1 00:00:02,083 --> 00:00:03,875 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island. 2 00:00:04,042 --> 00:00:06,333 -Today's the day, Gary. -Oh, yeah. 3 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:08,667 It's the groundbreaking season finale. 4 00:00:08,792 --> 00:00:10,792 This is what we saw 5 00:00:10,917 --> 00:00:12,958 -in Portugal. -Mm-hmm. Yeah. It's incredible. 6 00:00:13,042 --> 00:00:14,417 -Wow. 7 00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:16,833 We can actually image the entire island 8 00:00:16,958 --> 00:00:18,833 underground to find a target 9 00:00:18,917 --> 00:00:20,292 -in the Money Pit. -That's great! 10 00:00:20,375 --> 00:00:22,500 -We've hit the tunnel, mate. -Whoa! 11 00:00:22,583 --> 00:00:24,667 -That tunnel will lead us to the treasure. -Yeah. There you go. 12 00:00:24,792 --> 00:00:27,167 Oh, look at that. What we got here? 13 00:00:27,292 --> 00:00:28,625 Oh, what the heck is that? 14 00:00:30,917 --> 00:00:34,167 There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,292 --> 00:00:36,583 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:40,458 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:43,500 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,417 --> 00:00:51,125 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:51,208 --> 00:00:53,958 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:54,042 --> 00:00:56,167 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,042 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,333 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,417 --> 00:01:07,042 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:23,875 Alex, Rick, Craig and I 27 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 want to hear everything about Portugal. 28 00:01:26,125 --> 00:01:27,833 Talk to us. 29 00:01:27,917 --> 00:01:29,083 I think it was a great trip. 30 00:01:29,208 --> 00:01:31,667 -We learned a lot. -We-we did. 31 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:35,458 Oh, morning. 32 00:01:35,542 --> 00:01:37,125 -Welcome to Portugal. -Thank you. 33 00:01:37,250 --> 00:01:38,708 For the past two weeks... 34 00:01:38,833 --> 00:01:39,958 Wow. 35 00:01:40,042 --> 00:01:40,958 ...Rick, along with his nephews 36 00:01:41,042 --> 00:01:43,083 Alex and Peter 37 00:01:43,208 --> 00:01:45,667 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell, 38 00:01:45,833 --> 00:01:47,375 have been in central Portugal 39 00:01:47,542 --> 00:01:50,167 investigating numerous sites that once served 40 00:01:50,292 --> 00:01:54,083 as strongholds for the 12th-century Knights Templar 41 00:01:54,208 --> 00:01:56,750 as well as their 14th-century descendants, 42 00:01:56,875 --> 00:01:59,083 the Order of Christ. 43 00:01:59,208 --> 00:02:02,083 Over the arch, the big Templar cross. 44 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:03,708 This was their trademark. 45 00:02:03,833 --> 00:02:07,042 Guided by researcher Corjan Mol 46 00:02:07,167 --> 00:02:09,417 and Templar historian Joao Fiandeiro... 47 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:11,417 Okay, let's see what we can find. 48 00:02:11,542 --> 00:02:12,833 ...they saw numerous carvings 49 00:02:12,958 --> 00:02:14,333 matching those reportedly found 50 00:02:14,417 --> 00:02:16,667 on historic Oak Island artifacts... 51 00:02:16,792 --> 00:02:19,167 You might be interested in this one over here. 52 00:02:19,292 --> 00:02:21,833 ...such as the 90-foot stone 53 00:02:21,958 --> 00:02:24,417 and the H+O Stone... 54 00:02:24,542 --> 00:02:27,292 The stone path looks exactly like this. 55 00:02:27,417 --> 00:02:29,417 Yeah, it looks the spitting image. 56 00:02:29,542 --> 00:02:32,333 ...a cobblestone road and pathway 57 00:02:32,458 --> 00:02:35,375 eerily similar to those uncovered two years ago 58 00:02:35,542 --> 00:02:38,042 in the triangle-shaped swamp, 59 00:02:38,167 --> 00:02:40,292 and even a mysterious Masonic well 60 00:02:40,375 --> 00:02:42,458 matching the exact dimensions 61 00:02:42,583 --> 00:02:45,500 of the original Money Pit treasure shaft. 62 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:48,500 Oh, man. So you would 63 00:02:48,583 --> 00:02:51,458 perfectly see that oak tree from here, right? 64 00:02:51,583 --> 00:02:53,875 The branch of an oak tree over the well. 65 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,375 That's exactly what the Money Pit story is about. 66 00:02:57,542 --> 00:03:00,083 Now, as the team is working 67 00:03:00,208 --> 00:03:02,583 to conclude their fifth major excavation 68 00:03:02,708 --> 00:03:05,542 in the Money Pit area this year in a location 69 00:03:05,708 --> 00:03:08,917 where they have previously detected large concentrations 70 00:03:09,042 --> 00:03:10,667 of precious metals... 71 00:03:12,083 --> 00:03:14,917 I don't think Portugal could be Portugal without the Templars. 72 00:03:15,042 --> 00:03:17,333 ...Rick and Alex have rejoined Marty Lagina, 73 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:19,792 Craig Tester and the rest of the team 74 00:03:19,875 --> 00:03:22,542 in the hopes of making the ultimate discovery 75 00:03:22,667 --> 00:03:24,292 before they must halt their search activities 76 00:03:24,417 --> 00:03:26,625 until next spring. 77 00:03:26,708 --> 00:03:28,458 You know, what's been happening here on the island? 78 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,708 Well, a lot of stuff. 79 00:03:30,833 --> 00:03:33,625 We did a major effort, Alex, 80 00:03:33,708 --> 00:03:39,500 to ground-truth your OKM swaths on the road up from the swamp. 81 00:03:39,625 --> 00:03:40,875 Hey, all right! 82 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,333 So, we had a mini excavator 83 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:45,083 in there, and we cut some swaths. 84 00:03:45,208 --> 00:03:47,958 It's a little bit difficult to be definitive. 85 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:50,083 But I would say 86 00:03:50,208 --> 00:03:53,208 -that there was some sort of road there. -Sweet. 87 00:03:54,458 --> 00:03:56,333 You think this could possibly be a road, Laird? 88 00:03:56,458 --> 00:03:58,625 It's a feature, it looks like. 89 00:03:58,750 --> 00:04:01,833 One week ago, Marty and members of the team 90 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,500 began investigating a mysterious buried feature on Lot 15, 91 00:04:05,583 --> 00:04:09,000 extending out of the swamp from the stone road, 92 00:04:09,167 --> 00:04:12,917 which Alex and his cousin David Fornetti had detected 93 00:04:13,042 --> 00:04:16,000 using ground-penetrating radar earlier this fall. 94 00:04:16,125 --> 00:04:17,667 It's kind of dipping down. 95 00:04:17,792 --> 00:04:19,042 STEVE G.: It's filled in with rocks. 96 00:04:19,208 --> 00:04:20,083 Incredibly, 97 00:04:20,208 --> 00:04:21,833 they began uncovering 98 00:04:21,917 --> 00:04:23,583 a cobblestone path feature 99 00:04:23,708 --> 00:04:26,167 similar to the one that was unearthed two years ago 100 00:04:26,292 --> 00:04:29,542 running along the eastern border of the swamp. 101 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:32,000 Well, we're here. Let's go take a look. 102 00:04:32,125 --> 00:04:34,042 Yeah, I'll show you our road. 103 00:04:34,208 --> 00:04:36,708 It feels good to be back. 104 00:04:36,833 --> 00:04:38,750 Portugal was a wonderful experience, 105 00:04:38,875 --> 00:04:40,375 but when we had left, 106 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:42,167 we had some unfinished business. 107 00:04:42,292 --> 00:04:44,500 This way. 108 00:04:44,667 --> 00:04:47,250 If they've encountered a stone road feature 109 00:04:47,375 --> 00:04:49,375 on Lot 15, that's exciting. 110 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,542 That's very, very impactful. 111 00:04:51,667 --> 00:04:53,208 -Look who I brought. -Hey! 112 00:04:53,375 --> 00:04:54,792 -Hey. -Hey, guys. -Welcome back. 113 00:04:55,875 --> 00:04:56,833 Oh, wow. 114 00:04:56,917 --> 00:04:58,667 Wow. 115 00:04:58,792 --> 00:05:00,750 So, you've done some work here since I left. 116 00:05:00,875 --> 00:05:03,042 -Yeah. -That's impressive. 117 00:05:03,167 --> 00:05:05,500 -So, what do you think? -Well, we all have in our mind 118 00:05:05,583 --> 00:05:08,875 that it's a nice cobble path coming up here, 119 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:10,833 -so they're hauling something up. -Oh, yeah. 120 00:05:10,917 --> 00:05:12,333 So, they're still filling... they're filling in low areas 121 00:05:12,458 --> 00:05:13,875 -just to make a path. Yeah. -Yes. 122 00:05:14,042 --> 00:05:16,375 What you've dug out of there looks like 123 00:05:16,542 --> 00:05:18,042 what we found down there 124 00:05:18,167 --> 00:05:19,292 -in the swamp. -Yeah. -Yeah. 125 00:05:19,375 --> 00:05:20,583 If you look down here, 126 00:05:20,708 --> 00:05:23,917 the road went through here, we think. 127 00:05:24,042 --> 00:05:26,708 Yeah, it essentially comes off of the stone road in the swamp. 128 00:05:26,833 --> 00:05:29,458 Well, we are in kind of like a central area. 129 00:05:29,542 --> 00:05:33,250 You've got the Money Pit over there, paved area, swamp. 130 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:34,708 We're in the middle of that area. 131 00:05:34,875 --> 00:05:36,125 Yeah. 132 00:05:36,250 --> 00:05:37,500 The interesting thing, you know, 133 00:05:37,583 --> 00:05:39,250 we were lucky enough to see an actual 134 00:05:39,375 --> 00:05:41,458 Roman road in Portugal, but when we got 135 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:45,292 to the higher elevations, this is what we saw. 136 00:05:45,417 --> 00:05:48,042 -Mm-hmm. Yeah. -It was somewhat rudimentary, 137 00:05:48,208 --> 00:05:49,958 -just like here. -Yeah. 138 00:05:50,958 --> 00:05:52,875 Could Rick Lagina be correct 139 00:05:53,042 --> 00:05:54,792 that the cobblestone pathway 140 00:05:54,917 --> 00:05:57,417 extending from the stone road in the swamp 141 00:05:57,542 --> 00:06:00,500 may match the exact design of the one 142 00:06:00,625 --> 00:06:03,000 that he recently saw in Portugal? 143 00:06:03,083 --> 00:06:06,667 If so, might it offer more potential evidence 144 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:09,000 that Portuguese members of the Knights Templar 145 00:06:09,167 --> 00:06:13,667 may actually be connected to the Oak Island mystery? 146 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:16,667 So, what would you do next, Laird? 147 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:21,208 Unfortunately, we'd have to take this much off a large area. 148 00:06:21,333 --> 00:06:24,083 Um, so it'd be a lot of work. 149 00:06:24,208 --> 00:06:25,917 -Yeah. -And as you can see, 150 00:06:26,042 --> 00:06:28,167 weather's going to get quite inclement here shortly. 151 00:06:28,292 --> 00:06:29,500 -- Yeah. -- Yeah. -Indeed. 152 00:06:29,667 --> 00:06:31,708 Okay, well, as per usual, 153 00:06:31,875 --> 00:06:34,333 -we've added, not subtracted, from the mystery. -Yeah. 154 00:06:34,458 --> 00:06:37,500 It's a... it's a mystery waiting to be solved. 155 00:06:37,583 --> 00:06:40,667 But there's time yet to gather more data. 156 00:06:40,792 --> 00:06:43,333 And you need to metal-detect that whole line 157 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:46,458 and see what you find. 158 00:06:46,542 --> 00:06:49,583 -- Okay. Sounds Good. -- All right. 159 00:06:52,917 --> 00:06:54,375 Later that morning, 160 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,625 as archaeologist Laird Niven 161 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:59,833 conducts a preliminary analysis of the cobblestone path 162 00:06:59,917 --> 00:07:02,417 before the team continues metal-detecting 163 00:07:02,542 --> 00:07:04,417 in search of clues... 164 00:07:04,542 --> 00:07:06,500 Today's the day, Gary. 165 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:09,167 ...over in the Money Pit area... 166 00:07:10,292 --> 00:07:11,750 We got a chance. 167 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:14,000 ...members of the Oak Island team 168 00:07:14,083 --> 00:07:18,500 are monitoring the excavation of the B4-C Shaft. 169 00:07:18,583 --> 00:07:20,625 Hopefully, we start seeing wood soon. 170 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:23,708 Hopefully, it's a tunnel to a treasure chamber 171 00:07:23,833 --> 00:07:26,083 -or an offset vault. -I hope so, too. 172 00:07:27,833 --> 00:07:31,667 Located just five feet north of Borehole C-1, 173 00:07:31,792 --> 00:07:35,750 B4-C will soon reach the approximate 90-foot depth 174 00:07:35,875 --> 00:07:38,208 in the so-called C-1 Cluster, 175 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:39,875 where earlier this year, 176 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,042 the team not only recovered evidence 177 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:45,750 of potentially 15th-century wooden tunnels 178 00:07:45,875 --> 00:07:48,167 but also detected high trace evidence 179 00:07:48,333 --> 00:07:50,542 of both silver and gold. 180 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:53,542 This has prompted them to speculate 181 00:07:53,708 --> 00:07:55,750 that they have either located the general area 182 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:57,875 of the original Money Pit 183 00:07:58,042 --> 00:08:00,250 or perhaps a tunnel that may lead 184 00:08:00,375 --> 00:08:02,583 to an offset treasure chamber. 185 00:08:02,708 --> 00:08:06,042 Even though this is the final can, 186 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:07,208 we're not gonna give up. 187 00:08:07,375 --> 00:08:09,083 We know that there is a tunnel 188 00:08:09,208 --> 00:08:10,708 in the 90-foot horizon. 189 00:08:10,875 --> 00:08:13,667 Well, a tunnel means we're close to finding 190 00:08:13,750 --> 00:08:15,292 the original Money Pit. 191 00:08:15,375 --> 00:08:17,083 -We got to be getting close. -Oh, yeah. 192 00:08:17,208 --> 00:08:19,083 Yeah, we should be in wood soon. 193 00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:23,500 Every time we dig, you just wait and see 194 00:08:23,625 --> 00:08:27,000 that next scoop, that next grab, hoping that it's it. 195 00:08:27,125 --> 00:08:31,000 The fact that there's gold in the water means 196 00:08:31,125 --> 00:08:33,042 there was gold introduced into the Money Pit. 197 00:08:33,208 --> 00:08:34,958 It's amazing to me. 198 00:08:36,042 --> 00:08:37,917 See what we got. 199 00:08:40,958 --> 00:08:44,792 Wow! That's some old wood in there. 200 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:48,583 Hello, Dolly. Check that out. 201 00:08:50,375 --> 00:08:52,917 -That's a post. -Yeah. 202 00:08:53,042 --> 00:08:54,333 Oh, look at that. 203 00:08:54,417 --> 00:08:56,958 -- Uh-huh. -- That's tunnel. 204 00:08:57,083 --> 00:08:58,333 Got to be tunnel. 205 00:08:58,458 --> 00:08:59,917 -Yeah, it has to be a tunnel. -Yeah. 206 00:09:00,042 --> 00:09:01,000 It's not a shaft. 207 00:09:04,292 --> 00:09:07,500 That's a big piece of timber. 208 00:09:07,583 --> 00:09:09,958 Do you think that's for the support beam? 209 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:11,667 Probably. 210 00:09:13,792 --> 00:09:15,625 Five and a half. Yeah. 211 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:18,000 That's gonna hold a pretty good-sized tunnel for us. 212 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:20,542 It's dimensioned, and this stuff looks hand-hewn. 213 00:09:20,667 --> 00:09:22,000 Wow. 214 00:09:22,167 --> 00:09:24,667 That tunnel, mate-- that'll lead us to the treasure. 215 00:09:24,750 --> 00:09:26,458 This is great stuff. 216 00:09:26,542 --> 00:09:28,500 Hand-hewn timbers 217 00:09:28,583 --> 00:09:31,667 found some 90 feet deep in the B4-C Shaft? 218 00:09:31,833 --> 00:09:34,333 At the same approximate depth 219 00:09:34,458 --> 00:09:37,167 that the team recovered wood which dated to as early 220 00:09:37,292 --> 00:09:39,750 as the 15th century? 221 00:09:39,875 --> 00:09:43,292 Is it possible the team has finally intercepted a tunnel 222 00:09:43,375 --> 00:09:45,417 that might be connected 223 00:09:45,542 --> 00:09:48,458 to the original Money Pit treasure vault? 224 00:09:48,542 --> 00:09:51,708 -Okay, mate. We're ready. -Yeah. 225 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:54,708 -Hey. 226 00:09:54,875 --> 00:09:56,708 -I hear that. -Yeah. 227 00:09:56,833 --> 00:09:58,917 Let me see if I can pinpoint it. 228 00:09:59,042 --> 00:10:01,292 Yeah, you want to get in there first, don't you? 229 00:10:01,417 --> 00:10:03,375 Yeah. 230 00:10:04,708 --> 00:10:06,167 -What have we got here? -Oh! 231 00:10:06,333 --> 00:10:09,208 What the heck is that? 232 00:10:13,042 --> 00:10:13,542 Oh, it's a fastener, I believe. 233 00:10:13,708 --> 00:10:17,000 NARRATOR 234 00:10:17,125 --> 00:10:20,417 the Oak Island team has just recovered an iron fastener 235 00:10:20,542 --> 00:10:22,875 offering more evidence of a possible wooden tunnel 236 00:10:23,042 --> 00:10:26,917 nearly 90 feet below ground. 237 00:10:27,042 --> 00:10:30,333 It appears to have some square features to it. 238 00:10:30,417 --> 00:10:32,292 -Yeah, I'm hoping. -I think that's an old nail. 239 00:10:32,375 --> 00:10:34,042 -I'm hoping. -Yeah. 240 00:10:35,167 --> 00:10:36,333 Hey, Terry. 241 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:38,333 Hey, Rick. How you doing? 242 00:10:38,417 --> 00:10:40,625 I heard, uh, finally wood, right? 243 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:41,750 Really, really interesting. 244 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,500 Let's take a quick look. 245 00:10:43,583 --> 00:10:45,958 Look at this dimensioned lumber. 246 00:10:46,083 --> 00:10:47,708 So, that's five and a quarter. 247 00:10:47,875 --> 00:10:51,500 And I'm not seeing any circular saw, uh, marks 248 00:10:51,667 --> 00:10:53,667 or crosshatch back marks. 249 00:10:53,792 --> 00:10:56,667 That, to me, is a pit saw. 250 00:10:57,917 --> 00:11:00,000 As a method for construction, 251 00:11:00,125 --> 00:11:03,250 the use of manually operated pit saws dates back 252 00:11:03,375 --> 00:11:05,292 to as early as the 13th century. 253 00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:07,833 Since most of the searcher activities 254 00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:12,000 from the 19th century onward employed mechanized saws, 255 00:11:12,125 --> 00:11:15,125 could that mean that the team has encountered workings 256 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:18,500 built prior to the discovery of the original Money Pit? 257 00:11:18,625 --> 00:11:20,875 If so, could the team be close 258 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 to a much more valuable discovery? 259 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:24,750 The wood we hit-- 260 00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:27,083 I find it incredibly intriguing, because 261 00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:29,500 we don't know of any previous searcher work 262 00:11:29,583 --> 00:11:30,917 in this entire area. 263 00:11:31,042 --> 00:11:33,750 It could be original depositor work. 264 00:11:33,875 --> 00:11:36,167 But we must stay the course 265 00:11:36,333 --> 00:11:40,208 and let the data tells us what we've encountered. 266 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:43,375 -- Here we go. -- Let's see what we got. 267 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:52,042 God. Just bits of wood everywhere! 268 00:11:52,208 --> 00:11:55,000 Look at that. That's a big old iron fastener. 269 00:11:55,125 --> 00:11:56,417 Whoa! 270 00:11:56,542 --> 00:11:59,250 Wrought iron, hammered round. 271 00:11:59,375 --> 00:12:01,667 -That's what we're looking for. -That's cool. Yeah. 272 00:12:01,792 --> 00:12:04,000 How old do you think it is? 273 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:06,958 I think we're in the 1700s or older. 274 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:09,500 -It's so crude. -Okay, so... 275 00:12:09,583 --> 00:12:11,625 -Yeah. -So, pre-Money Pit discovery. 276 00:12:11,750 --> 00:12:14,000 -Yeah. -Oh, that's sweet, Gary. 277 00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:15,917 Lo and behold, 278 00:12:16,042 --> 00:12:20,333 there is a... what we deem to be a handwrought spike. 279 00:12:20,417 --> 00:12:23,125 And so, we have an opportunity with this spike 280 00:12:23,208 --> 00:12:26,167 to do some types of analysis on it. 281 00:12:26,333 --> 00:12:28,667 Every little clue means something. 282 00:12:28,792 --> 00:12:30,667 What was that big spike I saw? 283 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:32,583 -Yeah, this is old, mate. 284 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:34,708 That's an oldie for sure. 285 00:12:34,833 --> 00:12:36,833 It's mushroomed in at the top there. 286 00:12:36,958 --> 00:12:40,208 Hand-forged, wrought iron, nice and heavy. 287 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:42,333 Nice, big, chunky iron. 288 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:48,167 Looks like they're advancing the can a little bit. 289 00:12:53,583 --> 00:12:55,917 More and more water. 290 00:13:01,958 --> 00:13:03,583 There's nothing in that one. 291 00:13:03,708 --> 00:13:06,167 I mean, there's no wood, no... no structure. 292 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:15,625 Nope, nothing. 293 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:18,250 Just limestone. 294 00:13:18,375 --> 00:13:20,667 All eyes are on deck at this point, 295 00:13:20,792 --> 00:13:23,042 and we all take note of the fact 296 00:13:23,167 --> 00:13:26,083 that the wood appeared, and then a certain amount of footage, 297 00:13:26,208 --> 00:13:27,875 and then it disappeared again. 298 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,667 There's only one conclusion. 299 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:31,333 That is that it's a tunnel. 300 00:13:32,417 --> 00:13:34,250 -Rick, how you making out? -Hey, Sam. 301 00:13:34,375 --> 00:13:35,958 Well, you tell me. How are we making out? 302 00:13:36,042 --> 00:13:38,708 We've gotten into some harder stuff down there. 303 00:13:38,833 --> 00:13:42,333 Our teeth just, uh, broke the 130 feet. 304 00:13:42,417 --> 00:13:46,000 -With the excavation? -Yeah. That's right. 305 00:13:46,083 --> 00:13:48,292 Uh, then I think we're gonna get crumbly limestone 306 00:13:48,375 --> 00:13:50,458 right around that depth. 307 00:13:50,542 --> 00:13:53,042 We know from past experience 308 00:13:53,167 --> 00:13:55,958 it's highly unlikely there's something below that. 309 00:13:57,917 --> 00:14:00,417 It is a startling turn of events 310 00:14:00,542 --> 00:14:02,333 for the Oak Island team. 311 00:14:02,417 --> 00:14:04,167 After recovering incredible evidence 312 00:14:04,292 --> 00:14:07,000 of a potentially ancient wooden tunnel, 313 00:14:07,125 --> 00:14:10,167 bedrock has just been encountered at a depth 314 00:14:10,292 --> 00:14:14,792 of approximately 130 feet in the B4-C Shaft. 315 00:14:14,875 --> 00:14:17,000 So, long day. 316 00:14:17,125 --> 00:14:18,917 -Yeah. -Appreciate all the hard work, 317 00:14:19,042 --> 00:14:21,375 but we're at bedrock. 318 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:22,833 The bottom line is, I think 319 00:14:22,917 --> 00:14:24,250 we're pretty close to being done. 320 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:28,542 Although the team is now out of time 321 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:32,583 to conduct any more excavations in the Money Pit area this year, 322 00:14:32,708 --> 00:14:36,125 the fact remains that all five 323 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:39,250 of the massive steel shafts they dug over the previous months 324 00:14:39,375 --> 00:14:41,000 offered evidence 325 00:14:41,083 --> 00:14:43,125 that the legendary treasure people have sought 326 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:47,167 for more than two centuries is still buried somewhere below. 327 00:14:47,292 --> 00:14:51,292 The question is, what will it take for Rick, 328 00:14:51,375 --> 00:14:55,333 Marty, Craig and the team to finally recover it? 329 00:14:55,417 --> 00:15:00,250 I think we have all now come to the understanding 330 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:04,167 that the Money Pit is incredibly complex. 331 00:15:04,250 --> 00:15:07,708 What it tells me is we need to find new technologies 332 00:15:07,875 --> 00:15:10,250 and the application of those technologies to our situation. 333 00:15:10,375 --> 00:15:13,792 That has been key to moving the search forward. 334 00:15:13,875 --> 00:15:15,500 So, 335 00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:17,125 there's reason to be hopeful. 336 00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:18,667 We're disappointed 337 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,458 in the results in the Money Pit, but the scientists say 338 00:15:21,542 --> 00:15:23,875 there are big quantities of gold down there 339 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,542 and big quantities of silver down there, 340 00:15:25,708 --> 00:15:28,208 and there's plenty of evidence that it's true. 341 00:15:28,333 --> 00:15:31,542 So, we need to do more searching. 342 00:15:31,667 --> 00:15:33,458 Look, I think 343 00:15:33,542 --> 00:15:35,708 -every hole teaches us something, right? -Sure. 344 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:38,667 I mean, we have definite 345 00:15:38,792 --> 00:15:41,083 elevations for that tunnel. 346 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:44,042 We do have a significant artifact that can be tested. 347 00:15:44,167 --> 00:15:46,625 -We have quality candidates for C-14. -Sure. 348 00:15:46,750 --> 00:15:49,792 And we're approaching the depth at which we call the hole. 349 00:15:49,917 --> 00:15:51,375 -Yup. Okay. -I agree. 350 00:15:51,542 --> 00:15:53,125 That's where we're at. 351 00:15:53,208 --> 00:15:54,958 Absolutely, Rick. 352 00:15:55,042 --> 00:15:56,333 -All right, See you later. -See you guys. 353 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:01,250 Two days later... 354 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:03,208 So, guys, I think 355 00:16:03,375 --> 00:16:05,833 this is a very important meeting, and I think it's really 356 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,750 gonna yield, um, benefit. 357 00:16:07,875 --> 00:16:11,333 So, Steve, if you could bring the Ideon team up and Marty. 358 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:14,167 - Hello, everybody. -Hey, guys. 359 00:16:14,292 --> 00:16:16,917 ...Rick and Marty Lagina, 360 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:19,417 Craig Tester and members of the team 361 00:16:19,542 --> 00:16:21,333 have gathered for a videoconference 362 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:24,917 with Gary Agnew, Doug Schouten, Max Howarth 363 00:16:25,042 --> 00:16:26,875 and Kim Lawrence of Ideon Technologies 364 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,542 based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 365 00:16:31,708 --> 00:16:34,125 They brought up something that I think you're gonna be 366 00:16:34,250 --> 00:16:36,167 stunned to hear-- the possibility 367 00:16:36,333 --> 00:16:39,500 of imaging Oak Island, underground, 368 00:16:39,625 --> 00:16:41,125 the entire Money Pit area. 369 00:16:42,792 --> 00:16:44,167 Just as a preliminary, 370 00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:47,208 I would ask that the Ideon team tell us 371 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:49,333 a little bit of background about the company. 372 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:51,667 The best analogy I can give you for our technology 373 00:16:51,792 --> 00:16:53,625 is a medical X-ray. 374 00:17:13,167 --> 00:17:16,417 Muon tomography is a cutting-edge 375 00:17:16,542 --> 00:17:19,292 scanning technology used in the mining industry 376 00:17:19,375 --> 00:17:22,167 that measures subatomic atmospheric particles 377 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:26,458 known as "muons," as they penetrate the Earth's surface. 378 00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:30,000 By placing specialized muon-detecting devices 379 00:17:30,125 --> 00:17:31,917 deep underground, 380 00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:34,417 a three-dimensional image is captured, 381 00:17:34,542 --> 00:17:37,875 displaying specific subsurface anomalies such as tunnels, 382 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,292 voids and large objects. 383 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:45,292 In 2017, muon tomography was used 384 00:17:45,375 --> 00:17:47,917 to identify a previously unknown chamber 385 00:17:48,042 --> 00:17:51,625 deep inside the Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. 386 00:17:51,708 --> 00:17:54,458 How about if there was a, uh, 387 00:17:54,542 --> 00:17:57,667 a solid cube of, you know, let's say, gold. 388 00:17:57,792 --> 00:17:58,750 Could you see that? 389 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:10,333 -Good answer. 390 00:18:23,833 --> 00:18:25,250 Wow. 391 00:18:25,375 --> 00:18:26,833 The only problem with muon technology 392 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,083 is the deployment time. 393 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:30,333 It takes up to seven months 394 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:33,958 in the Money Pit for the detectors to collect the data. 395 00:18:34,042 --> 00:18:36,208 But I think this technology, of everything we've tried 396 00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:38,167 to throw at Oak Island, I think, 397 00:18:38,292 --> 00:18:40,375 finally, for the first time, maybe, 398 00:18:40,542 --> 00:18:42,167 we're gonna get some real information 399 00:18:42,292 --> 00:18:44,125 about what's underground on the island. 400 00:18:45,083 --> 00:18:46,792 I think this is incredible technology. 401 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:49,417 I think it's very applicable to what we're doing. 402 00:18:49,542 --> 00:18:51,333 I think this is imminently doable 403 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,625 and-and I think it's gonna yield great results. 404 00:18:53,708 --> 00:18:56,125 You know, I find this really exciting. 405 00:18:56,208 --> 00:18:58,292 If you're looking for my input, I say we move full steam ahead. 406 00:18:58,375 --> 00:19:01,042 I think, we all think this is something that we, 407 00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:02,500 that we need to do. 408 00:19:02,625 --> 00:19:05,458 We're very grateful for you reaching out. 409 00:19:05,583 --> 00:19:08,583 I feel like we're actually on to something, 410 00:19:08,708 --> 00:19:10,542 -that's for sure. -Thank you so much. -Thanks, everybody. 411 00:19:10,667 --> 00:19:12,250 -See you later. -Thanks a lot. 412 00:19:12,375 --> 00:19:15,292 Who knows what lies beneath? 413 00:19:19,042 --> 00:19:20,583 -Hey, guys. -STEVE G.: Marty. 414 00:19:20,708 --> 00:19:22,500 Following their meeting with the team 415 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:26,000 from Ideon Technologies, Rick and Marty Lagina 416 00:19:26,125 --> 00:19:29,000 join members of the team on Lot 18, 417 00:19:29,125 --> 00:19:30,875 just south of the Money Pit... 418 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,833 There we go. 419 00:19:32,958 --> 00:19:34,583 ...where they are eager to begin the preparations 420 00:19:34,708 --> 00:19:36,833 for one of the most promising subsurface scans 421 00:19:36,958 --> 00:19:40,875 ever conducted in order to solve the Oak Island mystery. 422 00:19:41,042 --> 00:19:42,333 ADAM M.: Good? 423 00:19:42,458 --> 00:19:45,208 So, I'm excited about today 424 00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:47,458 because this is the start of the muon program. 425 00:19:47,583 --> 00:19:51,000 So, the ability to look underground on Oak Island has 426 00:19:51,125 --> 00:19:53,792 stymied every searcher from day one. 427 00:19:53,875 --> 00:19:56,333 -Yeah. -Basically gonna X-ray this old girl, right? 428 00:19:56,458 --> 00:19:58,333 Something like that, yeah. 429 00:19:58,417 --> 00:20:00,250 STEVE G.: So, we're starting the first hole today. 430 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,542 Uh, we're gonna drill a series of five. 431 00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:04,458 And we're gonna start here in the South Shore Pit. 432 00:20:04,542 --> 00:20:06,833 -Okay. -So that will give us a good map underground 433 00:20:06,958 --> 00:20:09,125 of any potential tunnels running to the Money Pit. 434 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:11,708 Hold that right there. Stop. 435 00:20:11,833 --> 00:20:14,583 Because it will take the team from Irving Equipment Limited 436 00:20:14,708 --> 00:20:16,792 several days to disassemble their gear 437 00:20:16,875 --> 00:20:18,000 in the Money Pit area... 438 00:20:18,125 --> 00:20:20,083 That's perfect. Right there. 439 00:20:20,208 --> 00:20:22,417 ...to begin the muon tomography operation, 440 00:20:22,542 --> 00:20:24,542 Rick, Marty and Craig have enlisted 441 00:20:24,667 --> 00:20:27,250 Choice Sonic Drilling to place a borehole 442 00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:30,000 near the so-called South Shore Pit. 443 00:20:30,125 --> 00:20:33,667 Here, they hope to locate a tunnel 444 00:20:33,792 --> 00:20:35,667 that their late partner Dan Blankenship believed 445 00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:38,500 might be connected to the original treasure shaft. 446 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:43,292 Ideon will come in, place the detectors downhole, 447 00:20:43,417 --> 00:20:46,000 and then basically, it's allowing it time 448 00:20:46,125 --> 00:20:47,750 to gather enough information 449 00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:50,833 such that it can show us what is in the area. 450 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:53,042 It-it's the first time ever 451 00:20:53,167 --> 00:20:54,500 that we'll be able to look underground 452 00:20:54,583 --> 00:20:55,750 with some sort of certainty. 453 00:20:55,875 --> 00:20:57,500 Yes. 454 00:20:57,625 --> 00:21:00,167 Once we do this, then-then to image the whole island, 455 00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:01,542 where do we go? 456 00:21:01,708 --> 00:21:03,250 Up to... up by the Money Pit, right? 457 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:05,458 -Yes. Yep. -Great. 458 00:21:05,542 --> 00:21:07,542 -I think we're ready to go. -Yeah. 459 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:10,708 Okay, Mike, make some hole, put some steel in it. 460 00:21:10,875 --> 00:21:13,292 Let's do it. 461 00:21:13,375 --> 00:21:15,375 Later that day... 462 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,667 Carmen, welcome back once again. 463 00:21:18,792 --> 00:21:20,833 -It's much appreciated. -...Marty Lagina, 464 00:21:20,917 --> 00:21:23,542 along with his business partner Craig Tester and Gary Drayton, 465 00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:26,167 meet in the research center 466 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:28,750 with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 467 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:31,625 to get his analysis of the iron spike 468 00:21:31,708 --> 00:21:34,333 recently discovered more than 100 feet deep 469 00:21:34,458 --> 00:21:36,917 in the B4-C Shaft. 470 00:21:37,042 --> 00:21:38,958 This came out 471 00:21:39,042 --> 00:21:41,583 of the Money Pit spoils when we was digging. 472 00:21:41,708 --> 00:21:42,708 Oh. 473 00:21:50,875 --> 00:21:52,708 A rock drill? 474 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,458 Used for what, Carmen? 475 00:21:58,375 --> 00:22:01,958 Okay, so, uh, used in the digging process. 476 00:22:02,042 --> 00:22:04,458 You come to a big boulder, you need to break it up. 477 00:22:12,542 --> 00:22:14,708 Well, those swages were old, so is this old? 478 00:22:18,333 --> 00:22:20,333 Wow. 479 00:22:20,417 --> 00:22:23,792 Whoever made this did it a long time ago. 480 00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:27,667 Two years ago, while investigating Lot 21... 481 00:22:27,792 --> 00:22:30,167 And this is even bigger. 482 00:22:30,292 --> 00:22:32,500 ...which was once owned by Freemason Daniel McGinnis, 483 00:22:32,583 --> 00:22:34,917 one of the men who originally discovered 484 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:37,583 the Money Pit in 1795, 485 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:41,833 Rick Lagina, Gary and Dan Henskee discovered 486 00:22:41,917 --> 00:22:45,917 two heavy iron swages, or rock drill sharpening tools, 487 00:22:46,042 --> 00:22:48,083 which Carmen believed could date back 488 00:22:48,208 --> 00:22:50,583 to the mid 15th century. 489 00:22:50,708 --> 00:22:53,458 Is it possible that this rock drill, 490 00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:55,833 found in the B4-C Shaft, 491 00:22:55,917 --> 00:22:57,958 could offer more evidence that the team was 492 00:22:58,042 --> 00:23:02,000 within striking distance of the fabled treasure after all? 493 00:23:02,167 --> 00:23:05,833 That's absolutely fantastic, because that was brought up 494 00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:06,958 by the hammer grab. 495 00:23:07,083 --> 00:23:08,625 This is very interesting. 496 00:23:19,333 --> 00:23:22,917 With these dates, though, this has got to be an artifact 497 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:25,917 from the original Money Pit construction. 498 00:23:28,083 --> 00:23:30,250 This rock drill could go back to medieval times. 499 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,333 So, when you let your mind wander, 500 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:35,042 it could have been used to chisel out a chamber. 501 00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:38,083 If that's the case, maybe we're looking in the right spot. 502 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,000 I mean, this speaks to me. 503 00:23:41,167 --> 00:23:43,042 It says medieval, baby. 504 00:23:43,167 --> 00:23:45,167 We're coming to the end of the season, 505 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:47,833 so we're out of time, but are we eventually gonna 506 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,625 investigate it? Yes. 507 00:23:49,708 --> 00:23:51,667 We can't walk away from that discovery 508 00:23:51,792 --> 00:23:53,792 without looking more closely. 509 00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:55,792 I mean, this really is, this is holding a piece 510 00:23:55,875 --> 00:23:58,667 of history in your hand from the Money Pit, 511 00:23:58,750 --> 00:24:00,708 which makes it even more special. 512 00:24:00,833 --> 00:24:02,458 Carmen, thanks for explaining things 513 00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:03,750 to us once again. 514 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:06,667 Um, Gary, go find some more stuff. 515 00:24:06,792 --> 00:24:08,542 -- I can do that. -- Thanks, Carmen. 516 00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:10,708 Take care. 517 00:24:12,708 --> 00:24:14,208 Later that afternoon... 518 00:24:16,375 --> 00:24:18,625 -- We're here? -- We're here. 519 00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:21,625 ...Marty, Gary and surveyor Steve Guptill 520 00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:23,875 return to Lot 15 to search 521 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,333 for more potentially important clues 522 00:24:26,458 --> 00:24:28,500 along the mysterious stone pathway 523 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:31,000 between the swamp and the Money Pit. 524 00:24:31,083 --> 00:24:33,708 We've got lots of targets inside of this potential road. 525 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:36,458 -- Good. -- And we'll find what's findable. 526 00:24:37,417 --> 00:24:39,500 All right. 527 00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:41,667 -Let's see what this one is. -People drop things on roads, 528 00:24:41,792 --> 00:24:43,833 and we can search all along 529 00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:45,917 this road if we know where it is. 530 00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:49,583 It is just there. 531 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,583 We want to see artifacts, 532 00:24:51,708 --> 00:24:54,625 which could reveal its secrets. 533 00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:00,958 See if I've loosened it up in there, bud. 534 00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:03,000 -Okay. 535 00:25:03,083 --> 00:25:05,333 It's sounding stronger, so we're getting closer to it. 536 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:08,042 -Pinpointer time. -Yep. 537 00:25:10,250 --> 00:25:11,875 It's... I'm on it. 538 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:16,875 -Oh, ho, look at that! -All right! 539 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,042 -STEVE G.: Oh, there we go. -Right on the road! 540 00:25:23,958 --> 00:25:25,000 Oh, look at this. 541 00:25:25,125 --> 00:25:27,000 It's an ox shoe. 542 00:25:27,083 --> 00:25:28,708 -All right, a find! -Oh, there we go. -Right on the road! 543 00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:30,292 What is it I always say, mate? 544 00:25:30,417 --> 00:25:32,792 Sometimes you get a nice surprise. 545 00:25:32,917 --> 00:25:35,792 On Lot 15, between the swamp and the Money Pit, 546 00:25:35,917 --> 00:25:40,833 Marty Lagina, Gary Drayton and Steve Guptill have just found 547 00:25:40,958 --> 00:25:42,583 a potentially significant clue 548 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:45,833 along the mysterious stone pathway. 549 00:25:45,958 --> 00:25:48,833 Yeah, that is brilliant. And it's an oldie by the look of it. 550 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,375 -STEVE G.: How old? Do you know? -I have no idea. 551 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:54,667 Something serious went on here. 552 00:25:54,792 --> 00:25:56,708 Something requiring lots of oxen. 553 00:25:56,875 --> 00:25:58,167 Yeah. 554 00:25:58,333 --> 00:26:00,000 What were a bunch of oxen doing out here? 555 00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:01,458 -They weren't farming. -Exactly. 556 00:26:01,583 --> 00:26:03,000 There's no way they were farming. 557 00:26:03,125 --> 00:26:05,333 It's just not possible. 558 00:26:05,458 --> 00:26:07,208 Check that out. The top of a keg. 559 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:09,667 One year ago, while investigating 560 00:26:09,792 --> 00:26:11,667 the stone road in the swamp, 561 00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:13,958 the team found pieces of 14th-century 562 00:26:14,042 --> 00:26:17,333 wooden keg barrels and iron ring bolts, 563 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,667 offering evidence of cargo being hauled from the swamp 564 00:26:20,792 --> 00:26:23,542 to somewhere on the island. 565 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:25,542 -- A road ox shoe. -- Yeah. 566 00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:27,167 -Yep. -That's why it's here. 567 00:26:27,292 --> 00:26:28,667 It couldn't sink any deeper 568 00:26:28,750 --> 00:26:30,833 'cause of the rocks that were put here. 569 00:26:30,958 --> 00:26:32,625 Is it possible that the team has now uncovered 570 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:35,417 the pathway used in that operation? 571 00:26:35,542 --> 00:26:38,458 And if so, could it prove to be leading 572 00:26:38,583 --> 00:26:40,458 to the original Money Pit? 573 00:26:40,542 --> 00:26:44,000 If you're hauling treasure up to the Money Pit, 574 00:26:44,167 --> 00:26:47,250 you would use a very large animal, 575 00:26:47,375 --> 00:26:51,875 uh, with a big ox shoe on it like this for hauling. 576 00:26:53,208 --> 00:26:55,167 So, that leaves us with more evidence 577 00:26:55,333 --> 00:26:58,667 as to what massive undertaking occurred here. 578 00:26:58,792 --> 00:27:00,792 We're running out of daylight. I say we call it a day. 579 00:27:00,875 --> 00:27:02,542 You got to get your equipment up there, Gary. 580 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:04,667 Brilliant. A great find to end the day. 581 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:05,833 -Yeah. -See you later, chaps. 582 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,375 STEVE G.: Great find, Gary. 583 00:27:17,208 --> 00:27:18,958 Hey, Craig. 584 00:27:19,083 --> 00:27:21,333 -Hello. -I see our old friend the rig is back. 585 00:27:21,417 --> 00:27:23,083 Yep. 586 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:25,792 ...after the departure of representatives 587 00:27:25,875 --> 00:27:29,083 from Irving Equipment Limited and ROC Equipment, 588 00:27:29,208 --> 00:27:32,042 Marty Lagina arrives in the Money Pit area 589 00:27:32,208 --> 00:27:34,958 as the team from Choice Drilling has begun 590 00:27:35,083 --> 00:27:36,875 putting down the boreholes for the upcoming 591 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,083 muon tomography scanning operation. 592 00:27:40,208 --> 00:27:41,875 Tell me a couple things-- how many wells 593 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,542 are we going to drill around here 594 00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:45,792 -so we can see this whole area? -Uh, 595 00:27:45,875 --> 00:27:48,792 five in the Money Pit, one in... right in the very heart of it, 596 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,417 and four on the outside-- north, south, east and west. 597 00:27:51,542 --> 00:27:53,833 We should be able to see by springtime 598 00:27:53,958 --> 00:27:57,167 any high-density treasure. 599 00:27:58,875 --> 00:28:01,833 Something a little farther away, partially collapsed tunnels, 600 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,167 -it's gonna take longer. -All right, well, 601 00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:05,833 I'll try and set up a meeting in the war room. 602 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 We need to kind of go over all of this stuff. 603 00:28:08,083 --> 00:28:10,083 And then maybe talk about, you know, 604 00:28:10,208 --> 00:28:11,917 where we're at and where we're going. 605 00:28:12,042 --> 00:28:13,667 -Okay. Sounds good. -All right. You carry on, bud. 606 00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:16,333 -Yep. -Go, muons. 607 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,083 Later that afternoon... 608 00:28:24,625 --> 00:28:26,250 Gentlemen. 609 00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:27,500 Welcome, all. 610 00:28:27,625 --> 00:28:29,292 The Fellowship of the Dig assembles 611 00:28:29,417 --> 00:28:30,833 for the final time this year. 612 00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:32,875 ...Rick, Marty and Craig 613 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,083 have gathered their team 614 00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:37,292 to take stock of the year they have spent together 615 00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:41,125 working to solve the Oak Island mystery. 616 00:28:41,250 --> 00:28:43,792 And the purpose of this meeting is basically to just make sure, 617 00:28:43,917 --> 00:28:46,792 as we go our separate ways for this season, 618 00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:48,833 that everybody's on the same page. 619 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,167 Uh, we had super high hopes. 620 00:28:51,292 --> 00:28:53,167 We were digging this year, I'd say, 621 00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:57,042 more for treasure than we have ever before. 622 00:28:57,958 --> 00:28:59,792 We've done an awful lot. 623 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:02,417 This table is testament to all of the finds 624 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:06,792 and all of the clues that we've been pursuing all these years. 625 00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:09,500 Gaze at the table. 626 00:29:09,625 --> 00:29:12,000 I mean, we've made progress. 627 00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:14,875 There is information in front of us, and we need to digest it. 628 00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:16,417 We need to understand it. 629 00:29:17,833 --> 00:29:19,542 STEVE G.: It was on this day a year ago 630 00:29:19,708 --> 00:29:22,375 I talked about having a big year and we found 700 artifacts. 631 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,667 Well, we've pushed that number to about a thousand this year. 632 00:29:24,792 --> 00:29:26,333 -- Wow. -- It just seems like 633 00:29:26,417 --> 00:29:28,917 there's been a lot of information found, 634 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:31,625 but there's a tremendous amount to go yet. 635 00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:33,333 -Yep. -Right. 636 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,000 Okay, where do we dig? 637 00:29:37,625 --> 00:29:39,833 What are we gonna do next? 638 00:29:39,958 --> 00:29:42,000 -What say you, Rick? -Everybody knows 639 00:29:42,125 --> 00:29:44,167 that I've always been fascinated with the swamp. 640 00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:46,625 I-I... I think there are answers there. 641 00:29:46,708 --> 00:29:49,208 -I've always thought that. -Yeah. 642 00:29:49,333 --> 00:29:51,000 The swamp truly is a time capsule, though. 643 00:29:51,125 --> 00:29:53,292 I mean, look at the dates on the wood we've gotten. 644 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:55,000 Mm-hmm. 645 00:29:55,083 --> 00:29:57,000 Oh, that's interesting. 646 00:29:57,083 --> 00:29:59,292 -What do you have? -We don't know, mate. 647 00:29:59,375 --> 00:30:01,000 Some kind of wooden plug. 648 00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:02,750 Over the past year... 649 00:30:02,875 --> 00:30:04,833 Look at this. 650 00:30:04,958 --> 00:30:06,250 ...no location on Oak Island proved 651 00:30:06,375 --> 00:30:08,208 to contain more clues and evidence 652 00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:10,000 of man-made workings 653 00:30:10,083 --> 00:30:11,958 predating the discovery of the Money Pit 654 00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:14,250 than the triangle-shaped swamp. 655 00:30:14,375 --> 00:30:15,667 Yeah, it's cut to a point! 656 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,208 Near the southern border 657 00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:19,458 of the brackish bog, 658 00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:21,542 in addition to a number of survey stakes 659 00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:25,042 potentially dating back more than four centuries, 660 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:27,542 the team unearthed numerous wooden artifacts 661 00:30:27,708 --> 00:30:31,167 believed to have come from ancient sailing vessels. 662 00:30:31,292 --> 00:30:32,958 One time frame. 663 00:30:33,083 --> 00:30:37,208 -224 to 376 A.D. -Wow. 664 00:30:37,375 --> 00:30:40,208 While some where carbon-dated to the late 17th century, 665 00:30:40,333 --> 00:30:42,792 a section of possible deck planking 666 00:30:42,917 --> 00:30:46,208 could go back more than 1,000 years earlier. 667 00:30:46,375 --> 00:30:49,167 -What you got? -I have a piece of pottery. 668 00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:52,083 However, after the team unearthed 669 00:30:52,208 --> 00:30:54,500 a mysterious stone path near the stone road 670 00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:58,458 in the southeastern corner, archaeologist Laird Niven 671 00:30:58,542 --> 00:31:01,458 discovered ancient indigenous Mi'kmaq pottery, 672 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:05,583 which triggered an unforeseen and shocking response 673 00:31:05,708 --> 00:31:07,875 from the provincial government. 674 00:31:08,042 --> 00:31:10,875 The archaeologists asked that we stop down. 675 00:31:11,042 --> 00:31:12,958 Our ability to work 676 00:31:13,042 --> 00:31:14,667 and function on our own island is getting eroded 677 00:31:14,792 --> 00:31:16,667 in leaps and bounds. 678 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:19,958 Well, I-I think we did extremely well 679 00:31:20,083 --> 00:31:22,083 with the cards we were dealt with this year. 680 00:31:22,208 --> 00:31:25,167 -We have a road that we don't know where it started. -Yeah. 681 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:27,792 Well, bureaucracy is holding us back. 682 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:30,125 That was the most promising area, wasn't it? 683 00:31:30,250 --> 00:31:32,375 -The southeast corner? -It's closest to the Money Pit. 684 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:33,792 It's right by the road. 685 00:31:33,917 --> 00:31:36,167 And I think there was a ton of promise. 686 00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:39,167 So for me, it was also a disappointment 687 00:31:39,250 --> 00:31:42,375 that we couldn't continue the work that was very carefully 688 00:31:42,542 --> 00:31:45,083 and very respectfully-- to history-- being done. 689 00:31:45,208 --> 00:31:46,833 Yeah. 690 00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:51,333 So, I hope we can move forward with the work we've been doing. 691 00:31:51,458 --> 00:31:53,417 -Yeah. -Laird, are we gonna 692 00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:55,042 get relief on this issue? 693 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:57,500 I don't really hold out a bunch of hope 694 00:31:57,625 --> 00:31:59,333 that that's going to happen. 695 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:02,458 No? Really? You think, six months from now, 696 00:32:02,542 --> 00:32:05,292 we'll still be off-limits down in that southeast corner? 697 00:32:05,417 --> 00:32:09,500 Uh, you know, I don't know which way it's gonna go. 698 00:32:09,625 --> 00:32:10,917 Oh, boy. 699 00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:19,458 In the war room, 700 00:32:19,542 --> 00:32:21,708 as Rick, Marty, Craig and the rest 701 00:32:21,833 --> 00:32:23,708 of the Oak Island team contemplate 702 00:32:23,833 --> 00:32:25,375 the future of their quest to solve 703 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:28,458 the 227-year-old treasure mystery... 704 00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:31,000 I'm not that optimistic. 705 00:32:31,125 --> 00:32:32,667 ...archaeologist Laird Niven 706 00:32:32,833 --> 00:32:35,167 has just shared his concern 707 00:32:35,333 --> 00:32:38,250 that key areas of interest in the triangle-shaped swamp 708 00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:41,458 could remain off-limits in the coming year. 709 00:32:41,583 --> 00:32:44,667 Hopefully, we'll have an opportunity 710 00:32:44,833 --> 00:32:47,458 to suggest radical changes. 711 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:49,917 -Yeah. -What would our proposal be? 712 00:32:50,042 --> 00:32:52,458 -Just go back to what we were doing, right? -Yeah, 713 00:32:52,542 --> 00:32:54,500 and trust that we know what we're doing. 714 00:32:54,583 --> 00:32:55,958 There you go. Yep. 715 00:32:56,042 --> 00:32:58,292 You know, for me, I have hope 716 00:32:58,417 --> 00:32:59,667 because the premier came to the island. 717 00:32:59,833 --> 00:33:01,000 -Yeah. -Mm-hmm. 718 00:33:01,125 --> 00:33:03,917 We have a commitment to meet with, 719 00:33:04,042 --> 00:33:05,958 you know, new management and new government at CCH, 720 00:33:06,042 --> 00:33:08,458 and I-I have... I have great hope going forward. 721 00:33:08,542 --> 00:33:09,583 So do I. 722 00:33:09,708 --> 00:33:11,167 Yeah. 723 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:13,083 This is the fabled Money Pit. 724 00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:14,792 Earlier this year, 725 00:33:14,875 --> 00:33:16,833 after the Provincial Department 726 00:33:16,958 --> 00:33:19,167 of Community, Culture and Heritage 727 00:33:19,292 --> 00:33:21,792 restricted the team's search activities in the swamp... 728 00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,833 -- Wow. -- Those are something, aren't they? 729 00:33:23,958 --> 00:33:25,792 -A little big. 730 00:33:25,917 --> 00:33:28,125 ...Billy Gerhardt arranged for the newly elected 731 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:31,125 premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston 732 00:33:31,208 --> 00:33:34,500 and his wife Carol to visit Oak Island. 733 00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:37,583 Anything that's worth doing is worth doing right and, uh... 734 00:33:37,708 --> 00:33:39,500 -Agree. -...and you guys are doing it right. 735 00:33:39,583 --> 00:33:42,417 -We're trying very hard. -Yeah, I feel that way. 736 00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:44,833 Although no guarantees were made 737 00:33:44,958 --> 00:33:46,667 about lifting any restrictions 738 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:49,458 that have been imposed on the team's search agenda, 739 00:33:49,542 --> 00:33:53,167 Premier and Mrs. Houston offered support for the quest 740 00:33:53,292 --> 00:33:56,167 and acknowledged how it has positively impacted 741 00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:58,333 the province of Nova Scotia. 742 00:33:58,458 --> 00:34:00,375 It's a big thing that's happening here, 743 00:34:00,542 --> 00:34:02,000 and I think it's gonna have a happy ending. 744 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:03,333 I hope so. 745 00:34:05,708 --> 00:34:07,708 Like Billy, I hold out great hope. 746 00:34:07,833 --> 00:34:11,042 We need to get in a room with CCH 747 00:34:11,167 --> 00:34:13,667 and have a very frank and proper discussion. 748 00:34:13,792 --> 00:34:16,458 And I think we're-we're close to doing that. 749 00:34:16,542 --> 00:34:18,333 And I really am quite positive about that. 750 00:34:18,458 --> 00:34:20,958 -Yeah. -All right. 751 00:34:21,083 --> 00:34:22,750 So there's hope for the swamp. Oh, good. 752 00:34:22,875 --> 00:34:24,625 -Yay. I'm happy. -Yay. 753 00:34:27,083 --> 00:34:28,917 I hate that thing. 754 00:34:29,042 --> 00:34:30,333 And treasure's where you find it. 755 00:34:30,458 --> 00:34:31,958 I mean, look at the table. 756 00:34:32,042 --> 00:34:34,042 These finds are from all over the island. 757 00:34:34,167 --> 00:34:36,167 -- Yep. -- All these artifacts-- 758 00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:39,917 bona fide artifacts-- because we've been searching 759 00:34:40,042 --> 00:34:42,667 for anomalies on different lots, 760 00:34:42,750 --> 00:34:45,375 Lot 8, Lot 4. 761 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,750 Some of my favorite finds have come off the western side. 762 00:34:47,875 --> 00:34:49,292 Yes. 763 00:34:49,417 --> 00:34:51,125 It's right in through here. 764 00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:52,625 -I'll lead the way. -All right. 765 00:34:52,708 --> 00:34:55,333 This year, Rick, Marty and Craig 766 00:34:55,458 --> 00:34:57,458 commissioned a magnetometer survey 767 00:34:57,542 --> 00:34:59,542 across the western side of Oak Island 768 00:34:59,708 --> 00:35:01,917 in an attempt to locate the so-called 769 00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:03,667 Hole Under the Hatch, 770 00:35:03,792 --> 00:35:07,292 a site marked on a believed 14th-century map 771 00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:09,958 that the late author and researcher Zena Halpern 772 00:35:10,083 --> 00:35:14,208 believed to have been created by members of the Knights Templar. 773 00:35:15,292 --> 00:35:18,333 The data revealed two compelling anomalies. 774 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:21,792 The first was on Lot 4, where the team would unearth 775 00:35:21,875 --> 00:35:23,625 a number of compelling clues, 776 00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:28,167 including copper sheathing from a possible treasure chest 777 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:30,542 and a fragment of a cannon that chemist 778 00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:35,292 Dr. Christa Brosseau believes could be of Portuguese origin. 779 00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:39,208 The second anomaly was located on Lot 8, 780 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:42,250 a lot that Freemason Scott Clarke suggested 781 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:45,292 may have once been the site of Masonic rituals 782 00:35:45,375 --> 00:35:48,333 memorializing the burial of holy Templar treasures 783 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:51,375 believed to be buried on Oak Island. 784 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:54,292 If we explore Lot 4 further, 785 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:57,417 we might actually, really discover where the hatch is. 786 00:35:57,542 --> 00:36:00,625 But we haven't cleared the lots well enough yet 787 00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:02,833 to allow metal detectors and other technologies 788 00:36:02,958 --> 00:36:04,500 to go in there. 789 00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,542 -That would be a project for next year. -Yeah. 790 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:09,500 And there's the Lot 15 road 791 00:36:09,583 --> 00:36:11,750 to put on the agenda for whenever 792 00:36:11,875 --> 00:36:13,917 -we gear back up. -Yeah. 793 00:36:14,042 --> 00:36:15,500 Yeah, in regards to that lot 15 road, 794 00:36:15,625 --> 00:36:18,833 -my thought goes to the road in Portugal. -Yeah. 795 00:36:20,125 --> 00:36:23,542 It does look like the stone road. 796 00:36:23,667 --> 00:36:26,292 That type of technique has survived, 797 00:36:26,375 --> 00:36:29,833 certainly in Portugal, for generations. 798 00:36:29,958 --> 00:36:35,417 And to me, this Portugal trip, it presented another culture 799 00:36:35,542 --> 00:36:39,542 that might explain what happened here on Oak Island long ago. 800 00:36:39,708 --> 00:36:42,333 When you ask yourself, who was responsible 801 00:36:42,417 --> 00:36:45,292 for what happened or may have happened on Oak Island, 802 00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:48,417 the Portuguese have to be on there, 803 00:36:48,542 --> 00:36:50,667 -on the list of suspects. -Yeah. 804 00:36:50,792 --> 00:36:52,375 -Mm-hmm. -It's not impossible 805 00:36:52,542 --> 00:36:55,625 that the Knights Templar or a group 806 00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:58,208 that traced their lineage through the Knights Templar, 807 00:36:58,375 --> 00:37:00,458 through the Order of Christ, came here 808 00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:02,458 with something important that they wanted to hide. 809 00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:09,917 I don't think anybody can deny the fact 810 00:37:10,042 --> 00:37:12,917 that the Portuguese, they were here in the area. 811 00:37:13,042 --> 00:37:14,750 Oh, yeah. True. 812 00:37:14,875 --> 00:37:16,833 The Portuguese, 813 00:37:16,917 --> 00:37:21,333 they are a very likely suspect 814 00:37:21,417 --> 00:37:23,333 for involvement here on the island. 815 00:37:23,458 --> 00:37:26,542 They were in the neighborhood probably earlier 816 00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:28,750 -than most other countries... -Mm. 817 00:37:28,875 --> 00:37:30,333 ...at a very early date. 818 00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:31,625 When you think about it, if you're... 819 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,333 if you got this most valuable treasure 820 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:34,875 in the world, you're gonna put it on your ship, 821 00:37:35,042 --> 00:37:37,083 you'd want to go somewhere that you'd know, right? 822 00:37:37,208 --> 00:37:38,167 Yes. 823 00:37:38,292 --> 00:37:39,500 You look at these things 824 00:37:39,583 --> 00:37:41,458 on the table in front of us, 825 00:37:41,542 --> 00:37:43,833 they all tell the story. 826 00:37:43,958 --> 00:37:46,333 With the discoveries that the team has made 827 00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:49,042 in recent years across the island, 828 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:52,000 from the stone-paved area in the middle of the swamp, 829 00:37:52,125 --> 00:37:55,583 which could date to 1200 A.D., 830 00:37:55,708 --> 00:37:58,333 and the 500-year or older stone road 831 00:37:58,458 --> 00:38:00,875 in the swamp's southeastern corner, 832 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:06,833 along with the discoveries on Lots 4, 8 and 15, 833 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,875 could the team finally be zeroing in 834 00:38:10,042 --> 00:38:13,833 on just who was behind the Oak Island mystery? 835 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:17,875 If so, then what is it that was so ingeniously hidden 836 00:38:18,042 --> 00:38:20,542 deep in the Money Pit? 837 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:22,958 There is a nice progression here, 838 00:38:23,042 --> 00:38:24,167 at least in terms of metals. 839 00:38:24,292 --> 00:38:26,292 I mean, lead... 840 00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:29,500 ...copper, silver, in the water. 841 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:33,958 And then, early this spring, gold in the water. 842 00:38:34,083 --> 00:38:38,875 And then, later on in the year, gold out of the Money Pit. 843 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,417 And those trace elements of gold 844 00:38:41,542 --> 00:38:43,000 on those pieces of metal, mate, 845 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:45,125 they're just our starting pistol. 846 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,375 It's down there. 847 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:49,583 We just got to put our hands on it. 848 00:38:52,208 --> 00:38:55,792 We have a huge opportunity with the muon technology, 849 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:57,833 which will-- that data will not come in for another 850 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,167 -seven or eight months. -We got to just wait 851 00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:02,208 until the muon collects the data and see 852 00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:04,083 -what's in the Money Pit. -Seems like it. 853 00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:05,375 -Yeah. -Right now, I think 854 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:06,833 -the muon is the way to go. -Yeah. 855 00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:10,333 The hope is that the muon, 856 00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:12,333 uh, technology will actually find 857 00:39:12,458 --> 00:39:15,208 a target "treasure" in the Money Pit. 858 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:17,500 And that-- we can say to ourselves, 859 00:39:17,625 --> 00:39:20,375 "We put a rig or a caisson at that location, 860 00:39:20,542 --> 00:39:22,917 we're going to find the one thing." 861 00:39:23,042 --> 00:39:25,667 Well, I feel better. I don't know about you guys. 862 00:39:25,792 --> 00:39:27,500 I will say one thing. 863 00:39:27,625 --> 00:39:29,667 I feel very fortunate to be able to participate with you all 864 00:39:29,792 --> 00:39:31,333 in a world-class mystery, so... 865 00:39:31,417 --> 00:39:33,500 -Hear, hear. -No question about it. 866 00:39:33,625 --> 00:39:35,042 -Definitely. -Yeah. 867 00:39:35,167 --> 00:39:36,625 For me... 868 00:39:39,042 --> 00:39:41,833 ...it's been an absolute pleasure and a, and a... 869 00:39:41,917 --> 00:39:43,667 uh... 870 00:39:43,792 --> 00:39:46,208 I owe everyone a sincere thank-you 871 00:39:46,333 --> 00:39:48,542 for continuing to stay involved 872 00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:51,333 in what I have always thought since we were little kids. 873 00:39:51,417 --> 00:39:53,417 This is a wonderful story, a wonderful mystery, 874 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:56,167 and it has only gotten better because of all of you. 875 00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:59,083 And now it's inspirational. 876 00:39:59,208 --> 00:40:01,167 That's real treasure. 877 00:40:01,292 --> 00:40:03,000 And I am grateful for the experience. 878 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:04,875 And I thank you all for it. 879 00:40:06,208 --> 00:40:07,667 And then he makes me follow that. 880 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:10,250 -I mean, come on. 881 00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:12,667 No, look, here's... I would just say, 882 00:40:12,750 --> 00:40:17,667 we didn't win this year, but we can no longer lose. 883 00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:20,417 It's not possible to lose anymore because... 884 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:23,333 ...there's gold on Oak Island. 885 00:40:23,458 --> 00:40:24,750 There's gold in the Money Pit. 886 00:40:24,875 --> 00:40:27,333 We ain't gonna give up. It's down there. 887 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:29,167 -We're gonna find it. -Yeah. 888 00:40:29,292 --> 00:40:31,667 We got a good thing going, and we need to think about it 889 00:40:31,833 --> 00:40:34,292 and advance the ball next year. 890 00:40:34,417 --> 00:40:36,000 -Hear, hear. Yep. -Yes. 891 00:40:36,125 --> 00:40:37,625 -Shall we? -Cheers. 892 00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:39,000 When they were just boys, 893 00:40:39,167 --> 00:40:41,417 Rick and Marty Lagina 894 00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:43,667 dreamed about a legendary treasure 895 00:40:43,792 --> 00:40:46,792 buried deep in the Money Pit on Oak Island. 896 00:40:48,792 --> 00:40:52,667 As grown men, the fact that so many capable searchers 897 00:40:52,792 --> 00:40:55,667 had tried for more than two centuries to find it 898 00:40:55,792 --> 00:40:59,792 inspired the brothers to take a chance themselves. 899 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:01,708 -- See you. -- Gary, bud. 900 00:41:01,875 --> 00:41:04,708 -See you. 901 00:41:04,833 --> 00:41:07,417 Till next year. Charles. And Billy. 902 00:41:07,542 --> 00:41:11,875 And now, after more than a decade of tireless work 903 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,500 with the help of their dedicated team... 904 00:41:14,625 --> 00:41:16,583 -Keep the faith, guys. -We will. 905 00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:19,708 ...they have not only proven that the Oak Island mystery 906 00:41:19,833 --> 00:41:23,875 is more profound than anyone ever thought possible 907 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,792 but are closer than anyone who came before them 908 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:28,833 to finally recovering the treasure. 909 00:41:28,958 --> 00:41:30,667 Honestly, I feel better 910 00:41:30,750 --> 00:41:32,583 about this whole thing than I ever have. 911 00:41:32,708 --> 00:41:34,333 There's no way to say we were on a wild-goose chase, 912 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:35,917 because we can prove, 913 00:41:36,042 --> 00:41:38,792 for sure, that there's gold down there. 914 00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:40,667 Now the hunt for information 915 00:41:40,792 --> 00:41:42,417 is every bit as important. 916 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:44,958 And it will ultimately, hopefully, 917 00:41:45,042 --> 00:41:46,083 yield results. 918 00:41:46,208 --> 00:41:48,042 It will find what we seek. 919 00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:55,167 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS