1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,167 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:04,583 TERRY: Here we go. 3 00:00:04,750 --> 00:00:05,708 STEVE: There's wood. We got it. 4 00:00:05,917 --> 00:00:07,292 TERRY: There it is, guys. 5 00:00:07,458 --> 00:00:09,167 -Wow. -We must be close to some type of a structure. 6 00:00:09,333 --> 00:00:11,000 MARTY: There could be some treasure just below us. 7 00:00:11,208 --> 00:00:13,667 -Hey, Laird. -Yeah? 8 00:00:13,875 --> 00:00:16,792 JAMIE: This is definitely the largest artifact we've found here. 9 00:00:16,958 --> 00:00:18,708 -What? -Come on. Be something. 10 00:00:18,875 --> 00:00:20,833 Look at that. It's old. 11 00:00:20,958 --> 00:00:22,167 Emma, what have we learned? 12 00:00:22,375 --> 00:00:24,375 So, right now, I am finding 13 00:00:24,542 --> 00:00:27,375 something that I was not expecting. 14 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:34,125 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,292 --> 00:00:36,542 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:40,542 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:43,458 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:45,750 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,083 --> 00:00:50,208 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:54,708 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:55,833 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,750 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:58,917 --> 00:01:01,500 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,667 --> 00:01:06,792 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:06,958 --> 00:01:09,375 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,417 --> 00:01:16,792 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:23,792 --> 00:01:25,167 CHARLES: Here we go! 28 00:01:25,333 --> 00:01:28,167 -ALEX: Core is up. -TERRY: All right. 29 00:01:30,167 --> 00:01:31,792 -Here we go. -60. 30 00:01:31,958 --> 00:01:34,083 Thank you. 31 00:01:34,208 --> 00:01:36,667 -That's pretty firm stuff there. -Yep. 32 00:01:36,875 --> 00:01:38,125 There is a lot of room yet 33 00:01:38,292 --> 00:01:40,792 -for something to show itself. -ALEX: Yep. 34 00:01:40,917 --> 00:01:43,250 NARRATOR: It is the start of a new day on Oak Island 35 00:01:43,375 --> 00:01:47,500 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team. 36 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:49,500 One that begins with renewed optimism 37 00:01:49,667 --> 00:01:51,833 that they are finally on the verge 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,750 of solving a 228-year-old mystery. 39 00:01:55,875 --> 00:01:59,000 TERRY: I think it has the possibility to intersect 40 00:01:59,208 --> 00:02:00,208 the Garden Shaft tunnel, 41 00:02:00,375 --> 00:02:02,042 -leading to or seeking -Yeah. 42 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:04,000 -the treasure chamber. -Yeah. 43 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:05,833 It may put some answers to that tunnel down there. 44 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:08,167 We don't have enough information in the area. 45 00:02:08,292 --> 00:02:09,667 We don't have a start point, 46 00:02:09,875 --> 00:02:11,333 -we don't have an end point. -No. That's right. 47 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:13,333 We as a group have not explored much up here. 48 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,292 -This is a plausible location. -Yes. 49 00:02:16,458 --> 00:02:18,583 NARRATOR: Currently, the team is drilling 50 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:24,208 a borehole on their strategic grid known as D.5N-26.5. 51 00:02:24,417 --> 00:02:26,333 Located several feet east 52 00:02:26,542 --> 00:02:28,417 of the mid-18th century structure 53 00:02:28,583 --> 00:02:30,167 known as "the Garden Shaft," 54 00:02:30,375 --> 00:02:32,333 it is their hope that this new borehole 55 00:02:32,542 --> 00:02:34,375 will encounter a mysterious tunnel 56 00:02:34,542 --> 00:02:36,000 that they previously discovered 57 00:02:36,208 --> 00:02:38,333 at a depth of 95 feet. 58 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:41,250 A tunnel which is believed to run directly west 59 00:02:41,375 --> 00:02:43,458 beneath the Garden Shaft and into an area 60 00:02:43,583 --> 00:02:45,542 that has been dubbed "the Baby Blob," 61 00:02:45,708 --> 00:02:49,250 where water tests conducted one year ago 62 00:02:49,375 --> 00:02:51,000 revealed high-trace evidence 63 00:02:51,167 --> 00:02:53,917 of silver, gold and other metals 64 00:02:54,083 --> 00:02:58,083 between 80 and 120 feet below ground. 65 00:02:58,542 --> 00:03:01,250 Last year we were able to concentrate 66 00:03:01,417 --> 00:03:04,833 and be very confident in the Baby Blob area. 67 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,292 That's right. 68 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:08,250 NARRATOR: However, when the team met 69 00:03:08,458 --> 00:03:10,583 with geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 70 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:12,125 and his colleague, 71 00:03:12,250 --> 00:03:15,667 hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michel last week, 72 00:03:15,833 --> 00:03:19,083 the two presented their updated testing analysis, 73 00:03:19,292 --> 00:03:21,458 which suggested that the fabled treasure 74 00:03:21,542 --> 00:03:23,625 could actually lie buried anywhere 75 00:03:23,792 --> 00:03:26,458 within a 20-foot radius of the feature. 76 00:03:26,583 --> 00:03:29,417 Nothing is dissuading us from our opinion 77 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:32,250 that there's an area around the Garden Shaft 78 00:03:32,375 --> 00:03:34,333 where something's been deposited. 79 00:03:34,458 --> 00:03:36,750 Well, that I consider very good news. 80 00:03:36,875 --> 00:03:38,500 Yeah. 81 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,875 NARRATOR: Now, while the team awaits a new permit 82 00:03:42,042 --> 00:03:45,750 to deepen the Garden Shaft by approximately 20 feet, 83 00:03:45,875 --> 00:03:49,208 which will also allow them to construct lateral tunnels 84 00:03:49,417 --> 00:03:51,750 in order to reach potential targets, 85 00:03:51,917 --> 00:03:53,625 Rick, Marty and the team 86 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:56,417 are looking for any evidence of valuables 87 00:03:56,583 --> 00:03:58,750 more than 100 feet underground 88 00:03:58,875 --> 00:04:02,375 that might be located to the east of the shaft. 89 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:05,167 MARTY: The tunnel that goes under the Garden Shaft 90 00:04:05,375 --> 00:04:07,000 doesn't appear in the literature anywhere, 91 00:04:07,167 --> 00:04:08,500 doesn't appear in the records, 92 00:04:08,625 --> 00:04:10,292 so that's the one I'm most interested in. 93 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:12,083 So, we need to keep going. 94 00:04:12,208 --> 00:04:15,583 That, perhaps, could go off to a chamber. 95 00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:18,375 Meaning, there could be some actual treasure just below us. 96 00:04:18,542 --> 00:04:21,417 And we're gonna find that out this year. 97 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:24,125 STEVE: Hey, Mike. What do we got? 98 00:04:24,292 --> 00:04:26,000 -78. -78. 99 00:04:26,167 --> 00:04:28,125 78. 100 00:04:28,292 --> 00:04:29,875 SCOTT: Anyone got a knife? 101 00:04:32,042 --> 00:04:33,000 TERRY: I love this hole. 102 00:04:33,167 --> 00:04:34,125 We are in the middle of all 103 00:04:34,333 --> 00:04:36,167 of the very, very soft material. 104 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:41,042 And this to my eye is relatively soft. 105 00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:42,583 What do you think, Scott? 106 00:04:42,708 --> 00:04:44,125 SCOTT: There is a lot going on in this area, 107 00:04:44,333 --> 00:04:45,542 I mean, that we really don't know about. 108 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:47,333 -There's a lot of possibilities. -Absolutely. 109 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:49,375 Yeah, we've seen that whenever we're near a structure. 110 00:04:49,542 --> 00:04:52,083 -Yeah. -We could be coming down on the intersection 111 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,000 -of the tunnel here. -For sure. 112 00:04:54,208 --> 00:04:55,708 TERRY: Time is going to tell. 113 00:04:55,917 --> 00:04:57,792 We are going to do the work that's gonna find that out. 114 00:04:57,958 --> 00:04:59,917 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation continues 115 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:03,500 in the Money Pit area, on Lot 5, 116 00:05:03,708 --> 00:05:05,667 located on the western side of the island... 117 00:05:05,875 --> 00:05:08,167 -JACK: Here he comes. -LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 118 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:10,917 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina joins Jack Begley, 119 00:05:11,042 --> 00:05:12,625 archaeologist Laird Niven, 120 00:05:12,750 --> 00:05:14,167 Jamie Kouba 121 00:05:14,333 --> 00:05:15,958 and their assistant Fiona Steele 122 00:05:16,125 --> 00:05:18,167 as they continue investigating 123 00:05:18,375 --> 00:05:20,958 a strange, circular feature. 124 00:05:21,083 --> 00:05:23,333 Okay, Laird. What's the mission? 125 00:05:23,542 --> 00:05:25,167 LAIRD: All right. 126 00:05:25,375 --> 00:05:26,708 We're going to do the big rocks in the interior. 127 00:05:26,875 --> 00:05:27,917 Show me. 128 00:05:29,583 --> 00:05:31,625 -Oh, yeah. There are some big rocks in there. -Yeah. 129 00:05:31,792 --> 00:05:34,167 -MARTY: You want all that out, right? -LAIRD: Yeah. 130 00:05:34,333 --> 00:05:36,167 I-I don't know why it's filled with rocks. 131 00:05:36,375 --> 00:05:38,375 But underneath all those, 132 00:05:38,542 --> 00:05:40,333 we think there's that intact layer 133 00:05:40,542 --> 00:05:43,000 that we want to get to. 134 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:46,000 -That will help tell us exactly what this feature is. -Yeah. Yeah. 135 00:05:46,167 --> 00:05:47,292 MARTY: Interesting. 136 00:05:47,458 --> 00:05:48,625 Just keeps getting more interesting. 137 00:05:48,792 --> 00:05:51,667 -Yeah. Okay. -Okay, I can do that. 138 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:54,167 NARRATOR: Since the Laginas' and their partners' purchase 139 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:56,500 of Lot 5 one year ago, 140 00:05:56,625 --> 00:05:58,958 Laird and his colleagues have been mystified 141 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:00,542 by the unique construction 142 00:06:00,708 --> 00:06:03,167 of this stone-lined, circular depression, 143 00:06:03,375 --> 00:06:05,167 especially when it was determined 144 00:06:05,375 --> 00:06:07,083 to have a 13-foot diameter, 145 00:06:07,292 --> 00:06:08,458 which matched the description 146 00:06:08,542 --> 00:06:10,125 of the original Money Pit 147 00:06:10,292 --> 00:06:13,375 when it was first discovered in 1795. 148 00:06:13,542 --> 00:06:15,792 However, one week ago, 149 00:06:15,958 --> 00:06:17,917 the team discovered a piece of pottery 150 00:06:18,042 --> 00:06:21,458 that could date back to as early as the 17th century, 151 00:06:21,625 --> 00:06:24,333 along with an iron latch. 152 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:26,333 A latch that when analyzed 153 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:28,750 by archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan, 154 00:06:28,875 --> 00:06:31,833 was determined to have the exact same composition 155 00:06:31,917 --> 00:06:34,708 as other artifacts directly connected 156 00:06:34,875 --> 00:06:36,250 to Sir William Phips, 157 00:06:36,458 --> 00:06:40,917 the 17th century English politician and privateer 158 00:06:41,083 --> 00:06:42,417 who is believed by some 159 00:06:42,583 --> 00:06:44,375 to have buried treasure in the Money Pit 160 00:06:44,542 --> 00:06:46,833 around 1687. 161 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,667 LAIRD: We have a big rock here, right in the wall. 162 00:06:50,875 --> 00:06:52,667 Maybe if you can tickle it out a bit. 163 00:06:52,792 --> 00:06:55,125 -Oh, I'm sure I can. -(Laird laughs) 164 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,375 -FIONA: Yes. -JAMIE: Nice. 165 00:06:59,542 --> 00:07:01,500 MARTY: We've got a very mysterious, 166 00:07:01,708 --> 00:07:04,250 very old round rock structure 167 00:07:04,417 --> 00:07:06,208 which is still being excavated, 168 00:07:06,375 --> 00:07:08,208 but it's full of artifacts, 169 00:07:08,375 --> 00:07:10,917 with no record of human habitation. 170 00:07:12,167 --> 00:07:13,917 Then Laird lets me know that 171 00:07:14,083 --> 00:07:15,833 I can do something I am fond of, 172 00:07:15,917 --> 00:07:17,958 which is to pull the big rocks, at least, off 173 00:07:18,125 --> 00:07:19,500 with the backhoe. 174 00:07:19,625 --> 00:07:21,792 FIONA: Well, that really helps. 175 00:07:21,958 --> 00:07:23,417 MARTY: And that is going to get 176 00:07:23,583 --> 00:07:25,125 the ball rolling really fast 177 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:27,667 and so I'm eager to do it. 178 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,583 Yeah, that's it, right? 179 00:07:32,750 --> 00:07:34,750 -LAIRD: Yep. That's good. -Okay. 180 00:07:36,833 --> 00:07:40,583 LAIRD: We're starting to see a wall. Maybe? 181 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:43,667 There should be another 90-degree corner 182 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:45,708 -somewhere over there? -That's the hope. 183 00:07:45,917 --> 00:07:48,833 So, ideally, we'd find the base of a nice structure here. 184 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,708 MARTY: It's pretty kind of hard to believe. 185 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:52,500 I mean, this is massive and yet not... 186 00:07:52,667 --> 00:07:54,167 not any reference to it. 187 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:56,375 -Yeah. -It, yeah, it's very odd. 188 00:07:56,583 --> 00:07:59,042 It was quite an occupation for the time. Isn't it? 189 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:01,750 Yeah, it was a substantial structure. 190 00:08:01,875 --> 00:08:04,292 People weren't here for just a month, were they? 191 00:08:04,458 --> 00:08:06,833 -JAMIE: No. -No. 192 00:08:07,042 --> 00:08:08,333 I mean, we really don't know what 193 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:09,583 this structure was used for at all. 194 00:08:09,708 --> 00:08:11,375 LAIRD: Not at the moment, no. 195 00:08:11,542 --> 00:08:12,333 JACK: Because there could have been some feature here 196 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:13,708 -that was older. -Yeah. 197 00:08:13,875 --> 00:08:16,375 That's why we need to get rid of this stuff 198 00:08:16,542 --> 00:08:18,833 and come down on the good stuff. 199 00:08:19,042 --> 00:08:21,417 I think, Jamie, the first thing you work on 200 00:08:21,583 --> 00:08:24,250 is to the right where the rock came out of. 201 00:08:24,375 --> 00:08:25,833 JAMIE: Yeah, absolutely. 202 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,333 That's gonna be my first area of attack for sure. 203 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:30,167 -Yeah. -MARTY: Okay. 204 00:08:30,292 --> 00:08:33,625 Well, I'm hoping it yields some clues to what we're after. 205 00:08:33,792 --> 00:08:35,542 -Carry on. -All right, thank you. 206 00:08:35,708 --> 00:08:36,917 -Thanks, Marty. -Yeah. 207 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:38,000 JAMIE: Thank you. 208 00:08:38,167 --> 00:08:39,792 LAIRD: All right. In we go. 209 00:08:39,917 --> 00:08:42,542 The ultimate goal is to find 210 00:08:42,708 --> 00:08:44,583 artifacts at the bottom of the feature 211 00:08:44,708 --> 00:08:46,625 and get a better idea 212 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:48,167 of when this structure was built. 213 00:08:48,375 --> 00:08:50,792 We know nothing about it. 214 00:08:50,958 --> 00:08:52,708 We don't know who was there. 215 00:08:52,875 --> 00:08:55,250 Uh, we don't know why they were there. 216 00:08:55,417 --> 00:08:56,667 And we don't know when they were there. 217 00:08:56,875 --> 00:08:58,958 So, this is a first step for us 218 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:01,917 to solving those questions. 219 00:09:03,333 --> 00:09:06,000 Oh. Hey, Laird. 220 00:09:06,208 --> 00:09:07,917 Yep. 221 00:09:08,083 --> 00:09:10,000 You might want to stop what you're doing 222 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:12,000 and come take a look at this, my friend. 223 00:09:13,792 --> 00:09:17,083 This is definitely the largest artifact we've found here. 224 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:18,042 I can guarantee that. 225 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:19,667 What? 226 00:09:20,667 --> 00:09:22,875 -JAMIE: How about that? -LAIRD: Oh, wow. 227 00:09:27,042 --> 00:09:28,042 FIONA: You think you can get it out in one piece? -Oh, yeah. 228 00:09:28,208 --> 00:09:30,500 FIONA: Oh, lovely! 229 00:09:30,708 --> 00:09:32,667 JAMIE: This is incredible! 230 00:09:32,792 --> 00:09:34,500 NARRATOR: While investigating 231 00:09:34,667 --> 00:09:37,417 the mysterious circular feature on Lot 5, 232 00:09:37,583 --> 00:09:39,833 Jack Begley and members of the team 233 00:09:40,042 --> 00:09:43,625 have just made a potentially important discovery. 234 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:46,708 JACK: That is a big piece of pottery, isn't it? 235 00:09:46,917 --> 00:09:48,458 LAIRD: It's coarse earthenware. 236 00:09:48,625 --> 00:09:51,208 -We call it Anglo American ware. -JAMIE: Okay. 237 00:09:51,375 --> 00:09:53,333 LAIRD: So, it's either from England 238 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:56,833 or it's from possibly Pennsylvania. 239 00:09:56,958 --> 00:10:00,333 Uh, would've been a large cooking vessel. 240 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:02,375 When do you think that'd date to? 241 00:10:02,542 --> 00:10:06,500 So, very broadly, second half of the 1700s, 242 00:10:06,708 --> 00:10:09,000 -like maybe 1770s. -Oh, wow. 243 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:11,125 NARRATOR: A large piece of pottery, 244 00:10:11,333 --> 00:10:14,083 that may predate the discovery of the Money Pit 245 00:10:14,250 --> 00:10:16,333 by more than two decades? 246 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:20,167 Was it left behind by those who created this feature? 247 00:10:20,292 --> 00:10:23,667 Or by someone who found it already in place? 248 00:10:23,833 --> 00:10:25,708 LAIRD: Cool. You have a bag? 249 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,333 FIONA: I do. It's over in my knapsack. 250 00:10:27,542 --> 00:10:29,000 All right. I'll go put it there. 251 00:10:29,208 --> 00:10:30,458 -Thanks. -Great find. 252 00:10:30,625 --> 00:10:32,167 Okay, let's find the rest of it now. 253 00:10:32,375 --> 00:10:35,417 NARRATOR: As Jack Begley and members of the team 254 00:10:35,583 --> 00:10:36,958 look for additional clues 255 00:10:37,083 --> 00:10:39,583 in the circular depression on Lot 5... 256 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:42,500 -Away we go, mate! -RICK: Okay. 257 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:44,833 NARRATOR: ...less than 100 yards away 258 00:10:44,958 --> 00:10:46,500 Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton 259 00:10:46,667 --> 00:10:48,292 are searching an area 260 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,750 where they have made some of the oldest discoveries 261 00:10:50,875 --> 00:10:53,667 ever documented not only on Oak Island 262 00:10:53,792 --> 00:10:56,083 but in all of North America. 263 00:10:56,292 --> 00:10:58,542 RICK: You're about due for a coin, Gary. 264 00:10:58,708 --> 00:11:01,542 I am, overdue a coin. 265 00:11:01,667 --> 00:11:04,625 -Yay! It's a coin! -(laughter) 266 00:11:04,792 --> 00:11:06,333 NARRATOR: One week ago, 267 00:11:06,542 --> 00:11:08,167 Gary, along with Rick, 268 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:10,667 Marty and their partner Craig Tester... 269 00:11:10,875 --> 00:11:13,333 SANDY: This is clearly Roman design. 270 00:11:13,458 --> 00:11:16,958 -(laughter) -Roman, baby! 271 00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:20,333 NARRATOR: ...unearthed four ancient coins in this area, 272 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:22,042 making a total of five 273 00:11:22,208 --> 00:11:24,667 that have been discovered in the past year. 274 00:11:24,833 --> 00:11:26,833 Incredibly, three of these coins 275 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:29,833 have been determined by numismatist Sandy Campbell 276 00:11:29,958 --> 00:11:34,708 to date between 500 AD and 300 BC 277 00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:37,917 and to also be of Roman origin. 278 00:11:39,750 --> 00:11:42,333 RICK: Lot 5 is a complete mystery. 279 00:11:42,458 --> 00:11:46,375 It's a mystery in terms of the man-made constructs, 280 00:11:46,542 --> 00:11:48,042 uh, the kinds of artifacts 281 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:49,500 that have come out of the ground, 282 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:51,500 it's mystifying. 283 00:11:51,667 --> 00:11:54,583 GARY: It's got to come out, 'cause I don't know what it is. 284 00:11:54,750 --> 00:11:57,083 -Right in the middle, mate. -Okay. 285 00:12:07,625 --> 00:12:09,375 GARY: Thank you, sir. 286 00:12:09,583 --> 00:12:11,000 (detector beeping) 287 00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:13,792 Sounds a little bit better now. 288 00:12:15,042 --> 00:12:17,375 (beeping) 289 00:12:20,792 --> 00:12:22,375 RICK: Come on, be something. 290 00:12:24,750 --> 00:12:27,250 Some kind of strap. 291 00:12:28,542 --> 00:12:31,625 And this looks like it goes down, 292 00:12:31,792 --> 00:12:34,583 like to a point there, and then down there. 293 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:38,125 It's almost decorative. Like a decorative strap. 294 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:39,833 RICK: Mm-hmm. Yeah, it could be just something 295 00:12:40,042 --> 00:12:41,833 broken off of something else. 296 00:12:42,042 --> 00:12:48,000 Yeah, a lot of these straps were around boxes, or chests. 297 00:12:48,083 --> 00:12:51,000 -That would be cool. -There you go. 298 00:12:51,125 --> 00:12:53,958 I would imagine this has something to do with whatever 299 00:12:54,125 --> 00:12:57,042 that depression is over there. 300 00:12:57,208 --> 00:13:00,333 NARRATOR: A strap? Possibly from a box? 301 00:13:00,542 --> 00:13:01,500 Or chest? 302 00:13:01,708 --> 00:13:03,750 Could Gary be correct 303 00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:05,500 that it might be related 304 00:13:05,667 --> 00:13:07,750 to the nearby circular depression? 305 00:13:07,917 --> 00:13:10,333 Or might it possibly be connected 306 00:13:10,542 --> 00:13:12,208 to the numerous Roman coins 307 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:14,750 that the team has found in this area? 308 00:13:15,375 --> 00:13:18,625 GARY: That CT scanner will give us a good view of this. 309 00:13:18,792 --> 00:13:21,667 At that point, you no longer have to speculate 310 00:13:21,792 --> 00:13:25,000 as to what it is, you speculate as to its purpose. 311 00:13:25,167 --> 00:13:27,667 -Yeah. -RICK: The information that Emma 312 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,292 and the, uh, CT scan will provide, 313 00:13:30,458 --> 00:13:33,333 might be very highly revealing what it means 314 00:13:33,542 --> 00:13:34,958 to the feature on Lot 5. 315 00:13:35,083 --> 00:13:36,833 You can't argue with the science. 316 00:13:36,958 --> 00:13:38,583 It will be what it will be, 317 00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:41,042 and hopefully that information 318 00:13:41,208 --> 00:13:43,208 connects up to the greater mystery. 319 00:13:43,375 --> 00:13:46,500 GARY: Let's see if we can rustle up another find. 320 00:13:46,667 --> 00:13:48,583 (detector beeping) 321 00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:50,667 (beeping rapidly) 322 00:13:50,750 --> 00:13:53,000 We've got something in this area. 323 00:13:53,167 --> 00:13:55,792 Let me just brush the stuff away 324 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,208 and then take another swing, all right? 325 00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:02,208 (detector beeping) 326 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:06,792 Not sure what it is. It's this side of that root. 327 00:14:08,375 --> 00:14:10,792 (grunts) Wow. 328 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:16,208 It's not an easy one. 329 00:14:18,875 --> 00:14:20,583 GARY: Huh. 330 00:14:20,708 --> 00:14:23,708 (detector beeping) 331 00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:26,417 Think it's out. 332 00:14:26,583 --> 00:14:31,500 -Could be iron. -(beeping) 333 00:14:31,625 --> 00:14:33,250 It is iron. 334 00:14:34,417 --> 00:14:36,417 Chunky iron. Look at that. 335 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,958 The heck is that? 336 00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:42,000 No idea. 337 00:14:42,167 --> 00:14:44,833 -Heavy? -Oh, yeah. It's heavy. 338 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,583 Well, I believe this is some kind of fastener 339 00:14:47,792 --> 00:14:49,417 by the look of it. 340 00:14:49,542 --> 00:14:52,042 -Mm-hmm. -And it could be a rose-head type fastener. 341 00:14:52,208 --> 00:14:53,958 It's old. 342 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:56,667 A lot of that old, hand-forged iron 343 00:14:56,833 --> 00:14:58,375 tends to be on the heavy side. 344 00:14:58,542 --> 00:15:00,333 RICK: Well, we're close 345 00:15:00,542 --> 00:15:02,667 to the most prominent feature on Lot 5, right? 346 00:15:02,833 --> 00:15:05,125 And if there was a structure, 347 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:06,667 what do you need to put a structure together? 348 00:15:06,833 --> 00:15:08,792 -The fasteners, right? -Yeah. 349 00:15:08,958 --> 00:15:11,167 RICK: Why are we finding bits of iron 350 00:15:11,292 --> 00:15:13,875 on lots where significant finds are made? 351 00:15:14,042 --> 00:15:16,625 It is very strange given the fact that 352 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:18,625 iron was a valuable resource, 353 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,500 and you wouldn't just waste it. 354 00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:23,667 So, what is the explanation? 355 00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,250 As of yet, I don't think we know. 356 00:15:25,417 --> 00:15:28,083 And these are the type of things that you show to Carmen. 357 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:30,167 And you never know, it could be 358 00:15:30,375 --> 00:15:32,792 more than what we believe it is. 359 00:15:32,958 --> 00:15:35,250 -Adding to the story on Lot 5. -Yep. 360 00:15:36,417 --> 00:15:38,000 Emma's gonna be busy. 361 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,417 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 362 00:15:43,917 --> 00:15:45,000 TERRY: This is the one, gentlemen. 363 00:15:45,125 --> 00:15:46,917 This could be the one, right here. 364 00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:50,958 -Hi, guys. -Oh, hi, guys. 365 00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:52,750 -Hey. -What's going on? 366 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:54,500 Uh, we're just pushing to 108 right now. 367 00:15:54,583 --> 00:15:58,375 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina and his son Alex 368 00:15:58,542 --> 00:16:00,375 join Craig Tester and other members of the team 369 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,042 in the Money Pit area. 370 00:16:02,208 --> 00:16:06,917 -We're going from 98 to 108. -Okay! 371 00:16:08,792 --> 00:16:13,958 NARRATOR: ...as the drilling operation in borehole D.5N-26.5 372 00:16:14,083 --> 00:16:15,958 has now reached the target depth 373 00:16:16,125 --> 00:16:17,917 where they hope to encounter a tunnel 374 00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:20,750 and evidence of buried treasure. 375 00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:26,083 Now, this is really the money stroke here from 98 to 108. 376 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:28,000 We'll pull that up. I mean, right there, 377 00:16:28,167 --> 00:16:29,167 that should have top to bottom 378 00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:30,875 our intersection of the tunnel. 379 00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:32,667 If there is a tunnel. 380 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:33,708 -What do we got, Mike? -108. 381 00:16:33,875 --> 00:16:35,250 108. Great. 382 00:16:35,417 --> 00:16:39,500 Oh, here we go. Another one right here. 383 00:16:39,625 --> 00:16:41,667 There's wood. We got it! 384 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:43,333 -What? -Really? 385 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,333 Right on. Excellent. 386 00:16:45,542 --> 00:16:47,083 Wow. 387 00:16:49,167 --> 00:16:50,542 -106 probably? -Yeah. 388 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:51,917 Yep. 389 00:16:52,083 --> 00:16:53,792 It's back up higher here. 390 00:16:53,958 --> 00:16:55,375 There's wood there as well, yep. 391 00:16:59,083 --> 00:17:00,500 CHARLES: Comin' in! 392 00:17:02,708 --> 00:17:06,458 -Thanks, Mike. -Thanks, Mike. 393 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,375 Perhaps another piece? 394 00:17:10,458 --> 00:17:15,333 Wow. About 106 and a half, we intersected that beam. 395 00:17:15,458 --> 00:17:19,958 This does in no way resemble soft, tight, dense maroon till. 396 00:17:20,167 --> 00:17:22,333 This is very soft and slushy. 397 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:23,667 -Interesting. -Terry, is that-- 398 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:25,042 Is that another chunk? 399 00:17:25,208 --> 00:17:28,125 Something there. What's that? What's that? 400 00:17:28,250 --> 00:17:30,708 SCOTT: Oh, yeah, that's a nice chunk right there. 401 00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:32,542 Another good chunk of it right here. 402 00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:34,000 TERRY: Wow. 403 00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:36,625 SCOTT: Lots of little flecks in here. 404 00:17:36,792 --> 00:17:40,125 So, we see kind of a debris trail here, coming down. 405 00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:42,750 And we get bigger and bigger as we come down 406 00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:43,958 toward the chunk at the bottom here. 407 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:46,417 There it is, guys. 408 00:17:46,583 --> 00:17:47,833 We must be close to some type of a structure. 409 00:17:48,042 --> 00:17:50,625 And I'm guessing... 410 00:17:50,792 --> 00:17:52,250 it's probably a tunnel. 411 00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:00,750 TERRY: It's got to be a tunnel. 412 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:02,542 Is it the same structure? 413 00:18:02,708 --> 00:18:04,667 -We're not sure. -ALEX: It's possible. 414 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:06,875 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 415 00:18:07,083 --> 00:18:09,333 the Oak Island team has just recovered 416 00:18:09,542 --> 00:18:11,292 evidence of a possible tunnel 417 00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:13,833 several feet east of the Garden Shaft. 418 00:18:13,958 --> 00:18:15,333 The question is: 419 00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:17,167 could it be the same tunnel 420 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:20,000 believed to run directly below the feature 421 00:18:20,125 --> 00:18:21,542 and into the Baby Blob 422 00:18:21,708 --> 00:18:23,917 where they have detected high-trace evidence 423 00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:26,458 of both silver and gold? 424 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,792 -Hi, Rick. How you doing? -RICK: Hey. 425 00:18:30,917 --> 00:18:32,208 Core is down at that end. 426 00:18:32,417 --> 00:18:34,750 Go on down there. Brief him, Scott. 427 00:18:35,792 --> 00:18:39,583 Well, you can see in this core we've been finding wood. 428 00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:43,625 It really kind of picks up here to here. 429 00:18:43,750 --> 00:18:46,333 And you'll notice it's on a pretty good line 430 00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:47,833 with the Garden Shaft tunnel, 431 00:18:47,958 --> 00:18:49,792 which we find over on the west side. 432 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,958 Rick, that wood right there 433 00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:54,167 matches pretty much exactly. 434 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,833 Yep. This could potentially be our first hit 435 00:18:57,042 --> 00:18:59,375 of the Garden Shaft tunnel on this side. 436 00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:04,583 MARTY: The reason it's likely, in my mind, 437 00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:06,292 that this wood we just found is associated 438 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:08,542 with the tunnel underneath the Garden Shaft 439 00:19:08,708 --> 00:19:10,542 is because it lines up 440 00:19:10,708 --> 00:19:13,667 with other hits we have to the west 441 00:19:13,875 --> 00:19:16,083 and it's at the proper depth. 442 00:19:16,292 --> 00:19:18,500 This one is a mystery tunnel. 443 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,000 We don't know where this one goes, 444 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:22,750 we don't know who did it, we don't know why. 445 00:19:22,917 --> 00:19:26,000 I think this thing is proving to be very long, 446 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:29,125 -and it's-it's mysterious. -Yeah. 447 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:32,833 I wonder if we couldn't rush an expedited C-14 test. 448 00:19:33,042 --> 00:19:34,958 -Yes. -Yes. 449 00:19:35,125 --> 00:19:39,333 The effort here is about dating that structure. 450 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,250 Does it reflect original work, 451 00:19:41,417 --> 00:19:43,333 or does it reflect searcher work? 452 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:47,292 And if it's not searcher, it could lead to anything. 453 00:19:47,417 --> 00:19:49,958 It could lead to an offset chamber. 454 00:19:50,083 --> 00:19:52,083 Well, I mean, I think this is a good... 455 00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:53,292 a good discovery. 456 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,958 This is the first wood 457 00:19:55,125 --> 00:19:56,250 we've gotten on the east side 458 00:19:56,417 --> 00:19:57,875 of the Garden Shaft. 459 00:19:58,042 --> 00:19:59,750 MARTY: Correct. It's more verification, 460 00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:01,375 which makes it really exciting 461 00:20:01,542 --> 00:20:02,833 about what Dumas is going to find 462 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:03,917 when they go down. 463 00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:06,375 But we have to keep following it 464 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:07,875 because it could be a tunnel 465 00:20:08,042 --> 00:20:09,833 to the offset chamber that we seek. 466 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:13,167 NARRATOR: Could Marty Lagina's assessment be correct? 467 00:20:13,333 --> 00:20:16,417 Is it possible that when Dumas Contracting Limited 468 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:19,375 is permitted to extend the bottom of the Garden Shaft 469 00:20:19,542 --> 00:20:21,375 they will encounter a tunnel 470 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:23,625 that may lead them to the fabled treasure 471 00:20:23,792 --> 00:20:25,833 that people have been trying to find 472 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,875 for more than two centuries? 473 00:20:28,042 --> 00:20:29,500 MARTY: We need to keep going. 474 00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,000 And I'd jump pretty far this time. Like ten feet. 475 00:20:32,167 --> 00:20:34,292 Yep. We'll get more information 476 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,792 the closer we get to the Garden Shaft itself. 477 00:20:36,917 --> 00:20:38,917 -I agree. -Okay. Good. 478 00:20:39,083 --> 00:20:42,083 Let's follow it and see what it is. 479 00:20:42,292 --> 00:20:44,292 MARTY: Okay. Let's pick a hole. 480 00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,250 STEVE: Sounds good. 481 00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:50,833 NARRATOR: The following morning... 482 00:20:52,083 --> 00:20:53,292 IAN: They just pushed in, right? 483 00:20:53,375 --> 00:20:54,500 CHARLES: Yeah. 484 00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:57,500 He's got 30 feet of core barrel on there. 485 00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:00,083 NARRATOR: ...as the drilling of a new borehole 486 00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:02,833 known as D.5N-25.5 487 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,500 begins in the Money Pit area... 488 00:21:05,708 --> 00:21:08,083 -RICK: There he is. -CARMEN: How are you? 489 00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:09,458 -Carmen. -Hey, Carmen, how are you? 490 00:21:09,625 --> 00:21:11,458 -Not too bad. -NARRATOR: Rick Lagina 491 00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:13,833 and members of the team meet with blacksmithing expert 492 00:21:13,917 --> 00:21:17,792 Carmen Legge at the Oak Island Interpretive Centre. 493 00:21:17,917 --> 00:21:20,542 As you see, we've got a bunch of items here 494 00:21:20,708 --> 00:21:23,708 that have been recovered from a specific lot of interest. 495 00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:25,167 I see that. 496 00:21:25,375 --> 00:21:26,625 NARRATOR: Carmen has been invited 497 00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:29,125 to examine some of the artifacts that were recently 498 00:21:29,292 --> 00:21:31,000 discovered on Lot 5, 499 00:21:31,167 --> 00:21:35,458 including a 17th century iron latch that was unearthed 500 00:21:35,542 --> 00:21:39,208 in the mysterious circular depression one week ago. 501 00:21:39,333 --> 00:21:41,333 CARMEN: Well, I'll start with this one here, 502 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:43,833 because you can see that it's a wedge 503 00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:47,000 about four inches long with a ring through it. 504 00:21:47,083 --> 00:21:49,667 The thickness of it indicates that it's very old. 505 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:53,000 I'd like to see the... the scan of this, 506 00:21:53,083 --> 00:21:54,250 uh, up on the screen for us. 507 00:21:54,458 --> 00:21:56,625 Yeah, sure thing. 508 00:21:56,792 --> 00:21:59,417 NARRATOR: In order to help Carmen examine the artifact, 509 00:21:59,583 --> 00:22:02,542 Emma Culligan is presenting an image 510 00:22:02,708 --> 00:22:04,292 that she generated using 511 00:22:04,458 --> 00:22:07,667 the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner. 512 00:22:07,875 --> 00:22:11,667 The device emits X-ray radiation, 513 00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:14,750 which can penetrate corrosion and sediment on objects 514 00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:17,167 to produce three-dimensional images 515 00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:20,083 of them and their finer details. 516 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:23,125 RICK: Does that help you at all? 517 00:22:23,292 --> 00:22:24,458 Oh, yes, certainly does, yeah, 518 00:22:24,625 --> 00:22:26,792 'cause you can see down at the bottom there, 519 00:22:26,958 --> 00:22:29,792 there's a certain amount of wear onto it as well. 520 00:22:31,542 --> 00:22:33,583 Hey, can you turn it around so I can see the top? 521 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:40,958 Yeah, that looks like it wasn't used for repeated use... 522 00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:48,000 So it was inserted in whatever it was into and left. 523 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:52,875 It would be nice to be able to analyze 524 00:22:53,042 --> 00:22:55,542 -the metal, as well. -Emma? 525 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:59,917 So, the ring bolt's got no modern indicators. 526 00:23:00,083 --> 00:23:03,792 And it's got the potassium and calcium content throughout, 527 00:23:03,958 --> 00:23:07,500 consistently matching with old context metal. 528 00:23:07,708 --> 00:23:10,000 But the most interesting thing about 529 00:23:10,167 --> 00:23:12,250 this one is that it matched, 530 00:23:12,375 --> 00:23:14,375 100% sensitivity, 531 00:23:14,583 --> 00:23:17,250 with artifacts from the William Phips site. 532 00:23:17,417 --> 00:23:20,583 Yeah, at least 17th century. 533 00:23:20,750 --> 00:23:24,125 -Yeah. -RICK: When William Phips recovered 534 00:23:24,292 --> 00:23:26,125 gold and silver from the Concepcíon, 535 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:27,792 the salvage of the Concepcíon, 536 00:23:27,958 --> 00:23:31,208 there is, uh... a growing body of evidence 537 00:23:31,375 --> 00:23:33,625 that perhaps he came here. 538 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,750 We know that Phips found silver on the Concepcíon. 539 00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:39,917 And I believe some of the treasure 540 00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:42,458 from the Concepcíon was secreted to Oak Island. 541 00:23:42,625 --> 00:23:43,958 Very interesting. 542 00:23:44,125 --> 00:23:45,458 NARRATOR: In 2019, 543 00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:47,542 32nd-Degree Freemason 544 00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:50,250 Scott Clarke presented a stunning theory 545 00:23:50,417 --> 00:23:52,250 to Rick and members of the team. 546 00:23:52,375 --> 00:23:56,167 According to his research, in 1687, 547 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:59,750 the English politician turned privateer, Sir William Phips, 548 00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:02,917 conspired with a high-ranking Freemason 549 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:05,667 named Captain Andrew Belcher to bury 550 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:07,875 a vast cache of treasure in the Money Pit, 551 00:24:08,042 --> 00:24:11,667 which they had salvaged from the Concepcíon, 552 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:14,542 a famed Spanish galleon that sank 553 00:24:14,667 --> 00:24:16,417 off the coast of the Dominican Republic 554 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,583 in 1641... 555 00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:22,833 while transporting more than 100 tons of gold, 556 00:24:23,042 --> 00:24:25,042 silver and jewels. 557 00:24:25,208 --> 00:24:27,833 I was contacted by Frank White who had some 558 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,417 archaeological artifacts from the William Phips birthplace. 559 00:24:31,583 --> 00:24:34,625 NARRATOR: Since that meeting, Emma and Laird obtained 560 00:24:34,792 --> 00:24:37,042 and analyzed a number of metal artifacts 561 00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:40,250 that are known to have belonged to Sir William Phips. 562 00:24:40,458 --> 00:24:44,542 And, incredibly, the artifact found in the circular depression 563 00:24:44,708 --> 00:24:47,458 on Lot 5 is an exact compositional match 564 00:24:47,625 --> 00:24:49,708 to those objects. 565 00:24:49,833 --> 00:24:51,292 JACK: What would that be used for? 566 00:24:51,458 --> 00:24:52,458 CARMEN: Well, 567 00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,458 the wedge part could be used 568 00:24:54,625 --> 00:24:56,833 for driving into wood or rock. 569 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,500 My guess is-is, it was driven into wood. 570 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:03,583 It could be used for many purposes. 571 00:25:16,792 --> 00:25:19,125 -GARY: Wow. -JACK: Yeah! 572 00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:25,750 CARMEN: If you wanted to hoist something or lower something 573 00:25:25,917 --> 00:25:27,833 into the ground you would use something like that. 574 00:25:28,042 --> 00:25:29,958 Wow. 575 00:25:30,125 --> 00:25:32,500 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Interpretive Centre 576 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:35,000 blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge has just 577 00:25:35,208 --> 00:25:38,708 informed Rick Lagina and members of the team that 578 00:25:38,875 --> 00:25:40,667 the metal latch found in the circular depression 579 00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:44,042 on Lot 5, and which is believed to be connected 580 00:25:44,208 --> 00:25:47,667 to the 17th century privateer Sir William Phips 581 00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:52,167 may have been used to place heavy cargo underground. 582 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:56,792 We have the possible Phips connection in the metallurgy, 583 00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:59,500 though I'm not sure what that tells us other 584 00:25:59,667 --> 00:26:02,458 than that feature continues to be interesting. 585 00:26:02,667 --> 00:26:05,083 GARY: What I see here is connections 586 00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:07,667 to a certain story from 1795. 587 00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:10,458 -(laughter) -Hoists, block and tackles. 588 00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:12,625 We do know he was in Nova Scotia. 589 00:26:12,792 --> 00:26:15,708 If there was an enterprise conducted here on the part 590 00:26:15,833 --> 00:26:18,833 of Phips, there would be many more objects to find. 591 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,875 But we are not done with Lot 5. 592 00:26:22,042 --> 00:26:25,250 So it may yet prove to be a very interesting find. 593 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,042 Perhaps even significant. 594 00:26:27,208 --> 00:26:28,917 What's next, Carmen? 595 00:26:29,042 --> 00:26:31,000 Um, I think I'll go over to this one here now. 596 00:26:31,167 --> 00:26:33,250 GARY: I'll give you a little bit of context 597 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:35,417 on that chunky piece of iron. 598 00:26:35,542 --> 00:26:38,542 Found on Lot 5 and when it first came up, 599 00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:42,750 I knew it was old because it's nice and heavy. 600 00:26:42,875 --> 00:26:44,833 And it just had a feel like 601 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000 it was some kind of broken tool to me or a fastener. 602 00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:51,083 It's very old. 603 00:26:51,250 --> 00:26:53,167 This is much older. 604 00:26:53,292 --> 00:26:55,667 Can we have a, uh, scan of that? 605 00:26:55,792 --> 00:26:58,625 -I need to see the head. -The head? Yep. 606 00:26:59,833 --> 00:27:02,167 CARMEN: From what I see there, on the head there, 607 00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:04,708 it looks like it's a broken end off of something. 608 00:27:04,875 --> 00:27:06,875 -GARY: Yeah. -JACK: It looks to me like it could be 609 00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:09,125 -some sort of a chisel. -Yes. This could be a, uh, 610 00:27:09,292 --> 00:27:12,125 tool that could be used for mining or tunneling. 611 00:27:12,292 --> 00:27:15,833 Wow. And with the size that you've got in your hand, mate, 612 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,208 how much bigger would it have been? 613 00:27:19,208 --> 00:27:21,250 CARMEN: Lengthwise, you'd probably be looking at a foot. 614 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:23,000 If it's shorter than that, 615 00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:25,542 again, it might not be long enough to fulfill 616 00:27:25,708 --> 00:27:28,333 the purpose of what you want it for. 617 00:27:28,458 --> 00:27:29,958 Could we see the metallurgy, Emma? 618 00:27:30,042 --> 00:27:31,375 Sure thing. 619 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,167 No modern elements. 620 00:27:35,333 --> 00:27:36,792 Potassium and calcium. 621 00:27:36,958 --> 00:27:39,583 So it's, it's an older metal. 622 00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:43,542 So we've got a lot of old fasteners and tools, 623 00:27:43,708 --> 00:27:45,042 and more to come, mate. 624 00:27:45,208 --> 00:27:47,375 Yeah. I'll go with this one here next. 625 00:27:51,292 --> 00:27:53,167 It looks like a bow tie strap. 626 00:27:53,333 --> 00:27:56,250 -You can see how... Yeah, you can see the... -You can see the bow tie. 627 00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:58,417 -What's a bow tie strap? -CARMEN: It was a decorative piece. 628 00:27:58,542 --> 00:27:59,917 It added decoration to it. 629 00:28:00,083 --> 00:28:02,500 It would be narrow, wide, narrow, wide. 630 00:28:02,708 --> 00:28:04,708 All the way around to decorate a chest. 631 00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:07,875 -Oh, so, specifically, chest decorations? -Yeah. 632 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,792 -Wooden boxes and chest. -Okay. 633 00:28:09,958 --> 00:28:11,750 RICK: That's exceedingly interesting. 634 00:28:11,875 --> 00:28:14,000 Is there a cultural influence? 635 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:15,750 Yes. 636 00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:19,167 -French. -Really? 637 00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:20,292 -CARMEN: Yeah. -Wow. 638 00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:31,000 NARRATOR: A decorative strap from a chest? 639 00:28:31,208 --> 00:28:34,250 One that is not only possibly of French origin, 640 00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:37,000 but may also predate the 17th century? 641 00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:41,250 If so, who brought it to Oak Island? 642 00:28:41,417 --> 00:28:45,000 We've found important artifacts that have been French. 643 00:28:45,208 --> 00:28:47,250 We can't forget, of course, the lead cross 644 00:28:47,375 --> 00:28:49,208 where the testing has indicated that the lead came 645 00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:51,000 from the southern part of France, so... 646 00:28:51,167 --> 00:28:52,875 Yeah. Doesn't get any better than that. 647 00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:54,708 It's curious that this stuff is found 648 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:56,667 near an area on the Zena map 649 00:28:56,792 --> 00:28:59,000 that is a French map, 650 00:28:59,167 --> 00:29:01,833 that is a possible location for a hatch. 651 00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:06,792 NARRATOR: In 2016, the late author and researcher 652 00:29:06,917 --> 00:29:10,125 Zena Halpern presented maps of Nova Scotia 653 00:29:10,292 --> 00:29:12,417 and Oak Island featuring French writing, 654 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,333 and what she believed had been created between 655 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:19,792 the 12th and 14th centuries by members of the Knights Templar. 656 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,542 This led Zena to theorize that Oak Island 657 00:29:22,708 --> 00:29:24,250 had been visited numerous times 658 00:29:24,417 --> 00:29:26,167 by the Templars and related organizations 659 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:29,833 such as the Freemasons in order to hide 660 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,500 sacred valuables. 661 00:29:31,708 --> 00:29:33,583 Is it possible 662 00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:34,833 that the discoveries made 663 00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:36,917 by Rick, Marty and their team, 664 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:40,833 such as the lead cross and the numerous finds on Lot 5 665 00:29:40,958 --> 00:29:43,125 that predate the discovery of the Money Pit, 666 00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:46,958 offer mounting evidence that Zena's theory is true? 667 00:29:47,125 --> 00:29:50,792 RICK: We have long puzzled about the possibility 668 00:29:50,958 --> 00:29:53,458 that these French items, the lead cross 669 00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,708 and Zena's map were associated 670 00:29:55,875 --> 00:29:58,000 with some depositional work. 671 00:29:58,167 --> 00:30:01,208 I have always believed that this work 672 00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:03,667 on Oak Island, the original deposition work, 673 00:30:03,875 --> 00:30:06,125 was started incredibly early. 674 00:30:06,250 --> 00:30:09,208 We just have to fill in the gaps more precisely, 675 00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:11,792 more accurately, more definitively. 676 00:30:11,958 --> 00:30:14,292 But it's very interesting. 677 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:17,292 CARMEN: The artifacts you've shown me over the years, 678 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:18,792 is very unique. 679 00:30:18,875 --> 00:30:20,500 There's artifacts coming out of Oak Island 680 00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:22,083 that I haven't seen anywhere else. 681 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:25,417 That's the reason for this type of analysis. 682 00:30:25,583 --> 00:30:28,292 What we are trying to do is come to an understanding 683 00:30:28,458 --> 00:30:30,625 of what the item represents in terms of the... 684 00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:32,542 complexity of the story on Oak Island. 685 00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:34,667 It's not a simple process. 686 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,667 GARY: Makes me want to get back to Lot 5 687 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:38,958 -and find some more. -Well, let's have at her. 688 00:30:39,083 --> 00:30:40,708 That's why we have a lot more to dig. 689 00:30:40,917 --> 00:30:42,167 We have a lot more to excavate. 690 00:30:42,333 --> 00:30:45,042 All I can say, Carmen, is thank you. 691 00:30:45,208 --> 00:30:46,292 Appreciate it. 692 00:30:46,417 --> 00:30:47,833 CARMEN: See you later. 693 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,542 NARRATOR: As the team concludes their meeting 694 00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:51,250 at the Interpretive Centre... 695 00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:53,708 STEVE: As long as this borehole stays straight, 696 00:30:53,875 --> 00:30:56,000 -we should hit the tunnel below. -CHARLES: Sounds good. 697 00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:58,083 NARRATOR: Surveyor Steve Guptill, Oak Island 698 00:30:58,250 --> 00:31:00,500 historian Charles Barkhouse 699 00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,042 and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 700 00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:05,667 continue monitoring the drilling operation 701 00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:09,500 in borehole D.5N-25.5. 702 00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:10,708 He's got something else coming. 703 00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:12,292 NARRATOR: A borehole 704 00:31:12,458 --> 00:31:15,208 located several feet east of the Garden Shaft 705 00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:17,125 where they hope to encounter a tunnel 706 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:19,625 at a depth of some 105 feet 707 00:31:19,792 --> 00:31:23,042 and more evidence of precious metals. 708 00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:25,208 STEVE: The elevation of the wood that we've been finding 709 00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:28,208 in this area, matches the wood that we found for the tunnel 710 00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:30,333 that goes under the Garden Shaft. 711 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:32,333 All I'm saying is I hope we hit wood again. 712 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:34,833 -CHARLES: Yeah. -STEVE: Got a core? 713 00:31:35,042 --> 00:31:37,500 -This is 98 feet. -OTHERS: 98! 714 00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,208 CHARLES: Let's hope it's a good one. 715 00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:46,417 IAN: Thank you. Look at that. 716 00:31:46,583 --> 00:31:49,333 -It gets soft right here. -STEVE: Oh, yeah, you can feel it. 717 00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:51,417 -You can see it. -IAN: Yeah. You can see it. 718 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:53,917 You can take it and you can just break it apart. 719 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:55,667 Different color, too. 720 00:31:55,833 --> 00:31:57,917 What this means to me, 721 00:31:58,125 --> 00:31:59,792 when you get those different colors, 722 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,917 it's not standard gray till, 723 00:32:02,083 --> 00:32:03,750 it is possible that you're in disturbed ground. 724 00:32:03,958 --> 00:32:06,500 To me it looks odd. 725 00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:07,833 -It does look odd. -IAN: Yeah. 726 00:32:08,042 --> 00:32:09,167 CHARLES: Core coming out. 727 00:32:09,333 --> 00:32:11,000 Let's go, guys. 728 00:32:11,125 --> 00:32:12,500 Looks like they got a full run. 729 00:32:12,708 --> 00:32:14,042 They've got a full run. 730 00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:18,000 What've you got? 731 00:32:18,208 --> 00:32:19,625 Uh, 104 and a half. 732 00:32:20,833 --> 00:32:22,875 STEVE: This is just slush. 733 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,083 This would be the depth of the tunnel. 734 00:32:25,250 --> 00:32:26,917 So we might be inside of it. 735 00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:32,292 Seeing any wood? 736 00:32:34,375 --> 00:32:36,250 -We got a little bit. -IAN: Are you sure? 737 00:32:36,417 --> 00:32:38,083 There's a little bit, just a little bit of... 738 00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:40,792 wood debris at the bottom here. 739 00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:43,000 IAN: Yeah. That-That's wood. 740 00:32:43,167 --> 00:32:45,917 -What we've got here is a tunnel. -Yep. 741 00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:48,458 I would say we are probably inside the tunnel. 742 00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:50,042 -Right. -Yep. 743 00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:52,167 CHARLES: Very, very interesting. 744 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:56,875 STEVE: Well, we've got Craig and Scott coming. 745 00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:59,000 -Just in time. -CRAIG: Gentlemen! 746 00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,542 -STEVE: Hey, guys. How ya doing? -Good. 747 00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:03,167 You guys joined the party at the right time. 748 00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:06,000 NARRATOR: It is an exciting moment for the Oak Island 749 00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:07,833 team in the Money Pit area. 750 00:33:07,958 --> 00:33:09,083 IAN: There's the wood. If you look 751 00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:11,333 around in there, you can find little bits. 752 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,500 NARRATOR: Nearly 105 feet deep 753 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:17,333 in borehole D.5N-25.5, 754 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:20,292 they have once again drilled into a possible tunnel. 755 00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:22,833 A tunnel that may lead to the source 756 00:33:23,042 --> 00:33:24,500 of the precious metals, 757 00:33:24,708 --> 00:33:25,833 which have been detected 758 00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:27,333 at the same approximate depth 759 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:31,083 within a 20-foot radius of the Garden Shaft. 760 00:33:32,792 --> 00:33:34,083 STEVE: I do think this is the tunnel 761 00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:36,125 that goes under the Garden Shaft. 762 00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:39,167 -Everything lines up too well not to be. -Okay. 763 00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:41,292 Typically, we've been going out the bottom of it at 106. 764 00:33:41,458 --> 00:33:43,792 -Yeah. -So I think the next drill, 765 00:33:43,958 --> 00:33:45,333 if we hit wood, we should have the bottom. 766 00:33:45,542 --> 00:33:46,583 CRAIG: Potentially. 767 00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:48,250 We'll see, we'll see what comes up. 768 00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:52,000 The way this tunnel is positioned, 769 00:33:52,167 --> 00:33:55,333 it is sure pointing towards the Garden Shaft. 770 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,208 It's not one of the searcher tunnels, 771 00:33:58,375 --> 00:34:01,583 so is it an original tunnel leading the way to a vault? 772 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:03,250 CHARLES: We got a core coming! 773 00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:04,958 CRAIG: The water chemistry is telling us 774 00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:07,292 it's a very important area, 775 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,083 so we just need to follow the tunnel. 776 00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:12,042 STEVE: Here we go, fellas. 777 00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,000 What've you got, Mike? 778 00:34:14,125 --> 00:34:16,792 -111 and a half. -111 and a half. 779 00:34:25,042 --> 00:34:27,083 SCOTT: There you go. There's our wood. 780 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,833 There's our tunnel. 781 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,125 -Right there. -MIKE: Oh, yeah! 782 00:34:32,333 --> 00:34:35,000 So let's get a measurement on that then. See where we're at. 783 00:34:35,167 --> 00:34:37,042 107 to the wood. 784 00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:39,458 -STEVE: Roughly, that's the zone of interest. -Right. 785 00:34:39,583 --> 00:34:42,250 -So this is matching up well. -Yeah. 786 00:34:42,417 --> 00:34:44,500 Well, we definitely have the tunnel. 787 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:48,250 I mean, this is a floorboard or ceiling board that fell down. 788 00:34:48,417 --> 00:34:50,333 But it's, you know, it's definitely wood. 789 00:34:50,458 --> 00:34:52,542 It's definitely at the interval we want. 790 00:34:52,708 --> 00:34:54,000 Yep. 791 00:34:54,208 --> 00:34:55,667 RICK: We've hit this tunnel 792 00:34:55,875 --> 00:34:57,542 in multiple locations. 793 00:34:57,750 --> 00:35:02,167 I think we now have a certainty at the elevation of this tunnel. 794 00:35:02,250 --> 00:35:05,167 Right now, we have suspicions of a target. 795 00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:07,500 We don't have a really hard target. 796 00:35:07,708 --> 00:35:10,625 And thus the reason to try to follow that line 797 00:35:10,792 --> 00:35:12,667 of tunnel detection holes 798 00:35:12,833 --> 00:35:17,042 to understand the direction that the tunnel is taking. 799 00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:20,208 Because we are going to extend the Garden Shaft. 800 00:35:20,375 --> 00:35:22,042 And then there's the possibility that we could 801 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,000 put in our own tunnel and maybe it will 802 00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:26,167 help us find the treasure. 803 00:35:26,375 --> 00:35:28,750 What about drilling another well 804 00:35:28,917 --> 00:35:30,333 in this area? 805 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:32,042 Yeah. I think that's the best thing 806 00:35:32,208 --> 00:35:33,250 -to do at this point. -Okay. 807 00:35:33,417 --> 00:35:34,375 CRAIG: All right! 808 00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:36,500 MIKE: That sounds good. 809 00:35:40,625 --> 00:35:42,500 NARRATOR: The following morning... 810 00:35:42,708 --> 00:35:45,333 RICK: What are we looking at and what 811 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:48,083 have we done, from a scientific perspective, 812 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:50,333 to understand the importance 813 00:35:50,542 --> 00:35:53,125 -of these finds? -...in the Interpretive Centre 814 00:35:53,292 --> 00:35:55,500 Rick Lagina meets with archaeometallurgist 815 00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:59,292 Emma Culligan and other members of the team to receive 816 00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:02,333 her analysis of two wood samples that were collected 817 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:06,042 from different boreholes during the past two weeks. 818 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:08,500 The first was obtained 819 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:10,542 from borehole DN-12, 820 00:36:10,708 --> 00:36:13,333 which sets to the west of the Garden Shaft 821 00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:16,250 in the Baby Blob or possible treasure zone. 822 00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:19,375 While the second was taken just several feet east 823 00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:21,333 of the Garden Shaft in borehole 824 00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,833 D.5N-26.5. 825 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,375 STEVE: So we've spent a lot of this year in the Money Pit 826 00:36:27,542 --> 00:36:29,583 looking for the tunnel that goes under the Garden Shaft. 827 00:36:29,708 --> 00:36:31,583 And we've been trying to find it on the west side, which would be 828 00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:34,667 this piece and the east side, which is this piece 829 00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:36,458 if it's the same tunnel. 830 00:36:36,583 --> 00:36:38,333 And to add to that, too, I mean, we know last year 831 00:36:38,542 --> 00:36:40,042 whenever they were digging in the Garden Shaft, 832 00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:41,375 they were taking some samples on the way down 833 00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:42,875 and we saw some gold in the wood. 834 00:36:43,042 --> 00:36:44,542 We may see something like that in this. 835 00:36:44,708 --> 00:36:46,667 Something to indicate that we're still close to that source. 836 00:36:46,833 --> 00:36:50,208 And right now, we are sort of at a stop gate. 837 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:53,042 We've drilled a lot on the west side, in the Baby Blob. 838 00:36:53,208 --> 00:36:54,667 And we're running out of room on the east side. 839 00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:56,667 So any piece of information she can give us is gonna 840 00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:58,417 help move this forward. 841 00:37:00,250 --> 00:37:01,583 NARRATOR: Using a device known 842 00:37:01,792 --> 00:37:03,708 as an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, 843 00:37:03,875 --> 00:37:06,333 Emma has conducted elemental analysis 844 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:08,875 on the two wood samples in order 845 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,292 to determine if either contain evidence of precious metals. 846 00:37:13,458 --> 00:37:17,208 Well, I think the next turn of events is up to Emma. 847 00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:19,333 -Right, Emma, what did we learn? -Yep. 848 00:37:19,542 --> 00:37:23,500 So you do see a lot of, uh, the potassium and aluminum, 849 00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:25,750 which is what we're used to seeing. 850 00:37:25,917 --> 00:37:28,333 -RICK: Mm-hmm. -Um... 851 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,333 Unfortunately, no gold or silver or tin. 852 00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:35,375 But I am finding points with palladium, 853 00:37:35,542 --> 00:37:37,375 which is something that I was not 854 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:39,500 expecting, especially at that depth. 855 00:37:41,375 --> 00:37:45,083 .39, which is pretty high for palladium. 856 00:37:45,250 --> 00:37:48,167 And the actual geological association? 857 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:51,083 I think Moya would be a better judge of that. 858 00:37:51,208 --> 00:37:52,833 -Moya? -Okay. 859 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,958 Palladium can be found 860 00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:56,625 in gold and platinum deposits. 861 00:37:56,750 --> 00:38:00,375 So, if there is the gold treasure, 862 00:38:00,542 --> 00:38:04,250 maybe the gold in the treasure was sourced 863 00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,917 from a gold palladium deposit. 864 00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:17,125 NARRATOR: In the Interpretive Centre, Rick Lagina 865 00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:19,833 and members of the team have just learned 866 00:38:20,042 --> 00:38:23,167 that two wood samples obtained from a believed 867 00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:27,542 tunnel located more than 90 feet deep in the Money Pit area, 868 00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:31,500 and which may run directly below the Garden Shaft 869 00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:34,333 contain high traces of palladium, 870 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:37,292 a precious metal that could be related 871 00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:40,000 to the fabled Oak Island treasure. 872 00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:41,417 Is that for both pieces of wood? 873 00:38:41,542 --> 00:38:44,333 Yeah, so there is exhibit on both pieces. 874 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:45,708 -Okay. -EMMA: Yeah. 875 00:38:45,875 --> 00:38:47,042 Like, it's not what I would be expecting. 876 00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:48,250 Right. 877 00:38:48,417 --> 00:38:50,083 MOYA: So there isn't 878 00:38:50,292 --> 00:38:52,292 really a palladium deposit, 879 00:38:52,458 --> 00:38:54,250 like, here on this island, 880 00:38:54,417 --> 00:38:56,833 obviously, um, but maybe there's, like, trace 881 00:38:57,042 --> 00:39:00,958 palladium within the treasure, if there is treasure. 882 00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:04,875 NARRATOR: First classified in 1803 883 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:08,333 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston, 884 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,000 in modern times palladium 885 00:39:11,167 --> 00:39:12,833 is commonly used to produce 886 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,708 hydro-carbon reducing devices 887 00:39:14,875 --> 00:39:17,583 such as catalytic converters for automobiles. 888 00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:20,667 However, it has often been associated 889 00:39:20,833 --> 00:39:23,792 with jewelry made of gold, silver 890 00:39:23,917 --> 00:39:26,500 and platinum, dating back to as early 891 00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:28,708 as the Ancient Egyptian era. 892 00:39:30,125 --> 00:39:33,625 It's not a common thing that you find, especially around here. 893 00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:36,375 -That's even stranger then. -Yeah. 894 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:38,000 SCOTT: We should also review the water data to see 895 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:40,542 if there's any indication of palladium in the water data. 896 00:39:40,708 --> 00:39:44,500 RICK: Palladium might be associated with gold refining 897 00:39:44,708 --> 00:39:46,500 or gold being in the ground. 898 00:39:46,708 --> 00:39:48,833 That would be exceedingly interesting to me. 899 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,750 We have a piece of wood at an elevation 900 00:39:50,917 --> 00:39:53,417 we have significant interest in, so 901 00:39:53,583 --> 00:39:56,667 it's not just a piece of wood, it's a clue. 902 00:39:56,833 --> 00:39:59,500 And this clue needs to be followed. 903 00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:01,417 STEVE: This is great information. 904 00:40:01,625 --> 00:40:03,833 We have a trace on both that suggests it's the same tunnel. 905 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,500 I think we need to get it dated, so C-14 carbon dating. 906 00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:10,000 RICK: I mean, it's interesting analysis, interesting breakdown. 907 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:13,208 But let's retest and see what happens and then go from there. 908 00:40:13,375 --> 00:40:14,667 We can learn something from this, 909 00:40:14,833 --> 00:40:16,833 and it may be highly instructive. 910 00:40:17,042 --> 00:40:20,667 Ultimately, data like this will affect what 911 00:40:20,833 --> 00:40:23,000 decisions are made regarding the Garden Shaft. 912 00:40:23,167 --> 00:40:25,208 Anyway, uh, thank you, Emma. 913 00:40:25,375 --> 00:40:27,667 -Thank you, yeah. -As always, appreciate it. 914 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:29,625 And I think the rest of us need to go back out 915 00:40:29,833 --> 00:40:31,833 and to our specified work areas. 916 00:40:32,042 --> 00:40:33,333 Okay. Thanks, everybody. 917 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,708 ALEX: Yep. 918 00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:36,958 NARRATOR: After another week 919 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:39,792 of surprising discoveries on Oak Island, 920 00:40:39,917 --> 00:40:43,083 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 921 00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:45,500 have good reason to believe that they are close 922 00:40:45,708 --> 00:40:50,708 to the ultimate breakthrough in a 228-year-old mystery. 923 00:40:51,792 --> 00:40:54,167 And while the evidence that they have unearthed shows 924 00:40:54,375 --> 00:40:58,500 that the Money Pit is more complex than anyone ever knew, 925 00:40:58,667 --> 00:41:01,542 the mounting clues suggest that they are 926 00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:05,000 narrowing in on something not only of great value, 927 00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:08,833 but, also, incredible historic importance. 928 00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:13,333 But one looming question still remains. 929 00:41:13,542 --> 00:41:16,167 Will a deadly curse, that has claimed the lives 930 00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:18,417 of six men so far, 931 00:41:18,625 --> 00:41:21,583 stand in their way? 932 00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:25,333 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 933 00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:29,500 That is an unusual find! 934 00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:31,625 But you see on the top right? 935 00:41:31,792 --> 00:41:33,167 -GARY: Yeah. Ooh, yeah. -We get those crazy Roman numerals 936 00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:35,625 and the U-shaped structure, too? 937 00:41:35,708 --> 00:41:37,792 TERRY: I got seven and a half foot of tunnel. 938 00:41:37,917 --> 00:41:40,583 -Yeah, that's nice, eh? -STEVE: You don't build a tunnel like this, 939 00:41:40,708 --> 00:41:43,500 -unless you are moving something important. -Yep. 940 00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:45,375 We want to take a look down in that cavity. 941 00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,417 There we go. 942 00:41:47,583 --> 00:41:50,833 SCOTT: Slowly. Whoa! 943 00:41:50,958 --> 00:41:52,875 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS