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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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Looks like we got
something, boys!
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Two pieces of wood.
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The only thing usually that
will give us that is a tunnel.
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So, we ran C-14 on it.
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One time frame-- old, old, old.
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(horn honks)
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MARTY: We are about
to embark on the attempt
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to recover valuables
lurking in the Money Pit.
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CHARLES:
Here they come!
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MARTY:
We've got ten-foot cans
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coming in and we can dig it up.
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There is definitely, without
a doubt, gold down there.
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(laughs)
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NARRATOR:
There is an island
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in the North Atlantic...
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it...
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manmade workings
that date to medieval times...
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and a lead cross
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whose origin may be connected
to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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And according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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MARTY:
This is an important meeting.
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Because we are about to embark
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on the real beginning
this year of the treasure hunt.
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The attempt
to recover valuables,
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important artifacts, stories--
Whatever may be still
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lurking in the Money Pit,
we're, we're about to begin.
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Yep. This is the year.
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I've never been
more excited in my life.
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NARRATOR:
As an exciting new day
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dawns on Oak Island.
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So, anyway,
the dig is about to begin.
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And I'm wearing my lucky toonie.
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I'm wearing it for luck.
And I hope it works.
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NARRATOR: Brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina are meeting
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with their partner Craig Tester
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and other members
of their team in the war room
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to plan the most strategic
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excavation ever conducted
in the Money Pit
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since the treasure mystery began
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227 years ago.
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Basically, we have to have a,
uh, an idea of who's doing what,
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how the logistics
are gonna work.
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There's gonna be a whole bunch
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of materials moved,
a bunch of metal detecting,
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a bunch of washing.
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So I'm gonna turn it over
to big brother here.
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- So go ahead, Rick.
- Well...
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the first thing I want
to speak of is
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we all know Irving is
coming in here, so...
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I think what we need
to focus on is
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the selection of the caissons.
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That's right.
I think the consensus
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- would be D-2 first.
- Yeah.
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Yep. I agree.
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Yeah. Well, makes sense.
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MATT:
The depth of this one might be
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- a better chance for getting some silver, right?
- Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Three months ago,
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the team conducted
extensive water testing
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in numerous boreholes...
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and obtained heightened evidence
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-of a vast cache
-(rapid beeping)
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Of both silver and gold.
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- CHARLES: That's a big chunk of metal right there.
- TERRY: Wow.
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NARRATOR: Since those
stunning scientific discoveries...
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the team has conducted
a strategic
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core-drilling operation
across a grid
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of some 20 new boreholes,
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searching for more tangible
evidence of treasure.
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- STEVE G.: That's a lot of wood.
- CHARLES: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Among the
most promising locations
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was D-2, where they unearthed
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not only evidence
of wooden structures...
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but also a fragment of metal
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some 90 feet deep
containing high levels of gold.
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The sonic drill program has
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indicated that there are
substantial works
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in that area, uh, i.e.,
a tunnel, perhaps
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- a shaft.
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Over the course of this week...
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representatives from
Irving Equipment Limited
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and ROC Equipment
will be transporting
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massive amounts
of heavy machinery,
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including a 220-ton crane,
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sections
of ten-foot-wide steel casing,
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and a 22-and-a-half-ton
hammer grab
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in order to excavate D-2
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and hopefully solve
the Oak Island mystery.
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The speed and the pace of the
work up there is gonna increase,
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simply because of the volumes
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- that we're dealing with, right?
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Last year, the five-foot can,
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we were maybe extracting
a yard of material.
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Now we're gonna be pulling out
almost five yards of material.
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Gary, you know
what your responsibilities are.
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- Metal detect the entire thing.
- Yeah.
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- No small job.
- MARTY: No.
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I do have a concern that,
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that we need
to keep focus on the,
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the zones of best interest.
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If we could isolate,
like in D-2,
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from 70
to a little over 100 feet,
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I think
that would be very important.
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Exactly.
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JACK:
I'm going off of what Craig
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just said, and we're doing two
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times as much...
washing this year.
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I'm wondering if everything's
gonna be able
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- to go through the plant?
- RICK: It's all unknowns
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- till we get into it.
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If we get behind,
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- then we will adapt.
- Yeah.
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NARRATOR: As the team
excavates borehole D-2,
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the tons of earth-- or spoils--
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Will be transported to
an industrial-grade wash plant
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near Smith's Cove.
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There they will be carefully
cleaned, sifted,
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and sorted according to size,
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then searched
for any possible valuables.
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Because of the scale
of the work,
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the most important issue is,
as it always is,
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- is safety, and...
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There is one overriding concern
and that
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- is the Money Pit pad.
- Right.
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Billy's going to be
entirely responsible
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for the Money Pit pad
and all the preparations
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that need to be done
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- before Irving moves in.
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NARRATOR: Due to more than
two centuries of digging and drilling
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by generations
of previous searchers,
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the ground in the Money Pit
area remains unstable
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with the potential
for dangerous cave-ins.
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Therefore, before the dig
can begin,
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Billy Gerhardt, and his team
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from Gerhardt Property
Improvement,
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will haul in more
than 1,150 tons of fresh gravel
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to not only ensure that the two
and half acre area is level,
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but also stable in order to
support
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all of the heavy machinery
that is currently on its way
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to the island.
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BILLY: We have quite a bit
of work to do to make sure
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- that the Money Pit is stable.
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But our success
now depends on everybody.
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- Yep. - Whatever needs to get done.
- That's right.
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- Yeah.
- GARY: And what I want to know is,
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where are we gonna store
all the treasure?
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(laughter)
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MARTY: Okay... I think
that wraps this one up.
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Let's all get
back out there and finish
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whatever preparations
need to be done.
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- Yep.
- This could be the year that we do find the treasure.
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MARTY:
Gold is what I'm hoping we find.
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RICK:
That'd be fantastic.
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NARRATOR:
Later that morning...
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Got a little job to do here.
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Gonna be quite
a little job here, yep.
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NARRATOR: while Billy
Gerhardt and project manager
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Scott Barlow supervise
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the preparation
of the Money Pit area...
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BILLY: The Money Pit has
to be strong enough to hold
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a bigger can, bigger oscillator,
bigger crane, bigger weight, right?
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Yep.
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TERRY:
FTS-2 is underway.
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FTS stands
for "Flood Tunnel Search."
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NARRATOR:
just to the east on Lot 18,
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- Terry. Brennan.
- Hey, Alex. How are you?
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NARRATOR:
Alex Lagina joins geologist
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Terry Matheson
and members of the team
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as they begin an operation
that they hope will increase
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the chances of success
for their upcoming
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Money Pit excavation.
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TERRY: We've got quite a
ways to go. We're only at 38 feet.
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But this is the point
at which we...
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lost contact with solid ground
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and dropped into a relative void
in the previous hole.
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CRAIG:
Here's another one right here.
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NARRATOR: Two weeks ago,
while drilling into
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a mysterious void on the eastern
side of the Money Pit area
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known as A-13...
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the team made
a curious discovery.
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TERRY:
It almost looks like grass,
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Maybe eelgrass
or something washing in.
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NARRATOR:
Eelgrass,
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along with vast amounts
of coconut fiber,
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were discovered
in 1850 at Smith's Cove,
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acting as a filter for the
legendary
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two-foot by three-foot
flood tunnel
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believed to feed sea water
into the Money Pit.
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ALEX:
How deep are we taking this?
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NARRATOR:
Now more than 170 years later,
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after finding
their own evidence of eelgrass,
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the Oak Island team is
drilling Borehole FTS-2
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where previous searchers
believed
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the flood tunnel
might be found at a depth
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of nearly 120 feet.
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Another sample is coming
up shortly here.
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- Seems pretty solid, eh?
- Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
It is their hope,
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that if they can penetrate
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and compromise the tunnel,
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it will cut off the flow
of seawater into the Money Pit
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and allow them to succeed
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where so many before
have failed,
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giving them the ability
to finally excavate
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the original treasure shaft.
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MARTY:
Because we're drilling
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rather near the Money Pit,
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but between the Money Pit
and Smith's Cove,
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if we were to encounter
a flood tunnel,
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it would probably be near the
point it entered the Money Pit.
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So it looks to me
like this could be significant
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to help with our quest.
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And where are we at, 48?
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BRENNAN:
48 at the bottom of this.
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This is...
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relatively soft-ish and getting
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into soft blue-gray till.
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That means we might be
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close to something.
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If you're close to a structure,
ofttimes
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- we find that it gets quite soft, as you well know.
- BRENNAN: Yeah, yeah.
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I think we can be quite hopeful
we're gonna encounter
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the structure.
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Time's gonna tell, I guess.
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NARRATOR: As the drill
operation continues on Lot 18...
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RICK:
This shovel's hungry.
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It's hungry
for top-pocket finds.
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- Let's feed the beast.
- Let's do it.
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NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and
metal detection expert Gary Drayton
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have arrived on Lot 32,
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just west
of the triangle-shaped swamp.
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I like to call it,
"The Giving Lot."
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Every time we come back here, we
find some coins and artifacts.
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- All right, mate, let's see what we got.
- I'm ready to go.
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NARRATOR:
Over the past two years,
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the Laginas and their team have
made a number
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of incredible discoveries
in the area,
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including a lead cargo bag seal
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that the team believes
could be connected
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to the Knights Templar...
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ox shoes and also...
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potential evidence
of an ancient ship's wharf.
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Okay, mate, first flag's here.
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00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:37,377
- It's a little bit rocky.
- Yeah.
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- Let's see what this one is.
- (metal detector beeping)
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I'm getting mixed signals.
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00:10:43,634 --> 00:10:45,301
But...
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definitely enough signal there
to dig.
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00:10:48,305 --> 00:10:50,398
- RICK: Seems a bit jumpy.
- Yeah, it does.
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RICK:
Still in the hole.
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Let's see if I can pinpoint it.
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00:11:02,653 --> 00:11:06,072
There it is!
Oh, we know what that is.
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- Your old friend.
- Yep.
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00:11:08,158 --> 00:11:11,586
That is a broken ox shoe.
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00:11:11,745 --> 00:11:14,831
It's a fantastic find for this
area.
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00:11:14,915 --> 00:11:17,917
You'd assume that you
would find ox shoes in an area
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where you think there's a wharf,
there's been some unloading.
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Maybe it broke
because it was a heavy load.
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00:11:23,257 --> 00:11:25,600
Yeah, it seems thicker.
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00:11:25,759 --> 00:11:27,769
And it's heavy for its size.
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00:11:27,928 --> 00:11:30,596
- There's a lot of work in here to get you in, Gar.
- Yeah, there is.
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00:11:30,681 --> 00:11:33,274
So the next flag's
just over here, mate.
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Let's see what this
one sounds like.
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(beeping)
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00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:39,522
Yeah, better.
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Just there, mate.
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Yeah, I'd rather take my time
breaking stuff apart.
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Whatever it is, it's out.
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(whooping)
Look at that!
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NARRATOR:
On Lot 32,
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just west
of the Oak Island swamp...
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Rick Lagina
and metal detection expert
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Gary Drayton have just
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made what could be
an important discovery.
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Ooh, a little copper piece.
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- Copper or brass.
- Yeah.
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00:12:18,654 --> 00:12:20,563
Ooh, it's got a little--
Am I seeing things
287
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or is there a design on there?
288
00:12:22,649 --> 00:12:24,817
I see what you're saying, yeah.
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To me, when I look at it,
it looks like "S" and "A."
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GARY:
Yeah. Kind of looks...
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scripted, doesn't it?
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NARRATOR:
A copper artifact?
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Possibly bearing
part of an inscription?
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Could it be
a fragment of a container
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or perhaps an adornment
to an article of clothing?
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And, if so,
might it help identify
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its original owner?
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GARY:
I like this, mate.
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Because if there is any
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cursive writing or any old-style
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numbers, um,
it would make it older
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and probably date it to
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- the other artifacts in this area.
- Yep.
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GARY:
You can see by the look of it
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that it's connected
to all the other finds
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00:13:07,703 --> 00:13:10,622
that we've recovered
in the same area.
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00:13:10,706 --> 00:13:12,865
Maybe there is a design
on there.
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00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:16,127
Because I do, I see
some kind of scripting on it.
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00:13:16,286 --> 00:13:18,713
There could be
some kind of initials
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on this piece, so we've got
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to clean it up
and hopefully glean
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some information
from this artifact.
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00:13:27,297 --> 00:13:29,799
Okay, mate, on to the next.
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NARRATOR:
As Rick and Gary continue
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00:13:32,135 --> 00:13:34,387
their search on Lot 32...
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ADAM:
48!
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- All right, thank you, Adam.
- TERRY: Thank you.
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NARRATOR: And while Alex Lagina
and members of the team
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continue drilling in search
of the flood tunnel
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near the Money Pit area...
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later that day...
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(Jared whoops)
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JARED:
You're good. You're good.
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00:13:55,242 --> 00:13:57,493
NARRATOR: representatives
of Irving Equipment Limited
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have arrived with the 220-ton
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crane that will be used
for the team's
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Money Pit excavation.
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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
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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,
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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.
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00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,941
- I'm pretty anxious to see the first can go down.
- Yep.
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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.
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00:14:32,029 --> 00:14:33,121
JARED:
Pull straight in there.
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00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,455
That's it, buddy, come on!
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NARRATOR: Although this is
merely the first
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of a total of 20 loads
of digging equipment
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00:14:39,786 --> 00:14:41,880
- being transported from New Brunswick...
- It's good!
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00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:44,549
in less than one week,
it will enable Rick,
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Marty, Craig and their team
to conduct
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00:14:47,377 --> 00:14:49,637
the largest, most targeted
dig ever attempted
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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.
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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,
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00:15:06,980 --> 00:15:08,489
that have to be metal detected.
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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.
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00:15:13,829 --> 00:15:16,072
- Yep. Very good.
- See you in a bit.
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00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:19,659
NARRATOR: While preparations
continue in the Money Pit area...
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later that afternoon...
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GARY: We're having a
good day so far, mate.
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RICK:
So far.
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00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,260
NARRATOR:
Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton
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continue searching
for clues on Lot 32.
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00:15:32,089 --> 00:15:34,849
This is the last flag
I've got down here,
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00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:39,345
so hopefully this is a good one.
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00:15:39,429 --> 00:15:40,438
(beeping)
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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.
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00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:47,946
RICK:
Okey-doke.
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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.
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00:16:06,123 --> 00:16:08,383
(whooping)
Look at that!
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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!
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00:16:12,462 --> 00:16:15,890
Sweet!
Look at that, that's a beauty!
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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.
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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.
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00:16:26,059 --> 00:16:27,643
That's English.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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.