1 00:00:02,083 --> 00:00:03,375 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:05,625 -(metal scraping) -It's catching on something. 3 00:00:05,792 --> 00:00:06,667 RICK: Look at that thing. 4 00:00:06,875 --> 00:00:08,000 BILLY: There's something curious 5 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:09,458 -about this boulder. -That's like 6 00:00:09,583 --> 00:00:11,333 the Nolan's Cross boulder. 7 00:00:11,458 --> 00:00:14,042 JAMIE: This soil is super compact. 8 00:00:14,208 --> 00:00:16,000 This was constructed for a purpose. 9 00:00:16,125 --> 00:00:18,500 -Whoa. -EMMA: It's an almost exact match 10 00:00:18,708 --> 00:00:20,042 to a Money Pit sample. 11 00:00:20,208 --> 00:00:21,250 Wow. 12 00:00:21,458 --> 00:00:22,500 The association that could be made 13 00:00:22,708 --> 00:00:24,250 is mind-blowing. 14 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:26,375 -What is that? -Pretty solid chunk of metal. 15 00:00:26,542 --> 00:00:27,625 TERRY: That could be a piece of the treasure vault. 16 00:00:27,750 --> 00:00:29,042 Yep. 17 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:34,125 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 18 00:00:34,292 --> 00:00:36,542 where people have been looking for 19 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:40,542 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 20 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:43,458 So far, they have found a stone slab 21 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:45,750 with strange symbols carved into it... 22 00:00:47,083 --> 00:00:50,208 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 23 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:54,708 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 24 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:55,833 to the Knights Templar. 25 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,750 To date, six men have died 26 00:00:58,917 --> 00:01:01,500 trying to solve the mystery. 27 00:01:01,667 --> 00:01:06,792 And according to legend, one more will have to die 28 00:01:06,958 --> 00:01:09,375 before the treasure can be found. 29 00:01:14,417 --> 00:01:16,792 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:26,917 --> 00:01:27,958 MARTY: Hey, Paul. 31 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:30,000 Morning, guys. How's it going? 32 00:01:30,125 --> 00:01:32,042 Well, we're hoping for an update. 33 00:01:32,208 --> 00:01:35,125 So, uh, we finished drilling a couple holes. 34 00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:36,792 -Good man. -NARRATOR: As a new day 35 00:01:36,958 --> 00:01:39,208 begins on Oak Island 36 00:01:39,375 --> 00:01:41,375 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 37 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:44,000 they arrive in the fabled Money Pit area 38 00:01:44,167 --> 00:01:46,500 to check on the progress of an operation 39 00:01:46,667 --> 00:01:49,625 that they hope will finally reveal the answers 40 00:01:49,708 --> 00:01:53,667 to a 229-year-old treasure mystery. 41 00:01:53,833 --> 00:01:55,208 It's getting close. 42 00:01:55,375 --> 00:01:56,958 The first hole, uh, kind of seemed like 43 00:01:57,167 --> 00:01:58,667 it was deflecting off a wall. 44 00:01:58,833 --> 00:02:00,167 Where are we again? 45 00:02:00,375 --> 00:02:02,083 So, that-- it would be the north side. 46 00:02:03,375 --> 00:02:05,333 NARRATOR: One week ago, 47 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:08,333 after extending the mid-18th century structure 48 00:02:08,458 --> 00:02:12,667 known as the Garden Shaft down to a depth of 90 feet, 49 00:02:12,875 --> 00:02:15,750 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 50 00:02:15,917 --> 00:02:19,125 used a coring drill to penetrate a mysterious tunnel 51 00:02:19,292 --> 00:02:22,500 located at a depth of 95 feet, 52 00:02:22,667 --> 00:02:24,875 which is believed to run due west 53 00:02:25,042 --> 00:02:27,667 toward an area known as the Baby Blob. 54 00:02:27,792 --> 00:02:30,208 It is in this region where water testing 55 00:02:30,375 --> 00:02:33,000 that was conducted in previously drilled boreholes 56 00:02:33,208 --> 00:02:37,542 has detected high-trace evidence of silver, gold and other metals 57 00:02:37,708 --> 00:02:42,125 between 80 and 120 feet underground. 58 00:02:42,250 --> 00:02:44,333 There is a structure of some sort down there, 59 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:46,208 a wooden structure of some sort, and you're about 60 00:02:46,375 --> 00:02:47,875 -to unearth that, right? -That's right. 61 00:02:48,083 --> 00:02:49,500 Okay. That's enough said for me. 62 00:02:49,708 --> 00:02:52,042 So, today, we put in the landing. 63 00:02:52,208 --> 00:02:55,333 We're adding another set. 64 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:57,458 NARRATOR: Now, after unsuccessfully drilling 65 00:02:57,667 --> 00:03:00,500 into the believed tunnel for a second time, 66 00:03:00,708 --> 00:03:02,958 over the course of the next week, 67 00:03:03,042 --> 00:03:04,833 Dumas will proceed with constructing 68 00:03:04,958 --> 00:03:08,667 the final level, or set, to extend the Garden Shaft 69 00:03:08,833 --> 00:03:12,167 down to a total depth of some 95 feet, 70 00:03:12,375 --> 00:03:15,083 where they hope to intersect the mysterious passageway 71 00:03:15,292 --> 00:03:18,208 and find out what it may contain. 72 00:03:18,375 --> 00:03:20,333 We've invested a lot of time and energy 73 00:03:20,458 --> 00:03:22,042 delineating this tunnel. 74 00:03:22,250 --> 00:03:23,792 And I think there's great anticipation 75 00:03:23,958 --> 00:03:25,708 on everyone's part 76 00:03:25,875 --> 00:03:28,333 to try to, well, to not only put eyes on it 77 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,417 but to see where it may lead. 78 00:03:31,583 --> 00:03:35,167 If the tunnel predates the shaft, 79 00:03:35,333 --> 00:03:37,833 it makes the tunnel far more interesting 80 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,917 than just finding a "previously unknown" tunnel. 81 00:03:41,083 --> 00:03:42,708 -It's all good news. -MARTY: Yes. 82 00:03:42,875 --> 00:03:44,375 I'm starting to get eager now. 83 00:03:44,542 --> 00:03:46,208 -You've got my toes tickling. -SCOTT: You're so close, 84 00:03:46,375 --> 00:03:48,333 -you can smell it there now. -Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. 85 00:03:48,542 --> 00:03:50,667 All right, let's let him get back to work, 86 00:03:50,833 --> 00:03:52,667 because we're poised to finally do this. 87 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:54,000 Okey doke. 88 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:55,542 -Let's go, guys. -Yep. 89 00:03:55,667 --> 00:03:56,667 -Thanks, Paul. -Okay, thank you. 90 00:03:56,750 --> 00:03:58,500 Thank you, Paul. 91 00:03:58,667 --> 00:04:00,375 NARRATOR: As the operation 92 00:04:00,542 --> 00:04:03,042 to deepen the Garden Shaft continues... 93 00:04:03,250 --> 00:04:05,125 -TERRY: Here we are. -CHARLES: Yep. 94 00:04:05,292 --> 00:04:07,042 -TERRY: We're back at it now. -Yep. 95 00:04:07,208 --> 00:04:08,917 -H-8. -H-8. 96 00:04:09,125 --> 00:04:10,083 NARRATOR: ...approximately 60 feet 97 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,875 to the southwest, 98 00:04:12,083 --> 00:04:13,833 geologist Terry Matheson 99 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,292 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 100 00:04:17,375 --> 00:04:19,292 are monitoring a new core drilling operation 101 00:04:19,458 --> 00:04:21,250 in Borehole H-8, 102 00:04:21,375 --> 00:04:26,375 a borehole that was previously excavated in 2017. 103 00:04:26,583 --> 00:04:29,292 This turned into a very, very interesting hole. 104 00:04:29,458 --> 00:04:31,583 -For a number of reasons. -Oh, my goodness. 105 00:04:32,833 --> 00:04:34,500 JACK: What is this? 106 00:04:34,667 --> 00:04:36,208 NARRATOR: After initially recovering pieces 107 00:04:36,417 --> 00:04:38,167 of parchment and leather book binding 108 00:04:38,375 --> 00:04:41,750 with a six-inch-diameter core barrel in H-8, 109 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:45,333 Rick, Marty and their partner Craig Tester 110 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:46,917 speculated that they may have encountered 111 00:04:47,042 --> 00:04:49,708 the fabled Chappell Vault, 112 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:53,583 a seven-foot-tall treasure chest encased in concrete 113 00:04:53,750 --> 00:04:56,000 that Frederick Blair and William Chappell 114 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:59,708 reportedly drilled into back in 1897 115 00:04:59,875 --> 00:05:02,708 and recovered not only evidence of gold 116 00:05:02,875 --> 00:05:07,833 but also, a piece of parchment bearing the letters "V-I." 117 00:05:08,042 --> 00:05:09,333 MARTY: Come on, baby. 118 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,792 -Make hole! -(machinery whirs) 119 00:05:11,958 --> 00:05:16,083 NARRATOR: Incredibly, when the team expanded H-8 by installing 120 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:19,792 a 60-inch caisson in the fall of 2017, 121 00:05:19,958 --> 00:05:24,292 a large object was encountered at a depth of 170 feet. 122 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:26,333 MARTY: He's on something. 123 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:27,917 He thinks it's perfectly flat. 124 00:05:28,125 --> 00:05:29,542 Wood? 125 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:31,375 He thinks wood. 126 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:32,833 NARRATOR: Unfortunately, 127 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,417 as the team drove the H-8 caisson deeper, 128 00:05:35,542 --> 00:05:37,458 in the hopes of breaching the vault, 129 00:05:37,625 --> 00:05:41,333 the plug, or earthen spoils inside of it, fell out, 130 00:05:41,458 --> 00:05:43,167 pushing the potential treasure chest 131 00:05:43,292 --> 00:05:46,417 somewhere deeper below ground. 132 00:05:46,583 --> 00:05:49,000 Anyway, today, we're going back down this hole 133 00:05:49,125 --> 00:05:50,125 all these years later. 134 00:05:50,292 --> 00:05:52,333 We did not finish that dig. 135 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,500 So, it's possible that it broke the vault open. 136 00:05:54,625 --> 00:05:56,208 So, this is gonna be a look 137 00:05:56,375 --> 00:05:59,167 at the sediments, or pieces of the plug. 138 00:05:59,375 --> 00:06:01,083 Maybe pieces of treasure, Charles. 139 00:06:01,292 --> 00:06:03,333 Yeah. 140 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:05,708 NARRATOR: Now, after recent water tests 141 00:06:05,875 --> 00:06:08,000 and subsurface scans in this area 142 00:06:08,125 --> 00:06:11,208 have offered more evidence of potential valuables, 143 00:06:11,375 --> 00:06:14,417 it is Rick, Marty and the team's hope 144 00:06:14,542 --> 00:06:16,667 that if they can pinpoint the possible location 145 00:06:16,875 --> 00:06:20,000 of the vault, they will arrange to excavate 146 00:06:20,167 --> 00:06:24,375 a much larger diameter caisson in order to recover it. 147 00:06:24,542 --> 00:06:28,333 The material that fell out of the H-8, uh, caisson 148 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:30,500 had to have migrated somewhere. 149 00:06:30,708 --> 00:06:32,958 The possibility certainly exists that this is an area 150 00:06:33,125 --> 00:06:35,750 to which the Chappell Vault has fallen. 151 00:06:35,875 --> 00:06:38,792 It could be deeper, and we'll certainly press on. 152 00:06:38,958 --> 00:06:41,333 So anyway, whatever-- we-we're in it to win it. 153 00:06:41,458 --> 00:06:43,500 We got to exhaust all possibilities. 154 00:06:43,708 --> 00:06:45,292 Cross your fingers that we hit the right section, 155 00:06:45,417 --> 00:06:47,208 and maybe the best section. 156 00:06:47,375 --> 00:06:48,875 CHARLES: And hopefully today we'll find out where it went. 157 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:50,542 TERRY: Exactly. 158 00:06:50,667 --> 00:06:51,958 NARRATOR: While the excavations proceed 159 00:06:52,167 --> 00:06:53,792 in the Money Pit area, 160 00:06:53,958 --> 00:06:57,583 in the southeast corner of the triangle-shaped swamp 161 00:06:57,750 --> 00:07:00,833 located near the center of Oak Island... 162 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,333 -GARY: This is a great day. -JACK: Yeah. 163 00:07:03,542 --> 00:07:05,000 That is impressive. 164 00:07:05,167 --> 00:07:07,042 -JACK: That should go the distance. -Yeah. 165 00:07:07,208 --> 00:07:09,333 NARRATOR: ...metal detection expert Gary Drayton, 166 00:07:09,542 --> 00:07:11,500 Jack Begley and Billy Gerhardt 167 00:07:11,708 --> 00:07:15,000 are about to conduct a new large-scale dig 168 00:07:15,167 --> 00:07:17,417 in a region of the brackish bog 169 00:07:17,625 --> 00:07:21,417 near the potentially 500-year-old stone road. 170 00:07:21,583 --> 00:07:23,292 JACK: So, we're gonna be digging 171 00:07:23,458 --> 00:07:24,750 in the deepest part 172 00:07:24,875 --> 00:07:26,708 -of the swamp. -BILLY: Yeah. 173 00:07:26,875 --> 00:07:28,708 We haven't really done a whole lot of work 174 00:07:28,875 --> 00:07:31,083 in this particular area, and it's surrounded 175 00:07:31,292 --> 00:07:33,292 by really great finds, so... 176 00:07:33,458 --> 00:07:34,667 JACK: Yeah. With the stone road 177 00:07:34,833 --> 00:07:37,458 and stone path, this was a work area, 178 00:07:37,542 --> 00:07:39,500 so we got to keep our eyes peeled for anything. 179 00:07:39,708 --> 00:07:41,583 -Right. -GARY: Excellent. 180 00:07:41,792 --> 00:07:43,875 Well, should we get stuck in? 181 00:07:44,042 --> 00:07:45,792 Yep. 182 00:07:45,958 --> 00:07:48,167 NARRATOR: Of the many remarkable discoveries 183 00:07:48,333 --> 00:07:52,000 that the team has made over the past decade in the swamp, 184 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:55,833 the stone road, or possible ship's wharf, 185 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,833 may be a critical key to solving the Oak Island mystery. 186 00:08:00,042 --> 00:08:02,500 Look at how beautifully constructed. 187 00:08:02,667 --> 00:08:05,042 NARRATOR: It is not only a near identical match 188 00:08:05,250 --> 00:08:08,167 to a road that Rick Lagina and members of the team 189 00:08:08,375 --> 00:08:13,125 saw in 2021 in Alqueidão da Serra, Portugal, 190 00:08:13,250 --> 00:08:15,292 where the Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar 191 00:08:15,458 --> 00:08:17,375 maintained a stronghold 192 00:08:17,542 --> 00:08:19,833 from the 12th to the 17th centuries... 193 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:21,417 This looks old. 194 00:08:21,583 --> 00:08:23,250 -That does, yeah. -Yeah. 195 00:08:23,417 --> 00:08:25,708 NARRATOR: ...but it is also in an area of the swamp 196 00:08:25,917 --> 00:08:28,458 where they have unearthed numerous clues 197 00:08:28,583 --> 00:08:31,167 such as a heavy chain with a hook, 198 00:08:31,333 --> 00:08:34,375 suggesting the road was created in order to off-load 199 00:08:34,542 --> 00:08:38,125 some kind of cargo onto Oak Island. 200 00:08:40,042 --> 00:08:43,667 GARY: All right, first bucket of opportunity is coming up. 201 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:45,792 NARRATOR: Now, it is the team's hope 202 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:47,958 to find more clues that will help explain 203 00:08:48,125 --> 00:08:50,875 the true origin of the stone road, 204 00:08:51,042 --> 00:08:54,292 and hopefully, evidence of valuables. 205 00:08:54,417 --> 00:08:56,333 -GARY: Whew. -JACK: Oh, gosh. 206 00:08:56,458 --> 00:08:57,708 GARY: Smells like treasure. 207 00:08:57,875 --> 00:09:00,000 RICK: The southeast corner of the bog 208 00:09:00,167 --> 00:09:03,208 is the most interesting location for one simple reason. 209 00:09:03,375 --> 00:09:05,667 We want to understand the reason 210 00:09:05,875 --> 00:09:07,542 for the construct of the stone road. 211 00:09:07,708 --> 00:09:09,250 -Hey. -BOTH: Hey, Rick. 212 00:09:09,375 --> 00:09:10,625 RICK: And if it had something to do 213 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:12,500 with the original treasure story, 214 00:09:12,625 --> 00:09:16,792 then that whole area is of significant interest. 215 00:09:18,708 --> 00:09:21,750 GARY: Whew. Stinky. 216 00:09:21,917 --> 00:09:23,708 You guys get back to work, I'm gonna poke about 217 00:09:23,875 --> 00:09:25,667 in the pile, try to... see what I can find. 218 00:09:25,792 --> 00:09:27,875 -Okay, mate. -Okay? 219 00:09:37,458 --> 00:09:39,250 Come on. Where are you? 220 00:09:44,958 --> 00:09:46,083 Nothing. 221 00:09:48,708 --> 00:09:51,000 MARTY: Look, I've said this many times. 222 00:09:51,167 --> 00:09:53,500 I hate that swamp 'cause it stinks. 223 00:09:53,708 --> 00:09:56,042 But every time we've dug in it, 224 00:09:56,208 --> 00:09:59,042 we've recovered interesting stuff, clues, 225 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:01,667 and I don't think we've dug ten percent of it, 226 00:10:01,875 --> 00:10:04,833 so we're not done. 227 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:06,917 (Gary groans) 228 00:10:07,042 --> 00:10:09,333 No targets yet? 229 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:10,958 GARY: Not yet, no. 230 00:10:17,542 --> 00:10:19,208 (metal scraping, thudding) 231 00:10:21,917 --> 00:10:23,917 GARY: Wow, he's catching on something. 232 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:27,583 RICK: What is that? 233 00:10:28,667 --> 00:10:30,208 Look at that. 234 00:10:31,542 --> 00:10:33,250 (metal scraping) 235 00:10:37,042 --> 00:10:38,833 rious a, 236 00:10:39,042 --> 00:10:41,042 unlike other ones in the swamp. 237 00:10:42,042 --> 00:10:44,250 It's like it's sitting on top of the peat, right? 238 00:10:45,708 --> 00:10:48,833 Which it shouldn't be if it's, if it's glacier, right? 239 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:50,542 So it was moved before. 240 00:10:50,708 --> 00:10:52,125 Yeah. I-I agree. 241 00:10:53,208 --> 00:10:54,583 NARRATOR: Near the stone road 242 00:10:54,708 --> 00:10:57,042 in the southeast corner of the swamp, 243 00:10:57,250 --> 00:10:59,958 Rick Lagina and other members of the team 244 00:11:00,125 --> 00:11:02,708 have just uncovered a massive boulder 245 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:05,792 that may have been purposely placed into position 246 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,125 by someone, but if so, by whom? 247 00:11:09,292 --> 00:11:11,750 And for what purpose? 248 00:11:11,917 --> 00:11:14,250 BILLY: Can't believe how easy I can move it. 249 00:11:14,417 --> 00:11:16,042 The other thing that's interesting here is, 250 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:18,208 see how it's, it's a row of rocks? 251 00:11:18,375 --> 00:11:20,125 RICK: Yep. 252 00:11:20,208 --> 00:11:22,708 BILLY: We got this big flat rock and it's like a... 253 00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:25,625 giant set of stone stairs almost here coming up the bank. 254 00:11:26,667 --> 00:11:29,000 -Hard to say. -JACK: Yeah. 255 00:11:29,167 --> 00:11:30,833 Maybe they were doing work around that boulder. 256 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,875 BILLY: Yep. We know the road is there, 257 00:11:33,042 --> 00:11:34,500 we know the path is there, 258 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:35,667 we know the Money Pit is right there. 259 00:11:35,833 --> 00:11:38,833 The opportunities are limitless 260 00:11:38,958 --> 00:11:41,000 as what could have went on right in this very spot. 261 00:11:41,208 --> 00:11:42,667 Absolutely. Yep. 262 00:11:42,792 --> 00:11:45,958 Let's just GPS it and keep digging. 263 00:11:46,167 --> 00:11:49,625 NARRATOR: A row or staircase of stones? 264 00:11:49,792 --> 00:11:51,500 Leading to the massive boulder 265 00:11:51,625 --> 00:11:53,875 in the southeast corner of the swamp? 266 00:11:54,042 --> 00:11:56,208 Could this feature have been constructed 267 00:11:56,333 --> 00:11:58,958 as some kind of symbol? Or marker? 268 00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:02,083 And could it be related to the stone road 269 00:12:02,208 --> 00:12:03,792 and perhaps created 270 00:12:03,958 --> 00:12:06,833 in order to hide something of great value? 271 00:12:06,958 --> 00:12:09,500 I'm not going any deeper. 272 00:12:09,708 --> 00:12:11,000 RICK: It's as though 273 00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:13,208 there's some sort of rock platform here. 274 00:12:14,917 --> 00:12:17,042 So it's not well-seated in the organics 275 00:12:17,208 --> 00:12:20,542 and the inference is that it was placed there 276 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:22,292 and not deposited by a glacier. 277 00:12:22,458 --> 00:12:23,542 That makes it interesting. 278 00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:25,667 Look at that. 279 00:12:25,833 --> 00:12:28,125 And so my first thought really is 280 00:12:28,292 --> 00:12:32,833 we need to find a way to take a look at it. 281 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,375 That's a board. 282 00:12:38,917 --> 00:12:40,708 How deep do you think it was? 283 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:42,458 -Two feet. -GARY: Yeah. 284 00:12:42,625 --> 00:12:45,583 Two feet. It's out there though. 285 00:12:45,792 --> 00:12:47,375 This is definitely a shaped board. 286 00:12:48,708 --> 00:12:51,292 That is thick. 287 00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:52,625 Hey, check this out, Rick. 288 00:12:52,792 --> 00:12:54,458 Look at the thickness of this. 289 00:12:54,583 --> 00:12:57,917 Now this is in good condition, so it's got to be a good wood. 290 00:12:58,083 --> 00:13:02,000 That looks like it could be ship's decking or planking 291 00:13:02,125 --> 00:13:04,667 'cause of the thickness of it. 292 00:13:04,792 --> 00:13:06,208 RICK: That's a big one. 293 00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:08,625 But there was no metal ringing off of it? 294 00:13:08,708 --> 00:13:11,667 No. I checked it for fasteners. No fasteners. 295 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:15,167 It was two feet down and it was out there. 296 00:13:16,250 --> 00:13:17,708 RICK: The planks they are finding 297 00:13:17,917 --> 00:13:20,125 could be called ship's planking. 298 00:13:20,292 --> 00:13:23,875 We've found boards that we think might be associated with a ship. 299 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,333 That very near vicinity, of course, 300 00:13:27,542 --> 00:13:30,000 one of the most enigmatic finds we've ever made 301 00:13:30,125 --> 00:13:33,083 is the ship's railing from 600 or 700 AD. 302 00:13:33,250 --> 00:13:38,500 So that area, hopefully, will yield some answers. 303 00:13:38,667 --> 00:13:41,917 It's worth bringing back, washing it off, take a look, 304 00:13:42,042 --> 00:13:44,667 see if there is anything on it, nail holes or anything. 305 00:13:44,833 --> 00:13:46,667 GARY: All right, mate. 306 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:49,167 MARTY: We're finding more questions in the swamp. 307 00:13:49,333 --> 00:13:51,917 Every time we've undertaken draining it 308 00:13:52,125 --> 00:13:53,833 and digging somewhere, we've found something. 309 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,375 And some meaningful somethings. 310 00:13:56,542 --> 00:14:00,458 But no one knows why these things are in the swamp. 311 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,958 GARY: It's swampy. 312 00:14:04,083 --> 00:14:05,375 MARTY: So, yeah, would I like an answer to that? 313 00:14:05,542 --> 00:14:06,833 Yes, I'd like an answer to that. 314 00:14:07,042 --> 00:14:08,250 Simple answer would be, 315 00:14:08,417 --> 00:14:10,208 I'm hoping for whatever is, is there. 316 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:13,583 Any metal is gonna stand out in this stuff. 317 00:14:13,750 --> 00:14:15,208 RICK: That would be something. 318 00:14:15,417 --> 00:14:18,958 All right. Let's see what we can get done. 319 00:14:20,583 --> 00:14:22,417 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 320 00:14:22,583 --> 00:14:25,417 as the excavation and the drilling operations 321 00:14:25,583 --> 00:14:27,625 continue in the Money Pit area, 322 00:14:27,792 --> 00:14:30,375 near the shoreline on Lot 5, 323 00:14:30,542 --> 00:14:33,667 located on the western side of the island... 324 00:14:33,792 --> 00:14:35,833 Wow, you guys have done a lot of work 325 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,250 since I've last been here. 326 00:14:37,375 --> 00:14:38,667 I bet it looks different, doesn't it? 327 00:14:38,833 --> 00:14:40,250 A lot different. 328 00:14:40,375 --> 00:14:41,833 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley joins members 329 00:14:42,042 --> 00:14:43,375 of the archaeology team 330 00:14:43,542 --> 00:14:46,208 as they continue their meticulous excavation 331 00:14:46,375 --> 00:14:49,292 of a mysterious stone foundation-- 332 00:14:49,458 --> 00:14:53,083 a foundation that was discovered earlier this year 333 00:14:53,250 --> 00:14:55,833 buried beneath a circular depression. 334 00:14:56,875 --> 00:14:58,208 So, what's going on over here? 335 00:14:59,292 --> 00:15:01,500 JAMIE: When we first expanded westward, 336 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:05,292 we thought that this stone line feature was gonna continue. 337 00:15:05,417 --> 00:15:07,208 -Yeah. -And we assumed that this was where 338 00:15:07,417 --> 00:15:09,667 the house structure sat and that was just a basement. 339 00:15:09,792 --> 00:15:13,625 But it is starting to curve in, 340 00:15:13,792 --> 00:15:15,042 which is bizarre. (laughs) 341 00:15:15,208 --> 00:15:17,500 -It doesn't make any sense. -JACK: Yeah. 342 00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:20,000 But it's too big to be a house. 343 00:15:20,125 --> 00:15:22,500 It's an occupational spot for sure. 344 00:15:22,708 --> 00:15:24,333 NARRATOR: In the past year, 345 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:26,917 the team has made significant discoveries 346 00:15:27,083 --> 00:15:29,875 in and near this feature that suggest 347 00:15:30,042 --> 00:15:32,583 it may have been occupied by multiple groups 348 00:15:32,792 --> 00:15:34,625 during different time periods. 349 00:15:34,792 --> 00:15:36,792 These discoveries include 350 00:15:36,958 --> 00:15:39,500 a 14th century lead barter token, 351 00:15:39,667 --> 00:15:42,833 which is a compositional match to the lead cross 352 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,083 that was discovered at Smith's Cove in 2017, 353 00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:50,292 two Venetian glass beads, which were not only 354 00:15:50,458 --> 00:15:53,208 once considered a form of valuable currency 355 00:15:53,375 --> 00:15:57,375 but which could date to between 1500 and 1650, 356 00:15:57,542 --> 00:16:00,000 and several metal tools, 357 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:01,792 which have been scientifically linked 358 00:16:01,917 --> 00:16:04,542 to the birthplace of Sir William Phips-- 359 00:16:04,708 --> 00:16:08,250 the English politician and privateer who some believe 360 00:16:08,417 --> 00:16:10,833 buried a large cache of Spanish treasure 361 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,208 in the Money Pit back in 1687. 362 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:18,667 So the plan today is to make sure 363 00:16:18,875 --> 00:16:20,708 that we define this edge really well. 364 00:16:20,875 --> 00:16:23,875 Well, we've been finding some really good stuff around here. 365 00:16:24,042 --> 00:16:25,667 I can't wait to see what else we dig up in here. 366 00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:27,542 All right. Well, let's get to work 367 00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:31,167 and see if we can figure out what's going on here. 368 00:16:31,375 --> 00:16:34,625 NARRATOR: While the archaeologists remove spoils-- or earth-- 369 00:16:34,792 --> 00:16:36,208 from the foundation, 370 00:16:36,375 --> 00:16:39,125 Jack is sifting them through a screen 371 00:16:39,292 --> 00:16:42,375 for clues that might explain how this feature 372 00:16:42,542 --> 00:16:45,000 may be connected to the Oak Island mystery. 373 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:46,500 JACK: Based upon the different dates, 374 00:16:46,667 --> 00:16:50,250 I'd say this starts to speak more and more to... 375 00:16:50,417 --> 00:16:53,833 people being on Lot 5 earlier. 376 00:16:53,958 --> 00:16:57,167 Bits of brick and pottery and glass. 377 00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,250 JAMIE: That's pretty cool. 378 00:16:59,375 --> 00:17:01,833 JACK: Hopefully, we continue to have more finds 379 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,333 and figure out who exactly was here 380 00:17:04,542 --> 00:17:07,500 and is it related to the Money Pit story. 381 00:17:12,208 --> 00:17:14,875 -Thank you. -You girls are digging quickly. 382 00:17:15,042 --> 00:17:16,833 JAMIE: Let us know if we are swamping you 383 00:17:17,042 --> 00:17:18,167 -and we'll give you a hand. -JACK: No, no, no. 384 00:17:18,333 --> 00:17:19,667 You're fine. I'm keeping up. 385 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:23,375 Good God. 386 00:17:24,583 --> 00:17:26,667 Okay. 387 00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:29,000 This is kind of getting interesting. 388 00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:32,458 This soil over here is super compact. 389 00:17:32,625 --> 00:17:35,000 It's not like the stuff that was over there. 390 00:17:40,083 --> 00:17:41,792 I may have found mortar. 391 00:17:41,958 --> 00:17:44,000 Whoa. 392 00:17:44,167 --> 00:17:47,250 -This is strange. -JAMIE: Like concrete. 393 00:17:47,458 --> 00:17:49,167 ♪ ♪ 394 00:17:50,792 --> 00:17:56,333 JAMIE: It's really strange. 395 00:17:56,333 --> 00:17:57,542 -LAIRD: Hey, guys. -JAMIE: Hey. 396 00:17:57,708 --> 00:17:59,500 -We have another surprise. -LAIRD: Cool. 397 00:17:59,625 --> 00:18:01,500 I can't wait to hear your take on this. 398 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,500 NARRATOR: Near the shoreline of Lot 5 399 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:07,417 located on the western side of Oak Island, 400 00:18:07,542 --> 00:18:10,208 archaeologist Laird Niven arrives 401 00:18:10,375 --> 00:18:12,667 at the mysterious stone foundation 402 00:18:12,875 --> 00:18:14,458 after being informed 403 00:18:14,583 --> 00:18:16,875 of a potentially important discovery. 404 00:18:17,042 --> 00:18:19,167 All of a sudden, I hit this stuff 405 00:18:19,292 --> 00:18:21,792 that's got a lot of ash mixed into it, 406 00:18:21,958 --> 00:18:24,000 crushed-up shale and stuff. 407 00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:25,250 LAIRD: Oh, you can hear it. 408 00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:27,167 JAMIE: It's, like, a-a grayish color 409 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:31,333 and it reminds me of, like, a crude mortar or cement. 410 00:18:31,542 --> 00:18:32,333 LAIRD: Oh. 411 00:18:32,458 --> 00:18:34,625 The mortar looks an awful lot 412 00:18:34,792 --> 00:18:37,083 like the mortar that I found when I was washing through 413 00:18:37,208 --> 00:18:39,458 -Money Pit material. -LAIRD: Oh, really? -Oh. 414 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,458 NARRATOR: Over the past several years, 415 00:18:42,542 --> 00:18:44,667 the Oak Island team has discovered 416 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:46,500 different forms of concrete 417 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:48,625 in several of the massive caissons 418 00:18:48,750 --> 00:18:51,792 they have excavated across the Money Pit area. 419 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,792 A prime example was in 2019, 420 00:18:55,958 --> 00:19:00,167 when this type of substance was recovered in the spoils of RF-1. 421 00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:02,625 A ten-foot-diameter caisson 422 00:19:02,792 --> 00:19:06,250 located just a few feet northeast of H-8, 423 00:19:06,375 --> 00:19:09,708 which was also excavated in the hopes of locating 424 00:19:09,875 --> 00:19:13,500 the reportedly concrete-encased Chappell Vault. 425 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:17,083 We could compare this sample with the Money Pit sample. 426 00:19:17,292 --> 00:19:18,833 See if they come from the same source. 427 00:19:19,042 --> 00:19:20,708 I would love to do that. 428 00:19:20,875 --> 00:19:23,250 If you could get me a sample, I'll take it right back 429 00:19:23,417 --> 00:19:25,792 and, uh, see what Emma has to say. 430 00:19:25,958 --> 00:19:28,042 Okay, yeah, that sounds good. 431 00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:31,375 LAIRD: This is a really difficult feature to get answers from 432 00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:34,333 because we don't quite understand the structure. 433 00:19:34,417 --> 00:19:36,792 So we're not exactly sure what we're looking for. 434 00:19:36,917 --> 00:19:39,542 It's important for us to take a sample of this soil. 435 00:19:39,750 --> 00:19:42,083 It would be interesting to see if it corresponds 436 00:19:42,208 --> 00:19:43,625 with the Money Pit. 437 00:19:43,792 --> 00:19:45,917 And if it does, it would suggest that 438 00:19:46,083 --> 00:19:49,208 those areas were operating at the same time 439 00:19:49,375 --> 00:19:50,833 and were related. 440 00:19:51,042 --> 00:19:52,917 Excellent. You are doing a great job. 441 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:55,125 I like this. I like what's coming up. 442 00:19:55,250 --> 00:19:57,708 I don't know what it is, but I like it. 443 00:19:57,875 --> 00:19:59,583 (laughs) We're trying to figure that part out. 444 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:00,833 Okay. I'll take this back to the lab... 445 00:20:01,042 --> 00:20:02,417 JAMIE: Perfect. 446 00:20:02,583 --> 00:20:03,667 LAIRD: ...and check in on you later. 447 00:20:03,792 --> 00:20:05,125 JAMIE: All right. 448 00:20:05,292 --> 00:20:06,583 JACK: I need to get back to sifting. 449 00:20:06,708 --> 00:20:08,667 ♪ ♪ 450 00:20:10,792 --> 00:20:12,333 NARRATOR: The following morning... 451 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:14,792 -MIKE: Ready? -RON: Yep. 452 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,375 NARRATOR: ...while representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 453 00:20:17,542 --> 00:20:20,208 continue their efforts to deepen the Garden Shaft 454 00:20:20,375 --> 00:20:22,125 in the Money Pit area... 455 00:20:22,292 --> 00:20:23,708 ALEX: Are we getting our core? 456 00:20:23,875 --> 00:20:25,792 -Here it comes, right now. -Right now. 457 00:20:25,917 --> 00:20:27,750 NARRATOR: ...several feet to the southwest... 458 00:20:27,875 --> 00:20:30,125 MARTY: God, I hope something good is in this. 459 00:20:30,292 --> 00:20:31,792 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina and his son Alex 460 00:20:31,917 --> 00:20:35,583 join other members of the team at Borehole H-8 461 00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:38,708 where they hope to find evidence of the Chappell Vault 462 00:20:38,875 --> 00:20:42,833 somewhere below a depth of 180 feet. 463 00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,292 It's a long one. 464 00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,458 Get ready to slice and dice. 465 00:20:46,625 --> 00:20:49,000 MARTY: We know we had the canister H-8 go down, 466 00:20:49,208 --> 00:20:51,417 and it hit something big 467 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:53,292 that moved around underground and went somewhere. 468 00:20:53,417 --> 00:20:54,667 We're sure of that. 469 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:56,500 Yeah, there's a lot of water in there. 470 00:20:56,667 --> 00:20:59,208 MARTY: It is possible that H-8 471 00:20:59,375 --> 00:21:00,417 is very near the original Money Pit. 472 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:03,208 So, we have to look deeper. 473 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:05,042 CHARLES: How deep are we, Adam? 474 00:21:05,208 --> 00:21:06,500 We're at 211. 475 00:21:06,708 --> 00:21:09,083 -CHARLES: 211? -ALEX: It's gonna be a mess. 476 00:21:09,250 --> 00:21:10,333 Let's get our hands dirty, gentlemen. 477 00:21:10,542 --> 00:21:11,750 Ready? 478 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:16,083 TERRY: This is the silt and the clay 479 00:21:16,250 --> 00:21:18,417 and there is a few little clumps of material 480 00:21:18,583 --> 00:21:19,833 that might have fallen from above. 481 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,417 There's a little chunk of wood, right there. 482 00:21:22,583 --> 00:21:24,625 It's just below all our silt and whatnot. 483 00:21:24,792 --> 00:21:26,750 And this sits just on top of bedrock. 484 00:21:28,042 --> 00:21:29,042 Start right there, Charles. 485 00:21:29,208 --> 00:21:30,667 MARTY: Come on. Be something. 486 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:32,625 -(beeping) -ALEX: You got something. 487 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,208 CHARLES: I've got something right here. 488 00:21:34,375 --> 00:21:36,500 -Excellent. -(beeping) 489 00:21:37,375 --> 00:21:38,917 Want me to wash it down? 490 00:21:42,667 --> 00:21:44,292 -Okay, guys. -ALEX: What is that? 491 00:21:44,458 --> 00:21:46,250 A pretty solid chunk of metal. 492 00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:50,042 That could be a piece of the treasure vault. 493 00:21:52,125 --> 00:21:55,042 MARTY: Oh, my goodness. Cool. 494 00:21:56,875 --> 00:21:58,167 This material to here, 495 00:21:58,375 --> 00:22:00,333 that could be part of the plug. No question. 496 00:22:00,542 --> 00:22:03,000 The plug could have disintegrated 497 00:22:03,167 --> 00:22:04,458 and fallen off to one side. 498 00:22:04,625 --> 00:22:06,667 -And all that stuff. -TERRY: That's right. 499 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:09,167 The plug that fell out was nine feet or a little over nine feet. 500 00:22:09,375 --> 00:22:11,792 -Right. -And they chewed down one side of it 501 00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:13,583 so we could still get a significant size plug 502 00:22:13,708 --> 00:22:17,500 -on one side or the other of the vault. -Yep. 503 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:21,000 NARRATOR: If the team has found a portion of the plug, 504 00:22:21,208 --> 00:22:24,250 or the spoils, that may have pushed the Chappell Vault 505 00:22:24,375 --> 00:22:27,042 deeper underground when the H-8 caisson 506 00:22:27,208 --> 00:22:30,542 was originally excavated in 2017, 507 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:33,208 could that mean that they are close to pinpointing 508 00:22:33,375 --> 00:22:36,167 the legendary chest of valuables? 509 00:22:36,375 --> 00:22:37,958 -Hey, Rick. -Hey, Rick. -Hi, Rick. 510 00:22:38,083 --> 00:22:39,333 -How are you doing? -Hey. 511 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,000 How deep are we? 512 00:22:41,167 --> 00:22:43,375 Well, we are at 211 down there. 513 00:22:43,542 --> 00:22:44,917 But here's the thing, that little bit 514 00:22:45,083 --> 00:22:47,208 could have been our plug. 515 00:22:47,417 --> 00:22:48,333 Because if there was a plug in there, 516 00:22:48,542 --> 00:22:50,000 it probably didn't stay intact. 517 00:22:50,125 --> 00:22:51,625 It probably broke up. 518 00:22:51,792 --> 00:22:53,792 Well, that and probably slid the vault 519 00:22:53,958 --> 00:22:55,167 to one side or the other. 520 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:57,208 Slid to one side or the other, right. 521 00:22:57,375 --> 00:22:59,000 So, we need to move the rig and come down 522 00:22:59,125 --> 00:23:00,958 in another location. 523 00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:03,000 RICK: I do believe 524 00:23:03,167 --> 00:23:06,292 that material, whatever was contained within it, 525 00:23:06,417 --> 00:23:08,750 has fallen to a far greater depth. 526 00:23:08,917 --> 00:23:11,708 To what side and what cardinal direction, we don't know. 527 00:23:11,875 --> 00:23:13,417 I think at this point 528 00:23:13,583 --> 00:23:16,292 the only way to exploit this possible clue 529 00:23:16,458 --> 00:23:18,667 is to continue to do some drilling. 530 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:22,000 Okay, we need to figure out where the next hole is. 531 00:23:22,208 --> 00:23:23,208 Okey doke. 532 00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:25,208 Sounds like a plan. 533 00:23:25,417 --> 00:23:27,500 -MARTY: Yep. -RICK: Thanks, guys. 534 00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,792 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 535 00:23:31,958 --> 00:23:34,667 RICK: Hey, Roger. How are you doing? 536 00:23:34,875 --> 00:23:36,333 ROGER: Soggy but otherwise good. 537 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:38,292 Come on in and sit down, guys. 538 00:23:38,458 --> 00:23:42,167 NARRATOR: ...Rick and Alex Lagina, along with Scott Barlow, 539 00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:47,125 join Roger Fortin in the Dumas trailer in the Money Pit area, 540 00:23:47,208 --> 00:23:50,833 where they are about to receive a carbon dating report 541 00:23:51,042 --> 00:23:52,542 regarding a wood sample 542 00:23:52,750 --> 00:23:54,833 that was obtained one week ago 543 00:23:55,042 --> 00:23:56,667 from the possible treasure tunnel 544 00:23:56,833 --> 00:23:59,250 located below the Garden Shaft. 545 00:23:59,417 --> 00:24:00,833 I'm going to call Craig and my dad 546 00:24:01,042 --> 00:24:03,167 and get the info right from Craig, so... 547 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:06,208 RICK: These guys from Dumas bought into this process. 548 00:24:06,417 --> 00:24:08,042 This is not a job to them. 549 00:24:08,208 --> 00:24:10,875 They're excited, they're interested, they're invested. 550 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:14,833 I want to see that somebody's been down there a long time. 551 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,833 RICK: They have a right to know 552 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,833 what the fruits of the labor has been. 553 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:22,458 So, I hope the results are informative. 554 00:24:22,625 --> 00:24:24,917 -Hey, Alex. -ALEX: Hey, Craig. 555 00:24:25,083 --> 00:24:26,333 Um, I got Rick, Scott and Roger here 556 00:24:26,542 --> 00:24:28,167 and my dad's on the other line. 557 00:24:28,292 --> 00:24:32,208 So, we are looking forward to the carbon dating results. 558 00:24:46,875 --> 00:24:47,708 RICK: Wow. 559 00:24:51,083 --> 00:25:01,042 RICK: That's exciting. 560 00:25:06,792 --> 00:25:07,750 RICK: Wow. 561 00:25:10,583 --> 00:25:12,625 NARRATOR: It is a potentially historic moment 562 00:25:12,833 --> 00:25:16,833 for Rick, Marty, Craig and the Oak Island team. 563 00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:33,333 That is, yeah, that is something. 564 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,708 ALEX: Yep. 565 00:25:34,875 --> 00:25:36,500 NARRATOR: A carbon dating test 566 00:25:36,667 --> 00:25:38,542 that was conducted on a wood sample 567 00:25:38,708 --> 00:25:40,667 collected one week ago 568 00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:43,833 from the possible treasure tunnel below the Garden Shaft 569 00:25:43,958 --> 00:25:47,333 has indicated that the seven-foot-tall structure 570 00:25:47,458 --> 00:25:50,792 could be nearly 400 years old. 571 00:26:01,708 --> 00:26:03,333 ALEX: So, there's a chance 572 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,292 this is connected to the original Money Pit. 573 00:26:08,042 --> 00:26:09,042 ALEX: Right. 574 00:26:10,083 --> 00:26:13,125 NARRATOR: Incredibly, this is the second wood sample 575 00:26:13,250 --> 00:26:15,708 taken from the mysterious tunnel this year 576 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:19,458 that has been dated to as early as the 1600s. 577 00:26:19,625 --> 00:26:22,417 This means that it was likely constructed 578 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:24,333 more than a century before the discovery 579 00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:26,375 of the original Money Pit. 580 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:31,125 MARTY: The dates are well, well before any searcher 581 00:26:31,292 --> 00:26:33,083 should have been in this area tunneling. 582 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,167 I think that's in everybody's, you know, vision right now 583 00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:41,167 to deepen that Garden Shaft and find out what's down there. 584 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:45,125 RICK: You have a tunnel, previously unknown, 585 00:26:45,292 --> 00:26:46,708 heading in the direction 586 00:26:46,875 --> 00:26:49,417 where these high metal values are being derived. 587 00:26:49,625 --> 00:26:53,542 So, if this is original work, 588 00:26:53,708 --> 00:26:56,333 then you're a small step closer 589 00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,375 to the ultimate solution. 590 00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:00,833 We have every reason to continue the process 591 00:27:00,958 --> 00:27:04,042 of trying to understand what this tunnel represents. 592 00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:07,208 -We have to get down there. -No, absolutely. 593 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,667 And that's pretty well our next step, where we're at right now. 594 00:27:09,833 --> 00:27:12,208 Just getting to it, exposing it. 595 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:14,458 I think it's going to answer a lot of questions 596 00:27:14,625 --> 00:27:16,042 that we-we have right now. 597 00:27:16,208 --> 00:27:19,417 -Yep. -These results tell me you need to work faster. 598 00:27:19,583 --> 00:27:21,583 -Yeah. Yeah. -(laughter) 599 00:27:26,667 --> 00:27:28,292 Okey doke. We'll let you get to work, Roger. 600 00:27:28,417 --> 00:27:29,625 -Thanks, Roger. -Very good. 601 00:27:30,583 --> 00:27:31,375 ROGER: Thank you very much, gentlemen. 602 00:27:31,542 --> 00:27:33,125 Great news. 603 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:38,292 NARRATOR: The following morning... 604 00:27:40,708 --> 00:27:44,625 ...as representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 605 00:27:44,792 --> 00:27:47,333 continue deepening the Garden Shaft 606 00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:48,708 in order to breach the tunnel 607 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,708 at a depth of some 95 feet... 608 00:27:53,625 --> 00:27:55,417 -JACK: Hey, Billy. -BILLY: Hey, guys. 609 00:27:55,583 --> 00:27:57,917 Ready to keep rolling, mate? 610 00:27:58,083 --> 00:27:59,500 Keep rolling, Gary, I think. Yep. 611 00:27:59,625 --> 00:28:00,958 Got a lot of water in the hole, 612 00:28:01,125 --> 00:28:03,000 but we can see the rock a little better now. 613 00:28:03,125 --> 00:28:05,417 NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley and metal detection expert 614 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:08,208 Gary Drayton join Billy Gerhardt 615 00:28:08,375 --> 00:28:10,792 in the southeast region of the swamp, 616 00:28:10,958 --> 00:28:15,333 just north of the potentially 500-year-old stone road. 617 00:28:16,458 --> 00:28:18,750 What is the swamp battle plan today? 618 00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:21,083 We'll go a little more back towards the road. 619 00:28:21,292 --> 00:28:23,917 And do the same thing, we'll reach out, 620 00:28:24,042 --> 00:28:27,042 and then continue back towards the peninsula. 621 00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:29,042 All right. We'll get ready to get stuck in. 622 00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:31,167 -BILLY: Okay. -Hopefully not literally. 623 00:28:31,333 --> 00:28:32,917 (Jack chuckles) 624 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:39,667 NARRATOR: Billy, Gary and Jack are eager 625 00:28:39,875 --> 00:28:41,875 to confirm the potential breakthrough discovery 626 00:28:42,042 --> 00:28:44,125 they made two days ago 627 00:28:44,292 --> 00:28:48,875 of yet another man-made stone pathway in the swamp, 628 00:28:49,042 --> 00:28:52,708 which appears to be leading toward a massive boulder. 629 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:56,167 This is where the real fun is, Gary. 630 00:28:56,333 --> 00:28:57,208 Yep. 631 00:28:57,375 --> 00:28:59,167 See if we get lucky. 632 00:28:59,375 --> 00:29:01,750 RICK: We have found all of these structures. 633 00:29:01,917 --> 00:29:05,000 They imply purpose, intent. 634 00:29:05,125 --> 00:29:07,667 To me, there's only two trains of thought here 635 00:29:07,792 --> 00:29:10,792 to try to explain the why of the structures 636 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,250 found in the swamp. 637 00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:15,958 One, they were ancillary to other work, 638 00:29:16,125 --> 00:29:18,375 whether that be in the Money Pit or elsewhere. 639 00:29:18,542 --> 00:29:22,833 Or two, there was depositional work in the bog proper 640 00:29:23,042 --> 00:29:25,833 and these facilitated that work. 641 00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:27,583 GARY: Let's see. 642 00:29:27,792 --> 00:29:29,333 Oh, I think we've got a bit of planking here. 643 00:29:29,542 --> 00:29:31,000 JACK: Oh, yeah. 644 00:29:31,167 --> 00:29:33,042 GARY: Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely planking. 645 00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:37,083 Look, it's got that like tongue and groove effect going on it. 646 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:40,542 -Yeah. -GARY: Wooden planking or siding. 647 00:29:40,708 --> 00:29:42,042 Mm-hmm. 648 00:29:42,208 --> 00:29:44,375 -That looks intentional to me. -GARY: Yeah. 649 00:29:44,542 --> 00:29:46,625 -JACK: More bits of the ship. -GARY: Yeah. For sure. 650 00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:48,500 Good eye, Gary. 651 00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:50,667 Look how deep it came out of. 652 00:29:50,833 --> 00:29:52,875 JACK: Look on the other side, too. 653 00:29:53,042 --> 00:29:54,917 -GARY: Yeah. -JACK: Tongue and groove. 654 00:29:55,125 --> 00:29:57,042 Does that go back quite a long time? 655 00:29:57,208 --> 00:29:58,208 GARY: Yeah. 656 00:29:58,375 --> 00:29:59,667 JACK: All right. I'll set it aside. 657 00:29:59,875 --> 00:30:01,208 GARY: Okay, mate. 658 00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:03,875 We're finding a lot of decking or planks, 659 00:30:04,042 --> 00:30:05,500 which is very interesting 660 00:30:05,625 --> 00:30:09,000 because we are actually way out in the swamp. 661 00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:13,667 Are these planks, these decks part of a mystery ship 662 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:16,042 waiting to be found in the swamp? 663 00:30:16,208 --> 00:30:20,917 That would be absolutely unbelievable. 664 00:30:24,792 --> 00:30:26,542 It's still sloppy. 665 00:30:32,583 --> 00:30:36,042 -(scraping) -GARY: I hear clanging. Is he hitting rocks? 666 00:30:39,875 --> 00:30:41,833 JACK: Yeah. He's got a rock in his bucket. 667 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:44,417 Yeah, it's a lot of rocks in line with that big rock 668 00:30:44,583 --> 00:30:47,208 and the shore, but to the side there's none. 669 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:48,792 Yeah. 670 00:30:48,958 --> 00:30:50,250 If you watch where I put my bucket, 671 00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:51,583 to this side... 672 00:30:54,708 --> 00:30:59,333 ...you know, it's-it's nothing there. 673 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,458 -But in here... -(slamming) 674 00:31:03,542 --> 00:31:04,833 Yep. 675 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,333 I think it could be some type of ramp, 676 00:31:08,542 --> 00:31:10,042 leading up around here. 677 00:31:10,250 --> 00:31:12,208 -Yeah. -It could be you're right. 678 00:31:12,375 --> 00:31:14,500 -A ramp for something big. -Mm-hmm. 679 00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:21,375 This is gonna be good. 680 00:31:21,375 --> 00:31:23,083 -RICK: Hey, guys. -GARY AND JACK: Hey, Rick. 681 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:25,833 -Anything? -JACK: Billy feels like 682 00:31:26,042 --> 00:31:28,625 he might have found some other structure. 683 00:31:28,792 --> 00:31:30,500 It's just hard to see underneath the muck. 684 00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:31,625 Huh, yeah. 685 00:31:31,833 --> 00:31:32,958 Billy, why don't you tell him 686 00:31:33,083 --> 00:31:35,167 what you feel like you can feel? 687 00:31:35,292 --> 00:31:37,750 It's a lot of rocks in line with that big rock. 688 00:31:37,917 --> 00:31:40,583 But as we move this way, there's no stones at all. 689 00:31:40,708 --> 00:31:42,000 RICK: Yeah. 690 00:31:43,083 --> 00:31:45,083 NARRATOR: After being alerted that more of a possible 691 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:48,625 stone ramp, which may be connected to a large boulder, 692 00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:52,917 has been uncovered in the southeast corner of the swamp, 693 00:31:53,083 --> 00:31:56,000 Rick Lagina joins Billy Gerhardt, Jack Begley 694 00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:58,500 and Gary Drayton to help investigate 695 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,292 the curious feature. 696 00:32:01,208 --> 00:32:02,625 A little bit of mud on top of them, 697 00:32:02,792 --> 00:32:04,208 but they're most definitely there. 698 00:32:04,375 --> 00:32:05,667 RICK: Yeah. 699 00:32:05,833 --> 00:32:07,667 JACK: And this boulder is about the size 700 00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:10,167 of some of those other Nolan's Cross rocks. 701 00:32:10,250 --> 00:32:13,917 Yeah. Definitely conical shape. 702 00:32:14,042 --> 00:32:17,208 NARRATOR: A cone-shaped boulder in the swamp? 703 00:32:17,375 --> 00:32:21,375 And similar to those in Nolan's Cross? 704 00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:24,625 First identified in 1981 705 00:32:24,792 --> 00:32:26,958 by the late Fred Nolan, 706 00:32:27,125 --> 00:32:30,292 Nolan's Cross is a perfectly symmetrical, 707 00:32:30,417 --> 00:32:32,833 megalithic formation of six boulders 708 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,708 near the center of Oak Island. 709 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:37,333 Over the years, 710 00:32:37,542 --> 00:32:39,667 numerous researchers have speculated 711 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:42,667 that the cross is a symbol indicating 712 00:32:42,792 --> 00:32:44,500 that the hidden treasure includes 713 00:32:44,708 --> 00:32:46,500 priceless religious artifacts, 714 00:32:46,708 --> 00:32:48,958 such as the Holy Grail. 715 00:32:49,125 --> 00:32:53,000 Nolan's Cross may lead us to a Money Pit location 716 00:32:53,167 --> 00:32:55,000 and where the treasure might be. 717 00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:58,792 NARRATOR: And others, like architect Brian Pharoah, 718 00:32:58,917 --> 00:33:01,167 believe the feature represents a treasure map 719 00:33:01,292 --> 00:33:03,167 which points to the location 720 00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:06,167 of buried valuables in the Money Pit area. 721 00:33:07,875 --> 00:33:11,583 You've got to dig on that side of it and this side of it. 722 00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:14,667 Because then we can shovel it off and take a look. 723 00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:16,375 BILLY: Yeah. 724 00:33:16,542 --> 00:33:18,833 NARRATOR: Could this cone-shaped boulder 725 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,833 and the possible stone ramp 726 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:23,417 be related to Nolan's Cross? 727 00:33:23,583 --> 00:33:26,875 If so, might they represent clues 728 00:33:27,042 --> 00:33:30,333 that are connected to high-trace evidence of precious metals 729 00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:32,750 that have been detected in the Money Pit? 730 00:33:32,917 --> 00:33:36,292 Or could it be related to valuables that are buried 731 00:33:36,458 --> 00:33:39,083 in the triangle-shaped swamp? 732 00:33:40,042 --> 00:33:42,875 RICK: I would like to know definitively 733 00:33:43,042 --> 00:33:45,333 that the constructs within this body 734 00:33:45,542 --> 00:33:48,375 of the bog are related to the mystery. 735 00:33:48,542 --> 00:33:52,167 Is it perhaps associated with original depositional work? 736 00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:55,500 My hope is that as we excavate the ramp 737 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:57,833 in association with the stone road, 738 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,125 we will hopefully 739 00:34:00,333 --> 00:34:03,542 find some artifacts that will help with that explanation. 740 00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:05,750 It fits all the parameters. 741 00:34:05,875 --> 00:34:07,417 It's big enough to step on 742 00:34:07,583 --> 00:34:09,042 and it's right at the interface between 743 00:34:09,208 --> 00:34:10,667 the muck and the water. 744 00:34:10,875 --> 00:34:13,500 I mean that's like a Nolan's Cross boulder there. 745 00:34:13,667 --> 00:34:15,917 Yeah. We may have discovered something 746 00:34:16,083 --> 00:34:17,250 really important there, mate. 747 00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:20,167 Just got to work on it, clean it off. 748 00:34:20,375 --> 00:34:22,125 There's no question it's pretty unique. 749 00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:24,000 When you see all the digging we did today, there's 750 00:34:24,125 --> 00:34:26,042 something going on there, so... 751 00:34:26,208 --> 00:34:27,625 -JACK: Yeah. -GARY: Yeah. 752 00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:29,500 If there's a ramp, you know, 753 00:34:29,708 --> 00:34:31,167 there's a possibility of... 754 00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:33,833 defining it and looking for artifacts, so 755 00:34:33,958 --> 00:34:35,417 that might be an "aha" moment. 756 00:34:35,583 --> 00:34:36,958 Yeah. 757 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:39,333 RICK: So keep digging and see what we see. 758 00:34:39,542 --> 00:34:40,708 BILLY: Okay. 759 00:34:43,167 --> 00:34:45,375 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 760 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:47,958 -ALEX: Thanks, Jack. -LAIRD: Come on in. 761 00:34:48,083 --> 00:34:50,000 NARRATOR: ...at the Interpretive Centre... 762 00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:51,667 -How's it going, Laird? -Hey. 763 00:34:51,833 --> 00:34:53,500 Hey, how are you? 764 00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:55,333 -You called? -I did. 765 00:34:55,542 --> 00:34:59,000 NARRATOR: ...Rick, his nephew Alex, Jack 766 00:34:59,208 --> 00:35:02,125 and Scott Barlow meet with archaeologist Laird Niven 767 00:35:02,250 --> 00:35:05,667 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan for an update 768 00:35:05,792 --> 00:35:08,667 on the concrete-like substance that was unearthed 769 00:35:08,875 --> 00:35:12,333 two days ago in the stone foundation on Lot 5. 770 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:14,500 So, this is a soil sample. 771 00:35:14,708 --> 00:35:17,667 Soil that Jamie thought was mortar. 772 00:35:17,833 --> 00:35:19,667 -Mm-hmm. -And it was 773 00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:21,833 important enough we thought to compare it to some 774 00:35:22,042 --> 00:35:24,833 -of the mortar that we are getting in the Money Pit. -Yeah. 775 00:35:25,042 --> 00:35:27,333 And Emma has the results of the comparisons. 776 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:28,750 Great. 777 00:35:28,917 --> 00:35:30,417 NARRATOR: In order to analyze 778 00:35:30,583 --> 00:35:32,875 the believed concrete from Lot 5, 779 00:35:33,042 --> 00:35:36,333 Emma has scanned it with an X-ray diffraction device-- 780 00:35:36,458 --> 00:35:40,417 or XRD-- which uses X-rays to determine 781 00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:42,875 the chemical composition and physical properties 782 00:35:43,042 --> 00:35:44,625 of materials. 783 00:35:45,583 --> 00:35:49,292 So, I compared it to mortar samples that I have on file, 784 00:35:49,458 --> 00:35:52,333 and it did not match, so it's not mortar. 785 00:35:52,542 --> 00:35:56,167 And it had some differences to... 786 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:58,917 other soil samples collected from Lot 5. 787 00:35:59,042 --> 00:36:00,875 So I ran a comparison to... 788 00:36:01,042 --> 00:36:03,667 the entire soil database that I have so far. 789 00:36:03,833 --> 00:36:06,042 And on the screen, you can see 790 00:36:06,250 --> 00:36:08,250 a cluster diagram that I have 791 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:11,250 -of the main soil samples. -Mm-hmm. 792 00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:14,750 And our sample in that grouping, 793 00:36:14,875 --> 00:36:17,083 it's an almost exact match 794 00:36:17,250 --> 00:36:20,667 to a Money Pit sample at a depth of 104 feet. 795 00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:23,833 Wow! That's great. 796 00:36:24,042 --> 00:36:27,833 So, which borehole did this come out of in the Money Pit? 797 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:28,917 So there's a few. 798 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:31,333 C-28, C-18.5, 799 00:36:31,542 --> 00:36:34,000 and also the Garden Shaft. 800 00:36:34,167 --> 00:36:35,833 -Okay, great! -Wow. 801 00:36:35,958 --> 00:36:36,917 Amazing. 802 00:36:37,042 --> 00:36:38,708 That's close to our tunnel 803 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:40,292 below the Garden Shaft. 804 00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:47,875 LAIRD: Explain that. 805 00:36:47,875 --> 00:36:50,500 This soil sample taken from Lot 5 matches with... 806 00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:54,208 Money Pit soil samples found near the Garden Shaft. 807 00:36:54,375 --> 00:36:56,750 -Okay, great! -Wow. -Amazing. 808 00:36:56,958 --> 00:37:00,917 NARRATOR: It is a potentially critical moment for Rick Lagina 809 00:37:01,083 --> 00:37:02,750 and members of the Oak Island team. 810 00:37:02,917 --> 00:37:05,333 LAIRD: I should point out that the little, 811 00:37:05,542 --> 00:37:07,708 tiny piece we thought was mortar, 812 00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:09,333 it's not natural. 813 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,208 ALEX: So it's not naturally occurring. 814 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:13,083 So it must have been replaced there is what you're saying. 815 00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:15,208 -Yes. -Exactly. 816 00:37:15,375 --> 00:37:18,500 NARRATOR: Archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan has 817 00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:22,208 determined that a mysterious type of artificial soil, 818 00:37:22,417 --> 00:37:25,375 which was recently unearthed in the stone foundation 819 00:37:25,542 --> 00:37:29,042 on Lot 5, matches others that have been collected 820 00:37:29,250 --> 00:37:31,708 by the team some 100 feet deep 821 00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:33,625 in the Money Pit area. 822 00:37:33,792 --> 00:37:37,083 And in the same region as the possible treasure tunnel 823 00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:40,625 located several feet below the Garden Shaft. 824 00:37:40,750 --> 00:37:43,167 LAIRD: We're always looking for a connection between 825 00:37:43,292 --> 00:37:45,583 Lot 5 and the Money Pit. 826 00:37:45,792 --> 00:37:48,000 Didn't think we'd get it from the XRD. 827 00:37:48,167 --> 00:37:51,167 -Yep. Well, this is an exciting possibility. -Mm-hmm, yeah. 828 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:53,333 And if we think about the interpretation 829 00:37:53,458 --> 00:37:55,292 that we are most interested in, that would be 830 00:37:55,458 --> 00:37:57,458 somebody physically transporting 831 00:37:57,625 --> 00:37:59,750 the same soil from one to the other. 832 00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:01,000 -It doesn't matter which way. -Yeah. 833 00:38:01,208 --> 00:38:02,792 Yes. 834 00:38:02,958 --> 00:38:06,000 Then this might show that the Lot 5 feature 835 00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:09,333 was somehow related to the early excavations 836 00:38:09,542 --> 00:38:12,708 -or the deposit of the treasure. -That's the hope. 837 00:38:12,875 --> 00:38:15,458 ALEX: Yeah, that's one thing we've been looking for on the island 838 00:38:15,583 --> 00:38:18,292 is evidence of people staying here while they did the work. 839 00:38:18,458 --> 00:38:20,167 -We haven't found that at all. -Yeah. 840 00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:22,792 We know that the last reports that we've got on 841 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,917 the wood samples from the tunnel, 842 00:38:25,083 --> 00:38:26,125 there is a strong possibility 843 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:28,333 that it was pre-searcher from the 1600s. 844 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:30,250 -Which would be huge. -SCOTT: Which would be huge. 845 00:38:30,417 --> 00:38:31,708 -Yeah. -ALEX: Those dates 846 00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:33,667 do work pretty well with the Phips theory. 847 00:38:33,875 --> 00:38:35,833 Abso-Absolutely. 848 00:38:35,958 --> 00:38:37,375 Phips was in the area. 849 00:38:37,542 --> 00:38:39,083 Yep. 850 00:38:39,208 --> 00:38:41,750 NARRATOR: In early 1687, 851 00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:46,000 the English Naval Captain and politician William Phips 852 00:38:46,208 --> 00:38:48,833 recovered approximately 34 tons 853 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,000 of treasure in the Caribbean Sea from the famed Spanish wreck 854 00:38:53,208 --> 00:38:55,500 known as the Concepción. 855 00:38:55,625 --> 00:38:59,458 Later that year, King James II of England knighted Phips 856 00:38:59,625 --> 00:39:01,333 for his achievement 857 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:03,417 and ordered him to conduct a second operation 858 00:39:03,583 --> 00:39:06,583 to recover the nearly 65 tons of valuables 859 00:39:06,792 --> 00:39:09,125 that were believed to remain on the wreck 860 00:39:09,250 --> 00:39:12,000 according to its manifest. 861 00:39:12,125 --> 00:39:15,167 Phips made the journey with the help of a Freemason 862 00:39:15,375 --> 00:39:18,250 from Nova Scotia named Andrew Belcher. 863 00:39:18,417 --> 00:39:20,125 But curiously, 864 00:39:20,292 --> 00:39:23,833 they returned with less than two tons of the riches. 865 00:39:25,875 --> 00:39:27,833 I see it as a possible link between Lot 5 866 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000 and the Money Pit and I think we should try to prove it. 867 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:31,792 Yeah. Absolutely. 868 00:39:31,958 --> 00:39:35,167 NARRATOR: Could Alex Lagina be correct 869 00:39:35,375 --> 00:39:37,250 that the matching soil samples 870 00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:39,292 from the foundation on Lot 5 871 00:39:39,458 --> 00:39:41,917 and the area around the potentially 17th century 872 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:44,917 tunnel beneath the Garden Shaft offer evidence 873 00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:48,208 that Phips hid the majority of his discoveries 874 00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:51,458 from the Concepción on Oak Island? 875 00:39:51,625 --> 00:39:53,917 RICK: Here we have a very interesting connection. 876 00:39:54,083 --> 00:39:55,500 I can't deny it. 877 00:39:55,708 --> 00:39:57,667 With these specific timelines 878 00:39:57,833 --> 00:40:00,750 and the significant interest in Lot 5... 879 00:40:01,708 --> 00:40:03,667 ...one could make the association 880 00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:06,375 to the salvage of the Concepción. 881 00:40:06,542 --> 00:40:08,750 And it could change the way we perceive 882 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,875 the relationship between Lot 5 and the Money Pit. 883 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:15,083 But until we get 884 00:40:15,292 --> 00:40:18,250 to the bottom of the excavation, 885 00:40:18,417 --> 00:40:20,500 I think every possibility 886 00:40:20,708 --> 00:40:23,292 is on the table at this point. 887 00:40:23,458 --> 00:40:25,500 That's why it's incumbent on us to 888 00:40:25,708 --> 00:40:27,083 figure out what this structure was. 889 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:28,333 -Yeah. -RICK: Absolutely. 890 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:31,083 The association that could be made 891 00:40:31,250 --> 00:40:33,417 is potentially mind-blowing. 892 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:36,417 Let's just stay the course and move forward. 893 00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:37,792 -Okay. Thanks, Laird. -All right. 894 00:40:37,958 --> 00:40:39,375 -ALEX: Thanks, Emma. -Thank you, Laird. 895 00:40:39,583 --> 00:40:40,833 -EMMA: Thank you. -See you later. 896 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,167 NARRATOR: After more than a decade 897 00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:45,917 of tireless work and perseverance 898 00:40:46,042 --> 00:40:48,958 through numerous unforeseen challenges, 899 00:40:49,083 --> 00:40:51,792 Rick, Marty and their team 900 00:40:51,958 --> 00:40:55,458 may be closer than ever to unearthing the answers 901 00:40:55,625 --> 00:40:59,250 that many before them were unable to reach. 902 00:40:59,375 --> 00:41:01,833 As they dig deeper into the swamp 903 00:41:02,042 --> 00:41:05,750 on Lot 5 and below the Garden Shaft, 904 00:41:05,958 --> 00:41:08,500 will they finally reveal not only 905 00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:11,042 what lies hidden on Oak Island, 906 00:41:11,208 --> 00:41:13,708 but also the truth behind 907 00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:16,667 this 229-year-old mystery? 908 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:20,208 Or could the next major discovery 909 00:41:20,375 --> 00:41:25,083 that they make unleash a deadly curse?