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Narrator: Tonight on
the curse of oak island...
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Marty:
Hello, guys.
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Narrator:
...A special two-hour premier.
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You guys are gonna have to
carry the ball.
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Covid has really altered
our plans, but
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things are starting to happen.
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Rick: We're going to try once
again to put a camera down c-.
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-What's that thing right there?
-Mike: I can see gold.
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We have to answer the question:
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Is there really
a tunnel entrance here?
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This is going higher now.
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-It's like a wall.
-That's fantastic.
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David:
This is a structure.
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He dated it from 1550 to 1620.
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Gary:
So I'm going below normal
metal detection range.
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-Jack: Oh, no way!
-Gary: That's an old coin, mate.
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-Oh, yeah.
-That is an old coin!
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-Alex: All right,
so we made it in.
-Marty: Yeah, we did.
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Rick:
The elusive chase
for the shiny gold thing begins.
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Doug:
They're putting the dive cage
over the caisson now.
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Tyler (over radio):
Keep coming down.
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Charles:
He's in.
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He just took something
out of the wall.
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I want that shiny gold thing
on the surface.
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Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic
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where people have been lookig
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross, whose orign
may stretch back
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to the days of
the knights templar.
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To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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Narrator:
It is the start of
another year on oak island,
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but, unlike any other,
in the centuries-old search
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to find an incredible treasure,
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this year's progress is
challenged by a deadly virus
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known as covid-19,
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which rapidly spread to
every corner of the world.
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Almost overnight, international
borders were closed,
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and once-thriving economies
began to crumble.
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It is against this grim backdrop
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that operations on oak island
have ground to a halt.
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At least until the island's
principal owners,
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brothers rick and marty lagina,
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along with their coworkers
and partners,
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can figure out how, if at all,
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they can proceed.
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Marty:
Look, guys...
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As you know, uh,
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I don't know, I'll say it:
You know,
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covid has just
kicked our exploration efforts,
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uh, really hard.
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-Yeah.
-Jack: I know access
through the border,
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from the u.S. To canada
just got kicked back
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another 30 days.
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So is there a chance
we're actually gonna be able
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to join the rest of the team
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and get out there to search
on the island this year?
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I think that's the whole point
of today's meeting, jack,
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is that, yes, I believe
there's a chance.
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But we want the search agenda
to move forward
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under both scenarios.
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So we're gonna talk
about a scenario
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we can get out there
and do something,
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and the scenario, look,
you guys are gonna have to
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carry the ball.
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We're gonna talk about
both of those here today,
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-I believe is the point.
-Absolutely.
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Rick:
For the first year ever,
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this search agenda
is gonna be guided
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by situational conditions.
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Covid-19 is gonna have impact
in terms of
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actually getting a physical
presence on the island,
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understanding what
the protocols will be,
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what we can and cannot do.
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But most importantly,
keeping everyone safe.
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What we'd like to do first is
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you've got it set up where
the whole fellowship
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is together separately.
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Sure. I'll get them up
on the screen.
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Marty: Thank god we have
a team on oak island.
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They're great, uh,
they're dedicated, and they are
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the boots on the ground
on oak island right now.
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So-so things are starting
to happen.
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-Hello, guys.
-Hey, guys.
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(overlapping greetings)
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-good to see you all back.
-Marty: Yeah.
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So how are you all weathering
the covid storm?
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-Terry: We've been fortunate.
-Yeah.
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I think this week we're
seven days without a new case.
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-Which is great news for us.
-Yep.
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Things are moving in
the right direction here.
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-That's fabulous.
-Yeah.
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When you say that, though,
what is the outlook
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internally within the province?
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What kind of decisions
are going to be made here
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in the near term, do you know?
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Well, what they're pushing for
is something they're going to
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call an "atlantic bubble,"
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right now,
which I guess is gonna put
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nova scotia, new brunswick
and p.E.I. Under one bubble
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so that the borders could open
between the atlantic provinces.
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-Yeah.
-Well, that brings us
to the issue
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and point here today is that
we're trying to stay safe, too.
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And we realize crossing the
border is gonna be fraught
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with all kinds of issues.
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I mean, bottom line, guys,
is the fellowship resides
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out there right now.
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We're here remotely, but
anything that's gonna be done
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for at least the first little
bit is gonna be by you guys.
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And, um, you know, we're just
gonna have to
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-play it by ear, basically.
-Yes.
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Dr. Spooner.
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Can you give us a synopsis
of what you've been up to?
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Yeah, so, um,
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I'm really excited to, uh,
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to kind of get out on the swamp.
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-Great.
-(laughter)
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we've got a new sonar rig
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that we actually just got
the equipment a week ago,
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and we're gonna run it over
the anomalies
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on the east side of the swamp
and see if
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we can resolve anything
using that new sonar rig.
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That's great.
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Here's the first core
right here.
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Marty:
Last year we found that the
southeastern edge of the swap
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might have been
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a very deep harbor
back in the day.
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There's substantial evidence
of almost industrial-like
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activity in the late 1600s.
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This stick will tell me
when that stone was placed.
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Marty:
And perhaps significant
activity
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in the 13th century as well,
which is really a...
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An eyebrow raiser.
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Ian:
What's coming together
for me is when you
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take a look at the seismic.
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And what we're trying to do is
put together some air photos,
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and see if that matched up with
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a shallow seismic anomaly
from the geophysics.
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But what's interesting is
they all kind of matched up.
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There's some kind of feature
in that cove,
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right on the edge of the swamp,
but still in the swamp.
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-Wow.
-Wow.
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So I'm pretty excited
to take a look at that.
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Well, that's interesting stuff.
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And then, I'd like to hear
from gary.
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What do you got plans for
this year, gary?
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Gary:
I've been checking out
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some deep-scanning equipment.
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It's similar in appearance
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to a metal detector,
but it does a lot more.
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It doesn't just find metal,
it finds cavities, tunnels.
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A vault.
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And it's quite deep.
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I believe it's 60 feet.
And I would like to use that
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in areas where we found
really cool coins and artifacts.
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Yeah, but I can't help
but picture right now,
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here's the fellowship,
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all excited about
all this technology
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we're gonna bring
to bear this year.
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And I'm picturing the island
sitting right over there,
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you know, and saying,
"go ahead, bring it on."
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-"knock yourself out."
-"knock yourself out."
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but no, I'm very hopeful.
This is all exciting stuff.
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Excellent.
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So let's move on.
I understand that
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there's some enthusiasm
for yet again
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trying to find
the shiny gold object in c-1?
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Rick:
I'd like to ask charles,
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of all the work we've done
in the money pit over the years,
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it would seem that we
continually come back to c-1.
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Well, rick, you know, every time
c-1 comes off the table,
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something happens,
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or a technology comes along
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that it comes back on the table.
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And I think it's just
worth another look.
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We just can't walk away
from c-1.
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We have to take
another stab at it.
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What's that?
That right there.
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Rick:
That's your gold-colored...
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Charles:
Yeah, there's another piece
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of it there, too. Look.
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Marty: The shiny little
flecks of gold in c-1,
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there's enough data
where it's still alive.
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So there's reason to continue
to look at c-1,
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and we'll figure out a way
to perhaps retrieve them
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and put that to bed
once and for all.
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We have to take another kick
at the can; no pun intended.
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marty:
Yes, it's worth a look.
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-What else we got?
-So, doug,
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if you want to take over...
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Doug has made a significant find
through...
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-Dan blankenship's archives.
-Yes.
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In the, uh, midst
of all this chaos
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of the pandemic,
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I was on the island in March
getting ready for
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what we thought was gonna be our
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April drill program.
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And, of course,
the-the lockdown happened.
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And I was fortunate to
get isolated on the island
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for the last four months,
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and I spent that time
going through dan's files.
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And, uh, I found two
old surveys,
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one of which was a map
drawn by fred nolan
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while he and dan were
working together.
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The other was a geophysical
study of the underground
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called the barringer survey,
done in 1988.
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What struck me about this is
both these surveys indicate
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possible tunnels under lot 15.
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It's a really interesting
construct because
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just below the brow of the hill
on lot 15,
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it does look like it leads
into the side of the hill.
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It's just these two rock wals
that are in
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the rise of the hill,
right at the brow.
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The barringer survey suggests
that there's a tunnel
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running from the money pit
past c-1 towards lot 15.
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It doesn't look like this report
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ever got followed up on.
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There was supposed to be
a phase two conducted,
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and that never happened.
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What really caught my interest
in reading through the report
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is that they found
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four possible nonferrous
targets on the island.
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Jack:
They found nonferrous hits,
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-but no one ever
investigated them?
-Right.
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It is the sleeping beauty survey
that hasn't been acted upon
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these 32 years.
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-Wow.
-Nonferrous.
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What are some of our favorite
nonferrous metals?
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Gold!
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we could repeat that study.
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-We could do the whole island.
-Marty: Exactly.
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Okay, so we're all
in agreement on that,
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and we're all, you know,
weathering a tough storm.
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Marty: This meeting
has been appreciated.
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-Rick?
-I-I'm just grateful
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and humbled by the fact
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that you guys...
That we're still a team,
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and that we're still
all pulling together.
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My hat's off to all of you,
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and I'm thinking
I wish I was there.
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Jack:
Yeah.
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Rick:
It was wonderful to see
all those faces.
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Every face on that screen,
you could see in their eyes,
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they're supremely committed o
moving this agenda forward.
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I am in awe of that
and humbled by it.
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I think we've got a great team,
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and hopefully that will resut
in some answers.
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Marty:
When I see that there is
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incredible and genuine interest
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from a bunch of
very smart people
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to pursue this,
and a passion for it,
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it's inspiring to me.
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It brings me back to say yeah,
this is worth doing.
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Now get busy.
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-(laughs): Yeah.
-Cheers, guys.
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Thanks.
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Cheers, you guys.
See you later.
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-(truck beeping)
-come back. Good.
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You're backing in right here.
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Good.
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We're good to go now.
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Narrator:
After their meeting with ric,
marty, craig and the team...
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-Mr. Huntley.
-Good morning.
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How you doing, doug?
Charles, how are you?
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Good, man.
Good to see you again.
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Narrator: ...Oak island's
historians charles barkhouse
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and doug crowell
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arrive at the c-1 caisson
near the money pit site.
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They have arranged to meet
with professional diver
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mike huntley,
along with his team
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in hopes of locating a
mysterious gold-colored objet
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that is believed to be
somewhere in the c-1 shaft.
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The object was first
caught on camera
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five years ago, after charles
convinced rick lagina
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to drill a six-inch-wide
borehole at the site
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where he believed evidence
of the original money pit
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might be found.
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At a depth of 170 feet,
they encountered a large voi.
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Glen:
Here we go.
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Narrator: Later, using
a pipe-inspection camera,
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they obtained astounding
video evidence
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of a mysterious
gold-colored object
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embedded in the bedrock wall
of the borehole shaft.
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Right there.
It looks metallic.
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Look how yellow that is.
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Charles:
What the hell is that?
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Marty:
Okay, get after it.
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Narrator:
Unfortunately, one year late,
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when the laginas drilled
a much wider caisson
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into the area, now called c-1,
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they were unable to locate
the elusive object.
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Rick:
So, we're going to try once
again to put a camera down c1
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because the water has been
given the chance to
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settle out over the winter.
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The elusive chase for the shiny
gold thing begins once again.
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How will we do that?
You know,
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there's still
an open discussion about that,
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but it's not off our radar.
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We're really curious to
get back down c-1.
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Yeah, I am, too,
in a different way.
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-(laughter)
-a warmer way.
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-Charles: You won't get wet
this time.
-That's right, yeah.
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What kind of camera system
are we putting down today, mike?
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We have a deep-water-rated
hd camera and light,
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so they're nice and robust,
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-so they'll handle the pressure.
-Excellent.
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Narrator:
For today's operation,
mike huntley and his team
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will be using a high-definition
multi seacam,
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which features a sealite sphere
led light, and is designed
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to withstand depths
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of as much as 20,000 feet
underwater.
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You know, ever since
charles chose the spot for c-1,
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we've been fascinated
by the allure
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of this shiny gold thing
that was seen
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in the original hole.
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Great. I'll wait for
you guys to get set up,
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and then we'll get this
in the water.
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-Thank you, sir.
-Thank you.
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It's still so interesting
that charles barkhouse
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picked this spot for c-1.
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And they found a cavity
173 feet below the ground.
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Not only that, they see
a shiny gold thing
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when they drill
the original hole.
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C-1 has offered up
so many questions.
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I hope today we can
find some answers.
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Mike:
Okay, down slow, sam.
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Sam:
Camera's just touching
the water now.
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Mike:
Ooh.
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Completely submerged?
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Wow.
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Little slower.
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Narrator:
While the team proceeds with
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their exploration
of borehole c-1,
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some 1,000 miles west
of oak island,
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in traverse city, michigan...
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-Marty: Hey, guys.
-Craig: Hey, guys.
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-Good. How are you?
-We're doing well, we think.
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Narrator: ...Rick and marty
lagina, along with their partner
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craig tester,
have arranged a teleconferene
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with david irving
and representatives
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from irving equipment limited.
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-Marty: Whoa, baby!
-Rick: Over the years,
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working with
irving equipment and david,
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I think the most significant
thing that we've found is
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we believe we've relocated
the money pit.
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Just really big,
impressive timbers.
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We're back in the old stuff.
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Rick: If, and there's
rising belief on our part
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that we have found the collapse
feature of the money pit,
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well, that-that's probably
the most significant find.
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You know, we all are in the
shadow of this covid thing.
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You've got a big operation,
lots of employees.
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How's that working out?
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Yeah.
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Hmm. Interesting.
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It's just interesting to see
how others are-are handling it.
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Um, so let's talk about
oak island for a minute.
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How-how would you like
to proceed?
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-Okay.
-So I'll turn it over
to matt here.
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Marty: Great.
Let's see what you got there.
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I'm sure we'll have questions.
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Sounds cool.
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Narrator:
Using augmented reality,
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a technology that overlays
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computer-generated images
onto real-world objects,
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the team from irving equipmet
limited is presenting
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a new dig method that will
allow the oak island team
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to effectively excavate
the entire money pit area.
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Yeah.
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Narrator:
Inspired by the unique patten
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bees use to make beehives,
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the honeycomb method
would involve digging
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a large number of
eight-foot-wide steel caissos
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down into the bedrock.
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By excavating each shaft
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along a strategically
designed pattern,
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the team would be able to
drill, backfill the hole,
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and maneuver the equipment
to each new drill site.
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This would allow the laginas
and their partners
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the ability to cover
a large area,
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but without the enormous expense
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and inherent dangers
associated with drilling
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a massive, 100-foot-wide hole.
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Are you leaving the cans in
in each case?
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What are you doing with that?
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Marty:
Okay.
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Here's how I'd like to
sum it up, if it's okay.
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Let us think about
the honeycomb thing here.
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And also, you're gonna
work on logistically
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how you would do that,
how much time it might take,
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what you'd do with the spoils.
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Maybe you could give us
the same kind of presentation,
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if you would, on that.
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Perfect, guys.
Look forward to seeing you.
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-Stay safe.
-Yep.
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-Marty: Cheers.
-Rick: Bye-bye.
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Narrator:
Meanwhile, back on the islan,
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doug crowell
and charles barkhouse,
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along with professional diver
mike huntley and his team,
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are continuing their
exploration of the c-1 shaft.
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Okay, keep going slow.
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Visibility's starting
to get better.
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Charles:
I'm quite impressed
with this camera.
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-The resolution's really nice.
-Yeah.
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Mike:
We have teeth. We're at
the bottom of the caisson.
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All stop.
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Sam:
Roger. At all stop.
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Okay, gonna point down
a little bit, too.
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Charles:
Look how clear that is, though.
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That's some of the best
views we've had
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in a long time, really.
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Mike:
Oh.
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-What's that right there?
-Oh, I see that, too.
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Mike:
Back up a bit.
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What's that thing right there?
Right there.
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It's kind of, like, on an angle.
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Mike:
What do we have there?
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-This area right here.
-Yeah, yeah.
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Look, it's almost triangular,
and it has color to it.
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Mike:
I can see gold.
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Here.
Right in there. Yes
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-doug: That color just popped.
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-Doug:
That triangular-shaped area.
-Mike: Yeah.
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Charles:
There's some gold-colored
object there, that's for sure.
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Narrator:
At borehole c-1,
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near the site
of the original money pit,
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oak island historians doug
crowell and charles barkhous,
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along with mike huntley
and his team,
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have made what they believe
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could be an exciting discovey
in the cavity
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at the bottom of borehole c-1,
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some 170 feet below ground.
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Doug:
What's getting me though
is that,
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when you find gold veins
in quartz and whatnot,
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it's-it's just all irregular.
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-Right.
-To find edges that look
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-like a triangle
are-are not natural.
-No, you're right.
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Narrator:
A gold triangle?
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Could the team
have finally pinpointed
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the same gold-colored object
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that was first spotted
in c-1 five years ago?
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Do you want to continue...
Continue to look around,
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see if we can find a bigger one?
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We'll continue down then,
slowly, and we'll...
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-We'll keep looking.
-'kay.
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-See if we can spot
anything else.
-Sounds good.
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00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:39,255
Okay, sam.
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-Down slow.
-Roger.
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Coming down slow.
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Mike:
Oh. All stop!
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Sam:
Roger. At all stop.
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Mike:
What's that right there?
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Yeah, I see that, too.
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Mike:
There's another one right there,
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just off to the center
of the screen.
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Yeah. This-this area,
right here.
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We do have more
of that golden color there.
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Charles:
We're seeing
another shiny gold thing.
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But this one is very small,
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maybe even the size of a pea.
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But that's only an estimation.
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Uh, who knows?
Until we get down there
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and fully investigate this,
we're not gonna know.
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-Mike, are we ready to go lower?
-Yes, we are.
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All right,
let's-let's go really slow.
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-Down slow!
-Yeah.
-Sam: All right.
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Down slow.
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Doug:
There were
some nice patterns there
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-for a second.
-Charles: Yeah.
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I didn't see
any coloration in it.
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Mike:
All stop.
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Sam:
Roger. At all stop.
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Axel, pull it straight
into you.
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-Nice and slow.
-Yeah.
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-Doug:
Uh, mike, just hold for a sec!
-Oh!
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-Charles: Go back, mike.
-Roger.
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Oh. Is this another one?
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Charles:
That-that's definitely
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a gold object right there.
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A gold-colored object.
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I mean, it pops compared to
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-the surrounding area.
-Yeah.
491
00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:15,810
-You guys see that there?
-Doug: Yeah.
492
00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:18,020
-Yeah. It's pretty bright,
isn't it?
-Yeah.
493
00:23:18,064 --> 00:23:20,856
Narrator:
Might obtaining video evidene
494
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,859
of not one
but three gold-colored objecs
495
00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:26,570
embedded in the wall
of the c-1 cavity
496
00:23:26,614 --> 00:23:29,865
mean the team has
finally located actual treasue
497
00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:33,411
within a close vicinity
of the original money pit?
498
00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:35,413
And, if so, could it mean
499
00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:38,707
that the team may have made
a historic breakthrough,
500
00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,584
one that could bring
definitive answers
501
00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:42,086
to the oak island mystery?
502
00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:45,381
Mike:
Um, I think the visibility
is starting to go.
503
00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:47,425
And it's getting
really hard to see.
504
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:49,427
We could be passing stuff
and we don't even know
505
00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:50,928
-we're passing it.
-Well,
506
00:23:51,013 --> 00:23:54,765
we've probably seen
all we can see now, right?
507
00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:56,934
-Yeah.
-I think what we should do
is go back,
508
00:23:57,019 --> 00:23:59,437
to where we can implement
a video call with the guys
509
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,938
and fill them in.
510
00:24:00,982 --> 00:24:01,981
For sure. Okay.
511
00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:03,107
Doug:
Great work, guys.
512
00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:05,401
-Charles: Yeah.
-Mike: Thanks.
513
00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:08,446
Narrator:
Later that afternoon...
514
00:24:08,531 --> 00:24:10,489
-Marty: Hey, guys.
-Alex: Hey.
515
00:24:10,575 --> 00:24:11,574
Doug:
Gentlemen.
516
00:24:11,659 --> 00:24:14,743
...Rick, marty and alex lagina,
517
00:24:14,829 --> 00:24:16,120
along with craig tester
518
00:24:16,164 --> 00:24:17,997
and jack begley,
gather at marty
519
00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:20,416
and craig's office
in traverse city
520
00:24:20,501 --> 00:24:25,421
to hear charles, doug and mike's
highly anticipated report.
521
00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,506
We're eager for some good news.
522
00:24:27,592 --> 00:24:29,133
-You got any?
-(chuckles)
523
00:24:29,218 --> 00:24:31,635
we-we have news that is, uh...
524
00:24:31,721 --> 00:24:35,806
We can report a successful
operation in-in c-1.
525
00:24:35,850 --> 00:24:39,977
And the results were
both intriguing and perplexing.
526
00:24:40,062 --> 00:24:41,770
Marty:
All right. Let's hear about it.
527
00:24:41,856 --> 00:24:43,689
Take it away. Talk to us.
528
00:24:43,774 --> 00:24:45,649
I'll show ya. I'll bring
the first one up here now.
529
00:24:46,736 --> 00:24:48,944
So, this is target number one.
530
00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:50,446
If you look just center,
531
00:24:50,531 --> 00:24:52,781
it's just in the, uh,
top left quadrant.
532
00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:55,534
Just-just off of center.
533
00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:56,702
What the hell's that?
534
00:24:56,787 --> 00:24:58,746
Jack:
Is that the gold shiny thing?
535
00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:00,122
Marty:
Looks like a fleck of gold.
536
00:25:00,208 --> 00:25:02,666
-That's what it looks like.
-Yeah.
537
00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:03,959
So, the next one.
538
00:25:04,045 --> 00:25:06,670
It's, uh, right here.
539
00:25:06,714 --> 00:25:10,841
And it's one foot directly below
the triangular object.
540
00:25:10,885 --> 00:25:13,511
Mike:
And then,
right around the 180-foot,
541
00:25:13,596 --> 00:25:16,972
we had something that was
even clearer and larger,
542
00:25:17,058 --> 00:25:19,850
about the size of, um,
a quarter or so.
543
00:25:19,936 --> 00:25:22,186
Doug:
This is target number three.
544
00:25:22,271 --> 00:25:24,563
You can see the luster
changing now
545
00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:26,607
as he's moving
the camera around.
546
00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:28,234
Alex:
Oh, yeah.
547
00:25:28,319 --> 00:25:31,070
So there's multiple
gold shiny things down in c-1.
548
00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:32,571
-(laughs)
-I mean,
it's not just a one-off.
549
00:25:32,657 --> 00:25:34,198
There's something down there.
550
00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:36,033
-You know?
-Craig: But is that anything
551
00:25:36,118 --> 00:25:38,577
of value or is it something
552
00:25:38,663 --> 00:25:41,121
that's just natural
and it appears gold?
553
00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:42,289
Been the shining object
554
00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:44,208
and everything else
since the beginning.
555
00:25:44,293 --> 00:25:46,043
Well, that-that's why I said
it was perplexing.
556
00:25:46,128 --> 00:25:49,630
Because, uh, after mike
pulled the equipment up,
557
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,799
uh, out of c-1,
558
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:54,552
I put in a call
to terry matheson.
559
00:25:54,637 --> 00:25:57,263
And I'm going
to quote terry here.
560
00:25:57,348 --> 00:26:01,058
"there's no known
natural emplacement of minerals
561
00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:04,019
that would look like gold
in anhydrite."
562
00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:05,729
so that's why it's perplexing.
563
00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:07,690
It had to be placed there
564
00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:10,067
by something other
than natural processes.
565
00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:12,027
I mean,
we don't know either way,
566
00:26:12,113 --> 00:26:14,655
-so it needs to be pursued.
-Exactly.
567
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,031
Marty:
You know what, doug,
I'll give you this.
568
00:26:16,117 --> 00:26:17,116
You-you named it right.
569
00:26:17,201 --> 00:26:18,576
It's, uh, interest--
570
00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:20,244
intriguing but perplexing.
571
00:26:20,288 --> 00:26:21,370
Agreed.
572
00:26:21,455 --> 00:26:23,080
-Right.
-Doug: Mike, tell-tell the guys,
573
00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:26,542
uh, your thoughts
about your previous dive there,
574
00:26:26,627 --> 00:26:29,211
when you had
your metal detecting equipment.
575
00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:32,881
Uh, from where bottom is
in relation to that third target
576
00:26:32,967 --> 00:26:35,801
is pretty much
where I'd had those hits.
577
00:26:35,886 --> 00:26:38,053
At the bottom of that, uh--
that cavity.
578
00:26:38,139 --> 00:26:40,598
(beeping)
579
00:26:42,143 --> 00:26:43,934
(trilling)
580
00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,022
narrator:
Three years ago,
581
00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:50,107
during one of the previous
attempts to retrieve
582
00:26:50,151 --> 00:26:53,152
the gold-colored object
in the c-1 shaft,
583
00:26:53,237 --> 00:26:55,946
diver mike huntley
initially received
584
00:26:56,032 --> 00:26:58,657
a number of hits
with his metal detector.
585
00:26:58,743 --> 00:27:01,869
Unfortunately,
when he returned down the shaft
586
00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,245
to remove the object,
587
00:27:03,331 --> 00:27:06,206
both the signal
and the elusive object
588
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:09,585
seemed to have
mysteriously disappeared.
589
00:27:09,670 --> 00:27:12,004
I think if, uh, you know,
590
00:27:12,089 --> 00:27:16,759
we put the camera down
and we only saw one thing,
591
00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,303
I'm not sure
it would warrant a dive.
592
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:22,640
But if there's four targets,
593
00:27:22,725 --> 00:27:26,352
you know, that might allow
the diver to be successful,
594
00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:27,686
in terms of retrieval.
595
00:27:27,772 --> 00:27:29,355
Now what we have to do is try
596
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,273
-to retrieve a sample.
-Doug: Yeah.
597
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,610
A diver could go down there and
try to get hands on the targets.
598
00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:36,987
It's worth a try. I don't-- I
mean, unless somebody disagrees.
599
00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:38,656
No, I agree.
600
00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:41,659
-Marty:
So, let's try it. Set it up.
-Will do.
601
00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:44,161
I want that shiny gold thing
on the surface!
602
00:27:44,205 --> 00:27:46,288
(laughter)
603
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:48,832
we remain your boots
on the ground for now.
604
00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:50,334
Thank you very much.
605
00:27:50,419 --> 00:27:52,836
-Rick: Thanks guys. See ya.
-Doug: See ya.
606
00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:06,392
Narrator:
Two days after obtaining
compelling video evidence
607
00:28:06,477 --> 00:28:10,396
of three gold-colored objects
more than 170 feet deep
608
00:28:10,481 --> 00:28:13,023
at the bottom of borehole c-1...
609
00:28:13,067 --> 00:28:14,942
I think
these guys mean business.
610
00:28:15,027 --> 00:28:16,694
Charles:
This is quite an operation.
611
00:28:16,779 --> 00:28:18,737
-Just a few trucks.
-Yeah.
612
00:28:18,823 --> 00:28:23,158
...Oak island historians doug
crowell and charles barkhouse,
613
00:28:23,244 --> 00:28:26,245
along with project manager
scott barlow,
614
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,205
are preparing to oversee
a dive operation
615
00:28:28,249 --> 00:28:31,709
which is designed to take
a closer look at the objects
616
00:28:31,794 --> 00:28:34,211
and hopefully retrieve them.
617
00:28:34,296 --> 00:28:35,879
Just come ahead a bit
618
00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:39,258
-and just square your back
right up here, okay?
-Yeah.
619
00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:42,720
Narrator: Because diver
mike huntley was unavailable,
620
00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:45,889
rick and marty lagina
have enlisted the services
621
00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:49,059
of rob ritcy and his team
from rmi marine
622
00:28:49,103 --> 00:28:53,063
to conduct today's investigation
of the c-1 shaft.
623
00:28:53,107 --> 00:28:54,690
We'll pull him in like that.
624
00:28:54,775 --> 00:28:56,400
I'll leave my truck right here.
625
00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:59,945
Narrator:
With nearly 50 years
of combined experience,
626
00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:02,364
rmi marine specializes
in conducting
627
00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:05,200
deep underwater surveying,
construction
628
00:29:05,286 --> 00:29:07,578
and salvage operations.
629
00:29:09,957 --> 00:29:14,001
Guys, it looks like rmi marine
is ready to go.
630
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:15,294
Okay.
631
00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:17,421
We're gonna get rob
to give you an update.
632
00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:19,256
Perfect.
633
00:29:19,341 --> 00:29:22,718
Narrator: Although they are
still unable to enter canada,
634
00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:24,261
rick and marty lagina,
635
00:29:24,346 --> 00:29:27,097
along with their partner
craig tester,
636
00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:29,099
have arranged to monitor
every second
637
00:29:29,143 --> 00:29:33,437
of today's potentially historic
operation via video conference.
638
00:29:33,522 --> 00:29:37,274
Joining them will be
craig's son, jack begley,
639
00:29:37,318 --> 00:29:41,236
and metal detection expert
gary drayton.
640
00:29:41,322 --> 00:29:43,947
Hey, guys.
So-so, we're all set.
641
00:29:44,033 --> 00:29:46,116
-Great.
-We're ready to roll.
642
00:29:46,202 --> 00:29:48,494
So, I just want to confirm
with everybody
643
00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:50,370
what the itinerary was.
644
00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:53,499
I-I believe
target 1-2 is probably first.
645
00:29:53,584 --> 00:29:56,084
That was the shallowest target.
646
00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:58,128
-That's correct. Yup.
-Okay, good.
647
00:29:58,172 --> 00:30:01,924
So, after that,
we can hit target 3 and see
648
00:30:02,009 --> 00:30:05,135
what we can do there to get-- to
get those-- to get those pieces.
649
00:30:05,179 --> 00:30:07,221
Okeydoke.
650
00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:09,181
So, we're probably looking at--
looks like
651
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:11,308
in the neighborhood
of a 20-minute dive.
652
00:30:11,352 --> 00:30:13,977
That all sounds...
Brilliant to me.
653
00:30:14,063 --> 00:30:14,978
That sounds perfect.
654
00:30:15,064 --> 00:30:16,146
I think it's time
655
00:30:16,190 --> 00:30:17,815
for your guy to get wet.
Let's do this.
656
00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:18,982
Okay, man.
Let's do it.
657
00:30:19,068 --> 00:30:20,275
Marty:
Proceed.
658
00:30:20,361 --> 00:30:23,362
Narrator:
Due to the serious risks
659
00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:25,781
facing the divers
as they explore the dark,
660
00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,534
confined depths of borehole c-1,
661
00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:30,285
the oak island team has arranged
662
00:30:30,371 --> 00:30:33,872
for emergency medical
technicians to be on site.
663
00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:37,835
Rob ritcy has also set up
a hyperbaric chamber
664
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,004
for the unlikely
but potentially deadly risk
665
00:30:41,048 --> 00:30:43,006
of either of the divers
developing
666
00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:47,010
decompression sickness,
also known as "the bends."
667
00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:49,346
you know, with anything we do
on oak island,
668
00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:51,390
safety is paramount.
Before, you know--
669
00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:52,975
it's-it's more important
670
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:55,018
than any treasure
we could possibly find.
671
00:30:55,062 --> 00:30:57,521
It's not worth the risk
of somebody's life.
672
00:30:57,565 --> 00:31:02,025
Narrator: In order to
safely reach the bottom of c-,
673
00:31:02,111 --> 00:31:06,530
diver tyler newton will be
lowered down in a steel cage.
674
00:31:06,574 --> 00:31:10,075
Upon reaching
a water depth of 50 feet,
675
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,369
a trap door will open,
676
00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:14,872
allowing tyler
to complete his descent
677
00:31:14,957 --> 00:31:17,374
to a depth of some 170 feet
678
00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:21,211
in search of the gold-colored
objects in the cavity wall.
679
00:31:21,255 --> 00:31:22,838
Once located,
680
00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:25,090
he will attempt
to delicately extract them
681
00:31:25,175 --> 00:31:28,093
using a small hammer and chisel.
682
00:31:28,178 --> 00:31:31,680
Comms check. One, two.
683
00:31:33,976 --> 00:31:36,226
Roger that. I've got you
loud and clear, as well.
684
00:31:42,943 --> 00:31:44,943
-Okay, here.
-(filtered breathing)
685
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,572
they're putting the dive cage
over the caisson now.
686
00:31:48,616 --> 00:31:50,407
Good. Let's do it.
687
00:31:57,499 --> 00:31:59,541
Here we go.
688
00:32:02,504 --> 00:32:05,255
There's not much room,
either side, I'll tell you.
689
00:32:05,341 --> 00:32:07,257
It's a good thing
that wasn't any smaller.
690
00:32:07,343 --> 00:32:08,550
You're right.
691
00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:12,387
Ritcy:
Just watch vise-grips.
692
00:32:12,473 --> 00:32:14,264
Uh, bring them a little quicker.
693
00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:22,522
Can everybody see this?
694
00:32:22,608 --> 00:32:24,441
Yeah.
695
00:32:27,071 --> 00:32:29,613
Ritcy:
Coming down. All stop at 40.
696
00:32:29,657 --> 00:32:32,240
About five more feet,
just so you know. Coming down.
697
00:32:34,244 --> 00:32:36,453
Charles:
He's just about to the water.
698
00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:38,288
Ritcy:
Perfect.
699
00:32:38,374 --> 00:32:40,290
-He's in.
-Scott: Yeah.
700
00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:48,340
Ritcy:
Four, three, two,
701
00:32:48,425 --> 00:32:50,467
one. 40 feet. All stop.
702
00:32:53,347 --> 00:32:55,305
Light doesn't penetrate
very far, does it?
703
00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:56,640
No, it doesn't.
704
00:32:56,725 --> 00:32:59,017
Okay, we're all stopped here
at 40 feet.
705
00:32:59,103 --> 00:33:00,644
You're clear to come out
of the basket.
706
00:33:03,065 --> 00:33:04,147
Leaving the basket?
707
00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:06,942
Brad:
Roger that.
708
00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:09,152
Dang, this is exciting.
709
00:33:10,239 --> 00:33:11,363
Narrator:
Now that tyler newton
710
00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:13,240
has left the dive cage,
711
00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:16,994
he will descend to a depth
of some 170 feet
712
00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:20,122
to the area below the metal
caisson's cutting teeth,
713
00:33:20,207 --> 00:33:22,624
where he can begin
to search the walls of the shaft
714
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:25,168
for the gold-colored anomalies.
715
00:33:26,255 --> 00:33:28,505
Ah, it's getting clearer now.
716
00:33:28,590 --> 00:33:31,008
The water gushing by it
as it's displacing it.
717
00:33:31,093 --> 00:33:32,551
Charles:
Yeah.
718
00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:35,679
Well, so far,
he's coming right down on it.
719
00:33:35,723 --> 00:33:37,681
Scott:
Yep.
720
00:33:49,653 --> 00:33:50,736
Getting clearer.
721
00:33:51,947 --> 00:33:54,322
Doug:
The diver's
currently at about 90 feet,
722
00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:55,866
and visibility is good.
723
00:33:57,619 --> 00:34:00,370
-I'm gonna go over
and listen to the divemaster.
-Okay. Yep.
724
00:34:01,582 --> 00:34:03,373
How you feeling?
725
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,627
What do you think
you got for depth there?
726
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:10,380
130, 135.
727
00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:15,719
Charles:
There's the teeth.
728
00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:20,182
All stop.
729
00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:22,059
They've reached the bottom
of the caisson.
730
00:34:22,102 --> 00:34:23,769
They've reached the bottom
of the casing.
731
00:34:23,854 --> 00:34:26,229
-We can see the teeth.
-Marty: Okay.
732
00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:29,524
Got you at 144 here now.
733
00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:33,862
Brad:
Is there anything shiny ther?
734
00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:40,035
Brad:
So, you're getting
lots of reflections
735
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,080
but no shiny objects?
736
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,419
Brad:
Roger that.
737
00:34:51,465 --> 00:34:53,423
That's not it there, is it?
738
00:34:53,509 --> 00:34:55,217
What's that?
739
00:34:56,929 --> 00:34:58,929
Brad:
Kind of, yep.
740
00:35:04,144 --> 00:35:06,103
Charles:
Going after something.
741
00:35:06,188 --> 00:35:08,105
Gary:
Look at that shine.
742
00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:10,148
Charles:
Yeah.
743
00:35:10,234 --> 00:35:11,274
Is that a coin?
744
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,609
Oh, is it?
745
00:35:12,653 --> 00:35:13,652
Oh, yeah.
746
00:35:13,737 --> 00:35:15,862
Narrator:
A coin?
747
00:35:15,948 --> 00:35:18,323
Found some 170 feet deep
748
00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:20,784
within the walls
of the c-1 shaft?
749
00:35:20,828 --> 00:35:22,786
Could this be a vital clue
750
00:35:22,871 --> 00:35:26,289
marking the location
of the legendary treasure?
751
00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:29,292
Charles:
He just took something
out of the wall.
752
00:35:33,173 --> 00:35:34,422
Gary:
Is that a coin?
753
00:35:37,845 --> 00:35:38,885
Oh.
754
00:35:38,971 --> 00:35:39,970
There it went.
755
00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:42,180
That looked like a coin falling.
756
00:35:42,266 --> 00:35:44,099
Yeah.
757
00:35:44,184 --> 00:35:46,309
Narrator:
At borehole c-1,
758
00:35:46,353 --> 00:35:49,354
some 170 feet underground,
759
00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:53,650
professional diver tyler newton
has been attempting to locate
760
00:35:53,694 --> 00:35:56,653
and carefully extract
three gold-colored objects
761
00:35:56,738 --> 00:35:59,948
that were spotted on camera
just two days ago.
762
00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:03,160
Unfortunately, his first sample,
763
00:36:03,245 --> 00:36:05,328
an object
which the oak island team
764
00:36:05,372 --> 00:36:07,330
believed might have been a coin,
765
00:36:07,416 --> 00:36:09,166
has slipped out of his grasp
766
00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:12,711
and plunged more than 20 feet
down the pitch-black shaft,
767
00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:17,340
deeper than these divers
are currently permitted to g.
768
00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:24,347
Got about two minutes
before we start traveling up.
769
00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:27,893
Brad: Anything that's shiny
down there,
770
00:36:27,978 --> 00:36:29,186
take some samples of that.
771
00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:33,732
Well, you would think that you
would be able to see it.
772
00:36:33,817 --> 00:36:35,984
I mean, we all saw
that shiny gold thing
773
00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:37,485
-on the camera.
-Yep.
774
00:36:38,488 --> 00:36:40,989
Can you do a slow scan up the...
775
00:36:41,074 --> 00:36:42,324
-Up the twine?
-Yep.
776
00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:44,367
Can you go back
to the twine there?
777
00:36:47,456 --> 00:36:50,165
Brad:
And then just head down that.
778
00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:52,209
Just real nice and slow.
779
00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:55,795
Find the gold shiny thing.
780
00:36:55,881 --> 00:36:57,172
Yeah.
781
00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:00,342
What's that?
782
00:37:00,427 --> 00:37:02,677
Doug:
What was that back there?
783
00:37:02,763 --> 00:37:04,804
Down to his right a little bit.
784
00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:08,225
-That looks triangular
to me right there.
-Yeah.
785
00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:11,269
-He might be on it now, guys.
-(chuckles): Yeah!
786
00:37:11,355 --> 00:37:13,230
Brad:
We'll get us one more sample,
787
00:37:13,315 --> 00:37:15,232
and then we'll get you
prepared to come up.
788
00:37:18,195 --> 00:37:19,903
That sure looks like
the shape, though.
789
00:37:24,952 --> 00:37:26,910
Brad:
Really hard material?
790
00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:32,415
-Could be that slate material.
-Brad: Yeah.
791
00:37:39,216 --> 00:37:41,216
Brad:
Roger that.
792
00:37:45,347 --> 00:37:46,888
Brad:
Roger.
793
00:37:46,974 --> 00:37:49,057
Doug:
So, he's coming up.
794
00:37:49,142 --> 00:37:50,475
So, he took some samples.
795
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,102
We'll see what he's got.
796
00:37:52,145 --> 00:37:54,104
All right, fingers crossed.
797
00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,070
Ritcy:
Okay.
798
00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:04,406
Got the helmet.
799
00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:09,953
(indistinct chatter)
800
00:38:09,997 --> 00:38:12,956
the diver is out, guys.
He's heading into the chamber.
801
00:38:13,041 --> 00:38:14,916
Marty:
Okay.
802
00:38:15,002 --> 00:38:16,835
Narrator:
As a safety precaution,
803
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,838
diver tyler newton
spends the next 22 minutes
804
00:38:19,923 --> 00:38:22,048
inside the hyperbaric chamber.
805
00:38:22,134 --> 00:38:24,801
-Here you go, guys.
-Oh. That's for charles's hands.
806
00:38:24,886 --> 00:38:26,344
-Let's see what we got.
-Okay.
807
00:38:26,430 --> 00:38:28,847
Narrator:
While waiting for tyler
to emerge,
808
00:38:28,932 --> 00:38:30,515
charles barkhouse and the team
809
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,810
inspect the samples that were
brought to the surface.
810
00:38:33,895 --> 00:38:35,312
What is it, charles?
811
00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:40,442
Charles:
Well, obviously,
we got some anhydrite here,
812
00:38:40,527 --> 00:38:42,235
but this is very curious.
813
00:38:42,321 --> 00:38:45,322
-It's different, isn't it?
-Yeah, it is different.
814
00:38:45,407 --> 00:38:46,990
What is it, charles?
815
00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:49,159
It's interesting.
Th-this piece right here,
816
00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:52,078
guys,
it seems to be slate anhydrite.
817
00:38:52,164 --> 00:38:54,289
Don't know if you can see it,
but right-right here,
818
00:38:54,374 --> 00:38:56,833
there's a really clear
crystallization.
819
00:38:56,918 --> 00:38:59,044
-Charles: That is odd.
-Marty: Yeah.
820
00:38:59,129 --> 00:39:01,171
Narrator:
Unfortunately,
821
00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:03,882
none of the samples retrieved
from the c-1 borehole
822
00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:06,301
appear to match
the gold-colored objects
823
00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:08,511
spotted two days before.
824
00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:11,973
Is it possible
that tyler newton missed them
825
00:39:12,059 --> 00:39:14,184
due to poor visibility?
826
00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:15,810
Marty:
C-1
827
00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:18,188
hasn't really revealed
its secrets, has it?
828
00:39:19,441 --> 00:39:22,317
Guys,
rob ritcy's gonna debrief us.
829
00:39:22,361 --> 00:39:23,651
Perfect.
830
00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:28,531
Ritcy:
Okay, guys.
So, we just finished up.
831
00:39:28,617 --> 00:39:30,200
-Okay.
-Ritcy: So,
832
00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:33,995
the diver scanned through
one foot on each side.
833
00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:37,457
So, six square feet.
Six square feet.
834
00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:40,001
There was one target
just outside.
835
00:39:40,087 --> 00:39:43,296
It-it sort of showed up
as something yellow,
836
00:39:43,382 --> 00:39:45,048
and, um,
837
00:39:45,092 --> 00:39:46,424
he tried to chip that out.
838
00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:47,550
He couldn't get it chipped out.
839
00:39:47,636 --> 00:39:49,552
We had just run out of time.
840
00:39:49,638 --> 00:39:52,389
-The island wins again.
-Yeah.
841
00:39:53,642 --> 00:39:55,058
That is crazy.
842
00:39:56,645 --> 00:39:58,561
You know,
it's a confined space dive.
843
00:39:58,647 --> 00:40:01,648
It's possible,
if these shiny gold things
844
00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:03,400
fell to the bottom,
our first thought is
845
00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:05,110
all is not lost.
846
00:40:05,195 --> 00:40:08,613
It's gonna have to demand
possibly an airlift.
847
00:40:08,698 --> 00:40:12,075
Narrator:
By forcing air
into the c-1 borehole
848
00:40:12,119 --> 00:40:15,453
at a rate of as many
as 100 pounds per square inc,
849
00:40:15,539 --> 00:40:18,540
the airlift process
creates a powerful vacuum
850
00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:21,084
that would force
any silt, sediment
851
00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:24,254
and, needless to say,
any valuable artifacts
852
00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:26,256
up to the surface.
853
00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:30,427
-Doug: Hey, guys.
Have a seat there.
-Charles: You guys...
854
00:40:30,512 --> 00:40:32,512
-Divers have a seat here.
-Rick: First of all,
855
00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:34,597
I just want to say thank you.
I'm sure we all do.
856
00:40:34,683 --> 00:40:36,975
-Yeah, no problem. Yeah.
-Yeah, thanks for having us.
857
00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:39,978
Thank you very much.
I think you did a great job,
858
00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:42,105
and we appreciate your effors
in that regard.
859
00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:46,109
We would prefer you find
where things is. (chuckles)
860
00:40:46,194 --> 00:40:47,444
(all laugh)
861
00:40:47,487 --> 00:40:49,571
but that can happen next.
862
00:40:49,656 --> 00:40:53,116
We still might want to airlift
that cavity, just so you know.
863
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,410
And then if we do,
when we get a lot of stuff up,
864
00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,455
-we might want another dive.
-Yep.
865
00:40:58,540 --> 00:41:01,207
If the bosses are happy with it
and the dive supervisor says go,
866
00:41:01,293 --> 00:41:02,917
then I'm down to do that
for sure.
867
00:41:03,003 --> 00:41:04,461
Marty (chuckles):
Okay.
868
00:41:04,546 --> 00:41:06,463
All right. On to the next job.
869
00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:07,922
Let's call it a day, gents.
870
00:41:08,008 --> 00:41:10,008
All righty. Thanks again, guys.
871
00:41:10,093 --> 00:41:11,259
-Ritcy: Okay.
-Charles: Thanks, guys.
872
00:41:11,344 --> 00:41:12,635
-Rick: Appreciate it.
-Marty: Cheers.
873
00:41:18,643 --> 00:41:22,479
Narrator:
Three days after the dive
in c-1,
874
00:41:22,522 --> 00:41:25,106
marty and rick
receive the exciting news
875
00:41:25,192 --> 00:41:28,026
that the travel ban between
the united states and canada
876
00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:29,569
has been modified.
877
00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:31,988
Effective immediately,
878
00:41:32,032 --> 00:41:34,616
certain approved visitors
may enter the country
879
00:41:34,659 --> 00:41:37,285
on condition
they quarantine themselves
880
00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:39,496
for a 14-day period.
881
00:41:39,581 --> 00:41:42,540
This means
no human contact of any kind
882
00:41:42,626 --> 00:41:44,667
for two full weeks.
883
00:41:44,753 --> 00:41:47,712
Having already secured
the necessary approvals,
884
00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:51,174
marty,
along with his son alex lagina,
885
00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:54,302
and rick, along with
nephew peter fornetti,
886
00:41:54,387 --> 00:41:57,305
are finally able
to enter nova scotia.
887
00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:59,098
Alex:
All right, so we made it in.
888
00:41:59,184 --> 00:42:00,308
Yeah, we did.
889
00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:02,519
It was strange to be so close
890
00:42:02,604 --> 00:42:07,023
to oak island for two full weeks
and not be able to go there.
891
00:42:07,108 --> 00:42:10,193
Rick:
Being in quarantine is
different, because usually
892
00:42:10,278 --> 00:42:13,404
when we come, the very next
morning we're hard at it.
893
00:42:13,490 --> 00:42:15,198
There's all kinds of work
to be done,
894
00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:17,200
so I'm-I'm anxious to get at it.
895
00:42:21,873 --> 00:42:24,999
Covid has really, markedly
altered our plans.
896
00:42:25,085 --> 00:42:27,502
But it's just
kind of refocused us.
897
00:42:27,587 --> 00:42:29,671
Alex:
Here's home for two weeks.
898
00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:31,422
Marty:
We're gonna do new things.
899
00:42:31,508 --> 00:42:34,551
We're gonna employ
new technology, new methods.
900
00:42:34,636 --> 00:42:39,138
What I hope is to find
a giant treasure,
901
00:42:39,224 --> 00:42:42,308
or the answer to this
giant riddle-- this year!
902
00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:45,186
I think it's possible.
903
00:42:49,234 --> 00:42:51,067
Doug:
Hey, guys.
904
00:42:51,111 --> 00:42:52,402
-Alex: Hey, doug!
-Marty: Doug!
905
00:42:52,445 --> 00:42:54,279
I understand, uh,
906
00:42:54,364 --> 00:42:56,739
welcomes are in order--
you're in nova scotia now.
907
00:42:56,783 --> 00:42:59,200
-Yes. The eagles have landed.
-Rick: We are.
908
00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:00,743
Quarantined, but here.
909
00:43:00,829 --> 00:43:03,288
Narrator: One day after their
arrival in nova scotia,
910
00:43:03,373 --> 00:43:06,249
but while still prevented
from venturing out
911
00:43:06,334 --> 00:43:07,542
due to strict
quarantine measures,
912
00:43:07,627 --> 00:43:10,670
brothers rick and marty lagina,
913
00:43:10,755 --> 00:43:13,256
along with alex lagina
and peter fornetti
914
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:15,091
call into
the oak island war room
915
00:43:15,135 --> 00:43:18,219
for a meeting with other
members of their team.
916
00:43:18,305 --> 00:43:20,763
They are eager to discuss
several of the search
917
00:43:20,849 --> 00:43:24,267
and discovery operations
planned for the week ahead.
918
00:43:24,311 --> 00:43:27,604
Well, we, uh, we've been
kind of regrouping here
919
00:43:27,647 --> 00:43:29,772
after the c-1 dive, but, uh,
920
00:43:29,816 --> 00:43:33,610
laird has some updates
on the work intended for lot 15.
921
00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:35,111
Marty:
That'd be great.
922
00:43:35,196 --> 00:43:36,279
Keen to know about that.
923
00:43:36,364 --> 00:43:38,781
Yeah, actually,
the-the lead archeologist
924
00:43:38,825 --> 00:43:40,241
is gonna be david macinnes.
925
00:43:40,285 --> 00:43:42,160
A very experienced archeologist.
926
00:43:42,245 --> 00:43:43,745
Name might sound familiar,
related to, uh...
927
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,080
-Yeah, mcginnis?
-...Daniel mcginnis.
928
00:43:46,166 --> 00:43:47,123
Wow.
929
00:43:47,167 --> 00:43:48,750
Doug:
Direct descendant.
930
00:43:48,835 --> 00:43:49,834
A direct descendant, yeah.
931
00:43:49,878 --> 00:43:52,086
-Wow.
-Yeah. He's agreed to, uh...
932
00:43:52,172 --> 00:43:54,088
Do the investigations in lot 15
933
00:43:54,174 --> 00:43:57,091
and he'll be,
uh, aided by aaron taylor.
934
00:43:57,135 --> 00:43:59,510
And we're really looking forward
935
00:43:59,596 --> 00:44:01,095
to what david's
gonna come up with,
936
00:44:01,181 --> 00:44:03,264
with this, uh,
mysterious feature
937
00:44:03,308 --> 00:44:04,432
that we have up there.
938
00:44:04,476 --> 00:44:06,768
Boy, laird the believer!
939
00:44:06,853 --> 00:44:09,145
(laughs)
I'll tell you.
940
00:44:09,189 --> 00:44:10,772
It is curious, though.
It-it's two rock walls
941
00:44:10,857 --> 00:44:12,649
that just lead
into the side of the hill.
942
00:44:12,692 --> 00:44:14,442
Mm-hmm.
943
00:44:14,527 --> 00:44:16,819
Last spring, doug crowell did
a-a very thorough search
944
00:44:16,863 --> 00:44:19,322
of the documents
in dan blankenship's basement.
945
00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:21,115
And he found two old maps.
946
00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:25,244
One by fred nolan,
who was a surveyor.
947
00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:29,332
And one called the
barringer survey from 1988.
948
00:44:29,376 --> 00:44:32,210
Both indicated the possibility
949
00:44:32,295 --> 00:44:35,129
of a tunnel near
the feature on lot 15,
950
00:44:35,215 --> 00:44:39,509
both of them coming from the
money pit, north of the swam.
951
00:44:39,594 --> 00:44:42,679
The barringer survey also
indicated a possible tunnel
952
00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:45,390
near c-1 in the money pit.
953
00:44:45,475 --> 00:44:48,476
If these tunnels exist,
could they be connected?
954
00:44:48,561 --> 00:44:52,397
Could it be a possible back door
to the money pit-- who knows?
955
00:44:52,482 --> 00:44:54,691
Sounds like you got a downright
956
00:44:54,734 --> 00:44:56,651
brain trust there, laird.
I mean, uh,
957
00:44:56,736 --> 00:44:58,486
let us know what it is.
958
00:44:58,530 --> 00:45:00,697
I will. Yeah, no, I'm excited.
959
00:45:00,782 --> 00:45:02,240
I've got
my fingers crossed that it's
960
00:45:02,325 --> 00:45:04,826
some kind of,
uh, cavity or passage
961
00:45:04,911 --> 00:45:06,828
leading towards
the money pit area.
962
00:45:06,871 --> 00:45:08,162
That's-that's my hope.
963
00:45:08,248 --> 00:45:09,414
Rick:
Is it worth investigating?
964
00:45:09,499 --> 00:45:10,581
Absolutely.
965
00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:12,375
Let's see what the answers are.
966
00:45:12,460 --> 00:45:15,211
Another thing that's,
uh, taking shape, guys,
967
00:45:15,255 --> 00:45:17,547
is furthering
the exploration of the swamp.
968
00:45:17,590 --> 00:45:20,717
And dr. Spooner's ready to
follow up on that with some
969
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:22,719
scans of the swamp.
970
00:45:22,804 --> 00:45:25,221
So, yeah, just to
fill you in on what, uh,
971
00:45:25,306 --> 00:45:27,473
I have planned in the swamp.
972
00:45:27,559 --> 00:45:30,435
What we're doing is we're
running a new kind of survey.
973
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,854
It allows us
to pound down a ways
974
00:45:32,897 --> 00:45:35,231
into that swamp sediment
975
00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:38,568
and to see if we can resolve
that feature in the swamp.
976
00:45:38,653 --> 00:45:41,320
So that's what I'm up to
in the next week, week or two.
977
00:45:41,406 --> 00:45:42,321
Great.
978
00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,323
Oh! Holy crow.
979
00:45:44,409 --> 00:45:46,909
This stick will tell me
when that stone was placed.
980
00:45:46,953 --> 00:45:49,162
You date the stick,
you know when that happened.
981
00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:51,247
Narrator: Because of
the incredible finds made
982
00:45:51,332 --> 00:45:53,249
in the oak island swamp
last year...
983
00:45:53,293 --> 00:45:56,586
Ian:
I'm very confident
we're looking at 1680 to 1700
984
00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:59,213
that that disturbance
took place.
985
00:45:59,299 --> 00:46:02,300
Narrator:
...Including evidence that
significant human activity
986
00:46:02,385 --> 00:46:04,761
took place in the area
dubbed eye of the swamp
987
00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:06,929
during the late 17th century,
988
00:46:07,015 --> 00:46:10,808
along with proof that
the massive paved-stone area
989
00:46:10,894 --> 00:46:12,894
the team unearthed was
most likely constructed
990
00:46:12,979 --> 00:46:14,812
more than 800 years ago,
991
00:46:14,898 --> 00:46:18,775
the oak island team is eagr
to continue their investigatin
992
00:46:18,818 --> 00:46:22,612
of the area, but now
on a much larger scale.
993
00:46:22,697 --> 00:46:26,282
One of the team's first
targets is an anomaly
994
00:46:26,326 --> 00:46:28,284
that dr. Ian spooner
first spotted
995
00:46:28,328 --> 00:46:29,952
in a series
of aerial photographs
996
00:46:30,038 --> 00:46:32,622
taken nearly 100 years ago
997
00:46:32,665 --> 00:46:35,416
and located
on the southeastern edge
998
00:46:35,502 --> 00:46:38,252
of the mysterious
triangle-shaped swamp.
999
00:46:38,338 --> 00:46:40,963
Great,
I-I'm glad I'm in quarantine.
1000
00:46:41,049 --> 00:46:42,632
(laughter)
1001
00:46:42,675 --> 00:46:44,801
ian:
I'm looking forward to it,
personally.
1002
00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:46,886
It's intriguing,
because it's only ten feet down.
1003
00:46:46,971 --> 00:46:49,305
And this is the one
location where if there
1004
00:46:49,390 --> 00:46:50,973
are going to be artifacts,
1005
00:46:51,017 --> 00:46:53,518
this is the place
where they will be.
1006
00:46:53,603 --> 00:46:55,353
-Yes.
-And it's in front
1007
00:46:55,438 --> 00:46:58,272
of the paved area,
so that's really I think as much
1008
00:46:58,316 --> 00:46:59,816
my focus in terms of,
1009
00:46:59,859 --> 00:47:01,818
of trying to understand
what's going on there.
1010
00:47:01,861 --> 00:47:04,821
-Good!
-And then doug filled me in on
1011
00:47:04,864 --> 00:47:07,824
the story of a shaft
in that location.
1012
00:47:07,909 --> 00:47:09,784
-Is that correct?
-Doug: Y-yeah.
1013
00:47:09,869 --> 00:47:12,662
When, uh,
fred drained the swamp,
1014
00:47:12,705 --> 00:47:14,539
he spotted the remains
of an old shaft.
1015
00:47:14,624 --> 00:47:17,667
He didn't say exactly where,
but this spot that ian
1016
00:47:17,710 --> 00:47:20,628
has recognized,
identified, may be it.
1017
00:47:20,672 --> 00:47:22,839
-Yep.
-Rick: Fred obviously saw
1018
00:47:22,882 --> 00:47:25,591
something and recorded it.
1019
00:47:25,677 --> 00:47:28,719
And now this
work will confirm or deny it.
1020
00:47:28,805 --> 00:47:31,848
Yeah, it sounds
well worth doing, sounds grea.
1021
00:47:31,891 --> 00:47:34,517
All right, guys, that's all
we have from here for now.
1022
00:47:34,561 --> 00:47:37,019
We'll, uh,
we'll see you in two weeks.
1023
00:47:37,105 --> 00:47:38,688
(laughter)
1024
00:47:38,773 --> 00:47:40,773
rick:
We all knew it was going to e
1025
00:47:40,859 --> 00:47:43,025
an abbreviated year,
but everybody stepped up.
1026
00:47:43,111 --> 00:47:46,320
Without them laying
the groundwork for the year,
1027
00:47:46,364 --> 00:47:48,531
given the fact that we were late
1028
00:47:48,575 --> 00:47:51,367
in-in being able
to come into the country,
1029
00:47:51,411 --> 00:47:54,579
I-I think we would be
behind the eight ball.
1030
00:47:54,664 --> 00:47:56,706
The guys did an incredible job
1031
00:47:56,791 --> 00:47:58,875
of setting the stage
for the year's effort.
1032
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,668
If you need anything
while you're in isolation,
1033
00:48:00,753 --> 00:48:02,003
just, uh, call.
1034
00:48:02,088 --> 00:48:04,547
Okay. We might do that.
1035
00:48:04,632 --> 00:48:06,716
Figure it out while we're gone.
That'd be great.
1036
00:48:06,759 --> 00:48:08,885
-(all laugh)
-marty: That'd be fine, yeah.
1037
00:48:08,970 --> 00:48:11,554
We'll be there
with a brinks truck in 14 days.
1038
00:48:11,598 --> 00:48:12,889
(all laugh)
1039
00:48:12,974 --> 00:48:14,724
-doug: Take care, guys.
-Marty: Thanks, guys.
1040
00:48:14,767 --> 00:48:17,560
-Rick: See you.
-Peter: Buh-bye.
1041
00:48:19,522 --> 00:48:21,564
Narrator:
Later that same day...
1042
00:48:21,608 --> 00:48:22,773
-Hey, guys.
-Aaron: Hey, laird.
1043
00:48:22,859 --> 00:48:24,609
-Laird, how you doing?
-Laird: Good.
1044
00:48:24,694 --> 00:48:27,403
Narrator:
...Archaeologist laird niven
1045
00:48:27,447 --> 00:48:30,072
arrives at lot 15,
1046
00:48:30,116 --> 00:48:32,909
where fellow archaeologists
aaron taylor
1047
00:48:32,994 --> 00:48:35,703
and david macinnes
are investigating
1048
00:48:35,747 --> 00:48:37,622
a mysterious rock formation.
1049
00:48:37,707 --> 00:48:40,416
It is located
near the exact same spot
1050
00:48:40,501 --> 00:48:42,919
where one of the late
fred nolan's survey maps
1051
00:48:42,962 --> 00:48:45,963
had indicated
a potential tunnel entrance.
1052
00:48:46,049 --> 00:48:48,090
What interested me
about this one
1053
00:48:48,176 --> 00:48:49,842
is the disturbance on top.
1054
00:48:49,928 --> 00:48:50,885
Mm-hmm.
1055
00:48:50,929 --> 00:48:51,969
And it's disturbed soil.
1056
00:48:52,055 --> 00:48:54,847
So, uh,
it can be several things.
1057
00:48:54,933 --> 00:48:57,433
It could be people searching
for the treasure
1058
00:48:57,477 --> 00:48:59,477
may have come across
this stone feature
1059
00:48:59,562 --> 00:49:00,895
and found it interesting
1060
00:49:00,980 --> 00:49:03,105
-and dug it up.
-Laird: Mm-hmm.
1061
00:49:03,149 --> 00:49:05,441
-Yeah.
-And thrown the spoil up here.
1062
00:49:05,485 --> 00:49:06,984
And aaron
has just gone through that,
1063
00:49:07,070 --> 00:49:08,945
and he's found nails in it.
1064
00:49:09,030 --> 00:49:10,947
-Wow.
-Which is interesting, as well.
1065
00:49:10,990 --> 00:49:13,741
Narrator:
The great-great-great-great
grandson
1066
00:49:13,785 --> 00:49:15,660
of daniel mcginnis,
1067
00:49:15,745 --> 00:49:18,663
the young man
who first discovered evidence
1068
00:49:18,748 --> 00:49:22,458
of the money pit in 1795,
1069
00:49:22,543 --> 00:49:24,877
david macinnes is an expert
1070
00:49:24,963 --> 00:49:28,130
in the prehistory
of maritime canada.
1071
00:49:28,174 --> 00:49:30,132
During his distinguished career,
1072
00:49:30,176 --> 00:49:33,135
he has investigated
multiple archaeological sites
1073
00:49:33,221 --> 00:49:37,598
that date as far back
as 3200 bc.
1074
00:49:37,642 --> 00:49:39,141
So, I took that down.
1075
00:49:39,227 --> 00:49:42,979
In that,
we found three cut nails.
1076
00:49:43,022 --> 00:49:44,647
-That's cool.
-Aaron: So, I went through that,
1077
00:49:44,691 --> 00:49:45,856
and I've come down
1078
00:49:45,942 --> 00:49:49,151
-on a charcoal feature here.
-Laird: Wow.
1079
00:49:49,195 --> 00:49:51,028
-Definitely a burn event.
-Laird: Yeah.
1080
00:49:51,114 --> 00:49:52,655
David:
Well, there are several
1081
00:49:52,740 --> 00:49:54,824
burning events
that happened here.
1082
00:49:54,867 --> 00:49:56,993
On a personal level,
I was very happy to find it
1083
00:49:57,078 --> 00:49:58,911
because it gave me charcoal.
1084
00:49:58,997 --> 00:50:01,122
I can send charcoal to the lb
and get a date.
1085
00:50:01,207 --> 00:50:03,958
If that charcoal dates anything
to do with this structure,
1086
00:50:04,043 --> 00:50:05,626
it dates its end.
1087
00:50:05,712 --> 00:50:07,169
It burned down.
1088
00:50:07,213 --> 00:50:09,505
I'm opening up this second unit
1089
00:50:09,590 --> 00:50:12,675
to try to uncover more
of this charcoal feature.
1090
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,011
-Yeah.
-We were talking about possibly
1091
00:50:15,054 --> 00:50:17,054
-there being some sort of cover.
-David: Right.
1092
00:50:17,140 --> 00:50:18,973
Wooden cover over top of that,
1093
00:50:19,017 --> 00:50:21,684
which might explain the nails.
1094
00:50:21,728 --> 00:50:23,853
-Can I take a look at the nails?
-Aaron: Sure.
1095
00:50:23,896 --> 00:50:26,689
I found this
just a few minutes ago.
1096
00:50:26,733 --> 00:50:28,524
Oh, yeah, 'cause...
1097
00:50:28,609 --> 00:50:29,817
Excellent.
1098
00:50:29,902 --> 00:50:32,194
I've seen a lot of nails
on oak island.
1099
00:50:34,073 --> 00:50:36,532
-They are corroded, aren't they?
-Aaron: Mm.
1100
00:50:36,617 --> 00:50:38,200
Laird:
But that head's
machine-made, yeah.
1101
00:50:38,244 --> 00:50:40,661
-Aaron: Yeah, cut.
-David: What's important to me
1102
00:50:40,747 --> 00:50:42,830
about the nails is that it dates
the disturbance.
1103
00:50:42,915 --> 00:50:45,666
The nails
are in the disturbed layer.
1104
00:50:45,752 --> 00:50:47,585
And, so, searchers
who were digging around,
1105
00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:49,670
uh, trying to find something,
1106
00:50:49,714 --> 00:50:51,672
and somehow,
the nails ended up here.
1107
00:50:51,758 --> 00:50:55,176
-Laird: Mm-hmm.
-Uh, so, we still
have mysteries,
1108
00:50:55,261 --> 00:50:57,887
but, uh,
we've got some evidence.
1109
00:50:57,930 --> 00:50:59,889
I'm kind of getting
more and more confident
1110
00:50:59,932 --> 00:51:01,849
that we're gonna find
something really dateable.
1111
00:51:01,934 --> 00:51:05,227
-Yep.
-All right. I guess
I'll get back to work.
1112
00:51:05,313 --> 00:51:07,021
-You guys can get back to work.
-Sounds good.
1113
00:51:07,106 --> 00:51:09,648
Narrator:
Could the stone formation
1114
00:51:09,734 --> 00:51:11,734
be connected in some way
1115
00:51:11,819 --> 00:51:13,903
to the construction
of the mysterious tunnel
1116
00:51:13,946 --> 00:51:17,073
which was indicated
on fred nolan's map?
1117
00:51:19,035 --> 00:51:21,243
-Laird: David?
-David: Yeah?
1118
00:51:21,329 --> 00:51:23,245
What do you got?
1119
00:51:24,749 --> 00:51:26,040
What is it, nail?
1120
00:51:26,125 --> 00:51:28,042
-Laird: I'm not telling you.
-David: Oh.
1121
00:51:28,086 --> 00:51:30,920
You're not telling me?
(chuckling)
1122
00:51:32,965 --> 00:51:35,299
-that's slag.
-Laird (chuckles): It is.
1123
00:51:35,384 --> 00:51:38,552
Narrator:
Produced when a desired metal
is separated
1124
00:51:38,596 --> 00:51:40,763
from raw ore
by means of intense heat,
1125
00:51:40,848 --> 00:51:44,016
slag is commonly found
near foundries
1126
00:51:44,102 --> 00:51:47,103
or any place
where smelting has occurred.
1127
00:51:47,146 --> 00:51:50,606
Could this iron slag
found within the rock feature
1128
00:51:50,691 --> 00:51:52,775
be additional evidence
of some sort
1129
00:51:52,860 --> 00:51:55,945
of large-scale blacksmithing
effort on oak island,
1130
00:51:56,030 --> 00:51:58,948
perhaps one
that could be associated
1131
00:51:58,991 --> 00:52:02,618
with the possible construction
of the money pit treasure shaft?
1132
00:52:02,662 --> 00:52:06,122
Laird:
Lot 15 has exceeded
my expectations by tenfold.
1133
00:52:06,165 --> 00:52:09,250
With the evidence coming up,
it's really intriguing.
1134
00:52:09,335 --> 00:52:12,837
I'm pretty excited about what
it potentially could be.
1135
00:52:12,922 --> 00:52:16,215
David:
So, maybe an iron foundry.
1136
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:18,134
The question would be,
in my mind,
1137
00:52:18,219 --> 00:52:20,803
is why would there be
a blacksmith shop here?
1138
00:52:20,888 --> 00:52:23,889
This would be a big forge
if that's what this is.
1139
00:52:23,975 --> 00:52:26,308
Yeah. This was a big operation.
(laughing)
1140
00:52:26,352 --> 00:52:29,770
this was a big... Yeah.
I mean, yeah. I never thought
1141
00:52:29,856 --> 00:52:32,189
about the possibility
of a blacksmith shop.
1142
00:52:32,275 --> 00:52:34,150
-Did you?
-Laird: No.
1143
00:52:39,699 --> 00:52:41,991
Doug:
Hi, gentlemen.
1144
00:52:42,076 --> 00:52:44,285
-Hey, guys.
-Hi, doug.
-Hey, guys.
1145
00:52:44,328 --> 00:52:45,828
Well, we have a lot
of different,
1146
00:52:45,913 --> 00:52:46,871
interesting things happening
1147
00:52:46,956 --> 00:52:47,830
from lot 15.
1148
00:52:47,915 --> 00:52:48,956
I'm gonna cede this,
1149
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,249
un, position to laird,
1150
00:52:50,334 --> 00:52:52,251
who's probably gonna show you
some visuals
1151
00:52:52,336 --> 00:52:54,128
-somewhere along the way.
-Narrator: One day
1152
00:52:54,213 --> 00:52:58,257
after investigating a mysterious
rock formation on lot 15,
1153
00:52:58,342 --> 00:53:01,886
one that could rest on top
of an underground tunnel system,
1154
00:53:01,971 --> 00:53:06,265
oak island historians doug
crowell and charles barkhous,
1155
00:53:06,350 --> 00:53:10,019
along with archaeologists
laird niven and david macinne,
1156
00:53:10,062 --> 00:53:13,898
gather in the war room to share
their findings with rick lagina,
1157
00:53:13,983 --> 00:53:15,316
his nephew peter fornetti,
1158
00:53:15,401 --> 00:53:17,776
marty and alex lagina.
1159
00:53:17,862 --> 00:53:20,070
Also joining them,
via video conference,
1160
00:53:20,156 --> 00:53:24,158
is rick and marty's friend
and partner, craig tester.
1161
00:53:24,202 --> 00:53:26,911
Are you related to...
1162
00:53:26,996 --> 00:53:28,120
The mcginnises?
1163
00:53:28,206 --> 00:53:29,663
On the island?
1164
00:53:29,707 --> 00:53:32,082
Yeah. He was
my four times great-grandfather.
1165
00:53:32,168 --> 00:53:34,168
So I'm not just here
as an archaeologist.
1166
00:53:34,253 --> 00:53:35,920
I'm here
because I have an interest
1167
00:53:36,005 --> 00:53:37,213
in my family history.
1168
00:53:37,256 --> 00:53:38,797
-Great.
-And, uh, so, yeah.
1169
00:53:38,883 --> 00:53:41,717
Yeah, uh, we've got
an interesting structure.
1170
00:53:41,761 --> 00:53:43,385
We've got some visuals for you.
1171
00:53:43,429 --> 00:53:45,054
Um, this is an overhead,
of course.
1172
00:53:46,974 --> 00:53:49,183
And what's really important here
1173
00:53:49,268 --> 00:53:52,228
is that there are mounds
1174
00:53:52,271 --> 00:53:54,855
on either side
of this structure.
1175
00:53:56,984 --> 00:53:57,983
This is on the hillside.
1176
00:53:58,069 --> 00:53:59,360
You don't have mounds
on a hillside
1177
00:53:59,403 --> 00:54:01,028
next to a depression.
1178
00:54:01,113 --> 00:54:04,907
That's a positive relief,
uh, and that rarely happens.
1179
00:54:04,992 --> 00:54:06,867
So, for artifacts,
1180
00:54:06,953 --> 00:54:09,703
we've got nails,
we've got possible slag.
1181
00:54:09,789 --> 00:54:11,330
Slag can mean
a whole bunch of things.
1182
00:54:11,415 --> 00:54:14,917
Slag can be smelters.
Slag can be forges.
1183
00:54:15,002 --> 00:54:17,044
This is...
1184
00:54:17,088 --> 00:54:18,921
Not a natural feature.
1185
00:54:18,965 --> 00:54:20,005
People have done something here
1186
00:54:20,091 --> 00:54:21,715
to make a structure
of some kind,
1187
00:54:21,759 --> 00:54:23,926
which we're
still undecided upon.
1188
00:54:23,970 --> 00:54:25,719
This is not a house.
1189
00:54:25,763 --> 00:54:28,013
It's not a barn.
It's something else.
1190
00:54:28,099 --> 00:54:30,432
Now, we've had
some expert advice.
1191
00:54:30,476 --> 00:54:32,268
We've had carmen legge come in.
1192
00:54:32,353 --> 00:54:35,271
His conclusion is,
this is a tar kiln.
1193
00:54:36,941 --> 00:54:40,109
It's used to break wood down
into tar-related products
1194
00:54:40,152 --> 00:54:42,444
for preserving wooden ships
1195
00:54:42,488 --> 00:54:46,282
and for preserving rigging
and sails on ships.
1196
00:54:46,325 --> 00:54:47,449
Marty:
Wow.
1197
00:54:48,452 --> 00:54:50,160
David:
And he even dated it.
1198
00:54:50,246 --> 00:54:52,788
He dated it from 1550 to 1620.
1199
00:54:52,832 --> 00:54:55,457
He says it's
an english tar kiln.
1200
00:54:55,501 --> 00:54:57,084
That guy.
1201
00:54:57,128 --> 00:54:59,128
And it's got
a particular date range,
1202
00:54:59,213 --> 00:55:00,963
a very specific date range.
1203
00:55:01,007 --> 00:55:04,049
Well, that has to be
government or military.
1204
00:55:04,135 --> 00:55:05,259
Exactly.
1205
00:55:05,344 --> 00:55:07,803
Narrator:
A pine tar kiln...
1206
00:55:07,847 --> 00:55:10,472
Possibly constructed
by the british military
1207
00:55:10,516 --> 00:55:13,809
and dating as far back
as the 16th century,
1208
00:55:13,853 --> 00:55:17,980
nearly two centuries before
the discovery of the money pi?
1209
00:55:19,233 --> 00:55:21,275
Laird niven
and his team of archaeologists
1210
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,111
have come to lot 15
to try to answer the question--
1211
00:55:24,196 --> 00:55:26,030
is there really
a tunnel entrance here?
1212
00:55:26,115 --> 00:55:27,823
What they found was evidence
1213
00:55:27,867 --> 00:55:29,491
that the stone structure
on lot 15
1214
00:55:29,577 --> 00:55:33,829
was possibly a fire pit
or a pine tar kiln.
1215
00:55:33,914 --> 00:55:37,541
Certainly, the tar produced
in a pine tar kiln
1216
00:55:37,626 --> 00:55:40,336
may have been used
as ships' waterproofing.
1217
00:55:40,379 --> 00:55:43,839
Marty: Okay, so, I know
scientists hate conjecture,
1218
00:55:43,883 --> 00:55:46,008
so I'm gonna make you do it
if I can.
1219
00:55:46,052 --> 00:55:48,802
-Sure.
-Uh, if you were on
a treasure hunt on this islan,
1220
00:55:48,888 --> 00:55:51,180
which is what we are,
does this add to the intrigue
1221
00:55:51,265 --> 00:55:53,849
of that it could have something
to do with that?
1222
00:55:53,893 --> 00:55:56,018
Or is this just interesting
1223
00:55:56,062 --> 00:55:58,312
'cause it's an out-of-place
archeological feature?
1224
00:55:58,397 --> 00:56:00,356
Laird:
I think it seems to tie together
1225
00:56:00,441 --> 00:56:02,358
the paved structure in the swamp
1226
00:56:02,443 --> 00:56:04,818
-yes.
-And what we were finding
in smith's cove.
1227
00:56:04,904 --> 00:56:07,154
Narrator:
One year ago,
1228
00:56:07,198 --> 00:56:10,908
while conducting a massive
excavation of smith's cove,
1229
00:56:10,993 --> 00:56:13,369
rick, marty, craig and the team
1230
00:56:13,412 --> 00:56:15,537
uncovered a wooden ship's wharf,
1231
00:56:15,581 --> 00:56:19,583
which was scientifically proven
through dendrochronology testing
1232
00:56:19,668 --> 00:56:23,379
to have been constructed
in 1741.
1233
00:56:23,422 --> 00:56:27,883
Could the suspected
pine tar kiln on lot 15
1234
00:56:27,927 --> 00:56:29,885
have been used
to manufacture tar
1235
00:56:29,929 --> 00:56:32,096
to seal and repair
the many boats
1236
00:56:32,181 --> 00:56:35,432
that were believed
to have docked at smith's cove?
1237
00:56:35,518 --> 00:56:39,103
Or might it have served
another strategic purpose,
1238
00:56:39,188 --> 00:56:43,440
perhaps one involving the
construction of the money pi?
1239
00:56:43,526 --> 00:56:45,943
Perhaps the tar
could have been used
1240
00:56:46,028 --> 00:56:48,237
to waterproof the tunnels
in the money pit.
1241
00:56:48,322 --> 00:56:51,490
Certainly lot 15, which
has never been on our radar,
1242
00:56:51,575 --> 00:56:54,243
is now proving to be
very significant.
1243
00:56:54,286 --> 00:56:57,204
And I very much look forward
to what it has to tell us.
1244
00:56:57,248 --> 00:56:59,248
It raises all kinds
of possibilities.
1245
00:56:59,291 --> 00:57:01,041
So there's a lot of work
left to do
1246
00:57:01,127 --> 00:57:03,043
to try to understand
what this feature is
1247
00:57:03,087 --> 00:57:05,254
and what it may mean
to the island.
1248
00:57:05,297 --> 00:57:08,048
Marty: The feature on lot 15
was denoted
1249
00:57:08,134 --> 00:57:10,426
on fred's map as the entrance
to a tunnel, "tunnel entrance."
1250
00:57:10,469 --> 00:57:12,594
so, of course,
that's what we're hoping for.
1251
00:57:12,638 --> 00:57:16,098
David: But recall, now,
it can be two different things.
1252
00:57:16,142 --> 00:57:18,308
Lots of people have speculated
this might be
1253
00:57:18,394 --> 00:57:21,103
an underground chamber
of some kind, or a tunnel.
1254
00:57:21,188 --> 00:57:23,230
Whether there's
a tunnel there or not,
1255
00:57:23,274 --> 00:57:25,065
we should be able
to determine that.
1256
00:57:25,151 --> 00:57:26,650
Rick:
Surely it's purposeful.
1257
00:57:26,735 --> 00:57:30,237
Surely it has a reason
1258
00:57:30,322 --> 00:57:32,072
as to why it was built.
1259
00:57:32,158 --> 00:57:33,949
But again,
it rounds back to the theory.
1260
00:57:33,993 --> 00:57:35,951
A theory's but a theory
until you hold it in your hand,
1261
00:57:36,036 --> 00:57:37,119
and a tunnel's not a tunnel
1262
00:57:37,204 --> 00:57:38,954
till there's an opening
in the ground.
1263
00:57:38,998 --> 00:57:41,165
Look, excellent. Excellent
data, excellent presentation.
1264
00:57:41,250 --> 00:57:42,958
Thank you very much.
1265
00:57:43,002 --> 00:57:45,544
We need to digest all this, and
you guys keep giving us data.
1266
00:57:45,629 --> 00:57:47,963
-Appreciate it. Thank you.
-You're welcome.
1267
00:57:48,007 --> 00:57:49,006
Thanks a lot.
We're gonna sign off.
1268
00:57:49,091 --> 00:57:50,174
See you later.
1269
00:57:50,259 --> 00:57:51,967
Craig:
Take care.
1270
00:57:55,473 --> 00:57:58,140
Gary: Wow, I never knew
all this existed.
1271
00:57:58,184 --> 00:58:00,017
The outside world.
1272
00:58:00,102 --> 00:58:01,477
Two weeks' quarantine.
1273
00:58:01,562 --> 00:58:03,395
-It feels good to be out.
-Yeah.
1274
00:58:03,481 --> 00:58:06,064
Narrator:
Having traveled to nova scota
1275
00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:09,651
prior to the arrival
of rick and marty lagina,
1276
00:58:09,695 --> 00:58:12,362
jack begley and metal detection
expert gary drayton
1277
00:58:12,448 --> 00:58:15,491
have finished their time
in quarantine and are now fre
1278
00:58:15,576 --> 00:58:18,994
to join their fellow
treasure hunters on oak island.
1279
00:58:19,079 --> 00:58:20,370
Gary:
I've been...
1280
00:58:20,456 --> 00:58:22,164
Immersing myself
1281
00:58:22,208 --> 00:58:24,416
on the new equipment
I'm gonna be using, the okm.
1282
00:58:24,502 --> 00:58:27,336
Is it really gonna be able
to detect tunnels?
1283
00:58:27,421 --> 00:58:30,422
Yeah, it does. It does
several things really good.
1284
00:58:30,508 --> 00:58:32,341
It's a ground-scanning
piece of equipment,
1285
00:58:32,426 --> 00:58:34,593
it's a mineral scan,
1286
00:58:34,678 --> 00:58:37,304
a kind of metal detector,
and it find tunnels
1287
00:58:37,348 --> 00:58:39,515
and voids and vaults.
1288
00:58:39,558 --> 00:58:41,808
-So, what we're
looking for. Yeah.
-Yeah.
1289
00:58:43,187 --> 00:58:45,020
Gary:
Here we go, mate.
1290
00:58:45,064 --> 00:58:47,523
This is what
we've been waiting for.
1291
00:58:47,566 --> 00:58:49,691
You can't beat this feeling,
1292
00:58:49,735 --> 00:58:52,528
-driving across the causeway.
-It's such a ride.
1293
00:58:52,613 --> 00:58:56,990
Maybe this is the year
we find the money pit.
1294
00:58:57,076 --> 00:58:59,034
This is the year.
1295
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:01,161
This is the year
that we're gonna find treasure.
1296
00:59:01,247 --> 00:59:02,538
Oh, yeah.
1297
00:59:03,666 --> 00:59:05,249
All right, here we go!
1298
00:59:05,334 --> 00:59:08,502
Gary:
Lot 15, mate.
1299
00:59:08,546 --> 00:59:11,380
Couple of hurdles to cross here.
1300
00:59:11,465 --> 00:59:13,423
Hey, guys.
1301
00:59:13,509 --> 00:59:16,426
-How you doing, laird?
-That's a sight for sore eyes.
1302
00:59:16,512 --> 00:59:18,720
-Bringing in the big guns.
-Yep.
1303
00:59:18,806 --> 00:59:20,722
(sighs):
Ah. This...
1304
00:59:20,808 --> 00:59:23,559
Is the okm exp 6000.
It does a lot
1305
00:59:23,602 --> 00:59:25,477
-of different things.
-Yeah.
1306
00:59:25,563 --> 00:59:26,645
Tunnel scanning.
1307
00:59:26,730 --> 00:59:28,522
Mineral scan.
1308
00:59:28,607 --> 00:59:30,566
-It's a magnetometer.
-That's cool.
1309
00:59:30,651 --> 00:59:32,109
And a metal detector.
1310
00:59:32,194 --> 00:59:33,694
-Wow.
-And it goes deep.
1311
00:59:33,779 --> 00:59:36,780
(chuckles): So if it's ten feet
down, what are we gonna do?
1312
00:59:36,865 --> 00:59:38,782
I brought an excavator.
1313
00:59:38,867 --> 00:59:41,493
-(laird chuckles)
-the jack 6000.
1314
00:59:41,579 --> 00:59:42,744
All right, mate.
1315
00:59:42,788 --> 00:59:44,997
-Time to get stuck in.
-Have fun.
1316
00:59:45,082 --> 00:59:47,416
Narrator:
While preparing for his retun
1317
00:59:47,501 --> 00:59:49,293
to oak island this year...
1318
00:59:49,378 --> 00:59:51,169
We'll start in the very corner.
1319
00:59:51,255 --> 00:59:54,756
...Gary drayton was eager
to employ an arsenal
1320
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,092
of metal detection equipment
that is, in some ways,
1321
00:59:57,177 --> 01:00:01,471
more sophisticated than anything
he has used in the past.
1322
01:00:01,557 --> 01:00:03,432
One of these is
1323
01:00:03,517 --> 01:00:06,810
the okm exp 6000.
1324
01:00:06,895 --> 01:00:08,645
Featuring a display unit
1325
01:00:08,731 --> 01:00:12,774
that creates 3d visualizatios
of underground anomalies,
1326
01:00:12,860 --> 01:00:17,738
the okm exp 6000
is able to detect metal objects
1327
01:00:17,823 --> 01:00:20,324
up to ten feet
below the surface,
1328
01:00:20,409 --> 01:00:22,492
as well as any voids or tunnels
1329
01:00:22,578 --> 01:00:27,122
that might exist
as deep as 60 feet underground.
1330
01:00:27,166 --> 01:00:28,457
Turn it on.
1331
01:00:28,542 --> 01:00:30,626
There we go.
1332
01:00:30,669 --> 01:00:32,127
I like how it has
the treasure chest.
1333
01:00:32,171 --> 01:00:34,296
-How appropriate.
-Kind of ironic, isn't it, eh?
1334
01:00:34,340 --> 01:00:36,590
-Jack: Mm-hmm.
-Let's hope that works.
1335
01:00:36,634 --> 01:00:39,092
So, what we'll do is,
1336
01:00:39,136 --> 01:00:41,136
you try and keep me straight.
1337
01:00:41,180 --> 01:00:43,138
I'll go in a straight line.
1338
01:00:43,182 --> 01:00:45,432
When we get to the flag
on the tree,
1339
01:00:45,476 --> 01:00:46,767
we're gonna turn around.
1340
01:00:46,852 --> 01:00:49,269
I'll head over there now,
1341
01:00:49,355 --> 01:00:51,188
-and then we'll get going.
-Okay.
1342
01:00:51,273 --> 01:00:53,315
Narrator:
Because gary will have to wat
1343
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,525
until laird niven
and his archaeological team
1344
01:00:55,611 --> 01:00:58,153
complete
their painstaking investigation
1345
01:00:58,197 --> 01:01:00,822
of the mysterious
stone-and-wood structure
1346
01:01:00,866 --> 01:01:03,283
they unearthed on lot 15,
1347
01:01:03,369 --> 01:01:06,370
gary and jack will begin
a grid-like sweep
1348
01:01:06,455 --> 01:01:08,455
of the surrounding area.
1349
01:01:08,499 --> 01:01:11,083
All right, mate.
First scan.
1350
01:01:11,168 --> 01:01:14,336
♪ ♪
1351
01:01:14,380 --> 01:01:16,505
so, I'm going deeper this year,
1352
01:01:16,548 --> 01:01:20,133
below normal
metal detection range.
1353
01:01:20,177 --> 01:01:24,179
I'm hoping
to find anything that'll help
1354
01:01:24,223 --> 01:01:27,224
tell the story of this area.
1355
01:01:27,309 --> 01:01:28,392
(quiet beeping)
1356
01:01:28,477 --> 01:01:30,519
it does make a sound.
1357
01:01:30,562 --> 01:01:32,813
Almost sounds like a chicken,
doesn't it, jack?
1358
01:01:32,856 --> 01:01:36,149
Let's hope we find a golden egg.
1359
01:01:36,235 --> 01:01:38,026
Jack (chuckles):
I like that.
1360
01:01:41,323 --> 01:01:42,531
Gary: All right, mate,
on to the next.
1361
01:01:42,616 --> 01:01:45,659
-You ready?
-Yup. I'm ready.
1362
01:01:45,744 --> 01:01:47,994
Narrator: While gary and jack
continue their search
1363
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:51,373
for metal artifacts on lot 15...
1364
01:01:53,544 --> 01:01:57,212
...Doug crowell and surveyor
steve guptill arrive
1365
01:01:57,256 --> 01:01:59,089
at the money pit search site.
1366
01:01:59,174 --> 01:02:00,507
Let's do this.
1367
01:02:00,592 --> 01:02:03,719
Using the data obtained
from the barringer survey,
1368
01:02:03,762 --> 01:02:08,056
doug and steve carefully mark
and retrace areas of interest
1369
01:02:08,142 --> 01:02:11,351
in order to determine
if any of them are connected
1370
01:02:11,437 --> 01:02:14,354
to the original money pit shaft.
1371
01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:16,773
If the barringer survey proves
to be accurate--
1372
01:02:16,859 --> 01:02:19,568
and that can only be done
by ground-truthing,
1373
01:02:19,653 --> 01:02:21,903
I.E. Drilling into the anomaly--
1374
01:02:21,947 --> 01:02:24,364
we'd be ecstatic, over the moon.
1375
01:02:24,450 --> 01:02:26,742
Right there, doug.
1376
01:02:26,827 --> 01:02:28,744
There's the first one.
1377
01:02:28,829 --> 01:02:32,706
See if we can actually get this
down through the pad.
1378
01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:36,209
-Okay.
-Ready?
1379
01:02:36,253 --> 01:02:38,545
We got... 30 meters that way.
1380
01:02:38,630 --> 01:02:40,756
Doug:
It's really interesting,
'cause the barringer survey,
1381
01:02:40,799 --> 01:02:43,216
they found
an interpreted tunnel.
1382
01:02:43,302 --> 01:02:47,888
We're scaling that old survey
to our current 3d model.
1383
01:02:47,973 --> 01:02:49,765
We need to get stakes
out on the ground
1384
01:02:49,808 --> 01:02:52,392
so you can see
where it actually sits
1385
01:02:52,478 --> 01:02:54,644
in relation to the surroundings.
1386
01:02:54,730 --> 01:02:57,731
We're getting pretty close,
doug.
1387
01:02:59,651 --> 01:03:01,443
Right here.
1388
01:03:04,573 --> 01:03:06,490
That's perfect, steve.
I mean...
1389
01:03:06,575 --> 01:03:08,283
When you look
straight down that line...
1390
01:03:08,368 --> 01:03:10,827
-Yup.
-Yeah, c-1's
right in the middle of it.
1391
01:03:10,913 --> 01:03:13,413
-C-1's right in the middle.
-This is the outskirts
1392
01:03:13,499 --> 01:03:15,373
-of the barringer survey, so...
-Mm-hmm.
1393
01:03:15,459 --> 01:03:18,126
...There could very well be
a tunnel that just continues on.
1394
01:03:18,212 --> 01:03:19,628
Yup. You know where this goes.
1395
01:03:19,671 --> 01:03:21,755
I bet
if I project a straight line,
1396
01:03:21,799 --> 01:03:24,758
it goes up to the potential
rock tunnel on lot 15.
1397
01:03:24,843 --> 01:03:27,427
-This is all good information.
-Yup.
1398
01:03:27,513 --> 01:03:29,346
Narrator:
A tunnel?
1399
01:03:29,431 --> 01:03:31,807
One that possibly connects
the c-1 shaft
1400
01:03:31,892 --> 01:03:35,101
to the mysterious
rock formation on lot 15?
1401
01:03:35,187 --> 01:03:37,813
The same formation
that is noted
1402
01:03:37,898 --> 01:03:40,440
as being a tunnel entrance
on the survey map
1403
01:03:40,526 --> 01:03:42,275
of the late fred nolan?
1404
01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:44,694
If so, could it mean
1405
01:03:44,780 --> 01:03:47,280
that the oak island team
has discovered
1406
01:03:47,366 --> 01:03:51,785
not only a direct link to
the 170-foot-deep cavity in c-1,
1407
01:03:51,870 --> 01:03:55,205
but also the precise location
1408
01:03:55,290 --> 01:03:58,917
of the long-lost
oak island treasure vault?
1409
01:03:59,002 --> 01:04:01,628
Steve g.:
You know, this barringer survey
is turning out
1410
01:04:01,713 --> 01:04:03,255
to be quite the find, doug.
1411
01:04:03,340 --> 01:04:05,674
-This is really interesting.
-Yup.
1412
01:04:07,636 --> 01:04:10,887
Narrator: As a new day begins
on oak island...
1413
01:04:10,973 --> 01:04:14,516
Charles: I want to get the guys
up on video conferencing.
1414
01:04:14,601 --> 01:04:15,809
Narrator: ...Brothers rick
and marty lagina...
1415
01:04:15,894 --> 01:04:17,853
-Charles!
-...Along with
1416
01:04:17,896 --> 01:04:20,188
alex lagina
and peter fornetti,
1417
01:04:20,274 --> 01:04:23,608
are now ten days into their
mandatory two-week quarantin.
1418
01:04:23,694 --> 01:04:26,403
Together again, technologically.
1419
01:04:26,488 --> 01:04:29,489
Sitting here in quarantine,
growing a beard.
1420
01:04:29,575 --> 01:04:31,449
Narrator: In addition
to receiving daily updates
1421
01:04:31,535 --> 01:04:33,368
from members of their team,
they use their time
1422
01:04:33,453 --> 01:04:38,540
to consider and plan various
projects for the coming year.
1423
01:04:38,584 --> 01:04:41,418
So, the barringer
geo-surfaces survey
1424
01:04:41,503 --> 01:04:42,836
that we found in dan's files
1425
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:45,881
gave us an interpretive tunnel
1426
01:04:45,966 --> 01:04:48,341
-on lot 15.
-Okay.
1427
01:04:48,427 --> 01:04:49,759
Maybe if steve could bring up
the overlay
1428
01:04:49,845 --> 01:04:52,012
-of the barringer survey?
-Sure.
1429
01:04:52,097 --> 01:04:54,264
Do you have
the color-coded one, steve?
1430
01:04:54,349 --> 01:04:57,309
Yup. And we can turn them on
and off as requested.
1431
01:04:57,394 --> 01:04:59,728
Looking over what we calculated,
1432
01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:02,522
I just turn the data on
on top of the overlay.
1433
01:05:02,566 --> 01:05:03,982
The data is starting to line up.
1434
01:05:04,067 --> 01:05:06,568
Lot 15 leads into c-1.
1435
01:05:06,653 --> 01:05:08,778
Lot 15 is exactly 500 feet
1436
01:05:08,864 --> 01:05:11,573
between the paved area
and the money pit.
1437
01:05:11,658 --> 01:05:14,284
That sort of confirms the survey
from 1988.
1438
01:05:14,369 --> 01:05:16,620
That potentially could be
a tunnel.
1439
01:05:16,705 --> 01:05:19,873
-Fantastic.
-We've got to expand the search.
1440
01:05:19,958 --> 01:05:22,542
We've got
to go over these areas with this
1441
01:05:22,586 --> 01:05:24,920
deep-scanning equipment.
1442
01:05:24,963 --> 01:05:28,256
You'll get
a more accurate reading.
1443
01:05:28,342 --> 01:05:29,966
If gary can get in there with,
you know, all...
1444
01:05:30,052 --> 01:05:33,845
With your equipment, we should
be able to find stuff.
1445
01:05:33,931 --> 01:05:35,430
Yeah, get busy, gary.
1446
01:05:35,515 --> 01:05:37,307
I'm ready. I'm ready.
1447
01:05:37,392 --> 01:05:39,601
If you guys are excited,
I'm excited.
1448
01:05:39,645 --> 01:05:41,061
And, uh,
I can't help but observe
1449
01:05:41,146 --> 01:05:43,730
that the sort of resurrection
of this barringer survey
1450
01:05:43,774 --> 01:05:46,441
after 32 years is sort of like
1451
01:05:46,526 --> 01:05:48,985
finding the treasure map
finally in grandma's purse.
1452
01:05:49,071 --> 01:05:51,404
You know what I mean?
Or in the attic.
1453
01:05:51,490 --> 01:05:54,032
-(laughter)
-we're all energized, so,
1454
01:05:54,117 --> 01:05:55,659
get after it, gentlemen.
1455
01:05:55,744 --> 01:05:57,494
-Gary: Aye-aye, sir.
-Charles: Bye, guys.
1456
01:05:57,579 --> 01:05:59,079
-Steve g.: See you, guys.
-Terry: Okay, bye, guys.
1457
01:06:00,874 --> 01:06:02,457
Narrator:
Later that day,
1458
01:06:02,501 --> 01:06:05,961
area geoscientist
dr. Ian spooner arrives
1459
01:06:06,046 --> 01:06:07,754
at the man-made,
triangle-shaped swamp
1460
01:06:07,839 --> 01:06:12,509
with local diver tony sampson.
1461
01:06:12,594 --> 01:06:14,678
What's made you pick this part
of the swamp,
1462
01:06:14,763 --> 01:06:16,846
and what are you hoping we're
going to find out here today?
1463
01:06:16,932 --> 01:06:18,807
Right over here we have, um,
1464
01:06:18,892 --> 01:06:20,684
some very interesting features
1465
01:06:20,769 --> 01:06:22,435
that shows up
in the air photos.
1466
01:06:22,521 --> 01:06:24,604
We also have a geophysical,
1467
01:06:24,648 --> 01:06:26,856
seismic, low-density anomaly.
1468
01:06:26,942 --> 01:06:28,066
-Uh-huh.
-And so,
1469
01:06:28,151 --> 01:06:29,526
two things are lining up.
1470
01:06:29,611 --> 01:06:30,777
Plus, we have a story
of some kind
1471
01:06:30,862 --> 01:06:32,529
-of structure in there.
-Excellent.
1472
01:06:32,614 --> 01:06:34,864
Narrator:
After carefully analyzing
1473
01:06:34,950 --> 01:06:37,492
a collection
of aerial photographs taken
1474
01:06:37,577 --> 01:06:39,452
from the archives
of oak island treasure huntes
1475
01:06:39,538 --> 01:06:41,663
fred nolan and dan blankenship,
1476
01:06:41,748 --> 01:06:45,375
dr. Ian spooner believes
he has found strong evidence
1477
01:06:45,460 --> 01:06:48,670
of an unusual feature--
possibly a wall
1478
01:06:48,755 --> 01:06:50,839
or some type
of wooden structure--
1479
01:06:50,924 --> 01:06:54,009
located near
the eastern edge of the swam.
1480
01:06:54,094 --> 01:06:56,678
Today, with the help
1481
01:06:56,722 --> 01:06:59,014
of professional diver
tony sampson,
1482
01:06:59,057 --> 01:07:01,516
dr. Spooner hopes
to verify whether or not
1483
01:07:01,601 --> 01:07:05,729
this strange wooden anomaly
actually exists.
1484
01:07:05,814 --> 01:07:08,440
So, what I want
to do is take the sonar in.
1485
01:07:08,525 --> 01:07:10,483
-Okay.
-And see if we can duplicate
1486
01:07:10,569 --> 01:07:12,193
or replicate some
of those results.
1487
01:07:12,237 --> 01:07:14,112
Fantastic, and this is
a specific sonar
1488
01:07:14,197 --> 01:07:16,031
that you've put together, right?
1489
01:07:16,074 --> 01:07:17,741
Yeah, it's a unit
that is especially suited
1490
01:07:17,826 --> 01:07:20,035
-to shallow water
and to sub-bottom.
-Uh-huh.
1491
01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:23,455
So, penetrating
into the sediment a ways
1492
01:07:23,540 --> 01:07:25,707
and so we can see structures
with it.
1493
01:07:25,792 --> 01:07:26,958
-Okay.
-I've got some confidence
1494
01:07:27,044 --> 01:07:29,461
-we'll get some good returns.
-Good stuff.
1495
01:07:29,546 --> 01:07:31,129
I'm looking forward
to seeing it.
1496
01:07:31,214 --> 01:07:32,756
Okay. I'm gonna get the stuff
and start putting it together.
1497
01:07:32,841 --> 01:07:34,007
I know you've got
to get stuff together here.
1498
01:07:34,092 --> 01:07:36,843
-Excellent.
-Okay. See you.
1499
01:07:36,928 --> 01:07:38,595
Rick:
What is the swamp anomaly
1500
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:40,722
that dr. Spooner has
rendered an opinion about?
1501
01:07:40,766 --> 01:07:43,224
It's a singular goal.
We know what we're after,
1502
01:07:43,268 --> 01:07:46,227
unlike the previous dig
in the swamp.
1503
01:07:46,271 --> 01:07:47,937
We didn't know
there was a paved area there.
1504
01:07:48,023 --> 01:07:49,606
To some degree,
1505
01:07:49,691 --> 01:07:50,899
we just stumbled upon it.
1506
01:07:50,984 --> 01:07:52,525
Ian:
So, we'll try
1507
01:07:52,569 --> 01:07:53,735
to put it in right here.
1508
01:07:53,820 --> 01:07:55,111
-Another. That's good there.
-You good?
1509
01:07:55,197 --> 01:07:56,613
-Yup.
-Yup.
1510
01:07:56,698 --> 01:07:59,199
Okay, I'm gonna hop in.
1511
01:07:59,284 --> 01:08:00,950
We're good.
1512
01:08:01,036 --> 01:08:03,119
I'm going to start
pinging it right now.
1513
01:08:03,205 --> 01:08:04,746
Okay. Do you want me
to take you away
1514
01:08:04,831 --> 01:08:07,457
-from shore a bit, buddy?
-Yeah.
1515
01:08:07,542 --> 01:08:09,417
Do you want to do,
like, lawnmowing,
1516
01:08:09,503 --> 01:08:10,710
in a grid pattern-pattern or...?
1517
01:08:10,796 --> 01:08:13,171
I think just slowly
back and forth,
1518
01:08:13,256 --> 01:08:14,547
-and we'll see what we get.
-Okay.
1519
01:08:18,512 --> 01:08:20,470
How's the penetration look, ian?
1520
01:08:20,555 --> 01:08:21,888
It's... Oh, it's incredible.
1521
01:08:21,973 --> 01:08:23,556
It looks really good right now.
1522
01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:25,016
It looks like we're getting down
1523
01:08:25,102 --> 01:08:28,728
to around three,
four meters, which is good.
1524
01:08:28,814 --> 01:08:30,772
Three, four meters?
That's fantastic!
1525
01:08:30,816 --> 01:08:33,441
Ian:
Yeah, this is good.
1526
01:08:33,527 --> 01:08:36,486
Narrator:
The syqwest hydrobox
echo sounder sonar device
1527
01:08:36,571 --> 01:08:38,738
that dr. Spooner is using
1528
01:08:38,824 --> 01:08:41,491
works by emitting sound pulses
1529
01:08:41,576 --> 01:08:42,826
that penetrate
through the muck and mud
1530
01:08:42,911 --> 01:08:44,577
on the bottom of the swamp
1531
01:08:44,663 --> 01:08:46,788
which reflect back
to the surface,
1532
01:08:46,873 --> 01:08:51,084
identifying any objects
or structures buried below.
1533
01:08:51,169 --> 01:08:54,087
-Tony: So, towards
south shore beach, buddy?
-Yeah.
1534
01:08:54,131 --> 01:08:56,214
-Okay.
-Just gonna watch
really carefully in here.
1535
01:08:56,299 --> 01:08:57,632
Okay.
1536
01:09:00,804 --> 01:09:02,637
Beauty.
1537
01:09:02,722 --> 01:09:05,807
Are you seeing any new features
down there then?
1538
01:09:05,851 --> 01:09:07,976
Yeah. Yeah, we're seeing
some hard stuff.
1539
01:09:08,019 --> 01:09:09,102
Excellent.
1540
01:09:09,187 --> 01:09:11,020
This is going higher now.
1541
01:09:11,106 --> 01:09:13,815
Higher. Higher.
1542
01:09:13,859 --> 01:09:15,650
Ah, beauty.
1543
01:09:15,694 --> 01:09:19,654
You can see at one-meter depth
all these logs.
1544
01:09:19,739 --> 01:09:21,156
Yup, that's funny
you should say that, ian.
1545
01:09:21,241 --> 01:09:23,116
-I can feel them
under my feet.
-Yeah.
1546
01:09:23,201 --> 01:09:27,704
And right here...
A big drop-off.
1547
01:09:27,789 --> 01:09:30,456
A big drop-off, right here.
1548
01:09:30,542 --> 01:09:31,833
-It's like a wall.
-That's fantastic!
1549
01:09:31,918 --> 01:09:34,919
-Yeah.
-Narrator: A wall?
1550
01:09:35,005 --> 01:09:37,714
Could this be evidence
of further human activity
1551
01:09:37,799 --> 01:09:39,632
in the oak island swamp?
1552
01:09:39,718 --> 01:09:44,012
If so, who built it, and why?
1553
01:09:44,097 --> 01:09:45,805
Ian:
The sonar seemed to show
1554
01:09:45,891 --> 01:09:49,267
that we were in probably
two meters of mud, and then,
1555
01:09:49,352 --> 01:09:52,103
uh, boom, we dropped down
to three or four meters.
1556
01:09:52,189 --> 01:09:54,147
And that's not normal
in a swamp.
1557
01:09:54,232 --> 01:09:58,109
Now, you just don't get these,
uh, radical changes in height.
1558
01:09:58,195 --> 01:10:00,653
Yeah, so, what I'm convinced of,
1559
01:10:00,739 --> 01:10:02,989
and I think it's backed up by
the seismic and the air photos,
1560
01:10:03,033 --> 01:10:05,158
is a real feature exists
right here.
1561
01:10:05,243 --> 01:10:07,243
There's something here
that's-that's different.
1562
01:10:07,329 --> 01:10:10,038
That's great news.
I've-I've always felt
1563
01:10:10,123 --> 01:10:11,789
there's something weird
about the swamp.
1564
01:10:11,875 --> 01:10:15,043
Right, and this is where
that cribbing is, right here.
1565
01:10:15,086 --> 01:10:16,920
Fantastic.
1566
01:10:17,005 --> 01:10:19,214
Narrator:
A possible wooden structure
1567
01:10:19,299 --> 01:10:21,049
buried in the swamp?
1568
01:10:21,134 --> 01:10:23,843
Could it be
the same wooden shaft
1569
01:10:23,929 --> 01:10:28,223
that was first discovered
by fred nolan in 1969?
1570
01:10:28,266 --> 01:10:30,892
And could it also be connected
1571
01:10:30,977 --> 01:10:34,062
to the 16th century
pine tar kiln,
1572
01:10:34,147 --> 01:10:36,314
which the oak island team
believes may have been used
1573
01:10:36,399 --> 01:10:40,026
in the construction
of the original money pit?
1574
01:10:40,111 --> 01:10:42,237
We see
some very interesting features
1575
01:10:42,322 --> 01:10:44,739
right on top
of the seismic anomaly
1576
01:10:44,824 --> 01:10:49,577
and just a little bit to the
south of the 1943 air photos.
1577
01:10:49,663 --> 01:10:51,037
Any one of these pieces
of evidence
1578
01:10:51,081 --> 01:10:52,747
on their own is interesting.
1579
01:10:52,791 --> 01:10:56,751
But all three, together,
are really provocative.
1580
01:10:56,836 --> 01:10:59,796
Do you think we're getting
some data here that, um,
1581
01:10:59,881 --> 01:11:01,673
corroborates
that this is man-made, ian?
1582
01:11:01,758 --> 01:11:05,551
What it tells us is
that if man was here,
1583
01:11:05,637 --> 01:11:08,930
they might have made use
of this site.
1584
01:11:09,015 --> 01:11:12,100
-Yeah.
-So, let's call it quits.
1585
01:11:12,143 --> 01:11:14,102
-Okay.
-Yeah, we got
1586
01:11:14,145 --> 01:11:16,771
some great data,
so my job now is, I think,
1587
01:11:16,856 --> 01:11:19,148
to take it to the research
center and sort of compile it.
1588
01:11:19,234 --> 01:11:21,985
-And then I can build
a 3d model.
-Excellent.
1589
01:11:22,070 --> 01:11:23,611
Ian:
So we'll get
the boat out, head back.
1590
01:11:23,697 --> 01:11:25,029
Tony:
Fantastic.
1591
01:11:28,243 --> 01:11:30,243
Narrator:
On lot 15, just northeast
1592
01:11:30,328 --> 01:11:32,412
of the money pit on oak island,
1593
01:11:32,497 --> 01:11:36,791
archaeologists laird niven,
aaron taylor and david macinns
1594
01:11:36,835 --> 01:11:41,963
continue their investigation of
the 16th century pine tar kiln
1595
01:11:42,048 --> 01:11:44,382
that, according to their
research, may have been used
1596
01:11:44,467 --> 01:11:47,302
in the construction
of the money pit treasure vault.
1597
01:11:47,345 --> 01:11:50,346
-Where's the next line, jack?
-Right through me.
1598
01:11:50,432 --> 01:11:53,099
Narrator: Metal detection expert
gary drayton,
1599
01:11:53,184 --> 01:11:55,226
along with jack begley,
1600
01:11:55,312 --> 01:11:59,689
return to the area
with the okm exp 6000
1601
01:11:59,774 --> 01:12:04,152
in search of any buried objects,
voids or tunnels.
1602
01:12:04,195 --> 01:12:05,903
(soft beep)
1603
01:12:05,989 --> 01:12:09,157
come on. There's got
to be something in this area.
1604
01:12:09,242 --> 01:12:11,200
Right through here.
1605
01:12:11,286 --> 01:12:13,328
(soft beeping)
1606
01:12:17,208 --> 01:12:21,461
there's something interesting
about these.
1607
01:12:22,964 --> 01:12:25,340
Like, these circular groups
of rock.
1608
01:12:25,383 --> 01:12:27,717
Aw. Come on, man.
1609
01:12:27,802 --> 01:12:29,177
You're not telling me
1610
01:12:29,262 --> 01:12:32,722
this is natural,
what I'm standing on now.
1611
01:12:32,807 --> 01:12:34,766
-This is something.
-Yeah?
1612
01:12:34,851 --> 01:12:36,351
Look at this.
1613
01:12:36,436 --> 01:12:40,813
Yeah, I think this is something.
1614
01:12:40,899 --> 01:12:42,857
I mean, if you look around here,
jack,
1615
01:12:42,901 --> 01:12:45,026
there's definitely a circular
pattern around here. Look.
1616
01:12:45,111 --> 01:12:47,904
Yeah, you're right.
1617
01:12:47,989 --> 01:12:50,865
I mean, you look at some of
the rocks and how flat they are.
1618
01:12:50,950 --> 01:12:52,408
Jack:
It looks like these rocks
1619
01:12:52,494 --> 01:12:54,285
-have been split
and broken apart.
-Yeah.
1620
01:12:54,371 --> 01:12:57,038
They're all very similar.
1621
01:12:57,082 --> 01:12:59,374
This could be some kind
of stone structure.
1622
01:13:00,377 --> 01:13:02,293
Narrator:
A stone structure?
1623
01:13:02,379 --> 01:13:07,048
And located just 100 feet
from the pine tar kiln?
1624
01:13:07,092 --> 01:13:09,092
Could the team have finally
found evidence
1625
01:13:09,177 --> 01:13:11,219
of a long-lost tunnel entrance?
1626
01:13:11,304 --> 01:13:13,137
Gary:
This is undisturbed.
1627
01:13:13,223 --> 01:13:15,098
I don't think we should touch
the moss, anything.
1628
01:13:15,183 --> 01:13:20,061
Let those guys take a look
at it-- david and laird.
1629
01:13:20,146 --> 01:13:21,896
I don't even want
to walk over it.
1630
01:13:21,981 --> 01:13:24,107
All right. I think
we've done enough scans, mate.
1631
01:13:24,192 --> 01:13:28,694
Narrator:
Because the stone feature
may be a significant clue,
1632
01:13:28,780 --> 01:13:31,072
gary and jack know
they must wait
1633
01:13:31,157 --> 01:13:33,741
until archaeologist
laird niven and his team
1634
01:13:33,827 --> 01:13:36,285
have the opportunity
to evaluate the site.
1635
01:13:36,371 --> 01:13:39,122
So, let's check it out.
1636
01:13:39,207 --> 01:13:41,958
Narrator: Having performed
deep scans across the area,
1637
01:13:42,043 --> 01:13:45,503
gary and jack now review
their results to see if they may
1638
01:13:45,588 --> 01:13:48,965
have also found anything
of interest below ground.
1639
01:13:49,050 --> 01:13:50,883
The green color is just
the background.
1640
01:13:50,969 --> 01:13:54,554
-Mm-hmm.
-What I'm interested in is
those reds and oranges.
1641
01:13:55,932 --> 01:13:58,266
Red and orange
is always ferrous.
1642
01:13:58,351 --> 01:14:00,560
A lot of iron in this area.
1643
01:14:00,645 --> 01:14:02,311
And if it's nonferrous,
1644
01:14:02,397 --> 01:14:04,147
it's gonna be bright red.
1645
01:14:04,232 --> 01:14:06,065
As we're going along,
1646
01:14:06,151 --> 01:14:08,818
we're finding
a good mix of targets.
1647
01:14:08,903 --> 01:14:10,278
One thing for sure,
1648
01:14:10,321 --> 01:14:12,947
there's a hell of a lot of metal
in this area.
1649
01:14:12,991 --> 01:14:15,825
A lot of iron
but, even more important,
1650
01:14:15,910 --> 01:14:18,453
there's some nonferrous targets.
1651
01:14:18,496 --> 01:14:19,495
Well, I'm a treasure hunter.
1652
01:14:19,581 --> 01:14:23,040
That's probably gold
and silver coins.
1653
01:14:23,126 --> 01:14:25,168
There's reds and oranges
everywhere.
1654
01:14:25,253 --> 01:14:28,337
Do you see anything
that stands out to you
1655
01:14:28,423 --> 01:14:30,631
that we need to go after
on this?
1656
01:14:30,675 --> 01:14:33,301
There's a couple of areas
over there.
1657
01:14:34,387 --> 01:14:36,262
Let's continue with the ctx,
1658
01:14:36,347 --> 01:14:38,473
see if we can find
surface finds.
1659
01:14:38,558 --> 01:14:41,225
I'd like to find that one coin,
that one ring,
1660
01:14:41,311 --> 01:14:44,604
oh, man, that one bobby-dazzler
that tells us a story.
1661
01:14:44,647 --> 01:14:46,314
Let me grab my shovel.
1662
01:14:46,399 --> 01:14:49,317
Narrator:
In order to narrow down
the possibility
1663
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:52,361
that there could be important
metal objects near the surfac,
1664
01:14:52,447 --> 01:14:56,449
gary will now use
the ctx 3030 metal detector,
1665
01:14:56,534 --> 01:14:59,327
the same device
he has used over the years
1666
01:14:59,370 --> 01:15:01,996
to find numerous objects,
1667
01:15:02,081 --> 01:15:04,499
like the mysterious lead cros
at smith's cove,
1668
01:15:04,584 --> 01:15:08,169
which is believed to be
some 700 years old.
1669
01:15:09,255 --> 01:15:10,963
Jack:
There's got to be another coin
1670
01:15:11,049 --> 01:15:12,882
or something around here, gary.
1671
01:15:12,967 --> 01:15:15,009
-Gary: I know there is, mate.
-(beeping)
1672
01:15:17,222 --> 01:15:19,514
(trilling)
1673
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:22,558
there's something there, mate.
1674
01:15:22,644 --> 01:15:24,143
Gonna have to dig it out.
1675
01:15:28,066 --> 01:15:30,191
Damn. You went all medieval
on that one, mate.
1676
01:15:30,276 --> 01:15:32,193
Oh, yeah.
I'm not wasting time.
1677
01:15:37,242 --> 01:15:39,075
Gary:
Hopefully you've moved it.
1678
01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:40,201
Ooh!
1679
01:15:40,245 --> 01:15:41,285
I see it.
1680
01:15:41,371 --> 01:15:43,204
What do you see?
1681
01:15:44,499 --> 01:15:45,581
Gary:
That's a ax.
1682
01:15:45,667 --> 01:15:47,542
It's a broken ax.
1683
01:15:47,627 --> 01:15:48,584
Oh, it is!
1684
01:15:48,670 --> 01:15:49,585
Gary:
Look at that.
1685
01:15:49,671 --> 01:15:51,379
The way it comes down.
1686
01:15:51,422 --> 01:15:53,256
That's a really old ax then.
1687
01:15:53,341 --> 01:15:54,215
Gary:
Definitely.
1688
01:15:54,300 --> 01:15:56,092
And just the weight of it
tells me
1689
01:15:56,177 --> 01:15:57,593
that this is really old.
1690
01:15:57,679 --> 01:15:59,512
I don't think it's a weapon.
1691
01:15:59,597 --> 01:16:02,390
In the maritimes, you'd call it
a ship's rigging ax.
1692
01:16:02,475 --> 01:16:05,226
You'd use it on the ship
for cutting ropes.
1693
01:16:05,270 --> 01:16:07,061
Jack:
What would it be doing
right here?
1694
01:16:07,105 --> 01:16:08,729
Gary:
Well, let's say
1695
01:16:08,773 --> 01:16:11,566
you came onto the beach here
1696
01:16:11,651 --> 01:16:13,526
and you wanted to come inland.
1697
01:16:13,611 --> 01:16:14,902
What are you gonna use?
1698
01:16:14,988 --> 01:16:16,195
You're gonna use one of these
1699
01:16:16,239 --> 01:16:19,323
to hack your way into this area.
1700
01:16:19,409 --> 01:16:21,033
-Like a machete.
-Yeah.
1701
01:16:21,119 --> 01:16:23,077
-Yeah.
-Because, if you think about it,
1702
01:16:23,162 --> 01:16:25,037
you got those operations
up there.
1703
01:16:25,123 --> 01:16:26,247
You got the beach here.
1704
01:16:26,332 --> 01:16:27,748
Narrator:
Could gary's theory
1705
01:16:27,792 --> 01:16:31,252
about this so-called
ship's rigging ax be correct?
1706
01:16:31,296 --> 01:16:34,422
Could it be further evidence
of human activity
1707
01:16:34,507 --> 01:16:37,592
connecting the 800-year-old
man-made stone-paved area
1708
01:16:37,635 --> 01:16:40,761
in the swamp
to the nearby pine tar kiln,
1709
01:16:40,805 --> 01:16:46,434
as archaeologist laird niven and
his associates have suggested?
1710
01:16:46,477 --> 01:16:49,437
Jack:
What's the most recent
it could've been used?
1711
01:16:49,522 --> 01:16:51,480
Gary: (sputters)
I don't know, but it's out here
1712
01:16:51,566 --> 01:16:53,566
and it's been here
a heck of a long time.
1713
01:16:53,610 --> 01:16:56,611
So, probably before
the discovery
1714
01:16:56,654 --> 01:16:57,987
-of the money pit.
-Yeah.
1715
01:16:58,072 --> 01:17:00,239
Okay.
Let's keep going then.
1716
01:17:06,831 --> 01:17:08,998
-(beeping)
-ooh.
1717
01:17:09,083 --> 01:17:12,001
(beeping continues)
1718
01:17:12,086 --> 01:17:14,295
it just sounds so good.
1719
01:17:15,381 --> 01:17:16,631
Just there.
1720
01:17:18,343 --> 01:17:19,634
(chuckles)
1721
01:17:19,677 --> 01:17:21,636
(beeping)
1722
01:17:24,515 --> 01:17:26,599
(trilling)
1723
01:17:27,602 --> 01:17:28,559
come to papa.
1724
01:17:28,645 --> 01:17:30,144
Where you hiding?
1725
01:17:30,229 --> 01:17:32,480
-I see it.
-Ooh!
1726
01:17:32,565 --> 01:17:34,649
-Oh, no way!
-(quietly): What the heck?
1727
01:17:34,734 --> 01:17:37,360
That's an old coin.
1728
01:17:37,445 --> 01:17:40,112
Gary:
That's a little beauty.
Look at that.
1729
01:17:40,198 --> 01:17:41,656
-That's an old coin, mate.
-Oh, yeah.
1730
01:17:41,699 --> 01:17:43,282
-That is an old coin!
-(chuckles): Oh, yeah.
1731
01:17:43,368 --> 01:17:45,701
Gary:
That is. I'm sure it is.
1732
01:17:45,787 --> 01:17:48,663
I mean, you can see
some kind of... Decoration.
1733
01:17:48,748 --> 01:17:51,540
Any time there's writing
around the outside, mate,
1734
01:17:51,626 --> 01:17:53,501
-that's a dead--
no, I don't think we should.
-No?
1735
01:17:53,544 --> 01:17:55,294
-Okay! Oh!
-No, always--
1736
01:17:55,338 --> 01:17:56,379
-this is a top pocket find.
-Yeah.
1737
01:17:56,464 --> 01:17:59,674
Gary:
It's got the original patina.
1738
01:17:59,717 --> 01:18:01,342
It's got the shape,
1739
01:18:01,386 --> 01:18:02,635
that old shape.
1740
01:18:02,720 --> 01:18:04,595
It's not perfectly round.
1741
01:18:04,681 --> 01:18:07,390
And it's got that square hole
in it, mate.
1742
01:18:07,475 --> 01:18:11,727
And you can tell it's old-old
because it's square.
1743
01:18:11,813 --> 01:18:14,063
I mean, this could be
an integral clue
1744
01:18:14,148 --> 01:18:17,400
in figuring out
exactly who used this tar kiln.
1745
01:18:17,485 --> 01:18:20,236
But we found a lot of coins
over the years on oak island,
1746
01:18:20,321 --> 01:18:22,571
and this looks to be
1747
01:18:22,657 --> 01:18:24,240
probably one of the oldest,
1748
01:18:24,325 --> 01:18:28,202
based upon the shape
and the patina.
1749
01:18:28,287 --> 01:18:32,206
What's fascinating
about this coin is the shape
1750
01:18:32,291 --> 01:18:35,209
and the fact that it's got
a square hole in the middle.
1751
01:18:35,294 --> 01:18:38,504
This coin is very, very old.
1752
01:18:38,548 --> 01:18:41,173
And I don't believe
it's european.
1753
01:18:41,259 --> 01:18:45,678
This coin is from somewhere
much more exotic.
1754
01:18:45,763 --> 01:18:48,222
Jack:
You're the coin expert, gary.
1755
01:18:48,307 --> 01:18:52,393
Can you date this coin
off of just the features?
1756
01:18:52,478 --> 01:18:53,769
This is old, mate.
1757
01:18:53,855 --> 01:18:57,398
My guess is 1600, 1700s.
1758
01:18:57,483 --> 01:18:59,191
This is great, gary.
1759
01:18:59,277 --> 01:19:00,443
This is bloody brilliant.
1760
01:19:00,528 --> 01:19:01,861
Jack:
I think so.
1761
01:19:01,946 --> 01:19:04,405
-Elbow bump? (laughs)
-(laughs)
1762
01:19:04,449 --> 01:19:05,740
gary:
That's what I love
about metal detecting--
1763
01:19:05,825 --> 01:19:08,743
the chance to pick up
a piece of history.
1764
01:19:12,331 --> 01:19:14,206
Jack:
Here we are, gary.
1765
01:19:14,292 --> 01:19:17,960
Narrator: Following
their exploration of lot 15,
1766
01:19:18,045 --> 01:19:22,047
gary drayton and jack begley
head to the research center
1767
01:19:22,133 --> 01:19:23,382
to share their discoveries
1768
01:19:23,468 --> 01:19:26,844
with oak island historian
charles barkhouse.
1769
01:19:26,929 --> 01:19:28,262
-Hello? Hey, charles.
-Hey, guys.
1770
01:19:28,347 --> 01:19:29,597
-Hey, charles.
-How you doing?
1771
01:19:29,640 --> 01:19:31,932
-Gary: Good, mate.
-Good. We've had a really good
1772
01:19:31,976 --> 01:19:34,101
day back on the island.
1773
01:19:34,187 --> 01:19:36,061
-Really?
-Gary: We have got some...
1774
01:19:36,147 --> 01:19:37,563
Really great finds, mate.
1775
01:19:37,648 --> 01:19:39,190
We found some good stuff.
1776
01:19:39,275 --> 01:19:41,233
Uh, would you say
this is a top pocket find?
1777
01:19:41,277 --> 01:19:42,610
It's in the top pocket, mate.
1778
01:19:42,695 --> 01:19:44,945
-(laughs)
-some are in the pouch,
1779
01:19:44,989 --> 01:19:47,531
-but definitely got
a top pocket find.
-Really?
1780
01:19:47,617 --> 01:19:49,950
So, I guess
the obvious question is,
1781
01:19:49,994 --> 01:19:50,910
what did you find?
1782
01:19:50,995 --> 01:19:52,161
What did we find?
1783
01:19:52,246 --> 01:19:56,415
Actually,
I think these are so important
1784
01:19:56,459 --> 01:19:58,417
that we should call the guys
that are in quarantine--
1785
01:19:58,461 --> 01:20:01,253
rick, marty,
alex and peter--
1786
01:20:01,339 --> 01:20:02,505
-and let them all know. Yeah.
-Really?
1787
01:20:02,590 --> 01:20:04,465
Yeah. They are--
it's that special.
1788
01:20:04,550 --> 01:20:05,591
-Okay.
-I'm gonna get the guys up
1789
01:20:05,676 --> 01:20:07,593
on the video call.
1790
01:20:07,678 --> 01:20:09,970
-I know they want to know.
-And they're in quarantine,
mate.
1791
01:20:10,014 --> 01:20:12,097
This is just what
the doctor ordered.
1792
01:20:12,183 --> 01:20:13,390
Charles:
Give 'em a little boost.
1793
01:20:13,476 --> 01:20:15,392
Gary:
Exactly.
1794
01:20:15,478 --> 01:20:16,977
Hey, rick! Hey, peter!
1795
01:20:17,021 --> 01:20:18,270
Hey, marty and alex!
1796
01:20:18,356 --> 01:20:19,522
Gary:
How you doing, chaps?
1797
01:20:19,607 --> 01:20:20,606
Hi, guys.
1798
01:20:20,691 --> 01:20:23,484
Jack:
So, gary and I were over
1799
01:20:23,569 --> 01:20:25,069
-at lot 15.
-Yes.
1800
01:20:25,154 --> 01:20:26,487
Gary:
The archaeologists--
1801
01:20:26,572 --> 01:20:28,447
they gave us permission
to metal detect,
1802
01:20:28,491 --> 01:20:31,492
and we took full advantage of it
1803
01:20:31,577 --> 01:20:35,120
-and... I got a top pocket find.
-(laughs)
1804
01:20:35,206 --> 01:20:36,455
-wow.
-Yeah.
1805
01:20:36,541 --> 01:20:38,207
(laughing)
1806
01:20:38,292 --> 01:20:39,333
let's see it!
1807
01:20:40,461 --> 01:20:43,045
♪ ♪
1808
01:20:43,130 --> 01:20:45,422
you know, uh...
1809
01:20:45,508 --> 01:20:48,676
This is worth waiting for, guys.
1810
01:20:48,719 --> 01:20:51,095
When you get out of quarantine,
1811
01:20:51,180 --> 01:20:53,305
this will lift your spirits,
mate.
1812
01:20:53,391 --> 01:20:55,391
Wait a minute!
Wait a minute.
1813
01:20:55,476 --> 01:20:57,184
Stop.
1814
01:20:57,228 --> 01:20:59,645
You're really not gonna
show this to us?
1815
01:20:59,730 --> 01:21:02,356
-Um, no. I believe...
-(laughs): What?
1816
01:21:02,400 --> 01:21:05,192
...You will get
a better perspective
1817
01:21:05,278 --> 01:21:08,529
when you see these finds
in person.
1818
01:21:08,573 --> 01:21:10,948
Are you really that excited
about it, gary?
1819
01:21:11,033 --> 01:21:12,491
-Or are you just pulling
our leg?
-Yeah.
1820
01:21:12,577 --> 01:21:13,576
Alex:
Do you think that it sheds
1821
01:21:13,661 --> 01:21:17,037
any light
on the structure on lot 15?
1822
01:21:17,123 --> 01:21:21,667
These artifacts that we found
are definitely gonna shed light
1823
01:21:21,752 --> 01:21:26,630
on who probably made that
structure up on the hillside.
1824
01:21:26,716 --> 01:21:28,507
-Yeah.
-Marty: Oh, rick,
1825
01:21:28,593 --> 01:21:31,176
what do you think about
these guys dorking us like this?
1826
01:21:31,262 --> 01:21:33,721
-I don't like it. But...
-(laughter)
1827
01:21:33,764 --> 01:21:34,972
can you seriously
1828
01:21:35,057 --> 01:21:36,599
put a date to it?
1829
01:21:36,684 --> 01:21:40,352
It should shed light
on a country
1830
01:21:40,438 --> 01:21:41,979
and hopefully a date
1831
01:21:42,064 --> 01:21:44,607
-and maybe a surprising date.
-Marty: Wow.
1832
01:21:44,692 --> 01:21:46,609
I'm gonna play along.
I'm gonna go along with this.
1833
01:21:46,694 --> 01:21:49,194
You know, it'll make coming to
the island even more exciting.
1834
01:21:49,238 --> 01:21:50,696
-Mm.
-Yeah.
1835
01:21:50,781 --> 01:21:52,573
Well, look, if you're
not gonna show us anything,
1836
01:21:52,617 --> 01:21:54,575
-then get back out there.
-(laughter)
1837
01:21:54,660 --> 01:21:56,410
-yeah.
-Rick: Okeydoke.
1838
01:21:56,454 --> 01:21:58,120
-Marty: Okay, thanks, guys.
-Gary: All right, mate.
1839
01:21:58,205 --> 01:21:59,496
Jack:
Let's go get some more.
1840
01:21:59,582 --> 01:22:01,540
♪ ♪
1841
01:22:01,626 --> 01:22:05,085
narrator:
Despite a number
of devastating setbacks,
1842
01:22:05,171 --> 01:22:09,757
brothers rick and marty lagia
remain as committed as ever
1843
01:22:09,800 --> 01:22:14,553
to solving the 225-year-old
mystery of oak island.
1844
01:22:15,598 --> 01:22:17,723
But now
perhaps equally important
1845
01:22:17,808 --> 01:22:20,100
to unearthing a vast treasure
1846
01:22:20,144 --> 01:22:22,728
is finding out
what happened on oak island
1847
01:22:22,813 --> 01:22:25,564
centuries ago.
1848
01:22:25,650 --> 01:22:27,775
Perhaps it can explain
1849
01:22:27,818 --> 01:22:31,403
why the island has been guarded
by a mysterious curse,
1850
01:22:31,489 --> 01:22:35,074
one that has claimed six lives
1851
01:22:35,159 --> 01:22:37,493
and threatens to take one more
1852
01:22:37,578 --> 01:22:40,245
before the truth
about oak island
1853
01:22:40,331 --> 01:22:42,289
can be revealed.
1854
01:22:44,210 --> 01:22:46,752
Next time on
the curse of oak island...
1855
01:22:46,837 --> 01:22:49,463
Marty:
We're out of quarantine.
We're heading to the island.
1856
01:22:49,507 --> 01:22:50,798
There's a lot of new things
to explore.
1857
01:22:50,841 --> 01:22:52,257
It truly feels
like the fellowship's
1858
01:22:52,343 --> 01:22:54,093
getting back together
now that you're here.
1859
01:22:54,178 --> 01:22:55,886
Gary:
I like the look of this, jack.
1860
01:22:57,515 --> 01:22:59,139
What the...?!
1861
01:22:59,225 --> 01:23:01,266
-I think it's lead or something.
-Oh, wow.
1862
01:23:01,352 --> 01:23:02,393
See, this is
what we're looking for.
1863
01:23:02,478 --> 01:23:03,602
That might be the find
of the year.
1864
01:23:03,688 --> 01:23:05,187
David:
Not only is it man-made,
1865
01:23:05,272 --> 01:23:07,314
this goes all the way back
to 1500.
1866
01:23:07,358 --> 01:23:09,400
It could have been used for
construction of the money pit.
1867
01:23:09,485 --> 01:23:11,735
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