1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,250 [narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:04,833 [Ian] The metal we're seeing in the water 3 00:00:05,042 --> 00:00:07,167 -is in the solution channel. -Absolutely. 4 00:00:07,292 --> 00:00:08,875 There's metal underground that isn't natural. 5 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:11,000 We found gold. 6 00:00:11,167 --> 00:00:12,292 -[Gary] Got a signal. -[metal detector beeping] 7 00:00:12,458 --> 00:00:14,000 -Oh, it's here. -[Peter] What do you got? 8 00:00:14,083 --> 00:00:15,625 [Rick] What the heck is that doing here? 9 00:00:15,792 --> 00:00:17,417 [Peter] This right here is a key to navigation, 10 00:00:17,625 --> 00:00:20,250 but it might be a key for the alignment of Nolan's Cross. 11 00:00:20,458 --> 00:00:22,583 This road goes from the beach to the Money Pit. 12 00:00:22,750 --> 00:00:24,750 We just got to the bottom of the solution channel. 13 00:00:24,917 --> 00:00:26,000 [Marty] Where are you, little gold coin? 14 00:00:26,167 --> 00:00:27,500 -[Terry] You see it? -Come on. 15 00:00:27,708 --> 00:00:28,792 There you go. 16 00:00:28,958 --> 00:00:31,167 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,375 [narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 18 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:36,333 where people have been looking for 19 00:00:36,542 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 20 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 21 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it, 22 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:50,458 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 23 00:00:50,667 --> 00:00:54,708 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 24 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 25 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 26 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 27 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 28 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:10,667 before the treasure can be found. 29 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:24,500 -[Ian] Gentlemen. -[Steve] Hello. 31 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:26,000 It looks like we just touched bottom 32 00:01:26,167 --> 00:01:27,833 of the solution channel here. 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,250 [narrator] While a new morning is still fresh on Oak Island... 34 00:01:31,417 --> 00:01:33,333 Now he'll go back down and make another run after this 35 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,583 -just to make sure. -Good. 36 00:01:35,708 --> 00:01:37,500 [narrator] ...in the Money Pit area, 37 00:01:37,708 --> 00:01:40,958 the team's drilling operation may be getting closer 38 00:01:41,042 --> 00:01:45,417 to the answers of a 230-year-old mystery. 39 00:01:45,583 --> 00:01:48,917 All right, we are 178 to 208. We hit bedrock at 205. 40 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:51,833 So, everything in this core becomes 41 00:01:52,042 --> 00:01:53,625 -highly interesting to us. -Yeah. 42 00:01:53,792 --> 00:01:58,292 [narrator] The current borehole known as F-8.5 43 00:01:58,458 --> 00:02:02,417 is located in an area where previous underground water tests 44 00:02:02,583 --> 00:02:06,625 revealed evidence of gold and silver objects. 45 00:02:06,792 --> 00:02:08,542 Okay. Let's have a look. 46 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:12,500 [narrator] And now the team has collected a 30-foot core 47 00:02:12,667 --> 00:02:15,208 of loose materials in the solution channel. 48 00:02:15,375 --> 00:02:17,000 You get a beep? Here. 49 00:02:17,167 --> 00:02:19,083 Pick it right up. Could be in that, too. 50 00:02:20,958 --> 00:02:22,583 [Marty] Come on, baby. 51 00:02:25,458 --> 00:02:28,583 Where are you, little gold coin? Come on. 52 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:30,833 [beeping] 53 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:33,000 Oh, you got something there. 54 00:02:33,208 --> 00:02:35,333 Oh. I think that is something in there. 55 00:02:35,542 --> 00:02:36,792 Let's see. 56 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:39,875 [Steve] Right there? 57 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:46,417 Where the hell did it go? 58 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:48,292 [Steve] I believe that we can get Gary to come up 59 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:51,167 -with his big detector. -[Marty] Might as well. 60 00:02:51,375 --> 00:02:53,667 Let's get this. Bring-bring this in, Doc. 61 00:02:53,875 --> 00:02:55,542 Let's grab this. 62 00:02:55,708 --> 00:02:58,208 [Marty] When the pinpointer goes off 63 00:02:58,375 --> 00:03:00,000 in the core that is from the solution channel, 64 00:03:00,208 --> 00:03:01,667 I'm very excited. 65 00:03:01,875 --> 00:03:04,375 Very, very excited. 66 00:03:05,375 --> 00:03:06,833 -Here's your go-to guy. -[Gary sighs] 67 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,167 Now what are you up to? 68 00:03:08,375 --> 00:03:10,458 -[Marty] All right, Gary. -Hey, Gary. 69 00:03:10,625 --> 00:03:12,417 -We had a phantom hit here. -[Gary] Okay. 70 00:03:12,542 --> 00:03:14,333 And so we're wondering if you might... 71 00:03:14,542 --> 00:03:16,000 see if it was really phantom or not. 72 00:03:16,208 --> 00:03:17,458 -Just-- -Okay. 73 00:03:17,625 --> 00:03:19,167 There's no nails in this table, so... 74 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,625 -Okay, great. -[metal detector chimes] 75 00:03:22,042 --> 00:03:24,458 [Rick] We are so intense in that moment 76 00:03:24,625 --> 00:03:27,167 wanting there to be something there. 77 00:03:27,292 --> 00:03:29,750 I just hope it's hiding what we believe it's hiding. 78 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:34,000 -Uh, it sounds-- -She's clean, eh? 79 00:03:34,208 --> 00:03:35,292 [Gary] Clean as a whistle. 80 00:03:35,458 --> 00:03:36,958 [Marty] All right. 81 00:03:37,125 --> 00:03:38,917 What the hell happened to it? 82 00:03:39,083 --> 00:03:41,833 Regardless, we'll take that section 83 00:03:42,042 --> 00:03:43,833 -and bag it. -Yeah. 84 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,292 [Ian] So, I want to send that sample in 85 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:46,833 and see what's in there. 86 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,167 That's a good idea. 87 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:52,083 We got these pinpointer hits right where we thought 88 00:03:52,250 --> 00:03:54,375 the metals should have fallen to, right? 89 00:03:54,542 --> 00:03:56,167 And that's frustrating. 90 00:03:56,375 --> 00:03:57,917 So I think it's right to test the soils 91 00:03:58,042 --> 00:04:01,500 for precious metals to see if the pinpointer hit was real. 92 00:04:01,667 --> 00:04:03,417 We're very close to two sites 93 00:04:03,542 --> 00:04:05,250 we had, uh, amongst the highest gold values 94 00:04:05,417 --> 00:04:06,542 -in water. -[Marty] Yep. 95 00:04:06,708 --> 00:04:08,583 We had outrageous silver numbers. 96 00:04:08,750 --> 00:04:11,708 Maybe one of the things that's down here that's creating 97 00:04:11,917 --> 00:04:15,167 our gold and silver anomaly is gold dust that isn't natural. 98 00:04:15,333 --> 00:04:17,167 Yeah, Gary, if there was gold dust in there 99 00:04:17,375 --> 00:04:20,000 and it was in a little spot... 100 00:04:20,208 --> 00:04:21,667 -Yeah. -...and I get a hit 101 00:04:21,875 --> 00:04:22,833 and then I start moving it around, would it go away, 102 00:04:23,042 --> 00:04:24,292 or would you have picked it up? 103 00:04:24,458 --> 00:04:25,625 I wouldn't have picked it up with this. 104 00:04:25,792 --> 00:04:27,417 Even though I'm in the prospector mode 105 00:04:27,542 --> 00:04:29,833 on the Manticore right now, 106 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,833 uh, I wouldn't have detected it. 107 00:04:31,958 --> 00:04:33,458 [Marty] Okay. All right, well, 108 00:04:33,625 --> 00:04:35,833 maybe there's some actual gold in that bag. 109 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:37,708 Yep. 110 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:39,792 [narrator] Is it possible that trace amounts of gold 111 00:04:39,958 --> 00:04:41,917 from a buried treasure 112 00:04:42,083 --> 00:04:45,542 have not only spread into the water deep in the Money Pit 113 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:48,833 but also the soils in the solution channel? 114 00:04:49,042 --> 00:04:52,417 Although soil tests could take several weeks to complete, 115 00:04:52,583 --> 00:04:55,667 if Dr. Spooner gets positive results, 116 00:04:55,875 --> 00:04:57,708 it will offer additional confirmation 117 00:04:57,875 --> 00:05:01,875 that the treasure may be in this area. 118 00:05:02,917 --> 00:05:06,833 [Rick] If those results indicate or confirm precious metals 119 00:05:06,958 --> 00:05:10,333 or for high-metal values in the... in the soils, 120 00:05:10,542 --> 00:05:15,000 it would almost necessitate-- demand-- a big dig. 121 00:05:15,167 --> 00:05:17,125 Whatever was above, we now believe 122 00:05:17,292 --> 00:05:21,167 that it easily could've fallen to these depths. 123 00:05:21,375 --> 00:05:24,500 So, uh, look, we just got to keep going. 124 00:05:24,708 --> 00:05:26,250 Okay. 125 00:05:26,417 --> 00:05:28,667 All right, well, let's get on to the next one. 126 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:33,333 [narrator] Later that morning... 127 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:36,000 [Marty] Ladies and gentlemen, 128 00:05:36,167 --> 00:05:37,792 we are here today to feel the heat. 129 00:05:37,958 --> 00:05:41,292 And what I mean by that is I requested Steve, 130 00:05:41,417 --> 00:05:44,958 working with Emma and Jillian, to prepare a heat map. 131 00:05:45,125 --> 00:05:47,083 [narrator] Rick, Marty and Craig 132 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:50,375 meet with other members of the team in the war room. 133 00:05:50,542 --> 00:05:53,333 [Marty] They were charged with looking at 134 00:05:53,458 --> 00:05:55,583 all the artifacts that have been found over the island 135 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:57,958 over the years, and that is, of course, a lot. 136 00:05:58,125 --> 00:05:59,333 -Yeah. -[Marty] And then... 137 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:02,000 put them on the map of the island 138 00:06:02,125 --> 00:06:04,667 by how likely they are old. 139 00:06:04,875 --> 00:06:06,167 Yep. 140 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:08,333 [narrator] In recent years, 141 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:10,500 the team has found numerous artifacts 142 00:06:10,625 --> 00:06:14,708 that predate the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795. 143 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:18,750 These include six Roman coins found on Lot 5 144 00:06:18,917 --> 00:06:22,333 that are as much as 2,000 years old. 145 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:25,375 And just this year, they were shown 146 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:28,500 a 14th-century Portuguese silver coin, 147 00:06:28,708 --> 00:06:33,250 one reportedly found in the Money Pit back in 1849. 148 00:06:33,417 --> 00:06:36,667 Marking the team's oldest discoveries on a grid 149 00:06:36,792 --> 00:06:40,167 or heat map of the island suggests where even more 150 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:43,000 important clues may be found next. 151 00:06:44,208 --> 00:06:46,375 [Steve] So, we've prepared a legend. 152 00:06:46,542 --> 00:06:48,083 So I'm gonna throw a few out so you can take a look 153 00:06:48,292 --> 00:06:50,417 so you know what colors you're looking at. 154 00:06:50,583 --> 00:06:54,333 So, you'll see pink, blue, orange and green. 155 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,333 Pink represents possibility of a deposit 156 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:58,500 because it's 1725 and older. 157 00:06:58,667 --> 00:07:03,292 And blue, which is 1800s to now, which means it's searcher. 158 00:07:03,417 --> 00:07:04,542 -Okay. -[Steve] Everything else, 159 00:07:04,750 --> 00:07:06,667 like the 1730s, '40s and '50s, 160 00:07:06,875 --> 00:07:08,583 that orange color starts to appear. 161 00:07:08,750 --> 00:07:10,417 -All right. -[Steve] Okay? 162 00:07:10,583 --> 00:07:12,167 So, right now, the two hot areas 163 00:07:12,333 --> 00:07:14,250 where depositors could have been 164 00:07:14,417 --> 00:07:17,292 is Lot 5 with the archaeologists... 165 00:07:17,458 --> 00:07:19,792 -[Marty] Yeah. -[Steve] ...and the Money Pit. 166 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:21,833 We're obviously still searching those areas, 167 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,875 but we have found very old artifacts 168 00:07:24,042 --> 00:07:25,500 in other places, as well. 169 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:28,125 What about the odd pink dots 170 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:30,000 over there on the head of the elephant? 171 00:07:30,208 --> 00:07:31,625 [Steve] That's Lot 15. 172 00:07:31,792 --> 00:07:33,625 [Craig] Even in the orange colors, 173 00:07:33,792 --> 00:07:36,667 you're going back to the mid-1700s. 174 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:40,417 -That could be depositor. -Yep. 175 00:07:40,542 --> 00:07:43,833 When you see those older ones up there on Lot 15... 176 00:07:44,042 --> 00:07:45,292 -[Marty] Mm-hmm. -[Rick] ...I think there's 177 00:07:45,458 --> 00:07:47,167 a lot more work to do there. 178 00:07:47,292 --> 00:07:48,500 [Marty] Yeah. I agree. 179 00:07:48,708 --> 00:07:50,083 Yeah, we got to get Gary out there. 180 00:07:50,208 --> 00:07:52,000 Yep. 181 00:07:52,167 --> 00:07:55,458 [narrator] Located some 200 yards northwest 182 00:07:55,667 --> 00:07:59,000 of the Money Pit area, Lot 15 has produced 183 00:07:59,167 --> 00:08:01,958 some of the team's most intriguing artifacts, 184 00:08:02,125 --> 00:08:04,375 including burned charcoal 185 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:07,208 that could date back to the 14th century, 186 00:08:07,375 --> 00:08:12,667 a Chinese coin that could be more than 1,000 years old 187 00:08:12,875 --> 00:08:17,458 and a piece of pre-17th-century cannon stoneshot 188 00:08:17,625 --> 00:08:21,000 that originated in the Azores Islands of Portugal. 189 00:08:21,208 --> 00:08:24,583 Seeing this cluster of finds grouped on the heat map 190 00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:29,042 makes Lot 15 a prime target for fresh investigation. 191 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:32,000 [Billy] 'Cause I look at the dots in Lot 15, and, 192 00:08:32,083 --> 00:08:33,833 you know, we've barely touched the surface, right? 193 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,458 -Yep. -[Alex] It makes sense 194 00:08:35,667 --> 00:08:37,708 -to concentrate there. -Yeah, well... [sighs] 195 00:08:37,875 --> 00:08:39,667 you ain't seen nothing yet. 196 00:08:39,833 --> 00:08:42,375 We're gonna change these colors to gold and silver, mate. 197 00:08:42,583 --> 00:08:45,375 -[laughter] -[Rick] We are now convinced 198 00:08:45,542 --> 00:08:47,125 the mystery is island-wide. 199 00:08:47,333 --> 00:08:51,167 You go back to where you have been successful before. 200 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:56,208 So, I think it's highly appropriate to start on Lot 15. 201 00:08:56,375 --> 00:08:58,500 -Okay. Thank you very much. -Yep. 202 00:08:58,583 --> 00:09:00,333 [Rick] I say we get back at it. 203 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:01,875 [Alex] I agree. 204 00:09:03,542 --> 00:09:05,500 [narrator] Following their meeting... 205 00:09:05,708 --> 00:09:08,417 [Gary] I'm gonna metal-detect over the top of 206 00:09:08,542 --> 00:09:10,167 this plowed area. 207 00:09:10,333 --> 00:09:12,083 And we have a chance of finding 208 00:09:12,208 --> 00:09:13,917 some great artifacts on this hillside. 209 00:09:14,042 --> 00:09:16,250 I'm excited to see what you'll find today. 210 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:20,458 [narrator] Rick, Gary and Steve begin searching on Lot 15. 211 00:09:20,667 --> 00:09:21,875 -I'm expecting a good day. -[Rick] Yep. 212 00:09:22,042 --> 00:09:23,833 Having said that, I say we get going. 213 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Yep. Okay, mate. 214 00:09:25,167 --> 00:09:26,500 -[metal detector chimes] -Let's get stuck in. 215 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:28,333 [Rick] Okey doke. 216 00:09:28,542 --> 00:09:29,833 [narrator] Before their arrival, 217 00:09:30,042 --> 00:09:33,167 Billy used a two-and-a-half-ton tractor 218 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:36,375 to pull a three-bottom plow across the surface 219 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:38,667 to help them search for artifacts. 220 00:09:38,833 --> 00:09:43,500 [Gary] This idea of plowing high-value areas on Oak Island, 221 00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:46,583 this comes from my experience metal-detecting 222 00:09:46,708 --> 00:09:48,833 on farmland in England. 223 00:09:49,875 --> 00:09:52,875 The farmers turn over the fields by plowing, 224 00:09:53,042 --> 00:09:56,833 and they bring older artifacts closer to the surface 225 00:09:57,042 --> 00:09:59,875 and make them more detectable. 226 00:10:00,958 --> 00:10:03,208 [beeping softly] 227 00:10:07,167 --> 00:10:09,667 Check this out. 228 00:10:11,042 --> 00:10:12,583 Here. 229 00:10:13,458 --> 00:10:15,250 Is that coal? 230 00:10:17,542 --> 00:10:19,458 -[Steve] It's really light, eh? -[Gary] Yeah. 231 00:10:19,583 --> 00:10:22,000 If that's coal, that would be well out of place. 232 00:10:22,167 --> 00:10:23,958 -Looks like it could be. -Yeah, one way... 233 00:10:24,167 --> 00:10:25,333 one way to tell. 234 00:10:34,042 --> 00:10:35,833 -[Gary] Oh, it is. -[Steve] I'd say so. Yeah. 235 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,042 Hmm. 236 00:10:37,208 --> 00:10:39,000 What the heck is that doing here? 237 00:10:39,083 --> 00:10:41,333 -[Gary] Very out of place. -Mm-hmm. 238 00:10:41,458 --> 00:10:43,250 It might be that kind of coal 239 00:10:43,375 --> 00:10:44,792 that was found on the stone road. 240 00:10:44,917 --> 00:10:46,042 Yep. 241 00:10:46,208 --> 00:10:48,000 [narrator] Because the team found 242 00:10:48,208 --> 00:10:50,250 pieces of coal when they uncovered 243 00:10:50,417 --> 00:10:53,625 the believed Portuguese stone road in the swamp... 244 00:10:53,750 --> 00:10:55,500 I'm going to put this in the bag... 245 00:10:55,625 --> 00:10:57,333 -[Rick] I would. -[Gary] ...and give it to Emma. 246 00:10:57,542 --> 00:11:00,833 [narrator] ...is it possible that this discovery, 247 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,333 made where they have also found Portuguese stoneshot, 248 00:11:04,542 --> 00:11:09,042 could suggest a connection between the swamp and Lot 15? 249 00:11:09,208 --> 00:11:10,833 -Good find, Gary. -[Steve] Good find, Gary. 250 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,750 [Gary] Yep. Just on the top here. 251 00:11:12,958 --> 00:11:16,000 -Right. Keep trucking in. -[Rick] Let's find something. 252 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:18,750 [beeping softly] 253 00:11:20,375 --> 00:11:22,792 [metal detector warbling] 254 00:11:23,958 --> 00:11:25,333 -[Rick] There you go. -[Gary] Yep. 255 00:11:25,542 --> 00:11:26,750 -[Steve] That sounds good. -[Gary] Yep. 256 00:11:26,875 --> 00:11:29,167 It's right in there. Rick, please. 257 00:11:34,708 --> 00:11:36,167 Now, let me see if I can pinpoint it. 258 00:11:36,375 --> 00:11:39,458 [beeping rapidly] 259 00:11:39,583 --> 00:11:41,750 What do we got here? 260 00:11:41,917 --> 00:11:44,208 -Ooh, look at that. -[Rick] Wow. 261 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,042 -[rapid beeping] -[Gary] Ooh! 262 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,167 -What do we got here? -[beeping stops] 263 00:11:51,375 --> 00:11:52,542 Hmm. 264 00:11:52,708 --> 00:11:54,208 See those facets? 265 00:11:54,333 --> 00:11:57,375 [narrator] While metal-detecting on Lot 15, 266 00:11:57,542 --> 00:12:00,792 the team has just made a curious find. 267 00:12:00,917 --> 00:12:03,500 [Gary] I wonder if that is a rosehead spike. 268 00:12:03,708 --> 00:12:05,833 -Could well be. -Could be. 269 00:12:06,042 --> 00:12:08,083 They went back all the way to the 1500s. 270 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:10,208 -[Rick] Wow. -[Gary] Uh, we did find some 271 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:12,833 -in the Money Pit. -[Steve] Yep. Mm-hmm. 272 00:12:14,208 --> 00:12:17,167 [narrator] First made during the 16th century in Europe, 273 00:12:17,375 --> 00:12:20,917 rosehead spikes are hand-forged iron fasteners 274 00:12:21,083 --> 00:12:25,250 with hammered heads resembling the petals of a flower. 275 00:12:25,417 --> 00:12:29,208 They were commonly used up through the 18th century 276 00:12:29,375 --> 00:12:32,250 before machine-made nails replaced them. 277 00:12:33,875 --> 00:12:36,625 And the team has found a number of rosehead spikes 278 00:12:36,792 --> 00:12:38,792 both near the surface on Oak Island 279 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,708 and more than 150 feet deep in the Money Pit area 280 00:12:43,917 --> 00:12:47,583 that have all been dated to before 1750. 281 00:12:47,792 --> 00:12:49,833 -[Gary] That's brilliant. -[Rick] There you go. 282 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,917 -We'll bag it. -Okay. 283 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:56,583 And this, I have no doubt will be going on your heat map. 284 00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:58,625 [Steve] It will be. I hope so, anyway. 285 00:12:58,750 --> 00:13:01,417 [Gary] We have seen rosehead spikes 286 00:13:01,542 --> 00:13:03,375 many times on Oak Island, 287 00:13:03,542 --> 00:13:08,708 especially connected to old features and old areas. 288 00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:11,000 These are valuable finds. 289 00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:12,917 We could have a connection here 290 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:15,917 between Lot 15 and the Money Pit. 291 00:13:16,042 --> 00:13:18,292 [metal detector warbling] 292 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:21,000 That's diggable. 293 00:13:21,167 --> 00:13:22,750 -[Rick] There you go. -[Steve] You got something? 294 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:25,375 -Just there, mate. -Center right there? 295 00:13:25,542 --> 00:13:27,042 Yep. 296 00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:30,292 ♪ ♪ 297 00:13:41,917 --> 00:13:43,833 -[metal detector warbling] -Hmm. 298 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,917 Now, let me see if I can pinpoint. 299 00:13:47,875 --> 00:13:49,792 [beeping] 300 00:13:50,792 --> 00:13:52,292 [beeping] 301 00:13:52,458 --> 00:13:54,125 Oh, what do we got here? 302 00:14:00,292 --> 00:14:01,667 -[Rick] That's cool. -[Steve] It is. 303 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:03,375 [Gary] Yeah. A pintle was used for... 304 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:06,167 as a gate or a door hanger. 305 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:08,833 -[Rick] Mm-hmm. -[Gary] And it could've easily 306 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 been used to hang a lantern or even in the mines 307 00:14:12,208 --> 00:14:15,333 when they were digging the shafts for the Money Pit. 308 00:14:15,542 --> 00:14:17,208 You need some light. 309 00:14:18,208 --> 00:14:19,625 [Rick] This one does indeed 310 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,000 need to go to the lab. 311 00:14:21,125 --> 00:14:23,083 It could be meaningful. 312 00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:24,875 [Gary] I think this is a really cool find 313 00:14:25,042 --> 00:14:27,167 that could go way back. 314 00:14:27,375 --> 00:14:29,833 All right. We'll put it in the bag and put a flag in it. 315 00:14:31,125 --> 00:14:32,833 [Steve] Good find, Gary. 316 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,625 Interested to see where this iron comes from. 317 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,333 -[Steve] Ready? -[Gary] Yep. 318 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:39,917 [Rick] Okay. 319 00:14:43,958 --> 00:14:45,958 [narrator] The next morning... 320 00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:48,792 [Terry] Gonna keep our eyes peeled. 321 00:14:48,917 --> 00:14:50,292 -We're going deep here. -Far below. 322 00:14:50,458 --> 00:14:52,417 -We're taking it to the bedrock. -[Charles] Yep. 323 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:55,875 [narrator] As a new borehole is drilled in the Money Pit area 324 00:14:56,042 --> 00:14:59,042 and the team waits for their soil test results... 325 00:15:00,083 --> 00:15:02,125 [Rick] A big part of the year is the swamp work. 326 00:15:02,292 --> 00:15:04,833 -Yeah. -And you look at this map, 327 00:15:04,958 --> 00:15:07,167 and you realize why that is so. 328 00:15:07,375 --> 00:15:08,792 [narrator] Having received new permits 329 00:15:08,958 --> 00:15:10,375 for exploration in the swamp, 330 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:14,292 Rick meets with Steve and Billy in the research center 331 00:15:14,458 --> 00:15:16,500 to plan their next phase of digging 332 00:15:16,667 --> 00:15:18,833 in the triangle-shaped feature. 333 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,667 Everything we have found continues to amaze us. 334 00:15:22,875 --> 00:15:25,083 And the hope is that the new permitted areas 335 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:27,542 will help explain some of the questions we have in the bog. 336 00:15:27,708 --> 00:15:30,167 We've already completed 337 00:15:30,333 --> 00:15:32,250 the so-called West Hill location. 338 00:15:32,375 --> 00:15:33,750 Steve, if you want to bring that up. 339 00:15:33,917 --> 00:15:35,292 Sure will. 340 00:15:35,417 --> 00:15:37,167 [narrator] During recent excavations 341 00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:39,292 at the western border of the swamp... 342 00:15:39,458 --> 00:15:41,917 -[Rick] There's another one. -[Gary] Geez. They're coming up. 343 00:15:42,083 --> 00:15:43,708 What in the world is happening? 344 00:15:43,875 --> 00:15:45,208 [narrator] ...the team uncovered 345 00:15:45,417 --> 00:15:47,833 a series of hand-cut wooden survey stakes 346 00:15:47,958 --> 00:15:52,125 lining what they believe to be a log road, 347 00:15:52,333 --> 00:15:56,250 as well as a strange feature made of cobblestones. 348 00:15:56,417 --> 00:15:59,500 [Billy] On the edge, it looks very similar to the stone road. 349 00:15:59,708 --> 00:16:01,250 It looks very similar. 350 00:16:02,917 --> 00:16:05,250 [narrator] But the most compelling find 351 00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:08,167 was a hand cannon of European origin 352 00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:11,167 that could date back to the 13th century. 353 00:16:12,167 --> 00:16:14,125 [Steve] And we picked that area because 354 00:16:14,250 --> 00:16:16,417 maybe the depositors potentially would have 355 00:16:16,625 --> 00:16:18,500 pushed and had a path through the swamp itself, 356 00:16:18,708 --> 00:16:20,833 because the road that we use around the swamp didn't exist 357 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,625 -at that point in time. -Correct. 358 00:16:22,792 --> 00:16:25,167 [narrator] Now, having fully searched that location, 359 00:16:25,333 --> 00:16:28,708 the team must decide where to move next. 360 00:16:28,875 --> 00:16:31,167 [Steve] I think finding the cobble platform 361 00:16:31,375 --> 00:16:34,542 and finding the stakes and what appears to be a road, 362 00:16:34,708 --> 00:16:36,083 but not finding it north, 363 00:16:36,292 --> 00:16:38,667 makes it that much more important that we move south now 364 00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:40,500 or southwest. 365 00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:44,167 And we've done very little work with the southwest. 366 00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:46,667 You can see it called permit area 25-1. 367 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:49,000 [Rick] Mm-hmm. 368 00:16:49,167 --> 00:16:52,000 Well, in drier times, people would've... would've walked 369 00:16:52,125 --> 00:16:54,208 -through there, right? -[Steve] Mm-hmm. 370 00:16:54,333 --> 00:16:56,625 Surely, it should be a pretty good spot for people traffic. 371 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:58,083 [Rick] You would think. 372 00:16:58,208 --> 00:16:59,583 We've done nothing through there. 373 00:16:59,750 --> 00:17:01,625 So there's a whole big area that we, you know, 374 00:17:01,792 --> 00:17:03,833 maybe don't know much about but we're gonna learn more 375 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,750 -in the next corner, right? -[Rick] Yep. 376 00:17:05,917 --> 00:17:08,042 There are very selected areas in the bog 377 00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:10,750 where people long ago did work. 378 00:17:10,875 --> 00:17:15,958 As we moved our way north, we didn't encounter stone. 379 00:17:16,125 --> 00:17:18,208 The hope is that as we continue to move 380 00:17:18,375 --> 00:17:20,375 towards the southwest corner 381 00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:23,292 we will find artifacts and/or stakes 382 00:17:23,458 --> 00:17:25,500 that may help provide an explanation 383 00:17:25,625 --> 00:17:28,042 as to the purpose for these features. 384 00:17:28,208 --> 00:17:31,875 It's a big, open area that we need to take a look at. 385 00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:34,958 But in order to do that, you've got to get in the excavator. 386 00:17:35,125 --> 00:17:36,875 -Exactly. -Sounds good. 387 00:17:37,042 --> 00:17:38,833 -All right. -And your rubber boots. 388 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,500 And your rubber boots. Exactly. 389 00:17:40,708 --> 00:17:43,250 -All right, thanks, Steve. -[Steve] See you guys out there. 390 00:17:43,375 --> 00:17:44,917 [narrator] Following the meeting... 391 00:17:45,083 --> 00:17:46,417 [Peter] Hey, Billy. 392 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:47,917 -[Billy] Morning. -[Gary] Hey, mate. 393 00:17:48,083 --> 00:17:50,000 -[Billy] Ready to jump in? -Oh, yeah. 394 00:17:50,167 --> 00:17:51,542 [narrator] ...the team gets to work 395 00:17:51,708 --> 00:17:54,833 in the southwest corner of the swamp. 396 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,875 [Steve] We've got quite a large area here. 397 00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:59,500 It's gonna be one of our bigger permit areas we've ever done. 398 00:17:59,667 --> 00:18:01,542 You can see all the stakes. Uh, we start here. 399 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:03,833 We head a couple hundred feet north, along the bank. 400 00:18:04,042 --> 00:18:05,833 Yeah. You know, closer to the trees 401 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,542 -might be the most artifacts. -Yep. 402 00:18:07,708 --> 00:18:10,708 -Okay. Let's get to it, then. -[Gary] Yep. Let's get stuck in. 403 00:18:10,875 --> 00:18:12,583 [engine starts] 404 00:18:12,750 --> 00:18:14,708 ♪ ♪ 405 00:18:19,375 --> 00:18:21,458 All right, guys, I've got a little bit of work to do, 406 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:23,458 -so I will be back. -[Gary] Okay, mate. 407 00:18:23,583 --> 00:18:25,083 [Peter] Sounds good. 408 00:18:25,208 --> 00:18:27,917 [Rick] Obviously, uh, the swamp has provided 409 00:18:28,083 --> 00:18:31,167 some really unique discoveries. 410 00:18:31,333 --> 00:18:34,083 And we have very little understanding 411 00:18:34,292 --> 00:18:36,500 of what they represent in terms of, 412 00:18:36,625 --> 00:18:39,625 is there any association with th-the Money Pit mystery? 413 00:18:41,708 --> 00:18:45,750 With the southwest corner, I feel very hopeful for answers. 414 00:18:49,417 --> 00:18:51,375 -[Peter] Lot of rocks. -[Gary] Yeah. 415 00:18:52,417 --> 00:18:54,375 ♪ ♪ 416 00:19:00,958 --> 00:19:04,083 [Gary] It really does look like a line of rocks along there. 417 00:19:06,375 --> 00:19:07,833 [Billy] Not just big rocks. 418 00:19:08,042 --> 00:19:09,167 -It's mixed in with-- -[Peter] Yeah. 419 00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:10,792 [Billy] Gravelly stuff, right. 420 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:16,375 [Gary] Big'uns. 421 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:22,667 All those rocks here. 422 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,250 [Peter] Yeah. 423 00:19:28,375 --> 00:19:30,167 What do you make of all the rocks, Billy? 424 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:32,375 [Billy] Peter, I'm surprised to see, you know. 425 00:19:32,542 --> 00:19:34,333 -It's very road-like. -[Peter] Yeah. 426 00:19:34,417 --> 00:19:36,167 [Billy] They wouldn't normally, you know, occur together, 427 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:39,042 so seems like somebody might have threw them in there. 428 00:19:39,208 --> 00:19:42,833 Yeah. I want to get my Uncle Rick up here. 429 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,125 [Gary] Absolutely fantastic. 430 00:19:49,583 --> 00:19:50,958 -[Rick] Hey. -[Peter] Hello. 431 00:19:51,125 --> 00:19:52,167 -[Gary] Hey, Rick. -[Billy] Hey, Rick. 432 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:54,000 [Rick] Wow. Rock. 433 00:19:54,167 --> 00:19:55,708 -[Peter] Lot of rocks. -[Gary] Yeah. 434 00:19:55,875 --> 00:19:58,208 [narrator] In the southwest corner of the swamp, 435 00:19:58,375 --> 00:20:00,833 Rick joins the team after being alerted 436 00:20:00,958 --> 00:20:02,750 to a potential new discovery. 437 00:20:02,875 --> 00:20:05,708 Is this how a bog would develop? 438 00:20:05,875 --> 00:20:08,667 How do you explain the amount of rock in here? 439 00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:10,458 [Billy] When you look at the cobbles, 440 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:13,000 it has all the makings of what we're looking for. 441 00:20:13,167 --> 00:20:15,750 But that rock really shouldn't be up in the till like that. 442 00:20:15,917 --> 00:20:17,375 It should be deeper. 443 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:21,333 [Rick] So, you're thinking some sort of effort 444 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:23,667 because they're sitting on top of the-- 445 00:20:23,875 --> 00:20:25,083 Yeah, it just seems like it's... 446 00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:26,667 it's possibly land clearing or road. 447 00:20:26,875 --> 00:20:29,458 I-I don't think that all these rocks got put in here 448 00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:31,208 other than by hand of people. 449 00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:33,083 [Gary] Yeah. 450 00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:36,333 This area reminds me of where we were digging 451 00:20:36,542 --> 00:20:39,667 and where we found that potential cannon. 452 00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:42,208 There's a heck of a lot of rocks here. 453 00:20:42,417 --> 00:20:46,583 This might be a way to get from the beach 454 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:48,458 -to the upland, right? -[Gary] Yeah. 455 00:20:48,625 --> 00:20:52,458 If you're coming around the island on a ship, 456 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,333 then you're gonna come in this area here. 457 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:58,542 So I am expecting to find some great finds here. 458 00:20:59,708 --> 00:21:01,917 It'd be really something if we found 459 00:21:02,083 --> 00:21:06,583 another Portuguese-style road on this side of the swamp. 460 00:21:06,792 --> 00:21:08,167 Yeah. 461 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,542 [narrator] When the team first uncovered 462 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:14,167 the believed Portuguese stone road in the southeast corner, 463 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:18,500 it was speculated that it may have been part of a ship's wharf 464 00:21:18,708 --> 00:21:21,708 used to unload cargo onto the island. 465 00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:27,375 Is it possible that the team has just found 466 00:21:27,542 --> 00:21:30,333 a similar structure in the southwest corner? 467 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:31,667 [Rick] We couldn't get a nicer day, 468 00:21:31,875 --> 00:21:33,792 so we might as well put it to good use. 469 00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:35,458 -Let's keep going. -[Billy and Gary] Yep. 470 00:21:35,583 --> 00:21:37,042 [Gary] Foggy with a chance of artifacts. 471 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:38,833 [Rick] There you go. 472 00:21:39,042 --> 00:21:41,375 [narrator] While the dig continues in the swamp... 473 00:21:42,542 --> 00:21:44,375 ...later that afternoon... 474 00:21:44,542 --> 00:21:46,667 [Ian] Hey, Charles, Terry. 475 00:21:46,875 --> 00:21:49,042 -[Terry] Hey, Ian. -[narrator] Dr. Ian Spooner 476 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:52,333 joins members of the team in the Money Pit area. 477 00:21:52,542 --> 00:21:54,708 Water samples. I got to take some water samples. 478 00:21:54,875 --> 00:21:57,125 -So I could use a hand. -No problem at all. 479 00:21:57,292 --> 00:21:58,750 -Let's get at 'er. -Okay. 480 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:01,000 [narrator] After a disappointing few weeks 481 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:02,958 in which the team has been unable 482 00:22:03,125 --> 00:22:04,750 to find hard evidence of treasure 483 00:22:04,917 --> 00:22:07,250 while drilling in the solution channel, 484 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:11,667 Dr. Spooner will collect and test new water samples 485 00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:15,417 to look for signs that the team is drilling in the right place. 486 00:22:15,583 --> 00:22:18,333 We did get some samples last year, 487 00:22:18,458 --> 00:22:19,792 and they were high metals. 488 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,167 And so, we got to get more water samples 489 00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:24,333 and send them in and see what they show us now. 490 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,667 -Absolutely. -[Ian] So, I'm gonna start 491 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:28,333 right with B-.5 and 11. 492 00:22:28,542 --> 00:22:29,833 [Terry] I think that's a good idea. 493 00:22:30,042 --> 00:22:31,500 Great. 494 00:22:36,625 --> 00:22:39,917 Yep. B-.5-11 right here. 495 00:22:40,083 --> 00:22:41,625 So, if we have high metals 496 00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:43,833 in these samples that we've been taking, it could mean 497 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,167 that the metal that we're seeing in the water 498 00:22:46,292 --> 00:22:48,333 -is in the solution channel. -Yeah. 499 00:22:48,542 --> 00:22:51,333 So it follows that the solution channel 500 00:22:51,542 --> 00:22:54,458 may be moving metal from the Money Pit. 501 00:22:54,583 --> 00:22:55,833 -It's a conduit. Absolutely. -It's a conduit. 502 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:57,333 It's a pathway. Yeah. 503 00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:58,958 -Lot of water moving down there. -Yep. 504 00:23:00,042 --> 00:23:02,500 [narrator] Because the massive underground solution channel 505 00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:04,500 is full of moving water, 506 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:07,167 Dr. Spooner will take water samples 507 00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:09,083 from previously drilled boreholes 508 00:23:09,208 --> 00:23:12,958 where precious metals have been detected in the past. 509 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,625 I'm gonna get you to hold that. 510 00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:18,292 [narrator] Depending on the test results, 511 00:23:18,458 --> 00:23:20,708 he may be able to determine where water 512 00:23:20,875 --> 00:23:23,083 with the highest trace evidence of gold and silver 513 00:23:23,250 --> 00:23:25,375 is flowing from deep underground 514 00:23:25,583 --> 00:23:27,250 and help the team pick new drilling locations 515 00:23:27,458 --> 00:23:30,625 in this area to search for the treasure. 516 00:23:30,750 --> 00:23:33,500 I'm going down to 110 feet. 517 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,208 -That's 105 right there. -Yeah, and I'm just gonna 518 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:37,875 -let this fall on the ground. -Okay. 519 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:40,583 [narrator] To collect the water samples, 520 00:23:40,750 --> 00:23:42,542 Dr. Spooner is dropping 521 00:23:42,708 --> 00:23:45,333 a single-valve bailer into the borehole. 522 00:23:45,542 --> 00:23:50,333 As it descends, an open valve allows water to flow through it. 523 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:52,542 Once the desired depth is reached, 524 00:23:52,708 --> 00:23:57,167 a metal ball drops into place, securing the sample. 525 00:23:57,375 --> 00:23:59,000 [Marty] There are metals in the water 526 00:23:59,125 --> 00:24:02,917 that the scientists say those metals are not natural 527 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,333 that's still there. 528 00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:06,875 And that's what keeps us going to find it. 529 00:24:07,875 --> 00:24:10,167 Hopefully, the water testing will tell us 530 00:24:10,375 --> 00:24:12,125 where to actually find the treasure. 531 00:24:12,292 --> 00:24:13,958 Hey. Look at that. 532 00:24:14,083 --> 00:24:15,208 [Terry] Oh, my gosh. 533 00:24:15,375 --> 00:24:17,208 There's the dye. 534 00:24:17,375 --> 00:24:18,708 -That's pretty amazing. -Yeah. 535 00:24:18,875 --> 00:24:21,500 That's the dye we put in, uh, last year 536 00:24:21,625 --> 00:24:23,667 -in the Money Pit. -Yep. 537 00:24:24,667 --> 00:24:26,833 [narrator] In 2024, 538 00:24:27,042 --> 00:24:29,833 Dr. Spooner and members of the team 539 00:24:30,042 --> 00:24:32,667 conducted a series of tests to locate 540 00:24:32,875 --> 00:24:36,583 the source of gold and silver in the Money Pit area. 541 00:24:36,792 --> 00:24:41,250 This involved pumping red dye some 200 feet deep 542 00:24:41,417 --> 00:24:45,083 into the solution channel through several boreholes. 543 00:24:45,208 --> 00:24:47,667 Dr. Spooner then resampled water 544 00:24:47,833 --> 00:24:50,417 in other boreholes across the area, 545 00:24:50,542 --> 00:24:52,500 looking for remnants of the dye 546 00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:56,042 to track the direction of water flow underground. 547 00:24:56,208 --> 00:24:57,500 Be very interested to see 548 00:24:57,667 --> 00:24:59,500 -what metals this has in it. -Yep. 549 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:02,500 [narrator] Now that Dr. Spooner has just recovered water 550 00:25:02,708 --> 00:25:05,458 with red dye from just 105 feet deep... 551 00:25:05,625 --> 00:25:07,333 Here we go. 552 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:09,333 [narrator] ...could that mean that the water 553 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:12,167 in the solution channel is flowing upwards 554 00:25:12,292 --> 00:25:15,917 and into other locations in the Money Pit area? 555 00:25:16,083 --> 00:25:17,667 -[Ian] And that's all we need. -[Terry] Yep. 556 00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:20,042 -So, that's one down? -That's one down. 557 00:25:20,167 --> 00:25:23,125 And we'll send them in today and see what we got. 558 00:25:23,292 --> 00:25:24,625 Yeah. 559 00:25:24,792 --> 00:25:26,542 [narrator] Compared to soil testing, 560 00:25:26,708 --> 00:25:29,500 which is time-consuming, the new water samples 561 00:25:29,708 --> 00:25:32,042 can be analyzed for signs of precious metals 562 00:25:32,208 --> 00:25:34,208 in just a matter of days. 563 00:25:34,375 --> 00:25:37,833 Okay. Let's take this back and we'll go get another sample. 564 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,375 Yep. 565 00:25:39,542 --> 00:25:42,500 [narrator] As Dr. Spooner and Terry continue 566 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:45,292 gathering samples in the Money Pit area... 567 00:25:46,333 --> 00:25:48,667 -[Peter] I really like this lot. -[Katya] Me, too. 568 00:25:48,875 --> 00:25:51,125 [narrator] ...Katya Drayton and Peter continue 569 00:25:51,292 --> 00:25:53,917 searching for clues on Lot 15. 570 00:25:57,667 --> 00:25:59,583 [metal detector beeping] 571 00:26:01,583 --> 00:26:03,167 -[Peter] Sounds good enough. -[Katya] Yeah. 572 00:26:03,333 --> 00:26:05,250 [metal detector warbles, beeps] 573 00:26:08,625 --> 00:26:10,250 [Katya] Anything in front of me is okay. 574 00:26:10,417 --> 00:26:13,208 -[metal detector beeping] -Oh. 575 00:26:13,375 --> 00:26:14,792 -[Peter] Out? -[Katya] Yep. 576 00:26:16,250 --> 00:26:18,208 [pinpointer beeping] 577 00:26:20,042 --> 00:26:21,625 [rapid beeping] 578 00:26:23,375 --> 00:26:24,625 Oh, my gosh. 579 00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:26,625 [Peter] What do you got? 580 00:26:28,208 --> 00:26:29,792 Um... 581 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,417 Think we found ourselves a button. 582 00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:34,042 That's certainly a button. 583 00:26:34,208 --> 00:26:37,250 [Katya] Looks to be green, so it might be copper. 584 00:26:37,375 --> 00:26:39,333 [Peter] What kind of button do you think it is? 585 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:40,792 It's pretty big. 586 00:26:40,958 --> 00:26:42,333 It's pretty big. I think this would be 587 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:43,833 -more of a shirt button. -Yeah. 588 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,917 [narrator] Is it possible that Peter and Katya 589 00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:50,792 found a clue that will help identify who left the artifacts 590 00:26:50,958 --> 00:26:54,292 previously found by the team on Lot 15? 591 00:26:54,458 --> 00:26:56,833 We don't see a design, but there could be a design there. 592 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Mm-hmm. Well, I'm excited to get this one back to the lab. 593 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:01,833 [Peter] Yeah. And your dad always says, 594 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,458 people who had buttons had pockets, 595 00:27:03,583 --> 00:27:04,875 and people who had pockets had coins. 596 00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:06,417 Exactly. 597 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:08,542 All right, let's bag, tag it, keep going. 598 00:27:08,708 --> 00:27:10,167 Yeah. Good start. 599 00:27:10,375 --> 00:27:12,583 [metal detector beeping] 600 00:27:14,208 --> 00:27:16,333 -[rapid beeping] -[Katya] It's a little chippy, 601 00:27:16,542 --> 00:27:18,000 but it's two-way... 602 00:27:18,167 --> 00:27:19,500 -Mm-hmm. -...and it could be something 603 00:27:19,667 --> 00:27:21,167 just really deep and on edge. 604 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:24,583 -We're here to dig it. -Let's do it. Let's try it. 605 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,750 [pinpointer beeping] 606 00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:38,708 -[Katya] Okay. It's out. -[rapid beeping] 607 00:27:38,833 --> 00:27:40,167 [Peter] What do you got? 608 00:27:40,375 --> 00:27:42,833 [Katya] I'm not sure. 609 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:48,208 -[rapid beeping] -[Peter] What do you got? 610 00:27:49,542 --> 00:27:51,875 I'm not sure. 611 00:27:52,083 --> 00:27:54,667 [narrator] On Lot 15, Katya and Peter 612 00:27:54,833 --> 00:27:57,958 have just unearthed an intriguing metal artifact. 613 00:27:59,083 --> 00:28:00,417 Do you know what this looks like? 614 00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:02,625 What do you think? 615 00:28:03,667 --> 00:28:07,333 This looks like a pin on a compass almost. 616 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,292 Oh. I can see that. 617 00:28:09,417 --> 00:28:11,500 [Katya] What do you think? 618 00:28:11,708 --> 00:28:13,375 Yeah, here's the top of it. 619 00:28:13,583 --> 00:28:17,583 Might even... might have both pieces for the navigation tool. 620 00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:19,250 -Mm-hmm. -Like this. 621 00:28:20,417 --> 00:28:21,875 [Katya] That is so cool. 622 00:28:22,042 --> 00:28:26,667 [narrator] A possible compass found on Lot 15? 623 00:28:26,833 --> 00:28:29,792 Dating back to the times of ancient Greece, 624 00:28:29,958 --> 00:28:32,375 a compass is a drawing instrument 625 00:28:32,542 --> 00:28:34,875 used to measure distances on maps 626 00:28:35,083 --> 00:28:38,875 and for designing the layout of structures on land. 627 00:28:39,083 --> 00:28:42,500 For centuries, it was a standard tool of architects, 628 00:28:42,708 --> 00:28:47,500 navigators, craftsmen and astronomers. 629 00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:48,833 And it makes sense... 630 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,333 -Yeah. -...where we are. 631 00:28:50,458 --> 00:28:51,750 We have the beach just down here. 632 00:28:51,917 --> 00:28:54,417 -Mm-hmm. -Obviously, at some point, 633 00:28:54,583 --> 00:28:56,000 boats came to shore. 634 00:28:56,083 --> 00:28:58,333 And that could be used on a boat 635 00:28:58,542 --> 00:29:01,375 -or on land. -Mm-hmm. 636 00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:03,542 Whenever my Uncle Rick's talking and... 637 00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:05,583 and we're talking about Nolan's Cross... 638 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:08,833 -Mm-hmm. -...they're very precisely 639 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,375 put in place, and they're put in place due to the stars. 640 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:14,667 -Yeah. -Which is the same way 641 00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:18,042 that people long ago would travel across the sea. 642 00:29:18,208 --> 00:29:21,458 So, to your point, this could be nautical, 643 00:29:21,583 --> 00:29:25,292 but it also could've been for the alignment of Nolan's Cross. 644 00:29:25,417 --> 00:29:26,667 Mm-hmm. 645 00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:28,458 [narrator] If this is a compass, 646 00:29:28,625 --> 00:29:30,000 could Peter be correct 647 00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:32,125 that it may have been the kind of tool 648 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:34,583 needed to create some of the megalithic structures 649 00:29:34,792 --> 00:29:36,667 that have been found on Oak Island, 650 00:29:36,833 --> 00:29:39,042 such as Nolan's Cross, 651 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:42,042 a feature that some scientific experts believe 652 00:29:42,208 --> 00:29:45,542 could date back to the 13th century? 653 00:29:45,708 --> 00:29:47,417 That's amazing. 654 00:29:47,583 --> 00:29:51,333 [Rick] We have sought mightily to create a timeline 655 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:54,458 of human activity in the Oak Island mystery. 656 00:29:54,542 --> 00:29:58,208 Where people work, they drop things, lose things. 657 00:29:58,375 --> 00:30:00,750 And in order to figure out 658 00:30:00,917 --> 00:30:04,167 who, what, when, where, why and how, 659 00:30:04,333 --> 00:30:07,292 it begins with finding artifacts that tell a story. 660 00:30:07,458 --> 00:30:10,958 This... this right here is a key to navigation, 661 00:30:11,125 --> 00:30:13,125 but it might be a key to Oak Island, as well. 662 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:16,000 I know we don't find many nautical things on the island, 663 00:30:16,208 --> 00:30:18,292 so this is something I really want to take back to the lab. 664 00:30:20,375 --> 00:30:21,958 -[Katya] All right. -[Peter] Okay. 665 00:30:22,125 --> 00:30:23,875 -Let's keep on going. -[Katya] Keep going. 666 00:30:25,792 --> 00:30:29,125 [narrator] As another exciting day dawns on Oak Island... 667 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,792 [Gary] Let's find some artifacts. 668 00:30:33,750 --> 00:30:35,333 [Alex] Let's get going. 669 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:38,792 [narrator] ...Alex and Peter join Billy and Gary in the swamp 670 00:30:38,917 --> 00:30:42,500 as they continue to search the southwest corner. 671 00:30:42,625 --> 00:30:44,333 [Gary] I'm going in. 672 00:30:46,208 --> 00:30:49,167 [Alex] We think we are seeing signs of a... 673 00:30:49,375 --> 00:30:50,958 a structure or a road 674 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:53,792 on the west side of the swamp along the edge. 675 00:30:53,958 --> 00:30:55,333 [Gary] Wow. There's nothing in here. 676 00:30:55,542 --> 00:30:57,000 This is quiet. 677 00:30:57,958 --> 00:30:59,167 [Alex] But like everything, 678 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:00,875 we need to investigate it further 679 00:31:01,042 --> 00:31:02,625 and look for artifacts 680 00:31:02,792 --> 00:31:04,125 to see if we can prove 681 00:31:04,292 --> 00:31:06,208 one way or the other what's going on here. 682 00:31:11,583 --> 00:31:14,208 [Gary] Now we're getting rockier, past the sand. 683 00:31:14,375 --> 00:31:16,917 Mm-hmm. There's this really dark stuff. 684 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:18,500 Can't tell where it's coming from. 685 00:31:21,375 --> 00:31:22,833 There. 686 00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:27,750 [Peter] Organic stuff? 687 00:31:27,958 --> 00:31:29,625 There's some organics in that. 688 00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:31,375 There's a layer of rocks 689 00:31:31,542 --> 00:31:33,417 that's more than one rock thick. 690 00:31:33,583 --> 00:31:35,167 And in between those rocks 691 00:31:35,333 --> 00:31:39,042 is swamp material, sort of decaying plant matter. 692 00:31:39,167 --> 00:31:41,042 In my head, the only way that could be there 693 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:42,875 is if the rocks were added to the swamp 694 00:31:43,042 --> 00:31:45,917 after the fact deliberately. 695 00:31:46,042 --> 00:31:48,625 In my opinion, there's a chance that it's not natural. 696 00:31:48,792 --> 00:31:50,667 It definitely looks out of place. 697 00:31:50,833 --> 00:31:52,667 [Peter] And if it is man-made, 698 00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:54,292 the artifacts are gonna help us date it. 699 00:31:54,458 --> 00:31:55,958 -[Gary] Yep. -So, that's what we got to do 700 00:31:56,125 --> 00:31:57,875 -is find the artifact. -[Gary] Yep. 701 00:31:58,042 --> 00:32:00,542 All right, coming in, Billy. 702 00:32:00,708 --> 00:32:02,625 ♪ ♪ 703 00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:07,667 [metal detector warbling] 704 00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:09,333 [Alex] There's a signal. 705 00:32:09,417 --> 00:32:11,000 -[Gary] Got a signal. -[Peter] Got something? 706 00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:13,833 It's a good, strong iron signal. 707 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,417 Sounds fairly shallow. 708 00:32:15,542 --> 00:32:17,875 Yeah. It's just there. It's in that area. 709 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:27,333 All right, see if I can pinpoint it. 710 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:30,125 Oh. Oh, look at that. 711 00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:33,292 -[chuckles] Ox shoe. -Oh, yeah. 712 00:32:33,458 --> 00:32:36,167 [Gary] But look how unusual it is. 713 00:32:36,375 --> 00:32:38,417 -Look how long that body is. -[Alex] Mm-hmm. 714 00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:40,417 But, I mean, I wouldn't imagine you'd have 715 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:43,167 oxen in the middle of a swamp, so I think this is telling us 716 00:32:43,375 --> 00:32:44,833 that either there's a road here 717 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,542 or, at this time, this was passable. 718 00:32:47,708 --> 00:32:49,167 [Gary] Yeah. 719 00:32:49,292 --> 00:32:51,125 We find a lot of French and English ox shoes 720 00:32:51,292 --> 00:32:55,667 on the island, but this is totally different 721 00:32:55,875 --> 00:32:57,708 to any of those ox shoes. 722 00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:01,333 [Alex] We're very close to this road, if it is a road, 723 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:04,958 and finding an ox shoe here kind of reinforces that. 724 00:33:05,125 --> 00:33:08,000 That's where the draft animals would be... 725 00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:09,833 would be walking and, you know, dragging a load. 726 00:33:09,917 --> 00:33:12,833 So, hopefully, we can find out when it would've been used, 727 00:33:13,042 --> 00:33:14,375 why it might have been used 728 00:33:14,542 --> 00:33:16,833 and who might have been using it. 729 00:33:16,958 --> 00:33:19,125 So, yeah, we'll put it in the bag... 730 00:33:19,333 --> 00:33:20,833 -[Peter] Yeah. -...and we'll find answers 731 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:23,292 -at the lab. -That's right. Nice. 732 00:33:23,458 --> 00:33:25,000 If it's a road, there should be more, 733 00:33:25,208 --> 00:33:27,000 but that right there is a little bit of proof 734 00:33:27,125 --> 00:33:28,625 that there is a road here. 735 00:33:28,792 --> 00:33:30,083 Let's-let's leave it at this: 736 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:31,625 indications that it could be man-made. 737 00:33:31,750 --> 00:33:33,167 Dr. Spooner needs to take a look. 738 00:33:33,375 --> 00:33:34,458 [Peter] Yep. 739 00:33:34,625 --> 00:33:37,042 -Nice work. -[Gary] Good start. 740 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:43,000 -[Derek] Dr. Spooner. -[Gary] Hey, Ian. 741 00:33:43,167 --> 00:33:45,208 We've got another head-scratcher for you. 742 00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:46,833 Hmm. 743 00:33:47,042 --> 00:33:48,708 [narrator] Now that the team has unearthed 744 00:33:48,875 --> 00:33:50,500 more of the strange rock feature 745 00:33:50,625 --> 00:33:53,167 in the southwest corner of the swamp, 746 00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:56,167 Dr. Ian Spooner arrives to examine it 747 00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:58,500 for signs of human construction. 748 00:33:58,667 --> 00:34:00,583 [Gary] You look at this area here now. 749 00:34:00,750 --> 00:34:03,792 The more we're digging, the more we're uncovering, 750 00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:05,833 the more rocks and boulders, 751 00:34:05,958 --> 00:34:08,083 and they all seem to be in, like, a... 752 00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:10,167 a linear feature, 753 00:34:10,375 --> 00:34:12,000 -like a road. -[Ian] I agree. 754 00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,167 This is... this is manipulated. 755 00:34:14,292 --> 00:34:16,375 You know, it's-it's pretty obvious. 756 00:34:16,542 --> 00:34:19,292 Uh, it's what we call in geology, it's "open work." 757 00:34:19,458 --> 00:34:21,958 The air space around those boulders means 758 00:34:22,125 --> 00:34:23,958 that those boulders aren't naturally in place. 759 00:34:24,125 --> 00:34:26,750 There's no till in between the boulders. 760 00:34:26,917 --> 00:34:28,125 So they're moved. 761 00:34:28,250 --> 00:34:29,667 [Billy] It's not perfectly smooth like you 762 00:34:29,875 --> 00:34:31,083 would expect to see if it was done 763 00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:33,167 -with more modern machinery. -Right. 764 00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:37,417 One thing to look at is that this area here is elevated 765 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:41,167 somewhat above that side and that side. 766 00:34:41,333 --> 00:34:45,750 So, it has the look of a very crude beginning of something. 767 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,792 The key thing is the age. 768 00:34:47,917 --> 00:34:49,958 Any artifacts? 769 00:34:50,167 --> 00:34:52,125 We did find one ox shoe on the far end there. 770 00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:53,458 -Yeah. -Okay. 771 00:34:53,625 --> 00:34:55,833 But it was actually amongst the rocks. 772 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,333 [Ian] Oh, really? Okay. 773 00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:58,583 [Billy] Yeah. 774 00:34:58,708 --> 00:35:00,417 Do you think all these rocks and boulders 775 00:35:00,583 --> 00:35:02,250 could've been the start of the road? 776 00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:04,833 Like, the foundation before they put the cobbles on? 777 00:35:05,042 --> 00:35:06,333 Yeah, possibly. 778 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,500 Maybe they were pushing stuff. 779 00:35:08,708 --> 00:35:10,542 Maybe they were using oxen. I don't know. 780 00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:13,667 The reoccurring theme here is, people were here with purpose. 781 00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:15,750 [Billy] It has a purpose. We just don't know 782 00:35:15,917 --> 00:35:17,583 quite yet what that purpose is. 783 00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:19,000 Yeah. 784 00:35:19,167 --> 00:35:21,333 [narrator] If Dr. Spooner is correct 785 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:23,583 that this stone feature may have been used 786 00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:27,583 to move heavy cargo, just what kind of cargo was it, 787 00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:29,667 and where did it end up? 788 00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:32,167 [Ian] At this stage, what we need to do is just excavate 789 00:35:32,333 --> 00:35:33,583 -the length of it... -Yeah. 790 00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:35,167 [Ian] ...and see if what we've got is some 791 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:36,667 beginning of something. 792 00:35:36,792 --> 00:35:39,208 [Rick] There are answers in the swamp, 793 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:41,333 but we only have a limited understanding 794 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:45,167 of the possible interactions between the work in the bog 795 00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:47,167 and the work conducted in the Money Pit. 796 00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:50,958 The Money Pit was an attempt to hide something. 797 00:35:51,083 --> 00:35:53,083 What was the bog work about? 798 00:35:53,250 --> 00:35:56,500 I don't think we have that story 799 00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:59,375 close to being written or understood. 800 00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:02,292 The good news is we got two directions to go. 801 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:05,000 Okay. Good. I'm gonna head back to the lab. 802 00:36:05,125 --> 00:36:07,667 [Gary] Okay, we'll start digging. 803 00:36:10,083 --> 00:36:12,125 [narrator] The following afternoon... 804 00:36:13,458 --> 00:36:15,208 [Marty] Ian, I understand you've done some 805 00:36:15,375 --> 00:36:17,917 work on the water samples and you have some results 806 00:36:18,125 --> 00:36:19,583 -you want to talk to us about. -Yeah. 807 00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:21,833 [narrator] While the results of the soil tests 808 00:36:22,042 --> 00:36:26,292 are being completed, Rick, Marty and members of the team 809 00:36:26,458 --> 00:36:28,833 meet with Dr. Spooner in the war room 810 00:36:29,042 --> 00:36:30,750 for an update on the water samples 811 00:36:30,917 --> 00:36:33,667 he recently collected in the Money Pit area. 812 00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:37,667 I think we've shown, at least to our satisfaction, 813 00:36:37,833 --> 00:36:41,917 that there's metal underground that isn't, uh, natural. 814 00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:45,833 And then, of course, we found gold. 815 00:36:46,917 --> 00:36:48,875 -The problem has been, "Where?" -[laughing] Yeah. 816 00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:51,667 So, we've got some monitoring wells. 817 00:36:51,875 --> 00:36:54,958 These samples are from the west side, from your area 818 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:57,083 that you're drilling right now. 819 00:36:57,250 --> 00:36:58,500 What's that one? 820 00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,667 [Ian] Over here, we've got the east side, 821 00:37:00,875 --> 00:37:02,500 sort of near the Garden Shaft. 822 00:37:02,667 --> 00:37:05,083 -Mm-hmm. Oh, this is the dye. -It's dye. 823 00:37:05,208 --> 00:37:06,542 Yeah, I see. 824 00:37:06,708 --> 00:37:08,292 It's a rhodamine dye. 825 00:37:08,417 --> 00:37:11,208 And last year, we did a bunch of dye tests. 826 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:13,708 We put the dye in at depth in the solution channel area, 827 00:37:13,875 --> 00:37:15,292 or in the traditional Money Pit area... 828 00:37:15,458 --> 00:37:18,250 -Mm-hmm. -...and now it comes up 829 00:37:18,417 --> 00:37:20,625 in wells near the Garden Shaft. 830 00:37:20,750 --> 00:37:24,667 So it just tells us that water can move that direction. 831 00:37:25,625 --> 00:37:27,708 There's precious metals in these samples. 832 00:37:29,083 --> 00:37:31,792 So, where are the metals coming from? 833 00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:36,083 And what the dye has told us in this little collection of wells 834 00:37:36,292 --> 00:37:38,708 is that there's every possibility it's coming 835 00:37:38,875 --> 00:37:41,500 from the south, from the solution channel, 836 00:37:41,708 --> 00:37:45,583 through that conduit that the dye traveled very rapidly. 837 00:37:47,542 --> 00:37:50,208 [narrator] Dr. Spooner's new test results suggest 838 00:37:50,375 --> 00:37:52,250 that the traces of precious metals 839 00:37:52,375 --> 00:37:55,833 are indeed coming from the solution channel. 840 00:37:56,875 --> 00:38:01,125 You're saying that water is moving south to north. 841 00:38:01,208 --> 00:38:04,083 Yeah. So, the way that the water is moving 842 00:38:04,208 --> 00:38:06,792 from deep down in the solution channel-- uphill, basically-- 843 00:38:06,875 --> 00:38:10,000 is all the work we're doing with all the drilling. 844 00:38:10,167 --> 00:38:11,792 We're pushing down in one area, 845 00:38:11,917 --> 00:38:14,583 and that's pushing water up in another area. 846 00:38:14,708 --> 00:38:17,250 And that's why we're getting water moving uphill. 847 00:38:17,417 --> 00:38:19,167 Almost as if there was a pipe 848 00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:20,958 just connecting the two, you know? 849 00:38:21,083 --> 00:38:22,667 So, you know, you're flushing water-- 850 00:38:22,875 --> 00:38:24,500 -And it's... and it, bam, down. -Pushing it down, forcing it out 851 00:38:24,625 --> 00:38:26,417 -and drawing it back. -Yes. 852 00:38:26,583 --> 00:38:28,000 -It's a giant plunger, right? -Exactly. 853 00:38:28,167 --> 00:38:29,333 It's like a plunger in a toilet, yeah. 854 00:38:29,458 --> 00:38:31,500 -Hmm. -It's validating that we're 855 00:38:31,667 --> 00:38:33,667 looking for the treasure in the right area. 856 00:38:33,875 --> 00:38:35,500 That's amazing. 857 00:38:40,417 --> 00:38:42,583 [Marty] You think at this point, given all the data, 858 00:38:42,750 --> 00:38:44,583 that the source of the metals are deep, 859 00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:46,375 -down in the solution channel. -[Ian] Yeah. 860 00:38:46,583 --> 00:38:48,500 It's validating that we're looking for the... 861 00:38:48,667 --> 00:38:50,167 the treasure in the right area. 862 00:38:50,375 --> 00:38:53,833 [narrator] Rick, Marty and the Oak Island team 863 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,125 have just received encouraging news from Dr. Ian Spooner. 864 00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:00,625 After testing new water samples 865 00:39:00,708 --> 00:39:03,958 collected from boreholes all across the Money Pit area, 866 00:39:04,167 --> 00:39:08,333 he has found evidence that the water deep underground, 867 00:39:08,542 --> 00:39:11,708 which contains the highest amounts of precious metals, 868 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:15,292 is likely originating in the solution channel. 869 00:39:15,458 --> 00:39:17,458 [Marty] Well, here's what I heard. 870 00:39:17,625 --> 00:39:19,667 I heard that your cumulative data 871 00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:22,333 is consistent with our prevailing theory this year. 872 00:39:22,458 --> 00:39:23,917 -[Ian] Mm-hmm. -[Marty] If, in fact, 873 00:39:24,042 --> 00:39:26,917 a great treasure or even a minor treasure fell down 874 00:39:27,083 --> 00:39:30,250 into the solution channel, it explains everything. 875 00:39:30,417 --> 00:39:32,458 -Yeah. -It explains what happened. 876 00:39:32,625 --> 00:39:34,167 It explains why people didn't find it. 877 00:39:34,333 --> 00:39:35,667 It explains the metals in the water. 878 00:39:35,875 --> 00:39:37,125 Yep. 879 00:39:37,292 --> 00:39:38,542 Where you're looking is a good place. 880 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:40,333 [Marty] Yeah. That's really good to hear. 881 00:39:40,542 --> 00:39:43,292 -[Billy] Yeah. [chuckles] -[Rick] What Dr. Spooner related 882 00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:45,333 substantiates our belief, currently, 883 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:47,500 that the treasure had fallen to greater depth. 884 00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:51,375 An area like the Money Pit that has been so investigated 885 00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:54,917 for 230 years, to still have under-investigated areas 886 00:39:55,083 --> 00:39:58,125 where the treasure or treasures may still lie, 887 00:39:58,292 --> 00:40:00,000 is really quite interesting. 888 00:40:00,167 --> 00:40:03,917 And that's where we're going to focus our efforts, justifiably. 889 00:40:04,958 --> 00:40:06,667 [Marty] The solution channel is the number one thing 890 00:40:06,875 --> 00:40:09,167 that makes sense with regards to where 891 00:40:09,333 --> 00:40:11,792 the treasure might still be. 892 00:40:11,917 --> 00:40:13,875 Everything I've heard this year makes me want 893 00:40:14,042 --> 00:40:16,458 to get back out there and implement our plan. 894 00:40:16,625 --> 00:40:18,125 Sounds like we're doing the right thing, 895 00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:20,750 and I hope we do focus in and really do the right thing 896 00:40:20,917 --> 00:40:23,375 -and actually solve this thing. -Mm-hmm. 897 00:40:23,542 --> 00:40:25,083 I think we've got a chance. 898 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:27,667 Let's define that solution cavity 899 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:30,542 quantitatively and qualitatively. 900 00:40:30,708 --> 00:40:33,125 We have to find the place in the solution channel 901 00:40:33,292 --> 00:40:35,042 very in the conventional Money Pit area 902 00:40:35,208 --> 00:40:37,167 where it's wide open enough 903 00:40:37,333 --> 00:40:39,583 to accept something dropping from above. 904 00:40:39,792 --> 00:40:42,958 [Rick] That's what this has told us today, 905 00:40:43,125 --> 00:40:44,833 that we are on the correct path. 906 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,625 Let's just keep moving forward, and I appreciate the effort. 907 00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:51,292 Well, we'll keep... we'll keep on. 908 00:40:51,458 --> 00:40:52,750 And I'm calling the end of the meeting 909 00:40:52,875 --> 00:40:54,542 -right there, okay? -[laughter] 910 00:40:54,708 --> 00:40:56,042 -Let's move on. Well done, Ian. -[Ian] Okay, okay. 911 00:40:56,208 --> 00:40:58,000 -Thank you. -Yep. 912 00:40:59,042 --> 00:41:00,667 [narrator] The true history of Oak Island 913 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,708 remains a tantalizing secret, 914 00:41:03,875 --> 00:41:08,500 but with every dig and each scientific test, 915 00:41:08,625 --> 00:41:11,708 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 916 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:15,042 find evidence that something extraordinary 917 00:41:15,208 --> 00:41:17,083 was buried here long ago. 918 00:41:18,125 --> 00:41:21,500 So, as they peel back new layers of this mystery, 919 00:41:21,708 --> 00:41:25,875 just how much deeper must they look for the answers 920 00:41:26,042 --> 00:41:31,833 and finally break the curse believed to protect them? 921 00:41:34,542 --> 00:41:35,917 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS