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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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RICK:
We're following
the trail of the gold.
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MARTY:
There's a highly unusual
source of gold here.
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-Hey, look at this.
-Nice.
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If you can get a date off of
that, you could date this wall.
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We're talking about 1650
to about 1690.
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RICK:
Come on in, Bill.
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We're digging up a hidden well.
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-(beeping)
-Oh, look at that.
That's fantastic!
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There's definitely
higher counts of gold here.
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-That's exciting.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
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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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-MARTY: Hey, guys.
-RODNEY: Hello, Marty.
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NARRATOR:
As a new day begins
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on Oak Island for brothers
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Rick and Marty Lagina
and their team...
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MARTY:
Okay, Rod, Paul,
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I see you have us set up
with camera. That's great.
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NARRATOR: ...the belief
that they are close
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to a groundbreaking discovery
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in the Money Pit area
has never been stronger.
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Rod, where are we currently
with the dig?
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-We're just putting in our set
now at 50... roughly 56 feet.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Working with representatives
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from Dumas Contracting Limited,
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they have reached a depth
of nearly 60 feet
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with the reconstruction
of the so-called Garden Shaft,
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a dilapidated,
80-foot-deep structure
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that may not only be related
to the original Money Pit,
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but might also hold the keys
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to solving a 228-year-old
treasure mystery.
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We want you
to do something here, Rod.
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Uh, when you were
drilling your holes,
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Rick had you hand over
some of those wood samples.
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Well, it turns out
that we had those tested,
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and there's gold in those.
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RICK:
Drill's going in now.
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-All right, bud.
We're in business.
-Yup.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago...
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ALEX:
If we get lucky,
this'll tell us.
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NARRATOR:
...after conducting
exploratory probe-drilling
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from within the shaft
at a depth of 55 feet,
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the team had archaeometallurgist
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Emma Culligan test
a sample of wood,
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taken from the original feature,
for signs of precious metals.
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From this one, I detected gold.
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-Wow.
-0.11%
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Isn't that like a big number?
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This is huge.
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MARTY:
We're gonna want
to take more samples.
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And while your guys are down
there, can they cut a section
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of that tight lining
and get us a piece?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Now, while Dumas
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completes the final
eight-foot sections,
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or sets, of the Garden Shaft...
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Hello, Dan. Do you got a copy?
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NARRATOR: ...down
to a total depth of 80 feet...
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MACKENZIE:
What's going on?
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Can you take out a piece
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of the tight lining
and send it up?
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-No problem at all.
-Thank you.
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NARRATOR:
...the Oak Island team
will continue
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testing samples
of the original structure
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in an effort to pinpoint
just where the ultimate source
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of the gold may be located.
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I bet you wouldn't have thought
there'd be gold in that wood.
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I would never have thought
there'd be gold in that wood.
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Well, there is.
I don't know what to make of it.
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-We're trying to figure it out.
-RODNEY: Okay.
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-There's our sample.
I'll go grab it. Yeah.
-Good deal.
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MARTY:
If we find gold
at this 50-foot depth,
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then we have two alternatives.
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The source of the gold
either went deeper,
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or it was actually emanating
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from the Garden Shaft
and is much closer.
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So, there could be something
like an offset chamber,
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shallower than we realized,
and that would be great.
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Well, those ought to do.
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Those are
some pretty good chunks.
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Should be good enough
for a sample size off of that.
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-Oh, I think so, yeah.
-PAUL: We have all
those gold areas
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that are in the water
over here on the corner.
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So there must be
some communication somewhere.
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Whether it's further below,
in deeper caverns and tunnels
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that extend out
into the Money Pit.
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-But somewhere
there's a contact point.
-Yeah.
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Okay, well, look, these are
the samples from 58 feet, right?
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-Yeah.
-We're gonna want more,
I guarantee it.
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So, stay tuned, all right?
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Especially after we get
the results of this.
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-Perfect.
-MARTY: Yup, okay.
Thank you, guys.
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-RODNEY: Thank you.
-PAUL: All right.
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NARRATOR:
While the reconstruction
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of the Garden Shaft continues
in the Money Pit area...
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RICK:
Gentlemen, I'm glad we're here.
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I was speaking
with Tom the other day,
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and he's come up with an idea:
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developing a new search agenda
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based on your father's work,
of course.
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NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina,
along with fellow
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Oak Island landowner Tom Nolan,
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gather in the war room
with members of the team
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for an important meeting
regarding the decades
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of documented search activity
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conducted by Tom's late father,
Fred Nolan.
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I think we're all going
to find it very interesting.
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So, Tom, I'm going
to turn it over to you.
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Well, in the early '80s,
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my dad started to compose a book
of his work on the island.
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And it was never published.
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But it does give, you know,
a really good read,
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of his work
over the years on the island.
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From the early 1960s
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until his passing in 2016,
Fred Nolan,
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a professional surveyor
from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
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made some of
the most important discoveries
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in the history
of the Oak Island treasure hunt
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on the six lots that he owned.
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These include numerous parts
of a large sailing vessel
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that he found
in the triangle-shaped swamp,
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as well as the megalithic
formation of six boulders
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that came to be known
as "Nolan's Cross."
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Back in the 1970s,
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we were working around
the outer edge of the swamp,
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and we got into a well.
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It had been filled in
and buried.
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As I recall, I'm going
to say it was ten feet deep.
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But one of the odd things was,
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when we got to the... what we
assumed was the bottom of it,
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we came across a tremendous
amount of broken pottery.
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-Wow.
-Like somebody had
just taken everything they had
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and smashed it and thrown it
to the bottom of this well.
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We didn't know
what to make of it.
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Filled it back in.
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But it's interesting where you
guys have found this well on 26.
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-You just might want
to have a look at that.
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-I'd be happy to go out there
and take a look at it.
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-Yeah.
-TOM: We can come up
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as to why this thing
was put there.
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I mean, I-I think
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it's certainly worth our time
to investigate it.
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RICK: Well, I mean,
I see no reason not to dig it.
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-Uh, me personally.
-Yeah.
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TOM: So, there is another thing.
My dad discovered,
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in the early '90s,
something that we refer to
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as "the quadrilateral."
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He found it using some sort
of an offset sightline
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of the cross.
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It's within, oh,
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a couple hundred feet
of the top of the cross
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on the north side of the swamp.
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When they did get into the site,
and they cleared it off,
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they brought in a small backhoe,
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and they did a little bit
of light excavation work,
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and what
they found themselves in
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was some sort
of a boulder field.
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And it definitely
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didn't look natural once
they started to uncover it.
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This is the section in the book
that was dedicated
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to the quadrilateral.
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As you can see what...
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What are the diagrams?
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So, here are his pictures
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of how he sketched out
the quadrilateral.
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You can see it's...
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On its long side,
it's probably 32 feet long.
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Runs about ten feet deep
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with three layers
of large boulders.
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RICK:
That's intriguing, right?
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-Very intriguing.
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working the island
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It-it has another purpose.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Is the whole thing dug out?
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Or are we able to do some sort
of an excavation?
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TOM:
He partially back-filled it.
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So, I mean, yeah, it could
certainly be re-excavated.
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Well, I'll tell you what.
Here's what we'll do.
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And I think this
is exceedingly interesting.
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And we need
to explore this further.
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But I would advocate
to explore this well
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that you're referencing first
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because the well is in
the northern end of the swamp,
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-and we know
the swamp was manipulated.
-Yup.
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RICK:
The well on Tom's property--
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it's interesting
for two reasons.
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One, it's a hidden well.
That's how Fred described it.
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There are other wells
on the island.
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They're all open.
They weren't filled in.
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The quadrilateral is
a unique geometric figure,
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and we will look
into it further.
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First, let's dig
the well out properly.
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Well, I think
we all want answers here.
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So, we better get at it
and get out there.
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-Right?
-Yeah.
-Let's do it.
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RICK:
Let's try to figure this out.
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Later that afternoon...
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-RICK: Come on in, Bill.
-(mechanical beeping)
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ALEX:
Probably about here.
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BILLY:
All right.
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NARRATOR:
...Rick and Alex Lagina,
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along with Billy Gerhardt,
arrive on Lot 11,
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near the northern edge
of the triangle-shaped swamp.
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I'd work from the outside in,
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-so we don't tear it up.
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NARRATOR:
Having been given the location
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of a reported buried well
by Tom Nolan,
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they are eager to excavate
the feature and look for clues
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that might help solve
the 228-year-old mystery.
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Another little mini
treasure hunt for you, Gary.
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Ooh, wow.
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As you well know, Fred did not
have a metal detector.
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-No.
-He wasn't, you know,
a proponent of that.
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So, we may find something here.
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-Okay.
-First, let's figure out
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the extent of the well
and then go from there.
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-ALEX: Yup.
-BILLY: Yup.
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NARRATOR:
As Billy Gerhardt
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removes muck and earth in
an effort to uncover the well,
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Gary will scan the spoils
for signs of artifacts
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and potential valuables.
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Going in.
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Ooh!
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GARY:
Ooh. Look what I see.
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I see something old.
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I just about sweep over it
with my metal detector.
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ALEX:
Oh, yeah.
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It's an old spike.
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NARRATOR: ...while helping
Rick Lagina and members
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of the team uncover
a mysterious
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stone well,
Gary Drayton has just found
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a potentially important clue.
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GARY:
Ooh! It's our friend,
the rose head.
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It's a beauty, as well. Look!
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-These are old.
-ALEX: Yeah.
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Look at that.
Look at the head on it.
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Mm-hmm, yeah,
it's a rose head for sure.
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GARY:
Imagine the last person
to touch that before us.
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It might have been the person
who dug that well.
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-GARY: Yeah.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
A rose head spike, meaning
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that it was hand-forged
some time prior to the discovery
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of the Money Pit in 1795?
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But if so, how might it be
related to the buried well
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that Fred Nolan discovered here
more than four decades ago?
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GARY:
Brilliant. Oh, my God,
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that's a thing
of beauty, isn't it?
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-ALEX: And in
the top couple feet, too.
-GARY: Yeah.
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Question is,
what would you be doing here
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-to necessitate using that?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
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It is a really old
iron fastener.
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BILLY:
It's not only
is it a fastener.
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-It's a big fastener, right?
-GARY: Yeah. No.
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It's-it's...
You'd think tunneling or shafts.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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A beautiful find.
I'm gonna bag it,
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and I'll recheck
the spoils here,
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-see if we got anymore.
-Perfect.
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RICK:
I don't know what to make
of the rose head spike
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that's in close proximity
to the hidden well.
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We have found those
in the Money Pit.
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We have found those
in Smith's Cove.
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We know for certain have
been highly manipulated
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by the hand of man.
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So, that's interesting
and intriguing in and of itself.
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Nothing yet.
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So are there other
structures in proximity?
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There may be.
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To what end,
we don't know quite yet.
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(beeping)
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GARY:
I think there's
a piece of iron here.
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Looks like
it could be modern, though.
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-(rapid beeping)
-Oh, maybe I am wrong
about that.
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It's singing.
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Oh-ho! Look what we got.
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Look at this!
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A hook.
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An old hook, as well,
by the look of it.
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Maybe it was a hook connected
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when they were bringing
the water out the well.
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ALEX:
Yeah.
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-Yeah, that could be.
-GARY: Yeah.
-Yeah.
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GARY:
That looks really old.
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That's an hand-forged hook.
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-Yeah, you can kind of see
the striations on the tip.
-Yeah.
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ALEX:
The point.
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We have found a...
another hook on the island.
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-Remember that bunk hook?
-Mm-hmm.
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That Carmen ID'd as from 1600s?
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Same date range
would be nice or even older.
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Mm-hmm.
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MARTY:
Oh, my goodness.
What the hell is that?
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NARRATOR:
Earlier this year,
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while investigating Lot 8,
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less than a quarter mile
to the west,
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Gary and Marty Lagina unearthed
a 17th-century bunk hook--
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a tool specifically designed
for lifting heavy cargo.
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-Another good candidate
for the lab.
-Yeah. Yup.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that Gary has found
a similar artifact
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near the reported buried well?
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And of course,
we'll show it to Carmen Legge,
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-and hopefully, he'll know...
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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GARY:
...what this was used for.
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-All right. I'm gonna bag it.
-RICK: Absolutely.
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-Yeah. Yup.
-I say keep digging, Bill.
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(mechanical squeaking)
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RICK:
I just don't understand.
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Tom said,
"You'll see the stones."
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The problem is there's no rock.
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-ALEX: Yeah.
-There's just...
there's no rock.
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-There doesn't seem
to be a well.
-(laughing): No.
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ALEX:
To me, this looks
like backfill stuff.
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RICK:
There's not a stone to be found.
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No.
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-Nothing on this side at all.
-Okay.
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We're done.
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So, I think what we'll do is
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bring Tom in
and see what he says.
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-Mm-hmm.
-BILLY: If there's a well,
I think, unfortunately,
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it might be...
It could be deeper.
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But we're-we're below
Tom's two feet now.
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All the more reason
to stand down
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and see if Tom has some answers.
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We have to get
more information from Tom.
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-Yup.
-Yup.
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-Back at it when Tom gets here.
-RICK: Yup.
-GARY: Yup.
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RICK:
You got to be patient
in this place.
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GARY:
Yup.
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NARRATOR:
The following morning...
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AL COUTURE:
All right, Rods, going down.
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NARRATOR: ...as the team
from Dumas Contracting Limited
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continues to reconstruct
the Garden Shaft...
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MACKENZIE:
Good.
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MARTY:
Peter Romkey is here.
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He is an expert
in trees and forestry.
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NARRATOR:
...at the research center,
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Rick and Marty Lagina, along
with other members of the team,
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meet with forestry
technician Peter Romkey.
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-We went out to the wall
where we excavated.
-Yes.
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-Let's bore a tree.
-MARTY: Okay.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
Peter took a core sample
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from an adult oak tree
that had grown up
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through the mysterious
rock wall on Lot 26.
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A wall that sets less
than 50 feet
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from a 900-year-old stone well
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where the team
has recently found
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high-trace evidence of silver.
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Now, Peter has returned
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to report the age
of the oak tree,
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which, if it pre-dates
the discovery of the Money Pit,
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will prove that the stone wall's
construction did, as well.
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So, what did you find out?
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We can look at the numbers here.
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So, if we talk
about the second bore first,
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based on the number of rings
that we could count,
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it ended up coming out
at, uh, 240 years old.
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What's your plus
and minus on that?
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My plus and minus
could be 20 or 30 years.
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So, 260 years.
But you have to remember,
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what's difficult with these
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were that once we get
in a certain distance,
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the wood went rotten, in which
case, there's no rings to count.
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00:17:05,583 --> 00:17:08,000
The missing rings could be a lot
older, a lot tighter, right?
378
00:17:08,125 --> 00:17:09,583
-A lot tighter, yeah.
-Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Because the oak tree dates back
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240 years or more,
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could that possibly mean that
the stone wall might be related
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to the nearby
900-year-old stone well?
383
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If so, what other clues
or potential valuables
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does the wall contain that
could help the team determine
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just who built them and why?
386
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So, it could be much older.
387
00:17:35,917 --> 00:17:37,500
-Right.
-Yeah.
-BILLY: Right.
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00:17:37,625 --> 00:17:40,708
You'd have to add quite a number
of years, in my opinion.
389
00:17:40,875 --> 00:17:43,167
So, the question is, what
were they using the wall for?
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RICK:
If the wall was constructed
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for a specific purpose,
other than a boundary,
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which it just to me does not
appear to be a boundary.
393
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It was used for some reason,
in some capacity.
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00:17:54,125 --> 00:17:55,750
Absolutely.
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RICK: It's now at this point,
you have to look at it
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as an island-wide story,
not just a Money Pit story.
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Something happened here
long ago,
398
00:18:03,792 --> 00:18:05,500
and I continue to be intrigued.
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MARTY:
It is pretty cool
400
00:18:07,375 --> 00:18:09,167
and interesting
to look at those and think
401
00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:12,625
that that tree, at least,
was growing in that wall
402
00:18:12,708 --> 00:18:14,208
when the Money Pit
was first discovered.
403
00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:16,833
Anyway, great data, Peter.
Thank you.
404
00:18:16,958 --> 00:18:17,917
-Thank you, Peter.
-Appreciate it.
405
00:18:18,042 --> 00:18:19,833
ROMKEY:
No problem.
406
00:18:19,958 --> 00:18:22,667
LAIRD:
It's just odd. No artifacts.
407
00:18:22,792 --> 00:18:23,917
ALEX:
Yeah. Nothing.
408
00:18:24,042 --> 00:18:25,708
We have to find artifacts.
409
00:18:25,833 --> 00:18:28,167
-Okay, get on that.
-(laughs)
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon,
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following Peter Romkey's report,
Alex Lagina,
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00:18:33,375 --> 00:18:37,125
along with archaeologists
Laird Niven and Miriam Amirault
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return to Lot 26
414
00:18:40,042 --> 00:18:42,583
to continue investigating
the stone wall.
415
00:18:44,208 --> 00:18:46,083
(Laird laughs)
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00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:48,125
LAIRD:
I think we'll get
a good profile.
417
00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:49,667
-MIRIAM: Mm-hmm.
-ALEX: Okay.
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MIRIAM:
It's looking good.
419
00:18:55,875 --> 00:18:57,958
LAIRD:
I think we're getting down
to these bottom stones.
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00:18:58,042 --> 00:18:59,583
ALEX:
Mm-hmm.
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00:18:59,708 --> 00:19:02,625
So I guess just, like,
the question is, is this
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the bottom, or is this
on top of something else?
423
00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:07,792
ALEX:
Mm-hmm.
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00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:09,333
LAIRD:
That's a good question.
425
00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:12,333
I don't remember us
encountering these base rocks.
426
00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,417
Yeah. Those rocks are different.
427
00:19:14,542 --> 00:19:16,000
-LAIRD: Yeah.
-ALEX: These are bigger.
428
00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:17,500
LAIRD:
Yeah.
429
00:19:23,583 --> 00:19:25,292
LAIRD:
Nice.
430
00:19:25,417 --> 00:19:29,250
-Wow. See that?
-Oh, yeah.
431
00:19:29,375 --> 00:19:32,333
-This is exactly
what Craig wants us to find.
-All right!
432
00:19:32,458 --> 00:19:33,750
LAIRD:
That's certainly intriguing.
433
00:19:33,875 --> 00:19:34,792
-MIRIAM: Yeah.
-ALEX: Cool.
434
00:19:38,875 --> 00:19:40,167
-LAIRD: That's charcoal.
-MIRIAM: That's a cool find.
435
00:19:40,292 --> 00:19:42,042
ALEX:
That's pretty interesting.
436
00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:45,333
-We got a nice, uh,
burnt twig basically.
-ALEX: Nice.
437
00:19:45,458 --> 00:19:47,083
NARRATOR:
While investigating
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the mysterious stone wall
on Lot 26...
439
00:19:49,958 --> 00:19:52,833
-This is exactly
what Craig wants us to find.
-ALEX: Right.
440
00:19:52,917 --> 00:19:55,583
NARRATOR: ...archaeologist
Laird Niven has just discovered
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an important clue.
442
00:19:57,792 --> 00:19:59,750
You think we can get, you know,
a good date off of that?
443
00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:02,042
Well, I mean, if you can
get a date off of that, you can
444
00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:04,292
-sort of try and date this wall.
-Right.
445
00:20:04,417 --> 00:20:07,542
At least say, like, it was
not here before this time.
446
00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:09,792
-Right.
-Finding at the bottom here.
447
00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,583
-LAIRD: Yeah.
-So, this is the bottom
of the wall.
448
00:20:12,708 --> 00:20:14,667
Yup.
449
00:20:14,833 --> 00:20:16,583
ALEX:
The great thing
about charcoal is,
450
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it's not a root
that grew under the wall.
451
00:20:18,042 --> 00:20:20,250
With charcoal,
452
00:20:20,375 --> 00:20:22,667
the only way for a piece of
charcoal to be under the wall is
453
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if it was burned
before the wall was built.
454
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000
Hey.
455
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-How's it going?
-Good.
-RICK: Hey, guys.
456
00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:32,333
-MIRIAM: Hi.
-I see they brought in
the heavy hitter.
457
00:20:32,458 --> 00:20:34,792
-Yeah.
-So, have you figured it out?
458
00:20:34,917 --> 00:20:37,333
LAIRD:
In this area,
they had more of a...
459
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they're more... well, almost
a series of flat rocks.
460
00:20:41,792 --> 00:20:44,375
But the good thing is,
461
00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:47,083
under the layer
of rocks in here,
462
00:20:47,208 --> 00:20:49,708
we got a really nice
charcoal sample.
463
00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:51,917
CRAIG:
Oh, great.
464
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LAIRD:
Like a little twig.
465
00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:56,292
-Yeah.
-RICK: Oh, okay. And you think
466
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that context, the... perhaps
the beginning of this wall.
467
00:20:58,500 --> 00:20:59,917
-MIRIAM: Mm-hmm.
-Oh, yeah. There's no doubt.
468
00:21:00,042 --> 00:21:01,333
Yeah.
469
00:21:01,458 --> 00:21:04,125
-I like that verbiage, no doubt.
-Yes. Finally.
470
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-RICK: But no other artifacts?
-Nothing.
471
00:21:06,292 --> 00:21:07,833
-But a good sample.
-CRAID: Yet.
472
00:21:07,958 --> 00:21:09,083
-Yet.
-LAIRD: Yet.
473
00:21:09,208 --> 00:21:11,333
What's your take on this?
474
00:21:11,458 --> 00:21:15,750
I still find
that it's too strongly built.
475
00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:18,292
It was trying
to support something higher.
476
00:21:18,375 --> 00:21:21,875
I mean, to me, it's very
baffling what they used it for.
477
00:21:22,042 --> 00:21:24,625
And I'm curious what the date
is on that... that charcoal.
478
00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,708
-Like, I think
that will tell us a lot.
-Yes, absolutely.
479
00:21:26,875 --> 00:21:32,125
I guess my-my brain is going to,
"I hope it affirms my belief."
480
00:21:32,250 --> 00:21:34,625
Because my belief means
this went...
481
00:21:34,708 --> 00:21:37,375
this is part
of the original mystery.
482
00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,000
-LAIRD: Yeah.
-RICK: I think we should
483
00:21:39,125 --> 00:21:40,375
send it off ASAP.
484
00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:43,000
But what is the status
here now then?
485
00:21:43,167 --> 00:21:44,458
What do you want to do?
486
00:21:44,542 --> 00:21:46,125
LAIRD:
I think we have
a little bit more to do.
487
00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:48,333
-We're on the sea horizon
here, now.
-Mm-hmm.
488
00:21:48,458 --> 00:21:51,083
We just need
to follow that down.
489
00:21:51,208 --> 00:21:53,167
We'll look
for more artifacts, obviously.
490
00:21:53,333 --> 00:21:54,833
-More would be better.
-Sure.
-Yeah.
491
00:21:54,958 --> 00:21:56,458
And find a coin under the next
rock that you turn over.
492
00:21:56,542 --> 00:21:58,333
-LAIRD: Okay. I will.
-Make it a lot easier.
493
00:21:58,458 --> 00:22:00,458
-(Laird laughing)
-Okay.
-RICK: All righty.
494
00:22:00,542 --> 00:22:02,333
-CRAIG: We'll let you finish up.
-Yup. Take care.
-LAIRD: Okay.
495
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,750
-ALEX: We'll keep looking.
-CRAIG: Okay.
496
00:22:04,875 --> 00:22:06,458
-LAIRD: See you later.
-MIRIAM: See you guys.
-RICK: Good luck.
497
00:22:06,542 --> 00:22:08,333
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
498
00:22:08,458 --> 00:22:10,042
RICK:
Bill, you ready?
499
00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:11,542
-BILLY: I'm ready.
-RICK: Okeydoke.
500
00:22:13,375 --> 00:22:15,333
NARRATOR:
...Rick and Alex Lagina,
501
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:19,583
along with Billy Gerhardt,
Gary Drayton and Tom Nolan
502
00:22:19,708 --> 00:22:22,333
begin a second excavation
on Lot 11,
503
00:22:22,417 --> 00:22:25,167
just north of the swamp.
504
00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:26,792
GARY:
Excellent.
505
00:22:26,917 --> 00:22:28,833
NARRATOR:
Now with Tom's guidance,
506
00:22:28,958 --> 00:22:31,375
they hope to pinpoint
the exact location
507
00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,208
of a mysterious stone well
508
00:22:33,333 --> 00:22:35,792
that Tom's father, Fred Nolan,
509
00:22:35,875 --> 00:22:38,750
first discovered
more than four decades ago.
510
00:22:38,875 --> 00:22:41,625
There's nothing there,
that's for sure.
511
00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:43,500
You want
to go deeper here, or...?
512
00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:45,667
Yeah, we're just gonna have
to keep scraping to find it.
513
00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,125
Yeah, that's what I think,
and if we take a little more
514
00:22:47,250 --> 00:22:48,542
-on the other side...
-TOM: Yup.
515
00:22:48,708 --> 00:22:50,333
...that will maybe
help us narrow it down.
516
00:22:50,458 --> 00:22:53,500
Okay, let's go.
517
00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:56,542
NARRATOR:
Having uncovered
the steel casings
518
00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:59,042
that Fred Nolan left behind
when he conducted
519
00:22:59,167 --> 00:23:03,333
a drilling operation in the well
a number of years ago,
520
00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:05,292
the team is now confident
521
00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:07,917
that they will soon locate
the stone feature,
522
00:23:08,042 --> 00:23:09,792
and hopefully, determine
523
00:23:09,875 --> 00:23:13,708
just how it may help them
solve the Oak Island mystery.
524
00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:19,083
Ooh. I see a nice bit
of pottery there, peeking out.
525
00:23:19,208 --> 00:23:21,292
Look at that.
526
00:23:21,417 --> 00:23:23,333
-Ooh.
-Oh, yeah.
527
00:23:23,458 --> 00:23:24,833
That's nice.
528
00:23:24,958 --> 00:23:28,333
-That blue-glazed pottery.
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
529
00:23:28,417 --> 00:23:30,000
That is really nice.
It's got to be old.
530
00:23:30,167 --> 00:23:31,667
It's thick, as well.
531
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:33,542
-Show it to the guys.
-Show it to the guys.
532
00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,792
-Okay.
-RICK: What'd you find?
533
00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:39,208
GARY:
A piece of pottery out
of the last bucket load.
534
00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:40,667
You remember seeing
anything like that, Tom?
535
00:23:40,792 --> 00:23:43,417
Ah. That looks
very familiar, Gary.
536
00:23:43,542 --> 00:23:45,500
That is the type of thing
that we were hauling out
537
00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:47,667
of the bottom of the well.
538
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,125
-RICK: A plate, it looks like.
-Mm.
539
00:23:52,458 --> 00:23:54,500
TOM:
Everything was about that size.
540
00:23:54,625 --> 00:23:56,667
That's definitely the pottery.
541
00:23:56,792 --> 00:23:58,125
RICK:
The hope, of course,
is to find artifacts.
542
00:23:58,208 --> 00:24:00,208
How old it is
543
00:24:00,333 --> 00:24:01,333
remains to be seen.
544
00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:03,458
Okay, Bill.
545
00:24:03,583 --> 00:24:06,625
And that's why
the archaeologists are involved,
546
00:24:06,708 --> 00:24:08,667
so I am hopeful
that we will continue
547
00:24:08,792 --> 00:24:11,417
to find these artifacts,
and they will tell a story.
548
00:24:12,458 --> 00:24:15,250
-Is there a stone there?
-This is a stone.
549
00:24:15,375 --> 00:24:17,792
Yeah, but is there
more stone over there?
550
00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:19,958
TOM:
I think you're getting into it.
551
00:24:30,958 --> 00:24:32,417
(laughs)
552
00:24:32,542 --> 00:24:34,250
Not a stone to be found.
553
00:24:34,375 --> 00:24:37,042
Keep digging. It's here.
554
00:24:43,167 --> 00:24:45,292
I don't know, Gary.
Why don't you come down
555
00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:47,167
-and see what you can do?
-Yeah, of course.
556
00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:52,125
Come on, artifacts.
557
00:24:52,250 --> 00:24:53,833
(beeping)
558
00:24:55,542 --> 00:24:57,708
Seems to be in that area there.
(sniffling)
559
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,458
Ooh.
560
00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:12,917
-See if it's out.
-Yup. See if it's in.
561
00:25:14,042 --> 00:25:16,667
Yup. It's probably out.
562
00:25:16,792 --> 00:25:18,250
(beeping)
563
00:25:18,375 --> 00:25:20,375
Here we go.
What have we got here?
564
00:25:20,542 --> 00:25:22,875
Fantastic!
565
00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:27,958
-GARY: Mm. Oh.
-ALEX: What's that?
566
00:25:28,083 --> 00:25:29,625
It's made of iron.
567
00:25:29,708 --> 00:25:31,417
It's got a heck
of a curve on it.
568
00:25:31,542 --> 00:25:32,667
NARRATOR:
Near the northern border
569
00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:34,375
of the Oak Island swamp...
570
00:25:34,542 --> 00:25:36,583
Almost kind of like,
digging tool-ish.
571
00:25:36,708 --> 00:25:38,708
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
572
00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:40,792
NARRATOR:
...while continuing
their efforts to uncover
573
00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:44,875
a mysterious buried well,
members of the Oak Island team
574
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,667
have made another
curious discovery.
575
00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:49,167
TOM:
Could that be part of a pick?
576
00:25:49,292 --> 00:25:50,500
-GARY: Yeah.
-ALEX: Could be.
577
00:25:50,625 --> 00:25:51,500
TOM:
That's what it reminds me of.
578
00:25:51,625 --> 00:25:53,500
Something you'd use to dig.
579
00:25:53,583 --> 00:25:55,500
-GARY: Yeah.
-ALEX: Well, I think
we have one right up here.
580
00:25:55,667 --> 00:25:57,917
-GARY: Yeah.
-Right here.
581
00:26:00,542 --> 00:26:03,292
-TOM: Yup.
-GARY: See the way it fans out.
582
00:26:03,375 --> 00:26:05,375
TOM:
Well, if you're gonna
dig a well, you need a pick.
583
00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,125
-ALEX: Mm-hmm.
-GARY: Yeah. That's cool.
584
00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:08,583
You never know.
It might be original people
585
00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:10,208
who built the well.
586
00:26:10,333 --> 00:26:12,083
RICK:
I never anticipated
587
00:26:12,208 --> 00:26:15,875
finding the kinds of artifacts
that have been recovered.
588
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,167
We came here
589
00:26:17,250 --> 00:26:18,458
simply for one purpose.
590
00:26:18,542 --> 00:26:20,250
Excavate the well
591
00:26:20,375 --> 00:26:23,750
and get a really good view
of the construct.
592
00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,375
Where are we at then?
593
00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:27,250
Is there stone there?
594
00:26:27,375 --> 00:26:28,333
TOM:
I think you're getting into it.
595
00:26:28,458 --> 00:26:29,833
If you can get down in there,
596
00:26:29,958 --> 00:26:31,417
we'll dig a little bit
and see what you think.
597
00:26:31,542 --> 00:26:34,000
RICK:
I'm interested and excited
598
00:26:34,167 --> 00:26:36,833
to put eyes and boots
on the target.
599
00:26:36,958 --> 00:26:38,833
Who knows what we'll find.
600
00:26:40,042 --> 00:26:43,833
-It's like being a little kid,
playing in the mud.
-(laughs)
601
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,250
TOM:
But just,
602
00:26:46,375 --> 00:26:49,208
everywhere I hit this shovel,
all I hit's rock.
603
00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:54,750
RICK:
There's certainly enough water
being generated, right?
604
00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:58,167
-TOM: Well, you'd make
a well here, no problem.
-Mm-hmm.
605
00:26:58,333 --> 00:27:01,333
RICK:
I need to probe it.
606
00:27:01,458 --> 00:27:03,625
Rock around there.
607
00:27:03,708 --> 00:27:05,333
I think the diameter is...
608
00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:07,208
I think it's like this.
609
00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:10,833
It goes around,
around, around
610
00:27:10,958 --> 00:27:15,792
to that side, and then,
it comes around here like this,
611
00:27:15,875 --> 00:27:18,875
and comes back to there.
612
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,583
And that's about the size
I remember it as being.
613
00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:25,042
RICK:
Look at the amount
of water coming in.
614
00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:29,250
I don't think you're gonna
expose it, like I'd like to.
615
00:27:29,375 --> 00:27:32,083
Really, what this would demand
is a hydro-vac truck.
616
00:27:32,208 --> 00:27:35,083
I think you're right--
a hydro-vac truck.
617
00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:39,000
RICK:
The next thing to do with
the well is to hydro-vac it,
618
00:27:39,083 --> 00:27:41,500
and you literally
vacuum up the material.
619
00:27:41,667 --> 00:27:43,500
And that will clean up the area.
620
00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:45,833
So, tomorrow,
we'll be back at it,
621
00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:47,708
and then,
continue the excavation.
622
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:50,667
That's all we can do.
So, you know what?
623
00:27:50,792 --> 00:27:52,917
-It's a good day.
-It's a good day.
624
00:27:53,042 --> 00:27:55,958
-Now let's get out in one piece.
-Yes.
625
00:27:56,083 --> 00:27:58,167
Let's get out of this hole.
626
00:28:02,583 --> 00:28:04,375
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
627
00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,000
ROB HATFIELD:
Now the fun.
628
00:28:06,125 --> 00:28:07,708
NARRATOR:
...as representatives
629
00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:09,583
from Clean Earth
Industrial Services
630
00:28:09,708 --> 00:28:12,417
arrive with a hydro-vac truck...
631
00:28:12,542 --> 00:28:14,250
I'll vac up
some of this water first.
632
00:28:14,375 --> 00:28:16,833
NARRATOR:
...and begin clearing
water and mud
633
00:28:16,958 --> 00:28:19,667
away from the buried
stone well on Lot 11...
634
00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:22,042
GARY:
Carmen, mate,
635
00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,833
-thanks for coming out.
-No problem.
636
00:28:23,917 --> 00:28:26,000
NARRATOR: ...Gary Drayton
and Billy Gerhardt
637
00:28:26,083 --> 00:28:28,625
meet with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
638
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:32,667
at the research center to get
his analysis of the iron hook
639
00:28:32,750 --> 00:28:36,292
that was recovered
from the area two days ago.
640
00:28:36,375 --> 00:28:39,292
We were excavating, uh,
641
00:28:39,375 --> 00:28:43,042
this area where there's an old
well at the side of the swamp.
642
00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:47,250
This is one of the artifacts
we found. It's a hook.
643
00:28:47,375 --> 00:28:51,125
But it's, like, unusual,
the way it's long and closed in.
644
00:28:51,208 --> 00:28:55,208
And, hopefully, you can shed
some like on that, mate.
645
00:28:56,375 --> 00:28:58,208
BILLY:
It kind of reminded me
of a block and tackle.
646
00:28:58,375 --> 00:28:59,917
-You know, it's a long...
-Yes. Yes, that's right.
647
00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:03,375
You can see how it has
a fairly long shank here.
648
00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:05,167
You're right, Billy--
this is from a block and tackle.
649
00:29:05,292 --> 00:29:08,208
The reason why they had
a long shank is 'cause
650
00:29:08,333 --> 00:29:11,083
-it would hang naturally down
from a block and tackle.
-Yeah.
651
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,167
NARRATOR:
Originally invented
652
00:29:13,292 --> 00:29:17,583
by the Greek scientist
Archimedes in 250 B.C.,
653
00:29:17,708 --> 00:29:20,375
a block and tackle
is a pulley device
654
00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:24,583
used to manually raise
and lower large, heavy objects.
655
00:29:24,708 --> 00:29:29,000
This was made in such a way
that it would come off easy
656
00:29:29,125 --> 00:29:31,917
and go on easy so it was
a fast operation happening here.
657
00:29:32,042 --> 00:29:35,667
-Lowering and raising something.
-GARY: Well, it is a well.
658
00:29:35,792 --> 00:29:39,000
Would it have been a hook for
lowering a bucket into the well?
659
00:29:39,125 --> 00:29:41,833
-Up and down?
-No, this was for
something heavier.
660
00:29:41,958 --> 00:29:43,375
-This is much heavier.
-GARY: Oh.
661
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,250
No, yeah, you wouldn't use
something like this.
662
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:48,042
And I could sort of see how thin
it is down at the bottom here,
663
00:29:48,167 --> 00:29:49,667
so that indicates
it had a lot of use.
664
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:51,000
-Yeah.
-A lot of use.
665
00:29:51,125 --> 00:29:52,500
It might have drug something
666
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,125
over the ground and then
raised it and lowered it.
667
00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:56,667
Any idea on an age
of this artifact?
668
00:29:56,792 --> 00:29:58,833
Ah, it-it is very old, Gary.
669
00:29:58,917 --> 00:30:00,667
Hooks in the later time period
670
00:30:00,792 --> 00:30:02,167
were more rounder,
not elongated like that.
671
00:30:02,292 --> 00:30:04,667
-Yeah.
-So a hook like that used
672
00:30:04,750 --> 00:30:06,333
in a block and tackle,
we're talking about
673
00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:10,625
uh, 1650 to about 1690,
no later than 1690.
674
00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:12,333
Wow, that's brilliant.
675
00:30:12,458 --> 00:30:15,958
NARRATOR: A hook used
for lifting heavy cargo?
676
00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:18,375
And dating to more
than a century prior
677
00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:22,208
to the discovery of
the Money Pit in 1795?
678
00:30:23,708 --> 00:30:25,458
GARY: Wow. That is massive.
679
00:30:25,542 --> 00:30:27,167
That's a big boulder.
680
00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:29,375
NARRATOR:
Three years ago,
681
00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:31,500
while investigating
a curious formation
682
00:30:31,583 --> 00:30:34,250
of boulders at the so-called
"Eye of the Swamp,"
683
00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:37,333
which is located
less than 100 yards
684
00:30:37,458 --> 00:30:39,833
from the site of
the reported buried well,
685
00:30:39,958 --> 00:30:43,250
the team uncovered
back-filled organic materials
686
00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:46,917
that Dr. Ian Spooner
dated to 1680.
687
00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:49,458
-GARY: Yeah, that's some
history in that well.
-CARMEN: Yep.
688
00:30:49,542 --> 00:30:52,208
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the well was built by
689
00:30:52,333 --> 00:30:55,167
the same people who were digging
at the Eye of the Swamp?
690
00:30:55,333 --> 00:30:58,792
And if so, could this hook
offer evidence
691
00:30:58,875 --> 00:31:00,917
that the well may have been used
692
00:31:01,042 --> 00:31:04,167
to hide cargo of great
importance, or value?
693
00:31:05,250 --> 00:31:07,000
CARMEN:
There was some activity
that involved that well.
694
00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:10,792
And at one time,
it was used in that well area.
695
00:31:10,917 --> 00:31:12,792
GARY:
That's brilliant, isn't it?
696
00:31:12,917 --> 00:31:14,583
BILLY:
Yeah, I know. That's great.
697
00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:16,458
Yeah. Talking about hooked,
that's got me hooked up, mate.
698
00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:18,000
All right, mate.
699
00:31:18,083 --> 00:31:20,000
Thanks for coming out.
We really appreciate it.
700
00:31:20,083 --> 00:31:22,333
CARMEN:
Very good. See you later.
701
00:31:22,458 --> 00:31:24,125
-GARY: All right, mate. Cheers.
-BILLY: Thanks, Carmen.
702
00:31:27,208 --> 00:31:29,208
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
703
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:30,625
Oh, it's looking pretty good.
704
00:31:30,708 --> 00:31:32,125
I think they moved quite a bit.
705
00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:33,292
NARRATOR:
...while the reconstruction
706
00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:34,875
of the Garden Shaft continues
707
00:31:35,042 --> 00:31:36,417
in the Money Pit area...
708
00:31:37,833 --> 00:31:40,042
-TOM: Isn't this
a nice way to dig a hole?
-MARTY: Yeah.
709
00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:42,500
-Standing up here, yeah.
-Yes.
710
00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:46,292
NARRATOR:
...Rick and Marty Lagina
along with Tom Nolan
711
00:31:46,417 --> 00:31:49,667
and Billy Gerhardt arrive at
the northern edge of the swamp
712
00:31:49,792 --> 00:31:53,167
as the hydro-vac operation
to clear mud and water
713
00:31:53,292 --> 00:31:57,042
away from the mysterious
stone well is nearly complete.
714
00:32:01,167 --> 00:32:03,167
I think what you're
looking at there
715
00:32:03,292 --> 00:32:05,125
is definitely part of the well,
716
00:32:05,250 --> 00:32:07,292
that's the way
it was constructed.
717
00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:09,000
You had big rocks
718
00:32:09,125 --> 00:32:10,500
and then your little ones
putting it together.
719
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:14,250
Almost every rock down there
has a flat face.
720
00:32:14,375 --> 00:32:16,625
TOM:
Yeah, I do see that.
721
00:32:16,708 --> 00:32:19,458
It seems like it's right there.
722
00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:25,083
You can see by the amount
of rock right here,
723
00:32:25,208 --> 00:32:27,458
it's not natural.
724
00:32:30,333 --> 00:32:32,542
RICK:
But what that does look like,
725
00:32:32,708 --> 00:32:35,875
it doesn't look like
the other wells here.
726
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,333
The small stones.
Irregular shape.
727
00:32:41,458 --> 00:32:43,625
HATFIELD:
Can you see it, right here?
728
00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:49,625
It almost looks
like it was stacked.
729
00:32:56,708 --> 00:33:01,083
I'm confident that that well
is like the Lot 26 well.
730
00:33:01,208 --> 00:33:04,292
And those are the only two
on the island like that.
731
00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:06,875
Yeah. You can certainly
see the stacked stones.
732
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,542
-There.
-Yeah.
733
00:33:08,667 --> 00:33:11,250
NARRATOR: On Lot 11,
at the northern border
734
00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:13,958
of the triangle-shaped swamp,
735
00:33:14,042 --> 00:33:15,625
Rick Lagina
and members of the team
736
00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:19,208
have just made a potentially
historic discovery.
737
00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:22,125
-That's the side of it,
right there.
-RICK: Yeah.
738
00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,208
NARRATOR:
They have uncovered
a stone well
739
00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:27,833
that Tom Nolan's father
first discovered in the 1970s.
740
00:33:27,958 --> 00:33:30,375
However, it is Rick's belief
741
00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:32,125
that it could match the design
742
00:33:32,208 --> 00:33:34,833
of the well located on Lot 26.
743
00:33:34,958 --> 00:33:37,083
A well, which has been dated
744
00:33:37,208 --> 00:33:39,500
to as early as the 11th century
745
00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:42,958
and has yielded
high-trace evidence of silver.
746
00:33:43,042 --> 00:33:45,750
There are enough remnants of it
747
00:33:45,875 --> 00:33:48,083
to indicate that the construct
748
00:33:48,208 --> 00:33:51,125
is exactly the same
as the Lot 26 well.
749
00:33:51,208 --> 00:33:54,167
It's the same smaller stones,
750
00:33:54,250 --> 00:33:57,000
no large, round
granite boulders.
751
00:33:57,083 --> 00:33:58,333
TOM:
I think that's as much...
752
00:33:58,458 --> 00:34:01,000
No matter how much
we suck out of this,
753
00:34:01,125 --> 00:34:02,625
I don't know if
you're ever going to see
754
00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:03,833
a perfectly round well here.
755
00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:06,833
Okay, so what are we gonna do?
756
00:34:06,958 --> 00:34:09,375
Well, you can pull a foot off
the top here with the excavator.
757
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:13,542
-Yep.
-If you want to expose more,
I'm fine with that.
758
00:34:13,708 --> 00:34:16,125
We could take a little
out of the center of it.
759
00:34:16,250 --> 00:34:19,417
-Yep.
-RICK: Right.
-All right, let's do that.
760
00:34:19,542 --> 00:34:22,000
-So, you guys can come on out.
-Yep.
761
00:34:22,083 --> 00:34:24,667
RICK:
And just stand by,
we're going to excavate.
762
00:34:24,792 --> 00:34:26,292
-Perfect.
-All right.
763
00:34:28,208 --> 00:34:30,292
The eight other wells
that we have found
764
00:34:30,417 --> 00:34:33,000
across the width
and breadth of the island
765
00:34:33,125 --> 00:34:34,958
are 100% different.
766
00:34:35,083 --> 00:34:37,000
TOM:
If you were looking for a well,
767
00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:39,417
to put it here,
with the swamp right there,
768
00:34:39,542 --> 00:34:41,792
-you know you're
going to get water.
-Oh, yeah.
769
00:34:41,875 --> 00:34:44,667
RICK:
The two wells that are of
the same type of construct,
770
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:46,542
it can't be a coincidence.
771
00:34:46,708 --> 00:34:51,958
It has to be relevant in
some way, shape or form.
772
00:34:52,042 --> 00:34:53,667
There's your well. Right there,
773
00:34:53,833 --> 00:34:55,458
-you're on it.
-MARTY: Yeah.
774
00:34:55,583 --> 00:34:57,042
TOM:
I'm thinking
you're outside of it.
775
00:34:57,208 --> 00:34:58,208
-MARTY: For sure.
-TOM: Yeah.
776
00:34:58,333 --> 00:35:01,125
And then you throw into that mix
777
00:35:01,208 --> 00:35:04,375
that they are on opposite ends
of the island,
778
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,208
one's on the north,
one's in the south.
779
00:35:06,333 --> 00:35:09,417
To me, they both are impactful
780
00:35:09,542 --> 00:35:12,333
in terms of the body of
the work that was done,
781
00:35:12,417 --> 00:35:16,042
i.e., the treasure
depositional work.
782
00:35:16,208 --> 00:35:20,708
For me, I-I think,
I've seen enough to recognize
783
00:35:20,833 --> 00:35:24,667
the similarity between this
construct and the one on 26.
784
00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:28,000
There's flat stone in there.
Small stone in there.
785
00:35:28,083 --> 00:35:29,375
Irregular shaped stone.
786
00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:31,083
Exactly like the Lot 26 well.
787
00:35:31,208 --> 00:35:32,667
MARTY:
Oh, yeah.
788
00:35:32,792 --> 00:35:34,583
NARRATOR:
Could Rick Lagina
be correct
789
00:35:34,708 --> 00:35:37,208
that this well
at the northern border
790
00:35:37,333 --> 00:35:39,625
of the swamp may be related
791
00:35:39,708 --> 00:35:41,417
to the 900-year-old well
792
00:35:41,542 --> 00:35:45,208
located over a quarter mile
away on Lot 26?
793
00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:49,000
If so, could it offer
more physical evidence
794
00:35:49,167 --> 00:35:52,000
that the origins of
the Oak Island mystery
795
00:35:52,125 --> 00:35:56,000
stretch further back in history
than anyone ever knew?
796
00:35:56,125 --> 00:35:58,083
Okay. What are we gonna do here?
797
00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:00,708
I don't think you can
get down there any more.
798
00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:02,792
The problem is,
you're getting to the depth
799
00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:05,417
-where you're not allowed
down there without permits.
-Yep.
800
00:36:05,542 --> 00:36:07,208
Okay.
801
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:11,208
NARRATOR:
Although the team would like
to continue excavating this area
802
00:36:11,333 --> 00:36:14,167
to see just how deep
the well extends underground,
803
00:36:14,292 --> 00:36:17,375
and also determine
just what it may contain,
804
00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,792
because of its close
proximity to the swamp,
805
00:36:20,875 --> 00:36:24,708
additional permits will be
required for them to proceed.
806
00:36:24,875 --> 00:36:28,542
MARTY:
Getting permits to dig
deeper right here in this area,
807
00:36:28,667 --> 00:36:30,375
that would be the next step.
808
00:36:30,542 --> 00:36:32,792
Actually seeing things
is always the best data
809
00:36:32,917 --> 00:36:36,708
because the well on 26,
which we think is very old,
810
00:36:36,875 --> 00:36:39,167
by comparison, we might say
811
00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:41,333
that this well
is also of comparable age,
812
00:36:41,458 --> 00:36:42,917
which would mean
that somebody was working
813
00:36:43,042 --> 00:36:46,042
right around the swamp
a very, very long time ago.
814
00:36:46,167 --> 00:36:49,167
At the end of the day, I think
we met the objective of it.
815
00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,125
Yeah.
816
00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:54,042
We came looking for the well.
We found it.
817
00:36:54,167 --> 00:36:57,042
And we did find some pottery,
which I thought we would.
818
00:36:57,167 --> 00:36:58,417
-We've made progress.
-MARTY: Yep.
819
00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:00,292
TOM:
So, I mean...
820
00:37:00,417 --> 00:37:01,875
at this point, I think
that's all we can do with it.
821
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,625
-All right.
-Okay.
822
00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:07,000
TOM:
This is just our first peek
into this.
823
00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:08,875
RICK:
Yep. First peek.
824
00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:14,167
NARRATOR:
Following his successful
investigation on Lot 11...
825
00:37:14,292 --> 00:37:17,333
CRAIG: So, Laird,
what do you have for us?
826
00:37:17,458 --> 00:37:20,500
We've got some results from wood
827
00:37:20,625 --> 00:37:22,500
-from the Garden Shaft.
-CRAIG: Okay.
828
00:37:22,625 --> 00:37:24,500
NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina and Craig Tester
829
00:37:24,667 --> 00:37:26,583
arrive at
the Interpretive Center
830
00:37:26,708 --> 00:37:29,833
where Laird Niven and
Emma Culligan have just
831
00:37:29,958 --> 00:37:33,042
completed new scientific
tests on wood samples
832
00:37:33,208 --> 00:37:36,833
that were collected from the
Garden Shaft earlier this week.
833
00:37:36,917 --> 00:37:41,417
It's from 58 feet down
but on the crane side.
834
00:37:41,542 --> 00:37:43,125
CRAIG:
So, the opposite side of where
835
00:37:43,208 --> 00:37:44,750
the piece with the gold
was on it.
836
00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:48,000
-LAIRD: Yep, yep.
-Well, that'll be
good to-to see.
837
00:37:48,125 --> 00:37:51,250
-I-I mean, we need more data.
-Yeah.
838
00:37:51,375 --> 00:37:53,833
NARRATOR:
The wood sample was scanned
839
00:37:53,917 --> 00:37:57,625
with an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or XRF.
840
00:37:57,708 --> 00:38:01,708
The device emits gamma rays
in order to detect elements
841
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:05,500
or metal alloys that may be
present on the wood's surface
842
00:38:05,625 --> 00:38:09,917
resulting from sustained
contact with metal objects.
843
00:38:10,042 --> 00:38:14,500
One week ago, Emma performed
an XRF scan on a wood sample
844
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:17,708
taken from 55 feet deep
within the Garden Shaft
845
00:38:17,875 --> 00:38:21,625
and detected high-trace
evidence of gold.
846
00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:25,500
EMMA:
Yeah, so, I do have some values.
847
00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:29,333
So, the... the first piece
that I brought to you guys,
848
00:38:29,417 --> 00:38:32,167
that was from the opposite
side of the crane.
849
00:38:32,250 --> 00:38:34,583
I was reading .13%.
850
00:38:34,708 --> 00:38:37,500
So when I scanned
the crane side,
851
00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:41,417
the counts of gold are getting
higher as you go deeper.
852
00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:44,792
RICK:
That is incredible.
853
00:38:48,542 --> 00:38:49,833
EMMA: It's increasing,
in quantities.
854
00:38:49,917 --> 00:38:52,208
There's definitely
a fluctuating amount,
855
00:38:52,333 --> 00:38:53,667
or quantities,
which is what we want to see.
856
00:38:53,792 --> 00:38:55,583
-Yeah. That's good.
-EMMA: Yeah.
857
00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:57,750
NARRATOR: In the Oak Island
Interpretive Center,
858
00:38:57,875 --> 00:39:00,500
archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan
859
00:39:00,625 --> 00:39:03,167
has just confirmed
that a new wood sample,
860
00:39:03,250 --> 00:39:06,125
taken from a depth of 58 feet
in the Garden Shaft,
861
00:39:06,250 --> 00:39:09,708
has yielded high-trace evidence
of gold.
862
00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:12,542
How did these values
compare again
863
00:39:12,708 --> 00:39:16,583
with the values
from the 55-foot depth?
864
00:39:16,708 --> 00:39:18,000
It's more.
865
00:39:19,542 --> 00:39:21,833
-Great.
-Oh, it's exciting.
866
00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:24,542
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
867
00:39:24,667 --> 00:39:26,292
RICK:
Here in front of us,
this piece of wood
868
00:39:26,417 --> 00:39:29,333
is exhibiting gold values
substantially higher
869
00:39:29,458 --> 00:39:32,083
as we go to a deeper depth.
870
00:39:32,208 --> 00:39:33,833
On the wood of a shaft
871
00:39:33,958 --> 00:39:37,125
in the location that we have
high hopes and interest in.
872
00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:38,500
It's fantastic.
873
00:39:38,625 --> 00:39:41,167
This is highly
informative, you know,
874
00:39:41,250 --> 00:39:43,833
and we'll see at different
elevations what it turns into.
875
00:39:43,958 --> 00:39:46,625
We'll start comparing it
to wells we've drilled
876
00:39:46,708 --> 00:39:48,542
and see, you know,
where in the entire
877
00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:51,208
-Money Pit area,
how the gold varies.
-Mm-hmm. Yep.
878
00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:54,250
Hopefully, it's rich
in the Garden Shaft area
879
00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:56,125
and-and minor in-in other areas.
880
00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:57,833
-So we know where to focus.
-Mm-hmm.
881
00:39:57,917 --> 00:40:01,083
Yeah, so, Emma and I
will work on a routine,
882
00:40:01,208 --> 00:40:03,292
-so we can have
consistent results.
-Mm-hmm.
883
00:40:03,375 --> 00:40:04,667
So we can have
more rapid results.
884
00:40:04,792 --> 00:40:06,875
-That would be great.
-LAIRD: Yeah.
885
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,333
MARTY:
The gold is the most
encouraging thing, I think,
886
00:40:09,458 --> 00:40:10,833
that has happened out here.
887
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,208
You know, scientists trained
in this methodology
888
00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:15,083
tell me it's highly unusual.
889
00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:17,667
Well, that implies
that there's a highly unusual
890
00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:19,833
source of gold here still.
891
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,125
That's exciting.
892
00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:22,958
So, I think,
I think this is, uh,
893
00:40:23,042 --> 00:40:24,500
perhaps an indication that
894
00:40:24,583 --> 00:40:26,125
we're following the trail
of the gold.
895
00:40:26,208 --> 00:40:28,375
-Mm-hmm.
-RICK: I mean,
that-that's good news.
896
00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:30,000
Right? But we need
to do more work.
897
00:40:30,125 --> 00:40:33,375
Yep. We've got lots to do.
898
00:40:33,542 --> 00:40:34,667
Yeah.
899
00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:37,042
-RICK: Okay.
-CRAIG: Let's get going.
900
00:40:38,708 --> 00:40:42,500
NARRATOR:
As another week comes
to an end on Oak Island,
901
00:40:42,625 --> 00:40:46,333
the hope for Rick, Marty,
Craig and their team
902
00:40:46,458 --> 00:40:48,167
that they are closer than ever
903
00:40:48,292 --> 00:40:51,083
to solving
a 228-year-old mystery
904
00:40:51,208 --> 00:40:53,625
has only grown stronger.
905
00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:56,750
While they proceed
to scour the island
906
00:40:56,875 --> 00:40:59,667
for more critical clues
that may soon reveal
907
00:40:59,792 --> 00:41:02,667
the true story of what
happened here long ago,
908
00:41:02,792 --> 00:41:06,500
are they now also
zeroing in on a treasure
909
00:41:06,583 --> 00:41:08,958
that will rewrite
the history of the world?
910
00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:11,750
One thing is for sure.
911
00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:16,750
They will dig however deep
it takes to find out.
912
00:41:18,833 --> 00:41:21,833
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
913
00:41:21,958 --> 00:41:24,833
The gold concentration is
getting higher as we go down.
914
00:41:24,917 --> 00:41:26,917
-SCOTT: Oh, wow!
-RODNEY: X marks the spot.
915
00:41:27,042 --> 00:41:29,667
RICK: We're going to dig
the great quadrilateral.
916
00:41:29,833 --> 00:41:31,917
This clay should not be here.
917
00:41:32,042 --> 00:41:33,958
There's something at
the bottom of that clay.
918
00:41:34,042 --> 00:41:36,500
-That's a big something.
-GARY: Oh, wow!
-ALEX: What is that?
919
00:41:36,583 --> 00:41:38,000
-GARY: That is sweet.
-ALEX: Whoa.
920
00:41:38,167 --> 00:41:40,000
This is Portuguese.
921
00:41:40,125 --> 00:41:43,500
It's 1474 to 1638.
922
00:41:43,625 --> 00:41:45,292
-RICK: Wow. It's incredible.
-No way.
923
00:41:45,417 --> 00:41:47,208
(laughter)
924
00:41:47,333 --> 00:41:49,125
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