1 00:00:02,208 --> 00:00:03,292 NARRATOR: Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,417 --> 00:00:05,000 JACK: We haven't reached the edge yet. 3 00:00:05,125 --> 00:00:06,583 It's quite a massive structure. 4 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:07,833 This could fit in with Zena's map. 5 00:00:07,958 --> 00:00:09,292 This could be the hatch. 6 00:00:09,417 --> 00:00:11,458 GARY: Come on, be something good. 7 00:00:11,542 --> 00:00:13,292 Ooh... that's pretty big. 8 00:00:13,417 --> 00:00:14,625 -Oh, that is sweet. -JACK: Whoa! 9 00:00:14,750 --> 00:00:16,167 CHRIS: Isotopically, 10 00:00:16,292 --> 00:00:18,833 it looks very similar to the cross. 11 00:00:18,917 --> 00:00:21,167 -No way! -That's brilliant. 12 00:00:21,292 --> 00:00:23,250 -SCOTT: Oh, wow. -There's something there. 13 00:00:23,375 --> 00:00:25,333 It could possibly be an original depositor tunnel. 14 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:28,000 -MARTY: You've done did it. -I feel good now. 15 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,833 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,958 --> 00:00:37,167 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:40,500 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:44,125 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:51,000 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:51,083 --> 00:00:55,042 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,167 --> 00:00:56,208 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:59,083 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,917 --> 00:01:07,292 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:10,750 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:10,875 --> 00:01:13,292 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:19,875 --> 00:01:21,500 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:25,125 -ROGER: Hey, how's it going, guys? -SCOTT: Hey, good, Roger. 30 00:01:25,250 --> 00:01:26,417 -How're you doing? -CHARLES: Hey, Roger. 31 00:01:26,542 --> 00:01:27,667 Not bad. Not bad. I'm just having a look 32 00:01:27,792 --> 00:01:29,417 and the guys are setting up. 33 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:31,083 He's getting ready and we're gonna start drilling away. 34 00:01:31,208 --> 00:01:32,750 Yeah. Great. 35 00:01:32,875 --> 00:01:35,375 NARRATOR: Every new morning on Oak Island 36 00:01:35,542 --> 00:01:37,417 brings renewed optimism for brothers Rick 37 00:01:37,542 --> 00:01:40,375 and Marty Lagina, and their team, 38 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:44,125 that they will make a historic and valuable discovery. 39 00:01:44,250 --> 00:01:45,500 Guess I'd keep my fingers crossed 40 00:01:45,667 --> 00:01:47,333 that we're gonna encounter something. 41 00:01:47,458 --> 00:01:49,458 Yeah. 42 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:52,083 NARRATOR: However, as the fast-approaching 43 00:01:52,208 --> 00:01:54,583 North Atlantic winter will soon force them to 44 00:01:54,708 --> 00:01:57,375 halt their operations until next spring, 45 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:01,292 they are now in a race against time to find 46 00:02:01,417 --> 00:02:03,125 whatever may lie below the Garden Shaft 47 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:04,667 in the Money Pit area, 48 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:10,167 and hopefully solve a 228-year-old treasure mystery. 49 00:02:10,292 --> 00:02:12,167 -We're about 90 feet right now... -CHARLES: Okay. 50 00:02:12,292 --> 00:02:13,500 -SCOTT: Excellent. -...with the casing. 51 00:02:13,625 --> 00:02:15,375 So we're gonna go with that casing bit. 52 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,000 -We're gonna keep pumping away in there. -Yeah. 53 00:02:17,125 --> 00:02:19,000 If we're lucky, in the next four or five feet, 54 00:02:19,125 --> 00:02:20,125 we're gonna punch through something. 55 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:21,292 If you have a tunnel running 56 00:02:21,417 --> 00:02:22,500 underneath there, I mean... 57 00:02:22,667 --> 00:02:24,542 and that tunnel is potentially old, I mean, 58 00:02:24,667 --> 00:02:26,542 it could possibly be, you know, an original depositor tunnel. 59 00:02:26,708 --> 00:02:28,667 Yeah. 60 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:31,333 NARRATOR: Although high-trace evidence of gold was 61 00:02:31,458 --> 00:02:34,250 detected in both water and wood samples 62 00:02:34,375 --> 00:02:37,375 that were taken while the early 18th century shaft 63 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:40,625 was being reconstructed over the past few months, 64 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:44,042 now that it has been completed at a depth 65 00:02:44,208 --> 00:02:46,875 of nearly 82 feet, it did not contain 66 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,458 the riches that people have been looking for since 1795. 67 00:02:51,583 --> 00:02:54,292 -Ready to go. -Fire it up. 68 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:58,583 NARRATOR: However, it may be sitting above a tunnel that does-- 69 00:02:58,708 --> 00:03:02,333 which the team discovered at a depth of some 95 feet 70 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:06,500 while drilling nearby in the so-called Baby Blob. 71 00:03:06,583 --> 00:03:09,083 It is in this zone where they have obtained 72 00:03:09,208 --> 00:03:11,500 the highest traces of gold and silver yet 73 00:03:11,667 --> 00:03:15,333 in their entire search for the fabled Oak Island treasure. 74 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:18,500 Where we're set up is, is a very high probability 75 00:03:18,583 --> 00:03:20,292 -that we're gonna hit something. I mean... -Yep. 76 00:03:20,417 --> 00:03:22,250 All projections that we can come up with, you know, 77 00:03:22,375 --> 00:03:24,375 really show it needs to run under the corner of that shaft. 78 00:03:24,542 --> 00:03:26,500 That gives us a good inclination that there's something there. 79 00:03:26,583 --> 00:03:28,000 CHARLES: Yeah. 80 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:30,000 NARRATOR: Now, representatives from 81 00:03:30,167 --> 00:03:32,125 Dumas Contracting Limited 82 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:34,542 are conducting a probe drilling operation 83 00:03:34,667 --> 00:03:36,833 from the bottom of the Garden Shaft, 84 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,333 in the hopes of confirming that the tunnel is there, 85 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:43,417 and to reach whatever it may contain. 86 00:03:44,417 --> 00:03:46,458 MARTY: We think there's a tunnel under there 87 00:03:46,542 --> 00:03:48,125 and this tunnel is especially 88 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:51,167 enigmatic because it appears to have 89 00:03:51,292 --> 00:03:53,708 dissolved metals underneath the Garden Shaft. 90 00:03:53,875 --> 00:03:57,125 The tunnel-- we're hoping-- leads to an offset chamber, 91 00:03:57,250 --> 00:03:59,250 which is another name for a vault. 92 00:03:59,375 --> 00:04:01,875 That's one very exciting and interesting thing. 93 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,292 We said it from day one, 94 00:04:03,375 --> 00:04:04,667 -"Today's the day." -SCOTT: Today's the day. 95 00:04:04,750 --> 00:04:06,625 (all laughing) 96 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:08,500 SCOTT: All right. Well, thanks for your time. 97 00:04:08,583 --> 00:04:09,667 If anything else comes up, you've got my number. 98 00:04:09,792 --> 00:04:11,333 -Call me. -ROGER: Absolutely. 99 00:04:11,458 --> 00:04:12,958 -SCOTT: Thanks. -ROGER: Thank you. 100 00:04:13,042 --> 00:04:15,125 NARRATOR: While the probe drilling operation gets underway 101 00:04:15,208 --> 00:04:16,875 in the Garden Shaft... 102 00:04:18,542 --> 00:04:19,917 -MARTY: Hello, guys. -OTHERS: Hey, guys. 103 00:04:20,042 --> 00:04:22,333 -Benvenuti. -RICK: Benvenuti. 104 00:04:22,417 --> 00:04:25,208 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty Lagina gather with 105 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:28,042 members of the team in the war room 106 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:31,333 to discuss the incredible journey that Rick, his nephews 107 00:04:31,458 --> 00:04:33,542 Alex and Peter, 108 00:04:33,667 --> 00:04:37,417 and Doug Crowell just made to various locations in Italy. 109 00:04:37,542 --> 00:04:40,042 MARTY: Okay. So we have our team back from Italy. 110 00:04:40,167 --> 00:04:42,042 We're all eager to hear, you know, 111 00:04:42,167 --> 00:04:43,625 what all happened over there. 112 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,083 RICK: Well, it was a wonderful experience 113 00:04:46,208 --> 00:04:47,708 and we learned a lot regarding 114 00:04:47,875 --> 00:04:51,500 our pursuit of answers here on Oak Island. 115 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,583 ALEX: Yeah, I think it was, like, broadly 116 00:04:53,708 --> 00:04:54,917 applicable to everything that we're doing here. 117 00:04:56,042 --> 00:04:59,167 -RICK: It's huge. -ALEX: Wow. It keeps going. 118 00:04:59,292 --> 00:05:00,958 NARRATOR: Over the last two weeks, 119 00:05:01,083 --> 00:05:05,083 researcher Emiliano Sacchetti led Rick and the team 120 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:06,500 to numerous sites that were known 121 00:05:06,625 --> 00:05:08,458 to have served as strongholds for members 122 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:11,458 of the medieval order of the Knights Templar. 123 00:05:11,542 --> 00:05:14,500 Some also believe that the Templars used 124 00:05:14,667 --> 00:05:16,458 these strongholds to hide 125 00:05:16,542 --> 00:05:18,500 sacred religious treasures before smuggling them 126 00:05:18,667 --> 00:05:23,333 to the New World between the 12th and 14th centuries. 127 00:05:23,458 --> 00:05:25,250 -ALEX: Hey, Rick. -RICK: Hmm? 128 00:05:25,375 --> 00:05:27,000 -Check this out. -PETER: That's cool. 129 00:05:27,167 --> 00:05:29,167 ALEX: We have seen this symbol before 130 00:05:29,333 --> 00:05:30,750 -on Oak Island. -RICK: H+O Stone. 131 00:05:30,875 --> 00:05:32,167 PETER: Yeah. 132 00:05:32,292 --> 00:05:33,375 NARRATOR: In addition to seeing 133 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:34,917 a number of Templar carvings 134 00:05:35,042 --> 00:05:36,625 that have also been found 135 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:38,208 in the past on Oak Island... 136 00:05:38,375 --> 00:05:39,875 -RICK: Wow. -EMILIANO: We have the left arm, 137 00:05:40,042 --> 00:05:41,417 the right arm... 138 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:43,333 NARRATOR: ...they toured a cave system 139 00:05:43,458 --> 00:05:45,500 in the ancient town of Camerano 140 00:05:45,667 --> 00:05:48,417 that, incredibly, matched the design of 141 00:05:48,542 --> 00:05:50,875 the 14th century lead cross that was unearthed 142 00:05:51,042 --> 00:05:55,458 at Smith's Cove back in 2017. 143 00:05:56,417 --> 00:05:58,208 PETER: Hey, guys. Come take a look at this. 144 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:00,417 NARRATOR: However, 145 00:06:00,542 --> 00:06:02,333 perhaps the most profound discovery that they made 146 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:05,083 was at the Santa Maria Nuova church 147 00:06:05,208 --> 00:06:06,375 in the town of Viterbo. 148 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,625 -Yeah. -Right there. 149 00:06:08,708 --> 00:06:10,958 NARRATOR: There, Alex noticed symbols on a pillar 150 00:06:11,083 --> 00:06:13,167 that he believed could have a direct connection 151 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:16,000 to a mysterious, carved boulder 152 00:06:16,125 --> 00:06:18,333 that was discovered on Oak Island's northern shore 153 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:23,542 in the 1920s-- the so-called H+O Stone. 154 00:06:24,667 --> 00:06:26,417 ALEX: This was just a theory I came up with 155 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:28,167 while we were there. 156 00:06:28,292 --> 00:06:31,333 So we saw an inscription in the church that we were in. 157 00:06:31,417 --> 00:06:33,583 "HIC," H-I-C, which is Latin for "here." 158 00:06:33,708 --> 00:06:37,167 But I realized if you start with 159 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:41,083 H... I... C... 160 00:06:41,208 --> 00:06:42,125 -here. -That means here. 161 00:06:42,208 --> 00:06:44,792 And then you do this... 162 00:06:44,917 --> 00:06:47,417 ♪ ♪ 163 00:06:47,542 --> 00:06:48,667 ...you have the H+O Stone. 164 00:06:48,750 --> 00:06:50,208 Yep. 165 00:06:50,333 --> 00:06:53,333 So then you have here is "Templar gold." 166 00:06:53,458 --> 00:06:56,500 -Well, that's pretty cool. -(chuckling): Exactly. 167 00:06:56,583 --> 00:07:00,000 NARRATOR: Could Alex Lagina be correct 168 00:07:00,125 --> 00:07:02,500 that the carvings found on the H+O Stone 169 00:07:02,583 --> 00:07:05,583 may actually suggest a sacred treasure 170 00:07:05,708 --> 00:07:09,125 connected to the Knights Templar is buried on Oak Island? 171 00:07:10,167 --> 00:07:13,833 If so, could it possibly explain the high-trace evidence of 172 00:07:13,917 --> 00:07:17,917 silver and gold that has been detected in the Money Pit area? 173 00:07:18,042 --> 00:07:21,333 When I'm by myself and think about this Templar theory, 174 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:23,167 everything in my body, 175 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:25,125 everything in my mind resists it. 176 00:07:25,250 --> 00:07:27,625 It just seems so outlandish, 177 00:07:27,708 --> 00:07:31,208 and yet... we have very ancient things here. 178 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:36,042 You can't say that theory seems ridiculous or outlandish 179 00:07:36,167 --> 00:07:40,042 and then ignore evidence that it could actually be real. 180 00:07:40,167 --> 00:07:41,583 RICK: To sum it up, 181 00:07:41,708 --> 00:07:43,333 this is quite a puzzle. 182 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:45,042 It just got a little bit more interesting 183 00:07:45,208 --> 00:07:46,667 and a little more complicated. 184 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:49,375 And so we all need to put our noses to the grindstone 185 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:51,375 and try to figure out the importance of 186 00:07:51,542 --> 00:07:53,917 what today's discussion might mean for the future. 187 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:55,083 MARTY: Okay. 188 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,417 Great download from Italy. 189 00:07:57,542 --> 00:07:59,125 All things Italian are always welcome, 190 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:00,542 but this is substantive. 191 00:08:00,667 --> 00:08:03,750 We can all digest it while we're out working. 192 00:08:03,875 --> 00:08:04,958 Let's go. 193 00:08:05,083 --> 00:08:07,583 ♪ ♪ 194 00:08:09,250 --> 00:08:12,417 NARRATOR: Following their meeting in the war room... 195 00:08:12,542 --> 00:08:14,458 -SCOTT: Hey, Roger. -ROGER: Hey, Scott. 196 00:08:14,542 --> 00:08:16,208 So that next rod that they're gonna push through, 197 00:08:16,375 --> 00:08:19,000 -that'll bring us to 95 feet. -Gonna hit our tunnel. 198 00:08:19,167 --> 00:08:20,625 Yeah. Oh, before that. 199 00:08:20,708 --> 00:08:22,125 We're actually half a rod 200 00:08:22,208 --> 00:08:24,583 -and we're gonna hit the tunnel. -That's what we want. 201 00:08:24,708 --> 00:08:27,250 NARRATOR: ...while Scott Barlow returns to the Money Pit 202 00:08:27,375 --> 00:08:29,292 to check on the progress 203 00:08:29,417 --> 00:08:31,458 of the probe drilling operation in the Garden Shaft... 204 00:08:31,542 --> 00:08:33,333 RICK: Wow. 205 00:08:33,500 --> 00:08:35,083 -Impressive, huh? -Yup. 206 00:08:35,208 --> 00:08:37,917 -It looks a lot different than before we left. -ALEX: Mm-hmm. 207 00:08:38,042 --> 00:08:39,292 It's impressive. 208 00:08:39,417 --> 00:08:40,333 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina joins 209 00:08:40,458 --> 00:08:42,000 other members of the team 210 00:08:42,083 --> 00:08:45,333 at the triangle-shaped swamp for his first look 211 00:08:45,417 --> 00:08:47,250 at the mysterious stone ramp 212 00:08:47,375 --> 00:08:49,500 that was fully unearthed two weeks ago. 213 00:08:50,542 --> 00:08:55,792 A ramp which connects the vast, 800-year-old stone paved area 214 00:08:55,917 --> 00:08:59,208 to a cobblestone pathway that leads out of the brackish bog 215 00:08:59,375 --> 00:09:02,042 and to somewhere on the island. 216 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,708 ALEX: Is any of this the original paved area 217 00:09:05,833 --> 00:09:07,792 that we uncovered first? 218 00:09:07,917 --> 00:09:10,000 BILLY: Uh, you see the plastic pipe of the hydro vac? 219 00:09:10,167 --> 00:09:11,708 -ALEX: Yeah. -BILLY: We're right on the edge there. 220 00:09:11,833 --> 00:09:13,583 So, this is kind of continuing the paved area? 221 00:09:13,708 --> 00:09:15,500 It seems like they connect, yeah. 222 00:09:15,667 --> 00:09:17,500 Dr. Spooner, what do you think? 223 00:09:17,667 --> 00:09:19,250 IAN: Well, there's no doubt. 224 00:09:19,375 --> 00:09:22,375 This ramp, especially when you get about halfway down it, 225 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:23,667 it has similar characteristics 226 00:09:23,792 --> 00:09:25,167 with the cobble path, 227 00:09:25,292 --> 00:09:27,292 in terms of stone size, that kind of thing, 228 00:09:27,375 --> 00:09:28,875 that's definitive, right? 229 00:09:29,042 --> 00:09:30,167 And we did find 230 00:09:30,292 --> 00:09:33,042 underneath those rocks, organic matter, twigs... 231 00:09:33,167 --> 00:09:36,333 So we've got material to get some ages. 232 00:09:37,375 --> 00:09:39,875 RICK: I think the ramp looks quite spectacular. 233 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,708 The ramp obviously needs to be 234 00:09:41,875 --> 00:09:44,375 thoroughly investigated to try to understand 235 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:48,333 what does the ramp signify in terms of the relationships 236 00:09:48,417 --> 00:09:51,375 between the paved area and the so-called stone path, 237 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:53,500 and where does that stone path lead. 238 00:09:53,625 --> 00:09:57,167 At least one of the things we know, that it's... 239 00:09:57,333 --> 00:09:59,042 some sort of man-made construct, 240 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:01,833 the "why" of which we are yet to understand. 241 00:10:01,958 --> 00:10:03,333 -MARTY: (chuckles) As usual. -Mm-hmm. 242 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:05,000 -Yeah. -MARTY: It's classic Oak Island. 243 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:08,917 It's just, you know, intriguing and unanswerable. 244 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:10,042 RICK: Exactly. 245 00:10:10,208 --> 00:10:11,833 (phone ringing) 246 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,250 It's Scott. 247 00:10:14,375 --> 00:10:16,125 Hey, Scott. 248 00:10:22,125 --> 00:10:28,000 ♪ ♪ 249 00:10:28,125 --> 00:10:29,333 (phone ringing) 250 00:10:29,458 --> 00:10:31,625 -Hey, Scott. -SCOTT: Hey, Rick. 251 00:10:31,708 --> 00:10:33,042 Just up here in the Money Pit with... 252 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:37,583 We found our tunnel. 253 00:10:37,708 --> 00:10:39,875 -Really? -Oh. -What depth? 254 00:10:43,417 --> 00:10:44,542 (laughs) 255 00:10:44,667 --> 00:10:45,625 NARRATOR: While inspecting 256 00:10:45,750 --> 00:10:47,000 the mysterious stone ramp 257 00:10:47,125 --> 00:10:49,333 in the Oak Island swamp, Rick, Marty, 258 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,000 and other members of the team 259 00:10:51,125 --> 00:10:53,542 have just been informed that the tunnel 260 00:10:53,708 --> 00:10:55,667 believed to run below the Garden Shaft 261 00:10:55,833 --> 00:10:58,500 in the Money Pit area may have just been found. 262 00:10:58,667 --> 00:11:00,167 There's cause for celebration up here, 263 00:11:00,292 --> 00:11:01,250 so you may as well join. 264 00:11:01,375 --> 00:11:02,167 Well, that's pretty cool. 265 00:11:02,333 --> 00:11:03,667 We'll be up in a moment. 266 00:11:03,750 --> 00:11:05,167 MARTY: Okay, let's go. 267 00:11:05,292 --> 00:11:07,292 ♪ ♪ 268 00:11:09,042 --> 00:11:10,500 RICK: The Garden Shaft project is 269 00:11:10,625 --> 00:11:12,292 the biggest project of the year. 270 00:11:12,375 --> 00:11:14,458 -All the hard work has finally paid off. -Yeah. 271 00:11:14,583 --> 00:11:17,000 RICK: Well, we have evidence. 272 00:11:17,083 --> 00:11:21,792 Strong evidence of high gold values in the Garden Shaft. 273 00:11:21,917 --> 00:11:23,750 -How solid is it? -Oh, it's solid. 274 00:11:23,875 --> 00:11:26,542 RICK: And yet, we hadn't found treasure. 275 00:11:26,708 --> 00:11:29,125 I think we were all a bit deflated by that. 276 00:11:32,042 --> 00:11:36,458 But hope springs eternal, and so when Scott iterates that 277 00:11:36,583 --> 00:11:40,583 there's something has developed as part of the activities, 278 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:42,500 of course you're excited. 279 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:44,167 You're interested. 280 00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:48,292 There is some sort of structure underneath the shaft. 281 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,333 I figured you'd be down there in that tunnel by now, huh? 282 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:51,500 ROGER: Hey! How's it going, guys? 283 00:11:51,667 --> 00:11:53,333 -Roger. -Hey. 284 00:11:53,458 --> 00:11:54,875 -What happened? -We're waiting for you guys to come. 285 00:11:55,042 --> 00:11:57,000 -Yeah. -To bask in all the excitement here. 286 00:11:57,125 --> 00:11:57,667 -ROGER: Come on in. -MARTY: You've done did it, didn't you? 287 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:59,833 I feel good now. 288 00:11:59,958 --> 00:12:02,833 MARTY: What is the latest? Bring us up to speed, Roger. 289 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,833 So we sent a probe rod down, 290 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,500 they probed down in the hole 291 00:12:07,625 --> 00:12:08,667 and you can tell. 292 00:12:08,792 --> 00:12:09,708 He said, "Ooh, that's not a rock. 293 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:10,958 That sounds like wood." 294 00:12:12,583 --> 00:12:14,000 SCOTT: And we have a sewer camera 295 00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:15,792 and we're gonna try and put a sewer camera down 296 00:12:15,917 --> 00:12:17,792 and see if we can get eyes on the wood, just to give 297 00:12:17,875 --> 00:12:19,958 another way to verify that it is the wood. 298 00:12:20,042 --> 00:12:21,708 MARTY: You have a casing there, don't you? 299 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:23,917 Or just hole? Is it just hole? 300 00:12:24,042 --> 00:12:25,583 Just hole. Just hole. No casing. 301 00:12:25,708 --> 00:12:27,500 You could run casing right now though. 302 00:12:27,625 --> 00:12:28,792 Oh, yeah, absolutely. 303 00:12:28,875 --> 00:12:30,750 MARTY: I think we should do that. 304 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,458 I'm fine with that. 305 00:12:33,458 --> 00:12:35,583 NARRATOR: In order to investigate the believed tunnel 306 00:12:35,708 --> 00:12:37,792 with a high-definition camera, 307 00:12:37,917 --> 00:12:42,167 the team from Dumas will now insert PVC tubing 308 00:12:42,292 --> 00:12:44,500 into the drill hole in order to ensure 309 00:12:44,625 --> 00:12:45,917 that it does not collapse. 310 00:12:46,042 --> 00:12:47,875 Come. Just hold there for a sec. 311 00:12:50,417 --> 00:12:52,167 SCOTT: It's gonna take us a little bit of time to get set up anyways 312 00:12:52,333 --> 00:12:54,542 to bore through there, so, I mean, 313 00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:55,833 that could be time to put the casing in. 314 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,583 -Let's do it. -Let's do it. 315 00:12:57,708 --> 00:12:58,792 MARTY: Let's do it. Let's go. 316 00:12:58,917 --> 00:13:00,833 ROGER: Sounds good to me. 317 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,833 NARRATOR: As the team prepares to investigate 318 00:13:02,958 --> 00:13:05,875 the possible tunnel beneath the Garden Shaft... 319 00:13:07,208 --> 00:13:10,583 JACK: Hey... there's a little piece of charcoal. 320 00:13:10,708 --> 00:13:12,125 I'll collect that. 321 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:14,458 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley joins archaeologist 322 00:13:14,583 --> 00:13:19,208 Laird Niven on Lot 5, located on the western side of the island. 323 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:20,833 -In here. -Okay. 324 00:13:20,958 --> 00:13:22,875 NARRATOR: They are searching for clues 325 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,667 that might help determine the origin 326 00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:26,917 of the circular stone structure-- 327 00:13:27,042 --> 00:13:30,750 a structure that is not only located near the area 328 00:13:30,875 --> 00:13:35,417 where the team recently found a 1,600-year-old Roman coin, 329 00:13:35,542 --> 00:13:38,667 as well as a possible lead barter token, 330 00:13:38,833 --> 00:13:42,500 but also features a 13-foot diameter... 331 00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:45,125 Ooh. Look at this, Laird. 332 00:13:45,208 --> 00:13:48,167 ...which matches the description of the original Money Pit 333 00:13:48,292 --> 00:13:51,500 when it was discovered in 1795. 334 00:13:51,583 --> 00:13:55,333 This looks to be some pottery and it's got that white stuff. 335 00:13:59,250 --> 00:14:01,042 That's nice. That's a nice... 336 00:14:01,167 --> 00:14:04,125 I think we call this a fine, red earthenware. 337 00:14:04,250 --> 00:14:06,667 Yeah. I thought it looked unique. 338 00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:09,042 What time period? 339 00:14:09,167 --> 00:14:10,500 So this would have been going 340 00:14:10,625 --> 00:14:12,125 out of style in the 1750s possibly. 341 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:13,500 Really? 342 00:14:14,417 --> 00:14:16,375 NARRATOR: Redware, which is a kind of 343 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:19,333 earthenware pottery composed of fired clay, 344 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:23,167 was widely used throughout Europe and North America 345 00:14:23,250 --> 00:14:26,708 between the 17th and 18th centuries. 346 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:30,125 But still, it's still pointing to something early going on. 347 00:14:30,250 --> 00:14:31,542 JACK: Something happening here 348 00:14:31,667 --> 00:14:32,792 -in the middle 1700s. -Yeah. 349 00:14:32,917 --> 00:14:34,500 -Yeah. -Yeah. 350 00:14:34,625 --> 00:14:37,167 NARRATOR: If this pottery predates the discovery 351 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:39,458 of the Money Pit, could it offer evidence 352 00:14:39,542 --> 00:14:42,542 that this stone feature does as well? 353 00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:44,500 That's really neat. 354 00:14:44,625 --> 00:14:45,750 Great. 355 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:47,167 Yeah, I thought it looked 356 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:48,667 much different from the rest of the pottery 357 00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:50,417 that I've seen so far. 358 00:14:50,542 --> 00:14:52,833 ♪ ♪ 359 00:15:04,083 --> 00:15:05,625 Oh, this is interesting, Jack. 360 00:15:05,708 --> 00:15:07,333 What is it? 361 00:15:07,417 --> 00:15:09,042 This is way down 362 00:15:09,167 --> 00:15:12,375 in this loose soil. 363 00:15:12,542 --> 00:15:14,917 But it looks like it's exactly the same as you found. 364 00:15:15,042 --> 00:15:17,042 -Oh, like from the same vessel? -Yeah. 365 00:15:17,167 --> 00:15:20,958 But why, why the change in elevation for deposit? 366 00:15:21,083 --> 00:15:23,000 Well, that would suggest that this whole thing 367 00:15:23,167 --> 00:15:24,833 was deposited at the same time. 368 00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:26,583 I think it was built, 369 00:15:26,708 --> 00:15:28,125 it was occupied, 370 00:15:28,208 --> 00:15:30,250 then it was abandoned, 371 00:15:30,375 --> 00:15:33,125 filled in with rocks, but filled in with rocks 372 00:15:33,208 --> 00:15:35,000 -and this stuff. -Okay. 373 00:15:35,083 --> 00:15:37,167 This is getting a lot more interesting. 374 00:15:37,292 --> 00:15:39,583 I thought we were done for the season, 375 00:15:39,708 --> 00:15:41,875 but I think we have to 376 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:43,917 expand that way. 377 00:15:44,042 --> 00:15:45,000 This feature, we don't know who did it. 378 00:15:45,125 --> 00:15:46,250 We don't know when they did it. 379 00:15:46,375 --> 00:15:48,000 And we don't know why they did it. 380 00:15:48,083 --> 00:15:49,167 The really exciting thing for us is that 381 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:50,667 we're getting examples of 382 00:15:50,833 --> 00:15:52,417 some early pottery on Lot 5, 383 00:15:52,542 --> 00:15:54,500 which means that there's a possibility 384 00:15:54,625 --> 00:15:57,292 that this is one of the earliest occupations 385 00:15:57,375 --> 00:15:58,625 on the island. 386 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:02,708 I feel like something like this, it'd make more sense 387 00:16:02,833 --> 00:16:04,333 -over by the Money Pit. -Yeah. 388 00:16:04,458 --> 00:16:06,875 We need to get an answer this year. 389 00:16:07,042 --> 00:16:10,458 NARRATOR: As the investigation on Lot 5 continues... 390 00:16:11,708 --> 00:16:13,292 SCOTT: Camera's on its way. 391 00:16:13,417 --> 00:16:15,583 NARRATOR: ...back in the Money Pit area... 392 00:16:17,667 --> 00:16:19,125 All right. 393 00:16:19,250 --> 00:16:23,083 ...Rick, Marty and other members of the team 394 00:16:23,208 --> 00:16:25,792 are attempting to investigate the potential tunnel 395 00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:27,958 located at a depth of some 91 feet 396 00:16:28,042 --> 00:16:30,667 below the Garden Shaft. 397 00:16:30,750 --> 00:16:32,500 I think he's got it. 398 00:16:32,583 --> 00:16:34,833 -Have you got it there, Roger? -ROGER: Yeah. 10-4. 399 00:16:34,917 --> 00:16:37,167 NARRATOR: A tunnel that is believed 400 00:16:37,250 --> 00:16:39,250 to lead directly toward the Baby Blob 401 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:41,625 or possible treasure zone. 402 00:16:44,833 --> 00:16:46,500 Here we go. 403 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:55,292 Copy that. 404 00:16:56,208 --> 00:16:59,375 RICK: It seems like it's 100 miles down there. 405 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:00,583 Keep going, 406 00:17:00,708 --> 00:17:02,167 just very slowly. 407 00:17:02,250 --> 00:17:04,667 ROGER: Keep going very slowly. 408 00:17:07,083 --> 00:17:09,000 SCOTT: Coming up on the bottom. 409 00:17:09,958 --> 00:17:11,583 I think you can tell him to stop pretty quick. 410 00:17:11,708 --> 00:17:13,125 Well... 411 00:17:14,042 --> 00:17:16,000 RICK: It doesn't look like wood. 412 00:17:16,083 --> 00:17:18,000 SCOTT: It's just some clay. 413 00:17:19,417 --> 00:17:20,625 It's like mud. 414 00:17:20,708 --> 00:17:21,958 Stop there. 415 00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:23,417 ROGER: Whoa. 416 00:17:26,792 --> 00:17:28,542 Is that wood there? 417 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:33,125 Right in there? It looks like wood right there. 418 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:39,167 MARTY: We can see some wood. That's good. 419 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:41,500 This is becoming extremely frustrating 420 00:17:41,625 --> 00:17:44,500 because we could literally be inches, 421 00:17:44,583 --> 00:17:46,000 literally inches 422 00:17:46,083 --> 00:17:49,417 away from some real definitive data 423 00:17:49,542 --> 00:17:51,917 that could be very helpful to our quest. 424 00:17:52,042 --> 00:17:54,458 -We got to get through that. -Yeah. 425 00:17:54,583 --> 00:17:57,292 Actually, I do like the idea of grinding into the wood. 426 00:17:57,417 --> 00:18:00,792 -Do you just want to call it? -Yeah. Grind that pipe. 427 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:02,375 NARRATOR: Despite the sediment 428 00:18:02,542 --> 00:18:05,042 and clay in the hole, the fact that the team 429 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:06,750 has now found visual evidence 430 00:18:06,875 --> 00:18:09,583 of a possible wooden structure 431 00:18:09,708 --> 00:18:12,000 could mean that they may very well have encountered 432 00:18:12,083 --> 00:18:13,667 a man-made tunnel. 433 00:18:13,833 --> 00:18:15,500 -Let's pull out. -RODNEY: Okay. 434 00:18:15,625 --> 00:18:17,292 Up with the camera. 435 00:18:17,417 --> 00:18:19,833 NARRATOR: Now, with less than two weeks 436 00:18:19,917 --> 00:18:21,750 before the team will have to 437 00:18:21,875 --> 00:18:25,042 halt search operations due to the onset of winter, 438 00:18:25,167 --> 00:18:28,708 they must do what they can in order to find out 439 00:18:28,833 --> 00:18:30,708 what it may contain. 440 00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:33,125 RICK: There is a suspicion that there's a tunnel 441 00:18:33,250 --> 00:18:34,333 beneath the Garden Shaft. 442 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,625 Right now, we know there are 443 00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:42,333 anomalously high gold values on the wood outside of the shaft. 444 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:45,000 They need to drill into the ceiling of the tunnel 445 00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:47,000 and see whether or not there's treasure 446 00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:49,750 in close proximity and hopefully find it. 447 00:18:49,875 --> 00:18:52,000 I think we'll... we'll urethane it 448 00:18:52,167 --> 00:18:53,500 and then we'll resort to drilling. 449 00:18:53,625 --> 00:18:55,083 Okay, these guys are lined out. 450 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:56,542 We're gonna urethane it 451 00:18:56,708 --> 00:18:57,875 to hold it in place. 452 00:18:58,042 --> 00:18:59,000 If we can get those threads to bite 453 00:18:59,125 --> 00:19:00,167 a little bit, that should help. 454 00:19:00,250 --> 00:19:01,125 And then we'll be back to drilling. 455 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:02,417 Sounds good. 456 00:19:03,333 --> 00:19:04,833 NARRATOR: To prepare for the next phase 457 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,708 of the drilling operation 458 00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:10,458 the team will spend the next two days coating the hole 459 00:19:10,542 --> 00:19:13,583 with urethane, a crystalline compound 460 00:19:13,708 --> 00:19:16,500 that will allow the drill bit to gain better traction 461 00:19:16,667 --> 00:19:20,250 and hopefully penetrate the possible wooden tunnel. 462 00:19:20,375 --> 00:19:21,458 Let's go, Rick. 463 00:19:21,542 --> 00:19:22,542 We've got other things to do, bud. 464 00:19:23,542 --> 00:19:25,250 -CHARLES: Catch you later. -RICK: See you. 465 00:19:29,292 --> 00:19:31,667 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island... 466 00:19:32,542 --> 00:19:34,167 MARTY: Okay, archaeologists... 467 00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:36,833 -(laughs) -What've you got? 468 00:19:36,958 --> 00:19:38,875 Well... (sighs) 469 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,167 So I thought 470 00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:41,875 -we were wrapping up. -Uh-huh. 471 00:19:42,042 --> 00:19:43,208 I thought we were done. 472 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:44,958 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty and Alex 473 00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:46,750 arrive on Lot 5 474 00:19:46,875 --> 00:19:49,125 where archaeologist Laird Niven 475 00:19:49,208 --> 00:19:51,458 and Jack Begley continue searching for 476 00:19:51,542 --> 00:19:56,000 clues inside the mysterious, circular stone formation. 477 00:19:56,125 --> 00:20:00,250 The rocks came down to a hard-packed level. 478 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:05,042 And I went through that and now I'm in a very loose soil, 479 00:20:05,167 --> 00:20:06,750 still with artifacts in it. 480 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:08,208 ALEX: What the heck? 481 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:10,833 And you're not to the bottom of it yet? 482 00:20:10,917 --> 00:20:12,583 I'm not to the bottom of it. 483 00:20:12,708 --> 00:20:17,458 The issue is we think the edge is four feet out. 484 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:20,667 Sounds to me like the top feature's not just an apron-- 485 00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:23,417 -it's the limits of quite a massive structure. -Yeah. 486 00:20:23,542 --> 00:20:26,292 What's driving me crazy is there has to be an edge to it. 487 00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:27,875 There just has to be. 488 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,542 So if the edge is four feet that way 489 00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:33,500 and if you extrapolate around, 490 00:20:33,625 --> 00:20:36,250 -that's a big excavation. -Yes, it is. 491 00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:39,292 If you do it big enough, if you dig a trench 492 00:20:39,375 --> 00:20:40,917 six feet wide and just fill it with rubble, 493 00:20:41,042 --> 00:20:42,500 you do have a good foundation. 494 00:20:42,625 --> 00:20:43,958 -Sure. -A lot of stuff was built that way. 495 00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:45,667 LAIRD: Yeah. Yeah, you just cap. 496 00:20:45,792 --> 00:20:46,792 -That's the way castles were built. -MARTY: Exactly. 497 00:20:46,917 --> 00:20:48,125 It's a fast way to make 498 00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:49,625 -a very stable foundation. -Yeah. 499 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:51,667 LAIRD: But it looks a little too jumbled 500 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,500 for a foundation. 501 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:54,958 JACK: It could go deeper. 502 00:20:55,083 --> 00:20:56,958 This could fit in with Zena's map. 503 00:20:57,042 --> 00:20:58,208 This could be the hatch. 504 00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:01,125 It's close to the approximate location 505 00:21:01,250 --> 00:21:03,000 that we're looking for the hatch. 506 00:21:04,375 --> 00:21:10,125 ZENA: When I found the map, which is dated 1347, 507 00:21:10,208 --> 00:21:12,958 I began to put pieces together. 508 00:21:13,083 --> 00:21:14,875 NARRATOR: In 2016, 509 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,625 the late author and researcher Zena Halpern 510 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:20,417 presented the team with a reported 511 00:21:20,542 --> 00:21:23,708 14th century map of Oak Island that she believed 512 00:21:23,833 --> 00:21:27,458 to have been created by members of the Knights Templar. 513 00:21:27,542 --> 00:21:31,042 Numerous familiar locations were labeled on the document 514 00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:35,250 in French, including what appeared to be the Money Pit, 515 00:21:35,375 --> 00:21:38,167 the stone triangle and the swamp. 516 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:41,875 However, for the past several years, 517 00:21:42,042 --> 00:21:44,042 the team has been searching for a site 518 00:21:44,208 --> 00:21:46,667 noted on the western side of the island, 519 00:21:46,792 --> 00:21:50,667 which was labeled as "The Hole Under the Hatch," 520 00:21:50,792 --> 00:21:54,417 believing it may refer to a shaft or tunnel entrance. 521 00:21:54,542 --> 00:21:56,792 Could Jack be correct 522 00:21:56,917 --> 00:22:00,167 that the circular stone structure on Lot 5, 523 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:03,333 which matches the diameter of the original Money Pit 524 00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:07,333 may very well be The Hole Under the Hatch? 525 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:09,458 I believe in Zena Halpern's work. 526 00:22:09,583 --> 00:22:12,042 I believe that the map represents 527 00:22:12,167 --> 00:22:15,208 some features on the island. 528 00:22:15,375 --> 00:22:19,458 Is it possible that this might be the hatch? 529 00:22:19,542 --> 00:22:21,875 There are a lot of possibilities on this island. 530 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,083 Who knows what we might find 531 00:22:24,208 --> 00:22:27,125 down at the bottom of that and where it might lead to? 532 00:22:27,208 --> 00:22:28,833 So, orders, Laird? 533 00:22:28,917 --> 00:22:30,667 You're in charge, what do you want us to do? 534 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,125 We can take the soils out by hand. 535 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:33,958 -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 536 00:22:34,042 --> 00:22:35,333 But those rocks down below, 537 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:37,500 we'll need some mechanical help. 538 00:22:37,625 --> 00:22:39,208 MARTY (chuckling): Well... 539 00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:41,667 -(Laird laughs) -...that's music to my ears. 540 00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:44,750 -It's interesting enough to continue. -It is. 541 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:46,458 You know, you can speculate all day long. 542 00:22:46,583 --> 00:22:47,667 Let's just get after it 543 00:22:47,792 --> 00:22:49,333 -and get it done. -LAIRD: Yeah. 544 00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:52,125 RICK: Let's keep going. 545 00:22:52,208 --> 00:22:57,000 NARRATOR: As Laird Niven continues his investigation on Lot 5... 546 00:22:57,792 --> 00:22:59,292 MARTY: Hello, gentlemen. 547 00:22:59,375 --> 00:23:00,500 ALL: Hey, guys. 548 00:23:00,583 --> 00:23:03,000 -Hey, guys. -Hello. 549 00:23:03,083 --> 00:23:04,583 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty, 550 00:23:04,708 --> 00:23:06,583 and other members of the team 551 00:23:06,708 --> 00:23:08,583 have gathered in the war room 552 00:23:08,708 --> 00:23:10,917 to meet via video conference 553 00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:12,167 with Craig Tester, 554 00:23:12,292 --> 00:23:13,917 along with Dr. Chris McFarlane, 555 00:23:14,042 --> 00:23:18,667 a professor of geochemistry at the University of New Brunswick. 556 00:23:18,833 --> 00:23:21,542 Okay. So, see this little item right here 557 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,042 in front of us, folks? 558 00:23:24,042 --> 00:23:26,542 We've showed this thing to so many people. 559 00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:28,833 NARRATOR: Dr. McFarlane 560 00:23:28,958 --> 00:23:31,667 has just completed a scientific analysis 561 00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:33,417 on the lead barter token, 562 00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:36,583 which was found earlier this year on Lot 5 563 00:23:36,708 --> 00:23:40,000 near the mysterious, circular stone feature. 564 00:23:40,125 --> 00:23:44,208 Dr. McFarlane, I know you did ablation on this. 565 00:23:44,333 --> 00:23:45,833 Uh, yeah. 566 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:51,583 NARRATOR: Laser ablation is the process of removing microscopic samples 567 00:23:51,708 --> 00:23:54,167 from the surface of a lead artifact 568 00:23:54,292 --> 00:23:56,667 using a high-powered laser. 569 00:23:56,792 --> 00:23:58,958 These samples are then analyzed 570 00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:03,417 to identify the exact isotope values contained in the lead, 571 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:05,083 which can then help determine 572 00:24:05,208 --> 00:24:07,833 both the time period and geographic region 573 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,417 that the artifact originated from. 574 00:24:11,375 --> 00:24:14,500 This was a pretty easy object to ablate because it was flat, 575 00:24:14,625 --> 00:24:16,542 you know, which is good, but I shouldn't say 576 00:24:16,708 --> 00:24:19,000 it was easy to analyze because 577 00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:24,333 it has a very thick, altered crust on it. 578 00:24:24,417 --> 00:24:28,625 It's been down there a while, I would say, without a doubt. 579 00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:31,667 When you say a while, what is that? 580 00:24:31,792 --> 00:24:34,958 -Can you ballpark? -You know, not tens of years. 581 00:24:35,083 --> 00:24:37,250 You know, hundreds of years would be my guess. 582 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:40,042 You know? But the biggest result is that 583 00:24:40,208 --> 00:24:44,458 isotopically, it looks very similar to... 584 00:24:46,708 --> 00:24:48,833 ...the cross. 585 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 No way! 586 00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:52,833 GARY: That's brilliant! 587 00:24:56,542 --> 00:24:57,417 NARRATOR: In the war room, 588 00:24:57,542 --> 00:24:59,333 geochemist Dr. Chris McFarlane 589 00:24:59,458 --> 00:25:01,667 has just shared 590 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,667 an astonishing report with the Oak Island team. 591 00:25:03,792 --> 00:25:05,625 I wasn't expecting that. 592 00:25:05,708 --> 00:25:08,000 No, not me either. 593 00:25:08,083 --> 00:25:10,917 NARRATOR: According to laser ablation testing, 594 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:14,333 the lead isotope values contained in the barter token 595 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:17,667 that was found earlier this year on Lot 5, 596 00:25:17,792 --> 00:25:22,667 match the lead cross that was found at Smith's Cove in 2017. 597 00:25:22,750 --> 00:25:26,375 This means it was likely made in the 14th century, 598 00:25:26,542 --> 00:25:29,125 and originated in Southern France. 599 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:31,833 I was expecting that. 600 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,167 (laughing) 601 00:25:34,250 --> 00:25:35,125 GARY: Because of the context. 602 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:38,375 It was recovered on Lot 5, 603 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:39,708 not too far from shore, 604 00:25:39,833 --> 00:25:42,500 and it was a good two feet down. 605 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:44,583 And when that came out, 606 00:25:44,708 --> 00:25:46,500 I had no idea what it is 607 00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:49,417 but it's got a really, really old feel about it. 608 00:25:49,542 --> 00:25:51,167 CHRIS: Yeah. 609 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:53,125 I mean, I can also tell you that it does fit, 610 00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:56,625 just like the cross with sources in Europe and... 611 00:25:56,708 --> 00:25:59,875 it certainly fits still with a French source. 612 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,000 It's close in terms of the isotopic composition. 613 00:26:03,125 --> 00:26:06,167 Like, the actual value is essentially identical. 614 00:26:07,125 --> 00:26:09,750 To find a friend of the cross-- possibly-- 615 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:12,500 right there on Lot 5, that's brilliant. 616 00:26:12,583 --> 00:26:13,583 (laughs) 617 00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:15,958 It was found on Lot 5, 618 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:18,667 right next to that odd stone feature 619 00:26:18,792 --> 00:26:21,583 that we've been having the archaeologists dig around. 620 00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:23,958 And they don't have a good explanation for it-- 621 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:26,500 just that it was originally filled in, 622 00:26:26,583 --> 00:26:28,792 in the early to mid-1700s. 623 00:26:28,875 --> 00:26:31,167 And I'm glad you brought that up, Jack, 624 00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:34,042 'cause that might have actually came out of that feature. 625 00:26:34,167 --> 00:26:36,583 It could have been in the fill taken out of it. 626 00:26:36,708 --> 00:26:38,792 That is a top-pocket find. 627 00:26:38,917 --> 00:26:41,333 (laughing) 628 00:26:42,375 --> 00:26:44,833 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Oak Island team 629 00:26:44,958 --> 00:26:47,833 has now found two critical pieces of evidence 630 00:26:47,958 --> 00:26:50,958 suggesting that someone of French origin 631 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:54,000 visited Oak Island in the 14th century? 632 00:26:54,917 --> 00:26:57,708 If so, could the stone feature on Lot 5 633 00:26:57,875 --> 00:26:59,667 also be related to them 634 00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:02,542 and even help validate the map 635 00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:04,583 that the late Zena Halpern believed 636 00:27:04,708 --> 00:27:07,833 was created by members of the Knights Templar? 637 00:27:07,958 --> 00:27:10,542 RICK: What's really intriguing too is 638 00:27:10,667 --> 00:27:14,333 we've looked for representations of the cross 639 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:16,792 and we've only seen one 640 00:27:16,875 --> 00:27:19,833 in a very early cave system in Osimo, Italy, 641 00:27:19,958 --> 00:27:24,625 and one on the walls of Domme prison in France, 642 00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:27,000 where the Templars were imprisoned. 643 00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:28,667 Mm-hmm. 644 00:27:28,750 --> 00:27:33,667 Now that this scalloped disc is a friend of the cross, 645 00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:36,417 I mean, one could, on some level, 646 00:27:36,542 --> 00:27:38,833 -associate the two. -Yeah. 647 00:27:39,917 --> 00:27:43,125 MARTY: The lead in the disc apparently matches, 648 00:27:43,208 --> 00:27:45,750 virtually identically with the lead from the lead cross. 649 00:27:45,875 --> 00:27:47,875 That is a head scratcher. 650 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,333 And another very significant thing 651 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,083 that could tie the Templars here 652 00:27:52,208 --> 00:27:54,083 is if we find the "why." 653 00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:57,042 (chuckling) All those other W's are gonna fall right into place. 654 00:27:57,167 --> 00:27:59,333 What do you think, Craig? Kind of interesting data. 655 00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:03,542 Um, definitely, I mean, I guess the big thing is 656 00:28:03,708 --> 00:28:05,333 I'm glad it's close to the cross. 657 00:28:05,458 --> 00:28:07,792 I guess I just want more detail. 658 00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:09,208 CHRIS: I mean, I could look into it 659 00:28:09,333 --> 00:28:11,375 if you want some guidance for sure. 660 00:28:11,542 --> 00:28:13,000 That would be great. Yes. 661 00:28:13,083 --> 00:28:15,375 The good news is, thanks to Chris, we now have 662 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:17,375 a pathway forward. 663 00:28:17,542 --> 00:28:19,375 So thanks for the info. 664 00:28:19,542 --> 00:28:21,083 Appreciate the, the opportunity 665 00:28:21,208 --> 00:28:23,500 to move this discovery process forward. 666 00:28:23,625 --> 00:28:24,750 Really appreciate it. 667 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:26,667 No worries. Any time, guys. 668 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:27,958 MARTY: Good session. Appreciate it. 669 00:28:28,083 --> 00:28:30,333 -Andiamo. -RICK: Andiamo. 670 00:28:31,542 --> 00:28:33,542 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 671 00:28:34,708 --> 00:28:36,500 ALEX: Jack, looks like you've got a better view out here. 672 00:28:36,583 --> 00:28:38,125 JACK: Oh, yeah. 673 00:28:38,208 --> 00:28:40,125 -This is a great spot to watch. -ALEX: Perfect. 674 00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:42,833 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina, Steve Guptill, 675 00:28:42,958 --> 00:28:45,375 Gary Drayton, Jack Begley 676 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,333 and Billy Gerhardt return to 677 00:28:48,417 --> 00:28:51,667 the triangle-shaped swamp to continue searching for clues 678 00:28:51,792 --> 00:28:54,625 on the mysterious stone ramp. 679 00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:56,917 MARTY: The swamp is complicated-- like everything else-- 680 00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:59,333 but now we have a ramp 681 00:28:59,458 --> 00:29:01,375 that goes from the paved area up to the path. 682 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:03,042 So we're trying to get to the bottom of that. 683 00:29:03,167 --> 00:29:05,667 The year's coming to a close 684 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:07,000 but we got a few days left. 685 00:29:07,083 --> 00:29:08,708 We could have some breakthroughs. 686 00:29:08,833 --> 00:29:10,792 We're looking for the edge of the ramp, yeah? 687 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:13,667 Yeah, Gary and I were watching from over here. 688 00:29:13,792 --> 00:29:16,000 And we can clearly see the road continuing... 689 00:29:16,167 --> 00:29:17,708 -Yeah, the path. -...but we're not sure 690 00:29:17,833 --> 00:29:19,250 if we've reached the edge of the ramp. 691 00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:22,167 It'd be great if we can find the edge, basically. 692 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:24,167 Where do you think the edge of it would be, Steve? 693 00:29:24,292 --> 00:29:26,792 So we know it doesn't exist on the west side. 694 00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:28,833 What we're looking for is the extension on the east side. 695 00:29:28,958 --> 00:29:29,833 -Ooh. -(detector beeping) 696 00:29:29,958 --> 00:29:31,417 -Ooh. -Jack! 697 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:33,250 -Yeah. -I got a signal, mate. 698 00:29:33,375 --> 00:29:37,500 We are in business. Just there, mate. 699 00:29:37,667 --> 00:29:40,250 That was the last scoop that came out. 700 00:29:44,542 --> 00:29:46,292 JACK: See if I moved it. 701 00:29:47,375 --> 00:29:48,583 It's still there? 702 00:29:48,708 --> 00:29:50,333 GARY: Yep. Still there. 703 00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:53,875 All right. Pinpointer time. 704 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,833 -(beeping) -Come on, be something good. 705 00:29:58,042 --> 00:29:59,917 JACK: Ooh, that's pretty big. 706 00:30:00,042 --> 00:30:06,208 -GARY: That is sweet. -JACK: Whoa. 707 00:30:06,333 --> 00:30:07,667 NARRATOR: While investigating 708 00:30:07,833 --> 00:30:09,042 the stone ramp in the triangle-shaped swamp, 709 00:30:09,167 --> 00:30:11,083 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 710 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:15,583 has just made what could be a significant discovery. 711 00:30:15,708 --> 00:30:18,125 -What you got, guys? -GARY: Eh, it's a... 712 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:21,458 -Looks like a brass door handle. -Interesting. 713 00:30:21,542 --> 00:30:22,833 GARY: You know what? 714 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,333 This could be off like a ship's cabinet 715 00:30:25,417 --> 00:30:26,708 or a door on a ship. 716 00:30:26,833 --> 00:30:28,083 Yeah. Who knows? 717 00:30:28,208 --> 00:30:29,833 NARRATOR: A possible handle? 718 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,833 And potentially from a large sailing vessel? 719 00:30:32,917 --> 00:30:35,417 If so, could it be related 720 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:38,708 to the many other pieces of ships and cargo barrels 721 00:30:38,875 --> 00:30:40,667 that the team has found in the swamp 722 00:30:40,792 --> 00:30:42,583 over the past several years? 723 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:46,875 And perhaps offer more evidence that the stone ramp 724 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,167 and the 800-year-old paved area were used 725 00:30:50,333 --> 00:30:54,333 to off-load something of great value onto Oak Island? 726 00:30:55,250 --> 00:30:56,792 GARY: One thing for sure, it's an artifact, mate. 727 00:30:56,875 --> 00:30:58,208 And I'm gonna bag it. 728 00:30:58,333 --> 00:31:01,958 -Sweet find, Gary. -Good digging, mate. 729 00:31:02,083 --> 00:31:04,000 ALEX: Okay, here we go. 730 00:31:04,083 --> 00:31:06,417 See if we can find the other edge of the path. 731 00:31:06,542 --> 00:31:08,500 ♪ ♪ 732 00:31:11,208 --> 00:31:13,417 ALEX: We'd really like to find the edges of this ramp. 733 00:31:13,542 --> 00:31:14,833 Not only does it indicate 734 00:31:14,958 --> 00:31:16,625 more conclusively that it's man-made, 735 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:19,708 but it's also gonna help us figure out what the purpose was. 736 00:31:19,833 --> 00:31:22,042 (clanking) 737 00:31:22,167 --> 00:31:23,833 I think he might be hitting it there. 738 00:31:23,958 --> 00:31:26,042 -The ramp? -ALEX: Maybe. 739 00:31:27,042 --> 00:31:29,292 Yeah, you can hear him hit the side in that path. 740 00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:30,667 We should go in there and poke around. 741 00:31:30,792 --> 00:31:32,125 I agree. 742 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:35,667 ALEX: Hey, Billy. 743 00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:37,083 We'll jump down in. 744 00:31:37,208 --> 00:31:38,208 Yep. 745 00:31:39,625 --> 00:31:41,375 JACK: Let's see what we got. 746 00:31:44,708 --> 00:31:47,083 ALEX: Stone path still here. 747 00:31:51,958 --> 00:31:53,167 I think there's a good chance 748 00:31:53,292 --> 00:31:55,000 that the ramp continues here, too. 749 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:57,000 BILLY: The only sure way is 750 00:31:57,083 --> 00:32:00,000 -to clean it off more carefully at this point. -ALEX: Yeah. 751 00:32:00,125 --> 00:32:02,167 -So we'll just work our way this way. -JACK: Okay. 752 00:32:02,292 --> 00:32:03,958 ALEX: And honestly, maybe it's best 753 00:32:04,083 --> 00:32:06,458 to start over here and look for the edge. 754 00:32:06,542 --> 00:32:09,500 -We were on to this edge already. -ALEX: Right foot? 755 00:32:09,625 --> 00:32:12,042 -Yeah, okay. -No, I'll work around in here. 756 00:32:15,958 --> 00:32:18,125 ♪ ♪ 757 00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:23,792 There's rocks, as you can see, 758 00:32:23,917 --> 00:32:25,167 -all right here... -Yeah. 759 00:32:25,292 --> 00:32:27,083 ...but where you're digging, well... 760 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:29,333 That there, that's where it stops, right there. 761 00:32:29,458 --> 00:32:30,958 Oh. Oh, yeah. And then it just... 762 00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:32,708 -It stops. -Because look. 763 00:32:32,833 --> 00:32:35,500 Look in here... nothing. 764 00:32:35,625 --> 00:32:37,667 Nothing. Nothing. 765 00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:40,167 -Down to this subsoil level. -That's the C horizon. 766 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,375 Yeah. 767 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:42,500 I'm pretty comfortable with saying 768 00:32:42,583 --> 00:32:43,917 the edge is right here. 769 00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:45,542 ALEX: As we're scraping away dirt, 770 00:32:45,708 --> 00:32:48,250 we can see an area where you've got dark soil, 771 00:32:48,375 --> 00:32:50,125 and right next to it you've got the C horizon, 772 00:32:50,250 --> 00:32:52,167 which is untouched by humans. 773 00:32:52,250 --> 00:32:55,750 So it looks like it could be the edges of this ramp. 774 00:32:55,875 --> 00:32:57,417 So we're probably there but... 775 00:32:57,542 --> 00:32:59,875 Oh, great, this is actually wonderful news, right? 776 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,208 -Yes, it is. -ALEX: Yeah. 777 00:33:01,333 --> 00:33:02,708 JACK: We found the edge of the ramp. 778 00:33:02,833 --> 00:33:04,167 BILLY: Yeah, from my vantage point, 779 00:33:04,333 --> 00:33:06,500 we found the edge of the paved area up there. 780 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:09,417 -ALEX: Uh-huh. -BILLY: This lines up with the end of the paved area, I mean, 781 00:33:09,542 --> 00:33:11,333 it ties the ramp to the path and we're pretty sure 782 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,208 we have the ramp tied to the paved areas, 783 00:33:13,333 --> 00:33:16,667 so now we have the paved area tied to a road. 784 00:33:16,792 --> 00:33:17,958 -Right? -Yeah. 785 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:19,083 RICK: I believe there are 786 00:33:19,208 --> 00:33:21,542 four large man-made constructs 787 00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:23,792 either associated with the swamp 788 00:33:23,875 --> 00:33:26,167 or in the body of the swamp proper. 789 00:33:26,333 --> 00:33:28,417 They took a lot of work, a lot of effort. 790 00:33:28,542 --> 00:33:31,500 We don't quite yet know their purpose 791 00:33:31,583 --> 00:33:34,750 but human beings made those structures. 792 00:33:34,875 --> 00:33:38,292 You want to leave it as is, and then go talk to the guys? 793 00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:40,167 I think so, yeah, 'cause I-- 794 00:33:40,250 --> 00:33:42,292 This is the best we can hope to find, really. 795 00:33:42,375 --> 00:33:43,833 Okay. Let's, uh, let's go tell the guys. 796 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,500 -JACK: Yeah. -ALEX: Perfect. 797 00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:49,667 ♪ ♪ 798 00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:54,792 NARRATOR: The following morning... 799 00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:56,042 MARTY: Are we ready? 800 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:57,167 Hey, how's it going, guys? Yeah. 801 00:33:57,292 --> 00:33:58,458 Guys are down there, 802 00:33:58,583 --> 00:34:01,208 so the casing's in place and the geofoam. 803 00:34:01,333 --> 00:34:02,792 How'd that go? It went well? 804 00:34:02,917 --> 00:34:04,000 -Very well. -Went well, yeah. 805 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:05,167 NARRATOR: ...Rick, Marty, 806 00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:06,250 and the members of the team 807 00:34:06,375 --> 00:34:08,500 return to the Money Pit area 808 00:34:08,625 --> 00:34:12,167 as representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 809 00:34:12,292 --> 00:34:15,083 begin their attempt to drill into the believed tunnel 810 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:17,792 some ten feet below the Garden Shaft. 811 00:34:17,875 --> 00:34:19,542 Well, that's a good picture. 812 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:21,792 -SCOTT: We're ready to go and drill. -MARTY: Yeah. 813 00:34:22,875 --> 00:34:24,667 NARRATOR: A tunnel that may lead 814 00:34:24,750 --> 00:34:28,917 directly toward the "Baby Blob" or potential treasure zone. 815 00:34:29,875 --> 00:34:32,000 Rodney felt that we may kind of be on the edge of the tunnel. 816 00:34:32,125 --> 00:34:33,792 How does he know that? 817 00:34:33,917 --> 00:34:36,500 When he was probing down there, he thought he felt wood 818 00:34:36,625 --> 00:34:37,875 more on one side than the other side, 819 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,542 -something... -Oh. 820 00:34:39,708 --> 00:34:41,667 Boy, we could drill through a bunch of wood, then. 821 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:43,542 SCOTT: We, we don't know. 822 00:34:43,708 --> 00:34:46,000 ROGER: So right now we're at roughly 91, 92 feet. 823 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:47,625 We think we're sitting on some wood right now, 824 00:34:47,708 --> 00:34:49,167 so we're gonna go down 825 00:34:49,292 --> 00:34:51,167 -with the drill. -MARTY: Okay. 826 00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:53,708 ROGER: Copy, go ahead. 827 00:34:55,333 --> 00:34:56,083 Yes! 828 00:34:56,208 --> 00:34:57,167 Absolutely. 829 00:34:57,292 --> 00:34:58,708 Whenever you're ready. 830 00:35:00,625 --> 00:35:02,333 Pump coming on. 831 00:35:02,417 --> 00:35:04,333 MARTY: We've done all this work in the Garden Shaft 832 00:35:04,458 --> 00:35:06,292 -to get to this point. -(whirring) 833 00:35:06,417 --> 00:35:08,667 I want to see some precious metals in this shaft. 834 00:35:08,792 --> 00:35:11,250 I really do, and I think there's a decent chance. 835 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:13,292 All right. Here we go! 836 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:16,333 -ROGER: Good to go, guys. -(whirring) 837 00:35:17,583 --> 00:35:21,667 So the fact that this is an unknown tunnel, it's great 838 00:35:21,750 --> 00:35:24,208 but an unknown tunnel that is right in the area 839 00:35:24,333 --> 00:35:26,000 where the scientists say 840 00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:28,542 anomalous amounts of precious metals are, 841 00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:30,833 makes it very important. 842 00:35:30,958 --> 00:35:33,042 And I know you're interested in that for the same reason. 843 00:35:33,208 --> 00:35:34,500 Yep. For sure. 844 00:35:34,625 --> 00:35:36,625 ♪ ♪ 845 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,250 -It's moving slowly. -Oh, yeah. 846 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:55,625 Copy. Go ahead. 847 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,000 Does it sound like he's grinding away 848 00:36:01,167 --> 00:36:02,625 on something hard or is it... 849 00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:04,708 ROGER: Does it sound like you're drilling on 850 00:36:04,833 --> 00:36:05,792 something really hard? 851 00:36:11,667 --> 00:36:12,750 MARTY: Oh, baby. 852 00:36:16,792 --> 00:36:17,833 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 853 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,375 members of Dumas Contracting Limited 854 00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:22,333 are currently attempting to drill into a believed tunnel 855 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:24,500 at a depth of some 92 feet, 856 00:36:24,667 --> 00:36:28,708 located just below the bottom of the Garden Shaft. 857 00:36:28,833 --> 00:36:30,333 -Pretty tough wood. -Yep. 858 00:36:30,458 --> 00:36:31,750 ♪ ♪ 859 00:36:31,875 --> 00:36:34,667 NARRATOR: A tunnel that may head due west 860 00:36:34,833 --> 00:36:38,708 into the so-called Baby Blob where the team has detected 861 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:43,250 their highest trace evidence of both silver and gold. 862 00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:44,958 It's moving slowly. 863 00:36:45,083 --> 00:36:47,500 Oh, yeah. Oh, it's unbelievable. 864 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:50,667 MARTY: Is she spinning? 865 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:52,375 No. 866 00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:55,667 Copy. Go ahead. 867 00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:02,708 Man, oh, man, oh, man, talk about being close 868 00:37:02,875 --> 00:37:04,458 and not being able to get there. 869 00:37:04,583 --> 00:37:06,625 CHARLES: Emotional roller coaster. 870 00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:07,708 Yeah. 871 00:37:10,958 --> 00:37:12,875 Yeah. There you go. 872 00:37:13,042 --> 00:37:14,542 All right. Let's go through this. 873 00:37:22,333 --> 00:37:23,708 ALEX: It moved a couple inches. 874 00:37:24,708 --> 00:37:26,250 Did we just get two inches, really? 875 00:37:26,375 --> 00:37:29,333 Oh, yeah. We made some headway. 876 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,667 Today's not the day. 877 00:37:34,792 --> 00:37:37,875 We're not getting anywhere like this. 878 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,333 What do you think? 879 00:37:39,417 --> 00:37:40,917 Why don't they just pull it up 880 00:37:41,042 --> 00:37:44,000 as far as they can, see if anything comes out at all. 881 00:37:44,125 --> 00:37:45,750 Yeah. 882 00:37:45,875 --> 00:37:48,083 Copy, Rodney? 883 00:37:48,208 --> 00:37:50,000 RODNEY: Yeah, go ahead. 884 00:37:50,125 --> 00:37:51,500 ROGER: Can you pull up your rod, 885 00:37:51,625 --> 00:37:53,167 see if there's anything coming out of the... 886 00:37:53,250 --> 00:37:54,333 off the flighting? 887 00:37:54,417 --> 00:37:55,917 RODNEY: Yeah. 10-4. 888 00:37:56,917 --> 00:38:00,417 -I need a chunk of wood to come out of that hole. -Yeah. 889 00:38:03,625 --> 00:38:05,708 RODNEY: I know I hit wood earlier. I know I did. 890 00:38:05,875 --> 00:38:07,792 BRANDON V.: There's something on there. 891 00:38:09,375 --> 00:38:11,333 -RODNEY: Oh. -BRANDON V.: There you go. 892 00:38:11,417 --> 00:38:13,333 -There's something. -RODNEY: Yeah. 893 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,667 -They're looking for something. -ROGER: Yeah. 894 00:38:15,833 --> 00:38:18,750 -BRANDON V.: Roger. -Yeah, go ahead. 895 00:38:18,875 --> 00:38:20,833 BRANDON V.: There was wood on the drill. 896 00:38:20,917 --> 00:38:24,000 I gave a piece to Dan to bring up there, he's gonna show you. 897 00:38:24,125 --> 00:38:26,500 Oh. He's saying, they said 898 00:38:26,625 --> 00:38:28,208 Dan is on his way up with a piece of wood. 899 00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:29,583 MARTY: Perfect. 900 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:34,583 Why do we get this close and we don't have any time left? 901 00:38:34,708 --> 00:38:35,833 Yeah. 902 00:38:35,917 --> 00:38:37,625 Ooh. (chuckles) 903 00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:39,958 Yeah, I'll show it to the guys, see what they have to say. 904 00:38:42,125 --> 00:38:43,708 What've you got there, Roger? 905 00:38:43,833 --> 00:38:45,500 It's not much, but I mean, it's not a big piece. 906 00:38:45,583 --> 00:38:47,792 I wish it was a little bigger than that. 907 00:38:47,875 --> 00:38:49,042 MARTY: Yeah. (chuckling) 908 00:38:49,167 --> 00:38:50,458 ROGER: That piece of wood was from 909 00:38:50,542 --> 00:38:52,375 just outside of the bit. 910 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:54,500 So, I mean, it's... 911 00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,333 it's definitely not from our new timber. 912 00:38:56,458 --> 00:38:58,333 It doesn't look like it's a young piece of wood. 913 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,667 Believe it or not, that's plenty to carbon date. 914 00:39:01,875 --> 00:39:04,750 RICK: It's just a tiny, tiny, little piece of wood. 915 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:06,833 But it is a piece and at this point, 916 00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:09,667 given that's the only sample, it's a data point. 917 00:39:09,792 --> 00:39:11,792 We'll send it off for carbon dating. 918 00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,125 You said you can drill tomorrow. 919 00:39:14,208 --> 00:39:15,500 Yes. 920 00:39:15,583 --> 00:39:17,417 So, what do we want to do? 921 00:39:17,542 --> 00:39:19,417 I'd opt for a whole new hole. 922 00:39:19,542 --> 00:39:21,292 SCOTT: I don't think we have time for a whole new hole. 923 00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:22,875 If there is wood there 924 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,333 and you come down on the wood with a six-inch, 925 00:39:24,417 --> 00:39:26,042 -it would advance down. -Yeah. 926 00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:29,000 So I guess I'm with Scott, given the time constraints. 927 00:39:29,125 --> 00:39:30,708 Yeah. 928 00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:33,375 So, pull the casing and we'll drill the six-inch? 929 00:39:33,542 --> 00:39:35,333 -Yeah. Yeah. -Whatever happens, happens. 930 00:39:35,417 --> 00:39:36,792 Unfortunately, we have to be done. 931 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:38,167 Okay. 932 00:39:38,292 --> 00:39:41,167 NARRATOR: Because the team is not able to 933 00:39:41,250 --> 00:39:43,875 penetrate the possible tunnel with their current drill bit, 934 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,042 which measures just four inches in diameter, 935 00:39:47,208 --> 00:39:50,167 they will need to pause the operation in order to obtain 936 00:39:50,292 --> 00:39:54,083 a more powerful six-inch replacement. 937 00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:58,792 MARTY: It looks like we are running out of time for this season and 938 00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:00,667 literally, when we're inches away from something 939 00:40:00,750 --> 00:40:02,167 that could be a big discovery. 940 00:40:03,292 --> 00:40:05,833 We can't get through the wood with a four-inch drill bit, 941 00:40:05,917 --> 00:40:08,667 so we're gonna try to get through it with a six-inch. 942 00:40:09,542 --> 00:40:11,458 That's it. I think you can call it a day. 943 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:14,375 And then tomorrow morning, yes, please, get right on it 944 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:16,208 with your six-inch and we'll be back out here. 945 00:40:16,375 --> 00:40:17,583 Okay. 946 00:40:17,708 --> 00:40:20,458 -RICK: Thank you, Roger. -ROGER: Absolutely. 947 00:40:22,875 --> 00:40:26,667 NARRATOR: After digging more than 90 feet deep in the Money Pit, 948 00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:30,542 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team may now be 949 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:33,667 just inches from what people have been trying to find 950 00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:36,042 for more than two centuries. 951 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:39,250 And given all of the incredible clues 952 00:40:39,375 --> 00:40:43,292 that they have uncovered across the island, 953 00:40:43,417 --> 00:40:44,833 and once again in Europe... 954 00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:51,333 ...it may be a treasure more valuable and historic 955 00:40:51,417 --> 00:40:54,250 than anyone could have ever imagined. 956 00:40:54,375 --> 00:40:58,292 So now, even as the harsh winter season closes in, 957 00:40:58,417 --> 00:41:01,417 can anything stop them 958 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:05,208 from making the ultimate discovery? 959 00:41:09,583 --> 00:41:12,125 Next time on the thrilling season finale of 960 00:41:12,208 --> 00:41:14,083 The Curse of Oak Island... 961 00:41:14,208 --> 00:41:16,625 LAIRD: I thought this was the bottom but... 962 00:41:16,750 --> 00:41:17,708 -(soft thudding) -GARY: Oh, wow! 963 00:41:17,833 --> 00:41:19,167 Does that sound solid to you? 964 00:41:19,250 --> 00:41:21,000 No. This might be the hatch. 965 00:41:21,083 --> 00:41:22,792 There's a massive treasure 966 00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:25,458 within 15 feet of the Garden Shaft? 967 00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:26,667 Yeah, we've narrowed down an area. 968 00:41:26,792 --> 00:41:28,250 Something's close by. 969 00:41:28,375 --> 00:41:29,458 MARTY: I want to go down that shaft. 970 00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:30,833 We'll see what's down there, mate. 971 00:41:30,958 --> 00:41:33,625 Ooh! That's a nonferrous target. 972 00:41:33,708 --> 00:41:35,833 -MARTY: Really? -GARY: This could be gold. 973 00:41:35,958 --> 00:41:37,500 MARTY: Yeah! 974 00:41:37,583 --> 00:41:39,583 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS