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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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- All right.
- If there really is gold found
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on these pieces of metal,
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this is very, very significant.
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Wow, this is really interesting.
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- So, we have ancient, Spanish gold.
- That's huge.
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So, when you project this path,
it heads to the Money Pit.
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- GARY: Look at that chunk.
- Wow.
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The department of Community,
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Culture and Heritage asked that
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- we stop down.
- Immediately.
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It is very discouraging to me.
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The more we cooperate,
the more of our island we lose.
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Fine, let's throw in the towel.
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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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- CHARLES: Hey, guys.
- Hey, Craig! - Hey!
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- Hi, Rick.
- Hey.
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NARRATOR: As another
exciting day dawns on Oak Island...
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Rumor is, you guys tested that,
uh, the metal we found in D-2.
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- Is this true?
- And we're about to tell you.
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brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester,
and members of their team
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are conducting a strategic
drilling operation
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in the Money Pit area
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that they hope will help them
solve a 226-year-old mystery.
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We used the XRF on two samples.
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The XRF came up with gold.
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- Gold?
- Not just gold.
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The percentage is
extremely high.
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- 700 parts per million.
- Oh, wow.
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- There's something in there.
- Oh, there's something in there.
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That might be it.
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NARRATOR: One week
ago, after discovering wood
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from a depth of 88 feet
in Borehole D-2,
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which was then carbon-dated
to as early as 1488,
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the team unearthed
a mysterious piece of metal.
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CHARLES: Yeah. It's a big
chunk of metal right there.
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I'm just gonna throw it on
and see what we get.
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NARRATOR: when geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner performed
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elemental analysis on it using
an X-ray fluorescence device,
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Rick and members of
the team were astonished
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by what they had found.
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A-U! There it is, A-U!
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- We got gold again.
- Wow.
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It's a piece of metal that
may have been either in close
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contact with gold, or it could
be even more interesting,
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i.e. that the metals
themselves contain gold.
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To me, if it's
part of the metal,
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that's far more interesting.
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That means that
it's a valuable item.
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NARRATOR: Based in an
area known as the C-1 cluster,
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where recent water tests
in existing boreholes
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have revealed high levels
of silver and gold, the team has
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designed a strategic
drilling grid in the hopes of
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pinpointing the fabled
Money Pit treasure vault.
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Now, the next target on
that grid is Borehole B-4,
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which sits just 14 feet
from D-2.
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MARTY: The C-1 cluster
just sounds like the right spot.
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Gold on the steel.
That's very encouraging.
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If it's accurate,
that the gold is on the metal,
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and that there are
just no natural sources,
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then I'd say we're
closing in on the treasure.
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Terry, do you have the grid?
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'Cause I'd like to get
brought up to speed here.
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We are here on B-4,
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but this hole in particular
is at
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the northern perimeter, or edge
of the C-1 cluster of tunnels.
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- Yeah.
- If we find evidence of tunnels, there we go.
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Now we have
something more to chase.
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NARRATOR:
It is also in this area
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that the team has
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previously drilled
into a believed tunnel
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at a depth
of approximately 90 feet.
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If the team is unsuccessful
finding treasure in B-4,
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then they hope to hit a tunnel
that will lead them to it.
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We have to concentrate
on the areas
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where we do know
there is possible tunnels,
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and kind of zero in on that.
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Yeah, look.
I'm not gonna disagree.
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This information is
too exciting.
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It's certainly worth chasing.
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- Yeah.
- It's kinda like Christmas morning, right?
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It's not always
about Christmas morning,
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it's what leads
up to Christmas morning.
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We're not there yet,
but we certainly know there's
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packages under the tree.
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(laughter)
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Anyway, keep us abreast.
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See you, guys.
Thanks for the news.
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- You got to hope that we might be very close to something.
- All right.
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NARRATOR: As the drilling operation
in Borehole B-4 gets underway,
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- later that morning...
- CRAIG, Dan, I think you'll enjoy this.
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MARTY: Ooh, actually, we got
a lot riding on this little session.
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NARRATOR: Craig Tester, along
with Marty Lagina and treasure hunter
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Dan Henskee, have traveled
some 50 miles northeast
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to Saint Mary's University
in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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- Should be an interesting day, Craiger.
- Sure should.
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So, Dan,
at this stage in your life,
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- 82 years old...
- Yeah.
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do you believe there's
treasure to be found
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on Oak Island?
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Uh, how can I phrase it?
Relatively speaking...
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- Yeah.
- I suppose you could say
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I'm more sure there's
treasure on Oak Island
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than I am that
the sun will rise tomorrow.
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- Wow! Holy smokes!
- Wow.
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NARRATOR: They have arranged to
meet with chemist Dr. Christa Brosseau
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to conduct a more
detailed scientific analysis
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of the metal object
retrieved from Borehole D-2
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in order to verify
that it contains gold.
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Hey, Dr. Brosseau.
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- Hey. How's it going?
- Good.
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- Hello, Christa.
- Hey.
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How have things been
on the island?
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- Good.
- Good. It's been busy.
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NARRATOR: Because of the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
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in order to enter
the university's premises,
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Marty, Craig and Dan
are required to
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wear protective face masks.
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We got a couple samples
we want to show you here.
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- Awesome.
- Some sort of metal that came up from deep underground.
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- Almost 90 feet down.
- Interesting.
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- We have an XRF on location now...
- Yeah. That's great.
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and ran it on that,
and there was some,
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some indication of gold
on these.
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- Awesome.
- We are really excited about that, right?
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I mean, this is from deep in the
Money Pit, and it's sort of
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a not very exciting
piece of metal until we
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did that, so we're eager...
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- We'll definitely find out today.
- Yeah, okay, good!
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That's what I wanted to hear.
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All right.
Let's go do some hunting.
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- Okay.
- Beautiful.
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I am extremely curious--
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Extraordinarily curious
about this piece of metal
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found in D-2.
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Hey, Xiang.
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- Hello. How are you?
- Good.
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MARTY:
Really, you start
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to have a hard time discarding
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that there was treasure here--
At least once was treasure here.
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If there really is gold found
on these pieces of metal
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around 90-some feet,
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searchers wouldn't
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Which means this is very,
very significant.
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I'm going to get
the sample prepared.
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MARTY: To a very real
extent, what happens here today
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influences the rest of
what we do this year, too.
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That's, that's why we're
kinda on pins and needles here.
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NARRATOR: To examine
the metal from Borehole D-2,
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Doctors Brosseau
and Xiang Yang will be
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using an SEM, or
scanning electron microscope.
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Unlike traditional
optical devices,
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which rely on light
to analyze objects,
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the SEM employs a focused
beam of electrons,
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which can magnify
critical features
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as much as 200,000 times
their actual size.
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This method can
also determine an item's
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precise chemical composition.
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So, now that everything's green,
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so we should be
almost ready to go.
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XIANG: All right,
so this is the piece.
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- CHRISTA: And we'll check the iron first.
- Yep.
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Looks like you got
a nice fresh surface here.
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I do not see any manganese.
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That's great.
That's great for openers.
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No manganese, so
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Pre-1840, right?
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- Yeah. Exactly.
- Are you seeing anything, Xiang? - Yeah.
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I'm trying to look
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MARTY: Yes. Is that what
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- No, it's pyrite.
- Fool's gold.
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- Oh, boy. Here we go.
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Looks like I found something
really bright.
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- Oh, there we go.
- Oh, there we go.
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- Really bright.
- Yeah, it's very bright.
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Yep.
That's a nice bright spot.
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Let's see what
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- Come on. One time.
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-XIANG: Okay.
-CHRISTA: All right. So we see...
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Wow, this is really interesting.
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- Gold? - We see gold.
- Really?!
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- Yes.
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- That's fantastic news.
- There's gold? That piece?
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- That little blob there is gold...
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- Fabulous!
- Yeah.
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Dan, there you go!
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That came out of the Money Pit.
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NARRATOR: At Saint Mary's
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
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chemists Dr. Christa
Brosseau and Dr. Xiang Yang
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have just confirmed
that the metal object unearthed
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from Borehole D-2
in the Money Pit area
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could be connected to
the Oak Island treasure.
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- What ratios do you see, Christa?
- We're seeing gold.
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We're seeing copper.
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Uh, we see some silver,
which is not unexpected.
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So, yeah.
That's exciting.
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That is extremely exciting.
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XIANG:
So you have 65% of gold.
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Sixty-five?
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Yeah. And about 26-ish copper.
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- What the hell is that?
- Right.
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So adding a lot of copper
into a gold alloy
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created a rose color.
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- Yeah.
- We know it as rose gold now.
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What about the silver, Christa?
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Would rose gold
have silver in it?
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Yes. Many rose golds
have all of these elements,
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including the zinc.
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NARRATOR: Although the copper-gold
alloy mixture known as rose gold
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became a popular method
for jewelry making
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in the early 19th century,
especially in Russia,
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the practice for mixing
copper and gold
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dates back to the Middle Ages.
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In many ancient Greco-Roman
texts, for instance,
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gold is often described
as the color red.
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I am encouraged that
the metal is very old.
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It's still in an area
of the Money Pit
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that there shouldn't have
been anybody down there.
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Pre-1840, we don't know
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- that was tunneling up there, right?
- No.
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Nope, that's why I'm
encouraged by the results.
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If this is an ancient tunnel,
then where does it lead?
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this metal be down there?
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There may be some connections
you can draw.
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Well, thank you both.
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- You're welcome.
- You're welcome.
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Okay. I think it's time
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for us to get back there, guys.
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You haven't seen
the last of us, Christa.
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CHRISTA:
Excellent.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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CHARLES:
What's the good word, Adam?
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Forty-nine.
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and while
the core-drilling operation
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continues in the Money
Pit area...
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If you want to try to
track through there, and
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Gary can have a go
at metal-detecting.
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Rick Lagina, along with
members of the team search for
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more clues near the stone road,
or possible ship's wharf,
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in the southeastern corner
of the triangle-shaped swamp.
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It is kind of amazing how the
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stone road seems
to extend, let's say,
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out into a stone dock,
perhaps, into the water.
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NARRATOR:
Two weeks ago,
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Terry Deveau, who
serves as the president
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of the New England Antiquities
Research Association,
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made an astonishing
assessment of the feature.
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This is a type of road
that was built in Europe
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- in the 1500s.
- Wow.
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NARRATOR: Last week,
following Terry's presentation,
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the team found not
only pieces of
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wooden cargo barrels
in this area,
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but also what could be
part of a large sailing galleon.
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RICK:
We are engaged in a process
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in the southeast corner
of the swamp.
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So, the way this is gonna
happen is,
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Billy's gonna come
in with the excavator.
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Basically, we're unzippering
the land.
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We're gonna peel it back,
open it up.
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Gary will come in
and metal-detect.
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Hopefully find some items.
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(device beeping)
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Yeah, that's nice.
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Hey, Gary.
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- Hi, Miriam.
- What you got?
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We've got some big shards
of pottery here.
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And they're all in this area,
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- so I didn't want to disturb them too much.
- Perfect.
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There's a piece there.
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Ooh, and an old bit
of black glass.
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It's super bubbly.
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So when you find the bubbles,
it means it's older
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because the process of
making it was not as refined.
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Could archaeologist
Miriam Amirault be correct?
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Is this piece of black glass,
found near the stone road,
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part of an ancient container?
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And if so, will it be
an important clue
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to help verify
when the road was constructed?
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- Ooh!
- Yep.
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GARY:
We've hit the mother lode here!
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This will be fun
piecing it together.
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Yeah, 1700s written all over it.
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You'd have to find
the neck and the rim.
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MIRIAM:
Oh, my goodness.
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We have not found
this many pieces of,
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like, one single artifact
in all of the swamp.
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So this is really cool.
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- Gorgeous, isn't it?
- That's nice.
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This could easily be
an English wine bottle.
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We want the finish, the top,
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to be definitive about it.
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- I mean, it might be here.
- Yep.
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- Oh, my gosh.
- What do you have? - Nice!
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Is this exactly
what we were looking for?
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Yep.
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It's a nice finish.
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And that's...
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1770s, 1780s, I'd say.
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Wow. That is so cool.
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NARRATOR: An English wine
bottle, dating back as much as
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three decades before
the discovery of the Money Pit?
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Since the team has found
a number of 18th century British
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artifacts across
the island in the past,
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could this bottle
have been connected
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to a prior searcher
operation on Oak Island?
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Or was it left by someone
who made a deposit?
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- So I guess this is a good area.
- Yep, top-pocket find.
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The more interesting
observation:
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look at all these cobbles.
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That's stacked rock.
It's about two feet,
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maybe two and a half
or three feet tall.
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It's very consistent.
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That's-that's the aha
right there.
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- That's something.
- Yeah.
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It's hard to say that that is
not a human intervention.
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That's built.
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It looks like it's--
The edge of the swamp
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was planned, to me,
when I look at this.
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But then we got the question:
is this stuff
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from this new stone feature
or the stone road?
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What's it doing this deep,
down here?
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- It's deep, isn't it?
- Yeah, it is.
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That's a good question.
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NARRATOR:
Another stone structure
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at the southeastern
edge of the swamp?
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Could it be connected
to the nearby stone wharf,
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or is it a completely
different man-made formation?
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If so, who built it?
And what was its purpose?
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I'm not really sure
what direction
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it's going at this point.
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- This is so weird.
- It's fantastic.
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I think we need to
try to find the boundary.
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There may be a path
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that leads south and east
from the stone road.
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- Hey, Miriam.
- Hi.
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RICK: And so, I think we need
to have Steve Guptill come out,
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accurately pin the stones, take
the data, establish boundaries.
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Really, I just want
to just survey the update of
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- what you guys have uncovered.
- Sure.
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NARRATOR: As with the
numerous other man-made features
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that the team has discovered
across the island,
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professional surveyor
Steve Guptill is recording
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the known measurements
and elevation of this feature
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so that archaeologists
Miriam Amirault and Laird Niven
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can attempt to determine
not only what it may be
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but also the purpose
of its construction.
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That right there,
I can tell, does tie.
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Elevation-wise
and alignment-wise,
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- it works with the cobble path.
- Yeah.
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Potentially, if it is man-made
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and part of some type of path,
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it could be an outlet
that heads--
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Well, I mean, that's east,
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and that's actually towards
the Money Pit.
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So, if this is man-made,
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this potentially could be
very important.
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- Let me survey, and I'm going to put it on a plan when I'm done.
- Okay. Sure.
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RICK: It's possible that
this could be part of the path
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from the swamp to the Money Pit.
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- Right here?
- Yep.
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RICK: I mean, it is
an interesting feature.
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- Okay?
- And then kind of like right where I am.
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RICK: To me, it speaks
to the original paved area.
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It does look like that.
It's very well defined.
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I'm gonna put this on a plan.
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And I'll bring it back so you
can at least take a look at it
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- and compare it.
- Yeah.
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Yeah, I would project
the stone path line
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to see how it interacts
with this.
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- Okay.
- And then, just for grins,
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- pretend that's a boundary, pretend this is a boundary.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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-Project this line. See where it goes.
-Sure. Yeah.
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Just see where it goes.
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All right, so I'll see you guys
in a bit.
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- Thanks, Steve.
- Thank you.
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RICK: It will be interesting
to see what's here.
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- Hey, gentlemen.
- Hey, Marty.
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I have some
really cool information.
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- I really, really do.
- Good news?
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I think it's fantastic news.
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NARRATOR:
After returning from his trip
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to Saint Mary's University
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and conducting some
follow-up research on
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the partially gold object
retrieved from Borehole D-2,
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Marty Lagina has asked
to meet with Rick
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and members of the team outside
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at the Interpretive Centre.
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I met with Dr. Christa Brosseau.
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I took a sample from D-2.
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- You know, the piece of metal.
- Oh, yeah.
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We put it under the electron
microscope and--
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By the way, it was
also non-manganese iron.
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So it's old iron,
which is also good.
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00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:01,630
They said, well, let's look
for some bright spots,
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- like maybe inclusions.
- Mm-hmm.
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Bingo, it's gold.
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This is real data.
This is the stuff I like.
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And then Dr. Brosseau says,
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"Well, if you zoom in
here further
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"and do the composition
of the gold,
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65% gold, 26% copper,
and five percent silver."
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And she says,
"I think that's rose gold."
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But if you look up rose gold,
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75% gold, 22 and a half
percent copper,
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and two and a half
percent silver.
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I'm thinking, those
are wildly different numbers.
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Yeah.
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There's something
called tumbaga gold.
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- You ever heard of that, Rick?
- No.
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Well, the Aztec,
the Maya and the Inca,
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they made their
religious artifacts
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out of something called tumbaga,
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which was all kinds
of different alloys
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of gold, copper and silver.
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- That's huge.
- Yeah.
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NARRATOR: The partially gold
object recovered from D-2?
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Possibly a piece of
Meso-American tumbaga?
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Tumbaga was a favored
precious metal alloy mixture
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used for creating
jewelry and sacred artifacts
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by the indigenous people
of Central and South America
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dating back
to as early as 300 AD.
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One of the most widely held
theories about the legendary
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Oak Island treasure is that
it could be comprised of gold,
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silver and jewels that had been
plundered from the New World
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between the 16th
and 18th centuries
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by Spanish conquistadors.
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The Laginas and their
late partner, Dan Blankenship,
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have found numerous
Spanish artifacts
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across the island
that support this theory,
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00:20:43,984 --> 00:20:46,235
including ship spikes,
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a pair of 17th century scissors,
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and even an eight-cob
maravedi coin
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dated to 1652.
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00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:57,913
- Wow.
- However, in 2015,
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descendants of Daniel McGinnis,
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one of the three young men
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who discovered the Money Pit
in 1795,
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presented the team
with a gold cross.
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A gold cross that McGinnis
reportedly discovered
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00:21:10,593 --> 00:21:14,188
30 feet deep in
the original treasure shaft.
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00:21:14,347 --> 00:21:15,940
- We all want answers.
- Okay.
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And we're hoping that you can
weigh in on this
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- and enlighten us.
- Well, let's see.
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NARRATOR: The following year,
the team had the cross examined
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by antiquities expert
Dr. Lori Verderame,
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and were stunned
by her assessment.
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00:21:27,944 --> 00:21:30,204
What you have here
is a Christian cross.
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00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:33,282
In many ways,
it's very Spanish colonial.
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The piece dates
between 1550 and 1700.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that Rick, Marty and the team
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have now also recovered
another piece
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of Spanish treasure on
Oak Island in Borehole D-2?
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00:21:47,881 --> 00:21:50,799
And if so, could that mean
that they have finally
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00:21:50,884 --> 00:21:53,052
located the original Money Pit?
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So, we have an odd gold
that happens to fit a narrative
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of ancient Spanish gold.
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00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:04,822
Well, imagine if it was
the same composition.
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00:22:04,906 --> 00:22:07,900
- Yeah, we'd start to get pretty excited, yeah.
- Yeah.
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Corroborative evidence is always
the best measure of whether
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or not something is "real,"
quote, unquote.
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00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,576
Great news.
Great science.
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00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:21,497
But I think one thing
has come of this.
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I think, if we were to ask
each other
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where are you going to put
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at least one of the caissons,
we have a location.
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00:22:26,419 --> 00:22:27,920
- Yep.
- Yeah.
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00:22:28,004 --> 00:22:30,348
I think you pretty much have
to put a caisson down there.
483
00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:32,099
We just made our caisson
meeting a little shorter.
484
00:22:32,258 --> 00:22:34,101
- (laughter)
- Well, okay.
485
00:22:34,260 --> 00:22:35,102
- That's great.
- Yep.
486
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,856
Gold in the Money Pit!
487
00:22:41,443 --> 00:22:43,936
NARRATOR:
The following morning...
488
00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:46,864
in the southeast corner
of the Oak Island swamp...
489
00:22:47,023 --> 00:22:47,940
Liz?
490
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:49,617
- Yeah.
- Give me a hand.
491
00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:53,779
archaeologists Laird Niven,
Miriam Amirault,
492
00:22:53,863 --> 00:22:57,449
and Liz Michels continue
investigating the mysterious
493
00:22:57,542 --> 00:23:01,462
stone feature that was
discovered just one day ago.
494
00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:05,707
- What you got?
- I have a piece of pottery,
495
00:23:05,801 --> 00:23:08,219
but I think it's really
delicate.
496
00:23:08,303 --> 00:23:10,471
So can you make me
497
00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:12,890
a little aluminum foil pouch?
498
00:23:13,049 --> 00:23:14,809
Sure.
499
00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:17,395
I'm just trying to get under it.
500
00:23:17,554 --> 00:23:19,563
- It's pretty deep.
- That's all right, though.
501
00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:21,473
That means it's probably still
in its original context, right?
502
00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:22,483
Exactly. Yeah.
503
00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:28,531
This is where we
find out it's a rock.
504
00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:33,327
You can see it's
definitely pottery, right?
505
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:34,912
- Yeah.
- But it's really...
506
00:23:34,996 --> 00:23:37,581
- Really degraded.
- really delicate.
507
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:40,492
- You can see the grit, though.
- Mm-hmm.
508
00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:43,829
Um, and it may have some sort
of decoration on the inside.
509
00:23:43,913 --> 00:23:46,081
You can see it there, but...
510
00:23:46,174 --> 00:23:48,250
I think that has
to go back to the lab.
511
00:23:48,343 --> 00:23:51,095
- Yep.
- Cause it's definitely Mi'kmaq.
512
00:23:51,254 --> 00:23:54,923
This one's the most delicate
I've ever seen.
513
00:23:55,016 --> 00:23:59,687
NARRATOR: Mi'kmaq pottery
discovered along the new stone feature?
514
00:23:59,846 --> 00:24:03,023
As inhabitants of the lands
known today as Nova Scotia,
515
00:24:03,183 --> 00:24:05,267
archaeological evidence suggests
516
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,862
that the indigenous
Mi'kmaq people
517
00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:11,449
have been settled in this
region for at least 4,000 years.
518
00:24:11,608 --> 00:24:14,869
Although much of their history
is uncertain,
519
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:18,030
it is widely documented
that the Mi'kmaq began trading
520
00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:22,209
with European explorers as early
as the late 15th century.
521
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:27,214
You can see the striations
here, the lines.
522
00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:31,218
We used to call this era
the ceramic period, right?
523
00:24:31,377 --> 00:24:33,721
For the Mi'kmaq. But now
it's called the woodland period.
524
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,382
So this could be 500 years old.
525
00:24:37,467 --> 00:24:39,551
It could be 2,500 years old.
526
00:24:39,636 --> 00:24:42,480
It really depends on what's
revealed on the other side.
527
00:24:45,058 --> 00:24:47,735
I've been expecting, ever
since I've been on Oak Island,
528
00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:50,321
that we would find some
evidence of the Mi'kmaq here.
529
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,156
This evidence
that we're finding right now,
530
00:24:52,315 --> 00:24:55,159
although it's really,
really early days,
531
00:24:55,318 --> 00:24:57,736
and very little area
has been opened,
532
00:24:57,829 --> 00:25:00,739
we need to communicate that
because of
533
00:25:00,823 --> 00:25:03,083
the terms of the permit.
534
00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,586
And consider the whole edge
of the swamp,
535
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:06,995
the eastern edge of the swamp,
536
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,589
as having high potential
537
00:25:08,748 --> 00:25:10,257
for containing more artifacts.
538
00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:15,679
I'm gonna take the ceramic
back to the archaeology trailer
539
00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:17,765
- and let Rick know.
- Okay. All right.
540
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,934
Can you hold the fort?
541
00:25:20,093 --> 00:25:22,937
- Absolutely.
- All right.
542
00:25:23,096 --> 00:25:24,104
See you in a bit.
543
00:25:24,264 --> 00:25:28,183
- Hey, guys.
- Hey!
544
00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:29,434
- Hey, guys.
- Hey!
545
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,353
What's up today?
546
00:25:31,437 --> 00:25:34,773
So, Laird is here with me,
and he has an update
547
00:25:34,857 --> 00:25:38,702
- regarding the work in the southeast corner of the swamp.
- Okay.
548
00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:42,114
NARRATOR: In the war room,
archaeologist Laird Niven
549
00:25:42,198 --> 00:25:44,032
has called a meeting
with the Laginas
550
00:25:44,125 --> 00:25:46,034
and their partner Craig Tester
551
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,213
to discuss the possible
indigenous pottery
552
00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:51,957
that was discovered near
the mysterious stone feature
553
00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,543
in the southeast corner
of the swamp.
554
00:25:54,627 --> 00:25:57,721
One of the things that
is significantly different
555
00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,131
this year than last is
556
00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,383
the new regulations that
have come down from
557
00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:03,468
Communities, Culture
and Heritage.
558
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:06,230
Laird made a significant find
of pottery
559
00:26:06,389 --> 00:26:08,223
in the southeast corner
of the swamp.
560
00:26:08,308 --> 00:26:11,151
So Laird is going
to bring us up to speed
561
00:26:11,311 --> 00:26:15,063
in terms of what it may mean
for future investigation.
562
00:26:15,148 --> 00:26:18,492
So, Laird, I'm going to toss it
to you and you can fill them in.
563
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:22,487
Well, we're finding
Mi'kmaq artifacts,
564
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:26,408
First Nations artifacts,
in the southeast corner.
565
00:26:26,492 --> 00:26:27,993
Like what items?
What are you finding?
566
00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:29,420
Pottery.
567
00:26:29,504 --> 00:26:30,495
Some Mi'kmaq pottery.
568
00:26:30,580 --> 00:26:31,505
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
569
00:26:31,664 --> 00:26:33,507
But we did have a visit
570
00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,259
from Community,
Culture and Heritage.
571
00:26:35,343 --> 00:26:37,177
- I think it was a very productive visit.
- A positive one.
572
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,005
And they were thrilled
with the find.
573
00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,016
And to me it showed
that we're doing our job.
574
00:26:42,175 --> 00:26:43,342
Because it was so careful,
575
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:46,678
we were able to basically
not disturb anything.
576
00:26:46,763 --> 00:26:49,690
So they were thrilled with that.
577
00:26:49,849 --> 00:26:52,684
But one thing they need to do is
get a hold of Acadia First Nation
578
00:26:52,769 --> 00:26:54,361
and see if they're interested
579
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:58,774
in coming to the island
for a site visit.
580
00:26:58,858 --> 00:27:00,451
CRAIG:
I think that's a great idea.
581
00:27:00,610 --> 00:27:02,453
Let's do it. I don't have
a problem with that.
582
00:27:02,537 --> 00:27:04,946
But Laird has brought up
a concern,
583
00:27:05,031 --> 00:27:06,874
- and I think it needs to be addressed.
- Okay.
584
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:09,043
LAIRD: Because of
the Mi'kmaq artifacts,
585
00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,369
Community, Culture and Heritage
586
00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,629
may require us
587
00:27:11,788 --> 00:27:14,048
- to stop work in that area.
- Okay.
588
00:27:16,959 --> 00:27:18,543
NARRATOR:
Although finding artifacts
589
00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:20,629
that may date back
more than 20 centuries
590
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:23,057
on Oak Island is exciting,
591
00:27:23,216 --> 00:27:27,469
their potential connection to
the Mi'kmaq people could result
592
00:27:27,562 --> 00:27:30,972
in the provincial Department of
Community, Culture and Heritage
593
00:27:31,057 --> 00:27:33,984
and the Acadia
First Nation Mi'kmaq Council
594
00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:37,229
declaring the eastern portion
of the swamp off-limits
595
00:27:37,313 --> 00:27:39,490
for further search activity.
596
00:27:39,574 --> 00:27:42,493
We're trying to find a way
to work within the constraints
597
00:27:42,577 --> 00:27:46,071
- of CCH...
- Mm-hmm.
598
00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:47,498
To find a way to move forward
on all fronts.
599
00:27:47,582 --> 00:27:49,908
We've been doing
everything right.
600
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:54,004
I'm hopeful that all sides
will enter into a very fruitful
601
00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:57,332
and honest discussion
about how we can mitigate.
602
00:27:57,425 --> 00:27:58,500
MARTY:
Yeah, I agree.
603
00:27:58,593 --> 00:28:00,168
Are we going to cooperate?
604
00:28:00,253 --> 00:28:02,429
Hell yes. Are we going
to do it right? Yes.
605
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,256
Are we going to follow
the rules? Yes.
606
00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:07,008
Because we have found
First Nation artifacts
607
00:28:07,093 --> 00:28:09,103
here on Oak Island,
we have a duty to notify
608
00:28:09,262 --> 00:28:12,097
both CCH and First Nation.
609
00:28:12,181 --> 00:28:15,609
Am I worried about what they
might say or do or require?
610
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,695
Yeah, I'm concerned,
because, look,
611
00:28:17,854 --> 00:28:20,021
it's yet another level
of supervision.
612
00:28:20,106 --> 00:28:21,949
But does that dissuade me
from doing it?
613
00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:24,276
No, it's the right thing to do.
614
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:26,528
They have certain rights
under Nova Scotia law.
615
00:28:26,612 --> 00:28:28,038
We're gonna abide by that.
616
00:28:28,197 --> 00:28:30,290
RICK:
The overarching realization
617
00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:33,377
has to be that,
without the mystery,
618
00:28:33,461 --> 00:28:36,538
nothing else goes on.
619
00:28:36,622 --> 00:28:38,882
Without you trying to solve
the mystery,
620
00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:41,042
nothing else goes on.
621
00:28:41,136 --> 00:28:43,712
RICK:
CCH is well-intentioned,
622
00:28:43,796 --> 00:28:47,641
but they have said--
And I hope we hold them to it--
623
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,051
That they will work with us.
624
00:28:50,136 --> 00:28:53,638
Well, you know, look,
appreciate the update.
625
00:28:53,723 --> 00:28:55,899
I guess Laird will do his thing
over there in the southeast
626
00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:57,818
until he's satisfied
627
00:28:57,977 --> 00:29:01,646
and CCH is satisfied, and
we'll... we'll go dig elsewhere.
628
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,907
-Oh, yeah.
-I agree. We have to take advantage
629
00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:05,901
of what we can do
in the near term.
630
00:29:05,985 --> 00:29:08,245
Okay, well, carry on.
631
00:29:08,404 --> 00:29:10,831
- All right.
- Okey doke. Hopefully we'll have
632
00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:12,833
another update for you
that's a bit more positive.
633
00:29:12,992 --> 00:29:14,418
(Rick chuckles)
634
00:29:14,502 --> 00:29:15,919
Okay, Rick. Thanks.
635
00:29:16,004 --> 00:29:17,913
- RICK: See you, guys.
- MARTY: Yeah. Bye-bye.
636
00:29:17,997 --> 00:29:21,249
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
637
00:29:21,334 --> 00:29:23,677
while the core-drilling
operation continues
638
00:29:23,836 --> 00:29:25,179
in the Money Pit area...
639
00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:31,843
STEVE G.: Rick asked me to survey
the patch that we're standing on.
640
00:29:31,928 --> 00:29:33,261
I do have that image now.
641
00:29:33,346 --> 00:29:35,931
When you projected
the two things that I asked you
642
00:29:36,024 --> 00:29:38,275
- to project, was there any aha moments?
- Yeah. Yeah, actually.
643
00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:40,444
We'll talk about that.
644
00:29:40,603 --> 00:29:42,696
NARRATOR:
Rick Lagina and Laird Niven
645
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,023
head back to the southeast
corner of the swamp
646
00:29:45,107 --> 00:29:47,284
with other members of the team.
647
00:29:47,443 --> 00:29:50,028
I don't have an opinion.
I have facts.
648
00:29:50,112 --> 00:29:51,696
NARRATOR: They have
gathered to receive a report
649
00:29:51,781 --> 00:29:53,540
from surveyor Steve Guptill
650
00:29:53,699 --> 00:29:56,960
regarding the stone feature
discovered one day ago
651
00:29:57,119 --> 00:29:59,871
and the direction
it may be heading.
652
00:29:59,956 --> 00:30:02,958
Here is an overview of the area.
653
00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:04,218
And here is a projection
of the current path
654
00:30:04,377 --> 00:30:06,553
we're standing on.
655
00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,463
So this is the cobble path
from last year.
656
00:30:08,548 --> 00:30:10,382
It hits the cobble
that we found this year,
657
00:30:10,466 --> 00:30:11,725
which is what we're standing on.
658
00:30:11,884 --> 00:30:13,227
The elevation is very close.
659
00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:15,896
Now, that is
one foot, eight inches.
660
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:18,315
Where it joins here,
this is it here.
661
00:30:18,399 --> 00:30:19,983
This is a larger overview.
662
00:30:20,142 --> 00:30:22,143
Rick asked me
to project the line
663
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:24,062
on the north and south side.
664
00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:28,659
I projected this cobble path
across the lots.
665
00:30:28,743 --> 00:30:30,986
And so, when you project this
path, it heads to the Money Pit.
666
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,330
- This path?
- This path here.
667
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:38,493
Look right here.
668
00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:40,245
There's the Money Pit grid.
669
00:30:40,329 --> 00:30:41,746
- Yep.
- C-1 is right there.
670
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,341
It projects just north
of C-1 a couple feet.
671
00:30:44,425 --> 00:30:45,926
That's interesting.
672
00:30:46,085 --> 00:30:48,253
IAN:
It makes some sense,
673
00:30:48,346 --> 00:30:50,180
because we're going
into the upland here.
674
00:30:50,265 --> 00:30:51,765
- Yeah.
- This is it.
675
00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,258
This is what
we've been looking for.
676
00:30:53,342 --> 00:30:55,686
Right.
677
00:30:55,845 --> 00:30:59,606
NARRATOR: Has the team now
unearthed a previously hidden section
678
00:30:59,765 --> 00:31:01,516
of the stone pathway?
679
00:31:01,601 --> 00:31:04,102
One that leads directly
from the stone wharf
680
00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:07,364
to the C-1 cluster
in the Money Pit area?
681
00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:10,025
The same area where they
have not only found evidence
682
00:31:10,109 --> 00:31:13,028
of silver and gold
deep below ground,
683
00:31:13,112 --> 00:31:15,372
but also where they
are currently drilling
684
00:31:15,531 --> 00:31:18,208
in search
of the legendary treasure vault?
685
00:31:18,293 --> 00:31:23,463
If so, what other valuable clues
might they discover here?
686
00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:25,540
RICK: I don't know that
any of us were expecting
687
00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:27,459
what we'll call
the "stone path."
688
00:31:27,543 --> 00:31:30,804
But let's expand the search area
689
00:31:30,963 --> 00:31:33,724
and try to find out, you know,
additional information.
690
00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:35,383
IAN: I think something really
important's being found here.
691
00:31:35,468 --> 00:31:37,552
They were going this way.
692
00:31:37,645 --> 00:31:40,472
- And why go this way if you're a fisherman or a farmer?
- RICK: Right.
693
00:31:40,556 --> 00:31:44,067
- Okay. Well, let's try to understand this feature.
- Absolutely.
694
00:31:48,397 --> 00:31:50,982
NARRATOR: As another
day begins on Oak Island,
695
00:31:51,067 --> 00:31:54,661
and while the excavation of
the possible stone path feature
696
00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:58,081
in the southeast corner
of the swamp continues...
697
00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,500
CRAIG:
Okay, we got our sample coming.
698
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,160
NARRATOR:
in the Money Pit area,
699
00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:04,245
Craig Tester
700
00:32:04,330 --> 00:32:06,089
and geologist Terry Matheson...
701
00:32:08,009 --> 00:32:10,761
continue to oversee
the core-drilling operation
702
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,672
in the C-1 cluster
at Borehole B-4...
703
00:32:13,756 --> 00:32:16,007
Eighty-nine?
704
00:32:16,092 --> 00:32:18,343
a borehole that they hope
705
00:32:18,427 --> 00:32:20,437
will eventually encounter
more evidence
706
00:32:20,521 --> 00:32:22,514
of the legendary Chappell Vault
707
00:32:22,598 --> 00:32:26,360
at a depth
of approximately 150 feet.
708
00:32:26,519 --> 00:32:30,105
- 89.
- 89. Thank you.
709
00:32:30,189 --> 00:32:32,866
83 to 89.
710
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,284
Here in front of us.
What do we got?
711
00:32:34,443 --> 00:32:36,703
STEVE G.:
Anything going on down there?
712
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:38,863
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
713
00:32:38,948 --> 00:32:41,458
CRAIG: Yeah. A little bit
of wood at the very bottom.
714
00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:44,044
(chuckles):
Look at that. Wow.
715
00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:46,546
NARRATOR:
Wood? Found at a depth
716
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:50,291
of nearly 90 feet
in Borehole B-4?
717
00:32:50,376 --> 00:32:52,794
-TERRY: Okay, We got disturbed
material, -Right on the edge there.
718
00:32:52,878 --> 00:32:55,973
- Yeah.
- We're close to our tunnel horizon.
719
00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:57,808
We hit it 88 to 92.
720
00:32:57,892 --> 00:32:59,968
So we're
right in the sweet spot here.
721
00:33:00,052 --> 00:33:02,229
Looks like we got something
very interesting.
722
00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:06,141
NARRATOR: Although they were
hoping to reach a structure much deeper,
723
00:33:06,225 --> 00:33:09,310
it was at a depth
of some 90 feet where,
724
00:33:09,395 --> 00:33:12,564
one week ago, the team
obtained not only wood,
725
00:33:12,648 --> 00:33:17,318
but also the gold object
from Borehole D-2.
726
00:33:17,403 --> 00:33:21,573
Is it possible that they've just
encountered the same structure?
727
00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,491
And, if so,
728
00:33:23,576 --> 00:33:25,669
could it also be connected
to the evidence
729
00:33:25,828 --> 00:33:28,413
of a massive source
of gold and silver
730
00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:31,591
recently detected
through water sample testing?
731
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:35,262
We have somebody shaping wood
to make a tunnel or a shaft.
732
00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:38,673
The next drill intersection
will tell the tale, hopefully.
733
00:33:38,758 --> 00:33:40,267
The core drill is
coming out of the ground now.
734
00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:42,102
- CHARLES: Here we go.
- Here we go.
735
00:33:42,261 --> 00:33:44,679
RICK: Every time the drill goes
down now versus other years,
736
00:33:44,764 --> 00:33:46,356
the hope is to slice open
737
00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:49,609
the plastic, and voilà,
there's gold, there's silver.
738
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:52,353
Part of a chest.
Part of something.
739
00:33:52,447 --> 00:33:54,439
A definite.
Maybe even the one,
740
00:33:54,523 --> 00:33:57,692
my long sought after,
elusive one thing.
741
00:33:57,777 --> 00:33:59,119
There is something down there.
742
00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:01,863
Core intersection,
743
00:34:01,956 --> 00:34:03,373
- we'll see what it tells us.
- 93.
744
00:34:03,458 --> 00:34:06,043
- 93?
- Thank you.
745
00:34:08,954 --> 00:34:10,714
All right.
746
00:34:12,041 --> 00:34:15,210
- Oh! I can see goodness.
- Yep.
747
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:17,378
- You see something?
- I can see
748
00:34:17,463 --> 00:34:20,223
definitely something of interest
right about there.
749
00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:22,467
- Okay, whoa, look at that, gentlemen.
- There we go.
750
00:34:22,551 --> 00:34:23,968
That looks like we went right
through the floor of a tunnel.
751
00:34:24,053 --> 00:34:26,721
That is definitely sawn wood,
752
00:34:26,806 --> 00:34:30,975
and it looks like
a relatively irregular handsaw.
753
00:34:31,060 --> 00:34:33,311
Craig, what do you think?
754
00:34:33,395 --> 00:34:35,405
Yeah, I'm with you.
755
00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:38,399
This part, the blades are coming
at a little different angle.
756
00:34:38,484 --> 00:34:40,902
Yeah. That says
somebody's heaving and pulling.
757
00:34:40,986 --> 00:34:42,487
Yep.
758
00:34:42,571 --> 00:34:44,414
STEVE G.:
So, based on what we see,
759
00:34:44,573 --> 00:34:47,250
would you call this a shaft
or a tunnel?
760
00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:50,754
That could well be
the floor planks
761
00:34:50,838 --> 00:34:52,923
of a tunnel, definitely.
762
00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:56,176
TERRY: We've got a
very, very interesting area
763
00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,336
in and around C-1.
764
00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:01,431
STEVE G.: It almost
seems like we can't miss.
765
00:35:04,844 --> 00:35:07,687
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon,
766
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:09,848
after being alerted
by Laird Niven
767
00:35:09,932 --> 00:35:11,525
of an update from the Department
768
00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:13,184
of Community,
Culture and Heritage...
769
00:35:13,269 --> 00:35:15,270
- Hey, Rick.
- Hey, Rick.
770
00:35:15,354 --> 00:35:18,115
Rick Lagina has called
an emergency meeting
771
00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:21,025
with his brother Marty,
their partner Craig Tester,
772
00:35:21,110 --> 00:35:24,445
and members of the team
in the war room.
773
00:35:24,530 --> 00:35:26,623
RICK:
We have everybody here
774
00:35:26,707 --> 00:35:29,042
that could come out of the field
in the war room right now.
775
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:31,202
And you know what the discussion
is related to:
776
00:35:31,287 --> 00:35:33,454
the archaeological work
777
00:35:33,539 --> 00:35:36,716
and the fallout, if you will,
from notifying
778
00:35:36,876 --> 00:35:38,552
the Acadia First Nations.
779
00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:41,972
And I wanted everyone
to understand
780
00:35:42,056 --> 00:35:43,882
the current situation.
781
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:45,892
So, Laird, if you want
to bring everyone up to speed.
782
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,053
Well, basically,
Acadia First Nation
783
00:35:49,138 --> 00:35:51,481
got hold of Community,
Culture and Heritage.
784
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:53,900
MARTY:
Okay.
785
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:55,977
And before you go
any further, Laird,
786
00:35:56,061 --> 00:35:58,488
it's the pottery
that's causing the concern?
787
00:35:58,573 --> 00:36:00,732
Presumably so, yeah.
788
00:36:00,816 --> 00:36:02,817
The pottery we found
789
00:36:02,902 --> 00:36:05,579
mean that they were there
for some period of time.
790
00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:07,822
How long they were there,
we don't know.
791
00:36:07,907 --> 00:36:10,584
They have requested maps
and all the information
792
00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:13,244
and all the data
as regards the finds,
793
00:36:13,329 --> 00:36:16,080
the locations, the depths,
the elevations.
794
00:36:16,165 --> 00:36:18,758
Steve is working on that,
and I have some suspicion
795
00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:21,502
and belief that
they won't respond
796
00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:23,513
until that information is
in hand.
797
00:36:23,672 --> 00:36:24,923
Yeah.
798
00:36:25,007 --> 00:36:27,267
And the archaeologists asked
799
00:36:27,351 --> 00:36:28,810
that we stop down.
800
00:36:30,846 --> 00:36:35,108
Stop work at the area where
we're finding the artifacts.
801
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:37,694
It's just a blanket prohibition,
802
00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:40,030
because they
haven't been here yet.
803
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,699
I see.
804
00:36:42,858 --> 00:36:45,368
I.e. "you must cease."
And those were...
805
00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:46,870
that was the verbiage:
"you must cease
806
00:36:46,954 --> 00:36:49,197
and desist immediately."
807
00:36:49,281 --> 00:36:51,041
Well...
808
00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:02,052
Honestly, I'm becoming
809
00:37:02,136 --> 00:37:02,961
increasingly more frustrated
with this whole thing.
810
00:37:03,045 --> 00:37:04,387
NARRATOR:
In the war room,
811
00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:07,807
Rick Lagina
and archaeologist Laird Niven
812
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:10,310
have just informed
the Oak Island team that
813
00:37:10,469 --> 00:37:12,553
the provincial Department of
Community, Culture and Heritage
814
00:37:12,638 --> 00:37:15,065
are restricting search activity
815
00:37:15,224 --> 00:37:17,150
in the southeast corner
of the swamp,
816
00:37:17,309 --> 00:37:19,319
after the team unearthed
817
00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:22,155
indigenous Mi'kmaq artifacts
there.
818
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,565
RICK: I think
what we're trying to do
819
00:37:24,650 --> 00:37:28,236
is understand exactly
what the prohibitions are.
820
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:29,579
- Correct?
- Yeah.
821
00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:31,322
STEVE G.:
Let me show you some areas.
822
00:37:31,407 --> 00:37:33,416
I'll share my screen, Marty.
823
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,746
MARTY: What is the big green and
big red polygon to the right?
824
00:37:38,831 --> 00:37:41,508
- What are those?
- So, this is for drilling.
825
00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:44,094
We have free range
inside of the green.
826
00:37:44,178 --> 00:37:47,013
Any activity inside the green,
we're allowed to pursue.
827
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:48,014
I see.
828
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,016
And the red?
829
00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,018
Anything that falls
outside of the green,
830
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,772
we need special permission
to be inside of the red.
831
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:00,435
The problem is,
832
00:38:00,519 --> 00:38:03,021
the area we're digging
seems to indicate
833
00:38:03,105 --> 00:38:06,032
where the stone road and the
associated stone path was going.
834
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,776
Appears to be going
to the upland.
835
00:38:08,861 --> 00:38:11,446
Appears to be going to...
towards the Money Pit.
836
00:38:11,530 --> 00:38:13,707
MARTY:
We need to go dig over there.
837
00:38:13,866 --> 00:38:15,283
Guess what. We can't.
838
00:38:15,367 --> 00:38:17,201
Just look at that map
that's in front of us.
839
00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:20,880
"See this green area?
Okay, guys, that can be yours.
840
00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:24,551
The rest is kind of ours."
Look at the map.
841
00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:26,720
(laughs):
It's... I mean, come on.
842
00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:27,887
BILLY:
I'm with you, Marty.
843
00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:29,639
And I know Oak Island is
a special place.
844
00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:31,049
I get that, right?
845
00:38:31,133 --> 00:38:32,642
But everything
that's been done--
846
00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:34,728
And I'm with Marty on this one--
Everything that's been done
847
00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:37,480
to this point,
there's far more oversight here.
848
00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:38,815
I can go across the island
849
00:38:38,899 --> 00:38:40,558
and dig all the holes
that I want to,
850
00:38:40,642 --> 00:38:41,735
and nobody's gonna stop me.
851
00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:43,486
It seems unfair
and it seems ridiculous.
852
00:38:43,571 --> 00:38:45,739
Billy, that's
completely correct.
853
00:38:45,898 --> 00:38:47,398
I'm not objecting to us
854
00:38:47,483 --> 00:38:48,649
following the rules, okay?
855
00:38:48,734 --> 00:38:50,243
Four acres
856
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:54,072
are now off-limits to us
on the island we own.
857
00:38:54,156 --> 00:38:55,749
If we find more things
858
00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:59,336
that are extremely important
archaeologically,
859
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:02,580
we may end up with red circles
all over the island.
860
00:39:02,664 --> 00:39:04,665
In effect,
we're running the risk
861
00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:08,336
of losing our property
by performing properly.
862
00:39:08,420 --> 00:39:10,847
Our ability to work function
on our own island
863
00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:13,758
is getting eroded
in leaps and bounds.
864
00:39:13,842 --> 00:39:16,844
It is very discouraging to me.
865
00:39:16,929 --> 00:39:19,097
And the more we cooperate
and the more we dig,
866
00:39:19,181 --> 00:39:21,682
the more of our island we lose.
867
00:39:21,767 --> 00:39:24,277
I... I'm almost to the point
of saying fine,
868
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:26,529
let's go in that green box
and let's throw in the towel
869
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,272
everywhere else.
870
00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:32,952
Right now I am so discouraged
that I... I think
871
00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:34,946
I would finish the year
in that green box,
872
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,540
and I'd say, You know what,
we're done. We're done."
873
00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:44,288
I don't know, guys.
874
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:46,299
I don't know.
875
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,626
The stone road, which is...
could be so significant
876
00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:49,969
to what we're trying to do,
877
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:52,013
is now in the center
of a red circle.
878
00:39:53,215 --> 00:39:55,216
What do you want to do, Rick?
879
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,135
I hate to lay it on you,
but what do you want to do?
880
00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:59,229
There's a way to move forward,
and I think we should.
881
00:40:00,981 --> 00:40:04,567
I think there are areas
that continue to intrigue us.
882
00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:07,153
The drilling program that
is progressing in the Money Pit
883
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,064
- provides real hope and promise.
- You're right.
884
00:40:10,149 --> 00:40:11,983
This roadblock has been thrown
in front of us.
885
00:40:12,067 --> 00:40:14,160
We're gonna go somewhere else,
886
00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,746
and we're gonna find
something spectacular.
887
00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:20,658
RICK:
We'll find a way through this.
888
00:40:20,742 --> 00:40:22,410
There's a lot of work to do
889
00:40:22,494 --> 00:40:24,579
that will help us move
the search agenda forward.
890
00:40:24,663 --> 00:40:28,007
Sempre avanti. Just let's
just keep moving forward.
891
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:30,418
Okay.
892
00:40:30,502 --> 00:40:32,595
RICK: It's just the
way it's going to be.
893
00:40:34,506 --> 00:40:36,924
NARRATOR: A legendary
treasure has lured virtuous,
894
00:40:37,009 --> 00:40:39,594
determined and skilled people
to Oak Island
895
00:40:39,678 --> 00:40:42,272
for more than two centuries now.
896
00:40:42,431 --> 00:40:45,766
For many,
what began with great hope
897
00:40:45,851 --> 00:40:49,103
for the ultimate discovery
ended in disaster,
898
00:40:49,188 --> 00:40:52,440
caused by forces that were
beyond their control.
899
00:40:52,524 --> 00:40:55,776
Now, as Rick, Marty,
Craig and their team
900
00:40:55,861 --> 00:40:58,037
are perhaps closer
than anyone before them
901
00:40:58,197 --> 00:41:00,123
to solving this mystery,
902
00:41:00,207 --> 00:41:04,535
those same forces are
bearing down on them, as well.
903
00:41:04,620 --> 00:41:06,454
Is the curse of Oak Island
904
00:41:06,538 --> 00:41:08,965
once again asserting its power,
905
00:41:09,124 --> 00:41:11,209
ensuring that the answers
to the mystery
906
00:41:11,293 --> 00:41:13,636
remain just out of reach?
907
00:41:13,795 --> 00:41:17,307
Or can they prove that,
at long last,
908
00:41:17,466 --> 00:41:21,644
the island
has finally met its match?
909
00:41:25,891 --> 00:41:28,392
Next time
on The Curse of Oak Island...
910
00:41:28,477 --> 00:41:30,403
- MARTY: Whoa-ho!
- TERRY: Wow!
911
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:32,822
If it's a shaft,
it's a very large shaft.
912
00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:34,908
- (beeping)
- What the heck is that?
913
00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:37,235
- To me, it looks like a chisel.
- Wow!
914
00:41:37,319 --> 00:41:38,995
What the hell are these doing
on Oak Island?
915
00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:40,821
The composition of the rocks
are quite unusual.
916
00:41:40,906 --> 00:41:42,240
Whoa! A-U.
917
00:41:42,324 --> 00:41:44,909
- That's gold.
- (chuckles)
918
00:41:44,993 --> 00:41:48,496
CHRISTA: The really interesting
part of this particular object
919
00:41:48,580 --> 00:41:51,007
is that there are
several gold flakes on it.
920
00:41:51,166 --> 00:41:52,342
Wow.
921
00:41:52,426 --> 00:41:54,844
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