1 00:00:01,711 --> 00:00:03,168 Narrator: Tonight on the curse of oak island... 2 00:00:03,254 --> 00:00:04,336 -Steve g.: Look at this. -Charles: What is that? 3 00:00:04,380 --> 00:00:05,587 Steve g.: There's something in there. 4 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:06,964 -This could be it, man. -What's in that thing? 5 00:00:07,049 --> 00:00:08,799 -Terry: Holy cow! -Steve g.: Oh, wow. 6 00:00:08,884 --> 00:00:10,759 The artifacts are pre-searcher. 7 00:00:10,845 --> 00:00:13,012 -Marty: Whoa. -What was going on here? 8 00:00:13,097 --> 00:00:14,263 That is the question. 9 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:16,807 Oh, what the heck is that? 10 00:00:16,892 --> 00:00:18,809 Aaron: Wow. That is very badly burned 11 00:00:18,894 --> 00:00:20,728 -part of a ship. -Alex: Wow. 12 00:00:20,813 --> 00:00:21,979 Steve g.: He's getting close. 13 00:00:22,064 --> 00:00:24,356 -Doug: Oh, look at that. -Whoa! Whoa! -Hey! Hey! 14 00:00:24,442 --> 00:00:26,066 There's a big timber running this way. 15 00:00:26,152 --> 00:00:28,485 -Rick: Oh, baby. -Gary: Oh, that's fantastic! 16 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:34,283 Narrator: There is an island in the north atlantic 17 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:37,786 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 18 00:00:37,872 --> 00:00:41,081 for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,084 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:46,837 with strange symbols carved into it, 21 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:49,631 mysterious fragments of human bone, 22 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:53,427 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 23 00:00:53,512 --> 00:00:55,971 to the days of the knights templar. 24 00:00:56,057 --> 00:01:00,559 To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,604 --> 00:01:03,687 And, according to legend, 26 00:01:03,773 --> 00:01:06,732 one more will have to die 27 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:10,486 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:14,116 --> 00:01:16,158 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:23,916 (phone ringing) 30 00:01:24,001 --> 00:01:26,293 -marty: Hello? -Rick: Hey. Good morning. 31 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:28,170 Marty: Boy, this is early. What's up? 32 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:30,798 Rick: Actually, it's pretty exciting news. 33 00:01:30,883 --> 00:01:33,092 -Marty: Bravo tango? -No. Not bravo... 34 00:01:33,135 --> 00:01:34,259 (laughter) 35 00:01:34,303 --> 00:01:36,887 -not bravo tango. No. -Damn. 36 00:01:36,972 --> 00:01:40,265 Narrator: As another hopeful and exciting day begins 37 00:01:40,351 --> 00:01:42,392 on oak island, rick lagina, 38 00:01:42,478 --> 00:01:44,645 along with oak island historians doug crowell 39 00:01:44,730 --> 00:01:46,772 and charles barkhouse, 40 00:01:46,857 --> 00:01:50,109 eagerly place a call to rick's brother marty to update him 41 00:01:50,194 --> 00:01:53,612 on a potentially significant discovery made one day ago 42 00:01:53,697 --> 00:01:56,573 in the man-made, triangle-shaped swamp. 43 00:01:56,659 --> 00:02:00,077 Rick: Yesterday, billy and doug were digging in the swamp. 44 00:02:00,121 --> 00:02:03,497 I'm going to let them tell you what has been found 45 00:02:03,582 --> 00:02:05,958 and the potential of what today might mean. 46 00:02:06,001 --> 00:02:07,918 -Doug. -Marty: Yo. 47 00:02:07,962 --> 00:02:09,795 -Lay it on me. -Doug: I'm quite excited, actually. 48 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,714 We were nine to ten feet down and we brought up 49 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,260 part of what looks like a, uh, I'll say ship's railing. 50 00:02:16,345 --> 00:02:19,888 -Really? -Yeah. A very finished piece of wood. Rounded corners. 51 00:02:19,974 --> 00:02:21,974 -It-it's... -No kidding? 52 00:02:22,059 --> 00:02:24,226 Yeah. This has the potential to be really old. 53 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:27,896 Charles: Also, marty, when billy was excavating this hole, 54 00:02:27,982 --> 00:02:29,940 he's riding on some wood. 55 00:02:30,025 --> 00:02:31,942 And he doesn't know whether 56 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:34,278 it's a platform or-or, you know, 57 00:02:34,363 --> 00:02:36,947 -long pieces of wood, but there's something. -Marty: Right. 58 00:02:37,032 --> 00:02:39,116 -He's not down to the bottom layer yet. -Wowzer. 59 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:40,701 Wowzer. 60 00:02:41,787 --> 00:02:44,580 Narrator: Although the oak island team has made a number 61 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:47,124 of incredible discoveries in the swamp this year, 62 00:02:47,209 --> 00:02:49,960 including a massive stone road, 63 00:02:50,045 --> 00:02:52,796 believed to have once been part of a ship's wharf, 64 00:02:52,882 --> 00:02:55,007 there is one tantalizing mystery 65 00:02:55,092 --> 00:02:58,302 that has baffled them for nearly three years now. 66 00:02:58,345 --> 00:03:01,346 In 2018, the oak island team 67 00:03:01,432 --> 00:03:04,892 conducted a seismic survey across the swamp 68 00:03:04,977 --> 00:03:08,312 using more than 2,000 dynamite charges. 69 00:03:08,397 --> 00:03:11,690 This produced astonishing data that revealed 70 00:03:11,734 --> 00:03:13,650 a 200-foot-long anomaly 71 00:03:13,736 --> 00:03:16,111 buried in the center of the brackish bog 72 00:03:16,197 --> 00:03:19,406 that resembled the shape of a galleon ship. 73 00:03:19,491 --> 00:03:21,617 -Oh. Look at that. -Billy: Yeah. 74 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:25,037 -What've you got? -It looks like a piece of finished wood. 75 00:03:25,122 --> 00:03:28,415 Narrator: Is it possible that the believed piece of ship's railing 76 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,500 and the large, mysterious obstruction 77 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:32,252 that members of the team discovered 78 00:03:32,338 --> 00:03:35,505 some ten feet deep in the swamp one day ago 79 00:03:35,591 --> 00:03:39,551 might be key evidence of just what that anomaly is? 80 00:03:39,637 --> 00:03:43,680 So the plan today is, uh, we're going to expand the hole, 81 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:46,433 -and hopefully he can hook a piece of it up. -Marty: Look. 82 00:03:46,518 --> 00:03:48,518 Is this classic or what? I mean, come on. 83 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:50,812 -Yup. -What is with this bloody island? You know? 84 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:52,189 And the rain's closing in... 85 00:03:52,274 --> 00:03:53,690 (laughter) 86 00:03:53,776 --> 00:03:55,192 geez! 87 00:03:55,277 --> 00:03:56,652 Yeah. But... 88 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:58,487 We have a reprieve from the weather. 89 00:03:58,572 --> 00:03:59,947 Today is supposed to be beautiful, 90 00:04:00,032 --> 00:04:02,115 but we're going to take our time. 91 00:04:02,201 --> 00:04:03,909 We have to have a real understanding 92 00:04:03,953 --> 00:04:05,786 of what this might mean. 93 00:04:05,871 --> 00:04:07,371 Marty: Wow. That is something. 94 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:10,415 I mean, this is big, I think, so... 95 00:04:10,501 --> 00:04:12,417 Rick: We'll give you an update at the end of the day. 96 00:04:12,503 --> 00:04:14,586 Marty: That'd be great. I'll, uh, I'll be on pins and needles. 97 00:04:14,672 --> 00:04:16,296 -Thank you. -Rick: Okay. Thanks. Bye. 98 00:04:16,382 --> 00:04:18,131 -Marty: See you guys. Bye. -Rick: Bye. 99 00:04:18,217 --> 00:04:20,050 Well, if it's a piece of ship's railing, 100 00:04:20,135 --> 00:04:23,220 you know, the mind jumps to the old deal that the swamp 101 00:04:23,305 --> 00:04:26,598 was used as a disembarkation point for treasure or something. 102 00:04:26,684 --> 00:04:29,017 Or a ship was blown in there and wrecked. 103 00:04:29,103 --> 00:04:31,728 But along comes a piece of data that supports it, 104 00:04:31,814 --> 00:04:33,522 and you get excited about it. 105 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:36,525 I'm excited that they were going back to the same spot to dig, 106 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:39,111 and I'm real hopeful that it'll show something. 107 00:04:39,154 --> 00:04:41,238 -Steve g.: Hey, guys. -Rick: Morning. 108 00:04:41,323 --> 00:04:43,991 -Billy draw that down or did the pump do it? -It's been pumping. 109 00:04:44,994 --> 00:04:48,537 Narrator: Now that the harsh fall winter has begun to set in, 110 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:51,623 bringing with it a heavy rainstorm last night, 111 00:04:51,709 --> 00:04:55,502 the team has installed a six-inch pump to drain the area 112 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:58,088 and allow the team to continue digging 113 00:04:58,173 --> 00:05:01,133 with the 30-ton swamp excavator. 114 00:05:02,177 --> 00:05:03,760 Well, bill, what's the plan? 115 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:05,929 Well, the water's down some. 116 00:05:06,015 --> 00:05:08,932 I guess, we've got to bail it out and look at 117 00:05:09,018 --> 00:05:11,018 every bucket that comes out to see if there's 118 00:05:11,103 --> 00:05:13,270 more pieces of the wood from yesterday. 