1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,167 NARRATOR: Tonight, on the thrilling season finale 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:05,375 of The Curse of Oak Island... 3 00:00:05,542 --> 00:00:07,000 LAIRD: I think that's meant to go through something 4 00:00:07,208 --> 00:00:08,833 -like chain mail. -That would make it old. 5 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:10,667 From the composition, pre-1600s. 6 00:00:10,875 --> 00:00:12,250 HELEN: Remember the lead weight? 7 00:00:12,417 --> 00:00:14,000 -Yes. -I've just found two more. 8 00:00:14,208 --> 00:00:15,625 What would they be measuring? 9 00:00:15,792 --> 00:00:17,250 Gold. 10 00:00:17,375 --> 00:00:18,792 -MARTY: All right, here we go. -Fingers crossed? 11 00:00:18,958 --> 00:00:20,167 -Yeah. -RICK: I'm looking for a vault. 12 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:22,000 This one might tell the tale. 13 00:00:22,167 --> 00:00:24,000 MARTY: We got a chance of actually finding treasure with this one. 14 00:00:24,167 --> 00:00:25,667 -RICK: X marks the spot. -MARTY: That's the spot, man. 15 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:26,917 -I can feel it. -I hope so. 16 00:00:27,083 --> 00:00:28,667 MARTY: Come on, baby! 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 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:26,333 MARTY: All right, well, here we go, gents. 31 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:28,417 NARRATOR: With the harsh North Atlantic winter 32 00:01:28,583 --> 00:01:30,500 fast approaching, 33 00:01:30,708 --> 00:01:33,167 the final week of search activities this year 34 00:01:33,375 --> 00:01:35,875 has begun on Oak island. 35 00:01:36,042 --> 00:01:38,208 Well, can we get there? 36 00:01:38,375 --> 00:01:40,542 -I want to find the metal. -NARRATOR: However, 37 00:01:40,708 --> 00:01:43,792 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 38 00:01:43,875 --> 00:01:47,333 believe that they still have the necessary time needed 39 00:01:47,458 --> 00:01:50,792 to make a discovery in the fabled Money Pit area 40 00:01:50,958 --> 00:01:52,417 that could finally solve 41 00:01:52,542 --> 00:01:56,375 a 229-year-old treasure mystery. 42 00:01:56,542 --> 00:01:58,500 This is that spot on the map I gave you? 43 00:01:58,708 --> 00:02:00,083 The spot you gave me on the map? Right there. 44 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:01,167 STEVE: We're only about eight feet 45 00:02:01,333 --> 00:02:02,625 northwest off the Garden Shaft. 46 00:02:02,792 --> 00:02:04,625 -CRAIG: Okay. -RICK: You got to remember, 47 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:05,750 we're looking for a room. 48 00:02:05,958 --> 00:02:07,042 we're looking for a vault. 49 00:02:07,208 --> 00:02:09,375 This one might tell the tale. 50 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:11,375 MARTY: All right, let's get out of the way 51 00:02:11,542 --> 00:02:13,000 and let's let this hole get drilled. 52 00:02:13,125 --> 00:02:14,708 -Come on. -Okay, good. 53 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,333 NARRATOR: Just over a month ago, 54 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:23,167 representatives from Dumas Contracting Limited 55 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:26,583 were conducting a probe-drilling operation 56 00:02:26,750 --> 00:02:30,333 some 106 feet deep in the 18th-century Garden Shaft 57 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,042 to investigate a partially dismantled 58 00:02:33,250 --> 00:02:35,208 seven-foot-high tunnel. 59 00:02:35,375 --> 00:02:38,375 A tunnel that leads directly 60 00:02:38,542 --> 00:02:41,250 into a region dubbed the Baby Blob, 61 00:02:41,375 --> 00:02:43,583 where high-trace evidence of precious metals 62 00:02:43,750 --> 00:02:46,583 has been detected through groundwater testing 63 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:51,667 between depths of 80 and 120 feet underground. 64 00:02:55,083 --> 00:02:56,417 NARRATOR: However, saltwater 65 00:02:56,583 --> 00:02:58,375 mysteriously rushed into the shaft... 66 00:03:02,917 --> 00:03:05,667 NARRATOR: ...forcing the team to abandon the effort 67 00:03:05,833 --> 00:03:09,500 and to speculate that one of the legendary flood tunnels 68 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:12,458 had been triggered, which have prevented searchers 69 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:15,167 from digging below 90 feet in the Money Pit area 70 00:03:15,375 --> 00:03:17,667 for more than two centuries. 71 00:03:19,167 --> 00:03:20,458 SCOTT: One last crack. 72 00:03:20,542 --> 00:03:21,917 -Let's make it count. -COLTEN: Will do. 73 00:03:22,125 --> 00:03:23,833 Last one of the year. 74 00:03:24,042 --> 00:03:28,958 NARRATOR: Now, after geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 75 00:03:29,167 --> 00:03:30,917 and his colleague Dr. Fred Michel 76 00:03:31,083 --> 00:03:36,000 conducted new water sampling tests near the Garden Shaft, 77 00:03:36,167 --> 00:03:39,000 they have marked a new borehole location 78 00:03:39,167 --> 00:03:43,292 known as E.5N-14.5, 79 00:03:43,458 --> 00:03:46,167 where they believe the source of the precious metals 80 00:03:46,375 --> 00:03:50,000 may be located some 100 feet below. 81 00:03:50,167 --> 00:03:52,500 MARTY: We're gonna take one big swing 82 00:03:52,708 --> 00:03:54,083 and, you know, we got a chance of actually finding 83 00:03:54,292 --> 00:03:56,208 treasure with this one. 84 00:03:58,583 --> 00:04:01,708 RICK: Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michel have strongly stated 85 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:03,500 that, in this area, 86 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:06,583 there is a source of the metals they're detecting 87 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:08,833 and they don't believe it's natural. 88 00:04:09,042 --> 00:04:11,167 Thus, this location, 89 00:04:11,333 --> 00:04:14,208 maybe, uh, X marks the spot. 90 00:04:14,333 --> 00:04:16,625 I'm calling this Bravo-Sierra. 91 00:04:16,833 --> 00:04:18,250 That's the spot, man. I can feel it. 92 00:04:18,417 --> 00:04:21,292 -I hope so. -This is the last hole, 93 00:04:21,458 --> 00:04:24,375 and we might as well drill till we can't drill. 94 00:04:26,208 --> 00:04:28,000 TERRY: We got a lot of secrets yet to unfold. 95 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:29,958 NARRATOR: As Marty and Craig Tester 96 00:04:30,125 --> 00:04:32,875 continue supervising the core-drilling operation 97 00:04:33,042 --> 00:04:34,750 in the Money Pit area... 98 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:38,500 ...later that morning... 99 00:04:38,625 --> 00:04:40,667 JACK: Hey, Rick. Hey, Doug. 100 00:04:40,750 --> 00:04:42,000 DOUG: Hey, all. 101 00:04:42,167 --> 00:04:43,958 -How are you? -Very good. 102 00:04:44,167 --> 00:04:46,250 -Yeah, we're excited, actually. -NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina 103 00:04:46,417 --> 00:04:49,333 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 104 00:04:49,542 --> 00:04:53,125 meet with Jack Begley, lead archaeologist Laird Niven 105 00:04:53,292 --> 00:04:55,125 and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan 106 00:04:55,292 --> 00:04:57,417 in the Oak island lab. 107 00:04:57,583 --> 00:04:59,458 I have a top-pocket find here, 108 00:04:59,625 --> 00:05:03,000 one that we didn't find, but that someone else did. 109 00:05:03,167 --> 00:05:04,292 I think we're all gonna find 110 00:05:04,458 --> 00:05:06,750 this artifact extremely interesting. 111 00:05:07,833 --> 00:05:10,167 We showed Ane at the Viking museum. 112 00:05:10,333 --> 00:05:12,667 Turns out, it's an arrowhead. 113 00:05:14,292 --> 00:05:16,667 NARRATOR: During the past three weeks... 114 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:18,417 -Oh, wow. -NARRATOR: ...Rick, 115 00:05:18,583 --> 00:05:20,333 Doug and members of the team 116 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,542 visited numerous sites in Italy... 117 00:05:22,708 --> 00:05:25,667 -Oh, is this it? -Denmark... 118 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,625 -Wow. -the Netherlands... 119 00:05:27,792 --> 00:05:30,833 This contains information about astronomy. 120 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,458 and Iceland 121 00:05:32,542 --> 00:05:35,833 in order to investigate an incredible theory: 122 00:05:36,042 --> 00:05:38,958 that nearly eight centuries ago, 123 00:05:39,125 --> 00:05:42,000 the Scandinavian culture known as the Vikings 124 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:44,458 helped members of the medieval Christian order 125 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:46,250 of the Knights Templar 126 00:05:46,417 --> 00:05:48,708 transport priceless religious treasures 127 00:05:48,875 --> 00:05:52,667 to North America and hide them on Oak island. 128 00:05:52,875 --> 00:05:54,083 Wow. 129 00:05:54,250 --> 00:05:56,500 This is very interesting to me. 130 00:05:56,667 --> 00:05:58,458 NARRATOR: During their journey, they brought 131 00:05:58,583 --> 00:06:00,750 a picture of a metal artifact which was discovered 132 00:06:00,875 --> 00:06:05,583 on Oak Island in the 1960s by Robert Dunfield 133 00:06:05,708 --> 00:06:09,167 to the Ladby Viking Museum in Kerteminde, Denmark. 134 00:06:09,333 --> 00:06:13,333 There, curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg 135 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:16,167 gave the team a stunning analysis. 136 00:06:16,333 --> 00:06:17,875 This is very quintessentially the way 137 00:06:18,042 --> 00:06:20,958 that they made these artifacts in the Viking age. 138 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:24,125 We couldn't wait to come back here 139 00:06:24,292 --> 00:06:26,667 because my hope, o-of course, is that 140 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:28,833 you have some very interesting results. 141 00:06:28,958 --> 00:06:31,625 NARRATOR: Now, Rick and Doug are eager 142 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:35,167 to have Laird and Emma conduct a scientific examination 143 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:37,792 on the arrowhead to hopefully determine 144 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:40,375 that it truly could be a critical clue 145 00:06:40,542 --> 00:06:43,958 that could help solve the Oak Island mystery. 146 00:06:44,125 --> 00:06:45,792 This is an interesting one. 147 00:06:45,917 --> 00:06:48,083 M-My first observation is th... how thin it is, 148 00:06:48,292 --> 00:06:49,792 -how narrow it is. -EMMA: Mm-hmm. 149 00:06:49,958 --> 00:06:53,250 To me, that speaks of piercing, not hunting. 150 00:06:53,417 --> 00:06:55,667 The hunting arrows would be broader. 151 00:06:55,833 --> 00:06:57,333 I think that's meant to go through something like 152 00:06:57,458 --> 00:06:58,958 -chain mail. -RICK: Hmm. 153 00:06:59,125 --> 00:07:01,167 Wow. That would make it old. 154 00:07:01,292 --> 00:07:03,625 LAIRD: It would make it old. It also changes its function, 155 00:07:03,833 --> 00:07:06,375 like, why is it here for that purpose? 156 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,292 I see Emma smiling. 157 00:07:09,458 --> 00:07:12,000 I bet you can't wait to put that in the XRF. 158 00:07:12,167 --> 00:07:14,833 Nervous and excited, yeah, yeah. 159 00:07:15,042 --> 00:07:16,375 -Why don't you? -Okay. 160 00:07:16,583 --> 00:07:18,875 NARRATOR: Emma is scanning the artifact 161 00:07:19,042 --> 00:07:21,667 using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. 162 00:07:21,792 --> 00:07:25,500 The device emits nondestructive radiation 163 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:27,583 in order to identify the elements 164 00:07:27,708 --> 00:07:29,833 that are present within objects 165 00:07:29,958 --> 00:07:33,000 which can help in determining their age. 166 00:07:33,208 --> 00:07:35,167 So, the scans are ready, 167 00:07:35,333 --> 00:07:38,042 and I think you guys will be happy 168 00:07:38,208 --> 00:07:40,042 -with the results. -Okay. 169 00:07:40,208 --> 00:07:44,125 EMMA: From the composition, yeah, I can say 170 00:07:44,292 --> 00:07:46,625 -that it's quite old. -Hmm. 171 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:47,708 EMMA: I think these levels would indicate, 172 00:07:47,875 --> 00:07:50,167 like, pre, you know, 1600s. 173 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:52,000 -No way. -LARID: As far as we know. 174 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:53,583 -Wow. -Yeah. 175 00:07:53,750 --> 00:07:56,333 -Wow. -EMMA: The phosphorus and sulfur 176 00:07:56,542 --> 00:07:59,000 is common in English iron. 177 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:03,667 So, comfortably, I would put it in the English region. 178 00:08:03,792 --> 00:08:05,667 -Hmm. -LAIRD: Being English 179 00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:07,333 doesn't preclude it being Norse. 180 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:09,542 So far, there's nothing to say it isn't. 181 00:08:09,708 --> 00:08:11,333 -That it isn't Viking? -Yeah. 182 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:14,417 The Vikings pillaged a lot of England. 183 00:08:14,542 --> 00:08:15,667 Oh, and they also lived there. 184 00:08:15,875 --> 00:08:17,667 DOUG: It may be supportive 185 00:08:17,833 --> 00:08:19,833 of these other dates from our other findings on the island 186 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:21,958 -Yeah. -that we have in a medieval context. 187 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:24,833 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 188 00:08:25,875 --> 00:08:28,708 NARRATOR: In recent years, the team has investigated 189 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,500 numerous structures on the island 190 00:08:30,708 --> 00:08:32,500 which experts have suggested 191 00:08:32,708 --> 00:08:36,250 could date back as early as 1200 AD. 192 00:08:36,417 --> 00:08:39,750 These include a stone well on Lot 26, 193 00:08:39,917 --> 00:08:42,875 a massive paved feature in the swamp 194 00:08:43,042 --> 00:08:46,333 and the megalithic formation of six boulders 195 00:08:46,542 --> 00:08:48,583 known as Nolan's Cross. 196 00:08:48,750 --> 00:08:51,500 Incredibly, they have also found 197 00:08:51,667 --> 00:08:54,125 two lead artifacts and a pickax 198 00:08:54,292 --> 00:08:58,000 that have been scientifically linked to Scandinavia. 199 00:08:58,208 --> 00:09:01,708 Could this arrowhead be another critical piece of evidence 200 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,375 supporting the theory that Vikings 201 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,208 may have helped the Templar order 202 00:09:06,375 --> 00:09:09,042 bury sacred treasures on Oak island? 203 00:09:09,208 --> 00:09:12,625 If so, could that also explain 204 00:09:12,833 --> 00:09:15,000 the high-trace evidence of precious metals 205 00:09:15,167 --> 00:09:18,917 that the team has detected in the Money Pit area? 206 00:09:19,042 --> 00:09:20,625 If these are out there, 207 00:09:20,750 --> 00:09:22,333 who knows what else is out there? 208 00:09:22,542 --> 00:09:24,958 So, let's keep looking into it. 209 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:26,292 -Okay? -We will. 210 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,167 -RICK: Thank you. -JACK: Thanks. 211 00:09:28,375 --> 00:09:30,500 NARRATOR: As Rick and Doug finish their meeting 212 00:09:30,708 --> 00:09:33,375 with Laird and Emma in the lab... 213 00:09:33,542 --> 00:09:35,458 ALEX: All right, Gary. 214 00:09:35,625 --> 00:09:37,458 -Yep. -What do we have here? 215 00:09:37,625 --> 00:09:41,000 Back at it, mate. Lots of flags to dig today. 216 00:09:41,208 --> 00:09:42,958 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina 217 00:09:43,125 --> 00:09:45,500 and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 218 00:09:45,708 --> 00:09:48,042 arrive on Lot 10, 219 00:09:48,208 --> 00:09:51,292 where Gary detected a number of promising metal targets 220 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,417 earlier this morning. 221 00:09:53,583 --> 00:09:55,500 It is gonna be a cold one today, mate. 222 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:58,167 -This island tells you when it's time to leave. -Yep. 223 00:09:58,375 --> 00:10:00,208 So, uh, whatever we can get out of the ground before it freezes, 224 00:10:00,375 --> 00:10:02,458 -we got to get out. -Okay, mate. 225 00:10:02,667 --> 00:10:05,708 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago, near this area, 226 00:10:05,875 --> 00:10:08,833 Marty Lagina and members of the team 227 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:12,125 lifted one of the six megalithic boulders of Nolan's Cross 228 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:13,958 known as Cone E 229 00:10:14,125 --> 00:10:17,292 in order to look for clues that might help identify 230 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:19,208 just who created the feature. 231 00:10:19,375 --> 00:10:20,667 MARTY: I mean, if that's cement, 232 00:10:20,833 --> 00:10:22,500 then we found something. 233 00:10:22,625 --> 00:10:25,333 NARRATOR: Incredibly, Marty discovered 234 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:27,333 a strange concrete-like substance 235 00:10:27,458 --> 00:10:31,708 beneath Cone E that contained animal hair of some kind, 236 00:10:31,917 --> 00:10:35,167 and which the team plans to further analyze 237 00:10:35,292 --> 00:10:37,167 through DNA testing. 238 00:10:37,292 --> 00:10:39,833 GARY: All right, let's see what we got here. 239 00:10:40,042 --> 00:10:42,708 NARRATOR: Now, after getting permission from Laird Niven 240 00:10:42,875 --> 00:10:46,583 to dig up the targets that were marked earlier today, 241 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:48,500 Gary and Alex hope to find 242 00:10:48,708 --> 00:10:52,667 additional important or valuable clues. 243 00:10:52,792 --> 00:10:54,000 That sounds good, mate. 244 00:10:54,125 --> 00:10:55,750 It's right there. 245 00:10:56,958 --> 00:10:58,417 ALEX: I'll see what I can do. 246 00:10:58,583 --> 00:11:00,750 GARY: It is snowing now, mate. 247 00:11:03,417 --> 00:11:06,500 -Hopefully, it's a bit of snowy treasure. -Oh. 248 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,042 -I'll try pinpointing it. -Okay. 249 00:11:11,417 --> 00:11:12,917 There it is. 250 00:11:13,917 --> 00:11:16,250 Oh, that is very interesting. 251 00:11:19,875 --> 00:11:21,208 GARY: We'll see what we got. 252 00:11:21,375 --> 00:11:23,792 Oh, very interesting. 253 00:11:23,958 --> 00:11:26,000 Is it a pin or is it a chisel? 254 00:11:27,125 --> 00:11:30,333 NARRATOR: On lot ten, near the middle of Oak Island, 255 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,667 Alex Lagina and Gary Drayton 256 00:11:32,833 --> 00:11:36,667 may have just uncovered a potentially important clue. 257 00:11:36,875 --> 00:11:39,333 To me, that looks like a tool. 258 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:42,917 You see, it looks like it's kind of mushroomed on the top. 259 00:11:43,083 --> 00:11:45,167 -Meaning it's been hammered. -Yeah. 260 00:11:45,375 --> 00:11:46,875 It's like a tool 261 00:11:47,083 --> 00:11:49,417 you would use to inscribe stones. 262 00:11:49,583 --> 00:11:51,708 And that is part of the story of Oak Island. 263 00:11:51,875 --> 00:11:54,417 NARRATOR: A possible chisel? 264 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:55,833 Over the years, 265 00:11:56,042 --> 00:11:58,875 several boulders and large stones 266 00:11:59,042 --> 00:12:01,083 have been reportedly found on Oak Island 267 00:12:01,208 --> 00:12:04,083 that featured curious carved symbols. 268 00:12:05,542 --> 00:12:07,542 One, known as the H+O stone, 269 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:10,167 was discovered on the northern shore 270 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:11,875 and featured an H, 271 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,500 a cross surrounded by four dots 272 00:12:14,708 --> 00:12:17,167 and a circle with a dot in its center, 273 00:12:17,375 --> 00:12:21,375 which some believe signifies the presence of gold. 274 00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:25,750 Another was the legendary 90 Foot Stone, 275 00:12:25,917 --> 00:12:27,708 which was found at that depth 276 00:12:27,875 --> 00:12:31,333 in the original Money Pit back in 1804. 277 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:35,292 -CORJAN: There is a four-dot cross here, like, you see? -ALEX: Yeah, yeah. 278 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:38,625 NARRATOR: During their recent trip across Europe... 279 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:39,667 On the other side here, 280 00:12:39,875 --> 00:12:41,958 -circle and dot. -ALEX: Yeah. 281 00:12:42,125 --> 00:12:43,917 NARRATOR: ...Alex, his uncle Rick 282 00:12:44,042 --> 00:12:45,667 and members of the team 283 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:47,625 visited numerous sites 284 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:49,500 connected to the Knights Templar 285 00:12:49,667 --> 00:12:52,000 and others related to the Vikings, 286 00:12:52,208 --> 00:12:54,458 where they saw many structures 287 00:12:54,667 --> 00:12:56,375 and even runestones that featured 288 00:12:56,583 --> 00:12:59,083 the same kinds of symbols. 289 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:00,792 RICK: Look at how many of those runes 290 00:13:00,875 --> 00:13:03,917 -match the 90 Foot Stone. -ALEX: Oh, wow. 291 00:13:05,375 --> 00:13:07,542 NARRATOR: Could it be possible that Gary and Alex 292 00:13:07,708 --> 00:13:09,583 have just unearthed a tool 293 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:11,667 in the area near Nolan's Cross 294 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,458 that may have played a significant role 295 00:13:13,583 --> 00:13:15,458 in the Oak Island mystery? 296 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:16,958 That is a cool find, mate. 297 00:13:17,125 --> 00:13:18,500 -ALEX: Into the pouch. -Yeah. 298 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:20,333 Good digging. 299 00:13:20,458 --> 00:13:23,333 I think this is a heck of a find, Alex. 300 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:24,917 ALEX: I agree. 301 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:29,792 NARRATOR: The following morning... 302 00:13:30,875 --> 00:13:32,875 COLTEN: Going back down two more times. 303 00:13:33,042 --> 00:13:35,167 NARRATOR: ...as the core drilling operation 304 00:13:35,375 --> 00:13:38,750 inches closer to target depth in the Money Pit area, 305 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:41,750 on Lot 5, located on 306 00:13:41,917 --> 00:13:43,500 the western side of the island... 307 00:13:43,667 --> 00:13:45,000 LAIRD: Might have to build 308 00:13:45,167 --> 00:13:47,417 a shelter over this thing for the winter. 309 00:13:47,583 --> 00:13:49,792 ...Archaeologists Laird Niven 310 00:13:49,958 --> 00:13:52,333 and Helen Sheldon continue 311 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:55,208 investigating a rectangular stone foundation. 312 00:13:56,375 --> 00:13:58,208 Within this feature, 313 00:13:58,375 --> 00:13:59,875 just like a larger, 314 00:14:00,083 --> 00:14:02,500 more rounded structure near the shoreline, 315 00:14:02,625 --> 00:14:06,208 the team has unearthed artificially manipulated soils 316 00:14:06,375 --> 00:14:10,000 that match samples recovered from the Money Pit area. 317 00:14:10,167 --> 00:14:12,708 And curiously, in recent weeks, 318 00:14:12,875 --> 00:14:16,042 Helen has helped uncover not only an iron spike 319 00:14:16,208 --> 00:14:18,708 that may date back nearly nine centuries, 320 00:14:18,875 --> 00:14:21,292 but also a lead weight, 321 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:24,292 which the team believes might have been designed 322 00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:27,333 for measuring portions of valuables. 323 00:14:28,792 --> 00:14:31,458 Now, with only a few more days 324 00:14:31,583 --> 00:14:34,000 before winter forces the team to suspend 325 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:37,167 all search operations until next spring, 326 00:14:37,375 --> 00:14:40,417 Laird and Helen are hoping to find more clues 327 00:14:40,542 --> 00:14:43,500 that could determine just who created this feature 328 00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:46,000 and for what purpose. 329 00:14:48,208 --> 00:14:50,500 HELEN: Oh, what's this coming out? 330 00:14:50,667 --> 00:14:52,167 Huh. HELEN: Look at that... 331 00:14:52,375 --> 00:14:54,000 HELEN: That's another one... 332 00:14:55,042 --> 00:14:56,333 ...of those lead weights. 333 00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:00,500 -Like the other one that we found over there. -Yeah. 334 00:15:04,167 --> 00:15:05,917 Yeah, it looks the same. 335 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:07,125 Finding one is odd, 336 00:15:07,333 --> 00:15:08,667 -finding two -Finding two. 337 00:15:08,833 --> 00:15:10,167 is bizarre. 338 00:15:11,208 --> 00:15:12,500 HELEN: And it's all on this layer 339 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:14,708 just above this really hard stuff. 340 00:15:14,875 --> 00:15:17,083 Basically, what we think is the floor. 341 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,625 -Yeah. Yeah. -The very, very bottom. 342 00:15:20,708 --> 00:15:22,625 The really interesting part of this whole excavation 343 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:24,333 are things we didn't expect, 344 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:27,917 like the soils between Lot 5 and the Money Pit match. 345 00:15:28,042 --> 00:15:29,167 -HELEN: It looks almost identical -It does. 346 00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:30,958 -to the other ones. -It does. 347 00:15:31,125 --> 00:15:32,625 There are so many artifacts that we haven't 348 00:15:32,833 --> 00:15:35,125 seen before. The more we excavate, 349 00:15:35,208 --> 00:15:37,667 the more we uncover within this structure, 350 00:15:37,875 --> 00:15:39,375 the more confusing it gets. 351 00:15:39,583 --> 00:15:42,000 It's unlike anything I've seen in the 38 years 352 00:15:42,125 --> 00:15:43,542 I've been doing archaeology. 353 00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:47,833 Oh, my heavens. Laird. 354 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,625 You're not gonna believe this. 355 00:15:51,833 --> 00:15:52,917 LAIRD: Oh, not another one. 356 00:15:53,042 --> 00:15:54,625 HELEN (chuckling): Another one. 357 00:15:54,708 --> 00:15:56,333 Same, shaved on the edges. 358 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,250 Here, look. 359 00:15:58,417 --> 00:16:00,750 And, again, it's down here in this very sandy layer. 360 00:16:00,917 --> 00:16:02,667 LAIRD: Very bizarre. 361 00:16:02,875 --> 00:16:04,000 Three of the same thing 362 00:16:04,167 --> 00:16:05,208 -that we've never seen before. -No. 363 00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:07,167 Really weird. 364 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,500 But Marty would be pretty interested to see those. 365 00:16:10,625 --> 00:16:12,500 MARTY: One of the things that was always missing 366 00:16:12,667 --> 00:16:14,167 here on Oak Island was 367 00:16:14,333 --> 00:16:16,750 if there was such a massive undertaking, 368 00:16:16,917 --> 00:16:19,917 where did they house the people who did it? 369 00:16:20,083 --> 00:16:22,500 Maybe that's what we're uncovering on Lot 5. 370 00:16:23,625 --> 00:16:26,417 If, in fact, we have found the staging area 371 00:16:26,542 --> 00:16:28,500 for whatever happened originally at the Money Pit, 372 00:16:28,625 --> 00:16:30,875 that would make sense. That had to happen somewhere. 373 00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:33,250 Maybe, finally, we're gonna figure that out. 374 00:16:33,417 --> 00:16:34,667 -MARTY: Laird. -HELEN: Hi. 375 00:16:34,875 --> 00:16:36,375 -MARTY: Helen. -Ooh. 376 00:16:36,542 --> 00:16:37,542 What'd you find there? 377 00:16:37,708 --> 00:16:39,292 Yeah. Remember the lead weight? 378 00:16:39,458 --> 00:16:40,583 -Yep. -Yes. -Yeah, well, 379 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:41,708 I've just found two more. 380 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:42,792 -Oh! -Two more? 381 00:16:42,958 --> 00:16:44,208 -Wow. -Yeah. 382 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:46,167 MARTY: Are they identical? 383 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:48,667 LAIRD: One looks identical, one looks a bit smaller. 384 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:50,833 MARTY: The other one was almost exactly 385 00:16:51,042 --> 00:16:53,000 .7 ounces, was it not? 386 00:16:53,167 --> 00:16:54,333 -HELEN: Yeah. -Yeah. 387 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:55,833 You don't have any way to weigh them out here? 388 00:16:56,042 --> 00:16:57,167 Uh, we do, actually. 389 00:16:57,375 --> 00:16:59,750 MARTY: Helen's found two more 390 00:16:59,917 --> 00:17:02,167 pieces of lead more or less identical to 391 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:04,042 the first little cylindrical lead piece. 392 00:17:04,208 --> 00:17:05,958 That alone is interesting. 393 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:07,458 You start to believe 394 00:17:07,625 --> 00:17:10,000 that they actually are meaningful. 395 00:17:11,042 --> 00:17:13,625 -So, there's number two. -Number two. 396 00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:20,917 -.69 -MARTY: .69. 397 00:17:21,125 --> 00:17:22,667 That's pretty close. 398 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:24,708 That is pretty damn exact. 399 00:17:27,833 --> 00:17:29,458 There's number three. 400 00:17:34,083 --> 00:17:35,958 LAIRD: .69. 401 00:17:36,125 --> 00:17:37,958 -That's amazing. -LAIRD: I mean, that's just not coincidental. 402 00:17:38,083 --> 00:17:39,000 No, that's not coincidental. Not three of them. 403 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:40,500 -LAIRD: No. -No. 404 00:17:40,708 --> 00:17:42,167 JACK: Well, what would they be measuring, 405 00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:44,417 -do you think? -Money. 406 00:17:44,625 --> 00:17:45,417 Treasure? 407 00:17:45,625 --> 00:17:46,417 Gold. 408 00:17:46,625 --> 00:17:47,750 (laughs) 409 00:17:47,875 --> 00:17:49,125 NARRATOR: Given that soils 410 00:17:49,292 --> 00:17:51,042 found within this feature on Lot 5 411 00:17:51,208 --> 00:17:53,083 have been scientifically matched 412 00:17:53,208 --> 00:17:55,833 to man-made workings that were unearthed 413 00:17:55,917 --> 00:17:57,208 deep in the Money Pit area, 414 00:17:57,375 --> 00:18:00,792 could that mean that these three lead weights 415 00:18:00,958 --> 00:18:02,500 may be directly related 416 00:18:02,583 --> 00:18:04,667 to the large amounts of precious metals 417 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:05,875 that have been detected 418 00:18:06,083 --> 00:18:08,333 within the so-called Baby Blob? 419 00:18:08,458 --> 00:18:10,542 MARTY: I've become more and more interested 420 00:18:10,708 --> 00:18:14,125 in what's going on on Lot 5 because the archaeologists 421 00:18:14,292 --> 00:18:16,125 are telling me that this is not normal. 422 00:18:16,292 --> 00:18:18,708 -Three weights, .69 ounces. -LAIRD: Yeah. 423 00:18:18,875 --> 00:18:22,250 MARTY: It's got something to do, maybe, with the Money Pit. 424 00:18:22,417 --> 00:18:25,458 That could be the piece that's been missing forever. 425 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:28,042 Okay, you guys carry on and keep digging. 426 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:29,958 Jack and I are gonna go, and it's cool stuff. 427 00:18:30,125 --> 00:18:31,042 -Let's go, Jack. -JACK: Yeah. 428 00:18:31,208 --> 00:18:33,250 LAIRD: See you later. 429 00:18:36,875 --> 00:18:40,042 Okay, this next core could have some good potential in it. 430 00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:42,417 Good possibility where the metals are coming from. 431 00:18:42,583 --> 00:18:44,542 -Yep. -Little something different, hopefully. 432 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:47,250 NARRATOR: It is a critical moment 433 00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:49,208 for Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 434 00:18:49,375 --> 00:18:51,417 in the Money Pit area... 435 00:18:51,542 --> 00:18:53,458 Charles, you got your fingers crossed? 436 00:18:53,542 --> 00:18:54,667 Yeah. 437 00:18:55,708 --> 00:18:57,250 NARRATOR: ...as the core drilling operation 438 00:18:57,417 --> 00:19:00,250 in borehole Bravo-Sierra 439 00:19:00,375 --> 00:19:03,875 has finally reached a depth of some 100 feet, 440 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:06,083 where vast amounts of precious metals 441 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:07,833 were recently detected. 442 00:19:08,042 --> 00:19:09,875 MARTY: We're supposedly zeroing in 443 00:19:10,042 --> 00:19:13,792 on the source of the metals very near the Garden Shaft. 444 00:19:13,917 --> 00:19:16,667 More so than any other drilling this summer 445 00:19:16,833 --> 00:19:18,250 or, really, any prior years, 446 00:19:18,458 --> 00:19:20,375 I'm looking for this borehole 447 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:22,292 to penetrate a treasure vault. 448 00:19:22,458 --> 00:19:24,500 CHARLES: We have a core, gentlemen. 449 00:19:24,625 --> 00:19:26,208 -This is it. -TERRY: One of our last 450 00:19:26,375 --> 00:19:27,333 best chances right here. 451 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:29,167 What do you have, Marvin? 452 00:19:29,333 --> 00:19:30,833 -119. -CHARLES: 119. 453 00:19:30,958 --> 00:19:32,583 TERRY: Thank you. 454 00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:34,375 Let's have a look. 455 00:19:35,625 --> 00:19:37,417 MARTY: Come on, be something. 456 00:19:40,375 --> 00:19:42,167 SCOTT: Sand, sand, miserable sand. 457 00:19:42,292 --> 00:19:43,333 TERRY: Yeah. 458 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:45,125 MARTY: Does not look promising. 459 00:19:45,292 --> 00:19:48,792 TERRY: Unfortunately, it's just in situ material, sadly. 460 00:19:50,042 --> 00:19:51,125 MARTY: Hey, Ian. 461 00:19:51,292 --> 00:19:52,625 -Yep. -So, can we 462 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:54,292 conclude we're through the zone of interest 463 00:19:54,458 --> 00:19:56,500 -for the time being? -IAN: Yeah, we're through 464 00:19:56,708 --> 00:19:59,833 the area that we're really focused on. 465 00:19:59,917 --> 00:20:01,958 I mean, for us, the big deal now is letting this whole place 466 00:20:02,125 --> 00:20:03,458 rest a bit so we can see 467 00:20:03,583 --> 00:20:06,000 if we can pick up anything in the water. 468 00:20:06,208 --> 00:20:07,583 TERRY: Absolutely. 469 00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:10,000 NARRATOR: It is a profoundly 470 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:12,250 disappointing moment for Rick, Marty, 471 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:13,667 Craig and their team. 472 00:20:13,833 --> 00:20:16,250 The vast source of precious metals 473 00:20:16,417 --> 00:20:18,917 that have been repeatedly detected in this area 474 00:20:19,083 --> 00:20:20,625 remains elusive. 475 00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:22,375 MARTY: Well, look, I'm disappointed. 476 00:20:22,542 --> 00:20:25,250 It's the end of the season, and we don't have 477 00:20:25,375 --> 00:20:27,750 the treasure or the story in our hands. 478 00:20:27,917 --> 00:20:29,792 And it doesn't make any sense. 479 00:20:29,958 --> 00:20:32,208 The data strongly shows 480 00:20:32,375 --> 00:20:34,500 that there is some mass of metal 481 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:36,583 that was put down in the Money Pit. 482 00:20:36,750 --> 00:20:40,458 So, once again, Oak Island hands us a mystery. 483 00:20:40,625 --> 00:20:42,833 The problem with this sand is 484 00:20:42,958 --> 00:20:45,167 there's so much clay with it. 485 00:20:45,375 --> 00:20:47,083 I mean, the sand might transmit a lot of water 486 00:20:47,292 --> 00:20:49,000 if it wasn't so full of other stuff. 487 00:20:49,167 --> 00:20:51,542 Yeah, not even really saturated. 488 00:20:51,708 --> 00:20:53,500 MARTY: I mean, there's nothing here that can 489 00:20:53,583 --> 00:20:54,958 deliver the kind of water that's going in 490 00:20:55,083 --> 00:20:56,333 -the Garden Shaft. -CRAIG: No, no. 491 00:20:57,708 --> 00:21:00,333 MARTY: So, I mean, the obvious, Ian, I mean, 492 00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:01,833 what's staring us in the face is 493 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,167 this sand is incapable of doing what happened 494 00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:07,125 in the Garden Shaft, then it kind of leads 495 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:08,875 credence to the so-called flood tunnel. 496 00:21:09,042 --> 00:21:10,333 Yep. 497 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:12,167 RICK: It's just hard to believe 498 00:21:12,375 --> 00:21:16,500 that 479 gallons a minute is being pushed 499 00:21:16,708 --> 00:21:19,250 through the kinds of sands that we're seeing on the table 500 00:21:19,417 --> 00:21:21,458 to flood the Garden Shaft. 501 00:21:21,625 --> 00:21:24,417 Then where's the water coming from? 502 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:26,792 Perhaps a flood tunnel. 503 00:21:26,958 --> 00:21:29,833 It's meaningful. There is historical narrative. 504 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,667 Craig, what does it do for you? 505 00:21:31,833 --> 00:21:34,375 I think there's an external source. 506 00:21:34,542 --> 00:21:35,833 So, a flood tunnel. 507 00:21:36,958 --> 00:21:38,292 And I think, given this, 508 00:21:38,458 --> 00:21:40,167 I totally agree with Craig. 509 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:41,958 MARTY: Yeah, me too. 510 00:21:42,125 --> 00:21:44,833 NARRATOR: Although the team is greatly disappointed 511 00:21:44,958 --> 00:21:47,667 that they didn't recover valuables, 512 00:21:47,875 --> 00:21:50,250 could they be correct that they have unearthed 513 00:21:50,417 --> 00:21:53,125 compelling evidence that a man-made tunnel 514 00:21:53,208 --> 00:21:55,042 connected to the ocean 515 00:21:55,167 --> 00:21:57,583 may have caused the flooding that recently took place 516 00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:00,833 some 100 feet deep in the Garden Shaft? 517 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,542 Let's you two and me go and have 518 00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:04,833 -a little confab here. -Okay. 519 00:22:04,917 --> 00:22:06,000 NARRATOR: If so, 520 00:22:06,167 --> 00:22:07,792 could that offer more proof 521 00:22:07,958 --> 00:22:11,708 that the treasure is in fact somewhere nearby... 522 00:22:12,708 --> 00:22:15,583 ...and protected by a genuine booby trap, 523 00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:19,667 as many have believed for more than two centuries? 524 00:22:20,708 --> 00:22:22,167 MARTY: Well, okay, guys, so, uh... 525 00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:24,333 so ends another season, 526 00:22:24,458 --> 00:22:26,667 -at least for drilling, right? -Yeah. 527 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:29,333 I am... 528 00:22:29,458 --> 00:22:33,458 sad that we didn't make progress or solve it. 529 00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:35,958 Uh, it's-it's disappointing. 530 00:22:36,083 --> 00:22:37,375 But in the last five years, each year, I'm thinking 531 00:22:37,542 --> 00:22:38,833 that we better do it pretty soon. 532 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:41,583 I mean, what are we up to-- 600 wells now? 533 00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:43,333 I-I don't know. 534 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:45,375 -I mean, we still have the metals in the water. -Sure do. 535 00:22:45,583 --> 00:22:47,542 And I do think what we just learned down there is important. 536 00:22:47,708 --> 00:22:50,000 That could not have transmitted the kind of water 537 00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:52,417 -that's in the Garden Shaft, right? -MARTY: No. 538 00:22:52,583 --> 00:22:54,792 I still think, though, the metals are in the water 539 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:56,583 and we have two really good scientists 540 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:58,417 that say it's meaningful. 541 00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:01,125 It's not just some sort of fluke. 542 00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:03,167 We're still excited. 543 00:23:03,292 --> 00:23:04,833 These metals in the water 544 00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:08,167 still strongly suggest some sort of treasure deposit. 545 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:10,500 There we go. 546 00:23:11,542 --> 00:23:13,208 MARTY: I think we need to take a deep breath 547 00:23:13,375 --> 00:23:15,167 and we need to look at what we did 548 00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:17,792 and then try and figure out what we need to do next year. 549 00:23:19,250 --> 00:23:20,417 Look, you know what? 550 00:23:20,625 --> 00:23:22,083 Tomorrow we're gonna get the team together. 551 00:23:22,250 --> 00:23:24,875 We're gonna have a lot more on the table to talk about. 552 00:23:25,042 --> 00:23:26,833 But I got to say, Rick, it's nice to hear you 553 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,958 still very positive. 554 00:23:29,125 --> 00:23:30,667 RICK: 100%. 555 00:23:30,792 --> 00:23:33,333 If you believe in something, you-you just persevere. 556 00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:34,625 Sempre Avanti. 557 00:23:35,583 --> 00:23:37,167 MARTY: Sempre Avanti. 558 00:23:41,875 --> 00:23:44,333 ♪ ♪ 559 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,583 MARTY: Thanks for everybody being here. 560 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:47,458 Want to have a little recap. 561 00:23:47,542 --> 00:23:49,167 This is sort of the deal where we make sure 562 00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:51,583 -we're all on the same page. -Right. 563 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:54,208 NARRATOR: A bittersweet day has arrived 564 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:58,000 for Rick and Marty Lagina, Craig Tester and their team. 565 00:23:58,125 --> 00:24:01,625 With the harsh North Atlantic winter fast approaching, 566 00:24:01,833 --> 00:24:05,000 their search operations on Oak island will have to be 567 00:24:05,125 --> 00:24:07,875 suspended until next spring. 568 00:24:08,042 --> 00:24:09,333 So let's get started. 569 00:24:09,542 --> 00:24:12,000 We're talking about what happened this year 570 00:24:12,208 --> 00:24:13,750 and where everybody wants to go next year. 571 00:24:13,875 --> 00:24:15,958 NARRATOR: But before departing, 572 00:24:16,083 --> 00:24:18,625 the team gathers for a final time in the war room 573 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:20,333 to weigh the great progress 574 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:21,792 that has been made in their quest 575 00:24:21,958 --> 00:24:26,750 to solve a 229-year-old treasure mystery. 576 00:24:26,917 --> 00:24:29,042 Let's start with Lot 5, which became 577 00:24:29,208 --> 00:24:31,625 quite interesting last year and continued this year. 578 00:24:31,792 --> 00:24:34,875 And, of course, Laird, you ran the investigation, 579 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:37,250 so why don't you comment first and let us know 580 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:38,500 what your takeaways are 581 00:24:38,667 --> 00:24:40,708 from all that archaeological work? 582 00:24:40,875 --> 00:24:44,333 Well, it became a much larger project 583 00:24:44,542 --> 00:24:47,167 and complex and interesting project 584 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:49,000 than expected. 585 00:24:49,083 --> 00:24:52,125 And it led to some interesting and intriguing artifacts. 586 00:24:52,250 --> 00:24:53,167 GARY: Yep. 587 00:24:54,208 --> 00:24:57,792 NARRATOR: Since the team acquired Lot 5 in 2022, 588 00:24:57,917 --> 00:25:00,583 they have made numerous discoveries there, 589 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:03,000 which suggests it may have been occupied 590 00:25:03,167 --> 00:25:06,625 by several different groups over a number of centuries. 591 00:25:07,625 --> 00:25:10,375 At the so-called round feature near the shoreline... 592 00:25:11,417 --> 00:25:14,500 ...they have unearthed a 14th century barter token 593 00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:17,500 that may be connected to the believed Templar cross 594 00:25:17,708 --> 00:25:21,958 that was discovered at Smith's Cove in 2017. 595 00:25:22,958 --> 00:25:24,958 However, they have also found 596 00:25:25,083 --> 00:25:28,000 potentially 16th-century Venetian trade beads. 597 00:25:29,417 --> 00:25:30,917 And several iron tools that have been 598 00:25:31,042 --> 00:25:34,500 scientifically connected to Sir William Phips, 599 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:37,375 the 17th century English nobleman 600 00:25:37,542 --> 00:25:38,792 who some believe 601 00:25:38,958 --> 00:25:40,708 hid a vast cache of Spanish silver 602 00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:44,208 in the Money Pit in 1687. 603 00:25:44,375 --> 00:25:48,125 In the rectangular feature located farther inland, 604 00:25:48,292 --> 00:25:51,208 they not only found the three lead weights 605 00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:52,583 that were possibly designed 606 00:25:52,750 --> 00:25:54,542 for measuring quantities of treasure... 607 00:25:55,417 --> 00:25:57,333 ...but also an iron spike, 608 00:25:57,458 --> 00:26:01,292 which Emma Culligan has dated to as early as the 12th century. 609 00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:04,792 And incredibly, all of those discoveries 610 00:26:04,958 --> 00:26:07,833 were eclipsed in age by four Roman coins 611 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,542 that the team uncovered on Lot 5, 612 00:26:10,708 --> 00:26:12,583 which have been dated to between 613 00:26:12,750 --> 00:26:15,667 2,000 and 1,500 years old. 614 00:26:15,792 --> 00:26:18,417 So, given that soil samples 615 00:26:18,625 --> 00:26:20,792 found in both of the mysterious structures 616 00:26:20,917 --> 00:26:22,833 have been matched to others recovered 617 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,708 from deep in the Money Pit, 618 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:27,500 could that mean that Lot 5 619 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:29,333 may still hold secrets 620 00:26:29,458 --> 00:26:30,708 that will prove critical 621 00:26:30,875 --> 00:26:33,667 to solving the Oak Island mystery? 622 00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:36,000 LAIRD: The so-called round structure 623 00:26:36,167 --> 00:26:39,250 transitioned into... I'm not sure what. 624 00:26:39,375 --> 00:26:40,292 MARTY: Mm-hmm. 625 00:26:40,458 --> 00:26:42,500 LAIRD: It's a structure. 626 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:45,833 And the size of the rectangular structure 627 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,333 in the end, and the artifacts that came from that 628 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:50,083 were also a big surprise to us. 629 00:26:50,250 --> 00:26:52,583 -Yeah. -JACK: And both the features were 630 00:26:52,750 --> 00:26:54,833 completely buried and covered over, 631 00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:57,125 -I think, intentionally. -LAIRD: Yeah. 632 00:26:57,292 --> 00:27:01,833 We still contend that the former circular feature 633 00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:06,167 is older than the occupation that's represented within it. 634 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:07,583 Yeah. 635 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:10,042 To me, the most significant thing 636 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:12,417 that happened there this year was this tie to the Money Pit. 637 00:27:12,542 --> 00:27:14,167 Yeah. 638 00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:16,500 The Money Pit might have been built by whoever was 639 00:27:16,708 --> 00:27:18,292 inhabiting the two different structures. 640 00:27:18,458 --> 00:27:19,375 MARTY: Right. 641 00:27:19,542 --> 00:27:21,083 Maybe you can get the who 642 00:27:21,250 --> 00:27:23,917 and you can even get a why and, you know, you tie it 643 00:27:24,083 --> 00:27:25,208 to the treasure hunt that way. 644 00:27:25,375 --> 00:27:26,667 -Right. -Yeah. 645 00:27:26,875 --> 00:27:30,833 I'm quite impressed by the potential of how 646 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,958 Lot 5 may improve our understanding 647 00:27:34,083 --> 00:27:35,417 of the mystery and its totalities. 648 00:27:35,583 --> 00:27:36,667 Right. 649 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:39,000 MARTY: Okay. That's Lot 5. 650 00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:42,083 One of the other prime areas of investigation this year-- 651 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:44,250 -swamp. -(all chuckling) 652 00:27:44,458 --> 00:27:45,750 Uh, who wants to kick it off? 653 00:27:45,917 --> 00:27:47,458 I guess, Billy, why don't you? 654 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:48,792 You did most of the digging. 655 00:27:48,958 --> 00:27:51,042 Well, I know you like the swamp, Marty. 656 00:27:51,250 --> 00:27:52,833 I love it. 657 00:27:53,042 --> 00:27:54,375 -(laughs) -BILLY: Every time we dig in the swamp, 658 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:56,500 it's just another surprise, I would say, really, 659 00:27:56,625 --> 00:27:58,792 just one thing after the other. 660 00:28:00,208 --> 00:28:03,333 CRAIG: We started hitting rocks everywhere. 661 00:28:03,458 --> 00:28:05,583 NARRATOR: The team's excavations 662 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:08,000 in the triangle-shaped swamp this year revealed 663 00:28:08,208 --> 00:28:10,458 even more stunning evidence that it may be 664 00:28:10,625 --> 00:28:13,000 an entirely man-made feature. 665 00:28:13,167 --> 00:28:15,917 Near the previously uncovered paved area 666 00:28:16,042 --> 00:28:18,417 in the center of the swamp, 667 00:28:18,625 --> 00:28:20,250 which Dr. Spooner has dated 668 00:28:20,417 --> 00:28:22,875 to as early as 1200 AD, 669 00:28:23,042 --> 00:28:25,833 they discovered a layer of massive tree stumps 670 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,125 that were possibly cut down 671 00:28:28,292 --> 00:28:29,708 over 600 years ago, 672 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,458 when that area was potentially dry land. 673 00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:35,542 In the southeast corner, 674 00:28:35,667 --> 00:28:37,125 they uncovered a wooden extension 675 00:28:37,292 --> 00:28:41,125 to the believed 500-year-old stone road 676 00:28:41,292 --> 00:28:42,958 or ship's wharf 677 00:28:43,125 --> 00:28:45,833 which may have been constructed for unloading heavy cargo. 678 00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:49,875 What stands out to me is this stone 679 00:28:50,042 --> 00:28:53,750 and this stone, this stone and this stone, 680 00:28:53,875 --> 00:28:55,750 all in a line-- 681 00:28:55,875 --> 00:28:58,250 I'm pretty confident it's a human-made structure. 682 00:29:00,458 --> 00:29:03,708 NARRATOR: And just several yards north of the stone road, 683 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:05,833 they unearthed a cobblestone pathway 684 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,458 leading to a massive cone-shaped boulder 685 00:29:08,625 --> 00:29:09,833 that is nearly identical 686 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,458 to the boulders that form Nolan's Cross. 687 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:16,708 There's no question that humans have 688 00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:18,458 manipulated that environment. 689 00:29:18,583 --> 00:29:21,958 -Right. -JACK: Aside from the stumps, we had found 690 00:29:22,125 --> 00:29:24,500 part of the stone pathway 691 00:29:24,708 --> 00:29:27,667 kind of leads out to one of the boulders 692 00:29:27,833 --> 00:29:30,500 that looks about the same size and shape 693 00:29:30,708 --> 00:29:32,833 as some of the other Nolan's Cross rocks. 694 00:29:33,042 --> 00:29:37,167 And that one was sitting on a considerable amount of sticks. 695 00:29:37,292 --> 00:29:40,083 But did you get a date or anything off of it? 696 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:44,042 Well, the sticks were old. I think we got the dates back. 697 00:29:44,208 --> 00:29:47,333 -CRAIG: Yes. -MARTY: Craig has the C-14 results. 698 00:29:47,542 --> 00:29:48,708 Is that what this is? 699 00:29:48,833 --> 00:29:50,667 Yep. The date was 700 00:29:50,833 --> 00:29:54,333 656 to 703 AD. 701 00:29:54,458 --> 00:29:55,792 The second time period, 702 00:29:55,917 --> 00:29:59,750 740 to 774 AD. 703 00:29:59,917 --> 00:30:01,875 (laughing) 704 00:30:03,833 --> 00:30:08,875 MARTY: Oh, my goodness. 705 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:13,375 CRAIG: The second time period, 740 to 774 AD. 706 00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:16,375 -So... -JACK: The dates just keep going further 707 00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:17,958 and further back. 708 00:30:18,125 --> 00:30:19,958 NARRATOR: In the Oak island war room, 709 00:30:20,083 --> 00:30:21,875 Craig Tester has just presented 710 00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:25,000 a stunning carbon 14 report 711 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:27,292 on organic materials in the swamp... 712 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:30,375 suggesting that the cobblestone pathway, 713 00:30:30,542 --> 00:30:33,750 which leads to a massive cone-shaped boulder 714 00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:36,833 located several yards north of the stone road, 715 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,208 could be more than 1,200 years old. 716 00:30:42,625 --> 00:30:44,500 CRAIG: The big thing is, you know, 717 00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:45,792 there's no natural process, 718 00:30:45,958 --> 00:30:47,625 really, to push that huge boulder there. 719 00:30:47,792 --> 00:30:49,833 Could this be another marking boulder? 720 00:30:50,042 --> 00:30:52,750 Right? because somebody put boulders in the swamp. 721 00:30:52,958 --> 00:30:54,250 It matches the ship's railing, 722 00:30:54,417 --> 00:30:55,375 and it wasn't found all that far from here. 723 00:30:57,208 --> 00:30:58,875 What do you got? 724 00:30:59,042 --> 00:31:00,458 It looks like a piece of finished wood. 725 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:02,542 NARRATOR: In 2020, 726 00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:05,167 while digging just to the west of the stone road 727 00:31:05,375 --> 00:31:07,542 at the southern border of the swamp, 728 00:31:07,708 --> 00:31:10,917 members of the team unearthed a finely crafted piece 729 00:31:11,042 --> 00:31:12,667 of possible ship's railing that, incredibly, 730 00:31:12,833 --> 00:31:17,375 was also carbon-dated to as early as the eighth century. 731 00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,333 As I look around, I only see one piece of wood 732 00:31:20,583 --> 00:31:22,125 that kind of resembles it. And that's up here 733 00:31:22,250 --> 00:31:24,000 -along the bow. -MARTIN: Yeah. 734 00:31:24,208 --> 00:31:26,250 NARRATOR: One week ago, while visiting 735 00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:28,917 the Viking ship museum in Denmark, 736 00:31:29,125 --> 00:31:30,917 Doug Krohl, along with Rick Lagina 737 00:31:31,083 --> 00:31:33,000 and other members of the team, 738 00:31:33,167 --> 00:31:36,167 noticed a strikingly similar piece of deck railing 739 00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:38,958 on a reconstructed Viking ship. 740 00:31:39,125 --> 00:31:42,583 Although it is well documented that members 741 00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:45,667 of the Viking culture explored and settled in Greenland 742 00:31:45,875 --> 00:31:47,958 and areas of northern Canada 743 00:31:48,042 --> 00:31:51,042 some 1,000 years ago, 744 00:31:51,208 --> 00:31:53,917 Is it possible that the team has now found 745 00:31:54,083 --> 00:31:56,083 not only artifacts 746 00:31:56,208 --> 00:32:00,000 but also structures on Oak island that suggest 747 00:32:00,167 --> 00:32:03,667 Vikings may have reached as far south as Nova Scotia 748 00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:05,917 and may indeed be connected 749 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:08,250 to the Oak Island mystery? 750 00:32:09,250 --> 00:32:10,625 You know, one of the key things this year was 751 00:32:10,792 --> 00:32:12,708 this big European trip that you took. 752 00:32:12,875 --> 00:32:16,292 I came away with our interaction in Europe 753 00:32:16,458 --> 00:32:19,042 more convinced than ever that Nolan's Cross was relevant. 754 00:32:20,208 --> 00:32:24,000 So we've invited Emiliano and Corjan to join us here. 755 00:32:24,125 --> 00:32:27,542 Corjan, Emiliano, I appreciate you guys being on board. 756 00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:30,333 -Thank you. -Thank you so much. 757 00:32:30,542 --> 00:32:33,542 RICK: My objective was irrefutable proof 758 00:32:33,708 --> 00:32:35,542 that an old-world treasure 759 00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:37,708 and an old-world mystery could have 760 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:40,042 come to the new world long, long ago. 761 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,875 My long, long ago is 1200s. 762 00:32:43,042 --> 00:32:45,083 That was the hope: prove 763 00:32:45,292 --> 00:32:47,500 east to west is possible at those early dates. 764 00:32:47,625 --> 00:32:50,917 And the Templars, who had interactions 765 00:32:51,125 --> 00:32:53,333 with the Norse/Vikings from long ago, 766 00:32:53,458 --> 00:32:56,000 made those voyages. And something of value, 767 00:32:56,125 --> 00:32:59,750 either information or treasure, 768 00:32:59,958 --> 00:33:02,125 was brought to the New World. 769 00:33:02,292 --> 00:33:05,792 I personally came away with a belief in that. 770 00:33:05,958 --> 00:33:07,500 I think we came away from that trip having 771 00:33:07,708 --> 00:33:11,083 proved what you just said. It is possible that it happened. 772 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:13,000 EMILIANO: Well, I mean, the voyage was 773 00:33:13,167 --> 00:33:14,625 very informative. 774 00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:18,333 We moved from northern Italy to Iceland, 775 00:33:18,542 --> 00:33:20,833 and Iceland is exactly halfway through 776 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,167 this trip, from east to west, 777 00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:25,875 from the old world to the new one. 778 00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:29,000 -Corjan? -You know, the four-dot cross, 779 00:33:29,167 --> 00:33:32,333 the symbol that was on the H+O stone on Oak island. 780 00:33:32,542 --> 00:33:35,750 You saw it in various places where it was used 781 00:33:35,917 --> 00:33:37,458 by the Knights Templar, 782 00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:38,792 which shows 783 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,958 a very real connection there. 784 00:33:42,125 --> 00:33:44,917 DOUG: The major takeaway for me was 785 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:48,417 science of astronomy was very important. 786 00:33:48,625 --> 00:33:52,208 So, it makes it easy for me to believe 787 00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:54,958 that they would have utilized that same science 788 00:33:55,125 --> 00:33:57,417 here on Oak Island in the 13th century 789 00:33:57,542 --> 00:34:00,458 -to accomplish their goals here. -RICK: Mm-hmm. 790 00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:02,958 The information hunt is incredibly important. 791 00:34:03,125 --> 00:34:06,417 We would be remiss in not following it. 792 00:34:06,583 --> 00:34:09,833 At this point, it has produced tangible results. 793 00:34:10,875 --> 00:34:13,667 Emiliano and Corjan, thank you for coming on the trip. 794 00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:15,833 You've made it more enlightening and more enjoyable. 795 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,167 Thank you very much. 796 00:34:17,333 --> 00:34:19,208 -Ciao. Ciao. -Thank you. 797 00:34:20,917 --> 00:34:22,208 MARTY: We're on a treasure hunt, 798 00:34:22,375 --> 00:34:23,750 and I think the most significant thing to us 799 00:34:23,958 --> 00:34:26,208 is probably the Money Pit. 800 00:34:26,375 --> 00:34:28,208 -Yeah. -MARTY: So let's get to it. 801 00:34:29,542 --> 00:34:31,667 We have in front of us a very fine exhibit. 802 00:34:31,875 --> 00:34:33,125 I really like this. 803 00:34:33,292 --> 00:34:35,167 -These are the canisters? -STEVE: They are. 804 00:34:35,250 --> 00:34:37,917 I guess, in my view, there were two big things 805 00:34:38,083 --> 00:34:39,583 this year that we wanted to accomplish. 806 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:42,208 One was to find out where those metals were coming from. 807 00:34:42,417 --> 00:34:43,833 And the other is to see what 808 00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:45,375 the Garden Shaft itself could tell us. 809 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:48,417 We got down to 95-ish feet. 810 00:34:48,583 --> 00:34:49,917 We start, just about, to commence 811 00:34:50,083 --> 00:34:51,333 our horizontal drilling, which is one of 812 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:53,125 the purposes, and we were flooded out. 813 00:34:53,333 --> 00:34:55,292 And not just flooded out, big time flooded out. 814 00:34:55,417 --> 00:34:58,667 I mean, what's always interested me about it is this tunnel 815 00:34:58,792 --> 00:35:00,375 goes right into the Baby Blob, right? 816 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:03,167 -Yes. -And so I'm super interested 817 00:35:03,292 --> 00:35:05,750 in what's happening in that direction. 818 00:35:05,958 --> 00:35:08,083 MARTY: Fred, 819 00:35:08,250 --> 00:35:10,000 are the amount of metals you see consistent 820 00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:12,500 with a treasure that was once there and gone, 821 00:35:12,708 --> 00:35:16,917 -or not? -Those metal anomalies that we've been seeing 822 00:35:17,042 --> 00:35:20,250 are truly anomalous. 823 00:35:21,292 --> 00:35:22,667 So, to answer your question, 824 00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:24,125 in order to be getting those 825 00:35:24,292 --> 00:35:27,667 anomalies, there still has to be something present 826 00:35:27,833 --> 00:35:28,833 in the subsurface. 827 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,833 -Yes! -MARTY: That's for sure. 828 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,042 Yeah, you're damn right on that. 829 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:36,583 MATT: Like, my feeling is we are 830 00:35:36,708 --> 00:35:38,417 not seeing residuals 831 00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:41,875 from things that were deposited and extracted 832 00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:44,083 decades or hundreds of years ago. 833 00:35:44,250 --> 00:35:46,167 The area that I think I would put 834 00:35:46,375 --> 00:35:48,958 one would be just north of the Blob. 835 00:35:49,125 --> 00:35:51,333 And the reason is is we... we know 836 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:53,292 the Blob is where we're seeing the metal anomalies, 837 00:35:53,458 --> 00:35:56,458 and we know the water flow is coming from that direction. 838 00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:59,000 Except that you don't have enough sampling. 839 00:35:59,208 --> 00:36:00,583 You have no sampling up there. 840 00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:02,083 -None. -IAN: No. 841 00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:04,833 Guys, I have a thought that hasn't been floated before. 842 00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:13,458 MARTY: Guys, I have a thought 843 00:36:13,583 --> 00:36:15,542 that hasn't been floated before. 844 00:36:18,167 --> 00:36:21,250 I'm thinking what we do is we take this pad, 845 00:36:21,417 --> 00:36:24,167 we cut right back here a long ways, 846 00:36:24,333 --> 00:36:25,500 open this whole area up, 847 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:27,208 and we continue our sonic drilling up, 848 00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,250 and we can do some more testing up here. 849 00:36:29,375 --> 00:36:31,667 We don't know what's going on up there. 850 00:36:31,875 --> 00:36:34,333 Right now, our search is leading us here. 851 00:36:34,542 --> 00:36:36,375 NARRATOR: In the war room, 852 00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:41,417 Marty Lagina has just made a bold proposal for next year 853 00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:43,583 that he hopes could finally pinpoint the possible 854 00:36:43,708 --> 00:36:46,000 buried treasure that has been detected 855 00:36:46,125 --> 00:36:48,542 between 80 and 120 feet 856 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:51,417 underground in the Money Pit area. 857 00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:56,625 His plan may necessitate removing tons of earth 858 00:36:56,750 --> 00:37:00,458 as well as the rock formation that surrounds the Garden Shaft 859 00:37:00,625 --> 00:37:03,375 to create a flat surface that will allow 860 00:37:03,542 --> 00:37:06,125 for the drilling of new six-inch boreholes 861 00:37:06,292 --> 00:37:09,333 and subsequent water tests within them. 862 00:37:09,417 --> 00:37:11,167 RICK: I think you have to. 863 00:37:11,292 --> 00:37:13,375 In terms of the science, you have to 864 00:37:13,542 --> 00:37:14,667 continue to explore that. 865 00:37:14,875 --> 00:37:16,667 MARTY: Dr. Fred Michel 866 00:37:16,875 --> 00:37:19,458 is absolutely rock solid 867 00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:21,833 that there's some quantity of metal 868 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,125 that's giving off these metals in the water. 869 00:37:24,250 --> 00:37:25,583 We drilled the heck out of the Baby Blob 870 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:27,333 and we didn't find anything. 871 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:30,250 So I want to dig to the northeast between 872 00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:31,958 the Baby Blob and the Garden Shaft 873 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:33,833 until we get more data. 874 00:37:33,958 --> 00:37:36,750 We can put some potential caissons on here, 875 00:37:36,917 --> 00:37:40,042 just so we all know what is possible. 876 00:37:40,250 --> 00:37:42,625 I'd be open to Aladdin's cave. 877 00:37:42,792 --> 00:37:44,917 Yeah, that's been a very interesting area, 878 00:37:45,083 --> 00:37:46,500 from what I've been looking at. 879 00:37:46,625 --> 00:37:48,917 SCOTT: One of my areas of interest 880 00:37:49,125 --> 00:37:50,250 is just outside of RF-1. 881 00:37:50,375 --> 00:37:52,417 I mean, RF-1 is, to me, 882 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:54,292 the original Money Pit location. 883 00:37:54,375 --> 00:37:57,083 Another area I'd like to go back to is just 884 00:37:57,208 --> 00:38:00,125 around H-8. I mean, clearly, that was one of the more 885 00:38:00,292 --> 00:38:02,292 interesting areas that we've drilled into in the Money Pit. 886 00:38:02,458 --> 00:38:05,542 With a caisson this size, we can cover a lot more ground. 887 00:38:06,708 --> 00:38:09,542 NARRATOR: In addition to the regions surrounding the Garden Shaft, 888 00:38:09,708 --> 00:38:13,500 the team has recovered evidence in three other locations 889 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:16,125 that suggest there could be numerous deposits 890 00:38:16,292 --> 00:38:18,417 of treasure in the Money Pit area. 891 00:38:18,542 --> 00:38:21,667 One of these is known as Aladdin's cave... 892 00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:23,750 -MARTY: Whoa, whoa, whoa. -Hold up. 893 00:38:23,875 --> 00:38:25,417 ...where the team discovered a massive cavern 894 00:38:25,542 --> 00:38:28,375 some 150 feet deep, 895 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:30,708 containing water that has yielded 896 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:34,292 trace evidence of precious metals and wooden structures. 897 00:38:34,458 --> 00:38:36,500 Look at all the wood. 898 00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:38,167 NARRATOR: Another area of interest 899 00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:42,917 is borehole RF-1, where in 2019, 900 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:46,667 the team was astounded to discover massive wooden beams 901 00:38:46,833 --> 00:38:50,708 more than 100 feet deep that featured Roman numerals, 902 00:38:50,875 --> 00:38:53,708 as well as the pickax, 903 00:38:53,875 --> 00:38:57,375 which has been scientifically linked to Scandinavia. 904 00:38:57,542 --> 00:39:01,333 The other location is known as borehole H-8, 905 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:04,667 which was excavated in 2017, 906 00:39:04,833 --> 00:39:07,375 that the team not only discovered 907 00:39:07,542 --> 00:39:10,167 possible evidence of the fabled Chappell Vault, 908 00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:13,667 nearly 180 feet underground 909 00:39:13,833 --> 00:39:16,833 but also pieces of parchment 910 00:39:17,042 --> 00:39:19,000 and leather bookbinding. 911 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:21,042 MARTY: Rf-1 and H-8, we thought, were the Money Pit. 912 00:39:21,208 --> 00:39:22,708 It's exciting, 913 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:24,500 as it just shows how much opportunity is still here. 914 00:39:24,708 --> 00:39:26,417 I do want to say thanks to Rick 915 00:39:26,583 --> 00:39:28,333 and the team that put this together, 916 00:39:28,542 --> 00:39:29,917 'cause I-I do think this is very helpful. 917 00:39:30,042 --> 00:39:32,167 I think we covered a hell of a lot of ground 918 00:39:32,375 --> 00:39:34,000 and I thank everybody for their input. 919 00:39:34,125 --> 00:39:35,583 What do you guys think? 920 00:39:35,750 --> 00:39:37,792 Yeah, I think we had a good year, 921 00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:40,833 and I think we got a lot of opportunity going forward. 922 00:39:41,042 --> 00:39:43,125 Uh, I'll-I'll be honest. 923 00:39:43,333 --> 00:39:45,375 I thought the other night about, 924 00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:46,625 you know, when I was a little kid 925 00:39:46,792 --> 00:39:50,250 and, uh, do I still believe? 926 00:39:50,417 --> 00:39:53,292 Is the little boy still inside of me? 927 00:39:53,375 --> 00:39:55,833 And... 928 00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:57,417 I thought... 929 00:39:59,208 --> 00:40:00,958 I thought long and hard about that, 930 00:40:01,125 --> 00:40:02,917 and, uh... 931 00:40:03,083 --> 00:40:07,250 and what I came to realize is, he's still... 932 00:40:07,417 --> 00:40:09,083 he still is there. 933 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:12,083 But he's there because of you guys. 934 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,458 And you ladies. 935 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:21,750 And, uh, I still believe in the little boy 936 00:40:21,917 --> 00:40:23,833 who's still cheering us on, 937 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,000 and I am extremely grateful for each and every one of you. 938 00:40:27,167 --> 00:40:29,458 And, uh... 939 00:40:29,625 --> 00:40:31,000 that's all I have to say. 940 00:40:31,208 --> 00:40:33,000 So, thank you all. 941 00:40:33,208 --> 00:40:35,458 ♪ ♪ 942 00:40:39,042 --> 00:40:42,500 Okay, so I've often said nobody can follow a Rick Lagina speech. 943 00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:45,542 So, with that, I think we're done for the season. 944 00:40:45,708 --> 00:40:47,792 After a speech like that, to the longboats. 945 00:40:47,958 --> 00:40:49,167 (laughing) 946 00:40:50,542 --> 00:40:54,292 NARRATOR: What started as a dream for two boys from Michigan 947 00:40:54,458 --> 00:40:56,792 nearly 60 years ago 948 00:40:56,875 --> 00:40:59,000 has become a real-life adventure 949 00:40:59,208 --> 00:41:01,583 that fulfilled their wildest imaginations. 950 00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:03,667 Matt, good to see you. 951 00:41:03,875 --> 00:41:05,958 NARRATOR: According to determined research, 952 00:41:06,125 --> 00:41:09,833 tireless effort and hard science, 953 00:41:10,042 --> 00:41:12,167 something of profound value and importance 954 00:41:12,292 --> 00:41:14,500 lies buried on Oak Island. 955 00:41:14,625 --> 00:41:16,625 Thanks, guys, for all the hard work. 956 00:41:16,792 --> 00:41:19,792 NARRATOR: And when Rick, Marty and the Fellowship of the Dig 957 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,333 return next spring, it may finally spell 958 00:41:23,542 --> 00:41:25,083 the end of a mystery 959 00:41:25,208 --> 00:41:29,000 that has lasted for more than two centuries. 960 00:41:29,125 --> 00:41:32,083 MARTY: If you look at the totality of the stuff 961 00:41:32,250 --> 00:41:34,417 we have in front of us right now, something 962 00:41:34,583 --> 00:41:37,708 rather significant happened here, so 963 00:41:37,875 --> 00:41:40,042 it's time to find treasure on this island. 964 00:41:40,208 --> 00:41:41,875 But not today. 965 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,667 Not yet. 966 00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:45,333 RICK: I want an answer. (chuckles) 967 00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:49,667 I want an answer because there's a richness to the story, 968 00:41:49,792 --> 00:41:52,333 and the story's not complete. 969 00:41:52,458 --> 00:41:54,542 Who's gonna give up? Nobody. 970 00:41:55,792 --> 00:41:57,792 The last pages aren't written. 971 00:42:02,042 --> 00:42:05,083 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS