1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:04,167 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:06,542 -What the hell have you got there? -A big chunk of steel. 3 00:00:06,750 --> 00:00:08,792 MARTY: That could be the drill that found 4 00:00:08,958 --> 00:00:10,292 the famous Chappell Vault. 5 00:00:12,167 --> 00:00:14,125 Like a small jewelry chest or something. 6 00:00:15,917 --> 00:00:17,000 ALEX: Which means it could've been 7 00:00:17,125 --> 00:00:18,333 part of any treasure that was here. 8 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:21,500 LINDY: Look at that. A coin. 9 00:00:21,667 --> 00:00:22,500 -What? -ALEX: Cool. 10 00:00:22,708 --> 00:00:24,167 LINDY: Wow. 11 00:00:24,292 --> 00:00:25,958 -There's a boulder. -GARY: It looks similar to 12 00:00:26,083 --> 00:00:27,292 -the stone roadway. -BILLY: Yeah. 13 00:00:27,458 --> 00:00:28,750 This could be very important. 14 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,417 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,042 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,250 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:50,417 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:09,667 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:25,208 --> 00:01:27,333 -Hey, Roger. -Hey, how's it going, Alex? 28 00:01:27,542 --> 00:01:29,208 -Good. Good to see you again. -Nice to see you. 29 00:01:29,333 --> 00:01:30,500 So, what's the update? What's going on? 30 00:01:30,708 --> 00:01:32,250 Well, we're finally moving ahead now. 31 00:01:32,375 --> 00:01:33,625 Good. 32 00:01:33,792 --> 00:01:35,625 NARRATOR: As a new week begins on Oak Island, 33 00:01:35,792 --> 00:01:39,167 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 34 00:01:39,292 --> 00:01:40,917 have good reason to believe 35 00:01:41,042 --> 00:01:43,708 that they are on course to finally solve 36 00:01:43,875 --> 00:01:46,667 a 229-year-old mystery. 37 00:01:46,833 --> 00:01:49,292 We've pretty well dealt with all that water situation 38 00:01:49,417 --> 00:01:50,500 -we were dealing with. -Mm-hmm. 39 00:01:50,625 --> 00:01:51,583 It's all stabilized. 40 00:01:51,708 --> 00:01:53,375 The geofoam is in and it went well? 41 00:01:53,542 --> 00:01:55,042 Yeah, it was amazing. It was amazing. 42 00:01:55,250 --> 00:01:56,417 And now we've got 43 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:58,292 -full control of the water. -Good. 44 00:01:58,458 --> 00:02:00,708 -RICK: All right, here we go. -MARTY: Let's do this. 45 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:04,250 NARRATOR: Five weeks ago, the Oak Island team's efforts 46 00:02:04,375 --> 00:02:07,833 to deepen the early 18th-century Garden Shaft 47 00:02:08,042 --> 00:02:10,333 down to a target depth of 95 feet 48 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:13,167 were halted when mysterious voids 49 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:14,667 outside of the structure 50 00:02:14,792 --> 00:02:17,917 caused it to flood with salt water. 51 00:02:18,083 --> 00:02:19,458 This is where our water starts, right here. 52 00:02:19,625 --> 00:02:21,917 And then it comes in along the side. 53 00:02:22,042 --> 00:02:25,000 NARRATOR: This made the team wonder if they had encountered 54 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:26,667 one of the legendary flood tunnels 55 00:02:26,833 --> 00:02:29,833 which have thwarted searchers in this area 56 00:02:29,917 --> 00:02:31,500 for more than two centuries. 57 00:02:31,625 --> 00:02:34,667 Especially since a seven-foot-high tunnel 58 00:02:34,833 --> 00:02:38,000 was recently discovered just below the Garden Shaft 59 00:02:38,208 --> 00:02:40,583 which leads toward the Baby Blob, 60 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:43,500 an area where water testing has revealed 61 00:02:43,667 --> 00:02:46,167 high trace evidence of gold and silver 62 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:50,667 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 63 00:02:50,833 --> 00:02:52,458 Tell us what we're going to do. 64 00:02:52,625 --> 00:02:54,167 Well, we're going to pump some foam in her 65 00:02:54,292 --> 00:02:55,708 and try to get your voids filled up. 66 00:02:55,875 --> 00:02:58,750 NARRATOR: But, thankfully, last week, 67 00:02:58,917 --> 00:03:02,292 representatives from Minova Global began applying 68 00:03:02,458 --> 00:03:05,750 an industrial compound known as geofoam 69 00:03:05,875 --> 00:03:08,667 to fill the voids, stop the flow of water 70 00:03:08,792 --> 00:03:10,542 and stabilize the shaft 71 00:03:10,708 --> 00:03:13,042 so that Dumas Contracting Limited 72 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:15,167 can continue deepening the structure 73 00:03:15,375 --> 00:03:17,500 over the course of the next several weeks 74 00:03:17,708 --> 00:03:21,250 and finally reach the possible treasure tunnel below. 75 00:03:21,417 --> 00:03:23,417 Now, if we can get into this tunnel, 76 00:03:23,542 --> 00:03:25,500 and if the tunnel's original works, 77 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:27,542 then it probably leads to something good, 78 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:29,417 so we could be close. 79 00:03:30,458 --> 00:03:31,917 We're going to geofoam everything nice and tight, 80 00:03:32,083 --> 00:03:33,583 and then after that, we're going to excavate, 81 00:03:33,708 --> 00:03:36,167 install a panel, excavate, install a second panel, 82 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:37,625 -excavate. -Okay, so it's basically 83 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:39,167 digging again? 84 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:40,167 -Digging again. -I see you've got the grab on. 85 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:41,667 Exactly. We just started digging, 86 00:03:41,833 --> 00:03:43,417 so we'll be very close to that 89-foot depth. 87 00:03:43,625 --> 00:03:45,500 At 89 feet, we're getting close 88 00:03:45,708 --> 00:03:47,000 to that 95-foot tunnel. 89 00:03:47,125 --> 00:03:48,417 But I'm really excited to get down to depth 90 00:03:48,583 --> 00:03:50,250 and see what's down there. 91 00:03:50,458 --> 00:03:51,667 Oh, absolutely. For sure. For sure. 92 00:03:51,792 --> 00:03:53,375 The last two or three days have been, you know, 93 00:03:53,542 --> 00:03:55,208 upbeat because the guys were finally moving ahead. 94 00:03:55,417 --> 00:03:56,625 -Right. -Getting away from this water, so yeah. 95 00:03:56,792 --> 00:03:58,333 Right. Perfect. Well, thank you, Roger. 96 00:03:58,542 --> 00:03:59,667 -Sounds good, man. -I'll let you get back to it. 97 00:03:59,833 --> 00:04:00,625 -Absolutely. -Thanks. 98 00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:01,792 Talk to you later. 99 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:05,500 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 100 00:04:05,708 --> 00:04:10,333 as Dumas continues their work in the Garden Shaft, 101 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:14,292 nearly 73 feet to the southwest... 102 00:04:14,417 --> 00:04:16,250 -STEVE: Hey, Marty. -MARTY: What's going on here? 103 00:04:16,375 --> 00:04:18,167 So what we're doing here, Marty, 104 00:04:18,333 --> 00:04:21,333 this hole is about five feet southwest of H-8. 105 00:04:22,250 --> 00:04:23,667 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina joins 106 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:26,333 Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 107 00:04:26,542 --> 00:04:28,958 geologist Terry Matheson, 108 00:04:29,042 --> 00:04:31,500 and surveyor Steve Guptill 109 00:04:31,667 --> 00:04:33,000 as they supervise the drilling 110 00:04:33,167 --> 00:04:37,292 of borehole I.25-6.25. 111 00:04:37,458 --> 00:04:39,917 A borehole that, incredibly, 112 00:04:40,042 --> 00:04:42,542 may be on track to locate 113 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:44,333 a second potential treasure deposit 114 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:45,500 in the Money Pit area 115 00:04:45,583 --> 00:04:49,667 more than 180 feet underground. 116 00:04:49,833 --> 00:04:52,375 TERRY: The plug that fell out of the H-8 caisson, 117 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:53,958 that could've fallen in this direction. 118 00:04:54,083 --> 00:04:55,208 Okay. 119 00:04:55,375 --> 00:04:57,125 TERRY: Mike, what's up? 120 00:04:57,292 --> 00:05:00,542 MIKE: I hit the void at 183. 121 00:05:00,750 --> 00:05:02,208 All right, so let's see what we got. 122 00:05:02,375 --> 00:05:04,458 NARRATOR: One week ago, while drilling 123 00:05:04,667 --> 00:05:07,625 borehole K-6, just eight feet to the south, 124 00:05:07,750 --> 00:05:10,208 the team penetrated a mysterious void 125 00:05:10,375 --> 00:05:13,417 at a depth of 183 feet. 126 00:05:13,583 --> 00:05:16,667 It is a potentially critical discovery 127 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:20,583 because the void is adjacent to borehole H-8, 128 00:05:20,708 --> 00:05:23,917 which the Oak Island team excavated six years ago 129 00:05:24,125 --> 00:05:27,375 with a 50-inch diameter caisson that they believe 130 00:05:27,542 --> 00:05:30,917 may have come into contact with the fabled Chappell Vault 131 00:05:31,083 --> 00:05:33,958 which was first reported by Frederick Blair 132 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:38,958 and his drill operator William Chappell in 1897. 133 00:05:39,125 --> 00:05:41,000 During the team's excavation, 134 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:44,042 at a depth of nearly 180 feet, 135 00:05:44,167 --> 00:05:47,500 they attempted to penetrate the possible vault, 136 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:49,542 and encountered a large void 137 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:51,833 which caused the spoils, or plug, 138 00:05:51,917 --> 00:05:55,167 inside of the H-8 caisson to fall out, 139 00:05:55,375 --> 00:05:57,792 resulting in the believed vault 140 00:05:57,875 --> 00:06:01,417 being pushed deeper and somewhere off to the side. 141 00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:04,583 -How deep are we? -Down 78 feet. 142 00:06:04,750 --> 00:06:06,083 We got two more cores coming. 143 00:06:06,292 --> 00:06:07,500 We're gonna take a look at those. 144 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:09,750 NARRATOR: Now it is the team's hope 145 00:06:09,917 --> 00:06:13,250 that with this new borehole, they can further explore 146 00:06:13,417 --> 00:06:16,500 the void they discovered last week and hopefully 147 00:06:16,708 --> 00:06:19,375 locate the long-lost Chappell Vault. 148 00:06:19,542 --> 00:06:21,167 TERRY: There's the top of the next run. 149 00:06:21,292 --> 00:06:22,667 CHARLES: 88 feet. 150 00:06:22,833 --> 00:06:24,250 TERRY: Okay, let's carve her up, guys. 151 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:25,917 -Excuse me, Steve-O. -STEVE: Sorry, Terry. 152 00:06:26,083 --> 00:06:28,250 No problem. Okay. 153 00:06:28,417 --> 00:06:29,917 There's the top. 154 00:06:30,042 --> 00:06:31,667 -So at some point-- -We got some wood here. 155 00:06:33,083 --> 00:06:35,375 TERRY: Charles, where do you think the wood came from? 156 00:06:35,583 --> 00:06:39,417 CHARLES: It possibly could be the Chappell Shaft. 157 00:06:39,583 --> 00:06:40,917 TERRY: That's interesting. 158 00:06:41,083 --> 00:06:44,000 We could be skimming along the outside edge. 159 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:46,750 NARRATOR: The Chappell Shaft? 160 00:06:47,792 --> 00:06:50,958 In 1931, Melbourne Chappell, 161 00:06:51,083 --> 00:06:53,333 along with his father William 162 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:55,375 and Frederick Blair, 163 00:06:55,542 --> 00:06:58,875 constructed a 12-foot by 14-foot shaft 164 00:06:59,042 --> 00:07:04,458 down to a depth of 163 feet in order to locate the vault. 165 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:08,792 Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. 166 00:07:08,958 --> 00:07:12,667 But if the Oak Island team is correct that they have found 167 00:07:12,875 --> 00:07:15,250 the outer edge of the Chappell Shaft... 168 00:07:15,375 --> 00:07:17,500 could that offer an important clue 169 00:07:17,708 --> 00:07:19,333 that they are in the general area 170 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:21,667 where the vault is located? 171 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:23,833 Okay. 172 00:07:24,042 --> 00:07:25,417 Oh, whoa! 173 00:07:25,583 --> 00:07:27,292 MARTY: What the hell have you got there? 174 00:07:27,458 --> 00:07:28,875 Big chunk of steel. 175 00:07:29,042 --> 00:07:30,917 -There you go. -Whoa, Mike! What the heck? 176 00:07:31,125 --> 00:07:33,333 This came out of the top of this sample right here. 177 00:07:33,500 --> 00:07:34,292 -CHARLES: Yeah, really? -MARTY: Really? 178 00:07:34,458 --> 00:07:35,833 MIKE T.: Yeah. 179 00:07:36,042 --> 00:07:38,333 MARTY: Could this be old-time drill pipe? 180 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,083 Because we know they drilled in these holes 181 00:07:40,250 --> 00:07:42,125 and we know they used skinny pipe. 182 00:07:42,292 --> 00:07:43,250 No question. 183 00:07:43,375 --> 00:07:45,125 I think so, it's heavy enough. 184 00:07:45,250 --> 00:07:46,417 That could be the drill that found 185 00:07:46,583 --> 00:07:47,917 the famous Chappell Vault. 186 00:07:48,958 --> 00:07:51,250 -Perhaps. -MARTY: That could be it, right? 187 00:07:51,417 --> 00:07:52,667 They used a skinny little drill. 188 00:07:52,833 --> 00:07:54,708 CHARLES: Back in the 1890s, they did. 189 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:57,667 MARTY: If we found something meaningful here 190 00:07:57,875 --> 00:07:59,833 just below the Chappell Shaft, 191 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,750 we could put down another caisson. 192 00:08:02,875 --> 00:08:04,917 If we see something worth getting... 193 00:08:05,083 --> 00:08:07,000 we will get to it. 194 00:08:07,167 --> 00:08:08,083 Well done, you guys. 195 00:08:08,292 --> 00:08:09,833 Follow that pipe on down. 196 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,542 -Find the Chappell Vault. -MIKE T.: All right. 197 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:13,333 MARTY: Go get it. 198 00:08:13,542 --> 00:08:15,083 NARRATOR: While the operations continue 199 00:08:15,208 --> 00:08:17,125 in the Money Pit area... 200 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,583 GARY: We're back. 201 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:21,542 JACK: It's time to get to work. 202 00:08:21,708 --> 00:08:23,250 NARRATOR: ...along the southern border 203 00:08:23,417 --> 00:08:25,292 of the triangle-shaped swamp, 204 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:27,833 metal detection expert Gary Drayton, 205 00:08:28,042 --> 00:08:29,167 Jack Begley 206 00:08:29,292 --> 00:08:31,417 and Billy Gerhardt continue 207 00:08:31,583 --> 00:08:32,875 looking for important clues 208 00:08:33,042 --> 00:08:36,958 near a potentially 500-year-old stone road 209 00:08:37,125 --> 00:08:38,667 or ship's wharf. 210 00:08:38,833 --> 00:08:40,333 What is the battle plan, mate? 211 00:08:40,542 --> 00:08:41,750 Are we going deeper there 212 00:08:41,875 --> 00:08:43,708 or are you taking this section out? 213 00:08:43,875 --> 00:08:47,250 We'll try to go along the edge of where that log was. 214 00:08:47,458 --> 00:08:49,042 We are ready for some artifacts, mate. 215 00:08:49,208 --> 00:08:51,083 BILLY: Okay, me too. 216 00:08:51,250 --> 00:08:53,000 NARRATOR: In recent weeks, 217 00:08:53,125 --> 00:08:56,000 the team has made a number of compelling new discoveries 218 00:08:56,208 --> 00:09:00,208 in this area including new sections of the stone road, 219 00:09:00,375 --> 00:09:02,833 an ancient chain and hook 220 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:06,000 that may have been used to lift heavy cargo, 221 00:09:06,208 --> 00:09:08,208 and evidence of a wooden wall, 222 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:11,625 which the late Fred Nolan believed may have been used 223 00:09:11,833 --> 00:09:15,042 to artificially create the swamp hundreds of years ago. 224 00:09:20,042 --> 00:09:22,125 JACK: What's that? 225 00:09:26,875 --> 00:09:28,917 -Look at that there. -GARY: It's a rock, isn't it? 226 00:09:29,083 --> 00:09:30,500 -JACK: No. It's a notched piece of wood. -GARY: It's wood? 227 00:09:30,708 --> 00:09:32,000 -JACK: Yeah. -GARY: Oh, it is. 228 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:34,458 I thought it was a rock by the look of it. 229 00:09:34,542 --> 00:09:36,000 Look at the notch in that. 230 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,375 -Yeah. -That was pretty deep, Billy. 231 00:09:39,542 --> 00:09:41,458 BILLY: Yeah. No. Well, I mean, you see, 232 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:43,417 we're below the bottom of the swamp, right? 233 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:44,500 You know, the bottom of the swamp 234 00:09:44,708 --> 00:09:45,583 is up there where the road is, right? 235 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:46,917 JACK: Yeah. 236 00:09:47,042 --> 00:09:50,208 So, is this a naturally filled beach? 237 00:09:50,333 --> 00:09:52,542 Or was it filled by humans? 238 00:09:53,625 --> 00:09:56,458 It kind of speaks towards it being filled in. 239 00:09:56,625 --> 00:09:59,083 They were forming and cutting wood in this area. 240 00:09:59,250 --> 00:10:00,875 Right. 241 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,208 GARY: Let's get Rick over here, check this out. 242 00:10:06,958 --> 00:10:08,000 JACK: How's it going, Rick? 243 00:10:08,167 --> 00:10:09,500 RICK: I don't see a treasure chest. 244 00:10:09,667 --> 00:10:10,833 We're trying, mate. We're trying. 245 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,167 We have found some strange pieces of wood. 246 00:10:13,375 --> 00:10:14,625 Let me go grab them. 247 00:10:14,792 --> 00:10:16,250 NARRATOR: After being alerted 248 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:19,625 to a compelling discovery near the stone road 249 00:10:19,708 --> 00:10:21,583 in the southeast corner of the Oak Island swamp... 250 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,500 JACK: So, this piece came up 251 00:10:23,667 --> 00:10:26,125 when we were digging along the muck in the side. 252 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:30,125 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina arrives to personally inspect it. 253 00:10:31,375 --> 00:10:33,708 Yeah. Look. That's doweled. 254 00:10:34,583 --> 00:10:36,500 If you hold it like that, 255 00:10:36,667 --> 00:10:39,583 -see how the dowel has gone down? -Mm-hmm. 256 00:10:39,792 --> 00:10:42,000 RICK: If I were to suggest 257 00:10:42,167 --> 00:10:44,375 that this is anything 258 00:10:44,583 --> 00:10:46,125 like what we found before, 259 00:10:46,292 --> 00:10:48,875 I think that it's something like the U-shaped structure. 260 00:10:52,458 --> 00:10:53,833 There's a big log. 261 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,833 NARRATOR: In 2018, Rick, Marty and the team 262 00:10:58,042 --> 00:11:02,667 unearthed a mysterious 65-foot-long wooden construct 263 00:11:02,792 --> 00:11:06,292 at Smith's Cove known as "the U-shaped structure." 264 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:07,875 You got a Roman numeral? 265 00:11:08,083 --> 00:11:11,000 GARY: Yeah, if it is, it's a seven, VII. 266 00:11:11,208 --> 00:11:15,833 NARRATOR: First discovered by Dan Blankenship in the 1970s, 267 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:19,500 and believed to be associated with a flood tunnel 268 00:11:19,708 --> 00:11:22,333 that feeds seawater into the Money Pit area, 269 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:27,333 the "U-shaped structure" featured strange Roman numerals, 270 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:30,167 and hand-carved wooden dowels. 271 00:11:31,875 --> 00:11:33,458 RICK: Similar sized dowel, like the U-shaped structure, 272 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:35,292 they went in at an angle 273 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,667 and thus, this part is meant to 274 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:39,708 -hold it in place. -JACK: Mm-hmm. 275 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:40,958 NARRATOR: Is it possible 276 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,583 that the team has found evidence 277 00:11:43,708 --> 00:11:45,375 beneath the stone road in the swamp 278 00:11:45,542 --> 00:11:47,458 that suggests it may have been built 279 00:11:47,625 --> 00:11:51,500 by the same people who created the "U-shaped structure"? 280 00:11:51,625 --> 00:11:54,542 And perhaps the Money Pit itself? 281 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:58,042 RICK: The good thing is, if we decide this is an outer edge, 282 00:11:58,208 --> 00:12:00,292 then that's where the best C-14 dates are. 283 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:03,542 Yeah, but clearly, shaped wood that was thrown 284 00:12:03,750 --> 00:12:05,875 underneath this stone path. 285 00:12:06,042 --> 00:12:07,542 And that's why we got to keep digging. 286 00:12:07,708 --> 00:12:09,667 -Yeah. -Yep. 287 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:10,958 JACK: Let's find some more. 288 00:12:11,125 --> 00:12:12,875 RICK: Let's find some more. 289 00:12:13,042 --> 00:12:15,292 NARRATOR: As Rick, Jack, Gary and Billy 290 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,458 continue searching in the swamp, 291 00:12:17,625 --> 00:12:20,167 on Lot 5, 292 00:12:20,375 --> 00:12:23,208 located on the western side of the island... 293 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:25,000 Hello, archaeologists. 294 00:12:25,167 --> 00:12:26,333 -Hey. -Hi. 295 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:27,500 How's it going out here? 296 00:12:27,625 --> 00:12:28,833 -It's going. -Going good. 297 00:12:28,958 --> 00:12:30,708 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina joins 298 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,667 Jamie Kouba, Fiona Steele 299 00:12:32,833 --> 00:12:34,750 and Lindy Martin 300 00:12:34,958 --> 00:12:36,458 as they carefully investigate 301 00:12:36,583 --> 00:12:38,750 a mysterious, circular stone feature 302 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:41,875 and a much larger, rectangular foundation 303 00:12:42,042 --> 00:12:44,542 that was recently unearthed below it. 304 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:46,250 ALEX: So what's new? How's it coming? 305 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:49,917 So, what we're doing now, we've expanded the unit over. 306 00:12:50,042 --> 00:12:53,458 -We're finding artifacts all the way through the fill. -Okay. 307 00:12:53,625 --> 00:12:56,583 NARRATOR: Since acquiring Lot 5 just one year ago, 308 00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:59,125 Rick, Marty, Craig Tester and the team 309 00:12:59,333 --> 00:13:02,750 have made a number of discoveries in this feature 310 00:13:02,875 --> 00:13:06,167 that suggest it may have been a staging ground 311 00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:09,292 for whoever might have buried treasure in the Money Pit. 312 00:13:09,458 --> 00:13:11,250 These finds include 313 00:13:11,375 --> 00:13:14,333 a 500-year-old Venetian glass bead, 314 00:13:14,542 --> 00:13:17,042 a 14th-century lead barter token 315 00:13:17,208 --> 00:13:19,583 that may be connected to the lead cross 316 00:13:19,708 --> 00:13:23,583 unearthed at Smith's Cove in 2017, 317 00:13:23,792 --> 00:13:25,833 and several metal tools 318 00:13:26,042 --> 00:13:27,875 that have been scientifically matched 319 00:13:28,042 --> 00:13:30,042 to the homestead of Sir William Phips, 320 00:13:30,208 --> 00:13:33,833 the 17th-century English privateer from Maine 321 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,042 who some believe buried a vast cache 322 00:13:37,208 --> 00:13:41,625 of Spanish treasure on Oak Island back in 1687. 323 00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:44,333 So, one of the things that we now realize 324 00:13:44,542 --> 00:13:47,833 is that this sort of linear feature that we were looking at 325 00:13:48,042 --> 00:13:50,375 isn't actually a wall that was there. 326 00:13:50,542 --> 00:13:53,667 What we're seeing are rocks that are going past it. 327 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:56,458 -Okay. -JAMIE: So, this structure may be 328 00:13:56,583 --> 00:13:59,667 quite a bit bigger than we ever gave it credit for. 329 00:13:59,833 --> 00:14:01,833 Right, but whatever was happening here, 330 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,333 the bigger it gets, the bigger the operation, right? 331 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,167 -JAMIE: Yeah. -Yeah. 332 00:14:05,333 --> 00:14:07,583 JAMIE: The overall size of the dimensions 333 00:14:07,792 --> 00:14:09,667 speak to more people being involved 334 00:14:09,833 --> 00:14:11,667 than just, say, a single family. 335 00:14:11,875 --> 00:14:14,000 Right. So, we got kind of an operation 336 00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:15,375 happening here that we know nothing about. 337 00:14:15,583 --> 00:14:17,042 JAMIE: Yes. Exactly. 338 00:14:17,208 --> 00:14:19,250 Uh, it could be exactly what we're looking for. 339 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:22,125 JAMIE: Hopefully, yeah. We got some more work to do. 340 00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:25,167 -Okay. Well, I'll start sifting. -JAMIE: Perfect. 341 00:14:25,375 --> 00:14:26,417 Thank you. (laughs) 342 00:14:26,583 --> 00:14:28,167 -I'll grab buckets. -Perfect. 343 00:14:28,375 --> 00:14:30,875 NARRATOR: While the archaeologists carefully remove 344 00:14:31,083 --> 00:14:32,833 the soils from the foundation, 345 00:14:33,042 --> 00:14:36,125 Alex will sift the collected materials 346 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:39,375 for any clues and, hopefully, valuables. 347 00:14:48,875 --> 00:14:50,583 FIONA: Hey, this is kind of something different. 348 00:14:50,792 --> 00:14:52,292 JAMIE: Oh, my goodness. 349 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:54,500 -FIONA: Look how flat it is. -JAMIE: Yeah. 350 00:14:54,708 --> 00:14:57,000 -FIONA: Look, you can see almost three rivets on it. -JAMIE: Yeah. 351 00:14:57,167 --> 00:14:59,333 -Maybe the top of a trunk? -Decorative, for sure. 352 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:01,083 -Metallic piece? -Yeah. 353 00:15:01,250 --> 00:15:03,542 Just, we find a lot of iron, but we don't often find 354 00:15:03,708 --> 00:15:06,125 a lot of the flatter pieces and that one looks, 355 00:15:06,333 --> 00:15:08,958 -you know, kind of decorative. -Mm-hmm. 356 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:12,042 Oh, yeah. I see that's the rivet right there, maybe? Yeah. 357 00:15:12,250 --> 00:15:14,292 So that's just something a bit more decorative. 358 00:15:14,458 --> 00:15:16,458 It hints to something else, you know? 359 00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:19,333 -It looks like something you might find on a trunk. -ALEX: Yeah. 360 00:15:19,542 --> 00:15:21,667 If it is off a chest, it would be rugged, 361 00:15:21,875 --> 00:15:23,333 it would be a big one. 362 00:15:23,458 --> 00:15:24,958 Yeah. 363 00:15:25,125 --> 00:15:27,583 NARRATOR: A decorative iron artifact? 364 00:15:27,708 --> 00:15:30,125 Potentially from a trunk or chest? 365 00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:33,125 If so, what did it contain? 366 00:15:33,292 --> 00:15:35,000 And could it be related 367 00:15:35,125 --> 00:15:37,208 to the trace evidence of precious metals 368 00:15:37,375 --> 00:15:40,125 that have been detected in the Money Pit area? 369 00:15:40,292 --> 00:15:42,333 Well, whatever this is, we have the equipment 370 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:43,958 in the lab that we can take a scan of this 371 00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:46,583 and basically see through all the crust on it 372 00:15:46,708 --> 00:15:49,500 and hopefully get a better idea of what it is. 373 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:50,917 So, let's bag it up. 374 00:15:52,417 --> 00:15:54,500 And then we'll await the results of that. 375 00:15:54,667 --> 00:15:55,833 FIONA: That's great. 376 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:56,833 NARRATOR: As the investigation 377 00:15:57,042 --> 00:15:58,917 proceeds on Lot 5... 378 00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:01,667 RICK: Ooh. Look at that. 379 00:16:01,875 --> 00:16:03,750 GARY: What have you found, Rick? 380 00:16:03,958 --> 00:16:06,167 RICK: I found some wood chips. 381 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:09,000 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, along with Jack Begley, 382 00:16:09,167 --> 00:16:11,250 Billy Gerhardt and Gary Drayton, 383 00:16:11,375 --> 00:16:14,167 continue making potentially important discoveries 384 00:16:14,333 --> 00:16:17,208 in the southern region of the swamp. 385 00:16:19,042 --> 00:16:20,458 JACK: Look at this. 386 00:16:22,458 --> 00:16:25,042 Here's a big timber. 387 00:16:25,208 --> 00:16:27,958 There's some other bigger pieces of wood over here. 388 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:32,458 Underneath the cobblestone road or this edge. 389 00:16:32,542 --> 00:16:35,792 Excellent. Might be some fasteners in it. 390 00:16:35,958 --> 00:16:38,083 -Correct. -JACK: Yep. 391 00:16:38,208 --> 00:16:40,083 I think it's the edge of the road. 392 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:42,625 -Yep. -Yep. 393 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:46,000 I think what we have to do, Bill, is push these back 394 00:16:46,208 --> 00:16:49,167 and then take this row of rock out of here 395 00:16:49,292 --> 00:16:51,917 to get to the top of that wood, 396 00:16:52,083 --> 00:16:53,875 -be able to have a good look. -Yep. 397 00:16:54,042 --> 00:16:56,750 RICK: Stylistically, it might show some type 398 00:16:56,875 --> 00:16:57,833 of construction technique. 399 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,125 All right. 400 00:17:07,250 --> 00:17:10,083 RICK: If you have a construct there, built by humans, 401 00:17:10,250 --> 00:17:13,500 if you can definitively say that that construct 402 00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:17,000 was a manipulation of the swamp to some agenda, 403 00:17:17,208 --> 00:17:18,750 boy, that'd be huge. 404 00:17:21,917 --> 00:17:23,417 You know, it makes you think, 405 00:17:23,583 --> 00:17:26,417 "What else might they have hidden in the bog?" 406 00:17:32,875 --> 00:17:37,667 -Is that a chip of wood? -No, it's shaped. 407 00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:41,792 I think what we have to do, Bill, is leave that. 408 00:17:41,958 --> 00:17:43,958 Marty and Craig need to take a look at it. 409 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:46,417 BILLY: Yep. Okay. 410 00:17:50,917 --> 00:17:52,583 -Hey, guys. -Welcome back, guys. 411 00:17:52,708 --> 00:17:55,333 This is another fine mess you've made here, I see. 412 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:58,333 -We have made a heck of a mess. -Yeah. Yeah. 413 00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:01,000 NARRATOR: At the southern border of the Oak Island swamp, 414 00:18:01,208 --> 00:18:03,958 Marty Lagina and Craig Tester 415 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:06,917 join Rick Lagina and other members of the team 416 00:18:07,042 --> 00:18:10,125 to inspect the wooden structure that was just unearthed 417 00:18:10,292 --> 00:18:12,167 beneath the stone road. 418 00:18:12,375 --> 00:18:15,167 -That's the edge. -Really? 419 00:18:15,250 --> 00:18:18,542 -You believe it ended right there? -RICK: Yeah. 420 00:18:18,750 --> 00:18:21,000 There was two logs underneath the edge of the road. 421 00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:22,333 But it looked really like they were fitted together. 422 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,000 Like they took one log and, you know... 423 00:18:25,167 --> 00:18:26,958 Like if you were building a cabin, 424 00:18:27,042 --> 00:18:28,000 -like that kind of. Yeah. -Right. 425 00:18:28,167 --> 00:18:29,958 RICK: There was brush, 426 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:32,333 just like under the construct itself. 427 00:18:32,542 --> 00:18:35,958 And smaller logs as though to underpin the road. 428 00:18:36,125 --> 00:18:38,500 -And then it stopped abruptly. -Really? 429 00:18:38,667 --> 00:18:40,000 JACK: Yeah. Yeah. 430 00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:43,750 Swamp muck mixed with bigger logs on the bottom 431 00:18:43,917 --> 00:18:46,667 -that were running perpendicular to the road. -MARTY: Mm-hmm. 432 00:18:46,833 --> 00:18:49,292 JACK: But it was also well enough into the structure 433 00:18:49,458 --> 00:18:51,667 of the stones that you can say 434 00:18:51,875 --> 00:18:54,208 it was put down during the construction of the road. 435 00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:55,750 -I got it, yeah. -Okay. 436 00:18:57,542 --> 00:18:59,333 MARTY: There's big timbers underneath the stone road, 437 00:18:59,542 --> 00:19:02,708 which just underscores that that was a massive undertaking. 438 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:05,292 Somebody put that road in for a specific reason, 439 00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:07,792 and I think they wanted it to not be found 440 00:19:07,958 --> 00:19:09,500 after they were done. 441 00:19:09,667 --> 00:19:13,792 It could be leading us back to where the treasure is. 442 00:19:13,958 --> 00:19:16,500 GARY: And then, just before we got to the end of the road here, 443 00:19:16,667 --> 00:19:20,333 I mean, we have pulled up some really, really nice artifacts. 444 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:22,500 Old-looking chains. Some really interesting chains. 445 00:19:22,583 --> 00:19:25,667 I haven't seen this chain. I heard about this chain. 446 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:26,833 Very unusual. 447 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,667 This looks old. 448 00:19:28,792 --> 00:19:30,375 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago, 449 00:19:30,542 --> 00:19:32,458 while excavating the southern edge 450 00:19:32,583 --> 00:19:35,750 of the potentially 500-year-old stone road, 451 00:19:35,958 --> 00:19:37,708 the Oak Island team 452 00:19:37,875 --> 00:19:41,292 uncovered a large hand-wrought chain and hook, 453 00:19:41,458 --> 00:19:44,000 which blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 454 00:19:44,125 --> 00:19:47,083 dated to the 16th century. 455 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:50,000 Is it possible that this artifact 456 00:19:50,208 --> 00:19:52,333 was once used in the swamp area 457 00:19:52,542 --> 00:19:56,542 to offload cargo from a ship onto Oak Island? 458 00:19:58,208 --> 00:20:00,167 The chain was a three-point hitch. 459 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,083 -Hand-forged by the look of them. -Yeah. 460 00:20:02,292 --> 00:20:05,208 -Might have even been a four-point hitch. -Yeah. 461 00:20:05,375 --> 00:20:08,792 To me, you could stay there, 462 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,500 a nice stable surface, 463 00:20:10,625 --> 00:20:13,208 hook a box or something very heavy, 464 00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:14,583 -a three-point hitch... -And then unload out here. 465 00:20:14,750 --> 00:20:16,958 RICK: Right, because if you're pulling 466 00:20:17,125 --> 00:20:18,167 with a three-point hitch, you can pull it 467 00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:21,000 across this heavy ground and then get it 468 00:20:21,125 --> 00:20:24,292 to the bog and pull it right up that road. 469 00:20:24,417 --> 00:20:27,750 If you're trying to fit the chain to the road, 470 00:20:27,917 --> 00:20:30,000 -to me that's an explanation. -It really is. 471 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:31,708 -Mm-hmm. -CRAIG: Yep. 472 00:20:31,875 --> 00:20:33,708 RICK: I think it's an important discovery. 473 00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:35,750 We have clearly defined 474 00:20:35,875 --> 00:20:38,458 the extent of the construct of the road 475 00:20:38,625 --> 00:20:40,833 and where it transitions to the beach. 476 00:20:41,042 --> 00:20:45,542 Does it align with the idea that a larger ship offshore, 477 00:20:45,708 --> 00:20:47,667 a tender comes, brings the material 478 00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:51,292 to a crafted slipway or wharf or dock? 479 00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:52,833 Sure. It fits perfectly. 480 00:20:53,875 --> 00:20:56,250 It's very interesting all this stuff you have found. 481 00:20:56,417 --> 00:20:58,375 Hopefully, it can tell part of the story. 482 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,125 Hopefully, it ties together to give us a date. 483 00:21:01,292 --> 00:21:03,708 And hopefully, we find something even better yet. 484 00:21:03,875 --> 00:21:04,750 Yeah. 485 00:21:04,917 --> 00:21:05,833 What's next here? 486 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,250 What are you gonna do next? 487 00:21:07,417 --> 00:21:09,333 We're only beginning to get to that point. 488 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:11,833 You're gonna keep digging underneath where Billy is? 489 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,375 -Yeah. -Okay, well the best dig 490 00:21:13,583 --> 00:21:15,792 has yet to come, for this. Let's get it done. 491 00:21:15,958 --> 00:21:18,000 Thank you for the update. Pretty cool. 492 00:21:18,208 --> 00:21:20,167 NARRATOR: As the dig for clues continues 493 00:21:20,375 --> 00:21:22,333 in the triangle-shaped swamp... 494 00:21:23,250 --> 00:21:24,333 COLTEN: That's 118. 495 00:21:24,500 --> 00:21:26,500 -118. -Thank you, Colten. 496 00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:28,333 NARRATOR: ...and while the core-drilling operation 497 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:32,250 in borehole I.25-6.25 proceeds 498 00:21:32,417 --> 00:21:34,125 in the Money Pit area... 499 00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:37,042 -CARMEN: Hey. How's she going? -ALEX: Carmen. 500 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:39,000 Welcome to the new and improved lab. 501 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:40,292 Oh, right. Yeah, it looks good. 502 00:21:40,417 --> 00:21:41,833 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina, 503 00:21:42,042 --> 00:21:43,542 Charles Barkhouse, 504 00:21:43,708 --> 00:21:46,333 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan meet 505 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,458 with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge, 506 00:21:49,625 --> 00:21:52,000 in the newly constructed Oak Island Laboratory. 507 00:21:52,208 --> 00:21:56,333 ALEX: So we have finds that were made on Lot 5 for you today. 508 00:21:56,458 --> 00:21:58,167 -CARMEN: Oh, okay. -NARRATOR: They are eager 509 00:21:58,333 --> 00:21:59,875 to hear Carmen's assessment 510 00:22:00,042 --> 00:22:03,333 of the copper and iron artifacts that were recently discovered 511 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:05,000 within the large foundation 512 00:22:05,208 --> 00:22:07,542 beneath the circular stone feature. 513 00:22:07,708 --> 00:22:09,583 I think we should start with this copper. 514 00:22:09,708 --> 00:22:11,500 I-I actually pulled this out of the sifting box. 515 00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:13,458 I'd love to know what your opinion is. 516 00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:14,833 Okay. 517 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:18,417 Uh, I see that the other pieces are very thin. 518 00:22:19,833 --> 00:22:20,792 -ALEX: Right. -CARMEN: Except for this one here, 519 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:21,708 seems to be a little thicker. 520 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:23,042 Yeah. 521 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:24,500 That is thicker, 522 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:26,292 -it looks like it. -CARMEN: It is, yeah. 523 00:22:26,458 --> 00:22:27,958 And it's rounded. 524 00:22:30,208 --> 00:22:33,292 -Also tapered as well. -EMMA: Mm. 525 00:22:35,292 --> 00:22:38,500 Uh, it does look like a bit of a pattern on the end there. 526 00:22:38,667 --> 00:22:40,708 It has to be something decorative. 527 00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:42,000 EMMA: Mm-hmm. 528 00:22:42,167 --> 00:22:45,000 See the little indentations, parallels. 529 00:22:45,167 --> 00:22:46,833 Mm. 530 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,583 I'm wondering if that could be some sort of, uh... 531 00:22:50,917 --> 00:22:52,208 ...jewelry thing. 532 00:22:52,375 --> 00:22:53,875 Like a small jewelry chest or something? 533 00:22:54,042 --> 00:22:54,917 Yeah, it is very possible. 534 00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:55,458 Yeah, it is very possible. 535 00:22:57,708 --> 00:23:04,125 -CHARLES: Wow. -ALEX: That's excellent. 536 00:23:04,125 --> 00:23:05,458 CARMEN: I'm wondering if that could be a jewelry thing. 537 00:23:05,583 --> 00:23:07,292 Like a small jewelry chest or something. 538 00:23:07,458 --> 00:23:09,083 Yeah, it is very possible. 539 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:11,250 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Laboratory, 540 00:23:11,375 --> 00:23:13,667 blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 541 00:23:13,875 --> 00:23:15,708 has just confirmed 542 00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:19,625 that a number of copper pieces found one week ago on Lot 5 543 00:23:19,792 --> 00:23:22,667 may have been used to decorate a small chest 544 00:23:22,833 --> 00:23:25,833 designed for carrying valuables. 545 00:23:26,875 --> 00:23:30,375 -What about these iron pieces? -All right. I'll have a look. 546 00:23:31,417 --> 00:23:34,250 It's all very thin, like, uh, off of a strap. 547 00:23:34,375 --> 00:23:35,625 Mm-hmm. 548 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:41,500 CARMEN: So it's not for a barrel or a small round container. 549 00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:44,542 It is a strap to secure a box. 550 00:23:45,542 --> 00:23:49,208 A heavily banded and heavily fortified box. 551 00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:50,917 What would be the purpose of that? 552 00:23:51,042 --> 00:23:52,667 Cash box, maybe? 553 00:23:52,875 --> 00:23:54,292 Money box, yeah. 554 00:23:54,417 --> 00:23:56,167 That would be very interesting. 555 00:23:56,292 --> 00:23:58,208 I actually did a CT scan on that one. 556 00:23:58,375 --> 00:23:59,458 CARMEN: Very good. 557 00:24:00,542 --> 00:24:03,458 NARRATOR: Earlier this morning, Emma analyzed the iron artifact 558 00:24:03,625 --> 00:24:05,833 using two scanning devices-- 559 00:24:05,958 --> 00:24:10,958 the first, known as the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner, 560 00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:14,333 emits nondestructive X-ray radiation 561 00:24:14,458 --> 00:24:17,208 that penetrates corrosion on artifacts, 562 00:24:17,375 --> 00:24:18,833 producing high-definition, 563 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,125 three-dimensional images of them. 564 00:24:23,208 --> 00:24:26,667 The second, known as an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, 565 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:30,458 or XRF device, can identify the type of metal 566 00:24:30,625 --> 00:24:33,167 an artifact is composed of. 567 00:24:33,292 --> 00:24:36,958 So does it look like there's two pieces, joined? 568 00:24:37,083 --> 00:24:39,833 EMMA: It does. There's two materials. 569 00:24:40,042 --> 00:24:44,333 So I did do an XRF point scan on that material as well... 570 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:45,625 -ALEX: Mm-hmm. -EMMA: ...and it was lead. 571 00:24:45,792 --> 00:24:46,875 -Oh! -EMMA: Yeah. 572 00:24:47,042 --> 00:24:48,417 Oh, okay. 573 00:24:48,583 --> 00:24:52,125 Um, and then the rest of the body is iron. 574 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:56,833 My puzzling thing is, why is the lead in the iron as well? 575 00:24:57,042 --> 00:25:00,292 It is a common thing to find within old English iron, 576 00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:05,125 is that some lead content, which fits 1600s, early 1700s. 577 00:25:05,292 --> 00:25:06,250 Mm-hmm. 578 00:25:06,417 --> 00:25:07,750 The dating on the artifact 579 00:25:07,958 --> 00:25:10,000 could fit really well with the theory 580 00:25:10,167 --> 00:25:13,417 surrounding Sir William Phips, who was a privateer. 581 00:25:13,583 --> 00:25:16,167 And we have a theorist who has placed Phips 582 00:25:16,292 --> 00:25:17,792 in this region, 583 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:20,167 potentially with a ship full of illicit silver, 584 00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:21,833 in need of a place to hide it. 585 00:25:22,042 --> 00:25:24,667 We know that Phips found silver on the Concepción. 586 00:25:24,792 --> 00:25:26,333 NARRATOR: According to the theory 587 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:29,042 of 32-degree Freemason Scott Clarke, 588 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:32,583 in the fall of 1687, 589 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:36,333 the English privateer Sir William Phips conspired 590 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,417 with a high-ranking Freemason 591 00:25:38,583 --> 00:25:41,458 from Nova Scotia named Andrew Belcher 592 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,625 to bury Spanish treasure they had salvaged 593 00:25:44,792 --> 00:25:47,292 from the shipwreck known as the Concepción 594 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:49,167 on Oak Island. 595 00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:52,708 ALEX: It's intriguing, especially given that the feature 596 00:25:52,917 --> 00:25:55,208 on Lot 5 appears to have been covered over. 597 00:25:55,375 --> 00:25:56,792 Yeah. 598 00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:58,500 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the team 599 00:25:58,708 --> 00:26:00,458 has found more evidence in the feature on Lot 5 600 00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:04,208 proving that this theory could be true? 601 00:26:04,375 --> 00:26:05,667 We could be looking 602 00:26:05,833 --> 00:26:08,958 at a small but strongly constructed box. 603 00:26:10,417 --> 00:26:11,625 Which means it could have been 604 00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:12,708 part of any treasure that was here. 605 00:26:12,875 --> 00:26:14,208 CARMEN: That's right. 606 00:26:14,417 --> 00:26:15,708 ALEX: Thank you, Carmen. 607 00:26:15,833 --> 00:26:17,750 CARMEN: Very good. See you later. 608 00:26:17,875 --> 00:26:19,583 NARRATOR: As the team concludes their meeting 609 00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:21,750 with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge, 610 00:26:21,917 --> 00:26:24,417 and while the investigation 611 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:26,458 in the triangle-shaped swamp continues... 612 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,083 TERRY: All right, let's see what we get up here. 613 00:26:29,208 --> 00:26:31,333 Mike's gonna give us some material right now. 614 00:26:31,542 --> 00:26:34,625 NARRATOR: ...other members of the team anxiously supervise 615 00:26:34,792 --> 00:26:36,333 the core-drilling operation 616 00:26:36,458 --> 00:26:40,833 in borehole I.25-6.25... 617 00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:44,125 Here comes the anaconda. 618 00:26:44,292 --> 00:26:46,167 NARRATOR: ...as they have now reached the target depth 619 00:26:46,375 --> 00:26:48,500 of some 180 feet, 620 00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,667 where they hope to encounter a void 621 00:26:51,875 --> 00:26:54,792 and evidence of the fabled Chappell Vault. 622 00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:56,208 TERRY: What's the bottom? 623 00:26:56,417 --> 00:26:57,333 Bottom's 190. 624 00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:58,667 TERRY: 190, okay. 625 00:26:58,792 --> 00:27:00,083 That's about right. 626 00:27:00,292 --> 00:27:02,208 ♪ ♪ 627 00:27:03,083 --> 00:27:05,500 We've got slush and loose material. 628 00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:07,833 That'd be representative of the void, 629 00:27:08,042 --> 00:27:10,167 -almost no recovery here. -STEVE: Yep. 630 00:27:10,333 --> 00:27:12,042 This is the biggest stretch 631 00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:13,500 where we have nothing other than slush. 632 00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:14,750 There's our void. 633 00:27:14,917 --> 00:27:16,042 Okay. 634 00:27:17,625 --> 00:27:19,333 Look at this. 635 00:27:19,542 --> 00:27:21,500 There's some wood fibers. 636 00:27:21,708 --> 00:27:23,167 NARRATOR: Fragments of wood? 637 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:26,417 Found in the void more than 180 feet underground 638 00:27:26,542 --> 00:27:28,167 in the Money Pit area? 639 00:27:29,250 --> 00:27:31,750 Is it possible that they could be related 640 00:27:31,917 --> 00:27:34,500 to the large object that was pushed aside 641 00:27:34,625 --> 00:27:37,333 by the nearby H-8 caisson six years ago? 642 00:27:40,042 --> 00:27:41,500 And we might see the plug, the H-8 plug. 643 00:27:41,708 --> 00:27:42,792 We may hit a chunk of the plug. 644 00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:45,292 The boys will push on. 645 00:27:45,458 --> 00:27:46,833 NARRATOR: If the team has found 646 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,125 the missing plug from H-8, 647 00:27:49,292 --> 00:27:52,375 and potentially, the vault in this borehole, 648 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:55,417 then the next core will hopefully reveal the proof. 649 00:27:56,542 --> 00:27:57,458 Hey, guys. 650 00:27:57,583 --> 00:27:59,042 Hey, Charles. Welcome back. 651 00:27:59,208 --> 00:28:00,333 Yeah, well, where are we 652 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:01,833 and what did you find? 653 00:28:02,042 --> 00:28:04,375 -TERRY: An apparent void. -CHARLES: Oh, really? 654 00:28:04,542 --> 00:28:06,083 It's really quite exciting. 655 00:28:07,708 --> 00:28:08,958 Here it comes. 656 00:28:10,250 --> 00:28:11,333 Last core. 657 00:28:12,708 --> 00:28:14,667 ♪ ♪ 658 00:28:16,333 --> 00:28:17,875 And you finished up where, Mike? 659 00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:20,083 -MIKE T.: 210. -TERRY: Very good. 660 00:28:21,208 --> 00:28:22,708 STEVE: This is one of the most 661 00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:24,167 important targets in the Money Pit, 662 00:28:24,375 --> 00:28:25,958 'cause if we can find the lost plug from H-8, 663 00:28:26,167 --> 00:28:27,833 it might help us find the treasure. 664 00:28:28,042 --> 00:28:29,333 So we're really excited about this. 665 00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:31,833 What do you got, Terry? 666 00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:33,000 Unfortunately, it's not void. 667 00:28:33,167 --> 00:28:36,333 We're well into bedrock. That's it. 668 00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:39,333 Well, we don't like to see that. But there it is. 669 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:44,000 NARRATOR: After several moments of great anticipation, 670 00:28:44,208 --> 00:28:48,042 it appears that the legendary Chappell Vault remains elusive. 671 00:28:48,167 --> 00:28:51,583 However, is it possible that it still lies 672 00:28:51,792 --> 00:28:54,875 within this void perhaps within just feet 673 00:28:55,042 --> 00:28:57,125 of the team's current position? 674 00:28:57,250 --> 00:28:59,750 Oak Island never ceases to surprise us. 675 00:29:00,708 --> 00:29:03,292 TERRY: I think we should call it a day, Charles. 676 00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:05,583 FIONA: We're gonna go through the buckets today. 677 00:29:05,708 --> 00:29:06,750 ALEX: Yeah, we are. 678 00:29:06,917 --> 00:29:08,625 NARRATOR: Meanwhile, 679 00:29:08,708 --> 00:29:11,750 nearly half a mile to the west on Lot 5, 680 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:14,625 Alex Lagina assists the archaeology team 681 00:29:14,792 --> 00:29:17,375 as they search for valuable clues 682 00:29:17,542 --> 00:29:19,875 inside the stone foundation. 683 00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:22,417 MOYA: Oh, my God. 684 00:29:23,542 --> 00:29:26,000 Oh? I think it's a bead. 685 00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:29,167 It looks similar to the one we had last time, I believe. 686 00:29:29,292 --> 00:29:30,333 Really? 687 00:29:30,542 --> 00:29:33,500 -Oh, that's gorgeous! -Right? 688 00:29:33,625 --> 00:29:34,708 Oh, wow. Yeah, look at that. 689 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,125 JAMIE: That is exactly the same pattern 690 00:29:37,292 --> 00:29:39,458 from the original bead that we found. 691 00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:41,042 It's probably Venetian. 692 00:29:41,208 --> 00:29:43,000 That's just incredible to find two beads 693 00:29:43,167 --> 00:29:45,417 from the same piece of jewelry. 694 00:29:45,542 --> 00:29:46,667 -MOYA: Yeah. -Amazing. 695 00:29:46,833 --> 00:29:48,292 NARRATOR: Another possible 696 00:29:48,458 --> 00:29:52,917 Venetian glass bead found in the buried stone foundation? 697 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:56,333 Given that this type of Italian jewelry, 698 00:29:56,417 --> 00:29:59,750 which could date to as early as the 15th century, 699 00:29:59,875 --> 00:30:03,500 was used not only for fine adornments 700 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:05,917 but also as a form of currency... 701 00:30:06,958 --> 00:30:10,167 ...is it possible that they may be related 702 00:30:10,292 --> 00:30:12,458 to the fragments of the decorative container 703 00:30:12,667 --> 00:30:16,000 that was also recently discovered in this feature? 704 00:30:16,083 --> 00:30:17,042 ALEX: So we've got two of these now. 705 00:30:17,208 --> 00:30:18,583 -Yeah. -NARRATOR: If so, 706 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:20,750 what else might the team find 707 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:22,375 as they continue to dig? 708 00:30:23,542 --> 00:30:24,583 ALEX: Okay. 709 00:30:24,750 --> 00:30:25,917 I will go find you some more. 710 00:30:26,083 --> 00:30:27,500 -Perfect. Thank you. -Nice job, Moya. 711 00:30:27,667 --> 00:30:28,792 Yes. 712 00:30:28,958 --> 00:30:30,917 ALEX: The bead in combination 713 00:30:31,083 --> 00:30:32,875 with the decorative iron piece 714 00:30:33,042 --> 00:30:35,750 that we thought might have gone on a chest, 715 00:30:35,917 --> 00:30:38,708 that is starting to say, maybe somebody left 716 00:30:38,875 --> 00:30:40,458 a chest of valuables here. 717 00:30:40,625 --> 00:30:42,542 To me, that's exciting. 718 00:30:46,292 --> 00:30:48,833 -Oh! Look at that. -MOYA: What do you got? 719 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,250 JAMIE: What did you find? 720 00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:56,000 Oh, wow! 721 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,125 -LINDY: Oh! Look at that! -MOYA: What do you got? 722 00:30:58,292 --> 00:31:00,250 -LINDY: A coin, maybe? -JAMIE: What?! 723 00:31:00,417 --> 00:31:01,417 -You found a coin? -You got a coin? -LINDY: Yeah. 724 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:02,625 What?! 725 00:31:02,792 --> 00:31:04,083 -ALEX: Cool. -(laughing) 726 00:31:04,250 --> 00:31:06,042 NARRATOR: While sifting through spoils 727 00:31:06,208 --> 00:31:08,000 from the mysterious stone foundation 728 00:31:08,208 --> 00:31:10,792 on Lot 5 of Oak Island... 729 00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:12,667 ALEX: Yeah, I think that is a coin. 730 00:31:12,833 --> 00:31:14,083 -FIONA: Really?! -LINDY: Yeah. -ALEX: Yep. 731 00:31:14,250 --> 00:31:16,000 Oh, wow. 732 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:18,167 NARRATOR: ...archaeologist Lindy Martin 733 00:31:18,292 --> 00:31:22,000 has just made a potentially valuable discovery. 734 00:31:22,208 --> 00:31:24,375 JAMIE: That's copper for sure. 735 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:28,208 It like almost tapers on the edges, 736 00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:31,167 instead of being flat like modern coins. 737 00:31:31,333 --> 00:31:32,625 ALEX: Yeah. I don't see a milled edge. 738 00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:33,625 JAMIE: It looks rounded. 739 00:31:33,833 --> 00:31:36,167 Rounded, exactly. Um... 740 00:31:37,208 --> 00:31:39,000 It's not perfectly regular, 741 00:31:39,167 --> 00:31:41,333 which would say older, I think. 742 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,458 It could be very old. 743 00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:45,000 NARRATOR: A copper coin? 744 00:31:45,167 --> 00:31:47,417 And without a milled-- or ridged-- edge? 745 00:31:47,583 --> 00:31:51,208 During the late 17th century in England, 746 00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:54,000 the famed scholar Sir Isaac Newton, 747 00:31:54,208 --> 00:31:57,333 who was also the Master of the Royal Mint, 748 00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:00,500 implemented coin designs with "milled" edges 749 00:32:00,625 --> 00:32:04,042 in order to combat the counterfeiting of currency. 750 00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:06,083 You know, that really attests to the importance of screening too. 751 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:08,042 -Yeah. -You know? 752 00:32:08,208 --> 00:32:09,833 ALEX: That's an amazing find. That's really cool. 753 00:32:10,042 --> 00:32:12,083 NARRATOR: Is it possible that this coin, 754 00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:13,917 bearing no milled edges, 755 00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:17,125 could date back prior to the 17th century? 756 00:32:17,250 --> 00:32:19,750 Or perhaps even earlier? 757 00:32:19,917 --> 00:32:22,792 If so, could it help the team identify 758 00:32:22,958 --> 00:32:27,083 who originally created this mysterious stone structure? 759 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:29,125 FIONA: Can you see anything on it? 760 00:32:29,292 --> 00:32:33,292 Well, there is something down here at the bottom. 761 00:32:33,458 --> 00:32:35,625 -FIONA: Great. -And I think the CT scan 762 00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:37,667 will show at least some details on the front of it. 763 00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:40,625 But I think there's going to be a little bit of a pattern 764 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:42,167 that maybe we can identify. 765 00:32:42,333 --> 00:32:43,667 -Good find, Lindy. -LINDY: Thanks. 766 00:32:43,833 --> 00:32:45,333 -Nice job, well done. -Thank you. 767 00:32:45,458 --> 00:32:47,375 Both of the sifters today so far. 768 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:48,667 -Absolutely. -LINDY: We're doing our best. 769 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:50,042 Yeah, you guys are doing great. 770 00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:52,500 The lucky sifters, I guess. 771 00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:54,333 -ALEX: Nice job, everybody. -LINDY: All right. 772 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,333 -ALEX: Let's find some more. -LINDY: Let's do this. 773 00:33:00,458 --> 00:33:03,542 NARRATOR: The following morning... 774 00:33:08,042 --> 00:33:10,750 NARRATOR: ...as operations continue in the Garden Shaft... 775 00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:15,625 NARRATOR: ...as well as on Lot 5... 776 00:33:16,792 --> 00:33:17,917 Gary, let's find something. 777 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:20,292 Yeah, it's about time, mate. 778 00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:23,333 NARRATOR: ...back in the southeastern region of the swamp, 779 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:24,833 Marty Lagina, 780 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,750 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 781 00:33:26,958 --> 00:33:29,000 and Billy Gerhardt 782 00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:31,667 continue searching for another breakthrough discovery 783 00:33:31,875 --> 00:33:36,375 near the potentially 500-year-old stone road. 784 00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:41,208 No metal hits. 785 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:42,792 Nope. 786 00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:44,000 I don't think there's any metals. 787 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:45,333 All right. 788 00:33:45,542 --> 00:33:48,042 Let's get ready for the next load. 789 00:33:51,375 --> 00:33:53,292 MARTY: All right, here we go. 790 00:33:54,417 --> 00:33:56,583 GARY: High hopes for this one, mate. 791 00:33:57,833 --> 00:33:59,000 MARTY: All right, Gary. Come on. 792 00:33:59,167 --> 00:34:02,708 Yep. Let's go find some treasure. 793 00:34:06,375 --> 00:34:08,333 Come on, where are you? 794 00:34:08,458 --> 00:34:11,917 Wow, there is nothing in here. This is quiet. 795 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:14,208 What do we got here? 796 00:34:18,333 --> 00:34:21,250 That looks like a bit of a barrel stave. 797 00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:22,333 Maybe. 798 00:34:23,875 --> 00:34:26,167 -Yeah, it does. -GARY: Similar to those barrel staves 799 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:27,750 we've found digging in the swamp there. 800 00:34:27,917 --> 00:34:29,125 MARTY: Yep. 801 00:34:29,292 --> 00:34:30,750 It looks like a barrel stave, Gary, 802 00:34:30,875 --> 00:34:33,042 -because it's wider here than it is there. -GARY: Yeah. 803 00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:35,042 I don't know what's going on here. 804 00:34:35,208 --> 00:34:36,500 Probably where it ripped out. But yeah, I'd say 805 00:34:36,667 --> 00:34:38,167 -that's a bit of a barrel. -GARY: Yeah. 806 00:34:38,375 --> 00:34:39,833 Well, one thing for sure. We've got enough of those 807 00:34:40,042 --> 00:34:43,250 barrel staves that were recovered not too far away, 808 00:34:43,375 --> 00:34:45,167 -we can compare it. -MARTY: Yeah, that's right. 809 00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:48,250 Well, we're trying to see whether the idea that this 810 00:34:48,417 --> 00:34:50,375 is an off-loading area is correct or not. 811 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,333 -A barrel certainly would fit with that. -Yeah. 812 00:34:52,417 --> 00:34:54,458 That's how they transported stuff. 813 00:34:54,583 --> 00:34:56,500 NARRATOR: A barrel stave? 814 00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:59,417 Found near the stone road, or ship's wharf? 815 00:34:59,542 --> 00:35:03,000 Could Gary be correct that it might be related 816 00:35:03,208 --> 00:35:05,167 to the pieces of wooden cargo barrels 817 00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:08,167 that were unearthed in this area three years ago, 818 00:35:08,333 --> 00:35:09,875 and which Carmen Legge believed 819 00:35:10,042 --> 00:35:13,792 could be as much as 600 years old? 820 00:35:14,833 --> 00:35:17,458 MARTY: Every time we dig in and around the swamp, we find something. 821 00:35:17,625 --> 00:35:20,833 The stone road. The paved area. The ramp. 822 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,417 Lots of artifacts. 823 00:35:22,583 --> 00:35:24,333 And so we're going to continue digging. 824 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,000 We'll do a little analysis on that, 825 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:28,667 but I'm wanting to find more stuff. 826 00:35:28,833 --> 00:35:30,500 Oh, yes, some coins. 827 00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:32,875 -Put it right over there. -All right, mate. 828 00:35:37,792 --> 00:35:40,250 Something in there for sure. 829 00:35:44,083 --> 00:35:47,417 Nope. What the hell's going on? 830 00:35:48,708 --> 00:35:49,708 MARTY: Well... 831 00:35:56,958 --> 00:35:58,667 It's catching on something. 832 00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:00,667 I wonder if it's wood or rock. 833 00:36:03,042 --> 00:36:04,667 There's that boulder. 834 00:36:04,750 --> 00:36:07,500 I don't know if that means that's the end of the road? 835 00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:09,250 I don't know if we want to do 836 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:11,208 a little shovel work to check that? It's up to you. 837 00:36:11,375 --> 00:36:13,875 -Gary and I will go have a look. -Yep. 838 00:36:14,083 --> 00:36:15,792 -Let's go have a look, Gary. -All right, let's go have a look. 839 00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:18,333 Check it out. 840 00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:24,625 -Where's the boulder? -BILLY: To your left. 841 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,917 -Oh, right here? -BILLY: Yeah. 842 00:36:28,042 --> 00:36:30,333 And that's the first one, so what you're suggesting 843 00:36:30,542 --> 00:36:31,833 is there could be a row here? 844 00:36:31,958 --> 00:36:34,958 Well, just from my angle it could be in alignment 845 00:36:35,083 --> 00:36:36,958 with the stone road. 846 00:36:37,042 --> 00:36:40,375 Yeah. Well, what are you thinking here? 847 00:36:40,542 --> 00:36:43,375 Uh, just take a few shovelfuls on one side 848 00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:45,292 of the boulder and the other maybe. 849 00:36:45,417 --> 00:36:46,917 -MARTY: Let's dig. -Yeah. 850 00:36:55,042 --> 00:36:58,250 -It's a pretty big rock. -GARY: Yeah. 851 00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:01,375 Ooh, look at that. 852 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:12,333 GARY: Ooh, look at that. It kind of looks similar 853 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:14,333 to the rocks on the stone roadway. 854 00:37:14,458 --> 00:37:16,542 BILLY: Yeah. That easily could be the road extension. 855 00:37:16,708 --> 00:37:18,708 NARRATOR: It is a moment of great excitement 856 00:37:18,875 --> 00:37:22,500 for Marty Lagina, Gary Drayton and Billy Gerhardt... 857 00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:24,917 -GARY: That's another big rock next to it. -MARTY: Yeah. 858 00:37:25,083 --> 00:37:27,833 NARRATOR: ...as they may have just discovered another section 859 00:37:28,042 --> 00:37:31,458 of the potentially 500-year-old stone road, 860 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:34,250 or ship's wharf, in the southeast corner 861 00:37:34,417 --> 00:37:36,167 of the Oak Island swamp. 862 00:37:36,333 --> 00:37:38,333 Another big rock next to that big rock. 863 00:37:38,458 --> 00:37:39,625 What do you think? 864 00:37:39,792 --> 00:37:41,250 BILLY: Those are the first two big rocks. 865 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:42,333 We'll have to dig a little farther. 866 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:44,292 So you're thinking these are 867 00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:45,458 -like retaining rocks? -BILLY: Yeah. 868 00:37:45,625 --> 00:37:47,083 It would only be the retaining edge 869 00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:48,375 -I would say for sure. -MARTY: Yeah. 870 00:37:49,917 --> 00:37:52,167 I don't think it's possible to-to stand 871 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:53,833 and look at that stone road 872 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,333 and not think that this had to have a special purpose. 873 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:59,542 (chuckling): It's a rather massive construction. 874 00:37:59,708 --> 00:38:02,417 And it had to be done for a reason. 875 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:05,250 What was it for? 876 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:07,167 I'm prepared to just see what the data 877 00:38:07,375 --> 00:38:08,583 suggests as we dig more. 878 00:38:08,708 --> 00:38:10,167 That could lead us directly to what 879 00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:12,542 we've been seeking for years. 880 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:15,625 Well, what I would say, Billy, just as you're going 881 00:38:15,792 --> 00:38:17,958 -this way, look for others. -Mm. 882 00:38:18,125 --> 00:38:20,458 Kind of scrape along. All right. 883 00:38:20,542 --> 00:38:21,833 I'm going to go start that pump, Gary. 884 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,583 Yep. I'll check the spoils. 885 00:38:25,458 --> 00:38:28,167 (engine rumbling) 886 00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:29,333 GARY: One thing that's really exciting 887 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,542 about being in the swamp, 888 00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:35,417 is that possibility that Billy sticks that bucket in 889 00:38:35,625 --> 00:38:37,417 and next thing you know, 890 00:38:37,583 --> 00:38:42,167 you come up with some really great old artifacts. 891 00:38:42,375 --> 00:38:45,125 Oh. Three interesting pieces of wood. 892 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,125 Barrel staves? 893 00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:49,125 We got two strips. 894 00:38:49,292 --> 00:38:51,625 And then this looks like a handle. 895 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,250 -Yeah, that is-- -Rounded edges. 896 00:38:55,417 --> 00:38:57,542 -It's a peculiar piece of wood. -Yeah. 897 00:38:58,708 --> 00:39:02,167 Wonder if it was like, an old pickaxe handle. 898 00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:04,917 -Or an axe? -Could be, Gary, it almost looks hand-shaped. 899 00:39:06,292 --> 00:39:08,333 NARRATOR: A hand-shaped tool? 900 00:39:08,542 --> 00:39:10,417 Could it have been used 901 00:39:10,583 --> 00:39:13,417 in the original construction of the stone road? 902 00:39:13,583 --> 00:39:17,500 If so, is it possible that scientific analysis 903 00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:20,625 might help identify not only its age, 904 00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:23,000 but also who brought it to Oak Island? 905 00:39:23,167 --> 00:39:25,833 Okay, let's get back to work. 906 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,417 -GARY: Yep. -There's another rock there. 907 00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:30,500 There's more bigger rocks coming this way. 908 00:39:30,708 --> 00:39:32,917 -In a line? -BILLY: Yeah. 909 00:39:33,042 --> 00:39:36,417 MARTY: Okay, Billy, we'll go have a look. 910 00:39:45,417 --> 00:39:47,667 -Where was the original rock, here? -There. Yeah. 911 00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:49,458 The one's buried and then there's another one there. 912 00:39:49,625 --> 00:39:51,875 There's a pretty steady row, right-- 913 00:39:52,042 --> 00:39:53,667 And then there's a flat one lower behind you, Gary. 914 00:39:53,833 --> 00:39:55,917 -See that? -There's one here. 915 00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:57,333 One there. One there. 916 00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:59,167 Yeah, but what's that mean? 917 00:39:59,375 --> 00:40:01,125 Maybe some buried in between. 918 00:40:01,250 --> 00:40:03,500 MARTY: I think there are clues in the swamp, 919 00:40:03,708 --> 00:40:05,000 clearly there are, 920 00:40:05,083 --> 00:40:06,500 I have been absolutely wrong 921 00:40:06,667 --> 00:40:10,708 about the extent of the workings in the swamp. 922 00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:12,792 I thought there was nothing there. And there's a lot there. 923 00:40:12,958 --> 00:40:14,667 Some good stuff in there, I'm sure. 924 00:40:14,792 --> 00:40:18,292 Now, Marty was never a big fan of the swamp, 925 00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:21,708 but the more discoveries we have found 926 00:40:21,875 --> 00:40:23,500 in the swamp over the years, 927 00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:26,583 the more I see the twinkle in Marty's eye. 928 00:40:26,708 --> 00:40:28,958 I think he's beginning to like the swamp. 929 00:40:29,125 --> 00:40:31,500 You know, we may want to take that over a little bit, 930 00:40:31,667 --> 00:40:33,792 I don't know if that means that's the end of the road? 931 00:40:33,958 --> 00:40:35,167 You know, we thought it might have been the log 932 00:40:35,292 --> 00:40:37,500 but the log was an edge. 933 00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:38,667 You know, Rick's coming in a little bit. 934 00:40:38,833 --> 00:40:40,625 Let's see what he wants to do. 935 00:40:40,833 --> 00:40:42,750 BILLY: I think we should have the rest of the guys look at it. 936 00:40:42,917 --> 00:40:44,500 -MARTY: This could be very important. -GARY: Yeah. 937 00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:46,667 MARTY: And I'll kick it around with Rick and Craig 938 00:40:46,833 --> 00:40:47,625 -and we'll decide what to do. -GARY: I'm telling you, mate, 939 00:40:47,792 --> 00:40:49,542 we are on to something here. 940 00:40:49,708 --> 00:40:52,292 NARRATOR: For Rick, Marty, Craig and the team, 941 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:55,708 the 229-year-old Oak Island mystery 942 00:40:55,875 --> 00:40:58,000 becomes more complex by the day. 943 00:40:59,042 --> 00:41:02,333 But as they keep digging, drilling, 944 00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:05,708 and applying disciplined science 945 00:41:05,875 --> 00:41:10,500 to the discoveries being made all across these 140 acres, 946 00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:14,375 one thing appears to be certain. 947 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,000 Oak Island has kept an incredible secret 948 00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:19,958 for hundreds of years. 949 00:41:20,083 --> 00:41:24,375 And now, it is perhaps just a matter of time 950 00:41:24,542 --> 00:41:27,417 until the Laginas and their team 951 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:30,792 unearth the truth behind it. 952 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:38,000 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 953 00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:41,750 -GARY: Ooh! Big chunks. Oh! -RICK: Check that out. 954 00:41:41,875 --> 00:41:44,667 -This might tell us who built this stone road. -GARY: Ooh. 955 00:41:44,833 --> 00:41:47,000 -Right there. -Oh, yeah. 956 00:41:47,208 --> 00:41:48,542 It's Latin. 957 00:41:48,708 --> 00:41:50,167 PHILIP DOUCETTE: These are very old. 958 00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:52,208 They were a precious commodity. 959 00:41:53,208 --> 00:41:54,167 The first hole. 960 00:41:54,375 --> 00:41:55,375 MARTY: Finally, we're drilling 961 00:41:55,542 --> 00:41:56,792 under the Garden Shaft. 962 00:41:57,542 --> 00:41:58,958 -(loud pop) -Whoa. 963 00:42:00,042 --> 00:42:02,083 -Talk to me, what do you got? -RICK: We found it. 964 00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:05,583 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS