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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,542 --> 00:00:04,458 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:04,625 --> 00:00:06,333 There's a number of questions 3 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:07,875 that can be answered in the Azores. 4 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:09,542 Some things here relate to our search. 5 00:00:09,667 --> 00:00:11,333 We have this on Oak Island. 6 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:12,875 It's time to dig. 7 00:00:13,042 --> 00:00:14,833 We need to get to the treasure. 8 00:00:15,042 --> 00:00:17,500 -Oh. What have we got here? 9 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:20,292 Wow. You might have some evidence 10 00:00:20,417 --> 00:00:24,208 to a 14th-century Portuguese presence in Oak Island. 11 00:00:24,333 --> 00:00:26,792 The proof might be underground right here. 12 00:00:26,958 --> 00:00:29,125 -Wow. -Fantastic. 13 00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:34,917 There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:35,042 --> 00:00:37,500 where people have been looking for 15 00:00:37,708 --> 00:00:41,500 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:44,500 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:44,708 --> 00:00:46,542 with strange symbols carved into it, 18 00:00:46,708 --> 00:00:51,375 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:51,542 --> 00:00:55,292 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 20 00:00:55,417 --> 00:00:56,625 to the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,792 --> 00:00:59,500 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,708 --> 00:01:02,333 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:02,458 --> 00:01:07,625 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,833 --> 00:01:11,167 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:26,958 Come up a little bit, Billy. 27 00:01:27,958 --> 00:01:29,833 There it is. There you go, Billy. 28 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,958 As a crisp fall morning begins on Oak Island, 29 00:01:33,167 --> 00:01:36,833 workers from ROC Equipment and SB Canada 30 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,917 repair the Money Pit area 31 00:01:39,125 --> 00:01:41,458 where the Laginas and their team plan to dig 32 00:01:41,625 --> 00:01:45,875 another eight-foot-diameter steel shaft in the coming days. 33 00:01:46,042 --> 00:01:50,167 It is here where they have detected high traces of silver 34 00:01:50,250 --> 00:01:53,083 some 200 feet deep in the solution channel, 35 00:01:53,208 --> 00:01:55,667 which have been scientifically matched 36 00:01:55,875 --> 00:01:58,708 to a 14th-century Portuguese coin 37 00:01:58,875 --> 00:02:01,208 reportedly found in the original Money Pit 38 00:02:01,375 --> 00:02:04,250 back in 1849. 39 00:02:05,708 --> 00:02:07,167 And after this, we should be good. 40 00:02:07,375 --> 00:02:10,708 While the work continues on Oak Island... 41 00:02:11,708 --> 00:02:13,917 ...over 2,000 miles to the southeast 42 00:02:14,083 --> 00:02:16,833 in the Azores islands of Portugal... 43 00:02:25,083 --> 00:02:27,375 -Gentlemen. -Hello. Welcome. -Hello. 45 00:02:27,542 --> 00:02:29,042 -Welcome to Azores. -Thank you very much. 46 00:02:29,208 --> 00:02:30,833 Appreciate it. 47 00:02:31,042 --> 00:02:32,833 ...Rick and other members of the team 48 00:02:32,958 --> 00:02:34,875 have traveled to Terceira. 49 00:02:35,042 --> 00:02:37,917 They are following up on the research that suggests 50 00:02:38,042 --> 00:02:40,875 members of the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar, 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,417 known as the Knights of Christ, 52 00:02:42,625 --> 00:02:44,750 may have used the Azores 53 00:02:44,917 --> 00:02:48,500 to safeguard a portion of their sacred religious treasures 54 00:02:48,667 --> 00:02:50,625 before sailing them to Oak Island 55 00:02:50,750 --> 00:02:54,042 between the 14th and 16th centuries. 56 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:56,792 Everybody, this is Francisco. 57 00:02:56,917 --> 00:02:59,292 He's a historian here in the Azores. 58 00:02:59,458 --> 00:03:00,833 He's worked with us in the past 59 00:03:00,958 --> 00:03:03,667 -on the stone walls found on Lot 26. -Yep. 60 00:03:03,833 --> 00:03:06,167 In 2022, 61 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:09,500 Francisco examined photos of a stone wall 62 00:03:09,708 --> 00:03:12,208 on Lot 26 of Oak Island 63 00:03:12,333 --> 00:03:15,542 and believed it could be of Portuguese origin 64 00:03:15,708 --> 00:03:19,000 and date back to the 15th century. 65 00:03:26,292 --> 00:03:28,833 ...by the first settlements in this island. 66 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,458 -Oh, really? -Wow. 67 00:03:30,625 --> 00:03:31,750 What is very important 68 00:03:31,875 --> 00:03:34,792 is that th-this church... 69 00:03:44,542 --> 00:03:46,000 Close. 70 00:03:46,208 --> 00:03:48,500 Is there the possibility that there was 71 00:03:48,667 --> 00:03:50,417 a smaller group, uh, that arrived here 72 00:03:50,542 --> 00:03:51,833 before the official date? 73 00:03:52,042 --> 00:03:53,417 So, is there anything in this church 74 00:03:53,583 --> 00:03:55,208 that speaks to that possibility? 75 00:03:58,542 --> 00:04:00,667 -I think we're all eager to see inside. -We are. 77 00:04:00,833 --> 00:04:02,292 -Let's go have a look. -So let's go. 78 00:04:02,417 --> 00:04:04,042 -Yes. -Okay. 79 00:04:04,208 --> 00:04:07,000 There's a number of questions that need to be asked 80 00:04:07,167 --> 00:04:09,333 and maybe can be answered in the Azores. 81 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:10,667 It would be wonderful 82 00:04:10,833 --> 00:04:12,333 to find a smoking gun 83 00:04:12,542 --> 00:04:15,208 directly connected to the Oak Island mystery. 84 00:04:39,917 --> 00:04:43,458 So this likely dates to the 1450s? 86 00:04:46,125 --> 00:04:48,667 Right. Which-which would be... 87 00:04:48,875 --> 00:04:51,042 about 150 years after 88 00:04:51,208 --> 00:04:54,500 the-the dissolution of the Knights Templar. 89 00:04:54,667 --> 00:04:57,500 We're looking at something that the Order of Christ created. 90 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:01,000 What we have are figures that were important 91 00:05:01,208 --> 00:05:03,333 to the Knights Templar. So this speaks to 92 00:05:03,458 --> 00:05:05,042 the continuation of the belief system. 93 00:05:07,542 --> 00:05:08,875 How closely were the Order of Christ 94 00:05:09,083 --> 00:05:10,667 related to the Templar order? 95 00:05:10,875 --> 00:05:13,042 Was it a true continuation of the order? 96 00:05:15,708 --> 00:05:19,083 So any-any belief systems, any treasures, 97 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:21,500 any-anything they were safeguarding came with them. 98 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:30,083 Founded in 1318 by King Denis of Portugal, 99 00:05:30,208 --> 00:05:33,917 the Order of Christ was a successor to the Knights Templar 100 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:36,042 after their disbanding and persecution 101 00:05:36,208 --> 00:05:39,333 by the Catholic Church in 1307. 102 00:05:40,375 --> 00:05:42,833 While it is rumored that the Order of Christ 103 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,375 protected Templar treasures in Portugal 104 00:05:45,542 --> 00:05:47,083 and the Azores islands, 105 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:49,458 it is known that they were connected 106 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:52,375 to the minting of coins exactly like the one 107 00:05:52,542 --> 00:05:54,958 believed to have been found in the Money Pit. 108 00:06:22,958 --> 00:06:25,625 -But what was the destination? 109 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:36,333 It's not so outlandish to believe that an organization 110 00:06:36,458 --> 00:06:38,208 like the Order of Christ 111 00:06:38,375 --> 00:06:41,250 would have had the capability, the knowledge, the connections 112 00:06:41,417 --> 00:06:44,375 to get to North America to safeguard what they deemed 113 00:06:44,542 --> 00:06:46,292 to be of utmost importance. 114 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:50,708 If you think of the journey of the Templars as a pilgrimage, 115 00:06:50,875 --> 00:06:52,000 we know from the Camino de Santiago, 116 00:06:52,167 --> 00:06:53,583 at the end of the pilgrimage, 117 00:06:53,750 --> 00:06:55,667 the Templars would leave a goose paw. 118 00:06:55,833 --> 00:06:58,833 -You would scratch a goose paw. Uh... -Yeah. 119 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,125 Want to share an observation. If you look up. 120 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:06,750 So here we have three corners of the chapel. 121 00:07:06,917 --> 00:07:10,417 Only three have three webbed feet. 122 00:07:10,583 --> 00:07:12,333 Three goose paws. 123 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,625 -Three there, three there. -Yeah. 124 00:07:14,792 --> 00:07:18,458 Three there. There they still have the original red color. 125 00:07:18,625 --> 00:07:19,833 Very interesting. 126 00:07:20,042 --> 00:07:23,167 Which ties this all together beautifully 127 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:25,417 with the symbol that we found in Nova Scotia. 128 00:07:28,417 --> 00:07:31,042 The goose paw is a three-pronged symbol 129 00:07:31,208 --> 00:07:33,375 that was designed by the Knights Templar 130 00:07:33,583 --> 00:07:36,875 and used to mark important locations for the order 131 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,833 throughout the Middle East and Europe 132 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,500 between the 11th and 14th centuries. 133 00:07:42,667 --> 00:07:44,667 In recent years, 134 00:07:44,875 --> 00:07:47,125 Corjan has showed the team several goose paw carvings 135 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:51,667 found in places such as the Camerano Caves in Italy. 136 00:07:52,042 --> 00:07:54,333 A 12th-century Templar stronghold 137 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:57,375 which was created in the shape of a cross 138 00:07:57,542 --> 00:07:59,792 matching the design of the lead cross 139 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,625 that was found on Oak Island in 2017. 140 00:08:05,208 --> 00:08:08,125 That is the mark of the Masons for the Knights Templar. 141 00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:11,875 -Incredible. -And in 2022, 142 00:08:12,042 --> 00:08:14,000 Corjan showed them a goose paw carving 143 00:08:14,125 --> 00:08:15,375 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 144 00:08:15,583 --> 00:08:19,917 just 50 miles southwest of Oak Island. 145 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:22,833 Isn't that a great connection to Oak Island? 146 00:08:22,958 --> 00:08:24,458 -We found the same 147 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:27,542 symbol language here that we know both 148 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:29,333 from close to Oak Island 149 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:32,000 and from the place in Europe where we've been. 150 00:08:32,167 --> 00:08:36,667 So what this place brings is a consistent next step 151 00:08:36,833 --> 00:08:38,417 in the journey that we're sketching, 152 00:08:38,583 --> 00:08:41,333 a journey that led from Jerusalem 153 00:08:41,458 --> 00:08:44,167 through the Mediterranean basin to Portugal 154 00:08:44,375 --> 00:08:47,167 and through the Azores, maybe to Oak Island. 155 00:08:47,292 --> 00:08:49,708 That's more than I expected. 156 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:53,083 We would invite you to come to the island at your convenience 157 00:08:53,250 --> 00:08:55,000 and experience the same mystery, 158 00:08:55,125 --> 00:08:58,375 the same questions that we have puzzled over 159 00:08:58,583 --> 00:09:01,083 all these many years, and maybe with your help 160 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:05,750 and others, we can finally put an answer to these questions. 161 00:09:05,917 --> 00:09:07,042 -So, thank you. -Thank you. 162 00:09:07,208 --> 00:09:08,667 -We appreciate it. -Thank you. 163 00:09:08,833 --> 00:09:10,083 Thank you so much. 164 00:09:10,292 --> 00:09:12,083 We have a lot to discover. 165 00:09:12,250 --> 00:09:13,792 -Yeah, let's keep going. -Keep looking. 166 00:09:13,958 --> 00:09:15,542 -This has been great. -As the team 167 00:09:15,708 --> 00:09:18,042 continues their investigation in the Azores... 168 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:20,667 -...back on Oak Island... 169 00:09:20,792 --> 00:09:22,542 All right. Well, I think I'm positioned okay. 170 00:09:22,708 --> 00:09:23,958 Perfect. 171 00:09:26,083 --> 00:09:27,667 So, hopefully, with continued digging, 173 00:09:27,875 --> 00:09:30,958 you find an artifact to give us an answer to this thing. 174 00:09:31,125 --> 00:09:33,000 -That would be nice. -Yes. 175 00:09:33,208 --> 00:09:36,000 ...Marty joins Laird and Fiona on Lot 8 176 00:09:36,125 --> 00:09:38,333 at the stone cradle formation 177 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:42,000 that the team found beneath a 40,000-pound boulder. 178 00:09:42,125 --> 00:09:43,833 What's the plan? 179 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,083 So, we just want to carefully check, 180 00:09:47,250 --> 00:09:48,917 see if there's a soil change. 181 00:09:49,083 --> 00:09:51,708 -See if it's not natural. -Yeah. 182 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:55,500 And just have a feeling that something was coming this way. 183 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:58,000 Why don't I dig this down and look for the roof of a tunnel? 184 00:09:58,208 --> 00:10:01,000 -Yeah. -Off chance, I understand, but... 185 00:10:01,208 --> 00:10:03,417 Well, I mean, worst-case scenario is you hit a tunnel. 186 00:10:03,542 --> 00:10:06,792 -Yeah. Which is also the best-case scenario. -So... 187 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,167 -Yeah. -All right. 188 00:10:08,292 --> 00:10:10,125 -Let's do it. -All right. 189 00:10:10,292 --> 00:10:12,625 --Over the past several weeks, 190 00:10:12,833 --> 00:10:16,208 scientific testing and investigation at the site 191 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:19,042 has revealed traces of silver in the ground soil 192 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:23,042 and possible evidence of a shaft deeper below. 193 00:10:23,208 --> 00:10:24,833 That's a lot of roots. 194 00:10:24,917 --> 00:10:28,083 Now, because Laird does not want to risk 195 00:10:28,208 --> 00:10:30,667 archaeological damage to the feature, 196 00:10:30,875 --> 00:10:33,500 he has given Marty permission to dig an adjacent trench 197 00:10:33,625 --> 00:10:35,958 to look for evidence of a possible tunnel 198 00:10:36,125 --> 00:10:38,292 that may run beneath it. 199 00:10:40,667 --> 00:10:43,250 Sounded like rocks, but I don't see any. 201 00:10:45,042 --> 00:10:47,500 It's pretty consistent soil. 202 00:10:51,542 --> 00:10:53,333 What the hell is that? 205 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:55,250 That's interesting. 206 00:10:57,042 --> 00:10:58,917 Doesn't make any sense. 207 00:10:59,083 --> 00:11:00,792 Unbelievable. 208 00:11:05,417 --> 00:11:07,167 Let's see what we got. 209 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:09,250 I think that's bedrock. 210 00:11:09,417 --> 00:11:13,250 -These little chips are starting to look like bedrock. -Yeah. 211 00:11:13,417 --> 00:11:15,458 While digging near the cradle of stones 212 00:11:15,625 --> 00:11:17,583 -on Lot 8... -You know, that's interesting. 213 00:11:17,708 --> 00:11:19,500 -Absolutely. -...Marty 214 00:11:19,667 --> 00:11:21,917 has made a potentially important discovery. 215 00:11:23,042 --> 00:11:25,333 And yet we're higher 216 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,667 than the base of the cradle over here. 217 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:29,542 Yeah. 218 00:11:29,708 --> 00:11:31,000 Doesn't make any sense. 219 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:32,583 Huh. 220 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:36,375 On the eastern side of Oak Island, 221 00:11:36,542 --> 00:11:40,500 the slate bedrock is known to be flat and at a uniform depth. 222 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:44,208 Because Marty has now confirmed that the cradle of stones 223 00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:47,542 sits below the bedrock to the side of the feature, 224 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:49,708 this offers more compelling evidence 225 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:53,792 that the stone cradle is the result of an earlier excavation 226 00:11:53,917 --> 00:11:57,792 and may be covering a much deeper man-made shaft. 227 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,417 But you didn't hit bedrock 228 00:11:59,542 --> 00:12:01,833 -in the cradle over here? -No. 229 00:12:03,875 --> 00:12:06,417 So what we need to do next, Laird, then is 230 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:08,167 you need to dig deeper there. 231 00:12:08,375 --> 00:12:11,208 -Yeah. -See if you can find bedrock. 232 00:12:11,375 --> 00:12:12,708 Laird doesn't appear to have hit the bedrock at all 233 00:12:12,917 --> 00:12:15,625 in that cradle, so there's the possibility 234 00:12:15,750 --> 00:12:18,458 that under that rock a lot of digging occurred, 235 00:12:18,625 --> 00:12:22,417 which, you know, makes your mind go to a shaft or a tunnel. 236 00:12:22,625 --> 00:12:24,833 So I'm very excited about it. 237 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 I'm happy with the information. 238 00:12:27,167 --> 00:12:29,833 It's moving the needle for me that somebody did dig that out, 239 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 way out. 240 00:12:32,125 --> 00:12:33,958 They did it for a reason. 241 00:12:34,042 --> 00:12:35,208 Th-This is not something that somebody 242 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:37,833 -would've done lightheartedly. -No. 243 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,333 I think we really need to take our time and understand this 244 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,167 a little bit better. 245 00:12:41,333 --> 00:12:42,750 I think this makes it something even more special 246 00:12:42,875 --> 00:12:44,458 than we already thought. 247 00:12:44,625 --> 00:12:47,333 I know a certain Rick Lagina will be real interested 248 00:12:47,542 --> 00:12:51,000 in this, too, who will be back from the Azores soon. 249 00:12:51,208 --> 00:12:53,375 So I think we leave this all like this, 250 00:12:53,542 --> 00:12:56,000 in case they want to do more or move something around. 251 00:12:56,167 --> 00:12:57,500 -Yeah. -So let's call it, 252 00:12:57,708 --> 00:13:00,250 -shall we? -Excellent. 253 00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:06,333 Meanwhile, over 2,000 miles away 254 00:13:06,542 --> 00:13:09,500 on the island of Terceira in the Azores... 255 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:11,792 -Hey, Francisco. -Hi. 256 00:13:13,625 --> 00:13:15,458 -Hi, Francisco. -Thank you. 257 00:13:15,625 --> 00:13:17,417 ...Rick, Alex, and other members 258 00:13:17,583 --> 00:13:18,917 of the Oak Island team have journeyed 259 00:13:19,083 --> 00:13:21,958 to the region of Serreta to meet once again 260 00:13:22,125 --> 00:13:24,792 with Francisco Nogueira. 261 00:13:24,917 --> 00:13:26,917 Like we talk about this before... 262 00:13:34,542 --> 00:13:37,333 We have suggestions that the wall on Lot 26 263 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:41,375 bears a distinct, uh, Portuguese-Azorian style. 264 00:13:41,542 --> 00:13:44,792 There's distinguishing features about the Lot 26 wall 265 00:13:44,917 --> 00:13:46,708 that we want to keep an eye out for. 266 00:13:46,875 --> 00:13:49,667 There are larger boulders that run along either edge. 267 00:13:49,875 --> 00:13:51,875 And inside of those large boulders, 268 00:13:52,042 --> 00:13:53,958 there are smaller rubble rocks. 269 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:56,375 So that's one thing that we're looking for here. 270 00:13:56,583 --> 00:13:59,167 We want to look at these walls and confirm 271 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:00,875 they're made in the same way. 272 00:14:01,042 --> 00:14:03,333 Yeah, those walls are very interesting to us, 273 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,833 because carbon dating has said that they were 274 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,708 likely constructed somewhere around 1470, 1475. 275 00:14:16,167 --> 00:14:19,458 And that would put it in what sort of time? 276 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,625 That's very comparable in time to the wall on Oak Island. 277 00:14:24,833 --> 00:14:28,708 -Yeah. -Why do you believe it's not earlier than that? 278 00:14:31,542 --> 00:14:34,000 Nothing says that this wasn't much earlier. 279 00:14:36,083 --> 00:14:37,958 In 1427, 280 00:14:38,125 --> 00:14:41,833 the Portuguese explorer Prince Henry the Navigator, 281 00:14:41,917 --> 00:14:45,500 who was also a high-ranking member of the Order of Christ, 282 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:47,833 officially discovered and claimed 283 00:14:47,958 --> 00:14:51,000 the Azores islands on behalf of Portugal. 284 00:14:51,208 --> 00:14:54,833 However, some believe that the Order of Christ 285 00:14:55,042 --> 00:14:57,250 may have been secretly visiting the islands 286 00:14:57,417 --> 00:14:59,833 as early as the mid-1300s 287 00:15:00,042 --> 00:15:03,292 in order to safeguard their priceless treasures. 288 00:15:03,417 --> 00:15:05,750 Well, let's-let's go in and see how they compare 289 00:15:05,958 --> 00:15:07,125 to the wall on Lot 26. 290 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:12,083 I have really never seen anything like this in my life. 291 00:15:12,250 --> 00:15:14,250 It's full of rock walls 292 00:15:14,417 --> 00:15:16,625 that potentially predate the official dates 293 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:19,333 of discovery and settlement of the Azores. 294 00:15:19,542 --> 00:15:21,125 Don't get lost. It's a labyrinth. 295 00:15:21,292 --> 00:15:22,958 Looks like it. 296 00:15:23,125 --> 00:15:24,875 Nobody seems to know who built them 297 00:15:25,042 --> 00:15:26,833 or what the purpose was. 298 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,667 Here's where it gets, uh, exciting, 299 00:15:28,750 --> 00:15:30,083 because they're great candidates 300 00:15:30,292 --> 00:15:33,208 to compare to our wall on Lot 26. 301 00:15:33,375 --> 00:15:35,208 Come take a look. 302 00:15:35,375 --> 00:15:37,042 What'd you find, E? 303 00:15:40,417 --> 00:15:41,750 So, look at this. 304 00:15:41,958 --> 00:15:44,792 So, we have small rocks in the middle, 305 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,833 big rocks to contain it. 306 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,083 And the width, it's almost the same 307 00:15:50,208 --> 00:15:52,000 as Oak Island. 308 00:15:52,208 --> 00:15:53,542 It's very close. 309 00:15:54,708 --> 00:15:56,417 Come take a look at this. 310 00:15:58,042 --> 00:16:00,458 -Got rubble right here. -Yeah. Inside the wall. 311 00:16:00,583 --> 00:16:01,833 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 312 00:16:02,042 --> 00:16:03,375 -I see it everywhere. -Yep. 313 00:16:03,542 --> 00:16:05,833 It's all in there. 314 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,833 The interior wall is filled with rubble, 315 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,667 small stones. 316 00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:14,750 That is exactly the way the Lot 26 wall was created. 317 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:21,042 What you can see is a mirror of the Lot 26 wall. 318 00:16:21,208 --> 00:16:24,583 Question here is why was this wall built in this manner, 319 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:27,667 just as it is on Lot 26. 320 00:16:27,792 --> 00:16:30,625 It's almost like the same technique was used on Lot 26, 321 00:16:30,833 --> 00:16:33,167 so it's almost like that approach 322 00:16:33,292 --> 00:16:36,458 was taken from here to Oak Island. 323 00:16:36,583 --> 00:16:38,917 The same style, the same understanding 324 00:16:39,042 --> 00:16:42,583 of how walls function, how you build a wall. 325 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:44,500 The wall on Lot 26 326 00:16:44,708 --> 00:16:48,458 is unique, because we don't have other examples 327 00:16:48,583 --> 00:16:51,417 like that in Nova Scotia, right? 328 00:16:51,542 --> 00:16:54,500 -Not that we know of. -So, Francisco, 329 00:16:54,625 --> 00:16:55,792 would you think these might've been, 330 00:16:55,958 --> 00:16:57,875 like, living quarters for people? 331 00:17:04,292 --> 00:17:05,625 Interesting. 332 00:17:09,042 --> 00:17:12,083 Might a treasure once have found its way to the Azores 333 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:14,167 and thus to Oak Island? 334 00:17:14,250 --> 00:17:17,542 There's nothing we see within this complex that would suggest 335 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:20,792 anything other than the possibilities 336 00:17:20,917 --> 00:17:25,000 when people are committed to an endeavor like Oak Island. 337 00:17:25,125 --> 00:17:27,458 I've said it many times-- where there's a will, there's a way. 338 00:17:27,625 --> 00:17:29,458 All you have to do is look around you 339 00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:32,708 at this incredible complex of stone 340 00:17:32,875 --> 00:17:36,000 a-and realize that there is a purpose. 341 00:17:36,208 --> 00:17:39,667 All of that is associated with Oak Island. 342 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:42,500 -This fits all our timelines, right? -Yeah. 343 00:17:42,667 --> 00:17:44,375 -It sure does. 344 00:17:44,542 --> 00:17:48,125 We sort of suspect that perhaps somebody was here 345 00:17:48,292 --> 00:17:50,667 in the 1300s secretly. 346 00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:54,958 -Yes. -We talk about it all the time 347 00:17:55,125 --> 00:17:56,500 on the island. You've got to look backwards 348 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:57,958 in order to look forwards. 349 00:17:58,083 --> 00:18:00,542 And we know just from this little... 350 00:18:00,708 --> 00:18:02,625 experience here 351 00:18:02,833 --> 00:18:06,000 that, indeed, the possibility of information having traveled 352 00:18:06,125 --> 00:18:07,708 to the New World, 353 00:18:07,875 --> 00:18:09,542 -generationally. -Is there a place on the island 354 00:18:09,708 --> 00:18:12,333 where we can qualify a little bit more, perhaps? 355 00:18:16,792 --> 00:18:18,708 -Yeah. -Okay. 356 00:18:22,375 --> 00:18:24,500 As a new day begins on Oak Island... 357 00:18:24,708 --> 00:18:26,000 Billy. 358 00:18:26,167 --> 00:18:27,542 Hey. Glad to see you here. 359 00:18:27,708 --> 00:18:30,000 Thank you. All right, I'm ready. 360 00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:33,458 ...Marty joins other members of the team on Center Road 361 00:18:33,625 --> 00:18:36,000 near the western border of the swamp. 362 00:18:36,208 --> 00:18:38,917 The sand road projects right down here. 363 00:18:39,083 --> 00:18:40,333 And if it's here, 364 00:18:40,458 --> 00:18:43,042 then that would be 365 00:18:43,208 --> 00:18:44,833 a very strong clue that Center Road was here 366 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,750 -before the survey. -Right. 367 00:18:48,917 --> 00:18:50,917 The team is preparing to dig 368 00:18:51,083 --> 00:18:53,917 a cross section of Center Road to look for evidence 369 00:18:54,042 --> 00:18:56,833 that it may have been built by previous treasure hunters 370 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,917 on top of the sand-covered cobblestone road 371 00:19:00,083 --> 00:19:02,625 that was recently found running through the swamp 372 00:19:02,792 --> 00:19:04,708 toward the believed Portuguese stone road 373 00:19:04,875 --> 00:19:06,625 in the southeast corner. 374 00:19:06,792 --> 00:19:08,750 If the team can find evidence 375 00:19:08,917 --> 00:19:11,083 of the sand and cobblestone road here, 376 00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:15,500 it could suggest that it was created by someone long ago, 377 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:19,333 perhaps even before a 1762 survey 378 00:19:19,542 --> 00:19:24,000 when Oak Island was divided into 32 four-acre lots. 379 00:19:24,125 --> 00:19:26,958 As I'm standing here, Billy, I see 380 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:29,333 the sand road you nicely uncovered. 381 00:19:29,542 --> 00:19:31,833 I'm lined right up with it, 382 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,667 which also lines right up with Center Road proper. 383 00:19:34,833 --> 00:19:37,625 -So I think this is our spot. -Yeah. 384 00:19:37,792 --> 00:19:39,375 Hey, Marty, what time is it, mate? 385 00:19:39,542 --> 00:19:42,292 It's time to dig, Gary. Time to dig. 386 00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:43,583 You heard the man. 387 00:19:47,917 --> 00:19:49,333 Let's give the boy room. 389 00:19:54,375 --> 00:19:55,917 Here we go. 390 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:58,292 We speculate, 391 00:19:58,417 --> 00:20:00,125 upon looking at the sand road, 392 00:20:00,208 --> 00:20:03,792 that it could be directly under Center Road. 393 00:20:03,917 --> 00:20:06,500 If that's the case, whoever built it 394 00:20:06,708 --> 00:20:09,083 came here long before anybody else. 395 00:20:10,875 --> 00:20:12,042 Is that sand there already? 396 00:20:12,208 --> 00:20:13,583 Oh, he might've seen sand. 397 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:15,250 Kind of. Yeah. 398 00:20:15,417 --> 00:20:16,958 That would explain the activity 399 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,833 that was here before the Money Pit. 400 00:20:19,042 --> 00:20:22,167 It would explain the very significant wall on Lot 26. 401 00:20:22,333 --> 00:20:23,667 -Clay rich. -It would explain 402 00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:25,667 the rock feature on Lot 8. 403 00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:27,667 It would explain virtually everything. 404 00:20:27,833 --> 00:20:29,458 It's a little of both. Keep digging. 405 00:20:44,833 --> 00:20:47,292 Getting rockier underneath there. 407 00:20:47,417 --> 00:20:49,708 Yeah, it looks like sand now. 408 00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:51,958 -Check this out. -Does it? 409 00:20:53,958 --> 00:20:56,292 -What do you think? -Yep. Right down here. Look at that. 410 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:58,708 Where it should be. 411 00:21:07,042 --> 00:21:09,667 -Still a lot of... -Yeah. 413 00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:11,875 -Gravel in there, too. -I'm afraid 414 00:21:12,083 --> 00:21:13,833 we're getting contamination from the road. 415 00:21:14,042 --> 00:21:16,042 -Yeah. -If you want to look at the end of the bucket here, 416 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:18,708 you can see the profile of what it is: rocks... 417 00:21:18,917 --> 00:21:21,333 -sand. -Hey, look, Laird. 418 00:21:21,458 --> 00:21:23,000 Oh, here. 419 00:21:23,208 --> 00:21:25,542 But see how it's rocks in the bottom of the sand? 420 00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:27,125 -Yeah. -Yeah. 421 00:21:27,292 --> 00:21:29,875 But I mean, that shouldn't be here naturally. 422 00:21:30,042 --> 00:21:32,500 -That's not the natural dirt for here, no. -Yeah. 423 00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:34,875 All right. I'm gonna have a scan. 424 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:40,792 I just don't see anything definitive here. 425 00:21:40,917 --> 00:21:42,417 No metal. 426 00:21:44,417 --> 00:21:46,500 This isn't jumping out at me. 427 00:21:47,708 --> 00:21:49,750 It's a little bit tricky to evaluate it 428 00:21:49,917 --> 00:21:51,292 because you have to raise 429 00:21:51,458 --> 00:21:53,500 the possibility of contamination 430 00:21:53,625 --> 00:21:56,042 from modern construction. 431 00:21:56,208 --> 00:21:59,417 So, we need to try another location. 432 00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:01,458 Any sort of ancient road 433 00:22:01,625 --> 00:22:04,250 on this island is worth following. 434 00:22:05,292 --> 00:22:08,125 We want to put this back, Billy, and try one more right there? 435 00:22:08,208 --> 00:22:09,583 Sure. 436 00:22:09,792 --> 00:22:11,792 As the team repositions 437 00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:15,042 to dig another cross section through Center Road... 438 00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:17,917 Oh, look at how pretty that is. 439 00:22:18,042 --> 00:22:19,750 -Yeah. -Beautiful. 440 00:22:19,917 --> 00:22:21,875 ...Rick and members of the team arrive 441 00:22:22,042 --> 00:22:24,833 at the Angra do Heroísmo Museum. 442 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,417 It's incredible. 443 00:22:28,208 --> 00:22:30,333 -Thank you. Great to see you. I'm Alex. -Thank you. 444 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,875 Francisco has arranged 445 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:37,250 for the team to look for clues in the museum 446 00:22:37,417 --> 00:22:41,375 and meet with local archaeologist Tiago Rodrigues 447 00:22:41,542 --> 00:22:45,333 regarding artifacts that have been found on Oak Island. 448 00:22:45,542 --> 00:22:47,375 We have a Portuguese coin 449 00:22:47,542 --> 00:22:49,125 dating to the late 1300s, 450 00:22:49,250 --> 00:22:51,000 and if it came through the Azores, 451 00:22:51,167 --> 00:22:53,833 that's about 50 years, give or take, 452 00:22:54,042 --> 00:22:55,500 prior to the official date 453 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:57,833 that the Azores were discovered and then colonized. 454 00:23:16,042 --> 00:23:17,542 Uh, so, is it possible 455 00:23:17,708 --> 00:23:20,500 that some people knew 456 00:23:20,625 --> 00:23:23,000 that the Azores were here? 457 00:23:24,250 --> 00:23:26,125 It does kind of remind me 458 00:23:26,292 --> 00:23:28,917 of the early years of our treasure hunt on Oak Island, 459 00:23:29,083 --> 00:23:31,292 stories that speak of people from Europe 460 00:23:31,458 --> 00:23:34,083 at a time when the conventional story 461 00:23:34,208 --> 00:23:36,167 says that people from Europe should not have been there. 462 00:23:36,292 --> 00:23:38,667 And from what Tiago is telling us, 463 00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:40,375 it sounds like that is again the case 464 00:23:40,542 --> 00:23:43,042 with the story here in the Azores. 465 00:23:43,208 --> 00:23:45,167 Before you arrived, Emiliano and myself 466 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:47,458 did some, uh, scouting here in the museum. 467 00:23:47,625 --> 00:23:50,667 What we came to do here is 468 00:23:50,833 --> 00:23:53,500 well-illustrated by, by this stone here. 469 00:23:53,708 --> 00:23:55,833 This is 15th century, Emiliano? 470 00:23:55,958 --> 00:23:57,333 Uh, 1454, 471 00:23:57,458 --> 00:24:01,250 probably, and it's the oldest stone carving 472 00:24:01,417 --> 00:24:04,000 that were found here in the Azores. 473 00:24:05,042 --> 00:24:07,042 This caught our attention not only because 474 00:24:07,208 --> 00:24:10,167 it's possibly one of the oldest or the oldest 475 00:24:10,292 --> 00:24:12,667 carved stones that there are on this island, 476 00:24:12,875 --> 00:24:15,917 but particularly because of what it's showing, you know, the... 477 00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:21,000 ...swirls here from the copper piece from the ribbon. 478 00:24:21,208 --> 00:24:23,500 In 2022, 479 00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:27,042 the team unearthed part of a copper artifact on Lot 8 480 00:24:27,208 --> 00:24:29,500 decorated with an ornate symbol. 481 00:24:29,625 --> 00:24:32,500 Incredibly, one year later, 482 00:24:32,625 --> 00:24:34,375 they saw the similar symbol 483 00:24:34,542 --> 00:24:37,500 in a Templar-related manuscript in Reykjavík, Iceland, 484 00:24:37,583 --> 00:24:40,333 that dated back to the 12th century. 485 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,917 I actually have a photo of our copper a-artifact 486 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:46,250 from Lot 8 that shows that symbol. 487 00:24:46,375 --> 00:24:48,333 Let's see if it compares to what we're seeing here. 488 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:54,958 It could be a match. 490 00:24:56,083 --> 00:24:57,583 Well done. 491 00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:02,750 It could be a match. 492 00:25:02,917 --> 00:25:05,958 It has the same middle feature here, 493 00:25:06,083 --> 00:25:09,750 and then on the ends, it could round closed. 494 00:25:11,292 --> 00:25:15,333 At the Angra do Heroísmo Museum in the Azores, 495 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,583 the team has found a 15th-century stone carving 496 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:20,833 that may be connected to the Knights Templar 497 00:25:21,042 --> 00:25:23,125 and the Order of Christ, 498 00:25:23,250 --> 00:25:26,292 which matches a symbol on the copper artifact 499 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:30,667 that was discovered on Lot 8 in 2022. 500 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,167 It shows that when people traveled, 501 00:25:33,292 --> 00:25:34,917 they took their symbols with them, right? 502 00:25:35,083 --> 00:25:36,625 Correct. 503 00:25:36,833 --> 00:25:38,833 And also, that symbol 504 00:25:38,958 --> 00:25:42,167 is, um, the one we found 505 00:25:42,333 --> 00:25:44,667 in a manuscript in Reykjavík, Iceland. 506 00:26:09,208 --> 00:26:11,958 The image is telling a story. 507 00:26:12,125 --> 00:26:15,208 We see the decorative carving, 508 00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:18,333 indicating the possibility that Templars 509 00:26:18,542 --> 00:26:21,333 or the Knights of Christ knew of the Azores 510 00:26:21,542 --> 00:26:24,333 before their documented discovery by Portuguese. 511 00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:26,542 Could it be related to the copper artifact 512 00:26:26,708 --> 00:26:29,125 that we found on Lot 8? 513 00:26:29,292 --> 00:26:32,917 I think it's very plausible that they had the ability 514 00:26:33,083 --> 00:26:35,167 to make a transatlantic voyage. 515 00:26:35,375 --> 00:26:37,000 Tiago, we've actually brought some artifacts 516 00:26:37,208 --> 00:26:38,500 from Oak Island with us. 517 00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:40,583 We were hoping you'd take a look at them. 518 00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:50,917 We're trying to understand 519 00:26:51,125 --> 00:26:53,875 the pre-Columbian history of Oak Island 520 00:26:54,042 --> 00:26:55,625 and what happened there. 521 00:26:55,792 --> 00:26:57,292 After you. 522 00:26:57,458 --> 00:26:59,292 We've brought a number of artifacts, 523 00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:01,042 and Tiago is qualified to look at them 524 00:27:01,208 --> 00:27:03,125 and render an opinion. 525 00:27:03,208 --> 00:27:07,000 Uh, I hope that he can speak definitively about them. 526 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:08,875 Tiago, we really appreciate you 527 00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:10,708 taking a look at these items. 528 00:27:10,875 --> 00:27:14,208 I guess, maybe we just dive right in and get your thoughts. 529 00:27:16,708 --> 00:27:18,417 This is actually one of the stoneshot 530 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:20,958 that we have found on the island. 531 00:27:21,083 --> 00:27:23,083 This was found this year, actually. 532 00:27:39,917 --> 00:27:41,500 Right. 533 00:27:42,458 --> 00:27:44,625 So, most, most probable then, 534 00:27:44,792 --> 00:27:48,667 is that this is from the 1300s or-or earlier? 535 00:27:58,750 --> 00:28:01,667 Have you found any around here in the Azores at all? 536 00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:33,250 -You know, we're looking at several 537 00:28:33,417 --> 00:28:36,250 scenarios of when treasure might have passed through the Azores 538 00:28:36,417 --> 00:28:39,208 and then moved to Oak Island and safeguarded there. 539 00:28:39,417 --> 00:28:41,917 To hear Tiago agree that our stoneshot 540 00:28:42,083 --> 00:28:45,167 and the others like it have been found here in the islands 541 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:47,833 is the connective tissue we're looking for. 542 00:28:57,208 --> 00:28:59,458 Now that you mention it, 543 00:28:59,583 --> 00:29:01,500 this is a very interesting artifact, 544 00:29:01,708 --> 00:29:06,458 and we believe that it may be a small hand cannon. 545 00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:12,500 And I have the report to go along with it. 546 00:29:12,708 --> 00:29:15,042 Earlier this year, when the team first discovered 547 00:29:15,208 --> 00:29:17,125 a section of the sand-covered road 548 00:29:17,292 --> 00:29:19,333 in the western region of the swamp, 549 00:29:19,542 --> 00:29:22,417 they found part of a hand cannon, 550 00:29:22,542 --> 00:29:26,167 a weapon first invented in China during the 12th century. 551 00:29:27,208 --> 00:29:30,375 After having Emma Culligan examine the piece in the lab, 552 00:29:30,542 --> 00:29:33,125 the team sent photos of the artifact 553 00:29:33,250 --> 00:29:38,250 to Maltese military historian Matthew Balzan for his analysis. 554 00:29:49,292 --> 00:29:50,875 Wow. 555 00:30:26,042 --> 00:30:28,500 The timelines that Tiago relates, 559 00:30:28,708 --> 00:30:32,042 it aligns perfectly for my belief 560 00:30:32,208 --> 00:30:36,292 that the effort on Oak Island was, uh, in multiple stages. 561 00:30:36,417 --> 00:30:39,542 I believe it's more aligned 562 00:30:39,708 --> 00:30:42,167 with the efforts here in the Azores 563 00:30:42,375 --> 00:30:44,833 to possibly protect a treasure 564 00:30:44,958 --> 00:30:46,958 in transit from Europe 565 00:30:47,125 --> 00:30:50,833 across the seas to North America and perhaps to Oak Island. 566 00:30:51,875 --> 00:30:55,542 This one here is a-a deck spike, we believe, from a ship. 567 00:30:55,708 --> 00:30:57,417 It was found 568 00:30:57,542 --> 00:30:59,333 a couple years ago on the island. 569 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:07,292 The believed deck spike 570 00:31:07,417 --> 00:31:09,667 was found in 2023 571 00:31:09,833 --> 00:31:11,667 by Jack Begley while investigating 572 00:31:11,875 --> 00:31:15,000 the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5. 573 00:31:23,083 --> 00:31:25,333 -Oh. -Really? 574 00:31:41,042 --> 00:31:42,500 Is there a time period 576 00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:44,000 that... 577 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:51,750 Amazing. 578 00:31:56,375 --> 00:31:57,750 Is it common for the Portuguese 579 00:31:57,917 --> 00:32:00,458 -and unique to the Portuguese? -Yes. 580 00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:09,042 Wow. 581 00:32:18,167 --> 00:32:19,583 Okay. 582 00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:21,417 At the Angra do Heroísmo Museum 583 00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:23,000 in the Azores, 584 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,833 archaeologist Tiago Rodrigues 585 00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:30,167 has concluded that a spike found in the round feature on Lot 5 586 00:32:30,333 --> 00:32:32,542 is not only of Portuguese origin 587 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:36,042 but could also date back to the 1300s. 588 00:32:37,375 --> 00:32:39,167 That artifact just got much more interesting. 589 00:32:39,250 --> 00:32:41,708 -Yeah, it did. It did. 590 00:32:41,875 --> 00:32:44,667 Could this artifact offer further evidence 591 00:32:44,792 --> 00:32:47,167 to support the theory that members 592 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,625 of the Templar-related Order of Christ 593 00:32:49,792 --> 00:32:52,750 may have visited Oak Island as much as four centuries 594 00:32:52,917 --> 00:32:55,500 before the discovery of the Money Pit? 595 00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:57,708 I mean, what can you say? 596 00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:00,750 Without any hesitation, this is Portuguese. 597 00:33:00,917 --> 00:33:04,542 Size, shape, weight, hammered head, 598 00:33:04,708 --> 00:33:09,542 everything spoke to him that it was a Portuguese design. 599 00:33:09,708 --> 00:33:11,125 Quite impactful. 600 00:33:11,292 --> 00:33:13,167 Okay, next up. 601 00:33:13,250 --> 00:33:16,458 This, uh, sparked a lot of excitement for us this year. 602 00:33:16,625 --> 00:33:18,625 It was, uh, revealed to us by a family 603 00:33:18,792 --> 00:33:21,333 that was associated with the treasure hunt 604 00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:22,792 on Oak Island in the past. 605 00:33:22,958 --> 00:33:24,625 And that family showed it to us this year, 606 00:33:24,792 --> 00:33:28,042 and it's a Portuguese coin, of Ferdinand I. 607 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:33,750 The mint is somewhere between 1367 and 1383. 608 00:33:42,750 --> 00:33:44,458 Yeah, the story behind this coin 609 00:33:44,583 --> 00:33:47,708 is that, in 1849, 610 00:33:47,875 --> 00:33:50,958 they were drilling to try and strike the treasure chamber, 611 00:33:51,125 --> 00:33:54,042 and this may have come up on the drill bit. 612 00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:11,667 Yeah. 615 00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:14,333 And you previously said with the stoneshot 616 00:34:14,542 --> 00:34:16,500 -that it was most predominately used... -Yeah. 617 00:34:16,708 --> 00:34:18,333 ...likely, in the 14th century as well. 618 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:20,500 Both those objects, we believe, 619 00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:22,667 came from underground on our island 620 00:34:22,833 --> 00:34:24,708 in the so-called "treasure pit." 621 00:34:24,875 --> 00:34:26,667 -Yeah. -So, there's a, there's a connection there. 622 00:34:26,833 --> 00:34:28,250 Oh, almost for sure. 623 00:34:28,417 --> 00:34:29,917 So, a lot of these artifacts 624 00:34:30,083 --> 00:34:32,292 seem to be centering on the 1300s, 625 00:34:32,458 --> 00:34:33,917 that we've shown you here today, so... 626 00:34:34,042 --> 00:34:36,125 Several have, and-and several are also 627 00:34:36,292 --> 00:34:38,000 converging on the 15th century, 628 00:34:38,167 --> 00:34:40,625 which happens to be kind of the two timelines that we were 629 00:34:40,750 --> 00:34:42,917 -wanting to investigate when we came here. -Yeah. 630 00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:46,208 Right. 631 00:34:53,042 --> 00:34:55,833 Yeah. The proof might be 632 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,375 -underground on Oak Island. -Yeah. 633 00:34:58,542 --> 00:35:00,792 -And-and we might only 634 00:35:00,958 --> 00:35:04,250 do as good as, uh, establishing plausibility 635 00:35:04,417 --> 00:35:06,667 until something comes out of the ground. 636 00:35:06,792 --> 00:35:08,167 Yeah, the forensic evidence 637 00:35:08,375 --> 00:35:10,833 seems to point to silver a-and gold underground, 638 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,833 -almost certainly. 639 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,000 It's quite impactful 640 00:35:15,208 --> 00:35:16,958 to have a person of his experience 641 00:35:17,083 --> 00:35:20,500 and his understanding confirm the clues 642 00:35:20,708 --> 00:35:23,708 to the possibility of a treasure moving east to west. 643 00:35:25,708 --> 00:35:27,500 -There might be 644 00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:30,667 multiple treasures connected to the Templars 645 00:35:30,792 --> 00:35:32,542 and their descendants. 646 00:35:32,708 --> 00:35:35,500 So, we learn that, as you uncover clues, 647 00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,708 you not only advance the search agenda 648 00:35:37,833 --> 00:35:41,750 but you-you learn about history worldwide. 649 00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:44,167 You know, this is a little bit different setting 650 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:46,458 than the war room on Oak Island, 651 00:35:46,625 --> 00:35:48,083 but it has been highly informative. 652 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:51,208 We're most appreciative of your-- both of your time. 653 00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,833 You've set us on a course of action that may provide 654 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,667 the definitive answers that we seek. 655 00:35:56,833 --> 00:35:59,000 I can't say anything more than just "Thank you." 656 00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:02,292 -Thank you very much. -Yeah, thank you. 657 00:36:04,208 --> 00:36:05,750 Let's go here. 658 00:36:05,875 --> 00:36:08,375 Meanwhile, back on Oak Island... 659 00:36:10,667 --> 00:36:12,292 -Oh. Yep. -The rock under that. 660 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:15,667 ...Marty, Laird, and other members of the team 661 00:36:15,875 --> 00:36:17,458 have moved to a location a few yards 662 00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:19,375 further down Center Road 663 00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:24,292 to look for evidence of the sand and cobblestone road beneath it. 664 00:36:28,542 --> 00:36:29,708 That's sand there. 665 00:36:29,875 --> 00:36:32,000 -Yeah, it is. -Yeah. 666 00:36:32,208 --> 00:36:33,667 Looks like it. 667 00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:37,125 The sand goes under the modern, 668 00:36:37,292 --> 00:36:39,667 and that should be-- that's right on line. 669 00:36:44,875 --> 00:36:46,208 That's it, isn't it? 671 00:36:48,167 --> 00:36:50,208 -Oh, yeah. Look at this. -Oh, yeah. 672 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,958 -The way that scoops up. -That's sand. Yeah. 673 00:36:53,042 --> 00:36:54,500 Is this what we're looking for? Is this... 674 00:36:54,708 --> 00:36:56,417 Oh, that's what we're looking for. 675 00:36:56,625 --> 00:36:57,750 Okay. Well, then, let's see 676 00:36:57,875 --> 00:36:59,292 what's underneath it. 677 00:37:05,458 --> 00:37:08,542 I'll go over and see if there's anything in that sand. 678 00:37:08,708 --> 00:37:10,208 Is it all sand right there? 679 00:37:10,375 --> 00:37:12,417 Yep. All this is. 680 00:37:13,625 --> 00:37:15,917 I'm getting a little chirping, but... 681 00:37:17,125 --> 00:37:18,375 How about here? 682 00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:28,625 -Got something there to dig? -Yeah. 685 00:37:28,833 --> 00:37:31,708 Let's see if I can pinpoint it first. 686 00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:45,250 It's in me hand. Let's see what we got. 689 00:37:45,458 --> 00:37:47,167 What you got, Gary? 690 00:37:47,375 --> 00:37:48,708 Oh, yeah. 691 00:37:53,375 --> 00:37:54,500 What you got, Gary? 692 00:37:54,625 --> 00:37:56,625 A nice little nail. 693 00:37:56,750 --> 00:37:58,333 Little iron nail. 694 00:37:58,417 --> 00:38:00,208 After finding more possible evidence 695 00:38:00,375 --> 00:38:03,333 of the sand road beneath Center Road, 696 00:38:03,458 --> 00:38:08,000 Gary has just discovered what could be another important clue. 697 00:38:08,167 --> 00:38:10,583 It could be an oxshoe nail. 698 00:38:10,792 --> 00:38:13,667 We found an oxshoe in the sand road 699 00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,917 a stone's throw away from here. 700 00:38:16,042 --> 00:38:17,500 Yeah. 701 00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:20,667 This artifact is actually buried 702 00:38:20,833 --> 00:38:23,000 in the sand road. 703 00:38:23,208 --> 00:38:26,667 And this is a foot down, it's in excellent condition. 704 00:38:26,792 --> 00:38:28,667 Better keep hold of this, Laird. 705 00:38:28,792 --> 00:38:30,167 It's going back to the lab, 706 00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:32,667 and Emma's gonna run her magic on it. 707 00:38:32,792 --> 00:38:35,750 Maybe we can find out how old it is 708 00:38:35,917 --> 00:38:38,500 and date this sand road. 709 00:38:38,708 --> 00:38:40,792 That was the only find. 710 00:38:40,917 --> 00:38:43,083 What we don't have is anything definitive on a date. 711 00:38:43,250 --> 00:38:45,625 -Yeah. -Well, we had the hand cannon, 712 00:38:45,792 --> 00:38:47,333 which is very significant. 713 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,125 -Yeah. -So, we-we have 714 00:38:49,292 --> 00:38:51,667 -a lot of old dates in this particular area. 715 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,000 -Yep. -Okay. We find 716 00:38:54,208 --> 00:38:56,333 a sand road in the swamp. 717 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,042 It's really well-constructed, it's heretofore unknown. 718 00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:00,500 Right. 719 00:39:00,667 --> 00:39:02,167 So, we have oxen 720 00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:05,125 going up and down this road well prior to the time 721 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:08,667 when we thought Center Road didn't even exist. 722 00:39:08,833 --> 00:39:11,833 So, now let's pull that together and say 723 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,708 this road was actually just an extension of that sand road. 724 00:39:14,875 --> 00:39:16,667 -Yeah, exactly. -Yeah. 725 00:39:16,875 --> 00:39:18,417 And then, it goes, 726 00:39:18,542 --> 00:39:21,083 by my reckoning, directly to the beginning 727 00:39:21,250 --> 00:39:23,833 of what we now call the Portuguese Road, 728 00:39:24,042 --> 00:39:26,083 which, in fact, goes up the hill 729 00:39:26,208 --> 00:39:28,333 -towards the Money Pit. -Yeah. 730 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:31,167 Which leads us to the thought that perhaps 731 00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:36,000 Center Road here existed prior to the 1762 survey. 732 00:39:36,167 --> 00:39:38,917 The reason we're here today is to try and prove that theory, 733 00:39:39,042 --> 00:39:40,417 and we more or less did. 734 00:39:40,625 --> 00:39:42,292 Geez. 735 00:39:42,417 --> 00:39:43,833 It's always fun finding what you're looking for. 736 00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:45,250 -Yeah. -It's Oak Highway. 737 00:39:46,875 --> 00:39:48,458 Pull all that together, and it leads 739 00:39:48,625 --> 00:39:52,333 to a pretty solid conclusion that the so-called Center Road 740 00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:55,833 has actually been there for a very long time. 741 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,167 It was not created after that survey. 742 00:39:59,208 --> 00:40:01,000 Okay, and then the next dot to connect this-- 743 00:40:01,167 --> 00:40:03,000 well, there's our connection. 744 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:05,792 Center Road goes right to Lot 5. 745 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,583 How did Lot 5 get to the Money Pit? 746 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:09,333 It just went out to Center Road, 747 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:11,542 and then went on to go to the swamp, 748 00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:14,708 so that road could've carried the people back and forth 749 00:40:14,917 --> 00:40:16,667 between Lot 5 and the Money Pit area. 750 00:40:16,833 --> 00:40:18,417 Simple as that. 751 00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:21,333 It gives credence to what we're doing here, gentlemen. 752 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:24,333 It helps that these things continually verify 753 00:40:24,542 --> 00:40:27,667 that we're not really on a wild-goose chase. 754 00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:29,708 Well, I think it's been a success, 755 00:40:29,875 --> 00:40:32,500 but now we need to get to the treasure. 756 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,292 I know one thing for certain-- 758 00:40:36,458 --> 00:40:38,167 for absolute certain-- I know somebody 759 00:40:38,375 --> 00:40:39,875 who's gonna be keenly interested in this 760 00:40:40,042 --> 00:40:42,000 when he gets back from the Azores, 761 00:40:42,208 --> 00:40:43,917 -and that would be big brother Rick. -Yeah. 762 00:40:44,042 --> 00:40:45,792 -Yep. -Okay. 763 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,375 -Let's get on to the next task. -Okay. 764 00:40:48,542 --> 00:40:51,333 -Billy, put this back together. -Very good. 765 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:53,042 The deeper 766 00:40:53,208 --> 00:40:57,000 and further that Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 767 00:40:57,167 --> 00:41:00,875 look into this 231-year-old mystery, 768 00:41:01,042 --> 00:41:02,833 new clues and revelations 769 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,167 only bolster their will to keep digging. 770 00:41:07,375 --> 00:41:11,125 Because whether on Lot 8, in the Money Pit area 771 00:41:11,292 --> 00:41:15,125 or 2,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean... 772 00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:20,042 ...one conclusion is becoming more probable by the day: 773 00:41:20,208 --> 00:41:23,167 Oak Island may be hiding secrets 774 00:41:23,375 --> 00:41:25,333 that changed the course of history in Europe, 775 00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:29,583 and could most certainly rewrite the history... 776 00:41:31,542 --> 00:41:33,333 ...of North America. 777 00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:38,542 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 778 00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:40,292 Wait, what's that? 779 00:41:40,458 --> 00:41:42,000 It's similar to what we have on Oak Island. 780 00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,667 This is from 2000 BC. 781 00:41:44,833 --> 00:41:46,458 -Really? -We're starting to find 782 00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:48,167 -a hidden wall. -Whoa. 783 00:41:48,333 --> 00:41:50,375 This would be an ideal place to deposit treasure. 784 00:41:50,542 --> 00:41:52,292 -That sounds great. 785 00:41:52,458 --> 00:41:54,083 -Wow. -Oh, my gosh. 786 00:41:54,292 --> 00:41:56,083 -This is huge. -Amazing. 787 00:41:56,292 --> 00:41:58,958 This is very, very, very significant. 788 00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:00,375 If that was part of the treasure, 789 00:42:00,542 --> 00:42:02,375 the rest of it is still in the Money Pit. 790 00:42:02,542 --> 00:42:03,833 Absolutely. 58062

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