1 00:00:01,871 --> 00:00:03,133 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,220 --> 00:00:04,526 I think our next target 3 00:00:04,656 --> 00:00:06,528 is what we call Aladdin's cave. All right, 4 00:00:06,658 --> 00:00:08,182 - here we go. -It's the genie in the lamp, 5 00:00:08,356 --> 00:00:10,271 and all your wishes will be granted. 6 00:00:10,445 --> 00:00:12,664 -It looks like there's something here. -Oh, wow. 7 00:00:12,838 --> 00:00:14,405 Look at the head on that thing. 8 00:00:14,623 --> 00:00:16,973 That could have easily come out of a treasure chest. 9 00:00:17,147 --> 00:00:19,280 These teeth are ready to bite on some gold. 10 00:00:19,454 --> 00:00:20,716 I love it. 11 00:00:20,890 --> 00:00:22,718 I think we're breaking through the cave. 12 00:00:22,805 --> 00:00:24,850 - Agreed. -We're hitting something, right? 13 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:25,938 This could be the most important 14 00:00:26,156 --> 00:00:27,201 hammer-grab in history. 15 00:00:31,161 --> 00:00:34,382 There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,512 --> 00:00:36,862 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,910 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,084 --> 00:00:43,913 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,087 --> 00:00:46,263 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,437 --> 00:00:50,354 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,528 --> 00:00:54,837 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,967 --> 00:00:55,968 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,143 --> 00:00:58,841 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,015 --> 00:01:01,887 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:02,018 --> 00:01:06,892 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:10,374 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:21,559 --> 00:01:25,041 A peaceful morning has begun on Oak Island. 28 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:28,653 But in the fabled Money Pit area, 29 00:01:28,871 --> 00:01:31,961 a sobering sense of stagnation has set in, 30 00:01:32,135 --> 00:01:35,095 as more than 300 tons 31 00:01:35,269 --> 00:01:37,793 of heavy digging equipment sits idle. 32 00:01:38,837 --> 00:01:40,839 Okay, everybody, 33 00:01:40,926 --> 00:01:43,625 welcome to an impromptu session of the war room. 34 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:44,930 Vanessa, you've been here before, 35 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,628 both in person and on the screen. 36 00:01:46,758 --> 00:01:48,064 And of course, on the screen right now 37 00:01:48,282 --> 00:01:50,893 is Craig, participating from Traverse City. 38 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:52,808 Here's the reason we're here: 39 00:01:52,938 --> 00:01:55,985 The island, as usual, has thrown us a few curveballs. 40 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:58,248 We obviously have suffered 41 00:01:58,422 --> 00:02:00,729 a... an event, we'll call it, 42 00:02:00,903 --> 00:02:04,907 with TB-1. We've lost considerable amount of soils. 43 00:02:05,081 --> 00:02:07,518 And there are legitimate concerns about the caisson. 44 00:02:07,736 --> 00:02:10,304 - Correct. - Yeah. 45 00:02:11,914 --> 00:02:13,220 Three weeks ago, 46 00:02:13,394 --> 00:02:16,701 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 47 00:02:16,875 --> 00:02:19,835 began excavating a seven-foot-diameter steel shaft 48 00:02:20,009 --> 00:02:22,011 known as TB-1. 49 00:02:23,621 --> 00:02:26,146 A shaft located in an area 50 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,974 where they have not only detected high trace evidence 51 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,846 of precious metals in groundwater 52 00:02:30,976 --> 00:02:33,414 below a depth of 100 feet, 53 00:02:33,588 --> 00:02:37,200 but also where a recent core-drilling operation 54 00:02:37,331 --> 00:02:39,463 recovered possible evidence of the legendary 55 00:02:39,637 --> 00:02:41,639 Chappell Vault... 56 00:02:41,813 --> 00:02:44,294 This looks like the vault. 57 00:02:44,425 --> 00:02:48,298 ...a seven-foot-high, concrete-encased wooden chest 58 00:02:48,429 --> 00:02:52,476 that was reportedly encountered at a depth of 153 feet 59 00:02:52,607 --> 00:02:54,913 by treasure hunter Frederick Blair 60 00:02:55,044 --> 00:02:59,570 and his drilling operator William Chappell back in 1897. 61 00:03:01,006 --> 00:03:05,228 However, after additional promising discoveries were made 62 00:03:05,446 --> 00:03:07,926 in TB-1, including possible evidence 63 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,407 of the original Money Pit 64 00:03:10,538 --> 00:03:15,369 and concrete at a depth of nearly 160 feet... 65 00:03:15,543 --> 00:03:17,980 This collapse is just not stopping. 66 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,373 I just don't know where it's going, 67 00:03:19,503 --> 00:03:20,809 but it's going somewhere. 68 00:03:21,026 --> 00:03:22,724 ...the earth surrounding 69 00:03:22,898 --> 00:03:26,075 and beneath the shaft began to cave in. 70 00:03:26,249 --> 00:03:28,469 This has caused the team to believe 71 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:31,036 that more than 100 cubic yards of soil, 72 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:33,256 along with the possible treasure, 73 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:36,477 may have fallen into a so-called "solution channel," 74 00:03:36,694 --> 00:03:39,567 or naturally occurring cavern in the bedrock, 75 00:03:39,741 --> 00:03:42,483 some 200 feet underground. 76 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:46,530 It really looks like the culprit for these collapses 77 00:03:46,704 --> 00:03:48,576 is, so far, the-the solution channel. 78 00:03:48,706 --> 00:03:50,404 Mm-hmm. 79 00:03:50,578 --> 00:03:53,189 The treasure could easily have fallen 80 00:03:53,407 --> 00:03:55,626 to 200 feet plus, and we haven't really searched that area. 81 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,759 - Right. -If you had a chest of gold, 82 00:03:57,933 --> 00:03:59,717 and it broke open, it'd be in the last inch. 83 00:04:02,459 --> 00:04:04,331 With that having been said, I... I think we need 84 00:04:04,461 --> 00:04:07,595 a very vigorous discussion about what we do next 85 00:04:07,769 --> 00:04:10,032 and an update from both of you as to 86 00:04:10,206 --> 00:04:12,208 what problems you've encountered and how to deal with them. 87 00:04:12,382 --> 00:04:14,471 Uh, my biggest concern 88 00:04:14,645 --> 00:04:17,213 is I don't want to set up on shafts we just drilled. 89 00:04:17,387 --> 00:04:18,867 So where we're drilling right now, 90 00:04:18,997 --> 00:04:19,998 I do not want to put the crane 91 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:22,044 or the oscillator on, right? 92 00:04:22,174 --> 00:04:24,829 'Cause we're going to already have settling. We know that. 93 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,354 The area around TB-1 is clearly compromised. 94 00:04:27,571 --> 00:04:30,661 If the solution channel, which we know is quite large, 95 00:04:30,835 --> 00:04:33,925 can be swallowing 100 yards of sand and gravel overnight, 96 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:35,927 or during the day, 97 00:04:36,101 --> 00:04:37,973 uh, who knows how bad this could get? 98 00:04:38,190 --> 00:04:39,409 If we're facing, you know, 99 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:41,150 the back of the crane over here now, 100 00:04:41,324 --> 00:04:42,369 turning it over here might get us away from that. 101 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:45,720 We're going to have to wait for the material to settle. 102 00:04:45,937 --> 00:04:47,461 It'll probably become 103 00:04:47,635 --> 00:04:48,897 more stable, and we can come back close. 104 00:04:49,027 --> 00:04:50,899 And I want to come back close. 105 00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:53,031 We have a renewed determination 106 00:04:53,205 --> 00:04:55,469 to get down into that solution cavity. 107 00:04:55,686 --> 00:04:57,079 Or at least I do. 108 00:04:57,253 --> 00:04:59,995 Okay, well, let's talk about 109 00:05:00,169 --> 00:05:02,737 where are we going next, and what are the specifics about it? 110 00:05:03,999 --> 00:05:06,306 So, I think our next target is 111 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:07,872 right there. 112 00:05:08,046 --> 00:05:10,005 That's what we call "Aladdin's cave." 113 00:05:10,179 --> 00:05:11,615 That's one that we had decided, 114 00:05:11,746 --> 00:05:12,834 as a group, we'd like to do this year. 115 00:05:13,008 --> 00:05:14,401 Okay. 116 00:05:15,924 --> 00:05:18,840 Despite the devastating setback in TB-1, 117 00:05:19,014 --> 00:05:22,539 curiously, the Laginas and their team 118 00:05:22,713 --> 00:05:25,542 have discovered evidence that multiple treasures 119 00:05:25,716 --> 00:05:28,023 could be buried in the Money Pit area. 120 00:05:29,285 --> 00:05:31,243 And one of those additional targets 121 00:05:31,418 --> 00:05:35,073 has been expectantly dubbed "Aladdin's cave." 122 00:05:35,204 --> 00:05:37,424 Okay. Go real slow. 123 00:05:37,598 --> 00:05:40,165 After drilling into this mysterious, 124 00:05:40,296 --> 00:05:43,343 flooded cavern some 145 feet underground 125 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,258 back in 2022, 126 00:05:46,476 --> 00:05:48,739 the team has not only collected 127 00:05:48,913 --> 00:05:51,002 trace evidence of precious metals 128 00:05:51,176 --> 00:05:53,265 and organic materials in the water... 129 00:05:53,483 --> 00:05:55,485 Now we have another image coming in. 130 00:05:55,659 --> 00:05:58,662 -Whoa. -Oh, that's a good opening. 131 00:05:58,793 --> 00:06:01,012 It is. You can see the opening coming down here. 132 00:06:01,230 --> 00:06:02,666 ...but they have also obtained 133 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:04,364 video and sonar evidence 134 00:06:04,494 --> 00:06:07,105 that it could be a man-made chamber 135 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,326 with tunnels that may connect to the original Money Pit. 136 00:06:12,067 --> 00:06:15,113 What is the dimensions of that cave, once we do 137 00:06:15,287 --> 00:06:16,680 - break through? -So, you're about 138 00:06:16,854 --> 00:06:18,203 20 feet by 20 feet, 139 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:20,423 so 20 feet north-south, 20 feet east-west. 140 00:06:20,641 --> 00:06:21,511 You can see it here. 141 00:06:23,165 --> 00:06:26,690 Right. And then deep, as much as 12 feet. 142 00:06:26,864 --> 00:06:27,996 If you want to do Aladdin's cave, 143 00:06:28,170 --> 00:06:29,911 I would say do that next. 144 00:06:29,998 --> 00:06:31,434 I think there's enough room back here for us to sit 145 00:06:31,565 --> 00:06:32,957 and be on competent ground. 146 00:06:33,131 --> 00:06:34,045 Hmm. Okay. 147 00:06:34,263 --> 00:06:35,699 Yeah. 148 00:06:35,786 --> 00:06:37,397 Craig, you're fully on board, yes? 149 00:06:37,571 --> 00:06:38,702 Absolutely. 150 00:06:38,876 --> 00:06:40,748 Okay, great. 151 00:06:40,878 --> 00:06:43,925 I think, given the drill program, 152 00:06:44,142 --> 00:06:47,189 the dendrochronology, the artifact recoveries, 153 00:06:47,363 --> 00:06:49,409 and the water sample testing program, 154 00:06:49,583 --> 00:06:52,412 there is a very good logic 155 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,892 to there being at least two treasures 156 00:06:55,066 --> 00:06:56,764 in the so-called Money Pit area. 157 00:06:58,156 --> 00:07:00,724 Aladdin's cave may be one of those sites. 158 00:07:01,986 --> 00:07:06,034 All right, look, I-I hear broad consensus, I hear no "nays." 159 00:07:06,164 --> 00:07:08,036 I hear everybody saying let's go drill Aladdin's cave. 160 00:07:08,210 --> 00:07:09,298 Let's find the lamp. 161 00:07:10,778 --> 00:07:12,388 And touch nothing else. 162 00:07:14,477 --> 00:07:15,609 Let's see what happens. 163 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:17,785 Let's go. 164 00:07:20,265 --> 00:07:22,485 Later that afternoon, 165 00:07:22,616 --> 00:07:26,881 as representatives from ROC Equipment and SB Canada... 166 00:07:27,098 --> 00:07:29,144 Bring it straight back. 167 00:07:29,318 --> 00:07:31,494 ...prepare to excavate the new shaft known as 168 00:07:31,581 --> 00:07:33,931 Aladdin's cave-1 in the Money Pit area... 169 00:07:34,105 --> 00:07:36,107 That looks better. 170 00:07:37,326 --> 00:07:38,893 We're going to follow the path 171 00:07:39,023 --> 00:07:40,547 of the cobble towards the water. 172 00:07:40,764 --> 00:07:42,810 We're heading north, 173 00:07:42,984 --> 00:07:45,116 and see what we find on this trail. 174 00:07:45,203 --> 00:07:46,727 ...Rick Lagina, 175 00:07:46,857 --> 00:07:49,033 fellow Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan, 176 00:07:49,207 --> 00:07:51,601 and other members of the team 177 00:07:51,775 --> 00:07:54,822 continue another critical search for valuables 178 00:07:54,909 --> 00:07:58,347 in the northern region of the triangle-shaped swamp. 179 00:07:58,521 --> 00:07:59,696 We laid out... 180 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:02,307 you see the red stakes? 181 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,396 That's the line-- we believe 182 00:08:04,571 --> 00:08:06,442 we'll find more survey stakes along that line. 183 00:08:06,573 --> 00:08:08,531 If we find them out here, it may be 184 00:08:08,618 --> 00:08:11,403 purposeful in terms of laying out this path. 185 00:08:11,578 --> 00:08:13,014 What did we find on the other side of the bog? 186 00:08:13,188 --> 00:08:15,407 What did you find? 187 00:08:15,538 --> 00:08:17,975 - The... - The square structure. 188 00:08:18,149 --> 00:08:19,542 Exactly, and I hope that, 189 00:08:19,716 --> 00:08:21,152 at the end of this path, there is another one. 190 00:08:21,326 --> 00:08:23,024 Yes. 191 00:08:23,198 --> 00:08:24,504 While investigating this area 192 00:08:24,721 --> 00:08:26,810 over the past several months, 193 00:08:26,984 --> 00:08:29,378 the team has uncovered sections 194 00:08:29,552 --> 00:08:32,163 of a believed man-made cobblestone pathway 195 00:08:32,294 --> 00:08:33,817 that has led to a number 196 00:08:33,948 --> 00:08:36,037 of potentially critical discoveries. 197 00:08:38,169 --> 00:08:40,868 These include several wood-planked structures 198 00:08:41,042 --> 00:08:43,827 and even an empty brick and slate vault, 199 00:08:44,001 --> 00:08:46,047 which the team believes 200 00:08:46,177 --> 00:08:49,137 may have once contained something of great value. 201 00:08:49,311 --> 00:08:50,573 Okay, Alan, you're up. 202 00:08:55,709 --> 00:08:57,449 As we continue to explore 203 00:08:57,580 --> 00:09:00,975 the possibility of the continuation of this path 204 00:09:01,149 --> 00:09:04,065 in the north, we need to reassess and look at it 205 00:09:04,152 --> 00:09:06,502 in its totality. 206 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:07,982 The hope is, as this work proceeds, 207 00:09:08,112 --> 00:09:09,549 we will find something 208 00:09:09,723 --> 00:09:11,551 very definitive in terms of 209 00:09:11,725 --> 00:09:14,379 why this end of the bog was worked, 210 00:09:14,597 --> 00:09:17,687 and weave the story of what this represents. 211 00:09:17,861 --> 00:09:19,254 Hopefully, there are full vaults 212 00:09:19,428 --> 00:09:20,864 that we have yet to uncover. 213 00:09:29,046 --> 00:09:31,745 Wait a minute. Hold up. 214 00:09:33,050 --> 00:09:34,051 Oh. 215 00:09:37,707 --> 00:09:40,318 Oh, wow. What do we have here? 216 00:09:40,492 --> 00:09:41,450 I don't know. 217 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,939 It's a plank. 218 00:09:52,113 --> 00:09:53,157 These wouldn't have been put here 219 00:09:53,288 --> 00:09:54,768 by your dad would they, Tom? 220 00:09:54,942 --> 00:09:56,291 With this amount of till 221 00:09:56,421 --> 00:09:58,423 on top of it, I don't think. 222 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,643 While searching for a continuation 223 00:10:00,774 --> 00:10:03,124 of the cobblestone pathway in the northern region 224 00:10:03,254 --> 00:10:05,082 of the Oak Island swamp, 225 00:10:05,213 --> 00:10:08,433 Rick Lagina and members of the team have just made 226 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:11,219 a potentially important discovery. 227 00:10:11,393 --> 00:10:13,743 This looks exactly like what we found 228 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:15,876 right by the square structure, 229 00:10:16,093 --> 00:10:17,399 where we also found 230 00:10:17,573 --> 00:10:19,749 - the big stakes. - Yeah. 231 00:10:19,923 --> 00:10:22,360 If Katya Drayton's suspicion is correct-- 232 00:10:22,491 --> 00:10:24,275 that this planked structure 233 00:10:24,406 --> 00:10:26,887 might be related to the one that the team found 234 00:10:27,061 --> 00:10:30,760 four weeks ago, just several yards to the south-- 235 00:10:30,978 --> 00:10:34,634 could she also be correct that other important clues 236 00:10:34,851 --> 00:10:37,811 or structures might be buried nearby? 237 00:10:39,595 --> 00:10:40,857 What's that there, Rick? 238 00:10:40,944 --> 00:10:42,337 That's not a stake, is it? 239 00:10:43,991 --> 00:10:46,515 Yep, that is a stake. No question about that. 240 00:10:49,736 --> 00:10:51,694 - We're kind of on the line. -Mm. 241 00:10:51,868 --> 00:10:53,740 We are singularly focused 242 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:57,613 on learning as much we can about the north end of the bog 243 00:10:57,744 --> 00:11:02,052 and the line of survey stakes as we currently understand them. 244 00:11:02,226 --> 00:11:05,795 And maybe this line relates to another possible vault. 245 00:11:05,969 --> 00:11:07,231 Let's see how many more there are. 246 00:11:07,362 --> 00:11:09,146 Okay. 247 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:10,017 - We'll take another swipe there, Al. - Yep. 248 00:11:31,255 --> 00:11:32,517 Oh, this looks like another stake right here. 249 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:33,693 Yep. 250 00:11:35,390 --> 00:11:37,522 What were they trying to stake out over here? 251 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,699 It seems to be leading away 252 00:11:39,829 --> 00:11:41,831 from the end of that cobblestone path. 253 00:11:42,049 --> 00:11:45,182 We're deviating way off the line. 254 00:11:46,314 --> 00:11:47,837 Oh, you're right. 255 00:11:48,011 --> 00:11:48,969 The line is here, 256 00:11:49,143 --> 00:11:51,188 but these stakes are here. 257 00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:52,668 Oh, they're off to the side. 258 00:11:52,842 --> 00:11:54,061 Off, yep. 259 00:11:54,191 --> 00:11:56,150 - Yep. -The question is, 260 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,630 are we seeing two different lines of survey stakes? 261 00:12:00,154 --> 00:12:02,809 Two divergent lines of survey stakes? 262 00:12:02,983 --> 00:12:05,725 Could that mean that there are additional sections 263 00:12:05,899 --> 00:12:07,596 of the cobblestone pathway... 264 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,903 - Here's where we are. - ...under the muck and mud 265 00:12:10,077 --> 00:12:12,427 that lead to different destinations? 266 00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:16,126 And those are... over here. 267 00:12:16,344 --> 00:12:18,999 If so, has the team found more evidence 268 00:12:19,216 --> 00:12:21,610 that additional vault-like structures 269 00:12:21,697 --> 00:12:24,308 are waiting to be discovered in the swamp? 270 00:12:24,439 --> 00:12:26,571 It's deviating, right? 271 00:12:26,702 --> 00:12:29,923 It's... this line is here, this line is here. 272 00:12:30,097 --> 00:12:31,315 It seems like there's two different 273 00:12:31,446 --> 00:12:33,491 directions going here. 274 00:12:33,622 --> 00:12:35,537 What's interesting, we have never found 275 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:38,148 two stakes side by side, 276 00:12:38,322 --> 00:12:42,370 and I wonder if that's where they diverge. 277 00:12:42,587 --> 00:12:44,372 Where does it go? Who built it? 278 00:12:44,589 --> 00:12:46,678 It's a complicated environment. 279 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:48,463 We have a lot of clues, 280 00:12:48,593 --> 00:12:50,421 we have a lot of data, 281 00:12:50,595 --> 00:12:52,162 and we just have to sit patiently 282 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:53,773 and try to understand it. 283 00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:56,123 Well, I think at this point, 284 00:12:56,340 --> 00:12:58,255 what we should do is have Steve come out... 285 00:12:58,429 --> 00:12:59,517 - Yeah. - ...take a line, 286 00:12:59,648 --> 00:13:01,650 pin those two stakes, 287 00:13:01,824 --> 00:13:05,393 pin the lay of that board, and then, 288 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:06,698 I would pull the board, 289 00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:09,049 have Alan dig a little bit deeper, 290 00:13:09,223 --> 00:13:10,398 see what we find. 291 00:13:10,528 --> 00:13:11,486 Yeah, let's do it. 292 00:13:15,664 --> 00:13:17,274 The following morning... 293 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:21,322 ...as the investigation continues in the swamp... 294 00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:23,411 Here we go. 295 00:13:23,585 --> 00:13:25,979 ...and the dig now proceeds in the Money Pit area... 296 00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:29,634 That's a full one. 297 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,898 ...over on Lot 5, 298 00:13:32,028 --> 00:13:34,857 located on the western side of the island... 299 00:13:35,031 --> 00:13:37,338 So, you're in the gravel, Ethan? 300 00:13:37,468 --> 00:13:39,514 - Yeah, I'm just coming down onto it. -Okay. 301 00:13:39,688 --> 00:13:41,646 ...Jack Begley, along with 302 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:43,779 members of the archaeology team, 303 00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:46,695 are excavating a 15-by-15-foot test pit 304 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,566 just to the south 305 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:51,918 of a mysterious rounded stone foundation. 306 00:13:52,135 --> 00:13:55,835 I'm hoping that this area gives us a better idea 307 00:13:56,009 --> 00:13:58,446 of what this feature was originally built 308 00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:00,535 - and used for. -Yeah. 309 00:14:00,665 --> 00:14:02,842 Since the team first discovered 310 00:14:03,016 --> 00:14:05,932 the rounded feature in 2022, 311 00:14:06,106 --> 00:14:09,022 they've unearthed numerous sections and artifacts 312 00:14:09,196 --> 00:14:12,547 that suggest it may have been used as a campsite 313 00:14:12,721 --> 00:14:14,244 by several different groups 314 00:14:14,462 --> 00:14:17,682 between the 14th and the 18th centuries. 315 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:20,555 And while numerous suspects have been potentially 316 00:14:20,642 --> 00:14:22,600 linked to the structure, 317 00:14:22,731 --> 00:14:25,429 including the medieval order of the Knights Templar, 318 00:14:25,603 --> 00:14:28,519 several iron tools have been found here 319 00:14:28,606 --> 00:14:30,565 that were scientifically traced 320 00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:32,959 to the birthplace of Sir William Phips, 321 00:14:33,176 --> 00:14:36,919 the 17th-century English politician who some believe 322 00:14:37,093 --> 00:14:39,530 buried a vast cache of Spanish silver 323 00:14:39,748 --> 00:14:43,056 on Oak Island back in 1687. 324 00:14:43,186 --> 00:14:45,145 One cannot refute the fact 325 00:14:45,275 --> 00:14:47,625 that the preponderance of the evidence is indicating 326 00:14:47,756 --> 00:14:52,239 some efforts on Lot 5 may be 327 00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:54,502 associated with work in the Money Pit area. 328 00:14:54,676 --> 00:14:56,765 One cannot dispute that. 329 00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:00,421 What it speaks to is there are more clues 330 00:15:00,595 --> 00:15:02,727 to be found on Lot 5. 331 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:11,388 Ooh. 332 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:13,521 What did you find, Fiona? 333 00:15:13,695 --> 00:15:14,914 Well, I just pulled... 334 00:15:15,088 --> 00:15:15,784 - Oh! - ...this piece of brick out. 335 00:15:17,568 --> 00:15:19,048 It's unusual for us to get pieces 336 00:15:19,222 --> 00:15:20,745 that have the glaze 337 00:15:20,876 --> 00:15:22,225 on all sides, 338 00:15:22,356 --> 00:15:23,923 so that's giving us a really good indication 339 00:15:24,097 --> 00:15:25,925 of the actual size of the brick. 340 00:15:27,143 --> 00:15:28,753 Is there any way that we could figure out 341 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:31,104 where those bricks originated from? 342 00:15:31,278 --> 00:15:32,192 Yeah, we've been working on that, actually. 343 00:15:32,322 --> 00:15:33,715 We've been building a database. 344 00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:35,891 We're looking at the clay itself, 345 00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:37,458 trying to figure out where the clay came from. 346 00:15:37,632 --> 00:15:38,850 - Oh, really? Okay. - Yeah. 347 00:15:39,025 --> 00:15:40,591 So, we've actually been finding brick 348 00:15:40,722 --> 00:15:42,637 all over the island, not just on Lot 5. 349 00:15:43,768 --> 00:15:45,335 With the bricks that we find, 350 00:15:45,509 --> 00:15:47,729 we do some specific analysis on them. 351 00:15:47,859 --> 00:15:49,426 We're looking at the composition 352 00:15:49,557 --> 00:15:51,907 of the brick and trying to actually trace where 353 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:53,735 some of the clay may have come from, 354 00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:55,432 whether that it took place on Oak Island 355 00:15:55,606 --> 00:15:57,086 or whether it was somewhere nearby. 356 00:15:57,260 --> 00:15:58,827 It may just be a brick, 357 00:15:59,045 --> 00:16:01,699 but every little piece can tell a part of a story. 358 00:16:01,917 --> 00:16:03,701 - So... - Oh, yes. Every little piece helps. 359 00:16:03,919 --> 00:16:06,008 And that's why I'm gonna get back to sifting. 360 00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:09,142 - Great job, Fiona. - Thanks. 361 00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:12,884 While the team continues to search for clues on Lot 5, 362 00:16:13,059 --> 00:16:15,365 back on the eastern side of the island, 363 00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:16,888 in the Money Pit area... 364 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,803 Oh. A lot of wood. 365 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,414 ...following the collapse of 366 00:16:20,544 --> 00:16:22,503 their first caisson target, TB-1, 367 00:16:22,677 --> 00:16:25,636 Rick Lagina and other members of the team 368 00:16:25,723 --> 00:16:28,335 are anxiously monitoring the excavation 369 00:16:28,509 --> 00:16:30,815 of their next target, called AC-1, 370 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:34,254 where a potentially important discovery has been made 371 00:16:34,428 --> 00:16:36,691 some 100 feet underground. 372 00:16:36,908 --> 00:16:38,301 Look at that. 373 00:16:38,432 --> 00:16:40,956 We hit the jackpot with wood. 374 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:43,089 That looks like an old timber. 375 00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:45,395 There you go. 376 00:16:45,569 --> 00:16:47,876 All right, we're hitting something, right? 377 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:50,574 - Yeah. - Okay. We're at 96 with the dig. 378 00:16:50,748 --> 00:16:53,403 So, what's this wood telling us? 379 00:16:53,621 --> 00:16:54,796 Looks like we busted through a tunnel. 380 00:16:54,883 --> 00:16:56,232 Yeah. 381 00:16:56,363 --> 00:16:57,842 A possible tunnel 382 00:16:57,973 --> 00:17:00,845 located nearly 100 feet deep? 383 00:17:00,932 --> 00:17:01,890 That's impressive, isn't it? 384 00:17:02,064 --> 00:17:03,674 Very impressive. 385 00:17:03,805 --> 00:17:04,719 The team was not expecting 386 00:17:04,893 --> 00:17:07,200 to encounter man-made workings 387 00:17:07,417 --> 00:17:09,202 until they reached the mysterious cave 388 00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:11,552 at a depth of 145 feet. 389 00:17:11,639 --> 00:17:14,033 -Can you give me a hand? -Yep. 390 00:17:14,207 --> 00:17:16,600 This raises two critical questions. 391 00:17:16,774 --> 00:17:18,950 Have they merely discovered a structure 392 00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:20,865 that was built by previous searchers, 393 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,042 or have they found a tunnel 394 00:17:23,216 --> 00:17:25,261 built by someone who buried treasure 395 00:17:25,435 --> 00:17:28,221 deep in the Money Pit area? 396 00:17:28,308 --> 00:17:30,266 That looks hand-hewn, doesn't it? 397 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,748 -Yeah. You can feel it. - Yeah. 398 00:17:33,922 --> 00:17:36,098 - These timbers look really old. -Yeah. 399 00:17:36,229 --> 00:17:39,710 And there's no iron fasteners in them, which is interesting. 400 00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:41,799 I think that's an older construction. 401 00:17:41,973 --> 00:17:43,932 -Yeah. -Any ideas 402 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,369 - what tunnel this would be? - No. 403 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,893 Not with wood exhibiting those characteristics. 404 00:17:49,111 --> 00:17:50,199 Yeah. 405 00:17:51,461 --> 00:17:53,898 Ooh, look at what we've got here. 406 00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:55,465 This could be the most important 407 00:17:55,596 --> 00:17:58,077 hammer-grab in Nova Scotian history. 408 00:18:04,692 --> 00:18:07,042 Look at that piece in there, the pile. 409 00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:08,957 That is massive. 410 00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:10,567 That's gonna be heavy. 411 00:18:10,785 --> 00:18:12,395 An unexpected 412 00:18:12,526 --> 00:18:14,702 but potentially critical discovery 413 00:18:14,876 --> 00:18:17,966 has just been made in the Money Pit area. 414 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:18,967 Let me help you there, Rick. 415 00:18:19,141 --> 00:18:21,317 I'm too excited. 416 00:18:21,491 --> 00:18:24,538 While installing a shaft known as Aladdin's cave, 417 00:18:24,712 --> 00:18:26,496 or AC-1, 418 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:28,368 which the Oak Island team hopes will encounter 419 00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:29,891 a man-made cavern 420 00:18:30,065 --> 00:18:32,241 at a depth of 145 feet, 421 00:18:32,415 --> 00:18:34,287 a mysterious tunnel 422 00:18:34,461 --> 00:18:36,811 has just been breached at a depth 423 00:18:37,028 --> 00:18:38,334 of some 100 feet. 424 00:18:38,508 --> 00:18:40,380 - Nothing, eh? - No metal hits, no. 425 00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:43,296 Could be really old. 426 00:18:43,470 --> 00:18:46,995 Is it possible that the team has intercepted a tunnel 427 00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:49,345 that was constructed by someone in order 428 00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:52,653 to hide something of great value long ago? 429 00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:56,265 And if so, could it be related in some way 430 00:18:56,439 --> 00:18:57,875 to Aladdin's cave? 431 00:18:58,006 --> 00:18:59,486 More wood, Rick. 432 00:19:02,053 --> 00:19:03,925 My gut feeling and your gut feeling 433 00:19:04,012 --> 00:19:06,493 says this is some kind of old tunnel. 434 00:19:06,667 --> 00:19:08,712 Sometimes you've got to go with your gut, 435 00:19:08,886 --> 00:19:10,801 and we're both hungry for treasure. 436 00:19:10,975 --> 00:19:13,195 Hopefully, it's around this tunnel. 437 00:19:13,369 --> 00:19:15,719 Maybe. Maybe. 438 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:20,768 The guys are really excited about finding this wood, 439 00:19:20,942 --> 00:19:23,988 indicating a possible previously unknown tunnel. 440 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,252 It could be critically important. 441 00:19:26,382 --> 00:19:28,123 As Dr. Spooner says, 442 00:19:28,297 --> 00:19:31,996 the treasure will not materialize in solid soil. 443 00:19:32,127 --> 00:19:33,520 There has to be a structure associated with it. 444 00:19:38,742 --> 00:19:40,135 Hey, Scott, how are you doing? 445 00:19:40,309 --> 00:19:41,876 Hey, guys. We're just finishing up 446 00:19:42,050 --> 00:19:44,400 our spoils down there by the wash table, 447 00:19:44,574 --> 00:19:45,923 and this beautiful spike 448 00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:48,099 came out of those spoils. 449 00:19:48,274 --> 00:19:50,319 Ooh, that's nice. 450 00:19:50,493 --> 00:19:52,103 Look at the head on that thing. 451 00:19:52,278 --> 00:19:55,019 - That's really, really old. - That's nice. 452 00:19:55,237 --> 00:19:57,239 If I was guessing, I would say 453 00:19:57,370 --> 00:20:00,851 1600s or even older. 454 00:20:01,025 --> 00:20:02,070 - Wow. -Yeah, definitely, 455 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:04,115 it goes back. 456 00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:06,770 -That's beautiful. -That's bloody gorgeous. 457 00:20:06,944 --> 00:20:08,685 I would never expect them to find that in the spoils 458 00:20:08,903 --> 00:20:10,383 - coming out of that tunnel. - No. 459 00:20:10,557 --> 00:20:13,168 The tunnel wood, it had no fasteners. 460 00:20:13,299 --> 00:20:15,257 This must have come out of 461 00:20:15,431 --> 00:20:16,345 something else. 462 00:20:16,519 --> 00:20:18,260 Can you imagine that in the side 463 00:20:18,434 --> 00:20:20,044 of a chest? Or a lid of a chest? 464 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:23,657 Sounds good to me. 465 00:20:23,831 --> 00:20:27,008 Could Gary Drayton be correct, that this spike 466 00:20:27,095 --> 00:20:31,360 might not only date back to the 17th century or earlier, 467 00:20:31,534 --> 00:20:32,579 but also be related 468 00:20:32,709 --> 00:20:35,234 to a possible container? 469 00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:38,715 If so, what else might the team find 470 00:20:38,889 --> 00:20:40,717 at the bottom of Aladdin's cave? 471 00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:44,286 That's exciting, guys. 472 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:47,550 We've had real great examples of wood before. 473 00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:49,900 We've had great artifacts before. 474 00:20:50,118 --> 00:20:52,903 We've never been able to tie the two together, 475 00:20:53,077 --> 00:20:56,037 in the same hole, same location, verified. 476 00:20:56,211 --> 00:20:58,605 We've got great dendro samples, 477 00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:00,781 and we now have a real artifact that we can 478 00:21:00,955 --> 00:21:03,131 scientifically analyze, 479 00:21:03,218 --> 00:21:04,480 so there's wins across the board here today. 480 00:21:04,611 --> 00:21:06,003 Yeah. 481 00:21:06,177 --> 00:21:07,614 You're hoping to find 482 00:21:07,788 --> 00:21:09,703 what happened here long ago, 483 00:21:09,877 --> 00:21:12,706 or at least answers to what happened here long ago. 484 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,230 One of the Ws. Who, what, when, where, why? 485 00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:17,014 That's why this is 486 00:21:17,188 --> 00:21:19,147 a very interesting, if not a very exciting moment, 487 00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:20,627 because we don't know 488 00:21:20,757 --> 00:21:22,629 what might be down here. 489 00:21:24,631 --> 00:21:26,372 -How we doing? -Good, good. 490 00:21:26,502 --> 00:21:28,765 - Just want to give you an update. - Okay. 491 00:21:28,896 --> 00:21:32,987 - What do you got? - My hole is at 115. 492 00:21:33,161 --> 00:21:36,338 With the dig at 115, that makes it about 493 00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:38,384 30 feet from the top 494 00:21:38,558 --> 00:21:40,821 - of where we're hoping to intersect this thing. - Okay. 495 00:21:40,995 --> 00:21:43,171 Wonderful. I will stop for the night, 496 00:21:43,258 --> 00:21:45,129 and then I will see you all in the morning. 497 00:21:45,260 --> 00:21:47,306 - All right, thank you. - Thank you, Vanessa. Appreciate it. 498 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,353 Two things I look forward to tomorrow: 499 00:21:51,571 --> 00:21:53,442 One is what is at the bottom of that cave? 500 00:21:54,661 --> 00:21:56,445 But the second biggest thing is, 501 00:21:56,619 --> 00:21:58,186 there has to be a way in there. 502 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:01,407 If we can confirm that, 503 00:22:01,537 --> 00:22:03,409 it makes it all the more exciting. 504 00:22:03,583 --> 00:22:05,976 And remember, bring your sunglasses tomorrow. 505 00:22:07,456 --> 00:22:08,544 We're gonna see some shiny stuff. 506 00:22:08,718 --> 00:22:09,893 Hear, hear. 507 00:22:10,111 --> 00:22:11,460 I hope you're right, Gary. 508 00:22:11,634 --> 00:22:13,070 Keep our fingers crossed. 509 00:22:13,201 --> 00:22:16,683 So, buckle up for tomorrow. 510 00:22:20,774 --> 00:22:22,863 The following morning... 511 00:22:24,125 --> 00:22:26,693 ...as the excavation in AC-1 512 00:22:26,867 --> 00:22:30,392 proceeds toward a target depth of 145 feet... 513 00:22:31,698 --> 00:22:33,743 You know, the bricks have been a puzzle. 514 00:22:33,917 --> 00:22:36,746 ...Rick Lagina and Scott Barlow 515 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:38,879 meet with archaeologists Laird Niven 516 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:41,142 and Moya MacDonald, and archaeometallurgist 517 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:45,364 Emma Culligan in the Oak Island laboratory. 518 00:22:45,538 --> 00:22:48,497 We've found bricks literally from Smith's Cove 519 00:22:48,584 --> 00:22:50,238 all the way to the western side of the island. 520 00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:52,022 Is there any connective tissue here 521 00:22:52,196 --> 00:22:53,850 that we can make some sort of... 522 00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:57,071 a greater understanding of their importance? 523 00:22:57,201 --> 00:22:59,552 Yeah, so I brought some bricks out that we had 524 00:22:59,769 --> 00:23:00,640 done some sampling on. 525 00:23:00,857 --> 00:23:03,077 We have two Lot 5 bricks. 526 00:23:03,251 --> 00:23:04,861 This is a sample from 527 00:23:05,035 --> 00:23:07,168 the eastern drumlin, Smith's Cove area, 528 00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:10,911 and then we have two bricks from the swamp, the vault bricks 529 00:23:11,085 --> 00:23:12,216 that you guys found earlier this summer. 530 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:16,960 Moya and Emma have analyzed samples of the clay bricks 531 00:23:17,134 --> 00:23:19,485 that have recently been found across the island 532 00:23:19,615 --> 00:23:22,575 utilizing an X-ray diffraction device... 533 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,318 ...a machine that uses X-ray radiation to examine 534 00:23:27,493 --> 00:23:29,930 the chemical composition and physical properties 535 00:23:30,147 --> 00:23:32,454 of objects in order to help determine 536 00:23:32,541 --> 00:23:34,761 the time period that they were created. 537 00:23:35,936 --> 00:23:38,155 We did two runs 538 00:23:38,329 --> 00:23:40,244 of each through the machine, 539 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,029 just to really cover our bases. 540 00:23:42,203 --> 00:23:45,902 The Lot 5 bricks and the sample from Smith's Cove 541 00:23:46,033 --> 00:23:47,774 were, compositionally, very similar. 542 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:52,213 And I did find a really interesting connection. 543 00:23:52,343 --> 00:23:54,955 Both of them match, compositionally, 544 00:23:55,085 --> 00:23:56,347 with a Brick Hill sample. 545 00:23:56,565 --> 00:24:00,221 It's a local brick-making company. 546 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:03,137 It's a brick kiln, and it's from the 1600s. 547 00:24:04,747 --> 00:24:06,619 That's remarkable. 548 00:24:11,754 --> 00:24:14,757 It's a brick kiln, and it's from the 1600s. 549 00:24:14,975 --> 00:24:16,803 So it's locally sourced, 550 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:18,457 which I find really interesting. 551 00:24:18,631 --> 00:24:20,415 In the Oak Island laboratory, 552 00:24:20,589 --> 00:24:22,548 Moya MacDonald, 553 00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:24,985 Emma Culligan and Laird Niven 554 00:24:25,159 --> 00:24:27,335 have just made a startling revelation 555 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:30,469 about the clay bricks that were unearthed near Smith's Cove, 556 00:24:30,643 --> 00:24:34,473 and inside of the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5. 557 00:24:34,647 --> 00:24:37,127 So, we have these two samples from Lot 5... 558 00:24:37,301 --> 00:24:39,826 Both were locally made 559 00:24:39,956 --> 00:24:43,656 and likely date to as far back as the 17th century. 560 00:24:44,831 --> 00:24:47,137 When you say 1600s, 561 00:24:47,355 --> 00:24:49,966 where are we in that 1600s timeline? 562 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:54,754 Is it early 16's, mid 16's, late 16's? 563 00:24:54,884 --> 00:24:57,670 Or is it just a general framework of time? 564 00:24:57,844 --> 00:24:59,236 It's just a general framework. 565 00:24:59,367 --> 00:25:01,804 The Lot 5 bricks are coming from 566 00:25:01,978 --> 00:25:03,502 the fill... 567 00:25:03,676 --> 00:25:05,286 We haven't found a brick feature... 568 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:07,549 - Right. - ...exactly associated 569 00:25:07,723 --> 00:25:09,420 with the Lot 5, uh, circular feature. 570 00:25:09,595 --> 00:25:11,205 So they're in the backfill. 571 00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:12,902 They're in the backfill, 572 00:25:13,076 --> 00:25:15,688 so it may be that there's a brick feature close by, 573 00:25:15,818 --> 00:25:18,038 and what we're finding is just debris from that. 574 00:25:18,168 --> 00:25:20,083 The bricks, 575 00:25:20,257 --> 00:25:22,129 they're not ubiquitous. They're not everywhere. 576 00:25:22,303 --> 00:25:24,392 They're found in very specific locations: 577 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,134 Smith's Cove, Lot 5. 578 00:25:27,351 --> 00:25:28,875 Why were they found in these areas 579 00:25:29,049 --> 00:25:30,529 where a tremendous amount of work was done? 580 00:25:30,703 --> 00:25:34,794 If they do indeed go back to the 1600s, 581 00:25:34,924 --> 00:25:38,232 well, there is a connection with the historical narrative. 582 00:25:38,362 --> 00:25:40,451 It's corroborative evidence. 583 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:42,845 So, we have the vault brick 584 00:25:43,063 --> 00:25:44,412 that you guys found in the swamp. 585 00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:47,502 It kind of fits more in with other local 586 00:25:47,676 --> 00:25:49,243 1800s bricks that Helen and Laird 587 00:25:49,373 --> 00:25:51,071 have also provided. 588 00:25:51,245 --> 00:25:52,942 - Yeah. -The brick from the vault, 589 00:25:53,116 --> 00:25:56,424 you're suggesting, is younger 590 00:25:56,642 --> 00:25:57,860 than the other items here 591 00:25:58,034 --> 00:25:59,558 - in front of us. -Yeah. 592 00:26:00,907 --> 00:26:02,125 If this being the one from the vault, 593 00:26:02,256 --> 00:26:04,867 this is a newer brick, 594 00:26:05,041 --> 00:26:06,434 that probably better suits 595 00:26:06,608 --> 00:26:08,523 the Anthony Graves timeline than before. 596 00:26:08,697 --> 00:26:10,786 Given what we know about him 597 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,440 and going to town and buying things with Spanish coins... 598 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,662 Anthony Graves was a farmer 599 00:26:16,836 --> 00:26:20,317 who purchased several lots on Oak Island in 1857, 600 00:26:20,491 --> 00:26:23,494 and built his homestead just north of the swamp. 601 00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:25,888 Although he never officially 602 00:26:26,106 --> 00:26:28,674 took part in the searches for treasure in the Money Pit, 603 00:26:28,848 --> 00:26:31,285 several years after he settled on the island, 604 00:26:31,415 --> 00:26:33,896 rumors began to swirl 605 00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:36,116 that he would often pay for supplies on the mainland 606 00:26:36,290 --> 00:26:39,162 using Spanish silver coins. 607 00:26:39,336 --> 00:26:42,209 Curiously, the team has found evidence 608 00:26:42,383 --> 00:26:44,690 within the so-called slate vault in the swamp 609 00:26:44,864 --> 00:26:47,170 that suggests it may have been constructed 610 00:26:47,388 --> 00:26:49,782 in the 1700s or earlier. 611 00:26:50,913 --> 00:26:52,654 However, could the bricks 612 00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:55,352 that the team found on the vault's top layer 613 00:26:55,526 --> 00:26:58,529 offer a clue that Anthony Graves discovered it 614 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,619 nearly two centuries ago, 615 00:27:00,749 --> 00:27:03,447 and helped himself to its contents? 616 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:05,972 I think your results 617 00:27:06,146 --> 00:27:07,234 have squarely placed this in the time 618 00:27:07,364 --> 00:27:09,149 Anthony Graves would've known about it. 619 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,368 - Yeah. -And you know what that also says is, 620 00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:12,935 if you really had something valuable, 621 00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:15,503 would you put it only in one place? 622 00:27:15,677 --> 00:27:16,765 You don't keep all your eggs in one basket. 623 00:27:16,939 --> 00:27:18,724 Exactly. So on the other side 624 00:27:18,854 --> 00:27:21,509 of the swamp, I would bet you, 625 00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:22,641 there's another one of those. 626 00:27:22,815 --> 00:27:24,120 Agreed. 627 00:27:24,294 --> 00:27:25,905 We want to thank the three of you. 628 00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:27,210 The lab has given us 629 00:27:27,428 --> 00:27:29,082 such a unique opportunity 630 00:27:29,256 --> 00:27:31,693 to advance the ball. So, again, thank you very much. 631 00:27:31,867 --> 00:27:33,826 But, in order for you to do the work in here, 632 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,871 we've got to go out and find more things, right? 633 00:27:36,045 --> 00:27:37,960 Yep. Thank you. 634 00:27:38,134 --> 00:27:40,180 As Rick and members of the team 635 00:27:40,354 --> 00:27:42,443 conclude their meeting in the lab, 636 00:27:42,617 --> 00:27:46,055 and as the excavation of AC-1 637 00:27:46,229 --> 00:27:48,231 continues in the Money Pit area... 638 00:27:48,405 --> 00:27:50,451 Okay, guys. 639 00:27:50,625 --> 00:27:52,105 I think we've got several directions here 640 00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:53,846 we could go in, 641 00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:55,935 based on what we're looking at out there. 642 00:27:56,109 --> 00:27:57,719 ...in the northern region of the swamp, 643 00:27:57,893 --> 00:28:01,114 Jack Begley, Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan, 644 00:28:01,244 --> 00:28:04,334 and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 645 00:28:04,465 --> 00:28:06,380 are continuing to search for new sections 646 00:28:06,554 --> 00:28:08,208 of the cobblestone pathway, 647 00:28:08,338 --> 00:28:10,906 and additional structures that may contain 648 00:28:11,037 --> 00:28:12,560 hidden valuables. 649 00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:14,867 You've also got the cobble here, 650 00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:17,304 so, I mean, this could be part of a, 651 00:28:17,434 --> 00:28:18,827 could be part of a continual path. 652 00:28:19,001 --> 00:28:20,916 I'm hoping that 653 00:28:21,090 --> 00:28:22,613 it's artifact central waiting for us. 654 00:28:22,788 --> 00:28:23,702 I think we'll fire up the machine... 655 00:28:23,876 --> 00:28:24,790 - Yep. - ...and start digging. 656 00:28:25,007 --> 00:28:26,052 Let's rock and roll. 657 00:28:26,182 --> 00:28:28,141 Okay. 658 00:28:28,271 --> 00:28:30,404 When looking at some of these cobblestones around here, 659 00:28:30,578 --> 00:28:32,232 they kind of diverge in two different directions. 660 00:28:33,624 --> 00:28:35,409 Uh. Is that a rock? 661 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:38,586 So, as we follow the lines of stakes, 662 00:28:38,804 --> 00:28:41,197 we're gonna have to search a wider area, 663 00:28:41,371 --> 00:28:42,895 just to make sure we don't miss any. 664 00:28:44,287 --> 00:28:46,202 Yeah, definitely more of that cobble. 665 00:28:46,376 --> 00:28:48,204 Looks like it, doesn't it? 666 00:28:48,378 --> 00:28:49,423 Well, that doesn't 667 00:28:49,597 --> 00:28:51,251 cleanly converge with 668 00:28:51,425 --> 00:28:52,774 this other cobble path. 669 00:28:52,948 --> 00:28:54,645 This isn't leading to anywhere. 670 00:28:54,776 --> 00:28:57,300 If this is more cobble, 671 00:28:57,431 --> 00:28:59,912 say a path, it stops. 672 00:29:00,086 --> 00:29:02,828 Is it possible they stopped 673 00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:04,351 and they built a platform to cross over 674 00:29:04,525 --> 00:29:06,222 to the other pile of cobble? 675 00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:08,442 A platform? 676 00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:10,531 It looks like there's something here. 677 00:29:10,705 --> 00:29:12,533 Could it be an extension of the cobblestone path, 678 00:29:12,707 --> 00:29:14,665 as Tom Nolan has suggested? 679 00:29:14,883 --> 00:29:15,754 Gary, do you want to come over 680 00:29:15,928 --> 00:29:17,320 and give this area a sweep? 681 00:29:17,494 --> 00:29:19,235 - I sure do, mate. Coming over. -Okay. 682 00:29:19,366 --> 00:29:21,281 Or might it be covering something 683 00:29:21,455 --> 00:29:23,936 that was hidden beneath it? 684 00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:25,720 Yeah, try and get your-- 685 00:29:25,894 --> 00:29:27,678 Oh. 686 00:29:27,853 --> 00:29:30,420 Yep, there's a piece of iron there, by the sound of it. 687 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:31,639 In that area, just there. 688 00:29:41,388 --> 00:29:43,738 Let's see if you moved it. 689 00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:49,091 Well, let me try with my pinpointer. 690 00:29:49,265 --> 00:29:51,093 - See the... - See if it's in that side. 691 00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:53,052 Maybe there. 692 00:29:53,226 --> 00:29:55,271 Whatever it is, Jack, it's just there. 693 00:29:58,666 --> 00:30:00,276 Oh, that's pretty big. 694 00:30:00,407 --> 00:30:02,801 -What is it? -Some type of metal object. 695 00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:09,198 What is this? 696 00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:10,983 It's got a head on it. 697 00:30:11,113 --> 00:30:12,680 Here. You know best, Gary. 698 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,596 -Is it old, Gary? -Yeah. 699 00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,076 It's really, really light. 700 00:30:17,206 --> 00:30:18,817 - You feel how light that is. - Yeah. 701 00:30:21,994 --> 00:30:24,039 Could that be some sort of a wharf pin, Gary? 702 00:30:24,257 --> 00:30:25,998 Yeah, it could be. It's got mushrooming 703 00:30:26,215 --> 00:30:28,000 on the other end, so you know 704 00:30:28,217 --> 00:30:30,959 it's been wacked into a something or other. 705 00:30:31,090 --> 00:30:32,482 It just, 706 00:30:32,656 --> 00:30:34,397 got a really, really old feel about it. 707 00:30:34,571 --> 00:30:37,183 - Predates your dad. - Yeah. 708 00:30:37,313 --> 00:30:40,926 The team's inspiration to search the triangle-shaped swamp 709 00:30:41,056 --> 00:30:43,406 came from Tom's late father, 710 00:30:43,580 --> 00:30:46,932 the legendary surveyor and treasure hunter Fred Nolan. 711 00:30:47,062 --> 00:30:50,631 After draining the swamp in 1969, 712 00:30:50,805 --> 00:30:52,459 Fred discovered not only 713 00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:54,983 numerous 16th-century survey stakes 714 00:30:55,114 --> 00:30:58,465 but also parts of large sailing vessels. 715 00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:02,208 These finds led him to believe that Oak Island 716 00:31:02,425 --> 00:31:05,385 had once been two separate landmasses. 717 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:08,954 And that the swamp had been created in order to hide 718 00:31:09,128 --> 00:31:13,132 evidence of where treasure had been unloaded long ago. 719 00:31:13,262 --> 00:31:16,265 Could this possible wharf pin, 720 00:31:16,439 --> 00:31:18,354 and the mysterious wooden structure 721 00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:20,487 that the team has just uncovered, 722 00:31:20,661 --> 00:31:22,619 be the remains of a dock 723 00:31:22,793 --> 00:31:25,753 where valuables were offloaded onto Oak Island? 724 00:31:26,841 --> 00:31:28,364 Yeah, we'll set that aside. 725 00:31:28,495 --> 00:31:30,192 Oh, yeah. Everything we find in here 726 00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:32,107 - is going back to the lab. - Yep. 727 00:31:32,238 --> 00:31:33,761 Good start. 728 00:31:38,635 --> 00:31:39,810 You want to scrape it down just a little bit more? 729 00:31:39,985 --> 00:31:42,161 - Yeah, maybe one more scrape. - Okay. 730 00:31:42,378 --> 00:31:44,554 As the search for clues 731 00:31:44,728 --> 00:31:48,384 and hidden valuables continues in the Oak Island swamp, 732 00:31:48,558 --> 00:31:50,212 in the Money Pit area... 733 00:31:50,343 --> 00:31:51,822 All right, John, where we at? 734 00:31:51,997 --> 00:31:54,390 Pressures are spiking a little bit, then it drops. 735 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,917 I think we're breaking through the cave. 736 00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:02,746 Agreed. 737 00:32:02,964 --> 00:32:04,226 I'm gonna go let the guys know, and you keep going. 738 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,880 Sounds good. 739 00:32:07,186 --> 00:32:09,536 The AC-1 shaft may have finally breached 740 00:32:09,753 --> 00:32:13,975 its intended target some 145 feet underground: 741 00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:17,196 a large, potentially man-made cavern 742 00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:19,807 known as Aladdin's cave. 743 00:32:19,981 --> 00:32:21,591 So there was no, like, 744 00:32:21,765 --> 00:32:23,419 aha moment, like, there's no pressure. 745 00:32:23,593 --> 00:32:25,465 - No fall down. - But... 746 00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:26,945 while we were cutting all the way down, 747 00:32:27,162 --> 00:32:29,599 we were at 150 pressure. 748 00:32:29,773 --> 00:32:33,168 The last five feet today we've been at 120. 749 00:32:33,342 --> 00:32:35,605 So that is a sign of either a cavity or a cave. 750 00:32:35,779 --> 00:32:37,346 Yeah. Right. 751 00:32:37,433 --> 00:32:40,741 So, the hope here, to me, 752 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:43,309 would be, if we can get a camera on that, 753 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:46,486 we can say definitively, yay or nay, what might be there. 754 00:32:46,703 --> 00:32:48,096 - Yeah. - Yeah. 755 00:32:48,183 --> 00:32:49,402 That's great cause these teeth 756 00:32:49,532 --> 00:32:51,621 are ready to bite into some gold. 757 00:32:53,493 --> 00:32:55,408 The hope is to get proper visual, 758 00:32:55,582 --> 00:32:59,064 introduce a camera or the 3D Sonar and see what we see. 759 00:32:59,238 --> 00:33:02,328 This is about getting as much information as possible 760 00:33:02,545 --> 00:33:05,984 and using that information to further the search agenda. 761 00:33:06,158 --> 00:33:09,552 Proof that human beings were in this void 762 00:33:09,726 --> 00:33:12,555 where the treasure could be and then recover it. 763 00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:15,123 Water clarity obviously is gonna be a problem here. 764 00:33:15,297 --> 00:33:16,951 And I think you earlier mentioned 765 00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:19,171 - that you had a flocculent? - Yeah. 766 00:33:19,345 --> 00:33:20,563 You know, to precipitate the water 767 00:33:20,694 --> 00:33:21,869 and get it down and get it clear. 768 00:33:22,043 --> 00:33:23,523 That would be of immense help, 769 00:33:23,697 --> 00:33:25,481 because the camera certainly would need that. 770 00:33:25,699 --> 00:33:27,657 Yeah. 771 00:33:27,788 --> 00:33:29,355 Flocculent is a substance 772 00:33:29,529 --> 00:33:31,618 that causes loose particles in water 773 00:33:31,835 --> 00:33:34,316 to clump together and float to the surface, 774 00:33:34,447 --> 00:33:37,754 thereby increasing visual clarity. 775 00:33:37,885 --> 00:33:41,280 There is a-a sense that having eyes on a target 776 00:33:41,454 --> 00:33:43,978 could well and truly break this mystery wide open. 777 00:33:44,152 --> 00:33:47,068 You know, my brother named it Aladdin's cave, well, 778 00:33:47,199 --> 00:33:49,679 think about what Aladdin's cave means to you. 779 00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:52,595 There's a genie in a bottle, in a lamp, 780 00:33:52,726 --> 00:33:54,249 and all your wishes will be granted. 781 00:33:54,380 --> 00:33:56,295 And I have but one wish, 782 00:33:56,469 --> 00:33:57,818 find the one thing. 783 00:33:57,948 --> 00:33:59,515 So we leave it overnight, 784 00:33:59,689 --> 00:34:01,256 hope that the flocculant does its work. 785 00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:02,823 Hope that, you know, just leaving it will help 786 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,130 clear it out and then we are ready for 787 00:34:05,304 --> 00:34:06,914 the camera tomorrow morning. 788 00:34:07,088 --> 00:34:09,090 Okey doke. Well, let's give it a try. 789 00:34:09,264 --> 00:34:10,222 - Okay, let's do it. - Keep your fingers crossed. 790 00:34:10,396 --> 00:34:12,485 Yeah. 791 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:14,574 -We'll pick it up tomorrow. -Yep. 792 00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:18,230 Later that afternoon... 793 00:34:19,927 --> 00:34:22,712 ...as the team from ROC Equipment begins 794 00:34:22,886 --> 00:34:24,932 adding flocculant to the interior 795 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:27,065 of the AC-1 Caisson... 796 00:34:28,283 --> 00:34:30,459 We are in AC-1 and 797 00:34:30,633 --> 00:34:32,809 between 90 and 110 feet, 798 00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:36,683 lo and behold, a spike was found. 799 00:34:36,813 --> 00:34:40,774 In the war room, Rick and Marty Lagina, 800 00:34:40,948 --> 00:34:42,515 along with other members of the team 801 00:34:42,689 --> 00:34:45,648 are meeting once again with Emma Culligan. 802 00:34:45,866 --> 00:34:47,607 Emma is about to share 803 00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:50,479 her scientific report on the iron spike 804 00:34:50,653 --> 00:34:54,179 that was recovered one day ago inside a mysterious tunnel 805 00:34:54,309 --> 00:34:57,269 during the excavation of the AC-1 shaft. 806 00:34:57,443 --> 00:34:59,575 Emma, I'll turn it over to you. 807 00:34:59,706 --> 00:35:01,403 Okay, uh, well, 808 00:35:01,621 --> 00:35:04,102 first off, the XRMs, CT scans of the nail. 809 00:35:05,842 --> 00:35:08,106 We see the wood-like grain structure, 810 00:35:08,323 --> 00:35:10,847 so it is wrought iron. 811 00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:14,547 We see the striking of the different angles 812 00:35:14,721 --> 00:35:17,767 of the head, which-- it is does indicate that it is a rosehead. 813 00:35:17,941 --> 00:35:20,466 Cross section is square, means it's hand-forged, 814 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,294 not machine cut. 815 00:35:22,468 --> 00:35:25,819 And the composition, it's really minimal. 816 00:35:25,949 --> 00:35:28,169 We have a lot of sulfur and phosphorous content, 817 00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:31,390 which indicates more of a likely English origin. 818 00:35:31,477 --> 00:35:35,263 We see a potassium content throughout which does indicate 819 00:35:35,394 --> 00:35:38,875 that it's a charcoal-fueled furnace and not coal. 820 00:35:39,049 --> 00:35:41,051 So, all of these combined, 821 00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:45,491 give it a most recent date of mid-1700s. 822 00:35:46,883 --> 00:35:47,797 And possibly earlier. 823 00:35:47,928 --> 00:35:49,582 - Great. - That's crazy. 824 00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:51,323 - It's amazing. - Yeah. 825 00:35:51,540 --> 00:35:53,716 That's great. What other data do we have? 826 00:35:53,847 --> 00:35:55,240 Uh, we've got some data 827 00:35:55,457 --> 00:35:57,807 from an old English metal detectorist, Marty. 828 00:35:57,938 --> 00:36:01,681 I don't know how trustworthy that might be, but go ahead. 829 00:36:01,811 --> 00:36:05,467 Emma, you said pre-1750s. 830 00:36:05,641 --> 00:36:09,515 I'm saying 1750s, but could be earlier, yeah. 831 00:36:09,645 --> 00:36:11,734 I've found a lot of these. 832 00:36:11,952 --> 00:36:14,911 When you see this, this thick chunky spike 833 00:36:15,085 --> 00:36:17,697 with that big rosehead on that, that's an oldie. 834 00:36:17,914 --> 00:36:22,571 You go anywhere in Europe, you see this type of iron spike 835 00:36:22,702 --> 00:36:24,921 in cabinets, doors, 836 00:36:25,008 --> 00:36:27,402 - and chests. - Mm-hmm. 837 00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:30,275 That could have easily come out of a treasure chest. 838 00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:34,235 This is your typical 1600s spike. 839 00:36:34,409 --> 00:36:35,932 I like 1600s. 840 00:36:36,106 --> 00:36:37,804 That has to be depositor. 841 00:36:37,978 --> 00:36:39,719 - Yep. - That is exciting. 842 00:36:42,635 --> 00:36:43,201 It's quite amazing. 843 00:36:47,596 --> 00:36:49,294 That could have easily come out of a treasure chest. 844 00:36:49,424 --> 00:36:52,906 This is your typical 1600s spike. 845 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,777 I like 1600s. 846 00:36:54,951 --> 00:36:56,257 That is exciting. 847 00:36:56,431 --> 00:36:58,738 - Wow. -In the war room, 848 00:36:58,955 --> 00:37:01,393 the Oak Island team has just been informed 849 00:37:01,567 --> 00:37:04,352 by archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 850 00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:07,747 that the spike recovered from some 110 feet 851 00:37:07,877 --> 00:37:12,012 in the AC-1 shaft is likely of English origin. 852 00:37:12,186 --> 00:37:14,101 Well, this is unexpected. 853 00:37:14,275 --> 00:37:18,801 And could date back to as early as the 17th century. 854 00:37:18,932 --> 00:37:21,630 This spike could be an important 855 00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:25,852 clue, uh, and it could be either pointing to an early 856 00:37:26,026 --> 00:37:28,463 recovery effort or perhaps original deposit. 857 00:37:28,637 --> 00:37:30,073 Yeah, I agree. 858 00:37:30,204 --> 00:37:32,032 Yeah, there are several theories 859 00:37:32,162 --> 00:37:35,122 that fit that time frame, 1600s into 1750. 860 00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:37,951 - Yeah. - It could well be William Phips. 861 00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:39,387 Right. 862 00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:41,389 When you say 1600s, 863 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:46,002 it fits the timeline for Sir William Phips. 864 00:37:46,133 --> 00:37:48,918 We've found an incredible amount 865 00:37:49,049 --> 00:37:51,878 of hard-to-refute evidence 866 00:37:51,965 --> 00:37:54,184 suggesting Sir William Phips 867 00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:57,362 had a presence within the round feature on Lot 5. 868 00:37:57,492 --> 00:38:00,582 People associated with Lot 5 869 00:38:00,713 --> 00:38:03,716 may have been living on the island 870 00:38:03,803 --> 00:38:06,936 possibly for the original construction of the Money Pit. 871 00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:10,636 Well, now we may have evidence of William Phips 872 00:38:10,810 --> 00:38:13,595 depositing a treasure on Oak Island in the Money Pit. 873 00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:16,468 In 1687, 874 00:38:16,642 --> 00:38:19,253 under the direction of the English crown, 875 00:38:19,384 --> 00:38:22,256 Captain William Phips located the famed wreck 876 00:38:22,387 --> 00:38:25,781 of the Concepción, a Spanish treasure galleon 877 00:38:25,955 --> 00:38:27,305 which sank off the coast 878 00:38:27,479 --> 00:38:28,958 of the modern-day Dominican Republic 879 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:30,960 in 1641, 880 00:38:31,047 --> 00:38:34,834 along with 100 tons of Spanish silver, 881 00:38:35,008 --> 00:38:36,836 gold and jewels. 882 00:38:36,966 --> 00:38:40,100 After recovering 34 tons of silver, 883 00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:42,755 Phips was knighted and ordered to return 884 00:38:42,885 --> 00:38:45,105 for the remaining valuables. 885 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,890 However, when he and his assistant, 886 00:38:48,064 --> 00:38:51,546 a high-ranking Freemason named Andrew Belcher, 887 00:38:51,677 --> 00:38:54,549 completed the second salvage operation, 888 00:38:54,723 --> 00:38:57,422 they reported that locals had looted the wreck 889 00:38:57,596 --> 00:38:59,119 and that they recovered 890 00:38:59,249 --> 00:39:02,383 only five additional tons of treasure. 891 00:39:02,557 --> 00:39:04,516 This is where my first discovery comes in. 892 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,605 I found a 1688 letter 893 00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:09,259 that shows that Captain Andrew Belcher 894 00:39:09,434 --> 00:39:11,349 was caught with one of Phips's ships 895 00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:13,089 in the Mahone Bay area 896 00:39:13,263 --> 00:39:14,874 at the exact time that Phips was coming back 897 00:39:15,048 --> 00:39:16,484 from the second attempt, where he officially 898 00:39:16,658 --> 00:39:18,051 did not find as much silver. 899 00:39:18,225 --> 00:39:19,574 According to the research 900 00:39:19,748 --> 00:39:22,751 of 32nd-degree Freemason Scott Clarke, 901 00:39:22,882 --> 00:39:26,494 Sir William Phips and Captain Andrew Belcher 902 00:39:26,668 --> 00:39:29,802 buried the missing Spanish treasure on Oak Island, 903 00:39:29,976 --> 00:39:31,760 based on their knowledge 904 00:39:31,934 --> 00:39:34,284 of an existing vault that had been deposited 905 00:39:34,459 --> 00:39:36,678 in the Money Pit centuries earlier 906 00:39:36,809 --> 00:39:38,854 by members of the Knights Templar. 907 00:39:39,072 --> 00:39:43,032 Could this spike that was recovered in AC-1, 908 00:39:43,206 --> 00:39:47,167 along with the tools and bricks unearthed on Lot 5, 909 00:39:47,297 --> 00:39:50,910 not only help explain why the team has found evidence 910 00:39:51,084 --> 00:39:54,566 that multiple treasures could be buried in the Money Pit area 911 00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:59,745 but also suggest what might await them in Aladdin's cave? 912 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:02,922 It certainly fits with the Phips theory. 913 00:40:03,096 --> 00:40:06,534 If it's from the 1600s, then it fits a lot of stuff. 914 00:40:06,708 --> 00:40:08,710 But none of that matters to me. 915 00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:10,799 What matters to me is that that spike 916 00:40:10,973 --> 00:40:15,543 would indicate that somebody was down deep in the Money Pit 917 00:40:15,674 --> 00:40:18,546 well before the discovery of the Money Pit. 918 00:40:18,677 --> 00:40:20,809 That's the most significant conclusion. 919 00:40:20,983 --> 00:40:23,725 The treasure could be below us yet, in the cave. 920 00:40:24,987 --> 00:40:27,120 Mystery upon intrigue upon mystery. 921 00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:28,469 Yeah. 922 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,950 That is what makes this, 923 00:40:31,124 --> 00:40:34,867 ladies and gentlemen, a really beautiful... 924 00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:36,999 story, mystery, treasure hunt. 925 00:40:37,173 --> 00:40:38,436 Absolutely. 926 00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:40,263 We're at the precipice 927 00:40:40,481 --> 00:40:42,222 of opening the door of that cave, 928 00:40:42,396 --> 00:40:44,964 and everyone around this table has high hopes, 929 00:40:45,138 --> 00:40:46,748 uh, of what might lie within. 930 00:40:46,835 --> 00:40:48,533 I-I think together, all of us 931 00:40:48,707 --> 00:40:51,623 will do the best job possible to see and retrieve 932 00:40:51,797 --> 00:40:53,276 whatever might be in Aladdin's cave. 933 00:40:53,407 --> 00:40:54,974 Open sesame. 934 00:40:55,191 --> 00:40:56,366 Let's get out there and find it. 935 00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:57,933 Agreed. 936 00:40:58,064 --> 00:40:59,848 Well said. 937 00:41:00,022 --> 00:41:02,416 What began as a devastating setback 938 00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:04,244 in the Money Pit area 939 00:41:04,374 --> 00:41:06,986 has now led to a series of surprising 940 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,945 and potentially critical revelations 941 00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:12,992 for Rick, Marty, Craig and their team. 942 00:41:13,166 --> 00:41:17,605 Is it possible that after 223 years, 943 00:41:17,779 --> 00:41:21,087 the murky truth behind the Oak Island mystery 944 00:41:21,261 --> 00:41:25,352 is on the verge of coming into clear view? 945 00:41:25,570 --> 00:41:29,661 Or could there be something much darker lurking below 946 00:41:29,791 --> 00:41:32,620 that will keep them at bay? 947 00:41:34,796 --> 00:41:37,756 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 948 00:41:37,930 --> 00:41:39,975 How does Lot 5 connect to the Money Pit? 949 00:41:40,149 --> 00:41:42,108 This may be that pathway. 950 00:41:42,282 --> 00:41:44,458 This could be the connection we've been looking for. 951 00:41:44,589 --> 00:41:45,285 -Wow. -I don't know what that is. 952 00:41:45,459 --> 00:41:47,200 This is very unusual. 953 00:41:47,330 --> 00:41:48,375 Everything suggests an earlier date, 954 00:41:48,549 --> 00:41:49,855 1600s to 1700s. 955 00:41:50,029 --> 00:41:52,118 Here we go. Look at this. 956 00:41:52,292 --> 00:41:54,816 - That could easily be off a box or a chest. -I agree. 957 00:41:54,947 --> 00:41:56,731 When are we gonna find what fell out of those chests? 958 00:41:56,905 --> 00:41:59,342 - Ready to go diving. -Let's go diving. 959 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:01,997 We want to see if there's treasure within Aladdin's cave. 960 00:42:02,171 --> 00:42:03,433 Oh, my God. 961 00:42:03,564 --> 00:42:05,697 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS