01,500 RICK: Bom dia. 572 00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:03,667 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and members of the team 573 00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:07,417 arrive at the renowned Military Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. 574 00:25:07,542 --> 00:25:09,625 Nice to meet you. All of you. 575 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,708 NARRATOR: Here, Corjan Mol has arranged for them 576 00:25:11,875 --> 00:25:16,000 to meet with Sergeants Ricardo Lopes and Carlos Magro, 577 00:25:16,167 --> 00:25:19,667 both of whom are experts in Portuguese military history. 578 00:25:19,792 --> 00:25:21,667 RICK: So, the reason why we're here is, 579 00:25:21,833 --> 00:25:23,917 we have some artifacts that we have found 580 00:25:24,042 --> 00:25:25,167 on the island, 581 00:25:25,250 --> 00:25:27,500 and we were hoping 582 00:25:27,625 --> 00:25:29,958 that you can affirm that the stone shot which we have 583 00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:34,875 is an exact match to what you may have here in the museum. 584 00:25:35,958 --> 00:25:38,083 Well, we've actually brought along replicas 585 00:25:38,208 --> 00:25:41,208 -of the stone shot we found on Oak Island. -Okay. 586 00:25:41,375 --> 00:25:43,625 All right, there's one. 587 00:25:47,625 --> 00:25:50,625 Yes. 3.9 centimeters. 588 00:25:52,667 --> 00:25:55,000 NARRATOR: Over the past two years, 589 00:25:55,125 --> 00:25:58,000 the team has found two small cannonballs, 590 00:25:58,167 --> 00:26:01,458 or stone shots, one of which was recovered 591 00:26:01,583 --> 00:26:03,083 from deep in the Money Pit area. 592 00:26:03,208 --> 00:26:06,708 But even more compelling was the recent analysis 593 00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:10,083 conducted by geology professor Dr. Robert Raeside, 594 00:26:10,208 --> 00:26:13,833 who believed the stone that they were composed of 595 00:26:13,917 --> 00:26:17,750 may have originated in Portugal's Azores Islands. 596 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:21,000 DOUG: Could we expect our stone shot 597 00:26:21,125 --> 00:26:23,792 to be made in the Azores or here on the mainland? 598 00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:27,083 Wow. 599 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:30,917 Mm-hmm. 600 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,667 Yes. Yes. 601 00:26:34,625 --> 00:26:36,833 -Oh, wow. -ALEX: Is that a general rule 602 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,708 that smaller caliber on ships? 603 00:26:44,875 --> 00:26:46,250 -Okay. -Yes. Yes. Yes. 604 00:26:48,417 --> 00:26:49,833 Mm-hmm. 605 00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:52,708 RICK: What they call a swivel gun? 606 00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:58,000 If we could see a cannon that would shoot that stone shot 607 00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:00,125 such as that, we would love to see it. 608 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,250 RICK: Love to. 609 00:27:04,375 --> 00:27:08,500 We puzzle now over why was that stone shot found 610 00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:10,125 down in the Money Pit? 611 00:27:11,458 --> 00:27:12,667 This one could be used on a ship. 612 00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:15,000 RICK: Are they 613 00:27:15,125 --> 00:27:18,417 an artifact that was absolutely connected to Oak Island 614 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:20,542 and perhaps here to this land? 615 00:27:20,708 --> 00:27:22,667 -ALEX: So, this right here? -RICARDO: Yes. 616 00:27:22,792 --> 00:27:27,083 This is... 15th, 16th century 617 00:27:27,208 --> 00:27:30,917 with a four-centimeter caliber and fires 618 00:27:31,042 --> 00:27:34,500 a, uh, half a Portuguese pound iron ball. 619 00:27:34,583 --> 00:27:37,000 I've got one of the replicas here. 620 00:27:37,167 --> 00:27:40,125 Um, we can try it. It's-it's pretty corroded here, so... 621 00:27:41,250 --> 00:27:42,625 CORJAN: Oh, look at that. 622 00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:45,042 It's pretty close. 623 00:27:47,542 --> 00:27:49,125 So, I would say that's a match to this. 624 00:27:49,250 --> 00:27:51,167 But that pretty much confirms that that is a ca... 625 00:27:51,333 --> 00:27:53,792 a known caliber of shot. 626 00:27:53,917 --> 00:27:56,833 From the 14, 1500s. 627 00:27:56,917 --> 00:28:01,000 RICK: But there's a possibility that if you were 628 00:28:01,083 --> 00:28:03,500 doing something, say on our island, 629 00:28:03,583 --> 00:28:06,333 you needed to protect what you were doing, 630 00:28:06,458 --> 00:28:08,000 to keep people away, 631 00:28:08,125 --> 00:28:10,500 remove this gun from the ship, 632 00:28:10,625 --> 00:28:13,292 mount it in some fashion on the island. 633 00:28:25,125 --> 00:28:27,792 -That's big. That's huge. -CORJAN: Good. 634 00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:31,167 NARRATOR: Could the team have just found an explanation 635 00:28:31,250 --> 00:28:33,583 for how one of the potentially Portuguese stone shots 636 00:28:33,708 --> 00:28:36,167 was found deep in the Money Pit area? 637 00:28:36,292 --> 00:28:38,667 There's quite a bit of corrosion in there. 638 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:41,125 NARRATOR: If so, could it be related to the evidence 639 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:43,708 of wooden tunnels discovered earlier this year, 640 00:28:43,833 --> 00:28:47,417 which could date to as early as 1488? 641 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:49,500 And also, the high concentrations 642 00:28:49,667 --> 00:28:51,667 of silver and gold? 643 00:28:51,792 --> 00:28:54,042 DOUG: I think we have a new, strong 644 00:28:54,167 --> 00:28:56,667 possibility that we really have to give consideration to. 645 00:28:56,833 --> 00:28:59,417 And I'm very, very hopeful, but it couldn't happen 646 00:28:59,542 --> 00:29:01,375 without people like yourselves. 647 00:29:01,542 --> 00:29:03,708 We're most appreciative. 648 00:29:07,042 --> 00:29:09,000 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 649 00:29:09,167 --> 00:29:11,750 nearly 20 miles west of Lisbon... 650 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:14,750 JOÃO: Welcome to Sintra. 651 00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:18,958 You are in the heart of this very romantic town. 652 00:29:19,042 --> 00:29:20,583 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and his team 653 00:29:20,708 --> 00:29:22,500 arrive at an early 20th century palace 654 00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:25,542 known as "Quinta da Regaleira." 655 00:29:25,708 --> 00:29:28,000 Here, Corjan Mol 656 00:29:28,125 --> 00:29:31,500 and Templar historian João Fiandeiro have arranged 657 00:29:31,625 --> 00:29:34,500 to show them one final structure that they believe 658 00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:37,750 may be directly connected to the Oak Island mystery. 659 00:29:37,875 --> 00:29:40,875 JOÃO: The Templar Knights came to here, 660 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:43,250 and they managed the land for a long time. 661 00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:47,292 Everything you see was built in the last century 662 00:29:47,375 --> 00:29:51,833 to create this magical Masonic wonderland. 663 00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:55,042 But it's based on much older ideas. 664 00:29:55,167 --> 00:29:58,167 NARRATOR: In 1147, during the Crusades, 665 00:29:58,250 --> 00:30:01,250 following his conquest of Lisbon, 666 00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:05,167 the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, 667 00:30:05,292 --> 00:30:07,833 also captured the town of Sintra. 668 00:30:07,958 --> 00:30:10,417 In 1154, the town 669 00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:12,458 and its administrative duties were transferred 670 00:30:12,542 --> 00:30:14,333 to the Knights Templar, 671 00:30:14,458 --> 00:30:17,792 who utilized it as a stronghold for centuries to come. 672 00:30:17,917 --> 00:30:20,708 However, in 1904, 673 00:30:20,833 --> 00:30:22,375 a wealthy Freemason 674 00:30:22,542 --> 00:30:24,958 named António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro 675 00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:27,750 purchased this property 676 00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:30,917 and established it as "Quinta da Regaleira," 677 00:30:31,042 --> 00:30:34,583 a vast palatial estate where he is believed 678 00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:38,458 to have hosted secret Masonic and Templar rituals. 679 00:30:38,583 --> 00:30:40,833 There's indeed something here 680 00:30:40,958 --> 00:30:43,792 that, uh, will remind you very much of Oak Island. 681 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:48,125 The Initiation Well that is the masterpiece here. 682 00:30:48,208 --> 00:30:50,583 -Let's go. -RICK: I'd love to. 683 00:30:50,708 --> 00:30:53,542 The focus of today's visit is really 684 00:30:53,667 --> 00:30:57,500 any possible associations we can make to Oak Island. 685 00:30:57,625 --> 00:30:59,833 There might be some sort of connection, some sort of 686 00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:01,458 "aha" moment. 687 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:04,042 But we'll see as we experience the Quinta. 688 00:31:04,167 --> 00:31:06,500 So, the well is actually in this megalithic formation here. 689 00:31:06,625 --> 00:31:08,292 Oh, here! 690 00:31:08,375 --> 00:31:11,708 -JOÃO: Yup. -CORJAN: It's easy to walk past. 691 00:31:11,833 --> 00:31:13,958 JOÃO: The beauty is inside. 692 00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:17,250 RICK: That's remarkable. 693 00:31:21,708 --> 00:31:22,958 Wow. 694 00:31:23,083 --> 00:31:26,292 ALEX: Wow. It's deep. 695 00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:29,500 What is this dimension, the diameter? 696 00:31:29,625 --> 00:31:31,208 13 feet. 697 00:31:32,208 --> 00:31:34,083 -Which is... -That sounds awfully familiar. 698 00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:35,917 That chamber at the bottom-- 699 00:31:36,042 --> 00:31:39,167 I mean, it's very Masonic at its core. 700 00:31:39,333 --> 00:31:41,958 What I can't help compare it to is 701 00:31:42,042 --> 00:31:43,375 the design of the Money Pit. 702 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:50,583 NARRATOR: In Sintra, Portugal, 703 00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:53,792 at an estate k 704 00:31:53,917 --> 00:31:56,833 Rick Lagina and members of the team 705 00:31:56,958 --> 00:32:00,292 have just arrived at an early 20th century Masonic structure 706 00:32:00,375 --> 00:32:03,167 known as the "Initiation Well." 707 00:32:03,250 --> 00:32:07,375 JOÃO: The Initiation Well has nine platforms. 708 00:32:07,542 --> 00:32:09,667 PETER: The nine floors sounds like something 709 00:32:09,833 --> 00:32:11,958 that we have possibly on Oak Island. 710 00:32:12,083 --> 00:32:13,875 -RICK: Yeah, the Money Pit. -ALEX: Yup. 711 00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:16,583 (camera shutter clicking) 712 00:32:16,708 --> 00:32:19,417 Okay, let's go down. 713 00:32:19,542 --> 00:32:21,583 Smooth and easy. 714 00:32:21,708 --> 00:32:24,333 Guys, watch your steps. 715 00:32:24,417 --> 00:32:28,125 RICK: When you look at the well, there are nine levels. 716 00:32:28,208 --> 00:32:30,875 We know there were nine levels in the original description 717 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000 of the Money Pit. 718 00:32:33,083 --> 00:32:35,042 We know that the original Money Pit 719 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:36,792 was 13 feet in diameter. 720 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:38,833 It's curious. 721 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,667 If that is not a coincidence, 722 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:43,375 and it seems as though it is not, 723 00:32:43,542 --> 00:32:46,042 then where was that information derived? 724 00:32:46,167 --> 00:32:49,167 And why was it important to replicate it? 725 00:32:49,292 --> 00:32:52,375 What does it mean? I don't know. 726 00:32:52,542 --> 00:32:54,583 CORJAN: It is rather spectacular, isn't it? 727 00:32:54,708 --> 00:32:56,042 ALEX: Yup. 728 00:32:56,167 --> 00:32:57,833 DOUG: Remember, the Restalls thought 729 00:32:57,917 --> 00:32:59,292 there was a spiral staircase 730 00:32:59,417 --> 00:33:01,542 -around the Money Pit? -RICK: Mm-hmm. 731 00:33:01,708 --> 00:33:03,917 NARRATOR: In 1963, 732 00:33:04,042 --> 00:33:05,667 while conducting a lateral drilling operation 733 00:33:05,833 --> 00:33:07,500 deep in the Money Pit, 734 00:33:07,583 --> 00:33:10,917 Oak Island treasure hunters Robert Restall, Sr. 735 00:33:11,042 --> 00:33:13,417 and Bobby Restall, Jr. reportedly drilled 736 00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:14,833 through a series of mysterious voids 737 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,458 at oddly descending angles 738 00:33:17,542 --> 00:33:20,667 beginning more than 100 feet underground. 739 00:33:20,792 --> 00:33:24,958 This discovery led them to the astonishing conclusion 740 00:33:25,042 --> 00:33:27,500 that a spiral tunnel encircled the Money Pit, 741 00:33:27,583 --> 00:33:30,167 potentially leading to the fabled treasure vault. 742 00:33:30,250 --> 00:33:32,333 CORJAN: We're almost there, guys. 743 00:33:32,458 --> 00:33:35,500 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Initiation Well, 744 00:33:35,625 --> 00:33:38,500 with its nine levels, 13-foot diameter, 745 00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:41,250 and which was constructed nearly six decades 746 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:44,833 before the Restalls' discovery, is in fact, 747 00:33:44,958 --> 00:33:48,125 a replica of the Oak Island Money Pit? 748 00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:53,000 CORJAN: Oh, man. So, you would 749 00:33:53,125 --> 00:33:56,333 perfectly see that oak tree from here, right? 750 00:33:56,458 --> 00:33:59,542 RICK: The branch of an oak tree over the well. 751 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,375 That's exactly what the Money Pit story is about. 752 00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:04,833 Wow. 753 00:34:04,958 --> 00:34:06,167 CORJAN: It's like staring up 754 00:34:06,333 --> 00:34:08,917 from the bottom of the Money Pit. 755 00:34:09,042 --> 00:34:11,167 NARRATOR: In 1795, 756 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:15,042 when Freemason Daniel McGinnis and his two friends 757 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:16,542 first discovered the Money Pit, 758 00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:19,417 they were not merely intrigued by the 13-foot 759 00:34:19,542 --> 00:34:21,958 diameter depression in the ground, 760 00:34:22,083 --> 00:34:24,167 but also, by a block and tackle 761 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:27,750 hanging from the branch of an oak tree directly overhead. 762 00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:31,583 Could this oak tree's position, directly next 763 00:34:31,708 --> 00:34:34,167 to the Initiation Well in Sintra, Portugal, 764 00:34:34,292 --> 00:34:37,083 simply be a matter of coincidence? 765 00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:41,333 We now start the path in the tunnels. 766 00:34:41,417 --> 00:34:44,375 RICK: The whole point of the Initiation Well is to 767 00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:47,000 create a representation of the influence 768 00:34:47,083 --> 00:34:49,750 of Templars, possibly the influence of 769 00:34:49,875 --> 00:34:52,125 Masonic beliefs and ideals. 770 00:34:52,208 --> 00:34:53,875 And here we are. 771 00:34:54,042 --> 00:34:55,250 Back into the light. 772 00:34:55,375 --> 00:34:56,792 JOÃO: Back in the light. 773 00:34:56,875 --> 00:34:58,333 Initiation done! 774 00:34:58,417 --> 00:35:00,167 RICK: There may be some correlation 775 00:35:00,292 --> 00:35:02,000 between the Initiation Well 776 00:35:02,125 --> 00:35:04,167 and the Money Pit on Oak Island. 777 00:35:04,292 --> 00:35:06,167 We have to take the information back 778 00:35:06,292 --> 00:35:08,292 and-and see what it tells us. 779 00:35:09,417 --> 00:35:13,125 What we've seen here is a... a vision that was not inspired, 780 00:35:13,208 --> 00:35:15,000 but instructed 781 00:35:15,083 --> 00:35:17,208 by knowledge from the past, 782 00:35:17,333 --> 00:35:19,083 which is being carried forward 783 00:35:19,208 --> 00:35:22,167 from the Knights Templar into the Order of Christ, 784 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:26,500 into the Masonic thought, leading all the way up to this. 785 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:27,750 Right. 786 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:29,208 ALEX: It shows that the ideas 787 00:35:29,333 --> 00:35:32,833 have persisted throughout time even to today. 788 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,667 And that means that they must have been worth preserving. 789 00:35:36,750 --> 00:35:39,250 I truly believe in what we have learned in Portugal. 790 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:43,958 It only enhances my belief that Oak Island 791 00:35:44,083 --> 00:35:45,833 is part of this legacy. 792 00:35:45,958 --> 00:35:47,417 I think we continue 793 00:35:47,542 --> 00:35:49,208 to persevere in that... with that hope. 794 00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:52,125 And for that, we... we thank you. 795 00:35:53,375 --> 00:35:56,583 -RICK: Sempre Avanti. -JOÃO: Sempre Avanti. 796 00:35:56,708 --> 00:35:59,333 NARRATOR: While Rick and members of the team 797 00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:01,792 conclude their visit in Sintra, Portugal, 798 00:36:01,875 --> 00:36:04,250 back on Oak Island, 799 00:36:04,375 --> 00:36:06,958 just east of the swamp on Lot 15... 800 00:36:07,083 --> 00:36:08,333 STEVE G.: Well, there's your cobble. 801 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:09,500 GARY: There we go. There's the cobble rock. 802 00:36:09,583 --> 00:36:11,167 Lots of cobble. 803 00:36:11,292 --> 00:36:12,833 NARRATOR: ...other members of the Fellowship 804 00:36:12,958 --> 00:36:16,000 continue unearthing the mysterious stone pathway, 805 00:36:16,083 --> 00:36:18,792 hoping to identify just where it leads. 806 00:36:18,875 --> 00:36:20,167 You found the cobble, 807 00:36:20,292 --> 00:36:22,417 which happens between the OKM anomaly, 808 00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:24,167 which is the blue tape there and there. 809 00:36:24,292 --> 00:36:25,833 LAIRD: Below the stone should be an organic layer 810 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,875 -where the original surface was, right? -Right. 811 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,125 As you say, that'd be very telling. 812 00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:31,250 Yeah, exactly. 813 00:36:31,375 --> 00:36:34,250 Well, we'll go a little deeper. 814 00:36:41,375 --> 00:36:44,833 So, so far does this look placed or natural? 815 00:36:44,958 --> 00:36:46,750 It looks placed to me. 816 00:36:46,875 --> 00:36:48,250 MARTY: I'm kind of the guy who would like to dig 817 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:51,625 on almost any information on Oak Island. 818 00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:53,208 The anomalies line up, 819 00:36:53,333 --> 00:36:54,708 and it looks like the road, if this is accurate, 820 00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:56,833 might be actually heading towards the Money Pit. 821 00:36:58,375 --> 00:37:00,667 So, it could be an important discovery. 822 00:37:00,792 --> 00:37:03,458 -That's funny. It seems much shallower over here. -Yeah. 823 00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:06,417 What we can do is cut a profile 824 00:37:06,542 --> 00:37:09,417 to take a look at the stratigraphy, right? 825 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:19,625 STEVE G.: What do you see, Laird? 826 00:37:19,708 --> 00:37:22,417 The horizon is pretty distinctive. 827 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,125 See, it's kind of dipping down? 828 00:37:26,208 --> 00:37:27,958 SCOTT: Yeah, I'd say it's much shallower. 829 00:37:28,083 --> 00:37:30,833 GARY: Think this could possibly be a road, Laird? 830 00:37:42,083 --> 00:37:43,500 NARRATOR: On Lot 15, 831 00:37:43,625 --> 00:37:45,417 members of the Oak Island team 832 00:37:45,542 --> 00:37:48,000 have just uncovered another large section 833 00:37:48,125 --> 00:37:50,000 of the mysterious stone pathway 834 00:37:50,083 --> 00:37:54,542 between the Money Pit area and the triangle-shaped swamp. 835 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:56,542 See, it's kind of dipping down? 836 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:57,833 STEVE G.: It's filled in with rocks. 837 00:37:57,958 --> 00:37:59,458 BILLY: Yeah, so you start 838 00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:01,125 filling your ruts in, right? You don't need to fill 839 00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:03,542 -the whole road. -Yeah. Yeah. 840 00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:07,000 LAIRD: You can see the soil definitely dip down, 841 00:38:07,125 --> 00:38:09,375 and the cobbles fill that. 842 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:12,000 So, I think the layer difference in the path, 843 00:38:12,125 --> 00:38:13,458 the thin layer of cobbles on one end 844 00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:15,250 and thick layer of cobbles on the other end, 845 00:38:15,375 --> 00:38:17,917 just shows us that they were filling in certain areas 846 00:38:18,042 --> 00:38:19,833 to level it off, uh, 847 00:38:19,917 --> 00:38:22,208 to make transportation a-a little bit easier. 848 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:26,125 You'd constantly be putting more cobbles on. 849 00:38:26,208 --> 00:38:28,625 -Yeah. -Bit like fixing potholes today. 850 00:38:28,708 --> 00:38:29,833 Yeah. 851 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,333 NARRATOR: Is it possible 852 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,042 that the team is uncovering a structure 853 00:38:33,208 --> 00:38:35,958 that might lead them to a breakthrough discovery? 854 00:38:36,042 --> 00:38:39,750 And if so, given its nearly identical construction 855 00:38:39,875 --> 00:38:43,125 to what Rick Lagina has recently been shown in Portugal, 856 00:38:43,250 --> 00:38:44,833 could it prove to be related 857 00:38:44,917 --> 00:38:47,333 to the medieval order of the Knights Templar? 858 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:49,375 -All right, guys. -LAIRD: Hey, Marty. 859 00:38:49,542 --> 00:38:51,667 -What have you found? -STEVE G.: Uh, we're dead center 860 00:38:51,792 --> 00:38:53,875 on where we project the potential road to be. 861 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,708 And it was nothing but cobble. 862 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:57,500 LAIRD: And it dips, 863 00:38:57,583 --> 00:39:00,333 which led us to speculate, 864 00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:02,083 you know, maybe it was a low area 865 00:39:02,208 --> 00:39:04,500 -that people filled in. -Yeah, well, that makes sense. 866 00:39:04,625 --> 00:39:05,875 SCOTT: I'd be curious to see if there's any 867 00:39:06,042 --> 00:39:07,708 -consistency in width. -Yeah. 868 00:39:07,875 --> 00:39:09,583 MARTY: I'll tell you what we're going to do then. 869 00:39:09,708 --> 00:39:11,458 How about I jump back in there? 870 00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:13,667 -Yeah. -And, um, we'll-we'll try and dig this 871 00:39:13,792 --> 00:39:15,667 a little bit and try and find out where the edge is, 872 00:39:15,792 --> 00:39:17,958 -which would be meaningful. -LAIRD: Yeah. 873 00:39:18,083 --> 00:39:19,250 Okay. All right, let's do that. 874 00:39:19,375 --> 00:39:21,333 You know, the stone road is still 875 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,083 a mystery as to what its purpose was, 876 00:39:23,208 --> 00:39:26,708 and even when it was constructed. 877 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,625 Seeing any change, or is it all the same? 878 00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:30,958 STEVE G.: Still lots of cobble. 879 00:39:31,042 --> 00:39:32,708 MARTY: So, my thought 880 00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,000 is the same thought I always have after a discovery. 881 00:39:35,083 --> 00:39:37,000 Keep going, find some more. 882 00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:45,792 BILLY: Just wait, Marty. Just for a sec. 883 00:39:47,542 --> 00:39:50,792 The edge of the road is right, right here, right? 884 00:39:50,875 --> 00:39:51,833 Yup. 885 00:39:53,083 --> 00:39:54,417 That makes sense based on the data 886 00:39:54,542 --> 00:39:55,625 that Alex collected, so... 887 00:39:55,708 --> 00:39:57,833 Well, what's the plan here now? 888 00:39:57,958 --> 00:40:00,667 LAIRD: The best way to uncover a road is take 889 00:40:00,792 --> 00:40:02,458 that much of the soil off, right? 890 00:40:02,542 --> 00:40:05,833 You'd have to do it by hand. 891 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,667 -Yeah. -MARTY: Okay. 892 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:12,042 I think we've seen enough to make us investigate further. 893 00:40:12,208 --> 00:40:13,500 We're not finished with this. 894 00:40:13,583 --> 00:40:15,500 No. I think there was a road here. 895 00:40:15,583 --> 00:40:18,250 Uh, whether it's ancient or not, I don't know. 896 00:40:18,375 --> 00:40:20,542 What it was used for, I don't know. 897 00:40:20,667 --> 00:40:23,542 -But we're aimed to find out. -Yeah. -Yeah. 898 00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:27,000 MARTY: You have to follow even minor clues. 899 00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:28,917 So, if we follow this road, 900 00:40:29,042 --> 00:40:32,500 we may find something hitherto non-discovered. 901 00:40:32,583 --> 00:40:34,500 I'm gonna drive this thing off. 902 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,750 Why don't you guys go get set for that next step? 903 00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:38,458 -Sure. -Okay. 904 00:40:38,583 --> 00:40:41,167 -MARTY: Thanks. -SCOTT: See ya, Marty. 905 00:40:41,333 --> 00:40:43,375 NARRATOR: Even while another harsh, 906 00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:45,750 North Atlantic winter closes in, 907 00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:48,667 the trail of clues that may soon help Rick, 908 00:40:48,792 --> 00:40:52,458 Marty and the team solve a 227-year-old mystery 909 00:40:52,542 --> 00:40:56,250 grows warmer by the day. 910 00:40:56,375 --> 00:40:58,500 Could the ancient Templar structures 911 00:40:58,625 --> 00:41:00,667 and the cryptic Masonic symbols 912 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:04,000 located halfway across the globe 913 00:41:04,083 --> 00:41:08,167 really be a testament to what took place on Oak Island? 914 00:41:08,250 --> 00:41:13,000 Or what the team might unearth from deep in the Money Pit? 915 00:41:13,083 --> 00:41:18,583 The answers may be closer than ever before. 916 00:41:22,208 --> 00:41:24,833 NARRATOR: Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 917 00:41:24,958 --> 00:41:27,833 -Today's the day, Gary. -Oh, yeah. 918 00:41:27,958 --> 00:41:30,333 NARRATOR: It's the groundbreaking season finale. 919 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:33,250 -This is what we saw in Portugal. -Mm-hmm. 920 00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:34,500 Yeah. It's incredible. 921 00:41:34,583 --> 00:41:36,042 -Wow. -(laughs) 922 00:41:36,208 --> 00:41:37,542 RICK: We can actually image 923 00:41:37,708 --> 00:41:40,417 the entire island underground to find a target 924 00:41:40,542 --> 00:41:41,875 -in the Money Pit. -That's great! 925 00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:43,958 -GARY: We've hit the tunnel, mate. -Whoa! 926 00:41:44,083 --> 00:41:45,167 That tunnel will lead us to the treasure. 927 00:41:45,250 --> 00:41:46,167 Yeah. There you go. 928 00:41:46,292 --> 00:41:47,875 Oh, look at that. 929 00:41:48,042 --> 00:41:50,292 -What have we got here? -Oh, what the heck is that? 930 00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:53,875 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS