1 00:00:02,167 --> 00:00:03,167 [Narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,250 --> 00:00:04,667 [Gary] Here we go. 3 00:00:04,833 --> 00:00:06,250 -[Rick] Whoa! -[Jack] What was that? 4 00:00:06,417 --> 00:00:08,000 [Alex] The caisson just hit something solid. 5 00:00:08,167 --> 00:00:10,125 [Terry] Something really hard right there. 6 00:00:10,292 --> 00:00:12,250 [Gary] Let's see what we've got. [laughs] 7 00:00:12,417 --> 00:00:14,750 This might have been around a treasure chest. 8 00:00:14,917 --> 00:00:16,167 -[Katya] Oh, my gosh. -[Rick] What is it? 9 00:00:16,292 --> 00:00:19,000 [Tom] It's perfectly on the line of the cross. 10 00:00:19,167 --> 00:00:20,667 It's what we've been looking for. 11 00:00:20,792 --> 00:00:23,375 [Fiona] Ha-ha! This is cool, Rick. 12 00:00:23,542 --> 00:00:25,167 This is bigger than what we think. 13 00:00:25,375 --> 00:00:27,000 -Wow. -[Fiona] There could be treasure down there. 14 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,417 [Narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it, 19 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:50,417 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:54,792 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:10,625 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:24,667 [Rick] Hey, Jack. Fiona. 28 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:26,333 -Hey, Rick. -[Fiona] Hi. 29 00:01:26,458 --> 00:01:28,458 -Hi. -Look at the progress we've made. 30 00:01:28,625 --> 00:01:30,167 [Rick] I see that. 31 00:01:30,375 --> 00:01:33,167 [Narrator] The quest for answers, and treasure, continues 32 00:01:33,375 --> 00:01:36,000 on Oak Island as Rick Lagina begins 33 00:01:36,125 --> 00:01:38,125 his day on Lot 8 with 34 00:01:38,292 --> 00:01:40,625 Fiona Steele and Jack Begley. 35 00:01:40,792 --> 00:01:42,292 I think it's interesting the way that the rocks are 36 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:44,042 structured on this side, on the right side. 37 00:01:44,208 --> 00:01:45,333 -[Rick] Yeah. -[Fiona] And we're not getting 38 00:01:45,542 --> 00:01:47,167 the same thing on the other side at all. 39 00:01:47,375 --> 00:01:48,833 In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that was 40 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,167 the only side that was actually 41 00:01:50,375 --> 00:01:52,625 -holding up the boulder. -Mm. Mm-hmm. 42 00:01:54,042 --> 00:01:55,667 -[Scott] Here it goes. -[Gary] Here we go. 43 00:01:55,792 --> 00:01:57,000 [Narrator] After removing 44 00:01:57,208 --> 00:01:58,375 a 40,000-pound boulder 45 00:01:58,542 --> 00:02:00,833 from an artificially placed ring 46 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,250 of small stones one week ago... 47 00:02:02,417 --> 00:02:04,500 -[Marty] Look at that. -...the team 48 00:02:04,708 --> 00:02:07,292 was surprised to find new evidence that 49 00:02:07,417 --> 00:02:10,167 the boulder was covering a backfilled, man-made feature, 50 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:12,542 or possible shaft. 51 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:14,625 [Craig] Yeah, that looks like a filled hole. 52 00:02:14,833 --> 00:02:16,375 Exactly. Yeah. 53 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:19,833 [Narrator] And when geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 54 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,625 scanned the soils 55 00:02:21,792 --> 00:02:24,667 with a handheld X-ray fluorescence device, 56 00:02:24,833 --> 00:02:26,667 he discovered evidence of possible treasure 57 00:02:26,833 --> 00:02:29,083 buried somewhere deeper below. 58 00:02:29,292 --> 00:02:30,708 [Ian] It's showing 59 00:02:30,875 --> 00:02:32,583 something that I didn't see in the other sample... 60 00:02:32,750 --> 00:02:34,500 Oh. 61 00:02:34,583 --> 00:02:36,708 -...which is some silver. -Yeah. 62 00:02:36,875 --> 00:02:38,542 [laughter] 63 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:42,083 We will remove the rest of the top layer of the soil. 64 00:02:42,208 --> 00:02:43,458 We'll go through the second layer 65 00:02:43,625 --> 00:02:45,875 and then, the plan is really to start removing 66 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:47,292 some of these rocks, as well, to really see 67 00:02:47,458 --> 00:02:48,958 what's underneath here. 68 00:02:49,083 --> 00:02:50,708 -Hm. -Because there could still very well 69 00:02:50,917 --> 00:02:52,167 be something underneath here 70 00:02:52,292 --> 00:02:54,375 -that we just haven't seen yet. -Yeah. 71 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:56,417 You just have to be patient, right? 72 00:02:56,583 --> 00:02:58,292 I mean, that's all you can do. 73 00:02:58,458 --> 00:03:01,125 The two completely different sides 74 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:04,458 of the hole is really quite interesting. 75 00:03:04,625 --> 00:03:06,250 -Yep. -[Rick] Why that side 76 00:03:06,458 --> 00:03:08,833 -and not this side? -[Fiona] I know. 77 00:03:08,958 --> 00:03:11,917 I can certainly say that I think it was done a long time ago. 78 00:03:12,083 --> 00:03:14,083 What's your "long time ago"? 79 00:03:14,292 --> 00:03:17,042 Well, I would say before the 1700s. 80 00:03:17,250 --> 00:03:19,167 So, we have to 81 00:03:19,375 --> 00:03:20,792 just keep going forward in gathering 82 00:03:20,958 --> 00:03:22,333 the information and have 83 00:03:22,542 --> 00:03:24,042 -a proper analysis of everything. -[Rick] Yeah. 84 00:03:24,208 --> 00:03:26,208 There's got to be something under that boulder. 85 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:28,292 -Yeah. -[Rick] But the only way to know 86 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,208 is to continue to do the work you're doing, so... 87 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:33,417 -Alrighty. Thank you. -[Fiona] All right. See you later. 88 00:03:33,583 --> 00:03:35,500 -See you, Rick. -See you. 89 00:03:35,708 --> 00:03:39,125 [Fiona] With the Lot 8 feature, I feel absolutely intrigued. 90 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,375 It's not like anything we see on Oak Island 91 00:03:41,542 --> 00:03:43,833 or-or anything in Nova Scotia, period. 92 00:03:43,958 --> 00:03:46,500 This is motivating us to look through the rocks, 93 00:03:46,708 --> 00:03:48,167 look through the structures. We've got to look 94 00:03:48,375 --> 00:03:49,833 at everything and make sure that we're not 95 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,333 missing anything in this. 96 00:03:51,542 --> 00:03:53,792 There could be treasure down there. 97 00:03:57,875 --> 00:03:59,042 Look. Check this out, Jack. 98 00:03:59,208 --> 00:04:01,333 -What is that? -Well, it's the first 99 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,500 flattish rock that I'm seeing, 100 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:05,125 and it seems to be at the bottom. 101 00:04:05,292 --> 00:04:06,583 And if you look at all the other rocks, 102 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:08,125 they're a little rounded and little, 103 00:04:08,292 --> 00:04:09,667 and other than those 104 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,000 big ones sticking out, but 105 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:12,792 that could be hiding something. 106 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,625 -Oh. -We're gonna find out. 107 00:04:15,792 --> 00:04:17,875 Look, it keeps going. 108 00:04:18,042 --> 00:04:20,000 -Hmm. -Oh. 109 00:04:20,125 --> 00:04:22,250 [Fiona] Hmm. 110 00:04:22,375 --> 00:04:25,333 It's a good thing we are going below this soil. 111 00:04:27,542 --> 00:04:29,167 It's the flattest rock that we've seen so far. 112 00:04:29,375 --> 00:04:31,083 As we've been 113 00:04:31,250 --> 00:04:32,667 uncovering some of the soil, 114 00:04:32,833 --> 00:04:35,083 I'm starting to see a face of these flat rocks. 115 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:37,167 It just looks a little odd because 116 00:04:37,375 --> 00:04:40,542 it's so perfectly smooth and flat that I'm wondering 117 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:43,000 if this is part of the feature itself. 118 00:04:43,167 --> 00:04:44,500 The fact that we're uncovering 119 00:04:44,625 --> 00:04:46,500 all of these rocks in a pattern, 120 00:04:46,667 --> 00:04:48,667 I wasn't expecting to see that at all. 121 00:04:48,875 --> 00:04:51,333 -Yeah. -And I don't think it would hurt to have Dr. Spooner 122 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:53,417 take a look at this, once it's all uncovered, as well. 123 00:04:53,542 --> 00:04:56,250 He may be more familiar with-with this type of deposit. 124 00:04:56,417 --> 00:04:58,167 It seems not normal. 125 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:00,042 -Mm-hmm. -So... 126 00:05:00,208 --> 00:05:02,125 [Jack] Can this island get any stranger? 127 00:05:02,250 --> 00:05:03,958 [Fiona] It's the strangest island 128 00:05:04,083 --> 00:05:06,375 with the strangest things that are so unexplainable. 129 00:05:06,542 --> 00:05:10,292 [Narrator] As Fiona continues uncovering clues on Lot 8, 130 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,792 later that morning... 131 00:05:12,917 --> 00:05:15,042 [Terry] It's a new day. Here we are in the Karma. 