1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,250 [Narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:05,000 [Charles] Looks like we're getting started. 3 00:00:05,167 --> 00:00:06,750 -Oh, yeah, we're spinning off. -[Charles] We're due 4 00:00:06,958 --> 00:00:08,125 -for a little good karma. Yeah. -We are. 5 00:00:08,250 --> 00:00:09,667 We just have to find that one thing. 6 00:00:09,875 --> 00:00:11,958 -[Gary] We got a signal. -Hey, hey. 7 00:00:12,125 --> 00:00:14,458 [Gary] I should be able to pinpoint it. Ooh! Look at that. 8 00:00:14,583 --> 00:00:17,292 -See if you recognize this. -[Marty] Wow. 9 00:00:17,458 --> 00:00:18,917 That might have been an individual with Masonic ties. 10 00:00:19,042 --> 00:00:21,958 Yes. Well, that is extraordinarily cool. 11 00:00:22,083 --> 00:00:24,000 All right, here we go. It's time to lift that rock. 12 00:00:24,208 --> 00:00:25,750 -[Doug] Absolutely. -[Marty] There it goes. 13 00:00:25,875 --> 00:00:27,000 -[Rick] Wow. -[Marty] Look at that. 14 00:00:27,167 --> 00:00:28,625 -Yeah! -[laughs] 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 00:00:44,208 --> 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 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:24,167 [Marty] Okay, this isn't such good news, Rick. 29 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:25,750 It's not a happy thing. 30 00:01:25,958 --> 00:01:28,375 We just got going on TPF-1. 31 00:01:28,542 --> 00:01:31,292 A lot of pomp and circumstance, the team all energized. 32 00:01:31,417 --> 00:01:34,417 -Yeah. Yeah. -And we are at about 25 feet, 33 00:01:34,583 --> 00:01:36,458 and we're stuck. 34 00:01:36,667 --> 00:01:39,833 [Narrator] Before a new day of exploration 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 can begin on Oak Island, brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 36 00:01:44,208 --> 00:01:46,917 their partner Craig Tester and Scott Barlow 37 00:01:47,042 --> 00:01:50,000 meet to discuss a shocking setback 38 00:01:50,167 --> 00:01:52,958 that has occurred in the Money Pit area. 39 00:01:53,125 --> 00:01:55,708 If you notice, this is our current canister. 40 00:01:55,875 --> 00:01:58,542 And it is digging into fill rock. 41 00:01:58,708 --> 00:02:01,125 -And we got stuck at 25 feet. -[Craig] Yeah. 42 00:02:01,292 --> 00:02:04,083 They can't pull it up, they can't push down. 43 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:06,292 The auger, of course, can go in and out, 44 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:10,167 -but the cans itself won't move. -Yup. 45 00:02:10,292 --> 00:02:12,250 All right. Start her up! 46 00:02:12,417 --> 00:02:15,125 -Let's find some treasure, boys! -[whooping] 47 00:02:15,292 --> 00:02:17,208 [Narrator] Just one day ago, 48 00:02:17,375 --> 00:02:20,292 the teams from Soletanche Bachy Canada 49 00:02:20,458 --> 00:02:24,000 and ROC Equipment began a new excavation method 50 00:02:24,167 --> 00:02:26,792 using a seven-foot-diameter auger 51 00:02:26,917 --> 00:02:30,000 in the hopes of rapidly installing a steel shaft, 52 00:02:30,167 --> 00:02:33,000 known as Top Pocket Find. 53 00:02:34,083 --> 00:02:37,667 It was at that location where soil samples collected 54 00:02:37,833 --> 00:02:41,000 from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel 55 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:43,833 during the team's core drilling operation 56 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,167 revealed high traces of silver. 57 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:51,292 But after encountering gravel some 25 feet deep 58 00:02:51,458 --> 00:02:54,250 that was used to backfill one of the team's previous 59 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:57,000 and much more shallow excavations, 60 00:02:57,125 --> 00:02:58,833 the drilling rig was unable 61 00:02:58,958 --> 00:03:02,875 to advance the steel caissons deeper into the ground. 62 00:03:03,042 --> 00:03:06,333 And while ROC Equipment's massive rotating oscillator 63 00:03:06,542 --> 00:03:09,000 could be used to continue the dig, 64 00:03:09,125 --> 00:03:11,792 parts needed to operate it won't arrive 65 00:03:11,917 --> 00:03:15,000 on the island for two more days. 66 00:03:15,667 --> 00:03:17,542 So, we have to decide what to do. 67 00:03:17,667 --> 00:03:21,042 -Yup. -[Craig] Well, to save days, 68 00:03:21,250 --> 00:03:24,333 we'd just move over here and go ahead and drill 69 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:26,500 one that had very little backfill. 70 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:29,583 [Scott] Yes. To me, it's a really good area because 71 00:03:29,750 --> 00:03:31,417 the 1850s drill casing that we brought up. 72 00:03:31,583 --> 00:03:33,333 H.5-8.5. 73 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:35,375 -That's right there. -[Craig] Well, we theorized 74 00:03:35,542 --> 00:03:37,417 -that that core barrel could've -Core barrel. Yeah. 75 00:03:37,583 --> 00:03:39,208 -brought up that coin. -That's right. 76 00:03:39,375 --> 00:03:40,375 It was from the correct time period when they knew 77 00:03:40,583 --> 00:03:42,417 -where the Money Pit was. -Yeah. 78 00:03:42,625 --> 00:03:44,375 I just think that's a really good location. 79 00:03:45,333 --> 00:03:47,167 [Narrator] Earlier this year, 80 00:03:47,375 --> 00:03:50,333 while drilling borehole H.5-8.5 81 00:03:50,542 --> 00:03:54,167 to explore the solution channel for signs of treasure, 82 00:03:54,375 --> 00:03:56,667 at 178 feet deep, 83 00:03:56,792 --> 00:03:59,500 the team recovered a piece of old drill pipe 84 00:03:59,667 --> 00:04:02,333 that may be connected to a drilling operation 85 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:05,958 by the Truro Company in 1849. 86 00:04:06,125 --> 00:04:10,000 That is when a 14th century Portuguese silver coin 87 00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:12,000 linked to the Knights Templar 88 00:04:12,167 --> 00:04:15,208 was reportedly recovered from the original Money Pit 89 00:04:15,375 --> 00:04:18,917 by drilling foreman James Pitblado. 90 00:04:19,083 --> 00:04:22,875 The new hole location is one of the holes that we picked. 91 00:04:23,042 --> 00:04:26,375 And it's in the area that still has very elevated amounts 92 00:04:26,583 --> 00:04:28,833 of silver and some other metals in it. 93 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,375 We know we're definitely gonna go back to Top Pocket Find, 94 00:04:33,542 --> 00:04:36,167 but we need to make some holes and get down 95 00:04:36,292 --> 00:04:37,917 to the bottom of the solution channel out here, 96 00:04:38,042 --> 00:04:39,500 and we don't want to wait around 97 00:04:39,625 --> 00:04:41,583 so, we're gonna dig this one. 98 00:04:41,708 --> 00:04:44,042 You know what? Maybe it's karma. 99 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:46,583 -You know? Yeah. -It's really over here. 100 00:04:46,750 --> 00:04:48,333 -[laughs] Fine. -Well, not only that, but 101 00:04:48,458 --> 00:04:50,208 maybe we only need one hole. 102 00:04:50,375 --> 00:04:52,000 And maybe karma's saying, "You know what? 103 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:54,333 -It's not here. It's here." -[Scott] Maybe that's the name 104 00:04:54,458 --> 00:04:56,042 -for a new caisson. -[Marty] Karma. 105 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:57,375 -Karma-1. -[Marty] Karma-1. 106 00:04:57,542 --> 00:04:59,125 Nice joint effort, guys. Excellent. 107 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:00,458 -Teamwork. -Teamwork. 108 00:05:00,625 --> 00:05:02,917 -Makes the dream work. -[laughter] 109 00:05:04,917 --> 00:05:07,083 In a worst-case scenario, or a very negative situation, 110 00:05:07,208 --> 00:05:09,292 you've got to look at the upside. 111 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:11,167 Maybe it's good karma. 112 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:14,500 Maybe we are forced to move to this location. 113 00:05:15,542 --> 00:05:18,250 This area still has precious metals in the water 114 00:05:18,417 --> 00:05:20,875 and might contain some secrets. 115 00:05:21,042 --> 00:05:23,958 Okay, well, I guess it's time to go up there and make it so. 116 00:05:24,083 --> 00:05:25,333 -Yeah. -[Rick] Yeah. 117 00:05:25,542 --> 00:05:27,542 -[Marty] Karma-1. -[Rick] Let's go. 118 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:32,083 [Narrator] Later that morning, 119 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:34,167 as the teams from SB Canada 120 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:36,792 and ROC Equipment reposition equipment 121 00:05:36,958 --> 00:05:39,958 to the new digging location known as Karma-1... 122 00:05:40,958 --> 00:05:42,875 [Craig] Is he working his way back this way? 123 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:44,500 -[Tom] Yeah. -[Craig] Okay. 124 00:05:44,708 --> 00:05:46,250 [Tom] The cobble is so tricky. 125 00:05:46,375 --> 00:05:47,750 Where we are now, I mean, 126 00:05:47,917 --> 00:05:50,292 we're sort of on the perimeter of it here. 127 00:05:50,458 --> 00:05:53,208 [Narrator] ...Craig joins Tom Nolan 128 00:05:53,375 --> 00:05:55,750 and other members of the team on Tom's property 129 00:05:55,875 --> 00:05:58,000 in the northern region of the swamp, 130 00:05:58,208 --> 00:06:01,667 as they continue to investigate a cobblestone pathway. 131 00:06:01,833 --> 00:06:04,833 I know Steve's been surveying, 132 00:06:05,042 --> 00:06:06,958 marking all the stakes as they've come up, 133 00:06:07,167 --> 00:06:10,333 so it'll be interesting to see what Steve has on his map. 134 00:06:10,458 --> 00:06:11,833 Yeah, everything we've found, 135 00:06:12,042 --> 00:06:13,833 be it a stake or the cobble, he's pinned it. 136 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,125 And you want to just continue working your way around here? 137 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:18,292 We're just going to do a continuous loop 138 00:06:18,417 --> 00:06:20,958 right over to where we left off on the other side. 139 00:06:21,083 --> 00:06:22,458 -Okay. -Yup. 140 00:06:22,625 --> 00:06:24,417 Okay, sounds good. 141 00:06:25,458 --> 00:06:26,958 [Narrator] After uncovering numerous sections 142 00:06:27,083 --> 00:06:29,167 of the cobblestone path throughout the swamp 143 00:06:29,375 --> 00:06:30,792 that have been lined 144 00:06:30,958 --> 00:06:33,333 with eight-sided wooden survey stakes, 145 00:06:33,542 --> 00:06:35,667 the team is hoping to find clues 146 00:06:35,792 --> 00:06:38,250 that may help determine if it is related 147 00:06:38,375 --> 00:06:40,833 to other mysterious structures in the swamp, 148 00:06:40,958 --> 00:06:44,333 such as an empty brick and slate vault, 149 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:47,500 the potentially 16th century stone road 150 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:50,833 in the southeast corner, which may be of Portuguese origin 151 00:06:50,958 --> 00:06:54,708 and the massive, paved area near the center 152 00:06:54,875 --> 00:06:58,250 that could be as much as 800 years old. 153 00:06:58,375 --> 00:07:02,875 [Rick] We have a multiple number of carbon dates from the bog 154 00:07:03,042 --> 00:07:05,667 that lend credence to the belief that people 155 00:07:05,875 --> 00:07:11,083 were here doing something in the 1200s and the 1600s. 156 00:07:11,208 --> 00:07:14,292 Possibly Knights Templar, the Knights of Malta, 157 00:07:14,458 --> 00:07:16,333 but are they the ones? 158 00:07:16,458 --> 00:07:18,667 Are they the who? We don't know that yet. 159 00:07:18,875 --> 00:07:22,708 Maybe there'll be some answers as the work proceeds. 160 00:07:31,875 --> 00:07:33,500 Is that a stake? 161 00:07:33,625 --> 00:07:35,833 [Gary] It looks like a stake, Al. 162 00:07:36,792 --> 00:07:38,167 [Alex] Where were you digging, Al? 163 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:40,375 Just right behind me. 164 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,500 -Close to the road? -Uh, 165 00:07:42,667 --> 00:07:44,542 no, I think I got that closer 166 00:07:44,708 --> 00:07:46,625 -to my track here. Yeah. -Okay. 167 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:50,667 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 168 00:07:50,833 --> 00:07:52,167 Yeah, definitely one of those stakes. 169 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:54,292 Eight-sided, as well. 170 00:07:54,417 --> 00:07:56,083 -Is it really? -[Craig] No kidding. 171 00:07:56,250 --> 00:07:58,875 I'll pass it down to you guys. 172 00:08:01,542 --> 00:08:02,917 [Gary] No mistaken that. That looks like an oldie. 173 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:04,917 No, that's... that's the same stake 174 00:08:05,083 --> 00:08:08,792 we've been finding over and over again in the bog. 175 00:08:08,958 --> 00:08:10,917 Seems to be right along the edge of the swamp. 176 00:08:11,125 --> 00:08:13,375 [Gary] And normally when we find these 177 00:08:13,542 --> 00:08:16,333 old stakes, we find cobbles in the area. 178 00:08:16,542 --> 00:08:18,333 [Tom] Yeah. They're connected. 179 00:08:18,542 --> 00:08:19,833 [Alex] Should we survey that in? 180 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:21,542 -Yeah, I would think so. -I think we should. 181 00:08:21,708 --> 00:08:23,250 Yeah. Let's do that then. 182 00:08:23,417 --> 00:08:25,208 I'll text Steve and let him know 183 00:08:25,333 --> 00:08:27,333 that we need that surveyed so that we can continue. 184 00:08:27,458 --> 00:08:29,583 -[Craig] Okay, guys. -Yes. 185 00:08:30,875 --> 00:08:33,250 [Narrator] Due to the potential historic importance 186 00:08:33,417 --> 00:08:35,167 of the eight-sided survey stakes, 187 00:08:35,375 --> 00:08:39,875 the team has Steve Guptil record their precise locations 188 00:08:40,042 --> 00:08:43,208 to help determine if they bear any correlation 189 00:08:43,375 --> 00:08:45,250 with other features on the island, 190 00:08:45,417 --> 00:08:48,000 in addition to the cobbled path. 191 00:08:48,208 --> 00:08:51,083 [Alex] We're getting close to having uncovered most, 192 00:08:51,292 --> 00:08:53,000 if not all, of the north side of the swamp. 193 00:08:53,208 --> 00:08:55,042 And one of the major finds that sticks out is 194 00:08:55,250 --> 00:08:56,667 this... this row of stakes. 195 00:08:56,833 --> 00:08:58,875 [Gary] Here we go. Artifacts. 196 00:09:00,375 --> 00:09:03,000 [Alex] To me, it's the alignment more than anything. 197 00:09:03,208 --> 00:09:05,667 You know, it's the combination of all these individual stakes 198 00:09:05,875 --> 00:09:07,917 that's gonna point the direction 199 00:09:08,042 --> 00:09:09,625 that we need to take the treasure hunt. 200 00:09:11,875 --> 00:09:13,875 -We got a signal! -Hey. 201 00:09:14,042 --> 00:09:15,333 [beeping] 202 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:17,083 -Al! -[Gary] We got a signal. 203 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:19,208 -[beeping continues] -[turns off engine] 204 00:09:20,375 --> 00:09:22,083 Nonferrous signal 205 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:23,583 -in that last load. -Hey. 206 00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:25,958 [Gary] I should be able to pinpoint it. 207 00:09:26,125 --> 00:09:27,500 Let's see what it is. 208 00:09:27,708 --> 00:09:29,792 Let's see if it's trash or if it's treasure. 209 00:09:31,542 --> 00:09:33,917 -[beep] -There it is. 210 00:09:34,083 --> 00:09:36,042 [beeping] 211 00:09:37,375 --> 00:09:39,292 Got it in my hand. 212 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:43,458 Oh-ho, what have we got here? 213 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:45,167 Wow. 214 00:09:49,792 --> 00:09:51,500 [Gary] Ooh. I think it's lead, and 215 00:09:51,708 --> 00:09:54,500 I see things on there. Do you see some kind of design? 216 00:09:54,708 --> 00:09:56,917 [Alex] It does look like it has markings. 217 00:09:57,083 --> 00:10:00,375 [Gary] Almost like a crest or a coat of arms on there. 218 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:02,458 -Mm-hmm. -Maybe some 219 00:10:02,667 --> 00:10:05,625 kind of coin or token. 220 00:10:05,750 --> 00:10:08,542 [Narrator] In the northern region of the swamp... 221 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:12,500 Guys, check this out, what we've just found up here. 222 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:13,958 I wonder what he's come up with. 223 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:15,792 I don't know. 224 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:18,333 [Narrator] ...Gary has just discovered a curious 225 00:10:18,542 --> 00:10:21,000 and potentially valuable artifact. 226 00:10:21,208 --> 00:10:23,708 Check this out. 227 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:28,500 Alex and I believe we see a design on the front of it. 228 00:10:28,708 --> 00:10:32,833 Sure does look like some kind of coin or token. 229 00:10:33,042 --> 00:10:34,958 [Tom] There is a pattern on that. 230 00:10:35,125 --> 00:10:37,333 [Craig] Yeah, I see a couple lines 231 00:10:37,417 --> 00:10:39,083 that are shiny, little specks 232 00:10:39,208 --> 00:10:41,792 making their way through this patina, if you will. 233 00:10:41,958 --> 00:10:46,542 -What is it made of, Gary? -There was a low to mid tone. 234 00:10:46,708 --> 00:10:48,583 First, I'm thinking lead, 235 00:10:48,750 --> 00:10:51,083 but I believe it's some kind of copper alloy. 236 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:53,833 Or might be a mix-- we have found 237 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,292 some strange metals on the island. 238 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:59,500 Might be even pewter. 239 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:01,167 -Yeah, it's not very heavy. -No. 240 00:11:01,333 --> 00:11:03,167 [Gary] It's a head scratcher, isn't it? 241 00:11:03,375 --> 00:11:04,750 [Craig] Yeah, it is. 242 00:11:04,875 --> 00:11:06,667 Just the edges of it remind you 243 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:09,458 of an old silver piece of Spanish coin. 244 00:11:09,583 --> 00:11:11,833 -Yeah, the front of it's busy. -Mm. 245 00:11:12,042 --> 00:11:15,292 The back is rounded, but it's soft. 246 00:11:15,458 --> 00:11:18,375 So, what we're seeing is just material stuck to it. 247 00:11:18,542 --> 00:11:19,833 That's a great sign then. 248 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,708 So, there's a chance this could be, 249 00:11:21,917 --> 00:11:25,667 like, an old maravedi or some other coin. 250 00:11:25,833 --> 00:11:27,125 -That's what I would-- -Yup. 251 00:11:27,292 --> 00:11:29,083 Be my guess. 252 00:11:29,208 --> 00:11:34,042 [Gary] I like the look of what we have uncovered. 253 00:11:34,208 --> 00:11:37,583 We don't know what it is, but I know where it came from. Ooh! 254 00:11:37,708 --> 00:11:40,542 This was bang on the deck 255 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:43,000 of the excavation in the swamp. 256 00:11:43,167 --> 00:11:46,500 This has been there a very long time. It's encrusted. 257 00:11:46,583 --> 00:11:48,208 I don't know 258 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,250 if it's a kind of seal. 259 00:11:50,375 --> 00:11:53,708 It could be a button, but I'm hoping it's a coin. 260 00:11:53,875 --> 00:11:55,500 I think we should get this back to the lab. 261 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:57,125 -[Gary] Yeah. -Get it back right away. 262 00:11:58,375 --> 00:12:02,833 [Gary] Oh, I'm looking forward to seeing what this looks like. 263 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:08,750 [Narrator] As a new morning breaks on Oak Island... 264 00:12:08,917 --> 00:12:10,000 [Charles] Looks like we're getting started, Peter. 265 00:12:10,208 --> 00:12:12,083 [Peter] Oh, yeah, we're spinning off. 266 00:12:12,208 --> 00:12:14,083 We're due for a little good karma. 267 00:12:14,208 --> 00:12:15,958 We are. Yeah. 268 00:12:16,042 --> 00:12:17,792 [Narrator] ...Peter Fornetti and Charles Barkhouse 269 00:12:17,917 --> 00:12:20,792 oversee operations in the Money Pit area 270 00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:24,750 as the Karma-1 caisson is about to break ground. 271 00:12:24,917 --> 00:12:26,667 We have so many pieces of equipment here. 272 00:12:26,792 --> 00:12:29,208 We have two different crane systems. 273 00:12:29,375 --> 00:12:31,667 We have a front-end loader to move material. 274 00:12:31,875 --> 00:12:33,625 But what I really like is the fact that 275 00:12:33,792 --> 00:12:36,250 this year we have an auger, which, 276 00:12:36,417 --> 00:12:38,333 as it's spinning, you can see the material come out. 277 00:12:38,417 --> 00:12:41,417 It's really, really cool to see that in action. 278 00:12:41,583 --> 00:12:45,167 [Narrator] In order to get down to the solution channel, 279 00:12:45,292 --> 00:12:49,333 SB Canada and ROC Equipment are using the massive auger bit 280 00:12:49,542 --> 00:12:51,417 to rapidly drive through soil, 281 00:12:51,542 --> 00:12:53,042 hard clay or debris 282 00:12:53,208 --> 00:12:56,333 and bring the spoils to the surface. 283 00:12:56,542 --> 00:13:00,125 Once the Karma-1 shaft penetrates the solution channel 284 00:13:00,292 --> 00:13:03,417 below a depth of approximately 160 feet, 285 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:07,000 the auger will be replaced by a giant dig bucket 286 00:13:07,208 --> 00:13:09,542 that will safely collect any remaining spoils 287 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:12,458 and possible treasure. 288 00:13:12,583 --> 00:13:17,500 We're moving over to the hopefully named Karma location. 289 00:13:17,708 --> 00:13:20,083 It's not in a backfilled area, 290 00:13:20,250 --> 00:13:21,875 so we don't have to worry about this rock 291 00:13:22,042 --> 00:13:24,833 that caused the first one to seize up. 292 00:13:25,042 --> 00:13:27,667 If it lives up to its name and the karma is good karma, 293 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:29,083 I hope it's one and done. 294 00:13:29,250 --> 00:13:31,417 I hope we find something in the solution channel. 295 00:13:31,625 --> 00:13:35,458 Anywhere between 170 and 220 I'm really excited about. 296 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:37,000 -Yeah. -I know 297 00:13:37,167 --> 00:13:39,167 that we have 250 feet of casing, 298 00:13:39,375 --> 00:13:42,167 so, if there's a deep target, we're going to get it. 299 00:13:42,333 --> 00:13:43,625 We certainly are. 300 00:13:43,750 --> 00:13:45,333 We've got all the tools here 301 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:49,500 to really go deep and hopefully find that one thing. 302 00:13:49,667 --> 00:13:51,250 That you can put in my uncle's hand. 303 00:13:51,417 --> 00:13:55,125 Well, you came here as a skeptic, right? 304 00:13:55,250 --> 00:13:57,417 But you're starting to move over to our side. 305 00:13:57,542 --> 00:14:00,083 You're coming from the dark side over to the light side. 306 00:14:00,250 --> 00:14:01,542 [Peter] Based on what we're finding, 307 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:03,000 there's more evidence that 308 00:14:03,167 --> 00:14:04,500 -work was done down here. -Yeah. Yeah. 309 00:14:04,625 --> 00:14:06,167 We just have to find that one thing, 310 00:14:06,292 --> 00:14:07,958 -and it might be this hole. -I'm looking forward 311 00:14:08,083 --> 00:14:09,583 to seeing something come up out of there 312 00:14:09,792 --> 00:14:12,208 and finally put this story to bed. 313 00:14:12,375 --> 00:14:15,333 Yeah. Let's do it. Right here. Karma. 314 00:14:15,542 --> 00:14:18,042 [Narrator] As the Karma-1 shaft descends 315 00:14:18,208 --> 00:14:19,833 toward the solution channel... 316 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,500 [Marty] All right, guys. Today is the big day. 317 00:14:22,667 --> 00:14:24,167 Big day, big boulder. 318 00:14:24,375 --> 00:14:27,208 [Narrator] ...Rick, Marty and Craig are on their way 319 00:14:27,417 --> 00:14:31,000 to Lot 8 on the western side of the island. 320 00:14:31,208 --> 00:14:33,625 I have a question for each of you. 321 00:14:33,750 --> 00:14:35,417 What's under it? 322 00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:37,250 I'm thinking maybe a tunnel. 323 00:14:37,417 --> 00:14:39,583 That would be absolutely fabulous. 324 00:14:39,750 --> 00:14:41,208 Exciting as hell. 325 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:44,583 Well, let's go find out then, shall we? 326 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:46,292 It's time. 327 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:49,333 [Narrator] After weeks of patiently waiting, 328 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,333 they are about to remove a massive obstacle between them 329 00:14:53,542 --> 00:14:56,625 and possible answers to the Oak Island mystery: 330 00:14:56,792 --> 00:14:59,458 A 40,000-pound boulder. 331 00:14:59,625 --> 00:15:02,292 While this feature has never been documented 332 00:15:02,458 --> 00:15:04,042 by previous searchers, 333 00:15:04,208 --> 00:15:06,500 over the past two months, 334 00:15:06,708 --> 00:15:08,417 the team has been methodically 335 00:15:08,583 --> 00:15:11,875 excavating around and beneath the boulder by hand 336 00:15:12,042 --> 00:15:14,917 and discovered a series of evenly spaced stones 337 00:15:15,125 --> 00:15:16,500 holding it in place, 338 00:15:16,667 --> 00:15:19,958 as well as a backfilled void beneath it. 339 00:15:20,167 --> 00:15:21,458 [Fiona] I'll show you, there's a really good spot. 340 00:15:21,542 --> 00:15:23,375 [Peter] All right. 341 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,917 [Narrator] After inserting a camera into the narrow space 342 00:15:26,042 --> 00:15:28,417 that was cleared under the boulder, 343 00:15:28,583 --> 00:15:31,958 video evidence was recorded of a possible tool... 344 00:15:32,083 --> 00:15:33,792 It's gold looking. 345 00:15:33,958 --> 00:15:36,083 [Doug] It certainly is. 346 00:15:36,208 --> 00:15:38,333 [Narrator] ...and even a gold-colored substance. 347 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:41,000 And soil samples recently collected beneath it 348 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:45,000 contained unnaturally high traces of lead. 349 00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:49,375 We're seeing as high as 140 parts per million lead 350 00:15:49,542 --> 00:15:51,500 in that organic matter underneath the boulder. 351 00:15:51,667 --> 00:15:54,417 [Narrator] This has made Dr. Ian Spooner and the team 352 00:15:54,583 --> 00:15:58,583 speculate that there may be an old mine shaft underground 353 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:01,083 that the boulder is concealing. 354 00:16:02,042 --> 00:16:03,500 [Marty] Morning, team! 355 00:16:03,667 --> 00:16:05,000 [all] Morning! 356 00:16:05,167 --> 00:16:07,042 -[Marty] Are we excited? -Whoo! 357 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:09,333 -Absolutely. -We are emboldened! 358 00:16:09,542 --> 00:16:12,000 -You've been working on that one, haven't you? -I have. 359 00:16:12,167 --> 00:16:13,750 -[laughter] -What time is it, 360 00:16:13,958 --> 00:16:16,083 -Marty? -It's time to lift that rock, Gary. 361 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:18,125 Oh, I can't wait to get stuck in. 362 00:16:18,250 --> 00:16:21,667 [Narrator] Now archaeologist Laird Niven 363 00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:24,000 has given the team permission to lift the boulder 364 00:16:24,208 --> 00:16:27,083 using a 130-ton crane. 365 00:16:27,208 --> 00:16:29,875 Here it comes, folks. Right there. 366 00:16:30,042 --> 00:16:31,667 We're about to get this show on the road. 367 00:16:33,542 --> 00:16:35,917 It's very exciting. I've been wanting to move 368 00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:38,500 the Lot 8 boulder as soon as I heard about it. 369 00:16:38,583 --> 00:16:41,792 Every scientist who has looked at it 370 00:16:41,958 --> 00:16:44,167 says that this giant boulder 371 00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:46,042 was moved into position. 372 00:16:46,208 --> 00:16:49,583 Well, people don't do that even today for no reason. 373 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:52,208 Back in the day, it would've been a massive undertaking, 374 00:16:52,375 --> 00:16:54,458 so it's very exciting as to why 375 00:16:54,625 --> 00:16:57,875 this thing was placed there and what on earth is underneath it. 376 00:16:58,042 --> 00:17:00,500 [Laird] All of a sudden, the chains don't look big enough. 377 00:17:00,708 --> 00:17:02,958 [Jack] No, they don't. 378 00:17:03,083 --> 00:17:05,208 [Rick] It's exciting. You can tell 379 00:17:05,375 --> 00:17:07,667 there's a little bit of a buzz in the air that... 380 00:17:07,875 --> 00:17:10,625 people are hopeful that once the rock comes up out of the ground 381 00:17:10,750 --> 00:17:12,458 that there'll be an aha moment and you'll see something, 382 00:17:12,625 --> 00:17:16,250 i.e. answers to the Oak Island mystery. 383 00:17:17,458 --> 00:17:19,542 Here, in real time, we're gonna get an answer. 384 00:17:19,708 --> 00:17:22,417 Is there something underneath it or not? 385 00:17:24,583 --> 00:17:25,792 [Marty] All right. 386 00:17:25,958 --> 00:17:27,667 -Okay. -We're gonna have liftoff. 387 00:17:27,792 --> 00:17:29,458 [Scott] Everybody back up. 388 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:33,375 ♪ ♪ 389 00:17:36,083 --> 00:17:37,458 -Here goes. -[Gary] Here we go. 390 00:17:38,917 --> 00:17:40,708 [chuckles] Ooh. This is off the chain. 391 00:17:44,875 --> 00:17:46,125 [shutter clicks] 392 00:17:46,292 --> 00:17:48,208 [Marty] Look at that. 393 00:17:52,458 --> 00:17:55,083 -[Fiona] Wow! -[Jack] No way. 394 00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:00,042 -[Fiona] Wow! -[Jack] No way. 395 00:18:00,208 --> 00:18:01,750 -[Marty] Look at that. -[Alex] Nicely done. 396 00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:04,417 -[Gary] Wow. -[Marty] Piece of cake. Big piece of cake. 397 00:18:06,417 --> 00:18:09,500 [Fiona] Look how deep it was in that bottom. 398 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:13,000 [Narrator] On Lot 8, a crane has just lifted 399 00:18:13,167 --> 00:18:14,958 the 40,000-pound boulder... 400 00:18:15,125 --> 00:18:17,208 Okay. Let's go take a look. 401 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:21,042 ...a boulder that the team suspects 402 00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:22,667 may have been moved into place long ago 403 00:18:22,792 --> 00:18:25,875 in order to hide something beneath it. 404 00:18:27,042 --> 00:18:29,167 [Gary] The heck is going on under there? 405 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:31,667 Laird, you're up. 406 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:34,500 Initial observation is there's no sterile subsoil. 407 00:18:34,708 --> 00:18:36,667 We're seeing organics 408 00:18:36,833 --> 00:18:38,333 that were introduced somehow. 409 00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:41,167 Um, and not naturally. 410 00:18:41,375 --> 00:18:43,000 [Marty] 'Cause that dark soil's not supposed to be under it. 411 00:18:43,208 --> 00:18:44,500 [Craig] Yeah. Looks like a filled hole. 412 00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:46,875 Exactly. 413 00:18:47,042 --> 00:18:48,667 [Alex] And we don't see any structures yet. 414 00:18:48,833 --> 00:18:50,542 But that doesn't mean there's nothing down there. 415 00:18:50,708 --> 00:18:53,042 There could be something much deeper under there. 416 00:18:53,208 --> 00:18:54,500 -Absolutely. -Okay. 417 00:18:54,708 --> 00:18:56,167 [Laird] The boulder's lifted out, 418 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:58,500 and it should be sitting in glacial soils 419 00:18:58,708 --> 00:19:00,292 from 10,000 years ago, 420 00:19:00,375 --> 00:19:02,500 when it was originally deposited naturally. 421 00:19:02,667 --> 00:19:06,000 But all of those soils have been removed from under it. 422 00:19:06,125 --> 00:19:07,792 It confirmed 100% 423 00:19:07,917 --> 00:19:10,875 that that boulder was not in its original position. 424 00:19:11,042 --> 00:19:13,958 -What time is it, Marty? -It's time to metal detect, Gary. 425 00:19:14,042 --> 00:19:15,333 -Woo-hoo! -[chuckles] 426 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:17,292 Right. I'm gonna get stuck in. 427 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:20,375 [Laird] It's confounding to think about 428 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:23,000 who got that out, how they got it out. 429 00:19:23,208 --> 00:19:25,000 All right, here we go. 430 00:19:25,125 --> 00:19:26,458 I'll do this side first. 431 00:19:26,625 --> 00:19:29,000 [Laird] And I think it reinforces 432 00:19:29,208 --> 00:19:33,125 the theory that this was a coordinated effort 433 00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:36,125 by a well-organized, large group of people 434 00:19:36,292 --> 00:19:37,917 for whatever reason. 435 00:19:39,042 --> 00:19:40,333 -Nothing. -[Gary] No. 436 00:19:40,417 --> 00:19:42,667 Just not getting any metal hits. 437 00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:45,250 -Not on the outside. -[Fiona] That doesn't really surprise me 438 00:19:45,375 --> 00:19:46,917 either though, 'cause if somebody did this 439 00:19:47,042 --> 00:19:48,667 and was wanting to hide it, you're really gonna be careful 440 00:19:48,792 --> 00:19:51,333 about not dropping artifacts in there, too. 441 00:19:51,458 --> 00:19:53,833 [Alex] Plus, we've excavated even some 442 00:19:53,958 --> 00:19:56,292 1800s shafts in the Money Pit and there's no metal. 443 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,917 I mean, it's just wood all the way. 444 00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:00,833 So, no metal hits doesn't mean 445 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,792 that there isn't something down there much deeper. 446 00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:06,333 [Marty] The conjecture is the Lot 8 boulder 447 00:20:06,458 --> 00:20:08,083 was placed for some reason. 448 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:11,250 Dr. Spooner is certain the metals in the soil 449 00:20:11,417 --> 00:20:13,625 doesn't fit the soil composition as it should be. 450 00:20:13,792 --> 00:20:15,417 [Billy] I think you can definitively say 451 00:20:15,583 --> 00:20:18,292 it was worth moving 'cause there's all topsoil there. 452 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:20,417 -It doesn't make any sense. -[Marty] I absolutely think 453 00:20:20,583 --> 00:20:22,667 there's a possibility that this boulder covered 454 00:20:22,875 --> 00:20:25,917 something buried deeper, in terms of potential structures 455 00:20:26,042 --> 00:20:29,333 or finds that could help us solve the overall mystery, 456 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:32,167 because it was done a very long time ago 457 00:20:32,333 --> 00:20:33,667 for an important reason. 458 00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:35,333 And we haven't figured that out yet. 459 00:20:35,542 --> 00:20:38,583 I think the mystery continues. 460 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:40,792 It's possible we could've closed the door on it just now. 461 00:20:40,917 --> 00:20:43,542 We could've picked this up and said, "Looks like it was 462 00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:45,167 -in place naturally," but we didn't. -Exactly. 463 00:20:45,375 --> 00:20:47,250 [Fiona] When it was being lifted, I did not see 464 00:20:47,417 --> 00:20:49,458 any signs of any-any sort of, 465 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:52,333 um, mechanical equipment touching the underside. 466 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:54,000 So it's still a bit of a mystery 467 00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:56,000 how they ever would have moved this in the first place. 468 00:20:56,208 --> 00:20:57,833 Okay, well let's go to the next step, 469 00:20:58,042 --> 00:20:59,417 which is sampling, correct? 470 00:20:59,583 --> 00:21:01,167 And you guys got to do your thing 471 00:21:01,375 --> 00:21:02,667 -real carefully, all that. -Cleaning up, yeah. 472 00:21:02,875 --> 00:21:04,542 We're gonna clean up all the loose soils around the edge, 473 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:06,250 clean up the loose soils in the middle, 474 00:21:06,417 --> 00:21:09,000 and see how far down it goes. 475 00:21:09,083 --> 00:21:10,750 [Fiona] It could be much deeper than what we're seeing 476 00:21:10,917 --> 00:21:12,833 -on the surface. -[Rick] I'm still very hopeful 477 00:21:13,042 --> 00:21:14,958 -there's something under here. -Absolutely. 478 00:21:15,083 --> 00:21:17,292 This could absolutely be the highlight 479 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:19,500 of this year's entire efforts. 480 00:21:19,708 --> 00:21:21,083 There's no question about that. 481 00:21:21,250 --> 00:21:23,208 So we just got to let the work proceed. 482 00:21:23,375 --> 00:21:24,792 You guys do your thing and we'll come back. 483 00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:26,625 -We'll keep you posted, too. -Yeah, okay. All right. 484 00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:27,542 -If we find treasure, we'll let you know. -Okeydoke. 485 00:21:27,708 --> 00:21:29,333 Let's let 'em get to work. 486 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:31,333 -[Alex] Okay. -[Marty] Gary. Yeah. -[Gary] Thanks. 487 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:35,292 [Narrator] As the investigation on Lot 8 continues... 488 00:21:36,708 --> 00:21:38,292 ...later that afternoon... 489 00:21:40,375 --> 00:21:42,583 [Marty] So, now, you three found this artifact 490 00:21:42,750 --> 00:21:44,208 in the north part of the swamp. 491 00:21:44,375 --> 00:21:47,333 When we first found this artifact, 492 00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:49,208 it had a big dome of dirt 493 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:51,375 -over the top. -[Alex] Yeah. We knew we could see 494 00:21:51,542 --> 00:21:53,750 markings, but we didn't know what to make of it. 495 00:21:53,917 --> 00:21:57,917 -Yeah. -...Marty, Craig, and other members of the team 496 00:21:58,083 --> 00:22:00,583 join Laird and Emma in the lab 497 00:22:00,708 --> 00:22:03,375 regarding the artifact that was found one day ago 498 00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:05,583 near the cobblestone pathway. 499 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:08,500 We were hoping it was a coin, a token. 500 00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:10,625 So what is it, Laird? Emma? 501 00:22:10,792 --> 00:22:12,792 Well, I learned a new word today, 502 00:22:12,958 --> 00:22:14,167 "exonumia." 503 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:15,875 -Ooh. -Which is 504 00:22:16,083 --> 00:22:20,333 nongovernment-issued, uh, metals and tokens. 505 00:22:20,542 --> 00:22:23,250 -So it's not a coin. It's a special item. -Yeah. 506 00:22:23,417 --> 00:22:24,708 [Laird] Yeah. So this is one of the first 507 00:22:24,917 --> 00:22:28,292 commemorative pieces made in the United States. 508 00:22:28,458 --> 00:22:29,750 -Wow. -Really? -[Emma] Mm-hmm. 509 00:22:29,917 --> 00:22:32,458 So now, see if you recognize this person. 510 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:36,250 [Marty] George Washington. 511 00:22:36,375 --> 00:22:37,792 -Oh. -Yeah. 512 00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:39,417 [Marty] Father of our country right there. 513 00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:40,833 -[Alex] Yeah. -[Laird] That's right. 514 00:22:40,958 --> 00:22:43,000 And if we flip around to the other side... 515 00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:48,750 ...it's actually an urn. It's a funerary urn. 516 00:22:48,917 --> 00:22:52,958 -[Alex] Oh. -So this is a-a-a medal 517 00:22:53,125 --> 00:22:56,000 from 1800 that commemorates 518 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,875 George Washington's death 519 00:22:58,042 --> 00:23:00,375 on December 14, 1799. 520 00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:03,458 -Well, that is extraordinarily cool. -[Alex] Yeah. 521 00:23:03,625 --> 00:23:05,250 And the hole in the top is deliberate, 522 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:08,417 because these were meant to wear at a service 523 00:23:08,542 --> 00:23:10,000 for George Washington... 524 00:23:10,208 --> 00:23:13,292 -Wow. -...on February 22, 1800. 525 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:15,833 -So just unique just to that funeral? -Yeah. 526 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,083 And, interestingly, Washington was a Mason. 527 00:23:19,250 --> 00:23:22,583 Right? This was designed by Jacob Perkins, who was a Mason. 528 00:23:22,708 --> 00:23:24,375 That's really something. 529 00:23:24,875 --> 00:23:28,583 [Narrator] Jacob Perkins of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 530 00:23:28,750 --> 00:23:31,583 was an inventor who designed bank notes 531 00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:33,958 and developed anti-counterfeiting techniques 532 00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:37,375 for U.S. currency in the late 18th century. 533 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:40,458 He created the Washington Funeral Medal 534 00:23:40,583 --> 00:23:42,875 to serve as a unique Masonic tribute 535 00:23:43,042 --> 00:23:44,500 to President Washington, 536 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:47,958 who was also a well-known member of the Freemasons, 537 00:23:48,125 --> 00:23:50,542 the secretive fraternity that many believe 538 00:23:50,708 --> 00:23:53,333 descended from the Knights Templar. 539 00:23:53,417 --> 00:23:56,250 It's extraordinary if you found it in Boston. 540 00:23:56,417 --> 00:23:59,167 -Yeah. -Right? It's really extraordinary to find it here. 541 00:23:59,250 --> 00:24:01,042 -[Alex] Yeah. -Yeah. They're rare. 542 00:24:01,208 --> 00:24:04,583 I think it speaks to somebody of pretty high status. 543 00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:06,875 I-I find that extraordinarily exciting. 544 00:24:07,042 --> 00:24:09,500 -You do, too, don't you? I can tell by your-- Yeah. -Oh, yeah. 545 00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:11,750 Yeah, it-it-- Well, it's like everything we find. 546 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:13,583 -It makes no sense. -But this-- 547 00:24:13,708 --> 00:24:15,000 [Alex] Well, this is-- this is the second president 548 00:24:15,208 --> 00:24:16,750 that's actually tied to the Oak Island mystery. 549 00:24:16,917 --> 00:24:20,417 Because there's FDR and there's George Washington. 550 00:24:20,583 --> 00:24:21,792 And they were both Masons. 551 00:24:21,917 --> 00:24:23,750 -Both those presidents. -For sure. 552 00:24:23,958 --> 00:24:26,417 [Narrator] Ever since the discovery of the Money Pit 553 00:24:26,583 --> 00:24:29,167 in 1795, 554 00:24:29,375 --> 00:24:32,000 Freemasons such as Daniel McGinnis, 555 00:24:32,167 --> 00:24:33,625 Melbourne Chappell, 556 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:37,833 and Franklin D. Roosevelt have either led or been involved 557 00:24:38,042 --> 00:24:41,792 in nearly every organized treasure hunt on Oak Island. 558 00:24:41,958 --> 00:24:44,833 And just as curious are the many Masonic symbols 559 00:24:44,958 --> 00:24:48,667 that have been found across its 140 acres, 560 00:24:48,792 --> 00:24:52,667 including a man-made feature in the northern region 561 00:24:52,875 --> 00:24:55,542 of the triangle-shaped swamp that may represent 562 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:57,500 the All-Seeing Eye. 563 00:24:58,708 --> 00:25:00,333 [Marty] I-I really like this. 564 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,167 I think this is really trying to tell some kind of story. 565 00:25:03,333 --> 00:25:05,542 -Yeah. -Well, what's it doing here? 566 00:25:05,667 --> 00:25:08,333 -I have no idea. -[Marty] Well, listen, I would be remiss 567 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:10,250 if I didn't get Big Brother over here. 568 00:25:10,417 --> 00:25:13,667 So... hang on, let me text him. 569 00:25:13,792 --> 00:25:15,500 Okay. 570 00:25:15,667 --> 00:25:17,167 [Marty] "Something you need to see." 571 00:25:17,375 --> 00:25:18,583 [laughter] 572 00:25:18,792 --> 00:25:20,875 [Gary] Bloody amazing, isn't it? 573 00:25:24,625 --> 00:25:26,125 [Marty] He'll be here in a minute, I think. 574 00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:28,500 -[Alex] Hey. -Hello, Big Brother. 575 00:25:28,708 --> 00:25:30,208 -[Craig] Hey, Rick. -So... 576 00:25:30,375 --> 00:25:32,667 what-what secrets do we have today? 577 00:25:32,875 --> 00:25:34,583 -[Craig] Here it is. -No secrets, 578 00:25:34,708 --> 00:25:36,292 but a great story. 579 00:25:36,458 --> 00:25:37,750 Who is that? 580 00:25:37,875 --> 00:25:39,500 [Rick] Well, that's Washington. 581 00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:40,958 -Yep. -It sure as heck is. 582 00:25:41,083 --> 00:25:43,292 [Narrator] In the Oak Island lab, 583 00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:46,875 Rick joins the team to see the Masonic funerary medal 584 00:25:47,042 --> 00:25:49,500 bearing the likeness of George Washington. 585 00:25:49,667 --> 00:25:52,417 [Laird] So, it's an 1800 medal 586 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:55,167 commemorating George Washington's death 587 00:25:55,292 --> 00:25:57,083 in 1799. 588 00:25:57,250 --> 00:25:58,833 Really? 589 00:25:59,042 --> 00:26:01,333 Found here, on Oak Island, in the swamp. 590 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:02,833 Hmm. 591 00:26:03,042 --> 00:26:05,292 [Marty] This almost has to be 592 00:26:05,458 --> 00:26:09,167 somebody very much associated with George Washington. 593 00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:11,208 That might have been an individual with Masonic ties. 594 00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:13,375 [Marty] Yes. It fits in 595 00:26:13,583 --> 00:26:15,792 with one of my pet theories. 596 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:18,333 [Doug] Yeah. Somehow, Oak Island 597 00:26:18,542 --> 00:26:21,000 -was associated with revenues... -Yeah. 598 00:26:21,167 --> 00:26:23,125 -...to fund the American Revolution, right? -Right. 599 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:25,625 [Cort over Skype] We know Freemasons, 600 00:26:25,792 --> 00:26:28,000 who were Knights Templar, 601 00:26:28,208 --> 00:26:30,417 that they had a hand in the creation 602 00:26:30,542 --> 00:26:33,208 -of the United States. -Yeah. 603 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:35,417 [Narrator] In 2018, 604 00:26:35,583 --> 00:26:38,250 author and researcher Cort Lindahl, 605 00:26:38,417 --> 00:26:39,917 along with his brother Bruce, 606 00:26:40,083 --> 00:26:42,792 presented the team with this compelling theory. 607 00:26:42,958 --> 00:26:45,458 Louis Alexandre Rochefoucauld, 608 00:26:45,583 --> 00:26:47,792 in his friendship with Benjamin Franklin 609 00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:50,083 and Thomas Jefferson, may have actually told them 610 00:26:50,250 --> 00:26:53,250 of Oak Island or whatever secret was there. 611 00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:58,333 [Narrator] It was Cort's belief that secret knowledge 612 00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:00,458 or Templar treasures on Oak Island 613 00:27:00,583 --> 00:27:02,667 was given to General George Washington 614 00:27:02,833 --> 00:27:05,583 and other leaders of the American Revolution 615 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:07,917 by a member of the Rochefoucauld family, 616 00:27:08,042 --> 00:27:11,500 a family of French nobles with ties to the Knights Templar 617 00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:14,333 dating back to the 12th century. 618 00:27:15,375 --> 00:27:17,125 [Bruce] They could have had part of the treasure 619 00:27:17,292 --> 00:27:21,708 from Oak Island as a way to finance the war 620 00:27:21,917 --> 00:27:25,458 and help establish the new country. 621 00:27:25,625 --> 00:27:27,292 [Marty] Holy smokes. 622 00:27:28,542 --> 00:27:30,333 Watch your step. This stuff is slippery. 623 00:27:30,542 --> 00:27:31,917 [Narrator] Following their meeting, 624 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:34,417 Bruce, Marty and members of the team 625 00:27:34,583 --> 00:27:38,375 examined a carving located on the island's northern shore. 626 00:27:38,583 --> 00:27:39,833 [Marty] One, two, 627 00:27:40,042 --> 00:27:42,708 three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 628 00:27:42,875 --> 00:27:45,542 nine, ten, 11, 12, 13. 629 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:49,500 [Narrator] It was a carving believed to depict a symbol 630 00:27:49,708 --> 00:27:51,667 known as "An Appeal to Heaven." 631 00:27:51,792 --> 00:27:55,917 Commissioned by General George Washington in 1775, 632 00:27:56,083 --> 00:27:58,000 the symbol adorned battle flags 633 00:27:58,167 --> 00:28:00,625 throughout the 13 American colonies 634 00:28:00,792 --> 00:28:02,583 to inspire support 635 00:28:02,750 --> 00:28:05,042 for the revolution against Great Britain. 636 00:28:07,042 --> 00:28:08,833 [Rick] One has to remember that in 1800, 637 00:28:09,042 --> 00:28:11,167 the treasure hunt had just started. 638 00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:13,958 What was someone doing, with a commemorative token 639 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:16,542 of George Washington's funeral, 640 00:28:16,708 --> 00:28:19,458 traipsing about in the north end of the bog? 641 00:28:19,583 --> 00:28:21,833 It defies logic. 642 00:28:22,042 --> 00:28:24,667 Unless that person had knowledge 643 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:28,292 of some enterprise happening on the island. 644 00:28:28,417 --> 00:28:32,125 Maybe it's possibly connected to the group of individuals 645 00:28:32,250 --> 00:28:35,583 responsible for the vault in the swamp. 646 00:28:35,708 --> 00:28:37,875 It probably would be worth looking at 647 00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:40,333 who was still living on the island 648 00:28:40,542 --> 00:28:43,125 in this period of time that might have had sympathies 649 00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:44,875 -to the revolution on-on the American side. -[Marty] Yes. 650 00:28:45,042 --> 00:28:46,667 I think that's what it's crying out for. 651 00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:48,167 -Yeah. -Yeah. I do. 652 00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:50,292 -You gonna go back there? -Oh, yeah. 653 00:28:50,417 --> 00:28:52,917 And I always say the same: "All it takes is one good find." 654 00:28:53,083 --> 00:28:55,500 -This is a good find. -It is a good find. 655 00:28:55,708 --> 00:28:57,792 -It's excellent. -We got to get back to work. 656 00:28:57,958 --> 00:28:59,833 -All right, we'll see you, then. -Thanks. -Yeah. 657 00:28:59,958 --> 00:29:02,750 [Marty] Excellent. Excellent, excellent. 658 00:29:03,917 --> 00:29:05,375 [Narrator] Later that day... 659 00:29:06,583 --> 00:29:08,208 -[Craig] Hello. -[Ian] Hey, Laird. 660 00:29:08,417 --> 00:29:09,542 -Hey, Fiona. -Hi. 661 00:29:09,708 --> 00:29:10,917 -Wow. -Boulder's gone. 662 00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:12,667 That's pretty impressive. 663 00:29:12,792 --> 00:29:14,667 [Narrator] ...Craig, Jack and Dr. Ian Spooner 664 00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:17,667 arrive at the site of the Lot 8 boulder. 665 00:29:17,875 --> 00:29:20,375 It came up like nothing. 666 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,667 Zero resistance. And interestingly, 667 00:29:22,833 --> 00:29:24,583 it looks like this may have been all 668 00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:26,500 -rock-lined. -[Ian] Yeah. 669 00:29:26,708 --> 00:29:28,917 And we now have the opportunity 670 00:29:29,083 --> 00:29:31,333 to see if there's metals in that soil 671 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:34,750 that might tell us a little bit more about what was happening. 672 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,375 -Yeah. -It may help guide your work 673 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,375 because if we see an area that's, 674 00:29:39,542 --> 00:29:41,042 you know, high in metals, 675 00:29:41,208 --> 00:29:43,000 -we should be really careful with that. -Yeah, okay. 676 00:29:43,167 --> 00:29:45,625 I think it's a good idea just to run a quick XRF. 677 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:47,000 Okay. 678 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:49,167 Your machine's taking a-an image 679 00:29:49,375 --> 00:29:51,583 -right off the surface, right? -Right off the surface. Yeah. 680 00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:53,375 So, we can do the top of the upper layer, 681 00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:56,667 the top of the lower layer, and even hit it from the side 682 00:29:56,875 --> 00:29:59,000 -to get different ideas? Okay. -Yep. 683 00:29:59,208 --> 00:30:02,500 [Ian] So, let's get this thing sparked up. 684 00:30:02,625 --> 00:30:05,083 I see you brought in the, uh, A-Team here, guys. 685 00:30:05,208 --> 00:30:06,500 -[soft laughter] -Uh, I'm gonna come down there, 686 00:30:06,667 --> 00:30:08,292 and you guys can tell me what's going on. 687 00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:10,500 [Craig] Just getting ready to test the soil down there 688 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:12,958 -for anything else. -[Ian] Anything else, yeah. 689 00:30:13,125 --> 00:30:14,792 -Well, let's run the XRF. -[Ian] Yes, so, 690 00:30:14,958 --> 00:30:17,208 I'm gonna scamper down there and do some scans. 691 00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:18,667 Okay. 692 00:30:18,833 --> 00:30:20,417 [Narrator] Because Dr. Spooner 693 00:30:20,625 --> 00:30:23,917 has previously detected lead in the soil beneath the boulder, 694 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:26,708 he will now scan the entire area 695 00:30:26,875 --> 00:30:28,875 that was previously covered by the boulder 696 00:30:29,042 --> 00:30:32,542 with a Vanta XRF spectrometer. 697 00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:35,000 By emitting a stream of X-rays, 698 00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,542 the device can identify various types of metals 699 00:30:37,708 --> 00:30:41,458 in the soil that may not be natural to the environment. 700 00:30:42,417 --> 00:30:44,833 [Ian] So, we should be all warmed up. 701 00:30:44,958 --> 00:30:46,667 -This is ready to go. -[Marty] Okay. 702 00:30:46,875 --> 00:30:49,542 But, uh, I'm gonna get down in there... 703 00:30:49,708 --> 00:30:51,333 Well, I like the instant gratification 704 00:30:51,542 --> 00:30:53,917 -of that machine, so hop on down there. -Yeah. 705 00:30:54,083 --> 00:30:56,875 [Marty] Lead shouldn't be in those organic soils. 706 00:30:57,042 --> 00:30:58,500 There's nothing around the boulder. 707 00:30:58,667 --> 00:30:59,875 So, it's another indication 708 00:31:00,042 --> 00:31:02,167 that this thing covered something. 709 00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:06,833 A handheld XRF gives you immediate data on the elements 710 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,000 that might be in various quantities in the soil. 711 00:31:10,208 --> 00:31:11,667 I want to know what's underneath it, 712 00:31:11,833 --> 00:31:13,000 and I want to know in a hurry. 713 00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:14,958 [Fiona] So, you're in the area right now, 714 00:31:15,083 --> 00:31:17,750 where we had the high lead samples. 715 00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:19,333 [Ian] It's showing something 716 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,208 that I didn't see in the other sample... 717 00:31:21,375 --> 00:31:23,083 Oh. 718 00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:25,333 -...which is some silver. -Yeah. 719 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:26,875 [laughter] 720 00:31:27,083 --> 00:31:28,417 [Fiona] Silver is exciting, isn't it? 721 00:31:28,542 --> 00:31:29,875 [Marty] Yes, it is. 722 00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:36,000 It's showing some silver, and copper there. 723 00:31:36,167 --> 00:31:37,500 [Fiona] Silver is exciting, isn't it? 724 00:31:37,625 --> 00:31:39,000 -Yes, it is. -[laughs] 725 00:31:39,125 --> 00:31:40,833 [Narrator] On Lot 8, 726 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,250 Dr. Spooner has just made a stunning discovery 727 00:31:43,417 --> 00:31:47,000 in the soils that were covered by the massive boulder. 728 00:31:47,125 --> 00:31:48,958 So, to be clear, then you're finding 729 00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:51,333 more of the silver content in the lower layer, 730 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:52,750 not in that upper layer. 731 00:31:52,917 --> 00:31:54,625 Well, and that's very preliminary. 732 00:31:54,792 --> 00:31:56,667 -It has to go to Emma. -Could that be 733 00:31:56,750 --> 00:31:59,292 from something seeping up that you could be detecting? 734 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:02,125 If there was silver here at one point, 735 00:32:02,292 --> 00:32:04,167 it could leach into that soil. 736 00:32:04,333 --> 00:32:05,667 Well, what if it's still there, underneath? 737 00:32:05,875 --> 00:32:07,667 Yeah, I think there's every possibility. 738 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:10,000 [Narrator] Could Fiona be correct 739 00:32:10,208 --> 00:32:12,750 that Dr. Spooner may have detected evidence 740 00:32:12,917 --> 00:32:14,333 of a large cache of silver 741 00:32:14,458 --> 00:32:17,000 buried deeper below this feature? 742 00:32:17,167 --> 00:32:20,583 If this was an air shaft, for a tunnel, 743 00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:23,125 then there would be forces 744 00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:25,583 that would be bringing up, let's say mists and things. 745 00:32:25,792 --> 00:32:28,042 -Yeah. -Super saturated air 746 00:32:28,208 --> 00:32:31,958 that could carry along and then condense under here. 747 00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:34,500 Yeah, but where's the silver coming from? 748 00:32:34,708 --> 00:32:35,958 -Treasure, right? Yeah. -Yeah! 749 00:32:36,125 --> 00:32:37,667 Well, that's the conjecture. 750 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:40,083 I think it goes much deeper. 751 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:41,875 Lifting the boulder initially confirms 752 00:32:42,042 --> 00:32:43,833 that it was placed by people. 753 00:32:43,958 --> 00:32:46,917 The next step, uh, is for the archaeologists 754 00:32:47,125 --> 00:32:48,750 to carefully excavate 755 00:32:48,917 --> 00:32:51,417 the dark soils and then see what's underneath them. 756 00:32:51,583 --> 00:32:53,333 Silver is just as exciting 757 00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:55,500 as gold when you're talking about a treasure hunt 758 00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:57,333 and you're talking about coins. 759 00:32:57,417 --> 00:32:59,625 I mean, the Pitblado coin didn't have any gold in it. 760 00:32:59,792 --> 00:33:02,292 It was a silver coin, with copper. 761 00:33:02,417 --> 00:33:04,792 Silver and copper. Showed up right here, so... 762 00:33:04,917 --> 00:33:06,583 I want to know where the heck it came from, 763 00:33:06,792 --> 00:33:08,083 and we don't know that yet. 764 00:33:08,250 --> 00:33:10,000 Interesting results. 765 00:33:10,125 --> 00:33:12,500 Anomalous results, we need to do more work. 766 00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:14,167 -Yep. -And Craig and I 767 00:33:14,375 --> 00:33:16,000 -got plenty of other work to do. -[Fiona] Okay, that's great. 768 00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:17,917 [Marty] Perfect. All right, let's get after it. 769 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:19,542 [Fiona] Okay. 770 00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:24,208 ♪ ♪ 771 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:27,125 [Narrator] Two days later... 772 00:33:28,792 --> 00:33:30,583 [Rick] Welcome to the war room. 773 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,583 I am very enthusiastic about what we will learn today. 774 00:33:33,708 --> 00:33:37,125 [Narrator] ...as operations continue across the island, 775 00:33:37,292 --> 00:33:40,333 members of the team meet via videoconference 776 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:44,458 with archaeoastronomy expert Professor Adriano Gaspani. 777 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:49,167 To me, the most inscrutable, hard-to-understand, 778 00:33:49,292 --> 00:33:52,125 uh, data in the swamp are the stakes. 779 00:33:52,250 --> 00:33:55,625 The position of them, the orientation of them. 780 00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:57,458 I believe they are trying to tell us something. 781 00:33:57,625 --> 00:34:00,833 So, I tasked Emiliano with getting in touch 782 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,500 with Professor Gaspani and having him look at that data. 783 00:34:05,708 --> 00:34:07,458 The professor has done an incredible amount of work 784 00:34:07,625 --> 00:34:08,917 with Nolan's Cross. 785 00:34:09,083 --> 00:34:11,750 That also goes through the swamp. 786 00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:13,417 Yes. 787 00:34:13,583 --> 00:34:15,708 [Narrator] In 2022, 788 00:34:15,875 --> 00:34:19,542 Professor Gaspani conducted a peer-reviewed study 789 00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:23,875 of the six megalithic boulders that form Nolan's Cross. 790 00:34:24,042 --> 00:34:25,458 Based on historical alignments 791 00:34:25,625 --> 00:34:29,167 that the boulders had with certain stars in the night sky, 792 00:34:29,375 --> 00:34:33,875 Professor Gaspani believes that Nolan's Cross was created 793 00:34:34,042 --> 00:34:36,167 in approximately 1200 AD 794 00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:38,708 by members of the Knights Templar. 795 00:34:38,875 --> 00:34:40,500 It's almost undeniable, 796 00:34:40,708 --> 00:34:45,333 these stakes are put in these orientations for a purpose. 797 00:34:45,458 --> 00:34:48,542 Professor Gaspani's unique perspective, 798 00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:52,208 using archaeoastronomy-- stellar, solar alignments-- 799 00:34:52,375 --> 00:34:54,750 he may be able to give us a timeline. 800 00:34:54,917 --> 00:34:58,833 And if indeed it can point us in the right direction, 801 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,000 or give us the elusive bull's-eye, 802 00:35:02,208 --> 00:35:03,875 it would be fantastic. 803 00:35:05,208 --> 00:35:07,250 I would like to welcome Professor Gaspani 804 00:35:07,417 --> 00:35:08,833 and, uh, Marzia Sebastiani, 805 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,000 who's, uh, kind enough to translate 806 00:35:12,208 --> 00:35:13,833 for Professor Gaspani. 807 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,292 Thank you. 808 00:35:15,458 --> 00:35:17,333 [Narrator] Now, after receiving 809 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:20,667 Steve Guptil's detailed survey of the eight-sided stakes 810 00:35:20,833 --> 00:35:22,792 that have been discovered in the swamp... 811 00:35:24,917 --> 00:35:26,667 [Narrator] ...Professor Gaspani 812 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:28,583 has completed his analysis 813 00:35:28,708 --> 00:35:30,667 of their possible historical alignments 814 00:35:30,792 --> 00:35:34,375 with specific stars and constellations. 815 00:35:58,208 --> 00:35:59,833 [Marzia] So, these are the stakes 816 00:36:00,042 --> 00:36:02,208 that are located in the north. 817 00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:06,667 It's two separate groups: red and light blue. 818 00:36:06,792 --> 00:36:10,667 And there's one very interesting aspect. 819 00:36:20,625 --> 00:36:22,833 [Marzia] Why is this so important? 820 00:36:26,375 --> 00:36:28,833 [Marzia] Deneb is the main star 821 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,833 in the Cygnus constellation, 822 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:36,667 and we have a map of the Cygnus constellation on Nolan's Cross. 823 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:40,583 [Emiliano] This very peculiar stellar alignment 824 00:36:40,750 --> 00:36:43,500 that Gaspani found for the stakes 825 00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:47,458 share the same constellation with Nolan's Cross. 826 00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:53,792 [Narrator] When Professor Gaspani reported his belief 827 00:36:53,917 --> 00:36:58,125 that Nolan's Cross was constructed around 1200 AD, 828 00:36:58,292 --> 00:37:00,167 he came to that conclusion 829 00:37:00,333 --> 00:37:02,417 by matching the location of the boulders 830 00:37:02,542 --> 00:37:06,917 with historical positions of certain stars in the sky, 831 00:37:07,042 --> 00:37:10,667 including Deneb in the Cygnus constellation, 832 00:37:10,875 --> 00:37:14,333 a constellation that multiple researchers over the years 833 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:17,667 have suggested aligns with the cross. 834 00:37:17,875 --> 00:37:19,167 [Doug] Very interesting. 835 00:37:19,333 --> 00:37:20,958 [Marzia] The two sets 836 00:37:21,125 --> 00:37:26,500 of stakes were dated astronomically. 837 00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:54,917 [Marzia] And make us think, once again, 838 00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:56,417 that this link 839 00:37:56,583 --> 00:37:59,542 with Templar culture was present. 840 00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:04,792 [Emiliano] This is mind-blowing to me. 841 00:38:09,375 --> 00:38:11,625 [Marzia] My conclusion is that Europeans 842 00:38:11,792 --> 00:38:14,833 with Templar culture were present 843 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,833 on Oak Island 844 00:38:16,958 --> 00:38:18,708 in the 13th century. 845 00:38:19,708 --> 00:38:21,833 -It's quite astounding. -[Narrator] In the war room, 846 00:38:22,042 --> 00:38:26,083 Professor Adriano Gaspani has just presented his analysis 847 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:30,375 that a line of the eight-sided survey stakes found in the swamp 848 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:33,583 could date back to the 13th century, 849 00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:36,500 and share historic stellar alignments 850 00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:39,375 with the boulders of Nolan's Cross, 851 00:38:39,542 --> 00:38:41,750 meaning that both features may have been created 852 00:38:41,917 --> 00:38:45,333 by the same people nearly 800 years ago. 853 00:38:45,542 --> 00:38:47,333 [Steve] If those stakes 854 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:50,208 represent something from the 1200s, 855 00:38:50,375 --> 00:38:51,708 then that means there's a plan out there. 856 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:53,417 And so, for me, 857 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:54,917 that's probably the most important piece 858 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:56,333 that I've taken from this, 859 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,333 because what we're missing is that plan. 860 00:38:58,458 --> 00:39:00,750 Right? And it goes back to even what we found this year: 861 00:39:00,917 --> 00:39:02,625 the Lot 8 boulder 862 00:39:02,792 --> 00:39:05,542 and the Lot 5, uh, marker stone. 863 00:39:05,708 --> 00:39:08,500 Many of us here believe that those are potentially 864 00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:11,000 settlements in that time period, the 1200s. 865 00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:13,333 They might be part of a bigger plan to survey a treasure. 866 00:39:15,125 --> 00:39:17,458 [Emiliano] Maybe we-we haven't found 867 00:39:17,625 --> 00:39:20,958 other structures that carry those alignments, 868 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,500 and they're still there. 869 00:39:22,708 --> 00:39:24,208 [Tom] What we need to do 870 00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:26,500 is-is target some areas. 871 00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:30,167 There's three large boulders 872 00:39:30,333 --> 00:39:32,750 that form the stem of Nolan's Cross. 873 00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:34,667 The stem of the cross goes through the bog, 874 00:39:34,833 --> 00:39:37,542 not very far from the stakes we found. 875 00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:40,125 I think we'd be crazy not to search that. 876 00:39:40,250 --> 00:39:42,292 Who knows what we can find in there. 877 00:39:42,458 --> 00:39:44,125 [Rick] I think Nolan's Cross 878 00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:47,208 is saying something to us that we have yet to understand. 879 00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:49,833 There is a New World, Old World connection 880 00:39:50,042 --> 00:39:52,042 vis-à-vis these stakes, these structures 881 00:39:52,208 --> 00:39:54,000 and these alignments. 882 00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:57,417 I would like to go back and revisit the stem of the cross. 883 00:39:57,542 --> 00:39:59,417 It's too significant. 884 00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:03,208 I think within that construction, there are clues 885 00:40:03,375 --> 00:40:04,542 that will be incredibly instrumental 886 00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:06,125 in helping to solve this mystery. 887 00:40:06,292 --> 00:40:08,958 My hope and belief 888 00:40:09,042 --> 00:40:12,542 is that we finally put a few puzzle pieces together. 889 00:40:12,708 --> 00:40:15,667 The stakes are reflective of something, 890 00:40:15,833 --> 00:40:18,167 and I think the work in the bog needs to continue. 891 00:40:18,375 --> 00:40:20,333 -Right. -I think we should all, 892 00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:22,500 uh, be quite proud 893 00:40:22,667 --> 00:40:25,417 of where we have taken the Oak Island mystery to date. 894 00:40:25,583 --> 00:40:28,417 And it's things like this that will help 895 00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:30,500 tell the story, and the story, 896 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:32,125 hopefully, eventually, 897 00:40:32,292 --> 00:40:34,250 will lead to the treasure. 898 00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:37,625 So, Professor Gaspani, we all, as we sit here, 899 00:40:37,792 --> 00:40:40,000 we're exceedingly interested in pursuing this, 900 00:40:40,208 --> 00:40:43,250 and, uh, we want to thank you both very, very much. 901 00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:45,458 -Grazie mille. -Grazie mille. 902 00:40:45,667 --> 00:40:47,167 Thank you. Thank you. 903 00:40:47,333 --> 00:40:49,000 -[Alex] Ciao. -[Rick] Ciao, yeah. 904 00:40:49,125 --> 00:40:51,667 [Narrator] For Rick, Marty and their team, 905 00:40:51,833 --> 00:40:54,167 a week that began with a daunting setback 906 00:40:54,333 --> 00:40:58,042 has ended with renewed hope that they are closing in 907 00:40:58,208 --> 00:41:02,375 on the truth behind the 231-year-old mystery. 908 00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:05,333 Having now discovered evidence of precious metals 909 00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:08,333 buried deep in the Money Pit area, 910 00:41:08,542 --> 00:41:12,333 and beneath a megalithic boulder on Lot 8, 911 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:14,500 compelling new data has affirmed 912 00:41:14,667 --> 00:41:17,250 that Oak Island's secrets could stretch back 913 00:41:17,417 --> 00:41:19,708 nearly 800 years. 914 00:41:19,875 --> 00:41:25,250 So, now, as the team digs deeper for the ultimate answers, 915 00:41:25,375 --> 00:41:28,292 the stakes for what they may find 916 00:41:28,458 --> 00:41:32,000 have never been higher. 917 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:37,875 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS