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CHARLES: We’re getting gold and silver signatures.

This is where the real Money Pit could be.

-Absolutely. -EMILIANO: Welcome to Italy.

RICK: We’re looking for a possible Templar connection

to Oak Island.

Oh, Rick. Have a look at this.

-CORJAN: Look at that. Fantastic. -Oh, wow.

We’re at the bottom, where the timbers stop.

We’re about to boldly go where no one’s gone before.

RICK: There is a direct connection to Nolan’s Cross.

This is a very real Templar connection here.

That’s amazing.

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: Hey, guys. -ROGER: Hey, how’s it going, Charles?

Good. How are you?

Not too bad. Not too bad.

NARRATOR: The cold North Atlantic fall season

has arrived on Oak Island.

Did you get your last set in?

The guys are in the process right now

of getting that set in, so it’s not,

it’s not done yet, and we’re not quite ready

-to have anybody go down there. -Okay.

NARRATOR: But for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,

and the Fellowship of the Dig,

their determination to make a major breakthrough discovery

in the Money Pit area and solve a treasure mystery

that began in 1795 has never been higher.

It’s still soft over on that, over on that corner?

-That north corner? -Yes.

So, that one, uh, north corner, like you call it,

yeah, we-we-- so we punched a hole in there,

and the ground is much softer than all three other sides.

Really?

I know we’ve got a, we’ve got,

uh, prime real estate over here,

where we’re getting gold and silver signatures

-in the water, right? -Right. Right.

NARRATOR: After nearly three months of tireless work,

representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited

have nearly completed the reconstruction

of the mysterious 82-foot-deep feature

known as the Garden Shaft,

a potentially early 18th century construct

that has not only yielded high trace evidence of gold

in both wood and water samples...

It’s quite possible that over there could be another tunnel.

Right, a-and that could be.

...but which also sets

above a believed tunnel

at a depth of some 95 feet

that runs due west straight into the so-called Baby Blob.

A zone where, according to water tests

that were conducted in previously drilled boreholes,

the highest indications of silver and gold

have been detected so far.

Yeah, we hope to be able

to punch some more holes in there...

-Yeah. -...and see if we get any more values

-like you were getting, so... -Right.

Quite possibly,

this is where the real Money Pit could be.

-Could be. Absolutely. -Interesting.

-Yes. Yeah. -Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Now Dumas is working

as diligently as possible

to safely finish the shaft and find out not only

what may lie at the bottom but also attempt to reach

the potential treasure tunnel located below it

before the onset of winter forces the team

to halt their search activities until next spring.

MARTY: The Garden Shaft could be very, very meaningful.

When we get to the bottom, we get to start

exploring where, perhaps, other people haven’t been.

And that’s where the data becomes really useful.

I think it could really help with answers.

The Garden Shaft, it presents

some very unique opportunities for discovery.

Is there a tunnel with those significantly

high gold values directly beneath the Garden Shaft?

But we’re running out of good weather.

We’re running out of time.

Well, Roger, I see you’ve got a lot more work to do.

I’m gonna let you, uh, get to it.

-ROGER: Sounds good. Thanks a lot, Charles. -Okay.

CHARLES: Thank you.

MARTY: Lord Niven.

Hey, Marty.

MARTY: And Helen, deep in the pit.

HELEN: Hi, Marty.

NARRATOR: On Lot 5,

located on the western side of the island,

Marty Lagina joins archaeologists

Laird Niven and Helen Sheldon as they continue

investigating a mysterious depression

covered by a layer of stones.

LAIRD: We put a trench down below.

Helen’s standing in the absolute bottom.

Mm-hmm.

LAIRD: In this pit,

I’ve removed the rocks from the ring...

-Mm-hmm. -...and I’m getting artifacts.

-Oh, really? Like what? -Yeah, like that far down.

We have two pieces of pottery

that may have gone out of style in the 1750s.

NARRATOR: While the feature’s design is curious

for obvious reasons,

it is located in the same general area where the team

recently discovered a half coin and a lead barter token

that are both believed to be more than 1,500 years old

and of Roman origin.

Why don’t we measure it?

ALEX: Sure.

NARRATOR: And one week ago, when Laird

and Marty’s son Alex determined the feature’s diameter...

-That’s 13 feet. -It’s a bizarre measurement.

...they were astonished to find

that it matched the exact dimensions

of the original Money Pit when it was discovered in 1795.

MARTY: For some reason,

this lot keeps giving up what is probably the oldest stuff.

I mean, why this lot?

-We have no idea. -I mean, if you...

Let’s-let’s try it this way.

How many circular...

rather massive features have been found in Nova Scotia?

Like, none that I can recall.

-No. Nothing at all. -MARTY: Hmm.

-It’s an oddity. It’s, uh... -It’s weird.

A-And potentially very significant.

We are on a treasure hunt, and what I’m hoping for,

as these dates come in older and older,

that there’s the clue in here that could help,

that could really help us figure out

-the treasure component of this. Okay. -LAIRD: Yeah.

-All right. -Here’s what I say: Carry on.

-Okay. See you later. -Thanks, Helen.

-See you. -See you later.

NARRATOR: As operations continue on Oak Island...

(church bell tolls)

ALEX: Wow.

Camerano truly is a beautiful town.

RICK: Oh, absolutely. Okay. Here we are.

NARRATOR: ...approximately 3,700 miles to the east...

DOUG: I see Emiliano.

-Hey, guys. Welcome to Italy. -Emiliano.

-Hey, hey. -Hey. Ciao.

-So good to see you. -Good to see you.

...Rick Lagina, along with his nephews Alex and Peter,

Oak Island historian Doug Crowell,

and researcher Corjan Mol have arrived

in Camerano, Italy, where they are meeting

with researchers Emiliano Sacchetti

and Alberto Recanatini.

EMILIANO: I’m so glad to see you guys.

I, uh, know

you’re interested in the underground system

of Camerano because of the Oak Island lead cross.

NARRATOR: Building upon the research

that was shared with the team back in 2016

by Rick’s late friend Zena Halpern,

Emiliano has invited them to visit the enigmatic site

known as the Camerano Caves.

A system of man-made underground labyrinths

which date back more than 2,500 years

and which features a section that is shaped

nearly identically to the 14th century lead cross

that was found on Oak Island in 2017.

EMILIANO: So, this is Alberto.

He’s been mapping and exploring these caves for 50 years.

-RICK: Wow. -And he is gonna be our guide today.

-RICK: Perfect. -So, why don’t we go inside?

-There’s no better time than now. -Awesome.

-After you. -CORJAN: Let’s go underground.

NARRATOR: Although the town

of Camerano, Italy dates back to 1198,

the first documented civilization in the region

were the Piceni, who are believed

to have created the underground cave system

in the sixth century BC.

-Looks like the catacombs. -It keeps going, huh?

NARRATOR: The area became part of the Roman Empire around 290 BC.

-RICK: It’s huge. -ALEX: Wow. -PETER: Keeps going.

NARRATOR: However, between the 12th and 14th centuries,

it was reestablished as a stronghold

for the Knights Templar,

who modified portions of the cave system

for reasons that remain a mystery.

The construct, it’s incredible.

It’s large, it’s massive.

Wow.

The hope is that there will be

a part of the system

that Alberto can directly connect to possibly Templars

or possibly to a belief system

that is associated with the artifacts

that we have found on the island.

You know, Emiliano, when you first invited us

to this Camerano cave system,

I didn’t see it as artfully designed as this.

Actually, this is the very beginning of the cave system.

-Right. -So, the model for this room

-is the Holy Sepulchre. -Mm-hmm.

EMILIANO: So, what you actually see here

is something that is very similar

to what we have in Jerusalem.

-Oh, wow. -ALEX: How old

is this part of the cave system?

(speaking Italian)

EMILIANO: Alberto is saying

the early 13th century.

(Alberto speaking Italian)

So, right after the Templar order was dissolved,

uh, they start digging

underground places to keep on gathering.

So they literally went underground.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: The order of the Knights Templar

has remained shrouded in mystery since it was established

in 1118 in Jerusalem.

They were headquartered on the original site

of King Solomon’s Temple

for the purpose of protecting Christian interests

in the Holy Land during the Crusades.

They became extraordinarily wealthy

by developing one of the world’s first banking systems.

But in 1307, they were disbanded by the Catholic Church

and persecuted by the king of France

for the alleged crime of heresy.

However, some believe

that the Templars were actually targeted

because they had come into possession

of many priceless religious treasures.

EMILIANO: Let’s go to the...

-Venus Cave. -RICK: Perfect.

-PETER: Follow you. -ALEX: After you.

NARRATOR: Those sacred valuables

have never been found,

and researchers such as Corjan and Emiliano

believe that surviving members of the order

smuggled them throughout Europe before ultimately

hiding them in the New World on Oak Island.

EMILIANO: So we are now at the mouth of the Burchiani Cave,

aka the Venus Cave, and I’ll leave it to Marco,

who’s, uh, another very expert guide.

-Mm-hmm. -CORJAN: You know, the-the shape

-is why we’re here, right? -DOUG: Yeah, exactly.

CORJAN: Uh, because we think the-the shape of your cave

completely matches the shape of the lead cross

that was found, uh, on Oak Island.

-That’s exciting. -ALEX: Mm.

MARCO: Okay.

I would certainly love to see it.

-MARCO: Okay. -DOUG: Yeah, fantastic. -EMILIANO: Me, too.

EMILIANO: We are at around 20 meters below

-the street level. -Wow.

NARRATOR: In the town of Camerano, Italy,

Rick Lagina and members of the Oak Island team...

-Check this wall. -...are exploring a portion

of a 2,500-year-old cave system

believed to have been reconstructed by members

of the Knights Templar in the 14th century

and which matches the exact design

of the 14th century lead cross

that was found on Oak Island back in 2017.

-RICK: Wow. -EMILIANO: This is what, in a church,

-you would call the transept, right? -Mm-hmm.

We have the left arm, the right arm,

and a-according to Alberto, there is a slight difference.

This arm should be

a bit longer than this one.

RICK: Which is exactly what our lead cross exhibits.

EMILIANO: I’d say so.

RICK: It really is quite a feat of engineering.

-EMILIANO: Mm-hmm. -I wonder

if it exhibited that when they were carving it.

EMILIANO: Okay, let’s go take a look at the head, the ring.

Perfect. Wow.

EMILIANO: Now we’re talking about the eighth century,

-before Christ. -(Rick laughs)

Right?

That is, that is...

-incredible history. -Clay up there.

RICK: Mm-hmm.

-It’s amazing. -It’s almost like a glue,

-holding the sand together. -Yeah.

RICK: 2,000 or 3,000 years later,

it still stands.

Is there really an intimate relationship

between the lead cross found on Oak Island

on-on Smith’s Cove beach?

What that cross represents and what this represents,

and are they aligned?

I think they are the same thing, and...

Obviously, you know my friendship with Zena.

Makes you get emotional, right? Because...

I reach out and touch this now, if this really is that,

she was the one who guided us here, really.

-No, I... I understand. -She helped us.

And now maybe, maybe this

will help us move the story forward.

And that’s, that’s why we’re here, really,

is to make connections.

To hear it from you means something.

Yeah, I...

I don’t want to be emotional as well.

(chuckles) Lead on.

-It’s amazing, the history. -CORJAN: Hey, Rick.

I think you want to have a look at this.

-Sure. -You might even recognize it.

-Huh. -Do you see that?

(chuckles): Uh, I recognize it.

That’s the so-called goose paw at-- up in Nova Scotia.

Exactly.

Oh, wow.

NARRATOR: Earlier this year...

ISAAC: We just know it’s been here for a really long time.

...Rick, Corjan and Charles Barkhouse

traveled some 50 miles southwest of Oak Island

to Liverpool, Nova Scotia...

It comes to a point.

...where they were shown

a nearly identical carving.

CORJAN: To me, this looks like, uh,

what we call a goose paw, and if that’s what it is,

that would be something, because that is the-the mark

of the Masons for the Knights Templar in medieval Europe.

CORJAN: Looks like it.

It looks exactly like

-the goose paw. -Our goose paw.

-RICK: Uh-huh. That’s amazing. -That’s cool.

It is very cool.

CORJAN: So, we thought that they used this

to mark their presence.

-Wow. -I mean, this is a very real Templar connection.

You have to follow the clues where they are,

but let’s see where this leads us.

Okay, well, there’s a lot more to see, so, uh,

-maybe we should move out and, uh, join the group. -Yep. Yep.

-Let’s go. -After you. Yeah.

RICK: Why? Why was such a unique shape

put into a tunnel system from long ago,

perhaps Templar-associated?

If it was just about refuge or storage

or the need to hide, why would you go to the trouble

of designing something of such uniqueness?

Everything is a stepping stone.

You have to be creative,

and hopefully it will get us to Oak Island.

-Hey, guys. -PETER: Hey, guys.

-Hey. -CORJAN: How are you?

So, there’s another cave system

that I would like to show you guys.

And it’s in Osimo,

it’s a few kilometers from Camerano.

And I’m pretty sure you’ll find it very interesting.

-I’d say yes. Let’s go. -Okay.

DOUG: It’s been an amazing day.

RICK: It has been.

NARRATOR: While Rick and members of the team

finish their visit in Camerano, Italy...

-GARY: Hello, Billy. -BILLY: Hey, guys.

GARY: I’m glad to see you’re here, mate.

Sill digging on top of this ramp.

NARRATOR: ...back on Oak Island,

metal detection expert Gary Drayton

and surveyor Steve Guptill join Billy Gerhardt

in the triangle-shaped swamp.

All right, mate, let’s get diggy with it.

NARRATOR: They are continuing efforts

to excavate a believed stone ramp...

All right, fingers crossed, Steve.

...to determine

if it actually connects the stone pathway

that runs along the swamp’s eastern border

with the massive stone-paved feature

in the center of the brackish bog,

which has been scientifically dated to as early as 1200 AD.

BILLY: Hey, Gary?

I’m getting kind of down to some hard bottom, maybe.

What are you seeing, Billy?

It’s mostly all flat cobbles, I think.

GARY: Okay.

BILLY: And it certainly looks like the shape of a ramp.

STEVE: This, to me, looks what,

what a ramp would look like.

GARY: You’ve got your stick, mate,

and maybe you can probe and see

-where it ends. -Right.

Well, we see one there.

They’re there.

Yeah, they’re everywhere.

So, to give you an idea,

right along that water’s edge, we’re a foot below sea level.

And as we’ve come up where I’m standing,

I am four inches below sea level.

So, it’s coming up quite quickly.

I think we’re on the ramp interface.

We believe we found a ramp interface

that connects the paved area to the cobble path.

Let’s get digging.

And we’re gonna hope to connect these features,

and if we can do that,

we can start to piece the story of the swamp together.

(device beeping)

-Oh, Gary, got a hit? -Yeah, I got a hit, mate.

I think it’s in here.

-(beeping) -Ooh.

Let’s see what we’ve got here.

-(Gary whoops) -What is that?

GARY: It looks old.

-(Gary whoops) -STEVE: What is that?

Some kind of fastener?

NARRATOR: While investigating

a believed man-made stone ramp

in the northeastern region of the Oak Island swamp...

And it’s a square-shanked fastener,

which means it’s normally an older type.

...Billy Gerhardt,

Gary Drayton and Steve Guptill

have just unearthed a potentially significant clue.

I would say pre-1800s.

This type of iron fastener

would have been used for securing, uh, wooden planks.

-Mm-hmm. -Like a ship’s decking nail.

We have found parts of an old ship in here.

-Yep. -NARRATOR: Over the past several years,

the team has found not only compelling evidence

that the swamp was once an open harbor

but, given the stone road-- or ship’s wharf--

that was uncovered in 2020,

may have also been used for the docking

of a large sailing vessel.

If Gary is correct that he, Billy and Steve

have found more evidence of a ship

on the believed stone ramp,

could that mean that the ramp, which may be connected

to the 800-year-old paved area,

was created in order to transport something

of great value off of a ship and onto Oak Island?

It really seems like a ramp here.

So, just to be sure, I think we should hydrovac

to see, really, what it looks like,

-and then we know. -Yeah, I agree.

MARTY: A hydrovac truck is just a truck

that pulls a very high vacuum,

like a big vacuum cleaner, but it’ll pull up water.

It’s like a giant shop vac, actually.

Clean of metals, mate.

MARTY: We’re going to try and see

what this ramp looks like.

And we’re trying to figure out

how old it is and what it could have been used for.

Well, I’ve done my work, I think you worked on yours.

-Yep. -All right, mate.

STEVE: We’ve had a good day.

GARY: Yeah, it’s been a success, mate.

NARRATOR: The following morning...

BILLY: We’re getting a little more water on that.

...as Billy Gerhardt supervises

the hydrovac operation to uncover more

of the believed stone ramp in the swamp on Oak Island...

EMILIANO: So, we’re in Osimo.

NARRATOR: ...nearly 3,700 miles to the east,

in the town of Osimo, Italy...

I want to introduce you to Fabrizio Bartoli.

-ALEX: Pleased to meet you. -A pleasure.

NARRATOR: ...researcher Emiliano Sacchetti

and Professor Fabrizio Bartoli, a historian

and modern-day member of the Knights Templar,

meet with Rick Lagina and other members of the team

just outside an ancient site known as the Grotte Simonetti.

Here, there’s another amazing underground cave system.

-It’s about 30 kilometers wide. -Wow.

There are some interesting carvings in these caves,

and Fabrizio will show us and explain us

-the meaning of those carvings. -DOUG: Well, we’re really

interested to see what we might see in these caves.

-Why don’t we step in? -ALEX: Yeah. Can’t wait.

CORJAN: Look at that.

RICK: Wow.

NARRATOR: Located just five miles southwest

of the town of Camerano,

the Grotte Simonetti was first created nearly 2,000 years ago.

-ALEX: Boy. -RICK: Stunning.

ALEX: Everything is just so well built.

-RICK: Yeah. Really. -CORJAN: Wow.

NARRATOR: Around 1160 AD, it was reestablished

as a stronghold for the Knights Templar.

However, after their dissolution in the early 14th century,

it is believed to have been used as a secret refuge

by surviving members of the order.

-It’s quite remarkable. -PETER: Mm-hmm.

I would never have guessed the scale of the...

-of the work. -ALEX: Yeah.

RICK: I mean, look at the enormity of the material removed.

-CORJAN: Oh, yeah. -You know, to me,

this is a most impressive cave system,

but as you articulated earlier, it’s kilometers long.

So, uh, why don’t we separate?

But remember that, you know, the reason why we’re here--

the core, the focus of it--

is to try to tie it back to the island.

-Okay. Game ready. -Fair enough?

-Okay. -CORJAN: Great idea.

Oh, Rick. Have a look at this.

-Oh, wow. -CORJAN: Wow.

I remember seeing something very similar in Domme.

I remember this feature.

I remember the pyramidal base.

DOUG: Absolutely.

-NARRATOR: In 2017... -Oh, wow.

...Rick and his nephews Alex and Peter

visited a 14th century Templar prison in Domme, France.

There, they were shown a number of carvings

made by members of the Templar order

during their persecution,

including one that was an exact match to the lead cross

that was found just a week later on Oak Island.

There’s much more to investigate here,

and I-I think we should continue the search.

-EMILIANO: Yeah. -There’s a lot to learn.

Oh, another cross there.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, look at this.

-Ho-ho. -Right there.

-Hey, Rick. -RICK: Hmm?

-ALEX: Check this out. -PETER: That’s cool.

We have seen this symbol before...

-RICK: H+O Stone. -...on Oak Island.

PETER: Yeah.

We saw that at Fonte Arcada.

Now, that’s a direct tie to Oak Island.

ALEX: We saw that at Fonte Arcada.

-RICK: The H+O Stone. -PETER: Yeah.

ALEX: That’s a direct tie to Oak Island.

NARRATOR: In a cave system

known as the Grotte Simonetti

in Osimo, Italy, Alex Lagina and his cousin Peter Fornetti

have just found an ancient carving believed

to have been made by members of the Knights Templar,

matching one found on the so-called H+O Stone,

which was discovered in the 1920s on Oak Island.

PETER: Haven’t we had some people who have thought, like,

-this is a symbol for gold? -That is true, yes.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that Peter and Alex

have found a symbol in the Grotte Simonetti

related to the sacred treasures that many believe

the Templar order smuggled out of Europe

between the 12th and 14th centuries?

If so, could the H+O Stone be a critical clue

as to where they are located today?

And what’s that, uh, down there?

-ALEX: I think that’s the crescent moon. -Crescent moon.

-We saw that at Fonte Arcada, remember? -PETER: Yeah. Absolutely.

ALEX: Yeah, and we saw that at Domme, too.

-In the prison. -PETER: Mm-hmm.

The Templar prison.

We’ve previously explored in France

and in Portugal all these Templar symbols

and Templar locations.

I mean, they’re both here in these caves.

The symbols are here that connect all the places

that we’ve looked at so far, so there must be more.

And not only that, but back to, back to the island as well.

The circle with the dot, obviously,

is represented on the H+O Stone.

And the crescent moon, we have seen that everywhere,

from Fonte Arcada in Portugal

to the Overton Roadstone in Nova Scotia.

So, we are beginning to draw some connective tissue

to, perhaps, Templar involvement on Oak Island.

Kudos to both of you for finding that.

It-it’s impactful. It is.

There’s a lot more to learn.

NARRATOR: The following morning, back on Oak Island...

MacKENZIE: That’s a darker clay.

NARRATOR: ...while the reconstruction of the Garden Shaft continues

in the Money Pit area...

MacKENZIE: Oh, geez, so that’d be from the south to the north, eh?

IAN: So we just walked over the cobble path, right?

Yeah. That top layer.

-IAN: Oh, okay. -Yeah. And then,

slopes quickly into this.

Very interesting.

NARRATOR: ...Craig Tester,

Billy Gerhardt and Laird Niven

arrive at the swamp with geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

to have him examine the stone ramp

which has now been cleared of water and mud.

IAN: The key to it all is,

if we can find stones like this,

and there’s wood underneath them,

then we’ve got another man-made feature.

-Yeah. Yeah. -CRAIG: Yeah.

And if we can get, uh,

samples that-that say

-what time was this built. -Yeah.

CRAIG: This area continues to be very interesting.

If it ties into the paved area in the swamp,

it could have been built as long ago as 1200 AD.

A huge number.

So I don’t know what that’s used for,

but we hope we can find the answer.

IAN: You see something like this rock here?

CRAIG: Yeah.

If we dig down, right off the bat,

-we’ve got a stick. -Oh, nice. Nice.

IAN: And the stick is sort of crushed,

and it’s not a root.

That stick did not work its way

-underneath that rock. -Yeah.

So it tells me this rock was put down

-on top of swamp. -Yep.

NARRATOR: With the discovery of the stick beneath the ramp,

Dr. Spooner has not only obtained strong evidence

that the feature is man-made but may now be able to determine

just when it was constructed.

IAN: Yeah, there’s another stick right there.

It looks like... an older.

CRAIG: Okay. Yeah, it’s all good.

The first rock, we find a stick.

IAN: That was kind of a little bit lucky, to be honest with you.

(both laugh)

NARRATOR: Later that afternoon...

-MARTY: Hey. Hello. -ALEX: Hey, guys.

-(overlapping chatter) -DOUG: Everybody.

-Ciao. -MARTY: We’re keen to hear

what’s going on with our Italian crew.

-Talk to us. -It’s been very,

very interesting.

NARRATOR: ...Marty and members of the team

gather in the war room

for a highly anticipated videoconference

with Rick, Doug, Alex and Peter

regarding their search for clues in Italy.

ALEX: We went to the caves in Osimo,

and there are carvings in those caves

known to be made by Templars.

There, we saw these symbols.

And the one on the top, I mean, that...

that’s one we’ve seen on Oak Island before,

on the H+O Stone.

The circle with the dot in the center.

But right below it, you can see a symbol

that we saw in Portugal and in France, in Domme,

which is the crescent moon.

So, that’s a, that’s a concrete visual.

RICK: Yes. To me, it rounds back to what Zena posited, that there’s

a possible Templar connection,

to come to the New World to safeguard

information or treasure.

MARTY: I have to say,

you do see some commonality between some of these symbols

that seems to be surviving across centuries.

Great job, guys.

Well, here on Oak Island,

Billy has been very busy in the swamp.

He’s been uncovering a piece of the path

that we already knew about.

Well, Billy, tell ’em.

What-what do you think you found?

For me, it’s-it’s a ramp.

And, you know, that really makes the paved area something.

-So, there’s a drone shot. -RICK: Wow.

So, the elevation of the top of the ramp aligns

with the elevation of the top of the path?

You could, you could wheel a wheelbarrow up it easily.

LAIRD: It’s definitely man-made.

There’s a level difference that’s quite distinct.

RICK: The bigger question is where the stone path goes.

-Yeah. -I think there’s,

there’s a lot more to be learned in the swamp,

but time and weather is closing in.

And then, going over to the Money Pit,

Dumas is gonna keep digging down to 82 feet.

So there’s plenty for you to, to do, Rick,

and the rest of you guys when you come back.

That shaft is about ready to-to reveal its secrets.

RICK: I’m in. But I think

the next couple, three days

are gonna be more than informative.

Doug found a, uh, Professor Gaspani,

who has worked with the...

national observatory of Milan

and the National Astronomical Society for 40 years.

And he believes, for sure, there are

stellar alignments in Nolan’s Cross.

MARTY: Well, Rick, that would be incredibly important.

In the meantime, we’re gonna let you go,

’cause you got lots to do.

-Yeah. -We will get back out on our quest.

-Okey doke. -Okay, guys,

thank you very much, ciao,

va bene, and we’ll see you here soon.

-DOUG: Take care, everybody. -BILLY: See you later.

NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island...

-MARTY: Hey, Roger. -ROGER: Hey, how you doing, guys?

Doing well. Thank you.

NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina and Charles Barkhouse

arrive in the Money Pit area to get an update

on the reconstruction of the Garden Shaft.

ROGER: We had some cracked timbers in there, so...

this morning when we went down, we seen that there had been

-a bit more movement. -Why do you think it’s pushing?

Why is it unstable behind there?

The issue now is, is we know that we’re close

to something that could be bearing water.

NARRATOR: Could there be a flooded structure

some 80 feet deep just outside the Garden Shaft

which is causing the damage to the original structure?

If so, could it be related

to one of the legendary flood tunnels

connected to the Money Pit, and mean that the team

might be close to the fabled treasure vault?

TONY: So, our plan at this point was to use casing

to case the hole ahead of time so that

-we-we can make sure that... -MARTY: Actually, I think that--

I think that’s really prudent, because we suspect

a tunnel right underneath you.

-Y-Yeah. -And-and we do know when

you get into certain areas here, the water’s unstoppable, so...

Yeah, so we want to just hold it in place.

We put that steel bracing in there.

Uh, the boys are in there now, they’re...

we’re gonna be setting up our last set this afternoon.

Okay.

We think there’s a tunnel.

We don’t know who made the tunnel.

We don’t see the tunnel in the historical narrative.

And yet this tunnel is right in the treasure area.

Right where the scientists tell us that the waters

are full of metals that shouldn’t be there.

That could be very, very significant.

You’re about to boldly go where no one’s gone before.

Oh, y-yeah, you’re absolutely right.

-It’s true. You’re right. You’re right. -It’s true. Yeah.

MARTY: All right, well, carry on, keep us posted.

-ROGER: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. -Okay.

NARRATOR: As operations continue on Oak Island,

over 3,700 miles to the east, near Rome, Italy...

RICK: Professor Gaspani.

My pleasure to meet you, sir.

-I’m Rick. -Pleased to meet you.

...Rick Lagina, along with other members of the team

and Italian researcher Emiliano Sacchetti,

meet with author, archaeoastronomer

and astrophysicist Professor Adriano Gaspani.

DOUG: Gentlemen, the reason I think that this, uh, stop

on our trip is so important is because,

on the island, we have Nolan’s Cross.

And we’ve had several researchers suggest that it has

a solar alignment

or a constellation context to it,

so I thought, as an astrophysicist,

he might be able to give us his opinion on Nolan’s Cross

a-and whether those alignments are true.

RICK: And I would concur.

I mean, Nolan’s Cross is integral to understanding--

according to more than a few theorists--

an understanding of who, what, when, where, why and how

about Oak Island.

NARRATOR: In recent years,

some researchers have suggested

that the six boulders on Oak Island,

which form the megalithic feature known as Nolan’s Cross,

may have originally been positioned to align

with certain stars in the night sky.

That is to say that with the stars

and, uh, archaeoastronomy,

we are able to date monuments.

NARRATOR: Combining the disciplines

of astronomy, archaeology and anthropology,

archaeoastronomy is the study

of ancient megalithic stone formations

that are believed to have been created to align

with specific stars, constellations

and certain yearly events,

such as the summer and winter solstices.

After conferring with Doug Crowell,

Professor Gaspani has been comparing the placement

of the boulders in Nolan’s Cross

with the position of certain stars over time

to determine an approximate era, or epoch,

when the feature may have been created.

Capella, Arcturus, Antares,

Bellatrix, Alphard and Fomalhaut.

Wow.

-That’s crazy. -DOUG: It’s amazing.

It’s amazing. It’s amazing.

Yeah. That means that, also, the cross

was made around, uh,

13th century.

-(laughter) -RICK: Wow. Wow.

-Wow.

-That’s crazy. -DOUG: It’s amazing.

It’s amazing.

Wow.

That means the cross was made

around, uh, 13th century.

NARRATOR: Just outside of Rome, Italy,

archaeoastronomer Professor Adriano Gaspani,

has informed Rick Lagina and members of the Oak Island team

that based on the historical alignments of certain stars

in the night sky, he believes that Nolan’s Cross

was created approximately 800 years ago.

This is really exciting, Professor, because--

let me give you a little bit of context about the island.

-This-this is our island. -Mm-hmm.

DOUG: This is the orientation of our cross.

This area of the swamp here,

under the swamp, there is a stone platform.

-(Gaspani speaks Italian) -Yeah.

DOUG: Quite large.

And from carbon dating,

we’ve dated it to 1200 AD.

Yeah.

Yeah.

DOUG: If these boulders were put in place

in 1200 AD,

along with the rest of the work that seems

to have been done on the island, that’s huge to us.

We thought, when we got the carbon date

from the paved area, we thought, "Oh, this, this is

too much of an outlier."

And yet here,

the stars are telling us a different story, right?

The professor is saying, "This is the best-fit scenario."

I mean, the stars are fixed in a way, right?

That’s right in line with Zena’s voyage.

The Templar voyage to the New World in 1179.

NARRATOR: If Professor Gaspani is correct,

that Nolan’s Cross, like the massive paved area

in the swamp, was created around 1200 AD,

could it offer evidence to support the belief

of the late Zena Halpern,

that members of the Knights Templar

really did make repeated visits to Oak Island

between the 12th and 14th centuries

in order to hide their sacred treasures?

RICK: I think it is almost irrefutable evidence

when he says these five or six star alignments

are so precise and so accurate,

they only fit to a certain time period.

And that was the aha moment.

1200 AD.

Because then your mind goes back

to Zena Halpern’s research.

I think we have to follow

the suggestions made by theorists,

i.e. a Templar treasure.

That’s astounding.

We need to continue to analyze and to think

about what this may mean and how to move it forward.

But I think it’s been incredibly informative

-and-and quite fascinating. -DOUG: Yep.

Professore, grazie.

-Grazie mille. -(speaks Italian)

-Thank you very much. -Thank you. -Thank you so much.

NARRATOR: For more than two centuries,

devoted searchers have labored to reveal the answers

behind the Oak Island mystery.

Is it possible that the Laginas and their team

are now uncovering the truth nearly 4,000 miles away?

The journey for clues continues.

ROGER: Couple of slings coming down.

NARRATOR: But is the ultimate proof

waiting at the bottom of the Money Pit,

guarded by a deadly curse?

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island...

RICK: We’re following all the clues where they lead.

Hey, guys. Come take a look at this.

CORJAN: Oh-ho. Fantastic.

Holy cow. This is freakin’ impressive.

I’ve never seen anything like this on the island.

DOUG: We found this on Oak Island.

EMILIANO: It’s very old.

Probably a thousand years old.

-DOUG: Wow. -Wow.

ROGER: We are at the bottom of the Money Pit shaft.

MARTY: And very close to the actual treasure

-of the Money Pit. -ROGER: Absolutely amazing.

-MARTY: How about that? -Wow.

Oh, baby.

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