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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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Are you ready to put some coil
to the soil, mate?
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I’m ready.
-Let’s go for it.
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Oh, what have we got here?
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-Oh, yeah.
Ooh! Look at that, mate.
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-Is that something?
Wow.
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That is spectacular.
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Why does it have
these angles?
-Does it cry "ship"?
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It could easily be
part of a ship.
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Well, how about that?
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Hey, Craig!
I think
they might have it.
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There it is.
Oh!
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What the...? Check that out!
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That’s a phenomenon right there.
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There is an island
in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
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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...man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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\hAnd according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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A-13 is underway.
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Hoping to connect into
the same structure that gave us
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-all that compressed air.
-Yep.
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An especially hopeful day
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has begun on Oak Island
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for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester
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and members of their team
as they
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begin drilling a borehole
known as A-13.
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Game on, Charles.
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Game on.
A chamber
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-could lay beneath.
It is their belief
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that they may be
within striking distance
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of something
that has eluded searchers
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for 227 years:
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the legendary
Money Pit treasure vault.
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That was good.
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We are very close
to where we started
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to get all that air eruption
from what we thought was
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a subterranean chamber.
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-I-I think it’s got to be
a chamber or something.
Sure.
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Something man-made.
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It’s quite possible.
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But the only way we’re gonna
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find out,
we drill down and get to it.
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Yeah.
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So, what we’ve got here
on the screen...
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These, I’m almost very certain
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that they are
some sort of a tunnel.
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Interesting.
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One week ago,
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geophysicist Jeremy Church
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presented the team
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with seismic data...
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So, if we go right in...
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...that revealed
a possible underground tunnel
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extending through the area
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that the team has dubbed
the C-1 cluster.
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It has to be from some sort
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of human activity.
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It has been in this same area
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that they recently detected
evidence of both silver and gold
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in numerous boreholes.
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The other thing is
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this low-density
cave-type feature right here.
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I call it "the structure."
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However, Jeremy also noted
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a second compelling discovery.
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What size is that structure?
Just approximately.
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12 feet by 12 feet tops.
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Oh! Oh!
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-Oh!
Holy cow.
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We’ve never seen that before.
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-That’s unusual.
-Blowing water up.
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When the team drilled
a borehole known as AB-13
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in the hopes
of locating the structure...
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-Oh, boy.
...at a depth
\hof some 60 feet,
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massive amounts of air
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suddenly began shooting up
to the surface.
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Okay, guys.
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-Explain the air to me.
Okay, so,
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one thing’s for sure:
there’s a cavity.
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The mysterious burst of air
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offered evidence
of something Marty Lagina
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has long suspected.
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And this same phenomenon
would occur
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-for the famous offset chamber,
wouldn’t it?
-Exactly.
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A so-called offset chamber
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constructed away
from the original Money Pit
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where the elusive treasure vault
has been safely hidden
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for more than two centuries.
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We got a core coming.
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Now as the team
drills Borehole A-13
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just two and a half feet
to the north...
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48.
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48.
Thank you.
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...if they can penetrate
the mysterious void
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or chamber once again
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and recover evidence
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of anything valuable
inside of it,
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they will dig a massive
ten-foot-wide steel-cased shaft
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in an effort to finally solve
the Oak Island mystery.
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The presence of air
trapped underground
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at relatively shallow depths
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indicates some sort of cavity,
cavern.
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Something that can trap air.
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So, that’s kind of
what we’re looking for.
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We’re getting loose already.
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I wonder if it’s gonna be
loose enough
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for us to run into a chamber
or a cavern.
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What it merits is
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\hsome delineation,
some more drilling
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around this air pocket
to see what the heck it is.
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Mother Nature’s finest.
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That’s how loose
I want to see it.
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Is that just indication
we’re close to a chamber?
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Well, if there’s an opening,
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that opening
is partially full of air,
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partially full of water.
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And that looseness
that’s created
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is gonna soften everything up
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and make everything all
the more saturated
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-and could lead to a chamber
or a cavern.
-Okay.
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Next two or three cores
will tell the tale.
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All right. Continue on.
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While the drilling operation
continues at the Money Pit...
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There’s the first
spicy meatball coming up.
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...near the southern edge
of the triangle-shaped swamp...
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-We should pull up
some interesting stuff.
Yeah.
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We’ll, uh, we’ll get in there
with you and keep an eye out.
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Metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
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along with Rick and Marty’s
nephews Peter and David Fornetti
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search alongside heavy equipment
operator Billy Gerhardt
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for important clues that may
lie buried in the muck and mud.
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This is, like, the...
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the main triangle of activity
in the swamp.
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I’m hoping that Billy
and this long-range excavator
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is the difference this year
in this area.
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Mm-hmm.
-And that’s what we’re doing.
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Getting boggy with it.
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Over the past several years,
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while searching this area,
which is just west
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of the potentially ancient
stone ship’s wharf,
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the team has discovered
compelling evidence
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that the swamp
was not only man-made
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but ingeniously designed
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to hide something
of great importance
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and possible value.
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These include pieces
of wooden cargo barrels,
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fragments of a ship
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and even seismic data
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that identified
a 200-foot-long object
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resembling the size and shape
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of an ancient treasure galleon.
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Every time we do dig,
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we find things.
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We found the stone road.
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We found the stone path.
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We’re now digging
in the edge of the swamp road,
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and we’re finding artifacts.
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We can start putting
the puzzle pieces together,
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and hopefully, we’ll finally,
once and for all,
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understand what happened
in the swamp.
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What’ve you got, Pete?
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-Is that something?
Oh, yeah.
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Wow, that is spectacular.
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Definitely
an unusual-shaped piece.
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No idea what it is.
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Perhaps part of a tabletop.
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And look, you can see where this
has been beveled a little bit.
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This was... Had a specific use.
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You’d assume that something
like this would have been
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maybe inside a ship.
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-Yeah.
-Not part of an outside.
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But very, very cool piece.
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I love the shape.
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There’s a trapezoid piece
of wood from the swamp
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that’s absolutely, positively,
clearly shaped by human hands.
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There’s no doubt.
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Who knows what it was,
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but it might have been
from a bigger ship.
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We need to test this thing.
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I’m convinced
something happened here.
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Something pretty big.
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So, this is just another piece
that corroborates that.
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Piece just came out
of the bucket there that’s cut.
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Oh, yeah, I see it.
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Good eye, Billy.
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Yeah, it’s tough to tell
whether it’s a piece
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of planking. I...
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If it was a barrel stave,
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it would be more curved but...
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Could have been like an oar
or a paddle.
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Part of an oar?
Could it be connected
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to ancient ship-related activity
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and offer more evidence
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that the swamp
was once an open harbor?
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-Another one
for the collection, for sure.
-Yeah.
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Good eye, Billy.
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We’ll put it with the rest
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-of the interesting wood.
Sounds good.
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Here we go. Next bucket up.
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As the investigation continues
at the swamp...
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How we doing?
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Not bad. How you doing, Scott?
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...back in the Money Pit area,
Craig Tester
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and members of the team
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are approaching
their target depth
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of approximately 60 feet
in Borehole A-13,
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where they hope to encounter
a mysterious cavity or chamber.
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Starting to look maroon-ish.
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-Yeah.
Anyway,
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it’s pretty...
It’s maroon till, but...
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where’s our indication
of an open cavern?
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Hey, Craig!
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Might have it.
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Hey, Craig! There it is.
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-It’s coming?
-I could see air coming out.
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While drilling Borehole A-13
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in the Money Pit area,
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the team has just encountered
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a burst of air at the surface,
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offering evidence that they
\hhave once again penetrated
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a mysterious cavern or chamber
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some 60 feet below ground.
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It’s almost like
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there’s a bladder effect there
or something
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where you’re pushing
the water in
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and it’s compressing the air.
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When you break the rod,
it pushes it back out again.
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-It shouldn’t do that.
Yeah.
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Well, you can’t compress air,
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so maybe we got our cavern,
which is our bladder.
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Yep.
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We certainly have an interest
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in the air bubble phenomenon
around Shaft 12
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indicating the possibility
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of an offset chamber
in that area.
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But there was definitely air
coming out when I was threading
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-on that last joint.
-Okay.
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If it is and we confirm that,
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that may be the beginning point
of all the features
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that we see
around the C-1 cluster.
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That’s a phenomenon right there.
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It’s got to be a void.
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I would keep going.
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I mean,
’cause what’s in the core barrel
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is probably more important
to us.
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Just drive ahead
till you hit something hard.
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Okay.
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Is it possible
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that the team has drilled
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into an offset chamber connected
to the original Money Pit?
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And if so, could they have
finally pinpointed the source
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of the silver and gold
they detected earlier this year
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in the so-called C-1 cluster?
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-78, two.
-Oh, really?
264
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-It’s going in?
-Yeah.
265
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-Going...
Oh, going in there? Okay.
Yeah.
266
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Empirical data like this
is what’s gonna drive us
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to the Bravo Tango call
268
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where we succeed,
where we are completely
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and utterly successful
in understanding
270
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who, what, when, where, why
about the Money Pit.
271
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Here it comes.
272
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82.
273
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Bottom is at 82.
274
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Well, we got some fairly dense
material at the bottom.
275
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I see that.
But a lot
of slush and murk
276
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up here in our recovery.
277
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I don’t think
that anything can open this up
278
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in a natural sense.
This has to be people
279
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with a will to dig
and open up a space.
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Oh!
281
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There we go.
282
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Ladies and gentlemen,
283
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what the heck?
284
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Here’s another one right here.
285
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It almost looks like grass.
286
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Maybe eelgrass
or something washing in.
287
00:12:28,198 --> 00:12:29,264
Eelgrass?
288
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Found in the mysterious void
some 60 feet underground?
289
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Back in 1850,
290
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when members
of the Truro Company
291
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discovered the five
stone box drains at Smith’s Cove
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which converged
into a single flood tunnel
293
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leading toward the Money Pit,
294
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they found the drains covered
by layers of coconut fiber
295
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and eelgrass.
296
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These durable, organic materials
297
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worked
as a natural filtration system
298
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to keep sand and debris
out of the drains.
299
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Is it possible
300
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that the mysterious void
the team encountered
301
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was not
the long-sought treasure chamber
302
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but instead a flood tunnel
ingeniously designed
303
00:13:10,396 --> 00:13:12,132
to protect it?
304
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There is no aquifer at 55 feet.
305
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We hit some sort
of loose material
306
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that carried air,
and it wasn’t cribbed.
307
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That sort of sounds
like a flood tunnel to me.
308
00:13:24,264 --> 00:13:26,264
Baffling, that’s for sure.
309
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Baffling all the way around,
no question.
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Although the team
is disappointed
311
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\hwith the results
of Borehole A-13,
312
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the fact
that they have already detected
313
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treasure in this area
314
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and may have just encountered
a flood tunnel
315
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gives them hope
that they could still be close
316
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to the ultimate breakthrough.
317
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You know, we’re not done
exploring the area,
318
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but I think, you know,
we need to keep digging.
319
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-See what else is there.
Sounds good to me.
320
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Let’s get going.
321
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The following morning...
322
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Yeah, baby.
323
00:14:01,495 --> 00:14:03,660
...while the drilling operation
324
00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:05,132
in the Money Pit continues...
325
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-I think today’s
gonna be good, mate.
-No doubt.
326
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At the southern edge
327
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of the triangle-shaped swamp,
328
00:14:13,528 --> 00:14:15,528
heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt,
329
00:14:15,528 --> 00:14:17,660
metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
330
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and treasure hunter Michael John
331
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continue their search
for more clues
332
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and hopefully valuables.
333
00:14:24,198 --> 00:14:25,264
All right, Billy.
334
00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,396
We’ll get stuck in, mate.
We’ll keep our eyes
335
00:14:27,396 --> 00:14:29,264
and the metal detector
to the ground
336
00:14:29,264 --> 00:14:31,000
-and see what we pull up.
Yep.
337
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,363
All right, mate.
-Good luck.
338
00:14:38,396 --> 00:14:40,132
Here. What we got here?
339
00:14:40,132 --> 00:14:41,330
What’s that?
340
00:14:41,330 --> 00:14:44,726
-Ooh, yeah. Look at that.
Wow.
341
00:14:44,726 --> 00:14:47,396
-That is definitely shaped.
-Yeah. No doubt.
342
00:14:47,396 --> 00:14:50,759
And I don’t think
it’s a barrel stave.
343
00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:51,726
The heck is it?
344
00:14:51,726 --> 00:14:55,000
To me, it looks
like probably a-a piece of oar
345
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,264
-or a paddle or something.
-Yeah.
346
00:14:56,264 --> 00:14:59,660
Another piece of a possible oar?
347
00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:00,660
Could this artifact
348
00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:05,000
and the similar object
found one day ago be connected
349
00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,528
to the ship-related discoveries
350
00:15:06,528 --> 00:15:10,132
-the team has recovered
in the swamp?
We recover
351
00:15:10,132 --> 00:15:13,660
a wide variety of pieces of wood
out of the swamp.
352
00:15:13,660 --> 00:15:19,000
Are we getting closer to finding
that ship in the swamp?
353
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:19,660
One thing for sure,
354
00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:21,231
it’s definitely been shaped
by man.
355
00:15:21,231 --> 00:15:23,759
-Does it taper?
Yeah, it tapers.
Yeah.
356
00:15:23,759 --> 00:15:25,264
All right, mate.
We’ll put this to one side
357
00:15:25,264 --> 00:15:28,528
-and let you
keep scooping, mate.
Yep.
358
00:15:30,099 --> 00:15:31,396
We have found a number
359
00:15:31,396 --> 00:15:33,396
of what we believe to be
nautical items.
360
00:15:33,396 --> 00:15:37,528
We could possibly infer
that there might be
361
00:15:37,528 --> 00:15:40,132
or might have been at one point
a ship in the swamp.
362
00:15:40,132 --> 00:15:43,528
It’s hard to think
that it’s mere coincidence.
363
00:15:49,264 --> 00:15:54,132
That’s a little bit
of dimensional lumber here.
364
00:15:54,132 --> 00:15:55,066
Yeah.
365
00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:57,066
Yeah, you see
those little scrapes
366
00:15:57,066 --> 00:16:00,396
that are taken out?
There’s a little concave area?
367
00:16:00,396 --> 00:16:02,594
That means it was cut
with an adze.
368
00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:06,528
Uh, to me,
it looks like it’s a piece
369
00:16:06,528 --> 00:16:09,132
-of, like, decking even.
Yeah.
370
00:16:09,132 --> 00:16:12,396
Another possible piece
of ship decking?
371
00:16:12,396 --> 00:16:16,132
And potentially shaped
by an adze?
372
00:16:16,132 --> 00:16:17,660
Oh, look at that.
373
00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:21,528
Four weeks ago...
Is it an old adze?
374
00:16:21,528 --> 00:16:23,660
-Could be.
While searching Lot 4
375
00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:25,660
on the western side
of the island,
376
00:16:25,660 --> 00:16:27,000
Gary and Rick Lagina
377
00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,726
discovered one
of these ancient cutting tools.
378
00:16:29,726 --> 00:16:32,264
One that Carmen Legge dated
379
00:16:32,264 --> 00:16:35,528
to between 1620 and 1740.
380
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:38,528
This looks like it was adze-cut.
381
00:16:38,528 --> 00:16:39,660
Could that ancient tool
382
00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:43,528
have been used to shape
this wooden object?
383
00:16:43,528 --> 00:16:46,528
So, we’ve got the piece of wood
which was adze-cut,
384
00:16:46,528 --> 00:16:49,594
-and we’ve also found the adze.
-We have... Yeah.
385
00:16:49,594 --> 00:16:51,528
It’s brilliant.
You know what, mate?
386
00:16:51,528 --> 00:16:54,264
We got so many
fascinating pieces of wood
387
00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:57,132
-out of this area.
I’m gonna text Rick.
-Mm. Okay.
388
00:16:57,132 --> 00:17:00,726
-Get Rick over here,
\hcheck all this out.
-Check it out. Yeah.
389
00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,132
I mean,
this is getting interesting now,
390
00:17:03,132 --> 00:17:09,198
-isn’t it?
Yeah.
391
00:17:09,198 --> 00:17:11,198
-Hey, guys.
-Hey, Rick. How you doing, mate?
-How’re you doing, Rick?
392
00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:13,627
At the southern
edge of the swamp,
393
00:17:13,627 --> 00:17:16,099
Rick Lagina arrives
after being alerted
394
00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:20,066
to several new and potentially
important discoveries
395
00:17:20,066 --> 00:17:21,363
and joins Gary Drayton,
396
00:17:21,363 --> 00:17:26,528
Michael John and Billy Gerhardt
to search for more.
397
00:17:26,528 --> 00:17:27,660
Because you’re not dancing,
398
00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:30,363
I’m assuming
you haven’t found you-know-what.
399
00:17:30,363 --> 00:17:34,000
No, mate. Unfortunately,
I haven’t got a wood dance yet.
400
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,099
-If I did,
401
00:17:35,099 --> 00:17:36,330
it would be over some of these.
402
00:17:36,330 --> 00:17:38,396
If you had a wood dance,
you’d be exhausted
403
00:17:38,396 --> 00:17:41,495
-by now, Gary. Come on.
- Yeah.
I’ll show you want we found.
404
00:17:41,495 --> 00:17:46,198
We found some really, really
\hinteresting pieces of wood.
405
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:48,528
Check some of these out, mate.
406
00:17:48,528 --> 00:17:53,132
This, to me,
was one of the-the cooler ones.
407
00:17:53,198 --> 00:17:57,726
Almost looks like a piece
of decking or planking.
408
00:17:57,726 --> 00:17:59,264
And look, you see that?
409
00:17:59,264 --> 00:18:01,396
Yeah.
Almost
like it had been hit
410
00:18:01,396 --> 00:18:03,066
-by an adze.
Yeah. Yeah.
411
00:18:03,066 --> 00:18:05,363
-Yeah.
And remember,
mate, we found the adze
412
00:18:05,363 --> 00:18:06,627
-on Lot 4.
-Yep.
413
00:18:06,627 --> 00:18:08,264
This... I mean, it’s heavy.
414
00:18:08,264 --> 00:18:09,363
If you feel the heft of that,
415
00:18:09,363 --> 00:18:13,264
-it’s a hard wood
by the feel of it.
Mm-hmm.
416
00:18:13,264 --> 00:18:14,594
And then there’s this one.
417
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:17,066
That’s a little mystery object.
418
00:18:17,066 --> 00:18:19,231
Hey, Bill.
Hey.
419
00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:21,000
Look at all these.
420
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,000
It kind of looks like
a barrel stave to me with that.
421
00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,759
Well, we thought barrel stave,
422
00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:30,495
but even if it was a top,
it goes in so thin.
423
00:18:30,495 --> 00:18:31,627
It’s tapered like an oar.
424
00:18:31,627 --> 00:18:33,627
You know an oar
is tapered like that?
425
00:18:33,627 --> 00:18:35,132
Like a broken paddle.
426
00:18:35,132 --> 00:18:36,495
Oh, a paddle.
427
00:18:36,495 --> 00:18:38,198
Yeah, that could be.
428
00:18:38,198 --> 00:18:41,726
Our only methodology here
is C-14 testing,
429
00:18:41,726 --> 00:18:43,594
so I would suggest this one.
430
00:18:43,594 --> 00:18:46,132
This one
because this is functional.
431
00:18:46,132 --> 00:18:49,198
This was designed
to-to serve a purpose.
432
00:18:49,198 --> 00:18:51,000
-Yeah.
And this one,
433
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,264
this one because of noticing
the adze marks.
434
00:18:53,264 --> 00:18:55,759
Yeah.
We have
435
00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:59,528
such a quantity of wood finds
from the swamp.
436
00:18:59,528 --> 00:19:02,132
As we look at the items
that have been found,
437
00:19:02,132 --> 00:19:05,363
any piece of wood
that is obviously shaped,
438
00:19:05,363 --> 00:19:10,330
whether there be dowels
\hor holes or saw marks,
439
00:19:10,330 --> 00:19:14,000
it demands for us to find
a consulting expert
440
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,264
who can come in and tell us,
441
00:19:15,264 --> 00:19:18,132
"This is important
for this reason."
442
00:19:18,132 --> 00:19:19,528
The hope is that we
443
00:19:19,528 --> 00:19:22,330
maybe not find
the reason why it was used
444
00:19:22,330 --> 00:19:26,099
but really what is it
445
00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:28,231
and why is it there?
446
00:19:28,231 --> 00:19:29,264
I’m hoping,
447
00:19:29,264 --> 00:19:31,099
Rick, that you guys can get
448
00:19:31,099 --> 00:19:33,198
a shipbuilding expert.
449
00:19:33,198 --> 00:19:36,066
Well, we do have
a marine archaeologist coming.
450
00:19:36,066 --> 00:19:37,000
Dr. Spence.
451
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,132
World-renowned, world-class.
452
00:19:39,132 --> 00:19:42,099
So, we’re gonna do
exactly what you suggest:
453
00:19:42,099 --> 00:19:44,198
round up
all the things that even have
454
00:19:44,198 --> 00:19:46,627
a bit of suspicion
that they’re maritime-related,
455
00:19:46,627 --> 00:19:49,594
present them to him
and see what he has to say.
456
00:19:49,594 --> 00:19:50,396
Excellent.
457
00:19:50,396 --> 00:19:53,627
And this is the type of stuff
that hopefully will
458
00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:57,330
lead us to some of those
round things that I like.
459
00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,264
They’ve got to be here.
460
00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:00,099
Yeah.
461
00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:03,000
Keep it all,
wash it, catalog it.
462
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,759
-And then the only thing to do
is keep going.
-Yeah. Okay.
463
00:20:06,759 --> 00:20:10,528
Okay. Let’s do it.
464
00:20:16,099 --> 00:20:19,198
The following morning...
Did I tell you
465
00:20:19,198 --> 00:20:21,660
that when we get close to 50,
we got to give Craig a call?
466
00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:23,528
-No, no, I heard that. Yeah.
Just to be...
467
00:20:23,528 --> 00:20:25,363
...while the drilling operation
468
00:20:25,363 --> 00:20:27,132
continues at the Money Pit...
469
00:20:27,132 --> 00:20:30,066
So, gentlemen,
we welcome Dr. Lee Spence.
470
00:20:30,066 --> 00:20:35,132
-Very esteemed
in marine archaeological work.
In the war room,
471
00:20:35,132 --> 00:20:38,594
Rick, Marty, Craig
and other members of the team
472
00:20:38,594 --> 00:20:41,759
are meeting
with underwater archaeologist
473
00:20:41,759 --> 00:20:43,759
and author Dr. Lee Spence.
474
00:20:43,759 --> 00:20:46,000
The reason
for Dr. Spence’s visit
475
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,627
to the... to the war room,
of course, is these are
476
00:20:48,627 --> 00:20:52,066
items that have been found,
uh, this year.
477
00:20:52,066 --> 00:20:54,627
Now, they’re not
necessarily nautical,
478
00:20:54,627 --> 00:20:57,132
but we thought
you might like to take a look.
479
00:20:57,132 --> 00:20:58,627
But before you get into that,
480
00:20:58,627 --> 00:21:00,396
if you could just tell Marty
and Craig
481
00:21:00,396 --> 00:21:01,495
a little bit
about your background?
482
00:21:01,495 --> 00:21:04,396
Well, it’s something...
something I’ve done all my life.
483
00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:09,000
-I started finding shipwrecks
when I was 12.
-Wow.
484
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000
I became
one of the early pioneers
485
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,528
of modern
underwater archaeology.
486
00:21:13,528 --> 00:21:15,627
And I say
"modern underwater archaeology"
487
00:21:15,627 --> 00:21:17,462
’cause the first
underwater archaeology
488
00:21:17,462 --> 00:21:20,462
that I’m aware of
was actually in the 1700s.
489
00:21:20,462 --> 00:21:24,495
You describe yourself
as a marine archaeologist
490
00:21:24,495 --> 00:21:27,264
more so than a treasure hunter.
491
00:21:27,264 --> 00:21:30,495
Well, that’s ’cause
the objective is the history.
492
00:21:30,495 --> 00:21:32,462
I absolutely love history.
493
00:21:32,462 --> 00:21:34,330
It’s very real to me.
494
00:21:34,330 --> 00:21:36,396
I think it’s very important.
495
00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:41,231
With a career that has
so far spanned six decades,
496
00:21:41,231 --> 00:21:45,528
Dr. Spence has discovered
more than 100 shipwrecks,
497
00:21:45,528 --> 00:21:49,759
including
two American Civil War vessels,
498
00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:52,495
the SS Georgiana
499
00:21:52,495 --> 00:21:53,726
and the HL Hunley,
500
00:21:53,726 --> 00:21:57,759
a Confederate submarine
that was considered by experts
501
00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:01,495
to be one of the key
underwater archaeological finds
502
00:22:01,495 --> 00:22:03,330
of the 20th century.
503
00:22:03,330 --> 00:22:06,000
His exploration
of sunken galleons
504
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,132
that dated to between
the 16th and 19th centuries
505
00:22:10,132 --> 00:22:12,528
has produced
more than $50 million
506
00:22:12,528 --> 00:22:16,000
in recovered artifacts
and treasure.
507
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,495
The reason
why Dr. Spence was invited here
508
00:22:17,495 --> 00:22:21,363
was simply because he has
a lifetime of experience
509
00:22:21,363 --> 00:22:22,132
diving on wrecks.
510
00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:24,759
We’ve never had
that type of experience
511
00:22:24,759 --> 00:22:26,528
to underwater archaeology
512
00:22:26,528 --> 00:22:30,528
that Dr. Spence
brings to the table.
513
00:22:30,759 --> 00:22:32,594
We have assembled here
514
00:22:32,594 --> 00:22:34,627
what we think are the more
\hship-like, I’m gonna say,
515
00:22:34,627 --> 00:22:38,231
or more nautical things--
least to our untrained eye--
516
00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:39,660
-that we pulled out
of the swamp.
Okay.
517
00:22:39,660 --> 00:22:41,495
And we’d really like
your opinion.
518
00:22:41,495 --> 00:22:43,528
And you could start
wherever you like.
519
00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:46,660
Let me start
with this one right here.
520
00:22:47,495 --> 00:22:49,495
You’ve got three holes here
521
00:22:49,495 --> 00:22:53,231
that probably once had nails
going through them.
522
00:22:53,231 --> 00:22:55,660
And I can think of...
523
00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:59,000
Maybe at one point,
there was a board right here.
524
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,099
You have this curved edge here
like you would on a paddle,
525
00:23:03,099 --> 00:23:06,099
and it’s-it’s starting
to make the curve back up.
526
00:23:06,099 --> 00:23:09,231
So, it wouldn’t have had to
have been much wider than this.
527
00:23:09,231 --> 00:23:12,330
And they nailed this in,
attached a handle to it.
528
00:23:12,330 --> 00:23:15,198
-That’s likely a paddle, then.
To make
529
00:23:15,198 --> 00:23:16,264
a paddle.
530
00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:17,264
Lee, take a look
531
00:23:17,264 --> 00:23:20,264
at this one. This was,
uh, clearly a worked piece.
532
00:23:20,264 --> 00:23:22,363
We did radio carbon-date
this one,
533
00:23:22,363 --> 00:23:24,066
and the results are right there.
534
00:23:24,066 --> 00:23:28,264
So, this came off the swamp,
found by Billy.
535
00:23:28,264 --> 00:23:31,132
This is man-made.
536
00:23:31,759 --> 00:23:35,528
And they came up with some
real interesting possibilities
537
00:23:35,528 --> 00:23:38,726
as far as the dates go.
538
00:23:38,726 --> 00:23:40,000
I find this amazing.
539
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,660
It dates between 1520 and 1674.
540
00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:46,660
I’m impressed with it.
541
00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:49,000
But does it cry "ship"?
542
00:23:49,099 --> 00:23:52,198
It could easily be
part of a ship.
543
00:23:52,198 --> 00:23:54,264
Very easily.
544
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,000
Does it cry "ship"?
It could easily be
part of a ship.
545
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:05,660
Very easily.
546
00:24:05,660 --> 00:24:07,528
In the war room,
547
00:24:07,528 --> 00:24:11,396
world-renowned underwater
archaeologist Dr. Lee Spence
548
00:24:11,396 --> 00:24:13,132
has just corroborated
549
00:24:13,132 --> 00:24:16,099
that a piece of wood planking
recently found
550
00:24:16,099 --> 00:24:18,132
by the Oak Island team
in the swamp
551
00:24:18,132 --> 00:24:20,660
and which was carbon-dated
to the 16th century
552
00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:24,627
could be part
of a large sailing vessel.
553
00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:28,000
\hSuch an early piece
that you’re finding,
554
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,264
I think this was worked.
555
00:24:30,264 --> 00:24:31,396
I’m sure you didn’t find
556
00:24:31,396 --> 00:24:34,528
the oldest piece
of worked wood on the island.
557
00:24:34,528 --> 00:24:37,363
And yet look how old
this probably is.
558
00:24:37,363 --> 00:24:39,660
Right.
\h-Interesting.
559
00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:42,396
-I’m impressed with it.
So, it... Really,
560
00:24:42,396 --> 00:24:43,660
to me, the most interesting item
561
00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:44,660
-is right here.
Yeah.
562
00:24:44,660 --> 00:24:47,396
I think that could be,
\hlike, a belaying pin.
563
00:24:47,396 --> 00:24:48,495
If that’s what it was,
564
00:24:48,495 --> 00:24:50,528
it would be
for a very small sailboat
565
00:24:50,528 --> 00:24:53,363
’cause you wouldn’t have
big line on it,
566
00:24:53,363 --> 00:24:56,660
and you would lace it around
to hold it in place.
567
00:24:56,660 --> 00:24:59,660
Or it reminds me of a fid.
568
00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:03,396
It can be spelled P-H-I-D
or F-I-D.
569
00:25:03,396 --> 00:25:05,528
Mm-hmm.
One with this diameter
570
00:25:05,528 --> 00:25:07,132
would be used for working
571
00:25:07,132 --> 00:25:08,660
a real heavy rope.
572
00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:10,330
You know, like anchor cable.
573
00:25:10,330 --> 00:25:11,528
-Oh.
Either way,
574
00:25:11,528 --> 00:25:13,264
-it looks nautical to me.
Okay.
575
00:25:13,264 --> 00:25:14,528
That’s what I was trying to ask.
576
00:25:14,528 --> 00:25:17,132
What does it do to a rope?
577
00:25:17,132 --> 00:25:20,264
For a fid, you’re using it
to pry the line apart.
578
00:25:20,264 --> 00:25:22,660
-You know how you have
the rope twisted?
Mm-hmm.
579
00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:24,231
And it’s real tight,
580
00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:26,660
and you take it,
and you stick it between,
581
00:25:26,660 --> 00:25:28,099
and you separate the line
582
00:25:28,099 --> 00:25:30,363
so you can stick
another piece in
583
00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:32,396
-to splice it.
-I see.
584
00:25:32,396 --> 00:25:33,495
If this was a fid--
585
00:25:33,495 --> 00:25:37,396
and it... and it is rather large
at the end-- it would’ve been
586
00:25:37,396 --> 00:25:39,231
-a large line.
Yes, it would be.
587
00:25:39,231 --> 00:25:41,660
Yes, and I think
it’s more likely a fid
588
00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:44,759
-than it is a belaying pin.
Mm-hmm.
589
00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:47,726
Okay. Well, that’s interesting.
590
00:25:47,726 --> 00:25:50,759
When-when did it come into use?
591
00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:53,132
About as long
as they’ve had rope.
592
00:25:53,132 --> 00:25:54,660
-So,
593
00:25:54,660 --> 00:25:56,759
-thousands of years.
Wow.
594
00:25:56,759 --> 00:25:59,396
A possible fid? A tool designed
595
00:25:59,396 --> 00:26:03,132
for maneuvering large ropes
on sailing vessels?
596
00:26:03,132 --> 00:26:05,264
Could this artifact be connected
597
00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:07,000
to the other
potential ship pieces
598
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,660
and the massive stone wharf
that were found in the swamp
599
00:26:11,660 --> 00:26:13,396
and also help explain
600
00:26:13,396 --> 00:26:16,528
the 200-foot-long
galleon-shaped anomaly
601
00:26:16,528 --> 00:26:18,660
detected by seismic scanning
602
00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:21,660
back in 2018?
603
00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:23,660
This would’ve been used
on a big rope,
604
00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:26,264
which implies big ship
visiting at some point.
605
00:26:26,264 --> 00:26:30,000
-And to me,
that’s the most likely.
Mm-hmm.
606
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,264
The so-called fid...
607
00:26:32,264 --> 00:26:34,396
I thought
that was very interesting
608
00:26:34,396 --> 00:26:36,528
because that instrument
has been used
609
00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,264
for a very, very long time.
610
00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:41,660
What is a piece
of a sailing ship doing
611
00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:44,396
in the swamp? I don’t know.
612
00:26:44,396 --> 00:26:49,000
I do know it’s worth continuing
investigating this area.
613
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,132
Now, let’s see this.
This one?
614
00:26:53,759 --> 00:26:56,264
This was in the swamp
615
00:26:56,264 --> 00:26:58,660
near swamp road,
616
00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:01,528
and it was around ten feet deep.
617
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,132
When I look at this,
618
00:27:03,132 --> 00:27:06,132
something that immediately jumps
to my mind...
619
00:27:06,132 --> 00:27:09,759
Why is...
Why does it have these angles?
620
00:27:10,528 --> 00:27:12,264
This piece is broken off here.
621
00:27:12,264 --> 00:27:14,132
This is not a nice cut.
622
00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:15,660
This is where it broke,
623
00:27:15,660 --> 00:27:19,000
and so this probably
continued on down farther.
624
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,495
-Sure.
I can also see
625
00:27:21,495 --> 00:27:22,660
this as a step,
626
00:27:22,660 --> 00:27:26,132
and you have a block of wood
down here,
627
00:27:26,132 --> 00:27:29,396
and you’re nailing the remainder
that’s broken off here.
628
00:27:29,396 --> 00:27:31,000
You’re nailing it in.
At some point,
629
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,396
-this broke off.
\h\h-RICK: Broke.
Mm-hmm.
630
00:27:33,396 --> 00:27:35,528
And that would explain
why there are no nails.
631
00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:37,396
-Yes, it would.
Yeah.
632
00:27:38,132 --> 00:27:40,660
Which of these
would you carbon-date?
633
00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:42,528
I probably would do-do that,
634
00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,264
but the bad thing about that
635
00:27:44,264 --> 00:27:46,627
-is we really don’t know
what it is.
Mm-hmm.
636
00:27:46,627 --> 00:27:48,264
But it’s clearly worked by man,
637
00:27:48,264 --> 00:27:50,660
so if it came back to 1200 AD,
638
00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:52,627
-that would be meaningful.
-Yeah. Yeah.
639
00:27:52,627 --> 00:27:56,528
It’s certainly gratifying
that Dr. Spence feels
640
00:27:56,528 --> 00:27:58,660
that several of the items
on the table
641
00:27:58,660 --> 00:28:00,396
are nautical in appearance.
642
00:28:00,396 --> 00:28:03,132
He says, "Yes, this could be
from a ship. This is even..."
643
00:28:03,132 --> 00:28:05,528
I think he might have even said
"likely from a ship."
644
00:28:05,528 --> 00:28:07,660
We need to test
this thing more, though,
645
00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:09,495
because it could have
more information
646
00:28:09,495 --> 00:28:11,660
based on what cultures did this.
647
00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:13,396
We need to follow this one
a little bit.
648
00:28:13,396 --> 00:28:14,528
Found it very interesting.
649
00:28:14,528 --> 00:28:19,132
Well, Lee, look, thank you.
That was extremely informative.
650
00:28:19,132 --> 00:28:20,000
It’s a fresh impression
651
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,132
on things
we just didn’t think about,
652
00:28:22,132 --> 00:28:23,759
and that’s always very valuable.
653
00:28:23,759 --> 00:28:26,264
\hSo, I thank you again
on behalf of the team.
654
00:28:26,264 --> 00:28:28,396
Thank you for inviting me here.
655
00:28:28,396 --> 00:28:29,660
Thank you.
Thank you.
656
00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:31,495
As Rick, Marty and Craig
657
00:28:31,495 --> 00:28:33,759
finish their meeting
in the war room...
658
00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:37,396
So, you ready to put
some coil to the soil, mate?
659
00:28:37,396 --> 00:28:38,759
I’m ready. I’m ready.
660
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:41,396
Metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
661
00:28:41,396 --> 00:28:43,396
and treasure hunter Michael John
662
00:28:43,396 --> 00:28:45,264
arrive at Lot 32.
663
00:28:45,264 --> 00:28:48,396
Different lot, different
treasure hunting prospects,
664
00:28:48,396 --> 00:28:51,231
-mate. All the time.
-Yeah. Exactly.
665
00:28:51,231 --> 00:28:52,660
They are eager to search
666
00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:57,396
for new and hopefully valuable
clues and artifacts.
667
00:28:57,396 --> 00:29:00,132
I expect
there’s gonna be some signs...
668
00:29:00,132 --> 00:29:02,396
-Yeah.
-...of wharf activity
669
00:29:02,396 --> 00:29:04,132
-in this area.
-Yeah, that’s right.
Exactly. Yeah.
670
00:29:04,132 --> 00:29:09,132
And this could be
a golden opportunity for us.
671
00:29:09,132 --> 00:29:10,231
That’s right.
672
00:29:10,231 --> 00:29:11,264
What have we got here?
673
00:29:11,264 --> 00:29:14,396
Just one week ago...
-Look at the size of that.
674
00:29:14,396 --> 00:29:16,264
...working with Marty Lagina,
675
00:29:16,264 --> 00:29:18,528
Gary uncovered a large spike
676
00:29:18,528 --> 00:29:21,528
that may date back
three centuries or more
677
00:29:21,528 --> 00:29:24,396
and which blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge believes
678
00:29:24,396 --> 00:29:30,264
was used to anchor ships
to large boulders on the beach.
679
00:29:35,132 --> 00:29:36,528
Oh.
680
00:29:36,528 --> 00:29:38,660
And it was also on Lot 32
681
00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:41,660
that, one year ago,
the team found
682
00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:43,396
not only a large wharf spike
683
00:29:43,396 --> 00:29:47,132
but also a lead cargo bag seal.
684
00:29:47,132 --> 00:29:48,528
With there being a wharf here
685
00:29:48,528 --> 00:29:51,396
and the artifacts
we’ve already recovered, mate,
686
00:29:51,396 --> 00:29:55,660
-I want to know
what they were unloading here.
-Yes.
687
00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:58,660
And what connection
this area has to the Money Pit.
688
00:29:58,660 --> 00:30:02,132
I got a good feeling about
this lot, especially having
689
00:30:02,132 --> 00:30:03,660
-so many flags to go for.
Yes.
690
00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:06,528
-All right, mate.
You ready to get stuck in?
-I’m ready.
691
00:30:06,528 --> 00:30:07,660
Let’s go for it.
692
00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:10,726
We have made
some significant discoveries
693
00:30:10,726 --> 00:30:14,660
on Lot 32. Uh,
close proximity to the ocean.
694
00:30:14,660 --> 00:30:16,660
One could suggest or speculate
695
00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:18,396
that people were in that area
696
00:30:18,396 --> 00:30:20,660
carrying a load
on and onto a wharf.
697
00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:24,000
If we find that they’re headed
in a certain direction,
698
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,396
we can draw that line.
699
00:30:25,396 --> 00:30:28,099
So, every little clue
is important.
700
00:30:28,099 --> 00:30:32,330
-Ah, mate. Another good
two-way repeatable signal.
701
00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:50,000
-Oh, still in the hole,
I believe.
-Yes, it is.
702
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,495
Unless it’s on the edge.
703
00:30:51,495 --> 00:30:54,099
Come, baby. Be in there.
704
00:30:55,132 --> 00:30:56,528
-Oh, look at how deep
705
00:30:56,528 --> 00:30:58,264
-that is, mate. Yeah.
-That’s deep. Yep.
706
00:30:58,264 --> 00:30:59,396
Like I always tell you, Michael.
707
00:30:59,396 --> 00:31:02,660
-Yeah.
-Deeper it is,
the older it normally is.
708
00:31:07,264 --> 00:31:09,132
-Well, mate,
we’ll see if we got it out.
-Sure.
709
00:31:09,132 --> 00:31:13,132
-You have got it out.
-I did. Yeah.
710
00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:19,264
There we go.
711
00:31:19,264 --> 00:31:21,627
Oh, I always get excited
\hwhen you see this edge.
712
00:31:21,627 --> 00:31:25,396
-You see that nice,
round edge there, mate?
-Yes.
713
00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:29,759
Is it a coin? Or is it a button?
714
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,363
You see that nice,
round edge there, mate?
Yeah.
715
00:31:41,363 --> 00:31:44,132
Is it a coin? Or is it a button?
716
00:31:44,132 --> 00:31:46,528
Let it be a coin.
It’s a coin,
717
00:31:46,528 --> 00:31:48,363
-mate! It’s a coin!
-Yes! Yes.
718
00:31:48,363 --> 00:31:50,264
-Look at that.
\h-Oh, my gosh.
719
00:31:50,264 --> 00:31:54,528
On Lot 32,
just west of the swamp,
720
00:31:54,528 --> 00:31:57,330
metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
721
00:31:57,330 --> 00:31:59,627
and treasure hunter Michael John
722
00:31:59,627 --> 00:32:03,066
have just made a potentially
valuable discovery.
723
00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:05,528
Now, I don’t know how old, mate.
724
00:32:05,528 --> 00:32:07,759
And it is always tempting
725
00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:10,132
just to-to rub it,
726
00:32:10,132 --> 00:32:12,528
-but we can’t
just in case we damage it.
-Yeah. No.
727
00:32:12,528 --> 00:32:16,726
Get this to Kelly in
the archaeology trailer, mate.
728
00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:18,000
He’ll do his business on this.
729
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,495
Mm-hmm.
-But why I’m excited
730
00:32:19,495 --> 00:32:23,264
about this coin, mate. It looks
like an old British copper.
731
00:32:23,264 --> 00:32:25,627
And it wasn’t that long ago
732
00:32:25,627 --> 00:32:28,363
when it was Rick, Marty,
733
00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,264
uh, Dave and I.
734
00:32:30,264 --> 00:32:33,132
We were on that ridge
on the other side of the swamp.
735
00:32:33,132 --> 00:32:35,660
We pulled two coins up.
British coppers
736
00:32:35,660 --> 00:32:39,264
-from the 1600s, mate.
-Yeah. Oh.
737
00:32:39,264 --> 00:32:41,132
That’s Charles II.
738
00:32:41,132 --> 00:32:46,363
-Come on.
-Yeah, that’s Charles.
And I can see a carolus.
739
00:32:46,363 --> 00:32:48,726
Four years ago
740
00:32:48,726 --> 00:32:50,000
on Lot 16
741
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,462
in the same area where the team
has found evidence
742
00:32:52,462 --> 00:32:54,099
of cargo being transported
743
00:32:54,099 --> 00:32:55,462
between the swamp
and the Money Pit...
744
00:32:55,462 --> 00:32:59,000
\h-That’s way too early
for people to be here.
...Gary,
745
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,627
along with Rick, Marty
and Dave Blankenship,
746
00:33:01,627 --> 00:33:05,000
discovered
two 17th-century British coins.
747
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,627
-It means something!
\h-That is fantastic.
748
00:33:08,627 --> 00:33:11,363
This has been taking a dirt nap
749
00:33:11,363 --> 00:33:13,495
for a very long time.
750
00:33:13,495 --> 00:33:15,396
Although the team
has found evidence
751
00:33:15,396 --> 00:33:18,198
\hdating as far back
as the 14th century
752
00:33:18,198 --> 00:33:21,627
of both French and Portuguese
activity on Oak Island,
753
00:33:21,627 --> 00:33:24,099
could this coin
offer possible evidence
754
00:33:24,099 --> 00:33:27,330
that a British operation
to hide valuables here
755
00:33:27,330 --> 00:33:29,396
took place sometime later?
756
00:33:29,396 --> 00:33:32,231
Perhaps in the 17th century?
757
00:33:32,231 --> 00:33:34,396
I can’t believe
how thin the-the coin is, man.
758
00:33:34,396 --> 00:33:37,231
Which is great for us.
The thinner it is,
759
00:33:37,231 --> 00:33:40,330
-the more chance
that it’s an older coin.
Yeah.
760
00:33:40,330 --> 00:33:43,066
-Dang, mate. This is brilliant.
-Yeah.
761
00:33:43,066 --> 00:33:45,528
Oh, fantastic.
762
00:33:45,528 --> 00:33:46,726
-You can’t beat it.
-Yeah.
763
00:33:46,726 --> 00:33:49,759
This is the reason
why Michael John and I
764
00:33:49,759 --> 00:33:51,594
came back to Lot 32.
765
00:33:51,594 --> 00:33:52,396
The chance
766
00:33:52,396 --> 00:33:56,660
of holding a beautiful old coin
like this in our hands.
767
00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:00,000
Uh, this has got 1700s
written all over it,
768
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,594
and I’m fairly certain
when this coin is cleaned up,
769
00:34:03,594 --> 00:34:06,396
there is gonna be a king on it.
770
00:34:06,396 --> 00:34:09,726
Oh, beautiful.
Love it.
771
00:34:09,726 --> 00:34:12,330
You can’t beat it.
772
00:34:18,528 --> 00:34:20,528
What a sloppy mess, eh?
773
00:34:20,528 --> 00:34:23,759
While operations continue
at both the swamp
774
00:34:23,759 --> 00:34:26,132
and the Money Pit area...
775
00:34:27,264 --> 00:34:29,132
Every day could be the day,
Charles.
776
00:34:29,132 --> 00:34:31,363
Afternoon, guys.
Hi, guys.
777
00:34:31,363 --> 00:34:34,264
-Hello, guys.
Rick
and Marty Lagina,
778
00:34:34,264 --> 00:34:36,099
along with their partner,
Craig Tester,
779
00:34:36,099 --> 00:34:38,099
have gathered
members of the team
780
00:34:38,099 --> 00:34:41,264
in the war room
to hear a scientific report
781
00:34:41,264 --> 00:34:44,000
on two of their
most recent discoveries.
782
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,198
These two items that
we have here, both, I think,
783
00:34:46,198 --> 00:34:47,495
we found quite interesting.
784
00:34:47,495 --> 00:34:48,396
They were retrieved
785
00:34:48,396 --> 00:34:50,759
from roughly ten feet down
in the swamp.
786
00:34:50,759 --> 00:34:53,066
The first of these artifacts
787
00:34:53,066 --> 00:34:54,132
was found one week ago
788
00:34:54,132 --> 00:34:56,330
near the southern edge
of the swamp.
789
00:34:56,330 --> 00:34:59,627
The second, discovered
in the same area this week,
790
00:34:59,627 --> 00:35:02,462
was identified
as possibly being part of a ship
791
00:35:02,462 --> 00:35:07,099
by renowned underwater
archaeologist Dr. Lee Spence.
792
00:35:07,099 --> 00:35:12,000
Marty, you are well aware
of the items in front of us.
793
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,627
We have a little one.
It’s the one
794
00:35:13,627 --> 00:35:16,363
that Tom Nolan mentioned
had a rope burn on it.
795
00:35:16,363 --> 00:35:18,594
Yeah. Yes, I’m quite aware. Yes.
796
00:35:18,594 --> 00:35:21,198
And then we have
this trapezoidal piece
797
00:35:21,198 --> 00:35:23,264
that we thought was very old,
798
00:35:23,264 --> 00:35:25,759
and I think
that was really the impetus
799
00:35:25,759 --> 00:35:28,759
for sending it in
for C-14 testing.
800
00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:29,660
But we have those results,
801
00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:31,363
\hand Dr. Spooner’s
intrigued by them,
802
00:35:31,363 --> 00:35:35,132
I believe. So, he’s gonna
tell us what his thoughts are.
803
00:35:35,132 --> 00:35:39,132
So, the swamp is critical.
804
00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:41,528
Uh, as I’ve said
so many times before,
805
00:35:41,528 --> 00:35:44,066
the swamp is a book.
806
00:35:44,066 --> 00:35:46,000
Because every time we dig there,
807
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,660
there’s something very important
that we might find out.
808
00:35:49,660 --> 00:35:51,000
Not just about artifacts
809
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,660
but also about what’s gone on
in the past.
810
00:35:53,660 --> 00:35:56,495
You know, so, we have two pieces
in front of us. Two...
811
00:35:56,495 --> 00:35:58,000
Two wood pieces
that I was very interested in
812
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,495
and because Billy found them
at significant depth.
813
00:36:01,495 --> 00:36:05,528
So we know it’s
in an early chapter in the book.
814
00:36:05,528 --> 00:36:10,132
Um, both of them look
like nautical pieces to me.
815
00:36:10,132 --> 00:36:11,495
And the trapezoidal piece there,
816
00:36:11,495 --> 00:36:17,000
it dated out at, uh,
1683 to 1735.
817
00:36:22,198 --> 00:36:24,396
The trapezoidal piece,
it dated out
818
00:36:24,396 --> 00:36:26,528
at 1683 to 1735.
819
00:36:26,528 --> 00:36:29,462
In the Oak Island war room,
820
00:36:29,462 --> 00:36:31,528
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
821
00:36:31,528 --> 00:36:35,726
is presenting a carbon-14 report
on two wooden artifacts
822
00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:36,660
recently found in the swamp
823
00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:41,000
that he believes could be parts
of an ancient sailing vessel.
824
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,594
-Let’s stop on that one
for a minute...
Yeah.
825
00:36:42,594 --> 00:36:44,726
...’cause I just want to say
something with that piece.
826
00:36:44,726 --> 00:36:47,000
We looked at that
with Dr. Spence
827
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,396
in a... in a war room,
828
00:36:48,396 --> 00:36:51,000
and it reminded me of something.
829
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,660
So Scott and I
took a-a road trip,
830
00:36:52,660 --> 00:36:54,627
and we went to the
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
831
00:36:54,627 --> 00:36:58,594
And this is
what it reminded me of.
832
00:36:58,594 --> 00:37:00,066
It’s one of the longboats
833
00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:02,462
that you would bring
provisions and whatnot in
834
00:37:02,462 --> 00:37:05,132
from a bigger ship to shore.
835
00:37:05,132 --> 00:37:07,627
And inside that
836
00:37:07,627 --> 00:37:10,132
is this.
837
00:37:10,594 --> 00:37:12,363
It’s like a bulkhead.
838
00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:14,198
Bulkheads of the boat.
Yep.
839
00:37:14,198 --> 00:37:16,231
That’s what I think that is.
840
00:37:16,231 --> 00:37:18,759
-Yeah, I’d agree 100%.
So, that makes it
really interesting
841
00:37:18,759 --> 00:37:21,462
-because it is
something nautical...
Right.
842
00:37:21,462 --> 00:37:25,264
...in our swamp.
Or-or it would appear to be.
843
00:37:25,264 --> 00:37:27,099
So, does that mean
that people are bringing
844
00:37:27,099 --> 00:37:29,000
small boats into the swamp?
845
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,330
This may lend
846
00:37:30,330 --> 00:37:32,330
a little bit more credibility
847
00:37:32,330 --> 00:37:33,594
to that story.
848
00:37:33,594 --> 00:37:35,396
A fragment of a bulkhead
849
00:37:35,396 --> 00:37:39,066
or cargo hold
from a small sailing vessel?
850
00:37:39,066 --> 00:37:43,363
And dating back
to as early as 1683?
851
00:37:43,363 --> 00:37:44,594
During the colonial period
852
00:37:44,594 --> 00:37:48,264
between the late 15th
and 18th centuries,
853
00:37:48,264 --> 00:37:49,726
massive sailing vessels
854
00:37:49,726 --> 00:37:51,528
that were too big
to be docked at shore
855
00:37:51,528 --> 00:37:54,264
were often anchored
in deeper waters
856
00:37:54,264 --> 00:37:56,264
as smaller boats were utilized
857
00:37:56,264 --> 00:37:59,000
to carry cargo
to shipping wharfs.
858
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,099
Since the team
has unearthed the stone wharf
859
00:38:02,099 --> 00:38:04,132
in the southeast corner
of the swamp,
860
00:38:04,132 --> 00:38:07,066
could Doug and Dr. Spooner
be correct
861
00:38:07,066 --> 00:38:09,132
that this artifact is evidence
862
00:38:09,132 --> 00:38:11,198
of such an operation
being conducted
863
00:38:11,198 --> 00:38:14,264
in the 17th century
on Oak Island?
864
00:38:14,264 --> 00:38:19,066
\hThe dates that seem to be
relevant more and more are
865
00:38:19,066 --> 00:38:21,396
mid-1600s to the late 1600s.
866
00:38:21,396 --> 00:38:25,198
Human beings were at that level
doing some work,
867
00:38:25,198 --> 00:38:27,726
some endeavor to hide something,
868
00:38:27,726 --> 00:38:30,198
save something, store something.
869
00:38:30,198 --> 00:38:35,000
I believe we must continue
to do the work necessary
870
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,396
to come
to a further understanding
871
00:38:37,396 --> 00:38:38,495
of what the swamp can tell us
872
00:38:38,495 --> 00:38:43,198
in terms of what the original
depositional work was.
873
00:38:43,198 --> 00:38:44,726
How about the other one?
874
00:38:44,726 --> 00:38:47,198
The second sample,
I’ve never seen that before.
875
00:38:47,198 --> 00:38:48,099
I don’t know what it is.
876
00:38:48,099 --> 00:38:49,528
-But there’s a rope burn on it.
Yeah.
877
00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:52,330
Mm-hmm.
So, again, we have
878
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:55,726
dates that range
from 1680 to 1740.
879
00:38:55,726 --> 00:38:57,099
Hmm. Interesting.
880
00:38:57,099 --> 00:39:02,000
I’d say that those two
are very, very similar age
881
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,396
but pre-searcher.
882
00:39:04,396 --> 00:39:06,264
Oh, absolutely.
883
00:39:06,462 --> 00:39:08,396
So, that’s sort of where
my story ends.
884
00:39:08,396 --> 00:39:11,363
The swamp
is still a very important place.
885
00:39:11,363 --> 00:39:14,495
I know we’ve done
a lot of looking and searching,
886
00:39:14,495 --> 00:39:17,759
\hbut there’s still areas that we
haven’t really touched too much.
887
00:39:17,759 --> 00:39:21,396
Well, for my part,
the dates are wonderful.
888
00:39:21,396 --> 00:39:24,330
They raise
all kinds of possibilities.
889
00:39:24,330 --> 00:39:26,396
And, okay,
there was a lot of activity
890
00:39:26,396 --> 00:39:28,726
between 1680 and 1750.
891
00:39:28,726 --> 00:39:30,660
Well, who were those people?
892
00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:33,264
Were they here looking
for something themselves?
893
00:39:33,264 --> 00:39:35,726
Or were they depositing,
894
00:39:35,726 --> 00:39:38,198
which would be more exciting?
895
00:39:38,198 --> 00:39:41,528
The swamp is more of a mystery
than it’s ever been.
896
00:39:41,528 --> 00:39:44,594
We found all kinds of things
that seem out of place
897
00:39:44,594 --> 00:39:46,528
and several pieces of wood
898
00:39:46,528 --> 00:39:49,528
that could have been used
on a ship.
899
00:39:49,528 --> 00:39:51,198
Now we have hard science
900
00:39:51,198 --> 00:39:53,198
from
many different methodologies
901
00:39:53,198 --> 00:39:57,726
that something significant
happened here in the late 1600s.
902
00:39:57,726 --> 00:40:01,660
The swamp continues,
really, to be enigmatic
903
00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:03,594
and a real puzzle.
904
00:40:03,594 --> 00:40:05,264
How about you, Rick?
905
00:40:05,264 --> 00:40:06,726
Mine is simply this:
906
00:40:06,726 --> 00:40:11,066
that, you know, you’re
always looking for science
907
00:40:11,066 --> 00:40:13,330
to provide overlap information,
908
00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:16,132
and I think
we have it here today.
909
00:40:16,528 --> 00:40:18,231
I think these dates are
910
00:40:18,231 --> 00:40:19,660
interesting evidence
of activity,
911
00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:23,132
-but I-I want to know the why,
obviously.
I do, too.
912
00:40:23,132 --> 00:40:25,660
So, that’s where I’m at.
913
00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:27,231
But we have to take every lesson
914
00:40:27,231 --> 00:40:29,660
\hwe learn in this room
and apply it out back,
915
00:40:29,660 --> 00:40:31,528
you know,
with the eyes and boots.
916
00:40:31,528 --> 00:40:35,462
This has been very informative
and-and, uh, and enlightening,
917
00:40:35,462 --> 00:40:38,363
so we appreciate it, certainly.
918
00:40:38,363 --> 00:40:39,330
Good.
919
00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:40,660
Works for me.
Okay.
920
00:40:40,660 --> 00:40:43,528
See you later.
See you the next time.
921
00:40:43,528 --> 00:40:47,528
At the close
of another incredible week,
922
00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:49,528
Rick, Marty,
Craig and their team
923
00:40:49,528 --> 00:40:51,726
have more scientific evidence
924
00:40:51,726 --> 00:40:54,330
that something
of great importance took place
925
00:40:54,330 --> 00:40:59,000
on Oak Island long before
the discovery of the Money Pit.
926
00:40:59,264 --> 00:41:01,594
But perhaps more importantly,
927
00:41:01,594 --> 00:41:04,330
they have evidence
that something
928
00:41:04,330 --> 00:41:06,528
so valuable was brought here,
929
00:41:06,528 --> 00:41:09,330
it inspired
the creation of a swamp
930
00:41:09,330 --> 00:41:10,330
to hide the evidence
931
00:41:10,330 --> 00:41:14,066
and a burial site
so ingeniously engineered
932
00:41:14,066 --> 00:41:19,066
that it has eluded seekers
for more than two centuries.
933
00:41:19,066 --> 00:41:21,132
The question now is
934
00:41:21,132 --> 00:41:23,528
how much longer
can it elude Rick,
935
00:41:23,528 --> 00:41:28,363
Marty
and the Fellowship of the Dig?
936
00:41:31,264 --> 00:41:34,132
\hNext time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
937
00:41:34,132 --> 00:41:37,396
Today could be the day.
We got a core.
938
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,528
Oh, man. That’s cool.
939
00:41:39,528 --> 00:41:42,198
Were there certain boxes
that would have that type
940
00:41:42,198 --> 00:41:44,660
\h-of sheeting on it?
-Only for valuables.
941
00:41:44,660 --> 00:41:46,594
-Gary, what do you make of this?
-Oh, yeah.
942
00:41:46,594 --> 00:41:48,759
We’re looking for a ship.
That’s the type of find
943
00:41:48,759 --> 00:41:51,528
-you want to be pulling up.
We know
944
00:41:51,528 --> 00:41:53,363
that Phips found silver
on the Concepción,
945
00:41:53,363 --> 00:41:54,330
and I believe
946
00:41:54,330 --> 00:41:56,198
some of the treasure
\hfrom the Concepción
947
00:41:56,198 --> 00:41:58,132
-was secreted to Oak Island.
-Wow.
948
00:41:58,132 --> 00:41:59,594
That is remarkable.
949
00:41:59,594 --> 00:42:02,231
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