1 00:00:01,918 --> 00:00:03,160 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,253 --> 00:00:05,746 The Portuguese found signs of gold here 3 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:08,582 - and needed a place to hide it away. - Wow. 4 00:00:08,666 --> 00:00:10,092 CHARLES: If that is indeed Shaft Six, 5 00:00:10,251 --> 00:00:12,502 we know there's a tunnel leading directly 6 00:00:12,587 --> 00:00:14,013 to the Money Pit. You follow the tunnel, 7 00:00:14,172 --> 00:00:15,255 it's game on, then. 8 00:00:15,339 --> 00:00:16,923 GARY: All it takes is one good find. 9 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:18,258 What's that right there, Gary? 10 00:00:18,342 --> 00:00:19,342 Well, that's interesting. 11 00:00:19,427 --> 00:00:20,927 Might be a lid. 12 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:22,095 There could be a chest in there. 13 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:23,355 That's pretty amazing. 14 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:24,848 RICK: You'll hold in your hand 15 00:00:24,932 --> 00:00:26,692 the irrefutable proof 16 00:00:26,851 --> 00:00:28,360 that the story of Oak Island is real. 17 00:00:31,022 --> 00:00:34,024 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 18 00:00:34,117 --> 00:00:36,943 where people have been looking for 19 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:40,947 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 20 00:00:41,032 --> 00:00:43,950 So far, they have found a stone slab 21 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,836 with strange symbols carved into it... 22 00:00:47,288 --> 00:00:50,466 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 23 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:54,878 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 24 00:00:54,962 --> 00:00:56,129 to the Knights Templar. 25 00:00:56,214 --> 00:00:58,965 To date, six men have died 26 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,885 trying to solve the mystery. 27 00:01:01,969 --> 00:01:06,890 And according to legend, one more will have to die 28 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:09,359 before the treasure can be found. 29 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:16,909 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:23,073 - CHARLES: Here we go! - TERRY: Yup. 31 00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:26,993 - So, we're drilling here, HI-4. - Yup. 32 00:01:27,078 --> 00:01:31,006 NARRATOR: As another exciting day begins on Oak Island, 33 00:01:31,165 --> 00:01:35,252 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, along with their team, believe 34 00:01:35,336 --> 00:01:37,170 that they may be on the verge 35 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:40,265 of not only locating the original Money Pit shaft... 36 00:01:40,424 --> 00:01:44,937 - We could be starting to chase Shaft Six. - Correct. 37 00:01:45,096 --> 00:01:46,939 NARRATOR: but also a vast treasure 38 00:01:47,098 --> 00:01:48,849 that people have been attempting to recover 39 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:51,026 for more than two centuries. 40 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:55,614 So, this hole will be drilled right in the heart of Shaft Six. 41 00:01:55,698 --> 00:01:58,117 Yup. If that is indeed Shaft Six, 42 00:01:58,276 --> 00:02:00,443 we know at 118 feet, 43 00:02:00,537 --> 00:02:02,871 there's a tunnel going off of that, 44 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:05,532 - leading directly to the Money Pit. - Right. 45 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:07,868 CHARLES: You got wood. 46 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:10,203 Yeah, we've got some stacked timbers there, it looks like. 47 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:12,539 NARRATOR: One week ago, while drilling a borehole 48 00:02:12,623 --> 00:02:16,051 within their strategic grid, known as G-2... 49 00:02:16,210 --> 00:02:19,471 - That says to me, probably the shaft. - I would say. 50 00:02:19,630 --> 00:02:21,715 NARRATOR: at depth of 80 to 90 feet, 51 00:02:21,799 --> 00:02:25,719 the team obtained evidence of a wall believed to be part 52 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:28,305 of a structure simply known as "Shaft Six." 53 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:29,806 TERRY: Definitely not circular saw. 54 00:02:29,899 --> 00:02:32,142 - This is relatively old. - Yeah. 55 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:37,147 NARRATOR: Constructed by searchers in 1861, 56 00:02:37,231 --> 00:02:41,910 this 118-foot-deep shaft features a lateral tunnel 57 00:02:42,069 --> 00:02:44,496 that not only connects to the original Money Pit, 58 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:47,824 but is also believed to contain a debris field 59 00:02:47,909 --> 00:02:51,661 full of valuables that resulted from a catastrophic collapse 60 00:02:51,754 --> 00:02:53,797 that occurred during its construction. 61 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,593 We got a core coming! 62 00:02:57,677 --> 00:03:00,837 NARRATOR: Now, as the team drills Borehole HI-4, 63 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:03,098 which sets just 12-and-a-half feet 64 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:04,683 from Borehole G-2... 65 00:03:04,842 --> 00:03:06,676 Sixty-nine. 66 00:03:06,769 --> 00:03:09,429 - 59 to 69, coming at us, Charles. - Yup. 67 00:03:09,513 --> 00:03:12,265 NARRATOR: it is their hope to recover solid evidence 68 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:15,101 of the gold and silver that they've recently detected 69 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:18,363 from water sample tests across the Money Pit area. 70 00:03:18,522 --> 00:03:22,525 If they are successful, Rick, Marty and the team 71 00:03:22,619 --> 00:03:25,946 will dig a ten-foot-wide steel-cased shaft here 72 00:03:26,030 --> 00:03:29,291 to intercept the Shaft Six tunnel and recover the riches 73 00:03:29,450 --> 00:03:31,793 believed to lie within it. 74 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:35,372 RICK: I've always believed that finding Shaft Six is the way 75 00:03:35,456 --> 00:03:39,042 to really decide whether or not the Money Pit can be found. 76 00:03:39,126 --> 00:03:43,388 Shaft Six was sunk to 118 feet, a tunnel driven 18 feet. 77 00:03:43,547 --> 00:03:45,557 We don't know the cardinal direction of that. 78 00:03:45,716 --> 00:03:47,893 So, delineate it, 79 00:03:48,052 --> 00:03:50,729 see if the measurements of the shaft work, and then, 80 00:03:50,813 --> 00:03:53,982 try to determine the orientation of the shaft. 81 00:03:54,141 --> 00:03:55,642 What's the good word, Adam? 82 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:58,403 - 75. - TERRY: Thanks, Adam. 83 00:03:58,562 --> 00:04:00,489 69 to 75. 84 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,827 - Here we go. - Yup. 85 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,998 Charles, we have wood. 86 00:04:12,326 --> 00:04:14,744 Maybe this will be the stacked timbers we've been looking for. 87 00:04:14,837 --> 00:04:19,332 Yup, that's apparently stacked timbers. 88 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:22,928 Gives me a good indication of potentially a, uh, shaft. 89 00:04:23,087 --> 00:04:25,338 Could be we're clipping the edge of a shaft. 90 00:04:25,423 --> 00:04:26,848 That's what I'm thinking. 91 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,758 NARRATOR: Evidence of a shaft 92 00:04:28,851 --> 00:04:32,929 found some 70 feet deep in Borehole HI-4? 93 00:04:33,014 --> 00:04:36,433 Has the team possibly found a second wall of Shaft Six? 94 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:38,860 It could be a corner piece right there. 95 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,946 NARRATOR: If so, then they might not only be able 96 00:04:41,030 --> 00:04:43,857 to determine the orientation of the shaft, 97 00:04:43,941 --> 00:04:47,744 but also the precise location of the original Money Pit. 98 00:04:48,871 --> 00:04:50,455 Hey, Rick. 99 00:04:50,614 --> 00:04:51,957 NARRATOR: Arriving for an update 100 00:04:52,116 --> 00:04:53,199 on the morning's drilling progress 101 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,712 are Rick Lagina, surveyor Steve Guptill 102 00:04:56,796 --> 00:04:59,214 and Oak Island historian Doug Crowell. 103 00:04:59,373 --> 00:05:00,882 What have we got? 104 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:05,962 HI-4 is in the southeast quadrant of our shaft. 105 00:05:06,047 --> 00:05:08,974 We've come through a substantial portion 106 00:05:09,058 --> 00:05:11,893 of the wall from about, what was that? 107 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:13,970 - 71? - 71 to... 108 00:05:14,055 --> 00:05:15,480 To about 75 feet. 109 00:05:15,565 --> 00:05:17,399 What we feel was 110 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:21,153 the outside wall of, hopefully, Shaft Six. 111 00:05:21,312 --> 00:05:25,324 If we find the tunnel associated with that, 112 00:05:25,483 --> 00:05:28,827 you'll hold in your hand the irrefutable proof 113 00:05:28,986 --> 00:05:34,166 that the story of Oak Island is real. 114 00:05:34,325 --> 00:05:36,752 Is defined by one thing and one thing only: 115 00:05:36,911 --> 00:05:38,420 hold the evidence in your hand. 116 00:05:38,579 --> 00:05:41,164 Find the one thing. That's success. 117 00:05:41,248 --> 00:05:43,833 Look, now we have a proper orientation, 118 00:05:43,926 --> 00:05:46,503 and one could make a very good case 119 00:05:46,596 --> 00:05:48,922 that the Money Pit-- It's certainly close. 120 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:50,515 It helps us with our, 121 00:05:50,674 --> 00:05:52,851 you know, "where do we put a caisson?" decision. 122 00:05:52,935 --> 00:05:55,020 - Yup. - Always. 123 00:05:55,104 --> 00:05:57,680 Keep after it. Keep up the good work. Good luck, guys. 124 00:05:57,774 --> 00:05:59,858 - We'll do our best. Thank you. - Thank you. - Talk to you later. 125 00:06:00,017 --> 00:06:02,185 NARRATOR: As efforts to reach the tunnel 126 00:06:02,269 --> 00:06:04,104 connected to Shaft Six continue 127 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:07,107 at the Money Pit, later that afternoon... 128 00:06:07,191 --> 00:06:09,192 - Does that stink! - Yeah. 129 00:06:09,285 --> 00:06:12,445 NARRATOR: Marty Lagina joins Doug Crowell, 130 00:06:12,530 --> 00:06:14,706 metal detection expert Gary Drayton, 131 00:06:14,865 --> 00:06:17,283 and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt 132 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:20,128 as they continue excavating at the southernmost region 133 00:06:20,287 --> 00:06:22,297 of the triangle-shaped swamp. 134 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:24,216 Get me up to speed. What's going on here? 135 00:06:24,375 --> 00:06:25,634 We're finding wood. 136 00:06:25,793 --> 00:06:27,135 The wood that we're finding 137 00:06:27,294 --> 00:06:28,637 is really, really interesting, Marty. 138 00:06:28,796 --> 00:06:30,130 Mm-hmm. You found any metal? 139 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:31,807 No, no metal yet. 140 00:06:34,051 --> 00:06:35,885 We're digging deep out here, 141 00:06:35,970 --> 00:06:37,554 and we're working our way 142 00:06:37,638 --> 00:06:39,064 towards where we found that piece of wood 143 00:06:39,148 --> 00:06:41,733 - dated to 600, 700 AD. - Mm-hmm. 144 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:44,394 NARRATOR: Over the past two weeks, 145 00:06:44,478 --> 00:06:47,072 the Oak Island team has made numerous discoveries 146 00:06:47,156 --> 00:06:49,232 in this area near the western end 147 00:06:49,325 --> 00:06:50,733 of the massive stone ship's wharf, 148 00:06:50,818 --> 00:06:53,662 which may be more than 500 years old 149 00:06:53,821 --> 00:06:56,573 and also of Portuguese origin. 150 00:06:56,657 --> 00:07:00,493 These finds include a mysterious tree stump, 151 00:07:00,578 --> 00:07:04,080 offering more evidence that the swamp was once dry land, 152 00:07:04,165 --> 00:07:08,001 wooden survey stakes and hand-hewn planks 153 00:07:08,085 --> 00:07:11,004 that may be connected to the ancient wharf. 154 00:07:11,088 --> 00:07:14,674 It was in this same area that, one year ago, 155 00:07:14,758 --> 00:07:17,760 the team recovered a potential piece of a ship's railing 156 00:07:17,845 --> 00:07:21,773 that was carbon-dated to the seventh century AD, 157 00:07:21,932 --> 00:07:26,111 and also where they detected a massive, 200-foot-long 158 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:28,605 ship-shaped anomaly using seismic scanning 159 00:07:28,689 --> 00:07:30,365 three years ago. 160 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:31,867 JEREMY: It's very unusual. 161 00:07:32,026 --> 00:07:33,276 MARTY: Let's not just dork around it. 162 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,778 - Yeah. - Would it be S-H-I-P? 163 00:07:35,863 --> 00:07:38,531 Would that be what everybody's thinking? 164 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:41,868 What do you think about having him go down three feet? 165 00:07:41,952 --> 00:07:45,714 Uh, yeah. I'd like to do that because along this bank... 166 00:07:45,873 --> 00:07:47,549 - Mm-hmm. - Where the road is here, 167 00:07:47,708 --> 00:07:49,542 we've found a heck of a lot 168 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:52,545 of wharf pins, ship's spikes. 169 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:54,806 - Yeah. - Yeah. I wouldn't mind going deeper. 170 00:07:57,977 --> 00:07:59,552 So, while you're here, 171 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:01,730 here's a thought, Billy. It won't take too long 172 00:08:01,814 --> 00:08:04,474 as long as this machine's so nicely situated. 173 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:06,142 Come by, take, like, about a foot of that sand, 174 00:08:06,235 --> 00:08:07,810 put it to the side, metal detect. 175 00:08:07,895 --> 00:08:10,906 Take another foot, another foot, get down maybe four feet 176 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:12,324 just to see if there's something in that sand. 177 00:08:12,408 --> 00:08:15,577 - Yeah, now I'm definitely for that. - Okay. Thank you. 178 00:08:15,661 --> 00:08:18,580 - Yeah, we're going to do it, Gary. - GARY: Yeah. 179 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,794 - Should be something in there. - Yeah, should be something. 180 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:29,257 MARTY: One thing that is just totally inexplicable 181 00:08:29,416 --> 00:08:31,918 was a piece of wood carbon-dated 182 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:36,673 twice, uh, to AD 700. 183 00:08:36,757 --> 00:08:40,593 Okay, well, that's... that's an outlier. 184 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:44,439 So, because it's such an outlier and so different, 185 00:08:44,598 --> 00:08:46,024 we need to do more searching. 186 00:08:49,019 --> 00:08:50,687 (clattering) 187 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:52,781 Whoa. Yeah, what's that, Gary? 188 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:54,941 GARY: Let's have a look. Wow. 189 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:57,110 That is a big piece, isn't it? 190 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:58,453 MARTY: Oh, baby! 191 00:09:04,785 --> 00:09:07,287 That looks like it was cut. 192 00:09:07,371 --> 00:09:10,540 NARRATOR: Near the southern edge of the triangle-shaped swamp, 193 00:09:10,624 --> 00:09:12,634 Marty Lagina and members of the team 194 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:14,877 have just unearthed a potentially important clue. 195 00:09:14,962 --> 00:09:17,964 - It looks like one of the old survey stakes. - Oh. 196 00:09:18,048 --> 00:09:19,808 Hey, that might be. It might have been cut. 197 00:09:19,892 --> 00:09:23,895 Yeah. What do you think it is, Marty? 198 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:26,982 It looks, sort of, Gary, like the stakes they used 199 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:28,975 - that would laid out the road. - Yeah. 200 00:09:29,059 --> 00:09:30,235 So, maybe back to the 1600s. 201 00:09:30,319 --> 00:09:31,486 - It looks sort of like that. - Yeah. 202 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:35,323 NARRATOR: Another possible survey stake? 203 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:38,493 Could it be connected to the massive stone ship's wharf 204 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:42,247 which sets just east of this location in the swamp? 205 00:09:42,331 --> 00:09:45,074 Or could it be related in some way 206 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:47,335 to the 200-foot-long anomaly detected 207 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:51,080 by seismic scanning in 2018? 208 00:09:51,165 --> 00:09:54,884 One resembling the size and shape of a ship? 209 00:10:03,352 --> 00:10:05,678 Come on. Just one good signal. 210 00:10:05,763 --> 00:10:07,263 What's that right there, Gary? 211 00:10:07,348 --> 00:10:09,774 - What? - That weird thing on the side. 212 00:10:12,945 --> 00:10:14,946 That's planking. 213 00:10:16,190 --> 00:10:19,034 Planking or decking or... 214 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:22,704 But that looks very interesting. 215 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:24,956 - Got that beveled edge on it. - Yeah. 216 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:26,541 Sure looks like... 217 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:30,378 decking? Wooden decking 218 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,288 - or planking to me. - Yeah. 219 00:10:32,373 --> 00:10:34,707 NARRATOR: Wooden deck planking? 220 00:10:34,792 --> 00:10:36,801 Could Gary Drayton be correct 221 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:38,887 that the team has just found more evidence 222 00:10:39,046 --> 00:10:40,972 of a ship in the swamp? 223 00:10:41,131 --> 00:10:44,643 If so, might it also be connected to the piece 224 00:10:44,802 --> 00:10:47,303 of believed ship's railing found one year ago 225 00:10:47,388 --> 00:10:51,224 that dated to as early as the seventh century AD? 226 00:10:51,308 --> 00:10:54,903 MARTY: I am surprised at how much stuff is in that swamp. 227 00:10:55,062 --> 00:10:58,448 Interesting things. I mean, the paved area, the stone road. 228 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:03,411 All the artifacts in the southeast corner, and now, 229 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:06,239 as we dig along the beach, all kinds of pieces of wood. 230 00:11:06,323 --> 00:11:08,574 Potentially significant pieces of wood. 231 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:11,160 - Yeah. That's shaped wood for sure. - GARY: Yeah. 232 00:11:11,245 --> 00:11:13,838 MARTY: "What's it mean?" is the question. 233 00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:14,997 After we clean it up, we might have a better idea 234 00:11:15,091 --> 00:11:16,675 - of what it actually is. - Yeah. 235 00:11:16,834 --> 00:11:20,178 MARTY: All right, let's keep digging. 236 00:11:25,092 --> 00:11:27,102 NARRATOR: The following morning, 237 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,429 while operations continue at the swamp... 238 00:11:29,513 --> 00:11:31,597 (whoops) 239 00:11:31,682 --> 00:11:33,775 NARRATOR: and in the Money Pit area... 240 00:11:33,934 --> 00:11:36,936 RICK: Doug has come up with a presentation which I find 241 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:38,438 intriguing, to say the least. 242 00:11:38,522 --> 00:11:41,282 NARRATOR: in the war room, Rick Lagina 243 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:44,202 has gathered members of the team to hear a presentation 244 00:11:44,361 --> 00:11:46,362 by Doug Crowell that he has prepared 245 00:11:46,447 --> 00:11:49,282 regarding some of their recent discoveries. 246 00:11:49,366 --> 00:11:52,627 What encapsulates Oak Island and the search for answers here, 247 00:11:52,786 --> 00:11:55,621 of course, is the "who, what, where, when, why and how." 248 00:11:55,715 --> 00:12:00,051 Well, Doug has taken it upon himself to address the "who." 249 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:03,304 So, Doug, we will turn it over to you, please. 250 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,631 Yes, well, so, what really kicked off 251 00:12:05,716 --> 00:12:07,633 this preliminary report 252 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:11,721 is the finding of these two round stones on the island. 253 00:12:11,805 --> 00:12:13,973 What was really interesting about these is, 254 00:12:14,057 --> 00:12:16,067 these are not likely native to Nova Scotia. 255 00:12:18,562 --> 00:12:20,146 GARY: Whoa! Look at that! 256 00:12:20,230 --> 00:12:23,158 - It's a round shot! - RICK: Wow. 257 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:25,076 NARRATOR: Two months ago, 258 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:27,653 while investigating a possible ancient pathway 259 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,656 between the swamp and the Money Pit on Lot 16, 260 00:12:30,741 --> 00:12:32,742 Rick and Gary Drayton 261 00:12:32,826 --> 00:12:36,746 discovered a stone shot or small cannonball. 262 00:12:36,830 --> 00:12:40,500 Incredibly, it was not only nearly identical 263 00:12:40,584 --> 00:12:44,921 to one excavated from the Money Pit in 2019, 264 00:12:45,005 --> 00:12:47,340 but when the team had them analyzed 265 00:12:47,424 --> 00:12:52,020 by geology professor Dr. Robert Raeside, in his opinion, 266 00:12:52,179 --> 00:12:55,932 one of the likely places they originated was the Azores, 267 00:12:56,016 --> 00:12:58,443 a group of islands in Portugal. 268 00:12:58,527 --> 00:13:01,604 These would classify as what they'd call "two pounders". 269 00:13:01,697 --> 00:13:04,857 So, they'd be shot out of a-a deck gun 270 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:07,693 or a swivel gun, a rail gun off the side of a ship. 271 00:13:07,778 --> 00:13:10,446 - Wow. - And the Portuguese were the very first 272 00:13:10,531 --> 00:13:12,707 to put cannon on board their ships. 273 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:18,371 The stone shot came into play around the early 1400s, 274 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:21,216 and dwindled out of... out of use in the mid-1600s. 275 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:24,803 So, if these were from a ship 276 00:13:24,887 --> 00:13:27,463 or individuals that visited Oak Island, 277 00:13:27,548 --> 00:13:30,308 and they had this type of armament with them, 278 00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:32,477 that narrows the range from, in my mind, 279 00:13:32,636 --> 00:13:36,055 from the 1400s through to the very early 1600s. 280 00:13:36,139 --> 00:13:39,901 - That's very interesting. - DOUG: The Portuguese 281 00:13:39,985 --> 00:13:41,903 and their exploration along our shores 282 00:13:41,987 --> 00:13:43,896 make them one of the early suspects, 283 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,323 I think, in our mystery. 284 00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:46,407 - Oh, wow. - LAIRD: The Portuguese 285 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:48,484 have been coming over, 286 00:13:48,577 --> 00:13:50,411 I'm certain, for years. Fishing. 287 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:52,997 The question is, what else might have they been doing here? 288 00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:55,500 How else might have they been utilizing this area? 289 00:13:55,659 --> 00:13:57,168 Hmm. 290 00:13:57,327 --> 00:13:59,838 NARRATOR: According to documented history, 291 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:03,749 Portuguese explorer Joao Alvares Fagundes 292 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:07,428 arrived on the shores of Nova Scotia in 1520, 293 00:14:07,588 --> 00:14:11,683 referring to the area as "The Land of the Cod Fish." 294 00:14:11,842 --> 00:14:15,928 Other Portuguese expeditions would also lead 295 00:14:16,013 --> 00:14:19,691 to settlements in Cape Breton and Newfoundland, in addition 296 00:14:19,775 --> 00:14:24,112 to their colonization of large areas of Africa, Asia, 297 00:14:24,271 --> 00:14:27,031 and South America where they collected vast amounts 298 00:14:27,190 --> 00:14:29,692 of gold, silver and precious jewels. 299 00:14:29,785 --> 00:14:34,030 However, over the past two years, 300 00:14:34,114 --> 00:14:36,782 the Oak Island team has made numerous discoveries 301 00:14:36,867 --> 00:14:40,703 that suggest the Portuguese also visited Oak Island. 302 00:14:40,787 --> 00:14:43,539 These finds include the massive stone ship's wharf, 303 00:14:43,624 --> 00:14:46,375 uncovered one year ago in the swamp, 304 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:49,545 a fragment of a cannon on Lot 4, 305 00:14:49,630 --> 00:14:53,391 and along with the stone shot found in the Money Pit area, 306 00:14:53,475 --> 00:14:56,886 evidence of wooden tunnels that have been carbon-dated 307 00:14:56,970 --> 00:14:58,563 to between the late fifteenth 308 00:14:58,722 --> 00:15:01,065 and the early seventeenth centuries. 309 00:15:01,224 --> 00:15:03,318 You know, what's interesting about that is, 310 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:05,978 you know, we looked at French, 311 00:15:06,063 --> 00:15:09,815 we looked at British, but we never looked at Portuguese. 312 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:11,910 - No. - No. 313 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:13,903 NARRATOR: If the Portuguese were on Oak Island 314 00:15:13,987 --> 00:15:15,905 more than 200 years prior 315 00:15:15,989 --> 00:15:17,907 to the discovery of the Money Pit, 316 00:15:17,991 --> 00:15:20,501 it begs the question, was it merely 317 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:23,755 for the purposes of creating a fishing settlement? 318 00:15:23,914 --> 00:15:27,091 So, what other evidence do we have that 319 00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:29,677 the Portuguese were here on our shores in Nova Scotia? 320 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:33,848 DOUG: Well, Professor Ross Wilheim, in 1971, 321 00:15:34,007 --> 00:15:37,602 he thought that, after 1526, the bulk of the gold and silver 322 00:15:37,761 --> 00:15:39,854 shipped to Europe from the New World 323 00:15:40,013 --> 00:15:42,941 was moved in guarded convoys of fleets of vessels. 324 00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:45,017 So when these treasure fleets were making their turn 325 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:47,853 towards the Azores, if they encountered storms, 326 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:51,199 the ships were driven towards our coasts here. 327 00:15:51,358 --> 00:15:53,701 And they would need a place to safe haven from the storm 328 00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:56,195 and a place to repair. 329 00:15:56,279 --> 00:15:58,030 Well, you know, we're finding items that suggest 330 00:15:58,123 --> 00:16:01,292 ship repair, both in Smith's Cove and in the swamp. 331 00:16:01,377 --> 00:16:03,035 JACK: Well, if they were looking for any place that was a great 332 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:05,538 area to harbor out for a while, they would have 333 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:09,125 definitely come around Oak Island and into Mahone Bay. 334 00:16:09,209 --> 00:16:12,378 Yeah. Actually, one of the things we stumbled across 335 00:16:12,462 --> 00:16:15,640 was maps through the 1500s into the early 1600s. 336 00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:19,802 And if you look here, 337 00:16:19,886 --> 00:16:21,479 if you see here on the coast of Nova Scotia, 338 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:24,315 this is Cape Breton, Newfoundland. 339 00:16:26,059 --> 00:16:28,728 Here is some place called "Port of Refuge," 340 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:32,824 which looks surprisingly positioned to match Mahone Bay. 341 00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:35,743 The Portuguese, because of their early exploration 342 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:38,496 and looking for gold in the New World, 343 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:42,742 may have come to Nova Scotia and found signs of gold here 344 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:45,745 and were looking, actively exploring for that gold, 345 00:16:45,829 --> 00:16:49,340 and needed a place to process it or hide it away. 346 00:16:49,425 --> 00:16:52,260 - Interesting. - We know they were here, 347 00:16:52,419 --> 00:16:54,262 - so that makes them a more likely suspect... - Yeah. 348 00:16:54,421 --> 00:16:56,931 Than the... anyone we can't prove was along our shores. 349 00:16:57,090 --> 00:16:58,182 RICK: That's great. 350 00:16:58,267 --> 00:17:02,011 NARRATOR: Could Doug's theory be correct? 351 00:17:02,095 --> 00:17:05,940 Is it possible that while transporting vast riches 352 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:09,360 from South America back to Portugal centuries ago, 353 00:17:09,519 --> 00:17:13,114 a Portuguese expedition landed on Oak Island 354 00:17:13,273 --> 00:17:16,358 and constructed the man-made workings in the swamp, 355 00:17:16,443 --> 00:17:19,704 as well as the Money Pit? 356 00:17:19,788 --> 00:17:23,875 There's a lot of information here that needs to be looked at 357 00:17:23,959 --> 00:17:26,461 much more in-depth, all right, because 358 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:28,120 who knows where this may lead? 359 00:17:28,205 --> 00:17:31,457 And the one critique I have is, 360 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,709 we're supposed to be putting Xs through people, 361 00:17:33,794 --> 00:17:35,795 - not creating more suspects. - (laughter) 362 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:39,390 There certainly is some historical narrative about 363 00:17:39,549 --> 00:17:41,217 the Portuguese having been in the area. 364 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,052 The other evidence, really, 365 00:17:43,136 --> 00:17:45,137 regarding a possible connection 366 00:17:45,222 --> 00:17:46,972 between the Portuguese and Oak Island is compelling. 367 00:17:47,057 --> 00:17:49,058 But I think there's a lot 368 00:17:49,142 --> 00:17:51,069 of connective tissue that needs to be developed, 369 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:53,237 if we really, truly want 370 00:17:53,322 --> 00:17:55,406 to understand the Oak Island mystery. 371 00:17:55,491 --> 00:17:58,150 Oak Island mystery is all about the search for the truth. 372 00:17:58,235 --> 00:18:02,246 And I applaud you for bringing this to the fore. 373 00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:05,416 But eyes and boots approach, there's a lot of work out back, 374 00:18:05,575 --> 00:18:07,493 - so let's get after it. - All right. 375 00:18:07,577 --> 00:18:09,253 PETER: All right. 376 00:18:13,342 --> 00:18:14,509 MARTY: Okay, Steve. Bring us up to date on the drilling. 377 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,677 So, as per Rick's instructions, 378 00:18:16,837 --> 00:18:19,597 we wanted to focus on the western portion of the Money Pit 379 00:18:19,756 --> 00:18:22,341 - where Shaft Six could be. - Right. 380 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:24,426 NARRATOR: After drilling into what they believe 381 00:18:24,511 --> 00:18:26,521 are two walls of a 19th-century searcher shaft, 382 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,430 known as Shaft Six... 383 00:18:28,515 --> 00:18:32,110 I've outlined this area. So, we've defined the shaft. 384 00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:34,520 NARRATOR: brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 385 00:18:34,604 --> 00:18:37,523 meet with members of the team in the research center 386 00:18:37,607 --> 00:18:39,775 to pick their next drilling location. 387 00:18:39,860 --> 00:18:44,446 One they hope will intercept a tunnel some 118 feet deep 388 00:18:44,531 --> 00:18:47,783 that could potentially contain a debris field of treasure 389 00:18:47,868 --> 00:18:52,371 that resulted from a collapse of the Money Pit in 1861. 390 00:18:52,455 --> 00:18:55,049 STEVE G.: That's the next step. Let's find the tunnel, 391 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:58,294 - chase it to the Money Pit. - Given Steve's plotting 392 00:18:58,387 --> 00:19:02,131 of the possible orientation, 393 00:19:02,215 --> 00:19:05,560 the tunnel could be driven north right by F-4. 394 00:19:05,719 --> 00:19:08,813 We know that F-4 has produced 395 00:19:08,972 --> 00:19:11,149 high gold signature in the water. 396 00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:13,142 If we move north, we can possibly 397 00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:17,146 intercept the-the tunnel off of Six, 398 00:19:17,239 --> 00:19:19,407 - if it's there. - Mm-hmm. 399 00:19:19,566 --> 00:19:21,650 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, the team conducted 400 00:19:21,735 --> 00:19:24,153 water sampling tests for precious metals... 401 00:19:24,237 --> 00:19:25,413 That's it. 402 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:27,239 NARRATOR: in a number 403 00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:30,251 of previously-drilled boreholes across the Money Pit area. 404 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:33,671 Incredibly, several showed high concentrations 405 00:19:33,755 --> 00:19:36,841 of both silver and gold, including Borehole F-4. 406 00:19:38,335 --> 00:19:41,587 Is it possible that F-4 intercepted the tunnel 407 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,516 connected to Shaft Six and the original Money Pit? 408 00:19:45,675 --> 00:19:48,352 MARTY: Where do you want to drill it? 409 00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:52,848 We have to stick somewhere around F-4, maybe F-2. 410 00:19:52,933 --> 00:19:55,100 Somewhere around there. 411 00:19:55,185 --> 00:19:57,102 So, that's my hope. 412 00:19:57,196 --> 00:20:01,523 I would go south a foot, and we'd call it F.25-4? 413 00:20:01,617 --> 00:20:04,443 I agree. It-it makes sense. 414 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:06,537 - MARTY: Okay. - Yeah. - DOUG: Historically, 415 00:20:06,696 --> 00:20:08,039 the Great Collapse happened, right? 416 00:20:08,198 --> 00:20:10,282 And all that debris from the Money Pit came down 417 00:20:10,367 --> 00:20:13,377 and flooded through the tunnel to Shaft Six. 418 00:20:13,536 --> 00:20:16,464 So, if there's debris from the treasure chamber 419 00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:18,791 in the Money Pit, it could well be in that tunnel. 420 00:20:18,875 --> 00:20:21,377 That's coming into our zone of interest. 421 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:22,211 Heck, if that's the debris field, I mean, 422 00:20:22,304 --> 00:20:24,639 that's a great spot for us. 423 00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:27,299 RICK: Moving the drill rig to the F line 424 00:20:27,384 --> 00:20:29,143 is important because F-4 is 425 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:31,896 where we got the highest gold and silver signature. 426 00:20:32,055 --> 00:20:35,140 And that's where it becomes interesting, 427 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:37,735 because the linear line of water sampling, 428 00:20:37,894 --> 00:20:40,813 one could possibly interpret that 429 00:20:40,897 --> 00:20:43,574 as the tunnel from Shaft Six. 430 00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:45,818 I've always said the debris field is 431 00:20:45,902 --> 00:20:47,995 where you'll find the one thing. 432 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,666 I'm excited, so, uh, let's go, uh, bore that hole. 433 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:54,660 -Let's do it. -Agreed. Enough talking. Let's go stake. 434 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:56,912 - Yup. Yeah. - Okay? 435 00:20:56,997 --> 00:20:59,748 - ALEX: See you out there. - RICK: Yup. 436 00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:02,251 NARRATOR: While Rick, Marty and members of the team 437 00:21:02,335 --> 00:21:03,836 head to the Money Pit... 438 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,097 STEVE. G.: We're getting close, guys. 439 00:21:06,256 --> 00:21:07,765 - Remember, it's just up here. - Yeah. 440 00:21:07,924 --> 00:21:10,342 NARRATOR: surveyor Steve Guptill heads 441 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,853 to Lot 4 on the western side of the island, along with 442 00:21:13,013 --> 00:21:16,932 metal detection expert Gary Drayton and Jack Begley. 443 00:21:17,025 --> 00:21:18,943 So, you think this is the detector 444 00:21:19,027 --> 00:21:20,945 that's going to be able to sniff out the mag hit? 445 00:21:21,104 --> 00:21:23,439 You got that right, mate. This is the big guns. 446 00:21:23,523 --> 00:21:29,862 GPX-5000, mate, in combination with that Equinox is fantastic. 447 00:21:29,946 --> 00:21:31,455 We're going from knee-deep to chest-deep. 448 00:21:31,614 --> 00:21:33,699 NARRATOR: Gary, Jack and Steve 449 00:21:33,783 --> 00:21:36,210 are continuing to search for evidence 450 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,879 of a mysterious feature labeled on a reported 451 00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:41,048 14th-century map of Oak Island 452 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:44,543 curiously known as "The Hole Under the Hatch." 453 00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:47,555 The map, which belonged to the late author 454 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:49,214 and researcher Zena Halpern, 455 00:21:49,299 --> 00:21:51,475 is believed to have been made by members 456 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,303 of the medieval order of the Knights Templar. 457 00:21:54,387 --> 00:21:56,731 Let's get stuck in. So, start here? 458 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,640 Yeah, let's start in the center position, 459 00:21:58,725 --> 00:21:59,817 which is right in here. 460 00:21:59,901 --> 00:22:02,227 I'll use a spiral search pattern. 461 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,730 I'll just keep going round and round and round 462 00:22:04,814 --> 00:22:06,648 - until you hear me shouting. - All right. 463 00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:08,567 GARY: All right, I'm off in the woods. 464 00:22:08,651 --> 00:22:11,487 NARRATOR: Over the past three weeks, 465 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:14,832 while trying to verify if this feature could be in the area, 466 00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:17,668 the team has discovered a number of compelling clues, 467 00:22:17,827 --> 00:22:20,579 like a construction tool, known as an adze, 468 00:22:20,663 --> 00:22:23,674 that could date as far back as 1620, 469 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:26,594 the fragment of a possible Portuguese cannon, 470 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:28,679 and a large metallic anomaly 471 00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:31,349 detected with a high-powered magnetometer. 472 00:22:33,101 --> 00:22:34,343 RICK: Lot 4, to me, 473 00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:36,512 has played a prominent role to date 474 00:22:36,605 --> 00:22:38,606 in this year's search agenda. 475 00:22:38,765 --> 00:22:40,608 Given what Gary has found, 476 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:44,695 I think it demands that we see what else is there 477 00:22:44,780 --> 00:22:48,607 and very thoroughly investigate all the targets. 478 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:50,609 NARRATOR: In order to find more evidence 479 00:22:50,702 --> 00:22:52,444 that will help the team obtain a permit 480 00:22:52,529 --> 00:22:55,614 to excavate in search of the hatch, 481 00:22:55,698 --> 00:22:58,700 Gary is using the GPX-5000, 482 00:22:58,785 --> 00:23:01,879 a high-powered metal detector with an 18-inch coil capable 483 00:23:02,038 --> 00:23:05,707 of identifying targets up to five feet deep. 484 00:23:05,792 --> 00:23:09,461 (high-pitched whirring) 485 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,472 Big target here, guys. 486 00:23:11,631 --> 00:23:15,134 This is a screamer. 487 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,477 I'm going to say that's probably our anomaly. 488 00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:18,470 Okay. Hopefully, it's something good. 489 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:20,731 I'm on my way. 490 00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:23,317 - (high-pitched whirring) - It's here. 491 00:23:24,394 --> 00:23:27,488 - That's the center? - Yeah. 492 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:39,741 Go on, mate. You can do it. 493 00:23:39,826 --> 00:23:41,743 All right. 494 00:23:41,828 --> 00:23:44,672 (high-pitched whirring) 495 00:23:44,831 --> 00:23:47,425 Let's see if I can pinpoint it. 496 00:23:47,584 --> 00:23:49,427 (beeping) 497 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:54,173 Oh. It's deeper. 498 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,924 Deeper, yeah. 499 00:23:56,009 --> 00:23:57,852 (high-pitched whirring) 500 00:23:58,011 --> 00:24:00,020 And that's where you're just getting the edge of it. 501 00:24:08,196 --> 00:24:09,354 Oh, mate, should I check it? 502 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,198 Yeah. 503 00:24:11,357 --> 00:24:12,941 (high-pitched whirring) 504 00:24:13,026 --> 00:24:15,286 Yeah, it's out. 505 00:24:15,445 --> 00:24:17,362 GARY: Yup, sounds like you got it out. 506 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:18,947 (beeping) 507 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,124 JACK: Now you're on it. Yeah. 508 00:24:21,868 --> 00:24:23,794 Ooh, look at this! 509 00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:28,883 -STEVE G.: What do you have? 510 00:24:29,042 --> 00:24:30,551 - (beeping) - Oh! 511 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:32,219 Yeah, a very, very interesting piece. 512 00:24:32,378 --> 00:24:33,545 What do you have there? 513 00:24:33,630 --> 00:24:36,390 Metal. I don't know what it is. 514 00:24:36,549 --> 00:24:39,301 NARRATOR: While searching for evidence of a possible hatch 515 00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:40,886 or tunnel entrance on Lot 4, 516 00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:45,557 Gary Drayton has just made a potentially important discovery. 517 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,735 Wow. Look at that, mate. 518 00:24:47,894 --> 00:24:51,730 Actually, this kind of looks like a massive iron staple. 519 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:56,735 It looks like it's broken, but this is definitely something 520 00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:59,997 that you would expect to be in an old hatch. 521 00:25:00,156 --> 00:25:03,501 Oh! What time period do you think that's from? 522 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:06,337 More than likely, it's pre-1830s. 523 00:25:06,496 --> 00:25:08,664 - This is what we're looking for. - Mm-hmm. 524 00:25:08,748 --> 00:25:10,841 I don't feel there's a lot of manganese in this. 525 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,335 - For... - Fits in with over by the swamp 526 00:25:13,428 --> 00:25:14,253 - and the Money Pit. - Yeah. 527 00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:16,263 Chunky piece of iron. 528 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,432 And it's in such good condition, as well. 529 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:21,352 But to me, it looks like it's broken. 530 00:25:21,511 --> 00:25:23,187 And if you was looking for a hatch, 531 00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:26,774 uh, I'm assuming the hatch is... got some wood on it. 532 00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:28,350 If it is a wooden hatch, it would have one of these 533 00:25:28,443 --> 00:25:30,852 - in for sure. - Mm-hmm. 534 00:25:30,946 --> 00:25:35,616 NARRATOR: An iron staple or fastener unearthed on Lot 4? 535 00:25:35,775 --> 00:25:39,954 Could Gary's speculation that it's not only ancient, 536 00:25:40,113 --> 00:25:41,956 but also potentially connected 537 00:25:42,115 --> 00:25:45,543 to the reported "Hole Under the Hatch" be correct? 538 00:25:45,702 --> 00:25:47,286 JACK Well, we're gonna have to find some more 539 00:25:47,370 --> 00:25:48,453 to figure out exactly what went on here. 540 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:49,880 GARY: Yeah, obviously, 541 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:52,550 - we are not the first people out here. - Exactly. 542 00:25:52,709 --> 00:25:54,293 STEVE G.: We still have more locations to check. 543 00:25:54,377 --> 00:25:58,138 - So, that's a positive sign. - GARY: Yup. 544 00:25:58,298 --> 00:26:00,891 So, going to keep continuing the search, and hopefully, 545 00:26:01,050 --> 00:26:02,217 there's some more items like this. 546 00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:03,644 - Yeah. - JACK: This is something 547 00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:04,970 - we need to bag. - Oh, yeah, of course. 548 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,138 I'll take it to Steve, 549 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,140 - and then you keep going, and... - Okay, mate. 550 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,733 Hope we have other finds like that, if not better. 551 00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:11,151 GARY: Yeah. I think this is 552 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,987 a crackin' little find, mate. 553 00:26:16,232 --> 00:26:18,400 NARRATOR: The following morning 554 00:26:18,484 --> 00:26:20,652 in the Money Pit area... 555 00:26:20,737 --> 00:26:23,080 TERRY: F.25-4! 556 00:26:23,239 --> 00:26:27,167 - We're down 39 feet, Charles? - Yup, 39. 557 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:29,253 NARRATOR: geologist Terry Matheson 558 00:26:29,412 --> 00:26:32,006 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 559 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:34,916 are supervising the drilling operation 560 00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:40,347 in the team's new borehole on their strategic grid-- F.25-4. 561 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:43,759 A borehole that they hope will intercept a tunnel 562 00:26:43,852 --> 00:26:47,262 some 118 feet deep that is believed 563 00:26:47,355 --> 00:26:49,348 to contain a debris field of treasure 564 00:26:49,432 --> 00:26:52,184 connected to the original Money Pit. 565 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:55,029 TERRY: We're only about a foot away from F-4 there. 566 00:26:55,188 --> 00:26:58,115 If that is indeed Shaft Six and the tunnel coming off of that, 567 00:26:58,199 --> 00:27:00,692 maybe that could account for the high 568 00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:03,945 gold and silver readings we're getting in F-4. 569 00:27:04,030 --> 00:27:06,290 Exactly. Part of the smashed-up treasure 570 00:27:06,374 --> 00:27:08,292 or a vault that has fallen and shot 571 00:27:08,451 --> 00:27:09,793 - into the Shaft Six tunnel. - Yeah. 572 00:27:09,952 --> 00:27:11,453 MARTY: There could be a tunnel 573 00:27:11,537 --> 00:27:12,871 between the shaft and the Money Pit area. 574 00:27:12,955 --> 00:27:14,632 So, we're looking for it. 575 00:27:14,791 --> 00:27:17,217 And the collapse of the Money Pit. 576 00:27:17,377 --> 00:27:22,214 The water samples show the most gold and silver right there, so, 577 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,725 we think we're zeroing in on potentially at least part 578 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:26,644 of the treasure. 579 00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:28,979 - CHARLES: We got another core coming. - Yup. 580 00:27:30,890 --> 00:27:32,891 - 119. - 119. 581 00:27:32,975 --> 00:27:34,151 Yup. 582 00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:40,240 Look at this, Charles. This is really mixed up. 583 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:43,068 In terms of constituents, it's all till. 584 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:44,912 But look at the wood and chips and chunks through it. 585 00:27:45,071 --> 00:27:46,655 - Yeah. - That's not at the periphery or the outside. 586 00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:48,156 It's right in the core and center. 587 00:27:48,249 --> 00:27:51,910 This is definitely clumps and chunks 588 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:56,590 of material that was dug out, mixed with clumps 589 00:27:56,749 --> 00:27:59,835 of sticks and twigs that fell in between the clumps. 590 00:27:59,919 --> 00:28:03,097 It's partially backfill and partially 591 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:05,015 dug material. 592 00:28:05,174 --> 00:28:08,769 So... we did not intersect a tunnel. 593 00:28:08,928 --> 00:28:12,681 That doesn't mean it's not there. We just didn't hit it. 594 00:28:12,765 --> 00:28:14,191 We just didn't hit it. That's right. 595 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:19,780 NARRATOR: Having now reached a depth of nearly 120 feet, 596 00:28:19,939 --> 00:28:22,941 and finding no hard evidence of the Shaft Six tunnel 597 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:25,369 nor the treasure it is believed to contain, 598 00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:29,114 it appears that the team has missed their target. 599 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:32,376 However, since they have discovered high concentrations 600 00:28:32,535 --> 00:28:36,630 of both silver and gold in nearby Borehole F-4 601 00:28:36,789 --> 00:28:40,467 through water testing, they may not have missed by much. 602 00:28:40,626 --> 00:28:43,554 And when they begin digging ten-foot-wide caissons 603 00:28:43,638 --> 00:28:46,140 in the area just a few short weeks from now, 604 00:28:46,299 --> 00:28:48,300 perhaps the ultimate discovery 605 00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:51,636 connected to Shaft Six still awaits them. 606 00:28:51,721 --> 00:28:54,231 RICK: Look, it's a process, all right? It's incremental. 607 00:28:54,390 --> 00:28:56,641 And I think we're going to stay the course and 608 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,653 continue to drill the grid, and hopefully, 609 00:28:59,812 --> 00:29:00,979 from that work, we'll be able 610 00:29:01,072 --> 00:29:03,148 to ascertain exactly where the spots are 611 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:06,151 to put large cans to solve this thing. 612 00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,987 TERRY: At least we know exactly where it isn't. 613 00:29:09,071 --> 00:29:11,165 So, we can move over and see if we hit it 614 00:29:11,324 --> 00:29:13,917 - just a little further to the east or west. - Okay. 615 00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:15,836 TERRY: Lots of good information. 616 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:21,258 NARRATOR: While Terry Matheson concludes 617 00:29:21,342 --> 00:29:25,086 the drilling operation in Borehole F.25-4... 618 00:29:25,171 --> 00:29:27,506 BILLY: We're getting down into this more important zone, 619 00:29:27,590 --> 00:29:29,424 I think. You know, every time we move ahead, 620 00:29:29,509 --> 00:29:31,351 I'm a little more confident that we might find 621 00:29:31,511 --> 00:29:34,354 - more pieces related to what we found last year. - Yeah. Yeah. 622 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:37,098 NARRATOR: Charles Barkhouse joins Gary Drayton 623 00:29:37,183 --> 00:29:39,860 and other members of the team to look for more evidence 624 00:29:40,019 --> 00:29:43,355 of a possible buried ship, and hopefully valuables, 625 00:29:43,439 --> 00:29:46,024 near the southern edge of the swamp. 626 00:29:46,108 --> 00:29:48,035 But all it takes, mate, is one good find. 627 00:29:48,194 --> 00:29:49,536 - Yup, that's it. - And let's get that good find today. 628 00:29:49,695 --> 00:29:51,205 CHARLES: Laird and I 629 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:53,207 are gonna go over, and we'll observe as you're digging. 630 00:29:53,366 --> 00:29:55,626 Just in case we see something that you're pulling up, 631 00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:57,202 - we can warn these guys. - GARY: All right, mate. 632 00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,453 I'll get stuck in. 633 00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:01,790 RICK: We're finding a plethora of items, 634 00:30:01,874 --> 00:30:04,218 what we deem to be nautical finds. 635 00:30:04,377 --> 00:30:07,212 There's certainly some strange goings-on in the swamp, 636 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:11,058 and I don't think we're anywhere near, uh, the finality of it. 637 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:14,803 GARY: All right, mate. We need a ship's bell, don't we? 638 00:30:14,887 --> 00:30:17,064 - Yeah. - Is that a...? 639 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:19,900 Look! That's a... 640 00:30:20,059 --> 00:30:22,069 Is that a piece of planking? 641 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:23,737 Looks like it's cut, as well. 642 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,897 It does. Yup. 643 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:27,574 - It's worth saving and cleaning up. - Yeah. 644 00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,493 Hey, you know what it reminds me of? 645 00:30:29,652 --> 00:30:30,569 - Could be... - You see that curve? 646 00:30:30,653 --> 00:30:33,071 It reminds me of a barrel stave. 647 00:30:33,155 --> 00:30:34,498 Yeah. 648 00:30:34,657 --> 00:30:35,657 NARRATOR: A possible barrel stave? 649 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:37,158 This is one right here, too. 650 00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:39,503 I think we've found a barrel here. 651 00:30:39,662 --> 00:30:41,580 NARRATOR: Over the past year, 652 00:30:41,664 --> 00:30:44,091 the team has found pieces of cargo barrels 653 00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:48,003 in the swamp that date back 500 years or more, 654 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:50,922 not only near the cobblestone pathway, 655 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:53,267 which may be heading toward the Money Pit, 656 00:30:53,426 --> 00:30:55,343 but also near the eastern side 657 00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:57,938 of the massive stone ship's wharf. 658 00:30:58,097 --> 00:31:02,183 A ship's wharf that may also date back at least 500 years 659 00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:05,529 and be of Portuguese origin. 660 00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:07,439 Would be curious to see if this matches up with the others. 661 00:31:07,523 --> 00:31:10,367 NARRATOR: Could this potential piece of a barrel, 662 00:31:10,451 --> 00:31:12,861 found in the area where the team has also 663 00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:14,788 recently unearthed parts of a ship, 664 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:18,033 be connected and provide more evidence 665 00:31:18,117 --> 00:31:21,879 of an ancient operation to unload cargo onto Oak Island? 666 00:31:22,038 --> 00:31:23,797 - Well, we'll save it. - GARY: Okay. 667 00:31:26,208 --> 00:31:28,710 All right, mate. Better get out of the way. 668 00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:31,546 Billy Buckets is coming in. 669 00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:34,466 BILLY: It may be nothing, 670 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,468 but when I flick the bucket, just come ahead, 671 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:38,228 just come right ahead in front of the bucket. 672 00:31:38,387 --> 00:31:40,814 There's a small little pointy piece. 673 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:42,149 - This? - Yeah. 674 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:43,567 GARY: Oh, wow. 675 00:31:43,651 --> 00:31:46,320 Well, that's interesting. Look at that, Scott. 676 00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:51,575 - Look at that, Scott. - That's a nice piece, Gary. 677 00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:53,160 GARY: I mean, yeah, you can definitely tell 678 00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:54,402 that's not natural. That's been shaped like that. 679 00:31:54,487 --> 00:31:57,906 - No. For sure. - Laird! 680 00:31:57,990 --> 00:32:01,168 NARRATOR: Near the southern edge of the Oak Island swamp, 681 00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:03,244 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 682 00:32:03,329 --> 00:32:06,331 along with Billy Gerhardt and other members of the team 683 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:10,093 have just made another potentially critical discovery. 684 00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:13,430 The archaeologist is here. 685 00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:15,349 Oh. What do you have? 686 00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:17,935 Well, we don't know, mate. Some kind of wooden plug. 687 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:20,604 - Huh. - Or a pin. 688 00:32:20,763 --> 00:32:23,848 Yeah. You can see it's square here, 689 00:32:23,933 --> 00:32:25,850 and then someone's carefully tapered it. 690 00:32:25,935 --> 00:32:29,279 Yeah. It's-it's just got a nautical feel to it. 691 00:32:29,438 --> 00:32:30,697 Yeah. 692 00:32:30,856 --> 00:32:34,284 - And you see the beveled edges on the side? - Yup. 693 00:32:34,443 --> 00:32:36,870 GARY: I mean, if we're finding ship's parts, 694 00:32:37,029 --> 00:32:38,363 that would be well at home. 695 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:39,873 Yeah, for sure. 696 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,534 NARRATOR: A possible ship's pin found 697 00:32:42,618 --> 00:32:44,795 near the southern edge of the swamp? 698 00:32:44,954 --> 00:32:48,715 Dating back prior to the 14th century in Europe, 699 00:32:48,874 --> 00:32:51,885 ship's pins, or belaying pins, 700 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:54,137 were made of either metal or wood 701 00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:56,223 and were used to secure the rigging lines 702 00:32:56,382 --> 00:32:58,558 for raising and lowering sails, 703 00:32:58,718 --> 00:33:01,895 as well as for docking ships. 704 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:04,222 SCOTT: Then there's potential for that to be quite old. 705 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,316 Yup, yup. 706 00:33:06,475 --> 00:33:08,235 NARRATOR: Because wooden belaying pins 707 00:33:08,394 --> 00:33:11,738 were replaced by metal cleats by the 19th century, 708 00:33:11,897 --> 00:33:15,909 is it possible the team has just discovered more evidence 709 00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:19,329 of an ancient ship buried in the swamp? 710 00:33:19,488 --> 00:33:22,165 GARY: That's the good thing about the swamp. 711 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:25,419 It might be stinky, but it saves all the good stuff. 712 00:33:25,578 --> 00:33:27,587 You know, it makes you wonder what else is in there, right? 713 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,923 - GARY: Yeah. - Or what-what we could be missing. 714 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,009 GARY: Yeah. 715 00:33:32,168 --> 00:33:33,427 CHARLES: All right. Let's get back to it. 716 00:33:33,586 --> 00:33:34,761 - Thanks, Laird. - Thank you. 717 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,347 (engine starts) 718 00:33:43,345 --> 00:33:45,772 I don't know about that. Looks more like bark. 719 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:48,442 - Yeah. - I think we're barking up the wrong tree with that one. 720 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,623 What is this? 721 00:34:05,117 --> 00:34:07,202 That's a pretty smooth piece of wood right there. 722 00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:10,371 GARY: Oh, wow. It's interesting. Look. 723 00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:12,791 That looks like it was cut. 724 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:17,137 But why would anybody ever cut something in that way? 725 00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:18,889 GARY: It stood out, didn't it? 726 00:34:19,048 --> 00:34:20,057 Hey, Laird! 727 00:34:20,216 --> 00:34:22,142 - They're calling you in, Laird. - Yeah. 728 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,229 What do you got? 729 00:34:26,388 --> 00:34:27,731 We're hoping you can tell us, mate. 730 00:34:27,890 --> 00:34:29,808 First impression: it looks like it's a... 731 00:34:29,892 --> 00:34:32,069 a knot broken out of a trunk of a tree. 732 00:34:32,228 --> 00:34:33,737 CHARLES: Wow. 733 00:34:33,896 --> 00:34:35,396 SCOTT: But it's clearly been cut. 734 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:38,900 You ever seen anything like that? 735 00:34:38,993 --> 00:34:42,737 No. It almost looks carved. 736 00:34:42,822 --> 00:34:45,573 Yeah. It looks like it's been cut on the top and the bottom. 737 00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:47,918 Yeah. Could it be part of a tool? 738 00:34:48,077 --> 00:34:49,911 - LAIRD: Could well be. - GARY: Yeah. 739 00:34:50,004 --> 00:34:51,922 Almost reminds me of, like, 740 00:34:52,081 --> 00:34:54,424 that wooden T square we found in the swamp. 741 00:34:54,583 --> 00:34:57,085 - CHARLES: Oh, yeah. - LAIRD: Yeah. 742 00:34:57,169 --> 00:35:00,839 - RICK: Check this out. - Oh, God. Wow. 743 00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:04,259 NARRATOR: Last year, after discovering the pieces 744 00:35:04,343 --> 00:35:06,177 of cargo barrels along the cobblestone path 745 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:09,180 near the eastern border of the swamp, 746 00:35:09,265 --> 00:35:11,608 Rick Lagina and members of the team 747 00:35:11,767 --> 00:35:14,194 found what they believe to be a mason's wooden 748 00:35:14,353 --> 00:35:16,446 T square measuring tool. 749 00:35:16,531 --> 00:35:21,192 Okay. We're gonna look at the wood mason's tool. 750 00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:23,194 NARRATOR: When they had it carbon-dated, 751 00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:25,280 they were more than intrigued by the results. 752 00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:30,544 This one was from 1632 to 1668. 753 00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:33,213 Whoa. 754 00:35:33,372 --> 00:35:34,881 It's purpose-built, right? 755 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:36,466 - GARY: Yeah. - CHARLES: Yeah. 756 00:35:36,625 --> 00:35:38,385 NARRATOR: Could it be possible 757 00:35:38,544 --> 00:35:41,304 that the team has now found a similar kind of tool? 758 00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:45,058 If so, just what was its purpose? 759 00:35:45,217 --> 00:35:47,719 And could it be connected to the possible fragments 760 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:50,221 of cargo barrels, and evidence of a ship 761 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:53,224 that have also recently been unearthed 762 00:35:53,309 --> 00:35:55,226 in this region of the swamp? 763 00:35:55,311 --> 00:35:56,644 It is. 764 00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:58,655 GARY: This is a shaped piece of wood, 765 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:02,400 and obviously, it had some kind of purpose. 766 00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:06,404 And recovering pieces of shaped wood is important 767 00:36:06,488 --> 00:36:09,749 because this area is very close to the area 768 00:36:09,909 --> 00:36:13,837 where we recovered that piece of ship's rail last year. 769 00:36:13,996 --> 00:36:16,006 BILLY: We are getting closer and closer 770 00:36:16,165 --> 00:36:18,583 to, you know, the swamp road, right? 771 00:36:18,667 --> 00:36:20,752 So, I mean, it's a fair thought to think 772 00:36:20,845 --> 00:36:23,346 that the road was used for a boat of some sort, 773 00:36:23,505 --> 00:36:25,173 and now we're just getting in the good zone. 774 00:36:25,257 --> 00:36:28,009 - Yeah. - We're finding a lot of pieces 775 00:36:28,093 --> 00:36:29,686 concentrated in one area. 776 00:36:29,845 --> 00:36:31,346 Hell of a lot of interesting pieces, as well. 777 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:33,765 - Yes. - Yeah. I'd expect to find more. 778 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:36,693 GARY: I know Rick, Marty, and Craig are gonna be 779 00:36:36,852 --> 00:36:39,029 - very interested in this piece. - LAIRD: Yeah. 780 00:36:43,025 --> 00:36:44,275 - LAIRD: Hey, guys. - ALEX: Hey, Laird. 781 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:45,610 -RICK: Here he is -Three guys from the field. 782 00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:48,705 - Three guys from the swamp. - What you got? 783 00:36:48,789 --> 00:36:51,282 Well, these are all coming out from the same basic spot. 784 00:36:51,367 --> 00:36:53,877 NARRATOR: After discovering a number of wooden artifacts 785 00:36:53,961 --> 00:36:58,122 near the southern border of the triangle-shaped swamp, 786 00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,625 archaeologist Laird Niven, along with Scott Barlow 787 00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:03,720 and Billy Gerhardt, have called a meeting 788 00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:06,306 with Rick, Marty, Craig and other members of the team 789 00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:09,142 in the war room. 790 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,802 LAIRD: This one is a bit of a mystery. 791 00:37:10,886 --> 00:37:12,896 Maybe as woodworking people, 792 00:37:13,055 --> 00:37:14,898 you'll have a little more insight into it. 793 00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:22,405 - What the heck is that? - Hmm. 794 00:37:22,564 --> 00:37:23,740 Hmm. 795 00:37:26,318 --> 00:37:29,746 (scoffs) I have no idea what that is. 796 00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:31,498 When you first handed it, I said, 797 00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:34,334 - part of a piece of furniture. - Yup. 798 00:37:34,493 --> 00:37:36,995 No. You know, looks like something must've that stained 799 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:39,089 or something was around. 800 00:37:39,248 --> 00:37:40,590 Could a rope maybe have done that? 801 00:37:40,749 --> 00:37:44,511 Yeah, it does almost look like a rope rubbing on the... 802 00:37:44,670 --> 00:37:46,680 that one portion, under the lip. 803 00:37:46,839 --> 00:37:48,840 RICK: I'd say you're right. That's a rope burn. 804 00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:50,258 - TOM: That's what I think it is. Yeah. - RICK: Yeah. 805 00:37:50,351 --> 00:37:53,186 Yeah. That's quite possible. 806 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,689 Then it's not furniture. To me, that looks maritime. 807 00:37:55,848 --> 00:37:58,692 BILLY: It's all in the general range of where we found, uh, 808 00:37:58,851 --> 00:38:00,277 the ship's rail last year. 809 00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:01,278 We're pretty darn close. 810 00:38:01,437 --> 00:38:03,280 NARRATOR: Could it be possible 811 00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:06,357 that what Gary Drayton, Laird, Billy and Scott 812 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:09,703 believed might be a tool is actually another piece 813 00:38:09,862 --> 00:38:11,204 of a large sailing vessel? 814 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,623 It was used extensively, that's for sure. 815 00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:16,376 Friction burn like that is gonna take a while. 816 00:38:16,535 --> 00:38:18,369 Mm-hmm. I think that's a much denser piece of wood... 817 00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:21,298 - BILLY: Yeah. - Because it's-it's already dry. 818 00:38:21,457 --> 00:38:23,624 Yeah, so we talked about C-14 dating, 819 00:38:23,709 --> 00:38:25,043 - but maybe we should look at... - I think we should look 820 00:38:25,127 --> 00:38:27,220 - at species on that one. - Yeah. 821 00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:28,555 'Cause if it is some exotic species, 822 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,390 that might tell us something, too. 823 00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:31,975 Yeah, for sure. 824 00:38:32,134 --> 00:38:34,135 Well, we're kind of, um, overwhelmed 825 00:38:34,219 --> 00:38:35,887 by the stuff coming out of the swamp. 826 00:38:35,971 --> 00:38:37,305 You know, they used to use black locust 827 00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:41,067 - or something really hard to-to wind ropes around. - Yeah. 828 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,310 MARTY: You know, they're pieces of wood. 829 00:38:42,394 --> 00:38:43,978 They're human-shaped. 830 00:38:44,063 --> 00:38:45,897 The swamp preserves them 831 00:38:45,981 --> 00:38:47,490 for literally hundreds of years. 832 00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:49,159 So we need to get everything tested 833 00:38:49,318 --> 00:38:52,236 to see how old the old is and separate out the new. 834 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,914 Anyway, the last one-- It's a worked piece of wood. 835 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:58,418 Um, almost like it was meant to be inserted partway. 836 00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:00,495 So, possibly nautically related. 837 00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:02,997 BILLY: So, you know, it could've been, 838 00:39:03,082 --> 00:39:04,665 uh, you know, to hang your rope on. 839 00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:06,760 How deep was that, Billy? 840 00:39:06,919 --> 00:39:08,920 Two to three feet, probably. 841 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:12,924 We're just getting into the original surface of the swamp. 842 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:14,926 I have to give you guys credit to find this. 843 00:39:15,010 --> 00:39:16,094 - ALEX: Yeah. - In one of those big buckets. 844 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:19,105 I mean, it is a pretty interesting piece, 845 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,099 and it would have been very hard to find. 846 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:23,860 Well, I mean, every time we've gone into that swamp, 847 00:39:24,019 --> 00:39:26,696 we've found answers. Unfortunately, 848 00:39:26,855 --> 00:39:28,531 don't give us all the answers, but 849 00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:31,526 you-you know, we can't find it if we don't look, so... 850 00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:34,037 NARRATOR: For the Oak Island team, 851 00:39:34,196 --> 00:39:36,447 these discoveries offer important clues 852 00:39:36,532 --> 00:39:39,367 that they hope will help solve the treasure mystery. 853 00:39:39,451 --> 00:39:41,619 However, for Tom Nolan, 854 00:39:41,703 --> 00:39:44,455 they also offer something very personal. 855 00:39:44,548 --> 00:39:49,293 In 1969, his father, the late landowner 856 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,638 and legendary treasure hunter Fred Nolan, 857 00:39:51,797 --> 00:39:53,473 drained the swamp, 858 00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:56,050 believing that it might hold important clues. 859 00:39:56,135 --> 00:40:00,555 After finding a number of survey stakes and parts of a ship, 860 00:40:00,648 --> 00:40:02,982 including a piece of a mast, 861 00:40:03,142 --> 00:40:07,562 Fred became convinced that the swamp had been artificially made 862 00:40:07,646 --> 00:40:10,982 in order to hide the wreck of a treasure galleon. 863 00:40:11,066 --> 00:40:12,575 Based on what I've seen on Fred's maps, 864 00:40:12,734 --> 00:40:15,495 I would say you're in an ideal location. 865 00:40:15,654 --> 00:40:18,489 NARRATOR: Is it possible that by working with Rick, 866 00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:20,917 Marty and the team, Tom is one step closer 867 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:24,579 to proving his father's theory to be true? 868 00:40:24,663 --> 00:40:26,923 RICK: Good eye. 869 00:40:27,082 --> 00:40:27,924 Yeah, your team is doing fabulous. 870 00:40:29,009 --> 00:40:31,678 Okay. Go find some more stuff! 871 00:40:31,837 --> 00:40:33,596 Be out as soon as we can. 872 00:40:33,681 --> 00:40:34,922 MARTY: Yeah, we'll be out there to help you. 873 00:40:35,015 --> 00:40:36,266 - TOM: Thanks, guys. - LAIRD: Okay. 874 00:40:36,425 --> 00:40:38,852 NARRATOR: Another historic week has 875 00:40:39,011 --> 00:40:41,354 come to an end on Oak Island. 876 00:40:41,513 --> 00:40:44,849 And even though Rick, Marty, Craig, and their team 877 00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:48,936 still struggle to decode the mystery of the Money Pit, 878 00:40:49,021 --> 00:40:53,191 the discoveries that they keep unearthing all across the island 879 00:40:53,275 --> 00:40:55,118 only strengthen their resolve to believe 880 00:40:55,277 --> 00:40:58,288 it will all be worth it in the end. 881 00:40:58,372 --> 00:41:03,293 As they keep drilling and digging for clues, 882 00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:07,797 will their efforts lead to the vast cache of untold riches 883 00:41:07,956 --> 00:41:10,884 that people have been searching for since 1795, 884 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:15,221 or are those efforts leading them 885 00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:20,393 to their greatest challenge and test of will yet? 886 00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:26,307 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 887 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,892 GARY: Fingers crossed on this one. 888 00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:30,737 -(beeping) -Oh, yeah. Look at the size of that! 889 00:41:30,896 --> 00:41:32,572 - MARTY: Wow. - That is crazy. 890 00:41:32,731 --> 00:41:35,149 This is a tool that you would use for moving items. 891 00:41:35,242 --> 00:41:36,234 Bring your heavy stuff to shore, 892 00:41:36,318 --> 00:41:37,735 - then you move it with that. - Yes. 893 00:41:37,819 --> 00:41:39,829 JEREMY: This tunnel, next with this 894 00:41:39,988 --> 00:41:41,822 very square structure in the Money Pit. 895 00:41:41,907 --> 00:41:43,917 - Oh, baby! - (laughter) 896 00:41:44,076 --> 00:41:45,576 - Whoa! - Whoa! 897 00:41:45,661 --> 00:41:46,753 STEVE G.: We pierced something that hasn't 898 00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:48,496 been pierced in a long time. 899 00:41:48,589 --> 00:41:51,508 - The famous offset chamber. - Exactly.