132 00:05:15,208 --> 00:05:16,500 [Gary] Oh, yeah. 133 00:05:16,625 --> 00:05:19,083 It's a hell of a thing. 134 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:20,792 [Narrator] ...Jack joins Craig Tester 135 00:05:20,917 --> 00:05:24,333 and other members of the team in the Money Pit area, 136 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:28,000 where digging proceeds in the seven-foot-diameter shaft 137 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:30,500 known as Karma-1. 138 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:33,000 Did he say it went down real easy? 139 00:05:33,208 --> 00:05:35,917 He said it's going down like a hot knife through butter. 140 00:05:36,083 --> 00:05:38,500 [Narrator] The excavation is fast approaching 141 00:05:38,667 --> 00:05:40,958 a depth of 150 feet... 142 00:05:41,083 --> 00:05:43,125 Here we go, Terry. 143 00:05:44,125 --> 00:05:46,708 ...meaning it could soon breach the solution channel 144 00:05:46,875 --> 00:05:49,583 where the team hopes to find a massive source 145 00:05:49,750 --> 00:05:51,958 of precious metals that have previously 146 00:05:52,083 --> 00:05:53,542 been detected in this area 147 00:05:53,708 --> 00:05:56,542 through soil and water testing. 148 00:06:02,458 --> 00:06:03,625 [Alex] Here we go. 149 00:06:03,792 --> 00:06:06,375 Let's find some gold and silver. 150 00:06:07,625 --> 00:06:10,292 [Gary chortles] It's sloppy. 151 00:06:10,417 --> 00:06:11,667 [Marty] I believe we're proving 152 00:06:11,833 --> 00:06:14,167 that the solution channel gobbled up 153 00:06:14,292 --> 00:06:15,667 a bunch of stuff from the Money Pit. 154 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,708 The karma would be that we can finally, 155 00:06:17,917 --> 00:06:19,417 in the end, solve the whole thing. 156 00:06:19,542 --> 00:06:21,500 That would be the karma I like. 157 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:23,833 -Morning, guys. -[Alex] Morning, Adam. 158 00:06:24,042 --> 00:06:25,500 -[Gary] Morning, Adam. -I see y'all kind of watching the show. 159 00:06:25,708 --> 00:06:27,250 -Yeah. -[Alex] Yeah. What's the update? 160 00:06:27,417 --> 00:06:30,125 Uh, we're just starting to touch the 150 range 161 00:06:30,292 --> 00:06:31,667 -on the dig. -[Alex] Okay. 162 00:06:31,875 --> 00:06:34,500 At 160, we'll probably hit the bedrock plateau 163 00:06:34,625 --> 00:06:36,167 on top of the solution channel, at which point, 164 00:06:36,375 --> 00:06:37,875 we'll see how well we're cutting through it, right? 165 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,750 Yeah. Absolutely. 166 00:06:39,875 --> 00:06:41,750 So, we're gonna get almost to the top of the bedrock plateau 167 00:06:41,875 --> 00:06:44,333 -with this one. -[Adam E.] Yeah. We're ready to go at it. 168 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:46,042 -[Alex] Cool. -[Craig] Okay. -All right, guys. 169 00:06:46,208 --> 00:06:47,333 -We'll keep you updated. -Thanks. 170 00:06:47,542 --> 00:06:49,042 -Thanks. -Thank you. 171 00:06:49,250 --> 00:06:51,167 [Craig] Once we get to 155, 172 00:06:51,333 --> 00:06:54,958 we should let the, uh, the guys 173 00:06:55,125 --> 00:06:56,708 at the wash plant know we got a lot of stuff 174 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:59,208 that they could be looking for there. 175 00:06:59,375 --> 00:07:00,958 They may have already found 176 00:07:01,083 --> 00:07:03,000 a really cool, interesting find. 177 00:07:03,167 --> 00:07:05,000 Yeah. Definitely. 178 00:07:05,167 --> 00:07:07,875 [Narrator] As the digging operation continues 179 00:07:08,042 --> 00:07:10,042 in the Karma-1 shaft... 180 00:07:11,542 --> 00:07:14,417 ...some 500 feet to the east, near Smith's Cove... 181 00:07:14,625 --> 00:07:16,000 [Charles] That'd be limestone. 182 00:07:16,125 --> 00:07:18,250 It's a piece of pottery. 183 00:07:18,458 --> 00:07:20,000 [Narrator] ...Charles Barkhouse 184 00:07:20,167 --> 00:07:21,833 and other members of the team sift through 185 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:24,000 the excavated spoils that are being 186 00:07:24,208 --> 00:07:25,917 processed at the wash plant. 187 00:07:26,083 --> 00:07:29,667 Installed by Billy Gerhardt and his team, 188 00:07:29,792 --> 00:07:32,417 the industrial-grade machine 189 00:07:32,542 --> 00:07:35,417 moves truckloads of spoils through metal grates, 190 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:38,667 known as "grizzly bars," to remove larger rocks. 191 00:07:39,958 --> 00:07:43,500 The spoils then pass through a tool known as a chopper 192 00:07:43,625 --> 00:07:46,042 to break up and remove the thick clay. 193 00:07:47,375 --> 00:07:50,500 From there, they drop onto a shaker deck, 194 00:07:50,708 --> 00:07:52,500 where they are sprayed clean with water 195 00:07:52,708 --> 00:07:56,167 and then separated by size onto three conveyor belts, 196 00:07:56,333 --> 00:07:59,292 allowing the team to examine them 197 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:01,667 by hand for important clues. 198 00:08:02,542 --> 00:08:04,208 Hey, Charles. 199 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:05,917 Look at that. 200 00:08:08,708 --> 00:08:10,333 That's really cool. 201 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:11,875 That's a great find, Bailey. 202 00:08:12,042 --> 00:08:13,542 Let's put it in the bag and I'm gonna take it 203 00:08:13,708 --> 00:08:15,583 -and show the guys. -Awesome. 204 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:18,083 [Rick] In the wash plant, you're looking for 205 00:08:18,250 --> 00:08:19,583 anything out of the ordinary. 206 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:22,125 Anything that catches your eye, you literally 207 00:08:22,292 --> 00:08:25,167 pull it off the belt, because you don't know what it may mean. 208 00:08:25,292 --> 00:08:27,708 [Charles] Hey, Jack. What do you think of that? 209 00:08:27,917 --> 00:08:29,625 Oh... 210 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:33,333 Well, first glance, I see the smaller loops 211 00:08:33,542 --> 00:08:34,833 and they're not uniform... 212 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,333 -No, they're not. -...and you can see-- 213 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,375 I bet this could be quite old. 214 00:08:38,542 --> 00:08:41,292 Well, Jack, if that is handwrought, 215 00:08:41,458 --> 00:08:43,042 then it could be 1850s and earlier. 216 00:08:43,208 --> 00:08:44,583 -Wow. -And it is pretty cool. 217 00:08:44,750 --> 00:08:46,708 Whenever I see links of chain, I often wonder 218 00:08:46,833 --> 00:08:48,167 what was it attached to? 219 00:08:48,375 --> 00:08:49,958 -Yeah. -Right? 220 00:08:50,125 --> 00:08:52,667 -[Jack] This could be a clue to the mystery. -Yeah. 221 00:08:52,875 --> 00:08:55,042 -I'll go take it back to the lab. -Okay. 222 00:08:55,208 --> 00:08:57,750 -[Charles] We'll keep looking. -Yeah. 223 00:08:58,875 --> 00:09:01,875 [Narrator] Meanwhile, back in the Money Pit area... 224 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:03,417 [Gary whoops] 225 00:09:03,583 --> 00:09:05,375 I like this new piece of equipment. 226 00:09:05,542 --> 00:09:07,458 We're getting down there. 227 00:09:07,625 --> 00:09:09,750 That's some pretty good progress. 228 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:38,625 -Josh, is it feeling hard now? -There's something-- I'm in... 229 00:09:47,917 --> 00:09:49,667 [Terry] Something's going on here. 230 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 -[Gary] Hello, mate. -[Alex] How's it going? 231 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:57,167 -Hey guys. -Hey, Quinton. How you doing? 232 00:09:57,375 --> 00:09:58,833 [Quinton] So, we're hitting something hard again. 233 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,042 We're not sure exactly what it is, if it's metal 234 00:10:01,208 --> 00:10:03,458 or if it's something else down there. 235 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:05,208 [Terry] Oh, wow. 236 00:10:05,417 --> 00:10:08,125 [Narrator] In the Money Pit area, the Karma-1 shaft 237 00:10:08,292 --> 00:10:11,208 has encountered a strangely hard material 238 00:10:11,417 --> 00:10:12,833 or possible object 239 00:10:12,958 --> 00:10:15,833 at a depth of nearly 160 feet. 240 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,667 -Great stuff. -[Quinton] All right, 241 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:18,833 -I'll keep you updated. -Thanks a lot, Quinton. 242 00:10:19,042 --> 00:10:20,333 -Thank you very much. -Appreciate it. 243 00:10:21,375 --> 00:10:23,542 [Alex] It's kind of exciting to think there's some 244 00:10:23,708 --> 00:10:25,542 stronger obstacle down there 245 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,750 that's stopping the equipment. 246 00:10:27,875 --> 00:10:29,292 Even the teeth and the tools that we brought out 247 00:10:29,458 --> 00:10:31,000 this year on this equipment 248 00:10:31,167 --> 00:10:34,167 is designed to chew through bedrock, and the fact that it is 249 00:10:34,292 --> 00:10:36,000 having a hard time going through it 250 00:10:36,167 --> 00:10:37,708 suggests maybe there's something else down there. 251 00:10:37,875 --> 00:10:39,917 -Hey, Marty. -[Marty] How's it going? 252 00:10:40,083 --> 00:10:42,458 Hey. They did say that the caisson 253 00:10:42,625 --> 00:10:45,000 just hit something solid. According to ROC, 254 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:47,750 caisson's at 155, dig's a little bit past it. 255 00:10:47,875 --> 00:10:49,917 Uh, they felt the ground solidify. 256 00:10:51,042 --> 00:10:52,542 [Marty] What's it looking like, hard clay? 257 00:10:52,708 --> 00:10:54,417 -[Terry] Possibly metal. -[Marty] Good. 258 00:10:54,583 --> 00:10:55,792 I hope we get lucky. 259 00:10:55,958 --> 00:10:57,917 We well could. Absolutely. 260 00:10:59,042 --> 00:11:00,708 [Alex] Here comes the bucket. 261 00:11:00,875 --> 00:11:03,208 -Another bucket, another chance, guys. Here it comes. -Yep. 262 00:11:04,708 --> 00:11:06,500 [Alex] That looks like solid material 263 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:08,417 right at the bottom of the bucket. 264 00:11:10,708 --> 00:11:12,042 [Gary] Okay, mate. 265 00:11:12,208 --> 00:11:14,333 Let's see if there's anything in this load. 266 00:11:19,250 --> 00:11:20,792 [beeping] 267 00:11:23,125 --> 00:11:26,292 -We've got a signal, Terry. -Yep. 268 00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:29,208 [detector whines] 269 00:11:29,375 --> 00:11:30,958 [Gary] Yeah, just there. 270 00:11:36,125 --> 00:11:37,458 [whines] 271 00:11:40,625 --> 00:11:42,083 Think it's in the deck, Terry. 272 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:51,208 No, it isn't. 273 00:11:51,375 --> 00:11:52,500 It's a piece of metal plate. 274 00:11:52,667 --> 00:11:54,333 Or it could be part of 275 00:11:54,458 --> 00:11:56,250 a shoe from an old shaft. 276 00:11:58,708 --> 00:12:00,500 [Terry] Interesting. Yep. 277 00:12:00,667 --> 00:12:02,167 There's something here. 278 00:12:02,375 --> 00:12:04,917 -[Gary] Careful, it looks sharp. -[Terry] Yeah. 279 00:12:05,042 --> 00:12:06,833 [Narrator] Metal pieces, 280 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:09,208 possibly from the bottom brace, 281 00:12:09,375 --> 00:12:11,125 or shoe, of an old shaft? 282 00:12:11,292 --> 00:12:13,333 [Gary] I think I found a piece of shoe. 283 00:12:13,542 --> 00:12:15,750 [Alex] Could be off the bottom of the Chappell Shaft. 284 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:17,500 So we may be at the bottom. 285 00:12:17,708 --> 00:12:19,417 -Yeah. -Getting close to the bottom of the Chappell for sure. 286 00:12:21,667 --> 00:12:25,500 [Narrator] In 1897, treasure hunters Frederick Blair 287 00:12:25,583 --> 00:12:29,208 and William Chappell drilled into a believed seven-foot-high 288 00:12:29,375 --> 00:12:34,167 concrete-encased vault at a depth of 153 feet. 289 00:12:34,292 --> 00:12:38,208 In 1931, with the help of William's son Melbourne, 290 00:12:38,375 --> 00:12:43,167 the three men constructed a nearly 160-foot-deep shaft 291 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:46,000 in an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve it. 292 00:12:46,208 --> 00:12:47,833 Is it possible 293 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,792 that the team has recovered a clue suggesting 294 00:12:50,958 --> 00:12:52,792 they may be close to rediscovering 295 00:12:52,958 --> 00:12:55,458 the so-called Chappell Vault? 296 00:12:55,583 --> 00:12:58,625 [Terry] We're thinking that treasure fell to the bottom 297 00:12:58,792 --> 00:13:01,042 of the solution channel. Hopefully, today 298 00:13:01,208 --> 00:13:02,833 or maybe early tomorrow, we'll be down there. 299 00:13:03,042 --> 00:13:05,375 -We're gonna find out. -Yeah, and this is the moment of truth. 300 00:13:05,542 --> 00:13:07,667 [Gary] Oh. Another load coming up. 301 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:09,333 -Here it comes. -Yep. 302 00:13:10,667 --> 00:13:12,042 [Terry] Look at that. 303 00:13:16,792 --> 00:13:18,542 That, my friends, is gypsum, right there. 304 00:13:18,708 --> 00:13:20,167 [Gary] Yeah. 305 00:13:20,292 --> 00:13:22,042 [Alex] Yeah, that would mean we are 306 00:13:22,208 --> 00:13:25,333 -probably into the bedrock plateau a little bit. -Yeah. 307 00:13:25,542 --> 00:13:29,667 [Narrator] The bedrock plateau is the thick layer of gypsum 308 00:13:29,833 --> 00:13:33,750 some 160 to 170 feet deep 309 00:13:33,917 --> 00:13:36,042 that the team has previously encountered 310 00:13:36,208 --> 00:13:38,500 just above the solution channel. 311 00:13:38,667 --> 00:13:41,792 This means they have just a few more feet of digging 312 00:13:41,875 --> 00:13:43,833 before reaching their target zone 313 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,167 where silver has been detected. 314 00:13:46,375 --> 00:13:47,792 We're getting to the heart of the matter now, guys. 315 00:13:47,958 --> 00:13:49,542 Here we go. 316 00:13:49,708 --> 00:13:51,083 We're gonna be boring through the edge 317 00:13:51,208 --> 00:13:53,833 of the solution channel on the bedrock plateau, 318 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:55,333 crunching down through. 319 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:57,042 That's gonna be tough cutting from here on in. 320 00:13:57,208 --> 00:13:59,208 We have done a lot of caissons 321 00:13:59,375 --> 00:14:01,000 around here, but very few of them 322 00:14:01,167 --> 00:14:03,000 have extended beyond the bedrock plateau. 323 00:14:03,167 --> 00:14:06,250 That is very difficult to drill through, and that causes 324 00:14:06,375 --> 00:14:08,458 an immense amount of difficulty for the drillers 325 00:14:08,625 --> 00:14:09,917 to try and carry on that hole 326 00:14:10,083 --> 00:14:12,125 and down into the actual solution channel itself. 327 00:14:13,375 --> 00:14:15,083 Oh. 328 00:14:17,667 --> 00:14:19,958 [Jared] I think I'm on the rock. 329 00:14:21,958 --> 00:14:24,917 [Marty] Hey, guys, looks like a report coming in. 330 00:14:26,125 --> 00:14:28,292 We're in that kinda bad material to drill that we've seen. 331 00:14:28,458 --> 00:14:30,125 -Oh, yeah. -[Adam E.] So we're going 332 00:14:30,333 --> 00:14:31,542 a little bit slower right now 'cause we're pushing 333 00:14:31,708 --> 00:14:32,917 through some hard stuff. 334 00:14:33,125 --> 00:14:34,792 We're happy to report we're down 335 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:36,500 to 171 feet with the casing. 336 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:39,375 [Marty] The quicker you break into the solution channel, 337 00:14:39,542 --> 00:14:42,000 I think, the more likely we are to find what we seek. 338 00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:43,833 It's about time, right? 339 00:14:44,042 --> 00:14:46,000 [Marty] That's right, Gary. Wouldn't that be karma? 340 00:14:46,125 --> 00:14:48,333 [Terry] Karmic, yes. Absolutely. Very good. 341 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:49,875 [Marty] Thanks, guys. 342 00:14:50,042 --> 00:14:51,458 [Narrator] As the dig pushes deeper 343 00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:53,875 in the Money Pit area... 344 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,208 [Tom] Well, this is a pretty exciting spot. 345 00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:57,833 This is Cone D. 346 00:14:58,042 --> 00:15:00,167 We know it's part of the alignment for the cross. 347 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:02,333 [Narrator] ...in the northwestern region 348 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:05,583 of the swamp, Tom Nolan is leading a search 349 00:15:05,750 --> 00:15:07,958 on his property near Cone D, 350 00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:10,208 one of six massive boulders 351 00:15:10,375 --> 00:15:12,500 that make up the megalithic feature 352 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:15,208 known as Nolan's Cross. 353 00:15:15,375 --> 00:15:18,000 We're gonna stay in the line of the cross and we're gonna move 354 00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:19,667 towards the headstone. 355 00:15:19,792 --> 00:15:23,042 Gaspani has a theory about the cross. 356 00:15:23,208 --> 00:15:24,458 We could find some artifacts 357 00:15:24,625 --> 00:15:26,958 on this and maybe something even bigger than that. 358 00:15:27,083 --> 00:15:28,958 -Okay. -Let's do it. 359 00:15:29,125 --> 00:15:30,625 [Rick] I'm very enthusiastic 360 00:15:30,750 --> 00:15:32,208 about what we will learn today. 361 00:15:32,375 --> 00:15:35,583 [Narrator] One week ago, archaeoastronomy expert 362 00:15:35,792 --> 00:15:37,500 Professor Adriano Gaspani 363 00:15:37,708 --> 00:15:39,292 presented his analysis 364 00:15:39,458 --> 00:15:43,583 that the eight-sided wooden survey stakes found in the swamp 365 00:15:43,750 --> 00:15:45,083 may have been put in place, 366 00:15:45,250 --> 00:15:47,417 along with the boulders of Nolan's Cross, 367 00:15:47,583 --> 00:15:51,708 in the 13th century by members of the Knights Templar. 368 00:15:51,875 --> 00:15:53,375 [Marzia] The two sets 369 00:15:53,542 --> 00:15:56,208 of stakes were dated... 370 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:01,833 [Narrator] Now, because Cone D sets in the swamp 371 00:16:02,042 --> 00:16:03,708 near the stakes, 372 00:16:03,875 --> 00:16:05,375 Tom hopes to find more clues in the area 373 00:16:05,542 --> 00:16:08,667 that might help prove this incredible theory. 374 00:16:08,792 --> 00:16:11,250 [Al] I think I'm good for now. 375 00:16:11,375 --> 00:16:12,583 Lots of rocks. 376 00:16:12,792 --> 00:16:14,375 Now, what is this? 377 00:16:15,625 --> 00:16:18,167 [Tom] What is this? Hmm. 378 00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:21,125 -This looks, I mean... split. -Yeah, 379 00:16:21,292 --> 00:16:23,375 it looks split and then it doesn't look 380 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,375 -natural, does it? -No. 381 00:16:25,583 --> 00:16:28,042 But it's perfectly 382 00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:31,375 on the line of the cross. 383 00:16:31,542 --> 00:16:34,083 And the one leaning up here looks almost like 384 00:16:34,292 --> 00:16:36,667 it's been perfectly cut, doesn't it? 385 00:16:36,875 --> 00:16:38,500 Maybe we should give Rick a call 386 00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:40,333 just to have a look at it, see what he thinks. 387 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:43,000 -Yeah, that's an idea. -Okay. Yeah, I'll-I'll text him 388 00:16:43,167 --> 00:16:44,667 to come down, have a look at this. 389 00:16:44,875 --> 00:16:47,375 [Narrator] Could Tom be correct that they have found 390 00:16:47,542 --> 00:16:51,000 an artificially split stone near Cone D? 391 00:16:51,167 --> 00:16:56,292 If so, who split it in two? And for what purpose? 392 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,125 -Hey, Tom. -Hey, Rick. Might get you to have a look at this. 393 00:17:01,167 --> 00:17:03,500 The reason this stands out 394 00:17:03,667 --> 00:17:05,667 is because it is right on the line of the cross. 395 00:17:07,875 --> 00:17:09,125 Pretty substantial, too. 396 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:12,708 An unnatural look to it, for sure. 397 00:17:12,833 --> 00:17:14,708 You know, every time my dad found 398 00:17:14,875 --> 00:17:18,458 a stone formation that fit with the line of the stakes, 399 00:17:18,583 --> 00:17:20,667 you know, he assumed that the original creators 400 00:17:20,833 --> 00:17:22,500 of this placed these stones. 401 00:17:22,667 --> 00:17:25,833 I mean, we know the boulders of the cross were placed, 402 00:17:26,042 --> 00:17:29,042 but to me this might be part of the works. 403 00:17:29,208 --> 00:17:30,583 [Rick] Maybe Al can just do a little dig here 404 00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:32,542 -and see, see, see what's what. -Oh, absolutely. 405 00:17:40,167 --> 00:17:41,583 [Tom] That's weird. 406 00:17:42,958 --> 00:17:44,167 Just a sec, Al. 407 00:17:44,333 --> 00:17:46,333 Look at this, Rick. 408 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:48,750 Almost the coloration has totally changed 409 00:17:48,917 --> 00:17:50,333 in this one area. 410 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:53,542 Oh, yeah. Very gray-looking, eh? 411 00:17:53,708 --> 00:17:58,292 [Tom] Yeah, the rocks are kind of grayish. 412 00:17:58,417 --> 00:18:01,500 The soil even looks grayish. 413 00:18:01,667 --> 00:18:05,000 [Rick] That's almost blue clay-looking. 414 00:18:05,208 --> 00:18:06,625 Maybe it matches 415 00:18:06,792 --> 00:18:08,208 -the Lot 5 clay. -Yeah. 416 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:10,500 [Katya] Lot 5 and the Money Pit as well. 417 00:18:17,708 --> 00:18:19,375 [Rick] Maybe it matches the Lot 5 clay. 418 00:18:19,542 --> 00:18:21,375 -[Tom] Yeah. -[Katya] Lot 5 and the Money Pit 419 00:18:21,542 --> 00:18:22,833 as well. 420 00:18:23,042 --> 00:18:24,500 [Rick] That would be quite something. 421 00:18:24,708 --> 00:18:26,917 [Narrator] While digging near the Cone D boulder 422 00:18:27,042 --> 00:18:29,167 of Nolan's Cross, Rick 423 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:31,000 and other members of the team 424 00:18:31,208 --> 00:18:34,125 have just discovered a possible clue. 425 00:18:34,292 --> 00:18:36,500 Potentially hand-worked blue clay 426 00:18:36,708 --> 00:18:38,500 that has previously been uncovered 427 00:18:38,583 --> 00:18:40,792 in the rounded feature on Lot 5 428 00:18:40,958 --> 00:18:44,417 as well as during 19th century digging operations 429 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:46,333 in the original Money Pit. 430 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,917 It's concentrated right in this one spot. 431 00:18:50,125 --> 00:18:51,958 [Rick] That's definitely different, though. 432 00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:53,333 You haven't seen that 433 00:18:53,458 --> 00:18:55,625 -anywhere in that dig, have you? -No. No. 434 00:18:55,792 --> 00:18:57,792 It follows that rock split. 435 00:18:57,958 --> 00:19:00,000 [Rick] Well, we should bag more samples of that stuff. 436 00:19:00,167 --> 00:19:01,792 [Tom] Yeah. 437 00:19:01,958 --> 00:19:04,458 [Rick] We know that blue clay, when used correctly, 438 00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:10,083 will seal a box, a treasure chest, 439 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:12,625 a chamber from the penetration of water. 440 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:15,917 We know it because they used blue clay on the shafts. 441 00:19:16,083 --> 00:19:18,667 And I hope this is the connection to the Money Pit, 442 00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:21,167 and I find that exceedingly interesting. 443 00:19:21,375 --> 00:19:23,083 I think what we might do, Al, 444 00:19:23,292 --> 00:19:25,333 is just do a side profile. 445 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,625 Just to see if we see that continuation 446 00:19:28,792 --> 00:19:31,167 -going that way. -Okay. 447 00:19:42,083 --> 00:19:43,833 Hey, Al! 448 00:19:52,875 --> 00:19:54,542 What is it? 449 00:19:55,542 --> 00:19:56,833 I don't know. 450 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,292 Stake. 451 00:20:02,458 --> 00:20:04,333 [Katya] Oh, my gosh. 452 00:20:04,542 --> 00:20:06,167 [Tom] It was pounded right in alongside the rock, 453 00:20:06,375 --> 00:20:08,833 right on the line of the cross. 454 00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:10,833 If this is the line, as you say, 455 00:20:10,958 --> 00:20:13,333 then somebody wanted to make sure it was laid out perfectly. 456 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:17,083 [Tom] This stake definitely ties to the line of the cross. 457 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:20,333 Yeah. Let's see it, Tom, if I can. 458 00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:26,750 And your dad never used these, right? 459 00:20:26,875 --> 00:20:29,875 No. He just used the factory-cut ones. 460 00:20:31,167 --> 00:20:32,333 -[Katya] Axe-cut. -[Rick] Yeah. 461 00:20:32,542 --> 00:20:35,167 Finding that here, that-that's... 462 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:36,875 -that's quite something. -[Katya] Mm-hmm. 463 00:20:37,042 --> 00:20:40,167 75, 100 feet from Cone D. 464 00:20:40,333 --> 00:20:41,750 Oh, it can only be in association with 465 00:20:41,917 --> 00:20:44,167 the layout of the cross. What else could it be? 466 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:45,833 It makes sense to find 467 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,542 one here because if they were laying out the cross, 468 00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:50,333 they're staring right across the bog. 469 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,167 You'd want to set a post here 470 00:20:52,333 --> 00:20:54,625 -to make sure you were on the right line. -Yep. 471 00:20:54,792 --> 00:20:56,667 [Narrator] Given that the team has now found 472 00:20:56,875 --> 00:21:00,375 another survey stake located some 25 yards 473 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:02,792 from one of the boulders of Nolan's Cross, 474 00:21:02,917 --> 00:21:06,833 could it be connected to the others previously found 475 00:21:07,042 --> 00:21:08,542 nearby in the swamp 476 00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:12,333 and support Professor Gaspani's theory that the wooden stakes 477 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:15,667 and Nolan's Cross are directly related? 478 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:17,042 It's stunning. 479 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:18,458 It's what five 480 00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:20,750 highly accredited astronomers 481 00:21:20,917 --> 00:21:22,667 and archaeoastronomers said. 482 00:21:22,833 --> 00:21:26,083 They agree with the professor's calculations and conclusions. 483 00:21:26,292 --> 00:21:28,167 -It's what we've been looking for. -Yep. 484 00:21:28,375 --> 00:21:32,292 [Rick] The stakes found in close proximity to Nolan's Cross, 485 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:36,333 which was possibly built in the 1200s, 486 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,333 might be more concrete evidence that 487 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,208 it was done at the same moment in time. 488 00:21:42,333 --> 00:21:43,625 That needs to go 489 00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:45,375 -to the lab. -And we've got more to dig. 490 00:21:45,542 --> 00:21:47,292 [Rick] Okey doke. 491 00:21:49,292 --> 00:21:51,167 [Narrator] Later that afternoon... 492 00:21:51,333 --> 00:21:53,000 [Ian] Hey, Peter. 493 00:21:53,167 --> 00:21:55,083 -Hi, Fiona. -[Fiona] Hi. 494 00:21:55,250 --> 00:21:57,292 -What do you think of this? -Wow. 495 00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:59,500 [Narrator] ...Dr. Ian Spooner arrives 496 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:02,917 on Lot 8, where Fiona has now uncovered 497 00:22:03,083 --> 00:22:04,875 a tightly packed layer of stones 498 00:22:05,042 --> 00:22:07,042 that were hidden beneath backfilled soil 499 00:22:07,208 --> 00:22:08,792 and the massive boulder. 500 00:22:08,958 --> 00:22:11,500 Now, I would like to know if you think I'm crazy 501 00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:14,458 because I don't feel like this is natural at all. 502 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:16,333 It's not natural, first of all. 503 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:17,958 It just can't be 'cause of the organic matter 504 00:22:18,167 --> 00:22:19,500 -all around those stones. -Mm-hmm. 505 00:22:19,667 --> 00:22:21,375 I've never seen anything like this here. 506 00:22:21,542 --> 00:22:23,958 And you can also see the cradle of rocks 507 00:22:24,125 --> 00:22:25,458 around the top quite nicely now. 508 00:22:25,625 --> 00:22:27,917 -Yes. -It's wild. I'm blown away. 509 00:22:28,083 --> 00:22:31,167 Well, you can even see a circular formation of rocks 510 00:22:31,292 --> 00:22:32,625 -right around the base here. -Yeah. 511 00:22:32,792 --> 00:22:34,375 [Fiona] I'm gonna be removing this soil shortly 512 00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:35,750 and I would like to see if that pattern continues. 513 00:22:35,917 --> 00:22:37,333 Right. 514 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:39,083 We're just wondering if there's something underneath. 515 00:22:39,208 --> 00:22:40,875 -Right. -You know, was there something intentionally buried? 516 00:22:41,042 --> 00:22:44,375 [Ian] Yes. You know, we did some XRF, a portable XRF. 517 00:22:44,542 --> 00:22:46,958 We got high lead, and that's interesting to me. 518 00:22:47,083 --> 00:22:48,667 -Why the high lead? -Yeah. 519 00:22:48,833 --> 00:22:52,250 [Narrator] Three weeks ago, after taking soil samples 520 00:22:52,417 --> 00:22:54,125 beneath the large boulder, 521 00:22:54,292 --> 00:22:56,333 Dr. Spooner found high traces 522 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:58,167 of lead in the material. 523 00:22:59,208 --> 00:23:02,667 This suggested evidence of burning fire underground, 524 00:23:02,833 --> 00:23:05,875 which is a mining practice that was used centuries ago 525 00:23:06,042 --> 00:23:08,583 to circulate air in shafts and tunnels. 526 00:23:08,792 --> 00:23:10,875 So, what do you think it is? 527 00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:13,500 The stone is either a marker or something 528 00:23:13,708 --> 00:23:16,250 -to protect something. -Yeah, I agree. 529 00:23:16,417 --> 00:23:18,417 [Narrator] Is it possible that the team 530 00:23:18,625 --> 00:23:20,458 has revealed an artificial covering 531 00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:24,000 for a shaft or some kind of structure hidden below? 532 00:23:24,167 --> 00:23:28,625 There's something about this, makes me feel like it's ancient. 533 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,625 Yeah. And this, it'd take 534 00:23:30,750 --> 00:23:32,625 an extraordinary amount of effort. 535 00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:35,417 It would be with incredible purpose and intent. That's why, 536 00:23:35,542 --> 00:23:37,000 to me, there should be something more... 537 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:38,625 -Mm-hmm. -...here. 538 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:40,167 -Maybe there is. -Yeah. Yeah. 539 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,000 -Got to go deeper. Yeah. -Yeah. 540 00:23:42,208 --> 00:23:45,500 Anyway, I'd love to come back when it's further developed. 541 00:23:45,667 --> 00:23:47,000 Great. Thank you for your set of eyes on this. 542 00:23:47,167 --> 00:23:48,458 I think it's really cool, you're involved in 543 00:23:48,625 --> 00:23:50,250 one of the coolest things I've seen. 544 00:23:50,417 --> 00:23:52,125 -It is very cool. -Yeah. Yeah. 545 00:23:52,208 --> 00:23:54,167 [Peter] Uncle Rick needs to take a look at this. 546 00:23:54,292 --> 00:23:55,083 [Fiona] I agree. 547 00:23:59,542 --> 00:24:02,083 [Narrator] As a new morning dawns on Oak Island... 548 00:24:02,250 --> 00:24:04,917 [Fiona] This is cool, Rick. 549 00:24:05,042 --> 00:24:06,500 [Rick] Wow. 550 00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:09,542 -So, they did make a cradle. -Yeah. 551 00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:11,333 [Narrator] ...Rick arrives on Lot 8 552 00:24:11,542 --> 00:24:13,625 with other members of the team 553 00:24:13,792 --> 00:24:16,333 for his first look at the stone formation 554 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:19,375 that was covered by the 40,000-pound boulder. 555 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:21,833 -It's like a mosaic. -Yeah. 556 00:24:22,042 --> 00:24:23,792 -It's really quite well done. -Yeah. 557 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,375 [Rick] My mind's racing with a number of questions. 558 00:24:27,542 --> 00:24:30,667 Who did it? Why was it done? What does it mean? 559 00:24:30,792 --> 00:24:34,875 Is it a totally different story than the-the treasure story? 560 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:38,333 It exhibits a mosaic-like appearance 561 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:43,333 which is really quite unique to support a 40,000-pound boulder. 562 00:24:43,542 --> 00:24:46,625 There is a reason why this was done. 563 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,375 So, what do we think? 564 00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:51,625 I think this is culturally significant. 565 00:24:51,792 --> 00:24:53,667 -Yeah. -[Fiona] It's either here 566 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:56,542 to cover something or it's here to mark something, 567 00:24:56,667 --> 00:24:58,500 and we can't rule out 568 00:24:58,625 --> 00:25:00,500 a number of ideas for this at this point. 569 00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:02,375 I mean, it could have been ceremonial. 570 00:25:02,542 --> 00:25:04,167 [Laird] Standing alone, this doesn't make sense, 571 00:25:04,292 --> 00:25:05,708 because for all intents 572 00:25:05,875 --> 00:25:07,583 and purposes, it's in the middle of nowhere. 573 00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:10,958 -Have you ever seen anything like this before? -No. No. 574 00:25:11,083 --> 00:25:13,583 [Rick] I've worked with stone for a number of years. 575 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:18,417 I see it and I think how in the world would you do that? 576 00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:19,833 Why would you do that if you're not going 577 00:25:19,958 --> 00:25:21,833 to inter something underneath it? 578 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,875 And if there is something underneath it, 579 00:25:24,042 --> 00:25:26,875 then it's got to be valuable to those persons. 580 00:25:27,042 --> 00:25:30,167 This is done by somebody who has sufficient resources 581 00:25:30,333 --> 00:25:32,167 that they can pour everything into it 582 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:34,000 in terms of manpower. 583 00:25:34,208 --> 00:25:36,708 -It's almost certainly European. -[Fiona] Yeah, 584 00:25:36,833 --> 00:25:39,500 that's what-- I would agree. I think it's European as well. 585 00:25:39,625 --> 00:25:40,833 This could be changing 586 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,667 -Nova Scotian history. -Mm-hmm. 587 00:25:42,792 --> 00:25:44,875 I've done a lot of research on different 588 00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:47,750 megalithic structures and megaliths 589 00:25:47,917 --> 00:25:50,000 across North America and even in Europe. 590 00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:52,375 I believe strongly that what we're seeing 591 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:55,333 is a European megalithic construction. 592 00:25:55,542 --> 00:25:57,167 The Indigenous people, 593 00:25:57,333 --> 00:25:59,167 I don't think, would have the technology to do it. 594 00:25:59,333 --> 00:26:00,500 You'd need an intimate knowledge 595 00:26:00,708 --> 00:26:02,583 of physics and geometry, 596 00:26:02,792 --> 00:26:05,667 nor would they bother to move a boulder like that. 597 00:26:05,833 --> 00:26:08,375 So it has to be a European construct. 598 00:26:08,583 --> 00:26:09,875 That makes the most sense to me. 599 00:26:10,042 --> 00:26:11,917 [Rick] Well, this is very interesting. 600 00:26:12,042 --> 00:26:13,125 You all know 601 00:26:13,333 --> 00:26:15,750 -that Marty had a keen interest in this. -Yeah. 602 00:26:15,917 --> 00:26:18,333 We should show him what this feature 603 00:26:18,542 --> 00:26:20,083 is beginning to develop. 604 00:26:20,208 --> 00:26:22,125 I think he'd like to be brought up to speed on that, 605 00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:23,500 so I'll give him a phone call. 606 00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:25,167 [line ringing] 607 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:26,500 Hey. 608 00:26:26,667 --> 00:26:28,250 Big brother, what's going on? 609 00:26:28,417 --> 00:26:30,125 Well, we're about to show you. 610 00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:31,667 You can guess where we are. 611 00:26:34,250 --> 00:26:35,833 You got that exactly correct. 612 00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:37,708 I'm gonna hand the phone to Fiona, 613 00:26:37,917 --> 00:26:41,208 and she can give you a visual of the work they've done. 614 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,958 Oh, Marty, I can't wait to show you this. I'll turn it around. 615 00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:48,375 Okay. 616 00:26:48,542 --> 00:26:50,875 You're looking at the-- a rock-lined, 617 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:53,583 cradled area underneath the boulder. 618 00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:56,708 It's entirely rock-lined, 619 00:26:56,875 --> 00:26:59,458 absolutely man-placed 620 00:26:59,625 --> 00:27:02,000 and extremely intentional. 621 00:27:04,458 --> 00:27:06,667 -[Laird] Yeah. -[Fiona] Well, that idea-- I certainly think 622 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,750 it's absolutely intentional and purposeful. 623 00:27:08,917 --> 00:27:10,583 [Narrator] Could Marty be correct 624 00:27:10,708 --> 00:27:13,750 that the stone feature on Lot 8 625 00:27:13,958 --> 00:27:16,833 might have the same design as the stone road 626 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:19,125 that was uncovered in the southeast corner 627 00:27:19,292 --> 00:27:21,917 of the swamp back in 2020? 628 00:27:22,083 --> 00:27:26,583 A road that may be at least 500 years old 629 00:27:26,750 --> 00:27:28,625 and of Portuguese origin. 630 00:27:29,625 --> 00:27:32,125 If so, could both be connected 631 00:27:32,292 --> 00:27:35,125 to the 14th century silver Portuguese coin 632 00:27:35,292 --> 00:27:37,333 believed to have been recovered from the Money Pit 633 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:39,792 back in 1849? 634 00:27:39,917 --> 00:27:43,167 [Marty] The boulder on Lot 8 doesn't appear to have been 635 00:27:43,333 --> 00:27:46,167 manipulated by any of the known earlier searchers. 636 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,250 There's nothing in the record, which means we might be 637 00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:52,750 dealing with something that we know is untampered with. 638 00:27:52,917 --> 00:27:55,250 We're the first people to look at this thing 639 00:27:55,417 --> 00:27:56,625 in a modern sense. 640 00:27:56,792 --> 00:27:58,667 We found what might be 641 00:27:58,792 --> 00:28:00,708 the most significant thing. 642 00:28:00,917 --> 00:28:02,917 It's just not anything you could make up. 643 00:28:03,042 --> 00:28:04,333 I'm hoping there's a breakthrough. 644 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:09,667 [Fiona] Yeah, I mean, sometimes you'll have a rock-lined, 645 00:28:09,792 --> 00:28:13,167 um, feature if you have a cache of something underneath. 646 00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:14,583 It could be a marker 647 00:28:14,750 --> 00:28:15,958 of some sort, but I think it's old. 648 00:28:16,125 --> 00:28:18,708 I feel like it's probably European. 649 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:22,708 Yeah, I think we're, we're all feeling the same with it. 650 00:28:26,417 --> 00:28:27,792 [chuckles] I know. 651 00:28:27,958 --> 00:28:30,083 [Rick] Yeah, it-it's-- 652 00:28:31,208 --> 00:28:32,333 No artifacts yet. 653 00:28:32,542 --> 00:28:34,500 That alone is also indicating 654 00:28:34,667 --> 00:28:36,000 that either somebody was really 655 00:28:36,208 --> 00:28:37,583 trying to hide what they did here 656 00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:39,667 or they really didn't have things to lose, 657 00:28:39,792 --> 00:28:41,708 which is also giving us 658 00:28:41,917 --> 00:28:44,417 implications that this could be really, really old. 659 00:28:44,583 --> 00:28:46,000 I'll give this back to Rick. 660 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:53,167 Well, once it's fully exposed, 661 00:28:53,292 --> 00:28:55,250 we may have some more insight for you. 662 00:29:05,625 --> 00:29:07,542 -[laughter] -[Rick] Bye. 663 00:29:07,708 --> 00:29:09,125 Okay. 664 00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:10,875 [Fiona] So, we just need to go around this 665 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,667 in a very, very careful way 666 00:29:12,875 --> 00:29:14,458 and not miss anything. 667 00:29:14,583 --> 00:29:16,167 What are the next steps here? 668 00:29:16,333 --> 00:29:18,417 [Laird] We have to draw this cross section first 669 00:29:18,542 --> 00:29:19,917 very quickly, 670 00:29:20,083 --> 00:29:21,958 uh, and then take out the rest of the soil 671 00:29:22,125 --> 00:29:24,083 because the, the rocks are quite dramatic. 672 00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:26,667 [Rick] We all want answers, but I don't 673 00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:30,125 want to accelerate the process in a destructive 674 00:29:30,292 --> 00:29:32,833 or invasive way just to get an answer. 675 00:29:32,958 --> 00:29:35,583 Let's keep at this work. 676 00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:36,958 So let's see what comes of it. 677 00:29:37,125 --> 00:29:39,250 There might be a secret right there. 678 00:29:39,458 --> 00:29:41,083 -Please continue. -[Laird] All right. Thank you. 679 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:43,792 -[Rick] All righty. -[Fiona] Yeah. 680 00:29:45,167 --> 00:29:47,625 [Narrator] Later that morning... 681 00:29:47,792 --> 00:29:50,917 [Gary] I love the smell of Money Pit dirt 682 00:29:51,042 --> 00:29:53,792 -in the morning. -[Terry] Smells like victory. Eh, Gary? 683 00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:56,000 -Yeah. -[Narrator] ...in the Money Pit area, 684 00:29:56,167 --> 00:29:59,167 members of the team are closely monitoring 685 00:29:59,292 --> 00:30:01,750 the excavation of the Karma-1 caisson, 686 00:30:01,917 --> 00:30:04,833 which has now reached the solution channel. 687 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,208 -How you doing, Rick? -Nothing yet? 688 00:30:07,375 --> 00:30:09,125 We've broken through the bedrock plateau, 689 00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:10,875 we're down into the solution channel. 690 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,417 I mean, exactly what we were looking for. 691 00:30:12,583 --> 00:30:14,167 The teeth are only at about 692 00:30:14,292 --> 00:30:15,833 175, 176. 693 00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:19,000 We've still got about 40-ish feet before we hit 694 00:30:19,167 --> 00:30:21,250 -the very dead bottom. -We're probably 215 here, 695 00:30:21,458 --> 00:30:24,833 -I would say, so, yeah, another 35 feet. -35-ish. Yeah. 696 00:30:26,417 --> 00:30:27,667 [Gary] All right, Terry. 697 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:29,167 Our time to shine. 698 00:30:29,375 --> 00:30:30,833 Off we go. 699 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:36,458 [detector beeping] 700 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:42,375 Got a signal just there, mate. 701 00:30:47,125 --> 00:30:49,625 Every metal detecting hit... 702 00:30:49,833 --> 00:30:52,083 -it's exciting now. -Yeah. 703 00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:57,375 Something really hard right there. 704 00:30:57,542 --> 00:30:59,500 Let's see what we got. 705 00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:02,125 Wow. 706 00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:09,250 [Gary] There it is, it's in the clump. 707 00:31:10,333 --> 00:31:13,333 -Oh, that's a pipe. -[Terry] Okay, very good. 708 00:31:13,542 --> 00:31:16,375 [Narrator] After reaching a depth of some 180 feet 709 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:18,417 in the Karma-1 shaft, 710 00:31:18,583 --> 00:31:20,875 the Oak Island team has made a potentially 711 00:31:21,042 --> 00:31:24,458 significant discovery in the solution channel. 712 00:31:24,625 --> 00:31:26,292 Just some pieces of pipe. 713 00:31:26,458 --> 00:31:28,667 That's very deep. 714 00:31:28,833 --> 00:31:30,333 Does that look very old to you, Rick? 715 00:31:30,542 --> 00:31:33,833 -All I can tell you is, Dan never used that size. -Okay. 716 00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:36,375 So it's probably older. 717 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:39,833 [Rick] Back in the 1960s, when Dan Blankenship 718 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,333 was drilling in the Money Pit, 719 00:31:41,542 --> 00:31:43,833 he was able to get down 720 00:31:43,917 --> 00:31:46,667 to 190 feet, 721 00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:49,042 deeper than previous searcher efforts. 722 00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:51,000 He used six-inch pipe, but 723 00:31:51,208 --> 00:31:53,333 this appears to be much thinner than that. 724 00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:56,833 -I'm just curious why they went so deep. -[Gary] Yeah. 725 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,500 [Rick] The question is: who was here? 726 00:31:59,583 --> 00:32:01,792 There was another big chunk of pipe come up. 727 00:32:01,958 --> 00:32:03,917 -Terry's got it. -Big old chunk there. 728 00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:07,792 -Very heavy pipe. -Boy, she tore off, though. 729 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,875 -Look at that. -[Terry] She broke away, yeah. 730 00:32:10,875 --> 00:32:13,542 It's a little bit of searcher history, that's what that is. 731 00:32:13,750 --> 00:32:16,625 This seam up the side, you see this seam in all of it. 732 00:32:16,750 --> 00:32:19,500 And the threads really don't look finely machined. 733 00:32:19,708 --> 00:32:20,875 I'm thinking that could be 734 00:32:21,042 --> 00:32:22,542 -relatively old. -[Steve] Good. 735 00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:24,667 The last time we found a drill bit, you'll remember, 736 00:32:24,792 --> 00:32:26,167 we were not far from this location. 737 00:32:26,375 --> 00:32:28,333 Emma dated it to mid-1800s. 738 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:29,958 That actually could have been the drill rod 739 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:31,833 that found the Pitblado coin. 740 00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:33,667 Yeah. Possibly. Yeah. 741 00:32:33,792 --> 00:32:35,250 There was a reason they were drilling here, same reason 742 00:32:35,417 --> 00:32:36,708 we're drilling here. We have enough evidence 743 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:38,500 to believe that this is a prime location. 744 00:32:38,583 --> 00:32:41,625 -Somebody before us thought the same thing. -Yep. 745 00:32:42,792 --> 00:32:44,500 -What is that? -That looks like 746 00:32:44,667 --> 00:32:46,833 -some steel to me. -[Narrator] Earlier this year, 747 00:32:47,042 --> 00:32:49,167 while core drilling in this area, 748 00:32:49,333 --> 00:32:52,542 the team recovered pieces of an iron drill rod 749 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:56,000 that were dated to the same period that the Truro Company 750 00:32:56,125 --> 00:33:00,250 drilled into the original Money Pit back in 1849. 751 00:33:00,417 --> 00:33:02,833 It was during that operation 752 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,333 that drilling foreman James Pitblado 753 00:33:05,542 --> 00:33:09,833 reportedly found a silver 14th century Portuguese coin 754 00:33:09,958 --> 00:33:12,000 on the end of his drill bit. 755 00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:15,500 Is it possible that the team has recovered 756 00:33:15,625 --> 00:33:17,250 another clue to suggest 757 00:33:17,417 --> 00:33:19,000 they are digging in the location 758 00:33:19,208 --> 00:33:20,958 of the original Money Pit? 759 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:22,583 And perhaps also mean 760 00:33:22,708 --> 00:33:24,208 they could be closing in 761 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:28,542 on many more 14th century silver coins? 762 00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:30,250 It's filled full of material. 763 00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:32,583 -Yeah. -[Steve] Well, we can test all of that material. 764 00:33:32,750 --> 00:33:34,167 [Terry] And see if it has 765 00:33:34,292 --> 00:33:37,583 any precious metals or associated base metals. 766 00:33:37,792 --> 00:33:39,083 Yeah, we'll set this aside. 767 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,667 We'll get it back to the lab. 768 00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:45,833 [Steve] Well, guys, I'm gonna head down to the wash plant. 769 00:33:46,042 --> 00:33:47,417 -[Terry] See you later, Steve. -Yep. 770 00:33:48,542 --> 00:33:51,625 [Rick] If the treasure's found right here, 771 00:33:51,792 --> 00:33:53,167 it would be good karma. 772 00:33:53,333 --> 00:33:55,167 I mean, after all this time and all the efforts 773 00:33:55,375 --> 00:33:58,875 by so many people over literally two centuries. 774 00:33:59,042 --> 00:34:01,375 Until that can gets down 775 00:34:01,542 --> 00:34:03,208 to the bottom of the solution channel, 776 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,083 you've got to cross your fingers a little bit. 777 00:34:05,208 --> 00:34:08,375 -So we're in a good space. -Yeah. 778 00:34:08,542 --> 00:34:10,167 We'll just keep pushing till you get to the very bottom. 779 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:13,500 I'm hoping it's a medieval treasure we're gonna be finding. 780 00:34:13,667 --> 00:34:16,583 And it might be religious artifacts. 781 00:34:16,708 --> 00:34:17,958 [Rick] I think we've proven, 782 00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:19,750 and we will continue to prove, 783 00:34:19,958 --> 00:34:23,000 that the Old World was in the New World 784 00:34:23,167 --> 00:34:25,333 -long before Columbus. -Yeah, for sure. 785 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:28,083 [Rick] And maybe they worked hard for a special reason, 786 00:34:28,250 --> 00:34:31,000 a special purpose to safeguard 787 00:34:31,167 --> 00:34:33,000 something special. 788 00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:35,833 We have found some very interesting artifacts. 789 00:34:36,042 --> 00:34:38,125 Some of them were very old. 790 00:34:38,333 --> 00:34:41,875 You know, Roman coins, Venetian glass beads, 791 00:34:42,042 --> 00:34:44,250 a hand cannon. 792 00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:47,625 And then you have the so-called Pitblado coin, 793 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:50,833 and you have to wonder, is there a connection? 794 00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:55,250 I think something very early was undertaken here. 795 00:34:55,375 --> 00:34:58,708 My hope is that as the work continues in Karma-1, 796 00:34:58,917 --> 00:35:02,167 we will find artifacts that will 797 00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:04,542 solve the Oak Island mystery at large. 798 00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:06,167 Now, 799 00:35:06,333 --> 00:35:08,000 if you find one of those coins, 800 00:35:08,167 --> 00:35:10,750 one of those so-called Pitblado coins, 801 00:35:10,917 --> 00:35:13,000 -we're off to the races, right? -Yeah. 802 00:35:13,208 --> 00:35:16,167 -Maybe it'll be right over there. -Yeah. 803 00:35:16,292 --> 00:35:18,667 [Gary] That's what we're here for. Coins, mate. 804 00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:20,625 [Rick] There you go. 805 00:35:20,750 --> 00:35:24,583 [Narrator] Meanwhile, at the wash plant near Smith's Cove, 806 00:35:24,708 --> 00:35:26,667 Steve and other members of the team 807 00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:30,125 search for clues in the cleaned and sorted spoils 808 00:35:30,292 --> 00:35:32,542 from the Karma-1 shaft. 809 00:35:40,167 --> 00:35:41,667 [Aaron] Well, look there. 810 00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:43,500 What you got? 811 00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:45,458 Check that out. 812 00:35:46,417 --> 00:35:48,333 -Well, that's an old chain. -Wow. 813 00:35:48,542 --> 00:35:50,500 [Steve] This is now the second chain we've found. 814 00:35:50,708 --> 00:35:52,042 [Aaron] Cool. 815 00:35:52,208 --> 00:35:54,542 -That's a good find at this depth. -Yeah. 816 00:35:54,708 --> 00:35:57,167 [Narrator] A second piece of chain 817 00:35:57,292 --> 00:35:59,958 found in the spoils of the Karma-1 shaft? 818 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:01,958 How old could it be? 819 00:36:02,125 --> 00:36:04,708 And just what was its purpose? 820 00:36:04,875 --> 00:36:07,500 So what I'd like to do is I'm gonna give Gary a text 821 00:36:07,625 --> 00:36:09,208 and have him come down and take a look at it. 822 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:11,667 -You want to hold that for a second? -Sure. 823 00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:13,875 Wow. 824 00:36:14,083 --> 00:36:16,250 [Gary] When Steve called me to go down 825 00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:18,667 to the wash plant, that could only mean one thing: 826 00:36:18,833 --> 00:36:21,250 they made a great find. 827 00:36:21,417 --> 00:36:23,333 -Hey, Gary. -Hello, mate. 828 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:24,917 -Thanks for texting. -Yeah. 829 00:36:25,083 --> 00:36:27,208 So we had a cool find. Aaron found this. 830 00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,083 Another chain. 831 00:36:29,208 --> 00:36:30,833 What do you think of that? 832 00:36:31,042 --> 00:36:32,250 Oh-ho, that's sweet. 833 00:36:32,417 --> 00:36:34,167 Oh, look at that. 834 00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:36,333 -Yeah, this is old. -[Steve] Yeah, it looks really old. 835 00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,125 [Gary] Yeah, this is an old piece of chain. 836 00:36:38,292 --> 00:36:40,917 I've found old chain like this in England. 837 00:36:41,083 --> 00:36:43,875 Maybe 1700s, 1600s, 838 00:36:44,042 --> 00:36:46,292 but I'm hoping this could be older. 839 00:36:46,417 --> 00:36:47,583 -Oh, good. -Yeah. 840 00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:50,667 And you can see, it looks like every link 841 00:36:50,792 --> 00:36:52,333 was individually made. 842 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:55,583 This is hand-forged, and, look, 843 00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:58,000 -you can see the striations. -Mm-hmm. 844 00:36:58,125 --> 00:36:59,833 What I like about this chain 845 00:37:00,042 --> 00:37:02,083 is the size. 846 00:37:02,250 --> 00:37:04,292 Because this isn't for hauling anything. 847 00:37:04,417 --> 00:37:06,833 -The size of it is small. -Yeah. 848 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,375 Look at that big link there. 849 00:37:08,542 --> 00:37:09,917 Why would you need a big link here? 850 00:37:10,083 --> 00:37:11,250 -Yeah. -I think 851 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:13,042 this was the end 852 00:37:13,208 --> 00:37:15,000 -of a securing chain. -Okay. 853 00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:17,292 I mean, we're searching for treasure, mate. 854 00:37:17,417 --> 00:37:19,875 This is the type of chain that might have been 855 00:37:20,042 --> 00:37:22,583 around a treasure chest. 856 00:37:24,583 --> 00:37:26,750 That's really, really sweet. 857 00:37:31,042 --> 00:37:32,250 [Gary] I've found old chain like this in England. 858 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:34,250 -Yeah. -This is the type of chain 859 00:37:34,417 --> 00:37:36,458 that might have been around a treasure chest. 860 00:37:36,625 --> 00:37:39,125 -Yep. -That's really, really sweet. 861 00:37:39,292 --> 00:37:40,667 [Narrator] At the wash plant, 862 00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:43,333 members of the team examine a discovery 863 00:37:43,458 --> 00:37:47,083 that was unearthed nearly 180 feet deep 864 00:37:47,208 --> 00:37:49,333 in the Karma-1 shaft. 865 00:37:49,542 --> 00:37:53,500 [Gary] The chain could have gone around a chest and been attached 866 00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:56,667 -to there with a lock on it. -Mm-hmm. 867 00:37:56,792 --> 00:37:58,417 To stop somebody from opening it. 868 00:37:58,625 --> 00:38:00,333 [Steve] This shows hope that there's treasure below. 869 00:38:00,542 --> 00:38:03,083 -That's a good find, then, by Aaron. -Yeah, really cool. 870 00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:05,667 Yeah, that's got a lot of potential. 871 00:38:05,792 --> 00:38:07,917 Especially in the area where we're drilling. 872 00:38:08,083 --> 00:38:10,792 -Yeah. -That's a really, really nice find, mate. 873 00:38:10,917 --> 00:38:12,292 Well done. 874 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,292 -I appreciate it, Gary. -All right, mate. 875 00:38:17,083 --> 00:38:20,250 [Narrator] Meanwhile, back in the Money Pit area... 876 00:38:20,375 --> 00:38:21,833 [loud clanking] 877 00:38:24,375 --> 00:38:25,833 [Jack] What was that? 878 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:43,458 [Narrator] ...the excavation in Karma-1 879 00:38:43,625 --> 00:38:46,500 has now reached a depth below 200 feet 880 00:38:46,625 --> 00:38:48,458 in the solution channel. 881 00:38:57,542 --> 00:38:59,250 [Adam E.] I think we hit that hard bedrock. 882 00:38:59,417 --> 00:39:00,625 [Jared] Yeah. 883 00:39:00,792 --> 00:39:02,125 -[Adam E.] Hey, guys. -[Rick] Hey. 884 00:39:02,292 --> 00:39:04,333 So, where are we? 885 00:39:04,417 --> 00:39:06,458 [Quinton] So, we are down to 212 feet 886 00:39:06,583 --> 00:39:08,250 and we think we've hit the bottom. 887 00:39:08,417 --> 00:39:10,333 -Okay. -We're gonna have Jared pick up 888 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,417 the can a foot or two for the night and let things settle. 889 00:39:13,583 --> 00:39:15,792 -[Rick] 100%. -[Quinton] That auger's going all day, 890 00:39:15,958 --> 00:39:19,000 spinning stuff up. It suspends a lot of material. 891 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:20,708 If we let this settle overnight, 892 00:39:20,875 --> 00:39:22,625 there's a good chance we could see ten feet, 893 00:39:22,792 --> 00:39:25,792 15 feet of sediment. There could be anything in there. 894 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,500 [Narrator] The massive auger has ground through sediment 895 00:39:29,708 --> 00:39:32,417 and hard clays, causing the caisson 896 00:39:32,583 --> 00:39:35,583 that now sits on the bottom of the solution channel 897 00:39:35,708 --> 00:39:39,417 to become full of spoils and possible valuables. 898 00:39:39,583 --> 00:39:43,333 Now the team from SB Canada will lift the caisson 899 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:46,917 several feet to let the materials settle overnight 900 00:39:47,083 --> 00:39:49,292 into a pile on the bedrock. 901 00:39:49,417 --> 00:39:52,000 Then they will use the dig bucket to remove 902 00:39:52,208 --> 00:39:55,333 the accumulated spoils and any possible treasure 903 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:57,667 that may be contained within them. 904 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,625 [Rick] Think of it as a giant Mixmaster. 905 00:40:02,792 --> 00:40:04,667 Things get stirred around. 906 00:40:04,833 --> 00:40:07,500 Things might, you know, be held up higher 907 00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:10,167 in some of that clay. 908 00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:13,000 And if we let it settle out overnight, 909 00:40:13,208 --> 00:40:15,625 we can now actually search for what we believe 910 00:40:15,792 --> 00:40:18,167 has fallen to those depths, 911 00:40:18,292 --> 00:40:22,042 whether it be one coin or a whole chest full of coins. 912 00:40:22,208 --> 00:40:23,500 [Gary] We know 913 00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:26,042 materials move around at the bottom. 914 00:40:26,208 --> 00:40:27,583 And just letting it settle 915 00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:30,333 -will be good karma. -[chuckles] 916 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:31,625 [Rick] We want to know that we got 917 00:40:31,833 --> 00:40:33,875 -every last bit of it. -Yeah. Yeah. 918 00:40:34,042 --> 00:40:35,875 [Rick] So, that's a good plan, and we'll clean the bottom 919 00:40:36,042 --> 00:40:37,667 and then let's let it settle out, see what happens tomorrow. 920 00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:39,833 And then we'll count the coins, right? 921 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,667 -[laughter] -This could be monumental. 922 00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:45,833 100%. So, if you guys are good, we're good. 923 00:40:45,958 --> 00:40:48,500 Yeah, we're good. We'll start it back up in the morning. 924 00:40:48,708 --> 00:40:50,042 -Yep. Okey doke. -That's great. 925 00:40:50,208 --> 00:40:51,417 -All right, guys. -Thank you. 926 00:40:51,583 --> 00:40:53,333 -See you, guys. -Thank you. 927 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:54,875 [Narrator] After digging deeper 928 00:40:55,042 --> 00:40:57,875 than any previous searcher on Oak Island, 929 00:40:58,083 --> 00:41:01,042 could Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 930 00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:03,792 finally be within reach of the precious metals 931 00:41:03,958 --> 00:41:05,625 they detected in the solution channel? 932 00:41:05,792 --> 00:41:09,500 And if so, does a discovery await them 933 00:41:09,708 --> 00:41:11,250 that will link the Money Pit, 934 00:41:11,375 --> 00:41:13,500 the triangle-shaped swamp, 935 00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:16,208 and the boulder feature on Lot 8 936 00:41:16,375 --> 00:41:19,292 to priceless, sacred treasures? 937 00:41:19,458 --> 00:41:21,833 One thing is certain. 938 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,333 They will settle for nothing less 939 00:41:24,542 --> 00:41:26,917 than the truth 940 00:41:27,083 --> 00:41:31,667 behind this 231-year-old mystery. 941 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:37,250 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 942 00:41:37,417 --> 00:41:39,000 [Aaron] Oh, wow. 943 00:41:39,208 --> 00:41:40,667 -Check that out. -[Charles] That's a great find. 944 00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:42,375 That could be really, really old. 945 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:44,667 [Carmen] This was used to build a wooden vault 946 00:41:44,792 --> 00:41:47,167 or some sort of structure down below for safekeeping. 947 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,125 [Laird] You've got something big on your hands. 948 00:41:56,208 --> 00:41:57,708 -It's absolutely intentional. -[Laird] It matches 949 00:41:57,875 --> 00:41:59,500 Lot 5 and the Money Pit. 950 00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:01,167 -And they were trying to conceal it. -[Rick] Which makes it 951 00:42:01,375 --> 00:42:02,625 even more spectacular. 952 00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:04,500 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS