1 00:00:02,061 --> 00:00:03,151 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,170 --> 00:00:04,670 MARTY: Bring it, baby. 3 00:00:04,821 --> 00:00:06,672 RICK: There's hard evidence that there is 4 00:00:06,823 --> 00:00:08,582 treasure in the Money Pit. 5 00:00:08,676 --> 00:00:11,068 - MARTY: Oh, boy, look at that. - That could be part of a tunnel. 6 00:00:11,161 --> 00:00:13,178 - MARTY: We understand you have some results for us? - It's French lead. 7 00:00:13,330 --> 00:00:15,330 Would that apply to our friend the cross, too? 8 00:00:15,349 --> 00:00:17,090 - Most definitely. - No kidding? 9 00:00:17,184 --> 00:00:19,184 ALEX: We can scan the area for any sign of 10 00:00:19,411 --> 00:00:20,853 the stone road as it heads out of the swamp. 11 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:22,688 Look at that. I think we might have found it. 12 00:00:22,915 --> 00:00:24,414 - A lot of wood coming out. - Yep. 13 00:00:24,508 --> 00:00:26,266 GARY: We got a good signal here. Ooh! 14 00:00:26,418 --> 00:00:28,318 - Look at that. - That's beautiful. 15 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,533 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,684 --> 00:00:37,036 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,187 --> 00:00:41,114 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,267 --> 00:00:44,025 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,045 --> 00:00:46,045 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:50,698 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:55,112 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,130 --> 00:00:56,204 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,298 --> 00:00:59,040 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:02,043 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:02,137 --> 00:01:07,066 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,217 --> 00:01:09,401 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,575 --> 00:01:17,034 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:22,639 - [Rick] Good morning. - [Gary] Hello, chaps. 29 00:01:22,732 --> 00:01:24,141 - [Laird] Hello. - [Peter] Morning. 30 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:26,418 - Beautiful day. - Yep. - It's lovely. 31 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:29,070 NARRATOR: The dawn of an exhilarating new day 32 00:01:29,164 --> 00:01:31,072 has arrived on Oak Island. 33 00:01:31,092 --> 00:01:32,649 GARY: You hear that, guys? 34 00:01:32,668 --> 00:01:34,760 I think that's the sound of treasure. 35 00:01:34,911 --> 00:01:36,653 (laughter) 36 00:01:36,672 --> 00:01:39,172 NARRATOR: And for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 37 00:01:39,325 --> 00:01:42,768 their partner Craig Tester, and their devoted team, 38 00:01:42,919 --> 00:01:45,512 it also comes with a rush of anticipation, 39 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:48,665 as they are conducting the most ambitious operation 40 00:01:48,684 --> 00:01:50,758 ever attempted in order to solve 41 00:01:50,853 --> 00:01:54,113 a 227-year-old treasure mystery. 42 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:57,524 You've got to have the three Ps of treasure hunting. 43 00:01:57,676 --> 00:02:01,436 Patience, persistence and perseverance. 44 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:03,789 Well, I'm adding another one. 45 00:02:04,016 --> 00:02:05,515 Positivity! 46 00:02:05,534 --> 00:02:06,792 This is the year! 47 00:02:06,943 --> 00:02:09,686 We are gonna be holding treasure in our hands. 48 00:02:09,705 --> 00:02:11,964 This spot's got a lot going for it. I mean, 49 00:02:12,191 --> 00:02:15,617 there's three good value targets within this can. 50 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:18,712 - And hopefully it's gonna tell a story. - Yep. 51 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:22,032 NARRATOR: Working once again with representatives 52 00:02:22,050 --> 00:02:25,051 from Irving Equipment Limited and ROC Equipment, 53 00:02:25,204 --> 00:02:29,389 the team is excavating a ten-foot-wide, steel-cased shaft 54 00:02:29,541 --> 00:02:32,133 in the Money Pit area that they've affectionately dubbed 55 00:02:32,227 --> 00:02:35,154 The Fellowship 1, or TF-1. 56 00:02:35,381 --> 00:02:39,307 It was at this location where earlier this year, 57 00:02:39,401 --> 00:02:42,161 after water-sampling tests revealed the presence 58 00:02:42,312 --> 00:02:45,389 of high concentrations of both gold and silver, 59 00:02:45,407 --> 00:02:48,333 the Oak Island team drilled a six-inch borehole 60 00:02:48,485 --> 00:02:50,485 and made a number of stunning discoveries 61 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:52,579 at a depth of some 90 feet. 62 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:56,249 These finds included evidence of a wooden tunnel 63 00:02:56,402 --> 00:03:00,179 that was carbon-dated to as early as 1488... 64 00:03:00,330 --> 00:03:03,515 and metal fragments containing solid gold. 65 00:03:03,742 --> 00:03:07,761 Now, as a 48-ton rotating oscillator 66 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:10,580 drives the massive sections of the steel caissons 67 00:03:10,599 --> 00:03:13,859 to a maximum depth of 170 feet, 68 00:03:14,086 --> 00:03:17,270 a 22-and-a-half-ton hammer grab tool, 69 00:03:17,423 --> 00:03:20,532 capable of extracting 11-and-a-half-thousand pounds 70 00:03:20,684 --> 00:03:23,443 of earth per scoop, will hopefully recover 71 00:03:23,595 --> 00:03:25,204 what people have been searching for 72 00:03:25,431 --> 00:03:29,041 since the hunt first began back in 1795. 73 00:03:29,192 --> 00:03:32,044 MARTY: TF-I was everybody's number one choice. 74 00:03:32,271 --> 00:03:35,214 If there were small bits of metal with gold 75 00:03:35,441 --> 00:03:38,942 in a four-inch hole, then surely a ten-foot diameter 76 00:03:39,035 --> 00:03:41,345 caisson will bring up the rest of it. 77 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,223 NARRATOR: Due to current government restrictions 78 00:03:44,450 --> 00:03:47,059 regarding archaeological work on Oak Island, 79 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:50,211 Laird Niven is now only able to assist the team 80 00:03:50,231 --> 00:03:52,789 by documenting the progress of the excavation 81 00:03:52,808 --> 00:03:54,641 in the Money Pit area. 82 00:03:54,793 --> 00:03:56,460 Feel lucky? 83 00:03:56,553 --> 00:03:59,479 I always feel lucky, mate. 84 00:03:59,631 --> 00:04:02,407 Got to go through the trash to get to the cash. 85 00:04:02,559 --> 00:04:04,134 MARTY: So here's the plan. 86 00:04:04,152 --> 00:04:06,152 ROC advances the caisson. 87 00:04:06,305 --> 00:04:08,138 Irving goes in with a hammer grab 88 00:04:08,231 --> 00:04:09,823 and digs out from inside the caisson. 89 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:11,658 That gets deposited 90 00:04:11,810 --> 00:04:13,994 right next to the crane. 91 00:04:14,146 --> 00:04:15,570 - You're up next. - GARY: Yep. 92 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:17,572 Play my song. 93 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,332 RICK: Billy will then 94 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,334 lay the material out 95 00:04:21,487 --> 00:04:23,745 to a thickness that Gary can metal-detect... 96 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,097 - Ready, Pete? - Yep. 97 00:04:25,248 --> 00:04:26,581 then Gary and Peter will go in. 98 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,158 Gary finds a target, 99 00:04:28,176 --> 00:04:30,585 Peter will dig it, and hopefully 100 00:04:30,679 --> 00:04:31,770 there'll be an aha moment. 101 00:04:31,997 --> 00:04:33,605 It's clean. 102 00:04:33,757 --> 00:04:35,165 It's clean, Billy. 103 00:04:35,258 --> 00:04:37,334 MARTY: And then Billy's gonna scoop 104 00:04:37,352 --> 00:04:40,020 the remaining spoils, put 'em in the dump truck, 105 00:04:40,172 --> 00:04:41,838 haul 'em down to the wash plant just in case 106 00:04:41,857 --> 00:04:42,930 we miss something, so... 107 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,524 we're not gonna miss anything. 108 00:04:44,676 --> 00:04:45,784 NARRATOR: To ensure 109 00:04:45,935 --> 00:04:47,344 that no important clues are missed 110 00:04:47,362 --> 00:04:49,195 that might not contain 111 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:51,439 any metal, the spoils will be processed 112 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:55,035 in an industrial wash plant near Smith's Cove. 113 00:04:55,129 --> 00:04:58,780 There, they will be washed and sorted according to size 114 00:04:58,874 --> 00:05:00,632 for valuables and anything else 115 00:05:00,784 --> 00:05:04,118 that might help solve the Oak Island mystery. 116 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:06,046 - RICK: Hey. - VANESSA: How's it going? 117 00:05:06,140 --> 00:05:08,122 Well, you tell us. 118 00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:10,625 Well, we're advancing nicely. 119 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:13,812 Our last measurement, the can was at 40 feet down, 120 00:05:13,963 --> 00:05:17,207 - and the shaft was at just below 30. - Okay. 121 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:18,725 So, we'll get another measurement here 122 00:05:18,877 --> 00:05:20,301 in about 30 minutes. 123 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:22,637 RICK: So, we're on target, really, 124 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:24,472 to hit the zone of interest by... 125 00:05:24,566 --> 00:05:26,992 VANESSA: Tomorrow. Yeah. 126 00:05:27,143 --> 00:05:29,328 - We're all looking forward to that. - Yeah. 127 00:05:30,647 --> 00:05:33,890 RICK: The areas between 70 and 90 feet 128 00:05:33,909 --> 00:05:35,983 is really the area of significance. 129 00:05:36,003 --> 00:05:38,986 To me, that's where there's 130 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:42,566 hard evidence that there is treasure at depth 131 00:05:42,584 --> 00:05:43,675 in the Money Pit. 132 00:05:43,902 --> 00:05:45,510 So, 133 00:05:45,662 --> 00:05:47,662 are you gonna try to put another can on or...? 134 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,422 - Yes. Yep. - RICK: You are. 135 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,850 We're gonna stack another can, and then we're gonna keep going. 136 00:05:52,077 --> 00:05:54,077 - So, we're just good to dig, right? - Yep. 137 00:05:54,096 --> 00:05:56,003 - Unless you start seeing that timber. - Yeah. 138 00:05:56,023 --> 00:05:57,522 Okay. Well, I'll let you know 139 00:05:57,674 --> 00:05:58,857 - when I do another measurement. - RICK: All right. 140 00:05:59,008 --> 00:06:00,584 Thank you. 141 00:06:00,602 --> 00:06:03,010 Let's find something. 142 00:06:03,030 --> 00:06:06,531 NARRATOR: As the dig operation continues at the Money Pit... 143 00:06:06,758 --> 00:06:09,776 - Well, Charles, my friend, road trip. - Yeah. 144 00:06:09,928 --> 00:06:13,038 some 300 miles northwest of Oak Island... 145 00:06:13,189 --> 00:06:16,116 - I am very much looking forward to this trip. - Yeah. 146 00:06:16,268 --> 00:06:18,101 It's fun to get off the island a little bit once in a while, 147 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,102 - for one thing. - (chuckles) 148 00:06:19,121 --> 00:06:21,028 Marty Lagina 149 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:23,289 and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 150 00:06:23,442 --> 00:06:25,533 are traveling to the University of New Brunswick 151 00:06:25,627 --> 00:06:28,111 to receive a scientific report 152 00:06:28,130 --> 00:06:32,057 regarding one of the team's most curious recent discoveries. 153 00:06:32,284 --> 00:06:34,375 I much enjoy 154 00:06:34,469 --> 00:06:37,044 - finding out the scientific answers. - Yeah. Well, 155 00:06:37,139 --> 00:06:38,805 I think we're gonna get some... 156 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:41,307 - hopefully some very interesting data today. - Yeah. 157 00:06:41,402 --> 00:06:45,145 We're gonna get test results on the lead bag seal, 158 00:06:45,297 --> 00:06:47,072 - uh, that Gary found. - Correct. 159 00:06:47,223 --> 00:06:49,741 - Yeah. Okay, good. - One of the great things with lead is, 160 00:06:49,893 --> 00:06:52,318 we can actually zero in on where it came from 161 00:06:52,413 --> 00:06:54,562 in the world, which is great. And that can 162 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:56,139 actually help with some of the theories, too. 163 00:06:56,158 --> 00:06:57,641 Oh, w-without question. 164 00:06:57,659 --> 00:06:59,492 Odds are very high it's from England. 165 00:06:59,645 --> 00:07:01,736 Yeah, I think that was the-the impression 166 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:04,906 - that Dr. Brosseau had, was that it is English. - Yes. 167 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:07,408 GARY: Oh, wow. Look at that, mate. 168 00:07:07,502 --> 00:07:10,745 This is really, really special. 169 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:13,098 NARRATOR: One year ago, while metal detecting 170 00:07:13,249 --> 00:07:15,600 on Lot 32 just west of the swamp, 171 00:07:15,752 --> 00:07:17,269 Gary Drayton 172 00:07:17,420 --> 00:07:19,754 and Rick and Marty's nephew David Fornetti 173 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:21,848 found a lead cargo bag seal 174 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:24,258 in the same area where they found evidence 175 00:07:24,278 --> 00:07:26,260 of an ancient ship's wharf. 176 00:07:26,354 --> 00:07:29,072 We've just struck gold with this piece of lead, mate. 177 00:07:31,935 --> 00:07:34,101 MARTY: Well, anyway, we're here. Great. 178 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:37,104 - Pretty soon, maybe some answers. - CHARLES: Let's hope. 179 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:39,683 NARRATOR: Although a preliminary assessment 180 00:07:39,701 --> 00:07:41,442 by chemist Dr. Christa Brosseau 181 00:07:41,462 --> 00:07:43,795 suggested that the bag seal 182 00:07:43,947 --> 00:07:46,280 could date to as early as the 15th century 183 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:48,041 and was of British origin... 184 00:07:48,193 --> 00:07:50,302 Here we are. 185 00:07:50,453 --> 00:07:53,138 - Hello, Chris. How you doing? - Ah, gentlemen. 186 00:07:53,289 --> 00:07:55,365 Marty and Charles have arranged to meet 187 00:07:55,383 --> 00:07:58,793 with professor of earth sciences Dr. Chris McFarlane, 188 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:01,705 who has just conducted testing on the artifact 189 00:08:01,798 --> 00:08:04,649 using a method known as laser ablation. 190 00:08:04,876 --> 00:08:06,651 We understand you have some results for us? 191 00:08:06,803 --> 00:08:08,895 Yeah, we sure do. Do you want to sit down and have a look at it? 192 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:10,714 Oh, fantastic. 193 00:08:10,732 --> 00:08:12,382 NARRATOR: Laser ablation 194 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,141 utilizes a high-powered laser 195 00:08:14,236 --> 00:08:16,219 to cut microscopic samples 196 00:08:16,312 --> 00:08:18,404 from the surface of lead artifacts. 197 00:08:18,557 --> 00:08:21,407 Then isotope values are identified, 198 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,243 which can help determine 199 00:08:23,395 --> 00:08:25,653 not only the object's full chemical composition 200 00:08:25,747 --> 00:08:28,732 but also its region of origin. 201 00:08:28,750 --> 00:08:30,917 It was this same testing method 202 00:08:31,069 --> 00:08:34,012 which confirmed that the 14th century lead cross 203 00:08:34,239 --> 00:08:36,998 found four years ago at Smith's Cove 204 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:38,925 came from a European region 205 00:08:39,077 --> 00:08:42,929 that once served as a stronghold for the Knights Templar. 206 00:08:43,081 --> 00:08:46,432 Chris, I know you like to know the whole picture. 207 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:47,600 And, Charles, why don't you give him some more background 208 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:49,176 about that thing? 209 00:08:49,271 --> 00:08:50,587 Uh, this was actually found 210 00:08:50,605 --> 00:08:51,863 on the-the south side of the island 211 00:08:52,090 --> 00:08:53,606 near Lot 32. 212 00:08:53,759 --> 00:08:56,034 And actually, the markings on it, I think, were English. 213 00:08:56,185 --> 00:08:58,762 And we're also quite sure it's quite old. 214 00:08:58,780 --> 00:08:59,929 - CHRIS: Mm-hmm. - MARTY: Uh, beyond that, 215 00:09:00,023 --> 00:09:03,116 we wanted you to do the data matching 216 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:05,043 and tell us where it might have come from. 217 00:09:05,194 --> 00:09:08,380 Yeah, that-that's super useful because it takes 218 00:09:08,531 --> 00:09:11,532 - modern lead mines off the table, which is... - Yes. 219 00:09:11,552 --> 00:09:13,868 (chuckles): Which is quite helpful when we go to do 220 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:15,945 the data interpretation. 221 00:09:15,964 --> 00:09:17,614 - Okay. - Yeah. 222 00:09:17,632 --> 00:09:21,560 All right. So, here we've got our ablation sequence. 223 00:09:21,711 --> 00:09:22,952 - Everything ran well. - MARTY: Mm-hmm. 224 00:09:22,971 --> 00:09:25,471 Uh, we got some quite nice data from it. 225 00:09:25,566 --> 00:09:27,307 Here's the result. 226 00:09:27,459 --> 00:09:29,216 Going through this, 227 00:09:29,236 --> 00:09:33,054 we started out with, you know, this giant database 228 00:09:33,148 --> 00:09:35,465 of 7,000 records. 229 00:09:35,558 --> 00:09:39,060 And from that thousands of records, 230 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:41,654 we can basically pare it down 231 00:09:41,807 --> 00:09:44,231 to maybe... 232 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:46,901 ten to 12 possible locations. 233 00:09:46,995 --> 00:09:49,546 They're all in, uh, Europe. 234 00:09:51,149 --> 00:09:54,818 The bag seal 235 00:09:54,836 --> 00:09:59,172 has a very European affinity lead, for sure. 236 00:09:59,324 --> 00:10:02,750 The English signature doesn't really fit 237 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:05,178 once you do all the filtering. 238 00:10:05,330 --> 00:10:06,921 - Oh. - CHRIS: There's nothing North American. 239 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,349 There's nothing Scandinavian. 240 00:10:09,501 --> 00:10:11,776 - And significantly not England. - CHRIS: No. 241 00:10:12,003 --> 00:10:13,278 No. 242 00:10:13,429 --> 00:10:16,856 - That's the surprise. - Yeah. - CHRIS: Yeah. 243 00:10:17,008 --> 00:10:19,342 There are several possibilities. Most of them 244 00:10:19,435 --> 00:10:21,286 - are Mediterranean sources. - Okay. 245 00:10:21,437 --> 00:10:25,106 And if we whittle it down as closely as I can get... 246 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,867 - Yes? - CHRIS: Well, 247 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:29,352 it's French lead. 248 00:10:29,445 --> 00:10:31,463 - Is it? (chuckles) - Without a doubt. 249 00:10:31,690 --> 00:10:32,947 - Okay, so... - MARTY: Would that apply 250 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:35,208 to our friend the cross, too? 251 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:37,636 Oh, yeah. Definitely. 252 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,977 CHRIS: It looks like it's a French source of lead. 253 00:10:46,129 --> 00:10:48,221 Would that apply to our friend the cross, too? 254 00:10:48,373 --> 00:10:50,390 - Uh, most definitely. Yeah. - Ah, no kidding? 255 00:10:50,484 --> 00:10:52,651 NARRATOR: At the University of New Brunswick, 256 00:10:52,878 --> 00:10:55,487 Dr. Chris McFarlane has just informed 257 00:10:55,638 --> 00:10:57,897 Marty Lagina and Charles Barkhouse 258 00:10:58,049 --> 00:11:01,067 that the lead used to make the ancient cargo bag seal 259 00:11:01,219 --> 00:11:04,645 found one year ago just west of the Oak Island swamp 260 00:11:04,665 --> 00:11:07,481 originated in the same European region 261 00:11:07,575 --> 00:11:10,669 as the 14th century lead cross. 262 00:11:10,896 --> 00:11:12,504 Yeah, and it's kind of a big area. 263 00:11:12,655 --> 00:11:13,579 - Yeah. - CHRIS: But it's-it's known 264 00:11:13,732 --> 00:11:15,581 for its lead mines. 265 00:11:15,734 --> 00:11:17,324 It's still surprising, though. We were virtually certain, 266 00:11:17,419 --> 00:11:18,843 walking in here, it'd be English. 267 00:11:19,070 --> 00:11:23,740 The absolute value plots closest to a couple 268 00:11:23,833 --> 00:11:26,333 - of French sources. - MARTY: No, it... 269 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:29,595 Chris, it fits into an entirely different narrative. Yeah. 270 00:11:29,748 --> 00:11:31,672 Yeah. Yeah. 271 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:34,417 NARRATOR: Ever since 2016, 272 00:11:34,436 --> 00:11:36,269 when the late author Zena Halpern 273 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:39,088 presented the team with two maps of Oak Island 274 00:11:39,107 --> 00:11:40,757 that she believed had been created 275 00:11:40,850 --> 00:11:43,259 by members of the Knights Templar, 276 00:11:43,278 --> 00:11:46,095 Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 277 00:11:46,189 --> 00:11:47,780 have made a number of discoveries 278 00:11:47,933 --> 00:11:49,949 that support her belief that the medieval order 279 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:53,453 buried a vast treasure in the Money Pit. 280 00:11:53,605 --> 00:11:57,031 These finds included the stone-paved area 281 00:11:57,125 --> 00:11:59,459 in the middle of the swamp, which was scientifically dated 282 00:11:59,611 --> 00:12:02,554 to as early as 1200 AD, 283 00:12:02,781 --> 00:12:06,132 pieces of 15th century cargo barrels, 284 00:12:06,284 --> 00:12:08,542 and a stone pathway between the swamp 285 00:12:08,636 --> 00:12:10,119 and the Money Pit. 286 00:12:10,138 --> 00:12:13,306 And the 14th century lead cross, 287 00:12:13,458 --> 00:12:16,809 a cross that was an exact match in design 288 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:18,385 to one that Rick saw carved into the wall 289 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:22,815 of a 14th century Templar prison in Domme, France. 290 00:12:22,968 --> 00:12:26,135 Is it possible that this lead bag seal 291 00:12:26,154 --> 00:12:28,137 is connected to those discoveries 292 00:12:28,156 --> 00:12:29,639 and offers more evidence 293 00:12:29,732 --> 00:12:33,476 that Zena Halpern's theory is true? 294 00:12:33,495 --> 00:12:34,753 I think there could be a connection 295 00:12:34,904 --> 00:12:36,829 between the cross and the bag seal, I suppose. 296 00:12:36,982 --> 00:12:39,816 We have two lead items that come from the same area. 297 00:12:39,834 --> 00:12:41,501 Why would I say, "No, they have nothing to do with each other"? 298 00:12:41,653 --> 00:12:43,428 It leads to some sort 299 00:12:43,655 --> 00:12:46,413 of potential early French connection 300 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:48,992 as to what went on here. 301 00:12:49,010 --> 00:12:51,603 That's what's so nice about dealing with scientists. 302 00:12:51,754 --> 00:12:52,937 - (chuckles) - You know? 303 00:12:53,164 --> 00:12:54,680 You're gonna say, "Look, here's what it is." 304 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:57,108 We had all come around 305 00:12:57,260 --> 00:13:00,353 to an assessment that the bag seal was British, 306 00:13:00,505 --> 00:13:04,023 and now we find that the lead had been mined in France. 307 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:08,011 The hope would be that it ties to Drayton's cross. 308 00:13:08,029 --> 00:13:09,512 No, that's excellent data. 309 00:13:09,531 --> 00:13:11,289 I mean, it... Here we go again. 310 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,624 Not expected. 311 00:13:12,851 --> 00:13:14,200 Exactly. 312 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:16,853 MARTY: Being sort of Rick's emissary here, 313 00:13:16,871 --> 00:13:18,855 he's always trying to bring the very latest, 314 00:13:18,873 --> 00:13:20,114 the most precise, 315 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:23,526 the most accurate scientific data we can. 316 00:13:23,545 --> 00:13:25,545 So, it's kind of our M.O. And we appreciate 317 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:28,289 -what you've done here. That's great. -CHRIS: Mm-hmm. 318 00:13:28,383 --> 00:13:30,366 - MARTY: Thank you very much, sir. - CHRIS: No, thank you. 319 00:13:30,459 --> 00:13:32,977 - MARTY: Okay, guys, till the next time. - CHRIS: No problem. 320 00:13:35,464 --> 00:13:37,982 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 321 00:13:38,209 --> 00:13:40,968 Did you get 60 foot of casing in the ground? 322 00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:42,545 VANESSA: I have 61. 323 00:13:42,638 --> 00:13:44,322 while the excavation continues 324 00:13:44,549 --> 00:13:46,974 in the TF-1 shaft at the Money Pit... 325 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:49,569 ALEX: This looks like a level spot to set up. 326 00:13:49,721 --> 00:13:51,054 NARRATOR: near the southeastern edge 327 00:13:51,072 --> 00:13:53,314 - of the triangle-shaped swamp... - Okay. 328 00:13:53,408 --> 00:13:55,558 Alex Lagina and his cousin 329 00:13:55,577 --> 00:13:57,818 David Fornetti are hoping to find 330 00:13:57,838 --> 00:14:00,654 more evidence of a curious stone feature that the team 331 00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:02,340 uncovered earlier this year. 332 00:14:02,567 --> 00:14:04,067 So, 333 00:14:04,085 --> 00:14:06,586 I figure since we can't dig here, 334 00:14:06,738 --> 00:14:10,348 the only way to follow the road is with GPR. 335 00:14:10,499 --> 00:14:12,742 We can at least scan the area and see 336 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,260 if we can pick up, like, any kind of sign 337 00:14:14,412 --> 00:14:16,095 of the stone road as it heads out of the swamp, 338 00:14:16,247 --> 00:14:18,523 - up the hill towards the Money Pit. - Okay. 339 00:14:18,750 --> 00:14:20,341 STEVE G.: I don't have an opinion. 340 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,767 I have facts. 341 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,436 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 342 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:26,606 while looking for clues near the massive stone wharf, 343 00:14:26,758 --> 00:14:30,017 the team uncovered a completely separate stone pathway. 344 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,928 STEVE G.: So, this is the cobble path from last year. 345 00:14:32,021 --> 00:14:33,687 It hits the cobble that we found this year, 346 00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:35,781 which is what we're standing on. 347 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:38,359 And, so, when you project this path, it heads to the Money Pit. 348 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:41,695 - That's interesting. - IAN: This is what we've been looking for. 349 00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:43,623 Right. 350 00:14:43,775 --> 00:14:46,885 - What you got? - I have a piece of pottery. 351 00:14:47,036 --> 00:14:50,037 NARRATOR: However, as archaeologist Laird Niven 352 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:53,391 began carefully exposing the feature, he discovered 353 00:14:53,542 --> 00:14:55,785 pieces of indigenous Mi'kmaw pottery... 354 00:14:55,878 --> 00:14:57,286 LAIRD: It's definitely Mi'kmaw. 355 00:14:57,305 --> 00:14:58,396 leading to a stunning mandate 356 00:14:58,623 --> 00:15:00,732 by the provincial government agency 357 00:15:00,883 --> 00:15:04,460 known as Community, Culture and Heritage. 358 00:15:04,479 --> 00:15:06,887 Community, Culture and Heritage 359 00:15:06,981 --> 00:15:08,239 asked that we stop work 360 00:15:08,466 --> 00:15:10,633 at the area 361 00:15:10,652 --> 00:15:12,226 where we were finding the artifacts. 362 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:13,411 I see. 363 00:15:15,156 --> 00:15:17,898 NARRATOR: The mandate restricted all further investigation 364 00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:20,919 of the feature in the southeast corner of the swamp. 365 00:15:21,146 --> 00:15:24,480 However, because the feature may continue 366 00:15:24,499 --> 00:15:26,149 up toward the Money Pit, 367 00:15:26,242 --> 00:15:28,668 it is Rick, Marty and Craig's hope 368 00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:31,078 that if they can find more evidence of the path 369 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,097 outside the restricted zone, 370 00:15:33,249 --> 00:15:36,008 they can obtain a special permit to uncover it, 371 00:15:36,161 --> 00:15:37,584 confirm where it leads, 372 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:39,178 and find more clues 373 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:42,440 that could help solve the Oak Island mystery. 374 00:15:43,685 --> 00:15:46,169 Okay. About here, you think? 375 00:15:46,262 --> 00:15:47,837 DAVID F.: Yeah, I think that should work. 376 00:15:47,855 --> 00:15:50,097 ALEX: First scan coming up. 377 00:15:50,191 --> 00:15:52,433 NARRATOR: In order to conduct their search, 378 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:57,680 Alex and David are using an OKM Gepard GPR 3D scanner. 379 00:15:57,699 --> 00:15:59,440 The device works 380 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:02,518 by emitting electromagnetic pulses into the ground 381 00:16:02,611 --> 00:16:05,129 to create a 3D visualization 382 00:16:05,281 --> 00:16:07,948 of potential objects, structures and voids 383 00:16:07,968 --> 00:16:11,970 as deep as 130 feet below the surface. 384 00:16:12,121 --> 00:16:14,305 (beeping slowly) 385 00:16:18,812 --> 00:16:20,553 (beeps rapidly) 386 00:16:20,705 --> 00:16:22,221 - Okay. - MARTY: This OKM 387 00:16:22,373 --> 00:16:25,799 is a state-of-the-art portable ground-penetrating radar. 388 00:16:25,893 --> 00:16:29,061 - About here? - Yeah. Might cheat a little bit this way. 389 00:16:29,214 --> 00:16:31,731 - Okay. - MARTY: This technology 390 00:16:31,883 --> 00:16:35,218 might be able to trace the paved road from the swamp 391 00:16:35,311 --> 00:16:37,311 up the hill towards the Money Pit. 392 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,313 If we can see these anomalies 393 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,724 and we think they're the road, well, we can dig it. 394 00:16:41,743 --> 00:16:44,168 - This'll be seven, so that's probably your last one. - ALEX: Okay. 395 00:16:44,395 --> 00:16:47,154 RICK: My hope is, maybe they'll find 396 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,007 something very significant, 397 00:16:49,234 --> 00:16:51,734 and we can take that information to CCH 398 00:16:51,753 --> 00:16:54,920 and say, "Guys, here, look. 399 00:16:55,073 --> 00:16:56,830 Here's the data. Here's the empirical evidence." 400 00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:58,165 ALEX: Okay. 401 00:16:58,259 --> 00:16:59,684 Let's take a look. 402 00:16:59,835 --> 00:17:01,911 RICK: "We need you to work with us 403 00:17:01,929 --> 00:17:04,355 "so that we can find out what this is 404 00:17:04,582 --> 00:17:07,083 "from an archaeological perspective. 405 00:17:07,101 --> 00:17:08,860 Help us move this forward." 406 00:17:09,087 --> 00:17:11,587 ALEX: Let's see if we got anything. 407 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,699 That looks pretty good. Look at that. 408 00:17:14,850 --> 00:17:17,184 DAVID F.: Oh, that's interesting. I mean, 409 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:19,203 we started on the stone road. 410 00:17:19,355 --> 00:17:21,764 - What was exposed. - ALEX: Mm-hmm. 411 00:17:21,857 --> 00:17:25,692 And at roughly the same depth, 412 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:29,696 there is a consistent feature or anomaly about the same width 413 00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:32,775 -that runs... -ALEX: Right along with it. Yeah. 414 00:17:32,868 --> 00:17:34,701 So, we might be picking it up. 415 00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:36,962 Even-even in the upland there 416 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:39,557 where we thought it ended, it might still continue. 417 00:17:39,784 --> 00:17:41,059 Incredibly, there's a good chance 418 00:17:41,210 --> 00:17:42,393 the stone road is under us right here. 419 00:17:43,805 --> 00:17:45,688 I think we might have found it. 420 00:17:50,645 --> 00:17:52,719 ALEX: I think the stone road might be under us right here. 421 00:17:52,814 --> 00:17:54,647 I think we might have found it. 422 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:56,223 And it continues 423 00:17:56,317 --> 00:17:59,302 all the way along the scan, 424 00:17:59,395 --> 00:18:00,820 - which is really good. - DAVID F.: Yeah. 425 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:02,988 NARRATOR: Using ground-penetrating radar, 426 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:06,992 Alex Lagina and David Fornetti have just found 427 00:18:07,145 --> 00:18:09,236 possible evidence of a buried stone pathway 428 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,738 running between the southeast corner of the swamp 429 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:13,983 and the Money Pit. 430 00:18:14,076 --> 00:18:16,761 I think if we try and catch it further 431 00:18:16,988 --> 00:18:18,821 in the upland, it might be worth taking a run or two 432 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,506 if we can find an area that, 433 00:18:20,658 --> 00:18:22,007 you know, we can have a clear pass. 434 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,327 Sure. I-I'm all for that. 435 00:18:24,345 --> 00:18:27,605 - I think we should do one right here, actually. - All right. Cool. 436 00:18:27,756 --> 00:18:29,756 I think we found the continuation of the stone road 437 00:18:29,851 --> 00:18:31,834 as it heads up out of the swamp 438 00:18:31,853 --> 00:18:32,926 towards the Money Pit. 439 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:34,170 Okay, I'll do the first round. 440 00:18:34,263 --> 00:18:35,762 You do the next one. Start here. 441 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:37,506 - Sounds good. - See if it goes under here. 442 00:18:37,525 --> 00:18:40,118 If we can follow this thing far enough, 443 00:18:40,269 --> 00:18:42,678 we get outside of this no-go zone, 444 00:18:42,697 --> 00:18:44,288 uh, then we can dig it, 445 00:18:44,515 --> 00:18:46,682 and it's actually gonna give us some artifacts. 446 00:18:46,701 --> 00:18:48,534 Because anything we find 447 00:18:48,686 --> 00:18:50,536 within the road is what's gonna give us 448 00:18:50,688 --> 00:18:53,022 a date and maybe tell us who did it. 449 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,374 It's really encouraging. 450 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:57,209 (beeps rapidly) 451 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:59,378 Let's take a look. 452 00:18:59,530 --> 00:19:02,198 - I know I got caught on something there, but... - Yep. 453 00:19:02,216 --> 00:19:04,216 Hopefully it doesn't matter. 454 00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:06,394 Let's see what we got. 455 00:19:07,796 --> 00:19:10,055 I mean, that looks a lot like what we were seeing. 456 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:12,275 DAVID F.: I'd imagine it's about the same depth. 457 00:19:14,988 --> 00:19:16,879 It looks about right, I mean, it's the same... 458 00:19:16,972 --> 00:19:19,657 Looks like it's about the same width. 459 00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:23,143 - Now that's saying five feet deep. - But we've come 460 00:19:23,237 --> 00:19:25,329 - out of the swamp and into the uplands, so... - Yeah. So we know 461 00:19:25,481 --> 00:19:26,555 there was a lot of activity here. 462 00:19:26,649 --> 00:19:28,166 Maybe it's been covered over. 463 00:19:28,393 --> 00:19:30,501 NARRATOR: Could Alex be correct 464 00:19:30,653 --> 00:19:33,153 that he and David have found an extension 465 00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:35,564 of the stone path leading away from the stone wharf 466 00:19:35,658 --> 00:19:37,842 in the swamp and toward the Money Pit? 467 00:19:37,993 --> 00:19:41,086 If so, who made such an effort to bury it? 468 00:19:41,239 --> 00:19:43,088 And why? 469 00:19:43,241 --> 00:19:46,500 Could the current dig being conducted in the TF-1 shaft 470 00:19:46,594 --> 00:19:50,021 soon reveal a possible answer? 471 00:19:50,172 --> 00:19:52,506 DAVID F.: You know, one of the things that I'm thinking... 472 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,008 I wonder if we try and figure out 473 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:56,585 where we're getting these hits 474 00:19:56,604 --> 00:19:58,270 and see if we can start to, 475 00:19:58,364 --> 00:19:59,922 you know, see that the road is going straight. 476 00:19:59,941 --> 00:20:01,774 I agree that we need to... You know, 477 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:03,426 if we think we have it, we need to mark it. I agree. 478 00:20:03,519 --> 00:20:05,594 We'll call Steve and come have him come in 479 00:20:05,613 --> 00:20:07,038 and, you know, shoot some GPS points. 480 00:20:07,265 --> 00:20:08,614 Perfect. 481 00:20:08,766 --> 00:20:10,357 Yeah, I have a, a ribbon 482 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:12,126 - I can mark it with. - ALEX: Oh, some tape. Perfect. 483 00:20:20,111 --> 00:20:23,629 NARRATOR: The following morning in the Money Pit area... 484 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:24,722 I got the wood. 485 00:20:26,634 --> 00:20:29,060 GARY: Yeah, that is wood. (chuckles) 486 00:20:29,287 --> 00:20:30,953 I like that. 487 00:20:31,046 --> 00:20:32,638 You have wood there in the bottom. 488 00:20:32,790 --> 00:20:35,399 NARRATOR: The excavation of the TF-1 caisson 489 00:20:35,551 --> 00:20:38,051 is beginning to yield exciting results... 490 00:20:38,145 --> 00:20:40,296 GARY: That is a big timber. 491 00:20:40,314 --> 00:20:42,298 as it has reached the team's zone of interest 492 00:20:42,316 --> 00:20:44,967 between 70 and 90 feet. 493 00:20:44,986 --> 00:20:46,485 It was in this depth range 494 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,305 where, earlier this year, they not only recovered 495 00:20:49,398 --> 00:20:51,974 evidence of a 15th century tunnel 496 00:20:51,993 --> 00:20:54,752 but also silver and gold. 497 00:20:56,147 --> 00:20:57,904 I mean, if we're looking for tunnels or shafts, 498 00:20:57,924 --> 00:21:01,074 this is the type of stuff you'd expect to be seeing, 499 00:21:01,168 --> 00:21:03,052 - wouldn't it? - Certainly is. 500 00:21:06,173 --> 00:21:07,515 LAIRD: Carry this in? 501 00:21:10,011 --> 00:21:11,510 GARY: No metals. 502 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:13,253 LAIRD: We're gonna need 503 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:15,606 a bucket of water and a brush. 504 00:21:16,851 --> 00:21:19,018 GARY: Couple of interesting pieces, 505 00:21:19,170 --> 00:21:21,020 especially that one. 506 00:21:21,172 --> 00:21:23,072 That looks like it's been hand-hewn. 507 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:26,284 Certainly cut. 508 00:21:26,511 --> 00:21:28,360 That feels heavy, too. Like hardwood. 509 00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:29,862 - Yeah. - GARY: Yeah. 510 00:21:30,014 --> 00:21:33,365 Look at that. More wood in the hammer grab. 511 00:21:33,518 --> 00:21:35,442 Can I go in, Billy? 512 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,202 PETER: Yep. 513 00:21:37,355 --> 00:21:39,422 - Got a lot of wood in there. - GARY: Yep. 514 00:21:46,697 --> 00:21:48,139 - Hey. - We're getting close, huh? 515 00:21:48,366 --> 00:21:49,365 Yeah. 516 00:21:49,458 --> 00:21:51,809 Yeah, this is the previous grab. 517 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,219 - JACK: What depth are we right now? - LAIRD: 75 feet. 518 00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:56,372 So, we're at the... we're at the actual depth 519 00:21:56,390 --> 00:21:57,815 where we expected to find 520 00:21:57,966 --> 00:21:59,558 this sort of wood and the tunnel. 521 00:21:59,710 --> 00:22:01,152 Yep. 522 00:22:01,303 --> 00:22:04,880 Those are huge cans. (chuckles) 523 00:22:04,973 --> 00:22:07,158 NARRATOR: Having been alerted that the dig has now reached 524 00:22:07,385 --> 00:22:10,569 critical depths, Rick, Marty and Craig 525 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:13,914 arrive to monitor the potentially historic operation. 526 00:22:15,150 --> 00:22:17,560 - Hey, guys. - ALEX: Morning, guys. 527 00:22:17,653 --> 00:22:20,079 CRAIG: Hey. This just come up? 528 00:22:20,231 --> 00:22:22,247 - JACK: Yeah. - DOUG: So, we'll fill you in 529 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:23,899 on what's been happening. 530 00:22:23,918 --> 00:22:26,177 - Please do. - This came out of the exact zone 531 00:22:26,404 --> 00:22:28,404 that Terry noted was loose, disturbed materials. 532 00:22:28,497 --> 00:22:30,756 So that could be part of a tunnel. 533 00:22:30,908 --> 00:22:34,018 MARTY: Well, what's it telling us, though? What about 534 00:22:34,245 --> 00:22:35,911 - metal detecting? Anything? - GARY: Nothing. 535 00:22:35,930 --> 00:22:38,097 I mean, we've found lots of notched timbers. 536 00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:41,692 - Any saw blade marks? - ALEX: Yeah. If you hold it 537 00:22:41,844 --> 00:22:44,010 like this, 538 00:22:44,105 --> 00:22:46,197 the saw cuts are at that angle. 539 00:22:46,424 --> 00:22:47,865 - So it could be vertical. - Yeah, and if this... 540 00:22:48,016 --> 00:22:49,775 and if this side was not parallel to this side, 541 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:51,685 the saw cuts would be straight up and down. 542 00:22:51,779 --> 00:22:53,019 RICK: Okay. Here's the info. 543 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:54,521 Hello. 544 00:22:54,615 --> 00:22:56,207 It's a great day to be digging. 545 00:22:56,358 --> 00:22:58,283 Um, so, we're at 81 with the can. 546 00:22:58,436 --> 00:23:01,286 - 76 and a half with the dig. Yeah. - MARTY: Okay. Where... 547 00:23:01,439 --> 00:23:03,547 Where exactly did the metal come out of? 548 00:23:03,699 --> 00:23:06,717 - Does anybody know? - About 88, 89. 549 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,370 So, this can will be to, um, 111 550 00:23:10,464 --> 00:23:13,373 during these next couple hours. 551 00:23:13,467 --> 00:23:16,619 MARTY: The hammer grab is nearing the 90-foot level. 552 00:23:16,712 --> 00:23:18,804 That's the zone of interest. 553 00:23:18,956 --> 00:23:20,213 I have always believed that the treasure 554 00:23:20,307 --> 00:23:22,975 could not be at 200-plus feet. 555 00:23:23,127 --> 00:23:26,311 A chamber at around 88 feet is perfect. 556 00:23:26,464 --> 00:23:28,221 That's the thing that makes sense to me. 557 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:30,557 That's the thing that has always made sense to me. 558 00:23:30,651 --> 00:23:32,818 Could the gold still be there? Could the treasure 559 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:35,413 still be there? Yes. 560 00:23:35,564 --> 00:23:36,914 And if we notice anything different, we'll stop 561 00:23:37,141 --> 00:23:38,140 - and let you guys know. - RICK: And, also, 562 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:40,400 the recognition that if you come down 563 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:43,587 - on top of anything different... - Anything different. 564 00:23:43,814 --> 00:23:45,831 - we'd like to know. - VANESSA: Yes. 565 00:23:45,983 --> 00:23:48,676 -Will do. All right. Thanks, guys. -Okey doke. Thank you. 566 00:23:49,837 --> 00:23:51,336 The continuity 567 00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:54,490 of the finds of wood 568 00:23:54,508 --> 00:23:56,583 at a certain elevation, 569 00:23:56,677 --> 00:23:59,995 that gives high confidence to what's happening there. 570 00:24:00,014 --> 00:24:04,016 So, can it be speculated that the treasure is at this depth 571 00:24:04,168 --> 00:24:07,445 somewhere in the mid-80 to mid-90 range? 572 00:24:07,596 --> 00:24:09,196 Absolutely. It's possible. 573 00:24:10,933 --> 00:24:13,025 I'm going to go down to the wash plant. 574 00:24:13,177 --> 00:24:14,677 I think they need more eyes down there, 575 00:24:14,695 --> 00:24:16,269 especially since we're getting close. 576 00:24:16,363 --> 00:24:17,680 - MARTY: Okay. - Yep. 577 00:24:17,698 --> 00:24:19,181 I got watching this can be attached. 578 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,791 I got that handled for you. 579 00:24:21,018 --> 00:24:22,293 (all laugh) 580 00:24:23,612 --> 00:24:25,521 CRAIG: Lot of wood coming out. 581 00:24:25,539 --> 00:24:27,631 Yep. 582 00:24:27,783 --> 00:24:29,467 GARY: Ooh, look at all that timber 583 00:24:29,694 --> 00:24:31,135 coming out. 584 00:24:37,218 --> 00:24:38,934 PETER: Wood here. 585 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,146 (metal detector beeping) 586 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:46,817 - GARY: We got a good signal here. - PETER: Yeah? 587 00:24:49,046 --> 00:24:50,821 Is it in this clump? 588 00:24:52,474 --> 00:24:54,992 GARY: Let me see if I can pinpoint it. 589 00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:58,329 I'm on vibrate at the moment. 590 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,247 Might be in this side bit. 591 00:25:02,893 --> 00:25:04,393 (beeps) 592 00:25:04,486 --> 00:25:06,337 - In your hand? - Yeah, it's in my hand. 593 00:25:06,488 --> 00:25:08,230 The heck have we got here? 594 00:25:08,249 --> 00:25:10,508 PETER: What is that? 595 00:25:14,572 --> 00:25:18,090 - It is that. Our first fastener. - Yeah. 596 00:25:18,242 --> 00:25:20,759 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, Gary Drayton 597 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:23,169 has just recovered a potentially important clue 598 00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:24,747 in spoils excavated 599 00:25:24,765 --> 00:25:26,932 from a depth of approximately 75 feet 600 00:25:27,084 --> 00:25:29,693 in the TF-1 shaft. 601 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,104 This is our first fastener, so I'm hoping 602 00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:35,348 - that it's a square-shanked fastener. - PETER: Hopefully. 603 00:25:35,442 --> 00:25:36,608 Let's get out just so... 'Cause there's another hammer grab. 604 00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:37,926 GARY: Yeah. All right. 605 00:25:37,945 --> 00:25:39,537 - PETER: Bring it to the table. - Yeah. 606 00:25:39,764 --> 00:25:41,597 NARRATOR: Could it be from a structure 607 00:25:41,690 --> 00:25:44,041 built long ago by someone who deposited 608 00:25:44,268 --> 00:25:46,710 something of great value in the Money Pit? 609 00:25:46,937 --> 00:25:49,454 If so, since they are now approaching 610 00:25:49,607 --> 00:25:51,123 the depth where they recovered evidence 611 00:25:51,275 --> 00:25:52,532 of both silver and gold 612 00:25:52,626 --> 00:25:54,034 earlier this year, 613 00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:56,554 what will they unearth next? 614 00:25:56,705 --> 00:26:00,849 Hey. We found our first iron fastener. 615 00:26:02,453 --> 00:26:04,210 - ALEX: Oh! - GARY: Tough to tell if it's square-shanked 616 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:06,138 or if it's a cut nail. 617 00:26:06,290 --> 00:26:09,049 Hard to say on that. 618 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,293 GARY: If I was taking a guess on that, I would say that's 619 00:26:11,312 --> 00:26:13,312 a square-shanked iron fastener. 620 00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:14,738 That'd be old. 621 00:26:14,890 --> 00:26:16,407 PETER: The tip looks wrought iron. 622 00:26:16,634 --> 00:26:19,893 GARY: Yeah, exactly. And we know most of this 623 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:22,729 hand-forged iron goes back a ways. 624 00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:24,248 I'm excited 625 00:26:24,475 --> 00:26:26,809 because whenever you find old iron fasteners, 626 00:26:26,902 --> 00:26:29,235 normally you find other artifacts 627 00:26:29,330 --> 00:26:32,256 associated with the people that were doing the mining, 628 00:26:32,407 --> 00:26:33,907 the tunneling, 629 00:26:34,001 --> 00:26:36,318 the people who built the shafts. 630 00:26:36,411 --> 00:26:38,670 We don't know what we've got here, 631 00:26:38,823 --> 00:26:42,415 but one thing that TF-1 has told us? 632 00:26:42,509 --> 00:26:47,329 We will find the Money Pit close to this location. 633 00:26:47,348 --> 00:26:49,607 Something to get tested, as well. 634 00:26:49,758 --> 00:26:51,108 So, I'll leave that with you guys 635 00:26:51,335 --> 00:26:52,759 - 'cause I've got to get stuck back in. - Sure. 636 00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:53,944 - Want to bag it? - Yeah. 637 00:26:55,615 --> 00:26:57,448 - It's in the bag. - Good sign. 638 00:26:58,767 --> 00:27:01,267 Excellent. See you in a bit. 639 00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:04,104 NARRATOR: As Alex, Gary and members of the team 640 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:07,866 continue monitoring the excavation of the TF-1 shaft, 641 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,943 near Smith's Cove... 642 00:27:09,962 --> 00:27:13,538 RICK: As far as I can see, everything's going good. 643 00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:16,191 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and other members of the team 644 00:27:16,284 --> 00:27:18,618 are carefully examining the spoils 645 00:27:18,638 --> 00:27:20,787 that are being processed through the team's 646 00:27:20,881 --> 00:27:22,714 industrial wash plant. 647 00:27:22,867 --> 00:27:25,384 A load came in from that caisson at the target depth, 648 00:27:25,536 --> 00:27:28,145 so that's probably what's going through here now. 649 00:27:28,296 --> 00:27:30,873 RICK: The work at the wash plant, 650 00:27:30,891 --> 00:27:32,541 it's a tactile operation, 651 00:27:32,634 --> 00:27:34,467 especially when the water is so cold. 652 00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:36,561 And it's difficult. You're standing in one place 653 00:27:36,714 --> 00:27:37,946 for hours on end. 654 00:27:39,566 --> 00:27:41,474 CHARLES: Is that a rose-head on that? 655 00:27:41,568 --> 00:27:44,161 RICK: Nah, it's modern. 656 00:27:44,388 --> 00:27:46,330 Your job, when you're at the front of the line, 657 00:27:46,557 --> 00:27:49,315 is to get that material as clean as possible 658 00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:53,412 so that the guys down the line can actually pick something out. 659 00:27:53,564 --> 00:27:55,506 What matters is that you find something. 660 00:27:55,733 --> 00:27:59,325 There's hours and hours where you find nothing. 661 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:03,472 And then you find one thing that says it was worth it. 662 00:28:21,942 --> 00:28:23,942 RICK: Okay. Let's see what else we can find. 663 00:28:24,094 --> 00:28:26,203 NARRATOR: As Rick and Charles continue sifting 664 00:28:26,354 --> 00:28:29,264 through the TF-1 spoils at the wash plant, 665 00:28:29,283 --> 00:28:30,708 back at the Money Pit... 666 00:28:30,935 --> 00:28:32,434 PETER: We're not getting any wood now. 667 00:28:32,453 --> 00:28:34,194 -Did I miss a grab? Or is that...? -That's just-- 668 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,546 It-it looked like a half-grab. 669 00:28:35,697 --> 00:28:37,122 Mostly water. 670 00:28:37,274 --> 00:28:38,698 NARRATOR: the excavation of the shaft 671 00:28:38,792 --> 00:28:40,792 has suddenly stopped producing 672 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:43,721 the expected volume of wood and spoils. 673 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,465 VANESSA: Something's not sitting right. 674 00:28:46,617 --> 00:28:50,519 That's three with no... no wood, no nothing. 675 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:54,231 DANNY: I don't know, I can't explain it. 676 00:28:54,382 --> 00:28:55,399 VANESSA: Maybe you're bouncing on wood. 677 00:28:55,550 --> 00:28:56,975 Maybe you're not getting to the bottom. 678 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:58,718 I'll go ask them if they're okay with us continuing down. 679 00:28:58,738 --> 00:29:00,237 Okay. 680 00:29:00,388 --> 00:29:01,238 All right, I'll go let 'em know. 681 00:29:03,984 --> 00:29:05,650 - Hello. - MARTY: Hi. 682 00:29:05,803 --> 00:29:07,302 All right, we've gone down two more feet with the oscillator, 683 00:29:07,395 --> 00:29:08,728 and we took out our three grabs. 684 00:29:08,748 --> 00:29:10,806 Um... 685 00:29:10,899 --> 00:29:12,232 You see he's not getting much. 686 00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:13,417 MARTY: Yeah. 687 00:29:13,644 --> 00:29:15,160 VANESSA: He's hitting something hard. 688 00:29:15,312 --> 00:29:16,903 MARTY: So, there's something in the way. 689 00:29:16,922 --> 00:29:18,422 VANESSA: Yeah. 690 00:29:18,573 --> 00:29:19,715 I can't guarantee we're getting to the bottom. 691 00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:24,152 With your guys' blessing, we want to take a few more grabs? 692 00:29:24,171 --> 00:29:26,579 - Definitely an anomaly going on. - Rick needs to be involved in this. 693 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:27,747 Okay. 694 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:29,082 - I'm getting him. - ALEX: Okay. 695 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,660 - Okay. - RICK: We are working 696 00:29:31,678 --> 00:29:33,495 as a very cohesive team. 697 00:29:33,514 --> 00:29:35,105 The vendors are invested in the process. 698 00:29:35,257 --> 00:29:36,774 Hey, Rick! 699 00:29:37,001 --> 00:29:39,109 You really should come back up there now. 700 00:29:39,261 --> 00:29:41,186 We're sort of at decision points. 701 00:29:41,338 --> 00:29:43,280 RICK: The communication is appropriate. 702 00:29:43,431 --> 00:29:45,857 We ask them, "Guys, if you believe 703 00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:48,935 that there's information that we should know in order to make 704 00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:51,771 an informed decision, please come to us." 705 00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:54,533 They are doing that very thing, and it's most appreciated. 706 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:57,610 Something's changed. Little bit of an anomaly going on. 707 00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,688 Didn't see this earlier. He wasn't getting full scoops. 708 00:29:59,706 --> 00:30:01,373 RICK: What do you make of that? 709 00:30:01,525 --> 00:30:03,133 VANESSA: We're-we're monitoring it, but weird. 710 00:30:03,285 --> 00:30:05,285 Um, the can's still at 83. 711 00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,471 We did not advance that because we have a nine-foot plug. 712 00:30:07,622 --> 00:30:09,881 We're not seeing anything abnormal. 713 00:30:10,034 --> 00:30:11,642 We're not seeing anything that's indicating 714 00:30:11,793 --> 00:30:14,294 that we're going through easy, smooth sand, right? 715 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:16,721 The oscillator has been reacting steadily 716 00:30:16,874 --> 00:30:18,965 - the entire time. - So, the mystery isn't the oscillator. 717 00:30:19,059 --> 00:30:20,542 The mystery is why that's not coming up with anything. 718 00:30:20,561 --> 00:30:22,227 - VANESSA: Yes. Yeah. - I see. 719 00:30:22,379 --> 00:30:24,563 NARRATOR: It appears that the TF-1 caisson 720 00:30:24,715 --> 00:30:27,640 has encountered a large object or obstruction 721 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:31,161 that the hammer grab tool is currently unable to retrieve. 722 00:30:31,313 --> 00:30:35,481 The question is, just what could the object be? 723 00:30:35,501 --> 00:30:38,669 Vanessa has suggested that there's some sort of obstruction 724 00:30:38,820 --> 00:30:41,154 at this depth-- 90-foot, give or take. 725 00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:45,083 Well, 90-foot conjures up the-the original Money Pit. 726 00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:46,993 As long as he concurs, 727 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:48,512 why don't you hit it a little harder and see what we got. 728 00:30:48,663 --> 00:30:52,015 - But I would not advance the pipe yet. - I agree. 729 00:30:52,242 --> 00:30:53,166 I agree. 730 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:55,835 Okay. Will do. 731 00:30:55,855 --> 00:30:58,671 Yeah. If it was in situ, 732 00:30:58,691 --> 00:31:02,417 I would expect big chunks of clay to be stuck to it still. 733 00:31:02,436 --> 00:31:04,486 I don't know. Don't know what it means. 734 00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:12,536 What odds would you put on us putting this thing down 735 00:31:12,687 --> 00:31:14,763 and not getting any metal? 736 00:31:14,781 --> 00:31:16,039 I was just thinking that. 737 00:31:16,266 --> 00:31:19,543 And every time it comes out of that hole, 738 00:31:19,694 --> 00:31:21,027 you're hoping. 739 00:31:21,121 --> 00:31:22,880 ALEX: I expect it right now. 740 00:31:23,107 --> 00:31:24,197 I expect it. 741 00:31:24,291 --> 00:31:26,032 - DOUG: You do? - I do. Right now. 742 00:31:26,126 --> 00:31:27,551 MARTY: Skeleton with a chest! 743 00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:31,889 And survey says... 744 00:31:32,116 --> 00:31:35,117 - PETER: That's a lot of water. - LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 745 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:37,394 MARTY: What is going on down there? 746 00:31:41,458 --> 00:31:42,399 - PETER: That's a lot of water. - LAIRD: Oh, yeah. 747 00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:43,716 MARTY: What is going on down there? 748 00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:45,794 I guess we're about to find out. 749 00:31:45,812 --> 00:31:47,905 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 750 00:31:48,132 --> 00:31:50,298 at a depth of approximately 80 feet... 751 00:31:50,317 --> 00:31:52,134 - VANESSA: Just water. - ANDREW: Yeah. 752 00:31:52,227 --> 00:31:53,985 a mysterious obstruction 753 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:56,821 is preventing the massive hammer grab tool 754 00:31:56,974 --> 00:32:01,143 from removing spoils from the ten-foot-wide TF-1 shaft. 755 00:32:01,236 --> 00:32:03,478 - VANESSA: Weird as hell. - ANDREW: Yeah. 756 00:32:03,497 --> 00:32:05,147 Marty said that Michel could drop it. 757 00:32:05,165 --> 00:32:06,815 See if we have something in there, so... 758 00:32:06,833 --> 00:32:08,408 - ANDREW: Okay. - Let's let him drop it three times. 759 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:09,818 And have him keep monitoring it? 760 00:32:09,911 --> 00:32:11,553 Yep, every three we're monitoring. 761 00:32:18,586 --> 00:32:19,519 MARTY: Come on! Be something good! 762 00:32:21,423 --> 00:32:23,848 - RICK: Wow. - ALEX: That's better. 763 00:32:24,001 --> 00:32:25,859 MARTY: That's a hell of a lot in this one. 764 00:32:27,020 --> 00:32:28,946 GARY: Oh, look at that. 765 00:32:30,357 --> 00:32:31,406 PAUL: Is that a rock? 766 00:32:33,435 --> 00:32:34,600 (clears throat) Billy. 767 00:32:34,695 --> 00:32:36,453 - Yeah? - Look! 768 00:32:39,516 --> 00:32:42,793 A, a rock with a drill hole in it. Look. 769 00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:45,020 I'll get out so you can lift it out. 770 00:32:45,038 --> 00:32:46,129 BILLY: Yeah. 771 00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:49,091 Gary's got something. 772 00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:54,137 Check this out. 773 00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:57,532 Look at that. 774 00:32:57,551 --> 00:32:59,201 That's beautiful. 775 00:32:59,219 --> 00:33:00,310 GARY: That's fantastic. 776 00:33:02,556 --> 00:33:05,131 That's almost certainly the anomaly. 777 00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:07,876 That's probably the D-2 borehole, don't you think? 778 00:33:07,894 --> 00:33:09,969 LAIRD: Yeah. 779 00:33:10,063 --> 00:33:12,805 NARRATOR: The mystery of the obstruction in the TF-1 shaft 780 00:33:12,899 --> 00:33:14,491 has been solved. 781 00:33:14,718 --> 00:33:17,402 The team has unearthed a large boulder, 782 00:33:17,554 --> 00:33:20,055 which they apparently drilled through earlier this year 783 00:33:20,148 --> 00:33:23,149 in the six-inch borehole known as D-2. 784 00:33:23,168 --> 00:33:25,727 A borehole where they discovered evidence of gold 785 00:33:25,820 --> 00:33:27,838 at a depth of some 90 feet. 786 00:33:30,584 --> 00:33:31,991 VANESSA: It's getting pretty good scoops, though. 787 00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:35,303 - Yeah. - Luck's on our side. 788 00:33:37,665 --> 00:33:39,516 - A lot of wood coming out. - Yep. 789 00:33:43,022 --> 00:33:45,080 ALEX: There it is. 790 00:33:45,173 --> 00:33:46,982 Is that an eight-incher, at least? 791 00:33:48,268 --> 00:33:50,676 GARY: That is a big timber. 792 00:33:50,771 --> 00:33:52,937 MARTY: I was hoping there would be a lot of wood coming up, 793 00:33:53,032 --> 00:33:55,106 and there indeed is a lot of wood coming up 794 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,349 from the hammer grab. 795 00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:57,951 - Got it? - Yeah. 796 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,372 MARTY: Some looks ancient, some looks more modern. 797 00:34:02,524 --> 00:34:03,874 Yeah, that's an interesting piece. 798 00:34:04,101 --> 00:34:07,118 The perennial problem on Oak Island is that, 799 00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:09,046 "Is it old enough?" 800 00:34:09,273 --> 00:34:10,955 We're looking for stuff that substantially 801 00:34:11,108 --> 00:34:12,774 predates the search. 802 00:34:12,793 --> 00:34:14,968 That's the kind of old I want to see. 803 00:34:16,947 --> 00:34:20,282 Ooh! Is this a shoe? 804 00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:23,226 Look at this! (chuckles) 805 00:34:23,378 --> 00:34:25,312 He's actually got a boot over there. 806 00:34:26,881 --> 00:34:28,714 - (laughs) - NARRATOR: A boot, 807 00:34:28,809 --> 00:34:32,402 found at a depth of more than 80 feet deep in the TF-1 shaft? 808 00:34:32,629 --> 00:34:34,629 I thought it was an old shoe for a minute. 809 00:34:34,722 --> 00:34:36,815 Here, I'll go grab it. I'll go grab it. 810 00:34:36,967 --> 00:34:40,151 NARRATOR: How did it end up that far below ground? 811 00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:42,304 Could it have been left by a previous treasure hunter 812 00:34:42,322 --> 00:34:43,563 on Oak Island? 813 00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:45,807 Or did it belong to someone 814 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:47,992 who came here much, much earlier? 815 00:34:48,145 --> 00:34:49,327 JACK: As requested. 816 00:34:49,479 --> 00:34:50,545 MARTY: Thank you. 817 00:34:53,317 --> 00:34:57,094 DOUG: Well, from the color, I was hoping it was leather, 818 00:34:57,245 --> 00:34:59,988 - but that's-that's more your classical rubber boot. - Yeah. 819 00:35:00,006 --> 00:35:01,581 PAUL: Does it have a size or a brand 820 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,749 on the inside? 821 00:35:03,769 --> 00:35:06,010 I'm gonna try and get some of the dirt out of it. 822 00:35:06,163 --> 00:35:07,829 - Gonna sneak in here. - Oh, yeah. 823 00:35:07,922 --> 00:35:10,440 -Um, our can is at 98 and a half. 824 00:35:10,592 --> 00:35:12,517 - Yeah. - We do have an eight-foot plug right now. 825 00:35:12,669 --> 00:35:15,520 Jared says he can see a bunch of wood in there. 826 00:35:15,672 --> 00:35:18,173 So, we're about 90 and a half with the dig. 827 00:35:18,191 --> 00:35:19,691 MARTY: Yeah. 828 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:21,176 VANESSA: All right. 829 00:35:21,269 --> 00:35:22,786 Well, we're-we're gonna keep digging. 830 00:35:22,937 --> 00:35:25,029 We're gonna get this can down tonight. 831 00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:26,197 - And then probably start again in the morning. - Keep digging. 832 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:27,415 Okay. 833 00:35:29,686 --> 00:35:32,129 I think we have early returns on this rubber boot, boys. 834 00:35:32,356 --> 00:35:36,133 - What is it? - So, up here it says... 835 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:39,694 - Mm-hmm. - Kaufman? 836 00:35:39,713 --> 00:35:42,455 They were a Canadian rubber company, 837 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:45,791 making these type of boots in 1908, 1909. 838 00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:49,537 This-this might be the pit that FDR was digging in. 839 00:35:49,556 --> 00:35:51,222 Well, that'd be pretty cool. 840 00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,892 They thought they were chasing the Money Pit at the time. 841 00:35:53,986 --> 00:35:55,710 ALEX: Maybe they were. 842 00:35:55,729 --> 00:35:57,821 NARRATOR: In 1909, 843 00:35:57,972 --> 00:36:01,307 a 27-year-old lawyer and 32nd-degree Freemason 844 00:36:01,401 --> 00:36:03,660 named Franklin Delano Roosevelt 845 00:36:03,811 --> 00:36:07,572 helped finance the Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company, 846 00:36:07,724 --> 00:36:10,742 which conducted a large-scale excavation 847 00:36:10,894 --> 00:36:13,728 of what they believed to be the original Money Pit. 848 00:36:13,747 --> 00:36:17,415 Although the future U.S. president was unsuccessful 849 00:36:17,567 --> 00:36:20,752 in reaching the fabled treasure before his company's efforts 850 00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:24,347 were drowned by flooding from the legendary booby trap, 851 00:36:24,499 --> 00:36:27,409 some reports suggest they did recover evidence 852 00:36:27,502 --> 00:36:31,579 of gold shavings while drilling at the bottom of their shaft. 853 00:36:31,598 --> 00:36:34,599 If this boot did, in fact, 854 00:36:34,751 --> 00:36:37,769 belong to one of Franklin Roosevelt's team members, 855 00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:41,031 could that mean that Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 856 00:36:41,182 --> 00:36:44,016 are on course to make a breakthrough discovery 857 00:36:44,110 --> 00:36:46,369 in the original Money Pit? 858 00:36:46,521 --> 00:36:50,523 RICK: We were certainly hoping that this was an older structure. 859 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,209 There is connective tissue-- 860 00:36:52,436 --> 00:36:54,360 The boot-- 861 00:36:54,454 --> 00:36:57,363 To Franklin Roosevelt's work. 862 00:36:57,382 --> 00:36:59,198 It's a clue. 863 00:36:59,292 --> 00:37:02,794 It's information, it's a reason 864 00:37:02,946 --> 00:37:05,889 to keep going and to stay vigilant and hopeful. 865 00:37:06,116 --> 00:37:08,800 DOUG: We brought up a piece of gold in D-2. 866 00:37:08,952 --> 00:37:10,727 Yeah, but the difference is, we can get down. 867 00:37:10,878 --> 00:37:12,712 - Yeah. - Nothing's gonna stop that. 868 00:37:12,806 --> 00:37:14,956 Look at that. Oh, there you go. 869 00:37:14,975 --> 00:37:16,124 DOUG: Yeah. 870 00:37:16,142 --> 00:37:17,192 JACK: That's tons of wood, isn't it? 871 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,478 Unbelievable. 872 00:37:20,630 --> 00:37:22,322 DOUG: What are we into? 873 00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:28,470 - ALEX: Look at that. - Wow. 874 00:37:28,488 --> 00:37:29,895 GARY: More timbers. 875 00:37:29,990 --> 00:37:32,064 JACK: That's tons of wood, isn't it? 876 00:37:32,158 --> 00:37:33,475 DOUG: What are we into? 877 00:37:33,493 --> 00:37:36,068 That's not the kind of stuff 878 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,570 that we brought up out of the other shafts. 879 00:37:37,664 --> 00:37:39,314 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 880 00:37:39,407 --> 00:37:42,092 the excavation of the ten-foot-wide TF-1 shaft 881 00:37:42,319 --> 00:37:45,262 has reached a depth of some 90 feet, 882 00:37:45,489 --> 00:37:47,505 where the team recovered evidence of both silver 883 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,750 and gold earlier this year. 884 00:37:50,844 --> 00:37:53,328 Hopefully this is a change from some of this more modern wood. 885 00:37:53,346 --> 00:37:54,846 Yeah, well that's the tunnel we're looking for, 886 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:56,273 with tons of timbers. 887 00:37:56,424 --> 00:37:59,109 - Who knows exactly what's in it? - Yeah. 888 00:37:59,336 --> 00:38:03,171 NARRATOR: Unfortunately, as the sun is beginning to set, 889 00:38:03,264 --> 00:38:06,190 the team from Irving Equipment Limited 890 00:38:06,343 --> 00:38:09,193 and ROC Equipment must now wait for morning 891 00:38:09,346 --> 00:38:11,179 before they can continue unearthing spoils 892 00:38:11,197 --> 00:38:15,033 and hopefully something of incredible value. 893 00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:17,018 - CRAIG: Hey, Vanessa. - VANESSA: Gentlemen. 894 00:38:17,037 --> 00:38:18,353 MARTY: Where's the gold? 895 00:38:18,371 --> 00:38:20,297 (laughter) 896 00:38:20,448 --> 00:38:22,114 VANESSA: Just wanted to give you guys an update. 897 00:38:22,134 --> 00:38:23,875 Uh, we are finishing up for the night. 898 00:38:24,027 --> 00:38:26,136 The can is at, uh, 101 feet 899 00:38:26,363 --> 00:38:29,547 and the excavation is at 92 and a half feet. 900 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,457 - Okay. - MARTY: All right, well, 901 00:38:31,551 --> 00:38:33,718 we are working on a new theory, 902 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:37,147 actually promoted by Dr. Crowell over here. 903 00:38:37,298 --> 00:38:38,964 - Correct? Why don't you talk... - Yeah. 904 00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:40,966 - Why don't you tell them real quick, huh? - All right. 905 00:38:41,061 --> 00:38:41,985 DOUG: Well, this thing here, 906 00:38:42,136 --> 00:38:43,728 which was a little disappointing, 907 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:47,231 Laird and I found a name along the top rim, it's Kaufman. 908 00:38:47,326 --> 00:38:49,567 That company was a Canadian rubber company 909 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:53,163 making boots around 1908, 1909. 910 00:38:53,390 --> 00:38:56,624 And, well, this-this could be FDR's boot. 911 00:38:57,985 --> 00:38:59,652 Or part of the expedition. 912 00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:01,896 DOUG: Why that's good is, we know they were working 913 00:39:01,915 --> 00:39:03,840 alongside what they believed to be the Money Pit. 914 00:39:04,067 --> 00:39:06,009 That could account for the new and old wood we're seeing. 915 00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:10,663 I think we just rolled the clock back 112 years 916 00:39:10,757 --> 00:39:11,997 and we're now on the site 917 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,409 of what they were exploring in 1909. 918 00:39:14,427 --> 00:39:16,353 BILLY: There's only one flaw in that is, 919 00:39:16,580 --> 00:39:18,913 they didn't find it, so it's no good to go in the same place. 920 00:39:18,932 --> 00:39:20,673 - They didn't get deep enough, right? - Well... 921 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,525 DOUG: Right. And... we found a piece of gold here. 922 00:39:22,752 --> 00:39:24,194 They didn't. 923 00:39:24,345 --> 00:39:26,588 And I got 60 more feet of casing. 924 00:39:26,681 --> 00:39:28,365 (laughter) 925 00:39:28,592 --> 00:39:33,352 When Doug and Laird date the boot to 1908, 1909, 926 00:39:33,372 --> 00:39:35,930 it sort of changes in importance to me. 927 00:39:35,949 --> 00:39:40,785 Now we want to proceed because it ties with Doug's awakening 928 00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:43,271 to the possibility that we're digging in the shaft 929 00:39:43,289 --> 00:39:45,607 that Roosevelt dug in. 930 00:39:45,625 --> 00:39:48,776 And that shaft was near the original Money Pit. 931 00:39:48,870 --> 00:39:51,370 So hope sort of rises again a little bit. 932 00:39:51,390 --> 00:39:53,798 We might find some things deeper. 933 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:57,619 Okay, so we will declare victory for today. 934 00:39:57,637 --> 00:40:00,138 Go home, get some sleep, back in the morning. 935 00:40:00,290 --> 00:40:01,731 - Okay. - RICK: I'm gonna declare 936 00:40:01,883 --> 00:40:03,733 "We're not giving up." 937 00:40:03,885 --> 00:40:06,144 And, you know, with that rationale, 938 00:40:06,238 --> 00:40:07,812 I mean, it makes sense, right? 939 00:40:07,964 --> 00:40:10,648 But the proof is down that hole. 940 00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:12,634 And, uh, we're not gonna give up 941 00:40:12,652 --> 00:40:14,911 till we figure out what that hole has to tell us. 942 00:40:15,138 --> 00:40:17,062 That's where I'm at. 943 00:40:17,157 --> 00:40:19,157 I'm not bothered that we haven't made 944 00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:22,085 the bravo-tango, uh, call yet. 945 00:40:22,236 --> 00:40:24,754 I know it's coming, or I certainly believe it is. 946 00:40:24,906 --> 00:40:27,239 The fact that we haven't achieved 947 00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:30,835 what we had hoped to achieve at this depth is immaterial. 948 00:40:30,987 --> 00:40:34,079 The good news is, I believe we're close. 949 00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:36,841 Tomorrow the sun will rise, the can will go down. 950 00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:38,751 The work continues. 951 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:39,936 We moved the dial. 952 00:40:40,163 --> 00:40:41,345 Yep. 953 00:40:41,498 --> 00:40:43,014 MARTY: That is one heavy dial 954 00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:45,016 we're trying to move, I'll tell you that. 955 00:40:45,168 --> 00:40:47,518 - Tomorrow! Tomorrow's the day. - There you go. 956 00:40:47,671 --> 00:40:50,021 Tomorrow's always the day. Until it's today. 957 00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:52,023 - We're not done yet. - Yeah. 958 00:40:52,117 --> 00:40:54,951 NARRATOR: For Rick, Marty, Craig and their team, 959 00:40:55,178 --> 00:40:58,455 it has already been a year of unprecedented advances 960 00:40:58,682 --> 00:41:02,850 toward solving a 227-year-old mystery. 961 00:41:02,869 --> 00:41:06,688 From ancient artifacts and structures 962 00:41:06,706 --> 00:41:08,948 that date back centuries older than anything 963 00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:11,526 ever discovered on Oak Island 964 00:41:11,544 --> 00:41:14,045 to scientific evidence of gold and silver 965 00:41:14,197 --> 00:41:16,698 buried deep in the Money Pit, 966 00:41:16,791 --> 00:41:19,383 what was once thought to be legend 967 00:41:19,536 --> 00:41:22,220 now appears to be certain. 968 00:41:22,372 --> 00:41:26,149 And as they dig deeper than ever before, 969 00:41:26,376 --> 00:41:28,968 can anything stop them from revealing 970 00:41:29,062 --> 00:41:31,321 the ultimate answers? 971 00:41:34,718 --> 00:41:37,719 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 972 00:41:37,737 --> 00:41:39,053 MARTY: What a good day to find treasure. 973 00:41:39,072 --> 00:41:40,071 Oh, look at that. 974 00:41:40,165 --> 00:41:42,314 - ALEX: Is that concrete? - Yeah. 975 00:41:42,334 --> 00:41:44,501 JACK: We could be close to the actual vault. 976 00:41:44,652 --> 00:41:46,819 - RICK: Whoa! - VANESSA: The hammer grab 977 00:41:46,913 --> 00:41:48,563 is grabbing on something that's too heavy 978 00:41:48,581 --> 00:41:50,565 - to pull back out. - Wow. 979 00:41:50,583 --> 00:41:52,658 MARTY: There's got to be something in that clay right there. 980 00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:54,660 -(beeping) -GARY: That's a screamer, mate. Come on, baby. 981 00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:57,162 Come to Papa. Wow. 982 00:41:57,182 --> 00:42:00,183 - Let's see what the machine says. - Okay. 983 00:42:00,410 --> 00:42:01,518 - MARTY: That's gold. - KELLY: Absolutely. 984 00:42:01,669 --> 00:42:02,852 That's just amazing.