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Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.

We found the cobble.

It's headed towards the vault, and it's turning towards Lot 8.

There has to be a reason for it.

We analyzed underneath the boulder.

It's one of the most interesting on the island ever.

If there is a tunnel under there, I want to see what's under that rock. Yep.

This is weird.

I think you really need to see under here.

It looks like gold. Yeah.

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 Knights 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.

Hello, Vanessa. Hello, Adam. Hi, Adam. Hey, guys. How you doing today?

Thanks for joining us virtually here in the war room.

Yeah. An energized morning has begun on Oak Island for Rick, Marty, Craig, and

their team as they meet with Vanessa Lucido of Rock Equipment and Adam

of Solitonche Bashi Canada to plan a pivotal operation in the Money Pit area.

We've asked you to join us because we are sure at this point that we want to

some canisters down.

The key thing, though, is we want to bring in the equipment necessary to make

sure that we get deep.

We want to get to the bottom of the solution channel.

We're ready to go. We got some ideas.

Yeah, how deep are we going this year, Marty?

Let's call it 230.

And that could be every single hole.

Wow.

In the past three months, The team has drilled more than a dozen new boreholes

down into the solution channel, where they believe the legendary treasure from

the original money pit has fallen.

And after testing soil samples retrieved from them, two have now revealed fresh

evidence that a massive source of silver is located nearby.

And curiously, this is in the same area where the team retrieved an old piece of

drill pipe.

that may be connected to an operation from 1849, when a drilling foreman named

James Pitt Blato reportedly recovered a 14th century Portuguese coin that is

related to the Knights Templar.

You know, it's really important for us to get down to that depth, but it can be

extremely tough material.

In the solution channel itself, we get into some gypsum, and there's going to

ledges, so I'm wondering what...

extra equipment are you going to be bringing this year to ensure we get down

there? I think knowing that your guys' goal is to get deep, we'll probably look

at a telescoping method.

So for the first 130 feet, you're going to be at a larger can, so a larger

diameter. And then from 130 down to 230, we'll have a little smaller diameter so

that we can get deeper and achieve your goal.

So what's the diameter that we're going to have available for treasure finding?

Yeah, we're looking at about eight and a half feet outside diameter up top, and

then around seven foot diameter going down all the way to the bottom of that

channel. Okay.

And also, there is another tool that can break stuff up.

It's basically a really big, expensive postal logger, but it's about eight foot

in diameter, five, six feet tall.

Big bullet teeth capable of penetrating. The hardest material we'll be getting

into here. It works as a corkscrew or a big drill bit. And then we have some

other drill tools, a drilling bucket with rock teeth on the bottom that's

to go down to the depth we're looking to achieve here.

That sounds great.

Yeah.

During past large -scale digs, Rock and SB Canada have used a powerful hydraulic

oscillator.

to slowly grind the steel caissons into the ground.

A hammer grab tool would then be used to extract the spoils.

This year, they will mount a massive auger bit onto a 135 ton rotary drill

Once placed inside the steel caissons, it can grind down through soil and

much faster toward the solution channel.

Once it is reached, A giant dig bucket will replace the auger bit to safely

remove spoils and hopefully the treasure.

We're going to be well equipped to hopefully get through anything we

No, that's really cool. We look forward to seeing it in action.

Good.

Treasure fell down into the solution channel, and it's not going to dig

out, so it's time to bring in the machinery to do it. If there's anhydrite

the way or gypsum in the way, it doesn't matter. We have to go through it.

I'm just a sucker for big new equipment. I really am. I love it.

And this giant auger will be more efficient in removing the spoils from

as we go down, which will make things faster.

You both have been here enough to know the history of what we call the Pip

incident, right?

So when you mention auger, it's kind of serendipitous knowing that we believe

in the past that process has brought to the surface a...

and all of us who are on the table here have high confidence that more of those

are in the money pit. So with your help, we believe those will come to the

surface. Wonderful. Let's find them.

Amen. Yeah.

We're wanting to get going, say, in a week.

We'd love to make this happen for you guys.

I'll get with the boys, and we'll start assembling the equipment and head your

way. Sounds great.

Brilliant. So we look forward to it.

Thank you.

Thanks. Thank you. Take care.

Thanks, guys.

Later that morning.

Hey, folks.

Dr. Spooner.

Hey, good morning.

How are you doing? I'm glad you came out.

I'm always glad to be here because it's always a new mystery, you know.

Dr. Ian Spooner joins members of the team on Lot 8 as they continue to

investigate a man -made boulder feature.

So what did you guys find?

So we just moved these rocks. We didn't want to do anything under them until you

were able to see what was underneath.

Sure. And to me, it looks like we still have disturbed soil underneath them.

Yeah.

I find that strange.

After noticing that the several -ton boulder is surrounded by smaller, evenly

spaced stones that are holding it in place.

We've got a big way down there.

Yeah. The archaeological team.

discovered a back -filled void beneath it.

That's what we can find. A void where the team has recently inserted a snake

camera and obtained images of a possible iron stake and what could be valuable.

Oh, my God. It looks like there's a pearl.

Yeah.

Do we yet know all the techniques we could employ to figure out the age of

feature? I think one of the key things here...

is get a sample of that soil underneath the rock.

The core we get might give us a little bit of dating control.

It might also tell us if there's metal in it.

So there's some things we should probably look into.

I agree. Everybody's on the same page. Right.

I'll get this core. That'll take no time.

Perfect. Great.

Using the soil core, I'm looking to date when that boulder was manipulated.

We have hints on this island.

of activity and occupation pre -1600s, even older than that.

This may be a part of that story.

Okay, so we've got a bit of a core here, so we'll put this aside.

But what I want to do is try this core as well and see what we get.

If we could find elevated metals of interest, and that's gold, silver, lead,

zinc, copper, tin.

That might give us a clue as to why it's there, what's happened there.

Look how loose that is.

Yeah.

It's quite loose.

But we'll keep that. I can't really do anything with that here. I need to take

it back to the lab, but I'm most interested in the very end of it.

Yeah.

See you. Thanks for coming out. Thank you. Appreciate it.

While the investigation of the boulder continues.

All right, Gary, what's on the agenda today?

The plowed area.

Yeah, Billy has plowed this area up.

Metal detector's dream.

Exactly, mate.

Some 50 yards to the south, Billy Gerhardt has churned up the topsoil with

plow so that Marty and Gary can search for more clues that may be connected to

the feature.

So many great artifacts have come off of this lot, and we're going to keep that

tradition alive today, mate.

And hopefully we find some artifacts today that are connected to that boulder

work. I was kind of excited when we walked up here, but now you've got me on

edge, so let's go.

All right, mate.

Start over here.

Recent searches of the area surrounding the boulder have not only uncovered part

of a potentially 16th century chain, but also a lead bag seal that could be

as much as 700 years old.

When you find something as important as that big boulder on Lot 8, it certainly

raises the bar in a sort of incentive way to really look for artifacts near

Because if it's so significant, there should be some stuff near it that is

significant.

And we're so interested that we've actually churned up the soil here to

sure we don't miss anything.

Oh, good one. Banging little ion signal.

Well, not the little, actually.

Right in the area there. That is a screamer. Yep.

It's been plowing on the top.

A little bit of the old Morse code going there.

Let's see what we've got.

What you got, Gary?

Oh, look at that.

Oh, wait, wait. Is that a knife?

Yep, you are right, mate.

That's a tang there.

It's a small chopper.

They used to skin animals using this.

I found a heck of a lot of knives, metal detecting, and this is a little

chopping knife, and it would have been the multi -tool of the 1700s. That means

a man was in this area.

I can't wait to see what else we find.

Well, the lab will have fun with that, won't they?

Yeah, they will.

Right, we'll put it in the bag. Bag it. Lab bag.

Yeah. And we'll keep grinding. Keep going.

Okay. Oh, another strong signal.

Right in that clump there? Right in that clump, yeah.

Try that.

It seems like you've moved it.

Oh, I see it on the top.

You do?

Yep.

Where?

Oh, no pinpoint needed. It's this.

Oh, wow.

The heck is that?

No pinpoint needed. It's this.

The heck is that?

I really don't know what it is.

because that puts me off that little looky thing at the end. While searching

Lot 8, Marty and Gary have found a curious iron artifact just yards from

massive boulder feature.

Yeah, isn't that a shoe?

No, because we wouldn't have that middle piece in it. I think it's kind of

pintle -ish. Like a pintle hook?

Something that goes into something to latch it. Yeah, it's like a gate or a

hanger. And it's pushed into the side of the wood and then they hang a gate.

Dating back to as early as 2000 BC, a pencil is a kind of pivot pin used for

door and gate hinges, allowing them to open and close.

Earlier this year, the team found a similar item on Lot 15, just northwest

the Money Pit area.

You can tell it's unforged, but one thing that really stands out is all this

blistering on it. And if this is a really old piece of iron, that makes it

interesting because of that big boulder behind us. You're right. Even more

reason to get it to the lab. Yeah.

We are keenly interested in anything we find on Lot 8 because of this crazy

giant boulder thing.

Any... Piece of iron where we can get an explanation might help us figure out

what in the heck happened with this big boulder.

Good find.

Okay. Keep going.

Okay, Mike.

We're finding.

The next morning.

Hey, guys.

Hey, guys.

I see you've been digging.

Yeah.

Rick joins Tom Nolan and members of the team.

as they continued digging on Tom's property in the northern region of the

triangle -shaped swamp.

We dug down until we found the cobble again.

You think you're into the cobble? There seems to be a lot of rock here.

Okay. Over the past month, the team has discovered several sections of a

cobblestone pathway in this area that were marked by eight -sided survey

and which they believe may be part of the same cobbled path.

that led them to an empty brick and slate vault more than 100 feet to the

in 2024.

Now, after also finding a number of metal artifacts, loose bricks, and

which could date back to the 17th century, they hope that following the

sections of cobblestone might lead them to another vault that contains treasure.

Just what I'm observing, the cobble ends there and it ends here.

I think these are two platforms.

It's one possible explanation.

Well, if you're going to build a platform in here and you're going to

cartloads of rock, you can't go through the muck to there. You need a roadway to

get to where you're going to construct.

What I find curious is we're following this stake line, and the stake line's

headed towards the vault. We have rocks on the western side of the stake.

And right in this area, it's turning towards Lot 5 and Lot 8. So we just want

follow where this pathway might lead.

Could Peter be correct that the team has uncovered evidence that the cobblestone

path in the swamp may also lead west towards Lot 8 and 5?

If so, might that suggest it is related to the boulder feature on Lot 8?

Or perhaps the structures the team has found on Lot 5.

Could this be a road?

Absolutely. But in order to figure that out, I guess we've got to keep digging.

Right, Al? Keep digging. See how far it goes.

We're going.

It's very curious. We have an excessive amount of cobble and a fairly defined

space. Although we don't have a complete and competent understanding of what we

have found to date, there might be a path.

between the two platforms and it does appear to go up into the highland maybe

can see where it projects to if it is a path or road it has to be going it has

to be coming from somewhere and going somewhere there has to be a reason for

Is that a piece of wood right next to that rock, do you think?

This looks cut. What do you make of that?

Yeah, it does look cut, doesn't it?

No, it's an axe cut. You know, it's not a...

eight -sided cut like we've been finding in other places, but it's some sort of

a stake for sure. It would have been sort of on the side of the cobble.

Right next to that rock.

I'm just going to set it aside for now.

Let's take another scoop, Al. Okay.

There was significant work done here in the north end of the bog.

There are a number of clues associated with the cobble path.

It appears to go towards the direction of Lot 5.

Whoever did it, the someone or someone who did it, had a real reason to do it.

And that reason may provide some real insight into what happened here on Oak

Island.

Whoa. Banging signal here, Rick.

Are you going to dig it out or pinpoint her?

I'll try pinpointing it.

It's in the darker material that came from deeper down.

I'm on it.

Oh, look at this.

What's that?

Oh, look at this.

That's a beauty.

Check this out, Rick.

In the northern region of the swamp, Gary has just made another potentially

important discovery.

That is an old piece of iron.

Feel the weight of it.

Yeah. Yeah, you can see the striations, mate. That's hand forged.

It could be an old iron tool, or it could be something like a hand chisel.

Almost certainly broken, though. You'd think that might be the working end, and

that's probably broken. Yeah, yeah.

Maybe a thing called trauma, and it came from really, really deep down.

In fact, same level.

of those cobbles.

Problem is, why is it there?

Yeah, well, all the ebby stuff sinks to the bottom, mate. Oh, that's true.

Whoever did that work, who put those cobbles there, this could have been one

the workers who lost this.

And we really don't know what it is, but it so reminds me of the old iron tool

that we found at the bottom of TOT -1 last year.

Oh, that rectangular piece. Yeah. Now, that was the business end of the tool.

And that could have gone into the 1500s, yes.

What is that?

Last year, as the 8 -foot diameter caisson, known as TOT -1, entered the

solution channel at a depth of some 160 feet.

Could be a really old tool, mate.

Gary and Marty found a pickaxe fragment in the spoils that could predate the

discovery of the money pit by more than two centuries.

And curiously...

It was unearthed in the same general area where the recent soil tests have

revealed high levels of silver more than 200 feet deep.

Could Gary be correct that the team may have found a potentially related iron

artifact in the swamp?

It's a cool find. It really is.

Especially if it's a tool. And as you say, found in close proximity to a work

area, which is what you're always saying. Yeah. Work area, people lose

Yeah. Maybe it'll define that. Is it a road? Is it a path?

There's a platform.

Maybe that'll help. Tell us a tale.

I think the work in the bog, at least currently, as we understand it,

has something to do with the efforts in the money pit. I don't know what that is

as of yet.

We need more of these finds to hopefully fill in those gaps and give us those

answers.

I say put this in the bag here, and we take it back to the lab.

Keep going.

Okay.

Two days later.

Hello. Morning.

Hey, guys. Hey, nice to see you. Dr. Spooner, he took some course from the

teacher. Rick, Marty, and members of the team gather in the war room with Dr.

Spooner, who had just completed preliminary testing for metal content in

soil samples that he collected beneath the large boulder.

We're hoping that you will enlighten us to the point where we can collectively

make a decision about how to move forward.

I've taken a look at some of the sediment underneath the boulder, and

samples we collected we also analyzed in the lab very carefully to get a sense

of what metals were in the organic matter and to try to get some idea as to

there's sort of maybe a human signature.

in that sediment, a signature of activity or something like that.

What we saw was a very elevated lead.

And this was very, very odd indeed.

12 parts per million is what we've seen elsewhere.

We're seeing as high as 140 parts per million lead in that organic matter

underneath the boulder.

How does it get there?

It would be moving through ash that was burning. If you're burning a lot of coal

or wood, you might have an increase in lead.

And so that could mean something was happening in terms of burning or

industrial activity, basically.

We do know that tunneling requires air shafts, and we know that the old miners

from way back used burning to ventilate shafts. So, Ian, what if this boulder

covers a ventilation shaft, say?

If it were burning, the smoke would be condensing as it came out. That could be

a source of the light, couldn't it?

It could possibly, yeah.

That's a good point.

Dating back to as early as ancient Greece, fire was actually used as a

for ventilating underground mining tunnels.

Workers would set fires at the base of shafts to force smoke up and out, while

drawing fresh air down and into the body of the mine.

Did you test the soils nearby just to see if it's a local phenomenon?

It certainly did, yeah.

And we didn't see really high lead, maybe a tiny bit elevated.

So that's intriguing. I just wouldn't expect it in the normal organic duff

you would see around the site.

So I think it's an indication of local activity of some sort.

Yeah, I wouldn't think it came from anywhere but under the boulder.

So I'm saying if there is a tunnel under there and somebody was burning stuff,

that would make sense.

This is highly relevant.

That's right.

Really exciting.

If there's a tunnel under that boulder and somebody was burning stuff, which

would be really exciting because we could follow a ventilation shaft down to

whatever it was ventilating.

In the war room.

The team has heard an astonishing report that soil samples collected from

beneath the massive boulder on Lot 8 contain high, unnatural traces of lead.

So whether that organic matter accumulated on its own or whether it was

backfilled, the organic matter was very compact.

It's compact probably because the boulder is settled on top of it through

which to me indicates whatever happened there happened some time ago.

I don't know what to make of it, other than it certainly implies that there was

some sort of activity underneath the boulder by humans.

Is it explainable by perhaps an air shaft for a tunnel, and you would burn

coal to draw warm air and thus create enough air for people to work

That covers all the bases.

It shows how lead could have accumulated.

It suggests the possibility that this might lead to a tunnel, which may lead

something associated with work in the money pit.

I mean, to me, we've got indications of human activity. We have a mysterious

void that just does not form naturally underneath it. Absolutely.

You'd never have that just naturally.

Right. And there's other features as well.

the rocks around the edge of it that are spaced at almost precisely four inches

each the fact that i think it there's been activity around the side of it as

well all of this really conspires to produce perhaps from my perspective one

of the most interesting rocks on the island ever

Well, that's the major significance of this. I mean, it would have been great

even if you came out with nuggets of gold, but the lead is just as anomalous.

Regardless of what it is, at this point, that boulder cannot be overlooked.

So it's time to see what's under that rock, I think. I want to pick that thing

up. Yeah, we're getting that feeling from you.

Yeah, well, if I'm being subtle, let me know, okay?

I think to do our job properly, we need to move the boulder, but just not yet.

We're going to continue going around and exposing the wedge stones until we get

to the other side and then we'll be good to go.

We are all hoping so much for a positive, discernible, credible clue

underneath that boulder.

If it was moved, it really, really makes you...

that there's something important underneath it. So that's what we're

Historical, a map, perhaps some treasure itself, an old plugged tunnel. Who

knows what's under that boulder?

We don't know how deep whatever it is it's covering might be.

Well, I think everyone has articulated why the lead may be relevant here, but

the macro view at this point, given the discussion today, is that the boulder

has to be removed at some point.

Yeah. And I know all of us are somewhat impatient from a treasure hunting,

solving the mystery perspective. I mean, it's important, but it's important to

do it right.

Yeah. Yeah. Yep.

So I think everyone is in agreement.

For sure.

That leads me to why don't you all guys get off, sit on your hands, and get out

there and do something.

Okay? Okay.

Fair enough.

As a new day breaks on Oak Island.

All ready for big finds today?

Yep. Yep.

In the northern region of the Tuam, Rick, Tom, and members of the team work

uncover more sections of the cobblestone path to determine just where it will

lead.

What do you see?

There's definitely cobble on the bottom, but there's bigger boulders on top of

it.

It doesn't make sense.

Cobble down there. Yeah.

I mean, why don't we expose a bit more? I would just ride the bucket on top of

that cobble and just pull back and see if it goes that way or this way.

Yeah, good idea.

Okie doke. Okay. Drop her over here and we'll see what happens. All right.

It's highly suggestive at this point that this path was created.

to allow people to work at that location?

Does it lead to the area where something could be hidden?

Or it would use the transport materials perhaps across the bog to another area

of the island.

Got a signal, Rick!

That is non -ferrous. Hold on. Yeah, please.

Let me see if you've moved it.

Ooh, now it's getting stronger.

Banging signal.

Artifact coming up, Reg.

Whoa. Whoa, what have we got here?

What is that?

Some kind of a ingot?

I think it's lead.

I have no idea what that is, Mike. I know it's really heavy for the size.

how heavy it is. I mean, that is spectacular. I don't know what it is.

found one before.

What do you got?

No idea.

That's what makes it interesting.

You don't usually say that, Gary. No idea.

See those?

Yeah. That modern?

No. It just means it was made in a mold.

Or it was decorated like that.

This could be some kind of lead weight. Why would you need a lead weight in this

area? And you have to remember, too, we're on the side of the bog that wasn't

farmed.

Is there a possible connection to the stone power?

Maybe they were dropped by the people who constructed it.

Interesting find, though, for sure.

Well, we'll have to find answers at the lab on this one.

All right.

Back to work.

Sounds good.

Nice solid ground.

Ooh, what we got here?

Oh, yeah.

Ooh, what we got here?

Oh, yeah.

In the northern area of the swamp, Rick, Gary, and other members of the team

have just made another curious discovery.

Yeah, this is either the top or the bottom of a keg. No mistaking that.

No mistaking that. And we have found them in this area of the swamp as well

before.

Strangely, just to find part of a keg. I mean, they were well made. It took some

force to break them up.

Strange, though, that top of a keg.

Out here.

It's been down there a while.

Emma might be able to do some XRD work and figure out what was in there. Well,

we'll find out, mate.

Barrels and kegs were used to transport all kinds of goods, especially goods

that were meant to be protected or safeguarded for years, even for

So my hope is that Emma can make a determination as to what might have been

in the cave.

Yeah, Gary.

What do you got?

What does that remind you of? Oh, yeah.

That's another barrel top or barrel bottom.

Piece of a keg. What if that fits the one you found earlier?

Yeah, it could fit. It's that same shape, that same width as well, isn't

-hmm. Yep.

You might learn something from that if it fit together.

And you'll have a chance of...

detected some precious metals, because I know that in the old days, the French,

the English, and the Spanish used to put treasure coins in kegs. And they came

from down at the bottom there, so there's a good chance this is gold. I'm

we're on to another vault.

Could Gary's notion be correct?

Is it possible that the team has found part of a barrel that once stored

something of great value?

If so...

Could it be evidence that this section of the cobblestone path may be leading

another hidden vault in this region of the swamp?

What is the stone road? Why was it put in? Where was it going?

There's a lot of unique opportunities in the north end of the swamp. Who knows

what else is out there?

Yeah, great find. I'll put it to one side.

Okay,

well, keep digging.

Yep.

Later that afternoon,

Hey, Laird. Hey, guys. And archaeologist.

Been any development?

Yeah, well, the reason we called you down is Fiona's done a lot of

Yeah, I see that.

Exposed a lot, but our next step now is to reinsert the camera underneath.

We thought you might want to see that. That sounds great. Let's do it. Let's

gather around down there. Yeah.

All righty.

Yeah, you can see we just finished clearing out this area.

So now we have access to the back area kind of underneath the boulder. So

what we thought it was worth another look. Let's have a go. So let's get that

out. Make sure it's clean.

Need anything?

One second, got to go a little further.

Okay.

Oh, so look at that.

I would say we're probably a good two feet underneath right now.

I think you really need to see what I'm seeing under here.

Give me that.

I think you better. You guys hold that while I hold this in place.

I mean, it looks like a cave, okay? I mean, but I have no idea of scale.

We shouldn't be having voids underneath the rock to this degree.

No, this is a big void.

You got to wonder if that void gets even bigger back there, don't you?

It's very clear that there are voids all over under there.

It's like a matrix of voids.

So it's consistent with something significant underneath there.

I think people went to a lot of work to try to deposit something that they

valued and went to a lot of trouble to deposit it there and to protect it.

I believe it will have an impact on trying to understand what happened here

the island.

All right. Just keep going.

Okay.

Huh. Okay, this is not what I was expecting to see.

Whoa. I want to just pull back.

Okay. This is really, really weird.

I am seeing, like, lumps of what looks like rock with golden

yellowy colors in it that look like veins.

Holy smokes.

I swear, if I didn't know any better, I would say this is gold.

Give me that. Yeah, you better look at that.

I don't want to get too excited.

I might have to change the angle a bit.

What if I pulled it back just ever so slightly?

Okay, a little bit more.

I'm going backwards now.

Yeah, stop right there.

Some very shinies there.

All right, I see what you're looking at.

I mean, I've got to admit, it looks like gold.

It does.

I know. It's crazy.

I am really excited.

Yeah, you're going to want to see this, guys. Right now, I'm seeing things that

I wasn't expecting to see.

Yeah.

On Lotte of Oak Island, after removing more soils from under the huge boulder,

the team is seeing stunning images of what may be buried beneath it.

It's gold -looking.

It certainly is. It even has the right luster.

Yeah.

Do you really think that's gold?

Well, yeah.

I would say yeah.

Well, it could be subsoil. My concern is that usually you have to dig and move

dirt to find subsoil. Yeah. We haven't touched anything under the rock.

Yeah. If it was a soil, you'd think it'd be less defined.

Exactly, yeah.

If there was gold underneath there.

This new thing that came out of the blue this year, this boulder on Lot 8, could

be the most substantial thing that's ever happened here.

And maybe we will get a very substantial clue as to where the treasure is and

what happened here.

Anybody know why that would be under a boulder here?

Somebody wanted to hide it, perhaps.

I guess.

And if somebody thought that that was here, they probably would want to cover

up, and they never came back.

And you know what? That was one of my thoughts, and that could be the marker.

Yeah. There might be, and hopefully there is, an artifact around this

underneath it that can tell us the date or who.

Yeah, exactly.

It looked like gold. It was interesting and exciting all in the same moment. All

the more reason to get access to what is underneath that boulder.

It potentially could raise the stakes here on the island, i .e.

create a different understanding of history, literally.

What's it going to do to convince you people that we need to pick this thing

It's really up to the archaeologists.

And if they're on board, then who am I to say no?

Yeah, we've gotten all the information we need from this area here that's

us enough to make informed decisions.

I think we've reached the limit of what we can do.

Now, I think it's time to transition to...

the logistics of moving it safely and properly you don't have to make the

argument anymore i'm extremely happy that the archaeologists have done their

properly but it's now time to lift it we have to do this safely and that's going

to take a big crane this lifting of the lade boulder is a really close second

place in terms of most exciting things going on in the island this year and

everybody is excited to see what's under that boulder Well, I'm keen to get it

out of your way. I'm with you now. All right, good.

Somebody get this rock out of the way.

This year, Rick, Marty, Craig, and their team have methodically searched for

compelling clues to justify the most effective operation yet to try and solve

the 231 -year -old mystery.

Incredibly, they have found those clues in multiple locations.

one of which appears to have never been searched by anyone before them.

Will the team finally recover the fabled gold and silver that it's cost

countless fortunes and even lives to pursue?

There's only one way to know.

It's time to dig.

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.

SBC and Rock are here. We want something found today.

Find some treasure, boys!

That thing looks unstoppable.

Ooh, I think this is a key.

I want to get this one to the lab, 100%. It's a very interesting thing, super

early time period. No way. We're finally moving in a direction that could give

us some answers.