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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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TERRY:
Here we go.
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STEVE:
There's wood. We got it.
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TERRY:
There it is, guys.
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-Wow.
-We must be close to
some type of a structure.
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MARTY:
There could be some
treasure just below us.
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-Hey, Laird.
-Yeah?
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JAMIE:
This is definitely the largest
artifact we've found here.
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-What?
-Come on. Be something.
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Look at that.
It's old.
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Emma, what have we learned?
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So, right now, I am finding
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something that
I was not expecting.
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NARRATOR:
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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♪ ♪
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CHARLES:
Here we go!
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-ALEX: Core is up.
-TERRY: All right.
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-Here we go.
-60.
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Thank you.
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-That's pretty firm stuff there.
-Yep.
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There is a lot of room yet
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-for something to show itself.
-ALEX: Yep.
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NARRATOR: It is the start
of a new day on Oak Island
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for brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina and their team.
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One that begins
with renewed optimism
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that they are finally
on the verge
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of solving
a 228-year-old mystery.
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TERRY: I think it has
the possibility to intersect
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the Garden Shaft tunnel,
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-leading to or seeking
-Yeah.
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-the treasure chamber.
-Yeah.
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It may put some answers
to that tunnel down there.
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We don't have enough
information in the area.
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We don't have a start point,
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-we don't have an end point.
-No. That's right.
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We as a group have not
explored much up here.
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-This is a plausible location.
-Yes.
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NARRATOR: Currently,
the team is drilling
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a borehole on their strategic
grid known as D.5N-26.5.
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Located several feet east
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of the mid-18th century
structure
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known as "the Garden Shaft,"
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it is their hope
that this new borehole
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will encounter
a mysterious tunnel
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that they previously discovered
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at a depth of 95 feet.
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A tunnel which is believed
to run directly west
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beneath the Garden Shaft
and into an area
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that has been dubbed
"the Baby Blob,"
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where water tests
conducted one year ago
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revealed high-trace evidence
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of silver, gold
and other metals
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between 80 and 120 feet
below ground.
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Last year we were
able to concentrate
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and be very confident
in the Baby Blob area.
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That's right.
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NARRATOR:
However, when the team met
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with geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner
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and his colleague,
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hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michel
last week,
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the two presented
their updated testing analysis,
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which suggested
that the fabled treasure
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could actually
lie buried anywhere
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within a 20-foot radius
of the feature.
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Nothing is dissuading us
from our opinion
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that there's an area
around the Garden Shaft
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where something's
been deposited.
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Well, that I consider
very good news.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Now, while the team
awaits a new permit
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to deepen the Garden Shaft
by approximately 20 feet,
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which will also allow them
to construct lateral tunnels
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in order to reach
potential targets,
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Rick, Marty and the team
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are looking for
any evidence of valuables
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more than 100 feet underground
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that might be located
to the east of the shaft.
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MARTY:
The tunnel that goes
under the Garden Shaft
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doesn't appear
in the literature anywhere,
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doesn't appear in the records,
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so that's the one
I'm most interested in.
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So, we need to keep going.
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That, perhaps,
could go off to a chamber.
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Meaning, there could be some
actual treasure just below us.
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And we're gonna
find that out this year.
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STEVE:
Hey, Mike.
What do we got?
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-78.
-78.
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78.
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SCOTT:
Anyone got a knife?
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TERRY:
I love this hole.
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We are in the middle of all
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of the very, very soft material.
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And this to my eye
is relatively soft.
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What do you think, Scott?
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SCOTT: There is a lot
going on in this area,
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I mean, that we really
don't know about.
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-There's a lot
of possibilities.
-Absolutely.
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Yeah, we've seen that whenever
we're near a structure.
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-Yeah.
-We could be coming down
on the intersection
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-of the tunnel here.
-For sure.
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TERRY:
Time is going to tell.
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We are going to do the work
that's gonna find that out.
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NARRATOR:
While the drilling
operation continues
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in the Money Pit area,
on Lot 5,
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located on the western side
of the island...
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-JACK: Here he comes.
-LAIRD: Oh, yeah.
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NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina
joins Jack Begley,
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archaeologist Laird Niven,
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Jamie Kouba
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and their assistant Fiona Steele
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as they continue investigating
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a strange, circular feature.
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Okay, Laird.
What's the mission?
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LAIRD:
All right.
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We're going to do
the big rocks in the interior.
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Show me.
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-Oh, yeah. There are
some big rocks in there.
-Yeah.
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-MARTY: You want
all that out, right?
-LAIRD: Yeah.
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I-I don't know why
it's filled with rocks.
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But underneath all those,
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we think there's
that intact layer
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that we want to get to.
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-That will help tell us
exactly what this feature is.
-Yeah. Yeah.
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MARTY:
Interesting.
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Just keeps getting
more interesting.
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-Yeah. Okay.
-Okay, I can do that.
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NARRATOR:
Since the Laginas'
and their partners' purchase
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of Lot 5 one year ago,
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Laird and his colleagues
have been mystified
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by the unique construction
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of this stone-lined,
circular depression,
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especially
when it was determined
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to have a 13-foot diameter,
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which matched the description
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of the original Money Pit
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when it was
first discovered in 1795.
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However, one week ago,
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the team discovered
a piece of pottery
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that could date back to
as early as the 17th century,
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along with an iron latch.
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A latch that when analyzed
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by archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan,
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was determined to have
the exact same composition
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as other artifacts
directly connected
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to Sir William Phips,
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the 17th century English
politician and privateer
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who is believed by some
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to have buried treasure
in the Money Pit
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around 1687.
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LAIRD:
We have a big rock here,
right in the wall.
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Maybe if you can
tickle it out a bit.
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-Oh, I'm sure I can.
-(Laird laughs)
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-FIONA: Yes.
-JAMIE: Nice.
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MARTY:
We've got a very mysterious,
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very old
round rock structure
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which is still being excavated,
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but it's full of artifacts,
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with no record
of human habitation.
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Then Laird
lets me know that
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I can do something I am fond of,
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which is to pull
the big rocks, at least, off
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with the backhoe.
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FIONA:
Well, that really helps.
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MARTY:
And that is going to get
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the ball rolling really fast
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and so I'm eager to do it.
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Yeah, that's it, right?
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-LAIRD: Yep. That's good.
-Okay.
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LAIRD:
We're starting
to see a wall. Maybe?
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There should be
another 90-degree corner
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-somewhere over there?
-That's the hope.
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So, ideally, we'd find the base
of a nice structure here.
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MARTY:
It's pretty kind of
hard to believe.
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I mean, this is massive
and yet not...
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not any reference to it.
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-Yeah.
-It, yeah, it's very odd.
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It was quite an occupation
for the time. Isn't it?
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Yeah, it was
a substantial structure.
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People weren't here
for just a month, were they?
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-JAMIE: No.
-No.
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I mean, we really
don't know what
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this structure
was used for at all.
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LAIRD:
Not at the moment, no.
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JACK:
Because there could have
been some feature here
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-that was older.
-Yeah.
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That's why we need
to get rid of this stuff
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and come down on the good stuff.
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I think, Jamie,
the first thing you work on
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is to the right
where the rock came out of.
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JAMIE:
Yeah, absolutely.
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That's gonna be my first area
of attack for sure.
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-Yeah.
-MARTY: Okay.
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Well, I'm hoping it yields
some clues to what we're after.
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-Carry on.
-All right, thank you.
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-Thanks, Marty.
-Yeah.
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JAMIE:
Thank you.
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LAIRD:
All right. In we go.
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The ultimate goal is to find
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artifacts at the bottom
of the feature
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and get a better idea
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of when this structure
was built.
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We know nothing about it.
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We don't know who was there.
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Uh, we don't know
why they were there.
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And we don't know
when they were there.
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So, this is a first step for us
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to solving those questions.
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Oh. Hey, Laird.
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Yep.
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You might want to stop
what you're doing
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and come take a look
at this, my friend.
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This is definitely the largest
artifact we've found here.
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I can guarantee that.
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What?
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-JAMIE: How about that?
-LAIRD: Oh, wow.
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FIONA: You think you can get it
out in one piece?
-Oh, yeah.
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FIONA:
Oh, lovely!
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JAMIE:
This is incredible!
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NARRATOR: While investigating
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the mysterious circular
feature on Lot 5,
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Jack Begley
and members of the team
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have just made a potentially
important discovery.
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JACK:
That is a big piece
of pottery, isn't it?
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LAIRD:
It's coarse earthenware.
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-We call it Anglo American ware.
-JAMIE: Okay.
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LAIRD:
So, it's either from England
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or it's from
possibly Pennsylvania.
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Uh, would've been
a large cooking vessel.
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When do you think
that'd date to?
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So, very broadly,
second half of the 1700s,
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-like maybe 1770s.
-Oh, wow.
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NARRATOR:
A large piece of pottery,
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that may predate
the discovery of the Money Pit
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by more than two decades?
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Was it left behind by those
who created this feature?
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Or by someone who found it
already in place?
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LAIRD:
Cool. You have a bag?
249
00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,333
FIONA:
I do. It's over in my knapsack.
250
00:10:27,542 --> 00:10:29,000
All right. I'll go put it there.
251
00:10:29,208 --> 00:10:30,458
-Thanks.
-Great find.
252
00:10:30,625 --> 00:10:32,167
Okay, let's find
the rest of it now.
253
00:10:32,375 --> 00:10:35,417
NARRATOR:
As Jack Begley
and members of the team
254
00:10:35,583 --> 00:10:36,958
look for additional clues
255
00:10:37,083 --> 00:10:39,583
in the circular depression
on Lot 5...
256
00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:42,500
-Away we go, mate!
-RICK: Okay.
257
00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:44,833
NARRATOR:
...less than 100 yards away
258
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Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton
259
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are searching an area
260
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where they have made some
of the oldest discoveries
261
00:10:50,875 --> 00:10:53,667
ever documented
not only on Oak Island
262
00:10:53,792 --> 00:10:56,083
but in all of North America.
263
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RICK:
You're about due
for a coin, Gary.
264
00:10:58,708 --> 00:11:01,542
I am, overdue a coin.
265
00:11:01,667 --> 00:11:04,625
-Yay! It's a coin!
-(laughter)
266
00:11:04,792 --> 00:11:06,333
NARRATOR:
One week ago,
267
00:11:06,542 --> 00:11:08,167
Gary, along with Rick,
268
00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:10,667
Marty and their partner
Craig Tester...
269
00:11:10,875 --> 00:11:13,333
SANDY:
This is clearly Roman design.
270
00:11:13,458 --> 00:11:16,958
-(laughter)
-Roman, baby!
271
00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:20,333
NARRATOR:
...unearthed four
ancient coins in this area,
272
00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:22,042
making a total of five
273
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that have been discovered
in the past year.
274
00:11:24,833 --> 00:11:26,833
Incredibly,
three of these coins
275
00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:29,833
have been determined
by numismatist Sandy Campbell
276
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to date between
500 AD and 300 BC
277
00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:37,917
and to also be of Roman origin.
278
00:11:39,750 --> 00:11:42,333
RICK:
Lot 5 is a complete mystery.
279
00:11:42,458 --> 00:11:46,375
It's a mystery in terms
of the man-made constructs,
280
00:11:46,542 --> 00:11:48,042
uh, the kinds of artifacts
281
00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:49,500
that have come out
of the ground,
282
00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:51,500
it's mystifying.
283
00:11:51,667 --> 00:11:54,583
GARY:
It's got to come out,
'cause I don't know what it is.
284
00:11:54,750 --> 00:11:57,083
-Right in the middle, mate.
-Okay.
285
00:12:07,625 --> 00:12:09,375
GARY:
Thank you, sir.
286
00:12:09,583 --> 00:12:11,000
(detector beeping)
287
00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:13,792
Sounds a little bit better now.
288
00:12:15,042 --> 00:12:17,375
(beeping)
289
00:12:20,792 --> 00:12:22,375
RICK:
Come on, be something.
290
00:12:24,750 --> 00:12:27,250
Some kind of strap.
291
00:12:28,542 --> 00:12:31,625
And this looks like
it goes down,
292
00:12:31,792 --> 00:12:34,583
like to a point there,
and then down there.
293
00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:38,125
It's almost decorative.
Like a decorative strap.
294
00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:39,833
RICK:
Mm-hmm. Yeah, it could be
just something
295
00:12:40,042 --> 00:12:41,833
broken off of something else.
296
00:12:42,042 --> 00:12:48,000
Yeah, a lot of these straps
were around boxes, or chests.
297
00:12:48,083 --> 00:12:51,000
-That would be cool.
-There you go.
298
00:12:51,125 --> 00:12:53,958
I would imagine this has
something to do with whatever
299
00:12:54,125 --> 00:12:57,042
that depression is over there.
300
00:12:57,208 --> 00:13:00,333
NARRATOR: A strap?
Possibly from a box?
301
00:13:00,542 --> 00:13:01,500
Or chest?
302
00:13:01,708 --> 00:13:03,750
Could Gary be correct
303
00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:05,500
that it might be related
304
00:13:05,667 --> 00:13:07,750
to the nearby
circular depression?
305
00:13:07,917 --> 00:13:10,333
Or might it
possibly be connected
306
00:13:10,542 --> 00:13:12,208
to the numerous Roman coins
307
00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:14,750
that the team
has found in this area?
308
00:13:15,375 --> 00:13:18,625
GARY:
That CT scanner will give us
a good view of this.
309
00:13:18,792 --> 00:13:21,667
At that point, you no longer
have to speculate
310
00:13:21,792 --> 00:13:25,000
as to what it is, you speculate
as to its purpose.
311
00:13:25,167 --> 00:13:27,667
-Yeah.
-RICK: The information that Emma
312
00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,292
and the, uh, CT scan
will provide,
313
00:13:30,458 --> 00:13:33,333
might be very highly
revealing what it means
314
00:13:33,542 --> 00:13:34,958
to the feature on Lot 5.
315
00:13:35,083 --> 00:13:36,833
You can't argue
with the science.
316
00:13:36,958 --> 00:13:38,583
It will be what it will be,
317
00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:41,042
and hopefully that information
318
00:13:41,208 --> 00:13:43,208
connects up
to the greater mystery.
319
00:13:43,375 --> 00:13:46,500
GARY:
Let's see if we can
rustle up another find.
320
00:13:46,667 --> 00:13:48,583
(detector beeping)
321
00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:50,667
(beeping rapidly)
322
00:13:50,750 --> 00:13:53,000
We've got something
in this area.
323
00:13:53,167 --> 00:13:55,792
Let me just brush the stuff away
324
00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,208
and then take
another swing, all right?
325
00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:02,208
(detector beeping)
326
00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:06,792
Not sure what it is.
It's this side of that root.
327
00:14:08,375 --> 00:14:10,792
(grunts) Wow.
328
00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:16,208
It's not an easy one.
329
00:14:18,875 --> 00:14:20,583
GARY:
Huh.
330
00:14:20,708 --> 00:14:23,708
(detector beeping)
331
00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:26,417
Think it's out.
332
00:14:26,583 --> 00:14:31,500
-Could be iron.
-(beeping)
333
00:14:31,625 --> 00:14:33,250
It is iron.
334
00:14:34,417 --> 00:14:36,417
Chunky iron. Look at that.
335
00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,958
The heck is that?
336
00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:42,000
No idea.
337
00:14:42,167 --> 00:14:44,833
-Heavy?
-Oh, yeah. It's heavy.
338
00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,583
Well, I believe
this is some kind of fastener
339
00:14:47,792 --> 00:14:49,417
by the look of it.
340
00:14:49,542 --> 00:14:52,042
-Mm-hmm.
-And it could be
a rose-head type fastener.
341
00:14:52,208 --> 00:14:53,958
It's old.
342
00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:56,667
A lot of that old,
hand-forged iron
343
00:14:56,833 --> 00:14:58,375
tends to be on the heavy side.
344
00:14:58,542 --> 00:15:00,333
RICK:
Well, we're close
345
00:15:00,542 --> 00:15:02,667
to the most prominent
feature on Lot 5, right?
346
00:15:02,833 --> 00:15:05,125
And if there was a structure,
347
00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:06,667
what do you need to put
a structure together?
348
00:15:06,833 --> 00:15:08,792
-The fasteners, right?
-Yeah.
349
00:15:08,958 --> 00:15:11,167
RICK:
Why are we finding bits of iron
350
00:15:11,292 --> 00:15:13,875
on lots where
significant finds are made?
351
00:15:14,042 --> 00:15:16,625
It is very strange
given the fact that
352
00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:18,625
iron was a valuable resource,
353
00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,500
and you wouldn't just waste it.
354
00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:23,667
So, what is the explanation?
355
00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,250
As of yet,
I don't think we know.
356
00:15:25,417 --> 00:15:28,083
And these are the type of things
that you show to Carmen.
357
00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:30,167
And you never know, it could be
358
00:15:30,375 --> 00:15:32,792
more than what we believe it is.
359
00:15:32,958 --> 00:15:35,250
-Adding to the story on Lot 5.
-Yep.
360
00:15:36,417 --> 00:15:38,000
Emma's gonna be busy.
361
00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,417
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
362
00:15:43,917 --> 00:15:45,000
TERRY:
This is the one, gentlemen.
363
00:15:45,125 --> 00:15:46,917
This could be
the one, right here.
364
00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:50,958
-Hi, guys.
-Oh, hi, guys.
365
00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:52,750
-Hey.
-What's going on?
366
00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:54,500
Uh, we're just pushing
to 108 right now.
367
00:15:54,583 --> 00:15:58,375
NARRATOR:
...Marty Lagina
and his son Alex
368
00:15:58,542 --> 00:16:00,375
join Craig Tester
and other members of the team
369
00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,042
in the Money Pit area.
370
00:16:02,208 --> 00:16:06,917
-We're going from 98 to 108.
-Okay!
371
00:16:08,792 --> 00:16:13,958
NARRATOR:
...as the drilling operation
in borehole D.5N-26.5
372
00:16:14,083 --> 00:16:15,958
has now reached the target depth
373
00:16:16,125 --> 00:16:17,917
where they hope
to encounter a tunnel
374
00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:20,750
and evidence of buried treasure.
375
00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:26,083
Now, this is really the money
stroke here from 98 to 108.
376
00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:28,000
We'll pull that up.
I mean, right there,
377
00:16:28,167 --> 00:16:29,167
that should have
top to bottom
378
00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:30,875
our intersection of the tunnel.
379
00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:32,667
If there is a tunnel.
380
00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:33,708
-What do we got, Mike?
-108.
381
00:16:33,875 --> 00:16:35,250
108. Great.
382
00:16:35,417 --> 00:16:39,500
Oh, here we go.
Another one right here.
383
00:16:39,625 --> 00:16:41,667
There's wood. We got it!
384
00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:43,333
-What?
-Really?
385
00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,333
Right on. Excellent.
386
00:16:45,542 --> 00:16:47,083
Wow.
387
00:16:49,167 --> 00:16:50,542
-106 probably?
-Yeah.
388
00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:51,917
Yep.
389
00:16:52,083 --> 00:16:53,792
It's back up higher here.
390
00:16:53,958 --> 00:16:55,375
There's wood there as well, yep.
391
00:16:59,083 --> 00:17:00,500
CHARLES:
Comin' in!
392
00:17:02,708 --> 00:17:06,458
-Thanks, Mike.
-Thanks, Mike.
393
00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,375
Perhaps another piece?
394
00:17:10,458 --> 00:17:15,333
Wow. About 106 and a half,
we intersected that beam.
395
00:17:15,458 --> 00:17:19,958
This does in no way resemble
soft, tight, dense maroon till.
396
00:17:20,167 --> 00:17:22,333
This is very soft and slushy.
397
00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:23,667
-Interesting.
-Terry, is that--
398
00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:25,042
Is that another chunk?
399
00:17:25,208 --> 00:17:28,125
Something there.
What's that? What's that?
400
00:17:28,250 --> 00:17:30,708
SCOTT:
Oh, yeah, that's a nice chunk
right there.
401
00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:32,542
Another good
chunk of it right here.
402
00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:34,000
TERRY:
Wow.
403
00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:36,625
SCOTT:
Lots of little flecks in here.
404
00:17:36,792 --> 00:17:40,125
So, we see kind of a debris
trail here, coming down.
405
00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:42,750
And we get bigger and bigger
as we come down
406
00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:43,958
toward the chunk
at the bottom here.
407
00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:46,417
There it is, guys.
408
00:17:46,583 --> 00:17:47,833
We must be close to some type
of a structure.
409
00:17:48,042 --> 00:17:50,625
And I'm guessing...
410
00:17:50,792 --> 00:17:52,250
it's probably a tunnel.
411
00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:00,750
TERRY:
It's got to be a tunnel.
412
00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:02,542
Is it the same structure?
413
00:18:02,708 --> 00:18:04,667
-We're not sure.
-ALEX: It's possible.
414
00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:06,875
NARRATOR:
In the Money Pit area,
415
00:18:07,083 --> 00:18:09,333
the Oak Island team
has just recovered
416
00:18:09,542 --> 00:18:11,292
evidence of a possible tunnel
417
00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:13,833
several feet east
of the Garden Shaft.
418
00:18:13,958 --> 00:18:15,333
The question is:
419
00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:17,167
could it be the same tunnel
420
00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:20,000
believed to run
directly below the feature
421
00:18:20,125 --> 00:18:21,542
and into the Baby Blob
422
00:18:21,708 --> 00:18:23,917
where they have detected
high-trace evidence
423
00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:26,458
of both silver and gold?
424
00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,792
-Hi, Rick. How you doing?
-RICK: Hey.
425
00:18:30,917 --> 00:18:32,208
Core is down at that end.
426
00:18:32,417 --> 00:18:34,750
Go on down there.
Brief him, Scott.
427
00:18:35,792 --> 00:18:39,583
Well, you can see in this
core we've been finding wood.
428
00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:43,625
It really kind of
picks up here to here.
429
00:18:43,750 --> 00:18:46,333
And you'll notice it's
on a pretty good line
430
00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:47,833
with the Garden Shaft tunnel,
431
00:18:47,958 --> 00:18:49,792
which we find
over on the west side.
432
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,958
Rick, that wood right there
433
00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:54,167
matches pretty much exactly.
434
00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,833
Yep. This could
potentially be our first hit
435
00:18:57,042 --> 00:18:59,375
of the Garden Shaft tunnel
on this side.
436
00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:04,583
MARTY: The reason
it's likely, in my mind,
437
00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:06,292
that this wood
we just found is associated
438
00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:08,542
with the tunnel
underneath the Garden Shaft
439
00:19:08,708 --> 00:19:10,542
is because it lines up
440
00:19:10,708 --> 00:19:13,667
with other hits we have
to the west
441
00:19:13,875 --> 00:19:16,083
and it's at the proper depth.
442
00:19:16,292 --> 00:19:18,500
This one is a mystery tunnel.
443
00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,000
We don't know
where this one goes,
444
00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:22,750
we don't know who did it,
we don't know why.
445
00:19:22,917 --> 00:19:26,000
I think this thing
is proving to be very long,
446
00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:29,125
-and it's-it's mysterious.
-Yeah.
447
00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:32,833
I wonder if we couldn't
rush an expedited C-14 test.
448
00:19:33,042 --> 00:19:34,958
-Yes.
-Yes.
449
00:19:35,125 --> 00:19:39,333
The effort here is about
dating that structure.
450
00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,250
Does it reflect original work,
451
00:19:41,417 --> 00:19:43,333
or does it reflect
searcher work?
452
00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:47,292
And if it's not searcher,
it could lead to anything.
453
00:19:47,417 --> 00:19:49,958
It could lead
to an offset chamber.
454
00:19:50,083 --> 00:19:52,083
Well, I mean,
I think this is a good...
455
00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:53,292
a good discovery.
456
00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,958
This is the first wood
457
00:19:55,125 --> 00:19:56,250
we've gotten on the east side
458
00:19:56,417 --> 00:19:57,875
of the Garden Shaft.
459
00:19:58,042 --> 00:19:59,750
MARTY: Correct.
It's more verification,
460
00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:01,375
which makes it really exciting
461
00:20:01,542 --> 00:20:02,833
about what Dumas
is going to find
462
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:03,917
when they go down.
463
00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:06,375
But we have to keep following it
464
00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:07,875
because it could be a tunnel
465
00:20:08,042 --> 00:20:09,833
to the offset chamber
that we seek.
466
00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:13,167
NARRATOR:
Could Marty Lagina's
assessment be correct?
467
00:20:13,333 --> 00:20:16,417
Is it possible that when
Dumas Contracting Limited
468
00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:19,375
is permitted to extend
the bottom of the Garden Shaft
469
00:20:19,542 --> 00:20:21,375
they will encounter a tunnel
470
00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:23,625
that may lead them
to the fabled treasure
471
00:20:23,792 --> 00:20:25,833
that people have been
trying to find
472
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,875
for more than two centuries?
473
00:20:28,042 --> 00:20:29,500
MARTY:
We need to keep going.
474
00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,000
And I'd jump pretty far
this time. Like ten feet.
475
00:20:32,167 --> 00:20:34,292
Yep. We'll get more information
476
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,792
the closer we get
to the Garden Shaft itself.
477
00:20:36,917 --> 00:20:38,917
-I agree.
-Okay. Good.
478
00:20:39,083 --> 00:20:42,083
Let's follow it
and see what it is.
479
00:20:42,292 --> 00:20:44,292
MARTY:
Okay. Let's pick a hole.
480
00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,250
STEVE:
Sounds good.
481
00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:50,833
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
482
00:20:52,083 --> 00:20:53,292
IAN:
They just pushed in, right?
483
00:20:53,375 --> 00:20:54,500
CHARLES:
Yeah.
484
00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:57,500
He's got 30 feet
of core barrel on there.
485
00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:00,083
NARRATOR:
...as the drilling
of a new borehole
486
00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:02,833
known as D.5N-25.5
487
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,500
begins in the Money Pit area...
488
00:21:05,708 --> 00:21:08,083
-RICK: There he is.
-CARMEN: How are you?
489
00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:09,458
-Carmen.
-Hey, Carmen, how are you?
490
00:21:09,625 --> 00:21:11,458
-Not too bad.
-NARRATOR: Rick Lagina
491
00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:13,833
and members of the team meet
with blacksmithing expert
492
00:21:13,917 --> 00:21:17,792
Carmen Legge at the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre.
493
00:21:17,917 --> 00:21:20,542
As you see, we've got
a bunch of items here
494
00:21:20,708 --> 00:21:23,708
that have been recovered
from a specific lot of interest.
495
00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:25,167
I see that.
496
00:21:25,375 --> 00:21:26,625
NARRATOR:
Carmen has been invited
497
00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:29,125
to examine some of the artifacts
that were recently
498
00:21:29,292 --> 00:21:31,000
discovered on Lot 5,
499
00:21:31,167 --> 00:21:35,458
including a 17th century
iron latch that was unearthed
500
00:21:35,542 --> 00:21:39,208
in the mysterious circular
depression one week ago.
501
00:21:39,333 --> 00:21:41,333
CARMEN: Well, I'll start
with this one here,
502
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:43,833
because you can see
that it's a wedge
503
00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:47,000
about four inches long
with a ring through it.
504
00:21:47,083 --> 00:21:49,667
The thickness of it
indicates that it's very old.
505
00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:53,000
I'd like to see the...
the scan of this,
506
00:21:53,083 --> 00:21:54,250
uh, up on the screen for us.
507
00:21:54,458 --> 00:21:56,625
Yeah, sure thing.
508
00:21:56,792 --> 00:21:59,417
NARRATOR: In order to help
Carmen examine the artifact,
509
00:21:59,583 --> 00:22:02,542
Emma Culligan is
presenting an image
510
00:22:02,708 --> 00:22:04,292
that she generated using
511
00:22:04,458 --> 00:22:07,667
the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner.
512
00:22:07,875 --> 00:22:11,667
The device emits
X-ray radiation,
513
00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:14,750
which can penetrate corrosion
and sediment on objects
514
00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:17,167
to produce
three-dimensional images
515
00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:20,083
of them and their finer details.
516
00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:23,125
RICK:
Does that help you at all?
517
00:22:23,292 --> 00:22:24,458
Oh, yes, certainly does, yeah,
518
00:22:24,625 --> 00:22:26,792
'cause you can see
down at the bottom there,
519
00:22:26,958 --> 00:22:29,792
there's a certain amount
of wear onto it as well.
520
00:22:31,542 --> 00:22:33,583
Hey, can you turn it around
so I can see the top?
521
00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:40,958
Yeah, that looks like it wasn't
used for repeated use...
522
00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:48,000
So it was inserted in whatever
it was into and left.
523
00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:52,875
It would be nice
to be able to analyze
524
00:22:53,042 --> 00:22:55,542
-the metal, as well.
-Emma?
525
00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:59,917
So, the ring bolt's got
no modern indicators.
526
00:23:00,083 --> 00:23:03,792
And it's got the potassium
and calcium content throughout,
527
00:23:03,958 --> 00:23:07,500
consistently matching
with old context metal.
528
00:23:07,708 --> 00:23:10,000
But the most
interesting thing about
529
00:23:10,167 --> 00:23:12,250
this one is that it matched,
530
00:23:12,375 --> 00:23:14,375
100% sensitivity,
531
00:23:14,583 --> 00:23:17,250
with artifacts
from the William Phips site.
532
00:23:17,417 --> 00:23:20,583
Yeah, at least 17th century.
533
00:23:20,750 --> 00:23:24,125
-Yeah.
-RICK: When William Phips
recovered
534
00:23:24,292 --> 00:23:26,125
gold and silver
from the Concepcíon,
535
00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:27,792
the salvage of the Concepcíon,
536
00:23:27,958 --> 00:23:31,208
there is, uh...
a growing body of evidence
537
00:23:31,375 --> 00:23:33,625
that perhaps he came here.
538
00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,750
We know that Phips
found silver on the Concepcíon.
539
00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:39,917
And I believe
some of the treasure
540
00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:42,458
from the Concepcíon was
secreted to Oak Island.
541
00:23:42,625 --> 00:23:43,958
Very interesting.
542
00:23:44,125 --> 00:23:45,458
NARRATOR:
In 2019,
543
00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:47,542
32nd-Degree Freemason
544
00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:50,250
Scott Clarke presented
a stunning theory
545
00:23:50,417 --> 00:23:52,250
to Rick and members of the team.
546
00:23:52,375 --> 00:23:56,167
According to his research,
in 1687,
547
00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:59,750
the English politician turned
privateer, Sir William Phips,
548
00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:02,917
conspired
with a high-ranking Freemason
549
00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:05,667
named Captain Andrew Belcher
to bury
550
00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:07,875
a vast cache of treasure
in the Money Pit,
551
00:24:08,042 --> 00:24:11,667
which they had salvaged
from the Concepcíon,
552
00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:14,542
a famed Spanish galleon
that sank
553
00:24:14,667 --> 00:24:16,417
off the coast
of the Dominican Republic
554
00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,583
in 1641...
555
00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:22,833
while transporting
more than 100 tons of gold,
556
00:24:23,042 --> 00:24:25,042
silver and jewels.
557
00:24:25,208 --> 00:24:27,833
I was contacted
by Frank White who had some
558
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,417
archaeological artifacts from
the William Phips birthplace.
559
00:24:31,583 --> 00:24:34,625
NARRATOR: Since that meeting,
Emma and Laird obtained
560
00:24:34,792 --> 00:24:37,042
and analyzed a number
of metal artifacts
561
00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:40,250
that are known to have
belonged to Sir William Phips.
562
00:24:40,458 --> 00:24:44,542
And, incredibly, the artifact
found in the circular depression
563
00:24:44,708 --> 00:24:47,458
on Lot 5 is
an exact compositional match
564
00:24:47,625 --> 00:24:49,708
to those objects.
565
00:24:49,833 --> 00:24:51,292
JACK:
What would that be used for?
566
00:24:51,458 --> 00:24:52,458
CARMEN:
Well,
567
00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,458
the wedge part could be used
568
00:24:54,625 --> 00:24:56,833
for driving into wood or rock.
569
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,500
My guess is-is,
it was driven into wood.
570
00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:03,583
It could be used
for many purposes.
571
00:25:16,792 --> 00:25:19,125
-GARY: Wow.
-JACK: Yeah!
572
00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:25,750
CARMEN: If you wanted to hoist
something or lower something
573
00:25:25,917 --> 00:25:27,833
into the ground you would
use something like that.
574
00:25:28,042 --> 00:25:29,958
Wow.
575
00:25:30,125 --> 00:25:32,500
NARRATOR: In the Oak Island
Interpretive Centre
576
00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:35,000
blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge has just
577
00:25:35,208 --> 00:25:38,708
informed Rick Lagina
and members of the team that
578
00:25:38,875 --> 00:25:40,667
the metal latch found
in the circular depression
579
00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:44,042
on Lot 5, and which is
believed to be connected
580
00:25:44,208 --> 00:25:47,667
to the 17th century privateer
Sir William Phips
581
00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:52,167
may have been used to place
heavy cargo underground.
582
00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:56,792
We have the possible Phips
connection in the metallurgy,
583
00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:59,500
though I'm not sure
what that tells us other
584
00:25:59,667 --> 00:26:02,458
than that feature
continues to be interesting.
585
00:26:02,667 --> 00:26:05,083
GARY:
What I see here is connections
586
00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:07,667
to a certain story from 1795.
587
00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:10,458
-(laughter)
-Hoists, block and tackles.
588
00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:12,625
We do know
he was in Nova Scotia.
589
00:26:12,792 --> 00:26:15,708
If there was an enterprise
conducted here on the part
590
00:26:15,833 --> 00:26:18,833
of Phips, there would be
many more objects to find.
591
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,875
But we are not done with Lot 5.
592
00:26:22,042 --> 00:26:25,250
So it may yet prove to be
a very interesting find.
593
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,042
Perhaps even significant.
594
00:26:27,208 --> 00:26:28,917
What's next, Carmen?
595
00:26:29,042 --> 00:26:31,000
Um, I think I'll go over
to this one here now.
596
00:26:31,167 --> 00:26:33,250
GARY: I'll give you
a little bit of context
597
00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:35,417
on that chunky piece of iron.
598
00:26:35,542 --> 00:26:38,542
Found on Lot 5
and when it first came up,
599
00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:42,750
I knew it was old
because it's nice and heavy.
600
00:26:42,875 --> 00:26:44,833
And it just had a feel like
601
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000
it was some kind of broken tool
to me or a fastener.
602
00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:51,083
It's very old.
603
00:26:51,250 --> 00:26:53,167
This is much older.
604
00:26:53,292 --> 00:26:55,667
Can we have a, uh, scan of that?
605
00:26:55,792 --> 00:26:58,625
-I need to see the head.
-The head? Yep.
606
00:26:59,833 --> 00:27:02,167
CARMEN: From what I see there,
on the head there,
607
00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:04,708
it looks like it's
a broken end off of something.
608
00:27:04,875 --> 00:27:06,875
-GARY: Yeah.
-JACK: It looks to me
like it could be
609
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:09,125
-some sort of a chisel.
-Yes. This could be a, uh,
610
00:27:09,292 --> 00:27:12,125
tool that could be used
for mining or tunneling.
611
00:27:12,292 --> 00:27:15,833
Wow. And with the size that
you've got in your hand, mate,
612
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,208
how much bigger
would it have been?
613
00:27:19,208 --> 00:27:21,250
CARMEN: Lengthwise, you'd
probably be looking at a foot.
614
00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:23,000
If it's shorter than that,
615
00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:25,542
again, it might not be
long enough to fulfill
616
00:27:25,708 --> 00:27:28,333
the purpose
of what you want it for.
617
00:27:28,458 --> 00:27:29,958
Could we see
the metallurgy, Emma?
618
00:27:30,042 --> 00:27:31,375
Sure thing.
619
00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,167
No modern elements.
620
00:27:35,333 --> 00:27:36,792
Potassium and calcium.
621
00:27:36,958 --> 00:27:39,583
So it's, it's an older metal.
622
00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:43,542
So we've got a lot
of old fasteners and tools,
623
00:27:43,708 --> 00:27:45,042
and more to come, mate.
624
00:27:45,208 --> 00:27:47,375
Yeah. I'll go
with this one here next.
625
00:27:51,292 --> 00:27:53,167
It looks like a bow tie strap.
626
00:27:53,333 --> 00:27:56,250
-You can see how...
Yeah, you can see the...
-You can see the bow tie.
627
00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:58,417
-What's a bow tie strap?
-CARMEN:
It was a decorative piece.
628
00:27:58,542 --> 00:27:59,917
It added decoration to it.
629
00:28:00,083 --> 00:28:02,500
It would be narrow,
wide, narrow, wide.
630
00:28:02,708 --> 00:28:04,708
All the way around
to decorate a chest.
631
00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:07,875
-Oh, so, specifically,
chest decorations?
-Yeah.
632
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,792
-Wooden boxes and chest.
-Okay.
633
00:28:09,958 --> 00:28:11,750
RICK:
That's exceedingly interesting.
634
00:28:11,875 --> 00:28:14,000
Is there a cultural influence?
635
00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:15,750
Yes.
636
00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:19,167
-French.
-Really?
637
00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:20,292
-CARMEN: Yeah.
-Wow.
638
00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:31,000
NARRATOR:
A decorative strap from a chest?
639
00:28:31,208 --> 00:28:34,250
One that is not only
possibly of French origin,
640
00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:37,000
but may also
predate the 17th century?
641
00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:41,250
If so,
who brought it to Oak Island?
642
00:28:41,417 --> 00:28:45,000
We've found important
artifacts that have been French.
643
00:28:45,208 --> 00:28:47,250
We can't forget,
of course, the lead cross
644
00:28:47,375 --> 00:28:49,208
where the testing has
indicated that the lead came
645
00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:51,000
from the southern part of
France, so...
646
00:28:51,167 --> 00:28:52,875
Yeah. Doesn't get
any better than that.
647
00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:54,708
It's curious
that this stuff is found
648
00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:56,667
near an area on the Zena map
649
00:28:56,792 --> 00:28:59,000
that is a French map,
650
00:28:59,167 --> 00:29:01,833
that is a possible location
for a hatch.
651
00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:06,792
NARRATOR: In 2016,
the late author and researcher
652
00:29:06,917 --> 00:29:10,125
Zena Halpern
presented maps of Nova Scotia
653
00:29:10,292 --> 00:29:12,417
and Oak Island
featuring French writing,
654
00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,333
and what she believed
had been created between
655
00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:19,792
the 12th and 14th centuries by
members of the Knights Templar.
656
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,542
This led Zena to theorize
that Oak Island
657
00:29:22,708 --> 00:29:24,250
had been visited numerous times
658
00:29:24,417 --> 00:29:26,167
by the Templars
and related organizations
659
00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:29,833
such as the Freemasons
in order to hide
660
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,500
sacred valuables.
661
00:29:31,708 --> 00:29:33,583
Is it possible
662
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:34,833
that the discoveries made
663
00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:36,917
by Rick, Marty and their team,
664
00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:40,833
such as the lead cross and
the numerous finds on Lot 5
665
00:29:40,958 --> 00:29:43,125
that predate the discovery
of the Money Pit,
666
00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:46,958
offer mounting evidence
that Zena's theory is true?
667
00:29:47,125 --> 00:29:50,792
RICK: We have long puzzled
about the possibility
668
00:29:50,958 --> 00:29:53,458
that these French items,
the lead cross
669
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,708
and Zena's map were associated
670
00:29:55,875 --> 00:29:58,000
with some depositional work.
671
00:29:58,167 --> 00:30:01,208
I have always believed
that this work
672
00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:03,667
on Oak Island,
the original deposition work,
673
00:30:03,875 --> 00:30:06,125
was started incredibly early.
674
00:30:06,250 --> 00:30:09,208
We just have to fill in
the gaps more precisely,
675
00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:11,792
more accurately,
more definitively.
676
00:30:11,958 --> 00:30:14,292
But it's very interesting.
677
00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:17,292
CARMEN: The artifacts
you've shown me over the years,
678
00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:18,792
is very unique.
679
00:30:18,875 --> 00:30:20,500
There's artifacts
coming out of Oak Island
680
00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:22,083
that I haven't
seen anywhere else.
681
00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:25,417
That's the reason
for this type of analysis.
682
00:30:25,583 --> 00:30:28,292
What we are trying to do
is come to an understanding
683
00:30:28,458 --> 00:30:30,625
of what the item
represents in terms of the...
684
00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:32,542
complexity of the story
on Oak Island.
685
00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:34,667
It's not a simple process.
686
00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,667
GARY: Makes me want to
get back to Lot 5
687
00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:38,958
-and find some more.
-Well, let's have at her.
688
00:30:39,083 --> 00:30:40,708
That's why we have
a lot more to dig.
689
00:30:40,917 --> 00:30:42,167
We have a lot more to excavate.
690
00:30:42,333 --> 00:30:45,042
All I can say, Carmen,
is thank you.
691
00:30:45,208 --> 00:30:46,292
Appreciate it.
692
00:30:46,417 --> 00:30:47,833
CARMEN:
See you later.
693
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,542
NARRATOR: As the team
concludes their meeting
694
00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:51,250
at the Interpretive Centre...
695
00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:53,708
STEVE: As long as this
borehole stays straight,
696
00:30:53,875 --> 00:30:56,000
-we should hit the tunnel below.
-CHARLES: Sounds good.
697
00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:58,083
NARRATOR: Surveyor
Steve Guptill, Oak Island
698
00:30:58,250 --> 00:31:00,500
historian Charles Barkhouse
699
00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,042
and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
700
00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:05,667
continue monitoring
the drilling operation
701
00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:09,500
in borehole D.5N-25.5.
702
00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:10,708
He's got something else coming.
703
00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:12,292
NARRATOR:
A borehole
704
00:31:12,458 --> 00:31:15,208
located several feet
east of the Garden Shaft
705
00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:17,125
where they hope
to encounter a tunnel
706
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:19,625
at a depth of some 105 feet
707
00:31:19,792 --> 00:31:23,042
and more evidence
of precious metals.
708
00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:25,208
STEVE:
The elevation of the wood
that we've been finding
709
00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:28,208
in this area, matches the wood
that we found for the tunnel
710
00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:30,333
that goes
under the Garden Shaft.
711
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:32,333
All I'm saying is
I hope we hit wood again.
712
00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:34,833
-CHARLES: Yeah.
-STEVE: Got a core?
713
00:31:35,042 --> 00:31:37,500
-This is 98 feet.
-OTHERS: 98!
714
00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,208
CHARLES:
Let's hope it's a good one.
715
00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:46,417
IAN:
Thank you. Look at that.
716
00:31:46,583 --> 00:31:49,333
-It gets soft right here.
-STEVE: Oh, yeah,
you can feel it.
717
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:51,417
-You can see it.
-IAN: Yeah. You can see it.
718
00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:53,917
You can take it and you can
just break it apart.
719
00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:55,667
Different color, too.
720
00:31:55,833 --> 00:31:57,917
What this means to me,
721
00:31:58,125 --> 00:31:59,792
when you get those
different colors,
722
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,917
it's not standard gray till,
723
00:32:02,083 --> 00:32:03,750
it is possible
that you're in disturbed ground.
724
00:32:03,958 --> 00:32:06,500
To me it looks odd.
725
00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:07,833
-It does look odd.
-IAN: Yeah.
726
00:32:08,042 --> 00:32:09,167
CHARLES:
Core coming out.
727
00:32:09,333 --> 00:32:11,000
Let's go, guys.
728
00:32:11,125 --> 00:32:12,500
Looks like they got a full run.
729
00:32:12,708 --> 00:32:14,042
They've got a full run.
730
00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:18,000
What've you got?
731
00:32:18,208 --> 00:32:19,625
Uh, 104 and a half.
732
00:32:20,833 --> 00:32:22,875
STEVE:
This is just slush.
733
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,083
This would be
the depth of the tunnel.
734
00:32:25,250 --> 00:32:26,917
So we might be inside of it.
735
00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:32,292
Seeing any wood?
736
00:32:34,375 --> 00:32:36,250
-We got a little bit.
-IAN: Are you sure?
737
00:32:36,417 --> 00:32:38,083
There's a little bit,
just a little bit of...
738
00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:40,792
wood debris at the bottom here.
739
00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:43,000
IAN:
Yeah. That-That's wood.
740
00:32:43,167 --> 00:32:45,917
-What we've got here is
a tunnel.
-Yep.
741
00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:48,458
I would say we are
probably inside the tunnel.
742
00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:50,042
-Right.
-Yep.
743
00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:52,167
CHARLES:
Very, very interesting.
744
00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:56,875
STEVE: Well, we've got
Craig and Scott coming.
745
00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:59,000
-Just in time.
-CRAIG: Gentlemen!
746
00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,542
-STEVE: Hey, guys. How ya doing?
-Good.
747
00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:03,167
You guys joined the party
at the right time.
748
00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:06,000
NARRATOR: It is an exciting
moment for the Oak Island
749
00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:07,833
team in the Money Pit area.
750
00:33:07,958 --> 00:33:09,083
IAN:
There's the wood. If you look
751
00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:11,333
around in there,
you can find little bits.
752
00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,500
NARRATOR:
Nearly 105 feet deep
753
00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:17,333
in borehole D.5N-25.5,
754
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:20,292
they have once again
drilled into a possible tunnel.
755
00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:22,833
A tunnel that may lead
to the source
756
00:33:23,042 --> 00:33:24,500
of the precious metals,
757
00:33:24,708 --> 00:33:25,833
which have been detected
758
00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:27,333
at the same approximate depth
759
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:31,083
within a 20-foot radius
of the Garden Shaft.
760
00:33:32,792 --> 00:33:34,083
STEVE:
I do think this is the tunnel
761
00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:36,125
that goes
under the Garden Shaft.
762
00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:39,167
-Everything lines up
too well not to be.
-Okay.
763
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:41,292
Typically, we've been going
out the bottom of it at 106.
764
00:33:41,458 --> 00:33:43,792
-Yeah.
-So I think the next drill,
765
00:33:43,958 --> 00:33:45,333
if we hit wood,
we should have the bottom.
766
00:33:45,542 --> 00:33:46,583
CRAIG:
Potentially.
767
00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:48,250
We'll see,
we'll see what comes up.
768
00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:52,000
The way this tunnel
is positioned,
769
00:33:52,167 --> 00:33:55,333
it is sure pointing
towards the Garden Shaft.
770
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,208
It's not one
of the searcher tunnels,
771
00:33:58,375 --> 00:34:01,583
so is it an original tunnel
leading the way to a vault?
772
00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:03,250
CHARLES:
We got a core coming!
773
00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:04,958
CRAIG: The water chemistry
is telling us
774
00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:07,292
it's a very important area,
775
00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,083
so we just need
to follow the tunnel.
776
00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:12,042
STEVE:
Here we go, fellas.
777
00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,000
What've you got, Mike?
778
00:34:14,125 --> 00:34:16,792
-111 and a half.
-111 and a half.
779
00:34:25,042 --> 00:34:27,083
SCOTT: There you go.
There's our wood.
780
00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,833
There's our tunnel.
781
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,125
-Right there.
-MIKE: Oh, yeah!
782
00:34:32,333 --> 00:34:35,000
So let's get a measurement on
that then. See where we're at.
783
00:34:35,167 --> 00:34:37,042
107 to the wood.
784
00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:39,458
-STEVE: Roughly, that's
the zone of interest.
-Right.
785
00:34:39,583 --> 00:34:42,250
-So this is matching up well.
-Yeah.
786
00:34:42,417 --> 00:34:44,500
Well, we definitely
have the tunnel.
787
00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:48,250
I mean, this is a floorboard
or ceiling board that fell down.
788
00:34:48,417 --> 00:34:50,333
But it's, you know,
it's definitely wood.
789
00:34:50,458 --> 00:34:52,542
It's definitely
at the interval we want.
790
00:34:52,708 --> 00:34:54,000
Yep.
791
00:34:54,208 --> 00:34:55,667
RICK:
We've hit this tunnel
792
00:34:55,875 --> 00:34:57,542
in multiple locations.
793
00:34:57,750 --> 00:35:02,167
I think we now have a certainty
at the elevation of this tunnel.
794
00:35:02,250 --> 00:35:05,167
Right now,
we have suspicions of a target.
795
00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:07,500
We don't have
a really hard target.
796
00:35:07,708 --> 00:35:10,625
And thus the reason
to try to follow that line
797
00:35:10,792 --> 00:35:12,667
of tunnel detection holes
798
00:35:12,833 --> 00:35:17,042
to understand the direction
that the tunnel is taking.
799
00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:20,208
Because we are going
to extend the Garden Shaft.
800
00:35:20,375 --> 00:35:22,042
And then there's
the possibility that we could
801
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,000
put in our own tunnel
and maybe it will
802
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:26,167
help us find the treasure.
803
00:35:26,375 --> 00:35:28,750
What about drilling another well
804
00:35:28,917 --> 00:35:30,333
in this area?
805
00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:32,042
Yeah. I think
that's the best thing
806
00:35:32,208 --> 00:35:33,250
-to do at this point.
-Okay.
807
00:35:33,417 --> 00:35:34,375
CRAIG:
All right!
808
00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:36,500
MIKE:
That sounds good.
809
00:35:40,625 --> 00:35:42,500
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
810
00:35:42,708 --> 00:35:45,333
RICK: What are we
looking at and what
811
00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:48,083
have we done,
from a scientific perspective,
812
00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:50,333
to understand the importance
813
00:35:50,542 --> 00:35:53,125
-of these finds?
-...in the Interpretive Centre
814
00:35:53,292 --> 00:35:55,500
Rick Lagina meets
with archaeometallurgist
815
00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:59,292
Emma Culligan and other members
of the team to receive
816
00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:02,333
her analysis of two wood samples
that were collected
817
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:06,042
from different boreholes
during the past two weeks.
818
00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:08,500
The first was obtained
819
00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:10,542
from borehole DN-12,
820
00:36:10,708 --> 00:36:13,333
which sets to the west
of the Garden Shaft
821
00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:16,250
in the Baby Blob
or possible treasure zone.
822
00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:19,375
While the second was taken
just several feet east
823
00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:21,333
of the Garden Shaft
in borehole
824
00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,833
D.5N-26.5.
825
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,375
STEVE: So we've spent a lot
of this year in the Money Pit
826
00:36:27,542 --> 00:36:29,583
looking for the tunnel that goes
under the Garden Shaft.
827
00:36:29,708 --> 00:36:31,583
And we've been trying to find it
on the west side, which would be
828
00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:34,667
this piece and the east side,
which is this piece
829
00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:36,458
if it's the same tunnel.
830
00:36:36,583 --> 00:36:38,333
And to add to that, too,
I mean, we know last year
831
00:36:38,542 --> 00:36:40,042
whenever they were digging
in the Garden Shaft,
832
00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:41,375
they were taking some samples
on the way down
833
00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:42,875
and we saw some gold
in the wood.
834
00:36:43,042 --> 00:36:44,542
We may see something
like that in this.
835
00:36:44,708 --> 00:36:46,667
Something to indicate that we're
still close to that source.
836
00:36:46,833 --> 00:36:50,208
And right now,
we are sort of at a stop gate.
837
00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:53,042
We've drilled a lot on
the west side, in the Baby Blob.
838
00:36:53,208 --> 00:36:54,667
And we're running out
of room on the east side.
839
00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:56,667
So any piece of information
she can give us is gonna
840
00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:58,417
help move this forward.
841
00:37:00,250 --> 00:37:01,583
NARRATOR:
Using a device known
842
00:37:01,792 --> 00:37:03,708
as an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer,
843
00:37:03,875 --> 00:37:06,333
Emma has conducted
elemental analysis
844
00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:08,875
on the two wood samples in order
845
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,292
to determine if either contain
evidence of precious metals.
846
00:37:13,458 --> 00:37:17,208
Well, I think the next turn
of events is up to Emma.
847
00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:19,333
-Right, Emma, what did we learn?
-Yep.
848
00:37:19,542 --> 00:37:23,500
So you do see a lot of, uh,
the potassium and aluminum,
849
00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:25,750
which is what
we're used to seeing.
850
00:37:25,917 --> 00:37:28,333
-RICK: Mm-hmm.
-Um...
851
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,333
Unfortunately,
no gold or silver or tin.
852
00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:35,375
But I am finding
points with palladium,
853
00:37:35,542 --> 00:37:37,375
which is something
that I was not
854
00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:39,500
expecting,
especially at that depth.
855
00:37:41,375 --> 00:37:45,083
.39, which is pretty high
for palladium.
856
00:37:45,250 --> 00:37:48,167
And the actual
geological association?
857
00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:51,083
I think Moya would be
a better judge of that.
858
00:37:51,208 --> 00:37:52,833
-Moya?
-Okay.
859
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,958
Palladium can be found
860
00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:56,625
in gold and platinum deposits.
861
00:37:56,750 --> 00:38:00,375
So, if there is
the gold treasure,
862
00:38:00,542 --> 00:38:04,250
maybe the gold
in the treasure was sourced
863
00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,917
from a gold palladium deposit.
864
00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:17,125
NARRATOR: In the Interpretive
Centre, Rick Lagina
865
00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:19,833
and members of the team
have just learned
866
00:38:20,042 --> 00:38:23,167
that two wood samples
obtained from a believed
867
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:27,542
tunnel located more than 90 feet
deep in the Money Pit area,
868
00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:31,500
and which may run
directly below the Garden Shaft
869
00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:34,333
contain high traces
of palladium,
870
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:37,292
a precious metal
that could be related
871
00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:40,000
to the fabled
Oak Island treasure.
872
00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:41,417
Is that for both pieces of wood?
873
00:38:41,542 --> 00:38:44,333
Yeah, so there
is exhibit on both pieces.
874
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:45,708
-Okay.
-EMMA: Yeah.
875
00:38:45,875 --> 00:38:47,042
Like, it's not
what I would be expecting.
876
00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:48,250
Right.
877
00:38:48,417 --> 00:38:50,083
MOYA:
So there isn't
878
00:38:50,292 --> 00:38:52,292
really a palladium deposit,
879
00:38:52,458 --> 00:38:54,250
like, here on this island,
880
00:38:54,417 --> 00:38:56,833
obviously, um,
but maybe there's, like, trace
881
00:38:57,042 --> 00:39:00,958
palladium within the treasure,
if there is treasure.
882
00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:04,875
NARRATOR:
First classified in 1803
883
00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:08,333
by the English chemist
William Hyde Wollaston,
884
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,000
in modern times palladium
885
00:39:11,167 --> 00:39:12,833
is commonly used to produce
886
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,708
hydro-carbon reducing devices
887
00:39:14,875 --> 00:39:17,583
such as catalytic converters
for automobiles.
888
00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:20,667
However,
it has often been associated
889
00:39:20,833 --> 00:39:23,792
with jewelry
made of gold, silver
890
00:39:23,917 --> 00:39:26,500
and platinum,
dating back to as early
891
00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:28,708
as the Ancient Egyptian era.
892
00:39:30,125 --> 00:39:33,625
It's not a common thing that you
find, especially around here.
893
00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:36,375
-That's even stranger then.
-Yeah.
894
00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:38,000
SCOTT: We should also
review the water data to see
895
00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:40,542
if there's any indication
of palladium in the water data.
896
00:39:40,708 --> 00:39:44,500
RICK: Palladium might be
associated with gold refining
897
00:39:44,708 --> 00:39:46,500
or gold being in the ground.
898
00:39:46,708 --> 00:39:48,833
That would be exceedingly
interesting to me.
899
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,750
We have a piece
of wood at an elevation
900
00:39:50,917 --> 00:39:53,417
we have
significant interest in, so
901
00:39:53,583 --> 00:39:56,667
it's not just a piece of wood,
it's a clue.
902
00:39:56,833 --> 00:39:59,500
And this clue needs
to be followed.
903
00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:01,417
STEVE:
This is great information.
904
00:40:01,625 --> 00:40:03,833
We have a trace on both that
suggests it's the same tunnel.
905
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,500
I think we need to get it dated,
so C-14 carbon dating.
906
00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:10,000
RICK: I mean, it's interesting
analysis, interesting breakdown.
907
00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:13,208
But let's retest and see what
happens and then go from there.
908
00:40:13,375 --> 00:40:14,667
We can learn something
from this,
909
00:40:14,833 --> 00:40:16,833
and it may be
highly instructive.
910
00:40:17,042 --> 00:40:20,667
Ultimately, data
like this will affect what
911
00:40:20,833 --> 00:40:23,000
decisions are made
regarding the Garden Shaft.
912
00:40:23,167 --> 00:40:25,208
Anyway, uh, thank you, Emma.
913
00:40:25,375 --> 00:40:27,667
-Thank you, yeah.
-As always, appreciate it.
914
00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:29,625
And I think the rest of us
need to go back out
915
00:40:29,833 --> 00:40:31,833
and to our specified work areas.
916
00:40:32,042 --> 00:40:33,333
Okay. Thanks, everybody.
917
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,708
ALEX:
Yep.
918
00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:36,958
NARRATOR:
After another week
919
00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:39,792
of surprising discoveries
on Oak Island,
920
00:40:39,917 --> 00:40:43,083
Rick, Marty,
Craig and their team
921
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:45,500
have good reason to believe
that they are close
922
00:40:45,708 --> 00:40:50,708
to the ultimate breakthrough
in a 228-year-old mystery.
923
00:40:51,792 --> 00:40:54,167
And while the evidence
that they have unearthed shows
924
00:40:54,375 --> 00:40:58,500
that the Money Pit is more
complex than anyone ever knew,
925
00:40:58,667 --> 00:41:01,542
the mounting clues suggest
that they are
926
00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:05,000
narrowing in on something
not only of great value,
927
00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:08,833
but, also,
incredible historic importance.
928
00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:13,333
But one looming question
still remains.
929
00:41:13,542 --> 00:41:16,167
Will a deadly curse,
that has claimed the lives
930
00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:18,417
of six men so far,
931
00:41:18,625 --> 00:41:21,583
stand in their way?
932
00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:25,333
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
933
00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:29,500
That is an unusual find!
934
00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:31,625
But you see on the top right?
935
00:41:31,792 --> 00:41:33,167
-GARY: Yeah. Ooh, yeah.
-We get those crazy
Roman numerals
936
00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:35,625
and the U-shaped structure, too?
937
00:41:35,708 --> 00:41:37,792
TERRY: I got seven
and a half foot of tunnel.
938
00:41:37,917 --> 00:41:40,583
-Yeah, that's nice, eh?
-STEVE: You don't build a tunnel
like this,
939
00:41:40,708 --> 00:41:43,500
-unless you are moving
something important.
-Yep.
940
00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:45,375
We want to take
a look down in that cavity.
941
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,417
There we go.
942
00:41:47,583 --> 00:41:50,833
SCOTT:
Slowly. Whoa!
943
00:41:50,958 --> 00:41:52,875
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