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Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island.

We are starting to zero in on something. Yeah, baby!

A special two-hour season finale.

There were odd things coming up. The heck is going on down there? Ten years

of planning.

That piece was used for treasure chests.

Four years of digging.

What happened there? We think we found a man-made chamber deep in the money pit.

Finally pays off.

Holy... That's the vault!

We've done it. Yes!

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.

For Rick and Marty Lagina, the stakes couldn't be higher.

A lot of wood.

So far this year, they, along with their partners, have spent hundreds of hours

and millions of dollars in an effort to solve the Oak Island mystery once and

for all.

I keep on thinking we're going to run out of wood, and they've been load after

load coming up.

Wood coming up every one?

Yeah, for about five, six in a row. We already dumped one load.

So far, they have completed excavating three massive holes in an effort to find

the mysterious treasure vault.

Although each location did yield a number of important clues.

All be damned.

Wood.

Wow. That is the big judgment.

I mean, what if this is part of the money pit, the original money pit?

The team's enormous frustration over the failure of their third hole.

prompted a rare emotional confrontation between Rick and his brother Marty.

There has to be an enough's enough.

Maybe we're done with the money pit.

No.

I'm interested going to the Southwest, and then we continue pushing a new hole

down. You want to do this.

Yeah, I do.

I'm kind of feeling shifted towards doing it.

But you know what? I think the final position of this one should be yours.

Nobody deserves that more than you. It is as simple as that.

Do it together.

The result was Gal 1, which was named after

Rick and Marty's parents.

For them, it symbolizes not only their bond as brothers, but also their

determination.

to honor the sacrifices of everyone who has helped make their childhood dream a

reality you know we had the charles well and the tester well we decided to name

it after our parents so rather than just the lagina well we decided to call it

the georgian and lagina well and i think our sisters would be happy with it as

well yeah unfortunately gal one is the last hole that will be dug

on oak island this year these are hand done The partners have spent well beyond

their engineering budget, and another harsh Nova Scotia winter is only a few

weeks away.

Actionable information has to come from that hole. It's that simple. You have to

find something underground.

We want answers.

Rick wants answers.

I would like answers, though. We're moving forward.

We're down to the depth where that... We went to, I think it was shaft number

six. They went to 118, and then... went across and they had the big cave in so i

think that's the one we're seeing right here in 1861 a team of treasure

hunters dug a large shaft 18 feet west of the original money pit known simply

as shaft number six it was excavated to a depth of 118 feet in an effort

to come in underneath what they hoped would be a treasure vault unfortunately

as the team began tunneling eastward toward the money pit they hit a booby

-trapped flood tunnel which inundated the shaft with sea water but even worse

was what happened a few days later when several loud crashes were heard

underground indicating that the wooden timbers of shaft number six along with

the wooden cribbing inside the money pit had collapsed and most likely created a

cave-in of the treasure vault One which would have scattered its precious

contents into other areas, deep below ground.

The money pit collapsed towards shaft number six. That's the debris field.

That's what I'm looking for.

We need to take a good hard look at all the spoils as they come up. Metal

detect, you know, go through it physically.

Because it could be anywhere from 85 feet, give or take, to 118.

Here it comes.

I think it's the tunnel, the searcher tunnel.

So we've got to get to the bottom of the tunnel where if the treasure blew out,

it'd be sitting on the bottom of the tunnel. It would be, yeah, because they

came down and went over it.

But when we go out of the wood, we should be bringing something out.

If the Gal 1 exploration hole has breached shaft number 6, Could the team

really be just a few feet away from the original money pit?

Did you get some depths?

Yes, sir.

We're 119 with the casing and 114 with the hole.

From this depth. From this depth.

So, Rick, at this point with the wood you see coming up, are you concerned at

all about that? I was initially because, you know, we're getting raw material,

which is hand-hewn. Are we in a tunnel?

Have we come down the side of a shaft?

The only definitive...

Statement you can make is when you're holding something.

Yeah. It's like hunting for a treasure galleon. When the ship wrecked or was

lost, there's a scatter of clues across the ocean floor.

We basically have the same thing going on here.

Where did it go?

Not wood.

There's information that's up in the spoils. You've got to find it that way.

They're up there. You want to go up there?

Yeah, I want to see one more.

Always one more. Always one more.

As the steel caissot continues to grind its way even lower into the possible

treasure site, just a few hundred feet away on Lot 18, Marty Lagina, along with

Charles Barkhouse and metal detection expert Gary Drayton, are searching

through the spoils that have recently been removed from Galwan.

You want me to spread this, Gary?

Yeah, please.

This area, all the peaks.

This stuff is incredibly hard to shovel.

And so I'm basically just using the teeth of the backhoe to shuttle it back

and forth.

The depth of investigation of his metal detector is only about 12 to 18 inches.

So if you have a two-foot pile there, you're missing, you know, almost a foot

of material.

That's not too bad. Should we try digging in there, mate? Yep.

There it is.

Found a cool find, Charles.

What is it?

Looks like a sailcloth needle to me. Really?

That looks like a double-ended, that's like a...

I mean, obviously, it's made in that shape.

That's cool.

Marty, Gary thinks he found a sailcloth needle.

Really? Yep.

A sailing cloth needle, it would have been made out of iron, and obviously,

they would have wrapped the thread around it and used it for sewing canvas

sails. Would you put the last one through the dead man, too?

Yeah. Through his lips? Yeah, that's the way it goes. What do they call it, a

dead man's stitch or something?

Yeah, just to see if he was alive before they threw him overboard.

During the period from the 15th to the 18th century, it was customary for a man

who died while aboard a sailing ship to be buried at sea.

The dead man's body would often be sewn into his hammock with the last stitch

made through his nose or his lips to make sure he was deceased.

Could this sailcloth needle found buried in the Money Pit area be further

evidence that a large sailing ship was once used to bring something of great

value to Oak Island centuries ago?

You know, the reason why Gary is here, of course, is because he's eminently

capable with that Minelab CTX 3030 metal detector.

All right, enough of this iron. Let's find some gold.

Agreed. My whole thing about Gal Hole is that hopefully we're in the debris

field. If we are, then we need him to find something.

If it's there, Gary will find it.

That's a decent sounding target.

Right in there? Yeah.

Underneath that pile there. And if you could dump it here, it'd be great.

Man, can't even get through that stuff.

All right, something here.

We've got a coin.

I found a coin.

Come on.

It's a gold coin.

All right, this I got to see.

I found a coin! Come on!

It was a gold coin.

Yes!

A gold coin?

Could this be the first solid evidence that an incredible treasure still lies

buried deep within the Oak Island bunny pit?

Oh.

That's got some marks on the inside of it. Let me see.

Okay.

