1 00:00:01,826 --> 00:00:03,168 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island 2 00:00:03,253 --> 00:00:04,661 GARY: Fingers crossed on this one. 3 00:00:04,754 --> 00:00:07,589 Oh, yeah. Look at the size of that. 4 00:00:07,749 --> 00:00:09,499 - MARTY: Wow! - That is crazy. 5 00:00:09,584 --> 00:00:12,002 This is a tool that you would use for moving items. 6 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:13,086 Bring your heavy stuff to shore, 7 00:00:13,171 --> 00:00:14,671 - then you move it with that. - Yes. 8 00:00:14,756 --> 00:00:17,758 JEREMY: This tunnel connects with this very square structure 9 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:20,844 - in the Money Pit. - Oh, baby. - (laughter) 10 00:00:20,928 --> 00:00:22,262 - Whoa! - Whoa! 11 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:23,522 STEVE G.: We pierced something that hasn't been pierced 12 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:26,108 - in a long time. - The famous offset chamber. 13 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:27,526 Exactly. 14 00:00:31,355 --> 00:00:34,357 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:36,943 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:40,947 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:41,032 --> 00:00:43,950 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,878 with strange symbols carved into it... 19 00:00:47,121 --> 00:00:50,466 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:54,878 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:54,962 --> 00:00:56,129 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,214 --> 00:00:58,965 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,885 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,969 --> 00:01:06,890 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:09,359 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:16,909 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:22,156 --> 00:01:23,832 CRAIG: Hello. 28 00:01:23,991 --> 00:01:25,084 - Hey, guys. - Hey, guys. 29 00:01:25,168 --> 00:01:27,327 - Hello. - Hi, guys. 30 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:30,163 NARRATOR: Morning has dawned on Oak Island for brothers 31 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:33,342 Rick and Marty Lagina, their partner Craig Tester, 32 00:01:33,501 --> 00:01:35,928 and other members of their team. 33 00:01:36,087 --> 00:01:38,180 So, we would like to welcome Jeremy back. 34 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:40,099 NARRATOR: But before they head back into the field 35 00:01:40,183 --> 00:01:44,937 in an effort to solve a 227-year-old mystery, 36 00:01:45,021 --> 00:01:46,680 they have gathered to meet via videoconference 37 00:01:46,764 --> 00:01:50,100 with geophysicist Jeremy Church. 38 00:01:50,184 --> 00:01:53,362 Jeremy's working with some new software, 39 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:57,190 and he has reinterpreted the previous seismic data. 40 00:01:57,283 --> 00:02:00,277 He has come up with some new targets in the Money Pit. 41 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:03,205 So, Jeremy, I'm going to turn it over to you. 42 00:02:03,364 --> 00:02:05,615 Excellent. Thanks, guys. 43 00:02:05,708 --> 00:02:07,709 I think there's some exciting stuff that's 44 00:02:07,869 --> 00:02:09,202 coming out of that existing data 45 00:02:09,287 --> 00:02:11,630 that we acquired a couple years ago. 46 00:02:11,789 --> 00:02:13,957 So this is kind of a method to kinda take it 47 00:02:14,050 --> 00:02:15,634 - to the next level. - That'd be great. 48 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:20,964 NARRATOR: As Rick, Marty, Craig and the team prepare to 49 00:02:21,048 --> 00:02:23,717 dig up to four ten-foot-wide, steel-cased shafts 50 00:02:23,801 --> 00:02:24,810 in the coming weeks... 51 00:02:26,396 --> 00:02:28,897 they have asked Jeremy to reassess the seismic survey 52 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:31,984 that his colleagues conducted in 2018 53 00:02:32,143 --> 00:02:35,979 across the Eastern drumlin of Oak Island. 54 00:02:36,072 --> 00:02:38,240 We've got a hard reflector on the top. 55 00:02:38,399 --> 00:02:39,575 Hard reflector on the base. 56 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:42,402 So it is a competent structure, whatever it is. 57 00:02:42,486 --> 00:02:45,330 NARRATOR: It is their hope that he will not only be able 58 00:02:45,489 --> 00:02:47,657 to help them pinpoint the original Money Pit... 59 00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:49,576 Is that consistent with a chamber? 60 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:52,004 - Yeah, it is. - Wow. 61 00:02:52,163 --> 00:02:55,749 but also the source of the silver and gold 62 00:02:55,833 --> 00:02:58,177 that was detected earlier this year 63 00:02:58,336 --> 00:03:01,013 in several boreholes near the C-1 shaft. 64 00:03:01,172 --> 00:03:04,507 I guess we can jump into the fun part here. 65 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:06,343 So, I'm gonna go ahead and share my screen. 66 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:07,686 Okey doke. 67 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:08,762 So here we go. 68 00:03:08,846 --> 00:03:10,347 So what we've got here 69 00:03:10,431 --> 00:03:11,773 on the screen, 70 00:03:11,933 --> 00:03:14,193 this is the Money Pit data set. 71 00:03:14,352 --> 00:03:15,685 Pinks and reds are the highest points. 72 00:03:15,778 --> 00:03:17,604 The greens are the deepest points. 73 00:03:17,688 --> 00:03:19,281 The orange is kind of in the middle. 74 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:22,201 So this is a very important one here. 75 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,029 This linear feature here, it almost, to me, 76 00:03:26,113 --> 00:03:28,498 what this might be is some sort of a tunnel. 77 00:03:30,952 --> 00:03:32,035 That's interesting. 78 00:03:32,119 --> 00:03:35,130 And it extends all the way over to here. 79 00:03:35,289 --> 00:03:36,215 Where's C-1, for reference? 80 00:03:37,208 --> 00:03:39,468 - C-1's right there. - Okay. 81 00:03:39,627 --> 00:03:41,053 And what I wanted to get at 82 00:03:41,212 --> 00:03:43,046 is actually, go back to the bird's-eye view. 83 00:03:43,130 --> 00:03:45,966 So you can see this point is right in 84 00:03:46,050 --> 00:03:47,893 the middle of Shaft 12. 85 00:03:49,312 --> 00:03:51,813 - Interesting. - It puts us right in our zone of interest for sure. 86 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,473 Yeah. 87 00:03:53,557 --> 00:03:55,725 NARRATOR: In 1894, 88 00:03:55,810 --> 00:03:57,394 treasure hunter Frederick Blair 89 00:03:57,487 --> 00:03:59,988 and his team constructed Shaft 12, 90 00:04:00,147 --> 00:04:02,148 30 feet east of the Money Pit, 91 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:05,160 down to a depth of 55 feet. 92 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:08,747 His plan was to intercept the legendary booby-trapped 93 00:04:08,906 --> 00:04:12,167 flood tunnel believed to originate at Smith's Cove. 94 00:04:12,326 --> 00:04:14,670 Unfortunately, the effort failed, 95 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:17,747 and Shaft 12 was abandoned. 96 00:04:17,832 --> 00:04:21,093 Can you give us some depths on this anomaly? 97 00:04:21,252 --> 00:04:22,928 Just a little bit north of 100 feet 98 00:04:23,087 --> 00:04:23,929 of depth. 99 00:04:24,088 --> 00:04:25,180 So, uh, 100 00:04:25,339 --> 00:04:26,506 let's go take a look inside. 101 00:04:26,590 --> 00:04:29,685 So if we go right in... 102 00:04:31,854 --> 00:04:35,023 You have this tunnel-type system, 103 00:04:35,182 --> 00:04:37,109 so that tells me right away that 104 00:04:37,268 --> 00:04:40,362 it has to be from some sort of human activity, 105 00:04:40,521 --> 00:04:44,199 - roughly around depths that you guys are expecting. - Yeah. 106 00:04:45,693 --> 00:04:48,778 NARRATOR: Is it possible that in his failed bid to 107 00:04:48,863 --> 00:04:51,698 locate a booby trap, Frederick Blair was actually 108 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:55,544 on a course to intercept a much deeper man-made tunnel? 109 00:04:55,628 --> 00:04:58,213 And one in an area where the team has recently detected 110 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:02,459 both gold and silver through water sample testing? 111 00:05:02,543 --> 00:05:04,878 One of the more interesting knowns in the Money Pit 112 00:05:04,962 --> 00:05:07,297 is Shaft 12. 113 00:05:07,381 --> 00:05:08,807 It was work conducted very early on 114 00:05:08,966 --> 00:05:11,560 when the Money Pit location was known. 115 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:14,888 I think we need to prove or disprove, ground truth, 116 00:05:14,972 --> 00:05:18,150 whether or not there really is a tunnel below Shaft 12. 117 00:05:18,309 --> 00:05:19,735 That's impactful. 118 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,811 All right. Should we go deeper? 119 00:05:21,896 --> 00:05:24,156 - Yes. - Yes. 120 00:05:24,315 --> 00:05:25,324 Here we go. 121 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:28,068 I think this is the most significant 122 00:05:28,152 --> 00:05:30,495 anomaly out of everything. 123 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:32,581 And it's a larger anomaly, but then there 124 00:05:32,740 --> 00:05:34,324 are smaller details in it. 125 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:37,502 And this is down at about 160 feet. 126 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:39,838 What's really interesting about this, though, 127 00:05:39,922 --> 00:05:43,842 is this low-density, cave-like feature right here. 128 00:05:44,001 --> 00:05:47,596 I call it the Structure. Very square, 129 00:05:47,755 --> 00:05:50,265 with this little tail off of it. 130 00:05:50,424 --> 00:05:52,759 Let me zoom out here for you. 131 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:55,678 And what kind of got me most excited about it was that 132 00:05:55,763 --> 00:05:59,524 tunnel from Shaft 12 goes all the way over here. 133 00:05:59,609 --> 00:06:02,986 It connects up with this structure area over here. 134 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:05,614 That is very intriguing. 135 00:06:05,773 --> 00:06:08,108 What size is that structure? 136 00:06:08,192 --> 00:06:09,109 Just approximately. 137 00:06:09,193 --> 00:06:10,944 You're looking at... 138 00:06:11,028 --> 00:06:13,121 12 feet by 12 feet, tops. 139 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,207 Okay. 140 00:06:15,366 --> 00:06:17,033 I-I guess I have to wonder, were they tunneling 141 00:06:17,126 --> 00:06:19,461 there for a purpose, and then building 142 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:21,129 an expanded chamber, if you will, at the end of it? 143 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,205 Yeah. 144 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:26,209 NARRATOR: A possible 12-foot by 12-foot chamber 145 00:06:26,293 --> 00:06:30,138 some 160 feet deep, and potentially connected to 146 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:32,307 a tunnel in the area where the team has already 147 00:06:32,466 --> 00:06:35,227 detected traces of silver and gold? 148 00:06:35,311 --> 00:06:38,063 It has become Marty Lagina's suspicion 149 00:06:38,147 --> 00:06:41,057 that if treasure on Oak Island really does exist, 150 00:06:41,142 --> 00:06:43,735 it may not be in the original Money Pit, 151 00:06:43,894 --> 00:06:47,313 but rather in an offset chamber from the main shaft. 152 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:50,659 Is it possible that Jeremy Church has just 153 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:54,830 found evidence that Marty's theory is correct? 154 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:57,490 MARTY: What is interesting about the anomaly is 155 00:06:57,575 --> 00:06:59,409 it's about the right size. 156 00:06:59,493 --> 00:07:00,910 It appears to be 157 00:07:00,995 --> 00:07:03,997 something that has almost, like, a little roof on it. 158 00:07:04,081 --> 00:07:05,340 Well, that sounds good. 159 00:07:05,499 --> 00:07:06,842 And it also appears to be 160 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,334 something less dense there. 161 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:11,921 So, you got a roof, a cap and something less dense. 162 00:07:12,006 --> 00:07:13,849 That sounds like a possible chamber. 163 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:15,767 It's worth drilling, for sure. 164 00:07:15,926 --> 00:07:19,020 STEVE G.: The anomaly we're chasing that you've presented, 165 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:22,348 it may help really zone in an area of interest for us because 166 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:25,852 soon we've got caissons coming, and we really need to 167 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:30,773 - start getting as much data as we can to pick caissons. - Yep. 168 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:33,693 CRAIG: If any of these anomalies 169 00:07:33,777 --> 00:07:35,945 align up with where we might want to drill, 170 00:07:36,038 --> 00:07:38,457 I-I'd drill for these anomalies, too. 171 00:07:38,616 --> 00:07:41,201 Yeah, I'd like to put a hole over by Shaft 12 172 00:07:41,285 --> 00:07:43,453 to see if you find a tunnel. 173 00:07:43,546 --> 00:07:45,622 - Mm-hmm. - Put a couple holes there. 174 00:07:45,706 --> 00:07:46,715 You find a tunnel, then it confirms this. 175 00:07:46,874 --> 00:07:48,884 We might get lucky and actually 176 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:50,460 put a coin in your hand this year, Marty. 177 00:07:50,553 --> 00:07:52,629 - Okay, good. - Well, I don't think 178 00:07:52,713 --> 00:07:55,965 there's anything else to say, other than we have legitimate 179 00:07:56,058 --> 00:07:58,718 targets, and now it's all about getting out there 180 00:07:58,802 --> 00:08:00,896 and ground-truthing it, and keep going. 181 00:08:01,055 --> 00:08:03,648 So, Jeremy, we thank you very much, and we very much look 182 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:06,568 forward to your continuing work with this process. 183 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:08,487 You're very welcome. 184 00:08:08,571 --> 00:08:10,822 - RICK: All right. See you guys. - SCOTT: Bye, guys. 185 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:13,408 NARRATOR: While Rick, Marty and members of the team 186 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:15,410 finish their meeting in the war room... 187 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:18,079 near the southern edge of the swamp... 188 00:08:18,239 --> 00:08:19,322 DAVID F.: Gary! 189 00:08:19,415 --> 00:08:20,657 Hi, Dave! How you doing, mate? 190 00:08:20,741 --> 00:08:22,158 - Good. How are you doing? - Good. 191 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:23,919 - Welcome back to the swamp. - Yeah. 192 00:08:24,078 --> 00:08:25,662 I didn't want to feel left out. 193 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:27,506 NARRATOR: David Fornetti joins 194 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:30,008 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 195 00:08:30,092 --> 00:08:32,511 and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt 196 00:08:32,595 --> 00:08:36,097 as they continue digging with an 80-foot-long armed excavator 197 00:08:36,257 --> 00:08:40,769 in search of critical and hopefully valuable clues. 198 00:08:40,928 --> 00:08:44,847 This is the area where we found that old ship's rail last year. 199 00:08:44,932 --> 00:08:48,527 And the numbers, the data that came back on that was amazing. 200 00:08:48,611 --> 00:08:51,437 Went all the way back to the 700s. 201 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:52,522 - Wow. - I mean, you can't get any better than that. 202 00:08:52,615 --> 00:08:54,107 Wow. Yeah. 203 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,610 NARRATOR: In addition to a massive ship-shaped anomaly 204 00:08:57,703 --> 00:09:00,780 that was detected near this area during the seismic survey 205 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:06,035 in 2018, over the past several years the team has made 206 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,455 numerous discoveries related to sailing vessels. 207 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:12,717 These finds include the massive stone ship's wharf 208 00:09:12,876 --> 00:09:14,886 in the southeastern corner of the swamp. 209 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:18,381 - Does that look flat? - I guess it does. 210 00:09:18,474 --> 00:09:20,466 NARRATOR: Potential deck planking. 211 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:25,146 Ship's pins, used for rigging sail lines. 212 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:27,649 And a finished piece of possible ship's railing 213 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:32,395 that dated back to as early as 660 AD. 214 00:09:32,479 --> 00:09:33,905 BILLY: You know, you have a rail, you have planks. 215 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:35,657 CHARLES: That's right. 216 00:09:35,816 --> 00:09:36,908 It's becoming a little bit more than 217 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:39,244 - just coincidence now, it seems. - Yeah. 218 00:09:40,487 --> 00:09:43,748 - Today's going to be a good day. - Perfect. 219 00:09:43,907 --> 00:09:46,326 All right, mate, let's see if we're in business. 220 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:47,836 (detector beeping) 221 00:09:57,087 --> 00:09:59,922 Wow, there's nothing in here, this is quiet. 222 00:10:00,007 --> 00:10:01,424 - BILLY: Gary? - Yep. 223 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:02,934 It was a wet bucket, but right here 224 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:04,519 it looked like it might have been a little piece of wood. 225 00:10:04,678 --> 00:10:06,763 Just a small piece. 226 00:10:06,856 --> 00:10:08,231 Okay, mate, I'll see if I can find it. 227 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,777 Oh, I see it. I'm dying to know what it is. 228 00:10:12,936 --> 00:10:15,947 Wow, look at this. 229 00:10:20,277 --> 00:10:22,454 GARY: That's an unusual stick, isn't it? 230 00:10:22,538 --> 00:10:24,697 NARRATOR: While searching for clues near the southern 231 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:26,791 - edge of the swamp... - Oh, yeah, that's been cut. 232 00:10:26,876 --> 00:10:28,201 Check this out, David. 233 00:10:28,285 --> 00:10:31,963 Billy Gerhardt, Gary Drayton and David Fornetti 234 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:35,634 have just made another potentially important discovery. 235 00:10:35,793 --> 00:10:37,969 That's unusual, almost like bamboo. 236 00:10:38,128 --> 00:10:40,129 I know it isn't, but you can see that 237 00:10:40,214 --> 00:10:42,140 that's been cut with an axe. 238 00:10:42,299 --> 00:10:44,217 I do remember the archaeologists finding 239 00:10:44,301 --> 00:10:48,647 strips of this underneath the stone roadway. 240 00:10:48,731 --> 00:10:51,399 It was, like, used as, like, packing. 241 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,643 And then the stones were put on top of it. 242 00:10:53,736 --> 00:10:56,154 - It's too small for a fence post. - Yeah. 243 00:10:56,313 --> 00:10:57,480 You think it's a survey stake, Billy? 244 00:10:57,573 --> 00:10:59,649 Well, do you remember how the stakes were pointed 245 00:10:59,733 --> 00:11:01,234 that went along the swamp road? 246 00:11:01,318 --> 00:11:03,078 - The path? - Yeah. 247 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:04,904 So, this could be really interesting if we 248 00:11:04,988 --> 00:11:07,248 could get this C-14 tested. 249 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:09,325 - Yeah. - See how old it is. 250 00:11:09,418 --> 00:11:11,577 - Look at that. - That's cut. 251 00:11:11,662 --> 00:11:13,755 Oh, yeah, that's definitely cut. 252 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:16,582 NARRATOR: One year ago, while investigating the cobblestone 253 00:11:16,667 --> 00:11:20,011 pathway along the eastern side of the swamp, 254 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:22,430 the team discovered a number of survey stakes bordering 255 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:26,518 the feature that dated back as much as 400 years. 256 00:11:26,602 --> 00:11:30,596 Could this stake be just as old, or older? 257 00:11:30,681 --> 00:11:33,358 And could they be connected in some way 258 00:11:33,442 --> 00:11:35,276 to the evidence of a ship the team 259 00:11:35,436 --> 00:11:36,861 has found in the swamp? 260 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:38,938 This is really, really cool, mate. 261 00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:41,700 This might turn in to be a significant piece of wood. 262 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,034 Yeah. Instead of just leaving it here, 263 00:11:43,193 --> 00:11:44,777 why don't I take it now and bring it to 264 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:46,204 the research center and have somebody look at it? 265 00:11:46,363 --> 00:11:48,197 Okay, mate. Yeah. Take that to your uncle 266 00:11:48,282 --> 00:11:50,041 and say, "Gary's a stick in the mud". 267 00:11:50,126 --> 00:11:51,951 - (chuckles) Will do. - All right, mate. 268 00:11:52,035 --> 00:11:53,044 All right, I'll let you get back to work. 269 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:55,204 Okay, mate. I'll see you when you get back. 270 00:11:55,297 --> 00:11:57,716 - Beat, dig and repeat. - Yeah. 271 00:11:57,875 --> 00:11:59,625 NARRATOR: As Gary and Billy continue 272 00:11:59,710 --> 00:12:00,885 searching in the swamp... 273 00:12:02,463 --> 00:12:04,639 - in the Money Pit area... - TERRY: Hey, Marty. 274 00:12:04,798 --> 00:12:07,225 - Partner. - Here we go. 275 00:12:07,384 --> 00:12:10,395 AB-13 is being cued up right now as we speak. 276 00:12:10,479 --> 00:12:12,555 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty and Craig 277 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:14,816 join geologist Terry Matheson 278 00:12:14,975 --> 00:12:19,145 and members of the team to begin drilling Borehole AB-13. 279 00:12:19,229 --> 00:12:22,648 A borehole that they hope will intercept a possible 280 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:25,902 treasure tunnel at a depth of some 100 feet. 281 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:28,913 STEVE G.: Jeremy found two coordinates. He supplied me with both. 282 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:30,990 One of these coordinates is really close to the center 283 00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:32,667 of the projected tunnel that comes off of Shaft 12, 284 00:12:32,826 --> 00:12:33,659 and this was the closest. 285 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:35,170 Okay, all right. 286 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:36,337 So this is the highest probability 287 00:12:36,497 --> 00:12:38,173 to hit a high-density target and a tunnel. 288 00:12:38,257 --> 00:12:39,499 -At what depth? 289 00:12:39,583 --> 00:12:41,676 - Uh, 95 feet. - Okay. 290 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:44,179 SCOTT: We're hoping that drilling in this location 291 00:12:44,338 --> 00:12:46,431 will give us some information on potentially both things. 292 00:12:46,590 --> 00:12:48,925 A tunnel coming from Shaft 12, as well as what 293 00:12:49,009 --> 00:12:50,343 this high-density target may be. 294 00:12:50,427 --> 00:12:52,845 How is a target high-density? 295 00:12:52,930 --> 00:12:55,440 She's chock full of gold, obviously. 296 00:12:55,524 --> 00:12:56,849 - (laughs) - Has to be. 297 00:12:56,942 --> 00:13:00,111 - Has to be. - Otherwise, it would be low density. 298 00:13:00,270 --> 00:13:02,939 Well, I'd argue with you, but you're right. 299 00:13:03,023 --> 00:13:06,442 - I like high-density targets. - Yes. 300 00:13:06,527 --> 00:13:07,869 - Let's see how fast they go down. - Yeah. 301 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:11,113 I think at the end of today, we have to find something 302 00:13:11,198 --> 00:13:13,616 - very, very significant. - Mm-hmm. 303 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:16,628 RICK: Truthfully, I think every borehole we put down, 304 00:13:16,787 --> 00:13:17,962 there is an expectation of treasure. 305 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:22,300 Either at the depths that have been predetermined, 306 00:13:22,459 --> 00:13:24,627 i.e. based on earlier searcher activity. 307 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,213 Right around the hundred-foot level 308 00:13:27,297 --> 00:13:29,724 and then, of course, certainly Marty's belief 309 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:33,645 that there were offset chambers above tidal level. 310 00:13:33,729 --> 00:13:36,222 - All right. We have a plan. - Yep. 311 00:13:36,306 --> 00:13:38,307 All righty. 312 00:13:38,392 --> 00:13:40,318 - Let's keep going. - TERRY: Okay. 313 00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:45,240 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 314 00:13:45,399 --> 00:13:48,484 while the drilling operation continues in the Money Pit... 315 00:13:48,569 --> 00:13:51,913 - All right, Gary, let's have at it. - Yep. 316 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:53,990 Marty Lagina and Gary Drayton head 317 00:13:54,074 --> 00:13:57,577 just west of the swamp to Lot 32. 318 00:13:57,661 --> 00:14:00,588 It was in this area that, one year ago, 319 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:03,925 Gary not only found an iron wharf pin 320 00:14:04,084 --> 00:14:07,420 but also a potentially ancient cargo bag seal that the team has 321 00:14:07,504 --> 00:14:10,923 speculated may be connected to the Knights Templar. 322 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,843 - You always go back to where you found stuff. - Yeah. 323 00:14:13,927 --> 00:14:16,012 And there's got to be more in this area. 324 00:14:16,096 --> 00:14:18,439 I've got lots of flags on this side of the track. 325 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:21,860 - All right, start right up over there. - Okay, mate. 326 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:25,354 NARRATOR: Now, after the numerous ship-related discoveries 327 00:14:25,439 --> 00:14:26,948 that the team has recently made 328 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:28,867 at the southern edge of the swamp, 329 00:14:28,951 --> 00:14:32,111 Marty and Gary are hoping that even more clues 330 00:14:32,195 --> 00:14:34,614 might be found on Lot 32 331 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:37,283 that could help explain what may have happened long ago 332 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:41,462 on Oak Island, and who was behind the activity. 333 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:44,716 - It's a little chirpy, isn't it? - Yeah, a little bit jumpy. 334 00:14:44,875 --> 00:14:46,801 - Well, you never know. - You want to dig it? 335 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:49,295 Yep. Just here, mate. 336 00:14:49,379 --> 00:14:52,882 MARTY: The thing about Lot 32 that might be different is that 337 00:14:52,966 --> 00:14:54,893 the sort of merchant's bag seal was found there. 338 00:14:55,052 --> 00:14:57,887 Maybe there was yet another wharf there 339 00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:00,306 at Lot 32-- a place for trade. 340 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,400 So, does that raise the expectation that there'd 341 00:15:02,484 --> 00:15:05,236 be parts of a ship? Of course. 342 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:07,906 (device beeping) 343 00:15:07,990 --> 00:15:09,315 Wow, that had been down there a while. 344 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:11,150 - Look at that. - What is it? 345 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,077 It's an ox shoe. 346 00:15:13,236 --> 00:15:15,738 That's in really good condition as well. 347 00:15:15,831 --> 00:15:18,240 - I mean, that'd been down there a heck of a long time. - Yeah, it has. 348 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:20,159 NARRATOR: An ox shoe, 349 00:15:20,243 --> 00:15:23,663 found just west of the swamp on Lot 32? 