1 00:00:01,875 --> 00:00:03,417 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:04,833 TERRY: Wow. 3 00:00:04,917 --> 00:00:06,375 We're intersecting what has to be tunnels. 4 00:00:06,542 --> 00:00:08,042 What the heck is this? 5 00:00:08,167 --> 00:00:10,833 We just found another bobby-dazzler on Oak Island. 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,333 -See that blue there? -Yeah. 7 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:13,542 Sapphire? 8 00:00:13,708 --> 00:00:14,667 PAUL S.: They were signed by 9 00:00:14,833 --> 00:00:16,667 La Rochefoucauld Duc d'Anville 10 00:00:16,833 --> 00:00:18,708 in Nova Scotia, near Oak Island. 11 00:00:18,833 --> 00:00:20,042 GRETCHEN: Welcome to a Templar 12 00:00:20,208 --> 00:00:22,625 -initiation chamber. -Whoa! 13 00:00:22,750 --> 00:00:25,000 That image there is what I believe 14 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:26,583 is portrayed on the lead cross. 15 00:00:26,708 --> 00:00:28,708 -Wow. -Yeah. 16 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:34,458 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:37,167 --> 00:00:41,042 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,083 --> 00:00:46,292 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:50,458 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,542 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:55,083 --> 00:00:56,167 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:02,000 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:02,125 --> 00:01:07,042 And according to legend, one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:24,292 TERRY: Here we go. 30 00:01:31,542 --> 00:01:32,792 Thanks, Colten. 31 00:01:32,875 --> 00:01:34,667 -This is to 88. -TERRY: Holy cow! 32 00:01:37,917 --> 00:01:41,667 This till is just as Mother Nature put it in the ground. 33 00:01:41,792 --> 00:01:43,375 Still got a little bit of ways to go to get 34 00:01:43,542 --> 00:01:45,000 to that same horizon we were in at the last hole. 35 00:01:45,167 --> 00:01:46,625 Right, this is it. 36 00:01:46,708 --> 00:01:48,917 NARRATOR: An exceptionally hopeful day 37 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:53,167 has begun on Oak Island for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 38 00:01:53,333 --> 00:01:56,833 and their team as they forge ahead in a quest to solve 39 00:01:56,958 --> 00:02:00,167 a 227-year-old treasure mystery. 40 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:03,125 We'll see what happens when we get down to depth here. 41 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:06,500 We're intersecting what has to be tunnels because 42 00:02:06,625 --> 00:02:09,000 there's in situ material above and below. 43 00:02:09,167 --> 00:02:12,500 NARRATOR: At the storied site known as the Money Pit, 44 00:02:12,625 --> 00:02:16,250 they are continuing their core drilling operation at a target 45 00:02:16,375 --> 00:02:19,583 known as Borehole DN-12.5. 46 00:02:19,708 --> 00:02:23,250 It is here, on their strategic drilling grid, 47 00:02:23,375 --> 00:02:25,333 that they hope to once again penetrate 48 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:29,458 a five-foot-high wooden tunnel at a depth of 103 feet, 49 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:33,250 which they explored with a camera just one week ago. 50 00:02:33,375 --> 00:02:34,708 MARTY: That's really cool. 51 00:02:34,875 --> 00:02:35,875 This is a previously unknown, 52 00:02:36,042 --> 00:02:37,917 perhaps depositor, tunnel. 53 00:02:38,042 --> 00:02:39,750 That is really exciting. 54 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:44,625 -Hey, Rick. -Hey, Paul. 55 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:47,750 Where are we right now? 56 00:02:47,875 --> 00:02:50,000 DN-12.5. 57 00:02:50,083 --> 00:02:52,625 To see if we can further delineate this tunnel. 58 00:02:52,750 --> 00:02:54,708 NARRATOR: Wood samples from the tunnel 59 00:02:54,833 --> 00:02:57,875 have been carbon-dated to as early as 1640, 60 00:02:58,042 --> 00:03:01,625 and during a sonar operation also conducted last week, 61 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:04,333 the team determined that it is heading north 62 00:03:04,458 --> 00:03:06,708 toward the so-called Garden Shaft-- 63 00:03:06,833 --> 00:03:09,625 a mysterious, dilapidated structure 64 00:03:09,708 --> 00:03:13,042 that may date to the early 1700s, 65 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:15,917 and where recent water testing has revealed 66 00:03:16,042 --> 00:03:20,375 high concentrations of gold nearly 100 feet underground. 67 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,042 The sonic drill program 68 00:03:22,208 --> 00:03:24,667 is right now oriented around the Garden Shaft 69 00:03:24,750 --> 00:03:28,000 because of the gold signatures in the water. 70 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:30,333 And there's tunnel close by it 71 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:32,292 at an elevation previously unknown to us. 72 00:03:32,417 --> 00:03:34,042 Uh, we want to exploit that. 73 00:03:34,167 --> 00:03:35,333 We want to understand, 74 00:03:35,458 --> 00:03:37,167 as best we can, what's happening 75 00:03:37,292 --> 00:03:38,583 in that area. 76 00:03:38,708 --> 00:03:41,375 All right, this is gonna be 98. 77 00:03:41,542 --> 00:03:43,958 More competent material there. 78 00:03:44,042 --> 00:03:45,250 Looks like it's firming up, eh? 79 00:03:47,208 --> 00:03:49,167 -Hold on. We got wood. -Wow. 80 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:51,833 That's in-- Wow. That's incredible. 81 00:03:51,917 --> 00:03:54,750 We had firm in place material above that point. 82 00:03:54,875 --> 00:03:56,708 Now we have a structure. 83 00:03:56,875 --> 00:04:00,458 NARRATOR: Wood? Unearthed from a depth of 98 feet? 84 00:04:00,583 --> 00:04:04,667 But if so, is it part of the tunnel that the team recently 85 00:04:04,833 --> 00:04:08,125 discovered near this area just five feet deeper? 86 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:10,042 Whoa, what's that? There's a little more wood. 87 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:11,500 Check that out. 88 00:04:11,625 --> 00:04:13,208 NARRATOR: Or could it be related 89 00:04:13,375 --> 00:04:16,000 to some other kind of structure or object? 90 00:04:16,125 --> 00:04:19,375 RICK: What is most curious is where we're at, 91 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:20,792 in front of the Garden Shaft. 92 00:04:20,917 --> 00:04:22,417 An area that has been, 93 00:04:22,542 --> 00:04:25,417 at least by our measure, completely unexplored. 94 00:04:25,542 --> 00:04:29,083 So, what is a wooden feature doing at that depth 95 00:04:29,208 --> 00:04:31,542 in an area previously ignored? 96 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:34,500 I think we need to define it a little further east and west. 97 00:04:34,667 --> 00:04:38,125 This is obviously a post or beam from something. 98 00:04:38,250 --> 00:04:39,375 -SCOTT: Yeah. -It's another clue 99 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:41,750 and it's a step in figuring it out. 100 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:42,792 Yep. 101 00:04:42,875 --> 00:04:43,833 It's an interesting area. 102 00:04:43,958 --> 00:04:45,000 There's no question about it. 103 00:04:45,167 --> 00:04:47,000 So I think the next step is, Craig, 104 00:04:47,125 --> 00:04:48,500 you want to get that water sample? 105 00:04:48,667 --> 00:04:49,833 Paul, you'll work with them? 106 00:04:49,958 --> 00:04:52,000 Yes, absolutely. Yep. 107 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,875 NARRATOR: To help verify 108 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,083 if this discovery might be connected to the nearby tunnel 109 00:04:57,208 --> 00:04:58,542 or the Garden Shaft, 110 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:01,333 the team will collect a water sample 111 00:05:01,458 --> 00:05:03,583 in order to test for the presence of precious metals. 112 00:05:03,708 --> 00:05:05,792 I think that's the very first thing to do. 113 00:05:07,292 --> 00:05:08,833 -TERRY: Thank you, sir. -RICK: Yep. 114 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,042 NARRATOR: While Rick and members of the team 115 00:05:11,208 --> 00:05:13,125 continue their work on Oak Island... 116 00:05:13,250 --> 00:05:15,417 ♪ ♪ 117 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:19,833 MARTY: There's Gretchen. 118 00:05:19,917 --> 00:05:22,333 -GRETCHEN: Hi. (laughs) -Hello, Gretchen. 119 00:05:22,458 --> 00:05:24,583 Nice to see you in person. 120 00:05:24,708 --> 00:05:27,333 ...approximately 2,900 miles away 121 00:05:27,458 --> 00:05:29,917 in the town of Royston, England... 122 00:05:30,042 --> 00:05:31,375 GRETCHEN: Welcome to Royston, 123 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:33,917 the home of the Royston Cave. 124 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:36,750 ...Marty Lagina, along with his son Alex 125 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:40,125 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 126 00:05:40,250 --> 00:05:43,875 are meeting with author and researcher Gretchen Cornwall. 127 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,500 We've got a Roman road 128 00:05:45,625 --> 00:05:47,958 going north-south, right out of London. 129 00:05:48,083 --> 00:05:51,042 NARRATOR: Gretchen has invited them to visit Royston Cave, 130 00:05:51,208 --> 00:05:53,417 which some researchers believe 131 00:05:53,542 --> 00:05:56,667 once served as a sacred meeting place for members 132 00:05:56,792 --> 00:05:59,750 of the Knights Templar-- the medieval Christian order 133 00:05:59,875 --> 00:06:01,667 who are speculated to have buried 134 00:06:01,792 --> 00:06:03,875 priceless religious treasures on Oak Island 135 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,792 between the 12th and 14th centuries. 136 00:06:07,917 --> 00:06:10,917 As you know, I've been studying the Templars for many years. 137 00:06:11,042 --> 00:06:12,667 -Yes. -And I think 138 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:18,042 this location is critical to their memory 139 00:06:18,208 --> 00:06:21,417 and to the connection to Oak Island, 140 00:06:21,542 --> 00:06:25,458 and I would like to show you the symbology in Royston Cave. 141 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:27,333 -Let's go have a look at it. -Let's take a look. -GRETCHEN: Yes. Absolutely. 142 00:06:27,458 --> 00:06:29,333 NARRATOR: Founded in 1184, 143 00:06:29,458 --> 00:06:31,208 the town of Royston 144 00:06:31,375 --> 00:06:33,500 is located in an area 145 00:06:33,583 --> 00:06:36,000 that was not only once part of the Roman Empire... 146 00:06:36,125 --> 00:06:38,000 -GRETCHEN: So it's just through here. -CHARLES: Oh. 147 00:06:38,125 --> 00:06:41,292 ...but is also in a region that later served 148 00:06:41,417 --> 00:06:43,167 as a stronghold for the Knights Templar 149 00:06:43,333 --> 00:06:45,083 between the 12th and 14th centuries. 150 00:06:45,208 --> 00:06:46,583 Mind your head. 151 00:06:46,708 --> 00:06:48,167 I would not have suspected this, would you? 152 00:06:48,333 --> 00:06:49,583 GRETCHEN: Careful. 153 00:06:51,167 --> 00:06:52,208 ALEX: Wow. 154 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:53,833 NARRATOR: Although the date 155 00:06:53,958 --> 00:06:55,750 of Royston Cave's original construction 156 00:06:55,875 --> 00:07:00,875 is unknown, most agree it dates to medieval times. 157 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,875 -MARTY: Wow. This is really cool. -CHARLES: It really is. 158 00:07:04,042 --> 00:07:07,833 NARRATOR: Its existence was first documented in 1742, 159 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,292 when a secret entrance 160 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:11,250 was discovered during construction 161 00:07:11,375 --> 00:07:13,042 in the town's marketplace, 162 00:07:13,208 --> 00:07:16,750 and today it serves as a major tourist attraction 163 00:07:16,875 --> 00:07:20,167 due to its believed connection to the Templar Order. 164 00:07:20,292 --> 00:07:22,625 -MARTY: This entrance is very cool. -ALEX: Yeah. 165 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:23,917 Whoa! 166 00:07:25,917 --> 00:07:29,083 Welcome to a Templar initiation chamber. 167 00:07:29,208 --> 00:07:31,167 ♪ ♪ 168 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:37,500 CHARLES: Wow. 169 00:07:41,875 --> 00:07:43,750 MARTY: First impression when we get in the cave 170 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:46,042 is that there's more to this than I thought. 171 00:07:47,375 --> 00:07:50,333 You look around in this cave, and there's carvings everywhere. 172 00:07:50,458 --> 00:07:52,792 It's really quite, quite amazing. 173 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:56,458 ALEX: The size of it is incredible for something that, 174 00:07:56,583 --> 00:07:57,667 I assume, was dug by hand, right? 175 00:07:57,833 --> 00:08:00,958 Yes. Absolutely. Dug by hand. 176 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:04,000 Like Oak Island. 177 00:08:04,083 --> 00:08:06,958 (laughs) Good point. 178 00:08:08,708 --> 00:08:10,333 MARTY: Gretchen, this place is obviously 179 00:08:10,417 --> 00:08:11,667 -super cool and interesting. -ALEX: Yep. 180 00:08:11,792 --> 00:08:13,417 Why don't you just give us some background? 181 00:08:13,542 --> 00:08:14,875 GRETCHEN: Well... 182 00:08:15,042 --> 00:08:18,042 there are some people who believe this 183 00:08:18,167 --> 00:08:22,083 is a secret Templar initiation chamber. 184 00:08:22,208 --> 00:08:24,500 ♪ ♪ 185 00:08:24,583 --> 00:08:27,500 My theory is, is that there was a little 186 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:29,625 structure above here 187 00:08:29,708 --> 00:08:35,000 and that it was disguised as a market stall 188 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:38,625 to hide the activity here. 189 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:40,500 So what you would have done is, you would have come down here, 190 00:08:40,583 --> 00:08:43,083 then you would have come down a small ladder. 191 00:08:43,208 --> 00:08:45,542 And, of course, this would have been very dark. 192 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:49,125 So you would have been taken through with a candle. 193 00:08:50,917 --> 00:08:53,625 Just curious, what's the dimension across here? 194 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:56,750 It's approximately 16 feet. 195 00:08:56,875 --> 00:08:58,375 But as we get into the center, 196 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:01,417 the center circle, it's more like 13 feet 197 00:09:01,542 --> 00:09:02,792 -in through there. -There you go. 198 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:04,500 -13 feet. There it is again. -Mm-hmm. 199 00:09:04,625 --> 00:09:06,417 Number just keeps popping up. 200 00:09:06,542 --> 00:09:08,583 That was the original diameter of the Money Pit. 201 00:09:08,708 --> 00:09:11,667 It does bear a strong resemblance, you know, 202 00:09:11,792 --> 00:09:13,958 to what we saw in Portugal. 203 00:09:14,042 --> 00:09:17,792 Yes. Very similar to Sintra in concept. 204 00:09:20,167 --> 00:09:21,125 RICK: Wow. 205 00:09:22,833 --> 00:09:25,792 What is this dimension, the diameter? 206 00:09:25,917 --> 00:09:27,208 13 feet. 207 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:30,375 -Which is... -That sounds awful familiar. 208 00:09:30,542 --> 00:09:32,333 NARRATOR: One year ago, 209 00:09:32,458 --> 00:09:36,000 Alex and his Uncle Rick visited the town of Sintra, Portugal, 210 00:09:36,167 --> 00:09:37,625 where they were shown 211 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:40,750 a mysterious Masonic well that was 13 feet 212 00:09:40,875 --> 00:09:44,750 in diameter and 90 feet deep on grounds that once served 213 00:09:44,875 --> 00:09:47,750 as a Templar stronghold more than eight centuries ago. 214 00:09:47,875 --> 00:09:52,167 JOAO: The initiation well has nine platforms. 215 00:09:53,250 --> 00:09:55,625 RICK: Branch of an oak tree over the well. 216 00:09:55,708 --> 00:09:58,083 That's exactly what the Money Pit story is about. 217 00:09:59,083 --> 00:10:00,875 GRETCHEN: So, if we think about Templars 218 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:04,167 as "brothers without borders," you would have had 219 00:10:04,333 --> 00:10:09,708 potentially French Templars here, English, Portuguese. 220 00:10:09,833 --> 00:10:12,583 We know they were here in the area 221 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:15,625 going back to easily the early 1100s. 222 00:10:15,750 --> 00:10:17,667 I mean, I could be easily convinced 223 00:10:17,833 --> 00:10:20,125 this was a Templar something. 224 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:22,000 -In fact, I think I am already. -ALEX: Yep. 225 00:10:22,125 --> 00:10:24,000 Are there connections to Oak Island? 226 00:10:24,125 --> 00:10:25,208 I believe there are. 227 00:10:27,042 --> 00:10:28,292 That image there 228 00:10:28,417 --> 00:10:30,583 is what I believe is portrayed 229 00:10:30,708 --> 00:10:33,375 on the lead cross that Gary found. 230 00:10:35,542 --> 00:10:36,708 Yeah. 231 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:45,333 NARRATOR: At Royston Cave in the town of Royston, England, 232 00:10:45,458 --> 00:10:49,833 Marty and Alex Lagina, along with Charles Barkhouse, 233 00:10:49,958 --> 00:10:51,500 have just been shown a carving 234 00:10:51,625 --> 00:10:53,917 depicting the crucifixion of Christ. 235 00:10:54,042 --> 00:10:57,167 A carving that author and researcher Gretchen Cornwall 236 00:10:57,250 --> 00:11:00,125 believes was made more than six centuries ago 237 00:11:00,208 --> 00:11:02,750 by members of the Knights Templar 238 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:05,333 and which may potentially be connected 239 00:11:05,417 --> 00:11:07,167 to the Oak Island mystery. 240 00:11:08,125 --> 00:11:10,833 Dimensionally, that is basically the same thing. 241 00:11:10,958 --> 00:11:13,000 The head is off to the side. 242 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:15,875 Even one arm of the cross is shorter than the other, too. 243 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,833 I think you're right. Actually, it is. 244 00:11:17,958 --> 00:11:19,667 -It-it is, Marty, yeah. -I don't know, 245 00:11:19,792 --> 00:11:20,792 I don't know if you can see that, 246 00:11:20,875 --> 00:11:22,333 but there's the... 247 00:11:22,458 --> 00:11:23,458 MARTY: Oh, that's the prison at Domme. 248 00:11:23,542 --> 00:11:24,792 -ALEX: Yeah. -GRETCHEN: Yes. 249 00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:26,833 MARTY: That is very, very similar. 250 00:11:26,958 --> 00:11:28,583 JERRY GLOVER: And you can see they passed their time 251 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:30,500 by making carvings in the walls 252 00:11:30,583 --> 00:11:33,667 to sustain them spiritually. 253 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:36,667 NARRATOR: In 2017, Rick Lagina, 254 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:39,333 along with his nephews Alex and Peter, 255 00:11:39,458 --> 00:11:42,417 visited a 14th century prison in Domme, France 256 00:11:42,542 --> 00:11:43,792 where Templar Knights 257 00:11:43,875 --> 00:11:45,792 were held captive after the order 258 00:11:45,875 --> 00:11:49,167 was disbanded by King Philip IV in 1307. 259 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:53,042 There, they were shown a number of Templar carvings, 260 00:11:53,167 --> 00:11:56,667 including a very distinct cross. 261 00:11:58,417 --> 00:12:00,333 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 262 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:01,625 What? 263 00:12:01,708 --> 00:12:02,833 NARRATOR: Just weeks later, 264 00:12:02,958 --> 00:12:04,833 Rick and metal detection expert 265 00:12:04,958 --> 00:12:08,500 Gary Drayton found a lead cross on Oak Island 266 00:12:08,625 --> 00:12:10,292 with a nearly identical design. 267 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:12,542 Holy schmoly! All right. 268 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:15,167 NARRATOR: A cross that, when scientifically tested, 269 00:12:15,292 --> 00:12:19,333 was determined to have originated in Southern France 270 00:12:19,417 --> 00:12:21,083 during the 14th century. 271 00:12:22,750 --> 00:12:25,583 Is it possible that Marty, Alex, and Charles 272 00:12:25,708 --> 00:12:29,792 have now found a third example in Royston Cave that could serve 273 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:32,500 as more evidence connecting the Knights Templar 274 00:12:32,625 --> 00:12:34,250 to the Oak Island mystery? 275 00:12:35,167 --> 00:12:36,708 -It's three places now. -Yeah. 276 00:12:36,833 --> 00:12:38,542 I mean, it's the lead cross itself... 277 00:12:38,667 --> 00:12:42,042 -Yeah. -...and then Domme and here. 278 00:12:42,167 --> 00:12:43,417 GRETCHEN: Yes. 279 00:12:43,542 --> 00:12:45,792 The way that they're designed, 280 00:12:45,917 --> 00:12:47,417 even with the identical tilt of the head. 281 00:12:47,542 --> 00:12:49,917 -This is a Templar design. -Yeah. 282 00:12:50,042 --> 00:12:53,042 You know, any of the shared symbology is really interesting. 283 00:12:53,167 --> 00:12:57,917 I think you'll find even more interesting iconography. 284 00:12:58,042 --> 00:13:00,833 Right here. Do you see the bricks right there? 285 00:13:00,917 --> 00:13:03,250 -MARTY: Yes. -GRETCHEN: Up there, 286 00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:04,583 on one of the bricks 287 00:13:04,708 --> 00:13:07,458 -is literally carved 1347. -Oh, yeah. 288 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:09,458 MARTY: I see it now. 289 00:13:09,542 --> 00:13:13,417 -GRETCHEN: And that is literally on Zena's map. -CHARLES: Incredible. 290 00:13:15,958 --> 00:13:20,708 ZENA: When I found the map, which is dated 1347, 291 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:25,375 I began to put pieces together. 292 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,458 NARRATOR: In 2016, 293 00:13:27,542 --> 00:13:30,167 the late author and researcher Zena Halpern 294 00:13:30,250 --> 00:13:33,917 presented the Oak Island team with two maps 295 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:36,292 and a mysterious cypher suggesting 296 00:13:36,417 --> 00:13:39,750 that the Knights Templar had repeatedly visited Oak Island 297 00:13:39,875 --> 00:13:42,500 between the 12th and 14th centuries. 298 00:13:42,583 --> 00:13:44,792 Incredibly, one of the maps 299 00:13:44,875 --> 00:13:47,792 depicted many well-known landmarks on the island, 300 00:13:47,875 --> 00:13:50,708 such as the swamp, the stone triangle, 301 00:13:50,833 --> 00:13:53,833 and what came to be known as the Money Pit. 302 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:58,917 It also featured the date of 1347. 303 00:13:59,833 --> 00:14:01,667 Zena's map, if it's real, 304 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:04,375 is a super direct connection to Oak Island. 305 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,375 -I mean, it is Oak Island. -GRETCHEN: Oh, it is Oak Island. 306 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:08,333 ALEX: Yep. Here's the map. 307 00:14:08,458 --> 00:14:11,458 And the date is actually written out here. 308 00:14:11,542 --> 00:14:15,042 -"Un mille trois cent quarante sept." -MARTY: Oh, okay. 309 00:14:15,208 --> 00:14:18,042 You know, you do have that exact date on Zena's map. 310 00:14:18,167 --> 00:14:19,667 But I think it refers to a voyage 311 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,208 in 1347. 312 00:14:21,333 --> 00:14:23,500 MARTY: Right. The conjecture would be 313 00:14:23,625 --> 00:14:25,875 that's a commemorative stone. 314 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,458 Says, "All right, guys, we're leaving this place now. 315 00:14:29,542 --> 00:14:31,708 It's become too dangerous." 316 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:34,042 They inscribe it because people do that. 317 00:14:34,167 --> 00:14:36,083 And, actually, it is kind of like a cornerstone, 318 00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:38,083 which is where you'd put such things. 319 00:14:38,208 --> 00:14:39,792 And then they pack up and go. 320 00:14:39,917 --> 00:14:41,250 According to you, 321 00:14:41,375 --> 00:14:42,833 -to Oak Island, right? -(all laughing) 322 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:46,250 NARRATOR: Although many Templar Knights 323 00:14:46,375 --> 00:14:51,208 were executed after their persecution in France in 1307, 324 00:14:51,333 --> 00:14:54,167 many others escaped to areas across Europe, 325 00:14:54,250 --> 00:14:58,333 including Portugal, Scotland, and England, 326 00:14:58,458 --> 00:15:01,000 and their sacred treasures were never found. 327 00:15:01,125 --> 00:15:04,083 Is it possible that Royston Cave 328 00:15:04,208 --> 00:15:07,833 was one of the locations that the Templars secretly used 329 00:15:07,958 --> 00:15:09,875 for the safekeeping of valuables 330 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,500 before transporting them to Oak Island in 1347? 331 00:15:14,625 --> 00:15:16,833 MARTY: Anything else here 332 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:18,208 that you think is a connection 333 00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:20,708 -somehow to Zena's map? -Yes. 334 00:15:20,833 --> 00:15:24,375 And she is right behind you, Charles. 335 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:26,000 -Right there? -Yeah. 336 00:15:27,167 --> 00:15:31,625 Do you see a head, a crown, shoulders, a body at the bottom, 337 00:15:31,708 --> 00:15:34,000 and then I believe that is a tail. 338 00:15:34,083 --> 00:15:37,250 And that, I think, could be 339 00:15:37,375 --> 00:15:41,000 Melusine from the sixth century, 340 00:15:41,125 --> 00:15:46,167 who the Rochefoucaulds claim as their ancestress. 341 00:15:46,292 --> 00:15:49,875 NARRATOR: In ancient European folklore, the half-fish, 342 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,917 half-human goddess known as Melusine 343 00:15:53,042 --> 00:15:55,500 was so revered in medieval Europe 344 00:15:55,583 --> 00:15:59,250 that many families believed that they were her descendants. 345 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:01,500 According to Gretchen's research, 346 00:16:01,583 --> 00:16:04,500 one of these families, whose name also appeared 347 00:16:04,625 --> 00:16:08,042 on Zena Halpern's map, was the Rochefoucaulds. 348 00:16:09,375 --> 00:16:11,667 MARTY: You believe that is the symbol of the Rochefoucauld family? 349 00:16:11,750 --> 00:16:12,750 GRETCHEN: Yes. 350 00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:15,083 She is their family crest. 351 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:18,250 I was in Rochefoucauld, 352 00:16:18,375 --> 00:16:22,500 and I took this photo at the château itself 353 00:16:22,583 --> 00:16:23,958 while I was there. 354 00:16:24,042 --> 00:16:26,333 And she's at the top here 355 00:16:26,417 --> 00:16:30,167 holding up the marble platform for a bust. 356 00:16:31,375 --> 00:16:34,042 NARRATOR: The Rochefoucaulds were a family of French nobles 357 00:16:34,167 --> 00:16:36,167 dating back to the tenth century 358 00:16:36,292 --> 00:16:38,542 and are believed to have been connected 359 00:16:38,708 --> 00:16:40,417 to the Knights Templar. 360 00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:44,083 I found eight pages of a ship-- what looks like a ship's log. 361 00:16:44,208 --> 00:16:46,208 NARRATOR: In 2017, 362 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:48,875 Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 363 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,833 discovered a partial ship's log 364 00:16:50,958 --> 00:16:53,083 describing a secret French naval mission 365 00:16:53,208 --> 00:16:55,250 to hide treasure on a wooded island 366 00:16:55,375 --> 00:16:59,500 in Nova Scotia back in September of 1746. 367 00:16:59,625 --> 00:17:02,333 DOUG: "September 8th. It has been agreed 368 00:17:02,417 --> 00:17:04,792 "that a deep pit be dug and treasure securely buried. 369 00:17:04,875 --> 00:17:06,958 "The pit to have a secret entrance 370 00:17:07,042 --> 00:17:08,375 by a tunnel from the shore." 371 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:10,833 ♪ ♪ 372 00:17:10,958 --> 00:17:14,042 NARRATOR: The admiral in charge of that mission was named 373 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:17,208 Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédérick de la Rochefoucauld, 374 00:17:17,333 --> 00:17:20,958 also known as the Duc d'Anville. 375 00:17:21,042 --> 00:17:22,958 MARTY: That's an interesting find. 376 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:24,375 ALEX: Yeah. 377 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:27,292 If this represents the Rochefoucauld family, 378 00:17:27,375 --> 00:17:29,292 then that's another connection to the map. 379 00:17:29,375 --> 00:17:31,667 Yeah, two. At least two, right in here. 380 00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:33,708 ALEX: It's almost too much to be a coincidence. 381 00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:36,417 -GRETCHEN: Yes. -Yeah, I need to be thinking about that. 382 00:17:36,542 --> 00:17:39,292 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Gretchen Cornwall 383 00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:41,792 has found evidence in Royston Cave 384 00:17:41,875 --> 00:17:43,500 that the Knights Templar 385 00:17:43,625 --> 00:17:46,167 and, later, members of the Rochefoucauld family 386 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:50,792 both visited Oak Island in order to hide valuables? 387 00:17:50,875 --> 00:17:55,167 If so, could that also explain the high trace evidence of gold 388 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:57,042 that the team has detected 389 00:17:57,167 --> 00:17:59,875 near the Garden Shaft in the Money Pit? 390 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,167 MARTY: Royston Cave delivered. 391 00:18:02,292 --> 00:18:05,000 It was as interesting as Gretchen said. 392 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:06,583 There are symbols carved in the wall 393 00:18:06,708 --> 00:18:07,875 that are similar to Domme. 394 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,750 It actually makes me believe 395 00:18:09,875 --> 00:18:12,958 that that cave is older, that maybe that is very ancient 396 00:18:13,042 --> 00:18:15,250 and could be significant to Oak Island. 397 00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:17,208 So I'm just gonna get 398 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:18,500 -some video for Uncle Rick. -Rick will want to see it. 399 00:18:18,667 --> 00:18:20,917 -CHARLES: Absolutely. -Especially this. 400 00:18:21,042 --> 00:18:22,292 MARTY: So now we'll be able to do 401 00:18:22,375 --> 00:18:24,458 double duty on this trip because 402 00:18:24,542 --> 00:18:29,167 I can also go speak to one of our expert archivists 403 00:18:29,250 --> 00:18:30,792 working in London. 404 00:18:30,875 --> 00:18:32,625 This is a really cool place. 405 00:18:32,708 --> 00:18:35,167 Yeah, there's more here than I ever would have thought. 406 00:18:35,292 --> 00:18:37,958 -Thank you for showing us around. -Absolutely. 407 00:18:38,042 --> 00:18:39,750 Thank you so much for being here. 408 00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:42,167 -MARTY: Lead on. -GRETCHEN: Thank you, sir. 409 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:47,542 COLTEN: Trust me, you're really gonna want to see 410 00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,583 -where it goes at 150. -MIKE: Oh, yeah. 411 00:18:49,708 --> 00:18:51,583 NARRATOR: As Rick Lagina and members of the team 412 00:18:51,708 --> 00:18:54,708 continue drilling for evidence of a potential 413 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,833 18th-century tunnel in the Money Pit... 414 00:18:56,917 --> 00:18:58,375 MIKE: All right. 415 00:18:59,333 --> 00:19:00,792 GARY: This is an interesting area. 416 00:19:00,917 --> 00:19:02,208 JACK: Yeah. 417 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:04,875 We've got like six or seven flags here. 418 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,708 ...metal detection expert Gary Drayton and Jack Begley 419 00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:11,417 are also looking for important clues on Lot 7, 420 00:19:11,542 --> 00:19:14,167 located on the western side of the island. 421 00:19:14,292 --> 00:19:16,000 JACK: I think it's a great opportunity 422 00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:18,542 to see if maybe there's some 423 00:19:18,708 --> 00:19:20,458 -really interesting finds. -Yep. 424 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:22,417 It's telling more of the story. 425 00:19:22,542 --> 00:19:23,958 Yeah. 426 00:19:24,042 --> 00:19:25,542 (beeping) 427 00:19:25,708 --> 00:19:27,333 Oh, wow. 428 00:19:27,417 --> 00:19:29,000 This could be something special, mate. 429 00:19:29,125 --> 00:19:30,292 NARRATOR: One week ago, 430 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:32,333 while searching this area, 431 00:19:32,458 --> 00:19:35,000 Gary and Jack discovered what Gary believes to be 432 00:19:35,125 --> 00:19:36,750 some type of ancient coin. 433 00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:39,500 While the team awaits expert analysis 434 00:19:39,625 --> 00:19:41,542 to be conducted on the object, 435 00:19:41,667 --> 00:19:44,833 they have confirmed that it contains arsenical bronze-- 436 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:48,500 a compound that was used to produce currency, tools 437 00:19:48,625 --> 00:19:51,833 and weaponry in Europe prior to the 16th century. 438 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:53,250 Flag, mate. 439 00:19:53,375 --> 00:19:55,583 See if we can get a... 440 00:19:55,708 --> 00:19:57,958 an artifact in one, not a hole in one. 441 00:19:58,083 --> 00:20:00,625 NARRATOR: In accordance with provincial regulations, 442 00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:02,750 Gary has already scanned the area 443 00:20:02,875 --> 00:20:04,917 and marked a number of targets with flags, 444 00:20:05,042 --> 00:20:07,500 which team archaeologist Laird Niven 445 00:20:07,625 --> 00:20:10,000 has now given him permission to dig up. 446 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:11,833 A bit chirpy. 447 00:20:11,958 --> 00:20:13,333 (beeping) 448 00:20:13,417 --> 00:20:15,250 It's round about here, mate. 449 00:20:15,375 --> 00:20:17,583 That's, uh, most of the signal there. 450 00:20:17,708 --> 00:20:18,708 JACK: Yep. 451 00:20:26,083 --> 00:20:28,417 Is it out? 452 00:20:30,167 --> 00:20:31,958 What the heck is this? 453 00:20:34,458 --> 00:20:37,292 JACK: An ornament? No. 454 00:20:38,625 --> 00:20:39,500 An earring? 455 00:20:39,583 --> 00:20:41,375 I have not got a clue, mate. 456 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:43,333 -It's very interesting. -Look, it might be... 457 00:20:43,458 --> 00:20:44,875 might be some jewelry. 458 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,583 GARY: Look at that, I mean, the way that comes over. 459 00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:50,000 You can see where the pin comes out and across. 460 00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:52,500 -Uh, but it's heavily corroded. -Yeah. 461 00:20:52,667 --> 00:20:54,333 GARY: Could be, like, a-a large pin. 462 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,917 -Like a cloak pin. -Or a pin. 463 00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:57,583 BOTH: Yeah. 464 00:20:57,708 --> 00:21:01,000 This would have looked magnificent back in the day. 465 00:21:01,125 --> 00:21:03,167 That would've been all nice and shiny. 466 00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:05,167 JACK: That's a really big gemstone, then. 467 00:21:05,292 --> 00:21:07,167 GARY: Yeah, it's-it's a jewel or a gem. 468 00:21:07,292 --> 00:21:08,333 JACK (laughing): Yes. 469 00:21:08,458 --> 00:21:09,708 GARY: That is brilliant, mate. 470 00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:12,000 This could be treasure. 471 00:21:12,125 --> 00:21:14,250 NARRATOR: A possible jewel? 472 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:15,917 Found on Lot 7? 473 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:18,333 We just found another bobby-dazzler on Oak Island. 474 00:21:18,458 --> 00:21:21,417 And lightning strikes again in this area. 475 00:21:21,542 --> 00:21:23,708 Remember the garnet brooch that we found? 476 00:21:23,833 --> 00:21:25,875 -Yeah. -And that was really, really old. 477 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,208 The garnet brooch was a part of Scott Clarke's theory. 478 00:21:29,333 --> 00:21:31,625 And it had something to do with Masonic rituals. 479 00:21:31,708 --> 00:21:35,667 And maybe if this is a gemstone, it somehow relates. 480 00:21:36,917 --> 00:21:41,333 NARRATOR: In 2017, Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton 481 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:43,417 found a semiprecious garnet gemstone 482 00:21:43,542 --> 00:21:45,583 on the adjacent Lot 8. 483 00:21:45,708 --> 00:21:47,333 CLARKE: This garnet was actually 484 00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:49,875 the perfect color, size and general shape 485 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,500 as one of the stones 486 00:21:51,625 --> 00:21:54,292 from a Masonic Royal Arch High Priest breastplate. 487 00:21:54,375 --> 00:21:56,375 NARRATOR: According to 32nd-degree Freemason 488 00:21:56,542 --> 00:21:58,500 Scott Clarke, 489 00:21:58,625 --> 00:22:00,750 it may be related to a sacred Masonic ritual 490 00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:03,375 believed to be connected to the Knights Templar. 491 00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:06,667 CLARKE: The breastplate was used in a specific ritual 492 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:09,458 meant to mimic the retrieval of the Ark of the Covenant 493 00:22:09,542 --> 00:22:11,542 from a secret vault underground. 494 00:22:11,708 --> 00:22:12,958 Wow. 495 00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:17,333 I am looking forward to seeing what it is, 496 00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:20,375 where it came from and how old it is, mate. 497 00:22:20,542 --> 00:22:22,333 -Great job, Gary. Yeah! -Fantastic, mate. 498 00:22:22,458 --> 00:22:24,833 -GARY: Jewel, baby! -JACK: Yeah. 499 00:22:29,208 --> 00:22:30,708 NARRATOR: The following day... 500 00:22:31,875 --> 00:22:32,958 TERRY: 108. 501 00:22:33,083 --> 00:22:34,667 -And that's the mid? -Yeah. 502 00:22:34,792 --> 00:22:37,292 -That's the bottom here. the top's there. -Yep. 503 00:22:37,375 --> 00:22:39,375 ...while Rick Lagina and members of the team 504 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,750 continue searching for answers on Oak Island... 505 00:22:41,875 --> 00:22:45,708 TERRY: It's a little different, but there's more silt than sand. 506 00:22:46,708 --> 00:22:49,333 ...approximately 2,900 miles to the east, 507 00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:51,875 in the London suburb of Kew... 508 00:22:52,875 --> 00:22:54,500 -ALEX: We're here. -MARTY: There it is. 509 00:22:54,667 --> 00:22:56,750 -What do you think, Charles? -Pretty impressive. 510 00:22:56,875 --> 00:23:00,333 ...Marty and Alex Lagina, along with Charles Barkhouse, 511 00:23:00,458 --> 00:23:03,250 arrive at the United Kingdom's National Archives 512 00:23:03,375 --> 00:23:05,333 to meet with historian Paul Stewart. 513 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:06,958 MARTY: There's Paul. 514 00:23:07,083 --> 00:23:08,417 -Hello, sir. -Hi. -PAUL S.: Hello. 515 00:23:08,542 --> 00:23:10,333 -Hello. -ALEX: Nice to meet you. -I'm Marty. 516 00:23:10,417 --> 00:23:11,792 -Nice to meet you. Great to meet you. -MARTY: Pleasure, Paul. 517 00:23:11,875 --> 00:23:13,167 -I'm Charles. -Great. Welcome to Kew. 518 00:23:13,250 --> 00:23:14,708 Welcome to the UK National Archives. 519 00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:16,583 -Thank you. -Yeah, well, we're excited to be here. 520 00:23:16,708 --> 00:23:19,333 NARRATOR: Paul is one of the European-based researchers 521 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:20,667 the Laginas have hired 522 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:23,000 to search through historic archives 523 00:23:23,125 --> 00:23:25,042 in the hopes of finding clues 524 00:23:25,167 --> 00:23:28,208 that could help solve the Oak Island mystery. 525 00:23:28,375 --> 00:23:30,042 I looked at all sorts of stuff. 526 00:23:30,167 --> 00:23:34,000 -Uh, but then I found a collection with Duc d'Anville. -Yeah. 527 00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:35,833 From the La Rochefoucauld family. 528 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:37,000 And there seems to be 529 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,292 a lot of connections with the Mahone Bay area. 530 00:23:39,375 --> 00:23:40,833 -ALEX: Wow. -No kidding? 531 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,792 -And maybe Oak Island. -Oh, that sounds fabulous. 532 00:23:42,875 --> 00:23:45,750 That's excellent, because that's what we were looking for. 533 00:23:45,875 --> 00:23:47,375 Yeah, I think you're gonna find it interesting, yeah. 534 00:23:47,542 --> 00:23:48,833 MARTY: That's fantastic. 535 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,667 So let's go on in and have a look, yeah. 536 00:23:51,625 --> 00:23:53,500 We're on Rick's particular mission 537 00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:57,792 to exhaust all possible resources in terms of 538 00:23:57,917 --> 00:24:00,000 researching what might have happened on Oak Island. 539 00:24:00,125 --> 00:24:02,292 Because we're here to try and figure out 540 00:24:02,417 --> 00:24:03,500 the riddle of Oak Island. 541 00:24:03,625 --> 00:24:05,375 So this is where... 542 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:07,333 -some of the documents I've found here. -Wow. 543 00:24:07,458 --> 00:24:08,625 So we're gonna see what Paul has found. 544 00:24:08,708 --> 00:24:11,500 All right. What have you run across? 545 00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:14,042 I've come across, uh, some capture documents. 546 00:24:14,208 --> 00:24:16,000 Would you like to see some of these capture documents 547 00:24:16,125 --> 00:24:17,333 -that I've found? -Absolutely. 548 00:24:17,458 --> 00:24:20,542 NARRATOR: During the 18th century, 549 00:24:20,708 --> 00:24:23,542 England and France were embroiled in a series of battles 550 00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:25,625 for control of Nova Scotia. 551 00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:27,875 According to international law, 552 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,083 when they commandeered one another's ships 553 00:24:30,208 --> 00:24:33,542 on the high seas, they were legally required to document 554 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:36,667 such events with so-called capture documents. 555 00:24:37,958 --> 00:24:39,500 PAUL S.: This is Katherine from the National Archives. 556 00:24:39,625 --> 00:24:41,000 She's going to handle them for us. 557 00:24:41,125 --> 00:24:42,958 ALEX: Okay. 558 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:48,667 Now, this is... the Lively was a British merchant ship. 559 00:24:48,792 --> 00:24:53,958 They were privateering in early 1746, perhaps even 1745. 560 00:24:54,083 --> 00:24:58,000 It was captured by one of Duc d'Anville's squadron 561 00:24:58,125 --> 00:24:59,583 over by Nova Scotia. 562 00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:03,083 And what is interesting about these is that 563 00:25:03,208 --> 00:25:05,042 when, um, the ships were taken, 564 00:25:05,208 --> 00:25:09,000 they were signed by La Rochefoucauld, Duc d'Anville. 565 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:12,083 -ALEX: Oh, yeah. -MARTY: Yeah. -CHARLES: Oh. 566 00:25:12,208 --> 00:25:15,375 Those are, in effect, orders from d'Anville, right? 567 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,125 He was the commander of this fleet. 568 00:25:17,208 --> 00:25:19,250 Now, he wouldn't have done that from France or anywhere else. 569 00:25:19,375 --> 00:25:20,917 He must have been there at that time. 570 00:25:21,042 --> 00:25:22,792 This is 1746? 571 00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:25,750 PAUL S. Yeah, January 1746, which I find quite early on. 572 00:25:27,375 --> 00:25:28,667 MARTY: I see. 573 00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:29,792 -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -That's the significance. 574 00:25:29,875 --> 00:25:31,250 That puts him there earlier. 575 00:25:31,375 --> 00:25:32,500 That seems really early to me, yeah. 576 00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:33,833 ALEX: Which means he could have made 577 00:25:33,958 --> 00:25:35,875 -many trips to the area. -I think so, yeah. 578 00:25:36,958 --> 00:25:39,083 MARTY: Yet another mystery on Oak Island. 579 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:41,167 ♪ ♪ 580 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:47,458 NARRATOR: At the National Archives in London, England, 581 00:25:47,542 --> 00:25:50,292 researcher Paul Stewart 582 00:25:50,417 --> 00:25:52,250 has just presented official documents 583 00:25:52,375 --> 00:25:55,000 that state the French admiral known as the Duc d'Anville, 584 00:25:55,125 --> 00:25:58,083 who reportedly led a mission to bury treasure 585 00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:01,750 in Nova Scotia back in September of 1746, 586 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:05,000 visited the area near Oak Island nine months earlier. 587 00:26:05,167 --> 00:26:07,458 That's amazing. I mean, I think that's really-- 588 00:26:07,542 --> 00:26:09,458 quite apart from our little hunt here, 589 00:26:09,542 --> 00:26:11,917 that document was on board that ship. 590 00:26:12,042 --> 00:26:14,250 Yeah. 591 00:26:14,375 --> 00:26:16,167 ALEX: The biggest thing to me is the fact that we investigated 592 00:26:16,250 --> 00:26:17,958 the Rochefoucaulds as a potential connection 593 00:26:18,083 --> 00:26:19,375 to Oak Island, 594 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:21,042 and this document is reinforcing 595 00:26:21,167 --> 00:26:23,875 that the Duc d'Anville was active in the area. 596 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,208 It's not just a tangential connection. 597 00:26:26,333 --> 00:26:28,958 He was more familiar with the area than maybe we imagined. 598 00:26:29,042 --> 00:26:33,250 And he made more trips to the area than maybe we imagined. 599 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:37,625 PAUL S.: So there's more I want to tell you about the next papers. 600 00:26:37,708 --> 00:26:39,958 These are, uh, Admiral Anson's capture documents. 601 00:26:40,083 --> 00:26:41,167 Hmm. 602 00:26:42,583 --> 00:26:44,583 PAUL S.: Admiral Anson seemed to have an interest in collecting, 603 00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:46,583 uh, intelligence about the Duc d'Anville fleet, 604 00:26:46,708 --> 00:26:48,375 so he went for some of these ships. 605 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:50,500 -'Cause they had information. -Yeah, they had information 606 00:26:50,625 --> 00:26:52,125 about what-what their fleet had been up to. 607 00:26:52,208 --> 00:26:54,333 I see. Okay. 608 00:26:54,458 --> 00:26:58,000 NARRATOR: Lord George Anson was a highly revered member 609 00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:00,083 of the British Navy, serving in 610 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:03,167 and also leading many successful battles 611 00:27:03,292 --> 00:27:05,833 for England during the mid-18th century. 612 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,667 Following the French mission that the Duc d'Anville 613 00:27:08,792 --> 00:27:12,833 led to Nova Scotia in September of 1746, 614 00:27:12,958 --> 00:27:15,167 Admiral Anson began targeting the ships 615 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:18,792 known to have been part of that French armada. 616 00:27:18,875 --> 00:27:20,833 PAUL S.: So this is the Diamant. 617 00:27:20,958 --> 00:27:23,583 This was a famous ship in the d'Anville fleet. 618 00:27:24,875 --> 00:27:28,458 There, "The Diamant seized by His Majesty's ships of war 619 00:27:28,583 --> 00:27:31,750 under the command of Admiral Anson." 620 00:27:32,833 --> 00:27:35,917 There's a guy mentioned in here called Hocquart, 621 00:27:36,042 --> 00:27:39,958 who was captain of the Diamant in the original d'Anville fleet. 622 00:27:40,042 --> 00:27:41,875 Hocquart is captured by Admiral Anson. 623 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,417 Anson put him in prison and gave him a hard time in prison. 624 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:48,375 Anson obviously wanted to try and find out something about 625 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,042 what was on the ship. 626 00:27:50,208 --> 00:27:52,625 Right, so Anson comes in looking for answers and maybe saying 627 00:27:52,708 --> 00:27:55,917 what was the mission before it was captured. 628 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:58,167 Then he imprisons him and extracts that information. 629 00:27:58,292 --> 00:28:00,583 Yeah, he wanted to find out what they had been up to 630 00:28:00,708 --> 00:28:03,875 when they were along the coast of-of Mahone Bay. 631 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,167 -And that's the bit that fits into our search. -Yeah. 632 00:28:07,292 --> 00:28:09,917 NARRATOR: Was Admiral Anson targeting ships 633 00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:13,167 in the Duc d'Anville's armada simply as an act of war? 634 00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:16,500 Or was it because he was looking for the treasure 635 00:28:16,625 --> 00:28:21,042 described in d'Anville's ship's log dated to September of 1746 636 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:24,458 that Doug Crowell found in the Nova Scotia archives? 637 00:28:24,542 --> 00:28:26,333 MARTY: Admiral Anson, 638 00:28:26,458 --> 00:28:27,833 he had targeted some of these French ships. 639 00:28:27,958 --> 00:28:30,208 He wanted to know what happened. 640 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,542 He wanted to get ahold of these people as prisoners 641 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:34,042 and interrogate them. 642 00:28:34,167 --> 00:28:35,750 Well, there's some significance there. 643 00:28:35,875 --> 00:28:39,167 So, what was he after? What did they know? 644 00:28:39,292 --> 00:28:41,833 Anson ended up getting letters from all sorts 645 00:28:41,958 --> 00:28:45,208 of top people in-in France to try and get Hocquart out. 646 00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:48,833 One of the letters that was sent from France 647 00:28:48,958 --> 00:28:51,958 looks pretty certainly to be from the Rochefoucauld family. 648 00:28:52,083 --> 00:28:54,750 And Anson wouldn't let him out for a long time. 649 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:56,750 I mean, they were kept for a reason. 650 00:28:56,875 --> 00:28:58,000 They were interrogated for a reason. 651 00:28:58,083 --> 00:28:59,500 It has to do with Nova Scotia. 652 00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:00,875 It might have to do with Mahone Bay. 653 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,458 It might have to do with Oak Island. 654 00:29:02,583 --> 00:29:03,500 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 655 00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:08,042 I think the fact that Anson was looking for this, you know, 656 00:29:08,167 --> 00:29:10,000 knowledge as to what was going on, 657 00:29:10,083 --> 00:29:12,750 that's potentially connected to the Duc d'Anville's fleet 658 00:29:12,875 --> 00:29:14,000 -and Oak Island. -Yeah. 659 00:29:14,167 --> 00:29:15,667 ALEX: And maybe the information 660 00:29:15,833 --> 00:29:17,375 got out as the barter for their freedom. 661 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,333 -PAUL S.: Yeah, yeah, yeah. -And then the British came 662 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:20,625 -looking for it. -Yeah. 663 00:29:20,708 --> 00:29:21,875 I could buy that. 664 00:29:22,042 --> 00:29:23,500 It would really explain 665 00:29:23,625 --> 00:29:25,833 the different artifacts we're finding on Oak Island. 666 00:29:25,958 --> 00:29:27,667 I mean, if the French and the British are both involved, 667 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:29,208 we're finding British coins 668 00:29:29,375 --> 00:29:30,708 and we're finding French artifacts. 669 00:29:30,875 --> 00:29:32,125 Yeah. 670 00:29:32,208 --> 00:29:35,167 And one explanation is that both groups 671 00:29:35,333 --> 00:29:37,542 -knew about something on Oak Island. -PAUL S.: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 672 00:29:37,708 --> 00:29:39,458 NARRATOR: Over the years, 673 00:29:39,542 --> 00:29:42,667 the Oak Island team has found numerous artifacts, 674 00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:44,667 such as musket balls, 675 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:48,000 cap badges, coins and uniform buttons, 676 00:29:48,125 --> 00:29:51,167 which suggest that both the French and British military 677 00:29:51,250 --> 00:29:54,833 set up encampments on Oak Island during the 18th century. 678 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,833 We haven't been able to make sense of it 679 00:29:56,917 --> 00:29:58,375 because it's almost like... 680 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,083 it-it only fits, 681 00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:02,417 -you know, the French or the British, not both. -Yeah. 682 00:30:02,542 --> 00:30:04,542 -But this explains it. This makes sense. -Yeah. 683 00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:09,000 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the British came to Oak Island 684 00:30:09,125 --> 00:30:12,042 searching for a large treasure that was hidden there 685 00:30:12,167 --> 00:30:14,250 by the Duc d'Anville's French fleet? 686 00:30:14,375 --> 00:30:16,208 -This is excellent stuff. -PAUL S.: Brilliant. 687 00:30:17,208 --> 00:30:19,208 Incredibly historical, too. I mean... 688 00:30:19,375 --> 00:30:21,458 -ALEX: Well, it's just amazing the records are there. -Yeah. 689 00:30:21,542 --> 00:30:22,667 Well, Paul, excellent work. 690 00:30:22,792 --> 00:30:24,500 Keep the data coming. 691 00:30:24,583 --> 00:30:26,625 -I will. Oh, thank you. -Thank you very much, Paul. 692 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:28,583 -Yeah, cheers. Take care. -ALEX: Thanks, Paul. -Carry on. 693 00:30:30,125 --> 00:30:32,500 -MARTY: Show that to the boys back home. -ALEX: Yep. 694 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:38,000 JACK: Hey, Rick. 695 00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:39,292 -RICK: Hey. -LAIRD: How are you? 696 00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:41,125 Uh-oh. Smiles on the both of 'em. 697 00:30:41,208 --> 00:30:42,667 -Oh-ho, yeah. -Smiles, mate. 698 00:30:42,750 --> 00:30:44,667 -LAIRD: What you got? -Boom, baby! 699 00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:45,833 We've just recovered another jewel 700 00:30:45,917 --> 00:30:47,125 on Oak Island. 701 00:30:47,250 --> 00:30:48,125 -Really? -Yep. 702 00:30:48,250 --> 00:30:49,208 Let's see it. 703 00:30:54,458 --> 00:30:56,250 Look at that, mate. 704 00:30:57,375 --> 00:30:59,250 RICK: Oh, wow. 705 00:30:59,375 --> 00:31:01,500 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Interpretive Centre, 706 00:31:01,625 --> 00:31:04,667 metal detection expert Gary Drayton and Jack Begley 707 00:31:04,792 --> 00:31:08,083 are meeting with Rick Lagina and archaeologist Laird Niven 708 00:31:08,208 --> 00:31:10,333 to share the mysterious jewelry 709 00:31:10,458 --> 00:31:12,625 they recently discovered on Lot 7. 710 00:31:12,750 --> 00:31:15,000 My first thoughts was maybe, uh, 711 00:31:15,083 --> 00:31:18,500 an hat pin or a cloak pin-- not really sure. 712 00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:20,333 JACK: It's got a jewel on it, though, or glass or... 713 00:31:20,417 --> 00:31:22,042 -LAIRD: Yeah, I see that. -Yeah. Yeah. 714 00:31:22,167 --> 00:31:24,333 Oh, it's definitely jewelry. Right? 715 00:31:24,417 --> 00:31:25,583 -Yeah. -Mm-hmm. 716 00:31:25,708 --> 00:31:27,375 Definitely decorative. 717 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:29,458 JACK: Yeah, you wouldn't wear something like that 718 00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:31,292 -if you're working on the fields. -LAIRD: Wouldn't think so. 719 00:31:31,375 --> 00:31:32,958 JACK: And it's in the... it's in the middle of the lot. 720 00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:35,333 Hmm. Yeah, let's put it under there. 721 00:31:35,417 --> 00:31:38,292 NARRATOR: To examine the believed cloak pin in detail, 722 00:31:38,375 --> 00:31:42,667 Laird Niven will be using a Fisherbrand 425 series 723 00:31:42,792 --> 00:31:45,417 zoom stereoscopic microscope, 724 00:31:45,542 --> 00:31:49,042 which can enhance an object up to 50 times its actual size. 725 00:31:49,167 --> 00:31:50,667 -See that blue there? -Yeah. 726 00:31:50,792 --> 00:31:54,167 Ooh, that's a right bobby-dazzler. 727 00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:56,667 -RICK: That is beautiful. -LAIRD and JACK: Yeah. 728 00:31:56,792 --> 00:31:59,333 That is a beauty, all right. 729 00:31:59,458 --> 00:32:00,500 Sapphire? 730 00:32:00,667 --> 00:32:02,000 I don't know if that... 731 00:32:02,083 --> 00:32:04,000 If it is blue, it's dark, isn't it? 732 00:32:04,125 --> 00:32:05,667 GARY: Yeah. 733 00:32:05,833 --> 00:32:08,542 -LAIRD: It's pretty cool. -RICK: That is pretty cool. 734 00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:11,500 The thing you see most, of course, is the blueness. 735 00:32:11,583 --> 00:32:13,833 A jewel, a sapphire. 736 00:32:13,917 --> 00:32:16,542 Whatever it is, it's shiny, 737 00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:18,833 it's bright and it's beautiful. 738 00:32:18,958 --> 00:32:21,292 But you can't just focus on the jewel. 739 00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:24,417 You have to ask the question, what is this? 740 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,833 Why is it found here? 741 00:32:25,958 --> 00:32:27,542 Who might it have belonged to? 742 00:32:27,667 --> 00:32:29,250 And why were they on the island? 743 00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:32,792 Can you imagine how long that took to build up 744 00:32:32,917 --> 00:32:34,875 all that patina on there? 745 00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:36,875 All that encrustation? 746 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,417 JACK: How long, do you think? 747 00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:40,458 -(exhales sharply) -Couple hundred years? 748 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:41,750 Very long time. 749 00:32:41,875 --> 00:32:43,208 Yeah. 750 00:32:44,708 --> 00:32:46,000 GARY: That's a right little 751 00:32:46,125 --> 00:32:47,708 -bobby-dazzler, isn't it? -(Rick chuckles) 752 00:32:47,875 --> 00:32:50,458 -Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to analyze this. -Yeah. 753 00:32:50,542 --> 00:32:52,125 RICK: No... 754 00:32:52,208 --> 00:32:54,833 Not even a guess as to age? 755 00:32:54,958 --> 00:32:56,667 It's not from the 1900s-- we know that. 756 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:57,833 No. 757 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,000 LAIRD: It is unusual. 758 00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,708 RICK: I look forward to a date, 759 00:33:00,833 --> 00:33:02,083 whether stylistically 760 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:04,333 -or metal composition. -Yeah. 761 00:33:04,458 --> 00:33:07,417 Well, I think the-the CT scanner will give us a better idea 762 00:33:07,542 --> 00:33:09,333 -of construction. -Mm. 763 00:33:09,417 --> 00:33:11,333 LAIRD: We'll be able to look inside it. 764 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,833 And then I think we can do a little cleaning. 765 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,042 And then we can XRF it. 766 00:33:16,208 --> 00:33:19,167 And that'll tell us certainly what the base metal is 767 00:33:19,292 --> 00:33:22,125 and perhaps what the jewel is. 768 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,167 Little bit of cleaning, little bit of scanning 769 00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:25,667 and a little bit of celebrating. 770 00:33:25,792 --> 00:33:27,083 (chuckling) 771 00:33:27,208 --> 00:33:29,542 I imagine you-you guys did that already. 772 00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:30,833 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 773 00:33:30,958 --> 00:33:32,167 It's very cool. 774 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:35,333 So, great job. Good find. 775 00:33:35,458 --> 00:33:37,542 Let's get back stuck in, mate, and find 776 00:33:37,708 --> 00:33:39,250 -some more treasure. -Yeah. Let's go find some more. -All right. 777 00:33:39,375 --> 00:33:40,917 -RICK: Great find. -LAIRD: See you. Thank you. 778 00:33:41,042 --> 00:33:42,542 GARY: Well, it's a gem of a find. 779 00:33:42,667 --> 00:33:43,667 JACK: Yeah. 780 00:33:44,875 --> 00:33:47,333 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 781 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:49,083 TEDFORD: Might be a little spray! 782 00:33:49,208 --> 00:33:50,875 ...as the core drilling operation continues 783 00:33:51,042 --> 00:33:53,042 in the Money Pit area... 784 00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:56,792 -DOUG: Hey, guys. -PETER: Hey, guys. 785 00:33:56,917 --> 00:33:58,667 I suppose we should say, "Cheerio." 786 00:33:58,750 --> 00:34:00,458 -(chuckling) -Cheerio. 787 00:34:00,542 --> 00:34:02,667 ...Rick Lagina and members of the team 788 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:04,792 gather in the war room for a video conference 789 00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:06,500 with his brother Marty, 790 00:34:06,625 --> 00:34:09,333 nephew Alex and Charles Barkhouse 791 00:34:09,417 --> 00:34:12,500 for a report on what they have learned in England. 792 00:34:12,625 --> 00:34:14,458 -RICK: Craig, welcome. -Also joining remotely 793 00:34:14,542 --> 00:34:18,417 is Rick and Marty's business partner Craig Tester. 794 00:34:18,542 --> 00:34:20,750 So, we're waiting to hear from you what you've learned. 795 00:34:20,875 --> 00:34:22,125 ALEX: Sure. 796 00:34:22,208 --> 00:34:23,958 We started at Royston Cave. Um... 797 00:34:24,042 --> 00:34:25,667 it's-it's not a cave. 798 00:34:25,833 --> 00:34:27,125 It's actually hand-dug 799 00:34:27,208 --> 00:34:29,333 into the-the rock underneath Royston. 800 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,292 And it's got 801 00:34:31,417 --> 00:34:34,083 just an overwhelming number of carvings in it. 802 00:34:34,208 --> 00:34:36,667 It's larger-scale than I expected. 803 00:34:36,792 --> 00:34:39,708 You know, there's potential Templar symbolism there. 804 00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:44,000 And there's some symbols that are, you know, familiar to us 805 00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:46,458 from other trips that we've taken, 806 00:34:46,583 --> 00:34:49,875 like in Domme and at Rochefoucauld Castle, 807 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000 and potential connections between both 808 00:34:52,125 --> 00:34:54,833 the Rochefoucaulds, the Duc d'Anville 809 00:34:54,917 --> 00:34:56,708 and Oak Island. 810 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:58,000 JACK: What kinds of symbols 811 00:34:58,125 --> 00:34:59,833 were you seeing that drew connections? 812 00:34:59,958 --> 00:35:02,167 Well, there's one in particular that I have a photo of 813 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:04,292 that was, like-- I mean, it was obvious. 814 00:35:05,292 --> 00:35:06,750 So why don't I show you the photo. 815 00:35:06,875 --> 00:35:08,375 We'll see what you think. 816 00:35:08,542 --> 00:35:11,208 These are the carvings in the cave. 817 00:35:11,333 --> 00:35:12,708 You know, this is just to give you an impression 818 00:35:12,875 --> 00:35:15,625 of what we're looking at when we go down there. 819 00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:17,125 Oh. 820 00:35:19,375 --> 00:35:22,125 This is the one 821 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,667 that just jumped right out at us. 822 00:35:25,708 --> 00:35:26,667 Oh... 823 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:27,792 RICK: Hmm. 824 00:35:28,917 --> 00:35:30,667 That's remarkable. 825 00:35:35,292 --> 00:35:37,167 RICK: Wow. That's stunning. 826 00:35:37,333 --> 00:35:39,125 MARTY: If you look at that, you know, 827 00:35:39,208 --> 00:35:40,792 there's the cross, only in more detail. 828 00:35:40,917 --> 00:35:42,958 Mm. 829 00:35:43,042 --> 00:35:45,375 GARY: Yeah, looks like a match to me. 830 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:47,167 RICK: That's what I would say. 831 00:35:47,292 --> 00:35:49,500 NARRATOR: In the war room, Marty 832 00:35:49,667 --> 00:35:52,750 and Alex Lagina, along with Charles Barkhouse, 833 00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:56,292 have just shown Rick Lagina and members of the team 834 00:35:56,375 --> 00:35:59,292 an image of a carved cross located in Royston Cave, 835 00:35:59,375 --> 00:36:01,958 a medieval site near London, England, 836 00:36:02,083 --> 00:36:04,500 that many believe to have once been 837 00:36:04,583 --> 00:36:06,917 a sacred meeting place for the Knights Templar. 838 00:36:07,042 --> 00:36:10,875 MARTY: It's more likely than not the Templars were in this cave 839 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,375 for part of its history. 840 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:14,458 Which makes that carving 841 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:16,333 Templar-ish. 842 00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:18,167 And you couple that with Domme, 843 00:36:18,292 --> 00:36:21,000 and I think that lead cross 844 00:36:21,125 --> 00:36:22,833 has Templar origins. 845 00:36:25,375 --> 00:36:26,500 RICK: Royston Cave 846 00:36:26,583 --> 00:36:28,417 seemed to indicate that there was 847 00:36:28,542 --> 00:36:30,792 some sort of Templar connection to the mystery. 848 00:36:30,917 --> 00:36:32,958 They showed a carving 849 00:36:33,042 --> 00:36:36,583 that replicated the cross Gary found in Smith's Cove. 850 00:36:36,708 --> 00:36:39,000 Of course, that conjures up the time 851 00:36:39,125 --> 00:36:41,042 Peter and I and Alex went to Domme. 852 00:36:41,208 --> 00:36:43,167 Are they similar? Yes. 853 00:36:43,333 --> 00:36:46,292 This could be quite huge. 854 00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:48,875 Now, does that mean they were on Oak Island? No. 855 00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:53,333 But it brings me a lot further along than, say, I had been 856 00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:55,625 -before I came here. -Yeah. 857 00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:56,958 Yeah. 858 00:36:57,083 --> 00:36:59,667 ALEX: There's also a date 859 00:36:59,792 --> 00:37:01,875 that's potentially connected to Zena's map. 860 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,750 This is one of the remaining bricks over that entrance. 861 00:37:07,208 --> 00:37:08,500 JACK: Oh. 862 00:37:08,625 --> 00:37:10,667 "1347." 863 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:14,208 MARTY: That apparently is the exact date on Zena's map. 864 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,208 ALEX: It might be a commemorative thing 865 00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:19,458 to denote, uh, 866 00:37:19,542 --> 00:37:21,000 when they might have left the region. 867 00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:24,792 The date of 1347, 868 00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:28,167 that was closest to making a connection 869 00:37:28,250 --> 00:37:29,667 between the Royston Cave, 870 00:37:29,792 --> 00:37:31,333 the Templars' association with it 871 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,042 and Zena's map. 872 00:37:33,167 --> 00:37:35,208 ALEX: So, here's the other thing. 873 00:37:35,333 --> 00:37:37,417 In the center of this image 874 00:37:37,542 --> 00:37:40,958 is what kind of resembles a mermaid. 875 00:37:41,042 --> 00:37:42,833 See it? 876 00:37:42,958 --> 00:37:44,708 RICK: Interesting. 877 00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:46,250 ALEX: Until Gretchen brought it up-- 878 00:37:46,375 --> 00:37:48,042 I-I did not remember this-- 879 00:37:48,208 --> 00:37:50,458 but when we were at Rochefoucauld Castle, 880 00:37:50,542 --> 00:37:53,000 if you look at their coat of arms, 881 00:37:53,167 --> 00:37:54,625 behind it is a mermaid. 882 00:37:57,708 --> 00:37:59,542 MARTY: That was their main symbol. 883 00:37:59,708 --> 00:38:01,042 Yes. 884 00:38:01,167 --> 00:38:02,583 MARTY: But it was Gretchen who said 885 00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:04,333 and showed us the picture she took, 886 00:38:04,458 --> 00:38:06,125 and it is in the seal of the, uh, 887 00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:07,500 -Rochefoucaulds. -Yeah. 888 00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:10,458 RICK: What it somewhat reminds me of 889 00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:12,500 is that it kind of looks like the fish 890 00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:14,542 at the bottom of the map. 891 00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:19,500 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina be correct 892 00:38:19,583 --> 00:38:23,458 that the image of a possible mermaid carved in Royston Cave 893 00:38:23,542 --> 00:38:26,792 is also depicted on the believed 14th-century map 894 00:38:26,875 --> 00:38:30,917 that Zena Halpern gave the team in 2016? 895 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:34,750 If so, could it offer another key piece of evidence 896 00:38:34,875 --> 00:38:37,333 that the Knights Templar really were connected 897 00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:39,375 to the Oak Island mystery? 898 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,167 Uh, we'd like to tell you a little bit 899 00:38:41,292 --> 00:38:42,625 about what happened at Kew. 900 00:38:42,708 --> 00:38:45,292 It-it appears that the... 901 00:38:45,375 --> 00:38:48,417 Duc d'Anville was up to all kinds of things 902 00:38:48,542 --> 00:38:50,458 that are yet to be discovered. 903 00:38:51,583 --> 00:38:54,042 ALEX: We're seeing the Duc d'Anville made 904 00:38:54,167 --> 00:38:56,333 multiple journeys to the region, 905 00:38:56,458 --> 00:38:58,708 some earlier than we thought. 906 00:38:58,833 --> 00:39:02,250 MARTY: There are records of the interrogation 907 00:39:02,375 --> 00:39:05,125 of prisoners that the British took, 908 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:07,208 apparently trying to extract data from them 909 00:39:07,333 --> 00:39:09,667 after the Duc d'Anville expedition. 910 00:39:09,750 --> 00:39:11,875 -Oh. Great. -RICK: Wow. 911 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 Very cool. 912 00:39:14,125 --> 00:39:16,583 This story is layered, and thus, 913 00:39:16,708 --> 00:39:19,417 the uncovering it or the unraveling of the story 914 00:39:19,542 --> 00:39:21,375 is-is complicated as well. 915 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,167 But I think we've got the people, 916 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:25,292 -the science, the commitment... -Yeah. 917 00:39:25,375 --> 00:39:28,458 ...to do that very thing-- unravel it. 918 00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:30,167 And we couldn't do it without everybody diving in, 919 00:39:30,333 --> 00:39:31,500 and you dove in. 920 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,667 So, appreciate it. Certainly. 921 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:35,000 Thank you. 922 00:39:35,167 --> 00:39:36,833 RICK: I have always said, 923 00:39:36,958 --> 00:39:40,417 the past 227 years of digging and drilling 924 00:39:40,542 --> 00:39:43,625 has yet to solve the Money Pit mystery. 925 00:39:43,708 --> 00:39:46,542 I think the information hunt and research 926 00:39:46,667 --> 00:39:48,583 is an important part of the ongoing search 927 00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:50,500 for answers on Oak Island. 928 00:39:50,583 --> 00:39:53,375 We have been busy here on the island, too. 929 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:55,375 Gary has been out and about. 930 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:57,417 Yeah. Been grinding and finding. 931 00:39:57,542 --> 00:39:59,375 -(chuckles) -(Craig chuckles) 932 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:01,167 Check that out, mate. 933 00:40:01,292 --> 00:40:03,625 We found another bobby-dazzler. 934 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:06,333 It's a piece of jewelry. 935 00:40:06,417 --> 00:40:08,375 -ALEX: Oh. -I believe it's, uh, 936 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,125 either a pin or a brooch. 937 00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:13,500 And you know me, Marty-- 938 00:40:13,667 --> 00:40:15,958 I don't get excited when I find a bit of jewelry. 939 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:19,708 -No, no. -And we shouldn't really speculate, 940 00:40:19,833 --> 00:40:21,667 -but it's treasure, baby! -(laughter) 941 00:40:23,875 --> 00:40:25,458 MARTY: That's my man, Gary. 942 00:40:25,542 --> 00:40:27,500 Save a couple for me to dig up, okay? 943 00:40:27,583 --> 00:40:29,167 -Uh, will do, mate. -All right. 944 00:40:29,292 --> 00:40:31,375 Well, on that note, we're gonna go fight London traffic. 945 00:40:31,542 --> 00:40:32,875 Thank you, guys. 946 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,375 -Great meeting. -All right. See ya. 947 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,083 Take care. 948 00:40:38,125 --> 00:40:40,583 NARRATOR: As another week comes to a close 949 00:40:40,708 --> 00:40:42,875 for Rick, Marty and the team, 950 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,208 their efforts to reveal the truth 951 00:40:45,375 --> 00:40:47,708 of what happened long ago on Oak Island 952 00:40:47,833 --> 00:40:50,167 have once again been rewarded. 953 00:40:51,333 --> 00:40:53,500 Even though there is much work ahead 954 00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:56,833 to find the undeniable proof of who 955 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:02,292 and what lie at the center of this 227-year-old mystery, 956 00:41:02,417 --> 00:41:05,667 one thing is certain: 957 00:41:05,792 --> 00:41:08,042 in order to reach the ultimate answers, 958 00:41:08,208 --> 00:41:11,292 they will not only dig on Oak Island-- 959 00:41:11,375 --> 00:41:14,333 they will scour the entire globe. 960 00:41:14,417 --> 00:41:16,708 ♪ ♪ 961 00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:20,417 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 962 00:41:20,542 --> 00:41:22,792 TERRY: There's something going on in the Garden Shaft. 963 00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,125 Oh, yeah, there we go. We got something right there. 964 00:41:24,208 --> 00:41:25,792 Oh, wow, look. 965 00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:27,792 -What do you make of that? -CRAIG: That's very odd. 966 00:41:27,875 --> 00:41:30,667 Ooh, this is what I'd class as treasure. 967 00:41:30,750 --> 00:41:33,333 The roughness here, it's 500 years old, at least. 968 00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:34,958 -Whew. -Wow. 969 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:36,583 There's a Canadian mining company. 970 00:41:36,708 --> 00:41:38,875 They could come in and open up the Garden Shaft. 971 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,333 Are we gonna be able to actually go underground in that shaft? 972 00:41:42,458 --> 00:41:43,667 -Yeah. -RICK: That's fantastic. 973 00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:45,833 -MARTY: Brilliant. -(chuckling) 974 00:41:45,917 --> 00:41:47,917 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS