1 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:05,754 We have winkled that signal out, mate. 2 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:07,089 Fingers crossed. 3 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:08,924 - JACK: Yes! - GARY: Look at that roundness. 4 00:00:09,083 --> 00:00:11,501 Zinc, lead, iron. 5 00:00:11,594 --> 00:00:13,670 - GARY: Gold, Jack. - No way. 6 00:00:13,755 --> 00:00:15,088 HELEN: There's a large piece of wood 7 00:00:15,173 --> 00:00:17,841 that lines up with the road. 8 00:00:17,925 --> 00:00:19,601 This is almost exactly what we were looking for. 9 00:00:19,761 --> 00:00:20,602 It's more than we expected. 10 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,345 ALEX: Okay, look at this. 11 00:00:22,430 --> 00:00:24,598 Bingo. This is Christmas. 12 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:25,774 That would apply to a chamber, wouldn't it? 13 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:26,933 It could apply to a chamber. 14 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,485 MARTY: Holy smokes. 15 00:00:31,105 --> 00:00:34,024 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,117 --> 00:00:36,702 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:36,786 --> 00:00:40,781 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:40,865 --> 00:00:43,625 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,544 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:50,132 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:54,711 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,796 --> 00:00:55,804 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:55,963 --> 00:00:58,640 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:01,718 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,803 --> 00:01:06,732 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:06,816 --> 00:01:09,026 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:16,909 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:22,657 --> 00:01:26,001 STEVE G.: All right, guys, the rigs moved off the last location. 29 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:27,828 Um, I think we're ready to pin D-1.5. 30 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,079 TERRY: Sounds good. 31 00:01:29,163 --> 00:01:30,839 - CHARLES: Yep. - I got a good feeling. 32 00:01:30,998 --> 00:01:34,009 NARRATOR: With the dawn of a new day on Oak Island, 33 00:01:34,168 --> 00:01:36,920 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 34 00:01:37,004 --> 00:01:38,839 and their team are more hopeful than ever 35 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:42,017 that it could be the one in which they discover 36 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:45,604 what people have sought for 226 years: 37 00:01:45,763 --> 00:01:49,099 a vast and potentially priceless treasure 38 00:01:49,183 --> 00:01:52,102 buried deep in the fabled Money Pit. 39 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:54,029 As we know, that's a very successful-- 40 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:55,689 We've been very successful in that area, at least. 41 00:01:55,773 --> 00:01:58,033 - Yeah. - So, based on the evidence 42 00:01:58,118 --> 00:01:59,609 and the data we've collected, I mean, 43 00:01:59,702 --> 00:02:00,944 this is gonna be a successful hole. 44 00:02:01,037 --> 00:02:03,122 - Every shot counts. - TERRY: Oh, yeah. 45 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:07,534 NARRATOR: Today, they are drilling Borehole D-1.5, 46 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:11,121 one of nearly 20 laid out across a strategic grid. 47 00:02:11,205 --> 00:02:14,800 It is within this zone that they have already discovered 48 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:18,720 possible wooden tunnels between 75 and 90 feet deep 49 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,558 that could date back as far as the 15th century, 50 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:26,395 as well as mysterious metal objects and water samples 51 00:02:26,554 --> 00:02:29,731 containing both silver and gold. 52 00:02:29,891 --> 00:02:33,819 MARTY: The drill program, to date, has been very exciting. 53 00:02:33,978 --> 00:02:37,147 We've found at least two separate pieces of iron 54 00:02:37,231 --> 00:02:39,065 had gold flakes on them. 55 00:02:39,150 --> 00:02:41,985 And the drill program brought up several pieces of wood 56 00:02:42,078 --> 00:02:44,830 that dated well before any searcher 57 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:47,157 could possibly have been around the Money Pit. 58 00:02:47,241 --> 00:02:49,501 Up till now it's been an information hunt this year. 59 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:51,661 Uh, now we're looking for treasure. 60 00:02:51,754 --> 00:02:54,089 Now, there's a whole batch of evidence 61 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,082 that's going in the right direction for us. 62 00:02:56,167 --> 00:02:58,835 - BRENNAN: That's great news. - Absolutely. 63 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:00,429 TERRY: So we've got to hope that this is the year. 64 00:03:00,588 --> 00:03:02,097 BRENNAN: This is the hole. 65 00:03:02,256 --> 00:03:03,640 This could be the hole. 66 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:07,677 CHARLES: We got a core coming. 67 00:03:07,762 --> 00:03:09,271 - Right here. - ALEX: Oh, yeah. 68 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:11,190 This could be an interesting one. 69 00:03:15,528 --> 00:03:16,778 What'd you get, Adam? 70 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:18,939 - ADAM: 84. - 84. 71 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,523 ALEX: We're kind of on a roll this year, 72 00:03:20,608 --> 00:03:21,691 more than any other year. 73 00:03:21,784 --> 00:03:23,702 We have a lot of different signs 74 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:27,289 pointing in the same direction for where do we put the caisson. 75 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:30,626 - Let's hope it's wood. - We have actual hard evidence, 76 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:33,787 artifacts that we brought up that says, 77 00:03:33,871 --> 00:03:36,623 "Yeah, we need to put a caisson down in this area." 78 00:03:36,707 --> 00:03:39,718 But we also know from long experience 79 00:03:39,802 --> 00:03:42,888 that we could miss it just by the smallest of margins. 80 00:03:42,972 --> 00:03:45,474 And if you miss by an inch, you miss by a mile down there. 81 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:46,967 How's it looking so far? 82 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,885 CRAIG: We're at 84, 83 00:03:48,978 --> 00:03:50,062 so we're right in the key areas, so... 84 00:03:50,146 --> 00:03:51,480 Well, it could be something good. 85 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:53,065 Yeah. 86 00:04:00,823 --> 00:04:02,732 - Well, we have wood. - ALEX: All right. 87 00:04:02,817 --> 00:04:03,817 - BRENNAN: Good sign. - STEVE G.: Yeah, that is a good sign. 88 00:04:03,901 --> 00:04:04,901 CHARLES: That is a good sign. 89 00:04:04,986 --> 00:04:06,820 Is that a fairly substantial... 90 00:04:06,904 --> 00:04:07,988 STEVE G.: It looks like it just grazed it. 91 00:04:08,072 --> 00:04:09,990 TERRY: Yeah, it doesn't look like 92 00:04:10,074 --> 00:04:11,408 - we hit it dead-on, does it? - No. 93 00:04:11,492 --> 00:04:13,410 I say we grazed whatever structure that is. 94 00:04:13,494 --> 00:04:15,003 - CRAIG: Just an edge of something? - Yeah. 95 00:04:15,162 --> 00:04:17,339 That starts to give good indications 96 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:21,084 of tunnel, potentially, and that's what we're looking for: 97 00:04:21,168 --> 00:04:24,179 a tunnel or a chamber right at about our sweet spot. 98 00:04:24,338 --> 00:04:27,340 NARRATOR: More evidence of a tunnel 99 00:04:27,425 --> 00:04:32,187 some 84 feet deep in Borehole D-1.5? 100 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:36,016 If so, could it be connected to the possible tunnel 101 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,351 encountered just two and a half feet away 102 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:43,115 at nearly the same depth one month ago in Borehole D-2? 103 00:04:43,274 --> 00:04:46,118 Which not only contained evidence of gold 104 00:04:46,202 --> 00:04:51,364 but was also carbon-dated to as early as 1488? 105 00:04:51,449 --> 00:04:54,701 What were the depths of the previous targets? 106 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:58,455 Th-the wood samples that were, uh, 1488 to 1650... 107 00:04:58,539 --> 00:05:01,207 - Yeah. Mm-hmm. - Which were within feet of this, 108 00:05:01,292 --> 00:05:03,793 they were down to 88 to 91. 109 00:05:03,886 --> 00:05:06,963 So this is shallow to anything we found 110 00:05:07,048 --> 00:05:08,965 in the immediate area, that I recall. 111 00:05:09,050 --> 00:05:11,134 - Yeah. - Now, it could be 112 00:05:11,218 --> 00:05:14,137 that this is part of the tunnel system and this 113 00:05:14,221 --> 00:05:15,889 is not collapsed here, where everything else 114 00:05:15,973 --> 00:05:17,557 - has been collapsed... - STEVE G.: Oh, yes. - Exactly. 115 00:05:17,641 --> 00:05:18,892 - That's an option. - So we're seeing it down at the bottom. 116 00:05:18,976 --> 00:05:21,061 Yep. 117 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,988 NARRATOR: Because of more than two centuries of digging 118 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:26,066 by previous searchers and devastating cave-ins 119 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:29,652 caused by one or more believed man-made flood tunnels, 120 00:05:29,746 --> 00:05:31,913 unfortunately, the Oak Island team 121 00:05:32,073 --> 00:05:35,325 can't be sure at this stage just what they are encountering 122 00:05:35,409 --> 00:05:38,745 while drilling within their current grid system. 123 00:05:38,829 --> 00:05:41,006 BRENNAN: Well, let's hope the next five feet 124 00:05:41,090 --> 00:05:43,750 - gives us more. - CRAIG: Yeah. 125 00:05:43,834 --> 00:05:46,595 Let's keep digging. See what else is there. 126 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:50,265 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation continues in the Money Pit area, 127 00:05:50,424 --> 00:05:54,094 later that afternoon... 128 00:05:54,178 --> 00:05:58,014 - JACK: Here's good. - STEVE G.: Yeah, this is where we want to be. 129 00:05:58,099 --> 00:06:00,433 Steve Guptill joins archaeologist Laird Niven, 130 00:06:00,518 --> 00:06:04,112 metal detection expert Gary Drayton, Jack Begley 131 00:06:04,271 --> 00:06:06,856 and Doug Crowell on Lot 4, 132 00:06:06,949 --> 00:06:10,110 located on the western side of the island. 133 00:06:10,194 --> 00:06:13,279 - Gentlemen. - So, what are the plans? 134 00:06:13,364 --> 00:06:15,791 Steve's got a map of, uh, the magnetometer hits. 135 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,283 Okay. 136 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:19,035 So, Doug and I put a possible 11 targets together. 137 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,787 LAIRD: Okay. 138 00:06:20,871 --> 00:06:22,214 So, for the hatch itself, 139 00:06:22,298 --> 00:06:25,208 there's four that we really want to key in on. 140 00:06:25,292 --> 00:06:28,211 The first map that, uh, we're gonna present 141 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:31,306 is the total field magnetic intensity. 142 00:06:31,465 --> 00:06:32,891 Then you can really focus in on 143 00:06:33,050 --> 00:06:34,810 what we like to call "anomalies." 144 00:06:34,969 --> 00:06:36,395 NARRATOR: One week ago, 145 00:06:36,554 --> 00:06:39,898 representatives from CSR GeoSurveys Limited 146 00:06:39,982 --> 00:06:42,734 conducted a magnetometer scan of this area 147 00:06:42,893 --> 00:06:46,154 and identified a number of buried iron objects. 148 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:48,231 This is a decent-size anomaly. 149 00:06:48,324 --> 00:06:50,325 I mean, it's right next to the road. 150 00:06:50,484 --> 00:06:53,069 That's near where the hatch 151 00:06:53,154 --> 00:06:55,580 from Zena's map could be. 152 00:06:55,665 --> 00:06:59,909 NARRATOR: Curiously, these targets lie in the same area on Lot 4 153 00:06:59,994 --> 00:07:02,921 where a possible tunnel entrance, or hatch, 154 00:07:03,005 --> 00:07:06,082 was labeled on a reported 14th century French map 155 00:07:06,167 --> 00:07:09,502 of Oak Island that the late researcher Zena Halpern believed 156 00:07:09,587 --> 00:07:12,338 to have been made by members of the Knights Templar. 157 00:07:12,423 --> 00:07:15,100 - Let's go, navigator. - Lead on. 158 00:07:15,259 --> 00:07:17,519 NARRATOR: Now the team is hoping Gary 159 00:07:17,678 --> 00:07:20,856 can uncover compelling clues that might help them obtain 160 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:23,191 a special permit to conduct a much deeper dig 161 00:07:23,350 --> 00:07:26,111 in search of the so-called hatch. 162 00:07:26,270 --> 00:07:28,021 All right, the center of this location-- 163 00:07:28,105 --> 00:07:30,949 This is a large anomaly-- is about another ten feet in here, 164 00:07:31,033 --> 00:07:32,192 but since this is open, we should start here. 165 00:07:32,276 --> 00:07:33,526 - What do you think? - GARY: Yeah. 166 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:36,029 I should be able to winkle my way around there. 167 00:07:36,113 --> 00:07:38,206 - I know it's overgrown, but... - LAIRD: You sure? 168 00:07:38,365 --> 00:07:39,708 Yeah. I can get in there, mate. 169 00:07:39,867 --> 00:07:40,876 No snipping of any trees. 170 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,118 - Okay. - STEVE G.: Okay. 171 00:07:42,211 --> 00:07:43,620 - I'll get out of your way. - Okay, mate. 172 00:07:43,704 --> 00:07:46,131 GARY: I want to know what the hatch is. 173 00:07:46,290 --> 00:07:48,717 Is it a back entrance to the Money Pit, 174 00:07:48,876 --> 00:07:51,294 or is it a possible vault 175 00:07:51,378 --> 00:07:53,138 full of treasure? 176 00:07:53,222 --> 00:07:56,049 But one thing for sure, if we can find the hatch location, 177 00:07:56,133 --> 00:08:01,396 it would validate Zena Halpern's research and the French map. 178 00:08:03,891 --> 00:08:05,808 (beeping) 179 00:08:05,893 --> 00:08:08,320 Yep, good signal. 180 00:08:08,479 --> 00:08:10,980 - JACK: Is it a hit? - That's a screamer. 181 00:08:11,065 --> 00:08:12,157 JACK: That does sound great. 182 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:16,069 Yep, just here, mate. 183 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,996 Don't know what that is. 184 00:08:27,665 --> 00:08:29,508 Good digging, mate. 185 00:08:30,834 --> 00:08:32,335 (beeping) 186 00:08:32,419 --> 00:08:34,003 You got it out. 187 00:08:34,088 --> 00:08:36,264 Come on. Fingers crossed. 188 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:40,852 It's in my hand, whatever it is. 189 00:08:41,011 --> 00:08:42,929 Ooh. 190 00:08:43,013 --> 00:08:45,106 - Interesting piece of metal. - JACK: What is that? 191 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:47,817 GARY: Wow. What could that be? 192 00:08:51,689 --> 00:08:52,864 NARRATOR: On Lot 4, 193 00:08:53,023 --> 00:08:54,357 located on the western side of Oak Island... 194 00:08:54,441 --> 00:08:58,620 I have no idea, but it's definitely interesting. 195 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,038 NARRATOR: Gary Drayton has made 196 00:09:00,122 --> 00:09:02,448 a potentially important discovery 197 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,784 while searching for evidence of a hatch 198 00:09:04,868 --> 00:09:06,953 or possible tunnel entrance. 199 00:09:07,037 --> 00:09:10,715 JACK: I was thinking an old coin at first 200 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,218 that was just cut weird, but, yeah. 201 00:09:13,377 --> 00:09:14,970 - It was awful deep. - Yeah, that was deep. 202 00:09:15,129 --> 00:09:16,796 Any idea for the type of metal? 203 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:18,715 Can you see the patina on it? 204 00:09:18,808 --> 00:09:19,882 - Or is that iron? - Let's see. 205 00:09:19,967 --> 00:09:21,301 (beeping) 206 00:09:21,385 --> 00:09:23,720 It sounds like a-a copper alloy, 207 00:09:23,804 --> 00:09:25,146 so this could be very interesting 208 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:26,731 when it's cleaned up. 209 00:09:26,816 --> 00:09:28,808 There might be some kind of decoration on there. 210 00:09:28,892 --> 00:09:31,311 I have no idea what it is, but we should call Laird over. 211 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:33,563 Maybe Laird's seen something like this before. 212 00:09:33,647 --> 00:09:34,823 Hey, Laird, mate. 213 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:35,907 - LAIRD: Yeah. - Can you come over here 214 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:37,317 and check this target out, please? 215 00:09:37,401 --> 00:09:38,660 Sure thing. 216 00:09:40,321 --> 00:09:41,821 LAIRD: What do you have? 217 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:44,833 - Uh, we got a-a deep target here, mate. - Okay. 218 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:46,585 I mean, you can see how deep we had to dig for that. 219 00:09:46,669 --> 00:09:48,086 It's not iron. 220 00:09:48,170 --> 00:09:51,923 It's some type of copper alloy, but unusual shape. 221 00:09:52,082 --> 00:09:55,335 Maybe it's got some kind of decoration on it. 222 00:09:55,419 --> 00:09:58,838 This is a very interesting artifact. 223 00:09:58,922 --> 00:10:00,015 I don't know what it is. 224 00:10:01,342 --> 00:10:03,259 It's potentially copper. 225 00:10:03,344 --> 00:10:06,271 And this looks like it's got a design on it. 226 00:10:06,430 --> 00:10:11,017 This is the type of find, uh, that tells a lot, 227 00:10:11,101 --> 00:10:14,270 that someone else was out in this same area 228 00:10:14,355 --> 00:10:17,198 possibly looking for the hatch. 229 00:10:17,358 --> 00:10:20,360 - Well, it's too thin for a pot, like a cooking pot. - Yeah. 230 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:22,871 LAIRD: It definitely curves up. 231 00:10:24,948 --> 00:10:28,126 - But definitely an interesting piece of metal. - Mm-hmm. 232 00:10:28,210 --> 00:10:29,952 It could tell a story still when it's cleaned up. 233 00:10:30,037 --> 00:10:31,454 It could. 234 00:10:31,538 --> 00:10:33,706 GARY: All right, mate, let's tag it and bag it. 235 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:36,301 Fingers crossed that's old. 236 00:10:36,385 --> 00:10:39,462 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 237 00:10:39,555 --> 00:10:40,889 TERRY: Fresh core on the table? 238 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:43,132 CHARLES: Fresh core on the table. 239 00:10:43,225 --> 00:10:46,311 As the drilling operation continues in the Money Pit... 240 00:10:46,395 --> 00:10:47,979 - ALEX: Hey, everybody. - MIRIAM: Hi. 241 00:10:48,138 --> 00:10:49,397 - LAIRD: Hey, Alex. - You've been busy. 242 00:10:49,556 --> 00:10:51,399 Alex Lagina arrives 243 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,476 at the southeastern corner of the Oak Island swamp 244 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:56,738 to check in with archaeologists Laird Niven, 245 00:10:56,897 --> 00:10:59,908 Helen Sheldon, Miriam Amirault 246 00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:02,902 and Liz Michels as they continue investigating 247 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:07,323 the possibly 16th century stone road or ship's wharf. 248 00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:09,417 We've done a lot of work. That's for sure. 249 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:12,078 - It looks like a ton of work, honestly. - Yeah. 250 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:15,164 And you've found some scraps of pottery but not here? 251 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:17,092 - Not here yet. - Mm-hmm. 252 00:11:18,094 --> 00:11:19,335 LIZ: What you got? 253 00:11:19,428 --> 00:11:21,930 LAIRD: I have a piece of pottery, 254 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:23,932 but I think it's really delicate. 255 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:26,259 - Okay. - This is definitely Mi'kmaq. 256 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:28,594 NARRATOR: Three weeks ago, while searching 257 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,180 near the recently unearthed stone pathway, 258 00:11:31,265 --> 00:11:33,433 just adjacent to the believed stone wharf, 259 00:11:33,517 --> 00:11:37,186 Laird discovered pieces of indigenous Mi'kmaq pottery 260 00:11:37,271 --> 00:11:38,947 that he believes could be anywhere 261 00:11:39,106 --> 00:11:42,358 between 500 and 2,500 years old. 262 00:11:42,443 --> 00:11:45,036 Although how and when 263 00:11:45,121 --> 00:11:48,206 these artifacts came to Oak Island is unknown, 264 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:51,376 their discovery resulted in the provincial Department 265 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:53,369 of Community, Culture and Heritage 266 00:11:53,454 --> 00:11:55,621 imposing new regulations 267 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,957 on how the team is allowed to proceed 268 00:11:58,050 --> 00:12:00,543 in their efforts to solve the Oak Island mystery. 269 00:12:00,627 --> 00:12:02,554 So, this is for drilling. 270 00:12:02,638 --> 00:12:04,639 We have free range inside of the green. 271 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:08,134 Any activity inside the green, we're allowed to pursue. 272 00:12:08,218 --> 00:12:10,395 I see. And the red? 273 00:12:10,554 --> 00:12:12,305 STEVE G.: Anything that falls outside of the green, 274 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,733 we need special permission to be inside of the red. 275 00:12:14,892 --> 00:12:19,154 NARRATOR: While the new regulations do not apply to the Money Pit area, 276 00:12:19,313 --> 00:12:22,064 they do require the team to seek special permission 277 00:12:22,158 --> 00:12:24,492 to conduct any archaeological work 278 00:12:24,651 --> 00:12:28,571 or large digging operations across the rest of the island. 279 00:12:28,655 --> 00:12:32,250 But even more concerning is that they strictly prohibit 280 00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:34,836 further investigation of the recently unearthed 281 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,422 stone pathway, which the team believes 282 00:12:37,506 --> 00:12:40,258 may not only be connected to the stone wharf, 283 00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:43,503 but is also heading directly toward the Money Pit. 284 00:12:43,587 --> 00:12:46,255 Today, although they must stay away 285 00:12:46,348 --> 00:12:48,174 from the restricted "buffer zone," 286 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,435 Laird and the team have obtained permission 287 00:12:50,594 --> 00:12:53,188 to search for clues on the far-west section 288 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:56,107 of the stone road, or wharf, to try and confirm 289 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:59,268 its possible date of construction. 290 00:12:59,361 --> 00:13:00,520 ALEX: What have you found out? 291 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:01,946 What can you tell me? 292 00:13:02,105 --> 00:13:04,273 So, this unit, we put in to try and see 293 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:05,617 what was happening with the stone road, 294 00:13:05,701 --> 00:13:07,443 because it seemed to disappear here. 295 00:13:07,536 --> 00:13:09,278 So, then, just before lunch, 296 00:13:09,363 --> 00:13:11,280 we came down on a fairly level layer of stone, 297 00:13:11,373 --> 00:13:13,032 - as you can see... - Mm-hmm. 298 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:15,293 And there's a large piece of wood on the edge... 299 00:13:15,377 --> 00:13:17,119 - ALEX: Oh, yeah, right there. - That lines up 300 00:13:17,204 --> 00:13:18,955 with the edge of the road 301 00:13:19,039 --> 00:13:21,123 - going towards the north. - Wow. 302 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:23,384 - This is almost exactly what we were looking for. - LAIRD: Yeah. 303 00:13:23,544 --> 00:13:26,546 ALEX: Is it not? I mean, a large piece of wood can be both carbon-dated 304 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,307 and dendrochronology, and it's part of the structure. 305 00:13:29,466 --> 00:13:30,466 - LAIRD: Yes. - HELEN: Definitely. 306 00:13:30,551 --> 00:13:31,893 LAIRD: It's actually 307 00:13:31,977 --> 00:13:33,302 almost more than we expected. 308 00:13:33,395 --> 00:13:35,638 - HELEN: It is more than we expected. - Yeah. 309 00:13:35,731 --> 00:13:38,057 MIRIAM: All along that we've been working on the stone road, 310 00:13:38,141 --> 00:13:40,235 the real question was, where is it going? 311 00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:45,156 And it definitely continues out towards the beach. 312 00:13:45,315 --> 00:13:47,408 And I think that's important, um, 313 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:50,078 in terms of kind of just understanding its purpose. 314 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:52,580 Anything on the other side, or...? 315 00:13:52,739 --> 00:13:55,741 - Uh, we've only gone this far. - Okay. 316 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:57,243 If you look at our-our permit application, 317 00:13:57,327 --> 00:13:59,170 that's what we're looking for. 318 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:02,257 - Right. - You know, artifacts or samples that we can date, so... 319 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:04,083 ALEX: We kind of have to take it, 320 00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:05,677 find out what it is, and just cross our fingers 321 00:14:05,761 --> 00:14:07,178 that it's not gonna shut us down. 322 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:09,422 Yeah, pretty much. 323 00:14:09,506 --> 00:14:11,591 MARTY: The archaeologists have been a big part of our search 324 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:14,936 these last few years, and they're finding a lot, 325 00:14:15,095 --> 00:14:16,679 but the elephant in the swamp 326 00:14:16,763 --> 00:14:19,599 is, if we find First Nations stuff, 327 00:14:19,683 --> 00:14:21,442 what are the rules gonna be? 328 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:23,436 And until we figure out a path forward 329 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:27,607 with this archaeological work, um, it's a little hazy 330 00:14:27,691 --> 00:14:30,443 as to how much more gets done on this island. 331 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,787 LAIRD: So, we did a trench in the center, 332 00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:35,698 and we got a nice large root under the stone road... 333 00:14:35,782 --> 00:14:38,126 - Mm-hmm. - So that's gone off for C-14. 334 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:40,453 - Mm-hmm. - That's gonna be the priority, I think. 335 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,538 Right. You know, this is kind of the biggest thing 336 00:14:42,631 --> 00:14:44,465 from last year that we found. 337 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:47,385 - Yes. - And I really hope that that comes back... 338 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:50,379 - Yeah. - Dating to kind of our zone of interest, 339 00:14:50,472 --> 00:14:54,058 - which is anything pre-1795. - Fingers crossed. 340 00:14:54,217 --> 00:14:55,635 - HELEN: Yeah. - Well, I'll leave you to it. 341 00:14:55,719 --> 00:14:57,228 - LAIRD: All right. Thanks, Alex. - Thanks again. 342 00:14:57,313 --> 00:14:59,472 - HELEN: Thanks, Alex. - LAIRD: Okay, see you later. 343 00:14:59,556 --> 00:15:02,233 NARRATOR: While the investigation continues in the swamp... 344 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:04,644 TEDFORD: Oh, yeah. 345 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,738 ALEX: All right, guys, that's gonna be the one. 346 00:15:06,822 --> 00:15:09,407 Alex Lagina returns to the Money Pit 347 00:15:09,566 --> 00:15:12,076 to join Craig Tester and members of the team 348 00:15:12,235 --> 00:15:14,487 as they continue the core-drilling operation 349 00:15:14,571 --> 00:15:16,247 in Borehole D-1.5. 350 00:15:17,491 --> 00:15:18,658 TERRY: All right. 351 00:15:18,742 --> 00:15:20,585 So this could be it, gentlemen. 352 00:15:20,744 --> 00:15:23,421 - What you got, Adam? - ADAM: 88.5. 353 00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:25,924 - 88.5. - Thank you. 354 00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:29,594 TERRY: Open her up, gentlemen. 355 00:15:29,678 --> 00:15:31,763 This is Christmas. 356 00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:33,765 I don't want to be holding off. Open up the presents. 357 00:15:33,924 --> 00:15:36,768 CRAIG: D-1.5 i-is very close to D-2, 358 00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:40,179 and D-2 is our go-to well at this point in time. 359 00:15:40,263 --> 00:15:43,015 You know, to me, this is a big-can area. 360 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:44,850 I mean, what is down there? 361 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,103 We don't know, you know? Is there coins there? 362 00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:49,188 Is there gold nuggets or whatever? 363 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:52,692 So, if we can-can bring up exactly what's there 364 00:15:52,776 --> 00:15:56,371 and aid us in putting the big can down, uh, it'll be great. 365 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:58,122 Yeah, we got wood at the bottom again. 366 00:15:58,207 --> 00:15:59,448 - Yep. - And here. 367 00:15:59,541 --> 00:16:01,459 STEVE G.: I'm no pro, 368 00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:03,378 but I'd say we're scraping down the side of something. 369 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:08,290 Interestingly, we have wood close to the bottom again. 370 00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:10,626 It scrapes along the side of something. 371 00:16:10,711 --> 00:16:13,629 Yeah, wh-what you said, Steve, you've got to start thinking, 372 00:16:13,714 --> 00:16:16,382 maybe you're, uh, close to a vertical structure 373 00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:19,301 and you're bumping down along the side of it. 374 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:21,053 - BRENNAN: A lot of chips. - STEVE G. Yeah. 375 00:16:21,138 --> 00:16:23,305 TERRY: A lot of chips, yeah. 376 00:16:23,390 --> 00:16:24,640 - That's almost round, isn't it? - STEVE G.: Yeah. 377 00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:28,653 - BRENNAN: Could be just a knot or... - CRAIG: A round piece? 378 00:16:28,812 --> 00:16:30,947 It-it has the appearance of being round. 379 00:16:33,650 --> 00:16:35,243 ALEX: Yeah, I think it's ax-cut. 380 00:16:37,904 --> 00:16:40,415 So, out of the core, we find a wood chip. 381 00:16:40,574 --> 00:16:43,659 And this wood chip has kind of angled edges to it, 382 00:16:43,744 --> 00:16:44,660 which indicates ax-cut. 383 00:16:44,745 --> 00:16:46,504 An ax-cut, 384 00:16:46,588 --> 00:16:50,091 to me, indicates the greater potential that it's very old. 385 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:51,426 CRAIG: It's pretty amazing. 386 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,586 Yeah, that's very interesting. 387 00:16:53,670 --> 00:16:56,088 Any hit of wood below in situ material, 388 00:16:56,173 --> 00:16:57,423 that generally says chamber 389 00:16:57,507 --> 00:16:58,674 - or tunnel to me. - Yeah. 390 00:16:58,759 --> 00:17:00,676 It's possibly veered over into a chamber 391 00:17:00,769 --> 00:17:03,021 with stacked timbers on the perimeter. 392 00:17:03,180 --> 00:17:04,847 Oh, wow. 393 00:17:04,931 --> 00:17:06,482 - ALEX: We should call my dad. - CHARLES: Yeah. 394 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:12,447 - ALEX: Here they are. - NARRATOR: After being alerted 395 00:17:12,606 --> 00:17:16,617 to a potentially important discovery in Borehole D-1.5... 396 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:20,446 What in the hell is going on here? 397 00:17:20,530 --> 00:17:21,614 - (laughter) - Hey, Marty. 398 00:17:21,698 --> 00:17:23,699 Rick and Marty Lagina arrive 399 00:17:23,784 --> 00:17:25,534 at the Money Pit for a more in-depth report. 400 00:17:25,619 --> 00:17:27,712 - Here we go. - What happened? 401 00:17:27,796 --> 00:17:30,289 - We hit some interesting things. - Yes? 402 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:33,459 We went into some wood at about 83 feet below grade. 403 00:17:33,543 --> 00:17:35,470 We might have found a dowel. 404 00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:37,630 At the bottom of, uh, our interesting intersection 405 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:39,724 at 92 to 93 feet, 406 00:17:39,883 --> 00:17:43,394 we hit a beam about six inches', I'd say, thickness. 407 00:17:43,479 --> 00:17:46,689 But we hit about ten feet intersection of materials. 408 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,650 ALEX: The till above was pretty dense. 409 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:51,736 It wasn't loose. And then suddenly 410 00:17:51,820 --> 00:17:53,738 we hit wood, then this stuff, and then 411 00:17:53,822 --> 00:17:56,649 we hit wood and we're out of it and it's dense again. 412 00:17:56,733 --> 00:17:58,234 What if the ten-foot sort of thing means 413 00:17:58,327 --> 00:18:00,244 it's coming up to a great big chamber? 414 00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:02,663 That could be your offset chamber. 415 00:18:02,823 --> 00:18:04,415 That's your offset chamber. 416 00:18:04,574 --> 00:18:05,416 ALEX: That's what we were thinking, too. 417 00:18:07,669 --> 00:18:09,745 MARTY: My leading theory about the Money Pit 418 00:18:09,838 --> 00:18:13,749 is that there's an offset chamber. 419 00:18:13,834 --> 00:18:16,260 If the Money Pit was designed to go down 420 00:18:16,419 --> 00:18:18,504 and distract somebody from a chamber 421 00:18:18,588 --> 00:18:20,431 that was actually tunneled off to one side, 422 00:18:20,590 --> 00:18:22,767 which is what this is kind of suggesting, 423 00:18:22,851 --> 00:18:27,429 then what you have is the perfect hiding spot because, 424 00:18:27,514 --> 00:18:29,524 in the thinking of 100 or 200 years ago, 425 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:31,684 no one else could possibly ever find that. 426 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,269 There would be no way. 427 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:34,520 There'd be no surface disturbance, 428 00:18:34,604 --> 00:18:36,280 there would be, there would be nothing. 429 00:18:36,365 --> 00:18:41,035 Well, there's this rectangle where we hit wood. 430 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,286 TERRY: It's about 18 by... 431 00:18:42,445 --> 00:18:44,789 by 12 feet. 432 00:18:44,948 --> 00:18:46,782 That would apply to a chamber, too, wouldn't it? 433 00:18:46,867 --> 00:18:50,452 - It could apply to a chamber. - Yeah. 434 00:18:50,546 --> 00:18:52,788 Here is a piece of wood that, uh, Charles found. 435 00:18:52,881 --> 00:18:55,216 And it looks like it might be rounded. 436 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:56,884 Like it's the outer edge, 437 00:18:57,043 --> 00:19:00,471 which would give us a good date of when the tree was cut down. 438 00:19:00,556 --> 00:19:04,884 Perhaps if this dates to be old, maybe the-the original workings 439 00:19:04,968 --> 00:19:07,395 were constructed with dowels 440 00:19:07,554 --> 00:19:09,388 - instead of, like, spikes to put stuff together. - MARTY: Oh, yeah. 441 00:19:09,472 --> 00:19:10,398 - You know? - MARTY: Yeah. 442 00:19:10,557 --> 00:19:12,725 So that could be part of a dowel. 443 00:19:12,809 --> 00:19:14,810 If this wood tests, 444 00:19:14,903 --> 00:19:19,407 you know, to that same 1488, whatever, 445 00:19:19,566 --> 00:19:22,493 - to 1650... - That was at 90.5 feet, 446 00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:25,246 - so we're right in that area. - Right there, right? 447 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:25,997 - CRAIG: Yeah. - The sweet spot. 448 00:19:27,490 --> 00:19:29,750 - Maybe you're coming up on something. - Yes. 449 00:19:29,910 --> 00:19:32,587 RICK: Okay, the next step, I think what we need to do 450 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:35,748 is we'll take this to 150, 150-ish. 451 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:37,917 Unless you find confirmation of something on this hole, 452 00:19:38,001 --> 00:19:40,586 we'll probably do another in this area. 453 00:19:40,670 --> 00:19:42,254 MARTY: All right, we have a plan. 454 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:43,472 TERRY: Hear, hear. 455 00:19:48,103 --> 00:19:52,598 NARRATOR: As the archaeological work on the possible stone wharf 456 00:19:52,682 --> 00:19:54,433 in the swamp continues... 457 00:19:54,517 --> 00:19:56,769 JACK: I love this rainy weather. 458 00:19:56,862 --> 00:20:00,356 Jack Begley and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 459 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,775 have returned to Lot 4. 460 00:20:02,859 --> 00:20:05,694 They are hoping to find evidence of the so-called hatch, 461 00:20:05,787 --> 00:20:07,947 or possible tunnel entrance. 462 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,866 Okay, mate. That's another section of the transect. 463 00:20:10,951 --> 00:20:13,619 So, we'll just continue this one through, mate. 464 00:20:13,703 --> 00:20:15,296 - JACK: Mm-hmm. - (beeping) 465 00:20:17,791 --> 00:20:20,885 GARY: That's a heck of a good start to this section. 466 00:20:20,969 --> 00:20:24,305 I'm getting iron grunts, but you never know, mate. 467 00:20:24,464 --> 00:20:26,557 That's gonna be tough digging. It's right on top of the stump. 468 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:33,564 Pit bull on a T-bone whenever I get a signal, mate, 469 00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,566 - aren't you? - No, that was a lot easier 470 00:20:35,651 --> 00:20:36,734 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. 473 00:20:42,399 --> 00:20:44,492 (beeping) 474 00:20:44,651 --> 00:20:45,826 GARY: A little scratchy signal. 475 00:20:45,986 --> 00:20:47,828 - My guess is iron. - (beeping) 476 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. 478 00:20:53,493 --> 00:20:56,161 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.