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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island
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GARY:
Fingers crossed on this one.
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Oh, yeah.
Look at the size of that.
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- MARTY: Wow!
- That is crazy.
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This is a tool that you
would use for moving items.
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Bring your heavy stuff to shore,
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- then you move it with that.
- Yes.
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JEREMY: This tunnel connects
with this very square structure
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- in the Money Pit.
- Oh, baby. - (laughter)
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- Whoa!
- Whoa!
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STEVE G.: We pierced
something that hasn't been pierced
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- in a long time.
- The famous offset chamber.
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Exactly.
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NARRATOR: There is an
island in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it...
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man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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And according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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CRAIG:
Hello.
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- Hey, guys.
- Hey, guys.
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- Hello.
- Hi, guys.
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NARRATOR: Morning has dawned
on Oak Island for brothers
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Rick and Marty Lagina,
their partner Craig Tester,
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and other members of their team.
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So, we would like
to welcome Jeremy back.
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NARRATOR: But before they head
back into the field
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in an effort to solve
a 227-year-old mystery,
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they have gathered to meet
via videoconference
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with geophysicist Jeremy Church.
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Jeremy's working
with some new software,
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and he has reinterpreted
the previous seismic data.
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He has come up with some
new targets in the Money Pit.
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So, Jeremy, I'm going
to turn it over to you.
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Excellent.
Thanks, guys.
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I think there's
some exciting stuff that's
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coming out of that existing data
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that we acquired
a couple years ago.
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So this is kind of a method
to kinda take it
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- to the next level.
- That'd be great.
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NARRATOR: As Rick, Marty,
Craig and the team prepare to
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dig up to four ten-foot-wide,
steel-cased shafts
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in the coming weeks...
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they have asked Jeremy
to reassess the seismic survey
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that his colleagues conducted
in 2018
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across the Eastern drumlin
of Oak Island.
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We've got a hard
reflector on the top.
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Hard reflector on the base.
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So it is a competent
structure, whatever it is.
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NARRATOR: It is their hope
that he will not only be able
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to help them pinpoint
the original Money Pit...
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Is that consistent
with a chamber?
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- Yeah, it is.
- Wow.
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but also the source
of the silver and gold
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that was detected
earlier this year
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in several boreholes
near the C-1 shaft.
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I guess we can jump
into the fun part here.
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So, I'm gonna go ahead
and share my screen.
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Okey doke.
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So here we go.
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So what we've got here
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on the screen,
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this is the Money Pit data set.
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Pinks and reds are
the highest points.
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The greens are
the deepest points.
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The orange is kind of
in the middle.
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So this is a very
important one here.
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This linear feature here,
it almost, to me,
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what this might be
is some sort of a tunnel.
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That's interesting.
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And it extends
all the way over to here.
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Where's C-1, for reference?
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- C-1's right there.
- Okay.
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And what I wanted to get at
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is actually, go back to
the bird's-eye view.
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So you can see
this point is right in
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the middle of Shaft 12.
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- Interesting.
- It puts us right in our zone of interest for sure.
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NARRATOR:
In 1894,
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treasure hunter Frederick Blair
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and his team
constructed Shaft 12,
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30 feet east of the Money Pit,
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down to a depth of 55 feet.
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His plan was to intercept
the legendary booby-trapped
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flood tunnel believed
to originate at Smith's Cove.
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Unfortunately,
the effort failed,
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and Shaft 12 was abandoned.
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Can you give us some
depths on this anomaly?
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Just a little bit
north of 100 feet
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of depth.
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So, uh,
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let's go take a look inside.
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So if we go right in...
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You have
this tunnel-type system,
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so that tells me right away that
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it has to be from some
sort of human activity,
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- roughly around depths that you guys are expecting.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that in his failed bid to
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locate a booby trap,
Frederick Blair was actually
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on a course to intercept
a much deeper man-made tunnel?
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And one in an area where
the team has recently detected
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both gold and silver
through water sample testing?
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One of the more interesting
knowns in the Money Pit
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is Shaft 12.
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It was work
conducted very early on
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when the Money Pit location
was known.
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I think we need to
prove or disprove, ground truth,
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whether or not there really
is a tunnel below Shaft 12.
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That's impactful.
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All right.
Should we go deeper?
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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Here we go.
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I think this
is the most significant
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anomaly out of everything.
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And it's a larger
anomaly, but then there
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are smaller details in it.
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And this is down
at about 160 feet.
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What's really interesting
about this, though,
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is this low-density,
cave-like feature right here.
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I call it the Structure.
Very square,
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with this little tail off of it.
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Let me zoom out here for you.
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And what kind of got me
most excited about it was that
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tunnel from Shaft 12
goes all the way over here.
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It connects up with
this structure area over here.
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That is very intriguing.
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What size is that structure?
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12 feet by 12 feet, tops.
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were they tunneling
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there for a purpose,
and then building
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an expanded chamber,
if you will, at the end of it?
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NARRATOR: A possible
12-foot by 12-foot chamber
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some 160 feet deep,
and potentially connected to
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a tunnel in the area
where the team has already
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detected traces of silver
and gold?
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It has become
Marty Lagina's suspicion
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that if treasure on
Oak Island really does exist,
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it may not be in
the original Money Pit,
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but rather in an offset
chamber from the main shaft.
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Is it possible that
Jeremy Church has just
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found evidence that
Marty's theory is correct?
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MARTY: What is interesting
about the anomaly is
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it's about the right size.
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It appears to be
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something that has almost,
like, a little roof on it.
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something less dense there.
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So, you got a roof, a cap
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That sounds like
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It's worth drilling, for sure.
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STEVE G.: The anomaly we're
chasing that you've presented,
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it may help really zone in an
area of interest for us because
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soon we've got caissons coming,
and we really need to
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- start getting as much data as we can to pick caissons.
- Yep.
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CRAIG:
If any of these anomalies
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align up with where
we might want to drill,
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I-I'd drill for
these anomalies, too.
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Yeah, I'd like to put a hole
over by Shaft 12
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to see if you find a tunnel.
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- Mm-hmm.
- Put a couple holes there.
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You find a tunnel,
then it confirms this.
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We might get lucky and actually
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put a coin in your hand
this year, Marty.
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- Okay, good.
- Well, I don't think
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there's anything else to say,
other than we have legitimate
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targets, and now it's all
about getting out there
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and ground-truthing it,
and keep going.
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So, Jeremy, we thank you
very much, and we very much look
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forward to your continuing
work with this process.
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You're very welcome.
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- RICK: All right. See you guys.
- SCOTT: Bye, guys.
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NARRATOR: While Rick,
Marty and members of the team
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finish their meeting
in the war room...
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near the southern edge
of the swamp...
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DAVID F.:
Gary!
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Hi, Dave! How you doing, mate?
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- Good. How are you doing?
- Good.
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- Welcome back to the swamp.
- Yeah.
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I didn't want to feel left out.
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NARRATOR:
David Fornetti joins
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metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
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and heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt
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as they continue digging with
an 80-foot-long armed excavator
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in search of critical
and hopefully valuable clues.
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This is the area where we found
that old ship's rail last year.
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And the numbers, the data that
came back on that was amazing.
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Went all the way back
to the 700s.
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- Wow.
- I mean, you can't get any better than that.
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NARRATOR: In addition to a
massive ship-shaped anomaly
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that was detected near this area
during the seismic survey
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in 2018, over the past
several years the team has made
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numerous discoveries
related to sailing vessels.
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These finds include
the massive stone ship's wharf
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in the southeastern corner
of the swamp.
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- Does that look flat?
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NARRATOR:
Potential deck planking.
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Ship's pins, used for
rigging sail lines.
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And a finished piece
of possible ship's railing
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that dated back
to as early as 660 AD.
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BILLY: You know, you
have a rail, you have planks.
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CHARLES:
That's right.
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It's becoming
a little bit more than
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- just coincidence now, it seems.
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- Today's going to be a good day.
- Perfect.
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All right, mate, let's
see if we're in business.
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(detector beeping)
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Wow, there's nothing
in here, this is quiet.
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- BILLY: Gary?
- Yep.
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It was a wet bucket,
but right here
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it looked like it might have
been a little piece of wood.
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Just a small piece.
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Okay, mate, I'll see
if I can find it.
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Oh, I see it.
I'm dying to know what it is.
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Wow, look at this.
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GARY: That's an
unusual stick, isn't it?
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NARRATOR: While searching
for clues near the southern
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- edge of the swamp...
- Oh, yeah, that's been cut.
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Check this out, David.
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Billy Gerhardt, Gary Drayton
and David Fornetti
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have just made another
potentially important discovery.
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That's unusual,
almost like bamboo.
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I know it isn't,
but you can see that
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that's been cut with an axe.
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I do remember
the archaeologists finding
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strips of this
underneath the stone roadway.
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It was, like,
used as, like, packing.
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And then the stones
were put on top of it.
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- It's too small for a fence post.
- Yeah.
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You think it's a survey stake,
Billy?
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Well, do you remember how
the stakes were pointed
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that went along the swamp road?
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- The path?
- Yeah.
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So, this could be
really interesting if we
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could get this C-14 tested.
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- Yeah.
- See how old it is.
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- Look at that.
- That's cut.
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Oh, yeah, that's definitely cut.
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NARRATOR: One year ago,
while investigating the cobblestone
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pathway along the eastern
side of the swamp,
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the team discovered a number
of survey stakes bordering
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the feature that dated back
as much as 400 years.
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Could this stake be
just as old, or older?
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And could they be connected
in some way
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to the evidence of
a ship the team
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has found in the swamp?
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This is really, really
cool, mate.
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This might turn in to be
a significant piece of wood.
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Yeah. Instead of just
leaving it here,
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why don't I take it now
and bring it to
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the research center
and have somebody look at it?
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Okay, mate. Yeah.
Take that to your uncle
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and say,
"Gary's a stick in the mud".
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- (chuckles) Will do.
- All right, mate.
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All right, I'll let you
get back to work.
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Okay, mate. I'll see you
when you get back.
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- Beat, dig and repeat.
- Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
As Gary and Billy continue
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searching in the swamp...
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- in the Money Pit area...
- TERRY: Hey, Marty.
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- Partner.
- Here we go.
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AB-13 is being cued
up right now as we speak.
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NARRATOR:
Rick, Marty and Craig
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join geologist Terry Matheson
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and members of the team to
begin drilling Borehole AB-13.
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A borehole that they hope
will intercept a possible
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treasure tunnel at
a depth of some 100 feet.
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STEVE G.: Jeremy found two
coordinates. He supplied me with both.
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One of these coordinates
is really close to the center
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of the projected tunnel
that comes off of Shaft 12,
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and this was the closest.
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Okay, all right.
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So this is
the highest probability
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to hit a high-density target
and a tunnel.
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-At what depth?
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- Uh, 95 feet.
- Okay.
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SCOTT: We're hoping
that drilling in this location
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will give us some information
on potentially both things.
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A tunnel coming from
Shaft 12, as well as what
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this high-density target may be.
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How is a target high-density?
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She's chock full of gold,
obviously.
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- (laughs)
- Has to be.
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- Has to be.
- Otherwise, it would be low density.
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Well, I'd argue with you,
but you're right.
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- I like high-density targets.
- Yes.
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- Let's see how fast they go down.
- Yeah.
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I think at the end of today,
we have to find something
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- very, very significant.
- Mm-hmm.
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RICK: Truthfully, I think
every borehole we put down,
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there is an expectation
of treasure.
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Either at the depths that
have been predetermined,
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i.e. based on earlier
searcher activity.
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Right around
the hundred-foot level
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and then, of course,
certainly Marty's belief
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that there were offset
chambers above tidal level.
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- All right. We have a plan.
- Yep.
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All righty.
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- Let's keep going.
- TERRY: Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon,
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while the drilling operation
continues in the Money Pit...
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- All right, Gary, let's have at it.
- Yep.
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Marty Lagina
and Gary Drayton head
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just west of the swamp
to Lot 32.
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It was in this area
that, one year ago,
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Gary not only found
an iron wharf pin
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but also a potentially ancient
cargo bag seal that the team has
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speculated may be connected
to the Knights Templar.
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- You always go back to where you found stuff.
- Yeah.
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And there's got
to be more in this area.
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I've got lots of flags
on this side of the track.
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- All right, start right up over there.
- Okay, mate.
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NARRATOR: Now, after the
numerous ship-related discoveries
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that the team has recently made
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at the southern edge
of the swamp,
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Marty and Gary are hoping
that even more clues
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might be found on Lot 32
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that could help explain what
may have happened long ago
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on Oak Island, and
who was behind the activity.
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- It's a little chirpy, isn't it?
- Yeah, a little bit jumpy.
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- Well, you never know.
- You want to dig it?
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Yep. Just here, mate.
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MARTY: The thing about Lot
32 that might be different is that
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the sort of merchant's
bag seal was found there.
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Maybe there was
yet another wharf there
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at Lot 32-- a place for trade.
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So, does that raise
the expectation that there'd
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be parts of a ship?
Of course.
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(device beeping)
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Wow, that had
been down there a while.
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- Look at that.
- What is it?
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It's an ox shoe.
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That's in really good
condition as well.
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- I mean, that'd been down there a heck of a long time.
- Yeah, it has.
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NARRATOR:
An ox shoe,
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found just west of
the swamp on Lot 32?
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And in an area where
the team discovered the lead
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bag seal and evidence
of a wharf one year ago?
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It was also last year
that they unearthed a number
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of identical objects,
as well as pieces of
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15th century cargo barrels
and iron ring bolts
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along a believed pathway
between the stone wharf
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in the southeastern corner
of the swamp, and the Money Pit.
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We're sure then that either
there was intensive farming,
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which doesn't seem
to be the case,
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or there was a lot of
cargo moved around here.
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Yeah, and, I mean,
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this is the area
where you really want to find
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- an ox shoe, as well, because...
- If there was a wharf, yeah.
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There's a wharf.
We got that bag seal.
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And David and I found
an ox shoe on the beach there.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that Marty and Gary have just
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found evidence of
another operation to unload
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cargo from a ship
onto Oak Island?
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If so, what kind of cargo
was it?
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And where did it end up?
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An ox shoe is intriguing
because if you have a big wharf,
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where goods are being moved
in and out,
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you might need beasts
of burden to carry them.
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- All right. Well, now let's find the cargo, shall we?
- Okay, mate.
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I'll put this in the bag
and we'll collect it later.
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Okay. I like it.
Good system.
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NARRATOR: As Marty and
Gary continue searching on Lot 32,
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back in the Money Pit area...
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Do you know
how deep they are now?
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They are closing in
on about 50 feet.
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the drilling operation
continues in Borehole AB-13,
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where the team hopes
to encounter
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a mysterious man-made tunnel
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at a depth of some 100 feet.
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Craig, what depth
is the seismic target?
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- Do we have a depth?
- 95, wasn't it?
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Something like about 90,
plus or minus 20.
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Because, you know,
seismic signals.
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- Yeah.
- Because that's our true zone of interest
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where we're going to
encounter shafts or tunnels.
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In this case,
hopefully a tunnel off of
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what we think might be Shaft 12.
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I do want to go to
probably 160 feet
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on this first one,
get below that
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150-foot tunnel depth.
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I think it's great.
Let's get it in
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the geological context as well.
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- That is weird.
- What happened?
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- It went down really fast.
- Yeah.
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♪ ♪
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Whoa. Whoa. Whoa!
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Holy cow!
We've never seen that before.
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00:18:09,004 --> 00:18:10,746
- Blowing water up.
- That's unusual.
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00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:13,341
- BRENNAN: Oh, boy.
- ALEX: Wow.
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00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:14,592
Is that something collapsing?
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00:18:15,677 --> 00:18:17,762
TEDFORD:
Right there. Look at that.
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It's weird.
I've never seen that
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00:18:22,351 --> 00:18:23,259
in all the drilling
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that I've seen on this pad.
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NARRATOR:
While drilling in an effort
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to find a believed tunnel
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some 100 feet deep
in the Money Pit area...
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(laughs)
Oh, boy.
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the Oak Island team
has just encountered
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something very strange
and unexpected.
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00:18:37,941 --> 00:18:41,452
It's got to have air in it,
don't you think?
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00:18:41,611 --> 00:18:42,611
Yeah.
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00:18:42,704 --> 00:18:44,705
Let's-let's go see
what Mike thinks.
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00:18:44,865 --> 00:18:46,541
That's a good idea.
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That might be gas.
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BRENNAN: Well, that's
what I was just wondering.
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Is there any smell to it, or...
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I haven't smelled anything yet.
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Maybe we should
just idle it down.
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CRAIG: When we first drilled
into it, and it's blowing out,
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you're concerned it's
natural gas, right away.
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If it starts leaking up where
you're not expecting it to,
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and it catches fire,
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it can be a significant
disaster.
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00:19:15,904 --> 00:19:19,398
What-What's your depth
right now?
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That's, uh, 68.
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00:19:21,067 --> 00:19:23,903
So, it's a bit of gas or...
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something causing the water
to-- air to kind of spray out.
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00:19:27,824 --> 00:19:30,492
Checked all the way
up the drill string.
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Or there could have been a void.
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NARRATOR:
A void?
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Nearly 70 feet deep
in Borehole AB-13?
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Although the seismic data
presented by geophysicist
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Jeremy Church indicated
that a tunnel might be found
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some 30 feet deeper,
is it possible
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that the team has encountered
a different man-made structure?
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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
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that the team detected through
water testing earlier this year?
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00:20:00,774 --> 00:20:03,618
If there's a tunnel here
that had air in it,
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00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:06,370
and you drilled into it,
up she comes.
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00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:08,864
- Yeah.
- Yeah, exactly. And then the pressure behind it
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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.
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00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:17,039
Well, just in case it is
some gas, let's step back.
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Don't fire up any smokes.
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NARRATOR: Although Craig,
Alex and members of the team are
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hopeful that they have just made
an exciting discovery,
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- before continuing the operation...
- Looks very peculiar.
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the crew from Choice
Sonic Drilling
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will assess the hole
to ensure the void
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does not contain
a potentially dangerous
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amount of natural gas.
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00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,398
Meanwhile...
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00:20:42,482 --> 00:20:44,659
All it takes is
one good find out here.
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We saved the best till last.
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00:20:46,987 --> 00:20:49,488
- That does sound different to me, too.
- It does.
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just west of the swamp,
on Lot 32, Marty Lagina
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00:20:53,743 --> 00:20:58,005
and Gary Drayton continue their
search for important clues.
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MARTY: Gonna have
to get the rocks out here.
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There you go, mate.
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00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,431
This one could be tough.
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00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:12,103
- Boy, that is just buried in the rocks, Gary.
- Yeah.
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00:21:13,522 --> 00:21:15,856
It can hide, but it can't run.
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00:21:17,434 --> 00:21:20,436
- Just get that out of there.
- Yeah, I'm gonna take that out.
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00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:23,614
All right.
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00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:25,116
(device beeping)
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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.
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00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:34,458
- What do we got here?
- What the hell is that?
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00:21:34,617 --> 00:21:38,287
Look at the size of that.
That is one big spike.
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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.
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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.