1 00:00:00,528 --> 00:00:02,132 \hNARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:02,132 --> 00:00:04,660 Are you ready to put some coil to the soil, mate? 3 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:06,000 -MICHAEL J.: I’m ready. -Let’s go for it. 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,528 (chuckles): Oh, what have we got here? 5 00:00:07,528 --> 00:00:10,660 -Oh, yeah. -GARY: Ooh! Look at that, mate. 6 00:00:10,660 --> 00:00:12,132 -Is that something? -GARY: Wow. 7 00:00:12,132 --> 00:00:13,396 That is spectacular. 8 00:00:13,396 --> 00:00:16,660 -SPENCE: Why does it have these angles? -Does it cry "ship"? 9 00:00:16,660 --> 00:00:18,264 It could easily be part of a ship. 10 00:00:18,264 --> 00:00:19,660 Well, how about that? (chuckles) 11 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:21,726 -TEDFORD: Hey, Craig! -CHARLES: I think they might have it. 12 00:00:21,726 --> 00:00:23,462 -TEDFORD: There it is. -TERRY: Oh! 13 00:00:23,462 --> 00:00:25,000 What the...? Check that out! 14 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,363 That’s a phenomenon right there. 15 00:00:29,462 --> 00:00:33,132 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:33,132 --> 00:00:36,000 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,528 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:42,528 --> 00:00:45,759 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:54,264 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,264 --> 00:00:55,330 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:55,330 --> 00:00:57,726 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:57,726 --> 00:01:00,264 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:00,264 --> 00:01:05,660 \hAnd according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:10,330 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:13,660 --> 00:01:16,528 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:20,726 --> 00:01:23,396 TERRY: A-13 is underway. 29 00:01:23,396 --> 00:01:27,528 Hoping to connect into the same structure that gave us 30 00:01:27,528 --> 00:01:29,066 -all that compressed air. -Yep. 31 00:01:29,066 --> 00:01:31,000 NARRATOR: An especially hopeful day 32 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,528 has begun on Oak Island 33 00:01:32,528 --> 00:01:35,000 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 34 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,726 their partner Craig Tester 35 00:01:36,726 --> 00:01:38,726 and members of their team as they 36 00:01:38,726 --> 00:01:42,000 begin drilling a borehole known as A-13. 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,330 TERRY: Game on, Charles. 38 00:01:43,330 --> 00:01:44,495 -CHARLES: Game on. \h-TERRY: A chamber 39 00:01:44,495 --> 00:01:47,000 -could lay beneath. \h-NARRATOR: It is their belief 40 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,132 that they may be within striking distance 41 00:01:49,132 --> 00:01:51,660 of something that has eluded searchers 42 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:54,198 for 227 years: 43 00:01:54,198 --> 00:01:58,132 the legendary Money Pit treasure vault. 44 00:01:58,132 --> 00:02:00,132 That was good. 45 00:02:00,132 --> 00:02:03,495 We are very close to where we started 46 00:02:03,495 --> 00:02:07,660 to get all that air eruption from what we thought was 47 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:09,099 a subterranean chamber. 48 00:02:09,099 --> 00:02:13,066 -I-I think it’s got to be a chamber or something. -TERRY: Sure. 49 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:14,132 CRAIG: Something man-made. 50 00:02:14,132 --> 00:02:15,330 CHARLES: It’s quite possible. 51 00:02:15,330 --> 00:02:16,264 But the only way we’re gonna 52 00:02:16,264 --> 00:02:19,000 find out, we drill down and get to it. 53 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,330 Yeah. 54 00:02:20,330 --> 00:02:23,396 So, what we’ve got here on the screen... 55 00:02:23,396 --> 00:02:24,660 These, I’m almost very certain 56 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:27,264 that they are some sort of a tunnel. 57 00:02:27,264 --> 00:02:28,528 Interesting. 58 00:02:28,528 --> 00:02:30,066 NARRATOR: One week ago, 59 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:31,660 geophysicist Jeremy Church 60 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:33,132 presented the team 61 00:02:33,132 --> 00:02:33,759 with seismic data... 62 00:02:33,759 --> 00:02:35,132 JEREMY: So, if we go right in... 63 00:02:35,132 --> 00:02:38,066 NARRATOR: ...that revealed a possible underground tunnel 64 00:02:38,066 --> 00:02:39,396 extending through the area 65 00:02:39,396 --> 00:02:42,594 that the team has dubbed the C-1 cluster. 66 00:02:42,594 --> 00:02:44,396 It has to be from some sort 67 00:02:44,396 --> 00:02:45,330 of human activity. 68 00:02:45,330 --> 00:02:46,660 NARRATOR: It has been in this same area 69 00:02:46,660 --> 00:02:50,726 that they recently detected evidence of both silver and gold 70 00:02:50,726 --> 00:02:52,726 in numerous boreholes. 71 00:02:52,726 --> 00:02:54,000 JEREMY: The other thing is 72 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,726 this low-density cave-type feature right here. 73 00:02:57,726 --> 00:02:59,528 I call it "the structure." 74 00:02:59,528 --> 00:03:01,660 NARRATOR: However, Jeremy also noted 75 00:03:01,660 --> 00:03:04,000 a second compelling discovery. 76 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,264 What size is that structure? Just approximately. 77 00:03:07,264 --> 00:03:10,264 12 feet by 12 feet tops. 78 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:14,000 Oh! Oh! 79 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,066 -Oh! -TERRY: Holy cow. 80 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:17,198 We’ve never seen that before. 81 00:03:17,198 --> 00:03:18,264 -That’s unusual. -Blowing water up. 82 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:22,066 NARRATOR: When the team drilled a borehole known as AB-13 83 00:03:22,066 --> 00:03:24,396 in the hopes of locating the structure... 84 00:03:24,396 --> 00:03:28,000 -Oh, boy. \h-NARRATOR: ...at a depth \hof some 60 feet, 85 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,594 massive amounts of air 86 00:03:29,594 --> 00:03:33,264 suddenly began shooting up to the surface. 87 00:03:33,264 --> 00:03:34,396 Okay, guys. 88 00:03:34,396 --> 00:03:36,528 -Explain the air to me. -TERRY: Okay, so, 89 00:03:36,528 --> 00:03:39,396 one thing’s for sure: there’s a cavity. 90 00:03:39,396 --> 00:03:42,099 NARRATOR: The mysterious burst of air 91 00:03:42,099 --> 00:03:44,264 offered evidence of something Marty Lagina 92 00:03:44,264 --> 00:03:46,231 has long suspected. 93 00:03:46,231 --> 00:03:48,495 And this same phenomenon would occur 94 00:03:48,495 --> 00:03:51,594 -for the famous offset chamber, wouldn’t it? -Exactly. 95 00:03:51,594 --> 00:03:53,660 NARRATOR: A so-called offset chamber 96 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:56,264 constructed away from the original Money Pit 97 00:03:56,264 --> 00:03:59,594 where the elusive treasure vault has been safely hidden 98 00:03:59,594 --> 00:04:03,132 for more than two centuries. 99 00:04:03,396 --> 00:04:04,660 CHARLES: We got a core coming. 100 00:04:04,660 --> 00:04:09,132 NARRATOR: Now as the team drills Borehole A-13 101 00:04:09,132 --> 00:04:12,000 just two and a half feet to the north... 102 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:12,660 ADAM: 48. 103 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:15,000 -CHARLES: 48. -TERRY: Thank you. 104 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,132 NARRATOR: ...if they can penetrate the mysterious void 105 00:04:18,132 --> 00:04:20,000 or chamber once again 106 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,264 and recover evidence 107 00:04:21,264 --> 00:04:23,066 of anything valuable inside of it, 108 00:04:23,066 --> 00:04:27,396 they will dig a massive ten-foot-wide steel-cased shaft 109 00:04:27,396 --> 00:04:32,198 in an effort to finally solve the Oak Island mystery. 110 00:04:32,198 --> 00:04:35,198 The presence of air trapped underground 111 00:04:35,198 --> 00:04:37,264 at relatively shallow depths 112 00:04:37,264 --> 00:04:41,396 indicates some sort of cavity, cavern. 113 00:04:41,396 --> 00:04:42,528 Something that can trap air. 114 00:04:42,528 --> 00:04:45,462 So, that’s kind of what we’re looking for. 115 00:04:45,462 --> 00:04:46,330 We’re getting loose already. 116 00:04:46,330 --> 00:04:47,462 I wonder if it’s gonna be loose enough 117 00:04:47,462 --> 00:04:50,660 for us to run into a chamber or a cavern. 118 00:04:51,198 --> 00:04:52,330 MARTY: What it merits is 119 00:04:52,330 --> 00:04:54,726 \hsome delineation, some more drilling 120 00:04:54,726 --> 00:04:58,396 around this air pocket to see what the heck it is. 121 00:04:58,396 --> 00:05:00,462 TERRY: Mother Nature’s finest. 122 00:05:00,462 --> 00:05:02,660 That’s how loose I want to see it. 123 00:05:02,660 --> 00:05:07,660 Is that just indication we’re close to a chamber? 124 00:05:07,660 --> 00:05:10,066 TERRY: Well, if there’s an opening, 125 00:05:10,066 --> 00:05:12,528 that opening is partially full of air, 126 00:05:12,528 --> 00:05:13,396 partially full of water. 127 00:05:13,396 --> 00:05:16,000 And that looseness that’s created 128 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,495 is gonna soften everything up 129 00:05:17,495 --> 00:05:19,000 and make everything all the more saturated 130 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,066 -and could lead to a chamber or a cavern. -Okay. 131 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:26,396 TERRY: Next two or three cores will tell the tale. 132 00:05:26,396 --> 00:05:28,000 CRAIG: All right. Continue on. 133 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,132 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation continues at the Money Pit... 134 00:05:32,132 --> 00:05:35,396 GARY: There’s the first spicy meatball coming up. 135 00:05:35,396 --> 00:05:39,132 NARRATOR: ...near the southern edge of the triangle-shaped swamp... 136 00:05:39,132 --> 00:05:41,264 -We should pull up some interesting stuff. -PETER: Yeah. 137 00:05:41,264 --> 00:05:43,726 We’ll, uh, we’ll get in there with you and keep an eye out. 138 00:05:43,726 --> 00:05:46,000 NARRATOR: Metal detection expert Gary Drayton 139 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,000 along with Rick and Marty’s nephews Peter and David Fornetti 140 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,594 search alongside heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt 141 00:05:53,594 --> 00:05:58,396 for important clues that may lie buried in the muck and mud. 142 00:05:58,396 --> 00:05:59,594 This is, like, the... 143 00:05:59,594 --> 00:06:03,396 the main triangle of activity in the swamp. 144 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:07,363 I’m hoping that Billy and this long-range excavator 145 00:06:07,363 --> 00:06:10,066 is the difference this year in this area. 146 00:06:10,066 --> 00:06:12,660 -PETER: Mm-hmm. -And that’s what we’re doing. 147 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:14,264 Getting boggy with it. 148 00:06:14,264 --> 00:06:15,528 (all laugh) 149 00:06:15,528 --> 00:06:17,528 NARRATOR: Over the past several years, 150 00:06:17,528 --> 00:06:20,660 while searching this area, which is just west 151 00:06:20,660 --> 00:06:23,264 of the potentially ancient stone ship’s wharf, 152 00:06:23,264 --> 00:06:25,660 the team has discovered compelling evidence 153 00:06:25,660 --> 00:06:28,528 that the swamp was not only man-made 154 00:06:28,528 --> 00:06:30,132 but ingeniously designed 155 00:06:30,132 --> 00:06:32,396 to hide something of great importance 156 00:06:32,396 --> 00:06:34,066 and possible value. 157 00:06:34,066 --> 00:06:38,264 These include pieces of wooden cargo barrels, 158 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:41,264 fragments of a ship 159 00:06:41,264 --> 00:06:42,660 and even seismic data 160 00:06:42,660 --> 00:06:45,660 that identified a 200-foot-long object 161 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:47,528 resembling the size and shape 162 00:06:47,528 --> 00:06:49,528 of an ancient treasure galleon. 163 00:06:49,528 --> 00:06:52,000 RICK: Every time we do dig, 164 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 we find things. 165 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,264 We found the stone road. 166 00:06:54,264 --> 00:06:55,396 We found the stone path. 167 00:06:55,396 --> 00:06:59,660 We’re now digging in the edge of the swamp road, 168 00:06:59,660 --> 00:07:01,627 and we’re finding artifacts. 169 00:07:01,627 --> 00:07:04,264 We can start putting the puzzle pieces together, 170 00:07:04,264 --> 00:07:08,396 and hopefully, we’ll finally, once and for all, 171 00:07:08,396 --> 00:07:11,132 understand what happened in the swamp. 172 00:07:11,132 --> 00:07:12,528 GARY: What’ve you got, Pete? 173 00:07:12,528 --> 00:07:16,330 -Is that something? -GARY: Oh, yeah. 174 00:07:16,660 --> 00:07:19,528 Wow, that is spectacular. 175 00:07:19,528 --> 00:07:22,660 Definitely an unusual-shaped piece. 176 00:07:22,660 --> 00:07:24,462 No idea what it is. 177 00:07:24,462 --> 00:07:27,132 Perhaps part of a tabletop. 178 00:07:27,132 --> 00:07:31,264 And look, you can see where this has been beveled a little bit. 179 00:07:31,264 --> 00:07:33,330 This was... Had a specific use. 180 00:07:33,330 --> 00:07:37,000 You’d assume that something like this would have been 181 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,198 maybe inside a ship. 182 00:07:38,198 --> 00:07:40,000 -Yeah. -Not part of an outside. 183 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,363 But very, very cool piece. 184 00:07:43,363 --> 00:07:44,396 I love the shape. 185 00:07:44,396 --> 00:07:47,594 MARTY: There’s a trapezoid piece of wood from the swamp 186 00:07:47,594 --> 00:07:52,198 that’s absolutely, positively, clearly shaped by human hands. 187 00:07:52,198 --> 00:07:53,396 There’s no doubt. 188 00:07:53,396 --> 00:07:54,330 Who knows what it was, 189 00:07:54,330 --> 00:07:56,132 but it might have been from a bigger ship. 190 00:07:56,132 --> 00:07:57,396 We need to test this thing. 191 00:07:57,396 --> 00:08:00,000 I’m convinced something happened here. 192 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,198 Something pretty big. 193 00:08:02,198 --> 00:08:07,330 So, this is just another piece that corroborates that. 194 00:08:10,396 --> 00:08:13,660 Piece just came out of the bucket there that’s cut. 195 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:15,759 GARY: Oh, yeah, I see it. 196 00:08:18,396 --> 00:08:20,396 Good eye, Billy. 197 00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:24,396 Yeah, it’s tough to tell whether it’s a piece 198 00:08:24,396 --> 00:08:26,660 of planking. I... 199 00:08:26,660 --> 00:08:28,132 If it was a barrel stave, 200 00:08:28,132 --> 00:08:30,396 it would be more curved but... 201 00:08:30,396 --> 00:08:33,000 Could have been like an oar or a paddle. 202 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,264 NARRATOR: Part of an oar? Could it be connected 203 00:08:36,264 --> 00:08:39,066 to ancient ship-related activity 204 00:08:39,066 --> 00:08:40,396 and offer more evidence 205 00:08:40,396 --> 00:08:43,396 that the swamp was once an open harbor? 206 00:08:43,396 --> 00:08:46,528 -Another one for the collection, for sure. -Yeah. 207 00:08:46,528 --> 00:08:47,528 Good eye, Billy. 208 00:08:47,528 --> 00:08:49,000 We’ll put it with the rest 209 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,132 -of the interesting wood. -PETER: Sounds good. 210 00:08:51,132 --> 00:08:52,660 GARY: Here we go. Next bucket up. 211 00:08:52,660 --> 00:08:57,231 NARRATOR: As the investigation continues at the swamp... 212 00:08:58,132 --> 00:08:59,528 SCOTT: How we doing? 213 00:08:59,528 --> 00:09:01,396 TERRY: Not bad. How you doing, Scott? 214 00:09:01,396 --> 00:09:04,528 NARRATOR: ...back in the Money Pit area, Craig Tester 215 00:09:04,528 --> 00:09:06,000 and members of the team 216 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,396 are approaching their target depth 217 00:09:07,396 --> 00:09:10,396 of approximately 60 feet in Borehole A-13, 218 00:09:10,396 --> 00:09:15,132 where they hope to encounter a mysterious cavity or chamber. 219 00:09:15,132 --> 00:09:18,000 TERRY: Starting to look maroon-ish. 220 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,330 -Yeah. -TERRY: Anyway, 221 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:22,066 it’s pretty... It’s maroon till, but... 222 00:09:22,066 --> 00:09:26,231 where’s our indication of an open cavern? 223 00:09:26,231 --> 00:09:27,660 (loud whirring) 224 00:09:30,132 --> 00:09:31,528 (grinding) 225 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,660 Hey, Craig! 226 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:37,132 CHARLES: Might have it. 227 00:09:45,396 --> 00:09:48,759 TEDFORD: Hey, Craig! There it is. 228 00:09:50,363 --> 00:09:53,000 -It’s coming? -I could see air coming out. 229 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,726 NARRATOR: While drilling Borehole A-13 230 00:09:55,726 --> 00:09:57,264 in the Money Pit area, 231 00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:59,264 the team has just encountered 232 00:09:59,264 --> 00:10:00,660 a burst of air at the surface, 233 00:10:00,660 --> 00:10:04,264 offering evidence that they \hhave once again penetrated 234 00:10:04,264 --> 00:10:06,594 a mysterious cavern or chamber 235 00:10:06,594 --> 00:10:09,132 some 60 feet below ground. 236 00:10:09,132 --> 00:10:10,132 SCOTT: It’s almost like 237 00:10:10,132 --> 00:10:12,000 there’s a bladder effect there or something 238 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,264 where you’re pushing the water in 239 00:10:13,264 --> 00:10:14,264 and it’s compressing the air. 240 00:10:14,264 --> 00:10:16,132 When you break the rod, it pushes it back out again. 241 00:10:16,132 --> 00:10:19,660 -It shouldn’t do that. -TEDFORD: Yeah. 242 00:10:20,330 --> 00:10:23,264 TERRY: Well, you can’t compress air, 243 00:10:23,264 --> 00:10:26,528 so maybe we got our cavern, which is our bladder. 244 00:10:26,528 --> 00:10:28,132 Yep. 245 00:10:28,132 --> 00:10:30,264 RICK: We certainly have an interest 246 00:10:30,264 --> 00:10:35,066 in the air bubble phenomenon around Shaft 12 247 00:10:35,066 --> 00:10:37,132 indicating the possibility 248 00:10:37,132 --> 00:10:39,330 of an offset chamber in that area. 249 00:10:39,330 --> 00:10:42,066 But there was definitely air coming out when I was threading 250 00:10:42,066 --> 00:10:43,660 -on that last joint. -Okay. 251 00:10:43,660 --> 00:10:46,132 RICK: If it is and we confirm that, 252 00:10:46,132 --> 00:10:49,000 that may be the beginning point of all the features 253 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,528 that we see around the C-1 cluster. 254 00:10:51,528 --> 00:10:54,462 That’s a phenomenon right there. 255 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,264 It’s got to be a void. 256 00:10:56,264 --> 00:10:57,396 I would keep going. 257 00:10:57,396 --> 00:10:59,528 I mean, ’cause what’s in the core barrel 258 00:10:59,528 --> 00:11:01,594 is probably more important to us. 259 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:05,099 Just drive ahead till you hit something hard. 260 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:06,627 Okay. 261 00:11:07,132 --> 00:11:09,066 NARRATOR: Is it possible 262 00:11:09,066 --> 00:11:10,396 that the team has drilled 263 00:11:10,396 --> 00:11:14,132 into an offset chamber connected to the original Money Pit? 264 00:11:14,132 --> 00:11:18,198 And if so, could they have finally pinpointed the source 265 00:11:18,198 --> 00:11:21,264 of the silver and gold they detected earlier this year 266 00:11:21,264 --> 00:11:24,264 in the so-called C-1 cluster? 267 00:11:24,264 --> 00:11:26,000 -78, two. -Oh, really? 268 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,132 -It’s going in? -Yeah. 269 00:11:27,132 --> 00:11:29,396 -Going... Oh, going in there? Okay. -ADAM: Yeah. 270 00:11:29,396 --> 00:11:34,264 RICK: Empirical data like this is what’s gonna drive us 271 00:11:34,264 --> 00:11:35,264 to the Bravo Tango call 272 00:11:35,264 --> 00:11:38,660 where we succeed, where we are completely 273 00:11:38,660 --> 00:11:40,660 and utterly successful in understanding 274 00:11:40,660 --> 00:11:45,462 who, what, when, where, why about the Money Pit. 275 00:11:46,330 --> 00:11:48,231 Here it comes. 276 00:11:50,264 --> 00:11:51,660 ADAM: 82. 277 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:54,264 TERRY: Bottom is at 82. (grunts) 278 00:11:58,132 --> 00:12:02,231 Well, we got some fairly dense material at the bottom. 279 00:12:02,231 --> 00:12:04,528 -CHARLES: I see that. -TERRY: But a lot of slush and murk 280 00:12:04,528 --> 00:12:05,660 up here in our recovery. 281 00:12:05,660 --> 00:12:09,132 I don’t think that anything can open this up 282 00:12:09,132 --> 00:12:11,264 in a natural sense. This has to be people 283 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:14,132 with a will to dig and open up a space. 284 00:12:14,132 --> 00:12:15,528 Oh! 285 00:12:15,528 --> 00:12:16,660 There we go. 286 00:12:16,660 --> 00:12:19,264 TERRY: Ladies and gentlemen, 287 00:12:19,264 --> 00:12:20,462 what the heck? 288 00:12:20,462 --> 00:12:22,528 CRAIG: Here’s another one right here. 289 00:12:23,396 --> 00:12:25,726 TERRY: It almost looks like grass. 290 00:12:25,726 --> 00:12:28,198 Maybe eelgrass or something washing in. 291 00:12:28,198 --> 00:12:29,264 NARRATOR: Eelgrass? 292 00:12:29,264 --> 00:12:34,627 Found in the mysterious void some 60 feet underground? 293 00:12:34,627 --> 00:12:37,132 Back in 1850, 294 00:12:37,132 --> 00:12:39,231 when members of the Truro Company 295 00:12:39,231 --> 00:12:42,132 discovered the five stone box drains at Smith’s Cove 296 00:12:42,132 --> 00:12:45,132 which converged into a single flood tunnel 297 00:12:45,132 --> 00:12:46,264 leading toward the Money Pit, 298 00:12:46,264 --> 00:12:50,528 they found the drains covered by layers of coconut fiber 299 00:12:50,528 --> 00:12:52,000 and eelgrass. 300 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,132 These durable, organic materials 301 00:12:54,132 --> 00:12:56,396 worked as a natural filtration system 302 00:12:56,396 --> 00:13:00,495 to keep sand and debris out of the drains. 303 00:13:00,495 --> 00:13:01,726 Is it possible 304 00:13:01,726 --> 00:13:04,528 that the mysterious void the team encountered 305 00:13:04,528 --> 00:13:06,528 was not the long-sought treasure chamber 306 00:13:06,528 --> 00:13:10,396 but instead a flood tunnel ingeniously designed 307 00:13:10,396 --> 00:13:12,132 to protect it? 308 00:13:12,132 --> 00:13:15,198 MARTY: There is no aquifer at 55 feet. 309 00:13:15,198 --> 00:13:17,000 We hit some sort of loose material 310 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,528 that carried air, and it wasn’t cribbed. 311 00:13:19,528 --> 00:13:23,627 That sort of sounds like a flood tunnel to me. 312 00:13:24,264 --> 00:13:26,264 Baffling, that’s for sure. 313 00:13:26,264 --> 00:13:28,396 Baffling all the way around, no question. 314 00:13:28,396 --> 00:13:31,528 NARRATOR: Although the team is disappointed 315 00:13:31,528 --> 00:13:34,264 \hwith the results of Borehole A-13, 316 00:13:34,264 --> 00:13:37,132 the fact that they have already detected 317 00:13:37,132 --> 00:13:38,000 treasure in this area 318 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,132 and may have just encountered a flood tunnel 319 00:13:40,132 --> 00:13:43,132 gives them hope that they could still be close 320 00:13:43,132 --> 00:13:45,000 to the ultimate breakthrough. 321 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,396 You know, we’re not done exploring the area, 322 00:13:47,396 --> 00:13:50,528 but I think, you know, we need to keep digging. 323 00:13:50,528 --> 00:13:53,231 -See what else is there. -TERRY: Sounds good to me. 324 00:13:53,231 --> 00:13:55,198 CRAIG: Let’s get going. 325 00:13:56,330 --> 00:13:59,759 NARRATOR: The following morning... 326 00:14:00,396 --> 00:14:01,495 TEDFORD: Yeah, baby. 327 00:14:01,495 --> 00:14:03,660 NARRATOR: ...while the drilling operation 328 00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:05,132 in the Money Pit continues... 329 00:14:05,132 --> 00:14:09,198 -I think today’s gonna be good, mate. -No doubt. 330 00:14:09,198 --> 00:14:11,132 NARRATOR: At the southern edge 331 00:14:11,132 --> 00:14:13,528 of the triangle-shaped swamp, 332 00:14:13,528 --> 00:14:15,528 heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt, 333 00:14:15,528 --> 00:14:17,660 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 334 00:14:17,660 --> 00:14:19,528 and treasure hunter Michael John 335 00:14:19,528 --> 00:14:22,132 continue their search for more clues 336 00:14:22,132 --> 00:14:24,198 and hopefully valuables. 337 00:14:24,198 --> 00:14:25,264 GARY: All right, Billy. 338 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,396 We’ll get stuck in, mate. We’ll keep our eyes 339 00:14:27,396 --> 00:14:29,264 and the metal detector to the ground 340 00:14:29,264 --> 00:14:31,000 -and see what we pull up. -BILLY: Yep. 341 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,363 -GARY: All right, mate. -Good luck. 342 00:14:37,198 --> 00:14:38,396 (beeping) 343 00:14:38,396 --> 00:14:40,132 GARY: Here. What we got here? 344 00:14:40,132 --> 00:14:41,330 What’s that? 345 00:14:41,330 --> 00:14:44,726 -Ooh, yeah. Look at that. -MICHAEL J.: Wow. 346 00:14:44,726 --> 00:14:47,396 -That is definitely shaped. -Yeah. No doubt. 347 00:14:47,396 --> 00:14:50,759 And I don’t think it’s a barrel stave. 348 00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:51,726 The heck is it? 349 00:14:51,726 --> 00:14:55,000 To me, it looks like probably a-a piece of oar 350 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,264 -or a paddle or something. -Yeah. 351 00:14:56,264 --> 00:14:59,660 NARRATOR: Another piece of a possible oar? 352 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:00,660 Could this artifact 353 00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:05,000 and the similar object found one day ago be connected 354 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,528 to the ship-related discoveries 355 00:15:06,528 --> 00:15:10,132 -the team has recovered in the swamp? -GARY: We recover 356 00:15:10,132 --> 00:15:13,660 a wide variety of pieces of wood out of the swamp. 357 00:15:13,660 --> 00:15:19,000 Are we getting closer to finding that ship in the swamp? 358 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:19,660 One thing for sure, 359 00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:21,231 it’s definitely been shaped by man. 360 00:15:21,231 --> 00:15:23,759 -Does it taper? -GARY: Yeah, it tapers. -MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 361 00:15:23,759 --> 00:15:25,264 All right, mate. We’ll put this to one side 362 00:15:25,264 --> 00:15:28,528 -and let you keep scooping, mate. -BILLY: Yep. 363 00:15:30,099 --> 00:15:31,396 RICK: We have found a number 364 00:15:31,396 --> 00:15:33,396 of what we believe to be nautical items. 365 00:15:33,396 --> 00:15:37,528 We could possibly infer that there might be 366 00:15:37,528 --> 00:15:40,132 or might have been at one point a ship in the swamp. 367 00:15:40,132 --> 00:15:43,528 It’s hard to think that it’s mere coincidence. 368 00:15:49,264 --> 00:15:54,132 That’s a little bit of dimensional lumber here. 369 00:15:54,132 --> 00:15:55,066 MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 370 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:57,066 GARY: Yeah, you see those little scrapes 371 00:15:57,066 --> 00:16:00,396 that are taken out? There’s a little concave area? 372 00:16:00,396 --> 00:16:02,594 That means it was cut with an adze. 373 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:06,528 Uh, to me, it looks like it’s a piece 374 00:16:06,528 --> 00:16:09,132 -of, like, decking even. -MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 375 00:16:09,132 --> 00:16:12,396 NARRATOR: Another possible piece of ship decking? 376 00:16:12,396 --> 00:16:16,132 And potentially shaped by an adze? 377 00:16:16,132 --> 00:16:17,660 GARY: Oh, look at that. 378 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:21,528 \h-NARRATOR: Four weeks ago... -GARY: Is it an old adze? 379 00:16:21,528 --> 00:16:23,660 -Could be. -NARRATOR: While searching Lot 4 380 00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:25,660 on the western side of the island, 381 00:16:25,660 --> 00:16:27,000 Gary and Rick Lagina 382 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,726 discovered one of these ancient cutting tools. 383 00:16:29,726 --> 00:16:32,264 One that Carmen Legge dated 384 00:16:32,264 --> 00:16:35,528 to between 1620 and 1740. 385 00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:38,528 This looks like it was adze-cut. 386 00:16:38,528 --> 00:16:39,660 NARRATOR: Could that ancient tool 387 00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:43,528 have been used to shape this wooden object? 388 00:16:43,528 --> 00:16:46,528 So, we’ve got the piece of wood which was adze-cut, 389 00:16:46,528 --> 00:16:49,594 -and we’ve also found the adze. -We have... Yeah. 390 00:16:49,594 --> 00:16:51,528 It’s brilliant. You know what, mate? 391 00:16:51,528 --> 00:16:54,264 We got so many fascinating pieces of wood 392 00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:57,132 -out of this area. I’m gonna text Rick. -Mm. Okay. 393 00:16:57,132 --> 00:17:00,726 -Get Rick over here, \hcheck all this out. -Check it out. Yeah. 394 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,132 GARY: I mean, this is getting interesting now, 395 00:17:03,132 --> 00:17:09,198 -isn’t it? -MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 396 00:17:09,198 --> 00:17:11,198 -Hey, guys. -Hey, Rick. How you doing, mate? -How’re you doing, Rick? 397 00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:13,627 NARRATOR: At the southern edge of the swamp, 398 00:17:13,627 --> 00:17:16,099 Rick Lagina arrives after being alerted 399 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:20,066 to several new and potentially important discoveries 400 00:17:20,066 --> 00:17:21,363 and joins Gary Drayton, 401 00:17:21,363 --> 00:17:26,528 Michael John and Billy Gerhardt to search for more. 402 00:17:26,528 --> 00:17:27,660 Because you’re not dancing, 403 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:30,363 I’m assuming you haven’t found you-know-what. 404 00:17:30,363 --> 00:17:34,000 No, mate. Unfortunately, I haven’t got a wood dance yet. 405 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,099 -(chuckles) -If I did, 406 00:17:35,099 --> 00:17:36,330 it would be over some of these. 407 00:17:36,330 --> 00:17:38,396 If you had a wood dance, you’d be exhausted 408 00:17:38,396 --> 00:17:41,495 -by now, Gary. Come on. -(laughs) Yeah. I’ll show you want we found. 409 00:17:41,495 --> 00:17:46,198 We found some really, really \hinteresting pieces of wood. 410 00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:48,528 Check some of these out, mate. 411 00:17:48,528 --> 00:17:53,132 This, to me, was one of the-the cooler ones. 412 00:17:53,198 --> 00:17:57,726 Almost looks like a piece of decking or planking. 413 00:17:57,726 --> 00:17:59,264 And look, you see that? 414 00:17:59,264 --> 00:18:01,396 -RICK: Yeah. -GARY: Almost like it had been hit 415 00:18:01,396 --> 00:18:03,066 -by an adze. -RICK: Yeah. Yeah. 416 00:18:03,066 --> 00:18:05,363 -Yeah. -GARY: And remember, mate, we found the adze 417 00:18:05,363 --> 00:18:06,627 -on Lot 4. -Yep. 418 00:18:06,627 --> 00:18:08,264 GARY: This... I mean, it’s heavy. 419 00:18:08,264 --> 00:18:09,363 If you feel the heft of that, 420 00:18:09,363 --> 00:18:13,264 -it’s a hard wood by the feel of it. -RICK: Mm-hmm. 421 00:18:13,264 --> 00:18:14,594 GARY: And then there’s this one. 422 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:17,066 That’s a little mystery object. 423 00:18:17,066 --> 00:18:19,231 -RICK: Hey, Bill. -BILLY: Hey. 424 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:21,000 RICK: Look at all these. 425 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,000 It kind of looks like a barrel stave to me with that. 426 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,759 Well, we thought barrel stave, 427 00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:30,495 but even if it was a top, it goes in so thin. 428 00:18:30,495 --> 00:18:31,627 BILLY: It’s tapered like an oar. 429 00:18:31,627 --> 00:18:33,627 You know an oar is tapered like that? 430 00:18:33,627 --> 00:18:35,132 Like a broken paddle. 431 00:18:35,132 --> 00:18:36,495 Oh, a paddle. 432 00:18:36,495 --> 00:18:38,198 Yeah, that could be. 433 00:18:38,198 --> 00:18:41,726 Our only methodology here is C-14 testing, 434 00:18:41,726 --> 00:18:43,594 so I would suggest this one. 435 00:18:43,594 --> 00:18:46,132 This one because this is functional. 436 00:18:46,132 --> 00:18:49,198 This was designed to-to serve a purpose. 437 00:18:49,198 --> 00:18:51,000 -Yeah. -RICK: And this one, 438 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,264 this one because of noticing the adze marks. 439 00:18:53,264 --> 00:18:55,759 -GARY: Yeah. \h-RICK: We have 440 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:59,528 such a quantity of wood finds from the swamp. 441 00:18:59,528 --> 00:19:02,132 As we look at the items that have been found, 442 00:19:02,132 --> 00:19:05,363 any piece of wood that is obviously shaped, 443 00:19:05,363 --> 00:19:10,330 whether there be dowels \hor holes or saw marks, 444 00:19:10,330 --> 00:19:14,000 it demands for us to find a consulting expert 445 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,264 who can come in and tell us, 446 00:19:15,264 --> 00:19:18,132 "This is important for this reason." 447 00:19:18,132 --> 00:19:19,528 The hope is that we 448 00:19:19,528 --> 00:19:22,330 maybe not find the reason why it was used 449 00:19:22,330 --> 00:19:26,099 but really what is it 450 00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:28,231 and why is it there? 451 00:19:28,231 --> 00:19:29,264 GARY: I’m hoping, 452 00:19:29,264 --> 00:19:31,099 Rick, that you guys can get 453 00:19:31,099 --> 00:19:33,198 a shipbuilding expert. 454 00:19:33,198 --> 00:19:36,066 Well, we do have a marine archaeologist coming. 455 00:19:36,066 --> 00:19:37,000 Dr. Spence. 456 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,132 World-renowned, world-class. 457 00:19:39,132 --> 00:19:42,099 So, we’re gonna do exactly what you suggest: 458 00:19:42,099 --> 00:19:44,198 round up all the things that even have 459 00:19:44,198 --> 00:19:46,627 a bit of suspicion that they’re maritime-related, 460 00:19:46,627 --> 00:19:49,594 present them to him and see what he has to say. 461 00:19:49,594 --> 00:19:50,396 Excellent. 462 00:19:50,396 --> 00:19:53,627 And this is the type of stuff that hopefully will 463 00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:57,330 lead us to some of those round things that I like. 464 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,264 They’ve got to be here. 465 00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:00,099 Yeah. 466 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:03,000 Keep it all, wash it, catalog it. 467 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,759 -And then the only thing to do is keep going. -Yeah. Okay. 468 00:20:06,759 --> 00:20:10,528 RICK: Okay. Let’s do it. 469 00:20:16,099 --> 00:20:19,198 -NARRATOR: The following morning... -CHARLES: Did I tell you 470 00:20:19,198 --> 00:20:21,660 that when we get close to 50, we got to give Craig a call? 471 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:23,528 -No, no, I heard that. Yeah. -CHARLES: Just to be... 472 00:20:23,528 --> 00:20:25,363 NARRATOR: ...while the drilling operation 473 00:20:25,363 --> 00:20:27,132 continues at the Money Pit... 474 00:20:27,132 --> 00:20:30,066 RICK: So, gentlemen, we welcome Dr. Lee Spence. 475 00:20:30,066 --> 00:20:35,132 -Very esteemed in marine archaeological work. \h-NARRATOR: In the war room, 476 00:20:35,132 --> 00:20:38,594 Rick, Marty, Craig and other members of the team 477 00:20:38,594 --> 00:20:41,759 are meeting with underwater archaeologist 478 00:20:41,759 --> 00:20:43,759 and author Dr. Lee Spence. 479 00:20:43,759 --> 00:20:46,000 RICK: The reason for Dr. Spence’s visit 480 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,627 to the... to the war room, of course, is these are 481 00:20:48,627 --> 00:20:52,066 items that have been found, uh, this year. 482 00:20:52,066 --> 00:20:54,627 Now, they’re not necessarily nautical, 483 00:20:54,627 --> 00:20:57,132 but we thought you might like to take a look. 484 00:20:57,132 --> 00:20:58,627 But before you get into that, 485 00:20:58,627 --> 00:21:00,396 if you could just tell Marty and Craig 486 00:21:00,396 --> 00:21:01,495 a little bit about your background? 487 00:21:01,495 --> 00:21:04,396 Well, it’s something... something I’ve done all my life. 488 00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:09,000 -I started finding shipwrecks when I was 12. -Wow. 489 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I became one of the early pioneers 490 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,528 of modern underwater archaeology. 491 00:21:13,528 --> 00:21:15,627 And I say "modern underwater archaeology" 492 00:21:15,627 --> 00:21:17,462 ’cause the first underwater archaeology 493 00:21:17,462 --> 00:21:20,462 that I’m aware of was actually in the 1700s. 494 00:21:20,462 --> 00:21:24,495 You describe yourself as a marine archaeologist 495 00:21:24,495 --> 00:21:27,264 more so than a treasure hunter. 496 00:21:27,264 --> 00:21:30,495 Well, that’s ’cause the objective is the history. 497 00:21:30,495 --> 00:21:32,462 I absolutely love history. 498 00:21:32,462 --> 00:21:34,330 It’s very real to me. 499 00:21:34,330 --> 00:21:36,396 I think it’s very important. 500 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:41,231 NARRATOR: With a career that has so far spanned six decades, 501 00:21:41,231 --> 00:21:45,528 Dr. Spence has discovered more than 100 shipwrecks, 502 00:21:45,528 --> 00:21:49,759 including two American Civil War vessels, 503 00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:52,495 the SS Georgiana 504 00:21:52,495 --> 00:21:53,726 and the HL Hunley, 505 00:21:53,726 --> 00:21:57,759 a Confederate submarine that was considered by experts 506 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:01,495 to be one of the key underwater archaeological finds 507 00:22:01,495 --> 00:22:03,330 of the 20th century. 508 00:22:03,330 --> 00:22:06,000 His exploration of sunken galleons 509 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,132 that dated to between the 16th and 19th centuries 510 00:22:10,132 --> 00:22:12,528 has produced more than $50 million 511 00:22:12,528 --> 00:22:16,000 in recovered artifacts and treasure. 512 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,495 The reason why Dr. Spence was invited here 513 00:22:17,495 --> 00:22:21,363 was simply because he has a lifetime of experience 514 00:22:21,363 --> 00:22:22,132 diving on wrecks. 515 00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:24,759 We’ve never had that type of experience 516 00:22:24,759 --> 00:22:26,528 to underwater archaeology 517 00:22:26,528 --> 00:22:30,528 that Dr. Spence brings to the table. 518 00:22:30,759 --> 00:22:32,594 MARTY: We have assembled here 519 00:22:32,594 --> 00:22:34,627 what we think are the more \hship-like, I’m gonna say, 520 00:22:34,627 --> 00:22:38,231 or more nautical things-- least to our untrained eye-- 521 00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:39,660 -that we pulled out of the swamp. -SPENCE: Okay. 522 00:22:39,660 --> 00:22:41,495 And we’d really like your opinion. 523 00:22:41,495 --> 00:22:43,528 And you could start wherever you like. 524 00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:46,660 Let me start with this one right here. 525 00:22:47,495 --> 00:22:49,495 You’ve got three holes here 526 00:22:49,495 --> 00:22:53,231 that probably once had nails going through them. 527 00:22:53,231 --> 00:22:55,660 And I can think of... 528 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:59,000 Maybe at one point, there was a board right here. 529 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,099 You have this curved edge here like you would on a paddle, 530 00:23:03,099 --> 00:23:06,099 and it’s-it’s starting to make the curve back up. 531 00:23:06,099 --> 00:23:09,231 So, it wouldn’t have had to have been much wider than this. 532 00:23:09,231 --> 00:23:12,330 And they nailed this in, attached a handle to it. 533 00:23:12,330 --> 00:23:15,198 -That’s likely a paddle, then. -SPENCE: To make 534 00:23:15,198 --> 00:23:16,264 a paddle. 535 00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:17,264 MARTY: Lee, take a look 536 00:23:17,264 --> 00:23:20,264 at this one. This was, uh, clearly a worked piece. 537 00:23:20,264 --> 00:23:22,363 We did radio carbon-date this one, 538 00:23:22,363 --> 00:23:24,066 and the results are right there. 539 00:23:24,066 --> 00:23:28,264 DOUG: So, this came off the swamp, found by Billy. 540 00:23:28,264 --> 00:23:31,132 SPENCE: This is man-made. 541 00:23:31,759 --> 00:23:35,528 And they came up with some real interesting possibilities 542 00:23:35,528 --> 00:23:38,726 as far as the dates go. 543 00:23:38,726 --> 00:23:40,000 I find this amazing. 544 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,660 It dates between 1520 and 1674. 545 00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:46,660 I’m impressed with it. 546 00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:49,000 But does it cry "ship"? 547 00:23:49,099 --> 00:23:52,198 It could easily be part of a ship. 548 00:23:52,198 --> 00:23:54,264 Very easily. 549 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,000 -MARTY: Does it cry "ship"? -SPENCE: It could easily be part of a ship. 550 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:05,660 Very easily. 551 00:24:05,660 --> 00:24:07,528 NARRATOR: In the war room, 552 00:24:07,528 --> 00:24:11,396 world-renowned underwater archaeologist Dr. Lee Spence 553 00:24:11,396 --> 00:24:13,132 has just corroborated 554 00:24:13,132 --> 00:24:16,099 that a piece of wood planking recently found 555 00:24:16,099 --> 00:24:18,132 by the Oak Island team in the swamp 556 00:24:18,132 --> 00:24:20,660 and which was carbon-dated to the 16th century 557 00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:24,627 could be part of a large sailing vessel. 558 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:28,000 \hSuch an early piece that you’re finding, 559 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,264 I think this was worked. 560 00:24:30,264 --> 00:24:31,396 I’m sure you didn’t find 561 00:24:31,396 --> 00:24:34,528 the oldest piece of worked wood on the island. 562 00:24:34,528 --> 00:24:37,363 And yet look how old this probably is. 563 00:24:37,363 --> 00:24:39,660 -MARTY: Right. \h-Interesting. 564 00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:42,396 -I’m impressed with it. -MARTY: So, it... Really, 565 00:24:42,396 --> 00:24:43,660 to me, the most interesting item 566 00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:44,660 -is right here. -SPENCE: Yeah. 567 00:24:44,660 --> 00:24:47,396 I think that could be, \hlike, a belaying pin. 568 00:24:47,396 --> 00:24:48,495 If that’s what it was, 569 00:24:48,495 --> 00:24:50,528 it would be for a very small sailboat 570 00:24:50,528 --> 00:24:53,363 ’cause you wouldn’t have big line on it, 571 00:24:53,363 --> 00:24:56,660 and you would lace it around to hold it in place. 572 00:24:56,660 --> 00:24:59,660 Or it reminds me of a fid. 573 00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:03,396 It can be spelled P-H-I-D or F-I-D. 574 00:25:03,396 --> 00:25:05,528 -MARTY: Mm-hmm. -SPENCE: One with this diameter 575 00:25:05,528 --> 00:25:07,132 would be used for working 576 00:25:07,132 --> 00:25:08,660 a real heavy rope. 577 00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:10,330 You know, like anchor cable. 578 00:25:10,330 --> 00:25:11,528 -Oh. -SPENCE: Either way, 579 00:25:11,528 --> 00:25:13,264 -it looks nautical to me. -MARTY: Okay. 580 00:25:13,264 --> 00:25:14,528 That’s what I was trying to ask. 581 00:25:14,528 --> 00:25:17,132 What does it do to a rope? 582 00:25:17,132 --> 00:25:20,264 For a fid, you’re using it to pry the line apart. 583 00:25:20,264 --> 00:25:22,660 -You know how you have the rope twisted? -RICK: Mm-hmm. 584 00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:24,231 SPENCE: And it’s real tight, 585 00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:26,660 and you take it, and you stick it between, 586 00:25:26,660 --> 00:25:28,099 and you separate the line 587 00:25:28,099 --> 00:25:30,363 so you can stick another piece in 588 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:32,396 -to splice it. -I see. 589 00:25:32,396 --> 00:25:33,495 MARTY: If this was a fid-- 590 00:25:33,495 --> 00:25:37,396 and it... and it is rather large at the end-- it would’ve been 591 00:25:37,396 --> 00:25:39,231 -a large line. -SPENCE: Yes, it would be. 592 00:25:39,231 --> 00:25:41,660 Yes, and I think it’s more likely a fid 593 00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:44,759 -than it is a belaying pin. -MARTY: Mm-hmm. 594 00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:47,726 Okay. Well, that’s interesting. 595 00:25:47,726 --> 00:25:50,759 RICK: When-when did it come into use? 596 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:53,132 About as long as they’ve had rope. 597 00:25:53,132 --> 00:25:54,660 -(all laugh) -So, 598 00:25:54,660 --> 00:25:56,759 -thousands of years. -RICK: Wow. 599 00:25:56,759 --> 00:25:59,396 NARRATOR: A possible fid? A tool designed 600 00:25:59,396 --> 00:26:03,132 for maneuvering large ropes on sailing vessels? 601 00:26:03,132 --> 00:26:05,264 Could this artifact be connected 602 00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:07,000 to the other potential ship pieces 603 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,660 and the massive stone wharf that were found in the swamp 604 00:26:11,660 --> 00:26:13,396 and also help explain 605 00:26:13,396 --> 00:26:16,528 the 200-foot-long galleon-shaped anomaly 606 00:26:16,528 --> 00:26:18,660 detected by seismic scanning 607 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:21,660 back in 2018? 608 00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:23,660 This would’ve been used on a big rope, 609 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:26,264 which implies big ship visiting at some point. 610 00:26:26,264 --> 00:26:30,000 -And to me, that’s the most likely. -MARTY: Mm-hmm. 611 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,264 RICK: The so-called fid... 612 00:26:32,264 --> 00:26:34,396 I thought that was very interesting 613 00:26:34,396 --> 00:26:36,528 because that instrument has been used 614 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,264 for a very, very long time. 615 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:41,660 What is a piece of a sailing ship doing 616 00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:44,396 in the swamp? I don’t know. 617 00:26:44,396 --> 00:26:49,000 I do know it’s worth continuing investigating this area. 618 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,132 -SPENCE: Now, let’s see this. -PETER: This one? 619 00:26:53,759 --> 00:26:56,264 This was in the swamp 620 00:26:56,264 --> 00:26:58,660 near swamp road, 621 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:01,528 and it was around ten feet deep. 622 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,132 SPENCE: When I look at this, 623 00:27:03,132 --> 00:27:06,132 something that immediately jumps to my mind... 624 00:27:06,132 --> 00:27:09,759 Why is... Why does it have these angles? 625 00:27:10,528 --> 00:27:12,264 This piece is broken off here. 626 00:27:12,264 --> 00:27:14,132 This is not a nice cut. 627 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:15,660 This is where it broke, 628 00:27:15,660 --> 00:27:19,000 and so this probably continued on down farther. 629 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,495 -Sure. -SPENCE: I can also see 630 00:27:21,495 --> 00:27:22,660 this as a step, 631 00:27:22,660 --> 00:27:26,132 and you have a block of wood down here, 632 00:27:26,132 --> 00:27:29,396 and you’re nailing the remainder that’s broken off here. 633 00:27:29,396 --> 00:27:31,000 You’re nailing it in. At some point, 634 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,396 -this broke off. \h\h-RICK: Broke. \h-MARTY: Mm-hmm. 635 00:27:33,396 --> 00:27:35,528 And that would explain why there are no nails. 636 00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:37,396 -Yes, it would. -SPENCE: Yeah. 637 00:27:38,132 --> 00:27:40,660 Which of these would you carbon-date? 638 00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:42,528 SPENCE: I probably would do-do that, 639 00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,264 but the bad thing about that 640 00:27:44,264 --> 00:27:46,627 -is we really don’t know what it is. -RICK: Mm-hmm. 641 00:27:46,627 --> 00:27:48,264 MARTY: But it’s clearly worked by man, 642 00:27:48,264 --> 00:27:50,660 so if it came back to 1200 AD, 643 00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:52,627 -that would be meaningful. -Yeah. (chuckles) Yeah. 644 00:27:52,627 --> 00:27:56,528 MARTY: It’s certainly gratifying that Dr. Spence feels 645 00:27:56,528 --> 00:27:58,660 that several of the items on the table 646 00:27:58,660 --> 00:28:00,396 are nautical in appearance. 647 00:28:00,396 --> 00:28:03,132 He says, "Yes, this could be from a ship. This is even..." 648 00:28:03,132 --> 00:28:05,528 I think he might have even said "likely from a ship." 649 00:28:05,528 --> 00:28:07,660 We need to test this thing more, though, 650 00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:09,495 because it could have more information 651 00:28:09,495 --> 00:28:11,660 based on what cultures did this. 652 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:13,396 We need to follow this one a little bit. 653 00:28:13,396 --> 00:28:14,528 Found it very interesting. 654 00:28:14,528 --> 00:28:19,132 Well, Lee, look, thank you. That was extremely informative. 655 00:28:19,132 --> 00:28:20,000 It’s a fresh impression 656 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,132 on things we just didn’t think about, 657 00:28:22,132 --> 00:28:23,759 and that’s always very valuable. 658 00:28:23,759 --> 00:28:26,264 \hSo, I thank you again on behalf of the team. 659 00:28:26,264 --> 00:28:28,396 SPENCE: Thank you for inviting me here. 660 00:28:28,396 --> 00:28:29,660 -RICK: Thank you. -PETER: Thank you. 661 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:31,495 NARRATOR: As Rick, Marty and Craig 662 00:28:31,495 --> 00:28:33,759 finish their meeting in the war room... 663 00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:37,396 GARY: So, you ready to put some coil to the soil, mate? 664 00:28:37,396 --> 00:28:38,759 MICHAEL J.: I’m ready. I’m ready. 665 00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:41,396 NARRATOR: Metal detection expert Gary Drayton 666 00:28:41,396 --> 00:28:43,396 and treasure hunter Michael John 667 00:28:43,396 --> 00:28:45,264 arrive at Lot 32. 668 00:28:45,264 --> 00:28:48,396 Different lot, different treasure hunting prospects, 669 00:28:48,396 --> 00:28:51,231 -mate. All the time. -Yeah. Exactly. 670 00:28:51,231 --> 00:28:52,660 NARRATOR: They are eager to search 671 00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:57,396 for new and hopefully valuable clues and artifacts. 672 00:28:57,396 --> 00:29:00,132 I expect there’s gonna be some signs... 673 00:29:00,132 --> 00:29:02,396 -Yeah. -...of wharf activity 674 00:29:02,396 --> 00:29:04,132 -in this area. -Yeah, that’s right. Exactly. Yeah. 675 00:29:04,132 --> 00:29:09,132 And this could be a golden opportunity for us. 676 00:29:09,132 --> 00:29:10,231 That’s right. 677 00:29:10,231 --> 00:29:11,264 GARY: What have we got here? 678 00:29:11,264 --> 00:29:14,396 -NARRATOR: Just one week ago... -Look at the size of that. 679 00:29:14,396 --> 00:29:16,264 NARRATOR: ...working with Marty Lagina, 680 00:29:16,264 --> 00:29:18,528 Gary uncovered a large spike 681 00:29:18,528 --> 00:29:21,528 that may date back three centuries or more 682 00:29:21,528 --> 00:29:24,396 and which blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge believes 683 00:29:24,396 --> 00:29:30,264 was used to anchor ships to large boulders on the beach. 684 00:29:35,132 --> 00:29:36,528 Oh. 685 00:29:36,528 --> 00:29:38,660 NARRATOR: And it was also on Lot 32 686 00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:41,660 that, one year ago, the team found 687 00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:43,396 not only a large wharf spike 688 00:29:43,396 --> 00:29:47,132 but also a lead cargo bag seal. 689 00:29:47,132 --> 00:29:48,528 With there being a wharf here 690 00:29:48,528 --> 00:29:51,396 and the artifacts we’ve already recovered, mate, 691 00:29:51,396 --> 00:29:55,660 -I want to know what they were unloading here. -Yes. 692 00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:58,660 And what connection this area has to the Money Pit. 693 00:29:58,660 --> 00:30:02,132 I got a good feeling about this lot, especially having 694 00:30:02,132 --> 00:30:03,660 -so many flags to go for. -MICHAEL J.: Yes. 695 00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:06,528 -All right, mate. You ready to get stuck in? -I’m ready. 696 00:30:06,528 --> 00:30:07,660 Let’s go for it. 697 00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:10,726 RICK: We have made some significant discoveries 698 00:30:10,726 --> 00:30:14,660 on Lot 32. Uh, close proximity to the ocean. 699 00:30:14,660 --> 00:30:16,660 One could suggest or speculate 700 00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:18,396 that people were in that area 701 00:30:18,396 --> 00:30:20,660 carrying a load on and onto a wharf. 702 00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:24,000 If we find that they’re headed in a certain direction, 703 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,396 we can draw that line. 704 00:30:25,396 --> 00:30:28,099 So, every little clue is important. 705 00:30:28,099 --> 00:30:32,330 -Ah, mate. Another good two-way repeatable signal. -(beeping) 706 00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:50,000 -Oh, still in the hole, I believe. -Yes, it is. 707 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,495 Unless it’s on the edge. 708 00:30:51,495 --> 00:30:54,099 Come, baby. Be in there. 709 00:30:55,132 --> 00:30:56,528 -(beeping) -Oh, look at how deep 710 00:30:56,528 --> 00:30:58,264 -that is, mate. Yeah. -That’s deep. Yep. 711 00:30:58,264 --> 00:30:59,396 Like I always tell you, Michael. 712 00:30:59,396 --> 00:31:02,660 -Yeah. -Deeper it is, the older it normally is. 713 00:31:07,264 --> 00:31:09,132 -Well, mate, we’ll see if we got it out. -Sure. 714 00:31:09,132 --> 00:31:13,132 -(beeping) -You have got it out. -I did. Yeah. 715 00:31:16,528 --> 00:31:18,528 (beeping) 716 00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:19,264 There we go. 717 00:31:19,264 --> 00:31:21,627 Oh, I always get excited \hwhen you see this edge. 718 00:31:21,627 --> 00:31:25,396 -You see that nice, round edge there, mate? -Yes. 719 00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:29,759 Is it a coin? Or is it a button? 720 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,363 -GARY: You see that nice, round edge there, mate? -MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 721 00:31:41,363 --> 00:31:44,132 Is it a coin? Or is it a button? 722 00:31:44,132 --> 00:31:46,528 -MICHAEL J.: Let it be a coin. -GARY: It’s a coin, 723 00:31:46,528 --> 00:31:48,363 -mate! It’s a coin! -Yes! Yes. 724 00:31:48,363 --> 00:31:50,264 -Look at that. \h-Oh, my gosh. 725 00:31:50,264 --> 00:31:54,528 NARRATOR: On Lot 32, just west of the swamp, 726 00:31:54,528 --> 00:31:57,330 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 727 00:31:57,330 --> 00:31:59,627 and treasure hunter Michael John 728 00:31:59,627 --> 00:32:03,066 have just made a potentially valuable discovery. 729 00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:05,528 GARY: Now, I don’t know how old, mate. 730 00:32:05,528 --> 00:32:07,759 And it is always tempting 731 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:10,132 just to-to rub it, 732 00:32:10,132 --> 00:32:12,528 -but we can’t just in case we damage it. -Yeah. No. 733 00:32:12,528 --> 00:32:16,726 GARY: Get this to Kelly in the archaeology trailer, mate. 734 00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:18,000 He’ll do his business on this. 735 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,495 -MICHAEL J.: Mm-hmm. -But why I’m excited 736 00:32:19,495 --> 00:32:23,264 about this coin, mate. It looks like an old British copper. 737 00:32:23,264 --> 00:32:25,627 And it wasn’t that long ago 738 00:32:25,627 --> 00:32:28,363 when it was Rick, Marty, 739 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,264 uh, Dave and I. 740 00:32:30,264 --> 00:32:33,132 We were on that ridge on the other side of the swamp. 741 00:32:33,132 --> 00:32:35,660 We pulled two coins up. British coppers 742 00:32:35,660 --> 00:32:39,264 -from the 1600s, mate. -Yeah. Oh. 743 00:32:39,264 --> 00:32:41,132 GARY: That’s Charles II. 744 00:32:41,132 --> 00:32:46,363 -Come on. -Yeah, that’s Charles. And I can see a carolus. 745 00:32:46,363 --> 00:32:48,726 NARRATOR: Four years ago 746 00:32:48,726 --> 00:32:50,000 on Lot 16 747 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,462 in the same area where the team has found evidence 748 00:32:52,462 --> 00:32:54,099 of cargo being transported 749 00:32:54,099 --> 00:32:55,462 between the swamp and the Money Pit... 750 00:32:55,462 --> 00:32:59,000 \h-That’s way too early for people to be here. \h\h-NARRATOR: ...Gary, 751 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,627 along with Rick, Marty and Dave Blankenship, 752 00:33:01,627 --> 00:33:05,000 discovered two 17th-century British coins. 753 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,627 -It means something! \h-That is fantastic. 754 00:33:08,627 --> 00:33:11,363 This has been taking a dirt nap 755 00:33:11,363 --> 00:33:13,495 for a very long time. 756 00:33:13,495 --> 00:33:15,396 NARRATOR: Although the team has found evidence 757 00:33:15,396 --> 00:33:18,198 \hdating as far back as the 14th century 758 00:33:18,198 --> 00:33:21,627 of both French and Portuguese activity on Oak Island, 759 00:33:21,627 --> 00:33:24,099 could this coin offer possible evidence 760 00:33:24,099 --> 00:33:27,330 that a British operation to hide valuables here 761 00:33:27,330 --> 00:33:29,396 took place sometime later? 762 00:33:29,396 --> 00:33:32,231 Perhaps in the 17th century? 763 00:33:32,231 --> 00:33:34,396 I can’t believe how thin the-the coin is, man. 764 00:33:34,396 --> 00:33:37,231 Which is great for us. The thinner it is, 765 00:33:37,231 --> 00:33:40,330 -the more chance that it’s an older coin. -MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 766 00:33:40,330 --> 00:33:43,066 -Dang, mate. This is brilliant. -Yeah. 767 00:33:43,066 --> 00:33:45,528 Oh, fantastic. 768 00:33:45,528 --> 00:33:46,726 -You can’t beat it. -Yeah. 769 00:33:46,726 --> 00:33:49,759 GARY: This is the reason why Michael John and I 770 00:33:49,759 --> 00:33:51,594 came back to Lot 32. 771 00:33:51,594 --> 00:33:52,396 The chance 772 00:33:52,396 --> 00:33:56,660 of holding a beautiful old coin like this in our hands. 773 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:00,000 Uh, this has got 1700s written all over it, 774 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,594 and I’m fairly certain when this coin is cleaned up, 775 00:34:03,594 --> 00:34:06,396 there is gonna be a king on it. 776 00:34:06,396 --> 00:34:09,726 Oh, beautiful. Love it. 777 00:34:09,726 --> 00:34:12,330 You can’t beat it. 778 00:34:18,528 --> 00:34:20,528 GARY: What a sloppy mess, eh? 779 00:34:20,528 --> 00:34:23,759 NARRATOR: While operations continue at both the swamp 780 00:34:23,759 --> 00:34:26,132 and the Money Pit area... 781 00:34:27,264 --> 00:34:29,132 Every day could be the day, Charles. 782 00:34:29,132 --> 00:34:31,363 -RICK: Afternoon, guys. -CRAIG: Hi, guys. 783 00:34:31,363 --> 00:34:34,264 -Hello, guys. -NARRATOR: Rick and Marty Lagina, 784 00:34:34,264 --> 00:34:36,099 along with their partner, Craig Tester, 785 00:34:36,099 --> 00:34:38,099 have gathered members of the team 786 00:34:38,099 --> 00:34:41,264 in the war room to hear a scientific report 787 00:34:41,264 --> 00:34:44,000 on two of their most recent discoveries. 788 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,198 These two items that we have here, both, I think, 789 00:34:46,198 --> 00:34:47,495 we found quite interesting. 790 00:34:47,495 --> 00:34:48,396 They were retrieved 791 00:34:48,396 --> 00:34:50,759 from roughly ten feet down in the swamp. 792 00:34:50,759 --> 00:34:53,066 NARRATOR: The first of these artifacts 793 00:34:53,066 --> 00:34:54,132 was found one week ago 794 00:34:54,132 --> 00:34:56,330 near the southern edge of the swamp. 795 00:34:56,330 --> 00:34:59,627 The second, discovered in the same area this week, 796 00:34:59,627 --> 00:35:02,462 was identified as possibly being part of a ship 797 00:35:02,462 --> 00:35:07,099 by renowned underwater archaeologist Dr. Lee Spence. 798 00:35:07,099 --> 00:35:12,000 Marty, you are well aware of the items in front of us. 799 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,627 We have a little one. It’s the one 800 00:35:13,627 --> 00:35:16,363 that Tom Nolan mentioned had a rope burn on it. 801 00:35:16,363 --> 00:35:18,594 Yeah. Yes, I’m quite aware. Yes. 802 00:35:18,594 --> 00:35:21,198 RICK: And then we have this trapezoidal piece 803 00:35:21,198 --> 00:35:23,264 that we thought was very old, 804 00:35:23,264 --> 00:35:25,759 and I think that was really the impetus 805 00:35:25,759 --> 00:35:28,759 for sending it in for C-14 testing. 806 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:29,660 But we have those results, 807 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:31,363 \hand Dr. Spooner’s intrigued by them, 808 00:35:31,363 --> 00:35:35,132 I believe. So, he’s gonna tell us what his thoughts are. 809 00:35:35,132 --> 00:35:39,132 So, the swamp is critical. 810 00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:41,528 Uh, as I’ve said so many times before, 811 00:35:41,528 --> 00:35:44,066 the swamp is a book. 812 00:35:44,066 --> 00:35:46,000 Because every time we dig there, 813 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,660 there’s something very important that we might find out. 814 00:35:49,660 --> 00:35:51,000 Not just about artifacts 815 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,660 but also about what’s gone on in the past. 816 00:35:53,660 --> 00:35:56,495 You know, so, we have two pieces in front of us. Two... 817 00:35:56,495 --> 00:35:58,000 Two wood pieces that I was very interested in 818 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,495 and because Billy found them at significant depth. 819 00:36:01,495 --> 00:36:05,528 So we know it’s in an early chapter in the book. 820 00:36:05,528 --> 00:36:10,132 Um, both of them look like nautical pieces to me. 821 00:36:10,132 --> 00:36:11,495 And the trapezoidal piece there, 822 00:36:11,495 --> 00:36:17,000 it dated out at, uh, 1683 to 1735. 823 00:36:22,198 --> 00:36:24,396 IAN: The trapezoidal piece, it dated out 824 00:36:24,396 --> 00:36:26,528 at 1683 to 1735. 825 00:36:26,528 --> 00:36:29,462 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island war room, 826 00:36:29,462 --> 00:36:31,528 geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 827 00:36:31,528 --> 00:36:35,726 is presenting a carbon-14 report on two wooden artifacts 828 00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:36,660 recently found in the swamp 829 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:41,000 that he believes could be parts of an ancient sailing vessel. 830 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,594 -Let’s stop on that one for a minute... -IAN: Yeah. 831 00:36:42,594 --> 00:36:44,726 ...’cause I just want to say something with that piece. 832 00:36:44,726 --> 00:36:47,000 We looked at that with Dr. Spence 833 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,396 in a... in a war room, 834 00:36:48,396 --> 00:36:51,000 and it reminded me of something. 835 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,660 So Scott and I took a-a road trip, 836 00:36:52,660 --> 00:36:54,627 and we went to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. 837 00:36:54,627 --> 00:36:58,594 And this is what it reminded me of. 838 00:36:58,594 --> 00:37:00,066 It’s one of the longboats 839 00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:02,462 that you would bring provisions and whatnot in 840 00:37:02,462 --> 00:37:05,132 from a bigger ship to shore. 841 00:37:05,132 --> 00:37:07,627 And inside that 842 00:37:07,627 --> 00:37:10,132 is this. 843 00:37:10,594 --> 00:37:12,363 It’s like a bulkhead. 844 00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:14,198 -IAN: Bulkheads of the boat. -DOUG: Yep. 845 00:37:14,198 --> 00:37:16,231 That’s what I think that is. 846 00:37:16,231 --> 00:37:18,759 -Yeah, I’d agree 100%. -DOUG: So, that makes it really interesting 847 00:37:18,759 --> 00:37:21,462 -because it is something nautical... -IAN: Right. 848 00:37:21,462 --> 00:37:25,264 ...in our swamp. Or-or it would appear to be. 849 00:37:25,264 --> 00:37:27,099 So, does that mean that people are bringing 850 00:37:27,099 --> 00:37:29,000 small boats into the swamp? 851 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,330 This may lend 852 00:37:30,330 --> 00:37:32,330 a little bit more credibility 853 00:37:32,330 --> 00:37:33,594 to that story. 854 00:37:33,594 --> 00:37:35,396 NARRATOR: A fragment of a bulkhead 855 00:37:35,396 --> 00:37:39,066 or cargo hold from a small sailing vessel? 856 00:37:39,066 --> 00:37:43,363 And dating back to as early as 1683? 857 00:37:43,363 --> 00:37:44,594 During the colonial period 858 00:37:44,594 --> 00:37:48,264 between the late 15th and 18th centuries, 859 00:37:48,264 --> 00:37:49,726 massive sailing vessels 860 00:37:49,726 --> 00:37:51,528 that were too big to be docked at shore 861 00:37:51,528 --> 00:37:54,264 were often anchored in deeper waters 862 00:37:54,264 --> 00:37:56,264 as smaller boats were utilized 863 00:37:56,264 --> 00:37:59,000 to carry cargo to shipping wharfs. 864 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,099 Since the team has unearthed the stone wharf 865 00:38:02,099 --> 00:38:04,132 in the southeast corner of the swamp, 866 00:38:04,132 --> 00:38:07,066 could Doug and Dr. Spooner be correct 867 00:38:07,066 --> 00:38:09,132 that this artifact is evidence 868 00:38:09,132 --> 00:38:11,198 of such an operation being conducted 869 00:38:11,198 --> 00:38:14,264 in the 17th century on Oak Island? 870 00:38:14,264 --> 00:38:19,066 \hThe dates that seem to be relevant more and more are 871 00:38:19,066 --> 00:38:21,396 mid-1600s to the late 1600s. 872 00:38:21,396 --> 00:38:25,198 Human beings were at that level doing some work, 873 00:38:25,198 --> 00:38:27,726 some endeavor to hide something, 874 00:38:27,726 --> 00:38:30,198 save something, store something. 875 00:38:30,198 --> 00:38:35,000 I believe we must continue to do the work necessary 876 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,396 to come to a further understanding 877 00:38:37,396 --> 00:38:38,495 of what the swamp can tell us 878 00:38:38,495 --> 00:38:43,198 in terms of what the original depositional work was. 879 00:38:43,198 --> 00:38:44,726 How about the other one? 880 00:38:44,726 --> 00:38:47,198 The second sample, I’ve never seen that before. 881 00:38:47,198 --> 00:38:48,099 I don’t know what it is. 882 00:38:48,099 --> 00:38:49,528 -But there’s a rope burn on it. -SCOTT: Yeah. 883 00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:52,330 -RICK: Mm-hmm. -IAN: So, again, we have 884 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:55,726 dates that range from 1680 to 1740. 885 00:38:55,726 --> 00:38:57,099 RICK: Hmm. Interesting. 886 00:38:57,099 --> 00:39:02,000 IAN: I’d say that those two are very, very similar age 887 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,396 but pre-searcher. 888 00:39:04,396 --> 00:39:06,264 Oh, absolutely. 889 00:39:06,462 --> 00:39:08,396 So, that’s sort of where my story ends. 890 00:39:08,396 --> 00:39:11,363 The swamp is still a very important place. 891 00:39:11,363 --> 00:39:14,495 I know we’ve done a lot of looking and searching, 892 00:39:14,495 --> 00:39:17,759 \hbut there’s still areas that we haven’t really touched too much. 893 00:39:17,759 --> 00:39:21,396 Well, for my part, the dates are wonderful. 894 00:39:21,396 --> 00:39:24,330 They raise all kinds of possibilities. 895 00:39:24,330 --> 00:39:26,396 And, okay, there was a lot of activity 896 00:39:26,396 --> 00:39:28,726 between 1680 and 1750. 897 00:39:28,726 --> 00:39:30,660 Well, who were those people? 898 00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:33,264 Were they here looking for something themselves? 899 00:39:33,264 --> 00:39:35,726 Or were they depositing, 900 00:39:35,726 --> 00:39:38,198 which would be more exciting? 901 00:39:38,198 --> 00:39:41,528 The swamp is more of a mystery than it’s ever been. 902 00:39:41,528 --> 00:39:44,594 We found all kinds of things that seem out of place 903 00:39:44,594 --> 00:39:46,528 and several pieces of wood 904 00:39:46,528 --> 00:39:49,528 that could have been used on a ship. 905 00:39:49,528 --> 00:39:51,198 Now we have hard science 906 00:39:51,198 --> 00:39:53,198 from many different methodologies 907 00:39:53,198 --> 00:39:57,726 that something significant happened here in the late 1600s. 908 00:39:57,726 --> 00:40:01,660 The swamp continues, really, to be enigmatic 909 00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:03,594 and a real puzzle. 910 00:40:03,594 --> 00:40:05,264 How about you, Rick? 911 00:40:05,264 --> 00:40:06,726 RICK: Mine is simply this: 912 00:40:06,726 --> 00:40:11,066 that, you know, you’re always looking for science 913 00:40:11,066 --> 00:40:13,330 to provide overlap information, 914 00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:16,132 and I think we have it here today. 915 00:40:16,528 --> 00:40:18,231 I think these dates are 916 00:40:18,231 --> 00:40:19,660 interesting evidence of activity, 917 00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:23,132 -but I-I want to know the why, obviously. -IAN: I do, too. 918 00:40:23,132 --> 00:40:25,660 So, that’s where I’m at. 919 00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:27,231 But we have to take every lesson 920 00:40:27,231 --> 00:40:29,660 \hwe learn in this room and apply it out back, 921 00:40:29,660 --> 00:40:31,528 you know, with the eyes and boots. 922 00:40:31,528 --> 00:40:35,462 This has been very informative and-and, uh, and enlightening, 923 00:40:35,462 --> 00:40:38,363 so we appreciate it, certainly. 924 00:40:38,363 --> 00:40:39,330 Good. 925 00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:40,660 -MARTY: Works for me. -RICK: Okay. 926 00:40:40,660 --> 00:40:43,528 -CRAIG: See you later. -MARTY: See you the next time. 927 00:40:43,528 --> 00:40:47,528 NARRATOR: At the close of another incredible week, 928 00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:49,528 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 929 00:40:49,528 --> 00:40:51,726 have more scientific evidence 930 00:40:51,726 --> 00:40:54,330 that something of great importance took place 931 00:40:54,330 --> 00:40:59,000 on Oak Island long before the discovery of the Money Pit. 932 00:40:59,264 --> 00:41:01,594 But perhaps more importantly, 933 00:41:01,594 --> 00:41:04,330 they have evidence that something 934 00:41:04,330 --> 00:41:06,528 so valuable was brought here, 935 00:41:06,528 --> 00:41:09,330 it inspired the creation of a swamp 936 00:41:09,330 --> 00:41:10,330 to hide the evidence 937 00:41:10,330 --> 00:41:14,066 and a burial site so ingeniously engineered 938 00:41:14,066 --> 00:41:19,066 that it has eluded seekers for more than two centuries. 939 00:41:19,066 --> 00:41:21,132 The question now is 940 00:41:21,132 --> 00:41:23,528 how much longer can it elude Rick, 941 00:41:23,528 --> 00:41:28,363 Marty and the Fellowship of the Dig? 942 00:41:31,264 --> 00:41:34,132 \hNext time on The Curse of Oak Island... 943 00:41:34,132 --> 00:41:37,396 -TERRY: Today could be the day. -CHARLES: We got a core. 944 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,528 GARY: Oh, man. That’s cool. 945 00:41:39,528 --> 00:41:42,198 DAVID F.: Were there certain boxes that would have that type 946 00:41:42,198 --> 00:41:44,660 \h-of sheeting on it? -Only for valuables. 947 00:41:44,660 --> 00:41:46,594 -Gary, what do you make of this? -Oh, yeah. 948 00:41:46,594 --> 00:41:48,759 We’re looking for a ship. That’s the type of find 949 00:41:48,759 --> 00:41:51,528 -you want to be pulling up. \h-CLARKE: We know 950 00:41:51,528 --> 00:41:53,363 that Phips found silver on the Concepción, 951 00:41:53,363 --> 00:41:54,330 and I believe 952 00:41:54,330 --> 00:41:56,198 some of the treasure \hfrom the Concepción 953 00:41:56,198 --> 00:41:58,132 -was secreted to Oak Island. -Wow. 954 00:41:58,132 --> 00:41:59,594 That is remarkable. 955 00:41:59,594 --> 00:42:02,231 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY \h\h\h\h\hA+E NETWORKS