1 00:00:02,167 --> 00:00:03,333 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:04,667 JACK: We're gonna drain the well 3 00:00:04,750 --> 00:00:06,250 to search the bottom. 4 00:00:06,375 --> 00:00:08,500 Oh. Look at that. It looks hand-wrought. 5 00:00:08,583 --> 00:00:11,167 This is one of the older objects you've found. 6 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:14,458 -Wow. -PHAROAH: You have four lines measured 7 00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:17,042 from Nolan's Cross perfectly intersecting 8 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:18,500 at the Garden Shaft. 9 00:00:18,583 --> 00:00:20,167 Wow. Let's get the answers 10 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:21,875 -at the bottom of that shaft. -Absolutely, absolutely. 11 00:00:22,042 --> 00:00:24,000 GARY: That is a stairway to treasure. 12 00:00:24,083 --> 00:00:25,583 -Let's go for the gold. -Yes. 13 00:00:25,708 --> 00:00:27,375 -ALEX: That's what we want. -JACK: Yeah. Let's go. 14 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:28,625 That is awesome. 15 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,333 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,458 --> 00:00:37,042 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,167 --> 00:00:40,667 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,083 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:50,292 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,375 --> 00:00:54,833 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,750 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,875 --> 00:00:59,167 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,667 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,792 --> 00:01:07,208 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,625 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:10,708 --> 00:01:13,250 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:22,208 --> 00:01:24,500 ALEX: First day of the shaft rehab. 29 00:01:24,625 --> 00:01:25,958 DOUG: Yep. 30 00:01:26,042 --> 00:01:27,958 It's nice to see Dumas back on the island 31 00:01:28,042 --> 00:01:29,333 -and ready to go. -Yeah. 32 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:31,292 NARRATOR: A highly anticipated day 33 00:01:31,375 --> 00:01:34,208 has finally dawned on Oak Island for brothers 34 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:35,875 Rick and Marty Lagina, 35 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,833 and the entire Fellowship of the Dig. 36 00:01:38,917 --> 00:01:40,333 This is so unique 37 00:01:40,417 --> 00:01:42,667 and so different from everything we've done 38 00:01:42,792 --> 00:01:43,958 -for ten years. -Mm-hmm. 39 00:01:44,083 --> 00:01:45,875 It's-it's an opportunity that, 40 00:01:46,042 --> 00:01:47,958 you know, rare indeed. 41 00:01:48,042 --> 00:01:49,833 Yeah. 42 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,167 NARRATOR: After a six-week delay, 43 00:01:52,292 --> 00:01:54,333 representatives from a mining company 44 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:57,167 named Dumas Contracting Limited 45 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:59,833 have returned in order to continue refurbishing 46 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,542 the so-called Garden Shaft. 47 00:02:01,708 --> 00:02:04,667 The Garden Shaft was a big, unanswered question. 48 00:02:04,833 --> 00:02:06,625 I mean, it's good to see everything in place now. 49 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:08,542 Right. 50 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:11,333 NARRATOR: The Garden Shaft is a dilapidated, 51 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:13,500 80-foot-deep wooden structure 52 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:16,250 that the team initially believed was built 53 00:02:16,375 --> 00:02:18,667 and then abandoned in the 19th century 54 00:02:18,833 --> 00:02:20,250 by previous treasure hunters. 55 00:02:20,375 --> 00:02:22,667 But earlier this year, 56 00:02:22,792 --> 00:02:26,083 after wood from the feature was scientifically dated 57 00:02:26,208 --> 00:02:28,500 to as early as 1735... 58 00:02:28,667 --> 00:02:30,458 There we go. 59 00:02:30,542 --> 00:02:32,125 NARRATOR: ...and high-trace evidence of gold 60 00:02:32,208 --> 00:02:33,875 was found in the water 61 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,500 inside the structure, 62 00:02:35,625 --> 00:02:38,542 Rick, Marty and their partner Craig Tester 63 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:41,333 commissioned Dumas to reconstruct it 64 00:02:41,458 --> 00:02:44,417 down to a depth of at least 80 feet-- 65 00:02:44,542 --> 00:02:48,250 an operation that will also allow for lateral tunneling 66 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:50,333 should evidence of treasure be located 67 00:02:50,458 --> 00:02:52,667 outside of the vertical structure. 68 00:02:52,792 --> 00:02:56,333 RICK: Wow. Look at everybody. Waiting to get started. 69 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:59,000 NARRATOR: Although Dumas was able to complete 70 00:02:59,125 --> 00:03:01,500 a steel and concrete frame at the surface 71 00:03:01,667 --> 00:03:05,333 and began reconstructing the first 16 feet of the shaft, 72 00:03:05,458 --> 00:03:07,750 the project was shut down 73 00:03:07,875 --> 00:03:09,792 due to a safety review conducted 74 00:03:09,875 --> 00:03:11,000 by the provincial government. 75 00:03:11,167 --> 00:03:13,083 Wow, everybody's here. Woo-hoo. 76 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:16,292 NARRATOR: Now, with all of those concerns satisfied, 77 00:03:16,417 --> 00:03:19,458 Dumas has been given clearance to continue their work 78 00:03:19,542 --> 00:03:21,833 and hopefully provide a breakthrough 79 00:03:21,958 --> 00:03:24,917 that will help the team solve the Oak Island mystery. 80 00:03:25,042 --> 00:03:29,250 So, uh, look, it's a really big day today. I mean, this is 81 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:31,125 the project for the year. 82 00:03:31,208 --> 00:03:32,667 We're glad you're here. 83 00:03:32,792 --> 00:03:36,125 This mystery has endured, you know, for 228 years. 84 00:03:36,208 --> 00:03:37,333 Far too long. 85 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:38,917 And we find ourselves now 86 00:03:39,042 --> 00:03:40,167 on the precipice of getting 87 00:03:40,292 --> 00:03:42,000 underground in the Money Pit 88 00:03:42,167 --> 00:03:43,333 for the first time 89 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:44,833 during our stewardship of the mystery. 90 00:03:44,917 --> 00:03:47,083 Well, I'm gonna 91 00:03:47,208 --> 00:03:48,333 give you the keys, and I'd like you 92 00:03:48,458 --> 00:03:50,333 to give us the honor of opening 93 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:51,833 -this lock for me. -RICK: All right. 94 00:03:51,958 --> 00:03:53,458 Point me in the right direction. I'll turn the key. 95 00:03:53,583 --> 00:03:55,958 -DOUG: Let's go for the gold. -Yes. 96 00:03:56,083 --> 00:03:57,458 ROGER: That's-that's what we want. 97 00:03:57,583 --> 00:04:00,417 -And answers. And answers. -The answers, yeah. 98 00:04:02,208 --> 00:04:05,833 RICK: Oak Island is 228 years of 99 00:04:05,958 --> 00:04:08,792 dedication, passion, mystery. 100 00:04:08,875 --> 00:04:10,792 So, to be the person 101 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,333 who unlocks it, 102 00:04:12,458 --> 00:04:14,292 it's-it's quite humbling. 103 00:04:14,417 --> 00:04:17,750 Rick, you've got the keys to the treasure chest right there. 104 00:04:17,875 --> 00:04:19,333 I hope you're right, Gary. 105 00:04:19,417 --> 00:04:21,417 RICK: When I turn the key, 106 00:04:21,542 --> 00:04:24,167 it's not just for me or even for the guys standing around. 107 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,000 It's for all of us. 108 00:04:26,125 --> 00:04:28,000 Anyone who wants answers to the Oak Island mystery, 109 00:04:28,125 --> 00:04:31,167 that key may have opened the door to getting those answers. 110 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:33,792 All right, guys, here you go. 111 00:04:33,875 --> 00:04:35,292 Maybe this is the doorway 112 00:04:35,417 --> 00:04:37,750 to everything we've sought to uncover. 113 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:39,250 Wow. 114 00:04:39,375 --> 00:04:40,167 Really? I can't go down there right now? 115 00:04:40,292 --> 00:04:42,500 (laughter) 116 00:04:42,625 --> 00:04:44,625 MARTY: Dumas is back, and you can feel the camaraderie. 117 00:04:44,708 --> 00:04:46,458 You can feel the Fellowship come together 118 00:04:46,542 --> 00:04:48,292 and get excited and think, "We're close. Maybe this is it." 119 00:04:48,375 --> 00:04:49,542 ROGER: This is where we start. 120 00:04:49,708 --> 00:04:51,500 MARTY: Maybe the Garden Shaft connects 121 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:54,000 with the original Money Pit. 122 00:04:54,125 --> 00:04:55,958 Okay. Here we go. 123 00:04:56,875 --> 00:04:59,625 It's actually like opening a door to a treasure chest. 124 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:01,667 (laughter) 125 00:05:01,833 --> 00:05:04,667 ALEX: Any treasure chest you need to open with a crane is a good one. 126 00:05:04,833 --> 00:05:06,000 -Yeah. -(laughter) 127 00:05:06,167 --> 00:05:07,000 NARRATOR: In the coming days, 128 00:05:07,125 --> 00:05:08,208 Dumas will complete 129 00:05:08,375 --> 00:05:09,833 the first two levels 130 00:05:09,958 --> 00:05:11,500 down to a depth of 16 feet. 131 00:05:11,583 --> 00:05:13,625 Come on, guys, let's take a look. 132 00:05:13,750 --> 00:05:15,250 NARRATOR: From there, they will continue 133 00:05:15,375 --> 00:05:18,000 excavating and reconstructing 134 00:05:18,167 --> 00:05:20,125 the remaining eight-foot levels, 135 00:05:20,208 --> 00:05:22,000 all the way to the bottom 136 00:05:22,083 --> 00:05:25,292 and to whatever may be waiting to be uncovered. 137 00:05:25,375 --> 00:05:28,000 -Wow. -GARY: That is the stairway to treasure. 138 00:05:28,125 --> 00:05:29,375 ALEX: Pretty cool. 139 00:05:30,708 --> 00:05:32,583 RICK: Let's back up and let them get to work. 140 00:05:32,708 --> 00:05:34,667 -JACK: Yeah, let's go. -RICK: All right. Let's do it. 141 00:05:34,750 --> 00:05:37,833 NARRATOR: As the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 142 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,500 continues their work in the Garden shaft... 143 00:05:40,625 --> 00:05:42,292 So, here we are with our Blob drill holes 144 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,042 and monitoring wells. 145 00:05:44,167 --> 00:05:45,708 NARRATOR: ...approximately 30 feet to the west, 146 00:05:45,875 --> 00:05:48,417 Oak Island historian Paul Troutman 147 00:05:48,542 --> 00:05:51,500 and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 148 00:05:51,625 --> 00:05:53,417 are preparing to collect water samples 149 00:05:53,542 --> 00:05:55,417 from recently drilled boreholes 150 00:05:55,542 --> 00:05:57,833 in a 25 by 70 square foot area 151 00:05:57,958 --> 00:06:01,333 that the team has affectionately named the Blob. 152 00:06:01,417 --> 00:06:03,167 It is within this zone 153 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:04,917 where, after testing the water 154 00:06:05,042 --> 00:06:07,667 in previously drilled boreholes three weeks ago, 155 00:06:07,833 --> 00:06:10,417 the team determined that a large source of gold 156 00:06:10,542 --> 00:06:14,792 is buried between 80 and 120 feet deep belowground. 157 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:17,375 I'll get set up and, uh, 158 00:06:17,542 --> 00:06:20,292 -yeah, we'll go. -Okay. Sounds good. 159 00:06:20,417 --> 00:06:22,833 NARRATOR: Now, it is Dr. Spooner's hope 160 00:06:22,917 --> 00:06:25,750 that additional water testing inside the Blob area 161 00:06:25,875 --> 00:06:28,250 will help the team to further pinpoint 162 00:06:28,375 --> 00:06:32,167 the possible location of the fabled Money Pit treasure vault. 163 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:35,417 PAUL: Whatever we find here will lead us one step closer 164 00:06:35,542 --> 00:06:37,333 to finding the source of this gold in the water. 165 00:06:37,458 --> 00:06:38,708 IAN: Yep. 166 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:41,792 NARRATOR: To collect the water samples, 167 00:06:41,917 --> 00:06:45,792 Dr. Spooner is using a single valve bailer. 168 00:06:45,875 --> 00:06:48,583 As the device descends in the borehole, 169 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:52,250 an open valve allows water to flow through it. 170 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:54,500 Once the desired depth is reached, 171 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:57,083 a metal ball drops into place, 172 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,042 securing the sample. 173 00:07:01,042 --> 00:07:03,000 -There we go. -Okay. 174 00:07:03,125 --> 00:07:04,833 -We good? -Yeah, we're good. 175 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:08,167 PAUL: Okay, right up to the top. 176 00:07:08,292 --> 00:07:10,167 And that's what we need. We're good to go. 177 00:07:12,375 --> 00:07:13,667 Well, I'll get that to the lab right away. 178 00:07:13,792 --> 00:07:15,292 Okay. What's the time frame, 179 00:07:15,375 --> 00:07:17,292 are you thinking, to get all this data? 180 00:07:17,417 --> 00:07:18,375 -A week or two. -A week or two? 181 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,625 Yeah. We'll-we'll put in a rush. 182 00:07:19,708 --> 00:07:21,375 Yeah. This would be nice to find out 183 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:22,625 if this holds the truth right here in our hand. 184 00:07:22,750 --> 00:07:24,292 Well, let's get it back to the lab. 185 00:07:24,375 --> 00:07:25,500 -Let's-let's get going. -Okay. All right. 186 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:27,833 NARRATOR: As the operations 187 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,083 in the Money Pit area continue... 188 00:07:30,208 --> 00:07:31,333 PETER: All right, let's go find the first flag. 189 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:32,833 GARY: Okay, mate. 190 00:07:32,958 --> 00:07:34,708 NARRATOR: ...metal detection expert 191 00:07:34,875 --> 00:07:38,583 Gary Drayton and Peter Fornetti return to Lot 5, 192 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:41,542 located on the western side of the island. 193 00:07:41,708 --> 00:07:44,333 This one's good, I can feel it. 194 00:07:44,417 --> 00:07:46,958 Okay, we'll see if it is or not. 195 00:07:49,375 --> 00:07:51,542 (beeping) 196 00:07:51,708 --> 00:07:53,750 Yeah, nice little faint signal. 197 00:07:53,875 --> 00:07:55,833 My best guesstimate is just there. 198 00:07:55,958 --> 00:07:58,125 -This is a lot of roots. -PETER: Mm-hmm. 199 00:07:58,208 --> 00:08:02,000 NARRATOR: Since acquiring Lot 5 earlier this year, 200 00:08:02,083 --> 00:08:05,542 the team has unearthed some of the most incredible finds 201 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:07,750 ever made on Oak Island. 202 00:08:07,875 --> 00:08:11,000 These include a deliberately buried stone feature 203 00:08:11,083 --> 00:08:13,958 believed to date back to the mid-1700s, 204 00:08:14,083 --> 00:08:16,750 metal tools and pipe stems that may be 205 00:08:16,875 --> 00:08:18,875 as much as four centuries old, 206 00:08:19,042 --> 00:08:21,750 and a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin 207 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:23,875 that has been scientifically determined 208 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000 to have originated in Spain or Portugal. 209 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,500 I'm quite confident this is going to be a coin or a button. 210 00:08:31,625 --> 00:08:34,333 I just want that one tag on it. 211 00:08:34,417 --> 00:08:37,000 -(beeping) -There it is. -There it is. 212 00:08:39,583 --> 00:08:42,000 I think it's in me hand, mate. 213 00:08:42,083 --> 00:08:44,000 Oh, ho! 214 00:08:44,125 --> 00:08:47,042 -See that nice round shape there, mate. -Round and copper alloy. 215 00:08:47,167 --> 00:08:50,500 You do the honors. Is it a coin or a button? 216 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:53,542 -It's a button. -Oh! 217 00:08:53,708 --> 00:08:56,833 Now it is a button and it's an oldie. 218 00:08:56,958 --> 00:09:00,500 And our hope is that this has some, 219 00:09:00,625 --> 00:09:02,792 -got some kind of design on it. -Mm-hmm. 220 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,250 GARY: If there's some kind of military insignia, 221 00:09:05,375 --> 00:09:07,958 some regimental numbers, we're in business. 222 00:09:08,042 --> 00:09:11,375 -Oh, yeah. -Because that would really help track it down. 223 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:13,792 Put a date and a nationality on it. 224 00:09:13,917 --> 00:09:15,750 I'm thinking maybe military. 225 00:09:15,875 --> 00:09:18,000 Easy 1700s. 226 00:09:18,083 --> 00:09:22,000 NARRATOR: A possible 18th-century military button? 227 00:09:22,167 --> 00:09:24,833 Could it be related to the mysterious rock-filled 228 00:09:24,917 --> 00:09:27,125 feature that was discovered nearby? 229 00:09:27,250 --> 00:09:31,125 If so, might there be more clues in the area 230 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:32,833 to explain who created it? 231 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 And what its purpose may have been? 232 00:09:36,583 --> 00:09:38,500 -PETER: Next one's here? -GARY: Yep. 233 00:09:38,625 --> 00:09:41,083 GARY: See what we've got in store for us. 234 00:09:42,208 --> 00:09:43,667 (beeping) 235 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:45,875 Great-sounding signal. 236 00:09:47,042 --> 00:09:48,833 -PETER: Okay. -Just there, mate. 237 00:09:48,958 --> 00:09:51,333 -Could be something good. -Yeah. 238 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:02,833 Sounds like it could be here. 239 00:10:06,167 --> 00:10:07,833 You know what? 240 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,250 -Look at that. -PETER: Interesting. 241 00:10:14,042 --> 00:10:16,000 -GARY: Look at that. -NARRATOR: On Lot 5, 242 00:10:16,125 --> 00:10:19,083 located on the western side of Oak Island, 243 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:22,708 Gary Drayton and Peter Fornetti have just made 244 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:25,250 another potentially important discovery. 245 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:28,333 PETER: A little bit of curvature to it? 246 00:10:28,417 --> 00:10:30,708 -Yep. -What does that tell ya? 247 00:10:32,750 --> 00:10:36,208 GARY: This kind of reminds me of those pieces 248 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:37,875 of metal we found on Lot 26, 249 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,708 -down by the old well. -Mm-hmm. 250 00:10:39,875 --> 00:10:42,167 And they turned out to be 251 00:10:42,333 --> 00:10:43,875 bush scythes. 252 00:10:44,042 --> 00:10:46,500 -Mm-hmm. -And I believe Carmen 253 00:10:46,625 --> 00:10:49,625 -dated those to go way back. -Yeah. 254 00:10:51,708 --> 00:10:54,125 NARRATOR: One week ago, while searching for clues 255 00:10:54,208 --> 00:10:58,083 near a mysterious stone well on Lot 26, 256 00:10:58,208 --> 00:11:01,292 which has been determined to contain trace evidence 257 00:11:01,375 --> 00:11:05,500 of silver and may date back more than nine centuries, 258 00:11:05,625 --> 00:11:08,250 Gary and Peter found 259 00:11:08,375 --> 00:11:11,375 two similar bush scythes that blacksmithing expert 260 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:15,125 Carmen Legge believed were made in the 1600s. 261 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:18,250 Because these cutting tools were typically used 262 00:11:18,375 --> 00:11:21,083 by European explorers between the 16th 263 00:11:21,208 --> 00:11:22,667 and 18th centuries, 264 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:25,542 could this bush scythe offer 265 00:11:25,667 --> 00:11:28,292 more evidence of human activity on Oak Island 266 00:11:28,375 --> 00:11:30,167 more than a century prior 267 00:11:30,292 --> 00:11:32,417 to the discovery of the Money Pit? 268 00:11:32,542 --> 00:11:35,167 If so, might it have been someone 269 00:11:35,250 --> 00:11:39,000 who came here looking for something of great value? 270 00:11:39,125 --> 00:11:43,042 Or perhaps someone who made a deposit? 271 00:11:44,583 --> 00:11:47,208 If we're finding an artifact on Lot 5 272 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:50,167 that matches with something that's on Lot 26, 273 00:11:50,333 --> 00:11:53,542 that's interesting, 'cause we want to get context to this lot. 274 00:11:53,667 --> 00:11:56,417 So we're finding bush scythes 275 00:11:56,542 --> 00:11:58,875 on Lot 5 now and Lot 26. 276 00:11:59,042 --> 00:12:02,333 And it could suggest multiple people being here, 277 00:12:02,458 --> 00:12:04,542 maybe at the same time or at different times. 278 00:12:04,667 --> 00:12:06,542 So it's important to keep scouring 279 00:12:06,708 --> 00:12:08,458 the land for more information. 280 00:12:08,583 --> 00:12:10,500 Sweet, mate. So we'll bag this up, mate. 281 00:12:10,583 --> 00:12:12,625 -Okay, next one is this way? -Yep. 282 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:14,375 All right. Let's go get those artifacts. 283 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:15,792 Okay, mate. 284 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:17,708 NARRATOR: As Gary and Peter search 285 00:12:17,833 --> 00:12:20,500 for more clues on Lot 5... 286 00:12:20,583 --> 00:12:23,000 JACK: The well looks rather full. 287 00:12:23,083 --> 00:12:25,167 -LAIRD: Looks clean, though. -Mm-hmm. 288 00:12:25,333 --> 00:12:28,167 ...Jack Begley, along with archeologists 289 00:12:28,333 --> 00:12:31,000 Laird Niven and Helen Sheldon, arrive 290 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:33,667 on Lot 26 to continue searching 291 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:36,000 the 900-hundred-year-old stone well 292 00:12:36,083 --> 00:12:38,833 for clues that might explain 293 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:41,833 who built it, as well as evidence that it contains 294 00:12:41,958 --> 00:12:43,958 something of value. 295 00:12:44,042 --> 00:12:46,667 -JACK: What's our plan today? -LAIRD: We're gonna pump it out. 296 00:12:46,792 --> 00:12:48,708 And then I was thinking if you wouldn't mind 297 00:12:48,875 --> 00:12:50,167 scooping out the debris... 298 00:12:50,292 --> 00:12:52,708 But we're going to save it on a tarp, 299 00:12:52,875 --> 00:12:54,417 as best we can. 300 00:12:54,542 --> 00:12:56,500 And hopefully find an artifact. 301 00:12:56,625 --> 00:12:58,500 LAIRD: Yeah, if we find something 302 00:12:58,625 --> 00:13:00,542 that's datable down there, 303 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:02,375 even better. 304 00:13:02,542 --> 00:13:04,083 All right, well, let's get started. 305 00:13:04,208 --> 00:13:06,333 All right. We're going to need the, uh... 306 00:13:06,458 --> 00:13:08,583 -The genie turned on. -...the genie turned on. 307 00:13:08,708 --> 00:13:11,042 -I'll do that. -Okay. 308 00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:14,333 NARRATOR: The team is especially interested in the well, 309 00:13:14,417 --> 00:13:16,125 not only because it is one 310 00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:18,667 of the oldest man-made features ever discovered 311 00:13:18,750 --> 00:13:20,958 -on Oak Island... -(generator revving) 312 00:13:21,042 --> 00:13:23,750 ...but also because a recent water test 313 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:26,292 conducted inside it by Dr. Spooner 314 00:13:26,375 --> 00:13:28,667 revealed high trace evidence of silver. 315 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:31,042 Here we go. 316 00:13:33,958 --> 00:13:36,875 RICK: The well on Lot 26 is interesting 317 00:13:37,042 --> 00:13:39,167 because we've got an elevated level of silver 318 00:13:39,292 --> 00:13:42,167 in the water. How do you explain that? 319 00:13:43,125 --> 00:13:45,042 HELEN: Actually, that pump works really quickly. 320 00:13:45,167 --> 00:13:47,917 RICK: It's been speculated before, there are constructs 321 00:13:48,042 --> 00:13:51,500 across the width and breadth of the island that possibly 322 00:13:51,583 --> 00:13:55,042 could be used as a "bank." 323 00:13:55,208 --> 00:13:59,000 And you have to remember that Oak Island is somewhat remote. 324 00:13:59,125 --> 00:14:01,417 So where would you put something that you, 325 00:14:01,542 --> 00:14:04,708 you fancied or that you thought was precious to you? 326 00:14:04,833 --> 00:14:06,875 Well, you might hide it in an old well. 327 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,083 Jack will do the-- when we get down there-- the scooping. 328 00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:13,583 -I mean, I can already start to scoop it, right? -Yep. 329 00:14:15,167 --> 00:14:18,292 NARRATOR: While Laird works to keep the pump clear of debris, 330 00:14:18,417 --> 00:14:20,708 Jack will scoop the muck and detritus 331 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:23,000 out of the well onto a tarp, 332 00:14:23,083 --> 00:14:26,542 which Helen will carefully sift through for clues 333 00:14:26,708 --> 00:14:28,500 once it all dries out. 334 00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:35,333 JACK: I feel like I'm getting to a more gravely, 335 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,500 -rocky layer right now. -LAIRD: Oh, yeah? Okay, yeah. 336 00:14:40,208 --> 00:14:43,083 There, now you can see it. 337 00:14:44,458 --> 00:14:46,958 It's actually beautifully rounded here. 338 00:14:47,083 --> 00:14:49,542 It's a nice, round well 339 00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:51,583 to a certain point, then all the angular rocks 340 00:14:51,708 --> 00:14:54,083 -start coming in. -JACK: Yeah. 341 00:14:54,208 --> 00:14:55,750 Like these, up here, seem quite 342 00:14:55,875 --> 00:14:57,250 -out of place, those big ones. -Yeah. 343 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:03,000 MARTY: Lot 26 has become very interesting. 344 00:15:03,958 --> 00:15:06,958 The well is as old as 11th century. 345 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:09,000 What do I do with that? 346 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:12,792 But it does fit a couple other outliers on the island. 347 00:15:12,917 --> 00:15:16,083 We have the paved area in the swamp. 348 00:15:16,208 --> 00:15:19,125 We have the so-called ship's railing. 349 00:15:20,292 --> 00:15:22,750 So it's, it's astounding. 350 00:15:22,875 --> 00:15:24,583 (laughing): I can't explain it. 351 00:15:25,417 --> 00:15:28,333 JACK: Oh, yeah, there's still a lot of muck down there. 352 00:15:28,458 --> 00:15:31,333 -LAIRD: There's a lot of debris. -Yeah. 353 00:15:31,458 --> 00:15:33,917 JACK: It's gonna kind of be a process over days 354 00:15:34,042 --> 00:15:35,958 -to be able to clean up the water, -LAIRD: Yeah. 355 00:15:36,042 --> 00:15:37,667 and to pump it effectively. 356 00:15:37,750 --> 00:15:39,083 But it might have 357 00:15:39,208 --> 00:15:41,000 the answers we, we need at the bottom. 358 00:15:41,167 --> 00:15:44,417 I must say, I've never excavated like this before. 359 00:15:44,542 --> 00:15:46,833 JACK: Well, there's a first time for everything, right? 360 00:15:46,958 --> 00:15:49,458 -LAIRD: Yeah. -(Jack laughs) 361 00:15:51,208 --> 00:15:53,083 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 362 00:15:53,208 --> 00:15:55,750 HELEN: Which bucket do you want to do first, that one? 363 00:15:55,875 --> 00:15:59,333 -Sure. -NARRATOR: ...outside the Oak Island Interpretive Centre, 364 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:01,000 Helen Sheldon 365 00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:03,500 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 366 00:16:03,583 --> 00:16:06,125 begin carefully sifting the dried spoils 367 00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:09,917 that were collected earlier from the stone well on Lot 26. 368 00:16:11,375 --> 00:16:13,167 HELEN: Nice and misty. 369 00:16:14,833 --> 00:16:17,583 EMMA: It's just a little organic. 370 00:16:19,292 --> 00:16:22,000 RICK: Emma and Helen have taken the initiative 371 00:16:22,083 --> 00:16:24,792 to create a sifting station, if you will. 372 00:16:24,875 --> 00:16:26,875 Then if for sure there's nothing in it, 373 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,833 just flick it over the side. 374 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,833 RICK: Hopefully, there will be 375 00:16:30,958 --> 00:16:33,250 an artifact or two within that material. 376 00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:35,792 I just think there's something uniquely strange 377 00:16:35,917 --> 00:16:37,750 about this well, 378 00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:39,833 and I hope, no pun intended, 379 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:41,708 that we get to the bottom of it. 380 00:16:41,833 --> 00:16:44,083 -Want to give it a soaking? -Uh-huh. 381 00:16:50,208 --> 00:16:52,375 HELEN: Oh, here's something. 382 00:16:52,542 --> 00:16:54,500 Look at that. 383 00:16:54,667 --> 00:16:56,583 Hmm. 384 00:16:56,708 --> 00:16:58,625 It's definitely, definitely iron. 385 00:16:59,458 --> 00:17:01,583 HELEN: It looks handwrought. 386 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:03,958 The shape is really weird. 387 00:17:04,083 --> 00:17:05,667 Maybe a file. 388 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:07,833 EMMA: Yeah, 'cause it looks broken or torn off here. 389 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,542 HELEN: Yeah, it does. 390 00:17:10,458 --> 00:17:13,000 Which is weird, unless that's the tip that's... 391 00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:15,167 Would you say that's a nail? 'Cause I don't... 392 00:17:15,292 --> 00:17:16,792 EMMA: I wouldn't say it's a nail. 393 00:17:16,917 --> 00:17:18,958 HELEN: 'Cause nah, it doesn't look right. 394 00:17:19,083 --> 00:17:21,792 EMMA: So this right here is rounded and it seems intentional. 395 00:17:21,917 --> 00:17:23,792 -HELEN: Mm-hmm. -While down here, it... 396 00:17:23,917 --> 00:17:25,917 -it seems like it could been longer. -It's broken, yeah. 397 00:17:26,042 --> 00:17:27,500 Yeah. (sniffing) 398 00:17:27,625 --> 00:17:29,542 Really sulfuric, actually. 399 00:17:29,667 --> 00:17:31,333 Which makes it old. 400 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,708 We're finding more and more sulfur content 401 00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:36,000 in iron this year. 402 00:17:36,083 --> 00:17:38,750 It just means it was made within a furnace 403 00:17:38,875 --> 00:17:40,500 of lower temperatures. 404 00:17:40,667 --> 00:17:44,333 So that is an indicator that it is an older iron. 405 00:17:44,417 --> 00:17:48,083 So just from that alone, I'm thinking around 1700s. 406 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:51,083 HELEN: So maybe we should give Rick a text and see 407 00:17:51,208 --> 00:17:52,417 -if he wants to come and see it. -EMMA: All right. 408 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:56,667 EMMA: Okay, sent. 409 00:17:56,792 --> 00:18:01,833 HELEN: Okay. 410 00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:03,167 RICK: You young ladies are 411 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:04,167 to your ankles in mud and water. 412 00:18:04,292 --> 00:18:06,750 -Yes, sir. -We are, yes. 413 00:18:06,875 --> 00:18:08,000 So what have you found? 414 00:18:08,125 --> 00:18:10,333 So we found a piece of metal 415 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,500 -that we think is not a nail. -Where is that? 416 00:18:12,583 --> 00:18:13,958 It's actually right over there. I can go grab it. 417 00:18:14,042 --> 00:18:15,458 -Sure. -All right. 418 00:18:15,583 --> 00:18:17,583 NARRATOR: Outside the Oak Island Interpretive Centre, 419 00:18:17,708 --> 00:18:20,542 Rick Lagina and Dr. Ian Spooner 420 00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:23,542 have arrived to inspect a possibly important artifact 421 00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:27,083 that Helen Sheldon and Emma Culligan 422 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:30,167 just found in the spoils that have been excavated 423 00:18:30,250 --> 00:18:32,917 from the mysterious well on Lot 26. 424 00:18:33,042 --> 00:18:35,167 EMMA: So this is the piece. 425 00:18:35,292 --> 00:18:38,125 It's nail-like, but we're pretty sure it's not a nail. 426 00:18:38,208 --> 00:18:40,250 What do you mean it was a nail, but not a nail? 427 00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:44,000 So... it kind of does look like a nail. 428 00:18:44,125 --> 00:18:45,750 But the tip right here is rounded, 429 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:48,667 and it seems intentional, while down here it bends 430 00:18:48,833 --> 00:18:51,167 and the fact that the tip is torn off here, so it's actually 431 00:18:51,292 --> 00:18:53,917 -probably longer around here. -IAN: Right. 432 00:18:54,042 --> 00:18:55,708 -So a cut nail, maybe? -EMMA: I don't know. 433 00:18:55,833 --> 00:18:58,708 I can't be for certain because I haven't CT scanned it. 434 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:01,042 Right. So one question. 435 00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:04,000 I heard that in the old days, 436 00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:06,042 when they used nails on shipbuilding, 437 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:08,000 they'd hammer them in, but they'd bend... 438 00:19:08,125 --> 00:19:09,500 -Clench them. -Clench them. 439 00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:12,333 -Could that be a clench? -Oh, possibly. 440 00:19:12,458 --> 00:19:14,333 -EMMA: Yeah. -HELEN: And to me, it looks handwrought. 441 00:19:14,458 --> 00:19:17,667 -Yeah, so it is a pretty old metal. -Oh. 442 00:19:17,792 --> 00:19:20,958 EMMA: Age-wise, it could be from the 1700s. 443 00:19:21,083 --> 00:19:22,625 Great. 444 00:19:22,708 --> 00:19:24,667 NARRATOR: A possible handwrought nail? 445 00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:27,708 Potentially related to a large sailing vessel? 446 00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:30,167 Because machines came into use 447 00:19:30,250 --> 00:19:33,042 for nail production beginning around 1800, 448 00:19:33,167 --> 00:19:35,375 could archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 449 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:37,375 be correct that this artifact 450 00:19:37,542 --> 00:19:39,875 may predate the discovery of the Money Pit 451 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,125 in 1795? 452 00:19:42,208 --> 00:19:44,833 If so, just when was it made? 453 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,250 And how might it be related to the 900-year-old well 454 00:19:49,375 --> 00:19:52,375 that it was found in on Lot 26? 455 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,542 EMMA: And the material itself, it's, like, pretty heavy. 456 00:19:55,708 --> 00:19:57,417 -Right. -You can see from the patina 457 00:19:57,542 --> 00:20:00,292 that it is rust, that's the main-main ingredient. 458 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:03,833 But it's also pretty-- in pretty good condition. 459 00:20:03,917 --> 00:20:06,125 Like, the rust itself, there's not much buildup of it. 460 00:20:06,208 --> 00:20:08,125 Right. Doesn't really surprise me much. 461 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:10,958 Metal should last almost forever in that muck. 462 00:20:11,083 --> 00:20:12,583 -EMMA: Yeah. -RICK: You'll have to finish 463 00:20:12,708 --> 00:20:14,167 going through this, I would assume, then put it 464 00:20:14,333 --> 00:20:15,708 in the CT scanner and see what it says, right? 465 00:20:15,833 --> 00:20:17,500 -EMMA: Yeah. -RICK: That's interesting. 466 00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:19,500 IAN: At least there's stuff to date that's human-made. 467 00:20:19,583 --> 00:20:23,042 Yep. We'll wait and see what, what the machine says 468 00:20:23,167 --> 00:20:25,042 -about that iron. -EMMA: Yeah. -Mm-hmm. 469 00:20:25,167 --> 00:20:27,708 RICK: This certainly would be a candidate 470 00:20:27,833 --> 00:20:29,708 for further investigation 471 00:20:29,833 --> 00:20:34,000 to allow that little item to possibly tell us a story. 472 00:20:34,125 --> 00:20:35,625 Okay. 473 00:20:35,708 --> 00:20:38,333 Well, we'll let you continue with your work. 474 00:20:38,417 --> 00:20:40,292 -We have another bucket to go, so, yep. -IAN: Good. 475 00:20:40,375 --> 00:20:42,042 -Okey doke. Well, thank you very much. -Thank you. 476 00:20:42,167 --> 00:20:43,667 -Appreciate it. -EMMA: All right. See ya. 477 00:20:43,792 --> 00:20:45,208 IAN: Yep. 478 00:20:47,292 --> 00:20:48,542 NARRATOR: The following day... 479 00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:50,750 ROGER: All right. Blow pipe coming down. 480 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:53,958 ...while the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 481 00:20:54,042 --> 00:20:56,333 continues their reconstruction of the Garden Shaft 482 00:20:56,458 --> 00:20:58,792 -in the Money Pit area... -Perfect. 483 00:20:58,875 --> 00:21:02,750 RICK: Gentlemen, today is going to be a very informative 484 00:21:02,875 --> 00:21:04,333 "information" hunt. 485 00:21:04,458 --> 00:21:07,500 -We welcome Brian Pharoah to the war room. -Thank you. 486 00:21:07,625 --> 00:21:10,333 Thanks for the opportunity, guys, to present to you today. 487 00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:11,958 ...Rick Lagina has invited 488 00:21:12,042 --> 00:21:14,333 architect and author Brian Pharoah 489 00:21:14,417 --> 00:21:17,625 to share research with members of the team, 490 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:20,833 along with fellow Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan. 491 00:21:20,958 --> 00:21:23,667 I think of all the theories we've entertained, this one 492 00:21:23,792 --> 00:21:26,583 is quite... stimulating, I would say. 493 00:21:26,708 --> 00:21:30,167 NARRATOR: It is Brian's belief that he has uncovered critical clues 494 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:33,417 between the megalithic formation of six boulders 495 00:21:33,542 --> 00:21:37,250 that Tom's late father, Fred Nolan, discovered in 1981, 496 00:21:37,375 --> 00:21:39,500 known as Nolan's Cross, 497 00:21:39,667 --> 00:21:43,375 and the precise location of the fabled Oak Island treasure. 498 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:46,500 RICK: I hope today that we will all 499 00:21:46,583 --> 00:21:48,542 come to a little greater understanding of the who, 500 00:21:48,667 --> 00:21:50,875 what, when, where, why and how of Oak Island. 501 00:21:51,042 --> 00:21:52,500 So, Brian, over to you. 502 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:55,333 So, I believe that there is an ancient, 503 00:21:55,417 --> 00:21:58,583 ancient treasure hidden deep below Oak Island. 504 00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:03,833 And Nolan's Cross is the key to finding it. 505 00:22:04,875 --> 00:22:07,833 And today, I'll reveal some of the secrets 506 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,250 hidden in Nolan's Cross. 507 00:22:09,375 --> 00:22:11,500 So let's just jump right into it 508 00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:13,208 and kind of get started. 509 00:22:13,375 --> 00:22:16,875 So Nolan's Cross is a megalithic 510 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,833 and mathematical phenomenon created by design, 511 00:22:20,958 --> 00:22:22,667 just as Fred Nolan believed. 512 00:22:22,792 --> 00:22:25,125 Curiously, also... 513 00:22:25,208 --> 00:22:29,417 Nolan's Cross is encoding sacred numbers and geometry. 514 00:22:29,542 --> 00:22:31,333 So I really believe that Nolan's Cross 515 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:34,542 may lead us to a Money Pit location 516 00:22:34,667 --> 00:22:35,917 and where the treasure might be. 517 00:22:37,250 --> 00:22:38,667 That's great. 518 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:41,125 NARRATOR: Sacred geometry is a concept 519 00:22:41,208 --> 00:22:44,375 that assigns symbolic meaning to certain shapes 520 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,500 and numbers which are also considered to be sacred 521 00:22:47,625 --> 00:22:50,375 and can be found in the designs and measurements 522 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:54,333 of many ancient houses of worship all across the globe. 523 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:59,333 PHAROAH: So we're gonna look at some of these sacred numbers. 524 00:22:59,417 --> 00:23:02,500 Now, there are many sacred numbers, 525 00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:05,500 but we're gonna focus on the following numbers. 526 00:23:05,625 --> 00:23:08,125 We got the number 144, 288, 527 00:23:08,208 --> 00:23:10,708 360, 432, 528 00:23:10,833 --> 00:23:13,208 720 and 864. 529 00:23:13,375 --> 00:23:16,292 So these numbers are encoded in Nolan's Cross. 530 00:23:16,375 --> 00:23:17,917 Next slide. 531 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:21,667 The numbers of Nolan's Cross are encoded in many, 532 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:24,333 many sacred sites all around the world. 533 00:23:24,458 --> 00:23:27,000 Encoded in Chartes Cathedral. 534 00:23:27,125 --> 00:23:29,333 Encoded in Rosslyn Chapel. 535 00:23:29,458 --> 00:23:31,708 They're encoded in Temple Mount. 536 00:23:31,875 --> 00:23:34,208 If you look at the measurements of these sacred sites, 537 00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:36,167 you will find these same numbers 538 00:23:36,292 --> 00:23:38,167 repeated again and again 539 00:23:38,292 --> 00:23:39,625 and again around the world. 540 00:23:41,125 --> 00:23:42,583 Next slide. 541 00:23:42,708 --> 00:23:45,625 So, when you see these numbers, 542 00:23:45,708 --> 00:23:48,083 you're gonna start to see a pattern form, 543 00:23:48,208 --> 00:23:50,333 and these numbers will be a key 544 00:23:50,458 --> 00:23:53,000 to understanding the treasure of Oak Island. 545 00:23:53,125 --> 00:23:55,000 So how does this work with Nolan's Cross? 546 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:58,792 Well, let's go to the next slide and I'll show you. 547 00:24:00,542 --> 00:24:05,208 So these are my measurements of Nolan's Cross. 548 00:24:05,375 --> 00:24:09,167 The short axes had a length of 720 feet. 549 00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:11,625 720 feet could be broken down 550 00:24:11,708 --> 00:24:15,167 into two 360-foot lengths. 551 00:24:15,333 --> 00:24:19,458 The long axes was measured at 864 feet. 552 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:21,417 I looked at the head of the cross and it was 553 00:24:21,542 --> 00:24:24,875 extremely close to the 144 sacred number. 554 00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:27,208 And then from the center, 555 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,833 we got 432 feet. 556 00:24:29,917 --> 00:24:33,667 And at the bottom, we have 288 feet. 557 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:36,792 All of our sacred numbers now appear 558 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:38,875 in Nolan's Cross. 559 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,667 Wow. 560 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:43,417 It's quite amazing. 561 00:24:43,542 --> 00:24:45,833 So let's take a look at some of the hidden geometry 562 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:47,458 in Nolan's Cross. 563 00:24:47,542 --> 00:24:49,375 Next slide. 564 00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:51,667 If we look at Nolan's Cross, at the bottom of it, 565 00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:54,250 we can see a square. 566 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:57,792 720 feet by 720 feet. 567 00:24:57,875 --> 00:25:01,000 Now the square would have a perimeter 568 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:04,583 of 2,880 feet, 569 00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:07,333 which recalls the 288 sacred number 570 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:09,750 that we've seen before. 571 00:25:11,958 --> 00:25:15,375 We could inscribe a circle in this square 572 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,292 and the circle would have a diameter 573 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:21,208 of 720 feet, converted to inches, 574 00:25:21,333 --> 00:25:24,417 8,640 inches. 575 00:25:24,542 --> 00:25:27,792 Also, we have a 360-foot radius, 576 00:25:27,917 --> 00:25:30,333 4,320 inches. 577 00:25:30,458 --> 00:25:32,417 Again, repeating, 578 00:25:32,542 --> 00:25:34,875 repeating, repeating these numbers endlessly. 579 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,542 All of this cannot be happenstance. 580 00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:39,625 It has to be planned. 581 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,333 So how's Nolan's Cross gonna give us a Money Pit solution? 582 00:25:44,458 --> 00:25:46,250 Let's take a look at the next slide. 583 00:25:47,542 --> 00:25:50,292 Well, if you take Nolan's Cross 584 00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:53,208 and you go to Cone A, 585 00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:54,667 and we create a circle, 586 00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:59,333 which has a radius of 864 feet 587 00:25:59,458 --> 00:26:02,000 matching the long axes of Nolan's Cross... 588 00:26:02,125 --> 00:26:05,875 Recall that one of our sacred numbers is the 864. 589 00:26:06,042 --> 00:26:09,583 Next, we're going to draw a point from Cone C 590 00:26:09,708 --> 00:26:12,917 through Cone A and we're going to extend that purple line 591 00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:16,500 all the way out to the green circle. 592 00:26:16,625 --> 00:26:19,958 Next, we're going to draw a line 593 00:26:20,042 --> 00:26:22,292 from the long axes 594 00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:24,667 of Nolan's Cross, the yellow line, 595 00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:27,458 all the way up to the circle. 596 00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:30,083 If you then draw a line due south, 597 00:26:30,208 --> 00:26:34,792 again intersects perfectly with the purple line 598 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:37,042 from Cone C through Cone A. 599 00:26:37,208 --> 00:26:40,125 Next, recall we have a square at the bottom 600 00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:43,708 of Nolan's Cross, 720 feet by 720 feet. 601 00:26:43,875 --> 00:26:47,000 If we go to the center of that square, 602 00:26:47,125 --> 00:26:49,667 and we draw a line from that square, 603 00:26:49,833 --> 00:26:52,208 through Cone B, all the way out 604 00:26:52,333 --> 00:26:53,958 to the green circle. 605 00:26:54,042 --> 00:26:57,333 Finally, if you take a line from Cone E 606 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,083 through the large boulder in Smith's Cove, 607 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:03,458 again perfectly intersecting at that point. 608 00:27:03,583 --> 00:27:06,167 Now you have four lines 609 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:09,250 perfectly intersecting at the Money Pit. 610 00:27:09,375 --> 00:27:12,667 So this is... 611 00:27:12,792 --> 00:27:14,708 my Money Pit location. 612 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:18,708 It's just west of the Garden Shaft. 613 00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:27,708 RICK: Wow. X marks the spot. 614 00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:30,667 PHAROAH: So, my Money Pit location, as you can see, 615 00:27:30,792 --> 00:27:33,625 it's just near the Garden Shaft. 616 00:27:35,167 --> 00:27:37,125 -Wow. -NARRATOR: In the war room, 617 00:27:37,208 --> 00:27:39,708 architect and author Brian Pharoah 618 00:27:39,833 --> 00:27:41,833 has just presented Rick, Craig, 619 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,667 and members of the team with his theory 620 00:27:44,792 --> 00:27:46,667 that the megalithic boulder formation 621 00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:48,875 known as Nolan's Cross 622 00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:51,417 contains encoded sacred geometry 623 00:27:51,542 --> 00:27:55,083 that points to the true location of the original Money Pit-- 624 00:27:55,208 --> 00:27:59,500 a location that just happens to be near the Garden Shaft. 625 00:27:59,667 --> 00:28:01,667 That's an interesting spot. 626 00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:03,500 I was gonna say, we should've had him here 627 00:28:03,625 --> 00:28:04,833 -a few years ago. -(laughter) 628 00:28:04,958 --> 00:28:07,583 Would have saved us a little time. 629 00:28:07,708 --> 00:28:08,958 -Yeah, yeah. -Yeah. 630 00:28:09,083 --> 00:28:11,375 We went over and Dr. Spooner 631 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:13,583 collected samples of the water. 632 00:28:13,708 --> 00:28:15,833 And he had it tested and it came up 633 00:28:15,917 --> 00:28:17,375 one of the highest levels of gold, 634 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:18,833 -right in the water we had. -Wow. 635 00:28:18,917 --> 00:28:20,792 -Right in that area. -Yeah. 636 00:28:20,917 --> 00:28:23,500 Now I've used his calcs, um, 637 00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:25,875 with Nolan's Cross as it sits as we know it, 638 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,792 and it's even closer to the Garden Shaft. 639 00:28:29,917 --> 00:28:31,667 You're north of the Garden Shaft, within feet. 640 00:28:31,833 --> 00:28:33,667 -Perfectly. -That's amazing. 641 00:28:34,625 --> 00:28:36,875 NARRATOR: Although it is exciting for the team 642 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,042 to receive an exact location 643 00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:41,208 where the fabled treasure may be buried, 644 00:28:41,333 --> 00:28:44,917 unfortunately, while Dumas Contracting Limited 645 00:28:45,042 --> 00:28:47,417 is reconstructing the Garden Shaft, 646 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:49,958 the Oak Island team will be unable 647 00:28:50,042 --> 00:28:52,875 to investigate the area to find out for sure. 648 00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:55,667 RICK: I was hoping that Brian's X marks the spot 649 00:28:55,792 --> 00:28:58,000 would be a very easy location to access. 650 00:28:58,125 --> 00:28:59,833 And thus we could put a drill on it 651 00:28:59,917 --> 00:29:01,375 and-and drill it immediately. 652 00:29:01,542 --> 00:29:02,500 It's that intriguing. 653 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:05,667 But once we get to the bottom of the Garden Shaft, 654 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:09,250 there might be an opportunity to tunnel across and investigate. 655 00:29:09,375 --> 00:29:12,875 I've always been about the who, what, when, where, why and how. 656 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,958 -Who? -Templars. 657 00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:17,208 Well, that's quite interesting. 658 00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:18,833 Pretty interesting, yeah. 659 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,167 The Templars built in stone. 660 00:29:21,333 --> 00:29:22,833 They knew that stone would last forever. 661 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,167 They also knew sacred geometry. 662 00:29:26,250 --> 00:29:29,875 The Templars had the knowledge and the means to execute this. 663 00:29:31,375 --> 00:29:33,583 NARRATOR: Although many religious faiths 664 00:29:33,708 --> 00:29:35,000 around the globe 665 00:29:35,167 --> 00:29:37,750 have incorporated sacred geometry 666 00:29:37,875 --> 00:29:40,208 into the designs for their houses of worship, 667 00:29:40,333 --> 00:29:43,375 the medieval Christian order of the Knights Templar-- 668 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,250 who some believe buried priceless religious artifacts 669 00:29:46,375 --> 00:29:47,875 on Oak Island-- 670 00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:50,250 also utilized sacred geometry 671 00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:52,708 to build cathedrals throughout Europe 672 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:54,708 from the 12th to the 14th centuries. 673 00:29:54,833 --> 00:29:56,500 -Welcome to Portugal. -RICK: Thank you. 674 00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:58,333 In recent years, the team 675 00:29:58,458 --> 00:30:00,833 has made a number of potential connections 676 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,333 between known European Templar strongholds 677 00:30:03,458 --> 00:30:06,500 and discoveries they've made on Oak Island. 678 00:30:06,625 --> 00:30:09,542 -This symbol is definitely on the 90 Foot Stone. -RICK: It's perfect. 679 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:13,375 NARRATOR: These include the 14th-century lead cross, 680 00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:16,792 the 12th-century paved area in the swamp, 681 00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:18,750 and a number of artifacts that were found 682 00:30:18,875 --> 00:30:21,083 deep in the Money Pit area. 683 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:24,417 Is it possible that Brian Pharoah has uncovered 684 00:30:24,542 --> 00:30:27,375 more critical clues with Nolan's Cross 685 00:30:27,542 --> 00:30:30,250 that may not only prove that the Knights Templar 686 00:30:30,375 --> 00:30:32,167 were behind the Oak Island mystery, 687 00:30:32,292 --> 00:30:35,542 but that also point to where their sacred treasures 688 00:30:35,708 --> 00:30:38,042 lie hidden in the Money Pit? 689 00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:39,833 First of all, Brian, I want to say thank you. 690 00:30:39,958 --> 00:30:41,583 This has been incredibly informative. 691 00:30:41,708 --> 00:30:43,250 And I think we'll stay awake tonight, 692 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:46,000 all of us, thinking about it. So, again, I think 693 00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:47,917 we should all say thank you to Brian. 694 00:30:48,042 --> 00:30:49,458 -Thank you. -Thank you. -Thank you. 695 00:30:49,542 --> 00:30:51,333 PHAROAH: I appreciate that. 696 00:30:52,292 --> 00:30:54,250 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 697 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:57,417 approximately 50 miles northeast of Oak Island 698 00:30:57,542 --> 00:30:59,750 in Halifax, Nova Scotia... 699 00:30:59,875 --> 00:31:01,750 -CHRISTA: Hi, how's it going? -CHARLES: Hi, Dr. Brosseau. 700 00:31:01,875 --> 00:31:05,042 ...Peter Fornetti, Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 701 00:31:05,208 --> 00:31:07,667 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 702 00:31:07,792 --> 00:31:10,167 arrive at St. Mary's University. 703 00:31:10,250 --> 00:31:12,667 So what are you bringing in today? 704 00:31:12,792 --> 00:31:15,167 We have a couple interesting finds. 705 00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:17,500 NARRATOR: They have arranged to have chemist 706 00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:20,792 Dr. Christa Brosseau analyze the mysterious 707 00:31:20,875 --> 00:31:23,000 iron artifact found one day ago 708 00:31:23,167 --> 00:31:25,833 in the stone well on Lot 26, 709 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,958 and the two bush scythes found 710 00:31:28,042 --> 00:31:30,250 in the nearby area last week. 711 00:31:30,375 --> 00:31:34,458 So this was off the top layer of the well. 712 00:31:34,583 --> 00:31:36,458 So, yeah, obviously iron. 713 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,958 -It could be some form of file. Yeah. -Right. 714 00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,167 You know, one thing you'll notice is it has a sort of 715 00:31:43,292 --> 00:31:46,667 rectangular shape, which is quite characteristic 716 00:31:46,833 --> 00:31:48,958 of handwrought nails. 717 00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:52,083 So I'll take a small sample of this one, 718 00:31:52,208 --> 00:31:54,333 and then we can look at the next artifact. 719 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:56,458 -PETER: Okay. Sounds great. -All right. 720 00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:02,417 PETER: Lot 26 is one of the most unique lots on this island. 721 00:32:02,542 --> 00:32:05,333 So I'm always hopeful that we get 722 00:32:05,458 --> 00:32:07,000 that pre-1840s, 723 00:32:07,167 --> 00:32:09,333 no manganese result. 724 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:12,417 That sample is set, then? 725 00:32:12,542 --> 00:32:13,542 Yep. 726 00:32:13,667 --> 00:32:14,875 This next artifact, 727 00:32:15,042 --> 00:32:16,667 we brought it to... 728 00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:19,333 -Carmen Legge to take a look at it. -All right. 729 00:32:19,458 --> 00:32:22,458 And he told us that he believes it's a bush scythe. 730 00:32:22,542 --> 00:32:25,583 CHRISTA: All right, so we'll see what we can do here. 731 00:32:26,917 --> 00:32:28,875 PETER: I'm excited because 732 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,167 these two artifacts could prove 733 00:32:31,292 --> 00:32:33,000 that people were on this island 734 00:32:33,125 --> 00:32:34,500 before the Money Pit was discovered. 735 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:36,542 CHRISTA: All right. We're ready to have a look 736 00:32:36,708 --> 00:32:40,083 at these samples and see what Lot 26 has to tell us today. 737 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,333 -All right. -Let's go downstairs. 738 00:32:42,417 --> 00:32:44,542 RICK: You can find all the artifacts you want, 739 00:32:44,667 --> 00:32:47,375 but at the end of the day they have to tell a story. 740 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:49,750 We need to try to figure out a timeline. 741 00:32:49,875 --> 00:32:51,292 How old is it? 742 00:32:51,417 --> 00:32:53,917 There's potential here to uncover a mystery. 743 00:32:54,042 --> 00:32:56,000 -Hey, Xiang, how are you today? -XIANG: Hello. 744 00:32:56,125 --> 00:32:58,250 -Hi. We've got some visitors here. -Okay. 745 00:32:58,375 --> 00:33:00,792 NARRATOR: Assisting Dr. Brosseau is her colleague, 746 00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:03,708 Dr. Xiang Yang. 747 00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:06,542 -Xiang, we've got two samples to look at today. -Okay. 748 00:33:06,708 --> 00:33:09,333 NARRATOR: In order to analyze the artifact samples... 749 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:11,792 CHRISTA: The first one we'll look at is that bush scythe. 750 00:33:11,917 --> 00:33:14,792 ...Doctors Brosseau and Yang will use 751 00:33:14,875 --> 00:33:16,500 a scanning electron microscope 752 00:33:16,625 --> 00:33:18,542 or S.E.M. 753 00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:22,333 By magnifying objects up to 200,000 times 754 00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:26,000 their actual size, the S.E.M. can identify 755 00:33:26,167 --> 00:33:28,833 not only the chemical composition of the items, 756 00:33:28,958 --> 00:33:31,500 but also help determine their age 757 00:33:31,625 --> 00:33:34,375 and geographic regions of origin. 758 00:33:34,542 --> 00:33:37,083 So there we have a nice piece of iron. 759 00:33:37,208 --> 00:33:39,833 No manganese, so, again, 760 00:33:39,958 --> 00:33:41,458 we-we do use that as a marker 761 00:33:41,542 --> 00:33:43,042 that it's, uh, 762 00:33:43,167 --> 00:33:45,000 pre-1840, most likely. 763 00:33:45,167 --> 00:33:47,500 It does look like an older iron. 764 00:33:49,708 --> 00:33:51,000 PETER: That pre-1840 765 00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:53,542 is good for us, because we have Carmen 766 00:33:53,667 --> 00:33:57,208 who kind of gave us the general idea that it's 1650. 767 00:33:57,333 --> 00:33:59,125 I would say that's consistent. 768 00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:01,083 XIANG: Are we set for the next one? 769 00:34:01,208 --> 00:34:03,500 -Yes. We're ready for the next one. So... -Okay. 770 00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:07,292 CHRISTA: This object was the iron piece. 771 00:34:07,417 --> 00:34:09,958 It looks like a handwrought nail. 772 00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:12,500 We got a nice, uh, sample here, it looks like. 773 00:34:12,625 --> 00:34:17,000 -XIANG: No manganese. -Right. So, no manganese. 774 00:34:17,167 --> 00:34:18,583 Oh, you see phosphorus. 775 00:34:18,708 --> 00:34:20,833 CHRISTA: We see phosphorus. 776 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,833 Uh, fairly high content. 777 00:34:22,958 --> 00:34:24,792 About 0.7%, 778 00:34:24,917 --> 00:34:26,167 which is fairly significant. 779 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:28,000 If your iron ore is rich in phosphorus, 780 00:34:28,125 --> 00:34:30,500 you're probably looking at a fairly early date. 781 00:34:30,583 --> 00:34:33,167 So I-I think, everything taken together, this is 782 00:34:33,292 --> 00:34:35,667 one of-- one of the older objects you've probably found. 783 00:34:35,792 --> 00:34:38,917 Looking at the fact that it-it is headless, 784 00:34:39,042 --> 00:34:41,583 it's very much a hallmark of nails 785 00:34:41,708 --> 00:34:46,042 that were used from the 1600s into the late 1700s. 786 00:34:47,583 --> 00:34:52,667 CHARLES: Wow. 787 00:34:52,750 --> 00:34:55,042 CHRISTA: Looking at the fact that it-it is headless, 788 00:34:55,167 --> 00:34:57,583 it's very much a hallmark of nails 789 00:34:57,708 --> 00:35:01,833 that were used from the 1600s into the late 1700s. 790 00:35:01,958 --> 00:35:04,250 -Wow. -It's quite old. 791 00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:06,500 NARRATOR: At St. Mary's University 792 00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:08,250 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 793 00:35:08,375 --> 00:35:12,542 chemists Dr. Xiang Yang and Dr. Christa Brosseau 794 00:35:12,708 --> 00:35:14,833 have just determined that the wrought iron nail 795 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,083 recently found inside the mysterious stone well on Lot 26 796 00:35:19,208 --> 00:35:21,750 may be a significant clue 797 00:35:21,875 --> 00:35:24,667 that could help solve the Oak Island mystery. 798 00:35:24,833 --> 00:35:27,000 -CHARLES: With these artifacts that we're finding... -CHRISTA: Mm-hmm. 799 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:30,167 ...I think it just-- it just speaks to itself 800 00:35:30,333 --> 00:35:33,417 that there's activity that happened on this lot 801 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:36,667 prior to-to any inhabitants being on Oak Island. 802 00:35:36,833 --> 00:35:39,708 -Mm-hmm. -It's nowhere near the Money Pit. 803 00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:41,333 Question is, 804 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:43,083 what were they doing there? 805 00:35:43,208 --> 00:35:46,625 A-And, you know, were they depositing something? 806 00:35:46,750 --> 00:35:48,958 Was that an access point or was it an exit point? 807 00:35:49,083 --> 00:35:51,042 PETER: Yeah. 808 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,875 NARRATOR: Because the bush scythes and the iron nail 809 00:35:55,042 --> 00:35:57,833 are all believed to date back to the same time period 810 00:35:57,958 --> 00:35:59,500 in the 17th century, 811 00:35:59,625 --> 00:36:02,583 is it possible that they were left behind 812 00:36:02,708 --> 00:36:06,333 by someone who repurposed the 900-year-old well 813 00:36:06,458 --> 00:36:08,917 to hide something of great value? 814 00:36:09,042 --> 00:36:11,708 If so, could that explain 815 00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:15,792 why the team has detected traces of silver in the water? 816 00:36:15,917 --> 00:36:18,792 I think Lot 26 still has a lot of secrets for you guys. 817 00:36:18,875 --> 00:36:21,458 Yeah. We have some really good information 818 00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:23,333 to share with the guys back on the island. 819 00:36:23,458 --> 00:36:25,958 So, thank you. And hopefully we'll be back in the future. 820 00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:28,125 -There you go. You're welcome. Take care. -Thank you. 821 00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:29,958 -CHRISTA: Thanks a lot for coming in. -CHARLES: Bye now. 822 00:36:30,083 --> 00:36:31,833 -EMMA: Yeah. -CHRISTA: Bye-bye. 823 00:36:32,708 --> 00:36:34,500 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 824 00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:36,125 ROGER: That should be good. 825 00:36:36,208 --> 00:36:38,500 ...as preparations to resume reconstruction 826 00:36:38,625 --> 00:36:41,167 of the Garden Shaft continue in the Money Pit area... 827 00:36:41,333 --> 00:36:42,875 Oh, look at that. That was easy. 828 00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:46,750 -ALEX: Here they are. -CHARLES: Hey. 829 00:36:46,875 --> 00:36:48,500 -Hey, hey. -ALEX and RICK: Hey. -Hey, guys. 830 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:52,000 ...Emma Culligan and Charles Barkhouse join 831 00:36:52,167 --> 00:36:53,417 Rick Lagina, Craig Tester 832 00:36:53,542 --> 00:36:55,167 and other members of the team 833 00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:57,000 at the Interpretive Centre 834 00:36:57,125 --> 00:37:00,833 to share their report from St. Mary's University. 835 00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:03,167 So, which one do you want to go first with? 836 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:05,000 Uh... 837 00:37:05,125 --> 00:37:07,208 Why don't we do a bush scythe? 838 00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:09,208 Or part of a bush scythe. 839 00:37:09,375 --> 00:37:11,625 So, Carmen made that-- You know, he's-- 840 00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:13,833 he made the suggestion that it was a bush scythe. 841 00:37:13,958 --> 00:37:16,167 Dr. Brosseau, she agrees 842 00:37:16,292 --> 00:37:18,708 with Carmen's dating with 1650. 843 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,417 We do have another artifact, 844 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:25,375 which originally was thought to be a file. 845 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:27,667 But turns out it is not. 846 00:37:27,833 --> 00:37:29,875 EMMA: So, it is a nail. 847 00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:33,250 -This piece right here, I'm gonna carefully... -RICK: Yeah. 848 00:37:33,375 --> 00:37:35,125 -I remember it. -Yeah. 849 00:37:35,250 --> 00:37:37,500 So it is, um, wrought iron. 850 00:37:37,625 --> 00:37:41,625 But this one does have a 0.7% content of phosphorus, 851 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:42,625 which is high. 852 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,083 CRAIG: Okay. So it's very old, 853 00:37:47,208 --> 00:37:48,125 -most likely. -Mm-hmm. 854 00:37:48,208 --> 00:37:50,292 When we find artifacts 855 00:37:50,417 --> 00:37:52,667 that have phosphorus in iron, 856 00:37:52,792 --> 00:37:56,375 it indicates an older, earlier date 857 00:37:56,542 --> 00:37:58,333 because of how it was made. 858 00:37:58,500 --> 00:37:59,792 The thing is, though, 859 00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:02,458 we've found phosphorous metal in areas 860 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:04,750 that have been h-highly manipulated. 861 00:38:04,875 --> 00:38:06,333 Right? The Money Pit. 862 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:07,833 Edges of the swamp. 863 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,042 And now the well. That area. 864 00:38:10,167 --> 00:38:12,000 I find that quite interesting. 865 00:38:12,083 --> 00:38:13,708 One could infer 866 00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:17,167 that that work was always contemporaneous, right? 867 00:38:17,333 --> 00:38:21,875 We have found high-phosphorous iron in areas 868 00:38:22,042 --> 00:38:23,667 that might be of significance 869 00:38:23,792 --> 00:38:26,750 in terms of furthering our understanding of the mystery. 870 00:38:26,875 --> 00:38:30,167 Might this prove Brian's Templar theory? 871 00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:33,333 It's possible, and thus the reason 872 00:38:33,458 --> 00:38:34,917 to continue to investigate. 873 00:38:35,042 --> 00:38:37,500 CRAIG: So, I will quote Marty. 874 00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:40,667 Okay, Gary, uh, get out there and find us something else. 875 00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:42,792 -I will do that. -CRAIG: Okay! Let's go. -(chuckling) 876 00:38:42,875 --> 00:38:44,167 RICK: Thanks, guys. 877 00:38:44,292 --> 00:38:46,292 I really, really appreciate it. 878 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:53,000 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island... 879 00:38:53,125 --> 00:38:55,792 -ROGER: Hey! Morning, Rick. -Morning, Roger. 880 00:38:55,917 --> 00:38:57,000 ROGER: How's it going? 881 00:38:57,167 --> 00:38:58,333 ...Rick Lagina arrives 882 00:38:58,417 --> 00:39:00,000 in the Money Pit area, 883 00:39:00,125 --> 00:39:02,792 where the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 884 00:39:02,917 --> 00:39:05,458 has completed their excavation of the first two 885 00:39:05,542 --> 00:39:07,958 eight-foot levels of the Garden Shaft. 886 00:39:08,083 --> 00:39:10,125 -Want to come in and have a look, Rick? -You betcha. 887 00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:11,667 -Yeah, let's go see what it looks like. -Well, what I'd like to do 888 00:39:11,792 --> 00:39:13,792 -is go down. -Oh! Absolutely. -(laughter) 889 00:39:13,875 --> 00:39:15,958 -That won't be long! -I know I can't. I know I can't yet. 890 00:39:16,042 --> 00:39:17,333 It won't be long. 891 00:39:17,458 --> 00:39:19,083 -Come on in. Have a look. -Won't be long. 892 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:22,625 Actually, good. You can see how tight our clam is, and... 893 00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:24,167 RICK: Wow. 894 00:39:24,292 --> 00:39:26,625 I mean, it's just... It's exciting. 895 00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:28,625 -Oh, yeah. -I mean, we're gonna go down 896 00:39:28,708 --> 00:39:31,167 underground in the Money Pit because of your efforts 897 00:39:31,250 --> 00:39:32,417 for the first time. 898 00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:34,042 It's exciting for us. 899 00:39:34,167 --> 00:39:35,667 -Yeah! -(chuckles) 900 00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:37,667 MARTY: It feels great that the Fellowship 901 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:39,833 of the Dig is actually gonna go underground. 902 00:39:39,917 --> 00:39:42,375 Being able to actually get underground at this location 903 00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:44,833 could be very, very meaningful. 904 00:39:44,917 --> 00:39:48,167 Who knows what could be found at the base of the Garden Shaft? 905 00:39:48,292 --> 00:39:49,958 Could be anything. 906 00:39:50,042 --> 00:39:52,500 But, yeah, she's, uh... she's going down good and, uh, 907 00:39:52,625 --> 00:39:54,375 we're ready to hammer grab now. 908 00:39:54,542 --> 00:39:56,833 If, uh... Whenever you guys are ready, 909 00:39:56,958 --> 00:40:00,125 -I'm gonna... -I-I'm ready. I-I want to see it come up and out of the hole. 910 00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:02,417 Let's start hammer grabbing. 911 00:40:02,542 --> 00:40:04,000 -ROGER: Sounds good. -Right on. -You got some work to do 912 00:40:04,083 --> 00:40:05,042 -for this. -Yeah. -I'll escort you guys out, 913 00:40:05,167 --> 00:40:06,208 and you guys can have a look 914 00:40:06,333 --> 00:40:07,542 -as we, uh... -Okey doke. 915 00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:09,583 ...as we pull some muck out of there. 916 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:11,833 All right, guys! We're good to go! 917 00:40:11,917 --> 00:40:14,583 ♪ ♪ 918 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:24,167 RICK: The project is now starting. 919 00:40:25,625 --> 00:40:27,833 And we can begin the process of getting 920 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,333 to the bottom of that shaft and what 921 00:40:30,458 --> 00:40:32,917 the bottom of that shaft may tell us. 922 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,792 AL: Here we go. 923 00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:37,917 Yeah, there it is. 924 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:40,958 First bucket. 925 00:40:41,042 --> 00:40:42,333 RICK: Every bucket 926 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,458 might yield something-- an artifact 927 00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:47,750 or something that demands further investigation. 928 00:40:47,875 --> 00:40:49,958 You never know what you're about to encounter. 929 00:40:51,333 --> 00:40:52,417 I'm ready. 930 00:40:52,542 --> 00:40:54,083 -Let's go down. -(laughter) 931 00:40:54,208 --> 00:40:55,375 Keep going. 932 00:40:55,542 --> 00:40:56,667 AL: All right. Sounds good. 933 00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:58,500 NARRATOR: After more than a decade 934 00:40:58,625 --> 00:41:01,167 of working to complete the Oak Island puzzle, 935 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,792 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 936 00:41:03,875 --> 00:41:06,292 may finally have a clear picture 937 00:41:06,375 --> 00:41:09,875 of where the ultimate answers to the 228-year-old mystery 938 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,625 lie hidden. 939 00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:15,167 But as they dig deeper into the Garden Shaft, 940 00:41:15,333 --> 00:41:17,292 just what awaits them? 941 00:41:17,417 --> 00:41:19,625 Priceless sacred objects? 942 00:41:19,750 --> 00:41:22,667 A vault filled with gold and silver? 943 00:41:22,792 --> 00:41:26,417 Or will they find that the puzzle they are trying to solve 944 00:41:26,542 --> 00:41:29,083 is more complex and dangerous... 945 00:41:29,958 --> 00:41:33,000 ...than they ever bargained for? 946 00:41:34,708 --> 00:41:37,583 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 947 00:41:37,708 --> 00:41:39,333 -(rapid beeping) -(gasps) 948 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:40,958 -No way! -Look what we found! Look at that! 949 00:41:41,042 --> 00:41:42,708 -(laughs) -Yes! 950 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:45,333 -GARY: This is magnificent. -RICK: It's incredible. 951 00:41:45,458 --> 00:41:47,333 -We found a piece of treasure. -It's amazing. 952 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:49,042 IAN: Gold and silver, copper, 953 00:41:49,167 --> 00:41:51,583 zinc, tin, lead-- they're all now metals of interest. 954 00:41:51,708 --> 00:41:54,667 There is still a treasure to be found here. 955 00:41:54,792 --> 00:41:56,708 ALEX: This is as close as we've gotten 956 00:41:56,833 --> 00:41:59,250 -to an "X marks the spot." -RICK: We've got to go down. 957 00:41:59,375 --> 00:42:00,667 SCOTT: We've waited a long time for a moment like this. 958 00:42:00,833 --> 00:42:02,833 RICK: This is astounding. 959 00:42:02,958 --> 00:42:04,750 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS