1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,208 [narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,333 --> 00:00:04,708 [Charles] We have a core, gentlemen. 3 00:00:04,917 --> 00:00:06,792 [Terry] This must be the solution channel. 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,500 [Scott] That has the ability to hide treasure. 5 00:00:08,667 --> 00:00:09,917 -[Charles] I got something right in here. -[pinpointer beeping] 6 00:00:10,083 --> 00:00:11,667 -[Terry] Oh. There it is. -Yeah, it's there. 7 00:00:11,833 --> 00:00:13,458 -[pinpointer beeping] -Ooh. 8 00:00:14,708 --> 00:00:15,917 Ooh-hoo! What have we got here?! 9 00:00:16,042 --> 00:00:17,500 Well done, mate. 10 00:00:17,708 --> 00:00:19,250 [Isabelle] Oh, my gosh. 11 00:00:19,375 --> 00:00:22,125 Laird, can you tell if this is a jewel? 12 00:00:22,292 --> 00:00:25,000 -It is high-grade. -Made in the Old World? 13 00:00:25,208 --> 00:00:27,667 Yep. That takes us to a whole new level. 14 00:00:27,792 --> 00:00:30,042 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:34,667 [narrator] 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 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:50,417 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,583 --> 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 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:10,625 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:24,458 [Terry] Uh, just firing up here. 29 00:01:24,625 --> 00:01:26,125 [Steve] I'm pretty hopeful about this. 30 00:01:26,292 --> 00:01:27,917 I think it's gonna be a good borehole. 31 00:01:28,083 --> 00:01:29,917 The thing I like about this one in particular: 32 00:01:30,042 --> 00:01:33,333 we're gonna hit the western side of the solution channel. 33 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,333 Another area where the treasure might have dropped. 34 00:01:37,375 --> 00:01:39,375 [narrator] A fresh morning on Oak Island 35 00:01:39,542 --> 00:01:43,375 brings renewed hope for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 36 00:01:43,583 --> 00:01:47,208 that they will soon hold in their hands the answers 37 00:01:47,417 --> 00:01:49,625 to a 230-year-old mystery. 38 00:01:49,792 --> 00:01:52,542 Let's face it, guys. It's very exciting, right? 39 00:01:52,708 --> 00:01:55,375 The reason we're drilling this is because of the collapse. 40 00:01:55,542 --> 00:01:57,375 -That's where it could've gone. -Yep. 41 00:01:57,542 --> 00:01:59,458 [narrator] The team is drilling a new borehole 42 00:01:59,625 --> 00:02:01,750 known as H-9.25, 43 00:02:01,917 --> 00:02:05,500 located in an area where new water testing 44 00:02:05,708 --> 00:02:09,167 showed more evidence that suggests the treasure may lie 45 00:02:09,375 --> 00:02:12,667 some 200 feet deep in the solution channel. 46 00:02:12,875 --> 00:02:16,458 It is also in this region that soil samples 47 00:02:16,583 --> 00:02:19,958 are currently being tested to confirm those results. 48 00:02:20,917 --> 00:02:25,625 Tell me how close we are to the key wells, RF-1, H-8. 49 00:02:25,792 --> 00:02:28,125 [Steve] So, we're five feet south of H-8. 50 00:02:28,292 --> 00:02:30,250 That's very close to the Chappell Shaft, then? 51 00:02:30,417 --> 00:02:32,000 We are in the southwest corner of the Chappell Shaft. 52 00:02:32,208 --> 00:02:34,833 -So, we're in an area I like. -Okay. 53 00:02:36,542 --> 00:02:37,958 [Marty] I see lots of wood. 54 00:02:38,083 --> 00:02:40,167 [narrator] In 2017, 55 00:02:40,333 --> 00:02:43,833 the team dug the five-foot diameter H-8 shaft. 56 00:02:44,042 --> 00:02:46,333 [Mike] We're rotating down, but every now and then, we have to 57 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,208 come up, clean our teeth out because of the wood, right? 58 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:51,708 [narrator] And at 170 feet, it hit a large object 59 00:02:51,917 --> 00:02:55,167 that may have been the legendary Chappell Vault... 60 00:02:56,375 --> 00:02:59,250 ...a seven-foot-high wooden box that treasure hunters 61 00:02:59,417 --> 00:03:02,083 Frederick Blair and William Chappell reportedly 62 00:03:02,208 --> 00:03:05,042 drilled into back in 1897, 63 00:03:05,167 --> 00:03:08,375 and extracted gold shavings, 64 00:03:08,583 --> 00:03:12,833 along with a piece of parchment bearing the letters "VI." 65 00:03:14,417 --> 00:03:17,500 But unfortunately, the H-8 caisson may have 66 00:03:17,708 --> 00:03:20,083 pushed the possible vault somewhere deeper 67 00:03:20,292 --> 00:03:23,500 and potentially into the solution channel. 68 00:03:24,542 --> 00:03:26,833 Could it be possible that the precious metals 69 00:03:27,042 --> 00:03:31,458 the team detected in this area came from the damaged vault? 70 00:03:31,625 --> 00:03:34,333 I think the Chappells had the Money Pit correct. 71 00:03:34,458 --> 00:03:37,208 They just didn't go deep enough, as we've learned, right? 72 00:03:37,333 --> 00:03:38,500 Yeah, 'cause of the collapse. 73 00:03:38,708 --> 00:03:40,250 And so, I'm pretty hopeful about this. 74 00:03:40,417 --> 00:03:42,500 I think it could be a good borehole. 75 00:03:42,708 --> 00:03:46,625 If I had to pick the most likely hole 76 00:03:46,792 --> 00:03:49,875 to actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure, 77 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:51,500 I would think it's this. 78 00:03:51,667 --> 00:03:53,125 [metallic clank] 79 00:03:53,250 --> 00:03:54,833 Is he slipping? 80 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,583 [Marty] The biggest thing to me is that the H-8 canister 81 00:03:57,708 --> 00:03:59,708 started going down on its own. 82 00:03:59,875 --> 00:04:01,917 Right about the point where we were pretty excited 83 00:04:02,083 --> 00:04:04,125 that we might be finding the vault, the plug just fell. 84 00:04:04,292 --> 00:04:06,000 We lost all the material. 85 00:04:06,167 --> 00:04:08,500 Well, that sure sounds to me like the solution channel 86 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:11,417 being able to swallow things up, including treasure. 87 00:04:11,542 --> 00:04:14,292 So we're gonna see if we can find it. 88 00:04:14,417 --> 00:04:16,083 You know what I'm looking for. 89 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:18,375 I want you to find an actual bit of treasure. 90 00:04:18,542 --> 00:04:20,417 -That's what I want to find. -Exactly. 91 00:04:20,583 --> 00:04:22,792 -And put the big boy down on it. -Yep. 92 00:04:22,958 --> 00:04:24,167 Yeah, all right, guys. 93 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,083 Seriously, I think my work here is done. 94 00:04:26,250 --> 00:04:28,000 -Yeah. -Just find me some data 95 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:29,875 and a coin would be nice. 96 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:31,333 -Sounds good, Marty. -Sound good? 97 00:04:31,542 --> 00:04:33,833 -Sounds great. -See you, guys. -Okay. 98 00:04:33,958 --> 00:04:36,250 [narrator] As H-9.25 descends 99 00:04:36,458 --> 00:04:38,917 deeper towards the solution channel... 100 00:04:40,708 --> 00:04:42,333 -[Billy] Today's the day, Gary. -[Gary] Yeah. 101 00:04:42,542 --> 00:04:44,250 -We're on Oak Island. -Yep. 102 00:04:44,375 --> 00:04:46,542 -The possibilities are endless. -That's right. 103 00:04:46,708 --> 00:04:49,167 [narrator] ...Alex Lagina and members of the team 104 00:04:49,292 --> 00:04:51,583 continue to expose a stone feature 105 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:54,000 in the southwest corner of the swamp, 106 00:04:54,167 --> 00:04:57,542 one that may be connected to a road-like structure 107 00:04:57,750 --> 00:05:00,333 several yards to the north, 108 00:05:00,458 --> 00:05:03,250 where they found part of a European hand cannon 109 00:05:03,375 --> 00:05:07,208 that could be as much as 800 years old. 110 00:05:07,375 --> 00:05:09,125 We're just gonna comb through this 111 00:05:09,250 --> 00:05:11,375 and work our way closer into the swamp... 112 00:05:11,583 --> 00:05:13,667 -[Alex] Got it. -...hopefully find some artifacts. 113 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:15,417 And keep our eyes open. 114 00:05:15,625 --> 00:05:17,792 You never know, we might find some old wooden stakes. 115 00:05:17,958 --> 00:05:20,167 I mean, one of the most important artifacts we found 116 00:05:20,375 --> 00:05:21,917 in this area was 117 00:05:22,083 --> 00:05:24,333 -the ship's railing, which was just over there. -Yeah. 118 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:26,292 I think that dated to the 600s? 119 00:05:26,458 --> 00:05:30,250 Right. Okay, well, if you dig, we'll metal-detect 120 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:32,542 and keep our eyes peeled and see what we find. 121 00:05:32,708 --> 00:05:34,708 -Yep. -Let's find some artifacts. 122 00:05:36,625 --> 00:05:38,667 [Rick] I couldn't enumerate the number of finds 123 00:05:38,833 --> 00:05:41,125 that have been made in the bog to date. 124 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:45,250 They've been expansive and extensive and important 125 00:05:45,417 --> 00:05:47,792 in the search for answers here on the island. 126 00:05:47,958 --> 00:05:50,667 But there's a lot of information missing. 127 00:05:58,083 --> 00:06:00,542 -What do you got? -[Gary] This is interesting. 128 00:06:00,708 --> 00:06:02,667 A piece of shaped wood. 129 00:06:02,792 --> 00:06:05,667 Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area 130 00:06:05,750 --> 00:06:07,333 and we found that ship's rail. 131 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,292 Oh, yeah. 132 00:06:09,458 --> 00:06:11,750 [narrator] Over the years, the team has found 133 00:06:11,917 --> 00:06:15,458 numerous ship-related artifacts all across the swamp 134 00:06:15,583 --> 00:06:18,083 that have been dated to between the 1600s 135 00:06:18,250 --> 00:06:20,375 and the seventh century. 136 00:06:20,542 --> 00:06:22,667 Huh. It's great condition, 137 00:06:22,875 --> 00:06:25,833 but it's been buried in the swamp for a long time. 138 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:28,500 [narrator] Could Gary be correct that they have found 139 00:06:28,667 --> 00:06:32,125 another piece of ship's railing in the southwest corner? 140 00:06:32,292 --> 00:06:34,250 If so, might it be related 141 00:06:34,417 --> 00:06:36,667 to the stone structures in this area 142 00:06:36,875 --> 00:06:40,250 and help them learn more about their origins? 143 00:06:40,458 --> 00:06:43,375 -[Gary] It's kind of plank-ish. -Mm-hmm. 144 00:06:43,542 --> 00:06:45,833 And it looks like it's curved and beveled. 145 00:06:46,042 --> 00:06:50,417 Maybe I'm seeing things, but kind of looks shaped like that. 146 00:06:51,417 --> 00:06:53,500 This-this face really does. 147 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:55,333 I mean, that's cut. 148 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:56,958 And here as well. 149 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,500 Yeah, at first, I thought it was, like, a piece of railing. 150 00:07:01,667 --> 00:07:03,125 Yeah. No, it looks... 151 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:04,708 at first glance, it looks like 152 00:07:04,875 --> 00:07:07,125 -it's shaped that way deliberately. -Yeah. Yeah. 153 00:07:07,250 --> 00:07:09,167 [Alex] We might be able to show that to a shipwright, 154 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:13,375 somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship. 155 00:07:13,542 --> 00:07:17,000 Yeah. I wonder if it's big enough for C-14. 156 00:07:17,208 --> 00:07:20,583 I like the fact that this wood's got beveled edges. 157 00:07:20,750 --> 00:07:23,417 Now, that always looks like 158 00:07:23,583 --> 00:07:25,500 planking to me. 159 00:07:25,708 --> 00:07:27,542 And that's important because it's well out of place 160 00:07:27,708 --> 00:07:29,417 buried in the swamp. 161 00:07:29,583 --> 00:07:32,042 It's definitely big enough for C-14. 162 00:07:32,208 --> 00:07:34,458 -So, we can figure out how old it is. -Yeah. 163 00:07:34,625 --> 00:07:37,833 Definitely an interesting piece. I'll put that to one side. 164 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:42,667 I still believe we're just scratching the surface. 165 00:07:42,875 --> 00:07:45,958 [narrator] As the dig continues in the swamp, 166 00:07:46,125 --> 00:07:49,833 several hundred yards to the west on Lot 5... 167 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,250 [Isabelle] Found a small shard of creamware. 168 00:07:52,375 --> 00:07:53,667 [Ethan] Oh, nice. 169 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:55,167 It's really, really small, though. 170 00:07:55,292 --> 00:07:57,083 [Ethan] Yeah. Perfect. 171 00:07:57,250 --> 00:07:59,667 [narrator] ...Laird Niven and the archaeology team 172 00:07:59,833 --> 00:08:01,417 search for more clues 173 00:08:01,625 --> 00:08:03,708 in the round feature near the shoreline. 174 00:08:03,875 --> 00:08:08,000 After recently finding a sixth Venetian bead in this feature, 175 00:08:08,208 --> 00:08:10,500 which could be related to the Knights of Malta, 176 00:08:10,667 --> 00:08:14,000 and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby 177 00:08:14,208 --> 00:08:16,833 that may be linked to the Knights Templar, 178 00:08:17,042 --> 00:08:21,000 the team is working to prove that numerous groups 179 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:23,500 may have occupied Lot 5 at different times 180 00:08:23,708 --> 00:08:26,042 long before the discovery of the Money Pit. 181 00:08:31,917 --> 00:08:33,167 Oh, wow. 182 00:08:34,292 --> 00:08:35,958 Got some pearlware. 183 00:08:36,125 --> 00:08:37,333 -Oh, nice. -Yeah. 184 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:40,042 -Again, small, but-- -Yeah. 185 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:42,042 We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess. 186 00:08:42,208 --> 00:08:43,708 Yeah. 187 00:08:43,875 --> 00:08:45,750 Uh, what are the dates on the creamware again? 188 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:48,625 Uh, creamware starts around 1762. 189 00:08:48,750 --> 00:08:50,792 -Okay. -And then the pearlware 190 00:08:50,958 --> 00:08:53,167 would start around, uh, 1775. 191 00:08:53,375 --> 00:08:54,750 Okay. 192 00:08:54,875 --> 00:08:57,042 [Rick] I have long believed that this is 193 00:08:57,250 --> 00:08:58,917 a multigenerational attempt, 194 00:08:59,125 --> 00:09:03,250 uh, over decades, perhaps even centuries, 195 00:09:03,417 --> 00:09:05,292 to hide or safeguard something. 196 00:09:05,417 --> 00:09:08,167 I can't prove it-- yet-- 197 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:10,292 but the finds associated with the Lot 5 feature, 198 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:11,708 they're very interesting 199 00:09:11,875 --> 00:09:13,792 and thought-provoking and intriguing. 200 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:19,292 [Ethan] Oh, nice. 201 00:09:19,417 --> 00:09:22,042 What'd you find? 202 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:24,500 Looks like red earthenware. 203 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:27,250 Oh. It's got a really nice design on it. 204 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:29,500 Wow. That's a great piece. 205 00:09:29,625 --> 00:09:30,875 [Isabelle] It's a big piece. 206 00:09:31,042 --> 00:09:33,667 Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design. 207 00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:36,833 [Isabelle] The coarse earthenwares are hard to date. 208 00:09:37,042 --> 00:09:40,833 It can be anywheres from 1750 to 1830, so-- 209 00:09:41,042 --> 00:09:43,333 -Okay. Right in our time range. -Yeah. 210 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:44,917 -Great find. -Oh, thank you. 211 00:09:45,083 --> 00:09:46,625 -You're welcome. -I'll bag it up and see 212 00:09:46,792 --> 00:09:49,208 -if there's any more in there. -Yeah. 213 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:01,042 Oh, my gosh. 214 00:10:01,208 --> 00:10:04,750 Laird. I think I just found something really cool. 215 00:10:11,917 --> 00:10:13,917 [Isabelle] Oh, my gosh. Laird. 216 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:16,083 I think I just found something really cool. 217 00:10:16,292 --> 00:10:18,000 Okay. 218 00:10:18,167 --> 00:10:20,667 [narrator] While digging in the rounded stone foundation 219 00:10:20,792 --> 00:10:22,375 on Lot 5, 220 00:10:22,542 --> 00:10:24,292 Isabelle Whittier has just uncovered 221 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:26,542 a potentially important clue. 222 00:10:26,708 --> 00:10:28,250 Check this out. 223 00:10:29,458 --> 00:10:31,042 [Laird] Oh, nice. 224 00:10:34,833 --> 00:10:36,833 Can you tell if this is a jewel? 225 00:10:37,042 --> 00:10:39,542 It's meant to look like a jewel, an imitation of a jewel. 226 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:41,875 -Okay. -We found a larger one, 227 00:10:42,042 --> 00:10:44,583 but clear, just over here. 228 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:46,500 It looked like costume jewelry. 229 00:10:46,667 --> 00:10:49,125 Then we found out it's kind of a technique that was developed 230 00:10:49,292 --> 00:10:50,917 in the 1740s in France. 231 00:10:51,042 --> 00:10:52,500 That's so cool. 232 00:10:52,708 --> 00:10:54,292 Imitation jewelry became very popular 233 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:55,667 with the French royal family. 234 00:10:55,833 --> 00:10:58,042 -Oh, that's awesome. -Yeah. 235 00:10:59,042 --> 00:11:00,958 [narrator] In the early 18th century, 236 00:11:01,167 --> 00:11:04,500 French jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass 237 00:11:04,625 --> 00:11:07,417 invented simulated gemstones. 238 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:11,708 By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium and lead 239 00:11:11,917 --> 00:11:13,958 with glass powder, 240 00:11:14,125 --> 00:11:16,292 a paste-like substance was formed. 241 00:11:16,458 --> 00:11:20,833 It was then heated and molded to create artificial stones, 242 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,083 nearly matching the brilliance of actual gems. 243 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:28,417 One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond 244 00:11:28,625 --> 00:11:30,833 just outside of the round feature. 245 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,917 [Isabelle] Would this be valuable? 246 00:11:33,042 --> 00:11:35,458 [Laird] I think back in the mid 1700s, 247 00:11:35,583 --> 00:11:37,542 it probably was. 248 00:11:37,708 --> 00:11:42,083 [narrator] If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact, 249 00:11:42,292 --> 00:11:45,583 could it be another clue to help identify one of the groups 250 00:11:45,708 --> 00:11:47,500 that occupied the stone foundation 251 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:50,292 prior to 1795? 252 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:53,250 Emma can actually XRF the side 253 00:11:53,375 --> 00:11:56,167 and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in. 254 00:11:56,292 --> 00:11:59,000 So, we know that it was set into something 255 00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:01,333 and displayed on someone's clothes. 256 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:05,042 If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold, 257 00:12:05,167 --> 00:12:07,167 -that just takes us to a whole new level, right? -Yeah. 258 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:09,958 Just-- it just adds a lot of significance 259 00:12:10,125 --> 00:12:12,583 -to this little tiny artifact. -Yeah. 260 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:14,875 [Laird] Adding to the intrigue. 261 00:12:15,042 --> 00:12:17,125 -[chuckles] -Yeah, that's-that's really exciting. 262 00:12:17,333 --> 00:12:19,250 I can't wait to get that back to the lab 263 00:12:19,458 --> 00:12:20,625 and see what Emma says about it. 264 00:12:20,750 --> 00:12:22,000 -Me, too. -That's cool. 265 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:24,292 We're finding some neat stuff here. 266 00:12:24,417 --> 00:12:25,958 Yeah. 267 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,000 [narrator] The following morning... 268 00:12:32,958 --> 00:12:34,333 [Billy] Back again? 269 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:35,792 [Katya] It's good to see you. Good to be back. 270 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,167 -You know I love the swamp. -Yeah. 271 00:12:38,292 --> 00:12:40,083 -Let's get started. -All right. 272 00:12:40,250 --> 00:12:43,000 [narrator] ...Katya Drayton and Derek Couch 273 00:12:43,125 --> 00:12:45,292 join Billy to search for more artifacts 274 00:12:45,458 --> 00:12:46,833 near the stone feature 275 00:12:47,042 --> 00:12:49,292 in the southwest corner of the swamp. 276 00:12:57,542 --> 00:12:59,125 [Billy] Something shiny on top there. 277 00:12:59,292 --> 00:13:01,542 -Might be a piece of glass or something, right? -Oh, yeah. 278 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:06,417 Right there? 279 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:14,292 -Big ol' piece of glass. -Yeah. 280 00:13:14,458 --> 00:13:18,500 [Katya] So, a really great way to tell if glass is old or not 281 00:13:18,625 --> 00:13:20,708 is any imperfections. 282 00:13:20,917 --> 00:13:23,667 Glass nowadays is made manufactured. 283 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:26,875 There's hardly any imperfections. 284 00:13:27,042 --> 00:13:29,167 Bubbles, seams, 285 00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:31,625 anything that may give you an idea if it's 286 00:13:31,792 --> 00:13:35,833 handblown is a great way to identify if glass is old or not. 287 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,375 This is probably from a bottle. 288 00:13:38,583 --> 00:13:40,500 This would be like an older... 289 00:13:40,708 --> 00:13:43,333 maybe like a medicine bottle or something. 290 00:13:44,583 --> 00:13:46,000 It's square on the edge, 291 00:13:46,208 --> 00:13:47,875 so that's how you know it, like, has some date to it. 292 00:13:48,042 --> 00:13:52,542 And it's small as well, so this is an older piece. 293 00:13:52,708 --> 00:13:54,625 -Which is good. -Yeah. 294 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:57,333 By learning what type of glass this is 295 00:13:57,458 --> 00:14:00,333 and what it was used for, we can see who was here 296 00:14:00,458 --> 00:14:02,417 and what they were doing. 297 00:14:02,583 --> 00:14:04,500 -We'll keep this. -[Derek] Yeah. 298 00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:16,333 -That's some wood. -Here we go. 299 00:14:16,542 --> 00:14:19,375 -A little round piece, Katya. -[Katya] Let me see. 300 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,875 [Billy] That's cut there, isn't it? 301 00:14:24,042 --> 00:14:25,958 -[Katya] That cut? -[Billy] Yeah, that's cut. 302 00:14:26,083 --> 00:14:28,667 -[Katya] Wow. Good eye, Billy. -Yeah, that's a great one. 303 00:14:28,875 --> 00:14:30,083 It's really deep for wood. 304 00:14:30,250 --> 00:14:31,708 Three and a half, four feet probably. 305 00:14:31,875 --> 00:14:34,250 That's way below that sand. 306 00:14:34,375 --> 00:14:36,667 Dr. Spooner would say that's the topsoil 307 00:14:36,792 --> 00:14:38,333 before the swamp was formed. 308 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:40,167 That's down in the depth of the ship's rail. 309 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:43,208 That's a find right there, I would say. 310 00:14:43,375 --> 00:14:46,625 How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found? 311 00:14:46,833 --> 00:14:49,000 Uh, less than a hundred feet. 312 00:14:49,125 --> 00:14:51,042 It's one of the deepest finds that we've had 313 00:14:51,208 --> 00:14:52,667 in the swamp of a piece of cut wood. 314 00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:55,333 -This could mean something. -Right. 315 00:14:55,500 --> 00:15:00,500 [narrator] In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing 316 00:15:00,708 --> 00:15:03,667 while digging near the southern border of the swamp. 317 00:15:03,833 --> 00:15:06,125 Incredibly, it was carbon-dated 318 00:15:06,333 --> 00:15:09,000 to as early as the seventh century. 319 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:11,833 [Billy] There's been a lot of people that thought 320 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,167 that there had been ships in the swamp. 321 00:15:13,333 --> 00:15:15,625 So, I think it could be very significant. 322 00:15:15,792 --> 00:15:18,375 [narrator] Is it possible that the team has found 323 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:22,333 a related discovery in the southwest corner of the swamp? 324 00:15:22,458 --> 00:15:24,500 [Marty] If there's a ship of some sort out there, 325 00:15:24,708 --> 00:15:27,000 it would fit really, really well 326 00:15:27,167 --> 00:15:29,083 to any of the theories 327 00:15:29,208 --> 00:15:31,625 that somebody came here and buried old-world treasure. 328 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:36,000 We have so many ship-like artifacts at this point. 329 00:15:36,167 --> 00:15:39,042 But extraordinary theories take extraordinary data. 330 00:15:39,208 --> 00:15:40,958 I don't think we quite have that yet, 331 00:15:41,125 --> 00:15:42,667 but here's another piece. 332 00:15:42,792 --> 00:15:44,333 If this is a piece of a ship, 333 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:46,000 I bet you there's more pieces of ship. 334 00:15:46,208 --> 00:15:48,125 I'd rather find what the ship is carrying, Derek, 335 00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:49,792 so let's look for that, right? 336 00:15:49,958 --> 00:15:51,917 That's true. That's true. 337 00:15:52,042 --> 00:15:54,000 -That's why Katya's here. -Right. 338 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:56,625 -Well, let's try and find some more. -Yeah. 339 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,500 -Keep the lookers peeled. -Yeah. 340 00:16:00,667 --> 00:16:03,208 [narrator] As the search in the swamp continues... 341 00:16:04,333 --> 00:16:06,500 [Laird] So, thank you, everybody, for coming. 342 00:16:06,708 --> 00:16:10,125 We have a really interesting artifact from Lot 5. 343 00:16:10,292 --> 00:16:12,292 [narrator] ...in the lab, Emma Culligan 344 00:16:12,458 --> 00:16:16,500 is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone 345 00:16:16,667 --> 00:16:19,375 found one day ago on Lot 5. 346 00:16:19,583 --> 00:16:22,792 This looks like the-the paste jewelry gem. 347 00:16:22,958 --> 00:16:24,333 That's exactly what it is. 348 00:16:25,750 --> 00:16:27,792 So, this one's obviously dark. 349 00:16:27,875 --> 00:16:30,417 And the one we found last year was white, 350 00:16:30,583 --> 00:16:32,292 -was clear. -Mm-hmm. 351 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:35,167 And, I guess, you can explain the composition. 352 00:16:35,375 --> 00:16:37,292 Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, 353 00:16:37,458 --> 00:16:39,958 but this one is black, and it's black due to 354 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:42,667 the addition of manganese and calcium. 355 00:16:42,833 --> 00:16:45,125 Um, and it has less lead in it, 356 00:16:45,292 --> 00:16:47,125 which is why it's not as brilliant. 357 00:16:47,292 --> 00:16:49,167 So, it's not as shiny or sparkly. 358 00:16:49,292 --> 00:16:52,333 They're called diamantés, like, as the official term. 359 00:16:52,542 --> 00:16:56,333 The purpose of it is to be dark and matte. 360 00:16:56,542 --> 00:17:00,667 But it's the same era, similar composition. 361 00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:06,542 And the fastener, there's a trace of tin around the edges, 362 00:17:06,708 --> 00:17:08,792 which we also found in the composition 363 00:17:08,917 --> 00:17:10,708 of last year's jewel as well. 364 00:17:10,875 --> 00:17:13,958 And something like that would've been made in the Old World? 365 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:15,333 -Yep. -Not here? 366 00:17:15,542 --> 00:17:18,625 No. Early to mid 1700s in France. 367 00:17:18,792 --> 00:17:21,708 [Emma] And from the composition, I can tell you that it is, 368 00:17:21,875 --> 00:17:23,917 like, high-grade. 369 00:17:24,125 --> 00:17:26,500 And it was for people of the upper class. 370 00:17:26,667 --> 00:17:28,458 -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. -'Cause it would have the same 371 00:17:28,625 --> 00:17:31,500 amount of shine, or even more shine, than the diamonds. 372 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:35,000 So, these are not trade items per se? 373 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:37,167 [Laird] I think what makes it not a trade item is 374 00:17:37,292 --> 00:17:38,958 the fact that it was mounted. 375 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:41,583 If it was a trade item, they'd be loose. 376 00:17:41,750 --> 00:17:43,000 I see. 377 00:17:43,167 --> 00:17:45,083 Just reading your report there, 378 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:48,375 no earlier than 1734 or no later? 379 00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:51,125 [Emma] Well, the oldest possible date's 1734, 380 00:17:51,292 --> 00:17:54,875 'cause that's when it was really being invented 381 00:17:55,042 --> 00:17:56,833 -and introduced. -Mm-hmm. 382 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,125 -So, after 1734? -Yeah. 383 00:17:59,292 --> 00:18:01,000 [Laird] Fashion travels quickly. 384 00:18:01,208 --> 00:18:05,708 Especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing. 385 00:18:05,875 --> 00:18:07,792 When did it go out of style? 386 00:18:07,958 --> 00:18:10,167 It went right into the Victorian era. 387 00:18:10,292 --> 00:18:12,208 But this high-quality, 388 00:18:12,375 --> 00:18:14,167 represents probably the initial phase 389 00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:17,292 before it percolates down and the cheaper copies are made 390 00:18:17,458 --> 00:18:19,583 -for less affluent people. -Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm. 391 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:22,792 What's it telling you about what was going on 392 00:18:22,958 --> 00:18:24,667 -on Lot 5? -[Rick] Yeah. 393 00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:27,667 -Well, I think it makes a statement about stature. -Mm. 394 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:31,625 I think this was, uh, a higher class of people. 395 00:18:32,625 --> 00:18:34,125 [Emma] So, with the black paste jewel, 396 00:18:34,292 --> 00:18:37,792 I have seen references to military uniform. 397 00:18:40,042 --> 00:18:43,458 Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duc d'Anville's expedition here. 398 00:18:43,625 --> 00:18:45,792 Mid 1700s, French. 399 00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:49,250 [Rick] Very interesting. 400 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,250 Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duc d'Anville's expedition here. 401 00:18:56,417 --> 00:18:58,417 [narrator] In the Oak Island lab, 402 00:18:58,583 --> 00:19:02,333 Emma has just confirmed that the simulated glass gem 403 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:06,542 found in the round feature on Lot 5 is French in origin 404 00:19:06,708 --> 00:19:09,875 and dates back to the mid 18th century. 405 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:13,500 [Alex] You know, the Duc d'Anville's expedition 406 00:19:13,708 --> 00:19:16,000 was mid 1700s, French. 407 00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:18,667 Um, something to keep in mind. 408 00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:25,500 [narrator] In 1746, France launched an armada 409 00:19:25,667 --> 00:19:28,333 to reclaim Nova Scotia from Great Britain. 410 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:32,083 It was led by an admiral known as the Duc d'Anville, 411 00:19:32,250 --> 00:19:34,500 a nobleman from a family with connections 412 00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:39,250 to the Knights Templar dating back to the 12th century. 413 00:19:40,292 --> 00:19:43,417 Unfortunately, due to severe storms 414 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:47,542 and a wave of disease, the mission ultimately failed. 415 00:19:47,708 --> 00:19:51,000 I found eight pages of what looks like a ship's log. 416 00:19:51,208 --> 00:19:54,833 [narrator] But curiously, in 2017, 417 00:19:54,958 --> 00:19:58,375 Doug Crowell discovered an 18th century ship's log 418 00:19:58,542 --> 00:20:00,000 in the provincial archives 419 00:20:00,167 --> 00:20:02,958 stating that one of d'Anville's ships 420 00:20:03,125 --> 00:20:05,208 carried a large cache of treasure 421 00:20:05,375 --> 00:20:08,167 to a wooded island in the vicinity of Oak Island, 422 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:11,542 where the crew buried it in a deep pit. 423 00:20:12,542 --> 00:20:14,500 [Alex] This is, uh, a very strong indicator 424 00:20:14,625 --> 00:20:17,417 that somebody of high status was on Lot 5. 425 00:20:17,542 --> 00:20:21,333 We know that the Duc d'Anville did come here to Nova Scotia, 426 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,375 and indeed the d'Anville family has 427 00:20:23,542 --> 00:20:25,083 a connection to the Knights Templar. 428 00:20:25,208 --> 00:20:28,000 If there was some, uh, incredible treasure 429 00:20:28,167 --> 00:20:31,625 out of history, uh, that made its way here to North America, 430 00:20:31,792 --> 00:20:34,583 it could've been done as part of the Duc d'Anville's expedition. 431 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:37,917 [Craig] Finding these things that belong to somebody 432 00:20:38,042 --> 00:20:40,458 in a military position, I wonder: 433 00:20:40,583 --> 00:20:42,750 Why were they on the island? 434 00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:44,500 What were they doing? 435 00:20:44,625 --> 00:20:46,083 [narrator] Is it possible 436 00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:50,333 that the two simulated French gemstones found on Lot 5 437 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,417 could be connected to the treasure 438 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:56,167 reportedly buried by the crew of the Duc d'Anville? 439 00:20:56,333 --> 00:20:59,000 The dots are very far apart right now, right? 440 00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:00,750 But we're accumulating them. 441 00:21:00,917 --> 00:21:03,167 -But you're accumulating them. Exactly. -Yeah. 442 00:21:03,292 --> 00:21:05,208 [Rick] You know, there's always been 443 00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:07,458 the idea that, uh, there might be 444 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:09,792 an association here with Duc d'Anville. 445 00:21:09,917 --> 00:21:14,125 The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at 446 00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:16,625 multiple occupations on Lot 5, 447 00:21:16,792 --> 00:21:19,750 from the 1200s right up through 1750. 448 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:23,833 I believe this was a multigenerational attempt 449 00:21:23,917 --> 00:21:25,667 to hide something. 450 00:21:25,875 --> 00:21:30,000 And perhaps the Duc d'Anville was a part of that endeavor. 451 00:21:30,167 --> 00:21:34,167 This is step by step, clue by clue, 452 00:21:34,333 --> 00:21:36,625 and every clue is important, 453 00:21:36,792 --> 00:21:38,667 'cause at some point, they will connect up. 454 00:21:38,833 --> 00:21:41,208 -At some point, they will tell a story, so... -Yeah. 455 00:21:41,375 --> 00:21:43,292 [Rick] Thank you for-for bringing us down. 456 00:21:43,458 --> 00:21:45,167 It's a, it's an interesting find, 457 00:21:45,333 --> 00:21:47,125 but I hope we can learn more about it. 458 00:21:47,292 --> 00:21:48,500 -All right. -Yeah. -All righty. -Thank you. 459 00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:50,667 -Thank you. -Thank you. 460 00:21:50,792 --> 00:21:52,292 [narrator] As the team concludes 461 00:21:52,417 --> 00:21:54,583 their meeting in the lab... 462 00:21:56,417 --> 00:21:59,333 -[Billy] We got to keep looking. -Let's do it. 463 00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:02,458 [narrator] ...Billy, Katya and Derek continue to search 464 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:05,458 in the southwest corner of the swamp. 465 00:22:06,542 --> 00:22:07,667 Ooh. 466 00:22:07,875 --> 00:22:09,708 Wow. 467 00:22:09,875 --> 00:22:11,875 I mean, look at that. 468 00:22:12,042 --> 00:22:14,167 [Derek] That's excellent. 469 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:17,792 That is a cut stake if I've ever seen one. 470 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,792 Yeah. It's so close to the last find we just had. 471 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,375 [Katya] Oh, my god. 472 00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:26,958 [Derek] That's pretty cool. That's definitely cut. 473 00:22:27,125 --> 00:22:29,000 Here. 474 00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:34,250 -Guess you'll need a bigger bag to put the stuff in. -[chuckles] 475 00:22:34,417 --> 00:22:36,625 [laughs] Definitely. 476 00:22:36,792 --> 00:22:39,333 I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too. 477 00:22:39,542 --> 00:22:41,667 -[Katya] Mm-hmm. -[Billy] Yeah, well, it's soaked 478 00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:43,750 'cause we're below the level of the ocean here, right? 479 00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:46,667 It's so preserved and basically clean, right? 480 00:22:46,875 --> 00:22:49,708 Because it's in a perfect environment to store wood. 481 00:22:49,875 --> 00:22:51,500 Yeah. 482 00:22:51,625 --> 00:22:54,375 [narrator] A hand-cut wooden stake? 483 00:22:54,542 --> 00:22:56,333 -[Rick] There's another one. -[Gary] Geez. 484 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:57,833 What in the world is happening? 485 00:22:58,042 --> 00:22:59,833 [narrator] Because the team has found 486 00:23:00,042 --> 00:23:02,708 a number of survey stakes lining stone features, 487 00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:06,167 such as the structure that was recently uncovered 488 00:23:06,333 --> 00:23:08,125 several yards to the north, 489 00:23:08,208 --> 00:23:12,083 is it possible that they have just discovered more evidence 490 00:23:12,208 --> 00:23:16,000 that the two features may have been built by the same people? 491 00:23:16,125 --> 00:23:19,333 If so, just who was it? 492 00:23:19,542 --> 00:23:21,375 We can get a lot of information off that. 493 00:23:21,542 --> 00:23:22,792 [Billy] I think so, yeah. 494 00:23:22,875 --> 00:23:24,667 I'm sure there's a purpose for that. 495 00:23:24,833 --> 00:23:27,958 Just-- that is definitely cut. And so is the other one. 496 00:23:28,125 --> 00:23:30,292 Yeah, it's a bigger piece. 497 00:23:30,458 --> 00:23:32,417 -Right. Right. -Bigger cut. 498 00:23:32,583 --> 00:23:34,667 This gives Dr. Spooner more information. 499 00:23:34,875 --> 00:23:37,250 Yeah. We've got some potential here. 500 00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:39,125 I'm excited to keep going. 501 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,000 We'll work to keep the lab busy. 502 00:23:41,125 --> 00:23:42,667 -Yeah. -Yeah. 503 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,708 [narrator] As another day dawns on Oak Island, 504 00:23:48,917 --> 00:23:52,417 while drilling continues in the Money Pit area... 505 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:54,292 -[Ian] Hey, Gary. -[Gary] Hi, Ian. 506 00:23:54,458 --> 00:23:55,750 -Derek. -Hi, Dr. Spooner. 507 00:23:55,917 --> 00:23:57,708 -How are you doing? -Good. 508 00:23:57,875 --> 00:24:00,375 [narrator] ...Dr. Ian Spooner joins other members of the team 509 00:24:00,583 --> 00:24:02,833 in the swamp to examine the area 510 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:05,667 where the wooden survey stakes were found next to 511 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:08,833 the newly uncovered stone structure, one day ago. 512 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,208 The stakes were 100% not in the sand. 513 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:14,500 -They were in that peat layer. -Yep. 514 00:24:14,708 --> 00:24:17,083 [Billy] Which is quite deep and just below the sand. 515 00:24:17,250 --> 00:24:19,958 To be in that peat layer, period, under that much sand, 516 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,333 we absolutely know people were here a long, long time ago. 517 00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:24,000 [Ian] So, if I can leave with one suggestion, 518 00:24:24,125 --> 00:24:26,542 what I'd like you guys to do, if you can fit it in, 519 00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:29,417 is get me a sample of the peat. 520 00:24:29,583 --> 00:24:31,875 If I can date the peat here and it's old, too, 521 00:24:32,042 --> 00:24:34,333 then I know that the stick, if it's younger, 522 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:36,833 was put there by people. 523 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,875 And, uh, if that stick dates into one of our bins of 1200, 524 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,042 you know, 1700, uh, then it tells us 525 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:49,042 there was activity in this area at that time, 526 00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:51,000 -which is totally new. -Right. 527 00:24:51,167 --> 00:24:54,667 [narrator] Peat is composed of decaying plant matter 528 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:57,750 that forms when it is submerged under brackish water 529 00:24:57,917 --> 00:25:00,167 for long periods of time. 530 00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:03,667 Because the wooden stake the team found was embedded 531 00:25:03,833 --> 00:25:07,000 in the peat layer just beneath the stone structure, 532 00:25:07,167 --> 00:25:10,458 if Dr. Spooner can date the peat, he may be able 533 00:25:10,625 --> 00:25:14,792 to determine just when the stone feature was created. 534 00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:20,042 We've had these sort of three age sort of categories here, 535 00:25:20,208 --> 00:25:23,917 one that's 600 to like 1200, you know, that-that era. 536 00:25:24,042 --> 00:25:28,292 And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s. 537 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:30,000 -Yeah. -Uh, and then we have 538 00:25:30,167 --> 00:25:34,500 the more, sort of, I call post-depositor kind of era. 539 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:39,292 So, we got three kind of categories 540 00:25:39,458 --> 00:25:41,583 of potential human activity here, 541 00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:43,750 and I want to see where that fits. 542 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:45,417 Right. 543 00:25:45,583 --> 00:25:47,167 [narrator] By dating organic materials 544 00:25:47,333 --> 00:25:50,333 associated with the man-made structures in the swamp, 545 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:54,375 Dr. Spooner has determined that the paved area near the center 546 00:25:54,542 --> 00:25:57,667 could be as much as 800 years old. 547 00:25:58,625 --> 00:26:00,500 The possible Portuguese stone road 548 00:26:00,708 --> 00:26:04,292 in the southeastern corner may be 500 years old. 549 00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:06,667 And the so-called Eye of the Swamp 550 00:26:06,792 --> 00:26:09,792 may have been built as early as 1680. 551 00:26:09,958 --> 00:26:12,667 And there's been some nice, big clumps 552 00:26:12,875 --> 00:26:16,458 of peat coming up in the digs, especially over there, 553 00:26:16,625 --> 00:26:18,333 where there is sand as well, 554 00:26:18,458 --> 00:26:22,500 so I'll save you a big clump of peat with all the wood in it. 555 00:26:22,667 --> 00:26:24,417 That-That's perfect. That's what I need. 556 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:26,417 [Rick] I think that the carbon-dating 557 00:26:26,583 --> 00:26:28,500 of the wood in the swamp, 558 00:26:28,667 --> 00:26:31,625 the work that was done, the discoveries that have been made, 559 00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:34,667 can only lead to one conclusion: that the work was 560 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:38,375 long, involved and purposeful. 561 00:26:38,542 --> 00:26:40,250 To me, what it says is 562 00:26:40,417 --> 00:26:43,125 this was a multigenerational endeavor here, 563 00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:45,917 and there's possibly more than one treasure 564 00:26:46,042 --> 00:26:47,750 hidden across the island. 565 00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:50,125 -Okay. So, I'm off to lab. Thanks, guys. -Bye, mate. 566 00:26:50,292 --> 00:26:52,250 -We can't wait to hear your results. -[Ian] Yep. 567 00:26:52,375 --> 00:26:54,167 -Thank you. -Thanks. 568 00:26:54,333 --> 00:26:55,917 See you later. 569 00:26:56,083 --> 00:26:58,375 [narrator] As the dig continues in the swamp... 570 00:26:59,625 --> 00:27:01,125 [Terry] We did hit the bedrock plateau. 571 00:27:01,333 --> 00:27:03,625 Hopefully, we'll go right down into the solution channel, 572 00:27:03,792 --> 00:27:05,792 could be in the next run. 573 00:27:05,917 --> 00:27:07,708 We have a core, gentlemen. 574 00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:09,542 [narrator] ...over in the Money Pit area, 575 00:27:09,708 --> 00:27:13,917 the drilling operation in borehole H-9.25 576 00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:16,875 has nearly reached a depth of 200 feet. 577 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:20,417 H-9.25's still got a few things to tell us. 578 00:27:20,583 --> 00:27:22,875 Hopefully, we'll get to find that open area 579 00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:24,792 -that could've taken the treasure. -Yep. 580 00:27:24,917 --> 00:27:27,000 [Rick] Given its proximity to H-8, 581 00:27:27,167 --> 00:27:28,833 there's every reason to believe that 582 00:27:29,042 --> 00:27:31,542 we are in the area of the original Money Pit. 583 00:27:31,708 --> 00:27:33,875 Remember, we are in the area 584 00:27:34,042 --> 00:27:35,958 where something significant happened. 585 00:27:36,125 --> 00:27:38,958 That's some very loose material right there. 586 00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:40,958 This must be the solution channel. 587 00:27:41,083 --> 00:27:44,000 [Rick] We lost the so-called vault in H-8. 588 00:27:44,167 --> 00:27:45,583 Where did it go? 589 00:27:45,708 --> 00:27:48,625 And we believe it went to the solution channel. 590 00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:50,833 That's the perfect targeted zone. 591 00:27:51,042 --> 00:27:53,667 The hope is that there'll be something in the core. 592 00:27:53,833 --> 00:27:55,833 A man-made something. 593 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:57,833 -[Terry] Adam, what do you got? -[Adam] Two... 594 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,417 -212. Yeah. -212? 595 00:28:00,583 --> 00:28:02,042 This is promising-looking stuff, really. 596 00:28:02,167 --> 00:28:04,208 -Yeah, it's gooey. -Very gooey and loose. 597 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,125 Bring her in. 598 00:28:07,250 --> 00:28:08,792 Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for 599 00:28:08,958 --> 00:28:11,000 right here, guys. 600 00:28:11,125 --> 00:28:13,000 -[Scott] There's the conditions we need right there. -Yep. 601 00:28:13,083 --> 00:28:15,083 [Scott] That has the ability to hide treasure. 602 00:28:16,375 --> 00:28:17,833 A little messy. 603 00:28:19,875 --> 00:28:23,083 All right, now we're starting to get a look at it. 604 00:28:23,292 --> 00:28:27,500 198 down to 215 in front of us, guys. 605 00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:30,625 This loose material looks like it starts 606 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:34,250 at the 198 mark and goes down to... 607 00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:36,750 -probably be at 202, would you say, Charles? -202. 608 00:28:36,958 --> 00:28:38,542 We may have gotten a little bit less recovery 609 00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:40,000 going down through the slurry as well. 610 00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:41,417 -Sure. -Yeah. 611 00:28:41,542 --> 00:28:43,250 Well, less recovery means there-- 612 00:28:43,375 --> 00:28:45,250 it was literally a void, mostly water, I guess. 613 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:46,542 That's the good thing. 614 00:28:46,750 --> 00:28:48,333 Now, this is cakey 615 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:51,667 and less likely to accept a treasure down into it. 616 00:28:51,875 --> 00:28:55,000 This stuff up here is, of course, much looser. 617 00:28:55,167 --> 00:28:59,333 And this is, this is the stuff that really should be set aside. 618 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:02,167 -We'll send some off to the lab, hopefully. -Yeah. 619 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:04,000 There you go, Charles. See what you see. 620 00:29:16,208 --> 00:29:18,333 This is the good stuff right here, 621 00:29:18,542 --> 00:29:20,250 as we move up along this one. 622 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,292 Got to find the one thing. 623 00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:34,583 -[pinpointer beeping] -I got something right in here. 624 00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:36,833 -Okay. -Interesting. 625 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:38,917 -I wonder-- -Want to pull some of that out, Terry? 626 00:29:43,667 --> 00:29:45,125 That's okay. 627 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:54,375 -[pinpointer beeping] -Yep. 628 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:56,667 -I'm getting a hit right there. -[chuckles] Here. 629 00:29:56,792 --> 00:29:58,208 -This is tough stuff-- -Yep, right in there. 630 00:29:58,375 --> 00:30:00,000 Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you. 631 00:30:00,167 --> 00:30:01,667 -Come over here so you don't lose it. -Yep. -Yeah. 632 00:30:01,833 --> 00:30:03,750 -All right, there you go. Yeah. -Fresh area here. 633 00:30:03,917 --> 00:30:05,167 Not there. 634 00:30:05,292 --> 00:30:07,083 -[Terry] Not there? -[Charles] Nope. 635 00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:11,042 -[pinpointer beeping] -There we go. -Oh, there it is. 636 00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:12,917 [Charles] There it is right there. 637 00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:18,500 -[pinpointer beeping] -There it is right there. 638 00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:21,625 I'm getting chirps right here. Just right in there. 639 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,042 You know, you get fooled sometimes by 640 00:30:23,208 --> 00:30:25,042 the-the screws in the table. 641 00:30:25,208 --> 00:30:27,333 [Terry] Okay, let-- we're gonna have to bring this over, then. 642 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:28,667 -[pinpointer beeping] -Yeah, it's there. -It's in there. 643 00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:30,542 Yeah, put it right on the table. 644 00:30:30,708 --> 00:30:33,125 [narrator] In the Money Pit area, the team is detecting 645 00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:35,292 traces of metal in a drilling core 646 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:37,833 recovered from more than 200 feet deep 647 00:30:38,042 --> 00:30:39,750 in the solution channel. 648 00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:41,958 -[pinpointer beeping] -Nope, it's in here. 649 00:30:44,458 --> 00:30:46,042 [pinpointer beeping] 650 00:30:46,208 --> 00:30:47,583 -Now dump that over in a different pile, so-- -Yeah. 651 00:30:54,458 --> 00:30:56,167 [Scott] That's weird. 652 00:30:56,333 --> 00:30:58,292 -[pinpointer beeping] -Oh. 653 00:30:58,458 --> 00:30:59,917 What's that? 654 00:31:00,042 --> 00:31:01,708 -It's on your-- It-It's on you. -Oh. 655 00:31:01,875 --> 00:31:03,375 [Charles] Yep, it's on me right there. 656 00:31:11,417 --> 00:31:14,667 I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before. 657 00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:16,917 -Yeah. [stammering] -You know? The little, the little flecks. 658 00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:20,042 -Yeah. -Yeah, this is a real conundrum here. 659 00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:22,333 [narrator] The team is frustrated to once again 660 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:24,792 detect signs of metal in their drill core 661 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,958 but then recover no objects. 662 00:31:28,125 --> 00:31:31,042 However, could these hits also mean that they are 663 00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:34,333 once again detecting metal flecks in the soil 664 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,292 and are getting even closer to a long-lost treasure 665 00:31:37,458 --> 00:31:41,167 that now lies somewhere nearby in the solution channel? 666 00:31:42,208 --> 00:31:43,875 I know Marty was really interested in this last time, 667 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,833 wh-when this occurred, so we probably 668 00:31:45,958 --> 00:31:47,917 -should get him involved here. -Sounds good. 669 00:31:48,958 --> 00:31:51,292 [line ringing] 670 00:31:52,958 --> 00:31:54,458 Hey, Marty. How are you? 671 00:31:55,458 --> 00:31:57,000 I'm here in the Money Pit with Charles and Terry, 672 00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:58,833 and we have another interesting core. 673 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Right around 198 all the way down to 208, 674 00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:04,167 we had some very, very soupy material. 675 00:32:04,375 --> 00:32:07,375 And we had ambiguous hits with the, uh, metal detector. 676 00:32:10,167 --> 00:32:12,333 It would, it would beep and go off and seem to be detected, 677 00:32:12,542 --> 00:32:14,542 and then we couldn't find it in the mud. 678 00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:18,583 -Correct? -Yep. 679 00:32:18,792 --> 00:32:20,000 It's in the right area, the right depth, 680 00:32:20,167 --> 00:32:21,458 the right conditions. 681 00:32:21,583 --> 00:32:23,125 You know, there's no coins staring at us, 682 00:32:23,292 --> 00:32:25,458 but who knows what to expect, right? 683 00:32:34,875 --> 00:32:38,250 [Marty] The pinpointer hits, the preliminary indication 684 00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:40,625 of metals at the base of the solution channel 685 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:44,000 could be an indicator that we are in the right spot. 686 00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:47,500 We're hoping that this is something that eroded 687 00:32:47,625 --> 00:32:49,917 from a treasure that's very close by. 688 00:32:50,083 --> 00:32:52,500 Maybe it's coming from the Chappell Vault, 689 00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:54,208 if it's really there. 690 00:32:54,375 --> 00:32:56,208 We're gonna take all of this and set it aside, Marty, 691 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:59,458 and we're gonna be sure we do a good analysis of all of it. 692 00:33:05,542 --> 00:33:07,125 Yeah. 693 00:33:07,292 --> 00:33:08,833 [Marty] It needs to go to the lab. 694 00:33:09,042 --> 00:33:12,000 The sediments, carefully analyzed, 695 00:33:12,208 --> 00:33:14,375 could yield bits of precious metals: 696 00:33:14,542 --> 00:33:16,500 silver, gold perhaps. 697 00:33:16,625 --> 00:33:18,500 Look, this is what we're looking for: 698 00:33:18,583 --> 00:33:21,625 something from the scientific reconnaissance data 699 00:33:21,792 --> 00:33:24,667 to tell us where to go to actually find the treasure. 700 00:33:24,833 --> 00:33:27,667 We're bagging the whole thing, for sure, Marty. No question. 701 00:33:27,875 --> 00:33:30,250 We'll keep you informed as we go. Talk to you soon. 702 00:33:34,917 --> 00:33:36,667 [narrator] Later that day... 703 00:33:38,208 --> 00:33:41,208 Okay, mate. I'm hoping we can find something 704 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:44,958 to help the archaeologists understand what the heck went on 705 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:48,667 in that round feature and the rectangular feature. 706 00:33:48,875 --> 00:33:50,125 [Rick] Works for me. 707 00:33:50,292 --> 00:33:52,167 [narrator] ...after the discovery 708 00:33:52,292 --> 00:33:55,375 of the 18th century simulated gemstone... 709 00:33:56,375 --> 00:33:57,833 All right. Let's find some artifacts. 710 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,917 -[metal detector beeps] -Cool. 711 00:34:00,083 --> 00:34:01,833 [narrator] ...Rick and Gary search through 712 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,667 spoils that were removed from the round feature on Lot 5. 713 00:34:06,917 --> 00:34:08,417 [Gary] Come on, give a signal. 714 00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:14,167 [metal detector beeping] 715 00:34:14,292 --> 00:34:16,167 Here we go, mate. We're in business. 716 00:34:16,292 --> 00:34:19,417 Nonferrous artifact just there. 717 00:34:19,542 --> 00:34:21,042 I don't think we got to dig very deep. 718 00:34:21,167 --> 00:34:23,792 It's gonna be in those surface layers. 719 00:34:25,750 --> 00:34:26,875 [metal detector beeping] 720 00:34:27,042 --> 00:34:29,167 That sounds really good. 721 00:34:29,375 --> 00:34:31,708 Let me see what we have got here. 722 00:34:34,292 --> 00:34:35,833 [pinpointer beeps] 723 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,083 [pinpointer beeping] 724 00:34:39,625 --> 00:34:41,917 [pinpointer beeping] 725 00:34:42,083 --> 00:34:44,500 This is my favorite part. 726 00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:46,167 [pinpointer beeping] 727 00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:49,417 Ooh. A bit of roundness. 728 00:34:49,583 --> 00:34:52,083 -Look how little that is. -Oh, yeah. 729 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:54,417 [Gary] That's a tiny little cuff button. 730 00:34:54,542 --> 00:34:56,000 Look at how little that is, mate. 731 00:34:56,208 --> 00:34:57,750 -Tiny. -Yeah. 732 00:34:57,917 --> 00:35:00,500 But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop 733 00:35:00,708 --> 00:35:02,375 -on the back. -A little knob there. 734 00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:04,708 [narrator] Could this small button be related to 735 00:35:04,875 --> 00:35:08,542 the artificial gemstones found in and near the round feature? 736 00:35:08,708 --> 00:35:12,333 If so, might it help identify one of the groups 737 00:35:12,542 --> 00:35:16,958 who occupied Lot 5 before the discovery of the Money Pit? 738 00:35:17,125 --> 00:35:19,000 [Gary] It could be like a little, 739 00:35:19,208 --> 00:35:21,500 kind of like a decorative button, say, 740 00:35:21,583 --> 00:35:24,417 off a lapel or something like this. 741 00:35:24,583 --> 00:35:27,250 Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it. 742 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:30,292 Another nice little artifact 743 00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:33,708 for Emma to hopefully shine some light on. 744 00:35:33,875 --> 00:35:35,167 I think, at this point, 745 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,167 we always talk about grouping artifacts. 746 00:35:37,375 --> 00:35:40,333 -The archaeologists should group the buttons. -Yeah. 747 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:43,167 And then maybe catalog them and give them 748 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:46,417 to a button expert, say, who can say, 749 00:35:46,625 --> 00:35:49,250 "This, stylistically, this represents this era. 750 00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:51,250 Stylistically, this represents this era." 751 00:35:51,458 --> 00:35:53,083 -It's not just a button anymore. -No. 752 00:35:53,250 --> 00:35:54,792 It's a, it's a piece of data. 753 00:35:54,958 --> 00:35:57,375 -It's a piece of history, I should say. -Yeah, it is. 754 00:35:58,167 --> 00:36:00,708 Okay, I'll put it in the bag. 755 00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:02,542 And we'll keep gridding. 756 00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:14,292 [metal detector beeping] 757 00:36:14,417 --> 00:36:16,292 Yeah, we got a good hit here, Rick. 758 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:20,375 -Really good hit. -[grunts] 759 00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:25,167 Shovel it or...? 760 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:27,458 I'll try pinpointing it first. 761 00:36:29,417 --> 00:36:31,958 Sounds like a great hit. That's nonferrous, mate. 762 00:36:32,125 --> 00:36:33,667 That is not a nail. 763 00:36:36,958 --> 00:36:38,875 [pinpointer beeping] 764 00:36:41,708 --> 00:36:43,792 [pinpointer beeping] 765 00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:47,500 -It's in my hand. -Oh. 766 00:36:47,667 --> 00:36:50,208 Ooh-hoo! What have we got here?! 767 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,625 -[Gary] Ooh-hoo! What have we got here?! -[pinpointer beeping] 768 00:36:57,750 --> 00:36:59,333 I know what that is. 769 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:01,208 [narrator] While searching spoils removed from 770 00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:04,083 the round feature on Lot 5... 771 00:37:04,208 --> 00:37:05,958 [Rick] What is it? It looks like a stone. 772 00:37:06,125 --> 00:37:08,167 [Gary] No, it is not a stone, mate. 773 00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:10,083 [narrator] ...Rick and Gary have found 774 00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:12,833 another potentially important clue. 775 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,333 I think what we have found, Rick, is something 776 00:37:15,458 --> 00:37:18,167 really, really special and unique. 777 00:37:18,292 --> 00:37:22,667 That is a folded over coin. 778 00:37:22,792 --> 00:37:24,375 Really? 779 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:27,000 That's a copper coin that's been folded over. 780 00:37:27,167 --> 00:37:29,333 Look, you can see the shape of it. 781 00:37:29,458 --> 00:37:31,167 Never heard of such a thing. 782 00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:34,000 I have, but not in North America, 783 00:37:34,208 --> 00:37:36,833 because I have found these types of artifacts 784 00:37:37,042 --> 00:37:38,833 in Europe before metal detecting. 785 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,250 -[Rick] Really? -[Gary] Yeah. 786 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:42,333 Normally, when you find something made of 787 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:45,500 copper, silver or gold and it's completely folded over, 788 00:37:45,708 --> 00:37:50,583 I believe this is a talisman, uh, to ward off bad things. 789 00:37:50,792 --> 00:37:55,250 Somebody would fold this piece of metal over, 790 00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:59,542 and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad luck. 791 00:37:59,708 --> 00:38:04,833 When would that, kind of, ritual be prevalent? 792 00:38:04,958 --> 00:38:06,042 300 or 400 years ago. 793 00:38:06,250 --> 00:38:07,792 -Really? -Yeah. 794 00:38:08,792 --> 00:38:10,292 [narrator] The ritual of folding coins 795 00:38:10,458 --> 00:38:12,000 as symbols of good luck 796 00:38:12,167 --> 00:38:14,500 or an appeal for God's protection 797 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,500 dates as far back as the times of Ancient Rome. 798 00:38:17,667 --> 00:38:20,000 However, this practice was prevalent 799 00:38:20,167 --> 00:38:24,417 throughout Europe between the 12th and 18th centuries. 800 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:29,792 [Gary] It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s. 801 00:38:29,917 --> 00:38:33,250 That would be the right time frame for Lot 5. 802 00:38:33,417 --> 00:38:35,208 Oh, yeah. 803 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:37,833 [narrator] Is it possible that this folded coin 804 00:38:38,042 --> 00:38:42,208 was left in the rounded feature on Lot 5 by someone who wanted 805 00:38:42,375 --> 00:38:44,125 spiritual protection for themselves? 806 00:38:44,292 --> 00:38:48,667 Or perhaps for something they brought to Oak Island? 807 00:38:48,833 --> 00:38:52,958 If so, could it be related to the artifacts found here 808 00:38:53,167 --> 00:38:54,875 that have been linked to the religious orders 809 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:59,292 of the Knights of Malta and the Knights Templar? 810 00:38:59,458 --> 00:39:01,667 The real story here is: 811 00:39:01,875 --> 00:39:03,792 Why a folded coin? 812 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,000 What was truly happening on Lot 5? 813 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:10,250 If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right? 814 00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:11,750 -No. -You just don't do that. 815 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:14,167 You do it for a reason. That's intentional. 816 00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:15,917 -Right? -Yeah. 817 00:39:16,042 --> 00:39:20,208 If you think about it, back even in the 16, 1700s, 818 00:39:20,375 --> 00:39:22,792 or way beyond there, those people had 819 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:25,000 a different understanding of the world. 820 00:39:25,167 --> 00:39:27,833 And so, they did things like this. 821 00:39:28,042 --> 00:39:31,333 [Rick] I have always believed, as have many others, 822 00:39:31,542 --> 00:39:34,000 that the work that was done on Oak Island was meant 823 00:39:34,208 --> 00:39:37,833 to protect something outside of temporal wealth. 824 00:39:38,875 --> 00:39:43,125 I think what was put here was meant to advance something, 825 00:39:43,292 --> 00:39:45,917 an idea, a belief, a concept, 826 00:39:46,042 --> 00:39:49,333 something of either significant historical value 827 00:39:49,542 --> 00:39:51,250 or religious value. 828 00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:52,708 You know, this island has resisted efforts 829 00:39:52,875 --> 00:39:56,167 to find the treasure for 230 years. 830 00:39:56,292 --> 00:39:57,917 There's something on this island, 831 00:39:58,042 --> 00:40:00,917 and I believe whatever was here is still here. 832 00:40:02,375 --> 00:40:03,833 Look at that. Well done, mate. 833 00:40:03,958 --> 00:40:06,500 This is absolutely fantastic, mate. 834 00:40:06,625 --> 00:40:08,708 A first for Oak Island. 835 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,083 Absolutely. Never seen anything like it. 836 00:40:11,250 --> 00:40:12,833 Didn't know the tradition. 837 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,875 That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, 838 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:18,708 -at least part of the story of what happened over there. -Yeah. 839 00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:20,708 [Rick] I'm sure it will find a safe home. 840 00:40:20,875 --> 00:40:24,292 Oh, yeah. I know where this little beauty's going. 841 00:40:24,458 --> 00:40:26,083 And I'm gonna bypass the bag. 842 00:40:26,250 --> 00:40:28,667 -But this is going straight in the top pocket. -Top pocket. 843 00:40:28,833 --> 00:40:30,875 [Gary] That's absolutely fantastic. 844 00:40:31,875 --> 00:40:35,417 And we're gonna show it to our favorite lady 845 00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:40,042 at the lab, Emma, and we'll find out what this is. 846 00:40:40,208 --> 00:40:41,417 -I want to know, mate. -[laughs] 847 00:40:41,625 --> 00:40:42,917 -Let's get back to the lab. -Okay. 848 00:40:43,042 --> 00:40:44,833 -Okay. -Cool. 849 00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:48,833 [narrator] After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings 850 00:40:48,958 --> 00:40:53,833 in the swamp and traces of metal in the Money Pit, 851 00:40:54,042 --> 00:40:55,750 an artifact surfaces 852 00:40:55,875 --> 00:40:58,833 that may be related to the struggles many have faced 853 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,833 in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200 years. 854 00:41:03,917 --> 00:41:06,958 Was a treasure of profound religious value 855 00:41:07,167 --> 00:41:10,500 really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries 856 00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:13,333 by people who were all deeply devoted 857 00:41:13,458 --> 00:41:16,333 to ensuring that it would never be found? 858 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:18,417 And could it actually be protected 859 00:41:18,583 --> 00:41:20,875 by supernatural forces? 860 00:41:21,042 --> 00:41:25,417 The Laginas and their team won't stop digging 861 00:41:25,625 --> 00:41:27,583 until they know the truth. 862 00:41:27,708 --> 00:41:32,833 But just what must they endure to find it? 863 00:41:35,375 --> 00:41:38,250 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 864 00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:39,625 -[Katya] Oh, wow. -[Derek] What is that? 865 00:41:39,708 --> 00:41:41,042 [Katya] That's exactly like 866 00:41:41,250 --> 00:41:42,958 the stakes we found near the vault. 867 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,542 [Rick] I truly believe there's still another vault there. 868 00:41:45,667 --> 00:41:47,500 -[Adam] Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Terry] There it is. The void. 869 00:41:47,625 --> 00:41:49,208 -[Charles] That's right. -Is that natural 870 00:41:49,375 --> 00:41:50,542 or is that an open cavern? 871 00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:51,875 Only a sonar can tell you that, really. 872 00:41:52,042 --> 00:41:53,833 All right. Well, that's what we'll do. 873 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,333 -Hopefully we'll find the one thing. -Cross your fingers. 874 00:41:55,458 --> 00:41:57,375 -We're in the cavity. -[Terry] Yep, you're in. 875 00:41:57,542 --> 00:41:59,125 [Rick] We'd love nothing better than to see 876 00:41:59,292 --> 00:42:02,000 -a man-made cavern or vault. -[Ken] We've got an opening. 877 00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:03,625 This is not natural. 878 00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:06,917 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS