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Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.

We have a core, gentlemen.

This must be the solution channel. That has the ability to hide treasure. I got

something right in here. Oh, there it is. Yeah, it's there.

Ooh.

Hoo -hoo, here we go.

Well done, mate.

Oh, my God.

Laird, can you tell if this is a jewel?

It is high grade.

Made in the old world?

Yep. That takes us to a whole new level.

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.

Pretty hopeful about this. I think it could be a good borehole.

The thing I like about this one in particular, we're going to hit the

side of the solution channel, another area where the treasure might have

dropped.

A fresh morning on Oak Island brings renewed hope for brothers Rick and Marty

Lagina that they will soon hold in their hands the answers to a 230 -year -old

mystery.

Let's face it, guys, it's very exciting, right?

The reason we're drilling this is because of the collapse. That's where it

have gone.

Yeah. The team is drilling a new borehole known as H9 .25, located in an

area where new water testing showed more evidence that suggests the treasure may

lie some 200 feet deep in the solution channel.

It is also in this region that soil samples are currently being tested to

confirm those results.

Tell me how close we are to the key wells, RF1, H8.

So we're five feet south of H8. That's very close to the chapel shaft then? We

are in the southwest corner of the chapel shaft, so we're in an area I

Okay.

But you lost the wood.

In 2017, the team dug the five -foot diameter H8 shaft.

We're rotating down, but every now and then we have to maintain our teeth out

because of the wood, right? And at 170 feet.

it hit a large object that may have been the legendary Chapel Vault, a seven

-foot -high wooden box that treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William

reportedly drilled into back in 1897 and extracted gold shavings,

along with a piece of parchment bearing the letters VI.

But unfortunately, the H .A. Caisson may have pushed the possible vault

somewhere deeper and potentially into the solution channel.

Could it be possible that the precious metals that seem detected in this area

came from the damaged vault?

I think the chapels had the money pick correct.

They just didn't go deep enough, as we've learned. Yeah, because of the

collapse. So I'm pretty hopeful about this. I think it could be a good

If I had to pick the most likely hole,

To actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure, I would think

this.

The biggest thing to me is that the HA canister started going down on its own,

right about the point where we were pretty excited that we might be finding

vault to plug just now.

We lost all the material.

Well, it sure sounds to me like the solution channel being able to swallow

things up, including treasure.

So we're going to see if we can find it.

You know what I'm looking for. I want you to find an actual bit of treasure.

That's what I want to find.

Exactly. And then put the big boy down on it. Yeah.

Yeah, all right, guys.

Seriously, I think my work here is done.

Okay. Find me some data and a coin would be nice. Okay.

Sounds good, Marty. Sounds good? Sounds good.

See you guys. Okay.

As H9 .25 descends deeper towards the solution channel.

Today's the day, Gary. Yeah.

We're on Oak Island. Yeah.

The possibilities are endless.

That's right.

Alex Lagina and members of the team continue to expose a stone feature in

southwest corner of the swamp, one that may be connected to a road -like

structure several yards to the north, where they found part of a European hand

cannon that could be as much as 800 years old.

We're just going to comb through this and work our way closer into the swamp.

Got it. Hopefully find some artifacts.

And keep our eyes open. You never know, we might find some old wooden stakes.

I mean, one of the most important artifacts we found in this area was the

railing, which was just over there. Yeah. I think that dated to the 600s.

Okay. Well, if you dig, we'll metal detect and keep our eyes peeled and see

we find. Yeah.

Find some artifacts.

I couldn't enumerate the number of finds that have been made in the bog to date.

They've been expensive and extensive and important in the search for answers

here on the island.

But there's a lot of information missing.

What do you got?

This is interesting.

It's a straight wood.

Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area and we found that

rail. Oh, yeah.

Over the years, the team has found numerous ship -related artifacts all

the swamp that have been dated to between the 1600s and the 7th century.

Great conditions, but been buried in the swamp for a long time.

Could Gary be correct that they found another piece of ship's railing in the

southwest corner?

If so, might it be related to the stone structures in this area and help them

learn more about their origin?

It's kind of plankish. It looks like it's curved and beveled. Maybe I'm

things, but it kind of looks shaped like that.

This face really does. I mean, that's cut.

And here as well.

Yeah, at first I thought it was like a piece of railing. Yeah, no, it looks...

At first glance, it looks like it's shaped that way deliberately.

Yeah.

We might be able to show that to a shipwright.

Somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship.

Yeah. I wonder if it's big enough for C4E.

I like the fact that this wood's got beveled edges.

Now, that always looks like planking to me.

And that's important because it's well out of place buried in the swamp.

That's definitely big enough for C -14.

Yeah. So we can figure out how old it is. Yeah.

Definitely an interesting piece.

I'll put that to one side.

I still believe we're just scratching the surface.

As the dig continues in the swamp, several hundred yards to the west on Lot

Found a small shard of creamware.

Oh, nice.

It's really, really small, though. Yeah.

Perfect.

Laird Niven and the archaeology team search for more clues in the round

near the shoreline.

After recently finding a sixth Venetian bead in this feature, which could be

related to the Knights of Malta, and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby

may be linked to the Knights Templar, the team is working to prove.

that numerous groups may have occupied Lot 5 at different times long before the

discovery of the money pit.

Oh, wow.

Got some pearlware.

Oh, nice.

Yeah.

It's getting small, but... Yeah.

We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess.

Yeah. What are the dates on creamware again?

Creamware starts around 1762.

Okay. And then the pearlware would start around 1775. Okay.

I have long believed that this is a multi -generational attempt over

perhaps even centuries, to hide or safeguard something.

I can't prove it yet, but the finds associated with the Lot 5 feature are

interesting and thought -provoking and intriguing.

Oh, nice.

What did you find?

Looks like red earthenware. Oh, it's got a really nice design on it.

Wow, that's a great piece.

It's a big piece.

Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design.

The coarse earthenwares are hard to date.

It can be anywhere from 1750 to 1830. Okay, right in our time range.

Yeah, great find. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. I'll bag it up, see if there's

any more in there. Yeah.

Oh, my gosh.

Laird, I think I just found something really cool.

Oh, my gosh.

Laird, I think I just found something really cool.

Okay.

While digging in the Rounded Stone Foundation on Lot 5, Isabel Whittier has

uncovered a potentially important clue.

Check this out.

Oh, nice.

Can you tell if this is a jewel?

It's meant to look like a jewel, an imitation of a jewel.

Okay. We found a larger one, but clear, just over here.

It looked like costume jewelry.

Then we found kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.

Oh, that's so cool.

Imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.

Oh, that's awesome.

Yeah.

In the early 18th century, French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss

simulated gemstones.

By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium, and lead with glass powder,

a paste -like substance was formed. It was then heated and molded to create

artificial stones, nearly matching the brilliance of actual gems.

One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond, just outside of the round

feature.

Would this be valuable?

I think back in the mid -1700s, it probably was.

If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact, could it be another

help identify one of the groups that occupied the stone foundation prior to

1795?

Emma can actually XRF the side and tell you what kind of metal.

It was sitting in.

So we know that it was set into something and displayed on someone's

If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold, that just takes this to a

whole new level, right? It just adds a lot of significance to this little tiny

artifact. Yeah.

Adding to the intrigue.

Yeah, that's really exciting.

I can't wait to get that back to the lab and see what Emma says about it. Me

too. That's cool.

We're finding some neat stuff here.

Yeah.

The following morning.

Back again?

Good to see you. Good to be back.

You know I love the swamp.

Yeah. Get started.

All right.

Katja Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy to search for more artifacts near the

stone feature in the southwest corner of the swamp.

Something shiny on top. There might be a piece of glass or something, right? Oh,

yeah.

Is there?

Big old piece of glass.

Yeah.

So a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfection.

Glass nowadays is made, manufactured.

There's hardly any imperfection.

bubble, seam, anything that may give you an idea if it's hand -blown is a great

way to identify if glass is old or not.

This is probably from a bottle.

This would be like an older, maybe like a medicine bottle or something.

It's square on the edge, so that's how you know it has some date to it, and

small as well.

So this is an older piece, which is good. Yeah.

By learning what type of flask this is and what it was used for, we can see who

was here and what they were doing.

We'll get this.

Yeah.

That's some wood. Here we go.

A little round piece got you.

Let me see.

That's cut there, isn't it?

Not cut.

And that's cut.

Wow. Good eye, Billy.

Yeah, that's a great one.

It's really deep for wood. Three and a half, four feet, probably.

That's way below that sand.

Dr. Schroeder would say that's the topsoil before the swamp was formed.

That's down in the depth of the ship's rail.

That's the find right there, I would say.

How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?

Less than 100 feet. It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the

a piece of cut wood.

This could mean something.

Right.

In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the

southern border of the swamp.

Incredibly, it was carbon -dated to as early as the 7th century.

There's been a lot of people that thought that there had been ships in the

swamp, so I think it could be very significant.

Is it possible that the team has found a related discovery in the southwest

corner of the swamp?

If there's a ship of some sort out there, it would fit really, really well

any of the theories that somebody came here and buried an old world treasure.

We have so many ship -like artifacts at this point, but extraordinary theories

take extraordinary data. I don't think we quite have that yet, but here's

another piece.

If this is a piece of a ship, I bet you there's more pieces of ship. I'd rather

find what the ship is carrying, Derek. Let's look for that, right?

That's true, that's true.

That's why Cotty is here. Right. Well, let's try and find some more.

Yeah.

Keep the lookers peeled.

Yeah. As the search in the swamp continues.

So, thank you everybody for coming.

We have a really interesting artifact from Lot 5.

In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial

gemstone found one day ago on Lot 5.

This looks like the paste jewelry gem. That's exactly what it is.

So this one's obviously dark.

And the one we found last year was white, was clear.

And I guess you can explain the composition.

Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, but this one is black, and

it's black due to the addition of manganese and calcium.

And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant.

It's not as shiny or sparkly. They're called diamantes, like the official

The purpose of it is to be dark and matte.

But it's the same era, similar composition.

And the fastener, there's a trace of tin around the edges, which we also found

in the composition of last year's jewel as well.

And something like that would have been made in the old world?

Yep. Not here? No.

Early to mid -1700s in France.

And from the composition, I can tell you that it is, like, high grade.

And it was for people of the upper class.

Yeah. Because it would have the same amount of shine or even more shine than

diamonds. So these are not trade items, per se.

I think what makes it not a trade item is the fact that it was mounted.

If it was a trade item, they'd be loose.

I see.

Just reading your report there, no earlier than 1734 or no later?

Well, the oldest possible date is 1734, because that's when it was really being

invented and introduced.

So after 1734.

Yeah.

Fashion travels quickly.

Especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing.

When did it go out of style?

It went right into the Victorian.

If this is high quality, it represents probably the initial phase before it

percolates down and the cheaper copies are made for less affluent people.

What's it telling you about what was going on in Lot 5?

I think it makes a statement about stature.

I think this was a higher class of people.

With the blackface jewel, I have seen references to military uniforms.

Timeline -wise, it does fit the Duc d 'Anville's expedition here.

Mid -1700s, French.

Very interesting.

Timeline -wise, it does fit the Duc d 'Anville's expedition here.

In the Oak Island lab, Emma has just confirmed that the simulated glass gem

found in the round feature on Lot 5 is French in origin.

and dates back to the mid -18th century.

You know, the Duc d 'Anville's expedition was mid -1700s, French.

Something to keep in mind.

In 1746, France launched an armada to reclaim Nova Scotia from Great Britain.

It was led by an admiral known as the Duc d 'Anville, a nobleman from a

with connections to the Knights Templar dating back to the 12th century.

Unfortunately, due to severe storms and a wave of disease, the mission

ultimately failed.

I found eight pages of what looked like a ship's log.

But curiously, in 2017, Doug Kroll discovered an 18th century ship's

log in the Provincial Archives, stating that one of Don V's ships...

carried a large cache of treasure to a wooded island in the vicinity of Oak

Island, where the crew buried it in a deep pit.

This is a very strong indicator that somebody of high status was on Lot 5.

We know that the Duke Dunville did come here to Nova Scotia, and indeed the

Dunville family has a connection to the Knights Templar.

If there was some incredible treasure out of history, that made its way here

North America. It could have been done as part of the Duc d 'Anville's

expedition. Finding these things that belonged to somebody in a military

position, I wonder why were they on the island? What were they doing?

Is it possible that the two simulated French gemstones found on Lot 5 could be

connected to the treasure reportedly buried by the crew of the Duc d

The dots are very far apart right now, right? But we're accumulating them.

But you're accumulating them. Yeah. Exactly.

You know, there's always been the idea that there might be an association here

with Duc d 'Ambique.

The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at multiple occupations on Lot

5, from the 1200s right up through 1750. I believe this was a multi

-generational attempt to hide something.

And perhaps the Duke Danville wasn't part of that endeavor.

This is step by step, clue by clue, and every clue is important because at some

point they will connect up. At some point they will tell a story. So thank

for bringing this down. It's an interesting find, but I hope we can

about it. All right. Excellent. Thank you.

Thank you.

As the team concludes their meeting in the lab,

We've got to keep looking.

Let's do it.

Billy, Conchia, and Derek continue to search in the southwest corner of the

swamp.

Ooh.

Wow.

I mean, look at that.

That's excellent.

That is a cut steak, if I've ever seen one.

Yeah, and so close to the last find we just had.

Oh, my gosh. That's pretty cool.

That's definitely cut.

Yes.

Unless they need a bigger bag to put the stuff in.

Definitely.

I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too.

Mm -hmm.

Yeah, well, it's soaked because we're below the level of the ocean here,

Mm -hmm.

It's so preserved and basically clean, right, because it's in a perfect

environment to store wood. Yeah.

A hand -cut wooden stake?

Because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features,

as the structure that was recently uncovered several yards to the north, is

possible that they have just discovered more evidence that the two features may

have been built by the same people?

If so, just who was it?

We can get a lot of information off that. I think so, yeah.

I'm sure there's a purpose for that.

That is definitely cut.

And so is the other one. Yeah, that's a bigger piece. Right. Bigger cut.

Right. This gives Dr. Spooner more information.

Yeah. We've got some potential here. I'm excited to keep going.

We'll work to keep the lab busy.

Yeah.

At another day dawns on Oak Island.

While drilling continues in the Money Pit area.

Hey, Gary. Hi, Ian. Derek.

Hey, Dr. Spooner. How are you doing? Good.

Dr. Ian Spooner joins other members of the team in the swamp to examine the

where the wooden survey stakes were found next to the newly uncovered stone

structure one day ago.

That stake, they were 100 % not in the sand. They were in that peat layer.

Yep. Which is quite deep and just below the sand to be in that peat layer,

period. Under that much sand, we absolutely know people were here a long,

time ago. So if I can leave with one suggestion, what I'd like you guys to

if you can fit it in, is get me a sample of the peat. If I can date the peat

here, and it's old too, then I know that the stick, if it's younger, was put

there by people.

And if that stick dates into one of our bins of 1200, you know, 1700,

then it tells us there was activity in this area.

at that time, which is totally new. Right.

Peat is composed of decaying plant matter that forms when it is submerged

brackish water for long periods of time.

Because the wooden stake the team found was embedded in the peat layer just

beneath the stone structure, if Dr.

Spooner can date the peat, he may be able to determine just when the stone

feature was created.

We've had these sort of three age sort of categories here. One that's 600 to

like 1200, you know, that era.

And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s. Yeah.

And then we have the more sort of I'd call post -depositor kind of era.

So we've got three kind of categories of potential human activity here.

And I want to see where that fits.

Right.

By dating organic materials associated with the man -made structures in the

swamp, Dr. Spooner has determined that the paved area near the center could be

as much as 800 years old.

The possible Portuguese stone road in the southeastern corner may be 500 years

old. And the so -called Eye of the Swamp may have been built as early as 1680.

And it's been so nice.

Big clumps of peat coming up in the digs, especially over there, where there

sand as well. So I'll save you a big clump of peat with all the wood in it.

That's perfect. That's what I need.

I think that the carbon dating of the wood in the swamp, the work that was

the discoveries that have been made, can only lead to one conclusion, that the

work was long, involved, and purposeful.

To me, what it says is this was a multi -generational endeavor here, and there's

possibly more than one treasure hidden across the island.

I'm off the lab.

Thanks, guys.

We can't wait to hear your results.

Yep. Thank you. Thanks.

See you later.

As the dig continues in the swamp... We did hit the bedrock plateau.

Hopefully we'll go right down into the solution channel. Could be in the next

run.

We have a cord, gentlemen.

Over in the money pit area, the drilling operation in borehole H9 .25 has nearly

reached a depth of 200 feet.

H9 .25's still got a few things to tell us.

Hopefully we'll be able to find that open area that could have taken the

treasure. Yep.

Given its proximity to the H8, there's every reason to believe that we are in

the area of the original money pit.

Remember, we are in the area where something significant happened.

That's some very loose material right there.

This must be the solution channel.

We lost the so -called vault in H -8. Where did it go? And we believe it went

the solution channel. It's the perfect targeted zone.

The hope is that there'll be something in the core, a man -made something.

Adam, what do you got?

212. 212? Yeah.

This is promising looking stuff, really.

Yeah, it's gooey.

Very gooey and loose.

Bring her in.

Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for right here, guys.

There's the conditions we need right there. That has the ability to hide

treasure.

A little messy.

All right, now we're starting to get a look at it.

198 down to 215 in front of us, guys.

This loose material looks like it starts.

That's a 198 mark, and it goes down to, what would it be, a 202 would you tell

us? 202.

It may have got a little bit less recovery going down through the slurry

well. Sure.

Yeah, well, less recovery means it was literally a void. It was mostly water, I

guess. That's a good thing.

Now, this is cakey and less likely to accept a treasure down into it. This

up here is, of course, much looser.

And then this is the stuff that really...

Should be set aside. We'll send some up to the lab, hopefully.

There you go, Charles. See what you see.

This is the good stuff right here.

As we move up along this one.

Got to find the one thing.

I got something right in here.

I'm going to pull some of that out, Terry.

Nope, that's okay.

Yep, I'm getting a hit right there.

Okay.

Yep, right in there.

Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you. Come over here so you don't lose

Yeah, all right. There you go. Fresh area here.

Not there.

Not there?

Nope.

There we go. Oh, there it is.

There it is right there.

There it is right there.

I'm getting sharp straight here.

Straight in there. You know, you get fooled sometimes by the screws in the

table. Okay, we're going to have to bring this over there.

Yeah, it's there. I'm going to put it right on the table.

In the money pit area, the team is detecting traces of metal in a drilling

recovered from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel.

Nope, it's in here.

Okay, then dump that over in a different pile. Yeah.

That's weird.

It's on you. Oh, it's on you. Yeah, it's on me right there.

I wonder if it's the same thing that we're getting before.

Yeah. You know, the little flex.

Yeah, this is a real conundrum here.

The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal in their drill

but then recover no objects.

However, could these hits also mean that they are once again detecting metal

flecks in the soil and are getting even closer to a long -lost treasure that now

lies somewhere nearby in the solution channel?

I know Marty was really interested in this last time when this occurred, so we

probably should get him involved here.

Sounds good.

Hello? Hey, Marty, how are you?

Talk to me. I'm here in the Money Pit with Charles and Terry, and we have

another interesting core.

Right around 198 all the way down to 208, we had some very, very soupy

and we had ambiguous hits with the metal detector.

Sort of scattered stuff?

It would beep and go off and seem to be detected, and then we couldn't find it

in the mud.

All right. Well, this is right where we want it to be, correct?

It's in the right area, the right depth, the right conditions.

You know, there's no coin staring at us, but...

Who knows what to expect, right? I mean, at least we'll get some indication

we're finally on the right path.

So that's what Ian Spooner has been on about for a long time, but that's how he

explains the metals in the water.

The pinpointer hit, the preliminary indication of metals as the base of the

solution channel, could be an indicator that we are in the right spot.

We're hoping that this is something that eroded from a treasure that's very

close by. Maybe it's coming from the chapel vault.

It's really there.

We're going to take all of this and set it aside, Marty, and we're going to be

sure we do a good analysis of all of it.

Yeah, but the whole thing, not samples, the whole thing. Yeah, I'd like you to

take that entire 10 -quart of core, the entire thing.

It needs to go to the lab.

The sediment, carefully analyzed, could yield bits of precious metal, silver,

gold perhaps.

Look, this is what we're looking for.

Something from the scientific reconnaissance data.

to tell us where to go to actually find the treasure.

We're bagging the whole thing for sure, Marty, no question. We'll keep you

informed as we go.

Talk to you soon.

Good deal, guys.

Later that day.

Okay, mate.

I'm hoping we can find something to help the archaeologists understand what the

heck went on in that round feature and the rectangular feature.

Works for me.

After the discovery of the 18th century simulated gemstone.

All right, let's find some artifacts.

Cool.

Rick and Gary search through spoils that were removed from the round feature on

lot five.

Come on, here's a some more.

Here we go, mate. We're in business.

Nonferrous. In fact, just don't think we've got to dig very deep.

There's going to be no surface layers.

That sounds really good.

Let's see what we've got here.

This is my favorite part.

Ooh, bit of roundness.

Look at how little that is.

That's a tiny little cuff button.

Look at how little that is, mate. Tiny? Yeah. But you can definitely see it's

got a tiny little loop on the back.

Could this small button be related to the artificial gemstones found in and

the round feature?

If so, might it help identify one of the groups who occupied Lot 5?

before the discovery of the money pit.

It could be like a little kind of like a decorative button, say off a lapel or

something like this. Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it.

Another nice little artifact for Emma to hopefully shine some light on.

I think at this point we always talk about grouping artifacts.

The archaeologists should group the buttons and then maybe catalog them and

them to a button experts say who can say this stylistically this represents this

error stylistically this represents this error it's not just a button anymore no

so it's a piece of data it's a piece of history yeah it is okay put it in the

bag and we'll keep gritting

Yeah, we got a good hit here Rick.

Really good hit.

I'll try pinpointing it first.

It sounds like a great hit. That's non -ferrous mate. That is not a nail.

They're in my hands.

Oh.

Oh, oh, oh, we got here.

Oh, oh, oh, we got here.

I know what that is.

While searching spoils removed from the round feature on lot five.

What is it? It looks like a stone.

No, it's not a stone, mate.

Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.

I think what we have found, Rick, is something really, really special and

unique. That is a folded over coin.

Really? That's a copper coin that's been folded over. Look, you can see the

shape of it.

Never heard of such a thing.

I have, but not in North America, because I have found these type of

in Europe before, metal detecting.

Really? Yeah. Normally when you find...

Something made of copper, silver, gold and it's completely folded over. I

believe this is a talisman to ward off bad things.

Somebody would fold this piece of metal over and they would put it in the ground

to ward off bad luck.

When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?

Three, four hundred years ago.

Really? Yeah.

The ritual of folding coin as symbols of good luck or an appeal for God's

protection dates as far back as the times of ancient Rome.

However, this practice was prevalent throughout Europe between the 12th and

centuries.

It's more than likely 1700, 1600.

That would be the right time frame for Lot 5.

Is it possible that this folded coin, was left in the rounded feature on Lot 5

by someone who wanted spiritual protection for themselves, or perhaps

something they brought to Oak Island.

If so, could it be related to the artifacts found here that have been

the religious orders of the Knights of Malta and the Knights Templar?

The real story here is why a folded coin?

What was truly happening on Lot 5?

If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right? No. You just don't do

that. You do it for a reason. That's intentional, right? Yeah.

Think about it. Back even in the 1600s, 1700s and way beyond there, those people

had a different understanding of the world, and so they did things like this.

I have always believed, as have many others, that the work that was done on

Island... was meant to protect something outside of temporal wealth.

I think what was put here was meant to advance something, an idea, a belief, a

concept, something of either significant historical value or religious value.

You know, this island has resisted efforts to find the treasure for 230

There's something on this island, and I believe whatever was here is still here.

Look at that.

Well done, mate. This is absolutely fantastic, mate. A first for Oak Island.

Absolutely. Never seen anything like it. Didn't know the tradition.

That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, at least part of

story of what happened over there. Yep. I'm sure it will find a safe home.

Oh, yeah. I know where this little butte is going, and I'm going to bypass the

back, but this is going straight in the top pocket.

Absolutely fantastic.

And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab, Emma, and

out what this is. I want to know, mate. Let's get back to the lab. Okay. Cool.

After uncovering new evidence of man -made workings in the swamp and traces

metal in the money pit and artifact surfaces that may be related to the

struggles many have faced, in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200

years.

Was a treasure of profound religious value really brought to Oak Island over

course of centuries by people who are all deeply devoted to ensuring that it

would never be found?

And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?

The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth.

But just what must they endure to find it?

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.

Oh, wow. What is that?

That's exactly like the sticks we found near the vault. I truly believe there's

still another vault there.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. There it is. The void thing.

Is that natural or is that an open cavern? Only a sonar could tell you

really. All right, well, that's what we'll do. Hopefully we'll find the one

thing. Cross your fingers. We're in the cavity. Yeah, you're in. We'd love

nothing better than to see a man -made cavern or vault.

We've got an opening. This is not natural.