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Narrator:
Tonight on
the curse of oak island...
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-Steve g.: Look at this.
-Charles: What is that?
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Steve g.:
There's something in there.
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-This could be it, man.
-What's in that thing?
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-Terry: Holy cow!
-Steve g.: Oh, wow.
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The artifacts are pre-searcher.
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-Marty: Whoa.
-What was going on here?
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That is the question.
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Oh, what the heck is that?
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Aaron:
Wow. That is very badly burned
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-part of a ship.
-Alex: Wow.
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Steve g.:
He's getting close.
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-Doug: Oh, look at that.
-Whoa! Whoa!
-Hey! Hey!
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There's a big timber
running this way.
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-Rick: Oh, baby.
-Gary: Oh, that's fantastic!
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Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic
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where people have been looking
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 origin 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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♪ ♪
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(phone ringing)
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-marty: Hello?
-Rick: Hey. Good morning.
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Marty:
Boy, this is early. What's up?
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Rick:
Actually,
it's pretty exciting news.
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-Marty: Bravo tango?
-No. Not bravo...
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(laughter)
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-not bravo tango. No.
-Damn.
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Narrator: As another hopeful
and exciting day begins
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on oak island, rick lagina,
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along with oak island historians
doug crowell
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and charles barkhouse,
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eagerly place a call to rick's
brother marty to update him
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on a potentially significant
discovery made one day ago
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in the man-made,
triangle-shaped swamp.
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Rick:
Yesterday, billy and doug
were digging in the swamp.
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I'm going to let them
tell you what has been found
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and the potential
of what today might mean.
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-Doug.
-Marty: Yo.
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-Lay it on me.
-Doug: I'm quite excited,
actually.
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We were nine to ten feet down
and we brought up
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part of what looks like
a, uh, I'll say ship's railing.
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-Really?
-Yeah. A very finished piece
of wood. Rounded corners.
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-It-it's...
-No kidding?
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Yeah. This has the potential
to be really old.
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Charles:
Also, marty, when billy
was excavating this hole,
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he's riding on some wood.
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And he doesn't know whether
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it's a platform or-or, you know,
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-long pieces of wood,
but there's something.
-Marty: Right.
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-He's not down
to the bottom layer yet.
-Wowzer.
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Wowzer.
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Narrator:
Although the oak island
team has made a number
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of incredible discoveries
in the swamp this year,
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including a massive stone road,
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believed to have once been
part of a ship's wharf,
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there is one tantalizing mystery
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that has baffled them
for nearly three years now.
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In 2018, the oak island team
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conducted a seismic survey
across the swamp
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using more
than 2,000 dynamite charges.
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This produced astonishing data
that revealed
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a 200-foot-long anomaly
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buried in the center
of the brackish bog
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that resembled the shape
of a galleon ship.
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-Oh. Look at that.
-Billy: Yeah.
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-What've you got?
-It looks like a piece
of finished wood.
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Narrator:
Is it possible that the believed
piece of ship's railing
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and the large,
mysterious obstruction
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that members
of the team discovered
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some ten feet deep
in the swamp one day ago
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might be key evidence
of just what that anomaly is?
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So the plan today is, uh, we're
going to expand the hole,
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-and hopefully
he can hook a piece of it up.
-Marty: Look.
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Is this classic or what?
I mean, come on.
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-Yup.
-What is with this
bloody island? You know?
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And the rain's closing in...
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(laughter)
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geez!
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Yeah. But...
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We have a reprieve
from the weather.
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Today is supposed
to be beautiful,
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but we're going
to take our time.
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We have to have
a real understanding
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of what this might mean.
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Marty:
Wow. That is something.
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I mean, this is big,
I think, so...
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Rick:
We'll give you an update
at the end of the day.
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Marty:
That'd be great. I'll, uh,
I'll be on pins and needles.
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-Thank you.
-Rick: Okay. Thanks. Bye.
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-Marty: See you guys. Bye.
-Rick: Bye.
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Well, if it's
a piece of ship's railing,
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you know, the mind jumps
to the old deal that the swamp
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was used as a disembarkation
point for treasure or something.
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Or a ship was blown
in there and wrecked.
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But along comes a piece
of data that supports it,
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and you get excited about it.
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I'm excited that they were going
back to the same spot to dig,
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and I'm real hopeful
that it'll show something.
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-Steve g.: Hey, guys.
-Rick: Morning.
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-Billy draw that down
or did the pump do it?
-It's been pumping.
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Narrator: Now that the harsh
fall winter has begun to set in,
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bringing with it
a heavy rainstorm last night,
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the team has installed a
six-inch pump to drain the area
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and allow the team
to continue digging
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with the 30-ton swamp excavator.
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Well, bill, what's the plan?
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Well, the water's down some.
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I guess, we've got
to bail it out and look at
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every bucket that comes
out to see if there's
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more pieces of the wood
from yesterday.
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-Right?
-Right.
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You know, we're at a depth
where it should be
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sand and gravel,
but it's not sand and gravel.
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Look.
If we found something amazing,
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we should take our time.
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Go slow. Gary, metal-detect.
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Steve, take all your elevations
and everything you need to do.
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Charles and I will be
down here putting eyes on it.
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Doug, if you want
to get up there, put your eyes
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-on the bucket.
-Billy: Sure.
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-Okay. Well, let's not
waste the beautiful day.
-Billy: No.
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Rick:
They believe that
the bucket was sliding
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across a massive
wooden something.
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So the hope is we'll find
something else,
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but you don't put the cart
before the horse.
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You don't start
dreaming of artifacts
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until you actually
hold them in your hand.
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He should be able
to put the bucket down
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-and feel-- if he feels here
what he felt over there.
-Yeah.
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You're pretty close to
the depth we were yesterday.
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Yeah.
And now you can feel it.
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There's wood on the bottom
there. I'm sure of it.
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Doug:
It's almost covered with water
now. That's the problem.
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Is there any way to keep
that pump running, scott?
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No.
It's all porridge over here now.
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Rick:
You're just going to have to dig
it out and throw the slop out.
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-Scott: Yeah.
-Rick: That's all.
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Narrator:
Although the team is hopeful
that they may be close
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to a major discovery,
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the heavy rains from the
previous evening have made
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the muck and mud
of the swamp a frustrating
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challenge for billy gerhardt
and the excavator.
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The water level
is higher than it was.
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The water is boiling
in down here now.
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-You can just see it
swelling in.
-Yeah?
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-It's coming in from
behind us there, right?
-Scott: Yeah.
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Rick:
Okay. Well...
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-Every minute we waste, the more
water's coming in, so...
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-Doug: Let's find out
what it is.
-Rick: Okay.
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doug:
Oh, look at that.
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There's a... There's big timber
running this way!
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I mean, look at that.
That whole side.
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Narrator:
A possible wood timber?
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Tony:
I've got something!
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-What is that?
-It's a large board.
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Narrator:
Four years ago, while
exploring in this same area,
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professional diver
tony sampson discovered
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what is believed to be
a piece of deck planking
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from a large ship that was
dated to as early as 1680.
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Is it possible
that billy has just made
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an identical find,
or could he be on the verge
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of a much larger
and more definitive discovery?
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Steve g.:
He's getting close.
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-This is undermined
very badly here now.
-Yeah.
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You can feel this whole thing.
You know?
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Steve g.:
Like jell-o.
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Scott:
Don't move for a second!
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You can feel that.
You feel that?
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Rick:
Oh, yeah.
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Steve g.:
I would take it quick because
we're going to lose this!
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Rick:
It's just not stable.
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It's wet, it's liquid,
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it's muddy, it's black,
it's thick, it's...
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it's a nightmare.
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That big piece
is going to go right now.
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Look at that piece right there.
It's going to go.
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Rick:
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...
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Steve g.:
There it goes.
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-Whoa! Whoa!
-Hey! Hey!
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Rick:
That ain't good.
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Rick:
Well, keep digging.
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It's all you can do.
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Billy:
Yep. We'll clean it out.
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You guide us in.
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Narrator: In the oak island
swamp, rick lagina, along with
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members of the team,
are trying to uncover
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what they believe to be
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a large, flat surface
more than ten feet deep
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in an area where they recovered
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a possible piece of a ship's
railing just one day ago.
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What's the plan?
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Start here?
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Yeah.
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Narrator: Unfortunately,
the more billy gerhardt digs
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with the swamp excavator,
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the more the hole fills back in
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with soppy mud and sludge.
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I think we have to stay focused.
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We have a piece of wood
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that we believe
might be from a ship.
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You're never going
to get a good look at this
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with the amount
of water in the area
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unless you pull it out.
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That makes it all
the more important to come
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to an understanding
of what this is.
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Billy:
It just caved in
over the top of it.
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Charles:
It's not even
draining out there now.
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It's draining right into here.
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Look at-- look at that water
coming in right there.
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Yeah.
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Well, I'm not sure
it's worth continuing.
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We need to fix this issue.
Otherwise, the water will
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just keep recirculating
here, so...
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Yeah. It wouldn't matter what
you did now, I don't think.
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Rick:
You're not getting any headway.
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Billy:
We can't advance through it.
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Rick:
What it tells me is,
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putting in sheet
out there is a good idea.
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Narrator:
Because the rain-soaked mud
in the swamp keeps caving in
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and also because
the weather is only expected
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to get worse
as winter approaches,
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the oak island team
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will have to wait
until next spring
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to continue this investigation,
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when they will have time
to install a cofferdam system
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similar to the one
they constructed at smith's cove
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two years ago.
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Using sheet piling,
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which is hammered deep
into the mud and sediment,
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the cofferdam will create
a watertight barrier
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that will allow
for a complete excavation
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of this area of the swamp.
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You know, it's disappointing.
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Again, it's the emotional
roller coaster ride
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that is oak island.
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But we still have chances
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to answer questions
about this stone pathway.
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To me, there's going
to be some answers there.
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So, for the remainder
of the year,
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that's our area of focus.
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-I think that we're done here.
-Gary: Yeah.
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Yeah. I think we are.
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Okay, billy.
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You're free to fill this in.
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-Okay. Yep.
-All right? Okay.
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We'll get out of your way.
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You know, we'll see
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what the rest of the day brings.
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Narrator:
Later that day
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on the western end
of the island...
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Charles:
This is a massive root cellar.
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...Charles barkhouse
and scott barlow
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join archaeologists
laird niven and liz michels
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at the 18th century
stone foundation
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of the house that
once belonged to samuel ball,
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a man who came
to oak island in 1787
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as a simple cabbage farmer
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but who mysteriously grew
to become one of nova scotia's
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wealthiest landowners
by the early 19th century.
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Is it too much
square footage just to store
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root vegetables
and that type of thing?
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Laird:
That's a good question.
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Uh, if he's just storing food,
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-this seems like a lot.
-Charles: Right.
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Laird:
Oh.
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-Charles: What do you got?
-Laird: Got a hinge.
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A hinge and wood.
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-Liz: It's nice that
it's right by the stairs.
-Yeah.
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Yeah, the positioning
is pretty significant.
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Narrator:
A metal hinge found
in the stone foundation
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of samuel ball's home?
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Was it perhaps simply part
of a door in the house?
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Or might it have come
from some kind of container?
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Or chest?
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Looks like the fasteners
are still in it, as well.
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Laird:
We've got some wood
coming up here.
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Ooh. It's delicate.
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Oh. There's a crosspiece.
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Charles:
Wow.
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Laird:
So, this is the--
kind of the working floor
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right here.
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-So it's not floorboards?
-Laird: No.
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No. This is just
a plain dirt floor.
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The floorboards were up here.
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-Right.
-Laird: Yeah. So this--
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this would have come
from somewhere else.
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Liz and I came upon some wood
that seemed to be intact.
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They're vertical boards
and horizontal boards,
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so it looked like a door.
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I actually hadn't seen
anything like that before.
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I'm curious about this.
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If they're floorboards,
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they obviously would've been
above this level.
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They wouldn't have floorboards
in the root cellar.
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No. Maybe cobbles.
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-Maybe rocks.
-Okay.
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Laird:
That's great.
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(laughing):
Now we know we have
more work to do.
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Narrator:
While charles and scott
continue working
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with laird and liz
at the ball foundation...
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Rick:
So here's what we found.
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Ian:
Holy cow.
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Narrator: ...Near the eastern
edge of the swamp,
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rick lagina, along with
geoscientist dr. Ian spooner
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and members of the team,
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are focusing their investigation
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on the stone road and pathway,
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looking for any more evidence
of a ship
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or other clues
that could help solve
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the oak island mystery.
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Let's see how far
these stones go that way.
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-Yep.
-Gary: I'll grab a detector.
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Rick:
You have to have context
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for these
anomalous features, I.E.,
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the possibility
of making artifact finds
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certainly are near the shore.
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So we're going to investigate it
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and hopefully
come up with some answers.
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Aaron:
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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That's a good depth
there, billy.
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Okay.
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Aaron:
Oh, look at that.
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So we're getting more cribbing.
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-Something's going on here.
-Yeah.
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Oh, wow.
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Rick! Check this out!
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-What have you got, gary?
-That's unusual.
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That came out
of that last bucket.
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-Ian: That's one piece of wood.
-Rick: Yeah. That is strange.
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-Ian: It's perfectly square.
-Rick: Yeah.
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-Gary: Oh, it was made that way,
by the look of it.
-Ian: Yeah.
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Gary:
Aaron!
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-Rick: Check this out.
-Hey, guys. What do you got?
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-Gary: We're hoping
you can tell us.
-Oh, god.
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-Wow.
-Ian: It's got to be a tool.
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Aaron:
Yeah. I was going
to say, like, something for...
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-Architectural or...
-Gary: Yeah. Yeah.
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-Yeah. Like a little
carpenter's square.
-Yeah.
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Narrator:
A possible carpenter's square?
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Found near the stone pathway on
the eastern border of the swamp?
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Could it be an important clue,
like the wooden survey stakes
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and wood pieces dating back
as far as the 15th century,
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that might be connected
to the feature's construction?
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And, if so, might it
also help identify
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just who built it?
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Ian:
The interesting thing
about something like that,
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you can actually date them.
It's wood.
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-Yeah.
-So this is probably more
important than we think.
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I will put this away.
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-Aaron: Well, good find.
-Ian: Yeah.
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-Thank you.
-Aaron: Thanks, guys.
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Narrator:
While rick
and members of the team
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continue their
investigation in the swamp...
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...Later that afternoon...
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-Marty: Hi, guys.
-Gary: Hey, marty.
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Doug: Hey, marty.
Thanks for coming down.
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This is the item.
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Well, that is cool.
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Narrator:
After learning of the discovery
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of the possible
carpenter's square,
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marty lagina meets with oak
island historian doug crowell
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and gary drayton
in the research center
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to inspect the potentially
important clue.
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At first I thought it was metal
because of the shape of it.
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Yeah.
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Marty:
That is actually kind
of exquisite. Isn't it?
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-It's one piece.
This is not joined to this.
-Yeah.
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Marty:
What do you think it is?
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Doug:
I've looked through
shipwright tools.
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I've looked through
old carpenter tools.
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It came up as
a stonemason's tool.
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Gary:
Bloody hell.
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Doug:
It was a stonemason's tool.
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That's what it most
closely resembles.
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Narrator:
In the research center,
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doug crowell has just revealed
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that the possible t square
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may be an actual
stonemason's tool.
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Well, obviously its use
is for right angles.
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Isn't it? I mean...
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Doug:
That's the idea I ran with
'cause they say that-that form
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-follows function, so...
-Yeah.
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Narrator:
If the team has actually found
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a stonemason's t square
in the triangle-shaped swamp,
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could it be evidence tying
one particular organization
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to the oak island mystery?
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Ever since the discovery
of the money pit in 1795,
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the secretive fraternity
of builders known as
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the freemasons,
who also descended
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from the ancient order
of the knights templar,
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have been closely linked
to oak island.
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In addition to the fact
that several
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prominent treasure hunters,
including daniel mcginnis,
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m.R. Chappell, and even a young
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franklin delano roosevelt,
were members,
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numerous masonic symbols,
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such as the letter "g"
for "god" or "grand architect,"
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crosses
and prominent triangles,
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have been found
all across the island.
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That is really cool.
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This so-called mason's tool,
it's nicely crafted,
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which seems to have
sort of masonic connections.
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And, more to the point,
creates angles that are
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very useful
in a practical sense.
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30-degree angles,
60-degree angles,
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90-degree angles--
those are very useful
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in building
and laying out things.
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So I want to get a date on it,
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and I want
to find out what its use is.
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Both those things are
very interesting to me.
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Gary:
It's amazing how
it's well preserved like that
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'cause of the swamp.
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That's a pretty cool find, gary.
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Marty:
I'm gonna say two things.
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One, which I've been
saying a lot lately,
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let's put it in the line
for carbon dating.
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-Doug: Okay.
-Oh, yeah.
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And what's the second thing
I always say?
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That was nice,
but go out and find some more.
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00:19:22,078 --> 00:19:23,828
That's right. Sorry, gary.
I hate to be so predictable.
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00:19:23,913 --> 00:19:26,455
All right, guys,
I'll let you carry on.
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-See you.
-Gary: See you.
-Doug: See you, marty.
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Narrator:
The following morning
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on lot 25...
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Charles:
Ha! Reinforcements!
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Well, I brought
the person you need.
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Narrator:
...Rick lagina, gary drayton,
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and rick and marty's nephew
david fornetti
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arrive at the foundation
of samuel ball's
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18th century home
after being alerted
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to another potentially
important discovery
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by archaeologist laird niven
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and other members of the team.
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00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,532
Laird, do you want to
tell them what we found?
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00:20:01,576 --> 00:20:05,161
Yeah. So, we were clearing out
the cellar floor.
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-Rick: Mm-hmm.
-Laird: As we were working
along, we found
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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!
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Narrator:
A possible doorway?
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Embedded in the floor
of the ball foundation?
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00:20:18,593 --> 00:20:22,136
Just what might have been,
or could still be,
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on the other side of it?
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Rick:
Would I love it to be a door
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to an opening in the floor?
Absolutely.
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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,
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but, um, it's pretty partial.
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Narrator:
Because the door is embedded
in the foundation,
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laird and liz
will have to take their time
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to carefully excavate around it
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before they can remove it to
reveal whatever might lie below.
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Rick:
The wood appears to be
laid horizontally,
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appears to be a door.
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If this is an opening
in the floor,
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that's a big find.
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But, again, it's
the oak island roller coaster.
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We want to make sure
that it's not explainable
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00:21:09,644 --> 00:21:11,435
in any other way.
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We found a really nice hinge
that I want gary to look at.
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00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:15,398
Yeah. I'd love to.
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00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:19,485
Oh, wow! That's nice, mate.
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It was found right here.
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-It's small.
-Gary: Might be too small
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for a cellar door, though.
I'm thinking this would be
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the type of strap hinge
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you'd see on a chest or a box.
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Narrator:
A strap hinge for a chest?
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One year ago,
while conducting an excavation
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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
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