1 00:00:02,753 --> 00:00:04,796 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,173 GARY: Ooh, look at that. 3 00:00:06,298 --> 00:00:08,967 Fantastic, mate! This is old. 4 00:00:09,051 --> 00:00:11,261 LAIRD: Often the detail is really cryptic. 5 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:13,639 RICK: The only people who would do that would be Templars. 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,724 ‐There has got to be more out there. ‐Oh! What's that? 7 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,476 Oh! Sweet. 8 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:20,562 ‐ALEX: Oh, wow. ‐IAN: We took the samples to analyze 9 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,314 for silver, and we got a spike. 10 00:00:22,439 --> 00:00:25,317 There is every reason to believe down in those holes 11 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:26,944 ‐there's treasure. ‐MARTY: Oh, baby! 12 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,654 JACK: Oh, no way! 13 00:00:30,614 --> 00:00:34,535 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:37,955 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 15 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:41,250 for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:43,919 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:44,002 --> 00:00:46,880 with strange symbols carved into it, 18 00:00:47,005 --> 00:00:49,591 mysterious fragments of human bone, 19 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:53,929 and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back 20 00:00:54,012 --> 00:00:56,014 to the days of the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:59,184 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:01,687 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:03,689 And, according to legend, 24 00:01:03,814 --> 00:01:07,568 one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,693 --> 00:01:10,612 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:10,696 --> 00:01:13,156 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:21,999 --> 00:01:23,208 RICK: It is brisk up here. 28 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:24,626 TERRY: Cross your fingers, dude. 29 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:26,545 It's only supposed to get up to ten today. 30 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:28,964 NARRATOR: It is the beginning of the final week 31 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:31,300 that Rick and Marty Lagina, 32 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:33,885 along with their team, have to conduct major search operations 33 00:01:34,011 --> 00:01:36,346 this year on Oak Island. 34 00:01:36,471 --> 00:01:40,309 Now that the harsh North Atlantic winter is setting in, 35 00:01:40,392 --> 00:01:43,353 they are nearly out of time, at least for now, 36 00:01:43,478 --> 00:01:47,816 to attempt to solve the 226‐year‐old treasure mystery. 37 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,818 However, in a year 38 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:52,779 that has seen more progress than any before it, 39 00:01:52,863 --> 00:01:56,533 they intend to use every precious second they have left 40 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:58,785 to locate the fabled treasure vault 41 00:01:58,869 --> 00:02:02,456 believed to lie buried deep in the original Money Pit. 42 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:04,916 The 1706 wood is right here, inside of OC‐1. 43 00:02:05,042 --> 00:02:07,794 ‐Yep. ‐And a lot of the early drilling we were doing 44 00:02:07,878 --> 00:02:09,755 ‐for Craig was chasing that. ‐Yeah. 45 00:02:09,838 --> 00:02:12,799 So, based on our discussion last night, we've come up with 46 00:02:12,924 --> 00:02:15,302 ‐this location, C‐11.5. ‐RICK: Yep. 47 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:17,804 We still need a second, uh, intersection point so we can 48 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:21,725 get some linear fashion to that 1706 structure. 49 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:24,019 Well, let's go to 118, see if we're chasing 50 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:26,021 anything at all, and then make the call then. 51 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:27,648 ‐Okay. ‐RICK: All righty. 52 00:02:27,731 --> 00:02:30,692 ‐TERRY: Oh! Bingo! ‐CHARLES: We've got wood! 53 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:33,487 NARRATOR: During their core drilling program this year, 54 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:36,490 the team has found numerous compelling clues 55 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:39,284 spanning an area of more than 50 feet wide 56 00:02:39,368 --> 00:02:42,621 between Boreholes C‐1 and OC‐1 57 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:45,332 that include evidence of wood tunnels 58 00:02:45,457 --> 00:02:47,793 nearly 90 feet deep that all pre‐date 59 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:52,589 the discovery of the Money Pit by as much as 150 years. 60 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:55,759 Hey, Jack. Check this out. 61 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,678 Whoa. Good find, Mike. 62 00:02:57,761 --> 00:03:00,847 NARRATOR: However, it was in the spoils of OC‐1 63 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:04,059 that the team discovered a hand‐forged rose head spike 64 00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:06,353 encrusted with man‐made concrete. 65 00:03:06,478 --> 00:03:08,647 It was this kind of material 66 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:11,608 that surrounded a seven‐foot‐high wooden vault 67 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:14,486 that treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William Chappell 68 00:03:14,611 --> 00:03:18,699 reportedly drilled into back in 1897. 69 00:03:19,449 --> 00:03:21,076 RICK: Where is the Money Pit? 70 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:24,830 Right now, we have two areas that 71 00:03:24,913 --> 00:03:27,666 we're significantly interested in, one around C‐1 72 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:29,126 and one around OC‐1. 73 00:03:29,251 --> 00:03:32,713 We are finding shafts and possible tunnels 74 00:03:32,838 --> 00:03:36,425 that are not delineated from any historical context. 75 00:03:36,508 --> 00:03:39,052 Again, you have to stay focused. 76 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:41,138 And so, we'll take our time to develop 77 00:03:41,263 --> 00:03:42,639 the X marks the spot for the vault. 78 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:45,058 So, we got our marching orders. We go to 118, 79 00:03:45,183 --> 00:03:46,560 unless we see something, then we go deeper 80 00:03:46,685 --> 00:03:48,478 ‐until we are out of it. Okay. ‐Yep. 81 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:50,397 ‐RICK: Okay, let's get after it. ‐STEVE G.: Yeah. 82 00:03:50,522 --> 00:03:54,818 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation in the Money Pit area continues... 83 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:58,155 ‐...later that morning... ‐MARTY: Hey, guys! 84 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,157 ‐Hello! ‐NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina, 85 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,827 his partner Craig Tester and Jack Begley 86 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:05,370 have gathered in the war room 87 00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:06,496 for a meeting via video conference 88 00:04:06,621 --> 00:04:10,917 with Rick and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner. 89 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:14,629 Dr. Spooner, I understand you have a concept for us that 90 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:17,549 may help us with our sort of quest in the Money Pit. 91 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:19,634 So far, the drilling has been great, but it 92 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:21,636 hasn't found us what we are looking for. 93 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,806 Yeah, basically what we want to do is help you guys 94 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,726 ‐put an X on the map. ‐Okay. 95 00:04:27,851 --> 00:04:29,436 So, the idea is 96 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:31,897 to look at water, uh, down drill holes that exist 97 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,775 because the water in those wells should reflect 98 00:04:34,858 --> 00:04:38,862 the chemistry of the ground that they interact with. 99 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,489 Mm‐hmm. 100 00:04:40,572 --> 00:04:42,824 And so, I talked to Dr. Matt Lukeman at Arcadia. 101 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:44,534 He's an excellent chemist. 102 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:47,287 And Matt and I thought, you know, 103 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:49,498 well, how would we identify 104 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:51,583 whether or not there was treasure? 105 00:04:51,666 --> 00:04:54,002 How would we help you with that? 106 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:56,838 And so, the bottom line is 107 00:04:56,963 --> 00:05:01,635 silver in the day was by and large things other than silver. 108 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,722 It had copper, zinc in it, and silver itself does corrode. 109 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:07,891 So, the idea is 110 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:10,852 to basically to do a pathfinder study and look 111 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:13,230 for those elements in the water. 112 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:14,773 Great. 113 00:05:16,942 --> 00:05:19,861 NARRATOR: As metals such as copper, zinc, and silver 114 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:23,198 lie submerged in water for long periods of time, 115 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:25,325 they will corrode, 116 00:05:25,408 --> 00:05:27,619 and their particles will gradually leach out 117 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:30,914 into plumes that become less and less concentrated 118 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:33,875 as they migrate through open space. 119 00:05:33,959 --> 00:05:36,753 If these types of metals do in fact lie deep 120 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:39,464 in the ground of the Money Pit area, 121 00:05:39,589 --> 00:05:43,218 Dr. Spooner's pathfinder water test of the flooded boreholes 122 00:05:43,301 --> 00:05:45,428 as well as the man‐made tunnels, 123 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,556 should be able to detect them. 124 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:50,892 I absolutely love this idea of Dr. Spooner's. 125 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:54,604 If there's a massive amount of metal down there somewhere, 126 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:56,481 it should be leaching into the waters. 127 00:05:56,606 --> 00:06:00,819 Let's test it for the very things which we seek. 128 00:06:01,653 --> 00:06:05,031 So what I'm suggesting is just to take a look at 12 wells, 129 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:07,826 in the Money Pit area to see what we get. 130 00:06:07,909 --> 00:06:10,579 Dr. Spooner, you said it‐‐ it can find silver, 131 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:11,913 but can it test for gold? 132 00:06:11,997 --> 00:06:15,917 No, gold doesn't corrode. It doesn't end up in water. 133 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:18,795 So that's why the idea was‐‐ even silver is hard. 134 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:21,798 If we find any silver, I'll be quite amazed, really. 135 00:06:21,923 --> 00:06:25,093 If you find silver, it is a treasure hunt. 136 00:06:25,176 --> 00:06:28,763 Well, what is associated with silver in a treasure hunt? Gold. 137 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:31,600 So, I guess what I'm saying is don't worry about that. 138 00:06:31,683 --> 00:06:34,686 Let's‐let's do what the science is capable of doing. 139 00:06:34,811 --> 00:06:35,896 ‐JACK: Yep. ‐We'll do the rest later. 140 00:06:35,979 --> 00:06:38,648 Well, Rick, you're firmly on board with this, aren't you? 141 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:40,525 This sounds like a great idea to me. 142 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:41,818 No question. Science. 143 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:44,613 ‐Okay. Well, let's do it! ‐IAN: That's great. I'll get 144 00:06:44,696 --> 00:06:46,531 Dr. Lukeman down here because he'll also run 145 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:49,034 the fluorescents on it, and we'll see what we come up with. 146 00:06:49,159 --> 00:06:52,996 Okay, good. Well, as Rick often says, "Let's make it so." 147 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:54,831 ‐RICK: Let's make it so. ‐IAN: Okay. ‐CRAIG: Okay. 148 00:06:54,956 --> 00:06:56,791 NARRATOR: While Rick, Marty and Craig 149 00:06:56,875 --> 00:06:59,127 wrap up the meeting in the war room... 150 00:06:59,836 --> 00:07:01,755 ...near the southwest corner of the swamp... 151 00:07:01,838 --> 00:07:03,715 GARY: Ready for a great day at the beach? 152 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,884 Yeah, we got perfect weather, don't we? 153 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:08,053 NARRATOR: ...metal detection expert Gary Drayton 154 00:07:08,178 --> 00:07:11,264 along with Rick and Marty's nephew, David Fornetti, 155 00:07:11,348 --> 00:07:13,975 arrive at the shoreline of Lot 32. 156 00:07:14,059 --> 00:07:16,311 GARY: This is a good place to start, mate. 157 00:07:16,394 --> 00:07:18,605 Anything we find in this area 158 00:07:18,688 --> 00:07:20,649 is going to be interesting 159 00:07:20,732 --> 00:07:23,151 if it connects to a wharf. 160 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:25,195 Great. Well, I'll let you do your thing. 161 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,696 Okay, mate. 162 00:07:26,821 --> 00:07:29,324 ‐DOUG: Oh, look at that. ‐What do you got? 163 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:31,284 It looks like a piece of finished wood. 164 00:07:32,035 --> 00:07:34,996 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago the team unearthed a possible piece 165 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:37,666 of wooden railing from a large sailing vessel 166 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:40,710 and encountered a massive obstruction 167 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:44,047 while excavating near the southern border of the swamp. 168 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:47,717 However, because the weather has now made it too difficult 169 00:07:47,842 --> 00:07:51,179 to dig any more this year within the muddy bog, 170 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:53,682 it is Rick, Marty and Craig's hope 171 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:56,267 that Gary can locate more valuable clues 172 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:58,144 along the man‐made beach 173 00:07:58,228 --> 00:08:00,981 that could help solve the Oak Island mystery. 174 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:04,818 ‐GARY: Very quiet, isn't it? ‐DAVID F.: Yeah. 175 00:08:04,901 --> 00:08:07,696 All right, mate. I don't want to go too far away 176 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:10,156 from this area, so the next line up, 177 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:11,992 let's take this line, 178 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:14,744 we'll bypass these two rows of seaweed, 179 00:08:14,869 --> 00:08:17,122 and we'll take these rocks along here. 180 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:18,206 Sounds good. 181 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:24,629 (beeping) 182 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:26,172 Signal here, David. 183 00:08:26,297 --> 00:08:27,966 (beeping) 184 00:08:28,091 --> 00:08:29,509 Just there, mate. 185 00:08:36,224 --> 00:08:40,353 (beeping) 186 00:08:40,478 --> 00:08:42,022 GARY: Yeah, you got it out. 187 00:08:42,147 --> 00:08:44,107 Nice one, David. 188 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:50,613 Is that it? 189 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:54,492 Let's see what we've got here. 190 00:08:54,617 --> 00:08:56,619 Oh, my gosh! 191 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:01,791 GARY: There it is, it's brilliant! 192 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:03,209 Can you see what this is, mate? 193 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:04,377 That is a trigger guard 194 00:09:04,461 --> 00:09:06,379 off either an old musket 195 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:08,214 ‐or a pistol. ‐DAVID F.: Huh. 196 00:09:08,298 --> 00:09:09,632 GARY: And that would date from 197 00:09:09,674 --> 00:09:12,677 probably 1650 to 1750. 198 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:14,054 NARRATOR: On Lot 32 199 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:16,806 near the southwestern border of the swamp, 200 00:09:16,848 --> 00:09:19,642 Gary Drayton and David Fornetti 201 00:09:19,768 --> 00:09:22,645 have just found what could be an important clue. 202 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,482 The trigger guard from a firearm 203 00:09:25,607 --> 00:09:28,651 that could date back as much as 150 years 204 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:31,571 before the discovery of the Money Pit. 205 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:33,656 I mean, this is fantastic. 206 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:36,701 And this is only our, like, second line across here. 207 00:09:36,785 --> 00:09:39,746 I'm going to put this in my pouch, recheck the hole, 208 00:09:39,871 --> 00:09:42,332 and let's find some more artifacts, mate. 209 00:09:42,457 --> 00:09:43,500 Sounds good. 210 00:09:44,167 --> 00:09:46,211 MARTY: It's undeniable now that there was 211 00:09:46,294 --> 00:09:50,673 substantial activity here in the late 1600s, early 1700s. 212 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:54,511 But was that some military expedition that we're unaware of 213 00:09:54,636 --> 00:09:56,805 or was it the original depositors? 214 00:09:58,848 --> 00:10:02,644 (beeping) 215 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:05,647 Another good sounding signal here, David. 216 00:10:15,406 --> 00:10:18,576 (beeping) 217 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:31,548 It's in my hand. 218 00:10:32,382 --> 00:10:33,967 Very interesting. 219 00:10:34,843 --> 00:10:36,761 Oh, wow. Look at that, mate. 220 00:10:36,845 --> 00:10:40,098 This is really, really special. 221 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:42,642 This is old. 222 00:10:42,767 --> 00:10:47,480 This is an old lead cloth bag seal. 223 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:51,776 A lead bag seal was used when 224 00:10:51,860 --> 00:10:54,821 ‐an old sack was sealed. ‐DAVID F.: Yeah. 225 00:10:54,904 --> 00:10:56,781 They tied the sack, 226 00:10:56,865 --> 00:10:59,534 and they put a seal on it. 227 00:10:59,617 --> 00:11:02,662 This is a very important find, mate. 228 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:06,040 We've just struck gold with this piece of lead, mate. 229 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:11,754 NARRATOR: Dating back as much as 800 years, 230 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:15,967 lead bag seals were generally rounded metal clamps 231 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:19,387 used to secure goods inside textile packaging. 232 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:21,222 What makes this seal 233 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:23,766 a potentially important discovery on Oak Island 234 00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:27,353 is that they are uniquely designed to identify qualities 235 00:11:27,437 --> 00:11:31,024 such as the manufacturer and also country of origin. 236 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:34,652 Could this seal be connected to other ancient discoveries 237 00:11:34,736 --> 00:11:37,655 made in and near the swamp this year, 238 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:40,700 such as the pieces of 15th‐century keg barrels? 239 00:11:40,783 --> 00:11:42,911 Or the massive stone road 240 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:45,622 believed to have been part of a ship's wharf? 241 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:49,000 This is an awesome lead artifact. 242 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:51,669 This is a really old piece 243 00:11:51,794 --> 00:11:54,547 but just the type of artifact 244 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:56,382 you want to be recovering 245 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:59,385 in an area where you believe is an old wharf. 246 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:03,473 Bingo. We have hit gold on this one. 247 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:06,517 We won't know until this is cleaned up, 248 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:08,978 but this is very, very, important. 249 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:13,733 This is the first lead cloth bag seal 250 00:12:13,816 --> 00:12:15,652 that we've found on the island. 251 00:12:15,693 --> 00:12:19,030 ‐DAVID F.: Does that go in the top pocket? ‐GARY: Without doubt, mate. 252 00:12:19,113 --> 00:12:21,824 This is a true top‐pocket find. 253 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:24,535 I think this is so special we should take it 254 00:12:24,661 --> 00:12:25,870 ‐to the research center. ‐Sounds good. 255 00:12:25,954 --> 00:12:27,997 We'll come back here. 256 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:30,166 I mean, this is fantastic. 257 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:33,544 Let's show the guys what we've found. 258 00:12:33,628 --> 00:12:35,046 ‐Let's go. ‐DAVID F.: Sounds good. 259 00:12:36,881 --> 00:12:39,217 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 260 00:12:40,009 --> 00:12:42,470 ‐GARY: Hey, guys. ‐LAIRD: Hey. ‐RICK: Hey. 261 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,430 Just the chaps we want to see. 262 00:12:44,514 --> 00:12:46,474 NARRATOR: ...Gary and David join Rick Lagina 263 00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:49,435 and archeologist Laird Niven at the research center 264 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:52,897 to share their latest discoveries from Lot 32. 265 00:12:52,981 --> 00:12:55,984 GARY: We just had some finds cataloged. 266 00:12:56,067 --> 00:12:59,487 Some metal detecting finds that we found on Lot 32 267 00:12:59,529 --> 00:13:01,864 ‐on the beach. ‐Oh. 268 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:04,075 So, you guys should take a look at these. 269 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,743 RICK: Love to. 270 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:07,912 How interested are you, Gary? 271 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:10,331 Very interested mate, um, 272 00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:13,626 ‐we found some spectacular finds there, mate. ‐RICK: Okay. 273 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:15,712 GARY: And here's one of them. 274 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:20,842 See what you think of that, Rick. 275 00:13:22,844 --> 00:13:25,305 ‐RICK: A trigger. ‐Exactly, mate. 276 00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:27,724 Old trigger guard. 277 00:13:29,434 --> 00:13:32,895 You can see that it's been broken a long time ago. 278 00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:35,273 ‐It's not a recent snap. ‐That's‐‐ 279 00:13:35,356 --> 00:13:37,483 ‐That's decorative too, isn't it? ‐GARY: Yep. 280 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:40,153 A decorative piece that might help identify it. 281 00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:44,073 It looks like a little pistol trigger guard 282 00:13:44,198 --> 00:13:46,826 or maybe a musket trigger guard. 283 00:13:46,951 --> 00:13:49,495 What do you make of the little decoration there? 284 00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:51,372 LAIRD: Well, I think that usually decoration 285 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:54,876 ‐means higher status, right? ‐Yeah. You got that right, mate. 286 00:13:55,585 --> 00:13:56,627 RICK: There's books about everything. 287 00:13:56,711 --> 00:13:59,672 Would there be a book about pistol guards? 288 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:00,673 ‐Trigger guards? ‐Yeah. 289 00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:03,676 I mean, the beauty about gun furniture 290 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,012 is that it's very specifically sized. 291 00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:09,557 ‐Yeah. ‐So, you can often get the model down 292 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,101 ‐and perhaps a date even down. ‐Yeah. 293 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:15,688 It's going to be a little challenge. 294 00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:17,648 If we had a little more of it... 295 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:20,109 (chuckles) You're always saying that. 296 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:23,613 Some of these artifacts are just that, they're artifacts. 297 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:27,158 It's a trigger guard of perhaps 298 00:14:27,283 --> 00:14:31,162 a wealthy individual's pistol because it is decorated. 299 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:32,872 But how does that connect? 300 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:34,791 Is it curious? Yeah. 301 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,626 I mean, we are on Samuel Ball's lot. 302 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:40,380 So, is there a possible connection there? I don't know. 303 00:14:40,463 --> 00:14:44,467 But it's history come alive, and that's always fascinating. 304 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:47,387 We didn't just come in here with a trigger guard, mate. 305 00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:49,555 ‐DAVID F.: This is really interesting. ‐GARY: Yeah. 306 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,600 But we should have gloves on if we are going to handle it... 307 00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:54,602 ‐Okay. ‐...because it's made of lead. 308 00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:55,978 LAIRD: Okay. 309 00:14:58,022 --> 00:15:01,025 Thanks. I will not plant any seeds in your mind, mate. 310 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,444 ‐I'm fairly confident I know what it is. ‐LAIRD: Okay. 311 00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:06,114 GARY: We'll see if you are in agreement. 312 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:19,377 LAIRD: Take this delicate thing out with my left hand. 313 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:22,713 I know what it is. 314 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:25,925 ‐Yep. ‐I haven't seen many of these. 315 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:28,094 GARY: And what is it, Laird? 316 00:15:28,177 --> 00:15:29,720 It's a lead bale seal. 317 00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:31,013 Yeah. 318 00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:33,641 ‐LAIRD: So, it's for a‐‐ ‐Oh, okay. 319 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:37,186 LAIRD: A bale of cotton‐‐ what used to be cotton. 320 00:15:37,311 --> 00:15:39,814 ‐Now they are changing... ‐A sack. 321 00:15:39,856 --> 00:15:41,899 ‐LAIRD: Yeah. Yeah. ‐A sack or a bag. 322 00:15:42,024 --> 00:15:44,485 LAIRD: And, uh, the merchant would put these on 323 00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:46,946 or the excise tax people would put them on. 324 00:15:47,029 --> 00:15:50,741 There's a corresponding piece like this. Here. 325 00:15:50,825 --> 00:15:55,955 And it's put under, folded around, and‐‐and clamped on. 326 00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:59,417 So, that's why you have that round piece there. 327 00:16:00,209 --> 00:16:02,795 LAIRD So this little object, this little bag seal, 328 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:05,715 would have been attached to a‐‐ to a large bale 329 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,094 of fairly rough fabric like hemp or something like that. 330 00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:12,221 But it wasn't meant for one person. 331 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:15,475 This was an industrial size bag that was 332 00:16:15,516 --> 00:16:17,518 going to be used for whatever purpose. 333 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,228 Something we haven't figured out yet. 334 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,105 But it was for a large operation. 335 00:16:21,189 --> 00:16:24,942 So, this is adding more questions to the mystery 336 00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:27,111 and‐and giving us more work to do. 337 00:16:27,195 --> 00:16:29,614 ‐GARY: But that's got detail on it. ‐Mm‐hmm. I see that. 338 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:32,116 So, that‐‐ we should get some information off that. 339 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,495 And it's just the type of find that you want to be recovering 340 00:16:35,578 --> 00:16:37,955 in an area you think there's an old wharf. 341 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:42,001 ‐Right, because it speaks to loading and unloading. ‐GARY: Yeah. 342 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:46,714 RICK: When did these start coming into vogue, if you will? 343 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,466 LAIRD: 1500? 344 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,302 Even before then, mate. 345 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:54,055 ‐1300s in England. ‐Yeah. 346 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:57,183 Again, it's about connective tissue. 347 00:16:57,308 --> 00:17:00,061 You find this bag seal 348 00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:03,397 in close proximity to the suspected wharf. 349 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:05,149 It's a great find, 350 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,152 and we know there was activity in the area. 351 00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:10,029 We need to look into this further. 352 00:17:10,112 --> 00:17:13,032 Hopefully we can find a corresponding one, and maybe 353 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:14,700 we can find the merchant, which would help a lot. 354 00:17:14,784 --> 00:17:16,827 ‐Yeah. ‐DAVID F.: I was just going to ask. 355 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,746 Is there like a book or something you can flip through 356 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,998 ‐where you can find some sort of example, or... ‐Yeah. 357 00:17:21,123 --> 00:17:22,792 Yeah, there are a lot of references. 358 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,544 A lot of references. It's just going 359 00:17:24,627 --> 00:17:26,295 ‐to take a lot of searching. ‐Yeah. I'm sure. 360 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:29,882 Look, I can't but agree, Gary. This is indeed 361 00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:32,760 a top‐pocket find. Congrats to the both of you 362 00:17:32,843 --> 00:17:34,136 for heading out there. 363 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:36,305 Especially, I‐I think that 364 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:39,183 you find something like this, 365 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:42,937 and it accelerates the need to do another search agenda. 366 00:17:43,020 --> 00:17:44,647 Laird, if you want to do the research, 367 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:46,899 I look forward to that, the outcome of that. 368 00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:48,609 Yeah, I'll start researching. 369 00:17:48,693 --> 00:17:50,611 ‐RICK: Okay, we have a plan. ‐LAIRD: Okay. 370 00:17:50,695 --> 00:17:56,993 ‐RICK: Let's move forward on it. ‐LAIRD: Yeah. 371 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:58,995 NARRATOR: As another critical day of search activity 372 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:00,830 begins on Oak Island, 373 00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:02,582 on Lot 13 374 00:18:02,707 --> 00:18:04,083 near the northeastern border of the swamp... 375 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,294 AARON: Based on our limited time, 376 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:09,046 I think it's really important that we get the direction 377 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:11,132 ‐of this road or path. ‐MIRIAM: Okay. 378 00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:13,926 NARRATOR: Archaeologists Dr. Aaron Taylor 379 00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:16,262 and Miriam Amirault work to uncover more 380 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:18,598 of the mysterious cobblestone pathway‐‐ 381 00:18:18,681 --> 00:18:22,852 a pathway that extends from the massive stone road, 382 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:26,188 or possible ship's wharf discovered earlier this year, 383 00:18:26,314 --> 00:18:29,025 and which runs along the entire eastern border 384 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:30,985 of the man‐made bog, 385 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,613 branching off further into the uplands. 386 00:18:35,197 --> 00:18:39,160 AARON: If this is continuing the way it looks like it's continuing, 387 00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:41,871 you know, maybe this pathway is leading 388 00:18:41,996 --> 00:18:43,539 ‐to the Money Pit. ‐Yeah. 389 00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:46,584 So, I think we go over, put in a unit, 390 00:18:46,709 --> 00:18:48,836 investigate, and see what's going on there. 391 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:52,256 ‐All right. Let's go string it up and get started. ‐AARON: Yep. 392 00:18:52,340 --> 00:18:56,177 MARTY: We clearly have to follow the stone pathway all the way 393 00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:59,805 cause it's interesting. What's going on with this? 394 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:01,849 ‐AARON: Let's get rid of this debris. ‐MIRIAM: Yeah. 395 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:06,562 MARTY: That is a well‐constructed, hidden, massive road. 396 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:09,231 Heavy things were being moved around on it, 397 00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:12,818 which suggests something important. 398 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:17,323 ‐Hey. How's it going? ‐MIRIAM: Hey! 399 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:20,242 AARON: Well, we can use all the help we can get. 400 00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:24,747 So, um, the path, what's your thought? 401 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:27,667 ‐Just continue this way? ‐AARON: Yeah, um... 402 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:31,754 ‐So we just tried to leapfrog a little bit. ‐RICK: Mm‐hmm. 403 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:34,840 ‐It's coming diagonally through the unit we did. ‐RICK: Mm‐hmm. 404 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:37,551 So, we are just going to try and pick it up here, 405 00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:40,680 but there are a couple areas I'd like to investigate. 406 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:43,140 Here's the thing: the time and weather 407 00:19:43,224 --> 00:19:45,101 ‐window is closing. ‐Yeah. 408 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,771 So, if you want to continue here, 409 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,272 I could go down there. 410 00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:52,942 If you want to just focus me on where I should... 411 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,819 ‐AARON: Sure. Sure. ‐..do the work. 412 00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:56,195 That's a great idea. 413 00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:58,906 NARRATOR: With time running out, 414 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,825 the team has decided to split up 415 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:02,827 and search two different areas. 416 00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:06,580 While Dr. Taylor and Miriam search further uphill, 417 00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:10,167 trying to uncover the next section of the cobblestone path, 418 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:13,045 Rick will investigate along the path itself, 419 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:15,047 near the beginning of the uplands, 420 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:16,966 in hopes of finding any clues 421 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:19,677 that may shed light on who built this structure 422 00:20:19,802 --> 00:20:24,306 and how it may connect to the 226‐year‐old mystery. 423 00:20:25,099 --> 00:20:27,810 RICK: We are still struggling with an understanding 424 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:30,146 of what the feature represents, you know? 425 00:20:30,271 --> 00:20:32,648 Is this part of the Money Pit story 426 00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:36,152 or is it‐‐ or is it uniquely a swamp story? 427 00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:38,195 ‐You see where that stick is? ‐RICK: Yep. 428 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,989 AARON: So, everything above the stick can be 429 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,073 taken off with the shovel. 430 00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:43,159 RICK: And the only way to do that 431 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,745 is to continue the archeological pursuit, 432 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:49,039 and hopefully come up with an artifact or artifacts 433 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,626 that will tell us why it's here now. 434 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:55,421 AARON: I really want to see what is going on here. 435 00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,214 ‐RICK: Okay. Yep. ‐AARON: See those stones? 436 00:20:57,339 --> 00:20:59,300 This is where all the artifacts are coming from. 437 00:20:59,383 --> 00:21:01,010 It's an interesting area. 438 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:03,971 ‐RICK: Okay. ‐AARON: And shout if you see anything of interest. 439 00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,682 RICK: If there is anything, I will call you immediately. 440 00:21:06,807 --> 00:21:08,726 ‐AARON: Thank you. ‐RICK: Yep. 441 00:21:08,851 --> 00:21:11,228 NARRATOR: While the investigation continues near the swamp... 442 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:13,355 STEVE G.: Mike, what do we have? 443 00:21:13,481 --> 00:21:15,733 ‐MIKE: 48! ‐TERRY: 48. Thanks! 444 00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:18,152 NARRATOR: ...and while the core drilling operation 445 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:20,321 in Borehole C‐11.5 446 00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:22,490 continues in the Money Pit area... 447 00:21:22,573 --> 00:21:25,117 ‐IAN: Hey, Craig. ‐CRAIG: How's it going? 448 00:21:25,201 --> 00:21:28,412 NARRATOR: ...Craig Tester and Dan Henskee 449 00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:31,415 along with Dr. Ian Spooner and his associates 450 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:33,292 Dr. Matt Lukeman, 451 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:35,628 Nicole Kirkpatrick and Victoria Hopper 452 00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:39,131 arrive to conduct the water testing operation 453 00:21:39,215 --> 00:21:41,258 that Dr. Spooner hopes might offer 454 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:43,844 scientific evidence of buried treasure. 455 00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:45,805 IAN: What we are trying to do, 456 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:48,307 I think, right now, is just sort of a pathfinder study. 457 00:21:48,432 --> 00:21:49,975 ‐Okay. ‐So, get a bunch of samples. 458 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,478 Try to sort of get the circumference, 459 00:21:52,561 --> 00:21:55,314 the perimeter of this area right here. 460 00:21:55,397 --> 00:21:57,775 And that way get a good idea of‐‐ 461 00:21:57,858 --> 00:21:59,819 if maybe we're seeing anomalous material. 462 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:01,987 ‐All right. Sounds great. ‐Yeah, so we'll see how it goes. 463 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:04,156 ‐Okay, good. ‐MATT: So, absolutely 464 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,116 there's a high chance that we are going to see 465 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,829 maybe some signals in there from more recent human activity 466 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:11,497 that might complicate things a little bit. 467 00:22:11,622 --> 00:22:13,541 Which, I think, is why it's important 468 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:15,709 that we get samples from multiple locations. 469 00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:18,128 So it could help point us in the right direction. 470 00:22:18,254 --> 00:22:20,881 Okay. I think we are going to start 471 00:22:20,965 --> 00:22:23,509 with C‐1 here, but after that 472 00:22:23,634 --> 00:22:25,928 there's a lot of wells all over the place 473 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:27,304 that you guys can sample. 474 00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:29,139 ‐Are we ready? ‐We are ready. 475 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:30,850 So, we'll get our equipment, we'll head over, 476 00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:32,518 and then we'll go and get our sample. 477 00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:34,353 ‐CRAIG: Okay. ‐Good. 478 00:22:35,563 --> 00:22:38,732 MARTY: First of all, I love hard data. 479 00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:40,818 It's hard to come by on Oak Island. 480 00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:43,487 So now we have two PhD scientists, 481 00:22:43,571 --> 00:22:46,991 Dr. Lukeman and Dr. Ian Spooner. 482 00:22:47,074 --> 00:22:49,034 It's exactly nine meters to the top 483 00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:50,828 ‐of the caisson. ‐Okay. 484 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:53,914 MARTY: They are going to do a water analyses 485 00:22:53,998 --> 00:22:57,084 from many of the wells found over near the Money Pit. 486 00:22:57,167 --> 00:22:59,420 So, yeah, it's exciting. 487 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:02,131 I mean, let's say that scientists said, 488 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:04,133 "Look, this is for sure, there's a big chunk 489 00:23:04,174 --> 00:23:07,136 of precious metal down there." Well, then we've got to find it. 490 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:11,140 IAN: We'll go as far as we can with the bailer. Oh, great. 491 00:23:11,265 --> 00:23:13,559 And, uh, we'll get a sample. 492 00:23:13,684 --> 00:23:15,769 At the very bottom is the open hole or... 493 00:23:15,853 --> 00:23:19,064 ‐Yes. You can hear the ball valves in it. ‐Yep. 494 00:23:19,148 --> 00:23:22,818 NARRATOR: In order to collect a water sample from the bottom 495 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:25,487 of Borehole C‐1, the team is using 496 00:23:25,613 --> 00:23:28,240 a dual‐valve sampling bailer. 497 00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:31,160 As the device descends down the well, 498 00:23:31,285 --> 00:23:34,330 the force of the water on the ball valves inside it 499 00:23:34,455 --> 00:23:37,082 allows it to flow through the bailer. 500 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:40,127 Once the bailer reaches the desired depth, 501 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:41,879 the balls sink into place, 502 00:23:42,004 --> 00:23:45,132 trapping the water sample inside the tube. 503 00:23:45,215 --> 00:23:47,927 This will prevent contamination from other depths 504 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:51,555 while the device is brought back to the surface. 505 00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:55,517 IAN: Oh. That's it. 506 00:23:58,395 --> 00:24:00,314 ‐What depth are you calling it? ‐IAN: 183. 507 00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:01,857 183. Okay. 508 00:24:01,982 --> 00:24:03,567 I have always believed 509 00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:05,903 that something of significance 510 00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:08,113 lies within the bowels of the Money Pit. 511 00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:11,116 And this water sample testing done by Dr. Lukeman 512 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,955 and Dr. Spooner can provide some very interesting information. 513 00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:18,666 They might be able to put X on the ground. 514 00:24:18,749 --> 00:24:21,293 That I found exceedingly interesting, 515 00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:23,712 and I look forward to their analysis. 516 00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:26,131 Good? 517 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:29,718 Just hold that up there. 518 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,265 We'll keep that sample. We'll keep that for sure. 519 00:24:35,349 --> 00:24:36,558 ‐Okay. ‐MATT: Wonderful. 520 00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:39,103 ‐Let's do another sample. ‐Okay. 521 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:43,148 NARRATOR: As Craig, Dr. Spooner, and members of the team 522 00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:46,318 collect more water samples in the Money Pit area... 523 00:24:47,111 --> 00:24:49,488 ...back in the uplands near the swamp... 524 00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:51,615 ‐Hey, Rick. ‐Hey. 525 00:24:51,699 --> 00:24:54,660 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina, along with Dr. Aaron Taylor, 526 00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:57,329 Miriam Amirault and Alex Lagina, 527 00:24:57,454 --> 00:24:59,581 continue their own search for valuable clues 528 00:24:59,707 --> 00:25:01,583 along the stone pathway. 529 00:25:01,709 --> 00:25:05,129 RICK: As this path appears to turn to the upland, 530 00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:07,923 we're finding an incredible amount of artifacts. 531 00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:08,966 What's that? 532 00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:12,344 So, I don't know what to make of it. 533 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:15,180 Is this the centralized location 534 00:25:15,305 --> 00:25:17,599 for the build of the stone path? 535 00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:19,435 I don't know. 536 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:21,645 The more we look, the more we find. 537 00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:24,314 ‐RICK: That might be stone. ‐AARON: I think‐‐ 538 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,817 ‐RICK: That's not. ‐AARON: No, that's brick fragment. 539 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:28,652 This is nice. 540 00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:32,197 That's a fragment of a pipe bowl. 541 00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:35,325 Clean it up, maybe get a maker's mark on it, and then we will 542 00:25:35,451 --> 00:25:38,370 ‐be able to tell where it was made and when‐‐ ‐RICK: What is that? 543 00:25:38,454 --> 00:25:40,706 AARON: That's annular ware. That's the early stuff. 544 00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:43,417 Quite early 1760s. 545 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,544 Okay. I'll bag this up. 546 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:47,588 ‐RICK: Okay. ‐AARON: Great. 547 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,757 I'm just going to go check on those guys. 548 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,551 ‐All right. Thanks, Rick. ‐Okey doke. 549 00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:54,762 Working with Aaron and Miriam... 550 00:25:54,845 --> 00:25:56,972 it's like a little mini, mini treasure hunt. 551 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:59,016 You know, you're scraping away with the trowel 552 00:25:59,141 --> 00:26:01,477 and all of a sudden there in front of you is 553 00:26:01,518 --> 00:26:03,645 a little surprise‐‐ a little, again, 554 00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:05,564 a little piece of hopefully connective tissue. 555 00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:09,818 So, it's somewhat intoxicating and addictive. 556 00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:19,828 Wow. 557 00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:23,332 That's interesting. 558 00:26:28,003 --> 00:26:29,630 It's huge. 559 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:38,472 NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina has just made what he hopes 560 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,474 could be an important discovery. 561 00:26:40,557 --> 00:26:42,226 RICK: Aaron will know what that is. 562 00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:46,980 That's what I like to see: Three people hard at work. 563 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,983 AARON: Hey, Rick. Any breakthroughs? 564 00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:53,112 RICK: So, here's what's down there. 565 00:26:53,195 --> 00:26:56,865 There was one more find, which I found interesting. 566 00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:05,999 AARON: Sweet Jesus. 567 00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:10,462 This is really nice. It's a base, 568 00:27:10,587 --> 00:27:12,464 probably a plate. 569 00:27:12,548 --> 00:27:15,634 ‐There you go. ‐AARON: Just looking at it now, 570 00:27:15,676 --> 00:27:17,719 it looks like creamware. 571 00:27:18,595 --> 00:27:20,597 Creamware comes in 1763. 572 00:27:20,681 --> 00:27:23,058 The British bring it in when they arrive. 573 00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:27,020 Uh, it might be yellowware, which is a little later. 574 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:30,274 Just because all the pieces we've been finding 575 00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:31,525 are from that period, 576 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,485 I think this is a creamware. 577 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:36,405 But, uh, you seldom find a nice base 578 00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:37,698 intact like that. 579 00:27:38,615 --> 00:27:42,703 NARRATOR: First produced around the 1740s in Staffordshire, England, 580 00:27:42,786 --> 00:27:46,290 creamware is a refined lead‐glazed earthenware 581 00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:49,334 named for its yellowish‐white cream‐like color. 582 00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:53,422 Could this discovery be an important clue to help identify 583 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,048 who made the cobblestone pathway? 584 00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:58,218 If so, might it also be connected 585 00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:02,264 to the pine tar kiln located on nearby Lot 15, 586 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:05,434 which blacksmith expert Carmen Legge believes 587 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,102 was of British design, 588 00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:09,229 and which archaeologist Laird Niven believes 589 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:11,481 may have been used for the continuous burning 590 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:15,068 of materials in the construction of the original Money Pit? 591 00:28:15,152 --> 00:28:17,321 Well, I've been waiting all summer 592 00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:18,530 for a "sweet Jesus moment," 593 00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,449 and sweet Jesus. 594 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,367 ‐(chuckling) ‐That is a nice base. 595 00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:25,454 Now, let's find the rest of it. 596 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:29,750 But if that's creamware, that's a really nice early piece. 597 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,294 Well, I got about that much of a shelf to do. 598 00:28:32,336 --> 00:28:34,504 That's still a work in progress, and as you see, 599 00:28:34,588 --> 00:28:36,548 ‐there's things to be found out there. ‐Keeps giving. 600 00:28:36,632 --> 00:28:38,300 ‐Okay. I'll bag these up. ‐Okey doke. 601 00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:40,802 ‐AARON: Good stuff. Thank you. ‐Cool. All right. Yup. 602 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:44,723 RICK: I shall return. 603 00:28:44,806 --> 00:28:46,892 NARRATOR: As Rick and the team 604 00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:49,311 resume their investigation in the uplands, 605 00:28:49,353 --> 00:28:51,647 later that afternoon in the Money Pit area... 606 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,774 TERRY: We got the 78 in our right hand? 607 00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:56,693 STEVE G.: We've got 68 in our right hand, I think. 608 00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:58,779 TERRY: 68 in our right hand, okay. 609 00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:00,489 NARRATOR: ...surveyor Steve Guptill 610 00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:02,908 and geologist Terry Matheson, continue to monitor 611 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:04,660 the core drilling operation 612 00:29:04,785 --> 00:29:07,537 in Borehole C‐11.5, 613 00:29:07,621 --> 00:29:10,874 just north of the OC‐1 caisson. 614 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,585 That's kind of interesting. 615 00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:15,420 Yeah, what? What's interesting? 616 00:29:15,504 --> 00:29:17,756 Uh, there looks like there might be a little bit 617 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:20,092 of backfill or burnt material. 618 00:29:21,051 --> 00:29:23,178 STEVE G.: Well, that's good. 619 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:25,806 TERRY: Yeah, possibly. I don't know what it is. 620 00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:28,141 I don't know why it has an unusual‐‐ 621 00:29:28,225 --> 00:29:30,894 almost look like ashes or something on it. 622 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:33,647 NARRATOR: Burnt backfilled materials 623 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:37,317 found in Borehole C‐11.5? 624 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:40,946 Is it simply evidence of previous searcher activity? 625 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:44,199 Or could the team be on the verge of a major discovery? 626 00:29:44,324 --> 00:29:46,785 STEVE G.: You know, we're in backfill at 68 feet. 627 00:29:46,868 --> 00:29:48,370 And that just suggests that we're inside 628 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:49,830 or just outside of a shaft, so, again, 629 00:29:49,913 --> 00:29:50,789 this is great information. 630 00:29:51,707 --> 00:29:54,793 ‐STEVE G.: Maybe the next core will tell us something. ‐TERRY: Next run? 631 00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:56,670 MARTY: In the Money Pit area, 632 00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,213 we're finding all these works 633 00:29:58,338 --> 00:30:00,424 and all these tunnels, and then we're finding stuff 634 00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:02,342 to the 1700s, 635 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:03,969 which is extremely encouraging, yeah. 636 00:30:04,094 --> 00:30:06,805 It used to be the one thing. 637 00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:09,224 When Rick and I were talking, I used to say, 638 00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:11,393 "I will change my mind about everything if you show me 639 00:30:11,518 --> 00:30:14,563 concrete evidence of substantial works prior to 1795." 640 00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:16,440 Well, you know what? He did it. 641 00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:19,693 So, we've already won that much. 642 00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:22,237 Now the objective is to actually, 643 00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:24,323 you know, find evidence of real treasure. 644 00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:41,131 TERRY: Let's cross our fingers. 645 00:30:41,256 --> 00:30:42,966 ‐STEVE G.: He's into something interesting. ‐Something going on? 646 00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:44,551 We got a little soft right at 88. 647 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:46,803 ‐From 88 on. ‐Okay. 648 00:30:46,887 --> 00:30:48,764 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 649 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,557 representatives from Choice Drilling 650 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,727 have just encountered something out of the ordinary 651 00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:56,104 in Borehole C‐11.5. 652 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,856 That might be our tunnel. 653 00:30:57,981 --> 00:31:00,567 ‐106.6. ‐MIKE: 106! 654 00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:03,278 ‐Are you serious? ‐No, it just dropped, whatever's in there. 655 00:31:03,362 --> 00:31:06,907 NARRATOR: A drop of the drill rod of nearly 18 feet? 656 00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:09,743 Could it be a natural void of some kind? 657 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:11,995 Or could it be evidence 658 00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:14,748 of the Money Pit treasure vault itself? 659 00:31:14,831 --> 00:31:18,126 TERRY: Get this one up, Steve‐O. Whoa! 660 00:31:18,251 --> 00:31:19,753 Whoa. 661 00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:22,964 ‐Let's have a look. ‐All right. 662 00:31:27,010 --> 00:31:29,262 ‐It's pretty loose at the bottom. ‐TERRY: Yeah. 663 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,682 STEVE G.: Anything interesting? 664 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:34,434 TERRY: Not so much. 665 00:31:34,518 --> 00:31:37,604 See, here is what I think he was into right there. 666 00:31:37,687 --> 00:31:40,357 This material here, when he hits it, it starts to slip because 667 00:31:40,482 --> 00:31:41,900 ‐of all the clay in it. ‐STEVE G.: Yep. 668 00:31:42,025 --> 00:31:43,360 TERRY: So, he finds that soft. 669 00:31:43,485 --> 00:31:46,071 So, this section here is the interglacial phase, 670 00:31:46,196 --> 00:31:48,615 and you get a lot of really dark clay in there. 671 00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,992 So, when he hits it sometimes it slips through. 672 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,661 It feels sometimes he might have broken through 673 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:53,787 into an open tunnel or something. 674 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:55,997 But, usually, it's just this. 675 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:58,458 What about here? Look, this is the last two feet. 676 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:01,586 ‐Is that redrill? ‐Give it a hit. 677 00:32:01,670 --> 00:32:04,047 Yeah, that's a redrill. And then what are we getting into 678 00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:06,091 ‐down there? Some more of this? ‐It's tight again, yep. 679 00:32:06,174 --> 00:32:07,801 TERRY: So, that's just more of the same. 680 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:10,303 ‐Just a lot of ground‐up maroon silt stone. ‐STEVE G.: It's tight. 681 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,098 TERRY: The tightness of it tells us we're probably not close 682 00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:14,933 to a vertical structure, which is disappointing. 683 00:32:15,016 --> 00:32:17,686 Not terribly interesting 684 00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:19,104 in terms of treasure hunting. 685 00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:20,939 NARRATOR: Unfortunately for the team, 686 00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:23,984 what appeared to be a possible large underground 687 00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:26,987 void where they hoped to encounter the original Money Pit 688 00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:31,366 is simply a natural horizon of soft clay. 689 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:34,536 Although frustrating, especially given this late moment 690 00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:37,998 in the year, it is at least useful information 691 00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:40,709 to help inform their search moving forward. 692 00:32:40,834 --> 00:32:43,128 So, C‐11.5 turned out to be nothing, 693 00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:45,088 which is good information because 694 00:32:45,172 --> 00:32:47,674 it helps us really put an X through our Money Pit grid, 695 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:50,093 and we know that's an area of... 696 00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:51,553 really of non‐interest for us right now. 697 00:32:51,678 --> 00:32:53,013 So, Terry's going to log the information, 698 00:32:53,138 --> 00:32:54,306 I'm going to plot it in our 3D model, 699 00:32:54,431 --> 00:32:56,183 and we're going to move to the next hole. 700 00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:58,143 C‐11.5. 701 00:32:58,185 --> 00:33:00,604 ‐It's a bust. ‐Kind of, uh, 702 00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:01,980 died with a whimper. 703 00:33:02,063 --> 00:33:04,774 It was tight. So, we are not close 704 00:33:04,858 --> 00:33:07,652 ‐to any structures. ‐TERRY: Doesn't look like we are very close. No. 705 00:33:07,777 --> 00:33:10,489 So, we're done. We'll move on. 706 00:33:10,614 --> 00:33:14,034 NARRATOR: While members of the team regroup in the Money Pit area... 707 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:16,328 ‐LAIRD: Hey! ‐GARY: Hey, guys. 708 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:19,706 NARRATOR: Rick and Alex Lagina, 709 00:33:19,789 --> 00:33:22,626 along with Gary Drayton and David Fornetti 710 00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:25,170 meet with archeologist Laird Niven to receive 711 00:33:25,295 --> 00:33:27,797 his follow‐up assessment of the bag seal 712 00:33:27,881 --> 00:33:30,800 found yesterday on Lot 32. 713 00:33:30,884 --> 00:33:32,594 LAIRD: It's curious. It's‐‐ 714 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,012 I was pretty excited to see it. 715 00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:37,098 Often the detail on bale seals is really 716 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,142 difficult to interpret. 717 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:40,477 They're very cryptic. 718 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,563 ‐RICK: Wow. ‐GARY: Wow. 719 00:33:43,647 --> 00:33:46,191 ‐That has got some detail on that, doesn't it? ‐RICK: It sure does. 720 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:48,026 GARY: Wow, look. 721 00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:50,070 It looks like an "X" on the bottom. 722 00:33:50,153 --> 00:33:52,155 ‐LAIRD: A double "X." ‐GARY: A double "X." Yeah. 723 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:54,824 But we can do a little explanation 724 00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:56,701 of what we are seeing here. 725 00:33:56,826 --> 00:33:58,078 This is actually the cloth makers, 726 00:33:58,161 --> 00:33:59,788 what they call a privy seal. 727 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:02,082 These seals are family seals. 728 00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:05,627 So, they'd be passed down through the generations. 729 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:07,629 And apparently, back in the day, 730 00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:11,049 if you had a father and a son alive at the same time, 731 00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:13,134 to avoid confusion you'd add‐‐ 732 00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:15,720 the son would add an element to his seal. 733 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:19,307 So, they get more and more complicated over the years. 734 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,352 But this one, if you look here, 735 00:34:22,477 --> 00:34:24,062 has initials. 736 00:34:24,187 --> 00:34:26,856 I think it's an F on the left‐hand side, 737 00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:30,151 ‐and perhaps an E on the right‐hand side. ‐RICK: Mm‐hmm. 738 00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:31,695 If I pull it down... 739 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:36,408 It's really faint, but... 740 00:34:37,284 --> 00:34:39,536 What you can't see is 741 00:34:39,661 --> 00:34:42,289 that's actually the shape of a four. 742 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:44,207 RICK: Oh, yeah. Okay. 743 00:34:44,291 --> 00:34:46,084 LAIRD: Apparently, that's an old symbol 744 00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:49,129 used for a long time, 745 00:34:49,212 --> 00:34:50,922 and it's not actually a four. 746 00:34:51,673 --> 00:34:54,801 They think it represents, like, the sign of the cross. 747 00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:58,263 GARY: Oh, wow. 748 00:34:58,346 --> 00:35:01,141 RICK: What is the significance, the sign of the cross? 749 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:03,226 You wouldn't think to find that 750 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:05,895 on a commercial enterprise, right? 751 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:08,732 LAIRD: I don't think it derives from family crests because 752 00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:11,526 that‐‐ that symbol is 753 00:35:11,651 --> 00:35:15,113 used by multiple families, so this would have been something 754 00:35:15,196 --> 00:35:17,532 carried down through generations. 755 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:19,159 It's just most curious to have that 756 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,994 religious symbol on a commercial item. 757 00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:22,912 I‐I find that to be very strange. 758 00:35:23,038 --> 00:35:25,165 And the only people who would do that, 759 00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:28,335 in my limited knowledge base, would be Templars. 760 00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:40,972 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Research Center, 761 00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:42,307 archaeologist Laird Niven 762 00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:43,558 has just revealed to Rick Lagina and members of the team 763 00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:47,145 what could be a critical clue on the metal bag seal 764 00:35:47,228 --> 00:35:49,397 recently found on Lot 32. 765 00:35:49,522 --> 00:35:53,401 I'm going back, though, to the origination of it. 766 00:35:53,526 --> 00:35:56,404 And you think back, right? The Templars 767 00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:58,865 were heavy into commerce. 768 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:00,742 I mean, they literally were 769 00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:02,744 the bankers and the financiers 770 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:05,497 and the commercial operatives of the day. 771 00:36:05,580 --> 00:36:07,499 You know, those were the people you dealt with. 772 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:09,376 LAIRD: Yeah. I just find it really evocative. 773 00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:11,753 I find it really cool, you know? 774 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,546 It's a symbol that's old enough 775 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:16,633 that the origins have basically been forgotten. 776 00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:19,719 NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina be correct 777 00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:22,597 that the lead bag seal found near the swamp 778 00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:26,643 might be evidence connected to the Knights Templar? 779 00:36:26,768 --> 00:36:29,312 Although the theory of a possible link 780 00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:31,314 between the Oak Island mystery 781 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:33,441 and this medieval order of warrior monks 782 00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:35,985 has persisted for generations, 783 00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:37,737 Rick, Marty, 784 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:40,824 and the team have made notable discoveries 785 00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:42,325 that potentially corroborate it 786 00:36:42,450 --> 00:36:45,620 including pieces of keg barrels, 787 00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:48,331 a hand point chisel and tunneling tools 788 00:36:48,415 --> 00:36:51,960 that all date back to the 1400s or earlier. 789 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:55,714 However, the discovery of the lead cross at Smith's Cove 790 00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:58,633 three years ago remains the most compelling 791 00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:01,428 due to the fact that a scientific test, 792 00:37:01,511 --> 00:37:03,596 known as laser ablation, 793 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,517 helped prove that it's at least 700 years old... 794 00:37:08,852 --> 00:37:10,478 ...and was made from lead 795 00:37:10,603 --> 00:37:13,398 originating in an area of Southern France that was once 796 00:37:13,481 --> 00:37:15,859 a stronghold for the Templars. 797 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:20,613 Could this bag seal now be another important clue 798 00:37:20,697 --> 00:37:23,575 that could help prove this incredible theory? 799 00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:27,287 I've got two words to say: 800 00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:28,705 Laser ablation. 801 00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:31,040 ‐We should get that tested. ‐Yeah. 802 00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:33,752 RICK: Well, that is a good idea. 803 00:37:33,835 --> 00:37:36,588 GARY: And maybe it matches up to other lead signatures 804 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:38,631 that were found on different lead artifacts 805 00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:40,675 ‐on the island. ‐RICK: Mm‐hmm. ‐Right. 806 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:43,011 So, you didn't mention a time period. 807 00:37:43,845 --> 00:37:46,598 Some of them actually have dates on them. 808 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:51,311 But this one, the broad date is 1300‐1800. 809 00:37:51,394 --> 00:37:53,521 ‐That's pretty broad. ‐LAIRD: Yeah. 810 00:37:53,646 --> 00:37:57,275 RICK: This bag seal in proximity to the wharf‐‐ 811 00:37:57,358 --> 00:37:58,526 That's huge. 812 00:37:58,651 --> 00:38:02,322 Is there a possible Templar connection? Maybe. 813 00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:04,115 We need to come to an understanding 814 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:05,700 what this represents here. 815 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:08,411 But it's the strangest thing I've seen 816 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,455 on this island in a long, long time. 817 00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:12,749 That is very, very cool. 818 00:38:12,874 --> 00:38:14,626 Yeah. Very cool. 819 00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:17,420 Heck of a top‐pocket find for sure, isn't it? 820 00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:20,298 ‐RICK: Absolutely. ‐I actually agree. 821 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:22,884 ALEX: You got him! Finally got him. 822 00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:25,512 Welcome to the dark side, mate. 823 00:38:31,684 --> 00:38:34,270 MARTY: Welcome! One of my favorite times. 824 00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:35,647 We get to look at some, 825 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,607 I believe, will be very interesting data. 826 00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:39,567 NARRATOR: Two days later, 827 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:42,237 Rick, Marty, Craig and members of the team 828 00:38:42,362 --> 00:38:46,574 gather in the war room for the highly anticipated report 829 00:38:46,699 --> 00:38:48,827 from Dr. Ian Spooner and his colleague 830 00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:51,621 Dr. Matt Lukeman regarding the water tests 831 00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:53,915 they conducted earlier this week 832 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,667 in the Money Pit area. 833 00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:58,628 So, I've got one question to ask. 834 00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:01,756 Do you think there is treasure in the Money Pit? 835 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,467 ‐Ooh, I like that lead‐in. ‐(laughter) 836 00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:06,845 No, you know, I'm serious. 837 00:39:07,929 --> 00:39:09,472 ‐Do I? ‐IAN: Yeah. 838 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:11,766 ‐Small chance. ‐I‐I do. 839 00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:14,644 I absolutely do. I believe that what they drilled into 840 00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:16,479 in 1897 is real, 841 00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:19,482 ‐and I think it's still there. ‐Right. 842 00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:21,442 So, Doug, can you bring, uh, 843 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:23,945 ‐bring up the presentation? ‐DOUG: I can. 844 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,947 IAN: Great. 845 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:31,828 That image shows the wells. There were 12 of them. 846 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:35,498 We took the samples, and what Matt did was 847 00:39:35,623 --> 00:39:38,626 take the initiative to scan it through the whole spectrum. 848 00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:41,045 And that's when some interesting things came up. 849 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:43,756 I'll flash right forward 850 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,134 to why I asked you that question about 851 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,303 ‐do you believe in treasure? ‐Mm‐hmm. 852 00:39:48,428 --> 00:39:50,305 Whether it was pieces of eight, maravedis, 853 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:52,515 anything like that, they were only about 20, 854 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,602 maybe 30 percent silver. The rest was zinc and copper. 855 00:39:55,685 --> 00:39:59,314 And so I said, "Okay, if there really is a ton of treasure 856 00:39:59,439 --> 00:40:04,110 "down there, then what we might expect to see is elevated levels 857 00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,029 of the alloys of silver." 858 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:12,660 And so, I have red arrows on... 859 00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:15,830 what I was really looking for 860 00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:19,083 ‐if I was looking for treasure, right? ‐Mm‐hmm. Yeah. 861 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:21,461 But what we do see is 862 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:25,798 at the well we call WS‐1, WS‐2, WS‐9. 863 00:40:25,882 --> 00:40:28,134 Look at the copper and zinc levels. 864 00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:31,137 This is not a minor little hill. 865 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:32,764 ‐Blip. ‐This is... 866 00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:36,559 ten times‐‐ this is a spike, ten times peak. 867 00:40:36,684 --> 00:40:39,103 I went, "Wow." Like, this is big news. 868 00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,481 Not only that, we got silver 869 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,149 ‐in those as well. ‐Really? 870 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:46,986 IAN: At the end of the day, there 871 00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:49,155 is every reason to believe 872 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,033 down in those holes that 873 00:40:52,158 --> 00:40:53,743 there is something close by 874 00:40:53,826 --> 00:40:56,371 that contains a fair bit of silver. 875 00:40:56,496 --> 00:40:59,707 DOUG: I guess I'm still trying to get a mental picture of how much 876 00:40:59,832 --> 00:41:01,376 silver it would take to get to these levels. 877 00:41:01,501 --> 00:41:03,419 Like, is it a handful of silver or is it 878 00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:06,798 ‐a Gerhardt dump truck load of silver? ‐It's a Gerhardt dump truck. 879 00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:08,967 ‐MARTY: Oh, baby! ‐JACK: Oh, no way! 880 00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:11,761 RICK: Wow. 881 00:41:11,844 --> 00:41:14,722 NARRATOR: Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 882 00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:17,475 STEVE G.: We need to connect the cobble path in the swamp 883 00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:18,851 to this path that leads to the Money Pit. 884 00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:20,812 ‐That may be our "X" on the ground. ‐Yes. 885 00:41:20,937 --> 00:41:23,022 NARRATOR: It's the historic season finale. 886 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:24,315 ‐GARY: Oh, my gosh! ‐STEVE G.: Oh wow. 887 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,610 ‐GARY: That's old. This is off a ship. ‐It's off a ship. 888 00:41:27,694 --> 00:41:30,738 That might actually be the thing that solves the mystery. 889 00:41:30,863 --> 00:41:33,449 ‐RICK: Oh, oh, oh! ‐CHARLES: What do you got? What is that? 890 00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:36,119 ‐I've never seen anything like that before. ‐AARON: It's incredible. 891 00:41:36,202 --> 00:41:39,163 This is the first direct evidence of real treasure. 892 00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:40,498 (laughter) 893 00:41:40,581 --> 00:41:42,041 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS