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Tonight on The
Curse of Oak Island...
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We got wood here,
gentlemen. It's got to be a tunnel.
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Yeah. This is a tunnel pointing
towards the Garden Shaft.
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- Absolutely.
- There it is, mate.
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- Look at that.
- Wow.
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This is a first for Oak
Island, which is fantastic.
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So, in terms of
where it is from,
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- you've got a Roman Empire going on here.
- There we go.
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We're chasing
the gold in the Money Pit.
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Wow. There it is.
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- That's what we're looking for.
- Yeah.
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Finally.
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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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We've got a core, gentlemen.
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They're coming fast and furious.
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- Furious.
- Yeah, exactly.
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A new day
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of excitement and anticipation
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has begun on Oak Island
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for brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester,
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and the other faithful
members of their team.
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- What do you got?
- 24.
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24.
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After more than a decade
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of historical research,
tireless efforts,
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and the application of science,
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they may finally be zeroing in
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on the fabled Money
Pit treasure vault.
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Morning!
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- How are you?
- Morning, guys.
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- Welcome to the table.
- Morning.
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How are you?
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- Good. How are you?
- Ian.
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- What have we got?
- Uh...
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blue-gray till. But we
don't see any sign of
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disturbance or
anything like that.
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Let's say lightning strikes.
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What does that mean?
What's the implications of it?
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You both get what you want.
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We find the one thing
that indicates a deposit
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and we find gold,
hopefully. So...
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- That's what we're looking for.
- Yep. -Yeah.
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Currently, the team is drilling
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a borehole known as DN-13.5,
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located 14 feet west
of the Garden Shaft
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in an area that has recently
been dubbed the Blob.
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It is within this
70 by 25 foot zone
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that recent water
testing has indicated
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a massive deposit
of gold lies buried
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somewhere between a
depth of 80 and 120 feet.
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The area in pink there would
be exactly where the gold is.
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Wow.
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One week ago,
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while drilling a borehole
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just 13 feet southwest
known as CN-11...
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Right there. Look at
that. That is very unusual.
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The team recovered
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disturbed soils at
a depth of 118 feet,
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suggesting to geologist
Terry Matheson
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that man-made workings
may be located nearby.
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That's a great
puzzle, though, isn't it?
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One of the things that
keeps me coming back
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- is it's very complex.
- It's a world-class puzzle.
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- Yep.
- Yeah.
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Now, it is Rick,
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Marty, Craig,
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and the team's hope
that their second effort
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within the Blob at
borehole DN-13.5
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will pinpoint the workings
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and valuables that they may have
narrowly missed one week ago.
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The so-called Blob,
it's a very intriguing location.
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This is an area
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that we have not
intensely investigated
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prior to this moment.
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I am very
much focused this year,
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as I've said many times,
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on chasing the gold
in the Money Pit.
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This could be where it's
been hiding all those years.
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Hopefully, we'll hit something.
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- Yep.
- If it's there, we should find it.
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- That's what I'm holding out hope for.
- Well, guys,
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we're gonna let you carry on,
and Rick and I are gonna go
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dig up some cool things. Right?
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- We're gonna go find treasure.
- Let's go.
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- Thank you.
- See you guys. Okay.
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As the drilling operation
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continues in the
Money Pit area...
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Perfect timing.
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- Hey, guys.
- Hey, there, guys.
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Hello.
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On Lot 26,
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located on the western
side of Oak Island,
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archeologists Laird
Niven and Helen Sheldon
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join metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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and Jack Begley
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to begin a methodical
investigation
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of a mysterious stone well.
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We came in, we had
a little scan of the area,
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and as you see, we've got
some flags down here already.
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So, whoever was using this
well, might've lost some artifacts.
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Yeah, that might give us a clue.
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I wouldn't have pictured
myself down here at this well,
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but that early date
that Dr. Spooner got
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from down there is
really intriguing for me.
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You wouldn't know it was a well.
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Also last week,
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after Rick and Craig directed
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
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to test the water
and collect sediment
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- from the feature...
- Excellent.
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There you go.
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It was one of our
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only silver hits
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outside of the Money Pit.
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The team was stunned
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to find that it not only
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contained evidence
of possible treasure,
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but also proved to
be one of the oldest
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man-made structures ever
discovered on Oak Island.
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The date I got on
the twig at the bottom
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was 1028 to 1172.
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The Lot 26 well is
unique in many ways.
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I've found it interesting
from the moment
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David and I first
found that well.
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The relevance of
the carbon date here,
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i.e. late 11s,
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I don't, as of yet,
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have an understanding
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of how impactful
it will be in terms of
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understanding the
Oak Island mystery.
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But it's certainly an
interesting feature.
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I am bemused and
befuddled by that well.
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What story is it telling us?
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So, what are you guys gonna do?
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It doesn't look like
a well right now.
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- Mm-mm.
- We're gonna cut some soil away
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from two, uh, quadrants
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to get a look at
how it's constructed.
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If we find something
in the soils,
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artifacts possibly.
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That was dropped
while it was in use?
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Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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Any artifacts
down at the bottom of there
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should be in really
good condition.
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- Yeah.
- So, if this was a well,
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and someone was sitting there,
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you'd drop stuff and...
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- Or you'd hide things.
- Yeah. Oh, you hide things. Yeah.
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- Yeah.
- Do you think,
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eventually, you'll end
up draining the well
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and then digging some
of the material out?
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That's the hope. We'll talk to
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Dr. Spooner about
the best approach.
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I'm sure we'll get
to the bottom of it.
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I've been curious
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about the Lot 26
well for a long time.
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I've excavated a
land-based well before.
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I've never excavated
one like this.
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The biggest mystery
about this well is its location.
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It seems the strangest
place to have a well.
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It's near the shore
and next to a pond.
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So, what led people
there, you know?
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And when did it
lead people there?
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So, I'm excited
to-to get this started.
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Yeah. Is there any
way that I can help out?
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- Clear the topsoil off and delineate the rocks.
- Okay.
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While Jack
remains to help Laird and Helen
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expose more of the
mysterious feature...
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- I think we're gonna be in for a great day.
- Okay.
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- I'll pull this first flag.
- All right, mate.
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Less than 50 yards away,
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Gary joins Rick
and Marty's nephew,
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Peter Fornetti,
to search for clues
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in the surrounding area
that could help explain
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just who created the stone well
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more than 800 years ago.
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Ooh, it sounds actually
a little bit better now.
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- Okay.
- It's just there.
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Hopefully,
it's not surface junk.
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Oh, it isn't, look.
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- Look at that.
- What is that?
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More than likely,
it looks like a door holder.
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Like a hinge?
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Yeah, like a hinge.
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A hanger. A door hanger.
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One end would've been driven
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into the wooden frame of a door,
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and then the door would've
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been hung on this.
A swinging door.
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It's been there a
while, by the look of it.
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It's all encrusted.
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Do you know what era
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this is typical of?
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I know they go way back.
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Something like that, is
that wrought iron, or no?
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Yeah, it's probably
wrought iron, hand-forged...
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If it is wrought iron,
it's pre-1830s or so.
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Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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Could Gary and Peter
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have found an ancient
hand-forged artifact
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on Lot 26?
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One curious fact about
this four-acre property
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is that it was once owned
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from the late-1700s
to the early-1800s
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by Samuel Ball,
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a man who came to Oak Island
as a humble cabbage farmer,
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only to mysteriously become
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one of the wealthiest landowners
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in all of Nova Scotia.
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We're close to this well...
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- Yeah.
- But we're far away
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from known establishments.
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Yeah.
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Because the remains
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of Samuel Ball's 18th
century homestead
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sits nearly 100 yards
northwest of this location...
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All right, mate, we'll bag it
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'cause we know
it's potentially old.
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That's why we got
to dig everything.
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Exactly.
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Is it possible that Gary
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and Peter have found evidence
of a much older structure
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that may be connected to
the mysterious stone well?
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If so, might it also
be an important clue
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that could help explain
the great fortune of Mr. Ball?
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The next flag is by
another tree down there.
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All right, let's go to it.
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- All right, here's the next one.
- Yep.
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Ah, I love that sound.
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That's a nice, sweet tone.
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This is super deep,
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and we're tagging it.
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You've shaken it out,
mate, on that last lot.
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Yep. There it is, mate.
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What the heck is that?
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Ooh, look at that.
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I know what this is.
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This looks like a pipe tamper.
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On Lot 26,
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located on the western
side of Oak Island,
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metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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and Peter Fornetti
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have just made a
curious discovery
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in the vicinity of a mysterious
900-year-old stone well.
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Back in the day,
257
00:10:58,375 --> 00:11:00,292
people would've
had tobacco in a pipe,
258
00:11:00,417 --> 00:11:03,167
and they would've
used this to pack it down.
259
00:11:03,333 --> 00:11:07,833
This is nice and the first one
we've found on Oak Island.
260
00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,833
- I love a first on Oak Island.
- Yeah.
261
00:11:09,917 --> 00:11:11,184
This does look
like an oldie to me.
262
00:11:11,208 --> 00:11:13,208
This looks like
it's copper alloy.
263
00:11:13,333 --> 00:11:15,833
It's nice and crude.
264
00:11:15,917 --> 00:11:18,917
Now, putting a
date on it is difficult.
265
00:11:19,042 --> 00:11:20,833
This'll be an interesting one
266
00:11:20,917 --> 00:11:22,917
- to throw in the CT scanner to look for...
- Yeah.
267
00:11:23,042 --> 00:11:24,642
Some sort of monogram
or maker's mark.
268
00:11:24,708 --> 00:11:26,333
Yeah, because some of them did.
269
00:11:26,458 --> 00:11:28,500
They had the initials
270
00:11:28,625 --> 00:11:30,958
or lettering
271
00:11:31,083 --> 00:11:33,250
- on there of the owner.
- Okay.
272
00:11:33,375 --> 00:11:35,542
I know one thing, mate,
if it is a pipe tamper,
273
00:11:35,708 --> 00:11:37,500
it's a smoking find.
274
00:11:37,583 --> 00:11:39,417
Let's bag it.
275
00:11:39,542 --> 00:11:41,143
All the artifacts
that we are recovering
276
00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,958
on Lot 26 are really
important to me
277
00:11:44,042 --> 00:11:47,250
'cause these
artifacts will tell a story
278
00:11:47,375 --> 00:11:49,875
and, hopefully, we
can get to the bottom
279
00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:52,750
of this little
mystery on Lot 26.
280
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Um, and the next flag
281
00:11:55,875 --> 00:11:57,958
- is over there.
- Okay.
282
00:12:01,625 --> 00:12:04,667
I'm hoping these are
good 'cause we're close to the well.
283
00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:07,000
Here's the next one.
284
00:12:07,083 --> 00:12:08,375
Yep.
285
00:12:12,458 --> 00:12:13,875
Just there, mate.
286
00:12:24,708 --> 00:12:26,542
That should be it.
287
00:12:33,708 --> 00:12:36,083
That's singing, mate.
That's a screamer of a signal.
288
00:12:36,208 --> 00:12:38,042
Right down the middle.
289
00:12:38,167 --> 00:12:41,583
Right down the pike,
mate. Come on, artifact.
290
00:12:41,708 --> 00:12:45,292
I think we're about to
save a little bit of history.
291
00:12:47,542 --> 00:12:48,542
It's there.
292
00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:51,417
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh.
293
00:12:51,542 --> 00:12:53,333
That's like a swing door
294
00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:56,292
or a gate fastener.
295
00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:59,208
It had some ring bolts on
it, and it just fit in the top.
296
00:12:59,333 --> 00:13:02,667
This is the second
one of these objects
297
00:13:02,792 --> 00:13:04,708
we have found in this area.
298
00:13:04,875 --> 00:13:08,500
We find a lot of
one-offs on Oak Island.
299
00:13:08,625 --> 00:13:11,000
Now, we've got two
300
00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:13,167
very similar iron artifacts.
301
00:13:13,333 --> 00:13:15,958
They do seem out of place.
302
00:13:16,042 --> 00:13:17,351
It's not the type of
area that you'd expect
303
00:13:17,375 --> 00:13:22,042
to find artifacts
associated with doors.
304
00:13:22,167 --> 00:13:24,958
We have to have
them "Carmen dated."
305
00:13:25,083 --> 00:13:28,000
So, here's a
little bit of history,
306
00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:29,268
- and hopefully Carmen Legge...
- Yeah.
307
00:13:29,292 --> 00:13:32,042
Can shed some light on it.
308
00:13:32,208 --> 00:13:34,083
All right, mate. Keep moving.
309
00:13:34,208 --> 00:13:37,708
The artifacts are
piling up on Lot 26.
310
00:13:42,083 --> 00:13:43,583
The following morning,
311
00:13:43,708 --> 00:13:47,042
while search activities
continue on Oak Island...
312
00:13:47,208 --> 00:13:48,684
I'm really looking
forward to these results.
313
00:13:48,708 --> 00:13:50,292
Yeah, me, too.
314
00:13:50,375 --> 00:13:52,268
You know, I'm looking
forward to seeing how it's done.
315
00:13:52,292 --> 00:13:53,892
Alex Lagina and Doug Crowell
316
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,292
have traveled some
300 miles northwest
317
00:13:57,417 --> 00:13:59,667
to the University
of New Brunswick
318
00:13:59,792 --> 00:14:00,500
in Fredericton, Nova Scotia.
319
00:14:00,583 --> 00:14:02,708
You know where
Chris's office is?
320
00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:04,542
- Yeah, top floor.
- Okay.
321
00:14:04,667 --> 00:14:07,333
They have
come to witness a scientific test
322
00:14:07,458 --> 00:14:09,708
that will be conducted
on the hand-forged,
323
00:14:09,875 --> 00:14:13,625
cut coin that was found
four weeks ago on Lot 5.
324
00:14:13,708 --> 00:14:17,042
A coin which numismatist
Sandy Campbell
325
00:14:17,208 --> 00:14:21,167
believes not only dates
to as early as 300 B.C.,
326
00:14:21,292 --> 00:14:24,250
but is also of Roman origin.
327
00:14:25,208 --> 00:14:26,625
Hey, Chris.
328
00:14:26,708 --> 00:14:27,542
- Hi, gentlemen. Good to see you.
- How's it going.
329
00:14:27,708 --> 00:14:30,250
- Yeah. Nice to see you.
- How are you?
330
00:14:30,375 --> 00:14:31,958
- This is Brandon.
- Hey, Brandon. -Hey.
331
00:14:32,083 --> 00:14:33,833
Dr. Chris McFarlane is
332
00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:35,375
a professor of geochemistry
333
00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,542
who has helped
the team determine
334
00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:40,667
the geographic origins
of numerous discoveries
335
00:14:40,792 --> 00:14:41,809
that have been
made on Oak Island.
336
00:14:41,833 --> 00:14:46,542
Most notably, the
14th century lead cross,
337
00:14:46,708 --> 00:14:49,375
which originated
in Southern France
338
00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:51,750
and is believed to be connected
339
00:14:51,875 --> 00:14:55,500
to the religious military
order of the Knights Templar.
340
00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:58,042
We got the item
341
00:14:58,208 --> 00:14:59,476
- you guys sent down.
- Yeah. Yeah.
342
00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,083
Well, so, the
thing about this is
343
00:15:01,208 --> 00:15:04,833
we've had an expert in
ancient coins look at it.
344
00:15:04,958 --> 00:15:07,208
And the expert told us
345
00:15:07,333 --> 00:15:09,333
that it's possible that it's
actually a Roman coin,
346
00:15:09,458 --> 00:15:10,750
which would be
pretty incredible.
347
00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:12,583
It's the first of its
kind on the island.
348
00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:16,125
Hopefully, we should be able
to tell you something about that.
349
00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:18,417
Hopefully, pin it
down to a country,
350
00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:19,768
- but, minimum, a region.
- Great.
351
00:15:19,792 --> 00:15:23,333
I mean, the best we can
do is to get it in the machine,
352
00:15:23,458 --> 00:15:25,042
have a look at it.
353
00:15:25,208 --> 00:15:26,500
- So, let's go.
- After you guys.
354
00:15:26,667 --> 00:15:28,625
Certain metal alloys
355
00:15:28,708 --> 00:15:31,250
have been determined to
contain unique chemical signatures
356
00:15:31,375 --> 00:15:34,333
known as "isotopes,"
that are specific
357
00:15:34,458 --> 00:15:37,250
to various geographic
regions around the world.
358
00:15:37,375 --> 00:15:40,625
By using a process
known as laser ablation,
359
00:15:40,708 --> 00:15:44,333
microscopic samples will
be removed from the coin,
360
00:15:44,458 --> 00:15:47,750
which can then be analyzed
for their isotope values,
361
00:15:47,875 --> 00:15:52,417
to hopefully determine just
where the artifact was created.
362
00:15:52,542 --> 00:15:56,458
Okay, so, this is
where we get everything
363
00:15:56,583 --> 00:15:57,684
- sorted to get into the machine...
- Mm-hmm.
364
00:15:57,708 --> 00:16:01,708
Including the custom
sort of universal holder.
365
00:16:01,875 --> 00:16:05,250
- Mm-hmm.
- It allows us to put odd-shaped things
366
00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:06,792
into the laser ablation system.
367
00:16:06,875 --> 00:16:08,875
I'll just
stick this in the cell,
368
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,625
and we'll be good to go.
369
00:16:10,750 --> 00:16:13,417
I'm always hoping that,
with any of these tests,
370
00:16:13,542 --> 00:16:15,167
we get, like, a smoking gun,
371
00:16:15,292 --> 00:16:18,500
a conclusive match to
put the pieces together.
372
00:16:18,583 --> 00:16:20,726
I don't think there's any way
to assemble the truth of what
373
00:16:20,750 --> 00:16:23,667
happened on Oak Island
without scientific analysis.
374
00:16:23,833 --> 00:16:25,500
All right, our sample's in.
375
00:16:25,625 --> 00:16:26,643
We'll analyze it with
a laser in the ICP-MS.
376
00:16:26,667 --> 00:16:28,917
We'll have a look
at what comes out.
377
00:16:29,042 --> 00:16:30,083
- All right.
- Okay.
378
00:16:30,875 --> 00:16:34,083
Everyone I have asked
about the Roman coin
379
00:16:34,208 --> 00:16:35,958
has the same reaction:
380
00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:37,458
befuddlement.
381
00:16:37,583 --> 00:16:38,684
Have a seat, guys.
We'll look at this stuff.
382
00:16:38,708 --> 00:16:41,083
We don't know when.
383
00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:42,625
We don't know why, but
384
00:16:42,708 --> 00:16:45,458
our coin expert doesn't waver.
385
00:16:45,542 --> 00:16:49,500
He says it's a Roman
era coin. It's very, very old.
386
00:16:49,583 --> 00:16:52,042
Yeah, so, we've
got the ablation going right there.
387
00:16:52,167 --> 00:16:55,333
At the minimum, I think it's
another one of those outliers
388
00:16:55,458 --> 00:16:57,375
that pushes the
time period back,
389
00:16:57,500 --> 00:16:59,417
and it shows, yet again,
390
00:16:59,542 --> 00:17:01,625
that all kinds of things
happened here long ago.
391
00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:05,542
So, we have to figure
out what that means.
392
00:17:06,708 --> 00:17:10,667
Yeah, so this
half-coin certainly
393
00:17:10,750 --> 00:17:13,542
has enough lead to get a
pretty good number out of it.
394
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,667
In fact, of all the stuff
395
00:17:16,750 --> 00:17:20,667
we've ever done, you
know, lead artifact-wise,
396
00:17:20,792 --> 00:17:23,125
this one gave some
of the best data.
397
00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,667
Great.
398
00:17:25,708 --> 00:17:29,167
So, all the little black
dots are the data
399
00:17:29,333 --> 00:17:31,958
from the database of European
400
00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:34,333
and other, you know,
international sources
401
00:17:34,458 --> 00:17:37,208
of lead mines and
other prospects.
402
00:17:37,333 --> 00:17:40,042
Uh, we can also
look at the actual
403
00:17:40,167 --> 00:17:42,292
area ellipse that we measured.
404
00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:44,542
And when we go through
the filtering process,
405
00:17:44,667 --> 00:17:48,000
we end up with about
eight possible occurrences.
406
00:17:48,083 --> 00:17:51,417
I can tell you pretty
confidently where it's not from.
407
00:17:51,542 --> 00:17:53,667
We have more or less
discounted, you know,
408
00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:56,500
Germany as a likely
source because it's so far
409
00:17:56,625 --> 00:17:59,250
removed from the main mass
of the lead isotope database.
410
00:17:59,375 --> 00:18:03,625
And that's similarly true
for Greece and the U.K.
411
00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:08,375
Ultimately, in terms
of where it is from,
412
00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:12,042
that really leaves the Iberian,
413
00:18:12,208 --> 00:18:13,500
you know, Peninsula,
414
00:18:13,583 --> 00:18:15,958
Mediterranean, Spanish origin.
415
00:18:16,042 --> 00:18:17,458
There we go.
416
00:18:17,583 --> 00:18:20,167
The Roman Empire
included the Iberian Peninsula.
417
00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:23,083
So, pretty much, you got a
Roman Empire going on here.
418
00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:29,476
In terms of where it is from,
419
00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:31,667
we have an Iberian Peninsula
420
00:18:31,833 --> 00:18:35,292
circa Mediterranean,
Spanish origin.
421
00:18:35,375 --> 00:18:37,000
It's pretty good.
422
00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:38,726
At the
University of New Brunswick,
423
00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:41,333
geochemist Dr. Chris McFarlane
424
00:18:41,458 --> 00:18:43,917
and his colleague
Brandon Boucher
425
00:18:44,042 --> 00:18:46,625
have just determined
that the cut coin,
426
00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:49,417
recently found on
Oak Island's Lot 5
427
00:18:49,542 --> 00:18:51,750
and which is believed
to be of Roman origin
428
00:18:51,875 --> 00:18:54,667
and more than 1,500 years old,
429
00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:57,333
was likely created in Spain.
430
00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:00,167
I think that's really good info
431
00:19:00,292 --> 00:19:02,708
because we've narrowed
down where we think it was made
432
00:19:02,833 --> 00:19:04,833
or at least where the
lead in the coin came from.
433
00:19:04,958 --> 00:19:07,417
Yeah.
434
00:19:07,542 --> 00:19:10,333
It still works well with
the coin expert's idea
435
00:19:10,458 --> 00:19:12,500
that it's a Roman coin
because the Roman Empire
436
00:19:12,583 --> 00:19:15,542
at one time did
include these areas.
437
00:19:17,542 --> 00:19:19,417
In 206 B.C...
438
00:19:21,708 --> 00:19:26,167
the Roman Empire began a
nearly 700-year-long occupation
439
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:28,000
of the Iberian Peninsula
440
00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:31,958
which today consists
of Spain and Portugal.
441
00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:36,667
The Romans mined the territory
for riches like gold and silver,
442
00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:38,292
as well as other metals
443
00:19:38,375 --> 00:19:39,934
that were used for
the production of tools,
444
00:19:39,958 --> 00:19:44,542
weaponry and currency
such as copper, tin and lead.
445
00:19:44,667 --> 00:19:48,458
But if the half-coin,
found on Lot 5
446
00:19:48,542 --> 00:19:52,625
was created in Spain
more than 1,500 years ago,
447
00:19:52,750 --> 00:19:54,875
who could have
brought it to Oak Island?
448
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,500
And could it potentially
be related in some way
449
00:19:58,583 --> 00:20:01,875
to the 900-year-old
stone well on Lot 26?
450
00:20:02,042 --> 00:20:04,917
There's just
something a little more mystical,
451
00:20:05,042 --> 00:20:07,792
a little more magical, about
a potentially Roman coin
452
00:20:07,917 --> 00:20:09,583
turning up on Oak Island.
453
00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:12,167
At least, in the ten years
that I've been here, um,
454
00:20:12,250 --> 00:20:14,393
this is one of the more
exciting things that we've found.
455
00:20:14,417 --> 00:20:15,750
Just because it's
so out of place.
456
00:20:15,875 --> 00:20:18,250
It makes you ask
so many questions.
457
00:20:18,375 --> 00:20:21,167
You know, what is it doing
here? How did it get here?
458
00:20:21,250 --> 00:20:22,333
What is it telling us?
459
00:20:22,417 --> 00:20:23,667
And can we possibly tease out
460
00:20:23,792 --> 00:20:24,976
a little bit more
information from it?
461
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,458
It's exciting.
462
00:20:26,542 --> 00:20:28,458
If it keeps bearing
out that it's that old,
463
00:20:28,542 --> 00:20:30,292
it's the oldest thing
we've found by far.
464
00:20:31,250 --> 00:20:34,458
We don't know where this
supposed treasure came from.
465
00:20:34,583 --> 00:20:37,167
Maybe this fell out of it.
You know? Who knows?
466
00:20:37,292 --> 00:20:39,625
So, it's cool for that reason.
467
00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:41,375
But we want to kind
of follow the science,
468
00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:44,542
and we want to learn
as much as we can trust
469
00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:46,559
about this coin and hopefully
not leap to conclusions.
470
00:20:46,583 --> 00:20:49,000
Well, we've got numbers now.
471
00:20:49,083 --> 00:20:52,417
I'll leave the
context to you guys.
472
00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,500
We'll keep working
on that angle,
473
00:20:54,625 --> 00:20:56,208
but we really
appreciate it, guys.
474
00:20:56,375 --> 00:20:57,375
Thank you as always.
475
00:20:57,458 --> 00:20:59,833
If we learn more,
we'll let you know.
476
00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:02,158
- Yeah. It was great.
- We'll see you soon.
477
00:21:05,083 --> 00:21:06,583
The following morning...
478
00:21:06,708 --> 00:21:07,934
It gets pretty tight down there.
479
00:21:07,958 --> 00:21:10,583
As the drilling operation
480
00:21:10,708 --> 00:21:13,042
continues in the
Money Pit area...
481
00:21:14,042 --> 00:21:15,708
Hey, Marty.
482
00:21:15,833 --> 00:21:16,583
- Morning.
- Hello, mate.
483
00:21:16,708 --> 00:21:18,208
I'm ready for some news.
484
00:21:18,333 --> 00:21:20,833
Alex Lagina and Doug Crowell
485
00:21:20,917 --> 00:21:23,000
have returned to the
island to share their report
486
00:21:23,167 --> 00:21:26,667
with Rick, Marty, Craig
and other members
487
00:21:26,750 --> 00:21:28,375
- of the team.
- So,
488
00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:29,518
I'll turn it over to you two.
489
00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:30,542
Yeah. So,
490
00:21:30,583 --> 00:21:31,583
this is the...
491
00:21:31,708 --> 00:21:33,500
half-coin, and we brought it
492
00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:36,125
to Chris McFarlane for
laser ablation testing,
493
00:21:36,208 --> 00:21:38,167
'cause it does contain
a little bit of lead.
494
00:21:38,292 --> 00:21:40,708
We got a really good
sample in the machine.
495
00:21:40,875 --> 00:21:43,542
And so Chris's conclusion was
496
00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:46,792
that the most likely
source for this coin is Spain
497
00:21:46,875 --> 00:21:47,875
or the Iberian Peninsula.
498
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,792
The Roman Empire was there.
499
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,375
Wow. So it is
500
00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:53,500
possibly a Roman coin.
501
00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:55,208
Roman, baby!
502
00:21:57,042 --> 00:21:58,322
We've identified this lead
503
00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,708
as coming from Spain, but,
504
00:21:59,833 --> 00:22:01,268
you know, it's the
Iberian Peninsula.
505
00:22:01,292 --> 00:22:03,500
And Portugal is on the
Iberian Peninsula, too.
506
00:22:03,625 --> 00:22:04,792
Correct.
507
00:22:04,917 --> 00:22:05,625
We were just there investigating
508
00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:06,958
a potential Templar connection.
509
00:22:07,083 --> 00:22:11,333
So Portugal and the
Templars are still in play.
510
00:22:11,458 --> 00:22:12,625
Great point.
511
00:22:12,750 --> 00:22:14,083
Oh. Good morning.
512
00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:15,833
- Welcome to Portugal.
- Thank you.
513
00:22:15,958 --> 00:22:17,208
One year ago,
514
00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:19,208
Rick, Alex, Doug and Peter
515
00:22:19,375 --> 00:22:21,667
investigated a number
of sites in Portugal
516
00:22:21,792 --> 00:22:23,833
with researcher Corjan Mol,
517
00:22:23,958 --> 00:22:27,042
where the Knights Templar
maintained strongholds
518
00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:30,000
between the 12th
and 16th centuries.
519
00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:32,208
This symbol is definitely
on the 90 Foot Stone.
520
00:22:32,375 --> 00:22:33,417
It's perfect.
521
00:22:33,542 --> 00:22:35,167
Incredibly,
522
00:22:35,292 --> 00:22:37,833
they not only saw numerous
stone carvings that have
523
00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:41,458
also been found on Oak Island
over the last two centuries...
524
00:22:41,542 --> 00:22:43,875
The stone path
looks exactly like this.
525
00:22:44,042 --> 00:22:48,333
But also a stone road that
dated back to the Roman era,
526
00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:50,375
one identical to the stone road
527
00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:54,125
uncovered in the Oak
Island swamp back in 2020,
528
00:22:54,208 --> 00:22:57,375
which is believed to
be at least 500 years old
529
00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,625
and of Portuguese origin.
530
00:22:59,708 --> 00:23:02,000
Is it possible that
the Roman half-coin
531
00:23:02,083 --> 00:23:03,792
may have once been
in the possession
532
00:23:03,875 --> 00:23:05,208
of a Portuguese Templar knight
533
00:23:05,333 --> 00:23:09,458
and offer more evidence that
the secretive medieval order
534
00:23:09,583 --> 00:23:13,000
could really be connected
to the Oak Island mystery?
535
00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,583
Would a coin like that
536
00:23:15,708 --> 00:23:18,458
have been in the coffers
of the Knights Templar?
537
00:23:18,542 --> 00:23:21,292
Like, could that have been
part of their treasure at the time
538
00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:23,208
- when it was lost?
- Sure.
539
00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:24,851
- Yeah. I don't see why not.
- Yeah.
540
00:23:24,875 --> 00:23:26,542
I mean, to me, you know,
541
00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:27,958
we're searching for a treasure.
542
00:23:28,042 --> 00:23:30,458
And if a group came
here and put a treasure in,
543
00:23:30,583 --> 00:23:32,167
they may have taken
part of the treasure
544
00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:35,083
and, as a token of-of
the job they did and the...
545
00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:37,792
and the camaraderie,
546
00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:40,333
they-they cut up a few
coins and passed them
547
00:23:40,458 --> 00:23:41,875
to the... to the members.
548
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,250
Quite possibly, yeah.
549
00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:46,125
Guys, this is an exotic thing.
550
00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:49,000
And so exotic
theories come to mind.
551
00:23:49,125 --> 00:23:51,500
Sometimes things like that,
552
00:23:51,625 --> 00:23:52,917
if it's cut cleanly,
553
00:23:53,042 --> 00:23:54,333
what if a pact was made
554
00:23:54,458 --> 00:23:56,792
between somebodies
555
00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:58,333
and the coin was brought out?
556
00:23:58,417 --> 00:24:00,208
This ancient Roman coin.
557
00:24:00,333 --> 00:24:01,500
You clip it.
558
00:24:01,583 --> 00:24:03,250
One person gets one piece,
559
00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:04,750
one person gets the other.
560
00:24:04,875 --> 00:24:07,542
And then if the
emissaries ever meet,
561
00:24:07,708 --> 00:24:09,292
if the coin matches,
562
00:24:09,375 --> 00:24:10,458
they know it's for real.
563
00:24:10,542 --> 00:24:12,000
It's eminently plausible.
564
00:24:12,125 --> 00:24:13,184
If there were secret
societies involved,
565
00:24:13,208 --> 00:24:16,667
- perhaps it's something like that.
- I agree.
566
00:24:16,792 --> 00:24:17,934
It's like a passport key, right?
567
00:24:17,958 --> 00:24:19,625
-You-you prove... -Yeah.
568
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:20,768
- You prove who you are.
- Yeah.
569
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:23,167
We often have trouble
eliminating any theories
570
00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:25,583
when we find new data,
because a lot of them fit.
571
00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:29,792
Things like a very, very
early Portuguese settlement,
572
00:24:29,917 --> 00:24:31,833
unknown voyages
from the New World,
573
00:24:31,917 --> 00:24:33,583
perhaps Templars.
574
00:24:33,708 --> 00:24:35,708
It's got to be
something of an outlier,
575
00:24:35,833 --> 00:24:37,375
why that coin is there.
576
00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:39,833
And it could lead us to
all kinds of other theories,
577
00:24:39,958 --> 00:24:42,708
because that is well before
discovery of the Money Pit.
578
00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:44,625
Here's my takeaway...
579
00:24:44,708 --> 00:24:46,458
That little coin has stimulated
580
00:24:46,542 --> 00:24:49,333
- very spirited discussion in this room.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
581
00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:50,700
And that's a cool thing.
582
00:24:50,792 --> 00:24:52,833
I mean, I love
Marty's thing about,
583
00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:54,184
you know, basically,
it's a secret code ring
584
00:24:54,208 --> 00:24:57,458
out of a Special K box, right?
585
00:24:57,583 --> 00:24:58,667
Yeah.
586
00:24:58,750 --> 00:25:00,667
But the only way
we're gonna find out is
587
00:25:00,792 --> 00:25:02,458
if you guys get
back out and find
588
00:25:02,542 --> 00:25:04,583
its brothers and sisters, Gary.
589
00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,667
Yeah. Roman
brothers and sisters.
590
00:25:08,208 --> 00:25:10,042
Or Iberian brothers and sisters.
591
00:25:10,958 --> 00:25:12,500
That little coin is pretty cool,
592
00:25:12,667 --> 00:25:14,101
but we got to get
out and get to work.
593
00:25:14,125 --> 00:25:16,792
And hopefully find some amigos
594
00:25:16,875 --> 00:25:18,393
- and amigas.
- Okay.
595
00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:19,893
- There you go.
- See ya.
596
00:25:19,917 --> 00:25:20,792
See ya. See ya, Marty.
597
00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,333
Bye-bye.
598
00:25:23,333 --> 00:25:25,500
Later that afternoon...
599
00:25:25,583 --> 00:25:27,143
Here we
go. You got another core.
600
00:25:27,167 --> 00:25:30,000
In the Money Pit area,
601
00:25:30,167 --> 00:25:32,667
Oak Island historians
Charles Barkhouse
602
00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:33,875
and Paul Troutman...
603
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,750
- It's disturbed. Yeah.
- Okay.
604
00:25:35,875 --> 00:25:37,675
Continue supervising
the drilling operation
605
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:40,292
in DN-13.5.
606
00:25:40,375 --> 00:25:41,542
Down to 99.
607
00:25:41,667 --> 00:25:43,292
'Kay.
608
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:45,833
Having reached the target zone
609
00:25:45,958 --> 00:25:48,917
between 80 and 120 feet deep,
610
00:25:49,042 --> 00:25:52,125
where a large source of
gold is believed to be located...
611
00:25:52,208 --> 00:25:53,351
- It stiffened up right at the bottom there.
- Okay.
612
00:25:53,375 --> 00:25:55,958
Every passing moment
613
00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,833
comes with greater
anticipation for the team.
614
00:26:00,417 --> 00:26:01,458
We've got wood.
615
00:26:01,542 --> 00:26:03,333
- Got the wood?
- Yeah.
616
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,542
Right here.
617
00:26:05,708 --> 00:26:06,875
Oh, look at that.
618
00:26:07,042 --> 00:26:08,482
- Same wood contact.
- Yeah.
619
00:26:08,583 --> 00:26:10,000
Eight inches here.
620
00:26:10,167 --> 00:26:11,667
- This would be 93.5.
- Yes.
621
00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:13,000
It's really interesting.
622
00:26:13,083 --> 00:26:14,375
Could be a collapsed tunnel.
623
00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:17,500
I'll let Craig know.
624
00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:24,000
It's definitely wood.
625
00:26:24,125 --> 00:26:25,250
Oh, look at that.
626
00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:27,667
93 to 95 feet.
627
00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:31,000
It is an exciting
moment in the Money Pit area...
628
00:26:31,083 --> 00:26:33,292
And Mike said it
has stiffened up.
629
00:26:33,417 --> 00:26:35,708
As the team has
just recovered evidence
630
00:26:35,875 --> 00:26:38,125
of a wooden structure
in borehole DN-13.5
631
00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:43,042
at a depth of nearly 100 feet.
632
00:26:43,167 --> 00:26:45,833
Could be a tunnel.
It's really interesting.
633
00:26:45,958 --> 00:26:48,833
A borehole located
where recent water testing
634
00:26:48,917 --> 00:26:51,333
has suggested that
a large source of gold
635
00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,000
lies somewhere close by,
636
00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:56,333
between 80 and
120 feet underground.
637
00:26:56,458 --> 00:26:58,333
It's got to be a tunnel.
638
00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:01,000
Question is, does
it go a little further?
639
00:27:01,083 --> 00:27:03,083
If we could, it would be
nice to sink another hole,
640
00:27:03,167 --> 00:27:05,000
- just to see if it continues.
- Yeah.
641
00:27:05,125 --> 00:27:06,833
I mean, we got to follow it now.
642
00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:08,677
- If-if we can, we have to follow it.
- Yeah.
643
00:27:08,833 --> 00:27:10,958
Absolutely. I agree.
644
00:27:11,083 --> 00:27:13,458
The finding of the wood
645
00:27:13,583 --> 00:27:16,917
or a possible tunnel
in the so-called Blob,
646
00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:18,792
it's exciting,
647
00:27:18,875 --> 00:27:21,792
because we are
in an area that...
648
00:27:21,875 --> 00:27:25,125
certainly merits
further investigation.
649
00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:27,667
Where does it go?
650
00:27:27,792 --> 00:27:29,875
Can we figure out who built it?
651
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,292
When was it built?
652
00:27:31,375 --> 00:27:34,792
That's really
what this is about.
653
00:27:34,875 --> 00:27:38,083
It's how do we exploit
the find of this tunnel.
654
00:27:38,208 --> 00:27:41,083
- Craig. Terry.
- Wow.
655
00:27:41,208 --> 00:27:43,018
- Hi, Paul. How you doing?
- How's it going? -Good.
656
00:27:43,042 --> 00:27:44,625
That's good.
657
00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:47,500
It's, uh, DN-13.50.
658
00:27:47,625 --> 00:27:49,875
Found it at 93 to 95.
659
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,708
Oh, that's great.
And there it is.
660
00:27:54,292 --> 00:27:55,833
Okay. Wow.
661
00:27:56,667 --> 00:27:58,917
You got a pretty good
ch-chunk of wood here.
662
00:27:59,708 --> 00:28:01,667
Yeah, it's fairly firm there.
663
00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:03,667
And above,
664
00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:06,833
uh, it's relatively firm.
665
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,583
Undisturbed material
and relatively firm below.
666
00:28:10,708 --> 00:28:13,917
Why this free-floating piece
of wood is just sitting there,
667
00:28:14,042 --> 00:28:16,333
there's no rhyme or
reason for it to be that way.
668
00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:20,833
This is where we are at DN-13.5.
669
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000
This is
really, really interesting.
670
00:28:23,083 --> 00:28:24,500
Uh, this looks like
the continuation
671
00:28:24,583 --> 00:28:28,375
of this tunnel that we
hit here out of DN-12.5.
672
00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,667
Now we're over here at DN-13.5,
673
00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:33,125
five feet further to the west.
674
00:28:33,250 --> 00:28:35,833
We're starting to get a really
good east-west alignment
675
00:28:35,958 --> 00:28:38,500
back towards the Garden Shaft.
676
00:28:38,667 --> 00:28:40,083
Yeah. To me, this is
677
00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:41,958
a tunnel, which it
looks like, and it goes
678
00:28:42,083 --> 00:28:45,250
by the Garden Shaft or under it.
679
00:28:47,208 --> 00:28:48,625
Earlier this year,
680
00:28:48,708 --> 00:28:50,833
at a depth of 95 feet,
681
00:28:50,917 --> 00:28:55,833
the team unearthed handworked
wood in borehole DN-12.5,
682
00:28:55,917 --> 00:28:57,542
just five feet to the west
683
00:28:57,708 --> 00:29:01,417
of where they are
currently drilling in DN-13.5.
684
00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:05,167
Could Terry and Craig be correct
685
00:29:05,250 --> 00:29:08,000
that both boreholes
encountered a tunnel
686
00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:09,875
that may be heading
toward the Garden Shaft,
687
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,833
located just 12
feet to the east?
688
00:29:12,958 --> 00:29:14,750
Three months ago,
689
00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:16,875
the team was stunned to find out
690
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,833
that this flooded 80-foot-deep
structure may not only predate
691
00:29:20,917 --> 00:29:24,000
the discovery of the Money
Pit by half a century or more
692
00:29:24,083 --> 00:29:28,667
but also contains high
trace evidence of gold.
693
00:29:30,708 --> 00:29:33,000
We had to put some
planks in this corner right here.
694
00:29:33,125 --> 00:29:34,965
This corner, it was those
two-by-sixes missing.
695
00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:38,167
In order to find
out what may lie at the bottom
696
00:29:38,292 --> 00:29:40,500
or in the nearby vicinity...
697
00:29:40,625 --> 00:29:44,667
Rick, Marty and Craig
hired a mining company
698
00:29:44,792 --> 00:29:46,667
named Dumas Contracting Limited
699
00:29:46,792 --> 00:29:50,792
to begin reconstructing a
new waterproof vertical shaft,
700
00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:54,167
one that will also allow
for horizontal tunneling
701
00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:56,500
if evidence of treasure
is discovered nearby.
702
00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:59,292
But, unfortunately,
703
00:29:59,417 --> 00:30:02,333
due to permitting issues
regarding safety protocols,
704
00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,583
the provincial government
has forced the team
705
00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:08,708
to delay the project until
those concerns are resolved.
706
00:30:09,583 --> 00:30:12,042
We have two wells now.
They're-they're fairly close.
707
00:30:12,208 --> 00:30:15,083
But, in general,
they're pointing towards
708
00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:16,375
the Garden Shaft.
709
00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:17,667
- Yeah.
- So...
710
00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:18,667
Same horizon.
711
00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:19,792
Are these connected?
712
00:30:19,875 --> 00:30:21,708
Potentially, could be.
713
00:30:23,458 --> 00:30:25,500
The quest is exciting right now.
714
00:30:25,583 --> 00:30:28,667
Things coalesce
around that Garden Shaft.
715
00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:31,208
There's some evidence it
was a man-made structure,
716
00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:33,792
a hundred feet below
the surface right there.
717
00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:35,518
Rehabbing the Garden Shaft
will be a big deal in the story
718
00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,667
of Oak Island.
719
00:30:37,792 --> 00:30:38,625
I'm hoping
720
00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:40,125
Dumas is coming back
721
00:30:40,208 --> 00:30:41,648
and they're gonna
get us underground.
722
00:30:41,708 --> 00:30:44,708
And I think it could
yield answers.
723
00:30:44,875 --> 00:30:46,518
There's a lot of anomalous,
weird things going on
724
00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:47,601
in this area that we
still don't understand.
725
00:30:47,625 --> 00:30:49,345
It's unlike any other
area in the Money Pit.
726
00:30:49,458 --> 00:30:52,667
- Definitely bag this sucker up.
- Yes.
727
00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:55,150
- We'll get a sample.
- Uh, we may want to do dendro on that.
728
00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:56,292
Getting a water sample.
729
00:30:56,375 --> 00:30:58,833
Absolutely. Okay.
730
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,667
In order to fully explore
731
00:31:00,750 --> 00:31:03,333
the believed treasure zone
in this location of the Blob,
732
00:31:03,458 --> 00:31:07,167
the team will continue
drilling borehole DN-13.5
733
00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:10,125
down to a depth of 120 feet.
734
00:31:10,250 --> 00:31:13,833
They will also have the
wood scientifically dated
735
00:31:13,917 --> 00:31:15,917
while testing a water
sample for further evidence
736
00:31:16,042 --> 00:31:17,667
- of gold.
- Okay.
737
00:31:17,792 --> 00:31:19,851
I'll head out to get the kit,
and I'll be back when I have it.
738
00:31:19,875 --> 00:31:22,042
- Okay, good. Talk to you soon.
- Okay.
739
00:31:22,167 --> 00:31:24,292
While the
drilling operation continues
740
00:31:24,375 --> 00:31:26,000
in the Money Pit area...
741
00:31:27,625 --> 00:31:29,667
Hey, Helen. Hey, Laird.
742
00:31:29,833 --> 00:31:32,792
- Hi, Jack.
- Jack Begley returns to Lot 26
743
00:31:32,917 --> 00:31:36,125
to once again assist
archaeologists Laird Niven
744
00:31:36,208 --> 00:31:38,500
and Helen Sheldon
as they investigate
745
00:31:38,625 --> 00:31:41,583
the mysterious
900-year-old stone well.
746
00:31:41,708 --> 00:31:43,792
- The well looks clear.
- Yeah.
747
00:31:43,875 --> 00:31:46,792
- This is the center of the well here, right?
- Yeah.
748
00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:48,750
It's kind of oval-shaped.
749
00:31:48,875 --> 00:31:50,167
Yeah.
750
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:51,684
And you can see
the three rocks there.
751
00:31:51,708 --> 00:31:55,833
Those are in there permanently.
Those have been built into it.
752
00:31:56,708 --> 00:31:58,792
See, ideally, what
we'd want for testing
753
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,333
is find a wooden artifact...
754
00:32:00,458 --> 00:32:02,178
- Somewhere in there?
- That we could test.
755
00:32:02,292 --> 00:32:04,167
Yeah.
756
00:32:04,250 --> 00:32:05,684
- Is there any way I can help out?
- Sure.
757
00:32:05,708 --> 00:32:08,083
We need some more
of this sod stripped back.
758
00:32:08,208 --> 00:32:10,292
Sure. I'll do what I can.
759
00:32:12,458 --> 00:32:14,583
So, this coarse, sandy matrix
760
00:32:14,708 --> 00:32:16,708
seems really consistent
all the way around.
761
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,917
So we've done as much
historical research as we can.
762
00:32:22,042 --> 00:32:24,958
We've got water testing
done and core testing done...
763
00:32:25,042 --> 00:32:25,958
Things like that.
764
00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:28,167
So it's time now
765
00:32:28,250 --> 00:32:30,167
for us to begin taking off
766
00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:32,250
all the vegetation
that's overgrown...
767
00:32:32,375 --> 00:32:34,417
And there's a
lot of vegetation...
768
00:32:34,542 --> 00:32:36,708
So we can look at it,
get an idea of its size
769
00:32:36,833 --> 00:32:40,208
and hopefully an idea
of how it was constructed
770
00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:43,500
and perhaps find a clue
as to who constructed it.
771
00:32:43,667 --> 00:32:45,667
We'll take these
little rocks off.
772
00:32:45,750 --> 00:32:47,417
Leave these ones in.
773
00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:49,125
But then we can
move all of these.
774
00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:49,792
The loose ones.
775
00:32:49,917 --> 00:32:52,333
Right? And then
776
00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:55,042
really get a good idea of
the structure from there.
777
00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:57,708
- So it's coming up slowly.
- It is.
778
00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:01,417
Yeah, it's turning out to be
a pretty interesting area, eh?
779
00:33:01,542 --> 00:33:05,167
Between you and
Gary's finds and...
780
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,333
- what we're uncovering.
- Yeah. -H-Hopefully
781
00:33:08,458 --> 00:33:10,458
the source of that silver
is somewhere in the well.
782
00:33:10,542 --> 00:33:12,167
- Yeah.
- Or maybe it's coming
783
00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:13,458
from somewhere near here.
784
00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:15,500
Who knows?
785
00:33:15,667 --> 00:33:17,292
You have the hope
786
00:33:17,417 --> 00:33:23,833
of a treasure hunter, Laird.
787
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,768
As a new
day begins on Oak Island...
788
00:33:25,792 --> 00:33:28,750
I've never seen one
this close to salt water before.
789
00:33:28,875 --> 00:33:31,375
Yeah, it's turning out to be a
pretty interesting area, right?
790
00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:34,375
And the archaeological
investigation continues
791
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,667
at the stone well on Lot 26...
792
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,000
Hey, Carmen.
793
00:33:41,125 --> 00:33:41,875
Well, hello. You got some
more goodies this time?
794
00:33:42,042 --> 00:33:44,500
You know we do.
795
00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:48,000
Oak Island historian Doug
Crowell and Scott Barlow
796
00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:51,000
have traveled some 50
miles to Northville Farm
797
00:33:51,083 --> 00:33:52,750
in Centreville, Nova Scotia.
798
00:33:52,875 --> 00:33:54,167
They are meeting
799
00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:55,875
with blacksmithing
expert Carmen Legge
800
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,125
to get his professional
analysis of the metal artifacts
801
00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:02,792
that were discovered two days
ago near the ancient stone well.
802
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:05,208
So, we brought a
couple of things that, uh,
803
00:34:05,333 --> 00:34:06,833
Gary has found on Lot 26.
804
00:34:06,958 --> 00:34:09,542
They're both found in
close proximity to each other.
805
00:34:09,708 --> 00:34:11,184
I'll let you have a look and see
what you think they might be.
806
00:34:11,208 --> 00:34:12,542
- All righty.
- It has that...
807
00:34:13,458 --> 00:34:15,375
uh, hinge appeal to it.
808
00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:17,375
But kind of curious on
what you think they are.
809
00:34:19,042 --> 00:34:20,518
- Can I see the other one, too, Scott?
- Yeah.
810
00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:23,667
They both have a
similar shape to them.
811
00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:27,167
Yeah, this one is
more encrusted.
812
00:34:27,292 --> 00:34:28,625
They're both the same thickness.
813
00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:32,125
These are broken
pieces off of a cutting tool.
814
00:34:32,250 --> 00:34:34,375
- These are from a bush scythe.
- Oh, wow.
815
00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:38,125
Dating back
as much as 5,000 years,
816
00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:41,542
bush scythes were used
throughout Europe and Asia
817
00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:45,042
as cutting tools in
the field of agriculture.
818
00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:47,208
However, when European cultures,
819
00:34:47,333 --> 00:34:52,083
including the Spanish, English
and Portuguese, began exploring
820
00:34:52,208 --> 00:34:54,792
North America by
the 15th century,
821
00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:59,125
bush scythes became essential
tools on large sailing vessels.
822
00:35:00,708 --> 00:35:04,542
And the bush scythes would be
used to hack off all the bushes,
823
00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:07,333
small shrubs and anything
up to about an inch and a half.
824
00:35:07,458 --> 00:35:09,333
And they would
smash 'em off and...
825
00:35:09,458 --> 00:35:11,333
get a encampment area cleared
826
00:35:11,458 --> 00:35:13,542
so that they could,
uh, come ashore,
827
00:35:13,667 --> 00:35:15,101
put up a little habitation
or something like that
828
00:35:15,125 --> 00:35:16,500
- sort of thing.
- Yeah.
829
00:35:16,625 --> 00:35:18,667
Um, actually, if you
look behind you there,
830
00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:20,934
you'll see a bush scythe
leaned up against the wall there.
831
00:35:20,958 --> 00:35:23,667
You can bring that over
and we can com-compare.
832
00:35:24,792 --> 00:35:28,125
And show you exactly
what part this is.
833
00:35:28,208 --> 00:35:30,184
Yeah. This is what I remember,
except, the ones we had,
834
00:35:30,208 --> 00:35:31,583
they were much longer.
835
00:35:31,708 --> 00:35:32,726
Yeah. It's a lawn
blade or a grass blade.
836
00:35:32,750 --> 00:35:35,542
And if we compare
it with that one,
837
00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,542
you can see it's-it's
the exact match.
838
00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:39,125
Yeah, that's-that's identical.
839
00:35:41,333 --> 00:35:42,351
So, if you were gonna put
840
00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:44,417
a date range to-to these ones,
841
00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:45,958
what-what would you think?
842
00:35:46,042 --> 00:35:47,833
These are much older.
843
00:35:47,917 --> 00:35:49,375
The way these are
made and shaped,
844
00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:51,625
I'm gonna say
probably middle 1600s.
845
00:35:51,708 --> 00:35:52,708
Wow.
846
00:35:52,792 --> 00:35:54,458
Bush scythes
847
00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:57,583
possibly dating back
more than 150 years
848
00:35:57,708 --> 00:36:01,250
prior to the discovery of
the Money Pit in 1795?
849
00:36:01,375 --> 00:36:05,125
Since no one is documented
to have settled on Oak Island
850
00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:06,583
before the 1760s,
851
00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:10,000
who brought these
tools to Lot 26?
852
00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,250
Could it have been
someone that was looking
853
00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:16,333
for something of great value
in the 900-year-old stone well?
854
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:19,625
Or was it someone who
actually repurposed it
855
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:21,958
to hide valuables
there themselves?
856
00:36:22,958 --> 00:36:26,167
The bush scythe
dating to the 1600s,
857
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:27,250
it's interesting.
858
00:36:27,292 --> 00:36:31,583
And then you transition
to Dr. Spooner's work
859
00:36:31,708 --> 00:36:34,208
indicating 1198 from the well.
860
00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:36,333
H-How is that possible?
861
00:36:36,458 --> 00:36:39,042
The only explanation
I have in my mind
862
00:36:39,167 --> 00:36:41,667
is that the enormity of the
work done on Oak Island
863
00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:43,375
was done in stages.
864
00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:45,583
There was a
infrastructure stage,
865
00:36:45,708 --> 00:36:49,500
a depositional phase,
a implementation phase,
866
00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:51,583
a logistics phase.
867
00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:54,167
Perhaps done over
a long period of time.
868
00:36:55,083 --> 00:36:58,375
There are nuances
to telling the story,
869
00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:00,125
and we need to make certain
870
00:37:00,208 --> 00:37:02,500
that we're not
misunderstanding any of it.
871
00:37:03,542 --> 00:37:06,583
And, again, it reinforces
that people were probably around here
872
00:37:06,708 --> 00:37:07,333
a little before we
thought they were.
873
00:37:07,417 --> 00:37:09,333
Oh, absolutely.
874
00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,583
Uh, these-these are
before any, uh, uh,
875
00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:13,833
settlement or habitation
here in Nova Scotia.
876
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,583
It-it is uncommon
to see one this old.
877
00:37:16,708 --> 00:37:18,042
Why would you need a...
878
00:37:18,208 --> 00:37:20,292
bush scythe on Oak
Island in that time period?
879
00:37:20,375 --> 00:37:22,458
And to find two
of them... it almost suggests
880
00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:23,684
there may have been
multiple people there
881
00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:25,083
trying to clear an area.
882
00:37:25,208 --> 00:37:26,768
This could have been
a-a... Very possible
883
00:37:26,792 --> 00:37:28,552
that this was a point
of entry to the island,
884
00:37:28,583 --> 00:37:30,167
where people were
coming ashore here.
885
00:37:30,250 --> 00:37:32,375
You've got my mind wandering now.
886
00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:34,268
- We'll let you get back to work.
- Thanks, Carmen.
887
00:37:34,292 --> 00:37:35,851
- All right. See you later.
- Thanks.
888
00:37:35,875 --> 00:37:37,833
Later that afternoon...
889
00:37:37,917 --> 00:37:39,018
Hi, guys. Hey.
890
00:37:39,042 --> 00:37:40,208
Hello.
891
00:37:40,333 --> 00:37:41,375
Thank you for joining us.
892
00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,500
Rick and Marty Lagina,
893
00:37:43,667 --> 00:37:45,583
Craig Tester and
members of the team
894
00:37:45,708 --> 00:37:47,625
have gathered in the war room
895
00:37:47,750 --> 00:37:49,708
for a video conference
with representatives
896
00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:52,083
from Dumas Contracting Limited.
897
00:37:52,208 --> 00:37:54,018
Everybody knows how important
the Garden Shaft project is
898
00:37:54,042 --> 00:37:58,333
- to everything we do this year in the Money Pit.
- Yeah.
899
00:37:58,458 --> 00:38:01,500
Six weeks after
having to halt reconstruction
900
00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:04,083
on the Garden Shaft
in the Money Pit area...
901
00:38:04,208 --> 00:38:06,042
We are very much interested
902
00:38:06,167 --> 00:38:08,792
and remain committed
to this project, Rick.
903
00:38:08,875 --> 00:38:10,315
Cameron Carter,
the vice president
904
00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:13,958
of technical services and
development at Dumas,
905
00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:16,542
along with his colleagues, have
906
00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:19,083
a critical update to
share with the team.
907
00:38:19,208 --> 00:38:21,583
Look, uh, the bottom
line is we're hoping
908
00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:23,708
for good news today.
909
00:38:23,833 --> 00:38:27,000
Well, um, I hope the
team can appreciate
910
00:38:27,125 --> 00:38:29,042
the scrutiny that
we are receiving
911
00:38:29,167 --> 00:38:31,667
from the regulatory
bodies in Nova Scotia.
912
00:38:31,792 --> 00:38:33,125
They want
913
00:38:33,208 --> 00:38:35,500
this project to proceed
in a safe manner,
914
00:38:35,625 --> 00:38:38,125
uh, as does Dumas and as does
915
00:38:38,208 --> 00:38:40,875
all the stakeholders that
are engaged in this work.
916
00:38:42,042 --> 00:38:44,708
There have been some
hurdles that we're trying
917
00:38:44,875 --> 00:38:48,833
to remove from our way to
ensure that we can proceed
918
00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:51,000
on the Garden
Shaft rehabilitation
919
00:38:51,083 --> 00:38:53,333
in the most safe and
appropriate manner.
920
00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:55,625
- Yes.
- I think,
921
00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:57,583
on our side, we believe
the very same thing.
922
00:38:57,708 --> 00:39:00,083
But do you have
an update for us?
923
00:39:00,208 --> 00:39:02,292
Where do we sit? Where
do we go from here?
924
00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:04,542
Yep. Certainly.
925
00:39:04,667 --> 00:39:08,208
We do have some news here, Rick.
926
00:39:14,167 --> 00:39:16,292
Do you have an
update for us? Where do we sit?
927
00:39:16,375 --> 00:39:18,000
Where do we go from here?
928
00:39:18,125 --> 00:39:19,833
Yep. Certainly.
929
00:39:19,958 --> 00:39:22,078
The commitment that-that
the government has made to us
930
00:39:22,125 --> 00:39:23,708
is that they're
going to work with us
931
00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:25,375
in an expedited manner,
932
00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,125
as efficiently as they can.
933
00:39:27,208 --> 00:39:29,250
And, quite simply, I can't
ask for more than that.
934
00:39:29,375 --> 00:39:32,833
We have confirmed
with the government
935
00:39:32,958 --> 00:39:35,375
that they are in receipt of
the additional information
936
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,667
that's been provided by Dumas
937
00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:40,750
that we are in the
opinion satisfies
938
00:39:40,875 --> 00:39:42,915
all outstanding requirements,
uh, for authorization.
939
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,792
As we sit here today,
940
00:39:45,875 --> 00:39:49,250
we are not in receipt of
the authorizations to proceed
941
00:39:49,375 --> 00:39:51,417
with the Garden
Shaft rehabilitation,
942
00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:53,667
but we do anticipate
943
00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:56,333
that it should be
received this week.
944
00:39:56,417 --> 00:39:57,851
- Good news.
- That would be cool.
945
00:39:57,875 --> 00:39:59,708
- Great.
- Wow.
946
00:39:59,833 --> 00:40:02,542
There was a huge sigh of relief
947
00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:03,787
in the entire room, because,
948
00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:05,000
finally, we'll be able
949
00:40:05,125 --> 00:40:06,458
to move this project forward.
950
00:40:06,542 --> 00:40:09,708
The Dumas people should be proud
951
00:40:09,833 --> 00:40:11,500
that they brought
their team together
952
00:40:11,583 --> 00:40:13,833
and responded in a
very timely manner.
953
00:40:13,958 --> 00:40:15,998
Again, we thank you very
much for all the hard work.
954
00:40:16,083 --> 00:40:18,583
We're excited
about the potential
955
00:40:18,708 --> 00:40:20,083
that this has in terms
956
00:40:20,208 --> 00:40:22,458
of solving the mystery and, uh,
957
00:40:22,542 --> 00:40:24,143
- look forward to seeing you guys.
- Okay. Thank you.
958
00:40:24,167 --> 00:40:26,851
- Thanks, guys!
- See you guys. Thank you. -
959
00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:28,351
- Appreciate it. Take care.
- Bye! -Goodbye.
960
00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:29,125
Thank you.
961
00:40:29,250 --> 00:40:31,833
It looks like we
might just get it in
962
00:40:31,958 --> 00:40:33,184
under the wire
on all this stuff.
963
00:40:33,208 --> 00:40:35,333
Everything appears to be
964
00:40:35,458 --> 00:40:38,500
in-in place to expedite
the permitting process.
965
00:40:39,417 --> 00:40:40,875
We get eyes and
boots on the ground.
966
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,333
We keep moving forward.
967
00:40:42,458 --> 00:40:43,833
Get the shaft done.
968
00:40:43,917 --> 00:40:45,417
See what's... see
what's down there.
969
00:40:45,542 --> 00:40:46,667
It's that simple.
970
00:40:46,792 --> 00:40:48,167
- Okay.
- All right.
971
00:40:48,333 --> 00:40:50,250
- Simple. I like simple.
- Yep. Yep.
972
00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:56,333
For Rick,
Marty, Craig and their team,
973
00:40:56,500 --> 00:41:00,542
as another extraordinary
week comes to an end,
974
00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:03,375
they are more confident
than ever that the veil
975
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:05,500
which has shrouded
Oak Island in mystery
976
00:41:05,625 --> 00:41:08,167
for more than two
centuries will soon be lifted.
977
00:41:08,250 --> 00:41:13,500
But as the clues continue
to mount all across the island
978
00:41:13,583 --> 00:41:17,625
and the dig in the
Money Pit area resumes,
979
00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:21,625
will the ultimate secret of
what happened here long ago
980
00:41:21,750 --> 00:41:23,833
and what purpose it served
981
00:41:23,958 --> 00:41:26,292
finally be revealed?
982
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:29,250
Perhaps only time
983
00:41:29,375 --> 00:41:32,542
and the mysterious
forces of the island
984
00:41:32,667 --> 00:41:34,167
will tell.
985
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,500
Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...
986
00:41:38,625 --> 00:41:41,667
We're gonna drain
the well to search the bottom.
987
00:41:41,792 --> 00:41:43,875
Oh. Look at that.
Looks handwrought.
988
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,792
This is one of the older objects
989
00:41:45,875 --> 00:41:46,667
- you've found.
- Wow.
990
00:41:46,792 --> 00:41:48,667
You have four lines
991
00:41:48,792 --> 00:41:50,917
measured from Nolan's Cross
992
00:41:51,042 --> 00:41:53,667
perfectly intersecting
at the Garden Shaft.
993
00:41:53,750 --> 00:41:55,917
Wow. Let's get
the answers at the bottom
994
00:41:56,042 --> 00:41:57,351
- of that shaft.
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
995
00:41:57,375 --> 00:41:59,167
That is a stairway to treasure.
996
00:41:59,292 --> 00:42:01,018
- Let's go for the gold!
- Yes! -
997
00:42:01,042 --> 00:42:02,684
- That's what we want.
- Yeah. Let's go.
998
00:42:02,708 --> 00:42:03,875
That is awesome.
999
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,000
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