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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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TERRY:
Let's have a look.
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Whoa, that looks like a beam.
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- SCOTT: That's pit saw.
- TERRY: You got to like that.
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The map Zena Halpern had found
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says, "Le trou sous la trappe,"
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- which means "the hole under the hatch."
- We will look there.
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COLIN: We conducted
a magnetometer survey.
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This is a decent-size anomaly.
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That's near where the hatch
from Zena's map could be.
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Okay, Billy.
Let's find something.
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JACK:
Whoa, whoa, wow.
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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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TERRY:
Charles, here we are.
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About 20 feet away from C-1.
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This is all new territory.
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This is undiscovered as far
as we're concerned, right?
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- Exactly.
- That goes out there somewhere,
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- and we just haven't found it yet.
- That's right.
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NARRATOR: Another exciting
day has begun on Oak Island,
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as brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
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and their team continue
a strategic drilling operation
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at the fabled Money pit.
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- We got another core coming out.
- Yep.
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NARRATOR:
An operation based on a grid
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of more than 20 boreholes
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designed for the purpose
of locating the treasure vault
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that people have been
looking for since 1795.
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And as the effort
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to pinpoint the believed
treasure continues...
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- How you doing?
- Welcome back, David.
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Good to be back.
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- We've got everybody inside.
- Awesome. Let's get at it.
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at the war room,
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Rick Lagina and his partner
Craig Tester
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welcome David Irving,
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the owner of
Irving Equipment Limited.
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He has traveled
more than 300 miles
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from his company headquarters
in New Brunswick
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to help the team formulate
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a much more extensive plan
to excavate the Money Pit area.
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- There they are.
- CRAIG: Hello.
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Hey, guys. Lady.
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NARRATOR: Joining the meeting
via videoconference
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are Marty Lagina
along with representatives
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from both Irving Equipment
Limited and ROC Equipment.
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RICK:
So, welcome, everybody.
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Uh, I think everybody knows
why we're here.
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We're interested in
advancing the ball on this, uh,
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somewhat unique situation here,
ten-foot cans this year.
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- Yes.
- MARTY: So, we are reenergized about the whole thing.
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This is substantially more.
It's almost double.
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IRVING: Bill, why don't you,
uh, kick your things off here
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- and let 'em know what our game plan is.
- Yeah, sure.
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So, we've been working
really closely here
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with, uh, Vanessa over at ROC
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to make sure that we've got
all the equipment lined up
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and, uh, make sure
we've got the crane,
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the, uh, the oscillator
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as well as anything else
required to get us down
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into the bottom of that pit.
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NARRATOR:
Over the past month,
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the Oak Island team has made
astonishing discoveries
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in a number of boreholes
across their grid system
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near the four-foot-wide shaft
known as C-1,
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which was first dug to a depth
of 171 feet six years ago.
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These finds include
water samples
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containing trace evidence
of both silver and gold,
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and at a depth of some 90 feet,
metal fragments containing gold.
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As well as evidence
of wooden tunnels
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that have been carbon-dated
to as early as 1488.
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Now, as Rick, Marty,
Craig and the team
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conclude the final weeks
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of their drilling program
in the Money Pit,
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they are ready to begin planning
phase two of this year's quest,
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which entails digging a number
of ten-foot-wide steel shafts
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to depths of as much as 170 feet
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and hopefully solve the Oak
Island mystery once and for all.
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We're gonna put in
several ten-foot cans,
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each of which is gonna be
bigger than 10-X.
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Dan Blankenship, Dan Henskee
Dave Blankenship
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worked for ten years
to get one of those down.
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We're gonna do several of them
this year,
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and they're each
gonna be bigger.
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As far as rate of digging,
using a larger can,
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is there a larger hammer grab,
or we'll be using
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the same hammer grab
that we used last time?
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Uh, we will use
a larger hammer grab.
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I believe it's
a 2710 hammer grab.
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Okay, so we'll have
more volume coming up
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- with each grab as well.
- CRAIG: Yep.
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It's a lot of material
put through the wash plant.
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It's a lot more water
coming on location
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that we need to handle.
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- Good.
- MARTY: By the way,
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we would like to do this
as nondestructive as possible
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because, boy, this is,
this is something.
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We did detect, uh, actual gold
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in a certain part
of the Money Pit.
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Okay, what about timing?
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When-when is this
all gonna happen?
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Tell me when you want us.
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If we had to put big cans
down today, we'd have...
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- We'd be making guesstimates.
- Mm-hmm.
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And we want to be
more precise than that,
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especially given
the significance
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of the gold and silver
trace elements.
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We want to allow
the drill program
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to get us as much information
as possible.
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So the idea was
four to six weeks.
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That's excellent.
That's great.
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I think we'll be,
We'll be, uh, ready for that.
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But let me ask you
a question there, big brother.
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Can you and Craig say,
"Okay, we're gonna do
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one caisson for sure"
or "two for sure"?
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We've picked four.
Uh, we think that's reasonable.
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MARTY: So, we're gonna
do four ten-foot cans,
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and you believe we're gonna have
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four good places to do it?
Right?
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It's a great problem, right?
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I mean... (chuckles)
first can we put down,
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bingo, who cares if we put
three more down, right?
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Oh, okay, I agree with that.
Yes, yes.
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And if we only put one down,
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we might be able to pay them
in doubloons, right?
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- You guys would take that, wouldn't you?
- (laughter)
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It feels like things are
coming together,
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and I'm very hopeful.
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So let's launch it all,
and let's-let's do this.
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- Full speed ahead.
- Full speed ahead.
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Okay, well,
thank you, everybody.
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I think we all have
a lot of work to do.
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It should be an exciting year.
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- Thank you.
- Goodbye.
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- RICK: Take care.
- CRAIG: Bye, guys.
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NARRATOR: Following
his meeting in the war room...
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RICK: Okay, Billy,
let's find something.
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BILLY:
All right?
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Rick Lagina joins
heavy equipment operator
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Billy Gerhardt, metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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and Jack Begley just east
of the Money Pit on Lot 18.
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They are continuing to search
through the mounds of earth
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known simply
as the Dunfield Spoils.
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Let's find some good stuff.
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NARRATOR:
Back in 1965,
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when Robert Dunfield dug
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a massive 100-foot-wide
by 140-foot-deep hole
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in a failed attempt to recover
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the legendary Money Pit
treasure vault,
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he left behind tons of earth
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that was never searched
for possible clues or valuables.
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JACK:
What'd you find, Gary?
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GARY: I think it's a chisel,
by the look of it.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
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Gary Drayton recovered
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a potentially ancient metal
artifact within them.
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- Can you pull that level off back?
- BILLY: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Now, as the
team continues looking for
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any valuables that
may have been left behind,
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they are also hoping
to discover key evidence
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that could help them decide
where to dig one or more
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of their own
ten-foot-wide shafts
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later this year
in the Money Pit.
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Mr. Dunfield did not go through
his stuff very closely.
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He didn't have all these people
looking at every thing
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that we're looking at,
so it's a fruitful operation
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to go through these spoil piles,
and it's a must-do.
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You see that near the bottom,
see the wood?
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There's some right there
in the bank.
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- BILLY: Yeah.
- JACK: Whoa.
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There's definitely bits of wood.
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GARY:
You found something, Rick?
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RICK:
I don't know.
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You can come down if you want
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- and metal-detect it.
- Okay, on my way down.
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Okay, mate.
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Let's see if there's
anything here.
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Nope. Nothing at the moment.
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I'll do that little area.
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(metal detector beeping)
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Yeah, there's plenty of iron
just there.
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In fact, there's plenty of iron
all in that layer.
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- (metal detector beeping)
- I'll try pinpointing it.
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What's in there?
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(beeping)
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- JACK: That's a big spike.
- Yeah.
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And it's-it's very, very heavy.
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Here, feel how heavy
it is, Jack.
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- That's heavy, isn't it?
- Mm-hmm. Heavy metal.
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- With it being so heavy, you'd have to assume that is old.
- Yep.
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- See if there's anything else there.
- GARY: Okay.
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- I'll recheck the hole. Yeah.
- Maybe another piece of it.
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(steady beeping)
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GARY: It's just so
chirpy all over the place.
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- (beeping intensifies)
- That's more substantial there.
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- It's there. Yeah.
- I'll go at a bit of an angle.
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RICK:
Iron, though, right?
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Yeah, it's iron, at the moment.
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(beeping)
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- It's there. It's there, yeah.
- It's that thing?
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JACK: There's wood that's
jammed on top of it now.
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Whoa, whoa.
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GARY:
Wow.
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- JACK: Whoa, whoa.
- GARY: It's a big timber.
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- That's a big timber.
- That's a massive timber.
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So, that'll be
a massive fastener.
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NARRATOR:
On Lot 18,
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Rick Lagina and members
of the team have just made
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what could be
an important discovery
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in spoils excavated
from the Money Pit
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more than 50 years ago.
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(device beeping)
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- (beeping intensifies)
- GARY: I'm detecting it's there.
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That's a screamer, mate.
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And it's still in the timber,
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so we'd be able
to date that timber
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- by the fastener.
- JACK: Yep.
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GARY:
That's a big timber, isn't it?
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- RICK: Let's see that shovel, Jack.
- Oh, sure.
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- (device beeps)
- (Jack grunts)
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RICK: We know this came from
somewhere in the Money Pit,
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so now we can, as you said,
chase it backwards
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- maybe in time.
- Exactly.
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NARRATOR: Could this large
wooden timber be a critical clue
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for the Oak Island team?
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Perhaps even evidence
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of the original
treasure shaft itself?
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If so, is it possible that
Robert Dunfield pinpointed
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where the vault lies buried
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back in 1965
but just couldn't reach it?
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One more scoop.
Then we'll take a look.
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Pull it back, Bill.
Let's see, let's see what shows.
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- Keep going this way?
- RICK: Yep.
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RICK:
These things from long ago,
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and I do believe
they're from long ago,
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that's exactly
what you should be seeing.
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It confirms, in my mind,
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that we are indeed
in original Money Pit spoils.
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But what is it?
Why is it there? Who built it?
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Keep an eye on that timber,
Jack, so it doesn't move.
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I am. Yeah.
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It's so stuck into the clay
that it didn't budget all.
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Hold on, Billy, let me,
let me see what--
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This might be the end of it
right here.
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Let's see.
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Oh, oh,
it's moving a little bit.
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- Yep.
- JACK: Yeah.
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What if you split it?
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Look at that.
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Oh, wow, look at that.
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That's a big mama jama.
Look at that.
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(beeping)
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- GARY: It's here.
- (beeping intensifies)
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And there.
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So, that's great.
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We got a nice
little piece of wood
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to test and two fasteners.
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We made a rather
significant find.
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- Yep.
- Let's get that tested,
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- but we need to go deeper, so we'll get out of your way.
- GARY: Okay, mate.
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- Let's get back to the spoils.
- JACK: Let's get after it.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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- CARMEN: Well, lookee here now.
- MARTY: Carmen.
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- Welcome to the research center, sir.
- Oh, thank you.
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Marty Lagina,
along with Gary Drayton
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and Oak Island historian
Doug Crowell,
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meet in the research center
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with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge.
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We have a piece
we'd like to show you.
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- Doug, you've got it, don't you?
- Actually, I do, Marty, right here.
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NARRATOR: While the team
is arranging for the metal spike
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found earlier today
in the Dunfield Spoils
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to be scientifically tested
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to determine
its chemical composition,
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they are hoping
that Carmen can identify
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the purpose
and possible age of the object
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that Gary found in
the same area one week ago.
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This artifact came
from the Money Pit spoils,
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and so, there's a mishmash
of everything in there,
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but this one artifact
really stood out.
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It was more corroded.
It's been cleaned now.
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CARMEN:
Oh, yes.
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You see it's got
the coarse grain there?
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CARMEN:
Yes, it is. Yeah.
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You can see the, uh, grains
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or the fibers of the iron,
so it's, uh, it's old.
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- I would say this would be, uh, mid-1700s.
- MARTY: Whoa.
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Uh, this is not a chisel
or a, uh, any type of tool.
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It's a cribbing spike.
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-Oh, cribbing spike. Yeah.
-All it is, is a crib spike. Yeah.
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Crib spike, meaning it's holding
big pieces of timber together?
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Yep, it's-it's cribbing,
so possibility, uh,
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you know, a mine shaft
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or it could be a wharf
or any-any type of thing.
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NARRATOR: A cribbing spike
found in the Dunfield Spoils,
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and possibly dating back
as much as half a century
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before the discovery
of the Money Pit?
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Could that mean it's connected
to the original treasure shaft
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as well as the traces
of silver and gold
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that the team has found
this year?
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My-my ear caught mid-1700s,
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- so that's what I heard.
- GARY: Yeah.
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So, it could be
depositor related.
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Oh, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Very confident on that.
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MARTY: There's getting to be a
whole bunch of dates from the 1700s,
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and evidence of tunnels
and shafts previously unknown.
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So we have to make sense
of all that.
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But anything pre-1795
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rings my bell.
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Carmen, thank you
for the insightful analysis.
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Doug, make some notes,
please, to put in
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- with the artifact.
- Will do.
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- And let's us get back out to the island.
- All right.
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- Very good.
- DOUG: See you, gentlemen.
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NARRATOR: The following
morning in the Money Pit area...
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- Hi, Rick. How you doing?
- I got your text.
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- Where are you?
- 74 feet.
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Rick Lagina checks in
with geologist Terry Matheson
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and members of the team
as they continue drilling
334
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the next borehole
on their strategic grid.
335
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A borehole known as E-1.5,
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which is not only located
just 11 feet
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southwest of the C-1 shaft
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but is also in the area
where the team believes
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Robert Dunfield searched for
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the Money Pit treasure vault
in 1965.
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We got, uh,
in situ material above,
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and then we hit this,
343
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which is starting
to look like...
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it might be an undermined area
of Dunfield backfill,
345
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unfortunately,
but initially we thought
346
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it might be something good.
347
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Nothing wrong with that.
It confirms our beliefs, right?
348
00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:14,630
- Yeah.
- There's always information.
349
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The next core is really
the one we're interested in.
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TERRY:
That's right.
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Anywhere from 78 to 95 or 100,
352
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we could intersect that tunnel.
353
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Or a shaft, for that matter.
354
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- What do you got?
- 89, Terry.
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- TERRY: What's that?
- 89.
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-TERRY: Let's have a look. Excuse me.
-SCOTT: Yeah.
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- Thank you.
- It's a lot of wood.
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TERRY: A lot of... a lot
of little chunks of wood.
359
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Whoa, no,
that looks like a beam.
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That looks like a beam.
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SCOTT:
Definitely. That's pit saw.
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TERRY:
Yeah.
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Scott, what's a pit saw?
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So, they would have saw pits,
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basically, where they would
lay their logs
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over top of a hole
in the ground.
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And you'd have a man above
and a man below,
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00:16:53,837 --> 00:16:55,847
and they would be working
that saw up and down,
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cutting these logs.
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And you can see how
the-the striations on the wood,
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how it comes up
and then it'll change.
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They'll tip it to-to cut again.
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That's why you'll see
a line come up,
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and then it comes down on an
angle, up and down on an angle.
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NARRATOR:
Wood cut from a saw pit?
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Although this method
of construction
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00:17:13,940 --> 00:17:17,368
dates back
more than 2,000 years,
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during the time
of the Roman Empire,
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pit sawing began to be adopted
by other European cultures
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in the 15th century.
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Is it possible that
the team has found more evidence
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of ancient man-made workings
at a depth of 90 feet?
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The same depth where they've
also encountered
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a possible tunnel that
could date back as far as 1488?
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RICK: This depth
where they're finding
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00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:44,386
multiple hits of wood
indicating a tunnel,
387
00:17:44,471 --> 00:17:47,890
again, means
the possibility exists that
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it is original work
and it's closely associated
389
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with a possible
treasure deposition.
390
00:17:51,987 --> 00:17:55,156
There's wood
and-and quite a bit of it.
391
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,316
But right now
we should continue to...
392
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to see what happens with this.
393
00:18:00,237 --> 00:18:01,496
So, I'll see you guys later.
394
00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,539
Okay, Rick. Talk to you later.
395
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NARRATOR: As drilling
in the Money Pit continues,
396
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just to the west on Lot 18...
397
00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:13,249
Jack, I think I'm gonna start
placing dirt down
398
00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:15,343
in that pad that hasn't been
metal-detected yet.
399
00:18:15,502 --> 00:18:17,011
Sounds like a plan.
400
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:19,680
Billy Gerhardt
and Jack Begley
401
00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,684
continue their investigation
of the Dunfield Spoils.
402
00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,262
(steady beeping)
403
00:18:26,346 --> 00:18:28,231
Hey, Billy.
404
00:18:30,684 --> 00:18:35,696
I'm having a pretty big hit
right through here.
405
00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,949
So, I-I don't know exactly
what it is,
406
00:18:38,108 --> 00:18:39,367
but why don't you try
digging it up,
407
00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:41,285
- 'cause it seems quite large.
- Sure.
408
00:18:41,444 --> 00:18:42,954
♪ ♪
409
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,251
(whirring)
410
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,629
JACK:
Oh, oh, wow!
411
00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,466
Just like before:
a big timber with big spikes in.
412
00:18:55,625 --> 00:18:56,959
It could be.
413
00:18:57,043 --> 00:18:59,637
Yeah, I'm not seeing
any spikes, though.
414
00:19:01,131 --> 00:19:02,140
(beeps)
415
00:19:06,562 --> 00:19:09,647
Yeah, no hits on this.
Oh, oh, hey.
416
00:19:09,731 --> 00:19:10,940
Look, there's dowel holes.
417
00:19:12,309 --> 00:19:14,819
This might actually be
quite old.
418
00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:21,325
JACK: This big timber
might actually be quite old.
419
00:19:21,484 --> 00:19:23,661
Oh, that is a big one.
Really old-looking.
420
00:19:23,745 --> 00:19:26,664
NARRATOR: Just west of
the Money Pit on Lot 18,
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Jack Begley and Billy Gerhardt
have just made
422
00:19:30,410 --> 00:19:31,752
another potentially
important discovery
423
00:19:31,912 --> 00:19:34,413
in the Dunfield Spoils.
424
00:19:34,497 --> 00:19:36,248
Yeah, look. (grunts softly)
425
00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:39,752
You can see it's notched out,
426
00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:45,183
and then you got this hole
for the dowel right there.
427
00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:49,645
NARRATOR: A wood
timber featuring dowel holes?
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Dating as far back
as the seventh century in Japan,
429
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,277
and utilized in the construction
430
00:19:56,436 --> 00:19:58,354
of buildings
and sailing vessels,
431
00:19:58,447 --> 00:20:01,273
wooden dowels began to be
widely used
432
00:20:01,358 --> 00:20:04,202
during the 15th century
across Europe
433
00:20:04,361 --> 00:20:07,205
and were favored
over iron spikes or nails
434
00:20:07,289 --> 00:20:10,699
which were prone to rust
after long exposure to water.
435
00:20:10,784 --> 00:20:12,960
Could this timber be
more evidence
436
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:14,787
that Robert Dunfield was digging
437
00:20:14,871 --> 00:20:17,131
at the location
of the original Money Pit
438
00:20:17,290 --> 00:20:19,133
more than half a century ago?
439
00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:23,045
Yeah, I'm-I'm not getting
any fasteners on this.
440
00:20:23,129 --> 00:20:24,546
This wasn't the hit, Billy.
441
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,967
If there's no metal fasteners
in this timber,
442
00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,052
and it's just dowels,
443
00:20:30,145 --> 00:20:33,889
- then we're talking about a-a really old shaft.
- Yeah, exactly.
444
00:20:33,974 --> 00:20:36,817
- I'll take another scoop.
- Let me get this out of the way, though.
445
00:20:44,067 --> 00:20:45,993
♪ ♪
446
00:20:49,906 --> 00:20:50,998
(beeping)
447
00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:03,502
Hmm. Hey.
448
00:21:03,595 --> 00:21:05,921
- I think we found ourselves a big spike.
- Yeah.
449
00:21:06,006 --> 00:21:08,674
That's in a different league
altogether.
450
00:21:08,758 --> 00:21:10,851
RICK: What my hope is
that this spike
451
00:21:11,011 --> 00:21:13,771
and wood, in particular, say:
452
00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:18,359
you can perhaps create
some sort of connective tissue.
453
00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:20,611
This is one heck of a fastener.
454
00:21:20,770 --> 00:21:23,105
RICK:
If it is part of a structure,
455
00:21:23,189 --> 00:21:25,357
then you've really
found something.
456
00:21:25,442 --> 00:21:27,609
I'd be anxious to get
some dates that are older
457
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:31,622
than 1795 off from these spikes
and these timbers.
458
00:21:31,781 --> 00:21:34,292
But anything that gives us
more information
459
00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:36,702
on the Money Pit is
really good information, right?
460
00:21:36,786 --> 00:21:39,121
Yeah. All right, well,
we'll continue on.
461
00:21:39,205 --> 00:21:41,123
I'm gonna go to put it up
with the other irons.
462
00:21:41,207 --> 00:21:43,134
This might be
a really old piece.
463
00:21:43,293 --> 00:21:44,877
BILLY:
Yeah.
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon,
466
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while the drilling operation
at the Money Pit continues...
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- MARTY: Hello, Matt.
- Hello.
468
00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,310
- Welcome to the war room.
- Thank you.
469
00:22:01,394 --> 00:22:03,645
Jack Begley
and Billy Gerhardt
470
00:22:03,730 --> 00:22:05,731
join Rick, Marty
and other members
471
00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:08,400
of the team in the war room.
472
00:22:08,485 --> 00:22:10,745
They are meeting
with mechanical engineer
473
00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:13,331
and Oak Island theorist,
Matt Sandt,
474
00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:15,833
who recently contacted Marty
with new research
475
00:22:15,917 --> 00:22:18,410
he has conducted
related to the previous work
476
00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:22,757
of the team's late friend
and author Zena Halpern.
477
00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:25,509
So, Matt, uh,
you wrote me the letter
478
00:22:25,668 --> 00:22:27,762
basically saying
we were misinterpreting
479
00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:29,680
some aspects of
the Zena Halpern map.
480
00:22:29,765 --> 00:22:31,932
MATT:
Yeah.
481
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:34,426
What I have in front of us
right now is
482
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the, uh, map Zena Halpern
had found some years back,
483
00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:40,107
and I thought it'd be
real interesting to go back
484
00:22:40,266 --> 00:22:42,768
and take a fresh look at, uh,
485
00:22:42,852 --> 00:22:44,862
some of the original information
that we had.
486
00:22:55,448 --> 00:22:57,041
NARRATOR:
In 2016,
487
00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,711
Zena presented the team
with three documents
488
00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:02,704
that she believed
to have been created
489
00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:05,466
by members
of the Knights Templar.
490
00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:08,627
One of these documents was
a map of Oak Island
491
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,889
that reportedly dated back
to the 14th century
492
00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:15,017
and featured a number
of locations labeled in French.
493
00:23:21,391 --> 00:23:24,235
Locations that,
when translated to English,
494
00:23:24,394 --> 00:23:27,229
appeared to offer
compelling clues.
495
00:23:27,322 --> 00:23:29,064
MARTY:
One's called "the anchors,"
496
00:23:29,149 --> 00:23:30,983
one's called "the valve,"
497
00:23:31,067 --> 00:23:33,402
and one's called "the hatch."
498
00:23:33,486 --> 00:23:34,995
MARTY:
I mean, Rick,
499
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,156
don't you want to go
dig up the hatch?
500
00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:38,749
No question about it.
501
00:23:38,908 --> 00:23:41,076
- Let's go have a look.
- Why don't we take a look?
502
00:23:41,161 --> 00:23:43,754
NARRATOR: Although the team
searched the western side of the island
503
00:23:43,913 --> 00:23:46,331
for evidence of
the so-called hatch
504
00:23:46,416 --> 00:23:48,592
or possible tunnel entrance,
505
00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:52,012
to date, nothing definitive
has been found.
506
00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:57,342
MATT: I want to switch
here to the English translation.
507
00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:00,020
And here we have
something called "the hatch,"
508
00:24:00,180 --> 00:24:02,514
"the hole under" and so forth.
509
00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:04,683
From each label,
510
00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:07,269
we have a line pointing to
511
00:24:07,353 --> 00:24:09,354
a general location
on the island.
512
00:24:09,439 --> 00:24:11,106
It just says "the hole under,"
513
00:24:11,191 --> 00:24:14,776
and it's pointing to a location,
and then it says "the hatch,"
514
00:24:14,861 --> 00:24:17,955
and they've got a line pointing
somewhere else.
515
00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:19,957
- Mm-hmm.
- MATT: I mean, a hatch can be a hatch,
516
00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:22,284
but they didn't know what
"the hole under" refers to.
517
00:24:22,368 --> 00:24:24,044
That seemed to be
kind of strange language.
518
00:24:25,455 --> 00:24:27,381
That made me want
to go back and look at
519
00:24:27,540 --> 00:24:29,049
the French map again.
520
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:32,461
Let me point out here
these leader lines.
521
00:24:32,545 --> 00:24:36,131
You see that the draftsman,
the guy that made this map,
522
00:24:36,224 --> 00:24:38,217
did it the same
every single time.
523
00:24:38,301 --> 00:24:39,968
He puts a little squiggle,
524
00:24:40,061 --> 00:24:42,271
and then he draws a line
to the right.
525
00:24:44,057 --> 00:24:46,975
If you look at the leader line
that goes to "the hole under,"
526
00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:50,488
it's got a little squiggle,
and then it points to the text.
527
00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:53,232
The next one down has got
kind of a big squiggle,
528
00:24:53,316 --> 00:24:54,992
and then it does the same thing.
529
00:24:55,076 --> 00:24:58,662
And what I found, which
I thought was kind of an aha,
530
00:24:58,821 --> 00:25:01,665
is actually not
a translating error.
531
00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:04,668
It's just a... an error when
they made the English version,
532
00:25:04,753 --> 00:25:09,006
resulted from misinterpretation
of these leader lines.
533
00:25:09,090 --> 00:25:12,334
And when I saw that
the French here says,
534
00:25:12,418 --> 00:25:14,836
"le trou sous la trappe,"
535
00:25:14,921 --> 00:25:17,089
which means,
"the hole under the hatch."
536
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,767
♪ ♪
537
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,854
That's one label right here.
538
00:25:23,939 --> 00:25:27,024
The label underneath it
is a separate label.
539
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:32,029
If there is
a-a leader line mistake,
540
00:25:32,188 --> 00:25:35,607
I just hope that maybe
it's just one more opportunity
541
00:25:35,692 --> 00:25:37,701
to-to find some information.
542
00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:39,611
That is an excellent
observation,
543
00:25:39,696 --> 00:25:41,613
'cause "the hole
under the hatch"
544
00:25:41,698 --> 00:25:44,616
makes a lot more sense.
545
00:25:44,701 --> 00:25:46,702
(chuckles): That blew
by all of us, did it, I guess?
546
00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:48,370
- RICK: Yes, it did.
- It actually did.
547
00:25:48,463 --> 00:25:50,130
MATT:
I have one other thing I'd like
548
00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:52,040
- to show you real quickly.
- Sure.
549
00:25:52,125 --> 00:25:55,386
I took a satellite, uh, image
and overlaid it onto the island,
550
00:25:55,545 --> 00:25:57,045
and, uh,
just 'cause I wanted to know
551
00:25:57,130 --> 00:25:59,047
what the general area
looked like,
552
00:25:59,132 --> 00:26:02,309
so where it points
at "the hole under the hatch,"
553
00:26:02,468 --> 00:26:04,144
as the map depicts it,
554
00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:06,388
it looks like
it's a wooded area.
555
00:26:06,472 --> 00:26:08,732
- It looks like it's over on Lot 4.
- Yes, it does.
556
00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:13,070
RICK: There's always
been the curiosity
557
00:26:13,154 --> 00:26:17,575
with-with Zena's map and
the general area of the hatch.
558
00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:22,988
If we can confirm but one of
the items on the map,
559
00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:24,999
then it would compel us to do
560
00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,251
a much more thorough
investigation
561
00:26:27,410 --> 00:26:29,578
of the other locations
that are mentioned.
562
00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:32,006
If I were one of you guys,
563
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:34,249
boy, I'd be up there
with a shovel looking around.
564
00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:36,168
(laughter)
565
00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:38,512
RICK: We'll certainly
put some boots on this.
566
00:26:38,671 --> 00:26:40,431
There's no question about that.
567
00:26:40,515 --> 00:26:43,592
Well, you can rest assured
we will look there.
568
00:26:43,676 --> 00:26:46,261
Well, I certainly, uh,
wish you the best of luck.
569
00:26:46,354 --> 00:26:47,605
MARTY:
Cheers. Thanks a lot.
570
00:26:47,764 --> 00:26:48,522
- ALEX: Thank you.
- RICK: Take care.
571
00:26:52,602 --> 00:26:54,278
NARRATOR:
As another new day begins,
572
00:26:54,437 --> 00:26:56,855
on Lot 22,
573
00:26:56,939 --> 00:26:59,608
located on the western side
of Oak Island...
574
00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:01,777
CRAIG:
Here they come.
575
00:27:01,861 --> 00:27:05,205
Craig Tester and Doug Crowell
are meeting
576
00:27:05,365 --> 00:27:09,627
with Daniel Boulay and Taylor
Pierce from CSR GeoSurveys...
577
00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:11,453
Gentlemen.
578
00:27:11,537 --> 00:27:14,039
a geophysical company
that specializes
579
00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:16,884
in detecting large underground
objects and structures.
580
00:27:17,043 --> 00:27:20,721
- Uh, we want to start in this area of the island.
- Mm-hmm.
581
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,806
NARRATOR:
It is the Oak Island team's hope
582
00:27:22,891 --> 00:27:25,133
that Daniel and Taylor
can obtain evidence
583
00:27:25,218 --> 00:27:29,647
to verify a possible
tunnel entrance or hatch
584
00:27:29,731 --> 00:27:32,974
that was depicted
on the believed 14th century map
585
00:27:33,059 --> 00:27:36,737
belonging to the late author
and researcher Zena Halpern.
586
00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:39,740
Um, this is the entire island,
587
00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:42,409
- and-and we're right in this area right here.
- Mm-hmm.
588
00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:45,162
- This is what they considered the hatch.
- Okay.
589
00:27:45,321 --> 00:27:47,247
And so, what is it?
590
00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:49,241
If there is a hatch,
does it lead to a tunnel?
591
00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:52,002
So, there's a number of things
from Zena's map
592
00:27:52,161 --> 00:27:54,746
that, you know, if we do
an island-wide study,
593
00:27:54,831 --> 00:27:57,341
then we might find out
where they're located.
594
00:27:57,500 --> 00:27:58,592
- Absolutely. Yeah.
- And then all the stuff associated
595
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,844
- with the Money Pit itself.
- Yeah.
596
00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:03,672
So, we're really interested
in the different tools
597
00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:05,849
you're gonna be running
on the island this year.
598
00:28:06,008 --> 00:28:07,592
Of course,
I'm gonna use the VLF method,
599
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:11,772
which, um, is powerful
radio signals from far away.
600
00:28:11,931 --> 00:28:14,015
- Okay.
- They induce currents
601
00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:15,851
and conductive materials
underground,
602
00:28:15,944 --> 00:28:17,352
which induce secondary
magnetic fields
603
00:28:17,437 --> 00:28:18,603
which we measure at surface.
604
00:28:18,688 --> 00:28:20,439
- Okay.
- DANIEL: Right on.
605
00:28:20,523 --> 00:28:22,941
You want to grab your equipment
and we'll head on out to the...
606
00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:25,452
- "the hatch"? Okay.
- Sure. Let's do this.
607
00:28:25,611 --> 00:28:30,699
NARRATOR: Starting with Lot
22, followed by the adjacent Lot 4,
608
00:28:30,783 --> 00:28:34,035
Daniel and Taylor will be
conducting two different types
609
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,964
of geophysical surveys
across the island.
610
00:28:37,123 --> 00:28:39,717
The first, known as VLF,
611
00:28:39,801 --> 00:28:42,803
or very low frequency
radio wave scanning,
612
00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:46,056
is designed to identify
anomalous underground features
613
00:28:46,215 --> 00:28:48,884
such as large objects,
tunnels or shafts
614
00:28:48,968 --> 00:28:51,895
to depths of as much
as 180 feet.
615
00:28:53,222 --> 00:28:55,974
The second will be
a magnetometer survey
616
00:28:56,058 --> 00:28:57,818
which will identify
ferrous metals,
617
00:28:57,902 --> 00:29:02,230
such as iron or steel,
to depths of as much as 30 feet.
618
00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:05,826
CRAIG:
The VLF looks for conductivity.
619
00:29:05,985 --> 00:29:08,078
A tunnel full of water is gonna
620
00:29:08,237 --> 00:29:11,415
conduct electricity
much better than hard rock.
621
00:29:11,499 --> 00:29:14,835
-It's right in through here. I'll lead the way.
-All right.
622
00:29:14,994 --> 00:29:18,079
CRAIG: The magnetometer,
looking for iron is the key thing.
623
00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,081
So, hopefully
these tools can help
624
00:29:20,166 --> 00:29:22,584
find that hatch
625
00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:24,586
and see what that hatch
leads to.
626
00:29:24,670 --> 00:29:26,847
I've got to head out,
head out back.
627
00:29:27,006 --> 00:29:28,924
Um, Doug knows some other sites
628
00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:30,926
that we want you
to take a look at.
629
00:29:31,010 --> 00:29:33,178
Uh, but for now, why don't
you guys get started here.
630
00:29:33,262 --> 00:29:36,356
DANIEL:
Right on. Let's go to work.
631
00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:41,403
NARRATOR: As the geo-survey
scans continue on Lot 22...
632
00:29:43,022 --> 00:29:45,199
- JACK: Maybe go a little bit deeper.
- BILLY: Okay.
633
00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:48,452
Jack Begley and
heavy equipment operator
634
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:51,196
Billy Gerhardt
continue excavating
635
00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:55,200
the Dunfield Spoils
near the Money Pit on Lot 18.
636
00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:56,877
(steady beeping)
637
00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:58,787
Jack.
638
00:29:58,871 --> 00:30:00,214
Look in the hole.
639
00:30:00,373 --> 00:30:02,299
- This?
- Uh, on the back edge.
640
00:30:02,383 --> 00:30:06,211
Oh, this.
Oh, that's weird, Billy.
641
00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:07,629
This is the sod.
642
00:30:07,713 --> 00:30:09,548
This-this is the grass.
643
00:30:09,632 --> 00:30:12,226
I think I'm standing
right on top
644
00:30:12,385 --> 00:30:14,311
- of the original ground.
- BILLY: I agree.
645
00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:15,896
JACK:
Let's see what's underneath.
646
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,105
Yeah.
647
00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:23,478
(whirring)
648
00:30:23,563 --> 00:30:27,065
JACK: Hey, that doesn't
seem like a glacial rock.
649
00:30:27,149 --> 00:30:28,650
It looks like it was split,
650
00:30:28,743 --> 00:30:30,151
and it looks like
it was laid here.
651
00:30:30,245 --> 00:30:32,412
Yeah, right under the sod.
652
00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:34,331
That would make it
pretty leveled.
653
00:30:34,415 --> 00:30:36,500
If you were making a flat road,
we're go-- the hill is going up,
654
00:30:36,659 --> 00:30:39,002
- but the rocks are staying level.
- Definitely.
655
00:30:39,161 --> 00:30:41,913
NARRATOR:
A possible stone road
656
00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:45,417
revealed in the ground
beneath the Dunfield Spoils?
657
00:30:45,501 --> 00:30:49,254
I did come across some imagery
from the 1930s
658
00:30:49,347 --> 00:30:50,430
here in the Money Pit.
659
00:30:50,590 --> 00:30:52,257
NARRATOR:
One month ago,
660
00:30:52,341 --> 00:30:55,594
environmental scientist
and researcher Terry Deveau
661
00:30:55,678 --> 00:30:57,762
presented the team
with an aerial photograph
662
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,432
taken in 1931
663
00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:03,026
that showed the possible
remains of a stone pathway
664
00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:06,029
between the swamp
and the Money Pit area.
665
00:31:06,188 --> 00:31:08,940
It appears that it may be
the remains of
666
00:31:09,025 --> 00:31:12,444
an ancient stone path,
and it would align
667
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,947
with the path in this direction.
668
00:31:16,032 --> 00:31:19,951
NARRATOR: Just two weeks ago,
after the team discovered
669
00:31:20,044 --> 00:31:22,796
another stone feature
near the massive stone wharf
670
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,290
in the southeast corner
of the swamp,
671
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:27,709
surveyor Steve Guptill made
a stunning assessment
672
00:31:27,793 --> 00:31:30,387
of its elevation and alignment.
673
00:31:30,471 --> 00:31:34,057
STEVE G.: This path,
projected across the lots,
674
00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:35,642
it heads to the Money Pit.
675
00:31:35,801 --> 00:31:37,561
- This path?
- This path here.
676
00:31:39,889 --> 00:31:42,733
I'd say this is definitely
the ground level.
677
00:31:42,892 --> 00:31:45,402
We need to have Steve Guptill
come and pin this.
678
00:31:46,812 --> 00:31:49,898
The hope is, is that
this is the stone road
679
00:31:49,982 --> 00:31:51,650
that was leading
to the Money Pit.
680
00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,994
And if we can follow that road,
there might be
681
00:31:54,153 --> 00:31:56,496
some other artifacts that
we can find that will lead us
682
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,240
to dates and who, what,
when, where, why.
683
00:31:59,325 --> 00:32:01,076
- Hey, Jack.
- Hey, Steve.
684
00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:02,753
NARRATOR:
In order to confirm
685
00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:04,412
if this feature
could be connected
686
00:32:04,497 --> 00:32:06,498
to the stone path in the swamp,
687
00:32:06,582 --> 00:32:08,833
Jack and Billy have called
Steve Guptill
688
00:32:08,918 --> 00:32:11,002
to document and assess it.
689
00:32:11,087 --> 00:32:14,089
JACK: This is a piece
of the original sod
690
00:32:14,182 --> 00:32:16,174
- on the hillside.
- Mm-hmm.
691
00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,843
- Yep.
- Like the grass before the Money Pit spoils
692
00:32:18,928 --> 00:32:20,938
were poured on top of it.
693
00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:23,273
The problem is,
it has all the characteristics
694
00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:26,276
in what we look for
before in the road, right?
695
00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,187
You know, it has lots of rocks.
They're all level.
696
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,857
Yes. This could be the road
that we're looking for.
697
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,943
It might be, actually.
698
00:32:35,027 --> 00:32:37,612
I'll just tag
a few of these stones,
699
00:32:37,705 --> 00:32:38,872
- and I'll just see if it lines up.
- Mm-hmm.
700
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:42,209
♪ ♪
701
00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:46,630
Let me project the line.
702
00:32:46,714 --> 00:32:48,707
So, even though
it's preliminary,
703
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,550
based on projecting the data
I collected in the swamp,
704
00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,210
it ends up right here.
705
00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:54,471
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
706
00:32:54,555 --> 00:32:58,308
NARRATOR: If the team has
indeed discovered a stone pathway,
707
00:32:58,467 --> 00:33:01,311
could it also be connected
to the pieces
708
00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:05,223
of 15th century keg barrels,
ox shoes,
709
00:33:05,307 --> 00:33:08,393
and iron ringbolts
discovered last year,
710
00:33:08,477 --> 00:33:11,646
that all suggest
something of great value
711
00:33:11,731 --> 00:33:13,991
was unloaded
from a ship long ago
712
00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:16,159
and transported
to the Money Pit?
713
00:33:16,244 --> 00:33:18,161
To know for sure,
I am gonna run back
714
00:33:18,246 --> 00:33:20,497
to the research center,
I'll plot it,
715
00:33:20,656 --> 00:33:22,416
I'll project it,
but I'm pretty confident to say
716
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,252
that if it does extend
through here, you found it.
717
00:33:25,411 --> 00:33:27,504
JACK: That's actually
phenomenal. Great job, Billy.
718
00:33:31,584 --> 00:33:33,677
We should be sure that
we cover all the ground
719
00:33:33,761 --> 00:33:36,755
- that no tunnel could pass by.
- That's the whole idea.
720
00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:39,266
NARRATOR: While the core
drilling operation continues
721
00:33:39,425 --> 00:33:40,934
in the Money Pit area,
722
00:33:41,093 --> 00:33:43,595
just to the west, on Lot 18...
723
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:47,265
- MARTY: Okay, another pit.
- (doors close)
724
00:33:47,349 --> 00:33:51,361
Rick, Marty and Alex Lagina,
along with Craig Tester
725
00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:53,864
and geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner,
726
00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:57,200
have arrived to inspect
the possible stone pathway
727
00:33:57,285 --> 00:34:00,612
just unearthed by Jack Begley
and Billy Gerhardt.
728
00:34:00,696 --> 00:34:01,955
Hey, what's going on, guys?
729
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,199
RICK:
Billy, you and Jack were...
730
00:34:04,283 --> 00:34:06,960
removed that, so maybe
you should take over here.
731
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:08,295
It is hard to see,
732
00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:11,039
but as you get to the bottom,
733
00:34:11,123 --> 00:34:14,134
there's a pretty solid section
of ten-foot rock here,
734
00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:16,303
and then there's none at all
to this side.
735
00:34:16,462 --> 00:34:18,221
- Mm-hmm.
- So we're kind of thinking that
736
00:34:18,380 --> 00:34:20,131
somebody had a hand
in putting it there, maybe.
737
00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:22,550
Yeah. I don't know what this is,
738
00:34:22,635 --> 00:34:24,561
but I-I think we'd have
to dig more
739
00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:27,305
- to even make a guess.
- Absolutely would, yep.
740
00:34:27,389 --> 00:34:28,890
MARTY:
Well, let's do it.
741
00:34:28,983 --> 00:34:30,475
Why don't you put a trench
right through here.
742
00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:31,651
Yep.
743
00:34:34,897 --> 00:34:37,240
RICK: Not every stone
on Oak Island means something,
744
00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:41,402
but what they see is
very suggestive of a road.
745
00:34:41,487 --> 00:34:43,997
But we've not cleaned
the area up sufficiently
746
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:45,907
to take a proper look at it.
747
00:34:45,991 --> 00:34:48,326
JACK:
There.
748
00:34:48,410 --> 00:34:52,080
You can really start to see how
many rocks are right there now.
749
00:34:52,164 --> 00:34:54,758
- MARTY: Hey, Billy. Hold off.
- BILLY: Yeah.
750
00:34:56,418 --> 00:35:01,673
Well, this rock pile is
kind of interesting.
751
00:35:01,757 --> 00:35:05,852
There's a grass-soil horizon
right there.
752
00:35:06,011 --> 00:35:08,355
At this stage at least,
there's some manipulation here,
753
00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:10,607
'cause it's all mixed up
with all the organic.
754
00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:13,351
You know,
even looking right here,
755
00:35:13,435 --> 00:35:15,529
stone, stone, stone, stone.
756
00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:17,188
- Yeah.
- Whether it's deposit
757
00:35:17,273 --> 00:35:19,783
or whether somebody laid
this down 200 years ago,
758
00:35:19,942 --> 00:35:21,693
I think there's
a not-natural component
759
00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:24,204
of being moved around by people.
760
00:35:25,698 --> 00:35:27,457
This is what I'm interested in,
'cause it's actually got
761
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:31,202
these rocks in that rock
on rock on rock attitude,
762
00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:32,796
which can be natural.
763
00:35:32,955 --> 00:35:35,549
But when you have organics
mixed around it,
764
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,468
then you start to wonder
a little bit.
765
00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:42,046
And it's not far dissimilar
to what was in the photos.
766
00:35:42,131 --> 00:35:44,382
Aha.
767
00:35:44,466 --> 00:35:46,551
RICK:
It's a start.
768
00:35:46,635 --> 00:35:47,811
I think we're at the beginning
769
00:35:47,970 --> 00:35:50,397
in terms of exploring
the possibilities
770
00:35:50,481 --> 00:35:53,308
of this so-called path or road.
771
00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:56,728
It could be instrumental
in helping us
772
00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:57,737
in the Money Pit.
773
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,400
Okay, that-that looks more
like a road. Right?
774
00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:04,569
MARTY: It could have
all kinds of clues on it.
775
00:36:04,653 --> 00:36:05,987
Something happened here.
776
00:36:06,071 --> 00:36:08,907
Something rather major
happened here.
777
00:36:08,991 --> 00:36:10,575
Good job, you guys,
778
00:36:10,659 --> 00:36:12,335
you know,
sounding the alarm on it.
779
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:15,079
We follow it, and there's some
artifact that tells a story.
780
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,081
- But there might be some info here.
- For sure.
781
00:36:17,166 --> 00:36:19,250
MARTY:
Let's get back to it.
782
00:36:19,335 --> 00:36:21,178
♪ ♪
783
00:36:25,090 --> 00:36:27,017
NARRATOR:
Two days later...
784
00:36:27,176 --> 00:36:28,760
RICK: Gentlemen,
I'm glad we're here.
785
00:36:28,844 --> 00:36:30,353
Craig has been
working intimately
786
00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:32,606
with, uh,
Canadian Seabed Research.
787
00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:36,768
Rick Lagina and Craig Tester
gather in the war room
788
00:36:36,852 --> 00:36:39,437
with members of the team
for a highly anticipated meeting
789
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:43,783
with Colin Toole and Mitch Grace
of CSR GeoSurveys Limited.
790
00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:46,536
Colin and Mitch have
prepared a report
791
00:36:46,621 --> 00:36:49,122
regarding the magnetometry scan
that was conducted
792
00:36:49,281 --> 00:36:52,033
across the island two days ago
793
00:36:52,117 --> 00:36:55,703
to locate possible underground
metal objects and structures.
794
00:36:55,788 --> 00:36:57,631
Realizing there's
a lot more out there
795
00:36:57,790 --> 00:36:59,883
than what we had thought,
796
00:36:59,967 --> 00:37:03,637
you know, we want to do
a couple full-island surveys.
797
00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:08,549
A-And two of them are
the magnetometer and the VLF.
798
00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:11,719
And the VLF takes
more processing?
799
00:37:11,804 --> 00:37:13,146
Yeah, it's in the works.
It's on its way.
800
00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:14,814
- Yeah.
- Okay. then I think today
801
00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:16,975
you have the magnetometer
results, right?
802
00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:18,476
- COLIN: Yep.
- Okay.
803
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,228
Yeah, so we... we conducted
804
00:37:20,312 --> 00:37:23,573
a terrestrial, uh,
magnetometer survey.
805
00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:26,243
These are our maps.
806
00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:30,413
The first map that, uh,
we're gonna present is
807
00:37:30,572 --> 00:37:33,324
the total field
magnetic intensity.
808
00:37:33,409 --> 00:37:35,994
Then you can really focus in on
what we like to call anomalies.
809
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:38,830
They could be blue,
or they could be pink,
810
00:37:38,914 --> 00:37:41,082
which jump right out at you
on the map.
811
00:37:41,166 --> 00:37:43,843
So, each one of these,
you know, we would...
812
00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:45,753
we would classify as an anomaly,
813
00:37:45,838 --> 00:37:47,839
you know, for
further investigation, really.
814
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:51,259
Back by the main road
on the western side,
815
00:37:51,343 --> 00:37:54,095
just up there on Lot 4...
816
00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:56,764
Yeah, the pink
and then those red dots.
817
00:37:56,849 --> 00:37:58,349
Do you see that?
818
00:37:58,434 --> 00:38:01,102
I don't know any metal
that's back there.
819
00:38:01,186 --> 00:38:03,363
- RICK: Hmm, no.
- JACK: What about the pink?
820
00:38:03,522 --> 00:38:05,282
That's a pretty hard hit.
821
00:38:05,441 --> 00:38:07,951
COLIN:
This is a decent-size anomaly.
822
00:38:08,110 --> 00:38:10,370
I mean,
it's right next to the road.
823
00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:13,948
That's near
where the hatch could be.
824
00:38:14,033 --> 00:38:16,251
The hatch from Zena's map.
825
00:38:17,870 --> 00:38:19,587
RICK:
Interesting.
826
00:38:23,542 --> 00:38:26,386
That could be the hatch
from Zena's map.
827
00:38:26,470 --> 00:38:29,380
- That's interesting.
- NARRATOR: In the war room,
828
00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:32,550
Rick Lagina, Craig Tester
and members of the team
829
00:38:32,634 --> 00:38:34,561
have just been presented
with the results
830
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:36,896
of a magnetometry survey
831
00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:40,317
that was conducted
across Oak Island identifying
832
00:38:40,401 --> 00:38:43,394
a number of possible
buried objects or structures.
833
00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:45,238
Incredibly,
834
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:48,232
one of the most prominent
targets matches the area
835
00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:50,818
where a believed patch
or tunnel entrance
836
00:38:50,903 --> 00:38:54,080
was noted on a reported
14th century Templar map
837
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:58,335
that belonged to the late author
and researcher Zena Halpern.
838
00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:00,253
JACK: To me, that's
probably one of the things
839
00:39:00,412 --> 00:39:02,330
that stands out the most.
840
00:39:02,414 --> 00:39:03,831
Well, that's a big hit.
841
00:39:03,916 --> 00:39:05,925
I mean, if it's not
something obvious
842
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:07,427
you guys know about
right beside the road,
843
00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:09,929
then what is it?
844
00:39:10,089 --> 00:39:12,932
STEVE G.: I've calculated
the position to the hatch
845
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,093
the best I could
based on Zena's map,
846
00:39:15,177 --> 00:39:16,353
and it's right there.
847
00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:19,939
It's plus or minus ten feet
of the area,
848
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:22,600
which makes it
really interesting.
849
00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:25,028
Zena's map is of particular
importance to me,
850
00:39:25,187 --> 00:39:26,529
but it demands
a lot of ground truthing.
851
00:39:26,688 --> 00:39:31,192
But now we have
a very focused location.
852
00:39:31,276 --> 00:39:33,027
Yeah, definitely.
853
00:39:33,112 --> 00:39:34,954
MARTY:
There are various anomalies.
854
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,540
Some of them seem
to be coincident
855
00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:42,212
or close to the, um,
things delineated on Zena's map.
856
00:39:42,296 --> 00:39:46,549
So it certainly merits
more investigation.
857
00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:48,551
COLIN:
I mean, as you can see,
858
00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:51,388
there's plenty of anomalies
to chase down and identify.
859
00:39:51,547 --> 00:39:55,883
Take this map
as a guide to help focus in
860
00:39:55,976 --> 00:39:58,061
on areas, and then from there,
861
00:39:58,220 --> 00:40:01,147
you can run a really tight
space grid, right?
862
00:40:01,306 --> 00:40:04,058
Yeah, we need to look at
everything in-in great detail.
863
00:40:04,143 --> 00:40:06,820
Hopefully, we can dig up
some of these anomalies
864
00:40:06,979 --> 00:40:08,071
and give us some big clues.
865
00:40:08,230 --> 00:40:10,407
So, I think it's gonna be
very exciting.
866
00:40:11,992 --> 00:40:15,829
There were a number of locations
that should be investigated,
867
00:40:15,988 --> 00:40:17,655
that demand investigating.
868
00:40:17,739 --> 00:40:19,824
They were that significant.
869
00:40:19,908 --> 00:40:24,337
I think certainly the one
in Lot 4 is the most intriguing,
870
00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,340
and it's easily investigated.
871
00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,427
We're trying to move
the search agenda forward,
872
00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:32,512
and who knows
what this find might tell us,
873
00:40:32,671 --> 00:40:34,764
so I look forward to it.
874
00:40:34,849 --> 00:40:38,092
The reason why we apply science
and technology is
875
00:40:38,177 --> 00:40:42,272
to lead us further
on the road to the answers.
876
00:40:42,431 --> 00:40:45,099
But we've got to just
get out there,
877
00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:47,277
eyes and boots,
get on the ground
878
00:40:47,436 --> 00:40:49,103
and figure out
what this may mean.
879
00:40:49,188 --> 00:40:54,358
It's just opened up a-a whole
new search agenda, literally.
880
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,704
- So, thank you very much.
- COLIN: Thank you.
881
00:40:57,788 --> 00:41:00,698
NARRATOR: For Rick, Marty
and the Fellowship of the Dig,
882
00:41:00,782 --> 00:41:03,701
the path to solving a mystery
883
00:41:03,794 --> 00:41:06,212
that has captivated the world
for two centuries
884
00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:09,707
appears more defined than ever.
885
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,377
With new clues being revealed
across the island,
886
00:41:13,462 --> 00:41:15,972
and an ambitious plan
887
00:41:16,131 --> 00:41:18,558
to excavate the Money Pit
taking shape,
888
00:41:18,717 --> 00:41:22,803
could this finally be the year
of the ultimate discovery?
889
00:41:22,888 --> 00:41:28,226
Or will a legendary curse
emerge once again
890
00:41:28,310 --> 00:41:31,905
and drastically alter
their course?
891
00:41:35,150 --> 00:41:37,818
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
892
00:41:37,903 --> 00:41:40,330
- (beeping) - We have
winkled that signal out, mate.
893
00:41:40,414 --> 00:41:41,664
Fingers crossed.
894
00:41:41,823 --> 00:41:43,491
- JACK: Yeah!
- GARY: Look at that roundness!
895
00:41:43,575 --> 00:41:45,993
Zinc, lead, iron.
896
00:41:46,086 --> 00:41:48,246
- GARY: Gold, Jack.
- No way.
897
00:41:48,330 --> 00:41:51,582
There's a large piece of wood
that lines up with the road.
898
00:41:51,675 --> 00:41:54,093
This is almost exactly
what we were looking for.
899
00:41:54,253 --> 00:41:55,169
It's more than we expected.
900
00:41:55,262 --> 00:41:56,763
ALEX:
Hey, look at this.
901
00:41:56,922 --> 00:41:58,932
Bingo! This is Christmas.
902
00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:00,350
That would apply to a chamber,
903
00:42:00,509 --> 00:42:01,425
- wouldn't it?
- It would apply to a chamber.
904
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,019
MARTY:
Holy smokes.