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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...

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STEVE G.:
We need to connect

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the cobble path in the swamp

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to this path
that leads to the Money Pit.

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‐That may be
our "X" on the ground.
‐Yes.

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NARRATOR:
It's the historic season finale.

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‐GARY: Oh, my gosh.
‐STEVE G.: Wow.

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‐That's old. This is off a ship.
‐It's off a ship.

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JACK:
That might actually be the thing
that solves the mystery.

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‐RICK: Oh, oh, oh.
‐CHARLES: What do you got?

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‐What is that?
‐I've never seen anything
like that before.

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‐AARON: It's incredible.
‐This is the first
direct evidence

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‐of real treasure.
‐(laughter)

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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

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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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IAN: There is every
reason to believe,

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down in those holes,
that there is

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something close by
that contains a very large

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amount of silver.

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DOUG:
I guess I'm still trying
to get a mental picture

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of how much silver it would
take to give these levels.

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Like, is it
a handful of silver or is it

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‐a Gerhardt dump truck
load of silver?
‐It's a Gerhardt dump truck.

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‐MARTY: Aw, baby.
‐JACK: Oh, no way!

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NARRATOR: In the war room,
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

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has just shared a report

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of the water sampling tests
conducted earlier this week

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in a number of boreholes
across the Money Pit area,

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including Borehole C‐1,

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with brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,

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their partner Craig Tester,

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and members of their team.

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The empirical
scientific data may confirm

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what people have been trying
to prove for 226 years:

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that a vast treasure really
does lie buried on Oak Island.

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I'm trying to refrain
from getting too excited,

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but‐but I'm starting to.
How rare is this?

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‐That's what I'm trying‐‐ Yeah.
‐IAN: Well, it's rare.

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I don't think it's a common
thing that I've ever seen

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in water samples in Nova Scotia.

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MARTY:
C‐1 is uncontaminated.

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I mean, I can't see how C‐1
would have contamination in it.

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And it was in that hole
that the shiny gold thing

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was found that
we're still looking for

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to this day. If that was

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‐a golden alloy of such,
you know,
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maybe that was one piece
of what we're looking for.

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‐Yup.
‐IAN: Yeah.

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There's something down there.

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If you took a huge‐‐ a room
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put it down there,
you would have

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a similar signature that
you have here in the water.

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DOUG:
Wow.

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NARRATOR: Ever since Oak Island
historian Charles Barkhouse

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first recommended that
Rick, Marty and Craig

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drill the borehole known as C‐1

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five years ago,
it has continued to leave them

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wondering if
it might be connected

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to the original
Money Pit treasure shaft.

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Right there.
What the hell is that?

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NARRATOR:
After the original
six‐inch borehole

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encountered
a ten‐foot‐high void,

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or chamber, some 170 feet deep,
containing a mysterious

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shiny gold object
embedded in the wall...

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RICK:
It's your gold color.

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CHARLES:
Yeah, there's another
piece of it there, too.

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Yeah, another piece.

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(machine whirring)

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...the team expanded the hole

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to a four‐foot diameter,

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allowing numerous
dive operations

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in the subsequent years,

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attempting to verify
just what was down there.

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What's this?
Is this another one?

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I can see gold.

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NARRATOR:
These investigations,

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although non‐definitive so far,
have led to the discovery

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of a possible tunnel
leading away

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from the mysterious chamber,

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as well as at least
three more gold‐colored objects

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embedded in the wall.

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MARTY:
To me, the results
of the water study, thus far,

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are the most significant
thing that has occurred

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in and around the Money Pit.

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RICK:
Now we have evidence

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that there's a high
concentration of treasure

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connected to C‐1.
It's more than significant.

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It's an aha moment.

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To me, this is
the first direct evidence,

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direct indication,
of treasure that we've had.

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‐Yup.
‐Everything else we've run
has been inferential, right?

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We look for cavities,
and we look for things

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that might be associated.

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‐This is a direct measurement.
‐Right.

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So, would you go
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and take sediment samples?

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Yeah, I would like to look
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especially in C‐1,

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any metals available in the
water should attach to that.

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‐Well, we can get you that.
‐I can just core it
with my corer.

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‐That'd be great.
‐Yeah.

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If this were June,
I think we might try

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to marshal forces
to exploit this discovery.

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But, as it is,
time is closing in,

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weather is closing in.

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There's just not enough assets
to enable that to happen.

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But we can follow up
on this testing

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and really put our minds
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the options
that this discovery presents.

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MARTY:
Excellent. Excellent data
and, honestly, really exciting.

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You know, first direct
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‐and the story they might tell.
‐Mm‐hmm.

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So, thanks, and I think
it's time to get back to work.

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‐Yup.
‐MARTY: Thanks.

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RICK:
Thanks, guys.

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‐ALEX: Gonna core C‐1?
‐IAN: Yup.

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NARRATOR:
The following morning...

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I'll let you lower it down.

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NARRATOR:
...while Dr. Spooner
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to collect sediment samples
from Borehole C‐1,

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in the uplands
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of the man‐made,
triangle‐shaped swamp...

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CHARLES:
There's all stones
under here, Rick.

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Look. Stone, stone, stone.

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and Charles Barkhouse

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continue working
with archeologists

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Dr. Aaron Taylor
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heavy equipment operator
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and metal detection expert
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to uncover more sections
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‐Ooh. Look.
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‐Oh, that's definitely
a piece of pottery.
‐Oh, that's a...

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‐Yeah. Yeah.
‐CHARLES: That's, like, the
bottom of a plate or something.

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NARRATOR:
Now, with just a few days left

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before the first snowfall
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and the end
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that they will be able
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it is their hope to determine
just where the pathway leads

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and if any valuable objects
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Hey, guys.

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Hey, Aaron.

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How's it going?

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RICK:
Well, you tell us.

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‐Here's what we've come up with.
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RICK:
That just came out of‐‐

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‐I dug that out of right there.
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So we have the annular ware,

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British ceramic, comes in 1751.

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Then we have the creamware,

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which comes in 1762, '63.

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See, you have such
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RICK:
The question was raised:

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will this road lead us to X?
Possible treasure?

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Sure. It's a possibility,

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but the hope is that
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which can be tested to create

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a proper timeline
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of why that feature was built.

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But this certainly
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and we have
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AARON:
All right, this is great,
you guys.

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I'll go get a bag for you.

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But, in the meantime, you can
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‐in this little dustpan.
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AARON:
And just keep going, and I will

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‐be back shortly.
‐Okay.
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‐Definitely seems to be
more rock back here.
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‐RICK: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
‐What do you got?

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What do you got?

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That is something
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Round. Look at that.

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See that?

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CHARLES:
What is that? Metal? What is it?

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Oh, I can see it's round, yeah.

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What is that?

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RICK: That is like nothing
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Heavy, too.

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It's defninitely different.
Look at that.

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of the swamp,
Rick Lagina has just made

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a peculiar discovery
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CHARLES:
That's cool.

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RICK:
The coloration on it is strange.

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There's some markings
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‐Is there?
‐Look at it.

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See that right there?

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CHARLES:
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Some kind of a number, isn't it?

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‐Is that "55"?
‐I see a five.

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Do you think it's some kind
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A possible metal weight?

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Found along the stone pathway
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What might
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Could it be a tool of some kind?

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Like the possible
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discovered two weeks ago
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and which was carbon‐dated
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That, without question,
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I've seen
come out of the ground.

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It does look like a number
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RICK:
That is a prime
candidate for XRF.

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Oh, yeah. For sure.

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X‐ray fluorescence analysis,

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or XRF,

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is a process which employs
non‐destructive radiation

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in order to determine an
object's chemical composition.

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It will also identify
whether or not the metal used

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to make the artifact
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This is a significantly
interesting area.

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Anyway, let's see
what else we can find.

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CHARLES:
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NARRATOR:
As Rick and Charles
look for more clues

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along the stone pathway
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GARY:
Smell that, Steve?

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That's the smell of treasure.

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...on Lot 32,

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near the southwestern border
of the swamp,

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metal detection expert
Gary Drayton,

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surveyor Steve Guptill,

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and heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt,

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are hoping to make
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of their own.

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It was near this area that,
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Gary found a lead bag seal

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bearing a mysterious
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and which might date back to
as early as the 14th century.

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GARY:
Now we're in the deeper layers.

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Now we stand a chance.

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There's something there.

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Let's have a look. Oh!

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Yeah, you're right, Billy.

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Look at that.

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‐And it came from very deep.
‐GARY: Look at that, Steve.

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That is definitely...
that's old.

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‐STEVE G.: That looks old.
‐Look at that.
That's an old piece of wood.

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It's got that nice,
crude round hole.

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Wouldn't be too small
to be part of a wharf.

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‐Yeah, I know.
‐GARY: I would imagine
this is off a ship.

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‐BILLY: It's off a ship.
‐Yeah. Wow.

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NARRATOR:
Could Gary be correct?

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That they have unearthed
a piece of wood

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that came from a ship?

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If so, might it be
connected to the pieces

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of possible ship's railing
found in the southern portion

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of the swamp one month ago?

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Or perhaps the massive 200‐foot‐
long ship‐shaped anomaly

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detected in the swamp
by seismic scanning in 2018?

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GARY:
This is nice, mate.

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It kind of
reminds me of a latch.

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‐Like to close a door.
‐BILLY: Yeah.

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‐On a door or a hold, right?
‐GARY: Yeah.
‐STEVE G.: This is really close

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to the ship's railing
that we found right there.

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And this lines up
with our ship anomaly.

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So, I mean, if we're going
to find parts of a ship,

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‐this is where
we're going to find it.
‐Yeah. Yeah.

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I'd be very surprised
if that weren't off a ship.

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‐That's a really
cool find, mate.
‐Yeah.

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‐STEVE G.: That's a great find.
‐GARY: Yeah, it is great.

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‐STEVE G.: Good eye, Billy.
‐BILLY: Yup.

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NARRATOR:
The following morning...

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‐RICK: Hey, guys.
‐ALEX: Hey.

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So, guess what
we're going to talk about.

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‐Swamp!
‐RICK: There ya go!

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NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina
and members of the team

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have arranged to meet
via videoconference

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with Marty and Craig,

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who have returned to Michigan

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for important business.

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I sent you on some pictures
about this item

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that I found, and it's‐‐
it's very strange.

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I showed it to Doug and Scott.

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We put it on the microscope
last night and Doug

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‐thought he saw something.
‐DOUG: Yeah.

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It had milled edges on it.

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‐Hmm.
‐The ends are indented,

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and there seems to be
some markings inside them.

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The closest comparisons
we can find

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‐are trade weights.
‐Wow.

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NARRATOR:
A possible trade weight?

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Recovered along the cobblestone
pathway in the swamp?

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Dating back to the Middle Ages,

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as Europe became
the center of world trade,

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merchants used trade weights
as the standard method

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for weighing
different kinds of goods.

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Now the question is:

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just exactly what type of goods

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was this trade weight
being used to measure?

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And the XRF says
that it's mostly copper.

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It weighs 45 grams.

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That's just about as
close as you can get

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to one‐tenth of a pound.

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‐Yeah.
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐AARON: And, Doug, tell them

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the interesting part
about what it might mean.

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We were just trying to see
if the 45 grams matched

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an ounce measure in any culture
or time period.

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And the only thing that
seems to line up right now

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is a troy ounce,
which, of course, a troy ounce

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is used to
measure precious metals.

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Hmm.

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NARRATOR:
A troy ounce?

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Believed to have
originated as far back

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as the early 14th century
in Troyes, France,

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the so‐called troy ounce

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was a unit of measurement equal
to approximately 31 grams

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and was specifically employed
for weighing precious metals

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such as silver or gold coins.

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Is it possible
that this trade weight

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may be connected
to the other potentially

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telling discoveries made
on Oak Island this year?

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Such as the 15th‐century pieces
of wood cargo barrels,

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also found
along the stone pathway,

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or perhaps
the massive amounts of silver

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that have just been detected
deep in the Money Pit area.

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I don't think the average farmer

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would have
a set of trade weights.

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But these things were
in use for a long, long time.

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And they were used by,
generally speaking,

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whoever was handling the money.

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Somebody with means, somebody
with metals to divide up.

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It suggests to me
a level of sophistication

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on whatever it is we're chasing.

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Honestly, it does look very
like a balance weight

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for trading something
that would be valuable

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‐down to the tenth of a pound.
‐ALEX: Mm‐hmm.

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MARTY:
And, Aaron, you have to give it
context, right? If it's found

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next to a bunch of other stuff
that are quite old,

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‐it's really hard for it
to be modern, right?
‐AARON: Yeah, you know,

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that's what we can
associate it with.

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‐Yeah.
‐RICK: You know, I just think

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that some very strange items
are coming out

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‐of the road and the path.
‐AARON: Yeah.

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We've started
to leapfrog up the hill,

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and we're
finding evidence of a road.

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‐Yup.
‐AARON: And, eventually,

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hopefully, we'll end up figuring
out where this road is going to.

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Yeah. Hopefully before
the weather and time

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closes us out,
we'll find more things.

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‐Yup.
‐Get after it.

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We'll get back out there.
See ya!

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MARTY:
Bravo tango. Here we come.

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‐IAN: Hey, Aaron. Hi, Miriam.
‐Hey, guys.

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Hi, Miriam. Hi, Aaron.

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So we've got a little something

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to show you guys.

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NARRATOR:
One day after discovering

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a possible
treasure trade weight,

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Rick Lagina and geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner

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return to the uplands
near the northeastern border

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of the swamp.

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AARON:
We're trying
to see if this cobble is a path

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and if it's continuing,

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so we came down on these stones.

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NARRATOR: They are eager
to receive an update

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from archeologists
Miriam Amirault

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and Dr. Aaron Taylor
on their investigation

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of the cobblestone
pathway feature.

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We're coming down
on a burn layer.

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‐We've got concentration
of charcoal.
‐RICK: Right.

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You've got stones
looking sort of circular.

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Something might've happened here

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that displaced the stone,
but now there seems

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there's a hearth
in the middle of the road.

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We don't have
an explanation for that.

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Well, we've got coal

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on the, uh, cobble pathway
and on the stone road.

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We've got slag.

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So we've got the sense
of perhaps a forge.

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NARRATOR:
A forge or blacksmith's furnace

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found along the pathway?

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If so, could it be more evidence

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of major human activity
centuries before the discovery

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of the Money Pit in 1795?

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And might it be
another important clue

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connected to an effort
to hide something

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of great value on Oak Island?

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RICK:
One would have thought that,

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when we uncovered
the stone road,

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that it would have been
an easy understanding

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of where that stone road led.

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But we don't at this point.

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It's frustrating because

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we have these
tantalizing clues‐‐

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the slag, the coal,
an early date for the road.

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We're close,
but we're not there.

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So, my next question is,
of course,

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where do you go next?

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So, I think we go back
up to where you're standing,

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uh, just to get a complete
look at what this is.

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MIRIAM:
Especially because we have
cobbles right in that corner,

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‐and we'd want to
see if they keep going.
‐AARON: Yeah.

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So, that's what we'll do.
We'll just keep taking

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this back and,
you know, I probably

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want to expand that way again.

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No, look.
It's a great, great plan,

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but time and weather conspire.

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‐So let's get after it.
‐AARON: Yeah. All right.

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‐Okay. Good luck!
‐See you soon.
‐AARON: Thank you.

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NARRATOR:
As archeologists Miriam Amirault

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and Dr. Aaron Taylor

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continue their investigation
in the uplands,

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later that afternoon...

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‐ALEX: Hey, Rick.
‐RICK: Hey.

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Where did all that dirt
come from?

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We keep digging and we keep
coming up with more dirt.

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NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina heads to Lot 25,

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where archaeologists Laird Niven

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and Liz Michels, along with
Alex Lagina and David Fornetti,

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00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:07,355
are finishing up their
investigation for the year

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at the 18th‐century homestead

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that once belonged
to Samuel Ball.

429
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Is there another shovel?

430
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There's a
square‐headed one here.

431
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NARRATOR:
This year,
the team has made a number

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of compelling discoveries
in their quest to find out how

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the former American slave
turned farmer

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mysteriously became one
of the wealthiest landowners

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in Nova Scotia
by the early 19th century.

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RICK:
As you look outward,
what is the potential

437
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for further understanding
of Samuel and his life?

438
00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:39,970
What is going on here?

439
00:19:40,054 --> 00:19:42,640
I think we've got a lot
more work to do

440
00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:44,433
just around the cellar,
and then I think

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what I'd really like to see
is more historical work done.

442
00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:50,481
To get some ideas
of economic status.

443
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This is the biggest evidence.

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‐The size of the home?
‐LAIRD: Yup.

445
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:56,404
But no smoking guns yet.

446
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,823
Well, we have that one‐‐
that one button.

447
00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:01,867
Yeah, we had a nice, neat
timeline going with Sam Ball

448
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until you found that button.

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‐And then it just...
‐ALEX: Yeah, exactly.

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NARRATOR:
In addition to gaining
a better understanding

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of just how large a home
Mr. Ball had

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for a supposed
simple cabbage farmer,

453
00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:18,050
the team also found a number
of compelling discoveries,

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including a British
naval officer's button...

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...as well as
the remains of a massive

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100‐foot‐long wharf
bordering his property.

457
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Is it possible that
Samuel Ball's personal story

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may be more connected
to the Oak Island mystery

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than anyone ever knew?

460
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:45,494
I marvel at the man,
but at the end of the day,

461
00:20:45,619 --> 00:20:47,788
yea or nay: do you think

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he has any association
with the treasure?

463
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LIZ:
Well, I think there
may be some credibility

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to a version of the story.

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You know, it's not totally
out of the question

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that he found something.

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ALEX:
We know he was enterprising.

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00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:03,137
I mean, if you look at what
he achieved, it's a lot.

469
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‐Yup.
‐I think, I'm gonna go
back to the button.

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I think the biggest thing that
we found here that might tie him

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to the treasure story
is that button and the wharf.

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‐Wow.
‐ALEX: Not necessarily

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that he found anything but now
he is connected with a group

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that could have pulled this off.

475
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,528
See, that all just changes

476
00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:21,322
everything
we think of Samuel Ball.

477
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An incredible,
incredible human being.

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‐Exactly.
‐RICK: Samuel Ball

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is certainly part
of the story of Oak Island.

480
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Whether or not
there's a direct connection

481
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,626
to the treasure mystery,
we don't know.

482
00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:36,170
But the man's story
needs to be told.

483
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:39,381
This really does give us
some insight into who he was,

484
00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,050
and it's quite amazing.

485
00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:42,176
Yeah.

486
00:21:42,259 --> 00:21:45,930
I mean, it just
reeks of history, right?

487
00:21:46,013 --> 00:21:49,642
‐Good job, everybody. Thank you.
‐LAIRD: Thanks, Rick.

488
00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:52,436
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...

489
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,356
RICK:
Please tell me
you've found the road.

490
00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:56,649
(laughter)

491
00:21:56,732 --> 00:21:58,359
NARRATOR:
...Rick Lagina, along with

492
00:21:58,484 --> 00:21:59,819
his nephews, Alex Lagina

493
00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:02,279
and David Fornetti,
return to the uplands

494
00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:05,908
near the Oak Island swamp
for an update

495
00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:07,368
from archeologist
Dr. Aaron Taylor

496
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:10,329
on his investigation
of the cobblestone path.

497
00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,666
I'm confident we found the road.

498
00:22:13,791 --> 00:22:15,209
And what leads you to that?

499
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,044
Behind us here we have

500
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,630
what I'm fairly certain is

501
00:22:19,713 --> 00:22:21,799
part of the road or pathway.

502
00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:23,968
It's got definite boundaries.

503
00:22:24,927 --> 00:22:27,638
It's cobblestone.
It's about nine feet in width,

504
00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:32,059
which is close to what the
swamp path‐‐ road has been.

505
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,436
It's heading up this way and...

506
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,605
towards the Money Pit.

507
00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:41,026
NARRATOR:
Could archaeologist
Dr. Aaron Taylor be correct

508
00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:43,654
that the stone pathway
is indeed leading

509
00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:44,780
toward the Money Pit area?

510
00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:46,699
It is giving a sense that

511
00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:48,993
it's going
in that general direction.

512
00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:51,495
NARRATOR:
If so, could it provide Rick,

513
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:53,372
Marty, Craig and the team

514
00:22:53,497 --> 00:22:55,958
with a road map to where
massive amounts of silver,

515
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:58,669
and perhaps other items
of great value,

516
00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:01,130
lie buried on Oak Island?

517
00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:03,799
The road may be heading
towards the Money Pit.

518
00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:06,844
Of course that's‐that's...
that's important.

519
00:23:06,969 --> 00:23:11,265
It's critical to try
to connect these areas

520
00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:15,519
that are significant in terms
of solving the mystery.

521
00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:19,148
That is the real aha moment.

522
00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:21,650
All right, what I'd like to do

523
00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:24,111
is we should all
rally to the war room

524
00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:27,990
and have a discussion about what
we've learned, what we've done,

525
00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:30,492
what they might mean
for the future,

526
00:23:30,618 --> 00:23:32,661
‐and where we go next.
‐Yup.

527
00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:35,122
‐AARON: Great. Agreed.
‐ALEX: Sounds good.
‐DAVID F.: Sounds good.

528
00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:41,462
RICK: Doug, if you could
bring everybody up.

529
00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:42,963
Hey, everybody.

530
00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,299
‐Hey.
‐Hey, everyone.
‐Hey!

531
00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:48,302
NARRATOR: Just after the first
snow of another harsh,

532
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,638
North Atlantic winter
has fallen,

533
00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:55,225
Rick Lagina has gathered
members of the team for a final,

534
00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:57,561
albeit bittersweet,
meeting in the war room

535
00:23:57,686 --> 00:24:01,273
to assess what has been the most
successful year of discovery

536
00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:04,944
in the entire 226‐year‐old
Oak Island mystery.

537
00:24:05,027 --> 00:24:07,071
And by the way,
I'm looking at a bunch

538
00:24:07,154 --> 00:24:09,114
of somber‐looking people
on this screen right now.

539
00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:12,826
What the hell's the deal here?
This has been a great year.

540
00:24:12,868 --> 00:24:14,286
This is good.
This is good stuff.

541
00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:17,247
NARRATOR: Joining the gathering
from their offices

542
00:24:17,331 --> 00:24:19,124
in Traverse City, Michigan,
are Marty Lagina

543
00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:22,878
and Craig Tester,
along with Jack Begley.

544
00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:25,965
I am amazed
when I think about it.

545
00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:29,051
The amount of work
in a COVID‐abbreviated year.

546
00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:31,053
I never would have thought

547
00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:33,847
that we would be sitting here

548
00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:36,100
contemplating how much positive

549
00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:38,143
work has been
accomplished this year.

550
00:24:38,185 --> 00:24:39,687
It's been quite remarkable.

551
00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:42,398
What I would like to do

552
00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:46,568
is assess the value
of the work done,

553
00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:49,697
where we are with that work,
and where do we go from there.

554
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,782
So I think we all agree

555
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:55,828
we made, what I believe, was a
really quite amazing discovery

556
00:24:55,911 --> 00:24:58,998
in the swamp. I think I'll turn
it over to Aaron and Miriam,

557
00:24:59,081 --> 00:25:01,166
who have done
the majority of the work.

558
00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:04,294
AARON:
Sure. I think if anyone said

559
00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:06,213
they expected
or anticipated finding

560
00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:09,633
a stone road
running through a swamp,

561
00:25:09,717 --> 00:25:10,843
I would say they're lying.

562
00:25:10,968 --> 00:25:12,845
(laughter)

563
00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:17,641
It ran for 600 feet
along the swamp.

564
00:25:18,475 --> 00:25:20,894
The fact that there's
no paper trail for this,

565
00:25:20,978 --> 00:25:23,147
a feat of engineering
this large,

566
00:25:23,230 --> 00:25:26,817
it would have taken
a lot of men to construct it.

567
00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:28,485
It's incredible.

568
00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:30,446
Yeah, um, I agree.

569
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:34,033
I think for us, the biggest
thing to make us wonder,

570
00:25:34,158 --> 00:25:36,368
"Is this related
to the treasure?" was the fact

571
00:25:36,493 --> 00:25:39,496
that there's nothing written,
really, about this.

572
00:25:40,581 --> 00:25:42,916
AARON:
When you start looking at it,

573
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,585
it might be heading
to the Money Pit.

574
00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:48,630
NARRATOR:
Although some have
speculated in the past

575
00:25:48,756 --> 00:25:52,551
that the triangle‐shaped swamp
may have been artificially made,

576
00:25:52,634 --> 00:25:55,179
this year
the Oak Island team proved it.

577
00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:59,099
It began with the discovery
of a massive stone road,

578
00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:01,268
or possible ship's wharf,

579
00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:04,980
running along the southeastern
border of the brackish bog

580
00:26:05,022 --> 00:26:06,565
giving credence
to the long‐held theory

581
00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:09,526
by Fred Nolan that the swamp
was once open ocean.

582
00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:13,072
This, of course,
was followed by the discovery

583
00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:14,865
of the cobblestone pathway

584
00:26:14,948 --> 00:26:17,367
running along the entire
eastern border of the swamp

585
00:26:17,451 --> 00:26:19,203
where the team
made incredible discoveries

586
00:26:19,328 --> 00:26:21,580
such as iron ringbolts,

587
00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:24,958
as well as pieces
of 15th‐century keg barrels,

588
00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:27,711
offering evidence
of an operation

589
00:26:27,836 --> 00:26:32,091
to unload heavy cargo from
a ship and onto Oak Island.

590
00:26:32,174 --> 00:26:34,551
The question
that lingered all year,

591
00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:36,804
and which may now
have been answered,

592
00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:39,223
was just where it was leading?

593
00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:44,061
I just think that
the labor‐intensive work

594
00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:48,148
of a swamp road, we'll call it,
and the Money Pit were‐‐

595
00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,150
I think they were done
at different times,

596
00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:52,986
and I think the earliest
construct was the road

597
00:26:53,028 --> 00:26:56,365
because you have
to cover that problem

598
00:26:56,448 --> 00:27:00,244
of logistics
before you can develop

599
00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,622
an agenda such as
what was done in the Money Pit.

600
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,084
Some of the survey stakes

601
00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:09,503
give dates going back
to the 1600s.

602
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:13,048
And I agree,
and we've talked about that,

603
00:27:13,173 --> 00:27:16,301
that possibly being
two, three and maybe even

604
00:27:16,385 --> 00:27:18,470
‐four periods occurring.
‐Yeah.

605
00:27:18,554 --> 00:27:20,389
MARTY:
This is a massive
thing that's hidden.

606
00:27:20,514 --> 00:27:23,475
And it explains why
there's no paperwork, right?

607
00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:24,476
I mean,
you don't create paperwork

608
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,145
if you want
to keep something hidden.

609
00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:27,980
I mean, how significant is this?

610
00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:29,815
IAN:
This was not built

611
00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:33,652
by fishermen or farmers,
in my opinion,

612
00:27:33,735 --> 00:27:36,488
because it speaks
to some other purpose.

613
00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,283
I'm glad you said that, mate,
'cause there is a purpose

614
00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:41,994
to all these artifacts
on this table.

615
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:45,414
Which, if there's
a treasure operation,

616
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:49,376
someone depositing treasure
on this island for centuries,

617
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,254
this is what you expect to see.

618
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:56,383
Coal, you've got the ox shoes,

619
00:27:56,466 --> 00:27:58,844
oxes, beasts of heavy burden,

620
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:02,181
which would have been
moving treasure inland.

621
00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:04,474
And that fantastic ringbolt.

622
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,769
That would have been used
for guiding the oxes

623
00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:10,022
along the trails.

624
00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:12,191
All of these artifacts
were before

625
00:28:12,316 --> 00:28:14,443
the story of the Money Pit.

626
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:18,197
These artifacts must surely
lead us to treasure.

627
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,199
RICK:
Steve is going to bring up

628
00:28:20,324 --> 00:28:22,367
the mapping that he did
of the artifact finds,

629
00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:25,287
and I think
it will be very informative.

630
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,289
So, I'm going to share
my screen with everybody.

631
00:28:29,291 --> 00:28:31,585
So, as you can see,
there's a substantial amount

632
00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:33,795
of work done
by everybody this year.

633
00:28:33,879 --> 00:28:36,423
That's without the artifacts

634
00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:38,634
and the metal detecting finds,
so I'm gonna turn those on now,

635
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:41,428
and you guys are, I would think,
are gonna be quite impressed

636
00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:44,306
of how busy
the island actually gets.

637
00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:47,601
‐IAN: Geez.
‐DOUG: Wow.
‐RICK: Wow.

638
00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:51,104
STEVE G.:
Did you guys see how the island
filled in rather quickly?

639
00:28:51,188 --> 00:28:54,066
We found 700 objects this year.

640
00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:55,984
It's twice as much as last year.

641
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:59,571
MARTY:
When I see all those finds,
it's gratifying.

642
00:28:59,696 --> 00:29:03,116
There is concrete
evidence of substantial works

643
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,535
prior to 1795 and a lot of them.

644
00:29:05,619 --> 00:29:07,371
A lot went on on that island.

645
00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:09,414
None of it documented.

646
00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:11,500
We started looking for patterns.

647
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,002
And it started
with the ox shoes.

648
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:16,672
Well, the ox shoes this year
started to tell its own story

649
00:29:16,797 --> 00:29:19,716
and it had to do
with traveled areas, and it goes

650
00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:20,842
to the cobble path.

651
00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:24,388
I think it's one of many.
I referred to it

652
00:29:24,471 --> 00:29:26,306
earlier in the year,
the cobble path,

653
00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:27,766
as the Oak Island interstate

654
00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:30,018
because I don't
think there's one path.

655
00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:31,853
I think there's multiple paths.

656
00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:39,361
NARRATOR:
In the Oak Island war room,

657
00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:40,362
surveyor Steve Guptill

658
00:29:40,487 --> 00:29:42,447
is presenting a map
he has created

659
00:29:42,531 --> 00:29:44,241
based on the hundreds
of discoveries

660
00:29:44,366 --> 00:29:45,993
the team made this year.

661
00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,287
He believes it offers evidence

662
00:29:48,370 --> 00:29:51,581
that numerous hidden
ancient pathways may exist

663
00:29:51,665 --> 00:29:53,292
beyond the one they unearthed

664
00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:55,502
along the eastern border
of the swamp.

665
00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:58,630
STEVE G.: I'm going to show
you guys one of these paths.

666
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:01,717
So earlier in the year, after
the stone road was uncovered,

667
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,803
Rick wanted us
to project that road north

668
00:30:04,928 --> 00:30:07,222
through Lot 15.

669
00:30:07,347 --> 00:30:09,349
So, Gary and I, and Jack,

670
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:11,643
we staked this road
and, as you can see,

671
00:30:11,768 --> 00:30:14,938
throughout the year, Gary made
multiple finds on that.

672
00:30:15,022 --> 00:30:16,315
Yup.

673
00:30:16,356 --> 00:30:17,983
‐(detector beeping)
‐Ooh, look at that!

674
00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:20,444
‐MICHAEL J.: What's that?
‐A little baby ox shoe.

675
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,070
NARRATOR:
Over the course of this year,

676
00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:23,989
while metal detecting on Lot 15

677
00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:26,241
between the swamp
and the Money Pit area,

678
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:29,161
Gary Drayton
and members of the team

679
00:30:29,286 --> 00:30:31,288
made a number
of compelling finds

680
00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:34,166
offering evidence
of extensive human activity

681
00:30:34,291 --> 00:30:38,170
including a number
of ox shoes, ax heads,

682
00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:40,464
and even a Chinese cash coin

683
00:30:40,589 --> 00:30:43,467
that dates back
as much as ten centuries.

684
00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:46,136
Is it possible,
as Steve Guptill believes,

685
00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:48,513
that Gary also discovered
another pathway

686
00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:50,891
leading away from the swamp?

687
00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:52,851
If so, then where does it end?

688
00:30:52,976 --> 00:30:55,437
Perhaps at the original
Money Pit?

689
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,606
Or at another location

690
00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:00,192
where something
of great value lies hidden?

691
00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:02,944
So, we need to connect

692
00:31:03,028 --> 00:31:04,488
the cobble path in the swamp

693
00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:07,574
to this path of Gary finds
that leads to the Money Pit.

694
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,659
That may be our X on the ground.

695
00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:11,995
‐It could very well be.
‐MARTY: Okay, well,

696
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:13,997
my next question,
Laird, I've asked you before.

697
00:31:14,122 --> 00:31:18,043
When you look at that speckled
elephant in front of you there,

698
00:31:18,168 --> 00:31:21,421
if we went to ten different
islands in Mahone Bay

699
00:31:21,505 --> 00:31:24,424
and searched it as closely
as we've searched this,

700
00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:27,219
‐would we find all this stuff?
‐I honestly don't think so.

701
00:31:27,302 --> 00:31:29,554
‐This is unique?
‐That's one word for it.

702
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:32,099
(laughter)

703
00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:34,434
RICK:
There you go.

704
00:31:34,518 --> 00:31:36,436
What this tells me
is it's imperative

705
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,397
that we find out
where the road goes,

706
00:31:38,522 --> 00:31:41,817
and where it ultimately ends up.
That's gonna provide

707
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:45,070
real narrative,
real understanding,

708
00:31:45,195 --> 00:31:46,947
and maybe, maybe help us

709
00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:48,990
in terms of where we go

710
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:50,033
‐in the Money Pit.
‐Yes.

711
00:31:50,117 --> 00:31:53,620
So let's start at the Money Pit
and then proceed.

712
00:31:53,703 --> 00:31:56,123
It was Doug
and Steve and Charles

713
00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:59,292
who spent the majority
of the time at the drill table.

714
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:01,795
And Terry, of course, so...

715
00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:04,589
Doug, if you want to sum up

716
00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:07,259
‐that work...
‐DOUG: Well, we did start
with the Money Pit.

717
00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:11,096
C‐1, at the start of the year,
Charles, the indications that

718
00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:13,974
‐there was more than one
shiny gold thing there.
‐I know, yeah.

719
00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:16,017
And now with Dr. Spooner

720
00:32:16,143 --> 00:32:17,853
and, uh, Dr. Lukeman's work,

721
00:32:17,978 --> 00:32:20,439
C‐1 is now
of high interest to us.

722
00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:22,691
So, I mean,
there are a lot of mysteries

723
00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:24,568
in the Money Pit
still to be solved.

724
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,487
Speaking of that,
I know you just got

725
00:32:27,571 --> 00:32:29,156
the results back from C‐1.

726
00:32:29,239 --> 00:32:30,782
‐What were they?
‐IAN: Yeah.

727
00:32:30,866 --> 00:32:33,577
Alex and I went and took
some sediment samples

728
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:35,162
from the bottom of C‐1.

729
00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:36,621
And the idea being that maybe

730
00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:38,665
that sediment
is telling us a little bit

731
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:42,210
about where the high copper
and zinc and trace silver

732
00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:43,795
are coming from.

733
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,382
But the sediment is very low
in those elements.

734
00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:49,509
So, what that's
telling me right now

735
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,761
is that something's happening
in that water

736
00:32:51,845 --> 00:32:54,639
as it moves around,
where it's picking up metals.

737
00:32:54,764 --> 00:32:57,976
Because if it's not coming
from the sediments,

738
00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:01,104
it can only be coming
from one other thing.

739
00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:02,564
GARY:
Treasure.

740
00:33:02,689 --> 00:33:04,524
‐IAN: Well, you said it.
‐Yeah.

741
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:05,609
Yeah, so that's pretty exciting.

742
00:33:05,692 --> 00:33:07,152
MARTY:
There have been several times

743
00:33:07,277 --> 00:33:08,570
in the last several years

744
00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:09,905
where I kind of wanted to quit.

745
00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:12,324
Then the island
gives you something.

746
00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:13,825
I mean, something is leeching

747
00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:16,578
metals into that water.

748
00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:20,290
Uh, and one of
those metals is silver.

749
00:33:20,373 --> 00:33:22,709
And by the way,
gold won't show up

750
00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:24,628
because it's just not soluble.

751
00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:27,714
But silver is often
associated with gold.

752
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,467
NARRATOR:
Could Marty's speculation
be correct

753
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:32,511
that the great
quantity of silver

754
00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:34,763
detected in the water in C‐1

755
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:37,265
may also suggest
a strong likelihood

756
00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:40,352
that there are other objects
made of precious metals

757
00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:42,771
somewhere down there as well?

758
00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:46,233
If so,
could the gold‐colored objects

759
00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:49,402
the team has seen embedded
in the walls of the cavern

760
00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:51,738
170 feet below ground

761
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,865
offer more tantalizing evidence

762
00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:56,868
that Marty's notion is true?

763
00:33:56,993 --> 00:34:00,038
MARTY:
I think it's the most exciting
thing that's happened

764
00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:03,083
in the last ten years
and the last 220 years.

765
00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:05,835
‐Yup.
‐MARTY: My final word on this

766
00:34:05,961 --> 00:34:09,965
is that, honestly, before this
direct indication of metals,

767
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,468
I was very,
very lukewarm on the big dig.

768
00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:18,348
Now I think the big dig
is right back on the table.

769
00:34:25,355 --> 00:34:26,940
Ultimately, we always
knew that the only way, really,

770
00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:28,358
to answer the questions
on Oak Island,

771
00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:30,360
vis‐à‐vis the Money Pit,

772
00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:32,445
certainly, was some sort of dig.

773
00:34:32,529 --> 00:34:34,322
So, I agree, in concept.

774
00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:36,908
But, is a big dig...

775
00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:39,536
Well, Billy would go 300 feet

776
00:34:39,619 --> 00:34:42,831
and, you know, or 200.
Is it 100?

777
00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,416
Or is it large cans?

778
00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:46,126
I mean, the whole discussion

779
00:34:46,209 --> 00:34:49,462
rounds to one simple fact,
and that is that

780
00:34:49,546 --> 00:34:51,798
there's more work
to do in the Money Pit.

781
00:34:51,881 --> 00:34:53,133
Yes.

782
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:56,219
RICK: I think we need
to look at the data

783
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:58,930
before we make any sort of
commitments in the Money Pit.

784
00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:01,808
Can we use the tools
at our disposal

785
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:04,686
to get it down
to a very specific location?

786
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,813
‐And that would be the hope.
‐MARTY: So...

787
00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:08,857
we let the scientists
run with it a little bit,

788
00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:10,817
and we keep the big dig
as a possibility.

789
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,403
‐Does that sound good, Rick?
‐I agree.

790
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:15,113
What I... what I propose

791
00:35:15,196 --> 00:35:17,866
at this point is
somewhat of a ritual.

792
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:20,493
I think it's appropriate,
especially this year,

793
00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:23,330
when we achieved far more than

794
00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:26,249
we had hoped for,
given the COVID situation.

795
00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:30,045
So what I would ask is:
where do we go from here?

796
00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:33,965
I think it's been
a fantastic year.

797
00:35:34,049 --> 00:35:37,177
You think about it, we've been
to places searching where

798
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:40,722
we probably wouldn't have
bothered searching before.

799
00:35:40,847 --> 00:35:42,724
And I'm really looking forward

800
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,893
to going back to the swamp,

801
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:47,187
and I can't wait
to get stuck in.

802
00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:49,314
(laughter)

803
00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:50,899
DAVID F.:
You know, to me,

804
00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,776
I feel like we
were on the right path,

805
00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:54,277
and as long as
we keep going down

806
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,363
and using the science
to make informed decisions,

807
00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:59,741
we, you know, we‐‐ I don't want
to say we can't lose,

808
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:01,576
but, um, you know, I hope that

809
00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:04,120
we can get closer, if not find
what we're looking for.

810
00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:06,247
JACK:
Yeah. If we keep up
at this pace,

811
00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:09,459
you know, I think we're gonna
find this sucker eventually.

812
00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:11,961
(laughter)

813
00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:14,547
I think it's progress
on all fronts.

814
00:36:14,673 --> 00:36:18,134
There's evidence of significant
work done in the swamp, uh,

815
00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,637
which‐which could be
the infrastructure used

816
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,555
in the deposition.

817
00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:25,767
An optimistic new spot in
the Money Pit to investigate.

818
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:28,144
We've discovered
and know a lot more about

819
00:36:28,228 --> 00:36:30,021
the features surrounding
the Money Pit

820
00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:32,023
than we've known in the past.

821
00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:34,984
Like I said,
progress on all fronts.

822
00:36:35,068 --> 00:36:37,529
I'd say he's all in.
What would you say?

823
00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,656
(laughter)

824
00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:41,783
‐Craig?
‐Well, I think

825
00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:43,660
we had an amazing year.

826
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,954
And, I guess,
time to take a break.

827
00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:47,872
We have a tremendous
amount of data

828
00:36:47,997 --> 00:36:49,666
that we all need to go through.

829
00:36:49,791 --> 00:36:53,461
So my hope for next year
is, uh, that‐that COVID

830
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:57,340
is, uh, either a thing of
the past or very manageable,

831
00:36:57,465 --> 00:37:01,010
so I can get out there
a lot more and help you guys.

832
00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:02,929
‐Marty?
‐MARTY: Well, most of what

833
00:37:03,012 --> 00:37:04,806
needs to be said
has been said, Rick.

834
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:08,560
So, I'll just say
very succinctly, um...

835
00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:10,979
silver in the water.

836
00:37:11,104 --> 00:37:13,565
Silver in the water.

837
00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:18,987
So, we continue to dig both
figuratively for information

838
00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:21,698
and literally for this treasure.

839
00:37:21,781 --> 00:37:23,783
And that's what we do.

840
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:25,869
Uh, I will say this,
I'd like to say this,

841
00:37:25,994 --> 00:37:28,830
that Tom and Rick were correct.

842
00:37:28,955 --> 00:37:31,875
There are answers
in that swamp for sure.

843
00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:34,627
And, again,
something that's indisputable

844
00:37:34,711 --> 00:37:36,045
is that if this
had all been left to me,

845
00:37:36,129 --> 00:37:37,797
none of this
would have been found.

846
00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:39,883
So, what does this
really speak to?

847
00:37:40,008 --> 00:37:41,968
Uh, I think it really speaks

848
00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:46,723
to Rick Lagina's
persistence, leadership.

849
00:37:46,806 --> 00:37:48,433
You know,
he has been single‐handedly

850
00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:51,478
leading us into this,
and‐and look what we have.

851
00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:53,730
So, I think‐‐ I think everybody

852
00:37:53,813 --> 00:37:55,732
should be proud of what we did.

853
00:37:55,815 --> 00:37:58,151
And, um, I know everybody
is thinking this,

854
00:37:58,234 --> 00:37:59,986
and I just want to say it.

855
00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:02,906
We are truly impressed
and honored to be led

856
00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:04,532
by you in this endeavor.

857
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:07,285
‐Amen.
‐Hear, hear!
‐Yes.

858
00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,455
Okay, well, now I'm not gonna
be able to talk anymore

859
00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:13,333
because now I'm emotional,
so now it's all on...

860
00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:14,042
now it's all on you guys.

861
00:38:14,167 --> 00:38:16,795
It's all true. It's all true.

862
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,422
‐I appreciate it, certainly.
‐OTHERS: Yes.

863
00:38:20,215 --> 00:38:23,885
For me, I think
I can sum up how I feel.

864
00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:27,222
Two words: humble and grateful.

865
00:38:27,347 --> 00:38:30,016
Humble because...

866
00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:31,893
for the kind words

867
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:33,895
that my brother articulated.

868
00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:36,064
I really,
really appreciate that.

869
00:38:36,189 --> 00:38:38,107
♪ ♪

870
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:45,365
And humbled by the fact
that we've been, um,

871
00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:49,160
lucky enough
to participate in this.

872
00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:50,912
It's a wonderful story.

873
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,205
It always will be.

874
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,499
It belongs to each
and every one of us

875
00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:56,960
because we have labored so...

876
00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:59,629
mightily to try and solve it.

877
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:03,132
And not only us but...

878
00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:06,678
Tom's father, Dan, David,

879
00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,471
the people that we have lost

880
00:39:08,596 --> 00:39:10,765
and the people that have come
before us long ago

881
00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:13,601
who we owe a debt
of gratitude to.

882
00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:16,563
And grateful for all of you.

883
00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:21,442
Because Marty said,
you know, about leading,

884
00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:25,196
but you can't lead
if people don't follow.

885
00:39:26,656 --> 00:39:28,658
And, uh...

886
00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:31,202
I appreciate...

887
00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:35,415
...and respect all of you.

888
00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:39,377
We'll follow you anywhere, mate.

889
00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:40,670
OTHERS:
Yes.

890
00:39:40,753 --> 00:39:42,088
That's why we're here.

891
00:39:42,171 --> 00:39:45,675
I appreciate it.
More than you know.

892
00:39:45,758 --> 00:39:48,011
Okay. Let's get it done!

893
00:39:48,136 --> 00:39:49,304
‐GARY: Yup.
‐MARTY: Amen.

894
00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:51,097
Good season!
Well done, everyone!

895
00:39:51,180 --> 00:39:53,266
‐Yes!
‐GARY: Stay safe.

896
00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:54,267
‐See ya, guys.
‐See ya, guys.

897
00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:55,602
CHARLES:
Safe travels.

898
00:39:57,353 --> 00:40:00,607
MARTY:
This year went incredibly well,
given the obstacles.

899
00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:04,402
Rick did a phenomenal job
of pulling it together,

900
00:40:04,527 --> 00:40:07,572
and really making
significant discoveries

901
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:09,324
when, at the start of this year,

902
00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:11,993
we thought we weren't gonna
get on the island at all.

903
00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:13,828
‐IAN: See you soon.
‐GARY: All right, mate.

904
00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,456
‐DAVID F.: Until next time?
‐CHARLES: Yeah, until next time.
‐GARY: Yup.

905
00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:18,249
MARTY:
It's gratifying to see that team

906
00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:20,251
having produced
what it produced.

907
00:40:20,335 --> 00:40:22,295
And with this
"metals in the water" analysis,

908
00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:25,256
we've got to be closing in on
the treasure. We've got to be!

909
00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:28,384
It just can't hide forever
if it's still there. It can't.

910
00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:29,636
We're gonna get it.

911
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,763
‐RICK: See you, guys!
‐See ya.

912
00:40:31,846 --> 00:40:33,473
RICK:
I've said it before. I think

913
00:40:33,598 --> 00:40:36,142
the story of what happened here
is the real treasure.

914
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,645
And I think we've made
significant progress.

915
00:40:38,728 --> 00:40:42,565
Are we closer to finding
an actual physical treasure?

916
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:46,903
I think the clues
are adding up that, ultimately,

917
00:40:47,028 --> 00:40:51,282
we'll get either ourselves there
or someone there.

918
00:40:52,492 --> 00:40:54,327
NARRATOR:
For more than two centuries,

919
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,038
determined people have
tirelessly worked to solve

920
00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:59,332
the Oak Island mystery.

921
00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:01,334
Most operated on a fervent faith

922
00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:03,127
that their
efforts were worth it.

923
00:41:03,252 --> 00:41:06,881
Six men even gave their lives.

924
00:41:07,006 --> 00:41:09,300
Since he was just a young boy,

925
00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:12,303
Rick Lagina has also embodied
a deeply held faith

926
00:41:12,387 --> 00:41:16,307
that something of incredible
value lays buried on Oak Island.

927
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:20,228
But now he
and his brother Marty,

928
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,355
along with their faithful team,

929
00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:25,066
have the scientific evidence.

930
00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:26,859
And as they move forward,

931
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:30,363
might they also prove
something much more profound?

932
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:33,241
That solving
the Oak Island mystery

933
00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:35,702
is their destiny.

934
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:38,371
RICK: Oak Island, at some point,
will be understood

935
00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:40,957
in its entirety, and, uh,

936
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,959
I look forward to that day,

937
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:44,961
and I hope it's us.

938
00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:48,172
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