1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,166 Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,167 --> 00:00:04,750 HOLD IT! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! 3 00:00:04,958 --> 00:00:06,667 Another feature in the swamp. 4 00:00:06,875 --> 00:00:08,542 What in the world is happening? 5 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:10,333 This feature could help us unwrap the whole mystery. 6 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:12,667 Something this small has fallen to 7 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:14,417 the bottom of the solution channel. 8 00:00:14,625 --> 00:00:16,250 - Here it is right there. - It could be a chunk of a coin. 9 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:18,125 It's got some sort of design on it. 10 00:00:18,292 --> 00:00:20,250 If it's a silver coin, that's treasure. 11 00:00:20,458 --> 00:00:22,000 It's what we're looking for. -Yeah. 12 00:00:22,167 --> 00:00:24,125 Be prepared to be gobstruck. 13 00:00:24,292 --> 00:00:25,833 This is gonna be special. 14 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:27,208 - This is quite pure? - Yes, absolutely. 15 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,667 There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,833 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,542 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,708 --> 00:00:50,875 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:51,042 --> 00:00:54,792 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,083 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:02,083 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:02,250 --> 00:01:07,125 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,667 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:26,042 As the sun rises above Oak Island... 28 00:01:27,250 --> 00:01:28,583 How deep is this one? 29 00:01:28,708 --> 00:01:30,250 - 240 again? - Yep. 30 00:01:30,375 --> 00:01:32,333 Well, guys, I know we're pretty excited 31 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:33,833 about starting this next hole. 32 00:01:34,042 --> 00:01:36,750 This is F-5.5. 33 00:01:36,917 --> 00:01:39,750 I think we're on a really important site 34 00:01:39,917 --> 00:01:41,375 - right now. - Right. 35 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:44,667 ...brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 36 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:47,833 are drilling deeper than ever in the Money Pit area, 37 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,958 in search of the answers to a 230-year-old mystery. 38 00:01:53,917 --> 00:01:56,083 Because of the collapse last year, we were never able to 39 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:57,750 really see what was, what was down there. 40 00:01:57,917 --> 00:01:59,583 - Yeah. - I think that 41 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:01,792 the grid that we have laid out here right now to explore 42 00:02:01,917 --> 00:02:03,167 deep down in the solution channel, 43 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:04,583 we're gonna find it if it's there. 44 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:06,333 That's right. 45 00:02:06,458 --> 00:02:09,000 Today, the team has broken ground 46 00:02:09,208 --> 00:02:11,750 on a borehole known as F-5.5. 47 00:02:11,917 --> 00:02:16,000 It is on target to reach a massive cavity underground 48 00:02:16,167 --> 00:02:18,542 known as the "solution channel." 49 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:22,458 They believe it's possible the legendary Money Pit treasure 50 00:02:22,667 --> 00:02:27,333 fell here after two centuries of failed digging operations. 51 00:02:27,458 --> 00:02:30,125 We're only about seven feet away from F-4, 52 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:31,624 and F-4 had the highest levels 53 00:02:31,625 --> 00:02:34,250 of gold and silver in the, in the water. 54 00:02:34,375 --> 00:02:36,667 Yeah, makes this a really interesting hole because 55 00:02:36,833 --> 00:02:39,167 we're so close to the precious metal finds in the water. 56 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:40,667 I mean, that's one of the confirming factors 57 00:02:40,875 --> 00:02:42,833 we have in front of us to show that there is, uh, 58 00:02:43,042 --> 00:02:45,000 a buried, uh, treasure here someplace. 59 00:02:45,167 --> 00:02:46,417 Yeah. 60 00:02:46,583 --> 00:02:50,042 That brings to mind the Portuguese coin. 61 00:02:50,208 --> 00:02:52,208 The team recently learned 62 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:54,708 that a 14th century silver coin 63 00:02:54,875 --> 00:02:59,208 was reportedly found in the original Money Pit in 1849. 64 00:02:59,375 --> 00:03:03,042 And markings on the coin bear a direct connection 65 00:03:03,167 --> 00:03:05,833 to a Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar. 66 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,333 This has given them fresh hope 67 00:03:08,542 --> 00:03:11,750 that the solution channel could now hold the treasure, 68 00:03:11,917 --> 00:03:14,833 and may explain the high traces of precious metals 69 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,333 they've previously detected in this area through water testing. 70 00:03:19,458 --> 00:03:21,667 The fact that the solution channel could be 71 00:03:21,833 --> 00:03:24,500 the culprit in this whole long saga, 72 00:03:24,708 --> 00:03:27,500 and the fact that the gold and silver in the water 73 00:03:27,667 --> 00:03:29,333 still indicate the treasure still exists, 74 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:31,167 you put those two things together, 75 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:33,208 along with this Portuguese coin, 76 00:03:33,375 --> 00:03:36,667 it speaks very loudly that there was something 77 00:03:36,875 --> 00:03:40,500 very valuable buried deep in the Money Pit a long time ago. 78 00:03:41,542 --> 00:03:43,042 We're gonna explore this area thoroughly 79 00:03:43,167 --> 00:03:44,583 with the sonic drill rig and hopefully 80 00:03:44,708 --> 00:03:47,542 bring up what we could not with the TB-1 caisson. 81 00:03:47,708 --> 00:03:49,292 Anything that's fallen 82 00:03:49,458 --> 00:03:50,750 to that deeper level, we're gonna be able to find it 83 00:03:50,917 --> 00:03:52,083 - and put it right on the money. - Yeah. 84 00:03:52,208 --> 00:03:53,917 For sure. Yep. 85 00:03:54,083 --> 00:03:56,417 While the core drilling operation proceeds 86 00:03:56,583 --> 00:03:58,624 in the Money Pit area... 87 00:03:58,625 --> 00:04:01,042 Come this way and dig that. 88 00:04:01,250 --> 00:04:02,833 - Yeah. - Let's find something old. 89 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,500 Yep. 90 00:04:04,625 --> 00:04:06,708 ...over at the western region of the swamp, 91 00:04:06,875 --> 00:04:09,667 Rick, Gary Drayton and Billy Gerhardt 92 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:13,083 search for new clues and evidence of valuables. 93 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,458 HOLD IT! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! 94 00:04:20,125 --> 00:04:21,542 Don't move it. 95 00:04:26,125 --> 00:04:28,833 It's a stake. 96 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,958 Great condition. The swamp really preserves wood. 97 00:04:33,083 --> 00:04:37,167 It should preserve iron, gold and silver, if we can find it. 98 00:04:37,375 --> 00:04:39,458 If we can find it. 99 00:04:43,708 --> 00:04:46,250 Yeah. There's another one. 100 00:04:46,417 --> 00:04:48,333 - It was right there. - Yep. 101 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:56,167 Does that look like an oldie, Rick? 102 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:57,917 It is tough to tell. 103 00:05:00,417 --> 00:05:02,458 - It's eight sides, isn't it? - Yep. 104 00:05:02,667 --> 00:05:04,167 Why are all these stakes in here? 105 00:05:04,375 --> 00:05:05,833 I have no idea. 106 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,875 The number of stakes in a 50-by-50-foot area, 107 00:05:10,042 --> 00:05:11,500 it's almost overwhelming. 108 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:14,167 - There's another one. - Geez. They're coming up. 109 00:05:14,333 --> 00:05:15,833 What in the world is happening? 110 00:05:15,958 --> 00:05:19,667 I would have expected them to be linear. 111 00:05:19,875 --> 00:05:21,667 These are very erratic. 112 00:05:24,417 --> 00:05:27,457 - We got something going on here. - Oh, yeah. 113 00:05:27,458 --> 00:05:30,667 Yeah, there shouldn't be this many in such a tight space. 114 00:05:30,792 --> 00:05:33,667 And they're-they're big, big stakes. 115 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:37,167 Maybe there's a construction that yet awaits us somewhere 116 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:40,292 that is very well-defined, very accurate but we are 117 00:05:40,458 --> 00:05:43,000 - currently unaware of it. - Yeah. 118 00:05:44,042 --> 00:05:46,417 In recent years, the team has found 119 00:05:46,583 --> 00:05:49,833 similar wooden stakes in other areas of the swamp. 120 00:05:49,958 --> 00:05:53,208 Some lined portions of a cobblestone path 121 00:05:53,375 --> 00:05:56,833 that led to an empty vault-like structure. 122 00:05:57,875 --> 00:06:01,167 So, could the numerous wooden stakes they're finding here 123 00:06:01,375 --> 00:06:04,000 lead them toward another discovery? 124 00:06:06,250 --> 00:06:09,083 I think here is sand. 125 00:06:12,958 --> 00:06:14,542 With rocks sort of under it. 126 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,417 Yeah. 127 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:20,417 Billy's observation of a sand layer indicates 128 00:06:20,583 --> 00:06:24,333 that this is an intentional man-made structure. 129 00:06:24,542 --> 00:06:26,167 It was developed for some purpose. 130 00:06:26,292 --> 00:06:27,500 It's going somewhere. 131 00:06:27,708 --> 00:06:30,875 We need to find out where and why. 132 00:06:34,875 --> 00:06:38,250 On the edge, it looks very similar to the stone road. 133 00:06:38,458 --> 00:06:40,917 It looks very similar. 134 00:06:41,083 --> 00:06:43,000 Uh, either the stone road or the paved area. 135 00:06:43,167 --> 00:06:44,667 - Yeah. - Kind of up-y down-y. 136 00:06:44,875 --> 00:06:47,333 - Yeah. - More like the paved area. 137 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:48,875 They're stacked. 138 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:50,708 - They're level. - Yep. 139 00:06:50,875 --> 00:06:55,583 A rock feature here similar to the stone road 140 00:06:55,750 --> 00:06:59,708 or massive paved area that were previously found in the swamp? 141 00:06:59,917 --> 00:07:01,542 It seems like it goes back along there, yeah. 142 00:07:01,750 --> 00:07:03,417 See, there's rock, rock, rock. 143 00:07:03,583 --> 00:07:06,250 Is it possible the team has uncovered 144 00:07:06,417 --> 00:07:08,458 another man-made feature? 145 00:07:08,625 --> 00:07:11,708 Another interesting area in the swamp. 146 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:16,875 If this is a built rock something, that's a lot of work. 147 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,583 This construction is eerily similar to the paved area. 148 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:23,375 You can't dismiss it. 149 00:07:23,542 --> 00:07:26,833 Was it done by the same party or group? 150 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,500 It's still a puzzle. 151 00:07:28,667 --> 00:07:31,208 Maybe we can get ahold of Dr. Spooner and have him 152 00:07:31,375 --> 00:07:33,375 - come out and take a look. - Yeah. 153 00:07:33,542 --> 00:07:34,917 The plan for the swamp, 154 00:07:35,042 --> 00:07:37,667 really succinctly, is to keep digging, 155 00:07:37,833 --> 00:07:39,417 find something that points to, you know, 156 00:07:39,583 --> 00:07:41,417 Rick's who, what, when, where, why and how, 157 00:07:41,583 --> 00:07:44,583 or a clue that helps us unwrap the whole mystery. 158 00:07:44,792 --> 00:07:47,333 And this feature could help us do that. 159 00:07:47,542 --> 00:07:51,000 Well, again, dig the sand, be as least destructive 160 00:07:51,125 --> 00:07:54,333 as possible to this, whatever this is, 161 00:07:54,542 --> 00:07:56,042 wash this as best we can, 162 00:07:56,208 --> 00:07:57,875 - see what it tells us. - Yeah. 163 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,542 Yeah, we need to get all of these stakes tested. 164 00:08:01,708 --> 00:08:02,875 Well, you know, it's pure Oak Island: 165 00:08:03,042 --> 00:08:04,333 more questions than answers, but... 166 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:06,000 Typical. 167 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:08,833 Okay. We'll keep looking. 168 00:08:11,667 --> 00:08:13,833 Later that afternoon... 169 00:08:14,875 --> 00:08:17,542 You know, we find ourselves back at the lab again. 170 00:08:17,708 --> 00:08:19,500 We have an interesting item in front of us, 171 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:21,667 and I-I really hope to learn more things today. 172 00:08:21,792 --> 00:08:25,208 ...Rick, Gary and Charles join Laird and Emma 173 00:08:25,333 --> 00:08:29,958 in the Oak Island Laboratory to hear a scientific report 174 00:08:30,125 --> 00:08:32,750 on a lead artifact that was discovered while searching 175 00:08:32,917 --> 00:08:35,833 near the border of Lot 5 one week ago. 176 00:08:36,042 --> 00:08:39,000 Charles, I believe you were with Gary when this was found. 177 00:08:39,167 --> 00:08:40,833 Yeah, I was with Gary. 178 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,750 We were kind of opposite where the rectangular feature is. 179 00:08:42,875 --> 00:08:45,000 I dug it, and he pulled it out. 180 00:08:45,167 --> 00:08:46,500 And, uh, I think the way 181 00:08:46,708 --> 00:08:48,667 you described it was decorative lead. 182 00:08:48,875 --> 00:08:53,208 Yeah. It's decorated, as in the end. 183 00:08:53,375 --> 00:08:58,792 Those beveled edges, it kind of reminds me of an arm of a cross. 184 00:08:58,958 --> 00:09:02,333 We found decorative pieces of lead before. 185 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:07,792 We found a really cool scalloped disc on Lot 5. 186 00:09:07,917 --> 00:09:10,542 And let's not forget the magnificent medieval cross 187 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:11,958 from Smith's Cove. 188 00:09:12,083 --> 00:09:15,333 I've got high hopes that this is gonna match 189 00:09:15,458 --> 00:09:18,083 one of those older pieces of lead. 190 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:22,583 This lead artifact was found just a few yards 191 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:26,333 from the stone foundation on Lot 5 where the team 192 00:09:26,542 --> 00:09:29,500 previously discovered a lead barter token 193 00:09:29,667 --> 00:09:34,292 that was scientifically matched to the 14th century lead cross, 194 00:09:34,458 --> 00:09:36,625 and both of which may be connected 195 00:09:36,792 --> 00:09:38,833 to the Knights Templar. 196 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,625 So, Emma, what more can you tell us about this piece of lead? 197 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:46,375 Uh, well, first off, I did do 198 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:47,833 a bunch of map scans on the surface. 199 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,083 There are no intentional designs. 200 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:52,958 There's striations that I think that's more from usage 201 00:09:53,083 --> 00:09:55,292 rather than, like, a decorative, uh, intent. 202 00:09:55,458 --> 00:09:56,833 Yeah. 203 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,833 Prior to their meeting, 204 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,958 Emma scanned the lead artifact 205 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:05,167 using an X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer, or XRF, 206 00:10:05,375 --> 00:10:08,667 a device that uses nondestructive radiation 207 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:11,667 that can identify an object's composition, 208 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:15,542 as well as potentially help determine its age. 209 00:10:15,708 --> 00:10:19,375 Compositionally, it's a really clean lead. 210 00:10:19,542 --> 00:10:22,333 There is a consistent amount of tin in it. 211 00:10:22,458 --> 00:10:25,333 But there's nothing in here that indicates modernity, as in, 212 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:29,917 there's nothing that indicates it's more recent lead alloys. 213 00:10:30,083 --> 00:10:34,583 So, it has a good potential to be 1700s and older. 214 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:37,792 Brilliant! 215 00:10:41,917 --> 00:10:43,583 So, it has potential to be 216 00:10:43,750 --> 00:10:46,667 - 1700s and older. - Told you, mate. 217 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:48,208 Told you this was gonna be an old piece. 218 00:10:48,417 --> 00:10:50,000 You said that when we were out there. Yeah. -Yeah. 219 00:10:50,167 --> 00:10:52,458 - So, it is a curious piece. - Yeah. 220 00:10:52,583 --> 00:10:56,833 In the Oak Island Laboratory, Emma has just shared 221 00:10:57,042 --> 00:11:00,500 a scientific report that suggests the lead artifact 222 00:11:00,708 --> 00:11:03,500 found one week ago may predate the discovery 223 00:11:03,667 --> 00:11:06,833 of the Money Pit by more than a century. 224 00:11:07,042 --> 00:11:10,208 That notch at the top is strange. 225 00:11:10,375 --> 00:11:12,042 - Yeah, it is. - Yeah. It looks like 226 00:11:12,208 --> 00:11:14,667 - an attempt at angular holes... - Yeah. 227 00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:17,417 ...that didn't go all the way through. 228 00:11:17,583 --> 00:11:19,792 - Yeah. - It wasn't recycled, 229 00:11:19,958 --> 00:11:22,667 so it's a fresh source of lead. 230 00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:27,000 It has high potential not being locally sourced. 231 00:11:27,167 --> 00:11:29,875 So, these are all great candidates to send off 232 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 for laser ablation analysis. 233 00:11:32,167 --> 00:11:34,875 Brilliant! 'Cause I've got high hopes for this. 234 00:11:35,042 --> 00:11:39,542 Laser ablation is a testing method that removes 235 00:11:39,708 --> 00:11:41,250 microscopic samples from the surface 236 00:11:41,417 --> 00:11:44,875 of lead artifacts using a high-powered laser. 237 00:11:45,083 --> 00:11:47,417 These samples are then analyzed 238 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:51,583 to identify the exact isotope values contained in the lead, 239 00:11:51,750 --> 00:11:54,167 which can help determine the time period 240 00:11:54,333 --> 00:11:57,875 and geographic region where such artifacts originated. 241 00:11:58,042 --> 00:12:00,458 It gives you the ore source, so it's a good thing. 242 00:12:00,625 --> 00:12:02,875 - Yeah. - And it will tell us if there's 243 00:12:03,042 --> 00:12:05,000 - a relationship to the cross. - Yeah. 244 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:07,792 Using laser ablation testing, 245 00:12:07,917 --> 00:12:10,250 the team was able to determine 246 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:13,000 that the lead cross and the lead barter token 247 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:16,000 both dated to the 14th century 248 00:12:16,125 --> 00:12:18,583 and were from an area of Southern France that served as 249 00:12:18,750 --> 00:12:21,667 a stronghold for the Knights Templar. 250 00:12:21,792 --> 00:12:23,625 We're always looking for friends of the cross, 251 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:27,833 and it maybe helps you guys 252 00:12:28,042 --> 00:12:30,917 say what's going on in the rectangular feature. 253 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:33,333 'Cause it really was-- it was dead opposite there 254 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:35,291 - just across the tracks. - Right. 255 00:12:35,292 --> 00:12:38,125 Given what you've said that this is quite pure, 256 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:40,000 perfect candidate for laser ablation. -Mm-hmm. 257 00:12:40,125 --> 00:12:42,625 So, do you want to carry the ball on that? 258 00:12:42,750 --> 00:12:45,667 - Yes, absolutely. - And the three of us will go 259 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:47,167 - try to find more. - Yeah. -Absolutely. 260 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:50,708 But one more thing. Be prepared to be gobstruck. 261 00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:52,750 This is gonna be special. 262 00:12:52,917 --> 00:12:54,167 Thank you, Laird. Thank you, Emma. 263 00:12:54,375 --> 00:12:56,083 See you later. 264 00:12:59,083 --> 00:13:01,667 The following morning, 265 00:13:01,833 --> 00:13:04,792 as borehole F-5.5 continues to make 266 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:07,667 its descent towards the solution channel... 267 00:13:07,833 --> 00:13:10,083 So, this is the feature, 268 00:13:10,250 --> 00:13:12,625 but one thing you need to recognize is 269 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,500 that all of this cobble 270 00:13:14,708 --> 00:13:16,292 - came from here as well. - Yes. 271 00:13:16,417 --> 00:13:18,333 ...Rick and other members of the team 272 00:13:18,542 --> 00:13:22,000 are eager to have geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 273 00:13:22,167 --> 00:13:26,042 examine the mysterious stone feature that they uncovered 274 00:13:26,167 --> 00:13:28,042 in the western region of the swamp. 275 00:13:28,208 --> 00:13:29,875 Well, you can see in front of you 276 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:32,458 rocks stacked on rocks and the smaller ones packed in 277 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:34,833 around the big ones to make it smooth. 278 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,708 The other thing that we did find were stakes. 279 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:38,125 Okay. 280 00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:40,750 Interesting because if these stakes 281 00:13:40,917 --> 00:13:42,958 rot off the top like that, 282 00:13:43,125 --> 00:13:46,917 then that tends to suggest further back in time. 283 00:13:47,083 --> 00:13:51,333 What gets me excited is these rocks here 284 00:13:51,458 --> 00:13:55,417 are exactly like we see in the cobble path, stone road. 285 00:13:55,583 --> 00:13:58,083 What this reminds me of, too, 286 00:13:58,250 --> 00:14:02,000 along the side of the cobble path, we had piles of stone, 287 00:14:02,167 --> 00:14:04,292 sometimes with a cut stake underneath, 288 00:14:04,458 --> 00:14:08,125 suggesting that somebody put a stake there to tell workers 289 00:14:08,292 --> 00:14:11,083 where to put the cobbles to build that feature. 290 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:12,917 Yeah. 291 00:14:13,083 --> 00:14:15,957 So why were people here? What were they doing? 292 00:14:15,958 --> 00:14:17,625 This might have been a pathway right through here. 293 00:14:17,792 --> 00:14:19,667 Right. 294 00:14:19,833 --> 00:14:21,375 You always take 295 00:14:21,542 --> 00:14:23,583 what you have learned in your past experiences 296 00:14:23,708 --> 00:14:28,958 on the island and try to apply them to the current effort. 297 00:14:29,125 --> 00:14:33,667 Last year, the cobble path led us to the most curious thing 298 00:14:33,833 --> 00:14:38,167 we found in the north end of the bog, the so-called vault. 299 00:14:38,333 --> 00:14:41,833 Might there be another construction like that here? 300 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,458 That's the hope. 301 00:14:43,625 --> 00:14:45,500 Just keep digging. 302 00:14:45,708 --> 00:14:48,208 - Right. - I would certainly, 303 00:14:48,375 --> 00:14:51,167 if you have the time, see if this is isolated. 304 00:14:51,333 --> 00:14:53,957 It would be really interesting to see if we came across 305 00:14:53,958 --> 00:14:56,500 another feature that might be similar. 306 00:14:58,042 --> 00:15:00,208 But it's interesting. 307 00:15:00,417 --> 00:15:01,917 Well, our permits are under review. 308 00:15:02,042 --> 00:15:03,708 - Right. - This is on 309 00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:05,250 the extremity of the permitted area. 310 00:15:05,458 --> 00:15:06,833 - Okay. - And once 311 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,792 that approval process is completed, 312 00:15:09,958 --> 00:15:11,958 we'll keep digging, so I think 313 00:15:12,167 --> 00:15:13,750 - we'll find more answers. - Yep. 314 00:15:13,917 --> 00:15:16,375 The only way you can do it, I think, is to go 315 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:19,125 somewhere else, if we get a permit, and see if you find 316 00:15:19,292 --> 00:15:21,792 - the same kind of cobble. - Yeah. 317 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,667 To meet Nova Scotia's 318 00:15:23,875 --> 00:15:27,708 environmental regulations, the Oak Island team must apply 319 00:15:27,875 --> 00:15:31,917 for separate permits to dig in different areas of the swamp. 320 00:15:32,042 --> 00:15:34,500 The area they are in now is on the border 321 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:37,125 of where they are currently allowed to search. 322 00:15:37,292 --> 00:15:39,958 Oh, your brother's gonna love this, isn't he? 323 00:15:40,125 --> 00:15:42,833 Another feature in the swamp. 324 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,167 Thank you, Ian. 325 00:15:44,375 --> 00:15:46,000 - Appreciate it. - Yep. Yep. 326 00:15:46,208 --> 00:15:48,833 While the team prepares new permit applications 327 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,875 for their work in the swamp... 328 00:15:51,042 --> 00:15:54,167 There's so much activity on Lot 5, Rick. 329 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:56,542 ...Rick and Gary are searching for 330 00:15:56,708 --> 00:15:59,542 clues near the middle of Lot 5. 331 00:16:00,583 --> 00:16:03,667 We're still east of the Roman coins, aren't we? 332 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:05,417 Yeah. Oh, yeah. 333 00:16:05,583 --> 00:16:07,250 There's no place like Rome. 334 00:16:09,167 --> 00:16:13,208 After finding a mysterious lead piece nearby, 335 00:16:13,375 --> 00:16:16,167 they are eager to search an area of Lot 5 where the team 336 00:16:16,292 --> 00:16:19,667 previously found evidence suggesting that Europeans 337 00:16:19,833 --> 00:16:23,792 could have visited Oak Island as far back as the 13th century. 338 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:27,292 This includes six ancient Roman coins 339 00:16:27,458 --> 00:16:29,833 that coin expert Sandy Campbell believes 340 00:16:30,042 --> 00:16:33,375 could be between 1,500 and 2,000 years old. 341 00:16:33,542 --> 00:16:37,000 According to Sandy and other experts, 342 00:16:37,125 --> 00:16:40,167 coins like these were still being circulated 343 00:16:40,292 --> 00:16:44,708 as everyday currency in Europe up into the 1400s. 344 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:49,000 Roman coins on an island in the North Atlantic? 345 00:16:49,167 --> 00:16:52,417 It's such a puzzle. 346 00:16:52,583 --> 00:16:57,167 But to think that someone was here in the 12, 13, 1400s 347 00:16:57,333 --> 00:17:00,375 with Roman coins is not a stretch at all. 348 00:17:00,583 --> 00:17:04,708 Perhaps they were dropped by people from the Old World, 349 00:17:04,875 --> 00:17:07,708 people who were in charge of safeguarding a treasure 350 00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:10,958 or treasures or something that was extremely valuable. 351 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,667 A little squeaker here, Rick. 352 00:17:15,750 --> 00:17:17,667 Just there, please. 353 00:17:25,333 --> 00:17:26,875 Ooh! 354 00:17:27,042 --> 00:17:29,000 I like the sound of that! 355 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,792 Oh, come on. 356 00:17:35,292 --> 00:17:37,417 Got to be in there. 357 00:17:41,917 --> 00:17:43,957 Now let us see what we've got. 358 00:17:43,958 --> 00:17:46,958 Oh. What have we got here? 359 00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:49,833 Another piece of lead. 360 00:17:49,958 --> 00:17:52,125 You know, it's really heavy, 361 00:17:52,292 --> 00:17:55,042 and I actually think this is really, really interesting. 362 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:58,333 Fact that it's an elongated piece of lead. 363 00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:00,792 That makes that more interesting, then. 364 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:02,917 Something like this, you never know, 365 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:04,333 it could be a match to a... 366 00:18:04,458 --> 00:18:07,083 an older piece of lead we've recovered, 367 00:18:07,250 --> 00:18:09,667 like that medieval lead cross. 368 00:18:09,875 --> 00:18:12,792 We're gonna have to bag this and put a flag in it 369 00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:14,917 'cause we don't know 370 00:18:15,083 --> 00:18:18,667 what Emma's gonna reveal when she scans this. 371 00:18:18,875 --> 00:18:22,667 Another curiously-shaped lead artifact? 372 00:18:22,875 --> 00:18:26,167 Could Gary be correct that this might be a clue 373 00:18:26,375 --> 00:18:28,833 connected to the lead cross, 374 00:18:29,042 --> 00:18:31,333 and perhaps even to the Roman coins 375 00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:33,667 found in this area of Lot 5? 376 00:18:33,833 --> 00:18:35,833 All right, mate, I'm gonna put this in the bag 377 00:18:36,042 --> 00:18:37,667 - and we'll put the flag in. - Okey doke. 378 00:18:37,792 --> 00:18:39,208 It's going in the bag. 379 00:18:39,375 --> 00:18:41,375 I think the work on Lot 5 has been 380 00:18:41,542 --> 00:18:43,333 exciting, interesting and dramatic, 381 00:18:43,458 --> 00:18:46,167 and there have been an extensive amount of finds 382 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:49,333 that show this place, this story, this mystery 383 00:18:49,542 --> 00:18:53,208 goes further back in time than we have even thought. 384 00:18:59,292 --> 00:19:03,042 Oh. Not too bad-sounding. 385 00:19:03,167 --> 00:19:05,083 Not too shabby at all. 386 00:19:07,792 --> 00:19:09,333 Fingers crossed. 387 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:13,000 Check it, see if we got it out. 388 00:19:16,375 --> 00:19:18,500 That's not it, is it? 389 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:21,500 It is. 390 00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:24,667 What we got here, mate? 391 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:30,667 Look at that. Ha, ha, oh! 392 00:19:30,833 --> 00:19:32,542 - Nice. - What is it? 393 00:19:32,708 --> 00:19:35,291 It's a handle to a pair of old scissors. 394 00:19:35,292 --> 00:19:37,083 Huh. 395 00:19:37,250 --> 00:19:38,917 While metal detecting near the middle 396 00:19:39,083 --> 00:19:40,167 of Lot 5 on Oak Island... 397 00:19:40,375 --> 00:19:42,458 See that? It's one set. 398 00:19:42,667 --> 00:19:45,042 ...Gary and Rick have uncovered 399 00:19:45,208 --> 00:19:47,375 another potentially important clue. 400 00:19:47,583 --> 00:19:49,792 Look at the fracture there. 401 00:19:49,958 --> 00:19:51,625 Yeah, you're right, Rick. 402 00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:54,375 It looks like it's broken off so there'll be another piece. 403 00:19:54,542 --> 00:19:56,167 - I'll recheck the hole. - Yep. 404 00:19:56,375 --> 00:19:59,417 In fact, I can see it, mate. Look at this. 405 00:20:02,042 --> 00:20:04,042 That's the other side. 406 00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:07,667 Look at that. Yeah, they go together. 407 00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:10,292 No, wait a minute. Oh. 408 00:20:10,458 --> 00:20:12,667 I wonder if they're not scissors. 409 00:20:12,833 --> 00:20:16,250 - These are the same. - What do you think it is? 410 00:20:16,375 --> 00:20:19,042 We need a second opinion. Laird's down the lot. 411 00:20:19,208 --> 00:20:22,458 Hey, Laird! Check this out, please! 412 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:24,500 - Pretty cool, isn't it? - It is. 413 00:20:24,625 --> 00:20:25,958 - Yeah, it really is. - What do we have? 414 00:20:26,125 --> 00:20:27,417 - Hey, mate. - How are you? 415 00:20:27,625 --> 00:20:30,667 We've just dug up a very curious artifact. 416 00:20:30,833 --> 00:20:34,417 When this first piece came up, I was thinking scissors. 417 00:20:34,542 --> 00:20:36,000 - Yeah. Yeah. For sure. - Old shears. 418 00:20:36,167 --> 00:20:37,625 And then when the second piece came up, 419 00:20:37,750 --> 00:20:40,375 - I was thinking, "Look at this." - Mm-hmm. 420 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:42,833 I think this is something completely different. 421 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,583 Oh, yeah. Look at that. 422 00:20:46,958 --> 00:20:48,583 - Yep. - Which is even cooler. 423 00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:52,542 - Yeah. - There would've been two. 424 00:20:52,708 --> 00:20:55,000 - Either side of the cheeks. - Yeah. 425 00:20:55,167 --> 00:20:56,667 That is really neat. 426 00:20:56,833 --> 00:20:59,167 Part of a possible horse bridle 427 00:20:59,333 --> 00:21:01,208 found on Lot 5? 428 00:21:01,375 --> 00:21:04,958 While several lots on the island were inhabited by 429 00:21:05,083 --> 00:21:07,792 settlers and farmers before 1795, 430 00:21:07,958 --> 00:21:11,583 known records suggest the lot wasn't used 431 00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:15,500 either as farmland or as a grazing area for horses. 432 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:19,167 So, given the fact that the team has found artifacts in this area 433 00:21:19,375 --> 00:21:23,292 that could date back to medieval times and earlier, 434 00:21:23,458 --> 00:21:26,500 just how old is this horse bridle? 435 00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:28,500 And might it help identify 436 00:21:28,667 --> 00:21:31,667 who built the structures near the shoreline? 437 00:21:31,833 --> 00:21:34,292 I mean, look at it. I mean, you can see it's crudely made. 438 00:21:34,458 --> 00:21:36,333 That-That's got to be raw iron, 439 00:21:36,458 --> 00:21:38,333 - uh, and an oldie. - Mm-hmm. 440 00:21:38,458 --> 00:21:40,792 Yeah, I can't imagine that being on an ox. 441 00:21:42,833 --> 00:21:45,167 Yeah. I'd like to do more research on it. 442 00:21:45,292 --> 00:21:47,124 Um, would you mind if I took it to the lab? 443 00:21:47,125 --> 00:21:49,792 Of course not, mate. I'll put it in a bag. 444 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 All right. Excellent. 445 00:21:53,125 --> 00:21:55,500 All right, mate. Giddyap. 446 00:21:55,708 --> 00:21:57,875 As Rick and Gary continue their search 447 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,833 on Lot 5... 448 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:03,292 Here we go. 449 00:22:04,292 --> 00:22:05,625 ...over in the Money Pit area... 450 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:08,542 Get ready to slice and dice, Terry. 451 00:22:08,708 --> 00:22:11,917 ...Charles, Terry and other members of the team 452 00:22:12,125 --> 00:22:16,417 monitor the core drilling operation of borehole F-5.5, 453 00:22:16,542 --> 00:22:18,667 which has reached the solution channel. 454 00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:20,333 Here we go, guys. 455 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,583 Here it comes. 456 00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:30,833 - 206, Terry. - 206, thank you. 457 00:22:31,042 --> 00:22:32,958 - 206. - In bedrock at 204, yes? 458 00:22:33,125 --> 00:22:34,333 - 204, yeah. - Thank you. 459 00:22:39,125 --> 00:22:41,000 Let's carve it up. Here we go. 460 00:22:44,292 --> 00:22:47,791 That's a more promising looseness. 461 00:22:47,792 --> 00:22:50,708 Very, very watery. 462 00:22:52,417 --> 00:22:55,042 Into which treasure could have been dropped. 463 00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:57,750 So, bedrock at 204, guys. 464 00:22:57,958 --> 00:23:00,125 And above that, it looks like we've got 465 00:23:00,292 --> 00:23:03,625 some relatively loose material, which is a good indication-- 466 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:06,000 proof of our general premise or idea 467 00:23:06,208 --> 00:23:10,417 that potential material could fall in a solution channel. 468 00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:12,667 I'm gonna run the pinpointer over this. 469 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:19,500 Yeah. 470 00:23:25,458 --> 00:23:26,833 Right in there. 471 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:29,417 There's something in there. 472 00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:32,000 Wow. It's like there's something in this. 473 00:23:32,125 --> 00:23:33,542 Drop it. 474 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,042 - There it is. - There it is right there. 475 00:23:35,250 --> 00:23:36,500 - Little bit of-- - Right there. 476 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:37,958 - What do we got? - What do we got? 477 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:39,375 - Iron something or... - Yeah. 478 00:23:39,542 --> 00:23:41,375 - Wow. - Clean it off, Terry. 479 00:23:41,542 --> 00:23:43,542 That's a fleck of metal. 480 00:23:43,708 --> 00:23:46,417 That-that could... well, that could be... 481 00:23:46,583 --> 00:23:48,208 I-I don't want to say coin, but... 482 00:23:48,375 --> 00:23:49,708 - It looks like a... - That could be 483 00:23:49,917 --> 00:23:51,458 a chunk of a coin. 484 00:23:51,583 --> 00:23:53,167 - It looks like a half coin. - Oh, wow. -Really? 485 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:54,958 Yeah. It looks just like a coin. 486 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,958 - That's wild. - That's absolutely wild. 487 00:23:59,083 --> 00:24:01,917 It's got some sort of design on it, too, it looks like. 488 00:24:02,083 --> 00:24:03,500 You say there's a pattern on it, Peter? 489 00:24:03,667 --> 00:24:05,500 There is. 490 00:24:05,708 --> 00:24:08,625 - I got to make a phone call. - Absolutely. 491 00:24:08,792 --> 00:24:10,500 All right, I'm gonna call my Uncle Rick. 492 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,458 Wow. That's very promising. 493 00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:13,708 Yep. 494 00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:20,042 - Hey, guys. -Hello. - How you doing? -Hey. 495 00:24:20,208 --> 00:24:23,167 It was just as we pushed into bedrock, Rick. -Yeah. 496 00:24:23,375 --> 00:24:24,667 We hit bedrock at 204. 497 00:24:24,875 --> 00:24:28,500 At about 204.5, we came up with that artifact. 498 00:24:28,625 --> 00:24:30,333 After hearing that something 499 00:24:30,458 --> 00:24:32,332 of potential interest was extracted 500 00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:34,833 from the solution channel... 501 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:37,667 204.5 feet. 502 00:24:37,875 --> 00:24:41,708 ...Rick and Scott arrive in the Money Pit area 503 00:24:41,875 --> 00:24:43,833 to join the investigation. 504 00:24:44,042 --> 00:24:45,500 So, it was sitting right on the bottom? 505 00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:47,042 And pushed in a bit, yeah. 506 00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:48,833 So, we thought it was a cut or split coin. 507 00:24:48,958 --> 00:24:52,625 It's a small piece. What is it? 508 00:24:52,750 --> 00:24:54,750 The metal detector doesn't lie. 509 00:24:54,875 --> 00:24:57,000 We're looking for precious metals 510 00:24:57,208 --> 00:24:59,542 at the bottom of the solution channel. 511 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:01,292 Feels like a coin. 512 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:05,000 I feel what Gary calls "roundness" in my hand. 513 00:25:05,167 --> 00:25:07,583 Could be significant. It's what we're looking for. 514 00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:09,167 It's a hard metal, for sure. 515 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:10,833 And very dense. 516 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:12,583 Yep. 517 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:16,042 No, that-that's a button off a drill bit. 518 00:25:19,417 --> 00:25:20,667 You can see, clearly right size, 519 00:25:20,833 --> 00:25:22,167 - everything. - Yeah. 520 00:25:23,375 --> 00:25:24,667 Sorry, guys. 521 00:25:24,833 --> 00:25:26,833 You-you think it's a button bit? 522 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,750 Yep, I do. 523 00:25:28,917 --> 00:25:32,542 Unfortunately, the team is disappointed to learn 524 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:35,750 that the find has turned out to be a button 525 00:25:35,875 --> 00:25:37,708 that broke off from the end of a drill bit 526 00:25:37,875 --> 00:25:40,625 during a previous drilling operation. 527 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,624 We're directly below caisson, uh, TB-1, 528 00:25:44,625 --> 00:25:47,000 so that could've came off last year's sonic drill program. 529 00:25:47,208 --> 00:25:48,958 So it could be a break-off from last year, 530 00:25:49,125 --> 00:25:51,250 and again it could prove our principle that... 531 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:52,958 - Could be. - ...dense material falls 532 00:25:53,125 --> 00:25:54,458 to the bedrock solution channel interface. 533 00:25:54,625 --> 00:25:56,583 - Yeah. - Yeah. 534 00:25:56,792 --> 00:25:58,292 You go from a high to a low. 535 00:25:58,458 --> 00:26:00,500 We're all disappointed because 536 00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:04,000 it's a piece of carbide off the drill bit. 537 00:26:04,167 --> 00:26:07,125 But then I think, "Wait a minute here." 538 00:26:07,292 --> 00:26:09,125 It's not really a low. 539 00:26:09,292 --> 00:26:13,917 Something this small and insignificant has fallen 540 00:26:14,083 --> 00:26:16,417 to the bottom of the solution channel and the bedrock. 541 00:26:16,583 --> 00:26:19,792 Proof, definitive proof, 542 00:26:19,917 --> 00:26:23,125 that even a possible coin 543 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:25,500 could fall to these depths 544 00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:27,375 at the bottom of the solution channel. 545 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,125 It's down there. 546 00:26:29,292 --> 00:26:31,042 We just haven't found it yet. 547 00:26:31,208 --> 00:26:33,000 But we will. 548 00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:35,208 You guys, I am extremely grateful. 549 00:26:35,375 --> 00:26:36,875 But more work to do. 550 00:26:37,042 --> 00:26:38,875 Yeah. -So, let's get after it. See you, guys. 551 00:26:39,042 --> 00:26:41,583 - See you later, guys. - See you. -See you, guys. 552 00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:46,917 As a new day begins on Oak Island, 553 00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:50,333 while ground is broken on a new borehole 554 00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:51,958 in the Money Pit area... 555 00:26:52,083 --> 00:26:55,917 So, I'm hoping you guys can tell us 556 00:26:56,083 --> 00:27:00,708 what these finds are, or maybe it's just one find. 557 00:27:00,875 --> 00:27:03,708 ...Rick, Peter and Gary arrive at the lab 558 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:06,542 to receive Laird and Emma's report 559 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:08,000 on the possible horse bridle 560 00:27:08,208 --> 00:27:11,042 that was found one day ago on Lot 5. 561 00:27:13,083 --> 00:27:15,042 When I saw it in the field 562 00:27:15,208 --> 00:27:18,458 and you put it together, I could see that being 563 00:27:18,625 --> 00:27:21,083 part of a horse tack. 564 00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:23,500 But in our research, we couldn't correlate it 565 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:25,833 to anything like that. 566 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,083 - Oh? - Yeah. 567 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:32,083 Design-wise, so you have the two pieces. 568 00:27:32,208 --> 00:27:34,167 Now, these are cross sections right at that break, 569 00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:37,125 and one is more square. 570 00:27:37,333 --> 00:27:39,000 The other is a little bit more rectangular, 571 00:27:39,167 --> 00:27:42,792 so that just wouldn't have come from the same break. 572 00:27:42,958 --> 00:27:45,792 - They were not connected as one. - Ah. 573 00:27:45,917 --> 00:27:47,792 - Yeah. - So, they did break off 574 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:49,750 from the same object. 575 00:27:49,917 --> 00:27:52,083 It's just the handles of scissors. - Yeah. 576 00:27:52,250 --> 00:27:55,042 That's what I thought when the first piece came up. -Yeah. 577 00:27:55,208 --> 00:27:57,417 But it'll be interesting to see what the metallurgy is. 578 00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:59,333 What does the actual data tell you? 579 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:00,792 Yep. 580 00:28:00,958 --> 00:28:03,042 So, the composition. 581 00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:06,250 There is a slight chlorine content. 582 00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:07,708 The fact that I am getting 583 00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:10,667 some sodium values, it does indicate 584 00:28:10,875 --> 00:28:14,125 it's been in prolonged contact with salt water. 585 00:28:14,292 --> 00:28:16,625 - Wow. - There's minimal impurities, 586 00:28:16,792 --> 00:28:18,000 which means pre-blast furnace. 587 00:28:18,167 --> 00:28:20,333 So, it does indicate it's 1700s... 588 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:21,792 Okay. 589 00:28:21,958 --> 00:28:24,250 ...potentially late 1600s. 590 00:28:24,417 --> 00:28:25,667 - Yeah. - Good. 591 00:28:25,875 --> 00:28:27,542 Is it possible 592 00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:29,958 that the team has found another artifact 593 00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:33,750 that could date back to the 1600s on Lot 5? 594 00:28:33,917 --> 00:28:36,708 If so, could it help identify 595 00:28:36,917 --> 00:28:39,332 just who occupied the structures there 596 00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:43,250 more than a century before the discovery of the Money Pit? 597 00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:48,667 What country would this artifact be associated with? 598 00:28:48,833 --> 00:28:52,542 It's most likely U.K., 599 00:28:52,708 --> 00:28:55,000 uh, in-in origin. 600 00:28:55,167 --> 00:28:57,832 You had, I remember, a book here of... 601 00:28:57,833 --> 00:28:59,625 - Mm-hmm. - ...stylistically, 602 00:28:59,792 --> 00:29:01,667 how shears changed over the years. 603 00:29:01,833 --> 00:29:04,208 - You still have that? - I do. 604 00:29:04,417 --> 00:29:06,250 Did you want to take a look? 605 00:29:11,125 --> 00:29:12,625 That would be your closest. 606 00:29:12,792 --> 00:29:14,542 It looks pretty identical to that. 607 00:29:14,708 --> 00:29:17,167 - Yeah. - Mid 17th century. 608 00:29:17,375 --> 00:29:18,708 - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah. 609 00:29:18,875 --> 00:29:21,167 That explains the sheer excitement we felt 610 00:29:21,375 --> 00:29:22,500 when we found these. 611 00:29:24,375 --> 00:29:25,917 Stylistically, they represent 612 00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:29,125 the period of the, uh, 1600s. 613 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:33,208 It certainly then raises the interest in the item. 614 00:29:33,375 --> 00:29:37,667 Does it prove directly some connection to the Money Pit 615 00:29:37,875 --> 00:29:39,792 and the original work? 616 00:29:39,958 --> 00:29:43,833 No. But neither does it say it can't be. 617 00:29:44,042 --> 00:29:45,667 Look, let's be honest. 618 00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:48,125 There's, uh, two lots on this island that are 619 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:50,750 incredibly difficult to understand, right? 620 00:29:50,917 --> 00:29:53,625 - The Money Pit lot... - Mm-hmm. 621 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:55,458 - ...and Lot 5. - Mm-hmm. 622 00:29:55,625 --> 00:29:59,208 Given the enormity of finds, Laird, is it becoming clearer 623 00:29:59,375 --> 00:30:03,167 or-or more difficult to establish what happened on 5? 624 00:30:04,208 --> 00:30:07,708 Every little find like that brings us closer. 625 00:30:07,917 --> 00:30:10,333 Every artifact we find tells a story. 626 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,333 And, uh, with finds like these, 627 00:30:12,542 --> 00:30:15,667 even though they're quite puzzling in the moment, 628 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,417 the next find might help explain it. 629 00:30:17,583 --> 00:30:20,333 Exactly. We haven't finished in that area yet. 630 00:30:20,542 --> 00:30:21,917 That's true. 631 00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:23,833 Needs metal detecting. 632 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 - And I say we go right now. - Yeah. 633 00:30:26,167 --> 00:30:28,333 - Thank you. - Great research. 634 00:30:30,667 --> 00:30:32,375 Later that morning... 635 00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:37,083 Come on, let's have a signal. 636 00:30:37,250 --> 00:30:40,792 ...Rick and Gary return to Lot 5. 637 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,542 We're about due here, Gary. 638 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:44,458 Yeah, but that's metal detecting. 639 00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:48,125 You've got to do the legwork, and then, all of a sudden, 640 00:30:48,250 --> 00:30:50,500 - you find us something good. - Like yesterday. 641 00:30:50,708 --> 00:30:52,500 Yeah. Exactly. 642 00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:55,833 Some big old boulders around here. 643 00:30:57,125 --> 00:31:00,958 It's a place where people could sit and lose artifacts. 644 00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:08,375 - There's potential in the air. - Oh, yeah. 645 00:31:13,375 --> 00:31:14,917 Looks like I've been here before. 646 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:16,875 There's a flag in here. 647 00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:20,125 What the heck is this, Rick? 648 00:31:20,292 --> 00:31:23,542 That circular feature there. 649 00:31:23,708 --> 00:31:25,125 Maybe... 650 00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:29,042 You can see in there. 651 00:31:29,208 --> 00:31:32,125 Definitely circular stones. 652 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:39,042 Is it hollow in there? 653 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:42,667 No, but it's definitely full of stone. 654 00:31:42,875 --> 00:31:44,000 It seems odd, doesn't it? 655 00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:46,333 Circular pattern of rocks. 656 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:49,167 - Nothing there, huh? - No. No metal. 657 00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:51,917 But it's interesting as hell, isn't it? 658 00:31:52,083 --> 00:31:53,958 I wonder what this was for. 659 00:31:54,083 --> 00:31:58,500 I see in front of us a-a rock that's standing on edge, 660 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:02,000 and it appears to be a circle of rock around it. 661 00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:05,125 It does look as though they were placed with intent. 662 00:32:05,250 --> 00:32:07,625 Maybe we found another feature. 663 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:11,792 And we may have another stone structure on Lot 5. 664 00:32:11,958 --> 00:32:13,958 That is worth investigating. 665 00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:16,792 You could peel the layers of rocks away 666 00:32:16,958 --> 00:32:18,708 and see if this is a real structure. 667 00:32:18,875 --> 00:32:21,083 I think it's worth having Laird come down, 668 00:32:21,250 --> 00:32:23,667 - see if there's anything there. - Yeah. 669 00:32:23,833 --> 00:32:26,833 Definitely worth checking out. 670 00:32:26,958 --> 00:32:28,542 This might be the find of the day. 671 00:32:28,708 --> 00:32:29,625 Yep. 672 00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:35,542 What do we have? 673 00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:37,625 I wish I could say I know what we're looking at, 674 00:32:37,792 --> 00:32:41,125 but I-I do know that-that Gary and I put eyes on this. 675 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:42,917 Yeah, it's certainly an interesting feature. 676 00:32:43,125 --> 00:32:44,333 Following the discovery 677 00:32:44,542 --> 00:32:46,625 of a possible man-made stone feature 678 00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:48,500 near the center of Lot 5, 679 00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:52,583 Rick calls in Laird Niven to get his assessment. 680 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:54,875 Gary did metal detecting here. 681 00:32:55,042 --> 00:32:58,833 I just poked my shovel in here, and I think... 682 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000 It just seemed weird because 683 00:33:01,125 --> 00:33:03,042 there's not a lot of dirt, right? 684 00:33:03,208 --> 00:33:05,000 Yeah. Yeah. The rocks are piled up, 685 00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:07,917 and then everything accumulates on top. 686 00:33:08,042 --> 00:33:10,167 It's the shape that hits me first, right? 687 00:33:10,375 --> 00:33:14,833 It seems to be circular, lined with large rocks. 688 00:33:15,042 --> 00:33:17,167 That upright flat rock in the middle, 689 00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:18,833 it's like you putting it there 690 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,125 to signify something, which is pretty cool. 691 00:33:21,292 --> 00:33:23,708 So, it's done with purpose. 692 00:33:23,875 --> 00:33:27,167 This was a stone that was deliberately placed upright, 693 00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:30,292 and my immediate thought was that 694 00:33:30,458 --> 00:33:33,500 that was done to mark a location. 695 00:33:33,708 --> 00:33:38,625 This location isn't marking the boundaries of land. 696 00:33:38,792 --> 00:33:41,167 Well, what's interesting is, on this lot, 697 00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:46,167 there are stone circular formations, right? 698 00:33:46,333 --> 00:33:49,000 Yeah. Right. -And now we have another one here. 699 00:33:49,167 --> 00:33:50,417 I mean, we have the Roman coins. 700 00:33:50,542 --> 00:33:52,042 We don't understand how they got here. 701 00:33:52,208 --> 00:33:54,042 This may help explain some of that mystery. 702 00:33:54,208 --> 00:33:56,083 Could this stone formation 703 00:33:56,250 --> 00:33:59,125 have been built by the same people who constructed 704 00:33:59,333 --> 00:34:02,167 the large, rounded feature near the shoreline? 705 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:05,500 If so, could it somehow be connected 706 00:34:05,625 --> 00:34:09,458 to the Roman coins that have been found in this area? 707 00:34:09,625 --> 00:34:13,083 If this is a marker or a monument, 708 00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:15,167 this might be a very significant find. 709 00:34:15,375 --> 00:34:19,500 We have found a multitude of items that are unexplainable. 710 00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:21,333 The list of it goes on and on and on. 711 00:34:21,542 --> 00:34:24,333 So, might there be something quite unique 712 00:34:24,458 --> 00:34:27,708 and interesting about this... this location? 713 00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:29,250 Yes, certainly. 714 00:34:29,458 --> 00:34:31,958 Well, you know, I'd certainly clear it off, 715 00:34:32,083 --> 00:34:35,333 bring the team in, and then consider bisecting it. 716 00:34:35,458 --> 00:34:37,500 I think that's certainly worth doing. 717 00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:39,250 I'm excited over this. 718 00:34:39,417 --> 00:34:40,958 I mean, this could very well be our next big feature. 719 00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:42,500 We won't know what it is 720 00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:44,417 - until you actually do the work. - Exactly. 721 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:46,125 So... -Any day that we can dig something up 722 00:34:46,292 --> 00:34:47,417 on Oak Island is a good day. 723 00:34:47,542 --> 00:34:49,333 - It's a good day. - Best day ever. 724 00:34:49,458 --> 00:34:50,958 Okey doke. 725 00:34:51,167 --> 00:34:53,292 While Laird prepares to investigate 726 00:34:53,417 --> 00:34:57,208 the new stone feature on Lot 5, 727 00:34:57,375 --> 00:34:59,625 later that afternoon... 728 00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:04,583 I'm gonna say something that my brother would never say: 729 00:35:04,792 --> 00:35:06,083 "Beautiful day in the swamp." 730 00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:08,708 - Yep. It's good to be home. - You bet. 731 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:13,125 - You're going here, right? - Yeah. 732 00:35:13,292 --> 00:35:17,042 ...Rick, Gary and Billy return to the swamp. 733 00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:19,875 If you look over here, that's where we found 734 00:35:20,042 --> 00:35:22,333 the stakes and some cobble 735 00:35:22,542 --> 00:35:25,042 roughly between those two tall trees. 736 00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:26,583 Right. 737 00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:29,875 The hope here is that they carry through to this area. 738 00:35:30,083 --> 00:35:32,083 While they await a new permit 739 00:35:32,208 --> 00:35:33,542 to continue investigating 740 00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:36,375 the stone feature in the western region, 741 00:35:36,542 --> 00:35:40,250 they have moved to an area 40 feet to the north, 742 00:35:40,375 --> 00:35:42,250 where they are currently free to search. 743 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:45,417 We're roughly on that line right now. 744 00:35:47,708 --> 00:35:52,083 What we need is an artifact or artifacts. 745 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:54,333 - Let's see what we find. - Yep. 746 00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:57,833 We are now digging in the southwest corner, 747 00:35:57,958 --> 00:35:59,708 in the second permitted area. 748 00:35:59,875 --> 00:36:01,792 The idea was to follow 749 00:36:01,917 --> 00:36:04,500 the cobble area, we'll call it. 750 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:07,583 One of the most unexplored areas 751 00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:09,625 is the western side of the swamp. 752 00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:13,792 So, hopefully, there are answers here within the bog. 753 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,250 This isn't charcoal, is it? 754 00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:21,167 Is it charcoal, Rick? 755 00:36:22,417 --> 00:36:24,167 I mean, it should do that if they're charcoal, right? 756 00:36:24,333 --> 00:36:25,958 Yeah. 757 00:36:26,125 --> 00:36:27,917 It was right here. 758 00:36:29,042 --> 00:36:32,333 See that little piece? Grab that. 759 00:36:32,542 --> 00:36:35,000 Yeah, that looks like charcoal. 760 00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:37,125 And I remember the archeologists found charcoal 761 00:36:37,292 --> 00:36:38,750 on the stone road. 762 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:40,417 That-that was the one consistent thing we found. 763 00:36:40,583 --> 00:36:41,958 - Yeah. - We found that even 764 00:36:42,125 --> 00:36:44,708 - all the way down the path. - Yeah. 765 00:36:46,042 --> 00:36:49,500 The team has previously discovered charcoal 766 00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:52,333 in the southeast corner on the stone road, 767 00:36:52,458 --> 00:36:54,333 which may be Portuguese in origin 768 00:36:54,458 --> 00:36:57,167 and more than 500 years old. 769 00:36:57,333 --> 00:37:00,375 - Do you have a bag? - Uh, yeah, I've got a bag. 770 00:37:00,542 --> 00:37:02,750 Finding more potential charcoal here 771 00:37:02,875 --> 00:37:06,083 is intriguing and suggests a possible connection 772 00:37:06,208 --> 00:37:08,333 between the two features. 773 00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:10,833 I'm sure Emma can tell us right away whether it is or not. 774 00:37:11,042 --> 00:37:13,333 We'll find out from Emma. 775 00:37:13,542 --> 00:37:16,957 If it can be dated to a much earlier time, 776 00:37:16,958 --> 00:37:19,042 that's interesting in and of itself. 777 00:37:19,208 --> 00:37:21,833 - I've got it in the bag. - Okey doke. 778 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,083 I think this sample in particular 779 00:37:24,250 --> 00:37:25,833 should be sent to the lab 780 00:37:26,042 --> 00:37:28,583 to see if it aligns with the charcoal that was found 781 00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:31,542 on the stone road and the stone path. 782 00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:33,792 Because then, possibly, there's a connection. 783 00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:43,458 We got some iron here by the sound of it. 784 00:37:43,625 --> 00:37:45,708 Let me pinpoint it, Rick. 785 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:49,875 We got an hit here. 786 00:37:50,042 --> 00:37:53,750 And look how it's right on the side of that boulder. 787 00:38:02,208 --> 00:38:03,792 I think it's out, Rick. 788 00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:08,000 Oh, that's an humdinger of a signal. 789 00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:10,000 We better look. 790 00:38:10,208 --> 00:38:11,625 Look at that. 791 00:38:17,875 --> 00:38:19,667 Look at that. Yep. 792 00:38:19,792 --> 00:38:22,750 Look at the way it-it tapers down. 793 00:38:22,958 --> 00:38:26,292 In the western region of the Oak Island swamp, 794 00:38:26,458 --> 00:38:28,458 the Oak Island team has just made 795 00:38:28,583 --> 00:38:31,583 another potentially interesting discovery. 796 00:38:31,792 --> 00:38:35,166 - Does it have a notch on top? - You know what? 797 00:38:35,167 --> 00:38:37,292 - It does. - Yeah. 798 00:38:37,417 --> 00:38:38,917 - It's something. - Why would it have a notch? 799 00:38:39,042 --> 00:38:41,958 Unless this is broken off, there was a hole in it. 800 00:38:43,542 --> 00:38:45,667 Heavy? - Oh, yeah, it's really heavy. 801 00:38:45,833 --> 00:38:48,542 This is hand-forged wrought iron. 802 00:38:48,708 --> 00:38:50,708 Yeah, this is an old piece of iron. 803 00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:54,333 This is something different. What the heck is this? 804 00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:56,792 If it is hollow and yet you're saying it's heavy, 805 00:38:56,958 --> 00:38:59,250 that-that's even more interesting. - Yeah. 806 00:38:59,417 --> 00:39:00,708 But that is unusual. 807 00:39:00,875 --> 00:39:03,375 One end appeared to be hollow. 808 00:39:03,542 --> 00:39:07,167 The other end appeared to have a raised diagonal. 809 00:39:07,333 --> 00:39:09,333 That seems strange. 810 00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:11,167 I just don't know what it is. 811 00:39:11,333 --> 00:39:13,083 It's a unique find. 812 00:39:13,208 --> 00:39:17,167 It's not a piece of rebar, and it needs to go to the lab. 813 00:39:18,208 --> 00:39:21,667 The way it tapers down, it could be like a petronel. 814 00:39:21,833 --> 00:39:26,500 A really old gun from the 15, 1600s. 815 00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:29,875 They were very early weapons. 816 00:39:30,042 --> 00:39:31,458 Just one single shot. 817 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:34,542 Mm. A CT scan is really gonna be enlightening. 818 00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:38,250 - Why else would it be hollow? - Yeah. 819 00:39:39,292 --> 00:39:43,583 Petronels date back to as early as the 14th century. 820 00:39:43,750 --> 00:39:46,708 They were a short, single-shot firearm 821 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:50,500 commonly used by European militaries before the invention 822 00:39:50,667 --> 00:39:54,167 of long-barreled muskets in the mid 1600s. 823 00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:58,708 Thanks to their compact size, petronels were often used 824 00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:02,000 by soldiers who were riding on horseback. 825 00:40:03,042 --> 00:40:06,125 Is it possible that Gary has found new evidence 826 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:08,167 of a military presence on Oak Island 827 00:40:08,333 --> 00:40:10,917 back in the 1600s or earlier? 828 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:14,542 If so, just whose military was it? 829 00:40:14,708 --> 00:40:16,208 Definitely interesting. 830 00:40:16,375 --> 00:40:17,583 - Yeah. - Yeah. 831 00:40:17,708 --> 00:40:19,167 And what's it doing here? 832 00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:20,625 That's a special find. 833 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:22,958 This could be a smoking gun. 834 00:40:23,167 --> 00:40:24,833 Literally. 835 00:40:25,042 --> 00:40:28,875 You want so badly to find something 836 00:40:29,042 --> 00:40:33,917 that can be tied intimately to another area of the island 837 00:40:34,083 --> 00:40:39,375 that has a proper association with the search for answers 838 00:40:39,583 --> 00:40:41,708 or search for treasure. 839 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:44,375 We need to do more work in the area to try to 840 00:40:44,583 --> 00:40:47,292 understand its story in its totality. 841 00:40:47,417 --> 00:40:49,625 We are gonna go back to that lab 842 00:40:49,792 --> 00:40:52,042 with a really fantastic artifact. 843 00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:55,500 Uh, it's pretty peculiar, and to unravel this story, 844 00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:57,167 we better get on the ball. 845 00:40:57,375 --> 00:40:59,750 Anyway, tomorrow is another day. -Yep. -Yep. 846 00:40:59,917 --> 00:41:01,833 - Good job. - Good digging, Billy. 847 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,542 We still got a lot of ground to cover. 848 00:41:05,708 --> 00:41:09,333 As another exciting week ends on Oak Island, 849 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:14,000 new finds offer Rick, Marty and their team 850 00:41:14,208 --> 00:41:17,208 more validation that something extraordinary 851 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:20,167 took place here centuries ago. 852 00:41:20,375 --> 00:41:24,792 And while their search for the answers is far from over, 853 00:41:24,958 --> 00:41:30,000 they are determined to reveal the truth. 854 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:37,917 Next time, on The Curse of Oak Island... 855 00:41:38,125 --> 00:41:39,833 All right, well, this is the neighborhood, guys. 856 00:41:39,958 --> 00:41:41,500 I mean, this is treasure central. 857 00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:43,833 There's mounting evidence 858 00:41:44,042 --> 00:41:46,708 of something happening here long ago. 859 00:41:46,875 --> 00:41:49,417 Hopefully, there's some old gold and silver. 860 00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:53,333 We've got a stone structure here. 861 00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:54,750 Somebody piled those stones. 862 00:41:54,917 --> 00:41:56,167 So, somebody put this here. 863 00:41:56,333 --> 00:41:58,208 Somebody went to some trouble. 864 00:41:58,333 --> 00:42:01,000 It could be a 1500s hand cannon. 865 00:42:01,167 --> 00:42:03,458 You were right, Gary. 866 00:42:03,667 --> 00:42:06,667 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS