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Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.

Hold it! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

We have a feature in the swamp. What in
the world is happening? This feature

could help us unwrap the whole mystery.

Something this small has fallen to the
bottom of the solution channel. Here it

is right there. Could be a chunk of a
coin. It's got some sort of design on

If it's a silver coin, that's treasure.

It's what we're looking for.

Be prepared to be gobstruck.

This is going to be special. This is
quite pure. Yes, absolutely.

There is an island in the North Atlantic
where people have been looking for an

incredible treasure for more than 200
years.

So far, they have found a stone slab
with strange symbols carved into it, man

-made workings that date to medieval
times, and a lead cross whose origin may

connected to the Knight Templar.

To date.

Six men have died trying to solve the
mystery.

And, according to legend, one more will
have to die before the treasure

can be found.

At the sun rises above Oak Island.

How deep is this one? 240 again?

Yep.

Well, guys, I know we're pretty excited
about starting this next hole. This is

F5 .5.

I think we're on a really important site
right now. Right.

Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their
team are drilling deeper than ever in

the Money Pit area in search of the
answers to a 230 -year -old mystery.

Because of the collapse last year, we
were never able to really see what was

down there. Yeah. I think that the grid
that we have laid out here right now to

explore deep down in the solution
channel, we're going to find it if it's

That's right.

Today, the team has broken ground on a
borehole known as F5 .5.

It is on target to reach a massive
cavity underground known as the solution

channel. They believe it's possible the
legendary money pit treasure fell here.

after two centuries of failed digging
operations.

We're only about seven feet away from
F4, and F4 had the highest levels of

and silver in the water.

Yeah, it makes this a really interesting
hole because it's so close to the

precious metal finds in the water. I
mean, that's one of the confirming

we have in front of us to show that
there is a buried treasure here

Yeah, that brings to mind the Portuguese
coin.

The team recently learned that a 14th
century silver coin was reportedly found

in the original money pit in 1849.

And markings on the coin bear a direct
connection to a Portuguese sect of the

Knights Templar.

This has given them fresh hope that the
solution channel could now hold the

treasure and may explain the high traces
of precious metals they've previously

detected in this area through water
testing.

The fact that the solution channel could
be the culprit in this whole long saga,

and the fact that the gold and silver in
the water still indicate the treasure

still exists, you put those two things
together, along with this Portuguese

coin, that speak very loudly that there
was something very valuable buried deep

in the money pit a long time ago.

We're going to explore this area
thoroughly with the sonic drill rig and

hopefully bring up what we could not
with TB1 case on.

Anything that's fallen to that deeper
level, we're going to be able to find it

and put it right on the money. For sure.
Yep.

While the core drilling operation
proceeds in the money pit area.

Come this way and dig that. Yeah.

Let's find something old. Yep.

Over at the western region of the swamp,
Rick, Gary Drayton, and Billy Gerhardt

search for new clues and evidence of
valuables.

Hold it. Whoa, whoa.

Don't move it.

Great condition.

The swamp really preserves wood.

Should preserve iron, gold and silver if
we can find it. If we can find it.

It was right there. Yep.

Does that look like an oldie, Rick?

It is tough to tell.

It's eight sides, isn't it?

Yep. Why are all these snakes in here? I
have no idea.

The number of snakes in a 50 by 50 foot
area, it's almost overwhelming.

There's another one. They're coming out.
What in the world is happening?

I would have expected them to be linear.

These are very erratic.

We've got something going on here.

Oh, yeah.

There shouldn't be this many in such a
tight space.

And they're big, big stakes.

Maybe there's a construction that yet
awaits us somewhere that is very well

-defined, very accurate, but we are
currently unaware of it.

Yeah.

In recent years, the team has found
similar wooden stakes in other areas of

swamp.

Some lined portions of a cobblestone
path.

that led to an empty vault -like
structure.

So could the numerous wooden stakes
they're finding here lead them toward

another discovery?

I think here is sand.

Rock sort of under it.

Yeah.

Billy's observation of a sand layer
indicates that this is an intentional.

man -made structure.

It was developed for some purpose. It's
going somewhere. We need to find out

where and why.

On the edge, it looks very similar to
the stone road. It looks very similar.

Either stone road or the paved area.
Yeah. It's kind of upy -downy. Yeah.

like the paved area.

They're stacked.

They're level.

Yeah.

A rock feature here, similar to the
stone road or massive paved area that

previously found in the swamp?

Seems like it goes back along there,
yeah. See, there's rock, rock, rock.

Is it possible the team has uncovered
another man -made feature?

No more interest in the area or in the
swamp.

If this is a built rock something,
that's a lot of work.

This construction is...

eerily similar to the paved area. You
can't dismiss it.

Was it done by the same party or group?

It's still a puzzle.

Maybe we can get a hold of Dr. Spooner
and have him come out and take a look.

Yeah.

The plan for the swamp really succinctly
is to keep digging.

Find something that points to, you know,
Rick's who, what, when, where, why, and

how. Or a clue that helps us unwrap the
whole mystery.

And this feature could help us do that.

Well, again, Dig the sand. Be as least
disruptive as possible to this, whatever

this is.

Wash this as best we can.

See what it tells us. Yes.

We need to get all of these states
tested.

Well, you know, it's Pure Oak Island.
More questions than answers, but...

Typical.

Okay. We'll keep looking.

Later that afternoon...

You know, we find ourselves back at the
lab again. We have an interesting item

in front of us, and I really hope to
learn more things today.

Rick, Gary, and Charles join Laird and
Emma in the Oak Island Laboratory to

a scientific report on a lead artifact
that was discovered while searching near

the border of Lot 5 one week ago.

Charles? I believe you were with Gary
when this was found?

Yeah, I was with Gary.

We were kind of opposite where the
rectangular feature is. I dug it and he

pulled it out and I think the way you
described it was decorative lead.

Yeah. It's decorated as in the end.

Those beveled edges, it kind of reminds
me of an arm of a cross.

We've found decorative pieces of lead
before.

We've found a really cool scalloped
disc.

on lot five and let's not forget the
magnificent medieval cross from smith's

cove i've got i hope that this is gonna
match one of those older pieces of lead

this lead artifact was found just a few
yards from the stone foundation on

lot five where the team previously
discovered a lead barter token that was

scientifically matched to the 14th
century lead cross and both of which may

connected to the Knight Templar.

So Emma, what more can you tell us about
this piece of lead?

Well, first off, I did do a bunch of map
scans on the surface.

There are no intentional designs. There
are variations, but I think that's more

from usage rather than like a decorative
intent.

Prior to their meeting, Emma scanned the
lead artifact using an X -ray

fluorescent spectrometer, or XRF, a
device that uses non -destructive

that can identify an object's
composition, as well as potentially help

its age.

Compositionally, it's a really clean
lead. There is a consistent amount of

in it, but there's nothing in here that
indicates modernity, as in there's

nothing that indicates that it's...

more recent lead alloys. So it has a
good potential to be 1700s and older?

Really?

So it has potential to be 1700s and
older?

Told you, mate. Told you this was going
to be an old piece. You said that when

we were out there. So it is a curious
piece.

In the Oak Island Laboratory, Emma has
just shared a scientific report.

that suggests the lead artifact found
one week ago may predate the discovery

the money pit by more than a century.

That notch at the top is strange.

Yeah, it is. It looks like attempted
angular holes that didn't go all the way

through.

It wasn't recycled, so it's a fresh
source of lead. It has high potential

being locally sourced. So these are all
great candidates to send off for a laser

ablation analysis.

Brilliant, because I've got high hopes
for this.

Laser ablation is a testing method that
removes microscopic samples from the

surface of lead artifacts using a high
-powered laser.

These samples are then analyzed to
identify the exact isotope values

in the lead, which can help determine
the time period and geographic region

where such artifacts originated.

It gives you the ore source, so it's a
good thing. Yeah. And it will tell us if

there's a relationship to the cross.

Yeah. Using laser ablation testing, the
team was able to determine that the lead

cross and the lead barter token Both
dated to the 14th century and were from

area of southern France that served as a
stronghold for the Knights Templar.

We're always looking for friends at the
cross.

And it maybe helps you guys say what's
going on in the rectangular feature.

Because it really was. It was dead
opposite there, just across the tracks.

what you've said, this is quite pure.

Perfect candidate for laser ablation.

Do you want to carry the ball on that?

Yes, absolutely.

The three of us will go try to find
more.

Yeah, but one more thing.

Be prepared to be gobstrucked. This is
going to be special.

Thank you, Larry. Thank you very much.
See you later.

The following morning, as borehole F5 .5
continues to make its descent

towards the solution channel.

So this is the feature, but one thing
you need to recognize is that all of

cobble came from here as well.

Rick and other members of the team are
eager to have geoscientist Dr. Ian

Spooner examine the mysterious stone
feature that they uncovered in the

region of the swamp.

What you can see in front of you is
rocks stacked on rocks, and the smaller

packed in around the big ones to make it
smooth.

The other thing that we did find were
stakes.

Okay.

Interesting, because if these stakes rot
off the top like that, then that tends

to suggest further back in time.

What gets me excited is these rocks
here.

They're exactly like we see in the
cobble path, Stone Road.

What this reminds me of, too, along the
side of the cobble path, we had piles of

stone, sometimes with a cut stake
underneath.

suggesting that somebody put the stake
there to tell workers where to put the

cobbles to build that feature.

So why were people here? What were they
doing?

This might have been a pathway right
through here.

Right.

You always take what you have learned in
your past experiences on the island and

try to apply them to the current effort
last year.

The cobble path led us to the most
curious thing we found in the north end

the bog, the so -called vault.

Might there be another construction like
that here?

That's the hope.

Just keep digging.

I would certainly, if you have the time,
see if this is isolated.

It would be really interesting to see if
we came across another feature that

might be similar.

It's interesting.

Well, our permits are under review.

Right. This is on the extremity of the
permitted area.

Okay. And once that approval process is
completed, we'll keep digging. So I

think we'll find more answers.

Yep. The only way you can do it, I
think, is to go somewhere else if we get

permit and see if you find the same kind
of cobble. Yeah.

To meet Nova Scotia's environmental
regulations, the Oak Island team.

must apply for separate permits to dig
in different areas of the swamp.

The area they are in now is on the
border of where they are currently

search.

Your brother's going to love this, isn't
he?

Another feature in the swamp.

Thank you, Ian. Appreciate it. While the
team prepares new permit applications

for their work in the swamp.

There's so much activity on lot five,
Rick.

Rick and Gary.

are searching for clues near the middle
of Lot 5.

We're still east of the Roman coins,
aren't we?

Yeah. Oh, yeah. There's no place like
Rome.

After finding a mysterious lead piece
nearby, they are eager to search an area

of Lot 5 where the team previously found
evidence suggesting that Europeans

could have visited Oak Island as far
back as the 13th century.

This includes... Six ancient Roman coins
that coin expert Sandy Campbell

believes could be between 1 ,500 and 2
,000 years old.

According to Sandy and other experts,
coins like these were still being

circulated as everyday currency in
Europe up until the 1400s.

Roman coins on an island in the North
Atlantic? It's such a puzzle.

To think that someone was here in the
12, 13, 1400s with Roman coins is not a

stretch at all.

Perhaps they were dropped by people from
the old world, people who were in

charge of safeguarding a treasure or
treasures or something that was

valuable.

A little squeaker here, Rick.

There, please.

Come on.

Now let's

see what we've got.

Oh, what have we got here?

Another piece of lead.

You know, it's really heavy, and I
actually think this is really, really

interesting. In fact, it's an elongated
piece of lead.

That makes that more interesting.
Something like this, you never know, it

be a match to an older piece of lead
we've recovered.

Like that medieval lead cross.

We're going to have to bag this and put
a flag in it because we don't know what

Emma's going to reveal when she scans
this.

Another curiously shaped lead artifact?

Could Gary be correct that this might be
a clue connected to the lead cross?

And perhaps even to the Roman coins
found in this area of Lot 5.

Right, I'm going to put this in the bag
and we'll put the flag in. Thank you.

It's going in the bag.

I think the work of Lot 5 has been
exciting, interesting, dramatic.

And there has been an extensive amount
of finds that show this place, this

story, this mystery goes further back in
time than we had even thought.

Oh, not too bad sounding.

Not too shabby at all.

Fingers crossed.

Check it and see if we got it out.

That's not it, is it?

It is.

What have we got here, mate?

Look at that.

Ow!

Nice. What is it?

It's a handle to a pair of old scissors.

Oh.

While metal detecting near the middle of
Lot 5 on Oak Island. See that?

One foot.

Gary and Rick have uncovered another
potentially important clue.

Look at the fracture there. Yeah, you're
right, Rick. It looks like it's broken

off, so there'll be another piece. Well,
recheck the old. Yep. In fact, I can

see it now. Look at this.

That's the other side.

Look at that.

Yeah, they go together.

Now, wait a minute.

Oh, I wonder if they're not the same.

What do you think it is?

We need a second opinion.

Liv's down the lot.

Hey, Liv, check this out, please.

Quite a cool one, that. It is. Yeah, it
really is. Here we are.

Hey, mate. How are you? We've just dug
up a very curious artifact.

When this first piece came up, I was
thinking scissors, old shears.

And then when the second piece came up,
I was thinking, look at this.

I think this is something completely
different. Look at that. I think this is

horse tassel, which is even cooler.

Looks like a bridal cheek piece.

Would it have been two either side of
the cheeks?

Yeah.

That is really neat.

Part of a possible horse bridal.

Found on Lot 5?

While several lots on the island were
inhabited by settlers and farmers before

1795, known records suggest the lot
wasn't used either as farmland or

as a grazing area for horses.

So given the fact that the team has
found artifacts in this area that could

back to medieval times and earlier, just
how old is this horse bridle? And might

it help identify?

Who built the structures near the
shoreline?

I mean, look at it. I mean, you can see
it's crudely made. That's got to be raw

iron and an oldie.

Yeah, I can't imagine that being on an
ox.

I think this is horse tack.

Yeah. I'd like to do more research on
it.

Would you mind if I took it to the lab?
Of course not, mate.

I'll put it in the bag.

All right.

Excellent.

All right, mate.

You deal.

As Rick and Gary continue their search
on Lot 5.

Here we go.

Over in the Money Pit area.

Get ready to slice and dice, Terry.

Charles, Terry, and other members of the
team monitor the core drilling

operation of borehole F5 .5, which has
reached the solution channel.

Here we go, guys.

Here it comes.

206, Terry.

206, thank you. In bedrock at 204, yeah?
204, yeah. Thank you.

Let's carve it up. Here we go.

That's a more promising looseness.

Very, very watery.

Into which treasure could it be dropped?

So bedrock at 204, guy.

And above that looks like we've got some
relatively loose material, which is a

good indication, proof of our general
premise or idea that the potential of

material could fall in a solution
channel.

I'm going to run the pinpointer over
this.

Right in there.

Something in there.

Drop it.

There it is right there.

A little bit of iron something there.
Wow.

It's a fleck of metal. That could be I
don't want to say

coin, but it looks like a chunk of a
coin.

It looks like a hot coin.

Really? It looks like a coin.

That's wild.

That's absolutely wild.

It's got some sort of design on it, too,
it looks like.

You say there's a pattern on it, Peter?

There is.

I've got to make a phone call.

Absolutely. All right, I'm going to call
my Uncle Rick.

Wow, that's very promising.

Yep.

Hey, guys.

Hello. How are you doing?

It was just as we pushed into bedrock,
Rick. We hit bedrock at 204, about 204

.5, we came up with that artifact.

After hearing that something of
potential interest was extracted from

solution channel... 204 .5 feet.

Rick and Scott arrive in the Money Pit
area to join the investigation.

So we're sitting right on the bottom.
And pushed in a bit, yeah. So we thought

it was a cut or split coin.

It's a small piece.

What is it?

The metal detector doesn't lie.

We're looking for precious metals.

At the bottom of the solution channel,
it feels like a coin. I feel what Gary

calls roundness in my hand.

It could be significant.

It's what we're looking for.

It's a hard metal, for sure. And very
dense.

Yeah.

Now, that's a button off the drill bit.

You can see, clearly, right size. There
we are.

Sorry, guys.

You think it's a button bit?

Yeah, I do.

Unfortunately, the team is disappointed
to learn that the find has turned out to

be a button that broke off from the end
of a drill bit during a previous

drilling operation.

We're directly below case on...

So that could have came off last year's
sonic drill program. So it could be a

break off from last year. And again, it
could prove our principle that dense

material falls to the bedrock solution
channel interface.

Yeah.

Go from a high to a low.

We're all disappointed because it's a
piece of carbide off the drill bit.

But then I think, wait a minute here.

It's not really a low.

Something this small and insignificant.

has fallen to the bottom of the solution
channel in the bedrock.

Proof, definitive proof, that even a
possible coin could

fall to these depths at the bottom of
the solution channel.

It's down there.

We just haven't found it yet. But we
will.

You guys, I am extremely grateful.

But more work to do, so let's get after
it. See you guys. See you guys.

See you guys.

As a new day begins on Oak Island, while
ground is broken on a new borehole in

the Money Pit area.

So I'm hoping you guys can tell us what
these finds are, or maybe it's just

one find.

Rick, Peter, and Gary arrive at the lab
to receive Laird and Emma's report on

the possible horse bridle that was found
one day ago on Lot 5.

When I saw it in the field and you put
it together, I could see that being part

of the horse tack.

But in our research, we couldn't
correlate it to anything like that.

Yeah.

Design -wise, so you have the two
pieces. These are cross -sections right

that break. And one is more square.

The other is a little bit more
rectangular. So that just wouldn't

come from the same break they were not
connected as one yeah so they did break

off from the same object it's just the
handles of scissors yeah that's what i

thought when the first piece came up
yeah well it'd be interesting to see

the metallurgy is what does the actual
data tell you yeah so the composition

there is a slight chlorine content fact
that i am getting some sodium value

it does indicate it's been in prolonged
contact with saltwater.

Wow. There's minimal impurities, which
means pre -blast furnace. So it does

indicate it's 1700s. Okay.

Potentially late 1600s. Yeah. Good.

Is it possible that the team has found
another artifact that could date back to

the 1600s on Lot 5?

If so, could it help identify?

Just who occupied the structures there
more than a century before the discovery

of the money pit?

What country would this artifact be
associated with?

It's most likely UK in origin.

You had, I remember, a book here of
stylistically how shears changed over

years. Do you still have that?

I do.

Do you want to take a look?

That would be your closest.

It looks pretty identical to that. Yeah.

Mid -17th century.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That explains the
sheer excitement we felt when we found

these.

Stylistically, they represent the period
of the 1600s.

It certainly then raises the interest in
the item.

Does it prove directly some connection
to the money pit and the original work?

No. But neither does it say it can't be.

Look, let's be honest. There's two lots
on this island that are incredibly

difficult to understand, right?

The Money Pit lot and Lot 5.

Given the enormity of finds, is it
becoming clearer or more difficult to

establish what happened on 5?

Every little find like that brings us
closer.

Every artifact we find tells a story.

And with finds like these, even though
they're quite puzzling in the moment,

next find might help explain it.
Exactly. We haven't finished in that

That's true.

It needs metal detecting.

And I say we go right now. Yeah. Okay.

Thank you. Great research.

Later that morning.

Come on. Let's have a signal.

Rick and Gary return to Lot 5.

What do we do here, Gary?

Yeah, well, that's metal detecting.

You've got to do the legwork, and all of
a sudden, you find something good. Like

yesterday. Yeah, exactly.

Big old boulders around here.

It's a place where people can sit and
lose artifacts.

There's... Potential in the air.

Oh, yeah.

Looks like I've been here before.
There's a flag in here.

What the heck is this, Rick?

That circular feature there.

Maybe... I think we can see in there.

Definitely circular stones.

Is it hollow in there?

No, but it's definitely full of stone.

Seems odd, doesn't it?

Circular pattern of rocks.

Nothing there, huh?

No, no metal.

But it's interesting as hell, isn't it?

I wonder what this was for.

I see in front of us a rock that's
standing on edge.

There appears to be a circle of rock
around it. It does look as though they

placed with intent.

Maybe we've found another feature. We
may have another stone structure on Lot

That is worth investigating.

You could peel the layers of rocks away
and see if this is a real structure.

I think it's worth having Laird come
down and see if there's anything there.

Yeah.

Definitely worth checking out.

This might be the find of the day.

Yep.

What do we have?

I wish I could say I know what we're
looking at, but I do know that Gary and

put eyes on this. Yeah, it's certainly
an interesting feature.

Following the discovery of a possible
man -made stone feature near the center

Lot 5, Rick calls in Laird Niven to get
his assessment.

Gary did metal ticking here. I just
poked my shovel in here, and I think...

just being weird because there's not a
lot of dirt.

Yeah, the rocks are piled up and then
everything accumulates on top.

The shape that hits me first, right, it
seems to be circular, lined with large

rocks.

That upright flat rock in the middle,
it's like you're putting it there to

signify something, which is pretty cool.

So it's done with purpose.

This was a stone that was deliberately
placed upright, and my immediate thought

was that that was done...

To mark a location.

This location isn't marking the
boundaries of land.

What's interesting is on this lot, there
are stone circular formations, right?

Yeah. And now we have another one here.

I mean, we have the Roman coins. We
don't understand how they got here. This

help explain some of that mystery.

Could this stone formation have been
built by the same people?

who constructed the large, rounded
feature near the shoreline?

If so, could it somehow be connected to
the Roman coins that have been found in

this area?

If this is a marker or a monument, this
might be a very significant find. We

have found a multitude of items that are
unexplainable. The list of it goes on

and on and on. So might there be
something quite unique and interesting

this?

This location?

Yes, certainly.

Well, you know, I'd certainly clear it
off, bring the team in, and then

bisecting it. I think that's certainly
worth doing.

I'm excited over this. I mean, this
could very well be our next big feature.

We won't know what it is until you
actually do the work. And any day that

dig something up on Oak Island is a good
day. Good day. Best day ever.

Okie doke.

While Laird prepares to investigate the
new stone feature on Lot 5.

Later that afternoon... I'm going to say
something that my brother would never

say. Beautiful day in the swamp.

Yep, it's good to be out.

You bet.

You're going here, right?

Yes. Rick, Gary, and Billy return to the
swamp.

If you look over here...

That's where we found the stakes and
some cobble, roughly, between those two

tall trees.

Right. The hope here is that they carry
through to this area.

While they await a new permit to
continue investigating the stone feature

western region, they have moved to an
area 40 feet to the north, where they

currently free to search.

We're roughly on that line right now.

What we need is an artifact.

More artifacts.

Let's see what we find. Yep.

We are now digging in the southwest
corner in the second permitted area. The

idea was to follow the cobble area,
we'll call it.

One of the most unexplored areas is the
western side of the swamp.

So hopefully there are answers here
within the bog.

What kind of charcoal is it?

Is it charcoal, Rick?

I mean, it should do that if it's
charcoal, right?

Yeah.

It was right there.

Yeah.

See that little piece? Grab that.

Yeah, that looks like charcoal.

And I remember the archaeologist found
charcoal on the stone road.

That was the one consistent thing we
found. We found that even all the way

the path. Yeah.

The team has previously discovered
charcoal in the southeast corner on the

road, which may be Portuguese in origin
and more than 500 years old.

You have a bag?

Yeah, I've got a bag.

Finding more potential charcoal here is
intriguing and suggests a possible

connection between the two features.

I'm sure Adela can tell us right away
whether it is or not. We'll find out. If

it can be dated.

to a much earlier time that's
interesting in and of itself i've got it

bag i think this sample in particular
should be sent to the lab to see if it

aligns with the charcoal that was found
on the stone road and the stone path

because then possibly there's a
connection

we

got some iron here by the sound of it

Let me pinpoint it, Rick.

We've got a net here, and look how it's
right at the side of that boulder.

Think it's out, Rick?

Oh, that's an umdinger of a signal.

We'll have a better look.

Look at that.

Look at that.

Yep. Look at the way it tapers down.

In the western region of the Oak Island
Swamp, the Oak Island team has just made

another potentially interesting
discovery.

Does it have a notch on top?

You know what?

It does.

Yeah.

Why would it have a notch?

Unless this is broken off, there's a
hole in it.

Heavy? Oh, yeah, it's really heavy.

This is anforged, raw iron.

Yeah, this is an old piece of iron.

This is something different.

What the heck is this?

If it is hollow and yet you're saying
it's heavy, that's even more

Yeah, but that is unusual.

One end appeared to be hollow.

The other end appeared to have a raised
diagonal.

That seems strange.

I just don't know what it is.

It's a unique find.

It's not a piece of rebar.

and it needs to go to the lab.

The way it tapers down, it could be like
a Petronel, a really old gun from the

1500s, 1600s.

They were very early weapons.

Just one single shot.

A CT scan's really going to be
enlightening, but why else would it be

Yeah.

Petronels date back to as early as the
14th century.

They were a short, single -shot firearm
commonly used by European militaries

before the invention of long -barreled
muskets in the mid -1600s.

Thanks to their compact size,
Petronelles were often used by soldiers

riding on horseback.

Is it possible that Gary has found new
evidence of a military presence on Oak

Island back in the 1600s or earlier? If
so...

Just whose military was it?

Definitely interesting.

Yeah. And what's it doing here?

That's a special find. This could be a
smoking gun, literally.

You want so badly to find something that
can be tied

intimately to another area of the island
that has a proper association

with the search for answers or search
for treasure.

We need to do more work in the area to
try to understand that story in its

totality. We are going to go back to
that lab with a really fantastic effect.

It's pretty peculiar, and to unravel
this story, we better get on the ball.

Anyway, tomorrow, another day. Good job.
Good digging, Billy.

We've still got a lot of ground to
cover.

As another exciting week ends on Oak
Island, new finds.

offer Rick, Marty, and their team more
validation that something extraordinary

took place here centuries ago.

And while their search for the answers
is far from over, they are determined to

reveal the truth.

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.

All right, well, this is the
neighborhood, guys. I mean, this is

Central. There's multi -evidence of
something happening here long ago.

Hopefully there's some old gold and
silver.

We've got a stone structure here.
Somebody piled those stones.

So if somebody put this here, somebody
went into some trouble.

It could be a 1500 hand cannon.

We're right here.