350 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:25,924 And in an area where the team discovered the lead 351 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:29,677 bag seal and evidence of a wharf one year ago? 352 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:33,005 It was also last year that they unearthed a number 353 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:36,267 of identical objects, as well as pieces of 354 00:15:36,352 --> 00:15:39,762 15th century cargo barrels and iron ring bolts 355 00:15:39,846 --> 00:15:42,357 along a believed pathway between the stone wharf 356 00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:46,018 in the southeastern corner of the swamp, and the Money Pit. 357 00:15:46,103 --> 00:15:49,113 We're sure then that either there was intensive farming, 358 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:50,949 which doesn't seem to be the case, 359 00:15:51,108 --> 00:15:52,951 or there was a lot of cargo moved around here. 360 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,202 Yeah, and, I mean, 361 00:15:54,361 --> 00:15:57,279 this is the area where you really want to find 362 00:15:57,364 --> 00:15:59,707 - an ox shoe, as well, because... - If there was a wharf, yeah. 363 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,535 There's a wharf. We got that bag seal. 364 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:05,380 And David and I found an ox shoe on the beach there. 365 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:08,874 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Marty and Gary have just 366 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:11,127 found evidence of another operation to unload 367 00:16:11,211 --> 00:16:14,055 cargo from a ship onto Oak Island? 368 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:17,225 If so, what kind of cargo was it? 369 00:16:17,384 --> 00:16:19,978 And where did it end up? 370 00:16:20,062 --> 00:16:24,056 An ox shoe is intriguing because if you have a big wharf, 371 00:16:24,141 --> 00:16:26,642 where goods are being moved in and out, 372 00:16:26,727 --> 00:16:29,737 you might need beasts of burden to carry them. 373 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:33,482 - All right. Well, now let's find the cargo, shall we? - Okay, mate. 374 00:16:33,567 --> 00:16:35,818 I'll put this in the bag and we'll collect it later. 375 00:16:35,902 --> 00:16:38,487 Okay. I like it. Good system. 376 00:16:38,572 --> 00:16:42,241 NARRATOR: As Marty and Gary continue searching on Lot 32, 377 00:16:42,325 --> 00:16:44,836 back in the Money Pit area... 378 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,254 Do you know how deep they are now? 379 00:16:46,338 --> 00:16:49,081 They are closing in on about 50 feet. 380 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:53,836 the drilling operation continues in Borehole AB-13, 381 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,087 where the team hopes to encounter 382 00:16:55,172 --> 00:16:57,339 a mysterious man-made tunnel 383 00:16:57,433 --> 00:16:59,517 at a depth of some 100 feet. 384 00:16:59,676 --> 00:17:02,511 Craig, what depth is the seismic target? 385 00:17:02,596 --> 00:17:04,522 - Do we have a depth? - 95, wasn't it? 386 00:17:04,606 --> 00:17:07,025 Something like about 90, plus or minus 20. 387 00:17:07,109 --> 00:17:09,018 Because, you know, seismic signals. 388 00:17:09,102 --> 00:17:11,020 - Yeah. - Because that's our true zone of interest 389 00:17:11,104 --> 00:17:13,698 where we're going to encounter shafts or tunnels. 390 00:17:13,857 --> 00:17:16,367 In this case, hopefully a tunnel off of 391 00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:18,870 what we think might be Shaft 12. 392 00:17:18,954 --> 00:17:22,040 I do want to go to probably 160 feet 393 00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:23,875 on this first one, get below that 394 00:17:23,959 --> 00:17:25,701 150-foot tunnel depth. 395 00:17:25,786 --> 00:17:27,953 I think it's great. Let's get it in 396 00:17:28,038 --> 00:17:29,172 the geological context as well. 397 00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:37,889 - That is weird. - What happened? 398 00:17:37,973 --> 00:17:39,223 - It went down really fast. - Yeah. 399 00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:52,570 ♪ ♪ 400 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:05,583 Whoa. Whoa. Whoa! 401 00:18:05,742 --> 00:18:08,920 Holy cow! We've never seen that before. 402 00:18:09,004 --> 00:18:10,746 - Blowing water up. - That's unusual. 403 00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:13,341 - BRENNAN: Oh, boy. - ALEX: Wow. 404 00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:14,592 Is that something collapsing? 405 00:18:15,677 --> 00:18:17,762 TEDFORD: Right there. Look at that. 406 00:18:21,683 --> 00:18:22,258 It's weird. I've never seen that 407 00:18:22,351 --> 00:18:23,259 in all the drilling 408 00:18:23,343 --> 00:18:24,852 that I've seen on this pad. 409 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,011 NARRATOR: While drilling in an effort 410 00:18:26,096 --> 00:18:28,022 to find a believed tunnel 411 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,266 some 100 feet deep in the Money Pit area... 412 00:18:30,350 --> 00:18:32,768 (laughs) Oh, boy. 413 00:18:32,861 --> 00:18:35,029 the Oak Island team has just encountered 414 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:37,782 something very strange and unexpected. 415 00:18:37,941 --> 00:18:41,452 It's got to have air in it, don't you think? 416 00:18:41,611 --> 00:18:42,611 Yeah. 417 00:18:42,704 --> 00:18:44,705 Let's-let's go see what Mike thinks. 418 00:18:44,865 --> 00:18:46,541 That's a good idea. 419 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,034 That might be gas. 420 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:51,712 BRENNAN: Well, that's what I was just wondering. 421 00:18:51,872 --> 00:18:53,881 Is there any smell to it, or... 422 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,883 I haven't smelled anything yet. 423 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,427 Maybe we should just idle it down. 424 00:19:02,883 --> 00:19:05,634 CRAIG: When we first drilled into it, and it's blowing out, 425 00:19:05,727 --> 00:19:08,563 you're concerned it's natural gas, right away. 426 00:19:08,722 --> 00:19:10,148 If it starts leaking up where you're not expecting it to, 427 00:19:10,307 --> 00:19:12,975 and it catches fire, 428 00:19:13,068 --> 00:19:15,811 it can be a significant disaster. 429 00:19:15,904 --> 00:19:19,398 What-What's your depth right now? 430 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,983 That's, uh, 68. 431 00:19:21,067 --> 00:19:23,903 So, it's a bit of gas or... 432 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:27,740 something causing the water to-- air to kind of spray out. 433 00:19:27,824 --> 00:19:30,492 Checked all the way up the drill string. 434 00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:31,744 Or there could have been a void. 435 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,421 NARRATOR: A void? 436 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:37,341 Nearly 70 feet deep in Borehole AB-13? 437 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:41,012 Although the seismic data presented by geophysicist 438 00:19:41,171 --> 00:19:44,340 Jeremy Church indicated that a tunnel might be found 439 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:47,435 some 30 feet deeper, is it possible 440 00:19:47,594 --> 00:19:50,679 that the team has encountered a different man-made structure? 441 00:19:50,764 --> 00:19:53,191 If so, what could it be? 442 00:19:53,350 --> 00:19:56,694 And might it be related to the traces of silver and gold 443 00:19:56,778 --> 00:20:00,689 that the team detected through water testing earlier this year? 444 00:20:00,774 --> 00:20:03,618 If there's a tunnel here that had air in it, 445 00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:06,370 and you drilled into it, up she comes. 446 00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:08,864 - Yeah. - Yeah, exactly. And then the pressure behind it 447 00:20:08,957 --> 00:20:10,875 would force all the water up and out. 448 00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:14,545 - Do we think this is a good omen? - It could be. 449 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:17,039 Well, just in case it is some gas, let's step back. 450 00:20:17,123 --> 00:20:20,042 Don't fire up any smokes. 451 00:20:20,135 --> 00:20:22,962 NARRATOR: Although Craig, Alex and members of the team are 452 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:27,141 hopeful that they have just made an exciting discovery, 453 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:30,645 - before continuing the operation... - Looks very peculiar. 454 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:32,972 the crew from Choice Sonic Drilling 455 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,899 will assess the hole to ensure the void 456 00:20:35,058 --> 00:20:37,226 does not contain a potentially dangerous 457 00:20:37,310 --> 00:20:41,155 amount of natural gas. 458 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,398 Meanwhile... 459 00:20:42,482 --> 00:20:44,659 All it takes is one good find out here. 460 00:20:44,818 --> 00:20:46,902 We saved the best till last. 461 00:20:46,987 --> 00:20:49,488 - That does sound different to me, too. - It does. 462 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:53,659 just west of the swamp, on Lot 32, Marty Lagina 463 00:20:53,743 --> 00:20:58,005 and Gary Drayton continue their search for important clues. 464 00:20:59,916 --> 00:21:02,009 MARTY: Gonna have to get the rocks out here. 465 00:21:04,087 --> 00:21:05,846 There you go, mate. 466 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,431 This one could be tough. 467 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:12,103 - Boy, that is just buried in the rocks, Gary. - Yeah. 468 00:21:13,522 --> 00:21:15,856 It can hide, but it can't run. 469 00:21:17,434 --> 00:21:20,436 - Just get that out of there. - Yeah, I'm gonna take that out. 470 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:23,614 All right. 471 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:25,116 (device beeping) 472 00:21:25,275 --> 00:21:28,861 Oh, yeah, it's been trapped there a while. 473 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,613 Look at that. I'm going to pull it out, mate. 474 00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:34,458 - What do we got here? - What the hell is that? 475 00:21:34,617 --> 00:21:38,287 Look at the size of that. That is one big spike. 476 00:21:38,371 --> 00:21:40,798 Look at the size of that! 477 00:21:40,882 --> 00:21:42,466 - I mean, that's crazy. - That looks like a railroad spike, no? 478 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,970 No. I think it's too big to be a railroad spike. 479 00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:48,806 I mean, it's very, very heavy as well. 480 00:21:48,890 --> 00:21:51,467 It's like an old wharf pin or something like that. 481 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,227 I don't know what the heck it's doing out here. 482 00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:55,563 Well, you know what? We think there's a wharf, 483 00:21:55,722 --> 00:21:57,898 and we think it was over there, but we don't really know that. 484 00:21:57,983 --> 00:21:59,058 It could have been right here. 485 00:21:59,142 --> 00:22:00,893 More possible evidence 486 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:03,988 of a ship's wharf on Lot 32? 487 00:22:04,147 --> 00:22:06,899 And in the same area where the team found 488 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:10,486 a potentially ancient cargo bag seal one year ago? 489 00:22:10,579 --> 00:22:12,913 The burning question then becomes: 490 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:15,249 what happened to the cargo? 491 00:22:15,408 --> 00:22:17,326 Could the Money Pit or the swamp 492 00:22:17,410 --> 00:22:19,745 soon provide the answer? 493 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:21,830 - Is it iron? - Yeah, it's iron, 494 00:22:21,923 --> 00:22:23,999 and more than likely wrought iron. 495 00:22:24,092 --> 00:22:26,677 MARTY: I don't really want to find more spikes on this island. 496 00:22:26,762 --> 00:22:31,090 But, but this particular one is incredibly massive, 497 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,592 and it was way deep in the soil. 498 00:22:33,676 --> 00:22:35,936 So it's been there a long, long time. 499 00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:37,438 We'll put it in the XRF. 500 00:22:37,597 --> 00:22:38,931 We'll have Carmen Legge look at it, 501 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:41,609 probably Christa Brosseau. We'll see what they all say. 502 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:43,027 - GARY: Okay, mate. - All right. 503 00:22:43,186 --> 00:22:46,697 GARY: Dang! That is a big spike. 504 00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:50,442 NARRATOR: As Marty and Gary continue their search on Lot 32, 505 00:22:50,527 --> 00:22:52,620 back at the Money Pit... 506 00:22:52,779 --> 00:22:53,704 BRENNAN: It's a void. 507 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:54,872 We drilled through a void. 508 00:22:55,949 --> 00:22:57,699 NARRATOR: after completing a safety check 509 00:22:57,793 --> 00:23:01,453 for a possible gas leak in Borehole AB-13, 510 00:23:01,538 --> 00:23:03,372 the team is now confident 511 00:23:03,456 --> 00:23:05,383 that it is safe to continue investigating 512 00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:10,137 a mysterious void at a depth of nearly 70 feet. 513 00:23:10,296 --> 00:23:11,213 For air to come out, I mean, 514 00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:12,464 it would have to be a dry cavity. 515 00:23:12,549 --> 00:23:15,226 Yeah, an open cavity of some sort. Definitely. 516 00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:18,637 A chamber to put things in could hold a lot of air, 517 00:23:18,721 --> 00:23:21,140 and it could hold it there for centuries. 518 00:23:21,224 --> 00:23:24,568 Whether it happened in 2017 or a century ago, we're not sure. 519 00:23:29,741 --> 00:23:31,492 I think it's bubbling again or something. 520 00:23:33,995 --> 00:23:35,913 I could see it when you were drilling. 521 00:23:39,826 --> 00:23:42,044 - Got some bubbles? - TEDFORD: Bubbles. 522 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,081 BRENNAN: Why don't you turn the rig off for a second? 523 00:23:46,174 --> 00:23:47,758 Let's see how much airflow we can hear. 524 00:23:50,345 --> 00:23:51,762 - CRAIG: Bubbling on the outside of the casing. - Yeah. 525 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,101 - BRENNAN: It's a pretty good flow. - CRAIG: Yeah, it is. 526 00:23:57,185 --> 00:23:59,854 That's interesting that we're still having that. 527 00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:03,441 CRAIG: Very unusual. We've never seen this on the Money Pit, 528 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:04,358 you know, so we're trying to figure out 529 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,193 the volume of the air in it. 530 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:09,363 So it's an exciting find in this area. 531 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:12,608 It's at a depth of about 68 feet. 532 00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:15,861 You know, it's an unknown depth to us. 533 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:18,289 You know, there's no records of anything in that depth. 534 00:24:18,448 --> 00:24:22,543 So, something very positive and something we have to pursue. 535 00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:25,045 It's exciting. I think we should go tell the guys. 536 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,789 To me, there's only one explanation for 537 00:24:27,874 --> 00:24:30,709 an air cavity, and that's a man-made tunnel. 538 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:32,553 - I agree. - At this depth. 539 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:34,880 CRAIG: I agree. I'm encouraged. 540 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:36,640 It's encouraging that we got it. 541 00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:38,634 It's encouraging where it's at because why is it 542 00:24:38,718 --> 00:24:41,970 at such a shallow depth? I mean, it's nothing that-- 543 00:24:42,063 --> 00:24:45,224 Nothing searchers would have apparently done, 544 00:24:45,308 --> 00:24:48,143 so hopefully the original people would have. 545 00:24:48,236 --> 00:24:50,488 Yeah. Let's go see what my dad and Rick think. 546 00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:51,813 - CRAIG: Okay. Okay. - ALEX: See you, guys. 547 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:53,407 - STEVE G.: See you, guys. - TERRY: See you later. 548 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:02,082 MARTY: So, guys, weird stuff yesterday, huh? 549 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,752 - At the latest well. - ALEX: Yeah, very. 550 00:25:04,911 --> 00:25:08,005 NARRATOR: One day after the team drilled into a mysterious, 551 00:25:08,164 --> 00:25:10,424 air-filled void in the Money Pit area... 552 00:25:10,583 --> 00:25:12,510 Give us the numbers again. 553 00:25:12,669 --> 00:25:16,922 We drilled with the casing down to 68 feet, too. 554 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:20,017 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina are heading there 555 00:25:20,101 --> 00:25:22,344 to continue the operation, along with their partner 556 00:25:22,437 --> 00:25:25,272 Craig Tester and Marty's son Alex. 557 00:25:25,431 --> 00:25:27,432 CRAIG: As it's coming out of the hole and all of the sudden, 558 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:31,687 the water starts squirting out, obviously being pushed by air 559 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:36,283 between the casing and the core barrel. 560 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:37,785 So, below 68 feet, you would guess? 561 00:25:37,944 --> 00:25:39,286 - Yes. - Yeah. 562 00:25:39,445 --> 00:25:43,865 CRAIG: Then he moved the core barrel down to 88 feet. 563 00:25:43,959 --> 00:25:46,210 All of a sudden the air started coming out of 564 00:25:46,294 --> 00:25:47,786 the outside of the casing. 565 00:25:47,870 --> 00:25:49,705 I see. Okay. 566 00:25:49,789 --> 00:25:52,624 Was there any smell associated with it? 567 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:54,543 That's a great question. 568 00:25:54,627 --> 00:25:56,211 No, we were worried it might be natural gas, 569 00:25:56,296 --> 00:25:58,514 which, if it's just methane, does not smell. 570 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:01,800 MARTY: Craig tells me that 571 00:26:01,893 --> 00:26:05,554 in the construction of Shaft 12, the-the searchers had to quit 572 00:26:05,638 --> 00:26:08,307 at 55 feet because they were flooded out. 573 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,152 I don't know anywhere else on Oak Island where 55 feet 574 00:26:12,312 --> 00:26:14,154 encounters significant water. 575 00:26:16,899 --> 00:26:18,483 (indistinct chatter) 576 00:26:18,568 --> 00:26:20,494 Hey, guys. How are you? 577 00:26:20,653 --> 00:26:22,246 What are today's mysteries? 578 00:26:22,405 --> 00:26:23,330 Well, there's a few. 579 00:26:23,489 --> 00:26:24,915 - (laughs) - Okay, guys. 580 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,827 This side of the table, explain the air to me. 581 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,214 Okay, so, one thing's for sure. There's a cavity. 582 00:26:34,834 --> 00:26:37,919 And in this terrain, in that very dense till, 583 00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:40,505 this isn't something that washed out glacially. 584 00:26:41,674 --> 00:26:43,675 This has got to be a pick and shovel type of an opening. 585 00:26:43,768 --> 00:26:45,686 So, you're saying 586 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:47,929 a dead-end tunnel looks like this. 587 00:26:48,014 --> 00:26:50,182 Yeah, something like that, and we're close to that dead end. 588 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:52,610 It's a man-made hole. 589 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:58,857 NARRATOR: If the team did, in fact, drill into a tunnel, 590 00:26:58,950 --> 00:27:01,201 could it be the legendary booby trap that is believed 591 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:04,705 to feed water into the Money Pit from Smith's Cove? 592 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:07,866 Or, because it was full of air, might it be 593 00:27:07,950 --> 00:27:10,535 a very different kind of man-made structure? 594 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:14,882 Perhaps one connected to a vast cache of silver and gold? 595 00:27:17,218 --> 00:27:19,553 MARTY: And this same phenomena would occur 596 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:22,222 for the famous offset chamber, wouldn't it? 597 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,966 - You'd have the same thing like this? - Exactly. 598 00:27:25,051 --> 00:27:26,635 And you pierce it here and it's full of air? 599 00:27:26,719 --> 00:27:28,145 Yep. No question. 600 00:27:28,229 --> 00:27:30,222 Steve? Same thing? 601 00:27:30,306 --> 00:27:32,974 We pierced something that hasn't been pierced in a long time. 602 00:27:33,059 --> 00:27:36,061 I'm going to make a really quick point. I think we should 603 00:27:36,145 --> 00:27:38,155 drill close to where we're at and we should investigate what 604 00:27:38,314 --> 00:27:39,657 we hit yesterday, but I think we're really close 605 00:27:39,816 --> 00:27:41,492 to a tunnel. 606 00:27:43,236 --> 00:27:44,736 Okay, well, that's pretty cool. 607 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:46,080 Let's finish up this hole and go to the next one. 608 00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:47,247 - Which way we going? - STEVE G.: I would move down 609 00:27:47,407 --> 00:27:50,742 the seismic line three feet. 610 00:27:50,827 --> 00:27:53,495 I think we should come closer than three. 611 00:27:53,579 --> 00:27:55,580 Two and a half. 612 00:27:55,665 --> 00:27:57,257 - Two and a half. - Compromise. 613 00:27:57,417 --> 00:27:59,000 MARTY: Okay. I like that. 614 00:27:59,085 --> 00:28:01,762 - Got that, Steve? - Two and a half feet west? 615 00:28:01,921 --> 00:28:05,090 - CRAIG: Two and a half feet, rather than three. - Yep. 616 00:28:05,174 --> 00:28:06,600 RICK: I would love for them 617 00:28:06,759 --> 00:28:07,843 to be correct that there's 618 00:28:07,927 --> 00:28:10,011 some sort of dry tunnel. 619 00:28:10,096 --> 00:28:12,272 If there is a tunnel and we can 620 00:28:12,432 --> 00:28:14,015 access it, I'd be the first one 621 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:16,601 in the tunnel, I can tell you that. 622 00:28:16,686 --> 00:28:19,613 I would love for them to be correct. 623 00:28:19,772 --> 00:28:22,357 - Okay, let's go. - Okay, guys. 624 00:28:22,442 --> 00:28:25,869 NARRATOR: As the drilling operation continues in the Money Pit... 625 00:28:27,864 --> 00:28:29,873 later that afternoon... 626 00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:33,794 - (metal clanging) - ALEX: Hey, Carmen. 627 00:28:33,953 --> 00:28:35,704 - Carmen, hello! - Hello! 628 00:28:35,788 --> 00:28:37,798 - How you doing today? - Good. 629 00:28:37,957 --> 00:28:39,717 Like that sound. Like that smell. 630 00:28:39,876 --> 00:28:43,211 NARRATOR: Marty and Alex Lagina, along with Jack Begley, 631 00:28:43,304 --> 00:28:44,888 have traveled some 50 miles north 632 00:28:44,973 --> 00:28:48,225 to Northville Farm in Centerville, Nova Scotia 633 00:28:48,309 --> 00:28:51,228 to meet with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge. 634 00:28:51,387 --> 00:28:52,971 Carmen, we have some more of our treasures 635 00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:54,356 that we need identified here. 636 00:28:56,893 --> 00:28:59,644 It was found on Lot 32 by my dad. 637 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,239 I find almost nothing, so I'm really quite proud of this. 638 00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:07,995 ALEX: Lot 32 is on the south side of the island, close to the swamp, 639 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:10,914 uh, near where we think there may have been an old wharf. 640 00:29:31,928 --> 00:29:34,679 ALEX: 'Cause you anchor your boat out in the ocean. 641 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,097 Bring your heavy stuff to shore, 642 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:37,933 and then you'd move it with that by...? 643 00:29:38,017 --> 00:29:39,902 Yes. Yes. 644 00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:44,615 How far away was it from the bag seal? 645 00:29:44,774 --> 00:29:47,859 Not very far. I'd say maybe 50 feet. 646 00:29:47,944 --> 00:29:49,203 It makes it kind of plausible, then, 647 00:29:49,362 --> 00:29:50,537 that that was used for hauling. 648 00:29:58,538 --> 00:30:01,048 NARRATOR: A ship's anchor spike? 649 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:03,884 Perhaps used in the unloading of cargo? 650 00:30:04,043 --> 00:30:07,721 And dating between 1710 and 1740? 651 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,464 If so, could it help identify 652 00:30:09,549 --> 00:30:11,800 just who may have been behind 653 00:30:11,884 --> 00:30:14,135 the Oak Island mystery? 654 00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:16,555 DOUG: What's really interesting is, it appears 655 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,232 to be a ship's log of 656 00:30:18,391 --> 00:30:20,067 the French fleet that was coming over 657 00:30:20,226 --> 00:30:22,894 in 1746 to take back Acadia. 658 00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:24,145 NARRATOR: Three years ago, 659 00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:25,647 Doug Crowell discovered 660 00:30:25,731 --> 00:30:26,815 a ship's log dating back 661 00:30:26,899 --> 00:30:30,828 to 1746 in the Nova Scotia Archives. 662 00:30:30,987 --> 00:30:33,747 It recounted a failed French expedition 663 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:37,158 to reclaim Nova Scotia from the British 664 00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:39,419 that was led by the Duc d'Anville, 665 00:30:39,579 --> 00:30:42,172 a nobleman from Southern France 666 00:30:42,331 --> 00:30:44,332 whose family lineage could be traced back 667 00:30:44,417 --> 00:30:47,669 to the Order of the Knights Templar. 668 00:30:47,753 --> 00:30:49,179 DOUG: They're actually talking about 669 00:30:49,338 --> 00:30:51,590 the vast amount of treasure they have on board. 670 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,267 NARRATOR: But what made the ship's log 671 00:30:53,426 --> 00:30:55,352 compelling to the Oak Island team 672 00:30:55,511 --> 00:30:57,521 was that it reported a secondary mission 673 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:02,609 to hide a vast treasure on a wooded island. 674 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:05,353 DOUG: "The wind dying down, we anchored for the night. 675 00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:08,106 "The great quantity of treasure on this vessel 676 00:31:08,190 --> 00:31:10,701 "makes it unwise to jeopardize it 677 00:31:10,785 --> 00:31:12,360 "in any engagement with the enemy. 678 00:31:12,445 --> 00:31:14,621 "September 8th. 679 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,623 "It has been agreed that a deep pit be dug 680 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,792 "and treasure securely buried. 681 00:31:18,951 --> 00:31:20,535 "The pit to have a secret entrance 682 00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:22,379 by a tunnel from the shore." 683 00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:25,632 MARTY: The Duc d'Anville theory 684 00:31:25,791 --> 00:31:27,709 certainly fits with these tools. 685 00:31:27,793 --> 00:31:30,804 So, made in 1740, 686 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:33,974 used in 1746 is entirely possible. 687 00:31:34,133 --> 00:31:36,217 NARRATOR: Could this spike, 688 00:31:36,302 --> 00:31:39,220 found in the same area as the potentially ancient 689 00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:41,064 cargo bag seal, be connected 690 00:31:41,223 --> 00:31:42,733 to an 18th century French mission 691 00:31:42,892 --> 00:31:44,151 to bury treasure? 692 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:48,063 And if so, could these finds also help explain 693 00:31:48,147 --> 00:31:50,073 the mysterious tunnel that the team 694 00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:53,160 encountered one day ago in the Money Pit? 695 00:31:53,319 --> 00:31:54,569 MARTY: That's a good data point. 696 00:31:54,662 --> 00:31:56,905 - All right, Carmen. - Good. 697 00:31:56,998 --> 00:31:58,081 We-We're going home with some answers. 698 00:31:59,909 --> 00:32:01,084 MARTY: We'll be back. 699 00:32:04,997 --> 00:32:07,090 Yeah, baby. 700 00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:09,676 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation in the Money Pit area continues... 701 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,754 GARY: Just be nice to pull out a big ship's timber. 702 00:32:12,838 --> 00:32:14,431 NARRATOR: members of the team 703 00:32:14,590 --> 00:32:16,350 search for more potentially important 704 00:32:16,509 --> 00:32:18,602 and valuable clues 705 00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:20,020 at the southern edge of the swamp. 706 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:22,430 GARY: You seeing something, Billy? 707 00:32:22,515 --> 00:32:24,858 BILLY: There's a piece on this side of the bucket, 708 00:32:25,017 --> 00:32:26,443 right in the front there, ready to fall off, I think. 709 00:32:26,602 --> 00:32:29,279 GARY: Whereabouts, mate? Direct me. 710 00:32:29,364 --> 00:32:30,948 - To the other side. - GARY: Oh, to the other side. 711 00:32:33,868 --> 00:32:35,285 BILLY: Right there. Right there. Yeah. 712 00:32:35,444 --> 00:32:37,079 This piece? 713 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:41,708 What is that? 714 00:32:41,867 --> 00:32:44,378 It's just split, maybe. 715 00:32:44,537 --> 00:32:45,787 JACK: Looks natural. 716 00:32:45,871 --> 00:32:48,540 I thought it might've been cut, but it's split. 717 00:32:48,624 --> 00:32:50,884 - That's all right. - Like a tree trunk, wasn't it? 718 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,711 That's right in the area that we're looking 719 00:32:52,795 --> 00:32:54,304 for more ship pieces, though. 720 00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:00,635 GARY: It isn't too hard to imagine 721 00:33:00,728 --> 00:33:03,221 a ship pulling into the swamp, 722 00:33:03,305 --> 00:33:04,982 unloading treasure, 723 00:33:05,141 --> 00:33:07,642 and hauling it up towards the Money Pit. 724 00:33:07,735 --> 00:33:09,653 Come on, treasure, where are you? 725 00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:11,980 GARY: We have found ship's timbers 726 00:33:12,064 --> 00:33:13,740 or wharf timbers 727 00:33:13,899 --> 00:33:16,660 in the swamp and Smith's Cove. 728 00:33:16,819 --> 00:33:19,329 That tells me that there could potentially 729 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:22,082 still be a treasure ship 730 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:25,168 waiting to be discovered in the swamp. 731 00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:29,089 BILLY: It's deeper in here 732 00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:31,842 - than what it is over there. - CHARLES: That's odd. 733 00:33:31,926 --> 00:33:34,085 BILLY: It kind of makes you think it was laying in open, 734 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:36,263 and then something or somebody closed it in, right? 735 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:38,089 Towards the berm it's deeper? 736 00:33:38,174 --> 00:33:39,266 Yeah. 737 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,675 (metal detector beeping) 738 00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:43,145 I got a signal. It's in the sand. 739 00:33:44,930 --> 00:33:47,932 Just there. Thanks. You never know, 740 00:33:48,017 --> 00:33:50,193 it might be an old spike. We did find some here. 741 00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:52,437 Oh, I see it. Sticking out there. 742 00:33:52,521 --> 00:33:54,606 See it? 743 00:33:54,690 --> 00:33:56,199 Oh, yeah. 744 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:00,620 Rebar. 745 00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:02,873 Sorry, mate, false alarm. 746 00:34:04,366 --> 00:34:06,668 Good digging, Jack. 747 00:34:11,624 --> 00:34:14,709 You dig on Oak Island, you find things, so... 748 00:34:14,794 --> 00:34:15,960 That you do. 749 00:34:16,045 --> 00:34:17,554 Keep our eyes open. 750 00:34:20,132 --> 00:34:22,309 MARTY: Honestly, the swamp, every time we've dug in it, 751 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,352 it's been a surprise. 752 00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:29,566 Any cuts on that? 753 00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:31,485 - Just looks natural. - JACK: Okay. 754 00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:33,061 MARTY: I've tried to give up on the swamp... 755 00:34:33,145 --> 00:34:34,905 (chuckles) I don't know, I've lost count. 756 00:34:35,064 --> 00:34:38,066 A dozen times? Uh, and Rick was persistent. 757 00:34:38,150 --> 00:34:40,485 And, my goodness, it keeps 758 00:34:40,569 --> 00:34:42,821 yielding up interesting things. 759 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,998 And-and there we've probably dug, I don't know, 760 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,492 maybe 15% of it, so 761 00:34:47,576 --> 00:34:50,087 there could be all kinds of interesting things in the swamp. 762 00:34:55,343 --> 00:34:56,676 BILLY: Piece just beyond my bucket, 763 00:34:56,836 --> 00:34:59,003 just looks... kind of flat-ish. 764 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:02,507 - Can one of you guys get it? - Oh, is that a board? 765 00:35:02,591 --> 00:35:05,936 I don't know, mate. Let me see if I can get it. 766 00:35:08,848 --> 00:35:10,181 We'll keep it to one side. 767 00:35:10,274 --> 00:35:12,016 - It looks like a board. - It's dimensional enough, yeah. 768 00:35:12,101 --> 00:35:13,693 Yeah, it looks like a board. 769 00:35:13,853 --> 00:35:15,862 One side's pretty smooth. 770 00:35:16,021 --> 00:35:18,690 Oh, they got something. 771 00:35:18,774 --> 00:35:20,951 Look at that, mate. Looks like a ship's timber. 772 00:35:21,035 --> 00:35:23,194 Probably a piece of decking, by the look of it. 773 00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:24,612 Good eye, Billy. 774 00:35:24,697 --> 00:35:27,624 Yeah, when you see a flat piece, it really sticks out. 775 00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:30,710 Yeah. That's cool, mate. Look at that. 776 00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:34,038 NARRATOR: Another potential piece of decking from a ship? 777 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:36,958 Since the team has found a number of similar 778 00:35:37,042 --> 00:35:38,710 wooden artifacts in this area, 779 00:35:38,794 --> 00:35:42,547 which dated as far back as the 17th century, 780 00:35:42,631 --> 00:35:45,142 could this find represent more evidence 781 00:35:45,226 --> 00:35:47,218 that the swamp is hiding the wreck 782 00:35:47,303 --> 00:35:48,895 of a massive sailing vessel? 783 00:35:49,054 --> 00:35:51,723 Any markings on it, Jack? 784 00:35:51,807 --> 00:35:55,143 Uh... No, not that I can see yet. 785 00:35:55,227 --> 00:35:57,904 RICK: We have some disparate odds and ends 786 00:35:57,989 --> 00:35:59,981 and bits and pieces 787 00:36:00,065 --> 00:36:02,325 of what we believe are a sailing ship, and 788 00:36:02,484 --> 00:36:04,569 those items should not be down there, 789 00:36:04,653 --> 00:36:06,571 unless we're close to something, 790 00:36:06,655 --> 00:36:09,908 and that really, certainly, piques all of our interests. 791 00:36:09,992 --> 00:36:12,076 This is definitely man-made. 792 00:36:12,161 --> 00:36:15,246 It's badly deteriorated, but if 793 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:18,249 there's an old ship in the swamp, it would be. 794 00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:20,677 Exactly. We're only picking up the pieces, right? 795 00:36:20,836 --> 00:36:21,845 Yeah. 796 00:36:21,929 --> 00:36:24,097 JACK: We'll get it cleaned up, though. 797 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:26,516 Definitely a candidate for C-14. 798 00:36:26,601 --> 00:36:28,185 Great find, Billy. 799 00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:31,429 GARY: We've got another wooden plank. 800 00:36:31,513 --> 00:36:33,598 Well, the last time we found a wooden plank, 801 00:36:33,682 --> 00:36:36,517 the data came back amazing. 802 00:36:36,602 --> 00:36:37,602 And now, 803 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:39,604 with the C-14 804 00:36:39,688 --> 00:36:42,199 and the dendro that we can do on this wood, 805 00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:45,193 we don't know what we're holding in our hand at the moment, 806 00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:48,872 but it could be very significant. 807 00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:51,791 People had to get here somehow, and... 808 00:36:51,951 --> 00:36:53,785 Look at all the findings that we have from the 1600s, right? 809 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:55,212 GARY: Yeah. 810 00:36:55,296 --> 00:36:56,880 They didn't, they didn't fly here or take a taxi, right? 811 00:36:57,039 --> 00:36:58,131 - They had to come by ship. - GARY: No, mate. 812 00:36:58,290 --> 00:36:59,958 We're on an island, mate. 813 00:37:00,042 --> 00:37:04,054 I think this date on this is gonna be a shocker. 814 00:37:10,886 --> 00:37:12,145 MARTY: Hey, big brother. 815 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,472 - Hey, everybody. - Hey, Rick. 816 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,307 You know, it seems really strange not to be there, 817 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,726 but I-I'm doing a little bit of paperwork here. 818 00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,561 Yeah, that's what I was just saying, Rick. 819 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:22,063 It's very weird not to have you, 820 00:37:22,156 --> 00:37:24,407 well, sitting right here. (chuckles) 821 00:37:24,566 --> 00:37:26,567 NARRATOR: Three days after a curious 822 00:37:26,652 --> 00:37:28,078 wooden artifact was found 823 00:37:28,162 --> 00:37:30,080 near the southern border of the swamp, 824 00:37:30,164 --> 00:37:33,250 Rick Lagina joins an important meeting in the war room, 825 00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:34,501 via videoconference, 826 00:37:34,660 --> 00:37:36,670 with his brother Marty, 827 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,496 their partner Craig Tester, 828 00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:40,415 and other members of the team. 829 00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:42,500 I'll just hand it over to Craig, 830 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:45,753 who has some C-14 data for us from the swamp. 831 00:37:45,846 --> 00:37:47,597 - Okey doke. - Take it away. 832 00:37:47,756 --> 00:37:50,091 It's a plank that came out of the swamp. 833 00:37:50,184 --> 00:37:53,353 It's about two feet long, six inches wide, 834 00:37:53,512 --> 00:37:55,605 and maybe two inch thick board. 835 00:37:55,764 --> 00:37:57,023 Hmm. 836 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,609 MARTY: Just only a nominal inch thick, I'd say. 837 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:02,854 ALEX: It's flat. 838 00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:05,865 RICK: But it's made by human being, or... 839 00:38:06,025 --> 00:38:07,784 MARTY: Oh, I'd say so. 840 00:38:07,943 --> 00:38:09,869 That looks like a shaped piece of wood. 841 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:11,696 It looks like a plank, Rick, I mean... 842 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:13,873 - Yeah, you've pegged it, didn't you? - STEVE G.: I did. 843 00:38:14,033 --> 00:38:16,367 - Where was that? - Yeah, I would say it's about 20 feet 844 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,036 northwest of where we found what we're gonna call 845 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,629 the ship's railing of last year. 846 00:38:19,714 --> 00:38:22,132 - CRAIG: Mm-hmm. - Uh, and I would say it came out about five feet 847 00:38:22,216 --> 00:38:23,541 down in the swamp, five to six feet. 848 00:38:23,625 --> 00:38:24,709 Okay. 849 00:38:24,793 --> 00:38:26,469 Makes sense. 850 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:30,473 The, uh, range of possibility was from 851 00:38:30,558 --> 00:38:34,218 1516 to 1674. 852 00:38:34,303 --> 00:38:36,313 - (chuckles) - Wow. (chuckles) 853 00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:38,231 That's what I was hoping to hear. 854 00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:41,225 I think the C-14 dates, 855 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,477 they have been 856 00:38:42,561 --> 00:38:43,811 somewhat all over the board. 857 00:38:43,896 --> 00:38:45,238 There's, of course, the typical 858 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,231 bell-shaped curve to these dates. 859 00:38:47,316 --> 00:38:48,232 But it seems 860 00:38:48,317 --> 00:38:50,243 to be rounding to, 861 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:53,246 I'd say, early to mid-1600s, 862 00:38:53,405 --> 00:38:55,156 when something was done. 863 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:57,658 And when you get one of the Ws-- 864 00:38:57,743 --> 00:39:00,420 The who, what, when, where, why-- 865 00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:02,330 It's easier to fill in the others. 866 00:39:02,414 --> 00:39:04,916 - SCOTT: Those are very early dates. - ALEX: Yeah. 867 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,092 Yeah, very early dates. 868 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,177 That's real consistent 869 00:39:07,336 --> 00:39:09,670 - with all kinds of dates. - CRAIG: Yeah. 870 00:39:09,755 --> 00:39:10,922 That's pretty, 871 00:39:11,006 --> 00:39:14,184 pretty powerful testament to something happened. 872 00:39:14,343 --> 00:39:15,685 Absolutely. 873 00:39:17,262 --> 00:39:19,764 - CHARLES: Is it a coin? - MARTY: I believe this is a coin. 874 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:20,940 - No. - Are you serious? 875 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,767 What? 876 00:39:22,851 --> 00:39:24,027 NARRATOR: Ever since the team discovered 877 00:39:24,186 --> 00:39:28,114 a 1652 Spanish maravedi coin nine years ago, 878 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:30,858 the triangle-shaped swamp has produced 879 00:39:30,943 --> 00:39:33,119 a number of corroborating clues 880 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,780 that something extraordinary happened on Oak Island 881 00:39:35,864 --> 00:39:40,377 long before the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795. 882 00:39:40,461 --> 00:39:44,038 Many of them, from potential fragments of ships 883 00:39:44,123 --> 00:39:45,965 to wharfs 884 00:39:46,125 --> 00:39:48,543 and even a man-made rock feature 885 00:39:48,627 --> 00:39:50,878 at the so-called Eye of the Swamp, 886 00:39:50,963 --> 00:39:52,797 have all scientifically tested 887 00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:56,393 to a period between the 16th and 17th centuries. 888 00:39:56,552 --> 00:39:59,137 Could that mean that the team is finally 889 00:39:59,221 --> 00:40:01,648 zeroing in on when the Oak Island mystery 890 00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:03,400 actually began? 891 00:40:03,559 --> 00:40:05,568 Anyway, we have another piece of wood that 892 00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:07,728 absolutely suggests 893 00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:10,490 something happening here long before 894 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:12,909 - the discovery of the Money Pit. - Yeah. 895 00:40:12,993 --> 00:40:14,902 So, maybe, just maybe, 896 00:40:14,987 --> 00:40:16,988 we're coming closer to a "when," but 897 00:40:17,072 --> 00:40:19,240 the "why" still escapes us. 898 00:40:19,324 --> 00:40:20,741 - Mm-hmm. - MARTY: Yeah. "Who" is a bit 899 00:40:20,826 --> 00:40:24,078 of a problem, and "what" is, uh, plaguing us, too. (chuckles) 900 00:40:24,171 --> 00:40:26,923 All the Ws are, but the "when," 901 00:40:27,082 --> 00:40:28,666 that open circle seems to be closing. 902 00:40:28,750 --> 00:40:31,335 Yeah, there's a whole coalescing of data around 903 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,755 1650 to 1750. 904 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,091 And then there's some of these outlier, 905 00:40:37,176 --> 00:40:39,853 really old things that are really inexplicable. 906 00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:42,013 But we will stay with it until we find out. 907 00:40:42,097 --> 00:40:44,023 - Right, gentlemen? - Yes. 908 00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:45,191 - We're not giving up. - MARTY: All right, Rick, 909 00:40:45,350 --> 00:40:46,693 well, we'll let you get back to your work. 910 00:40:46,852 --> 00:40:49,028 All righty. You guys take care. 911 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:51,281 I'll be there as soon as possible. 912 00:40:51,365 --> 00:40:53,032 - MARTY: All right. See you. - OTHERS: See you. 913 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:56,202 NARRATOR: With every clue that Rick, Marty, Craig, 914 00:40:56,361 --> 00:40:58,196 and their team unearth, 915 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,373 one by one, Oak Island secrets 916 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,617 are finally being revealed. 917 00:41:02,701 --> 00:41:04,961 Although the questions of who, 918 00:41:05,045 --> 00:41:08,715 what, when, where, and why persist, 919 00:41:08,874 --> 00:41:10,124 at least for now, 920 00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:13,044 as the team continues searching across the island, 921 00:41:13,128 --> 00:41:16,380 digging in the swamp, 922 00:41:16,465 --> 00:41:20,218 and drilling in the Money Pit, 923 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,637 just how much longer 924 00:41:22,721 --> 00:41:25,056 can those questions remain 925 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:26,983 unanswered? 926 00:41:29,728 --> 00:41:32,396 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 927 00:41:32,481 --> 00:41:34,741 Are you ready to put some coil to the soil, mate? 928 00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:36,234 - I'm ready. - Let's go for it. 929 00:41:36,318 --> 00:41:37,485 Woo-hoo-hoo! What we got here? 930 00:41:37,569 --> 00:41:38,319 Oh, yeah. 931 00:41:38,412 --> 00:41:40,580 GARY: Ooh! Look at that, mate. 932 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:41,739 Is that something? 933 00:41:41,823 --> 00:41:43,908 Wow. That is spectacular. 934 00:41:43,992 --> 00:41:46,669 Why does it have these angles? Does it cry ship? 935 00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:48,162 It could easily be part of a ship. 936 00:41:48,255 --> 00:41:50,173 Well, how about that. (laughs) 937 00:41:50,332 --> 00:41:51,758 - Hey, Craig! - I think they might have it. 938 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:53,251 - There it is. - Oh! 939 00:41:53,335 --> 00:41:54,835 What the...? Check that out! 940 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,597 That's a phenomena right there.