1 00:00:01,708 --> 00:00:03,167 [Narrator] Tonight, on the thrilling season finale 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:05,375 of The Curse of Oak Island... 3 00:00:05,542 --> 00:00:07,292 -[Marty] Start your engines. -[Craig] If there's 4 00:00:07,417 --> 00:00:08,833 -a vault below here, this could tell us. -[Fiona] Wow. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,333 [Jack] It could lead literally to where 6 00:00:10,542 --> 00:00:11,792 treasure's deposited. 7 00:00:11,958 --> 00:00:13,667 [Rick] Whoa. Check this out. 8 00:00:13,833 --> 00:00:15,125 This is strange. 9 00:00:15,292 --> 00:00:17,083 This came from 200 feet in the Money Pit? 10 00:00:17,208 --> 00:00:19,083 -That's incredible. -Oh, yeah. 11 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:20,750 -[laughs] -Oh, you got it. 12 00:00:20,917 --> 00:00:22,417 -Oh, my gosh. -Oh, wow. 13 00:00:22,583 --> 00:00:24,500 It's treasure, from the Money Pit spoils. 14 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:27,333 -[Katya] That's amazing. -[Emma] Yeah. -And it's ours. 15 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:28,708 [laughter] 16 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,375 [Narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,167 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it, 21 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:50,458 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:54,750 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,083 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,208 --> 00:00:58,958 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,792 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:01,917 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:10,542 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,250 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:25,542 --> 00:01:27,958 [Alex] Well, guys, it's a new day. 30 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:30,083 So, I'm optimistic here in Money Pit-1. 31 00:01:30,208 --> 00:01:32,167 Terry, remind me what depth we finished at yesterday. 32 00:01:32,250 --> 00:01:34,167 -Finished up at 138. -Okay. 33 00:01:34,292 --> 00:01:37,208 [Narrator] Winter is fast approaching on Oak Island, 34 00:01:37,375 --> 00:01:39,833 which means the year will soon come to an end 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,250 for Rick, Marty and their team. 36 00:01:43,292 --> 00:01:46,833 But as they excavate a key target in the Money Pit area, 37 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,333 they may have all the time they need 38 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:53,292 to solve a 231-year-old mystery. 39 00:01:54,375 --> 00:01:55,833 [Terry] We're just about 12 to 20 feet short 40 00:01:56,042 --> 00:01:57,958 of the actual solution channel top. 41 00:01:58,167 --> 00:01:59,625 [Alex] So, high hopes. 42 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:01,542 We're just now getting to the most interesting depth, 43 00:02:01,708 --> 00:02:03,292 and it's only gonna get better from here on out. 44 00:02:03,375 --> 00:02:05,125 [Gary] And that's music 45 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:07,292 to my ears because that means it could be artifacts 46 00:02:07,417 --> 00:02:10,208 at any level we're going through. 47 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:11,625 Mm-hmm. 48 00:02:11,833 --> 00:02:13,708 [Narrator] The seven-foot-diameter shaft, 49 00:02:13,917 --> 00:02:16,667 known as Money Pit-1 or MP-1, 50 00:02:16,875 --> 00:02:20,625 is located in a region where soil and water tests 51 00:02:20,792 --> 00:02:24,042 from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel 52 00:02:24,208 --> 00:02:28,250 have revealed unnaturally high traces of silver. 53 00:02:32,708 --> 00:02:33,917 [Terry] Swag time. 54 00:02:34,083 --> 00:02:35,708 All right, Terry, let's get stuck in. 55 00:02:35,875 --> 00:02:37,333 You got it. 56 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,167 [Narrator] And even more compelling 57 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:41,417 is the fact that those silver levels 58 00:02:41,542 --> 00:02:45,167 match the composition of the so-called Pitblado coin, 59 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:47,667 a 14th-century silver coin 60 00:02:47,833 --> 00:02:52,333 reportedly extracted from the original Money Pit in 1849 61 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:56,417 by a drilling foreman named James Pitblado. 62 00:03:00,083 --> 00:03:01,833 [detector beeping] 63 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,750 Big signal here, mate. 64 00:03:05,250 --> 00:03:06,792 [detector squeals] 65 00:03:13,042 --> 00:03:15,083 Is that it, there? 66 00:03:15,292 --> 00:03:16,833 [detector beeping] 67 00:03:19,583 --> 00:03:20,833 [Terry] Wow. 68 00:03:21,833 --> 00:03:24,167 -[Gary] Oh, piece of drill pipe. -Piece of drill pipe. 69 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:26,208 -Looks about two inches. -Yeah. 70 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:29,333 [Terry] It's a little bigger than that inch-and-a-half stuff. 71 00:03:29,458 --> 00:03:30,667 So, it's a little different, isn't it? 72 00:03:30,875 --> 00:03:32,292 -Yeah. -Okay. 73 00:03:32,417 --> 00:03:35,042 -Be interested to see how old that is. -Yeah. 74 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:36,542 Well, that was an interesting go. 75 00:03:36,708 --> 00:03:38,458 What'd you find? 76 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:40,167 -Two-inch pipe. -Two-inch pipe? 77 00:03:40,375 --> 00:03:42,708 -[Terry] Yeah. -So, the last time 78 00:03:42,875 --> 00:03:44,250 we found two-inch pipe out here, 79 00:03:44,417 --> 00:03:46,625 that dated in the lab to mid-1800s. 80 00:03:46,792 --> 00:03:48,083 -Right. -We figured it may be connected 81 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:49,708 to the Pitblado incident, right? 82 00:03:49,833 --> 00:03:52,500 -Yeah. -I think this is more of that same pipe. 83 00:03:52,625 --> 00:03:53,833 Yeah. 84 00:03:54,042 --> 00:03:55,292 [Narrator] Earlier this year, 85 00:03:55,417 --> 00:03:57,125 as the team was core drilling 86 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:59,500 just a few feet from this location, 87 00:03:59,667 --> 00:04:02,792 they recovered an identical piece of drill pipe 88 00:04:02,917 --> 00:04:05,625 that was scientifically dated to the same era 89 00:04:05,792 --> 00:04:09,333 as James Pitblado's drilling operation. 90 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:11,833 We are chasing the collapse of the Money Pit. 91 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,042 So, it's possible that we are in the vicinity 92 00:04:14,208 --> 00:04:16,208 -of the original Money Pit. -Exactly. 93 00:04:16,375 --> 00:04:18,542 [Terry] It's an interesting artifact. 94 00:04:19,542 --> 00:04:21,167 -Hey, guys. -[Alex] Hey. -[Gary] Hello, mate. 95 00:04:21,333 --> 00:04:22,958 Hey, Adam. How you doing? So, what do you got? 96 00:04:23,125 --> 00:04:24,917 -We're at 151. -Great. 97 00:04:25,042 --> 00:04:26,833 Uh, we're gonna push pretty hard here on this-- 98 00:04:27,042 --> 00:04:28,792 these next few, uh, turns. 99 00:04:28,958 --> 00:04:30,583 -Sounds good. -Sounds good. 100 00:04:30,750 --> 00:04:33,125 Everything from here on out is gonna be good for us, I think. 101 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:35,167 -Good. -Okay, guys. 102 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:36,667 -Thank you for the update. -[Adam E.] Yep. 103 00:04:36,833 --> 00:04:38,042 See you, mate. 104 00:04:38,208 --> 00:04:39,667 [Terry] Onward and downward, for sure. 105 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:42,792 -Mm-hmm. -Target depth's about 215. 106 00:04:42,958 --> 00:04:45,250 We've just, we've just got to get down there. 107 00:04:45,375 --> 00:04:48,500 [Narrator] As the dig continues in the MP-1 Shaft... 108 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:52,333 [Marty] Hey, Laird, Fiona. 109 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:54,042 -I got my support troops here today. -Uh-oh. 110 00:04:54,208 --> 00:04:55,792 -You sure do. -Yeah. 111 00:04:55,917 --> 00:04:57,333 [Narrator] ...Marty brings Rick to the mysterious 112 00:04:57,542 --> 00:05:00,292 stone cradle on Lot 8 to update him 113 00:05:00,458 --> 00:05:03,542 on a potentially important recent discovery. 114 00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:06,333 So, Rick, I dug a trench over there 115 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,500 to see if there was something underneath it. 116 00:05:08,667 --> 00:05:11,292 What if it covered a tunnel? 117 00:05:11,458 --> 00:05:13,792 -Yep. -And then I dug down to the bedrock. 118 00:05:13,917 --> 00:05:16,333 -Yep. -You both observed I was pounding on it. 119 00:05:16,542 --> 00:05:19,000 The teeth were scraping. 120 00:05:19,167 --> 00:05:21,667 -And you were hitting it directly. -Yep. 121 00:05:21,792 --> 00:05:24,667 [Narrator] After the team previously found evidence 122 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:27,500 of both silver and a possible shaft 123 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:30,167 buried below the mysterious cradle of stones, 124 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:33,167 Marty dug a trench to the side of it 125 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,625 in search of a possible tunnel. 126 00:05:36,958 --> 00:05:39,833 However, he was surprised to reach bedrock 127 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,792 just six feet down, 128 00:05:41,958 --> 00:05:45,333 which is at a shallower depth than the cradle feature. 129 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,750 Here's where you come in, Ian. 130 00:05:47,917 --> 00:05:50,833 Laird never hit bedrock in the stone cradle. 131 00:05:50,958 --> 00:05:54,292 -It's as if this was dug through the bedrock. -[Ian] Right. 132 00:05:54,458 --> 00:05:56,792 Topographic change of rock over a short distance 133 00:05:56,958 --> 00:05:59,000 isn't something I've experienced anywhere. 134 00:05:59,167 --> 00:06:01,167 -Mm-hmm. -[Rick] It's impossible 135 00:06:01,375 --> 00:06:03,000 to be more surprised than we were 136 00:06:03,208 --> 00:06:04,625 to find that rock cradle. 137 00:06:04,792 --> 00:06:07,208 It's intentional, it's purposeful. 138 00:06:07,375 --> 00:06:09,208 So, I think there's more work to be done 139 00:06:09,375 --> 00:06:11,167 to come to an understanding of what this is. 140 00:06:11,292 --> 00:06:13,000 Is there something under here? 141 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:14,583 We need to find out. 142 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,375 The Lot 8 feature represents 143 00:06:17,542 --> 00:06:19,958 one of the most enigmatic finds on the island. 144 00:06:20,958 --> 00:06:23,292 And Fiona and Laird are taking their time 145 00:06:23,458 --> 00:06:24,708 to uncover the cradle. 146 00:06:24,875 --> 00:06:27,042 But we're going to run out of time here. 147 00:06:27,208 --> 00:06:29,208 There's-there's no question about it. 148 00:06:29,375 --> 00:06:31,958 Perhaps we need to take a different approach. 149 00:06:32,042 --> 00:06:34,958 Well, if we want to know how far bedrock is there, 150 00:06:35,125 --> 00:06:38,833 the only thing I can think of is basically a hammer drill 151 00:06:39,042 --> 00:06:41,292 if you wanted to keep on going down, down, down here. 152 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,917 You need, like, a-a pneumatic hammer drill. 153 00:06:44,083 --> 00:06:45,917 -Yeah. -Yeah. 154 00:06:46,083 --> 00:06:48,083 A hammer drill would work. 155 00:06:48,292 --> 00:06:50,583 [Narrator] Often utilized in masonry, 156 00:06:50,750 --> 00:06:53,250 a hammer drill is a power tool 157 00:06:53,417 --> 00:06:55,792 that simultaneously rotates and "hammers" 158 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 an attached auger bit into a hard surface 159 00:06:59,167 --> 00:07:01,167 such as stone or concrete. 160 00:07:01,292 --> 00:07:04,458 The percussive motion allows the drill to penetrate 161 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:08,333 denser objects more efficiently than a standard drill. 162 00:07:08,458 --> 00:07:09,792 And it wouldn't shake 163 00:07:09,917 --> 00:07:11,708 -and vibrate the cradle? -Nope. No, it doesn't... 164 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:13,500 -No, doesn't shake, doesn't do anything. -Okay. Just checking. 165 00:07:13,708 --> 00:07:15,333 It's more that I'm thinking of shaking the rocks loose 166 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,333 -that I don't wish to come loose. -Yeah. Yeah. 167 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:20,417 -What do you think? -No, it sounds good. 168 00:07:20,583 --> 00:07:22,375 -Yeah. -[Craig] You know, 169 00:07:22,542 --> 00:07:25,000 if we're not finding the bedrock, I think 170 00:07:25,208 --> 00:07:27,125 we need to keep on going just in case there's a shaft 171 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:28,833 or a tunnel underneath here. 172 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,958 I mean, while we're here, we should get it done. 173 00:07:31,167 --> 00:07:34,292 You know, we don't want to do it invasively or destructively, 174 00:07:34,458 --> 00:07:36,167 but I think, to your point, 175 00:07:36,333 --> 00:07:37,708 I'd like to know where bedrock is. 176 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:39,625 -Me too, Rick. -I mean, both of you have said that 177 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:41,625 many, many times, you know? 178 00:07:41,833 --> 00:07:43,583 Is there something hiding under here? 179 00:07:43,750 --> 00:07:45,333 [Marty] Let's do this for right now. 180 00:07:45,417 --> 00:07:46,792 We don't have the right equipment right now. 181 00:07:46,958 --> 00:07:48,500 Let's go talk to Billy and see what he's got. 182 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:50,417 -Yeah. -And, uh, then we'll come back here and see 183 00:07:50,583 --> 00:07:52,125 if we can get to the bottom of this. 184 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:54,583 [Laird] All right. See you later. 185 00:07:56,958 --> 00:07:58,167 [Narrator] Meanwhile... 186 00:07:58,375 --> 00:07:59,625 -[Steve] Hey, Katya. -[Katya] Hi, Steve. 187 00:07:59,792 --> 00:08:01,458 -How's it going here? -Really good. 188 00:08:01,625 --> 00:08:03,833 This area has just been amazing for us. 189 00:08:03,958 --> 00:08:05,875 We're digging through a lot of the old spoils 190 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,792 from old searchers. 191 00:08:08,833 --> 00:08:11,500 [Narrator] ...Steve Guptill joins Katya Drayton 192 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:14,000 and Billy Gerhardt several yards south 193 00:08:14,208 --> 00:08:15,833 of the Money Pit area 194 00:08:16,042 --> 00:08:19,208 to search the so-called Dunfield spoils. 195 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:21,917 These are several mounds of earth 196 00:08:22,083 --> 00:08:24,333 that were excavated from the Money Pit 197 00:08:24,417 --> 00:08:27,167 by Robert Dunfield in 1965, 198 00:08:27,292 --> 00:08:31,083 during his unsuccessful effort to recover the treasure. 199 00:08:32,375 --> 00:08:34,500 -Could be quite exciting today. -Well, let's find some treasure. 200 00:08:34,708 --> 00:08:36,792 -Yeah, let's find something. -[Billy] Yep. 201 00:08:38,667 --> 00:08:40,167 [Rick] Robert Dunfield's efforts 202 00:08:40,375 --> 00:08:42,125 to conduct his big dig, 203 00:08:42,292 --> 00:08:45,667 uh, certainly pushed an-- a lot of spoils piles 204 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:47,917 from the Money Pit down the hill, 205 00:08:48,042 --> 00:08:50,750 and they were never really investigated for clues 206 00:08:50,875 --> 00:08:54,375 to the area we are now intent on exploring. 207 00:08:54,542 --> 00:08:56,583 So, the hope is that we will find artifacts 208 00:08:56,708 --> 00:08:58,792 that will help us unravel 209 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,167 what happened in the Money Pit long ago. 210 00:09:05,042 --> 00:09:06,958 [detector beeping] 211 00:09:08,917 --> 00:09:10,208 -Ooh, hoo-hoo. -Oh, you got a hit. 212 00:09:10,375 --> 00:09:12,500 -That sounds really good. -It sounds really good. 213 00:09:12,708 --> 00:09:15,375 [detector squealing] 214 00:09:15,542 --> 00:09:17,667 Ooh, it's small, too, and nonferrous. 215 00:09:17,833 --> 00:09:19,667 -Right here? All right. -Yep. 216 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:23,042 -[Steve] Where would you like it? -[Katya] Anywhere in front 217 00:09:23,208 --> 00:09:24,750 of me is fine. 218 00:09:29,083 --> 00:09:30,708 That's good. 219 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:33,667 Yeah, we'll give it a little pinpoint in the hole. 220 00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:35,542 -See if we can find it. -Sure. 221 00:09:35,667 --> 00:09:38,333 -[pinpointer beeping] -Ooh. 222 00:09:38,542 --> 00:09:39,792 -[Steve] Right there? -[Katya] I'm on it. 223 00:09:40,708 --> 00:09:42,500 -[laughs] -Oh, you got it. 224 00:09:42,708 --> 00:09:44,292 [Katya] Oh, my gosh. 225 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:50,667 [Steve] It's very clean. What is that? 226 00:09:51,708 --> 00:09:54,250 [Katya] I mean, the things that really don't corrode... 227 00:09:54,375 --> 00:09:56,208 -Mm-hmm. -...are precious metals. 228 00:09:57,250 --> 00:09:59,500 [Narrator] While searching spoils that were removed 229 00:09:59,708 --> 00:10:01,333 from the Money Pit by treasure hunters 230 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:03,042 more than 60 years ago... 231 00:10:03,208 --> 00:10:04,417 [Katya] I think 232 00:10:04,625 --> 00:10:06,583 that we just found a silver coin. 233 00:10:06,750 --> 00:10:08,167 -[Steve] Oh, wow. -[Narrator] ...Katya 234 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:12,000 has just made a potentially critical discovery. 235 00:10:12,125 --> 00:10:13,667 [Steve] I've learned that when you don't have-- 236 00:10:13,750 --> 00:10:15,542 what do you call, the-the beveled edges? 237 00:10:15,708 --> 00:10:17,667 -[Katya] Milled edges. Yes. -Milled edges. 238 00:10:17,792 --> 00:10:19,833 Okay, so, that dates back to older. 239 00:10:20,042 --> 00:10:21,333 [Katya] Much. 240 00:10:22,542 --> 00:10:24,667 [Narrator] In the late 17th century, 241 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:27,542 Sir Isaac Newton, who also served 242 00:10:27,708 --> 00:10:30,750 as the Master of the Royal Mint of England, 243 00:10:30,958 --> 00:10:34,125 was the first to design coins with milled edges. 244 00:10:34,250 --> 00:10:37,958 This was done in order to combat counterfeiting. 245 00:10:38,125 --> 00:10:40,042 Oh, you know, you can see s-something written 246 00:10:40,208 --> 00:10:42,792 -on the edge there. -[Narrator] Could that mean 247 00:10:42,958 --> 00:10:46,667 that this silver coin may date back to the 1600s 248 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:48,375 or even earlier? 249 00:10:49,542 --> 00:10:51,625 We've been looking for silver in the Money Pit a long time, 250 00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:54,167 and based on what Dr. Spooner has shown us, 251 00:10:54,375 --> 00:10:56,750 there is a bunch of silver up there somewhere. 252 00:10:56,917 --> 00:10:58,708 Could be a whole bunch of that somewhere, right? 253 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:00,333 And I should run that back to the lab. 254 00:11:00,458 --> 00:11:02,208 -I agree. -Good find, Katya. 255 00:11:02,375 --> 00:11:03,875 Thank you. 256 00:11:04,958 --> 00:11:06,375 [Narrator] Later that day... 257 00:11:08,208 --> 00:11:10,500 [Craig] Is there a vault below here or something? 258 00:11:10,708 --> 00:11:12,000 This could tell us. 259 00:11:12,125 --> 00:11:14,292 [Narrator] ...Rick, Marty, Craig 260 00:11:14,417 --> 00:11:16,083 and other members of the team 261 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:19,167 arrive at the man-made depression on Lot 8 262 00:11:19,292 --> 00:11:21,667 dubbed "the stone cradle." 263 00:11:22,708 --> 00:11:25,042 [Craig] Laird, as long as he's in that square area, 264 00:11:25,208 --> 00:11:28,000 -he can drill multiple holes? -[Laird] Oh, yeah, absolutely. 265 00:11:28,125 --> 00:11:30,792 In our world, it's transitioned from archaeology to geology. 266 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:32,167 [Fiona] So, when you bring it up, 267 00:11:32,375 --> 00:11:33,500 we'll get the sample. 268 00:11:33,708 --> 00:11:35,292 Start your engines. 269 00:11:36,292 --> 00:11:37,750 [Narrator] Laird is allowing the team 270 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:39,667 to punch a three-foot hole 271 00:11:39,792 --> 00:11:41,875 in the bottom of the cradle with a hammer drill 272 00:11:42,042 --> 00:11:44,500 to collect new soil samples 273 00:11:44,625 --> 00:11:47,000 and look for evidence of man-made workings 274 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:49,333 buried deeper below. 275 00:11:54,042 --> 00:11:55,708 [Marty] What if we just don't even encounter 276 00:11:55,875 --> 00:11:57,375 the bedrock at all? 277 00:11:57,542 --> 00:11:59,208 That would tend to mean something. 278 00:11:59,375 --> 00:12:01,958 And whatever might be interesting is deeper yet. 279 00:12:02,083 --> 00:12:03,500 [Fiona] That went down quite far. 280 00:12:03,667 --> 00:12:05,708 [Rick] Doesn't seem like it's bedrock. 281 00:12:05,875 --> 00:12:07,667 [Alex] Well, we're about to find out. 282 00:12:08,708 --> 00:12:11,208 Trade spots, and I'll take that sample. 283 00:12:16,458 --> 00:12:17,958 It's pretty gritty. 284 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:23,917 Look at the color in that. 285 00:12:24,083 --> 00:12:26,250 It doesn't look like bedrock to me. 286 00:12:26,417 --> 00:12:29,167 Okay, well, let's drill a boulder that is slate 287 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:30,917 -and see how it compares. -[Marty] Yeah, let's see what 288 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:32,208 the difference is and we can see what the cuttings look like 289 00:12:32,333 --> 00:12:34,917 and the penetration rate and all that stuff. 290 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:38,042 [Narrator] In order to be sure that they have not drilled 291 00:12:38,208 --> 00:12:40,292 through the slate bedrock beneath the cradle feature, 292 00:12:40,458 --> 00:12:44,000 the team will now drill into a nearby boulder 293 00:12:44,083 --> 00:12:46,750 that is also composed of slate. 294 00:12:46,917 --> 00:12:50,000 This will allow them to see if the drill experiences 295 00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:52,208 the same kind of resistance. 296 00:12:52,375 --> 00:12:55,000 [whirring] 297 00:13:05,875 --> 00:13:07,542 I bet you the, uh, bit's heating up 298 00:13:07,708 --> 00:13:08,750 -a lot more than it did as well. -[Craig] Yeah, I wouldn't touch 299 00:13:08,917 --> 00:13:10,833 that bit. [chuckles] 300 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,667 [Rick] The conclusion has to be that it's not on bedrock. 301 00:13:14,875 --> 00:13:20,042 Is there a feature or-or a void or a tunnel or a shaft 302 00:13:20,208 --> 00:13:22,500 underneath the cradle or close by? 303 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:24,958 [Marty] Okay, here's what we can be certain of: 304 00:13:25,042 --> 00:13:26,917 we're not done with this. 305 00:13:27,083 --> 00:13:29,250 -Mm-hmm. -[Fiona] I agree. -Not until we get an answer. 306 00:13:30,583 --> 00:13:32,000 [Marty] Of all the frustrating 307 00:13:32,167 --> 00:13:34,792 archaeological waits we have had to endure, 308 00:13:34,917 --> 00:13:37,750 this one is the most aggravating. 309 00:13:37,875 --> 00:13:39,667 I thought, by the end of this year, 310 00:13:39,833 --> 00:13:41,792 we would have figured it out, but we haven't. 311 00:13:41,875 --> 00:13:44,625 The archaeologists are incredibly protective 312 00:13:44,750 --> 00:13:47,125 of the site, for good reasons, 313 00:13:47,333 --> 00:13:49,625 but I'd really like to know what's at the bottom of it, 314 00:13:49,792 --> 00:13:51,333 because I know there's a good chance 315 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:52,917 of something really interesting. 316 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:54,625 [Fiona] Well, I think it's good that it gives us 317 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:55,958 a little bit of time to actually do 318 00:13:56,125 --> 00:13:57,750 some research on this as well. 319 00:13:57,958 --> 00:13:59,875 And we certainly know it's purposeful 320 00:14:00,042 --> 00:14:01,875 and-and extremely significant. 321 00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:03,750 [Marty] Well, let's run with that. In the meantime, 322 00:14:03,917 --> 00:14:05,708 we will leave you to it for now. 323 00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:08,000 Thanks. Okay, let's go. 324 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:09,375 -[Alex] Okay. Thanks. -[Peter] Thank you, guys. 325 00:14:09,542 --> 00:14:11,167 [Marty] Thank you. 326 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:14,333 [Narrator] After finishing their work on Lot 8... 327 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,667 [Josh] Watch your back. 328 00:14:16,792 --> 00:14:19,042 I'm gonna shake down. Just watch yourself. 329 00:14:19,208 --> 00:14:22,250 [Narrator] ...while the dig proceeds in the MP-1 Shaft... 330 00:14:22,417 --> 00:14:25,667 [Marty] Welcome back to the lab, everybody. 331 00:14:25,833 --> 00:14:27,167 Emma's ready with some data. 332 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:29,000 [Narrator] ...members of the team meet 333 00:14:29,208 --> 00:14:31,042 to receive a scientific report 334 00:14:31,208 --> 00:14:33,000 on the believed silver coin 335 00:14:33,208 --> 00:14:35,500 found near the Money Pit area. 336 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:36,875 [Emma] Well, right off the bat, 337 00:14:37,083 --> 00:14:38,667 I'm just gonna confirm that it is silver. 338 00:14:38,833 --> 00:14:40,500 [Rick] Solid silver? 339 00:14:40,667 --> 00:14:42,625 It's a silver alloy. 340 00:14:42,792 --> 00:14:44,500 What did you get? What percent? 341 00:14:44,708 --> 00:14:47,500 -[Emma] 87%. -Wow. 342 00:14:47,667 --> 00:14:49,333 -That's good enough for me. -Yeah. 343 00:14:49,542 --> 00:14:51,000 [Marty] That's a silver coin. 344 00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:53,125 It's a silver coin. Yeah. 345 00:14:53,250 --> 00:14:55,333 -What do you make of that? -It is very worn. 346 00:14:55,542 --> 00:14:59,708 Um, it took a lot of effort to get a good image in the CT scan. 347 00:14:59,875 --> 00:15:02,458 What you're seeing on the screen right now 348 00:15:02,625 --> 00:15:05,292 is all that remains on the coin. 349 00:15:05,458 --> 00:15:07,417 So, you have the back of the head, 350 00:15:07,583 --> 00:15:10,750 which is very clearly remaining. 351 00:15:10,917 --> 00:15:14,042 You have a very clear "MVS," 352 00:15:14,208 --> 00:15:16,333 and then some lettering over here... 353 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,292 -[Steve] Wow. -...which is great for identification. 354 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:22,792 So, this is an overlay of the CT image 355 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,958 on top of the coin that I found on the coin database. 356 00:15:27,125 --> 00:15:29,792 [Marty] Oh, yes, you can certainly see that. 357 00:15:29,958 --> 00:15:32,500 -[Laird] Mm-hmm. -[Emma] And I got 358 00:15:32,708 --> 00:15:34,292 -an exact match with... -Oh. 359 00:15:34,458 --> 00:15:36,875 ...the sixpence, uh, William III. 360 00:15:37,042 --> 00:15:38,542 -[Marty] Wow. -[Rick] Really? 361 00:15:38,708 --> 00:15:40,083 [Emma] So, it's English. 362 00:15:40,250 --> 00:15:42,292 -[Katya] That's amazing. -[Emma] Yeah. 363 00:15:43,708 --> 00:15:45,167 And that all aligns... 364 00:15:46,458 --> 00:15:48,667 ...with this coin right there, and you can see the ribbon. 365 00:15:48,833 --> 00:15:50,167 -[Marty] Perfectly. -[Emma] Yeah. 366 00:15:50,375 --> 00:15:52,208 [Marty] Oh, yeah. Now that you show that, 367 00:15:52,375 --> 00:15:54,458 -I can see it right in the coin. -[Laird] Yeah. -[Emma] Yeah. 368 00:15:55,542 --> 00:15:56,958 [Laird] Cool. 369 00:15:57,167 --> 00:15:59,542 [Rick] What date are you putting on this? 370 00:15:59,708 --> 00:16:01,375 So, the date range is 1697 to 1701. 371 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:03,583 So, the date range is 1697 to 1701. 372 00:16:04,542 --> 00:16:05,583 -Whoa. -[laughs] 373 00:16:09,542 --> 00:16:11,583 [Rick] What date are you putting on this? 374 00:16:11,792 --> 00:16:12,917 So, the date range 375 00:16:13,042 --> 00:16:15,542 is 1697 to 1701. 376 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,292 Wow. 377 00:16:17,458 --> 00:16:18,875 It's so significant. 378 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,250 That is a full hundred years 379 00:16:21,458 --> 00:16:22,667 before discovery of the Money Pit. 380 00:16:22,875 --> 00:16:24,125 I think it's great. 381 00:16:24,292 --> 00:16:26,167 -Yeah. -[Narrator] In the lab, 382 00:16:26,375 --> 00:16:28,958 Emma has confirmed that a silver coin 383 00:16:29,125 --> 00:16:31,083 found in the Dunfield spoils 384 00:16:31,292 --> 00:16:33,667 is more than three centuries old. 385 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:36,000 Common people weren't carrying silver. 386 00:16:36,208 --> 00:16:38,250 -So, this probably wasn't a worker? -No. 387 00:16:38,417 --> 00:16:40,500 -Somebody of means, right? -Yeah. 388 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:42,375 [Marty] A hundred years 389 00:16:42,542 --> 00:16:43,875 before the Money Pit was discovered 390 00:16:44,042 --> 00:16:45,500 is a heck of a long time. 391 00:16:45,625 --> 00:16:48,000 -[Rick] Very long time. -[Marty] That's a big deal. 392 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:50,583 -Mm-hmm. -[Marty] These late-1600 dates 393 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:52,333 lead you one of two places: 394 00:16:52,542 --> 00:16:54,667 either that's the time of the depositor 395 00:16:54,875 --> 00:16:56,250 or searchers that were searching 396 00:16:56,375 --> 00:16:58,833 before the Money Pit was discovered. 397 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,125 Bottom line, this is a silver coin, 398 00:17:01,292 --> 00:17:03,167 and I would call it a piece of treasure. 399 00:17:03,375 --> 00:17:05,417 I think it's an incredibly important discovery, 400 00:17:05,583 --> 00:17:08,292 but just like almost everything we've found all over the island, 401 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:11,167 it continues to provide partial answers 402 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:13,708 and then pose a lot more questions. 403 00:17:13,875 --> 00:17:16,083 [Rick] We found a silver 404 00:17:16,292 --> 00:17:20,250 treasure coin in Money Pit spoils on Oak Island. 405 00:17:20,375 --> 00:17:22,833 It's treasure, from the Money Pit spoils. 406 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,750 It's silver. It's-it's... 407 00:17:24,917 --> 00:17:27,333 -it's ours. -[laughter] 408 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,167 [Rick] It's the end of the year, 409 00:17:29,375 --> 00:17:31,083 and we're hoping to find more coins, 410 00:17:31,208 --> 00:17:32,875 or a chest or a keg 411 00:17:33,042 --> 00:17:35,333 full of the Portuguese treasure coins, 412 00:17:35,542 --> 00:17:38,417 but it validates the reason why we're here. 413 00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:42,042 I'm not willing to give up on solving the mystery. 414 00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:44,000 I mean, we say it all the time. Sempre avanti. 415 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:46,083 "You-you do not stop." 416 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:48,042 [Marty] Very cool. 417 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:50,875 A big "well done" to everybody involved. 418 00:17:51,042 --> 00:17:52,500 -All right, let's go. -[Laird] See you later. 419 00:17:52,708 --> 00:17:54,583 -[Rick] Thank you. -[Katya] No problem. 420 00:17:56,875 --> 00:18:00,083 [Narrator] As a new day begins on Oak Island... 421 00:18:01,042 --> 00:18:02,250 -[Terry] Hey, guys. -[Peter] Hey, guys. 422 00:18:02,375 --> 00:18:04,000 The two gentlemen we want to see. 423 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:06,125 Where are we? How deep? 424 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:08,000 So, we're about a 195 depth. 425 00:18:08,167 --> 00:18:10,250 Good stuff. 195. Got it. 426 00:18:10,417 --> 00:18:12,583 [Narrator] ...Rick and other members of the team 427 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:16,125 monitor the progress of the MP-1 Shaft, 428 00:18:16,250 --> 00:18:19,292 which has now reached the solution channel. 429 00:18:19,417 --> 00:18:22,500 Just hoping to find the one thing. 430 00:18:22,708 --> 00:18:24,958 We're working on it. We'll keep you updated. 431 00:18:25,083 --> 00:18:26,667 -[Terry] Thank you. -Okay. Thank you. 432 00:18:26,875 --> 00:18:28,708 -Appreciate it. -Yes, sir. 433 00:18:31,542 --> 00:18:33,750 Let's go over there and find something. 434 00:18:33,875 --> 00:18:36,083 [Gary chuckles] Oh. 435 00:18:36,292 --> 00:18:38,208 -[Terry] A lot of muck and mud. -[Peter] Yeah. 436 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:40,542 -[detector beeping] -[Peter] You got something? 437 00:18:41,792 --> 00:18:43,250 [detector squealing] 438 00:18:43,417 --> 00:18:45,542 -Got a signal. Right there. -Sounds good. 439 00:18:53,542 --> 00:18:55,375 [Gary] It's in here, whatever it is. 440 00:18:56,583 --> 00:18:58,250 [Terry] Just a heavy chunk of metal. 441 00:18:58,375 --> 00:18:59,750 Yeah, don't know what it is until it's washed off. 442 00:18:59,917 --> 00:19:01,375 It's a whatsit. 443 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:05,125 This is a piece of twisted metal 444 00:19:05,292 --> 00:19:08,500 from the MP-1 spoils at the moment. 445 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:10,833 But when it goes back to the lab, 446 00:19:11,042 --> 00:19:12,667 maybe Emma runs scans 447 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:15,792 and tell us it's something completely different. 448 00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:19,958 There's a lot of stuff caked on it, for sure. 449 00:19:20,083 --> 00:19:23,083 This could be some kind of bladed tool, 450 00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:25,208 'cause I see a curve on it. 451 00:19:25,375 --> 00:19:28,542 See if you other guys can make heads or tails of it. 452 00:19:29,417 --> 00:19:31,167 [Terry] It's very heavy. 453 00:19:31,292 --> 00:19:33,292 Whatever it is, it's been down there a long time. 454 00:19:33,417 --> 00:19:35,250 [Rick] This is really, really hard. 455 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:37,833 It's been on there for a long time. 456 00:19:38,042 --> 00:19:39,333 Yeah, let's bag it, Terry. 457 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,042 [Rick] I don't know what it is, but it has-- 458 00:19:41,208 --> 00:19:42,917 certainly has the appearance of being old. 459 00:19:43,042 --> 00:19:44,458 [Terry] Thank you. 460 00:19:45,958 --> 00:19:48,000 [Gary] All right. We've got another load waiting for us. 461 00:19:48,208 --> 00:19:49,917 -[Peter] Okay. -Let's find some more. 462 00:19:57,708 --> 00:19:59,167 That is strange. 463 00:19:59,375 --> 00:20:00,708 -[Gary] Clean, Billy. -[Billy] Yep. 464 00:20:05,833 --> 00:20:08,458 [Rick] Check this out. I washed it and I see this... 465 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,292 -[Peter] Oh, yeah. -...stain in it. 466 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:11,875 [Rick] What do you think it is? 467 00:20:12,083 --> 00:20:14,458 [Gary] That sure looks like exotic wood. 468 00:20:14,583 --> 00:20:16,583 -Why? -[Peter] Why do you say that? 469 00:20:16,792 --> 00:20:18,250 -[Gary] The colors on it. -[Rick] Really? 470 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:19,958 [Gary] And-and the curve. 471 00:20:20,125 --> 00:20:22,125 -[Peter] That shouldn't be here. -[Gary] Nope. 472 00:20:22,292 --> 00:20:24,000 [Rick] This is strange. 473 00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,250 This linearity and that staining? 474 00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:28,542 It could be palm tree. 475 00:20:29,542 --> 00:20:31,083 Yeah, we don't know where that's from. 476 00:20:31,250 --> 00:20:33,583 I mean, we're on an island and we know people 477 00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:35,333 have traveled from a long way away 478 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,167 to this island by boat. 479 00:20:37,375 --> 00:20:39,042 Well, it'd be really cool if you're right, Gary. 480 00:20:39,208 --> 00:20:41,208 Uh, to come from 200 feet in the Money Pit? 481 00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:42,833 That's incredible. 482 00:20:43,792 --> 00:20:47,333 This is wood from the bottom of the solution channel 483 00:20:47,458 --> 00:20:51,000 and wood should not be at this depth, 484 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:54,125 unless it were pushed down from above. 485 00:20:54,292 --> 00:20:56,333 -Get a bag, Peter. -[Gary] Yeah, put it in a bag. 486 00:20:56,542 --> 00:20:58,000 [Rick] We need to talk to experts. 487 00:20:58,167 --> 00:20:59,625 If this is an exotic wood, 488 00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:02,333 it would lend credence to an old-world ship 489 00:21:02,542 --> 00:21:04,625 coming to the New World. 490 00:21:06,792 --> 00:21:08,333 All right, let's take a look at this. 491 00:21:08,542 --> 00:21:10,167 [Gary] Let's get stuck in. 492 00:21:10,333 --> 00:21:11,625 [detector chiming] 493 00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:13,167 [Rick] The year's come to an end, 494 00:21:13,375 --> 00:21:16,333 we're within a few hammer grabs of being done, 495 00:21:16,458 --> 00:21:19,750 and I hope we find the one thing or solve the mystery 496 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:21,333 or find the treasure. 497 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:25,125 I still have-- every fiber of my being believes 498 00:21:25,333 --> 00:21:27,667 that Oak Island is real, the mystery is real. 499 00:21:27,833 --> 00:21:30,500 I want to know what happened here. 500 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:35,667 [Terry] It's a lot of rounded stuff. 501 00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:43,417 [Gary] No. No solid hits. 502 00:21:43,583 --> 00:21:46,167 [Terry] We're probably getting very close, 503 00:21:46,333 --> 00:21:48,417 -to the bottom. -Yep. 504 00:21:49,792 --> 00:21:51,542 -[Peter] Hey, guys. -Hey. -[Terry] How you doing? 505 00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:55,167 So, we're on bedrock, bottom of the hole. 506 00:21:55,375 --> 00:21:57,125 [Terry] Okay. 507 00:21:57,292 --> 00:21:58,833 What are the final numbers? 508 00:21:58,958 --> 00:22:00,417 -210. -Okay. 509 00:22:02,583 --> 00:22:03,833 [Gary] We gave it a good shot, mate. 510 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,333 [Rick] We did. 511 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,875 Hundred percent, we did. 512 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:11,958 We should all be quite proud of what we all did. 513 00:22:12,167 --> 00:22:13,500 [Gary] Oh, yeah. 514 00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:16,917 [Rick] I-I love the fact that the Money Pit, 515 00:22:17,125 --> 00:22:19,083 even though it denies us answers, 516 00:22:19,208 --> 00:22:20,625 at the end of the day, 517 00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:23,333 we walk away with our heads held high. 518 00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:24,833 -Thank you. -[Adam E.] Thanks, guys. 519 00:22:25,042 --> 00:22:26,833 -[Rick] Thank you. -[Terry] Appreciate it. -Yep. 520 00:22:27,042 --> 00:22:28,458 ♪ ♪ 521 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,333 [Rick] Sometimes you get the ball 522 00:22:30,542 --> 00:22:32,750 across the goal line and sometimes you don't. 523 00:22:32,875 --> 00:22:36,125 But we did learn some things and we made some discoveries, 524 00:22:36,292 --> 00:22:39,833 which may be impactful as we delve into them. 525 00:22:41,083 --> 00:22:42,333 You can't deny the science. 526 00:22:42,458 --> 00:22:44,583 There is silver at depth 527 00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:46,333 down in the solution channel. 528 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,667 I'm not willing to give up till we find it. 529 00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:51,083 [line ringing] 530 00:22:53,958 --> 00:22:55,333 Hey, Marty. 531 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,375 [Marty] Hey, Rick. What's going on? 532 00:22:57,500 --> 00:23:01,000 You know, this is the, uh, last caisson. 533 00:23:02,042 --> 00:23:05,333 [Rick] Good news is that it was a technical success. 534 00:23:05,458 --> 00:23:08,167 The concept of the treasure having fallen to depth, 535 00:23:08,250 --> 00:23:09,833 everything we encountered, 536 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,375 would have permitted that to happen. 537 00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:14,750 There's no question about that. 538 00:23:14,917 --> 00:23:16,208 And we got down. 539 00:23:16,375 --> 00:23:18,167 210, we bottomed out. 540 00:23:18,333 --> 00:23:21,500 And unfortunately, we... we didn't find it. 541 00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:40,500 Right. But if we think about the year in its totality, 542 00:23:40,667 --> 00:23:42,500 I think there's a lot to be proud of. 543 00:23:42,667 --> 00:23:44,875 I think there's a lot to be happy about. 544 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:07,750 Right. 545 00:24:10,833 --> 00:24:13,667 Okey doke. All right, see you. 546 00:24:17,583 --> 00:24:19,083 [Marty] Welcome, to everybody. 547 00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:20,458 We have reached the end of this year's exploration, 548 00:24:20,583 --> 00:24:22,042 which makes this the last meeting. 549 00:24:22,208 --> 00:24:23,667 Hello, Terry and Derek. 550 00:24:24,708 --> 00:24:28,542 -Hello, Marty. -I think a good place to start 551 00:24:28,708 --> 00:24:31,458 is with this heat map that Steve made some time ago 552 00:24:31,625 --> 00:24:33,250 to update it for this year's efforts. 553 00:24:33,375 --> 00:24:34,542 The idea is to say, 554 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:37,500 "Where are the spots 555 00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:39,833 we have found old artifacts?" 556 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,042 [Narrator] Earlier this year, surveyor Steve Guptill 557 00:24:43,208 --> 00:24:45,250 created a so-called "heat map." 558 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:47,000 It illustrates where the team 559 00:24:47,167 --> 00:24:49,708 has made their most significant discoveries, 560 00:24:49,833 --> 00:24:52,125 noting their approximate dates of origin 561 00:24:52,292 --> 00:24:54,583 by using different colors. 562 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:57,542 So far, we have found about 800 artifacts island-wide. 563 00:24:57,708 --> 00:25:00,375 Laird and his own team, they find hundreds more than that. 564 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:02,542 We found about 1,200 artifacts this year. 565 00:25:02,708 --> 00:25:04,792 [Steve] And then, let me go over the hot areas. 566 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,667 Most of the artifacts that you see 567 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:08,500 are from the last two years. 568 00:25:08,625 --> 00:25:11,833 If it's in the 1700s, um, I've been clicking orange. 569 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,833 If it's earlier than that, I click pink. 570 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,792 -Blue is 1800s to now. -[Scott] Yeah. 571 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:20,708 Let me turn off every color except pink. 572 00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,833 [Marty] Wow. 573 00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:25,375 [Jack] There's an overwhelming amount of evidence 574 00:25:25,542 --> 00:25:28,000 that shows that people were here earlier 575 00:25:28,167 --> 00:25:30,333 than we originally believed. 576 00:25:30,542 --> 00:25:32,083 [Laird] It's almost indisputable that 577 00:25:32,208 --> 00:25:37,208 there was island-wide activity to a fairly large scale. 578 00:25:38,458 --> 00:25:39,667 That's significant, is it not? 579 00:25:39,875 --> 00:25:41,458 [Laird] It is significant. 580 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:45,500 Yeah. We just need to know who and why, and when. 581 00:25:45,625 --> 00:25:47,208 -Yeah, and what they were doing. -Yeah. 582 00:25:47,375 --> 00:25:48,875 -[Marty] Yeah. -Mm-hmm. 583 00:25:49,083 --> 00:25:51,000 Well, we also know that the Lot 8 boulder was moved. 584 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:53,917 And looking up there on the heat map, 585 00:25:54,083 --> 00:25:57,042 that would have had to be work that was done earlier. 586 00:25:57,208 --> 00:25:58,833 That's a huge anomaly. 587 00:25:59,042 --> 00:26:00,750 That's a great segue to go to Lot 8, 588 00:26:00,917 --> 00:26:04,167 and to me, this boulder came out of nowhere this year. 589 00:26:04,333 --> 00:26:06,958 Something rather significant 590 00:26:07,083 --> 00:26:08,125 had to happen here. 591 00:26:08,292 --> 00:26:10,333 Laird, is there anything like it in Nova Scotia 592 00:26:10,542 --> 00:26:11,833 -that you know of? -No. I haven't found 593 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,792 anything like it in North America. 594 00:26:13,958 --> 00:26:15,875 [Fiona] I think it's much older. 595 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:19,083 I would not be surprised if it got us into the 1200 range. 596 00:26:20,917 --> 00:26:22,792 [Narrator] The team was stunned to discover 597 00:26:22,917 --> 00:26:26,042 a 40,000-pound boulder on Lot 8 this year 598 00:26:26,208 --> 00:26:28,708 that was covering the cradle of stones 599 00:26:28,875 --> 00:26:31,458 and a potential shaft deeper below it. 600 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,625 However, prior to that, 601 00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:36,833 they had found two curious artifacts on the lot. 602 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,875 One, a lead bag seal that may date back some 700 years. 603 00:26:42,042 --> 00:26:45,333 And the other was a copper artifact with symbols 604 00:26:45,458 --> 00:26:48,292 that may be connected to the Knights Templar. 605 00:26:48,458 --> 00:26:50,042 [Marty] Well, and Rick, 606 00:26:50,208 --> 00:26:52,083 you got some light that you can shed on the Lot 8 boulder 607 00:26:52,208 --> 00:26:54,167 -from that trip to the Azores. -[Rick] Yes. 608 00:26:54,292 --> 00:26:56,458 We wanted to find if there is 609 00:26:56,583 --> 00:26:58,333 some evidence that the Templars, 610 00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:02,792 or associated groups in the 1300s, 611 00:27:02,917 --> 00:27:06,833 needed to safeguard a treasure, uh, via the Azores 612 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,333 prior to coming to Oak Island. 613 00:27:09,458 --> 00:27:11,708 We went to a megalithic site. 614 00:27:11,917 --> 00:27:13,500 And on the way up the hill, 615 00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:15,417 I just noticed a huge stone, 616 00:27:15,583 --> 00:27:17,458 but it had slots carved into it. 617 00:27:17,625 --> 00:27:20,083 And to me, it's... 618 00:27:20,208 --> 00:27:25,292 it was so similar to the spacing in the Lot 8 boulder. 619 00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:31,417 That rock has a big void, to me, purposely built underneath it. 620 00:27:31,625 --> 00:27:32,833 [Marty] Which brings me 621 00:27:32,958 --> 00:27:34,333 to what Scott did yesterday. 622 00:27:34,542 --> 00:27:35,792 [Scott] So, yesterday, 623 00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:37,250 we went and got a large hammer drill, 624 00:27:37,458 --> 00:27:39,250 a three-foot-long core bit. 625 00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:43,333 And when we drilled in there, we didn't find bedrock. 626 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:45,000 Okay, well, here's what's certain: 627 00:27:45,208 --> 00:27:48,500 there's a lot more work to do on this boulder on Lot 8, 628 00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:50,333 including digging underneath it. 629 00:27:51,375 --> 00:27:53,667 There still could be a tunnel, there could be a shaft. 630 00:27:53,833 --> 00:27:55,292 Or there could be treasure. 631 00:27:55,458 --> 00:27:57,167 There could be treasure, Gary. 632 00:27:57,292 --> 00:27:59,875 We need to completely eliminate any question 633 00:28:00,042 --> 00:28:02,583 as to what might have been done underneath that boulder. 634 00:28:02,792 --> 00:28:04,833 But let's shift over to Lot 5, 635 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,833 which has been hugely significant. 636 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 So, we have this feature 637 00:28:09,125 --> 00:28:11,917 which became two features which became three features. 638 00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:16,292 [Narrator] This year, the team made a number of new discoveries 639 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:20,292 in the rounded stone foundation near the shore on Lot 5 640 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:22,208 that suggest it was occupied 641 00:28:22,375 --> 00:28:24,958 by different groups over different periods 642 00:28:25,167 --> 00:28:28,292 prior to the discovery of the Money Pit. 643 00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:30,458 These include a folded coin, 644 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,542 meant to represent a religious symbol of protection 645 00:28:33,708 --> 00:28:37,000 that may be more than 300 years old. 646 00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:40,000 They also found a decorative lead artifact 647 00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:43,333 that may date back more than 700 years. 648 00:28:43,458 --> 00:28:47,917 And in just the last month, they began investigating 649 00:28:48,083 --> 00:28:50,375 what was previously thought to be a modern well 650 00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:52,583 just a few yards away. 651 00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:54,875 But after digging next to it, 652 00:28:55,042 --> 00:28:56,750 they discovered evidence 653 00:28:56,917 --> 00:28:58,667 that it is a much larger feature, 654 00:28:58,833 --> 00:29:02,125 and may be connected to the rounded foundation. 655 00:29:03,167 --> 00:29:04,750 [Marty] And my understanding, Laird, 656 00:29:04,875 --> 00:29:06,625 it wasn't just a domicile. 657 00:29:06,792 --> 00:29:08,833 -Something different than that? -Correct. 658 00:29:08,958 --> 00:29:11,042 [Marty] We've always looked for the camp. 659 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,000 If there was this tremendous activity 660 00:29:14,208 --> 00:29:16,125 at the Money Pit, it would have taken men 661 00:29:16,292 --> 00:29:18,500 and animals and support structures 662 00:29:18,708 --> 00:29:20,333 and all kinds of stuff, and maybe Lot 5 663 00:29:20,458 --> 00:29:21,500 is what we've been looking for. 664 00:29:21,708 --> 00:29:23,208 [Rick] You have evidence here 665 00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:25,083 that substantiates that. 666 00:29:25,208 --> 00:29:28,000 And we have possibly found a road 667 00:29:28,125 --> 00:29:30,125 that might be a-a way to move the treasure 668 00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:33,292 here on Oak Island: the sand road. 669 00:29:33,417 --> 00:29:34,792 And again, it leads us down 670 00:29:34,958 --> 00:29:38,208 a-a path of discovery in the swamp. 671 00:29:38,375 --> 00:29:40,417 The sand road potentially changes the whole island. 672 00:29:43,167 --> 00:29:46,250 [Narrator] While excavating the western side of the swamp... 673 00:29:46,417 --> 00:29:48,250 -[Peter] Still sandy. -[Narrator] ...the team 674 00:29:48,375 --> 00:29:51,833 was surprised to uncover a sand-covered cobblestone road 675 00:29:52,042 --> 00:29:55,417 that was lined with eight-sided wooden survey stakes. 676 00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:58,917 And as they kept exposing the mysterious feature... 677 00:29:59,958 --> 00:30:02,125 ...they found signs that it may run through 678 00:30:02,292 --> 00:30:05,167 the center of the island toward Lot 5, 679 00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:07,708 as well as through the swamp, 680 00:30:07,917 --> 00:30:10,917 toward the believed Portuguese stone road. 681 00:30:12,375 --> 00:30:14,667 I find the sand road really interesting now. 682 00:30:14,833 --> 00:30:16,833 We were always looking for a connection 683 00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:19,375 between the Money Pit and Lot 5. 684 00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:22,083 And perhaps the sand road is the connection. 685 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:24,333 [Jack] It could lead literally to a place 686 00:30:24,542 --> 00:30:27,042 where treasure's deposited. 687 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,083 [Marty] Good. Excellent. 688 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:37,542 The sand road could lead literally to a place 689 00:30:37,708 --> 00:30:39,458 where treasure's deposited. 690 00:30:39,625 --> 00:30:41,167 Exactly. 691 00:30:41,333 --> 00:30:44,375 I love this little oxshoe that was found 692 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:45,833 along that path. 693 00:30:46,042 --> 00:30:48,042 Only mean one thing, and that's hauling. 694 00:30:48,208 --> 00:30:50,042 [Billy] We thought that the Portuguese stone road 695 00:30:50,208 --> 00:30:52,292 that we call it was a big job? 696 00:30:52,458 --> 00:30:54,250 Well, you know, look at the length of this thing. 697 00:30:55,292 --> 00:30:57,042 -[Alex] They might be the same thing. -[Billy] Right. 698 00:30:57,167 --> 00:31:00,417 [Alex] The sand road is a continuation of Center Road. 699 00:31:00,583 --> 00:31:02,417 That means that it's there much earlier 700 00:31:02,583 --> 00:31:04,167 -than we first thought. -[Marty] Agreed. 701 00:31:04,375 --> 00:31:06,792 And so, we have these in front of us, 702 00:31:06,917 --> 00:31:09,833 are what we believe to be a hand cannon 703 00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:12,833 and four stoneshots. 704 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,542 These two are from previous years. 705 00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:16,833 They're both from the Azores. 706 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:18,958 But then this year, we find two more-- 707 00:31:19,167 --> 00:31:21,292 actually, Derek found them on the wash plant-- 708 00:31:21,375 --> 00:31:24,917 and here's the ultimate point: no country significant 709 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:27,875 was using them after about 1450. 710 00:31:28,042 --> 00:31:30,042 So, what are those doing on Oak Island? 711 00:31:30,208 --> 00:31:32,542 It really, I think, is one of the most 712 00:31:32,708 --> 00:31:34,250 concrete dates we have. 713 00:31:35,792 --> 00:31:37,333 [Narrator] When the team first uncovered 714 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,250 a section of the sand road in the swamp this year... 715 00:31:40,417 --> 00:31:42,083 -Look at that. -[Narrator] ...they also found 716 00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:46,375 part of an early firearm known as a hand cannon. 717 00:31:46,583 --> 00:31:47,875 And that is unusual. 718 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,458 [Narrator] It was a curious find, 719 00:31:49,583 --> 00:31:52,500 given that they have now also discovered 720 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:54,375 four pieces of stoneshot, 721 00:31:54,542 --> 00:31:57,667 three of which were unearthed in the Money Pit area. 722 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,792 Mm-hmm. 723 00:32:00,917 --> 00:32:02,042 [Narrator] And during the team's recent trip 724 00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:04,167 to the Azores islands... 725 00:32:08,292 --> 00:32:11,167 [Narrator] ...Portuguese archaeologist Tiago Rodrigues 726 00:32:11,292 --> 00:32:14,000 affirmed that these artifacts may not only date back 727 00:32:14,167 --> 00:32:16,833 to the 14th century 728 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,875 but could also be of Portuguese origin. 729 00:32:20,042 --> 00:32:24,125 Is this enough to prove a pre-Columbian voyage? 730 00:32:24,292 --> 00:32:26,083 No, but it's a good indication. 731 00:32:26,250 --> 00:32:27,792 [Gary] And a good sign of treasure, 732 00:32:27,917 --> 00:32:29,875 because you'd need guns and ammo 733 00:32:30,042 --> 00:32:33,333 if you're putting a large treasure in the Money Pit. 734 00:32:33,542 --> 00:32:34,833 [Marty] Yeah. 735 00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:37,917 And so, finally, conceptually, 736 00:32:38,083 --> 00:32:39,625 we arrive at the Money Pit. 737 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:41,167 Did a lot of work there, 738 00:32:41,375 --> 00:32:45,000 and what got us very excited is this right here. 739 00:32:45,125 --> 00:32:48,208 This is the fabled Pitblado coin. 740 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:50,667 So, this coin turns out to be 741 00:32:50,875 --> 00:32:55,500 a 1369 to 1371 Portuguese coin. 742 00:32:55,708 --> 00:32:57,292 Extremely rare 743 00:32:57,458 --> 00:32:59,875 and very valuable. 744 00:33:00,042 --> 00:33:01,750 And of course, that got us all really excited, 745 00:33:01,917 --> 00:33:05,000 including me, who is fixed on treasure more than story. 746 00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:07,250 -[laughter] -A chest of these 747 00:33:07,458 --> 00:33:09,125 would be worth just that, it would be worth 748 00:33:09,292 --> 00:33:10,917 an enormous fortune. 749 00:33:11,083 --> 00:33:13,125 And it did, apparently, come out of the Money Pit. 750 00:33:14,125 --> 00:33:15,875 So, we got really excited about this, 751 00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:19,167 and then we chased the theory of... 752 00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:21,583 "All right, there was a treasure in the Money Pit, 753 00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:24,542 and the treasure fell into the solution channel." 754 00:33:25,542 --> 00:33:27,125 [Jack] And scientific evidence to show 755 00:33:27,292 --> 00:33:29,083 -that it's still down there. -[Marty] Exactly. 756 00:33:29,250 --> 00:33:30,542 So, it got us all enthused, 757 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:32,125 and we were able to get canisters 758 00:33:32,292 --> 00:33:33,833 down into the solution channel. 759 00:33:34,042 --> 00:33:35,917 -Yeah. -We found lots of things 760 00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:37,292 that shouldn't have been in the solution channel. 761 00:33:37,458 --> 00:33:40,000 My analysis of that is that 762 00:33:40,125 --> 00:33:41,792 it was proof of concept, 763 00:33:41,958 --> 00:33:44,917 and proves the theory that stuff could fall down in there. 764 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:48,000 We weren't successful in finding the treasure. 765 00:33:48,167 --> 00:33:51,500 But we all still think it's here because of your work, Ian 766 00:33:51,667 --> 00:33:53,583 and Dr. Fred, because of the metals in the water. 767 00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:54,917 -[Ian] Mm-hmm. -I... 768 00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:56,667 I know you have a potentially new method 769 00:33:56,833 --> 00:34:00,208 that we could zero in and maybe find the treasure. 770 00:34:00,375 --> 00:34:02,958 -Yep. -Can you bring the group up to speed on that? 771 00:34:03,167 --> 00:34:04,833 [Ian] Yeah. 772 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,333 A little while ago, Dr. Michel suggested... 773 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:10,000 we're having problems with water. 774 00:34:10,125 --> 00:34:12,333 Water moves around, gets diluted, 775 00:34:12,542 --> 00:34:14,333 so Fred suggests, "Why don't we look at wood?" 776 00:34:14,458 --> 00:34:17,083 Because it has the ability to soak up metal. 777 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:20,292 Just like a water filter would soak up metal from water. 778 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:23,292 And the wood's much better at soaking up metals than water. 779 00:34:23,458 --> 00:34:26,125 And I think we just need to do more work with the wood. 780 00:34:26,292 --> 00:34:27,958 The wood's at its early stages. 781 00:34:28,083 --> 00:34:31,000 And we got the data back. 782 00:34:31,208 --> 00:34:33,792 Results from, like, 15 sort of random samples. 783 00:34:33,958 --> 00:34:35,958 So, if you've just done the tests now, 784 00:34:36,125 --> 00:34:38,375 where did you get the wood to test? 785 00:34:38,542 --> 00:34:42,500 We got it from the outside of logs and planks 786 00:34:42,667 --> 00:34:44,208 that were in various tunnels and shafts 787 00:34:44,375 --> 00:34:45,750 throughout the Money Pit. 788 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:48,417 And something did show up 789 00:34:48,542 --> 00:34:50,458 in Shaft 2A. 790 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:55,083 Which is, I think, the unknown shaft. 791 00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:59,250 We're digging up the first ever searcher shaft on Oak Island. 792 00:34:59,375 --> 00:35:02,667 [Narrator] In 2024, the Oak Island team 793 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:05,667 began uncovering a feature that they believed 794 00:35:05,833 --> 00:35:10,292 to be an early 19th-century searcher shaft known as Shaft 2, 795 00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:13,208 which according to historical records, 796 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:17,667 was located 14 feet southeast of the original Money Pit. 797 00:35:17,875 --> 00:35:19,417 [Craig] I tend to think 798 00:35:19,542 --> 00:35:21,500 -it's two different shafts. -[Narrator] However, 799 00:35:21,708 --> 00:35:23,125 during the excavation, 800 00:35:23,333 --> 00:35:26,583 they discovered another undocumented shaft 801 00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:31,167 some ten feet to the northeast that they dubbed "Shaft 2A." 802 00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:33,417 This made them wonder whether they found 803 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:36,375 an old shaft built by treasure hunters 804 00:35:36,542 --> 00:35:40,083 or perhaps treasure depositors. 805 00:35:40,250 --> 00:35:43,208 So, in Shaft 2A-- the wood sample from Shaft 2A-- 806 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:47,125 we had the highest amount of silver we've ever seen. 807 00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:50,417 And also, uh, I think the third highest level of gold. 808 00:35:58,542 --> 00:36:00,292 [Ian] So, in Shaft 2A, we had the highest amount 809 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,167 of silver we've ever seen. 810 00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:05,708 And also, uh, I think the third highest level of gold. 811 00:36:05,875 --> 00:36:07,042 -[Marty] Great. -There you go. 812 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:08,708 Well, that's pretty exciting, right? 813 00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:10,750 It's another direct indication of treasure, isn't it? 814 00:36:10,917 --> 00:36:12,708 [Ian] With that result, if we have 815 00:36:12,875 --> 00:36:15,167 this kind of silver-- highest silver we've seen 816 00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:16,875 in something like 2A-- that could mean 817 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:21,500 that there's silver very, very close to where that wood is. 818 00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:24,458 [Narrator] After testing numerous samples of wood 819 00:36:24,625 --> 00:36:26,542 that the team has unearthed 820 00:36:26,708 --> 00:36:28,958 in the Money Pit area over the years, 821 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:33,208 Dr. Spooner has found new evidence of buried silver 822 00:36:33,375 --> 00:36:36,583 in the mysterious shaft known as 2A, 823 00:36:36,708 --> 00:36:40,458 a structure located more than 30 feet northeast 824 00:36:40,625 --> 00:36:44,333 of where they detected precious metals in the solution channel. 825 00:36:45,250 --> 00:36:46,500 -Dr. Spooner... -Yeah. 826 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:49,042 ...how do you reconcile the silver 827 00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:52,208 that we're finding in the wood from 2A 828 00:36:52,375 --> 00:36:54,500 and the silver that we're finding in the solution channel? 829 00:36:54,625 --> 00:36:57,167 Maybe what we're looking at here is... 830 00:36:57,292 --> 00:37:00,292 um, a-a variety of sources. 831 00:37:00,375 --> 00:37:02,292 Or multiple deposits. 832 00:37:02,417 --> 00:37:04,333 -Yep. -[Marty] This is getting interesting. 833 00:37:04,458 --> 00:37:07,208 -Multiple treasures? -It's a possibility, sure. 834 00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:10,333 -Wow. -[Ian] What I'm proposing is 835 00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:13,333 we take a much more detailed look at, uh, metals in wood. 836 00:37:13,542 --> 00:37:17,292 [Rick] Dr. Spooner's latest report perhaps proves 837 00:37:17,458 --> 00:37:19,792 the worthiness of the idea of testing the wood 838 00:37:19,958 --> 00:37:21,500 in several of the shafts. 839 00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:23,375 It certainly introduces new possibilities 840 00:37:23,542 --> 00:37:25,875 that we're chasing after multiple treasures 841 00:37:26,042 --> 00:37:27,500 on Oak Island. 842 00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:29,000 This is pretty much a no-brainer. 843 00:37:29,208 --> 00:37:30,958 -Let's continue this. -Yep. 844 00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:32,583 So, yes. Proceed, please. 845 00:37:32,708 --> 00:37:34,500 Tell us where the treasure is. We're ready. 846 00:37:34,708 --> 00:37:36,625 -I'll do my best. -[laughter] -[Marty] Perfect. 847 00:37:36,792 --> 00:37:38,667 Yeah. 848 00:37:38,833 --> 00:37:40,125 [Craig] Well, I just think it's a very 849 00:37:40,250 --> 00:37:41,500 productive year. 850 00:37:41,667 --> 00:37:43,000 We've had some major finds. 851 00:37:43,125 --> 00:37:45,042 The-the boulder on Lot 8, 852 00:37:45,208 --> 00:37:47,000 the sand road in the swamp... 853 00:37:47,208 --> 00:37:49,250 -Right. -It just seems like 854 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:52,333 Oak Island has its secrets and we've uncovered some. 855 00:37:52,542 --> 00:37:55,167 -Yeah. -So, I want to thank you, and I think we had a great year. 856 00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:56,833 -Yep. -[Marty] So, 857 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,000 I thought a long time about how I would like 858 00:37:59,083 --> 00:38:00,625 to close here today, 859 00:38:00,792 --> 00:38:02,500 and I thought a good way to do that 860 00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:04,792 might be to use a symbol. 861 00:38:04,917 --> 00:38:06,458 Gary? 862 00:38:06,625 --> 00:38:08,000 [with accent] It's right here in me top pocket. 863 00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:09,667 -[laughter] -Top pocket find. 864 00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:11,917 [Marty] Yeah, top pocket find and, uh... 865 00:38:12,083 --> 00:38:13,833 It's... 866 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:15,500 this. 867 00:38:15,625 --> 00:38:17,750 This is one ounce of pure gold. 868 00:38:17,917 --> 00:38:21,083 It appropriately has the Canadian maple leaf on it. 869 00:38:21,250 --> 00:38:23,500 And here's the pure gold I would like to find. 870 00:38:23,667 --> 00:38:27,458 And we have found pure gold here from the people of Canada, 871 00:38:27,625 --> 00:38:29,333 from the people of Nova Scotia 872 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:32,667 and certainly, the people in this room. 873 00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:35,000 And if we are moving caissons around next year, 874 00:38:35,125 --> 00:38:36,333 instead of these poker chips, 875 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:39,000 we're gonna move this maple leaf around 876 00:38:39,125 --> 00:38:40,708 to decide where to dig, 877 00:38:40,875 --> 00:38:42,958 and hopefully, find the treasure. 878 00:38:43,125 --> 00:38:44,833 -Yeah. -Yep. 879 00:38:46,250 --> 00:38:48,167 It goes without saying how important 880 00:38:48,375 --> 00:38:51,000 you have all become to me. 881 00:38:52,708 --> 00:38:54,792 We're a family. 882 00:38:54,958 --> 00:38:57,375 Because the experience here is only as wonderful 883 00:38:57,542 --> 00:39:00,500 as it is because of each and every one of you. 884 00:39:00,708 --> 00:39:03,500 Without you, without each of you, 885 00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:06,583 these past years of my life would have been... 886 00:39:08,917 --> 00:39:10,333 ...far less rich. 887 00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:13,708 The treasure and the story are... 888 00:39:15,208 --> 00:39:18,083 ...like brothers, they're together, right? 889 00:39:18,208 --> 00:39:20,500 But the real treasure, really, 890 00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:22,583 is each and every one of you. 891 00:39:24,792 --> 00:39:26,750 This is the true treasure in life, 892 00:39:26,875 --> 00:39:28,333 what we share now. 893 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,417 Hundred percent. 894 00:39:30,583 --> 00:39:32,667 We are very grateful to be a part of 895 00:39:32,833 --> 00:39:35,667 your passion and share it with you. 896 00:39:35,833 --> 00:39:41,167 We would not be here if you did not share your dream, 897 00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:43,333 not only with us but the world. 898 00:39:43,417 --> 00:39:45,542 Thank you. 899 00:39:45,708 --> 00:39:48,208 -Thank you. -Yeah. -Yeah, well said. 900 00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:49,542 -I agree. -Absolutely. 901 00:39:49,708 --> 00:39:50,958 -Yep. -[Rick] The thank-you that Craig 902 00:39:51,125 --> 00:39:53,250 expressed, the thank-you that Marty expressed, 903 00:39:53,417 --> 00:39:56,208 the thank-you that I'm expressing is heartfelt. 904 00:39:56,333 --> 00:39:58,958 It is genuine and it is important. 905 00:39:59,042 --> 00:40:01,917 Emiliano, why don't you close out the day? 906 00:40:02,042 --> 00:40:04,292 -Grazie mille. -[laughter] 907 00:40:04,458 --> 00:40:06,542 -Perfetto. -[applause] 908 00:40:09,542 --> 00:40:11,583 Okay. Let's go. 909 00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:13,667 -[Peter] All right. -Thank you all. 910 00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:15,667 -[Rick] Thanks, everybody. -After you. 911 00:40:15,833 --> 00:40:19,333 [Narrator] The year on Oak Island has come to an end. 912 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:22,250 Her legendary secrets remain unknown... 913 00:40:22,417 --> 00:40:23,500 [Rick] Look at the enormity of the finds. 914 00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:25,000 [Alex] Fiona, thanks. 915 00:40:25,208 --> 00:40:26,625 [Rick] Look at the early dates. 916 00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:28,583 -[Gary] Thanks, mate. -[Rick] We have written 917 00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:31,500 maybe not the answer to the Oak Island mystery 918 00:40:31,625 --> 00:40:33,083 but we have added chapters 919 00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:35,208 upon chapters of information. 920 00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:37,167 Goodbye, all. 921 00:40:37,375 --> 00:40:40,833 [Narrator] However, Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 922 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,917 have proved one thing: the quest for answers 923 00:40:45,042 --> 00:40:50,500 to this 231-year-old mystery is well worth the pursuit. 924 00:40:50,708 --> 00:40:52,167 My whole life, I've been curious about things. 925 00:40:52,375 --> 00:40:54,750 Very, very curious about things. It gets me in trouble sometimes. 926 00:40:54,917 --> 00:40:56,500 [Craig] That was another good year. 927 00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:58,333 [Marty] Yep. Always bittersweet, isn't it? 928 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:01,708 How can we have found so many inexplicable things in one year? 929 00:41:01,875 --> 00:41:03,750 So, there's many reasons that would make me 930 00:41:03,917 --> 00:41:07,083 come back here to find this treasure. 931 00:41:07,250 --> 00:41:09,708 We have to be close to the endgame, don't we? 932 00:41:11,250 --> 00:41:15,708 [Narrator] So far, they have found more than 2,000 artifacts 933 00:41:15,875 --> 00:41:19,000 and numerous man-made structures 934 00:41:19,167 --> 00:41:22,250 predating the discovery of the Money Pit. 935 00:41:22,417 --> 00:41:25,750 Some by as much as 800 years. 936 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:28,833 And they have obtained mounting scientific evidence 937 00:41:28,958 --> 00:41:31,875 that treasure really may lie buried 938 00:41:32,042 --> 00:41:34,250 all across the island. 939 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:40,167 So, next year, when they return, 940 00:41:40,333 --> 00:41:44,542 they will build upon all they have learned and revealed 941 00:41:44,708 --> 00:41:47,208 to solve the mystery. 942 00:41:48,250 --> 00:41:50,833 [Rick] I'd like a year where we said, "You know what? 943 00:41:51,042 --> 00:41:53,083 We did it." 944 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:57,042 That moment has not come, but that is still my hope. 945 00:41:57,208 --> 00:41:58,333 I won't relent. 946 00:41:58,542 --> 00:42:00,542 I'm quite stubborn that way. 947 00:42:00,750 --> 00:42:03,292 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS