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Tonight
on The Curse of Oak Island...
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So you're gonna put "X"
on the ground now, are you?
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There is this major
anomaly, right in the core
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‐of the Money Pit.
‐That's incredible.
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There it goes!
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You're digging
on Oak Island. ‐Wow.
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Ooh, that's fantastic!
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This is an old digging tool!
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Wow!
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‐ Look at all the wood.
‐ Oh!
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‐ Well, that is spectacular!
‐ That looks carved
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‐in there, doesn't it?
‐Roman numerals.
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‐ Absolutely.
‐ This is like nothing
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‐we've seen before.
‐ That's old.
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This could be original wood.
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There is an island
in the North Atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back
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to the days
of the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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The Curse of Oak Island
Season 7 - EP 21 - A Leaf of Faith
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Subtitles Diego Moraes / Ewerton Henrique
www.oakisland.tk
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All right, here it comes.
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Bring it up a little!
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Looks good.
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We're gonna fill this one
all the way up.
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With only
a few precious weeks remaining
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before the onset of another
harsh North Atlantic winter,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
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are determined to locate
the original Money Pit,
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and the fabled treasure vault
reported to be hidden there,
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before being forced to suspend
all operations on Oak Island
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for the rest of the year.
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That's good.
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After a morning
spent filling in
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the massive 8‐A borehole...
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Welcome, Jeremy.
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...Rick, Marty,
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their partner Craig Tester,
and members of their team
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have arranged to meet
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with geophysicist Jeremy Church
of Eagle Canada.
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Jeremy has prepared a report
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on the seismic scanning data
that was conducted
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earlier this year across
the eastern end of the island.
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Um, I, for one,
love this portion of this quest.
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You know,
I love getting the data back,
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and I think
everybody else is keen
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to see what you've got.
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It's a pleasure being here,
guys. Thank you.
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So you're gonna put "X"
on the ground now, are you?
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I'm gonna try my best.
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Cool.
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Using 18,000 dynamite charges,
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which were set off across
Oak Island's eastern half,
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a virtual underground map
was created
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down to depths
of as much as 300 feet,
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indicating possible objects,
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voids or structures
buried below.
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Using this new data, as well
as previous seismic surveys
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conducted in the swamp
and Money Pit areas last year,
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the team from Eagle Canada
has generated a master map
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of any notable anomalies
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for the team to consider
investigating further.
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Okay, well,
I guess we'll dive in.
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We're ready.
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Um, here's an overview.
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So, this is just showing us
what's been shot to date,
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plus the new stuff.
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So, there's 80,000 sample points
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on the east drumlin 3D,
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so that's a lot of data.
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Let's get
into the exciting stuff.
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‐ Yeah!
‐Uh, this is
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the Money Pit data set.
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So, each one of these, these are
all little... disturbances,
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probably searcher tunnels.
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But within there, there is
a subtle little anomaly.
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So, now we're down 160 feet
below surface.
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We're right in the core
of the Money Pit.
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So, this is
what I call the "teardrop."
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It's sitting
right on top of the Money Pit.
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What's the size?
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13 feet by 13 feet.
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An anomaly?
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Matching the 13‐foot diameter
of the original Money Pit,
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as reported by Daniel McGinnis
and his two friends
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when they discovered it
in 1795?
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Could the team
have finally pinpointed
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the original treasure shaft?
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And where is it?
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Is there not a well through it?
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I'll turn it so you can see.
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And I've got them
at the proper depths.
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So, the teardrop sits
just below the Chappell shoe.
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So H8 catches
the south end of it.
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‐Just missed it.
Just.
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Oh!
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This much, Marty.
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Two years ago, Rick, Marty,
Craig and the team
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sunk a 60‐inch‐wide shaft known
as H8 in the Money Pit area
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and were stunned when,
at a depth of 170 feet,
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they hit an obstruction that
they believed may have been
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the legendary Chappell Vault.
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It feels like I'm on a whole
bunch of wood at once now.
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Unfortunately, as they
attempted to dig deeper,
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the object they hit
was pushed further down
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and somewhere off to the side
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into a possible void
or chamber.
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Could this seismic anomaly,
located right next to H8,
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be where the Chappell Vault
is now located?
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For me, this is
incredible information.
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I mean, there's nothing says
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we couldn't drop a can
in that area.
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‐Mm‐hmm.
‐The three of us
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always thought
that surely technology
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will break this acorn wide open.
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And now maybe,
just maybe, it will crack.
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Yeah.
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I am highly encouraged
by the anomaly
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that Jeremy pointed out near H8,
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because it's deep enough
that we could have missed it.
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I mean, I was... I was
rapidly getting to the point
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where I thought there's
some great treasure there,
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we couldn't possibly
have missed it
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unless it's way deep.
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Jeremy, fantastic presentation.
Much appreciated.
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It gives us lots of things
to look at, really,
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but one in particular
the one you've delineated.
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And speaking of that,
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let's get after it!
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Thank you.
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Later that day...
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Put it over the center.
We'll set her down.
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Come up a little bit.
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We need to turn it.
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Pull it. Pull it, Scott.
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...as the teams
from Irving Equipment Limited
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and ROC Equipment work
to reposition
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the 60‐ton oscillator
over the new dig site
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at the Money Pit...
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Yeah, that's perfect.
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...Rick and members
of the Oak Island team
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head to the swamp,
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where they've arranged to have
botanist Dr. Rodger Evans
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give his analysis
of a recent discovery
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near the area dubbed
the "Eye of the Swamp."
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This is our big question mark.
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This is the stump.
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Holy snaps.
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That's crazy.
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Five weeks ago,
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while excavating a mysterious
circle of large boulders...
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That's a big stump.
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...Rick, Marty and the team
were stunned
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to uncover a large stump
embedded in the muck and mud.
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Because trees
cannot generally grow
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in bodies of water,
the team is curious to know
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if their discovery offers
additional evidence
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that the swamp was man‐made.
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The trees indicate
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that at one point
it was dry land, so...
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why are the stumps, um,
spread across the width
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and breadth of the swamp?
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So with Dr. Rodger Evans,
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we may get some answers.
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What I'd like to do
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is take some of this with me.
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‐Mm‐hmm.
‐So, what I can do is,
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I'll take that back to the lab
and clean it up, and I'll
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have a look at this tissue
and see...
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‐under the microscope.
‐Okay.
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I bet you'd like
to pull that off
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and see what's underneath that,
wouldn't you?
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The way that came off...
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you shouldn't be able
to pull a tree apart like that.
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It almost looks like...
cork oak?
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Is that cork oak?
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‐I have no idea.
‐It's really light.
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Yeah. The outer bark of a tree
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is called the cork,
the corky layer.
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It just so happens that
cork oaks have a cork layer
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that you can harvest
without damaging the tree,
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and that's
where corks come from.
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If it was covered in... in cork,
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cork oaks only grow in Portugal.
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A possible cork oak?
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Native to Portugal,
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cork oak is known
for its buoyancy
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and is commonly used
for bottling wines.
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Because it is
a natural fire retardant,
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it is also used
in construction.
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But if this stump is actually
from a Portuguese tree,
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how did it come to be
on Oak Island?
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It is well known
that Portuguese explorers,
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as well as Portuguese pirates,
frequently visited
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what is now known
as Nova Scotia
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from the early 16th
to the late 18th centuries.
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However,
some researchers believe
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that members from a Portuguese
sect of the Knights Templar,
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known as the Knights of Christ,
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may have visited the region
even earlier.
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We are always looking
for cultural influences,
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and to me,
that would be a big thing.
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You have a nonindigenous species
brought here by some culture
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or group of people,
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‐possibly to mark the island.
Yeah,
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I'm‐I'm with you that's
what I've always thought it was,
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like with the canopy oaks and...
it was... it was a marker.
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It was a way to identify this
as the place you wanted to be.
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‐That's a big clue.
‐Yeah.
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Although
red oak trees are common
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on Oak Island
and throughout Nova Scotia,
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numerous treasure hunters
and local landowners
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have long identified a species
they call the "canopy oaks."
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According to one theory,
they were planted centuries ago
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by the original
treasure depositors
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to serve as a marker or beacon.
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Unfortunately,
over the past century,
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these particular trees
have completely died off.
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Let me do some investigating
on cork oaks.
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That'd be really interesting,
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if that's what
it turns out to be.
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Well, if you can shed
any light on this,
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we would truly appreciate it.
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‐Thank you.
‐ All right.
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Yeah, this is pretty neat.
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As a new day
of investigation begins
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on Oak Island,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
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are welcoming back
two special guests
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‐to the island...
‐Okay.
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Well, here we are.
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If I take the box for you,
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‐would that be a little easier?
‐Thank you. Great. Thank you.
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...Lee Lamb and her brother,
Richard Restall, whose family
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led by their father,
Robert Restall Sr.,
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forged an unforgettable chapter
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in the 225‐year
Oak Island mystery.
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‐ There they are!
‐Well...
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‐Lee. How are you?
‐ Hello.
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I will get a hug.
‐Oh! Rick!
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When I think of Lee Lamb
and Ricky Restall,
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it's hard not to be
emotionally connected.
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My hope continues to be that as
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this mystery evolves
under our stewardship,
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the Restalls continue
helping us with moving
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the search agenda forward.
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So, welcome!
Welcome back to Oak Island.
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Thank you. It's good to be back.
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You two are sort of like a
walking history of the place,
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really, in a very real sense.
259
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‐Yeah. Yeah.
‐I'm gonna assume, Lee,
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that just returning here
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is always got to be
somewhat bittersweet, right?
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‐Mm‐hmm.
‐I know, or I'm pretty sure,
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you're interested still
in the search, right?
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‐Oh, of course, very much so.
‐Yeah.
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Lee, Ricky, I speak
for everyone here, you know,
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you're such a part
of the history, the mystery,
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that is Oak Island and, uh,
you are part of it.
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An integral part of it.
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In 1959,
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former motorcycle daredevils
Robert Restall Sr.
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and his wife Mildred
moved with their two sons
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Bobby Jr. and Richard
to Oak Island.
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For six years,
they braved desolate
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and often harsh living
conditions on the island
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while conducting extensive
investigations in the swamp,
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at Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit.
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I feel that the treasure
is here, and that we can get it.
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And we're going to stay here
until we do.
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After six exhaustive years,
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in the summer of 1965,
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Robert believed he was on the
verge of solving the mystery,
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and that the sacrifices
made by his family
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were about to pay off.
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But on August 17th,
while investigating
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a 27‐foot deep shaft
at Smith's Cove
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that he and his son Bobby Jr.
had constructed in an attempt
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to locate and block off
the main flood tunnel,
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Robert, Bobby Jr.
and two other men
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lost their lives due
to mysterious poison gasses
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that emitted out of the bottom.
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Although the tragedy
forever altered the lives
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of Lee, Richard and their
late mother Mildred...
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These are Bobby's journals.
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...in recent years,
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they have visited the island,
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in the hopes of helping
Rick, Marty and the team
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achieve their father's
shared dream.
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The Restall family is part
of our family now,
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and‐and that was really the
impetus for reaching out to you,
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because what do
families do, right?
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‐They get together.
‐Yeah. ‐Mm‐hmm.
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So anyway, we would like
to talk to you a little bit
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‐about what's going on. Um...
‐ Mm‐hmm.
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And the reason these items
are in front of you is because
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all of these things
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speak to something
happening prior to 1795.
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Look at these.
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‐Now, I love me
bobby‐dazzlers...
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...because not only
are they spectacular,
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but these are personal items.
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‐Mm‐hmm.
‐To me,
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the find of the century...
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My favorite find is this.
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‐This is jewelry.
‐ Uh‐huh.
315
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It's a lead cross.
316
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And this would've been worn
by someone
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a very long time ago
and lost on Oak Island.
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00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:11,516
‐Mm‐hmm.
Yeah. So, it's‐it's, uh,
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kind of a plain design, though.
That would mean it's older.
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00:14:15,438 --> 00:14:18,315
Um, yeah,
that's what makes it special,
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‐that nice, crude design.
Mm‐hmm.
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And we actually got
the lead tested,
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and the source of the lead
came from France.
324
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Ah.
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And that mine closed in 1300,
326
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which is a heck
of a long time ago.
327
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Oh. Okay.
328
00:14:37,251 --> 00:14:38,543
The dates are incredible.
329
00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:40,921
They‐they really are.
I mean, this is...
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All of these finds.
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We're taking the story
of Oak Island
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way, way back into centuries
333
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we could only have
dreamed about before.
334
00:14:51,474 --> 00:14:53,683
‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ And now
I'll pass it over to Rick,
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'cause he's got
some interesting wood news.
336
00:14:56,854 --> 00:14:58,730
Well, I called Lee and...
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and asked about the canopy oak.
338
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And, uh, she has kindly brought
a leaf and an acorn
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representative
of the old umbrella oaks,
340
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canopy oaks.
341
00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:12,786
Well, they were digging
on the beach
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when they first arrived.
343
00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:15,163
Mm‐hmm.
344
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And they dug a small hole.
345
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:19,251
At the end of the evening,
they went home,
346
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‐had supper, went to bed.
‐Mm‐hmm.
347
00:15:21,838 --> 00:15:23,421
Next day, they come up,
and the hole
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‐is filled with water.
‐Okay.
349
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And floating in the water
is an oak leaf and an acorn.
350
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‐Wow. ‐ I don't know
that my father
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thought that this was a...
352
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a leaf from the canopy trees.
353
00:15:36,227 --> 00:15:38,103
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ It was part
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of the filtration system,
355
00:15:39,522 --> 00:15:41,231
and it was coming
from underneath,
356
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where they used eelgrass.
357
00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:44,317
‐Okay.
‐Coconut fiber.
358
00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:46,361
Coconut fiber. Thank you.
359
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And sometimes branches.
360
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Mm‐hmm.
361
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In 1850,
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while excavating beneath
the beach at Smith's Cove,
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members of the Truro Company
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00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:59,708
reported finding
a dense layer of coconut fiber
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00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:02,210
covering
the five stone box drains.
366
00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:05,213
Because the nearest
indigenous coconut trees
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are more than 1,500 miles away
from Oak Island,
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00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,968
the workers speculated
369
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,846
that the material was used
to act as a filter
370
00:16:12,847 --> 00:16:15,640
to keep debris out
of the flooding system.
371
00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:18,226
This is where the leaf is.
372
00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:19,561
And you don't mind we open it?
373
00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:22,273
No, I don't mind
that you open it.
374
00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:26,318
Is anything around it
or just the leaf?
375
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:28,738
Just the leaf, looks like.
376
00:16:30,239 --> 00:16:32,699
‐Still sticking together.
‐Whoa.
377
00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:34,951
Looks like a twin.
378
00:16:34,952 --> 00:16:36,870
Wow.
379
00:16:36,871 --> 00:16:38,496
Have you brought some acorns,
380
00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:41,791
‐as well? Oh, great.
‐Yes. Yes, we...
381
00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:43,919
They're little, aren't they?
They're tiny.
382
00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,505
Well, these are markedly
different if they're mature.
383
00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:48,882
Mm‐hmm.
384
00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:50,634
Well, the botanist
needs to see this.
385
00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:53,511
‐ Exactly. ‐ To put this all
in perspective,
386
00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:55,347
the reason
we think this is important
387
00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:58,516
is that, let's say, this leaf
and these oak... these acorns,
388
00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:00,393
say that it...
389
00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:03,021
You know, this is an oak
that normally is found
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00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,606
in Southern France.
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00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,066
‐Right.
‐ Well, then,
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00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:07,776
then we have some meaning.
I mean,
393
00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:09,527
‐this might tell a story.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
394
00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:12,822
Could this oak leaf and acorn,
395
00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:15,367
which Robert Restall Sr.
reportedly found
396
00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:16,993
in the flooding system
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00:17:16,994 --> 00:17:19,246
at Smith's Cove,
offer an important clue
398
00:17:19,247 --> 00:17:21,289
as to the exact species
of oak tree
399
00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:24,793
that some have speculated
to be of a foreign origin?
400
00:17:24,794 --> 00:17:27,420
I'm keenly interested in that.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
401
00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:29,089
I think
we need to put that leaf back
402
00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:31,883
in that envelope
carefully as we can and then get
403
00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:33,385
Dr. Rodger Evans to look at it.
404
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,803
Thank you for bringing this.
405
00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,555
Absolutely.
406
00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:40,225
And again, kudos to your parents
for saving it.
407
00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,269
This is excellent.
Excellent stuff.
408
00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:44,396
You know, we're gonna get this
analyzed, and we'll certainly
409
00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:47,107
report back to you what we find.
410
00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:49,318
‐Wonderful. Okay.
‐All right.
411
00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:55,782
Following their meeting
in the war room,
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00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:59,244
Rick takes Richard Restall
to Lot 13
413
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:00,996
to see something
he has not seen
414
00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:02,998
for more than half a century:
415
00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:05,750
the remains
of a small wooden cabin
416
00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:08,420
that he and his brother,
Bobby Restall Jr.
417
00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:11,923
shared for six years
while living on Oak Island.
418
00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:16,136
Today, it sits on property
belonging to Tom Nolan,
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00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:18,179
where it was moved to
some years ago
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00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:21,016
by his late father, Fred Nolan.
421
00:18:21,017 --> 00:18:23,852
‐ Hey, guys.
‐Hey, guys.
422
00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:26,313
‐Wow.
‐There she is.
423
00:18:26,314 --> 00:18:29,149
Wow. That is rough shape.
424
00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:30,568
All right.
425
00:18:31,569 --> 00:18:33,571
Well...
426
00:18:35,531 --> 00:18:38,242
Sure doesn't look
the way it used to.
427
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,827
So, that...
428
00:18:40,828 --> 00:18:42,537
would be a shelf.
429
00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:44,831
There were batteries below.
There was a radio, which...
430
00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:47,542
Bobby always turned the dials
on the radio.
431
00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:49,461
Sure. Sure.
432
00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:52,589
I might have bad music taste
or something.
433
00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:55,800
And, uh, when I walked in,
that was my bunk,
434
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,678
‐because his bunk
had the window. ‐I see.
435
00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:00,388
He was the watchman for the boat
436
00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:03,058
‐and the equipment
that was stored on the beach. ‐I see.
437
00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:06,019
So, the radio would play,
and I would read my stuff.
438
00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:07,812
Uh, Bobby would be
writing letters
439
00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,398
or finishing his journal.
440
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:15,528
And that was the sum and total
of our existence.
441
00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:18,324
That was it.
It was pretty Spartan.
442
00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:22,911
Living in the shack
with my brother was...
443
00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:26,122
it seemed rather strict
sometimes.
444
00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:28,083
You know,
lights out when he said.
445
00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:30,669
Music when he said.
446
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,630
And so on. So...
447
00:19:34,090 --> 00:19:35,924
When my brother
was responsible for me,
448
00:19:35,925 --> 00:19:38,843
he was very serious about it.
449
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,845
So, he was protective.
450
00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,598
I'll give him that. Um...
451
00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:46,184
I wonder
if he would have turned into
452
00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:49,187
as headstrong a person
as my father
453
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,231
or my mother.
454
00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:54,859
And it seemed
sort of inevitable,
455
00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,279
but guess we'll never know.
456
00:19:59,782 --> 00:20:02,701
So, Ricky,
it was really Scott and Doug
457
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:06,413
who came up with the idea
of refurbishing the cabin.
458
00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:09,165
‐It's a little side project
we don't mind taking on. ‐Yeah.
459
00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:11,334
I see. Right. Well,
keep it as sparse as you can,
460
00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:15,004
because, uh, there was
nothing fancy about that shack.
461
00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:18,800
It was a toolshed
when they built it, I think,
462
00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:20,385
and it became a residence
when the whole family
463
00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:21,886
moved to the island.
464
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:24,806
And finding this place
still sort of together
465
00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:27,934
is, uh, something
of a‐a miracle, maybe.
466
00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:29,978
60 years. That's a long time.
467
00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:32,439
As I was listening to Ricky,
468
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,566
it was like
he was reliving the past.
469
00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:35,942
It hearkens back
470
00:20:35,943 --> 00:20:37,944
to a much more innocent time
on the island.
471
00:20:37,945 --> 00:20:41,406
Uh, they were connecting
their activities as a family.
472
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:44,576
Uh, we now call ourselves
an Oak Island family,
473
00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:46,745
so there's a connection there.
474
00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:48,246
I thought it was
475
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,665
a healing moment,
but only Ricky can tell you
476
00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:53,918
what has transpired
within his mind
477
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:56,004
as he recalled these things.
478
00:20:56,005 --> 00:20:57,756
All I can say is, Ricky,
479
00:20:57,757 --> 00:20:59,966
it's been a privilege
and an honor, and I...
480
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:02,302
At the point
at which we refurbish this
481
00:21:02,303 --> 00:21:05,472
and put it in position,
to complete the story,
482
00:21:05,473 --> 00:21:07,640
uh, we would ask you
to please come back.
483
00:21:07,641 --> 00:21:10,226
‐Oh, for sure.
‐You're never a stranger here.
484
00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:12,479
‐Remember that.
‐I'll test out the bunks.
485
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,230
Okeydoke. Thank you.
486
00:21:14,231 --> 00:21:16,024
‐Thanks, Ricky. Appreciate it.
‐Thank you.
487
00:21:16,025 --> 00:21:18,027
Thank you.
488
00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:24,282
It is the beginning
489
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:27,243
of a bitterly cold day
on Oak Island,
490
00:21:27,244 --> 00:21:29,746
one that serves
as a harsh reminder
491
00:21:29,747 --> 00:21:31,956
that another
North Atlantic winter
492
00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:34,125
is just a few short weeks away.
493
00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,960
And while preparations
494
00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,962
for the next major
digging operation continue
495
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,131
in the Money Pit area,
496
00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,801
at the Oak Island
Research Center,
497
00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:44,469
brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,
498
00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:46,471
along with their partner,
499
00:21:46,472 --> 00:21:48,306
Craig Tester,
are joined once again
500
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,975
by Richard Restall
and Lee Lamb.
501
00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,143
‐Hey.
‐This is Dr. Rodger Evans
502
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,770
‐from Acadia University.
‐Hi, everybody.
503
00:21:53,771 --> 00:21:56,481
They have arranged
for botanist Dr. Rodger Evans
504
00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:58,817
to examine
the oak leaf and acorn
505
00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:02,779
that Lee shared
with the team one day ago.
506
00:22:02,780 --> 00:22:04,989
So, we know we provided you
507
00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,741
with a bit of a mystery
the other day.
508
00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:08,618
‐We have a bit more
of a mystery.
509
00:22:08,619 --> 00:22:10,620
And the Restalls
were kind enough
510
00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:12,330
to bring samples from long ago:
511
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:14,999
‐an oak leaf and some acorns,
which we would like ‐Okay.
512
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,793
‐your opinion on. ‐So, Dr. Evans, if you
want to come right over here,
513
00:22:16,794 --> 00:22:18,753
you can got a microscope
set up for you, too,
514
00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,046
‐in case you want to use it.
‐Okay, great.
515
00:22:20,047 --> 00:22:22,799
This leaf was actually...
516
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:27,011
pulled from what Lee and
Ricky's father believed was part
517
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:30,640
‐of the flood system
on Oak Island 60 years ago. ‐Okay. Wow.
518
00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:32,350
‐Yeah, and they've kept it
preserved like that. ‐And it's still
519
00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:34,894
‐That's great.
‐So, what we're after is,
520
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,312
do you think it's indigenous?
Do you think there's
521
00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:37,564
anything special about it?
522
00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:38,982
Can you tell
where it might have come from?
523
00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:40,818
‐Sure.
‐And then, also...
524
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,695
There we go.
525
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:45,697
‐ Oh. Whoa.
‐That's one of the acorns,
526
00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:47,991
believe it or not, that's been
kept all these years, too.
527
00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:49,200
It's tiny.
528
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,869
‐ Isn't it?
‐When we compared them
529
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,371
to the oaks that were around us,
530
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:54,748
this looks different.
531
00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:57,584
There you go. Acorns.
532
00:22:57,585 --> 00:22:58,585
So, what about these acorns?
533
00:22:58,586 --> 00:23:00,503
The rest are intact, right?
534
00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:02,714
Did this leaf come from the
from the tree
535
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:05,383
‐that these fruits came from?
‐I'm sure it did.
536
00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:06,843
Was it on the same branch,
you think?
537
00:23:06,844 --> 00:23:09,554
It was described to me
as‐as the nuts
538
00:23:09,555 --> 00:23:12,223
if that's what you call 'em
came in a cluster,
539
00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:13,933
‐in the normal, um...
‐Oh, so they were on a branch
540
00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:14,893
‐when they came?
‐Yeah.
541
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,269
Yeah. In the intervening years,
542
00:23:16,270 --> 00:23:18,062
‐the stuff has rattled around.
‐Has Yeah.
543
00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,439
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
544
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,234
Okay, so let's have a look
at this acorn.
545
00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:25,737
I can tell you right now
546
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,781
that these fruits
probably are not viable.
547
00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:31,993
‐ Yeah.
‐ As you can see,
548
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:33,745
they're empty.
549
00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:36,080
‐Uh‐huh.
‐So, that black material
550
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:39,000
‐may have been
the original seed. ‐Uh‐huh. Uh‐huh.
551
00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:41,419
And the other thing that I find
really interesting
552
00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:45,089
is that yellow material
that you can see...
553
00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:46,591
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐Um,
554
00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:49,469
what's happened over time
is that that seed coat
555
00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:52,347
that was there
has just dried up.
556
00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:54,474
It's fairly obvious to me
557
00:23:54,475 --> 00:23:56,267
‐that these acorns
are very different ‐ Mm‐hmm.
558
00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:57,894
than the typical
559
00:23:57,895 --> 00:23:59,896
‐red oak acorns.
‐Mm. ‐Mm‐hmm.
560
00:23:59,897 --> 00:24:01,773
I guess there is a possibility
that somebody brought a species
561
00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:03,232
of oak here and grew it,
562
00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:05,319
‐and that's where these fruits
would come from. ‐Mm‐hmm.
563
00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:09,781
A mysterious species
of oak tree
564
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:12,075
brought to Oak Island?
565
00:24:12,076 --> 00:24:15,119
Could it be from one
of the so‐called canopy oaks
566
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:17,497
that many Oak Island
treasure hunters believed
567
00:24:17,498 --> 00:24:19,874
had been planted
by the original depositors
568
00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:22,502
to act as a secret beacon
marking the location
569
00:24:22,503 --> 00:24:25,129
of a vast treasure cache?
570
00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:28,800
It's very apparent
from his initial analysis
571
00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:31,177
that this oak
indeed is different.
572
00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:32,428
It's a clue.
573
00:24:32,429 --> 00:24:34,222
It's a pretty amazing clue,
574
00:24:34,223 --> 00:24:36,474
because, you know,
the obvious question is,
575
00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,267
how'd it get here?
Who brought it?
576
00:24:38,268 --> 00:24:40,645
Is there any chance that acorns
577
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:43,022
would survive drifting
across the Atlantic
578
00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:45,316
‐and...
‐I would say that these
579
00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,986
‐probably aren't that resistant
to salt water. ‐Right.
580
00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:50,822
So, once the cap separates
and water enters the...
581
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:52,281
It would probably
it'd probably destroy it
582
00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:53,742
if it was salt water,
I would think.
583
00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:56,536
For our search here,
584
00:24:56,537 --> 00:24:58,329
for what we're trying
to figure out here,
585
00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,790
I‐I draw two conclusions.
586
00:25:00,791 --> 00:25:04,168
One, whatever the Restalls found
60 years ago
587
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,504
uh, markedly different.
588
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,172
Have to be a different species
589
00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:10,633
‐than the native oaks. Okay.
‐Correct. Yeah.
590
00:25:10,634 --> 00:25:12,844
Which means this is significant.
591
00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:14,679
We need to find out,
if we can,
592
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,181
what is yet another
non‐native species
593
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:20,226
doing in a flood s‐system
594
00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:21,894
‐or a box drain or whatever?
‐Sure.
595
00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:23,146
I mean, in their own way,
596
00:25:23,147 --> 00:25:25,857
to me,
based on today's analysis,
597
00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:28,317
these are as interesting
as the coconut fiber,
598
00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,695
‐because it‐it's out of place.
‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ Yeah.
599
00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:33,197
‐It doesn't belong there.
‐Yeah. It doesn't belong here. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
600
00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:34,657
Can we do
any sort of genetic testing
601
00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,200
on those?
Are they too old?
602
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,327
‐I think they're too old. Um...
‐Aw.
603
00:25:38,328 --> 00:25:40,872
Older material that isn't fresh,
604
00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:44,125
the amount of DNA information
that you can get out of it
605
00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:45,502
becomes limited.
606
00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:48,713
All right, then.
Great session.
607
00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:50,882
‐Thank you very much.
We really... ‐Yeah, my pleasure. Thank you.
608
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:54,218
‐ Much appreciated.
‐ Yeah, thanks.
609
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:57,555
Following their meeting
in the research center...
610
00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:59,015
Well, here we go.
611
00:25:59,016 --> 00:26:00,058
...Rick and Marty,
612
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:02,018
along with Lee and Richard,
613
00:26:02,019 --> 00:26:04,937
make their way
to the Money Pit dig site.
614
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,398
Through
Doug's exhaustive research
615
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:11,903
and we're utilizing
your father's work,
616
00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,906
we now have a can
positioned over the
617
00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,575
an area that we believe
holds a lot of promise.
618
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,494
‐Mm.
‐If there's
619
00:26:19,495 --> 00:26:21,037
a treasure left up there,
620
00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:22,914
we have the equipment to get it.
621
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,041
Well, it would be
a nice ending...
622
00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:27,752
‐Wouldn't it?
‐...to an exciting adventure.
623
00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:29,253
Yeah. True.
624
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:31,881
As fate would have it,
625
00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:33,883
the team
is about to begin digging
626
00:26:33,884 --> 00:26:35,551
at the very same location
627
00:26:35,552 --> 00:26:37,762
where Robert Restall Sr.
believed
628
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:40,431
the original Money Pit
would be found.
629
00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:42,892
Hello, ladies and gentlemen.
630
00:26:42,893 --> 00:26:46,771
We have with us here
the Restalls,
631
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:49,565
‐Lee Lamb and Ricky Restall,
who have a... ‐Hi.
632
00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:52,319
...long, storied
and interesting history here.
633
00:26:54,363 --> 00:26:56,823
So, anyway,
this is the thing.
634
00:26:56,824 --> 00:26:59,117
Rick, tell‐tell her
how it works.
635
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:01,786
Well, those big rams
are gonna take
636
00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:04,372
that large can,
grab onto it with a set of jaws
637
00:27:04,373 --> 00:27:07,208
and literally rotate it down
into the ground.
638
00:27:07,209 --> 00:27:08,918
Mm. Right. Okay.
639
00:27:08,919 --> 00:27:11,337
Generally, in the past,
we've named these cans.
640
00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:17,301
And so I think it's very apropos
to name this can RF‐1,
641
00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:18,886
the Restall Family 1.
642
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:20,304
Oh, for goodness' sake.
643
00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:21,973
‐That's nice.
‐And I and I hope
644
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:24,058
that, at the bottom of that can,
645
00:27:24,059 --> 00:27:27,103
is what we have all sought
for 225 years.
646
00:27:27,104 --> 00:27:28,896
I'm very honored
647
00:27:28,897 --> 00:27:32,483
that we were invited
to be here at this time,
648
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:33,860
'cause it is important to me.
649
00:27:33,861 --> 00:27:37,822
This is the first time I've seen
the big equipment working
650
00:27:37,823 --> 00:27:40,324
and seen the up‐to‐date stuff
that you're doing.
651
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:41,993
I do remember, you and I,
652
00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,828
we were looking
at Bobby's journals
653
00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:46,664
and we turned to August 17
and I made you
654
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:49,041
a promise then
that we would be able,
655
00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:50,918
at some point,
to fill that last page in.
656
00:27:50,919 --> 00:27:53,337
Now it's about all of us,
657
00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:55,548
including you and Ricky,
filling that last page in,
658
00:27:55,549 --> 00:27:57,675
and I hope
this is the start of it.
659
00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,011
Mm‐hmm. Well, thank you.
660
00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,638
I hope it works out,
because it's about time.
661
00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:04,015
All right, without further ado,
662
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,474
Vanessa?
663
00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:06,809
Shall we?
664
00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:08,936
The Restalls, unlike any
665
00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:10,187
of the other searchers,
666
00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:13,149
this was a‐a family adventure,
really,
667
00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,693
and‐and, certainly,
it culminated
668
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,653
in a tragedy.
So, when they come back,
669
00:28:17,654 --> 00:28:21,157
are kind enough to come back
and‐and revisit and
670
00:28:21,158 --> 00:28:24,493
Uh, it's‐it's a connection
to the past.
671
00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:26,913
That, in and of itself,
is a small piece of treasure,
672
00:28:26,914 --> 00:28:29,373
and they value it, as do we.
673
00:28:31,627 --> 00:28:33,336
There it goes!
674
00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:35,504
Wow.
There you go.
675
00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:37,214
‐You're oscillating.
‐Okay. Great.
676
00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:39,050
You're‐you're digging here
on Oak Island.
677
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,384
Wow.
678
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:42,011
Impressive.
679
00:28:42,012 --> 00:28:43,387
‐‐ Pretty cool.
680
00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:44,847
And now we move forward.
681
00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:46,057
Sempre avanti.
682
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:47,391
Gorgeous.
683
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:50,312
All that remains is to find it.
684
00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:59,946
With the start of another day
on Oak Island...
685
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:01,238
How are you doing this morning?
686
00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:02,615
Good. Yourself?
‐Good.
687
00:29:02,616 --> 00:29:04,617
...Craig Tester
joins Vanessa Lucido
688
00:29:04,618 --> 00:29:06,077
and other members of the team
689
00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:09,080
at the Money Pit site
to check on the progress
690
00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:11,082
of the RF‐1 shaft.
691
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:14,126
It is here that recent
seismic scanning identified
692
00:29:14,127 --> 00:29:16,671
a 13‐foot‐wide void
693
00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:19,090
matching the diameter
of the original Money Pit
694
00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:22,093
at a depth of some 160 feet.
695
00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:24,762
How deep is the hammer grab?
696
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,263
About 86 now.
697
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:28,099
Good. Well, it's moving along.
698
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:29,850
Yeah. It's moving along nicely.
699
00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:32,144
Still getting full buckets
with the grab,
700
00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:35,899
and the oscillator's advancing
at the rate I'd expect it to.
701
00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:38,818
Still pulling out lots of wood.
702
00:29:38,819 --> 00:29:40,695
Okay. The ones
703
00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:42,947
that are square, six by six,
that's Chappell.
704
00:29:42,948 --> 00:29:47,326
‐So that part's gonna be
coming up the entire way. ‐Okay.
705
00:29:47,327 --> 00:29:49,954
‐Awesome. ‐So, you know,
from 100 to 120 feet
706
00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:51,956
‐will probably be a key area.
‐Okay.
707
00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:54,917
We'll let you know
if we have anything unusual
708
00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:56,627
‐or...
‐Okay.
709
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,796
Because we seem to have honed in
on what we want,
710
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,215
now it's time
to be very careful
711
00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:03,009
looking at these cuttings,
so we don't miss
712
00:30:03,010 --> 00:30:05,177
what might be there
for us to find.
713
00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:07,638
And we've basically
got this down
714
00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,932
to a pretty smooth‐running
machine.
715
00:30:09,933 --> 00:30:13,728
The hammer grab dumps the
spoils in the jersey barrier.
716
00:30:13,729 --> 00:30:15,563
Gary metal detects it.
717
00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:18,357
And then it's washed
on the wash table.
718
00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:21,360
And it's all occurring,
you know, like, um...
719
00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:22,987
like a machine.
720
00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:24,864
Hey, Jack.
721
00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:26,824
How's it going, Steve?
722
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,827
Because all previous
searchers have never been able
723
00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,829
to excavate the original
Money Pit much below
724
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:34,707
the 90‐foot level due to
the booby‐trapped flood tunnel,
725
00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:37,209
the Oak Island team will begin
726
00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:38,669
thoroughly sifting
and searching
727
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,172
through all spoils unearthed
below 100 feet
728
00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:43,841
for any important clues,
artifacts
729
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,011
or, hopefully, treasure.
730
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,389
We just need
to pick out anything
731
00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:52,725
that seems out of the ordinary.
732
00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:54,144
Or man‐made.
733
00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:57,397
Anything that's odd.
734
00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:04,821
There's something.
735
00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:07,531
Look at this.
736
00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:09,200
I think
we've got some old pottery.
737
00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:10,701
Oh, yeah.
738
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,829
‐That's...
‐That's a huge chunk of it.
739
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:17,374
That's really old pottery,
Steve.
740
00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:20,127
Look at how thick it is.
741
00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:22,088
‐The thicker, the older, too.
‐The thicker, the older.
742
00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:24,340
And that's the thickest pottery
I've seen at this wash table.
743
00:31:24,341 --> 00:31:26,592
Quite honestly,
if this is really old,
744
00:31:26,593 --> 00:31:29,428
this could be a good indication
that we're inside
745
00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:31,388
‐the original Money Pit.
‐Mm‐hmm.
746
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:34,225
Or left behind by searchers.
747
00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:38,229
Maybe left behind
by depositors, too.
748
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:41,732
We're on the right track!
749
00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:45,069
While Jack and Steve
continue to search
750
00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,864
for more important clues
at the wash table...
751
00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:52,785
‐Going in.
‐...Gary Drayton
752
00:31:52,786 --> 00:31:54,912
and geologist Terry Matheson
753
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:58,415
are carefully monitoring
the freshly excavated material
754
00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:00,418
retrieved
by the hammer grab tool.
755
00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:10,678
‐We've got a target here.
756
00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:12,096
What do you got?
757
00:32:12,097 --> 00:32:15,307
Ooh! What have we got here?
758
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:17,185
Check this out.
759
00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:21,564
That's an old pickaxe,
a broken pickaxe.
760
00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:23,066
That is serious.
761
00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:27,778
‐ What a sweet find!
‐Right on.
762
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:30,447
Oh, wow. I mean, this is really,
really cool, Terry.
763
00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,949
That's something, man.
764
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,450
‐This is really old, mate.
‐Yeah.
765
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:36,328
We're in the 1700s.
This is original stuff.
766
00:32:36,329 --> 00:32:39,790
A pickaxe found
some 90 feet deep
767
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:42,668
in what the team believes could
be the original Money Pit?
768
00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,461
Could it have been left there
769
00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:47,298
by searchers looking
for the fabled treasure vault?
770
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:51,177
Or might it have been left
behind by whoever buried it?
771
00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:54,513
This could've been used by the
guys who made the Money Pit.
772
00:32:54,514 --> 00:32:56,473
This is what we're all hoping.
773
00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:58,309
‐You got your phone, mate?
‐I do.
774
00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:00,144
Yeah, we should call Rick
and Marty.
775
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,687
Marty and Rick
are gonna love this.
776
00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:03,564
That's gonna put a smile
on their face for sure.
777
00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:05,816
What a sweet find!
778
00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:07,694
It's really sweet.
779
00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:12,865
‐ Hey, guys.
‐ What you got there,
780
00:33:12,866 --> 00:33:15,409
‐Gary? ‐Finally making
some good discoveries.
781
00:33:15,410 --> 00:33:16,785
After being alerted
782
00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:18,829
to Gary Drayton's discovery
783
00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:21,790
of a possibly ancient pickaxe
in the RF‐1 spoils,
784
00:33:21,791 --> 00:33:24,251
brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina arrive
785
00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,296
at the Money Pit drill site.
786
00:33:27,297 --> 00:33:29,757
‐That is cool.
‐Yeah.
787
00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:33,052
Another old pick
in a different place.
788
00:33:33,053 --> 00:33:36,805
The same style pick that
came out the back of the swamp.
789
00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:38,683
Now we got one in the Money Pit.
790
00:33:39,976 --> 00:33:41,936
Ooh. Oh!
791
00:33:41,937 --> 00:33:44,563
‐Wait.
‐Now look at that!
792
00:33:44,564 --> 00:33:46,649
That is a really old pick!
793
00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:48,817
Eight weeks ago,
while metal detecting
794
00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:52,905
near the northernmost area
of the triangle‐shaped swamp,
795
00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:56,700
Gary and Jack Begley discovered
a similar digging tool.
796
00:33:56,701 --> 00:34:00,412
One which blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge later determined
797
00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:05,125
to date back to the mid‐1700s.
798
00:34:05,126 --> 00:34:08,879
Could this pickaxe,
found in Borehole RF‐1,
799
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,257
be related
to the 18th century pickaxe
800
00:34:11,258 --> 00:34:14,260
that the team discovered
earlier this year?
801
00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:16,929
And might it also
have had something to do
802
00:34:16,930 --> 00:34:19,598
with the 13‐foot‐wide chamber
identified
803
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:24,603
by seismic scanning
at a depth of 160 feet?
804
00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:26,522
Do you think that's broken?
805
00:34:26,523 --> 00:34:27,982
Yes, I do.
806
00:34:27,983 --> 00:34:31,110
And maybe the shaft was broken
807
00:34:31,111 --> 00:34:33,737
on purpose,
and it's for tunneling.
808
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,906
‐Yeah. You get a close hit?
‐Yeah.
809
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:40,160
This looks more substantial
and thicker.
810
00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:43,580
I was really impressed
by the handle. It was huge.
811
00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:46,709
You wouldn't want to grab that
and swing it all day long.
812
00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:49,420
It was quite a handle,
quite a pick.
813
00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,964
To swing that for eight,
ten hours a day, you'd be tired
814
00:34:51,965 --> 00:34:54,591
‐at the end of the day.
‐ It's a cool artifact.
815
00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:58,012
I‐I could tell you without going
to the venerable Carmen Legge,
816
00:34:58,013 --> 00:35:00,681
it was probably built long ago.
817
00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:02,474
It's a well‐made tool.
818
00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:06,061
Well, look, everything
that's coming up here is
819
00:35:06,062 --> 00:35:07,521
interlaced with very old stuff.
820
00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:09,315
I think it looks really good.
821
00:35:09,316 --> 00:35:10,691
Yeah.
822
00:35:10,692 --> 00:35:12,526
Well, we need to get going.
823
00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:14,820
It's time
to get crack‐a‐lacking.
824
00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:16,488
It's very possible
825
00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:19,116
that we are within the
Money Pit collapse zone, so,
826
00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:21,285
we need to
separate the material that is
827
00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:24,163
relevant to the search,
because we certainly have
828
00:35:24,164 --> 00:35:28,168
the possibility of locating
the original Money Pit.
829
00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,088
Wow. That's impressive.
830
00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:37,676
It's a big timber.
831
00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:40,346
Want to get this one?
832
00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:42,473
That's a big one, huh?
833
00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:44,558
That's a timber.
834
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:47,646
‐One.
‐ Two, three.
835
00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:50,773
Any luck in there?
836
00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:52,733
Really old wood.
837
00:35:52,734 --> 00:35:56,779
At the bottom of that scoop
there, inside Billy's bucket,
838
00:35:56,780 --> 00:36:00,866
there's a really,
really big, fantastic timber.
839
00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:03,243
Rick wanted us to take
the big ones and set them aside.
840
00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:05,663
Ooh! What have we got here?
841
00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:07,498
Look at this one.
842
00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:10,000
We start pulling up
some really impressive
843
00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,460
timbers.
844
00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:13,796
These were cut by hand.
845
00:36:13,797 --> 00:36:16,131
This should be original work.
846
00:36:16,132 --> 00:36:17,800
Come and check this out.
847
00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:19,635
Look at there.
848
00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:22,221
Look at all the wood.
849
00:36:22,222 --> 00:36:24,264
Yeah.
850
00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:25,766
Look at that piece there.
851
00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,309
Oh.
852
00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:28,769
That is spectacular.
853
00:36:28,770 --> 00:36:30,062
That's cool.
854
00:36:30,063 --> 00:36:31,355
I mean, that's not
855
00:36:31,356 --> 00:36:32,815
a modern design.
856
00:36:32,816 --> 00:36:34,692
‐That is really old.
‐ That's old.
857
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:37,111
‐ With dowels, no less.
‐ Yeah. ‐ Yeah.
858
00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:38,904
Almost interlocking,
859
00:36:38,905 --> 00:36:40,989
‐like a key in a... a lock.
‐ Yeah.
860
00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:43,117
This is like nothing
we've seen before.
861
00:36:43,118 --> 00:36:45,035
This could be original wood.
862
00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:47,913
A doweled timber, possibly
863
00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,374
from the original Money Pit?
864
00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:53,168
Dating back
to the early 7th century,
865
00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:56,296
a dowel is a kind
of wooden fastener
866
00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:59,591
used to lock large planks
or timbers together.
867
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:02,261
Frequently used
in shipbuilding,
868
00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:04,555
wooden dowels were considered
more reliable
869
00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,765
than iron nails or spikes,
870
00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:09,268
which would rust and break down
871
00:37:09,269 --> 00:37:12,438
after prolonged exposure
to water.
872
00:37:12,439 --> 00:37:17,151
This wood in RF‐1
was weird and unique.
873
00:37:17,152 --> 00:37:21,029
It was hand‐hewn lumber,
it was massive.
874
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:25,200
It was doweled together at
the end with hand‐cut dowels.
875
00:37:25,201 --> 00:37:27,286
I'm going to be very curious
876
00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:30,164
about the dendrochronology
on that.
877
00:37:30,165 --> 00:37:32,541
If those are older than 1795,
878
00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:35,627
we have to really think about
what might've happened here.
879
00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:38,965
I think that's the one
over there with the hole in it.
880
00:37:40,216 --> 00:37:42,134
Look at that.
881
00:37:42,135 --> 00:37:44,136
‐ Oh, yeah.
‐See those two marks there?
882
00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:46,722
They look like
they was chiseled out of there.
883
00:37:46,723 --> 00:37:48,098
‐Yeah, they do.
‐I just wondered
884
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,684
if these two marks
are‐are actual
885
00:37:50,685 --> 00:37:53,730
‐Roman numerals.
‐ Wow.
886
00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:59,109
What do you think, Laird?
887
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,654
Is that a Roman numeral "two"?
888
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:05,532
Oh, yeah.
889
00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:09,036
Terry, you got your brush?
890
00:38:09,037 --> 00:38:10,829
I do.
891
00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,289
Let's buff it up a little bit.
892
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:13,791
Yeah, buff that up a little bit.
893
00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:15,292
Looks like
some deliberate motion here.
894
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,544
‐ Yeah.
‐Some deliberate...
895
00:38:17,545 --> 00:38:19,421
swipes, perhaps.
896
00:38:19,422 --> 00:38:23,342
Well, guess where we've seen
Roman numerals before.
897
00:38:23,343 --> 00:38:25,803
The U‐shaped structure.
898
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:27,513
‐That'd be quite a tie‐in.
‐ Yeah.
899
00:38:27,514 --> 00:38:28,931
Look at there.
900
00:38:28,932 --> 00:38:30,891
Yeah, I got a Roman numeral
right here!
901
00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:32,309
Nice, Charles!
902
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:34,019
"XI." I've got "11" right here.
903
00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:36,855
One year ago, after damming
904
00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:38,816
and draining Smith's Cove
to search
905
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:40,818
for the fabled stone box drains
906
00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:43,320
and the main flood tunnel
connected to the Money Pit,
907
00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:46,031
Rick, Marty
and the team unearthed
908
00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:48,242
the so‐called
"U‐shaped structure"
909
00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:52,704
a massive wooden formation
also featuring Roman numerals.
910
00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:55,791
Incredibly, using a kind
911
00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:58,919
of tree‐ring testing method
known as "dendrochronology,"
912
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:03,340
it was determined to have been
constructed in 1769,
913
00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,509
more than
a quarter century prior
914
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,678
to the discovery
of the Money Pit.
915
00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:12,057
Could this wood, found
some 100 feet deep in RF‐1,
916
00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:14,685
be connected
to the U‐shaped structure?
917
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:18,021
And if so, might it also
be evidence that the team has,
918
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:21,860
at last, located
the original treasure shaft?
919
00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:25,238
You see the Roman numerals,
Rick?
920
00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:30,534
That looks carved in there,
doesn't it?
921
00:39:30,535 --> 00:39:32,369
That's... That... Look at that.
922
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,787
Quite different.
923
00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:35,414
Very different.
924
00:39:35,415 --> 00:39:37,374
I think
the Roman numerals are cool.
925
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:38,834
They were dramatic.
926
00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:41,378
I mean, there was...
I was there.
927
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:44,381
There was no doubt in my mind
those were Roman numerals.
928
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:46,049
There was artistry put
into this thing.
929
00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:47,885
It wasn't a quick construct.
930
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:50,178
This was meant to last.
931
00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:52,931
So, my thought would be
932
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,808
that the old shaft is original.
933
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:56,560
Could be.
934
00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:59,396
We'll have to look for more, um,
935
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,273
Roman numerals in this jumble.
936
00:40:01,274 --> 00:40:03,859
So, it's on one side or another
of the box joint.
937
00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:05,402
We'll have
to take a look for that.
938
00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:08,906
Even 1769's impressive.
This is...
939
00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:11,783
If this is the same date
as the U‐shaped structure.
940
00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:14,077
And of course,
we can have it dendro'd.
941
00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:15,746
‐We can take a sample
and have it dendro'd. ‐Yeah.
942
00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:17,915
We got to find some
of these and dendro it, yeah.
943
00:40:17,916 --> 00:40:19,750
Well, we'll be able to go
through this carefully.
944
00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:21,293
We're in a good spot.
945
00:40:21,294 --> 00:40:23,421
A really exciting day.
946
00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,341
As another week ends
947
00:40:27,342 --> 00:40:30,719
in the 225‐year history of
the Oak Island treasure hunt,
948
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,932
Rick, Marty, Craig
and their team are convinced
949
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,934
that not only
have they found new clues
950
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:38,435
that could finally
help identify
951
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,771
those who buried something
of great value
952
00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:43,106
on Oak Island centuries ago.
953
00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:45,943
They may have also found
the location
954
00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:49,446
of where they hid it
deep underground.
955
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:52,950
And as what Rick
and Marty Lagina refer to
956
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:56,745
as "The Fellowship of the Dig"
continues their search,
957
00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:58,789
they may soon uncover something
much more valuable
958
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:02,042
than a vault full of treasure.
959
00:41:02,043 --> 00:41:06,713
They may also find the facts
behind an incredible story
960
00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:11,301
one that, were it not for them,
may have been lost to history
961
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:13,262
forever.
962
00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:17,975
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
963
00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:19,309
Whoa, baby!
964
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,978
Really big impressive timbers.
965
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:23,814
‐We're back in the old stuff.
‐ Whoa. Look at this!
966
00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,816
‐We have got more markings.
‐ How about that?
967
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:27,317
Wait. Stop.
968
00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,069
‐What's that?
‐ There's no doubt about this.
969
00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:30,696
This is a man‐made tunnel.
970
00:41:30,697 --> 00:41:32,990
‐Ooh, look at that!
Oh, wow!
971
00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:34,659
What kind of date are you
putting on this?
972
00:41:35,952 --> 00:41:38,161
‐This could be from the original
Money Pit. ‐Mm‐hmm.
973
00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,246
It's getting tighter.
974
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:41,164
Pressures are rising
a little bit.
975
00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:42,332
‐Oh, whoa!
‐Whoa, whoa, whoa!
976
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:47,036
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