119 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:14,771 -Right? -Right. 120 00:05:14,857 --> 00:05:16,315 You know, we're at a depth where it should be 121 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,608 sand and gravel, but it's not sand and gravel. 122 00:05:18,694 --> 00:05:20,277 Look. If we found something amazing, 123 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:21,778 we should take our time. 124 00:05:21,864 --> 00:05:23,739 Go slow. Gary, metal-detect. 125 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:27,284 Steve, take all your elevations and everything you need to do. 126 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:30,162 Charles and I will be down here putting eyes on it. 127 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:32,414 Doug, if you want to get up there, put your eyes 128 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:34,166 -on the bucket. -Billy: Sure. 129 00:05:34,209 --> 00:05:36,501 -Okay. Well, let's not waste the beautiful day. -Billy: No. 130 00:05:36,545 --> 00:05:39,421 Rick: They believe that the bucket was sliding 131 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:41,757 across a massive wooden something. 132 00:05:41,842 --> 00:05:44,801 So the hope is we'll find something else, 133 00:05:44,887 --> 00:05:47,095 but you don't put the cart before the horse. 134 00:05:47,181 --> 00:05:48,764 You don't start dreaming of artifacts 135 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,849 until you actually hold them in your hand. 136 00:05:50,893 --> 00:05:53,602 He should be able to put the bucket down 137 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:57,147 -and feel-- if he feels here what he felt over there. -Yeah. 138 00:05:57,191 --> 00:05:59,024 You're pretty close to the depth we were yesterday. 139 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:01,151 Yeah. And now you can feel it. 140 00:06:01,236 --> 00:06:04,488 There's wood on the bottom there. I'm sure of it. 141 00:06:05,491 --> 00:06:08,158 Doug: It's almost covered with water now. That's the problem. 142 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:10,744 Is there any way to keep that pump running, scott? 143 00:06:10,829 --> 00:06:12,829 No. It's all porridge over here now. 144 00:06:12,873 --> 00:06:16,750 Rick: You're just going to have to dig it out and throw the slop out. 145 00:06:16,835 --> 00:06:18,794 -Scott: Yeah. -Rick: That's all. 146 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:21,713 Narrator: Although the team is hopeful that they may be close 147 00:06:21,757 --> 00:06:23,715 to a major discovery, 148 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:26,551 the heavy rains from the previous evening have made 149 00:06:26,637 --> 00:06:28,804 the muck and mud of the swamp a frustrating 150 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:32,057 challenge for billy gerhardt and the excavator. 151 00:06:33,769 --> 00:06:36,520 The water level is higher than it was. 152 00:06:45,614 --> 00:06:48,156 The water is boiling in down here now. 153 00:06:48,242 --> 00:06:50,409 -You can just see it swelling in. -Yeah? 154 00:06:50,494 --> 00:06:53,578 -It's coming in from behind us there, right? -Scott: Yeah. 155 00:06:56,375 --> 00:06:58,500 Rick: Okay. Well... 156 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:01,670 -Every minute we waste, the more water's coming in, so... -Billy: Yep. 157 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:04,339 -Doug: Let's find out what it is. -Rick: Okay. 158 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,519 (wood creaking) 159 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:19,271 doug: Oh, look at that. 160 00:07:19,356 --> 00:07:23,108 There's a... There's big timber running this way! 161 00:07:23,152 --> 00:07:25,360 I mean, look at that. That whole side. 162 00:07:28,824 --> 00:07:32,033 Narrator: A possible wood timber? 163 00:07:32,119 --> 00:07:33,368 Tony: I've got something! 164 00:07:33,454 --> 00:07:36,621 -What is that? -It's a large board. 165 00:07:36,665 --> 00:07:40,584 Narrator: Four years ago, while exploring in this same area, 166 00:07:40,669 --> 00:07:42,961 professional diver tony sampson discovered 167 00:07:43,005 --> 00:07:45,797 what is believed to be a piece of deck planking 168 00:07:45,841 --> 00:07:49,634 from a large ship that was dated to as early as 1680. 169 00:07:50,554 --> 00:07:53,763 Is it possible that billy has just made 170 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:57,225 an identical find, or could he be on the verge 171 00:07:57,311 --> 00:08:00,979 of a much larger and more definitive discovery? 172 00:08:01,023 --> 00:08:03,398 Steve g.: He's getting close. 173 00:08:03,484 --> 00:08:06,151 -This is undermined very badly here now. -Yeah. 174 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:18,788 You can feel this whole thing. You know? 175 00:08:18,874 --> 00:08:20,457 Steve g.: Like jell-o. 176 00:08:20,501 --> 00:08:22,375 Scott: Don't move for a second! 177 00:08:22,461 --> 00:08:25,462 You can feel that. You feel that? 178 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:26,796 Rick: Oh, yeah. 179 00:08:29,343 --> 00:08:32,135 Steve g.: I would take it quick because we're going to lose this! 180 00:08:34,598 --> 00:08:36,431 Rick: It's just not stable. 181 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,141 It's wet, it's liquid, 182 00:08:38,227 --> 00:08:40,644 it's muddy, it's black, it's thick, it's... 183 00:08:40,729 --> 00:08:41,645 (chuckles) 184 00:08:41,730 --> 00:08:42,979 it's a nightmare. 185 00:08:43,065 --> 00:08:44,314 That big piece is going to go right now. 186 00:08:44,358 --> 00:08:46,525 Look at that piece right there. It's going to go. 187 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:48,818 Rick: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh... 188 00:08:50,239 --> 00:08:51,488 Steve g.: There it goes. 189 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:54,824 -Whoa! Whoa! -Hey! Hey! 190 00:08:55,869 --> 00:09:01,373 Rick: That ain't good. 191 00:09:01,458 --> 00:09:02,499 Rick: Well, keep digging. 192 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:03,625 It's all you can do. 193 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:04,960 Billy: Yep. We'll clean it out. 194 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,378 You guide us in. 195 00:09:08,423 --> 00:09:11,550 Narrator: In the oak island swamp, rick lagina, along with 196 00:09:11,635 --> 00:09:13,635 members of the team, are trying to uncover 197 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,303 what they believe to be 198 00:09:15,389 --> 00:09:18,014 a large, flat surface more than ten feet deep 199 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:19,891 in an area where they recovered 200 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:24,312 a possible piece of a ship's railing just one day ago. 201 00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:25,730 What's the plan? 202 00:09:27,985 --> 00:09:29,234 Start here? 203 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:32,070 Yeah. 204 00:09:32,114 --> 00:09:35,699 Narrator: Unfortunately, the more billy gerhardt digs 205 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:37,367 with the swamp excavator, 206 00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:39,536 the more the hole fills back in 207 00:09:39,621 --> 00:09:41,580 with soppy mud and sludge. 208 00:09:41,665 --> 00:09:44,499 I think we have to stay focused. 209 00:09:44,585 --> 00:09:46,501 We have a piece of wood 210 00:09:46,587 --> 00:09:48,753 that we believe might be from a ship. 211 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:53,091 You're never going to get a good look at this 212 00:09:53,135 --> 00:09:54,926 with the amount of water in the area 213 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:56,928 unless you pull it out. 214 00:09:56,972 --> 00:09:58,471 That makes it all the more important to come 215 00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:02,183 to an understanding of what this is. 216 00:10:03,312 --> 00:10:06,896 Billy: It just caved in over the top of it. 217 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,024 Charles: It's not even draining out there now. 218 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,275 It's draining right into here. 219 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:14,821 Look at-- look at that water coming in right there. 220 00:10:14,906 --> 00:10:16,364 Yeah. 221 00:10:17,242 --> 00:10:21,620 Well, I'm not sure it's worth continuing. 222 00:10:21,705 --> 00:10:25,248 We need to fix this issue. Otherwise, the water will 223 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:27,626 just keep recirculating here, so... 224 00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:30,211 Yeah. It wouldn't matter what you did now, I don't think. 225 00:10:30,297 --> 00:10:31,921 Rick: You're not getting any headway. 226 00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,381 Billy: We can't advance through it. 227 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:35,467 Rick: What it tells me is, 228 00:10:35,510 --> 00:10:38,470 putting in sheet out there is a good idea. 229 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:44,601 Narrator: Because the rain-soaked mud in the swamp keeps caving in 230 00:10:44,686 --> 00:10:47,270 and also because the weather is only expected 231 00:10:47,356 --> 00:10:49,606 to get worse as winter approaches, 232 00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:51,858 the oak island team 233 00:10:51,943 --> 00:10:53,943 will have to wait until next spring 234 00:10:54,029 --> 00:10:56,071 to continue this investigation, 235 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:59,032 when they will have time to install a cofferdam system 236 00:10:59,117 --> 00:11:01,409 similar to the one they constructed at smith's cove 237 00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:02,994 two years ago. 238 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,246 Using sheet piling, 239 00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:07,957 which is hammered deep into the mud and sediment, 240 00:11:08,043 --> 00:11:11,086 the cofferdam will create a watertight barrier 241 00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:13,630 that will allow for a complete excavation 242 00:11:13,715 --> 00:11:15,507 of this area of the swamp. 243 00:11:15,592 --> 00:11:17,384 You know, it's disappointing. 244 00:11:17,469 --> 00:11:19,636 Again, it's the emotional roller coaster ride 245 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:20,887 that is oak island. 246 00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:22,806 But we still have chances 247 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:26,184 to answer questions about this stone pathway. 248 00:11:26,228 --> 00:11:28,645 To me, there's going to be some answers there. 249 00:11:28,730 --> 00:11:30,146 So, for the remainder of the year, 250 00:11:30,232 --> 00:11:31,606 that's our area of focus. 251 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:34,275 -I think that we're done here. -Gary: Yeah. 252 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:35,485 Yeah. I think we are. 253 00:11:35,570 --> 00:11:36,820 Okay, billy. 254 00:11:36,905 --> 00:11:38,321 You're free to fill this in. 255 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,115 -Okay. Yep. -All right? Okay. 256 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,449 We'll get out of your way. 257 00:11:41,535 --> 00:11:42,992 You know, we'll see 258 00:11:43,078 --> 00:11:45,286 what the rest of the day brings. 259 00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:49,499 Narrator: Later that day 260 00:11:49,584 --> 00:11:51,876 on the western end of the island... 261 00:11:52,796 --> 00:11:55,255 Charles: This is a massive root cellar. 262 00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:57,757 ...Charles barkhouse and scott barlow 263 00:11:57,843 --> 00:12:00,760 join archaeologists laird niven and liz michels 264 00:12:00,846 --> 00:12:03,638 at the 18th century stone foundation 265 00:12:03,724 --> 00:12:06,599 of the house that once belonged to samuel ball, 266 00:12:06,685 --> 00:12:10,186 a man who came to oak island in 1787 267 00:12:10,272 --> 00:12:12,564 as a simple cabbage farmer 268 00:12:12,607 --> 00:12:15,942 but who mysteriously grew to become one of nova scotia's 269 00:12:16,027 --> 00:12:19,654 wealthiest landowners by the early 19th century. 270 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:22,574 Is it too much square footage just to store 271 00:12:22,617 --> 00:12:24,492 root vegetables and that type of thing? 272 00:12:24,578 --> 00:12:26,077 Laird: That's a good question. 273 00:12:26,163 --> 00:12:29,080 Uh, if he's just storing food, 274 00:12:29,124 --> 00:12:30,790 -this seems like a lot. -Charles: Right. 275 00:12:30,876 --> 00:12:31,875 Laird: Oh. 276 00:12:32,836 --> 00:12:34,753 -Charles: What do you got? -Laird: Got a hinge. 277 00:12:36,757 --> 00:12:39,507 A hinge and wood. 278 00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:42,552 -Liz: It's nice that it's right by the stairs. -Yeah. 279 00:12:42,637 --> 00:12:45,305 Yeah, the positioning is pretty significant. 280 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:48,850 Narrator: A metal hinge found in the stone foundation 281 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:50,769 of samuel ball's home? 282 00:12:50,854 --> 00:12:54,397 Was it perhaps simply part of a door in the house? 283 00:12:54,483 --> 00:12:57,901 Or might it have come from some kind of container? 284 00:12:57,986 --> 00:12:59,944 Or chest? 285 00:12:59,988 --> 00:13:03,406 Looks like the fasteners are still in it, as well. 286 00:13:03,492 --> 00:13:05,533 Laird: We've got some wood coming up here. 287 00:13:07,537 --> 00:13:09,287 Ooh. It's delicate. 288 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,417 Oh. There's a crosspiece. 289 00:13:14,503 --> 00:13:16,127 Charles: Wow. 290 00:13:18,173 --> 00:13:21,758 Laird: So, this is the-- kind of the working floor 291 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:23,718 right here. 292 00:13:23,804 --> 00:13:25,470 -So it's not floorboards? -Laird: No. 293 00:13:25,514 --> 00:13:27,889 No. This is just a plain dirt floor. 294 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:30,850 The floorboards were up here. 295 00:13:30,936 --> 00:13:33,144 -Right. -Laird: Yeah. So this-- 296 00:13:33,188 --> 00:13:34,771 this would have come from somewhere else. 297 00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:40,443 Liz and I came upon some wood that seemed to be intact. 298 00:13:40,529 --> 00:13:42,570 They're vertical boards and horizontal boards, 299 00:13:42,656 --> 00:13:44,113 so it looked like a door. 300 00:13:44,199 --> 00:13:46,658 I actually hadn't seen anything like that before. 301 00:13:46,701 --> 00:13:48,660 I'm curious about this. 302 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:50,328 If they're floorboards, 303 00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:52,205 they obviously would've been above this level. 304 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:54,791 They wouldn't have floorboards in the root cellar. 305 00:13:54,876 --> 00:13:56,251 No. Maybe cobbles. 306 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,211 -Maybe rocks. -Okay. 307 00:13:58,296 --> 00:14:00,088 Laird: That's great. 308 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:03,216 (laughing): Now we know we have more work to do. 309 00:14:03,301 --> 00:14:05,969 Narrator: While charles and scott continue working 310 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:08,763 with laird and liz at the ball foundation... 311 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:11,474 Rick: So here's what we found. 312 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,226 Ian: Holy cow. 313 00:14:13,311 --> 00:14:15,812 Narrator: ...Near the eastern edge of the swamp, 314 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:19,440 rick lagina, along with geoscientist dr. Ian spooner 315 00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:21,150 and members of the team, 316 00:14:21,236 --> 00:14:23,486 are focusing their investigation 317 00:14:23,572 --> 00:14:25,405 on the stone road and pathway, 318 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:27,407 looking for any more evidence of a ship 319 00:14:27,492 --> 00:14:30,285 or other clues that could help solve 320 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,370 the oak island mystery. 321 00:14:32,414 --> 00:14:36,457 Let's see how far these stones go that way. 322 00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:39,377 -Yep. -Gary: I'll grab a detector. 323 00:14:41,423 --> 00:14:43,214 Rick: You have to have context 324 00:14:43,258 --> 00:14:46,342 for these anomalous features, I.E., 325 00:14:46,428 --> 00:14:48,344 the possibility of making artifact finds 326 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:50,013 certainly are near the shore. 327 00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:53,016 So we're going to investigate it 328 00:14:53,101 --> 00:14:55,184 and hopefully come up with some answers. 329 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,812 Aaron: Whoa, whoa, whoa. 330 00:14:57,898 --> 00:14:59,439 That's a good depth there, billy. 331 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:00,648 Okay. 332 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:03,192 Aaron: Oh, look at that. 333 00:15:03,278 --> 00:15:05,528 So we're getting more cribbing. 334 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:08,573 -Something's going on here. -Yeah. 335 00:15:14,539 --> 00:15:16,080 Oh, wow. 336 00:15:18,293 --> 00:15:20,293 Rick! Check this out! 337 00:15:21,171 --> 00:15:24,672 -What have you got, gary? -That's unusual. 338 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:27,592 That came out of that last bucket. 339 00:15:27,677 --> 00:15:30,637 -Ian: That's one piece of wood. -Rick: Yeah. That is strange. 340 00:15:30,722 --> 00:15:33,014 -Ian: It's perfectly square. -Rick: Yeah. 341 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:34,849 -Gary: Oh, it was made that way, by the look of it. -Ian: Yeah. 342 00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:36,517 Gary: Aaron! 343 00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:41,064 -Rick: Check this out. -Hey, guys. What do you got? 344 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,858 -Gary: We're hoping you can tell us. -Oh, god. 345 00:15:43,944 --> 00:15:45,777 -Wow. -Ian: It's got to be a tool. 346 00:15:45,862 --> 00:15:48,446 Aaron: Yeah. I was going to say, like, something for... 347 00:15:48,531 --> 00:15:51,199 -Architectural or... -Gary: Yeah. Yeah. 348 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:53,201 -Yeah. Like a little carpenter's square. -Yeah. 349 00:15:54,746 --> 00:15:57,080 Narrator: A possible carpenter's square? 350 00:15:57,165 --> 00:16:00,875 Found near the stone pathway on the eastern border of the swamp? 351 00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:05,380 Could it be an important clue, like the wooden survey stakes 352 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:09,133 and wood pieces dating back as far as the 15th century, 353 00:16:09,219 --> 00:16:12,053 that might be connected to the feature's construction? 354 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:15,431 And, if so, might it also help identify 355 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:17,433 just who built it? 356 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:19,602 Ian: The interesting thing about something like that, 357 00:16:19,688 --> 00:16:21,938 you can actually date them. It's wood. 358 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:25,400 -Yeah. -So this is probably more important than we think. 359 00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:27,026 I will put this away. 360 00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:28,569 -Aaron: Well, good find. -Ian: Yeah. 361 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,613 -Thank you. -Aaron: Thanks, guys. 362 00:16:30,699 --> 00:16:32,657 Narrator: While rick and members of the team 363 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:35,410 continue their investigation in the swamp... 364 00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,538 ...Later that afternoon... 365 00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:40,331 -Marty: Hi, guys. -Gary: Hey, marty. 366 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,083 Doug: Hey, marty. Thanks for coming down. 367 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:43,584 This is the item. 368 00:16:44,587 --> 00:16:46,087 Well, that is cool. 369 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:48,047 Narrator: After learning of the discovery 370 00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:50,299 of the possible carpenter's square, 371 00:16:50,385 --> 00:16:54,220 marty lagina meets with oak island historian doug crowell 372 00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,472 and gary drayton in the research center 373 00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:59,517 to inspect the potentially important clue. 374 00:16:59,561 --> 00:17:01,936 At first I thought it was metal because of the shape of it. 375 00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:03,312 Yeah. 376 00:17:04,232 --> 00:17:07,316 Marty: That is actually kind of exquisite. Isn't it? 377 00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:09,944 -It's one piece. This is not joined to this. -Yeah. 378 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:12,030 Marty: What do you think it is? 379 00:17:12,115 --> 00:17:14,240 Doug: I've looked through shipwright tools. 380 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:16,451 I've looked through old carpenter tools. 381 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:19,203 It came up as a stonemason's tool. 382 00:17:20,498 --> 00:17:25,376 Gary: Bloody hell. 383 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,545 Doug: It was a stonemason's tool. 384 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:29,547 That's what it most closely resembles. 385 00:17:29,632 --> 00:17:31,049 Narrator: In the research center, 386 00:17:31,092 --> 00:17:33,426 doug crowell has just revealed 387 00:17:33,511 --> 00:17:35,386 that the possible t square 388 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:38,222 may be an actual stonemason's tool. 389 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:40,558 Well, obviously its use is for right angles. 390 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:43,019 Isn't it? I mean... 391 00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:45,563 Doug: That's the idea I ran with 'cause they say that-that form 392 00:17:45,648 --> 00:17:47,899 -follows function, so... -Yeah. 393 00:17:47,942 --> 00:17:50,193 Narrator: If the team has actually found 394 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:54,030 a stonemason's t square in the triangle-shaped swamp, 395 00:17:54,074 --> 00:17:57,575 could it be evidence tying one particular organization 396 00:17:57,619 --> 00:18:00,161 to the oak island mystery? 397 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:04,749 Ever since the discovery of the money pit in 1795, 398 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:07,251 the secretive fraternity of builders known as 399 00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:09,462 the freemasons, who also descended 400 00:18:09,547 --> 00:18:12,090 from the ancient order of the knights templar, 401 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:14,592 have been closely linked to oak island. 402 00:18:14,677 --> 00:18:17,136 In addition to the fact that several 403 00:18:17,222 --> 00:18:20,098 prominent treasure hunters, including daniel mcginnis, 404 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:22,517 m.R. Chappell, and even a young 405 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:25,103 franklin delano roosevelt, were members, 406 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:27,271 numerous masonic symbols, 407 00:18:27,315 --> 00:18:31,234 such as the letter "g" for "god" or "grand architect," 408 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:33,861 crosses and prominent triangles, 409 00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:37,448 have been found all across the island. 410 00:18:37,534 --> 00:18:39,909 That is really cool. 411 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:44,914 This so-called mason's tool, it's nicely crafted, 412 00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:47,959 which seems to have sort of masonic connections. 413 00:18:48,002 --> 00:18:50,461 And, more to the point, creates angles that are 414 00:18:50,547 --> 00:18:52,088 very useful in a practical sense. 415 00:18:52,173 --> 00:18:54,423 30-degree angles, 60-degree angles, 416 00:18:54,509 --> 00:18:56,259 90-degree angles-- those are very useful 417 00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,344 in building and laying out things. 418 00:18:58,429 --> 00:19:00,179 So I want to get a date on it, 419 00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:01,889 and I want to find out what its use is. 420 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:04,517 Both those things are very interesting to me. 421 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:07,645 Gary: It's amazing how it's well preserved like that 422 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:08,938 'cause of the swamp. 423 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:10,314 That's a pretty cool find, gary. 424 00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:11,649 Marty: I'm gonna say two things. 425 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:13,818 One, which I've been saying a lot lately, 426 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:15,987 let's put it in the line for carbon dating. 427 00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:17,446 -Doug: Okay. -Oh, yeah. 428 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:19,949 And what's the second thing I always say? 429 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:21,993 That was nice, but go out and find some more. 430 00:19:22,078 --> 00:19:23,828 That's right. Sorry, gary. I hate to be so predictable. 431 00:19:23,913 --> 00:19:26,455 All right, guys, I'll let you carry on. 432 00:19:26,541 --> 00:19:28,499 -See you. -Gary: See you. -Doug: See you, marty. 433 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:35,089 Narrator: The following morning 434 00:19:35,175 --> 00:19:36,966 on lot 25... 435 00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:38,885 Charles: Ha! Reinforcements! 436 00:19:38,970 --> 00:19:40,970 Well, I brought the person you need. 437 00:19:41,890 --> 00:19:45,016 Narrator: ...Rick lagina, gary drayton, 438 00:19:45,059 --> 00:19:48,144 and rick and marty's nephew david fornetti 439 00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:50,479 arrive at the foundation of samuel ball's 440 00:19:50,523 --> 00:19:53,691 18th century home after being alerted 441 00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:55,902 to another potentially important discovery 442 00:19:55,987 --> 00:19:57,862 by archaeologist laird niven 443 00:19:57,906 --> 00:19:59,780 and other members of the team. 444 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,532 Laird, do you want to tell them what we found? 445 00:20:01,576 --> 00:20:05,161 Yeah. So, we were clearing out the cellar floor. 446 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:07,163 -Rick: Mm-hmm. -Laird: As we were working along, we found 447 00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:09,790 some wood that seems to be in situ. 448 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:13,502 -Perhaps a hatchway or a doorway. -Gary: Wow! 449 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,630 Narrator: A possible doorway? 450 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:18,549 Embedded in the floor of the ball foundation? 451 00:20:18,593 --> 00:20:22,136 Just what might have been, or could still be, 452 00:20:22,222 --> 00:20:24,347 on the other side of it? 453 00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,015 Rick: Would I love it to be a door 454 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,267 to an opening in the floor? Absolutely. 455 00:20:28,353 --> 00:20:29,810 Who knows what it is? 456 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:33,773 How much of the door is still there? Is it intact, all of it? 457 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:36,025 We've got a good number of boards here, 458 00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:38,903 but, um, it's pretty partial. 459 00:20:40,198 --> 00:20:43,241 Narrator: Because the door is embedded in the foundation, 460 00:20:43,284 --> 00:20:46,035 laird and liz will have to take their time 461 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,037 to carefully excavate around it 462 00:20:48,122 --> 00:20:52,458 before they can remove it to reveal whatever might lie below. 463 00:20:52,543 --> 00:20:55,378 Rick: The wood appears to be laid horizontally, 464 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:57,880 appears to be a door. 465 00:20:57,966 --> 00:21:00,925 If this is an opening in the floor, 466 00:21:00,969 --> 00:21:03,427 that's a big find. 467 00:21:03,471 --> 00:21:06,847 But, again, it's the oak island roller coaster. 468 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:09,558 We want to make sure that it's not explainable 469 00:21:09,644 --> 00:21:11,435 in any other way. 470 00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:14,272 We found a really nice hinge that I want gary to look at. 471 00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:15,398 Yeah. I'd love to. 472 00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:19,485 Oh, wow! That's nice, mate. 473 00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:21,946 It was found right here. 474 00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:26,242 -It's small. -Gary: Might be too small 475 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:29,745 for a cellar door, though. I'm thinking this would be 476 00:21:29,831 --> 00:21:31,080 the type of strap hinge 477 00:21:31,124 --> 00:21:33,624 you'd see on a chest or a box. 478 00:21:35,003 --> 00:21:38,963 Narrator: A strap hinge for a chest? 479 00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:42,633 One year ago, while conducting an excavation 480 00:21:42,719 --> 00:21:44,593 near the stone foundation on the ball property... 481 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:46,470 Kelly: It's starting to look, uh, 482 00:21:46,556 --> 00:21:48,889 like a chest hinge of some kind. 483 00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:51,392 ...Artifact conservator kelly bourassa 484 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:53,769 found a similar item. 485 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:55,980 Gary: If it was a chest or a box, 486 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:58,274 you would need a bracket like this. 487 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:02,486 Narrator: Is it possible that these two discoveries are related? 488 00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:06,449 And could they be further evidence that samuel ball 489 00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:10,328 may have hidden something of great value on his property? 490 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:14,665 So many places to hide something good in here. 491 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:17,335 Fantastic. You've done really well, laird. 492 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:18,544 -Okeydoke. -Laird: Yeah. 493 00:22:18,629 --> 00:22:19,837 -Rick: Good luck. -Laird: Thanks, rick. 494 00:22:19,881 --> 00:22:21,172 Liz: Thanks, rick. 495 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:24,342 Narrator: Later that afternoon, 496 00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:27,470 rick, marty, craig and members of the team... 497 00:22:27,555 --> 00:22:29,847 -Hey, guys. -Gentlemen. -Hey, guys. 498 00:22:29,891 --> 00:22:32,016 ...Have arranged to meet with researcher 499 00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:34,310 and oak island theorist philip stephenson 500 00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:37,229 via videoconference in the war room. 501 00:22:37,315 --> 00:22:38,814 Mr. Stephenson, welcome. 502 00:22:40,902 --> 00:22:44,028 Narrator: After the discovery of the possible masonic t square 503 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:45,905 one day ago in the swamp, 504 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:48,657 the team has invited mr. Stephenson, 505 00:22:48,743 --> 00:22:51,494 who contacted them earlier this year, 506 00:22:51,537 --> 00:22:55,456 to share what he believes to be important information 507 00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:58,125 that could help solve the oak island mystery. 508 00:22:58,211 --> 00:23:00,044 Doug: So, mr. Stephenson, I'm looking forward 509 00:23:00,088 --> 00:23:02,338 to what you have to tell us. 510 00:23:43,131 --> 00:23:44,547 They sure do. 511 00:23:46,134 --> 00:23:50,970 Rick: Wow. 512 00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:53,472 Narrator: In the war room, researcher philip stephenson 513 00:23:53,558 --> 00:23:56,016 has revealed a masonic cipher that he believes 514 00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:59,270 is directly related to the oak island mystery. 515 00:24:03,818 --> 00:24:05,609 Alex: Wow. 516 00:24:05,653 --> 00:24:07,236 So, this is amazing. 517 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,737 Marty: That's very interesting 518 00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:10,072 and really mind-boggling. 519 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:13,617 Narrator: In 2016, late author 520 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:16,495 and researcher zena halpern presented the laginas 521 00:24:16,581 --> 00:24:19,790 and their team with three documents that she believed 522 00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:23,294 had been created by members of the knights templar. 523 00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:27,089 Two of them contained maps, which appeared to describe 524 00:24:27,175 --> 00:24:29,925 journeys that the templars supposedly made to oak island 525 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:34,013 during the 12th century and again in the mid-14th century. 526 00:24:34,891 --> 00:24:38,476 The third document, also known as la formule, 527 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:41,812 is a coded cipher containing many of the same symbols 528 00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:45,608 reportedly found on the legendary 90 foot stone, 529 00:24:45,693 --> 00:24:47,985 which was removed from the money pit 530 00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:51,780 when it was first excavated to that depth in 1804. 531 00:24:51,866 --> 00:24:55,493 Could the remarkable similarities between la formule 532 00:24:55,578 --> 00:24:58,078 and the reported masonic cipher being presented 533 00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:01,040 by philip stephenson offer more evidence 534 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:02,833 tying both the knights templar 535 00:25:02,877 --> 00:25:05,836 and the freemasons to the oak island mystery? 536 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,630 It certainly gets your attention 537 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:11,258 when you come up with a whole bunch 538 00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:13,802 of correlative things: The same symbols, 539 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,638 masonic connections. 540 00:25:15,723 --> 00:25:18,516 So it has credibility right out-- right out of the door. 541 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:31,779 Marty: Did you just figure this out, you know, using 542 00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,155 the substitution, trial and error? 543 00:25:33,199 --> 00:25:34,698 Is that how you got to these? 544 00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:38,327 Okay. In other words, once you figure out 545 00:25:38,412 --> 00:25:40,162 the substitution, this is what you get? 546 00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:41,330 -Yeah. -Marty: Wow. 547 00:25:41,415 --> 00:25:42,957 It gives great credence 548 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,875 -to the la formule cipher. -Philip: Yeah. 549 00:26:15,616 --> 00:26:18,242 Narrator: Although no one has been able to conclude 550 00:26:18,286 --> 00:26:21,245 just what the megalithic formation of six boulders, 551 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:24,415 that was discovered by fred nolan in 1981, 552 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,584 actually represents, 553 00:26:26,627 --> 00:26:28,919 many believe it symbolizes 554 00:26:28,963 --> 00:26:31,714 that the oak island treasure is of a religious nature 555 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:34,758 and may include priceless relics such as 556 00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:37,928 the holy grail and the ark of the covenant. 557 00:26:37,972 --> 00:26:40,764 It is for this reason that many have suggested 558 00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:43,934 a link to not only the freemasons 559 00:26:43,978 --> 00:26:47,104 but also their predecessors, the knights templar. 560 00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:58,008 Marty: Wow. 561 00:27:58,052 --> 00:27:59,760 This is excellent. 562 00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:02,763 So, we have a survey from 1988. It's the barringer survey. 563 00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:04,848 It has four potential nonferrous targets. 564 00:28:04,892 --> 00:28:06,642 And your target "z" lands fairly close 565 00:28:06,727 --> 00:28:08,018 to one of them, I believe. 566 00:28:09,563 --> 00:28:10,646 It's definitely a spot of interest 567 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:12,356 that we haven't explored. 568 00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:16,110 Narrator: Conducted across the area 569 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:19,363 from smith's cove to the money pit in 1988 570 00:28:19,407 --> 00:28:23,325 by dan blankenship and his partner david tobias, 571 00:28:23,411 --> 00:28:27,955 the barringer survey was a low-velocity radio wave survey 572 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,166 that identified four potential nonferrous targets, 573 00:28:31,252 --> 00:28:35,879 meaning they could be composed of silver or gold. 574 00:28:35,923 --> 00:28:40,175 Although the team has not fully explored the four target sites, 575 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:43,470 could mr. Stephenson's research not only corroborate 576 00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:46,557 at least one of them but also mark the location 577 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,184 of something people have been trying to find 578 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,729 for more than two centuries? 579 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:54,732 Rick: I don't like to rush to judgment. 580 00:28:54,775 --> 00:28:57,234 But, boy, phil's theory is quite compelling. 581 00:28:57,278 --> 00:28:58,777 There's an "x" on the ground. 582 00:28:58,863 --> 00:29:01,155 He's suggesting that it's only 40 feet down. 583 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,200 Let's just put a rig over the site and drill it. 584 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:07,703 Marty: Very interesting stuff. 585 00:29:07,788 --> 00:29:09,913 I mean, look. I can tell you right now. 586 00:29:09,957 --> 00:29:12,416 There's nobody on this screen or in that room 587 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:15,252 -who isn't going to want to go dig there. -Yup. 588 00:29:17,673 --> 00:29:19,423 Rick: It's more than interesting. I mean, as I sit here, 589 00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:21,592 my mind rebels against the thought 590 00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:23,093 that it's mere coincidence. 591 00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:24,678 Alex: I agree. 592 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:26,638 There's a lot pointing to the same place. 593 00:29:26,724 --> 00:29:28,766 Let's get out there and mark "z" 594 00:29:28,809 --> 00:29:31,518 -and find out what's down 40 feet. -Rick: I'm very hopeful. 595 00:29:31,604 --> 00:29:33,729 Phil, thank you very much for your presentation. 596 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:37,274 Marty: Okay. Every man to his duty. 597 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,366 Narrator: The following morning... 598 00:29:46,452 --> 00:29:49,703 Terry: Ps-1. Here we go. This could be the day. 599 00:29:49,789 --> 00:29:52,289 ...On lot 20, near the money pit area... 600 00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,541 That's it, we're looking for a treasure chamber. 601 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:55,834 Okay. 602 00:29:55,878 --> 00:29:57,795 -You think mike can get us there? -I think so. 603 00:29:57,838 --> 00:30:00,631 ...Members of the oak island team begin drilling 604 00:30:00,674 --> 00:30:04,134 at the location provided by philip stephenson... 605 00:30:04,178 --> 00:30:06,303 -This could be the one right here. -Yeah. 606 00:30:06,347 --> 00:30:09,598 ...Where he believes they will find something of great value 607 00:30:09,683 --> 00:30:11,558 at a depth of 40 feet. 608 00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:13,811 Well, let's peel this back and see what's happening. 609 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:16,730 Charles: Pretty tight looking stuff, terry. 610 00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:18,315 Terry: That is in place. 611 00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:20,234 I don't see any evidence of disturbance. 612 00:30:20,319 --> 00:30:23,362 Rick: It's always a great thing when a theorist will say, 613 00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:25,656 "here's your 'x,' dig here." 614 00:30:25,699 --> 00:30:28,784 he's saying that his location is about 40 feet down. 615 00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:32,955 Well, it's a simple matter of putting a rig over the site 616 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,207 and find out whether or not there is a vault there. 617 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,000 Charles: What are we looking at? 618 00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:38,627 -Brennan: 29! -Charles: 29. 619 00:30:43,217 --> 00:30:45,759 Yeah. It's kind of a sandy blue-gray till. 620 00:30:45,845 --> 00:30:48,804 This is actually the stuff that you want over a treasure vault 621 00:30:48,889 --> 00:30:51,014 if you're going in from a tunnel, right? 622 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:53,183 -Oh, absolutely. -You want this hard stuff over the top... 623 00:30:53,227 --> 00:30:55,352 -No question. -...To preserve whatever vault 624 00:30:55,396 --> 00:30:57,354 -or whatever treasure you're burying, right? -Yeah. 625 00:30:57,439 --> 00:31:00,023 This is exactly what we want to see if we're looking for 626 00:31:00,109 --> 00:31:01,149 -a treasure trove at depth. -Yeah. 627 00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:02,943 Our target horizon being 628 00:31:03,028 --> 00:31:06,029 only ten feet away. It'll be coming up in this next core. 629 00:31:16,417 --> 00:31:19,167 -Charles: Look! What is that? -Steve g.: There's something in there. 630 00:31:20,045 --> 00:31:25,132 Charles: What's in that thing? 631 00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:26,341 -Narrator: On lot 20... 632 00:31:26,427 --> 00:31:27,175 Terry: There's something interesting in there! 633 00:31:27,261 --> 00:31:28,427 I'll go take a look. 634 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:29,636 ...While core-drilling at a location east 635 00:31:29,722 --> 00:31:31,889 of the money pit area, 636 00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:33,849 members of the oak island team 637 00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:37,352 have just recovered something at a depth of 40 feet 638 00:31:37,438 --> 00:31:39,354 where theorist philip stephenson 639 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,356 predicted a cache of treasure 640 00:31:41,442 --> 00:31:43,775 -would be found. -Steve g.: One, two, three. 641 00:31:44,695 --> 00:31:47,029 So, that's interesting. What's that? 642 00:31:47,114 --> 00:31:51,408 That looks to me like a ground-up 643 00:31:51,452 --> 00:31:53,410 something or other. 644 00:31:53,454 --> 00:31:57,122 And, in fact, it is a ground-up boulder. 645 00:31:57,207 --> 00:32:02,044 So, 49 feet, all the way back up to 39 feet. 646 00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:04,379 This is the-- pretty much the fateful intersection. 647 00:32:04,465 --> 00:32:06,214 This is what we were looking for. 648 00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:08,133 Narrator: A ten-foot boulder? 649 00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:11,178 Found at the precise depth where the team 650 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:13,722 was told they might find something of great value? 651 00:32:13,807 --> 00:32:16,725 Is it simply a coincidence of nature? 652 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:19,353 Or like other massive boulders that have been found 653 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:21,188 on the island's surface, 654 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,565 could it be a marker 655 00:32:23,651 --> 00:32:26,109 placed there for some purpose? 656 00:32:26,153 --> 00:32:28,528 Rick: There's all kinds of possibilities, 657 00:32:28,614 --> 00:32:30,906 and that's what's so disconcerting, but you have 658 00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:33,867 to follow where the clues lead you. 659 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:35,577 It's typical oak island. 660 00:32:35,663 --> 00:32:36,995 "here's a little clue, guys. 661 00:32:37,081 --> 00:32:38,538 "you may want to take a look at it 662 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,832 and see if you want to go somewhere else." 663 00:32:40,918 --> 00:32:42,209 -terry: All right. -Steve g.: Unfortunately, 664 00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:43,543 there's no treasure vault right here. 665 00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:45,462 Basically, that's where we know where it isn't. 666 00:32:45,547 --> 00:32:47,798 Marty: Every time you dig and you don't get what you want, 667 00:32:47,883 --> 00:32:49,299 you're discouraged, 668 00:32:49,343 --> 00:32:50,926 but I think we're missing something, though, 669 00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:52,970 uh, on phil stephenson's theory. 670 00:32:53,055 --> 00:32:56,223 And that is, I'm not at all sure we know where the altar is. 671 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:58,350 I think it's deciphered brilliantly, but you have 672 00:32:58,435 --> 00:32:59,893 to start at the altar. 673 00:32:59,979 --> 00:33:01,478 That's the problem. 674 00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:04,189 -So, that's that. -Yeah. That's that. 675 00:33:04,274 --> 00:33:05,774 They're going to pull out of that hole 676 00:33:05,859 --> 00:33:07,401 and, uh, we'll update rick. 677 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:10,320 -But we'll let him know the results. -Yep. Super. 678 00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:12,781 Narrator: Later that afternoon... 679 00:33:12,866 --> 00:33:14,950 Gary: This is going to be really soupy, 680 00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:16,451 but we'll soon see. 681 00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:19,121 ...Along the eastern border of the swamp, 682 00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:21,123 gary drayton and david fornetti 683 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:23,709 continue scouring the area near the stone pathway 684 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:26,294 for more important clues 685 00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:28,964 and hopefully items of value. 686 00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:31,341 -(beeping) -gary: We have got 687 00:33:31,385 --> 00:33:32,551 a signal here, mate. 688 00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:35,345 (beeping) 689 00:33:35,389 --> 00:33:37,723 it's an iron signal. 690 00:33:37,808 --> 00:33:39,891 -David: All right. -Gary: Just here, mate. 691 00:33:39,977 --> 00:33:42,269 -I'll get to the higher ground. -Okay. 692 00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:46,773 It's a great area to find something, 693 00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:48,108 when you think about it. 694 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:49,985 We've got all these old boulders. 695 00:33:51,989 --> 00:33:54,031 -See that? -David: Yup. 696 00:33:57,453 --> 00:33:59,745 Gary: What the heck? Rick! 697 00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:03,248 -Check this out. -I guess I don't have to ask 698 00:34:03,333 --> 00:34:05,167 -what you found. -No. I mean, 699 00:34:05,252 --> 00:34:08,670 this is a really old piece of iron, rick. 700 00:34:08,756 --> 00:34:10,672 -Rick: Yeah. And huge. -Yeah. 701 00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:12,591 Rick: That does look broken. 702 00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:15,552 I mean, it's bent in two directions, right? 703 00:34:15,637 --> 00:34:16,678 Let's have a look. 704 00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,347 Oh, it's broken all right. 705 00:34:19,433 --> 00:34:21,516 If you could imagine 706 00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:24,644 you complete the circle, it would have gone closer to-- 707 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:27,689 -that's what it looks like to me. Some kind of... -There's a ringbolt. 708 00:34:27,775 --> 00:34:29,775 Ringbolt. Ringbolt! 709 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:31,151 Hey! 710 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,570 Narrator: A possible ringbolt? 711 00:34:33,655 --> 00:34:37,115 Could it be connected to the others the team has found 712 00:34:37,201 --> 00:34:39,326 this year along the stone pathway? 713 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:43,789 Ringbolts that dated back to as early as the 17th century 714 00:34:43,874 --> 00:34:46,708 and offered evidence of cargo being offloaded 715 00:34:46,794 --> 00:34:50,003 from a ship and onto oak island? 716 00:34:50,089 --> 00:34:53,215 Gary: I mean, this has been under some stress. 717 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:55,008 I mean, was it in a boulder? 718 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:57,010 Rick: I don't know what to make of it. 719 00:34:57,096 --> 00:34:59,471 Look, we're-we're speculating a lot about what this might be. 720 00:34:59,556 --> 00:35:02,390 -David, why don't you take that to dr. Taylor? -Yeah. 721 00:35:02,476 --> 00:35:04,851 -And have him take a look at it. -David: Yeah. Sounds good. 722 00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:06,895 -That's fantastic. -Rick: That is. 723 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:09,773 It's an inch and a quarter solid steel bar. 724 00:35:09,858 --> 00:35:12,067 That took some force to bend that. 725 00:35:12,152 --> 00:35:15,112 But why, why, why? I have no idea. 726 00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:18,490 But that's why we try to apply science to it, 727 00:35:18,575 --> 00:35:20,450 and we also have people 728 00:35:20,536 --> 00:35:21,952 to take a look at it 729 00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:26,373 and try to give us a greater understanding as to its purpose. 730 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,792 -Hey. -Hey, dave. -Hi. 731 00:35:28,877 --> 00:35:32,379 -What you got there? -We found something in the swamp. 732 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:37,342 Aaron: Wow. That is very heavy. 733 00:35:37,427 --> 00:35:38,718 Miriam: That's cool. 734 00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:41,012 David: So, what are-- what are your initial thoughts? 735 00:35:41,098 --> 00:35:44,432 What I first notice is how black your hands are. 736 00:35:44,518 --> 00:35:47,519 -Miriam: Yeah. -Aaron: And that's not from swamp. That's charcoal. 737 00:35:47,604 --> 00:35:51,314 And this thing has seen intense burning. 738 00:35:51,358 --> 00:35:54,776 -Alex: Oh, it's been burnt? -Aaron: Yeah. Very badly burned. 739 00:35:54,862 --> 00:35:57,529 So much so that it's still adhering to the iron. 740 00:35:57,614 --> 00:35:59,573 So, I think it was part 741 00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:01,825 of a wooden structure. 742 00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:05,453 Maybe something to do with some large timbers on a ship. 743 00:36:05,539 --> 00:36:07,247 That's good. 744 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:10,417 Narrator: The iron object severely burned 745 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,170 and potentially related to the wooden timbers 746 00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:14,838 of a sailing ship? 747 00:36:14,923 --> 00:36:18,133 Could it be related to the possible piece of ship's railing 748 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,510 that the team found three days ago 749 00:36:20,554 --> 00:36:22,804 near the southern border of the swamp? 750 00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:26,516 And possibly the massive ship-shaped anomaly 751 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,935 the team identified with seismic scanning 752 00:36:29,021 --> 00:36:31,104 two years ago? 753 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:33,148 All right. Well, we'll go take this to the research center. 754 00:36:33,233 --> 00:36:34,733 -I'll come with you. -All right. 755 00:36:34,818 --> 00:36:36,067 Aaron: Thanks for showing that to us. 756 00:36:36,153 --> 00:36:37,819 -David: Yeah. You bet. -Aaron: That's great. 757 00:36:37,905 --> 00:36:40,488 Narrator: Later that afternoon, 758 00:36:40,574 --> 00:36:43,491 before the day comes to a close... 759 00:36:43,577 --> 00:36:45,827 -Welcome to the war room. -...Rick and marty lagina 760 00:36:45,913 --> 00:36:48,330 gather members of the team in the war room 761 00:36:48,415 --> 00:36:50,832 for a videoconference with craig tester 762 00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:54,002 to hear a highly anticipated scientific report 763 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:56,171 on the possible mason's t square 764 00:36:56,256 --> 00:36:58,840 found two days ago in the swamp. 765 00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:03,303 Rick: Craig has the c-14 results from the swamp. 766 00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:05,472 And so, I very much look forward to that. 767 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:07,682 Okay. All right. 768 00:37:07,768 --> 00:37:09,809 Rick: So, craig, I'm going to turn it over to you. 769 00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:12,103 Okay, uh, we're gonna look at 770 00:37:12,189 --> 00:37:14,898 the wood mason's tool. 771 00:37:14,942 --> 00:37:16,650 This one was from 772 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:20,570 1632 to 1668. 773 00:37:20,614 --> 00:37:22,530 -Wow. -Marty: Whoa! 774 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:31,373 Narrator: In the oak island war room 775 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,333 craig tester has just revealed carbon test results 776 00:37:33,418 --> 00:37:36,378 indicating that the possible masonic t square, 777 00:37:36,463 --> 00:37:38,880 found two days ago in the swamp, 778 00:37:38,966 --> 00:37:42,342 could date as far back as 1632, 779 00:37:42,427 --> 00:37:46,721 more than 160 years before the discovery of the money pit. 780 00:37:46,807 --> 00:37:49,975 What do you make of that, aaron? You're shaking your head. 781 00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:53,228 Uh, a lot older than I-I thought it would be. 782 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:56,606 I wasn't optimistic that it was pre-searcher, 783 00:37:56,692 --> 00:37:59,150 but I'm happily surprised. 784 00:37:59,236 --> 00:38:01,236 Marty: Of course, that mason's tool could 785 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,196 be in use for how many years? 786 00:38:03,282 --> 00:38:04,614 Ten? 20? 787 00:38:04,658 --> 00:38:06,908 Laird: Yes. For sure. 788 00:38:06,994 --> 00:38:09,953 The followers of a group of scottish knights settled 789 00:38:10,038 --> 00:38:11,788 in nova scotia during the early 1600s. 790 00:38:11,873 --> 00:38:13,164 They were 791 00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:14,291 the freemasons. 792 00:38:14,376 --> 00:38:15,667 Narrator: Three weeks ago, 793 00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:19,045 author and oak island theorist james mcquiston 794 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:21,798 shared information on his incredible theory 795 00:38:21,842 --> 00:38:25,010 that a 17th century scottish organization 796 00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:27,554 with close ties to both freemasonry 797 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:28,930 and the knights templar, 798 00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:31,016 known as the knights baronet, 799 00:38:31,101 --> 00:38:33,393 were behind the oak island mystery. 800 00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:36,563 James: Unfortunately, the french attacked nova scotia, 801 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,148 leaving the scots ousted 802 00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,608 in the spring of 1632, 803 00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:43,153 and I believe they took shelter in mahone bay 804 00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:45,905 and buried treasure on oak island. 805 00:38:45,991 --> 00:38:47,907 It's quite remarkable. 806 00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:50,327 Narrator: Could the carbon dating test 807 00:38:50,412 --> 00:38:52,620 on the possible masonic tool 808 00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:54,456 be corroborating evidence 809 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:57,959 that james mcquiston's incredible theory is true? 810 00:38:58,045 --> 00:39:01,212 I think we create this timeline, and you're going 811 00:39:01,298 --> 00:39:03,840 to see a grouping, is what I think. 812 00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:06,551 -Yeah. -It happens to fit with just about everything. 813 00:39:06,636 --> 00:39:08,553 Jack: You know, luckily, we're finding 814 00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:11,097 evidence of pre-money pit. 815 00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,016 What is it about oak island 816 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:16,519 that made them choose to build a huge stone path? 817 00:39:16,605 --> 00:39:18,021 You know? 818 00:39:18,106 --> 00:39:20,607 -What was going on here? -That is the question. 819 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,776 -Yeah. -I wish I knew. 820 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:25,487 I think the carbon dates are exceedingly interesting. 821 00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:28,490 Rounding to the mid-1600s. 822 00:39:28,575 --> 00:39:30,950 But the more important issue is: 823 00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:33,495 That item had a purpose. 824 00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:35,663 I want to know what that purpose is, 825 00:39:35,749 --> 00:39:39,250 and then the carbon dates become even more interesting. 826 00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:42,670 Marty: What is a wooden instrument 827 00:39:42,756 --> 00:39:45,006 from the mid-1600s 828 00:39:45,092 --> 00:39:47,967 doing in our swamp here on oak island? 829 00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:51,388 -Marty: All right. Well, that's very cool and very old. -Yeah. 830 00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:53,390 And, uh, we just have mountains of data 831 00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:56,768 that-that something significant happened on oak island 832 00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:58,978 prior to the discovery of the money pit. 833 00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:01,022 -Yeah. -Rick: I think we can all attest to that. 834 00:40:01,108 --> 00:40:02,649 -Yeah. -We have an agenda, right? 835 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,859 The southeast corner, finding out 836 00:40:04,945 --> 00:40:07,320 where "x" marks the spot, where the pathway ends. 837 00:40:07,406 --> 00:40:09,531 Yeah. I agree. 838 00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:12,367 Rick: So, we're very hopeful, and... 839 00:40:12,452 --> 00:40:15,578 I thank everyone for continuing to puzzle over this. 840 00:40:15,664 --> 00:40:19,666 -So, I'm grateful to everyone. -Marty: All right, then. 841 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:22,669 Let's get back to it. Thanks to everybody. 842 00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:23,962 -Craig: Bye, guys. -Alex: Thanks, guys. 843 00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:25,130 Rick: Take care. 844 00:40:25,215 --> 00:40:27,173 Narrator: The laginas and their team 845 00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:30,510 often remark in jest that the oak island mystery 846 00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:33,179 is a 1,000-piece puzzle 847 00:40:33,265 --> 00:40:37,100 missing several hundred pieces required to complete it. 848 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:40,603 If they have proven anything in their quest so far, 849 00:40:40,689 --> 00:40:44,774 it is that the analogy is no understatement. 850 00:40:44,860 --> 00:40:47,902 Because despite the daunting setbacks, 851 00:40:47,988 --> 00:40:50,196 sometimes caused by nature 852 00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:53,366 and others by perhaps more mysterious sources... 853 00:40:53,452 --> 00:40:55,076 (bird squawking) 854 00:40:55,162 --> 00:40:58,413 ...Rick, marty, craig and the team 855 00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:01,082 have found a trail of puzzle pieces 856 00:41:01,168 --> 00:41:03,543 suggesting that something extraordinary happened 857 00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:05,920 long ago on oak island. 858 00:41:06,006 --> 00:41:09,424 And if they keep moving forward down that trail, 859 00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:12,427 they may soon uncover the ultimate piece 860 00:41:12,512 --> 00:41:15,305 that will complete the puzzle. 861 00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:20,268 Next time on the curse of oak island... 862 00:41:20,353 --> 00:41:22,896 This is typical of something to do with ships 863 00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:24,189 -or parts of ships. -Charles: Wow. 864 00:41:24,274 --> 00:41:25,482 Alex: There's a couple of wharfs 865 00:41:25,567 --> 00:41:26,608 on samuel ball's property. 866 00:41:26,693 --> 00:41:28,651 Yes, alex. Right here's the second one. 867 00:41:33,033 --> 00:41:34,741 We were 75 to 100 feet from shore. 868 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:36,993 -Yeah. -So that's a huge wharf. 869 00:41:37,078 --> 00:41:39,996 -Yeah. -Rick: Why do you need such a massive wharf? 870 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,332 Alex: Take a look at this. We found a coin. 871 00:41:42,375 --> 00:41:44,042 -Gary: Look at that! -Alex: I think that's gold. 872 00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:45,585 It's stunning. 873 00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:48,338 Captioning provided by a+e networks