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Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island.

They're saying that the Marie Antoinette jewels were buried in Canada.

There was more than just an interest in treasuring.

FDR found answers.

I think we're into something, Rick. If there's box drain, it leads to the

flood. It's proof that the original story is true.

Whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Rick, look at this. That doesn't look natural to me.

This is the shaft they found the gold. I think we should dig right here. X marks

the spot.

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 bits of

gold chain a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it even a 17th

century Spanish coin 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.

In this statement, he actually says Franklin thought they were the lost

jewels of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

So... These are the lost crown jewels of France.

At the Presidential Library of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rick Lagina, along

with his nephew Alex, and researcher Paul Troutman, have just uncovered

startling information concerning America's 32nd president and the 221

-year search for treasure on Oak Island.

As a young boy growing up in upstate New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became

fascinated with the Oak Island mystery after hearing stories about it from his

maternal grandfather, Warren Delano Jr., a maritime trader whose ancestors had

reportedly come to America on the Mayflower.

And they're saying that Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, when making their

escape, they had the jewels in a bag in a brooch.

She handed the jewels to a lady in waiting, and that girl went to Canada.

This girl always said the jewels were buried in Mahone Bay, and that's why

Franklin heard the story and put some money into our expedition.

Could finding the lost jewels of Marie Antoinette really be the key to solving

the Oak Island mystery?

I was dumbfounded by that because that begs another question.

Not the why of it, but where was that information sourced from?

In 1792, as the French Revolution began to enter its bloodiest phase, one of

Marie Antoinette's most trusted servants was ordered to smuggle the Queen's gold

and jewels out of France and take them where they could be used to purchase

safe passage for the royal family and members of their household.

Unfortunately for Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI, the plan failed, and

they were executed by guillotine.

In 1793, although some of the crown jewels later turned up at Europe,

others, including a portion of the 65-carat bluestone that was cut to

create the infamous Hope Diamond, have never been found.

FDR, it was more than just he had an interest in treasure hunting. It was

quite specific.

Yeah, he thought there was something actually to it. Well, what's interesting

is there's never been a connection

a real person, i.e. the lady in the waiting. She comes to Canada. I've never

heard or read anything about that. So where did that piece of information come

from? Well, it must have been something with FDR that he had researched or

something that somebody told him.

Well, whenever you hear stories of specifically crown jewels and you think

back to when we saw a shiny gold object in one of our digs, I'm not saying it's

a guarantee, but, you know, it's a possibility.

After drilling an exploratory borehole in the Money Pit area last year, Rick

Lagina, Dave Blankenship, and island historian Charles Barkhouse discovered

what appeared to be a shiny gold-colored object embedded in bedrock some 170

feet below the surface of Oak Island.

What the hell is that?

It's your gold color, David.

But after the team arranged to send world-renowned diver John Chatterton

down to investigate it. What's that?

The gold-colored object was nowhere to be found.

Even after receiving a number of earlier hits with a metal detector.

Are you picking something up, John?

It would be interesting if we could find who this lady was. Yes, exactly.

And see if we can dig up more background information, especially about her trip

to Canada.

You would think if she were the lady in the waiting and obviously a very

important part of the royal court. Very prominent. Very prominent. That that

name would surface. That name would be known.

Yes. As was usually the case, you find one thing and there's more questions

afterward. But it's a good question. Very interesting clue.

Yeah.

Only through collaboration and cooperation are we going to find

answers.

FDR found answers to problems that troubled the U.S. and moved the country

forward. I hope to move the Oak Island story forward. We need to get to the

bottom of it. And I'm grateful again. We're grateful for all the work you did.

My pleasure. I'm happy to help. The search continues.

Yes. Thanks, Paul. No, you're welcome. Appreciate it. Paul, good to meet you.

Yes, you too.

After a productive day of research at the FDR Presidential Library, Rick

Lagina has traveled back to his hotel in New York City, where he is eager

to share the news of the day's findings with his brother Marty.

You know, it's dynamic.

It's incredible.

Well, listen, speaking of dynamic and incredible, what have you got to tell

me? I mean, I really wanted to go to the Roosevelt thing. And you should have.

It's incredible.

I mean, I had no idea how much history is there.

There's 17 million files of documents.

Wow. What were you able to glean about Oak Island? Tell me about Oak Island and

Roosevelt. Several things.

One, you know, I was always keen to find out why he got involved.

He was intrigued by the Marie Antoinette French crown jewels connection.

It said in there that according to historical accounts, she gave the jewels

to her lady-in-waiting.

The lady-in-waiting emigrates to Canada, finds her way to Nova Scotia.

in her later years, tells people that the jewels were buried in Mahone Bay.

I didn't know that.

I didn't either.

Well, that was a shock, this Crown Jewels of France theory. If that was

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pet theory, it's nice to know that an intelligent,

super accomplished human being, a big figure in American history, also was

fascinating. Makes me feel like we are doing something valuable here.

What is the next step then?

You go to see Zena, is that right?

We are.

We'll meet up with her tomorrow.

Earlier this year, during a meeting with Oak Island researcher Doug Crowell, Rick

and Marty Lagina, along with members of their team, were introduced to New

York-based writer and historian Zena Halpern.

1178 to 1180, backing up that the temple voyage to the northeastern

part of America took place.

There was a mention in the document that the Templars had made landfall

on an island of Oaks.

It's all connected to gold.

What you're searching for here is the possible Templar connection to the New

World first and then specifically Oak Island.

Absolutely. Well, that's great. So that'll be exciting.

I very much look forward to it. Just keep me posted after that meeting.

I will.

All right. That's about all I've got. Hey, listen, big brother. That is a

great summary. Very interesting. I wish the heck I'd have been there, but I'll

be back to Oak Island very soon. Okay. See you. Hurry up. Hurry back. I'm on my

way. I'm on my way. All right. See you.

Zena's research strikes me as not only important, but even on the face of it,

quite credible.

Beautiful neighborhood.

Although his fieldwork at the FDR Presidential Library has opened the door

to what could be another area of investigation,

Rick Lagina, along with researcher Doug Growell, are most excited to meet face

-to-face with Zena Halpert.

Oh, my goodness. Zena. How wonderful to meet you. Wonderful to meet you.

A woman who Rick believes may have discovered evidence of Templar activity

on Oak Island dating as far back as the 12th century.

The way this really surfaced was that Doug made mention that he was in contact

with Zena Halpern. And then I reached out to Zena and called her. And she was

very open and honest that her research, the focus of pre-Columbian contact with

the New World,

expanded to this oak island connection and at that point i'm all ears ladies

first a former member of the new england antiquities research association zena

halpern has devoted much of the past decade to researching possible evidence

of knights templar activity in north america it was during this time that she

came into possession of three possibly authentic templar documents each one

suggesting a connection to oak island the approach i took was to try to fit

the old french map that zena gave us with new satellite imagery one of the

maps in particular dated 1347 matched up perfectly with a number of well-known

sites on the island such as the swamp and the money pit look at the top of

that it follows it perfectly there were also other areas indicated on the map

that the team had never heard of most notably a location labeled the hatch

the supposed hatch is in this general area yeah i think this is it here

holy smokes

these maps are part of

the templar document the main part of the book that i've written covers

a 12th century Templar voyage identified from 1178 to

1180 of a Templar leader by the name of Ralph Day Southerly, who was sent

on a mission to recover ancient scrolls that were hidden

in North America.

Ralph de Soutilly was a Templar knight who, according to some historians, not

only fought for Christian causes during the period known as the Crusades, but he

is believed to have discovered the location of both the Ark of the Covenant

and the Holy Grail.

So how does his voice connect to Oak Island?

Because they stopped at Oak Island.

That's curious.

Thank you.

Let us look at the...

Next document.

The Nova Scotia map shows a gold area.

Mahone Bay has two small dots and a large inlet or a river.

It covers an area from west to east where there was gold.

The gold river flows from New Ross to Mahone Bay, right?

From what I understand, the sand...

from the rivers had gold in it. Yeah, some people can still pan for gold in

the sand today. Can you imagine what it would have been 500 years ago?

Earlier this year, Rick, Marty, and members of the Oak Island team visited

what many believe to be the ruins of an ancient Templar castle at New Ross in

Nova Scotia. On the face of the stone, you can see a very faint outline of a

cross. No ordinary cross, but the cross of the Knights Templar.

Located less than 20 miles north of Oak Island, it is also within yards of the

Gold River, where in the mid-1800s gold deposits were discovered, sparking a

major gold rush.

But is it possible that gold in Nova Scotia had been discovered much, much

earlier and had lured the Templars to Oak Island?

as far back as the 12th century?

You would think that somewhere from Sotele coming back, there had to have

been a transference of knowledge.

Well, the gold matches the area that the Templars marked off on the map.

Might it suggest that New Ross was important to Templars as a way to

source, mine, and then transport gold?

Possibly. and might that be a new source of templar wealth and influence and

power originally created in the 12th century as a security force to help

protect religious christians during their pilgrimages to the holy land the

order known as the poor fellow soldiers of christ and the temple of solomon

otherwise known as the knights templar quickly gained in power and influence

because many wealthy noblemen entrusted them with the safe keeping of their gold

and other valuables they became effectively the first bankers even

creating coins and other currencies which were in turn backed by their vast

holdings now look here we have a template coin

those four dots are the mint makers style of embellishing

coins

and it's only on Templar crosses.

Then I began to think of your, what you call the H&O stone, and I saw that

Templar cross with those four dots.

In 1921, treasure hunters found a huge boulder on the northern shore of Oak

Island, covered with mysterious carved inscriptions.

Thinking it could be a marker for buried treasure, they detonated it with

dynamite before digging underneath.

Although nothing at the time was found, in 1936, treasure hunter Gilbert Hedden

salvaged some of the remaining fragments, including one that was later

nicknamed the HO Stone because it featured an H, a circle with a dot in

the center, and a cross with four small dots around it.

Could Zena Halpern have just made a credible connection linking ancient

Templar markings to one of the most intriguing stone carvings ever found on

Oak Island?

Look, I've always believed that there was an incredible story connected with

Oak Island, and you've now informed us that indeed that is so.

But what is really striking to me is that I thought the story would be 400 or

500 years old. It now appears as though it's 1,000 years old or more.

That is incredible.

As credible as I deem Rosina's research to be, it is but theory at this point.

Now, she's provided documents, incredibly interesting, but there's a

very rich story that's constantly evolving about those documents.

At some point, I'm hoping that we can reach a greater understanding and the

gate opens.

Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you.

All right.

All right, let's go check. Let's go.

Sure.

Following his productive research trip to New York, Rick Lagina has returned to

Oak Island.

The last time the high tide came in, it felt almost at tidal level.

He is now more convinced than ever that something of incredible importance lies

buried there, and that he and the team may be within days of finding out what

it is.

Okay. Craig, Jack's going to explain what he wants to do. I think what we're

going to do, we'll figure out where we want this headwall at, then we're going

to place the dam right on top of that, roll it off. We need to have this about

eight foot from the deepest spot out there.

Today, Rick, along with Craig Tester and his stepson, Jack Begley, have invited

cofferdam manufacturer Jack Nichols to meet at Smith's Cove.

They will make a second attempt to wall off water from the area where there are

believed to be the remnants of a series of five ancient stone box drains.

You're going to actually roll it out with water instead of laying it out like

the... Yeah, you don't want to put it out, just roll it out like carpet with a

little water in it that will take the wrinkles out of it.

It should conform pretty good. I think we'll be good going on my method here.

Okay.

The cofferdam will be composed of two 200-foot-long inflatable sections.

that are connected to form a large barrier around the cove.

We're going to roll out our first dam.

Let's do this.

Last week, the team attempted to install a different cofferdam system, one

comprised of four 100-foot long sections designed to envelop a larger area.

But just as the team began inflating the sections of the bladder system, it burst

wide open.

Oh, no. We got a big leak. Whoa.

It's pouring out over there.

Given the fact that we already had one rupture, I think we're going to have to

be exceedingly careful with the install of this cofferdam.

Picture a giant balloon.

Very thick, very tough rubber that you just pump seawater into.

It forms a ring around the cove, and then you pump the seawater back over the

top of it. It's all temporary for a sufficient time to excavate.

Hey, guys. How's it going?

Going good.

It's really cool. This looks like it'll work.

God, I shouldn't have said that.

I think you're going to be fine. I think you're going to be fine.

We have to keep the water out of this dig site.

You find the box drains. You prove that the booby trap system is real.

What that tells you is someone went to a lot of trouble to protect whatever it

was in the money pit.

I mean, that's highly significant.

Well, Rick, you're getting kind of excited. It actually looks like it might

work. I'm looking forward to taking a look-see.

I'm hoping you see what's been described before, an elaborate, well-made system,

if there's any left of it.

Now that the new cofferdam system has been installed...

The team will have access to a search area of approximately 9,000 square feet.

And assuming this one holds, they will be able to carefully excavate the rocky

cove in a way that has not been done for nearly 50 years.

Well, it doesn't look too bad, and we've got a beautiful day.

Laird, how are you? Nice to see you again.

We have an archaeologist on site, Laird Niven, to coordinate and make sure that

we do a proper archaeological dig.

So this is our project here.

Dan will delineate the area.

Okay. If we find something of significant interest, which you'll be

able to determine that course, the whole idea is to find original works in

Smith's Cove. So I'll get the gear. You guys set out the parameters and how and

where and how deep. Okay.

I'm super excited about Smith's Cove because he is.

You know, he's always about the...

the clues the mystery the puzzle okay that feels like it might be a different

kind of bottom which makes sense it just felt with this shovel but you're going

to start to get into more solid stuff but for me it's a trail of clues if

there's a remnant of the box drain system it's proof that the original

story is true so smith's cove in my opinion is every bit as important as the

money pit.

What do you make of this?

Feel this.

More down there?

No, it's real hard clay.

As I say, there's no clay in the natural formation as far as I know here.

So any clay that should be here is put by man?

Pretty much, yeah.

Could Rick and the team have just found part of a man-made structure?

Perhaps one similar to the elaborate system of box drains and flood tunnels?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Wait, wait, wait.

Right here.

Here's coconut fiber.

I think this is coconut fiber for sure.

Well, we're definitely in the right area.

When the box drain system was first discovered by the Truro Company in 1850,

it was reported to have been covered with layers of eelgrass and coconut

fiber, which acted like a filter to keep debris and sediment from clogging the

flood tunnels.

Yeah, that's a lot of coconut fiber mixed in with the clay and wheel grass.

The presence of coconut fiber on Oak Island is significant, since the nearest

living coconut trees are nearly 2,000 miles away.

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Is that the mother load right there? That looks like it. Yeah, there it is.

But even more astounding is the fact that when Dan Henske and the team found

even more coconut fiber at Smith's Cove three years ago...

It was carbon dated to be between 600 to 800 years old.

We have two really distinct organic layers.

First organic layer here, and then a layer of sand, and then a second thicker

organic layer.

There's no question about it. There is a stratification there, a layered system

that could only have been put down by human hands.

That's perfect.

I want to clear here and get that out and get a few bites back here.

Okay.

Rick, look at this.

Wait, wait, wait. Uh-oh. Little wood in there.

More than a little.

Rick, look at this.

Can you see this piece of wood right here?

Seems really blackened.

Blackened wood found beneath Smith's Cove?

Could Rick and the team be on the verge of discovering another man-made

structure?

Perhaps one that's even older and more elaborately engineered than the

legendary flood tunnels.

And there's a bunch of them, and they're all running in the same direction.

What do you think, Laird? I mean, what do you think?

Well, definitely something's intruded in here. It's definitely heading this way.

Yeah, there's more here now.

Wow. Wow, that's pretty solid.

Definitely the clay layer continues here, that's for sure.

Got a substantial timber here.

Oh, that is odd. I expected a variety of stuff, but this is exceeding my

expectations for sure.

We tag into some wood. It's blackened wood.

What does that mean? It's old.

It's a significant discovery.

There might be the remains of a trench deeper.

So we ought to take a few scoops and see. You want to go that way with it?

Well, deeper first, because you've got an extra five feet now. Just find out if

there's a well-defined trench down there.

Pull it this way.

Whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait.

That doesn't look natural to me. What do you think? I think we're into something,

Rick. Oh, dang.

You want to come out and look at this, Rick?

Yep, yep.

While looking for evidence of ancient man-made box drains at Smith's Cove,

Rick Lagina and members of the Oak Island team may have just made an

incredible discovery.

Where do you think that's from?

Well, it's a structure, no question about that.

The probability of driftwood being that level is low.

Yep. Is this the other edge of it? Yeah.

Yeah, I think we're finding another edge.

It could be a small shaft with a cover on it.

A wooden shaft built below Smith's Cove?

But if so, when was it constructed?

And by whom?

It could be right through here, possibly.

You know, stuff's mixed up all together here.

Yeah, but this is definitely built.

The whole point of the exercise in Smith's Cove is to prove that there are

structures that yet remain that can prove the existence of the artificial

beach. And this might be that very structure.

In an effort to determine whether or not the team has found one of the original

treasure shafts, Charles Barkhouse has been asked to join the team and to offer

his insight.

It's like you've been busy. What do you think?

I'm baffled with what that is.

You know, I brought some diagrams that Robert Restall had done in his work in

Smiths Cove, and also you see here, those are shafts that were put in trying

to intercept the assumed flood tunnel that was coming in.

In 1965,

treasure hunter Robert Restall excavated Smith's Cove and uncovered part of what

he believed to be the remains of the booby-trapped flood system.

It was this discovery that convinced him that if he could find even the remains

of one box drain, he could trace it all the way to the original treasure vault.

Unfortunately, Robert Restall would never live long enough to test his

theory. On August 17th, he, along with his oldest son, Bobby, and two other

men, died shortly after being overcome by deadly H2S gas, which was emanating

from the bottom of a 27-foot-deep searcher shaft.

If you can see right here, Charles, there's another board.

There's nothing under there, right, Jack?

It's laying right on top of the clay.

and I can feel right under it.

Unfortunately for Rick and the team, the sun is rapidly disappearing over the

horizon.

They may have to wait a while longer before they can confirm whether or not

what they found is part of the ancient box drain system or something of a more

recent origin.

We're just at the start of it, and there is a lot of work yet to be done, but

we've succeeded at least initially in our goals.

We are hopeful.

that the trench is going to lead to the box trains okay so charles we're not

done here but i'm done here for the moment yeah you know it's getting

towards dark so we're done then right for the day yep all right okay

it is the start of another new day on oak island

the sanctum sanctorum before returning to their operations

at smith's cove

Rick, Marty, and members of the team arrive at the home of Dan Blankenship.

Here, they are hoping to find information that will help them pinpoint

another drill site, their third, in this year's tireless search for the infamous

Oak Island Money Pit.

I'm going to grab some of the head and stuff it in.

Let's find out what we can. I want to go through the record.

So far this year, Marty, Rick, Craig, and the team have dug two massive 200

-foot-deep holes in the area near the money pit's last known location.

But although the multi-million-dollar operation turned up much in the way of

compelling evidence... I'll be damned. Look at that.

Wood. ...and important information... There are two areas just above the clay

silt down there that are too hard hit. ...they have so far...

been unable to reach their elusive target chances of it being man-made very

small same small small chance where the third hole goes

is a problem we don't have an obvious target we don't we have inferential

targets areas unexplored in the money pit where that vault might have ended up

so there are several possibilities and it's a dilemma there's the drill reports

okay i'll look at pictures You want to look at pictures or you can look at

this? No, I'll look at pictures.

In the more than five decades that Dan Blankenship has lived and worked on Oak

Island, trying to solve the 221-year-old mystery, he has collected a virtual

treasure trove of maps, measurements, photos, and firsthand information

going as far back as the 1840s.

But even more valuable, than the fragile material Dan keeps carefully stored away

in the basement of his home, is the vast amount of knowledge the veteran treasure

hunter keeps within his 93-year-old brain.

I've not seen this before.

Fred Nolan, surveyor.

Drill hole locations.

Fred Nolan surveyed them all in. But he may have made the plan, but that's my

writing on there. Yeah, that's what I think, Dan. I think Fred did this and

you did this.

What were you guys doing cooperating? I'd cooperate with devils. I thought it

would get me the answer of Oak Island.

Being down in Dan's basement, we're looking through a lifetime of search on

Oak Island. There's a lot of information to be gleaned from that material.

Hopefully we'll find something.

Well, listen to this. This is a letter to Gilbert Hedden from M.R. Chappell,

1966. And in it he says, when he excavated a very few feet, he found that

he was in a circular shaft about 12 feet in diameter.

The money pit. The money pit.

Man, is it possible that everybody just missed?

This just missed. This just missed. We just missed. Everybody just missed.

While searching in the basement office of Oak Island resident and legendary

treasure hunter Dan Blankenship, Rick and Marty Lagina, along with Dave

Blankenship and Craig Tester, are hoping to find information from past searchers

that will guide them as to the precise location of the original money pit.

The stakes are high, as millions of dollars have already been spent this

year.

Marty, Rick and Craig are convinced, that if they can find the original money

pit, then finding the treasure and solving the mystery will happen soon

afterward.

Hey, Dan, whose map is this?

MR gave Dunfield the location where he thought the original pit was, and that's

where he dug it. It was in that neighborhood.

In the early 1930s, treasure hunter Melbourne Chappell created a detailed

diagram of the Money Pit area, noting where the original pit was believed to

be. In fact, he was so confident that he had found the exact location, it was not

long before he and his father William began construction on a searcher tunnel

they believed could reach the fabled treasure vault.

Unfortunately, their plans were thwarted.

when ocean water from one of the flood tunnels rushed in and destroyed their

shaft, the remnants of which were discovered by Marty and Rick earlier

this year after drilling a hole in the area known as Valley 3.

Have we seen saw marks on there?

It's probably part of Chapel's shaft.

It was the first I'd seen the originals of many of those things. I'd seen

copies. To me, a lot of it was new.

And some of it, I think, was new to everybody.

This is the one they drilled from. That's the spot they drilled and hid the

chamber from. This was the shaft.

Why the hell didn't they dig there then?

Why did the chapel shaft not dig there?

That's why M.R. was so upset.

This was 34 years later, so they'd lost exactly where it was at. Look, I'm just

one vote. When I look at this, you know, just brand new, if this is the shop they

dug and found the parchment and the gold, I think we should dig right here.

No question about it.

I respectfully disagree.

We need to sit down and look at this. We are sitting down and we are looking at

it.

We don't have much time.

craig way in here where do you want to dig well i don't know i guess i'm

pushing him towards this corner in here all right from here you want to go south

east now i do it right in here maybe even

right in here what between all those wells yeah that's where i would drill no

Where the third hole goes is a problem because the members of the fellowship

have a different idea about where that hole should be.

Craig wants to go to the northeast for his reasons, and Rick and David probably

want to go southwest of V3, and we all have our reasons.

I mean, we're caught between the devil and the deep blue sea here because we

have a massive piece of equipment that's going to cost a fortune.

We can't let that dictate.

I can see why, you know, years ago they just, oh, hang it, let's do a big dig,

let's dig the whole thing up.

The last thing we need to do is make a decision based on, oh dear, we must

decide. I mean, a hasty decision is generally always the wrong one.

And so to that end, we have to be careful and mull this decision over.

It's important.

You're going to photocopy that tomorrow.

Go ahead. You're my guest. Just don't take it. No. Nope.

We've all studied it to varying degrees.

We all have a different place we want to dig a hole.

but we can only dig the one, so we'll find out where that is.

Okay, guys, we've come as far as we can here right now, and we'll talk about it

tomorrow and make a decision.

Thank you, Dan. Let's go.

Hey, boss, how we doing? Gentlemen, how are you?

Good, good. Tell us.

Good. For brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, the quest to locate the original

money pit and the so-called chapel vault has proven to be a much greater

challenge than they expected.

I'm just going to level that area up, put the oscillator back on, and start

digging. Okay.

Convinced that they are closer to finding the original money pit than

anyone else has gotten in more than 100 years.

There's your hole right there.

Okay. He just sprayed it. You're right. That's X marks to spot.

Okay.

They have decided to allow their friend and partner, Craig Tester, to choose the

site of the summer's third and possibly last exploratory shaft.

So right here is the third hole.

X marks the spot.

T1. Tester 1.

So, Craig, how did you guys arrive at a conclusion for the third hole?

Well, my thinking was there was records that indicate the chapel shaft was

south. of the uh money pit so you know we have to go this way to hit the money

pit and i know if we go too far that way then all of a sudden you're at the head

and shaft the old head and shaft in 1937 treasure hunter gilbert heddon

dug a 12 by 24 foot wooden shaft down nearly 125 feet in

search of the original money pit and the chapel vault although heddon was

unsuccessful he believed he may have just missed them by only a few feet.

Looks like it's right here.

Last summer, Rick and Marty Lagina, along with treasure hunter Dan Henske,

unearthed the remains of the head and shaft and marked its precise location

using GPS to aid them in future digging efforts.

We have found it. That is clearly the exterior wall of the old head and shaft.

Well, the head and shaft's there, and it didn't hit it. Let's get at least four

feet away from that.

And, you know, hopefully it's the original money pit area.

It's up to you now.

It's up to me now. Yeah. We want you to bring up wood just like you did last

time, but make it a lot older. Okay. Yeah, when you break through it, make

sure you grab a handful of the shiny stuff that's in the box and bring it up.

It's going to be there, right there. Right there, right there. So wood,

steel, boulders.

Gold. Vault.

Vault. Okay.

Okay. All right. Thanks, gentlemen. All right. See you guys. Maybe I'll let you

fill your pocket and you bring it up.

For Rick, Marty, and their partners, this week has been a productive one for

gathering new clues and finding physical evidence that a valuable treasure really

could lie buried on Oak Island.

But if successful, what will they discover?

priceless crown jewels sacred religious artifacts or will it be something

so incredible that finding it will explain why it needed to be so

elaborately and ingeniously hidden away for more than two hundred and twenty-one

years next time on the curse of oak island

This is packed with stones. Isn't it the flood tunnels? It's the box strings.

This is what was done to protect the treasure in the money pit. That's

beginning to look interesting.

There's a chamber or tunnel system going from Oak Island to Lamass Island.

And in that chamber, there are several hundred tons of gold bullion.

That is a big piece of wood. That's hand chopped.

This is part of the original money pit.