There is wording around the outside of it.

yeah spit on it just moisten it a little bit oh well there there

there's a there's writing on the outside wouldn't you say my eyes are horrible i

can't tell all right this i gotta see yeah honest to god a coin out of this

spoils part i think so it's either a coin or a ball and i'm just marking

around the outside marty look at that put some water on that

Give me the bottle.

Give me the bottle. I can read it.

Friendships go out the window.

That's right.

I just want some info.

Can you read the writing?

I think it says plated.

What the hell would that mean?

If it says plated, it's a button.

What's it doing deep in the money pit? Almost an untapped area.

It's highly meaningful.

It's something out of place. It's in the money pit, very deep, in an area where

it shouldn't be.

Well, maybe that is a button.

Well, I don't know. I mean, the reason you think it's a button is because it

looks like there's... Like a little dimple in the middle.

But it doesn't go through.

Yeah. The officers back in the day in the Army and the Navy in the 1700s and

1800s, they used to wear nice gold-plated buttons.

Yeah. And if it's a button, it's a cuff button.

A gold-plated British military button, possibly dating to the 18th century?

Could this be further evidence of British military activity on Oak Island

in the years before the money pit was first discovered in 1795?

Holy smokes. Look at these.

Wow. All in one spot? Yep.

Earlier this year... while searching an area of the island that was once owned

by a former american slave named samuel ball the team found a number of 18th

century british coins buttons and other artifacts now we've got to start putting

things together we've got a button we've got coins and this maybe this is some

kind of cam we are starting to zero in on something something happening here of

substance in the mid-1700s. Fred Nolan felt that the money pit was engineered,

that it was done by a disciplined group of individuals.

You know, where are you going to go? Who has all of those capabilities, if you

will, at that time? It would be military.

If that little gold button predates the discovery of the money pit, then yeah,

it is the most important thing dug out of the money pit since, well, maybe

ever.

No, the fact that you found it, we're able to find it. The fact that you found

it is what's amazing.

Well, that's what you guys invited me to come to do. You said you'd find gold, by

God. You were supposed to find a tiny bit more than that, but that's okay.

Later that day, as the excavation continues at the Galwan Worksite, Rick,

Marty, and members of the team take time out to welcome back two very special

visitors.

Visitors who have a profound historical connection to both Oak Island and the

infamous Money Pit.

Hi, Joan. How are you?

Welcome back. Thank you. It's good to be back. Under such circumstances, but

welcome back.

Hi, Jean.

Hi. How are you? Welcome back.

Thank you.

Sisters Jean and Joan McGinnis are direct descendants of Daniel McGinnis.

one of the three young men who first discovered the money pit in 1795.

According to legend, McGinnis and two of his friends were standing on the

mainland when they spotted strange flickering lights on the eastern side of

the island.

Making their way across Mahone Bay in a small boat, they quickly followed the

lights to the base of a large oak tree.

Once there, McGinnis and his friends spotted an old pulley hanging from a

branch, and at the base of the tree was a large circular indentation, as if the

ground had been disturbed by the digging of a hole.

Knowing the area to have been frequented by Spanish and Portuguese pirates, the

boys began to dig, looking feverishly for pirate treasure.

For days and weeks they dug,

carefully laid at intervals of 10 feet.

Now, I've been told they found three treasure chests.

Really? Really.

Last year, Joan, Jean, and their younger sister, Joyce, journeyed to the island

in order to share an incredible family secret.

This is one of the stories we were told as children. Grandpa Daniel, five

generations ago.

he noticed the depression in the ground so he and his two friends started

digging they found three treasure chests and what is in this box is one of the

things that came from that chest oh my goodness

well that is quite extraordinary

You know, it seems like far longer than a year since you were last here.

And, you know, we appreciate you coming back.

Well, I love this place.

It draws me.

It has a hold on me.

It's like coming home.

Unfortunately, today's visit by the McGinnis family is overshadowed by

sadness.

In the year since their last visit, Joan and Jean's younger sister, Joyce, lost

her long battle with cancer.

And to honor her memory, Rick, Marty, and the team have arranged for Jean and

Joan to return to Oak Island in order to offer her a special tribute.

What is that?

I had Joyce's ashes, some of Joyce's ashes, blown in glass.

Mm-hmm, it's beautiful.

It's got real pretty colors in it.

Oh, wow.

Okay, so ladies, I think why don't we go to the McGinnis Foundation and we have

this memorial for Joyce.

Okay? Okay.

On the western end of Oak Island...

Rick and members of the team arrived with Joan and Jean at the site of the

old McGinnis Family Foundation, built by Daniel McGinnis in the early 1800s so

that he could live there while searching for treasure.

Having the McGinnis sisters come back, on a personal note, they're part of this

magic place, if you will, this storied place.

So to have them come back, even though, albeit, it's under some sad

circumstances...

They're part of the Oak Island family, and I welcome them back.

So ladies, this is obviously the McGinnis Foundation, and so why don't we

walk down inside, and then you can pick a stone where you'd like to place it.

Good.

Joan, if you want to wait there, I'll come back up and get you. How's that?

Okay, thank you.

For Oak Island historians, the McGinnis Foundation is considered hallowed

ground.

It is so important, in fact, that the Canadian government has declared it

strictly off-limits unless special permissions are obtained.

For me, my thoughts when I stepped down into the Foundation is how committed

everyone that has preceded us have been.

They've built a life around this mystery.

And it remains today.

Two centuries later, that connection remains.

I think if you'd like, There's a perfect place of concealment and place

of safety right there if you'd like.

Let me see if it fits.

It should go all the way to the back.

I think you might want, Joan, you might want to hold it one time. I would.

Unfortunately for Rick Lagina, the recent death of Joyce McGinnis is not

the only loss he has suffered this year.

Last June, he received the tragic news that one of his Oak Island heroes, Fred

Nolan, passed away.

How many years' work does this map represent?

40, 50 years.

Wow. There is much loss associated with Fred's passing.

But he lived a wonderful life. He pursued his passion.

He contributed to the history of this place.

I was and am currently still saddened by his passing. He will not be forgotten.

It's a lovely thing you've done.

Time flies, suns rise, and shadows fall.

Love is forever over all.

She was mine.

Best friend and... I'll be missing

her.

That's very lovely.

She's home now.

Right? She's home.

It was a touching moment.

Leaving on the island a memento of their sister.

is obviously important to them and we're willing participants in that it's

important to them thus it's important to us okay we're just going to turn around

then we'll head back to the museum okay okay

John, I think we're all excited.

I think we finally, finally, maybe after all these years, we're going to get some

answers. Yes.

So, Jean, I take it that's the cross?

Yes, it is. Okay, why don't we go in? Okay. At the Oak Island Visitor Center,

Rick Lagina and members of the team have arranged for Joan and Jean McGinnis to

have expert analysis conducted on the gold cross they believe Daniel McGinnis

found in the money pit more than two centuries ago.

Dr. Lori. Hi, Rick. How are you? Nice to meet you.

Speaking with you all this time, it's nice to meet you.

It's good to be in Oak Island.

Dr. Lori Verderay is an internationally renowned art and antiquities expert and

former professor of art history at Pennsylvania State University.

For nearly two decades, she has studied and identified ancient artifacts from

all over the world.

Gene and Joan were kind enough to bring the signature item related to Oak Island

lore history.

And, of course, that is the cross.

We all want answers.

Okay. I'm hoping that you can weigh in on this and enlighten us. Well, let's

see. Let's see what we've got. There we go.

Yeah, you really do have something very interesting here, ladies.

What we're looking at here, of course, is a gold cross of high carat weight,

probably between 22 and 24 carats. What you have here is rose gold. It's a

Christian cross.

In many ways, it's very Spanish colonial, which indicates that it was

probably cast in the Spanish colonies, which were known as the Spanish Indies

at that time.

Mexico, Peru, areas like that. The piece dates between 1550 and 1700.

The fact that it is irregularly shaped indicates that it was cast into a mold.

You see all the holes?

The holes were for emeralds.

Then would it be your contention then that they were pried out?

Not pried out, knocked out.

Gold is soft, so it's easier to get it out of a piece of gold than it might be

able to get it out of a different metal.

There's a definite front and a back based upon the information she was

providing. And you could see little marks on the back. You could definitely

see that.

I wish I had it when it was packed with emeralds. Or at least to even see it.

From what I know, the Incan, the South American emeralds, still are the very

best in the world. Highly prized.

The possibility that what lies deep below the surface of Oak Island is a

vast Spanish treasure hoard.

originally stolen from the ancient Inca, is a notion that has been widely held by

many Oak Island enthusiasts, most notably veteran treasure hunters Dan

Blankenship and Fred Nolan.

They believe the treasure may have been buried there by the Spanish as early as

the 1500s, or by the British, who may have stolen it from the Spanish after

the Battle of Havana in 1762.

Could this small gold cross reportedly found in the money pit back in 1795, be

proof that Dan and Fred's theory is true?

It's a wonderful, fantastic piece of history and one which has become really

the object of objects here on Oak Island. Yes.

This is our legacy.

That's part of the miracle that it even survived.

Yeah. You have our utmost respect and thank you for...

for bringing this significant object forward and to tell the story of the

McGinnis family as it relates to Oak Island.

And we thank you very much.

Dr. Laurie, here's a few other items that I wanted you to take a look at. Oh,

okay.

In addition to the gold cross, the team is hoping Dr.

Laurie Verderam can also help identify some of the other interesting items

discovered on the island earlier this year.

I think you'll find that quite interesting.

Okay, now this particular piece, this is an 18th century tag.

Well, it says Ball right here on this tag.

What? Wow.

That one time was actually owned by Samuel Ball, an escaped slave who fought

in the Revolutionary War.

When did he come here?

1783. When New York was evacuated, he came with the British Army. I mean, the

fact that Samuel Ball came here and he made a wonderful life for himself on the

island.

There's a possibility that he may have found something on Oak Island.

And that's maybe how he acquired his wealth.

That's fascinating.

Terrific. Great piece of history.

One other piece here, Dr. Lurie.

And this is a spike.

Oh, look at that. That's nice.

Earlier this year, metal detection expert Gary Drayton, along with Jack

Begley and Alex Lagina, made an intriguing find in the Oak Island swamp.

That is old. It's an unmade spike.

That's pretty good. That is cool.

Those who believe that the Oak Island treasure is actually comprised of stolen

artifacts from Central and South America.

have long theorized that the objects were brought to the island in the hold

of a large sailing vessel after unloading its precious cargo the ship

was likely sailed to the middle of a narrow channel that divided the east and

west sides of the island then two large cofferdams were most likely constructed

and the sea-water drained so that all evidence of the ship could be concealed

in what would be a man-made swamp

The very same body of water that still exists on Oak Island to this day.

Could the spike and the fact that it was found in the swamp be evidence that this

audacious theory is correct?

Well, now this I have to look into some more. Any ideas off the top of your head

what it could be?

I have lots of thoughts swirling around.

I'm going to take a little bit of time to look through into this. Fair enough.

Is that good for you guys? Absolutely. She had not been bemused by any of these

artifacts. She spun them off as quickly as they were presented to her. When

she declines to make any sort of statement about the spike, yeah, of

course, it's very interesting. We now have a significant Spanish connection.

We now have a British military connection and a complete unknown, at

least currently.

And so I think it's been a really good day. But, but, but, as we all know, the

thing is, is that there are more questions.

Yeah.

Dr. Laurie, thank you very much. We appreciate all your efforts. My

pleasure.

You know, without you, we'd be guessing.

And now we are not.

Thank you.

So a couple days and I'll get back to you.

The fact that you're intrigued, I think we're not all intrigued.

One day, after

the emotional and informative visit to Oak Island by sisters Jean and Joan

McGinnis... Morning, guys.

Morning. Marty Lagina arrives at the Money Pit site to check on the progress

of this year's fourth and final exploration shaft, Gal 1.

All right, talk to me. Where are we at? What are we doing? What do we got?

We're 151 feet with the casing, 150 feet with the excavation. We got out of that

cement-like rock.

Okay. And then we got into two buckets of pure, pure clay.

Okay, well, that'd be good. And then we got into kind of some silty, sandy clay

and then fragments of wood.

Fragments? Some full chunks, like six by six.

We got into 20 feet of clay, which would indicate... back to normal oak island

conditions and then more wood which of course gets our interest level up yeah

okay well we're past what rick's objective which was the debris field so

now we're looking for the uh the chapel vault the blair vault whatever you want

to call it i think we keep on hitting the edge of the chapel i think it's that

ain't good going in and out a little bit we would be by all accounts right at the

top of the vault then right yep all right

It was at a depth of 153 feet back in 1897 that treasure hunters

William Chappell and Frederick Blair drilled into what they believed to be a

seven-foot-high wooden vault.

But what made the find even more exciting was that when they examined

their drill bit, it appeared to contain small bits of gold.

Unfortunately, when Chaplin Blair later dug an enormous shaft in an effort to

retrieve the vault, the entire area flooded with water and collapsed and the

vault has been lost ever since we're poised on the vault how prophetic is

that earlier this year rick marty and the team believed they'd identified the

location of the lost chapel vault man did we bingo that they soon became

bitterly disappointed however after learning that what they had found was a

searcher shaft dug by William Chappell's son, Melbert, during his attempt to find

the mysterious wooden vault back in 1931.

Do you think this is searcher as opposed to original depositor?

In all probability, just by the texture of it, it's probably part of Chappell's

shaft.

All right, well, maybe the Chappell's shaft just missed the vault.

Keep digging.

Keep digging. All right.

thanks very good we're on hole number four i had said before it's three

strikes and you're out and you know we got an extra strike here in this this

particular game so we're digging it we're still searching for that elusive

vault after their recent find of an 18th

century british military button jack begley and metal detection expert gary

drayton are more determined than ever to search the Galwan spoils for possible

artifacts.

Good to see you, Dave.

There'll be some metal in that pile. Yeah.

So that bucket there should be gold.

Yeah, there should be something in it. OK.

Thanks. Hopefully.

Bring some more.

Yep. And don't forget the gold.

Right. We're finally getting spoils that are at the depth where there could be

treasure. and so it's exciting as you're running the metal detector over the pile

you're just waiting to hear some sort of precious metal ding because you're

always hopeful that you're gonna find something good i mean it's the money

sounds good iron uh

yeah i've got an iron reading but it must be something substantial looks like

a big piece of iron

It's reading about six inches, so you might have to... This is the last pile

that came out.

I thought I had it. Dang it.

There's a little bit of a squeaky signal. Yeah, it's probably deep.

I'll dig out a bunch. Yeah.

Let's dig everything.

That's a weird reading.

Check the holes.

What the heck is that?

It almost looks hammered.

That's weird.

Wow, look, and it looks like it's got a square hole in it.

What? Oh, you see that? It looks like a square hole from a nail, a square nail.

I think you might be right.

I mean, look at the way it's punched out this side.

It's the same kind of deal.

Yeah, you're right.

That's definitely old, with a square hole in there.

Yeah, it's not a uniform width or depth either.

Prior to 1800, iron nails tended to be hand-forged by blacksmiths and often

tapered into square shafts.

But what then was the purpose of this mysterious metal object?

Could Gary and Jack have just found another important piece of evidence?

Okay, let's try this pile here. These don't look like they've been detected.

As Jack and Gary resume searching the Galwan shaft spoils for clues...

Operations at the Money Pit site continue.

Well, big bro, let's go see what's going on.

No big chunks of wood.

Look at that.

So that's the biggest piece.

we've pulled up in a long time yeah

the

machine there and no it's not none of this is machine you can definitely have

a very strong smell to it smelling nice hey is

that five inches yeah that's five

That's a big one there.

What is it? What is it and where did it come from?

Now we have to get the items cleaned, looked at, dated, glean all the

information we can. Perhaps then you can make a determination or an assessment of

what this may imply.

Come on, bring something up.

It's time, Andrew.

Right here.

That's the vault. You're taking it apart right now.

That's what I'm hoping, anyway.

They're a lot bigger feet.

They're a lot bigger. They were coming up vertical.

Coming up vertical, they are.

I wonder if that was ripped apart or oscillated apart.

Might we be in the area of the vault?

In finding this structure, it could answer the questions that have driven me

since I was a little boy. Might answer the who.

Might answer the when.

and it might answer the how.

It's big, it's huge.

Wow, is that hard.

Feel that, feel that.

What is that?

Resin maybe?

It's all on here too.

That'd be like a black tar or something they used down there.

It's possible the real ancient peoples, if they dug here, maybe they dipped it

in pine tar or something, I don't know.

But it has a bit of a hydrocarbon spell, and it's very black. It looks different

than the timbers from above.

Pine tar is a sticky substance which has been used for centuries, not only as a

wood preservative, but also as a sealant to protect the contents of wooden

structures from water.

Where should the vault have been?

Right here.

If these are the verticals.

Well, we're coming down a corner of it. We've got to be.

I think these things are sitting horizontal because that's where, look at

that, that's where it's digging through them. Yeah, I do too.

Drive yourself crazy thinking of the possibilities. It could be a timbered

room.

No, I agree, but I want to see it.

I say we keep advancing this.

More wood.

What are you, tearing up a house down there?

Aside from finding a gold-plated button and several old wooden timbers, the

team's last-ditch effort to locate the original money pit has so far yielded

only modest results.

First we go through wood, then there's a void, if you will, or a lack of wood,

and then we're back into wood, and then we come out of it again.

There shouldn't be layers of tunnels.

But again, a money pit is almost a complete unknown.

Which tunnels lead where? What company did it? Were they cribbed? Were they

roofed? Were they floored?

I mean, very, very little information about the money pit in general.

Where did all this wood come in from?

Tell me, man.

Tell me.

Having worked on Oak Island for more than 40 years, Dave Blankenship has

extensive knowledge concerning every aspect of Oak Island and the 221-year

-old mystery.

Look, nobody knows what's down there. Nobody.

Nope. Father doesn't, Fred didn't. Nobody can look down there.

It's not so. I would say that's the top piece, the roof.

Really?

what's this what the hell is that that's metal metal

found some 150 feet deep underground could the team have just

discovered a piece of the long-lost chapel vault or have they found

something else perhaps something even more incredible we're getting tin now

you don't turn the roof off now

What are you doing to us here, Rick?

I have no idea, Andrew. I wish I knew.

Just seeing what you can drill through.

I have no idea what the metal means.

We were all surprised. I think we all said at the same time, what's that?

I can't even articulate a proper response.

Metal from that depth?

It's strangely modeled metal.

Almost like it's hand-hammered.

It has that look to it.

It's heavier than you think. Yeah, it is heavier than you think.

So that's Dave, what they might be using it for.

I'm just wondering, Dave, the pumps they put down there, did they put any kind of

covers around the pumps? Not that I know of.

That has no business of being down there that I know of.

Here comes another one that's that bad.

Let's give my brother a call.

Tell him about the metal.

There's some metal right there.

Hey Marty.

What's up?

We've brought up some pretty big sheet of metal. It's probably a foot and a

half by a foot and a half.

You know it's a bit baffling so why don't you come on up.

Okay. This is interesting.

You know, they've always said about charcoal being down there, you know,

various levels. Could you misinterpret that as charcoal?

I don't know.

This is that huge chunk of it.

Definitely charcoal.

In 1804, as members of the onslow company began excavating the money pit

they reported finding large amounts of charcoal at a depth of approximately

thirty feet the searchers speculated that they had found evidence of an old

furnace which would have been used to draw air down into the pit for the

workers who constructed the original treasure vaults is it possible that the

strange pieces of metal The team is pulling up from the bottom of the Galwan

shaft. Are the remains of an abandoned searcher furnace?

Well, keep it, Beats. We should have this look at it.

We've found intriguing objects.

Metal.

Charcoal-like rocks, I'll call them.

There's enough clues, if you will, there to say, we've got to explore this

further.

This is it.

We grab it, though.

Grab that piece.

Heavier than it looks, isn't it?

Wow.

Yeah, that does not look modern. Do we know what precise depth this came from?

You.

154.

A metal plate discovered 154 feet deep in the Money Pit area?

It was almost at this same depth that treasure hunters William Chappell and

Frederick Blair reported finding evidence of a seven-foot-high wooden

vault back in 1897.

But when they tried to drill deeper, their drill bit was stopped by what they

thought was a mysterious metal plate located some 171 feet underground.

Could the metal object the Laginas found actually be a piece of this plate?

Or does it suggest... that much of what they believed about the chapel vault was

only partly true.

I mean, this could be the iron plate described, well, it could be the

impenetrable thing where the auger bit stopped, couldn't it? That's where they

couldn't get through something.

It's within a few feet, yeah. So we have torqued out with the oscillator.

You cannot move it left or right anymore.

The emotions at Gal 1 have suddenly turned serious.

It seems the drilling caisson has come upon a metal object that it cannot

penetrate. There's too much negative skin friction on the pile to actually

turn it anymore.

Can't stall.

So, wait a minute. We're like on the verge of something exciting and we're

stalled? Is that what you're telling me? Yeah.

We have torqued out with the oscillator.

What does that mean to you? That means we can't go further with the casing

right now.

It is a tense situation on Oak Island.

After finding large pieces of a mysterious metal in the exploration

shaft known as GAL-1, the massive 58-ton steel drilling caisson has hit what

seems to be an impenetrable metal object.

at a depth of approximately 154 feet.

The casing is stuck.

The oscillator can't move it down any further.

So that's very disturbing.

Is it possible that Rick, Marty, Craig, and the team have found the same large

metal obstruction that treasure hunter William Chappell described back in 1897?

Could the team have located An actual treasure vault.

And really what might be happening is if there is bedrock that we're commonly on,

he's pushing on the rock and trying to turn it, and then you got the negative

skin friction working against you.

Is there any way we can get any deeper than what we are right now? Yeah, it's

possible. The can could advance another five feet, and we could hammer grab

another five feet. That'd be ideal.

Sure.

So we'll go in now and chisel past the underside of the can, break up what we

can get, and then go in with a smaller grab and pluck out whatever broke up.

Okay. We'll see how this works.

Good.

In an effort to penetrate the metal obstruction, the team has decided to use

what is known as a chisel bit, a four-ton column made of steel.

It will be used as a type of vertical battering ram, alternatively raised and

lowered. until the object in its path can be removed.

If for some reason the chisel bit cannot break through, the entire money pit

operation on Oak Island may just literally have ground to a halt.

So we'll go five more feet from where we are now?

Yeah, I mean, unless, you know, we just start bringing up nothing. But if we

keep on bringing up wood, especially metal, I mean, the combination of those

two... You know, we want to see what the next foot is, you know? Yeah, yeah. I'm

hoping that we do hit something of significance.

All right, well, I want to see it. Sounds good.

While the team's efforts to penetrate the large metal obstruction continue at

the Gal 1 exploration site, Rick Lagina and Jack Begley head over to the

home of Dan Blackenship. Hi, guys.

Hello.

They have just received news.

that Dr. Lori Verdurame has completed her analysis of the large iron spike

that was found in the swamp earlier this year.

You have some answers?

I have some answers for you, Jack.

The spike has spoken volumes.

Really? Yeah.

The spike is a wrought iron spike.

It was the type that were used called the barote type, which in Spanish just

means iron bar.

And a barote type...

spike would have been similar to a finishing nail on a Spanish galleon

ship. Wow.

Man.

That is interesting.

These particular spikes, the way they would be used, the keel of a Spanish

galleon would be made of oak, the mass would be made of pine, and then the

decks would be made of a hardwood.

And then these would be driven, in fact, into the decks.

You don't need a lot of strength to use one of these.

The spike does all the work for you.

And these are very similar to those that have been found all along the Florida

Keys. Treasure coast.

Particularly the treasure coast of Florida.

All right.

It confirms what Gary first thought when he found it. I mean, he's found hundreds

of these along the treasure coast, and your expertise just confirmed it.

Exactly.

So how did you arrive at that conclusion?

Compare and contrast.

What does it look like? What doesn't it look like with similar ones?

So you compared and contrasted this with similar ones that have been confirmed

that they are deck spikes.

Exactly. Well, what differentiates this from being a railroad spike? What is the

difference? Oh, the difference has to do with the way in which the iron is

wrought and also has to do with, in fact, the form and the size.

You know, the thing for me is on a railroad spike, There's always a little

nose piece, which this one lacks, to catch the plate.

Yeah, yeah. That's what I was looking for. But as she said, the spikes that

they use in wood planking, the wood planking is probably two inch or more.

That would be just perfect for a two-inch planking.

This is ship, not train.

Yeah, and the fact that Fred Nolan found parts of a ship buried in the swamp.

You're kidding.

I'm not kidding.

oak island landowner and treasure hunter fred nolan was convinced that one of the

keys to solving the mystery was located beneath the surface of the swamp what

were the things that you found in the swamp well we found parts of a ship or

the rat lines of the ship you see this is where the ropes went through and this

shows the scuppers on the side of a ship How far from the beach were these items

found, do you recall?

They were pretty well in the middle of the swamp.

And we found a number of survey stakes in the swamp.

What do you make of that?

Well, we were laid out the swamp.

They did it to hide something.

My gut,

if you will, tells me there's something in that swamp.

I can't let go of that.

The swamp is important.

No question about it.

Fred's theory was given more credibility earlier this year, when prior to the

discovery of the iron spike, the team also found an 18-foot-long wooden plank.

What is that?

Oh, wow, it's huge.

Looks like a piece of wood.

It's a large board.

Whoa. It was also near the same area of the swamp that three years ago the team

located a 17th-century Spanish coin.

Is it a coin? I believe this is a coin.

The coin was Spanish?

Yeah. How old?

1652.

What's the window on this?

I think this is earlier.

The coin was Spanish?

Yeah. How old?

1652. What's the window on this?

The piece dates about 1575 to about 1600.

Yes. If that's true, it's in the best damn era

that it could ever be in.

At the home of Oak Island treasure hunter Dan Blankenship, antiquities

expert Dr. Laurie Verderain has just revealed that the strange metal spike

found earlier this year in the Oak Island swamp was most likely a piece

from a 16th century Spanish galleon.

If that spike is really from the 1500s, from a Spanish galleon, that would

ratchet up things.

It'd be the same thing as the coin.

Couldn't walk away. Even stronger.

Even stronger.

The date would be more significant, I think.

Well, look, it's mind-boggling to think that there's a Spanish galleon

associated with Oak Island.

Yeah. This object is not going to be too far into the 1600s.

Your coin was 1652?

Yeah. It's the same time period, but that coin might be a little late.

You don't think they collaborate one another?

Yes, that they're all Spanish.

The coin now speaks to a culture, which is terrific.

Beginning with the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492, the

Spanish Empire would spend the next three centuries exploring, colonizing,

and plundering large areas of North, Central, and South America.

During this period, it is reported that conquistadors confiscated billions of

dollars worth of gold, silver, and precious gems from various native

cultures, most notably the Aztec and Inca empires.

That's been my theory all along.

I mean, to me, it makes common sense.

Every ship that sailed to Spain

that was loaded with gold and silver, the captains

only got about 15% of it.

So it's not hard to theorize that a group of these captains

probably got together and saying, why should we give all of this gold and

silver to the King of Spain?

when we're the ones taking the risk.

Common sense says, who the hell is going to settle for 15% when they can get

100%, you know?

Spoken like a true businessman. I mean, there's a little bit of larceny in the

best of us.

So you're 100% sure that this came from a Spanish galleon? I'm 100% sure this

came from a Spanish galleon. All right, definitive proof.

There you go.

Exactly, Jack.

This gives us an idea that... The Spanish were here and probably crashed a

ship in the swamp.

Or someone got one of their ships and brought it here. When will we have

enough information to be able to do a big dig in the swamp?

Well, it's more a regulatory process.

I mean, we have to define a hard target, you know, given wetlands considerations

and that type of thing. If we hard targeted some sort of wooden structure

in the swamp, absolutely.

I think if we were to apply for such a permit, we have a a story line which has

developed we have the spike we have the wood of the coin we have fred's

discovery of the ship scuppers i mean we have now a legitimate line of inquiry to

propose to them that hey this is what we're looking for yeah yeah well i've

always said it's a treasure hunt and an information hunt and not only have you

provided more information but you've introduced us to perhaps a new storyline

This is a great story of history, Rick.

It's a lot of fun for me.

So, I thank you. Thank you.

It's very intriguing.

Absolutely. No question about that.

Back at the Money Pit, Marty Lagina joins his partner Craig Tester to get an

update on the team's progress.

Well, is it time to do a happy dance?

Getting close.

He went in with the chisel, pounded out so he could...

Get some more grabs. So at least we're getting a little bit deeper here and

seeing what we come up with. Can't move the can, though. She's done, eh?

Yeah, we are stalled with the can 100%. All right, well, nothing new came up in

the interim. We haven't pulled here for the first bucket.

I also go with a smaller grab just to make sure it can come out.

Oh, I think that's a good idea.

Having successfully chiseled through the metal obstruction, the team is now ready

to begin removing additional spoils from GAL-1.

But rather than using the large 8-ton hammer grab tool, they have chosen to

switch to a smaller, more surgical, 3-ton device.

There was a natural or man-made chamber, and it's got things in it we're

interested in. We need to grab them out. So we kept going with a hammer grab,

which is somewhat risky because it can get stuck below the pipe or certainly

below the rim of that bowl.

So what we're going to do is go as far as we can with that and grab whatever it

is that filled that chamber.

Suddenly.

Look at that. More wood.

I don't know, more metal. What is that?

You guys want that in the bucket or on the ground? What the hell is that?

the hell is that while searching for the location of the original oak island

money pit the team has just retrieved another mysterious metal object from the

155 foot deep exploration shaft known as galwan look at that more

metal corner plate it looks like oh wow that's got a lot of holes in it yeah

corner plate

That's heavier steel too. Yeah, it is.

There were odd things coming up. The plate with the holes in it.

That could be original stuff.

You know, it looked like hammered metal. It didn't look at all modern. And the

holes don't look like they're cut very cleanly.

It didn't have any sort of modern look to it.

So this is getting pretty exciting.

That seam right there. See how fine that seam is the whole way?

Yeah. And right here.

And then again, you can see it right there. Yeah.

But you're right, it does have that hammered finish to it. Yeah.

If those old-timers, Craig, landed on plate steel, I think they wouldn't have

got through it.

No, I agree.

Look at all these marks.

Yeah, I saw that.

Are those from the hammer grab, you think?

No, I don't think so.

Still not sure, you know, what it is, so we need to get it sent out. We need to

get it tested.

Looking for impurities.

What's it composed of?

And all that'll help determine the age of it. And then that'll help us, you

know, start coming up with ideas of what it might be for.

It's thicker than the other metal.

And he was noticing, you can see a seam.

It's like it's pattern welded stuff.

What do you make of that?

I don't know. That's got to get tested. And I mean, look at all these patterns

on there. That came up?

You guys are going to find all kinds of stuff here now.

That was in that bucket?

Yeah.

That one big thick washer just looked ancient to me. It seemed to be like

hammered, layered metal.

Fits that hole perfectly. That's the washer, right?

Definitely belongs.

Yeah, that's where it belongs.

Why do you need a washer if you're just going into wood with a big nut?

It was strong enough stuff to have been some sort of casing, some sort of

chamber.

it could have been almost like a chest a big one covered in metal or plated with

metal inside it would have been an ideal way to encase something for a long long

time what the heck is going on down there could rick

marty and their partners have finally located the so-called chapel vault or

perhaps even the money pit itself some 160 feet deep underground one

thing is certain The metal object found in Gal 1 is proof of man-made activity

and doesn't match the description of any of the objects known to be used in

previous documented searches.

Let's see what this is.

We looked carefully through each hammer grip. In fact, we had lots of help from

the crew.

Could there be a coin? Could there be that piece of gold?

That's what we were looking for every time.

Look at those guys.

Treasure hunters.

If you find a coin in here, I'll remodel your bathroom for you.

That's funny.

What was intriguing about it is how invested the crew was.

It's what's happened here on Oak Island.

Even if you're only somewhat associated with the search, you buy in and you want

to find something.

I've got another item for your mystery bag.

That would be a nut.

It just looks like some real primitive stuff.

My goodness, we're down 160 feet now.

It's very, very exciting because there were odd things coming up.

And they did look very old.

It's just awesome that people were down there without modern technology,

underground working.

This doesn't make sense to me.

Or us.

The George and Anne Lagina Hall at least isn't disappointing.

Thank you, Mom and Dad.

Michelle, go down and give her a smash.

Just be careful you don't get caught underneath the can, though, eh?

So, guys, we're past the bottom of the can now, probably about a foot and a

half. I thought you didn't want to do that. No, it's the top of the jaw. I

don't want to get lodged underneath the bottom.

So we can go another foot or something?

We'll hammer away here for a little bit, see what comes up.

Now it's just a matter of the limit of the hammer that.

What happened there?

It was stuck.

I think we got a grab caught.

Watch yourself, guys.

Michelle?

What's that, Michelle?

When I was picking up there, I hook onto something in there.

Yeah, hook the grab.

It's caught underneath the can.

While trying to retrieve additional and potentially valuable artifacts from the

exploration shaft known as GAL-1, the three-ton hammer grab device has

suddenly become stuck on an object at the bottom of the hole.

We're at 160 feet with the hole right now. Just got the hammer caught.

On what I don't know, that we're going to try to get it out. Right.

We reached a depth where we found intriguing objects.

The frustrating thing is the hammer grab has gone far beyond the bottom of the

casing. And in fact, Andrew is saying he's a little bit worried that he can

pull it out.

Hey, Michelle, one more time, but be careful.

Let's just go down and close the bucket and come up.

If the team can't retrieve the hammer grab tool...

they will have no choice but to suspend their search operation at the money pit.

What do you think we hit there?

I don't know.

I'm hoping there's two different things there. I'm hoping that it's the corner

of the chapel shaft and maybe a piece of the old vault.

The chapel shaft?

The original money pit vault?

After ten long years of planning and searching, have Rick, Marty, and the Oak

Island team finally reached their target?

Have they found the exact spot where a mysterious treasure was buried centuries

ago? But now...

with possible success just a few feet away the team must make a difficult

decision if they continue with the hammer grab device they may lose it in

the hole and even if losing valuable equipment wasn't a factor protecting the

integrity of the metal object they've encountered is a key concern well my

thought is

We're out of the ground right now. It's a hammer grab. We go back in. We don't

know if it's coming out again or not. You're below the casing.

You know, luck has been with us. As much as I'd love to go in one more time and

come up with a coin or something, I don't think it's worth it.

He's well beyond his comfort level.

You don't want to, right?

I'm concerned.

The next one might be the one that gets stuck or comes up with the bars.

I think... we may get some answers from that metal.

You know, we have materials to test. We have materials to test. We're going to

mark this spot. We can get right back down there. How hard would it be if we

wanted to re-enter that spot? It would go really fast.

Very quickly, yeah. Absolutely.

Well, then we can always get back there.

I'd say we know more about the money pit than anybody on Earth right

now. We've found something that probably hasn't been found before.

I'll say that.

Let's declare victory and go home.

No.

Can we just declare victory?

Sure.

Andrew, crank the horses up and let's get out of the hole here. Absolutely.

We're done.

Agreed? Agreed. Agreed? Yep.

Thank you very much. Get after it, man. The decision has been made.

The team will hold off on trying to retrieve additional artifacts from Gal

1, at least until they can weigh their options.

So you met with Dr. Laurie regarding those artifacts we found in Gal 1,

right? We did. She came here, she looked at certain items, but she wanted to take

some more time.

Three days after the team decided to suspend operations at the Money Pit

site, they have gathered in the war room to find out if any of the objects they

have retrieved so far could reasonably be dated to a period before 1795, the

year the original Money Pit was first discovered.

Is she ready to do what we have her on standby?

So why don't we get her on the television here and see what she has

to say.

That sounds great.

Dr. Laurie.

Joining the team once again, this time via video conference, is antiquities

expert Dr. Laurie Verderang. Dr. Laurie, the last time we spoke, you wanted to

take some time to look at several of the items.

and we're hoping that we can get some feedback from you. We'd love to hear

what you think. How about the button? I'm interested in the button.

We've got a coin!

Gold coin.

All right, this I got to see.

Honest to God, a coin out of this spoil spot? I don't know if it's a coin or a

button. What do you think?

Is it possible it says plated?

What the hell would that mean?

If it says plated, it's a button.

The button that was found in the money pit says plated on it. And the word

plated is very clear.

And plated buttons like those used to have the word gilt on them, G-I-L-T.

And gilt actually indicated that the piece was in fact in some way gilded.

Similar buttons were found about 1775 to about 1812, 1815

on military uniforms of the British.

What's it doing in the money pit, Charles? Marty, I have no idea.

At that depth.

Could this gold-plated button be evidence that members of the British

military could have been the ones behind the Oak Island mystery?

Or might it simply be an indication that English officers, having learned that a

vast treasure had been buried on the island, lost one of their buttons while

searching for it?

It's based on some of the other things that were in the money pit, which also

date to the same origin.

Dr. Lurie gave an opinion that the button was related to perhaps British

military. And, you know, that rounds to some belief that Fred was onto

something, that Mr. Nolan's theory of British involvement, perhaps that's what

this Oak Island mystery is about. I mean, it certainly lends credibility to

it. There was another piece in the Money Pit that was relatively interesting.

Dr. Laura, is this what you're speaking of?

That's what I'm speaking of.

It's a piece that is pretty fascinating.

So here's what you have there. That piece is decorative.

And if you look at those hinges, they actually have drill holes.

There's several drill holes in it, right?

Yeah. They're also used to actually attach the metal or wooden sides of

treasure chests.

Treasure chests?

Did Dr.

Laurie just present the team with further evidence that the mysterious

metal object at the bottom of Gal 1 is one of the keys to solving the Oak

Island mystery?

The very object that people have been looking for and dying for for more than

two centuries.

Well, you can envision that particular piece sort of going around the side of a

treasure chest.

I would say that it's much more possible that that particular piece relates to a

ship. I think they were reclaiming pieces and reusing pieces in the money

pit from ships.

That's just as exciting, if that's the case. I mean, that's just as meaningful.

And what date? Your best brackets on date?

probably sometime between 1650 and about 1800 a metal bracket from a ship

dating to as early as 1650 and found in the money pit could the oak island team

have finally discovered solid evidence that the various legends about a

mysterious treasure being buried on oak island are true without much more

information that's where we are whether it's from again that idea of the pirates

of the privateers or the British military.

I think we have to do more testing.

Yeah, all we can say, Dr. Laurie, is, again, our heartfelt thank you for

contributing. Appreciate it. Thank you. I'm fascinated, too. So take care, and

keep hunting, guys. Keep up the hunt.

Have a great day.

You, too. Well, that's an eye-opener.

You know what it is?

It's another typical island, you know. As far as the metals are concerned, I

think we need to...

further testing. I think these metals need to undergo a real metallurgical

analysis. I couldn't agree more.

Dr. Laurie's analysis is dead on. Dead on. Dead on. She explains why, what

she's referring to, what her controls are.

She dates it within a window that makes sense.

So you think, wow, that's impressive.

So again, sit back calmly and objectively and review the data.

Okay. Well, season is coming to an end. Now we have to figure out what we do

next.

Season is coming to an end.

Winter's closing in, and I think it's time.

I'm sure you agree, right? Absolutely. Decide, I guess, two things.

What we accomplished and where we go from here.

You had distinct goals at the beginning of this year. I remember you voiced them

many times.

It's not about I, it's about we. Yeah. So we had goals.

Basically three things. We were going to prove that there's something in the

swamp. We tried to prove that Smith's Cove was real.

And then we do a very large scale dig in the money pit. A for real dig.

For a real dig in the money pit. Okay.

Well, why don't you start? Put an X through the swamp.

Not yet, no.

To me, that has to be explored further.

I'm not too keen on the swamp. I mean, I know it's getting to be a big joke

because of my bias against working in stinky, sloppy, nasty mud.

Look, we found the spike. We found the coin. We found the board from a ship. I

just think there's things yet to be discovered in the swamp, and to that

end, I think it remains a viable opportunity, if you will.

We're going to go drain the swamp again next year? Yes.

No matter what, we're going to dig in the swamp. Do you still think there's

something in there? I absolutely believe there's something in the swamp.

It's going to sound corny, but the best place to hide something is in plain

sight.

It's that simple. Rick, there's nothing simple on Oak Island. You should realize

that by now.

This swamp, I'm with Greg. It's not done. No.

No. Okay. I guess we can move on. All right. Smith's Cove. Smith's Cove did do

us good. Because we found the same man-made strata that other searchers

have recorded when they were digging up the whole box drain system.

This is packed with stones right here. Isn't this the description of the actual

flood tunnels?

Going down.

Just a few weeks ago... While looking for evidence of the original flood

tunnel system at Smith's Cove, the team uncovered three layers of rounded

stones. It is interesting, the gradation, right? You know, you've got

the smallest rocks at the bottom, then bigger, then big great ones that seem to

be holding it all in place.

I think humans built that. To what end, for what purpose, I don't know.

The stones were later determined to be part of an elaborate man-made irrigation

system, known as a French drain.

where a trench would be dug and then filled with layers of stones in an

effort to channel water to a specific location.

Well, I think that was obvious those rocks were put there by man.

I think we found enough structure out there to indicate that Smith's Cove is

real, that it is some way to artificially introduce seawater inland.

All right, well, let's go on to the money pit then.

I think we did what we set out to do in the money pit.

We did dig.

We did it not once, not twice, not three times, but four times.

I think there is something in the money pit. Do you? Yes.

I think there's concrete information down there that said the man was down

there that wasn't a searcher. Amen.

I believe that there was a hell of a lot of work done on Oakland, and I think we

have that sufficient proof to substantiate that. I believe even going

all the way back to, although I couldn't work with him, with Fred Nolan's so

-called cross there, I believe there's some relevance to it. Probably, based on

everything else, yeah.

I have a question for you. You told me in 65 when you read the article, you

said... There's treasure on Oak Island, and I'm going to be instrumental in

finding it. Are you still of that mindset?

I don't go back on what I said.

I remember what I said.

I don't go back on it.

Some people called me a damn fool.

Yeah, well, nobody in this group ever did.

One of the things as I sit here and listen to this whole deal we're going

through is that I think this. I think we did a damn fine job this year. I really

do. We dug those holes in the money pit. That was a technological challenge. We

got down. We excavated. We did it. We pulled it off.

The question is, though, is it prudent to continue?

Well, excuse me for interrupting.

I respectfully suggest you take most of the winter to find out because the

conclusion you come to is going to be a major conclusion, you know? That's

probably sage advice right there. You put a lot of effort into it. There's no

question about it. Yeah, we did. And I would want sufficient time to analyze

the pros and cons and then come to a logical conclusion to whether you should

continue and if so, where.

I think that's what you call wisdom right there.

I've seen farther because I've stood on the shoulders of giants, right?

I can't argue with a single thing that he voiced.

Well, I agree completely with Dan's statement. I mean, there's a lot of

data. We just haven't had time to look at it all and to process it all and then

to take the emotions out of it.

I've never been able to look at Oak Island except from an emotional

standpoint. So if I were you guys, I wouldn't quit. But that's me.

I think...

There's something here. I can't tell you why I know it's here, but I believe it's

here.

And I believe it's quite substantial.

Now, is it in the money pit or is it somewhere else? I don't know.

But you just haven't found the right spot.

And if you dug a thousand holes here, I would still say you didn't find the

right spot.

And that's strictly from an emotional standpoint.

I'm with Charles. I'm in his bandwagon. I would love to keep going. I

think there's so much unfinished business.

I give you that.

That's right. Absolutely.

Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Look, here's what I just heard around this table. I heard

that we should declare victory for this season.

We should adjourn for this season.

and contemplate what comes next. All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Motion carries.

With another harsh Nova Scotia winter just weeks away, and having stretched

this year's financial resources to the limit... Take care and have a good trip

home. Hey, buddy, come on. Give it to me. Rick, Marty, and the Oak Island

team... have made the difficult but understandable decision to suspend their

search operations until next summer.

I know you don't hug men, I don't care.

Nevertheless, they will leave confident that this year's search was by far their

most productive.

Take care, partner.

Yeah, you too.

The Oak Island family is now much larger than it was prior to us arriving.

It's been nearly a decade.

We still are on this quest together.

In addition to the mysterious metal objects they retrieved from Gal 1.

What do you make of that?

They made several more equally important discoveries.

You see the features?

Is that a coin? That's a king jewel.

1700s, that changes a lot.

This is a treasure of a stream.

We're in the general area of the supposed hatch.

They heard several compelling new theories.

Holy smokes.

FDR thought they were the lost jewels of Marie Antoinette.

And have come within possible inches of finding the elusive money pit.

These timbers might be part of the original dig.

Rick and I chased this dream pretty hard.

It's something we've done together. How many boys get to enact their childhood

dream while searching for pirate treasure?

When you look at it in summation...

The efforts and the passions and the belief and the angst and round it all

out. We've been good stewards of a great mystery.

And it's not a singular pursuit.

It's all of us together.

The Oak Island family.

For now, the island's secrets remain hidden.

Safely protected under dozens of feet of rocks.

and clay.

But it is only a matter of time before whatever is buried will be

exposed and the truth about Oak Island and its curse will finally

be revealed.

Next week.

The Oak Island team travels to Michigan, along with host Matty Blake, to share an

exclusive look at what lies ahead.

In the math, there's a cipher, and that's what the cipher says.

Wow. Join them as they reveal the latest information.

We had a carbon testing.

And expose some shocking new discoveries. This new research puts X on

the spot.

This is it. Don't miss the exciting season four wrap-up, The Curse of Oak

Island, Drilling Down.