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Tonight on
the curse of oak island...

We got wood here, gentlemen.
It's got to be a tunnel.

Yeah. This is a tunnel pointing
towards the garden shaft.

-Absolutely.
-There it is, mate.

-Look at that.
-Wow.

This is a first for oak island,
which is fantastic.

So, in terms
of where it is from,

-You've got a roman empire
going on here.
-There we go.

Marty:
We're chasing the gold
in the money pit.

Wow. There it is.

-That's what we're looking for.
-Yeah.

-Finally.
-(laughs)

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...

Man-made workings
that date to medieval times,

And a lead cross
whose origin may be connected

To 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.

♪ ♪

Charles:
We've got a core, gentlemen.

They're coming fast and furious.

-Furious.
-Yeah, exactly.

Narrator:
A new day

Of excitement and anticipation

Has begun on oak island

For brothers
rick and marty lagina,

Their partner craig tester,

And the other
faithful members of their team.

-Charles: What do you got?
-Adam m.: 24.

Charles:
24.

Narrator:
After more than a decade

Of historical research,
tireless efforts,

And the application
of science,

They may finally be zeroing in

On the fabled
money pit treasure vault.

Morning!

-How are you?
-Morning, guys.

-Welcome to the table.
-Morning.

How are you?

-Good. How are you?
-Marty: Ian.

-What have we got?
-Ian: Uh...

Blue-gray till.
But we don't see any sign of

Disturbance or anything
like that.

Let's say lightning strikes.

What does that mean?
What's the implications of it?

You both get what you want.

We find the one thing
that indicates a deposit

And we find gold,
hopefully. So...

-That's what we're looking for.
-Yep.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
Currently, the team is drilling

A borehole known as dn-13.5,

Located 14 feet west
of the garden shaft

In an area that has recently
been dubbed the blob.

It is within this
70 by 25 foot zone

That recent water testing
has indicated

A massive deposit
of gold lies buried

Somewhere between a depth
of 80 and 120 feet.

The area in pink there would be
exactly where the gold is.

Marty:
Wow.

Narrator:
One week ago,

While drilling a borehole

Just 13 feet southwest
known as cn-11...

Right there. Look at that.
That is very unusual.

Narrator:
...The team recovered

Disturbed soils
at a depth of 118 feet,

Suggesting to geologist
terry matheson

That man-made workings
may be located nearby.

That's a great puzzle,
though, isn't it?

One of the things
that keeps me coming back

-Is it's very complex.
-It's a world-class puzzle.

-Yep.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
Now, it is rick,

Marty, craig,

And the team's hope
that their second effort

Within the blob
at borehole dn-13.5

Will pinpoint the workings

And valuables that they may have
narrowly missed one week ago.

Rick:
The so-called blob, it's
a very intriguing location.

This is an area

That we have not
intensely investigated

Prior to this moment.

Marty:
I am very much focused
this year,

As I've said many times,

On chasing the gold
in the money pit.

This could be where it's
been hiding all those years.

Hopefully, we'll hit something.

-Yep.
-If it's there,
we should find it.

-That's what I'm holding
out hope for.
-Marty: Well, guys,

We're gonna let you carry on,
and rick and I are gonna go

Dig up some cool things. Right?

-We're gonna go find treasure.
-Let's go.

-Rick: Thank you.
-Marty: See you guys.
-Ian: Okay.

Narrator:
As the drilling operation

Continues
in the money pit area...

Gary:
Perfect timing.

-Hey, guys.
-Hey, there, guys.

Hello.

Narrator:
...On lot 26,

Located on the western side
of oak island,

Archeologists laird niven
and helen sheldon

Join metal detection
expert gary drayton

And jack begley

To begin
a methodical investigation

Of a mysterious stone well.

We came in, we had a little
scan of the area,

And as you see, we've got
some flags down here already.

So, whoever was using this well,
might've lost some artifacts.

Laird:
Yeah, that might give us a clue.

I wouldn't have pictured myself
down here at this well,

But that early date
that dr. Spooner got

From down there
is really intriguing for me.

Ian:
You wouldn't know it was a well.

Narrator:
Also last week,

After rick and craig directed
geoscientist dr. Ian spooner

To test the water
and collect sediment

-From the feature...
-Ian: Excellent.

There you go.

It was one of our

Only silver hits

Outside of the money pit.

Narrator:
...The team was stunned

To find that it not only

Contained evidence
of possible treasure,

But also proved
to be one of the oldest

Man-made structures
ever discovered on oak island.

The date I got
on the twig at the bottom

Was 1028 to 1172.

(whistles)

The lot 26 well
is unique in many ways.

I've found it interesting
from the moment

David and I
first found that well.

The relevance of
the carbon date here,

I.E. Late 11s,

I don't, as of yet,

Have an understanding

Of how impactful
it will be in terms of

Understanding
the oak island mystery.

But it's certainly
an interesting feature.

I am bemused
and befuddled by that well.

What story is it telling us?

So, what are you guys gonna do?

It doesn't look like
a well right now.

-Mm-mm.
-We're gonna cut some soil away

From two, uh, quadrants

To get a look
at how it's constructed.

If we find something
in the soils,

Artifacts possibly.

That was dropped
while it was in use?

Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Gary:
Any artifacts down
at the bottom of there

Should be in
really good condition.

-Yeah.
-Gary: So, if this was a well,

And someone was sitting there,

You'd drop stuff and...

-Or you'd hide things.
-Gary: Yeah. Oh, you hide
things. Yeah.

-Laird: Yeah.
-Jack: Do you think,

Eventually, you'll end up
draining the well

And then digging
some of the material out?

That's the hope. We'll talk to

Dr. Spooner
about the best approach.

I'm sure we'll get
to the bottom of it.

(laughs)

Laird:
I've been curious

About the lot 26 well
for a long time.

I've excavated
a land-based well before.

I've never excavated
one like this.

The biggest mystery
about this well is its location.

It seems the strangest place
to have a well.

It's near the shore
and next to a pond.

So, what led people there,
you know?

And when did it
lead people there?

So, I'm excited
to-to get this started.

Yeah. Is there any way
that I can help out?

-Clear the topsoil off
and delineate the rocks.
-Okay.

Narrator:
While jack remains
to help laird and helen

Expose more of
the mysterious feature...

-Gary: I think we're gonna
be in for a great day.
-Peter: Okay.

-I'll pull this first flag.
-All right, mate.

Narrator:
...Less than 50 yards away,

Gary joins
rick and marty's nephew,

Peter fornetti,
to search for clues

In the surrounding area
that could help explain

Just who created the stone well

More than 800 years ago.

Ooh, it sounds actually
a little bit better now.

-Okay.
-It's just there.

Gary:
Hopefully,
it's not surface junk.

Oh, it isn't, look.

-Look at that.
-What is that?

Gary:
More than likely,
it looks like a door holder.

Peter:
Like a hinge?

Yeah, like a hinge.

A hanger. A door hanger.

One end would've been driven

Into the wooden frame of a door,

And then the door would've

Been hung on this.
A swinging door.

It's been there a while,
by the look of it.

It's all encrusted.

Peter:
Do you know what era

This is typical of?

Gary:
I know they go way back.

Something like that,
is that wrought iron, or no?

Yeah, it's probably
wrought iron, hand-forged...

If it is wrought iron,
it's pre-1830s or so.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Narrator:
Could gary and peter

Have found an ancient
hand-forged artifact

On lot 26?

One curious fact about
this four-acre property

Is that it was once owned

From the late-1700s
to the early-1800s

By samuel ball,

A man who came to oak island
as a humble cabbage farmer,

Only to mysteriously become

One of the wealthiest landowners

In all of nova scotia.

We're close to this well...

-Yeah.
-...But we're far away

From known establishments.

Yeah.

Narrator:
Because the remains

Of samuel ball's
18th century homestead

Sits nearly 100 yards
northwest of this location...

Gary:
All right, mate, we'll bag it

'cause we know
it's potentially old.

That's why we
got to dig everything.

Exactly.

Narrator:
Is it possible that gary

And peter have found evidence
of a much older structure

That may be connected
to the mysterious stone well?

If so, might it also
be an important clue

That could help explain
the great fortune of mr. Ball?

The next flag
is by another tree down there.

All right, let's go to it.

-All right, here's the next one.
-Yep.

(beeping)

Ah, I love that sound.

That's a nice, sweet tone.

I know one thing:
This is super deep,

And we're tagging it.

(beeping)

You've shaken it out,
mate, on that last lot.

Yep. There it is, mate.

What the heck is that?

Gary:
Ooh, look at that.

(chuckles) I know what this is.

This looks like a pipe tamper.

Narrator:
On lot 26,

Located on the western side
of oak island,

Metal detection expert
gary drayton

And peter fornetti

Have just made
a curious discovery

In the vicinity of a mysterious
900-year-old stone well.

Gary:
Back in the day,

People would've had
tobacco in a pipe,

And they would've used this
to pack it down.

This is nice and the first one
we've found on oak island.

-I love a first on oak island.
-Yeah.

This does look like
an oldie to me.

This looks like
it's copper alloy.

It's nice and crude.

Now, putting a date on it
is difficult.

Peter:
This'll be an interesting one

-To throw in the ct scanner
to look for...
-Yeah.

...Some sort of monogram
or maker's mark.

Yeah, because some of them did.

They had the initials

Or lettering

-On there of the owner.
-Okay.

I know one thing, mate,
if it is a pipe tamper,

It's a smoking find.

Let's bag it.

Gary:
All the artifacts
that we are recovering

On lot 26
are really important to me

'cause these artifacts
will tell a story

And, hopefully,
we can get to the bottom

Of this little mystery
on lot 26.

Um, and the next flag

-Is over there.
-Okay.

Gary:
I'm hoping these are good
'cause we're close to the well.

Here's the next one.

Yep.

(beeping)

Just there, mate.

That should be it.

(beeping)

That's singing, mate.
That's a screamer of a signal.

Right down the middle.

Right down the pike, mate.
Come on, artifact.

I think we're about to save
a little bit of history.

It's there.

-Oh, yeah.
-Oh.

That's like a swing door

Or a gate fastener.

It had some ring bolts on it,
and it just fit in the top.

This is the second one
of these objects

We have found in this area.

We find a lot of one-offs
on oak island.

Now, we've got two

Very similar iron artifacts.

They do seem out of place.

It's not the type of area
that you'd expect

To find artifacts
associated with doors.

We have to have them
"carmen dated."

So, here's
a little bit of history,

-And hopefully carmen legge...
-Yeah.

...Can shed some light on it.

All right, mate. Keep moving.

The artifacts
are piling up on lot 26.

Narrator:
The following morning,

While search activities
continue on oak island...

Doug: I'm really looking forward
to these results.

Alex:
Yeah, me, too.

You know, I'm looking forward
to seeing how it's done.

Narrator:
...Alex lagina and doug crowell

Have traveled
some 300 miles northwest

To the university
of new brunswick

In fredericton, nova scotia.

You know where
chris's office is?

-Yeah, top floor.
-Okay.

Narrator:
They have come to witness
a scientific test

That will be conducted
on the hand-forged,

Cut coin that was found
four weeks ago on lot 5.

A coin which numismatist
sandy campbell

Believes not only dates
to as early as 300 b.C.,

But is also of roman origin.

Hey, chris.

-Hi, gentlemen. Good to see you.
-How's it going.

-Yeah. Nice to see you.
-How are you?

-This is brandon.
-Hey, brandon.
-Hey.

Narrator:
Dr. Chris mcfarlane is

A professor of geochemistry

Who has helped
the team determine

The geographic origins
of numerous discoveries

That have been made
on oak island.

Most notably,
the 14th century lead cross,

Which originated
in southern France

And is believed to be connected

To the religious military order
of the knights templar.

We got the item

-You guys sent down.
-Alex: Yeah. Yeah.

Well, so, the thing
about this is

We've had an expert
in ancient coins look at it.

And the expert told us

That it's possible
that it's actually a roman coin,

Which would be
pretty incredible.

It's the first of its kind
on the island.

Hopefully, we should be able to
tell you something about that.

Hopefully, pin it down
to a country,

-But, minimum, a region.
-Great.

I mean, the best we can do
is to get it in the machine,

Have a look at it.

-So, let's go.
-After you guys.

Narrator:
Certain metal alloys

Have been determined to contain
unique chemical signatures

Known as "isotopes,"
that are specific

To various geographic regions
around the world.

By using a process
known as laser ablation,

Microscopic samples
will be removed from the coin,

Which can then be analyzed
for their isotope values,

To hopefully determine just
where the artifact was created.

Okay, so, this is where
we get everything

-Sorted to get
into the machine...
-Mm-hmm.

...Including the custom
sort of universal holder.

-Mm-hmm.
-It allows us to put
odd-shaped things

Into the laser ablation system.

Boucher:
I'll just stick this
in the cell,

And we'll be good to go.

I'm always hoping that,
with any of these tests,

We get, like, a smoking gun,

A conclusive match to put
the pieces together.

I don't think there's any way
to assemble the truth of what

Happened on oak island
without scientific analysis.

Boucher:
All right, our sample's in.

We'll analyze it
with a laser in the icp-ms.

We'll have a look
at what comes out.

-All right.
-Okay.

Everyone I have asked
about the roman coin

Has the same reaction:

Befuddlement.

Have a seat, guys.
We'll look at this stuff.

Marty:
We don't know when.

We don't know why, but

Our coin expert doesn't waver.

He says it's a roman era coin.
It's very, very old.

Boucher:
Yeah, so, we've got the
ablation going right there.

At the minimum, I think it's
another one of those outliers

That pushes
the time period back,

And it shows, yet again,

That all kinds of things
happened here long ago.

So, we have to figure out
what that means.

Yeah, so
this half-coin certainly

Has enough lead to get
a pretty good number out of it.

In fact, of all the stuff

We've ever done, you know,
lead artifact-wise,

This one gave
some of the best data.

Great.

So, all the little
black dots are the data

From the database of european

And other, you know,
international sources

Of lead mines
and other prospects.

Uh, we can also
look at the actual

Area ellipse that we measured.

And when we go through
the filtering process,

We end up with about
eight possible occurrences.

I can tell you pretty
confidently where it's not from.

We have more or less
discounted, you know,

Germany as a likely source
because it's so far

Removed from the main mass
of the lead isotope database.

And that's similarly true
for greece and the u.K.

Ultimately,
in terms of where it is from,

That really leaves the iberian,

You know, peninsula,

Mediterranean, spanish origin.

There we go.

The roman empire included
the iberian peninsula.

So, pretty much, you got
a roman empire going on here.

(laughs)

Chris:
In terms of where it is from,

We have an iberian peninsula

Circa mediterranean,
spanish origin.

It's pretty good.

Narrator: At the university
of new brunswick,

Geochemist
dr. Chris mcfarlane

And his colleague
brandon boucher

Have just determined
that the cut coin,

Recently found
on oak island's lot 5

And which is believed to be
of roman origin

And more than 1,500 years old,

Was likely created in Spain.

I think that's really good info

Because we've narrowed down
where we think it was made

Or at least where the lead
in the coin came from.

Doug:
Yeah.

It still works well
with the coin expert's idea

That it's a roman coin
because the roman empire

At one time
did include these areas.

Narrator:
In 206 b.C....

(man yelling)

...The roman empire began a
nearly 700-year-long occupation

Of the iberian peninsula

Which today consists
of Spain and portugal.

The romans mined the territory
for riches like gold and silver,

As well as other metals

That were used for
the production of tools,

Weaponry and currency
such as copper, tin and lead.

But if the half-coin,
found on lot 5

Was created in Spain
more than 1,500 years ago,

Who could have brought it
to oak island?

And could it potentially
be related in some way

To the 900-year-old
stone well on lot 26?

Alex:
There's just something
a little more mystical,

A little more magical,
about a potentially roman coin

Turning up on oak island.

At least, in the ten years
that I've been here, um,

This is one of the more exciting
things that we've found.

Just because
it's so out of place.

It makes you ask
so many questions.

You know, what is it doing here?
How did it get here?

What is it telling us?

And can we possibly tease out

A little bit more information
from it?

It's exciting.

If it keeps bearing out
that it's that old,

It's the oldest thing
we've found by far.

We don't know where this
supposed treasure came from.

Maybe this fell out of it.
You know? Who knows?

So, it's cool for that reason.

But we want to kind
of follow the science,

And we want to learn
as much as we can trust

About this coin and hopefully
not leap to conclusions.

Well, we've got numbers now.

I'll leave the context
to you guys.

We'll keep working
on that angle,

But we really
appreciate it, guys.

Thank you as always.

If we learn more,
we'll let you know.

-Chris: Yeah. It was great.
-Alex: We'll see you soon.

Narrator:
The following morning...

Tedford:
It gets pretty tight down there.

...As the drilling operation

Continues
in the money pit area...

-Doug: Hey, marty.
-(others greeting)

-Marty: Morning.
-Gary: Hello, mate.

I'm ready for some news.

...Alex lagina and doug crowell

Have returned to the island
to share their report

With rick, marty, craig
and other members

-Of the team.
-Rick: So,

I'll turn it over to you two.

Alex:
Yeah. So,

This is the...

Half-coin, and we brought it

To chris mcfarlane
for laser ablation testing,

'cause it does contain
a little bit of lead.

We got a really good sample
in the machine.

And so chris's conclusion was

That the most likely source
for this coin is Spain

Or the iberian peninsula.

The roman empire was there.

Jack:
Wow. So it is

Possibly a roman coin.

Roman, baby!

(chuckling)

Alex:
We've identified this lead

As coming from Spain, but,

You know,
it's the iberian peninsula.

And portugal is on
the iberian peninsula, too.

Correct.

Alex:
We were just there investigating

A potential templar connection.

So portugal and the templars
are still in play.

Great point.

Corjan:
Oh. Good morning.

-Welcome to portugal.
-Rick: Thank you.

Narrator:
One year ago,

Rick, alex, doug and peter

Investigated
a number of sites in portugal

With researcher corjan mol,

Where the knights templar
maintained strongholds

Between the 12th
and 16th centuries.

This symbol is definitely
on the 90 foot stone.

Rick:
It's perfect.

Narrator:
Incredibly,

They not only saw numerous
stone carvings that have

Also been found on oak island
over the last two centuries...

Alex: The stone path
looks exactly like this.

...But also a stone road that
dated back to the roman era,

One identical to the stone road

Uncovered in the oak island
swamp back in 2020,

Which is believed to be
at least 500 years old

And of portuguese origin.

Is it possible
that the roman half-coin

May have once been
in the possession

Of a portuguese templar knight

And offer more evidence that
the secretive medieval order

Could really be connected
to the oak island mystery?

Jack:
Would a coin like that

Have been in the coffers
of the knights templar?

Like, could that have been part
of their treasure at the time

-When it was lost?
-Sure.

-Yeah. I don't see why not.
-Gary: Yeah.

Craig:
I mean, to me, you know,

We're searching for a treasure.

And if a group came here
and put a treasure in,

They may have taken
part of the treasure

And, as a token of-of the job
they did and the...

And the camaraderie,

They-they cut up a few coins
and passed them

To the-- to the members.

Quite possibly, yeah.

Guys, this is an exotic thing.

And so exotic theories
come to mind.

Sometimes things like that,

If it's cut cleanly,

What if a pact was made

Between somebodies

And the coin was brought out?

This ancient roman coin.

You clip it.

One person gets one piece,

One person gets the other.

And then if the emissaries
ever meet,

If the coin matches,

They know it's for real.

Rick:
It's eminently plausible.

If there were
secret societies involved,

-Perhaps it's something
like that.
-I agree.

It's like a passport key, right?

-You-you prove...
-Yeah.

-You prove who you are.
-Yeah.

We often have trouble
eliminating any theories

When we find new data,
because a lot of them fit.

Things like a very, very early
portuguese settlement,

Unknown voyages
from the new world,

Perhaps templars.

It's got to be something
of an outlier,

Why that coin is there.

And it could lead us
to all kinds of other theories,

Because that is well before
discovery of the money pit.

Rick:
Here's my takeaway--

That little coin has stimulated

-Very spirited discussion
in this room.
-Alex: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Rick:
And that's a cool thing.

I mean, I love
marty's thing about,

You know, basically,
it's a secret code ring

Out of a special k box, right?

-(chuckling)
-yeah.

But the only way
we're gonna find out is

If you guys get back out
and find

Its brothers and sisters, gary.

Yeah. Roman brothers
and sisters.

(chuckling)

Or iberian brothers and sisters.

(chuckles)

That little coin is pretty cool,

But we got to get out
and get to work.

And hopefully find some amigos

-And amigas.
-(chuckling)
-craig: Okay.

-Marty: There you go.
-Rick: See ya.

Alex:
See ya. See ya, marty.

Gary:
Bye-bye.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

Charles:
Here we go.
You got another core.

...In the money pit area,

Oak island historians
charles barkhouse

And paul troutman...

-It's disturbed. Yeah.
-Okay.

...Continue supervising
the drilling operation

In dn-13.5.

Down to 99.

Charles:
'kay.

Narrator:
Having reached the target zone

Between 80 and 120 feet deep,

Where a large source of gold
is believed to be located...

-It stiffened up
right at the bottom there.
-Okay.

...Every passing moment

Comes with greater anticipation
for the team.

We've got wood.

-Got the wood?
-Yeah.

Right here.

Paul:
Oh, look at that.

-Same wood contact.
-Charles: Yeah.

Paul:
Eight inches here.

-Charles: This would be 93.5.
-Yes.

It's really interesting.

Could be a collapsed tunnel.

Charles:
I'll let craig know.

Charles:
It's definitely wood.

Paul:
Oh, look at that.

93 to 95 feet.

Narrator:
It is an exciting moment
in the money pit area...

And mike said
it has stiffened up.

...As the team
has just recovered evidence

Of a wooden structure
in borehole dn-13.5

At a depth of nearly 100 feet.

Could be a tunnel.
It's really interesting.

A borehole located
where recent water testing

Has suggested
that a large source of gold

Lies somewhere close by,

Between 80
and 120 feet underground.

It's got to be a tunnel.

Question is,
does it go a little further?

If we could, it would be nice
to sink another hole,

-Just to see if it continues.
-Yeah.

I mean, we got to follow it now.

-If-if we can,
we have to follow it.
-Yeah.

Absolutely. I agree.

Rick:
The finding of the wood

Or a possible tunnel
in the so-called blob,

It's exciting,

Because we are in an area
that...

Certainly merits
further investigation.

Where does it go?

Can we figure out who built it?

When was it built?

That's really what
this is about.

It's how do we exploit
the find of this tunnel.

-Craig. Terry.
-Wow.

-Hi, paul. How you doing?
-How's it going?
-Good.

Craig:
That's good.

Paul:
It's, uh, dn-13.50.

Found it at 93 to 95.

Oh, that's great.
And there it is.

Okay. Wow.

You got a pretty good
ch-chunk of wood here.

Yeah, it's fairly firm there.

And above,

Uh, it's relatively firm.

Undisturbed material
and relatively firm below.

Why this free-floating piece
of wood is just sitting there,

There's no rhyme or reason
for it to be that way.

This is where we are at dn-13.5.

Terry:
This is really,
really interesting.

Uh, this looks like
the continuation

Of this tunnel
that we hit here out of dn-12.5.

Now we're over here at dn-13.5,

Five feet further to the west.

We're starting to get a really
good east-west alignment

Back towards the garden shaft.

Craig:
Yeah. To me, this is

A tunnel, which it looks like,
and it goes

By the garden shaft or under it.

Narrator:
Earlier this year,

At a depth of 95 feet,

The team unearthed handworked
wood in borehole dn-12.5,

Just five feet to the west

Of where they are
currently drilling in dn-13.5.

Could terry and craig be correct

That both boreholes
encountered a tunnel

That may be heading
toward the garden shaft,

Located just 12 feet
to the east?

Three months ago,

The team was stunned to find out

That this flooded 80-foot-deep
structure may not only predate

The discovery of the money pit
by half a century or more

But also contains
high trace evidence of gold.

Cote:
We had to put some planks
in this corner right here.

This corner, it was
those two-by-sixes missing.

Narrator:
In order to find out
what may lie at the bottom

Or in the nearby vicinity...

...Rick, marty and craig
hired a mining company

Named dumas contracting limited

To begin reconstructing
a new waterproof vertical shaft,

One that will also allow
for horizontal tunneling

If evidence of treasure
is discovered nearby.

But, unfortunately,

Due to permitting issues
regarding safety protocols,

The provincial government
has forced the team

To delay the project until
those concerns are resolved.

We have two wells now.
They're-they're fairly close.

But, in general,
they're pointing towards

The garden shaft.

-Yes.
-Terry: Yeah.
-So...

Paul:
Same horizon.

Are these connected?

Potentially, could be.

The quest is exciting right now.

Things coalesce
around that garden shaft.

There's some evidence
it was a man-made structure,

A hundred feet below the surface
right there.

Rehabbing the garden shaft
will be a big deal in the story

Of oak island.

I'm hoping

Dumas is coming back

And they're gonna
get us underground.

And I think
it could yield answers.

There's a lot of anomalous,
weird things going on

In this area
that we still don't understand.

It's unlike any other area
in the money pit.

-Definitely bag this sucker up.
-Yes.

-We'll get a sample.
-Uh, we may want
to do dendro on that.

Getting a water sample.

Terry:
Absolutely. Okay.

Narrator:
In order to fully explore

The believed treasure zone
in this location of the blob,

The team will continue drilling
borehole dn-13.5

Down to a depth of 120 feet.

They will also have the wood
scientifically dated

While testing a water sample
for further evidence

-Of gold.
-Paul: Okay.

I'll head out to get the kit,
and I'll be back when I have it.

-Terry: Okay, good.
Talk to you soon.
-Craig: Okay.

Narrator:
While the drilling operation
continues

In the money pit area...

(scraping sounds)

Jack:
Hey, helen. Hey, laird.

-Helen: Hi, jack.
-...Jack begley returns
to lot 26

To once again assist
archaeologists laird niven

And helen sheldon
as they investigate

The mysterious
900-year-old stone well.

-Jack: The well looks clear.
-Laird: Yeah.

-This is the center
of the well here, right?
-Yeah.

It's kind of oval-shaped.

Yeah.

And you can see
the three rocks there.

Those are in there permanently.
Those have been built into it.

See, ideally,
what we'd want for testing

Is find a wooden artifact...

-Somewhere in there?
-...That we could test.

Helen:
Yeah.

-Jack: Is there any way
I can help out?
-Sure.

We need some more
of this sod stripped back.

Sure. I'll do what I can.

Helen:
So, this coarse, sandy matrix

Seems really consistent
all the way around.

Laird:
So we've done as much
historical research as we can.

We've got water testing done
and core testing done--

Things like that.

So it's time now

For us to begin taking off

All the vegetation
that's overgrown--

And there's
a lot of vegetation--

So we can look at it,
get an idea of its size

And hopefully an idea
of how it was constructed

And perhaps find a clue
as to who constructed it.

We'll take
these little rocks off.

Leave these ones in.

But then we can move
all of these.

The loose ones.

Right? And then

Really get a good idea
of the structure from there.

-So it's coming up slowly.
-Helen: It is.

Yeah, it's turning out to be
a pretty interesting area, eh?

Between you and gary's finds
and...

-...What we're uncovering.
-Yeah.
-H-hopefully

The source of that silver
is somewhere in the well.

-Yeah.
-Or maybe it's coming

From somewhere near here.

Who knows?

Jack:
You have the hope

-Of a treasure hunter, laird.
-(chuckling)

Narrator:
As a new day begins
on oak island...

Helen:
I've never seen one this close
to salt water before.

Yeah, it's turning out to be a
pretty interesting area, right?

...And the archaeological
investigation continues

At the stone well on lot 26...

(clanging)

Scott:
Hey, carmen.

Well, hello. You got
some more goodies this time?

Doug:
You know we do.

...Oak island historian
doug crowell and scott barlow

Have traveled some 50 miles
to northville farm

In centreville, nova scotia.

They are meeting

With blacksmithing expert
carmen legge

To get his professional analysis
of the metal artifacts

That were discovered two days
ago near the ancient stone well.

So, we brought
a couple of things that, uh,

Gary has found on lot 26.

They're both found in
close proximity to each other.

I'll let you have a look and see
what you think they might be.

-All righty.
-It has that...

...Uh, hinge appeal to it.

But kind of curious
on what you think they are.

-Can I see the other one, too,
scott?
-Yeah.

They both have
a similar shape to them.

Yeah, this one
is more encrusted.

They're both the same thickness.

These are broken pieces
off of a cutting tool.

-These are from a bush scythe.
-Oh, wow.

Narrator:
Dating back
as much as 5,000 years,

Bush scythes were used
throughout europe and asia

As cutting tools
in the field of agriculture.

However, when european cultures,

Including the spanish, english
and portuguese, began exploring

North america
by the 15th century,

Bush scythes became essential
tools on large sailing vessels.

And the bush scythes would be
used to hack off all the bushes,

Small shrubs and anything
up to about an inch and a half.

And they would smash 'em off
and...

Get a encampment area cleared

So that they could,
uh, come ashore,

Put up a little habitation
or something like that

-Sort of thing.
-Yeah.

Um, actually,
if you look behind you there,

You'll see a bush scythe leaned
up against the wall there.

You can bring that over
and we can com-compare.

And show you
exactly what part this is.

Yeah. This is what I remember,
except, the ones we had,

They were much longer.

Yeah. It's a lawn blade
or a grass blade.

And if we compare it
with that one,

You can see
it's-it's the exact match.

Scott:
Yeah, that's-that's identical.

Doug:
So, if you were gonna put

A date range to-to these ones,

What-what would you think?

These are much older.

The way these are made
and shaped,

I'm gonna say
probably middle 1600s.

Wow.

Narrator:
Bush scythes

Possibly dating back
more than 150 years

Prior to the discovery
of the money pit in 1795?

Since no one is documented
to have settled on oak island

Before the 1760s,

Who brought these tools
to lot 26?

Could it have been someone
that was looking

For something of great value
in the 900-year-old stone well?

Or was it someone
who actually repurposed it

To hide valuables there
themselves?

Rick:
The bush scythe
dating to the 1600s,

It's interesting.

And then you transition
to dr. Spooner's work

Indicating 1198 from the well.

H-how is that possible?

The only explanation
I have in my mind

Is that the enormity
of the work done on oak island

Was done in stages.

There was
a infrastructure stage,

A depositional phase,
a implementation phase,

A logistics phase.

Perhaps done
over a long period of time.

There are nuances
to telling the story,

And we need to make certain

That we're not misunderstanding
any of it.

Scott:
And, again, it reinforces that
people were probably around here

A little before we thought
they were.

Carmen:
Oh, absolutely.

Uh, these-these are
before any, uh, uh,

Settlement or habitation here
in nova scotia.

It-it is uncommon
to see one this old.

Doug:
Why would you need a...

Bush scythe on oak island
in that time period?

Scott:
And to find two of them--
it almost suggests

There may have been
multiple people there

Trying to clear an area.

This could have been a-a--
very possible

That this was
a point of entry to the island,

Where people
were coming ashore here.

-You've got my mind wandering
now.
-(chuckling)

-Scott:
We'll let you get back to work.
-Thanks, carmen.

-Carmen:
All right. See you later.
-Scott: Thanks.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

-Rick: Hi, guys.
-Alex: Hey.
-(others greeting)

Hello.

Thank you for joining us.

...Rick and marty lagina,

Craig tester
and members of the team

Have gathered in the war room

For a video conference
with representatives

From dumas contracting limited.

Everybody knows how important
the garden shaft project is

-To everything we do this year
in the money pit.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
Six weeks after having
to halt reconstruction

On the garden shaft
in the money pit area...

Cameron:
We are very much interested

And remain committed
to this project, rick.

...Cameron carter,
the vice president

Of technical services
and development at dumas,

Along with his colleagues, have

A critical update
to share with the team.

Look, uh, the bottom line is
we're hoping

For good news today.

Well, um, I hope
the team can appreciate

The scrutiny
that we are receiving

From the regulatory bodies
in nova scotia.

They want

This project
to proceed in a safe manner,

Uh, as does dumas and as does

All the stakeholders
that are engaged in this work.

There have been some hurdles
that we're trying

To remove from our way
to ensure that we can proceed

On the garden shaft
rehabilitation

In the most safe
and appropriate manner.

-Yes.
-Rick: I think,

On our side,
we believe the very same thing.

But do you have
an update for us?

Where do we sit?
Where do we go from here?

Yep. Certainly.

We do have some news here, rick.

Rick: Do you have an update
for us? Where do we sit?

Where do we go from here?

Yep. Certainly.

The commitment that-that
the government has made to us

Is that they're going
to work with us

In an expedited manner,

As efficiently as they can.

And, quite simply,
I can't ask for more than that.

We have confirmed
with the government

That they are in receipt
of the additional information

That's been provided by dumas

That we are
in the opinion satisfies

All outstanding requirements,
uh, for authorization.

As we sit here today,

We are not in receipt
of the authorizations to proceed

With the garden shaft
rehabilitation,

But we do anticipate

That it should be received
this week.

-Scott: Good news.
-Marty: That would be cool.

-Craig: Great.
-Wow.

There was a huge sigh of relief

In the entire room, because,

Finally, we'll be able

To move this project forward.

The dumas people should be proud

That they brought their team
together

And responded
in a very timely manner.

Again, we thank you very much
for all the hard work.

We're excited
about the potential

That this has in terms

Of solving the mystery and, uh,

-Look forward
to seeing you guys.
-Okay. Thank you.

-Rick: Thanks, guys!
-See you guys. Thank you.
-(others saying bye)

-Appreciate it. Take care.
-Bye!
-Goodbye.

Thank you.

It looks like
we might just get it in

Under the wire
on all this stuff.

Rick:
Everything appears to be

In-in place to expedite
the permitting process.

We get eyes and boots
on the ground.

We keep moving forward.

Get the shaft done.

See what's--
see what's down there.

It's that simple.

-Craig: Okay.
-All right.

-Simple. I like simple.
-Alex: Yep. Yep.

Narrator:
For rick, marty,
craig and their team,

As another extraordinary week
comes to an end,

They are more confident
than ever that the veil

Which has shrouded oak island
in mystery

For more than two centuries
will soon be lifted.

But as the clues continue
to mount all across the island

And the dig
in the money pit area resumes,

Will the ultimate secret
of what happened here long ago

And what purpose it served

Finally be revealed?

Perhaps only time

And the mysterious forces
of the island

Will tell.

Next time
on the curse of oak island...

Jack:
We're gonna drain the well
to search the bottom.

Oh. Look at that.
Looks handwrought.

Christa:
This is one of the older objects

-You've found.
-Wow.

Pharoah:
You have four lines

Measured from nolan's cross

Perfectly intersecting
at the garden shaft.

Rick:
Wow. Let's get the answers
at the bottom

-Of that shaft.
-Absolutely. Absolutely.

Gary:
That is a stairway to treasure.

-Let's go for the gold!
-Alex: Yes!
-(laughter)

-That's what we want.
-Jack: Yeah. Let's go.

That is awesome.

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