1 00:00:01,835 --> 00:00:03,076 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island 2 00:00:03,161 --> 00:00:04,586 Oh! 3 00:00:04,746 --> 00:00:06,496 Could be more pieces of a ship. 4 00:00:06,581 --> 00:00:08,331 Holy smokes. What do you make of that, Rick? 5 00:00:08,425 --> 00:00:10,175 The swamp is yielding things. 6 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:12,252 - (beeping) - Wow, that sounds fantastic. 7 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:13,429 What the bloody hell is this? 8 00:00:13,588 --> 00:00:15,264 CARMEN: It's a typical strap 9 00:00:15,423 --> 00:00:16,506 - for a heavy chest. - Really? 10 00:00:16,599 --> 00:00:18,759 - That's a nice surprise. - (chuckles) 11 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:21,094 I have always thought the way to figure out the Money Pit 12 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:22,596 was finding Shaft Six. 13 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,514 TERRY: Okay! Look at that. 14 00:00:24,599 --> 00:00:26,692 If it's Shaft Six, how far are we from the Money Pit? 15 00:00:26,851 --> 00:00:27,943 18 feet. 16 00:00:31,522 --> 00:00:34,524 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,617 --> 00:00:37,110 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:41,114 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:41,199 --> 00:00:44,117 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:46,045 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:50,299 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:55,045 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:55,129 --> 00:00:56,296 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,380 --> 00:00:59,132 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:01,968 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:02,053 --> 00:01:03,812 And according to legend, 27 00:01:03,971 --> 00:01:07,224 one more will have to die 28 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:10,569 before the treasure can be found. 29 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:17,076 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:19,737 --> 00:01:22,489 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:26,418 It is the beginning of another potentially historic day 32 00:01:26,577 --> 00:01:30,330 on Oak Island as brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 33 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:31,840 and their team 34 00:01:31,999 --> 00:01:33,667 continue their quest to locate 35 00:01:33,751 --> 00:01:36,086 the fabled Money Pit treasure vault, 36 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:39,515 a treasure vault that people have been trying to recover 37 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:41,600 since 1795. 38 00:01:41,684 --> 00:01:44,269 TERRY: Today could be the day, Charles. 39 00:01:44,354 --> 00:01:46,438 - A day that could literally rewrite history. - Yeah. 40 00:01:46,597 --> 00:01:47,681 NARRATOR: Today, 41 00:01:47,765 --> 00:01:48,849 under the supervision 42 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,859 of geologist Terry Matheson 43 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:53,937 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 44 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:57,107 the team have begun drilling a new borehole 45 00:01:57,191 --> 00:01:59,952 known as DE-1.5. 46 00:02:00,036 --> 00:02:02,279 TERRY: DE-1.5. 47 00:02:02,372 --> 00:02:04,114 We're looking to intersect perhaps 48 00:02:04,207 --> 00:02:07,367 - a tunnel from the C-1 cluster. - Yep. 49 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:09,953 NARRATOR: Located within their strategic grid 50 00:02:10,037 --> 00:02:12,706 and just 11 feet from the C-1 shaft, 51 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:15,959 DE-1.5 falls within the area 52 00:02:16,043 --> 00:02:18,720 that has been dubbed the C-1 cluster, 53 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,807 where the team has already recovered metal fragments 54 00:02:21,966 --> 00:02:24,643 that contain significant traces of gold, 55 00:02:24,802 --> 00:02:28,638 water samples that not only tested positive for gold 56 00:02:28,723 --> 00:02:29,565 but also silver, 57 00:02:29,724 --> 00:02:31,975 and evidence of wooden tunnels 58 00:02:32,068 --> 00:02:34,570 between 75 and 90 feet deep 59 00:02:34,729 --> 00:02:38,157 that date back to as early as the late 15th century. 60 00:02:38,241 --> 00:02:41,902 MARTY: If this wood really was placed underground in the 1400s, 61 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:44,746 then it has something to do with the original deposition. 62 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:48,325 Terry, we basically have no information, 63 00:02:48,409 --> 00:02:50,252 no historical record of anything up in that area. 64 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:51,828 - No. - Nothing. 65 00:02:51,921 --> 00:02:54,423 TERRY: This man-made tunnel 66 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:56,508 could be put there by the people who left the treasure. 67 00:02:56,593 --> 00:02:58,919 Yep. We're sure to hit it. 68 00:02:59,003 --> 00:03:01,755 - This is it. Yeah. - If it's there. Yeah. 69 00:03:01,839 --> 00:03:06,009 MARTY: Plus, we found gold deep in the Money Pit area. 70 00:03:06,093 --> 00:03:11,014 So, to me, that's the most potentially significant thing. 71 00:03:11,107 --> 00:03:13,016 It makes you redouble your efforts 72 00:03:13,109 --> 00:03:14,776 to keep looking for this treasure. 73 00:03:16,946 --> 00:03:18,864 TERRY: Normally, we're hitting these tunnels in and around 74 00:03:19,023 --> 00:03:20,866 90 feet below grade, 75 00:03:21,025 --> 00:03:24,527 so we still got to chew up some ground between us 76 00:03:24,612 --> 00:03:26,622 - and where we think the tunnel might pass. - Yeah. 77 00:03:26,781 --> 00:03:28,040 So I think this bodes well 78 00:03:28,124 --> 00:03:29,783 - for this hole. - Yeah. 79 00:03:31,035 --> 00:03:34,287 NARRATOR: Once the team completes their core-drilling program 80 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:36,206 one month from now, 81 00:03:36,299 --> 00:03:39,885 they intend to dig up to four ten-foot-wide steel-cased shafts 82 00:03:40,044 --> 00:03:42,387 to recover the source of the silver and gold 83 00:03:42,546 --> 00:03:43,797 they have detected 84 00:03:43,881 --> 00:03:47,392 and hopefully solve the Oak Island mystery. 85 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:49,302 CHARLES: We got a core. 86 00:03:49,387 --> 00:03:50,637 - What you got, Adam? - 69. 87 00:03:50,721 --> 00:03:51,805 69. 88 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:55,234 Pushed a rock for the first three feet, Terry. 89 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:56,735 Okay, thanks. 90 00:03:58,488 --> 00:04:00,364 Okay, well, let's see what we got. 91 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:03,408 What does it look like, Charles? Anything? 92 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:06,078 - Any broken beams? - No. 93 00:04:07,905 --> 00:04:09,331 So, that's interesting right there, Charles. 94 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,660 And we've got a few splinters. 95 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:15,170 Quite a few splinters. 96 00:04:15,329 --> 00:04:17,172 And maybe a chunk of a beam. 97 00:04:17,331 --> 00:04:21,593 And that is exactly at 69 feet. 98 00:04:21,752 --> 00:04:24,179 And he must've pushed into the side 99 00:04:24,338 --> 00:04:25,588 of some man-made structure, 100 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:27,182 whether it be a shaft or a tunnel. 101 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:28,267 Yeah. 102 00:04:28,351 --> 00:04:30,269 When we were looking at the core, 103 00:04:30,353 --> 00:04:32,854 there's a section at 69 feet down 104 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,264 where we're finding splinters of wood, 105 00:04:34,357 --> 00:04:35,524 and that's pretty exciting. 106 00:04:35,683 --> 00:04:38,443 So we could be just on the edge of something-- 107 00:04:38,602 --> 00:04:39,695 Tunnel, 108 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:41,855 offset chamber, a shaft. 109 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,031 Who knows? 110 00:04:44,108 --> 00:04:45,367 83. 111 00:04:45,451 --> 00:04:47,360 - 83. - 79 to 83 112 00:04:47,453 --> 00:04:49,705 - on DE-1.5. - Yeah. 113 00:04:52,366 --> 00:04:53,875 Let's see what we got here. 114 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,461 ♪ ♪ 115 00:05:04,211 --> 00:05:06,388 - Whoa, Terry. - 79 to 83. 116 00:05:06,547 --> 00:05:08,715 And right at the bottom, at 83, 117 00:05:08,808 --> 00:05:13,136 that's an interesting looking chunk of timber there, Charles. 118 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:14,813 That looks like stacked timber. 119 00:05:14,897 --> 00:05:16,806 All right. Well, that's what we're looking for. 120 00:05:16,891 --> 00:05:18,233 So, the major question, 121 00:05:18,392 --> 00:05:19,309 if that's stacked timbers, 122 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:21,895 that's a good indication you're into... 123 00:05:21,979 --> 00:05:22,979 a structure. 124 00:05:23,064 --> 00:05:24,647 What is that structure? 125 00:05:24,732 --> 00:05:25,899 We're not sure. 126 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:27,484 We hope it aligns with a shaft 127 00:05:27,577 --> 00:05:28,910 or a tunnel from a previous hole. 128 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:30,412 That's all we can do. 129 00:05:33,491 --> 00:05:34,750 CHARLES: Here's Rick now. 130 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:35,909 - Hey, Rick. - Good morning. - Hi, Rick. How you doing? 131 00:05:35,993 --> 00:05:36,835 Good. How are you guys? 132 00:05:36,919 --> 00:05:38,003 - CHARLES: Good. - Not too bad. 133 00:05:38,087 --> 00:05:39,755 Got something to show you. 134 00:05:39,914 --> 00:05:41,256 - RICK: Okay. - TERRY: DE-1.5. 135 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,924 - RICK: Yeah. - Down 69 feet, 136 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,334 there were some chips and chunks. 137 00:05:44,427 --> 00:05:48,338 Then, at 83 feet, we hit this. 138 00:05:48,422 --> 00:05:50,924 Looks like possibly two planks on top of one another 139 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,675 or maybe a split beam. 140 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,260 It does appear stacked. 141 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:56,188 We were waiting to open this when you got here. 142 00:05:56,272 --> 00:05:57,430 - Okay. Let's do it. - Let's just have a look at it. 143 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:58,857 - Okay. - Okay, there we go. 144 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,284 So, quite a bit of wood there. 145 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:11,286 We seem to be clipping or chipping 146 00:06:11,445 --> 00:06:12,612 along the side of something. 147 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:15,624 We could be sliding down 148 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:18,785 along the side of a shaft with buckled beams. 149 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:20,787 Obviously, there, we've intersected something. 150 00:06:20,871 --> 00:06:23,965 But we've got it for almost 20 feet now. 151 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:26,134 It's less likely that it's a tunnel. 152 00:06:26,293 --> 00:06:28,887 More likely that we're skipping down along the side of a shaft. 153 00:06:29,964 --> 00:06:31,131 RICK: When you encounter 154 00:06:31,215 --> 00:06:35,060 wood at a distinct horizon, 155 00:06:35,144 --> 00:06:38,471 you can infer that it is a shaft or a tunnel, 156 00:06:38,564 --> 00:06:39,722 and that's exciting. 157 00:06:39,807 --> 00:06:42,392 The problem with it is, we don't know 158 00:06:42,476 --> 00:06:44,144 are we in the middle? Are we at the end? 159 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,821 Are we at the beginning? 160 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:47,155 Which way does it go? 161 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,242 Those are questions that remain to be answered. 162 00:06:50,401 --> 00:06:53,153 What we need to keep in our minds right now 163 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:56,748 is that there's only so many drill days left. 164 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,333 - That's right. - And... 165 00:06:58,492 --> 00:07:00,669 at some point, we have to switch from... 166 00:07:00,828 --> 00:07:04,998 discovery and exploration to confirming 167 00:07:05,082 --> 00:07:07,750 four possible locations for large cans. 168 00:07:07,835 --> 00:07:09,010 - Right. - And I think 169 00:07:09,170 --> 00:07:10,595 we need to meet and discuss 170 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,347 - where to drill next. - CHARLES: Okay. 171 00:07:12,506 --> 00:07:13,765 I wouldn't want to jump around. 172 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:15,183 - Yeah. - Right. 173 00:07:15,342 --> 00:07:16,676 RICK: Pressure's on, 174 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,262 because we've got big gear coming in. 175 00:07:19,346 --> 00:07:20,847 I don't want to guess. None of us want to guess. 176 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,858 It's not just me. None of us. 177 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:24,601 The whole fellowship, the whole team, 178 00:07:24,694 --> 00:07:28,363 we want a very targeted approach. 179 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,699 All we're really looking for at this point 180 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:33,785 is areas of significant interest that would say to us, 181 00:07:33,944 --> 00:07:36,037 "This is a candidate for a caisson." 182 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:39,040 Every hole now becomes more and more important. 183 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:40,542 - Yeah. - Like I said, at this point, 184 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:44,463 it has to kind of shift from exploration to confirmation. 185 00:07:44,622 --> 00:07:45,455 Yeah. 186 00:07:45,548 --> 00:07:47,215 RICK: Okay. Keep looking. 187 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,050 - CHARLES: Will do. Yeah. - Thank you, guys. 188 00:07:50,211 --> 00:07:52,545 NARRATOR: Later that morning... 189 00:07:52,630 --> 00:07:54,881 CHARLES: Well, Jack, back in the swamp again. 190 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:56,391 - Right? - Yeah. 191 00:07:56,550 --> 00:07:58,968 Charles Barkhouse has arrived 192 00:07:59,053 --> 00:08:01,387 at the southern edge of the triangle-shaped swamp 193 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:04,307 to continue searching for important clues 194 00:08:04,391 --> 00:08:05,892 with Jack Begley 195 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:08,111 and Billy Gerhardt. 196 00:08:09,396 --> 00:08:10,813 You know, Marty's all about 197 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:12,407 putting Xs through things, right? 198 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,151 Cross a thing off so that you can move on to something else. 199 00:08:15,244 --> 00:08:17,070 But, you know, we've never been able to put an "X" 200 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:17,913 through the swamp. 201 00:08:18,072 --> 00:08:20,156 Certainly found the railing, 202 00:08:20,249 --> 00:08:22,083 which is suspected of being part of a ship. 203 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,836 Who knows what else we might find hidden in here? 204 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:26,463 CHARLES: Yeah. 205 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:28,831 Get the water moving. 206 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:30,592 NARRATOR: One week ago, Rick, 207 00:08:30,751 --> 00:08:31,918 Marty and the team 208 00:08:32,002 --> 00:08:34,346 began excavating this area of the swamp, 209 00:08:34,430 --> 00:08:38,091 which is now believed to have once been open to the ocean 210 00:08:38,175 --> 00:08:40,185 and is also just west 211 00:08:40,269 --> 00:08:43,522 of the potentially 500-year-old stone ship's wharf 212 00:08:43,681 --> 00:08:46,516 that the team first uncovered one year ago. 213 00:08:47,017 --> 00:08:49,352 Does that look flat? 214 00:08:49,436 --> 00:08:51,363 - RICK: I guess it does. - Yeah, it does, doesn't it? 215 00:08:51,447 --> 00:08:54,282 NARRATOR: They quickly began recovering large pieces 216 00:08:54,441 --> 00:08:56,276 of hand-hewn wooden boards... 217 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,695 This is the same log. 218 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,697 Which were more than compelling, 219 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:02,123 considering the other discoveries 220 00:09:02,283 --> 00:09:03,959 the team has made in this area 221 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:05,961 over the last several years. 222 00:09:06,954 --> 00:09:11,207 These finds include a possible section of deck planking, 223 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:13,218 a piece of believed ship's railing 224 00:09:13,377 --> 00:09:17,547 that was carbon-dated to as early as 660 AD, 225 00:09:17,631 --> 00:09:20,967 and a massive 200-foot-long anomaly 226 00:09:21,051 --> 00:09:24,312 detected in 2018 by seismic scanning. 227 00:09:29,476 --> 00:09:31,227 That looks kind of interesting. 228 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:32,821 - What do you see? - Well, right there. 229 00:09:33,906 --> 00:09:36,533 - Right on top. - Good eye, Charles. 230 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:39,828 Is that a plank? 231 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:41,746 It looks like a plank. 232 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:43,156 JACK: Ooh! 233 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,491 That's a nice cut plank. 234 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:47,502 If you look at it, Jack, 235 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:49,254 like, the edges are rounded, but, you know, 236 00:09:49,338 --> 00:09:50,589 it could be just from age. 237 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:52,591 JACK: Is that the right width for a plank? 238 00:09:52,675 --> 00:09:53,758 CHARLES: Yeah. 239 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:56,502 It could be more, more pieces of a ship. 240 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:59,839 Yeah. That's definitely where we found that piece of railing. 241 00:09:59,932 --> 00:10:01,099 - Right? - Yeah. 242 00:10:01,183 --> 00:10:02,767 Who knows what this could date to. 243 00:10:02,926 --> 00:10:04,594 CHARLES: Yeah. But we're definitely gonna save it, 244 00:10:04,678 --> 00:10:07,096 and we'll hopefully find something else. 245 00:10:07,181 --> 00:10:09,599 Yeah. You know, you have a rail, you have planks. 246 00:10:09,692 --> 00:10:11,192 CHARLES: That's right. 247 00:10:11,352 --> 00:10:12,277 It's becoming a little bit more 248 00:10:12,436 --> 00:10:14,354 than just coincidence now, it seems. 249 00:10:14,438 --> 00:10:15,905 - JACK: Exactly. - CHARLES: Yeah. 250 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:21,944 You got something? 251 00:10:22,029 --> 00:10:23,121 No. (grunts) 252 00:10:23,205 --> 00:10:25,365 It's really quiet. 253 00:10:25,449 --> 00:10:27,784 NARRATOR: While the investigation along the southern border 254 00:10:27,868 --> 00:10:29,711 of the swamp continues... 255 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:31,963 STEVE G.: So, we're just finishing off the C-1 cluster 256 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,207 drill program, and we need to move on. 257 00:10:34,291 --> 00:10:36,217 In the research center, 258 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:39,962 Rick Lagina is meeting with surveyor Steve Guptill, 259 00:10:40,047 --> 00:10:41,714 Oak Island historian Doug Crowell 260 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:44,059 and project manager Scott Barlow 261 00:10:44,218 --> 00:10:47,637 regarding their drilling operation in the Money Pit area. 262 00:10:47,721 --> 00:10:49,731 The C-1 cluster-- 263 00:10:49,890 --> 00:10:50,982 We were really successful, 264 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:53,810 but I think we've done as much as we can do 265 00:10:53,894 --> 00:10:55,153 and we need to move somewhere else. 266 00:10:55,237 --> 00:10:56,562 So, you had an area 267 00:10:56,647 --> 00:10:59,157 that you really liked, Rick, down here to the west. 268 00:10:59,241 --> 00:11:01,326 - RICK: Yeah. - S-So, I think we're gonna focus on that, 269 00:11:01,485 --> 00:11:03,411 if, uh... if that's what you'd still like to do. 270 00:11:03,570 --> 00:11:06,331 I do. I've always thought 271 00:11:06,490 --> 00:11:08,583 the way to figure out the Money Pit was 272 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:12,328 finding Shaft Six and the tunnel from Six. 273 00:11:12,413 --> 00:11:15,840 NARRATOR: In the summer of 1861, 274 00:11:15,999 --> 00:11:18,167 members of the Oak Island Association 275 00:11:18,252 --> 00:11:20,011 drilled into what they believed to be 276 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:22,672 two stacked wooden treasure chests 277 00:11:22,756 --> 00:11:26,843 at a depth of approximately 100 feet in the original Money Pit. 278 00:11:26,927 --> 00:11:29,187 In an effort to retrieve them, 279 00:11:29,271 --> 00:11:31,773 while avoiding the legendary flood tunnels, 280 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:35,768 the team dug an adjacent shaft 18 feet to the west 281 00:11:35,853 --> 00:11:37,937 known as Shaft Six 282 00:11:38,021 --> 00:11:41,691 to a depth of 118 feet. 283 00:11:41,775 --> 00:11:43,860 As they tunneled their way toward what they hoped 284 00:11:43,944 --> 00:11:46,362 would be the ultimate discovery, 285 00:11:46,447 --> 00:11:49,374 seawater suddenly burst through the soil, 286 00:11:49,458 --> 00:11:51,033 flooding the tunnel, 287 00:11:51,118 --> 00:11:54,295 which resulted in a catastrophic collapse of the wood cribbing 288 00:11:54,455 --> 00:11:55,955 in the Money Pit. 289 00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:59,300 The disaster not only ended their efforts 290 00:11:59,460 --> 00:12:02,545 but is believed to have left the contents of the two chests 291 00:12:02,629 --> 00:12:05,724 scattered across a flooded debris field. 292 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:08,393 RICK: I have always believed that the way to find the Money Pit 293 00:12:08,477 --> 00:12:10,228 is to find Shaft Six 294 00:12:10,312 --> 00:12:12,221 and the tunnel associated with it 295 00:12:12,306 --> 00:12:14,816 because of the collapse story. 296 00:12:14,975 --> 00:12:16,809 There has to be a tunnel there, 297 00:12:16,902 --> 00:12:19,979 and 18 feet away from that would be the Money Pit. 298 00:12:20,063 --> 00:12:23,232 So, to that, you know, we-we're gonna set them up 299 00:12:23,317 --> 00:12:24,817 on G-2 as of now. 300 00:12:24,902 --> 00:12:26,911 And the math works that if this is Shaft Six, 301 00:12:26,996 --> 00:12:29,071 C-I could potentially be the Money Pit. 302 00:12:29,156 --> 00:12:31,824 RICK: Two things are achievable goals down there. 303 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:35,170 One is, can we find the orientation of the shaft? 304 00:12:35,329 --> 00:12:38,506 And, two, can we discern where our tunnel may come off of it? 305 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,342 NARRATOR: If the team can successfully locate the tunnel 306 00:12:41,502 --> 00:12:44,179 connected to Shaft Six, 307 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:46,848 they might not only find what is showing trace evidence 308 00:12:47,007 --> 00:12:48,341 of silver and gold 309 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:51,603 in the various boreholes across the Money Pit area 310 00:12:51,762 --> 00:12:54,680 but also whatever else may lie buried 311 00:12:54,765 --> 00:12:57,734 in the original treasure shaft itself. 312 00:12:58,861 --> 00:13:01,780 So, if C-1 is the original Money Pit, 313 00:13:01,864 --> 00:13:05,033 the math works that this is-- I've calculated 17 feet away 314 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:06,534 but historical records say 18. 315 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:08,110 - Am I right, Doug? - 18 feet. - 18 feet. 316 00:13:08,195 --> 00:13:09,454 Right. But what we need to ascertain 317 00:13:09,538 --> 00:13:10,622 - is the orientation. - That's right. 318 00:13:10,781 --> 00:13:11,790 Yes. 319 00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:14,375 So let's let the drill program proceed. 320 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:18,120 Let's see what G-2 tells us and then move from there. 321 00:13:18,205 --> 00:13:18,955 Fair enough? 322 00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:20,799 - Sounds good. - All righty. 323 00:13:20,958 --> 00:13:22,291 RICK: Thanks, guys. Thanks for all the work. 324 00:13:22,376 --> 00:13:23,134 DOUG: See you later. 325 00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:26,796 NARRATOR: The following morning... 326 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,715 - This is it, mate. - Okay. 327 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,552 Metal detection expert Gary Drayton, 328 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,312 along with treasure hunter Michael John, 329 00:13:34,396 --> 00:13:36,389 arrive on Lot 22, 330 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:38,650 located near Lot 4, 331 00:13:38,734 --> 00:13:41,236 on the western side of the island. 332 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,396 This is one of my favorite lots. 333 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:45,490 - Lot 22. - Why? 334 00:13:45,574 --> 00:13:48,576 All this area here is on Zena's map. 335 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:51,237 There's, like, a hatch mentioned 336 00:13:51,321 --> 00:13:52,997 - in this old French map. - Okay. 337 00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:56,242 So, we've got loads of flags here, 338 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:59,161 and I'm ready to recover a bit of Oak Island history. 339 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:00,496 - I'm ready, too. - All right, mate. 340 00:14:00,589 --> 00:14:02,340 - Let's get stuck in. - Let's go. 341 00:14:02,499 --> 00:14:04,667 Right in through here. I'll lead the way. 342 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,261 NARRATOR: Three weeks ago, 343 00:14:06,420 --> 00:14:08,096 the Oak Island team conducted 344 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:10,014 two different geophysical surveys 345 00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:11,424 across the island, 346 00:14:11,508 --> 00:14:13,759 looking for potential underground structures 347 00:14:13,844 --> 00:14:15,436 and large metal objects. 348 00:14:15,596 --> 00:14:18,606 It was their hope to obtain data 349 00:14:18,765 --> 00:14:21,693 that might corroborate a reported 14th century map 350 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:24,520 of Oak Island believed to have been created 351 00:14:24,605 --> 00:14:26,439 by members of the Knights Templar 352 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,358 that the late author and researcher Zena Halpern 353 00:14:29,443 --> 00:14:31,369 gave them five years ago. 354 00:14:31,528 --> 00:14:34,447 Back by the main road on the western side, 355 00:14:34,531 --> 00:14:37,292 just up there on Lot 4. 356 00:14:37,451 --> 00:14:40,128 NARRATOR: Incredibly, the preliminary survey data 357 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,955 revealed a large underground metal anomaly 358 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,124 near this area on Lot 4, 359 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:48,386 which corresponded with a feature on Zena's map 360 00:14:48,545 --> 00:14:51,389 labeled as "the Hole under the Hatch." 361 00:14:51,473 --> 00:14:53,057 Let's see what we got here, mate. 362 00:14:53,142 --> 00:14:55,310 NARRATOR: Over the past two weeks, 363 00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:58,897 in order to help Rick, Marty and Craig obtain a permit 364 00:14:59,056 --> 00:15:02,150 to conduct large-scale excavations in this area, 365 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:05,403 Gary has been searching for evidence of human activity 366 00:15:05,487 --> 00:15:07,989 predating the discovery of the Money Pit. 367 00:15:08,148 --> 00:15:12,485 So far, he has found an 18th century gold-plated button, 368 00:15:12,569 --> 00:15:15,580 a possible 17th century cutting and shaping tool 369 00:15:15,664 --> 00:15:17,832 known as an adze, 370 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,325 and a metal fragment 371 00:15:19,409 --> 00:15:22,078 of a potentially ancient Portuguese cannon. 372 00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:24,246 MARTY: I always ask this question. 373 00:15:24,331 --> 00:15:25,998 With these other islands-- 374 00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:27,833 And there are a bunch of 'em in Mahone Bay-- 375 00:15:27,918 --> 00:15:30,836 If they were searched as-as intensively as we're searching, 376 00:15:30,921 --> 00:15:33,097 would you find these things? And the answer is always no. 377 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:35,433 No, there's something unique about this island. 378 00:15:36,593 --> 00:15:38,770 (beeping) 379 00:15:38,854 --> 00:15:41,439 - Good two-way repeatable signal. - Yeah. 380 00:15:41,523 --> 00:15:44,108 - Just there, mate. - Right there? Okay. 381 00:15:50,532 --> 00:15:52,274 All right. Let's see 382 00:15:52,359 --> 00:15:53,534 - what we're dealing with. - Yeah. 383 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:55,203 - (beeping) - Great. 384 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:57,530 Still in the hole. Love that. 385 00:15:57,614 --> 00:15:59,791 (beeping) 386 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:02,535 It's in my hand. 387 00:16:02,619 --> 00:16:04,295 - Hmm. - (beeping) 388 00:16:08,959 --> 00:16:10,718 Ooh. 389 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,303 Big chunk of lead. 390 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:16,975 I always love it when we recover a piece of lead like this. 391 00:16:17,059 --> 00:16:19,310 Because until it's cleaned up, we don't know, mate, 392 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:22,730 whether this is a decorated piece of lead 393 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:27,902 or it's just left over from making something made of lead 394 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:29,145 - in a mold. - Yeah. 395 00:16:29,229 --> 00:16:30,396 Match it up to other pieces 396 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:31,823 of medieval lead 397 00:16:31,907 --> 00:16:33,733 - that we've recovered on the island, mate. - Yeah. 398 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,660 And tell us who 399 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:37,578 - was here. - Yeah. 400 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:38,579 Can I take a look? 401 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:40,331 Yeah, sure, mate. 402 00:16:40,490 --> 00:16:44,577 NARRATOR: A lead artifact found on Lot 22 403 00:16:44,661 --> 00:16:47,255 and near the so-called hatch anomaly on Lot 4? 404 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:50,591 Could it have been merely dropped by a 19th century farmer 405 00:16:50,751 --> 00:16:53,011 who lived on the island? 406 00:16:53,170 --> 00:16:55,421 Or could it be another critical clue, 407 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:57,840 like the lead fragment Gary found three years ago 408 00:16:57,924 --> 00:17:00,009 on Lot 21? 409 00:17:00,093 --> 00:17:04,513 Or the lead cross that he found four years ago at Smith's Cove? 410 00:17:04,598 --> 00:17:07,099 Both of which were scientifically proven 411 00:17:07,184 --> 00:17:09,861 to date back to the 14th century 412 00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:12,605 and from European regions once inhabited 413 00:17:12,689 --> 00:17:15,116 by the Knights Templar. 414 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,526 - The mystery continues, eh? - Yep. 415 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:19,612 It does, mate. Uh, one artifact 416 00:17:19,696 --> 00:17:21,197 - at a time. - That's right. 417 00:17:21,281 --> 00:17:26,044 So, I'm gonna put it in a bag and move on to the next flag. 418 00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:27,870 RICK: I think there's high hopes, 419 00:17:27,954 --> 00:17:31,707 for me, that some of these artifacts will 420 00:17:31,792 --> 00:17:34,719 enhance our ability to further decipher Zena's map. 421 00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:36,888 - On to the next. The next flag's over there, mate. - Yep. 422 00:17:36,972 --> 00:17:40,800 RICK: We may find some very specific locations that we can apply 423 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,718 some sort of dig 424 00:17:42,803 --> 00:17:45,146 or some sort of drill program that may assist us 425 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:49,067 in figuring out if the things that were delineated on the map 426 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:50,234 are really real. 427 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:51,736 That's the hope. 428 00:17:53,146 --> 00:17:55,198 See what this baby sounds like. 429 00:17:57,242 --> 00:17:59,318 (beeping) 430 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:01,913 I'm just going for the good-sounding targets. 431 00:18:01,997 --> 00:18:02,988 - Just there, mate. - Okay. Right there? 432 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,040 - All right. - Yeah. 433 00:18:10,172 --> 00:18:12,423 That's it. Now we'll be able to get it. 434 00:18:16,753 --> 00:18:18,754 (beeping) 435 00:18:18,839 --> 00:18:20,264 - Wow, it sounds fantastic now. - Yeah. 436 00:18:21,424 --> 00:18:23,101 (beeping) 437 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,262 Getting rapid vibration. 438 00:18:26,346 --> 00:18:27,855 There it is. 439 00:18:28,014 --> 00:18:30,942 Ooh. That could be interesting. 440 00:18:34,771 --> 00:18:36,114 Looks like there was nails in it. 441 00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:37,439 - MICHAEL J.: Sure is metal. - Yeah. 442 00:18:37,524 --> 00:18:40,284 NARRATOR: While searching for clues on lot 22, 443 00:18:40,443 --> 00:18:44,196 near Lot 4 on the western side of Oak Island, 444 00:18:44,281 --> 00:18:46,782 Gary Drayton and Michael John 445 00:18:46,867 --> 00:18:49,952 have just made a potentially important discovery. 446 00:18:50,045 --> 00:18:52,380 GARY: Looks like it was a strap. 447 00:18:52,539 --> 00:18:55,124 Uh, part of a cart wheel. 448 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:57,960 - MICHAEL J.: Yeah. - And that's what it reminds me of. 449 00:18:58,044 --> 00:18:59,628 - We found a strap... - Mm. 450 00:18:59,721 --> 00:19:01,222 And we took it to Carmen Legge 451 00:19:01,381 --> 00:19:03,215 and he said it was a strap 452 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:04,967 - that went around... - Okay. 453 00:19:05,051 --> 00:19:07,970 - On a wheel of a cart. - Yeah. 454 00:19:08,054 --> 00:19:10,472 NARRATOR: A metal strap? 455 00:19:10,557 --> 00:19:12,975 Could Gary be correct that he has found part 456 00:19:13,059 --> 00:19:15,570 of a large cart or wagon wheel? 457 00:19:15,729 --> 00:19:19,157 One similar to the iron strap that he found two months ago 458 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,660 on Lot 17 along a potentially ancient pathway 459 00:19:22,819 --> 00:19:25,163 between the swamp and the Money Pit? 460 00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:29,750 If so, could it be evidence of cargo being transported 461 00:19:29,910 --> 00:19:33,337 to this area on the western side of the island long ago? 462 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:35,506 All right. Let's put it in the bag 463 00:19:35,591 --> 00:19:38,009 - and-and mark this area. - There we go. 464 00:19:38,168 --> 00:19:40,428 NARRATOR: And perhaps also connected 465 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:42,838 to the mysterious hatch or possible tunnel feature 466 00:19:42,923 --> 00:19:46,258 labeled on Zena Halpern's map? 467 00:19:46,343 --> 00:19:49,103 I find this artifact fascinating. 468 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,689 You can tell by the weight in your hand that you're 469 00:19:51,848 --> 00:19:55,818 holding a really old piece of history. 470 00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:58,771 I'm gonna recheck the hole first. 471 00:19:58,855 --> 00:20:02,274 - Okay. - See if it was masking a nice little surprise. 472 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,035 (faint beeping) 473 00:20:04,194 --> 00:20:05,203 Nope. 474 00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:07,947 MARTY: The metal strap that Gary found, 475 00:20:08,031 --> 00:20:08,948 it could be significant. 476 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,541 And it was found 477 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:12,368 adjacent to Lot 4. 478 00:20:12,452 --> 00:20:15,120 So we need to look closely on Lot 4. 479 00:20:15,205 --> 00:20:17,957 And we also have to explore, probably with Carmen Legge, 480 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,959 what this thing is. 481 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,469 All right, mate. 482 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,304 - There's that one done. - All right. 483 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:26,224 - Next target's over here, mate. - Yeah. 484 00:20:26,383 --> 00:20:29,227 - Finding interesting stuff. - Yeah. 485 00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:33,981 NARRATOR: While Gary and Michael John continue searching on Lot 22... 486 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,483 (thunder rumbling) 487 00:20:35,642 --> 00:20:37,318 later that afternoon 488 00:20:37,477 --> 00:20:39,987 in the Money Pit area... 489 00:20:40,146 --> 00:20:41,480 TERRY: Here we go. 490 00:20:41,564 --> 00:20:43,649 New hole, new promise. 491 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:46,410 If it's Shaft Six, how far are we from the Money Pit? 492 00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:48,570 - 18 feet. - Thank you. 493 00:20:48,655 --> 00:20:52,074 Charles Barkhouse and geologist Terry Matheson 494 00:20:52,158 --> 00:20:54,743 are overseeing the core-drilling operation 495 00:20:54,828 --> 00:20:56,504 of the team's latest borehole 496 00:20:56,663 --> 00:20:58,831 on their strategic grid. 497 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:01,342 Labeled G-2, 498 00:21:01,501 --> 00:21:03,002 it is Rick Lagina's hope 499 00:21:03,086 --> 00:21:05,179 that it will produce evidence of a tunnel 500 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:07,673 nearly 120 feet deep 501 00:21:07,757 --> 00:21:10,268 connected to the 19th century searcher shaft 502 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,936 known as Shaft Six. 503 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:15,514 One which is believed to possibly contain 504 00:21:15,598 --> 00:21:17,108 a debris field of treasure 505 00:21:17,192 --> 00:21:19,268 that resulted from a collapse of the Money Pit 506 00:21:19,352 --> 00:21:21,112 in 1861. 507 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:27,609 CHARLES: We got a core coming. 508 00:21:27,694 --> 00:21:28,953 Oh, yeah. 509 00:21:32,866 --> 00:21:34,458 CHARLES: What you got, Adam? 510 00:21:34,617 --> 00:21:36,035 75. 511 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:37,786 - Wood. - What do you got? 512 00:21:37,871 --> 00:21:39,538 - You got wood. - We got wood. 513 00:21:39,622 --> 00:21:41,632 We are in blue-gray till as well. 514 00:21:41,791 --> 00:21:44,302 So we're kind of in situ. That's important. 515 00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:49,965 - Okay. Well, we were in blue-gray till. - Oh. 516 00:21:50,050 --> 00:21:52,384 And what do we got? Hmm, smell that. 517 00:21:52,477 --> 00:21:54,219 That smells... 518 00:21:54,304 --> 00:21:55,730 We got a lot here, too. 519 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:58,640 Yeah, we've got some stacked timbers there, it looks like. 520 00:21:58,725 --> 00:22:04,155 NARRATOR: Wood found at a depth of just 75 feet in Borehole G-2? 521 00:22:04,314 --> 00:22:06,815 Could it be connected to Shaft Six? 522 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:11,070 Or is it a completely different man-made structure? 523 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:15,491 So, that's really quite an important development. 524 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:18,586 So that says to me probably the shaft. 525 00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:20,079 Yeah. 526 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,748 We're probably in the shaft that we're looking for. 527 00:22:22,832 --> 00:22:24,583 I would say. 528 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:27,094 I'm gonna want to take, uh, samples of this. 529 00:22:27,253 --> 00:22:28,679 TERRY: Yeah, absolutely. 530 00:22:28,838 --> 00:22:31,090 NARRATOR: Could Terry be correct 531 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,684 that the wood he and the team have just found 532 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:37,429 might actually be evidence of Shaft Six itself? 533 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:41,850 If so, it means that they could be within just 18 feet 534 00:22:41,935 --> 00:22:44,278 of the original Money Pit. 535 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,854 Look at this, Charles. 536 00:22:45,947 --> 00:22:50,025 I'm seeing vertical pitsaw-type of marks. 537 00:22:50,118 --> 00:22:51,952 Definitely not circular saw. 538 00:22:52,112 --> 00:22:53,278 This is relatively old. 539 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:54,372 CHARLES: Yeah. 540 00:22:59,869 --> 00:23:01,712 Okay. 541 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:02,880 Thank you. 542 00:23:03,039 --> 00:23:05,716 - ADAM: 79. - 79. Got it, Adam. Thank you. 543 00:23:05,875 --> 00:23:07,635 Okay. 544 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:09,220 Things are looking up for this hole. 545 00:23:09,379 --> 00:23:10,388 Yeah. 546 00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:17,561 We got more wood, Terry. 547 00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:19,146 TERRY: Oh, that's cool. 548 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:20,556 Would you say stacked timbers? 549 00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:21,982 - Definitely stacked. - Looks... 550 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:25,152 Oh, yeah, that's stacked timbers for sure. Look at that. 551 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:27,071 Stacked and split apart. 552 00:23:28,565 --> 00:23:31,817 Terry, I'm gonna text Rick and just let him know 553 00:23:31,901 --> 00:23:33,068 that we're hitting wood at these two levels. 554 00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:34,578 - Yeah. - Just give him a heads-up. 555 00:23:36,072 --> 00:23:37,581 Here we go. 556 00:23:39,159 --> 00:23:40,584 What's the good word, Adam? 557 00:23:40,743 --> 00:23:42,253 89. 558 00:23:42,337 --> 00:23:44,079 TERRY: Okay. Thank you. 559 00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:47,091 Let's operate on this bad boy. 560 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:50,052 (grunts) 561 00:23:52,589 --> 00:23:55,340 - CHARLES: Oh, yeah. (chuckling) - Look at that. 562 00:23:55,425 --> 00:23:56,842 That is 563 00:23:56,926 --> 00:23:59,186 - a good old-fashioned shaft right there. - Absolutely. 564 00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:00,688 Totally agree. 565 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:02,273 TERRY: 84 to 89, 566 00:24:02,432 --> 00:24:04,683 we got five foot of stacked timbers. 567 00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:07,445 So, if this is Shaft Six, 568 00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:08,854 we're gonna be able to place this 569 00:24:08,938 --> 00:24:11,532 - fairly well. - That's right. 570 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:13,701 We're starting to see some wood. 571 00:24:13,860 --> 00:24:16,778 That can tell us that we're actually in the right spot. 572 00:24:16,863 --> 00:24:19,364 So, if this is the shaft, 573 00:24:19,449 --> 00:24:21,450 then, from that, we'll look for the tunnel. 574 00:24:21,534 --> 00:24:24,369 We can determine the orientation of that tunnel. 575 00:24:24,454 --> 00:24:26,872 Bingo. We've nailed where the Money Pit is. 576 00:24:26,956 --> 00:24:29,717 And we can finally put an "X" on the ground. 577 00:24:29,801 --> 00:24:31,552 CHARLES: Hey, Rick. 578 00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:32,711 - TERRY: Hi, Rick. - Hi. 579 00:24:32,795 --> 00:24:34,463 We've got some wood. 580 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:36,223 But how much? Are you in a wall? 581 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,966 We've got a substantial intersection. 582 00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:39,477 - Are you in a wall? - Yes. 583 00:24:39,636 --> 00:24:42,054 Oh, definitely we're in a wall. Right here. 584 00:24:42,138 --> 00:24:43,564 Oh, yeah. 585 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:45,566 Started about ten feet above that. 586 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,392 Yeah. 587 00:24:47,477 --> 00:24:50,070 I was very interested in the results at G-2. 588 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:52,731 Because my hope is that 589 00:24:52,815 --> 00:24:55,993 it will encounter the tunnel from Shaft Six. 590 00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:57,402 It's my white whale. 591 00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:00,072 It's something I've pursued since the beginning. 592 00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:03,992 My hope is that this location will yield some answer. 593 00:25:04,077 --> 00:25:05,586 No metal? 594 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:07,004 I haven't run the pinpointer over it. 595 00:25:07,088 --> 00:25:09,164 We have it opened up. We wanted you to see if first. 596 00:25:09,257 --> 00:25:11,842 No, do it. It confirms that wall. 597 00:25:11,927 --> 00:25:13,752 But where is it, you know? 598 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,346 Yeah, exactly. 599 00:25:15,505 --> 00:25:17,681 - It's got to be a shaft wall. - Oh, yeah. 600 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,174 - We're over ten feet so far. - Has to be. 601 00:25:19,267 --> 00:25:21,685 With this and the hits we've hit 602 00:25:21,844 --> 00:25:24,104 previously, we hopefully will be able 603 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:26,440 to get some kind of orientation. 604 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,192 And we have a chunk of wood up here 605 00:25:28,351 --> 00:25:31,362 that shows beautiful, uh, parallel saw marks. 606 00:25:31,446 --> 00:25:32,446 - Oh, really? - Yeah. 607 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:33,689 That's what I was looking for. 608 00:25:33,773 --> 00:25:35,357 - Yep. For sure. - Great. 609 00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:37,192 - Okay. - So we're pretty happy. 610 00:25:37,277 --> 00:25:38,443 Go, Charles. 611 00:25:38,528 --> 00:25:39,870 Very happy. 612 00:25:43,283 --> 00:25:44,700 (beeping) 613 00:25:44,784 --> 00:25:46,126 That's good. 614 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:47,711 Should be right there. 615 00:25:47,870 --> 00:25:48,712 CHARLES: Whatever it is, it's right in here. 616 00:25:53,134 --> 00:25:55,678 RICK: Is it here? 617 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:58,547 There it is right there. 618 00:25:58,631 --> 00:26:00,716 Right there. 619 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,894 CHARLES: What's in that thing? 620 00:26:07,724 --> 00:26:09,233 Looks like a nail, doesn't it? 621 00:26:09,392 --> 00:26:11,068 NARRATOR: While drilling in an effort to locate a 19th century 622 00:26:11,227 --> 00:26:13,979 searcher shaft that may not only be connected 623 00:26:14,063 --> 00:26:16,824 to the original Money Pit but also might contain 624 00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:17,733 something of great value... 625 00:26:17,817 --> 00:26:20,652 Oh, look at that. 626 00:26:20,737 --> 00:26:23,330 - Square head on it. - It is a square nail, yeah. 627 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:25,332 Rick Lagina and members of the team 628 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:29,328 have just recovered a potentially important clue. 629 00:26:30,580 --> 00:26:34,425 You know what? I'd like to bring it down to the XRF right now. 630 00:26:34,509 --> 00:26:36,668 Okay. Let me... let me bag it and tag it. 631 00:26:36,753 --> 00:26:38,345 Okay? But I'll save that. 632 00:26:38,504 --> 00:26:40,005 I want to save that there. 633 00:26:40,089 --> 00:26:42,349 Okay. 634 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,426 It could intersect the tunnel 635 00:26:44,510 --> 00:26:46,345 from Shaft Six and the debris field. 636 00:26:46,429 --> 00:26:48,430 Could be. 637 00:26:48,523 --> 00:26:50,608 - Cross our fingers. - Could be. 638 00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:53,611 RICK: I'm very excited about the find of the nail 639 00:26:53,695 --> 00:26:57,022 in the stacked wood feature that has come out of the borehole. 640 00:26:57,106 --> 00:26:59,283 It's a testable artifact. 641 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:01,368 The hope is that it will say something 642 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,037 about the time of the shaft construct. 643 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:04,788 It's another way to determine 644 00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:07,207 whether or not it is indeed Shaft Six. 645 00:27:07,367 --> 00:27:09,451 - Here you go. - Okay. 646 00:27:09,535 --> 00:27:11,295 I will run down. I will XRF it. 647 00:27:11,454 --> 00:27:13,455 - I will be back to tell you. - Great. 648 00:27:13,539 --> 00:27:14,882 - Super. Thanks a lot. - That's cool. Thanks. 649 00:27:15,041 --> 00:27:16,875 Thanks for all the hard work. 650 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,469 - CHARLES: My pleasure. - TERRY: We do what we can. 651 00:27:20,046 --> 00:27:21,639 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation continues 652 00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:23,807 in Borehole G-2... 653 00:27:23,966 --> 00:27:25,976 - DOUG: Hey, Rick. - RICK: Hey, Doug. 654 00:27:26,135 --> 00:27:28,220 I've just come from the Money Pit. 655 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:31,148 Rick Lagina heads to the archaeology trailer 656 00:27:31,307 --> 00:27:33,484 to scan the square-shaped nail using 657 00:27:33,643 --> 00:27:36,645 the team's X-ray fluorescence machine. 658 00:27:36,729 --> 00:27:38,155 This is from G-2. 659 00:27:38,239 --> 00:27:39,398 - Okay. - Started it. 660 00:27:39,482 --> 00:27:41,900 The hope was to define a wall of the shaft. 661 00:27:41,984 --> 00:27:44,078 Well, it turns out we're actually in a shaft. 662 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:47,239 Charles was metal-detecting... 663 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:49,500 and curiously... 664 00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:51,669 this came out. 665 00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:54,162 DOUG: An old nail. 666 00:27:54,247 --> 00:27:57,174 RICK: My first thought was to bring it down and put it in the XRF. 667 00:27:57,333 --> 00:27:59,760 But, specifically, what I was hoping is, 668 00:27:59,919 --> 00:28:02,262 look for manganese and see 669 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,848 if that timeline, pre- or post-1840, 670 00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:07,101 - fits with our suspicion... - Yes! 671 00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:08,760 That it's Shaft Six. 672 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:10,595 If it's pre-1840, 673 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,682 it doesn't really fit into our understanding 674 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:15,934 of the construct of the Shaft Six. 675 00:28:16,018 --> 00:28:17,695 Well, it should certainly suggest if it is 676 00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:19,354 pre- or post-1840. 677 00:28:19,439 --> 00:28:21,365 Let's find out. 678 00:28:21,524 --> 00:28:22,858 So, if we pop this little window out here, 679 00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:25,026 we can see how our alignment looks. 680 00:28:25,111 --> 00:28:26,370 Looks like we're getting all of the nail right there, 681 00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:28,038 so let's try that. 682 00:28:28,197 --> 00:28:30,449 Yep. 683 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,034 NARRATOR: By emitting nondestructive radiation, 684 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,037 the XRF machine will identify the minerals 685 00:28:36,122 --> 00:28:39,049 and metals that the nail is composed of. 686 00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,802 We'll call it a bent nail. 687 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,388 NARRATOR: If manganese, which was commonly used to forge 688 00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:47,132 iron and steel during the mid-19th century, 689 00:28:47,216 --> 00:28:49,801 is found to be present, it would offer evidence 690 00:28:49,886 --> 00:28:51,895 that the team has indeed found 691 00:28:52,054 --> 00:28:54,055 Shaft Six. 692 00:28:54,140 --> 00:28:55,399 DOUG: All right, here we go. 693 00:28:57,059 --> 00:28:59,153 There. 694 00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:01,313 Didn't take too long for it to finish. 695 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,482 No, it didn't. 696 00:29:03,566 --> 00:29:05,993 - Ten seconds. - So, 96.6% iron. 697 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:08,746 It's got 3.36 manganese. 698 00:29:08,905 --> 00:29:09,988 Wow. 699 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,657 That would be after 1840 700 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,501 by those numbers. 701 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:16,503 RICK: It's quite amazing. 702 00:29:16,662 --> 00:29:18,255 DOUG: Oh, absolutely. 703 00:29:18,339 --> 00:29:20,257 So it does indicate 704 00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:21,500 - searcher work. - Yep. 705 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,093 Which it should. 706 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:25,846 Yeah. If it's Shaft Six. 707 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:28,098 If it's Shaft Six. 708 00:29:28,183 --> 00:29:30,175 Laird, are you in? 709 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,436 LAIRD: Yes. 710 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,521 You want to render an opinion on an old nail? 711 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:35,939 Just come take a look. 712 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,568 I can try. 713 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:43,271 DOUG: Have a look at this. 714 00:29:43,356 --> 00:29:45,106 LAIRD: I think it's hand-forged. 715 00:29:45,191 --> 00:29:47,785 You can't really tell from the head. 716 00:29:47,944 --> 00:29:50,612 It's been in the ground for a long time. 717 00:29:50,696 --> 00:29:51,872 I wonder if it was something 718 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:54,208 that was on the ground, like they piled timber 719 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,293 on the ground, it got stuck on the timber, 720 00:29:56,452 --> 00:29:58,787 - and then got... in between the stacks. - Yeah. 721 00:29:58,871 --> 00:30:02,049 I mean, those nails tend to be associated with flooring. 722 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,467 So, they're holding something. 723 00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:06,720 DOUG: I mean, it does seem to fit the-the period. 724 00:30:06,879 --> 00:30:10,474 Yeah, I mean, it doesn't look like a machine-cut nail to me. 725 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:13,218 So that brings it into the, you know, 726 00:30:13,302 --> 00:30:14,812 early-to-mid-1800s. 727 00:30:14,971 --> 00:30:17,055 Right. 728 00:30:17,139 --> 00:30:19,066 Which is exactly what we th-- Hoping it is. 729 00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:20,818 - Right. - Yes. 730 00:30:20,977 --> 00:30:23,403 NARRATOR: If the team has indeed found 731 00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:25,564 Shaft Six, they're not only 732 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:27,658 less than 20 feet from the original Money Pit 733 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:31,486 but also a debris field some 120 feet deep 734 00:30:31,571 --> 00:30:34,906 that is believed to be littered with treasure. 735 00:30:34,991 --> 00:30:38,001 It does have a fair bit of manganese in it. 736 00:30:38,086 --> 00:30:40,662 RICK: Because of the high manganese content, 737 00:30:40,746 --> 00:30:42,923 it's post-1840. 738 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:45,917 One could make, certainly, an argument that this is 739 00:30:46,002 --> 00:30:48,253 indeed Shaft Six. 740 00:30:48,337 --> 00:30:51,840 To me, it's, that's exciting because I've always believed 741 00:30:51,924 --> 00:30:53,675 that there was a collapse. 742 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:55,427 If there's anything to be found, 743 00:30:55,511 --> 00:30:57,271 the proof, the one thing, 744 00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:59,857 it's in that tunnel. It's in the debris field. 745 00:31:00,016 --> 00:31:02,025 Look, we'll keep drilling, as long as 746 00:31:02,184 --> 00:31:03,610 we're in the wall, we'll just keep going. 747 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:04,853 And see what happens. 748 00:31:04,937 --> 00:31:05,854 DOUG: All righty. 749 00:31:05,947 --> 00:31:07,489 LAIRD: All right, see you later. 750 00:31:11,786 --> 00:31:14,371 NARRATOR: The following day... 751 00:31:15,623 --> 00:31:18,876 as the search operations at the Money Pit 752 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,879 and at the southern border of the swamp continue... 753 00:31:24,790 --> 00:31:27,208 - Hello! - MARTY: Hey, Carmen. 754 00:31:27,293 --> 00:31:29,219 - GARY: Hey, mate. - MARTY: How are you, sir? - CARMEN: Hey, what you got? 755 00:31:29,304 --> 00:31:31,129 Well, we were just discussing a find of Gary's, actually. 756 00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:32,890 Oh, look at that. 757 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:35,383 NARRATOR: Blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 758 00:31:35,468 --> 00:31:37,227 has just arrived on the island 759 00:31:37,386 --> 00:31:39,971 to meet with Marty Lagina, Doug Crowell 760 00:31:40,056 --> 00:31:42,807 and Gary Drayton in the research center. 761 00:31:42,892 --> 00:31:44,809 He has come to examine the metal artifact 762 00:31:44,894 --> 00:31:48,572 that Gary found just one day ago on Lot 22. 763 00:31:48,731 --> 00:31:51,232 Obviously, it's just an iron strap, mate. 764 00:31:51,317 --> 00:31:54,402 But we're hoping that you, the... 765 00:31:54,487 --> 00:31:56,246 iron expert, mate, will tell us what this is. 766 00:31:58,574 --> 00:32:02,252 - (laughter) - Oh, nice one, mate. 767 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:11,386 Yeah. 768 00:32:12,755 --> 00:32:14,598 Mm-hmm. 769 00:32:16,425 --> 00:32:17,768 Really? 770 00:32:19,845 --> 00:32:22,356 (laughter) 771 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,775 GARY: That's very interesting. 772 00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:30,280 - Oh, that's a little more exciting, Gary. - Yeah. 773 00:32:30,439 --> 00:32:32,532 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Research Center, 774 00:32:32,692 --> 00:32:35,452 blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge has just given members 775 00:32:35,611 --> 00:32:37,946 of the team an incredible assessment 776 00:32:38,030 --> 00:32:40,290 of the iron strap found one day ago 777 00:32:40,449 --> 00:32:42,283 on Lot 22. 778 00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:44,703 MARTY: Was that to hold the box together? 779 00:32:44,787 --> 00:32:46,922 Or...? Okay. 780 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,717 How old? 781 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,762 Um... 782 00:32:57,133 --> 00:32:58,308 There we go. 783 00:32:58,393 --> 00:33:00,310 - Yeah. - That's a hundred years 784 00:33:00,469 --> 00:33:01,228 - before the Money Pit. - CARMEN: That's right. 785 00:33:01,387 --> 00:33:03,221 NARRATOR: An iron strap? 786 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:05,640 From a box or chest 787 00:33:05,725 --> 00:33:07,642 that not only dates back to as early 788 00:33:07,735 --> 00:33:11,229 as the 17th century, but also found 789 00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:13,815 near the area of the so-called "Hole under the Hatch," 790 00:33:13,899 --> 00:33:16,901 depicted on the map belonging to the late Zena Halpern? 791 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,496 It's not ornate, though. 792 00:33:23,159 --> 00:33:24,918 MARTY: Mm-hmm, right. 793 00:33:28,581 --> 00:33:29,673 MARTY: Right. 794 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:40,100 - Hmm. - That's a nice surprise. 795 00:33:40,184 --> 00:33:41,268 Yeah, it is, actually. 796 00:33:41,427 --> 00:33:43,428 Well, that's pretty cool, Gary. 797 00:33:43,512 --> 00:33:45,013 Now go find the box. 798 00:33:45,097 --> 00:33:46,273 Yeah, now I'm thinking what was 799 00:33:46,432 --> 00:33:47,941 - in that box, as well. - Yes. 800 00:33:56,284 --> 00:33:57,451 Mm-hmm, okay. 801 00:33:57,610 --> 00:33:59,778 The most significant thing 802 00:33:59,862 --> 00:34:02,372 about the metal strap, it's probably 803 00:34:02,457 --> 00:34:04,875 a strap that held, uh, some sort of chest together. 804 00:34:04,959 --> 00:34:06,376 And quite old. 805 00:34:06,535 --> 00:34:08,545 Right here is the overlap of a weld. 806 00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:10,705 MARTY: So we're gonna dig around that area 807 00:34:10,790 --> 00:34:13,458 and see if we can find some corroborative pieces. 808 00:34:13,542 --> 00:34:15,052 Well, that's pretty cool. 809 00:34:15,211 --> 00:34:17,212 Sounds like it might be part of the puzzle. 810 00:34:17,296 --> 00:34:18,630 GARY: Yeah. 811 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:20,632 MARTY: It's a part of the story 812 00:34:20,716 --> 00:34:22,884 that might lead us to it. 813 00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:24,552 Okay, Doug, make notes on it, please, 814 00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:26,971 uh, Carmen's observations. 815 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,482 Okay. Back to work. 816 00:34:28,641 --> 00:34:30,558 - GARY: Okay. - CARMEN: Very good. 817 00:34:30,651 --> 00:34:33,236 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 818 00:34:34,396 --> 00:34:36,397 as the core-drilling operation 819 00:34:36,491 --> 00:34:39,576 in Borehole G-2 continues at the Money Pit... 820 00:34:39,735 --> 00:34:40,985 Oh, yeah. 821 00:34:41,070 --> 00:34:42,987 JACK: Whoa! 822 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,239 Look at this, Charles! 823 00:34:44,323 --> 00:34:45,824 CHARLES: Oh, my God. 824 00:34:45,908 --> 00:34:47,408 Hard to say what it is. 825 00:34:47,502 --> 00:34:49,336 NARRATOR: Billy Gerhardt, along 826 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:51,830 with Charles Barkhouse and Jack Begley, 827 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,091 continue making potentially 828 00:34:54,175 --> 00:34:56,009 important discoveries at the southern edge 829 00:34:56,168 --> 00:34:58,336 of the triangle-shaped swamp. 830 00:34:58,429 --> 00:34:59,596 JACK: Is that cut? 831 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,173 Yeah! It's cut to a point! 832 00:35:02,258 --> 00:35:03,925 BILLY: Yeah, there... 833 00:35:04,009 --> 00:35:05,343 might be three good pieces in there. 834 00:35:05,427 --> 00:35:07,687 JACK: Oh, yeah! Maybe even more. 835 00:35:07,847 --> 00:35:08,939 BILLY: The little piece came out 836 00:35:09,023 --> 00:35:10,440 of just where we were pumping out up here. 837 00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:12,183 How deep, Billy? 838 00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:14,528 Maybe three feet deep. 839 00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:15,937 Yeah. 840 00:35:16,021 --> 00:35:18,273 JACK: Look at this. 841 00:35:18,357 --> 00:35:19,533 There's a smaller one there, too, though. 842 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,535 - See it, the short one? - Yeah. 843 00:35:22,778 --> 00:35:24,204 That's pretty smooth, though, isn't it? 844 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:25,288 Yeah. 845 00:35:26,699 --> 00:35:28,375 Wow. 846 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,878 - Want to grab those other ones, too? - Yeah. 847 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,046 BILLY: That's a little bit 848 00:35:33,205 --> 00:35:35,465 like the survey stakes we found last year, 849 00:35:35,624 --> 00:35:37,801 but I haven't seen any like the one that Jack has there. 850 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,294 CHARLES: No. 851 00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:40,879 NARRATOR: Possible survey stakes? 852 00:35:40,963 --> 00:35:44,975 Found just west of the believed stone wharf in the swamp? 853 00:35:46,552 --> 00:35:47,978 MARTY: Look at that. 854 00:35:48,137 --> 00:35:49,896 That's cut. 855 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:53,567 Oh, yeah. That's definitely cut. 856 00:35:53,726 --> 00:35:55,059 NARRATOR: One year ago, 857 00:35:55,144 --> 00:35:56,903 while searching along the stone pathway, 858 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,489 near the eastern border of the swamp, 859 00:35:59,648 --> 00:36:01,825 the Oak Island team discovered a number 860 00:36:01,984 --> 00:36:04,903 of wooden survey stakes which they believed 861 00:36:04,987 --> 00:36:06,905 had been used in the construction of the feature. 862 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,832 So, that's staking it. 863 00:36:08,991 --> 00:36:10,325 - Somebody would go through first. - Yep. 864 00:36:10,409 --> 00:36:12,243 Say, between there and there. Right? 865 00:36:12,328 --> 00:36:14,329 Yeah, that's beautiful. 866 00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:16,414 NARRATOR: When the team submitted 867 00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:18,499 the wooden stakes for carbon testing, 868 00:36:18,584 --> 00:36:21,678 they were astonished by the results. 869 00:36:21,762 --> 00:36:24,255 CRAIG: Sample 113, 870 00:36:24,348 --> 00:36:28,092 from 1636 to 1684. 871 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,686 - Wow. - (laughter) 872 00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:35,183 - Hey, Bill. - Hey, Charles. 873 00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:37,944 NARRATOR: Is it possible that 874 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,447 the team has now found another ancient survey stake 875 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:43,358 near the southern border of the swamp? 876 00:36:43,442 --> 00:36:46,786 If so, could it be evidence of another buried structure 877 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:48,455 in this area 878 00:36:48,614 --> 00:36:51,616 that has yet to be uncovered? 879 00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:55,620 If you look at the cuts here, the cuts are different. 880 00:36:55,704 --> 00:36:58,548 That one on the right is a long, tapered cut. 881 00:36:58,707 --> 00:37:02,052 This one on the left is a short, abrupt cut. 882 00:37:02,136 --> 00:37:03,378 - Mm-hmm. - I would say that 883 00:37:03,471 --> 00:37:05,138 the same person didn't make that cut. 884 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,308 BILLY: Yeah, the quality of that one looks way better than that one. 885 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:10,227 - Oh, yeah. - So I don't know what that tells you. 886 00:37:10,311 --> 00:37:12,387 Definitely the same person didn't do them both. 887 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,231 - No. - But you know any time you find 888 00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:16,900 - something in the swamp is a good day. - Yeah. 889 00:37:17,059 --> 00:37:19,477 I think we should have the rest of the guys look at it. 890 00:37:19,561 --> 00:37:21,571 - CHARLES: That would be great. - JACK: Let's move out. 891 00:37:25,567 --> 00:37:26,484 - JACK: Hey, guys. - MARTY: Hey, Jack. 892 00:37:26,568 --> 00:37:28,662 Billy, what you got there, bud? 893 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:32,156 Yeah, right, so we found some really interesting pieces 894 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,084 of wood in the swamp and figured we'd come up here 895 00:37:34,168 --> 00:37:35,752 and show both of you. 896 00:37:35,836 --> 00:37:38,162 - LAIRD: Holy crap. - MARTY: Holy smokes. 897 00:37:38,247 --> 00:37:39,923 What do you make of that, Rick? 898 00:37:40,082 --> 00:37:42,259 - What does it look like? - RICK: I don't know 899 00:37:42,418 --> 00:37:43,843 what it looks like. It looks different. 900 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:46,012 - Yeah. - Yep. 901 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:48,089 - You guys found it? - Yeah. 902 00:37:48,173 --> 00:37:49,349 Billy, where'd you find it, roughly? 903 00:37:49,508 --> 00:37:51,268 BILLY: In the swamp, 904 00:37:51,352 --> 00:37:53,428 probably 30 feet towards the swamp road 905 00:37:53,512 --> 00:37:55,855 from where we were digging towards the Money Pit. 906 00:37:56,015 --> 00:37:58,683 These are more like 907 00:37:58,767 --> 00:38:00,527 what the kind of survey stakes Fred found. 908 00:38:00,686 --> 00:38:03,271 One long symmetrical cut. 909 00:38:03,355 --> 00:38:06,032 NARRATOR: Like the potentially ancient survey stakes 910 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,618 that the team discovered one year ago, 911 00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:12,280 lining the stone pathway along the eastern border of the swamp, 912 00:38:12,364 --> 00:38:15,542 the late Fred Nolan found a number of them running 913 00:38:15,626 --> 00:38:17,535 through the middle of the brackish bog 914 00:38:17,628 --> 00:38:19,546 in 1969. 915 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:22,299 Is it possible that Billy and Jack 916 00:38:22,458 --> 00:38:24,884 have found another stake connected to those 917 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:28,463 unearthed by Fred more than a half century ago? 918 00:38:28,547 --> 00:38:31,641 If so, what were they lining? 919 00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:35,053 And might they be related in some way to the 200-foot-long 920 00:38:35,137 --> 00:38:39,557 anomaly detected in 2018 by seismic scanning? 921 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:42,226 One eerily resembling the length and size 922 00:38:42,311 --> 00:38:45,322 of a massive ship? 923 00:38:45,481 --> 00:38:47,157 The stakes that are there have been formed, 924 00:38:47,241 --> 00:38:48,816 are clearly ax-cut. 925 00:38:48,901 --> 00:38:51,161 So this is an interesting piece. 926 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,405 It's clearly wood for some sort of 927 00:38:54,490 --> 00:38:55,749 very specific purpose. 928 00:38:55,908 --> 00:38:57,575 It could be significant. 929 00:38:57,659 --> 00:38:59,336 I knew there would be wood in the swamp. 930 00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:01,838 Every time we dig we find some human-shaped wood, 931 00:39:01,922 --> 00:39:03,840 but they're finding a lot. 932 00:39:03,924 --> 00:39:07,427 I'm kind of surprised at what keeps coming out of that swamp. 933 00:39:07,586 --> 00:39:10,180 This is pretty cool, too. I mean, it's clearly a plank. 934 00:39:10,339 --> 00:39:12,265 It's about the same size as the barrel tops. 935 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:13,508 RICK: Same depth? 936 00:39:13,592 --> 00:39:15,685 - JACK: Yeah. - BILLY: Yep. 937 00:39:17,012 --> 00:39:19,272 What does it mean? What does it mean? 938 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,691 JACK: I think maybe both of these are actually... 939 00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:24,268 - Markers of some sort? - Well, yeah. 940 00:39:24,353 --> 00:39:27,197 RICK: The swamp work, of course, has provided some great finds, 941 00:39:27,281 --> 00:39:29,273 areas of great interest. 942 00:39:29,358 --> 00:39:32,193 The hope is that we can continue to make finds 943 00:39:32,277 --> 00:39:34,362 that we can apply science to, 944 00:39:34,455 --> 00:39:36,790 to maybe come up with an artifact 945 00:39:36,949 --> 00:39:38,625 that is an aha moment. 946 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:40,460 I still believe there's answers there. 947 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:42,879 JACK: So, what tests can we have done 948 00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:45,873 to these pieces, 'cause we can't have specific dendro 949 00:39:45,958 --> 00:39:47,050 done to something like this. 950 00:39:47,134 --> 00:39:48,968 No, but C-14 done to that. 951 00:39:49,053 --> 00:39:50,461 But what about this piece of wood? 952 00:39:50,546 --> 00:39:51,963 - MARTY: Maybe that, too. - Is it big enough for dendro? 953 00:39:52,047 --> 00:39:53,556 MARTY: It matters how many rings are on there. 954 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:56,551 If it was an old growth, it could be. 955 00:39:56,635 --> 00:39:59,887 NARRATOR: Dendrochronology is a cutting-edge dating method 956 00:39:59,972 --> 00:40:03,057 that entails analyzing the tree rings present 957 00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:04,984 on pieces of shaped wood. 958 00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:08,146 It can determine not only the age of the artifact 959 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,650 but also the precise date that it was cut for use. 960 00:40:12,734 --> 00:40:15,662 That one strikes me as older. 961 00:40:15,746 --> 00:40:17,822 - This one. I think that's older. - Just visually, it seems. 962 00:40:17,906 --> 00:40:19,657 MARTY: Yeah, all right, well, you know what I'm gonna say. 963 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:21,409 These are cool. 964 00:40:21,493 --> 00:40:24,328 Go find something that explains what they are. 965 00:40:24,413 --> 00:40:26,831 The swamp is yielding things. 966 00:40:26,915 --> 00:40:28,583 - Oh, yeah. - All right, guys. 967 00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:30,009 Let's go get some more stuff. 968 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:31,010 Let's get after it. 969 00:40:31,170 --> 00:40:31,928 LAIRD: All right. 970 00:40:33,922 --> 00:40:36,924 NARRATOR: For 226 years, 971 00:40:37,009 --> 00:40:39,343 the Money Pit has been the focus of nearly 972 00:40:39,428 --> 00:40:42,689 all those who attempted to solve the Oak Island mystery. 973 00:40:42,773 --> 00:40:46,934 And while the traces of silver and gold that Rick, 974 00:40:47,019 --> 00:40:49,437 Marty, Craig and their team have recovered 975 00:40:49,521 --> 00:40:52,031 suggest that a major discovery 976 00:40:52,191 --> 00:40:53,941 still awaits them there, 977 00:40:54,026 --> 00:40:56,453 could the clues 978 00:40:56,612 --> 00:40:59,197 that they are finding all across the island 979 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:02,033 mean that many more and valuable secrets 980 00:41:02,117 --> 00:41:04,794 also lie in wait? 981 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:09,040 The drilling and digging will continue. 982 00:41:09,124 --> 00:41:11,718 The rest is up to fate... 983 00:41:11,877 --> 00:41:14,045 and perhaps the curse 984 00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:15,972 of Oak Island. 985 00:41:17,883 --> 00:41:20,810 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 986 00:41:20,895 --> 00:41:23,313 The Portuguese found signs of gold here 987 00:41:23,397 --> 00:41:25,482 and needed a place to hide it away. 988 00:41:25,641 --> 00:41:27,817 - Wow. - If that is indeed Shaft Six, 989 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:30,987 we know there's a tunnel leading directly to the Money Pit. 990 00:41:31,146 --> 00:41:32,989 You follow the tunnel, it's game on then. 991 00:41:33,148 --> 00:41:34,574 GARY: All it takes is one good find. 992 00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:35,900 What's that right there, Gary? 993 00:41:35,984 --> 00:41:36,910 Oh, that's interesting. 994 00:41:36,994 --> 00:41:38,578 It might be a lid. 995 00:41:38,662 --> 00:41:39,746 There could be a chest in there. 996 00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:40,988 That's pretty amazing. 997 00:41:41,081 --> 00:41:42,499 RICK: You'll hold in your hand 998 00:41:42,658 --> 00:41:44,751 the irrefutable proof that the story 999 00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:46,085 of Oak Island is real.