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Here we go. Floodgate's about to open.

Here it goes.

I think it's time to get our feet wet.

‐Let's do it. ‐There's a structure down there.

It's ten feet underwater.

We found Nine. I think this disturbed area

in this photo might be Shaft Two.

Steve can triangulate and see where it intersects.

X marks the spot. ‐Look at all the wood.

‐Oh, look at the wood. ‐Looks like we're in

‐the middle of a shaft. Ooh, look at that!

I don't know why this is here.

‐I don't know what this would be. This may be

bigger than we thought.

There is an island in the North Atlantic

where people have been looking for an incredible treasure

for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found a stone slab

with strange symbols carved into it,

mysterious fragments of human bone,

and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back

to the days of the Knights Templar.

To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.

And, according to legend,

one more will have to die

before the treasure can be found.

Wow.

That is one big machine.

Yeah, that's impressive.

Definitely some iron

‐in Smith's Cove now. Yeah.

Look at that thing.

It's time to start.

We're about to explore new ground.

‐How you doing, guys? ‐Mike, how you doing?

‐Quite well. ‐That is some vision coming down from that hill.

Yeah. For brothers Rick

and Marty Lagina and their partners,

today marks the beginning of yet another

and more extensive investigation at Smith's Cove.

What are we looking at?

Where are you gonna start?

So, we'll‐we'll pull that one sheet; we'll lay it down.

We're gonna lay 'em right in across here.

The team from Irving Equipment Limited

has returned to the area in order to build

a massive extension, or bump‐out,

to the 525‐foot‐long steel cofferdam

they had constructed last year.

How far out is the bump‐out going?

Based on the arch in that 100 feet that we're gonna remove,

it's 50 feet from there out

to the surface of the next wall out.

‐So, are you excited? ‐Oh, yeah, I'm excited, 'cause

when we did the excavation last year,

we didn't really find that much

‐when it comes to artifacts. ‐Yes.

‐And if it's not here, it's got to be over there. ‐Yeah.

‐And we're gonna find it. ‐

Although the Laginas and their partners

made a number of historic finds here last year,

including a boat wharf, or slipway,

that was proven to have been built more than two decades

prior to the Money Pit's discovery in 1795,

the team was shocked to learn that additional structures

and important clues might still lie further out into the ocean.

One of the big agenda items this year is

to finish up in Smith's Cove.

We found some exciting things there last year,

but we never got to the end of the slipway

where there could be all kinds of artifacts.

And that's what this is all about,

looking for friends of the cross,

and an explanation possibly of some of the structures,

their purpose, their age, who did it.

There's a lot of mystery down there,

and we need to explore it.

Okay, Mike, turn it over to you,

‐and let's get it started. ‐Thanks, guys.

Before construction of the bump‐out can begin,

the Irving team must first remove 22 interlocking

steel sheets from the cofferdam wall

using a powerful vibratory hammer,

which is attached to a massive 440‐ton crane.

Once completed,

Rick, Marty and the team will be able

to search a 6,000‐square‐foot area where,

so far as they know,

no previous searchers have ever been able to reach.

Here we go.

Floodgate's about to open.

Here it goes.

Wow.

I think it's time to get our feet wet.

Let's do it.

While construction on the cofferdam continues,

Rick Lagina heads to the Oak Island Research Center

for a meeting with island historian Doug Crowell

and surveyor Steve Guptill.

Hey, Rick. ‐Hey.

Steve and I were just talking about an idea we had.

You know Steve's calculated this on the 3‐D model

for what we found for Shaft Nine.

With finding Nine and proving it was Nine,

we brought back a landmark from the past

at a time when they knew where the Money Pit was.

‐And we know we found Nine. ‐We know it's Nine.

That's that certainty you want to start talking with, right?

Mm‐Hmm.

Hey, Billy! There's wood there!

One week ago,

Rick, Marty, Craig and members of the team

unearthed a massive wooden structure

which matched the historical descriptions

of a searcher shaft built in 1863 known as "Shaft Nine."

According to archival records,

it was constructed some 100 feet southwest of the Money Pit

in an attempt to bypass the flood tunnels

which are believed

to protect the fabled Oak Island treasure vault.

Because the location of the original Money Pit

was still known at the time Shaft Nine was built,

the team hopes to use it as a key landmark

that should help them pinpoint the Money Pit's exact location.

So, Steve's calculated

‐Shaft Number Nine right there. Mm‐hmm.

Which is supposed to be 100 feet away from the Money Pit,

according to the historical documentation.

So, 100 feet out from here

roughly puts an arc through like that.

So, I've been going through my head trying to think

of other landmarks we might be able to bring back.

‐Mm‐hmm. ‐It got me going through

these old photos, and I found this one

from 1931 during the Chappell exploration.

Mm‐hmm.

And this area here really caught my interest.

This looks disturbed here to me.

In fact, back here where Nine is‐‐ that also

‐looks disturbed, doesn't it? ‐That also looks... Yeah. Yup.

We know where Nine is.

We found Nine there.

We know 100 feet away from that should be the Money Pit.

I think this disturbed area in this photo

might be indicating that we should find a shaft in there,

which I think would be Shaft Two.

If there's any shaft that

its relationship to the Money Pit was known, it's Two.

There's no question about that.

In 1805,

one year after the Money Pit flooded with seawater

when Daniel McGinnis and his partners hit what they believed

to be a boobytrap at a depth of 90 feet,

members of the Onslow Company attempted

to work around the problem

by digging an adjacent shaft some 14 feet to the southeast.

Known as "Shaft Two,"

it reached a depth of 110 feet without encountering water.

McGinnis then dug a horizontal tunnel

in hopes of reaching the treasure vault from below.

But within two feet of its target,

the tunnel caved in and flooded.

Shortly afterwards, the Onslow Company went bankrupt,

thus ending the recorded treasure hunt

of the three‐man team who first discovered the Money Pit.

Certainly, Shaft Two is‐is key

to understanding the original location

of the Money Pit, because

the original Money Pit was denoted "Number One,"

and Shaft Two was the second shaft ever dug, trying to

uncover the treasure.

If Shaft Number Two is where we think it is,

then we've got another landmark,

because we know that Two should be

14 feet away from the Money Pit, and we have two measurements.

With Shaft Number Nine right there,

Steve can triangulate 14 feet out and 100 feet out and see

‐where it intersects. ‐Right.

If we can find Two, we have an X marks the spot.

Yeah.

So, are you suggesting a drilling program?

I‐I think if we throw a little bit of sonic at it

and see if there is indeed a shaft there.

Well, look, it's a... it's a great plan.

‐There's no choice but to pursue it. ‐Yeah.

So, guys, there's still a lot of work to do.

Get that X on that map.

Let's find Two. More importantly,

let's find the Money Pit.

Later that afternoon...

‐Hey, gentlemen. Hey, guys.

...Steve Guptill and Craig Tester

join other members of the Oak Island team

at the Money Pit site to begin

a new core drilling operation in search of Shaft Two.

We've picked out a location.

‐So, we'll get them going. ‐Okay.

They're waiting on you over there.

‐They're waiting. ‐Get them spotted.

Using aerial photographs

taken of the Money Pit area in 1931,

as well as the GPS coordinates

of the recently‐discovered Shaft Nine,

Craig and Steve have calculated the location

where they hope to intercept Shaft Two.

‐Right there. Okay.

‐Good enough. ‐That's good enough.

‐There you go. ‐Right on.

Looking for wood. Looking for gold.

Looking for gold. Let's find her.

Come on.

Okay.

‐Tight? ‐Oh, yeah.

Looks pretty good.

Yup.

Using a sonic drill rig,

which utilizes a high‐frequency sound to advance through earth,

rock and other objects,

a specialized coring barrel will take core samples

in ten‐foot intervals, down as deep as 300 feet.

That'll be nice if it's disturbed right off the bat.

‐Yeah. ‐That way, we know

‐we're inside an old shaft. ‐Yup.

We might have a darn good chance of zeroing in

on where the old Money Pit was.

Yup. Definitely.

This could be it right here.

Fingers crossed.

As the drilling operation

continues in the Money Pit area,

Rick Lagina and his nephew Peter Fornetti,

along with team members Doug Crowell and Billy Gerhardt,

travel some 52 miles northeast of Oak Island

to the Helen Creighton Heritage Museum

in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

They are eager to follow up

on a promising new lead Rick just received

concerning the so‐called 90‐foot stone.

Man, I hope this turns into something.

Oh, me, too.

‐Yeah. Whether or not the stone is there,

it's still a wonderful lead.

‐Mm‐hmm. ‐I was at Dan's funeral,

and, uh, this fella came up.

His name is Kevin Rideout.

And he said, "I just have a little bit

of information for you."

He said a number of years ago‐‐

30 or 40 years ago, quite a while‐‐

he said, "I was... happened to be at the...

"Helen Creighton Museum, and...

"a stone was pointed out to me that was in the yard.

I was told that stone was the 'carved stone,'"

quote‐unquote, "from Oak Island."

In 1804, just as Daniel McGinnis

and members of the Onslow Company

reached a depth of 90 feet in the Money Pit,

they discovered a strange olive‐colored stone

containing hieroglyph‐like symbols carved into it

and embedded in a layer of oak logs.

When they removed it, an apparent booby trap was sprung,

which caused ocean water to flood into the Money Pit

and thwart all subsequent efforts to keep digging.

Although the carvings on the stone

were later translated to read,

"Forty feet below, two million pounds are buried,"

there are many who believe the carvings formed

a coded message, which, when properly translated,

would reveal how to shut off the booby traps.

Unfortunately, the stone, which was never photographed

or properly copied, has been missing

for more than a century.

According to legend, it was last seen

in the window of a Halifax bookstore,

the same place where Doug Crowell located

a similar stone just one year ago.

Oh, look at that, guys.

But although the stone Doug retrieved

matched the 90‐foot stone's general description

and dimensions, it had no hieroglyphic markings on it.

As far as the stone Doug found last year,

I just don't think it's the stone.

I think it was perhaps a representation of what once

was in their possession,

and I believe that it currently is still in their possession,

i.e. at the Creighton House Museum.

Probably the best lead we've ever had.

If the stone is there, that has to be impactful.

Yeah, it would be refinding history.

‐Yeah. All I know is one thing.

I'm excited to go. Hopefully it's there.

As Rick and the team make their way

to the Helen Creighton Heritage Museum,

Jack Begley and metal detection expert Gary Drayton

arrive on Lot 6,

located on the western side of Oak Island.

All right, we've made it to Lot 6.

I've been interested in this spot

for a number of years, Gary.

Yeah. And this area's been overlooked.

Mm‐hmm.

Because of the numerous discoveries made

on this side of the island, including a gold‐plated brooch

and ancient tunneling tools known as swages,

that were estimated to be as much as 600 years old,

Gary is eager to search the nearby beach areas

for any valuable clues to help identify

who may have visited the island

prior to the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795.

It's really exciting that we're finally

getting the chance to look here.

Lot 6 has been an area that we've suspected

a lot of human activity in the past.

Who knows what we could turn up.

I think that this area is involved

in the treasure hunt somehow.

And it'd be really nice to find

some sort of artifact that's eroded off the bank here.

‐Relatively unexplored beach, too, I'd say. ‐Yeah.

It should be a good day.

Well, let's get started. Let's hammer this beach, Gary.

Yeah. What I'm gonna do, I'm gonna stick higher up,

and I'm gonna do my usual zigzag along the beach.

Hopefully the beach bank is open for business.

First target up, mate.

I think you got it out, mate.

Ugh. Modern nail.

‐Yeah, definitely modern. ‐Yep.

Here we go.

‐Sounds dig‐able to me. ‐Yeah.

Just here.

There we go.

Two of 'em.

Yeah, look at these. Two old pins.

Yeah, I think they‐‐ there are two here.

They look old. Look how corroded they are.

Square, too. Yeah. ‐And it's square, yeah.

They've got the nice weight to them.

They're a couple of old pins.

This nail would be at home

in any 1700s shipwreck.

The heck are these doing here?

‐Over on this side of the island. ‐Yeah.

Square‐shaped pins

dating back to the 1700s?

And possibly from a ship?

Could Jack and Gary have found evidence of ships

visiting the island before the discovery of the Money Pit?

But if so, what were they doing on the western side

of the island, opposite from the fabled treasure shaft?

What this tells me, whenever you see old iron pins,

there's gonna be some old artifacts.

I like the sound of that, Gary.

Yeah, this is cool.

I think we're onto something.

Good digging. Let's find some more.

I'm gonna go a little bit further down.

I'm gonna take one more sweep down there.

Something good?

That's a big old target.

That's a screamer, mate.

Not very deep, either. An inch.

Well, take a big wide bite of it because there's something

in between those two rocks there.

Ooh! Look at that.

Here, wait a minute, mate. You see the side of it?

‐Yeah. ‐That's big, isn't it? Look at that.

What the heck is that?

g old pin. Oh, yeah.

While investigating near the shore on Lot 6,

Jack Begley and metal detection expert Gary Drayton

have just made an intriguing find.

Look at the grain.

‐Now, that is an old pin. ‐That is old.

This looks like it was used for pinning wood together.

Really? ‐Yes.

I call them cribbing spikes.

I'd say it's 1700s, easy.

I like the sound of that, Gary.

Is it heavy?

Yeah, it's heavy. It's got some weight.

That's a hefty bit of iron, mate.

This is the type that would have been

in a substantial structure.

Yeah. Like a wharf.

An 18th century cribbing spike?

Possibly used in the construction of a boat wharf

or slipway?

Could Gary and Jack have found evidence

of another landing site

on the western side of the island,

where a ship may have offloaded cargo

prior to the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795?

But if so, who built it?

And what were they unloading?

What a great spot we've discovered.

There could have been some sort of activity around these lots.

It might not be gold, but Rick's gonna love this information.

Yeah. A lot of it in one place. That's what you want.

‐Mm‐hmm. ‐Just so much iron.

Why would so much iron be in this one area?

You know this stuff hasn't washed up.

It's got to be a wharf.

‐Yeah. ‐It has to be. It has to be.

We're in the right place.

This is a place where boats came into,

and there was activity in the area.

Whether this is a place

where ships were repaired, or a place where

treasure was unloaded,

We've got the finds to back those theories up now.

I mean, these are big pins.

We found an old wharf, mate.

‐Yep. ‐It's not every day

you make a new discovery on Oak Island.

No. And this is a really big discovery, too.

Yeah. Looks like I'm gonna have to bring a bigger pouch as well.

Yeah, right?

It's pretty exciting.

As Jack and Gary continue their search

for more important clues,

some 52 miles away from Oak Island,

in the city of Dartmouth...

Okay, fingers crossed, toes crossed.

...Rick Lagina, Peter Fornetti,

Doug Crowell and Billy Gerhardt

arrive at the Helen Creighton Heritage Museum...

‐Kevin. ‐Good day.

...where they've arranged to meet with

Kevin Rideout and museum curator Terry Eyland.

So, Kevin, first of all, I want to say thank you

for coming out.

We've been searching for evidence.

Any local lore, any history, any knowledge

of where the stone might be.

And so, when you came up that day, I went,

"Could it be that obvious? You know?

Could it be that apparent?"

I mean, I very much look forward to what you have to tell us.

Well, about 40‐plus years ago, I came here on a tour,

and it was pointed out to me

that this stone was down there from Oak Island.

The lady just mentioned it was brung here

in safekeeping.

‐I found it interesting. ‐You actually saw a stone

‐somewhat exposed. ‐Yeah, it was...

it was a protrusion through the ground,

and she pointed out to me through the window here.

And this curator of the building would not point this out

if it wasn't truthful.

But it had always been on my mind,

why wasn't it excavated and let the public see it?

See what's on the stone, what's on the writings.

You can see you're almost trembling with excitement,

as are we.

I mean, I'm interested in what Terry knows.

I'd like to go out back and speak about it all,

‐or get on the site and... ‐Yeah, yeah, yeah.

‐Hopefully, uh... ‐It's a lot better to see

where we think it is.

That would be fantastic. Kevin, after you.

I have long spoken

of finding the one thing,

and this certainly pushes that boundary for me.

It would be wonderful to find the 90‐foot stone

and to put it

in front of everyone and say, "Here it is.

"Here is one of the most sought‐after artifacts

in the history of Oak Island."

This is the backyard.

That's where we think it is.

What do you remember, Kevin?

Uh, I was in that window there.

We looked out from that window,

and it was pointed out to me this side of the rhododendron.

There was a grubbings there,

‐and there was a stone. ‐In the grassy area,

‐or in that small garden? ‐Well, it wasn't grassy.

None of that was there.

That rhododendron bush is a good 40 years old.

So, supposedly,

when the stone was brought here...

We have absolutely no record of it

because it would've happened before it was a museum house.

Built by a prominent

Dartmouth judge in 1867,

the Evergreen House was later sold

to Dr. Helen Creighton, a distant relative

of Oak Island treasure hunter Augustus Oliver Creighton,

in 1919.

Curiously, it was in this same year

that the bookstore in Halifax

where the 90‐foot stone was last seen

went out of business.

Well, what relation was the Creighton family

to the bookstore?

Well, Augustus Oliver Creighton

was one of the partners in the book bindery,

and Helen Creighton's generation

‐comes down from just above. ‐Oh, okay.

So they would... they would've been cousins.

If this is a family estate, it's pretty logical

that you might've brought it, you know, back here, too.

This whole ridge was, uh, was Creighton property.

It could be under that rhododendron.

Let's go look.

Yeah. Let's head down there.

Yeah. So, let's head down.

You know, as we

walk down the back hill towards the spot,

I'm actually excited about the prospect of finding it.

The idea that the 90‐foot stone that was once

at the A. O. Creighton bookstore and now it resides

at the Creighton family residence...

I find that to be consistent.

It would stay within the family.

So,

if it is under here,

then, you know, you can actually go in and around.

Mm‐hmm. ‐Um...

‐I'll go in. ‐

Oh, that's thick.

No, I don't feel anything...

‐obvious poking up. No.

It's a really likely possibility that it could

‐still be there. ‐Yeah.

I‐I think we need to pursue

an archaeological dig. I mean,

‐it can't be that deep. ‐Sure.

Unfortunately, we didn't find the stone itself,

but it could still be hiding.

It's in the proper location, according to Kevin.

So, there's a lot of work to be done.

So, gentlemen,

‐I think there's a path to move forward. Mm‐hmm.

Uh, get a permit. I mean, you're willing

to come back. We're willing to come back.

We can make this look a lot nicer

‐postinvestigation. Right.

There's more positive about this experience

‐than negative, that's for sure. ‐Mm‐hmm.

And if there's a way to move forward, we just...

‐we go for it. ‐I think it's great.

Because further exploration

of the site will involve digging

on the museum grounds, Rick and the team

will have to first obtain a government permit.

It will still take a few more weeks

before he'll know if the tip he received

at Dan Blankenship's funeral was a good one.

We leave with some regret,

but none of us are gonna walk away from this

without doing everything we can to‐to explore the site.

The idea is to go back and do an excavation.

Kevin, I just want to say thank you.

I mean, we didn't find it today,

but I think amongst the five of us,

certainly, we believe it's still here.

‐Yeah. ‐Uh, so, gentlemen,

I say we get this ball rolling.

So, let's go. Let's head off.

As a new day begins on Oak Island...

Dr. Jardine.

Good morning, gentlemen.

...brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,

along with their partner Craig Tester

and Dave Blankenship meet with representatives

from Irving Equipment Limited at Smith's Cove

to check on the progress of the bump out extension

being added to the massive steel cofferdam.

Well, where are we at, Mike, currently?

We got all the frames in, all in location.

That is the bump out right there, right? ‐Yes.

And we've got both corners turned and we're ready to start.

‐Okay. ‐But this morning I was down there,

and there's a structure down there.

It's got horizontals and then there's vertical wood standing.

You mean, it's not part of the, uh, ramp? There was something...

‐Looks very different. ‐Wow.

Outside of the old... of the first cofferdam?

‐Yes. ‐Wow.

A wooden structure?

Found during the construction

of the cofferdam bump out extension?

Could it be related to the 18th century slipway

the team unearthed here one year ago?

Or might it possibly be even older?

I want to walk out there

and see if I can... Uh, can you see

‐any sight of it? ‐We'll go around that way there.

‐It's better access. ‐Go around that way? Okay. All right.

Rick is always talking about how people

become invested in this,

and, uh, Mike Jardine is certainly no exception.

I mean, he's out there to do a job,

and a complex job with heavy‐duty equipment,

but he's also doing a little exploring on his own,

you know, and he thinks he found a structure out there.

‐See those two logs there, Mike? Yes.

Is that the end of the slipway or is that...

Well, that seemed to be where the end of it would be.

‐Mm‐hmm. ‐Uh, but just on the inside of that,

there's this square structure

that, you know, looks like it's built like a shaft.

The interesting thing is its location.

It's ten feet underwater at high tide.

As far out as it is,

I can't imagine how this was constructed.

It's a little too early to say definitively what it is,

but anything pre‐searcher is of keen interest.

We'll get it dried up and we'll investigate it.

So, we have two options, really.

We can dig this if we follow something back,

and then you're okay, as long as we notify your engineers.

We might be able to dig very close with some tiebacks.

Yep.

I think it'll be interesting what you're gonna,

what you're gonna find right there because

there's definitely, there was a reason why they did

what they did there and hopefully

we can find the reason.

Well, hopefully there's some answers out there.

While the team from Irving Equipment Limited

continues building the cofferdam extension,

Craig Tester joins Alex Lagina, Steve Guptill,

Charles Barkhouse and geologist Terry Matheson

at the Money Pit site, where the drilling operation

to locate Shaft Two is well underway.

How you doing, Colton?

‐Good. You? ‐What do you got?

‐15. ‐Good. Thanks a lot, man.

No worries.

Looks like we've got something interesting there.

That'd be disturbed.

Yeah. I'm no geologist,

but that looks disturbed to me.

Yeah. Maybe we're close to something.

Finding what appears to be disturbed soil

means that human activity has taken place

at some time in the past.

Could it also be evidence that the team is close to finding

the location of Shaft Two?

We do know, relatively speaking,

the positions of the various shafts vis‐à‐vis the Money Pit.

We need these interlocking pieces.

Nine goes to Two, Two goes to X marks the spot.

We use that as stepping stones

to get to where we really want to go, and that is,

"Where is the original Money Pit?"

Okay.

‐Oh, wood. Hello!

Cool.

Definitely got wood.

Just pieces of it, but this is definitely wood.

Good. This bodes well for us being in the middle of a shaft.

This could really be a big breakthrough for us,

and we might be close to finding Shaft Two.

We clipped the wood a little bit.

We know that shaft is there somewhere.

We don't know where, exactly.

So, it just seems to be, you know, getting better and better.

Oh, look at the wood. d. Wow.

That's nothing but a shaft. ‐Yeah. Absolutely.

While drilling at a depth

of some 33 feet in the Money Pit area...

All about stacked lumber here.

...Craig Tester, Alex Lagina and members

of the Oak Island team have located a wooden structure

that they hope to be the one known as Shaft Two.

It was this searcher shaft that was dug

by treasure hunter Daniel McGinnis

and his partners in 1805

in the hope of avoiding the booby‐trapped flood tunnels

that thwarted their efforts to keep digging straight down

in the original Money Pit shaft.

Wow, did we ever catch the edge

of some beautifully stacked timbers there.

‐Yeah. We are in a shaft.

There's no question about that.

This is definitely not a tunnel.

For one thing, it's too close to the surface.

‐Mm‐hmm. ‐If you're gonna do a tunnel,

you're gonna do it much deeper into the ground.

So, we're definitely in a shaft. There's no question about that.

Well, that's good news.

You go through periods

where you just don't have any luck on the island.

And so when you start hitting a shaft

and hitting it right away...

We have more work to do,

but at least we know where it's at.

And if this is Shaft Two, we know that we're finally

honing in on where that Money Pit actually was.

‐Hey, guys. Hey.

What do you got here?

I heard good news. ‐Yes. Good news is right.

Rick, jump in here.

So we're definitely on the edge of a sh... on a shaft.

This is the edge of it.

You just caught the edge of it right now,

as you're running down?

We're definitely going down a wall.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

We just don't know which wall, at this point.

The question is do we keep taking this down,

or do we move over to the center of the shaft

and, and go down from there.

Okay, well, here's the thing. It's an easy call.

‐Keep drilling. Yeah.

Okay.

Keep drilling till you run out of wall. And then...

then a decision has to be made north, south, east, west.

‐But we should punch another hole. ‐Okay.

Now that the team has possibly found

one wall of Shaft Two,

they will drill several more adjacent holes

in an effort to not only confirm the discovery,

but also orient them to the other three walls

of the square structure.

This will tell them exactly which direction

the original Money Pit was known to be located,

some 14 feet away.

If this is the shaft, that's great news.

But we can't prove it yet.

Am I hopeful? Yes. Do I want it to be there? Yes.

But you have to have more proof.

It's all exciting. I mean, this is a...

it's a huge win.

Keep drilling.

The following day,

as the drilling operation near the Money Pit continues...

There you go, Gary.

Getting ready to de‐water this puppy.

...Marty Lagina and his son Alex,

along with Gray Drayton and Charles Barkhouse,

arrive at Smith's Cove after receiving word

that the team from Irving Equipment Limited

has finished building the 6,000‐square foot bump out

of the steel cofferdam.

That's a bump out.

Doesn't that look sweet?

Man, you guys from Irving don't waste time, do you?

‐ ‐I love it.

She's ready to go.

What we're gonna do here now is we're gonna pull the sheet up

‐while we wait for the tide to go down. Yeah.

Oh, you got one open to let it out,

‐then you're gonna seal it up? ‐We're gonna pull one, yeah.

‐Okay. ‐And let it go. Yeah.

In order to expedite draining the thousands of gallons

of seawater that currently flood the area,

the team from Irving Equipment Limited

will pull one sheet of the steel piling

up and out of place.

There she goes!

This will reduce the amount of pumping necessary

to completely dry out the area,

and allow the team to begin excavating

for new, important clues.

We started on Smith's Cove

to find its secrets.

We always want to know what might be hidden in that dirt.

Now, we've got a sufficient bump out, and here we are

with the means and the opportunity.

And the motive.

So is that a timber right there?

Kind of sticking up?

There is a couple timbers there, and then the structure

is over to the right of that.

It's starting to come out there now.

I'd like to go down there and take a look.

There's no problem, is there?

‐No. No problem at all. ‐Let's do it.

There's this new structure that's been uncovered.

So, very curious about what that is,

and specifically, how old is it?

That's what makes it exciting.

It was right here, Marty.

Wow. Look at that.

You got these... these boards that are upright.

And these timbers in behind it.

Very interesting. You ever seen anything like that before?

Never.

Well, mystery number one for Smith's Cove.

I'm, uh, pretty excited about this bump out.

You know, the opportunity, to, uh,

hopefully hit intact materials.

‐We're going in virgin territory now. ‐Yeah.

One day after construction

of the cofferdam bump out was completed,

Rick Lagina, Craig Tester,

and archaeologist Laird Niven

are eager to investigate the recently discovered

wooden structure at Smith's Cove.

I mean, there's this, you know,

what Mike Jardine saw this box‐like structure.

Mm‐hmm.

The entire cove is dry,

so, I hate to say it‐‐

‐everything's looking as good as it can be. ‐

Yeah.

I think we're all excited

about this structure in Smith's Cove.

There has been no historical record,

and there has been

no physical investigative work

in this location, so

opening that door today is... I think everyone's excited

about the prospect of finding something possibly

related to the treasure.

Where's the wood structure at?

See that section there? That little piece?

Oh, yeah. ‐The box is right there.

That's outside of Dan's cofferdam.

‐Anyway, let's go look at it. ‐All right.

Hey, Billy.

Billy!

How far do you think it comes back?

Well, I don't know.

Laird, what do you think?

‐ I don't know. ‐Yeah.

I don't know why this is here. I don't know what this would be.

It's the strangest thing.

Yeah.

So, how do we start here, Laird?

I think the most effective way

is to do the profiling of the side of it.

‐Right. That worked good last year, so... ‐Yeah.

‐Yup. Okay, well,

nothing I like better than the words

"let's get going," so.

‐Billy, crank that up. Let's get going. Yup.

The problem with this log structure

that we found in Smith's Cove is simply this

Is it a very simple explanation

or is it much more complex?

Either way, we've a lot of work to do to try to uncover

what it is and why it was put there.

‐Hey, guys. ‐Howdy, Craig.

We've got this structure right here.

‐Okay. ‐Just starting to uncover it a little bit,

so I want to check for metal.

Okay.

‐We'll see if there's any metal in here. ‐Okay.

‐ No. That's trash.

That was too close.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hang on.

What is that?

What is that‐‐ tar paper? What is that?

Looks like tar paper, doesn't it?

It's tar papered all the way down. Really?

Yep.

Tar paper is a heavy‐duty waterproofing material,

which was widely used in construction

in the 19th century.

Does it mean that the structure at Smith's Cove

was built by treasure hunters;

and not the original depositors?

Ain't that something?

Look at how that's packed in there.

Am I seeing things,

or is there, like, a bunch of cobble?

Quite distinctive, isn't it?

We see piles of rocks all over the place.

‐They look like they've been stacked. ‐Yeah.

If you're gonna build a reservoir

to feed your finger drains,

you'd throw a whole bunch of rocks in the hole, right?

And they would hold water.

Is this part of the flood tunnel system?

It's possible.

Stacked rocks?

Found alongside the mysterious log structure?

And in an area where no previously documented search

has taken place?

Could the team have just found evidence

connecting this log and stone structure

to the legendary booby‐traps that feed seawater

into the Money Pit?

See that?

That's a substantial amount of water coming through there.

‐See that water coming out? ‐Yeah.

It's coming out from underneath.

I think this is the flood tunnel system;

the finger drain that they recorded.

That everyone talked about.

Yeah, could be, couldn't it?

We have to keep digging to find out. ‐Exactly.

I think what we do is, have Billy continue,

see if that feature continues this way or that way.

If we find that there,

I would tend to agree with Jack.

If this is part of the flood tunnel system,

then we have intercepted the hydraulic connection

to the Money Pit. That's huge.

If all that existed

to conceal something of immense value,

then these theories

immediately ratchet up to more credible.

Theories that something indeed happened here long ago,

which may or may not change history as we know it.

Another day, another structure.

We got off to a good start.

Let's see if we can find anything else.

There you go.

For Rick, Marty, and their team,

the important clues they need in order to solve

the 224‐year‐old Oak Island mystery

are getting closer every day.

But as they continue their ambitious operations

at Smith's Cove, in the triangle‐shaped swamp,

and at the fabled money pit,

will they find the answers they have been looking for?

Or will they only discover those answers

they have been allowed to find...

by those who buried something deep on Oak Island

more than two centuries ago?

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island...

Oh, wow, look at that.

Oh, it is a timber. It's a timber.

We don't have any structures like this on any of our maps.

This could be some of the early workings.

This painting was an instrument

to record a secret about Oak Island.

I would dig where the shepherd points.

Wow. Lots of wood.

We're on a corner. The Money Pit's

‐14 feet away. ‐That's stunning.

I mean, that's zeroing in.

The Money Pit may no longer be lost.