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NARRATOR:
Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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MARTY:
Here we go.
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...the special
two-hour season ten premiere.
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-Smells like treasure.
-RICK: Slice her open.
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IAN:
There's a source of gold
in the Money Pit.
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-TERRY: Wow.
-And I think you have
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a human gold deposit here.
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-It's time to dig up
some treasure.
-Yes.
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RICK:
We're hoping that
the sonic drill program
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will be integral to
finally solving the mystery.
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-(beeping)
-GARY: Ooh. Wow.
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This could be
something special, mate.
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EMMA:
It is not a modern metal
by any means.
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-It's nonexistent.
-Yeah!
-Quite exciting.
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They were used for, like, coins.
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Treasure coin, baby!
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-There's the wood, right there.
-Wow. Look at that.
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That's a bottom of a beam.
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We're obviously
in a structure, for sure.
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-Yep.
-MARTY: It could be
that we're close to
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an offset chamber
that holds the treasure.
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RICK:
For the first time,
we will look at
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a structure underground
in the Money Pit.
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-STEVE: What was that?
-You're starting to see
something there.
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-Right there.
-Yep.
-RICK: This could be huge.
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TERRY:
Yes. Wow.
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NARRATOR:
There is an island
in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it...
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...man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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And according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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MARTY:
Gentlemen!
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-We're on our way back.
-ALEX: Yeah.
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I want to get to
the bottom of it this year.
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Said it before, but this year
I mean it, okay?
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We got to get it done, guys.
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-We got to get it done.
-Absolutely.
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I think it's gonna be
a good year, a very good year.
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NARRATOR:
Summer has arrived
in Western Shore, Nova Scotia...
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It's about time
to figure this out.
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-That's for sure.
-...and with it,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,
their partner Craig Tester
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and their team have returned
with renewed determination
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to solve the 227-year-old
Oak Island mystery.
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This year, for me,
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everything we do
has to be objective driven.
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Like chasing the gold.
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-Yes.
-Because everyone now believes
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-that there's some treasure
associated in the Money Pit.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Ever since the ingeniously
designed booby-trapped shaft,
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known as the Money Pit,
was discovered in 1795,
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generations of searchers
have tried and failed
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to find whatever may lie buried
more than 90 feet deep.
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The depth of this one
might be a better chance
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-for getting some silver, right?
-Okay.
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NARRATOR:
However,
over the past two years,
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the Laginas and their team
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have obtained scientific
evidence of precious metals
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deep underground
all across the Money Pit area.
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Here's the bottom line.
It's got gold in it.
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It's got gold in the water.
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And if it's got gold
in the water,
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the gold is coming
from somewhere.
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I told you Bravo Tango was
coming at some point.
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(laughter)
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MARTY:
Land, ho! Here she is, boys.
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NARRATOR:
Now, after more than a decade
into their own search...
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Here we come, island.
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...can Rick, Marty,
Craig and the team
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locate and recover
the believed valuables?
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And will they finally be able
to solve the Oak Island mystery?
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MARTY:
Like the old saying,
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"From the human heart
hope springs eternal,"
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there have been other times
in this quest
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when I thought
we were really close
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and our hopes were dashed.
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But we dusted ourselves off
and started again.
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Are we as close
as I thought those times?
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Yes.
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Because we now know
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there's gold in the water
in the Money Pit area.
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Okay, Rick, brother.
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And so,
I'm singularly focused
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on chasing that gold
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to where it's coming from.
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RICK:
Everybody's here.
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-And so it begins.
-All right.
-Let's go.
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RICK:
I have been fascinated
with trying to understand
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the mystery in its totality.
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Who, what, when,
where, why and how.
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-Hey, guys.
-OTHERS: Hey.
-Welcome back.
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-Welcome back.
-MARTY: Gentlemen!
-Hey, guys.
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MARTY:
Howdy, howdy. Good to be back.
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RICK:
And I think we're
on the cusp of
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a discovery that will ultimately
lead to the solution.
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I hate to say it, but
everybody looks a year older.
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(laughter)
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RICK:
We all come at this differently,
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and yet we all sit
at the same table
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with the same goals in mind,
the greater good.
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Trying to understand
this incredibly powerful,
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incredibly complex mystery.
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Thanks for everybody being here.
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It's great to see
the same faces.
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RICK: Absolutely.
It's nice to see
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all of us sitting
around the table
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and everybody remotely.
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-MARTY: There you go.
-Yeah.
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MARTY: The first thing
I want to talk about,
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'cause it's what keeps
me coming back
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with enthusiasm, is that
there is gold in the water.
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The number one goal
is to trace that gold
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in the water back to its source,
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and then dig it up.
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So, last year,
we had anomalous gold
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in the water,
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but our data set wasn't large.
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It was based on 20 holes
in the Money Pit.
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So, this year,
we identified 50 holes
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-to collect a bigger data set.
-Mm-hmm.
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To that end, uh, Dr. Spooner,
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as we drill
all these other wells
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to chase the gold in the water,
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how are we going to do it
and what have we done so far?
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I mean, what we're trying to do,
really, is
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figure out where water travels
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in The Money Pit,
how water moves.
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We've been putting in
these wells
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that'll help us track water.
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So, then, when we do find gold
in the water,
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we can get a bit better idea
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-where it's coming from.
-Yeah.
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IAN:
All right,
that's the last sample.
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NARRATOR:
One year ago,
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geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner,
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collected water samples
from numerous boreholes
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that the team has drilled
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over the past decade
in the Money Pit area...
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and, incredibly, found
high trace evidence of
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both silver and gold
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This year,
the team has already begun
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a new core-drilling operation
involving more than
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50 planned boreholes
to not only look
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for hard evidence of treasure
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but also allow
Dr. Spooner to conduct
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much more sophisticated
water tests.
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By using a device
known as a level logger,
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Dr. Spooner believes he can
determine the direction
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of water flow deep underground
in the Money Pit area.
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This would allow him to
also track where the evidence
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of gold is coming from.
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IAN:
What's important to me is,
if we can isolate that gold
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in the water
down to a specific location.
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By specific,
I mean 20 feet by 20 feet.
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Then we know almost certainly
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Fantastic. Find us
that 20 by 20 box, okay?
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-We'll do the rest.
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-We'll do our best.
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Okay. Rick,
what's the next topic?
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I think the elephant in the room
is the muon technology.
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Right. You know,
everything's in place.
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-Everything's recording.
-Mm-hmm.
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But we're not gonna have data
for months yet.
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NARRATOR:
Over the last few months,
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the Oak Island team has
strategically placed
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muon tomography devices
in 14 boreholes
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across the Money Pit area,
at the South Shore
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and at the southern border
of the swamp,
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that are detecting
subatomic particles
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known as muons as they penetrate
the Earth's surface.
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The collected data will generate
a three-dimensional map
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of underground anomalies,
including tunnels, voids,
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and large objects
such as a treasure vault.
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However,
the data collection may take
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the entire summer to complete.
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What we could see
before too long is
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if there's
a big treasure close to
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one of the sensors,
it'll see that quicker.
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GARY:
Yeah, sounds good.
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Instead of the big dig,
a big recovery.
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-Yeah.
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MARTY:
Let's talk about my friend,
the swamp.
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Just to bring everybody
up to speed,
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we have spoken to
Mi'kmaw leadership.
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We believe we've reached
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-a cooperative relationship
with them.
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-But the standoff distances
are still in place.
-Yes.
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So we'll see
how that all unfolds.
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NARRATOR:
One year ago, while
investigating a stone pathway
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near the stone road
that the team unearthed
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in the southeastern corner
of the swamp...
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-LIZ: What you got?
-LAIRD: Mi'kmaw pottery.
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...archaeologist Laird Niven
discovered
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Indigenous Mi'kmaw pottery
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that could date back
as much as 2000 years.
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This resulted in
the provincial Department
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of Community, Culture,
Tourism and Heritage
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restricting
any further searching
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in a 200-foot-diameter zone
surrounding the area.
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Although the team is
currently seeking
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new permits
from the authorities,
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it is their hope
that in the coming weeks
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they can resume
their investigation of the swamp
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where they have made
incredible discoveries,
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including numerous parts
of ancient sailing vessels,
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and a stone-paved feature
that has been dated
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to as early as 1200 AD.
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You know, contrary to me whining
about the swamp all the time,
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I have to say every time we've
dug in there, we've found stuff.
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-Right, Gary? Yeah.
-Yeah.
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I think there's still some story
there to be understood.
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-Yes.
-MARTY: Okay.
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And I see over here
on the right,
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-with Helen, I see a new face.
-LAIRD: Yeah.
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So we have a new member of
our archeological team,
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Emma Culligan.
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She's gonna be running
CT scanner
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and the other equipment
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that we're gonna have
on the island.
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-EMMA: Yeah,
so I studied engineering,
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um, as well as archeology,
kind of a niche
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that I wanted to create
for myself. So...
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Uh, yeah, I think you've
come into a pretty good niche.
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-We're gonna keep her
pretty busy this summer.
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Excellent. Well,
welcome to the fellowship.
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Well, that nicely brings us
to one of Rick's
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favorites and that's research.
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Because I will say that
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what happened in Portugal is
a bit of an eye-opener.
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I was surprised
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how many potentially
relevant things you found.
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-Oh. Good morning.
-Welcome to Portugal.
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NARRATOR:
Last fall, during
their investigative tour
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of 12th-century sites connected
to the Knights Templar
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throughout
the country of Portugal...
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So, this symbol is definitely
on the 90-foot stone.
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...Rick Lagina and Oak Island
historian Doug Crowell,
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along with Rick's nephews,
Alex Lagina and Peter Fornetti,
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made a number of
intriguing discoveries.
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-ALEX: Right there. Yep.
-RICK: It's perfect.
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The circle and the dot
in the center of the cross,
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that's one of our symbols
on the H+O Stone.
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NARRATOR:
These revelations
included ancient carvings
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in a church constructed
by the Templars
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that matched known
symbols on Oak Island,
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such as the H+O Stone
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and the fabled 90-foot stone,
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reportedly discovered
in the Money Pit back in 1803.
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ALEX:
The stone path
looks exactly like this.
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Yeah, it looks
the spitting image.
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NARRATOR:
They were also shown
a 2,000-year-old Roman road
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that was nearly identical to
the one that the team uncovered
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two years ago in the southeast
corner of the swamp.
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We do have teams,
literally across the globe,
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to look into archives
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for information
relative to our search.
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We have a team,
literally, in France.
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We have people in Portugal.
We have people in the Azores.
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We have people in Italy.
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-Geez.
-Uh, we have people in London.
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And they have done astoundingly
great work to date.
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I have high hopes for it.
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I-I think they might have
some clues
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to our current understanding
of Oak Island and the mystery.
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-Yep, sounds great.
-Yes.
-MARTY: Well, that's all good.
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Then there's Lot 8.
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Gary, last year we found
a lot of stuff there.
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Yeah, some really cool finds
off that area.
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Yeah.
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GARY:
When it comes to the surface,
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metal detecting,
is you always go back
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to where you've recovered
coins and artifacts before,
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'cause you're gonna find
some more.
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-Yeah.
-Okay, so that's Lot 8.
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Sounds like we have
a pretty full schedule.
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I think so.
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I think it's gonna be
an exciting year.
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I'm-I'm really
looking forward to it.
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MARTY:
Okay. I think it's time
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to get up from this table
and go do something.
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The only more words
I want to hear are...
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-Bravo Tango!
-Bravo Tango!
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-(laughter)
-Let's go.
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-It's exciting.
-JACK: Yep.
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TERRY:
Here we are. K-15.5.
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-Hey, Marty.
-Marty, Rick.
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-Rick, how you doing?
-What's up?
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Got the doubloons?
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-(laughing)
-No?
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Someday soon, Marty.
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-Someday soon, man.
-All right.
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NARRATOR:
Following their meeting
in the war room,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
arrive at the Money Pit
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to check on
the core-drilling operation
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in Borehole K-15.5--
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the newest target
on their strategic grid
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designed to help trace
both underground water flow
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and hopefully the source
of the gold and silver
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that has recently been detected
in the area.
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-Where are we right now?
-Right there.
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We're going to 158 to finish it
and deeper if we get interest.
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NARRATOR:
Working once again
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with representatives
from Choice Drilling,
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the team is extracting
core samples every ten feet
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in the hopes of finding
important clues or valuables.
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If they encounter water,
they will then collect samples
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for geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
to conduct further testing.
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RICK:
We have used the sonic
drill program extensively
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to further our understanding
of the underground
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in the Money Pit area,
and that continues to the day.
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Let's follow
the water sampling process
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and see if it leads us
to a location.
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The greatest hope of all,
of course,
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is that it encounters
some sort of treasure.
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As we accumulate
all these data points,
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we need to come to
a new understanding
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of where we are
and where we need to go.
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We need everybody to weigh in.
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So, I'm grateful
for everybody's
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active and ongoing
pursuit of answers.
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MARTY: All right.
I think we need to do
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another hole or two
and see what maybe it tells us.
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The next few holes is gonna
prove it up.
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All right. Keep going, guys.
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Let us know if
something bizarre happens.
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-We will keep you appraised.
-All right.
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-CRAIG: Okay, guys.
-TERRY: Take care now.
See you soon.
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NARRATOR:
As the core-drilling
operation,
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as well as water sampling,
continues in the Money Pit...
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-Got it?
-Got it.
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...later that afternoon...
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MARTY:
We going to find something
today?
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GARY:
Oh, we are, mate.
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...Marty Lagina joins
metal detection expert
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Gary Drayton on Lot 8,
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located west of
the triangle-shaped swamp.
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I've been looking forward
to coming back here.
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And this is
what brought us here,
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-this depression. Yeah.
-I love this tree.
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-GARY: We found
some cool stuff here.
-Yes.
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NARRATOR:
Of Oak Island's
32 four-acre lots,
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Lot 8 has produced some of
the most significant clues
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that could potentially
help the team solve
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the 227-year-old
treasure mystery.
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-Look at that.
-GARY: That is a bobby-dazzler.
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NARRATOR:
It was here in 2017
that Gary and Rick Lagina
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discovered a semiprecious,
red garnet brooch.
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-GARY: We just found a jewel.
-RICK: That's gorgeous.
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I know you keep referring
to it as a, uh, a brooch.
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I have a different
possible interpretation.
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NARRATOR:
However, one year ago,
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the team was astounded
when 32nd Degree Freemason
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Scott Clarke suggested that
the garnet may be connected to
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one of the most sacred missing
treasures ever associated
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with the medieval order
of the Knights Templar.
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SCOTT:
This garnet was actually
the perfect color, size,
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and general shape
as one of the stones
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from a Masonic Royal Arch
High Priest breastplate.
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The breastplate was used
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in a specific Masonic ritual
meant to mimic the retrieval
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of the Ark of the Covenant
from a secret vault underground.
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Wow.
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-Oh, it's time to dig,
huh, guys?
-Yep.
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-(rattling)
-NARRATOR: Following Scott's
presentation,
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Marty and members of the team
unearthed
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a potentially man-made feature
constructed of large stones.
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It's just a big layer of rocks
right across this whole area.
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-I think we need to go that way.
-Okay, mate.
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-We'll go straight line
towards the ocean.
-Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Now, Marty and Gary are hoping
to find clues
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that might explain the purpose
of the mysterious stone feature,
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as well as evidence
that something of great value
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-could be buried in the area.
-GARY: Yeah, that's
a diggable target.
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-(beeps)
-It should be right there.
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♪ ♪
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MARTY:
Try that.
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(beeping)
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(beeping)
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You got it out.
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(chuckles):
Oh, look at this.
It's an ox shoe.
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MARTY:
What the hell?
There was never any occupation
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-on this lot.
-Yeah.
-(beeping)
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And it doesn't exactly
look like farmland.
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MARTY:
Well, this may be
more substantive here
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than perhaps elsewhere,
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because if that spot
there has significance,
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then hauling things
could've been occurring
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between the water
and back there.
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So it'd be good to know,
you know,
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-what that thing tells us.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Because Lot 8 was
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never inhabited by farmers,
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could Marty's assessment be
correct that this oxen shoe
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may be evidence of
an operation to haul cargo
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from the ocean to somewhere
in this area long ago?
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If so,
what kind of cargo could it be?
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-Good start, mate.
-Yeah.
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-Okay. Bag it
and let's keep going.
-Okay.
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All right, continue the line.
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(gentle beeping)
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-Proceed, partner.
-Yep.
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(beeping)
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-Yeah?
-Yep.
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Small target or a deep target.
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(steady beeping)
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Just there, mate.
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-There's a root here, Gary.
Something.
-Yeah.
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Have to sort of do it this way.
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That will look like
it should broggle it out, mate.
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-Try that.
-(beeping)
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GARY:
Ooh!
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MARTY:
Is it a big piece of something?
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I'm not sure.
Come on out, you little bugger.
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It feels like a handle.
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(giggles) I got it!
I got it.
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MARTY:
Oh, my goodness.
What the hell is that?
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(beeping)
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00:19:39,250 --> 00:19:40,875
-That's it?
-What is that?
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I have no idea, mate.
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We find some unusual things,
especially at this site.
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Back in business on Lot 8.
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-That was down a foot.
-Yeah.
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It's a mystery find.
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We could be
looking at corrosion.
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Right? I mean,
it could be inside there.
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Yeah. Oh, it definitely is,
mate.
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I mean, this is a prime
candidate for the CT scanner.
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It can see
straight through this.
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That's why
I couldn't describe it.
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When I got me hands on it,
and I'm like, "What?"
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-Yeah, you said it feels
like a handle.
-Yeah.
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00:20:20,375 --> 00:20:21,875
Yeah. 'Cause that's
how I pulled it out.
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I put me hand around it
and I think... (gasps)
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-That was-- Oh.
-I was thinking it was a pistol.
I was hoping.
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-MARTY: Well...
-My hope is that this is
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somehow connected to the musket.
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00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:34,375
You know, Gary, it's possible.
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00:20:34,542 --> 00:20:36,167
-I mean, in just looking at
this butt end here.
-Yep.
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It's possible this is
portion of a pistol.
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NARRATOR:
A metal fragment of
a possible pistol or musket?
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One year ago,
while searching this same area,
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Gary and Marty discovered
an iron flintlock from a musket
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that may potentially date back
three centuries or more.
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This end feels a little lighter
than that end.
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NARRATOR:
Could this be another part
of that same ancient weapon?
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If so, just who left it here?
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00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,208
This is fantastic.
457
00:21:06,333 --> 00:21:08,583
-It's cool, though.
-Bag it and tag it.
458
00:21:10,083 --> 00:21:12,333
Put that in your top pocket,
you're gonna be bent over.
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Yeah, something...
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-Next lane, coming up.
-MARTY: Yes, sir.
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR:
The following day,
at the Money Pit...
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-(whirring)
-TEDFORD: Ah, it's coming!
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...Oak Island historian
Charles Barkhouse
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continues supervising
the drilling of Borehole K-15.5.
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-Oh, yeah! Wood!
-CHARLES: Wood?
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-103 and a half.
-103 and a half.
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Yeah, there it is.
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Right there.
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I can see it in the bag.
471
00:21:54,958 --> 00:21:56,125
Oh, yeah, baby.
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00:22:00,375 --> 00:22:01,917
Smells like treasure.
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00:22:05,875 --> 00:22:08,375
Nice little chunk there for you,
Charles.
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00:22:08,542 --> 00:22:09,917
Yeah. You got one up here, too.
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-So, what depth is that, Mike?
-Uh, this is...
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-top, bottom.
-COLTEN: 111.
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-This is 103 and a half.
-Right. And this one?
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-111.
-111. Okay.
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00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:25,125
I'm cutting it open.
I want to see this thing.
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00:22:25,208 --> 00:22:26,792
Oh!
481
00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:31,333
It's a good beam.
482
00:22:31,458 --> 00:22:33,125
You got a beam, too. Okay.
483
00:22:34,083 --> 00:22:35,792
NARRATOR:
Part of a wooden beam?
484
00:22:35,875 --> 00:22:39,625
Unearthed from between
103 and 111 feet deep
485
00:22:39,708 --> 00:22:42,500
in Borehole K-15.5?
486
00:22:42,625 --> 00:22:44,833
The question now is,
487
00:22:44,917 --> 00:22:47,167
what exactly has
the team encountered?
488
00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:48,833
A possible structure?
489
00:22:48,917 --> 00:22:52,083
Or could it be
some kind of a container?
490
00:22:53,208 --> 00:22:55,167
That kind of looks pretty flat
along here, doesn't it?
491
00:22:55,292 --> 00:22:56,667
-Yeah.
-Right there, yeah.
492
00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:58,208
That looks dimensional lumber,
doesn't it?
493
00:22:58,375 --> 00:22:59,875
COLTEN:
I'd say so.
494
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,417
CHARLES:
Yeah, we're obviously
in a structure,
495
00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:03,583
-for sure.
-TEDFORD: Looks like it.
496
00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:06,542
CHARLES:
I'm gonna text Rick
to come down here.
497
00:23:06,667 --> 00:23:08,000
COLTEN:
Yeah.
498
00:23:12,042 --> 00:23:14,208
CHARLES:
Looks like we've
hit a structure, Rick.
499
00:23:14,375 --> 00:23:15,833
Seems like I show up when all of
500
00:23:15,958 --> 00:23:17,167
the interesting things
have already happened.
501
00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:19,292
(laughing)
502
00:23:19,417 --> 00:23:22,667
NARRATOR: After being alerted
by Charles Barkhouse
503
00:23:22,792 --> 00:23:24,333
that the team
from Choice Drilling
504
00:23:24,458 --> 00:23:26,458
has recovered
a large wooden beam
505
00:23:26,542 --> 00:23:31,000
some 103 feet deep
in Borehole K-15.5,
506
00:23:31,167 --> 00:23:34,083
Rick Lagina has arrived
at the Money Pit area
507
00:23:34,208 --> 00:23:37,917
to inspect this potentially
important discovery.
508
00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:40,000
CHARLES:
To me it goes horizontal,
509
00:23:40,167 --> 00:23:42,917
'cause the way it's chewed
and the way it's all stacked,
510
00:23:43,042 --> 00:23:46,042
but then it extends
over to this one.
511
00:23:46,167 --> 00:23:48,458
-This vertical piece here.
-RICK: Oh.
512
00:23:48,583 --> 00:23:50,833
CHARLES:
And because we're getting
these long pieces,
513
00:23:50,917 --> 00:23:53,208
I believe it's coming
down the side of a support.
514
00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:56,958
RICK:
It's exciting.
It's wood at an elevation
515
00:23:57,083 --> 00:23:59,708
that indicates human beings
were at that level
516
00:23:59,833 --> 00:24:01,208
doing some enterprise.
517
00:24:01,333 --> 00:24:03,125
No nails or anything?
518
00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:05,167
No. Well, I haven't checked
that one yet
519
00:24:05,333 --> 00:24:07,417
'cause we haven't finished
cutting that one open.
520
00:24:07,542 --> 00:24:08,958
But there's nothing in this one.
521
00:24:09,083 --> 00:24:11,833
-Certainly quite loose.
-It is quite loose, yeah.
522
00:24:14,167 --> 00:24:15,792
It's amazing.
523
00:24:15,917 --> 00:24:18,458
It's that really nice
puddled clay.
524
00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:20,292
Puddled clay, yeah.
525
00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:22,833
NARRATOR:
Puddled clay?
526
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,875
When the original Money Pit
was first excavated
527
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,375
to a depth of 90 feet in 1804,
528
00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:33,958
searchers reported finding
puddled clay at various levels.
529
00:24:34,083 --> 00:24:36,333
The clay was believed
to have been used
530
00:24:36,417 --> 00:24:39,917
as a kind of sealant
to keep water out of the shaft.
531
00:24:40,042 --> 00:24:44,042
Is it possible that the team has
just made a similar discovery?
532
00:24:44,167 --> 00:24:46,958
If so, could that mean
they have encountered
533
00:24:47,083 --> 00:24:50,875
a structure connected
to the original Money Pit?
534
00:24:52,375 --> 00:24:53,917
Hey, Charles.
How're you doing?
535
00:24:54,042 --> 00:24:55,125
-Hey, Terry.
-Hi, Rick.
536
00:24:55,208 --> 00:24:56,583
RICK:
Hey, Terry.
537
00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:58,167
-Interesting times.
-Interesting times.
538
00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,333
Mike, what's going on?
539
00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:01,958
-(chuckles)
-Uh...
540
00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:04,333
As soon as I hit 103,
it just dropped.
541
00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:06,083
How far did it drop?
542
00:25:06,208 --> 00:25:07,958
Eight inches,
something like that,
543
00:25:08,083 --> 00:25:09,792
then I stopped, pulled it out.
544
00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:13,417
Between this and that,
there's a void down there.
545
00:25:14,708 --> 00:25:16,250
-Yep.
-RICK: Okay.
546
00:25:16,375 --> 00:25:18,583
-Slice her open, let's see.
-Let's have a look.
547
00:25:18,708 --> 00:25:20,625
Bring it over.
548
00:25:21,875 --> 00:25:25,000
All right.
This was up against this.
549
00:25:25,125 --> 00:25:27,542
Look at that.
That's the bottom of a beam.
550
00:25:27,708 --> 00:25:31,833
Yeah, that was
right up against that.
551
00:25:31,917 --> 00:25:36,125
So, that was the piece
that was right on the bottom,
552
00:25:36,250 --> 00:25:37,333
and that's the top.
553
00:25:37,417 --> 00:25:39,000
103 the crown,
554
00:25:39,125 --> 00:25:43,042
and the base sitting right here
at 108.
555
00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:46,083
SCOTT:
There's a good chance
that this structure is
556
00:25:46,208 --> 00:25:49,083
basically an open tunnel
or a partially open tunnel.
557
00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:53,000
So, 103 to 108,
that's a nice five-footer.
558
00:25:53,083 --> 00:25:54,792
CHARLES:
Five-foot-high tunnel.
559
00:25:54,875 --> 00:25:56,708
Yeah, five foot, you'd have
to creep a little bit.
560
00:25:56,833 --> 00:25:59,458
You know, we-we've seen
documentation of tunnels
561
00:25:59,583 --> 00:26:00,917
as high as two feet,
and we've seen them
562
00:26:01,042 --> 00:26:03,167
as high as eight feet,
so, it goes to show
563
00:26:03,292 --> 00:26:05,042
-there are everywheres
in between.
-Yeah.
564
00:26:06,208 --> 00:26:07,792
NARRATOR:
A possible
five-foot-high tunnel,
565
00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:11,167
more than 100 feet deep
in the Money Pit area?
566
00:26:11,292 --> 00:26:15,167
But if so,
the critical question becomes,
567
00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:17,708
was it built
by previous treasure hunters?
568
00:26:17,833 --> 00:26:20,667
Or could it have been
constructed by someone
569
00:26:20,792 --> 00:26:22,333
from a much earlier time period
570
00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:25,708
in order to conceal
something of great value?
571
00:26:25,833 --> 00:26:28,500
SCOTT:
It'd be good to see if we can
find some pieces in there
572
00:26:28,625 --> 00:26:30,167
that have a milled surface
on them
573
00:26:30,292 --> 00:26:33,667
and see if we can identify
what kind of saw cut it was.
574
00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:36,708
RICK:
We've looked into
the type of tools
575
00:26:36,875 --> 00:26:39,458
to create lumber.
576
00:26:39,542 --> 00:26:40,750
They range from,
577
00:26:40,875 --> 00:26:44,000
you know, industrial-size
carbide blades
578
00:26:44,125 --> 00:26:48,500
in the modern era
to long ago using axes and adze
579
00:26:48,625 --> 00:26:50,333
to-to cut and shape timber.
580
00:26:50,417 --> 00:26:54,667
What it speaks to is
the age of the wood.
581
00:26:54,792 --> 00:26:56,250
TERRY:
There's a milled surface there.
582
00:26:57,667 --> 00:26:59,333
Also, one here.
Look at this.
583
00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:01,000
-Look at the uprights here, eh.
-SCOTT: Yeah.
584
00:27:01,125 --> 00:27:03,000
There's another beautiful piece
up there.
585
00:27:04,167 --> 00:27:06,500
TERRY:
That almost looks like an adze.
586
00:27:06,583 --> 00:27:07,875
SCOTT:
It does, doesn't it?
587
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000
TERRY:
You can see some bevels.
588
00:27:12,542 --> 00:27:15,417
NARRATOR:
Believed to have been invented
more than 2,000 years ago
589
00:27:15,542 --> 00:27:19,333
in Ancient Egypt, an adze is
a type of cutting tool
590
00:27:19,458 --> 00:27:23,250
featuring a blade, which sets
perpendicular to its handle.
591
00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:26,917
This design made them ideal
for the construction
592
00:27:27,042 --> 00:27:30,000
of ships and finely-crafted
buildings up until
593
00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:32,583
the 18th century,
when they were replaced
594
00:27:32,708 --> 00:27:34,375
by mechanized tools.
595
00:27:34,875 --> 00:27:37,667
-(beeping)
-GARY: Ooh, look at that.
596
00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:41,000
NARRATOR:
One year ago, while
searching on Lot 4,
597
00:27:41,167 --> 00:27:43,667
where the team also discovered
a fragment of a possible
598
00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:45,458
ancient Portuguese cannon,
599
00:27:45,542 --> 00:27:49,625
Rick Lagina and metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
600
00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:52,333
unearthed one of
these very tools.
601
00:27:53,958 --> 00:27:56,083
The adze proved to be
a valuable discovery.
602
00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:58,000
CARMEN:
So, with this particular one
here,
603
00:27:58,083 --> 00:28:02,792
I would go way back,
um, about 1620.
604
00:28:06,375 --> 00:28:07,708
That's cut with an adze.
605
00:28:07,833 --> 00:28:09,917
You know,
that strenuously suggests age.
606
00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:10,958
CHARLES:
You can see
the chop marks right there,
607
00:28:11,083 --> 00:28:12,708
Oh, yeah, for sure.
608
00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:15,333
Definitely,
you can see the bevels.
609
00:28:15,458 --> 00:28:18,292
Wow, that's a good indication
of something fairly old.
610
00:28:18,417 --> 00:28:20,417
That's incredible.
611
00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:23,375
NARRATOR:
If the team has indeed found
a tunnel built
612
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,542
prior to the discovery of
the Money Pit,
613
00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:29,750
could it be a breakthrough
that will not only help identify
614
00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:31,667
who was behind
the Oak Island mystery
615
00:28:31,833 --> 00:28:33,958
but also potentially lead them
616
00:28:34,042 --> 00:28:35,917
straight to
the fabled treasure vault?
617
00:28:36,042 --> 00:28:39,333
RICK:
This wood appears to be old.
618
00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:43,208
It's quite blackened.
It has adze cut on it.
619
00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:45,333
An adze, generally speaking--
620
00:28:45,417 --> 00:28:48,375
generally speaking--
is quite old.
621
00:28:49,667 --> 00:28:53,958
So this is certainly a prime
candidate for C-14 testing.
622
00:28:54,042 --> 00:28:57,417
TERRY:
There's a bevel there.
It's really interesting.
623
00:28:57,542 --> 00:29:00,000
RICK:
It's not confirmation,
but it certainly is
624
00:29:00,125 --> 00:29:03,167
somewhat supportive
that it is indeed a tunnel.
625
00:29:04,208 --> 00:29:05,875
Is there any thoughts of
trying to determine
626
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,208
the trajectory of this?
627
00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:09,667
Like, do more drilling
to try to see
628
00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:11,958
-where this is coming from?
-Yep.
629
00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:13,667
I'd chase this tunnel.
630
00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:15,667
But, to me,
something this far out
631
00:29:15,792 --> 00:29:18,000
would probably be tunneled
directly to the Money Pit.
632
00:29:18,125 --> 00:29:19,833
-CHARLES: Agreed.
-Or, you know,
633
00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:21,250
something that was connected
to the Money Pit.
634
00:29:21,375 --> 00:29:23,708
If there's ever a chance
for water sampling,
635
00:29:23,875 --> 00:29:25,292
-I think this is it.
-Oh, yeah. For sure.
636
00:29:25,417 --> 00:29:28,000
RICK:
This is eminently interesting.
637
00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:31,000
I've got one thing
to take care of, but call me
638
00:29:31,125 --> 00:29:34,208
-if anything new turns up, okay?
-CHARLES: Okay.
639
00:29:34,375 --> 00:29:36,833
TERRY:
Turned out to be a really,
really interesting hole.
640
00:29:36,917 --> 00:29:38,292
CHARLES:
Very much so.
641
00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:42,625
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
642
00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:45,708
-RICK: Carmen, how are you?
-Oh, not too bad.
643
00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:47,333
-Yourself?
-Good.
644
00:29:47,417 --> 00:29:50,000
...at the Research Center,
Rick Lagina,
645
00:29:50,125 --> 00:29:53,000
Jack Begley and Craig Tester
646
00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:55,708
meet with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
647
00:29:55,833 --> 00:29:57,625
to get his assessment
648
00:29:57,708 --> 00:30:01,625
of the mysterious artifact
found one day ago on Lot 8.
649
00:30:01,750 --> 00:30:04,542
RICK:
We've got a bit of
a puzzle for you.
650
00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:07,500
That is this object right here.
651
00:30:07,625 --> 00:30:11,250
My brother and Gary found it.
It was found on Lot 8.
652
00:30:11,375 --> 00:30:14,083
And we have run some geophysical
investigations there,
653
00:30:14,208 --> 00:30:16,958
and they're showing
some anomalous feature.
654
00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:20,333
-Oh, okay.
-So, they found that.
655
00:30:24,333 --> 00:30:26,292
NARRATOR:
Earlier today,
656
00:30:26,375 --> 00:30:29,417
archaeologist Emma Culligan
ran the artifact
657
00:30:29,542 --> 00:30:30,958
through the team's
state-of-the-art
658
00:30:31,083 --> 00:30:34,000
SKYSCAN 1273 CT scanner.
659
00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:38,875
The device emits
nondestructive X-ray radiation
660
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,917
that penetrates
encrusted materials
661
00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:43,667
that build up over time
on an object's surface
662
00:30:43,792 --> 00:30:47,625
to reveal a computer image
of its finer details.
663
00:30:50,417 --> 00:30:51,917
RICK:
Heavily encrusted.
664
00:30:52,042 --> 00:30:54,292
That's why
the CT scan should help.
665
00:30:57,458 --> 00:31:01,000
-That is what
the CT scanner showed.
-CARMEN: Oh. Yeah.
666
00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:03,167
-That helps you?
-Yes.
667
00:31:25,458 --> 00:31:27,000
Interesting.
668
00:31:27,125 --> 00:31:29,042
What would be their typical use?
669
00:31:31,458 --> 00:31:33,208
JACK:
Like hauling wood out
670
00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:37,042
or also
hauling ground material up?
671
00:31:38,750 --> 00:31:39,583
Lifting cargo?
672
00:31:42,375 --> 00:31:44,167
NARRATOR:
A bunk hook?
673
00:31:44,292 --> 00:31:47,667
Used for lifting and hauling
logs or heavy cargo?
674
00:31:47,750 --> 00:31:51,042
Could Marty and Gary
have found more evidence
675
00:31:51,167 --> 00:31:52,333
that something
of potential value
676
00:31:52,458 --> 00:31:54,458
could be buried on Lot 8,
677
00:31:54,583 --> 00:31:59,500
as theorists such as Freemason
Scott Clarke have suggested?
678
00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:03,000
RICK:
It's somewhat of
a unique design.
679
00:32:03,125 --> 00:32:06,167
So, I've never seen one
in the modern era.
680
00:32:26,792 --> 00:32:29,125
RICK:
Wow.
681
00:32:33,042 --> 00:32:34,208
NARRATOR:
In the research center,
682
00:32:34,333 --> 00:32:35,458
blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
683
00:32:35,542 --> 00:32:37,333
has just given his assessment
684
00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:40,500
that the artifact found
one day ago on Lot 8
685
00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:43,500
is potentially
more than 400 years old
686
00:32:43,625 --> 00:32:47,125
and was designed
for hoisting heavy cargo.
687
00:33:00,375 --> 00:33:02,083
CRAIG:
Okay.
688
00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:04,625
So, then, this is probably
older than 1795, then?
689
00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:07,292
RICK:
Personally, I can't come up
690
00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:09,292
with any activity
that we know of
691
00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:13,167
that would necessitate a...
a hook such as that.
692
00:33:17,458 --> 00:33:18,792
Oh, wow.
693
00:33:18,917 --> 00:33:20,292
Seven to eight tons is a lot.
694
00:33:20,375 --> 00:33:22,917
What's this doing on Lot 8?
695
00:33:24,292 --> 00:33:26,875
We'd expect something
on the East Drumlin like this.
696
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,667
How much hauling and work do
we know that was done on Lot 8?
697
00:33:30,792 --> 00:33:33,292
Like, in-in our records of
698
00:33:33,375 --> 00:33:34,750
-the history on Oak Island?
-We don't.
699
00:33:34,875 --> 00:33:37,250
Whether it was from
the searchers or depositors,
700
00:33:37,375 --> 00:33:38,875
I mean, that'd be
a useful hook to have.
701
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,417
But this was found, like,
in the middle of the lot.
702
00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:44,458
Interesting.
703
00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:49,458
RICK:
I see.
704
00:33:51,625 --> 00:33:53,125
I see.
705
00:33:53,250 --> 00:33:55,125
We would have to have
this conserved
706
00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:57,667
before it could go in the XRF,
707
00:33:57,792 --> 00:34:01,708
since it's so heavily encrusted
with something.
708
00:34:01,833 --> 00:34:04,333
We will definitely
put a notation on here and...
709
00:34:10,833 --> 00:34:13,667
-Very interesting.
-That could date back quite old
710
00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:16,833
and give us great evidence
for the Lot 8 area.
711
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,208
I mean, we've found some
weird things around there.
712
00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:24,542
When you have an item that,
according to Carmen,
713
00:34:24,708 --> 00:34:28,500
the design could be
as far back as the 1500s,
714
00:34:28,625 --> 00:34:31,833
we know it was used
for extremely heavily loads,
715
00:34:31,958 --> 00:34:34,833
why not try to gain further
understanding of not only
716
00:34:34,958 --> 00:34:37,292
that particular item
but what other items
717
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:38,833
we might find on the lot?
718
00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:41,000
There's only one way
to figure that out,
719
00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:44,333
and that's to devote the assets
and the time necessary
720
00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:46,708
to try to figure out
what that mystery might be.
721
00:34:46,875 --> 00:34:50,917
There's more work to do.
It's an interesting item.
722
00:34:51,042 --> 00:34:52,708
Certainly found on a lot
we don't know a whole lot about,
723
00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:54,625
and we need to know more.
724
00:34:54,708 --> 00:34:56,708
So thank you
for the information.
725
00:34:56,833 --> 00:35:00,583
We appreciate your time,
appreciate your insight.
726
00:35:00,708 --> 00:35:02,583
-Very good. All right,
see you later.
-Thank you. Thank you.
727
00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:04,333
-CRAIG: Thanks, Carmen.
-RICK: All right, appreciate it.
728
00:35:04,458 --> 00:35:05,667
CARMEN:
See ya.
729
00:35:06,708 --> 00:35:10,042
♪ ♪
730
00:35:12,333 --> 00:35:14,042
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
731
00:35:14,167 --> 00:35:15,875
-PAUL: Got another core
coming in.
-TERRY: Yep.
732
00:35:16,042 --> 00:35:18,542
...Oak Island historian
Paul Troutman
733
00:35:18,667 --> 00:35:20,875
and geologist Terry Matheson
734
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,417
monitor the core drilling of
a new borehole, M-16.25.
735
00:35:25,542 --> 00:35:27,667
-What do we have, Colt?
-Hey, Colten.
736
00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:31,125
-It's gonna be 89.
-89, all right.
-89, thank you
737
00:35:32,417 --> 00:35:36,708
NARRATOR:
Located approximately 11 feet
to the south of Borehole K-15.5,
738
00:35:36,833 --> 00:35:40,083
the team is hoping
to obtain further evidence
739
00:35:40,208 --> 00:35:45,417
of a possible wooden tunnel
at a depth of some 103 feet.
740
00:35:46,625 --> 00:35:49,250
PAUL:
So, 102 to 108 feet
for that, uh,
741
00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:53,125
-wood intersection
that was found in K-15.5.
-Yep.
742
00:35:53,208 --> 00:35:56,667
-PAUL: Hopefully we'll get on it
with this hole.
-TERRY: Yeah.
743
00:35:56,750 --> 00:36:00,458
So once we get to depth,
if we find that void,
744
00:36:00,542 --> 00:36:02,292
then we'll be able to use
the well camera,
745
00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:03,833
get inside it,
get a profile.
746
00:36:03,958 --> 00:36:07,667
And even better to find
the direction of the tunnel.
747
00:36:07,792 --> 00:36:09,750
'Cause the tunnel came
from somewhere.
748
00:36:09,875 --> 00:36:11,083
It's going to somewhere.
749
00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:14,000
-Yes. That would be ideal.
-Yeah.
750
00:36:16,625 --> 00:36:19,292
RICK:
We're hoping that
a six-inch sonic tube
751
00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:22,500
will penetrate a chamber,
a void,
752
00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:25,458
tunnel,
and if it has open space,
753
00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:27,250
there is the possibility
754
00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,667
that one can introduce
a small camera down
755
00:36:29,792 --> 00:36:31,542
and take a look.
756
00:36:31,708 --> 00:36:33,750
It gives you
all kinds of possibilities.
757
00:36:34,750 --> 00:36:36,625
TEDFORD:
You're gonna have to go deeper.
758
00:36:36,708 --> 00:36:38,333
Well, it's at 103,
which is the top.
759
00:36:38,458 --> 00:36:39,875
And so you just gotta
poke it out.
760
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,750
(whirring)
761
00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:50,625
If we hit the tunnel, and
if we can get down inside of it
762
00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:53,500
and get the camera work done,
find the orientation.
763
00:36:53,583 --> 00:36:55,667
Even just a hit
gives us better information.
764
00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:57,875
Yes, and if it gives us
a direction
765
00:36:58,042 --> 00:37:00,792
that we could actually follow
a little bit further out...
766
00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:06,792
♪ ♪
767
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,792
PAUL:
This is critical.
768
00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:31,542
Here it comes,
the moment of truth.
769
00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:34,208
PAUL:
Mike, Colten, what's the story?
770
00:37:34,333 --> 00:37:37,125
-TERRY: Hey.
-Okay, so...
771
00:37:37,208 --> 00:37:40,750
-102. We felt something.
-Right.
772
00:37:40,875 --> 00:37:43,625
Broke through quick, like, four
inches or something like that.
773
00:37:43,708 --> 00:37:46,250
-Real easy.
-COLTEN: Just a thin layer.
-Boom. Right.
774
00:37:46,375 --> 00:37:48,417
And then,
I drove my casing to 103.
775
00:37:48,542 --> 00:37:50,375
Yeah, yeah, to get inside.
776
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:51,625
That's-that's...
I would say almost perfect.
777
00:37:51,708 --> 00:37:53,792
-Yeah.
-So, we're busted in there.
778
00:37:53,917 --> 00:37:56,458
Rods are out,
and it's open to 107.
779
00:37:56,542 --> 00:37:58,500
-Okay. I guess...
-And casing's at 103.
780
00:37:58,625 --> 00:38:00,167
-So, you guys got...
-Four-foot window.
781
00:38:00,333 --> 00:38:01,958
...four feet to play around in.
782
00:38:03,833 --> 00:38:05,875
For me,
that's mission accomplished.
783
00:38:06,042 --> 00:38:07,417
I think we've gotten
into the tunnel.
784
00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:08,750
We're gonna get
a better alignment.
785
00:38:08,875 --> 00:38:10,583
And I guess the point now
would be, I think,
786
00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:13,167
let's call Rick
and see what he says.
787
00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:15,583
See if he can get down here.
788
00:38:17,167 --> 00:38:20,042
NARRATOR:
Now that the team has
once again encountered wood,
789
00:38:20,167 --> 00:38:23,667
followed by a four-foot void
and another section of wood,
790
00:38:23,833 --> 00:38:26,833
could geologist Terry Matheson
be correct that
791
00:38:26,958 --> 00:38:30,167
they've actually found
a man-made tunnel?
792
00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:32,500
(line ringing)
793
00:38:32,625 --> 00:38:35,667
Hey, Rick. How you doing?
Rick, we've got some good news.
794
00:38:35,792 --> 00:38:38,042
Really good. Listen, uh,
we got some good feedback
795
00:38:38,208 --> 00:38:39,625
here from, uh, Mike and Colten.
796
00:38:41,458 --> 00:38:42,458
I think we're into the tunnel.
797
00:38:45,208 --> 00:38:46,833
How do you want to proceed?
798
00:38:51,542 --> 00:38:52,417
I'll get one together
right now
799
00:38:52,542 --> 00:38:53,750
and go off and get it.
800
00:38:54,708 --> 00:38:57,000
RICK:
If it is a real tunnel,
801
00:38:57,083 --> 00:39:00,917
it presents the possibility of
determining if it's open.
802
00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:04,458
And if we get
a real picture of a real tunnel,
803
00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:06,208
it would be the first time ever
804
00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:09,333
that we take a picture
of a structure underground.
805
00:39:09,458 --> 00:39:13,417
We have retrieved wood from deep
underground in the Money Pit.
806
00:39:13,542 --> 00:39:17,292
We have never seen a structure
with our own eyes in situ.
807
00:39:17,417 --> 00:39:19,958
So this could be quite huge.
808
00:39:20,042 --> 00:39:24,000
MARTY:
We would like to see underground
around the Money Pit.
809
00:39:24,167 --> 00:39:26,542
Something that could help
resolve the mystery
810
00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:28,333
of where the heck
the Money Pit is.
811
00:39:28,417 --> 00:39:31,875
So we're trying to figure
that all out, but it's exciting.
812
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,208
Okay, we'll be in the process
of setting up, okay?
813
00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:38,750
Very good. Talk to you soon.
814
00:39:40,375 --> 00:39:41,375
Bye now.
815
00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:42,875
Well, thanks a lot, you guys.
816
00:39:43,042 --> 00:39:44,875
Mission accomplished
for you guys, absolutely.
817
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:45,958
Thanks a lot.
818
00:39:47,208 --> 00:39:50,542
-TERRY: Let's get
the camera going.
-PAUL: Okay.
819
00:39:54,167 --> 00:39:55,417
SCOTT:
We have everything ready to go?
820
00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:56,875
-PAUL: Yes.
-TERRY: Right on.
821
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,250
NARRATOR:
After being informed
822
00:39:58,375 --> 00:39:59,500
by members of the team
823
00:39:59,625 --> 00:40:00,708
that they've once again drilled
824
00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:02,167
into a possible wooden tunnel
825
00:40:02,292 --> 00:40:05,917
some 103 feet deep
in the Money Pit area...
826
00:40:06,042 --> 00:40:07,875
Let's, uh, try to rig a light
on the end of this
827
00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:09,458
so we can get
a better view down there.
828
00:40:09,542 --> 00:40:11,667
...Rick Lagina and Steve Guptill
829
00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:15,417
join them to explore
Borehole M-16.25
830
00:40:15,542 --> 00:40:17,708
with a specialized
underwater camera.
831
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:20,000
SCOTT:
That light look
fairly centered on there?
832
00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:22,000
-STEVE: Yeah.
-SCOTT: That's good.
833
00:40:22,083 --> 00:40:24,583
RICK:
As the camera is
introduced into the hole,
834
00:40:24,708 --> 00:40:26,750
I think we're all very hopeful
835
00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:29,792
we'll have a real a-ha moment,
a real experience.
836
00:40:29,875 --> 00:40:32,333
We'll have eyes on the target
and be able to realize,
837
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,375
in real time,
what we're encountering.
838
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,583
It's what we're looking for--
confirmation in the Money Pit
839
00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:39,167
regarding structures
underground.
840
00:40:39,292 --> 00:40:41,583
SCOTT:
All right,
so let's turn the light on.
841
00:40:42,792 --> 00:40:44,250
Paul, you want to power us up?
842
00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:45,625
Okay, we're powered up.
843
00:40:45,708 --> 00:40:47,375
Okay. Let's roll.
844
00:40:48,708 --> 00:40:49,917
PAUL:
So this is the camera system
that we have
845
00:40:50,042 --> 00:40:53,250
that will go down
and give us a 360-degree view.
846
00:40:56,917 --> 00:40:58,583
-That looks good.
-Super.
847
00:40:58,708 --> 00:41:00,125
All right, Paul,
you want to start your descent?
848
00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:01,750
Okay. Moving forward.
849
00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:07,042
TERRY:
Let's dive in.
850
00:41:09,833 --> 00:41:11,167
STEVE:
That's pretty cool.
851
00:41:17,125 --> 00:41:19,583
PAUL: Okay, so we're just
coming up to the water here,
852
00:41:19,708 --> 00:41:20,917
seven meters.
853
00:41:21,042 --> 00:41:22,417
So we're getting close
to the water.
854
00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:23,833
You see that reflection,
that bright area,
855
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,333
reflecting the light
from the downward-facing camera.
856
00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:27,833
RICK:
There you go, splash zone.
857
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,375
PAUL: Okay,
we're plunged right in.
858
00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:32,917
Eight meters.
Target 102 feet.
859
00:41:33,917 --> 00:41:35,917
Let's switch
to our horizontal view.
860
00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:40,000
TERRY:
That is very sharp.
861
00:41:40,125 --> 00:41:41,625
STEVE:
Yeah, that looks much better.
862
00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:43,833
PAUL:
Okay, so we're at 16.94 meters.
863
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,167
We're a little more
than halfway there.
864
00:41:50,167 --> 00:41:51,583
SCOTT: We're coming up
to our depth here,
865
00:41:51,708 --> 00:41:52,833
where we're gonna come out
of the casing.
866
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,667
Paul, you just want
to slow it down
867
00:41:54,750 --> 00:41:56,792
a little bit there,
so we don't plop it too fast?
868
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,458
Almost a 100 feet,
with another 2 or 3 feet to go.
869
00:42:05,292 --> 00:42:08,333
Another foot
and we should be peeking out.
870
00:42:09,958 --> 00:42:13,083
31.15,
we're getting very close.
871
00:42:20,083 --> 00:42:23,125
-Right there. 31.94.
-TERRY: There it is. Okay.
872
00:42:23,250 --> 00:42:25,042
Paul, do you want to take us
down just a little bit further?
873
00:42:25,208 --> 00:42:27,750
Let's get the camera
outside of the casing, first.
874
00:42:27,875 --> 00:42:29,667
PAUL:
Just below.
875
00:42:29,792 --> 00:42:31,167
SCOTT:
Just right there, right there.
876
00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:32,667
RICK:
There you go.
877
00:42:32,792 --> 00:42:34,417
PAUL:
There you can see the teeth.
878
00:42:34,542 --> 00:42:37,125
-Can we, can we turn?
-Okay.
879
00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:42,167
-It looks like a shark jaw.
-SCOTT (chuckles): It is.
880
00:42:42,292 --> 00:42:43,708
TERRY:
We got Jaws going on here.
881
00:42:46,333 --> 00:42:48,458
-RICK: Woah!
-SCOTT: There's a timber there.
882
00:42:48,542 --> 00:42:50,000
STEVE:
Yep.
883
00:42:51,208 --> 00:42:52,833
TERRY:
Oh, wow, that's fantastic.
884
00:42:52,958 --> 00:42:54,625
We are in the tunnel.
885
00:42:54,750 --> 00:42:57,000
RICK:
We saw broken timbers.
886
00:42:57,083 --> 00:43:00,333
Certainly the bit was
coming down, vertically,
887
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:03,667
It had gone through a ceiling,
888
00:43:03,792 --> 00:43:05,542
and then there was a void.
889
00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:07,542
It's pretty amazing.
890
00:43:07,667 --> 00:43:10,333
TERRY: Look at that, that's
a 45-degree cut, right there.
891
00:43:10,458 --> 00:43:12,625
You can even see the splinters
on the sides of that beam.
892
00:43:12,708 --> 00:43:14,667
-TERRY: For sure.
-SCOTT: That's a great image
right there.
893
00:43:14,792 --> 00:43:17,583
I think that-that, to me,
is almost
894
00:43:17,708 --> 00:43:19,708
the-the ceiling of the tunnel.
895
00:43:19,875 --> 00:43:21,542
Kind of looks like
a fastener or head of a bolt
896
00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,750
-or something right there.
-PAUL: It could be a dowel.
897
00:43:24,792 --> 00:43:26,458
NARRATOR:
A possible wooden dowel?
898
00:43:26,542 --> 00:43:31,500
In a tunnel found more than 100
feet deep in the Money Pit area?
899
00:43:32,667 --> 00:43:35,458
Dating back to as early
as the seventh century AD,
900
00:43:35,542 --> 00:43:38,042
wooden dowels are fasteners
used to connect
901
00:43:38,208 --> 00:43:41,042
the timbers of large structures.
902
00:43:42,458 --> 00:43:45,083
Because metal fasteners
were generally used
903
00:43:45,208 --> 00:43:47,375
by treasure hunters
who built shafts and tunnels
904
00:43:47,542 --> 00:43:51,625
after the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795,
905
00:43:51,708 --> 00:43:54,417
could a wooden dowel
offer evidence
906
00:43:54,542 --> 00:43:57,625
that this tunnel
predates searcher activities?
907
00:43:57,708 --> 00:44:03,000
If so, who built it, when,
and where does it lead?
908
00:44:03,083 --> 00:44:05,750
Two things,
it is two separate beams,
909
00:44:05,875 --> 00:44:08,083
or it's a collapse.
910
00:44:08,208 --> 00:44:11,083
And that sure looks like
it suffered some sort
911
00:44:11,208 --> 00:44:13,042
-of catastrophic break.
-Damage, yeah.
912
00:44:13,208 --> 00:44:16,625
So, that would be my guess
that it went like that.
913
00:44:16,708 --> 00:44:18,958
Well, guys, I don't know
if we're gonna see much more
914
00:44:19,083 --> 00:44:20,292
than we have so far.
915
00:44:20,417 --> 00:44:22,167
We got some great images
of those beams.
916
00:44:22,250 --> 00:44:23,792
-Very interesting.
-Straight up.
917
00:44:23,875 --> 00:44:25,958
But, you know,
we just don't have the light
918
00:44:26,042 --> 00:44:27,208
to see further down
into that opening, you know,
919
00:44:27,333 --> 00:44:29,000
to see where
that tunnel may go
920
00:44:29,083 --> 00:44:30,583
or what else may be in there.
921
00:44:32,042 --> 00:44:33,708
PAUL:
We should definitely
send the video to Prohawk,
922
00:44:33,833 --> 00:44:35,875
so they can clean the video up,
923
00:44:36,042 --> 00:44:37,833
maybe get
through the sand and silt,
924
00:44:37,958 --> 00:44:39,417
and we'll get a better look
at the structure.
925
00:44:39,542 --> 00:44:41,833
But also just an indication,
an outline,
926
00:44:41,958 --> 00:44:44,917
-of what it looks like,
potentially.
-RICK: Yeah.
927
00:44:45,042 --> 00:44:46,708
That's our next step,
so let's initiate that process.
928
00:44:46,833 --> 00:44:49,167
-All right.
-Super.
-Sounds good.
929
00:44:49,292 --> 00:44:51,833
RICK:
Marty needs to see this footage.
930
00:44:57,333 --> 00:44:59,125
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
931
00:44:59,208 --> 00:45:01,667
Hey, good morning,
Fellowshippers!
932
00:45:01,792 --> 00:45:03,792
-Hey, Marty.
-Hey Marty.
933
00:45:03,917 --> 00:45:05,250
...Rick Lagina and members
of the team
934
00:45:05,375 --> 00:45:08,917
meet via conference
with Marty Lagina,
935
00:45:09,042 --> 00:45:10,917
who has been called away
from the island
936
00:45:11,042 --> 00:45:13,042
on important business.
937
00:45:13,167 --> 00:45:15,208
They are eager to share
the stunning footage
938
00:45:15,333 --> 00:45:18,208
of their latest discovery
in the Money Pit.
939
00:45:18,375 --> 00:45:21,292
So, this is one of
the most exciting days
940
00:45:21,375 --> 00:45:24,167
we've had in the last...
I don't even want to count
941
00:45:24,333 --> 00:45:26,500
how many years
we've been here now.
942
00:45:26,625 --> 00:45:29,000
But, uh, for the first time,
we will look at
943
00:45:29,167 --> 00:45:31,333
really hi-res photos
944
00:45:31,458 --> 00:45:34,667
in a man-made structure
in the Money Pit.
945
00:45:37,250 --> 00:45:39,125
-We'll share a screen.
-Yep, I'll share my screen.
946
00:45:39,208 --> 00:45:41,208
That'd be great. It's exciting.
947
00:45:41,375 --> 00:45:43,750
STEVE:
All right, Marty.
Here's the video.
948
00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:45,750
-Okay.
-STEVE: Can you see it?
949
00:45:45,875 --> 00:45:47,125
Yeah, I can see it. Yep.
950
00:45:47,250 --> 00:45:48,792
STEVE:
So, this is just a quick view
951
00:45:48,875 --> 00:45:50,958
-of what we could see.
-Okay.
952
00:45:51,042 --> 00:45:53,958
All right,
Marty, so we took that image
953
00:45:54,083 --> 00:45:55,833
and this is the enhancement
from Prohawk.
954
00:45:55,917 --> 00:45:57,833
MARTY:
Wow.
955
00:45:57,958 --> 00:46:01,542
NARRATOR: In order to enhance
the compelling video footage,
956
00:46:01,667 --> 00:46:04,542
the team has commissioned
a company known as
957
00:46:04,667 --> 00:46:06,417
Prohawk Technology Group.
958
00:46:06,542 --> 00:46:10,000
Their revolutionary software
makes murky images
959
00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:12,458
appear clearer
and in higher resolution.
960
00:46:14,417 --> 00:46:15,917
Yeah, that's a broken timber.
961
00:46:16,042 --> 00:46:17,833
We think the beam has
probably collapsed
962
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,708
as the-the casing
came down into it.
963
00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:25,625
The original tunnel height is
about four to five feet high.
964
00:46:25,708 --> 00:46:29,542
So, at this point, we found
a new undiscovered tunnel?
965
00:46:29,667 --> 00:46:30,625
That's the hope.
966
00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:33,708
MARTY:
That's really cool.
967
00:46:33,875 --> 00:46:36,125
It's kind of an odd location.
968
00:46:36,250 --> 00:46:38,250
DOUG:
So what is that tunnel?
969
00:46:38,375 --> 00:46:40,625
Is that tunnel
a searcher tunnel?
970
00:46:40,708 --> 00:46:42,167
Or is it original works?
971
00:46:42,250 --> 00:46:45,208
It may lead to
the "True Money Pit."
972
00:46:45,375 --> 00:46:48,333
I mean, we all feel we've lost
the location of the Money Pit.
973
00:46:48,417 --> 00:46:51,750
So, it'd be
good information to...
974
00:46:51,875 --> 00:46:53,875
You know, if we can confirm
what it is,
975
00:46:54,042 --> 00:46:56,250
it'd help decide
where we need to go.
976
00:47:00,042 --> 00:47:03,625
NARRATOR:
Could it be possible that, after
more than a decade of searching,
977
00:47:03,750 --> 00:47:06,958
the Oak Island team has
finally discovered
978
00:47:07,042 --> 00:47:09,500
a tunnel more than
100 feet underground
979
00:47:09,625 --> 00:47:12,667
that may be connected
to the original Money Pit?
980
00:47:12,792 --> 00:47:16,708
And if so, might it lead
to the source of silver and gold
981
00:47:16,833 --> 00:47:19,583
that has been detected
through scientific testing?
982
00:47:19,708 --> 00:47:23,042
I'm not an expert
in all of this stuff, okay?
983
00:47:23,208 --> 00:47:25,458
But it could be
the fabled flood tunnel.
984
00:47:25,542 --> 00:47:27,917
We don't know what it is,
but it's previously unknown.
985
00:47:28,042 --> 00:47:29,958
So that's good.
986
00:47:30,083 --> 00:47:33,583
That's clearly,
by definition, a find.
987
00:47:33,708 --> 00:47:36,042
It could yield answers.
988
00:47:36,167 --> 00:47:37,958
We should have
a proper discussion
989
00:47:38,042 --> 00:47:40,875
-about what we do next.
-Yeah.
990
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,167
Considering we're fortunate
enough to have this open tunnel,
991
00:47:44,292 --> 00:47:46,000
um, I think it's a good idea
992
00:47:46,125 --> 00:47:48,000
that maybe we put a sonar
down there.
993
00:47:48,083 --> 00:47:50,375
See how far it's open,
direction it's heading,
994
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:52,417
get a good image, you know,
underground,
995
00:47:52,542 --> 00:47:55,417
-and we can learn a lot
from that.
-Okay.
996
00:47:56,417 --> 00:47:57,875
JACK:
And test the wood.
997
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,667
Maybe this tunnel is
from the 1700s or older.
998
00:48:00,792 --> 00:48:02,625
-Ultimately, you're right.
-It could be from depositor.
999
00:48:02,708 --> 00:48:06,292
CRAIG:
Right. The first well
drilled into the tunnel,
1000
00:48:06,375 --> 00:48:10,083
K-15.5, it's been sent out
for carbon dating.
1001
00:48:10,208 --> 00:48:11,625
Okay, good.
1002
00:48:11,750 --> 00:48:13,292
Here's my take on it.
1003
00:48:13,417 --> 00:48:15,208
-It's really cool
and it's neat to see it.
-Yeah.
1004
00:48:15,375 --> 00:48:17,625
And the most exciting is
Jack's hypotheses,
1005
00:48:17,708 --> 00:48:20,750
which is that
this is a previously unknown,
1006
00:48:20,875 --> 00:48:22,458
perhaps, depositor tunnel.
1007
00:48:22,583 --> 00:48:25,708
That is really exciting if
that's what it turns out to be.
1008
00:48:28,542 --> 00:48:31,250
RICK:
The most astounding thing
of all would be,
1009
00:48:31,375 --> 00:48:34,542
if we can make a determination
that this is original,
1010
00:48:34,667 --> 00:48:36,083
it's huge.
1011
00:48:36,208 --> 00:48:39,750
We would expend
the sufficient monies,
1012
00:48:39,875 --> 00:48:42,833
sufficient time,
sufficient energy
1013
00:48:42,917 --> 00:48:45,417
to follow the tunnel, literally,
1014
00:48:45,542 --> 00:48:47,625
to, hopefully, X marks the spot.
1015
00:48:48,667 --> 00:48:50,792
If this is original,
it's the one thing,
1016
00:48:50,875 --> 00:48:52,500
there's no question about it.
1017
00:48:52,625 --> 00:48:55,667
You know, maybe in front of us
we have the proof.
1018
00:48:55,750 --> 00:48:57,708
MARTY:
You know, here we drilled
all these wells,
1019
00:48:57,875 --> 00:49:00,750
all hundreds of them,
and we never hit this before.
1020
00:49:02,167 --> 00:49:04,250
And so, you know,
it kind of goes to your point
1021
00:49:04,375 --> 00:49:07,083
that there could be
stuff still within that matrix
1022
00:49:07,208 --> 00:49:09,708
that we haven't hit,
because we just did.
1023
00:49:09,875 --> 00:49:11,667
So, uh, that's-that's good.
1024
00:49:11,750 --> 00:49:14,167
Keep going. Good info, guys.
Appreciate it.
1025
00:49:14,333 --> 00:49:16,458
All right, we'll let you know
how it turns out.
1026
00:49:16,542 --> 00:49:18,000
-CRAIG: See you later.
-MARTY: Appreciate it.
1027
00:49:18,083 --> 00:49:19,333
-Thank you.
-RICK: See ya.
1028
00:49:23,417 --> 00:49:25,250
NARRATOR:
As another new day
begins on Oak Island...
1029
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:28,500
PAUL:
Okay, here's the sonar unit.
1030
00:49:28,625 --> 00:49:31,500
...Rick Lagina, along
with members of the team,
1031
00:49:31,625 --> 00:49:33,417
have returned to
the Money Pit area
1032
00:49:33,542 --> 00:49:36,333
in order to conduct
a sonar operation
1033
00:49:36,458 --> 00:49:39,333
in Borehole M-16.25.
1034
00:49:39,500 --> 00:49:42,208
We're gonna have to
measure it out to 103.8.
1035
00:49:42,333 --> 00:49:45,083
NARRATOR:
A borehole where, two days ago,
1036
00:49:45,208 --> 00:49:47,958
the team recorded video
of an approximately
1037
00:49:48,042 --> 00:49:49,250
five-foot tall, man-made tunnel,
1038
00:49:49,375 --> 00:49:53,250
some 103 feet deep underground.
1039
00:49:55,208 --> 00:49:56,500
I'm gonna pull it
right to the end, Paul.
1040
00:49:56,625 --> 00:49:57,792
Right to the end.
Make it tight.
1041
00:49:57,917 --> 00:49:59,542
And then we'll mark our spots.
1042
00:49:59,667 --> 00:50:03,792
My hope is that we'll see enough
to give Steve a line.
1043
00:50:03,917 --> 00:50:07,000
-Yeah.
-And then you can project
the line, right?
1044
00:50:07,083 --> 00:50:09,583
Okay, Steve,
I think we've got it marked.
1045
00:50:09,708 --> 00:50:11,667
-Okay.
-All right.
1046
00:50:11,750 --> 00:50:14,542
NARRATOR:
Now, as they await
carbon dating analysis
1047
00:50:14,667 --> 00:50:16,458
on a wood sample
that they obtained
1048
00:50:16,542 --> 00:50:18,708
from their initial discovery
of the structure...
1049
00:50:18,833 --> 00:50:21,500
Hey, guys. You guys all done?
We're all ready.
1050
00:50:21,625 --> 00:50:24,500
...it is Rick, Marty
and the team's hope
1051
00:50:24,667 --> 00:50:26,917
that by utilizing
a sonar device,
1052
00:50:27,042 --> 00:50:30,417
they can determine which
direction the tunnel may lead.
1053
00:50:30,542 --> 00:50:32,917
So, Paul, we'll see this
in real time, right?
1054
00:50:33,042 --> 00:50:35,667
Yes, as we're sending it down
it will scan 360 degrees,
1055
00:50:35,833 --> 00:50:37,292
and it'll give us
a profile of what it sees
1056
00:50:37,375 --> 00:50:38,708
outward from the sonar,
1057
00:50:38,833 --> 00:50:40,417
and it reflects back
for a sound signal.
1058
00:50:40,542 --> 00:50:42,000
And the data will record?
1059
00:50:42,125 --> 00:50:43,833
Data will record to the unit,
1060
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:45,917
and we'll be able
to play it back
1061
00:50:46,042 --> 00:50:47,167
-in real time as well.
-Perfect.
1062
00:50:47,292 --> 00:50:48,500
Okay. Ready, guys?
1063
00:50:48,583 --> 00:50:49,833
PAUL:
All right. Yep, yep.
1064
00:50:49,917 --> 00:50:51,458
Recording the log.
1065
00:50:52,542 --> 00:50:54,042
RICK:
Let's say this is original.
1066
00:50:54,167 --> 00:50:56,417
Then we follow it, no question.
1067
00:50:56,542 --> 00:51:00,792
If it's searcher era,
we're gonna want to know
1068
00:51:00,875 --> 00:51:03,417
the orientation,
because searchers were going
1069
00:51:03,542 --> 00:51:05,333
to X marks the spot,
1070
00:51:05,417 --> 00:51:07,000
where they thought
the treasure might be.
1071
00:51:07,167 --> 00:51:09,833
-Got 103-foot-eight,
I believe, Steve?
-STEVE: Yep.
1072
00:51:09,917 --> 00:51:12,750
We should be well
within the water right now.
1073
00:51:13,958 --> 00:51:15,833
If the sonar operates properly,
1074
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,208
and if we get that orientation,
1075
00:51:18,333 --> 00:51:20,167
we can project those lines.
1076
00:51:20,292 --> 00:51:23,000
All right.
Well, that's interesting.
1077
00:51:23,167 --> 00:51:24,875
RICK:
The excitement is palpable.
1078
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,625
There's no question about it.
1079
00:51:26,708 --> 00:51:29,417
We're already
starting to see a profile...
1080
00:51:29,542 --> 00:51:31,500
Something rectangular.
1081
00:51:32,708 --> 00:51:36,250
We have green to red,
so red being the highest.
1082
00:51:36,375 --> 00:51:38,375
We're getting
solid dense material,
1083
00:51:38,500 --> 00:51:41,042
so those could be beams.
1084
00:51:41,167 --> 00:51:42,500
I would say
it makes sense logically,
1085
00:51:42,625 --> 00:51:44,792
because
there's a pattern to them.
1086
00:51:44,875 --> 00:51:47,750
They're integrally spaced
from each other,
1087
00:51:47,875 --> 00:51:50,458
and they seem to be reoccurring
at regular intervals.
1088
00:51:51,708 --> 00:51:53,583
-That looks fantastic.
-SCOTT: Also the shape of that
1089
00:51:53,708 --> 00:51:54,792
kind of gives like a little bit
of an elbow in that,
1090
00:51:54,875 --> 00:51:55,792
if it's a tunnel.
1091
00:51:57,708 --> 00:51:59,833
TERRY:
And we seem to be right
in the middle of that bend,
1092
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,667
that slight crook.
1093
00:52:01,792 --> 00:52:04,000
We're just right about here.
It's kind of interesting.
1094
00:52:05,417 --> 00:52:07,500
Am I seeing that we're going
past the five-meter mark
1095
00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:09,417
-in that other direction?
-TERRY: Yes.
1096
00:52:10,708 --> 00:52:14,042
20 feet out and it's about 15
in the other direction.
1097
00:52:16,708 --> 00:52:20,500
We've got about 35 feet
of tunnel there in front of us.
1098
00:52:20,625 --> 00:52:22,958
That's incredible.
That's quite the image.
1099
00:52:24,750 --> 00:52:27,208
I'm troubled a bit by why
it's not seeing anything here,
1100
00:52:27,375 --> 00:52:28,708
there's no explanation
like that.
1101
00:52:29,750 --> 00:52:31,500
I wonder if that's
a collapsed feature there.
1102
00:52:31,667 --> 00:52:33,292
And that's why
it's not seeing anything.
1103
00:52:34,583 --> 00:52:36,500
PAUL:
To Rick's point, it does look
like it's collapsed.
1104
00:52:36,583 --> 00:52:37,833
The other side is very square.
1105
00:52:37,958 --> 00:52:39,708
This one comes
to a conical point.
1106
00:52:39,833 --> 00:52:42,708
It kind of makes you think
that it could be collapsed.
1107
00:52:42,875 --> 00:52:44,333
TERRY:
I think
it's really quite something.
1108
00:52:44,458 --> 00:52:46,500
We've got 35 feet of tunnel
in front of us.
1109
00:52:46,625 --> 00:52:48,000
At least we have
something in front of us
1110
00:52:48,083 --> 00:52:49,625
that gives us a direction.
1111
00:52:50,875 --> 00:52:52,667
RICK:
There's no question
that the sonar
1112
00:52:52,750 --> 00:52:56,333
is seeing an opening
and it can only be a tunnel.
1113
00:52:56,458 --> 00:52:58,833
But we have to derive more data
from this location,
1114
00:52:58,958 --> 00:53:00,833
and we have to connect it
with the other data.
1115
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,292
We need to go
and further investigate it.
1116
00:53:04,375 --> 00:53:06,958
My cautionary tale would be,
1117
00:53:07,042 --> 00:53:10,292
let's wait until it gets
on the surveyor plan
1118
00:53:10,375 --> 00:53:13,167
-before we say it's going here,
it's going there.
-SCOTT: Exactly.
1119
00:53:13,292 --> 00:53:16,708
RICK:
Steve has the skill set
and the techniques
1120
00:53:16,833 --> 00:53:20,333
available to him
to properly plot this on a map.
1121
00:53:20,417 --> 00:53:22,500
-Absolutely.
-RICK: It's a tunnel.
1122
00:53:22,625 --> 00:53:25,833
Kudos to you guys for
persevering to follow this up,
1123
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,958
um, but I'm not gonna say
anything about
1124
00:53:29,042 --> 00:53:31,750
what this may reflect
until I see it on a map.
1125
00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:33,417
I say we take
another scan or two,
1126
00:53:33,542 --> 00:53:36,500
-and then I'm gonna go draft it.
-Sounds good.
1127
00:53:36,625 --> 00:53:39,500
RICK:
Today was a very good day
here on Oak Island.
1128
00:53:39,583 --> 00:53:40,792
TERRY:
Absolutely.
1129
00:53:42,125 --> 00:53:44,583
NARRATOR:
As Rick Lagina
and members of the team
1130
00:53:44,708 --> 00:53:48,792
complete their sonar scans
in Borehole M-16.25...
1131
00:53:48,917 --> 00:53:52,458
GARY: This area is one of
the last areas on Lot 7
1132
00:53:52,542 --> 00:53:55,250
that's been cleared,
and we haven't detected.
1133
00:53:55,375 --> 00:53:56,583
JACK:
Well, lead the way.
1134
00:53:56,708 --> 00:53:59,125
...metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
1135
00:53:59,208 --> 00:54:02,167
and Jack Begley
arrive on Lot 7,
1136
00:54:02,292 --> 00:54:04,333
just West of Lot 8.
1137
00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:06,667
This hasn't been farmed
around here.
1138
00:54:06,750 --> 00:54:08,625
-No.
-So nothing's out of place.
1139
00:54:08,750 --> 00:54:10,542
Everything should be in situ.
1140
00:54:10,667 --> 00:54:13,042
-I love your enthusiasm, mate.
-Ah, I'm psyched.
1141
00:54:13,167 --> 00:54:16,167
I'm ready to get stuck in
in this area as well.
1142
00:54:16,250 --> 00:54:19,667
NARRATOR:
In light of the potentially
500-year-old bunk hook
1143
00:54:19,833 --> 00:54:23,583
that Gary and Marty Lagina
recently found nearby...
1144
00:54:23,708 --> 00:54:26,083
All right, mate.
Let's get stuck in.
1145
00:54:26,208 --> 00:54:28,167
-JACK: Let's find
some artifacts, Gary.
-GARY: Okay, mate.
1146
00:54:28,250 --> 00:54:30,750
...the team hopes
to unearth more important clues
1147
00:54:30,875 --> 00:54:33,000
from the surrounding area
that could help identify
1148
00:54:33,125 --> 00:54:35,500
who may have visited
this part of the island
1149
00:54:35,583 --> 00:54:38,042
prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit,
1150
00:54:38,167 --> 00:54:41,583
and also if they left
anything of value behind.
1151
00:54:42,917 --> 00:54:44,417
(beeping)
1152
00:54:44,542 --> 00:54:46,792
-GARY: Whoo-hoo!
-Oh...
1153
00:54:46,917 --> 00:54:49,500
We have got a signal, mate.
1154
00:54:49,625 --> 00:54:51,875
-JACK: Nice.
-Just there.
1155
00:54:54,583 --> 00:54:57,000
-Mainly just roots.
-Yep.
1156
00:55:01,625 --> 00:55:03,750
Nice one, mate.
1157
00:55:07,083 --> 00:55:09,542
We can't be
very far away from it.
1158
00:55:09,667 --> 00:55:11,667
(high-pitched beeping)
1159
00:55:11,792 --> 00:55:13,542
-You're on it.
-Yeah. I'm on it.
1160
00:55:13,667 --> 00:55:16,000
-I'm going for it.
-(rapid beeping)
1161
00:55:16,083 --> 00:55:17,958
-Wow.
-Ooh!
1162
00:55:18,083 --> 00:55:20,125
You got it. What is that?
1163
00:55:20,208 --> 00:55:21,417
Check this out.
1164
00:55:21,542 --> 00:55:23,167
-Oh.
-Sweet.
1165
00:55:24,583 --> 00:55:27,292
-Musket ball. Look at that.
-I love finding those.
1166
00:55:27,375 --> 00:55:28,833
GARY:
Fantastic, mate.
1167
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,292
This is an oldie as well,
by the look of it.
1168
00:55:31,417 --> 00:55:33,000
What time period is
musket balls, Gary?
1169
00:55:33,167 --> 00:55:36,583
They're black powder weapons,
so late 1500s
1170
00:55:36,708 --> 00:55:41,917
all the way into
the mid-to-late 1800s.
1171
00:55:43,125 --> 00:55:44,917
JACK:
That could fit in
with Portugal, too.
1172
00:55:45,042 --> 00:55:47,417
Well, we still
haven't discovered
1173
00:55:47,542 --> 00:55:49,625
how old
that musket lock plate is
1174
00:55:49,750 --> 00:55:51,958
-that we recovered on Lot 8.
-Mm-hmm. Just nearby.
1175
00:55:52,042 --> 00:55:54,500
Yeah,
so they could be connected.
1176
00:55:54,583 --> 00:55:56,667
NARRATOR:
A lead musket ball?
1177
00:55:56,792 --> 00:56:00,000
Could it be related to
the potential 16th-century
1178
00:56:00,083 --> 00:56:03,333
musket rifle flintlock
that Gary and Marty Lagina
1179
00:56:03,458 --> 00:56:05,958
found near this area
one year ago?
1180
00:56:06,042 --> 00:56:09,333
And might they both be related
to the ancient bunk hook
1181
00:56:09,417 --> 00:56:12,708
found on Lot 8 that was designed
for hauling heavy cargo?
1182
00:56:12,875 --> 00:56:14,583
JACK:
Each musket ball is
1183
00:56:14,708 --> 00:56:16,083
-its own little piece of art.
-GARY: Yeah.
1184
00:56:16,208 --> 00:56:18,042
NARRATOR:
If so, could this musket ball
1185
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,167
have been fired
in order to protect
1186
00:56:20,250 --> 00:56:22,875
something of great value?
1187
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:26,250
When I think of musket balls--
we are in Canada,
1188
00:56:26,375 --> 00:56:30,000
North America-- I got to go
back to colonial days
1189
00:56:30,083 --> 00:56:32,625
-on that, mid-to-late 1700s.
-Yeah.
1190
00:56:32,708 --> 00:56:34,542
Fantastic, mate. I love 'em.
1191
00:56:34,708 --> 00:56:37,000
-Yep.
-Let's see if it's got
any friends in the area.
1192
00:56:39,917 --> 00:56:41,875
-(beeping)
-Ooh.
1193
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:45,167
-That's a nice signal.
-Yeah, that's a nice signal,
mate.
1194
00:56:45,250 --> 00:56:48,750
Just there, mate.
That's my best guesstimate.
1195
00:56:52,833 --> 00:56:54,208
-What, are you on a rock?
-Yeah.
1196
00:56:54,333 --> 00:56:58,333
That rock stopped whatever it is
from sinking deeper.
1197
00:56:58,458 --> 00:57:00,333
(beeping)
1198
00:57:00,458 --> 00:57:01,583
It's out, mate.
1199
00:57:01,708 --> 00:57:03,875
(high-pitched beeping)
1200
00:57:04,875 --> 00:57:07,292
JACK:
Shouldn't-- Oh.
1201
00:57:07,375 --> 00:57:09,458
-(beeping)
-Is it that?
1202
00:57:09,583 --> 00:57:10,750
That's a rock.
1203
00:57:10,875 --> 00:57:12,667
GARY:
Yeah, looks like a rock,
but...
1204
00:57:12,792 --> 00:57:15,375
-(beeping)
-Is it? Because
if this isn't a rock...
1205
00:57:16,583 --> 00:57:18,042
Oh, wow.
1206
00:57:20,208 --> 00:57:23,167
This could be
something special, mate.
1207
00:57:27,167 --> 00:57:29,042
NARRATOR:
On Lot 7,
near the border of Lot 8
1208
00:57:29,167 --> 00:57:30,083
on the western side
of Oak Island,
1209
00:57:30,208 --> 00:57:33,958
Gary Drayton and Jack Begley
have just made
1210
00:57:34,042 --> 00:57:36,000
a potentially
significant discovery.
1211
00:57:36,125 --> 00:57:38,000
GARY:
When I first saw it...
1212
00:57:38,125 --> 00:57:39,667
'Cause I was the same as you,
"It's a rock."
1213
00:57:39,833 --> 00:57:42,917
Uh, but it isn't, it's metal.
1214
00:57:43,042 --> 00:57:44,958
-And, uh... Yeah.
-It's rectangular and flat.
1215
00:57:45,042 --> 00:57:46,667
-Yeah.
-It's rectangular,
1216
00:57:46,750 --> 00:57:49,958
and it's got some, like,
little markings on it.
1217
00:57:50,042 --> 00:57:51,917
-JACK: You think
those are markings?
-GARY: Yeah.
1218
00:57:52,042 --> 00:57:54,125
I'd just be guessing what it is,
1219
00:57:54,208 --> 00:57:56,000
but that shape,
1220
00:57:56,125 --> 00:58:00,625
this could potentially be,
like, an old coin.
1221
00:58:00,750 --> 00:58:03,167
That's what it looks like
to me, mate.
1222
00:58:03,333 --> 00:58:06,125
-Oh, that'd be great.
-That's how they were made.
1223
00:58:06,208 --> 00:58:08,458
You'd get square ones.
You'd get oblong ones.
1224
00:58:08,583 --> 00:58:11,000
You'd get triangle ones,
and I'm not sure yet
1225
00:58:11,125 --> 00:58:13,667
whether it's copper or silver.
1226
00:58:13,792 --> 00:58:16,292
NARRATOR:
A possible coin?
1227
00:58:16,375 --> 00:58:18,583
And potentially made of silver?
1228
00:58:18,708 --> 00:58:22,167
If so, could it be connected
to the bunk hook
1229
00:58:22,250 --> 00:58:25,375
that Gary and Marty recently
found nearby on Lot 8?
1230
00:58:26,458 --> 00:58:28,375
Or perhaps the evidence of
precious metals
1231
00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:31,250
that have been detected
in the Money Pit?
1232
00:58:31,375 --> 00:58:32,792
I mean, look at that.
1233
00:58:32,917 --> 00:58:35,667
Look how it goes down
and to a point there.
1234
00:58:35,792 --> 00:58:38,458
It's just
the irregularity of it.
1235
00:58:38,542 --> 00:58:40,083
There's something special
about this.
1236
00:58:40,208 --> 00:58:41,500
Wow.
1237
00:58:41,625 --> 00:58:44,333
I'm seeing a design
on that, mate.
1238
00:58:44,458 --> 00:58:45,917
But we'd have to speculate.
1239
00:58:46,042 --> 00:58:48,083
All the finds
go back to the lab.
1240
00:58:48,208 --> 00:58:50,542
Put them under the CT scanner,
1241
00:58:50,667 --> 00:58:53,500
get those guys to tell us
what metal it is.
1242
00:58:53,667 --> 00:58:55,833
It's an interesting find,
that is for sure.
1243
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:57,833
JACK:
Yeah. I agree.
1244
00:58:57,958 --> 00:59:01,875
-Great find, Gary.
-Fantastic, mate. Good digging.
1245
00:59:04,292 --> 00:59:06,500
♪ ♪
1246
00:59:06,583 --> 00:59:08,500
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
1247
00:59:08,625 --> 00:59:09,750
MARTY:
Hey, good morning!
1248
00:59:09,875 --> 00:59:11,000
OTHERS:
Hey, Marty.
1249
00:59:11,167 --> 00:59:13,875
So, we have the sonar results.
1250
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:16,417
-Yeah.
-Steve is gonna share a screen
1251
00:59:16,542 --> 00:59:19,708
and, uh, show everybody
what the sonar has shown.
1252
00:59:19,833 --> 00:59:21,917
...members of the team
have gathered
1253
00:59:22,042 --> 00:59:24,375
in the war room to review
the sonar data
1254
00:59:24,500 --> 00:59:26,708
they collected one day ago
1255
00:59:26,833 --> 00:59:29,333
in a mysterious tunnel
some 103 feet deep
1256
00:59:29,500 --> 00:59:31,708
in the Money Pit area.
1257
00:59:31,875 --> 00:59:34,875
All right, Marty, I have
the data up on the screen.
1258
00:59:36,208 --> 00:59:37,667
GARY:
Oh, wow.
1259
00:59:37,792 --> 00:59:40,292
That's a tunnel, all right.
1260
00:59:40,375 --> 00:59:42,000
STEVE:
As you can see,
1261
00:59:42,083 --> 00:59:43,958
it heads off
in a northwest direction
1262
00:59:44,083 --> 00:59:46,875
and comes from
a south-southeast direction.
1263
00:59:48,167 --> 00:59:51,417
The sonar went down
Borehole M-16.25.
1264
00:59:51,542 --> 00:59:54,375
For its orientation,
I'll show you the whole map.
1265
00:59:54,542 --> 00:59:56,792
I'm gonna zoom into the area.
1266
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:02,167
At M-16.25,
we had an open cavity
1267
01:00:02,333 --> 01:00:06,000
at 103 to 107 feet, and that's
where we put the sonar.
1268
01:00:06,125 --> 01:00:10,625
So for tunnel orientation,
we have K-15.5,
1269
01:00:10,708 --> 01:00:13,333
with that,
we incorporate our sonar data.
1270
01:00:15,875 --> 01:00:18,458
And there's
what it looks like underground.
1271
01:00:18,583 --> 01:00:19,792
Oh.
1272
01:00:21,583 --> 01:00:23,583
STEVE:
So, based on early projections--
and we still have
1273
01:00:23,708 --> 01:00:26,542
quite a bit of work to do--
it does point just west
1274
01:00:26,708 --> 01:00:28,792
a few feet of the Garden Shaft.
1275
01:00:28,875 --> 01:00:30,208
NARRATOR:
The Garden Shaft?
1276
01:00:31,583 --> 01:00:33,667
Okay, that would probably be
the outside wall there.
1277
01:00:33,792 --> 01:00:36,708
-Ten-four.
-CHARLES: A 10 by 10 shaft.
1278
01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:39,208
NARRATOR:
In 2017,
1279
01:00:39,375 --> 01:00:42,292
while attempting to locate
the original Money Pit
1280
01:00:42,375 --> 01:00:45,167
the team unearthed a
10-by-10-foot-wide wooden shaft.
1281
01:00:45,292 --> 01:00:47,042
At the time,
they believed it to be
1282
01:00:47,167 --> 01:00:49,625
a 19th-century structure,
1283
01:00:49,750 --> 01:00:51,333
built by
previous treasure hunters
1284
01:00:51,500 --> 01:00:54,958
in a failed attempt
to bypass the flood traps.
1285
01:00:56,375 --> 01:00:59,500
After constructing a rock garden
around it three years ago,
1286
01:00:59,625 --> 01:01:02,500
they affectionately dubbed it,
"The Garden Shaft."
1287
01:01:03,542 --> 01:01:05,708
But if the tunnel that
the team has encountered
1288
01:01:05,833 --> 01:01:08,333
is potentially connected
to that shaft,
1289
01:01:08,500 --> 01:01:10,958
is it possible that
they have made a discovery
1290
01:01:11,083 --> 01:01:13,542
that could help solve
the Oak Island mystery?
1291
01:01:15,208 --> 01:01:17,833
What about carbon dating?
What did that come up with?
1292
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,208
-Do we have those results?
-CRAIG: Yeah, I sure do.
1293
01:01:20,333 --> 01:01:23,042
This is the post
1294
01:01:23,167 --> 01:01:27,000
-we brought up from, uh, K-15.5.
-Okay.
1295
01:01:27,083 --> 01:01:31,333
K-15.5 is 48.1%
1296
01:01:31,458 --> 01:01:34,417
from 1731 to 1806.
1297
01:01:35,542 --> 01:01:41,042
35.5% from 1640 to 1687.
1298
01:01:41,208 --> 01:01:43,958
-Wow.
-So, you know, 70 to 80%
1299
01:01:44,042 --> 01:01:49,417
is from 1640 to 1810.
1300
01:01:50,875 --> 01:01:54,833
The carbon dates
are pre-discovery
1301
01:01:54,917 --> 01:01:57,125
and post-discovery
of the Money Pit.
1302
01:01:57,250 --> 01:02:01,000
That's what makes
this endeavor so difficult.
1303
01:02:01,083 --> 01:02:02,917
This time frame is
quite confusing,
1304
01:02:03,042 --> 01:02:04,458
and we don't know
what to make of it.
1305
01:02:04,542 --> 01:02:06,958
This thing just keeps
getting more complex
1306
01:02:07,042 --> 01:02:09,167
by the... by the moment.
1307
01:02:09,250 --> 01:02:13,125
JACK:
I see this
as kind of damning fact
1308
01:02:13,250 --> 01:02:15,042
that we found an
old tunnel finally,
1309
01:02:15,167 --> 01:02:16,708
and we found something
that can be
1310
01:02:16,875 --> 01:02:19,792
definitively substantial
and lead us on to something
1311
01:02:19,875 --> 01:02:21,708
that could be
a treasure chamber.
1312
01:02:21,875 --> 01:02:23,750
And, if anything,
I'd say this might be
1313
01:02:23,875 --> 01:02:25,750
the oldest tunnel
we've ever found.
1314
01:02:25,875 --> 01:02:27,750
I understand Jack's excitement.
1315
01:02:27,875 --> 01:02:29,667
-Yeah.
-The dates seem to suggest
1316
01:02:29,833 --> 01:02:31,167
it's something earlier, so...
1317
01:02:31,292 --> 01:02:32,750
that's something to be
excited about.
1318
01:02:32,875 --> 01:02:37,000
I love those early 1700s dates.
1319
01:02:37,167 --> 01:02:39,625
Could be some really,
really early gold
1320
01:02:39,708 --> 01:02:43,792
and silver coins in that tunnel
or in the Garden Shaft.
1321
01:02:43,875 --> 01:02:46,500
-CRAIG: We need more data.
-Yeah.
1322
01:02:46,625 --> 01:02:49,208
If we do drill into the tunnel
and we get more pieces of wood,
1323
01:02:49,333 --> 01:02:52,708
we'll just get more statistical
analysis of what makes sense.
1324
01:02:52,875 --> 01:02:55,000
MARTY:
Well, this is all intriguing
1325
01:02:55,125 --> 01:02:56,958
and of course, as usual,
it's a result
1326
01:02:57,042 --> 01:03:00,042
that leads to more investigation
required, so...
1327
01:03:00,167 --> 01:03:02,583
let's pursue this,
let's continue to pursue it.
1328
01:03:02,708 --> 01:03:04,583
-Yep.
-Well done, guys.
1329
01:03:04,708 --> 01:03:06,333
Okay.
1330
01:03:06,500 --> 01:03:08,375
We're not gonna do any work
sitting around this table,
1331
01:03:08,500 --> 01:03:10,917
so let's get back to work,
everybody.
1332
01:03:11,042 --> 01:03:12,833
MARTY:
Perfect. Thank you, gentlemen.
1333
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:14,250
-JACK: Bye, Marty.
-Bye.
1334
01:03:18,292 --> 01:03:19,750
-RICK: Laird.
-LAIRD: Hello. How are you?
1335
01:03:19,875 --> 01:03:21,583
Well, you tell me
how I'm gonna be
1336
01:03:21,708 --> 01:03:23,042
after I find out what this is.
1337
01:03:23,167 --> 01:03:24,167
NARRATOR:
Following their meeting
1338
01:03:24,292 --> 01:03:26,625
in the war room, Rick Lagina,
1339
01:03:26,708 --> 01:03:29,167
along with Jack Begley
and Gary Drayton,
1340
01:03:29,292 --> 01:03:31,542
join archaeologists Laird Niven
1341
01:03:31,708 --> 01:03:34,875
and Emma Culligan in the Oak
Island Interpretive Centre.
1342
01:03:35,042 --> 01:03:36,792
This is a-a little piece
that, uh,
1343
01:03:36,917 --> 01:03:38,958
Gary and Jack found on Lot 7.
1344
01:03:39,083 --> 01:03:42,167
NARRATOR:
Laird and Emma have spent
the last several hours
1345
01:03:42,292 --> 01:03:44,667
scanning the believed coin
that was found one day ago
1346
01:03:44,792 --> 01:03:49,958
on Lot 7 with the SKYSCAN 1273
CT scanner.
1347
01:03:50,042 --> 01:03:52,083
Can you show us the edge, Emma,
1348
01:03:52,208 --> 01:03:53,792
-please?
-Yeah.
1349
01:03:55,208 --> 01:03:57,042
LAIRD:
Right now, this is the CT scan.
1350
01:03:57,167 --> 01:03:59,417
It's a...
interesting-looking piece.
1351
01:04:00,667 --> 01:04:03,583
The edges are strange.
1352
01:04:05,708 --> 01:04:07,875
GARY:
It looks like
whatever the metal is
1353
01:04:08,042 --> 01:04:09,167
was cut with shears.
1354
01:04:09,250 --> 01:04:11,125
Just cut like this.
1355
01:04:11,250 --> 01:04:14,625
GARY:
Looks like it could be
something really special.
1356
01:04:14,750 --> 01:04:17,792
I was hoping
that it was some kind of coin.
1357
01:04:17,917 --> 01:04:19,375
LAIRD:
I think
1358
01:04:19,500 --> 01:04:21,583
you might find
what Emma has to say
1359
01:04:21,708 --> 01:04:23,042
a little more interesting.
1360
01:04:23,167 --> 01:04:24,792
Okay. That sounds great.
1361
01:04:24,917 --> 01:04:26,000
Emma, do you want to...
1362
01:04:26,125 --> 01:04:27,500
-come up and, uh...
-Sure thing.
1363
01:04:27,625 --> 01:04:29,333
LAIRD:
...tell 'em what you found?
1364
01:04:30,167 --> 01:04:32,833
NARRATOR:
Additionally,
the artifact has been scanned
1365
01:04:32,958 --> 01:04:37,125
with an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or XRF device,
1366
01:04:37,208 --> 01:04:40,167
which can identify
the types of elements and metals
1367
01:04:40,292 --> 01:04:43,208
that make up
an object's composition.
1368
01:04:44,208 --> 01:04:45,833
So, what was really interesting
about this
1369
01:04:45,958 --> 01:04:47,500
is the actual
material properties.
1370
01:04:48,083 --> 01:04:50,583
This was the XRF analysis.
1371
01:04:50,708 --> 01:04:52,833
So, it's mainly copper,
1372
01:04:52,958 --> 01:04:54,333
which wasn't too surprising.
1373
01:04:54,458 --> 01:04:56,875
Then it had
an extremely high tin content,
1374
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:58,333
which makes it bronze,
1375
01:04:58,458 --> 01:05:01,917
along with a really high
arsenic content,
1376
01:05:02,042 --> 01:05:04,375
which makes it
an arsenical bronze.
1377
01:05:04,542 --> 01:05:06,333
And that stands out to me.
1378
01:05:06,417 --> 01:05:08,000
JACK:
What would be
1379
01:05:08,083 --> 01:05:10,500
the point
of a metal mixture like this?
1380
01:05:10,583 --> 01:05:13,125
It increases
your tensile strength,
1381
01:05:13,250 --> 01:05:14,917
and it also reduces,
1382
01:05:15,042 --> 01:05:16,708
-like, flaking.
-Yeah.
1383
01:05:16,875 --> 01:05:18,792
So, anything with, like,
a high arsenic content
1384
01:05:18,875 --> 01:05:20,667
has a low vaporizing point
1385
01:05:20,750 --> 01:05:23,667
that's lower than its melting
point of other metals.
1386
01:05:23,750 --> 01:05:26,458
So during, like,
forging or casting,
1387
01:05:26,542 --> 01:05:29,958
there'd be a lot of
arsen-arsenic gas in the air,
1388
01:05:30,042 --> 01:05:31,792
which would affect
your nervous system.
1389
01:05:31,875 --> 01:05:35,333
So there was this long period
of just it phasing out.
1390
01:05:35,458 --> 01:05:37,958
And because it is
a phased-out metal,
1391
01:05:38,042 --> 01:05:40,458
it is not a modern metal
by any means.
1392
01:05:40,583 --> 01:05:43,250
16th century onwards,
it's nonexistent.
1393
01:05:44,292 --> 01:05:46,458
They stopped making
1394
01:05:46,542 --> 01:05:48,542
-this type of metal
in the 1500s?
-They stopped making it...
1395
01:05:48,708 --> 01:05:50,167
Yes.
1396
01:05:50,292 --> 01:05:51,958
-(chuckles): Yes.
-That is absolutely brilliant.
1397
01:05:52,083 --> 01:05:53,000
EMMA:
It is...
1398
01:05:53,083 --> 01:05:54,125
it is pretty old.
1399
01:05:54,208 --> 01:05:55,417
(chuckles softly)
Yeah.
1400
01:05:56,667 --> 01:05:59,333
NARRATOR:
The possible coin
found on Lot 7
1401
01:05:59,417 --> 01:06:02,167
potentially predating
the 16th century?
1402
01:06:02,250 --> 01:06:05,250
If so, could it offer
more evidence
1403
01:06:05,375 --> 01:06:08,375
to support the beliefs
of theorists like Scott Clarke,
1404
01:06:08,500 --> 01:06:10,250
that the Knights Templar
1405
01:06:10,375 --> 01:06:12,333
may have been behind
the Oak Island mystery?
1406
01:06:12,458 --> 01:06:14,583
It was common for coins.
1407
01:06:14,708 --> 01:06:18,583
But it was also used for swords.
It was used for statues.
1408
01:06:18,708 --> 01:06:20,333
But the shape...
1409
01:06:20,458 --> 01:06:22,833
(chuckles softly) ...really
reminiscent of a coin here.
1410
01:06:22,958 --> 01:06:24,167
-Yeah.
-Yeah, it is. I knew it!
1411
01:06:24,292 --> 01:06:26,500
-(chuckling)
-It's quite exciting.
1412
01:06:26,625 --> 01:06:28,667
-Yeah, it is.
-Quite-quite-quite fascinating.
1413
01:06:28,833 --> 01:06:31,333
It's certainly interesting
enough. I-I think Marty
1414
01:06:31,417 --> 01:06:33,167
would like to know about this.
He's all about the data.
1415
01:06:33,250 --> 01:06:36,167
So let me-- let me see
if he's available.
1416
01:06:36,292 --> 01:06:38,417
(FaceTime ringing)
1417
01:06:39,917 --> 01:06:40,958
Hey.
1418
01:06:42,417 --> 01:06:44,167
Hey. Uh, we're here
1419
01:06:44,292 --> 01:06:47,292
in the lab with Emma and Laird
and Jack and Gary.
1420
01:06:47,417 --> 01:06:49,917
They found something.
But it's more than a something.
1421
01:06:50,042 --> 01:06:51,500
It's quite interesting.
1422
01:06:51,625 --> 01:06:54,500
Uh, Emma has run it through
the XRD and the XRF.
1423
01:06:54,625 --> 01:06:56,208
I'm gonna let her
tell you about it.
1424
01:06:57,667 --> 01:06:59,000
EMMA:
So, Gary and Jack found
1425
01:06:59,125 --> 01:07:00,833
this small rectangular object
1426
01:07:00,958 --> 01:07:02,292
that I ran through the XRF,
1427
01:07:02,375 --> 01:07:05,708
and the materials
that came out has copper,
1428
01:07:05,833 --> 01:07:08,792
tin, zinc and a pretty high
arsenic content,
1429
01:07:08,875 --> 01:07:12,208
which is a very unique
material composition.
1430
01:07:13,292 --> 01:07:14,542
Those exact material properties
1431
01:07:14,708 --> 01:07:17,500
indicate a metal
that was phased out
1432
01:07:17,667 --> 01:07:19,500
at least in the 16th century.
1433
01:07:19,667 --> 01:07:21,167
So,
1434
01:07:21,292 --> 01:07:22,750
it is a really unique piece,
1435
01:07:22,875 --> 01:07:24,500
and it really stands out.
1436
01:07:28,042 --> 01:07:30,375
(chuckling)
1437
01:07:33,542 --> 01:07:35,000
No.
1438
01:07:35,125 --> 01:07:38,000
It's a very unique property,
'cause it did get phased out
1439
01:07:38,125 --> 01:07:40,917
because it's so harmful
to humans.
1440
01:07:42,167 --> 01:07:44,042
-Yeah. (chuckles)
-(chuckling)
1441
01:07:44,167 --> 01:07:45,375
RICK:
It's-it's quite unique.
1442
01:07:45,542 --> 01:07:46,917
There's no question about it.
1443
01:07:52,125 --> 01:07:53,417
All right.
1444
01:07:53,542 --> 01:07:54,667
We'll send Gary and Jack
back out.
1445
01:07:57,417 --> 01:07:58,917
-(laughs)
-(Emma chuckles)
1446
01:07:59,917 --> 01:08:02,667
-We will, for sure.
-All right, see ya.
1447
01:08:02,833 --> 01:08:03,958
Take care.
1448
01:08:04,042 --> 01:08:05,375
-Yeah. Bye-bye.
-Bye, Marty.
1449
01:08:06,792 --> 01:08:09,000
All right, well,
it's incredibly interesting,
1450
01:08:09,167 --> 01:08:10,750
as everyone has articulated.
1451
01:08:10,875 --> 01:08:13,500
But it's time to get back
out there and take a look,
1452
01:08:13,583 --> 01:08:15,208
see what else we can find.
1453
01:08:15,375 --> 01:08:17,333
-Yep, we can do that, for sure.
-RICK: All righty.
1454
01:08:17,417 --> 01:08:18,708
-See ya later.
-See ya.
-See ya later, guys.
1455
01:08:18,833 --> 01:08:20,583
-GARY: Thanks for
the great news.
-(chuckling)
1456
01:08:20,708 --> 01:08:23,708
GARY:
I had a feeling about that.
1457
01:08:23,875 --> 01:08:26,250
♪ ♪
1458
01:08:26,375 --> 01:08:28,292
NARRATOR:
The following day...
1459
01:08:29,583 --> 01:08:30,875
MARTY:
All right, guys,
1460
01:08:31,042 --> 01:08:32,333
I'm excited about this.
1461
01:08:32,417 --> 01:08:33,958
Uh, we're gonna have
a session here today
1462
01:08:34,042 --> 01:08:35,500
about gold in the water.
1463
01:08:35,667 --> 01:08:37,417
...Marty Lagina has returned
to Oak Island
1464
01:08:37,542 --> 01:08:39,750
and joins Rick, Craig
1465
01:08:39,875 --> 01:08:41,875
and other members
of their team in the war room.
1466
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:44,208
We're gonna try and find out
what all that means
1467
01:08:44,375 --> 01:08:45,500
and how it affects
the treasure hunt.
1468
01:08:45,625 --> 01:08:47,042
NARRATOR:
They have gathered
1469
01:08:47,167 --> 01:08:48,333
to hear an important update
1470
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:51,333
from geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner
1471
01:08:51,417 --> 01:08:53,500
regarding
his ongoing water testing
1472
01:08:53,625 --> 01:08:56,167
of boreholes
in the Money Pit area.
1473
01:08:56,250 --> 01:08:58,500
And joining them
via video conference
1474
01:08:58,583 --> 01:09:01,833
is hydrogeologist
Dr. Fred Michel.
1475
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:06,000
Um, Fred, why don't you give
a little background of yourself?
1476
01:09:06,125 --> 01:09:07,167
FRED:
Okay.
1477
01:09:07,333 --> 01:09:09,167
Most of my career has been spent
1478
01:09:09,333 --> 01:09:11,167
dealing with the physical flow
1479
01:09:11,333 --> 01:09:12,458
of groundwater
1480
01:09:12,542 --> 01:09:14,375
to try and identify lead
1481
01:09:14,500 --> 01:09:17,333
or zinc or copper or gold
1482
01:09:17,458 --> 01:09:19,833
in large areas.
1483
01:09:21,292 --> 01:09:22,792
IAN:
Bit of a recap-- last year,
1484
01:09:22,875 --> 01:09:24,583
we found the gold in the water.
That was a surprise.
1485
01:09:24,708 --> 01:09:28,250
So, the whole idea was
to put together a program
1486
01:09:28,375 --> 01:09:29,542
in which
we could both understand
1487
01:09:29,708 --> 01:09:31,167
how water was moving
in the Money Pit
1488
01:09:31,333 --> 01:09:34,667
and to test this idea
1489
01:09:34,750 --> 01:09:38,500
that there's a source of gold
in the Money Pit
1490
01:09:38,583 --> 01:09:39,792
and that's what's creating
the gold anomaly.
1491
01:09:39,875 --> 01:09:42,833
-Yes.
-'Cause if it's naturally here,
1492
01:09:42,958 --> 01:09:45,500
has nothing to do with humans,
it shouldn't be a small...
1493
01:09:45,667 --> 01:09:47,958
area where it's concentrated.
1494
01:09:48,083 --> 01:09:49,625
That's really intriguing.
1495
01:09:50,917 --> 01:09:53,875
IAN:
We've sampled wells
within the Money Pit area.
1496
01:09:54,042 --> 01:09:55,792
And we do have some chemistry
back from this.
1497
01:09:55,875 --> 01:10:01,292
We did do a series
of measurements of water levels
1498
01:10:01,375 --> 01:10:03,417
near the-the Garden Shaft,
1499
01:10:03,542 --> 01:10:05,750
um, heading south.
1500
01:10:05,875 --> 01:10:09,208
So, we're seeing
1501
01:10:09,333 --> 01:10:10,792
a general flow direction
1502
01:10:10,875 --> 01:10:13,208
that is sort of
from the north of the site
1503
01:10:13,333 --> 01:10:15,167
toward the south of the site.
1504
01:10:15,292 --> 01:10:16,667
IAN:
We scooped up two samples
1505
01:10:16,792 --> 01:10:18,792
in the Garden Shaft,
sent those away.
1506
01:10:20,042 --> 01:10:21,375
And we found, uh,
1507
01:10:21,500 --> 01:10:23,917
gold in, uh, the Garden Shaft.
1508
01:10:24,042 --> 01:10:25,958
(chuckling)
1509
01:10:26,042 --> 01:10:28,042
MARTY:
That's exciting.
1510
01:10:31,875 --> 01:10:33,000
IAN: We scooped up two samples
in the garden shaft,
1511
01:10:33,125 --> 01:10:34,000
sent those away
1512
01:10:34,125 --> 01:10:35,042
and we found
1513
01:10:35,208 --> 01:10:37,250
gold in, uh, the Garden shaft.
1514
01:10:37,375 --> 01:10:38,417
(chuckling)
1515
01:10:38,542 --> 01:10:39,500
NARRATOR:
In the war room,
1516
01:10:39,625 --> 01:10:42,167
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
1517
01:10:42,333 --> 01:10:44,875
and hydrogeologist
Dr. Fred Michel
1518
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:48,875
have just shared an incredible
report with Rick, Marty,
1519
01:10:49,042 --> 01:10:51,625
Craig and other members
of the Oak Island team.
1520
01:10:51,750 --> 01:10:54,083
Do you find
the Garden Shaft area, then,
1521
01:10:54,208 --> 01:10:56,083
the most intriguing area
right now,
1522
01:10:56,208 --> 01:10:57,375
-based on...
-Yeah. Absolutely.
1523
01:10:57,500 --> 01:10:59,083
There's something down there.
1524
01:10:59,208 --> 01:11:00,833
NARRATOR:
According to preliminary
analysis,
1525
01:11:00,958 --> 01:11:03,917
the water deep underground
in the Money Pit area
1526
01:11:04,042 --> 01:11:06,375
containing the highest
concentration of gold
1527
01:11:06,542 --> 01:11:08,833
appears to be flowing
from the north,
1528
01:11:08,958 --> 01:11:10,875
near the so-called Garden Shaft,
1529
01:11:11,042 --> 01:11:12,167
to the south,
1530
01:11:12,333 --> 01:11:13,708
in the direction of the tunnel
1531
01:11:13,833 --> 01:11:15,708
the team
just recently discovered.
1532
01:11:16,875 --> 01:11:19,833
Could this mean that the fabled
treasure could, in fact,
1533
01:11:19,917 --> 01:11:23,667
be located at or near
the bottom of the Garden Shaft?
1534
01:11:23,792 --> 01:11:25,667
This is really exciting to me.
1535
01:11:25,792 --> 01:11:28,833
You know, we've been sort of--
you know, we're feeling
1536
01:11:28,917 --> 01:11:31,458
our way around with all
these different methodologies.
1537
01:11:31,542 --> 01:11:33,042
-This is rigorous science.
-Yep.
1538
01:11:33,208 --> 01:11:35,125
MARTY:
It feels like...
1539
01:11:35,208 --> 01:11:36,875
this is the best thing
1540
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:39,500
we have going to actually find
a-a deposit of treasure.
1541
01:11:39,625 --> 01:11:41,292
I mean,
that's what it feels like to me.
1542
01:11:41,375 --> 01:11:43,417
-Yes.
-MARTY: It was
everything I hoped for.
1543
01:11:43,542 --> 01:11:45,833
It seems like
we're on the right quest.
1544
01:11:45,958 --> 01:11:48,292
I think these analyses
and chasing
1545
01:11:48,375 --> 01:11:50,667
this gold in the water's
gonna lead us to the treasure.
1546
01:11:50,792 --> 01:11:53,583
Dr. Michel,
what are the next steps?
1547
01:11:53,708 --> 01:11:56,833
I think it's important
to continue measuring
1548
01:11:56,917 --> 01:12:00,000
for a little while to try and
confirm those flow directions.
1549
01:12:00,125 --> 01:12:03,792
And as we start to get
some results from the labs
1550
01:12:03,875 --> 01:12:06,667
on the chemistry,
we'll be able to say a lot more
1551
01:12:06,750 --> 01:12:08,792
about, uh, what we're seeing
in that area.
1552
01:12:08,917 --> 01:12:10,667
IAN:
Yeah. Yeah, and so
1553
01:12:10,792 --> 01:12:12,708
we should probably do
a few more...
1554
01:12:12,833 --> 01:12:15,458
regional samples,
just to make sure,
1555
01:12:15,583 --> 01:12:17,708
right in the interval
we're interested in.
1556
01:12:17,833 --> 01:12:20,333
And if we get gold
through the roof, we know
1557
01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:21,833
-we're right there.
-Yeah, you're moving in on it,
yeah.
1558
01:12:21,958 --> 01:12:23,333
-Yeah.
-MARTY: Isn't the idea
1559
01:12:23,458 --> 01:12:25,000
that, after a certain amount
of time,
1560
01:12:25,083 --> 01:12:26,833
you look at all this data
and then you can say, "Okay,
1561
01:12:26,958 --> 01:12:29,167
"we need wells here, here,
here and here in order
1562
01:12:29,292 --> 01:12:30,208
-to try and trace this"?
-Mm-hmm.
1563
01:12:30,375 --> 01:12:32,042
When does that occur?
1564
01:12:32,167 --> 01:12:34,333
-Weeks.
-Perfect.
1565
01:12:34,417 --> 01:12:36,500
NARRATOR:
Although Dr. Spooner's
1566
01:12:36,625 --> 01:12:39,000
and Dr. Michel's
water testing operation
1567
01:12:39,167 --> 01:12:41,875
may take several weeks or more
to complete,
1568
01:12:42,042 --> 01:12:45,167
their initial assessment
of Rick, Marty, Craig
1569
01:12:45,292 --> 01:12:47,500
and the team's efforts
is extraordinary.
1570
01:12:47,625 --> 01:12:50,792
They are not only
one more major step closer
1571
01:12:50,875 --> 01:12:53,042
to proving that a vast treasure
1572
01:12:53,167 --> 01:12:56,292
really does lie somewhere deep
below ground on Oak Island
1573
01:12:56,375 --> 01:12:58,167
but may also be
1574
01:12:58,333 --> 01:13:01,458
one more critical step closer
to finding it.
1575
01:13:01,583 --> 01:13:03,667
Okay, well, listen,
1576
01:13:03,750 --> 01:13:05,250
that's the most exciting thing
we have going this year,
1577
01:13:05,375 --> 01:13:06,625
in my mind.
1578
01:13:06,750 --> 01:13:08,833
I want to put whatever resources
we need to,
1579
01:13:08,958 --> 01:13:11,000
whatever experiments
we need to do.
1580
01:13:11,083 --> 01:13:12,500
We're all gonna be on board
to do them.
1581
01:13:12,625 --> 01:13:14,083
But I think
the goal this year is to--
1582
01:13:14,208 --> 01:13:16,708
is just--
is to test that hypotheses
1583
01:13:16,833 --> 01:13:18,625
and hopefully it comes back
1584
01:13:18,708 --> 01:13:21,125
with, "Yep, it's coming
from this area right here."
1585
01:13:21,250 --> 01:13:23,500
And then we'll-we'll figure out
how to go get it.
1586
01:13:23,625 --> 01:13:24,917
-Right.
-MARTY: That's the goal.
1587
01:13:25,042 --> 01:13:26,917
This is exciting to me.
I think it is
1588
01:13:27,042 --> 01:13:29,833
to everybody. Uh, I mean,
we're talking about gold.
1589
01:13:29,958 --> 01:13:32,208
You can't get any better
than that on a treasure hunt.
1590
01:13:32,333 --> 01:13:34,625
It's time for us
to figure this whole thing out.
1591
01:13:34,708 --> 01:13:37,875
So, let's get this done
and let's get back to work.
1592
01:13:38,042 --> 01:13:39,792
BILLY:
Let's go look for some gold.
1593
01:13:39,917 --> 01:13:41,542
MARTY:
There you go.
1594
01:13:41,708 --> 01:13:43,750
♪ ♪
1595
01:13:55,875 --> 01:13:57,500
-Morning, boys!
-CHARLES: Morning!
-Hey, Colten.
1596
01:13:57,583 --> 01:13:58,708
Here's your first eight feet.
1597
01:13:58,833 --> 01:14:00,333
-First core of the day.
-Yeah.
1598
01:14:00,417 --> 01:14:01,875
Hot and fresh. Thanks a lot.
1599
01:14:02,833 --> 01:14:03,792
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
1600
01:14:03,875 --> 01:14:06,000
DN-12.5, Charles.
1601
01:14:06,083 --> 01:14:07,625
Brand-new hole.
1602
01:14:07,708 --> 01:14:09,250
...Terry Matheson
and Charles Barkhouse
1603
01:14:09,375 --> 01:14:12,667
are monitoring the core drilling
of a new borehole
1604
01:14:12,792 --> 01:14:16,000
known as DN-12.5.
1605
01:14:16,875 --> 01:14:18,667
TERRY:
So, let's hope
1606
01:14:18,750 --> 01:14:20,458
we're gonna see some wood
1607
01:14:20,542 --> 01:14:23,000
and perhaps an indication
of the structure that seemed
1608
01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,583
to make all that mess
in the previous hole.
1609
01:14:24,708 --> 01:14:25,792
Yeah.
1610
01:14:28,375 --> 01:14:32,708
NARRATOR:
Located just 20 feet west
of the so-called Garden Shaft,
1611
01:14:32,875 --> 01:14:34,833
the team hopes
to not only obtain
1612
01:14:34,958 --> 01:14:36,875
more evidence of treasure here
1613
01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:40,833
but to also once again penetrate
a mysterious wooden tunnel
1614
01:14:40,917 --> 01:14:44,083
that may offer them
an access point to retrieve it.
1615
01:14:46,542 --> 01:14:48,292
Okay. Pretty regular.
1616
01:14:48,375 --> 01:14:49,792
Pad gravel.
1617
01:14:50,875 --> 01:14:53,208
-Sea horizon.
-Got some cobbles here.
1618
01:14:53,375 --> 01:14:54,792
Sea horizon.
1619
01:14:54,917 --> 01:14:56,167
Got to start somewhere.
1620
01:14:56,292 --> 01:14:57,208
CHARLES:
I agree.
1621
01:14:58,583 --> 01:15:00,000
NARRATOR:
While Terry continues
1622
01:15:00,083 --> 01:15:02,958
to supervise the progress
at the Money Pit...
1623
01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:06,208
...later that afternoon...
1624
01:15:07,583 --> 01:15:08,875
RICK:
So, gentlemen,
1625
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,917
research is every bit
as important
1626
01:15:11,042 --> 01:15:13,042
as digging, drilling, looking.
1627
01:15:13,167 --> 01:15:15,667
...Rick, Marty, Craig
and other members
1628
01:15:15,792 --> 01:15:18,792
of the fellowship
assemble in the war room.
1629
01:15:18,875 --> 01:15:21,000
Gretchen Cornwall
has reached out
1630
01:15:21,083 --> 01:15:23,000
and said that she has
some information for us.
1631
01:15:23,167 --> 01:15:24,542
NARRATOR:
In light of the believed
1632
01:15:24,667 --> 01:15:26,917
pre-16th century discoveries
1633
01:15:27,042 --> 01:15:28,667
that were recently made
on the island,
1634
01:15:28,792 --> 01:15:31,042
one of the team's
European-based researchers
1635
01:15:31,167 --> 01:15:33,458
has asked for the chance
to make a presentation
1636
01:15:33,542 --> 01:15:37,000
that she believes could help
solve the Oak Island mystery.
1637
01:15:37,083 --> 01:15:39,417
All information
is good information.
1638
01:15:39,542 --> 01:15:40,833
And so, to that end,
1639
01:15:40,917 --> 01:15:42,792
Doug, if you'd be kind enough
1640
01:15:42,917 --> 01:15:44,875
to bring her up on the screen.
1641
01:15:45,833 --> 01:15:47,500
Good morning, Gretchen!
1642
01:15:47,667 --> 01:15:48,500
-Hello, Gretchen.
-Good morning.
1643
01:15:48,583 --> 01:15:50,000
-Morning.
-CRAIG: Morning.
1644
01:15:50,125 --> 01:15:52,000
Thank you. I appreciate
being in the war room.
1645
01:15:52,125 --> 01:15:54,333
NARRATOR:
Currently residing in England,
1646
01:15:54,417 --> 01:15:58,500
Gretchen Cornwall is an author
and archaeological researcher
1647
01:15:58,625 --> 01:16:01,125
who has studied and written
about the medieval order
1648
01:16:01,208 --> 01:16:04,042
of the Knights Templar
for more than a decade.
1649
01:16:04,208 --> 01:16:06,167
We would, uh,
1650
01:16:06,250 --> 01:16:09,000
very much welcome your
informing us of your research
1651
01:16:09,125 --> 01:16:10,792
and-and its relevance
to our work.
1652
01:16:10,875 --> 01:16:12,167
GRETCHEN:
Thank you.
1653
01:16:12,292 --> 01:16:14,292
I'm always on the lookout
for evidence
1654
01:16:14,375 --> 01:16:17,292
that the Templar Knights,
as an order,
1655
01:16:17,375 --> 01:16:19,958
went to Nova Scotia,
1656
01:16:20,042 --> 01:16:22,042
specifically Oak Island.
1657
01:16:23,667 --> 01:16:26,167
NARRATOR:
In 1119,
1658
01:16:26,292 --> 01:16:27,958
the Christian order
of the Knights Templar
1659
01:16:28,042 --> 01:16:30,000
was formed in France
1660
01:16:30,125 --> 01:16:33,167
under the endorsement
of the Roman Catholic Church.
1661
01:16:33,292 --> 01:16:35,500
Originally headquartered
in Jerusalem,
1662
01:16:35,625 --> 01:16:39,333
their stated mission was
to protect Christian pilgrims
1663
01:16:39,458 --> 01:16:43,375
and secure territories in the
Holy Land during the Crusades.
1664
01:16:43,500 --> 01:16:45,125
Within five decades,
1665
01:16:45,250 --> 01:16:47,333
their membership
greatly expanded,
1666
01:16:47,458 --> 01:16:51,125
leading to new strongholds being
established in the Middle East,
1667
01:16:51,208 --> 01:16:54,458
as well as in European nations
such as Portugal,
1668
01:16:54,542 --> 01:16:56,500
France and England.
1669
01:16:57,708 --> 01:17:00,333
After devising one of the
world's first banking systems,
1670
01:17:00,458 --> 01:17:04,083
the Templars became an
incredibly wealthy organization.
1671
01:17:04,208 --> 01:17:07,833
They are also believed by some
to have taken possession
1672
01:17:07,917 --> 01:17:10,542
of many priceless
religious artifacts,
1673
01:17:10,708 --> 01:17:11,917
including the Holy Grail
1674
01:17:12,042 --> 01:17:14,375
and the Ark of the Covenant.
1675
01:17:14,500 --> 01:17:16,375
Although the Templars
were disbanded
1676
01:17:16,500 --> 01:17:18,917
in the early 14th century,
1677
01:17:19,042 --> 01:17:21,375
when the king of France
fell deeply into their debt,
1678
01:17:21,500 --> 01:17:25,083
their vast treasure
was never accounted for.
1679
01:17:25,208 --> 01:17:27,833
And many researchers,
like Gretchen Cornwall,
1680
01:17:27,958 --> 01:17:30,833
believe some
of their most sacred valuables
1681
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:33,417
were hidden on Oak Island.
1682
01:17:34,042 --> 01:17:37,208
I'm living here in the UK,
in England,
1683
01:17:37,375 --> 01:17:41,250
and there is a Templar cave
at Royston, England.
1684
01:17:42,458 --> 01:17:46,625
And this cave
was specifically carved
1685
01:17:46,708 --> 01:17:49,958
as a secret place
to hold ceremonies.
1686
01:17:50,042 --> 01:17:53,333
What do you think is
so relevant about the cave?
1687
01:17:53,458 --> 01:17:54,667
GRETCHEN:
The...
1688
01:17:54,792 --> 01:17:58,083
carvings on the wall
are medieval.
1689
01:17:58,208 --> 01:18:01,000
And they are Templar-related.
1690
01:18:03,125 --> 01:18:05,583
And you will recognize
many of them
1691
01:18:05,708 --> 01:18:07,417
from the island itself.
1692
01:18:11,292 --> 01:18:12,500
MARTY:
You genuinely believe
1693
01:18:12,667 --> 01:18:14,375
that the symbols in Royston Cave
1694
01:18:14,542 --> 01:18:17,833
have a direct correlation
to Oak Island, somehow?
1695
01:18:17,958 --> 01:18:19,292
Yes.
1696
01:18:19,417 --> 01:18:20,875
I truly do.
1697
01:18:22,125 --> 01:18:24,208
NARRATOR:
In the war room, author
1698
01:18:24,333 --> 01:18:27,125
and researcher Gretchen Cornwall
has just presented
1699
01:18:27,208 --> 01:18:29,708
Rick, Marty
and members of the team
1700
01:18:29,833 --> 01:18:33,625
with her theory that a location
in England known as Royston Cave
1701
01:18:33,750 --> 01:18:36,333
may hold critical clues
1702
01:18:36,417 --> 01:18:39,833
connecting the Knights Templar
to the Oak Island mystery.
1703
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:43,875
The iconography
that you can find on Oak Island,
1704
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:46,458
you can find at Royston Cave.
1705
01:18:47,750 --> 01:18:50,792
The carvings are religious,
1706
01:18:50,917 --> 01:18:53,708
political, to mark events.
1707
01:18:53,833 --> 01:18:56,375
I think
that the same individuals
1708
01:18:56,542 --> 01:18:58,250
that were in Royston Cave
1709
01:18:58,375 --> 01:19:01,042
were aware of Oak Island.
1710
01:19:02,042 --> 01:19:05,333
This cave actually proves
the narrative
1711
01:19:05,417 --> 01:19:08,833
that the Templars came
to the New World,
1712
01:19:08,958 --> 01:19:11,208
specifically to Oak Island,
1713
01:19:11,333 --> 01:19:13,333
to protect their information
1714
01:19:13,417 --> 01:19:15,667
and their treasures,
whether spendable
1715
01:19:15,833 --> 01:19:17,833
or sacred or both,
1716
01:19:17,958 --> 01:19:19,208
you know, for the future.
1717
01:19:21,042 --> 01:19:22,875
NARRATOR:
Although Gretchen is not
the first to propose the theory
1718
01:19:23,000 --> 01:19:27,042
that the Knights Templar were
behind the Oak Island mystery,
1719
01:19:27,208 --> 01:19:31,000
could the clues that she claims
reside in Royston Cave
1720
01:19:31,083 --> 01:19:33,458
help explain the discoveries
made on the island,
1721
01:19:33,542 --> 01:19:36,417
which may date back
to the Templar era,
1722
01:19:36,542 --> 01:19:38,708
such as the paved area
in the swamp,
1723
01:19:38,833 --> 01:19:42,083
which has been dated to 1200 AD,
1724
01:19:42,208 --> 01:19:45,833
the recent finds
made on Lots 7 and 8,
1725
01:19:45,958 --> 01:19:48,917
the 14th-century lead cross,
1726
01:19:49,042 --> 01:19:51,083
which was verified
to have originated
1727
01:19:51,208 --> 01:19:53,917
in a Templar stronghold
in Southern France,
1728
01:19:54,042 --> 01:19:58,500
or even perhaps the high trace
evidence of silver and gold
1729
01:19:58,583 --> 01:20:00,667
deep in the Money Pit?
1730
01:20:01,417 --> 01:20:03,208
Here's what I read
from what you're saying--
1731
01:20:03,375 --> 01:20:05,833
that it-it's something
that needs to be experienced.
1732
01:20:05,958 --> 01:20:07,750
-Is that correct?
-Absolutely.
1733
01:20:07,875 --> 01:20:10,083
That was how it was intended.
1734
01:20:10,208 --> 01:20:12,333
But I would like to
1735
01:20:12,458 --> 01:20:14,250
invite you
1736
01:20:14,375 --> 01:20:15,458
to England.
1737
01:20:15,583 --> 01:20:17,125
Meet me
1738
01:20:17,208 --> 01:20:19,542
at Royston Cave
and see for yourself,
1739
01:20:19,667 --> 01:20:21,292
see what you think.
1740
01:20:21,375 --> 01:20:24,208
Well, at-at the risk of
b-borrowing my brother's line,
1741
01:20:24,333 --> 01:20:25,667
"Eyes and boots time."
1742
01:20:25,750 --> 01:20:27,000
-That was good.
-Absolutely.
1743
01:20:27,125 --> 01:20:28,250
MARTY:
A visit to Royston Cave sounds
1744
01:20:28,375 --> 01:20:29,792
very, very interesting.
1745
01:20:29,875 --> 01:20:31,000
Absolutely.
1746
01:20:31,083 --> 01:20:32,417
MARTY:
Great. This would be
1747
01:20:32,542 --> 01:20:33,875
a perfect mission
for Alex and I,
1748
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:35,250
because we are
sort of the skeptics
1749
01:20:35,375 --> 01:20:36,833
about the Templar connection.
1750
01:20:36,958 --> 01:20:38,708
We're gonna plan a trip.
1751
01:20:38,833 --> 01:20:40,042
Splendid.
1752
01:20:41,792 --> 01:20:43,833
-MARTY and CRAIG: Thank you.
-Thank you very much.
We really appreciate it.
1753
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:45,417
-And please stay in touch.
-Thank you.
1754
01:20:45,542 --> 01:20:47,250
You, too.
1755
01:20:47,375 --> 01:20:48,833
RICK:
Should be interesting.
I look forward to,
1756
01:20:48,958 --> 01:20:50,333
um, what you learn.
1757
01:20:50,417 --> 01:20:51,167
Okay.
1758
01:20:51,250 --> 01:20:53,042
Royston Cave,
1759
01:20:53,208 --> 01:20:54,833
as described by Gretchen,
1760
01:20:54,958 --> 01:20:57,208
sounds very, very interesting.
1761
01:20:57,333 --> 01:21:01,208
It's clearly at a place
that has ancient roots.
1762
01:21:01,333 --> 01:21:02,958
I'd like to see that.
1763
01:21:03,042 --> 01:21:04,500
So it kind of sounds like,
if you figure out,
1764
01:21:04,583 --> 01:21:06,917
you know, all the symbolism
inside the cave,
1765
01:21:07,042 --> 01:21:08,625
that we can actually find
the Templar treasure
1766
01:21:08,708 --> 01:21:10,792
here on the island.
So, no pressure, Marty.
1767
01:21:10,875 --> 01:21:12,167
-MARTY: No.
-(chuckling)
1768
01:21:12,250 --> 01:21:13,917
RICK:
Here's an opportunity
1769
01:21:14,042 --> 01:21:17,292
presented
by a very valued researcher,
1770
01:21:17,417 --> 01:21:20,042
to come visit
a very historic site,
1771
01:21:20,167 --> 01:21:22,000
which may yield some information
1772
01:21:22,083 --> 01:21:24,542
or may even take
my brother and Alex
1773
01:21:24,708 --> 01:21:26,208
from skeptic to believer.
1774
01:21:26,333 --> 01:21:27,958
You know, we spoke
about the importance
1775
01:21:28,083 --> 01:21:29,542
of doing research.
1776
01:21:29,667 --> 01:21:31,667
We have heard that exhaustively
over the years.
1777
01:21:31,750 --> 01:21:34,958
And so I would recommend,
if you find the time,
1778
01:21:35,083 --> 01:21:36,375
to meet with Paul Stewart.
1779
01:21:36,500 --> 01:21:38,208
-Uh, he's very knowledgeable.
-Yeah.
1780
01:21:38,333 --> 01:21:40,333
Very, very accomplished
researcher.
1781
01:21:40,458 --> 01:21:43,583
He's researched
at the British Museum at Kew,
1782
01:21:43,708 --> 01:21:45,583
looking for any connections
to Oak Island.
1783
01:21:45,708 --> 01:21:48,208
MARTY: (chuckles) Yeah,
all right. Sounds good as well.
1784
01:21:48,375 --> 01:21:49,708
So it is written.
1785
01:21:49,833 --> 01:21:52,167
-So shall it be done.
-So shall it be done.
1786
01:21:52,292 --> 01:21:53,875
Let's get back to work, guys.
1787
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:55,500
RICK:
Okay.
1788
01:21:57,708 --> 01:22:01,542
NARRATOR:
A new year of searching
on Oak Island has just begun.
1789
01:22:01,667 --> 01:22:05,500
But for brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina and their team,
1790
01:22:05,625 --> 01:22:08,917
the gathering of new clues
and valuable discoveries
1791
01:22:09,042 --> 01:22:10,583
is well underway.
1792
01:22:10,708 --> 01:22:14,250
Might they have found
two potential gateways
1793
01:22:14,375 --> 01:22:16,667
to a vast treasure
composed of silver and gold
1794
01:22:16,750 --> 01:22:18,583
in the Money Pit?
1795
01:22:18,708 --> 01:22:22,500
But as they keep digging for the
ultimate reward on Oak Island,
1796
01:22:22,625 --> 01:22:25,792
could the truth
of what happened there long ago
1797
01:22:25,917 --> 01:22:30,500
be found in a cave nearly
3,000 miles across the ocean?
1798
01:22:30,667 --> 01:22:34,667
Although the team must remain
cautious of the forces
1799
01:22:34,833 --> 01:22:39,250
that have allowed this mystery
to persist for 227 years,
1800
01:22:39,375 --> 01:22:44,500
nothing will stop
their determination to find out.
1801
01:22:44,583 --> 01:22:46,542
♪ ♪
1802
01:22:48,542 --> 01:22:51,125
This season on
The Curse of Oak Island...
1803
01:22:51,208 --> 01:22:52,958
MARTY:
This is the year.
1804
01:22:53,083 --> 01:22:54,500
We're going to throw everything
we've got at the island.
1805
01:22:54,583 --> 01:22:55,917
GARY:
There we go! Brilliant, mate!
1806
01:22:56,042 --> 01:22:58,583
We found a jewel on Oak Island!
1807
01:22:58,708 --> 01:23:01,083
-It probably is Roman.
-Boom, baby!
-(laughs)
1808
01:23:01,208 --> 01:23:03,333
RICK:
I think the information hunt
will be integral
1809
01:23:03,458 --> 01:23:05,167
to finally solving the mystery.
1810
01:23:05,333 --> 01:23:07,958
This is
a secret Templar chamber
1811
01:23:08,042 --> 01:23:09,792
commemorating a voyage
1812
01:23:09,917 --> 01:23:11,667
-to Oak Island.
-Wow.
1813
01:23:11,750 --> 01:23:14,208
We've got state-of-the-art
methods we're going to employ.
1814
01:23:14,333 --> 01:23:16,958
Wow. This could possibly
be the hatch.
1815
01:23:17,042 --> 01:23:18,375
-DEVEAU: This is
quite something!
-RICK: This construct
1816
01:23:18,500 --> 01:23:20,208
is unique to the island.
1817
01:23:20,375 --> 01:23:23,750
This construction dated
1028 to 1172.
1818
01:23:23,875 --> 01:23:24,833
Templars, baby!
1819
01:23:24,917 --> 01:23:26,458
(laughter)
1820
01:23:26,542 --> 01:23:28,667
TEDFORD: Aw, yeah!
The rods dropped ten feet,
1821
01:23:28,750 --> 01:23:30,208
almost like there's
nothing there.
1822
01:23:30,375 --> 01:23:32,125
-Like a void.
-RICK: Let's dig it up.
1823
01:23:32,250 --> 01:23:33,917
We'll be underground
in the Money Pit
1824
01:23:34,042 --> 01:23:35,500
-for the very first time.
-MARTY: All right, here we go.
1825
01:23:35,625 --> 01:23:37,167
RICK:
Some piece of information
1826
01:23:37,292 --> 01:23:40,125
is going to lead us
to the Bravo Tango moment.
1827
01:23:40,208 --> 01:23:41,500
-TERRY: Whoa!
-MARTY: How about that?
1828
01:23:41,625 --> 01:23:43,500
-(laughs)
-Treasure Island, baby.
1829
01:23:43,625 --> 01:23:44,625
♪ ♪
1830
01:23:44,750 --> 01:23:46,000
(crew cheers)
1831
01:23:46,125 --> 01:23:48,750
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