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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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-ALEX: Sonar’s set up.
-STEVE: Let’s get it down hole.
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-PAUL: Okay. There it is.
-SCOTT: It is
a significant opening.
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This could be
the offset chamber.
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Another anomaly was this one in
the northern tip of the swamp.
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TOM:
Awfully close to
the Eye of the Swamp.
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Would a metal box give you that?
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-For sure. Yeah.
-MARTY: Wow.
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We have managed
to purchase Lot 5.
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-(beeping rapidly)
-GARY: Oh. Cool!
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-Look at that!
-Wow.
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That’s treasure, mate.
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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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-ALEX: Jeremy’s here.
-CRAIG: Hey, Jeremy.
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-MARTY: Jeremy!
-Hey, guys.
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-You know Tom, don’t you?
-Actually, I do not.
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-You do not.
-Tom, it’s good to meet you.
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NARRATOR:
As a new day
begins on Oak Island,
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brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina,
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their business partner
Craig Tester,
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and members of their team
have gathered in the war room
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with geophysicist Jeremy Church
for a report
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that they hope
will help them solve
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a 228-year-old
treasure mystery.
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MARTY:
So, what do you got?
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Well,
I got some preliminary results
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that are quite interesting
from the swamp.
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This map is very preliminary.
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So, I need to do
some full kind of processing
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on the data set,
but it’s these little red dots.
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Those are the real
exciting ones.
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MARTY:
There’s all kinds of stuff
on here.
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That’s correct, yeah.
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-(beeping rapidly)
-Whoa. Yeah. She’s going off.
-TONY: Big one?
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-Like off through the roof.
-Really?
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-JEREMY: Yeah.
-TONY: Fantastic.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago, Jeremy,
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diver Tony Sampson
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and Jeremy’s colleague
Burton Cosgrove
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conducted
a new geophysical scan
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searching for evidence
of buried metal objects
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in the Oak Island swamp.
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It is within this curiously
triangle-shaped feature
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that the team has made a number
of extraordinary discoveries
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in recent years,
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including numerous pieces
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of ancient sailing ships
and cargo barrels,
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a stone road, or wharf,
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and even
a massive rock-paved area
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that has been dated by
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
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to as early as 1200 AD.
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Now, after processing
the data he collected
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during the recent survey,
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Jeremey has returned to present
the team with his findings.
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JEREMY:
So, the hot colors, reds,
that’s higher conductivity.
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So we’re looking for
higher conductivity
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if we’re looking for
metallic features especially.
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What do you think those are,
Tom?
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-I don’t know.
-MARTY: Hmm.
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So, we need a swamp excavator
to find out.
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(laughter)
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You know, this could be
the Jack Adams box.
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-TOM: The box.
-RICK: Jack approached
your father
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-and said, "Hey,
I’ve got a metal target."
-TOM: Yes.
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Whatever that man found
is in that swamp.
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And maybe that’s it.
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NARRATOR:
In the 1930s,
island caretaker Jack Adams
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probed the swamp and struck what
he described as a "mystery box."
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Unfortunately, he was unable
to determine just what it was.
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But later in 1969,
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after hearing
Mr. Adams’ story,
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Tom Nolan’s late father, Fred,
drained the swamp
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in order to look for it.
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The box was never found,
but Fred was astonished
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to discover numerous parts
of a large sailing vessel,
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as well as survey stakes
that were dated to as much
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as three centuries prior to
the discovery of the Money Pit.
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This made Fred speculate
that the swamp
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may have been
artificially created
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in order to hide the wreck of
a ship and its valuable cargo.
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Is it possible that
Jeremy Church has found
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more evidence that
this theory could be true?
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I truly believe in that story.
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So, one of those
could be that box.
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Would a metal box
give you that anomaly?
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-For sure, yeah.
-MARTY: Well,
that’s interesting.
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Real interesting.
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Yeah.
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You’ve got the small hot spots
there, and then around them,
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there’s a large area
that’s orange.
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-What is that?
-I think that’s a good question.
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So, within here you’ve got
a deeper body of water
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causing that slightly elevated
conductivity.
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But as you come northwards here,
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the conductivity levels
are much lower.
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So, another anomaly
that I was very interested in
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was this one in the northern tip
of the swamp.
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You see all this blue,
and there’s this nice little,
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circular, moderately high
conductivity feature.
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RICK:
That’s above the eye.
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MARTY:
Is that the eye?
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Yeah, that’s awfully close
to the Eye of the Swamp.
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NARRATOR: Three years ago,
the Oak Island team
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drained and excavated
a mysterious circular feature
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at the northern point
known as the Eye of the Swamp.
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GARY:
That looks like one of
the conical rocks.
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NARRATOR:
There, a formation of
boulders was discovered
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surrounding a possible shaft,
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which Dr. Ian Spooner believes
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may have been artificially
created nearly 350 years ago.
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Is it possible
that Jeremy has found evidence
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that something metallic,
and of potential value,
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could be buried much deeper
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at the so-called
Eye of the Swamp?
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CRAIG:
Yeah, if the Eye of the Swamp
may be indicating
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it has more depth to it
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than what we see
right at the surface,
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-that’s interesting.
-MARTY: All right.
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Well, that’s all very,
very intriguing.
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ALEX:
Is it enough to apply
for a permit, though?
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-Or at least get started?
-Yes, I would think.
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You know, I think
there’s targets here, yes.
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But I’d like to see
a little more processing
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to get more specific targets
and see which ones
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really jump out
as the highest priorities
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-and which are
more moderate priorities.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Due to enhanced
provincial restrictions
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on swamp exploration
this year,
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the team must first identify
any targets
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they wish to excavate
before applying for permits.
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That means,
they will need to wait
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for Jeremy’s
fully processed survey data.
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TOM:
Another thing
I would like to try
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is to see
on the north side of the swamp.
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According to Dad, there is
some sort of a wall system
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between the beach and the swamp.
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-Right.
-TOM: We might be able
to find it.
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And I mean,
that would be huge if we could.
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You’re well aware
of the noninvasive,
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geophysical instruments
we could run there.
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MARTY:
I think we can do that
in a few days.
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-Yeah.
-All right.
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I’m eager to get more data.
More things to look at.
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Intrigue upon intrigue.
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-Thank you, Jeremy.
-JEREMY: Thank you.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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-ALEX: Okay, sonar’s set up?
-Yes, ready to go.
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...Alex Lagina joins
other members of
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the Oak Island team
in the Money Pit area,
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where they are
preparing to conduct
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a sonar scanning operation
in borehole L-15.
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I’m interested to see
how big this cavity is.
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When we did the camera,
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the scale was, like,
the hardest thing to tell.
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And I mean, to be honest,
we don’t really know
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-what this is.
-SCOTT: Yeah.
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PAUL:
It’s coming up shortly.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
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after drilling into
a mysterious void
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at a depth of some 150 feet,
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Rick, Marty
and members of the team
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inserted
a high-definition camera
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to see if it might be
a natural cavity
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or perhaps
something that was man-made.
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Wait. No. Stop.
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-That’s pretty square.
-RICK: Wow.
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MARTY:
I think it has the possibility
of not being natural.
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The best thing about the sonar
is you get a diameter/perimeter
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of what the cavity is.
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-Yeah.
-ALEX: Right. This is gonna
be interesting,
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and hopefully
we can get some good data.
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Okay. Well,
let’s get started.
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-Let’s get it down hole.
-Yep.
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-Help Steve unravel it there.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Now, after obtaining compelling
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but limited visual evidence
of possible human activity
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inside the cavern,
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the team is hoping that
sonar will help them determine
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if it could be
a tunnel or perhaps a vault
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that might contain
something of value.
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MARTY:
I’m keenly interested
in this cavity.
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It’s a long shot, but this
could be the offset chamber.
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Okay, now we’re scanning.
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Okay. We’re in business.
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MARTY:
Maybe the sonar will show
what’s contained in the cavity.
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That’s my hope.
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Okay. We’re inside the casing
it looks like.
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So push it in a little further,
maybe.
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Must be getting close
to the end here.
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-There’s your 150.
-STEVE: We’re in the hole.
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PAUL: Okay,
now we’re getting an image.
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-It’s not a very strong return.
-ALEX: Yeah.
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Can you lower it
a little bit more?
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Sure.
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Okay, I’ve just dropped
six more inches.
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PAUL:
Now we have
another image coming in.
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SCOTT:
Whoa.
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STEVE:
Oh, that’s a good opening.
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SCOTT: It is.
It’s a significant opening.
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-ALEX: It’s pretty distinct.
-Yeah.
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SCOTT:
You can see the opening
coming down here.
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ALEX:
Yeah, that’s something.
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STEVE:
It’s a decent-sized cavity.
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SCOTT:
It is. Nearly 15 feet long.
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We seem like we have quite
an open space right here.
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NARRATOR:
While conducting
a sonar operation
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in a borehole known as L-15
in the Money Pit area,
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members of the Oak Island team
have just confirmed
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the existence of a large void
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approximately 150 feet
underground.
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-Very large return.
-ALEX: Yeah.
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PAUL: And we have hard signals
to the east and the west of it.
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That material, whether it’s wood
or it’s actually
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disturbed material
that’s close by,
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it’s high intensity.
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-Yeah.
-PAUL: So that’s
what we’re seeing.
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It’s a well-defined, open area
to the north and south.
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-But it is, as you can see,
it’s very linear.
-STEVE: Yeah.
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And I see it goes
a lot farther than that
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-based on the data
in front of us.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Linear features?
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In a large void
at the bottom of borehole L-15?
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Could this mean that
the team has possibly discovered
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a man-made tunnel
some 150 feet below ground
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in the Money Pit area?
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If so, who created it?
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When? And where does it lead?
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STEVE:
That’s good sonar data.
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So, what we’ll do is we’ll
download it and process it.
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I’ll put it in CAD,
and then I can show the guys,
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-Rick and Marty, right?
-Sounds like a plan.
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-ALEX: Okay.
-STEVE: All righty.
-SCOTT: All right.
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-Let’s pull it up.
-ALEX: Yep.
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NARRATOR:
The following morning...
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PETER:
Is this about the area?
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Yeah. Where we’re at here.
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We’re at the actual northern
face of the swamp.
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...on Lot 10,
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located just north of
the triangle-shaped swamp...
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This area has changed
over the years.
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...Peter Fornetti and
Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan
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are preparing to conduct
a ground-penetrating radar scan
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with subsurface detecting expert
Stephan Grund.
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TOM:
My dad did quite a bit of work
in this area
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and at one point, he thought
he had come across
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some sort of a structure
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that had something to do
with constructing this bog,
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if it was man-made.
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NARRATOR:
It was in this area
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where, back in the 1970s,
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Tom’s father,
Fred Nolan,
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believed he found evidence
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that Oak Island may have once
been two separate land masses
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and were joined together by
an artificially-created swamp.
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Do you believe there’s
any specific items here, or...
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I think what we might be
looking for here
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is some sort of
a-a log structure.
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-STEPHAN: Mm-hmm.
-TOM: There was some sort of
a damming system here.
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Good, then let’s set up a grid.
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Okay.
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RICK:
Fred, unlike previous searchers,
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was focused on trying
to unravel the mystery.
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Here and then we go down
a couple of feet.
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RICK:
And because of his skill
and expertise as a surveyor,
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he brought a skill set that
no one had done in the past.
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He thought there was
a log wall, a structure,
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that he inferred might
be associated with
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either letting water into
the swamp or out of the swamp...
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12 and a half.
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...and I would love
nothing better to affirm that
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that is true.
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Okay. I’m good to go.
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-(beeping steadily)
-NARRATOR: In order to search
for evidence of
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possible man-made workings,
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Stephan is scanning
the entire area
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just north of the swamp
in a grid pattern,
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using the OKM Gepard 3D
ground penetrating radar device.
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-Here we go for one more line.
-Yep.
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-And then we just
extend the grid.
-Okay. Sure.
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NARRATOR:
The device works by sending
radio waves into the ground
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which can identify
possible structures
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buried as much
as 130 feet deep.
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Okay.
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Okay, good.
Let’s have a look at the data.
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Okay.
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So, we’re now in the 3D view.
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We do see some anomalies,
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especially here in the middle.
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TOM:
Perfect. We’re looking for
a log structure.
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-PETER: Yeah.
-That might be it.
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-STEPHAN: Yep.
-TOM: Pretty exciting.
-PETER: Yeah.
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It’s really cool
that we’re getting
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the GPR anomalies
in the area of interest,
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-kind of the middle
of the bog area.
-STEPHAN: Yeah.
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Which would be kind of
where the two--
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if there were two islands--
they would come together.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Peter,
Tom and Stephan
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have found potential evidence
that Fred Nolan’s
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incredible theory
about the swamp could be true?
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TOM:
If my dad was here today and
seen just the level of
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interest in that swamp,
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you know,
I think he’d be quite amazed.
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Hopefully,
we can shed some light
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on where this is going.
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PETER:
So, hopefully once we have
this data processed,
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we can maybe see
a damming mechanism.
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Yep. No. Looking forward
to getting the data back
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-and seeing what it says.
-PETER: Yeah.
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-Perfect.
-TOM: Sounds good.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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RICK:
Afternoon.
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-BILLY: Hi, Marty.
-GARY: Hello, mate.
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Hey, guys.
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...Brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina
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have called an important meeting
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with members of the team
in the war room.
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RICK:
Well, Marty, you and I have
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an announcement to make
and I think where everyone’s
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gonna be quite interested in it.
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So if you want to tell everybody
"the big secret."
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MARTY:
All right. Here we go, guys.
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We have managed to purchase...
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Lot 5.
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-Wow. Sweet.
-Yeah.
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-MARTY: Huh?
-JACK: That’s great.
340
00:15:29,011 --> 00:15:31,811
Gary,
what do you think about that?
341
00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:34,769
Bloody brilliant.
I can’t wait to get on Lot 5.
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MARTY: It was really one of
the pieces we’ve been missing.
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We have high hopes that
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there could be
some real crucial,
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crucial data on that lot
and we own it.
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-(laughs)
-GARY: Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Located near the center
of Oak Island,
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Lot 5’s four acres have never
been accessible to Rick,
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Marty, Craig and the team
until now.
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Once owned by
the late Fred Nolan,
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the property was sold
to his then research partner,
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Robert Young,
over two decades ago.
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00:16:07,216 --> 00:16:10,716
Mr. Young would make a number
of notable discoveries there,
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including ancient coins
and artifacts
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before his own passing in 2020.
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Because of Robert Young’s
kind offer,
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we were able to
actually visit his home,
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and we saw the artifacts
that he had recovered,
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and I think
we were all impressed, right?
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00:16:27,737 --> 00:16:29,197
We were.
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00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:32,872
Robert invested
a large portion of his life
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00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:35,452
in trying to understand
what Lot 5 meant.
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00:16:35,536 --> 00:16:38,456
He found coins.
He found buttons.
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He found other artifacts.
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Everything that we have found,
he found.
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00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:45,958
It’s exciting.
We know...
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there have been some
very interesting finds on Lot 5.
368
00:16:49,884 --> 00:16:53,144
Look, around the table,
I-I sense the excitement.
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00:16:53,221 --> 00:16:54,971
-Yeah.
-RICK: For a number of reasons,
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this is a really good day
for Oak Island.
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00:16:56,807 --> 00:16:58,767
Not only putting the island
back together but being able
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to advance the search
with more puzzle pieces.
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Hopefully the ride will be
quite entertaining.
374
00:17:04,065 --> 00:17:05,615
Gary, I’m quite surprised
you’re still in that room.
375
00:17:05,733 --> 00:17:07,153
Oh, I’m anxious
to get out there.
376
00:17:07,235 --> 00:17:08,825
(laughter)
377
00:17:08,903 --> 00:17:10,243
I’ll put some coil to the soil.
378
00:17:10,321 --> 00:17:12,321
(laughter)
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00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:14,406
GARY:
This is fantastic news.
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RICK:
Release the hounds.
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GARY:
Big day, Rick.
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00:17:21,123 --> 00:17:22,173
I’ve been waiting for this day
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for a very long time.
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RICK:
I can’t but agree, Gary.
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NARRATOR:
Following their meeting
in the war room,
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Rick Lagina, metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:34,343
and archaeologist Laird Niven
388
00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:37,348
anxiously arrive on Lot 5,
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00:17:37,431 --> 00:17:41,441
located on the western side
of Oak Island.
390
00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:43,689
Laird, this must be
exciting for you.
391
00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:45,811
Yes. It just bothered me
392
00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:47,480
-to not have access to it.
-RICK: Mm-hmm.
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00:17:47,608 --> 00:17:50,028
To-to have that part of
the story missing.
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And we’ll just add
to Robert’s legacy.
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00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:54,033
LAIRD:
Mm-hmm.
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00:17:54,115 --> 00:17:55,375
That’s the whole point of this.
397
00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:57,029
-Yeah.
-Continuing the work that he did
398
00:17:57,118 --> 00:17:58,868
for many, many, many years.
399
00:17:58,953 --> 00:18:00,293
The lot is a mystery.
400
00:18:00,371 --> 00:18:01,831
Let-Let’s see what we can find.
401
00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:03,206
Okay.
402
00:18:07,128 --> 00:18:08,378
(whirs)
403
00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:11,133
RICK:
When we take down the sign,
404
00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:14,547
we realize that it is indeed
our responsibility at this point
405
00:18:14,635 --> 00:18:15,755
to carry on Robert’s work.
406
00:18:15,845 --> 00:18:18,315
This is in the past now, mate.
407
00:18:18,389 --> 00:18:21,099
-To the future.
-Let’s get started.
408
00:18:21,183 --> 00:18:23,893
Am I ecstatic,
over the moon, to be able
409
00:18:23,978 --> 00:18:26,898
to go dig on a lot
that has eluded us?
410
00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:28,481
The opportunity for answers?
411
00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,278
Hundred percent.
412
00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,069
You could equate it
to being given the keys
413
00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:35,864
to the family car
when you’re 15 or 16.
414
00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:37,990
I didn’t think this day
would ever happen.
415
00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:39,695
It’s very, very cool.
416
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:40,987
(metal detector beeps on)
417
00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:42,748
All right. Let’s get stuck in.
418
00:18:42,830 --> 00:18:44,710
(beeping steadily)
419
00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:46,832
I’ll just keep zigzagging.
420
00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:51,000
This is the edge
of the lot line.
421
00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:56,301
(beeping)
422
00:18:56,385 --> 00:18:58,675
We’re in business.
423
00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:01,434
Got a signal here.
Just there, mate.
424
00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:14,987
Thank you, sir.
425
00:19:16,197 --> 00:19:17,527
(high-pitched beeping)
426
00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:20,616
Ooh!
427
00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:23,701
I feel something heavy
in me hand.
428
00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:27,459
A big ol’ fastener.
Look at that.
429
00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:30,626
What the hell’s that doing
out here?
430
00:19:30,711 --> 00:19:32,461
This looks like wrought iron.
431
00:19:32,546 --> 00:19:35,086
-It’s heavy, though, isn’t it?
It’s well made.
-Yup.
432
00:19:35,216 --> 00:19:37,046
Does this resemble
anything we’ve pulled
433
00:19:37,134 --> 00:19:38,724
out of the Money Pit?
434
00:19:39,595 --> 00:19:42,305
My first reaction is that
it’s almost chisel-like.
435
00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:44,310
-Oh, wow. Like a tool? Yeah.
-Yeah.
436
00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:47,312
You hit the nail on the head.
No pun intended.
437
00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,235
-What’s a chisel doing
out here, right?
-Yeah.
438
00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,403
-Yeah.
-GARY: And wrought iron.
439
00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:54,232
NARRATOR:
A hand-wrought iron chisel?
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Found on Lot 5?
441
00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:59,572
Because the documented history
of the island shows
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00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:02,079
no record that anyone
ever established
443
00:20:02,159 --> 00:20:04,829
a homestead or farm
in this area,
444
00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:07,252
just who may have brought this
tool here?
445
00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:09,831
And what did they use it for?
446
00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:13,497
GARY:
I love finding artifacts
like this.
447
00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:17,837
We have just pulled up what
I believe to be an old chisel.
448
00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:20,215
This is the type of thing
you would need
449
00:20:20,302 --> 00:20:22,642
if you’re depositing treasure.
450
00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:25,433
You bring tools.
451
00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:28,188
Okay, mate.
It’s definitely worth bagging.
452
00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:30,099
Lot 5, baby.
453
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,439
Been waiting a long time
for this.
454
00:20:32,523 --> 00:20:35,613
All right, let’s see
if we can add to the collection.
455
00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:39,283
(beeping)
456
00:20:39,363 --> 00:20:41,453
We ain’t going very far,
did you hear that?
457
00:20:41,532 --> 00:20:44,282
Yeah, we got another signal,
right by the hole.
458
00:20:51,125 --> 00:20:53,255
This train’s a-rolling.
459
00:21:02,845 --> 00:21:04,765
(high-pitched beeping)
460
00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:07,267
Ooh!
461
00:21:07,349 --> 00:21:08,979
I’m on it.
462
00:21:09,059 --> 00:21:11,649
What’ve we got here?
463
00:21:13,147 --> 00:21:15,067
Oh, look at that.
464
00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:16,229
Another one.
465
00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:17,937
What in the world?
466
00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:20,107
-That’s the same exact thing,
though.
-Yeah.
467
00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:23,366
It’s not very often
that we find...
468
00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:25,371
-Not two.
-...two of the same.
469
00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:29,043
You’ve got to imagine that these
two were lost at the same time.
470
00:21:29,163 --> 00:21:31,123
-Yeah, which is odd.
-I think you’re right, Laird.
471
00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:32,497
They look like tools, chisels.
472
00:21:32,583 --> 00:21:35,753
We could be
in ye old toolbox here.
473
00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:37,746
(laughter)
474
00:21:37,838 --> 00:21:41,048
RICK:
Finding two tools
in very close proximity
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means that somebody was there
doing something.
476
00:21:44,512 --> 00:21:48,852
What makes sense to me is
there was an activity happening,
477
00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:51,353
in the moment
things got exciting,
478
00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:53,687
and the tools were lost
479
00:21:53,771 --> 00:21:54,901
or misplaced
480
00:21:55,022 --> 00:21:57,572
because of
something else going on.
481
00:21:57,691 --> 00:22:01,401
I-I find that possibility
incredibly exciting.
482
00:22:01,529 --> 00:22:03,949
Artifacts, every few feet.
483
00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:05,741
This is gonna be fantastic,
mate.
484
00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:08,366
-Lot 5.
-You’re gonna be sleeping
out here.
485
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:09,794
The giving lot.
486
00:22:09,870 --> 00:22:12,830
Another artifact off Lot 5.
487
00:22:13,874 --> 00:22:18,344
NARRATOR:
Following his exciting
first hunt for clues on Lot 5...
488
00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:20,708
GROUP:
Hey, Craig.
489
00:22:20,798 --> 00:22:22,668
-Hello, Craig.
-Hey, guys.
490
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:24,628
...Rick returns to the war room
491
00:22:24,718 --> 00:22:26,888
with Marty
and members of the team.
492
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,812
They have gathered
to review a report
493
00:22:29,890 --> 00:22:32,730
of the sonar data
collected one day ago
494
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:36,612
in the mysterious void located
some 150 feet underground
495
00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,320
in the Money Pit area.
496
00:22:38,399 --> 00:22:41,149
These war rooms are my favorite
in the sense that
497
00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:43,745
we’ve got some good data,
specifically,
498
00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:47,493
we found a rather odd,
open cavern in and around L-15.
499
00:22:47,575 --> 00:22:48,995
-Yep.
-Who has the data?
500
00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:50,156
-STEVE: I do.
-MARTY: All right, Steve.
501
00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:51,504
Put it on the screen.
502
00:22:52,329 --> 00:22:54,409
STEVE:
So, we ran the sonar.
503
00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:56,208
We downloaded the data.
We processed the data.
504
00:22:56,292 --> 00:22:59,752
And then Scott and I, Craig
worked on a couple orientations.
505
00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:04,009
And so, I’ve scaled it.
I put an orientation to it.
506
00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:06,181
I locked it to L-15,
and I’m gonna drop it in place.
507
00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:08,600
There it is. Okay.
508
00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:11,427
This is our sonar cavity.
509
00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:14,017
SCOTT:
It was a wide-open cavity
with no obstruction.
510
00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:17,845
And so,
the size of it as it sits now,
511
00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:19,898
it’s about 27 feet,
east to west,
512
00:23:19,982 --> 00:23:21,482
about 12 feet north to south.
513
00:23:21,609 --> 00:23:23,029
Wow.
514
00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:24,190
And it could be further.
515
00:23:24,278 --> 00:23:25,698
Holy smokes.
516
00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:31,948
NARRATOR:
A void approximately 150 feet
underground
517
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:33,537
in the Money Pit area?
518
00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:36,211
Measuring some 30 feet long?
519
00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:38,880
If so, is it a natural feature?
520
00:23:38,959 --> 00:23:41,459
Or was it artificially created?
521
00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:44,085
Craig, describe it geologically.
522
00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:46,883
Well, it’s in kind of
the-the limestone bed
523
00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:49,047
that’s just above the bedrock.
524
00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:51,006
I look at the other wells
in the area,
525
00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:53,518
i-it doesn’t make sense.
526
00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:55,851
♪ ♪
527
00:23:55,976 --> 00:23:57,556
This is very, very odd.
528
00:23:57,645 --> 00:24:00,525
Dan, in all the time
you’ve been here, have you seen
529
00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:02,898
any open cavities
in the limestone?
530
00:24:02,983 --> 00:24:08,243
We had absolutely no discernable
flow of water horizontally
531
00:24:08,322 --> 00:24:11,372
and, uh,
therefore no erosion by water.
532
00:24:11,492 --> 00:24:12,492
Right.
533
00:24:12,618 --> 00:24:13,908
So, uh,
534
00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:18,964
any voids
in the limestone, uh, uh...
535
00:24:19,041 --> 00:24:21,251
would pretty much
have to be man-made.
536
00:24:21,335 --> 00:24:23,755
(laughter)
537
00:24:23,837 --> 00:24:25,507
MARTY:
This could be it.
538
00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:31,260
MARTY: It could be man-made
in the sense that
539
00:24:31,345 --> 00:24:33,015
somebody started something
540
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:35,058
or put something there.
541
00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:39,272
Yeah, could be
from the original depositors.
542
00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,982
NARRATOR:
In the Oak Island war room,
543
00:24:43,065 --> 00:24:46,575
Rick and Marty Lagina,
along with members of the team,
544
00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:48,864
have just reviewed sonar data
545
00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,528
indicating that
the void they discovered
546
00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:54,244
some 150 feet deep
in the Money Pit area
547
00:24:54,368 --> 00:24:59,078
is at least 30 feet long
and is potentially man-made.
548
00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:02,036
MARTY: Caves are usually made
by water flowing through
549
00:25:02,126 --> 00:25:05,376
porous, permeable
and soluble material.
550
00:25:05,462 --> 00:25:07,342
According to Dan,
water doesn’t move through it.
551
00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:08,763
So, the odds are
552
00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:11,052
if water didn’t create
this cave,
553
00:25:11,135 --> 00:25:12,595
then people did.
554
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,560
With the Hedden Shaft
and the, uh, Chappell pit
555
00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:18,392
where they are,
556
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:21,307
this area looks as if
it’s in the general area
557
00:25:21,395 --> 00:25:23,615
where those shafts
were flooded out.
558
00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:25,021
Okay.
559
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:27,359
CRAIG:
This depth is basically
560
00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:31,153
where the vault was found
from Chappell.
561
00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:34,118
That’s right. Yeah.
562
00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:36,741
NARRATOR:
In 1897,
563
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,959
treasure hunters Frederick Blair
and William Chappell
564
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,040
drilled into what they described
as a seven-foot-tall wooden box,
565
00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:48,836
encased in concrete
at a depth of 153 feet.
566
00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:52,302
It was this operation
that revealed traces of gold,
567
00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:55,096
as well as
a piece of parchment
568
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,520
with the letters "VI"
written on it.
569
00:25:58,599 --> 00:26:00,599
In the following years,
570
00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:02,636
two different shafts
were constructed
571
00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:06,110
in failed attempts to retrieve
the so-called Chappell Vault.
572
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:10,111
The first was constructed
by William Chappell, himself,
573
00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:13,655
along with his son, Melbourne,
in 1931.
574
00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:17,451
The second effort was led
by New York-based engineer
575
00:26:17,534 --> 00:26:20,374
Gilbert Hedden in 1937.
576
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,207
But now, is it possible
577
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,961
that in borehole L-15,
578
00:26:26,043 --> 00:26:27,543
where the team has found
579
00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:29,668
a potentially man-made
linear cavern
580
00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:34,217
some 150 feet deep in
the same area of the Money Pit,
581
00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:36,431
that they have
potentially discovered
582
00:26:36,512 --> 00:26:39,892
where the fabled
Oak Island treasure lies hidden?
583
00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:42,853
Could this be associated with
the so-called Chappell Vault
584
00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:45,396
that was drilled, uh,
in the late 1800s? Yes.
585
00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,689
Because we don’t know
586
00:26:47,815 --> 00:26:50,035
that it is actually
sealed at the ends.
587
00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:52,990
What if the end of it connects
with the Chappell Vault?
588
00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:54,820
Maybe that’s
what they drilled into.
589
00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:57,375
Look, I’m not ruling out
that this could be it.
590
00:26:57,491 --> 00:26:59,991
-It’s very, very odd. Yeah.
-100%.
591
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,289
100% oddball.
592
00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:02,700
I mean, we have a great image.
593
00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:04,500
It’s already 27 by 12 feet.
594
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,213
We know it’s
a substantial cavity at that,
595
00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:07,883
but we don’t have
enough information
596
00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:09,251
to really know where it goes
597
00:27:09,336 --> 00:27:11,756
-or how substantial this is.
-Right.
598
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:14,339
When we pull out of it
at the top of the cavity,
599
00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:15,836
we know it’s probably
gonna collapse a little bit.
600
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:18,048
Uh, my whole deal was
to chase the gold,
601
00:27:18,178 --> 00:27:19,348
and we’re running out of time.
602
00:27:19,429 --> 00:27:20,969
Yeah.
603
00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:23,806
NARRATOR:
Although the Oak Island team
604
00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:26,192
is excited by
this potential breakthrough,
605
00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:30,401
unfortunately, it presents
a complicated dilemma
606
00:27:30,524 --> 00:27:32,324
for how to further explore it.
607
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:36,030
First, if something of great,
historic value
608
00:27:36,113 --> 00:27:38,373
really does lie
within this cavern,
609
00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:40,988
then drilling more boreholes
raises the chance
610
00:27:41,076 --> 00:27:43,366
of damaging whatever it may be.
611
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:46,623
And secondly,
the team has dedicated
612
00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:49,707
a majority of their financial
resources for this year
613
00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:52,505
to refurbishing
the nearby Garden Shaft,
614
00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:55,838
where high trace evidence
of gold has been detected.
615
00:27:55,924 --> 00:27:59,684
However, the project is
currently on hold
616
00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:02,851
pending necessary
permit applications.
617
00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:05,681
It-It’s worth investigating.
618
00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:08,017
I mean, I can’t believe anybody
around the table would say,
619
00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:09,523
-"Ah, let it go."
-No.
620
00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:11,655
So, we need more information.
621
00:28:11,732 --> 00:28:13,402
-Yeah.
-RICK: We need to map it.
622
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,645
-We need 3D sonar.
-SCOTT: Yeah.
623
00:28:15,736 --> 00:28:17,896
Paul did find
another company yesterday,
624
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:20,780
and he has reached out, too,
for a price on a rental.
625
00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:22,448
And he hasn’t heard back
from them yet.
626
00:28:22,576 --> 00:28:24,946
RICK:
We could go to another location
627
00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:27,248
because we don’t know
when the sonar’s coming.
628
00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:28,872
Yeah.
629
00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:30,497
RICK:
Until we arrive at a plan,
630
00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:33,674
we’re going to have
a stand-down, if you will.
631
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:36,344
So we will move away
from this location,
632
00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:39,093
but we are certainly not done.
633
00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:42,138
MARTY:
I say we go drilling
near the Garden Shaft.
634
00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:43,682
-How’s that?
-Done.
635
00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:46,104
All right. Perfect.
636
00:28:46,183 --> 00:28:48,563
So let’s get back at it.
637
00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:54,319
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
638
00:28:54,441 --> 00:28:56,571
GARY:
I’m happy. Lot 5.
639
00:28:57,486 --> 00:28:59,606
-RICK: You’ve been flagging,
Gary?
-GARY: Yeah, mate.
640
00:28:59,696 --> 00:29:02,906
-Today is gonna be a good day.
-(Rick laughs)
641
00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:06,411
...Rick Lagina and metal
detection expert Gary Drayton
642
00:29:06,495 --> 00:29:10,675
return to Lot 5
to search for additional clues.
643
00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:14,671
All right. Let’s see what
we’ve got waiting for us here.
644
00:29:14,795 --> 00:29:16,425
All right.
645
00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:17,925
See what this one sounds like.
646
00:29:18,006 --> 00:29:22,506
-(beeping)
-Oh, I like the sounds of that.
647
00:29:22,636 --> 00:29:24,426
See how wide it is?
648
00:29:24,513 --> 00:29:26,973
Well, that’s the center of it.
649
00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:32,267
It’s rocky, man.
650
00:29:34,648 --> 00:29:37,318
Let’s see if that did anything.
651
00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:39,241
(beeps steadily)
652
00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:41,649
-See if I can pinpoint it.
-(high-pitched beeping)
653
00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:44,818
-(beeping rapidly)
-Oh.
654
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:46,410
(both laughing)
655
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:47,913
-RICK: Survey marker.
-Yep.
656
00:29:47,995 --> 00:29:50,125
That’s a survey marker, mate.
657
00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:52,865
Survey says:
don’t dig on top of it.
658
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,880
Okay, so, the next targets
are down here, mate.
659
00:29:56,003 --> 00:29:58,553
And we’re going further
into Lot 5.
660
00:29:58,672 --> 00:30:00,592
RICK:
Okey doke.
661
00:30:00,674 --> 00:30:03,934
Robert Young did exhaustive work
on his property,
662
00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:06,011
and he worked intimately
with Fred Nolan.
663
00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:09,348
But he did not have
the sophisticated equipment
664
00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:11,393
that Gary has.
665
00:30:11,518 --> 00:30:15,558
So, could something of immense
value still be hiding on Lot 5?
666
00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:16,859
Absolutely.
667
00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:19,072
All right,
this is better, mate.
668
00:30:19,192 --> 00:30:23,322
We’re getting more in to Lot 5.
669
00:30:23,405 --> 00:30:26,745
Now, we stand a chance
of finding something good.
670
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:28,697
(chuckles)
671
00:30:28,785 --> 00:30:31,245
-Okay, I’m gonna hold you to it.
-Okay.
672
00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:33,541
-(beeping steadily)
-RICK: Ooh, that sounds better.
673
00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:35,745
-GARY: It does, doesn’t it?
-RICK: Yep.
674
00:30:35,876 --> 00:30:37,876
Just there.
675
00:30:43,216 --> 00:30:45,716
There’s nothing but rock.
676
00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:49,182
GARY:
It’s just too rough land
to be farmland, isn’t it?
677
00:30:49,264 --> 00:30:51,394
-RICK: You would think, yeah.
-GARY: Yeah.
678
00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,766
All right, mate.
Let’s see if you moved it.
679
00:30:53,894 --> 00:30:56,774
-(beeping)
-RICK: Yep.
680
00:30:56,897 --> 00:30:58,187
Yup, think you moved it.
681
00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:00,573
(high-pitched beeping)
682
00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:03,110
Oh.
683
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:06,406
Cool! Look at that!
684
00:31:06,490 --> 00:31:08,450
That’s treasure, mate.
685
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,160
GARY:
Oh, wow. Look at that.
686
00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:15,617
-(beep)
-Button?
687
00:31:15,749 --> 00:31:17,379
-It’s a coin, mate!
-(laughs)
688
00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:19,669
Oh, that is old.
689
00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:21,463
NARRATOR:
On Lot 5,
690
00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:24,418
located on property
just acquired by the Laginas
691
00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:26,218
and their partner Craig Tester,
692
00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:29,431
Rick and Gary Drayton
have just made
693
00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:31,353
a potentially important
discovery.
694
00:31:31,431 --> 00:31:33,521
Look at the patina on that.
695
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,600
-Oh, my God,
my hands are shaking, mate.
-RICK: Turn it over.
696
00:31:36,686 --> 00:31:38,266
GARY:
That’s a cut coin
by the look of it.
697
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:39,687
-Hmm?
-Yeah.
698
00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:42,113
That’s what they did
back in the day.
699
00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:44,904
They cut them in half
or cut little bits off
700
00:31:44,986 --> 00:31:47,986
for change, ’cause that’s why
they cut coins,
701
00:31:48,115 --> 00:31:51,085
especially
hammered coins in half, and...
702
00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:53,789
This is freaking gorgeous, mate,
703
00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:56,410
-and that ain’t no milled coin,
mate.
-RICK: No.
704
00:31:56,498 --> 00:31:59,038
To me, mate, this looks
like an hammered coin.
705
00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:00,836
Obviously,
it’s not a milled coin.
706
00:32:00,961 --> 00:32:02,551
-RICK: No.
-GARY: It’s too thin.
707
00:32:02,629 --> 00:32:05,969
And if it is hammered, mate,
it goes way back.
708
00:32:06,049 --> 00:32:08,219
That is old.
709
00:32:09,136 --> 00:32:11,886
NARRATOR:
Dating back to
the first millennium BC,
710
00:32:11,972 --> 00:32:14,022
hammered coinage was
the first known method
711
00:32:14,141 --> 00:32:17,481
for creating metal currency
in human history.
712
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,902
By placing a small,
blank piece of metal
713
00:32:19,980 --> 00:32:23,570
between two patterned surfaces,
known as dies,
714
00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:25,940
repeated hammering
would create the stamp,
715
00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:29,567
or assigned value,
on either side of the coin.
716
00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:31,566
It’s bloody fantastic, mate.
717
00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:33,408
NARRATOR:
But what makes this find
718
00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,413
potentially important
for the team
719
00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:38,155
is that the process was replaced
by the invention
720
00:32:38,248 --> 00:32:41,828
of machines in Europe
during the 15 century.
721
00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:46,838
This means that it could be
more than 500 years old.
722
00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:50,343
This is the type of find
that you would pull up
723
00:32:50,427 --> 00:32:51,717
in Europe somewhere,
724
00:32:51,845 --> 00:32:54,515
and that’s what makes it
so special.
725
00:32:54,598 --> 00:32:56,928
-That’s treasure, mate.
-(laughs) That would be.
726
00:32:57,017 --> 00:32:59,767
Yeah. Brilliant, mate.
727
00:32:59,853 --> 00:33:02,273
This is special.
We have got to bag this.
728
00:33:02,355 --> 00:33:04,895
This could be very,
very important.
729
00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:09,035
Wow. That’s a little,
mini piece of art there.
730
00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:12,702
Okay. Get that sealed.
731
00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,204
You know where that’s going,
mate.
732
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:17,616
That is a bona fide
top pocket find, mate,
733
00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:19,124
if ever I saw one.
734
00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:21,496
How about getting it
right back to the lab
735
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:24,173
-and finding out what it is?
-I’m good with that.
736
00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,512
-GARY: See what
the techie machines tell us.
-(Rick laughs)
737
00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,755
NARRATOR: Following
their discovery on Lot 5...
738
00:33:33,887 --> 00:33:36,717
GARY:
Just the people we want to see.
739
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,428
...Rick and Gary arrive
at the Interpretive Centre
740
00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:42,309
to have it analyzed
by archaeologist Laird Niven
741
00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:44,555
and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan.
742
00:33:44,648 --> 00:33:46,898
Sometimes when we’re in here,
743
00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,783
and we’re just standing
and Gary and Jack,
744
00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:50,992
-or Gary and Peter
come in, right?
-Yeah. Yeah.
745
00:33:51,071 --> 00:33:52,991
And what do we always say?
"Oh, they’re smiling."
746
00:33:53,073 --> 00:33:54,913
-(laughter)
-Look.
747
00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:56,491
That’s a good sign.
748
00:33:56,576 --> 00:33:57,986
That’s a very good sign,
749
00:33:58,078 --> 00:33:59,828
especially about this item.
Gary.
750
00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:01,663
Well, we just come
from Lot 5, mate.
751
00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:03,498
-Right. Yeah.
-And pulled up
752
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:05,503
a nice top pocket find, mate.
753
00:34:05,585 --> 00:34:07,415
Don’t worry,
it’s still in the bag.
754
00:34:07,504 --> 00:34:09,174
Check that out, mate.
755
00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:11,256
See what you think of that.
756
00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:15,389
Off come the glasses.
757
00:34:16,304 --> 00:34:17,474
Oh, it’s thin.
758
00:34:17,597 --> 00:34:19,347
GARY:
Yeah.
759
00:34:19,432 --> 00:34:22,812
It looked like a button
at first, but it’s not.
760
00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:24,436
Nope.
761
00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:30,571
Don’t keep me in suspenders,
mate. What do you think?
762
00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:32,362
It’s a cut coin?
763
00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:34,815
That’s what I thought as well.
764
00:34:34,948 --> 00:34:36,448
-LAIRD: The patina’s great.
-GARY: Yeah.
765
00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:38,203
We couldn’t tell
whether it looked like copper
766
00:34:38,285 --> 00:34:39,875
-or silver.
-LAIRD: Yeah.
767
00:34:39,953 --> 00:34:41,703
GARY:
I mean, I’ve seen
a lot of coins.
768
00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:44,708
I’ve actually found
hammered coins in England,
769
00:34:44,791 --> 00:34:46,961
and obviously I’ve found
a lot of Spanish reales
770
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:48,875
in North America,
771
00:34:48,962 --> 00:34:52,222
but I haven’t seen
this design before.
772
00:34:52,299 --> 00:34:54,219
I just don’t know
what I’m looking at.
773
00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:57,551
Well, we can XRF it.
774
00:34:57,637 --> 00:35:00,217
That will tell us for sure
what this metal is.
775
00:35:00,307 --> 00:35:02,597
GARY:
Yeah, that’s what we’re hoping
you can do, mate.
776
00:35:02,684 --> 00:35:05,904
LAIRD:
All right. Emma?
777
00:35:08,732 --> 00:35:11,402
-I’m hoping it’s silver.
-Yeah.
778
00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:13,904
NARRATOR:
To gain more information
779
00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,737
on the possible origin
of the coin,
780
00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:19,332
Emma will use the X-ray
fluorescence spectrometer,
781
00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:23,079
or XRF device,
which can identify the types of
782
00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:26,463
elements and metals
that make up its composition.
783
00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:28,581
Right now, I’m just going
through each peak
784
00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:31,458
and identifying
all those elements.
785
00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:34,262
It’s preserved like it’s silver,
786
00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:37,141
-and it looks like it’s copper.
-Hmm.
787
00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:39,048
Well, we will soon find out.
788
00:35:39,179 --> 00:35:41,349
♪ ♪
789
00:35:41,431 --> 00:35:44,601
EMMA:
All right, it looks
mainly copper, some tin.
790
00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:46,604
Some iron.
791
00:35:46,686 --> 00:35:49,686
That little tiny bump
right there is arsenic.
792
00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:52,904
So, is it arsenical bronze?
793
00:35:53,026 --> 00:35:55,186
Yeah, it would be
like an arsenical bronze.
794
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,280
Wow. So, it’s old?
795
00:35:57,364 --> 00:35:58,744
Yeah. Kind of like 1500s
796
00:35:58,865 --> 00:36:00,615
-and kind of trickled out.
-LAIRD: Yeah.
797
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:03,740
-Oh.
-By 1700s, you wouldn’t have
seen it whatsoever.
798
00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:07,040
-So, it is old.
-Yeah.
799
00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:13,295
-Bloody nice.
-(laughs)
800
00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:14,960
EMMA:
It is old.
801
00:36:15,048 --> 00:36:18,178
We don’t see arsenical bronze
past a certain date.
802
00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:20,679
NARRATOR: In the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre,
803
00:36:20,762 --> 00:36:24,682
archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan has determined
804
00:36:24,766 --> 00:36:26,976
that a coin just found on Lot 5
805
00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:29,190
by Rick Lagina
and Gary Drayton
806
00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:31,150
contains arsenical bronze,
807
00:36:31,231 --> 00:36:34,401
an alloy that stopped being used
in coin production
808
00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:36,066
nearly two centuries
809
00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:40,202
before the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795.
810
00:36:40,281 --> 00:36:42,031
And coins of that size
are usually
811
00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:44,117
like 16 century,
pre-those dates.
812
00:36:44,244 --> 00:36:46,374
-Yeah.
-Yeah. Yep.
-EMMA: Yeah.
813
00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:49,374
You remember the other
arsenical copper piece.
814
00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:52,747
-The little guy.
-The arsenical bronze.
815
00:36:52,836 --> 00:36:54,876
That was found on Lot 7,
816
00:36:54,963 --> 00:36:57,223
and this is a couple lots over,
Lot 5.
817
00:36:57,298 --> 00:37:00,048
-Not too far away
from each other.
-EMMA: Mm-hmm.
818
00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:01,765
(beeping)
819
00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:03,605
NARRATOR:
Two months ago,
820
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,272
Gary and Jack Begley
discovered a barter token
821
00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:08,351
on nearby Lot 7,
822
00:37:08,435 --> 00:37:11,155
which also contained
arsenical bronze,
823
00:37:11,271 --> 00:37:14,861
and was determined
by coin expert Sandy Campbell
824
00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:17,611
to potentially
predate the 16 century.
825
00:37:17,694 --> 00:37:19,654
It’s 500 years old, at least.
826
00:37:19,779 --> 00:37:20,989
(exhales sharply)
827
00:37:22,115 --> 00:37:24,995
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the team
has just unearthed
828
00:37:25,118 --> 00:37:27,788
another critical puzzle piece
that could help them
829
00:37:27,871 --> 00:37:30,461
determine the origin
of the Oak Island mystery?
830
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,752
You can eliminate,
for the most part,
831
00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:34,634
English and Spanish, right?
832
00:37:34,711 --> 00:37:36,711
Yeah, I don’t think
it’s English or Spanish.
833
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:38,796
-So, that takes it into...
-Yeah.
834
00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:40,262
...some pretty
interesting territory.
835
00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:42,931
We have fingerprints now that
836
00:37:43,011 --> 00:37:46,811
-certainly suggest the 1500s,
right?
-Mm-hmm.
837
00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:50,141
So, it’s starting to craft
or weave some sort of
838
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,938
texture towards
a story component, right?
839
00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:55,731
Yeah, I like it
when we can add artifacts
840
00:37:55,815 --> 00:37:58,525
-Mm-hmm.
-and-and really strengthen
our argument
841
00:37:58,651 --> 00:38:00,571
that there was
early activity here.
842
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:02,703
Mm.
843
00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:06,452
RICK:
Arsenical bronze
dating from as early as 1500.
844
00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:07,914
Um, that’s an aha moment.
845
00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:09,794
That’s quite remarkable.
846
00:38:09,871 --> 00:38:11,621
What does it mean?
847
00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:16,456
You know, it’s like, I’m up
here with "Wow, fantastic.
848
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:19,304
"1500. Unbelievable, right?
849
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:22,630
Little piece of
something telling us that."
850
00:38:22,717 --> 00:38:25,847
And then I’m down here like,
"But what does it mean?"
851
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:29,019
Marty, he’s a science guy,
right? He loves data.
852
00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:30,848
So, I think
I’ll give him a call.
853
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:32,975
(line rings)
854
00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:35,690
Hey.
855
00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:38,521
We happen to be in the lab.
856
00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:40,400
-So, you know
what that means: data.
-MARTY: Yeah.
857
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:44,951
It’s not Bravo Tango,
but it’s...
858
00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:46,741
...it’s interesting,
let’s put it that way.
859
00:38:46,866 --> 00:38:48,906
So, turn you over to Gary.
860
00:38:49,035 --> 00:38:50,195
Hang on.
861
00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:53,366
Hey, mate. How’re you doing?
862
00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:56,423
(chuckles) No, I wish I was.
863
00:38:56,543 --> 00:39:00,843
We just got the results,
and it is a copper coin.
864
00:39:00,922 --> 00:39:05,262
And the most important part
is it was recovered on Lot 5.
865
00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:07,015
-Can you show him?
-Um...
866
00:39:07,095 --> 00:39:08,725
I’ll try and show you, mate.
867
00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:11,645
This looks like
an old hammered coin.
868
00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:14,064
I can’t really make out
the details on it.
869
00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:19,114
Yeah, you got that right, mate.
Nice pun as well.
870
00:39:19,232 --> 00:39:22,152
But there’s something special
about this.
871
00:39:22,235 --> 00:39:24,155
All right, mate.
872
00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:27,277
-So, I’ll pass you on
to Laird and Emma.
-Emma.
873
00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:28,697
Cheers.
874
00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:30,413
-Will do, mate.
-LAIRD: Here’s Emma.
875
00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:32,413
Heyo. Hi, hi.
876
00:39:32,495 --> 00:39:36,865
So, this-this is coming up
as an arsenical-like bronze.
877
00:39:36,958 --> 00:39:39,378
Which is pretty similar
to the arsenical alloy
878
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,000
that we found earlier.
879
00:39:41,087 --> 00:39:45,127
It’s basically faded out
from the 15 century onwards.
880
00:39:45,258 --> 00:39:48,388
And they’re all kind of
gathered around Lot 5 to Lot 7.
881
00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:50,219
So, yeah,
there’s a collection of
882
00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:53,565
these really old
coins and metals
883
00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:55,271
which is really interesting.
884
00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:56,601
-It’s exciting.
-EMMA: Yeah.
885
00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:00,903
-No.
-(laughter)
886
00:40:06,112 --> 00:40:08,282
Oh, we might with this.
887
00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:10,454
That’s how...
that’s how confident I am
888
00:40:10,533 --> 00:40:12,953
that this is a very,
very old coin.
889
00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:16,656
Look, i-it’s a great find,
but the more items we find,
890
00:40:16,789 --> 00:40:18,919
the more story,
the more connective tissue.
891
00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:25,168
(laughter)
892
00:40:25,298 --> 00:40:27,428
There’s plenty of Lot 5.
Don’t worry about it.
893
00:40:29,844 --> 00:40:31,184
-Take care. See you.
-Bye.
894
00:40:31,304 --> 00:40:33,064
Cheers.
895
00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:36,679
Okay, well, I mean,
it’s all good news.
896
00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:38,689
-Yeah.
-Lot 5, Lot 7
are now turning up
897
00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:41,151
some really esoteric metals.
898
00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:43,480
-Yeah.
-And we need to find out why.
899
00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:46,488
So, there’s a lot of
work to do, but...
900
00:40:46,611 --> 00:40:48,111
you and I won’t do it in here,
right?
901
00:40:48,196 --> 00:40:50,606
So I think we should
go back out, find more.
902
00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:52,318
-Okay, mate.
-All right.
903
00:40:52,408 --> 00:40:53,738
-RICK: Good luck.
-GARY: See you later, guys.
904
00:40:53,826 --> 00:40:55,536
-LAIRD: Thanks.
-GARY: Cheers.
905
00:40:56,955 --> 00:40:59,965
NARRATOR:
As another week comes to an end
on Oak Island,
906
00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:02,791
Rick, Marty,
Craig and their team
907
00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:05,377
have once again made
incredible progress
908
00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:08,055
toward solving
the Oak Island mystery.
909
00:41:08,174 --> 00:41:11,264
Now, as they continue
their pursuit of
910
00:41:11,344 --> 00:41:13,514
breakthrough discoveries
in the Money Pit,
911
00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:16,268
the swamp,
912
00:41:16,349 --> 00:41:18,929
and on the western side
of the island,
913
00:41:19,018 --> 00:41:23,188
will something that could
rewrite North American history
914
00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,824
soon be revealed?
915
00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:26,819
If so,
916
00:41:26,901 --> 00:41:29,111
will the team, and the world,
917
00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:33,525
be prepared
for what they may find?
918
00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:38,205
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
919
00:41:38,287 --> 00:41:40,157
-CHARLES: Oh! We got wood.
-TERRY: Whoa!
920
00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:41,668
It looks like
it might be a new shaft.
921
00:41:41,749 --> 00:41:43,039
-It changes the whole story.
-TERRY: Yeah.
922
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,207
We could be looking at
the Money Pit.
923
00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:47,416
STEPHAN:
There’s significant anomalies
in this area.
924
00:41:47,547 --> 00:41:50,047
Wow. That is huge.
We need to dig.
925
00:41:51,884 --> 00:41:53,014
Oh, yeah. Look at that.
926
00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:54,894
-That is sweet.
-Whoa.
927
00:41:54,971 --> 00:41:56,181
This is Roman.
928
00:41:56,264 --> 00:41:57,814
-Roman?
-No way.
929
00:41:57,890 --> 00:42:00,350
Definitely from 300 BC.
930
00:42:00,435 --> 00:42:01,735
Roman, baby.
931
00:42:01,811 --> 00:42:03,521
-(laughter)
-It’s remarkable.
932
00:42:03,604 --> 00:42:06,614
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