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Tonight on the curse of oak island...

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This is the secret of secrets.

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The message being conveyed in code

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is that the ark of the
covenant is on oak island.

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- You can put x on the spot?
- Correct.

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Holy cow.

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- Wow.
- Is it truly silver?

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It is silver. About 90%.

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- Yes.
- In 40 years, I can't remember

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- a piece of silver I found.
- Is that it?

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I see it, mate. Underneath that Boulder.

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Look at that.

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What the heck is that?

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There is an island in the north Atlantic

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where people have been looking for

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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.

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So far, they have found a stone slab

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with strange symbols carved into it...

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Man-made workings that
date to medieval times,

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and a lead cross whose
origin may be connected

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to the knights templar.

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To date, six men have died

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trying to solve the mystery.

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And according to legend,
one more will have to die

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before the treasure can be found.

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I heard you guys found something.

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We found something. That's correct.

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Come down here and you can see it.

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As a fresh morning dawns on oak island

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for brothers Rick and Marty lagina

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- and their team...
- Right there.

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They are braving the stench and muck

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of the triangle-shaped swamp

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in order to reveal a man-made feature

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that may help them solve
a 229-year-old mystery.

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That's probably the southern wall,

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- and that's the eastern wall.
- We don't know.

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The only thing is, Gary
hasn't found any fasteners,

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and there's evidence of dowels.

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That speaks to being much older.

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What's happening, Billy?

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We just got a little wood.

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Just a few days ago...

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Somebody's dug down
in the swamp, and there...

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We got a bunch of
horizontal and vertical boards.

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I think we're onto something, mate.

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Billy gerhardt and other
members of the team

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unearthed a wooden structure

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embedded in the southern
border of the brackish bog.

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Could this have been some sort of

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a loading and unloading platform?

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Curiously,

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it was found in the same
area where, in the 1970s,

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the late Fred Nolan
reported finding evidence

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of a wooden dam... a
dam which Fred believed

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offered proof that the
swamp was artificially created

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in order to hide something of great value.

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Take some of this, too.

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Now, due to this feature's close proximity

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to the potentially 500-year-old
stone road, or ship's wharf,

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they are hoping to find more clues

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that will help them
determine its true purpose,

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when it was constructed
and just who created it.

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Pottery.

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- Look at that.
- Yeah.

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Couple more pieces here.

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- Man. Yeah, that's nice.
- Here.

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- Check this one out.
- Yeah. Wow.

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That's some high-end stuff.

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Pottery can tell just as
an important story as a coin

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and the more parts you got, the better,

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because then the
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to ID the artifact

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and give it a time frame of
when people was in this area

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okay, so I'll take these
back and get it c-14 tested.

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But we're just gonna try
to expose the structure,

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the width and breadth of it.

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Hey, I'm looking for gold, too.

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There you go.

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Gary, there's a piece of wood

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that's really deep in the bucket there.

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Look.

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- You see the edges on it?
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That's a barrel stave. It has to be.

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100%. Yeah, no, that's a barrel stave.

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- That was really deep, as well.
- It's really deep.

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A barrel stave, or fragment
of a cargo container?

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- So, that's a keg. Lid to a keg?
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In 2020,

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while investigating a
cobblestone pathway

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that was uncovered nearby,
just north of the stone road,

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the team found pieces of wooden barrels

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which, incredibly, were dated

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by blacksmithing expert Carmen legge

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to as far back as the 15th century.

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Could this barrel stave
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that something of great value

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may have been brought
to oak island long ago?

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If so, might those valuables

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have been hidden in the money pit?

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Or could they still be here in the swamp

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as Fred Nolan believed?

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They'd put coins in a barrel.

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Yeah, test it on the inside of the stave

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and see what wi... might
have been in the barrel, right?

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- Yeah.
- What might have left a...

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- All right, mate, I'll put it to one side.
- Okay.

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Good eye, Billy.

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As the investigation in
the swamp continues...

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- Paul.
- Hey. How's it going, Marty?

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Good, you old war horse, you.

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- Yeah.
- You found something.

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Yeah, it seems that way?

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In the money pit area,

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Marty lagina arrives at the garden shaft

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for an update on another
potentially important discovery

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that was recently made by the team.

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A lot of mystery to that.

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Well, it's kind of strange
that, there's only the bottom.

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- Yeah. Yeah, you think?
- Yeah.

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I-I'm just wondering where the other...

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- Sides and top went.
- The sides and the top.

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- Yeah.
- Yeah, me, too.

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Look at that.

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- Right there.
- Wow.

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Those are big beams.

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Two weeks ago, after more than a year

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of tireless effort and frustrating setbacks,

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representatives from
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finished extending the
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known as the garden shaft

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down to a depth of some 100 feet,

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where they reached a
mysterious wooden tunnel.

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A tunnel that has not
only been carbon-dated

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to as early as the 17th century

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but which also runs westward
into the so-called baby blob.

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It is in this region where
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of gold, silver and other
metal have been detected

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between 80 and 120 feet below ground.

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We cannot find any
sign of walls or a ceiling.

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However, upon reaching the tunnel,

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the team discovered that it
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or had been partially dismantle

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sometime in the past.

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So, where are you right
now? Bring me up to speed.

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So, right now, we got one set in.

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The guys lowered the landing
where it's supposed to be.

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Which is about 102 or so.

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We're going to 106.

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And from then on, we'll start

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- drilling horizontal.
- Good.

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- We got a plan.
- Yeah.

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In the coming days,

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dumas will further
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to a total depth of 106 feet.

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This will allow them to conduct

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a manual probe-drilling operation

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to determine if other
sections of the tunnel

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leading toward the
baby blob are still intact,

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while also searching for evidence

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of the possible treasure that
has been detected in the area.

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The horizontal drilling
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find out what that's all about.

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Yeah. It'll give you a
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- Yes. And may...
- Or more questions.

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- -Yeah.
- Probably. Yeah.

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All right, I'm-a let you get back to work.

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- Yeah. Later, man.
- Cheers. Thank you.

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As the excavation of the
garden shaft continues.

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I will say this.

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We have found literally
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but what you have here in front of US,

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it's interesting, right, Craig? I mean...

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It's unique. Yeah.

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Rick lagina and Craig tester

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are meeting with
archaeologist laird niven

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and archaeometallurgist Emma culligan

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in the oak island laboratory.

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It's very strange. I mean...

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And to have found it on lot 5...

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In a, what I believe is
the rectangular feature...

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Makes no sense.

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- Correct.
- So, we're hoping that you

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will make sense of this.

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One week ago, as members of the team

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were carefully excavating a
rectangular stone foundation

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located near the northern regio of lot 5

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on the western side of the island...

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Wow. I think we got something here.

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Archaeologist Helen Sheldon

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found a hand-forged
iron nail in one of its walls

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near the bottom of the structure.

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Because of previous
discoveries that have been made

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in the upper layers of this foundation,

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such as 18th-century
pottery and Clay pipe stems,

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Helen believes that it
was deliberately back filled,

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or buried, by someone in the 1780s,

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but may have been originally constructed

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by someone else much earlier.

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Now, it is Rick and Craig's hop

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that the metallurgy analysis
of this hand-forged spike,

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which was conducted by Emma culligan,

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might reveal not only its age

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but perhaps also when
the original structure

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may have been created.

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No pressure, Emma.

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No pressure.- So,
what I can tell you is that

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it's definitely hand-wrought...

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Um, as can be seen
by the grain structure,

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which is, like, that
wood-like grain structure.

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Earlier today, Emma scanned the artifact

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with the sky scan 1273 ct scanner,

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a device which emits
nondestructive X-ray radiation

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to penetrate corrosion
and reveal its finer details.

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Additionally, she also scanned it

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with an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or xrf device,

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that can identify its metallic composition.

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And I did do an xrf on it,

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which I think you guys
will be really happy about.

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Okay.

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So, there's a high sulfur content,

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absolutely no manganese,

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which would make it hot brittle.

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- Really?
- Yes.

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So, too much sulfur

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in the iron can make it brittle,
or hard to work with, when hot,

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which is not something
you want in your irons,

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which is why we started
adding manganese.

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So it could be 1500s,
1600s, early 1700s.

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Or it could be, like,

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- really, really early.
- What is really, really early?

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Like, 1100s to, like, 1300s.

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- Wow.
- Yeah.

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What is really, really early?

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Like, 1100s to, like, 1300s.

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- Really?
- Yes.

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Why do you say that?

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'Cause the iron is really clean.

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There's few impurities,
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see a lot of in that time range.

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In the oak island laboratory,

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archaeometallurgist Emma culligan

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has just presented an astonishing report.

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Quite remarkable.

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The hand-wrought iron artifact

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that was found one week ago

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in the rectangular feature on lot 5

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could date to as far
back as the 12th century.

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So what is it?

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I think we've decided it
doesn't function as a fastener.

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Why... and why not? Too thin?

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Yeah.

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And it's not a file.

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No.

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So I'm as puzzled as anyone.

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I mean, lot 5 continues

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to surprise and that's for sure.

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In addition to this spike

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that was found in the
rectangular feature,

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the team has made several
other ancient discoveries on lot 5

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since they purchased
it just one year ago.

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These include three Roman
coins that have been dated

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to between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago,

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as well as a 14th-century
lead barter token

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that was unearthed from another
structure closer to the shore

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and which may be
connected to the lead cross

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that the team discovered
at Smith's cove in 2017.

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I mean, timelines are important

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to solving any sort of mystery like this.

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There are a number of finds

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from the early to the late 1600s.

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And now we find this.

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People were here much
earlier than had been presumed.

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That may impact the search agenda.

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That's always the hope.

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Hopefully, we'll find something
even more interesting.

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Agreed, yeah.

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Someone will know what that represents.

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- Yeah.
- Yeah.

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- Thank you.
- Okay. Thank you, Emma.

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- Thank you, laird.
- All right, see ya later

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the following morning...

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Hey, chaps.

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- I brought the expert.
- Hey, Gary. Wow.

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Those are huge planks.

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Rick lagina returns

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to the southern edge of the swamp

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with geoscientist Dr. Ian spooner

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in order to have him inspect
the mysterious wooden feature

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now that more of it has been revealed.

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It's really, really deep

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compared even to the stone road.

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Like, to get those planks down

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this low you would have
had to dewater the swamp.

295
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That's the only way I
would see how to do it.

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There is some sort of structure

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but how did it play into the
work around the swamp?

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Did it have relevance to the stone road?

299
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What is the relationship
between these discoveries?

300
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So at this point we need

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to try to collect as much
information as possible.

302
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At this stage, I-I can't
help but think that it's

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some part of this road feature.

304
00:14:20,687 --> 00:14:23,082
- Yeah.
- It just, like, kind of

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aligns, like, there's a post there,

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and then there probably
were posts that we...

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- Excavated here.
- Yeah.

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They put stakes in everywhere

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to shore up this square structure.

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- Yeah.
- Nicely adze cut

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on this face and it's rounded.

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That's shaped.

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An adze is a type of cutting tool

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dating back to the days of ancient Egypt

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that was generally replaced
by mechanized saws

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beginning in the late 18th century.

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And, curiously, the
timbers that were recently

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recovered from the tunnel
beneath the garden shaft

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also featured cuts that
were made by an adze.

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Is it possible that the oak island team

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has uncovered a structure in the swamp

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that might be connected to
the possible treasure tunnel

323
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in the money pit area?

324
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Right now, we should stand down.

325
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And Steve can pin the corners,

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so he can put it on the, grid.

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Because he believes this structure

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could be of historic importance

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and perhaps connected
to the oak island mystery,

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Dr. Spooner would like
surveyor Steve guptill

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to fully document it before the team

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conducts any more
excavations around the feature.

333
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We'll wait for Steve.

334
00:15:36,555 --> 00:15:36,852
Yeah.

335
00:15:36,876 --> 00:15:39,075
I think that's all we
can do right now, right?

336
00:15:39,099 --> 00:15:40,701
- Yeah.
- I think just leave it.

337
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I say we're done.

338
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Good job, guys.

339
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Later that afternoon...

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We have... sat around
this war room table

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and heard some very
interesting theories.

342
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And today, we are
going to hear something

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that I think will easily
match that metric and,

344
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how it may impact the search,
this search year, in particular.

345
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So let me introduce
John Edwards to you all.

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John, welcome to the war room.

347
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- Thank you, Rick.
- Thank you for coming.

348
00:16:08,962 --> 00:16:10,273
Appreciate everyone having me here.

349
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Rick has invited
researcher John Edwards,

350
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who he has been corresponding
with for several months,

351
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to share new information
regarding the oak island myster

352
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with Marty and other
members of the team.

353
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I've spent the past 30 years studying

354
00:16:25,812 --> 00:16:28,291
symbols and icons, with
emphasis on that kind of

355
00:16:28,315 --> 00:16:32,611
knights templar through
the age of exploration. So...

356
00:16:36,907 --> 00:16:39,576
Something that I think
is relevant to oak island.

357
00:16:58,511 --> 00:16:59,930
Awesome.

358
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For several decades, a
number of researchers have

359
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presented theories
that the medieval order

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of Christian monks known
as the knights templar,

361
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who were persecuted
by the catholic church

362
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in the early 14th century,

363
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conspired with their
believed descendants

364
00:17:17,489 --> 00:17:20,426
known as the rosicrucians
and the freemasons,

365
00:17:20,450 --> 00:17:24,430
to hide and protect
sacred religious treasures

366
00:17:24,454 --> 00:17:28,959
on oak island between
the 12th and 18th centuries.

367
00:17:29,668 --> 00:17:32,313
While a number of clues
have been found on the island

368
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that support this incredible theory,

369
00:17:34,965 --> 00:17:37,026
such as 12th-century structures

370
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14th-century religious artifacts,

371
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and the fact that every
company that has ever looked

372
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for the treasure has
included freemasons,

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it has yet to be proven.

374
00:17:49,646 --> 00:17:53,501
Is it possible that
John Edward has finally

375
00:17:53,525 --> 00:17:55,878
uncovered the irrefutable evidence

376
00:17:55,902 --> 00:17:58,071
that this theory is true?

377
00:17:58,196 --> 00:18:00,299
You know, one of the things that

378
00:18:00,323 --> 00:18:03,952
I've been doing is looking
at the royal arch ode.

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Masonic odes are poems or hymns

380
00:18:12,877 --> 00:18:17,441
that are sung or recited during
secret masonic ceremonies.

381
00:18:17,465 --> 00:18:20,236
And according to John
Edwards' research,

382
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they also contain encoded
information that only

383
00:18:23,847 --> 00:18:28,077
high-ranking members of the
organization may understand

384
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so, if we read it, "this
shall be the sacred Mark"

385
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"which shall guide US in the skies,

386
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bearing like a holy ark."

387
00:18:35,567 --> 00:18:37,670
So if you look at that, we have

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a reference to a "holy ark."

389
00:18:40,613 --> 00:18:42,383
Now, many people believe that

390
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there are certain Jewish
artifacts that the templars had.

391
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Like the ark of the covenant.

392
00:18:52,667 --> 00:18:55,354
Now, "joy, the secret vault is found"

393
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"full the sunbeam falls within,

394
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pointing darkly underground,
to the treasure we would win."

395
00:19:01,384 --> 00:19:05,865
And it makes reference to
"pointing darkly underground."

396
00:19:05,889 --> 00:19:08,850
To like a vault. Okay?

397
00:19:09,517 --> 00:19:12,103
Now, the question is,
where is that vault located?

398
00:19:14,064 --> 00:19:16,542
So we have an early masonic text

399
00:19:16,566 --> 00:19:20,570
and you see someone
being lowered into a vault.

400
00:19:21,738 --> 00:19:24,574
Looks like someone
recovering the ark to me.

401
00:19:25,867 --> 00:19:28,953
Now, interestingly, I've acquired

402
00:19:29,079 --> 00:19:30,681
two ancient books that have

403
00:19:30,705 --> 00:19:33,267
codes and maps and things that I think

404
00:19:33,291 --> 00:19:36,395
would be, relevant to
the oak island search.

405
00:19:36,419 --> 00:19:37,855
One was

406
00:19:37,879 --> 00:19:40,191
the whole genuine
works of flavius josephus.

407
00:19:40,215 --> 00:19:42,592
The publication date was 1812.

408
00:19:42,717 --> 00:19:44,469
And he was a Jewish historian

409
00:19:44,594 --> 00:19:47,531
from 37 ce to about
100 ce, common era.

410
00:19:47,555 --> 00:19:51,160
And then the second book
has a publication date of 1763.

411
00:19:51,184 --> 00:19:54,747
It's in French and it
translates as holy week.

412
00:19:54,771 --> 00:19:57,416
So I believe, possibly,

413
00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,275
in the books could be
some masonic ciphering.

414
00:20:00,459 --> 00:20:03,438
I just did this one page here,

415
00:20:03,462 --> 00:20:05,797
which has masonic abbreviations.

416
00:20:10,844 --> 00:20:12,405
- Okay.
- So...

417
00:20:12,429 --> 00:20:15,366
"Ss," which is "sanctum sanctorum"

418
00:20:15,390 --> 00:20:16,868
or "holy of ho lies."

419
00:20:16,892 --> 00:20:19,704
"Me," "most eminent, most excellent."

420
00:20:19,728 --> 00:20:23,958
And then it was signed
with the number 137.

421
00:20:23,982 --> 00:20:27,361
Now, 137 is significant, because...

422
00:20:43,486 --> 00:20:46,214
And what's really interesting is here,

423
00:20:46,238 --> 00:20:48,133
when we look at this page,

424
00:20:48,157 --> 00:20:49,593
there were symbols sketched.

425
00:20:49,617 --> 00:20:51,970
And that looks like the
ark of the covenant to me.

426
00:20:51,994 --> 00:20:53,388
Right.

427
00:20:53,412 --> 00:20:55,498
And right here.

428
00:21:03,506 --> 00:21:05,984
- Wow.
- It certainly looks like oak island.

429
00:21:06,008 --> 00:21:09,571
Yes, and if it's referencing oak island,

430
00:21:09,595 --> 00:21:10,948
what project would that be?

431
00:21:10,972 --> 00:21:12,699
That is quite interesting.

432
00:21:12,723 --> 00:21:13,891
Yeah.

433
00:21:14,016 --> 00:21:15,786
So if all the clues are correct,

434
00:21:15,810 --> 00:21:17,704
the message being conveyed

435
00:21:17,728 --> 00:21:21,399
in code is that the ark
of the covenant is here.

436
00:21:25,111 --> 00:21:26,338
The message being conveyed

437
00:21:26,362 --> 00:21:28,173
is that the ark of the covenant is here.

438
00:21:28,197 --> 00:21:30,574
Awesome.

439
00:21:32,576 --> 00:21:34,721
In the oak island war room,

440
00:21:34,745 --> 00:21:37,015
researcher John
Edwards has just presented

441
00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:41,979
what he believes to be secret
masonic documents suggesting

442
00:21:42,003 --> 00:21:43,438
that the ark of the covenant

443
00:21:43,462 --> 00:21:45,941
might have been hidden
on oak island by members

444
00:21:45,965 --> 00:21:49,093
of the knights templar centuries ago.

445
00:21:50,386 --> 00:21:53,431
But if I'm right, in order to understand...

446
00:21:56,642 --> 00:21:57,727
So...

447
00:22:09,071 --> 00:22:13,409
The tree of life is an ancient
Hebrew and Christian symbol

448
00:22:13,534 --> 00:22:17,097
comprised of ten
points, known as sephirot,

449
00:22:17,121 --> 00:22:20,600
that represents divine
morals and principles

450
00:22:20,624 --> 00:22:23,395
for a spiritual path to god.

451
00:22:23,419 --> 00:22:25,856
It is a symbol that was also revered

452
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,568
by the knights templar, the rosicrucians

453
00:22:29,592 --> 00:22:31,385
and the freemasons.

454
00:22:32,470 --> 00:22:35,949
- This is Nolan's cross.
- Good.

455
00:22:35,973 --> 00:22:37,909
In 2013,

456
00:22:37,933 --> 00:22:41,663
Norwegian freemason and
filmmaker petter amundsen

457
00:22:41,687 --> 00:22:44,166
presented Rick, Marty and the team

458
00:22:44,190 --> 00:22:46,251
with his research suggesting

459
00:22:46,275 --> 00:22:50,005
that the six megalithic
Boulder of Nolan's cross

460
00:22:50,029 --> 00:22:53,050
were part of a larger, ten-point formation

461
00:22:53,074 --> 00:22:55,659
depicting the tree of life.

462
00:22:55,785 --> 00:22:56,845
Is this it here?

463
00:22:56,869 --> 00:22:58,972
- Yeah. This is it.
- Good.

464
00:22:58,996 --> 00:23:00,766
And to help prove his theory,

465
00:23:00,790 --> 00:23:03,810
he led Marty and Alex to lot 28

466
00:23:03,834 --> 00:23:05,520
in the middle of the island,

467
00:23:05,544 --> 00:23:08,690
where he believed they
would find one of the sephirot,

468
00:23:08,714 --> 00:23:13,195
known as kingdom, buried
just below the surface.

469
00:23:13,219 --> 00:23:16,097
- Yeah. Here it comes.
- There we go.

470
00:23:34,824 --> 00:23:37,552
- In 2017...
- Wow.

471
00:23:37,576 --> 00:23:40,722
Rick lagina and his
nephews Alex and Peter

472
00:23:40,746 --> 00:23:44,893
visited a 14th-century
prison in domme, France,

473
00:23:44,917 --> 00:23:46,895
that held members of the templar order

474
00:23:46,919 --> 00:23:52,299
after their persecution by
the catholic church in 1307.

475
00:23:52,424 --> 00:23:53,610
This way.

476
00:23:53,634 --> 00:23:55,153
There, they were shown

477
00:23:55,177 --> 00:23:57,656
a number of carvings, including one

478
00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,200
depicting the tree of life

479
00:24:00,224 --> 00:24:04,037
and also another of a sacred cross.

480
00:24:04,061 --> 00:24:06,414
A cross that was an exact match

481
00:24:06,438 --> 00:24:09,000
to the one that Rick and
Gary drayton would find

482
00:24:09,024 --> 00:24:13,112
just weeks later on oak
island at Smith's cove.

483
00:24:38,804 --> 00:24:42,033
Could John Edwards be correct

484
00:24:42,057 --> 00:24:45,120
that by investigating Nolan's
cross and the sephirot,

485
00:24:45,144 --> 00:24:47,855
which together make up the symbol

486
00:24:47,980 --> 00:24:49,457
known as the tree of life,

487
00:24:49,481 --> 00:24:52,043
he might be able to find the location

488
00:24:52,067 --> 00:24:55,380
where one of the most
sacred religious artifacts

489
00:24:55,404 --> 00:24:58,490
ever known to mankind is buried

490
00:24:59,491 --> 00:25:02,888
so, when you come back,
you can put x on the spot?

491
00:25:02,912 --> 00:25:04,330
Is that what you're saying?

492
00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:09,126
Look, I'd like to find something.

493
00:25:09,251 --> 00:25:12,063
As far as I'm concerned,
you got free reign of the island.

494
00:25:12,087 --> 00:25:14,566
- Tom, you all right with that?
- Absolutely.

495
00:25:14,590 --> 00:25:15,590
Yeah.

496
00:25:15,799 --> 00:25:19,571
It's in the proof that the
picture resides, right?

497
00:25:19,595 --> 00:25:23,408
Hopefully, you will
come back with an x or xs,

498
00:25:23,432 --> 00:25:25,410
and from then we can have a discussion

499
00:25:25,434 --> 00:25:27,144
about how to proceed.

500
00:25:29,563 --> 00:25:32,584
You're welcome, but you've
got some work to do, so...

501
00:25:32,608 --> 00:25:33,692
Off we go.

502
00:25:33,817 --> 00:25:35,462
Thanks, guys.

503
00:25:35,486 --> 00:25:38,131
As John Edwards prepares to begin

504
00:25:38,155 --> 00:25:40,449
his field research of the island...

505
00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:42,719
We're making progress.

506
00:25:42,743 --> 00:25:44,221
Let's keep going.

507
00:25:44,245 --> 00:25:45,847
All right.

508
00:25:45,871 --> 00:25:47,289
On lot 5,

509
00:25:47,414 --> 00:25:51,519
archaeologists Jamie
kouba and Fiona Steele

510
00:25:51,543 --> 00:25:54,105
are investigating the
foundatio near the shoreline

511
00:25:54,129 --> 00:25:55,732
where the team discovered

512
00:25:55,756 --> 00:25:59,468
the 14th-century lead
barter token one year ago.

513
00:26:02,846 --> 00:26:04,282
Hey.

514
00:26:04,306 --> 00:26:05,784
I got another button.

515
00:26:05,808 --> 00:26:07,661
That's great.

516
00:26:07,685 --> 00:26:09,287
Yeah. This one's much bigger.

517
00:26:09,311 --> 00:26:12,540
That is quite shiny.

518
00:26:12,564 --> 00:26:14,876
Like, like, gold-plated.

519
00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,128
- You sure it's a button?
- I'm sure it's a button,

520
00:26:17,152 --> 00:26:18,964
- 'cause we got the loop on the back...
- I see the ring.

521
00:26:18,988 --> 00:26:21,007
- But maybe it's gold-plated.
- Yeah, I can see that now.

522
00:26:21,031 --> 00:26:24,135
I don't think we've seen any of those yet.

523
00:26:24,159 --> 00:26:25,637
I haven't.

524
00:26:25,661 --> 00:26:28,723
If this was military, it
would be an officer's button

525
00:26:28,747 --> 00:26:34,145
if it was gold-plated,
so... A gold-plated button?

526
00:26:34,169 --> 00:26:35,855
Could Jamie kouba be correct

527
00:26:35,879 --> 00:26:39,401
that it belonged to a
high-ranking military officer

528
00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:42,737
if so, could it have been an officer

529
00:26:42,761 --> 00:26:45,240
who took part in hiding, or protecting,

530
00:26:45,264 --> 00:26:48,994
something of great value on oak island?

531
00:26:49,018 --> 00:26:50,370
Very cool.

532
00:26:50,394 --> 00:26:52,664
I can't wait to see
what that turns out to be.

533
00:26:52,688 --> 00:26:53,689
Right?

534
00:27:07,444 --> 00:27:11,007
- Holy cow!
- What have you got?

535
00:27:11,031 --> 00:27:12,907
Wow!

536
00:27:15,577 --> 00:27:18,973
- What have you got?
- I'm not entirely sure,

537
00:27:18,997 --> 00:27:21,541
but I think it's a piece
of silverware handle.

538
00:27:22,929 --> 00:27:24,279
Really?

539
00:27:24,303 --> 00:27:26,237
Near the shoreline of lot 5,

540
00:27:26,261 --> 00:27:29,198
on the western side of oak island...

541
00:27:29,222 --> 00:27:33,244
- And I think it might actually be silver.
- Wow!

542
00:27:33,268 --> 00:27:36,080
Archaeologist Jamie kouba

543
00:27:36,104 --> 00:27:39,083
has just found another
potentially valuable clue

544
00:27:39,107 --> 00:27:41,044
in the mysterious foundation
that was discovered

545
00:27:41,068 --> 00:27:44,964
below the circular stone
featur earlier this year.

546
00:27:44,988 --> 00:27:48,217
It's gorgeous. Look at the designs on it.

547
00:27:48,241 --> 00:27:52,055
I've never found a single
piece of precious metal,

548
00:27:52,079 --> 00:27:54,140
much less a piece this big

549
00:27:54,164 --> 00:27:56,142
of what could potentially be silver.

550
00:27:56,166 --> 00:27:58,770
This is a big deal.

551
00:27:58,794 --> 00:28:00,355
We're here on a treasure hunt,

552
00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:03,399
so we're hoping that
maybe we can analyze that,

553
00:28:03,423 --> 00:28:07,052
and that would give US
the best possible chance

554
00:28:07,177 --> 00:28:09,554
to get answers on who built this.

555
00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:13,242
- Hello.
- Whoa. Hello.

556
00:28:13,266 --> 00:28:15,495
So, what do you have?

557
00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:17,163
So, I don't really know where to start,

558
00:28:17,187 --> 00:28:20,249
so I'm just gonna show you
the first one that I found today,

559
00:28:20,273 --> 00:28:22,984
and we'll work our way through those.

560
00:28:23,777 --> 00:28:25,088
All righty.

561
00:28:25,112 --> 00:28:27,173
- It's a button.
- That looked like gold.

562
00:28:27,197 --> 00:28:29,133
It's a very cool button.

563
00:28:29,157 --> 00:28:32,327
That's cool, I can
almost imagine a design

564
00:28:32,452 --> 00:28:34,847
- on the front, too.
- It's hard to tell.

565
00:28:34,871 --> 00:28:37,707
- What else did you find?
- You're gonna flip. It's so cool.

566
00:28:39,751 --> 00:28:41,979
- That's silver, isn't it?
- Wow.

567
00:28:42,003 --> 00:28:44,589
I'm-I'm pretty sure it's silver.

568
00:28:45,715 --> 00:28:47,568
It's quite decorative, though, at the top.

569
00:28:47,592 --> 00:28:48,778
Yeah. Hand-decorated.

570
00:28:48,802 --> 00:28:50,655
It's so ornate. Yeah.

571
00:28:50,679 --> 00:28:52,347
That's really cool.

572
00:28:53,014 --> 00:28:57,286
This is not just your
average domestic building.

573
00:28:57,310 --> 00:28:59,247
And they were using soil

574
00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:01,624
from deep in the money pit.

575
00:29:01,648 --> 00:29:04,022
And there's that kind of treasure, as well.

576
00:29:04,046 --> 00:29:04,419
Yeah.

577
00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:06,445
- So, what were they doing here?
- Yeah.

578
00:29:07,487 --> 00:29:11,050
It reminds me of, like, a
crude mortar or cement.

579
00:29:11,074 --> 00:29:15,596
Nearly one month ago,
Jamie uncovered a man-made

580
00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:17,932
cement-like substance in this feature

581
00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:21,310
that has also been found
around the mysterious tunnel

582
00:29:21,334 --> 00:29:22,979
below the garden shaft.

583
00:29:23,003 --> 00:29:27,400
This has made the team
wonder if this feature on lot 5

584
00:29:27,424 --> 00:29:29,986
was connected to an operation to hide

585
00:29:30,010 --> 00:29:34,139
something of great value
deep in the money pit area.

586
00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:36,993
I mean, finding is the first step.

587
00:29:37,017 --> 00:29:39,686
Take 'em to Emma
and trying to get a date

588
00:29:39,811 --> 00:29:41,664
- on 'em is step number two.
- Yeah. Exactly.

589
00:29:41,688 --> 00:29:42,915
All right.

590
00:29:42,939 --> 00:29:44,417
- It's exciting, really.
- Yeah.

591
00:29:44,441 --> 00:29:46,669
- We'll find more stuff for you.
- Okay.

592
00:29:46,693 --> 00:29:49,922
While the investigations
of the stone features

593
00:29:49,946 --> 00:29:51,865
continue on lot 5...

594
00:29:52,991 --> 00:29:54,594
Later that afternoon...

595
00:29:54,618 --> 00:29:56,596
Let's get diggy with it, Billy.

596
00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:59,765
- Yep.
- In the southeast corner of the swamp,

597
00:29:59,789 --> 00:30:02,852
now that Steve guptill
has completed a survey

598
00:30:02,876 --> 00:30:05,229
of the mysterious
wooden structure that sits

599
00:30:05,253 --> 00:30:07,106
next to the stone road,

600
00:30:07,130 --> 00:30:10,902
Jack begley, along with
Gary drayton and Billy gerhardt

601
00:30:10,926 --> 00:30:13,946
continue investigating
the feature for clues

602
00:30:13,970 --> 00:30:16,681
and potential valuables.

603
00:30:22,646 --> 00:30:23,772
We got a hit, Jack.

604
00:30:23,897 --> 00:30:26,608
Great to hear, Gary. I'm on my way.

605
00:30:30,445 --> 00:30:33,114
A little scrappy one.

606
00:30:34,824 --> 00:30:37,827
Should be right underneath there.

607
00:30:40,789 --> 00:30:43,698
All right, mate. And I'll
see if you've moved it.

608
00:30:43,722 --> 00:30:44,722
Sure.

609
00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:47,546
Come out, my little beauty.

610
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,258
What have we got here?

611
00:30:51,925 --> 00:30:54,529
I think it's some kind of digging tool.

612
00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:58,616
Not like any sort of modern
digging tool I've seen.

613
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,058
That's old.

614
00:31:00,934 --> 00:31:03,412
It's-it's almost like a trowel.

615
00:31:03,436 --> 00:31:04,830
I think it's unique, mate,

616
00:31:04,854 --> 00:31:07,333
because of where it came from, as well,

617
00:31:07,357 --> 00:31:11,337
in between that wooden feature,

618
00:31:11,361 --> 00:31:13,506
we have no idea what
it is at the moment,

619
00:31:13,530 --> 00:31:14,507
and the stone road.

620
00:31:14,531 --> 00:31:16,425
It could be even older.

621
00:31:16,449 --> 00:31:20,370
Maybe this piece of iron
could be part of an old tool

622
00:31:20,495 --> 00:31:23,933
left over from building the stone roadway

623
00:31:23,957 --> 00:31:26,102
or even this wood structure.

624
00:31:26,126 --> 00:31:29,963
And hopefully, we can put a date on it.

625
00:31:38,221 --> 00:31:39,365
Yeah, we got a signal here, Jack.

626
00:31:39,389 --> 00:31:40,932
It seems to be right in front

627
00:31:41,057 --> 00:31:43,869
of this big Boulder here.

628
00:31:43,893 --> 00:31:46,229
Just there, somewhere.

629
00:31:50,233 --> 00:31:52,694
See if I moved it.

630
00:31:55,864 --> 00:31:57,758
Let me see if I can pinpoint it for you.

631
00:31:57,782 --> 00:32:00,845
The old stick in the mud, here.

632
00:32:00,869 --> 00:32:03,264
It's actually still there.

633
00:32:03,288 --> 00:32:04,331
It's under there.

634
00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,875
- All right.
- It's got a good signal.

635
00:32:11,379 --> 00:32:13,482
Is that it? I see it, mate.

636
00:32:13,506 --> 00:32:15,484
Look at that.

637
00:32:15,508 --> 00:32:17,969
What the heck is that?

638
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,074
Look at that!

639
00:32:22,098 --> 00:32:23,743
- That's a big spike.
- Yeah.

640
00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:25,995
Look, it's still got wood on it.

641
00:32:26,019 --> 00:32:29,332
At the southeastern border
of the oak island swamp,

642
00:32:29,356 --> 00:32:32,501
Gary drayton, Jack begley

643
00:32:32,525 --> 00:32:35,671
and Billy gerhardt have just made

644
00:32:35,695 --> 00:32:37,757
a potentially critical discover

645
00:32:37,781 --> 00:32:40,367
in the mysterious
wooden structure that was

646
00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:43,929
recently uncovered
next to the stone road.

647
00:32:43,953 --> 00:32:47,600
It looks hand-forged, wrought iron,

648
00:32:47,624 --> 00:32:50,353
and it's still got wood on it,
so you know it was a fastener.

649
00:32:50,377 --> 00:32:52,271
- Yeah.
- Look at the size of that.

650
00:32:52,295 --> 00:32:53,606
- Yeah.
- Wow.

651
00:32:53,630 --> 00:32:55,107
That's gonna come back old, mate.

652
00:32:55,131 --> 00:32:56,859
Possibly, yeah. I think so, too.

653
00:32:56,883 --> 00:33:00,887
This is gorgeous, as well.
We've never found one like this.

654
00:33:01,721 --> 00:33:04,617
A - hand-forged, iron spike?

655
00:33:04,641 --> 00:33:06,369
Could Gary drayton be correct

656
00:33:06,393 --> 00:33:08,746
that it is different from other spikes

657
00:33:08,770 --> 00:33:10,539
that the team has found in this area

658
00:33:10,563 --> 00:33:13,959
and might be a much older artifact?

659
00:33:13,983 --> 00:33:15,670
All right, I'm gonna make
my way back down there.

660
00:33:15,694 --> 00:33:18,506
Okay, mate. I'm gonna
put a bag over the wood

661
00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:20,549
- and put it to one side.
- If so,

662
00:33:20,573 --> 00:33:22,802
could it be a key clue

663
00:33:22,826 --> 00:33:25,429
that will help the team
determine just when

664
00:33:25,453 --> 00:33:27,139
this feature was constructed?

665
00:33:27,163 --> 00:33:29,809
The question for US to answer is

666
00:33:29,833 --> 00:33:31,811
why were these constructs made?

667
00:33:31,835 --> 00:33:34,939
Perhaps they were
intended to be hidden.

668
00:33:34,963 --> 00:33:37,608
And there is every hope that we will,

669
00:33:37,632 --> 00:33:40,820
at some point, discover the
reason why they were built.

670
00:33:40,844 --> 00:33:43,864
Hey, Billy. Look at this.

671
00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:45,950
It looks like it's axe-chopped.

672
00:33:45,974 --> 00:33:48,035
There's some type of

673
00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:50,287
a piece of iron that's stuck into it.

674
00:33:50,311 --> 00:33:53,582
And then this is
straight-cut along the top,

675
00:33:53,606 --> 00:33:55,608
not circular saw.

676
00:33:56,443 --> 00:33:59,046
From all the artifacts that we have found

677
00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:01,090
and getting a better look at this wood,

678
00:34:01,114 --> 00:34:02,925
I think it might connect with

679
00:34:02,949 --> 00:34:06,345
the stone pathway and the stone road.

680
00:34:06,369 --> 00:34:08,264
It's been a heck of a day, guys.

681
00:34:08,288 --> 00:34:10,498
Great job today.

682
00:34:14,127 --> 00:34:16,296
The following morning...

683
00:34:17,046 --> 00:34:20,401
Three of US were called out to lot 5,

684
00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:24,655
and Jamie came up
with these nice artifacts.

685
00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:26,365
At the oak island laboratory.

686
00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:30,995
Rick lagina, Craig tester and Jack begley

687
00:34:31,019 --> 00:34:33,372
meet with archaeologist laird niven

688
00:34:33,396 --> 00:34:35,565
and archaeometallurgist
Emma culligan to receive.

689
00:34:35,690 --> 00:34:39,879
Emma's scientific analysis
of the gold-plated button

690
00:34:39,903 --> 00:34:42,047
and the possible silver artifac

691
00:34:42,071 --> 00:34:44,383
that were unearthed one day ago

692
00:34:44,407 --> 00:34:46,969
in the large stone foundation on lot 5.

693
00:34:46,993 --> 00:34:50,139
That is somewhat self-explanatory, right?

694
00:34:50,163 --> 00:34:52,057
- Yes, it's a button.
- The key question is

695
00:34:52,081 --> 00:34:54,667
composition. What is it?

696
00:34:55,502 --> 00:34:57,646
It is a copper alloy with about 3% gold

697
00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:59,839
on the surface, so it is gilded.

698
00:35:00,673 --> 00:35:05,571
Gilding, which dates back
to the times of ancient Egypt,

699
00:35:05,595 --> 00:35:07,823
is a decorative technique

700
00:35:07,847 --> 00:35:09,825
by which thin layers of gold

701
00:35:09,849 --> 00:35:12,995
are applied to the surface of an item.

702
00:35:13,019 --> 00:35:18,834
What's really revealing
of that age and Providence

703
00:35:18,858 --> 00:35:20,920
in the metallurgical
aspect is the phosphorus.

704
00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:22,379
You got about 5%.

705
00:35:22,403 --> 00:35:25,758
But that kind of button
composition you won't see in

706
00:35:25,782 --> 00:35:27,510
your regular old casual clothes.

707
00:35:27,534 --> 00:35:29,994
I'd say it's more like naval military.

708
00:35:30,995 --> 00:35:35,333
It had to have been, like,
an officer's button then, right?

709
00:35:35,458 --> 00:35:37,019
Yes. Officer or a gentleman.

710
00:35:37,043 --> 00:35:39,128
Ayuh, I can say that it's most likely

711
00:35:39,254 --> 00:35:43,383
English, 18th century, naval military.

712
00:35:44,217 --> 00:35:46,862
This naval button, does
it have something to say

713
00:35:46,886 --> 00:35:50,533
about the activities on lot 5?

714
00:35:50,557 --> 00:35:52,284
Might it have been British

715
00:35:52,308 --> 00:35:54,495
who came searching for something?

716
00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:56,455
But if you're doing original work,

717
00:35:56,479 --> 00:35:58,648
you want to police your area.

718
00:35:58,773 --> 00:36:01,877
I just hope we continue
to make finds of artifacts

719
00:36:01,901 --> 00:36:04,046
that will hopefully fill in the gaps

720
00:36:04,070 --> 00:36:05,572
in this story on lot 5.

721
00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:09,093
You know, this one appears to be silver,

722
00:36:09,117 --> 00:36:12,161
but the question is, is it truly silver?

723
00:36:13,996 --> 00:36:15,891
Yes, it is silver.

724
00:36:15,915 --> 00:36:17,392
Yes.

725
00:36:17,416 --> 00:36:19,728
Um, at about 90%.

726
00:36:19,752 --> 00:36:21,063
In 40 years,

727
00:36:21,087 --> 00:36:23,214
I can't remember a
piece of silver I've found.

728
00:36:24,256 --> 00:36:27,277
If you remember the
treasure trove license, right?

729
00:36:27,301 --> 00:36:30,906
The treasure trove license
would define that as treasure.

730
00:36:30,930 --> 00:36:33,307
It is treasure.

731
00:36:40,889 --> 00:36:41,866
The treasure trove licens

732
00:36:41,890 --> 00:36:43,618
would define that as treasure.

733
00:36:43,642 --> 00:36:45,661
It is treasure.

734
00:36:45,685 --> 00:36:46,853
Yeah.

735
00:36:46,978 --> 00:36:50,249
It's precious metal. That's as far as

736
00:36:50,273 --> 00:36:51,834
- we can go right now.
- Yes.

737
00:36:51,858 --> 00:36:53,961
In the oak island laboratory,

738
00:36:53,985 --> 00:36:56,339
archaeometallurgist Emma culligan

739
00:36:56,363 --> 00:36:58,490
has just confirmed that

740
00:36:58,615 --> 00:37:00,635
the metal artifact found one day ago

741
00:37:00,659 --> 00:37:03,888
in the mysterious
stone foundation on lot 5

742
00:37:03,912 --> 00:37:08,291
is composed almost
entirely of pure silver.

743
00:37:09,126 --> 00:37:10,770
So, what is it?

744
00:37:10,794 --> 00:37:12,980
If we look at it functionally,

745
00:37:13,004 --> 00:37:15,608
we both believe, this is its original form.

746
00:37:15,632 --> 00:37:17,944
Yeah.

747
00:37:17,968 --> 00:37:19,779
And here you can see the slits

748
00:37:19,803 --> 00:37:23,407
on these sides, on the edges.

749
00:37:23,431 --> 00:37:24,617
There's some artistry there.

750
00:37:24,641 --> 00:37:26,911
Yeah, I agree with that.

751
00:37:26,935 --> 00:37:28,329
So, it could be

752
00:37:28,353 --> 00:37:31,916
almost like the end of
a tassel, decoratively.

753
00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:33,835
- Wow.
- A knife hilt,

754
00:37:33,859 --> 00:37:35,253
you know, something like that.

755
00:37:35,277 --> 00:37:37,904
It's one of the cooler
artifacts we've found.

756
00:37:38,613 --> 00:37:40,007
The initial excitement,

757
00:37:40,031 --> 00:37:42,176
which you've expressed, is it's silver.

758
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,411
And why wouldn't we
be excited about that?

759
00:37:44,536 --> 00:37:46,931
But to go further, I think we need

760
00:37:46,955 --> 00:37:48,432
- more information.
- Yeah.

761
00:37:48,456 --> 00:37:49,767
The idea of

762
00:37:49,791 --> 00:37:53,545
there must be silver
from the concepción.

763
00:37:54,504 --> 00:37:57,358
If it were a metallurgical match to

764
00:37:57,382 --> 00:37:59,026
silver from the concepción,

765
00:37:59,050 --> 00:38:01,445
and it matches that? Bingo.

766
00:38:01,469 --> 00:38:02,738
Then we would be onto something.

767
00:38:02,762 --> 00:38:04,532
Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.

768
00:38:04,556 --> 00:38:06,951
Since the beginning of this year,

769
00:38:06,975 --> 00:38:10,454
the team has found a
number of metal artifacts

770
00:38:10,478 --> 00:38:13,374
in the large foundation on lot 5 that,

771
00:38:13,398 --> 00:38:16,210
according to Emma's
metallurgical analysis,

772
00:38:16,234 --> 00:38:19,172
may be connected to sir William phips,

773
00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:22,657
the English naval officer and privateer

774
00:38:22,782 --> 00:38:24,802
who, in 1687,

775
00:38:24,826 --> 00:38:28,306
salvaged more than
30 tons of silver and gold

776
00:38:28,330 --> 00:38:32,185
from the Spanish wreck
known as the concepción.

777
00:38:32,209 --> 00:38:35,021
We know that phips found
silver on the concepción

778
00:38:35,045 --> 00:38:37,130
and I believe some of the treasure from

779
00:38:37,255 --> 00:38:39,692
the concepción was
secreted to oak island.

780
00:38:39,716 --> 00:38:45,156
In 2021, 32nd degree
freemason Scott Clarke

781
00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:48,284
informed the team that
phips worked closely

782
00:38:48,308 --> 00:38:51,579
with a high-ranking
freemason from Nova Scotia

783
00:38:51,603 --> 00:38:53,581
named captain Andrew belcher

784
00:38:53,605 --> 00:38:57,501
during his second salvage
operation of the concepción.

785
00:38:57,525 --> 00:39:00,087
And he believes that
much of the treasure

786
00:39:00,111 --> 00:39:03,674
they recovered was
hidden on oak island.

787
00:39:03,698 --> 00:39:06,093
Laird, you've spent a lifetime

788
00:39:06,117 --> 00:39:08,012
- and you've not found it.
- I know, I know.

789
00:39:08,036 --> 00:39:11,206
So, that-that certainly is quite interesting.

790
00:39:11,331 --> 00:39:13,541
I can't remember a
piece of silver I've found.

791
00:39:14,125 --> 00:39:17,521
Is it possible, as Rick
lagina has speculated,

792
00:39:17,545 --> 00:39:20,816
that the silver artifact
could offer more evidence

793
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,861
that Scott Clarke's theory may be true?

794
00:39:23,885 --> 00:39:27,847
If so, might that explain why the team

795
00:39:27,973 --> 00:39:32,036
has found the same
man-made concrete-like material

796
00:39:32,060 --> 00:39:33,788
in both the feature on lot 5,

797
00:39:33,812 --> 00:39:37,583
and around the tunnel
below the garden shaft?

798
00:39:37,607 --> 00:39:40,962
And finally, could these discoveries

799
00:39:40,986 --> 00:39:43,172
also support John Edwards' theory

800
00:39:43,196 --> 00:39:45,800
that members of freemasonry

801
00:39:45,824 --> 00:39:49,178
were part of a generational conspiracy

802
00:39:49,202 --> 00:39:52,181
to hide and protect
treasure vaults on oak island

803
00:39:52,205 --> 00:39:54,225
that were originally established by

804
00:39:54,249 --> 00:39:56,167
the knights templar?

805
00:39:57,002 --> 00:39:58,938
I think this find is invigorating,

806
00:39:58,962 --> 00:40:00,255
there's no question about it.

807
00:40:00,380 --> 00:40:02,733
What it does say, emphatically,

808
00:40:02,757 --> 00:40:06,195
is that the lot 5 feature is important.

809
00:40:06,219 --> 00:40:08,823
I don't think one can dismiss the fact

810
00:40:08,847 --> 00:40:12,201
that this find and the concrete from lot 5

811
00:40:12,225 --> 00:40:14,662
strongly hint at a connection to phips,

812
00:40:14,686 --> 00:40:18,582
but also, it speaks to a
connection to the money pit.

813
00:40:18,606 --> 00:40:20,501
I think it only reinforces

814
00:40:20,525 --> 00:40:22,128
that we might be on to something.

815
00:40:22,152 --> 00:40:24,255
We know we have
the money pit material,

816
00:40:24,279 --> 00:40:26,716
that was used in that foundation.

817
00:40:26,740 --> 00:40:29,427
They could have kept,
you know, some treasure

818
00:40:29,451 --> 00:40:31,202
right on site, before they moved it.

819
00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:34,807
I can't wait to see what other
friends pop up as we dig up

820
00:40:34,831 --> 00:40:36,934
- the rest of the feature.
- There you go.

821
00:40:36,958 --> 00:40:39,687
- And so, I think we've got - a lot to do.
- Yeah.

822
00:40:39,711 --> 00:40:41,522
And, I, for one, am gonna start.

823
00:40:41,546 --> 00:40:43,566
- Yep. Me, too.
- All right?

824
00:40:43,590 --> 00:40:44,984
Thank you both.

825
00:40:45,008 --> 00:40:46,448
- Great job.
- Yeah.

826
00:40:47,877 --> 00:40:51,189
For Rick, Marty, Craig and their team,

827
00:40:51,213 --> 00:40:55,986
a week that began with the
hope for important discoveries

828
00:40:56,010 --> 00:41:00,991
has been rewarded with
not only exciting new clues

829
00:41:01,015 --> 00:41:04,143
but also actual valuables that have

830
00:41:04,268 --> 00:41:08,582
advanced their efforts to
solve the oak island mystery

831
00:41:08,606 --> 00:41:10,667
and now, as they continue

832
00:41:10,691 --> 00:41:12,586
digging in the garden shaft,

833
00:41:12,610 --> 00:41:15,297
and investigating the
believed ancient landmarks

834
00:41:15,321 --> 00:41:18,759
on the island's surface will it lead to

835
00:41:18,783 --> 00:41:22,596
a profound and
history-changing breakthrough?

836
00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:24,747
Perhaps it all depends

837
00:41:24,872 --> 00:41:28,101
on whether or not the curse of oak island

838
00:41:28,125 --> 00:41:31,295
can finally be broken.

839
00:41:35,049 --> 00:41:37,819
Next time on the curse of oak island...

840
00:41:37,843 --> 00:41:39,863
The way to unlock Nolan's cross

841
00:41:39,887 --> 00:41:41,406
is built into the cross itself.

842
00:41:41,430 --> 00:41:42,699
If the ark is here,

843
00:41:42,723 --> 00:41:44,600
it would be found using Nolan's cross.

844
00:41:44,725 --> 00:41:46,369
Let's dig there.

845
00:41:46,393 --> 00:41:47,829
- Ooh, look at that.
- There's a Boulder.

846
00:41:47,853 --> 00:41:50,165
Maybe this Boulder is marking the spot.

847
00:41:50,189 --> 00:41:53,210
This is the copper artifact found on lot 8.

848
00:41:53,234 --> 00:41:55,170
This could be identified as viking.

849
00:41:55,194 --> 00:41:57,547
The water started
coming in faster and faster.

850
00:41:57,571 --> 00:41:59,011
We may have hit a flood tunnel.

851
00:42:03,032 --> 00:42:05,032
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