1 00:00:02,168 --> 00:00:03,335 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:04,920 Looks like we got something, boys! 3 00:00:05,079 --> 00:00:06,496 Two pieces of wood. 4 00:00:06,589 --> 00:00:09,249 The only thing usually that will give us that is a tunnel. 5 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:11,260 So, we ran C-14 on it. 6 00:00:11,419 --> 00:00:13,754 One time frame-- old, old, old. 7 00:00:13,838 --> 00:00:15,505 (horn honks) 8 00:00:15,598 --> 00:00:17,924 MARTY: We are about to embark on the attempt 9 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,260 to recover valuables lurking in the Money Pit. 10 00:00:20,344 --> 00:00:21,261 CHARLES: Here they come! 11 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:22,771 MARTY: We've got ten-foot cans 12 00:00:22,930 --> 00:00:24,598 coming in and we can dig it up. 13 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:27,192 There is definitely, without a doubt, gold down there. 14 00:00:27,351 --> 00:00:28,318 (laughs) 15 00:00:30,855 --> 00:00:32,355 NARRATOR: There is an island 16 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,608 in the North Atlantic... 17 00:00:34,692 --> 00:00:38,028 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 18 00:00:38,112 --> 00:00:40,530 for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:40,615 --> 00:00:43,959 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:46,045 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:50,040 manmade workings that date to medieval times... 22 00:00:50,124 --> 00:00:52,125 and a lead cross 23 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:56,138 whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,297 --> 00:00:58,965 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,885 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:01,969 --> 00:01:03,645 And according to legend, 27 00:01:03,805 --> 00:01:07,224 one more will have to die 28 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:10,402 before the treasure can be found. 29 00:01:22,406 --> 00:01:24,666 MARTY: This is an important meeting. 30 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,993 Because we are about to embark 31 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:30,413 on the real beginning this year of the treasure hunt. 32 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:33,250 The attempt to recover valuables, 33 00:01:33,334 --> 00:01:36,670 important artifacts, stories-- Whatever may be still 34 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:39,172 lurking in the Money Pit, we're, we're about to begin. 35 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:42,017 Yep. This is the year. 36 00:01:42,176 --> 00:01:44,186 I've never been more excited in my life. 37 00:01:44,345 --> 00:01:46,680 NARRATOR: As an exciting new day 38 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:48,265 dawns on Oak Island. 39 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:50,267 So, anyway, the dig is about to begin. 40 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,852 And I'm wearing my lucky toonie. 41 00:01:51,936 --> 00:01:55,280 I'm wearing it for luck. And I hope it works. 42 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:58,367 NARRATOR: Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina are meeting 43 00:01:58,526 --> 00:02:00,777 with their partner Craig Tester 44 00:02:00,862 --> 00:02:03,029 and other members of their team in the war room 45 00:02:03,114 --> 00:02:04,706 to plan the most strategic 46 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:06,875 excavation ever conducted in the Money Pit 47 00:02:07,034 --> 00:02:09,286 since the treasure mystery began 48 00:02:09,370 --> 00:02:11,872 227 years ago. 49 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:15,134 Basically, we have to have a, uh, an idea of who's doing what, 50 00:02:15,218 --> 00:02:16,885 how the logistics are gonna work. 51 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:18,637 There's gonna be a whole bunch 52 00:02:18,796 --> 00:02:20,806 of materials moved, a bunch of metal detecting, 53 00:02:20,965 --> 00:02:23,225 a bunch of washing. 54 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:25,060 So I'm gonna turn it over to big brother here. 55 00:02:25,219 --> 00:02:27,396 - So go ahead, Rick. - Well... 56 00:02:27,555 --> 00:02:29,648 the first thing I want to speak of is 57 00:02:29,807 --> 00:02:32,475 we all know Irving is coming in here, so... 58 00:02:32,569 --> 00:02:34,895 I think what we need to focus on is 59 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:36,646 the selection of the caissons. 60 00:02:36,731 --> 00:02:38,648 That's right. I think the consensus 61 00:02:38,741 --> 00:02:40,325 - would be D-2 first. - Yeah. 62 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:42,411 Yep. I agree. 63 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:44,413 Yeah. Well, makes sense. 64 00:02:44,572 --> 00:02:45,989 MATT: The depth of this one might be 65 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:48,575 - a better chance for getting some silver, right? - Okay. 66 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:50,327 NARRATOR: Three months ago, 67 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:52,495 the team conducted extensive water testing 68 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:54,497 in numerous boreholes... 69 00:02:54,582 --> 00:02:56,758 and obtained heightened evidence 70 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,418 -of a vast cache -(rapid beeping) 71 00:02:58,502 --> 00:03:00,086 Of both silver and gold. 72 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:02,339 - CHARLES: That's a big chunk of metal right there. - TERRY: Wow. 73 00:03:02,423 --> 00:03:04,841 NARRATOR: Since those stunning scientific discoveries... 74 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:07,603 the team has conducted a strategic 75 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,938 core-drilling operation across a grid 76 00:03:10,097 --> 00:03:12,191 of some 20 new boreholes, 77 00:03:12,275 --> 00:03:15,352 searching for more tangible evidence of treasure. 78 00:03:15,436 --> 00:03:18,271 - STEVE G.: That's a lot of wood. - CHARLES: Yeah. 79 00:03:18,364 --> 00:03:20,449 NARRATOR: Among the most promising locations 80 00:03:20,608 --> 00:03:22,701 was D-2, where they unearthed 81 00:03:22,785 --> 00:03:25,111 not only evidence of wooden structures... 82 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:27,122 but also a fragment of metal 83 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:30,876 some 90 feet deep containing high levels of gold. 84 00:03:31,619 --> 00:03:33,703 The sonic drill program has 85 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:36,298 indicated that there are substantial works 86 00:03:36,382 --> 00:03:39,376 in that area, uh, i.e., a tunnel, perhaps 87 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:40,969 - a shaft. - Yeah. 88 00:03:41,128 --> 00:03:43,388 Over the course of this week... 89 00:03:43,547 --> 00:03:45,974 representatives from Irving Equipment Limited 90 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:48,802 and ROC Equipment will be transporting 91 00:03:48,886 --> 00:03:50,646 massive amounts of heavy machinery, 92 00:03:50,805 --> 00:03:53,649 including a 220-ton crane, 93 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:56,393 sections of ten-foot-wide steel casing, 94 00:03:56,477 --> 00:03:58,812 and a 22-and-a-half-ton hammer grab 95 00:03:58,896 --> 00:04:01,147 in order to excavate D-2 96 00:04:01,232 --> 00:04:04,818 and hopefully solve the Oak Island mystery. 97 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:08,321 The speed and the pace of the work up there is gonna increase, 98 00:04:08,414 --> 00:04:09,998 simply because of the volumes 99 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:12,409 - that we're dealing with, right? - That's right. 100 00:04:12,502 --> 00:04:14,744 Last year, the five-foot can, 101 00:04:14,829 --> 00:04:18,248 we were maybe extracting a yard of material. 102 00:04:18,332 --> 00:04:21,593 Now we're gonna be pulling out almost five yards of material. 103 00:04:21,752 --> 00:04:23,920 Gary, you know what your responsibilities are. 104 00:04:24,013 --> 00:04:26,172 - Metal detect the entire thing. - Yeah. 105 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,174 - No small job. - MARTY: No. 106 00:04:28,259 --> 00:04:30,593 I do have a concern that, 107 00:04:30,687 --> 00:04:32,429 that we need to keep focus on the, 108 00:04:32,513 --> 00:04:34,514 the zones of best interest. 109 00:04:34,598 --> 00:04:37,100 If we could isolate, like in D-2, 110 00:04:37,193 --> 00:04:40,437 from 70 to a little over 100 feet, 111 00:04:40,530 --> 00:04:42,030 I think that would be very important. 112 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,699 Exactly. 113 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,367 JACK: I'm going off of what Craig 114 00:04:45,451 --> 00:04:47,536 just said, and we're doing two 115 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:50,789 times as much... washing this year. 116 00:04:50,948 --> 00:04:52,624 I'm wondering if everything's gonna be able 117 00:04:52,783 --> 00:04:54,376 - to go through the plant? - RICK: It's all unknowns 118 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:56,202 - till we get into it. - Mm-hmm. 119 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:57,454 If we get behind, 120 00:04:57,547 --> 00:04:59,798 - then we will adapt. - Yeah. 121 00:04:59,957 --> 00:05:02,718 NARRATOR: As the team excavates borehole D-2, 122 00:05:02,877 --> 00:05:05,378 the tons of earth-- or spoils-- 123 00:05:05,463 --> 00:05:07,973 Will be transported to an industrial-grade wash plant 124 00:05:08,132 --> 00:05:09,975 near Smith's Cove. 125 00:05:10,134 --> 00:05:12,561 There they will be carefully cleaned, sifted, 126 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,721 and sorted according to size, 127 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:18,150 then searched for any possible valuables. 128 00:05:18,309 --> 00:05:21,561 Because of the scale of the work, 129 00:05:21,645 --> 00:05:23,813 the most important issue is, as it always is, 130 00:05:23,898 --> 00:05:26,074 - is safety, and... - Yeah. 131 00:05:26,233 --> 00:05:28,744 There is one overriding concern and that 132 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:30,487 - is the Money Pit pad. - Right. 133 00:05:30,571 --> 00:05:32,581 Billy's going to be entirely responsible 134 00:05:32,665 --> 00:05:34,499 for the Money Pit pad and all the preparations 135 00:05:34,658 --> 00:05:36,159 that need to be done 136 00:05:36,252 --> 00:05:38,661 - before Irving moves in. - Yeah. 137 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:41,748 NARRATOR: Due to more than two centuries of digging and drilling 138 00:05:41,832 --> 00:05:44,417 by generations of previous searchers, 139 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:47,504 the ground in the Money Pit area remains unstable 140 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:50,673 with the potential for dangerous cave-ins. 141 00:05:50,758 --> 00:05:53,927 Therefore, before the dig can begin, 142 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,845 Billy Gerhardt, and his team 143 00:05:55,938 --> 00:05:58,106 from Gerhardt Property Improvement, 144 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:02,685 will haul in more than 1,150 tons of fresh gravel 145 00:06:02,770 --> 00:06:06,689 to not only ensure that the two and half acre area is level, 146 00:06:06,774 --> 00:06:09,275 but also stable in order to support 147 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,287 all of the heavy machinery that is currently on its way 148 00:06:12,446 --> 00:06:15,281 to the island. 149 00:06:15,366 --> 00:06:17,542 BILLY: We have quite a bit of work to do to make sure 150 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:20,036 - that the Money Pit is stable. - Right. 151 00:06:20,129 --> 00:06:22,705 But our success now depends on everybody. 152 00:06:22,790 --> 00:06:25,217 - Yep. - Whatever needs to get done. - That's right. 153 00:06:25,376 --> 00:06:27,043 - Yeah. - GARY: And what I want to know is, 154 00:06:27,136 --> 00:06:28,720 where are we gonna store all the treasure? 155 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:31,390 (laughter) 156 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,552 MARTY: Okay... I think that wraps this one up. 157 00:06:35,636 --> 00:06:37,387 Let's all get back out there and finish 158 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,481 whatever preparations need to be done. 159 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,058 - Yep. - This could be the year that we do find the treasure. 160 00:06:42,151 --> 00:06:43,902 MARTY: Gold is what I'm hoping we find. 161 00:06:43,986 --> 00:06:45,487 RICK: That'd be fantastic. 162 00:06:48,566 --> 00:06:50,659 NARRATOR: Later that morning... 163 00:06:53,237 --> 00:06:55,405 Got a little job to do here. 164 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:57,666 Gonna be quite a little job here, yep. 165 00:06:57,825 --> 00:06:59,576 NARRATOR: while Billy Gerhardt and project manager 166 00:06:59,660 --> 00:07:01,661 Scott Barlow supervise 167 00:07:01,745 --> 00:07:03,588 the preparation of the Money Pit area... 168 00:07:03,747 --> 00:07:05,915 BILLY: The Money Pit has to be strong enough to hold 169 00:07:06,008 --> 00:07:08,251 a bigger can, bigger oscillator, bigger crane, bigger weight, right? 170 00:07:08,335 --> 00:07:10,336 Yep. 171 00:07:10,421 --> 00:07:12,347 TERRY: FTS-2 is underway. 172 00:07:12,506 --> 00:07:15,425 FTS stands for "Flood Tunnel Search." 173 00:07:15,509 --> 00:07:17,352 NARRATOR: just to the east on Lot 18, 174 00:07:17,511 --> 00:07:19,762 - Terry. Brennan. - Hey, Alex. How are you? 175 00:07:19,847 --> 00:07:22,107 NARRATOR: Alex Lagina joins geologist 176 00:07:22,266 --> 00:07:24,851 Terry Matheson and members of the team 177 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:27,946 as they begin an operation that they hope will increase 178 00:07:28,105 --> 00:07:30,106 the chances of success for their upcoming 179 00:07:30,191 --> 00:07:32,442 Money Pit excavation. 180 00:07:32,535 --> 00:07:35,454 TERRY: We've got quite a ways to go. We're only at 38 feet. 181 00:07:35,613 --> 00:07:38,031 But this is the point at which we... 182 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:40,125 lost contact with solid ground 183 00:07:40,209 --> 00:07:43,545 and dropped into a relative void in the previous hole. 184 00:07:45,039 --> 00:07:46,465 CRAIG: Here's another one right here. 185 00:07:46,624 --> 00:07:48,875 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago, while drilling into 186 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:51,961 a mysterious void on the eastern side of the Money Pit area 187 00:07:52,046 --> 00:07:54,130 known as A-13... 188 00:07:54,223 --> 00:07:56,132 the team made a curious discovery. 189 00:07:56,225 --> 00:07:57,726 TERRY: It almost looks like grass, 190 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,886 Maybe eelgrass or something washing in. 191 00:07:59,970 --> 00:08:01,480 NARRATOR: Eelgrass, 192 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:03,890 along with vast amounts of coconut fiber, 193 00:08:03,974 --> 00:08:07,227 were discovered in 1850 at Smith's Cove, 194 00:08:07,311 --> 00:08:10,322 acting as a filter for the legendary 195 00:08:10,406 --> 00:08:12,407 two-foot by three-foot flood tunnel 196 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,243 believed to feed sea water into the Money Pit. 197 00:08:16,412 --> 00:08:17,987 ALEX: How deep are we taking this? 198 00:08:18,072 --> 00:08:19,822 - 120. - Okay. 199 00:08:19,907 --> 00:08:23,159 NARRATOR: Now more than 170 years later, 200 00:08:23,252 --> 00:08:25,837 after finding their own evidence of eelgrass, 201 00:08:25,996 --> 00:08:29,582 the Oak Island team is drilling Borehole FTS-2 202 00:08:29,667 --> 00:08:31,426 where previous searchers believed 203 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:33,419 the flood tunnel might be found at a depth 204 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:36,264 of nearly 120 feet. 205 00:08:36,423 --> 00:08:37,766 Another sample is coming up shortly here. 206 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:39,434 - Seems pretty solid, eh? - Yeah. 207 00:08:39,593 --> 00:08:40,760 NARRATOR: It is their hope, 208 00:08:40,844 --> 00:08:42,103 that if they can penetrate 209 00:08:42,263 --> 00:08:44,430 and compromise the tunnel, 210 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,942 it will cut off the flow of seawater into the Money Pit 211 00:08:47,101 --> 00:08:49,686 and allow them to succeed 212 00:08:49,770 --> 00:08:51,863 where so many before have failed, 213 00:08:52,022 --> 00:08:54,357 giving them the ability to finally excavate 214 00:08:54,450 --> 00:08:56,368 the original treasure shaft. 215 00:08:56,527 --> 00:08:58,027 MARTY: Because we're drilling 216 00:08:58,112 --> 00:08:59,704 rather near the Money Pit, 217 00:08:59,863 --> 00:09:02,031 but between the Money Pit and Smith's Cove, 218 00:09:02,116 --> 00:09:04,450 if we were to encounter a flood tunnel, 219 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:08,538 it would probably be near the point it entered the Money Pit. 220 00:09:08,622 --> 00:09:11,457 So it looks to me like this could be significant 221 00:09:11,542 --> 00:09:13,793 to help with our quest. 222 00:09:13,886 --> 00:09:15,720 And where are we at, 48? 223 00:09:15,805 --> 00:09:16,888 BRENNAN: 48 at the bottom of this. 224 00:09:16,973 --> 00:09:18,306 This is... 225 00:09:18,465 --> 00:09:21,134 relatively soft-ish and getting 226 00:09:21,218 --> 00:09:23,469 into soft blue-gray till. 227 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,897 That means we might be 228 00:09:26,056 --> 00:09:27,857 close to something. 229 00:09:29,810 --> 00:09:33,229 If you're close to a structure, ofttimes 230 00:09:33,322 --> 00:09:35,407 - we find that it gets quite soft, as you well know. - BRENNAN: Yeah, yeah. 231 00:09:35,491 --> 00:09:37,826 I think we can be quite hopeful we're gonna encounter 232 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:39,244 the structure. 233 00:09:41,238 --> 00:09:43,656 Time's gonna tell, I guess. 234 00:09:43,741 --> 00:09:47,002 NARRATOR: As the drill operation continues on Lot 18... 235 00:09:47,161 --> 00:09:49,412 RICK: This shovel's hungry. 236 00:09:49,505 --> 00:09:51,256 It's hungry for top-pocket finds. 237 00:09:51,415 --> 00:09:53,750 - Let's feed the beast. - Let's do it. 238 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:56,419 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 239 00:09:56,503 --> 00:09:59,422 have arrived on Lot 32, 240 00:09:59,506 --> 00:10:02,684 just west of the triangle-shaped swamp. 241 00:10:02,768 --> 00:10:05,520 I like to call it, "The Giving Lot." 242 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,940 Every time we come back here, we find some coins and artifacts. 243 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:11,434 - All right, mate, let's see what we got. - I'm ready to go. 244 00:10:11,527 --> 00:10:13,936 NARRATOR: Over the past two years, 245 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:16,606 the Laginas and their team have made a number 246 00:10:16,699 --> 00:10:18,941 of incredible discoveries in the area, 247 00:10:19,035 --> 00:10:21,944 including a lead cargo bag seal 248 00:10:22,029 --> 00:10:23,863 that the team believes could be connected 249 00:10:23,947 --> 00:10:25,531 to the Knights Templar... 250 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:28,293 ox shoes and also... 251 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:31,871 potential evidence of an ancient ship's wharf. 252 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:34,549 Okay, mate, first flag's here. 253 00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:37,377 - It's a little bit rocky. - Yeah. 254 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,429 - Let's see what this one is. - (metal detector beeping) 255 00:10:41,557 --> 00:10:43,475 I'm getting mixed signals. 256 00:10:43,634 --> 00:10:45,301 But... 257 00:10:45,394 --> 00:10:48,146 definitely enough signal there to dig. 258 00:10:48,305 --> 00:10:50,398 - RICK: Seems a bit jumpy. - Yeah, it does. 259 00:10:58,565 --> 00:11:00,149 RICK: Still in the hole. 260 00:11:00,234 --> 00:11:02,077 Let's see if I can pinpoint it. 261 00:11:02,653 --> 00:11:06,072 There it is! Oh, we know what that is. 262 00:11:06,156 --> 00:11:08,074 - Your old friend. - Yep. 263 00:11:08,158 --> 00:11:11,586 That is a broken ox shoe. 264 00:11:11,745 --> 00:11:14,831 It's a fantastic find for this area. 265 00:11:14,915 --> 00:11:17,917 You'd assume that you would find ox shoes in an area 266 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:21,096 where you think there's a wharf, there's been some unloading. 267 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,172 Maybe it broke because it was a heavy load. 268 00:11:23,257 --> 00:11:25,600 Yeah, it seems thicker. 269 00:11:25,759 --> 00:11:27,769 And it's heavy for its size. 270 00:11:27,928 --> 00:11:30,596 - There's a lot of work in here to get you in, Gar. - Yeah, there is. 271 00:11:30,681 --> 00:11:33,274 So the next flag's just over here, mate. 272 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,694 Let's see what this one sounds like. 273 00:11:35,853 --> 00:11:37,946 (beeping) 274 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:39,522 Yeah, better. 275 00:11:39,606 --> 00:11:41,199 Just there, mate. 276 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:52,001 Yeah, I'd rather take my time breaking stuff apart. 277 00:11:53,454 --> 00:11:56,297 Whatever it is, it's out. 278 00:11:56,457 --> 00:11:58,550 (whooping) Look at that! 279 00:12:03,714 --> 00:12:05,390 NARRATOR: On Lot 32, 280 00:12:05,549 --> 00:12:06,641 just west of the Oak Island swamp... 281 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,810 Rick Lagina and metal detection expert 282 00:12:08,969 --> 00:12:10,887 Gary Drayton have just 283 00:12:10,971 --> 00:12:13,306 made what could be an important discovery. 284 00:12:13,390 --> 00:12:15,150 Ooh, a little copper piece. 285 00:12:15,309 --> 00:12:18,570 - Copper or brass. - Yeah. 286 00:12:18,654 --> 00:12:20,563 Ooh, it's got a little-- Am I seeing things 287 00:12:20,656 --> 00:12:22,565 or is there a design on there? 288 00:12:22,649 --> 00:12:24,817 I see what you're saying, yeah. 289 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:27,653 To me, when I look at it, it looks like "S" and "A." 290 00:12:27,738 --> 00:12:30,990 GARY: Yeah. Kind of looks... 291 00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:32,917 scripted, doesn't it? 292 00:12:33,002 --> 00:12:35,244 NARRATOR: A copper artifact? 293 00:12:35,329 --> 00:12:37,922 Possibly bearing part of an inscription? 294 00:12:38,007 --> 00:12:40,508 Could it be a fragment of a container 295 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:43,928 or perhaps an adornment to an article of clothing? 296 00:12:44,013 --> 00:12:46,264 And, if so, might it help identify 297 00:12:46,348 --> 00:12:48,257 its original owner? 298 00:12:48,342 --> 00:12:50,018 GARY: I like this, mate. 299 00:12:50,177 --> 00:12:52,011 Because if there is any 300 00:12:52,095 --> 00:12:54,272 cursive writing or any old-style 301 00:12:54,356 --> 00:12:58,026 numbers, um, it would make it older 302 00:12:58,185 --> 00:13:00,853 and probably date it to 303 00:13:00,938 --> 00:13:02,614 - the other artifacts in this area. - Yep. 304 00:13:02,773 --> 00:13:04,949 GARY: You can see by the look of it 305 00:13:05,108 --> 00:13:07,619 that it's connected to all the other finds 306 00:13:07,703 --> 00:13:10,622 that we've recovered in the same area. 307 00:13:10,706 --> 00:13:12,865 Maybe there is a design on there. 308 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:16,127 Because I do, I see some kind of scripting on it. 309 00:13:16,286 --> 00:13:18,713 There could be some kind of initials 310 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:21,299 on this piece, so we've got 311 00:13:21,383 --> 00:13:24,126 to clean it up and hopefully glean 312 00:13:24,211 --> 00:13:27,213 some information from this artifact. 313 00:13:27,297 --> 00:13:29,799 Okay, mate, on to the next. 314 00:13:29,883 --> 00:13:32,051 NARRATOR: As Rick and Gary continue 315 00:13:32,135 --> 00:13:34,387 their search on Lot 32... 316 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,481 ADAM: 48! 317 00:13:36,565 --> 00:13:39,058 - All right, thank you, Adam. - TERRY: Thank you. 318 00:13:39,142 --> 00:13:41,644 NARRATOR: And while Alex Lagina and members of the team 319 00:13:41,728 --> 00:13:44,480 continue drilling in search of the flood tunnel 320 00:13:44,565 --> 00:13:47,158 near the Money Pit area... 321 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:49,902 later that day... 322 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:52,488 (Jared whoops) 323 00:13:52,573 --> 00:13:55,083 JARED: You're good. You're good. 324 00:13:55,242 --> 00:13:57,493 NARRATOR: representatives of Irving Equipment Limited 325 00:13:57,578 --> 00:14:00,004 have arrived with the 220-ton 326 00:14:00,163 --> 00:14:02,590 crane that will be used for the team's 327 00:14:02,749 --> 00:14:05,009 Money Pit excavation. 328 00:14:09,265 --> 00:14:11,516 RICK: It certainly raises the level of anticipation 329 00:14:11,675 --> 00:14:13,593 and hope on the island when they come 330 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:16,429 across the causeway. We're all excited about it. 331 00:14:16,513 --> 00:14:19,107 To see this big piece of gear, knowing that, 332 00:14:19,266 --> 00:14:22,018 you know, maybe, finally, there might be some answers, 333 00:14:22,102 --> 00:14:24,279 we can't do it without this. 334 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:26,606 SCOTT: There it is. 335 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,941 - I'm pretty anxious to see the first can go down. - Yep. 336 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:30,943 Don't get too anxious, it's gonna come fast enough. 337 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:31,870 BILLY: Yeah. 338 00:14:32,029 --> 00:14:33,121 JARED: Pull straight in there. 339 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,455 That's it, buddy, come on! 340 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:36,374 NARRATOR: Although this is merely the first 341 00:14:36,458 --> 00:14:39,627 of a total of 20 loads of digging equipment 342 00:14:39,786 --> 00:14:41,880 - being transported from New Brunswick... - It's good! 343 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:44,549 in less than one week, it will enable Rick, 344 00:14:44,708 --> 00:14:47,293 Marty, Craig and their team to conduct 345 00:14:47,377 --> 00:14:49,637 the largest, most targeted dig ever attempted 346 00:14:49,796 --> 00:14:51,631 to recover the treasure 347 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,142 people have sought for more than two centuries. 348 00:14:54,226 --> 00:14:56,052 - Right here. - I don't know if you've got enough to pick it up. 349 00:14:56,145 --> 00:14:57,803 MARTY: This is a big deal. 350 00:14:57,888 --> 00:14:59,972 This takes a lot of moving parts 351 00:15:00,057 --> 00:15:01,566 that have to work in concert with each other. 352 00:15:01,725 --> 00:15:04,903 50% more spoils that have to be handled, 353 00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:06,896 that have to be searched, that have to be washed, 354 00:15:06,980 --> 00:15:08,489 that have to be metal detected. 355 00:15:08,649 --> 00:15:10,658 That's a lot, 50% more. 356 00:15:10,817 --> 00:15:13,745 - You're good! - Well, you've got your work cut out for you. 357 00:15:13,829 --> 00:15:16,072 - Yep. Very good. - See you in a bit. 358 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:19,659 NARRATOR: While preparations continue in the Money Pit area... 359 00:15:19,743 --> 00:15:22,587 later that afternoon... 360 00:15:22,746 --> 00:15:25,840 GARY: We're having a good day so far, mate. 361 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,342 RICK: So far. 362 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,260 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton 363 00:15:29,419 --> 00:15:31,930 continue searching for clues on Lot 32. 364 00:15:32,089 --> 00:15:34,849 This is the last flag I've got down here, 365 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:39,345 so hopefully this is a good one. 366 00:15:39,429 --> 00:15:40,438 (beeping) 367 00:15:40,522 --> 00:15:43,516 Another two-way repeatable signal. 368 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,944 That sounds like it's the center of the target, mate. 369 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:47,946 RICK: Okey-doke. 370 00:15:52,693 --> 00:15:55,277 I think it's in the plug still. 371 00:15:55,362 --> 00:15:57,580 Let's see if I can pinpoint it. 372 00:16:06,123 --> 00:16:08,383 (whooping) Look at that! 373 00:16:08,542 --> 00:16:10,543 - Ooh! - Is it? Is it? 374 00:16:10,627 --> 00:16:12,303 - It is! - It's a coin, mate! 375 00:16:12,462 --> 00:16:15,890 Sweet! Look at that, that's a beauty! 376 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:19,552 That is gonna have a design on it for sure. 377 00:16:19,636 --> 00:16:21,229 RICK: Flip it over. 378 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:24,148 GARY: Oh... oh, Britannia! 379 00:16:24,307 --> 00:16:25,975 That's "Britannia" sitting on the shield. 380 00:16:26,059 --> 00:16:27,643 That's English. 381 00:16:27,728 --> 00:16:29,320 Let's see if we can see a king. 382 00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:31,230 I'm just gonna give it a light rub 383 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:33,408 with the soil. 384 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:35,994 We should be able to see a bust. Oh! 385 00:16:36,153 --> 00:16:38,162 - Is that it? - RICK: There's something there. 386 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:40,322 GARY: There's definitely something there, mate. 387 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:43,084 The size of this, the thickness? 388 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,669 Feel the weight of that, mate. 389 00:16:44,828 --> 00:16:46,412 - RICK: Oh, yeah. - That is a chunky piece of copper. 390 00:16:46,496 --> 00:16:48,581 Yeah. That's very, very heavy. 391 00:16:48,665 --> 00:16:51,000 GARY: That's an early one, mate. 392 00:16:51,084 --> 00:16:53,169 RICK: Boy. That's in good shape, eh? 393 00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:55,337 GARY: Yeah, that's fantastic. 394 00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:57,765 - You think it's British? - Yeah, I do. 395 00:16:57,850 --> 00:17:00,601 This so reminds me of the two British coins 396 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:02,270 that we found on the hillside. 397 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:04,013 That side of the swamp there. 398 00:17:04,097 --> 00:17:06,432 GARY: Wow, look at that. 399 00:17:06,516 --> 00:17:10,269 NARRATOR: In 2017, while searching just east 400 00:17:10,353 --> 00:17:12,030 of the swamp on Lot 13... 401 00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:13,865 Wow, David. You are lucky. 402 00:17:13,949 --> 00:17:15,775 GARY: Oh, another one! 403 00:17:15,859 --> 00:17:18,444 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty, Gary and Dave Blankenship 404 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:21,781 discovered two late 17th century British coins. 405 00:17:21,865 --> 00:17:23,949 RICK: I see 1600-something. 406 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,044 MARTY: Looks like 1673. 407 00:17:27,037 --> 00:17:29,955 GARY: Holy schmoly. 408 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,300 NARRATOR: The coins were impressive at the time 409 00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:34,886 since they pre-dated the discovery of the Money Pit 410 00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:37,638 by nearly a century. 411 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:39,724 - Yeah, I don't want to touch it too... - Brilliant! 412 00:17:39,808 --> 00:17:43,302 We got another coin off of Lot 32. 413 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:46,230 Nice, old coin. 414 00:17:46,315 --> 00:17:48,816 This well pre-dates the Money Pit. 415 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,560 NARRATOR: However, with the addition of this British coin 416 00:17:51,645 --> 00:17:53,562 just recovered on Lot 32, 417 00:17:53,647 --> 00:17:56,065 might they support a new theory 418 00:17:56,149 --> 00:17:58,818 recently presented to the Oak Island team? 419 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,662 So Captain Andrew Belcher was intimately connected 420 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:02,905 to Sir William Phips. 421 00:18:02,989 --> 00:18:04,916 NARRATOR: One week ago, 422 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,002 Freemason Scott Clarke met with members of the team 423 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,831 in the war room and shared his research, suggesting 424 00:18:11,915 --> 00:18:14,175 that the 17th century English nobleman 425 00:18:14,334 --> 00:18:18,087 Sir William Phips conspired with Freemason Alan Belcher 426 00:18:18,171 --> 00:18:20,264 to hide a vast cache of silver 427 00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:24,685 on Oak Island sometime after 1687. 428 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,105 GARY: You can see 429 00:18:27,189 --> 00:18:28,856 - old-style writing around that. - I can see the... 430 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,274 I can see the writing more than I can see 431 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,193 - some sort of figure. - Yeah, yeah. 432 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:35,104 But, I tell you what, mate. Rick and Gary, shake and bake. 433 00:18:35,188 --> 00:18:37,115 - Brilliant! - (Rick chuckles) 434 00:18:37,199 --> 00:18:40,025 NARRATOR: Could Rick and Gary have found more evidence 435 00:18:40,110 --> 00:18:42,778 that Scott Clarke's theory could be true? 436 00:18:42,863 --> 00:18:45,540 And if so, could it also be connected 437 00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:49,127 to the high levels of silver that the team has detected 438 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:52,037 and will soon attempt to recover in the Money Pit? 439 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:55,383 You know where this is going, even if it's in a bag. 440 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,218 It's going in the top pocket. 441 00:18:57,377 --> 00:18:59,378 This is a top-pocket find. 442 00:18:59,462 --> 00:19:01,722 RICK: The coin was a spectacular find, 443 00:19:01,882 --> 00:19:05,393 just considering its condition. 444 00:19:05,552 --> 00:19:07,895 It's well preserved, it's very heavy, you have to put it 445 00:19:08,054 --> 00:19:10,055 into context-- the wharf, 446 00:19:10,140 --> 00:19:13,568 other coins that have been found, the bag seal. 447 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:16,654 Um, Lot 32 is proving 448 00:19:16,738 --> 00:19:18,898 to be a very interesting location. 449 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:20,658 Fantastic. 450 00:19:20,742 --> 00:19:22,827 - What a day, mate! - (Rick laughing) 451 00:19:27,073 --> 00:19:28,916 NARRATOR: Another morning has begun on Oak Island. 452 00:19:29,075 --> 00:19:31,660 And as the drilling operation 453 00:19:31,745 --> 00:19:33,579 continues on Lot 18... 454 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,164 Water's coming up. 455 00:19:35,248 --> 00:19:37,675 - That's another good indication. - Yeah, exactly. 456 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:40,678 NARRATOR: and while more equipment crosses the causeway, 457 00:19:40,837 --> 00:19:43,255 including the 22-and-a-half-ton hammer grab 458 00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:45,516 that will be used one week from now 459 00:19:45,675 --> 00:19:48,936 to excavate Borehole D-2 in the Money Pit area... 460 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:51,180 - MICHAEL J.: Hey, boys. - GARY: Hey, mate. 461 00:19:51,264 --> 00:19:53,432 - PETER: Welcome to the party. - Thank you, thank you. 462 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,860 NARRATOR: metal detection expert Gary Drayton 463 00:19:56,019 --> 00:19:58,687 and members of the team are conducting 464 00:19:58,772 --> 00:20:01,357 one of their final searches for this year near the southern 465 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:03,692 edge of the triangle-shaped swamp. 466 00:20:03,777 --> 00:20:06,612 GARY: The more eyes on this swamp muck, 467 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:08,539 the better. We need something 468 00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:12,126 that is really... tells us that it's ship-related. 469 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,628 Yeah. 470 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,796 NARRATOR: Over the course of this year... 471 00:20:15,956 --> 00:20:18,633 despite new governmental regulations, 472 00:20:18,792 --> 00:20:21,886 which greatly reduced the areas of the brackish bog 473 00:20:22,045 --> 00:20:23,796 they could search, the team made a number 474 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,714 of compelling discoveries. 475 00:20:25,799 --> 00:20:29,385 These included several pieces of believed ships' parts, 476 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:32,721 some dating to the late 17th century; 477 00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:35,483 barrel staves in the southeast corner, 478 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:38,069 offering more evidence that potentially 479 00:20:38,228 --> 00:20:40,905 valuable cargo was brought to the island. 480 00:20:41,064 --> 00:20:43,824 And signs that the massive ship's wharf, 481 00:20:43,984 --> 00:20:46,077 first discovered one year ago, 482 00:20:46,236 --> 00:20:48,663 may not only be more than 500 years old, 483 00:20:48,822 --> 00:20:51,582 but also of Portuguese origin. 484 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:53,659 GARY: All right, mate. 485 00:20:53,743 --> 00:20:55,211 Let's get stuck in. 486 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:03,836 Come on, metal, where are ya? 487 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,588 NARRATOR: Unfortunately, because the team will need 488 00:21:06,682 --> 00:21:09,258 a freshwater source to process the spoils 489 00:21:09,342 --> 00:21:12,103 at the wash plant during the upcoming Money Pit 490 00:21:12,262 --> 00:21:14,689 excavation, they have stopped running the pumps 491 00:21:14,848 --> 00:21:16,765 that have kept the swamp drained. 492 00:21:16,850 --> 00:21:19,360 However, as they await the completion 493 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:21,696 of preparations in the Money Pit area, 494 00:21:21,855 --> 00:21:23,605 they are hoping to make as many 495 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:25,533 important discoveries as possible 496 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,868 before the bog, which is fed 497 00:21:28,028 --> 00:21:30,288 by a spring, refills with water. 498 00:21:30,372 --> 00:21:32,206 GARY: Not one piece of metal. 499 00:21:41,049 --> 00:21:42,458 Hey, Gary? 500 00:21:42,542 --> 00:21:44,885 What've you got, Michael? 501 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,721 What do you think? 502 00:21:48,548 --> 00:21:51,058 GARY: That's definitely interesting. 503 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:53,469 That was out of the last bucket? 504 00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:55,646 - Yes. - It looks like it's broken, 505 00:21:55,805 --> 00:21:58,649 but this piece looks like it's shaped around there, 506 00:21:58,808 --> 00:22:00,401 on purpose. 507 00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:01,810 - DAVID F.: It's interesting. - PETER: Yeah. 508 00:22:01,895 --> 00:22:03,571 Yeah. Very interesting. 509 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,323 It'll be interesting to see if we get this tested, 510 00:22:05,482 --> 00:22:08,659 if it-it is the same date, or a similar date, 511 00:22:08,818 --> 00:22:10,911 - to the ship's piece that we found last year. - Yeah. 512 00:22:11,071 --> 00:22:12,413 Like my Uncle Rick always says, 513 00:22:12,572 --> 00:22:15,157 and-and like Laird always says, I mean, it's about context. 514 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:17,493 Yeah, and that's a good point because they seem 515 00:22:17,577 --> 00:22:19,912 to be one-offs, but we're finding more and more 516 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:22,423 irregular pieces of wood 517 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:25,334 that have been manipulated by man. 518 00:22:25,418 --> 00:22:26,927 DAVID F.: If we can start linking them together, 519 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,420 that's where we can really start 520 00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,348 to understand the story. 521 00:22:30,507 --> 00:22:33,017 Yeah. We're finding more and more planking, 522 00:22:33,176 --> 00:22:35,186 decking, or siding, 523 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:38,180 and shaped pieces of wood. 524 00:22:38,264 --> 00:22:40,599 And I'm getting on board. 525 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:43,152 I really do think there's a ship in the swamp. 526 00:22:44,112 --> 00:22:46,772 Very, very cool piece of wood. 527 00:22:46,856 --> 00:22:48,282 Good eye, Michael. We'll put it to one side, 528 00:22:48,441 --> 00:22:50,451 and one more for the pile. 529 00:22:50,610 --> 00:22:52,694 - We'll find some more. - PETER: Yeah! 530 00:22:52,779 --> 00:22:54,789 NARRATOR: While the effort to find important clues 531 00:22:54,948 --> 00:22:56,874 continues in the swamp... 532 00:22:57,033 --> 00:22:58,876 TERRY: All right. 533 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,619 Let's see if we can run into a tunnel, how about that? 534 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:03,631 - That'd be great. - Yeah, let's see what he's got here. 535 00:23:03,790 --> 00:23:05,874 NARRATOR: Just east of the Money Pit on Lot 18, 536 00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:09,461 geologist Terry Matheson, Alex Lagina, 537 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,964 and members of the team continue drilling 538 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:14,392 Borehole FTS-2 in the hopes 539 00:23:14,551 --> 00:23:17,469 of intersecting the legendary flood tunnel. 540 00:23:17,554 --> 00:23:19,138 Ah, what do we have here? 541 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:21,640 - ADAM: 88! - 88. 542 00:23:21,724 --> 00:23:23,809 Oh! 543 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,403 We got some soft stuff, yeah. 544 00:23:25,562 --> 00:23:27,988 Water's been at it. 545 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,232 Softening up like crazy, yeah. 546 00:23:30,316 --> 00:23:32,818 Wow. 547 00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:34,153 Very soft. Look at that. 548 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,654 We've got to be close 549 00:23:35,738 --> 00:23:37,331 to some kind of an open structure 550 00:23:37,490 --> 00:23:38,824 - with water in it. - Yeah. 551 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:40,576 TERRY: But no wood. 552 00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:43,412 So we're not hitting that 553 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:46,257 same structure we hit in the Money Pit. 554 00:23:46,341 --> 00:23:47,341 BRENNAN: So we technically should've hit it on...? 555 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:49,084 We should've. I would've thought 556 00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:50,419 - we would've hit it, yes. - ALEX: If not this one, 557 00:23:50,512 --> 00:23:52,430 - then the next one. - TERRY: Yeah. 558 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:55,099 - If not then, then we're just gonna cut it off. - Okay. 559 00:23:56,768 --> 00:24:00,345 We have an indication possibly 560 00:24:00,430 --> 00:24:03,432 that we're really close to a man-made tunnel 561 00:24:03,516 --> 00:24:05,601 that filled with water. 562 00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:07,102 And for us, that could be great, 563 00:24:07,195 --> 00:24:08,687 because it could be the flood tunnel. 564 00:24:08,771 --> 00:24:11,190 107! 565 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,108 ALEX: If we could hit this structure down there, 566 00:24:13,201 --> 00:24:14,535 it is possible that we could block 567 00:24:14,694 --> 00:24:16,370 all the flooding and everything. 568 00:24:16,529 --> 00:24:17,788 So we're pretty excited about this. 569 00:24:17,947 --> 00:24:19,865 (machinery whirring) 570 00:24:19,949 --> 00:24:22,034 (sputtering) 571 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,869 Oh, oh, oh! What's that? 572 00:24:23,953 --> 00:24:25,713 What's that? What's that? 573 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,882 Is that wood? 574 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:30,968 Looks like it. 575 00:24:31,127 --> 00:24:33,128 Looks like we've got something, boys. 576 00:24:33,213 --> 00:24:35,130 Really? 577 00:24:35,215 --> 00:24:38,392 Maybe. Let's have a look. 578 00:24:38,551 --> 00:24:40,802 - BRENNAN: What do we got? - 107. 579 00:24:40,887 --> 00:24:42,554 Here we go, guys. 580 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:45,316 Swing into action. 581 00:24:48,228 --> 00:24:49,895 Yep. 582 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:51,572 Nice wood here, guys. 583 00:24:51,731 --> 00:24:53,657 - Oh, yeah, wood? - TERRY: There it is! 584 00:24:59,656 --> 00:25:00,664 TERRY: There it is. Oh, smell that. 585 00:25:00,823 --> 00:25:03,575 Smells like pine was cut yesterday. 586 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:06,337 NARRATOR: Just east of the Money Pit on Lot 18, 587 00:25:06,496 --> 00:25:08,914 Alex Lagina and members of the team 588 00:25:08,998 --> 00:25:12,176 believe they have made a potentially critical discovery. 589 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,419 - The aroma. - Yeah, it does smell like pine, 590 00:25:14,504 --> 00:25:15,846 - doesn't it? Yeah. - You smell it? 591 00:25:16,005 --> 00:25:17,839 NARRATOR: The legendary flood tunnel 592 00:25:17,924 --> 00:25:20,768 that has thwarted all previous treasure hunters 593 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:24,104 who attempted to excavate the original treasure shaft. 594 00:25:24,264 --> 00:25:26,431 - What's the approximate depth of that? - That's about 106. 595 00:25:26,516 --> 00:25:28,934 ALEX: But isn't that kind of weird? I mean, 596 00:25:29,018 --> 00:25:31,103 - look at the transition between there. - Oh, it's night and day. 597 00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:32,863 TERRY: Interesting. 598 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:35,115 So below this maroon till, 599 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,526 we get into, somebody... 600 00:25:37,610 --> 00:25:39,703 dug a little structure in place there for us. 601 00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:41,956 BRENNAN: Yeah, it's cut on the bottom. 602 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,283 - ALEX: Yeah. - TERRY: So it is. 603 00:25:44,367 --> 00:25:47,202 That almost looks like it was hit with an adze, 604 00:25:47,287 --> 00:25:49,371 which would say "quite old." 605 00:25:49,455 --> 00:25:50,381 BRENNAN: Yep. 606 00:25:50,465 --> 00:25:52,800 NARRATOR: The possible tunnel? 607 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:56,628 Featuring evidence that an adze was used to construct it? 608 00:25:56,713 --> 00:25:59,390 Earlier this year, the team discovered 609 00:25:59,549 --> 00:26:01,892 one of these cutting tools on Lot 4, 610 00:26:01,977 --> 00:26:03,894 located on the western side of the island. 611 00:26:03,979 --> 00:26:06,972 One which blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge 612 00:26:07,056 --> 00:26:09,567 believed was not only of British origin, 613 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:13,320 but also dated back to the late 17th century. 614 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:15,739 Is it possible that the team 615 00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:17,741 has now found one of the features 616 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:20,494 that the adze was used to construct? 617 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,913 Is this the top of the tunnel? 618 00:26:22,998 --> 00:26:25,499 Well, I'm thinking this is probably the top 619 00:26:25,658 --> 00:26:27,501 and this is the bottom. 620 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:29,661 It's hard to say. 621 00:26:29,746 --> 00:26:32,080 Yeah, I'd buy that. Yeah, they're not falling apart. 622 00:26:32,165 --> 00:26:34,750 - Yep, and they're separated, clean. - Yep. 623 00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:36,260 BRENNAN: I wonder if that was dry. 624 00:26:36,344 --> 00:26:37,586 I wonder if there's water in the hole. 625 00:26:37,670 --> 00:26:40,172 Well, this is what we're hoping. You could imagine 626 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:42,182 maybe they were a little bit akimbo to one another 627 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:45,594 and you might have some area for water to move through. 628 00:26:45,678 --> 00:26:47,605 ALEX: I think it was, I think it was like this down there. 629 00:26:47,764 --> 00:26:49,523 I think the water is just in here. 630 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:50,941 - I think it was open. - TERRY: Yes. 631 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,518 Well, I think we should call Rick, see what he thinks. 632 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,446 TERRY: Absolutely. He'd be interested in that. 633 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,523 Uncle Rick. Hey, we're up here 634 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:01,869 on the drill table and... we have hit the wood. 635 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:05,205 In this area, there's the legend of the flood tunnel and... 636 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,115 it's possible part of it had beams 637 00:27:07,208 --> 00:27:09,293 and it's possible it's collapsed. 638 00:27:09,377 --> 00:27:11,795 So we really need to get the carbon date from this wood 639 00:27:11,954 --> 00:27:13,705 and learn what we can from this hole. 640 00:27:13,790 --> 00:27:16,041 - Hey, guys. - MARTY: Hey, fellas. 641 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,968 - ALEX: We got wood! - TERRY: Feast your eyes, gentlemen. 642 00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:20,220 ALEX: Hopefully from today's data 643 00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:22,222 we'll be able to project 644 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,391 a direction for what we think is a tunnel. 645 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:26,385 TERRY: Hello, Rick! 646 00:27:26,469 --> 00:27:27,895 - Hey, guys. - RICK: Good morning. - Hey. 647 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:29,730 - What's up? - How you doing? Hey, Dan. 648 00:27:29,889 --> 00:27:31,056 - Right there. - STEVE G.: Hey, Dan. - Well, we got a... 649 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:33,725 Feast your eyes. 650 00:27:33,810 --> 00:27:35,727 A miracle happens on Oak Island every now and then. 651 00:27:35,812 --> 00:27:38,146 There it is. 652 00:27:38,231 --> 00:27:41,066 Well, it came out like this. 653 00:27:41,150 --> 00:27:43,819 Kind of two separate chunks. 654 00:27:43,903 --> 00:27:46,488 And this was at the end of the run, about 106 feet. 655 00:27:46,581 --> 00:27:49,667 RICK: What are the implications of this? 656 00:27:49,826 --> 00:27:51,669 TERRY: I'm really quite certain that we've come down 657 00:27:51,828 --> 00:27:54,171 through just saturated and loose material 658 00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:56,006 into wood at the bottom. 659 00:27:56,165 --> 00:27:57,841 And the only thing usually that will give us that 660 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,001 is a tunnel and we've intersected that. 661 00:28:00,095 --> 00:28:03,171 I would bet we had a lot of water movement 662 00:28:03,264 --> 00:28:04,598 in and around that open space 663 00:28:04,757 --> 00:28:06,016 between those two blocks of wood. 664 00:28:06,175 --> 00:28:07,476 Great. 665 00:28:08,845 --> 00:28:11,346 (chuckles) It doesn't get any better than that. 666 00:28:11,439 --> 00:28:14,182 Dan, you have more years here 667 00:28:14,267 --> 00:28:15,943 - than all of us combined. - Yeah. 668 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:18,103 What do you make of that find? 669 00:28:18,187 --> 00:28:21,699 Well, allowing for the elevation 670 00:28:21,858 --> 00:28:24,693 where they tunneled probably from Smith's Cove. 671 00:28:24,777 --> 00:28:27,121 That could be very close to the original 672 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:29,206 flooding tunnel that they discovered. 673 00:28:31,033 --> 00:28:33,201 Well, if carbon dating should come up with that 674 00:28:33,286 --> 00:28:34,628 very tight window of 1600s, 675 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,296 then I'd say that that's 676 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:38,048 definitively the original works. 677 00:28:38,207 --> 00:28:39,383 Yep. 678 00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:41,969 RICK: That's what that says to me because 679 00:28:42,128 --> 00:28:45,139 there's only so much information you can glean from what's 680 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:47,141 been done in the past, right? 681 00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,810 We have to think about how this affects us moving forward. 682 00:28:49,894 --> 00:28:51,812 NARRATOR: If the team is correct 683 00:28:51,971 --> 00:28:53,638 that they have, in fact, 684 00:28:53,723 --> 00:28:55,807 drilled through the legendary flood tunnel, 685 00:28:55,892 --> 00:28:58,977 and perhaps compromised its integrity and function, 686 00:28:59,061 --> 00:29:01,563 it will hopefully mean that they have removed 687 00:29:01,647 --> 00:29:04,399 one major obstacle that has thwarted the efforts 688 00:29:04,484 --> 00:29:06,985 of everyone who came before them in the quest 689 00:29:07,069 --> 00:29:09,988 to recover a potentially priceless treasure. 690 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,583 RICK: It was inferred that this might be 691 00:29:12,742 --> 00:29:15,335 a very small tunnel in terms of height. 692 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:17,921 That's interesting because of the old description 693 00:29:18,006 --> 00:29:20,916 of the so-called flood tunnel, was two foot by three foot, 694 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,168 and this certainly is no bigger than that. 695 00:29:23,252 --> 00:29:25,763 That's important because it may have some impact 696 00:29:25,922 --> 00:29:28,590 in terms of our caisson placement for the year. 697 00:29:28,674 --> 00:29:30,926 Yeah, if it's depositor, great. 698 00:29:31,010 --> 00:29:32,677 - That's right. - ALEX: At the end of the day, 699 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:35,096 - it just tells us where else to go. - STEVE G.: That's right. 700 00:29:35,181 --> 00:29:37,182 It would be fantastic if we can chase it 701 00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:38,275 to the Money Pit and it gives us 702 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:39,601 a direct line to where we need to be. 703 00:29:39,694 --> 00:29:41,195 Everything is good information 704 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,188 - for us. - RICK: Oh, absolutely. 705 00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:44,531 Here's hoping. 706 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:45,866 All right, thanks, everybody. 707 00:29:46,025 --> 00:29:47,284 TERRY: See you later. 708 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:52,113 NARRATOR: Two days later, 709 00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:54,533 as heavy equipment continues 710 00:29:54,617 --> 00:29:56,618 to arrive on Oak Island for the upcoming 711 00:29:56,702 --> 00:29:58,870 excavation of the Money Pit... 712 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:01,548 MARTY: It's results time, gentlemen, which is always fun. 713 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:03,625 Um, we have some results 714 00:30:03,718 --> 00:30:05,544 on this particular piece right here. 715 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,963 NARRATOR: brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 716 00:30:08,047 --> 00:30:10,224 along with their partner Craig Tester 717 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:13,644 gather with other members of the team in the war room. 718 00:30:13,728 --> 00:30:15,804 It was found near the ship's rail. 719 00:30:15,888 --> 00:30:17,973 - Yeah. - MARTY: Interesting piece of wood. 720 00:30:18,057 --> 00:30:20,317 - You spotted it as different. - Yeah. 721 00:30:20,476 --> 00:30:22,319 NARRATOR: After the recent discovery 722 00:30:22,478 --> 00:30:24,062 near the southern border of the swamp 723 00:30:24,146 --> 00:30:26,406 of a believed piece of ship's deck planking, 724 00:30:26,566 --> 00:30:28,325 they have just received 725 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:31,152 an expedited carbon-dating report. 726 00:30:31,237 --> 00:30:34,155 I'm gonna turn it over to Billy to describe where it came from. 727 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,408 - So go ahead, Billy. - That was, uh... 728 00:30:36,492 --> 00:30:38,743 (clears throat) pretty close to the ship's rail. 729 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,088 I'd say... 730 00:30:41,247 --> 00:30:44,249 probably 30 feet, you know, from it, it was in that general area. 731 00:30:44,333 --> 00:30:47,010 And our immediate reaction was, hey, it looked like, weren't 732 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:48,595 sure, looked like the tip of an oar, maybe, but... 733 00:30:48,754 --> 00:30:51,423 Are you certain that's... 734 00:30:51,507 --> 00:30:53,258 shaped? 735 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:55,185 - It's a really thin piece of wood, so... - Mm-hmm. 736 00:30:55,270 --> 00:30:56,937 And it just looks like the ends were tapered. 737 00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:00,107 Craig has C-14 results on it. 738 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:02,434 This one's interesting. I mean, it... 739 00:31:02,518 --> 00:31:05,028 it seems to have a fairly uniform 740 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:07,614 height and thickness. 741 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:10,275 Um, just got this information back in. 742 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:12,703 One time frame. 743 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:17,115 224 to 376 AD. 744 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:18,450 ALEX: Wow! 745 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,502 So old, old, old. 746 00:31:25,541 --> 00:31:27,042 NARRATOR: In the war room, Craig Tes 747 00:31:27,126 --> 00:31:29,294 has just informed the team 748 00:31:29,378 --> 00:31:31,805 that a plank of wood retrieved three days ago 749 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,891 from the southern edge of the swamp 750 00:31:34,050 --> 00:31:36,059 could be as much as 2,000 years old. 751 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:39,813 It tells a completely different story. 752 00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:43,475 - Yeah. - That doesn't match anything else that we have. 753 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,403 - No. - JACK: All right, but here's the question though. 754 00:31:46,562 --> 00:31:49,072 How is this wood related to the treasure? 755 00:31:49,157 --> 00:31:50,407 ALEX: I don't know. I don't know, 756 00:31:50,566 --> 00:31:52,242 - the date is so early. - MARTY: Yeah, I know. You've got 757 00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:53,994 to come up with a convoluted answer because 758 00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:55,820 - of the date's so weird. - Yeah. 759 00:31:55,905 --> 00:31:58,248 NARRATOR: After the Money Pit was first 760 00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:00,751 discovered in 1795, 761 00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:03,670 one of the most common theories among searchers 762 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,665 was that whatever may lie buried in the treasure shaft 763 00:32:06,749 --> 00:32:09,176 must be related to either 17th 764 00:32:09,335 --> 00:32:11,845 or 18th century pirates 765 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:14,348 due to the fact that European pirates 766 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:16,767 from Spain, England, France 767 00:32:16,926 --> 00:32:19,427 and Portugal had frequently been known 768 00:32:19,512 --> 00:32:22,013 to sail through the waters of the North Atlantic. 769 00:32:22,098 --> 00:32:25,934 However, over the course of the last decade, 770 00:32:26,018 --> 00:32:28,687 Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 771 00:32:28,771 --> 00:32:31,356 have found numerous artifacts and man-made workings 772 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,692 from every era between the 12th 773 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:36,036 and 18th centuries. 774 00:32:36,195 --> 00:32:38,863 -Here's another piece of it! Look at that! -Look at that. 775 00:32:38,948 --> 00:32:42,033 NARRATOR: Until now, the most perplexing discovery 776 00:32:42,126 --> 00:32:45,045 was a piece of ship's railing also discovered 777 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:48,289 near the southern border of the swamp one year ago 778 00:32:48,374 --> 00:32:51,376 that was dated to as early as 660 AD. 779 00:32:51,460 --> 00:32:54,546 Could this believed fragment of ship planking 780 00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:57,382 mean that the origins of this mystery go back 781 00:32:57,466 --> 00:33:00,802 even further than anyone ever imagined? 782 00:33:00,886 --> 00:33:03,638 - CRAIG: Everybody thought that was man worked. - Yeah... 783 00:33:03,723 --> 00:33:05,649 We don't know what part of the tree this came from. 784 00:33:05,733 --> 00:33:07,892 So if it was the inner part of a tree, 785 00:33:07,977 --> 00:33:09,561 then it could put in the ship's 786 00:33:09,645 --> 00:33:11,062 time period, which is around 600. 787 00:33:11,147 --> 00:33:13,323 So both of them are super early. 788 00:33:13,482 --> 00:33:15,409 - Yeah. - MARTY: I'm always saying, "Well, 789 00:33:15,568 --> 00:33:16,994 show me some data." 790 00:33:17,153 --> 00:33:18,570 Because otherwise I'm not gonna believe it. 791 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:20,831 And then I get the data, still don't believe it. 792 00:33:20,915 --> 00:33:23,158 (laughter) 793 00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:26,253 What's the probability... 95? 794 00:33:26,412 --> 00:33:28,747 CRAIG: Yeah, a 95.4%. 795 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:29,998 MARTY: Whew. 796 00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:31,916 I don't know what to do with that. 797 00:33:32,001 --> 00:33:34,344 The swamp just keeps giving up answers 798 00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:36,087 and more mysteries. 799 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:39,007 It's come up with some very amazing, tantalizing, 800 00:33:39,091 --> 00:33:42,761 inexplicable, but significant clues. 801 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:46,189 And that's one of the real curses of Oak Island 802 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:49,517 is that you can't rule out almost anything. 803 00:33:49,602 --> 00:33:51,686 Craig, don't you dare, ever, 804 00:33:51,779 --> 00:33:54,031 bring another time period in here. 805 00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:55,866 (laughter) 806 00:33:55,950 --> 00:33:57,776 - We've got plenty. - STEVE G.: Just because the date 807 00:33:57,860 --> 00:33:59,944 doesn't fit doesn't mean it wasn't used at a later date. 808 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,289 No, wood, wood kept dry does last basically forever. 809 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:04,041 So that doesn't mean it couldn't be 810 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:06,126 related to something else we've found-- let's use 811 00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:08,286 the ship's railing. What are they, 300 to 400 years apart? 812 00:34:08,370 --> 00:34:10,789 They could be related. They're just from different trees. 813 00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,540 There's certain species that can last forever. 814 00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:15,552 - Yeah. - DAN H.: The basic rule is 815 00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:18,630 do some more analysis, wider range 816 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:22,225 of investigations, and see if you, uh, first of all, 817 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:24,811 can identify the wood-- What plant, what continent 818 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,314 it came from. Maybe a region, you know. 819 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:28,899 This is just step one. 820 00:34:28,983 --> 00:34:31,651 My thought would be a species I.D. 821 00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:32,819 Right. 822 00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,488 NARRATOR: Although the team has had 823 00:34:34,647 --> 00:34:35,822 great success this year 824 00:34:35,981 --> 00:34:37,482 working with Nova Scotia 825 00:34:37,566 --> 00:34:39,651 and Florida-based institutions 826 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:41,328 for certain testing such as carbon dating 827 00:34:41,487 --> 00:34:43,580 and elemental analysis, 828 00:34:43,664 --> 00:34:45,832 due to the ongoing global pandemic, 829 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:48,251 it will be several months before they are 830 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:51,246 able to test numerous wooden artifacts discovered this year 831 00:34:51,330 --> 00:34:54,499 for possible species and country of origin, 832 00:34:54,583 --> 00:34:58,428 which they intend to do at the University of Alaska. 833 00:34:58,587 --> 00:35:01,765 All of this work comes about because we are 834 00:35:01,924 --> 00:35:05,769 on a quest, if you will, to find answers 835 00:35:05,853 --> 00:35:09,523 to a-a very one-of-a-kind mystery. 836 00:35:09,682 --> 00:35:14,269 And, uh, that is, you know, what happened here on Oak Island. 837 00:35:14,353 --> 00:35:16,938 But at the end of the day, 838 00:35:17,022 --> 00:35:20,108 these dates indicated a period of time that is 839 00:35:20,192 --> 00:35:22,786 decidedly and distinctly different. 840 00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:25,872 The next step is to see if it's out of place on the island. 841 00:35:26,031 --> 00:35:27,707 Is it native to the area? 842 00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:30,034 If it's not, then how did it get here? 843 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:32,287 We can find the species, 844 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:34,214 and at least where it came from. 845 00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:35,790 If it was from Europe or not. 846 00:35:35,883 --> 00:35:37,125 That would make a big difference. 847 00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:38,969 STEVE G.: We test the species 848 00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:40,804 and we see if it's a wood that can last a long time, 849 00:35:40,963 --> 00:35:43,473 especially a wood... typically used on a ship, 850 00:35:43,632 --> 00:35:45,725 and that's really the first step from here. 851 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:47,802 - RICK: Mm-hmm. - Well, look-look, gentlemen, 852 00:35:47,887 --> 00:35:49,062 this is informational only. I mean, 853 00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:50,555 let's check for species, 854 00:35:50,639 --> 00:35:52,891 let's redo the carbon-14 test and 855 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,652 - we can decide what, what next to do. - RICK: Yep. 856 00:35:55,811 --> 00:35:57,478 Because I don't need any more mysteries. 857 00:35:57,563 --> 00:35:59,564 (laughter) 858 00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:01,908 So we will assemble again when we have more data. 859 00:36:02,067 --> 00:36:03,493 ALEX: Okay. 860 00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:09,833 - (horn honks) - (brakes squeal) 861 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,749 NARRATOR: Following the team's 862 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:20,251 astonishing meeting in the war room... 863 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:23,096 Well, guys, it's a beautiful day here in the Money Pit. 864 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,348 - It's a big day for us. - Yeah. 865 00:36:25,507 --> 00:36:26,933 It's exciting. I mean, these are the biggest cans 866 00:36:27,092 --> 00:36:28,676 - we've ever put down. - Yep. 867 00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:30,687 BILLY: Here comes Rick and Marty. 868 00:36:30,846 --> 00:36:33,431 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty, and members of the team 869 00:36:33,515 --> 00:36:36,443 gather in the Money Pit area as the massive sections 870 00:36:36,602 --> 00:36:38,945 of ten-foot-wide steel caissons 871 00:36:39,104 --> 00:36:41,198 that will be used to excavate 872 00:36:41,357 --> 00:36:44,609 Borehole D-2 have finally arrived on the island. 873 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:47,111 We're ready to find some gold! 874 00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:49,948 There you go. That's the spirit! 875 00:36:50,032 --> 00:36:51,449 We got a bigger shovel this year. 876 00:36:51,533 --> 00:36:53,793 Yeah. I see that. That's a dandy, isn't it? 877 00:36:53,953 --> 00:36:55,954 RICK: That's remarkable. 878 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:58,039 So what do you think? 879 00:36:58,123 --> 00:36:59,290 Will this happen? 880 00:36:59,383 --> 00:37:01,468 The amount of material 881 00:37:01,627 --> 00:37:03,044 that we're gonna be moving, 882 00:37:03,128 --> 00:37:06,806 we have, we've got a really fantastic chance 883 00:37:06,966 --> 00:37:10,385 this year of holding a lot of things 884 00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:12,812 in our hands. Not just the one thing. 885 00:37:12,972 --> 00:37:15,065 The testing said there's gold down there. 886 00:37:15,224 --> 00:37:16,975 - Yep. - Sourced from where, I don't know. 887 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:18,893 There's silver down there. Sourced from where, 888 00:37:18,978 --> 00:37:21,062 I don't know. Statistically, it's a pretty big shot. 889 00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:24,065 I know it's there. I know it's there. You just got to find it. 890 00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:26,493 - Yeah. - RICK: Everything points 891 00:37:26,577 --> 00:37:29,320 to something coming up out of there that will prove 892 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,665 the Oak Island mystery. Will all the answers come up? 893 00:37:31,824 --> 00:37:33,583 I don't know. None of us know that. 894 00:37:33,742 --> 00:37:36,160 Will proof come up? 895 00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,913 That's all that matters to me. It's a very simple goal. 896 00:37:38,998 --> 00:37:41,416 Find one piece of irrefutable evidence underground, 897 00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:44,094 - deep underground. - With all the data, 898 00:37:44,253 --> 00:37:47,180 -all the results from all the testing, -Yeah. 899 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,099 - This is the year! - MARTY: Let's go! 900 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:52,010 - Yeah. - (laughter) 901 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,271 - CHARLES: Here they come. - All right, here they come. 902 00:37:54,430 --> 00:37:56,189 Here we go. 903 00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:58,099 GARY: Wow! 904 00:37:58,192 --> 00:38:01,019 - Look at the size of that can. - (Marty whoops) 905 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,613 RICK: When the caissons come across the causeway, 906 00:38:03,772 --> 00:38:04,864 you know, there's some excitement in the air. 907 00:38:05,024 --> 00:38:06,700 It's palpable, certainly. I mean... 908 00:38:06,784 --> 00:38:08,535 it's not just the caissons, of course. 909 00:38:08,694 --> 00:38:10,370 It's always about the people. 910 00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:12,205 So it's great 911 00:38:12,364 --> 00:38:14,449 to welcome back old friends. 912 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:16,543 - MARTY: Hey, Vanessa! - Hey, hey! 913 00:38:16,702 --> 00:38:18,628 NARRATOR: Arriving back 914 00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:21,956 on the island to once again supervise the dig 915 00:38:22,041 --> 00:38:24,709 are ROC Equipment's owner Vanessa Lucido 916 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,461 and her heavy equipment operators Danny Smith 917 00:38:26,545 --> 00:38:28,463 and Jared Busby. 918 00:38:28,547 --> 00:38:30,557 They are joined by Michel Ouellette 919 00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:34,811 and Andrew Beaulieu representing Irving Equipment Limited. 920 00:38:34,895 --> 00:38:37,555 VANESSA: Y'all see this coming in right now? 921 00:38:37,639 --> 00:38:39,057 Are you ready for this? 922 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:40,483 We're ready for this. 923 00:38:40,568 --> 00:38:43,227 VANESSA: This isn't small cans. 924 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:45,480 - No. Wow. - VANESSA: Yeah. 925 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:47,899 We're gonna find it this year, right? 926 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:49,233 This year is the year. 927 00:38:49,318 --> 00:38:50,485 VANESSA: I'm excited! 928 00:38:50,569 --> 00:38:52,403 We're ready. (laughs) 929 00:38:52,496 --> 00:38:53,571 MARTY: No, this is gonna be fun, it's gonna be exciting. 930 00:38:53,664 --> 00:38:54,914 Uh, it's gonna be a lot of work. 931 00:38:55,074 --> 00:38:57,658 You've seen the spoils come out from the littler ones. 932 00:38:57,752 --> 00:38:59,744 Yeah, it'll be quite a bit more. 933 00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:01,254 VANESSA: We know we can't do this without disturbing the ground, 934 00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:04,341 but the grab operation is gonna be the less destructive. 935 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,084 Because you're gonna be encapsulating things 936 00:39:06,168 --> 00:39:08,086 - rather than breaking them, right? - Yeah. 937 00:39:08,170 --> 00:39:10,180 So we're gonna get like five cubic yards 938 00:39:10,264 --> 00:39:13,007 with this grab, so a lot bigger. 939 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:16,936 NARRATOR: Once all of the equipment is in place over Borehole D-2 940 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:19,689 and the dig begins in the coming days, 941 00:39:19,848 --> 00:39:22,600 the ten-foot-diameter caissons will allow 942 00:39:22,684 --> 00:39:25,362 the 22-and-a-half-ton hammer grab to remove 943 00:39:25,521 --> 00:39:28,689 as much as 11,000 pounds of earth per scoop. 944 00:39:28,774 --> 00:39:32,035 That means that if Borehole D-2 945 00:39:32,194 --> 00:39:34,788 is on target above the fabled Chappell Vault, 946 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:37,874 buried more than 150 feet underground, 947 00:39:38,033 --> 00:39:41,544 the team could potentially recover it whole. 948 00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:44,464 MARTY: We're gonna have a lot of investigative volume 949 00:39:44,623 --> 00:39:46,624 in the Money Pit. Pretty exciting. 950 00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:48,718 And here's what's very clear. 951 00:39:48,877 --> 00:39:51,712 It's time to change our focus from the information hunt 952 00:39:51,806 --> 00:39:54,215 all over the island to digging up 953 00:39:54,308 --> 00:39:56,634 and beginning the treasure hunt, 954 00:39:56,718 --> 00:39:58,645 the actual treasure hunt up at the Money Pit. 955 00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:02,565 Do you know why we're so driven this year? 956 00:40:02,724 --> 00:40:05,568 - I have no, no clue. - MARTY: Yeah, I'll tell her. 957 00:40:05,727 --> 00:40:08,396 There is definitely, for sure, completely, 958 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,657 - without a doubt... - Based on science. 959 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:13,827 based on science, with no possibility of error, 960 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:15,319 gold down there. 961 00:40:15,404 --> 00:40:17,155 - There is! - (laughing): That's cool! 962 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,490 (laughter) 963 00:40:19,575 --> 00:40:22,076 - Well, I'm glad you went big. - RICK: So are we. 964 00:40:22,161 --> 00:40:25,004 - We really couldn't do it without you, so... - That's for sure. 965 00:40:25,164 --> 00:40:27,248 Well, team's here. We're ready. 966 00:40:27,341 --> 00:40:29,167 MARTY: Okay. I think we've done enough 967 00:40:29,251 --> 00:40:31,085 talking-- why don't we get this stuff unloaded? 968 00:40:31,178 --> 00:40:32,587 - Let's do it. - MARTY: All right. 969 00:40:32,671 --> 00:40:35,265 - Very good. - Come on, we'll meet down there. 970 00:40:35,424 --> 00:40:37,517 NARRATOR: The months of waiting are now over. 971 00:40:37,676 --> 00:40:40,678 The dig is about to begin. 972 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:44,098 And for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team, 973 00:40:44,183 --> 00:40:47,185 the dream they have shared, to solve 974 00:40:47,269 --> 00:40:49,353 a 227-year-old mystery, 975 00:40:49,438 --> 00:40:52,115 may soon be fulfilled. 976 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:54,951 But as they reach into the underground depths 977 00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:57,203 that have left so many before them vanquished, 978 00:40:57,362 --> 00:40:59,530 what will they ultimately find? 979 00:40:59,615 --> 00:41:02,533 Spanish silver and gold? 980 00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:05,870 Priceless treasures connected to the Knights Templar? 981 00:41:05,954 --> 00:41:09,207 Perhaps it will include them all... 982 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,926 and much, much more. 983 00:41:15,130 --> 00:41:17,715 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 984 00:41:17,799 --> 00:41:19,634 This was a really early bag seal. 985 00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:23,062 - TE, Treasury of England. - How about that! 986 00:41:23,222 --> 00:41:26,307 RICK: The new premier of Nova Scotia is coming for a visit. 987 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,401 - Let's go find the treasure. - Get your shovels. 988 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:29,810 VANESSA: We've got an oscillator here. 989 00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:31,979 Y'all are finally going big. 990 00:41:32,064 --> 00:41:33,648 - ANDREW B.: Here we are now. - RICK: Wow. 991 00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:35,241 - It looks like a battleship. - (laughs) 992 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:36,910 MARTY: Okay, let's make hole. 993 00:41:37,069 --> 00:41:38,411 Let's find it! It's exciting. 994 00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:40,404 It's probably the highest expectation 995 00:41:40,489 --> 00:41:43,157 I've ever had because the physical presence of gold.