All language subtitles for The.Curse.of.Oak.Island.S08E24.720p.WEB.h264-BAE

Narrator:
Tonight on
the curse of oak island...

Gary:
Ooh, look at that.

Fantastic, mate! This is old.

Laird:
Often the detail
is really cryptic.

Rick:
The only people who would
do that would be templars.

- There has got
to be more out there.
! What's that?

Sweet.

- Alex: Wow.
-Ian: We took the samples
to analyze

for silver, and we got a spike.

There is every reason
to believe down in those holes

- there's treasure.
-Marty: Baby!

Jack:
No way!

Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic

where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure

for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols
carved into it,

mysterious fragments
of human bone,

and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back

to the days
of the knights templar.

To date, six men have died

trying to solve the mystery.

And, according to legend,

one more will have to die

before the treasure
can be found.

rick: It is brisk up here.

Terry: Cross your fingers, dude.

It's only supposed
to get up to ten today.

Narrator: It is the beginning
of the final week

that rick and marty lagina,

along with their team, have to
conduct major search operations

this year on oak island.

Now that the harsh north
atlantic winter is setting in,

they are nearly out of time,
at least for now,

to attempt to solve the
226-year-old treasure mystery.

However, in a year

that has seen more progress
than any before it,

they intend to use every
precious second they have left

to locate
the fabled treasure vault

believed to lie buried deep
in the original money pit.

The 1706 wood is right here,
inside of oc-1.

-Yep.
-And a lot of the early
drilling we were doing

-for craig was chasing that.
-Yeah.

So, based on our discussion
last night, we've come up with

-this location, c-11.5.
-Rick: Yep.

We still need a second,
intersection point so we can

get some linear fashion
to that 1706 structure.

Well, let's go to 118,
see if we're chasing

anything at all,
and then make the call then.

-Okay.
-Rick: All righty.

- Terry: Bingo!
-Charles: We've got wood!

Narrator:
During their core drilling
program this year,

the team has found
numerous compelling clues

spanning an area
of more than 50 feet wide

between boreholes c-1 and oc-1

that include evidence
of wood tunnels

nearly 90 feet deep
that all pre-date

the discovery of the money pit
by as much as 150 years.

Hey, jack. Check this out.

Whoa. Good find, mike.

Narrator:
However, it was
in the spoils of oc-1

that the team discovered
a hand-forged rose head spike

encrusted
with man-made concrete.

It was this kind of material

that surrounded
a seven-foot-high wooden vault

that treasure hunters frederick
blair and william chappell

reportedly drilled into
back in 1897.

Rick:
Where is the money pit?

Right now,
we have two areas that

we're significantly
interested in, one around c-1

and one around oc-1.

We are finding shafts
and possible tunnels

that are not delineated
from any historical context.

Again, you have to stay focused.

And so, we'll take
our time to develop

the x marks the spot
for the vault.

So, we got our marching orders.
We go to 118,

unless we see something,
then we go deeper

-until we are out of it. Okay.
-Yep.

-Rick: Okay, let's get after it.
-Steve g.: Yeah.

Narrator:
While the drilling operation in
the money pit area continues...

-...Later that morning...
-Marty: Hey, guys!

-Hello!
-Narrator: ...Marty lagina,

his partner craig tester
and jack begley

have gathered in the war room

for a meeting
via video conference

with rick and geoscientist
dr. Ian spooner.

Dr. Spooner, I understand you
have a concept for us that

may help us with our
sort of quest in the money pit.

So far, the drilling
has been great, but it

hasn't found us
what we are looking for.

Yeah, basically what we
want to do is help you guys

-put an x on the map.
-Okay.

So, the idea is

to look at water,
down drill holes that exist

because the water
in those wells should reflect

the chemistry of the ground
that they interact with.

And so, I talked to
dr. Matt lukeman at arcadia.

He's an excellent chemist.

And matt and I thought,
you know,

well, how would we identify

whether or not
there was treasure?

How would we help you with that?

And so, the bottom line is

silver in the day was by and
large things other than silver.

It had copper, zinc in it,
and silver itself does corrode.

So, the idea is

to basically to do
a pathfinder study and look

for those elements in the water.

Great.

Narrator:
As metals such as
copper, zinc, and silver

lie submerged in water
for long periods of time,

they will corrode,

and their particles
will gradually leach out

into plumes that become
less and less concentrated

as they migrate
through open space.

If these types of metals
do in fact lie deep

in the ground
of the money pit area,

dr. Spooner's pathfinder water
test of the flooded boreholes

as well as the man-made tunnels,

should be able to detect them.

I absolutely love
this idea of dr. Spooner's.

If there's a massive amount
of metal down there somewhere,

it should be
leaching into the waters.

Let's test it for
the very things which we seek.

So what I'm suggesting is
just to take a look at 12 wells,

in the money pit area
to see what we get.

Dr. Spooner, you said it--
it can find silver,

but can it test for gold?

No, gold doesn't corrode.
It doesn't end up in water.

So that's why the idea was--
even silver is hard.

If we find any silver,
I'll be quite amazed, really.

If you find silver,
it is a treasure hunt.

Well, what is associated with
silver in a treasure hunt? Gold.

So, I guess what I'm saying is
don't worry about that.

Let's-let's do what the science
is capable of doing.

-Jack: Yep.
-We'll do the rest later.

Well, rick, you're firmly
on board with this, aren't you?

This sounds
like a great idea to me.

No question. Science.

-Okay. Well, let's do it!
-Ian: That's great. I'll get

dr. Lukeman down here
because he'll also run

the fluorescents on it, and
we'll see what we come up with.

Okay, good. Well, as rick
often says, "let's make it so."

-rick: Let's make it so.
-Ian: Okay.
-Craig: Okay.

Narrator:
While rick, marty and craig

wrap up the meeting
in the war room...

...Near the southwest
corner of the swamp...

Gary:
Ready for a great day
at the beach?

Yeah, we got perfect weather,
don't we?

Narrator: ...Metal detection
expert gary drayton

along with rick and marty's
nephew, david fornetti,

arrive at
the shoreline of lot 32.

Gary:
This is a good place
to start, mate.

Anything we find in this area

is going to be interesting

if it connects to a wharf.

Great. Well, I'll let you
do your thing.

Okay, mate.

- Doug: Look at that.
-What do you got?

It looks like
a piece of finished wood.

Narrator:
Two weeks ago the team
unearthed a possible piece

of wooden railing
from a large sailing vessel

and encountered
a massive obstruction

while excavating near the
southern border of the swamp.

However, because the weather
has now made it too difficult

to dig any more this year
within the muddy bog,

it is rick,
marty and craig's hope

that gary can locate
more valuable clues

along the man-made beach

that could help solve
the oak island mystery.

-Gary: Very quiet, isn't it?
-David f.: Yeah.

All right, mate.
I don't want to go too far away

from this area,
so the next line up,

let's take this line,

we'll bypass
these two rows of seaweed,

and we'll
take these rocks along here.

Sounds good.

signal here, david.

just there, mate.

gary:
Yeah, you got it out.

Nice one, david.

Is that it?

Let's see what we've got here.

My gosh!

Gary:
There it is, it's brilliant!

Can you see what this is, mate?

That is a trigger guard

off either an old musket

- or a pistol.
-David f.:

Gary:
And that would date from

probably 1650 to 1750.

Narrator:
On lot 32

near the southwestern border
of the swamp,

gary drayton and david fornetti

have just found what
could be an important clue.

The trigger guard from a firearm

that could date
back as much as 150 years

before the discovery
of the money pit.

I mean, this is fantastic.

And this is only our, like,
second line across here.

I'm going to put this
in my pouch, recheck the hole,

and let's find
some more artifacts, mate.

Sounds good.

Marty: It's undeniable now
that there was

substantial activity here
in the late 1600s, early 1700s.

But was that some military
expedition that we're unaware of

or was it
the original depositors?

another good sounding
signal here, david.

it's in my hand.

Very interesting.

Wow. Look at that, mate.

This is really, really special.

This is old.

This is an old lead
cloth bag seal.

A lead bag seal was used when

-an old sack was sealed.
-David f.: Yeah.

They tied the sack,

and they put a seal on it.

This is a very
important find, mate.

We've just struck gold
with this piece of lead, mate.

Narrator:
Dating back
as much as 800 years,

lead bag seals were generally
rounded metal clamps

used to secure goods
inside textile packaging.

What makes this seal

a potentially important
discovery on oak island

is that they are uniquely
designed to identify qualities

such as the manufacturer
and also country of origin.

Could this seal be connected
to other ancient discoveries

made in and near
the swamp this year,

such as the pieces
of 15th-century keg barrels?

Or the massive stone road

believed to have been
part of a ship's wharf?

This is an awesome
lead artifact.

This is a really old piece

but just the type of artifact

you want to be recovering

in an area where
you believe is an old wharf.

Bingo.
We have hit gold on this one.

We won't know until
this is cleaned up,

but this is
very, very, important.

This is the first
lead cloth bag seal

that we've found on the island.

-David f.: Does that go
in the top pocket?
-Gary: Without doubt, mate.

This is a true top-pocket find.

I think this is so special
we should take it

-to the research center.
-Sounds good.

We'll come back here.

I mean, this is fantastic.

Let's show the guys
what we've found.

-Let's go.
-David f.: Sounds good.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

-Gary: Hey, guys.
-Laird: Hey.
-Rick: Hey.

Just the chaps we want to see.

Narrator: ...Gary and david
join rick lagina

and archeologist laird niven
at the research center

to share their latest
discoveries from lot 32.

Gary:
We just had
some finds cataloged.

Some metal detecting finds
that we found on lot 32

on the beach.

So, you guys should
take a look at these.

Rick:
Love to.

How interested are you, gary?

Very interested mate, um,

-we found some spectacular
finds there, mate.
-Rick: Okay.

Gary:
And here's one of them.

See what you think
of that, rick.

-Rick: A trigger.
-Exactly, mate.

Old trigger guard.

You can see that it's
been broken a long time ago.

-It's not a recent snap.
-That's--

-that's decorative too,
isn't it?
-Gary: Yep.

A decorative piece
that might help identify it.

It looks like
a little pistol trigger guard

or maybe a musket trigger guard.

What do you make of
the little decoration there?

Laird:
Well, I think
that usually decoration

-means higher status, right?
-Yeah. You got that right, mate.

Rick:
There's books about everything.

Would there be a book
about pistol guards?

-Trigger guards?
-Yeah.

I mean, the beauty
about gun furniture

is that it's
very specifically sized.

-Yeah.
-So, you can
often get the model down

-and perhaps a date even down.
-Yeah.

It's going to be
a little challenge.

If we had a little more of it...

you're always
saying that.

Some of these artifacts are
just that, they're artifacts.

It's a trigger guard of perhaps

a wealthy individual's pistol
because it is decorated.

But how does that connect?

Is it curious? Yeah.

I mean,
we are on samuel ball's lot.

So, is there a possible
connection there? I don't know.

But it's history come alive,
and that's always fascinating.

We didn't just come in here
with a trigger guard, mate.

-David f.: This is
really interesting.
-Gary: Yeah.

But we should have gloves on
if we are going to handle it...

-Okay.
-...Because it's made of lead.

Laird:
Okay.

Thanks. I will not plant
any seeds in your mind, mate.

-I'm fairly confident
I know what it is.
-Laird: Okay.

Gary:
We'll see if
you are in agreement.

Laird:
Take this delicate thing
out with my left hand.

I know what it is.

-Yep.
-I haven't seen many of these.

Gary:
And what is it, laird?

It's a lead bale seal.

Yeah.

- Laird: So, it's for a--
-okay.

Laird:
A bale of cotton--
what used to be cotton.

-Now they are changing...
-A sack.

-Laird: Yeah. Yeah.
-A sack or a bag.

Laird:
And, the merchant
would put these on

or the excise tax people
would put them on.

There's a corresponding
piece like this. Here.

And it's put under, folded
around, and--and clamped on.

So, that's why you have
that round piece there.

Laird
so this little object,
this little bag seal,

would have been attached to a--
to a large bale

of fairly rough fabric like
hemp or something like that.

But it wasn't meant
for one person.

This was an industrial
size bag that was

going to be used
for whatever purpose.

Something we haven't
figured out yet.

But it was
for a large operation.

So, this is adding more
questions to the mystery

and-and giving us
more work to do.

- Gary: But that's got
detail on it.
-I see that.

So, that-- we should get
some information off that.

And it's just the type of find
that you want to be recovering

in an area you think
there's an old wharf.

-Right, because it speaks
to loading and unloading.
-Gary: Yeah.

Rick:
When did these start coming
into vogue, if you will?

Laird:
1500?

Even before then, mate.

-1300s in England.
-Yeah.

Again,
it's about connective tissue.

You find this bag seal

in close proximity
to the suspected wharf.

It's a great find,

and we know
there was activity in the area.

We need to look
into this further.

Hopefully we can find
a corresponding one, and maybe

we can find the merchant,
which would help a lot.

-Yeah.
-David f.: I was just
going to ask.

Is there like a book or
something you can flip through

-where you can find
some sort of example, or...
-Yeah.

Yeah, there are
a lot of references.

A lot of references.
It's just going

-to take a lot of searching.
-Yeah. I'm sure.

Look, I can't but agree, gary.
This is indeed

a top-pocket find.
Congrats to the both of you

for heading out there.

Especially, I-I think that

you find something like this,

and it accelerates the need
to do another search agenda.

Laird, if you want
to do the research,

I look forward to that,
the outcome of that.

Yeah, I'll start researching.

-Rick: Okay, we have a plan.
-Laird: Okay.

-Rick: Let's move forward on it.
-Laird: Yeah.

Narrator:
As another critical day
of search activity

begins on oak island,

on lot 13

near the northeastern border
of the swamp...

Aaron:
Based on our limited time,

I think it's really important
that we get the direction

-of this road or path.
-Miriam: Okay.

Narrator: Archaeologists
dr. Aaron taylor

and miriam amirault
work to uncover more

of the mysterious
cobblestone pathway--

a pathway that extends
from the massive stone road,

or possible ship's wharf
discovered earlier this year,

and which runs along
the entire eastern border

of the man-made bog,

branching off further
into the uplands.

Aaron:
If this is continuing the way
it looks like it's continuing,

you know,
maybe this pathway is leading

-to the money pit.
-Yeah.

So, I think we go over,
put in a unit,

investigate,
and see what's going on there.

-All right. Let's go string
it up and get started.
-Aaron: Yep.

Marty: We clearly have to follow
the stone pathway all the way

cause it's interesting.
What's going on with this?

-Aaron: Let's get rid
of this debris.
-Miriam: Yeah.

Marty:
That is a well-constructed,
hidden, massive road.

Heavy things were being
moved around on it,

which suggests
something important.

-Hey. How's it going?
-Miriam: Hey!

Aaron:
Well, we can use
all the help we can get.

So, um, the path,
what's your thought?

-Just continue this way?
-Aaron: Yeah, um...

- So we just tried
to leapfrog a little bit.
-Rick:

- It's coming diagonally
through the unit we did.
-Rick:

So, we are just going to try
and pick it up here,

but there are a couple areas
I'd like to investigate.

Here's the thing:
The time and weather

-window is closing.
-Yeah.

So, if you want
to continue here,

I could go down there.

If you want to just focus me
on where I should...

-Aaron: Sure. Sure.
-..Do the work.

That's a great idea.

Narrator:
With time running out,

the team has decided to split up

and search two different areas.

While dr. Taylor and miriam
search further uphill,

trying to uncover the next
section of the cobblestone path,

rick will investigate
along the path itself,

near the beginning
of the uplands,

in hopes of finding any clues

that may shed light
on who built this structure

and how it may connect
to the 226-year-old mystery.

Rick:
We are still struggling
with an understanding

of what the feature represents,
you know?

Is this part
of the money pit story

or is it--
or is it uniquely a swamp story?

-You see where that stick is?
-Rick: Yep.

Aaron:
So, everything
above the stick can be

taken off with the shovel.

Rick:
And the only way to do that

is to continue
the archeological pursuit,

and hopefully come up
with an artifact or artifacts

that will tell us
why it's here now.

Aaron:
I really want to see
what is going on here.

-Rick: Okay. Yep.
-Aaron: See those stones?

This is where all
the artifacts are coming from.

It's an interesting area.

-Rick: Okay.
-Aaron: And shout if you see
anything of interest.

Rick:
If there is anything,
I will call you immediately.

-Aaron: Thank you.
-Rick: Yep.

Narrator:
While the investigation
continues near the swamp...

Steve g.:
Mike, what do we have?

-Mike: 48!
-Terry: 48. Thanks!

Narrator:
...And while the core
drilling operation

in borehole c-11.5

continues
in the money pit area...

-Ian: Hey, craig.
-Craig: How's it going?

Narrator: ...Craig tester
and dan henskee

along with dr. Ian spooner
and his associates

dr. Matt lukeman,

nicole kirkpatrick
and victoria hopper

arrive to conduct
the water testing operation

that dr. Spooner
hopes might offer

scientific evidence
of buried treasure.

Ian:
What we are trying to do,

I think, right now, is just
sort of a pathfinder study.

-Okay.
-So, get a bunch of samples.

Try to sort of
get the circumference,

the perimeter
of this area right here.

And that way
get a good idea of--

if maybe we're seeing
anomalous material.

-All right. Sounds great.
-Yeah, so we'll see how it goes.

-Okay, good.
-Matt: So, absolutely

there's a high chance
that we are going to see

maybe some signals in there
from more recent human activity

that might
complicate things a little bit.

Which, I think,
is why it's important

that we get samples
from multiple locations.

So it could help point us
in the right direction.

Okay. I think
we are going to start

with c-1 here, but after that

there's a lot of wells
all over the place

that you guys can sample.

-Are we ready?
-We are ready.

So, we'll get our equipment,
we'll head over,

and then we'll go
and get our sample.

-Craig: Okay.
-Good.

Marty:
First of all, I love hard data.

It's hard
to come by on oak island.

So now we have
two phd scientists,

dr. Lukeman
and dr. Ian spooner.

It's exactly nine meters
to the top

-of the caisson.
-Okay.

Marty:
They are going to do
a water analyses

from many of the wells
found over near the money pit.

So, yeah, it's exciting.

I mean, let's say
that scientists said,

"look, this is for sure,
there's a big chunk

of precious metal down there."
well, then we've got to find it.

Ian:
We'll go as far as we can
with the bailer. Great.

And, we'll get a sample.

At the very bottom
is the open hole or...

-Yes. You can hear
the ball valves in it.
-Yep.

Narrator:
In order to collect a water
sample from the bottom

of borehole c-1,
the team is using

a dual-valve sampling bailer.

As the device
descends down the well,

the force of the water
on the ball valves inside it

allows it to flow
through the bailer.

Once the bailer
reaches the desired depth,

the balls sink into place,

trapping the water
sample inside the tube.

This will prevent
contamination from other depths

while the device
is brought back to the surface.

Ian:
That's it.

-What depth are you calling it?
-Ian: 183.

183. Okay.

I have always believed

that something of significance

lies within the bowels
of the money pit.

And this water sample
testing done by dr. Lukeman

and dr. Spooner can provide some
very interesting information.

They might be able
to put x on the ground.

That I found
exceedingly interesting,

and I look
forward to their analysis.

Good?

Just hold that up there.

We'll keep that sample.
We'll keep that for sure.

-Okay.
-Matt: Wonderful.

-Let's do another sample.
-Okay.

Narrator:
As craig, dr. Spooner,
and members of the team

collect more water samples
in the money pit area...

...Back in the uplands
near the swamp...

-Hey, rick.
-Hey.

Narrator: ...Rick lagina,
along with dr. Aaron taylor,

miriam amirault and alex lagina,

continue their own search
for valuable clues

along the stone pathway.

Rick:
As this path appears
to turn to the upland,

we're finding an incredible
amount of artifacts.

What's that?

So, I don't know
what to make of it.

Is this the centralized location

for the build of the stone path?

I don't know.

The more we look,
the more we find.

-Rick: That might be stone.
-Aaron: I think--

-rick: That's not.
-Aaron: No, that's
brick fragment.

This is nice.

That's a fragment
of a pipe bowl.

Clean it up, maybe get a maker's
mark on it, and then we will

-be able to tell
where it was made and when--
-rick: What is that?

Aaron:
That's annular ware.
That's the early stuff.

Quite early 1760s.

Okay. I'll bag this up.

-Rick: Okay.
-Aaron: Great.

I'm just going to go
check on those guys.

-All right. Thanks, rick.
-Okey doke.

Working with aaron and miriam...

It's like a little mini,
mini treasure hunt.

You know, you're scraping
away with the trowel

and all of a sudden
there in front of you is

a little surprise--
a little, again,

a little piece of hopefully
connective tissue.

So, it's somewhat
intoxicating and addictive.

Wow.

That's interesting.

It's huge.

Narrator: ...Rick lagina
has just made what he hopes

could be an important discovery.

Rick:
Aaron will know what that is.

That's what I like to see:
Three people hard at work.

Aaron:
Hey, rick. Any breakthroughs?

Rick:
So, here's what's down there.

There was one more find,
which I found interesting.

Aaron:
Sweet jesus.

This is really nice.
It's a base,

probably a plate.

-There you go.
-Aaron: Just looking at it now,

it looks like creamware.

Creamware comes in 1763.

The british bring it in
when they arrive.

It might be yellowware,
which is a little later.

Just because all the pieces
we've been finding

are from that period,

I think this is a creamware.

But, you seldom find
a nice base

intact like that.

Narrator:
First produced around the 1740s
in staffordshire, England,

creamware is a refined
lead-glazed earthenware

named for its yellowish-white
cream-like color.

Could this discovery be an
important clue to help identify

who made
the cobblestone pathway?

If so, might it
also be connected

to the pine tar kiln
located on nearby lot 15,

which blacksmith expert
carmen legge believes

was of british design,

and which archaeologist
laird niven believes

may have been used
for the continuous burning

of materials in the construction
of the original money pit?

Well, I've been waiting
all summer

for a "sweet jesus moment,"

and sweet jesus.

--that is a nice base.

Now, let's find the rest of it.

But if that's creamware, that's
a really nice early piece.

Well, I got about
that much of a shelf to do.

That's still a work in progress,
and as you see,

-there's things
to be found out there.
-Keeps giving.

-Okay. I'll bag these up.
-Okey doke.

-Aaron: Good stuff. Thank you.
-Cool. All right. Yup.

Rick:
I shall return.

Narrator:
As rick and the team

resume their investigation
in the uplands,

later that afternoon
in the money pit area...

Terry:
We got the 78 in our right hand?

Steve g.: We've got 68
in our right hand, I think.

Terry: 68 in
our right hand, okay.

Narrator:
...Surveyor steve guptill

and geologist terry matheson,
continue to monitor

the core drilling operation

in borehole c-11.5,

just north of the oc-1 caisson.

That's kind of interesting.

Yeah, what? What's interesting?

There looks like there
might be a little bit

of backfill or burnt material.

Steve g.:
Well, that's good.

Terry:
Yeah, possibly.
I don't know what it is.

I don't know why
it has an unusual--

almost look like ashes
or something on it.

Narrator:
Burnt backfilled materials

found in borehole c-11.5?

Is it simply evidence
of previous searcher activity?

Or could the team be on
the verge of a major discovery?

Steve g.:
You know,
we're in backfill at 68 feet.

And that just suggests
that we're inside

or just outside
of a shaft, so, again,

this is great information.

-Steve g.: Maybe the next core
will tell us something.
-Terry: Next run?

Marty:
In the money pit area,

we're finding all these works

and all these tunnels,
and then we're finding stuff

to the 1700s,

which is extremely encouraging,
yeah.

It used to be the one thing.

When rick and I were talking,
I used to say,

"I will change my mind about
everything if you show me

concrete evidence of substantial
works prior to 1795."

well, you know what? He did it.

So, we've already won that much.

Now the objective
is to actually,

you know, find evidence
of real treasure.

Terry:
Let's cross our fingers.

-Steve g.: He's into
something interesting.
-Something going on?

We got a little soft
right at 88.

-From 88 on.
-Okay.

Narrator:
In the money pit area,

representatives
from choice drilling

have just encountered
something out of the ordinary

in borehole c-11.5.

That might be our tunnel.

-106.6.
-Mike: 106!

-Are you serious?
-No, it just dropped,
whatever's in there.

Narrator:
A drop of the drill rod
of nearly 18 feet?

Could it be
a natural void of some kind?

Or could it be evidence

of the money pit
treasure vault itself?

Terry:
Get this one up, steve-o. Whoa!

Whoa.

-Let's have a look.
-All right.

-It's pretty loose
at the bottom.
-Terry: Yeah.

Steve g.:
Anything interesting?

Terry:
Not so much.

See, here is what I think
he was into right there.

This material here, when he hits
it, it starts to slip because

-of all the clay in it.
-Steve g.: Yep.

Terry:
So, he finds that soft.

So, this section here
is the interglacial phase,

and you get a lot
of really dark clay in there.

So, when he hits it
sometimes it slips through.

It feels sometimes
he might have broken through

into an open tunnel
or something.

But, usually, it's just this.

What about here?
Look, this is the last two feet.

-Is that redrill?
-Give it a hit.

Yeah, that's a redrill. And then
what are we getting into

-down there? Some more of this?
-It's tight again, yep.

Terry:
So, that's just
more of the same.

-Just a lot of ground-up
maroon silt stone.
-Steve g.: It's tight.

Terry:
The tightness of it tells us
we're probably not close

to a vertical structure,
which is disappointing.

Not terribly interesting

in terms of treasure hunting.

Narrator:
Unfortunately for the team,

what appeared to be
a possible large underground

void where they hoped to
encounter the original money pit

is simply a natural horizon
of soft clay.

Although frustrating, especially
given this late moment

in the year, it is at least
useful information

to help inform
their search moving forward.

So, c-11.5 turned
out to be nothing,

which is
good information because

it helps us really put an x
through our money pit grid,

and we know
that's an area of...

Really of non-interest
for us right now.

So, terry's going
to log the information,

I'm going to plot it
in our 3d model,

and we're going to move
to the next hole.

C-11.5.

- It's a bust.
-Kind of,

died with a whimper.

It was tight.
So, we are not close

-to any structures.
-Terry: Doesn't look like
we are very close. No.

So, we're done. We'll move on.

Narrator:
While members of the team
regroup in the money pit area...

-Laird: Hey!
-Gary: Hey, guys.

Narrator:
Rick and alex lagina,

along with gary drayton
and david fornetti

meet with archeologist
laird niven to receive

his follow-up assessment
of the bag seal

found yesterday on lot 32.

Laird:
It's curious. It's--

I was pretty excited to see it.

Often the detail
on bale seals is really

difficult to interpret.

They're very cryptic.

-Rick: Wow.
-Gary: Wow.

-That has got some detail
on that, doesn't it?
-Rick: It sure does.

Gary:
Wow, look.

It looks like an "x"
on the bottom.

-Laird: A double "x."
-gary: A double "x." yeah.

But we can do
a little explanation

of what we are seeing here.

This is actually
the cloth makers,

what they call a privy seal.

These seals are family seals.

So, they'd be passed down
through the generations.

And apparently, back in the day,

if you had a father and a son
alive at the same time,

to avoid confusion you'd add--

the son would add
an element to his seal.

So, they get more and more
complicated over the years.

But this one, if you look here,

has initials.

I think it's an f
on the left-hand side,

- and perhaps an e
on the right-hand side.
-Rick:

If I pull it down...

It's really faint, but...

What you can't see is

that's actually
the shape of a four.

Rick:
Yeah. Okay.

Laird:
Apparently, that's an old symbol

used for a long time,

and it's not actually a four.

They think it represents, like,
the sign of the cross.

Gary:
Wow.

Rick:
What is the significance,
the sign of the cross?

You wouldn't think to find that

on a commercial
enterprise, right?

Laird:
I don't think it derives
from family crests because

that-- that symbol is

used by multiple families, so
this would have been something

carried down
through generations.

It's just most curious
to have that

religious symbol
on a commercial item.

I-I find that to be
very strange.

And the only people
who would do that,

in my limited knowledge base,
would be templars.

Narrator: In the oak island
research center,

archaeologist laird niven

has just revealed to rick lagina
and members of the team

what could be a critical clue
on the metal bag seal

recently found on lot 32.

I'm going back, though,
to the origination of it.

And you think back, right?
The templars

were heavy into commerce.

I mean, they literally were

the bankers and the financiers

and the commercial
operatives of the day.

You know, those were
the people you dealt with.

Laird:
Yeah. I just find it
really evocative.

I find it really cool, you know?

It's a symbol that's old enough

that the origins
have basically been forgotten.

Narrator:
Could rick lagina be correct

that the lead bag seal
found near the swamp

might be evidence connected
to the knights templar?

Although the theory
of a possible link

between the oak island mystery

and this medieval order
of warrior monks

has persisted for generations,

rick, marty,

and the team
have made notable discoveries

that potentially corroborate it

including pieces of keg barrels,

a hand point chisel
and tunneling tools

that all date back
to the 1400s or earlier.

However, the discovery of
the lead cross at smith's cove

three years ago
remains the most compelling

due to the fact
that a scientific test,

known as laser ablation,

helped prove that
it's at least 700 years old...

...And was made from lead

originating in an area
of southern France that was once

a stronghold for the templars.

Could this bag seal
now be another important clue

that could help prove
this incredible theory?

I've got two words to say:

Laser ablation.

-We should get that tested.
-Yeah.

Rick:
Well, that is a good idea.

Gary:
And maybe it matches up
to other lead signatures

that were found
on different lead artifacts

- on the island.
-Rick:
-Right.

So, you didn't mention
a time period.

Some of them actually
have dates on them.

But this one,
the broad date is 1300-1800.

-That's pretty broad.
-Laird: Yeah.

Rick:
This bag seal in proximity
to the wharf--

that's huge.

Is there a possible
templar connection? Maybe.

We need to come
to an understanding

what this represents here.

But it's the strangest
thing I've seen

on this island
in a long, long time.

That is very, very cool.

Yeah. Very cool.

Heck of a top-pocket
find for sure, isn't it?

-Rick: Absolutely.
-I actually agree.

Alex:
You got him! Finally got him.

Welcome to the dark side, mate.

Marty: Welcome!
One of my favorite times.

We get to look at some,

I believe, will be
very interesting data.

Narrator:
Two days later,

rick, marty, craig
and members of the team

gather in the war room for
the highly anticipated report

from dr. Ian spooner
and his colleague

dr. Matt lukeman
regarding the water tests

they conducted earlier this week

in the money pit area.

So, I've got one
question to ask.

Do you think there is treasure
in the money pit?

- Ooh, I like that lead-in.

no, you know, I'm serious.

-Do I?
-Ian: Yeah.

-Small chance.
-I-I do.

I absolutely do. I believe
that what they drilled into

in 1897 is real,

-and I think it's still there.
-Right.

So, doug, can you bring,

-bring up the presentation?
-Doug: I can.

Ian:
Great.

That image shows the wells.
There were 12 of them.

We took the samples,
and what matt did was

take the initiative to scan it
through the whole spectrum.

And that's when some
interesting things came up.

I'll flash right forward

to why I asked you
that question about

do you believe in treasure?

Whether it was
pieces of eight, maravedis,

anything like that,
they were only about 20,

maybe 30 percent silver.
The rest was zinc and copper.

And so I said, "okay, if there
really is a ton of treasure

"down there, then what we might
expect to see is elevated levels

of the alloys of silver."

and so, I have red arrows on...

What I was really looking for

- if I was looking
for treasure, right?
-Yeah.

But what we do see is

at the well
we call ws-1, ws-2, ws-9.

Look at the copper
and zinc levels.

This is not a minor little hill.

-Blip.
-This is...

Ten times--
this is a spike, ten times peak.

I went, "wow."
like, this is big news.

Not only that, we got silver

-in those as well.
-Really?

Ian:
At the end of the day, there

is every reason to believe

down in those holes that

there is something close by

that contains
a fair bit of silver.

Doug:
I guess I'm still trying to get
a mental picture of how much

silver it would take
to get to these levels.

Like, is it
a handful of silver or is it

-a gerhardt dump truck
load of silver?
-It's a gerhardt dump truck.

- Marty: Baby!
-Jack: No way!

Rick:
Wow.

Narrator:
Next time on
the curse of oak island...

Steve g.: We need to connect
the cobble path in the swamp

to this path
that leads to the money pit.

-That may be
our "x" on the ground.
-Yes.

Narrator:
It's the historic season finale.

- Gary: My gosh!
-Steve g.: Wow.

-Gary: That's old.
This is off a ship.
-It's off a ship.

That might actually be the thing
that solves the mystery.

- Rick:
-Charles: What do you got?
What is that?

-I've never seen anything
like that before.
-Aaron: It's incredible.

This is the first direct
evidence of real treasure.

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