1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,250 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:06,000 -Wow. We're at 13 feet across. -Wow. 3 00:00:06,125 --> 00:00:07,542 ALEX: That is the exact same dimension 4 00:00:07,708 --> 00:00:10,167 -as the Money Pit. -To me, it changes everything. 5 00:00:10,292 --> 00:00:12,125 -Ooh, look at that. -Oh, look at that. 6 00:00:12,208 --> 00:00:14,250 That's nice. Fantastic. 7 00:00:14,375 --> 00:00:16,708 That's got to be the oldest metal artifact 8 00:00:16,833 --> 00:00:18,375 ever to come out of the swamp. 9 00:00:18,542 --> 00:00:20,375 It's the oldest I've seen in Nova Scotia. 10 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:21,875 SANDY: It's Roman 11 00:00:22,042 --> 00:00:23,167 from fifth century. 12 00:00:23,250 --> 00:00:25,125 -(laughter) -JACK: Oh, no way. 13 00:00:25,208 --> 00:00:27,000 -How sure are you of this? -I'm 100% sure. 14 00:00:27,125 --> 00:00:28,667 -Wow. -Wow. 15 00:00:30,917 --> 00:00:34,167 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,292 --> 00:00:36,542 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:40,583 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:43,500 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:45,708 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:46,792 --> 00:00:50,208 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:54,708 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,833 --> 00:00:55,833 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,750 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:58,875 --> 00:01:01,500 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,625 --> 00:01:06,833 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:06,958 --> 00:01:09,375 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,458 --> 00:01:17,042 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:21,042 --> 00:01:22,292 SCOTT: Hey, Paul. 29 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:24,833 (chuckles) How's your day going? 30 00:01:24,958 --> 00:01:25,875 Ah, it's going, it's going. 31 00:01:26,042 --> 00:01:27,833 -Steady. Steady. -Good. 32 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,458 Where's the dig currently at? 33 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:30,833 I'd say 78 feet. 34 00:01:30,958 --> 00:01:32,167 -78. -78, really? Okay. 35 00:01:32,333 --> 00:01:34,375 NARRATOR: An exciting new day 36 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:38,000 in the quest of brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 37 00:01:38,125 --> 00:01:41,708 to solve the 228-year-old Oak Island mystery 38 00:01:41,875 --> 00:01:43,667 is well underway. 39 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:45,958 So, your next stage, you're gonna lower your staging now? 40 00:01:46,083 --> 00:01:47,958 Yeah, so, the guys are gonna go down. 41 00:01:48,083 --> 00:01:49,333 -They're gonna grout first. -Okay. 42 00:01:49,458 --> 00:01:51,125 And then they're gonna put another set in after. 43 00:01:51,208 --> 00:01:52,333 -Okay. -Yeah. 44 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:53,500 NARRATOR: And in the fabled 45 00:01:53,625 --> 00:01:55,167 Money Pit area, 46 00:01:55,292 --> 00:01:57,833 the anticipation of a breakthrough discovery 47 00:01:57,917 --> 00:01:59,500 has never been higher, 48 00:01:59,583 --> 00:02:03,083 as representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 49 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:05,167 work to complete the reconstruction 50 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:09,958 of an 82-foot-deep feature known as the Garden Shaft. 51 00:02:10,042 --> 00:02:11,250 So, Paul, when do you think 52 00:02:11,375 --> 00:02:12,875 you're gonna start the probe drilling? 53 00:02:13,042 --> 00:02:14,708 Well, we have, uh, maybe a couple of sets to put in. 54 00:02:14,833 --> 00:02:16,042 Grout first... 55 00:02:16,208 --> 00:02:17,542 -Yep. -...and lower the staging. 56 00:02:17,708 --> 00:02:20,458 I told the guys that, to make sure you take, uh, 57 00:02:20,542 --> 00:02:22,417 a little extra time to keep an eye out, 58 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:24,083 with what we're pulling out or anything 59 00:02:24,208 --> 00:02:25,708 that looks out of the ordinary. 60 00:02:25,833 --> 00:02:27,833 Yeah, I mean, it is an anomalous area all around here. 61 00:02:27,917 --> 00:02:29,167 I mean, we have a tunnel out here 62 00:02:29,292 --> 00:02:30,250 that we don't know anything about. 63 00:02:30,375 --> 00:02:31,667 We seem to have the water flowing 64 00:02:31,750 --> 00:02:32,958 in this general direction. 65 00:02:33,083 --> 00:02:34,542 And now we've-we've since tested 66 00:02:34,708 --> 00:02:36,333 two pieces of wood out of the shaft... 67 00:02:36,417 --> 00:02:38,625 -Yeah. -...and have gotten, uh, gold detected on them. 68 00:02:38,708 --> 00:02:41,125 We have wood from DN-11.5 69 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:42,833 that has gold in the wood as well. 70 00:02:42,958 --> 00:02:44,167 Yeah. 71 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:46,167 NARRATOR: Although the Garden Shaft 72 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:48,500 was originally thought to be nothing more 73 00:02:48,583 --> 00:02:51,375 than a 19th-century searcher construct, 74 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:54,750 when Rick, Marty and their partner Craig Tester 75 00:02:54,875 --> 00:02:57,375 had wood samples scientifically analyzed 76 00:02:57,542 --> 00:02:59,958 at the beginning of this year, 77 00:03:00,083 --> 00:03:02,833 they were astonished to learn that it may have been built 78 00:03:02,958 --> 00:03:04,875 in 1735, 79 00:03:05,042 --> 00:03:09,833 meaning that it might be related to the original Money Pit. 80 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,792 So, you guys gave me these. 81 00:03:11,875 --> 00:03:13,125 TERRY: Right. 82 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:14,208 NARRATOR: Subsequent testing 83 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:16,042 on additional wood samples 84 00:03:16,167 --> 00:03:17,833 that were taken from 55 85 00:03:17,958 --> 00:03:20,208 and 58 feet deep in the structure 86 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:23,250 revealed even more shocking results. 87 00:03:23,375 --> 00:03:26,000 -I detected gold. -Wow. 88 00:03:26,125 --> 00:03:27,417 EMMA: 0.11%. 89 00:03:27,542 --> 00:03:28,833 Isn't that, like, a big number? 90 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:30,667 This is huge. 91 00:03:30,792 --> 00:03:33,083 Right now, we know we have a shaft right here. 92 00:03:33,208 --> 00:03:35,042 -We have a shaft behind you. -Yeah. 93 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:37,417 -We still have this whole area that's yet to be explored. -Yeah. 94 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:39,875 NARRATOR: While the team is eager to find out 95 00:03:40,042 --> 00:03:43,667 just what lies buried at the bottom of the Garden Shaft, 96 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:47,458 they recently learned of another potential opportunity 97 00:03:47,583 --> 00:03:52,167 it may offer them for an even greater breakthrough discovery. 98 00:03:52,292 --> 00:03:55,083 While drilling in a 20-by-20-foot area 99 00:03:55,208 --> 00:03:57,375 known as the Baby Blob, 100 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:00,333 where geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 101 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:03,500 and hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michel 102 00:04:03,625 --> 00:04:06,417 believe the Money Pit treasure vault could be located 103 00:04:06,542 --> 00:04:10,625 between 80 and 120 feet deep underground, 104 00:04:10,708 --> 00:04:15,083 the team encountered a tunnel at a depth of some 95 feet 105 00:04:15,208 --> 00:04:19,667 that is heading almost directly underneath the Garden Shaft. 106 00:04:19,833 --> 00:04:24,583 The Garden Shaft has a whole bunch of things 107 00:04:24,708 --> 00:04:28,917 that point to it being, uh, very important. 108 00:04:29,042 --> 00:04:32,000 We've got the gold in the water, we've got tunnels leading to it, 109 00:04:32,125 --> 00:04:33,667 we have wood samples with gold. 110 00:04:33,833 --> 00:04:35,833 All kinds of mysteries around the Garden Shaft 111 00:04:35,958 --> 00:04:37,833 that we have to figure out. 112 00:04:37,958 --> 00:04:39,625 SCOTT: When we get to that bottom, when we find that bottom, 113 00:04:39,708 --> 00:04:41,167 we'll have a better understanding of where 114 00:04:41,292 --> 00:04:42,792 that tunnel is and why it's there. 115 00:04:42,917 --> 00:04:44,708 And then we can figure out what angle we need to drill on 116 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:47,042 and how far we need to drill in order to reach that tunnel. 117 00:04:47,208 --> 00:04:49,000 Yeah. 118 00:04:49,125 --> 00:04:51,750 RICK: There's lots of reason to believe that the Garden Shaft 119 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:55,417 may allow us to answer the questions regarding the mystery. 120 00:04:55,542 --> 00:04:58,625 But you have to be very careful, because we know 121 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:01,292 the incredible amount of work that was done underground 122 00:05:01,375 --> 00:05:03,875 in the Money Pit. 123 00:05:04,042 --> 00:05:07,333 So, the first thing to do is stick with the hard data. 124 00:05:07,458 --> 00:05:10,500 The hope is that it leads to treasure. 125 00:05:10,625 --> 00:05:12,458 We're excited to get down to the bottom, 126 00:05:12,542 --> 00:05:14,042 but we'll let you get back to it. 127 00:05:14,208 --> 00:05:15,500 I know you've got a lot of work to do. 128 00:05:15,667 --> 00:05:18,333 Yep. We're anxious to get to the bottom, also. 129 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:19,625 -SCOTT: All right, sounds good. -PAUL: Sounds good. 130 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:21,000 PAUL: We'll check in with you later. 131 00:05:21,167 --> 00:05:22,333 -Thanks, Paul. -Yeah, thanks. 132 00:05:22,458 --> 00:05:24,042 NARRATOR: While the reconstruction 133 00:05:24,208 --> 00:05:26,833 of the Garden Shaft continues in the Money Pit area... 134 00:05:26,917 --> 00:05:29,500 -GARY: Hello, Rick. -RICK: Gary. Morning. 135 00:05:29,625 --> 00:05:31,625 -RICK: Morning, Bill. -Morning. 136 00:05:31,750 --> 00:05:35,500 ...Rick Lagina, along with Billy Gerhardt 137 00:05:35,625 --> 00:05:38,667 and metal detection expert Gary Drayton, 138 00:05:38,792 --> 00:05:41,458 prepare to continue another major operation 139 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:45,042 in the northeastern region of the triangle-shaped swamp. 140 00:05:45,167 --> 00:05:47,500 To me, the most interesting thing about today is, 141 00:05:47,625 --> 00:05:50,167 we have to reaffirm the ramp area up. 142 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:52,500 -Yeah. Yeah. -If we can dig that, 143 00:05:52,667 --> 00:05:55,167 then you'll have your answer about whether or not 144 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:57,292 these stones are associated 145 00:05:57,417 --> 00:06:00,083 -with the paved area itself, right? -Right. 146 00:06:01,833 --> 00:06:03,167 RICK: Right there. There's something hard. 147 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:04,833 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago, 148 00:06:04,958 --> 00:06:07,167 while searching for a possible metal object 149 00:06:07,292 --> 00:06:11,458 that was recently identified during a magnetometry survey, 150 00:06:11,542 --> 00:06:13,792 Rick and members of the team uncovered 151 00:06:13,875 --> 00:06:17,125 what appeared to be a stone ramp. 152 00:06:17,208 --> 00:06:18,708 IAN: Just see the white tops. 153 00:06:18,875 --> 00:06:20,833 STEVE: Yeah, that's a lot of cobble. 154 00:06:20,958 --> 00:06:23,583 NARRATOR: A ramp that may be connected 155 00:06:23,708 --> 00:06:25,833 to the mysterious paved area, 156 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:31,000 which has been dated to as early as 1200 AD. 157 00:06:31,125 --> 00:06:34,667 I think this little spit of land here might hold some secrets. 158 00:06:34,792 --> 00:06:36,333 And the only way to do it is to dig, so... 159 00:06:36,458 --> 00:06:38,167 -Yeah. Let's get diggy with it. -(laughs) 160 00:06:38,333 --> 00:06:40,125 Let's get diggy with it. 161 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:41,583 -Okay, Bill. -BILLY: Yeah. 162 00:06:44,042 --> 00:06:48,708 NARRATOR: Now Rick, Billy and Gary are hoping to determine 163 00:06:48,833 --> 00:06:52,542 if the ramp really is an extension of the paved area, 164 00:06:52,708 --> 00:06:58,333 and also, if anything of value may be hidden nearby. 165 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:00,833 GARY: It does smell like treasure, doesn't it? 166 00:07:00,958 --> 00:07:05,000 I don't remember it quite this sloppy. 167 00:07:05,125 --> 00:07:07,250 Uh, yeah, I do. 168 00:07:07,375 --> 00:07:09,500 Look, the stones are coming up. 169 00:07:09,583 --> 00:07:12,125 -Two stones over there. -Yeah. 170 00:07:12,208 --> 00:07:14,875 GARY: They look like two stones off the paved area. 171 00:07:19,583 --> 00:07:22,125 I don't know if this is gonna work. 172 00:07:23,250 --> 00:07:24,750 GARY: He's just fighting the water. 173 00:07:27,792 --> 00:07:30,792 I think the ramp obviously needs to be thoroughly investigated. 174 00:07:31,667 --> 00:07:33,667 But right now, it's so wet, 175 00:07:33,750 --> 00:07:36,208 we would have to get a pump and dewater 176 00:07:36,375 --> 00:07:38,708 in order to do a proper dig. 177 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:41,500 We will do that as soon as possible. 178 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:45,500 How do you want to do this? 179 00:07:45,583 --> 00:07:48,667 I don't remember it being this wet. 180 00:07:48,833 --> 00:07:50,208 BILLY: Yeah, I-I don't know. 181 00:07:50,333 --> 00:07:51,833 There's certainly a lot of water. 182 00:07:51,958 --> 00:07:53,708 The swamp doesn't want to give up its secrets, right? 183 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:55,833 That's the long and the short of it. 184 00:07:55,958 --> 00:07:58,458 RICK: Time and weather are conspiring against us. 185 00:07:58,583 --> 00:08:00,333 We don't have a whole lot of time. 186 00:08:00,458 --> 00:08:02,750 -No. -What I would do is, 187 00:08:02,875 --> 00:08:05,125 get it dry enough and then maybe dig it 188 00:08:05,208 --> 00:08:06,625 -a little bit that way? -Yeah. 189 00:08:06,750 --> 00:08:08,625 And I think we continue to explore 190 00:08:08,750 --> 00:08:11,000 the possibilities of what that ramp is suggesting, 191 00:08:11,167 --> 00:08:13,167 that there's a connection between this paved area 192 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:14,708 -and the upland. -Yeah. 193 00:08:14,875 --> 00:08:17,000 -GARY: All right, mate. -All right. 194 00:08:17,125 --> 00:08:18,083 Thanks. 195 00:08:19,208 --> 00:08:21,083 I love the swamp. 196 00:08:24,042 --> 00:08:26,667 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 197 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:30,000 MARTY: Ladies, gentlemen, 198 00:08:30,083 --> 00:08:33,625 today we welcome Sandy Campbell back to the war room. 199 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:35,750 Sandy is-- I'm sure you all know-- 200 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:37,542 -is a coin expert. -Yeah. 201 00:08:37,708 --> 00:08:39,500 NARRATOR: ...Rick joins his brother Marty, 202 00:08:39,667 --> 00:08:42,833 along with other members of the team in the war room 203 00:08:42,958 --> 00:08:48,000 for a highly anticipated meeting with numismatist Sandy Campbell. 204 00:08:48,083 --> 00:08:50,417 MARTY: Specifically, we're gonna talk about a find 205 00:08:50,542 --> 00:08:53,250 that Gary and Jack made on Lot 5, correct? 206 00:08:53,375 --> 00:08:54,750 Yeah. 207 00:08:54,875 --> 00:08:57,000 NARRATOR: One week ago, 208 00:08:57,125 --> 00:09:00,500 a mysterious lead disc was discovered on Lot 5 209 00:09:00,667 --> 00:09:02,583 in an area where the team found 210 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:07,208 a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin earlier this year. 211 00:09:07,375 --> 00:09:09,833 EMMA: This comes from the mines 212 00:09:09,917 --> 00:09:13,792 of Iran or Sardinia, off the coast of Italy. 213 00:09:16,208 --> 00:09:17,833 It's an enigmatic piece. 214 00:09:17,917 --> 00:09:19,417 I've never seen anything quite like it. 215 00:09:19,542 --> 00:09:20,917 -Nope. -Rick has it here in his hands, 216 00:09:21,042 --> 00:09:23,417 so, um, let's proceed. 217 00:09:23,542 --> 00:09:25,208 -RICK: Sandy, here you go. -Great. 218 00:09:34,042 --> 00:09:37,917 So, this is a-a bit exciting for me for a few reasons. 219 00:09:38,917 --> 00:09:40,458 So, when Emma sent me the email, 220 00:09:40,583 --> 00:09:44,375 I immediately identified what this probably was. 221 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:45,792 -Mm. -I have a history 222 00:09:45,917 --> 00:09:48,375 with a very similar piece. 223 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:52,833 Uh, about ten or 12 years ago, we handled 224 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,333 a collection of ancient and historical money, 225 00:09:56,458 --> 00:09:58,792 and there was a piece, y-you know, 226 00:09:58,917 --> 00:10:03,167 it-it looks like a twin to this, that was in that collection. 227 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,000 -No way. (chuckles) -Yeah. 228 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:08,167 SANDY: And i-it's... it's really bizarre 229 00:10:08,250 --> 00:10:11,583 that this has shown up on the island, in one sense, 230 00:10:11,708 --> 00:10:15,833 but in another sense, it's not, and I'll tell you why. 231 00:10:15,917 --> 00:10:19,208 It probably was some sort of barter piece. 232 00:10:21,125 --> 00:10:24,333 This is probably from, you know... 233 00:10:24,417 --> 00:10:25,875 fifth century. 234 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:27,958 -(laughter) -Wow. Really? 235 00:10:28,042 --> 00:10:29,875 SANDY: Yeah. 236 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,583 And a similar piece was found on a Roman site in-in the U.K. 237 00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:36,667 -Wow. Wow. -(laughter) 238 00:10:36,792 --> 00:10:39,333 GARY This is fantastic news. 239 00:10:44,208 --> 00:10:46,167 SANDY: This is exciting for me for a few reasons. 240 00:10:46,250 --> 00:10:50,292 A similar piece was found on a Roman site in the U.K. 241 00:10:50,417 --> 00:10:52,458 -No way. -Yeah. 242 00:10:52,542 --> 00:10:53,583 MARTY: Wait a minute. 243 00:10:53,708 --> 00:10:54,708 How sure are you of this? 244 00:10:54,833 --> 00:10:56,500 I'm-I'm 100% sure. 245 00:10:56,583 --> 00:10:58,500 -Geez. -Yeah. 246 00:10:58,583 --> 00:11:00,125 NARRATOR: In the war room, 247 00:11:00,208 --> 00:11:02,833 coin expert Sandy Campbell has just presented 248 00:11:02,958 --> 00:11:04,833 an astonishing assessment of the lead token 249 00:11:04,958 --> 00:11:08,375 found one week ago on Lot 5. 250 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:09,958 -Wow. -SANDY: And-and again, the coincidence here 251 00:11:10,083 --> 00:11:11,500 is beyond, you know, what you'd normally... 252 00:11:11,625 --> 00:11:13,250 (laughs): Yeah. 253 00:11:13,375 --> 00:11:16,083 NARRATOR: He believes it not only dates back 254 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:19,667 to the fifth century AD, but just like the coin 255 00:11:19,792 --> 00:11:22,333 that was found in the same area this year, 256 00:11:22,417 --> 00:11:25,333 is also of Roman origin. 257 00:11:25,417 --> 00:11:27,458 I even have some... 258 00:11:27,542 --> 00:11:28,958 a printout from the British museum 259 00:11:29,083 --> 00:11:31,250 that shows a very similar piece. 260 00:11:31,375 --> 00:11:34,917 I'm gonna pull out the-the documents I have here. 261 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:39,792 This is a special find. It is absolutely amazing. 262 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:41,125 I knew it was old. 263 00:11:41,208 --> 00:11:42,875 MARTY: This thing, apparently, 264 00:11:43,042 --> 00:11:46,000 with very, very high, uh, reliability, 265 00:11:46,083 --> 00:11:49,125 is a fifth-century Roman artifact. 266 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,417 That is incredible. 267 00:11:51,542 --> 00:11:53,625 What is it doing buried two feet under the ground 268 00:11:53,708 --> 00:11:56,500 -on Oak Island? -SANDY: The piece 269 00:11:56,667 --> 00:11:58,750 that-that I documented 270 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:03,000 goes back to a Roman site, you know, in the U.K. 271 00:12:03,083 --> 00:12:04,625 This says "Cambridge shire." 272 00:12:04,708 --> 00:12:06,125 Is that how you say that? Cambridge shire? 273 00:12:06,208 --> 00:12:08,000 Yeah. Cambridge shire. 274 00:12:08,125 --> 00:12:09,750 -Is that where it was? Yeah. -MARTY: Yeah. 275 00:12:09,875 --> 00:12:12,000 "Stone-Stonea Grange"? 276 00:12:12,125 --> 00:12:13,792 -Ring any sort of bells? -Uh, no, 277 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:15,750 -but Cambridge shire does. -Yeah. 278 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:18,292 Y-You know, it-it looks like a twin to this. 279 00:12:18,375 --> 00:12:19,708 That looks identical. 280 00:12:19,875 --> 00:12:21,667 It's the same size, too, isn't it? 281 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:24,125 -SANDY: I-It's-it's... -It says three centimeters. 282 00:12:24,250 --> 00:12:26,708 -It's bizarrely identical. -Yeah. 283 00:12:26,875 --> 00:12:29,125 -Roman, baby. -(laughter) 284 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,167 MARTY: What the hell happened on Oak Island? 285 00:12:32,250 --> 00:12:34,417 I mean, once again. 286 00:12:34,542 --> 00:12:35,792 GARY: I'm gonna see how far 287 00:12:35,917 --> 00:12:39,542 this find location is from Royston. 288 00:12:39,708 --> 00:12:40,958 The Royston Cave. 289 00:12:41,042 --> 00:12:42,500 That'd be worth a look. 290 00:12:43,708 --> 00:12:46,625 It's 13 miles from Royston Cave 291 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:49,250 -to Cambridge, yeah. -Wow. 292 00:12:49,375 --> 00:12:50,500 RICK: Wouldn't be anything for the legion 293 00:12:50,583 --> 00:12:52,375 to march that, or for Templars 294 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:54,125 -to ride it. -Yeah. 295 00:12:56,292 --> 00:12:57,750 Whoa. 296 00:12:57,875 --> 00:12:59,333 GRETCHEN: Welcome to a Templar 297 00:12:59,417 --> 00:13:01,167 initiation chamber. 298 00:13:01,292 --> 00:13:03,208 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 299 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:07,292 Marty and Alex Lagina, along with Charles Barkhouse... 300 00:13:07,375 --> 00:13:09,333 -CHARLES: Wow. -...traveled to Royston, England, 301 00:13:09,458 --> 00:13:12,792 where researcher Gretchen Cornwall arranged for them 302 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:17,042 to visit a mysterious site known as Royston Cave. 303 00:13:17,167 --> 00:13:19,625 ALEX: The size of it is incredible for something that, I assume, 304 00:13:19,750 --> 00:13:20,875 was dug by hand, right? 305 00:13:21,042 --> 00:13:22,875 GRETCHEN: Yes. Absolutely. 306 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,458 Dug by hand. Like Oak Island. 307 00:13:25,542 --> 00:13:26,792 CHARLES: Good point. 308 00:13:26,917 --> 00:13:28,708 NARRATOR: Although this area 309 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:30,500 was once part of the Roman Empire 310 00:13:30,625 --> 00:13:33,542 more than 1,500 years ago, 311 00:13:33,708 --> 00:13:36,583 between the 12th and 14th centuries, 312 00:13:36,708 --> 00:13:38,000 it was also known to be a stronghold 313 00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:39,875 for the Knights Templar, 314 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,208 the Christian military order who some believe 315 00:13:42,333 --> 00:13:46,375 buried priceless religious treasures on Oak Island. 316 00:13:46,542 --> 00:13:49,417 Could this Roman token, 317 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:53,292 along with the half coin that was also found on Lot 5 318 00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:56,375 earlier this year, offer further evidence 319 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:59,917 that this incredible theory could be true? 320 00:14:00,042 --> 00:14:03,750 If you can't get excited about such a singularly unique find, 321 00:14:03,875 --> 00:14:05,000 time to go home. 322 00:14:05,125 --> 00:14:07,458 Look at that item, 323 00:14:07,542 --> 00:14:10,333 from a Roman encampment from a certified 324 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:14,667 fifth-century settlement, and we have one here on Oak Island? 325 00:14:14,833 --> 00:14:16,333 What does this all mean? 326 00:14:17,375 --> 00:14:18,833 What an amazing piece. 327 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:21,792 We need to go back to Lot 5. 328 00:14:21,875 --> 00:14:24,833 Carpe diem, baby. We've got seize the day. 329 00:14:24,917 --> 00:14:27,417 -Yeah. -MARTY: Say, a year ago, 330 00:14:27,542 --> 00:14:29,167 if somebody had said, "They're gonna start finding 331 00:14:29,292 --> 00:14:31,292 Roman-era stuff on Oak Island," 332 00:14:31,417 --> 00:14:33,750 what chance would you have given to that? 333 00:14:33,875 --> 00:14:36,333 -Zero? -(laughter) 334 00:14:36,458 --> 00:14:38,042 -Negative zero. -That's what's amazing about this. 335 00:14:38,167 --> 00:14:40,167 -Yeah. -RICK: There's a wonderful story here, 336 00:14:40,292 --> 00:14:43,292 and I'm very, extremely gratified that, 337 00:14:43,375 --> 00:14:45,750 when I look at the smiles and the interest 338 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:47,625 in the eyes of the people around the table, 339 00:14:47,708 --> 00:14:50,833 it's-it's immensely gratifying to me, 340 00:14:50,958 --> 00:14:53,042 and I'm most appreciative. 341 00:14:53,208 --> 00:14:57,042 This island does this to us every year. 342 00:14:57,208 --> 00:14:58,750 Every year, it puts enough in front of you 343 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:00,708 (laughs): to make you come back. 344 00:15:00,875 --> 00:15:03,792 I mean, it's just bizarre. 345 00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:05,542 But that said, it is a fact. 346 00:15:05,667 --> 00:15:08,250 -Let's keep going. -Yep. 347 00:15:15,292 --> 00:15:16,917 NARRATOR: The following day... 348 00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:19,333 COTE: You kind of overlap in it. 349 00:15:19,458 --> 00:15:21,333 NARRATOR: ...as the reconstruction of the Garden Shaft 350 00:15:21,458 --> 00:15:23,875 continues in the Money Pit area... 351 00:15:24,042 --> 00:15:25,417 COTE: Beautiful. 352 00:15:27,208 --> 00:15:28,583 -ALEX: Okay. -LAIRD: This-this is it. 353 00:15:28,708 --> 00:15:31,375 What's the plan? 354 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:34,667 LAIRD: We're going to put in a four-by-six feet unit 355 00:15:34,792 --> 00:15:36,875 probably encompassing those rocks. 356 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 -ALEX: Right along the edge? -Yeah. 357 00:15:39,083 --> 00:15:40,667 -NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina... -Let's do it. 358 00:15:40,792 --> 00:15:42,917 ...and archaeologist Laird Niven 359 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:45,000 return to Lot 5, 360 00:15:45,083 --> 00:15:48,625 located on the northwestern side of the island. 361 00:15:48,708 --> 00:15:51,250 -There. -NARRATOR: In the same general area 362 00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:53,167 of where the believed Roman token 363 00:15:53,292 --> 00:15:55,417 and half coin were found, 364 00:15:55,542 --> 00:15:58,708 Laird and Alex are continuing to investigate 365 00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:00,750 a mysterious circular stone feature 366 00:16:00,875 --> 00:16:03,333 in the hopes of determining 367 00:16:03,458 --> 00:16:07,000 if it was merely created by 19th-century farmers 368 00:16:07,125 --> 00:16:10,167 or if it was constructed much earlier. 369 00:16:10,333 --> 00:16:12,708 -ALEX: You like the alignment here? -LAIRD: I think so. 370 00:16:12,833 --> 00:16:14,875 RICK: I'm obviously intrigued 371 00:16:15,042 --> 00:16:17,458 about the circular feature on Lot 5. 372 00:16:17,542 --> 00:16:20,292 -Cool. -RICK: It wasn't properly exposed. 373 00:16:20,417 --> 00:16:23,667 A proper profile needs to be cut to con-- 374 00:16:23,833 --> 00:16:26,250 take a look at the-the feature. 375 00:16:26,375 --> 00:16:29,208 It presents some-somewhat unique opportunities 376 00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:34,542 to understand how Lot 5 relates to the Oak Island mystery. 377 00:16:34,708 --> 00:16:36,500 The island has a mystery. 378 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:38,500 What is it? 379 00:16:38,583 --> 00:16:40,167 LAIRD: We've got rocks 380 00:16:40,292 --> 00:16:42,375 coming out here, which is interesting. 381 00:16:44,042 --> 00:16:46,000 It's a lot more rock than I would have expected. 382 00:16:46,125 --> 00:16:47,500 ALEX: Yeah, and then, here. Look. 383 00:16:47,625 --> 00:16:50,500 There's another one here, more rocks, continuing. 384 00:17:00,875 --> 00:17:03,375 ALEX: A piece of pottery here. 385 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:05,125 All right. 386 00:17:09,417 --> 00:17:11,250 -LAIRD: Well, its creamware. -ALEX: Creamware? 387 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:12,917 -LAIRD: That's good news. -ALEX: Is that old? 388 00:17:13,042 --> 00:17:15,000 LAIRD: 1770. 389 00:17:16,833 --> 00:17:18,125 ALEX: Do you think that's enough to say that this is 390 00:17:18,250 --> 00:17:20,333 -from the 1770s? -I mean, 391 00:17:20,458 --> 00:17:22,833 finding the creamware on top, 392 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:24,625 it doesn't give us a starting date 393 00:17:24,708 --> 00:17:26,292 -for the occupation. -Right. 394 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:29,583 It-it just gives us a-a date after which it must date. 395 00:17:29,708 --> 00:17:32,417 -Okay. -Yeah. So, we want to find the earliest strata, 396 00:17:32,542 --> 00:17:36,667 the earliest occupation for this site. 397 00:17:38,375 --> 00:17:39,750 From an archaeological point of view, 398 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:42,167 it's an extremely unusual feature. 399 00:17:42,250 --> 00:17:46,458 For one, it's large, uh, two, it's-it's round. 400 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:49,583 Uh, we don't come upon round features very often 401 00:17:49,708 --> 00:17:51,292 in our work. 402 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:55,000 And the date is a little early, the 1700s. 403 00:17:55,167 --> 00:17:58,125 So this site is the first site that's giving us 404 00:17:58,208 --> 00:18:01,792 that potentially early evidence of occupation. 405 00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:04,792 So that's the real mystery, you know: who was here? 406 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:07,208 I wasn't expecting this many rocks. 407 00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:11,375 And see how... flat and level they are? 408 00:18:11,542 --> 00:18:13,292 I mean, this looks like-- right here, this... 409 00:18:14,375 --> 00:18:16,458 -The way these are lined up... -LAIRD: Yep. 410 00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:18,667 ...like, just like that, those two. 411 00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:21,083 It really looks like they did a ring, then a ring. 412 00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:22,833 Maybe even just a straight thing across. 413 00:18:22,917 --> 00:18:25,458 If this is the whole way around, that's-that's a big footing. 414 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:27,917 It's not coincidence. 415 00:18:28,042 --> 00:18:30,708 This construction's carefully done. 416 00:18:30,875 --> 00:18:32,458 It's broad. 417 00:18:32,542 --> 00:18:35,250 To me, I mean, it could be a larger structure. 418 00:18:35,375 --> 00:18:38,333 That's why we need to find out if it travels around. 419 00:18:38,458 --> 00:18:40,667 'Cause we have early ceramics, 420 00:18:40,792 --> 00:18:44,000 and no record of anyone being here during that period, 421 00:18:44,125 --> 00:18:46,042 during the late 1700s. 422 00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:48,458 Right. Is there any other reason they would do this? 423 00:18:48,542 --> 00:18:51,208 I mean, could this be related to the treasure? 424 00:18:51,375 --> 00:18:52,958 LAIRD: Any time you have 425 00:18:53,042 --> 00:18:57,875 an undocumented, uh, occupation, then sure. 426 00:18:58,042 --> 00:19:02,333 I mean, if this is mid-1700s, to me, it changes everything. 427 00:19:02,417 --> 00:19:05,417 -Very odd, very intriguing. -Yeah. 428 00:19:05,542 --> 00:19:07,333 -That would make... -What would it, what would it take 429 00:19:07,458 --> 00:19:09,333 to determine this is a building? 430 00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:14,000 Well, if we found this on three sides, even. 431 00:19:14,083 --> 00:19:15,292 -Mm-hmm. -And you could find it probing. 432 00:19:15,375 --> 00:19:17,208 You don't have to excavate. 433 00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:19,458 I think it's gonna be a surprise to a lot of people, 434 00:19:19,583 --> 00:19:21,375 -to be honest. -Well, great morning so far. 435 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:24,625 LAIRD: Yeah, I agree. More digging. 436 00:19:31,208 --> 00:19:33,208 -GARY: Back at the paved area. -RICK: Yeah. 437 00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:36,208 NARRATOR: While the Oak Island team continues their operations 438 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:38,792 in the Money Pit area and on Lot 5, 439 00:19:38,917 --> 00:19:43,375 Rick, Gary, and Billy return to the triangle-shaped swamp 440 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:45,917 to unearth additional sections 441 00:19:46,042 --> 00:19:49,000 of the believed man-made stone ramp. 442 00:19:49,083 --> 00:19:53,417 So, I-I think what we'll do is, let's try to follow this path. 443 00:19:54,458 --> 00:19:56,333 If we can make a positive relationship 444 00:19:56,458 --> 00:19:58,458 between the paved area to the ramp, 445 00:19:58,583 --> 00:20:02,500 the ramp to the stone path, then the next step would be 446 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:05,458 try to somehow connect the stone path to something. 447 00:20:05,583 --> 00:20:07,625 -Right. -Let's start digging. 448 00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:09,792 -(high-pitched beep) -(whirring) 449 00:20:16,792 --> 00:20:19,500 NARRATOR: Having moved several yards northeast 450 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:22,292 from their previous search location, 451 00:20:22,417 --> 00:20:25,917 Rick, Billy and Gary are digging in dryer ground 452 00:20:26,042 --> 00:20:27,917 in the hopes of determining 453 00:20:28,042 --> 00:20:29,833 if the ramp actually does connect 454 00:20:29,958 --> 00:20:34,292 the 800-year-old paved area to the nearby stone pathway... 455 00:20:34,375 --> 00:20:36,250 -RICK: Heads up. -...and also, 456 00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:39,875 if it contains any important clues or valuables. 457 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,333 -Ooh, look at that. -Oh, look at that. 458 00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,667 Yeah, I didn't even take a step. 459 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:48,625 -Billy. -Hold up. 460 00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:51,875 Straight out of the bucket. 461 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,042 (laughs): Ooh. 462 00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:54,500 What have we got here? 463 00:20:54,583 --> 00:20:57,792 The first sweep, the first artifact. 464 00:20:57,917 --> 00:20:59,500 Straight out. 465 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,500 It's an horseshoe, a lucky horseshoe, I hope. 466 00:21:02,583 --> 00:21:03,833 It's been in the ground a long time. 467 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:05,667 -That's what I think. -Yeah. 468 00:21:05,792 --> 00:21:07,667 It wouldn't have that much corrosion on there. 469 00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:09,333 Yeah, it really is. 470 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,000 NARRATOR: A small horseshoe 471 00:21:12,125 --> 00:21:15,417 found on the stone ramp in the triangle-shaped swamp? 472 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:19,375 If so, was it simply discarded here? 473 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,625 Or could it have been dropped 474 00:21:21,708 --> 00:21:24,458 during the construction of the feature? 475 00:21:24,542 --> 00:21:26,542 And that is... is it just misshapen 476 00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:28,708 or is that side smaller than that? 477 00:21:28,833 --> 00:21:30,333 -Um... -Is that broken? 478 00:21:30,417 --> 00:21:32,917 GARY: I would imagine it's misshapen. 479 00:21:34,542 --> 00:21:36,792 I don't know. Hopefully, Carmen Legge will be able 480 00:21:36,875 --> 00:21:40,792 to shed some light on that, and tell us how old it is. 481 00:21:40,875 --> 00:21:43,167 But why in the swamp? 482 00:21:43,292 --> 00:21:45,250 Um, if you're coming to the island, 483 00:21:45,375 --> 00:21:47,417 and, back in the day, by boat, 484 00:21:47,542 --> 00:21:50,625 you would have had a small horse on a boat. 485 00:21:50,750 --> 00:21:53,250 You don't have large horses on boats. 486 00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:55,458 NARRATOR: Could Gary be correct 487 00:21:55,542 --> 00:21:57,667 that this shoe belonged to a horse 488 00:21:57,792 --> 00:22:01,125 that came to Oak Island on a large sailing vessel? 489 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:03,250 If so, might it be related 490 00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:05,083 to the various fragments of ships 491 00:22:05,208 --> 00:22:07,042 that the team has found in the swamp 492 00:22:07,208 --> 00:22:09,000 over the past several years? 493 00:22:09,167 --> 00:22:11,792 Or the pieces of cargo barrels 494 00:22:11,917 --> 00:22:14,542 that were also found in this area 495 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:17,375 which blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge believes 496 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:21,667 could date back as early as the 15th century? 497 00:22:21,792 --> 00:22:24,583 There might be something special about this horseshoe. 498 00:22:24,708 --> 00:22:26,500 Brilliant start. 499 00:22:26,625 --> 00:22:28,500 -RICK: A good start, that's for sure. -Yep. 500 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:31,042 All right, we are really hot to trot. 501 00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:33,083 (chuckles) I knew there was one coming. 502 00:22:35,125 --> 00:22:38,625 After all these years, I still believe the swamp has secrets. 503 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:39,958 GARY: Nope, that was it. 504 00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:41,833 That was a good start. 505 00:22:41,917 --> 00:22:44,833 RICK: And the only way to uncover them, unfortunately, 506 00:22:44,958 --> 00:22:47,000 is to dig. 507 00:22:47,125 --> 00:22:50,125 And, uh, given the current discovery conditions, 508 00:22:50,250 --> 00:22:53,542 i.e. them being wet, that takes time. 509 00:22:53,708 --> 00:22:56,708 (clears throat) And all these logs and sticks. 510 00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:58,958 Hard to believe this was always wetland. 511 00:22:59,042 --> 00:23:00,333 GARY: Yeah. 512 00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:04,750 I'd say that's down in original swamp layer. 513 00:23:05,875 --> 00:23:07,333 Kind of looks like it. 514 00:23:07,458 --> 00:23:09,167 How far above the water are you? 515 00:23:09,292 --> 00:23:10,833 BILLY: A foot. 516 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,375 I'll leave it up to you to decide the width of it, 517 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:16,542 but I think... probably that stone 518 00:23:16,708 --> 00:23:19,833 and those alder bushes, I wouldn't go any wider. 519 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,208 No, I-I think that's the limit of the ramp anyway. 520 00:23:23,375 --> 00:23:24,333 We'll see, but... 521 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:26,333 Let's keep digging. 522 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:28,042 BILLY: Yep. 523 00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:33,958 NARRATOR: The following morning... 524 00:23:34,083 --> 00:23:37,167 COTE: Tight lining coming down, watch out! 525 00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:39,708 NARRATOR: ...as the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 526 00:23:39,875 --> 00:23:43,083 continues the final phases of reconstruction 527 00:23:43,208 --> 00:23:45,417 in the Garden Shaft... 528 00:23:45,542 --> 00:23:47,708 GARY: Hey, Carmen, mate. Thanks for coming out. 529 00:23:47,833 --> 00:23:50,708 -You're welcome. -NARRATOR: ...Billy Gerhardt and Gary Drayton 530 00:23:50,875 --> 00:23:53,833 meet with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge, 531 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,500 in the research center. 532 00:23:55,625 --> 00:23:57,500 Always like to see you, 'cause that means 533 00:23:57,583 --> 00:23:59,000 that we found something really interesting. 534 00:23:59,125 --> 00:24:01,208 Well, I hope I can tell you something about it. 535 00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:03,500 NARRATOR: They are eager to get Carmen's assessment 536 00:24:03,667 --> 00:24:06,500 of the horseshoe that was recovered one day ago 537 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:09,333 on the stone ramp in the swamp. 538 00:24:09,417 --> 00:24:11,167 -GARY: Look at that. -CARMEN: Oh, well it's certainly a horseshoe, isn't it? 539 00:24:11,292 --> 00:24:13,958 -Yeah. -Let me have a look at this. 540 00:24:15,708 --> 00:24:17,625 CARMEN: It's not very corroded, so... 541 00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:19,875 Um, you'll notice that the, uh, top of the shoe 542 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,208 is quite thick and then it comes down quite narrow like that. 543 00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:27,042 Usually, when you see that, it indicates a very old shoe. 544 00:24:27,167 --> 00:24:30,167 Also, you'll notice that the shoe is very short. 545 00:24:30,292 --> 00:24:32,167 It's not a draft horseshoe. 546 00:24:32,250 --> 00:24:35,125 It's more like a riding horse or a cavalry, uh, horse. 547 00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:37,500 This, I can say safely, 548 00:24:37,625 --> 00:24:39,833 is the oldest horseshoe I've seen so far. 549 00:24:41,208 --> 00:24:42,917 -(chuckles) -The plot thickens. 550 00:24:43,042 --> 00:24:45,167 CARMEN: And it's not consistent all the way around, 551 00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:46,792 so it's an old handmade shoe. 552 00:24:47,708 --> 00:24:49,000 I would go back to the... 553 00:24:51,250 --> 00:24:52,125 ...1400s. 554 00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:56,208 GARY: Wow. Unbelievable. 555 00:25:00,042 --> 00:25:01,000 -Wow, that's fantastic. 556 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:02,333 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Research Center, 557 00:25:02,458 --> 00:25:04,542 blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 558 00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:07,708 has just given an astonishing assessment 559 00:25:07,833 --> 00:25:09,833 that the horseshoe found one day ago 560 00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:11,708 on the stone ramp in the swamp 561 00:25:11,833 --> 00:25:14,500 could date back some four centuries 562 00:25:14,583 --> 00:25:17,667 prior to the discovery of the Money Pit. 563 00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:20,000 But who-who would bring a riding horse to an island? 564 00:25:20,167 --> 00:25:21,750 GARY: Everything came to the island 565 00:25:21,875 --> 00:25:24,000 by boat, and there would've had to have been 566 00:25:24,125 --> 00:25:26,833 someone in charge of all these constructs, 567 00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:30,417 -and they would've been riding a horse like this, probably. -Yeah. 568 00:25:30,542 --> 00:25:32,167 Yeah, that-that's certainly true. 569 00:25:32,292 --> 00:25:34,708 The shortness of the shoe, it makes the horse 570 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:36,083 -stand up prouder. -BILLY: Hmm. 571 00:25:36,208 --> 00:25:38,833 It was for a high-prestige horse, you know, 572 00:25:38,958 --> 00:25:40,917 something that you want to, um, 573 00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:43,542 give a commanding presence when you rode this horse. 574 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,083 BILLY: You know, this was found along the edge of the stone path, 575 00:25:46,208 --> 00:25:48,500 and some of the construction techniques were similar 576 00:25:48,625 --> 00:25:50,292 to stuff that the guys saw in... 577 00:25:50,417 --> 00:25:52,000 -in Portugal. -Yeah. 578 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,250 ALEX: The stone path looks exactly like this. 579 00:25:54,375 --> 00:25:55,917 NARRATOR: One year ago, 580 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,500 while visiting Alqueidão da Serra, Portugal, 581 00:25:58,583 --> 00:26:01,708 where the Knights Templar were known to have maintained 582 00:26:01,833 --> 00:26:05,542 a stronghold between the 12th and 16th centuries... 583 00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:06,708 It looks similar to what we have, 584 00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:08,542 -that's for sure. -DOUG: Yeah. 585 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,125 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and members of the team 586 00:26:11,208 --> 00:26:15,125 saw a Roman road that was nearly identical 587 00:26:15,250 --> 00:26:20,625 to the one that was uncovered in the swamp back in 2020. 588 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,417 CARMEN: There is no known 589 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:24,667 recorded visits by horses here 590 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,792 in Nova Scotia before 1670. 591 00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:28,542 -BILLY: Huh. -Wow. 592 00:26:28,667 --> 00:26:30,917 NARRATOR: Could Billy Gerhardt's notion, 593 00:26:31,042 --> 00:26:33,917 that this horseshoe is potentially related 594 00:26:34,042 --> 00:26:36,000 to the stone road, be correct? 595 00:26:36,167 --> 00:26:40,958 If so, might it not only help explain how the Roman coin 596 00:26:41,083 --> 00:26:43,833 and token came to be on Oak Island... 597 00:26:43,958 --> 00:26:47,000 It does tell a story, and is-- it is very old. 598 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:48,750 NARRATOR: ...but also be another key clue 599 00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:51,708 in identifying just who was behind 600 00:26:51,833 --> 00:26:55,375 the 228-year-old mystery? 601 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:58,125 RICK: I am surprised that Carmen 602 00:26:58,208 --> 00:27:01,708 has indicated that this horseshoe represents, 603 00:27:01,833 --> 00:27:05,500 uh, the stylistically, uh, from the 1400s. 604 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:07,583 And for Carmen to say 605 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:10,125 something that specific about something 606 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:14,458 he is very familiar with is-is quite extraordinary. 607 00:27:14,583 --> 00:27:16,125 CARMEN: If this is from that time period, 608 00:27:16,208 --> 00:27:18,208 then we have, uh, rewritten history. 609 00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:19,458 BILLY: Wow. 610 00:27:19,542 --> 00:27:21,167 (both chuckle) 611 00:27:21,292 --> 00:27:23,375 -That is our lucky horseshoe, mate. -Exactly. 612 00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:25,417 1400s? Brilliant. 613 00:27:25,542 --> 00:27:28,417 That's got to be the oldest metal artifact ever to come 614 00:27:28,542 --> 00:27:29,833 out of the swamp. 615 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,125 CARMEN: It's the oldest horseshoe 616 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:32,042 I've seen in Nova Scotia. 617 00:27:32,167 --> 00:27:34,375 And I've seen a lot of shoes. 618 00:27:34,542 --> 00:27:36,042 -BILLY: Wow. -Dang. 619 00:27:36,208 --> 00:27:38,167 -We're making history, Gary. -Yeah. We really are. 620 00:27:38,292 --> 00:27:40,500 Thank you, Carmen. All of this is amazing. 621 00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:42,917 -Very good. Very good. Keep bringing stuff to me. -GARY: All right, mate. 622 00:27:43,042 --> 00:27:44,958 -BILLY: We will. Thank you. -GARY: We will do, mate. Cheers. 623 00:27:45,083 --> 00:27:47,167 NARRATOR: As Gary and Billy conclude their meeting 624 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:49,500 with Carmen Legge... 625 00:27:49,625 --> 00:27:51,167 LAIRD: I find this really interesting. 626 00:27:51,292 --> 00:27:52,833 More so than when we came out here? 627 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,583 Absolutely. Absolutely. 628 00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:57,667 NARRATOR: ...back on Lot 5, 629 00:27:57,792 --> 00:28:01,333 archaeologist Laird Niven and Alex Lagina 630 00:28:01,417 --> 00:28:05,583 continue their investigation of the mysterious stone feature. 631 00:28:05,708 --> 00:28:07,292 The real thing we need to look out for 632 00:28:07,417 --> 00:28:08,917 -is something under these rocks. -LAIRD: Yeah. 633 00:28:09,042 --> 00:28:10,833 So why don't we start with the probing? 634 00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:12,750 Okay. Sounds great. 635 00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:14,167 NARRATOR: In an effort to determine 636 00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:16,167 if more layers of stone 637 00:28:16,292 --> 00:28:18,625 lie hidden beyond the outer edges of the structure... 638 00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:20,667 Try it a little bit. 639 00:28:20,792 --> 00:28:22,333 NARRATOR: ...Alex and Laird will probe 640 00:28:22,458 --> 00:28:24,875 the perimeter with a steel rod. 641 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,833 Okay, you want to just follow this along? 642 00:28:27,958 --> 00:28:30,125 Let's start by probing, like, here. 643 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:31,833 Yep. 644 00:28:31,917 --> 00:28:33,833 -And that should be surface. -That is a rock. 645 00:28:33,917 --> 00:28:35,417 And then, and then go the other way. 646 00:28:41,542 --> 00:28:43,500 -So, confidently... -Clear? 647 00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:44,875 ...I can say there's rocks here. 648 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,667 Yeah. And you can see rocks here. 649 00:28:46,833 --> 00:28:48,500 It's-it's circular. I mean, you can even see it, 650 00:28:48,583 --> 00:28:51,542 -you know, from the trowel to this little tree. -Yeah. 651 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:53,167 You can probably probe down there, too. 652 00:28:53,292 --> 00:28:54,292 Okay. 653 00:28:56,833 --> 00:28:58,250 Oh, yeah. 654 00:29:00,708 --> 00:29:02,750 -It's soil. -Soil. 655 00:29:09,083 --> 00:29:11,542 So, about a foot of soil. 656 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:14,250 -There might have been a rock at the end of that. -Yeah. 657 00:29:14,375 --> 00:29:16,667 -That would tell us that, you know... -It's very old. 658 00:29:16,792 --> 00:29:19,000 Yeah. And this is circular? 659 00:29:19,083 --> 00:29:21,500 -Yeah. -Circular doesn't make sense for a house. 660 00:29:21,625 --> 00:29:23,292 ALEX: Mm-hmm. 661 00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:26,250 But if this was another feature, it's huge. 662 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:28,000 Right. 663 00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:30,333 I think, uh... Why don't we measure it? 664 00:29:30,458 --> 00:29:33,000 Sure. 665 00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:36,458 See if it conforms to some sort of standard. 666 00:29:37,833 --> 00:29:40,042 We'll do this part first here. Just the, uh... 667 00:29:40,167 --> 00:29:42,208 -Yeah, if you can... -...from the lip to the center. 668 00:29:45,042 --> 00:29:47,167 ALEX: That's seven feet basically right to there. 669 00:29:47,292 --> 00:29:49,750 -Okay. -Which I'm gonna call the inside edge. 670 00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:51,208 Okay. 671 00:29:57,083 --> 00:29:59,458 -All right, so you're lined up with the edge? -Yep. 672 00:29:59,583 --> 00:30:02,125 And here, we're at 13 feet. 673 00:30:02,250 --> 00:30:04,708 -That's a bizarre measurement. -That is the exact same dimension 674 00:30:04,833 --> 00:30:06,667 as the Money Pit is described as having. 675 00:30:06,792 --> 00:30:09,167 Yeah. (chuckles) 676 00:30:09,250 --> 00:30:11,667 I mean, what are we looking at here? 677 00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:13,458 (laughs) 678 00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:15,125 I have no idea. 679 00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:21,167 NARRATOR: On Lot 5, 680 00:30:21,333 --> 00:30:22,958 located on the western side of Oak Island, 681 00:30:23,042 --> 00:30:25,792 Alex Lagina has just made a startling observation 682 00:30:25,917 --> 00:30:28,333 about the circular stone depression. 683 00:30:28,458 --> 00:30:31,125 ALEX: That's 13 feet across. I don't know. 684 00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:33,208 -(chuckles): I mean, that's quite a coincidence. -Yeah. 685 00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:36,458 -If it is a coincidence. -It is an odd measurement. 686 00:30:36,542 --> 00:30:40,292 NARRATOR: This feature has the exact same 13-foot diameter 687 00:30:40,417 --> 00:30:43,917 as the original Money Pit, which was first discovered 688 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:46,375 by Daniel McGinnis and his two friends 689 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:50,375 on the eastern end of the island back in 1795. 690 00:30:50,542 --> 00:30:54,250 And curiously, that, too, was initially described 691 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:58,833 as a circular depression covered by a layer of stones. 692 00:30:58,958 --> 00:31:00,750 ALEX: We don't know the history of this lot. 693 00:31:00,875 --> 00:31:02,792 Was it a recreation of the Money Pit? 694 00:31:02,875 --> 00:31:05,125 Is this like a... 695 00:31:05,208 --> 00:31:07,167 like, a proof of concept or something? 696 00:31:07,292 --> 00:31:08,917 Or a first attempt, I guess? 697 00:31:09,042 --> 00:31:11,333 (scoffs) I hadn't even thought of that. 698 00:31:11,458 --> 00:31:13,875 I hadn't even thought "first attempt," 699 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,708 but man, this is weird. 700 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,708 NARRATOR: Is it possible that this feature was created 701 00:31:17,833 --> 00:31:20,167 as a prototype for the construction 702 00:31:20,292 --> 00:31:24,125 of the Money Pit, located more than half a mile away? 703 00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:27,917 Or is it possible, especially given discoveries 704 00:31:28,042 --> 00:31:30,375 such as the Roman coin and barter token 705 00:31:30,542 --> 00:31:32,375 that were made nearby, 706 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,958 that this stone-lined depression on Lot 5 707 00:31:36,042 --> 00:31:38,500 may contain something of much greater value 708 00:31:38,625 --> 00:31:41,000 buried deeper below ground? 709 00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:43,000 You know, Rick might want to hear about this. 710 00:31:43,125 --> 00:31:45,208 -I think so. -So I'm gonna give him a call. 711 00:31:47,542 --> 00:31:49,083 (line ringing) 712 00:31:51,167 --> 00:31:52,833 ALEX: Uncle Rick. 713 00:31:52,958 --> 00:31:54,333 I'm here with Laird, 714 00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:57,250 and we're on Lot 5 investigating this pit. 715 00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,917 So we just measured it, and uh, you're-- 716 00:32:01,042 --> 00:32:04,958 you're not gonna believe this, but the hole itself 717 00:32:05,042 --> 00:32:06,958 is 13 feet across. 718 00:32:08,125 --> 00:32:09,375 (laughs): That was my reaction. 719 00:32:09,542 --> 00:32:11,125 (both chuckle) 720 00:32:11,208 --> 00:32:14,625 There's more stones than we expected. 721 00:32:14,708 --> 00:32:17,375 -And much more deliberately placed. -Yeah. 722 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:21,333 RICK: The key is, can we make an assessment as to a date? 723 00:32:21,417 --> 00:32:23,667 Because if it's a very early date, 724 00:32:23,792 --> 00:32:26,333 say, pre-Money Pit discovery, 725 00:32:26,458 --> 00:32:28,667 then it's, it may be highly relevant, 726 00:32:28,792 --> 00:32:30,417 and it may tell us something about 727 00:32:30,542 --> 00:32:33,292 the who, what, when and where and why of Lot 5. 728 00:32:33,375 --> 00:32:36,000 Okay, we'll keep working on it and, um, 729 00:32:36,167 --> 00:32:38,500 we'll call you if we have any more info. 730 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:42,792 Yep. Bye. 731 00:32:42,875 --> 00:32:44,833 This is a mystery. 732 00:32:44,958 --> 00:32:47,042 LAIRD: Yeah, well, I mean, the only way to get answers 733 00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:49,167 -is to get back to digging. -Okay. 734 00:32:49,292 --> 00:32:51,500 -ALEX: Let's get started. -Okay. 735 00:32:58,417 --> 00:33:00,458 NARRATOR: The following morning... 736 00:33:00,583 --> 00:33:02,583 CHARLES: Hey, Roger. 737 00:33:02,708 --> 00:33:04,333 -ROGER: Hey, Charles. -I hear you're getting close to the bottom. 738 00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:07,208 Yep. And, uh, we've got a bit of a problem. 739 00:33:07,375 --> 00:33:09,458 -It's something that we weren't anticipating on. -Okay. 740 00:33:09,542 --> 00:33:12,500 NARRATOR: ...Charles Barkhouse arrives in the Money Pit area 741 00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:15,583 after being alerted of a concerning issue 742 00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:18,000 regarding the reconstruction of the Garden Shaft 743 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:20,792 at a depth of some 78 feet, 744 00:33:20,917 --> 00:33:23,667 just four feet from the bottom of the structure. 745 00:33:23,792 --> 00:33:25,875 The timber, as you can see on the picture here, 746 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,667 is bowed out pretty bad, 747 00:33:27,792 --> 00:33:30,708 and the main timber on the end plate is actually cracked. 748 00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:32,042 Ah. 749 00:33:32,875 --> 00:33:34,375 ROGER: Here is our main timber. 750 00:33:34,542 --> 00:33:36,167 Rodney, right now, is shining his light exactly 751 00:33:36,250 --> 00:33:38,667 -on the crack where the timber is. -Wow. 752 00:33:38,792 --> 00:33:40,750 So, at one time, there was a lot of pressure 753 00:33:40,875 --> 00:33:42,000 -on that timber. -Yeah. 754 00:33:42,125 --> 00:33:43,500 NARRATOR: Is it possible 755 00:33:43,625 --> 00:33:45,667 that the fracture in the original shaft 756 00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:49,333 is related to the tunnel that is believed to run below it 757 00:33:49,417 --> 00:33:52,167 at a depth of some 95 feet? 758 00:33:52,292 --> 00:33:56,125 A tunnel that originates from the nearby Baby Blob, 759 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:58,708 or believed treasure zone? 760 00:33:58,875 --> 00:34:02,500 ROGER: When we first identified this crack, we stopped all work. 761 00:34:02,625 --> 00:34:05,042 The best thing to do, safety-wise, is to install 762 00:34:05,167 --> 00:34:07,208 this next set just above this one here, 763 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,708 secure everything real nice and tight, 764 00:34:09,833 --> 00:34:10,958 -and then we can remove this damaged set... -Yeah. 765 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,667 ...and then brace that damaged set 766 00:34:13,792 --> 00:34:16,500 real tight with another timber just below the other one. 767 00:34:16,583 --> 00:34:18,542 NARRATOR: Although the team from Dumas 768 00:34:18,667 --> 00:34:21,208 will be able to secure the new section, or set, 769 00:34:21,333 --> 00:34:23,000 of the Garden Shaft 770 00:34:23,167 --> 00:34:25,583 to ensure that the structure won't collapse, 771 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:28,708 unfortunately, it means they will be delayed 772 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:31,458 in finding out what lies at the bottom 773 00:34:31,542 --> 00:34:35,167 or in the tunnel that runs just several feet beneath it. 774 00:34:35,292 --> 00:34:38,417 RICK: This project is now delayed by weeks. 775 00:34:38,542 --> 00:34:40,375 They're doing everything they can, 776 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,750 but time and weather close in. 777 00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:45,000 We all want answers, but at the end of the day, 778 00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:47,875 the prime directive is, as we, uh, 779 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,917 do with every enterprise across the island: safety first. 780 00:34:52,042 --> 00:34:54,708 ROGER: Well, the positive thing about this is you're gonna have 781 00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:56,167 one big solid shaft now... 782 00:34:56,250 --> 00:34:58,208 -Yeah. -...to the bottom of 82 feet. 783 00:34:58,333 --> 00:35:00,000 Well, you know, Rick often says that, uh, no treasure 784 00:35:00,125 --> 00:35:01,750 is worth somebody getting hurt. 785 00:35:01,875 --> 00:35:03,333 -I agree. -I'm gonna let you get back to work. 786 00:35:03,458 --> 00:35:04,875 I got a couple things to take care of, 787 00:35:05,042 --> 00:35:06,000 but I'll check in with you later. 788 00:35:06,125 --> 00:35:07,125 Sounds good, Charles. 789 00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:09,125 CHARLES: Okay, Thank you. 790 00:35:09,208 --> 00:35:13,042 NARRATOR: While operations continue in the Money Pit area... 791 00:35:13,167 --> 00:35:15,583 RICK: So, everybody knows the ongoing efforts 792 00:35:15,708 --> 00:35:17,250 we have made, 793 00:35:17,375 --> 00:35:18,917 making the information hunt every bit as important 794 00:35:19,042 --> 00:35:20,333 as the treasure hunt. 795 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:22,250 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty, Craig 796 00:35:22,375 --> 00:35:24,208 and other members of the team meet once again 797 00:35:24,333 --> 00:35:28,333 with Italian researcher Emiliano Sacchetti 798 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:30,625 via video conference in the war room. 799 00:35:30,708 --> 00:35:32,500 RICK: And so, to that end today, 800 00:35:32,625 --> 00:35:34,542 Emiliano Sacchetti has come up 801 00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:39,000 with some intriguing information. 802 00:35:39,083 --> 00:35:41,667 It was not unlikely 803 00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:45,417 that Templars brought back relics from the-the Holy Land. 804 00:35:45,542 --> 00:35:48,667 NARRATOR: One week ago, Emiliano shared research 805 00:35:48,750 --> 00:35:51,333 supporting the theory of the late Zena Halpern 806 00:35:51,417 --> 00:35:54,250 that members of the Knights Templar 807 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:56,417 made repeated visits to Oak Island 808 00:35:56,542 --> 00:35:58,792 between the 12th and 14th centuries 809 00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:02,458 in order to hide priceless religious treasures 810 00:36:02,542 --> 00:36:04,958 from Italy and other European nations. 811 00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:09,167 Doug is head of the research committee. 812 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:12,833 NARRATOR: Now, after conferring with Oak Island historian Doug Crowell, 813 00:36:12,958 --> 00:36:16,667 and conducting follow-up research in Italy himself, 814 00:36:16,792 --> 00:36:19,333 Emiliano has prepared what he believes 815 00:36:19,458 --> 00:36:22,875 will be an even more astonishing presentation. 816 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,125 EMILIANO (over video): I actually just finished 817 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:27,833 some scouting, and I'd like to start 818 00:36:27,958 --> 00:36:31,667 from a-a little town which is close to Osimo, 819 00:36:31,833 --> 00:36:34,125 in the northeast of Rome, 820 00:36:34,250 --> 00:36:36,542 and on the-the Adriatic coast of Italy, 821 00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:39,292 uh, where I found a-a very interesting 822 00:36:39,375 --> 00:36:41,500 underground cave system. 823 00:36:41,625 --> 00:36:43,667 That cave system was used 824 00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:45,958 by the Romans, and in medieval times, 825 00:36:46,083 --> 00:36:47,667 also by the Templars. 826 00:36:47,792 --> 00:36:51,500 I found some really interesting symbolism. 827 00:36:51,583 --> 00:36:53,458 Yeah, Steve's got a picture of it, actually. 828 00:36:53,542 --> 00:36:55,000 It-it's pretty amazing. 829 00:36:55,083 --> 00:36:56,333 STEVE: You want me to share that, Doug? 830 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:58,625 DOUG: Yes, please. 831 00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,667 -MARTY: Look at that, Gary. -SCOTT: Oh wow. 832 00:37:00,792 --> 00:37:02,708 -MARTY: There it is. -GARY: Yeah. 833 00:37:02,875 --> 00:37:05,833 DOUG: It has a cave as part of its system 834 00:37:05,958 --> 00:37:09,792 that looks a whole lot like our lead cross. 835 00:37:14,292 --> 00:37:15,000 -GARY: What a spitting image, 836 00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:15,875 -isn't it? -(chuckles): It is. 837 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:16,917 EMILIANO: That cave system, 838 00:37:17,042 --> 00:37:18,000 uh, it's really impressive. 839 00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:19,708 NARRATOR: In the war room, 840 00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:22,708 Italian researcher Emiliano Sacchetti 841 00:37:22,875 --> 00:37:25,250 and Doug Crowell have just informed Rick, 842 00:37:25,375 --> 00:37:28,750 Marty, Craig and members of the team 843 00:37:28,875 --> 00:37:31,708 that a man-made cave system near Osimo, Italy, 844 00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:34,583 which was used by members of the Knights Templar 845 00:37:34,708 --> 00:37:37,667 between the 12th and 14th centuries, 846 00:37:37,792 --> 00:37:41,333 matches the exact design of the 14th-century lead cross 847 00:37:41,458 --> 00:37:46,625 that was found on Oak Island back in 2017. 848 00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:48,708 It's pretty amazing how close they match. 849 00:37:48,875 --> 00:37:51,708 Tell me about it. Who'd have thunk it, eh? 850 00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:53,833 Yeah. The head's offset. 851 00:37:53,958 --> 00:37:56,375 RICK: Yep. And the arms are even disproportionate a bit... 852 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:58,167 -Yeah. -...just like the cross. 853 00:37:58,250 --> 00:37:59,792 MARTY: Well, you know what? 854 00:37:59,917 --> 00:38:03,583 We have information that ties that shape to Templars 855 00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:05,750 -because of your trip to France. -Yeah. 856 00:38:05,875 --> 00:38:08,583 RICK: We've found representations 857 00:38:08,708 --> 00:38:11,000 of the cross in Domme prison. 858 00:38:11,125 --> 00:38:15,333 So to find this cave system from so long ago, 859 00:38:15,458 --> 00:38:17,083 it's remarkable. 860 00:38:17,208 --> 00:38:18,833 They are certainly very similar. 861 00:38:18,958 --> 00:38:21,833 To me, that's very interesting, because the Templars 862 00:38:21,917 --> 00:38:24,292 might be associated with the work here. 863 00:38:24,417 --> 00:38:26,667 I think there's a lot to be learned. 864 00:38:26,750 --> 00:38:28,667 DOUG: Now, the interesting thing about this 865 00:38:28,792 --> 00:38:30,333 -is everything colored there... -MARTY: Mm-hmm. 866 00:38:30,417 --> 00:38:32,333 ...is part of the cave system, 867 00:38:32,417 --> 00:38:34,000 I think, that's, uh, accessible right now. 868 00:38:34,125 --> 00:38:36,417 Wow, they were, they were busy, weren't they? 869 00:38:36,542 --> 00:38:38,583 Yeah. There are, there are literally miles and miles 870 00:38:38,708 --> 00:38:40,000 of caves under this town. 871 00:38:40,083 --> 00:38:41,333 ALEX: Well, I think this 872 00:38:41,417 --> 00:38:43,333 -is worth investigating. -MARTY: Oh, for sure. 873 00:38:43,458 --> 00:38:45,958 MARTY: What about that coin, that Roman coin? 874 00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:48,667 Could you find somebody over there that could verify that? 875 00:38:48,792 --> 00:38:51,000 -Yep. -EMILIANO: I can definitely try 876 00:38:51,125 --> 00:38:53,250 -and, uh, make arrangements. -MARTY: Perfect. 877 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:55,125 And not just a Roman coin, 878 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:56,667 we've got that serrated lead disc. 879 00:38:56,792 --> 00:38:58,708 -Whatever that is. -Which... Yeah. 880 00:38:58,833 --> 00:39:02,125 There's quite a few things you could take to Italy. 881 00:39:02,250 --> 00:39:03,500 RICK: Oh, absolutely. I mean, 882 00:39:03,583 --> 00:39:05,542 everybody around the table is 883 00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:07,750 articulating that, you know, a field trip 884 00:39:07,875 --> 00:39:10,375 is-is worthwhile, and I know you would like to go to Italy. 885 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:12,000 I would, but I was thinking, 886 00:39:12,167 --> 00:39:13,833 I already got to go into one cave system this year, 887 00:39:13,917 --> 00:39:17,708 so, you know, I would gracefully say 888 00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:19,875 I could hold the fort down here while you go. 889 00:39:20,042 --> 00:39:21,833 Somebody has to, right? We got a lot going on here. 890 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,333 We've got a lot going on. 891 00:39:23,458 --> 00:39:24,833 -I'm gonna ask you if I can... -(laughter) 892 00:39:24,917 --> 00:39:27,167 ...if I can, if I can take your son with me. 893 00:39:27,292 --> 00:39:29,833 You don't need to ask, apparently. 894 00:39:29,917 --> 00:39:31,500 While we're delayed on the Garden Shaft, 895 00:39:31,625 --> 00:39:33,542 we need to be moving forward 896 00:39:33,667 --> 00:39:35,083 on everything else we can move forward on. 897 00:39:35,208 --> 00:39:36,833 And for Rick, 898 00:39:36,958 --> 00:39:38,708 I think Italy is a prime candidate 899 00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:40,625 to continue this search in Europe. 900 00:39:40,708 --> 00:39:42,500 Peter, would you be interested? 901 00:39:42,625 --> 00:39:44,500 Oh, yeah. I'm in. 902 00:39:44,625 --> 00:39:46,792 MARTY: Every time we've sent an expedition 903 00:39:46,875 --> 00:39:50,125 to Portugal, France, England, Scotland, 904 00:39:50,208 --> 00:39:53,625 any of those places, we've come back with-with data 905 00:39:53,708 --> 00:39:57,042 that sure appears to be relevant to Oak Island. 906 00:39:57,167 --> 00:39:59,917 I-I think maybe we should reach out to Corjan Mol as well. 907 00:40:00,042 --> 00:40:03,125 I know he has some research he's been conducting in Italy. 908 00:40:03,250 --> 00:40:04,625 MARTY: I agree. 909 00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:06,208 -Let's, uh, let's do that. -(taps table) 910 00:40:06,375 --> 00:40:08,333 RICK: Well, then I think, look, I think we're all in. 911 00:40:08,458 --> 00:40:11,042 Perfect. I'll start making arrangements. 912 00:40:11,167 --> 00:40:13,417 Well, we'll see you sooner rather than later, 913 00:40:13,542 --> 00:40:15,833 so I guess for right now we'll say ciao. 914 00:40:15,958 --> 00:40:18,500 -EMILIANO: See you soon. God bless. -Perfect. 915 00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:20,542 -RICK: Ciao. -Bye, everybody. 916 00:40:20,708 --> 00:40:22,750 GARY: It sounds like all roads lead to Rome 917 00:40:22,875 --> 00:40:25,458 -and Oak Island. -(laughter) 918 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:29,917 NARRATOR: For the Laginas and their team, 919 00:40:30,042 --> 00:40:34,542 the quest to solve the 228-year-old Oak Island mystery 920 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,625 is once again leading them 921 00:40:36,708 --> 00:40:39,542 thousands of miles across the ocean. 922 00:40:39,667 --> 00:40:43,583 Will their journey culminate in a revelation 923 00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:46,958 that finally proves just who visited Oak Island 924 00:40:47,042 --> 00:40:48,875 centuries ago? 925 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,125 While the team scours ancient sites 926 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:55,792 and archives for the clues, 927 00:40:55,875 --> 00:40:58,917 the digs on the island will continue 928 00:40:59,042 --> 00:41:03,625 in order to find what those visitors may have buried 929 00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:06,500 deep underground. 930 00:41:08,708 --> 00:41:11,167 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 931 00:41:11,292 --> 00:41:13,500 CHARLES: We're getting gold and silver signatures. 932 00:41:13,583 --> 00:41:16,333 This is where the real Money Pit could be. 933 00:41:16,458 --> 00:41:18,500 -Absolutely. -EMILIANO: Welcome to Italy. 934 00:41:18,625 --> 00:41:20,250 RICK: We're looking for a possible Templar 935 00:41:20,375 --> 00:41:22,792 -connection to Oak Island. -Oh, Rick, have a look at this. 936 00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,667 -CORJAN: Oh, look at that. -Oh, wow. -Fantastic. 937 00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:26,833 We're at the bottom where the timber stop. 938 00:41:26,958 --> 00:41:29,333 So we're about to boldly go where no one's gone before. 939 00:41:29,458 --> 00:41:32,542 RICK: There is a direct connection to Nolan's Cross. 940 00:41:32,667 --> 00:41:35,083 This is a very real Templar connection here. 941 00:41:35,208 --> 00:41:36,542 That's amazing. 942 00:41:36,667 --> 00:41:38,750 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS