1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,750 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,958 --> 00:00:05,208 MAX: We're excited to present the results 3 00:00:05,375 --> 00:00:07,167 from the muon tomography. So, what we're seeing is 4 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:09,583 high-density anomaly below the surface of the Money Pit. 5 00:00:09,750 --> 00:00:11,292 We think it's Aladdin's Cave. 6 00:00:11,458 --> 00:00:13,625 It could lead to the treasure. 7 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:18,417 -I think I've hit a void. -The plot thickens. 8 00:00:18,625 --> 00:00:21,042 Oh! It's here. Look at that. 9 00:00:22,167 --> 00:00:23,500 RICK: This is really something. 10 00:00:23,667 --> 00:00:25,833 -There are letters stamped on. -MARTY: Whoa! 11 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:28,125 -It could be very old. -Yeah. 12 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,333 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 13 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:36,458 where people have been looking for 14 00:00:36,542 --> 00:00:40,375 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 15 00:00:40,542 --> 00:00:43,958 So far, they have found a stone slab 16 00:00:44,083 --> 00:00:46,167 with strange symbols carved into it... 17 00:00:47,125 --> 00:00:50,667 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 18 00:00:50,833 --> 00:00:54,708 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 19 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:56,583 to the Knights Templar. 20 00:00:56,792 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 21 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,667 trying to solve the mystery. 22 00:01:01,833 --> 00:01:07,125 And according to legend, one more will have to die 23 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:09,542 before the treasure can be found. 24 00:01:09,708 --> 00:01:12,125 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,125 -RICK: Morning, Paul. -COTE: Morning, Rick. 26 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:27,292 I see you're set up, ready to rock and roll. 27 00:01:27,417 --> 00:01:29,833 Yeah. Roger got us all, uh, moved in. 28 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 -Okay. -And he started 29 00:01:31,208 --> 00:01:32,292 -pumping some water. -Right. 30 00:01:32,458 --> 00:01:34,667 How many hours a day are you pumping? 31 00:01:34,875 --> 00:01:36,958 -Six hours, maybe. Yeah. -Oh, really? 32 00:01:37,125 --> 00:01:39,250 NARRATOR: A new day of abounding hope 33 00:01:39,375 --> 00:01:43,208 has begun on Oak Island for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 34 00:01:43,375 --> 00:01:46,917 and their team as the operation to deepen 35 00:01:47,042 --> 00:01:49,000 the mid-18th-century Garden Shaft 36 00:01:49,167 --> 00:01:51,500 has finally gotten underway. 37 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:53,708 Is the system gonna be the same, then, 38 00:01:53,875 --> 00:01:55,583 for, like, extracting the material? 39 00:01:55,750 --> 00:01:58,375 Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's pretty much the same. 40 00:01:58,542 --> 00:02:00,083 So, we're, uh, we've got a little bit 41 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:02,083 -of hammer-grabbing to do. -Okay. 42 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:04,083 Taking out the old spoils and the slime 43 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:05,833 -from the bottom. -Okay. 44 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:07,625 And then we'll start adding sets, wood sets. 45 00:02:07,792 --> 00:02:09,083 Right. 46 00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:10,833 NARRATOR: Once representatives 47 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,958 from Dumas Contracting Limited 48 00:02:13,125 --> 00:02:15,125 finish draining water that has flooded 49 00:02:15,250 --> 00:02:17,125 the 82-foot-deep shaft, 50 00:02:17,208 --> 00:02:19,750 they will use a three-ton digging tool, 51 00:02:19,875 --> 00:02:21,375 known as a hammer grab, 52 00:02:21,583 --> 00:02:23,500 to excavate the earth below it 53 00:02:23,667 --> 00:02:26,583 and construct new eight-foot wooden levels, 54 00:02:26,750 --> 00:02:30,667 or sets, in the hope of breaching a mysterious tunnel, 55 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:34,417 a tunnel that has not only yielded water samples 56 00:02:34,583 --> 00:02:36,667 containing evidence of gold, 57 00:02:36,833 --> 00:02:40,458 but which heads west into the so-called Baby Blob, 58 00:02:40,542 --> 00:02:43,458 where the team has detected the highest traces 59 00:02:43,625 --> 00:02:46,167 of precious metals in the Money Pit area. 60 00:02:46,375 --> 00:02:49,292 There's a lot of hope 61 00:02:49,458 --> 00:02:51,375 regarding this shaft extension work. 62 00:02:51,542 --> 00:02:56,333 We can use the Garden Shaft to drill horizontally 63 00:02:56,542 --> 00:02:59,750 at various elevations, as much as 40 feet out. 64 00:02:59,875 --> 00:03:01,167 So, you're talking about 65 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:04,458 an 80-foot investigative program. 66 00:03:04,625 --> 00:03:06,625 RICK: I think that we're gonna know 67 00:03:06,792 --> 00:03:10,083 with some certainty what's out there, 68 00:03:10,208 --> 00:03:11,792 and that's important information. 69 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:14,167 NARRATOR: If high-valued targets 70 00:03:14,375 --> 00:03:17,333 are encountered during the lateral drilling process 71 00:03:17,542 --> 00:03:20,833 and are not reachable within the mysterious tunnel, 72 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,417 Dumas can construct a new tunnel 73 00:03:23,583 --> 00:03:25,708 in order to allow the team to retrieve them 74 00:03:25,917 --> 00:03:30,292 and hopefully solve the 228-year-old mystery. 75 00:03:30,375 --> 00:03:34,500 Well, like last year, I know it's a futile offer, but 76 00:03:34,667 --> 00:03:37,083 if you need an extra body, I'd be happy to go down. 77 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,417 -Sure. Sure. -(both laugh) 78 00:03:38,542 --> 00:03:40,292 -Saves me the work. -And there you go. 79 00:03:40,458 --> 00:03:41,208 -(laughs) -It's a deal. 80 00:03:41,375 --> 00:03:42,917 -Okay. -All right. 81 00:03:43,083 --> 00:03:44,167 And if we're not around the next day, 82 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:45,083 that means we got the treasure. (laughing) 83 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:46,833 We'll chase you. 84 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:51,125 NARRATOR: As the team from Dumas Contracting Limited 85 00:03:51,292 --> 00:03:53,667 continues their work in the Garden Shaft, 86 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:56,333 later that morning... 87 00:03:58,667 --> 00:04:00,542 RICK: Welcome, everybody, to the war room. 88 00:04:00,708 --> 00:04:03,000 The importance of this meeting can't be overstated. 89 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:04,292 NARRATOR: Rick, along with 90 00:04:04,417 --> 00:04:06,125 his brother Marty, 91 00:04:06,292 --> 00:04:07,875 their partner Craig Tester, 92 00:04:08,083 --> 00:04:10,125 hydrogeologist Dr. Fred Michel, 93 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:11,417 and other members of the team 94 00:04:11,542 --> 00:04:13,333 meet with representatives 95 00:04:13,542 --> 00:04:15,667 from Ideon Technologies 96 00:04:15,875 --> 00:04:16,958 for a highly anticipated 97 00:04:17,125 --> 00:04:19,000 scientific report. 98 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:22,292 So, uh, gentlemen, I'm gonna turn it over to you because, uh, 99 00:04:22,458 --> 00:04:25,125 you certainly have a lot more insight into 100 00:04:25,250 --> 00:04:27,125 the possibilities of what 101 00:04:27,292 --> 00:04:29,375 muon technology will help us with 102 00:04:29,583 --> 00:04:32,250 -as we move forward this year. -Yeah. 103 00:04:32,417 --> 00:04:35,083 We appreciate your time today, uh, from this big group. 104 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:37,000 Um, and we're excited to present the results, 105 00:04:37,167 --> 00:04:38,458 uh, from the Money Pit. 106 00:04:38,625 --> 00:04:39,958 -Absolutely. -MAX: Great. 107 00:04:40,083 --> 00:04:41,333 So, as you all know, we've deployed 108 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:43,667 14 sensors in five boreholes 109 00:04:43,833 --> 00:04:46,208 in the Money Pit at depths ranging from 110 00:04:46,375 --> 00:04:49,667 80 to, uh, 250 feet below the surface. 111 00:04:49,792 --> 00:04:50,917 Yeah. 112 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:53,625 NARRATOR: In 2021, 113 00:04:53,750 --> 00:04:56,292 a team from Ideon was contracted 114 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:58,292 to place several subsurface devices 115 00:04:58,458 --> 00:05:01,292 deep within five previously drilled boreholes 116 00:05:01,458 --> 00:05:03,417 across the Money Pit area. 117 00:05:03,542 --> 00:05:06,750 These devices detected subatomic particles 118 00:05:06,917 --> 00:05:09,208 which constantly pass through the Earth, 119 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:11,792 known as muons, 120 00:05:11,958 --> 00:05:14,458 in order to search for evidence of potential voids, 121 00:05:14,625 --> 00:05:16,583 tunnels, and large objects. 122 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:18,750 It was an intricate process 123 00:05:18,875 --> 00:05:22,667 that needed nearly two full years to complete. 124 00:05:23,708 --> 00:05:25,417 The primary targets we were looking for 125 00:05:25,583 --> 00:05:27,542 were tunnels that crosscut the Money Pit, 126 00:05:27,708 --> 00:05:29,583 vaults or voids, 127 00:05:29,750 --> 00:05:32,250 and of course, um, any high-density anomalies 128 00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:33,625 that could reflect treasure. 129 00:05:33,792 --> 00:05:35,042 Those are the ones I'm interested in. 130 00:05:35,208 --> 00:05:36,833 (laughter) 131 00:05:37,042 --> 00:05:38,167 MAX: I figured. 132 00:05:38,333 --> 00:05:39,750 So, let's move underground. 133 00:05:39,958 --> 00:05:41,792 -Do you want to? -Sure. 134 00:05:41,917 --> 00:05:44,208 DOUG S.: So, if we take all of the detector data 135 00:05:44,375 --> 00:05:46,000 from these months of imaging time, 136 00:05:46,208 --> 00:05:49,667 and we combine them all and run our tomography reconstruction, 137 00:05:49,875 --> 00:05:51,833 you can already see some interesting structures 138 00:05:52,042 --> 00:05:53,667 in the data. 139 00:05:53,833 --> 00:05:55,542 MAX: So, what you're looking at right now 140 00:05:55,708 --> 00:05:58,833 are slices through the 3-D density model of the Money Pit. 141 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,667 Uh, the yellow background 142 00:06:00,750 --> 00:06:03,333 represents kind of the neutral baseline density 143 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:04,750 of the Money Pit. 144 00:06:04,917 --> 00:06:07,333 Low-density anomalies are in blue 145 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,750 and higher-density anomalies are in orange to red. 146 00:06:10,917 --> 00:06:13,083 CRAIG: Our preference is always the high-density 147 00:06:13,250 --> 00:06:14,750 'cause that may mean treasure, 148 00:06:14,958 --> 00:06:17,333 but a low-density could be a tunnel 149 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,917 or the water portion of a vault. 150 00:06:20,083 --> 00:06:23,667 Do you see anything over by the, uh, Garden Shaft? 151 00:06:23,875 --> 00:06:26,458 And it would be looking more at around the 100-foot level. 152 00:06:26,667 --> 00:06:27,708 Do you see anything over there? 153 00:06:27,875 --> 00:06:30,000 So, this is... 154 00:06:30,208 --> 00:06:31,833 where my mouse is, 155 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,042 this is approximately the area of the Garden Shaft. 156 00:06:35,208 --> 00:06:38,167 That blue and gray column is the Garden Shaft. 157 00:06:38,333 --> 00:06:41,500 There is a high-density anomaly 158 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:43,875 to the west of the Garden Shaft. 159 00:06:44,042 --> 00:06:45,875 At what depth? 160 00:06:46,042 --> 00:06:47,167 MAX: 65 feet 161 00:06:47,375 --> 00:06:50,500 below the surface of the Money Pit. 162 00:06:50,708 --> 00:06:52,833 And that's a high-density? 163 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,167 MARTY: And then a low-density anomaly directly underneath. 164 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:56,542 MAX: Correct. 165 00:06:56,708 --> 00:06:58,375 And what depth would that be, the deeper one? 166 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:01,333 112-ish below the surface of the Money Pit. 167 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,500 Well, Dr. Fred there, those anomalies 168 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:05,583 over at the Garden Shaft is what we're looking for. 169 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:08,000 FRED: I would agree with-with Marty. 170 00:07:08,083 --> 00:07:10,667 I mean, there's definitely a high-density area 171 00:07:10,833 --> 00:07:13,500 to the west of the Garden Shaft 172 00:07:13,708 --> 00:07:15,000 in the area of the Blob. 173 00:07:15,208 --> 00:07:17,333 You know, which is where we have the highest 174 00:07:17,542 --> 00:07:20,000 concentrations of gold and silver in the water. 175 00:07:20,167 --> 00:07:23,000 So, I'm-I'm encouraged by that 176 00:07:23,208 --> 00:07:25,000 because it backs up what we've been seeing in the water. 177 00:07:25,208 --> 00:07:29,000 But we can't drill these with Dumas in the Garden Shaft. 178 00:07:29,208 --> 00:07:30,917 Correct. 179 00:07:31,125 --> 00:07:32,833 RICK: Well, the target near the Garden Shaft, 180 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,250 I think presents the option certainly of tunneling to it. 181 00:07:35,375 --> 00:07:39,833 But Dumas is working in close proximity to the Garden Shaft. 182 00:07:40,042 --> 00:07:44,458 We have to give them area to do their work. 183 00:07:44,625 --> 00:07:47,250 So, have you detected anything else? 184 00:07:47,375 --> 00:07:48,833 MAX: So, we'll take a look at a key 185 00:07:49,042 --> 00:07:50,500 high-density anomaly that we picked out. 186 00:07:50,708 --> 00:07:53,875 So, what we're seeing is a high-density anomaly 187 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:55,833 sitting approximately 188 00:07:55,917 --> 00:07:58,875 85 feet southwest of the Garden Shaft, 189 00:07:59,042 --> 00:08:02,250 about 230 feet below the surface of The Money Pit. 190 00:08:02,458 --> 00:08:03,833 It's significant. 191 00:08:05,167 --> 00:08:07,042 DOUG S.: So, this is looking at that anomaly 192 00:08:07,208 --> 00:08:08,917 in a little more detail. 193 00:08:09,083 --> 00:08:11,542 MARTY: Wow. Is it consistent with, say, 194 00:08:11,667 --> 00:08:15,250 a six-by-six-by-six metal-lined box? 195 00:08:15,417 --> 00:08:17,542 It could be a treasure of some sort. 196 00:08:17,708 --> 00:08:19,542 It's almost got to be something. 197 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:20,958 But at that depth? 198 00:08:21,083 --> 00:08:22,583 Below the depth 199 00:08:22,750 --> 00:08:24,667 that known searchers have explored. 200 00:08:24,875 --> 00:08:26,250 Yeah. 201 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:27,917 NARRATOR: A high-density target? 202 00:08:28,083 --> 00:08:31,750 Some 230 feet deep in the Money Pit area? 203 00:08:31,917 --> 00:08:35,333 Could that mean there are potentially multiple treasures 204 00:08:35,542 --> 00:08:37,833 buried on Oak Island? 205 00:08:37,958 --> 00:08:40,833 RICK: When they explain about the high-density target 206 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,833 at 230 feet deep in the bedrock, 207 00:08:43,958 --> 00:08:47,583 it makes one pause and think, "Could it have been done?" 208 00:08:47,708 --> 00:08:49,708 -We got to drill it. -I agree with that. 209 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:53,083 RICK: The proof will come from some sort of very 210 00:08:53,292 --> 00:08:54,833 disciplined drill program. 211 00:08:55,042 --> 00:08:57,167 But I think we have to investigate it. 212 00:08:58,292 --> 00:08:59,833 Another interesting thing is this 213 00:09:00,042 --> 00:09:02,458 kind of unaccounted for low-density anomaly. 214 00:09:02,583 --> 00:09:05,250 In fact, you've already found something there. 215 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:09,458 This low-density anomaly perfectly overlaps 216 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:12,292 the void that you guys call Aladdin's Cave. 217 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:16,375 STEVE: Right now, we're looking into the cavity. 218 00:09:16,583 --> 00:09:17,750 So, wait. Now, stop. 219 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:19,958 MARTY: That's pretty square. 220 00:09:20,125 --> 00:09:21,500 Some sort of, like, pedestal sticking out. 221 00:09:21,667 --> 00:09:23,917 NARRATOR: One year ago, 222 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:27,042 after drilling a borehole known as L-15, 223 00:09:27,208 --> 00:09:29,792 the team discovered a large cavern 224 00:09:29,917 --> 00:09:32,583 to the southwest of the Garden Shaft, 225 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:35,667 which Marty Lagina dubbed "Aladdin's Cave." 226 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:37,583 Incredibly, 227 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:39,958 the team recorded video images 228 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:42,958 of potential man-made features within it, 229 00:09:43,125 --> 00:09:44,917 and during a subsequent sonar scan... 230 00:09:45,083 --> 00:09:47,167 -SCOTT: Whoa! -STEVE: Oh, that's a good opening. 231 00:09:47,333 --> 00:09:50,208 NARRATOR: ...determined that it was nearly 30 feet long 232 00:09:50,375 --> 00:09:52,125 and 12 feet wide. 233 00:09:52,292 --> 00:09:54,750 -It's not some simple kind of cave. -Right. 234 00:09:54,875 --> 00:09:56,667 It's kind of a tendril going out. 235 00:09:56,875 --> 00:09:58,167 It kind of extends out. 236 00:09:58,375 --> 00:09:59,500 RICK: That tendril going out, 237 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,375 how long is just that? 238 00:10:01,583 --> 00:10:04,000 It's in the 20 feet range, 239 00:10:04,125 --> 00:10:05,667 20, 30 feet. 240 00:10:05,833 --> 00:10:07,667 So, Dr. Michel, what was the results of 241 00:10:07,833 --> 00:10:11,750 the water associated with L-16, Aladdin's Cave? 242 00:10:11,917 --> 00:10:16,167 We have been getting, fairly consistently, 243 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:19,542 some elevated metal concentrations with that one. 244 00:10:19,708 --> 00:10:23,375 So, we are seeing gold in 245 00:10:23,542 --> 00:10:26,208 the cavity, or Aladdin's Cave. 246 00:10:27,875 --> 00:10:30,208 -RICK: That's stunning. -CRAIG: Absolutely. Yeah. 247 00:10:34,208 --> 00:10:35,375 Wow. 248 00:10:35,542 --> 00:10:38,167 It seems a bit too much to be a coincidence. 249 00:10:38,250 --> 00:10:39,667 NARRATOR: In the war room, 250 00:10:39,875 --> 00:10:41,667 Rick, Marty, Craig, and other members 251 00:10:41,833 --> 00:10:44,292 of the team have just been informed 252 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,792 that muon tomography scans deep below the Money Pit area 253 00:10:47,917 --> 00:10:50,417 have detected potentially 254 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:54,500 important clues in a large void known as "Aladdin's Cave," 255 00:10:54,708 --> 00:10:57,167 a previously discovered cavern some 256 00:10:57,292 --> 00:11:00,958 160 feet underground where, one year ago, 257 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:05,083 water tests revealed high trace evidence of gold. 258 00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:08,250 And if you wanted to kind of figure out what was there, 259 00:11:08,417 --> 00:11:11,167 you would drill right in the middle of the structure. 260 00:11:11,375 --> 00:11:13,583 Yeah. 261 00:11:13,708 --> 00:11:15,625 So, we have a bunch of targets now. 262 00:11:15,833 --> 00:11:17,458 MARTY: Yeah. This is exciting. 263 00:11:17,625 --> 00:11:19,250 This is what we were looking for. 264 00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:20,708 And the fact that you can image 265 00:11:20,875 --> 00:11:22,375 what we call "Aladdin's Cave," 266 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:23,875 that's very gratifying. 267 00:11:24,042 --> 00:11:26,333 So, I say, "Let's go drill it." 268 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:28,667 -Yeah. -MARTY: One of the things we 269 00:11:28,833 --> 00:11:30,792 were concerned about last year about Aladdin's Cave 270 00:11:30,958 --> 00:11:32,833 is it didn't appear 271 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,625 to have an obvious inlet or outlet to it, 272 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:40,000 but the Ideon data suggests that it does. 273 00:11:40,208 --> 00:11:43,000 We should drill through the muon target. 274 00:11:43,208 --> 00:11:47,417 It's at the right depth to be some sort of vault. 275 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:49,292 It's at the right depth to have been 276 00:11:49,458 --> 00:11:51,000 protected by a flood tunnel. 277 00:11:51,167 --> 00:11:55,208 It's, uh, it's clearly an offset chamber. 278 00:11:55,375 --> 00:11:57,625 Uh... It could be it. 279 00:11:57,792 --> 00:11:59,667 ALEX: Another piece of good news is that 280 00:11:59,875 --> 00:12:01,750 it's not anywhere near the Garden Shaft, 281 00:12:01,917 --> 00:12:04,083 -which means we can drill it. -Yes. 282 00:12:04,208 --> 00:12:07,750 Which is good for us because I like the cave, right? 283 00:12:07,917 --> 00:12:08,792 Yes. 284 00:12:08,917 --> 00:12:10,208 MARTY: Yeah. I think 285 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:11,208 we should head for it, Rick. 286 00:12:12,708 --> 00:12:14,542 This is, by far and away, 287 00:12:14,708 --> 00:12:16,333 the most compelling data we've ever had. 288 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:19,583 Every anomaly that Max and Doug have presented are interesting. 289 00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:21,917 -There's no question about that. -Yep. 290 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:24,125 This is all really exciting 291 00:12:24,250 --> 00:12:27,333 because it's always been suggested that the Money Pit, 292 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,625 perhaps there were multiple treasure cache locations. 293 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:33,000 And now, we are finding that 294 00:12:33,167 --> 00:12:35,167 the muon detected evidence of it 295 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:37,208 and suggestions of work 296 00:12:37,375 --> 00:12:40,500 at various elevations all around the Money Pit. 297 00:12:40,708 --> 00:12:43,667 Does it strongly suggest the possibility 298 00:12:43,875 --> 00:12:46,500 that there are more than one location in the Money Pit? 299 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:49,667 Yes. In my opinion, it does suggest that. 300 00:12:49,833 --> 00:12:51,417 Well, for me, 301 00:12:51,542 --> 00:12:55,000 we've always believed that it's only by introducing 302 00:12:55,167 --> 00:12:57,500 new technologies that this will ultimately get solved. 303 00:12:57,667 --> 00:12:59,625 And it's by working together 304 00:12:59,792 --> 00:13:01,167 that, ultimately, we might be able to solve 305 00:13:01,375 --> 00:13:03,000 a 228-year-old mystery. 306 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,500 I think I speak for everyone. 307 00:13:05,708 --> 00:13:07,375 -Thank you both very much. -Our pleasure. 308 00:13:07,542 --> 00:13:08,792 So, I think we better get after it. 309 00:13:08,958 --> 00:13:11,667 -Fantastic. Great. -Thank you, everybody. 310 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:13,875 MARTY: Talk to you all later. Goodbye. 311 00:13:19,167 --> 00:13:21,333 NARRATOR: The following morning, 312 00:13:21,542 --> 00:13:25,875 as representatives from Dumas continue excavating spoils 313 00:13:26,042 --> 00:13:28,167 from underneath the Garden Shaft... 314 00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:31,208 -STEVE: So, we're currently set up on L-14. -TERRY: Yeah. 315 00:13:31,375 --> 00:13:33,167 We're gonna put some of these areas to either rest 316 00:13:33,375 --> 00:13:34,542 or we're gonna find what we're looking for. 317 00:13:34,708 --> 00:13:36,667 Exactly so. All right. 318 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:39,792 NARRATOR: ...and while drilling begins in a new borehole 319 00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:42,083 known as L-14, where Aladdin's Cave 320 00:13:42,292 --> 00:13:45,500 sets some 160 feet underground... 321 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:48,250 -PETER: Seems you made a lot of progress. -HELEN: Yeah. 322 00:13:48,417 --> 00:13:50,208 As you can see, we're getting deeper down into it. 323 00:13:50,375 --> 00:13:52,167 PETER: Yeah. Okay. 324 00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:54,375 NARRATOR: ...Peter Fornetti and Jack Begley 325 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:56,833 join archaeologist Helen Sheldon 326 00:13:57,042 --> 00:13:59,792 and other members of the team on Lot 5. 327 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,667 They are continuing their investigation 328 00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:05,000 of a mysterious stone foundation, 329 00:14:05,167 --> 00:14:07,000 a feature which has been dated 330 00:14:07,167 --> 00:14:09,333 to the same era as the Garden Shaft, 331 00:14:09,542 --> 00:14:12,958 and which appears to have been deliberately buried. 332 00:14:13,083 --> 00:14:16,375 Whatever this was, the fill indicates 333 00:14:16,583 --> 00:14:18,667 that it was buried 334 00:14:18,833 --> 00:14:20,250 mid to late 1700s. 335 00:14:20,417 --> 00:14:23,333 -Yeah. -JACK: But that means that someone buried this 336 00:14:23,542 --> 00:14:26,500 around the discovery time of the Money Pit or 337 00:14:26,625 --> 00:14:27,917 maybe even just before. 338 00:14:28,083 --> 00:14:29,833 Well, see, the interesting thing is, 339 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,167 like, as we get into the middle of it, the rubble fill 340 00:14:32,333 --> 00:14:35,250 in the middle is obviously post-construction. 341 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:38,042 That's, like, abandonment of whatever this feature is. 342 00:14:38,208 --> 00:14:40,208 So, the feature itself is earlier than that. 343 00:14:40,375 --> 00:14:41,583 -Yeah. -Right? 344 00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:43,292 So, we need to get down to the bottom 345 00:14:43,458 --> 00:14:44,667 and see if there's anything remaining on the bottom 346 00:14:44,875 --> 00:14:46,417 -under there. -Mm-hmm. 347 00:14:46,583 --> 00:14:48,833 So, Helen, what would be the best use of Jack and I? 348 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,833 Um, Jack's really good at screening. 349 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,458 -I love it. Yeah. -Yep. 350 00:14:52,667 --> 00:14:53,833 You can do that. Um, 351 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,833 -you join Lindy in that unit. -Yep. 352 00:14:56,042 --> 00:14:57,458 And just start troweling away, and we'll find something. 353 00:14:57,667 --> 00:14:58,917 -Okay. Sounds good. -Yep. 354 00:14:59,042 --> 00:15:00,667 -Let's get to it. -Okay. 355 00:15:00,875 --> 00:15:03,125 NARRATOR: While Peter, Moya, and Lindy 356 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,125 carefully remove earth and sediments 357 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:06,958 from the bottom of the feature, 358 00:15:07,125 --> 00:15:09,542 Jack will sift through them with a screen 359 00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:14,000 to search for any important clues or artifacts. 360 00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:22,250 Wow. 361 00:15:25,042 --> 00:15:26,625 -Hey, Moya. -MOYA: Yeah? 362 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:28,333 I found a bit of metal. 363 00:15:28,542 --> 00:15:30,833 Oh, wow. Thank you. 364 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,917 JACK: I think it's like a staple or something. 365 00:15:33,083 --> 00:15:34,958 MOYA: Yeah. To me, it kind of almost looks 366 00:15:35,042 --> 00:15:36,083 like a chain link. 367 00:15:36,250 --> 00:15:38,042 JACK: Oh. 368 00:15:38,208 --> 00:15:40,167 I don't know. What do you think, Helen? 369 00:15:40,375 --> 00:15:41,542 It's kind of... 370 00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:43,417 Let me see it. (grunts) 371 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:49,042 Yeah, it is more like chain link that's been fused together. 372 00:15:49,250 --> 00:15:51,375 NARRATOR: A piece of chain link? 373 00:15:51,542 --> 00:15:55,250 Found in the rectangular stone feature on Lot 5? 374 00:15:55,417 --> 00:15:58,375 Could it be a clue that a heavy object 375 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:02,167 was once hauled away from or into this structure? 376 00:16:02,333 --> 00:16:04,083 HELEN: We can CT this back in the lab 377 00:16:04,250 --> 00:16:07,167 and see if that's an actual link-linkage in there 378 00:16:07,292 --> 00:16:08,500 under all the corrosion. 379 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:09,500 MOYA: And get it cleaned off 380 00:16:09,708 --> 00:16:10,958 to see what it looks like. 381 00:16:11,083 --> 00:16:13,167 -Thanks, Jack. Good find. -JACK: Oh, for sure. 382 00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:15,875 I'm really hoping, right at the bottom layer, 383 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:18,792 we find something cool that really helps show 384 00:16:18,917 --> 00:16:22,125 this wasn't a domestic site but military 385 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,500 -or something like that. -Yeah. Yeah. 386 00:16:24,625 --> 00:16:26,708 PETER: Well, there's only one way to find out, 387 00:16:26,833 --> 00:16:28,750 -and that's for us to keep digging. -HELEN: Keep digging. 388 00:16:28,917 --> 00:16:31,625 NARRATOR: As the investigation on Lot 5 continues... 389 00:16:33,042 --> 00:16:34,750 GARY: Where there's muck, there's money. 390 00:16:34,917 --> 00:16:36,417 (Charles laughs) 391 00:16:36,542 --> 00:16:38,833 NARRATOR: ...back in the Money Pit area, 392 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,375 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 393 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,833 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 394 00:16:45,042 --> 00:16:47,333 prepare to search through the spoils that have 395 00:16:47,458 --> 00:16:51,000 recently been removed from below the Garden Shaft. 396 00:16:51,208 --> 00:16:52,833 I wasn't joking, mate, when I said we was 397 00:16:53,042 --> 00:16:54,125 gonna get stuck in. 398 00:16:54,292 --> 00:16:56,000 Oh, we are gonna get stuck in. 399 00:16:56,125 --> 00:16:57,667 And it smells like treasure. 400 00:16:57,833 --> 00:17:00,042 You know, Gary, I've got to be honest, I was hoping treasure 401 00:17:00,208 --> 00:17:01,583 would smell a little different than this. 402 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,708 Oh, it will smell good, mate, 403 00:17:03,875 --> 00:17:05,125 when we're holding it in our hands. 404 00:17:05,292 --> 00:17:07,167 But seriously, mate, 405 00:17:07,375 --> 00:17:10,792 this is the material that I'm interested in 406 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:12,500 because, last year, we got those hits... 407 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:14,375 -Yeah. -...at the bottom of the Garden Shaft, 408 00:17:14,542 --> 00:17:16,000 those nonferrous hits. 409 00:17:16,833 --> 00:17:18,125 All right. 410 00:17:19,958 --> 00:17:23,500 Oh, that's the best sounding target. 411 00:17:23,625 --> 00:17:25,000 That's a nonferrous, yeah. 412 00:17:25,167 --> 00:17:27,500 -Really? -Yep. 413 00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:29,208 NARRATOR: Just before the team was forced to halt 414 00:17:29,375 --> 00:17:31,875 their search operations last winter, 415 00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:35,167 Gary, Rick, and Marty obtained evidence 416 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:36,750 of possible precious metals in the mud 417 00:17:36,917 --> 00:17:39,292 several feet below the Garden Shaft. 418 00:17:40,792 --> 00:17:43,708 If we're in here, mate, we are gonna pull them out today. 419 00:17:43,875 --> 00:17:46,333 -So, let's get at it. -Yeah. 420 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:48,792 All right. Let's see what we've got in here. 421 00:17:48,875 --> 00:17:51,417 NARRATOR: Now, it is Gary and Charles' hope 422 00:17:51,542 --> 00:17:53,375 that they will make an important discovery 423 00:17:53,542 --> 00:17:57,167 that appeared to be just out of reach last year. 424 00:17:59,125 --> 00:18:01,333 Even though I know it's iron, it's coming out. 425 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:03,375 -It's coming out. Okay. -Yeah. 426 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,042 I'll try pinpointing it, mate. 427 00:18:06,750 --> 00:18:08,292 Want me to dig it? 428 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,333 I'm nearly there, mate. 429 00:18:17,042 --> 00:18:19,333 Ooh, what's this? 430 00:18:23,167 --> 00:18:24,667 Big chunk. 431 00:18:24,750 --> 00:18:25,792 It's here. 432 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:27,917 NARRATOR: While searching through the spoils unearthed 433 00:18:28,042 --> 00:18:29,667 from the bottom of the Garden Shaft... 434 00:18:29,792 --> 00:18:32,667 Some kind of, like, metal wedge? 435 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:36,208 NARRATOR: ...Gary Drayton and Charles Barkhouse have 436 00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:39,167 just found a potentially important clue. 437 00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:40,458 GARY: What do you think? 438 00:18:42,375 --> 00:18:44,667 CHARLES: You know what that reminds me of? You know that, 439 00:18:44,792 --> 00:18:47,500 when you put an axe handle into a wooden staff, right? 440 00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,792 They put a wedge in the top to drive it in to kind of 441 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,625 -lock it in? -Yeah. 442 00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:54,167 NARRATOR: A possible metal wedge from an axe 443 00:18:54,292 --> 00:18:56,167 found more than 80 feet deep 444 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:58,083 near the bottom of the Garden Shaft? 445 00:18:58,250 --> 00:18:59,625 CHARLES: Yeah. That's pretty cool. 446 00:18:59,750 --> 00:19:01,042 NARRATOR: Could it have been left behind 447 00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:02,125 by those who built the structure 448 00:19:02,292 --> 00:19:05,250 as early as 1735? 449 00:19:05,417 --> 00:19:08,667 If so, might it be an important clue 450 00:19:08,875 --> 00:19:12,000 that may help determine just who they were? 451 00:19:12,083 --> 00:19:15,042 All right. That's going in the pouch. 452 00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:17,333 All of this stuff will go back to Emma in the lab. 453 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,875 There might be a little diamond in the rough. 454 00:19:20,042 --> 00:19:22,667 Literally in the rough. 455 00:19:22,875 --> 00:19:25,000 CHARLES: If we could find something like that, that'd be great. 456 00:19:25,208 --> 00:19:26,375 GARY: I think we're done, mate. 457 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:28,333 We'll wait for this to dry out 458 00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:31,250 and then see if there's anything hiding right at the bottom. 459 00:19:31,417 --> 00:19:32,958 CHARLES: Sounds like a plan. 460 00:19:33,125 --> 00:19:35,042 GARY: All right, mate. Good digging. 461 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:38,167 NARRATOR: While Gary and Charles take their discovery back 462 00:19:38,292 --> 00:19:40,917 to the Oak Island laboratory for analysis, 463 00:19:41,083 --> 00:19:42,375 just to the west, 464 00:19:42,542 --> 00:19:44,167 in the Money Pit area... 465 00:19:44,292 --> 00:19:47,083 TERRY: Hopefully, we'll get down into the cavern. 466 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,708 The cave could turn into something very interesting. 467 00:19:48,875 --> 00:19:50,000 NARRATOR: ...other members of the team 468 00:19:50,208 --> 00:19:53,000 continue drilling borehole L-14, 469 00:19:53,167 --> 00:19:56,000 several feet southwest of the Garden Shaft. 470 00:19:56,208 --> 00:19:58,417 So, we're gonna have a new hole, 471 00:19:58,583 --> 00:20:00,042 new location in the cavity. 472 00:20:00,208 --> 00:20:01,750 NARRATOR: A borehole where they hope 473 00:20:01,917 --> 00:20:05,208 to encounter a possible treasure chamber 474 00:20:05,375 --> 00:20:08,875 160 feet underground known as "Aladdin's Cave." 475 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:11,375 SCOTT: We may see something that we didn't see before. 476 00:20:11,542 --> 00:20:14,625 Yeah, it was a relatively large, man-sized cavern. 477 00:20:14,792 --> 00:20:17,708 But this hole's gonna tell the tale. 478 00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:29,208 -A big void? -Oh, yeah. 479 00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:32,000 STEVE: We have Mike coming over. 480 00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:33,500 TERRY: Hey, Mike. 481 00:20:33,625 --> 00:20:36,292 So, I'm at, uh... I'm at 142 and half, 482 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:38,333 and I think I've hit a void or something soft. 483 00:20:39,375 --> 00:20:41,667 -Do you want me to keep pushing deeper? -Yeah. 484 00:20:41,833 --> 00:20:43,333 Let's get an idea of where it's open. 485 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:45,042 -All right. -Okay? 486 00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:47,292 -The plot thickens. -The plot thickens. 487 00:20:47,458 --> 00:20:51,500 NARRATOR: A void at a depth of just 142 feet? 488 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:55,417 Having previously encountered evidence of Aladdin's Cave 489 00:20:55,583 --> 00:20:58,875 at 160 feet, is it possible 490 00:20:59,042 --> 00:21:00,625 that the top of the cavern-- 491 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:03,958 where the team has detected trace evidence of gold-- 492 00:21:04,083 --> 00:21:07,625 sits at a much higher elevation than previously thought? 493 00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:09,375 TERRY: Uh, look, that's interesting. 494 00:21:09,542 --> 00:21:11,208 The roof could be a little higher in this area. 495 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:13,333 SCOTT: Yeah. I mean, when you look at the 3D 496 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:15,792 model of it, it's not a regular shape around that. 497 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:18,083 So, I mean, I'm not surprised to find it higher. 498 00:21:18,208 --> 00:21:20,500 Yeah. 499 00:21:21,542 --> 00:21:24,417 MARTY: Aladdin's Cave remains very interesting to me because 500 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:26,667 I can't think of a geologic reason it's there. 501 00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:28,417 And yet, it is there. 502 00:21:28,542 --> 00:21:30,333 I think it's plausible 503 00:21:30,458 --> 00:21:32,458 that Aladdin's Cave 504 00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:36,375 could either have been an original repository, 505 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:40,417 or it could be where the Money Pit collapsed. 506 00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:43,333 Either way, there could be something valuable in that cave. 507 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:47,167 So, I'm down to 148, and there's nothing in there. 508 00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:49,500 -Open space? -Open space. 509 00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:51,125 -TERRY: All right. -STEVE: That's what we want. 510 00:21:51,292 --> 00:21:52,542 TERRY: Thank you. 511 00:21:52,708 --> 00:21:54,333 SCOTT: I think this hole was a great success. 512 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:57,500 We wanted to get down into that cavity and, uh, 513 00:21:57,708 --> 00:21:59,500 find some space there where we could use the camera 514 00:21:59,708 --> 00:22:01,000 and this new sonar that we have. 515 00:22:01,167 --> 00:22:02,708 Our sonar is still a week away, 516 00:22:02,833 --> 00:22:04,708 so it's kind of why we want to drill this hole now. 517 00:22:04,833 --> 00:22:07,333 Give it time to settle out, and it can give us a clearer image. 518 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,417 NARRATOR: In the coming days, 519 00:22:09,583 --> 00:22:13,667 the Oak Island team will further investigate Aladdin's Cave 520 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:16,542 with both a high-definition camera 521 00:22:16,708 --> 00:22:19,167 and a three-dimensional sonar device 522 00:22:19,292 --> 00:22:23,083 after the clouds of silt and sediment have been given time 523 00:22:23,250 --> 00:22:27,708 to settle at the bottom of the potentially man-made cavern. 524 00:22:27,875 --> 00:22:29,708 We are not leaving this island this year 525 00:22:29,875 --> 00:22:32,000 without having a go at this Aladdin's Cave. 526 00:22:32,208 --> 00:22:34,500 We know that there are precious metals 527 00:22:34,708 --> 00:22:37,833 dissolved in the water that came out of Aladdin's Cave. 528 00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:40,708 Well, geez, I mean, if you add those things up, 529 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:43,708 it sounds like a cavity that has treasure in it. 530 00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:45,542 Step one was a success. 531 00:22:45,708 --> 00:22:48,000 TERRY: Yeah. L-14 is going 532 00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:49,833 to yield up some secrets very shortly. 533 00:22:50,042 --> 00:22:51,833 SCOTT: Now, it's just a matter of ground-truthing it. 534 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:53,833 TERRY: Exactly. 535 00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:58,500 NARRATOR: The following morning... 536 00:22:58,708 --> 00:23:01,208 ROGER: There we go. Looking good. 537 00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:03,833 NARRATOR: ...as representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 538 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,500 continue their work in the Garden Shaft... 539 00:23:06,708 --> 00:23:09,917 -RICK: More flags I see, Gary. -GARY: Yeah, mate. 540 00:23:10,042 --> 00:23:13,250 -This is the coin zone, mate. -This is the treasure zone. 541 00:23:13,417 --> 00:23:14,500 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina 542 00:23:14,708 --> 00:23:17,500 and Gary Drayton arrive on Lot 5, 543 00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:21,250 located on the western side of the island. 544 00:23:21,417 --> 00:23:23,833 They are returning to search the area 545 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,750 where they have previously discovered five ancient coins, 546 00:23:27,917 --> 00:23:29,958 three of which are of Roman origin 547 00:23:30,083 --> 00:23:34,500 and have been determined to be approximately 2,000 years old. 548 00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:36,500 And I've got to be honest. 549 00:23:36,708 --> 00:23:39,708 A couple of these flags sound like they could be coins. 550 00:23:39,917 --> 00:23:42,250 -That would be fantastic. -(laughs) 551 00:23:42,417 --> 00:23:45,208 -Here you go. -All right. See what we've got. 552 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:47,583 -All right, first one up. -(beeping) 553 00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:51,000 -RICK: That ain't bad. -Good sounding target, mate. 554 00:23:51,167 --> 00:23:53,042 Just there. 555 00:23:58,708 --> 00:24:00,417 (groans) 556 00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:04,667 (grunts) 557 00:24:07,375 --> 00:24:09,208 Well, that's not what we're looking for. 558 00:24:09,417 --> 00:24:12,667 Nope. Not unless it's on top of a treasure chest. 559 00:24:14,958 --> 00:24:16,167 All right, let's see. 560 00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:18,458 (beeping) 561 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:20,667 -Ooh. Still in the hole. -Yeah. 562 00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:24,542 -RICK: It's iron though, isn't it? -Nope. 563 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:27,708 -RICK: There she be. -Yup. 564 00:24:29,625 --> 00:24:31,292 It's in my hand. 565 00:24:31,458 --> 00:24:33,917 Now, we both know that was down there. 566 00:24:34,083 --> 00:24:36,417 That's deep target. 567 00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:40,167 What's that? 568 00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:42,208 GARY: What the heck is this? 569 00:24:46,708 --> 00:24:48,042 -RICK: What's that? -GARY: I like the shape of it. 570 00:24:48,208 --> 00:24:49,333 NARRATOR: Near the middle 571 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:51,167 of Lot 5 on Oak Island... 572 00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:52,667 GARY: See that edge there, mate? 573 00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:53,958 RICK: Can't be a button. 574 00:24:54,167 --> 00:24:56,833 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton 575 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,208 have just made a curious discovery. 576 00:24:59,375 --> 00:25:03,083 What've we got, mate, is that a bit of ancientness in that. 577 00:25:04,208 --> 00:25:06,375 GARY: Oh! 578 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:08,708 Ooh! It's here. Old coin. 579 00:25:08,917 --> 00:25:11,167 It looks like a really old coin, mate. 580 00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:14,458 Look at that. Oh! 581 00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:16,167 -RICK: That is thick. -Ooh! 582 00:25:16,250 --> 00:25:17,708 Yeah, that is thick, mate. 583 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:21,792 -GARY: Oh! -That is beautiful. 584 00:25:21,958 --> 00:25:23,833 Wow. Look at that. There's no mistaking that. 585 00:25:23,958 --> 00:25:25,667 -Yeah. -That ain't no button. 586 00:25:25,833 --> 00:25:28,500 NARRATOR: Could Gary and Rick be correct 587 00:25:28,708 --> 00:25:31,750 that they have found another potentially ancient coin 588 00:25:31,875 --> 00:25:33,458 on Lot 5? 589 00:25:33,625 --> 00:25:35,875 If so, could it offer more evidence 590 00:25:36,042 --> 00:25:38,792 that this area may be directly connected 591 00:25:38,958 --> 00:25:42,583 to the 228-year-old treasure mystery? 592 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:46,000 We know, mate, when we pulled those ancient coins out 593 00:25:46,167 --> 00:25:47,750 in this area before, 594 00:25:47,917 --> 00:25:49,458 they've just got that look and feel about them. 595 00:25:49,625 --> 00:25:51,167 Let me... Let me feel 596 00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:52,667 -how heavy it is. -Here you go, mate. 597 00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:55,333 -Ooh, it's heavy. -Yeah, that is. 598 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:58,292 And that baby was down there. 599 00:25:58,458 --> 00:26:01,167 You know, what the heck happened here, Gary? 600 00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:05,583 Yeah. I mean, there's some secrets still in this area here. 601 00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:08,708 RICK: As the work on Lot 5 continues to evolve, 602 00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:10,833 I continue to be puzzled by it. 603 00:26:10,958 --> 00:26:14,625 We have always sought to find connective tissue 604 00:26:14,792 --> 00:26:18,750 between the lots and the original depositional work. 605 00:26:18,917 --> 00:26:21,125 And so, I think that's the hope on Lot 5. 606 00:26:21,292 --> 00:26:24,167 Once all of the artifacts are analyzed, 607 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:29,250 then you will be able to say with some sort of clarity that, 608 00:26:29,417 --> 00:26:32,708 "Yes, this presents an answer." 609 00:26:32,917 --> 00:26:34,500 -That goes back to the lab. -Yeah. 610 00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:36,000 That goes back to the lab, mate. 611 00:26:36,208 --> 00:26:38,833 So, we have got to put this in the bag. 612 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,333 RICK: That's cool. Very cool. 613 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,333 GARY: Bloody fantastic. 614 00:26:46,875 --> 00:26:49,833 NARRATOR: The following morning as operations continue 615 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,667 in both the Garden Shaft and Aladdin's Cave 616 00:26:52,875 --> 00:26:54,708 in the Money Pit area... 617 00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:58,333 RICK: So, Gary and I happened to be out on Lot 5 up 618 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,833 into the areas where we had found the Roman coins, right? 619 00:27:00,958 --> 00:27:04,167 -Mm-hmm. Good area. -Well, 620 00:27:04,333 --> 00:27:05,542 we came across this. 621 00:27:05,667 --> 00:27:06,542 NARRATOR: ...Rick joins Marty 622 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:08,417 in the Interpretive Centre 623 00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:10,917 for a meeting with archaeologist Laird Niven 624 00:27:11,083 --> 00:27:13,583 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan, 625 00:27:13,708 --> 00:27:15,208 who have both had the opportunity 626 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:19,958 to examine the artifact discovered one day ago on Lot 5. 627 00:27:20,125 --> 00:27:23,000 We were ecstatic when... when this came out of the ground. 628 00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:27,250 We thought, "Wow. This is really something." 629 00:27:28,208 --> 00:27:31,167 MARTY: I mean, Laird, what do you think it is? 630 00:27:31,333 --> 00:27:33,417 When I first saw it, I knew... 631 00:27:33,583 --> 00:27:35,000 -It's lead, right? -Mm-hmm. 632 00:27:35,125 --> 00:27:37,625 LAIRD: So, I discounted coin. 633 00:27:37,792 --> 00:27:40,208 My best guess was that it was a bag seal. 634 00:27:40,417 --> 00:27:43,333 -Oh. Another one of those. -Yeah. 635 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:47,125 NARRATOR: Dating back to as early as the 13th century, 636 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:50,917 lead bag seals were fasteners used across Europe 637 00:27:51,083 --> 00:27:52,667 to package large quantities 638 00:27:52,875 --> 00:27:56,292 of both industrial and military goods. 639 00:27:56,458 --> 00:28:00,667 Three years ago, the team discovered a lead bag seal 640 00:28:00,875 --> 00:28:03,958 just west of the swamp on Lot 32. 641 00:28:04,083 --> 00:28:07,875 Incredibly, lead isotope testing indicated 642 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,833 it was a compositional match 643 00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:13,375 not only to the 14th-century lead barter token 644 00:28:13,583 --> 00:28:15,750 found one year ago on Lot 5 645 00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:18,958 but also the 14th-century lead cross 646 00:28:19,083 --> 00:28:23,500 that was unearthed at Smith's Cove in 2017. 647 00:28:23,667 --> 00:28:26,375 RICK: So, what made you come 648 00:28:26,542 --> 00:28:29,167 to a bag seal assessment? 649 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:31,917 Um, it was that little... the little, cut section there. 650 00:28:32,125 --> 00:28:36,167 Because bag seals are two lead circles brought together 651 00:28:36,292 --> 00:28:37,333 and then stamped. 652 00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:39,125 MARTY: Well, I'm guessing 653 00:28:39,292 --> 00:28:40,833 we have results from the machines over here 654 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,958 -and our own Emma. -I do. 655 00:28:44,125 --> 00:28:46,250 NARRATOR: Earlier this morning, 656 00:28:46,375 --> 00:28:49,917 Emma analyzed the new discovery made on Lot 5 657 00:28:50,083 --> 00:28:53,000 using the X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, 658 00:28:53,167 --> 00:28:55,625 a device that emits non-destructive radiation 659 00:28:55,792 --> 00:28:57,833 in order to determine 660 00:28:57,917 --> 00:29:00,792 the elemental composition of objects. 661 00:29:00,958 --> 00:29:03,667 So, this is the scanning XRF. 662 00:29:03,792 --> 00:29:06,792 EMMA: So, it is lead. It has 663 00:29:06,958 --> 00:29:08,875 very little impurities, but it does have 664 00:29:09,042 --> 00:29:11,833 some iron impurities and a little bit of copper. 665 00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:15,833 And I did get a report on another bale seal or bag seal 666 00:29:16,042 --> 00:29:18,000 -that you guys found. -Mm-hmm. 667 00:29:18,167 --> 00:29:20,375 And it doesn't match with that. 668 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:26,042 So, I can say that it's not exactly the same composition. 669 00:29:26,208 --> 00:29:30,000 But the most interesting part is the image 670 00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:32,000 on the front surface there. 671 00:29:35,375 --> 00:29:38,250 -RICK: Definitely letters, that's for sure. -LAIRD: Yeah. 672 00:29:38,458 --> 00:29:42,583 And the first letter that was obvious to us was the "K." 673 00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:44,625 MARTY: Oh, those letters. 674 00:29:44,792 --> 00:29:47,625 -"E" is it? I see an "E." -LAIRD: Yup. 675 00:29:47,792 --> 00:29:50,250 This should be "K-E-R." 676 00:29:50,417 --> 00:29:52,375 And we were having a hard time tracking down 677 00:29:52,542 --> 00:29:53,875 what "C-K-E-R" Was. 678 00:29:54,083 --> 00:29:56,417 But we were able to find an exact match. 679 00:29:58,917 --> 00:30:00,583 The is the example I found. 680 00:30:00,708 --> 00:30:04,542 And it says "I. Lloyd" on the top, 681 00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:06,458 and the "I" is actually "J." 682 00:30:06,583 --> 00:30:08,333 "I. Lloyd Packers," 683 00:30:08,458 --> 00:30:11,042 -and on the bottom, it says, "London." -MARTY: Oh. 684 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:13,375 So, this is a cloth packer's seal 685 00:30:13,583 --> 00:30:16,250 from the 1700s. 686 00:30:17,208 --> 00:30:18,708 They were the people-- they got the cloth 687 00:30:18,875 --> 00:30:21,000 and literally packed them into the bales. 688 00:30:21,167 --> 00:30:23,000 -Oh. -And then sealed them. 689 00:30:23,167 --> 00:30:26,083 The bale it was sealing was about half a ton. 690 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:29,083 -Wow. -MARTY: So, half ton. 691 00:30:29,292 --> 00:30:30,833 I mean, would the military use such a thing? 692 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,792 If you had a bunch of soldiers, they need cloth. 693 00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:36,125 LAIRD: Yeah, and ironically, 694 00:30:36,292 --> 00:30:39,167 this company was listed as army packers. 695 00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:43,000 -Oh. -So, there's a direct connection with the military. 696 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:44,333 Wow. 697 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:45,833 I haven't been able to find a great date 698 00:30:46,042 --> 00:30:48,208 for the, uh... for the company. 699 00:30:48,375 --> 00:30:52,125 We found one entry from 1808, giving 700 00:30:52,292 --> 00:30:55,083 their address in London, but I think it's previous. 701 00:30:55,250 --> 00:30:57,667 MARTY: Why do you think it's older? 702 00:30:57,875 --> 00:31:00,333 It was the use of "I" instead of "J." 703 00:31:02,167 --> 00:31:05,917 It's "I. Lodge," and the "I" is for "John." 704 00:31:06,042 --> 00:31:07,833 So, that usage went out of fashion? 705 00:31:07,958 --> 00:31:11,500 Yeah. Js came into use in, like, 1524. 706 00:31:11,667 --> 00:31:13,667 So, it's an older use. 707 00:31:13,833 --> 00:31:16,375 It's an artifact in itself. 708 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:20,167 Then that would imply that it could be very old. 709 00:31:20,333 --> 00:31:22,250 -Much older. -MARTY: Still potentially means 710 00:31:22,375 --> 00:31:26,125 anytime between 1500, and let's say, 1800, 711 00:31:26,250 --> 00:31:29,375 this bag seal arrived on Oak Island. 712 00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:31,333 -Is that fair? -Yes. 713 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:34,667 NARRATOR: A bag seal designed for packaging 714 00:31:34,833 --> 00:31:37,708 large quantities of goods for the British military? 715 00:31:37,875 --> 00:31:39,417 Dating to as early as the 1500s? 716 00:31:39,625 --> 00:31:42,583 And found on Lot 5? 717 00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:46,000 Because the team has found artifacts and structures 718 00:31:46,125 --> 00:31:50,208 on Lot 5 that date back as much as 2,000 years, 719 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,833 could this bag seal have been left by people 720 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,375 who hid something of great value on Oak Island 721 00:31:55,542 --> 00:31:57,917 prior to 1795? 722 00:31:58,083 --> 00:32:00,958 Or was it left by someone who came here 723 00:32:01,167 --> 00:32:03,708 in order to search for the fabled treasure? 724 00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:06,208 Look, is this interesting? Yes. 725 00:32:06,375 --> 00:32:10,667 Does it provide pathways to-to learn more? Sure. 726 00:32:10,875 --> 00:32:12,167 Find out about that company. 727 00:32:12,333 --> 00:32:14,625 Well, and there's a lot of stuff, Rick, adding up 728 00:32:14,750 --> 00:32:17,417 to saying something dramatically different than homesteading. 729 00:32:17,625 --> 00:32:20,917 -It does. And then, the military component. -MARTY: Okay. 730 00:32:21,042 --> 00:32:23,833 Rick, go grab Gary and find some more stuff. 731 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,792 -(laughs) -Let's figure this thing out. 732 00:32:25,958 --> 00:32:27,667 RICK: I agree. 733 00:32:31,708 --> 00:32:33,042 JAMIE: How are you guys doing? 734 00:32:33,208 --> 00:32:35,000 -BOTH: Good. -Everything's been great. 735 00:32:35,167 --> 00:32:37,125 -We're, uh, we're about halfway through here. -Okay. 736 00:32:37,333 --> 00:32:40,125 -We're starting to get close to our round feature, so... -Mm-hmm. 737 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,000 We'll keep walking the transects and 738 00:32:42,167 --> 00:32:43,750 gather some more data. 739 00:32:43,875 --> 00:32:45,167 NARRATOR: At the northern region 740 00:32:45,333 --> 00:32:47,167 of Lot 5 on Oak Island... 741 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:50,000 LAIRD: These instruments are really important for us. 742 00:32:50,125 --> 00:32:52,167 NARRATOR: ...Craig Tester joins Laird Niven 743 00:32:52,375 --> 00:32:55,917 and Jamie Kouba, where they have just begun 744 00:32:56,042 --> 00:32:58,167 a new underground scanning operation 745 00:32:58,292 --> 00:33:01,292 near the mysterious circular feature. 746 00:33:02,417 --> 00:33:06,708 This electro-magnetic induction instrument actually 747 00:33:06,875 --> 00:33:10,500 forces a field into the ground, which then reacts off of things. 748 00:33:10,667 --> 00:33:12,542 All right. Okay. 749 00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:15,500 NARRATOR: Following the recent discoveries within 750 00:33:15,667 --> 00:33:17,500 and near the stone depression, 751 00:33:17,667 --> 00:33:22,167 which have been dated to between the 14th and 18th centuries, 752 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:25,500 the Oak Island team has obtained a device 753 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:30,417 known as Geonics EM38B from the anthropology department 754 00:33:30,583 --> 00:33:34,167 of St. Mary's University in the city of Halifax. 755 00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:38,333 Things like, say, fire can change the geochemical 756 00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:40,000 properties of the ground 757 00:33:40,167 --> 00:33:42,000 -and actually make it more magnetic. -Okay. 758 00:33:42,083 --> 00:33:45,667 So, yeah, I'm hoping to find some areas of interest. 759 00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:47,292 Okay. 760 00:33:47,833 --> 00:33:50,583 NARRATOR: By emitting magnetic pulses into the ground, 761 00:33:50,708 --> 00:33:55,333 the EM-38B can detect not only buried metal artifacts, 762 00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:58,333 as well as wooden or stone structures, 763 00:33:58,542 --> 00:34:02,417 but also so-called "susceptible" qualities, 764 00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:04,958 such as changes in layers of soil 765 00:34:05,167 --> 00:34:07,708 that were created by human activity. 766 00:34:07,875 --> 00:34:09,458 Once you collect the data, 767 00:34:09,625 --> 00:34:11,667 we'll get it sent out to St. Mary's, right? 768 00:34:11,833 --> 00:34:13,333 -And get it finally processing? -Yes. 769 00:34:13,542 --> 00:34:14,708 -Absolutely. -Okay. Well, why don't you run it. 770 00:34:14,917 --> 00:34:16,667 -Perfect. -If you find anything, 771 00:34:16,875 --> 00:34:18,375 -let us know. Okay. -I will. 772 00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:25,000 CRAIG: We've been exploring the circular feature, 773 00:34:25,208 --> 00:34:27,625 trying to determine what that is. 774 00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:30,750 But we need to keep gathering information. 775 00:34:31,792 --> 00:34:35,000 What else is in the area under the ground? 776 00:34:35,208 --> 00:34:39,417 And so, we're looking for structures, artifacts, 777 00:34:39,583 --> 00:34:41,375 and hopefully, 778 00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:43,958 they can determine 779 00:34:44,167 --> 00:34:46,708 who built it, and-and what for. 780 00:34:47,917 --> 00:34:51,042 -(beeping) -Huh. 781 00:34:51,208 --> 00:34:53,917 That's... that's actually kind of interesting. 782 00:34:54,083 --> 00:34:55,583 Hey, guys. 783 00:34:59,958 --> 00:35:01,250 -Hey. -Okay. So, what'd you find? 784 00:35:01,417 --> 00:35:03,208 So, I just paused it here because I didn't 785 00:35:03,375 --> 00:35:06,042 want to keep moving on, but check this out. 786 00:35:07,625 --> 00:35:09,625 Notice what's happening with those lines? 787 00:35:09,792 --> 00:35:11,583 Yeah. Separating more. 788 00:35:11,708 --> 00:35:13,792 There's definitely something happening with 789 00:35:13,958 --> 00:35:17,833 both the conductivity and the susceptibility, so... 790 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,292 -Okay. -It's in an interesting location. 791 00:35:20,458 --> 00:35:23,708 It really is. Yeah. This close to that round feature. 792 00:35:23,875 --> 00:35:27,042 LAIRD: It could be a structure. This is what we're looking for. 793 00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:31,375 I'm actually excited about the anomaly, particularly given 794 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:34,250 its proximity to the round feature. 795 00:35:34,417 --> 00:35:36,458 I think it's related to the round feature. 796 00:35:36,625 --> 00:35:38,500 I think it's something that would have been used 797 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:40,958 at the same time as the round feature. 798 00:35:41,083 --> 00:35:43,417 So, people settled on Lot 5 799 00:35:43,583 --> 00:35:45,875 at a time that we have no record of anyone else 800 00:35:46,042 --> 00:35:47,375 being on the island. 801 00:35:47,583 --> 00:35:49,125 Yeah, running several more lines will give me 802 00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:50,833 an idea on how wide it is. 803 00:35:51,042 --> 00:35:52,208 LAIRD: But the data has 804 00:35:52,375 --> 00:35:54,833 to go and get processed 805 00:35:54,958 --> 00:35:58,583 before we can actually get a visual idea of what's there. 806 00:35:58,708 --> 00:36:03,292 Each of the lines are set up at about 50 centimeters apart. 807 00:36:03,458 --> 00:36:06,083 If we're seeing something here, it'll tell us. 808 00:36:06,292 --> 00:36:07,083 Are we seeing it on the next line 809 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:08,250 and the next line? 810 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:09,833 And that'll let us know how big 811 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:11,792 this potential anomaly is, 812 00:36:11,958 --> 00:36:13,333 and where exactly it's located. 813 00:36:13,458 --> 00:36:15,125 LAIRDD: That's what I'm waiting for. 814 00:36:15,250 --> 00:36:17,542 Because we'll be able to pinpoint where to excavate. 815 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:19,417 -Yeah. -CRAIG: Okay. 816 00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:22,208 -We'll, keep after it. -That sounds good. 817 00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:23,542 -Okay. -All right. Thank you. 818 00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:25,667 Bye, guys. See you later. 819 00:36:25,875 --> 00:36:27,167 CRAIG: Well, good start. 820 00:36:27,250 --> 00:36:29,542 LAIRD: Yeah. I think it's great. 821 00:36:30,708 --> 00:36:33,542 NARRATOR: The following morning... 822 00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:37,750 -RICK: Morning, Craig. -CRAIG: Hey, guys. 823 00:36:37,875 --> 00:36:39,750 NARRATOR: ...Craig Tester joins Rick Lagina 824 00:36:39,917 --> 00:36:42,750 and other members of the team via video conference 825 00:36:42,917 --> 00:36:46,417 for an important meeting in the war room. 826 00:36:46,583 --> 00:36:49,875 Getting reports like this carbon dating is kind of exciting. 827 00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:52,083 You know, it's something we look forward to 828 00:36:52,208 --> 00:36:53,500 because we were hoping, 829 00:36:53,667 --> 00:36:55,333 and maybe these reports will differentiate 830 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:57,458 between searcher work and perhaps 831 00:36:57,625 --> 00:36:58,833 original, depositional work. 832 00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:03,167 NARRATOR: Craig has just received 833 00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:04,875 a carbon-dating report 834 00:37:05,042 --> 00:37:07,958 on a wood sample collected one week ago 835 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:10,250 from a depth of some 100 feet 836 00:37:10,375 --> 00:37:13,667 in borehole C5N-27. 837 00:37:13,875 --> 00:37:17,625 A borehole where the team encountered a mysterious tunnel 838 00:37:17,792 --> 00:37:20,042 believed to run below the Garden Shaft 839 00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:22,667 and into the Baby Blob. 840 00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:27,000 Why don't you, uh, give us the results, please? 841 00:37:27,208 --> 00:37:28,375 CRAIG: Sure thing. 842 00:37:28,542 --> 00:37:30,292 We had a wood chip. 843 00:37:30,417 --> 00:37:33,500 We sent it out to get a carbon date on it. 844 00:37:33,667 --> 00:37:35,083 And the, uh, 845 00:37:35,250 --> 00:37:38,167 specific brackets are 53.2%: 846 00:37:38,333 --> 00:37:41,500 1726 to 1811. 847 00:37:42,750 --> 00:37:44,875 25.5%: 848 00:37:45,042 --> 00:37:48,708 1644 to 1694. 849 00:37:48,875 --> 00:37:51,167 And 16.7%: 850 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:54,375 1917 and 1950. 851 00:37:55,667 --> 00:37:57,833 There's a high probability this wood's 852 00:37:58,042 --> 00:38:00,000 the outer edge of a tree. 853 00:38:00,208 --> 00:38:02,333 -Right. -So, I tend to think these dates I'm giving you 854 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:04,000 are fairly close 855 00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:05,875 to the time it was chopped down. 856 00:38:06,792 --> 00:38:11,250 So, to me, you know, the results from C.5N-27 857 00:38:11,417 --> 00:38:12,417 mean it-it really 858 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:15,000 puts it into pre-searcher. 859 00:38:17,542 --> 00:38:19,500 I just think this could indicate 860 00:38:19,708 --> 00:38:21,958 that it's a, uh, original work. 861 00:38:22,083 --> 00:38:24,667 -RICK: Wowza. -JACK: Whoa. 862 00:38:28,625 --> 00:38:29,917 This could indicate that it's a original work. 863 00:38:30,083 --> 00:38:32,500 Wowza. (laughs) 864 00:38:32,708 --> 00:38:34,000 Well, that's good to hear. 865 00:38:34,125 --> 00:38:35,583 (laughter) 866 00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:37,583 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island war room, 867 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:39,625 Craig Tester has just revealed 868 00:38:39,792 --> 00:38:43,500 carbon-dating results which offer more evidence 869 00:38:43,708 --> 00:38:46,917 that the tunnel they have been tracking below the Garden Shaft 870 00:38:47,083 --> 00:38:50,667 may very well be related to the original Money Pit. 871 00:38:51,708 --> 00:38:53,333 Those dates line up with the other dates 872 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,333 we found on what we deemed to be the same tunnel. 873 00:38:55,542 --> 00:38:59,458 D.5N26.5, they were all 1600 to 1700s as well. 874 00:38:59,625 --> 00:39:03,042 Yes. And none of those make sense for searcher. 875 00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:05,208 STEVE: I mean, it's very exciting because 876 00:39:05,375 --> 00:39:07,167 it's starting to confirm that this is probably all 877 00:39:07,333 --> 00:39:10,000 -one continuous tunnel. -Yep. 878 00:39:10,208 --> 00:39:12,708 So, I recall that in the Garden Shaft, 879 00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:15,292 we found a piece of wood that dated to 1735. 880 00:39:15,458 --> 00:39:17,667 Yeah. And the Money Pit seems to have been, 881 00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:19,833 at least from this data and other data, 882 00:39:19,958 --> 00:39:24,667 built sometime in what, the late 1600, early 1700s? 883 00:39:24,833 --> 00:39:27,500 There must be some sort of a connection to the tunnel. 884 00:39:27,708 --> 00:39:29,833 -Yeah. I- I would agree. -Yeah. 885 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,958 I think the dating of those wood chips, though, 886 00:39:33,167 --> 00:39:35,250 paints a compelling picture for staying the course 887 00:39:35,417 --> 00:39:36,875 as far as deepening the Garden Shaft goes. 888 00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,792 Because once we deepen the Garden Shaft, and hopefully 889 00:39:39,958 --> 00:39:43,042 break into this tunnel, we might have an open tunnel there. 890 00:39:43,208 --> 00:39:44,583 -Sure. Absolutely. -JACK: Yeah. 891 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:47,583 If it is original works and a depositor tunnel, 892 00:39:47,708 --> 00:39:50,500 it could lead to a new discovery, 893 00:39:50,708 --> 00:39:52,125 -or the treasure. -RICK: Exactly. 894 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:56,667 These new C-14 results 895 00:39:56,833 --> 00:40:00,500 certainly raise the level of anticipation in the war room. 896 00:40:00,708 --> 00:40:03,500 I mean, we are engaged in a process that will 897 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:06,375 get us to that elevation where this tunnel exists. 898 00:40:06,583 --> 00:40:11,833 Can we put our eyes and our boots on original work? 899 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,333 And this may represent that opportunity. 900 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:17,542 I'm quite pleased by all of the efforts to date 901 00:40:17,708 --> 00:40:21,000 for one simple reason: I came here wanting to prove 902 00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:23,500 to all of us, to myself and to the world, literally, 903 00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:25,125 that Oak Island was real. 904 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:27,042 And now, perhaps, we are on the cusp 905 00:40:27,208 --> 00:40:29,500 of the answers, right? 906 00:40:29,708 --> 00:40:31,333 We've got a lot of work to do. 907 00:40:31,542 --> 00:40:34,125 We need to get after it. So, thanks, Craig, for the data. 908 00:40:34,292 --> 00:40:36,167 -See you guys. -See you, Craig. 909 00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:37,917 JACK: Thanks for the info. 910 00:40:39,042 --> 00:40:41,667 NARRATOR: For more than 200 years, 911 00:40:41,792 --> 00:40:45,667 Oak Island has defied all who faithfully worked 912 00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:49,667 to unearth something of great value in the Money Pit. 913 00:40:49,792 --> 00:40:52,000 Their only certainty was that 914 00:40:52,125 --> 00:40:53,625 someone went to great lengths 915 00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:57,167 to ensure that it would never be found. 916 00:40:58,208 --> 00:41:01,875 But now, through their equally determined efforts 917 00:41:02,083 --> 00:41:05,000 and disciplined applications of science, 918 00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:08,667 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team have made it 919 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:12,583 all but certain that there are multiple locations 920 00:41:12,750 --> 00:41:14,958 where treasure may lie buried. 921 00:41:15,083 --> 00:41:19,333 And nothing, not even a deadly curse, 922 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:21,833 can defy their will 923 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,458 to solve the mystery. 924 00:41:26,042 --> 00:41:28,667 Next time, on The Curse of Oak Island... 925 00:41:28,833 --> 00:41:30,833 FIONA: What is this? Oh, look at that. 926 00:41:30,958 --> 00:41:33,500 -Oh, my God! -That looks like the handle of something. 927 00:41:33,708 --> 00:41:35,833 We suspect that it's from the 1700s. 928 00:41:36,042 --> 00:41:36,875 Even earlier. 929 00:41:37,042 --> 00:41:38,792 -Really? -Absolutely. 930 00:41:38,958 --> 00:41:41,375 MARTY: We have an opening into this cavern. 931 00:41:41,542 --> 00:41:43,333 Yeah. It looks man-made. 932 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:44,833 It's amazing. 933 00:41:45,042 --> 00:41:46,208 Okay, going in. 934 00:41:46,375 --> 00:41:47,542 MARTY: We're all eager to see 935 00:41:47,708 --> 00:41:49,125 -Aladdin's Cave. -ALEX: Stop! 936 00:41:49,250 --> 00:41:50,333 STEVE: What is that? Wow. 937 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:51,875 This is different. 938 00:41:52,042 --> 00:41:53,917 This is way different than anything we've seen. 939 00:41:54,083 --> 00:41:55,833 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS