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NARRATOR: Tonight
on The Curse of Oak Island...
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TERRY:
Wow.
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We're intersecting
what has to be tunnels.
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What the heck is this?
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We just found another
bobby-dazzler on Oak Island.
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-See that blue there?
-Yeah.
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Sapphire?
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PAUL S.:
They were signed by
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La Rochefoucauld Duc d'Anville
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in Nova Scotia, near Oak Island.
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GRETCHEN:
Welcome to a Templar
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-initiation chamber.
-Whoa!
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That image there
is what I believe
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is portrayed on the lead cross.
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-Wow.
-Yeah.
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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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TERRY:
Here we go.
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Thanks, Colten.
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-This is to 88.
-TERRY: Holy cow!
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This till is just as Mother
Nature put it in the ground.
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Still got a little bit
of ways to go to get
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to that same horizon
we were in at the last hole.
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Right, this is it.
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NARRATOR:
An exceptionally hopeful day
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has begun on Oak Island for
brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
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and their team as they forge
ahead in a quest to solve
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a 227-year-old treasure mystery.
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We'll see what happens
when we get down to depth here.
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We're intersecting what
has to be tunnels because
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there's in situ material
above and below.
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NARRATOR:
At the storied site
known as the Money Pit,
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they are continuing their core
drilling operation at a target
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known as Borehole DN-12.5.
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It is here, on their
strategic drilling grid,
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that they hope to
once again penetrate
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a five-foot-high wooden tunnel
at a depth of 103 feet,
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which they explored with
a camera just one week ago.
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MARTY:
That's really cool.
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This is a previously unknown,
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perhaps depositor, tunnel.
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That is really exciting.
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-Hey, Rick.
-Hey, Paul.
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Where are we right now?
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DN-12.5.
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To see if we can further
delineate this tunnel.
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NARRATOR:
Wood samples from the tunnel
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have been carbon-dated
to as early as 1640,
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and during a sonar operation
also conducted last week,
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the team determined
that it is heading north
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toward the so-called
Garden Shaft--
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a mysterious,
dilapidated structure
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that may date
to the early 1700s,
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and where recent water
testing has revealed
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high concentrations of gold
nearly 100 feet underground.
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The sonic drill program
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is right now oriented
around the Garden Shaft
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because of the gold
signatures in the water.
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And there's tunnel close by it
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at an elevation
previously unknown to us.
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Uh, we want to exploit that.
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We want to understand,
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as best we can, what's happening
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in that area.
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All right,
this is gonna be 98.
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More competent material there.
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Looks like it's firming up, eh?
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-Hold on. We got wood.
-Wow.
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That's in-- Wow.
That's incredible.
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We had firm in place
material above that point.
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Now we have a structure.
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NARRATOR:
Wood? Unearthed from
a depth of 98 feet?
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But if so, is it part of the
tunnel that the team recently
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discovered near this area
just five feet deeper?
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Whoa, what's that?
There's a little more wood.
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Check that out.
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NARRATOR:
Or could it be related
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to some other kind
of structure or object?
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RICK:
What is most curious
is where we're at,
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in front of the Garden Shaft.
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An area that has been,
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at least by our measure,
completely unexplored.
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So, what is a wooden feature
doing at that depth
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in an area previously ignored?
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I think we need to define it
a little further east and west.
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This is obviously a post
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-SCOTT: Yeah.
-It's another clue
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and it's a step
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Yep.
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It's an interesting area.
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There's no question about it.
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So I think
the next step is, Craig,
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you want to get
that water sample?
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Paul, you'll work with them?
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Yes, absolutely. Yep.
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NARRATOR:
To help verify
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if this discovery might be
connected to the nearby tunnel
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or the Garden Shaft,
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the team will collect
a water sample
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in order to test for the
presence of precious metals.
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I think that's
the very first thing to do.
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-TERRY: Thank you, sir.
-RICK: Yep.
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NARRATOR: While Rick
and members of the team
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continue their work
on Oak Island...
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MARTY:
There's Gretchen.
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-GRETCHEN: Hi. (laughs)
-Hello, Gretchen.
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Nice to see you in person.
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...approximately
2,900 miles away
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in the town
of Royston, England...
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GRETCHEN:
Welcome to Royston,
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the home of the Royston Cave.
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...Marty Lagina,
along with his son Alex
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and Oak Island historian
Charles Barkhouse,
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are meeting with author and
researcher Gretchen Cornwall.
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We've got a Roman road
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going north-south,
right out of London.
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NARRATOR:
Gretchen has invited them
to visit Royston Cave,
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which some researchers believe
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once served as a sacred
meeting place for members
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of the Knights Templar--
the medieval Christian order
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who are speculated
to have buried
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priceless religious
treasures on Oak Island
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between the 12th
and 14th centuries.
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As you know, I've been studying
the Templars for many years.
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-Yes.
-And I think
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this location is
critical to their memory
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and to the connection
to Oak Island,
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and I would like to show you
the symbology in Royston Cave.
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-Let's go have a look at it.
-Let's take a look.
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NARRATOR:
Founded in 1184,
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the town of Royston
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is located in an area
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that was not only once
part of the Roman Empire...
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-GRETCHEN: So it's
just through here.
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...but is also in a region
that later served
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as a stronghold
for the Knights Templar
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between the 12th
and 14th centuries.
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Mind your head.
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I would not have
suspected this, would you?
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GRETCHEN:
Careful.
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ALEX:
Wow.
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NARRATOR:
Although the date
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of Royston Cave's
original construction
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is unknown, most agree
it dates to medieval times.
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-MARTY: Wow.
This is really cool.
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NARRATOR:
Its existence was
first documented in 1742,
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when a secret entrance
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was discovered
during construction
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in the town's marketplace,
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and today it serves as
a major tourist attraction
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due to its believed connection
to the Templar Order.
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-MARTY: This entrance
is very cool.
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Whoa!
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Welcome to a Templar
initiation chamber.
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CHARLES:
Wow.
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MARTY:
First impression when
we get in the cave
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is that there's more
to this than I thought.
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You look around in this cave,
and there's carvings everywhere.
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It's really quite,
quite amazing.
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ALEX:
The size of it is incredible
for something that,
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I assume,
was dug by hand, right?
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Yes. Absolutely.
Dug by hand.
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Like Oak Island.
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(laughs)
Good point.
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MARTY:
Gretchen, this place
is obviously
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-super cool and interesting.
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Why don't you just give us
some background?
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GRETCHEN:
Well...
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there are some
people who believe this
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is a secret
Templar initiation chamber.
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My theory is,
is that there was a little
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structure above here
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and that it was disguised
as a market stall
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to hide the activity here.
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So what you would have done is,
you would have come down here,
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then you would have
come down a small ladder.
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And, of course,
this would have been very dark.
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So you would have been
taken through with a candle.
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Just curious, what's
the dimension across here?
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It's approximately 16 feet.
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But as we get into the center,
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the center circle,
it's more like 13 feet
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-in through there.
-There you go.
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-13 feet. There it is again.
-Mm-hmm.
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Number just keeps popping up.
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That was the original
diameter of the Money Pit.
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It does bear a strong
resemblance, you know,
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to what we saw in Portugal.
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Yes. Very similar
to Sintra in concept.
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RICK:
Wow.
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What is this dimension,
the diameter?
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13 feet.
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-Which is...
-That sounds awful familiar.
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NARRATOR:
One year ago,
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Alex and his Uncle Rick visited
the town of Sintra, Portugal,
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where they were shown
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a mysterious Masonic well
that was 13 feet
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in diameter and 90 feet deep
on grounds that once served
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as a Templar stronghold
more than eight centuries ago.
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JOAO:
The initiation well
has nine platforms.
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RICK:
Branch of an oak tree
over the well.
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That's exactly what
the Money Pit story is about.
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GRETCHEN:
So, if we think about Templars
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as "brothers without borders,"
you would have had
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potentially French Templars
here, English, Portuguese.
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We know they were
here in the area
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going back to easily
the early 1100s.
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I mean, I could be
easily convinced
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this was a Templar something.
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-In fact, I think I am already.
-ALEX: Yep.
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Are there connections
to Oak Island?
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I believe there are.
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That image there
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is what I believe is portrayed
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on the lead cross
that Gary found.
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NARRATOR: At Royston Cave
in the town of Royston, England,
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Marty and Alex Lagina,
along with Charles Barkhouse,
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have just been shown a carving
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depicting the crucifixion
of Christ.
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A carving that author and
researcher Gretchen Cornwall
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believes was made
more than six centuries ago
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by members of
the Knights Templar
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and which may
potentially be connected
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to the Oak Island mystery.
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Dimensionally, that is
basically the same thing.
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The head is off to the side.
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Even one arm of the cross
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I think you're right.
Actually, it is.
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-It-it is, Marty, yeah.
-I don't know,
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I don't know
if you can see that,
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but there's the...
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MARTY:
Oh, that's the prison at Domme.
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-ALEX: Yeah.
-GRETCHEN: Yes.
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MARTY:
That is very, very similar.
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JERRY GLOVER:
And you can see
they passed their time
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by making carvings in the walls
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to sustain them spiritually.
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NARRATOR:
In 2017, Rick Lagina,
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along with his nephews
Alex and Peter,
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visited a 14th century
prison in Domme, France
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where Templar Knights
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were held captive
after the order
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was disbanded by
King Philip IV in 1307.
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There, they were shown
a number of Templar carvings,
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including a very distinct cross.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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What?
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NARRATOR:
Just weeks later,
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Rick and metal detection expert
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Gary Drayton found
a lead cross on Oak Island
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with a nearly identical design.
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Holy schmoly! All right.
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NARRATOR:
A cross that, when
scientifically tested,
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was determined to have
originated in Southern France
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during the 14th century.
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Is it possible that
Marty, Alex, and Charles
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have now found a third example
in Royston Cave that could serve
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as more evidence connecting
the Knights Templar
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to the Oak Island mystery?
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-It's three places now.
-Yeah.
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I mean, it's the lead
cross itself...
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-Yeah.
-...and then Domme and here.
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GRETCHEN:
Yes.
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The way that they're designed,
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even with the identical
tilt of the head.
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-This is a Templar design.
-Yeah.
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You know, any of the shared
symbology is really interesting.
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I think you'll find even more
interesting iconography.
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Right here. Do you
see the bricks right there?
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-MARTY: Yes.
-GRETCHEN: Up there,
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on one of the bricks
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-is literally carved 1347.
-Oh, yeah.
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MARTY:
I see it now.
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-GRETCHEN: And that is
literally on Zena's map.
-CHARLES: Incredible.
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ZENA: When I found the map,
which is dated 1347,
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I began to put pieces together.
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NARRATOR:
In 2016,
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the late author
and researcher Zena Halpern
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presented the Oak Island
team with two maps
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and a mysterious
cypher suggesting
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that the Knights Templar had
repeatedly visited Oak Island
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between the 12th
and 14th centuries.
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Incredibly, one of the maps
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depicted many well-known
landmarks on the island,
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such as the swamp,
the stone triangle,
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and what came to be known
as the Money Pit.
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It also featured
the date of 1347.
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Zena's map, if it's real,
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is a super direct connection
to Oak Island.
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-I mean, it is Oak Island.
-GRETCHEN: Oh, it is Oak Island.
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ALEX:
Yep. Here's the map.
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And the date is actually
written out here.
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-"Un mille trois cent
quarante sept."
-MARTY: Oh, okay.
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You know, you do have
that exact date on Zena's map.
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But I think
it refers to a voyage
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in 1347.
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MARTY:
Right. The conjecture would be
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that's a commemorative stone.
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Says, "All right, guys,
we're leaving this place now.
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It's become too dangerous."
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They inscribe it
because people do that.
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And, actually, it is
kind of like a cornerstone,
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which is where
you'd put such things.
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And then they pack up and go.
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According to you,
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-to Oak Island, right?
-(all laughing)
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NARRATOR:
Although many Templar Knights
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were executed after their
persecution in France in 1307,
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many others escaped
to areas across Europe,
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including Portugal,
Scotland, and England,
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and their sacred treasures
were never found.
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Is it possible that Royston Cave
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was one of the locations
that the Templars secretly used
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for the safekeeping of valuables
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before transporting them
to Oak Island in 1347?
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MARTY:
Anything else here
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that you think is a connection
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-somehow to Zena's map?
-Yes.
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And she is right
behind you, Charles.
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-Right there?
-Yeah.
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Do you see a head, a crown,
shoulders, a body at the bottom,
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and then I believe
that is a tail.
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And that, I think, could be
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Melusine from the sixth century,
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who the Rochefoucaulds
claim as their ancestress.
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NARRATOR:
In ancient European folklore,
the half-fish,
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half-human goddess
known as Melusine
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was so revered
in medieval Europe
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that many families believed
that they were her descendants.
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According
to Gretchen's research,
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one of these families,
whose name also appeared
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on Zena Halpern's map,
was the Rochefoucaulds.
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MARTY:
You believe that is the symbol
of the Rochefoucauld family?
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GRETCHEN:
Yes.
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She is their family crest.
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I was in Rochefoucauld,
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and I took this photo
at the château itself
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while I was there.
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And she's at the top here
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holding up the marble
platform for a bust.
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NARRATOR:
The Rochefoucaulds were
a family of French nobles
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dating back to the tenth century
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and are believed
to have been connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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I found eight pages of a ship--
what looks like a ship's log.
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NARRATOR:
In 2017,
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Oak Island historian
Doug Crowell
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discovered a partial ship's log
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describing a secret
French naval mission
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to hide treasure
on a wooded island
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in Nova Scotia back
in September of 1746.
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DOUG:
"September 8th.
It has been agreed
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"that a deep pit be dug
and treasure securely buried.
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"The pit to have
a secret entrance
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by a tunnel from the shore."
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR:
The admiral in charge
of that mission was named
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Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédérick
de la Rochefoucauld,
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also known as the Duc d'Anville.
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MARTY:
That's an interesting find.
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ALEX:
Yeah.
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If this represents
the Rochefoucauld family,
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then that's another
connection to the map.
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Yeah, two. At least two,
right in here.
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ALEX:
It's almost too much
to be a coincidence.
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-GRETCHEN: Yes.
-Yeah, I need to be
thinking about that.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
Gretchen Cornwall
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has found evidence
in Royston Cave
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that the Knights Templar
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and, later, members
of the Rochefoucauld family
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both visited Oak Island
in order to hide valuables?
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If so, could that also explain
the high trace evidence of gold
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that the team has detected
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near the Garden Shaft
in the Money Pit?
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MARTY:
Royston Cave delivered.
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It was as interesting
as Gretchen said.
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There are symbols
carved in the wall
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that are similar to Domme.
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It actually makes me believe
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that that cave is older,
that maybe that is very ancient
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and could be significant
to Oak Island.
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So I'm just gonna get
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-some video for Uncle Rick.
-Rick will want to see it.
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-CHARLES: Absolutely.
-Especially this.
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MARTY:
So now we'll be able to do
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double duty on this trip because
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I can also go speak to
one of our expert archivists
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working in London.
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This is a really cool place.
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Yeah, there's more here
than I ever would have thought.
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-Thank you for
showing us around.
-Absolutely.
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Thank you so much
for being here.
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-MARTY: Lead on.
-GRETCHEN: Thank you, sir.
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COLTEN: Trust me, you're
really gonna want to see
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-where it goes at 150.
-MIKE: Oh, yeah.
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NARRATOR: As Rick Lagina
and members of the team
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continue drilling
for evidence of a potential
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18th-century tunnel
in the Money Pit...
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MIKE:
All right.
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GARY: This is
an interesting area.
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JACK:
Yeah.
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We've got like six
or seven flags here.
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...metal detection expert
Gary Drayton and Jack Begley
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are also looking for
important clues on Lot 7,
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located on the western side
of the island.
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JACK:
I think it's a great opportunity
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to see if maybe there's some
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-really interesting finds.
-Yep.
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It's telling more of the story.
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Yeah.
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(beeping)
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Oh, wow.
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This could be
something special, mate.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
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while searching this area,
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Gary and Jack discovered
what Gary believes to be
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some type of ancient coin.
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While the team awaits
expert analysis
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to be conducted on the object,
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they have confirmed that
it contains arsenical bronze--
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a compound that was used
to produce currency, tools
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and weaponry in Europe
prior to the 16th century.
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Flag, mate.
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See if we can get a...
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an artifact in one,
not a hole in one.
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NARRATOR:
In accordance with
provincial regulations,
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Gary has already
scanned the area
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and marked a number
of targets with flags,
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which team archaeologist
Laird Niven
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has now given him
permission to dig up.
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A bit chirpy.
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(beeping)
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It's round about here, mate.
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That's, uh, most of
the signal there.
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JACK:
Yep.
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Is it out?
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What the heck is this?
453
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JACK:
An ornament? No.
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An earring?
455
00:20:39,583 --> 00:20:41,375
I have not got a clue, mate.
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-It's very interesting.
-Look, it might be...
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might be some jewelry.
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GARY:
Look at that, I mean,
the way that comes over.
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You can see where the pin
comes out and across.
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-Uh, but it's heavily corroded.
-Yeah.
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GARY:
Could be, like, a-a large pin.
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-Like a cloak pin.
-Or a pin.
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BOTH:
Yeah.
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This would have looked
magnificent back in the day.
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That would've been
all nice and shiny.
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JACK:
That's a really big
gemstone, then.
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GARY:
Yeah, it's-it's
a jewel or a gem.
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JACK (laughing):
Yes.
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GARY:
That is brilliant, mate.
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This could be treasure.
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NARRATOR:
A possible jewel?
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Found on Lot 7?
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We just found another
bobby-dazzler on Oak Island.
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And lightning strikes again
in this area.
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Remember the garnet brooch
that we found?
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-Yeah.
-And that was
really, really old.
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The garnet brooch was a part
of Scott Clarke's theory.
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And it had something
to do with Masonic rituals.
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And maybe if this is
a gemstone, it somehow relates.
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NARRATOR:
In 2017, Rick Lagina
and Gary Drayton
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found a semiprecious
garnet gemstone
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on the adjacent Lot 8.
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CLARKE:
This garnet was actually
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the perfect color,
size and general shape
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as one of the stones
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from a Masonic Royal Arch
High Priest breastplate.
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NARRATOR: According to
32nd-degree Freemason
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Scott Clarke,
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it may be related to
a sacred Masonic ritual
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believed to be connected
to the Knights Templar.
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CLARKE:
The breastplate was used
in a specific ritual
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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
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