1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:03,744 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island. 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,170 - TERRY: Today could be the day. - CHARLES: We got a core. 3 00:00:06,581 --> 00:00:08,757 GARY: Oh, man. That's cool. 4 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:11,001 DAVID F.: Were there certain boxes that would have that type 5 00:00:11,085 --> 00:00:12,594 - of sheeting on it? - Only for valuables. 6 00:00:12,754 --> 00:00:14,421 Gary, what do you make of this? 7 00:00:14,505 --> 00:00:16,757 Oh, yeah. We're looking for a ship. 8 00:00:16,841 --> 00:00:20,594 - That's the type of find you want to be pulling up. - CLARKE: We know 9 00:00:20,678 --> 00:00:21,595 that Phips found silver on the Concepción, 10 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:24,189 and I believe some of the treasure 11 00:00:24,348 --> 00:00:25,932 from the Concepción was secreted to Oak Island. 12 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:28,527 - Wow. - That is remarkable. 13 00:00:31,022 --> 00:00:34,024 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 14 00:00:34,117 --> 00:00:37,027 where people have been looking for 15 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,614 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 16 00:00:40,698 --> 00:00:43,617 So far, they have found a stone slab 17 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,502 with strange symbols carved into it... 18 00:00:46,954 --> 00:00:50,215 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 19 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:54,544 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 20 00:00:54,629 --> 00:00:56,138 to the Knights Templar. 21 00:00:56,297 --> 00:00:58,965 To date, six men have died 22 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,885 trying to solve the mystery. 23 00:01:01,969 --> 00:01:07,057 And according to legend, one more will have to die 24 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:09,401 before the treasure can be found. 25 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:16,992 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:21,739 --> 00:01:23,832 - CHARLES: We good to go? - TERRY: I'm good to go. 27 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:26,418 Today could be the day, Charles. Of all the drillholes 28 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:28,662 we've drilled on this pad, 29 00:01:28,746 --> 00:01:32,415 - I've got to say this is the one I'm most encouraged by. - Yeah. 30 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:34,334 NARRATOR: A new day of exploration 31 00:01:34,418 --> 00:01:35,677 has begun on Oak Island 32 00:01:35,837 --> 00:01:38,514 in the fabled Money Pit area. 33 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:41,341 And for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 34 00:01:41,425 --> 00:01:43,176 their partner Craig Tester 35 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:45,846 - and the members of their team... - TERRY: Here it comes. 36 00:01:45,930 --> 00:01:48,690 NARRATOR: there is good reason to believe that the answers 37 00:01:48,850 --> 00:01:51,768 to a 227-year-old treasure mystery 38 00:01:51,861 --> 00:01:54,613 may finally be within their reach. 39 00:01:54,697 --> 00:01:57,199 - What's the good word, Adam? 18? - Hey, Adam. What do you got? - 18. 40 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:59,701 - TERRY: Eight to 18. Thank you. - CHARLES: Eight to 18. 41 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:03,205 Okay. 42 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:05,374 AB-13.5. 43 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:07,543 Two and a half feet away 44 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:11,797 on the east side from our offset chamber, perhaps. 45 00:02:11,881 --> 00:02:13,966 This is probably our best chance to really tap into it. 46 00:02:14,125 --> 00:02:15,709 Let's hope. 47 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:17,878 (indistinct shouting) 48 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:19,721 TERRY: Holy cow. 49 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:23,133 -We've never seen that before. Blowing water out. -No, that's unusual. 50 00:02:23,226 --> 00:02:25,385 NARRATOR: Over the past two weeks, 51 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:27,563 while drilling in this area on their strategic grid... 52 00:02:27,722 --> 00:02:28,805 BRENNAN: Oh, boy. 53 00:02:28,890 --> 00:02:31,400 TEDFORD: Hey, Craig! There it is. 54 00:02:31,559 --> 00:02:34,477 NARRATOR: the team has penetrated a mysterious, air-filled void 55 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:37,406 twice at a depth of some 60 feet. 56 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:38,574 It's got to be a void. 57 00:02:38,733 --> 00:02:40,409 That's a phenomenon 58 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:41,910 - right there. - TEDFORD: Yeah. 59 00:02:42,069 --> 00:02:44,913 This same phenomena would occur 60 00:02:45,072 --> 00:02:48,250 - for the famous offset chamber, wouldn't it? - Exactly. 61 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:50,335 NARRATOR: This has led to speculation 62 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:52,996 that they may have encountered a secret chamber 63 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,416 connected to the original Money Pit. 64 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:59,669 The general area where we are conducting this drill program 65 00:02:59,754 --> 00:03:01,838 I think is exceedingly interesting. 66 00:03:01,931 --> 00:03:04,424 And it's certainly on the radar or marked 67 00:03:04,508 --> 00:03:06,843 as a potential "X" marks the spot 68 00:03:06,928 --> 00:03:10,847 and will point us in a very specific direction. 69 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:14,434 TERRY: Solid, dense blue-gray till. 70 00:03:14,518 --> 00:03:16,186 It isn't here, Charles. 71 00:03:16,279 --> 00:03:18,355 - We didn't expect it to be. - Yeah. 72 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:21,116 So, anyway, as we get to target depth 73 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:23,785 around 65 or 70 feet, 74 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:26,121 I'm very hopeful we're gonna hit something. 75 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,949 - Perhaps the offset chamber. - CHARLES: Yep. 76 00:03:29,033 --> 00:03:31,960 And hopefully that'll get us to where the can placements go. 77 00:03:32,119 --> 00:03:35,455 - Exactly. - NARRATOR: Now, as they drill a new borehole 78 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:38,708 known as AB-13.5... 79 00:03:38,793 --> 00:03:41,211 - CHARLES: Can this go, Terry? - Yes, please. 80 00:03:41,295 --> 00:03:43,964 NARRATOR: if they once again encounter the void 81 00:03:44,048 --> 00:03:46,808 and perhaps the source of the gold and silver 82 00:03:46,968 --> 00:03:50,387 that has recently been detected deep underground in this area, 83 00:03:50,471 --> 00:03:54,641 they will install up to four ten-foot-wide steel-cased shafts 84 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:57,236 to recover what people have been trying to find 85 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,480 since 1795. 86 00:04:00,564 --> 00:04:04,159 RICK: To me, it's not just about finding the gold. 87 00:04:04,318 --> 00:04:06,736 I want to know how this was done, 88 00:04:06,821 --> 00:04:09,331 why it was done. 89 00:04:09,490 --> 00:04:11,583 I want to know the whole story. 90 00:04:11,742 --> 00:04:13,994 And the whole story will be written underground 91 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:16,663 in a vault, a void, a cavity, 92 00:04:16,747 --> 00:04:19,341 a-a construct, a human construct. 93 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:23,220 To me, that's gold in and of itself. 94 00:04:24,255 --> 00:04:26,089 - Hey, guys. - CHARLES: Hey, Alex. 95 00:04:26,182 --> 00:04:28,174 - Hi, Alex. - ALEX: What'd I miss? 96 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:31,928 - CHARLES: Not much. - Not too much. We are now only about two and a half feet away 97 00:04:32,021 --> 00:04:34,514 from where we intersected the air cavity. 98 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:37,859 You'd think we'd hit something, right? Because unless we got, 99 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:40,279 really, I guess, lucky and hit the very top 100 00:04:40,363 --> 00:04:41,947 of the air cavity on the first hole, 101 00:04:42,031 --> 00:04:44,283 - there should be more down there. - Absolutely. 102 00:04:44,442 --> 00:04:48,453 We could be in the area of an offset chamber 103 00:04:48,538 --> 00:04:51,364 - for, hopefully, the treasure beyond all imagining. - Yeah. 104 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:52,866 And here comes the core. 105 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:55,127 - Hey, Adam. How we doing? - 28. 106 00:04:55,286 --> 00:04:56,712 TERRY: Thank you. 107 00:04:58,631 --> 00:05:01,049 - Thank you. - TERRY: 18 to 28. 108 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:04,803 If we drill this anomaly and we go into a void, 109 00:05:04,962 --> 00:05:06,296 even if we don't bring up anything else, 110 00:05:06,389 --> 00:05:09,299 then it'd be worth putting a caisson down there, for sure. 111 00:05:09,392 --> 00:05:12,135 Because it's not a natural cavern. 112 00:05:12,228 --> 00:05:13,887 TERRY: We have no break, no disturbance. 113 00:05:13,971 --> 00:05:15,564 Nothing remarkable yet. 114 00:05:15,723 --> 00:05:20,060 So, we're still about 30 to 35 feet 115 00:05:20,144 --> 00:05:21,820 above where we hope to intersect 116 00:05:21,979 --> 00:05:24,230 our chamber. 117 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,815 Let's hope we get it today. 118 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:28,318 ALEX: All right. Well, let's keep our fingers crossed. 119 00:05:28,411 --> 00:05:31,237 NARRATOR: Later that morning, 120 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:34,657 as Terry Matheson supervises the drilling operation 121 00:05:34,742 --> 00:05:36,585 in the Money Pit area... 122 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:39,588 - Scott, welcome to the war room. - Thank you. Thanks, guys. 123 00:05:39,672 --> 00:05:42,332 NARRATOR: Charles Barkhouse and Alex Lagina 124 00:05:42,416 --> 00:05:43,759 join Rick Lagina 125 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:46,511 and other members of the team in the war room, 126 00:05:46,596 --> 00:05:49,348 where they have gathered to meet with Scott Clarke. 127 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:50,840 CLARKE: So, I've found, I believe, significant information 128 00:05:50,933 --> 00:05:53,426 that really strengthens, uh, the idea 129 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:56,104 - of there being silver in this area. - Interesting. 130 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:59,274 NARRATOR: Scott is a 33rd-degree Freemason 131 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:01,267 who has traveled from Toronto 132 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,604 to share information regarding the possible origins 133 00:06:04,688 --> 00:06:06,356 of the Oak Island mystery. 134 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,441 RICK: Scott is presenting a theory 135 00:06:08,526 --> 00:06:11,119 about the William Phips and the salvage 136 00:06:11,204 --> 00:06:13,288 of the Concepción treasure. 137 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:16,199 And why it's so intriguing at this point, of course, 138 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:18,535 is because of the silver from the water sampling 139 00:06:18,619 --> 00:06:20,712 - we've done in the Money Pit. - Yeah. 140 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:22,956 - So, Scott, please proceed. - CLARKE: Okay, thank you. 141 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,541 So, as you just mentioned, uh, 142 00:06:24,634 --> 00:06:25,708 many people are actually familiar 143 00:06:25,802 --> 00:06:26,709 with William Phips's discovery 144 00:06:26,794 --> 00:06:30,055 of the Concepción back in 1687. 145 00:06:30,214 --> 00:06:32,549 We know that Phips found silver on the Concepción, 146 00:06:32,642 --> 00:06:34,726 and I believe some of the treasure 147 00:06:34,885 --> 00:06:37,220 from the Concepción was secreted to Oak Island. 148 00:06:37,304 --> 00:06:38,480 Very interesting. 149 00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:40,315 There's no question about that. 150 00:06:40,474 --> 00:06:43,068 NARRATOR: Built in 1620, 151 00:06:43,152 --> 00:06:46,479 the Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción 152 00:06:46,564 --> 00:06:48,490 was a 600-ton galleon 153 00:06:48,649 --> 00:06:50,742 that served as the premier ship 154 00:06:50,901 --> 00:06:53,078 in a Spanish fleet to carry plundered riches 155 00:06:53,237 --> 00:06:55,572 from the New World back to Spain. 156 00:06:55,656 --> 00:06:56,665 (thunder rumbles) 157 00:06:56,749 --> 00:06:59,159 But in 1641, 158 00:06:59,243 --> 00:07:03,171 while transporting more than 100 tons of silver and gold, 159 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:06,666 the Concepción was sunk by a massive hurricane 160 00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:08,260 off the northern coast of Hispaniola, 161 00:07:08,419 --> 00:07:10,846 known today as the Dominican Republic. 162 00:07:11,005 --> 00:07:13,756 The disaster led to the deaths 163 00:07:13,841 --> 00:07:15,925 of some 300 crew members 164 00:07:16,018 --> 00:07:19,020 and the loss of the vast treasure. 165 00:07:19,180 --> 00:07:21,931 More than four decades later, 166 00:07:22,024 --> 00:07:24,851 Captain William Phips, a British politician 167 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:27,946 and treasure hunter from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 168 00:07:28,030 --> 00:07:32,358 embarked on a salvage mission financed by British royalty. 169 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,278 In January of 1687, 170 00:07:35,362 --> 00:07:38,448 he located the wreck of the Concepción. 171 00:07:38,541 --> 00:07:41,960 Utilizing Indigenous free divers, 172 00:07:42,119 --> 00:07:45,371 it would mark the first of perhaps several missions 173 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:48,717 that Phips made to salvage the sunken treasure galleon. 174 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:50,802 CLARKE: When it was brought back to England, 175 00:07:50,961 --> 00:07:53,379 the treasure was weighed in at over 34 tons 176 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:56,049 and valued at about £205,000, 177 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,977 which would be 50 million U.S. dollars in today's currency. 178 00:08:00,804 --> 00:08:02,647 - That is remarkable. - ALEX: Yeah. 179 00:08:02,806 --> 00:08:04,566 CLARKE: Uh, Phips himself received £11,000 180 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,902 or $2.7 million in today's money. 181 00:08:07,061 --> 00:08:09,154 And Phips was knighted by King James 182 00:08:09,238 --> 00:08:11,898 and treated as a hero in London. It was very big news. 183 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:15,327 Yeah. It was the recovery of that treasure off the Concepción 184 00:08:15,486 --> 00:08:17,746 that actually bought his way into higher society. 185 00:08:17,905 --> 00:08:19,748 - Phips, yeah. Yeah, and being knighted. Yeah. - DOUG: Yeah. 186 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:23,084 - CLARKE: Exactly. - Wow. So he was pretty important. 187 00:08:23,244 --> 00:08:25,328 CLARKE: Yeah. And this is about the time 188 00:08:25,412 --> 00:08:26,922 when Captain Andrew Belcher comes into the picture. 189 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:28,498 He was to become the assistant 190 00:08:28,582 --> 00:08:31,426 of the newly knighted Sir William Phips. 191 00:08:31,585 --> 00:08:34,846 NARRATOR: Captain Andrew Belcher was a wealthy merchant 192 00:08:35,005 --> 00:08:37,507 and Freemason from Cambridge, Massachusetts, 193 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,519 who helped to shape cooperative relations 194 00:08:40,678 --> 00:08:43,855 between the American colonists and Indigenous tribes. 195 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:47,108 However, according to Scott Clarke's research, 196 00:08:47,268 --> 00:08:49,936 he also aided Sir William Phips 197 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:52,697 in his subsequent efforts to salvage the Concepción. 198 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,868 CLARKE: So, in September 1687, 199 00:08:57,027 --> 00:08:59,037 Phips returned to the wreck of the Concepción. 200 00:08:59,196 --> 00:09:01,540 And during the second expedition of the treasure, 201 00:09:01,624 --> 00:09:03,542 Phips brought back to England, was only valued 202 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:05,535 at £10,000. 203 00:09:05,619 --> 00:09:08,204 He literally found 1/20 of what he found the first time. 204 00:09:08,289 --> 00:09:10,298 DOUG: He came back with less than expected, 205 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,217 - right? Yeah. - CLARKE: Much less. Yeah. Yeah. 206 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:13,626 And he was there for eight months. 207 00:09:13,711 --> 00:09:14,970 He was there a long time, 208 00:09:15,129 --> 00:09:16,304 so they were expecting more. 209 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,974 - Right. - CLARKE: Okay. So, um, 210 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,550 this is where my first discovery comes in. 211 00:09:20,634 --> 00:09:23,228 I basically found a 1688 letter 212 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:25,638 that shows that Captain Andrew Belcher 213 00:09:25,723 --> 00:09:27,816 was caught with one of Phips's ships 214 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:29,892 in the Mahone Bay area 215 00:09:29,977 --> 00:09:31,653 at the exact time that Phips was coming back 216 00:09:31,812 --> 00:09:33,396 from the second attempt, where he 217 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,315 "allegedly," officially, did not find as much silver. 218 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:36,899 The letter also states 219 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:38,994 that they burnt the ship at Port L'Hebert, 220 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:41,079 which is very close to Oak Island. 221 00:09:41,163 --> 00:09:43,248 I strongly believe 222 00:09:43,407 --> 00:09:44,833 that Belcher and his comrades were actually 223 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:46,334 transferring treasure from the Concepción 224 00:09:46,493 --> 00:09:48,086 to be taken to Nova Scotia. 225 00:09:49,747 --> 00:09:52,749 So, this brings me to my second discovery, 226 00:09:52,842 --> 00:09:54,500 which I think is the most interesting. 227 00:09:54,585 --> 00:09:58,671 I discovered this, uh, map from 1701. 228 00:09:58,756 --> 00:10:00,506 Basically, I've discovered a literal treasure map 229 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,008 created 320 years ago 230 00:10:02,101 --> 00:10:04,260 that strongly appears to tie the Concepción treasure 231 00:10:04,345 --> 00:10:05,770 to the Oak Island area. 232 00:10:07,014 --> 00:10:07,731 Wow. 233 00:10:11,527 --> 00:10:13,353 I find that interesting. 234 00:10:13,437 --> 00:10:15,196 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island war room, 235 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:17,106 theorist Scott Clarke is presenting his research 236 00:10:17,191 --> 00:10:19,534 that the English nobleman Sir William Phips 237 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:22,862 may have transported a vast cache of Spanish silver 238 00:10:22,946 --> 00:10:26,374 to Oak Island sometime in the late 17th century. 239 00:10:26,533 --> 00:10:28,543 Silver that was salvaged 240 00:10:28,702 --> 00:10:32,538 from the famed treasure wreck known as the Concepción. 241 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:36,626 So, the map is titled "The English Empire in America." 242 00:10:36,710 --> 00:10:39,379 It was published in an 1853 book that I own. 243 00:10:39,463 --> 00:10:42,715 Newfoundland, Canada, Hudson's Bay and Colonies. 244 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,884 It was created by Herman Moll, 245 00:10:44,968 --> 00:10:47,395 published 13 years after Phips's 1688 voyage 246 00:10:47,554 --> 00:10:49,222 to the Concepción site. 247 00:10:49,306 --> 00:10:51,057 Aside from being an excellent, prolific mapmaker, 248 00:10:51,141 --> 00:10:53,902 Herman Moll was known for his interesting circle 249 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:56,655 of merchants, seafaring men and intellectual friends. 250 00:10:56,814 --> 00:10:58,731 It is written that from these friends of Moll, 251 00:10:58,824 --> 00:11:00,992 uh, Moll gained a fair bit of privileged information 252 00:11:01,077 --> 00:11:03,411 that was sometimes later conveyed on his maps. 253 00:11:03,570 --> 00:11:05,822 I believe that's exactly what occurred on this particular map. 254 00:11:05,906 --> 00:11:07,907 Overall, the map seems normal 255 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,410 except for two very interesting additions. 256 00:11:10,494 --> 00:11:13,672 It specifically shows the wreck of the Concepción on the map. 257 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,676 The specific location of the Concepción shipwreck 258 00:11:17,835 --> 00:11:21,012 is labeled "Sir William Phips Plate Rack." 259 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:23,089 So, "plate" specifically meant silver 260 00:11:23,173 --> 00:11:25,517 and was derived from the Spanish word "plata," 261 00:11:25,601 --> 00:11:28,094 and "rack" was an old-fashioned term for "wreck." 262 00:11:28,178 --> 00:11:29,762 The second anomaly is especially interesting. 263 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:31,272 In New Scotland, 264 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:34,100 along with the usually labeled Port-Royal and LaHave, 265 00:11:34,184 --> 00:11:36,861 Moll has added La Plata. 266 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:40,273 Like, he literally named it La Plata, "the silver." 267 00:11:40,357 --> 00:11:42,867 - That's right where Oak Island is. - CLARKE: Exactly. 268 00:11:43,026 --> 00:11:44,360 When you look at the-the modern map, 269 00:11:44,445 --> 00:11:47,363 La Plata, it almost certainly is in Mahone Bay area. 270 00:11:47,456 --> 00:11:49,365 RICK: That is remarkable. 271 00:11:49,450 --> 00:11:52,368 NARRATOR: A map created in 1701 272 00:11:52,453 --> 00:11:54,871 of New Scotland or Nova Scotia 273 00:11:54,955 --> 00:11:57,298 depicting an area in Mahone Bay 274 00:11:57,383 --> 00:11:59,208 where Oak Island is located 275 00:11:59,293 --> 00:12:02,128 as "La Plata" or "the silver"? 276 00:12:02,212 --> 00:12:05,131 You'd think they'd label it "the gold" for "gold river," 277 00:12:05,215 --> 00:12:06,725 but that's the silver for... 278 00:12:06,809 --> 00:12:08,226 He specifically mentions "the silver." 279 00:12:08,385 --> 00:12:09,635 -So, why would he do... why would he that? -JACK: Yeah. 280 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,888 NARRATOR: Could Scott Clarke be correct 281 00:12:11,972 --> 00:12:14,474 that he has found an actual treasure map 282 00:12:14,558 --> 00:12:17,643 made prior to the discovery of the Money Pit 283 00:12:17,728 --> 00:12:20,897 connecting Sir William Phips and the vast silver treasure 284 00:12:20,981 --> 00:12:22,907 to the Oak Island mystery? 285 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:27,078 If so, could that explain the high levels of silver 286 00:12:27,237 --> 00:12:28,988 that the team has recently detected 287 00:12:29,072 --> 00:12:31,657 in the Money Pit area? 288 00:12:31,742 --> 00:12:33,918 - Wow. - CLARKE: So, Captain Andrew Belcher 289 00:12:34,003 --> 00:12:35,244 was intimately connected 290 00:12:35,337 --> 00:12:37,172 with Sir William Phips. So, basically, 291 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:39,665 the accomplice that Phips had, it's Captain Andrew Belcher. 292 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:41,751 DOUG: Wow. 293 00:12:41,835 --> 00:12:43,845 RICK: Wow. That's very interesting. 294 00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:46,347 CLARKE: He was one of the most connected men in-in New England. 295 00:12:46,507 --> 00:12:48,090 He-he owned 20 ships. 296 00:12:48,175 --> 00:12:49,258 He had a vast shipping network. 297 00:12:49,351 --> 00:12:51,603 His son was the first American-born Freemason. 298 00:12:51,687 --> 00:12:53,772 So, they were the highest Freemasons. 299 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:54,856 They were the governors. 300 00:12:55,015 --> 00:12:56,733 They were directly tied to Oak Island. 301 00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:02,530 NARRATOR: From the beginning of the hunt for treasure on Oak Island, 302 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:06,108 Freemasonry has been at the center of the mystery. 303 00:13:06,193 --> 00:13:08,361 Not only have Masonic symbols-- 304 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:11,206 Such as triangles and carvings of the letter "G," 305 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:13,449 representing the divine creator-- 306 00:13:13,534 --> 00:13:15,460 Been found across the island, 307 00:13:15,619 --> 00:13:18,454 but many of the most prominent searchers, 308 00:13:18,539 --> 00:13:21,040 including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 309 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,209 were members of this secretive fraternity, 310 00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:26,387 which curiously descended from the medieval order 311 00:13:26,547 --> 00:13:28,139 of the Knights Templar. 312 00:13:28,298 --> 00:13:31,801 Has Scott Clarke, a Freemason himself, 313 00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:34,312 just revealed why that connection 314 00:13:34,396 --> 00:13:36,981 has been so prevalent for more than two centuries 315 00:13:37,140 --> 00:13:39,818 and also what they were looking for? 316 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:42,311 I think because Captain Andrew Belcher 317 00:13:42,396 --> 00:13:46,491 now has arisen to, certainly, a person of interest, 318 00:13:46,575 --> 00:13:49,318 we need to dedicate some assets to trying to figure out 319 00:13:49,403 --> 00:13:51,579 who the man was, what his connections were. 320 00:13:51,738 --> 00:13:55,241 There must be more information about him and his progeny, 321 00:13:55,325 --> 00:13:58,327 and that may lead us somewhere. 322 00:13:58,420 --> 00:14:00,088 I like it because you have treasure 323 00:14:00,247 --> 00:14:01,673 and you have people 324 00:14:01,832 --> 00:14:04,000 and you have Oak Island all tied together. 325 00:14:04,084 --> 00:14:05,510 Whereas a lot of times, we have 326 00:14:05,669 --> 00:14:07,169 the theory of treasure and the people 327 00:14:07,254 --> 00:14:08,671 who could have done it, but the tie to Oak Island 328 00:14:08,764 --> 00:14:10,423 - is a little sketchy. - Right. 329 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:11,349 - You've given us a lot to consider. - RICK: Yes. 330 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:12,267 - ALEX: Yeah. - CHARLES: Yeah. 331 00:14:12,426 --> 00:14:13,434 RICK: Thank you, Scott. 332 00:14:13,594 --> 00:14:15,177 - We appreciate it. - Thank you. Thanks, guys. 333 00:14:15,271 --> 00:14:17,513 DOUG: Impressive research. 334 00:14:17,606 --> 00:14:20,600 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 335 00:14:20,684 --> 00:14:22,435 CHARLES: Here's Craig 336 00:14:22,519 --> 00:14:23,945 - coming in now. - NARRATOR: Craig Tester 337 00:14:24,104 --> 00:14:26,114 joins Charles Barkhouse, 338 00:14:26,273 --> 00:14:29,284 geologist Terry Matheson and treasure hunter Dan Henskee 339 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:31,611 at the Money Pit to continue monitoring 340 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:35,623 the drilling operation in Borehole AB-13.5. 341 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,366 CHARLES: We got a core coming. 342 00:14:37,459 --> 00:14:38,960 - Yep. - NARRATOR: A borehole 343 00:14:39,044 --> 00:14:40,962 where they hope to encounter 344 00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:45,049 a man-made cavern or chamber some 70 feet underground. 345 00:14:45,208 --> 00:14:47,552 - TERRY: How you doing, Craig? - Good, good. 346 00:14:47,636 --> 00:14:51,464 - How deep are we? - We're down to, uh, 67 feet. 347 00:14:51,548 --> 00:14:54,467 There's no bubble or blowout. Not this time. 348 00:14:54,551 --> 00:14:55,727 Oh, look. 349 00:14:56,970 --> 00:14:58,721 TEDFORD: Let me take it. 350 00:14:58,805 --> 00:15:00,732 All water. 351 00:15:04,728 --> 00:15:07,155 - TERRY: Hey, Adam. - Hey. - What you got, Adam? 352 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:08,898 - 77. - CHARLES: 77. 353 00:15:08,982 --> 00:15:11,534 - Thank you. - Okay. - CRAIG: Okay. 354 00:15:14,496 --> 00:15:17,749 I-It's-it's dense above and below. 355 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:20,242 Yet, at the same time, 356 00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:23,079 you see no particular artifact 357 00:15:23,163 --> 00:15:25,256 - or anything to punctuate. - CRAIG: Yeah. 358 00:15:25,415 --> 00:15:28,051 TERRY: Unfortunately, no cavity. No opening. 359 00:15:29,252 --> 00:15:30,261 It's that cobble right there 360 00:15:30,420 --> 00:15:32,180 and all the cobbles we're encountering, 361 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:33,673 I think, have a lot to do with it. 362 00:15:33,757 --> 00:15:35,841 NARRATOR: Although the team 363 00:15:35,926 --> 00:15:37,685 is currently drilling only two and half feet 364 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,270 from where they hit a mysterious void 365 00:15:39,429 --> 00:15:43,024 at a depth of some 70 feet just one week ago, 366 00:15:43,183 --> 00:15:45,693 it appears AB-13.5 367 00:15:45,852 --> 00:15:48,029 has missed the target. 368 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:52,116 MARTY: Maybe we just missed because 369 00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:55,203 having found and having ascertained 370 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:58,447 that there are these very anomalous amounts 371 00:15:58,532 --> 00:16:00,700 of gold and silver in the water 372 00:16:00,784 --> 00:16:04,036 and on the metal in the area of this exploration, 373 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,464 that does lead me to believe we might be close. 374 00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:08,216 CHARLES: Do you have another hole lined up? 375 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,385 - We'll go north. - Okay. - Okay. 376 00:16:10,544 --> 00:16:13,379 - Another mystery rather than an answer. - CRAIG: Yeah. 377 00:16:13,463 --> 00:16:15,807 NARRATOR: While members of the team prepare to drill 378 00:16:15,966 --> 00:16:17,883 their next target in the Money Pit... 379 00:16:17,968 --> 00:16:20,395 GARY: This looks like a good starting point, guys. 380 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:23,815 - Start down here. - NARRATOR: metal detection expert Gary Drayton, 381 00:16:23,974 --> 00:16:25,808 along with Rick and Marty's nephews 382 00:16:25,892 --> 00:16:27,893 David and Peter Fornetti, 383 00:16:27,978 --> 00:16:30,146 have returned to Lot 4, 384 00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:32,732 located on the western side of the island. 385 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,735 It is in this area that the team has recently found 386 00:16:35,819 --> 00:16:38,654 a number of compelling clues, 387 00:16:38,739 --> 00:16:40,072 including a cutting and shaping tool 388 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:42,333 known as an adze 389 00:16:42,418 --> 00:16:44,085 and a gold-plated English button, 390 00:16:44,244 --> 00:16:45,828 both of which were dated 391 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:49,257 to as early as the late 17th century. 392 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:52,918 RICK: Lot 4 has, uh, given us some surprises 393 00:16:53,003 --> 00:16:55,430 in terms of Gary's metal detecting finds 394 00:16:55,589 --> 00:16:58,933 and I think we need to take another hard look at this area. 395 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:02,261 I think it's always important to-to revisit, recheck. 396 00:17:02,345 --> 00:17:04,689 And this might provide us with a few more clues. 397 00:17:06,850 --> 00:17:08,776 (beeping) 398 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:09,944 GARY: There we go. 399 00:17:10,103 --> 00:17:12,521 We've definitely got... 400 00:17:12,606 --> 00:17:14,699 a piece of metal here worth digging. 401 00:17:14,783 --> 00:17:16,034 - Right under there. - Right there? 402 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,201 GARY: Yep. 403 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:24,834 Oh, there it is. Yep. 404 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,379 That's a tin can lid. 405 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,207 Dang. 406 00:17:31,291 --> 00:17:33,134 All right, into the trash pouch it goes. 407 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:34,135 And then we don't have to flag that. 408 00:17:34,294 --> 00:17:37,055 No, we don't have to flag any trash. 409 00:17:37,139 --> 00:17:39,724 - That's probably just washed in. - Yep. 410 00:17:52,896 --> 00:17:54,814 (beeping) 411 00:17:54,898 --> 00:17:56,565 GARY: Got a signal here. 412 00:17:56,650 --> 00:17:57,825 You can see it on the surface there. 413 00:17:57,910 --> 00:17:59,077 It's right on the surface, mate. 414 00:18:01,404 --> 00:18:04,916 Wow, this is fantastic. 415 00:18:08,837 --> 00:18:09,745 GARY: Oh, man. That's cool. 416 00:18:09,838 --> 00:18:13,091 Old piece of copper sheeting. 417 00:18:13,250 --> 00:18:14,926 NARRATOR: While searching Lot 4 418 00:18:15,085 --> 00:18:17,011 on the western side of Oak Island... 419 00:18:17,170 --> 00:18:19,255 Not sure what it's off. 420 00:18:19,339 --> 00:18:20,515 Gary Drayton, along with brothers 421 00:18:20,674 --> 00:18:22,433 David and Peter Fornetti 422 00:18:22,592 --> 00:18:25,845 have just found a potentially significant clue. 423 00:18:25,929 --> 00:18:29,023 Cool little find. Right on the surface as well. 424 00:18:29,182 --> 00:18:30,599 I do believe some of this stuff 425 00:18:30,692 --> 00:18:32,693 is coming from this beach erosion. 426 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:36,697 I always like finding old pieces of copper sheathing like this, 427 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,691 especially on the beach, 428 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:41,443 because, uh, most of the time it's marine-related. 429 00:18:41,528 --> 00:18:45,364 'Cause back in the day, it was used to line 430 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:50,545 the hulls of the boats to protect them from the worms. 431 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,964 And it's called sheeting or sheathing, 432 00:18:53,123 --> 00:18:56,634 and it was basically the duct tape of the day. 433 00:18:56,718 --> 00:19:01,055 - What years did they do that? - Uh, mainly in the 1700s. 434 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:06,060 - Mm-hmm. - Golden age of piracy, actually, 1650 to 1750. 435 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:10,639 NARRATOR: Possible copper sheathing from a large sailing vessel? 436 00:19:10,724 --> 00:19:13,893 And potentially dating back to the 17th century? 437 00:19:13,977 --> 00:19:17,071 Could Gary, David and Peter have just found 438 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,899 more ship-related evidence predating the discovery 439 00:19:19,983 --> 00:19:22,985 of the Money Pit by more than a century? 440 00:19:23,069 --> 00:19:26,238 And if so, could it also help support 441 00:19:26,323 --> 00:19:28,249 Scott Clarke's theory regarding an operation 442 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:30,168 by Sir William Phips 443 00:19:30,327 --> 00:19:32,745 and Freemason Captain Andrew Belcher 444 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:36,081 to hide a vast cache of silver and possibly gold 445 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,134 on Oak Island? 446 00:19:39,419 --> 00:19:41,762 GARY: I have actually found, 447 00:19:41,922 --> 00:19:43,505 on Spanish galleon sites, 448 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:45,758 copper sheeting that's this thin. 449 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,676 But we'll take it back to the archaeology trailer. 450 00:19:47,761 --> 00:19:49,178 DAVID F.: Great. 451 00:19:49,262 --> 00:19:51,355 GARY: That's a really nice find. 452 00:19:53,934 --> 00:19:56,018 NARRATOR: The following morning, 453 00:19:56,102 --> 00:19:58,446 as the drilling operation continues 454 00:19:58,605 --> 00:20:00,364 in the Money Pit area... 455 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,368 GARY: All it takes is one good find. 456 00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:06,111 PETER: Maybe in this scoop right here. 457 00:20:06,196 --> 00:20:07,788 GARY: You got that right, mate. 458 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:10,449 NARRATOR: Gary, David and Peter 459 00:20:10,533 --> 00:20:12,701 have joined treasure hunter Michael John 460 00:20:12,786 --> 00:20:15,287 and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt 461 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:18,040 as they continue investigating the southern edge 462 00:20:18,124 --> 00:20:20,718 of the mysterious triangle-shaped swamp. 463 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:25,047 GARY: Pete, you and I, we've found 464 00:20:25,131 --> 00:20:28,550 a lot of ship spikes and wharf pins all along this stretch. 465 00:20:28,635 --> 00:20:30,052 - Yeah. - That's why I'm surprised 466 00:20:30,145 --> 00:20:31,312 we haven't found any of those yet. 467 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:32,980 Yeah, and those were only, what, 468 00:20:33,139 --> 00:20:35,140 six inches to a foot down? 469 00:20:35,225 --> 00:20:36,651 - Yeah. - And now we're digging 470 00:20:36,810 --> 00:20:39,561 - six feet down. - Yeah. 471 00:20:39,646 --> 00:20:41,739 GARY: But what we have been finding 472 00:20:41,823 --> 00:20:44,742 is some really cool, interesting pieces of wood 473 00:20:44,826 --> 00:20:48,237 - from, uh, like, an old sailing ship. - Yeah. 474 00:20:48,321 --> 00:20:50,823 GARY: Let's find some good stuff. You ready? 475 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:53,242 All right, mate. 476 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:56,829 NARRATOR: In recent weeks, the team has recovered a number of clues 477 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:59,331 in this area that could also help validate 478 00:20:59,416 --> 00:21:00,916 Scott Clarke's theory, 479 00:21:01,001 --> 00:21:04,003 including possible deck planking, 480 00:21:04,087 --> 00:21:07,682 as well as tools related to ships 481 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:10,092 and a trapezoid-shaped piece 482 00:21:10,176 --> 00:21:14,438 from a believed cargo boat that was dated to as early as 1680. 483 00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:20,236 Come on, metal, where are you? 484 00:21:21,438 --> 00:21:23,948 Well, yeah, that stands out. 485 00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:27,276 One more for the pile. 486 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,538 That's a very interesting piece of wood. 487 00:21:30,622 --> 00:21:32,540 It's very similar to some of the planking 488 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:35,293 that we found, but this is irregular. 489 00:21:35,452 --> 00:21:37,786 It's wider at this end and thinner there. 490 00:21:37,871 --> 00:21:42,708 Obviously, it was shaped by man, and that stands out. 491 00:21:42,792 --> 00:21:45,052 - Yeah. - I mean, what would you call that? 492 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:47,463 Decking or siding? 493 00:21:47,547 --> 00:21:49,715 - MICHAEL J.: Probably decking. - Yeah. 494 00:21:49,799 --> 00:21:52,059 NARRATOR: Could Gary be correct that Billy 495 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:56,147 has just recovered another piece connected to a large ship? 496 00:21:57,891 --> 00:21:59,734 In 1969, 497 00:21:59,893 --> 00:22:02,570 the esteemed landowner and treasure hunter Fred Nolan 498 00:22:02,729 --> 00:22:04,897 drained the swamp 499 00:22:04,981 --> 00:22:07,483 and was astonished to discover his own trove 500 00:22:07,567 --> 00:22:09,651 of ship-related artifacts. 501 00:22:09,736 --> 00:22:13,238 These included scuppers and even part of a mast. 502 00:22:13,323 --> 00:22:17,084 The operation made Fred speculate that the swamp 503 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,495 may have been artificially created 504 00:22:19,579 --> 00:22:22,581 in order to hide an entire treasure galleon. 505 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:26,085 Could the potentially ship-related discoveries 506 00:22:26,169 --> 00:22:28,420 that the team continues to make in the swamp 507 00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:33,517 not only support Fred's theory but also Scott Clarke's? 508 00:22:33,602 --> 00:22:35,761 GARY: Well, definitely a-another piece 509 00:22:35,845 --> 00:22:38,606 that we can maybe have C-14'd 510 00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:40,432 and have the marine archaeologist 511 00:22:40,517 --> 00:22:42,017 put some eyes on it. 512 00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:43,527 We'll definitely get it looked at. 513 00:22:43,612 --> 00:22:44,862 - I'll put this to one side. - Yeah. 514 00:22:53,363 --> 00:22:54,622 GARY: I'd like to see some coins 515 00:22:54,706 --> 00:22:56,031 - coming up here. - Yeah. 516 00:22:56,124 --> 00:22:57,958 This is the edge of the beach. 517 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,127 Anything that got washed off that stone roadway as well 518 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,788 would be really cool. 519 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:04,123 All right. 520 00:23:04,207 --> 00:23:05,841 - I'm gonna get stuck in. - Okay. 521 00:23:10,797 --> 00:23:12,723 GARY: Now, that is interesting. 522 00:23:12,808 --> 00:23:14,967 - PETER: Yeah, you got something? - Yeah, 523 00:23:15,051 --> 00:23:16,185 I do think this is something. 524 00:23:21,641 --> 00:23:22,891 Look, shaped at both ends. 525 00:23:22,976 --> 00:23:24,485 Oh, yeah. 526 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:27,813 GARY: Looks like it's beveled, it's got that bow in it. 527 00:23:27,897 --> 00:23:29,490 NARRATOR: At the southern edge of the swamp, 528 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:31,984 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 529 00:23:32,068 --> 00:23:34,829 and other members of the team have just made 530 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,822 a potentially important discovery. 531 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:38,907 What are you thinking? 532 00:23:38,992 --> 00:23:41,001 GARY: Definitely shaped. 533 00:23:41,161 --> 00:23:45,673 It kind of looks like it would be inside a small boat, maybe. 534 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:48,083 - Mm-hmm. - The rails across. 535 00:23:48,168 --> 00:23:50,594 - That's definitely man-made. - PETER: I was thinking that, too. 536 00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:53,088 NARRATOR: A wooden fragment, 537 00:23:53,173 --> 00:23:56,016 potentially from a smaller type of nautical vessel? 538 00:23:56,101 --> 00:24:00,095 Could it be connected to the trapezoid-shaped artifact 539 00:24:00,180 --> 00:24:02,773 dating back as early as the 1680s 540 00:24:02,858 --> 00:24:06,018 that was found in this area one week ago? 541 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:10,522 It was the opinion of geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner 542 00:24:10,607 --> 00:24:13,192 that it may have been part of a longboat 543 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:16,120 used to unload cargo from a much larger sailing ship. 544 00:24:17,614 --> 00:24:18,789 BILLY: That's from that two to three feet. 545 00:24:18,948 --> 00:24:20,199 Yeah. 546 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:21,950 Seems like we're finding most of the pieces of wood 547 00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:25,037 at about two to three feet deep. 548 00:24:25,121 --> 00:24:26,881 Yeah. 549 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:28,624 NARRATOR: Could these finds be related 550 00:24:28,708 --> 00:24:30,626 to the pieces of cargo barrels 551 00:24:30,710 --> 00:24:33,471 found near the stone wharf one year ago? 552 00:24:33,630 --> 00:24:36,381 And if so, could they also be related 553 00:24:36,466 --> 00:24:40,728 to the traces of silver recently detected deep in the Money Pit? 554 00:24:40,887 --> 00:24:43,397 MARTY: There are all kinds of things of significance 555 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,390 in the swamp at this point. 556 00:24:45,475 --> 00:24:48,310 We are finding bits and pieces in there from a ship. 557 00:24:48,394 --> 00:24:50,395 So, is there a ship in the swamp 558 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,314 or are there bits of a ship in the swamp 559 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:54,575 that were used for other things? 560 00:24:54,659 --> 00:24:56,911 We haven't got an answer to that yet. 561 00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:59,163 - PETER: That one's really interesting. - GARY: Yeah. 562 00:24:59,322 --> 00:25:00,489 - Yeah. Put them together. - GARY: Well... 563 00:25:00,582 --> 00:25:02,324 Let's keep these to the side. 564 00:25:02,408 --> 00:25:03,659 - PETER: Yeah. - Perfect. 565 00:25:03,743 --> 00:25:06,420 GARY: God, this is fun. 566 00:25:06,579 --> 00:25:09,173 NARRATOR: As the investigation in the swamp continues... 567 00:25:11,084 --> 00:25:12,918 later that afternoon... 568 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:15,337 - ALEX: Hey, Carmen. - CARMEN: Hey, how's she going? 569 00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:16,764 How are you? Good to see you. 570 00:25:16,923 --> 00:25:18,590 Thank you for stopping by. 571 00:25:18,675 --> 00:25:20,935 NARRATOR: Alex Lagina and his cousin David 572 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:23,771 are meeting with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 573 00:25:23,930 --> 00:25:25,606 in the research center. 574 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:28,016 So, here they are. 575 00:25:28,101 --> 00:25:29,935 NARRATOR: to get his analysis on one of the team's 576 00:25:30,019 --> 00:25:33,188 most recent finds. 577 00:25:33,273 --> 00:25:38,193 So, for background, this is from Lot 4. 578 00:25:38,286 --> 00:25:39,611 DAVID F.: We were just on the beach 579 00:25:39,696 --> 00:25:41,622 at Lot 4, it was not buried. 580 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,365 It was just sitting on the surface there. 581 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:44,667 We'd be curious to get your thoughts. 582 00:25:56,721 --> 00:25:57,721 ALEX: Hmm. 583 00:26:02,978 --> 00:26:05,062 There seem to be some nail holes and other things. 584 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:08,857 ALEX: Yep. 585 00:26:10,476 --> 00:26:11,569 Mm-hmm. 586 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:18,576 Ah... 587 00:26:21,821 --> 00:26:23,247 ALEX: Very interesting. 588 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:25,708 So, is this the corner of the box? 589 00:26:29,746 --> 00:26:31,088 DAVID F.: What would you use copper sheeting for? 590 00:26:36,678 --> 00:26:38,503 DAVID F.: Were there certain practices 591 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:43,091 or certain, um, boxes that would consistently have 592 00:26:43,176 --> 00:26:44,268 that type of sheeting on it? 593 00:26:46,846 --> 00:26:48,439 - Treasure. - (chuckles) Right. 594 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,614 When you say, "very old," how old do you mean? 595 00:26:59,442 --> 00:27:00,284 Um... 596 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:07,532 ALEX: Wow, that's pretty old. 597 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,710 - Yeah. - (laughter) 598 00:27:09,869 --> 00:27:14,206 NARRATOR: Copper sheeting from a possible treasure chest 599 00:27:14,290 --> 00:27:17,709 that could date as far back as 1100 AD? 600 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:20,554 Although the team has found a number of clues 601 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:24,383 believed to be of 17th-century origin on Lot 4, 602 00:27:24,467 --> 00:27:27,811 they have also been searching the area for evidence 603 00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:30,889 to support the research of the late author Zena Halpern. 604 00:27:30,973 --> 00:27:35,977 In 2016, Zena presented the team with two maps 605 00:27:36,062 --> 00:27:38,155 indicating that members of the Knights Templar 606 00:27:38,314 --> 00:27:40,982 had visited Oak Island on numerous occasions 607 00:27:41,067 --> 00:27:44,328 between the 12th and 14th centuries. 608 00:27:44,412 --> 00:27:48,323 Could this potential piece of believed treasure chest, 609 00:27:48,408 --> 00:27:51,418 just like the paved area discovered two years ago 610 00:27:51,577 --> 00:27:55,923 in the swamp, which Dr. Spooner dated to as early as 1200 AD, 611 00:27:56,007 --> 00:28:00,177 and the 14th-century lead cross found at Smith's Cove 612 00:28:00,261 --> 00:28:04,098 all offer evidence that Zena's theory could have validity? 613 00:28:04,257 --> 00:28:09,687 And if so, might it suggest that Sir William Phips's partner 614 00:28:09,846 --> 00:28:11,847 Captain Andrew Belcher, a Freemason, 615 00:28:11,931 --> 00:28:14,024 may have had secret knowledge 616 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:17,602 of an existing Templar treasure vault on Oak Island? 617 00:28:17,687 --> 00:28:21,699 It's always been suggested that Oak Island was a repository, 618 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:23,867 perhaps over generations 619 00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:26,111 by multiple people. 620 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:29,030 So these finds that are being made from Lot 4 621 00:28:29,115 --> 00:28:32,117 may be some evidence that multiple people 622 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:35,462 may have deposited a treasure here on Oak Island. 623 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:37,881 I don't know that I'm correct, but it's a possibility. 624 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:46,056 Small. 625 00:28:46,215 --> 00:28:48,142 See, that's more the size of what I was thinking of 626 00:28:48,301 --> 00:28:49,727 as a treasure chest, because... 627 00:28:51,813 --> 00:28:52,896 It'd be heavy. 628 00:28:53,055 --> 00:28:54,231 Right. 629 00:28:54,315 --> 00:28:57,234 ALEX: But it-it's on an area of the island 630 00:28:57,318 --> 00:29:00,395 that nothing, in our records, happened there, 631 00:29:00,488 --> 00:29:02,656 other than the Zena Halpern map. 632 00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:04,533 - Right. - So... 633 00:29:07,236 --> 00:29:09,163 Okay, well, that's tantalizing. 634 00:29:09,322 --> 00:29:10,914 DAVID F.: It's incredible. 635 00:29:11,073 --> 00:29:13,083 And it just kind of validates Lot 4 636 00:29:13,242 --> 00:29:14,585 and the interest that we have there. 637 00:29:14,669 --> 00:29:16,920 - So, we certainly appreciate you coming out. - Yeah. 638 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,176 Well, as always, we will go back out, 639 00:29:22,335 --> 00:29:24,428 we'll look and we'll give you a call when we find something. 640 00:29:26,589 --> 00:29:28,173 - ALEX: Thanks, Carmen. - DAVID F.: Thanks, Carmen. 641 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:33,094 ALEX: See you. 642 00:29:33,179 --> 00:29:35,180 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island, 643 00:29:35,264 --> 00:29:37,441 and while Rick Lagina oversees 644 00:29:37,525 --> 00:29:40,444 his search for clues and possible valuables 645 00:29:40,603 --> 00:29:42,196 at the southern edge of the swamp... 646 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,530 RICK: You gonna go over it again? 647 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:45,866 GARY: Yeah. Just in case. 648 00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:48,443 NARRATOR: in the research center... 649 00:29:48,528 --> 00:29:50,445 MARTY: I got all the brains that we need right here. 650 00:29:50,538 --> 00:29:51,780 We need them all for this project. 651 00:29:51,864 --> 00:29:54,533 NARRATOR: Marty Lagina has called a meeting 652 00:29:54,617 --> 00:29:58,879 with their partner Craig Tester and project Manager Scott Barlow 653 00:29:59,038 --> 00:30:02,549 to discuss the current drilling operation in the Money Pit. 654 00:30:02,708 --> 00:30:05,719 MARTY: Well, I have a theory 655 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,879 that I want to run past you guys, and it's about that hole 656 00:30:07,964 --> 00:30:09,556 we drilled where we got the air-- what is it? 657 00:30:09,715 --> 00:30:11,800 - AB-13. - AB-13. 658 00:30:11,893 --> 00:30:13,301 I've been thinking about it. 659 00:30:13,386 --> 00:30:16,888 So, we drill these wells and we hit this air, 660 00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:21,393 and we're virtually sure that it's some kind of gas trap, 661 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:22,978 and it's not natural. 662 00:30:23,062 --> 00:30:23,987 Got to be man-made, right? 663 00:30:24,146 --> 00:30:26,565 - Yeah. - Okay. So, let's say I'm wrong 664 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:30,661 about the possibility that there's an offset chamber. 665 00:30:30,745 --> 00:30:32,746 What argues against that is it seems 666 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:34,915 like we'd have more air, then, right? 667 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,667 If it filled up an entire chamber. 668 00:30:36,751 --> 00:30:38,669 - Right. - Yeah. 669 00:30:38,828 --> 00:30:40,412 You know I've been a flood tunnel doubter... 670 00:30:40,496 --> 00:30:41,505 - CRAIG: Mm-hmm. - forever, 671 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:44,091 but maybe the flood tunnel does exist. 672 00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:45,500 Right. 673 00:30:45,585 --> 00:30:48,512 NARRATOR: One week ago, 674 00:30:48,596 --> 00:30:50,097 when the team drilled into the mysterious 675 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:52,933 air-filled void some 70 feet deep 676 00:30:53,092 --> 00:30:54,759 in the Money Pit area... 677 00:30:54,844 --> 00:30:56,520 TERRY: What the heck? 678 00:30:56,679 --> 00:30:59,690 they made a surprising discovery. 679 00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:01,358 TERRY: It almost looks like grass, 680 00:31:01,517 --> 00:31:03,360 maybe eelgrass or something washing in. 681 00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:08,615 NARRATOR: Eelgrass, along with coconut fiber, 682 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,444 was discovered in 1850 at Smith's Cove. 683 00:31:12,528 --> 00:31:16,290 These materials were covering five stone box drains, 684 00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:19,042 and were believed to be acting as a kind of filter 685 00:31:19,127 --> 00:31:22,704 to keep debris out of a man-made flood tunnel. 686 00:31:22,788 --> 00:31:27,125 A flood tunnel feeding seawater directly into the Money Pit. 687 00:31:27,209 --> 00:31:29,294 I mean, if you guys don't mind, 688 00:31:29,378 --> 00:31:31,880 I'm gonna draw you what I think may be, as a possibility... 689 00:31:31,964 --> 00:31:34,633 - Sure. - and then you tell me if I'm crazy or not. 690 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,227 MARTY: Okay, we got the elephant's nose, right? 691 00:31:38,638 --> 00:31:39,730 Yeah... 692 00:31:39,889 --> 00:31:42,641 Tell me if I'm about right, Money Pit-ish? 693 00:31:42,725 --> 00:31:44,484 - Yep. - Smith's Cove, 694 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,737 here's our cofferdam. 695 00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:49,898 If there was a flood tunnel, it would've gone more or less 696 00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:51,733 the shortest distance, right? 697 00:31:51,817 --> 00:31:53,160 - Mm-hmm. - And I believe 698 00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:54,903 there's the Cave-In Pit. 699 00:31:54,996 --> 00:31:58,239 Okay, if I do an elevation view, 700 00:31:58,324 --> 00:32:01,159 here's sea level in Smith's Cove, 701 00:32:01,243 --> 00:32:03,078 here's the Money Pit, original. 702 00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:04,504 And let's say the flood tunnel 703 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:07,499 comes in down here somewhere, right? 704 00:32:07,583 --> 00:32:10,761 Okay, so let's say, when they dug this flood tunnel, 705 00:32:10,845 --> 00:32:15,098 all they would've had to do is have a bump in it like that. 706 00:32:15,257 --> 00:32:17,008 You know, either intentionally, boulder, 707 00:32:17,093 --> 00:32:18,185 for whatever reason you want. 708 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:19,353 This wouldn't have interfered 709 00:32:19,512 --> 00:32:21,939 with its ability to function at all, right? 710 00:32:22,098 --> 00:32:23,190 No. 711 00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:24,608 - Mm. - MARTY: No. Okay. 712 00:32:24,767 --> 00:32:27,694 Over the years, we put all kinds of air 713 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,020 down here, right? 714 00:32:29,105 --> 00:32:30,438 We drilled all kinds of holes. 715 00:32:30,523 --> 00:32:32,607 Now, if that air happened to find its way 716 00:32:32,692 --> 00:32:35,702 into this flood tunnel, it would work its way up 717 00:32:35,861 --> 00:32:39,781 and get caught right there just like a little bubble in a level. 718 00:32:39,865 --> 00:32:42,450 And this would be an obvious place for introduced gas 719 00:32:42,535 --> 00:32:44,127 to try and find its way out, right? 720 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:45,620 If there's still something that exists. 721 00:32:45,705 --> 00:32:47,130 I mean, it's just, it's just perfect. 722 00:32:47,215 --> 00:32:50,208 It'd start working its way up and get trapped right there. 723 00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:54,796 So, here we come along and we just drilled into that, perhaps. 724 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,716 - That's my theory. - Hmm. 725 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,143 MARTY: If the flood tunnel came from the shore, 726 00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:03,555 it wouldn't necessarily come down perfectly, would it? 727 00:33:03,639 --> 00:33:06,141 Let's say it was constructed, they had to go up and over 728 00:33:06,225 --> 00:33:08,652 a rock, whatever, any number of reasons. 729 00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:11,563 And if it has just a little bow in it, 730 00:33:11,647 --> 00:33:14,232 that would be a perfect place to catch air. 731 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:18,236 We introduced a lot of air into the Money Pit area 732 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,572 when we were drilling with air several years ago. 733 00:33:20,656 --> 00:33:23,074 That air, if there is a flood tunnel, 734 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:25,168 could've encountered it, it would've went straight up. 735 00:33:25,253 --> 00:33:26,327 When it got to that little bubble, 736 00:33:26,412 --> 00:33:27,996 it would've gotten trapped 737 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,923 and it would've been under pressure. 738 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,175 NARRATOR: Could Marty be correct 739 00:33:32,334 --> 00:33:33,927 that the team's drilling operations 740 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:36,087 over the past several years 741 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:39,266 caused air to be trapped in a man-made flood tunnel? 742 00:33:39,425 --> 00:33:41,092 A flood tunnel connected 743 00:33:41,177 --> 00:33:43,353 to the legendary Money Pit treasure vault? 744 00:33:45,606 --> 00:33:47,274 I'm more of a believer after all that, 745 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:49,109 that the flood tunnel does exist. 746 00:33:49,268 --> 00:33:51,102 Maybe we just found it. 747 00:33:51,187 --> 00:33:52,362 I think that's very reasonable. 748 00:33:52,521 --> 00:33:54,272 It's certainly one of the more interesting spots 749 00:33:54,356 --> 00:33:55,940 that we've drilled into in the Money Pit. 750 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,359 MARTY: And it's about the only thing I can think of, honestly, 751 00:33:58,444 --> 00:34:01,121 - that would be just designed to catch air. - Yeah. 752 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:04,115 NARRATOR: With the team's plans to begin digging 753 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,451 up to four ten-foot-wide steel-cased shafts 754 00:34:06,535 --> 00:34:08,453 in less than two weeks, 755 00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:11,706 confirming the location of the legendary flood tunnel 756 00:34:11,791 --> 00:34:15,886 and cutting it off could greatly improve their ability to recover 757 00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:19,639 the source of silver and gold detected earlier this year. 758 00:34:19,799 --> 00:34:22,142 The difficulties in the Money Pit have always have been 759 00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:26,313 associated with water flooding in from a possible flood tunnel. 760 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:29,816 If we can find a tunnel and block the ocean water, 761 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,902 that would be huge. 762 00:34:32,061 --> 00:34:34,654 Do we have enough time for one more hole? 763 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,231 I would think so. 764 00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:37,324 - I think so, yeah. - MARTY: Okay. 765 00:34:37,483 --> 00:34:38,399 Sounds like a plan. 766 00:34:38,484 --> 00:34:40,243 We'll just see how things unfold. 767 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:41,661 - CRAIG: Sounds good. - MARTY: Okay. 768 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:42,746 Well, thanks, guys. 769 00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:46,500 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 770 00:34:46,659 --> 00:34:48,543 TERRY: Here it comes. 771 00:34:51,413 --> 00:34:53,757 - I've got high hopes for this one. - Yeah. 772 00:34:53,841 --> 00:34:56,918 NARRATOR: as members of the team begin a drilling operation 773 00:34:57,002 --> 00:34:59,337 in the hopes of cutting off the flood tunnel 774 00:34:59,421 --> 00:35:02,265 to aid their upcoming excavation of the Money Pit... 775 00:35:02,424 --> 00:35:05,510 GARY: Next shovel, we go for glory. 776 00:35:05,594 --> 00:35:07,687 at the southern edge of the swamp... 777 00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:10,932 metal detection expert Gary Drayton 778 00:35:11,016 --> 00:35:12,776 along with members of the team 779 00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:15,028 continue searching for vital clues 780 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:17,948 that could also help solve the Oak Island mystery. 781 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:21,201 What do you think of this, Dave? 782 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,453 Oh, that's interesting. 783 00:35:23,612 --> 00:35:26,206 - We should definitely show Gary. - PETER: Yeah. 784 00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:28,458 - It looks like there's a pretty good hole in it, though. - Oh. 785 00:35:28,543 --> 00:35:29,868 PETER: Gary, what do you make of this? 786 00:35:29,952 --> 00:35:31,545 Oh, yeah. 787 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:34,881 That looks like a-a square hole. 788 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:38,293 Oh, that's interesting, mate, 'cause older fasteners, 789 00:35:38,377 --> 00:35:40,879 especially iron, were square-shanked. 790 00:35:40,963 --> 00:35:43,882 We haven't found that many pieces of wood with holes in. 791 00:35:43,966 --> 00:35:46,726 So, do you think that's marine? 792 00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:49,479 Yeah, I mean, we're right at the side 793 00:35:49,564 --> 00:35:51,898 to the southeast corner of the swamp, 794 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,893 we're looking for, potentially, a ship. 795 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:58,071 That's the type of find you want to be pulling up, 796 00:35:58,230 --> 00:36:00,490 wood with square holes in. 797 00:36:00,575 --> 00:36:03,493 Circular-shanked fasteners 798 00:36:03,652 --> 00:36:06,496 came in round about the early 1700s, 799 00:36:06,581 --> 00:36:09,249 and then in the Industrial Revolution, 800 00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:10,992 everything was round. 801 00:36:11,076 --> 00:36:13,661 So it could possibly be earlier than the 1700s. 802 00:36:13,746 --> 00:36:15,079 Oh, yeah. 803 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,832 Yeah, that's actually the date range I'd put it in, 804 00:36:17,917 --> 00:36:21,261 um, mid-1500s to mid-1700s, 805 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:23,597 with the square-shanked nails. 806 00:36:23,681 --> 00:36:28,009 NARRATOR: Another wooden artifact potentially related to a ship? 807 00:36:28,093 --> 00:36:32,013 And possibly dating to before 1700? 808 00:36:32,097 --> 00:36:35,025 If Gary is correct, could this discovery 809 00:36:35,184 --> 00:36:37,944 offer more evidence that the remains 810 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:41,114 of a treasure galleon really lies buried in the swamp? 811 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,783 And might it also further validate 812 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:47,370 Scott Clarke's incredible theory that Sir William Phips 813 00:36:47,529 --> 00:36:50,457 hid a vast cache of silver on Oak Island? 814 00:36:50,616 --> 00:36:52,375 GARY: That's fantastic. 815 00:36:52,534 --> 00:36:55,295 Pretty cool find, Pete. Well done, mate. 816 00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:57,505 - Yeah. - We got two more coming. 817 00:37:03,128 --> 00:37:04,212 PETER: Hey, guys. 818 00:37:04,296 --> 00:37:05,463 Hey, guys. 819 00:37:05,547 --> 00:37:07,131 MARTY: Come on over, Billy! 820 00:37:07,216 --> 00:37:09,809 We don't see any chests piled up. 821 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:11,645 GARY: Eh, no, and I wish I could reach 822 00:37:11,804 --> 00:37:14,397 for my top pocket, but... 823 00:37:14,556 --> 00:37:17,058 the lack of metal's a little bit frustrating. 824 00:37:17,142 --> 00:37:18,902 I mean, you guys found some intriguing things. 825 00:37:18,986 --> 00:37:20,812 So, we found some interesting things here, 826 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:23,064 but obviously there's still more on the search agenda, 827 00:37:23,157 --> 00:37:24,658 so I'd be curious what-what's next. 828 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,401 MARTY: Well, 829 00:37:26,485 --> 00:37:27,994 the reason Rick and I are here is-- 830 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:31,081 I mean, we found all kinds of neat stuff. 831 00:37:31,165 --> 00:37:33,157 You've done a great job, 832 00:37:33,242 --> 00:37:36,419 um, but for this year, we're wrapping it up. 833 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,169 But we got cannisters coming, 834 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:49,340 and, uh, we need the water so we can use it at the wash plant. 835 00:37:49,425 --> 00:37:52,352 So, I think we're running out of time in the swamp. 836 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:54,688 - That's frustrating. - PETER: Yeah. 837 00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:57,932 NARRATOR: It is a difficult moment 838 00:37:58,025 --> 00:38:00,026 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 839 00:38:00,185 --> 00:38:02,270 and members of their team. 840 00:38:02,354 --> 00:38:04,698 Despite all the compelling evidence 841 00:38:04,782 --> 00:38:08,034 of ancient ship-related activity recently unearthed 842 00:38:08,193 --> 00:38:09,777 in the triangle-shaped swamp, 843 00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:12,613 they will need to suspend their search 844 00:38:12,698 --> 00:38:15,366 of the area in less than two weeks. 845 00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:17,869 MARTY: Unfortunately, we have to quit digging 846 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:21,122 in the body of the swamp because we're going to need water, 847 00:38:21,206 --> 00:38:23,800 and lots of water, to run through the wash plant. 848 00:38:23,959 --> 00:38:26,210 We can't use seawater, so we need fresh water 849 00:38:26,295 --> 00:38:28,888 to clean all the stuff that's coming out 850 00:38:29,048 --> 00:38:30,223 as we dig in the Money Pit. 851 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:34,894 NARRATOR: As Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 852 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:37,814 begin excavating the massive ten-foot-wide 853 00:38:37,973 --> 00:38:40,567 steel-cased shafts across the Money Pit area, 854 00:38:40,726 --> 00:38:43,478 the tons of earth, or spoils, 855 00:38:43,571 --> 00:38:45,563 will be carefully sorted and sifted 856 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:49,659 for potential valuables in an industrial-sized wash plant. 857 00:38:49,818 --> 00:38:52,653 The process, which the team hopes will reveal 858 00:38:52,738 --> 00:38:54,998 tangible evidence of the gold and silver 859 00:38:55,082 --> 00:38:57,500 detected earlier this year in the Money Pit 860 00:38:57,585 --> 00:39:00,661 will require thousands of gallons of water. 861 00:39:00,746 --> 00:39:03,247 Because the team is not legally permitted 862 00:39:03,332 --> 00:39:05,925 to use ocean water for the operation, 863 00:39:06,085 --> 00:39:09,504 the swamp, which today is fed by a freshwater spring, 864 00:39:09,588 --> 00:39:11,255 is their only option. 865 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,933 The enormity of the work 866 00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:16,094 that's about to proceed in the Money Pit, 867 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:19,272 I mean, it's all incumbent upon washing that material, 868 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:22,433 and... I think we need to let this refill, 869 00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:24,268 to supply all the water. 870 00:39:24,353 --> 00:39:26,270 Yeah, no, that's right. 871 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:28,856 So, finish up best you can, Billy, you know, and, uh, 872 00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:30,784 we're gonna call it a day and move on. 873 00:39:30,943 --> 00:39:32,118 - Yeah. - MARTY: It's been good stuff. 874 00:39:32,277 --> 00:39:33,453 Good stuff came out of here. 875 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:35,113 A whole bunch of science has to be applied, yet. 876 00:39:35,197 --> 00:39:37,624 - Yep. - A bunch of carbon dating. 877 00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:39,459 I think we yielded some pretty interesting pieces. 878 00:39:39,543 --> 00:39:40,785 Right. 879 00:39:40,869 --> 00:39:42,545 GARY: And look how much material 880 00:39:42,704 --> 00:39:44,539 you've moved, Billy, 881 00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:46,716 in-in just a small area of the swamp. 882 00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:49,135 - I know. - We, we'll never get out of here. 883 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,638 - (laughter) - This is a place we're coming back to. 884 00:39:51,722 --> 00:39:55,141 MARTY: If you look at the percentage of the swamp we've dug, 885 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,135 even though we've done a lot of digging in the swamp, 886 00:39:57,219 --> 00:40:00,304 I'd say percentagewise, certainly single digits. 887 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:02,306 Five percent, maybe. 888 00:40:02,391 --> 00:40:05,485 And every time, I believe without fail, 889 00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:09,823 every time, it's-it's yielded interesting things. 890 00:40:09,982 --> 00:40:12,575 RICK: I don't know, necessarily, 891 00:40:12,734 --> 00:40:15,736 that there's a treasure component to the swamp, 892 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:18,489 but I do believe that there's more information 893 00:40:18,574 --> 00:40:20,575 in the body of the swamp. 894 00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:23,420 And so, I don't think we're done yet. 895 00:40:23,579 --> 00:40:25,839 Before we go, I do want to get to that area 896 00:40:25,998 --> 00:40:27,582 where the railing came from. 897 00:40:27,666 --> 00:40:29,083 - Right. - How close are you? 898 00:40:29,176 --> 00:40:31,719 We're basically right on top of that now. 899 00:40:33,172 --> 00:40:35,089 Okay. Well, let's finish up, 900 00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:36,182 because we're running out of time 901 00:40:36,341 --> 00:40:37,842 and we've got big work to do up there. 902 00:40:37,935 --> 00:40:39,844 - Yeah. - You guys ready? 903 00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:41,679 - I'm ready for that. - Yep. We're ready. - All right. 904 00:40:41,763 --> 00:40:44,098 -Let's finish up here. -DAVID F.: All right. Sounds good. 905 00:40:44,183 --> 00:40:48,945 NARRATOR: If Rick, Marty and their team can now be certain of anything, 906 00:40:49,104 --> 00:40:52,782 it is that answers surrounding a 227-year-old mystery 907 00:40:52,941 --> 00:40:57,028 could be revealed anywhere across Oak Island. 908 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:59,038 But even though they must soon suspend their search 909 00:40:59,198 --> 00:41:02,542 in the swamp, where evidence of an incredible secret 910 00:41:02,701 --> 00:41:05,295 has been unearthed, it will aid 911 00:41:05,454 --> 00:41:08,965 their most historic dig ever conducted in the Money Pit. 912 00:41:09,049 --> 00:41:12,793 There, they have found scientific evidence 913 00:41:12,878 --> 00:41:17,307 of just what that incredible secret could be. 914 00:41:19,468 --> 00:41:22,053 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 915 00:41:22,137 --> 00:41:23,971 BRENNAN: Looks like we got something, boys. 916 00:41:24,064 --> 00:41:25,640 - Three pieces of wood. - TERRY: The only thing, 917 00:41:25,724 --> 00:41:28,151 usually, that will give us that is a tunnel. 918 00:41:28,310 --> 00:41:31,070 - So, we ran C-14 on it. - CRAIG: One time frame. 919 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:32,647 Old, old, old. 920 00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:34,232 - (laughter) - (horn honks) 921 00:41:34,316 --> 00:41:35,325 MARTY: We are about to embark 922 00:41:35,409 --> 00:41:37,985 on the attempt to recover valuables 923 00:41:38,070 --> 00:41:40,079 - lurking in the Money Pit. - DAN H.: Here they come. 924 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:41,581 MARTY: We've got ten-foot cans 925 00:41:41,740 --> 00:41:43,249 coming in and we can dig it up. 926 00:41:43,408 --> 00:41:45,752 There is definitely, without a doubt, 927 00:41:45,911 --> 00:41:47,328 - gold down there. - (laughs)