1 00:00:03,086 --> 00:00:04,296 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:04,379 --> 00:00:05,964 This is typical of something to do with 3 00:00:06,089 --> 00:00:07,758 ‐ships or parts of ships. ‐DAVID F.: Wow. 4 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:10,427 ALEX: There's a couple of wharfs on Samuel Ball's property. 5 00:00:10,511 --> 00:00:11,929 Yes, Alex. Right here is the second one. 6 00:00:16,058 --> 00:00:17,851 We were 75 to 100 feet from shore. 7 00:00:17,976 --> 00:00:19,978 ‐Yeah. ‐So, that's a huge wharf. 8 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:22,814 ‐Yeah. ‐RICK: Why do you need such a massive wharf? 9 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:26,026 ‐ALEX: Take a look at this. We found a coin. ‐GARY: Look at that! 10 00:00:26,151 --> 00:00:28,737 ‐ALEX: I think that's gold. ‐It's stunning. 11 00:00:30,781 --> 00:00:34,368 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 12 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:37,996 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,250 for more than 200 years. 14 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:44,211 So far, they have found a stone slab 15 00:00:44,336 --> 00:00:47,005 with strange symbols carved into it, 16 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:49,633 mysterious fragments of human bone, 17 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:53,470 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 18 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:56,098 to the days of the Knights Templar. 19 00:00:56,181 --> 00:01:00,978 To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery. 20 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:03,939 And, according to legend, 21 00:01:04,022 --> 00:01:06,942 one more will have to die 22 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:10,737 before the treasure can be found. 23 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:16,493 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,750 ‐AARON: Hey, Rick. ‐RICK: Hey. 25 00:01:23,875 --> 00:01:26,628 ‐I see you started. ‐AARON: Yeah. We're getting through it. 26 00:01:26,712 --> 00:01:29,131 ‐RICK: Okay. ‐AARON: We're finding stuff right away, so... 27 00:01:29,256 --> 00:01:31,216 ‐RICK: Oh, really? ‐If you want to 28 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,427 ‐get in there and keep pulling that back... ‐Right here? 29 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:34,886 ‐Right there? ‐AARON: Yeah, that little island there. 30 00:01:35,012 --> 00:01:38,223 ‐RICK: Yep. Yep. ‐And we'll dump the buckets right on top of here. 31 00:01:38,348 --> 00:01:40,309 ‐Fair enough. ‐All right. 32 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,603 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island, 33 00:01:42,686 --> 00:01:46,481 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, along with their team, 34 00:01:46,607 --> 00:01:49,318 remain focused on their historic investigation 35 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:52,362 in and around the triangle‐shaped swamp, 36 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:55,240 looking for more critical clues that could help solve 37 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:58,368 a 226‐year‐old treasure mystery. 38 00:01:58,493 --> 00:02:00,621 AARON: So, moving upslope... 39 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:03,999 I think our best hope is to follow the artifacts 40 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,417 and stuff like coal, 41 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,127 which we've found along the road, 42 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:09,755 ‐is a really good artifact to find. ‐Sure. 43 00:02:09,838 --> 00:02:12,466 You know, ceramics, they help us date the road. 44 00:02:12,549 --> 00:02:15,469 But anything that might be associated with a cart, 45 00:02:15,552 --> 00:02:19,264 with oxen, and coal, I think are the big ones. 46 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:20,390 Okay. 47 00:02:20,515 --> 00:02:22,643 NARRATOR: Over the course 48 00:02:22,768 --> 00:02:24,853 of their discovery work this year, 49 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:27,022 which was delayed by two months 50 00:02:27,105 --> 00:02:28,482 because of the COVID‐19 pandemic, 51 00:02:28,565 --> 00:02:31,818 the team has found not only compelling evidence 52 00:02:31,902 --> 00:02:34,821 that the swamp was once an open harbor or throughway 53 00:02:34,946 --> 00:02:36,657 between two islands 54 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:40,327 but also numerous discoveries suggesting a deliberately 55 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:44,122 hidden operation to bring heavy cargo of some kind here. 56 00:02:44,915 --> 00:02:48,377 These finds include a massive stone ship's wharf, 57 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:51,713 pieces of 15th‐century cargo barrels... 58 00:02:52,464 --> 00:02:55,842 ...and also a cobblestone pathway, 59 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,804 one that runs northward along the eastern border 60 00:02:58,929 --> 00:03:01,264 of the swamp, which branches off somewhere 61 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:03,392 into the uplands of the island. 62 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:06,228 Now, with winter fast approaching, 63 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:10,023 Rick, Marty and the team are tirelessly continuing 64 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:12,317 to track the pathway to its end, 65 00:03:12,401 --> 00:03:16,196 possibly to the location of the original Money Pit. 66 00:03:20,283 --> 00:03:22,369 That looks like... 67 00:03:23,286 --> 00:03:26,623 Pottery. I think so. 68 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:29,000 Looking at it, it looked like it had lines on it. 69 00:03:29,126 --> 00:03:31,128 AARON: That's, uh, annular ware. 70 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:33,130 And the annular ware we know 71 00:03:33,255 --> 00:03:34,715 comes in early 1750s. 72 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,883 So, we're still pre‐searcher. 73 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:37,968 Pre‐searcher? Absolutely. 74 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:40,721 MARTY: The pottery adds to the mountains of data 75 00:03:40,804 --> 00:03:43,849 that this road is very old and can't be younger 76 00:03:43,974 --> 00:03:47,894 than probably the turn of the 1700s to 1800s. 77 00:03:48,019 --> 00:03:49,521 Can't be any younger than that. 78 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:51,314 There's a piece right there. 79 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:53,650 If you want to see it in situ. 80 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:55,527 AARON: Oh, yeah. 81 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,330 Just going to give it a good wash. 82 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:11,001 ‐Hang on. Here's another one. ‐AARON: Oh. 83 00:04:14,838 --> 00:04:17,799 ‐Similar level, too. ‐RICK: Yep. 84 00:04:19,885 --> 00:04:21,303 Same thing. 85 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:25,557 AARON: This is a stoneware, too. 86 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:28,101 You can see, even before cleaning it, 87 00:04:28,185 --> 00:04:30,896 it's been badly burned. 88 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:34,274 NARRATOR: Badly burned pottery? 89 00:04:34,357 --> 00:04:36,985 GARY: Oh, what the heck is that? 90 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:40,363 NARRATOR: Just one week ago, metal detection expert 91 00:04:40,489 --> 00:04:42,949 Gary Drayton, along with Rick and Marty's nephew, 92 00:04:43,033 --> 00:04:47,037 David Fornetti, discovered a badly burned iron rod. 93 00:04:47,162 --> 00:04:50,081 An iron rod that Dr. Aaron Taylor believes 94 00:04:50,207 --> 00:04:52,959 may have been part of a large sailing vessel. 95 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:58,632 Could this burned pottery be connected to that discovery? 96 00:04:58,757 --> 00:05:01,051 And, if so, is it another clue 97 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,678 that the team is getting closer to discovering whatever caused 98 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:06,807 the need for a carefully hidden pathway? 99 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:09,559 Or, for that matter, an artificial swamp? 100 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:11,728 AARON: They're both stoneware. 101 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:15,357 And if it's in the same area as the annular wares, 102 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:18,902 then this can go back into 17... mid‐1700s as well. 103 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:21,780 So, that's a nice find. 104 00:05:21,863 --> 00:05:25,200 ‐Same pattern. Same... ‐AARON: Yeah. Look at that. 105 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:28,495 ‐Fits like a glove. ‐Fits like a glove. 106 00:05:28,578 --> 00:05:29,579 AARON: Yeah. Perfect. 107 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:31,832 ‐Well, that's nice to find that. ‐RICK: Yes. 108 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:34,292 NARRATOR: Although the clues that the team keep finding 109 00:05:34,376 --> 00:05:36,461 are revealing more evidence 110 00:05:36,545 --> 00:05:38,630 of where the stone pathway is heading, 111 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:41,091 just how far will they have to keep going 112 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,344 to find whatever might lie buried at the end of it? 113 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:46,555 It's just one more inch that way. 114 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,099 ‐It's always one more inch. ‐Is that what you tell yourself? 115 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:51,351 ‐Yeah. ‐All right. 116 00:05:51,476 --> 00:05:53,770 Let's see if you're right. One more inch. 117 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:55,730 NARRATOR: While Rick, Aaron and Miriam 118 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:59,025 continue investigating the stone pathway... 119 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,821 ‐CHARLES: Hey, Carmen. ‐CARMEN: Well, lookee here. 120 00:06:02,946 --> 00:06:05,532 NARRATOR: ...Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 121 00:06:05,657 --> 00:06:08,827 David Fornetti and treasure hunter Dan Henskee 122 00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:12,956 have arrived at Northville Farms in Centreville, Nova Scotia 123 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:14,916 to have blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 124 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:19,462 inspect the burned iron rod found one week ago in the swamp. 125 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:21,423 Well, what do you got today, uh, Charles? 126 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:23,758 Well, I'm hoping you can tell us. 127 00:06:23,842 --> 00:06:26,177 Oh, well, you've got a big bar. 128 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:27,804 Yeah. We've got a big bar is right. 129 00:06:29,681 --> 00:06:31,516 DAVID F.: It's a really interesting piece. 130 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:33,143 We have a bunch of different ideas 131 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:35,896 of what it could be, but obviously, you're the expert, 132 00:06:35,979 --> 00:06:38,148 so we wanted to get your take on it. 133 00:06:38,273 --> 00:06:40,442 Well, let me just, uh, say 134 00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:42,944 what I see, and then you can probably 135 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:44,112 ‐help out what it was for. ‐DAVID F.: Yeah. 136 00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:47,490 ‐Yeah. ‐CARMEN: It's about an inch in diameter. 137 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:51,202 Uh, very consistent size all the way down through. 138 00:06:51,953 --> 00:06:54,915 This obviously had a broken piece on to it. 139 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,251 So, it was an eye. So, this would be an eyebolt. 140 00:06:58,335 --> 00:07:01,796 So, Carmen, do you have a date or a time frame for this piece? 141 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:04,799 It could be as far back as the late 1600s. 142 00:07:04,883 --> 00:07:06,134 Wow. 143 00:07:06,217 --> 00:07:09,679 NARRATOR: A burned eyebolt found in the swamp? 144 00:07:09,804 --> 00:07:13,391 Dating back as far as the 17th century? 145 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:16,019 ‐RICK: Wow. ‐GARY: Oh, wow, indeed. 146 00:07:16,144 --> 00:07:18,730 NARRATOR: Could it be connected to the large iron ringbolts 147 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:21,441 the team has also found this year in the swamp, 148 00:07:21,524 --> 00:07:24,361 which date back to the same time period? 149 00:07:24,486 --> 00:07:27,197 And which the team also believes might have been used 150 00:07:27,322 --> 00:07:29,991 to haul cargo from a ship onto Oak Island? 151 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:32,494 So, you mentioned that it was an eyebolt. 152 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:35,205 I know on the island, we look a lot for ringbolts. 153 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:38,249 Can you help me understand the difference between the two? 154 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:39,960 The eyebolt would have the end 155 00:07:40,043 --> 00:07:42,462 of this tang would come around and butt onto this, right? 156 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:45,048 So, there was a solid, uh, piece attached to this. 157 00:07:45,173 --> 00:07:49,052 A ringbolt‐‐ the ring is‐is loose, but it's inserted 158 00:07:49,177 --> 00:07:50,679 through the bolt. 159 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,515 This is just, like, one piece, whereas a ringbolt is two piece. 160 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,433 ‐Mm‐hmm. ‐CARMEN: Usually two piece. 161 00:07:55,517 --> 00:07:57,727 A ringbolt is usually heavier, too. 162 00:07:57,811 --> 00:08:00,730 This is very typical of something to do 163 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:04,150 with anchoring ships or parts of ships. 164 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:08,655 ‐You know, ships are obviously of interest on Oak Island, so... ‐Absolutely. 165 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:10,824 Well, certainly appreciate you 166 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:13,034 shedding some light on what went on here. 167 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:14,953 I know our team back on the island 168 00:08:15,036 --> 00:08:17,247 is going to be thrilled to hear about, uh, 169 00:08:17,372 --> 00:08:19,541 everything that we've learned, so we should probably pack 170 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,126 this up and hit the road. 171 00:08:21,251 --> 00:08:22,002 CARMEN: Very good. Yep. 172 00:08:22,127 --> 00:08:23,586 ‐Great stuff. ‐DAVID F.: Thank you. 173 00:08:23,670 --> 00:08:24,796 CHARLES: Thanks, Carmen. 174 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:26,297 CARMEN: Have a safe trip. 175 00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:30,802 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 176 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:33,513 as members of the team continue their work in the swamp... 177 00:08:33,638 --> 00:08:36,141 ALEX: I brought a trowel in case you need some help. 178 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:38,143 Oh, excellent. We can always use help. 179 00:08:38,268 --> 00:08:41,312 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina's son Alex arrives at the foundation 180 00:08:41,396 --> 00:08:45,150 of late 18th‐century Oak Island landowner Samuel Ball. 181 00:08:45,275 --> 00:08:47,235 LAIRD: We've got the cellar all cleaned out. 182 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,779 Just some final, you know, getting rid of dirt, 183 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:52,157 ‐excavating in there. ‐Mm‐hmm. It looks good. 184 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,993 NARRATOR: It is here where archeologists 185 00:08:55,076 --> 00:08:56,953 Laird Niven and Liz Michels 186 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:59,080 continue their meticulous investigation 187 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:02,167 for clues that might help explain how Mr. Ball, 188 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:05,962 a simple cabbage farmer and former American slave, 189 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:08,965 mysteriously became a very wealthy man 190 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:11,217 by the early 19th century. 191 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,477 ♪ ♪ 192 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,486 ALEX: Piece of pottery here. 193 00:09:29,611 --> 00:09:32,614 LAIRD: Oh, you should find lots. 194 00:09:33,323 --> 00:09:35,784 I see why you needed somebody to sift. 195 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:37,368 LAIRD: Yeah. 196 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:39,037 It's, uh, it slows things... 197 00:09:39,162 --> 00:09:41,706 ‐I could be here all day. ‐It slows things down. 198 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:43,500 That's true. 199 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,335 MARTY: I'm impressed with the patience these archaeologists 200 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:48,046 have to unearth all of that with a trowel. 201 00:09:48,171 --> 00:09:50,924 I'm very interested in what's gone on on the Ball foundation. 202 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:53,468 They've been digging over there for quite some time, 203 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:55,261 and I want to see it. 204 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:09,150 ‐There you are. ‐Thank you. 205 00:10:16,533 --> 00:10:18,535 ♪ ♪ 206 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:23,081 ALEX: Hey, look at this. 207 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:29,963 LAIRD: Wow, that's cool. 208 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:31,172 ALEX: Hey, look at this. 209 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:32,423 I got a coin. 210 00:10:32,507 --> 00:10:33,716 I think. 211 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,468 NARRATOR: On Lot 25, 212 00:10:35,552 --> 00:10:37,804 Alex Lagina has just found what could be 213 00:10:37,887 --> 00:10:39,848 a significant discovery in the spoils 214 00:10:39,931 --> 00:10:42,183 excavated from the Ball foundation. 215 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,228 ‐It's got... ‐Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 216 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:47,981 ‐ALEX: A little green. ‐LAIRD: Yeah. 217 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:50,275 Yeah, this looks old. It's got kind of... 218 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:53,444 irregular edges, like a flat portion. 219 00:10:53,528 --> 00:10:56,823 It does look like the design is a little off‐center. 220 00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:00,827 I‐I'll trust it to you. 221 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:05,874 LAIRD: Well, it's heavy enough. 222 00:11:05,957 --> 00:11:07,167 ALEX: When I first picked it out, 223 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:09,794 I thought I could see a pattern, 224 00:11:09,919 --> 00:11:12,046 and it seemed off‐center to me. 225 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:14,757 LAIRD: Oh, I see what you mean. 226 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,551 Part of the reason we're doing all this work 227 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:19,470 on the Ball foundation is to investigate the possibility 228 00:11:19,554 --> 00:11:22,098 that Samuel Ball had a closer involvement with the Money Pit 229 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,975 than was previously known. 230 00:11:24,058 --> 00:11:27,020 So, if we can date this coin to the same time period 231 00:11:27,145 --> 00:11:29,022 as these other finds we're making, that's it. 232 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:29,981 That's our connection. 233 00:11:30,106 --> 00:11:32,025 I see what you mean about the edges. 234 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:35,069 Yeah. I think, uh, we'll bag it. 235 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:37,030 Get it to the research center 236 00:11:37,155 --> 00:11:38,907 ‐and see what we can see. ‐ALEX: Mm‐hmm. 237 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:40,742 I'll just‐‐ I'll find a few more for you. 238 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:43,036 Okay. Thank you. 239 00:11:44,829 --> 00:11:47,248 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 240 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:50,335 after a chilly fall rainstorm has halted work 241 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:53,379 near the swamp and at the Ball foundation... 242 00:11:54,130 --> 00:11:56,090 ‐LAIRD: Hey, guys. ‐RICK: Hey. ‐ALEX: Hey. 243 00:11:56,174 --> 00:11:58,468 ‐Take a look at this. ‐Wow. 244 00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:00,470 NARRATOR: ...Alex Lagina and Laird Niven 245 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,847 have gathered in the research center 246 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:04,766 with Rick, David and Gary Drayton 247 00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:07,143 to share their new discovery. 248 00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:10,605 So, this just came off of the Ball property. 249 00:12:10,688 --> 00:12:12,106 Oh. 250 00:12:12,190 --> 00:12:14,484 ALEX: Found it sifting through some of the stuff 251 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:17,153 that‐‐ the most recent test pit that Laird's been doing. 252 00:12:17,278 --> 00:12:20,156 ‐Right by the edge of the house. ‐Yeah, northwest corner. 253 00:12:21,449 --> 00:12:23,076 ALEX: So, if you look, 254 00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:25,662 ‐you see the anchor on the right. ‐GARY: Yeah. 255 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:29,290 So, is the middle an anchor or is it a cross? 256 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:31,960 If you pull it down to show the edge... 257 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,879 ‐GARY: It'll be a larger anchor. ‐LAIRD: Yeah. 258 00:12:35,004 --> 00:12:37,257 ‐Well, there you can see it. ‐ALEX: Right there. ‐RICK: There. Okay. 259 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:38,508 LAIRD: Yep. 260 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,635 There's three anchors. There's one on the right, 261 00:12:40,718 --> 00:12:42,512 there's a large one in the middle, and then there's one 262 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:43,972 ‐on the left. ‐RICK: Oh, yeah. ‐LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 263 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:47,141 ‐GARY: And you can see... ‐ALEX: You can see the other one on the left. 264 00:12:47,183 --> 00:12:50,395 Yeah, it looks like little waves, and I can see 265 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,189 a rope design around the outside of it. 266 00:12:55,858 --> 00:12:57,527 I know what that is. 267 00:12:57,652 --> 00:12:58,945 RICK: What is it? 268 00:12:59,028 --> 00:13:01,155 It's a‐a Navy jacket button. 269 00:13:01,239 --> 00:13:04,200 If it's got anchors on it and a rope design around it. 270 00:13:04,325 --> 00:13:08,162 Without a doubt, that is a British Navy jacket button. 271 00:13:08,246 --> 00:13:09,998 ALEX: What time period is this, though? 272 00:13:10,081 --> 00:13:13,668 LAIRD: 1804 to 1825. Solidly within the Ball period. 273 00:13:13,751 --> 00:13:17,255 NARRATOR: A button from a member of the British Navy? 274 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:21,551 Discovered in the foundation of Samuel Ball's former home? 275 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:25,179 Although he was a member of the British military 276 00:13:25,263 --> 00:13:27,265 during the American Revolution, 277 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:30,476 he was not known to have been part of the British Navy. 278 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:34,272 So, then just who did this button belong to? 279 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,651 We've been searching and searching for some 280 00:13:38,735 --> 00:13:41,279 military connection to Samuel Ball because we know 281 00:13:41,362 --> 00:13:44,615 he served the British during our Revolutionary War, 282 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,617 uh, which is how he gained his freedom 283 00:13:46,701 --> 00:13:48,244 and came to Nova Scotia, so... 284 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:51,331 ‐I think you just made that connection. ‐Yeah. 285 00:13:51,414 --> 00:13:53,583 ALEX: It's one of the nicest buttons we've found 286 00:13:53,708 --> 00:13:56,836 ‐in terms of legibility. ‐RICK: The front is spectacular. 287 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:59,213 ‐GARY: Yeah. ‐RICK: I mean, those anchors are amazing. 288 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:01,341 I look forward to‐to seeing how much information 289 00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:03,051 ‐we can get off of this. ‐Yeah. 290 00:14:03,134 --> 00:14:05,053 ‐It's a beautiful piece. ‐LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 291 00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:07,388 RICK: Whether there's more information or not. 292 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,807 ‐It's stunning. ‐GARY: Yeah. 293 00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:11,809 I think that is... 294 00:14:11,934 --> 00:14:13,728 gold or gilding right there. 295 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:16,230 ‐LAIRD: I think so. That would make sense. ‐GARY: Yeah. 296 00:14:16,314 --> 00:14:18,483 That would point to officer though, wouldn't it? 297 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:22,070 Yeah, normally the officers had the... 298 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,322 ‐the gilded buttons. ‐Yeah. 299 00:14:24,405 --> 00:14:26,866 NARRATOR: An officer's button? 300 00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:29,160 If so, why did a high‐ranking 301 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:31,746 British naval officer visit the home 302 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,831 of Samuel Ball on Oak Island? 303 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:37,627 And could it have something to do with the mysterious wealth 304 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,379 Ball came to possess? 305 00:14:39,504 --> 00:14:41,589 MARTY: It's a Royal Navy button and, apparently, 306 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:44,550 it would be somebody on a ship of some import. 307 00:14:44,634 --> 00:14:46,302 An important person. 308 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:49,722 What's that doing in Samuel Ball's foundation? 309 00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:53,476 I mean, we're talking about an officer being in his house. 310 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,978 That's kind of a big deal, I think. 311 00:14:56,104 --> 00:14:58,356 Okay. Thank you. Thanks for calling. Good find. 312 00:14:58,439 --> 00:15:00,400 ‐ALEX: We will keep you posted. Thank you. ‐All right, mate. 313 00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:02,318 All right. See you later, guys. 314 00:15:07,365 --> 00:15:09,492 NARRATOR: The following morning... 315 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:11,494 ‐GARY: Hey, guys. ‐AARON: Hey, Gary. 316 00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:13,996 NARRATOR: ...Gary Drayton and David Fornetti 317 00:15:14,038 --> 00:15:17,959 join Rick Lagina and archeologists Dr. Aaron Taylor 318 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,671 and Miriam Amirault near the northeastern border of the swamp 319 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:24,298 to continue searching for valuable clues 320 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:26,759 along the mysterious stone pathway, 321 00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:30,430 and for more evidence of just where it leads. 322 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:34,684 ‐GARY: Wow, looks like you've been busy. ‐AARON: Yeah. 323 00:15:34,809 --> 00:15:38,646 David and I would like to start back up metal detecting here 324 00:15:38,729 --> 00:15:41,149 because we never ever did finish this track, 325 00:15:41,232 --> 00:15:43,609 and we was moving this way. 326 00:15:43,693 --> 00:15:45,903 So, we're back to zigzag 327 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:47,905 ‐along this area. ‐Perfect. 328 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:49,740 ‐Up this hill. ‐Yeah. 329 00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:51,909 GARY: Okay, mate. We'll see what we can find 330 00:15:51,993 --> 00:15:53,327 because me and David have been 331 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:55,705 on fire recently, haven't we? 332 00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:58,916 Every time we go out, we find something good. 333 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,877 Let's keep that rolling, mate. 334 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,879 (detector beeping) 335 00:16:09,010 --> 00:16:10,553 (beeping) 336 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:13,055 I'm definitely getting an iron signal here. 337 00:16:13,181 --> 00:16:14,724 A little chirpy signal. 338 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:17,977 ‐Uh, do you want us to dig it? ‐Yeah, go ahead, David. 339 00:16:18,019 --> 00:16:21,522 ‐Is that okay if Dave and I investigate? ‐AARON: Yeah. 340 00:16:21,606 --> 00:16:22,815 (detector whines) 341 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:24,942 Seems to be in that area there. 342 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:33,242 AARON: Are you getting some cobbles there, David? 343 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,453 It certainly looks that way. 344 00:16:35,536 --> 00:16:38,164 AARON: I might just finish that up with a trowel. 345 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:39,665 ‐Yup. ‐Okay. 346 00:16:39,749 --> 00:16:42,919 Let me see if I can narrow the search down for you. 347 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,795 (beeping) 348 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:49,926 It moved just a little ways off. It's in that section there. 349 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:56,807 AARON: If it's under the rock, then that's very helpful because 350 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,268 ‐it would predate the putting down... ‐GARY: Yeah. 351 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:02,230 ...of these cobbles if they were actually put down. 352 00:17:02,313 --> 00:17:04,857 ‐All right. Yeah. ‐GARY: You want me to do it? 353 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:11,197 (beeping) 354 00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:14,325 GARY: There. Spot on there, mate. 355 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:16,786 So, you stick your trowel in there, mate, 356 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:19,121 you've got it in situ. 357 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:21,749 It's iron by the sound of it. 358 00:17:27,838 --> 00:17:29,298 (Aaron sputters) 359 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:32,260 Ugh. Seismic blasting caps. 360 00:17:32,343 --> 00:17:35,763 We keep finding those all over. 361 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:38,391 NARRATOR: Although finding a blasting cap 362 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:41,435 from the seismic survey that was run across the swamp 363 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:44,480 two years ago is a disappointment, 364 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:47,233 it was that operation that revealed 365 00:17:47,358 --> 00:17:50,069 a 200‐foot‐long anomaly, eerily resembling 366 00:17:50,194 --> 00:17:53,573 the shape of a large sailing vessel, which remains buried 367 00:17:53,698 --> 00:17:56,659 in the middle of the mucky, brackish bog. 368 00:17:57,535 --> 00:18:01,414 It is the team's hope to conduct a largescale dig next year 369 00:18:01,539 --> 00:18:03,958 with the help of a massive sheet‐piling cofferdam 370 00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:07,628 to find out just what that anomaly really is. 371 00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:10,881 Mystery solved. 372 00:18:11,007 --> 00:18:13,509 ‐Yeah. ‐I'll keep going. 373 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:20,057 (beeping) 374 00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:22,310 I'm getting a signal here. 375 00:18:22,393 --> 00:18:23,811 (detector whining) 376 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,896 Just there, Miriam. 377 00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:27,982 Still in the same area. 378 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:30,192 (beeping) 379 00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:32,528 Ooh, right on it. Just there. 380 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,459 (beeping) 381 00:18:51,672 --> 00:18:54,383 ‐(beeping) ‐Oh, wow. Look at that! 382 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:02,391 GARY: Oh, wow. Look at that. Well, that's nice. 383 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:04,352 NARRATOR: Just northeast of the Oak Island swamp, 384 00:19:04,435 --> 00:19:06,312 Gary Drayton has unearthed 385 00:19:06,395 --> 00:19:07,897 what could be an important discovery. 386 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:11,233 GARY: It's a little square‐headed nail. 387 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,277 Square shank, by the look of it. 388 00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:15,404 That's like a little ox shoe nail. 389 00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:17,239 AARON: Oh. 390 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:19,784 I thought you'd find us an ox shoe, 391 00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:23,913 ‐but, you know, that's just as good. ‐GARY: Yep. That's a fastener. 392 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:25,539 ‐It was used to put the ox shoe on. ‐AARON: Yeah. 393 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,834 Which is another, you know, check in the box for: 394 00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,711 this is a road or a path. 395 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,922 That's great. 396 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:35,216 Now, you got to put two and two together. 397 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:36,384 We've got a stone road. 398 00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:38,302 We've got fasteners. 399 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:39,970 We're on Oak Island. 400 00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:41,806 It's pretty clear 401 00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:45,601 that some kind of treasure‐hauling operation 402 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:47,812 was done in this area. 403 00:19:47,937 --> 00:19:50,147 AARON: You wouldn't think you'd get so excited 404 00:19:50,231 --> 00:19:51,482 about something that small. 405 00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:53,859 So, I'm going to bag that and then let you guys 406 00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:55,778 ‐get back to detecting. ‐Okay, mate. 407 00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:58,739 Good digging, Miriam. That's a good find. 408 00:20:00,574 --> 00:20:03,160 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 409 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:07,164 RICK: This is the man of the hour. Stuart Wentzell. 410 00:20:07,289 --> 00:20:09,875 ‐Hi, Stuart. Nice to meet you. ‐Hey, Stuart. ‐Hi. 411 00:20:09,959 --> 00:20:11,836 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina and members of the team 412 00:20:11,961 --> 00:20:15,464 gather in the research center with Stuart Wentzell, 413 00:20:15,589 --> 00:20:17,591 a local treasure hunter who worked for 414 00:20:17,675 --> 00:20:20,428 Rick, Marty and Craig's late friend and partner 415 00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:23,222 Dan Blankenship back in the 1970s. 416 00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:25,975 CHARLES: Stuart, I know you've worked on Oak Island 417 00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:27,810 ‐since probably you were a young boy. ‐Yes. 418 00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:30,062 CHARLES: Working with Dan. You worked a lot with Dan. 419 00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:31,605 Lots of memories, lots of times. 420 00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:33,566 ‐Right. ‐STUART: So, Dan would have me 421 00:20:33,691 --> 00:20:35,693 and my brother come over on the weekends. 422 00:20:39,196 --> 00:20:40,531 ‐(all laugh) ‐Right? 423 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:45,911 I met Stuart Wentzell, uh, the very first year I was here. 424 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:51,292 He had told me about these wharfs off the Samuel Ball lot. 425 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:53,127 And now, all of a sudden, we find 426 00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:56,338 a British naval button at the Ball foundation. 427 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:58,799 Maybe it's something associated with a wharf. 428 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:03,012 The point is, we mustn't fail to follow up 429 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:08,350 on this local knowledge, uh, which we were not privy to. 430 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:11,479 So, uh, this is all about the possibility 431 00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:14,648 or the potential of a dive or dives, 432 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,901 uh, related to some discoveries 433 00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:19,528 ‐that you had made mention of in the past. ‐Yes. 434 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:21,363 So, what's the most interesting 435 00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:24,950 search agenda‐related activity that you were involved with? 436 00:21:43,844 --> 00:21:45,471 Right. 437 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,309 ‐Is that right? ‐STUART: Yes. 438 00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:51,560 Ball had two wharfs. 439 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:53,229 It's absolutely there. 440 00:21:53,354 --> 00:21:54,647 Yeah. 441 00:21:54,688 --> 00:21:57,650 So, what are the areas 442 00:21:57,733 --> 00:22:00,277 ‐that you're interested in, in terms of the dive? ‐Okay. 443 00:22:00,361 --> 00:22:01,904 All right. 444 00:22:09,411 --> 00:22:11,038 Yeah. 445 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:16,627 NARRATOR: The use of large rocks, or cribbing stones, 446 00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:18,796 in the construction of shipping wharfs 447 00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:21,423 dates back more than five centuries. 448 00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:24,927 Stacked between layers of wood timbers, they offered support 449 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:28,514 in the design of docks for large sailing vessels. 450 00:22:30,307 --> 00:22:31,308 RICK: When you dove that, 451 00:22:31,392 --> 00:22:34,854 ‐Yeah. ‐did you see remnants of the old wharf? 452 00:22:34,937 --> 00:22:36,647 Wooden parts of it? 453 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:38,816 Yeah. 454 00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:56,584 ‐Yeah. ‐Mm‐hmm. All right, so I'm gonna circle it 455 00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:58,919 on this so that we can keep track. 456 00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:02,172 ‐So, it's somewhere in that area there. ‐STUART: Yes, Alex. 457 00:23:02,298 --> 00:23:05,009 ‐ALEX: Okay. ‐Yeah, and here's the other place. 458 00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:07,136 Right here was the second one. 459 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:08,971 Okay, so, if you want to stick a circle 460 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:11,307 around that one as well, Alex. 461 00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:13,976 NARRATOR: If there really are two wharfs 462 00:23:14,101 --> 00:23:16,896 bordering the property once owned by Samuel Ball, 463 00:23:17,021 --> 00:23:19,857 might he have built both of them? 464 00:23:19,982 --> 00:23:23,527 Or is it possible that one was constructed much earlier? 465 00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:26,322 If so, then by whom? 466 00:23:26,363 --> 00:23:29,074 And could it offer clues that might help explain 467 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:32,244 how Samuel Ball became one of the richest men 468 00:23:32,369 --> 00:23:34,330 in Nova Scotia? 469 00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:37,499 There is concrete evidence of substantial works 470 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:39,710 prior to 1795 and a lot of them. 471 00:23:39,793 --> 00:23:41,420 A lot went on on that island. 472 00:23:41,503 --> 00:23:44,965 So, if somebody did build a wooden wharf there, 473 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:48,385 there was some significant reason why. 474 00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:51,138 I would love to go and have a look at that, Stuart. 475 00:23:52,556 --> 00:23:54,975 Well, I'd love to put you in the boat. We'll go out there 476 00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:56,727 and I'll jump over the side. 477 00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:00,814 ‐Excellent. ‐RICK: Well, thanks, guys. 478 00:24:00,898 --> 00:24:01,982 That was a great discussion. 479 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:05,527 ‐You plan out the dive. Get it set up. ‐Yeah. 480 00:24:05,653 --> 00:24:07,196 You two gentlemen will be there 481 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,239 to observe and watch and take notes. 482 00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:11,825 Okay. Well, you guys got your work ahead of you. 483 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:13,535 ‐Yup. ‐And I look forward to 484 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:15,162 ‐the dive results. ‐Yes. 485 00:24:15,245 --> 00:24:16,664 ‐RICK: Let's get after it. ‐ALEX: Sounds good. 486 00:24:16,747 --> 00:24:17,790 TONY: Fantastic. 487 00:24:22,836 --> 00:24:25,297 ‐TONY: Good morning, guys. ‐DAVID F.: How you doing? 488 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:27,967 NARRATOR: One day after the team's meeting 489 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:31,470 with former Oak Island treasure hunter Stuart Wentzell, 490 00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:34,974 they have invited him to join professional diver Tony Sampson, 491 00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:37,851 Alex Lagina and his cousin David Fornetti, 492 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,853 at the Oak Island Resort and Marina... 493 00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:40,980 TONY: Okay. Let's head out. 494 00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:43,148 NARRATOR: ...to begin a dive operation 495 00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:45,359 that will focus on the waters just off the shore 496 00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:50,489 of Lots 25 and 26 at the western end of Oak Island. 497 00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:53,951 So, the first location‐‐ You know where 498 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,286 ‐that freshwater pond is? ‐Yep. 499 00:24:56,370 --> 00:24:59,248 Hopefully, we're going to see remains of the crib down there. 500 00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:02,292 So, the wooden structure which would have held 501 00:25:02,376 --> 00:25:03,961 the stones in the crib. 502 00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:05,504 ‐Eight feet you said, Stuart? ‐Yep. 503 00:25:05,587 --> 00:25:07,131 ‐Eight feet wide. ‐So, about eight feet wide. 504 00:25:07,256 --> 00:25:09,883 NARRATOR: Of interest to the team 505 00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:12,011 are the remains of two stone ships' wharfs, 506 00:25:12,094 --> 00:25:15,723 that Stuart first investigated in the 1970s 507 00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:18,225 while working for Dan Blankenship, 508 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,519 that bordered the property once owned 509 00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:23,897 by the mysteriously wealthy 18th‐century island resident 510 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,733 Samuel Ball. 511 00:25:25,816 --> 00:25:27,776 DAVID F.: And, Tony, when you're down there, 512 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,570 do you have a metal detector with you? 513 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:31,697 ‐Or how are you going to detect this? ‐TONY: Yeah. 514 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,783 So, we'll have visual, and we'll also run a metal detector, 515 00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:36,493 an underwater metal detector over it. 516 00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:39,246 It may sort of indicate metallic fasteners that 517 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,331 might have been used in a wharf structure. 518 00:25:41,415 --> 00:25:44,001 So, similar to large shipping spikes. 519 00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:46,670 ‐It would have held the wharf together. ‐That'd be cool. 520 00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:48,005 That would be very cool. 521 00:25:48,839 --> 00:25:50,632 Tony's going to bring a metal detector, 522 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,217 and he's going to scan the bottom 523 00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:55,804 for wharf pins or anything that might have been dropped 524 00:25:55,929 --> 00:25:57,056 when this thing was in existence. 525 00:25:57,139 --> 00:25:59,558 Those are the things that I'm most excited about 526 00:25:59,641 --> 00:26:03,312 because those can help us date anything we might find. 527 00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:07,232 Well, guys, I think we're just about on target one up here. 528 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,319 Okay. I might get kitted up, 529 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,196 and we'll go and see what we can find, eh? 530 00:26:12,321 --> 00:26:14,198 ‐Yeah. Great. Great, Tony. ‐ALEX: Great. 531 00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:16,075 We've tried to answer the question of who Samuel Ball was 532 00:26:16,158 --> 00:26:17,534 from the land side. 533 00:26:17,618 --> 00:26:19,078 This is from the ocean side. 534 00:26:19,203 --> 00:26:21,914 So, until today, when we're looking 535 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:24,333 at the ocean side, we haven't even begun to explore 536 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:26,210 that side of his life. So, it could be 537 00:26:26,293 --> 00:26:28,504 hiding some pretty interesting artifacts. 538 00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,047 So, we'll go down there, 539 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:31,799 and we'll investigate that. 540 00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:33,801 In my perfect little world, it would be great 541 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:35,928 to find some artifacts dating back 542 00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,971 from the 16, 1700s, 543 00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,765 but even to find the remains 544 00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:41,600 of these structures would be interesting. 545 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,896 ‐ALEX: All right, Tony. Good luck. ‐Thanks, buddy. 546 00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:50,442 ALEX: He's in. 547 00:27:04,373 --> 00:27:07,042 Testing, Tony. Do you hear me? Over. 548 00:27:22,182 --> 00:27:25,477 That's great, Tony. Keep us posted. Over. 549 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:53,714 ALEX: Copy you, Tony. What do you see? 550 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,215 Over. 551 00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:02,806 ALEX: Can you confirm? 552 00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:04,766 Does it look like a wharf? Over. 553 00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:12,232 Copy. 554 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:21,158 ALEX: Copy. 555 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:24,161 Any metal detector hits? Over. 556 00:28:28,081 --> 00:28:29,666 ‐What'd he say? ‐Copy you. 557 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,002 ‐No metal detector hits. ‐No metal detector hits. 558 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:34,838 ALEX: We've been listening to Tony 559 00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:36,590 go back and forth over these comms, 560 00:28:36,673 --> 00:28:37,633 and every time he does, 561 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,259 I ask him if he's got a metal detector hit. 562 00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:40,344 The answer's always no. 563 00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:42,179 It's a little frustrating 564 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:44,306 to have to sit this one out on the boat. 565 00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:46,892 But I'm hoping Tony sees clear evidence of this wharf, 566 00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:48,435 and I'm really hoping that he gets 567 00:28:48,518 --> 00:28:50,312 a metal detector hit while he's out there. 568 00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:57,069 ALEX: He should be seeing it right now. 569 00:28:57,194 --> 00:28:59,196 It's just frustrating he can't hear us. 570 00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:03,575 Copy you, Tony. What do you see? Over. 571 00:29:08,538 --> 00:29:10,707 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Stuart Wentzell 572 00:29:10,832 --> 00:29:14,127 was mistaken about the remains of a wharf in this area? 573 00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:16,630 Or could it be, that because of nearly 574 00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:19,383 five decades of erosion and seasonal storms, 575 00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:22,386 that the evidence of a potential valuable clue 576 00:29:22,511 --> 00:29:24,513 about Samuel Ball's history 577 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:27,599 has simply been weathered away? 578 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:32,729 I hear you, Tony. Over. 579 00:29:58,964 --> 00:29:59,923 ALEX: Great job, Tony. 580 00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:01,341 Keep us posted. Over. 581 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:03,302 NARRATOR: In the waters just off Lot 26 582 00:30:03,427 --> 00:30:04,177 on the western side of Oak Island, 583 00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:06,680 Tony Sampson has just discovered 584 00:30:06,763 --> 00:30:09,808 the possible remains of a stone ship's wharf. 585 00:30:09,850 --> 00:30:10,892 What do you think? 586 00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:12,644 He might have found cribbing? 587 00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:14,771 I mean, how does that make you feel? 588 00:30:20,902 --> 00:30:22,279 I think so. 589 00:30:29,703 --> 00:30:32,289 We hear you, Tony. Go ahead. Over. 590 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:39,796 Did you get any metal detector hits? Over. 591 00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:46,762 Are you moving on to target two or staying there? 592 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:47,929 Over. 593 00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:54,728 NARRATOR: Although Tony has been able to confirm Stuart's claim 594 00:30:54,811 --> 00:30:58,023 of a potentially ancient wharf having been built here, 595 00:30:58,106 --> 00:31:01,151 there doesn't appear to be any metal objects 596 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:02,944 or valuable clues. 597 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:06,406 Tony will now search for the team's second target: 598 00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:08,492 another reported stone wharf. 599 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:11,370 However, this one is much closer 600 00:31:11,495 --> 00:31:13,246 to where Samuel Ball built his home, 601 00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:16,666 and thus hopefully will offer valuable clues 602 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,961 that might help explain his mysterious wealth. 603 00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:26,301 Mm‐hmm. 604 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,308 DAVID F.: It looks like he's almost 100 feet out there. 605 00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:34,601 From the shore. 606 00:31:37,062 --> 00:31:39,022 He's seen them rock piles. 607 00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:42,567 ‐You know there's a big rock pile out there? ‐Yeah, yeah, yeah. 608 00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:47,781 ALEX: If he's 100 feet out there, 609 00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:49,533 ‐and he's seeing signs of a wharf‐‐ ‐STUART: Yeah. 610 00:31:49,616 --> 00:31:51,034 if that's what he's seeing‐‐ 611 00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:52,244 that's a big wharf. 612 00:31:52,369 --> 00:31:53,662 I mean, that could have accommodated 613 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:55,247 ‐a pretty big ship. ‐STUART: Yeah. 614 00:31:55,372 --> 00:31:57,165 NARRATOR: The second wharf? 615 00:31:57,249 --> 00:32:01,378 Possibly extending as much as 100 feet out into Mahone Bay? 616 00:32:01,503 --> 00:32:04,798 If so, what would Samuel Ball have needed 617 00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:07,509 such a large docking station for? 618 00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:09,970 Could it be a clue to explain 619 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:12,722 why the team found a British naval officer's button 620 00:32:12,848 --> 00:32:15,642 in the Ball Foundation two days ago? 621 00:32:15,725 --> 00:32:18,103 If there was a wharf that big here, 622 00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:19,896 what would be the purpose of that? 623 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,448 ALEX: We hear you, Tony. 624 00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:32,784 Did you see a big pile of rocks? Over. 625 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:48,925 So, no hits, but you think you did find the wharf. Over. 626 00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:59,728 Copy you. We'll see you soon. Over. 627 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:03,482 The most exciting of the targets that we dove was 628 00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:05,734 the large wharf on Ball's property. 629 00:33:05,859 --> 00:33:08,653 Because that is something that we had no record of. 630 00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:11,990 We didn't know it was there. It's so large as to be 631 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:14,659 impossible to be just a fisherman's wharf. 632 00:33:14,743 --> 00:33:17,454 And we're finding other things in the area like the Navy button 633 00:33:17,537 --> 00:33:20,415 that are implying a closer relationship 634 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,501 with seafaring than we thought. 635 00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:24,503 Okay, you were right, Stuart. 636 00:33:24,628 --> 00:33:26,463 As you come down, you can see 637 00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:28,173 where the old crib areas were. 638 00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:29,799 I hit the area with the metal detector. 639 00:33:29,925 --> 00:33:32,802 Both the, um, both the wharf‐like structures. 640 00:33:32,928 --> 00:33:34,888 And, uh, no metallic signatures down there. 641 00:33:34,971 --> 00:33:38,183 Did you think the second one, target two, was a larger wharf? 642 00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:41,686 I did actually, Alex, yeah. It came out further as well. 643 00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:44,606 So, one wharf being smaller than the other 644 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:46,608 may have been an area where you brought, uh, 645 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:49,819 a dinghy, or a fishing boat, or a small dory into. 646 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,656 The one being large, that speaks to something 647 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:55,700 of a commercial nature or, for a wharf of that size, 648 00:33:55,784 --> 00:33:58,828 you'd expect it to be more than one person. 649 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:02,541 So, either military or maybe excavating 650 00:34:02,624 --> 00:34:04,376 or almost like a quarry work. 651 00:34:04,501 --> 00:34:06,294 Something there's gonna be heavy product 652 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:08,463 either coming on or off the island. 653 00:34:08,547 --> 00:34:10,131 So, those rocks there were square. 654 00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:12,634 And like you said, Stuart, they had been worked as well, 655 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,094 ‐some of them. ‐Yes. 656 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:15,762 So, you're confident then that two wharfs are... 657 00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:18,348 I‐I'm confident that these were two wharfs. 658 00:34:18,431 --> 00:34:21,977 Do you think that one might have belonged to Captain Anderson 659 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:23,436 ‐at one stage? ‐Yes. 660 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,814 Because his property was, um, next door 661 00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:28,316 ‐to Sam Ball's, and they became friends. ‐Right. 662 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,444 NARRATOR: Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, 663 00:34:31,528 --> 00:34:33,738 James Anderson was a notorious pirate, 664 00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:37,242 privateer and high‐ranking Freemason 665 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:39,869 who pledged his loyalty to the United States 666 00:34:39,995 --> 00:34:42,872 during the American Revolution. 667 00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:46,668 However, after taking command of a ship known as the Betsy 668 00:34:46,793 --> 00:34:49,921 and the valuable cargo it was rumored to be carrying, 669 00:34:50,005 --> 00:34:53,592 he defected to the British and fled to Canada, 670 00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:55,927 where he purchased Lot 26 on Oak Island, 671 00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:59,306 living there until he sold the property 672 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:02,183 to fellow British soldier Samuel Ball. 673 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:04,060 Could the remains of this wharf 674 00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:06,813 represent an important clue as to why 675 00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:09,983 Samuel Ball bought this property from Captain Anderson? 676 00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:13,194 And could it also be connected to the great wealth 677 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,574 he came to possess while living on Oak Island himself? 678 00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:19,576 ALEX: What about the stones in between? 679 00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:21,494 Did you notice that they were not native 680 00:35:21,578 --> 00:35:22,829 to the landscape down there? 681 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:24,497 Did they look like maybe they were bedrock 682 00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:25,832 cast off from the island? 683 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:27,834 Some of them did look like 684 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:30,795 uh, they had been cut, or they were completely smooth. 685 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,965 So, unlike the normal rocks that you get around here 686 00:35:34,049 --> 00:35:36,301 that you can see on the shoreline, um, 687 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,137 some of them in those cribbed areas you'll actually see 688 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:40,180 are flat, almost like the bedrock stones 689 00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:41,640 ‐you've got on the island. ‐ALEX: Got it. 690 00:35:41,765 --> 00:35:43,975 ‐So they've been worked ‐TONY: Yeah. ‐Yeah. 691 00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:45,977 ALEX: So, I think we should go back to the war room 692 00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:47,479 and let the guys know that we found proof 693 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:48,730 of what you've been saying, Stuart. 694 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:50,774 ‐Fantastic. ‐Yes, yes. 695 00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:53,610 ‐STUART: Very good, Tony. ‐ALEX: Yeah, great job. 696 00:35:58,865 --> 00:35:59,908 TONY: So, what we did, we went to those areas 697 00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:02,077 off Sam Ball's property by the freshwater pond. 698 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,454 NARRATOR: After completing their dive investigation 699 00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:06,748 off the western shore of Oak Island, 700 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:09,292 Tony Sampson, along with Alex Lagina, 701 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:13,546 David Fornetti, and Stuart Wentzell deliver their report 702 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:15,382 to Rick, Marty and members of the team 703 00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:17,550 in the war room. 704 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,969 ALEX: Well, we took some video. 705 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:22,222 So, I've got that here that we can watch. 706 00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:24,099 Great! 707 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,894 ALEX: This is wharf one. 708 00:36:27,977 --> 00:36:29,896 TONY: So, it's a flat, rocky area, 709 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:32,190 which would have been cribbed in the old days. 710 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:34,609 So, it would have been a square, uh, crib 711 00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,486 that would have held the rocks. 712 00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:39,823 And, so as you, uh, descend from there down into the water, 713 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:42,200 you can actually see ballast piles 714 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:45,412 from what would have been the rocks inside the crib, 715 00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:47,997 which has now been destroyed, obviously, with the storms 716 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,083 and the hurricanes over the years. 717 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:53,670 And a lot of these ballast stones as such 718 00:36:53,795 --> 00:36:56,589 has now grown over with kelp. 719 00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:59,426 ‐Sure. ‐TONY: The second wharf‐‐ 720 00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:00,468 that was the longer one. 721 00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:03,763 So, it's the western side of the freshwater pond. 722 00:37:03,847 --> 00:37:05,223 TONY: Yeah, correct. 723 00:37:06,015 --> 00:37:08,893 This is when we're getting into the deeper water. 724 00:37:08,977 --> 00:37:11,271 This is where there's big rocks. 725 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:15,817 Quite often, you'd find these flatter ones 726 00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:18,319 on the bottom of the crib. 727 00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:21,948 ‐How deep? ‐Uh, that would have been 19 feet at high tide. 728 00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:25,326 If you go back, say, oh, 300 years, 729 00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:28,663 you would be 12 feet maximum at high tide. 730 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,373 Six feet at low tide. 731 00:37:30,457 --> 00:37:32,667 When we were looking, we saw bubbles coming up, 732 00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:36,045 and we were estimating it to be 75 to 100 feet from shore. 733 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:38,548 ‐Mm‐hmm. ‐ALEX: At least, but you were 734 00:37:38,631 --> 00:37:39,966 ‐a long way off shore. ‐Yeah. 735 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:41,926 So, that's a huge, huge wharf. 736 00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:44,679 ‐Yeah. ‐That's good. 737 00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,140 How could he have built that? 738 00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:50,935 I don't know. You know, that's‐ that's the big question, there. 739 00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:52,604 What do you think of that, Stuart? 740 00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:56,149 ‐You've built wharfs before, by hand. ‐STUART: Yeah. Yes. 741 00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:12,499 Wow. 742 00:38:13,541 --> 00:38:14,834 Yeah. 743 00:38:14,918 --> 00:38:16,377 I won't say stunned, 744 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,672 but I did not anticipate finding two wharfs 745 00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:22,091 off the Samuel Ball lot. 746 00:38:22,175 --> 00:38:25,637 It seems redundant, overkill. Why do you need two wharfs? 747 00:38:25,762 --> 00:38:28,389 A 16‐foot‐wide wharf 748 00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:31,309 to a gentleman farmer to sell his crops? 749 00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:33,269 It doesn't make sense. 750 00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:36,981 MARTY: It speaks to every aspect of what we know about Samuel Ball. 751 00:38:37,065 --> 00:38:39,734 He's smart, he's capable, 752 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,861 and he may have had... 753 00:38:41,945 --> 00:38:44,531 some things we're unaware of. 754 00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,908 ALEX: So, I wouldn't think 755 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:49,953 you'd build a giant wharf for a one‐time transfer. 756 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:52,622 ‐No. ‐RICK: I don't know. What about 757 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:55,166 the stone road and the stone path? 758 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:56,960 ALEX: I know. I agree. 759 00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:58,253 But I think that that fits, 760 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:01,673 ‐because it fits the story of a big excavation ‐Mm‐hmm. 761 00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:03,132 because of the amount of 762 00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:04,926 ‐back and forth you'd have to do. ‐RICK: Yep. 763 00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:07,136 ALEX: If that was their purpose, 764 00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:10,974 it would have been to support the hiding of the treasure. 765 00:39:11,057 --> 00:39:12,934 Not just the unloading. Not just the transporting. 766 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,353 Now, it wasn't buried in a ten‐foot pit. 767 00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:19,148 To me, it supports the idea that they did a lot of work. 768 00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:22,360 One thing I find interesting is that wharf location, 769 00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:24,779 and at the bottom of the Ball property there was 770 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:26,239 a lot of buttons and things found. 771 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:28,950 To me, that's from more than one person. 772 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,452 You come off the ship, you get on land, people 773 00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:34,289 ‐would congregate there. ‐DAN: Yeah. The thing about Oak Island 774 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:38,167 is that it would be a good base for seafaring people. 775 00:39:38,251 --> 00:39:41,296 Uh, British certainly had good reason to use it. 776 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:44,424 ALEX: Yeah. And that is where we found that Navy button. 777 00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:46,384 And we did not have 778 00:39:46,509 --> 00:39:48,636 any knowledge of him being involved with the Navy 779 00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:52,432 other than the 16‐foot‐wide, hundred‐foot‐long wharf. 780 00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:55,310 RICK: There's no question 781 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:58,062 that the find of this wharf‐‐ which, again, 782 00:39:58,146 --> 00:40:01,024 a local resident has provided this information‐‐ 783 00:40:01,149 --> 00:40:05,361 what it does is it's helpful with figuring out 784 00:40:05,445 --> 00:40:08,072 what a search agenda in the future might look like, 785 00:40:08,156 --> 00:40:09,908 because now we have a wharf, 786 00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:13,703 which we now, based on the find of the stone road and pathway, 787 00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,705 are telling us that there's 788 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:17,373 some aspect to the Oak Island story 789 00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:20,126 that was previously completely unknown. 790 00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:23,296 First, we thought we wouldn't be here at all. 791 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:27,467 And now we find ourselves with more data, more information 792 00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:32,347 than we probably could have acquired in a non‐COVID year. 793 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:35,475 ‐Which is astounding, right? ‐Yeah. 794 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,393 But what it says is 795 00:40:37,477 --> 00:40:40,355 there's a lot of homework for each and every one of us, 796 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,690 and there's only one way to do it. We say it all the time. 797 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:45,318 It's not going to be done here sitting in chairs. 798 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,486 Okay, guys. Good job. 799 00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:49,656 You proved that it's worth further investigation. 800 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,532 ‐Let's get after it. ‐Okay. 801 00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:55,870 NARRATOR: For Rick, Marty, Craig and their team, 802 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:58,039 the clues continue to mount 803 00:40:58,164 --> 00:40:59,916 that something of profound importance 804 00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:03,378 took place centuries ago on Oak Island. 805 00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:06,756 And given what they have had to overcome 806 00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:09,968 in a year that has challenged the entire world, 807 00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:15,390 their accomplishments have been nothing short of extraordinary. 808 00:41:16,057 --> 00:41:18,309 But now, with winter coming 809 00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:20,478 and time running out for this year, 810 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,941 can they overcome the odds one more time 811 00:41:25,024 --> 00:41:28,653 and make the ultimate discovery? 812 00:41:30,697 --> 00:41:33,491 NARRATOR: Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 813 00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:35,034 GARY: Ooh! Look at that. 814 00:41:35,118 --> 00:41:38,079 Fantastic, mate! This is old. 815 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,872 LAIRD: Often, the detail is really cryptic. 816 00:41:39,956 --> 00:41:42,750 RICK: The only people who would do that would be Templars. 817 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:45,962 ‐There's got to be more out there. ‐Whoa. What's that? 818 00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:47,880 ‐Whoa. Sweet. ‐MIRIAM: Whoa. 819 00:41:48,006 --> 00:41:49,132 IAN: Oh, wow. 820 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:50,633 We took the samples to analyze 821 00:41:50,758 --> 00:41:52,677 for silver, and we got a spike. 822 00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:54,178 There's every reason to believe 823 00:41:54,303 --> 00:41:56,431 down in those holes there's treasure. 824 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,808 ‐MARTY: Oh, baby! ‐JACK: Oh, no way! 825 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:02,020 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS