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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island,
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- a special two-hour premiere.
- (horn honks)
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RICK: I think we're closer
than ever to understanding
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what may have happened here.
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We identified a lab that can
take a look at our water samples
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- from the perspective of gold.
- That's great.
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What the heck? That's lead.
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It's highly decorated.
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It's like the crosses.
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This island has got to be close
to giving up its secrets.
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TERRY DEVEAU: This is a type
of road that was built in Europe.
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The Portuguese were active
in Nova Scotia
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- in the 1500s.
- Wow.
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(laughs) What do we got here?
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What the heck is that?
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I hate to say the "G" word,
but it could be.
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I have some results.
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You know, I'm-I'm obviously
sort of excited by this.
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- Oh, really?
- Really?
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BRENNAN McMAHON:
Fire it up.
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We're getting to the top
of the Chappell Vault.
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- You guys ready?
- RICK: It's a great day.
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- This year, we're going for the gold.
- Going for gold.
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That's right.
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- All right.
- There you go.
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NARRATOR: There is an
island in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
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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man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to 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,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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- RICK: So, here we go, guys.
- GARY: Yep.
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We've been doing
a lot of preparing,
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and I'm ready
to get on the island.
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Yes.
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I'm looking forward
to getting out there
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and finding some bobby-dazzlers
and top-pocket finds.
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And silver is
my second favorite coin.
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- (laughter)
- And I've got a silver dance.
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- You've got a silver dance?
- Oh, I have.
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(laughter)
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NARRATOR: A new year of
searching for a legendary treasure
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is about to begin on Oak Island.
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But for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester
and their team...
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RICK:
Here we are.
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GARY:
That's a heck of a sight, innit?
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NARRATOR: they are starting
out with an assurance that no one
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before them has had since this
mystery began back in 1795.
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RICK: I mean, how
can we all not be excited
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about the evidence
of silver last year?
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I think it's fantastic.
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- Yep.
- I think it's very exciting.
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What-what depth
are you calling it?
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- IAN: 183.
- 183. Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Just before the team ended
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their search operations
last year...
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Good.
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Geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
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conducted water sampling tests
in a number of
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previously drilled boreholes
across the Money Pit area.
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IAN:
We'll keep that sample.
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- We'll keep that for sure.
- Okay.
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NARRATOR:
The results were astonishing.
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There is every reason to
believe, down in those holes,
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that there is a very large
amount of silver.
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Is it a handful of silver
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or is it a Gerhart dump truck
load of silver?
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- It's a Gerhart dump truck.
- MARTY: Aw, baby.
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(laughter)
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GARY: I think this year is
gonna be really, really significant.
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CRAIG: My hopes are
high. That's for sure.
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It was a phenomenally
successful year last year.
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I mean, how can you
not get enthused about
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traces of silver
found in the Money Pit?
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- Looks like everybody's inside already.
- CRAIG: Yeah.
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- Let's head on in.
- PETER: Let's go.
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MARTY: Last year, for instance,
we found all kinds of things,
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dramatic things.
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And this is the first year
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we've had direct indications
of precious metals.
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And by that,
I mean we have silver--
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Silver dissolved in the water.
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That screams of treasure.
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- Hey, guys.
- Hey, guys.
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- How you doing?
- How's it going?
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Hey.
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- Welcome back.
- RICK: We're glad to be back.
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Fellowship of the dig.
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I think we're closer than ever
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to furthering our understanding
of what may have happened here.
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The goal, the focus,
the hope, the commitment
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was always solve the mystery,
and that has never changed.
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Friendly faces
all around the table.
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How the family has grown.
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This is my Everest.
I want to climb it.
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I want to find the answers.
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Doug, if you could get
everybody on the screen up.
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And, uh, we'll see if we can't
get this meeting started.
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- Hey, everybody.
- Hey.
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- Hello.
- NARRATOR: Due to important business
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back in Traverse City, Michigan,
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Marty Lagina
and his son Alex must wait
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before they can
travel to Nova Scotia
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and join the team in person.
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I think the best way
to begin this is
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to turn it over to Ian.
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Sure. The bottom line is,
no matter how you cut it,
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there's silver there.
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It's in wells
in the Money Pit area.
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And it's not a little silver.
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To create an anomaly
in groundwater, it's...
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it's a fair bit of silver.
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A dump truck load. Don't forget.
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- Uh...
- (laughter)
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BILLY: I remember the
dump truck part, Marty.
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I-- That's my recollection,
too, right?
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(laughter)
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DOUG:
That's exciting because
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the highest concentration was
just a few feet north of C-1.
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Charles picked C-1
a few years ago,
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and the shiny gold thing
was found.
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- Right?
- Yep.
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NARRATOR:
Of the many steel shafts
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the team has excavated
in the Money Pit area
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over the past five years,
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one of the most promising
and intriguing sites
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is the one known simply
as "C-1."
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It was here, in 2015,
that after drilling
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a six-inch-wide
exploratory borehole...
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Right there.
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The team captured
stunning video evidence
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of a mysterious
gold-colored object
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embedded in
the wall of a large cavern
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some 170 feet underground.
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RICK:
Those are gold-colored.
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CHARLES: Yeah, and there's
another piece of it there, too.
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Yeah, another piece.
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(staticky squealing)
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NARRATOR: Subsequent efforts
to confirm the identity of the object
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included the expansion of C-1
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along with
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Oh, what's this?
Is this another one?
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I can see gold.
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NARRATOR:
Last year,
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the team obtained
additional video evidence
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of three more
gold-colored objects.
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This evidence, combined with the
recent water testing results,
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has given
Rick, Marty and the team
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every reason to believe they may
be close to finally locating
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the fabled
Money Pit treasure vault.
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The question was: Where do we go
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with-with those results so that
we can focus our efforts?
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And so, we identified a lab
that can take a look
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not only at our water samples
from the perspective of silver,
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uh, but they can take a look
at our water samples from
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the perspective of gold.
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- All right!
- There you go.
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I thought gold wasn't
detectable, though, in water.
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- Apparently, it is.
- Okay.
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IAN:
And, so, this is something new.
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It's a lab in Queens, Ontario,
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and they specialize in
looking at groundwater
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in exploration for gold mines.
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Great.
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And so, I'm pretty excited.
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Rick, I want
to look for this gold
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- as soon as possible.
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We've been looking for gold
for ten years now,
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and now we hear that maybe
we can detect it in the water.
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Let's see.
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Yeah, I think
everybody's on board that.
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Yeah.
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So, we'll get going on that
as soon as possible.
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And we're just gonna need
everybody's help
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deciding where to sample.
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NARRATOR: In order to pinpoint
the exact location of precious metals
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buried deep in the Money Pit,
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Dr. Spooner
will take water samples
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from over 30 boreholes
throughout the area,
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strategically chosen
based on last year's findings.
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Then, using cutting-edge
mineral analysis,
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the team will be able
to identify not only the areas
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with the highest concentration
of silver
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but also any presence of gold.
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This is not just about
chasing the gold and silver.
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It's about chasing
where the gold and silver is.
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And the only way,
I think, to do that
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is testing further
water samples from this area
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where these trace elements
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MARTY: That's great, but,
Rick, we're all excited about
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this silver in the water and
eager to see if there's gold,
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but what about
putting down big cans?
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RICK: Yes, we have
reached out to Irving
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for a quote, and the quote
is for a ten-foot can.
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NARRATOR: Once the upcoming
water tests are completed,
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the Laginas and their team
will drill up to
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20 new six-inch boreholes
in the areas that reveal
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any evidence of silver
and hopefully gold.
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Based on those findings, they
will conduct their biggest
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and most expensive dig
to date by excavating
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a series of ten-foot-wide
steel-cased shafts
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to depths of
as much as 200 feet.
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RICK: The caisson size
came down to simple math.
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A ten-foot can over
an eight-foot can represents
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40% more material
to search through.
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That's why we're doing this.
We want to find something.
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I think we should
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Who would've thought,
you know, we'd find this
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- down the road, right?
- Yeah. This is crazy.
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God, look at that.
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That looks exactly like
an old Roman road.
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AARON:
It's possible.
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NARRATOR:
Last year, the team uncovered
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a massive stone road,
or possible ship's wharf,
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in the southeastern corner
of the swamp.
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This is really cool.
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It's impressive.
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This is mondo cool.
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NARRATOR: Further investigation
revealed a separate cobblestone pathway,
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extending up the swamp's eastern
border and continuing on
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to an as yet undetermined
destination on the island.
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It was along this stone path
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that the team also found pieces
of 15th-century keg barrels,
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iron ring bolts--
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Possibly utilized as
part of a pulley system--
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And a trade weight,
an ancient tool typically used
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for the measurement
of gold and silver coins.
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But who built these features,
when, and for what purpose,
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remain burning questions
for Rick, Marty and the team.
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The sole purpose
of everything associated
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with the stone path is
to find out where it goes.
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It may go to the Money Pit.
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If you're offloading
something from a ship,
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you're gonna need
a stone path or a road
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to carry something inland.
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So, we need to follow that path.
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I'm interested in going back
to the stone path.
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- Mm-hmm.
- I think, uh,
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Miriam has got
the trowel she loaned me.
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Yes. We'll give you a trowel,
don't worry.
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- Okey doke.
- (laughs)
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RICK:
So, that leads us to
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something that is-- will be
very impactful this year.
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- So, Laird...
- Yeah.
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Can you give us
some background about
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CCH's renewed interest
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and what the permitting
process will be?
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Yeah.
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You know,
where we currently sit.
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Yeah, so this year,
um, obviously we have
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a lot of stricter regulations.
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The Department of Community,
Culture and Heritage,
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who oversees archaeology
in Nova Scotia,
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they've suddenly sat up
and, uh, and taken notice.
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They want more control
over any search for
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past human activities.
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RICK: So, with any
archaeological exploration,
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we're not gonna be able
to operate
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the way we did
in previous years.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
In 2010,
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the Laginas and their partners
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obtained permission under
the Oak Island Treasure Act
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to investigate
all areas of the island,
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excluding designated locations
of cultural importance
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such as the Samuel Ball
foundation on Lot 25
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and the Daniel McGinnis
foundation on Lot 21.
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However, in the spring of 2021,
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they were informed by
the provincial department
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of Community, Culture
and Heritage
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that regulatory oversight,
especially activities involving
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archaeological investigations
across the island, had changed.
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In previous years, the island
was divided into two parts:
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the western drumlin,
which we needed
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regular archeological
permits for,
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and then
the eastern drumlin, where,
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the vast majority of which,
we needed no permits at all.
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The Department of
Community, Culture and Heritage
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decided to rescind all of that,
except for that small area
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around the Money Pit,
and require permits for
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any work done, and to monitor
the excavation work.
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So, they want more formal tests
and excavated by hand
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and screen everything, uh,
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just like we would on a,
on a normal archaeological site.
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Okay.
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MARTY:
When we first started
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on this quest of Oak Island,
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with the original treasure
trove license that we had,
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there was very little
extra permission we needed.
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There has been a gradually
increasing level of scrutiny,
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oversight and regulation
since that time.
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And I think it's
because of our efforts.
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We've proven that this place
has some real historical value.
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The unintended consequence
is we got more regulation.
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But it's kind of
a pat on the back, really.
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The powers that be have
basically blessed it now
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by saying,
"Hey, this is for real.
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This matters."
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Well, that's great.
We made them care.
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- We made them care, yeah.
- Yeah.
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RICK:
I don't think,
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at this point,
you see it as restrictive
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- or prohibitive.
- No.
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In fact, what they've said,
I believe, is,
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- "We'll work with you."
- Yes.
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So, all good news to me, mate.
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- Exactly.
- MARTY: Okay.
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It sounds like we're all
on the same team
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and we can do this properly.
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- Well said.
- Yeah.
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RICK:
So, let's get to work.
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- To the quest.
- Thanks, everybody.
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- See you, guys.
- See you later, guys. - See ya.
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NARRATOR: Following their
meeting in the war room...
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STEVE G.: Finding some more
treasure today.
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- Some more silver water.
- IAN: Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
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and chemist Dr. Matt Lukeman
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join Oak Island historian
Charles Barkhouse,
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surveyor Steve Guptill
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and project manager Scott Barlow
in the Money Pit area.
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So, we-we formed
a game plan with Rick,
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and the game plan is
to test a lot of water wells.
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- Right.
- I think we're gonna mix
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between 2017 and 2020 holes.
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SCOTT:
Yes, that's right.
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NARRATOR:
Unlike last year's water test,
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which was limited
to three boreholes
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in the Money Pit area,
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this new test will involve
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sampling from nearly ten times
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as many drill sites
and past excavations,
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all of which
yielded promising clues,
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pre-18th century artifacts
and man-made structures.
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It is the team's hope
that by identifying where
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the highest concentration
of silver and possibly gold is,
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they will be able to pinpoint
the precise location
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of the Money Pit treasure vault.
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So, today we're gonna
start with E-8.
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- It's top on our list.
- Yep. Well, we got lots to do,
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- so let's get at it.
- Yeah.
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- We have a game plan.
- Great.
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I think it's astounding
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that you can test for gold
in the water, minute traces.
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You have to remember,
it's parts per billion
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is what they're measuring,
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but hopefully
there is some evidence
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that there's gold
down in the Money Pit.
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The depth of this one
might be, uh,
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a better chance
for getting some silver.
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- Right?
- Okay, let's hope.
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NARRATOR: In order to
collect the water samples,
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Dr. Spooner is using
a single-valve sampling bailer.
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As the device descends down,
the water within the borehole
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will force a ball valve
to open, filling the bailer.
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Once it reaches
the desired depth,
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a ball joint at
the device's base will close,
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trapping and securing
the water sample inside
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to prevent contamination as it
is brought back to the surface.
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IAN:
It's a little discolored.
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- MATT: That's it.
- Okay.
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- I'm just gonna taste this.
- Oh, you're serious?
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Ugh.
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Quite mineral-rich but fresh.
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A fair bit of iron.
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Or calcium.
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There's nothing that would
ever hurt you down there.
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- CHARLES: Moving on.
- Okay, yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Later that same day...
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- MARTY: I think we're gonna learn something.
- CRAIG: Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
Rick Lagina, Craig Tester
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and members of the team
make their way
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to the southeast corner
of the triangle-shaped swamp.
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In accordance
with new regulations
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imposed by
the provincial department
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of Community, Culture
and Heritage,
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archaeologist Laird Niven
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has agreed to oversee
a new investigation
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of the area near the stone road,
or potential ship's wharf,
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that the team discovered
one year ago.
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RICK:
Morning, Bill.
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- Good day.
- I see you brought your favorite trowel.
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- Yes.
- (laughs)
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You should be happy
this morning, right?
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- For sure.
- There you go.
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Why don't you hop down and we'll
figure out a game plan here.
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There's the man
of the hour, Laird.
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If you want to give him
the lowdown.
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LAIRD:
Well, we're looking at
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excavating this whole...
this whole section in here.
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So, we're just going over,
uh, logistics.
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The hope is to find
some connective tissue
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to the stone road
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and further the understanding
of it, specifically.
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Hopefully to date the structure.
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Well, the beauty of the swamp
is it preserves the wood.
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Right?
So, that's the importance.
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Well, hopefully we'll find out
something today.
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We still don't know a whole lot
about the stone road.
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So, the hope is,
as we peel back the layers
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in the southeast corner,
we'll find artifacts.
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We'll figure out
some clues as to
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the who, what, when,
where, why and how of it.
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How deep are we gonna go?
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As deep as it takes.
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Good.
That's what I like to hear.
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NARRATOR: At present,
Rick, Marty and Craig
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may only conduct excavations
without Laird Niven's oversight
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in the so-called green zone,
which encompasses
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the Money Pit area on Lots 18,
19 and a portion of 20.
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It is because of
the destructive digs
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that have taken place there
over the last century
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that the provincial government
has exempted it
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from their jurisdiction.
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The rest of the team's
property on the island,
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including the swamp,
is subject to
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the new strict Community,
Culture and Heritage guidelines.
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However, in light of
the significant discoveries
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made near the stone road
last year,
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that also included
wooden survey stakes
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and a possible
stone mason's tool,
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all of which were carbon-dated
to be over 400 years old,
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the team has obtained permission
to continue a closely supervised
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excavation of the site for more
important clues and artifacts.
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RICK: Last year, the work
in the swamp indicated that
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there are some answers there,
there are some mysteries there.
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It's an important feature,
but that's the problem.
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Right now,
it's only a something.
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It's a bunch of rocks laid out,
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and it presents itself
as a stone road.
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But what is it?
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Where does it go?
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Why is it there? Who built it?
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We're hoping that
some of those answers
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are in that southeast corner.
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♪ ♪
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Here we go.
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Hold it, Billy.
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Part of a barrel again.
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Another barrel stave?
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- Yeah, no mistaking that one.
- Yeah.
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It's more concaved, yeah.
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00:20:01,191 --> 00:20:03,275
That's really cool.
Good eye, Craig.
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Oh, look, you can see
where the, uh, the top
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- or the bottom was notched into there.
- Oh, yeah?
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NARRATOR:
Part of a wooden keg barrel?
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Found next to the remains
of the believed stone wharf?
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- GARY: Think there's another one there.
- There's another one, yeah.
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- A few of them.
- Over here, too.
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GARY:
Yeah.
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Wow.
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RICK:
Check that out.
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- Top of a keg.
- Wow.
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NARRATOR:
Could these pieces of keg barrel
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be related to the ones
Rick found one year ago
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along the nearby stone pathway
leading out of the swamp,
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ones dated to as early
as the 15th century?
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If so, could they be
more evidence
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that this possible stone wharf
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and stone pathway
were used to unload
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and then transport
valuable cargo
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off a ship and onto Oak Island?
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- Laird!
- Laird!
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- CRAIG: We found one nice piece of the barrel.
- Yeah.
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- CRAIG: But now it looks like three or four of them, right?
- Oh, yeah.
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- That's cool.
- This is one right here, too.
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LAIRD:
Nice.
477
00:21:05,255 --> 00:21:07,598
Think we've found a barrel here.
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- Yeah, that's probably where this came from.
- Yeah.
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All part of the same barrel.
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RICK:
What do you make of this?
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GARY:
Red paint on it.
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Red paint and a little dowel.
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00:21:21,938 --> 00:21:22,938
Huh.
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It's the top of the barrel.
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RICK: Yeah. It is
the top of the barrel.
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That paint might
tell us something.
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- LAIRD: Yeah.
- They could maybe date paint.
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RICK: The barrel
staves are interesting.
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What did it carry?
When was it made?
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What we need to do is
concentrate on what kind
491
00:21:37,037 --> 00:21:39,547
of sciences and professionals
can look at these things.
492
00:21:39,706 --> 00:21:42,466
We can certainly find someone
who can render an opinion.
493
00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,469
I noticed
there's no metal loops,
494
00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:47,796
so that would make
this barrel probably older.
495
00:21:47,881 --> 00:21:50,141
- No iron hoops.
- Mm-hmm.
496
00:21:50,225 --> 00:21:52,134
- Now we're getting to the interesting stuff, right?
- LAIRD: Yeah.
497
00:21:52,218 --> 00:21:54,312
- RICK: Well, let's keep going.
- Yeah.
498
00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:58,566
MARTY: The swamp road
is a very interesting area.
499
00:21:58,725 --> 00:22:01,810
The obvious question is:
Why build a road in a swamp?
500
00:22:01,895 --> 00:22:03,479
I've come full circle.
I'm with Rick.
501
00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,481
The swamp still
has some secrets.
502
00:22:05,565 --> 00:22:07,649
He thinks the key
to Oak Island is in there.
503
00:22:07,734 --> 00:22:09,401
I'm not so sure about that.
504
00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:11,662
But it clearly has been
hiding some secrets.
505
00:22:13,907 --> 00:22:16,334
- (metal detector beeping)
- Oh, got a signal.
506
00:22:17,827 --> 00:22:19,503
(beeping)
507
00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:22,081
- CRAIG: Right in here?
- GARY: Just here, mate.
508
00:22:22,165 --> 00:22:23,341
RICK:
Good one, too.
509
00:22:26,252 --> 00:22:27,428
GARY: Shouldn't be a blasting
cap this far down, should it?
510
00:22:27,587 --> 00:22:28,971
CRAIG:
Shouldn't be.
511
00:22:31,841 --> 00:22:33,509
Let's see if I can pinpoint it.
512
00:22:33,593 --> 00:22:35,853
(beeping)
513
00:22:43,770 --> 00:22:45,529
Come on. Where are you?
514
00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:46,697
It's in my hand.
515
00:22:49,109 --> 00:22:50,109
I knew it was in this bit.
516
00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:51,869
(excited laugh)
517
00:22:51,953 --> 00:22:53,287
What do we got here?
518
00:22:53,446 --> 00:22:55,539
What the heck is that?!
519
00:22:59,702 --> 00:23:01,787
NARRATOR: While investigating
the possible stone wharf
520
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,631
in the Oak Island swamp,
metal detection expert
521
00:23:03,790 --> 00:23:07,793
Gary Drayton has just made
a potentially important find.
522
00:23:07,877 --> 00:23:10,388
GARY: Is that like
a-a cog of some kind?
523
00:23:10,547 --> 00:23:13,048
- CRAIG: A gear. Yeah.
- Yeah, like a cog.
524
00:23:13,133 --> 00:23:15,384
Don't want to mess with it
too much,
525
00:23:15,468 --> 00:23:16,635
but a nice color underneath.
526
00:23:16,719 --> 00:23:18,979
That's my favorite color
underneath.
527
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:21,306
Here you go, mate.
528
00:23:21,391 --> 00:23:23,809
That's unusual, innit?
What the heck is that?
529
00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,978
Down so deep, as well.
530
00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:27,396
Is it a gear?
531
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,314
- Gear, yeah.
- GARY: Yeah.
532
00:23:29,399 --> 00:23:31,909
- Clock gear?
- Small gear.
533
00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:33,661
GARY:
What would you say that is?
534
00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:35,904
- Copper?
- I have no idea.
535
00:23:35,989 --> 00:23:39,500
I hate to say the "G" word,
but it could be.
536
00:23:39,659 --> 00:23:41,669
- LAIRD: It's a watch?
- GARY: That's what I was thinking.
537
00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,838
Maybe a piece of a watch.
A pocket watch.
538
00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:45,423
- LAIRD: Or a clock mechanism.
- Yeah.
539
00:23:45,507 --> 00:23:48,250
Pocket watches go back
a long time.
540
00:23:48,334 --> 00:23:50,594
I mean, early 1700s, I believe.
541
00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:52,179
I think the first ones
were in England.
542
00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:54,682
Yeah, I know the early
watch mechanisms are
543
00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:55,757
even older than that.
544
00:23:55,842 --> 00:23:56,934
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
545
00:23:57,018 --> 00:23:59,178
- (ticking)
- NARRATOR: Pocket watches
546
00:23:59,262 --> 00:24:03,015
were first developed in Europe
sometime in the 15th century.
547
00:24:03,099 --> 00:24:07,686
But up until the late 1700s,
they were reserved for the elite
548
00:24:07,770 --> 00:24:09,855
due to the fact that
they often contained
549
00:24:09,939 --> 00:24:12,783
gold, silver and even jewels.
550
00:24:12,868 --> 00:24:16,695
If this object is indeed part
of an ancient pocket watch,
551
00:24:16,779 --> 00:24:18,372
was it left behind by someone
552
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:21,208
who buried treasure
on Oak Island?
553
00:24:21,367 --> 00:24:24,962
And could further analysis of it
help determine the nationality
554
00:24:25,121 --> 00:24:27,882
of just who it may have
belonged to?
555
00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:31,126
And the cool thing is, 'cause
we have found a little gear,
556
00:24:31,219 --> 00:24:33,045
if there was
a pocket watch here,
557
00:24:33,129 --> 00:24:35,639
it would probably be
made of silver or gold.
558
00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:37,975
That would be excellent.
559
00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:39,059
CRAIG: So, you could
do some dancing, eh?
560
00:24:39,219 --> 00:24:40,644
You got that right, mate.
561
00:24:40,803 --> 00:24:42,471
RICK:
Really? You'd dance for that?
562
00:24:42,555 --> 00:24:43,481
- GARY: I would.
- Would you?
563
00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:44,890
Gold. On Oak Island.
564
00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:46,308
That would be brilliant.
565
00:24:46,392 --> 00:24:47,893
(laughter)
566
00:24:47,977 --> 00:24:49,570
RICK:
Okay, keep looking.
567
00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:51,563
GARY:
Let's step it up a gear.
568
00:24:51,648 --> 00:24:53,282
(laughter)
569
00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:56,452
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
570
00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:01,165
RICK: Gary, you had
some thoughts in the field.
571
00:25:01,324 --> 00:25:02,583
Yeah, I didn't want
to say the "G" word,
572
00:25:02,742 --> 00:25:04,660
but, hey, fingers crossed.
573
00:25:04,744 --> 00:25:07,079
NARRATOR:
Rick Lagina, Gary Drayton
574
00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:10,591
and archeologist Laird Niven
join Billy Gerhardt
575
00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:14,586
and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
in the archeology trailer
576
00:25:14,671 --> 00:25:17,765
to clean and conduct
preliminary analysis
577
00:25:17,924 --> 00:25:20,184
on the gold-colored object
just discovered in the swamp.
578
00:25:20,343 --> 00:25:21,927
So, I see
the ultrasonic cleaner is on.
579
00:25:22,011 --> 00:25:23,354
You're gonna clean it first?
580
00:25:23,513 --> 00:25:27,441
Yes. Yeah, it need-- it needs
access to the bare metal.
581
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,362
NARRATOR: In order to
begin conserving the artifact,
582
00:25:31,446 --> 00:25:33,864
Laird is using
an ultrasonic cleaning machine.
583
00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,776
RICK:
Wow, look at it.
584
00:25:37,860 --> 00:25:40,621
- GARY: Dang, that's zapping it, innit?
- Yeah.
585
00:25:40,780 --> 00:25:42,790
GARY: You can see it's
definitely some kind of cog.
586
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:44,199
LAIRD:
Yeah.
587
00:25:44,284 --> 00:25:45,617
RICK:
That's remarkable.
588
00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:49,713
NARRATOR: By generating
high-frequency pressure in water,
589
00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:52,291
the device
gently cleanses objects
590
00:25:52,375 --> 00:25:55,636
without causing abrasions
or damage to them.
591
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,389
In addition to revealing
fine details,
592
00:25:58,473 --> 00:26:02,050
this process also removes
any surface contamination
593
00:26:02,135 --> 00:26:04,311
that might interfere
with chemical analysis
594
00:26:04,470 --> 00:26:06,021
conducted on the object.
595
00:26:08,141 --> 00:26:10,392
LAIRD:
We may stop it there.
596
00:26:10,485 --> 00:26:11,986
GARY:
Is that enough to test it?
597
00:26:12,145 --> 00:26:13,362
- LAIRD: Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
598
00:26:14,897 --> 00:26:18,492
What is the compositional
analysis gonna really tell us
599
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,485
in terms of possibly
dating the item?
600
00:26:20,570 --> 00:26:22,830
So, I think it's a matter
of something like this
601
00:26:22,989 --> 00:26:24,415
is getting the data.
602
00:26:24,499 --> 00:26:26,241
First of all,
verifying whether or not
603
00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:27,743
there's precious metal involved.
604
00:26:27,827 --> 00:26:29,911
And then,
along with form and chemistry,
605
00:26:29,996 --> 00:26:32,256
you can pretty well nail it.
606
00:26:32,415 --> 00:26:35,092
It's a powerful tool,
but it still
607
00:26:35,176 --> 00:26:36,752
doesn't take away
the expert who can
608
00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:38,178
- look at the shape.
- RICK: Sure.
609
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,430
- Yeah.
- GARY: Yeah.
610
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,674
Be very careful.
It's pretty delicate.
611
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:43,842
(Gary groans)
612
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:47,021
That is delicate.
I don't want to crush it.
613
00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:49,097
NARRATOR: Now that
the object has been cleaned,
614
00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:51,275
Dr. Spooner will analyze it
615
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,353
using an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer machine,
616
00:26:54,437 --> 00:26:56,605
also known as XRF.
617
00:26:57,699 --> 00:27:00,275
It works by emitting
nondestructive radiation,
618
00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,027
which identifies the types
619
00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:05,205
of elements and metals
present in objects.
620
00:27:05,365 --> 00:27:08,784
Because metal is often found
combined with other minerals,
621
00:27:08,868 --> 00:27:10,702
every mined source of raw ore
622
00:27:10,787 --> 00:27:13,205
bears its own unique
elemental mixture,
623
00:27:13,289 --> 00:27:15,874
also known as an alloy.
624
00:27:15,958 --> 00:27:18,377
By determining
this object's composition,
625
00:27:18,461 --> 00:27:20,962
the team may be able
to trace not only
626
00:27:21,047 --> 00:27:24,975
where the metal in it
was mined, but also when.
627
00:27:25,134 --> 00:27:27,302
IAN: I'll interpret
the metals we see,
628
00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:29,063
but all we have to do is give it
629
00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:33,484
a little press of the button,
and then off it goes.
630
00:27:37,063 --> 00:27:42,326
So, yeah, we have, uh, an alloy
of copper and zinc, which is...
631
00:27:42,410 --> 00:27:43,902
- Brass.
- Brass.
632
00:27:43,986 --> 00:27:45,737
IAN:
Yep, with a little bit of lead,
633
00:27:45,822 --> 00:27:48,999
iron and nickel,
which is quite common, too.
634
00:27:49,158 --> 00:27:51,669
Dang, I put
my dancing boots on, as well.
635
00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:54,004
(laughter)
636
00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:55,255
Hey, maybe the case
will be gold.
637
00:27:55,415 --> 00:27:56,757
We're still digging there.
638
00:27:56,916 --> 00:27:58,834
- You never know.
- Right.
639
00:27:58,918 --> 00:28:01,178
Yeah, I mean, it's not gold,
but it doesn't mean
640
00:28:01,337 --> 00:28:03,588
- it's not significant.
- IAN: Exactly.
641
00:28:03,673 --> 00:28:08,185
But the coolest thing of all
is the XRF machine.
642
00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:10,771
- IAN: It's-it's a wonderful tool.
- Yeah.
643
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:12,606
- RICK: Anyway, thank you.
- Yeah. Yeah. Oh, you're welcome.
644
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,766
- Quite a lesson. Appreciate it.
- Yeah.
645
00:28:14,851 --> 00:28:16,017
See you later, mate.
646
00:28:16,102 --> 00:28:17,695
IAN:
See you.
647
00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,703
MATT: All right.
That's the last sample.
648
00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:28,872
NARRATOR: As a new
day begins on Oak Island,
649
00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:31,950
and as the water test
at the Money Pit continues...
650
00:28:32,043 --> 00:28:34,628
RICK: Gentlemen,
we all remember Terry Deveau.
651
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,046
Terry, thank you,
on short notice,
652
00:28:36,205 --> 00:28:37,631
for coming down to the war room.
Appreciate it.
653
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:40,542
Well, it's my pleasure, Rick.
I'm really glad to be here.
654
00:28:40,626 --> 00:28:43,053
NARRATOR:
Rick, along with Craig Tester
655
00:28:43,212 --> 00:28:45,464
and Laird Niven,
gather with other members
656
00:28:45,548 --> 00:28:47,549
of the team in the war room
to meet with
657
00:28:47,633 --> 00:28:50,644
antiquities expert Terry Deveau.
658
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:54,064
You know, guys, I needn't
remind anyone here of the--
659
00:28:54,223 --> 00:28:56,641
Probably the most unique
discovery last year,
660
00:28:56,726 --> 00:28:58,402
and that was the stone road
in the swamp.
661
00:28:58,561 --> 00:28:59,987
Absolutely.
662
00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:03,398
That is very impressive. Wow.
663
00:29:03,491 --> 00:29:07,068
NARRATOR: Last year, Terry,
who is an environmental scientist
664
00:29:07,153 --> 00:29:09,154
and also the current president
665
00:29:09,238 --> 00:29:11,823
of the New England Antiquities
Research Association,
666
00:29:11,908 --> 00:29:15,002
made a stunning assessment
of the massive stone road
667
00:29:15,161 --> 00:29:16,328
that the team discovered
668
00:29:16,412 --> 00:29:18,672
in the southeastern corner
of the swamp.
669
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,341
This is 16th century and before.
670
00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:23,418
That's remarkable.
671
00:29:23,503 --> 00:29:25,763
NARRATOR: In light of
the recent discoveries
672
00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:28,340
made near the stone road
in the swamp,
673
00:29:28,424 --> 00:29:30,851
Rick has invited Terry
to present new research
674
00:29:31,010 --> 00:29:34,521
that he's prepared about the
possible origins of the feature.
675
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:38,442
You don't find stone roads
underneath swamps, you know,
676
00:29:38,601 --> 00:29:40,101
below the surface of a swamp,
but we did.
677
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:42,613
And we're finding odd things
678
00:29:42,772 --> 00:29:44,689
in the southeast corner
of the swamp.
679
00:29:44,774 --> 00:29:46,450
Can't wait to see
what else is there.
680
00:29:46,534 --> 00:29:48,360
So, Terry,
I turn it over to you.
681
00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:49,611
All right.
682
00:29:49,695 --> 00:29:52,531
So, when we saw that stone road
683
00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,951
uncovered in the swamp
last year, it just blew me away.
684
00:29:56,035 --> 00:29:57,294
Like, I was
pretty much speechless.
685
00:29:57,453 --> 00:30:00,539
I've never seen anything
of that magnitude in Nova Scotia
686
00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,123
built that way.
687
00:30:02,208 --> 00:30:04,551
So, afterwards, I started doing
688
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,971
a little bit of research into
the historical records.
689
00:30:08,130 --> 00:30:11,550
I know that you're following
the stone path
690
00:30:11,634 --> 00:30:13,718
up towards the north,
and then towards the east.
691
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:17,648
So, what I was looking for
in my investigation
692
00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:19,650
is to see if there was
some imagery
693
00:30:19,809 --> 00:30:23,153
of the terrain
that surrounds the beach.
694
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:26,648
Because the beach
as it exists now
695
00:30:26,732 --> 00:30:28,826
was probably different
many, many years ago.
696
00:30:31,237 --> 00:30:35,156
I found aerial imagery
that had the most detail.
697
00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:37,751
And then the next thing I did
698
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,079
is outline areas
on the aerial imagery.
699
00:30:41,163 --> 00:30:45,584
I started looking at
the actual underwater features,
700
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,837
and the purple lines are
701
00:30:48,930 --> 00:30:51,181
linear features
on the sea floor.
702
00:30:51,340 --> 00:30:55,519
The next thing I did
is look for boulders
703
00:30:55,603 --> 00:30:58,021
on the sea floor, as well.
704
00:30:58,180 --> 00:31:01,525
And so the golden dots
are the boulders.
705
00:31:01,609 --> 00:31:03,602
The boulders
seem to be clustered
706
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:06,938
in these lines,
707
00:31:07,023 --> 00:31:09,274
but they're not totally random.
708
00:31:09,358 --> 00:31:10,442
They do have a pattern.
709
00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:13,370
So, that right away
is pretty suggestive.
710
00:31:14,447 --> 00:31:17,875
So, I brought in a aerial photo
711
00:31:18,034 --> 00:31:21,962
of the actual excavation
that was done in 2020.
712
00:31:22,046 --> 00:31:29,219
And it is kind of amazing how
the stone road seems to line up
713
00:31:29,378 --> 00:31:33,048
with the boulders
and the linear features
714
00:31:33,132 --> 00:31:35,559
that were evident
in the aerial imagery.
715
00:31:35,643 --> 00:31:36,894
RICK:
Wow.
716
00:31:38,304 --> 00:31:42,223
Just purely observationally,
that-that alignment is strange.
717
00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:43,725
- SCOTT: Yeah.
- CHARLES: Yeah.
718
00:31:43,809 --> 00:31:46,645
TERRY: The linear features
that are there suggest that
719
00:31:46,729 --> 00:31:49,573
there may be some remnants
of dock construction materials
720
00:31:49,732 --> 00:31:52,159
that would give you
some indication that
721
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:55,162
it did extend, let's say,
out into a-a stone dock perhaps,
722
00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:56,413
in-into the water.
723
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,750
NARRATOR:
A stone dock?
724
00:32:00,993 --> 00:32:02,494
Although Laird Niven,
725
00:32:02,578 --> 00:32:05,923
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
and the team
726
00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:08,667
have speculated that the massive
stone road may have been
727
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,087
the remains of
a shipping wharf centuries ago,
728
00:32:12,171 --> 00:32:16,266
is it possible that Terry Deveau
has found photographic evidence
729
00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,852
that could help verify it
and identify
730
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:20,771
more of the ancient feature
731
00:32:20,930 --> 00:32:24,182
and clues that could help
determine its origin?
732
00:32:24,266 --> 00:32:27,277
Is it your suggestion,
then, that a-a ship
733
00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:29,947
comes up to that dock,
734
00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:32,783
offload, and then
it's taken ashore?
735
00:32:32,942 --> 00:32:34,868
- Is that what you're suggesting?
- TERRY: Yeah.
736
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:38,446
If there had been
a fairly narrow dock
737
00:32:38,531 --> 00:32:42,292
and road attached to it,
coming in this direction,
738
00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:44,786
you would need to have
kind of a staging area.
739
00:32:44,870 --> 00:32:46,129
Yep.
740
00:32:46,288 --> 00:32:48,215
RICK:
Is there a ballpark date, era
741
00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:50,884
when you think
this was constructed?
742
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:55,630
This is a type of road that was
built in Europe in the 1500s.
743
00:32:55,715 --> 00:32:57,307
CHARLES:
Wow.
744
00:32:58,551 --> 00:33:00,468
If you look for the way
745
00:33:00,553 --> 00:33:05,306
roads were generally made
by people in Nova Scotia,
746
00:33:05,391 --> 00:33:07,651
what comes to my mind
is the Portuguese.
747
00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:13,907
The Portuguese were active
in Nova Scotia from 1522
748
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:17,786
up till no later than, uh, 1583.
749
00:33:19,155 --> 00:33:20,163
Hmm.
750
00:33:21,574 --> 00:33:23,917
NARRATOR:
In 2015,
751
00:33:24,076 --> 00:33:27,587
Terry alerted Rick, Marty,
Craig and Dave Blankenship
752
00:33:27,747 --> 00:33:31,842
to a mysterious carving some 145
miles southwest of Oak Island
753
00:33:32,001 --> 00:33:34,669
in the town of
Overton, Nova Scotia.
754
00:33:34,762 --> 00:33:36,596
TERRY:
For my mind, this is
755
00:33:36,756 --> 00:33:39,933
diagnostic of Portuguese.
756
00:33:41,761 --> 00:33:45,513
NARRATOR: Terry's assessment
was that the cross on the Overton Stone
757
00:33:45,598 --> 00:33:48,767
was made 500 years ago or more,
758
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:52,863
just like the stone wharf
in the Oak Island swamp.
759
00:33:52,947 --> 00:33:56,524
If Terry is right and this is
a Portuguese structure,
760
00:33:56,609 --> 00:33:57,776
that's impactful.
761
00:33:57,860 --> 00:34:00,445
What he is suggesting that,
"Hey, guys,
762
00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:02,956
"it's not just the stone road
you're looking at.
763
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,458
You're looking at a wharf."
764
00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:06,284
I think it all makes sense.
765
00:34:06,368 --> 00:34:08,545
The problem is: Is it real?
766
00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:13,124
You have to find hard physical
evidence to support the theory.
767
00:34:13,209 --> 00:34:16,970
It's very tantalizing
that there may be some
768
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:21,308
well-preserved evidence
within easy reach of the shore
769
00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:25,979
that could really reveal when
these constructions were made.
770
00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:28,306
- Yep.
- RICK: I do believe you have something else
771
00:34:28,390 --> 00:34:29,974
you'd like to show us, correct?
772
00:34:30,059 --> 00:34:31,976
Yeah. And so, with that in mind,
773
00:34:32,061 --> 00:34:34,154
I did come across
some imagery from
774
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:36,815
the 1930s here in the Money Pit.
775
00:34:36,899 --> 00:34:39,910
What I found interesting was
776
00:34:39,994 --> 00:34:45,907
an apparent stone path
right over here,
777
00:34:45,991 --> 00:34:50,670
which doesn't seem to have
any explanation or purpose
778
00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:53,256
for any of the known
searcher activity.
779
00:34:56,177 --> 00:34:58,011
It appears that
it may be the remains
780
00:34:58,170 --> 00:35:00,430
of an ancient stone path,
781
00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:03,600
and it would align
with the path in this direction.
782
00:35:05,427 --> 00:35:07,437
NARRATOR:
A stone pathway?
783
00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:11,349
Extending from the massive stone
ship's wharf in the swamp?
784
00:35:11,442 --> 00:35:14,102
Could Terry Deveau
have discovered a photograph
785
00:35:14,186 --> 00:35:16,521
of the very pathway
that the team found evidence of
786
00:35:16,605 --> 00:35:21,609
last year, which included
iron ring bolts and ox shoes,
787
00:35:21,694 --> 00:35:23,528
believed to have been used
in an operation
788
00:35:23,612 --> 00:35:25,697
to transport heavy cargo?
789
00:35:25,781 --> 00:35:28,458
STEVE G.: Based on just the
finds that we've made on the island,
790
00:35:28,543 --> 00:35:30,627
that was, at one point,
a very heavily used path.
791
00:35:30,786 --> 00:35:32,954
- Interesting.
- And if the artifacts are there,
792
00:35:33,038 --> 00:35:34,714
wouldn't the path be there?
793
00:35:34,874 --> 00:35:36,133
- You'd think so.
- Right.
794
00:35:36,217 --> 00:35:38,802
Well, what you've done has
795
00:35:38,886 --> 00:35:41,304
amped up the interest
in-in that area,
796
00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:44,299
and I think we can follow up
on several fronts.
797
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:45,976
And we really appreciate
your input.
798
00:35:46,135 --> 00:35:48,052
- Thank you very much.
- It's our pleasure.
799
00:35:48,137 --> 00:35:50,730
I think we have more work to do.
800
00:35:50,890 --> 00:35:51,648
TERRY:
All right.
801
00:35:57,897 --> 00:36:00,231
NARRATOR: It is the
start of another exciting day
802
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:04,327
on Oak Island,
as Rick and members of the team
803
00:36:04,412 --> 00:36:06,246
resume excavating
the stone wharf
804
00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:08,081
in the southeast corner
of the swamp.
805
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,000
IAN:
There's the well.
806
00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:11,835
NARRATOR:
And while water testing
807
00:36:11,919 --> 00:36:13,753
continues in
the Money Pit area...
808
00:36:13,913 --> 00:36:15,163
GARY:
All right.
809
00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:17,591
- Back to Lot 13.
- PETER: Yeah.
810
00:36:17,675 --> 00:36:19,509
NARRATOR: metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,
811
00:36:19,594 --> 00:36:21,595
along with
Rick and Marty's nephew,
812
00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:24,598
Peter Fornetti,
arrive at Lot 13.
813
00:36:24,682 --> 00:36:27,934
In light of Terry Deveau's
new evidence
814
00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,678
of a possible pathway
leading from the stone wharf
815
00:36:30,763 --> 00:36:32,513
in the swamp to the Money Pit,
816
00:36:32,598 --> 00:36:34,682
Gary is eager to search the area
817
00:36:34,767 --> 00:36:37,194
for any important
or valuable clues.
818
00:36:39,605 --> 00:36:42,282
All right, mate.
Finally, back to the uplands.
819
00:36:42,441 --> 00:36:46,444
I've been looking forward
to this because if we can find
820
00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:49,706
some more artifacts in
this area, we could potentially
821
00:36:49,865 --> 00:36:52,542
give the guys an area
to start digging.
822
00:36:52,701 --> 00:36:55,378
And, who knows,
maybe the stone pathway
823
00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:57,547
- goes up towards the Money Pit.
- Yeah.
824
00:36:57,632 --> 00:37:01,301
So if we can find something
that gets the archeologists here
825
00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:02,636
and really gets them
a defined area,
826
00:37:02,795 --> 00:37:05,055
that'd be perfect for us today.
827
00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:07,882
And we've got plenty of flags
that we put down
828
00:37:07,967 --> 00:37:11,061
in this area, and we got
permission to dig, mate.
829
00:37:11,220 --> 00:37:12,812
- Today is gonna be a good day.
- All right.
830
00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:14,564
Okay, mate, let's dig 'em up.
831
00:37:16,558 --> 00:37:19,143
NARRATOR: Due to the new Communities,
Culture and Heritage protocols,
832
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:22,405
Gary scanned the area
earlier this morning
833
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:24,482
but was only allowed
to plant flags
834
00:37:24,566 --> 00:37:28,736
where he obtained signals for
possible buried metal objects.
835
00:37:28,821 --> 00:37:32,249
Now, after Laird Niven
has documented the area
836
00:37:32,408 --> 00:37:34,158
and given
his professional approval,
837
00:37:34,243 --> 00:37:37,912
Gary and Peter can now determine
what these targets are.
838
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:41,675
- Let's see what we've got.
- (metal detector beeping)
839
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:43,593
- Just there.
- Right there?
840
00:37:43,752 --> 00:37:44,928
Yep.
841
00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:53,770
- (beeping)
- You got it out, Pete.
842
00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:57,515
Let's see what we got.
843
00:37:57,599 --> 00:37:59,943
(beeping)
844
00:38:00,102 --> 00:38:02,112
Ah.
845
00:38:02,271 --> 00:38:03,280
Nope.
846
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:04,698
- PETER: Nothing.
- Piece of junk, yeah.
847
00:38:04,782 --> 00:38:06,700
Piece of aluminum cap.
848
00:38:06,784 --> 00:38:08,785
Bag it and tag it.
849
00:38:08,869 --> 00:38:10,120
- All right.
- Yep.
850
00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:13,698
- Where's the next one, mate?
- Let's pop in right there.
851
00:38:13,782 --> 00:38:15,366
Okay.
852
00:38:15,451 --> 00:38:16,584
(beeps)
853
00:38:23,459 --> 00:38:24,884
(beeping)
854
00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:26,428
Doesn't sound too bad.
855
00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:38,898
(beeping)
856
00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:40,233
You got it out, mate.
857
00:38:40,392 --> 00:38:42,060
PETER: Yeah, I think
it was there. I pushed it.
858
00:38:42,144 --> 00:38:44,228
High hopes.
859
00:38:44,313 --> 00:38:46,397
Fingers crossed, mate. Let's go.
860
00:38:46,482 --> 00:38:48,325
(beeping)
861
00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:50,327
Come on, baby.
862
00:38:50,411 --> 00:38:52,403
Come to papa.
863
00:38:52,496 --> 00:38:54,456
Where are you?
864
00:38:55,574 --> 00:38:56,666
Here we go.
865
00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:02,505
What the heck is that?
866
00:39:03,665 --> 00:39:04,924
I mean, look at it.
867
00:39:05,084 --> 00:39:06,301
Look at that spiral.
868
00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:10,171
Yeah, this is definitely
not machine-made, mate.
869
00:39:10,255 --> 00:39:13,674
Uh, this is a unique little
object, whatever it is.
870
00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:16,436
At first,
I thought this was iron.
871
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,438
- It's really heavy.
- Yeah.
872
00:39:18,522 --> 00:39:20,190
- That's lead.
- Oh.
873
00:39:20,274 --> 00:39:23,193
I've never seen
a piece of lead like this
874
00:39:23,352 --> 00:39:25,528
on Oak Island
that's spiraled like that.
875
00:39:26,947 --> 00:39:30,700
But the ultimate test is
if we get a rapid vibration
876
00:39:30,859 --> 00:39:32,610
- with the pinpointer...
- Then it's iron.
877
00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:33,536
Then it's iron.
878
00:39:34,863 --> 00:39:36,539
(beeping)
879
00:39:36,698 --> 00:39:38,032
Oh!
880
00:39:38,117 --> 00:39:40,034
It is. It's iron.
881
00:39:40,119 --> 00:39:41,619
(beeping)
882
00:39:41,712 --> 00:39:43,630
I believe, uh...
883
00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:45,298
Yeah, I'd have to say
that it's iron.
884
00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:46,624
I thought that was lead.
885
00:39:46,708 --> 00:39:49,302
Could it be multiple
different... materials?
886
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,221
Yeah, it could be
a mix of alloys.
887
00:39:51,305 --> 00:39:53,390
- (beeping)
- (scoffs)
888
00:39:53,549 --> 00:39:55,225
I've got to go with iron.
I've got to go with iron.
889
00:39:55,384 --> 00:39:57,560
- Yeah. Yeah, trust your machines.
- Yeah. Yeah.
890
00:39:57,645 --> 00:40:01,139
To be honest,
I was hoping it was lead
891
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:05,226
because you can get so much more
information off lead.
892
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:08,071
And it's heavy.
Feel how heavy it is.
893
00:40:08,155 --> 00:40:12,316
You can do the laser
ablation test on lead,
894
00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:16,404
so you can find out
where that lead came from.
895
00:40:16,488 --> 00:40:18,573
You can actually date lead,
896
00:40:18,657 --> 00:40:22,043
and iron is much more
difficult to date.
897
00:40:23,495 --> 00:40:25,171
PETER: That's definitely
interesting, for certain.
898
00:40:25,330 --> 00:40:27,090
GARY:
Yeah. Exactly.
899
00:40:27,174 --> 00:40:29,500
And we recovered it
in a unique place
900
00:40:29,593 --> 00:40:33,096
'cause this is just up
from the stone pathway.
901
00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:36,182
Which makes it
even more interesting.
902
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:39,510
And of course,
we'll put it on the XRF.
903
00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:41,762
Mm-hmm. Well, and once Kelly
gets that cleaned up,
904
00:40:41,847 --> 00:40:43,857
- we'll know for certain.
- Yeah, exactly.
905
00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:47,527
We got plenty of experts
that this is gonna
906
00:40:47,686 --> 00:40:48,862
go through their hands.
907
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:50,613
- We'll get answers.
- Yeah.
908
00:40:50,772 --> 00:40:52,782
- So, let's bag it and tag it.
- Yep.
909
00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:54,784
- GARY: Onto the next.
- Yep.
910
00:40:58,372 --> 00:41:00,281
NARRATOR:
Later that evening,
911
00:41:00,365 --> 00:41:03,543
after the team has
departed the island...
912
00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:05,712
Hi, everybody. How you doing?
913
00:41:05,871 --> 00:41:07,797
- Hello, Ian.
- Hey, Ian.
914
00:41:07,956 --> 00:41:10,383
NARRATOR:
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
915
00:41:10,542 --> 00:41:14,378
has contacted Rick, Marty
and Craig via videoconference
916
00:41:14,463 --> 00:41:17,548
from his home in
Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
917
00:41:17,633 --> 00:41:19,726
Along with his colleague,
Dr. Pier Pufahl,
918
00:41:19,885 --> 00:41:22,729
he has an important update
regarding the water tests
919
00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,981
that were conducted
earlier this week
920
00:41:25,065 --> 00:41:28,392
in the boreholes
across the Money Pit area.
921
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,645
I have some results
that have been shared with me
922
00:41:30,729 --> 00:41:32,822
that I really felt I had to
923
00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:34,398
convey to you
as soon as possible.
924
00:41:34,483 --> 00:41:38,661
And I asked, uh, Dr. Peir Pufahl
to join us, as well.
925
00:41:38,820 --> 00:41:41,072
Dr. Pufahl is
at Queen's University,
926
00:41:41,156 --> 00:41:43,666
and he's the codirector
927
00:41:43,751 --> 00:41:45,835
of the Queen's Facility
for Isotope Research.
928
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,671
I just want to say
that we're, uh, appreciative
929
00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:51,591
of the opportunity to help
all of you on Oak Island.
930
00:41:51,675 --> 00:41:54,085
Yeah, so are we,
and much appreciative.
931
00:41:55,504 --> 00:41:58,515
(chuckles): Uh, you know, I'm-I'm
obviously sort of excited by this.
932
00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:01,100
And-and so,
I-I hope you are, too.
933
00:42:01,185 --> 00:42:03,019
Yeah.
934
00:42:03,103 --> 00:42:04,854
So, we sent some samples
to Peir's lab.
935
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:06,847
I think it was 12 samples.
936
00:42:06,941 --> 00:42:08,358
Is that correct, Peir?
I think...
937
00:42:08,517 --> 00:42:10,184
Yeah, I think that's
about right, 12 samples.
938
00:42:10,269 --> 00:42:12,529
IAN:
Yeah. He analyzed them,
939
00:42:12,613 --> 00:42:17,867
and a number of the samples
that I sent to him showed...
940
00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:21,538
gold.
941
00:42:22,864 --> 00:42:24,532
- Oh, really?
- Really?
942
00:42:24,616 --> 00:42:25,700
Yeah, gold.
943
00:42:25,784 --> 00:42:27,544
- Wow.
- (laughs)
944
00:42:34,051 --> 00:42:35,552
NARRATOR: It is
a historic moment
945
00:42:35,636 --> 00:42:37,128
for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
946
00:42:37,212 --> 00:42:38,471
and their partner Craig Tester.
947
00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:39,639
- Wow.
- That's great.
948
00:42:39,798 --> 00:42:41,808
This is the coolest thing.
949
00:42:41,892 --> 00:42:44,385
NARRATOR: After conducting
extensive water tests,
950
00:42:44,469 --> 00:42:47,638
Dr. Ian Spooner
and Dr. Peir Pufahl
951
00:42:47,731 --> 00:42:49,890
have found evidence
that a number of boreholes
952
00:42:49,975 --> 00:42:52,068
in the Money Pit area
on Oak Island
953
00:42:52,227 --> 00:42:55,479
contain a substantial amount
of gold.
954
00:42:55,564 --> 00:42:57,231
Okay, well, listen.
955
00:42:57,316 --> 00:42:59,158
I can't, I can't
contain myself anymore.
956
00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:02,078
But question number one:
I thought gold was
957
00:43:02,237 --> 00:43:04,655
so, uh, insoluble
that it didn't show up.
958
00:43:04,748 --> 00:43:08,826
- What's up with that?
- So, nothing is truly insoluble.
959
00:43:08,910 --> 00:43:11,671
If we take a general sample
of seawater, uh,
960
00:43:11,830 --> 00:43:15,082
we can analyze and detect every
element in the periodic table.
961
00:43:15,167 --> 00:43:17,176
Basically, it comes down to
962
00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:19,337
the kind of instrumentation
you have
963
00:43:19,421 --> 00:43:22,765
and the ability to detect
very, very minute quantities.
964
00:43:22,924 --> 00:43:25,092
And-and that's what
we're dealing with.
965
00:43:25,177 --> 00:43:30,106
And I've got three samples, uh,
that we're fairly confident have
966
00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:32,275
elevated trace
concentrations of gold.
967
00:43:32,359 --> 00:43:34,769
Fantastic.
968
00:43:34,853 --> 00:43:37,030
PEIR: We're talking
about parts per billion.
969
00:43:37,114 --> 00:43:40,867
You know, looking at the data,
these are the three samples
970
00:43:40,951 --> 00:43:43,194
that we can say confidently
at this stage
971
00:43:43,278 --> 00:43:46,456
have elevated concentrations
of gold within them.
972
00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:49,626
MARTY:
I-I know it's small numbers,
973
00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:52,629
but is it a magnitude bigger
than what you would expect?
974
00:43:52,788 --> 00:43:54,622
I mean, can you, can you
put brackets around
975
00:43:54,706 --> 00:43:56,540
what we're looking at here?
976
00:43:56,634 --> 00:44:00,211
For something that is
essentially, uh, insoluble,
977
00:44:00,295 --> 00:44:04,131
to have any concentration
at the levels that,
978
00:44:04,216 --> 00:44:07,310
you know, we're discussing,
it's-it's exciting.
979
00:44:07,469 --> 00:44:09,771
In normal waters,
it shouldn't be there.
980
00:44:11,231 --> 00:44:13,232
- That's great.
- Fantastic.
981
00:44:13,317 --> 00:44:16,977
What is really interesting
is the...
982
00:44:17,062 --> 00:44:18,821
not all the wells show gold,
983
00:44:18,980 --> 00:44:22,575
but the wells that did
show gold were the wells
984
00:44:22,734 --> 00:44:24,911
in the vicinity of C-1.
985
00:44:25,070 --> 00:44:27,738
And it mirrors some of the
silver results we're getting.
986
00:44:27,831 --> 00:44:31,909
And F-4 and E-8,
987
00:44:31,993 --> 00:44:33,503
those were the two this year
988
00:44:33,587 --> 00:44:35,079
that we had
the highest silver in.
989
00:44:36,248 --> 00:44:39,842
CRAIG: F-4 is just north
of the Chappell Shaft.
990
00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:42,586
They tended to think north of
the Chappell Shaft would be
991
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:46,307
the Money Pit, and
that's where that well's at.
992
00:44:47,935 --> 00:44:50,261
Maybe it's leaching
from the so-called
993
00:44:50,345 --> 00:44:51,762
fabled Chappell Vault, too.
994
00:44:51,847 --> 00:44:53,097
Could be.
995
00:44:53,181 --> 00:44:55,850
NARRATOR:
In 1931,
996
00:44:55,934 --> 00:44:58,778
44-year-old Melbourne Chappell
997
00:44:58,862 --> 00:45:00,863
joined his father William
and longtime treasure hunter
998
00:45:00,948 --> 00:45:05,368
Frederick Blair to begin
a new expedition on Oak Island.
999
00:45:05,452 --> 00:45:08,788
It was their intent
to locate the seven-foot-tall
1000
00:45:08,947 --> 00:45:12,041
wooden vault that William
and Frederick had drilled into
1001
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:16,462
at a depth of 153 feet
back in 1897,
1002
00:45:16,621 --> 00:45:20,708
an operation which recovered
not only a scrap of parchment
1003
00:45:20,792 --> 00:45:23,469
bearing the letters "V-I"
1004
00:45:23,628 --> 00:45:26,464
but also traces of gold.
1005
00:45:26,548 --> 00:45:30,143
However, because the location
of the original Money Pit
1006
00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:34,063
was unknown by this time,
they made an educated guess
1007
00:45:34,222 --> 00:45:36,733
and constructed
a 12-foot-by-14-foot
1008
00:45:36,817 --> 00:45:41,145
wood-cribbed shaft
down to a depth of 163 feet.
1009
00:45:42,322 --> 00:45:45,825
Although they did recover
an early 18th-century axe
1010
00:45:45,909 --> 00:45:47,910
and part of a ship's anchor,
1011
00:45:48,069 --> 00:45:49,904
they unfortunately
never encountered
1012
00:45:49,988 --> 00:45:52,740
any signs of
the so-called Chappell Vault.
1013
00:45:53,825 --> 00:45:56,586
Is it possible that,
in borehole F-4,
1014
00:45:56,670 --> 00:45:59,663
Rick, Marty and Craig
have found evidence of a target
1015
00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:02,759
that the Chappells and Blair
just barely missed?
1016
00:46:02,843 --> 00:46:05,085
RICK:
It's interesting. It's exciting.
1017
00:46:05,170 --> 00:46:08,181
And what it does say to me,
1018
00:46:08,265 --> 00:46:11,267
because I've always
looked backwards
1019
00:46:11,426 --> 00:46:15,095
to the people
that have come before,
1020
00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:18,766
it means something to me
on that level
1021
00:46:18,850 --> 00:46:21,694
that they did not labor in vain,
1022
00:46:21,853 --> 00:46:23,771
that here's the proof
1023
00:46:23,855 --> 00:46:27,575
that indeed there is
temporal treasure on Oak Island.
1024
00:46:30,111 --> 00:46:33,539
To me, if the treasure
was there and taken away,
1025
00:46:33,698 --> 00:46:37,293
you wouldn't have any signals
at all of silver or gold,
1026
00:46:37,377 --> 00:46:40,046
so makes me think
it's still there.
1027
00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:41,964
Yeah, that's really exciting.
1028
00:46:42,049 --> 00:46:44,550
Uh, there's no way around it.
What a great way to start.
1029
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:46,126
- That's great.
- RICK: Very interesting.
1030
00:46:46,211 --> 00:46:47,970
Very interesting.
1031
00:46:48,972 --> 00:46:50,965
Hey, this is fantastic, okay?
1032
00:46:51,049 --> 00:46:53,217
I was over the moon
about silver in the water.
1033
00:46:53,301 --> 00:46:54,977
Now they're saying
there's gold in the water.
1034
00:46:55,136 --> 00:46:58,314
Also, an extremely
significant point.
1035
00:46:58,473 --> 00:47:01,225
If all the wells
showed gold in them,
1036
00:47:01,309 --> 00:47:03,152
I would think
it's a fluke of some sort.
1037
00:47:03,237 --> 00:47:07,073
So, I find it very substantive
that most of the holes that
1038
00:47:07,157 --> 00:47:11,318
we've drilled and have access to
on Oak Island don't show gold.
1039
00:47:11,411 --> 00:47:13,329
That means
that something special
1040
00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:15,322
is happening in-in
the ones that do.
1041
00:47:15,415 --> 00:47:17,241
So, what is the next step, guys?
1042
00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:20,336
Well, as Ian mentioned,
this is preliminary data.
1043
00:47:20,420 --> 00:47:24,090
It's truly hot off the press,
and the full, uh, suite of data
1044
00:47:24,174 --> 00:47:26,175
we'll provide to you guys, uh,
1045
00:47:26,260 --> 00:47:28,586
in a week or so, once we've had
a chance to basically
1046
00:47:28,670 --> 00:47:29,929
go through the whole data set.
1047
00:47:30,013 --> 00:47:32,014
Right.
1048
00:47:32,099 --> 00:47:33,599
Well, you know,
the data's gonna be great
1049
00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:34,925
for our-our drilling program.
1050
00:47:35,010 --> 00:47:37,595
So, uh, we can definitely
incorporate this data.
1051
00:47:37,679 --> 00:47:38,762
Absolutely.
1052
00:47:38,847 --> 00:47:40,097
The hope is that,
1053
00:47:40,181 --> 00:47:44,184
if these test results are real,
1054
00:47:44,269 --> 00:47:48,022
we can pull a core with
a large amount of gold.
1055
00:47:48,106 --> 00:47:49,699
Again, it's exciting stuff,
1056
00:47:49,783 --> 00:47:52,451
but you got to put steel
down the hole.
1057
00:47:52,611 --> 00:47:53,786
There's no way around it.
1058
00:47:53,945 --> 00:47:55,371
There's-there's gold showing up
1059
00:47:55,530 --> 00:47:57,615
in some of the waters
is really exciting.
1060
00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:59,783
- (laughs)
- Okay.
1061
00:47:59,868 --> 00:48:01,460
Hey, listen. This is great.
1062
00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:03,546
Many thanks
to the scientists here.
1063
00:48:03,630 --> 00:48:05,131
- Thank you.
- We really appreciate it.
1064
00:48:05,215 --> 00:48:06,707
This is fantastic.
1065
00:48:06,791 --> 00:48:08,459
This is the year
we go for the gold.
1066
00:48:08,543 --> 00:48:10,720
- (laughs) - So, can't
wait to get out there.
1067
00:48:10,879 --> 00:48:12,305
Uh, hopefully,
you guys will have it all
1068
00:48:12,389 --> 00:48:13,556
figured out by the time I do.
1069
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,474
But carry on. Thanks.
1070
00:48:15,634 --> 00:48:16,884
Thank you both very much.
1071
00:48:16,968 --> 00:48:19,020
- PEIR: You're welcome.
- CRAIG: See you, guys.
1072
00:48:20,055 --> 00:48:22,023
♪ ♪
1073
00:48:29,147 --> 00:48:33,326
NARRATOR: Three days later,
brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
1074
00:48:33,485 --> 00:48:36,996
and their partner Craig Tester
have invited representatives
1075
00:48:37,155 --> 00:48:39,916
from Choice Sonic Drilling
to help them in their efforts
1076
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,919
to retrieve more substantial
evidence of what could be
1077
00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:45,412
the legendary
Oak Island treasure.
1078
00:48:45,505 --> 00:48:47,081
- Gentlemen.
- Well, well, well.
1079
00:48:47,165 --> 00:48:48,749
(chuckling)
1080
00:48:48,842 --> 00:48:50,167
- Fancy you back.
- TEDFORD: Yeah.
1081
00:48:50,251 --> 00:48:51,418
- How you been?
- Good. You?
1082
00:48:51,503 --> 00:48:53,754
Good. Glad to see you back,
that's for sure.
1083
00:48:53,847 --> 00:48:55,681
Well, thanks for inviting us.
1084
00:48:55,766 --> 00:48:58,184
So, Craig,
tell them the good news.
1085
00:48:58,268 --> 00:49:01,178
We did water testing,
uh, last year
1086
00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:04,682
and came up with some silver,
and then this year,
1087
00:49:04,766 --> 00:49:07,017
they've done more testing
and sent it to a lab.
1088
00:49:07,102 --> 00:49:09,278
- Okay.
- Came up with gold in the samples.
1089
00:49:09,363 --> 00:49:11,864
Really? I like
the sounds of that.
1090
00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:14,700
I am probably as hopeful
as I've ever been this year.
1091
00:49:14,859 --> 00:49:18,204
Good to hear. Looking forward to
finding something for you guys.
1092
00:49:18,363 --> 00:49:20,039
- CRAIG: Good. - That's the goal.
- Looking forward to it.
1093
00:49:20,123 --> 00:49:22,208
All we got to do is
get that thing running
1094
00:49:22,292 --> 00:49:23,951
and put you over an "X."
1095
00:49:24,035 --> 00:49:26,453
- Let's go.
- CRAIG: Okay.
1096
00:49:26,538 --> 00:49:28,214
- We hope to bring up some silver and gold, so...
- (chuckles)
1097
00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:30,124
- BRENNAN: We'd like to do that for you.
- RICK: All we can ask for.
1098
00:49:30,208 --> 00:49:32,626
- BRENNAN: All right.
- TEDFORD: We're excited.
1099
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:36,555
NARRATOR: Over the next several
weeks, the Oak Island team will drill
1100
00:49:36,715 --> 00:49:40,559
approximately 20 boreholes
across a strategic grid
1101
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:43,637
in order to zero in on the
source of the gold and silver
1102
00:49:43,722 --> 00:49:47,066
detected in the area
near the C-1 shaft,
1103
00:49:47,150 --> 00:49:51,320
an area which they have now
dubbed the "C-1 cluster."
1104
00:49:51,405 --> 00:49:54,481
Based on their findings,
they will then work once again
1105
00:49:54,566 --> 00:49:56,400
with Irving Equipment Limited
1106
00:49:56,493 --> 00:50:00,997
to dig up to four massive
ten-foot-diameter steel shafts.
1107
00:50:01,156 --> 00:50:03,157
- (vehicle beeping)
- CRAIG: Hey, guys.
1108
00:50:03,241 --> 00:50:04,917
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, guys.
1109
00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:05,918
NARRATOR: For their
first target borehole...
1110
00:50:06,077 --> 00:50:07,169
STEVE G.:
Right there.
1111
00:50:07,328 --> 00:50:10,256
Surveyor Steve Guptill
and Craig Tester
1112
00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:13,175
mark a spot that
will be known as DE-7.
1113
00:50:13,334 --> 00:50:17,588
Located just 13 feet
from borehole C-1,
1114
00:50:17,672 --> 00:50:20,591
it will represent the team's
first attempt this year
1115
00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:23,686
to intercept the fabled
Money Pit treasure vault.
1116
00:50:25,605 --> 00:50:28,766
CRAIG: We're going
with the symbol for gold.
1117
00:50:28,859 --> 00:50:30,276
(laughter)
1118
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,352
- There we go. - TEDFORD: Nice.
- BRENNAN: I like it.
1119
00:50:32,446 --> 00:50:33,687
- Perfect. - I got it.
- Ready?
1120
00:50:33,772 --> 00:50:35,189
- All right. - Okay.
- Let's do it.
1121
00:50:35,282 --> 00:50:37,450
RICK:
This year is very unique
1122
00:50:37,609 --> 00:50:42,288
because we intend to drill
right in the middle of the
1123
00:50:42,372 --> 00:50:45,449
"suspected area"
of gold and silver.
1124
00:50:45,533 --> 00:50:49,036
Um, that's different than
every other year.
1125
00:50:49,129 --> 00:50:51,047
Other years,
we just set up a grid
1126
00:50:51,206 --> 00:50:53,290
and we were hoping
to find something.
1127
00:50:53,374 --> 00:50:55,801
We already found something.
1128
00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:58,054
Now we need to figure out
what that is.
1129
00:50:59,631 --> 00:51:00,973
You guys ready?
1130
00:51:01,058 --> 00:51:02,475
Hey! Ready, ready.
1131
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:03,642
We're standing steady.
1132
00:51:03,727 --> 00:51:05,561
- RICK: It's a great day.
- Yeah.
1133
00:51:05,645 --> 00:51:08,064
- So, this year, we're going for the gold.
- Going for gold.
1134
00:51:08,148 --> 00:51:09,065
That's right.
1135
00:51:10,308 --> 00:51:13,152
NARRATOR:
Using a 30-ton sonic drill rig,
1136
00:51:13,236 --> 00:51:16,655
the team will extract
core samples every ten feet.
1137
00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:20,234
These samples will then
be carefully examined by hand
1138
00:51:20,318 --> 00:51:22,736
for any evidence
of underground structures,
1139
00:51:22,829 --> 00:51:25,664
artifacts,
and hopefully treasure.
1140
00:51:25,749 --> 00:51:29,585
MARTY: We're starting anew, and
we're starting anew with new data.
1141
00:51:29,669 --> 00:51:31,921
Gold in the water,
silver in the water.
1142
00:51:32,005 --> 00:51:34,173
We're gonna try
and narrow that down.
1143
00:51:34,332 --> 00:51:37,093
This doesn't look like a
wild-goose chase at this point.
1144
00:51:37,252 --> 00:51:39,345
It looks like
there's some gold here.
1145
00:51:39,504 --> 00:51:42,348
And hopefully we're gonna find
that treasure chamber.
1146
00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:45,017
(machinery whirring and buzzing)
1147
00:51:45,176 --> 00:51:46,936
Good concentration.
1148
00:51:47,020 --> 00:51:48,604
What do you got, Adam?
1149
00:51:48,688 --> 00:51:50,439
- ADAM: Nine.
- Nine?
1150
00:51:59,023 --> 00:52:01,525
(groans):
A little more.
1151
00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:06,372
Mix of pad gravel
and a little bit of... soil.
1152
00:52:06,456 --> 00:52:08,124
Definitely disturbed.
1153
00:52:08,208 --> 00:52:10,251
Anyway, let's move on.
1154
00:52:11,619 --> 00:52:14,621
Now, gold obviously would be
the end-all, be-all.
1155
00:52:14,706 --> 00:52:17,541
- Yeah.
- Let me hold something. Right?
1156
00:52:17,625 --> 00:52:20,469
Something that says
the Money Pit story is real.
1157
00:52:20,628 --> 00:52:21,879
Yeah.
1158
00:52:21,963 --> 00:52:23,797
- I'm excited about that. I really am.
- TERRY: Yeah.
1159
00:52:23,890 --> 00:52:26,475
NARRATOR: While the
core-drilling operations continue
1160
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,061
in the Money Pit,
1161
00:52:29,220 --> 00:52:30,721
later that afternoon...
1162
00:52:30,814 --> 00:52:33,315
- RICK: Okay, Bill. Have at her.
- BILLY: All right.
1163
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,401
NARRATOR:
Rick, Craig and Steve
1164
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:37,060
join archeologist Laird Niven
1165
00:52:37,145 --> 00:52:40,480
and other members of the team
at the swamp to search for
1166
00:52:40,565 --> 00:52:44,326
more potentially valuable clues
near the believed stone wharf.
1167
00:52:45,570 --> 00:52:46,904
CRAIG:
Hold it, Billy.
1168
00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:49,165
(whirs, clanks)
1169
00:52:53,253 --> 00:52:56,005
LAIRD:
It's pretty thick and dark.
1170
00:52:56,089 --> 00:52:59,416
- But there are organics in it.
- GARY: What does that mean?
1171
00:52:59,509 --> 00:53:01,585
LAIRD: I think if you're
looking for human activity,
1172
00:53:01,669 --> 00:53:03,429
that's what color soil
you're looking for.
1173
00:53:03,588 --> 00:53:06,265
- Just keep scraping away.
- Yep.
1174
00:53:06,349 --> 00:53:08,759
RICK: I've said it before:
if there's anything to
1175
00:53:08,843 --> 00:53:11,937
the Oak Island story,
the answers are in the swamp.
1176
00:53:12,022 --> 00:53:15,349
And we did
uncover some mysteries:
1177
00:53:15,433 --> 00:53:17,693
the road, the stone path.
1178
00:53:17,777 --> 00:53:20,854
So, we want to uncover
the southeast corner
1179
00:53:20,939 --> 00:53:22,940
of the swamp
and see if there are
1180
00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:25,108
any other structures
that have not been found.
1181
00:53:25,202 --> 00:53:28,204
So, there's a lot of work
that remains to be done.
1182
00:53:29,706 --> 00:53:32,032
GARY:
A little bit of pottery.
1183
00:53:32,116 --> 00:53:34,126
Oh! Look at this.
1184
00:53:34,211 --> 00:53:36,378
This is beautiful.
1185
00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:38,380
- It's blue and white.
- RICK: Yep.
1186
00:53:38,465 --> 00:53:39,957
GARY: Now, look
at that speckling on it.
1187
00:53:40,050 --> 00:53:41,541
It's fantastic.
1188
00:53:41,635 --> 00:53:43,802
Have you ever seen
this type of pottery
1189
00:53:43,962 --> 00:53:45,295
in-in the province before?
1190
00:53:45,380 --> 00:53:47,640
- Have you ever found it?
- Not-not that I can recall.
1191
00:53:47,799 --> 00:53:50,726
GARY: Yeah, so this is a
first for Oak Island, this color.
1192
00:53:50,810 --> 00:53:51,894
LAIRD:
Mm-hmm.
1193
00:53:52,053 --> 00:53:55,731
So, would you say
it's European or local?
1194
00:53:55,815 --> 00:53:57,808
No, it'd be European.
1195
00:53:58,568 --> 00:54:00,060
- GARY: That's cool.
- Yeah, for sure.
1196
00:54:01,154 --> 00:54:03,480
- The glaze is really nice.
- Yeah, it really is.
1197
00:54:03,564 --> 00:54:06,075
LAIRD: Cool. We'll
get it all cleaned up.
1198
00:54:06,159 --> 00:54:10,162
NARRATOR: Could this pottery,
found near the massive stone wharf
1199
00:54:10,321 --> 00:54:13,249
and which Laird Niven believes
to be of European origin,
1200
00:54:13,333 --> 00:54:16,752
help identify who built
this mysterious structure
1201
00:54:16,911 --> 00:54:19,255
and perhaps even
support the opinion
1202
00:54:19,414 --> 00:54:21,423
of environmental scientist
Terry Deveau
1203
00:54:21,582 --> 00:54:24,426
that the feature
is of Portuguese origin?
1204
00:54:26,012 --> 00:54:28,088
RICK:
Okay. Keep looking.
1205
00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:30,349
MARTY: All kinds of
things are coming out
1206
00:54:30,508 --> 00:54:32,351
of the southeast corner
of the swamp.
1207
00:54:32,435 --> 00:54:33,686
And every time
we find something,
1208
00:54:33,770 --> 00:54:36,513
we hope that it allows us
to figure it all out.
1209
00:54:36,597 --> 00:54:37,940
I can't wait to see
what else is there.
1210
00:54:40,443 --> 00:54:41,777
Got anything?
1211
00:54:41,861 --> 00:54:43,612
What's that right there?
1212
00:54:47,784 --> 00:54:49,109
Look at this.
1213
00:54:49,944 --> 00:54:51,620
GARY:
What the heck is that?
1214
00:54:55,959 --> 00:54:57,951
Look at that.
1215
00:54:58,036 --> 00:54:59,870
I don't know what this is.
1216
00:54:59,954 --> 00:55:02,706
NARRATOR: While digging near
the possibly ancient stone wharf
1217
00:55:02,790 --> 00:55:04,800
in the southeast corner
of the swamp...
1218
00:55:04,884 --> 00:55:06,969
Kind of rounded, you know?
1219
00:55:07,053 --> 00:55:09,221
NARRATOR: Rick Lagina has
just discovered what could be
1220
00:55:09,380 --> 00:55:11,214
another important clue.
1221
00:55:11,299 --> 00:55:13,058
RICK:
We're in a swamp.
1222
00:55:13,143 --> 00:55:15,302
We're in a place where there
might have been a slipway.
1223
00:55:15,386 --> 00:55:17,313
We're looking for nautical items
1224
00:55:17,397 --> 00:55:21,058
and also the purpose
of the stone road.
1225
00:55:21,142 --> 00:55:23,393
- Is it a nod or a no?
- BILLY: I don't know.
1226
00:55:23,478 --> 00:55:27,072
RICK: The artifacts,
just to me, speak to
1227
00:55:27,231 --> 00:55:28,732
there's got to be more.
1228
00:55:28,816 --> 00:55:30,659
Well, let's keep going.
1229
00:55:33,237 --> 00:55:35,998
BILLY:
Yeah, there is something.
1230
00:55:36,082 --> 00:55:38,625
- Is it square?
- RICK: Look at this.
1231
00:55:41,412 --> 00:55:43,339
GARY: Yeah, that
looks man-made for sure.
1232
00:55:44,591 --> 00:55:47,009
- That's, uh, hand-carved, too.
- Yeah, that's cool.
1233
00:55:47,093 --> 00:55:49,678
- BILLY: What is that?
- No idea.
1234
00:55:50,847 --> 00:55:52,339
Looks handmade as well,
doesn't it?
1235
00:55:52,423 --> 00:55:53,349
That end.
1236
00:55:53,508 --> 00:55:55,017
That's-that's not
a household thing.
1237
00:55:55,101 --> 00:55:57,353
- GARY: No.
- LAIRD: No.
1238
00:55:57,512 --> 00:55:59,688
I would bet anything
that's from a ship.
1239
00:56:01,432 --> 00:56:03,350
GARY:
Yeah.
1240
00:56:03,443 --> 00:56:04,684
CRAIG:
What are we finding, guys?
1241
00:56:04,769 --> 00:56:07,270
GARY: Lots of
interesting pieces of wood.
1242
00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:10,107
This looks like it was
meant to go into something,
1243
00:56:10,191 --> 00:56:12,701
and that stopped it
from going all the way through.
1244
00:56:12,786 --> 00:56:14,203
But it was sail-related.
1245
00:56:16,039 --> 00:56:18,207
GARY:
Maybe it's dowel? A pin?
1246
00:56:18,366 --> 00:56:20,033
Can you see the lines
coming through here?
1247
00:56:20,118 --> 00:56:22,878
GARY: Maybe that's where a
rope was wrapped around it?
1248
00:56:22,962 --> 00:56:24,538
Could've been.
1249
00:56:24,631 --> 00:56:26,465
NARRATOR:
Dating as far back
1250
00:56:26,624 --> 00:56:28,458
as the 7th century A.D.,
1251
00:56:28,543 --> 00:56:30,803
wooden dowels were used
as fasteners
1252
00:56:30,962 --> 00:56:32,888
in ancient shipbuilding
1253
00:56:32,972 --> 00:56:35,474
due to their high resistance
to weathering.
1254
00:56:35,633 --> 00:56:37,884
Could this wooden dowel,
1255
00:56:37,969 --> 00:56:40,804
found alongside
the mysterious stone road,
1256
00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:43,232
be not only further evidence
that this feature
1257
00:56:43,316 --> 00:56:46,059
is in fact the remains
of an ancient wharf
1258
00:56:46,144 --> 00:56:49,146
but also perhaps part of a ship
1259
00:56:49,230 --> 00:56:51,490
that was once docked there
centuries ago
1260
00:56:51,574 --> 00:56:54,076
when the swamp
was an open harbor?
1261
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:58,405
If so, what did it carry
to Oak Island?
1262
00:56:58,489 --> 00:57:02,418
And could the answer be waiting
at the bottom of the Money Pit?
1263
00:57:02,502 --> 00:57:05,587
I find both of these
very interesting.
1264
00:57:05,746 --> 00:57:06,746
Yeah.
1265
00:57:06,831 --> 00:57:08,331
- That one in particular, I think.
- Yeah.
1266
00:57:09,509 --> 00:57:12,085
RICK: Both of these should
go to someone who's familiar
1267
00:57:12,170 --> 00:57:16,756
with ships of that era--
15-, 16-, 1700s.
1268
00:57:16,841 --> 00:57:18,258
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
1269
00:57:18,351 --> 00:57:20,102
We have found so many nautical
1270
00:57:20,186 --> 00:57:22,020
marine-related items
on the island,
1271
00:57:22,105 --> 00:57:25,182
specifically wood artifacts.
1272
00:57:25,266 --> 00:57:28,694
Some of these ship finds
in the swamp need to be
1273
00:57:28,853 --> 00:57:31,864
brought to experts and opinions
rendered about their usage,
1274
00:57:31,948 --> 00:57:33,190
what types of ships,
1275
00:57:33,274 --> 00:57:35,108
what timeline can be
associated with them.
1276
00:57:35,193 --> 00:57:37,703
But every little piece of data
1277
00:57:37,787 --> 00:57:39,279
seems to be aligning.
1278
00:57:39,363 --> 00:57:41,707
We found a number of things
1279
00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:43,700
that can actually
tell us something.
1280
00:57:43,793 --> 00:57:46,536
- Yeah.
- That's the whole point of this, right?
1281
00:57:46,629 --> 00:57:48,797
- Yep.
- Finding things, determine what they are
1282
00:57:48,956 --> 00:57:50,549
and how they may affect
our interpretation
1283
00:57:50,633 --> 00:57:51,958
of the stone road.
1284
00:57:52,043 --> 00:57:54,303
GARY: It's definitely
getting interesting now,
1285
00:57:54,387 --> 00:57:55,804
deeper we're going.
1286
00:57:58,049 --> 00:58:00,142
NARRATOR:
Later that same day...
1287
00:58:01,728 --> 00:58:05,314
Gary and Peter join Rick
at the archeology trailer.
1288
00:58:05,398 --> 00:58:07,316
- Hi, Kelly. - Hey, Kelly.
- Hi.
1289
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,893
- Hello, mate.
- Hello.
1290
00:58:09,977 --> 00:58:12,395
NARRATOR: They are meeting
with professional conservator
1291
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,823
Kelly Bourassa,
who has already cleaned
1292
00:58:14,982 --> 00:58:18,235
and conducted preliminary
metallurgical analysis
1293
00:58:18,319 --> 00:58:23,165
on the spiral-shaped object
found one day ago on Lot 13.
1294
00:58:24,742 --> 00:58:25,909
How does that look?
1295
00:58:25,993 --> 00:58:27,920
KELLY:
Well, this one, of course,
1296
00:58:28,004 --> 00:58:30,830
is-is really unusual.
1297
00:58:30,924 --> 00:58:32,341
I've never seen
anything like it.
1298
00:58:32,425 --> 00:58:35,085
When we first found it,
you know,
1299
00:58:35,169 --> 00:58:37,513
I'm thinking it was lead
'cause it's so heavy.
1300
00:58:37,672 --> 00:58:40,006
And then, when I put
my pinpointer on it,
1301
00:58:40,099 --> 00:58:41,767
it was reacting
like it was iron.
1302
00:58:41,851 --> 00:58:45,345
You had a good point
with the iron.
1303
00:58:45,429 --> 00:58:48,932
We did, uh,
our XRF analysis on it.
1304
00:58:49,025 --> 00:58:51,860
There's a certain percentage
of iron content in this.
1305
00:58:52,019 --> 00:58:53,695
1.47%.
1306
00:58:55,698 --> 00:58:57,866
Antimony: 6.68%.
1307
00:58:57,951 --> 00:58:59,859
Lead was 90%.
1308
00:58:59,944 --> 00:59:01,111
GARY:
Nice.
1309
00:59:01,204 --> 00:59:03,196
- It's lead.
- Yeah.
1310
00:59:03,281 --> 00:59:05,448
KELLY:
Yeah, it's just, uh, something
1311
00:59:05,542 --> 00:59:07,701
I've never come across before,
so I'd be interested
1312
00:59:07,785 --> 00:59:09,962
- in learning more about that particular design.
- GARY: Yeah.
1313
00:59:10,046 --> 00:59:11,296
RICK:
You know what I would like,
1314
00:59:11,455 --> 00:59:13,465
if it's not inconvenient?
1315
00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:18,295
When lead items come in,
run the XRF and keep track of
1316
00:59:18,379 --> 00:59:20,722
- the trace elements.
- Sure.
1317
00:59:20,881 --> 00:59:21,881
- You know where I'm going.
- GARY: Oh, yeah.
1318
00:59:21,975 --> 00:59:24,467
- Drayton's cross.
- The cross, yeah.
1319
00:59:24,552 --> 00:59:26,636
- RICK: We did laser ablation on the lead cross.
- Yeah.
1320
00:59:26,729 --> 00:59:29,898
We now know it's from
southern Mediterranean.
1321
00:59:29,983 --> 00:59:32,234
Well, if there are
a number of these
1322
00:59:32,318 --> 00:59:34,820
and we could track them that
way through the trace elements,
1323
00:59:34,904 --> 00:59:36,530
that may be a real clue.
1324
00:59:37,815 --> 00:59:40,158
NARRATOR:
Could Rick's notion be correct
1325
00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:42,485
that this mysterious
lead artifact
1326
00:59:42,570 --> 00:59:45,247
found near the believed
stone wharf in the swamp
1327
00:59:45,331 --> 00:59:49,826
is possibly connected
to the 700-year-old lead cross
1328
00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:53,589
that was discovered
four years ago at Smith's Cove?
1329
00:59:53,673 --> 00:59:57,917
Laser ablation can literally
give us a fingerprint of lead,
1330
00:59:58,002 --> 01:00:01,254
that from it we can learn
where these materials,
1331
01:00:01,339 --> 01:00:02,598
these artifacts, are from.
1332
01:00:02,682 --> 01:00:04,600
We can't do that
with the iron objects.
1333
01:00:04,684 --> 01:00:07,603
If we could, we would be much
further down the discovery road.
1334
01:00:07,762 --> 01:00:10,680
So, there's no reason
not to do it.
1335
01:00:10,765 --> 01:00:13,016
The million-dollar question:
What the heck is it?
1336
01:00:13,100 --> 01:00:15,360
Yeah, no idea. Um...
1337
01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:18,280
NARRATOR: Although they are
eager to conduct follow-up testing,
1338
01:00:18,439 --> 01:00:21,191
due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic,
1339
01:00:21,275 --> 01:00:23,360
the team will have to wait
several weeks,
1340
01:00:23,444 --> 01:00:27,364
if not months, for access
to a university laboratory
1341
01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:30,283
where laser ablation testing
is available.
1342
01:00:30,376 --> 01:00:32,535
GARY:
That is an unusual design.
1343
01:00:32,629 --> 01:00:35,705
And it's highly decorated,
and it's nice and crude.
1344
01:00:35,798 --> 01:00:38,884
Just like the cross is,
nicely, crudely made.
1345
01:00:39,043 --> 01:00:41,127
What the heck was that?
1346
01:00:41,212 --> 01:00:42,387
'Cause that's only
part of something.
1347
01:00:42,472 --> 01:00:45,965
Um, also, when I was cleaning,
1348
01:00:46,059 --> 01:00:48,551
there's a small hole in one end,
1349
01:00:48,636 --> 01:00:52,481
so I'm not too sure if
it was on a spike or what.
1350
01:00:52,565 --> 01:00:54,808
And I'm feeling this is
gonna be a nice surprise.
1351
01:00:54,892 --> 01:00:56,309
Thing is, it's really old.
1352
01:00:56,402 --> 01:00:58,820
- I'm hopeful, yes.
- PETER: Yeah.
1353
01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:00,155
Let's track
these trace elements.
1354
01:01:00,314 --> 01:01:01,657
Okay.
1355
01:01:01,816 --> 01:01:03,492
- And we will hit the trail.
- (chuckles)
1356
01:01:03,576 --> 01:01:04,651
- Find some more lead.
- Literally.
1357
01:01:04,735 --> 01:01:06,328
- GARY: Cheers, mate.
- KELLY: Okay.
1358
01:01:11,250 --> 01:01:15,328
NARRATOR: The next day,
as operations at both the swamp
1359
01:01:15,421 --> 01:01:18,248
and Money Pit continue...
1360
01:01:18,332 --> 01:01:21,501
- PETER: Let's start right here.
- GARY: Okay.
1361
01:01:21,585 --> 01:01:24,170
NARRATOR: metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
1362
01:01:24,255 --> 01:01:27,173
and Peter Fornetti
arrive on Lot 17.
1363
01:01:27,258 --> 01:01:29,008
- Okay.
- Just there, mate.
1364
01:01:29,093 --> 01:01:31,094
NARRATOR:
After the discovery of
1365
01:01:31,178 --> 01:01:33,438
the mysterious lead artifact
one day ago,
1366
01:01:33,597 --> 01:01:36,942
they are eager to look for
more evidence of the possible
1367
01:01:37,101 --> 01:01:40,696
stone pathway between
the swamp and the Money Pit.
1368
01:01:42,782 --> 01:01:44,199
GARY:
Go above it.
1369
01:01:44,283 --> 01:01:46,368
Either in the hole or out.
1370
01:01:47,778 --> 01:01:49,705
- (beeping)
- There we go.
1371
01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:56,119
Damn. Yeah, that's-- you'd
have to say that's modern.
1372
01:01:56,203 --> 01:01:58,213
- Yeah.
- Just a modern nail.
1373
01:01:58,372 --> 01:02:00,290
Okay.
1374
01:02:00,374 --> 01:02:02,709
- Put that in the bag. It's trash.
- Yeah.
1375
01:02:02,793 --> 01:02:04,720
- Just class that as a warm-up.
- Yep.
1376
01:02:06,806 --> 01:02:08,882
- All right, let's go down.
- Okay.
1377
01:02:08,966 --> 01:02:12,060
- I got plenty of flags down here, Pete.
- Yep.
1378
01:02:12,145 --> 01:02:15,305
NARRATOR: In accordance with the
new Community, Culture and Heritage
1379
01:02:15,389 --> 01:02:18,391
guidelines for
metal detecting on the island,
1380
01:02:18,476 --> 01:02:21,903
Gary already flagged several
promising targets in the area
1381
01:02:21,988 --> 01:02:24,906
earlier this morning,
and has now obtained
1382
01:02:25,065 --> 01:02:27,066
Laird Niven's permission
to dig them up.
1383
01:02:27,151 --> 01:02:28,744
Just there, mate.
1384
01:02:30,997 --> 01:02:32,071
Let's hope
this is something good.
1385
01:02:32,156 --> 01:02:33,915
More trail-ish.
1386
01:02:34,909 --> 01:02:38,244
I'm optimistic today's gonna be
1387
01:02:38,329 --> 01:02:39,913
a really good
treasure hunting day.
1388
01:02:39,997 --> 01:02:45,752
We have a chance at potentially
finding a coin or an artifact.
1389
01:02:45,836 --> 01:02:47,262
Another piece of scrap lead.
1390
01:02:48,839 --> 01:02:50,840
- It's not what we're looking for, though.
- No.
1391
01:02:50,933 --> 01:02:53,176
GARY: We're following
the stone roadway.
1392
01:02:53,260 --> 01:02:54,770
So, this is an exciting area.
1393
01:02:55,846 --> 01:02:58,348
- Let's go to this one.
- Okay.
1394
01:02:58,432 --> 01:02:59,775
(beeping)
1395
01:03:01,685 --> 01:03:03,904
- Just there, mate.
- Okay.
1396
01:03:09,452 --> 01:03:10,619
(beeping)
1397
01:03:11,954 --> 01:03:13,121
Right there, man.
1398
01:03:14,281 --> 01:03:15,874
That is a screamer.
1399
01:03:15,958 --> 01:03:18,117
And I would chunk
that bit out...
1400
01:03:18,202 --> 01:03:20,796
- PETER: Yeah.
- Because I can actually see the rust on it.
1401
01:03:24,124 --> 01:03:26,301
- PETER: Yeah.
- I'm hoping this is an old find.
1402
01:03:28,379 --> 01:03:30,129
(beeping)
1403
01:03:30,214 --> 01:03:31,640
It's that, whatever that is.
1404
01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:35,644
What the heck is that?
1405
01:03:40,641 --> 01:03:42,484
GARY:
What the heck is that?
1406
01:03:42,643 --> 01:03:44,569
NARRATOR:
While searching Lot 17
1407
01:03:44,728 --> 01:03:46,655
for evidence
of the stone pathway
1408
01:03:46,739 --> 01:03:49,065
between the Oak Island swamp
and the Money Pit,
1409
01:03:49,158 --> 01:03:53,495
metal detection expert
Gary Drayton and Peter Fornetti
1410
01:03:53,654 --> 01:03:56,906
have just found
what may be a significant clue.
1411
01:03:56,999 --> 01:03:59,084
- (beeping) - It's that, whatever that is.
- Oh, yeah.
1412
01:04:00,661 --> 01:04:02,912
It is this.
1413
01:04:03,005 --> 01:04:04,089
PETER:
Is it heavy?
1414
01:04:04,173 --> 01:04:05,340
GARY:
Yeah, it's fairly heavy.
1415
01:04:05,499 --> 01:04:08,001
- Kind of looks like an iron band.
- Mm-hmm.
1416
01:04:08,094 --> 01:04:10,253
The good thing is
it's got looks like
1417
01:04:10,337 --> 01:04:13,089
a square crude hole
that's broken there.
1418
01:04:13,182 --> 01:04:16,852
So maybe it's an old iron band
that went around something.
1419
01:04:17,011 --> 01:04:19,679
- PETER: Mm-hmm.
- Can you imagine the size of it?
1420
01:04:19,772 --> 01:04:22,181
Maybe it's like
an old band around a mast
1421
01:04:22,266 --> 01:04:24,109
or something like that.
1422
01:04:24,193 --> 01:04:25,935
- But we're just guessing, mate.
- Yep.
1423
01:04:26,028 --> 01:04:28,196
- GARY: All right, mate, we'll bag it.
- Absolutely.
1424
01:04:28,281 --> 01:04:31,357
NARRATOR: If Gary's
speculation that this iron band
1425
01:04:31,442 --> 01:04:33,535
was part of a ship
can be proven,
1426
01:04:33,694 --> 01:04:36,538
might it also be connected
to the stone wharf
1427
01:04:36,697 --> 01:04:39,949
the team discovered in
southeast corner of the swamp
1428
01:04:40,042 --> 01:04:43,620
and perhaps offer more evidence
of the pathway between
1429
01:04:43,713 --> 01:04:45,788
the swamp and the Money Pit?
1430
01:04:45,882 --> 01:04:48,041
This is a special find
1431
01:04:48,134 --> 01:04:49,968
because we're right
in the middle
1432
01:04:50,127 --> 01:04:53,221
of the Money Pit and the swamp.
1433
01:04:53,306 --> 01:04:56,799
It's gonna be interesting to
see what went on in this area.
1434
01:04:56,884 --> 01:05:00,053
And I know of a guy
that is definitely gonna
1435
01:05:00,146 --> 01:05:02,472
give us a very good
I.D. on this,
1436
01:05:02,556 --> 01:05:04,232
and that is Carmen Legge.
1437
01:05:04,391 --> 01:05:06,651
- Where is the next one, mate?
- Just up the hill.
1438
01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:08,069
Okay.
1439
01:05:09,563 --> 01:05:13,733
NARRATOR: As Gary and Peter
continue their search on Lot 17...
1440
01:05:13,817 --> 01:05:16,161
- STEVE G.: Hi, Rick.
- RICK: How we doing?
1441
01:05:16,245 --> 01:05:18,246
NARRATOR: Rick Lagina
joins Craig Tester
1442
01:05:18,405 --> 01:05:20,832
and members of the team
at the Money Pit
1443
01:05:20,917 --> 01:05:24,502
to check in on the progress
of borehole DE-7.
1444
01:05:24,587 --> 01:05:26,504
We're at 139.
1445
01:05:26,589 --> 01:05:29,174
Then we're down, the next one
would be around 150.
1446
01:05:29,258 --> 01:05:30,425
Right.
1447
01:05:30,584 --> 01:05:32,427
(machinery clanking)
1448
01:05:39,018 --> 01:05:42,512
Hopefully with this program,
we get silver or gold.
1449
01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:46,849
And it gives us a... a leg up
on placing a large can.
1450
01:05:46,934 --> 01:05:50,353
CRAIG: We're not only
drilling and looking for wood
1451
01:05:50,446 --> 01:05:52,855
but the water samples
and the soil samples
1452
01:05:52,940 --> 01:05:54,607
we get as we test them.
1453
01:05:54,700 --> 01:05:56,618
I mean, obviously,
if we get some area
1454
01:05:56,777 --> 01:05:59,112
that tests high amount
of gold and silver,
1455
01:05:59,205 --> 01:06:01,623
uh, we're most likely
gonna want to put a can
1456
01:06:01,782 --> 01:06:04,867
right down in that area, seeing
if there's a treasure there.
1457
01:06:04,961 --> 01:06:08,454
So, we got to use all
the information we're gathering
1458
01:06:08,547 --> 01:06:10,882
and to pick out
the best location.
1459
01:06:11,041 --> 01:06:13,134
- ADAM: 164.
- Thank you.
1460
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:17,138
- Want me to cut it?
- Sure. Please do.
1461
01:06:19,976 --> 01:06:24,137
Okay, so at 145-ish, right here,
1462
01:06:24,221 --> 01:06:26,889
we seem to have
some disturbed material.
1463
01:06:26,974 --> 01:06:29,559
There's-- it's fairly
well-bedded down below
1464
01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:31,987
and it looks like up above, but
we're seeing some disturbance
1465
01:06:32,071 --> 01:06:35,231
through here at about
145-foot level below grade.
1466
01:06:35,324 --> 01:06:36,741
It's also black, you can tell...
1467
01:06:36,826 --> 01:06:39,068
TERRY: Somewhat
blackened and disturbed.
1468
01:06:39,161 --> 01:06:40,161
It's definitely out of place.
1469
01:06:41,739 --> 01:06:43,823
Well, well, well.
1470
01:06:43,916 --> 01:06:45,742
Now, we weren't
expecting that, Craig.
1471
01:06:45,826 --> 01:06:46,793
Oh.
1472
01:06:48,587 --> 01:06:51,006
TERRY:
That's a fairly substantial
1473
01:06:51,165 --> 01:06:53,332
little chunk of wood,
but, you know, I don't see
1474
01:06:53,426 --> 01:06:55,927
- any other-other beams in there.
- Yep.
1475
01:06:56,012 --> 01:06:57,762
So, it's hard to say
what's going on here.
1476
01:06:57,921 --> 01:07:00,673
Well, at 145, you're getting
1477
01:07:00,758 --> 01:07:04,761
about to the top of, uh, where
the Chappell Vault was found.
1478
01:07:05,938 --> 01:07:08,598
NARRATOR: Could Craig's
notion that the team has
1479
01:07:08,691 --> 01:07:11,184
possibly encountered
the legendary treasure vault,
1480
01:07:11,268 --> 01:07:14,687
first reported in 1897, be true?
1481
01:07:14,780 --> 01:07:18,450
If so, might they be
one more core sample away
1482
01:07:18,534 --> 01:07:20,860
from the source
of the silver and gold
1483
01:07:20,944 --> 01:07:24,030
recently identified by
underground water testing?
1484
01:07:25,207 --> 01:07:27,116
CRAIG: Is there any
chance it's an open tunnel
1485
01:07:27,209 --> 01:07:28,701
and collapsed on itself?
1486
01:07:28,786 --> 01:07:31,379
Oh, my goodness, there's an
absolute possibility of that.
1487
01:07:31,538 --> 01:07:34,716
But if this kind of
rushed into a relative void,
1488
01:07:34,875 --> 01:07:36,968
you know, all of that
soft material could bypass
1489
01:07:37,053 --> 01:07:39,712
and ooze around
a lot of cribbing.
1490
01:07:39,797 --> 01:07:42,891
I mean, it's a pretty
loose section.
1491
01:07:43,050 --> 01:07:44,893
So, anyway,
it's interesting stuff.
1492
01:07:44,977 --> 01:07:47,637
I definitely want
to get these...
1493
01:07:47,730 --> 01:07:49,814
these pieces of wood C-14 dated.
1494
01:07:49,899 --> 01:07:50,899
Will do.
1495
01:07:51,058 --> 01:07:52,391
CRAIG:
Okay, are you done with this?
1496
01:07:52,476 --> 01:07:54,894
I am. For sure.
1497
01:07:56,489 --> 01:08:00,658
MARTY: If that wood dates to
before the Money Pit was discovered,
1498
01:08:00,818 --> 01:08:02,494
that could get really exciting.
1499
01:08:02,578 --> 01:08:05,238
I mean, we could be close
to the so-called Chappell Vault,
1500
01:08:05,322 --> 01:08:07,082
which myself and others
1501
01:08:07,241 --> 01:08:08,991
have been interested in
for a long time.
1502
01:08:09,085 --> 01:08:10,251
Is this encouraging?
1503
01:08:10,336 --> 01:08:11,828
You bet it is.
1504
01:08:11,921 --> 01:08:13,913
It's-it's really encouraging.
1505
01:08:13,997 --> 01:08:17,175
I guess, do you want to open
this up to take a look?
1506
01:08:19,419 --> 01:08:20,845
TERRY: We should find
some disturbed material here.
1507
01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:22,338
CRAIG:
If it fell in, yes.
1508
01:08:22,431 --> 01:08:24,757
TERRY: Let's see if we can
see any evidence of same.
1509
01:08:24,842 --> 01:08:27,102
(chuckles) She's definitely
loose; it's hard to say.
1510
01:08:27,186 --> 01:08:31,356
I don't see any of those,
uh, shavings or splinters.
1511
01:08:31,515 --> 01:08:32,690
CRAIG:
I don't see any wood.
1512
01:08:32,775 --> 01:08:33,942
TERRY:
Which is a little disappointing.
1513
01:08:34,101 --> 01:08:35,852
NARRATOR:
The team is encouraged
1514
01:08:35,945 --> 01:08:38,771
to have found evidence of
a wood structure at a key depth
1515
01:08:38,856 --> 01:08:42,033
and in the very same vicinity
that water testing
1516
01:08:42,192 --> 01:08:46,121
has identified the presence
of both silver and gold.
1517
01:08:46,280 --> 01:08:49,207
However, could the lack
of any more wood
1518
01:08:49,291 --> 01:08:52,460
or artifacts
in subsequent core samples
1519
01:08:52,619 --> 01:08:55,213
mean that they may not
have hit their target
1520
01:08:55,372 --> 01:08:57,298
- but only grazed it?
- Okay.
1521
01:08:57,383 --> 01:08:59,458
RICK: The interesting
thing about finding this wood
1522
01:08:59,543 --> 01:09:03,796
at that horizon, that elevation,
is that's certainly the area
1523
01:09:03,881 --> 01:09:07,550
where the so-called
Chappell Vault once was.
1524
01:09:07,634 --> 01:09:09,218
And so, of course,
1525
01:09:09,303 --> 01:09:11,971
your-your mind goes
to that possibility.
1526
01:09:12,064 --> 01:09:15,316
And thus, to me, it rounds to
1527
01:09:15,475 --> 01:09:20,155
let's stay focused on the grid,
because if it is
1528
01:09:20,239 --> 01:09:23,316
associated with the vault,
then let's define the vault.
1529
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:26,411
We're here.
Okay, we just drilled this one.
1530
01:09:26,570 --> 01:09:28,321
We got wood on the last one.
1531
01:09:28,414 --> 01:09:29,822
You know,
I think it's a victory.
1532
01:09:29,915 --> 01:09:32,500
I'm ready to move on
to the next hole.
1533
01:09:32,585 --> 01:09:33,501
TERRY:
Yep.
1534
01:09:33,660 --> 01:09:35,253
RICK:
Okay.
1535
01:09:35,337 --> 01:09:36,963
- We just keep pressing on.
- CRAIG: Sounds good.
1536
01:09:43,086 --> 01:09:44,754
GARY:
Here we go.
1537
01:09:44,838 --> 01:09:47,506
NARRATOR: As a new
day of investigation begins
1538
01:09:47,591 --> 01:09:48,808
in the Oak Island swamp...
1539
01:09:50,260 --> 01:09:51,477
and in the Money Pit area...
1540
01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:54,522
PETER:
So, I'm pretty excited.
1541
01:09:54,681 --> 01:09:57,516
Yeah, I mean, Carmen--
Wealth of knowledge.
1542
01:09:57,601 --> 01:10:00,186
- You never fail to learn something with him.
- Yeah.
1543
01:10:00,270 --> 01:10:02,271
NARRATOR:
some 50 miles north
1544
01:10:02,364 --> 01:10:05,024
in the town of
Centreville, Nova Scotia...
1545
01:10:05,117 --> 01:10:07,276
- PETER: All right.
- DOUG: I haven't seen Carmen for a while.
1546
01:10:07,361 --> 01:10:09,195
NARRATOR: Doug Crowell
and Peter Fornetti
1547
01:10:09,279 --> 01:10:11,206
arrive at Northville Farm.
1548
01:10:11,290 --> 01:10:13,625
- DOUG: Hey, Carmen.
- Hey! How you doing today?
1549
01:10:13,709 --> 01:10:14,959
- Good.
- PETER: Good. How are you doing?
1550
01:10:15,044 --> 01:10:16,461
NARRATOR:
They have arranged for
1551
01:10:16,620 --> 01:10:18,630
their first meeting of the year
with blacksmithing expert
1552
01:10:18,789 --> 01:10:23,376
Carmen Legge to get his analysis
on the mysterious iron band
1553
01:10:23,460 --> 01:10:26,888
that was found
one day ago on Lot 17.
1554
01:10:28,131 --> 01:10:29,474
CARMEN:
Got some more stuff for me?
1555
01:10:29,558 --> 01:10:30,808
- PETER: Yeah.
- DOUG: Yeah.
1556
01:10:30,893 --> 01:10:32,718
Let's have a look.
1557
01:10:32,803 --> 01:10:35,230
This was found
towards the Money Pit.
1558
01:10:35,389 --> 01:10:36,731
Okay.
1559
01:10:40,727 --> 01:10:42,478
Uh...
1560
01:10:42,562 --> 01:10:45,314
this is a handmade iron band.
1561
01:10:45,399 --> 01:10:48,150
You can see there's a--
Well, it's a hole here.
1562
01:10:48,235 --> 01:10:51,412
- The width and the thickness of it...
- PETER: Mm-hmm.
1563
01:10:51,497 --> 01:10:53,915
It's a band off of a wagon wheel
1564
01:10:53,999 --> 01:10:55,917
- or a cart wheel.
- Oh.
1565
01:10:56,001 --> 01:10:57,910
This goes around
the hub that holds
1566
01:10:58,003 --> 01:10:59,087
the center
of the wheel together.
1567
01:10:59,171 --> 01:11:01,005
The size of it indicates
1568
01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:03,591
early-early time period
use of a cart.
1569
01:11:03,750 --> 01:11:08,388
I'm gonna say 1650
to probably 1780, 1790.
1570
01:11:09,923 --> 01:11:12,341
After that,
they got bigger, thicker.
1571
01:11:12,426 --> 01:11:14,519
That is intriguing.
1572
01:11:14,603 --> 01:11:17,021
NARRATOR:
The hub of a wagon wheel?
1573
01:11:17,180 --> 01:11:20,358
Dating back to as early as 1650?
1574
01:11:20,442 --> 01:11:22,527
And found between
the possibly ancient
1575
01:11:22,611 --> 01:11:25,530
stone wharf in the swamp
and the Money Pit?
1576
01:11:25,689 --> 01:11:29,525
Is it possible that Gary Drayton
has found more evidence
1577
01:11:29,609 --> 01:11:32,445
of cargo being hauled
between the two sites
1578
01:11:32,529 --> 01:11:35,114
as much as 150 years prior
1579
01:11:35,198 --> 01:11:38,459
to the original
treasure shaft's discovery?
1580
01:11:38,544 --> 01:11:42,288
If so, might it also support
Terry Deveau's theory
1581
01:11:42,372 --> 01:11:45,133
about the approximate age
of the stone wharf
1582
01:11:45,292 --> 01:11:48,127
and its potential
Portuguese origin?
1583
01:11:49,305 --> 01:11:50,972
DOUG: We've had this
idea that carts were used
1584
01:11:51,131 --> 01:11:53,808
along this stone road
and pathway,
1585
01:11:53,967 --> 01:11:55,885
and perhaps heading towards
the Money Pit.
1586
01:11:55,969 --> 01:11:57,386
- PETER: Mm-hmm.
- But this would be the first
1587
01:11:57,471 --> 01:11:58,646
tangible piece of evidence that
1588
01:11:58,731 --> 01:12:01,474
this would go hand-in-hand
with ox shoes and...
1589
01:12:01,558 --> 01:12:02,975
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- And carts.
1590
01:12:03,068 --> 01:12:04,736
Where's the rest of the cart?
1591
01:12:04,895 --> 01:12:06,729
That's a good question.
1592
01:12:06,813 --> 01:12:07,739
You might be narrowing down
the time period
1593
01:12:07,898 --> 01:12:09,398
and maybe the activity.
1594
01:12:09,491 --> 01:12:10,575
PETER:
Okay.
1595
01:12:10,659 --> 01:12:11,826
That's exactly...
1596
01:12:11,985 --> 01:12:14,829
exactly what we're looking for:
evidence that
1597
01:12:14,988 --> 01:12:17,415
high-wheeled carts
are associated
1598
01:12:17,499 --> 01:12:19,992
with the stone road
or the stone path.
1599
01:12:20,077 --> 01:12:22,086
That's substantive information.
1600
01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:25,006
That's exactly the kind of
evidence we're looking for.
1601
01:12:25,090 --> 01:12:28,092
That's the first artifact
of that type
1602
01:12:28,251 --> 01:12:30,345
- associated with a cart that I'm aware of.
- PETER: Yeah.
1603
01:12:30,429 --> 01:12:32,004
- I think the guys will be interested to hear that.
- Yeah.
1604
01:12:32,089 --> 01:12:33,422
- DOUG: Yeah.
- Absolutely.
1605
01:12:33,507 --> 01:12:34,590
- All right.
- Very good.
1606
01:12:34,683 --> 01:12:36,175
- Thank you, Carmen.
- Oh, you're very welcome.
1607
01:12:36,268 --> 01:12:38,260
- Glad I could help.
- Absolutely.
1608
01:12:38,345 --> 01:12:40,188
- Thanks, Carmen.
- Come back again with some more.
1609
01:12:40,347 --> 01:12:41,597
- Take care. - Will do.
- Happy digging.
1610
01:12:41,681 --> 01:12:43,191
PETER:
Yeah, thanks.
1611
01:12:43,350 --> 01:12:45,768
NARRATOR:
As Doug and Peter make their way
1612
01:12:45,852 --> 01:12:49,113
back to Oak Island,
in the Money Pit area...
1613
01:12:49,198 --> 01:12:50,356
STEVE G.:
We're in a hot zone.
1614
01:12:50,449 --> 01:12:52,525
NARRATOR: Craig Tester
and other members
1615
01:12:52,618 --> 01:12:54,860
of the team are supervising
1616
01:12:54,945 --> 01:12:59,624
the core-drilling operation in
a new borehole known as CD-6.
1617
01:12:59,783 --> 01:13:04,545
A borehole located less than
ten feet from the C-1 shaft.
1618
01:13:05,956 --> 01:13:07,882
So, we have multiple targets
and points of interest
1619
01:13:07,966 --> 01:13:10,126
- in this hole...
- Yeah, absolutely.
1620
01:13:10,219 --> 01:13:12,303
- CHARLES: that we can get more sample from.
- Yep.
1621
01:13:12,388 --> 01:13:14,213
Let's hope it's
a very interesting hole.
1622
01:13:14,297 --> 01:13:15,223
Yep.
1623
01:13:15,382 --> 01:13:17,892
NARRATOR:
As they work to pinpoint
1624
01:13:17,976 --> 01:13:20,978
the source of silver and gold
that has recently been
1625
01:13:21,138 --> 01:13:24,649
detected through water sampling
in the so-called C-1 cluster,
1626
01:13:24,733 --> 01:13:27,819
the team's hope
for borehole CD-6
1627
01:13:27,903 --> 01:13:30,646
includes a secondary target,
1628
01:13:30,730 --> 01:13:33,983
a possible tunnel
at a depth of some 90 feet
1629
01:13:34,076 --> 01:13:37,653
that they found in this area
just one year ago.
1630
01:13:37,737 --> 01:13:41,157
One of the key things here
is we get the tunnel.
1631
01:13:41,250 --> 01:13:43,584
We'll run in and we get
a water sample at that zone.
1632
01:13:43,743 --> 01:13:45,420
If we can duplicate
that gold and silver
1633
01:13:45,579 --> 01:13:48,247
- and then isolate it to which horizon.
- Yeah.
1634
01:13:48,331 --> 01:13:50,416
- You can come on in, drop it off.
- What's the good word, Adam?
1635
01:13:50,509 --> 01:13:53,002
- How's it going, Adam?
- ADAM: 85.
1636
01:13:53,086 --> 01:13:55,596
85. Let's take a look, shall we?
1637
01:13:58,425 --> 01:13:59,767
I would say
that's moving into, uh,
1638
01:13:59,926 --> 01:14:01,594
it looks like the clay
to me, but...
1639
01:14:01,678 --> 01:14:02,845
- STEVE G.: Is it just natural?
- It's still...
1640
01:14:02,929 --> 01:14:04,272
Oh, it's still natural.
1641
01:14:04,431 --> 01:14:06,357
It would still be good to
dig in, but it's a little bit
1642
01:14:06,516 --> 01:14:07,942
looser than normal.
1643
01:14:08,101 --> 01:14:10,111
That might mean
that it's close to, uh,
1644
01:14:10,270 --> 01:14:12,780
an open water cavity
beneath "a tunnel."
1645
01:14:13,949 --> 01:14:16,859
The next core is the tell
on this hole.
1646
01:14:16,943 --> 01:14:18,194
- That's the hope.
- (knocks)
1647
01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:19,528
Knock on wood.
1648
01:14:19,613 --> 01:14:21,247
(machinery whirring and buzzing)
1649
01:14:24,710 --> 01:14:26,285
CHARLES:
Here we go, here we go.
1650
01:14:26,369 --> 01:14:28,296
Let's hope it's a good one.
1651
01:14:28,455 --> 01:14:30,298
Which end do you want me to hit?
Right here?
1652
01:14:30,457 --> 01:14:33,042
- Is this the bottom?
- That's the bottom, yep.
1653
01:14:33,135 --> 01:14:35,294
What's the word, Mike?
1654
01:14:35,378 --> 01:14:37,054
Uh, 90 feet.
1655
01:14:37,139 --> 01:14:38,306
STEVE G.:
90 feet?
1656
01:14:42,552 --> 01:14:43,478
CHARLES:
Terry, we got wood.
1657
01:14:43,562 --> 01:14:45,563
SCOTT:
That's what we want to see.
1658
01:14:45,647 --> 01:14:47,732
- TERRY: Wow.
- Look at this.
1659
01:14:47,816 --> 01:14:49,567
- There's our wood, guys. That's great.
- Yep.
1660
01:14:49,726 --> 01:14:50,976
TERRY:
Looks good to me.
1661
01:14:51,069 --> 01:14:55,281
And that looks like
a fairly good section of beam.
1662
01:14:56,492 --> 01:14:58,826
Really looks like
a cut surface for sure.
1663
01:14:58,985 --> 01:15:01,913
I think, well,
that really bodes well for age.
1664
01:15:02,072 --> 01:15:02,830
CHARLES:
Yeah, it does.
1665
01:15:03,999 --> 01:15:05,333
TERRY: That's
probably a floor-to-ceiling
1666
01:15:05,492 --> 01:15:07,752
- collapse of a tunnel right there.
- CHARLES: Yeah.
1667
01:15:07,836 --> 01:15:10,755
TERRY: There's no question in my
mind that that was an open structure,
1668
01:15:10,839 --> 01:15:11,964
once upon a time.
1669
01:15:13,175 --> 01:15:15,927
NARRATOR:
Wood? At a depth of 90 feet?
1670
01:15:16,011 --> 01:15:19,430
Is it possible that the team
has once again encountered
1671
01:15:19,515 --> 01:15:23,175
the man-made tunnel they first
discovered one year ago?
1672
01:15:23,268 --> 01:15:24,426
CHARLES:
That's probably enough.
1673
01:15:24,511 --> 01:15:26,020
NARRATOR:
And, if so,
1674
01:15:26,104 --> 01:15:29,357
could it also be connected to
the evidence of silver and gold
1675
01:15:29,516 --> 01:15:32,768
detected in
the so-called C-1 cluster?
1676
01:15:32,861 --> 01:15:35,780
RICK: We're getting
multiple hits of wood
1677
01:15:35,939 --> 01:15:38,524
at a consistent depth,
1678
01:15:38,608 --> 01:15:41,026
indicating a possible tunnel
1679
01:15:41,111 --> 01:15:43,204
in an area that was
previously unknown.
1680
01:15:44,864 --> 01:15:48,951
So, given the significance
not only of the C-1 cluster
1681
01:15:49,035 --> 01:15:52,371
but the silver and gold
water sampling results,
1682
01:15:52,455 --> 01:15:55,132
finding this tunnel depth at
1683
01:15:55,217 --> 01:15:58,294
somewhere in the 80-to-90-foot
horizon is interesting.
1684
01:15:58,378 --> 01:16:00,471
So, Craig, you want us to get
a water sample out of here
1685
01:16:00,556 --> 01:16:01,964
- at this depth?
- Yes, yep.
1686
01:16:02,048 --> 01:16:05,059
You know, anything that
came out of this tunnel zone,
1687
01:16:05,143 --> 01:16:08,137
be great to test
if silver and gold was in it.
1688
01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:10,231
- You know, it may come out of this horizon.
- Yeah.
1689
01:16:10,390 --> 01:16:13,818
Testing will help us
define the zone of interest,
1690
01:16:13,902 --> 01:16:16,395
- so maybe that's the tunnel we have to follow.
- CRAIG: Absolutely.
1691
01:16:16,488 --> 01:16:17,730
Once we've associated it
with gold,
1692
01:16:17,823 --> 01:16:19,073
we got to follow that tunnel.
1693
01:16:19,232 --> 01:16:21,576
- CHARLES: That's right.
- TERRY: There you go.
1694
01:16:24,830 --> 01:16:26,414
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
1695
01:16:28,074 --> 01:16:31,660
Rarely do we have a sense of
anticipation around this table
1696
01:16:31,745 --> 01:16:33,662
like we certainly do today.
1697
01:16:33,747 --> 01:16:36,007
NARRATOR:
in the Oak Island war room,
1698
01:16:36,091 --> 01:16:39,844
Rick and Marty Lagina,
along with members of the team,
1699
01:16:40,003 --> 01:16:43,672
are meeting once again with
geoscientists Dr. Ian Spooner
1700
01:16:43,765 --> 01:16:46,434
and Dr. Peir Pufahl,
1701
01:16:46,593 --> 01:16:49,687
along with chemist
Dr. Matt Lukeman.
1702
01:16:49,846 --> 01:16:53,349
After conducting a more detailed
analysis of the water tests
1703
01:16:53,433 --> 01:16:56,027
recently taken from
several boreholes across
1704
01:16:56,186 --> 01:16:59,030
the Money Pit area, which
produced preliminary evidence
1705
01:16:59,189 --> 01:17:01,365
of both silver and gold,
1706
01:17:01,450 --> 01:17:06,120
Dr. Pufahl is now prepared
to present his final report.
1707
01:17:06,279 --> 01:17:08,530
Really, the core
of this discussion,
1708
01:17:08,615 --> 01:17:10,207
I think, is: What do we do next?
1709
01:17:10,292 --> 01:17:11,367
I think we're all anticipating
1710
01:17:11,451 --> 01:17:13,285
what these results
are gonna indicate.
1711
01:17:13,370 --> 01:17:15,129
So, I'm gonna
turn it over to you, Ian.
1712
01:17:16,289 --> 01:17:18,299
IAN:
So, what do you got to tell us?
1713
01:17:18,458 --> 01:17:20,635
PEIR:
All right, here is essentially
1714
01:17:20,719 --> 01:17:23,638
a location map
of those drill holes
1715
01:17:23,722 --> 01:17:26,891
that were sampled,
uh, for their water.
1716
01:17:26,975 --> 01:17:29,727
And so, really, what I'd like
you to do is to, number one,
1717
01:17:29,811 --> 01:17:32,137
turn your attention
to these holes
1718
01:17:32,222 --> 01:17:36,058
that are gold in color,
because these are the holes
1719
01:17:36,142 --> 01:17:40,738
within which we found gold
in the water samples.
1720
01:17:40,822 --> 01:17:42,740
All right? That would be C-1,
1721
01:17:42,824 --> 01:17:45,660
F-4, E-8 and K-7.
1722
01:17:45,744 --> 01:17:48,329
So, without further ado,
let's look at
1723
01:17:48,413 --> 01:17:52,491
some of the concentrations
of gold
1724
01:17:52,584 --> 01:17:55,160
that we're actually
focusing on here.
1725
01:17:55,245 --> 01:17:57,663
Your mind jumps to:
Well, is there some sort of
1726
01:17:57,747 --> 01:17:59,340
natural source to this gold?
1727
01:17:59,424 --> 01:18:02,751
We have to have eliminated
a natural source
1728
01:18:02,844 --> 01:18:05,429
for the gold to be meaningful
here on Oak Island.
1729
01:18:05,514 --> 01:18:08,516
PEIR:
So, when we look at F-4,
1730
01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:13,011
all right, we're talking about
0.044 parts per billion.
1731
01:18:13,105 --> 01:18:16,932
Hole C-1:
0.017 parts per billion.
1732
01:18:17,016 --> 01:18:20,528
And K-7:
0.012 parts per billion.
1733
01:18:21,613 --> 01:18:24,198
To put this in context,
all right,
1734
01:18:24,282 --> 01:18:28,953
seawater has an average
concentration of gold of about
1735
01:18:29,112 --> 01:18:31,872
0.10 parts per billion.
1736
01:18:32,874 --> 01:18:35,451
So, the take-home message
here is this,
1737
01:18:35,535 --> 01:18:38,203
that, yes, gold is present
and it's elevated.
1738
01:18:38,296 --> 01:18:40,798
It's either coming
from the till,
1739
01:18:40,882 --> 01:18:41,882
it's coming from the bedrock,
1740
01:18:42,041 --> 01:18:43,467
or there's something
buried down there.
1741
01:18:43,552 --> 01:18:44,885
MARTY:
Wow.
1742
01:18:49,299 --> 01:18:50,891
NARRATOR: It is an incredible
moment for brothers
1743
01:18:50,976 --> 01:18:52,968
Rick and Marty Lagina
and the Oak Island team.
1744
01:18:53,061 --> 01:18:57,055
Geoscientist Dr. Peir Pufahl
has just confirmed
1745
01:18:57,140 --> 01:18:59,641
his analysis
of water sampling tests
1746
01:18:59,735 --> 01:19:03,312
conducted in numerous boreholes
across the Money Pit area.
1747
01:19:03,405 --> 01:19:07,241
Something containing
large amounts of silver and gold
1748
01:19:07,325 --> 01:19:11,746
lies deep underground in
the vicinity of the C-1 shaft.
1749
01:19:11,830 --> 01:19:15,991
What I do think is interesting,
when you look at where
1750
01:19:16,084 --> 01:19:19,411
the gold-enriched wells are,
they're only, you know,
1751
01:19:19,496 --> 01:19:23,174
25, uh, 50 feet away
from each other.
1752
01:19:23,258 --> 01:19:27,586
And so, if I were a betting man,
1753
01:19:27,679 --> 01:19:29,430
I bet we're in the right area.
1754
01:19:30,673 --> 01:19:33,434
When you look at these data,
1755
01:19:33,518 --> 01:19:36,178
I think we're-we're kind of
right close to that bull's-eye.
1756
01:19:36,271 --> 01:19:37,229
MARTY:
Wow.
1757
01:19:38,857 --> 01:19:40,775
MATT: Given that
F-4-- I mean, obviously
1758
01:19:40,934 --> 01:19:43,861
it's the well of interest
and it seems to be
1759
01:19:43,945 --> 01:19:45,446
the, uh, biggest outlier
1760
01:19:45,530 --> 01:19:47,439
of all the wells
we've been looking at.
1761
01:19:47,532 --> 01:19:50,359
'Cause it's the standout
here by far.
1762
01:19:50,443 --> 01:19:52,528
Yeah, so when we look
at the chemistry of F-4,
1763
01:19:52,612 --> 01:19:53,862
almost every other trace element
1764
01:19:53,955 --> 01:19:57,208
was also elevated in relation
to the other holes.
1765
01:19:57,367 --> 01:19:59,960
Silver was present only in F-4.
1766
01:20:00,045 --> 01:20:01,787
So, there's something
unique about it.
1767
01:20:01,871 --> 01:20:04,632
But here's the bottom line:
It's got gold in it.
1768
01:20:04,716 --> 01:20:06,133
- (laughs)
- It's got gold in the water.
1769
01:20:06,218 --> 01:20:07,968
And if it's got gold
in the water,
1770
01:20:08,127 --> 01:20:09,470
the gold is
coming from somewhere.
1771
01:20:10,630 --> 01:20:12,556
And that's where
the next steps come in.
1772
01:20:12,715 --> 01:20:16,477
The next steps-- sampling that
till, sampling that sediment--
1773
01:20:16,636 --> 01:20:20,481
Will help us fingerprint
exactly where and why
1774
01:20:20,565 --> 01:20:24,401
that gold and silver
are elevated in that hole.
1775
01:20:24,486 --> 01:20:27,062
As Dr. Pufahl said, the gold's
got to come from somewhere.
1776
01:20:27,155 --> 01:20:30,658
And if it's coming from
the soil, there'd have to be
1777
01:20:30,742 --> 01:20:34,745
a fair bit in-in the soil to
produce these anomalous results.
1778
01:20:34,830 --> 01:20:38,490
We've got to get those till
sample and see what they hold.
1779
01:20:38,583 --> 01:20:39,908
RICK:
This is great news.
1780
01:20:40,001 --> 01:20:42,160
It-It's great science.
1781
01:20:42,245 --> 01:20:44,663
Uh, I know Marty loves
great science.
1782
01:20:44,747 --> 01:20:48,500
So does Craig and, uh,
everybody on the team.
1783
01:20:48,585 --> 01:20:50,010
Can't add anything to that.
1784
01:20:50,095 --> 01:20:52,671
Couple of weeks
to the gold, Rick.
1785
01:20:52,755 --> 01:20:54,923
- (laughter)
- Calm down.
1786
01:20:55,008 --> 01:20:57,926
I told you Bravo Tango
was coming at some point.
1787
01:20:58,019 --> 01:20:59,595
What the hell?
1788
01:20:59,688 --> 01:21:04,024
I would be lying if I said
it wasn't impactful.
1789
01:21:05,277 --> 01:21:09,196
(chuckles): I've believed
since I was a little guy.
1790
01:21:09,281 --> 01:21:12,774
And it means something
to me on that level,
1791
01:21:12,859 --> 01:21:15,861
that here's the proof.
1792
01:21:15,954 --> 01:21:18,539
Uh, it-it justifies
everything, right?
1793
01:21:19,624 --> 01:21:22,367
MARTY:
Gold is where it started.
1794
01:21:22,452 --> 01:21:25,704
The search for gold is
what drove this way back,
1795
01:21:25,788 --> 01:21:28,290
230 years ago almost now.
1796
01:21:28,374 --> 01:21:30,551
So, nobody really found
1797
01:21:30,710 --> 01:21:32,878
any direct evidence
of gold until now.
1798
01:21:32,962 --> 01:21:36,140
Is this impactful?
It's hugely impactful.
1799
01:21:36,224 --> 01:21:38,800
It looks like
there's some gold here.
1800
01:21:38,894 --> 01:21:41,729
So, it vindicates Rick
and, I guess, a little bit me.
1801
01:21:41,888 --> 01:21:44,723
This is summed up
by two words, really:
1802
01:21:44,807 --> 01:21:46,150
Sempre Avanti.
1803
01:21:46,309 --> 01:21:47,318
Let's keep moving forward.
1804
01:21:47,402 --> 01:21:49,320
Maybe we can get
to the bottom of this.
1805
01:21:49,404 --> 01:21:52,156
- Absolutely. - Fair enough.
- Thank you.
1806
01:21:52,315 --> 01:21:54,491
- RICK: Okay. Thank you very much.
- IAN: Thank you. See ya.
1807
01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:58,329
NARRATOR: A mystery
captured their attention,
1808
01:21:58,413 --> 01:22:01,156
faith and hope drew them in,
1809
01:22:01,240 --> 01:22:05,753
and now science has validated
their efforts and persistence.
1810
01:22:05,837 --> 01:22:08,339
For brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
1811
01:22:08,498 --> 01:22:10,090
and the Oak Island team,
1812
01:22:10,249 --> 01:22:13,010
the answers
that others have sought
1813
01:22:13,169 --> 01:22:16,254
for more than two centuries
appear to be within their reach.
1814
01:22:17,349 --> 01:22:20,676
However, they must still
brace for the unknown
1815
01:22:20,760 --> 01:22:24,271
and the forces that are
beyond their control
1816
01:22:24,356 --> 01:22:28,767
that have guarded the island's
secrets through the generations.
1817
01:22:28,851 --> 01:22:32,446
Will the fellowship
finally zero in on a target
1818
01:22:32,605 --> 01:22:35,190
that could change history
as we know it?
1819
01:22:35,274 --> 01:22:38,953
Only time and fate will tell.
1820
01:22:42,281 --> 01:22:44,950
This season on
The Curse of Oak Island...
1821
01:22:45,034 --> 01:22:47,378
We're back, Oak Island,
old friend.
1822
01:22:47,537 --> 01:22:49,371
- Oh, it's a coin!
- Yes.
1823
01:22:49,455 --> 01:22:51,790
- RICK: That's the aha.
- Yeah.
1824
01:22:51,883 --> 01:22:53,458
RICK: I still believe there's
some answers in the swamp.
1825
01:22:53,551 --> 01:22:55,719
This path heads
to the Money Pit.
1826
01:22:55,804 --> 01:22:58,213
Wow. These are
indigenous artifacts.
1827
01:22:58,306 --> 01:22:59,556
LAIRD: Department
of Culture and Heritage
1828
01:22:59,641 --> 01:23:01,642
- ask that we stop down.
- Immediately.
1829
01:23:01,726 --> 01:23:04,803
The more we cooperate,
the more of our island we lose.
1830
01:23:04,896 --> 01:23:06,063
We're gonna do what's right,
1831
01:23:06,147 --> 01:23:07,305
we're gonna continue
to do what's right,
1832
01:23:07,390 --> 01:23:09,474
but we have to look after
our own rights, too.
1833
01:23:09,567 --> 01:23:10,901
- Yeah.
- We're gonna go bigger.
1834
01:23:10,986 --> 01:23:12,144
- Look at that.
- Yeah, here she be.
1835
01:23:12,237 --> 01:23:12,987
MARTY:
We're gonna go harder.
1836
01:23:13,071 --> 01:23:14,405
We're running out of time,
1837
01:23:14,489 --> 01:23:15,731
and we got big work
to do up there.
1838
01:23:15,815 --> 01:23:17,658
- Maybe I get lucky, huh?
- I hope so.
1839
01:23:17,817 --> 01:23:20,327
RICK: For 227 years,
people have sought
1840
01:23:20,412 --> 01:23:22,329
a treasure in
the Money Pit on Oak Island.
1841
01:23:22,414 --> 01:23:24,239
- GARY: Whoa! Look at that!
- (beeping) - MARTY: Perfect!
1842
01:23:24,332 --> 01:23:27,409
Nobody really found any evidence
of gold until now.
1843
01:23:27,502 --> 01:23:30,328
- So, we have ancient Spanish gold.
- That's huge.
1844
01:23:30,413 --> 01:23:32,497
It's empirical, hard evidence.
1845
01:23:32,590 --> 01:23:33,924
MARTY:
Okay! Let's get this done.
1846
01:23:34,009 --> 01:23:35,500
Let's find it. Let's go!
1847
01:23:35,585 --> 01:23:37,177
I want to find the answers.
1848
01:23:37,336 --> 01:23:39,513
♪ ♪
1849
01:23:39,597 --> 01:23:42,349
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