1 00:00:02,083 --> 00:00:03,375 1004-1, take one. Mark. 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:04,833 Every episode of 3 00:00:04,958 --> 00:00:06,708 The Curse of Oak Island adds a new chapter 4 00:00:06,875 --> 00:00:09,417 to the 228-year-old treasure mystery. 5 00:00:09,542 --> 00:00:12,250 But just what does it take to create each new hour 6 00:00:12,375 --> 00:00:15,167 that chronicles Rick, Marty and the team's search for answers? 7 00:00:15,292 --> 00:00:17,625 Well, an equally-determined film crew. 8 00:00:17,708 --> 00:00:20,792 They are to document every day that the team is hard at work. 9 00:00:20,875 --> 00:00:24,125 So, tonight, I'm taking you on a one-of-a-kind journey 10 00:00:24,208 --> 00:00:26,625 through one of those exciting, fast-paced, 11 00:00:26,750 --> 00:00:28,958 and, hopefully, glorious days. 12 00:00:29,083 --> 00:00:31,167 Get ready to go deep inside a day of the dig. 13 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,333 This is Drilling Down. 14 00:00:34,417 --> 00:00:36,375 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:51,375 --> 00:00:53,000 TERRY: Oh, look who's here. 16 00:00:53,125 --> 00:00:54,292 Hey, guys, good morning. 17 00:00:54,375 --> 00:00:56,083 -What's going on? -Hey, guys. -Rick. 18 00:00:56,208 --> 00:00:58,208 Hey, good morning, Fellowshippers. 19 00:00:58,333 --> 00:00:59,917 -Hey, Marty. -Hey, Marty. 20 00:01:00,042 --> 00:01:01,292 MARTY: Morning, guys! 21 00:01:01,417 --> 00:01:03,083 -Good morning. -(overlapping chatter) 22 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:05,333 MATTY: Every new day of searching for answers 23 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:07,750 on Oak Island starts bright and early 24 00:01:07,875 --> 00:01:09,500 for the Laginas and their team. 25 00:01:09,583 --> 00:01:11,000 -MARTY: Good morning. -Gentlemen! 26 00:01:11,167 --> 00:01:12,375 MARTY: Come on, baby! 27 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:14,625 Good day to find Templar treasure. 28 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,000 MATTY: So, for the intrepid production crew 29 00:01:17,125 --> 00:01:20,167 recording every potentially historic moment, 30 00:01:20,333 --> 00:01:22,667 those days begin even earlier. 31 00:01:22,792 --> 00:01:25,292 They often cross the causeway as the sun 32 00:01:25,375 --> 00:01:27,208 is just beginning to rise, 33 00:01:27,333 --> 00:01:29,167 and immediately jump into action 34 00:01:29,292 --> 00:01:31,500 to prep all of their cameras and gear. 35 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:34,000 And good morning. Channel One walkie-talkie check. 36 00:01:34,125 --> 00:01:35,667 MATTY: On any given day, 37 00:01:35,792 --> 00:01:37,542 the Fellowship of the Dig has several operations 38 00:01:37,708 --> 00:01:41,000 simultaneously taking place around the island. 39 00:01:41,125 --> 00:01:44,167 So that means the crew-- consisting of more 40 00:01:44,250 --> 00:01:48,000 than 50 people-- has to have their own plan in place. 41 00:01:48,083 --> 00:01:49,625 Hey. Good morning, everyone. 42 00:01:49,750 --> 00:01:51,000 So, today, busy day. 43 00:01:51,083 --> 00:01:54,125 Uh, first off is Money Pit. 44 00:01:54,208 --> 00:01:56,375 A Unit will break off after the Laginas get up there 45 00:01:56,542 --> 00:01:59,417 and head to Lot 5, go metal detecting with Gary. 46 00:01:59,542 --> 00:02:02,833 Then, C Unit will be doing some scanning 47 00:02:02,958 --> 00:02:06,500 with Peter and Billy and Steve. 48 00:02:06,625 --> 00:02:11,792 We will end our day for A Unit, and most likely, C Unit, either 49 00:02:11,875 --> 00:02:16,125 at the Money Pit or at the lab if they find something great. 50 00:02:16,250 --> 00:02:19,083 So, that's kind of what today is looking like. 51 00:02:19,208 --> 00:02:21,292 Bruce, safety. 52 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:23,875 Wear your PP up to the Money Pit, and show rigs there. 53 00:02:24,042 --> 00:02:26,375 All the holes should be filled, but we've had a few, uh, 54 00:02:26,542 --> 00:02:28,292 errant ones, uh, just sort of open up, 55 00:02:28,417 --> 00:02:30,375 so watch your step wherever you go. 56 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:32,083 If we find any, let me know. 57 00:02:32,208 --> 00:02:33,500 We'll get 'em filled as quick as we can. 58 00:02:33,583 --> 00:02:35,667 Have a good, safe day, everybody. 59 00:02:35,833 --> 00:02:37,542 MATTY: And now, 60 00:02:37,708 --> 00:02:41,167 it's time to film another day of the dig. 61 00:02:41,292 --> 00:02:43,125 All right, guys, you guys ready to roll up there? 62 00:02:44,708 --> 00:02:46,375 All right, dig's on task. 63 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:47,500 JON L.: Oh, game on. 64 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:48,958 Let's go. 65 00:02:49,042 --> 00:02:50,917 MATTY: Today, I am once again 66 00:02:51,042 --> 00:02:54,500 getting exclusive access from Executive Producer Joe Lessard 67 00:02:54,583 --> 00:02:57,417 to not only watch with the production crew, 68 00:02:57,542 --> 00:03:00,375 but also join the fellowship in action 69 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:01,708 as they conduct their search operations. 70 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:03,458 Here you go, Doctor. 71 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:04,792 Yeah. 72 00:03:05,875 --> 00:03:08,208 -Busy morning so far. -Yeah, typical day. 73 00:03:08,375 --> 00:03:09,958 I'm not sure if it's going to be sunny or rainy, 74 00:03:10,083 --> 00:03:11,917 so, we're just kind of plan for both. 75 00:03:12,042 --> 00:03:14,875 -They are on Borehole P-10 today. -MATTY: Okay. 76 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,292 JOE: Rick and Marty are... 77 00:03:16,375 --> 00:03:17,750 I'm hearing they're just getting on the island. 78 00:03:17,875 --> 00:03:19,125 They're gonna be driving up here pretty soon 79 00:03:19,208 --> 00:03:20,500 for their morning check-in. 80 00:03:20,583 --> 00:03:22,583 And as you can see, the Garden Shaft 81 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:24,250 is off to our right. 82 00:03:24,375 --> 00:03:27,042 -They're pretty far away from it. -Yeah. 83 00:03:27,167 --> 00:03:28,625 JOE: And what's happening is, they're exploring 84 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:30,458 for a tunnel right now... 85 00:03:30,542 --> 00:03:32,167 -Okay. -JOE: ...that they believe could be connected 86 00:03:32,292 --> 00:03:35,750 to another, yet another candidate for the Money Pit. 87 00:03:35,875 --> 00:03:38,417 TERRY: There's something going on in the Garden Shaft. 88 00:03:38,542 --> 00:03:39,792 -Oh, yeah, there we go. -We got something right there. 89 00:03:39,875 --> 00:03:41,333 STEVE: Oh, wow. Look! 90 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:43,375 MATTY: As we've watched season ten 91 00:03:43,542 --> 00:03:45,333 of The Curse of Oak Island progress, 92 00:03:45,417 --> 00:03:47,500 the team's focus in the Money Pit area 93 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:50,667 is increasingly shifting toward the Garden Shaft. 94 00:03:50,750 --> 00:03:54,708 This 80-foot-deep structure has not only been carbon-dated 95 00:03:54,833 --> 00:03:57,500 to as early as 1735-- 96 00:03:57,583 --> 00:04:00,500 meaning that it could be related to the original Money Pit-- 97 00:04:00,625 --> 00:04:02,500 but is also flooded with water 98 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:05,667 that has yielded high trace evidence of gold. 99 00:04:05,792 --> 00:04:07,333 Faithful Acorns know 100 00:04:07,458 --> 00:04:10,208 that the shaft is currently being reconstructed 101 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:12,292 by Dumas Contracting Limited 102 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:14,958 so that the fellowship can personally find out 103 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:18,833 what may lie at the bottom or in the nearby vicinity. 104 00:04:18,917 --> 00:04:22,500 However, on this day, the project was on hold 105 00:04:22,583 --> 00:04:24,833 pending new safety permits. 106 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,417 So, the team was drilling a borehole known as "P-10," 107 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:31,708 which was located 90 feet to the southwest. 108 00:04:31,875 --> 00:04:34,833 It was here that they were searching for evidence 109 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,625 of a tunnel at a depth between 102 and 108 feet. 110 00:04:39,708 --> 00:04:42,667 A tunnel that-- according to their research-- 111 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:46,250 may also be related to the original Money Pit as well. 112 00:04:46,375 --> 00:04:48,333 And here the brothers come. 113 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:50,792 -Morning! -Morning, guys. 114 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:52,167 -Morning. -(indistinct chatter) -How are you? 115 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:53,500 JOE: Rick and Marty cover 116 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:56,500 a lot of ground on these 140 acres 117 00:04:56,625 --> 00:04:58,250 that is the island every day. 118 00:04:58,375 --> 00:04:59,917 It starts with the Money Pit. 119 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:02,000 They'll probably come back at some point to check in again. 120 00:05:02,125 --> 00:05:04,000 -Right. -But, otherwise, they could be anywhere else, 121 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:07,083 whether it's the war room, whether it's metal detecting. 122 00:05:07,208 --> 00:05:09,583 You're gonna get a real good sense today 123 00:05:09,708 --> 00:05:12,417 of just how much activity is happening 124 00:05:12,542 --> 00:05:14,375 all at the same time that we're covering 125 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:16,958 with our different crews in different places. 126 00:05:17,042 --> 00:05:19,333 So, I think whenever you guys want to go down and meet 'em, 127 00:05:19,458 --> 00:05:20,500 -you-you... -Oh. -MATTY: Yeah. 128 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:22,042 ...it's probably a good spot. 129 00:05:22,208 --> 00:05:23,292 -Well, let's do it. -All right. 130 00:05:23,375 --> 00:05:24,667 Crew will follow us down there. 131 00:05:24,792 --> 00:05:26,000 -Thank you very much, Mr. Levy. -Okay. 132 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:28,042 -Thanks, guys. -Here we go. 133 00:05:28,167 --> 00:05:30,708 I'm about to infiltrate a scene on The Curse of Oak Island. 134 00:05:32,042 --> 00:05:34,500 -(indistinct chatter) -Good morning, gentlemen. 135 00:05:34,625 --> 00:05:37,333 -Hey, Matty! -Well, it's Matty Blake. 136 00:05:37,458 --> 00:05:39,833 -How you doing, pal? Let's go. -Well... 137 00:05:39,958 --> 00:05:42,292 -Nice warm sausage for you right there. -I love it. So, 138 00:05:42,417 --> 00:05:45,875 this is a first for me. I've never walked into 139 00:05:46,042 --> 00:05:49,042 an actual moment with you guys working on the main show. 140 00:05:49,167 --> 00:05:50,500 We've talked about you 141 00:05:50,625 --> 00:05:52,625 from over there, but this is a thrill for me. 142 00:05:52,750 --> 00:05:55,333 This is something you do a lot on the island. 143 00:05:55,458 --> 00:05:58,250 You're analyzing these core samples. 144 00:05:58,375 --> 00:06:00,375 Very close to what I think is the Money Pit. 145 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:02,250 This should be interesting. 146 00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:04,500 MATTY: Every year, core-drilling has proven 147 00:06:04,667 --> 00:06:06,958 to be one of the team's most effective methods 148 00:06:07,083 --> 00:06:10,042 for recovering clues and evidence of treasure. 149 00:06:10,208 --> 00:06:12,583 CHARLES: Terry, we got wood. 150 00:06:12,708 --> 00:06:15,917 And that looks like a fairly good section of beam. 151 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:18,042 MATTY: We've seen the team recover wood 152 00:06:18,167 --> 00:06:20,583 from man-made tunnels that predated the Money Pit 153 00:06:20,708 --> 00:06:22,167 by more than three centuries, 154 00:06:22,333 --> 00:06:23,792 pieces of parchment paper 155 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:25,667 and leather book binding 156 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:28,833 and even fragments of metal containing gold. 157 00:06:28,917 --> 00:06:32,750 So, to be here in the moment with Rick, Marty and the team 158 00:06:32,875 --> 00:06:36,167 as they unearth fresh cores, or "sausages," as they call them, 159 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:38,500 I could only imagine 160 00:06:38,583 --> 00:06:42,208 the potentially valuable ingredients they might contain. 161 00:06:42,375 --> 00:06:44,167 Give me, in layman's terms as best you can, 162 00:06:44,292 --> 00:06:45,583 so my simple mind can understand it-- 163 00:06:45,708 --> 00:06:47,333 like, what type of things are you looking for? 164 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:48,792 How do you analyze this? 165 00:06:48,917 --> 00:06:50,375 What are the first things that you see 166 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:52,458 that say, "Ah, this could be weird"? 167 00:06:52,583 --> 00:06:54,417 You really got to characterize the whole core, right? 168 00:06:54,542 --> 00:06:56,667 So, you start at the top, 169 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,542 go to the bottom of this core. 170 00:06:58,708 --> 00:07:02,042 -So that's 69 up there, 79 down here. -Okay. 171 00:07:02,208 --> 00:07:04,708 And sequentially, we go through it. 172 00:07:04,833 --> 00:07:07,000 If we see something that jumps out 173 00:07:07,167 --> 00:07:09,333 and says, this is not normal, 174 00:07:09,417 --> 00:07:12,333 could be disturbed, something like wood, 175 00:07:12,417 --> 00:07:14,500 then we stop and look at that very carefully. 176 00:07:14,625 --> 00:07:17,667 This is in situ, this is normal, this is as expected. 177 00:07:17,792 --> 00:07:19,458 -Got it. -MARTY: But, at any point... 178 00:07:19,583 --> 00:07:21,542 Let's say you got a core, and instead of this, 179 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:24,250 you got a layer of sand, well, that's different. 180 00:07:24,375 --> 00:07:25,750 Or gravel or something. 181 00:07:25,875 --> 00:07:27,000 Might be natural, might have something to do 182 00:07:27,167 --> 00:07:29,167 -with what went on here. -Got it. 183 00:07:29,292 --> 00:07:31,333 It's the same old word you're probably tired of hearing: 184 00:07:31,458 --> 00:07:32,833 anomalies. 185 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,625 Things that shouldn't be there. But, yes. 186 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:36,500 The primary purpose here is that tunnel. 187 00:07:36,625 --> 00:07:39,500 What Rick's been looking for, for ten years, 188 00:07:39,583 --> 00:07:43,417 -we're looking for today. -Correct, and we are... 189 00:07:43,542 --> 00:07:46,000 -79. -...within 26 feet, give or take. 190 00:07:46,083 --> 00:07:47,667 Oh, my gosh. So we're close? 191 00:07:47,792 --> 00:07:49,750 -Yeah, doesn't take him long. -Three-three bars. 192 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:51,583 Three bars only away, you think, from that depth? 193 00:07:51,708 --> 00:07:54,042 -RICK: Roughly. -Wow. 194 00:07:54,167 --> 00:07:55,375 MARTY: Heads up, it's coming in. 195 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:57,250 Great. 196 00:07:57,375 --> 00:07:59,500 -83, Scott. -Um.. 197 00:07:59,625 --> 00:08:02,708 -Feel that. -How heavy it is? -Oh. 198 00:08:02,833 --> 00:08:04,375 -Oh, that's hot. -MARTY: Yeah. 199 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:06,000 (laughs) That's the drill? Like, the friction? 200 00:08:06,167 --> 00:08:08,125 Yeah, that-that's the force that's... Yeah. 201 00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:10,292 -The vibrating that did it. -Yeah, there you go. All right. 202 00:08:10,375 --> 00:08:12,542 So, the heat on that, uh, sausage comes 203 00:08:12,708 --> 00:08:14,667 -from the friction of the drill? Wow. -The drill. 204 00:08:14,750 --> 00:08:17,000 -I never thought that would be hot. -MARTY: When you're... 205 00:08:17,083 --> 00:08:18,917 when you're actually going through rock, 206 00:08:19,042 --> 00:08:20,792 this cools right away, but the rock will stay warm 207 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:22,708 -for quite a while. -Wow. Wow. 208 00:08:22,875 --> 00:08:24,292 That at least tells me it's natural. 209 00:08:24,417 --> 00:08:26,750 -It's natural. Right. Yeah. -Right. 210 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:34,208 Here, Matty. You cut it open. 211 00:08:34,375 --> 00:08:35,833 -All right. -Did he give you a number? 212 00:08:35,958 --> 00:08:37,458 -MATTY: What's the depth on this? -IAN: This is 83? 213 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:38,958 -CHARLES: Yeah. -MATTY: So, we're still not 214 00:08:39,083 --> 00:08:40,833 quite at the depth, but we're getting closer. 215 00:08:40,917 --> 00:08:42,667 -All right. -Yeah. So, what we do is, like, 216 00:08:42,833 --> 00:08:44,750 -put a line in like that. -MATTY: Yeah. 217 00:08:44,875 --> 00:08:46,667 -IAN: Split it open. -MATTY: Break it open? 218 00:08:46,833 --> 00:08:48,167 -This is really super stiff. -Oh, my God. 219 00:08:48,333 --> 00:08:49,750 -Yeah. -Yeah. Wow. 220 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:51,417 IAN: Yeah, again. So there you go. 221 00:08:51,542 --> 00:08:54,167 -The rock's inside. -The rocks, clay in between. 222 00:08:54,292 --> 00:08:57,042 -Yeah. Yeah. -So, this wide range 223 00:08:57,208 --> 00:09:00,167 -in class size tells us it's natural, too. -Yup. 224 00:09:01,917 --> 00:09:04,167 MARTY: What did you find, shooter? 225 00:09:04,292 --> 00:09:06,667 Nothing. I just... It's like a little shiny bit on the end 226 00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:08,667 of the rock for a second, but I think it was just wet clay. 227 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:11,583 -Shiny bits. -MATTY: Got exciting for half a second. 228 00:09:11,708 --> 00:09:14,917 Well, guys, you're getting closer to the important depth 229 00:09:15,042 --> 00:09:17,708 so I'm gonna back away so you guys can get to work. 230 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:19,292 'Cause I understand you guys are gonna be doing 231 00:09:19,417 --> 00:09:20,708 -some metal detecting soon. -Yeah. 232 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:22,208 So, mind if I crash that, too, a little later? 233 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:23,583 -Please do. -All right. 234 00:09:23,708 --> 00:09:25,333 You seem be sort of lucky so, come on over. 235 00:09:25,417 --> 00:09:26,833 I do, I have the luck of the Irish. Hey, today's the day! 236 00:09:26,958 --> 00:09:28,250 -MARTY: Today's the day! -MATTY Today's the day. 237 00:09:35,417 --> 00:09:37,333 LARRY: All right, so let 'em land 238 00:09:37,417 --> 00:09:40,625 and we'll get the shots of them, uh, looking at the data. 239 00:09:40,708 --> 00:09:42,750 Okay, yeah, Ben's got a wide with Billy. 240 00:09:42,875 --> 00:09:45,042 -We got it. -JOE: So, as we've been seeing 241 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:47,500 on the show-- Lot 5, they're very excited to be searching it 242 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:49,167 -because it's a brand-new area. -Right. 243 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:51,625 Brand-new lot they've just acquired this year. 244 00:09:51,708 --> 00:09:55,167 MATTY: I'm going deep inside a day of the dig 245 00:09:55,250 --> 00:09:57,500 with the production crew of The Curse of Oak Island 246 00:09:57,667 --> 00:10:00,750 and even joining in with members of Rick and Marty Lagina's team 247 00:10:00,875 --> 00:10:03,792 as they search for clues, 248 00:10:03,917 --> 00:10:07,542 which today includes the newly-acquired Lot 5. 249 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,875 I remember earlier in the year, 250 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,958 Rick, Marty and I were sitting out here 251 00:10:12,083 --> 00:10:13,875 right before the premiere, and they're saying, 252 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,167 "We're on this lot. We can't tell you what..." 253 00:10:16,333 --> 00:10:18,000 -Exactly. -"It's new to us." 254 00:10:18,125 --> 00:10:20,083 But look at the finds that they have made since that day. 255 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:21,667 It's been incredible. 256 00:10:21,833 --> 00:10:24,167 When Rick, Marty and Craig became involved 257 00:10:24,292 --> 00:10:27,667 in the Oak Island treasure hunt back in 2006, 258 00:10:27,833 --> 00:10:31,042 Lot 5-- located on the western side of the island-- 259 00:10:31,167 --> 00:10:33,958 was a tantalizing four-acre property 260 00:10:34,042 --> 00:10:37,125 that was completely off limits to them. 261 00:10:37,208 --> 00:10:39,125 It was owned by the late Robert Young, 262 00:10:39,208 --> 00:10:41,917 a former research partner of the late Fred Nolan. 263 00:10:42,042 --> 00:10:45,125 And according to Robert, it contained features 264 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:50,167 and many artifacts that predated the 1795 discovery 265 00:10:50,333 --> 00:10:52,292 of the Money Pit. 266 00:10:55,542 --> 00:10:57,167 (laughter) 267 00:10:57,250 --> 00:10:59,167 Out with the old and in with the new. 268 00:10:59,292 --> 00:11:02,167 MATTY: Well, after purchasing the lot earlier this season, 269 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:04,958 the Laginas and the team quickly found out 270 00:11:05,083 --> 00:11:07,792 that Mr. Young was a man of his word. 271 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:11,417 So, it's looking like we have a rock-filled excavation 272 00:11:11,542 --> 00:11:13,625 of some sort. 273 00:11:13,750 --> 00:11:17,167 MATTY: So far, we've seen them unearth a stone foundation 274 00:11:17,292 --> 00:11:19,167 dating to the mid-18th century... 275 00:11:19,292 --> 00:11:22,875 My first reaction is that it's almost chisel-like. 276 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,875 -Oh, wow. Like a tool? Yeah. -Yeah. 277 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,458 MATTY: ...tools that might be 400 years old or more... 278 00:11:28,542 --> 00:11:30,083 -It's a coin, mate! -(laughing) 279 00:11:30,208 --> 00:11:32,250 Oh, that is old. 280 00:11:32,375 --> 00:11:35,292 MATTY: ...and, incredibly, half of a Roman coin 281 00:11:35,417 --> 00:11:39,417 that has been dated to as early as 300 AD. 282 00:11:39,542 --> 00:11:41,333 So, getting the chance to join in 283 00:11:41,458 --> 00:11:43,833 while the film crew documents Steve Guptill, 284 00:11:43,917 --> 00:11:46,792 Billy Gerhardt and Peter Fornetti searching 285 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:49,458 for new clues here is more than a thrill. 286 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:51,458 -How are you doing, Larry? -Doing good. 287 00:11:51,542 --> 00:11:53,667 What's your take on what they're getting here today? 288 00:11:53,792 --> 00:11:55,000 Well, they're really excited today. 289 00:11:55,125 --> 00:11:56,708 It's their first time scanning 290 00:11:56,875 --> 00:11:59,000 with this high-tech gear on Lot 5. 291 00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:00,500 And that's really a big deal for them. 292 00:12:00,625 --> 00:12:02,000 -Yeah. -Gary has cleared some 293 00:12:02,125 --> 00:12:05,167 of the metal finds with-with his equipment. 294 00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:06,708 But this could go deeper, 295 00:12:06,875 --> 00:12:08,500 and they can see if there's anomalies 296 00:12:08,625 --> 00:12:10,667 five, ten, 15 feet underground. 297 00:12:10,792 --> 00:12:12,167 But Steve, right now, is looking at the data 298 00:12:12,292 --> 00:12:13,917 of their very first scan, and he thinks 299 00:12:14,042 --> 00:12:16,250 that he sees something anomalous. 300 00:12:16,375 --> 00:12:20,000 MATTY: As we've seen on other areas of the island this season, 301 00:12:20,167 --> 00:12:22,917 Steve, Billy and Peter are using 302 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:27,250 the OKM Gepard 3-D ground-penetrating radar device 303 00:12:27,375 --> 00:12:29,667 that sends radio waves into the earth, 304 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:34,792 which can detect structures or voids more than 100 feet deep. 305 00:12:34,875 --> 00:12:36,500 So, what I'd love to do is 306 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:38,917 have you go in and get a little tutorial 307 00:12:39,042 --> 00:12:40,500 on how this treasure-hunting gear works. 308 00:12:40,625 --> 00:12:43,000 I would love to. Let's do it. 309 00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:45,500 -Matty's coming in. -Hey, fellas. 310 00:12:45,583 --> 00:12:46,792 -Hey, Matty. -How are you? 311 00:12:46,917 --> 00:12:48,542 -How you doing? -We're doing good. 312 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:50,000 I was just watching your, uh... 313 00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:52,042 -your latest and greatest effort here. -Yeah. 314 00:12:52,167 --> 00:12:54,333 Um, this is always exciting to be able to kind of just, 315 00:12:54,417 --> 00:12:57,125 -like, step into a scene of The Curse of Oak Island. -Mm-hmm. 316 00:12:57,208 --> 00:13:00,500 -So, talk to me about the data that you saw here today. -Yeah. 317 00:13:00,667 --> 00:13:02,500 So, we ran two different things. 318 00:13:02,667 --> 00:13:04,292 We ran ground-penetrating radar, 319 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:06,167 and we ran a magnetometer, which is what we have here. 320 00:13:06,292 --> 00:13:08,875 -Yup. -The ground-penetrating radar-- we saw a possible 321 00:13:09,042 --> 00:13:11,875 anomaly in the GPR. 322 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,500 We ran it in two different directions, and we saw it 323 00:13:15,667 --> 00:13:17,292 right around three feet to five feet, 324 00:13:17,375 --> 00:13:22,000 but knowing the soil changes, it's pretty normal 325 00:13:22,083 --> 00:13:24,833 for us to see a change from three to five feet. 326 00:13:24,958 --> 00:13:26,917 You all agreed on the GPR results that, 327 00:13:27,042 --> 00:13:30,167 because of the soil changes here, that might account 328 00:13:30,292 --> 00:13:32,667 for any sort of anomaly that you... like you saw? 329 00:13:32,833 --> 00:13:34,708 -Most likely. Yeah. -Most likely. 330 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:37,000 MATTY: Well, Steve, talk about your world in terms of this data. 331 00:13:37,083 --> 00:13:39,500 Even though there was nothing that's going 332 00:13:39,625 --> 00:13:42,833 to warrant an immediate dig right here, right now, today, 333 00:13:42,958 --> 00:13:45,292 do you still record this, mark it, 334 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:46,958 get it in your system and-and do everything 335 00:13:47,042 --> 00:13:49,042 -you have to do? -Absolutely. 336 00:13:49,167 --> 00:13:50,833 -What's your process from here out? -So, what happens-- 337 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,375 they create grids. I come in with my GPS. 338 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,125 And I tag every location. 339 00:13:55,208 --> 00:13:58,375 And then what I do is, I take this data, and I overlay it 340 00:13:58,542 --> 00:13:59,667 so at any point in time 341 00:13:59,792 --> 00:14:01,708 if we want to re-reference that, we can. 342 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:04,000 Everything you guys are doing is being recorded. 343 00:14:04,125 --> 00:14:05,875 -If there was ever any confusion... -Yeah. 344 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,667 ...like you guys have about the historical Money Pit, 345 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:09,167 -PETER: Right. -STEVE: Mm-hmm. -...it's locked and loaded. 346 00:14:09,292 --> 00:14:10,833 You can just go back to the episode and say 347 00:14:10,958 --> 00:14:12,167 "Oh, yeah, we did search that area." 348 00:14:12,292 --> 00:14:14,250 -Yup. -If only they did that in 1795. 349 00:14:14,375 --> 00:14:17,000 (laughs) Awesome. 350 00:14:17,125 --> 00:14:18,625 Do you know, one thing, if I may. 351 00:14:18,750 --> 00:14:21,083 I haven't used that version of a GPR in the field yet. 352 00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:22,917 -Mm-hmm. -Could I get my hands on that 353 00:14:23,042 --> 00:14:24,792 -and run a confirmation grid? -Yeah, let's do it. 354 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:25,917 Great. 355 00:14:26,042 --> 00:14:27,708 Marty Lagina often says 356 00:14:27,875 --> 00:14:29,792 that all data is good data. 357 00:14:29,917 --> 00:14:32,833 So, for the team searching on Lot 5 today, 358 00:14:32,958 --> 00:14:35,833 they need to determine where potential clues are, 359 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,167 but also where they aren't, 360 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:40,208 so that they can focus their efforts elsewhere. 361 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:42,542 PETER: So, you want to start with the whole machine 362 00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:44,667 -behind our starting point the entire way. -Got it. 363 00:14:44,792 --> 00:14:46,000 And you want to hold it at the same height 364 00:14:46,167 --> 00:14:47,667 -the entire time. -MATTY: Mm-hmm. 365 00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:49,000 So you want to hold it six inches 366 00:14:49,083 --> 00:14:50,917 -above the ground starting here... -Right. 367 00:14:51,042 --> 00:14:53,292 ...because any sort of up and down will change that data set. 368 00:14:53,375 --> 00:14:54,792 Sure. 369 00:14:54,917 --> 00:14:56,292 -You got it? Any questions? -I think so. 370 00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:58,250 You're going to yell it out to me if I screw up. 371 00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:00,167 I'm gonna go down... I'm going to go to the other end, okay? 372 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,625 -Okay. -No-no pressure, Matty, 373 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:04,125 but any time you find an anomaly, 374 00:15:04,250 --> 00:15:05,292 -it's a dig target, right? -Yeah, that's right. 375 00:15:05,417 --> 00:15:06,792 I'm hoping, uh... 376 00:15:06,875 --> 00:15:08,292 I hope we get something. Maybe we miss something. 377 00:15:08,375 --> 00:15:09,708 All right, you can run it when you're ready. 378 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,000 MATTY: Here we go. Boom! 379 00:15:11,125 --> 00:15:13,542 (soft, rhythmic beeping) 380 00:15:15,167 --> 00:15:16,708 -Is a little swing okay? -Mm-hmm. Yeah. 381 00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:19,083 -Okay. Boom. -Yup. 382 00:15:19,208 --> 00:15:21,083 All right, one more run. 383 00:15:21,208 --> 00:15:22,333 STEVE: No pressure, but the next line is the anomaly. 384 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:24,208 Got to make sure there's a good read. 385 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:25,792 STEVE: So, what happens is you've just created 386 00:15:25,917 --> 00:15:27,958 -a timer inside here. -Okay. Copy that. 387 00:15:28,042 --> 00:15:29,958 STEVE: It's calculated the distance 388 00:15:30,083 --> 00:15:31,667 and your steps so you have to move at the same pace. 389 00:15:31,792 --> 00:15:33,125 -Try to move at that same pace. -Yup. 390 00:15:33,250 --> 00:15:34,708 As well as, it's going to tell you. 391 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,792 So, when that grid is about halfway up, 392 00:15:36,875 --> 00:15:38,583 you should be halfway through the scan. 393 00:15:38,708 --> 00:15:40,042 -Let her rip. -Here we go. 394 00:15:40,167 --> 00:15:42,292 (soft, rhythmic beeping) 395 00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:47,000 I'm real close. I'm gonna hit it. 396 00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:49,167 I'm gonna hit it, right on it. Watch this. Boom. All right. 397 00:15:49,250 --> 00:15:51,833 -You ended on a great one. -That's good bicep work, guys. 398 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,958 -Oh, yeah. -All right. 399 00:15:54,042 --> 00:15:55,208 -So, we can analyze this data? -Yup. Yup. 400 00:15:55,375 --> 00:15:57,333 So, you're gonna want to hit the "X." 401 00:15:57,458 --> 00:15:59,708 Here we go. 402 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:02,167 -Moment of truth. -Wow. I'm nervous. 403 00:16:02,292 --> 00:16:04,083 PETER: All right, you're picking up bedrock. 404 00:16:04,208 --> 00:16:05,375 MATTY: Wow, so right there at that level... 405 00:16:05,542 --> 00:16:07,208 -Mm-hmm. -....you'd expect to see it. 406 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:11,000 Yup. So, you can see the two different levels 407 00:16:11,125 --> 00:16:13,000 -that we were picking up. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 408 00:16:13,125 --> 00:16:15,125 STEVE: So, those are soil changes. 409 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:16,958 And I believe our anomaly, Peter, if we start there, 410 00:16:17,083 --> 00:16:19,000 should be over here. 411 00:16:19,167 --> 00:16:21,125 Or it's reading a little bit higher because, 412 00:16:21,250 --> 00:16:22,917 depending on how high you're holding it. 413 00:16:23,042 --> 00:16:24,458 -How you're holding it. -Right? So... 414 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:26,042 -Difference in how you're holding it. -Yup. 415 00:16:26,167 --> 00:16:28,000 So, it's a difference in two feet or so. 416 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:30,042 -Make sense. -Which could be that. 417 00:16:30,167 --> 00:16:31,917 -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. -Yeah, it's reading it 418 00:16:32,042 --> 00:16:34,167 from where the sensor is, not the ground level. 419 00:16:34,292 --> 00:16:36,000 The good news is that this area that we just figured 420 00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:38,458 is about one 600th of Lot 5 421 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:41,500 so you have a few more than you can work at, 422 00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:44,667 and Lot 5 is not one of the bigger lots here, either. 423 00:16:44,792 --> 00:16:46,917 So, Matty, you've just confirmed something that we just ran, 424 00:16:47,042 --> 00:16:50,208 right? So, Peter, Billy and I ran a grid. 425 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:52,625 We saw everything was most likely natural. 426 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:54,333 Um, but all data's good data, 427 00:16:54,417 --> 00:16:56,458 and we love to put Xs through things 428 00:16:56,542 --> 00:16:58,208 because we have a lot of targets. 429 00:16:58,375 --> 00:17:00,292 -This is awesome. Thank you, guys. -PETER: Yeah. Thank you. 430 00:17:00,375 --> 00:17:01,708 -STEVE: Yeah. Thanks for helping us. -All right. 431 00:17:01,875 --> 00:17:03,167 -Well... -Thank you for giving us 432 00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:05,542 -the Matty-confirmed X. -Yeah. Right. Great. 433 00:17:05,667 --> 00:17:08,167 Uh, I know there's work going on at other places 434 00:17:08,250 --> 00:17:09,792 on the island right now so we're going to take our crew 435 00:17:09,917 --> 00:17:12,667 and try to document that and see how you guys are doing 436 00:17:12,792 --> 00:17:15,000 right now as this incredibly busy day goes on. 437 00:17:15,125 --> 00:17:16,500 So, thank you guys. 438 00:17:16,625 --> 00:17:18,500 -Yeah, thanks for joining us. -Thank you. 439 00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:20,292 -I'll leave that with the expert. -All right. Thank you. 440 00:17:20,375 --> 00:17:21,458 -Thanks, pal. Appreciate it. -Thank you. Great work. 441 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:22,958 -See you Matty. -Gavin, you ready? 442 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:24,500 -Let's get to the next area. -Yup. 443 00:17:24,625 --> 00:17:25,667 MATTY: Let's go see what else is going on 444 00:17:25,833 --> 00:17:27,125 here on Oak Island. 445 00:17:28,625 --> 00:17:31,167 -(beeping) -Ooh. -(chuckles) We like it. 446 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:34,250 Yeah, and that sounds like a coin. 447 00:17:34,375 --> 00:17:36,167 -Ooh. What? -GARY: Ooh, I see 448 00:17:36,292 --> 00:17:37,875 something round down there. 449 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,000 -Ooh, right there. -That's it. 450 00:17:42,708 --> 00:17:44,333 JON L.: Let's go to the next hole. Thank you, guys. 451 00:17:44,417 --> 00:17:46,083 -Hey, Jon. Good to see you. -Johnny. -Hey, Matty. 452 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:47,500 What's up, buddy? Good, man. Good to see you again. 453 00:17:47,625 --> 00:17:49,125 As my day of going deep inside the dig 454 00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:51,500 with the fellowship continues, 455 00:17:51,625 --> 00:17:54,500 I'm still on the newly-acquired Lot 5, 456 00:17:54,625 --> 00:17:57,000 where the production crew is now documenting 457 00:17:57,125 --> 00:17:59,000 Rick and Marty as they search for more clues 458 00:17:59,125 --> 00:18:02,917 with metal detection expert Gary Drayton. 459 00:18:03,042 --> 00:18:04,458 They're out with Gary, 460 00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:06,208 and they've found some amazing stuff so far, and 461 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:08,542 it just motivated 'em to keep on going and going and going. 462 00:18:08,708 --> 00:18:10,417 And this is the new lot so they both want to be here for it. 463 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:12,167 MATTY: Right. 464 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:14,333 It's funny because Rick and Marty are both with Gary, 465 00:18:14,458 --> 00:18:17,333 and Jon will tell you, like, this... 466 00:18:17,458 --> 00:18:19,208 Since this is their new property, it's kind of like 467 00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:21,417 a little bit of a brotherly competition going on. 468 00:18:21,542 --> 00:18:22,417 Do it here. 469 00:18:22,542 --> 00:18:24,583 Rock, paper, scissors on three. 470 00:18:24,708 --> 00:18:27,583 -Like, do it on three, or...? -Yeah, do it on three. 471 00:18:31,917 --> 00:18:34,333 -(bleep) -(laughter) 472 00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:36,167 -This is the new toy, and they want to play with it. -Got it. 473 00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:38,250 -Yeah. -They actually just did a rock, paper, scissors 474 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:40,083 to see who can start first and who can... 475 00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:42,208 -As-as-as the digger. -As the digger. 476 00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:44,125 -Exactly. -I want to hear it, Gary, yeah. 477 00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:45,833 MATTY: I love when their, like, 478 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,792 15-year-old selves come out on the island, which happens a lot. 479 00:18:48,875 --> 00:18:50,000 -JON L.: Totally. -MATTY: It's fun. 480 00:18:50,125 --> 00:18:51,458 JOE: And just before we got here, 481 00:18:51,542 --> 00:18:53,000 Jon told me that they found an ox shoe. 482 00:18:53,125 --> 00:18:54,875 -MATTY: Oh, no kidding? -JON L.: Yeah. 483 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,333 -That's great. -JON L.: Yeah, Matty, on this lot is where 484 00:18:58,458 --> 00:19:00,542 -Rick and Gary found the Roman coin earlier this year. -Right. 485 00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:03,333 So, like, once that happens, it's, like, game on. 486 00:19:03,458 --> 00:19:07,250 -Game on! This is now... -Things are about to go crazy. 487 00:19:07,375 --> 00:19:09,792 JOE: So, there you go, Matty. Here's our shot. 488 00:19:09,917 --> 00:19:12,792 He's got the hand-held out so he must be on something. 489 00:19:12,875 --> 00:19:15,125 -You can see. -Oh, great. Yeah. 490 00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:18,375 He's close. 491 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:21,375 (beeping) 492 00:19:23,042 --> 00:19:24,667 -It's deep, huh? -That's deep. 493 00:19:27,042 --> 00:19:29,417 -Ooh, all that for a nail. -RICK: Yeah. 494 00:19:29,542 --> 00:19:31,833 -And a modern one, at that. -Yeah. Yeah, it is. 495 00:19:31,958 --> 00:19:34,625 I mean, there would've been a fence along here. 496 00:19:34,750 --> 00:19:36,583 MATTY: So, I tell fans all the time. 497 00:19:36,708 --> 00:19:38,667 They go, "How does Gary keep finding so many great things?" 498 00:19:38,792 --> 00:19:42,083 It's all right. It's, uh, trash so won't play. 499 00:19:42,208 --> 00:19:44,917 -Move on to the next. -But for everything you see 500 00:19:45,042 --> 00:19:46,500 that we show on the show, that we celebrate 501 00:19:46,667 --> 00:19:49,208 top-pocket finds, there's a million of those, right? 502 00:19:49,333 --> 00:19:50,500 -I mean, he's got to get... -There's a mill... 503 00:19:50,625 --> 00:19:52,375 -million modern nails, tin cans. -Right, right. 504 00:19:52,542 --> 00:19:54,500 -And, you know, we spare the viewers... -Yeah. 505 00:19:54,583 --> 00:19:56,333 ...the displeasure of seeing this. 506 00:19:56,417 --> 00:19:58,417 MATTY: Well, I'm glad... I'm glad we got to see that. 507 00:19:58,542 --> 00:20:00,250 -So, you ready to go behind the dig on Lot Five? -JON L.: Yeah. 508 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,500 Did you just ask if I was ready to go metal-detecting 509 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:04,083 with my three favorite people? Let's go. 510 00:20:04,208 --> 00:20:05,875 -Head your way over, Matty. -All right. 511 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,708 -Bring the luck of the Irish. -Bring the luck of the Irish. 512 00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:10,125 -Oh, I will. Nice! -RICK: I thought it was a little 513 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:11,667 too much of a screamer. 514 00:20:11,792 --> 00:20:13,500 GARY: Yup, that's the only problem. 515 00:20:13,625 --> 00:20:18,125 Like, uh, natural, like tongue-shaped. 516 00:20:18,208 --> 00:20:19,583 Hey, Matty. How you doing? 517 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:21,000 -How you doing, fellas? -Hey, Matty Blake! 518 00:20:21,125 --> 00:20:22,333 They just asked me. They said, 519 00:20:22,458 --> 00:20:24,042 "Do you want to crash the scene?" 520 00:20:24,167 --> 00:20:25,750 I said, "Treasure hunting with three 521 00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:27,458 of my favorite people on the planet? Ah, let's go." 522 00:20:27,542 --> 00:20:28,958 Good. Well, maybe you're... Maybe change our luck. 523 00:20:29,083 --> 00:20:29,875 -You can dig the next one. -Here you go. 524 00:20:30,042 --> 00:20:31,500 All right. 525 00:20:31,583 --> 00:20:33,500 In keeping with provincial protocols, 526 00:20:33,583 --> 00:20:38,833 Gary detected and flagged hits in the area earlier today. 527 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,500 Now, with team archaeologist Laird Niven's blessing, 528 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:45,333 we get to find out what they are. 529 00:20:45,458 --> 00:20:47,167 Let's see what it sounds like first before you dig it up. 530 00:20:47,292 --> 00:20:48,875 Copy that. 531 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,375 Hopefully, it will be the next bobby-dazzler. 532 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:52,958 -(beeping) -Ooh. -(laughing): Oh. 533 00:20:53,042 --> 00:20:55,625 -We like it! -Yeah. -Yeah. 534 00:20:55,708 --> 00:20:58,000 -That's a screamer. Just there, mate. -All right. 535 00:20:58,167 --> 00:21:00,875 -And that sounds like a coin. -Ooh. 536 00:21:01,042 --> 00:21:04,625 -Luck of the Irish might still be... still be alive. -Yeah. 537 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:07,958 -Or a tin can. -(laughing) Come on, Gary. -(laughing) 538 00:21:08,042 --> 00:21:10,000 RICK: No, this one sounded a little... 539 00:21:10,167 --> 00:21:12,292 -GARY: Yeah, it did. Yes. -That one was screaming high. 540 00:21:12,417 --> 00:21:14,083 -This one, not so much. -GARY: Yeah. 541 00:21:14,208 --> 00:21:16,667 -All right, plug number one. -GARY: That's the beauty of it. 542 00:21:16,792 --> 00:21:18,292 You don't know till you dig 'em up. 543 00:21:18,375 --> 00:21:20,000 There you go. 544 00:21:20,125 --> 00:21:22,375 Okay, mate. (laughing): Ooh. 545 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:25,333 -What? -I see something round down there. 546 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:26,833 -Seriously. -That's it. -Oh, right there. 547 00:21:26,917 --> 00:21:28,167 GARY: Yup. 548 00:21:28,250 --> 00:21:29,875 -(beeping) -Let's see. 549 00:21:30,042 --> 00:21:33,292 -It fell right out. -Yup. 550 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,292 You know what I'm gonna say now. It's a coin! 551 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:37,667 -Yeah! -Yes, it is. -MARTY: Is it a coin? 552 00:21:37,792 --> 00:21:39,875 Yeah, it's a coin, Marty. Let's see if you can see 553 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,833 -what's on there. -RICK: Modern? 554 00:21:41,917 --> 00:21:44,167 What the hell's this, Rick? You and I dig up 555 00:21:44,292 --> 00:21:45,792 -all this trash, and he finds this? -I'm... 556 00:21:45,875 --> 00:21:47,333 -(laughs) -RICK: ...I'm good with it. 557 00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:48,333 It's the luck of the Irish. 558 00:21:48,458 --> 00:21:49,667 As long as something's found. 559 00:21:49,792 --> 00:21:52,500 MARTY: Yeah, it might be a modern penny. 560 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:54,375 -Yup. -It does look penny color, doesn't it? 561 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:55,875 -MARTY: Mm-hmm. Yeah. -GARY: Yeah. 562 00:21:56,042 --> 00:21:58,042 And penny size, unfortunately. 563 00:22:00,208 --> 00:22:02,708 -Still, it's a lucky penny. -That's it! 564 00:22:02,833 --> 00:22:04,875 -That's right. -Does make a change. 565 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,500 Do you see-see something? I-I almost can see Canada on there. 566 00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:11,208 -See it? -MATTY: Gary, you see that right there? 567 00:22:11,333 --> 00:22:13,708 -Give it to the expert. -Let's have a look. Yeah. 568 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,042 -Uh, it's a coin of some kind. -MATTY: Okay. 569 00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:18,458 Yeah, you've got all that milling around the edge. 570 00:22:18,583 --> 00:22:20,083 -Yeah, the edge. -That's a coin. 571 00:22:20,208 --> 00:22:21,458 But now, I see it, it's a Canadian coin. 572 00:22:21,542 --> 00:22:23,083 MATTY: Oh, you see it? 573 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:25,417 Yup, it's got the date on it, maple leaf. 574 00:22:25,542 --> 00:22:29,833 -I see the maple leaf. -Yup. 1957. -Wow. 575 00:22:29,958 --> 00:22:31,375 -MARTY: Been here a while. Let me see that. -GARY: Yup. 576 00:22:31,542 --> 00:22:32,750 MATTY: So, recent history. If it said 577 00:22:32,875 --> 00:22:34,750 -"1757," we'd be in business. -Oh, yeah. 578 00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:36,917 I can see this really easy. That's clear as day. 579 00:22:37,042 --> 00:22:39,417 MATTY: But at least we're trending in the right direction. 580 00:22:39,542 --> 00:22:41,458 GARY: Yeah. 581 00:22:41,583 --> 00:22:43,708 MATTY: I'm gonna let you guys get back to it, but I did hear 582 00:22:43,833 --> 00:22:45,583 you guys found an ox shoe. Could I take a look at that? 583 00:22:45,708 --> 00:22:47,333 GARY: Yeah. Of course. There you go. 584 00:22:47,458 --> 00:22:50,250 Really, really great condition ox shoe, as well. 585 00:22:50,375 --> 00:22:53,500 Oh, wow. Look at that. Yes. 586 00:22:53,625 --> 00:22:56,833 -(beeping) -What is that? 587 00:22:56,958 --> 00:22:59,750 MATTY: Over the past seasons, we've watched the team find 588 00:22:59,875 --> 00:23:01,500 a number of ox shoes 589 00:23:01,625 --> 00:23:03,292 that predate the discovery of the Money Pit. 590 00:23:03,417 --> 00:23:05,417 Ox shoe. 591 00:23:05,542 --> 00:23:07,917 MATTY: Even some that helped the team discover 592 00:23:08,042 --> 00:23:11,292 a believed pre-1795 pathway 593 00:23:11,375 --> 00:23:13,625 leading from the swamp toward the Money Pit. 594 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:17,083 So, given the great finds the team has already made 595 00:23:17,208 --> 00:23:21,583 on Lot 5 this season, maybe this ox shoe will prove 596 00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:23,625 to be another important clue. 597 00:23:24,708 --> 00:23:28,500 I know you guys have been trying to kind of track 598 00:23:28,583 --> 00:23:31,500 a possible path of where the ox might have gone. 599 00:23:31,667 --> 00:23:33,583 Does this fit in that world? 600 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,583 This is brand... this is brand-new here. 601 00:23:35,708 --> 00:23:37,083 We'll see. We got a lot more digging 602 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:38,958 to do to figure that out. 603 00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:40,917 There was no record in the historical record 604 00:23:41,042 --> 00:23:43,667 of anyone habitating here. 605 00:23:43,750 --> 00:23:45,833 So, what was this hauling, is the question. 606 00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:47,167 -Correct. -Yeah. 607 00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:48,333 Are you gonna have that analyzed? 608 00:23:48,458 --> 00:23:49,958 That's always the next step. 609 00:23:50,042 --> 00:23:52,458 All these artifacts go back to the lab. 610 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:55,500 We use all that high-tech equipment and the experts, 611 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:57,458 the archaeologists, 612 00:23:57,583 --> 00:23:59,750 and we get results within minutes. Yeah. 613 00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:02,667 MARTY: Yeah, why don't you join us in the lab later, 614 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:04,333 and we'll see what the machines can tell us? 615 00:24:04,458 --> 00:24:05,833 -MATTY: Oh, I would love to do that. -Okay. 616 00:24:05,917 --> 00:24:07,875 All right, I'll let you guys get back to it. 617 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,667 I brought a little bit of the luck of the Irish, 618 00:24:09,792 --> 00:24:11,333 -so now find a real coin. -Yeah. Not bad. Not bad, really. 619 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:12,875 MARTY: God, do I hope he's right. 620 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,792 -RICK: Yup. -GARY: I love that enthusiasm. 621 00:24:20,833 --> 00:24:23,667 What do you think of your day going deep in the dig so far? 622 00:24:23,792 --> 00:24:25,750 Well, you know, it's next level, Joe. 623 00:24:25,875 --> 00:24:29,625 I'm literally doing everything I've been trained not to do. 624 00:24:29,708 --> 00:24:31,250 That is, to jump into 625 00:24:31,375 --> 00:24:33,292 live, active scenes as they're going on. 626 00:24:33,375 --> 00:24:35,125 Yeah, well, we're about to do that again. 627 00:24:35,250 --> 00:24:38,833 We're here on Lot 26, still on the western side of the island, 628 00:24:38,958 --> 00:24:41,750 and it's become a really big-time spot of interest 629 00:24:41,875 --> 00:24:43,792 for them because they're finding out new things about it. 630 00:24:43,875 --> 00:24:45,583 -Hmm. -And just over there, 631 00:24:45,708 --> 00:24:48,667 I can see Laird Niven and Jack Begley are taking 632 00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:51,292 part of this wall apart. This rock wall 633 00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:53,042 could be a game changer, just like the swamp, 634 00:24:53,167 --> 00:24:54,792 just like all the ancient things 635 00:24:54,917 --> 00:24:56,333 that they never would have thought 636 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:58,375 they would have found otherwise, 637 00:24:58,542 --> 00:25:00,833 except for looking closer and-and deeper 638 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,542 into what this island might be hiding in plain sight. 639 00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:07,667 MATTY: Lot 26 has certainly warranted a lot 640 00:25:07,792 --> 00:25:10,042 of the fellowship's attention this year. 641 00:25:10,167 --> 00:25:13,958 It all began when Rick Lagina asked Dr. Ian Spooner 642 00:25:14,083 --> 00:25:17,500 to test the water, and organic materials, 643 00:25:17,625 --> 00:25:19,667 inside a curiously-constructed stone well 644 00:25:19,792 --> 00:25:21,750 right near the shoreline. 645 00:25:21,875 --> 00:25:23,833 So, we got samples of the water from the well. 646 00:25:23,958 --> 00:25:29,000 And, uh, it was one of our only 647 00:25:29,125 --> 00:25:32,792 silver hits outside of the Money Pit. 648 00:25:32,875 --> 00:25:36,375 And this is where it really, really got interesting. 649 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,167 The date I got on the twig at the bottom 650 00:25:39,292 --> 00:25:42,375 was, uh, 1028 to 1172. 651 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:45,583 -(whistles) -Well done. 652 00:25:45,708 --> 00:25:47,792 MATTY: After those bobby-dazzling test results, 653 00:25:47,875 --> 00:25:51,000 the team, led by archaeologist Laird Niven, 654 00:25:51,125 --> 00:25:53,375 excavated the ancient well, discovering 655 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:56,833 it was a much larger feature than they first realized. 656 00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:59,333 Yeah, it's turning out to be a pretty interesting area, right? 657 00:25:59,417 --> 00:26:02,458 MATTY: And although they are still in the process of finding 658 00:26:02,583 --> 00:26:04,625 the source of the silver, Rick expanded 659 00:26:04,708 --> 00:26:09,042 the Lot 26 investigation to a nearby stone wall. 660 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:12,333 A wall that, so far, was determined 661 00:26:12,458 --> 00:26:14,500 to have been constructed sometime prior 662 00:26:14,583 --> 00:26:17,833 to the Money Pit's discovery in 1795, 663 00:26:17,917 --> 00:26:22,125 and may be of Scottish or English design. 664 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:26,875 So I got to say it really rocks to be able to take a closer look 665 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,833 at this incredible feature with members of the fellowship. 666 00:26:30,917 --> 00:26:33,792 Right here is our supervising producer, Justin Zoras. 667 00:26:33,875 --> 00:26:36,083 All right, Ben, bounce out to a two. Bounce out to a two, Ben. 668 00:26:36,208 --> 00:26:38,167 -Thanks. Hey, how's it going, Matty? -Hey, Justin. 669 00:26:38,292 --> 00:26:40,458 -It's great to see you. -How you doing, buddy? You, too, pal. 670 00:26:40,583 --> 00:26:41,583 -Good seeing you again. Good, good, good. -Good to see you. How are you? 671 00:26:41,708 --> 00:26:43,500 Just on Lot 26 right now. 672 00:26:43,583 --> 00:26:45,000 Just doing a little bit of a wall excavation. 673 00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:46,917 MATTY: This is cool to watch Laird do his thing. 674 00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:50,625 This is the painstaking side of the Oak Island treasure hunt. 675 00:26:50,750 --> 00:26:52,542 Right? Like, there's big scoops, 676 00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:54,167 there's massive caissons, 677 00:26:54,250 --> 00:26:57,250 and then you have this, an archeological site. 678 00:26:57,375 --> 00:26:59,917 Laird Niven painstakingly, 679 00:27:00,042 --> 00:27:02,167 -trial by trial, digging out the right way. -JUTIN: Absolutely. 680 00:27:02,333 --> 00:27:04,125 Yeah. It's this kind of work 681 00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:07,083 -that leads to really interesting finds. -Mm. 682 00:27:07,208 --> 00:27:08,542 I'm pretty sure Jack packed an extra trowel for you. 683 00:27:08,708 --> 00:27:10,458 Oh, fantastic. 684 00:27:10,542 --> 00:27:12,542 -You want to get in there now? -Can I? 685 00:27:12,667 --> 00:27:14,167 Absolutely. I think now's the perfect time. 686 00:27:14,250 --> 00:27:17,000 -Get your hands dirty. -Ready, Gavin? 687 00:27:17,083 --> 00:27:19,750 All right, guys. Matty's coming in. Matty's coming in. 688 00:27:20,833 --> 00:27:23,500 -Hello, fellas. -Hey, Matty. 689 00:27:23,583 --> 00:27:25,417 -How are you? -Good. How are you? 690 00:27:25,542 --> 00:27:26,833 This is incredible. 691 00:27:26,958 --> 00:27:29,667 -It's different, isn't it? -Yeah, so, 692 00:27:29,792 --> 00:27:32,333 you have just basically bisected this wall here. 693 00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:34,833 -You've cut right through the middle of it. -Exactly. 694 00:27:34,958 --> 00:27:36,708 Have you learned anything, thus far? 695 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:41,000 We've learned a lot. It looks like they dug a trench. 696 00:27:41,125 --> 00:27:44,000 and then they've lined them with these angled rocks. 697 00:27:44,167 --> 00:27:46,625 -And then they would have filled them in with rubble. -Huh. 698 00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:50,667 LAIRD: But our problem with the rubble is, 699 00:27:50,792 --> 00:27:52,625 a lot of those pieces are angular. 700 00:27:52,708 --> 00:27:55,500 It implies that they were working rock 701 00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:57,667 for something, not the wall. 702 00:27:57,792 --> 00:27:59,708 And using? 703 00:27:59,875 --> 00:28:02,042 And then they're using the fill in the wall. Yeah. 704 00:28:02,208 --> 00:28:04,292 JACK: I've been trying to convince Laird 705 00:28:04,375 --> 00:28:06,792 that it's not a farming wall 706 00:28:06,917 --> 00:28:09,500 and that it's something different. 707 00:28:09,625 --> 00:28:10,917 -But... -I just don't think it looks 708 00:28:11,042 --> 00:28:13,708 like any of the other walls on the island. 709 00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:16,167 Yeah, usually, they'd dig a shallow trench, 710 00:28:16,333 --> 00:28:20,000 and then, as they're plowing, they would kind of store, 711 00:28:20,125 --> 00:28:22,292 uh, field stones that they plowed up. 712 00:28:22,417 --> 00:28:24,708 And then when they had the time, they would come 713 00:28:24,833 --> 00:28:27,000 and just throw the rocks in and make a wall that way. 714 00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:29,083 Right. Any theories as to why 715 00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:31,667 they would build something like this in that way? 716 00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:35,125 To me, what it... turns it into is an engineered wall. 717 00:28:35,250 --> 00:28:37,125 -Wow. -It seems... it seems structural, 718 00:28:37,208 --> 00:28:39,500 -and here I'm hitting a rock, a flat rock here. -Huh. 719 00:28:39,583 --> 00:28:42,667 -Parallel... You know, it's running parallel. -Wow. 720 00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:45,125 So, it's engineered. 721 00:28:45,208 --> 00:28:48,542 -We're not at the bottom yet. -Well, uh, do you need any help? 722 00:28:48,667 --> 00:28:49,708 Yeah, if you want to move some rocks. 723 00:28:49,833 --> 00:28:51,208 Let's do it. 724 00:28:53,583 --> 00:28:55,833 So, pretty straightforward. 725 00:28:55,958 --> 00:28:57,500 -Yeah. -Okay, so we're just going to go from the top. 726 00:28:57,667 --> 00:28:58,958 Yup. 727 00:29:06,042 --> 00:29:08,125 Jack, what are your thoughts on this wall? 728 00:29:08,208 --> 00:29:11,917 I thought it was always a weird-looking wall and that 729 00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:16,500 it really makes me wonder how much influence 730 00:29:16,625 --> 00:29:19,833 -Samuel Ball had on this wall. -Right. 731 00:29:19,917 --> 00:29:22,000 The discoveries of the ancient well 732 00:29:22,083 --> 00:29:25,625 and the stone wall on Lot 26 have only deepened 733 00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:28,042 the mystery of Samuel Ball. 734 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:31,042 Mr. Ball was a former American slave 735 00:29:31,167 --> 00:29:34,167 who established a humble cabbage farm on Oak Island 736 00:29:34,292 --> 00:29:36,833 in the 1780s after serving for the British 737 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,125 during the Revolutionary War. 738 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:43,125 But, mysteriously, he ended up incredibly wealthy, 739 00:29:43,208 --> 00:29:47,542 owning nine lots on Oak Island, including Lot 26. 740 00:29:47,708 --> 00:29:49,917 So, could the well, 741 00:29:50,042 --> 00:29:52,250 which contains trace evidence of silver, 742 00:29:52,375 --> 00:29:56,250 and this stone wall be important clues as to how 743 00:29:56,375 --> 00:30:00,167 Mr. Ball found such great fortune on Oak Island? 744 00:30:00,292 --> 00:30:02,958 Laird, you excavated, very carefully, 745 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:04,333 Samuel Ball's property right over here. 746 00:30:04,417 --> 00:30:05,958 -Yeah. -At his foundation, his house. 747 00:30:06,042 --> 00:30:08,833 Was there anything... 748 00:30:08,917 --> 00:30:10,833 in the foundation or in the basement 749 00:30:10,958 --> 00:30:12,583 or around the house or on the property 750 00:30:12,708 --> 00:30:15,125 that might be anything like this, 751 00:30:15,250 --> 00:30:16,833 or you think maybe it could have been him? 752 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,375 Any telltale signs that you can connect? 753 00:30:18,542 --> 00:30:21,000 Well, there's the one piece down there that... 754 00:30:21,083 --> 00:30:23,333 of the wall that looks like a foundation, 755 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,583 and it's very similar 756 00:30:25,708 --> 00:30:27,250 -to the inside of his cellar. -Ah. Okay. 757 00:30:27,375 --> 00:30:30,417 So that could be, you know, a possibility. 758 00:30:30,542 --> 00:30:32,792 -It is a possibility. -Yeah. 759 00:30:34,917 --> 00:30:37,833 Hey, Laird, I think I'm at that modeled layer. 760 00:30:37,958 --> 00:30:39,875 -Oh, okay. -Like, I'm through the organics. 761 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,167 So, we're gonna have to kind of sit back and 762 00:30:42,292 --> 00:30:44,292 -MATTY: Okay. -do some finer work, it looks like. 763 00:30:44,375 --> 00:30:46,250 -Okay, so it's time to stop. -We'll stop this for now. 764 00:30:46,375 --> 00:30:48,333 Finish moving and refine the work. Okay. 765 00:30:48,417 --> 00:30:50,000 -Yeah. -Yeah. -Okay, well, you know what? 766 00:30:50,167 --> 00:30:51,833 -That's a good chance for me to exit. -Okay. 767 00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:53,083 And, uh, thank you for letting me do some hard work. 768 00:30:53,208 --> 00:30:54,917 -Oh, no problem. -Thanks for the hand. 769 00:30:55,042 --> 00:30:56,542 And actually, get in on this, uh, incredible find. 770 00:30:56,708 --> 00:30:58,167 -And I'm gonna head off. -Okay. 771 00:30:58,292 --> 00:31:00,125 There's a lot going on today on the island. 772 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:02,250 Um, and we're lucky enough to be able to just inset ourselves 773 00:31:02,375 --> 00:31:04,875 into these moments, so, keep me informed 774 00:31:05,042 --> 00:31:06,500 -Yup. -of anything that you learn about this. 775 00:31:06,625 --> 00:31:08,167 And, uh, we can't wait to watch you guys continue 776 00:31:08,292 --> 00:31:09,958 to find out the secrets of this wall. 777 00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:11,000 It's gonna look a lot different when you get... 778 00:31:11,125 --> 00:31:12,833 -come here next. -Awesome. 779 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:14,833 -Thanks, guys. Okay. -Be good, Matty. See you later. 780 00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:22,458 JOE: So, you're getting an idea of how versatile everyone has 781 00:31:22,542 --> 00:31:24,000 to be on a day-to-day basis as they go from, like, -Yeah. 782 00:31:24,167 --> 00:31:26,333 field operation to field operation. 783 00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:29,542 MATTY: My exciting day of going deep inside 784 00:31:29,708 --> 00:31:31,417 the fellowship's dig continues 785 00:31:31,542 --> 00:31:35,458 as Executive Producer Joe Lessard next leads me down 786 00:31:35,542 --> 00:31:38,083 to the Interpretive Centre, where members are being filmed 787 00:31:38,208 --> 00:31:40,000 as they analyze the ox shoe 788 00:31:40,125 --> 00:31:44,667 that Rick, Marty and Gary Drayton found earlier on Lot 5. 789 00:31:44,833 --> 00:31:46,250 -You know our field producer Craig Ferguson? -Hey, buddy. 790 00:31:46,375 --> 00:31:47,708 -How you doing, Craig? -How you doing, Matty? 791 00:31:47,833 --> 00:31:48,958 -Good to see you, buddy. -Nice to see you. 792 00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:50,750 Ben's got Emma. Brandon's got the three. 793 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:53,167 So, of course, he's calling his cameras, but Matty just missed 794 00:31:53,292 --> 00:31:55,250 the brothers making this find earlier with Gary, 795 00:31:55,375 --> 00:31:57,250 but an ox shoe to be found on Lot 5. 796 00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,958 What does Laird and Emma think out of the gate on this thing? 797 00:32:01,042 --> 00:32:03,125 They're really interested in where it was found, and 798 00:32:03,250 --> 00:32:05,667 -as you know, Matty, now we've got these great machines. -Yeah. 799 00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:07,667 And Emma, like, used the CT scanner 800 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:09,833 to look through the encrustation on it. 801 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,125 And she can use the XRF to really figure out, um, 802 00:32:13,208 --> 00:32:16,042 what it's made out of at an elemental level. 803 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:18,000 And as you've seen on some of the other finds 804 00:32:18,125 --> 00:32:19,833 we've had this year, that can really 805 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,042 push the dates back further than anyone expected. 806 00:32:22,167 --> 00:32:23,625 -Mm-hmm. -You know? 807 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:24,958 MATTY: As we've seen this season 808 00:32:25,083 --> 00:32:27,042 on The Curse of Oak Island, 809 00:32:27,167 --> 00:32:29,917 the fellowship has transformed the Interpretive Centre 810 00:32:30,042 --> 00:32:32,000 into a state-of-the-art laboratory 811 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:36,000 where they can scientifically analyze their finds 812 00:32:36,083 --> 00:32:39,000 the very day that they pull them out of the ground. 813 00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:43,250 These include a computed tomography-- or CT scanner-- 814 00:32:43,375 --> 00:32:46,708 which emits non-destructive X-ray radiation 815 00:32:46,875 --> 00:32:50,208 that can penetrate built-up corrosion on objects 816 00:32:50,333 --> 00:32:53,042 to produce clear images of their finer details, 817 00:32:53,167 --> 00:32:57,125 an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer-- or XRF-- 818 00:32:57,208 --> 00:33:00,625 which bombards metal artifacts with gamma rays 819 00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:03,792 that identify the elements they are composed of, 820 00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:07,833 and finally, an X-ray powder diffraction spectrometer-- 821 00:33:07,958 --> 00:33:10,000 or XRD. 822 00:33:10,167 --> 00:33:13,750 This machine deconstructs samples of artifacts 823 00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:15,750 to determine their mineral content. 824 00:33:15,875 --> 00:33:17,458 It's a process that can help identify 825 00:33:17,583 --> 00:33:19,833 not only where the object may have originated, 826 00:33:19,958 --> 00:33:21,833 but also its age. 827 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:25,333 There's a lot of universities in Canada that would be jealous 828 00:33:25,417 --> 00:33:27,167 -of the laboratory these guys have to work with. -Mm-hmm. 829 00:33:27,292 --> 00:33:28,958 We have archaeologists 830 00:33:29,042 --> 00:33:30,792 and treasure hunters working hand-in-hand. 831 00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:32,375 -It's amazing. -Ben's got Laird. 832 00:33:32,542 --> 00:33:34,292 Brandon's got the three. 833 00:33:34,417 --> 00:33:35,875 I would love to burst into yet 834 00:33:36,042 --> 00:33:37,667 another Curse of Oak Island scene. 835 00:33:37,792 --> 00:33:39,167 It's perfect timing. They're about to put it in the scanner. 836 00:33:39,292 --> 00:33:40,417 -Great. All right. -Go on in, man. 837 00:33:40,542 --> 00:33:42,000 Yeah. Go see Laird again. 838 00:33:42,125 --> 00:33:43,750 -Man, this is fun. -And Gary. 839 00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:47,792 -Hello, team. -Hey, Matty. -Hey, Matty. 840 00:33:47,875 --> 00:33:49,500 Hi, Emma. Hi. Laird. Hey, Gary. 841 00:33:49,583 --> 00:33:51,958 -Hi. -How you doing? 842 00:33:52,042 --> 00:33:53,833 So, you know, I was here earlier in the year. 843 00:33:53,917 --> 00:33:55,458 You guys were talking about 844 00:33:55,583 --> 00:33:58,125 this lab, this pride of Nova Scotia lab. 845 00:33:58,250 --> 00:34:00,250 What are your general thoughts on how it's been working? 846 00:34:00,375 --> 00:34:03,042 I think it's working really well. 847 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:06,333 I mean, last year, we did have a routine. 848 00:34:06,458 --> 00:34:09,125 Gary would find something, and it goes in the CT scanner. 849 00:34:09,208 --> 00:34:11,417 But now with the XRF and the XRD, 850 00:34:11,542 --> 00:34:13,167 -we can take it to a whole new level. -GARY: Yeah. 851 00:34:13,292 --> 00:34:15,500 I was just with you earlier today, 852 00:34:15,625 --> 00:34:18,000 and you made that discovery right before I got there. 853 00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:19,500 This ox shoe. Is that what we're testing now? 854 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:22,500 -Yeah. -Yeah, mate, and this is a beauty. 855 00:34:22,625 --> 00:34:24,500 So, Emma, if you don't mind me shadowing you 856 00:34:24,583 --> 00:34:26,125 and watching you do your thing, I'd love to. 857 00:34:26,250 --> 00:34:28,917 -No problem. All right. -All right. 858 00:34:29,042 --> 00:34:31,167 -Well, come-come with me. -Okay. 859 00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:35,833 So, the door's already open. I already have a stage in there. 860 00:34:35,917 --> 00:34:37,500 So I'm just gonna insert it. 861 00:34:37,625 --> 00:34:39,875 -MATTY: You know this is an ox shoe. -Yeah. 862 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000 So, what can you learn from this machine? 863 00:34:42,083 --> 00:34:44,167 So, this right here can really clean an image 864 00:34:44,292 --> 00:34:46,125 -of an artifact and allows you to, like, -MATTY: Yeah. 865 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,792 know beforehand what might be on it. 866 00:34:47,917 --> 00:34:49,333 -Ah. -If it's really... 867 00:34:49,458 --> 00:34:50,917 You know, if that's fragile, then you don't want 868 00:34:51,042 --> 00:34:52,667 to destroy it through harsh cleaning. 869 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:54,667 Awesome. All right. Fire it up. 870 00:34:54,833 --> 00:34:56,833 I don't think that's probably the right lab term-- 871 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,417 -"Fire it up." -Yeah, it's close enough. 872 00:34:58,542 --> 00:34:59,833 (laughs) 873 00:34:59,917 --> 00:35:02,917 EMMA: So then I scan. 874 00:35:03,042 --> 00:35:05,333 MATTY: This is so cool. 875 00:35:05,417 --> 00:35:06,833 All right, so the scan's done, so we're just gonna go... 876 00:35:06,917 --> 00:35:08,542 -Scanning now? -Yeah. 877 00:35:08,667 --> 00:35:11,750 -So we're just going back to the island. -Okay. All right. 878 00:35:11,875 --> 00:35:13,208 Why don't you let Matty try it? 879 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:15,333 -All right. -Whoa, whoa, whoa. 880 00:35:15,458 --> 00:35:17,083 -Well, you can... you can play with it. -Are you sure? 881 00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:18,750 -Yeah, yeah. -I don't want to break anything. 882 00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,458 -So, this is the image that you just scanned. -Okay. 883 00:35:20,542 --> 00:35:22,208 So, this right here. Play around 884 00:35:22,333 --> 00:35:23,625 -with this little graph right here. -Okay. 885 00:35:23,708 --> 00:35:24,625 -EMMA: Yeah. -Have to kind of clean it up. 886 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:26,167 EMMA: Ah. 887 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:27,500 Am I dragging, clicking and dragging? Yeah. 888 00:35:27,583 --> 00:35:29,375 -EMMA: Oh, there you go. -Oh! -LAIRD: Yeah. 889 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:31,875 Oh, and try to click this green box. 890 00:35:32,042 --> 00:35:33,458 -There you go. -MATTY: Oh! (laughing) 891 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:35,000 -EMMA: Yeah. -GARY: That's-that's lovely. 892 00:35:35,167 --> 00:35:37,250 -I just did that. -You're a natural. 893 00:35:37,375 --> 00:35:39,750 MATTY: Oh, this is so cool. Science is cool! 894 00:35:39,875 --> 00:35:42,833 -Look at that. -That is lovely-jubbly, isn't it? 895 00:35:42,958 --> 00:35:44,208 It sure is, mate. 896 00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:46,708 What do we know, based on this image, 897 00:35:46,875 --> 00:35:48,167 about this ox shoe so far? 898 00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:50,375 The really neat thing that I'm seeing-- 899 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:52,583 I don't know that we've saw it on other ox shoes-- 900 00:35:52,708 --> 00:35:54,000 is see the top nail hole? 901 00:35:54,083 --> 00:35:55,583 -GARY: Yeah. -MATTY: It's, like, square. 902 00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:57,625 LAIRD: It's, like, square, and it's recessed. 903 00:35:57,708 --> 00:36:01,625 And then if Emma flips it, what we notice, physically, on that. 904 00:36:01,708 --> 00:36:03,250 -Look at that mark there. -GARY: Like a groove. 905 00:36:03,375 --> 00:36:05,208 -LAIRD: That groove. Yeah. -MATTY: Ah. 906 00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:06,333 LAIRD: Yeah, it has, like, a double groove there. 907 00:36:06,458 --> 00:36:08,000 MATTY: Wow. What could that be? 908 00:36:08,125 --> 00:36:09,583 I thought, initially, 909 00:36:09,708 --> 00:36:11,750 that the ox stepped on something heavy. 910 00:36:11,875 --> 00:36:14,333 -Ah. -But that would have to be 911 00:36:14,458 --> 00:36:16,125 -really heavy. -MATTY: Really heavy. 912 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:18,333 -Cause that's going through iron. -Yeah. 913 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:19,750 -Mm. -Like a big load of treasure, perhaps? 914 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:21,167 Yeah. 915 00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:23,667 LAIRD: So, the other neat part is... 916 00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:27,667 Look at that. You can see the striations going down it. 917 00:36:27,833 --> 00:36:29,792 LAIRD: Yeah, you can see the fibers, the way it's... 918 00:36:29,917 --> 00:36:31,125 GARY: Yeah, hand-forged. 919 00:36:31,208 --> 00:36:33,208 -That's an oldie. -Amazing. 920 00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:35,333 -It really is, it really is. -Yeah. 921 00:36:35,417 --> 00:36:37,167 Okay, Laird, so, next step. 922 00:36:37,292 --> 00:36:38,833 You've got this incredible image. 923 00:36:38,958 --> 00:36:41,333 -You've virtually cleaned the artifact completely. -Mm-hmm. 924 00:36:41,458 --> 00:36:43,292 Uh, what do you do from here? 925 00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:46,292 Well, we go to our, uh, ox shoe expert-- Carmen Legge. 926 00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:47,500 -Carmen Legge. -And then we're also 927 00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,625 going to put it in the XRF, too. 928 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,667 -Sure. -And do the elemental analysis of the iron. 929 00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:53,542 Great. Well, I'll tell you one thing that's not a mystery 930 00:36:53,667 --> 00:36:55,667 in that this system is working. 931 00:36:55,833 --> 00:36:57,333 And thank you so much for letting me do this. 932 00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:59,125 I'm gonna head back up to the Money Pit 933 00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:00,833 'cause it's getting late in the day, 934 00:37:00,917 --> 00:37:02,708 and I want to find out what's going on up there, 935 00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:04,292 maybe meet with the brothers if they're there. 936 00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:07,583 So thank you, and, uh, continued success. 937 00:37:07,708 --> 00:37:09,792 -Cheers, mate. -See you, Matty. -See you soon. 938 00:37:09,917 --> 00:37:12,333 -MATTY: Happy hunting. -LAIRD: Thanks. 939 00:37:15,917 --> 00:37:17,417 -MATTY: Hey, John. -JON L.: Matty Blake. 940 00:37:17,542 --> 00:37:18,500 -How are you, buddy? -What's going on, dude? 941 00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:19,708 Good to see you. 942 00:37:19,833 --> 00:37:21,208 The sun is now beginning to hang low 943 00:37:21,375 --> 00:37:22,917 in the sky over Oak Island, 944 00:37:23,042 --> 00:37:24,375 but at the Money Pit, 945 00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:26,750 Rick, Marty and members of the fellowship 946 00:37:26,875 --> 00:37:31,042 and the tireless film crew are still looking for answers. 947 00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:33,167 This time, in a new location 948 00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:35,500 from where I left them earlier this morning. 949 00:37:35,583 --> 00:37:37,750 -Day's winding down. -Day is winding down. 950 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:39,292 What's happening in the Money Pit now? 951 00:37:39,375 --> 00:37:40,667 I see they're in the tent. 952 00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:42,500 You're doing a scene? What's going on? 953 00:37:42,625 --> 00:37:45,542 Yes, they are putting a camera down, uh, Borehole L-15. 954 00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:47,792 -Great, great. -They found this cavern, 955 00:37:47,917 --> 00:37:50,000 and now they're putting the camera down there to explore it. 956 00:37:50,125 --> 00:37:52,167 -Awesome. -And see if there's treasure in there. 957 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:54,333 -Yeah. I'm in. -That's the bottom line. 958 00:37:54,458 --> 00:37:55,958 -Let's go. -Yeah. 959 00:37:56,042 --> 00:37:57,500 You know, and if it's not treasure, 960 00:37:57,625 --> 00:37:59,500 -are there signs of human activity? -Right. 961 00:37:59,625 --> 00:38:01,375 STEVE: You got something? 962 00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:03,375 SCOTT: Something's coming in. Yeah, so let's... 963 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:05,292 See how weird that is? 964 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:08,500 Yeah. I can see that. There's the edge of something. 965 00:38:08,583 --> 00:38:10,833 MATTY: Earlier this season, 966 00:38:10,958 --> 00:38:13,542 we saw the team investigate this mysterious cavern 967 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:16,167 some 145 feet underground, 968 00:38:16,333 --> 00:38:19,250 which Marty nicknamed "Aladdin's Cave." 969 00:38:20,208 --> 00:38:22,167 So, wait. No. Stop. 970 00:38:22,292 --> 00:38:24,667 That's pretty square. 971 00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:28,792 Some sort of, like, pedestal sticking out. 972 00:38:28,875 --> 00:38:30,667 RICK: Wow. 973 00:38:30,792 --> 00:38:32,333 MATTY: Although they saw intriguing features 974 00:38:32,458 --> 00:38:35,292 that might have been man-made workings, 975 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:36,625 nothing definitive was found. 976 00:38:36,708 --> 00:38:37,958 MARTY: I don't see anything. 977 00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:39,583 We're done here. 978 00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:41,708 -Yeah, I have our four cameras there, -Yeah. 979 00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:44,333 plus the camera that is right there. 980 00:38:44,417 --> 00:38:45,583 MATTY: Oh, that's-that the feed of-of the hole. 981 00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:47,417 -A void. -That is the feed of the hole 982 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:49,500 -so we can really follow along -Great. 983 00:38:49,625 --> 00:38:51,792 -with what's happening. -Yeah. Wow. 984 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,667 So tonight, after they cleared up the water 985 00:38:54,792 --> 00:38:56,500 with a product known as flocculent, 986 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:59,000 I'm lucky to be here as they take another look 987 00:38:59,167 --> 00:39:01,500 to see if Aladdin's Cave 988 00:39:01,625 --> 00:39:04,583 can grant their wish for the ultimate answers. 989 00:39:04,708 --> 00:39:06,458 -Yeah. -Matty, you know what would be awesome 990 00:39:06,542 --> 00:39:08,333 for you to do right now is crash their viewing party. 991 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:09,833 Yeah, I'm gonna look for a chest. 992 00:39:09,917 --> 00:39:11,208 -Do it. -Thank you. Great way to end the day. 993 00:39:11,333 --> 00:39:12,792 -Thanks, guys. -Yeah. Yeah, Cheers. 994 00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:14,500 How's it looking? Is it... Did we, uh, disturb it? 995 00:39:14,625 --> 00:39:16,000 -A little more focus. -No. 996 00:39:16,125 --> 00:39:17,875 Here we go. 997 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,500 Unprecedented access to a moment of discovery 998 00:39:20,583 --> 00:39:22,750 with the fellowship, who are literally looking down 999 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:24,458 in the Money Pit. 1000 00:39:25,958 --> 00:39:28,458 -Whoa, whoa, whoa. -Hey, fellas. -Hey, Matty Blake. 1001 00:39:28,542 --> 00:39:30,375 -Hey, how you doing, man? -How you doing, guys? 1002 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:31,917 We're all right. 1003 00:39:32,042 --> 00:39:33,708 So, uh, what's going on? 1004 00:39:33,833 --> 00:39:35,375 You guys are actually looking in the Money Pit right now? 1005 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:38,833 -We got the camera down in a void. -Uh-huh. 1006 00:39:38,958 --> 00:39:40,208 Directly underneath us, by the way. 1007 00:39:40,333 --> 00:39:41,667 -Really? -Yeah. 1008 00:39:41,750 --> 00:39:43,417 MATTY: Is this a void, Marty and Rick, 1009 00:39:43,542 --> 00:39:45,167 that you think 1010 00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:48,167 is natural or possibly man-made? 1011 00:39:48,250 --> 00:39:49,375 That's what we're trying to figure out. 1012 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:51,750 MATTY: Oh, Yeah. Wow, that's clear. 1013 00:39:51,875 --> 00:39:54,667 MARTY: Yeah, but we're not seeing very far. 1014 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:56,583 We know there's a roof out here. 1015 00:39:56,708 --> 00:39:59,208 -Okay. -And we can't see it. 1016 00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:00,875 Right now, we know we've seen this far 1017 00:40:01,042 --> 00:40:04,708 into a cave that's at least 26 feet long, 12 feet wide. 1018 00:40:04,833 --> 00:40:06,375 -Wow. Wow. Wow. -So we've seen this much of it. 1019 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,833 Oh, I want to stay here 1020 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,708 and see the final reveal, but, um, I'm gonna get 1021 00:40:11,875 --> 00:40:13,500 out of your way and-and let you guys work, but 1022 00:40:13,667 --> 00:40:15,625 I've been on lots of metal-detecting. 1023 00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:18,083 I've been up here in the Money Pit talking to you guys. 1024 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:20,333 I've been all over the island. 1025 00:40:20,458 --> 00:40:22,417 Is this a typical day for you guys 1026 00:40:22,542 --> 00:40:23,833 or is this pretty rare 1027 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,708 with that many things going on at once? 1028 00:40:25,875 --> 00:40:27,167 It's not an average day. It's every day. 1029 00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:29,000 -Yeah. -Every day. 1030 00:40:29,083 --> 00:40:30,250 -I think that's right. -PAUL: There's a lot of activity 1031 00:40:30,375 --> 00:40:31,708 going on all at once. 1032 00:40:31,875 --> 00:40:33,667 We can't be everywhere all the time. 1033 00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:35,625 But we're still in the "figuring out where to dig" 1034 00:40:35,750 --> 00:40:37,625 -sort of portion of this here. -MATTY: Yeah. 1035 00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:39,167 And so we're doing all this stuff at once, 1036 00:40:39,292 --> 00:40:41,000 and it's the exploration phase. 1037 00:40:41,083 --> 00:40:43,042 I much prefer the digging part, as you know. Yeah. 1038 00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:45,042 MATTY: Yeah, yeah, well, I'll let you get back to it. 1039 00:40:45,208 --> 00:40:47,708 Just one last thought if you-if you might, guys, um, 1040 00:40:47,875 --> 00:40:50,625 just your thoughts on the growth of the show 1041 00:40:50,708 --> 00:40:53,875 and how it's helped reach the world after ten years. 1042 00:40:54,042 --> 00:40:56,833 When we are lucky enough to interact with people 1043 00:40:56,958 --> 00:41:01,042 beyond Oak Island, what I always say to them is, 1044 00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:03,958 "It's not the searchers who have kept this mystery alive. 1045 00:41:04,083 --> 00:41:07,333 It's not us that have fostered the growth and the interest." 1046 00:41:07,417 --> 00:41:09,292 It's them. 1047 00:41:09,375 --> 00:41:11,875 We owe the viewing public a debt of gratitude 1048 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,583 because it is because of their interest, 1049 00:41:14,708 --> 00:41:18,667 their passion, their commitment, their desire to know, 1050 00:41:18,792 --> 00:41:21,417 says to us there's worth here. 1051 00:41:21,542 --> 00:41:23,042 It's incredible. 1052 00:41:23,208 --> 00:41:26,167 Well, you guys let me literally come into things 1053 00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:27,833 as it was happening, not talk about it afterwards, 1054 00:41:27,917 --> 00:41:29,500 and not talk about it before, not tease it, 1055 00:41:29,583 --> 00:41:31,333 but to actually be present. 1056 00:41:31,458 --> 00:41:33,500 I can feel the excitement, 1057 00:41:33,583 --> 00:41:35,208 the possibility 'cause this could literally... 1058 00:41:35,375 --> 00:41:37,542 You could turn a corner with this camera and see a big vault. 1059 00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:39,500 -Possibly. -Yup. 1060 00:41:39,667 --> 00:41:42,500 All right, remember, if this is the void, 1061 00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:44,250 where the vault lies, we were here 1062 00:41:44,375 --> 00:41:45,875 when they first started exploring it. 1063 00:41:46,042 --> 00:41:47,500 Thanks, Matty. 1064 00:41:47,667 --> 00:41:48,792 MARTY: All right, so we got 1065 00:41:48,917 --> 00:41:50,542 to figure out what to do. 1066 00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:52,833 Well, there you go. Another day of searching 1067 00:41:52,958 --> 00:41:55,750 and filming is just about done. 1068 00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:58,375 And even though the Fellowship of the Dig's quest 1069 00:41:58,542 --> 00:41:59,667 for the ultimate answers continues, 1070 00:41:59,792 --> 00:42:01,542 I think it's safe to say 1071 00:42:01,708 --> 00:42:03,208 that the Fellowship of the Film Crew recovered 1072 00:42:03,333 --> 00:42:05,458 some great gold here today. 1073 00:42:05,583 --> 00:42:08,500 But how will it play out in an upcoming episode? 1074 00:42:08,583 --> 00:42:10,583 Keep watching to find out for yourself. 1075 00:42:10,708 --> 00:42:13,792 Have a great night, and as always, keep the faith. 1076 00:42:13,875 --> 00:42:16,500 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS