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We have winkled
that signal out, mate.
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Fingers crossed.
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- JACK: Yes!
- GARY: Look at that roundness.
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Zinc, lead, iron.
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- GARY: Gold, Jack.
- No way.
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HELEN:
There's a large piece of wood
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that lines up with the road.
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This is almost exactly
what we were looking for.
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It's more than we expected.
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ALEX:
Okay, look at this.
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Bingo. This is Christmas.
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That would apply to a chamber,
wouldn't it?
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It could apply to a chamber.
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MARTY:
Holy smokes.
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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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STEVE G.: All right, guys, the
rigs moved off the last location.
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Um, I think we're ready
to pin D-1.5.
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TERRY:
Sounds good.
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- CHARLES: Yep.
- I got a good feeling.
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NARRATOR: With the dawn
of a new day on Oak Island,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
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and their team
are more hopeful than ever
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that it could be the one
in which they discover
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what people have sought
for 226 years:
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a vast and potentially
priceless treasure
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buried deep
in the fabled Money Pit.
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As we know,
that's a very successful--
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We've been very successful
in that area, at least.
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- Yeah.
- So, based on the evidence
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and the data we've collected,
I mean,
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this is gonna be
a successful hole.
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- Every shot counts.
- TERRY: Oh, yeah.
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NARRATOR: Today, they
are drilling Borehole D-1.5,
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one of nearly 20 laid out
across a strategic grid.
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It is within this zone that
they have already discovered
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possible wooden tunnels
between 75 and 90 feet deep
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that could date back
as far as the 15th century,
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as well as mysterious metal
objects and water samples
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containing both silver and gold.
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MARTY: The drill program,
to date, has been very exciting.
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We've found at least two
separate pieces of iron
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had gold flakes on them.
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And the drill program brought
up several pieces of wood
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that dated well before
any searcher
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could possibly have been
around the Money Pit.
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Up till now it's been
an information hunt this year.
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Uh, now we're looking
for treasure.
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Now, there's a whole batch
of evidence
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that's going
in the right direction for us.
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- BRENNAN: That's great news.
- Absolutely.
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TERRY: So we've got to
hope that this is the year.
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BRENNAN:
This is the hole.
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This could be the hole.
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CHARLES:
We got a core coming.
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- Right here.
- ALEX: Oh, yeah.
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This could be
an interesting one.
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What'd you get, Adam?
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- ADAM: 84.
- 84.
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ALEX: We're kind
of on a roll this year,
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more than any other year.
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We have a lot of different signs
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pointing in the same direction
for where do we put the caisson.
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- Let's hope it's wood.
- We have actual hard evidence,
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artifacts that we brought up
that says,
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"Yeah, we need to put
a caisson down in this area."
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But we also know
from long experience
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that we could miss it
just by the smallest of margins.
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And if you miss by an inch,
you miss by a mile down there.
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How's it looking so far?
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CRAIG:
We're at 84,
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so we're right
in the key areas, so...
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Well, it could be
something good.
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Yeah.
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- Well, we have wood.
- ALEX: All right.
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- BRENNAN: Good sign.
- STEVE G.: Yeah, that is a good sign.
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CHARLES:
That is a good sign.
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Is that a fairly substantial...
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STEVE G.: It looks
like it just grazed it.
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TERRY:
Yeah, it doesn't look like
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- we hit it dead-on, does it?
- No.
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I say we grazed
whatever structure that is.
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- CRAIG: Just an edge of something?
- Yeah.
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That starts to give
good indications
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of tunnel, potentially, and
that's what we're looking for:
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a tunnel or a chamber
right at about our sweet spot.
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NARRATOR:
More evidence of a tunnel
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some 84 feet deep
in Borehole D-1.5?
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If so, could it be connected
to the possible tunnel
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encountered just
two and a half feet away
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at nearly the same depth
one month ago in Borehole D-2?
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Which not only contained
evidence of gold
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but was also carbon-dated
to as early as 1488?
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What were the depths
of the previous targets?
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Th-the wood samples that were,
uh, 1488 to 1650...
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- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Which were within feet of this,
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they were down to 88 to 91.
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So this is shallow
to anything we found
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in the immediate area,
that I recall.
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- Yeah.
- Now, it could be
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that this is part
of the tunnel system and this
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is not collapsed here,
where everything else
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- has been collapsed...
- STEVE G.: Oh, yes. - Exactly.
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- That's an option.
- So we're seeing it down at the bottom.
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Yep.
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NARRATOR: Because of more
than two centuries of digging
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by previous searchers
and devastating cave-ins
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caused by one or more believed
man-made flood tunnels,
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unfortunately,
the Oak Island team
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can't be sure at this stage
just what they are encountering
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while drilling within
their current grid system.
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BRENNAN: Well, let's hope
the next five feet
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- gives us more.
- CRAIG: Yeah.
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Let's keep digging.
See what else is there.
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NARRATOR: While the drilling
operation continues in the Money Pit area,
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later that afternoon...
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- JACK: Here's good.
- STEVE G.: Yeah, this is where we want to be.
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Steve Guptill joins
archaeologist Laird Niven,
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metal detection expert
Gary Drayton, Jack Begley
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and Doug Crowell on Lot 4,
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located on the western side
of the island.
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- Gentlemen.
- So, what are the plans?
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Steve's got a map
of, uh, the magnetometer hits.
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Okay.
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So, Doug and I put
a possible 11 targets together.
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LAIRD:
Okay.
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So, for the hatch itself,
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there's four that
we really want to key in on.
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The first map that, uh,
we're gonna present
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is the total field
magnetic intensity.
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Then you can really focus in on
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what we like
to call "anomalies."
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NARRATOR:
One week ago,
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representatives
from CSR GeoSurveys Limited
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conducted a magnetometer scan
of this area
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and identified a number
of buried iron objects.
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This is a decent-size anomaly.
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I mean, it's right
next to the road.
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That's near where the hatch
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from Zena's map could be.
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NARRATOR: Curiously, these
targets lie in the same area on Lot 4
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where a possible tunnel
entrance, or hatch,
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was labeled on a reported
14th century French map
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of Oak Island that the late
researcher Zena Halpern believed
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to have been made by members
of the Knights Templar.
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- Let's go, navigator.
- Lead on.
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NARRATOR:
Now the team is hoping Gary
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can uncover compelling clues
that might help them obtain
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a special permit to conduct
a much deeper dig
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in search of
the so-called hatch.
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All right, the center
of this location--
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This is a large anomaly-- is
about another ten feet in here,
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but since this is open,
we should start here.
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- What do you think?
- GARY: Yeah.
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I should be able
to winkle my way around there.
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- I know it's overgrown, but...
- LAIRD: You sure?
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Yeah. I can get in there, mate.
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No snipping of any trees.
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- Okay.
- STEVE G.: Okay.
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- I'll get out of your way.
- Okay, mate.
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GARY: I want to
know what the hatch is.
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Is it a back entrance
to the Money Pit,
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or is it a possible vault
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full of treasure?
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But one thing for sure, if
we can find the hatch location,
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it would validate Zena Halpern's
research and the French map.
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(beeping)
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Yep, good signal.
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- JACK: Is it a hit?
- That's a screamer.
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JACK:
That does sound great.
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Yep, just here, mate.
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Don't know what that is.
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Good digging, mate.
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(beeping)
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You got it out.
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Come on. Fingers crossed.
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It's in my hand, whatever it is.
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Ooh.
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- Interesting piece of metal.
- JACK: What is that?
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GARY:
Wow. What could that be?
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NARRATOR:
On Lot 4,
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located on the western side
of Oak Island...
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I have no idea,
but it's definitely interesting.
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NARRATOR:
Gary Drayton has made
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a potentially
important discovery
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while searching
for evidence of a hatch
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or possible tunnel entrance.
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JACK: I was thinking
an old coin at first
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that was just cut weird,
but, yeah.
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- It was awful deep.
- Yeah, that was deep.
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Any idea for the type of metal?
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Can you see the patina on it?
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- Or is that iron?
- Let's see.
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(beeping)
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It sounds like a-a copper alloy,
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so this could be
very interesting
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when it's cleaned up.
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There might be some kind
of decoration on there.
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I have no idea what it is,
but we should call Laird over.
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Maybe Laird's seen
something like this before.
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Hey, Laird, mate.
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- LAIRD: Yeah.
- Can you come over here
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and check this target out,
please?
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Sure thing.
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LAIRD:
What do you have?
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- Uh, we got a-a deep target here, mate.
- Okay.
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I mean, you can see how deep
we had to dig for that.
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It's not iron.
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It's some type of copper alloy,
but unusual shape.
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Maybe it's got some kind
of decoration on it.
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This is a very
interesting artifact.
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I don't know what it is.
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It's potentially copper.
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And this looks like
it's got a design on it.
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This is the type of find,
uh, that tells a lot,
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that someone else
was out in this same area
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possibly looking for the hatch.
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- Well, it's too thin for a pot, like a cooking pot.
- Yeah.
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LAIRD:
It definitely curves up.
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- But definitely an interesting piece of metal.
- Mm-hmm.
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It could tell a story still
when it's cleaned up.
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It could.
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GARY: All right, mate,
let's tag it and bag it.
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Fingers crossed that's old.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
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TERRY:
Fresh core on the table?
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CHARLES: Fresh
core on the table.
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As the drilling operation
continues in the Money Pit...
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- ALEX: Hey, everybody.
- MIRIAM: Hi.
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- LAIRD: Hey, Alex.
- You've been busy.
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Alex Lagina arrives
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at the southeastern corner
of the Oak Island swamp
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to check in
with archaeologists Laird Niven,
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Helen Sheldon, Miriam Amirault
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and Liz Michels
as they continue investigating
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the possibly 16th century
stone road or ship's wharf.
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We've done a lot of work.
That's for sure.
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- It looks like a ton of work, honestly.
- Yeah.
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And you've found some scraps
of pottery but not here?
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- Not here yet.
- Mm-hmm.
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LIZ:
What you got?
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LAIRD:
I have a piece of pottery,
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but I think
it's really delicate.
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- Okay.
- This is definitely Mi'kmaq.
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NARRATOR: Three
weeks ago, while searching
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near the recently unearthed
stone pathway,
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just adjacent
to the believed stone wharf,
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Laird discovered pieces
of indigenous Mi'kmaq pottery
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that he believes
could be anywhere
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between 500 and 2,500 years old.
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Although how and when
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these artifacts came
to Oak Island is unknown,
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their discovery resulted
in the provincial Department
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of Community,
Culture and Heritage
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imposing new regulations
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on how the team
is allowed to proceed
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in their efforts to solve
the Oak Island mystery.
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So, this is for drilling.
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We have free range
inside of the green.
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Any activity inside the green,
we're allowed to pursue.
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I see. And the red?
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STEVE G.: Anything that
falls outside of the green,
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we need special permission
to be inside of the red.
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NARRATOR: While the new regulations
do not apply to the Money Pit area,
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they do require the team
to seek special permission
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to conduct
any archaeological work
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or large digging operations
across the rest of the island.
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But even more concerning is
that they strictly prohibit
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further investigation
of the recently unearthed
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stone pathway,
which the team believes
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may not only be connected
to the stone wharf,
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but is also heading
directly toward the Money Pit.
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Today, although
they must stay away
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from the restricted
"buffer zone,"
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Laird and the team
have obtained permission
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to search for clues
on the far-west section
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of the stone road, or wharf,
to try and confirm
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its possible date
of construction.
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ALEX:
What have you found out?
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What can you tell me?
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So, this unit,
we put in to try and see
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what was happening
with the stone road,
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because it seemed
to disappear here.
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So, then, just before lunch,
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we came down on a fairly level
layer of stone,
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- as you can see...
- Mm-hmm.
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And there's a large piece
of wood on the edge...
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- ALEX: Oh, yeah, right there.
- That lines up
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with the edge of the road
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- going towards the north.
- Wow.
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- This is almost exactly what we were looking for.
- LAIRD: Yeah.
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ALEX: Is it not? I mean, a large
piece of wood can be both carbon-dated
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and dendrochronology,
and it's part of the structure.
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- LAIRD: Yes.
- HELEN: Definitely.
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LAIRD:
It's actually
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almost more than we expected.
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- HELEN: It is more than we expected.
- Yeah.
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MIRIAM: All along that we've
been working on the stone road,
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the real question was,
where is it going?
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And it definitely continues
out towards the beach.
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And I think
that's important, um,
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in terms of kind of just
understanding its purpose.
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Anything on the other side,
or...?
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- Uh, we've only gone this far.
- Okay.
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If you look at
our-our permit application,
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that's what we're looking for.
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- Right.
- You know, artifacts or samples that we can date, so...
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ALEX:
We kind of have to take it,
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find out what it is,
and just cross our fingers
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that it's not gonna
shut us down.
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Yeah, pretty much.
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MARTY: The archaeologists have
been a big part of our search
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these last few years,
and they're finding a lot,
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but the elephant in the swamp
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is, if we find
First Nations stuff,
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what are the rules gonna be?
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And until we figure out
a path forward
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with this archaeological work,
um, it's a little hazy
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as to how much more
gets done on this island.
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LAIRD: So, we did a
trench in the center,
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and we got a nice large root
under the stone road...
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- Mm-hmm.
- So that's gone off for C-14.
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- Mm-hmm.
- That's gonna be the priority, I think.
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Right. You know, this is
kind of the biggest thing
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from last year that we found.
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- Yes.
- And I really hope that that comes back...
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- Yeah.
- Dating to kind of our zone of interest,
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- which is anything pre-1795.
- Fingers crossed.
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- HELEN: Yeah.
- Well, I'll leave you to it.
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- LAIRD: All right. Thanks, Alex.
- Thanks again.
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- HELEN: Thanks, Alex.
- LAIRD: Okay, see you later.
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NARRATOR: While the
investigation continues in the swamp...
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TEDFORD:
Oh, yeah.
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ALEX: All right, guys,
that's gonna be the one.
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Alex Lagina
returns to the Money Pit
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to join Craig Tester
and members of the team
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as they continue
the core-drilling operation
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in Borehole D-1.5.
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TERRY:
All right.
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So this could be it, gentlemen.
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- What you got, Adam?
- ADAM: 88.5.
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- 88.5.
- Thank you.
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TERRY:
Open her up, gentlemen.
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This is Christmas.
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I don't want to be holding off.
Open up the presents.
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CRAIG:
D-1.5 i-is very close to D-2,
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and D-2 is our go-to well
at this point in time.
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You know, to me,
this is a big-can area.
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I mean, what is down there?
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We don't know, you know?
Is there coins there?
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Is there gold nuggets
or whatever?
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So, if we can-can bring up
exactly what's there
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and aid us in putting the big
can down, uh, it'll be great.
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Yeah, we got wood
at the bottom again.
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- Yep.
- And here.
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STEVE G.:
I'm no pro,
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but I'd say we're scraping down
the side of something.
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Interestingly, we have wood
close to the bottom again.
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It scrapes along
the side of something.
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Yeah, wh-what you said, Steve,
you've got to start thinking,
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maybe you're, uh,
close to a vertical structure
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and you're bumping down
along the side of it.
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- BRENNAN: A lot of chips.
- STEVE G. Yeah.
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TERRY: A lot of chips, yeah.
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- That's almost round, isn't it?
- STEVE G.: Yeah.
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- BRENNAN: Could be just a knot or...
- CRAIG: A round piece?
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It-it has the appearance
of being round.
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ALEX:
Yeah, I think it's ax-cut.
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So, out of the core,
we find a wood chip.
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And this wood chip has
kind of angled edges to it,
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which indicates ax-cut.
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An ax-cut,
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to me, indicates the greater
potential that it's very old.
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CRAIG:
It's pretty amazing.
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Yeah, that's very interesting.
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Any hit of wood below
in situ material,
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that generally says chamber
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- or tunnel to me.
- Yeah.
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It's possibly veered over
into a chamber
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with stacked timbers
on the perimeter.
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Oh, wow.
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- ALEX: We should call my dad.
- CHARLES: Yeah.
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- ALEX: Here they are.
- NARRATOR: After being alerted
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to a potentially important
discovery in Borehole D-1.5...
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What in the hell
is going on here?
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- (laughter)
- Hey, Marty.
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Rick and Marty Lagina arrive
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at the Money Pit
for a more in-depth report.
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- Here we go.
- What happened?
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- We hit some interesting things.
- Yes?
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We went into some wood
at about 83 feet below grade.
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We might have found a dowel.
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At the bottom of, uh,
our interesting intersection
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at 92 to 93 feet,
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we hit a beam about
six inches', I'd say, thickness.
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But we hit about ten feet
intersection of materials.
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ALEX:
The till above was pretty dense.
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It wasn't loose.
And then suddenly
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we hit wood,
then this stuff, and then
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we hit wood and we're out of it
and it's dense again.
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What if the ten-foot
sort of thing means
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it's coming up
to a great big chamber?
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That could be
your offset chamber.
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That's your offset chamber.
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ALEX: That's what
we were thinking, too.
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MARTY: My leading
theory about the Money Pit
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is that there's
an offset chamber.
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If the Money Pit
was designed to go down
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and distract somebody
from a chamber
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that was actually
tunneled off to one side,
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which is what this
is kind of suggesting,
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then what you have is the
perfect hiding spot because,
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in the thinking
of 100 or 200 years ago,
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no one else could
possibly ever find that.
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There would be no way.
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There'd be no surface
disturbance,
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there would be,
there would be nothing.
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Well, there's this rectangle
where we hit wood.
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TERRY:
It's about 18 by...
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by 12 feet.
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That would apply to a chamber,
too, wouldn't it?
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00:18:46,867 --> 00:18:50,452
- It could apply to a chamber.
- Yeah.
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Here is a piece of wood
that, uh, Charles found.
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And it looks like
it might be rounded.
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Like it's the outer edge,
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which would give us a good date
of when the tree was cut down.
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Perhaps if this dates to be old,
maybe the-the original workings
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were constructed with dowels
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- instead of, like, spikes to put stuff together.
- MARTY: Oh, yeah.
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00:19:09,472 --> 00:19:10,398
- You know?
- MARTY: Yeah.
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So that could be
part of a dowel.
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If this wood tests,
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you know, to that same
1488, whatever,
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- to 1650...
- That was at 90.5 feet,
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- so we're right in that area.
- Right there, right?
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- CRAIG: Yeah.
- The sweet spot.
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00:19:27,490 --> 00:19:29,750
- Maybe you're coming up on something.
- Yes.
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RICK: Okay, the next step,
I think what we need to do
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is we'll take this
to 150, 150-ish.
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Unless you find confirmation
of something on this hole,
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we'll probably do
another in this area.
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MARTY:
All right, we have a plan.
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TERRY:
Hear, hear.
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NARRATOR: As the archaeological
work on the possible stone wharf
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in the swamp continues...
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JACK:
I love this rainy weather.
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Jack Begley and metal
detection expert Gary Drayton
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have returned to Lot 4.
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They are hoping to find evidence
of the so-called hatch,
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or possible tunnel entrance.
462
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,866
Okay, mate. That's another
section of the transect.
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So, we'll just continue
this one through, mate.
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- JACK: Mm-hmm.
- (beeping)
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GARY: That's a heck of a
good start to this section.
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00:20:20,969 --> 00:20:24,305
I'm getting iron grunts,
but you never know, mate.
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00:20:24,464 --> 00:20:26,557
That's gonna be tough digging.
It's right on top of the stump.
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00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:33,564
Pit bull on a T-bone
whenever I get a signal, mate,
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00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,566
- aren't you?
- No, that was a lot easier
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digging than
what I thought it was.
471
00:20:36,818 --> 00:20:38,569
I think it might be out.
472
00:20:38,654 --> 00:20:40,321
It's an old stump.
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(beeping)
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GARY:
A little scratchy signal.
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- My guess is iron.
- (beeping)
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00:20:47,988 --> 00:20:49,905
Is it in the stump or under it?
477
00:20:49,998 --> 00:20:53,409
Because it could be
really old, then.
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I think it was under the stump.
479
00:20:56,246 --> 00:20:59,924
- What have we got here? Ooh, an old buckle.
- What the heck is that?
480
00:21:00,008 --> 00:21:03,669
A buckle on a leather strap,
by the look of it.
481
00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:06,430
- JACK: It still has the leather attached to it.
- Yeah.
482
00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:08,516
(clears throat)
So, that will be interesting.
483
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,936
We don't find that much leather
on the island, do we?
484
00:21:12,095 --> 00:21:14,596
No, and that buckle
does look kind of old.
485
00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,440
Yeah, it does look old, mate.
486
00:21:16,599 --> 00:21:19,026
NARRATOR: A leather
strap and metal buckle?
487
00:21:19,185 --> 00:21:22,021
Might they have belonged
to someone who lived and farmed
488
00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:26,859
on the island after the
Money Pit's discovery in 1795?
489
00:21:26,943 --> 00:21:29,704
Or could they prove
to be much older
490
00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:31,038
and provide important clues
491
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,782
connected
to the treasure mystery?
492
00:21:33,867 --> 00:21:36,702
What type of thing would
a-a strap like this be used for,
493
00:21:36,786 --> 00:21:37,953
based upon the size?
494
00:21:38,038 --> 00:21:41,540
Normally, like a sling,
495
00:21:41,624 --> 00:21:44,710
like a belt that goes over,
and you would have had the pouch
496
00:21:44,794 --> 00:21:46,804
if you-- say, if you was
out here hunting...
497
00:21:46,963 --> 00:21:49,465
- For musket balls.
- Yeah, might have had musket balls
498
00:21:49,549 --> 00:21:52,051
or flint for a flintlock.
499
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:56,889
But, also, uh, back in the day,
they used to keep coins
500
00:21:56,982 --> 00:22:02,561
in little money pouches,
uh, kind of like, um, satchels.
501
00:22:02,645 --> 00:22:03,979
(chuckles)
I like to think it is,
502
00:22:04,064 --> 00:22:05,898
because if their coin purse
strap broke,
503
00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:08,067
- maybe they dropped some coins around here.
- Exactly.
504
00:22:08,151 --> 00:22:10,069
I like the way you think, Jack.
505
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,912
JACK: Hopefully, there are
some other finds around here
506
00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:15,666
that help pin down the date,
maybe a button or a coin.
507
00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:17,752
Oh, that would be
fantastic, mate.
508
00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:19,995
We've recovered some really,
509
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,665
really interesting artifacts
on this lot.
510
00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:26,927
If we could find the hatch
location, that would be huge.
511
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:30,089
Is it a back entrance
to the Money Pit
512
00:22:30,173 --> 00:22:33,759
or is it a possible vault
full of treasure?
513
00:22:33,843 --> 00:22:35,094
We will keep going.
514
00:22:35,178 --> 00:22:36,937
So, it's gonna be
interesting to see
515
00:22:37,097 --> 00:22:40,024
what went on in this area.
516
00:22:48,358 --> 00:22:49,533
(beeping)
517
00:22:51,277 --> 00:22:54,446
That. We have winkled
that signal out, mate.
518
00:22:54,531 --> 00:22:56,040
That is interesting.
519
00:22:56,124 --> 00:22:58,793
That stands out.
Just there, mate.
520
00:22:58,952 --> 00:23:00,461
Dig that sucker up.
521
00:23:03,873 --> 00:23:06,050
We're overdue a coin, Jack.
522
00:23:06,134 --> 00:23:08,886
I'd love to find
a coin right now.
523
00:23:09,045 --> 00:23:12,548
All right,
let's see if I got it out.
524
00:23:12,632 --> 00:23:13,974
(rapid beeping)
525
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:17,561
Good. Ah, mate, pinpointer time.
526
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,471
(beeping)
527
00:23:19,556 --> 00:23:21,723
Oh, it's down there.
528
00:23:21,808 --> 00:23:22,891
(beeps)
529
00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:24,902
- It's in my hand.
- (quietly): Yeah.
530
00:23:27,147 --> 00:23:29,064
GARY:
Come on, baby.
531
00:23:29,149 --> 00:23:31,817
It is in my hand.
532
00:23:31,901 --> 00:23:33,735
Give me a coin or a button.
533
00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:34,995
[both gasp]
534
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,540
- JACK: Yes!
- GARY: Look at that roundness.
535
00:23:39,993 --> 00:23:42,661
GARY:
It's a button.
536
00:23:42,745 --> 00:23:44,746
I mean, look at that, mate.
537
00:23:44,831 --> 00:23:48,083
That is a bobby-dazzler
of a button.
538
00:23:48,168 --> 00:23:49,835
Look at the patina on it.
539
00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:52,254
It's an old button, for sure,
540
00:23:52,338 --> 00:23:55,757
because, look, it's a single
loop, by the look of it.
541
00:23:55,842 --> 00:23:57,092
- JACK: Yeah?
- GARY: It might have the manufacturer
542
00:23:57,185 --> 00:23:59,178
or the maker's name on it.
543
00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:02,431
- We might be able to pull a date or some info off this?
- Yeah.
544
00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:05,017
And that is an old
jacket button.
545
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,277
Oh...
546
00:24:08,938 --> 00:24:11,690
NARRATOR:
Over the last several years,
547
00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:14,943
Gary has discovered numerous
buttons across the island
548
00:24:15,028 --> 00:24:18,622
that have dated back
to the 18th century
549
00:24:18,781 --> 00:24:22,209
and prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit.
550
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:26,046
However, could this button,
found in the area
551
00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:28,874
where a reported
14th century map of Oak Island
552
00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:32,878
depicts a so-called hatch
or possible tunnel entrance,
553
00:24:32,962 --> 00:24:35,723
help verify that human activity
took place here
554
00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:39,801
much earlier than the 1700s?
555
00:24:39,886 --> 00:24:42,730
GARY: That's gonna
clean up really, really nice.
556
00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:45,065
Could be copper alloy.
557
00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:48,227
- Could be pewter. Could be silver.
- Oh, yeah.
558
00:24:48,311 --> 00:24:49,978
This is in such good condition.
559
00:24:50,071 --> 00:24:53,157
I know Kelly is gonna do
a really good job
560
00:24:53,241 --> 00:24:55,901
- cleaning this up.
- Yeah. Yeah.
561
00:24:55,985 --> 00:24:57,986
Especially if we get
some designs
562
00:24:58,071 --> 00:25:00,072
off this and we can date it.
563
00:25:00,156 --> 00:25:01,916
JACK: This is the type
of thing we were hoping
564
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,584
- to find out here, Gary.
- Yeah.
565
00:25:03,743 --> 00:25:05,252
- JACK: Human activity.
- Yep.
566
00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:06,912
- All right.
- Okay, let's bag it and tag it, mate.
567
00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:09,831
I love saying that, bag it-- Oh.
568
00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:12,167
See you later, little beauty.
569
00:25:12,252 --> 00:25:14,803
That is so fantastic.
570
00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:24,763
MARTY:
So, gentlemen and ladies,
571
00:25:24,847 --> 00:25:27,933
there are several reasons
for assembling the crew here.
572
00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:31,603
NARRATOR: One day after
the discovery of a wooden beam
573
00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:34,031
and a tree root,
which might help identify
574
00:25:34,115 --> 00:25:35,941
when the massive
stone ship's wharf
575
00:25:36,025 --> 00:25:37,609
in the swamp was constructed...
576
00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:41,121
We're just here to kind of
have an archaeology update.
577
00:25:41,281 --> 00:25:43,699
Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,
578
00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:46,118
along with their partner
Craig Tester,
579
00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,203
have gathered in the war room
for an important meeting
580
00:25:48,296 --> 00:25:52,633
with archaeologists Laird Niven,
Helen Sheldon,
581
00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:55,544
Miriam Amirault,
and other members of the team.
582
00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:57,212
You know,
we're a little confused
583
00:25:57,305 --> 00:25:58,880
about what we can
and can't do on the island.
584
00:25:58,965 --> 00:26:01,225
- Yeah.
- We felt like,
585
00:26:01,384 --> 00:26:03,969
to date,
we've done everything right.
586
00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:07,147
- Yep.
- But if you get back and look down at the island,
587
00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,641
you know, there are these spots
where, to me,
588
00:26:09,726 --> 00:26:11,068
it's getting bigger and bigger
and what we can do
589
00:26:11,152 --> 00:26:12,561
becomes less and less.
590
00:26:12,645 --> 00:26:13,988
Yep.
591
00:26:14,147 --> 00:26:16,073
MARTY:
So, we have internally
592
00:26:16,157 --> 00:26:18,867
made a decision...
593
00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:23,163
to back down
on archaeological methods
594
00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:24,489
for the time being...
595
00:26:24,574 --> 00:26:26,000
Mm-hmm.
596
00:26:26,159 --> 00:26:29,086
And let the dust settle on this.
597
00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:35,667
With the regulations
being unclear,
598
00:26:35,752 --> 00:26:38,095
and what's gonna happen to us
being unclear
599
00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:43,767
when we discover things, we have
a very large disincentive
600
00:26:43,852 --> 00:26:47,262
to find any more artifacts
that might cause us
601
00:26:47,347 --> 00:26:49,431
to lose the right
to explore on our island.
602
00:26:49,515 --> 00:26:52,434
We have to think twice before
we send the archaeologists
603
00:26:52,518 --> 00:26:54,936
into another area,
because if they find something
604
00:26:55,021 --> 00:26:57,773
that could lead that area
to become off-limits,
605
00:26:57,866 --> 00:27:00,192
it's a scary thought to us.
606
00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:02,277
This is a treasure hunt.
607
00:27:02,370 --> 00:27:03,621
It's trying
to unravel a mystery.
608
00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:06,782
It is not solely dedicated
609
00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,792
to an archaeological
understanding
610
00:27:08,951 --> 00:27:12,954
of what has transpired
on Oak Island over centuries.
611
00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:14,790
And there are
other methodologies
612
00:27:14,874 --> 00:27:19,219
that can be applied
that are much less restrictive.
613
00:27:19,379 --> 00:27:22,890
MARTY: We think it's best
to not do archaeological work
614
00:27:23,049 --> 00:27:25,300
at this point, to shut it down,
615
00:27:25,393 --> 00:27:27,219
because until
we understand the rules
616
00:27:27,303 --> 00:27:29,063
and what we might be giving up,
617
00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:32,557
uh, that seems to be
most prudent.
618
00:27:32,642 --> 00:27:37,312
There's absolute recognition of
the skill set that you brought.
619
00:27:37,397 --> 00:27:39,398
I mean, there are all kinds
of things discovered
620
00:27:39,482 --> 00:27:40,741
that we wouldn't
have discovered.
621
00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,826
- Yeah, sorry about that.
- No, no.
622
00:27:42,985 --> 00:27:44,236
- (laughter)
- Well, if-if-- You know what?
623
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,246
If the unintended consequences
weren't there,
624
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,073
we'd be delighted about that.
625
00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:49,658
- You know? I mean...
- Absolutely. Yes, and we should be.
626
00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:51,993
Yes. Yeah,
that's the weird thing.
627
00:27:52,078 --> 00:27:54,088
- Yeah.
- In the meantime,
628
00:27:54,247 --> 00:27:56,164
we're gonna stay
with the search,
629
00:27:56,257 --> 00:27:58,092
but we don't want to do...
630
00:27:58,251 --> 00:27:59,760
(laughs): we don't want
to shoot ourselves in the foot.
631
00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:02,087
Yeah. I think you're doing
the right thing.
632
00:28:02,171 --> 00:28:03,263
For sure.
633
00:28:03,423 --> 00:28:05,432
When I came on five years ago,
634
00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:09,853
to make sure that someone was
here, uh, to protect, uh, sites
635
00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:12,264
and to identify artifacts.
636
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:15,267
And every year we've been
improving that process.
637
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,861
And through that, we're
discovering more and more.
638
00:28:18,020 --> 00:28:20,355
And the problem
in the owners' minds
639
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,443
is that it seems like
the more we do to comply,
640
00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:26,945
the stricter things get
and the more things change
641
00:28:27,038 --> 00:28:30,958
and more control they have
over their resources, uh,
642
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:33,210
is being lost.
643
00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:36,288
NARRATOR: Although Laird Niven
will remain full-time on the island
644
00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,624
to aid and advise the team
as they continue their quest
645
00:28:39,709 --> 00:28:42,970
to solve the mystery,
archaeologists Helen Sheldon,
646
00:28:43,129 --> 00:28:45,464
Miriam Amirault and Liz Michels
647
00:28:45,548 --> 00:28:48,642
will be departing the island
at the end of the week.
648
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,385
For all of the archaeologists,
649
00:28:50,470 --> 00:28:52,554
I think we're
a little disappointed
650
00:28:52,638 --> 00:28:54,481
that we can't get
a lot more done,
651
00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:57,234
but I completely understand
652
00:28:57,318 --> 00:28:59,144
Marty and Rick
and Craig's decision
653
00:28:59,228 --> 00:29:01,905
to kind of focus more
on the treasure story
654
00:29:02,064 --> 00:29:04,399
and less so about just
the general archaeology
655
00:29:04,484 --> 00:29:06,326
of the island.
656
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:08,328
So, I think they need to do
what's best for them,
657
00:29:08,488 --> 00:29:10,330
um, for their goals.
658
00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:13,751
You know, h-here's
my thoughts: number one,
659
00:29:13,910 --> 00:29:17,245
we have, uh, gratitude
for all of your hard work,
660
00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:21,842
your efforts, your commitment,
and it's only through discourse
661
00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:23,844
and dialogue
that you problem-solve,
662
00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:27,347
and my hope is that we can
continue on that agenda.
663
00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:30,008
- Mm-hmm. Absolutely.
- MARTY: Okay.
664
00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:32,844
- I think we're all on the same page.
- Yep. We are.
665
00:29:32,929 --> 00:29:34,188
Uh, much appreciation
all around the table.
666
00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:36,264
Um, I-I say we get back at it.
667
00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:37,933
- I say yes.
- Okay. - All right.
668
00:29:38,026 --> 00:29:39,017
MARTY:
Let's get after it.
669
00:29:39,101 --> 00:29:40,110
- LAIRD: Yeah.
- HELEN: Yeah.
670
00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:46,525
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
671
00:29:46,609 --> 00:29:49,036
- JACK: Hey, Kelly.
- KELLY: Hi, guys.
672
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,530
Looks like you're working
on our finds, mate.
673
00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:55,209
Yeah, I've got, uh, an ox shoe
I'm just finishing off here.
674
00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:57,786
Jack Begley
and Gary Drayton arrive
675
00:29:57,870 --> 00:29:59,463
at the archaeology trailer
676
00:29:59,622 --> 00:30:02,132
to meet with professional
conservator Kelly Bourassa
677
00:30:02,217 --> 00:30:06,136
regarding one of the discoveries
they made one day ago.
678
00:30:06,295 --> 00:30:08,055
Well, we're really interested
in that button
679
00:30:08,214 --> 00:30:09,473
that we recovered on Lot 4.
680
00:30:09,632 --> 00:30:10,882
Have you had a chance to look
at that yet?
681
00:30:10,967 --> 00:30:12,968
I haven't had a chance yet.
682
00:30:13,052 --> 00:30:14,719
It's right here,
but let's have a look at it.
683
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,304
Sweet.
684
00:30:16,397 --> 00:30:19,233
- It's an interesting button.
- Yeah.
685
00:30:19,392 --> 00:30:21,226
- Look at the condition of that. That's nice.
- Yeah, that's not bad.
686
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:23,061
- GARY: Hmm.
- Yeah.
687
00:30:23,154 --> 00:30:25,897
The most interesting thing
about this find
688
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:31,236
is it comes from Lot 4, where
potentially the hatch could be.
689
00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:32,988
JACK: It's an area that,
historically, we really don't
690
00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:35,249
have any recorded work
over there.
691
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:38,919
KELLY: Sure. Well under
those conditions, Gary,
692
00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,328
I think probably
what we should do
693
00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:42,339
is do an XRF test on it first--
694
00:30:42,498 --> 00:30:44,916
Before we clean it--
Because if there's any,
695
00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:47,168
you know, precious metals
in the soil itself,
696
00:30:47,253 --> 00:30:49,170
then that's when
you want to test it.
697
00:30:49,255 --> 00:30:50,931
- GARY: You never know, mate.
- You never know.
698
00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:52,424
So let's give it a try. Okay?
699
00:30:52,508 --> 00:30:54,509
Okay, mate.
Looking forward to this.
700
00:30:54,602 --> 00:30:56,186
NARRATOR:
In order to conduct
701
00:30:56,345 --> 00:30:59,189
preliminary elemental analysis
on the button,
702
00:30:59,274 --> 00:31:04,185
Kelly is utilizing the X-ray
fluorescence, or XRF, device.
703
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:06,605
By emitting
nondestructive radiation,
704
00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:09,950
the machine will identify
the types of metals and elements
705
00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:13,028
on and within the artifact.
706
00:31:13,112 --> 00:31:16,790
I'm just gonna plug in
some information here.
707
00:31:18,284 --> 00:31:21,044
A whole lot of copper, tin,
708
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:24,464
zinc, lead, iron, bismuth.
709
00:31:24,624 --> 00:31:27,375
GARY:
Au. We got some gold.
710
00:31:27,460 --> 00:31:29,303
JACK:
What?
711
00:31:29,462 --> 00:31:31,379
- Yep.
- No way. Yeah.
712
00:31:31,464 --> 00:31:33,131
KELLY:
Definitely. And silver, Gary.
713
00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:35,216
- GARY: Yeah.
- Yeah.
714
00:31:36,636 --> 00:31:40,147
NARRATOR: The button discovered
on Lot 4 near the believed hatch feature
715
00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:43,975
containing traces
of both silver and gold?
716
00:31:44,060 --> 00:31:45,644
You know, how does that happen?
717
00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,571
KELLY: If it's a gold-plated
button, for instance,
718
00:31:47,730 --> 00:31:49,990
that would be the gold,
perhaps, on it.
719
00:31:50,149 --> 00:31:51,658
Or it comes from the soil
720
00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:55,579
or part of the composition
of the, of the metal itself.
721
00:31:55,738 --> 00:32:00,417
This is, to me, is pretty
unique, what we see here.
722
00:32:00,576 --> 00:32:02,410
And you've seen a lot
of things on the island.
723
00:32:02,503 --> 00:32:04,087
For you to say it's unique,
that's fantastic.
724
00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:05,330
This is different.
725
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:08,166
This is quite different, yeah.
726
00:32:08,259 --> 00:32:11,419
What type of person would wear
a gold and silver gilded button?
727
00:32:11,504 --> 00:32:14,014
It's an officer, perhaps.
728
00:32:14,173 --> 00:32:16,007
- If it's a military button.
- Yeah, uh, British military,
729
00:32:16,092 --> 00:32:18,268
for instance. Sure.
730
00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:21,429
So, what's an officer doing
all the way over on Lot 4?
731
00:32:21,522 --> 00:32:22,940
Probably looking
for the same thing
732
00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:25,350
that we're looking for,
the hatch.
733
00:32:25,434 --> 00:32:26,518
You're gonna find some more.
734
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:27,527
- Oh, we will.
- Find some more.
735
00:32:27,687 --> 00:32:29,020
- We're not done yet.
- No.
736
00:32:29,105 --> 00:32:31,272
No, we will find more, mate.
737
00:32:31,357 --> 00:32:33,608
Well, this is
brilliant news, Kelly.
738
00:32:33,693 --> 00:32:36,286
But Jack and I, we've got
to get back out there.
739
00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:38,196
- Thanks again, Kelly.
- Go for it.
740
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,448
GARY: We'll bring you some more
gold and silver, Kelly.
741
00:32:40,533 --> 00:32:41,458
KELLY:
I hope so.
742
00:32:45,538 --> 00:32:47,047
NARRATOR:
Before another productive day
743
00:32:47,206 --> 00:32:50,041
comes to an end on Oak Island...
744
00:32:50,126 --> 00:32:52,961
- MIRIAM: Hi.
- LIZ: The whole gang's here.
745
00:32:53,045 --> 00:32:54,963
Sort of a bittersweet day,
isn't it?
746
00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:57,215
- Yeah, it is.
- It is.
747
00:32:57,299 --> 00:33:00,218
Marty Lagina,
along with his son Alex,
748
00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:02,479
Jack Begley and Gary Drayton
749
00:33:02,638 --> 00:33:05,140
meet with archaeologists
Miriam Amirault,
750
00:33:05,224 --> 00:33:08,560
Liz Michels and Helen Sheldon
one final time
751
00:33:08,644 --> 00:33:10,570
before they end
their investigation
752
00:33:10,730 --> 00:33:14,241
of the stone wharf
in the triangle-shaped swamp.
753
00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:16,493
LIZ: We've been doing
a lot of work, you know?
754
00:33:16,652 --> 00:33:18,745
Despite a couple
of stumbling blocks,
755
00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,321
I think we made
a lot of progress.
756
00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:22,165
MIRIAM:
Yeah, quite a bit of progress,
757
00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:23,250
and were able to give you guys
some of the answers
758
00:33:23,409 --> 00:33:24,584
you may have wanted.
759
00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,661
Well, we appreciate
what you did.
760
00:33:26,746 --> 00:33:29,247
I mean, when I stand here
and I look at that...
761
00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:30,582
I mean, look at that.
762
00:33:30,666 --> 00:33:32,333
Not only is that really cool
763
00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:34,502
and possibly
incredibly significant
764
00:33:34,595 --> 00:33:37,756
to what we're doing,
it was a lot of hard work.
765
00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,258
And today, to top it off,
like an hour before lunch,
766
00:33:40,342 --> 00:33:42,177
we actually came down
on the stone road.
767
00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:44,104
So, it is coming this way.
768
00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:45,263
- MARTY: Really? Wow.
- Yeah.
769
00:33:45,347 --> 00:33:47,107
And you're leaving today.
770
00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:48,608
Yes, it always happens that way.
771
00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:50,685
MIRIAM:
It's always the last day.
772
00:33:50,778 --> 00:33:52,020
Hey, you know what?
It is always the last day.
773
00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:53,438
It leaves you hanging,
doesn't it?
774
00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,774
RICK: Communities,
Culture and Heritage
775
00:33:55,858 --> 00:33:58,026
have weighed in
and they have asked
776
00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:01,204
that all activities
in the perimeter,
777
00:34:01,363 --> 00:34:04,624
the eastern perimeter
of the swamp, cease.
778
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:07,627
And now, as far
as the archaeological process,
779
00:34:07,787 --> 00:34:10,205
we are at complete stand-down.
780
00:34:10,289 --> 00:34:13,383
So it's frustrating for me,
personally,
781
00:34:13,542 --> 00:34:17,212
because any type
of archaeologically-driven work
782
00:34:17,296 --> 00:34:21,725
across the island could have
a negative impact on the search.
783
00:34:21,809 --> 00:34:25,062
And many of the discoveries
that we have made
784
00:34:25,221 --> 00:34:27,472
were driven by
the archaeological process
785
00:34:27,556 --> 00:34:29,224
and would not have been found
786
00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:32,569
had we done
a different approach.
787
00:34:32,728 --> 00:34:36,573
But you take what the island
gives you, and you move forward.
788
00:34:36,732 --> 00:34:38,575
ALEX:
I mean, I've learned a lot
789
00:34:38,734 --> 00:34:41,745
from you over the past year
and change, and, um,
790
00:34:41,904 --> 00:34:44,247
I think everybody is
a little frustrated
791
00:34:44,332 --> 00:34:46,666
that the process
that got us to this point
792
00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:50,087
is the same thing that basically
precluded us from continuing.
793
00:34:50,246 --> 00:34:51,755
We got some answers,
794
00:34:51,839 --> 00:34:53,757
not all of the answers,
but we appreciate the work
795
00:34:53,916 --> 00:34:56,668
that you put in and the answers
that we do have.
796
00:34:56,752 --> 00:34:58,845
GARY: And I saw the
look in your guys' faces
797
00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,680
when you was
pulling artifacts up--
798
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,766
The love that you guys have got.
799
00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:06,261
It's a treasure hunt
even for archaeologists, too.
800
00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:08,271
Well, what does Rick say?
The treasure
801
00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:09,523
- and the story. - GARY: Yeah.
- MARTY: There you go.
802
00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:11,691
Exactly.
803
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:13,351
I've been on Oak Island
for two years now,
804
00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:14,769
and I guess just my knowledge
805
00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:17,197
of the island
has progressed so much,
806
00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:19,190
and as well as kind of
my appreciation
807
00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:21,359
for everything
that's happened here has grown.
808
00:35:21,452 --> 00:35:23,194
Getting to be a part
809
00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:26,206
of something
really meaningful meant a lot.
810
00:35:26,365 --> 00:35:27,448
MARTY:
Please, if you have those
811
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:28,867
sort of late-night
"aha" thoughts,
812
00:35:28,951 --> 00:35:30,702
- would you please let us know?
- MIRIAM: "Oh, I know
813
00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,295
where the treasure is!"
That? Yeah. I'll let you know.
814
00:35:32,454 --> 00:35:33,380
Well, that would do.
Yeah, that would do.
815
00:35:33,539 --> 00:35:35,549
- Yes. Yeah.
- (laughter)
816
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,718
Many thanks. Um, we really
appreciate all the work.
817
00:35:38,878 --> 00:35:41,546
- Absolutely. Perfect.
- Yup.
818
00:35:41,630 --> 00:35:43,223
- And safe travels.
- Yup. We'll see you, then.
819
00:35:43,307 --> 00:35:44,549
- LIZ: Thank you guys so much.
- MIRIAM: Bye, guys.
820
00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:46,268
ALEX:
See ya.
821
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:54,642
NARRATOR:
Three days after ending
822
00:35:54,727 --> 00:35:56,644
all archaeological
search activities
823
00:35:56,729 --> 00:35:58,655
on the eastern side
of the swamp...
824
00:35:59,907 --> 00:36:02,659
MARTY:
Okay. Today, we will get Craig,
825
00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:07,655
uh, up on the screen because he
has the C-14 results for this.
826
00:36:07,748 --> 00:36:08,915
- All right.
- In the war room,
827
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,491
Rick and Marty Lagina gather
828
00:36:10,576 --> 00:36:12,669
with archaeologist Laird Niven
829
00:36:12,828 --> 00:36:14,671
and other members
of the Oak Island team
830
00:36:14,830 --> 00:36:16,497
for a video conference
with Craig Tester.
831
00:36:16,582 --> 00:36:18,666
Hey, guys.
832
00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,668
NARRATOR:
Craig has just received
833
00:36:20,753 --> 00:36:23,254
a carbon 14 report
on a tree root
834
00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:24,598
that was recently discovered
835
00:36:24,682 --> 00:36:26,591
by Laird
and his fellow archaeologists
836
00:36:26,675 --> 00:36:28,768
outside of the restricted zone
837
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:31,596
beneath the stone wharf
in the swamp.
838
00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:34,933
I'm gonna turn it over to Laird,
who will put in context
839
00:36:35,017 --> 00:36:36,693
the results
you're about to give us.
840
00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:38,686
LAIRD:
So, one of our projects
841
00:36:38,779 --> 00:36:41,189
this year was
to have a crosscut,
842
00:36:41,273 --> 00:36:43,450
bisecting the stone road.
843
00:36:43,609 --> 00:36:45,860
And the aim of the crosscut was
844
00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:48,955
to get, preferably,
datable artifacts
845
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,199
or datable samples that we could
846
00:36:51,283 --> 00:36:54,711
- either do dendro on or C-14 on.
- Right.
847
00:36:54,870 --> 00:36:58,706
And luckily, we found
a nice root, a large root
848
00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:01,709
growing directly
under the stone road,
849
00:37:01,794 --> 00:37:03,303
and so that's what this is.
850
00:37:03,462 --> 00:37:06,640
We sent, uh, carbon 14 samples,
851
00:37:06,799 --> 00:37:08,892
and that's the data that, uh,
Craig's gonna present.
852
00:37:09,051 --> 00:37:12,470
Okay. Let's see what we got.
Go ahead, Craig.
853
00:37:12,554 --> 00:37:15,815
CRAIG: Okay. We tested
both the outside of the root
854
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,818
and the inner portion of it.
855
00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:23,156
They came back the same--
One time period.
856
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:26,660
1474 to 1638.
857
00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:27,911
ALEX:
Wow.
858
00:37:34,410 --> 00:37:37,087
CRAIG: We tested both
the outside of
859
00:37:37,246 --> 00:37:40,006
the root
and the inner portion of it.
860
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:43,176
They came back the same--
One time period.
861
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:48,172
1474 to 1638.
862
00:37:48,257 --> 00:37:49,391
- Wow.
- (laughter)
863
00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:53,436
NARRATOR:
In the Oak Island war room,
864
00:37:53,595 --> 00:37:55,355
Craig Tester has just
presented the team
865
00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:57,357
with an astonishing
scientific report
866
00:37:57,516 --> 00:37:59,517
regarding a tree root
867
00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:02,520
discovered below
the believed stone wharf.
868
00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,198
STEVE G.: That lines up
almost perfectly with the wood
869
00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:08,201
we just had tested
in D-2 and CD-2.5:
870
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,362
- the 1488 to 1650.
- Yup.
871
00:38:11,447 --> 00:38:14,124
Okay, but what does
that mean to the road?
872
00:38:14,283 --> 00:38:17,460
To us, it meant
that the root was there
873
00:38:17,545 --> 00:38:19,287
when the road was built
on top of it.
874
00:38:19,371 --> 00:38:21,965
The root wasn't intrusive.
875
00:38:22,049 --> 00:38:24,301
- Is that your interpretation?
- Yeah, yeah, I-I agree.
876
00:38:24,385 --> 00:38:26,294
It-it was there beforehand
877
00:38:26,378 --> 00:38:30,223
but probably fairly,
uh, shortly beforehand.
878
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:33,059
Could I say
contemporaneous almost
879
00:38:33,218 --> 00:38:34,894
with original construction?
880
00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:38,306
Add a few...
40 or 50 years maybe.
881
00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:41,901
It actually fits in very,
very well with the dates
882
00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:43,895
that we got for some of the
stakes along the cobble path.
883
00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:47,315
MARTY: The bulk of the
evidence supports quite a ways
884
00:38:47,408 --> 00:38:50,910
prior to conventional discovery
of the Money Pit.
885
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,236
Right.
886
00:38:53,414 --> 00:38:55,415
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that with the discovery
887
00:38:55,574 --> 00:38:59,002
of this tree root beneath
the stone wharf in the swamp,
888
00:38:59,086 --> 00:39:02,163
that the team has now
found hard evidence
889
00:39:02,247 --> 00:39:05,166
that this feature, along
with the cobblestone path
890
00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:08,419
leading out of the swamp
and the Money Pit itself,
891
00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:11,172
were all constructed
at the same time?
892
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:16,436
IAN: There is a narrative here
of people depositing things,
893
00:39:16,595 --> 00:39:18,596
and we have the threads
894
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:23,360
that tie, you know, a massive
undertaking at the Money Pit
895
00:39:23,519 --> 00:39:26,437
and the stone road construction,
so, to me, that's...
896
00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:29,107
that's a big deal.
897
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,274
Yeah.
898
00:39:30,359 --> 00:39:32,369
MARTY:
We have lots of dates
899
00:39:32,453 --> 00:39:34,862
that seem to be focusing
on mid-1600s,
900
00:39:34,947 --> 00:39:37,532
going back to the 1400s.
901
00:39:37,616 --> 00:39:40,293
You know, timbers used
back in the day were probably
902
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:42,453
hundred-year-old trees anyway.
903
00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:45,382
That brings us
to maybe 1750 as a maximum.
904
00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:47,542
That's good stuff.
905
00:39:47,635 --> 00:39:50,878
This road seems to be...
have intrigued everybody.
906
00:39:50,971 --> 00:39:53,640
- Yup.
- RICK: I'd like to hope that
907
00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:55,883
the powers that be,
the regulatory powers,
908
00:39:55,968 --> 00:39:57,635
will accede to our wishes,
909
00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:00,221
and we can perhaps do
a little more investigation.
910
00:40:00,305 --> 00:40:02,816
There's a lot of hope
to figuring this one out.
911
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:05,226
I've always believed
912
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:08,980
that what happened here
was long ago.
913
00:40:09,064 --> 00:40:13,910
And by long ago,
I mean 1400s, 1500s.
914
00:40:14,069 --> 00:40:17,405
So my thought is
that the swamp work,
915
00:40:17,489 --> 00:40:20,575
with similar dates
as in the Money Pit--
916
00:40:20,659 --> 00:40:24,337
It's hard to say that they're
not connected in some way.
917
00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:29,333
Based on the data
presented today,
918
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:33,671
this road looks to be quite old
indeed, and that is exciting.
919
00:40:33,764 --> 00:40:37,434
So, upon that, I think
we disperse back to our jobs
920
00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:40,520
and, uh, see what other data
we can bring to the table.
921
00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:42,346
And we got a whole Money Pit
to dig. Right, Billy?
922
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,857
- Mm-hmm.
- Let's go.
923
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:48,603
NARRATOR: Rick,
Marty, Craig and their team
924
00:40:48,687 --> 00:40:52,115
operate by a simple mantra:
sempre avanti.
925
00:40:52,274 --> 00:40:54,617
"Always forward."
926
00:40:54,776 --> 00:40:57,620
Even though valuable clues
may lie hidden
927
00:40:57,705 --> 00:41:00,531
where they are currently
not allowed to search,
928
00:41:00,624 --> 00:41:03,376
their will to keep scanning,
929
00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:07,538
digging and drilling
across the island
930
00:41:07,623 --> 00:41:11,384
suggests that the answers
to a 226-year-old mystery
931
00:41:11,543 --> 00:41:14,053
are still within their reach.
932
00:41:14,213 --> 00:41:18,382
And as they continue working
toward a potential discovery
933
00:41:18,467 --> 00:41:22,562
that has eluded determined
men and women since 1795,
934
00:41:22,721 --> 00:41:25,973
one thing is for sure.
935
00:41:26,058 --> 00:41:28,318
Nothing can break their will.
936
00:41:31,647 --> 00:41:34,565
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
937
00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:37,076
-(horn tooting) -ALEX: Look
at that! That's really something.
938
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:38,828
- (laughs) - That
excavator looks really big.
939
00:41:38,913 --> 00:41:41,664
RICK: If there is a ship there,
then I want to see the evidence.
940
00:41:41,823 --> 00:41:43,491
That piece of bell metal
might be associated
941
00:41:43,584 --> 00:41:45,660
- with Portuguese.
- CHRISTA: The tin--
942
00:41:45,744 --> 00:41:48,579
It's been used
in the production of cannons.
943
00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:51,424
Ooh! Look at that.
That is bloody cool, mate.
944
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:54,418
You would use a tool like this
for smoothing timbers.
945
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,003
To sync a shaft.
946
00:41:56,096 --> 00:41:58,256
Wow! Seems to me,
it's a shaft wall.
947
00:41:58,340 --> 00:42:00,007
I can't explain it.