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Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island...
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There's a number
of questions
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that can be answered
in the Azores.
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Some things here
relate to our search.
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We have this on Oak Island.
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It's time to dig.
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We need to get
to the treasure.
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-Oh. What have we got here?
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Wow. You might have
some evidence
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to a 14th-century Portuguese
presence in Oak Island.
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The proof might be
underground right here.
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-Wow.
-Fantastic.
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There is an island
in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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And according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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Come up
a little bit, Billy.
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There it is.
There you go, Billy.
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As a crisp fall
morning begins on Oak Island,
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workers from ROC Equipment
and SB Canada
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repair the Money Pit area
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where the Laginas
and their team plan to dig
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another eight-foot-diameter
steel shaft in the coming days.
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It is here where they have
detected high traces of silver
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some 200 feet deep
in the solution channel,
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which have been
scientifically matched
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to a 14th-century
Portuguese coin
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reportedly found
in the original Money Pit
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back in 1849.
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And after this,
we should be good.
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While the work
continues on Oak Island...
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...over 2,000 miles
to the southeast
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in the Azores islands
of Portugal...
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-Gentlemen.
-Hello. Welcome.
-Hello.
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-Welcome to Azores.
-Thank you very much.
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Appreciate it.
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...Rick and other
members of the team
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have traveled to Terceira.
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They are following up
on the research that suggests
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members of the Portuguese sect
of the Knights Templar,
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known as the Knights of Christ,
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may have used the Azores
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to safeguard a portion of
their sacred religious treasures
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before sailing them
to Oak Island
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between the 14th
and 16th centuries.
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Everybody,
this is Francisco.
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He's a historian here
in the Azores.
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He's worked with us in the past
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-on the stone walls found on Lot 26.
-Yep.
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In 2022,
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Francisco examined photos
of a stone wall
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on Lot 26 of Oak Island
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and believed it could be
of Portuguese origin
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and date back
to the 15th century.
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...by the first settlements
in this island.
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-Oh, really?
-Wow.
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What is very important
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is that th-this church...
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Close.
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Is there
the possibility that there was
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a smaller group, uh,
that arrived here
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before the official date?
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So, is there anything
in this church
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that speaks to that possibility?
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-I think we're all eager to see inside.
-We are.
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-Let's go have a look.
-So let's go.
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-Yes.
-Okay.
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There's a number of
questions that need to be asked
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and maybe can be answered
in the Azores.
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It would be wonderful
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to find a smoking gun
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directly connected
to the Oak Island mystery.
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So this likely dates
to the 1450s?
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Right. Which-which would be...
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about 150 years after
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the-the dissolution
of the Knights Templar.
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We're looking at something that
the Order of Christ created.
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What we have are figures
that were important
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to the Knights Templar.
So this speaks to
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the continuation
of the belief system.
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How closely were
the Order of Christ
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related to the Templar order?
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Was it a true continuation
of the order?
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So any-any belief systems,
any treasures,
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any-anything they were
safeguarding came with them.
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Founded in 1318
by King Denis of Portugal,
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the Order of Christ was a
successor to the Knights Templar
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after their disbanding
and persecution
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by the Catholic Church in 1307.
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While it is rumored
that the Order of Christ
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protected Templar treasures
in Portugal
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and the Azores islands,
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it is known
that they were connected
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to the minting of coins
exactly like the one
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believed to have been found
in the Money Pit.
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-But what was the destination?
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It's not so outlandish
to believe that an organization
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like the Order of Christ
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would have had the capability,
the knowledge, the connections
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to get to North America
to safeguard what they deemed
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to be of utmost importance.
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If you think of the journey
of the Templars as a pilgrimage,
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we know from the Camino
de Santiago,
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at the end of the pilgrimage,
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the Templars
would leave a goose paw.
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-You would scratch a goose paw. Uh...
-Yeah.
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Want to share an observation.
If you look up.
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So here we have
three corners of the chapel.
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Only three have
three webbed feet.
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Three goose paws.
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-Three there, three there.
-Yeah.
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Three there. There they still
have the original red color.
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Very interesting.
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Which ties this
all together beautifully
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with the symbol
that we found in Nova Scotia.
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The goose paw
is a three-pronged symbol
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that was designed
by the Knights Templar
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and used to mark important
locations for the order
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throughout
the Middle East and Europe
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between the 11th
and 14th centuries.
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In recent years,
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Corjan has showed the team
several goose paw carvings
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found in places such
as the Camerano Caves in Italy.
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A 12th-century
Templar stronghold
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which was created
in the shape of a cross
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matching the design
of the lead cross
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that was found
on Oak Island in 2017.
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That is the mark of the
Masons for the Knights Templar.
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-Incredible.
-And in 2022,
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Corjan showed them
a goose paw carving
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in Liverpool, Nova Scotia,
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just 50 miles southwest
of Oak Island.
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Isn't that a great connection
to Oak Island?
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-We found the same
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symbol language here
that we know both
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from close to Oak Island
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and from the place
in Europe where we've been.
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So what this place brings
is a consistent next step
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in the journey
that we're sketching,
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a journey that led
from Jerusalem
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through the Mediterranean basin
to Portugal
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and through the Azores,
maybe to Oak Island.
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That's more than I expected.
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We would invite you to come to
the island at your convenience
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and experience the same mystery,
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the same questions
that we have puzzled over
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all these many years,
and maybe with your help
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and others, we can finally put
an answer to these questions.
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-So, thank you.
-Thank you.
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-We appreciate it.
-Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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We have a lot
to discover.
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-Yeah, let's keep going.
-Keep looking.
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-This has been great.
-As the team
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continues their investigation
in the Azores...
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-...back on Oak Island...
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All right. Well,
I think I'm positioned okay.
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Perfect.
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So, hopefully,
with continued digging,
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you find an artifact to give us
an answer to this thing.
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-That would be nice.
-Yes.
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...Marty joins
Laird and Fiona on Lot 8
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at the stone cradle formation
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that the team found
beneath a 40,000-pound boulder.
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What's the plan?
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So, we just want
to carefully check,
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see if there's a soil change.
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-See if it's not natural.
-Yeah.
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And just have a feeling that
something was coming this way.
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Why don't I dig this down and
look for the roof of a tunnel?
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-Yeah.
-Off chance, I understand, but...
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Well, I mean, worst-case
scenario is you hit a tunnel.
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-Yeah. Which is also the best-case scenario.
-So...
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-Yeah.
-All right.
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-Let's do it.
-All right.
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--Over
the past several weeks,
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scientific testing
and investigation at the site
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has revealed traces of silver
in the ground soil
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and possible evidence
of a shaft deeper below.
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That's a lot of roots.
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Now, because Laird
does not want to risk
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archaeological damage
to the feature,
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he has given Marty permission
to dig an adjacent trench
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to look for evidence
of a possible tunnel
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that may run beneath it.
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Sounded like rocks,
but I don't see any.
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It's pretty consistent soil.
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What the hell is that?
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That's interesting.
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Doesn't make any sense.
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Unbelievable.
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Let's see what we got.
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I think that's bedrock.
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-These little chips are starting to look like bedrock.
-Yeah.
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While digging
near the cradle of stones
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-on Lot 8...
-You know, that's interesting.
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-Absolutely.
-...Marty
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has made a potentially important
discovery.
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And yet we're higher
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than the base
of the cradle over here.
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Yeah.
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Doesn't make any sense.
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Huh.
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On the eastern side
of Oak Island,
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the slate bedrock is known to be
flat and at a uniform depth.
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Because Marty has now confirmed
that the cradle of stones
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sits below the bedrock
to the side of the feature,
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this offers
more compelling evidence
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that the stone cradle is the
result of an earlier excavation
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and may be covering
a much deeper man-made shaft.
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But you didn't hit bedrock
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-in the cradle over here?
-No.
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So what we need
to do next, Laird, then is
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you need to dig deeper there.
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-Yeah.
-See if you can find bedrock.
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Laird doesn't appear
to have hit the bedrock at all
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in that cradle,
so there's the possibility
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that under that rock
a lot of digging occurred,
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which, you know, makes your mind
go to a shaft or a tunnel.
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So I'm very excited about it.
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I'm happy with the information.
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It's moving the needle for me
that somebody did dig that out,
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way out.
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They did it
for a reason.
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Th-This is not something
that somebody
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-would've done lightheartedly.
-No.
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I think we really need to take
our time and understand this
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a little bit better.
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I think this makes it
something even more special
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than we already thought.
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I know a certain Rick Lagina
will be real interested
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in this, too, who will be back
from the Azores soon.
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So I think
we leave this all like this,
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in case they want to do more
or move something around.
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-Yeah.
-So let's call it,
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-shall we?
-Excellent.
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Meanwhile,
over 2,000 miles away
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on the island of Terceira
in the Azores...
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-Hey, Francisco.
-Hi.
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-Hi, Francisco.
-Thank you.
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...Rick, Alex,
and other members
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of the Oak Island team
have journeyed
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to the region of Serreta
to meet once again
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with Francisco Nogueira.
261
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Like we talk
about this before...
262
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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
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We want to look
at these walls and confirm
271
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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
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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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