1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,167 [narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,333 --> 00:00:05,000 [Marty] It's designed to hide something. 3 00:00:05,167 --> 00:00:06,500 I want to pick it up and see what's under there. 4 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:08,833 [Alex] Well, this could get interesting. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,125 -Oh. -[Gary] Yeah, that's a brick. 6 00:00:10,292 --> 00:00:11,833 [Tom] Somebody was in here doing this. 7 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,458 It looks like a road toward where the vault is. 8 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:15,917 -[Peter] Yeah. -[Charles] We got something in here. 9 00:00:16,042 --> 00:00:17,500 Look, it's all through it. 10 00:00:17,708 --> 00:00:20,000 -[Terry] This is very, very important. -It may be the thing. 11 00:00:20,167 --> 00:00:22,000 We've processed these deep samples 12 00:00:22,125 --> 00:00:25,000 from the Money Pit area and found something interesting. 13 00:00:25,208 --> 00:00:27,375 [Jack] We could be closer than we've ever been. 14 00:00:27,542 --> 00:00:28,750 Amen. 15 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,417 [narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,542 --> 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 00:00:44,167 --> 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 --> 00:00:54,750 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 00:01:21,917 --> 00:01:23,750 [Ethan] Hey, guys. 29 00:01:23,958 --> 00:01:25,667 -[Craig] Wow. -Hi. 30 00:01:25,875 --> 00:01:27,792 -[Marty] How we all doing? -[laughs] We're doing great. 31 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,625 [Marty] It looks like the booby trap 32 00:01:29,833 --> 00:01:32,375 -in the Indiana Jones movies, doesn't it? -[laughter] 33 00:01:32,542 --> 00:01:35,500 [narrator] As a bright new morning begins 34 00:01:35,708 --> 00:01:37,833 on Oak Island, Rick and Marty Lagina 35 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,125 and their partner Craig Tester 36 00:01:40,292 --> 00:01:42,708 join other members of the team on Lot 8 37 00:01:42,875 --> 00:01:44,833 to continue investigating 38 00:01:45,042 --> 00:01:46,500 a potentially breakthrough discovery: 39 00:01:46,708 --> 00:01:50,542 a massive boulder that sits above a series of 40 00:01:50,708 --> 00:01:54,250 smaller, evenly-spaced stones that strongly suggest 41 00:01:54,417 --> 00:01:56,667 it is not a natural formation. 42 00:01:56,875 --> 00:02:00,500 There's this trench that they've excavated that goes 43 00:02:00,667 --> 00:02:02,583 well below the bottom of the boulder, 44 00:02:02,750 --> 00:02:06,167 that was filled with rubble that's all over there, and-- 45 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:07,667 [Marty] You dug all that out from under there? 46 00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:09,167 -[Fiona] Yes. Yep. -[Jack] Wow. 47 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:12,208 This was a huge effort for somebody to do this. 48 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:15,667 We just don't know when, why and who. 49 00:02:15,875 --> 00:02:18,000 -Okay. -Yeah. 50 00:02:18,208 --> 00:02:19,583 There's actually voids underneath the rock. 51 00:02:19,750 --> 00:02:22,208 We had a camera in there, and you could see spaces. 52 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:23,958 Okay. 53 00:02:24,125 --> 00:02:25,958 [narrator] In recent weeks, 54 00:02:26,042 --> 00:02:27,917 the team has found links of a chain 55 00:02:28,083 --> 00:02:30,625 that could be 500 years old, 56 00:02:30,708 --> 00:02:34,000 as well as a potentially 700-year-old 57 00:02:34,167 --> 00:02:36,917 English bag seal near this feature. 58 00:02:37,083 --> 00:02:38,292 I'll show you, there's a really 59 00:02:38,458 --> 00:02:40,250 -good spot. -All right. 60 00:02:40,417 --> 00:02:43,583 [narrator] And after feeding a snake camera into a small void 61 00:02:43,750 --> 00:02:45,417 that was discovered below the boulder, 62 00:02:45,583 --> 00:02:49,542 they've seen not only a possible iron spike 63 00:02:49,708 --> 00:02:52,458 but perhaps evidence of treasure. 64 00:02:52,625 --> 00:02:54,500 [Rick] Oh, my God. That looks like there's a pearl. 65 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,458 [Peter] Yeah. 66 00:02:56,625 --> 00:03:00,792 One of the key things here is that the trench you see, 67 00:03:00,958 --> 00:03:02,208 it's a trench that was made 68 00:03:02,375 --> 00:03:03,708 -by somebody. -[Marty] Sure. 69 00:03:03,875 --> 00:03:05,333 [Ian] So, somebody was 70 00:03:05,542 --> 00:03:08,000 trying to get, and probably did get, 71 00:03:08,125 --> 00:03:10,708 underneath the rock with excavation. 72 00:03:10,875 --> 00:03:12,083 [Marty] Okay. 73 00:03:12,208 --> 00:03:14,958 What about it's a plug? It's a plug. 74 00:03:15,125 --> 00:03:17,333 It's designed to hide something. 75 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:19,000 [Rick] I think it is covering something. 76 00:03:19,208 --> 00:03:21,500 Some sort of cavity where something was placed. 77 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:24,583 Yes, something's under there, in my opinion. 78 00:03:25,958 --> 00:03:28,208 [Marty] That's more exciting. I mean, somebody tunneling 79 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:30,125 underneath it could have just been a searcher. 80 00:03:30,292 --> 00:03:33,375 Somebody plugging something wasn't a searcher. 81 00:03:33,542 --> 00:03:35,792 And it really doesn't appear to be modern. 82 00:03:35,958 --> 00:03:38,167 You can see the soil stains on the bottom of 83 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:39,667 those two big rocks there. 84 00:03:39,875 --> 00:03:41,667 That's an indication that these rocks have been 85 00:03:41,833 --> 00:03:43,958 sitting in that soil for a long period of time. 86 00:03:44,125 --> 00:03:47,167 -Right. -Possibly before the Money Pit was discovered. 87 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:48,958 [Marty] The Lot 8 boulder 88 00:03:49,083 --> 00:03:51,750 is the thing we weren't anticipating. 89 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:53,375 And it's very exciting 90 00:03:53,542 --> 00:03:57,667 because 100% of the archaeologists 91 00:03:57,792 --> 00:03:59,042 and the scientists 92 00:03:59,208 --> 00:04:01,333 who have looked at it said it was moved there. 93 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:05,417 We are quite sure nobody in the searcher record 94 00:04:05,542 --> 00:04:08,500 ever said anything about this boulder. 95 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:11,667 This is our find, and we get to figure out what it is. 96 00:04:11,875 --> 00:04:13,500 Is it possible 97 00:04:13,708 --> 00:04:16,625 that those rocks could be excavated rocks? 98 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:18,500 From a tunnel, say? 99 00:04:18,667 --> 00:04:20,375 Could be, right? 100 00:04:20,542 --> 00:04:22,000 [Marty] Okay, here's the next question. 101 00:04:22,167 --> 00:04:23,167 What are the rules at this point, Laird? 102 00:04:23,375 --> 00:04:24,750 What's the archaeological rules? 103 00:04:24,875 --> 00:04:26,458 I mean, I'll just come right out and say it. 104 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:28,333 I want to pick it up and see what's underneath it. 105 00:04:28,542 --> 00:04:30,250 -We know. Yeah, we heard that. -[Marty] Yeah, no, for sure. 106 00:04:30,458 --> 00:04:31,833 I mean, and nothing I've seen here 107 00:04:31,958 --> 00:04:33,542 makes me not want to. 108 00:04:33,708 --> 00:04:36,125 We are on a treasure hunt, and we have limited time. 109 00:04:36,292 --> 00:04:38,917 I think our job is to determine significance. 110 00:04:39,083 --> 00:04:40,542 Yeah. Well, I'm with you. 111 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:42,458 But what would be wrong with plopping-- 112 00:04:42,542 --> 00:04:44,042 picking that straight up 113 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:46,667 and then seeing what's under there? 114 00:04:46,792 --> 00:04:49,000 -Is there any reason we cannot? -Let's say 115 00:04:49,208 --> 00:04:51,333 -there is something significant. -Say. 116 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:54,458 The most effective way, unfortunately, 117 00:04:54,625 --> 00:04:56,542 is to excavate it by hand. 118 00:04:56,708 --> 00:05:01,083 I'd prefer to go to where Fiona is and work along that edge. 119 00:05:01,250 --> 00:05:03,125 Well, you can do that with it out of there. 120 00:05:03,292 --> 00:05:04,667 -[chuckles] -Seriously. 121 00:05:05,875 --> 00:05:07,167 [Rick] You have to remember, 122 00:05:07,375 --> 00:05:09,583 you know, archaeological context is important here. 123 00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:12,833 If we do this in haste and we do some harm, 124 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,542 we cannot put it back. 125 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:18,333 I would prefer the archaeologists 126 00:05:18,542 --> 00:05:20,917 do as much work as they deem necessary, 127 00:05:21,083 --> 00:05:25,417 and only then, we engage in the possibility of a lift. 128 00:05:25,583 --> 00:05:28,125 When would you call it done? 129 00:05:28,292 --> 00:05:30,208 I would-- I think, safely, 130 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:32,833 we can only take one other side down, I would think. 131 00:05:33,042 --> 00:05:36,083 And then, we'd have to look at some way to dig underneath. 132 00:05:36,250 --> 00:05:38,375 Yeah. Exactly. 133 00:05:39,542 --> 00:05:42,167 One thing that's limiting us are the-- are these 134 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:43,792 -three boulders. -[Craig] Yeah. 135 00:05:43,958 --> 00:05:45,167 [Marty] Well, then, 136 00:05:45,333 --> 00:05:46,750 we should at least make a road in here 137 00:05:46,917 --> 00:05:48,250 for a backhoe, 'cause you're not gonna 138 00:05:48,417 --> 00:05:50,583 move those without one, are you? 139 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:52,625 To continue this safely, those have to go, so we can... 140 00:05:52,792 --> 00:05:54,667 -[Marty] Yeah. -...have more room. 141 00:05:54,833 --> 00:05:56,542 [Craig] But you're fine with us bringing 142 00:05:56,708 --> 00:05:59,417 an excavator in and moving these bigger boulders out? 143 00:05:59,583 --> 00:06:01,333 -Yeah, of course. -[Marty] Yeah. 144 00:06:01,458 --> 00:06:03,542 Don't let my impatience give you the wrong message, 145 00:06:03,708 --> 00:06:06,333 'cause I am impatient, but this is exciting. 146 00:06:06,542 --> 00:06:09,167 -This is really cool. -Yeah. 147 00:06:09,292 --> 00:06:10,750 So, anyway, the sooner you guys 148 00:06:10,917 --> 00:06:12,708 can get back to work, the sooner we can 149 00:06:12,875 --> 00:06:14,833 do all of this, so get back to work. 150 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:16,375 Get busy, eh? Would you guys? 151 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:17,958 -Geez. -[laughter] 152 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:19,542 [narrator] As the investigation 153 00:06:19,708 --> 00:06:22,125 of the large boulder on Lot 8 continues... 154 00:06:24,042 --> 00:06:26,125 [Charles] Looks like we have a core, gentlemen. 155 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:28,333 -Thanks, Leighton. -Thank you, Leighton. 156 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:30,667 [Terry] Okay. Okay, guys, here it is. 157 00:06:30,833 --> 00:06:34,208 H.5-9, 168 to 178. 158 00:06:34,375 --> 00:06:35,750 Hand me a cutter. 159 00:06:35,917 --> 00:06:37,542 [narrator] ...in the Money Pit area, 160 00:06:37,708 --> 00:06:39,917 Terry Matheson, Charles Barkhouse 161 00:06:40,083 --> 00:06:44,833 and Steve Guptill are overseeing a new core drilling operation 162 00:06:44,917 --> 00:06:47,458 in borehole H.5-9. 163 00:06:47,625 --> 00:06:49,583 [Terry] Yeah, this is just gypsum, gentlemen. 164 00:06:49,708 --> 00:06:52,000 Solid gypsum all the way down to 178. 165 00:06:52,208 --> 00:06:54,167 -Yep. -Right into the bedrock plateau. 166 00:06:54,333 --> 00:06:56,083 -Yeah. -[Terry] As we drill down, 167 00:06:56,250 --> 00:06:58,042 oft times, we will intersect 168 00:06:58,208 --> 00:07:00,750 the bedrock plateau, which is a gypsum ledge, 169 00:07:00,958 --> 00:07:04,917 and then we'll push below it into loose, slushy areas 170 00:07:05,042 --> 00:07:07,500 which we hope the treasure has fallen into. 171 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:09,333 What lies beneath is the most important thing anyway. 172 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:10,917 We're going into the solution channel, 173 00:07:11,042 --> 00:07:13,583 -I would say, in about a foot or two. -Yeah. 174 00:07:14,625 --> 00:07:16,542 [narrator] After drilling several boreholes 175 00:07:16,708 --> 00:07:20,125 some 50 feet northeast in the so-called Peacock 176 00:07:20,250 --> 00:07:21,833 and collecting soil samples 177 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:25,125 to be tested for evidence of precious metals, 178 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:27,208 the team is returning to an area 179 00:07:27,417 --> 00:07:29,542 where previous water testing has yielded 180 00:07:29,708 --> 00:07:33,417 high traces of silver and gold over 200 feet deep 181 00:07:33,542 --> 00:07:35,125 in the solution channel. 182 00:07:36,125 --> 00:07:38,500 I have high hopes for this one because it's very close to 183 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:41,292 where we were before, H.5-8.5, 184 00:07:41,417 --> 00:07:43,458 where we found that piece of a drill. 185 00:07:43,625 --> 00:07:45,167 Right? From the 1850s. 186 00:07:45,250 --> 00:07:47,750 -Which is merely two feet from this location. -Yeah. 187 00:07:47,917 --> 00:07:49,500 [narrator] While waiting for results 188 00:07:49,667 --> 00:07:51,542 of the soil tests from the Peacock, 189 00:07:51,708 --> 00:07:53,667 the team is once again 190 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:56,500 drilling in an area where, several weeks ago, 191 00:07:56,708 --> 00:07:59,167 they recovered pieces of an iron drill rod 192 00:07:59,375 --> 00:08:02,333 that may be connected to a critical searcher operation 193 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:04,167 from 1849, 194 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:06,667 one in which a drilling foreman 195 00:08:06,792 --> 00:08:09,958 named James Pitblado reportedly unearthed 196 00:08:10,125 --> 00:08:14,708 a 14th century silver coin related to the Order of Christ, 197 00:08:14,875 --> 00:08:17,042 a Portuguese sect of the Knights Templar. 198 00:08:17,208 --> 00:08:18,708 -[Terry] Yeah, core it is. -[Charles] Looks like 199 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:20,833 -we have a core, Terry. -We got it coming now. 200 00:08:21,042 --> 00:08:23,667 The scientists tell us some big source 201 00:08:23,875 --> 00:08:25,333 of precious and other metals 202 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:26,875 is still in the Money Pit. 203 00:08:27,042 --> 00:08:28,875 It's consistent with the Pitblado discovery. 204 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:30,958 -Thanks, Leighton. -Thank you, Leighton. 205 00:08:31,083 --> 00:08:33,917 So, guys, they pushed all the way from 178 206 00:08:34,083 --> 00:08:35,917 down through to 210 here. 207 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:37,875 They pushed into relatively soft material. 208 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,333 Let's see just how soft. Let's carve it up. 209 00:08:40,542 --> 00:08:43,333 Yeah, this is nicely soft. 210 00:08:43,542 --> 00:08:45,958 That's very loose material at the top. 211 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:47,833 [Steve] We haven't hit bedrock yet, so we know we're in one of 212 00:08:48,042 --> 00:08:50,042 the deeper portions of the solution channel here. -Yeah. 213 00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:53,125 Charles, I think you can have at it, if you like. 214 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:57,625 Unfortunately, gentlemen, not in this, 215 00:08:57,792 --> 00:09:00,458 but could be the next one. 216 00:09:00,625 --> 00:09:02,167 I know you got to leave, Steve, but, uh, 217 00:09:02,333 --> 00:09:03,833 we'll go through the core and, uh, hopefully get some more 218 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,875 -results for you. -Thank you, fellas. 219 00:09:06,042 --> 00:09:07,792 -See you later, Steve. -Yeah, see you, Steve. 220 00:09:07,958 --> 00:09:10,583 [Terry] Here it comes. Thank you, Leighton. 221 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:13,000 -What do you got, Leighton? -Uh, 210 to 218. 222 00:09:13,167 --> 00:09:14,375 -210 to 218. -210 to 218. 223 00:09:14,542 --> 00:09:16,875 -Thank you. -[Leighton] Not a problem. 224 00:09:18,750 --> 00:09:20,292 This is the bottom. 225 00:09:20,458 --> 00:09:22,833 Looks like they got well into the bedrock. 226 00:09:23,042 --> 00:09:24,500 -Yep. -[Terry] So, when you're down that deep, 227 00:09:24,708 --> 00:09:26,125 you're over 200 feet, 228 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:27,833 anywhere where you might encounter the treasure, 229 00:09:27,958 --> 00:09:29,375 that's where we have to keep our eyes peeled. 230 00:09:29,542 --> 00:09:31,000 -Thank you, Leighton. -Fellas. 231 00:09:31,208 --> 00:09:33,750 [Terry] But as far as I'm concerned, this year, 232 00:09:33,917 --> 00:09:35,792 we're as close as we're ever gonna be to reaching down 233 00:09:35,958 --> 00:09:37,833 and touching that treasure beyond all imagining, 234 00:09:38,042 --> 00:09:39,750 deep in the heart of the Money Pit. 235 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:43,333 [Terry] It's a little more promising, 236 00:09:43,458 --> 00:09:45,375 but not the open, washed-out 237 00:09:45,542 --> 00:09:47,542 -slurry that we hoped for. -No. 238 00:09:49,625 --> 00:09:51,000 I'm gonna go over this. 239 00:09:51,208 --> 00:09:53,417 Something might get driven down, you know? 240 00:09:53,583 --> 00:09:55,333 Here we go. Okay. 241 00:09:56,542 --> 00:09:58,083 [pinpointer beeping] 242 00:09:58,250 --> 00:10:00,167 -Oh. -Whoa. 243 00:10:00,375 --> 00:10:01,958 We got something in here. 244 00:10:03,417 --> 00:10:04,917 [beeping continues] 245 00:10:06,625 --> 00:10:08,625 I'm getting a metal hit in here, Terry. 246 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,542 [Terry] Wow. 247 00:10:10,708 --> 00:10:11,708 Interesting, Charles. 248 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:17,333 -[Charles] Oh. -[Terry] Whoa. 249 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:19,708 [Charles] We got something in here. -[pinpointer beeping] 250 00:10:21,667 --> 00:10:23,083 -Okay, you want to... -Wow. 251 00:10:23,292 --> 00:10:24,625 ...take it over to the table? 252 00:10:24,792 --> 00:10:26,458 -Yeah, let's. -Let's do that. 253 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,167 [narrator] In the Money Pit area... 254 00:10:28,292 --> 00:10:29,500 -You ready? -This is relatively precious cargo. 255 00:10:29,708 --> 00:10:31,333 -Here we go. -Yep. 256 00:10:31,542 --> 00:10:34,167 [narrator] ...after reaching a depth of 218 feet, 257 00:10:34,292 --> 00:10:36,625 near an area where the team has previously detected 258 00:10:36,750 --> 00:10:39,333 silver and gold in the solution channel... 259 00:10:39,542 --> 00:10:40,708 Terry, wouldn't it be nice 260 00:10:40,875 --> 00:10:42,500 to hit a silver coin or something here? 261 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:44,125 -[chuckles] Yeah. -The one thing? 262 00:10:44,292 --> 00:10:46,625 [narrator] ...they have recovered a fresh drilling core 263 00:10:46,792 --> 00:10:49,417 that might contain something made of metal. 264 00:10:49,583 --> 00:10:51,875 -[Terry] That was a ringing clear as a bell, Charles. -Yeah. 265 00:10:52,042 --> 00:10:53,375 [sighs] 266 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:56,000 [Terry] Now nothing. 267 00:10:56,875 --> 00:10:58,292 [Charles] Isn't that odd? 268 00:11:01,625 --> 00:11:02,792 [Terry] That is frustrating. 269 00:11:02,958 --> 00:11:04,375 [Charles] Doesn't make any sense. 270 00:11:06,042 --> 00:11:07,792 You know, I think we should give, uh, Katya a call, 271 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,833 come out and go over it with a big metal detector. 272 00:11:10,958 --> 00:11:12,625 -Maybe I'll just text her. -Yeah. 273 00:11:13,667 --> 00:11:15,167 [Charles] We could be 274 00:11:15,292 --> 00:11:18,167 where Pitblado discovered that silver coin 275 00:11:18,292 --> 00:11:21,042 on the pot auger after it was brought up to the surface. 276 00:11:22,292 --> 00:11:23,500 So, when Katya comes up, 277 00:11:23,708 --> 00:11:25,750 maybe she'll find something substantial 278 00:11:25,917 --> 00:11:27,500 in this core that I missed. 279 00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:30,708 Get 'er all on the table. Here we go. 280 00:11:30,833 --> 00:11:32,458 Go that way. 281 00:11:32,583 --> 00:11:34,250 Pull tight. Pull tight. Pull tight. 282 00:11:34,458 --> 00:11:35,875 There we go. 283 00:11:36,042 --> 00:11:38,708 -What do we have? -[Terry] How you doing, Katya? 284 00:11:38,875 --> 00:11:40,667 Well, I initially got a hit, right? 285 00:11:40,875 --> 00:11:42,500 -Mm-hmm. -We bring it over to this table 286 00:11:42,625 --> 00:11:44,208 and I don't get the hit anymore. 287 00:11:44,375 --> 00:11:47,333 -Oh. -So, uh, it's all yours. 288 00:11:53,458 --> 00:11:54,833 [metal detector blips] 289 00:11:55,042 --> 00:11:56,375 [Terry] Oh. 290 00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:58,125 [Charles] What are those chirps? 291 00:11:58,292 --> 00:12:00,208 I'm not seeing what it is. 292 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:03,042 I'm gonna try 293 00:12:03,167 --> 00:12:05,542 -and pinpoint it as well... -Okay. 294 00:12:05,750 --> 00:12:07,167 ...because I really like to see what you're seeing 295 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:08,833 with the pinpointer. 296 00:12:09,042 --> 00:12:11,000 Well, where we got the hit was right in this one, 297 00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:12,625 but we want you to check everything, 298 00:12:12,792 --> 00:12:14,083 -but it was right there. -Right there? 299 00:12:14,250 --> 00:12:16,167 [pinpointer beeping] 300 00:12:16,375 --> 00:12:17,667 Found it and then we're having that... 301 00:12:17,875 --> 00:12:20,375 -[beeping] -[Terry] What the heck? 302 00:12:21,542 --> 00:12:23,375 [Charles] Could it be little flecks of silver or... 303 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:24,750 -It could... -[beeping] 304 00:12:24,917 --> 00:12:26,625 -It could very well be. -Yeah. 305 00:12:26,792 --> 00:12:28,333 -[consistent beeping] -I wasn't even 306 00:12:28,542 --> 00:12:29,667 getting that when I run it over. 307 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:31,375 [Terry] No. 308 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,417 -I wouldn't be able to tell you what it is... -Right. 309 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:36,208 ...just with how small it is. 310 00:12:36,375 --> 00:12:37,458 It's not being... 311 00:12:37,625 --> 00:12:39,167 -Right. -...you know, 312 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:42,000 -fully registered by the detector. -Mm-hmm. 313 00:12:42,167 --> 00:12:44,667 -But there is metal in there. -[Terry] This is loose material 314 00:12:44,875 --> 00:12:46,125 at the bottom of the solution channel. 315 00:12:46,250 --> 00:12:47,750 We're definitely gonna take it back to the lab 316 00:12:47,875 --> 00:12:49,583 but, I mean, Charles, that's great. 317 00:12:49,750 --> 00:12:53,125 [narrator] Is it possible that the metal traces could be 318 00:12:53,292 --> 00:12:55,667 related to the evidence of silver and gold 319 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:57,833 that the team has already recovered 320 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,958 in this area of the solution channel? 321 00:13:00,125 --> 00:13:01,792 -[consistent beeping] -[Terry] Oh, look at that. 322 00:13:01,917 --> 00:13:04,000 [Charles] See, you're getting it again right there. 323 00:13:04,208 --> 00:13:05,583 [Terry] Wow. 324 00:13:05,708 --> 00:13:07,167 [narrator] To find out for sure, 325 00:13:07,333 --> 00:13:08,958 the team will take the core sample 326 00:13:09,167 --> 00:13:11,958 back to the lab for a thorough analysis. 327 00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:13,458 -[Katya] Well, I'm excited. -[Charles] Yeah. 328 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:14,875 Thanks for inviting me over, guys. 329 00:13:15,042 --> 00:13:17,208 [Terry] Thanks for coming out. 330 00:13:20,292 --> 00:13:24,333 [narrator] The following day, on Lot 8... 331 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:26,333 Here they come. 332 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,125 [narrator] ...Marty prepares to move several large stones 333 00:13:28,292 --> 00:13:30,333 away from the massive boulder 334 00:13:30,542 --> 00:13:33,958 to help the archaeological team dig by hand underneath it. 335 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:39,833 Nice. 336 00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:41,500 [Craig] Gonna go with the-the big one first? 337 00:13:41,708 --> 00:13:44,042 -Yeah. -Okay. 338 00:13:46,208 --> 00:13:48,125 [Marty] It's not only tricky, I want to make sure 339 00:13:48,292 --> 00:13:49,792 that whatever I do, I don't 340 00:13:49,958 --> 00:13:52,042 dislodge them so they roll down in the hole. 341 00:13:55,583 --> 00:13:57,125 [Alex] That's good. 342 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,542 [Marty] And so, I got to make sure I keep 343 00:13:58,708 --> 00:14:01,375 control of this situation. 344 00:14:02,417 --> 00:14:03,667 [Fiona] Oh, look at that. 345 00:14:03,875 --> 00:14:05,167 -[Tansy] Ooh! -Nice. 346 00:14:05,292 --> 00:14:07,167 [Craig] You know, my biggest hope 347 00:14:07,375 --> 00:14:10,083 is that we do find something significant under the boulder. 348 00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:13,083 But I'm hoping at least we find some sort of artifact 349 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:15,125 to tell us who was there. 350 00:14:17,833 --> 00:14:19,833 -Nice job. -Done. 351 00:14:22,042 --> 00:14:23,667 [Craig] What's your plan from here? 352 00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:25,000 Yeah, from here, I think the plan, really, 353 00:14:25,167 --> 00:14:26,500 is that we're gonna kind of remove 354 00:14:26,667 --> 00:14:27,875 some of these rocks here 355 00:14:28,042 --> 00:14:29,667 because we know there's some voids 356 00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:32,167 between that large rock there, and we want to explore those. 357 00:14:32,333 --> 00:14:34,208 Because that'll determine whether that large rock 358 00:14:34,375 --> 00:14:37,167 was placed there or whether that was already in situ. 359 00:14:37,375 --> 00:14:39,667 But that really helped clear that out. 360 00:14:39,833 --> 00:14:41,625 And now we can clear out more material 361 00:14:41,792 --> 00:14:43,125 from underneath the boulder. 362 00:14:43,292 --> 00:14:44,708 So, we've got a way better chance 363 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,917 at getting the camera underneath it again. 364 00:14:47,083 --> 00:14:49,083 I think we need to investigate that a little further. 365 00:14:49,208 --> 00:14:50,833 Good. That's all you need for right now? 366 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,750 Yeah. That was perfect. 367 00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:54,000 This whole thing has been a conundrum. 368 00:14:54,167 --> 00:14:55,708 It's-it's exceptionally odd. 369 00:14:55,875 --> 00:14:57,500 Well, this is Oak Island, you know. 370 00:14:57,625 --> 00:14:58,833 -It's the island that keeps on giving. -Exceptionally odd 371 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,167 is normal. 372 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:02,292 -You guys, carry on. -Thank you. 373 00:15:04,250 --> 00:15:06,292 [narrator] Later that morning... 374 00:15:06,417 --> 00:15:09,042 [Gary] Let's find some treasure, boys. 375 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:12,542 [narrator] ...Gary and Peter join Tom Nolan and Alan Andrews 376 00:15:12,667 --> 00:15:14,125 on Tom's property 377 00:15:14,292 --> 00:15:16,417 in the northernmost region of the swamp. 378 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:19,542 They are following a cobblestone pathway north 379 00:15:19,708 --> 00:15:23,083 that is lined with eight-sided, wooden survey stakes, 380 00:15:23,208 --> 00:15:26,167 which, just one year ago, led to the discovery 381 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:28,167 of an empty brick-and-slate vault 382 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:30,375 several yards to the south. 383 00:15:30,542 --> 00:15:34,042 [Gary] Last year, we found that mysterious vault 384 00:15:34,208 --> 00:15:39,167 and stone pathway that leads to the north end of the swamp. 385 00:15:39,333 --> 00:15:42,458 But I'm hoping that we can discover another vault 386 00:15:42,625 --> 00:15:44,958 this year along the same line. 387 00:15:45,083 --> 00:15:48,167 But this time, I hope it's full of treasure. 388 00:15:48,375 --> 00:15:51,333 Okay. Coming in. 389 00:15:51,458 --> 00:15:53,750 When you're down there, Gary, I think that's a brick 390 00:15:53,917 --> 00:15:55,500 -right there. -I'll check it out. 391 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:00,333 -[Tom] See, there. Is that a brick or a rock? -This? 392 00:16:00,458 --> 00:16:02,708 [Tom] Nope, no. Right-right there. 393 00:16:02,875 --> 00:16:05,208 [Gary] Oh, there. Yeah, that's a brick. 394 00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:07,500 It's way down there as well, innit? 395 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:10,958 -[Tom] Yeah. -And it's a smaller, thinner brick. 396 00:16:11,083 --> 00:16:12,667 What would that be doing way down there? 397 00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:14,042 -Yeah. -Hmm. 398 00:16:14,167 --> 00:16:16,250 -Looks old. -It does look old. 399 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:20,167 [Gary] But we should put it to one side 400 00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:22,333 because we are testing all the bricks. 401 00:16:22,542 --> 00:16:23,958 Shouldn't have been any structures out 402 00:16:24,125 --> 00:16:25,625 in this part of the swamp. 403 00:16:25,792 --> 00:16:29,500 And I see other little flaky pieces in the wall. 404 00:16:29,625 --> 00:16:31,750 So, there's probably other pieces of brick 405 00:16:31,917 --> 00:16:33,708 -in the area. -Yeah, well, 406 00:16:33,833 --> 00:16:35,000 we'll get more answers at the lab. 407 00:16:35,208 --> 00:16:37,250 -Put this aside and keep digging? -Yeah. 408 00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:40,000 And hopefully, we can find a piece of metal that tells us 409 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:41,750 how old this brick is. 410 00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:43,375 That would be great. 411 00:16:44,708 --> 00:16:49,000 [Gary] We are noticing more rocks and more cobble. 412 00:16:49,125 --> 00:16:52,750 Well, I'm hoping this leads us to another vault. 413 00:16:52,875 --> 00:16:55,125 We're in for a great day. 414 00:16:59,125 --> 00:17:01,000 [Peter] What are you seeing, Tom? 415 00:17:02,167 --> 00:17:03,875 Tom, what are you seeing? 416 00:17:04,042 --> 00:17:06,750 Well, I thought I was seeing this cobble again, 417 00:17:06,917 --> 00:17:08,417 -and it is... -Mm-hmm. 418 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:10,917 -...but there's brick in with it. -Huh. 419 00:17:11,083 --> 00:17:13,000 Every time we see the cobble, it's like, 420 00:17:13,208 --> 00:17:14,542 "Is it natural, is it not?" 421 00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:16,167 but when you can pull a piece of brick out 422 00:17:16,375 --> 00:17:18,708 from inside the cobble... 423 00:17:20,208 --> 00:17:21,833 ...somebody was working the cobble. 424 00:17:22,042 --> 00:17:23,375 There's no other way. 425 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:25,792 It's just interesting, with cobble here, 426 00:17:25,958 --> 00:17:28,167 cobble here, cobble right behind us. 427 00:17:28,375 --> 00:17:32,292 I'm pretty sure we're on a perfect line 428 00:17:32,417 --> 00:17:35,167 going over towards the other side where the vault is. 429 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,667 It's really looking that way. 430 00:17:38,833 --> 00:17:42,292 [Gary] Maybe we'll discover another vault in this area. 431 00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:48,333 We're on a perfect line 432 00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:51,167 going over towards the other side where the vault is. 433 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:53,792 [narrator] While excavating in the northernmost region 434 00:17:53,958 --> 00:17:55,208 of the Oak Island swamp... 435 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,417 It's just interesting, with cobble here, 436 00:17:57,542 --> 00:18:00,083 cobble here, cobble right behind us. 437 00:18:00,250 --> 00:18:02,542 [narrator] ...members of the team have just uncovered 438 00:18:02,667 --> 00:18:06,208 another possible section of the cobblestone pathway. 439 00:18:06,375 --> 00:18:08,792 Want to see if Gary metal-detects in it? 440 00:18:08,958 --> 00:18:10,333 -[Tom] Yeah. -That'd be a good idea. 441 00:18:10,417 --> 00:18:12,167 -[Gary] Coming over. -Okay. 442 00:18:12,333 --> 00:18:14,708 All right, let's see if there's any metals down there. 443 00:18:14,917 --> 00:18:16,208 -Okay. -[Gary] The more time 444 00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:18,333 we spend in the swamp 445 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:22,167 and the more mysterious features we uncover, 446 00:18:22,333 --> 00:18:24,417 I'm beginning to think that the swamp 447 00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:29,125 is a much bigger part of the Oak Island treasure story. 448 00:18:29,292 --> 00:18:31,750 Where is all the metal? 449 00:18:33,083 --> 00:18:34,708 No metals. 450 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:39,625 Whenever we run across the cobble area, no metals. 451 00:18:39,750 --> 00:18:42,125 It's an head-scratcher all right, innit? 452 00:18:44,042 --> 00:18:46,083 I'm just getting a different vantage point. 453 00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:48,500 We're right in line with the other cobble. 454 00:18:48,667 --> 00:18:53,125 -Yeah. -It's right along the stakes that we're finding. 455 00:18:53,250 --> 00:18:56,250 We found another really tightly packed cobble platform, 456 00:18:56,417 --> 00:18:58,125 probably about six feet around, 457 00:18:58,250 --> 00:18:59,375 and it's right on the other side of this. 458 00:18:59,542 --> 00:19:01,333 -Mm-hmm. -You know, we've found 459 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:04,083 wood chips in it, we've found cut wood, 460 00:19:04,208 --> 00:19:05,958 and now you've got a-- some brick. 461 00:19:06,083 --> 00:19:07,167 -Yeah. -It's nice to see something 462 00:19:07,375 --> 00:19:09,167 you know man put in the cobble, 463 00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:10,667 because it puts the nail in the coffin, 464 00:19:10,833 --> 00:19:12,417 somebody was in here doing this. 465 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:16,708 So, we have four cobble areas that line up? 466 00:19:16,833 --> 00:19:18,458 -[Tom] It looks like a road or a path, I think. -[Gary] Yeah. 467 00:19:18,583 --> 00:19:21,292 -[Tom] It really does. -[Peter] I'm excited to see 468 00:19:21,417 --> 00:19:23,292 what that ties into, because I'm sure 469 00:19:23,417 --> 00:19:25,500 it ties into something on the other side of the swamp. 470 00:19:25,708 --> 00:19:27,625 [narrator] Is it possible that the team has found 471 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:30,667 a stone road in the center of the swamp 472 00:19:30,833 --> 00:19:33,333 that is related to the other stone structures 473 00:19:33,458 --> 00:19:35,000 uncovered earlier this year 474 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:37,667 along the western and southwestern regions 475 00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:39,583 of the brackish bog? 476 00:19:39,750 --> 00:19:43,375 If so, could it lead the team to a major breakthrough 477 00:19:43,542 --> 00:19:46,833 in the 231-year-old treasure mystery? 478 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,750 The constructions in the swamp are too numerous 479 00:19:49,875 --> 00:19:52,667 for there not to be a relationship between them. 480 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:56,167 The hope is they are treasure-related 481 00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:58,667 and will connect, uh, to the Money Pit 482 00:19:58,833 --> 00:20:01,125 and perhaps, even, the Lot 8 feature, 483 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:03,000 because there is an intent there. 484 00:20:03,167 --> 00:20:06,208 There is an intelligent design, if you will. 485 00:20:06,375 --> 00:20:08,417 I think it would be really good to have Steve 486 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:10,250 pin that far extent of the cobble, 487 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:12,125 just to see if it lines up. 488 00:20:12,292 --> 00:20:14,417 -Yeah. -[Alan] I'll just take a little bit off 489 00:20:14,583 --> 00:20:16,958 till I feel the cobble, and that's all I'll do. 490 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,667 Yep. Perfect. 491 00:20:18,875 --> 00:20:21,333 And we'll have to keep the twin optical scanners out, 492 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,500 because artifacts can tell a story. 493 00:20:23,708 --> 00:20:25,292 -Could find anything in here. -Yep. 494 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:26,792 [Tom] Keep digging, see if we can find 495 00:20:26,958 --> 00:20:28,208 -a little more of it. -Yep. 496 00:20:28,375 --> 00:20:29,500 [narrator] While the investigation 497 00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,000 continues in the swamp... 498 00:20:32,167 --> 00:20:33,667 [Craig] Lots to sift. 499 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,583 [narrator] ...Craig and other members of team 500 00:20:35,708 --> 00:20:37,792 continue their careful excavation 501 00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:42,250 beneath and around the massive boulder on Lot 8. 502 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:45,167 [Fiona] Laird, I wanted you to see this because, look, 503 00:20:45,375 --> 00:20:48,167 I've identified where the actual cut was 504 00:20:48,375 --> 00:20:50,542 into the subsoil itself. 505 00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:52,583 You can see it. 506 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,792 -It kind of comes down in a nice slope... -Mm. 507 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,250 ...very, very clean cut that comes at an angle like this. 508 00:21:01,542 --> 00:21:04,333 -[Craig] You guys find anything more over there? -Yeah. 509 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:06,167 [Laird] I think what we have to look at is: 510 00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:10,292 Did they excavate that with this in place? 511 00:21:10,458 --> 00:21:12,333 Or did they create, like, a cradle? 512 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:15,083 -[Fiona] Like a cradle/trench type of thing. Yeah. -Yeah. 513 00:21:15,250 --> 00:21:16,958 And as impossible as I think it is, 514 00:21:17,125 --> 00:21:20,583 did they create that cradle and then put that rock on top? 515 00:21:20,708 --> 00:21:24,125 -Boy, that would be an awful lot of effort. -I know. I know. 516 00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:27,167 I think we can say, to a degree, 517 00:21:27,375 --> 00:21:29,250 -that we know this was worked by man... -Right. 518 00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:30,667 -...not worked by machine. -[Laird] Yeah. 519 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:32,417 [chuckles] Why? 520 00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:35,500 Wow. Deconstructing this is really helping 521 00:21:35,708 --> 00:21:38,125 give us the information that we'll need to finally make 522 00:21:38,250 --> 00:21:39,833 an informed decision about it all. 523 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 So, uh, so, we just need to keep getting after it. 524 00:21:42,208 --> 00:21:43,583 -Yeah. -Okay. 525 00:21:43,792 --> 00:21:45,667 [Craig] I got some more buckets to sift through. 526 00:21:46,708 --> 00:21:48,583 ♪ ♪ 527 00:22:05,167 --> 00:22:06,792 Hey, Laird. 528 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:08,417 What you think of this? 529 00:22:08,583 --> 00:22:12,417 I don't know if that has any meaning to it or not, but... 530 00:22:12,542 --> 00:22:14,708 definitely has some material or something. 531 00:22:14,875 --> 00:22:16,750 [Laird] Mm-hmm. 532 00:22:16,917 --> 00:22:18,667 The red part looks like cloth of some sort? 533 00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:21,417 -I mean, it all looks shredded, but... -Like a textile. 534 00:22:21,583 --> 00:22:23,458 -[Craig] Yeah. -Yeah. 535 00:22:23,625 --> 00:22:27,167 You think the whole thing is a textile of some sort, or... 536 00:22:27,292 --> 00:22:28,792 [Laird] It sure looks like it. 537 00:22:28,958 --> 00:22:30,250 [Craig] The red material, 538 00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:31,875 is that a dye? 539 00:22:32,042 --> 00:22:33,833 Can we determine the type of dye, potentially? 540 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,208 It is a dye. 541 00:22:35,375 --> 00:22:37,792 The red is definitely a dye. 542 00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:40,000 -If it's older, it's a natural dye. -Mm-hmm. 543 00:22:40,167 --> 00:22:43,875 I think we have to get that, uh, under the microscope. 544 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:48,792 It's quite possible the XRF may be able to do that. 545 00:22:48,958 --> 00:22:50,667 -Okay. -Yeah. 546 00:22:50,792 --> 00:22:52,833 [Craig] I see this material and, quickly in my mind, 547 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,042 I see somebody trying to move these boulders 548 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:57,792 and it scrapes and takes a part of their shirt 549 00:22:57,917 --> 00:23:01,125 or jacket or whatever, and it's just a little piece 550 00:23:01,250 --> 00:23:03,792 left on that larger rock. 551 00:23:04,708 --> 00:23:06,167 [Laird] If we determine it's old, 552 00:23:06,333 --> 00:23:08,042 now that's pretty significant. 553 00:23:08,208 --> 00:23:09,333 -Okay. -We should be able to tell 554 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:10,792 if it's a natural fiber or not. 555 00:23:10,917 --> 00:23:14,250 -Okay. -Given the lack of artifacts, 556 00:23:14,417 --> 00:23:17,333 -I think it's worth bagging that. -Okay. 557 00:23:17,542 --> 00:23:20,000 [Craig] We know it was under one of the boulders 558 00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:21,792 that Marty had just removed, 559 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,833 so it was probably 18 inches below 560 00:23:25,042 --> 00:23:28,000 the normal surface and below a boulder. 561 00:23:28,208 --> 00:23:31,333 And it may tell us who was here and when they were here, 562 00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:34,083 so I'm excited to see what the results are. 563 00:23:34,292 --> 00:23:36,500 Even if a mouse buried this, 564 00:23:36,667 --> 00:23:39,542 the mouse would have gone into this rock structure 565 00:23:39,708 --> 00:23:41,417 -after it was made. -Correct. 566 00:23:41,542 --> 00:23:45,625 -So, this is going to be younger than, uh... -Yeah. 567 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:48,167 -...than the rock structure. -Pretty cool. 568 00:23:48,250 --> 00:23:51,292 -We know this had to be in place before then. -Earlier. 569 00:23:51,417 --> 00:23:53,042 -And that could help date it. -Yep. 570 00:23:53,208 --> 00:23:55,500 -It could be exciting. All right. -Can I bag 'er? 571 00:23:55,708 --> 00:23:57,000 Yep. 572 00:23:57,208 --> 00:23:58,417 [Craig] Okay. Well, we'll get 'er tested. 573 00:23:58,625 --> 00:24:00,083 [Laird] All right. 574 00:24:04,292 --> 00:24:06,875 [narrator] As a new morning shines bright on Oak Island... 575 00:24:07,917 --> 00:24:10,500 [Marty] Okay. I don't know too much about this. 576 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,083 Craig, why don't you give us some background. 577 00:24:12,208 --> 00:24:14,375 Yep. So, uh, you know, 578 00:24:14,542 --> 00:24:17,542 I was sifting through the materials and I found that. 579 00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:20,167 You moved the boulder. It was underneath that. 580 00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:21,750 -Really? -Hmm. -Yeah. 581 00:24:21,958 --> 00:24:23,750 [narrator] ...members of the team meet in the lab 582 00:24:23,875 --> 00:24:26,250 where Emma is analyzing the piece of fabric 583 00:24:26,375 --> 00:24:30,250 that was uncovered near the large boulder on Lot 8. 584 00:24:30,375 --> 00:24:32,292 It's the only thing that I know of 585 00:24:32,417 --> 00:24:34,375 that's been found on the site so far. 586 00:24:34,542 --> 00:24:36,250 -[Alex] Mm-hmm. -Yeah. -So, yeah, 587 00:24:36,417 --> 00:24:37,708 what can you tell us about it? 588 00:24:37,875 --> 00:24:39,667 [Emma] Yeah. So, I did do a CT scan on it, 589 00:24:39,792 --> 00:24:43,000 XRF, um, the whole shebang. 590 00:24:44,208 --> 00:24:46,167 But the CT scan actually... 591 00:24:46,333 --> 00:24:48,583 gave great imaging. 592 00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:51,542 And you can kind of see the design 593 00:24:51,708 --> 00:24:56,625 of the knitting or the loops that go inward and then outward. 594 00:24:57,708 --> 00:25:01,292 So, we're seeing a style of weft knitting. 595 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:02,875 Mm-hmm. 596 00:25:03,917 --> 00:25:06,000 [Emma] So, weft knitting is knitting 597 00:25:06,208 --> 00:25:09,917 by interlocking strands of loops, or rows of loops. 598 00:25:10,083 --> 00:25:11,833 -Okay. -Yeah. 599 00:25:12,042 --> 00:25:15,125 And whether or not it's handmade or early machine-made, 600 00:25:15,292 --> 00:25:18,833 first glance from the visuals, 601 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,667 I'm not 100% sure. 602 00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,708 It's kind of hard to narrow down. 603 00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:26,208 -Yeah. -Yeah. As for the material used, 604 00:25:26,375 --> 00:25:29,042 I would like to do a simple burn test. 605 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:31,625 -Really? -Yeah. To determine 606 00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:33,625 what kind of material was made, 607 00:25:33,792 --> 00:25:36,333 because depending on how it was burnt, 608 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,833 how it melts or kind of turns into ash, 609 00:25:39,042 --> 00:25:42,708 we can discern quickly what kind of material it is. 610 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:44,458 [Marty] Like, what are we looking for? 611 00:25:44,583 --> 00:25:46,417 -If it's what, it's what? -If it's polyester, 612 00:25:46,542 --> 00:25:47,833 it will-- it burns really quickly, 613 00:25:48,042 --> 00:25:49,500 and then it kind of turns into a liquid form. 614 00:25:49,667 --> 00:25:52,042 If it's more cotton or linen, 615 00:25:52,208 --> 00:25:56,500 it's more ashy of-of a burn. 616 00:25:56,708 --> 00:25:59,333 Um, if it's silk, as soon as you move it away 617 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:02,750 from the fire, it snuffs the fire out. 618 00:26:02,917 --> 00:26:07,167 So, it doesn't burn, it just kind of disintegrates. 619 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:11,167 Wool should kind of clump up into like an ashy 620 00:26:11,292 --> 00:26:13,875 or kind of burnt texture and then you can crush it. 621 00:26:14,042 --> 00:26:15,583 Okay. 622 00:26:16,958 --> 00:26:18,583 So, who would like to be my assistant? 623 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:20,458 -Peter. -I will. 624 00:26:20,625 --> 00:26:22,042 [Emma] Even though 625 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:24,750 burning a fabric is a bit of a destructive method, 626 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,708 it's one of the most telling methods 627 00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:29,333 that can identify or actually cancel out 628 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:33,458 what kind of material that fabric is. 629 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:36,125 And that could help determine 630 00:26:36,208 --> 00:26:39,833 whether the material is modern or not. 631 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,292 Okay. You are just going to light it on fire. 632 00:26:43,458 --> 00:26:45,083 -Okay. -[laughs softly] 633 00:26:50,708 --> 00:26:51,875 -[Marty] Wow. -[Alex] That was it? 634 00:26:52,042 --> 00:26:54,750 [Emma] Yeah. And then we'll let it cool. 635 00:26:55,708 --> 00:26:59,125 And then we can crush it. 636 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:01,500 And that is wool. 637 00:27:01,667 --> 00:27:03,708 -Really? -Wool? -Yeah. 638 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:06,167 -[Marty] Amazing. -[Laird] That's interesting, 639 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:10,333 because not far away from where that wool was found, 640 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,875 Katya found the bag seal... 641 00:27:13,083 --> 00:27:14,625 -Wow. -Okay. 642 00:27:14,750 --> 00:27:16,875 ...which has a very distinctive sheepskin symbol on it, 643 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:21,167 and that is associated with the city of Leeds in England, 644 00:27:21,333 --> 00:27:24,625 which is a major manufacturer of wool products 645 00:27:24,792 --> 00:27:26,708 dating back to the 1300s. 646 00:27:26,875 --> 00:27:28,083 Oh. 647 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:29,917 And this makes it all the more interesting. 648 00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:31,542 Yeah. 649 00:27:31,708 --> 00:27:33,208 [narrator] Could Laird be correct 650 00:27:33,417 --> 00:27:35,958 that this piece of wool fabric may be related 651 00:27:36,125 --> 00:27:38,792 to the potentially 700-year-old bag seal 652 00:27:38,917 --> 00:27:42,083 that was found just yards from the massive boulder? 653 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:45,667 If so, might it be the first key clue 654 00:27:45,792 --> 00:27:49,042 that could help identify who created the feature? 655 00:27:50,208 --> 00:27:51,958 What about the red dye? 656 00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:54,167 I know they can date dyes if there's, you know, 657 00:27:54,292 --> 00:27:56,458 enough material for you to look at there. 658 00:27:56,625 --> 00:27:58,542 Yeah, so, I was looking at the dye, 659 00:27:58,708 --> 00:28:01,875 and there's no modern, like, 20th century dyes 660 00:28:02,042 --> 00:28:03,333 that I-- or chemicals that I'm detecting, 661 00:28:03,542 --> 00:28:04,958 so that's a good sign. 662 00:28:06,042 --> 00:28:07,167 [Laird] Yeah, and the red dye is interesting 663 00:28:07,375 --> 00:28:08,667 because it was desirable 664 00:28:08,875 --> 00:28:10,583 but it was very difficult to make. 665 00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:12,417 -Yeah. -[Craig] An average person 666 00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,708 would not have "red" material? 667 00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:17,792 Except the British military, 'cause they were the redcoats. 668 00:28:17,958 --> 00:28:20,000 The French military had it. 669 00:28:20,167 --> 00:28:22,500 I guess it was relatively more expensive, 670 00:28:22,708 --> 00:28:25,625 but it was still widely, widely used. 671 00:28:25,792 --> 00:28:27,667 -Okay. -Yeah. 672 00:28:27,792 --> 00:28:29,833 -What are the next steps? -[Emma] I think getting 673 00:28:29,958 --> 00:28:32,708 an expert into knitting patterns 674 00:28:32,875 --> 00:28:35,958 and then with dye mechanics and recipes 675 00:28:36,083 --> 00:28:39,083 will point towards something more accurate. 676 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:40,833 -Yeah. Well, it makes sense. Yeah. -Yeah. Yeah. 677 00:28:41,042 --> 00:28:43,458 [Marty] Okay. Extremely interesting. 678 00:28:43,625 --> 00:28:45,958 Maybe it's the tip of the iceberg 679 00:28:46,083 --> 00:28:47,875 in terms of what we might find 680 00:28:48,042 --> 00:28:49,667 -under that boulder, right? -[chuckles] 681 00:28:49,875 --> 00:28:51,917 And actually, what we might find under the boulder itself 682 00:28:52,042 --> 00:28:54,000 -might shed a little light on that. -[Emma] Yeah. 683 00:28:54,208 --> 00:28:56,333 [Rick] We've got to dig deeper under it, 684 00:28:56,542 --> 00:28:59,583 as carefully as possible, under your guidance. 685 00:28:59,750 --> 00:29:00,958 Yeah. Absolutely. 686 00:29:01,125 --> 00:29:02,625 [Marty] Good job as always. 687 00:29:02,792 --> 00:29:05,250 Uh, enigmatic as always. 688 00:29:05,458 --> 00:29:07,333 More things to do, as always. 689 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,208 -Let's do them. -Mm-hmm. 690 00:29:09,375 --> 00:29:11,083 -[Craig] Sounds good. Thank you. -[Peter] Thank you. 691 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:13,875 [narrator] As the meeting concludes in the lab... 692 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:16,292 ...in the Money Pit area... 693 00:29:16,375 --> 00:29:18,917 [Terry] J.5-7.5 is well underway here. 694 00:29:19,083 --> 00:29:20,792 It's at the southern end of the actual opening 695 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,625 which is the solution channel, and that's where 696 00:29:23,833 --> 00:29:25,375 -the deeper areas are. -Yeah. 697 00:29:25,542 --> 00:29:27,667 [narrator] ...the team is drilling a new borehole 698 00:29:27,833 --> 00:29:31,083 known as J.5-7.5. 699 00:29:31,250 --> 00:29:34,583 It is located less than 20 feet southwest 700 00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:36,250 of their previous borehole, 701 00:29:36,458 --> 00:29:39,042 where traces of metal were detected in soils 702 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:41,917 brought up from nearly 220 feet deep 703 00:29:42,083 --> 00:29:43,583 in the solution channel. 704 00:29:44,625 --> 00:29:46,667 [Terry] Coming up now, we've hit the actual bedrock plateau 705 00:29:46,792 --> 00:29:49,042 at about 160 below grade. 706 00:29:49,208 --> 00:29:50,667 We're gonna punch through that 707 00:29:50,792 --> 00:29:52,833 and go under the ledge that has formed. 708 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,292 And we should pop out, you know, in another ten or 15 feet 709 00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:58,417 -and into the open solution channel. -Yeah. 710 00:30:03,583 --> 00:30:05,833 We have a core, gentlemen. What have you got, Leighton? 711 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,167 -Uh, 158 to 166. -166. 712 00:30:10,917 --> 00:30:13,042 [machinery whirring] 713 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:22,667 That's solid in there, isn't it? 714 00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:24,500 -Yes. -[Terry] He's jammed it 715 00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:27,333 in there very tight because he's drilling in solid gypsum. 716 00:30:29,583 --> 00:30:31,833 -It's a tough one, eh, Leighton? -We're fighting with it. 717 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,583 Yeah. Thank you. 718 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:35,375 Oftentimes, when we're drilling down, 719 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,667 looking to get to the base of the solution channel, 720 00:30:37,833 --> 00:30:39,375 you have to drill through a ledge. 721 00:30:39,542 --> 00:30:41,875 But here's the thing: there could be any amount 722 00:30:42,083 --> 00:30:45,500 of treasure or artifacts laying underneath that ledge. 723 00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:47,208 And we're gonna find it. 724 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:50,208 Here we go. Let's open 'er up and see what we got. 725 00:30:51,833 --> 00:30:55,042 So, we just have, uh, ground-up gypsum. 726 00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:57,667 And this is the plug on top, full of a lot of sand. 727 00:30:57,833 --> 00:31:00,083 -[Charles] Yeah. -You don't usually see that. 728 00:31:00,250 --> 00:31:01,750 Charles, I think you might as well do 729 00:31:01,917 --> 00:31:03,875 -your due diligence there. -Let's do it. 730 00:31:04,042 --> 00:31:06,667 I'm gonna run the pinpointer over it. 731 00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:09,333 I know this is the ledge, but I'm gonna do it anyway, right? 732 00:31:09,542 --> 00:31:12,250 -Sure. -Never know what could've got pushed down. 733 00:31:17,833 --> 00:31:19,625 Nothing so far. 734 00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:30,208 -[pinpointer beeping] -I'm getting a hit right there. 735 00:31:30,375 --> 00:31:33,375 Here, Terry, can you lift that up just to make sure? 736 00:31:35,042 --> 00:31:36,458 -Right here. -[rapid beeping] 737 00:31:36,625 --> 00:31:38,042 No, there's something there. 738 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,042 [Terry] Oh, wow. 739 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:45,708 -[Charles] No, there's something there. -[Terry] Whoa. 740 00:31:45,875 --> 00:31:47,583 [Charles] Right in here. 741 00:31:47,750 --> 00:31:49,833 -Why don't we take this one right over to there. -Okay. 742 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,667 -Let's take it over. -Yeah. 743 00:31:51,792 --> 00:31:53,167 [narrator] In the Money Pit area, 744 00:31:53,333 --> 00:31:54,958 after reaching the solution channel 745 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:57,667 at a depth of 166 feet 746 00:31:57,875 --> 00:32:01,167 in Borehole J.5-7.5... 747 00:32:01,333 --> 00:32:03,542 -[pinpointer beeping] -[Charles] Yeah, it's right in here. 748 00:32:03,708 --> 00:32:05,833 -Right in there. -Sure. 749 00:32:06,042 --> 00:32:07,917 [narrator] ...the Oak Island team 750 00:32:08,125 --> 00:32:11,000 is detecting evidence of metal in a fresh drilling core. 751 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:13,167 [Scott] Th-This is exciting, 752 00:32:13,333 --> 00:32:14,833 and it definitely has to go back to the lab. 753 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,083 -Yeah. -[Charles] Yeah. -[Marty] Any sample 754 00:32:17,208 --> 00:32:18,750 that comes up from the sonic drilling 755 00:32:18,917 --> 00:32:21,333 that has indications of metals in it, 756 00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:24,333 we're gonna send it out for more complex analysis, 757 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:26,000 in the hopes that they will reveal 758 00:32:26,208 --> 00:32:28,375 a very clear clue 759 00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:30,667 -as to where the treasure is. -Hey, guys. 760 00:32:30,750 --> 00:32:32,500 -I'm gonna run this back to the lab. -[Terry] Excellent. 761 00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:33,958 -[Steve] All right. See you, Scott. -Keep us in the loop. 762 00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:35,833 -Thanks, guys. -[Marty] And if we get 763 00:32:36,042 --> 00:32:38,167 positive results from samples we took, 764 00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:40,083 I want to put down a caisson 765 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:41,458 deep into the solution channel, 766 00:32:41,583 --> 00:32:43,583 and after all these years, we recover it. 767 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,167 [Terry] All right, let's, uh, see 768 00:32:46,292 --> 00:32:48,292 what they got for us, guys. 769 00:32:48,417 --> 00:32:49,792 Now we're down into the solution channel, 770 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,458 -so let's keep on going. -All right, guys. 771 00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:53,708 I've got to run. Uh, I will be back, though. 772 00:32:53,917 --> 00:32:55,125 -Okay. -Great stuff. See you later, Steve. 773 00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:56,625 -Thanks, man. -Yeah. See you, Steve. 774 00:32:59,208 --> 00:33:01,083 [Terry] Okay, won't be long now, Charles. 775 00:33:01,208 --> 00:33:05,167 J.5-7.5 is about to reveal its secrets. 776 00:33:05,375 --> 00:33:07,042 -[Rick] Hey, guys. -Hey, Rick. 777 00:33:07,208 --> 00:33:09,458 -What did you find? -[Terry] We're at 183. 778 00:33:09,625 --> 00:33:10,917 But, uh, we found interesting results 779 00:33:11,042 --> 00:33:13,000 up around 158 to 160. 780 00:33:13,167 --> 00:33:14,667 -Right, Charles? -[Charles] Yeah. Yeah. 781 00:33:14,833 --> 00:33:16,917 We had it on the table here, and I ran the pinpointer. 782 00:33:17,042 --> 00:33:18,500 -I was getting a chirp. -Oh. 783 00:33:18,625 --> 00:33:21,042 So, little flakes of metal or something in it. 784 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:23,417 [Rick] Interesting elevation. Well, we'll know 785 00:33:23,583 --> 00:33:25,167 with this core whether something heavy 786 00:33:25,375 --> 00:33:28,083 -could have fallen down through it. -Yeah. 787 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:30,042 [Rick] You cannot dismiss the fact 788 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:31,667 that this is very hopeful. 789 00:33:31,792 --> 00:33:33,042 [Terry] Here we go. 790 00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:35,083 There's something metallic in the core. 791 00:33:35,250 --> 00:33:38,500 It could, uh, reflect precious metals. 792 00:33:38,667 --> 00:33:39,958 [Charles] What's the bottom? 793 00:33:40,083 --> 00:33:42,167 Uh, 183 to 207. 794 00:33:42,333 --> 00:33:44,875 -Okay. -[Rick] The sonic drill program 795 00:33:45,042 --> 00:33:47,500 has been slow and arduous at times. 796 00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:51,125 But maybe we are on the cusp of finding the treasure. 797 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,875 -This is relatively loose. -[Charles] Yeah. 798 00:33:55,042 --> 00:33:56,542 It's a good sign, though. 799 00:33:58,083 --> 00:34:00,375 [Terry] Things could move around down there. 800 00:34:00,542 --> 00:34:02,500 For right now, I think maybe just the pinpointer. 801 00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:05,167 -Yep. -Yep. Okay. 802 00:34:08,542 --> 00:34:10,125 [pinpointer beeping] 803 00:34:10,292 --> 00:34:12,583 Terry, can you lift that up? Rick? 804 00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:14,083 [beeping] 805 00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:16,167 -[Terry] Wow. -Something there. 806 00:34:17,292 --> 00:34:18,958 -Very near the bottom. -Yeah. 807 00:34:19,083 --> 00:34:20,042 I think we should take this whole thing over. 808 00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:22,042 Wh-Why don't we try to do that. 809 00:34:22,208 --> 00:34:24,833 [narrator] Because previous underground water tests 810 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,375 have already revealed evidence of silver and gold in this area, 811 00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:32,167 could the repeated positive signs of metal 812 00:34:32,292 --> 00:34:36,167 from 160 to nearly 210 feet 813 00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:38,792 suggest that the team may be narrowing in 814 00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:41,500 -on a vast cache of treasure? -[pinpointer beeping] 815 00:34:41,708 --> 00:34:43,333 [Charles] Right there. 816 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:46,833 [Rick] Everywhere. 817 00:34:47,875 --> 00:34:50,458 -Look, it's all through it. -This is very, very important. 818 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:53,375 May be more than important, Terry. It may be the thing. 819 00:34:53,542 --> 00:34:55,625 -This warrants taking the whole core. -Oh, yeah. 820 00:34:55,792 --> 00:34:57,167 Yeah, no question, Rick. 821 00:34:57,292 --> 00:34:58,708 Now we have metal-detecting hits 822 00:34:58,917 --> 00:35:00,250 at the bottom of the solution channel. 823 00:35:00,417 --> 00:35:02,292 Does it represent actual treasure? 824 00:35:02,458 --> 00:35:04,417 I don't know. That's why it needs to go to the lab. 825 00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:07,125 [Marty] For weeks, Dr. Spooner has done an analysis 826 00:35:07,292 --> 00:35:11,125 of the actual sediments we found, um, 827 00:35:11,292 --> 00:35:12,833 at the base of the solution channel, 828 00:35:12,958 --> 00:35:14,583 including this area. 829 00:35:14,750 --> 00:35:19,125 Dr. Spooner is going to present those results very soon. 830 00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:21,500 So, we're keen to know what that is. 831 00:35:21,667 --> 00:35:24,375 Is it exciting? Yeah. I mean, this is what we're looking for. 832 00:35:24,542 --> 00:35:27,000 And I'm hoping that this will lead to some answers. 833 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:28,500 [Terry] This has the potential, for sure. 834 00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:30,417 So, let's bag it up. 835 00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:32,542 [Charles] Yeah. Sounds like a plan. 836 00:35:36,417 --> 00:35:38,375 [narrator] Two days later... 837 00:35:39,458 --> 00:35:42,250 [Rick] So, ladies, gentlemen, 838 00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:44,042 we have, uh, Dr. Spooner, 839 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,625 Emma and Jillian here. 840 00:35:46,792 --> 00:35:49,167 They have results looking for precious metals 841 00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:51,667 from the sonic drill program this year. 842 00:35:52,708 --> 00:35:55,667 So, we'll turn it over to Dr. Spooner, Emma and Jillian. 843 00:35:55,875 --> 00:35:57,333 All right. 844 00:35:57,542 --> 00:35:58,750 [Ian] Okay. 845 00:35:58,917 --> 00:36:01,625 So, what we have done is we've taken samples 846 00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:04,875 from deep down in the solution channel 847 00:36:05,042 --> 00:36:07,833 and processed them for XRF analysis. 848 00:36:08,042 --> 00:36:09,500 Okay. 849 00:36:09,625 --> 00:36:12,167 [narrator] Having collected soil samples 850 00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:15,417 over the past two months across the Money Pit area 851 00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:17,708 in boreholes that reached the solution channel... 852 00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:19,667 -That does it? -[Charles] Yeah. 853 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:23,083 [narrator] ...Dr. Spooner, Emma and Jillian have conducted 854 00:36:23,250 --> 00:36:26,083 X-ray fluorescence testing, which can identify 855 00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:28,000 specific metallic elements 856 00:36:28,167 --> 00:36:30,833 that are not natural to the ground soils. 857 00:36:32,375 --> 00:36:34,542 So, everyone can see the locations? 858 00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:37,583 -Is it possible, Steve, to bring this up? -[Steve] Sure. 859 00:36:37,750 --> 00:36:39,500 Yeah. 860 00:36:39,625 --> 00:36:40,958 Okay. 861 00:36:41,125 --> 00:36:44,500 [Ian] The samples that we took were I-9.5, 862 00:36:44,667 --> 00:36:46,583 J.5-8.5, 863 00:36:46,708 --> 00:36:50,583 K-2.5-8.75, 864 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:52,208 K-9.5, 865 00:36:52,375 --> 00:36:55,167 and then we also did three samples in V3, 866 00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:57,458 one of the old caissons. 867 00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:01,667 The interesting information was that 868 00:37:01,875 --> 00:37:05,667 I-9.5, which had hits with the pinpointer? 869 00:37:05,833 --> 00:37:08,167 -Yes. -Uh, that was written on the bag. 870 00:37:08,333 --> 00:37:11,167 And K-9.5 had, 871 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:14,708 on my XRF, silver... 872 00:37:16,542 --> 00:37:19,083 ...at significant concentrations. 873 00:37:19,208 --> 00:37:21,750 -[Marty] Oh, really? -[laughter] 874 00:37:22,875 --> 00:37:23,750 [Marty] Fantastic. 875 00:37:28,042 --> 00:37:29,167 [Ian] So, I-9.5 876 00:37:29,333 --> 00:37:31,792 and K-9.5 877 00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:35,667 had silver at significant concentrations. 878 00:37:35,875 --> 00:37:37,167 [Marty] Fantastic. 879 00:37:37,333 --> 00:37:39,250 [narrator] In the war room, 880 00:37:39,375 --> 00:37:41,167 the team has learned that soil samples collected 881 00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:43,417 in at least two boreholes 882 00:37:43,583 --> 00:37:46,083 near where they're currently drilling in the solution channel 883 00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:49,500 contain high traces of silver. 884 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:51,875 This could be an indication we are actually close 885 00:37:52,042 --> 00:37:53,292 to finding the treasure. 886 00:37:53,458 --> 00:37:55,667 -Amen. -That's very true, Jack. 887 00:37:55,792 --> 00:37:58,042 [Jack] There should be some local source. 888 00:37:58,208 --> 00:38:00,042 We're not finding silver like this everywhere. 889 00:38:00,208 --> 00:38:01,958 -[Emma] Yeah. -It's down there deeper. 890 00:38:02,125 --> 00:38:03,875 -Yep. -Yep. 891 00:38:04,042 --> 00:38:06,500 [Jack] And we know there has been collapses, 892 00:38:06,625 --> 00:38:08,417 and no one's really been this deep. 893 00:38:08,583 --> 00:38:10,167 -Correct. -It seems like 894 00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:13,208 we could be closer to finding it than we've ever been. 895 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:16,167 -Right. -[Marty] Yeah, so, you're talking about 896 00:38:16,292 --> 00:38:18,667 pieces of elemental silver, correct? 897 00:38:18,833 --> 00:38:21,208 It would be elemental silver, probably attached 898 00:38:21,375 --> 00:38:22,792 to clay particles. 899 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,792 Right, but-but not dissolved? 900 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,000 No. Absolutely, you're right. 901 00:38:27,167 --> 00:38:29,375 -Yeah. -[Marty] Dr. Spooner 902 00:38:29,542 --> 00:38:34,167 does detect elements of silver, and it's not dissolved. 903 00:38:34,250 --> 00:38:37,167 It's exciting as heck. That's just amazing. 904 00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:38,667 I mean, it strongly implies to me 905 00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:41,667 that the source is not natural. 906 00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:46,458 Isn't K-9.5 the deepest part of the solution channel, too? 907 00:38:46,583 --> 00:38:49,000 Yeah, 217, I believe, the end of that hole. 908 00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:50,792 -Yeah. -Okay. 909 00:38:50,958 --> 00:38:52,667 [Rick] You know what's interesting about 910 00:38:52,792 --> 00:38:55,042 the silver, though, is the so-called Pitblado coin. 911 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:57,375 There was silver in that coin. 912 00:38:57,542 --> 00:38:59,000 -Yeah. -[Steve] And another piece of data 913 00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:02,375 is we're really close to H.5-8.5, 914 00:39:02,542 --> 00:39:04,250 where, at about 174 feet, 915 00:39:04,417 --> 00:39:07,667 we found that piece of iron, possibly a drill rod. 916 00:39:07,792 --> 00:39:09,750 Emma dated that to the mid 1800s. 917 00:39:09,875 --> 00:39:11,875 And that date's really important because it dates 918 00:39:12,042 --> 00:39:13,708 to the time of Pitblado. 919 00:39:13,875 --> 00:39:16,708 We're starting to piece these little bits together. 920 00:39:16,875 --> 00:39:18,583 [Charles] Absolutely. 921 00:39:18,750 --> 00:39:20,458 [narrator] Is it possible that the traces of silver 922 00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:22,083 may be connected 923 00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:24,958 to the 14th century Portuguese coin? 924 00:39:25,125 --> 00:39:27,750 If so, might it suggest 925 00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:30,625 that there were many more in the original Money Pit 926 00:39:30,708 --> 00:39:32,375 which could have fallen to the bottom 927 00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:34,792 of the solution channel? 928 00:39:34,958 --> 00:39:36,833 [Marty] Here's the deal from my standpoint. 929 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,667 We came to the table with a theory this year, 930 00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:40,500 that our great treasure fell 931 00:39:40,583 --> 00:39:42,375 down into this solution channel. 932 00:39:42,542 --> 00:39:45,375 You know, it-it seems to be working out. 933 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:47,542 -Borne out. Yeah. -That's a victory. 934 00:39:47,750 --> 00:39:49,667 And I'll tell you what, Rick. 935 00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:53,000 There's enough here already to bring in SBC, so, Scott, 936 00:39:53,208 --> 00:39:54,667 let's set up a meeting with SBC. 937 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:57,000 -Sounds good. -[Rick] At the end of the day, 938 00:39:57,083 --> 00:40:00,167 this has always been directed towards finding something 939 00:40:00,292 --> 00:40:02,167 at depth in the Money Pit. 940 00:40:02,375 --> 00:40:04,125 That is the culmination of the year. 941 00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,000 -Yeah. -Yeah. 942 00:40:06,125 --> 00:40:07,667 Yeah, I-I'd ask each of you to start thinking about that, 943 00:40:07,875 --> 00:40:09,667 where you would like the caissons to go. 944 00:40:09,792 --> 00:40:11,667 -Yep. -Because we're going so deep-- 945 00:40:11,792 --> 00:40:13,125 deeper than any man has ever worked 946 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:14,667 in the Money Pit on Oak Island-- 947 00:40:14,875 --> 00:40:17,125 so we're gonna be pushing the envelope. 948 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,750 Right. 949 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,250 We have plenty to indicate that we cannot 950 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:22,583 abandon this hunt until we get down 951 00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:24,500 into the solution channel. 952 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:27,667 Plenty. And we're gonna go much deeper this year. 953 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:30,208 So, it's time to line up, uh, 954 00:40:30,333 --> 00:40:33,250 SB Canada and ROC 955 00:40:33,375 --> 00:40:35,875 to get back in here to-to, uh, 956 00:40:36,042 --> 00:40:38,542 place some canisters down in the solution channel. 957 00:40:38,708 --> 00:40:42,083 So, everyone needs to take a step back, 958 00:40:42,250 --> 00:40:45,417 take a deep breath and be patient, clearheaded. 959 00:40:45,625 --> 00:40:48,417 It's up to us now to-to move this thing forward 960 00:40:48,542 --> 00:40:51,375 and try to understand what happened on this island. 961 00:40:51,542 --> 00:40:53,083 So, let's get outside and do it. 962 00:40:53,292 --> 00:40:54,625 -[Marty] Good stuff. -All right. See you, guys. 963 00:40:54,750 --> 00:40:57,625 Thanks, guys. Sempre Avanti. 964 00:40:57,792 --> 00:40:59,500 [narrator] After weeks of patient 965 00:40:59,625 --> 00:41:01,250 and determined searching, 966 00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:06,000 the team may be closer than ever to realizing a dream 967 00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:08,500 that Rick and Marty have shared 968 00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:10,833 since they were just boys. 969 00:41:11,042 --> 00:41:14,500 But as they plan their most ambitious dig yet, 970 00:41:14,667 --> 00:41:17,625 to find a legendary vault in the Money Pit, 971 00:41:17,792 --> 00:41:19,333 are they on the verge 972 00:41:19,542 --> 00:41:21,958 of uncovering other secrets as well? 973 00:41:22,125 --> 00:41:26,667 Secrets no other treasure hunter ever knew 974 00:41:26,833 --> 00:41:31,125 that Oak Island was hiding? 975 00:41:34,375 --> 00:41:37,167 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 976 00:41:37,375 --> 00:41:38,667 We found the cobble. 977 00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:40,750 [Peter] It's headed towards the vault, 978 00:41:40,917 --> 00:41:43,000 and it's turning towards Lot 8. 979 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:44,708 [Rick] There has to be a reason for it. 980 00:41:44,875 --> 00:41:47,208 [Ian] We analyzed underneath the boulder. 981 00:41:47,375 --> 00:41:49,333 It's one of the most interesting 982 00:41:49,458 --> 00:41:50,958 on the island ever. 983 00:41:51,125 --> 00:41:52,750 [Marty] But if there is a tunnel under there, 984 00:41:52,958 --> 00:41:55,125 -I want to see what's under that rock. -Yep. 985 00:41:55,250 --> 00:41:56,667 This is weird. 986 00:41:56,875 --> 00:41:58,750 I think you really need to see under here. 987 00:41:58,875 --> 00:42:01,042 -[Marty] It looks like gold. -Yeah. 988 00:42:04,292 --> 00:42:05,917 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS