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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island
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- Oh!
- Whoa!
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- We got wood.
- It looks like it might be a new shaft.
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- It changes the whole story.
- Yeah.
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We could be looking
at the Money Pit.
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There's significant
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anomalies in this area.
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Wow! That is huge.
We need to dig.
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- Oh, yeah.
- Look at that.
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- That is sweet.
- Whoa!
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This is Roman.
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- Roman?
- No way.
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Definitely from 300 BC.
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Roman, baby!
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It's remarkable.
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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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And according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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Gentlemen.
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What's going on
out in the field?
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So I want to get you up-to-date
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and try to figure
out where to go next
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- in the Money Pit area.
- Okay.
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Got different ideas of
where the Money Pit might be
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- based on different records.
- That's right.
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As a new day
begins on Oak Island,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
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along with their
partner Craig Tester
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have gathered for
an important meeting
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with members of their
team in the research center.
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We have to take
advantage of the fact
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that the Garden Shaft project
is on hold because it presents
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unique opportunities
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to conduct more drilling
in the Money Pit area.
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All right. Good.
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Unfortunately, due
to permitting issues,
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The team's reconstruction
of the Garden Shaft
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in the Money Pit area,
which began one month ago,
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is currently on hold.
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It is in this
80-foot-deep structure
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that Rick, Marty,
Craig and the team
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have not only
collected wood samples
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that have been dated
to the early 18th century
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but also conducted water tests
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that yielded high
trace evidence of gold.
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So let's just summarize what's
going on in the Money Pit.
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- Yeah.
- Yes.
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Now, as they await permission
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for the project to proceed,
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the team must decide how
best to continue their pursuit
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of the fabled Money
Pit treasure vault,
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and the ultimate answers
to a 228-year-old mystery.
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One thing we can discuss
while we're right in this area...
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You know, you can see
what we drilled around there.
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We have five holes all
along there defining a tunnel.
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Right.
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So we started out with K-15.5.
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- K-15.5?
- Yeah.
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So we drilled there
and we hit a direct hit.
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We hit wood around 103 feet.
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I mean, it was the
first time that we felt
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That we had ever drilled into
a tunnel that was still open.
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Yeah.
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Whoa, what's that?
Whoa, whoa, what's that?
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That's a view down the tunnel.
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- Oh, wow.
- It's awesome.
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One recent discovery
that the team
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is considering for
further investigation
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is a five-foot-high
wood-cribbed tunnel
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which they have encountered
at five separate drilling locations
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at a depth of 103 feet.
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This structure has not only been
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carbon-dated to as
early as the 17th century
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but may also be leading
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in the direction of
the Garden Shaft.
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Here we have a man-made
structure underground
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at a consistent elevation.
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So of course, your mind
runs to the possibility
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that this tunnel,
if it is confirmed,
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runs towards the Garden Shaft.
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And there might be
"X marks the spot"
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at the end of that tunnel.
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You know, then the question is,
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do we continue
pursuing this tunnel?
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Or is there a want
to move to D-17.5?
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This one is right offset
to the Garden Shaft,
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where we could intercept
this 70-foot tunnel,
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which was first found in D-17.
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Five weeks ago,
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the team drilled into another
tunnel in Borehole D-17,
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at a depth of just 70 feet
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that they've speculated
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could be leading to an
offset treasure chamber
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extending away from
the original Money Pit.
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It's odd that it's
at that depth.
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It almost has to be
an offset chamber.
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There's no point having an
upward facing tunnel, is there?
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What makes this
an ideal location
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for the team to investigate now,
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is that it sets just 20 feet
south of the Garden Shaft.
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Because when they and the team
from Dumas Contracting Limited
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are given permission to continue
with the operation to clear out
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and reconstruct a
new, waterproof shaft
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down to at least
the 80-foot depth,
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if any evidence of
man-made voids or structures
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are detected nearby,
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Lateral tunnels can be
constructed off the main shaft
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In order to allow the team to
search for potential valuables.
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Finding the wood in D-17
is important simply because
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it suggests strongly
that this is original work.
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We've never encountered
wood at that elevation before.
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So everything that we
find, everything we uncover,
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will be new to us and
thus will be exciting.
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So we're actually
looking for two things...
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the 70-foot and
the 100-foot tunnel?
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- Yep.
- Okay.
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So, where are we
going next, then?
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We should talk about it.
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- Yeah.
- To me, I guess,
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do we want to
look for this tunnel
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up towards the
Garden Shaft at D-17?
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We have no
records of this tunnel.
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Is it a tunnel leading
to an offset chamber?
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Yeah. Possibly.
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So we could drill a well to
try to define this D-17 tunnel
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- at D-17.5.
- Yeah, yeah.
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As long as we're
getting the gold data,
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I guess I'm okay with it.
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For me, that's
the objective there.
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Really get an idea of the
orientation of the tunnel.
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- Yeah.
- So those are my thoughts.
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Yeah, okay.
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So we're gonna
move down to D-17.5.
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Good.
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I'd like to know
more about that thing.
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And I would like a water sample,
maybe a couple as you go down.
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Yes.
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So let the data speak.
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Let the science speak.
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- Let's see where this goes.
- Yes.
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All right, guys. Let's go.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you.
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Later that morning...
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D-17.5.
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- This could be it.
- All right.
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Look, you've got
nothing north of you.
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So that's why I want
you to cover that ground.
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- Sweet.
- Okay. Go for it.
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That's good.
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As geologist Terry Matheson
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and Oak Island historian
Charles Barkhouse
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supervise the drilling
of Borehole D-17.5
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in the Money Pit area...
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There we go.
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- This is a nice little area of Lot 5.
- Okay.
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Rick Lagina
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and metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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Arrive on Lot 5,
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located on the western
side of Oak Island.
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I've already been in here, mate,
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and I've put a
lot of flags down.
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There's a lot of
good-sounding targets.
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So as far as I'm concerned,
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It's raining with a
chance of artifacts.
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So first flag's over here, mate.
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- Okay.
- Let's get stuck in.
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One week ago, after
purchasing this four-acre property
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from the estate of Robert Young,
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who passed away in 2020...
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This is the in past now, mate.
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To the future.
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- Let's get started.
- Okay.
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Rick and Gary quickly unearthed
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several potentially
important clues.
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Look at that.
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These include two
possible iron chisels
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and a cut, hammered coin
which metallurgy analysis
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suggests could date back
to the 16th century or earlier.
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All right.
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That sounds good.
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Now, after flagging a number
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of additional metal
targets in the area,
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Gary and Rick have
received permission
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from archaeologist Laird Niven
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to find out what other potential
answers Lot 5 may reveal
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about the Oak Island mystery.
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The ground is so rocky.
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Come on, little artifacts.
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Yep, that's it.
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What do we got here, mate?
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What the heck... is that?
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If you don't know, I don't know.
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- I mean, what...?
- It's a metal acorn.
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Yeah, that's what I
was thinking as well.
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This really is nuts.
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Yeah, I don't know what that is.
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It's heavy, it's crude.
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It's not perfect.
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You can see it's
not factory-made.
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I mean, feel how
heavy that is, mate.
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Huh, it's heavy.
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- Yeah.
- It's very dense.
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And the interesting
thing about this is
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we're like maybe
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30 feet away from where we
found that piece of bell metal.
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One year ago,
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while searching on
the adjacent Lot 4,
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Gary and Jack Begley
found a piece of bell metal,
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which chemist Dr. Christa
Brosseau believed
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may have been a fragment
of an ancient cannon
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and possibly
Portuguese in origin.
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Okay, mate, we're bagging it
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- 'cause it looks old.
- Yep.
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Is it possible that
Rick and Gary
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have found another clue on Lot 5
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that could help identify just
who may have been behind
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the 228-year-old
treasure mystery?
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So next flag...
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Somewhere in here.
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Not bad.
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- Yep. Not bad sounding.
- Just there.
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I'm going to take me jacket
off cause I mean business now.
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Things are hotting up.
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Okay, let's see if you moved it.
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And you've moved it
'cause it sounds better.
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- Oh, what's that?
- It's singing.
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Wow! Look at that.
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It's singing.
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Oh, I love these
little finds, mate.
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It's a musket ball. Yeah.
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On Lot 5, located on the
western side of Oak Island,
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Rick Lagina and Gary
Drayton have just found
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what could be a
very important clue.
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Might not have been fired but...
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- Doesn't look fired.
- Yeah.
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But I love it when we
find stuff like this, I mean,
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you're going back to
black powder weapons.
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So you know you're going back.
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Maybe you're talking late 1500s.
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Yeah.
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A musket ball?
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Potentially dating back
to the 16th century?
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Could it be related
to the ancient tools
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and the hammered
coin that were also
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recently found on Lot 5?
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If so, who brought them here?
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And just what were
they doing on Oak Island?
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And there is a way
to date this, mate.
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We can measure the diameter
259
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and see what caliber it is
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because this does
seem on the small side.
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- Well, that is baggable.
- Yeah, definitely.
262
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That is a bona fide artifact.
263
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This is just the beginning
of the story, mate.
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The following day...
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- Good morning, gentlemen.
- Hi, fellas.
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- Hey, guys.
- Hi.
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- Morning.
- Stephan,
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I know that you
post-processed the grid
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on the north end of the
swamp and I personally am
270
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- very interested in it.
- Rick Lagina
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gathers in the war room
with members of the team
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to meet via video conference
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with ground penetrating
radar expert, Stephan Grund.
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We all know that
prior to his passing,
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Fred was kind
enough to inform us
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of a possibility
of a log structure
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in the north end of the swamp.
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So I very much
look forward to this
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because if there's a log
wall there, that is huge.
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That-That's original work.
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If it's there.
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- Okay, I'm good to go.
- Yep.
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One week ago,
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following a preliminary
geophysical scan of the swamp
285
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which identified a curious
286
00:12:50,237 --> 00:12:53,129
underground anomaly
near the northern border,
287
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Stephan conducted a follow-up
ground penetrating radar scan
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of the area with Rick and
Marty's nephew Peter Fornetti
289
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- and landowner Tom Nolan.
- Thank you.
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It was in this same area
291
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on Lot 10 where Tom's
late father Fred Nolan
292
00:13:08,088 --> 00:13:09,813
found evidence
of what he believed
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could be a man-made dam.
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A dam that may have been
constructed centuries ago
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to create the
triangle-shaped swamp
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in order to hide
something of great value.
297
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I'm gonna let you tell
us what you learned.
298
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Yes, definitely.
299
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Now, having fully processed
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his GPR data,
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Stephan is prepared to review
his findings with the team.
302
00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:37,282
So let me start with the scans
with the OKM Geppard GPR.
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We do see significant
anomalies in this area.
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Coming from
the left to the right
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at around three feet depth.
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00:13:46,868 --> 00:13:51,129
I quickly want to
open another scan.
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This is very interesting
308
00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,969
because we do see here again
309
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anomalies cut in
the middle of the grid
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from the left to the right
311
00:14:02,384 --> 00:14:05,310
and those are between
two and eight feet depth.
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00:14:05,537 --> 00:14:08,313
So it's a duplication
more or less.
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00:14:08,540 --> 00:14:09,889
Wow.
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00:14:10,041 --> 00:14:11,541
Numerous anomalies
315
00:14:11,634 --> 00:14:13,467
running in a linear pattern
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between three
and eight feet deep
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just north of the swamp?
318
00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:20,325
Could it be evidence to
support Fred Nolan's theory
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regarding a potential
man-made dam?
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The information that
Stephan relayed to us,
321
00:14:27,893 --> 00:14:30,001
I found it
incredibly intriguing.
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00:14:30,228 --> 00:14:33,062
His interpretation
of the data suggests
323
00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:36,249
a linear anomaly is in an area
that Fred thought was certainly
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00:14:36,401 --> 00:14:38,735
worthy of further investigation.
325
00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:41,846
I believe that Fred was
truthful about probing
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00:14:42,073 --> 00:14:44,182
such a structure or
finding such a structure.
327
00:14:44,333 --> 00:14:47,001
And I think if you
come to a point
328
00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:48,928
where you think
a target is legit,
329
00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:51,189
then you need to dig.
330
00:14:51,340 --> 00:14:53,917
Well, thank you for that
because it's very curious.
331
00:14:54,010 --> 00:14:56,269
Craig, do you have any thoughts?
332
00:14:56,363 --> 00:15:01,015
Just, uh, I mean, get Tom
involved, um, obviously.
333
00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:02,367
So it'll be interesting to see
334
00:15:02,518 --> 00:15:04,093
what he thinks
about this location.
335
00:15:04,112 --> 00:15:05,370
Yeah, 100%.
336
00:15:06,707 --> 00:15:09,690
The next steps would be
obviously to inform Tom.
337
00:15:09,784 --> 00:15:13,694
And then it would be up to
Tom to decide how to proceed.
338
00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:15,988
My hope is, after hearing
there is an anomaly there,
339
00:15:16,107 --> 00:15:18,883
that Tom will
acquiesce to, to dig.
340
00:15:19,035 --> 00:15:21,553
Anyways, Stephan,
I hate to say it,
341
00:15:21,780 --> 00:15:25,056
but... you're gonna be
getting a lot more data.
342
00:15:25,208 --> 00:15:27,784
I'm looking forward to it.
343
00:15:27,802 --> 00:15:29,482
- Fair enough.
- Careful what you wish for.
344
00:15:30,455 --> 00:15:31,788
Great.
345
00:15:31,881 --> 00:15:33,047
Thank you very much.
346
00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:34,958
Appreciate it.
347
00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:37,235
As Rick and members of the team
348
00:15:37,462 --> 00:15:39,220
finish their meeting
in the war room,
349
00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:41,631
in the Money Pit area...
350
00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:43,466
- Looks like we got a core coming.
- Yep.
351
00:15:43,485 --> 00:15:46,911
Terry Matheson and
Charles Barkhouse continue
352
00:15:47,063 --> 00:15:50,823
supervising the drilling
operation in Borehole D-17.5...
353
00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:52,141
Thank you.
354
00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,160
Where they hope to once again
355
00:15:54,312 --> 00:15:55,979
penetrate a mysterious tunnel
356
00:15:56,072 --> 00:15:58,572
at a depth of some 70 feet.
357
00:15:58,592 --> 00:16:00,984
39 feet.
358
00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:01,909
- Thank you.
- Got some wood at the bottom of that.
359
00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:03,410
That's the bottom. What?
360
00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:05,154
We got some wood
at the bottom of this.
361
00:16:05,248 --> 00:16:08,508
- 39?
- Well, 39. How about that?
362
00:16:08,602 --> 00:16:09,934
We've got wood.
363
00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:12,437
- That's odd.
- Okay.
364
00:16:13,515 --> 00:16:15,422
At 39 feet.
365
00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:17,500
That's an interesting outcome,
don't you think, Charles?
366
00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:19,426
- Scalpel, please.
- Scalpel.
367
00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:21,946
Thank you. Wow!
368
00:16:25,452 --> 00:16:28,194
Charles, what we got is wood.
369
00:16:28,346 --> 00:16:30,437
We got a lot of wood here, too.
370
00:16:30,457 --> 00:16:32,532
A large quantity of wood?
371
00:16:32,626 --> 00:16:37,870
At a depth of just 39
feet in Borehole D-17.5?
372
00:16:37,964 --> 00:16:41,707
And less than 20 feet
south of the Garden Shaft?
373
00:16:41,802 --> 00:16:43,337
This is really
interesting, Charles.
374
00:16:43,361 --> 00:16:44,429
It's just...
375
00:16:44,453 --> 00:16:46,137
A tunnel at 39 feet
376
00:16:46,289 --> 00:16:48,139
- does not make sense.
- No, it doesn't.
377
00:16:48,291 --> 00:16:50,602
I'm wondering if we
caught an edge of a shaft.
378
00:16:50,626 --> 00:16:53,036
If the team has in fact
379
00:16:53,054 --> 00:16:55,796
encountered a wooden
shaft, who built it?
380
00:16:55,816 --> 00:16:58,299
Was it simply previous
treasure hunters
381
00:16:58,318 --> 00:17:00,893
during the 19th
or 20th centuries?
382
00:17:01,046 --> 00:17:04,063
Or might it have been
someone who visited the island
383
00:17:04,157 --> 00:17:07,550
much earlier to hide
something of great value?
384
00:17:07,569 --> 00:17:09,030
I'm going to let Craig know,
385
00:17:09,054 --> 00:17:10,622
but let's just leave
everything on the table.
386
00:17:10,646 --> 00:17:11,830
Absolutely.
387
00:17:12,057 --> 00:17:13,556
You know, there's so much
388
00:17:13,575 --> 00:17:15,058
that we don't know
about the Money Pit area.
389
00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:16,984
There's a number of tunnels.
390
00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:19,245
There's a number of shafts
that we know nothing about.
391
00:17:19,397 --> 00:17:20,677
A piece right there.
392
00:17:20,732 --> 00:17:22,156
You look at the history.
393
00:17:22,175 --> 00:17:24,676
This is 220-some
years of searches.
394
00:17:24,827 --> 00:17:26,419
If this was easy,
395
00:17:26,571 --> 00:17:29,422
this would have been
solved a long time ago.
396
00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:30,849
Charles!
397
00:17:31,076 --> 00:17:32,833
I want answers,
not more questions.
398
00:17:32,853 --> 00:17:34,018
Yeah.
399
00:17:34,245 --> 00:17:36,170
Ta-da.
400
00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,357
So there's a nice little
chunk of wood right there,
401
00:17:39,584 --> 00:17:41,342
a split beam or
something, we're not sure.
402
00:17:41,361 --> 00:17:43,086
- But...
- But it's upright.
403
00:17:43,104 --> 00:17:44,178
- Yeah, it seems to be somewhat.
- Yeah.
404
00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:45,530
Seems to be an upright, yeah.
405
00:17:45,681 --> 00:17:47,121
Now we have the possibility
406
00:17:47,258 --> 00:17:49,926
of some kind of shaft
rather than a tunnel.
407
00:17:50,019 --> 00:17:51,663
- Right.
- At that unusual depth.
408
00:17:51,687 --> 00:17:53,872
It's got to be a
shaft. But which one?
409
00:17:54,023 --> 00:17:56,265
It's got to be between
the spot we're drilling
410
00:17:56,284 --> 00:17:58,935
- and the Garden Shaft.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
411
00:17:58,953 --> 00:18:01,771
I was really hoping that D-17.5
412
00:18:01,789 --> 00:18:04,198
was a tunnel at 70 feet
413
00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:07,793
and led to the vault
or a side chamber.
414
00:18:07,946 --> 00:18:11,781
The big surprise
was, down 39 feet,
415
00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:14,875
we start hitting wood, and
it was telling us right away,
416
00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:16,561
"You are in a shaft."
417
00:18:16,788 --> 00:18:18,304
What shaft?
418
00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:20,732
We don't have a clue,
uh, but a big, big surprise.
419
00:18:20,883 --> 00:18:23,401
We were going, looking
for a tunnel, found a shaft.
420
00:18:23,628 --> 00:18:25,348
I think we have to
kind of chase this
421
00:18:25,463 --> 00:18:26,720
and figure out what this is.
422
00:18:26,740 --> 00:18:28,109
Yeah, it's a major,
major change.
423
00:18:28,133 --> 00:18:29,574
Yes.
424
00:18:29,801 --> 00:18:32,969
- It changes the whole story.
- Yep.
425
00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:34,746
We need to get Rick out here.
426
00:18:40,145 --> 00:18:41,477
- Hey, guys.
- Gentlemen.
427
00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:42,881
- What do we got?
- We got a shaft, Marty.
428
00:18:42,905 --> 00:18:44,425
In the Money Pit area...
429
00:18:44,573 --> 00:18:46,315
- A new shaft.
- Yep.
430
00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:48,317
Rick and Marty Lagina,
431
00:18:48,336 --> 00:18:50,244
along with Billy Gerhardt,
432
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:52,505
have joined members of the team
433
00:18:52,657 --> 00:18:54,323
where they have just made
434
00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:58,419
a surprising discovery
in Borehole D-17.5.
435
00:18:58,438 --> 00:19:02,014
At 38 to 39, intersected
436
00:19:02,167 --> 00:19:04,091
a nice little chunk of
beam or something,
437
00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:05,592
more or less vertically.
438
00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:07,570
And then we've got
a ton of wood here.
439
00:19:10,116 --> 00:19:12,951
So we're starting to think maybe
the 70-foot was not a tunnel.
440
00:19:13,102 --> 00:19:14,694
A piece of a shaft.
441
00:19:14,788 --> 00:19:17,363
- Yeah.
- So it's yet another unknown shaft.
442
00:19:17,515 --> 00:19:18,795
- Yeah.
- Exactly.
443
00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:22,528
This happens a
lot on Oak Island.
444
00:19:22,611 --> 00:19:24,251
We're drilling to
try and identify
445
00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,781
what we were sure
was a tunnel at 70 feet,
446
00:19:27,801 --> 00:19:29,520
and we're drilling to confirm
which way this tunnel goes.
447
00:19:29,544 --> 00:19:30,969
Well, lo and behold,
448
00:19:31,196 --> 00:19:33,379
what we find out is,
it's not a tunnel at all.
449
00:19:33,531 --> 00:19:36,032
Totally unknown to us,
450
00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:38,884
a shaft that is not on any maps
451
00:19:39,037 --> 00:19:40,645
or referred to as I know it
452
00:19:40,796 --> 00:19:42,038
by anybody.
453
00:19:42,056 --> 00:19:43,539
What's that?
454
00:19:43,558 --> 00:19:45,708
So that to me
looks like a pit saw,
455
00:19:45,727 --> 00:19:48,969
where you have somebody
below and somebody above.
456
00:19:48,989 --> 00:19:50,822
Yeah, all right.
That's-that's an ancient,
457
00:19:50,973 --> 00:19:52,639
- ancient way of cutting.
- For sure. - Yeah.
458
00:19:52,659 --> 00:19:54,217
That's how they
made milled lumber
459
00:19:54,235 --> 00:19:55,827
before the age of sawmills.
460
00:19:56,979 --> 00:19:58,221
Wood?
461
00:19:58,239 --> 00:20:00,164
Potentially cut with a pit saw?
462
00:20:00,391 --> 00:20:03,242
Dating back to the
time of ancient Rome,
463
00:20:03,394 --> 00:20:06,078
this process of sawing lumber
464
00:20:06,231 --> 00:20:09,674
was widely adopted by
Europeans in the 15th century
465
00:20:09,901 --> 00:20:12,735
and utilized until
the Industrial Age
466
00:20:12,754 --> 00:20:15,513
when it was replaced
by mechanical sawmills.
467
00:20:16,999 --> 00:20:18,569
I don't think that was
cut with a circular saw.
468
00:20:18,593 --> 00:20:20,259
Is it possible
469
00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:22,078
that this structure
predates the discovery
470
00:20:22,096 --> 00:20:24,914
of the Money Pit in 1795?
471
00:20:24,932 --> 00:20:27,250
If so,
472
00:20:27,268 --> 00:20:30,253
might it be the breakthrough
the team needs in order to solve
473
00:20:30,346 --> 00:20:33,272
the 228-year-old mystery?
474
00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:35,849
You can see that that
has the touch of man there.
475
00:20:35,869 --> 00:20:38,778
It's relatively
irregular and uneven.
476
00:20:38,872 --> 00:20:41,764
So a pit saw would give an
indication that it was older.
477
00:20:41,783 --> 00:20:43,911
So, do you think there's
any way this is pre-searcher?
478
00:20:43,935 --> 00:20:45,935
I don't know.
479
00:20:45,953 --> 00:20:47,378
I-I-I don't know.
480
00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:52,216
There shouldn't be a shaft
there if that's Shaft Two.
481
00:20:54,128 --> 00:20:56,779
The shafts that you don't
know should be a lot older.
482
00:20:56,798 --> 00:20:58,447
Yeah. It's more
likely to be older.
483
00:20:58,466 --> 00:21:00,892
- You can't dispute that.
- No.
484
00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:02,854
We're not sure what
the Garden Shaft is.
485
00:21:02,878 --> 00:21:04,545
We're not sure
what number two is.
486
00:21:04,564 --> 00:21:06,455
We're not sure
what this one is, so...
487
00:21:06,474 --> 00:21:07,790
- Yes.
- Yeah.
488
00:21:07,809 --> 00:21:08,809
That's it.
489
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,902
Here we go.
490
00:21:11,053 --> 00:21:12,697
- Hey, Mike.
- What's the word?
491
00:21:12,721 --> 00:21:14,108
You think we're
probably going inside
492
00:21:14,132 --> 00:21:14,964
of a shaft at this
point in time?
493
00:21:14,982 --> 00:21:16,148
I'd say so, yeah.
494
00:21:16,301 --> 00:21:17,558
To me, at this point in time,
495
00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:19,037
we just want to
get to the bottom
496
00:21:19,061 --> 00:21:20,636
- of this shaft, so...
- Yeah.
497
00:21:20,655 --> 00:21:22,805
We've got to chase the
wood as far as it goes.
498
00:21:22,824 --> 00:21:23,904
We need to know the bottom.
499
00:21:23,975 --> 00:21:25,324
Yeah.
500
00:21:25,476 --> 00:21:26,751
Well, let's see what's below.
501
00:21:26,902 --> 00:21:28,327
- Keep going.
- Right on.
502
00:21:28,479 --> 00:21:29,565
Thanks, Mike.
503
00:21:29,589 --> 00:21:30,737
All right. Good.
504
00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:32,924
- Carry on.
- Good luck.
505
00:21:34,485 --> 00:21:36,886
Later that afternoon...
506
00:21:38,247 --> 00:21:40,225
- Steve, you have all the data, right?
- Yep.
507
00:21:40,249 --> 00:21:42,825
Rick Lagina, along with
fellow Oak Island landowner
508
00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:44,160
Tom Nolan
509
00:21:44,178 --> 00:21:46,329
and other members of the team,
510
00:21:46,422 --> 00:21:49,665
arrive on Lot 10, just north
511
00:21:49,684 --> 00:21:52,610
of the mysterious
triangle-shaped swamp.
512
00:21:52,761 --> 00:21:54,837
Based on the data
that Peter gave me,
513
00:21:54,856 --> 00:21:57,173
I calculated where the
center of the anomaly is.
514
00:21:57,191 --> 00:21:59,117
This is the center location.
515
00:21:59,344 --> 00:22:02,511
So the anomaly itself
is 12 feet by 15 feet,
516
00:22:02,605 --> 00:22:03,765
and this is the center point.
517
00:22:05,516 --> 00:22:08,292
Having reviewed the GPR
data collected on his property,
518
00:22:08,444 --> 00:22:10,128
Tom has given Rick
519
00:22:10,355 --> 00:22:13,189
and the rest of the
team his blessing
520
00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:15,800
to excavate in search of
a potential man-made dam
521
00:22:15,951 --> 00:22:18,803
that may lie
buried in this area.
522
00:22:19,030 --> 00:22:20,696
So that's kind of the anomaly.
523
00:22:20,789 --> 00:22:22,974
All the way across our grid.
524
00:22:23,125 --> 00:22:24,717
Tom, I don't, I don't know
525
00:22:24,869 --> 00:22:27,386
if you've noticed this
on Zena's map before.
526
00:22:27,538 --> 00:22:28,538
But...
527
00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:32,391
You see where it says
528
00:22:32,543 --> 00:22:33,709
- "the basin..."
- Yeah.
529
00:22:33,728 --> 00:22:34,894
And "the dam."
530
00:22:35,046 --> 00:22:36,712
It shows right here.
531
00:22:36,731 --> 00:22:39,991
Tucked right in, right,
right where we are.
532
00:22:40,218 --> 00:22:42,660
- This anomaly could be that dam.
- Interesting.
533
00:22:43,905 --> 00:22:46,405
In 2016,
534
00:22:46,557 --> 00:22:48,815
the late author and
researcher Zena Halpern
535
00:22:48,835 --> 00:22:51,836
presented Rick,
Marty and the team
536
00:22:51,987 --> 00:22:54,914
with a reported 14th
century map of Oak Island
537
00:22:55,066 --> 00:22:56,732
that she believed had been made
538
00:22:56,825 --> 00:22:59,235
by members of the
Knights Templar.
539
00:22:59,253 --> 00:23:02,180
It featured a number
of marked locations,
540
00:23:02,331 --> 00:23:06,075
including what appeared
to be the original Money Pit,
541
00:23:06,093 --> 00:23:09,145
the swamp, and the dam.
542
00:23:10,506 --> 00:23:13,916
A dam which appears
to be in the same location
543
00:23:13,935 --> 00:23:17,528
as the GPR anomaly that
the team is about to dig.
544
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,256
We've been trying to judge
this map on its merits, right?
545
00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:22,178
Because we don't know
its provenance, so...
546
00:23:22,202 --> 00:23:24,184
it'd be really interesting
if there is a wall.
547
00:23:24,204 --> 00:23:25,830
Oh, if there was
something here, it'd be huge.
548
00:23:25,854 --> 00:23:27,263
On a number of levels.
549
00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:28,592
Let's bring in a
machine and dig it.
550
00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:29,856
- Let's go get it.
- Okay.
551
00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:35,604
- I say we don't dig past the stakes.
- Yeah.
552
00:23:35,698 --> 00:23:38,607
There's no question that
my anticipation of a dig
553
00:23:38,626 --> 00:23:40,384
on the Lot 10 anomaly
554
00:23:40,611 --> 00:23:42,331
is high for me, the
interest is high...
555
00:23:42,447 --> 00:23:43,870
Right here's the
center location, Billy.
556
00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:45,389
Okay.
557
00:23:45,541 --> 00:23:47,132
For two reasons...
558
00:23:47,227 --> 00:23:49,227
Fred certainly believed
that it was there,
559
00:23:49,378 --> 00:23:53,622
and the fact that Zena's map
indicates a dam at the basin.
560
00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:56,292
I'd love nothing
better than for us
561
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:58,294
to ground truth something
562
00:23:58,312 --> 00:24:01,555
regarding the designation
on Zena's map.
563
00:24:01,574 --> 00:24:04,408
As Billy Gerhardt carefully
564
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,136
excavates the possible
man-made anomaly...
565
00:24:07,229 --> 00:24:08,579
I'd say we're about
566
00:24:08,806 --> 00:24:10,397
- three feet down right now.
- Yep.
567
00:24:10,416 --> 00:24:12,399
Gary Drayton will
search the spoils
568
00:24:12,493 --> 00:24:14,585
with his metal detector
569
00:24:14,812 --> 00:24:16,495
for any potentially
important clues
570
00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:18,330
or valuables.
571
00:24:18,424 --> 00:24:20,143
Oh, Gary's got a hit.
572
00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,607
- Yeah, we've gotten a hit, Pete.
- That's a good sign.
573
00:24:24,246 --> 00:24:27,490
Let's see if I can pinpoint it
for you before we start digging.
574
00:24:27,583 --> 00:24:29,225
It might be close
to the surface.
575
00:24:38,836 --> 00:24:40,076
On it.
576
00:24:44,008 --> 00:24:45,008
Wow.
577
00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:50,179
Wow! Look at this.
578
00:24:50,272 --> 00:24:53,532
Got like a piece of iron here.
579
00:24:53,626 --> 00:24:56,627
While searching for
evidence of a man-made dam
580
00:24:56,854 --> 00:24:58,871
just north of the
Oak Island swamp...
581
00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,523
Right there.
582
00:25:00,616 --> 00:25:02,056
I'm hoping this is an old find.
583
00:25:02,193 --> 00:25:03,692
Members of the
team have just made
584
00:25:03,711 --> 00:25:06,095
a potentially
significant discovery.
585
00:25:07,381 --> 00:25:08,955
Fairly chunky.
586
00:25:09,050 --> 00:25:10,808
It could be like
an old iron pin.
587
00:25:12,386 --> 00:25:14,887
I'd say it is.
588
00:25:15,039 --> 00:25:18,649
Which you'd expect
in an old wooden wall.
589
00:25:20,211 --> 00:25:21,946
To me, it looks
like wrought iron.
590
00:25:21,970 --> 00:25:24,488
That's a perfect
candidate for the XRF.
591
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,216
We've found over the years
592
00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:28,717
that the higher the purity,
593
00:25:28,811 --> 00:25:31,311
the interpretation
is that it's older.
594
00:25:31,331 --> 00:25:32,830
Yeah, it'd be interesting
595
00:25:33,057 --> 00:25:34,643
- if we could get an idea how old it is.
- Yeah.
596
00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,408
It's a spike.
597
00:25:36,561 --> 00:25:39,653
Might have been
used when a log wall,
598
00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:42,489
as Fred suggested, might
have been constructed.
599
00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:44,416
But what we need to do is
600
00:25:44,569 --> 00:25:46,993
some scientific analysis,
some metallurgy on it.
601
00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:50,848
If it's pre-1795,
before the discovery
602
00:25:51,075 --> 00:25:53,592
of the Money Pit, well, that
would be very interesting.
603
00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:55,911
That didn't float in.
604
00:25:55,930 --> 00:25:56,930
It didn't float in. No.
605
00:25:57,081 --> 00:25:58,672
Somebody put this here.
606
00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:00,599
- Gary?
- Yep.
607
00:26:00,751 --> 00:26:02,843
See the piece of wood
that's, that's out of the bucket?
608
00:26:02,862 --> 00:26:03,919
Just ahead of your foot.
609
00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:05,437
- This?
- Yeah.
610
00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:09,182
It seems to have
some kind of oil on it.
611
00:26:09,202 --> 00:26:11,777
- Yeah.
- That's been shaped.
612
00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:14,113
Let's see what you think.
There's a lot of that there.
613
00:26:14,207 --> 00:26:16,832
Is that oil or creosote?
614
00:26:18,211 --> 00:26:20,285
No, that's not creosote.
615
00:26:20,438 --> 00:26:21,718
No, that's not.
616
00:26:23,549 --> 00:26:27,200
You know they put oil on wood
for a lot longer than creosote.
617
00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:30,388
Wood? Covered in oil?
618
00:26:30,539 --> 00:26:34,116
Dating back to as
early as 400 BC,
619
00:26:34,209 --> 00:26:37,469
oil was widely used in Asia
620
00:26:37,622 --> 00:26:39,288
for the purpose of
protecting sailing vessels
621
00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:42,958
and structures from
long-term exposure to water.
622
00:26:43,051 --> 00:26:45,811
Beginning in the
13th century AD,
623
00:26:45,963 --> 00:26:49,573
this manufacturing technique
was also used in Europe
624
00:26:49,725 --> 00:26:53,152
until a tar-based substance
known as creosote
625
00:26:53,304 --> 00:26:55,246
replaced it in the 1800s.
626
00:26:57,308 --> 00:26:59,825
That's not creosote,
that's for sure.
627
00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:02,586
Is it possible that
the team has found
628
00:27:02,813 --> 00:27:05,481
another clue supporting
Fred Nolan's belief
629
00:27:05,499 --> 00:27:06,907
that an artificial dam
630
00:27:07,001 --> 00:27:10,335
lies buried just
north of the swamp,
631
00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:12,096
and also corroborate
632
00:27:12,247 --> 00:27:15,599
Zena Halpern's reported
14th century Templar map,
633
00:27:15,751 --> 00:27:20,086
which indicates a dam feature
in this area on Oak Island?
634
00:27:20,181 --> 00:27:22,440
How deep do you
think we are, Billy?
635
00:27:23,668 --> 00:27:25,017
Eight feet.
636
00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:27,111
- Eight feet?
- Yep.
637
00:27:27,338 --> 00:27:29,171
We need to go at
least three more.
638
00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:31,073
Okay.
639
00:27:39,274 --> 00:27:40,958
A big old log on there?
640
00:27:43,521 --> 00:27:44,778
- There we go.
- We got a log
641
00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:47,614
and we got a plank here as well.
642
00:27:47,633 --> 00:27:48,966
Like a board.
643
00:27:50,361 --> 00:27:51,710
There's a piece of board.
644
00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:55,389
And that's definitely a
piece of shaped board.
645
00:27:57,977 --> 00:27:59,477
Oh, that's deep.
646
00:28:01,222 --> 00:28:02,721
Here you go, mate.
647
00:28:02,873 --> 00:28:04,673
That's interesting.
That's been shaped.
648
00:28:04,709 --> 00:28:05,869
It's an interesting find.
649
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,301
It's possibly associated with
650
00:28:08,321 --> 00:28:10,713
a construct in an area where
there should be something.
651
00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:13,324
Which may imply original work
652
00:28:13,475 --> 00:28:15,901
prior to when the
Money Pit was discovered
653
00:28:16,053 --> 00:28:19,571
because there has been
no historical narrative about
654
00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:22,649
any of the searchers doing
that type of work in the swamp.
655
00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:24,985
If you come around this side,
656
00:28:25,004 --> 00:28:26,486
you probably can
see the different layers,
657
00:28:26,506 --> 00:28:28,580
three or four feet down.
658
00:28:28,733 --> 00:28:29,798
Down there.
659
00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:32,890
You can see the
layers going down.
660
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,327
Then you've got peat.
661
00:28:34,347 --> 00:28:37,089
And then you've got this clay.
662
00:28:37,183 --> 00:28:39,016
So...
663
00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:40,387
Yeah, you would think
anything below that
664
00:28:40,411 --> 00:28:41,852
is original ground.
665
00:28:43,022 --> 00:28:44,782
So, how much deeper
do you want to go?
666
00:28:46,526 --> 00:28:48,526
I think this is a bigger dig.
667
00:28:48,753 --> 00:28:50,361
Mm-hmm.
668
00:28:52,089 --> 00:28:55,090
What you'd have to do
is get a proper permit.
669
00:28:55,183 --> 00:28:56,759
It's the only way
you'd know for sure.
670
00:28:56,777 --> 00:28:58,944
- That you didn't miss it.
- Yeah.
671
00:28:59,096 --> 00:29:01,780
The whole point of
this exercise is to prove
672
00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:06,544
that what Tom's father
Fred found... a dam... exists.
673
00:29:06,771 --> 00:29:10,864
The way to address that is
by getting the proper permits.
674
00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:13,342
Okay, we'll reassess.
675
00:29:14,779 --> 00:29:18,055
This is not an area that
we put an "X" through.
676
00:29:18,282 --> 00:29:22,301
As Rick and members of the
team finish their work on Lot 10...
677
00:29:22,395 --> 00:29:24,544
What do you think, Mike?
678
00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:26,455
Back in the Money Pit area...
679
00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:27,934
I think it's the
bottom of the shaft.
680
00:29:27,958 --> 00:29:29,958
All right, excellent. Thank you.
681
00:29:30,052 --> 00:29:32,552
Craig Tester, Charles Barkhouse,
682
00:29:32,572 --> 00:29:35,130
and Terry Matheson
continue to oversee
683
00:29:35,149 --> 00:29:40,135
the core-drilling operation
in Borehole D-17.5.
684
00:29:40,228 --> 00:29:41,706
- What you got, Brandon?
- 109.
685
00:29:41,730 --> 00:29:44,306
- 109.
- 109, here it comes.
686
00:29:44,399 --> 00:29:48,401
It is here, just 18 feet
south of the Garden Shaft,
687
00:29:48,421 --> 00:29:50,495
where they are drilling down
688
00:29:50,590 --> 00:29:53,982
through a mysterious
wooden shaft in order to find out
689
00:29:54,076 --> 00:29:57,886
just where or
what it may lead to.
690
00:30:01,249 --> 00:30:02,649
Oh, yeah, there we go.
691
00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:06,511
Very big chunk.
692
00:30:06,606 --> 00:30:08,105
What do you think, guys?
693
00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:10,499
I think it's wood.
694
00:30:10,592 --> 00:30:13,110
I dare say, eh. That's great.
695
00:30:13,337 --> 00:30:15,498
- I got some more right here.
- Yep.
696
00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:16,855
You got one here, boys.
697
00:30:16,949 --> 00:30:18,765
Check that out.
698
00:30:18,859 --> 00:30:20,359
And that's a solid chunk.
699
00:30:20,453 --> 00:30:23,103
That is a solid chunk
of beam right there.
700
00:30:23,197 --> 00:30:25,697
Oh, my God, I can't believe
it. Look at that, gentlemen.
701
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:29,710
Wow.
702
00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:35,836
- Check that out.
- Yeah.
703
00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:37,687
- See where the axe fell in there?
- Yeah.
704
00:30:37,711 --> 00:30:39,452
You can almost see the
arc of the leading edge
705
00:30:39,472 --> 00:30:40,804
of the axe, I would say.
706
00:30:41,031 --> 00:30:42,789
- Which makes it very old.
- Yes.
707
00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:45,717
In Borehole D-17.5,
708
00:30:45,811 --> 00:30:48,962
Craig Tester and members
of the Oak Island team
709
00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:52,724
have just found more evidence
more than 100 feet deep
710
00:30:52,877 --> 00:30:55,377
that the mysterious shaft
they have encountered
711
00:30:55,396 --> 00:30:57,045
was cut by hand,
712
00:30:57,064 --> 00:30:59,398
meaning that it could predate
713
00:30:59,492 --> 00:31:03,810
the discovery of the
original Money Pit in 1795.
714
00:31:03,829 --> 00:31:05,641
That might have
enough tree rings
715
00:31:05,665 --> 00:31:08,982
and body to it that we can
get a good dendro date.
716
00:31:09,001 --> 00:31:11,226
- Absolutely. Excellent.
- Yeah.
717
00:31:11,245 --> 00:31:14,246
It would be fantastic if it
was pre-searcher, but...
718
00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:17,399
- but who knows at this point in time?
- Yeah.
719
00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:18,567
It's interesting that we found
720
00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:20,511
a shaft in this location.
721
00:31:20,662 --> 00:31:22,662
Charles, did you think there
was a shaft in this location?
722
00:31:22,682 --> 00:31:23,682
No, I did not.
723
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,408
If the area of the
Garden Shaft turns out
724
00:31:26,427 --> 00:31:28,260
to be the Money
Pit, then, you know,
725
00:31:28,412 --> 00:31:29,836
we could be looking at a shaft
726
00:31:29,855 --> 00:31:31,615
that was connected
into the Money Pit.
727
00:31:32,841 --> 00:31:34,692
- Good point.
- So...
728
00:31:34,919 --> 00:31:36,959
This could be the keys
to the kingdom right here.
729
00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:41,256
From our historical records,
730
00:31:41,275 --> 00:31:43,258
there shouldn't be
any shafts in the area.
731
00:31:43,277 --> 00:31:44,943
This is completely new.
732
00:31:45,095 --> 00:31:46,815
Is it a shaft that
the original people,
733
00:31:46,931 --> 00:31:49,873
uh, had put in leading
to the treasure?
734
00:31:50,025 --> 00:31:53,285
Is it a searcher shaft
that was not documented?
735
00:31:53,379 --> 00:31:55,695
We run into that problem
every once in a while.
736
00:31:55,789 --> 00:31:59,532
So we got to do our homework
and, uh, figure out what it is.
737
00:31:59,552 --> 00:32:01,701
I'm gonna run back
to the research center,
738
00:32:01,721 --> 00:32:04,888
try to look up historical
records on the different shafts.
739
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,466
Then we'll get
another location picked
740
00:32:07,618 --> 00:32:09,801
- following this shaft.
- Yeah.
741
00:32:09,895 --> 00:32:12,396
Okay, guys, I will
talk to you soon.
742
00:32:12,547 --> 00:32:13,987
We'll finish up here.
743
00:32:17,069 --> 00:32:19,570
Later that afternoon...
744
00:32:21,574 --> 00:32:23,315
- Thanks, Jack.
- Yeah.
745
00:32:23,409 --> 00:32:25,133
- Laird. Helen. Emma.
- Looks good. - How are you?
746
00:32:25,152 --> 00:32:26,969
- Hello.
- Sandy.
747
00:32:26,987 --> 00:32:28,390
- So, we'll set up here.
- Alex Lagina,
748
00:32:28,414 --> 00:32:30,063
Jack Begley,
749
00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:32,065
and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan
750
00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:34,734
welcome numismatist
Sandy Campbell
751
00:32:34,754 --> 00:32:36,754
to the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre.
752
00:32:36,905 --> 00:32:40,257
Sandy has come to
examine the cut copper coin
753
00:32:40,408 --> 00:32:42,818
that was found one
week ago by Rick Lagina
754
00:32:42,911 --> 00:32:45,654
and Gary Drayton on Lot 5.
755
00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:48,507
A coin which X-ray
fluorescence scanning
756
00:32:48,659 --> 00:32:52,511
has indicated may
predate the 16th century.
757
00:32:52,663 --> 00:32:56,106
Okay, so the thing that
we'd like to show you is
758
00:32:56,258 --> 00:32:59,592
- a find on Lot 5, which we've recently gained access to.
- Okay. Yeah.
759
00:32:59,686 --> 00:33:01,923
- So this is kind of a new area on the island for us.
- Okay.
760
00:33:01,947 --> 00:33:03,763
- Okay.
- We only recently got access to the lot,
761
00:33:03,783 --> 00:33:06,077
so we haven't been over it
with a metal detector ourselves.
762
00:33:06,101 --> 00:33:09,119
And that's what Rick and Gary
were doing when they found this.
763
00:33:09,271 --> 00:33:11,121
It's very interesting.
764
00:33:11,273 --> 00:33:12,750
We're not totally
sure what it is.
765
00:33:12,774 --> 00:33:15,108
- Okay.
- Uh, but we have some... ideas.
766
00:33:15,202 --> 00:33:16,852
- Well, let's have a look.
- I'll go grab the coin.
767
00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:18,295
Great. Perfect.
768
00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:20,540
Here you go.
769
00:33:20,615 --> 00:33:21,799
Thank you, Emma.
770
00:33:24,452 --> 00:33:26,052
Here, I'll hand it
to you in the bag.
771
00:33:26,121 --> 00:33:27,712
All right.
772
00:33:27,865 --> 00:33:28,955
- I'll let you take it out.
- I'll have a look.
773
00:33:28,974 --> 00:33:30,382
Part of a coin.
774
00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:32,458
Hopefully.
775
00:33:32,478 --> 00:33:34,311
Let's have a look.
776
00:33:38,818 --> 00:33:41,467
So you've done an
XRF and a CT and...
777
00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:43,882
Yeah, we have. Emma, are
you able to pull that up for us,
778
00:33:43,972 --> 00:33:45,332
- by any chance?
- Sure can.
779
00:33:46,884 --> 00:33:48,717
- Thank you.
- It's just loading right now.
780
00:33:48,810 --> 00:33:51,161
While that loads,
here's a picture.
781
00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:54,623
Let's flip it to the other.
782
00:33:57,819 --> 00:34:00,337
Looks like there's
some sort of...
783
00:34:00,564 --> 00:34:02,324
characters or
something inscribed on it.
784
00:34:02,416 --> 00:34:03,899
Yeah. What about, uh,
785
00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:05,509
XRF?
786
00:34:05,736 --> 00:34:09,304
Yes. So, I do have
an XRF... result.
787
00:34:10,665 --> 00:34:14,518
And it shows high content
in copper, lead and tin
788
00:34:14,745 --> 00:34:18,355
but also, um,
about .51% arsenic.
789
00:34:18,582 --> 00:34:21,433
- Yeah.
- Um, and it also has 1.05% silver
790
00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:24,010
in it as well.
791
00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:25,345
Which, yeah, I mean,
792
00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:27,589
you can get silver
793
00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:29,827
- naturally occurring with copper, obviously, and...
- Mm-hmm.
794
00:34:29,851 --> 00:34:31,610
You know, if it has arsenic,
795
00:34:31,704 --> 00:34:33,278
this is pre-1500.
796
00:34:33,430 --> 00:34:34,997
For sure.
797
00:34:36,191 --> 00:34:37,243
You know, if we weigh this...
798
00:34:37,267 --> 00:34:38,691
Let-Let's weigh it.
799
00:34:38,711 --> 00:34:40,619
This is gonna tell
us something. Okay?
800
00:34:40,771 --> 00:34:43,547
This coin looks like
there's probably...
801
00:34:43,774 --> 00:34:45,790
- a third of it left?
- Mm-hmm.
802
00:34:45,943 --> 00:34:47,103
This is probably somewhere
803
00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,720
in the gram range, but let's...
804
00:34:51,949 --> 00:34:53,798
S-So, it weighs exactly a gram,
805
00:34:53,893 --> 00:34:56,727
which, you know, sort of
unusual that it would be
806
00:34:56,878 --> 00:34:58,970
bang-on a gram, but...
807
00:34:59,123 --> 00:35:01,381
- Wow.
- You know, it-it's not unusual
808
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,067
to see coins cut up
and used as money
809
00:35:04,219 --> 00:35:06,461
in a partial payment.
810
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,573
Again, y-you know, you
get a coin that's this big,
811
00:35:09,724 --> 00:35:11,983
and, you know,
the deal of the day
812
00:35:12,136 --> 00:35:14,297
- required a third of that copper.
- Mm-hmm.
813
00:35:14,321 --> 00:35:17,806
- So you're just snipping off a third of the coin, right?
- Right.
814
00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:19,732
And that's really how
barter worked then.
815
00:35:19,752 --> 00:35:20,992
Right.
816
00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:22,419
Just see here.
817
00:35:23,647 --> 00:35:25,589
I think this is probably...
818
00:35:28,652 --> 00:35:30,576
Uh, I'm guessing
it's either Roman...
819
00:35:30,596 --> 00:35:32,220
It could even be
Byzantine, but...
820
00:35:33,432 --> 00:35:35,081
I'm thinking it's-it's Roman.
821
00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:36,600
- Roman?
- No way.
822
00:35:42,849 --> 00:35:45,167
In the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre,
823
00:35:45,260 --> 00:35:47,519
numismatist Sandy Campbell
824
00:35:47,671 --> 00:35:50,005
has just shared an
incredible assessment
825
00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:52,674
of the half-coin found
one week ago on Lot 5.
826
00:35:52,693 --> 00:35:54,526
What on earth would
that be doing here?
827
00:35:54,678 --> 00:35:56,489
Based on what I'm
seeing on the coin,
828
00:35:56,513 --> 00:36:00,248
I mean, I-I see
Roman-style characters.
829
00:36:01,702 --> 00:36:07,965
The style is definitely from
300 BC to 500, 600 AD.
830
00:36:08,116 --> 00:36:09,874
- No way.
- Yeah.
831
00:36:10,027 --> 00:36:11,784
A Roman coin
832
00:36:11,804 --> 00:36:15,305
possibly dating back
over 2,000 years?
833
00:36:15,457 --> 00:36:18,642
But if so, who could have
brought it to Oak Island?
834
00:36:18,793 --> 00:36:20,960
All right, so I'm gonna have
to call Rick. I want to see...
835
00:36:20,980 --> 00:36:22,962
- Yeah.
- I want to see Rick's reaction to this.
836
00:36:22,982 --> 00:36:24,297
This is unbelievable.
837
00:36:26,877 --> 00:36:28,801
- Hello.
- Hey, Rick.
838
00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:30,228
Hey, Alex. How are you?
839
00:36:30,322 --> 00:36:31,822
Good. Hey, you, uh...
840
00:36:31,973 --> 00:36:33,882
you and Gary might want
to come down to the lab.
841
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:35,550
Uh, we got
842
00:36:35,569 --> 00:36:37,288
some pretty interesting
information here for you.
843
00:36:37,312 --> 00:36:39,571
- We'll be down A.S.A.P.
- Okay.
844
00:36:39,665 --> 00:36:41,832
- See you soon. Bye.
- All right, see you. Yeah, bye.
845
00:36:41,983 --> 00:36:43,961
This is just an incredible
moment because,
846
00:36:43,985 --> 00:36:45,296
you know... we got...
847
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:46,920
we have a Roman
coin on Oak Island.
848
00:36:47,006 --> 00:36:49,506
And here we sit trying
to draw conclusions,
849
00:36:49,657 --> 00:36:51,233
a-and it's, like, wide open
at this point, you know?
850
00:36:51,251 --> 00:36:53,326
Who brought it here?
How did it get here?
851
00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:55,754
Why is it on Lot
5 in particular?
852
00:36:55,906 --> 00:36:57,405
It's just a total
mystery right now.
853
00:36:57,424 --> 00:36:58,998
Hey, Laird?
854
00:36:59,018 --> 00:37:00,553
- Hey.
- Can you, uh, join us on this?
855
00:37:00,577 --> 00:37:02,019
- Sure.
- We'd love to get your take.
856
00:37:03,597 --> 00:37:04,837
Th-This is,
857
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:07,916
like, a typical-looking Roman...
858
00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:10,676
all the way into
Byzantine period... design.
859
00:37:10,771 --> 00:37:14,013
Laird, is there a precedent
in Nova Scotia of, you know,
860
00:37:14,033 --> 00:37:16,015
- coins like this?
- Not in Nova Scotia.
861
00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:20,370
There are precedents in the East
Coast of the Uni-United States.
862
00:37:20,597 --> 00:37:21,999
- Okay, so...
- From-from archaeological sites.
863
00:37:22,023 --> 00:37:23,098
Hey, guys!
864
00:37:23,191 --> 00:37:25,191
- Hey, chaps.
- Hey, guys.
865
00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:26,670
- We heard excitement in your voices.
- Brace yourselves.
866
00:37:26,694 --> 00:37:28,712
- Oh, man.
- And we came running.
867
00:37:28,939 --> 00:37:30,899
- Brace yourselves.
- Ooh.
868
00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:34,109
So, this is, uh, what you guys
found on Lot 5 the other day.
869
00:37:34,127 --> 00:37:37,779
And we just showed it to Sandy.
870
00:37:37,798 --> 00:37:40,448
My-my thoughts...
and I think I'm,
871
00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:41,874
you know, pretty confident...
872
00:37:41,968 --> 00:37:43,209
that this is Roman.
873
00:37:43,228 --> 00:37:44,953
Most likely Roman.
874
00:37:44,971 --> 00:37:46,454
Roman, baby!
875
00:37:46,548 --> 00:37:47,617
Oh!
876
00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:48,957
Have I waited for this.
877
00:37:48,975 --> 00:37:50,716
Put it in probably Roman.
878
00:37:50,811 --> 00:37:52,143
- That's my gut.
- Mm.
879
00:37:52,237 --> 00:37:53,237
So...
880
00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:54,462
What do you make of that?
881
00:37:54,481 --> 00:37:55,906
That is incredible, mate.
882
00:37:56,133 --> 00:37:57,390
Incredible!
883
00:37:57,409 --> 00:37:59,301
Run it by me again.
884
00:37:59,319 --> 00:38:02,412
Why is it possibly Roman?
885
00:38:02,639 --> 00:38:06,541
Well, it-it... the design
is definitely Roman.
886
00:38:08,587 --> 00:38:10,903
This is definitely
a person here,
887
00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:12,422
and this is a tree here.
888
00:38:12,574 --> 00:38:14,149
Oh, yeah.
889
00:38:14,242 --> 00:38:16,501
This style is Roman.
890
00:38:16,653 --> 00:38:18,762
Does the elemental analysis
891
00:38:18,989 --> 00:38:22,748
confirm what you
suspect about the coin?
892
00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:24,935
- Yeah, when I...
- when I see arsenic
893
00:38:25,086 --> 00:38:27,662
and I see silver in
there, y-you know,
894
00:38:27,755 --> 00:38:29,922
it's a very unrefined copper,
895
00:38:30,016 --> 00:38:31,424
which shows that...
896
00:38:31,443 --> 00:38:33,610
again, really confirms with me
897
00:38:33,761 --> 00:38:36,504
that it's probably,
most likely Roman.
898
00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:38,448
A Roman coin on Oak Island?
899
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,342
- Mm-hmm.
- What's it doing here?
900
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,602
So, when we were in
Portugal, we were investigating
901
00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:44,501
the road that we found
in the swamp, right?
902
00:38:44,606 --> 00:38:47,182
And we saw an example of a
Roman road over in Portugal.
903
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,033
Oh. Morning.
904
00:38:49,186 --> 00:38:50,852
- Welcome to Portugal.
- Thank you.
905
00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:52,295
One year ago,
906
00:38:52,447 --> 00:38:54,205
Rick, Alex and
members of the team
907
00:38:54,358 --> 00:38:58,042
visited a number of
locations in Portugal
908
00:38:58,137 --> 00:39:00,006
where the Knights Templar
established strongholds
909
00:39:00,030 --> 00:39:02,472
between the 12th
and 16th centuries.
910
00:39:02,624 --> 00:39:04,699
Okay, let's see
what we can find.
911
00:39:04,718 --> 00:39:06,368
There, they were shown
912
00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:08,370
a number of carvings
in Templar churches
913
00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:11,723
matching symbols that have been
found in the past on Oak Island.
914
00:39:11,875 --> 00:39:13,853
This symbol is definitely
on the 90 Foot Stone.
915
00:39:13,877 --> 00:39:14,800
- Right there.
- That's perfect.
916
00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:16,319
Yep.
917
00:39:16,471 --> 00:39:18,804
The stone path
looks exactly like this.
918
00:39:18,899 --> 00:39:21,807
But one of the most
compelling features they saw
919
00:39:21,902 --> 00:39:25,645
was a cobblestone road
dating back nearly 2,000 years
920
00:39:25,739 --> 00:39:29,574
to a time when the area was
once part of the Roman Empire.
921
00:39:29,726 --> 00:39:33,170
Incredibly, the road
was an exact match
922
00:39:33,321 --> 00:39:37,232
to the one unearthed in the
swamp by the team in 2020,
923
00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:40,568
which is believed to date
back at least 500 years
924
00:39:40,662 --> 00:39:43,421
and be of Portuguese origin.
925
00:39:43,573 --> 00:39:47,075
So maybe the coin and
the road in the swamp
926
00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:49,019
- are connected.
- Yeah.
927
00:39:49,170 --> 00:39:51,391
Is it possible that
this Roman coin
928
00:39:51,415 --> 00:39:53,581
may have been
brought to Oak Island
929
00:39:53,675 --> 00:39:55,934
by members of the
Knights Templar?
930
00:39:56,086 --> 00:39:58,862
If so, could it also explain
931
00:39:59,013 --> 00:40:02,682
the possible dam feature at
the north end of the swamp,
932
00:40:02,701 --> 00:40:07,612
the medieval lead cross
found in 2017 at Smith's Cove,
933
00:40:07,764 --> 00:40:11,099
or even perhaps the
high traces of gold
934
00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:14,026
that have been detected
in the Money Pit area?
935
00:40:14,046 --> 00:40:16,788
A Roman-era coin
on Oak Island...
936
00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:18,606
it's astounding.
937
00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:20,884
It's undeniable that
there is a certain
938
00:40:21,035 --> 00:40:23,445
geographic connection.
939
00:40:23,463 --> 00:40:26,114
But is it Templar-related?
I don't know.
940
00:40:26,207 --> 00:40:29,467
We have to put it through
more rigorous scientific analysis.
941
00:40:29,619 --> 00:40:31,953
This story is
incredibly complex.
942
00:40:32,046 --> 00:40:33,788
I know one thing for sure...
943
00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:37,734
Lot 5 is now on the Oak
Island treasure map for sure.
944
00:40:37,885 --> 00:40:39,051
Yeah.
945
00:40:39,071 --> 00:40:40,462
Sandy, y-you know,
946
00:40:40,555 --> 00:40:42,630
we-we welcome your expertise.
947
00:40:42,649 --> 00:40:45,386
- And if you can continue to look into this, uh, we would...
- I will.
948
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:48,803
We would love whatever
information comes of that.
949
00:40:48,896 --> 00:40:50,456
And we need to
get back out to Lot 5.
950
00:40:50,565 --> 00:40:51,951
We do, mate. "Boots
on the ground,"
951
00:40:51,975 --> 00:40:53,750
- as you would say.
- Yeah.
952
00:40:53,901 --> 00:40:55,788
- Thank you very much.
- Let's go find more.
953
00:40:55,812 --> 00:40:57,492
- Yep.
- All right, let's go.
954
00:40:58,573 --> 00:41:00,093
With each new discovery
955
00:41:00,317 --> 00:41:02,166
that Rick, Marty
and their team make,
956
00:41:02,319 --> 00:41:04,410
the confounding puzzle
957
00:41:04,429 --> 00:41:07,822
that is the 228-year-old
Oak Island mystery
958
00:41:07,841 --> 00:41:11,584
is one piece closer to
finally being completed.
959
00:41:11,603 --> 00:41:15,755
But as they continue to
dig all across the island,
960
00:41:15,774 --> 00:41:18,108
could it lead to a discovery
961
00:41:18,335 --> 00:41:19,975
that will merely
change their lives?
962
00:41:20,003 --> 00:41:23,596
Or will what they
ultimately find rewrite
963
00:41:23,690 --> 00:41:26,932
North American history?
964
00:41:27,677 --> 00:41:30,453
Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...
965
00:41:30,605 --> 00:41:32,122
- We've never seen that before.
- No.
966
00:41:32,273 --> 00:41:33,531
Oh, wow, look at this.
967
00:41:33,683 --> 00:41:34,607
It's looking like some sort
968
00:41:34,626 --> 00:41:36,200
of fairly large feature.
969
00:41:36,353 --> 00:41:38,295
This could be important
for the whole story.
970
00:41:38,446 --> 00:41:41,280
This object is from
medieval Europe.
971
00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:44,025
Wow. This adds
validity to Zena's map.
972
00:41:44,118 --> 00:41:47,195
We're trying to track the
gold back to its source.
973
00:41:47,213 --> 00:41:50,140
The area in pink there
would be exactly where
974
00:41:50,291 --> 00:41:52,475
- the gold is.
- Wow. That is astounding.
975
00:41:52,702 --> 00:41:55,795
- Yeah.
- Let's go!
67752
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