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NARRATOR: Tonight, on
The Curse Of Oak Island...
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MARTY: What a good
day to find treasure.
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Oh. Look at that.
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- ALEX: Is that concrete?
- JACK: Yeah.
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We could be close
to the actual vault.
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- Whoa!
- VANESSA: The hammer grab's grabbing on something
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- that's too heavy to pull back out.
- Wow.
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There's got to be something
in that clay right there.
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- (detector beeping) - GARY:
Oh, that's a screamer, mate.
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Come on, baby.
Come to papa.
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Wow.
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Let's see what the machine says.
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Okay.
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- MARTY: That's gold.
- KELLY: Absolutely.
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It's just amazing.
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NARRATOR: There is an
island 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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man-made 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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- GARY: Morning, Rick.
- RICK: Hey, Gary.
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Today's the day, mate.
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To get to the bottom of this.
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This could be the Money Pit.
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- Yeah.
- We'll just wait and see.
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NARRATOR: A new morning
has dawned on Oak Island.
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There's nowhere else I'd rather
be, mate. Really isn't.
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NARRATOR: And with it
comes great hope and anticipation
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for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
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and their team
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as they believe that
they may have finally
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pinpointed the location
of the original Money Pit
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and the hiding place
of a vast treasure
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that men and women have sought
for 227 years.
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- Morning.
- Morning. Good morning, Vanessa.
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So, we have advanced the can.
We're at 104.
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Can's advancing fine, still.
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- What dig depth do you have now?
- VANESSA: 92 feet.
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- CRAIG: Okay. - Okay? Thank you.
- LAIRD: Okay, excellent.
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Thank you.
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NARRATOR:
Working with representatives
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from Irving Equipment Limited
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and ROC Equipment,
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the Oak Island team
is excavating
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a ten-foot-wide
steel-cased shaft
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known as TF-1.
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It was at this location
earlier this year that,
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at a depth
of approximately 90 feet,
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they discovered evidence
of a wooden tunnel
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dating back to as early
as the 15th century
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as well as trace evidence
of both silver and gold.
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RICK: I think we
all are very hopeful that
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we'll find something that,
for once and for all,
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tell us exactly
what's happened underground.
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So, if Doug is right,
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all of this broken stuff--
We know it's a shaft.
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Yeah.
Do we know what shaft it was?
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Well, it was
Roosevelt's shaft, 1909.
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But they thought they
were on the Money Pit, right?
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- Yeah.
- But, look, the-the little bits and pieces
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kind of add up, you know?
The 1909 shaft,
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- the boot, the date of the boot.
- Yeah.
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So, "it fits," but we've
got a lot of things that fit.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Well, I thought that boot
was like an old cavalier boot.
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But, hey, if it's
a ex-president's boot,
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- that'd be just as good.
- Yep.
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Look at this! (laughs)
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NARRATOR:
Just one day ago, the team
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made a curious discovery
offering more evidence
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that they could be digging
in the original Money Pit:
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a worker's boot dating
to the early 20th century.
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DOUG:
So, up here it says Kaufman.
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They were making
these type of boots
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in 1908 to 1909.
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This might be the pit
that FDR was digging in.
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Well, that'd be pretty cool.
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NARRATOR:
In 1909,
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the Old Gold
Salvage and Wrecking Company,
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led by Captain Henry Bowdoin,
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excavated what was believed
to be the original Treasure Pit
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some 100 feet deep before
their efforts were vanquished
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by cave-ins and flooding.
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It was an effort that was
financed by a young attorney
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and Freemason by the name
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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RICK:
The boot suggests
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we are into the
Franklin Roosevelt workings.
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They associated their workings
with the possible find
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of the original Money Pit shaft.
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CRAIG:
It's still bringing up wood.
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RICK: If that is so, that's
exceedingly interesting,
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because it means
if we're not on it,
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we're certainly close.
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I got some information
I'll show you.
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I was printing this out
this morning based on
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what we were
talking about yesterday.
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This is a letter
from Duncan Harris to FDR.
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I highlight some
interesting things here.
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It says, "We cleared out the pit
to a depth of 107 feet,
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"taking out large quantities
of boulders and timber.
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"At this depth
we found a heavy platform
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"across the bottom
of the cribbing, from which
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we were unable to take up."
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So, they hit a platform
they never took up.
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Where are we right now?
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92.
That's 15 feet below us.
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Yeah, yeah.
We're close.
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To me, this is encouraging,
because they were also
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seeing signs of a deep collapse.
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We would have to have if
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it was the original Money Pit.
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We're seeing the jumble of wood,
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so, I-I... you know,
I find that really encouraging.
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Probably we're on
what they're describing.
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I would... that,
I would say, yes.
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NARRATOR:
Because the Money Pit
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suffered a catastrophic
collapse in 1861,
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could the massive amounts
of broken timbers
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mean that the team is on course
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to make a historic discovery?
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I mean, this is good
information to have, for sure.
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Yeah.
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RICK:
At this point, I think
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- you just got to keep digging.
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NARRATOR: As the excavation
of the TF-1 shaft continues,
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near the southeast corner
of the triangle-shaped swamp...
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MARTY: All right.
Once more into the swamp.
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NARRATOR: David Fornetti
has joined his Uncle Marty
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and his cousin Alex
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to continue searching
for evidence of a stone path
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between the brackish bog
and the Money Pit.
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We ran a grid
over the stone road.
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So, from there we went to
the uplands, did another pass,
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and still,
seems to show the stone road.
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Okay.
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First scan, coming up.
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NARRATOR:
One week ago, Alex and David
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conducted a ground-penetrating
radar scan
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heading eastward
from the stone road
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discovered last year
in the swamp.
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DAVID F: I think the stone road
might be under us, right here.
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Oh, that's interesting.
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NARRATOR:
However, because the team
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is currently restricted
from excavating a two-acre area
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near the southeast corner
of the swamp
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due to a government mandate...
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DAVID F:
Let's go for it.
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it is Alex and David's hope
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that they,
along with Marty's help,
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can trace the buried road
outside that zone.
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If they are successful,
they can apply for a permit
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to uncover it,
determine where it leads,
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and hopefully discover
what might be hidden there.
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MARTY: We have a decent idea
of the general direction of the road.
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We know massive things
occurred at the Money Pit,
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and a road would've
been required. And
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what would be interesting
would be to find a datable item
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along that road,
and we've only unearthed,
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you know, it looks like
maybe a few percent of it.
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- You think here?
- Yeah, that's good.
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And then see the nice path
you got right here?
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- DAVID F: Yeah.
- MARTY: Right around that tree
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- and all the way through there.
- ALEX: Okay.
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NARRATOR:
The OKM Gepard GPR 3D scanner
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emits radio waves into the earth
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which can detect objects,
structures, or voids
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up to 130 feet
below the surface.
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I think you can stop.
Go ahead and stop.
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ALEX:
Okay.
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Yeah, see what it says.
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Well... it's kind of
surprising, actually.
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We have an anomaly.
Right in the middle.
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Hey, that's pretty cool.
And it's... that's roughly
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- three feet, isn't it?
- ALEX: Three feet deep, yeah.
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- Yeah.
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MARTY: This road-- if
it's only three feet deep--
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I'm eager to dig it.
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You know, we might be able
to find some artifact
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that helps us figure out
who in the heck was here.
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That's what I really
like about this, is there's
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- nothing on either side of it.
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ALEX: And it's the right
scale and size and depth
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- to be the road.
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ALEX:
I actually kind of
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- can't believe it.
- No, either... me either.
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- ALEX: All right.
- DAVID F: Okay, yeah.
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Later that afternoon...
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GARY: Sure would be nice to
get our hands on some treasure.
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There are some perks, mate,
to being wet and covered in mud.
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We get to see
the treasure first.
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although the weather
has turned,
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the team remains hopeful
that the excavation
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of the TF-1 shaft
in the Money Pit area--
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Which has now reached
a depth of 107 feet--
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Could yield a major discovery
at any moment.
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Okay, Michel?
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- All right, Billy?
- Yep.
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We're good.
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You ready
for some treasure, mate?
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DAVID F: We're just getting
to the target depth, so...
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- Yep.
- definitely not counting it out yet.
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No, definitely not, mate.
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- Hardly any wood in there, either.
- No.
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What the heck is that?
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AGARY: can see,
IWhat the heck is that? s.
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NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area,
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while searching the spoils
unearthed
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from nearly 110 feet deep
in the TF-1 shaft,
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Gary Drayton has just found
a potentially important clue.
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I think that's one of those
wooden dowel or wooden peg.
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-DAVID F: Could be. It's shaped that way.
-Yeah.
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This was probably used
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for some type of construction
in the original Money Pit,
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because there wouldn't have been
any iron fasteners in it.
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They would've used
wooden pegs like this.
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- That's a good eye.
- Yeah.
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NARRATOR:
A wooden peg or dowel?
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Could it be related to the
fragments of a wooden structure
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found in this location
earlier this year
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that may date back to 1488?
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If so, could that mean
the team is also close
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to finding the source
of the silver and gold
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detected in the area as well?
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The older constructs
that we've encountered have been
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put together with dowels.
And this is certainly a dowel.
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So, it implies possible
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original depositional work,
because in the modern era,
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dowels were not
used as fasteners.
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All right, Billy.
Two thumbs up.
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Definitely a signal here.
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Just there, mate.
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At least we got a signal.
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- Huh.
- Wow.
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Some big, old fastener.
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I can't really tell
what shape it is.
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I know it's heavy, but it could
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just be the concretion on it.
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I don't know if it's modern
or old, round or anything.
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I know it's iron.
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- Well, we should get out of here.
- Yep.
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IAN:
What you got, Gary?
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Just found
an interesting fastener
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in that last bucket
that came out,
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and I can't tell
if it's old or modern.
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I've never seen
anything like this
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come out of the Money Pit.
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Any ideas, Laird?
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LAIRD:
That's weird.
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- IAN: Yeah.
- GARY: That's exactly what I thought: that's weird.
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- What is it?
- Well, it looks like a round nail there,
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but then you look at the...
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- It's been hand-forged.
- RICK: Heavy, though.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Like hand-wrought
or hand... hand-made?
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- Yeah.
- IAN: Wow.
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NARRATOR:
An iron fastener
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that was hand-forged?
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Because that could mean
it might pre-date the discovery
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of the Money Pit in 1795,
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could this artifact
be related to a structure
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that was built
during an operation
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to deposit valuables
deep underground?
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The FDR expedition--
Let's say they were
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right next to
the original Money Pit.
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We do know that,
from the records,
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that they only got to 107 feet.
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We know the Money Pit
collapsed deeper than that.
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So, anywhere between
107 feet and 150 feet
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where we might encounter
the vault is also prospective.
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- RICK: Oh, it's... Look how much wider here than there.
- IAN: Yep. Exactly.
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Well, I'll leave this
little puzzle with you guys.
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- I got to get back to the spoils.
- LAIRD: Okay.
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Find us some more, Gary.
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GARY:
Oh, will do.
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NARRATOR:
Later that same day,
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as members of the team
continue monitoring
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the excavation
of the TF-1 shaft...
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- RICK: Hey, guys.
- STEVE G.: Oh.
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- Hey, Rick.
- SCOTT: Hey, Rick.
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Well, let's see
what you got here.
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NARRATOR:
Near Smith's Cove, Rick Lagina
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arrives at the wash plant
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after being alerted
by members of the team
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of potentially important
discoveries they have made while
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cleaning and sorting
the spoils from the dig.
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STEVE G.:
Let's see what we got.
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- RICK: That's modern.
- STEVE G.: There's a spike.
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- RICK: Yeah, modern.
- SCOTT: Modern spike.
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STEVE G.: Here's something
that looks a little older.
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This looks promising.
It has some weight to it.
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Yeah, it does.
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I mean, that's
Gary's criteria, right?
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- Old metal i-is quite hefty.
- SCOTT: Yeah.
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RICK:
This certainly is.
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- It looks like it's been hand-wrought.
- SCOTT: Mm-hmm.
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You know... I don't
know what to make of it,
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but it's a prime candidate
for a CT scanner, so...
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Yeah.
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Basically, a CT scanner
is like an X-ray machine.
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It will look through
the conglomerate
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and the encrustation of
the objects and you will be able
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to see it as though
it were just recently forged,
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and my thought always was
to acquire a CT scanner,
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because this science
can be applied to our needs.
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That may turn into something
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quite unique
and quite interesting.
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But we have a mountain
of material to go through,
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so I think we just
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keep pushing forward,
keep watching.
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- SCOTT: All right, good.
- STEVE G.: Thanks, Rick.
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- SCOTT: Thanks, Rick.
- RICK: Thank you.
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NARRATOR: The following morning,
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as the excavation
of the TF-1 shaft
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continues in the Money Pit area,
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Marty and Alex Lagina,
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along with David Fornetti,
arrive at the research center.
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- ALEX: Hey, Steve. - MARTY: Steve.
- Hey, guys. How you doing?
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Good.
Did you figure it out?
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I think so.
It was pretty quick and easy.
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- So I threw it up on the screen.
- Oh, yeah.
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NARRATOR: They are meeting
with surveyor Steve Guptill,
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who has finished analyzing
the GPR data
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regarding a possible
buried stone pathway
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between the swamp
and the Money Pit.
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So, as you can see,
I plotted your points.
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They exist here, here and here.
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- Oh. - Oh, okay.
- Okay.
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So, not perfectly straight.
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But, just for reference,
this is the stone road.
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This is the pine tar kiln.
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Based on the data
we've collected so far,
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I do believe it is a road coming
off of the stone road,
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or at least a path.
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You can see here that
they're not perfectly linear,
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but that's okay. I mean, we live
in Nova Scotia, nothing's flat.
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- Paths don't have to be straight.
- No, they don't.
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- Right.
- So, I think it's just
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taking the path
of least resistance,
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and I suspect it's probably
heading to the pine tar kiln.
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Yes.
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NARRATOR: One year ago,
after noticing a feature
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labeled as a possible tunnel
entrance on a map of Lot 15
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that was created
more than 30 years ago
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by the late Oak Island
landowner Fred Nolan,
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the team began investigating
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what archaeologist
David Maclnnes believed
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was ultimately a 16th century
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British military pine tar kiln.
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A pine tar kiln
that archeologist Laird Niven
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suspected may have been used
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to construct
the original Money Pit.
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Although the team
has yet to find evidence
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of why Fred believed
there might have been
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a tunnel entrance
at the feature,
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could finding out
where the buried pathway ends
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provide an answer?
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MARTY: It's actually
quite amazing. I mean,
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we have evidence that
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the English were active
on this island
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long before the Money Pit.
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But I don't know
why they were here.
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This is not a significant
historic place,
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based on conventional history.
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I mean, the only thing
left to do is to investigate
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north of where we've been,
and we see if
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- we can find a path that lines up.
- Right.
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And then if we do
establish this,
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- I want to dig it.
- Yeah. - Right.
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MARTY: I think we
need to get Gary up there.
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ALEX:
I agree.
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MARTY: What a good
day to find treasure.
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- Hey, Vanessa.
- Hi, Vanessa.
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- Hello.
- Well, where are we?
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- We are at 137 with the can.
- Done deal.
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NARRATOR: Following his meeting
in the research center,
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Marty Lagina has
joined his brother Rick
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and other members
of the team at the Money Pit
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to oversee the continued
excavation of the TF-1 caisson.
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VANESSA: So, we're gonna get
ready to stack another can here soon.
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Is there any area
that we're looking for?
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I mean, we're watching
pressures the whole time.
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The vault should be somewhere
in the 150-ish range.
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Okay.
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NARRATOR:
Although the team
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recovered metal fragments
at this location
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earlier this year that contained
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significant traces of gold
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at a depth of just 90 feet,
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in 1897, treasure hunters
Frederick Blair
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and William Chappell
drilled into what they reported
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to be a seven-foot-high box
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at a depth of 153 feet.
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It was during this operation
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that the stunned treasure
hunters recovered evidence
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that the vault was encased
in concrete
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and contained both gold
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and potentially
historic documents.
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VANESSA: All right,
well, we'll keep going.
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And if bedrock doesn't stop us,
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- we're going to 160.
- Correct.
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- All right, we'll do it.
- Make it so. Thank you.
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NARRATOR: While the excavation
continues in the TF-1 shaft...
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Let's see what we can find.
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at the wash table
near Borehole 10-X,
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Jack Begley, Alex Lagina
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and surveyor Eric Valois
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are conducting a final
examination of spoils
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that have already been run
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through the industrial-sized
wash plant.
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JACK: Every year, things
that make it past our eyes
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just from the hammer grab
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and even on the wash plant, even
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the small little bits--
Whether it's parchment
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or bookbinding--
They show up on the wash table.
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We're moving at such a fast pace
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that even Gary
could miss something,
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but the wash table
will catch it.
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Is that concrete?
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JACK:
Yeah, it is.
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I'm gonna just
bag it real quick.
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Sweet find.
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Whoa.
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Look-look at that, look at that.
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That might be more
of that concrete stuff.
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ALEX: Yeah, that looks
like concrete to me.
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It's got that
little lip right there.
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This is great. Put it with
the rest of the concrete.
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Might mean that we're
getting into something.
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We could be close
to the actual vault.
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Yep.
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JACK: This concrete
should be set aside,
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it should be tested.
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00:20:09,951 --> 00:20:12,359
Keep your eyes peeled, guys.
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In the original stories of
drilling into The Money Pit,
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when they hit the vault
that was deep down,
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they'd go through concrete.
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00:20:21,295 --> 00:20:22,887
It might be an indication
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that we're close to
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wherever the vault collapsed to.
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Hey, guys, tell me
you found something good.
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- JACK: Well...
- I want to hear it.
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ALEX: We found a
couple interesting things.
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MARTY:
Okay, so what do you got?
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ALEX:
So, here's the first piece.
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We think that's concrete.
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MARTY:
It looks like it's formed
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- right there, doesn't it?
- ALEX: Yeah.
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-Well, that's worth testing. Agreed.
-ALEX: Right.
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00:20:44,635 --> 00:20:47,578
One more. There you go.
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Hmm.
That is quite interesting, guys.
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- ALEX: There he is.
- JACK: Spoon dog!
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- What up?
- (Ian laughs)
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Hi, Jack. How are you?
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That isn't how I was
going to greet you,
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00:21:00,985 --> 00:21:02,927
- I know, I know.
- But it'll-it'll do.
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00:21:03,078 --> 00:21:05,263
This is what
these guys just found.
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Because you know the narrative,
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the narrative often
talks about concrete, right?
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00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:11,769
Right, right.
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00:21:13,589 --> 00:21:16,256
That can't be natural, right?
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00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:18,776
Yeah, I think that piece,
especially.
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There's this
razor-sharp edge here.
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I mean, that's not natural.
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NARRATOR: Could finding
pieces of concrete in the TF-1 spoils
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mean that the team could finally
be close to locating the vault
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that Frederick Blair
and William Chappell
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reported discovering
more than a century ago?
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- I would keep that. (chuckles)
- Yeah, for sure.
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00:21:42,785 --> 00:21:44,376
- All right, bag it and we'll get it tested.
- IAN: Yep.
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- Okay, thank you, Ian.
- IAN: Yep.
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00:21:45,713 --> 00:21:46,804
- See you.
- See you.
484
00:21:46,955 --> 00:21:48,806
All right.
We will get back to it.
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NARRATOR:
As Alex and Jack continue
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carefully sifting through
TF-1 spoils at the wash table...
487
00:21:55,556 --> 00:21:59,150
- RICK: We still have a few feet to go.
- Yeah.
488
00:21:59,301 --> 00:22:00,467
NARRATOR:
and while Rick Lagina
489
00:22:00,561 --> 00:22:01,710
and members of the team
490
00:22:01,804 --> 00:22:03,988
monitor the excavation
of the shaft
491
00:22:04,215 --> 00:22:06,324
as it edges closer
to the target depth
492
00:22:06,475 --> 00:22:08,617
of some 150 feet...
493
00:22:10,404 --> 00:22:12,496
later that afternoon...
494
00:22:12,723 --> 00:22:16,334
GARY: All right. Let's get
Lot 15 cleared up, mate.
495
00:22:16,485 --> 00:22:18,669
NARRATOR: Gary
Drayton and Peter Fornetti
496
00:22:18,896 --> 00:22:21,505
arrive in the uplands on Lot 15
497
00:22:21,657 --> 00:22:24,917
to search for important clues
where the team believes
498
00:22:25,069 --> 00:22:26,919
a buried stone path
is running between
499
00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:30,681
the swamp and the mysterious
pine tar kiln.
500
00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:33,476
All right, let's see
what this one is.
501
00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:36,645
(detector beeping)
502
00:22:39,341 --> 00:22:41,083
That there, right there, mate.
503
00:22:41,102 --> 00:22:42,585
NARRATOR:
Now that the team has obtained
504
00:22:42,678 --> 00:22:44,920
GPR evidence of the pathway,
505
00:22:44,939 --> 00:22:48,107
it is Marty Lagina's hope
that if Gary and Peter
506
00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:50,442
can recover artifacts
predating the discovery
507
00:22:50,595 --> 00:22:54,705
of the Money Pit in 1795,
508
00:22:54,857 --> 00:22:56,540
a special permit can be obtained
509
00:22:56,767 --> 00:22:58,117
to excavate the feature
and determine
510
00:22:58,211 --> 00:23:00,378
just where it leads.
511
00:23:00,605 --> 00:23:02,546
- (detector beeping)
- PETER: Somewhere in there?
512
00:23:02,698 --> 00:23:04,456
Let me try pinpointing it.
513
00:23:04,609 --> 00:23:06,442
(beeping)
514
00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:09,278
Wow.
515
00:23:09,296 --> 00:23:12,706
Just there.
Right on it.
516
00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:16,468
There she blows.
Wow, look at that.
517
00:23:16,621 --> 00:23:18,896
- Is that a spike?
- Yeah, that's a big spike.
518
00:23:20,215 --> 00:23:22,791
You know, I'm not sure
if that's square
519
00:23:22,810 --> 00:23:24,476
or it's a rose head spike.
520
00:23:24,629 --> 00:23:26,070
This'll be interesting
when it's cleaned up.
521
00:23:26,297 --> 00:23:27,463
PETER:
I mean, it kind of looks like
522
00:23:27,556 --> 00:23:29,298
there's even a little lip on it.
523
00:23:29,391 --> 00:23:31,057
And what the heck's
it doing out here?
524
00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:32,468
- That is really hefty as well.
- Mm-hmm.
525
00:23:32,561 --> 00:23:34,319
So, wrought iron, you would say?
526
00:23:34,472 --> 00:23:37,581
Yeah, and this is more
than likely pre-searcher.
527
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:41,326
That's a cool find.
I'll be interested to see
528
00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:42,920
- what this is when it's cleaned up.
- Yeah.
529
00:23:43,071 --> 00:23:45,089
I'm hoping
it's a rose head spike.
530
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,924
All right,
let's bag it and tag it.
531
00:23:48,410 --> 00:23:50,261
RICK: I hope we can
find more evidence of
532
00:23:50,412 --> 00:23:52,671
a path, a trail.
533
00:23:52,823 --> 00:23:55,824
Then we have to make sure
we have the proper
534
00:23:55,843 --> 00:23:57,159
permits in place.
535
00:23:57,252 --> 00:23:58,177
- Let's go to the next one.
- Yep.
536
00:23:58,329 --> 00:23:59,828
RICK:
And at that point,
537
00:23:59,847 --> 00:24:01,772
you know, we have to
investigate it, physically.
538
00:24:01,924 --> 00:24:04,183
We have to, perhaps,
conduct a dig.
539
00:24:04,335 --> 00:24:07,503
(beeping)
540
00:24:07,521 --> 00:24:09,405
Oh, that's a screamer, mate.
Just there.
541
00:24:16,605 --> 00:24:17,938
You got it out, great.
542
00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:20,941
We are very close.
543
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,109
- Yeah, let's see what we got here, mate.
- (beeping)
544
00:24:23,204 --> 00:24:25,278
Ooh, hoo, hoo, hoo!
545
00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:26,797
Look at that!
546
00:24:34,623 --> 00:24:35,789
GARY: Ooh, hoo,
hoo, hoo! Look at that!
547
00:24:35,808 --> 00:24:37,366
Another big, old
chunky piece of iron.
548
00:24:37,459 --> 00:24:38,458
It's heavy,
really heavy for its size,
549
00:24:38,552 --> 00:24:40,552
so you'd have to assume
550
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,963
it's hand-forged iron.
551
00:24:43,057 --> 00:24:45,816
NARRATOR: On Lot 15, between
the swamp and the Money Pit,
552
00:24:45,968 --> 00:24:47,893
Gary Drayton and Peter Fornetti
553
00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:51,471
have just made
a potentially important find
554
00:24:51,565 --> 00:24:54,717
along what is believed
to be a buried stone pathway.
555
00:24:54,735 --> 00:24:55,884
I think this is a nice,
556
00:24:55,903 --> 00:24:58,979
crudely-made hammer head.
557
00:24:59,073 --> 00:25:01,907
It could be a claw hammer.
558
00:25:02,059 --> 00:25:03,817
And if it is, it's a small one.
559
00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:05,986
It's very small.
560
00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:08,989
This would've served a purpose,
but to have this in...
561
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,583
- in this area and on this trail, mate?
- Yeah.
562
00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:14,178
Maybe it was made
on the island for quick repairs
563
00:25:14,329 --> 00:25:16,496
here and there
and it snapped off.
564
00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:19,183
- Be too small for farming.
- Definitely.
565
00:25:19,334 --> 00:25:20,926
- It's an old one.
- Mm-hmm.
566
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:23,169
GARY: You don't get
them looking like that.
567
00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:25,914
I think a lot of this stuff
that we're pulling up
568
00:25:26,008 --> 00:25:28,433
in this area is pre-searcher.
569
00:25:28,586 --> 00:25:30,936
I think we're in depositor era.
570
00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:33,756
NARRATOR: Dating back
to the early 16th century,
571
00:25:33,774 --> 00:25:36,349
claw hammers were designed
572
00:25:36,443 --> 00:25:37,943
for building wooden structures
573
00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:41,280
and were originally
made of hand-forged iron,
574
00:25:41,432 --> 00:25:43,356
as opposed to modern versions,
575
00:25:43,376 --> 00:25:46,359
which are typically
composed of steel.
576
00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:49,288
Since this iron claw hammer
was found
577
00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:52,532
near the believed
16th century pine tar kiln,
578
00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:55,294
which Laird Niven suspects
may have been connected
579
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,796
to the construction
of the original Money Pit,
580
00:25:57,890 --> 00:25:59,706
could Gary be correct
that it was possibly
581
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,284
used during an effort
582
00:26:02,303 --> 00:26:05,804
to deposit something
of value on Oak Island?
583
00:26:05,956 --> 00:26:07,806
I think the interesting thing is
584
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:10,216
if you look at our flags,
it's right in this nice
585
00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:13,128
- line that's what you would think a trail.
- Yeah.
586
00:26:13,147 --> 00:26:14,888
We got the Money Pit there.
587
00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:18,150
I think we're on the trail
of something good as well.
588
00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:21,728
RICK: Lot 15 is,
again, it's interesting.
589
00:26:21,822 --> 00:26:23,488
These finds may indicate a path.
590
00:26:23,641 --> 00:26:25,749
Well, that's what
we're looking for: a path.
591
00:26:25,976 --> 00:26:28,310
- All right, let's go to the next one.
- Okay.
592
00:26:28,329 --> 00:26:30,996
RICK: We need to come to
a further understanding of it
593
00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,923
and its importance.
594
00:26:34,743 --> 00:26:36,076
GARY:
Yeah, a more defined signal.
595
00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,262
(detector beeping)
596
00:26:38,413 --> 00:26:39,597
- Yep.
- It should be right there, mate.
597
00:26:46,254 --> 00:26:49,422
See if you got it out.
598
00:26:49,516 --> 00:26:51,091
- (beeping)
- Yep,
599
00:26:51,185 --> 00:26:53,426
you have got it out.
600
00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:55,170
Another.
601
00:26:55,189 --> 00:26:57,948
That is a square one,
by the look of it.
602
00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:00,117
It's got a nice,
square head on it.
603
00:27:00,268 --> 00:27:01,601
PETER: So, what do you
think this was used for?
604
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:03,195
GARY:
They would've been used
605
00:27:03,347 --> 00:27:06,457
for a wide variety
of purposes on Oak Island,
606
00:27:06,608 --> 00:27:10,127
and we got the Money Pit.
Maybe it was
607
00:27:10,354 --> 00:27:13,130
used for construction
purposes as well.
608
00:27:13,281 --> 00:27:15,707
And is this pre-discovery?
609
00:27:15,860 --> 00:27:17,301
Pre-1795?
610
00:27:17,452 --> 00:27:19,136
Something that heavy--
611
00:27:19,363 --> 00:27:21,305
- Um, I'm leaning towards it.
- Mm-hmm.
612
00:27:21,456 --> 00:27:24,457
But, it's-it's tough to know
until it's cleaned up.
613
00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:25,976
Great little find.
614
00:27:26,203 --> 00:27:27,719
- Another good one for the bag.
- Yep.
615
00:27:27,872 --> 00:27:30,481
- Let's follow the trail.
- All right.
616
00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:34,393
NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...
617
00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:36,779
MARTY: There's gonna
be something in there, Gary.
618
00:27:38,048 --> 00:27:39,323
In that clay right there.
619
00:27:40,567 --> 00:27:43,327
Well, let's see if there is.
620
00:27:43,478 --> 00:27:46,146
NARRATOR: Gary and Peter have
rejoined Rick, Marty, Craig
621
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,906
and members of the team
622
00:27:48,058 --> 00:27:49,725
as the excavation
of the TF-1 shaft
623
00:27:49,818 --> 00:27:52,411
is now approaching
a critical depth
624
00:27:52,505 --> 00:27:54,579
of 150 feet.
625
00:27:54,674 --> 00:27:57,490
Nothing doing yet, mate.
626
00:27:57,584 --> 00:28:01,161
MARTY: Whenever we drill
a well, put down a caisson,
627
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,423
in the back of our minds
is always the so-called vault
628
00:28:04,575 --> 00:28:07,667
that was first
discovered by Chappell.
629
00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:11,596
Truly, a-a anomalous thing
and probably likely,
630
00:28:11,691 --> 00:28:14,358
if it exists,
the very thing that we seek.
631
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:21,256
Water.
This isn't looking so good.
632
00:28:21,349 --> 00:28:23,033
No, it's not.
Not at all.
633
00:28:29,191 --> 00:28:31,266
ANDREW: Does it feel like
it's slipping off, though,
634
00:28:31,285 --> 00:28:32,209
when you're pulling it?
635
00:28:34,104 --> 00:28:35,045
Yes.
636
00:28:44,114 --> 00:28:46,539
So, something
peculiar is going on.
637
00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,375
Um, we have dug the shaft
all the way to the bottom,
638
00:28:49,470 --> 00:28:52,229
and the crane operator's going
down and grabbing on something.
639
00:28:52,456 --> 00:28:54,639
It is too heavy
for him to retrieve.
640
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:58,051
The winches are not
allowing him to come back up.
641
00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:00,979
Maybe he's grabbing on bedrock.
That would be unique.
642
00:29:01,131 --> 00:29:03,907
But we want to switch grabs.
643
00:29:04,134 --> 00:29:05,484
It has a little
bit different jaw opening.
644
00:29:05,578 --> 00:29:08,245
And we're gonna take
two or three passes with that,
645
00:29:08,472 --> 00:29:10,472
see if we can grab on
and if we can
646
00:29:10,565 --> 00:29:11,915
retrieve whatever this may be.
647
00:29:12,142 --> 00:29:13,250
- MARTY: Great idea.
- Got to do it. Got to do it.
648
00:29:13,477 --> 00:29:15,586
- Yeah.
- Yeah. Well, these operators,
649
00:29:15,813 --> 00:29:17,996
they've been around,
so they know when they're...
650
00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,757
- something's different.
- RICK: No, that's great.
651
00:29:19,984 --> 00:29:20,740
We're gonna go play around
with the hammer grab.
652
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:21,925
- Okay.
- Yeah.
653
00:29:22,077 --> 00:29:24,094
RICK:
Vanessa said Michel feels
654
00:29:24,321 --> 00:29:26,171
he's on something hard
with the hammer grab.
655
00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:30,083
Is it possible that
it might be the vault?
656
00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:31,660
Anything is possible
on Oak Island.
657
00:29:31,678 --> 00:29:34,830
We're certainly within
the area of investigation
658
00:29:34,923 --> 00:29:37,775
where, conceivably, it could be.
659
00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:42,595
NARRATOR: The team from
ROC will now switch to a smaller
660
00:29:42,689 --> 00:29:45,431
16-ton hammer grab that
is equipped with a wider mouth,
661
00:29:45,451 --> 00:29:48,026
which they hope will be able to
encase
662
00:29:48,178 --> 00:29:49,511
and lift the potentially
663
00:29:49,530 --> 00:29:51,029
massive object lodged
664
00:29:51,181 --> 00:29:53,515
deep within the TF-1 caisson.
665
00:29:53,534 --> 00:29:55,851
Look at that cute
hammer grab up there.
666
00:29:55,869 --> 00:29:56,794
Here we go.
667
00:30:04,862 --> 00:30:06,619
MARTY: STEVE: Let's see if he
We've pulls something up.today.
668
00:30:06,713 --> 00:30:09,364
NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area,
669
00:30:09,457 --> 00:30:10,957
the team from
Irving Equipment Limited
670
00:30:11,051 --> 00:30:12,868
and ROC Equipment
671
00:30:12,886 --> 00:30:14,886
are attempting to retrieve
what they believe
672
00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:18,464
could be a massive object
some 150 feet deep
673
00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:20,484
in the TF-1 shaft.
674
00:30:27,568 --> 00:30:29,159
PETER:
That was mostly water.
675
00:30:29,386 --> 00:30:31,328
GARY: Damn, that's a
lot water and sand, isn't it?
676
00:30:33,073 --> 00:30:35,666
No, there, I got nothing.
677
00:30:37,819 --> 00:30:41,004
Well, let's...
let's see what this is.
678
00:30:43,067 --> 00:30:45,008
-It's this sandy pile here
-There was just...
679
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,326
- and that sandy pile there.
- Yeah.
680
00:30:46,420 --> 00:30:48,011
It's these two bits, wasn't it?
681
00:30:57,247 --> 00:30:59,022
All right, Billy, it's clean.
Sorry, mate.
682
00:31:04,605 --> 00:31:06,179
What does this mean?
683
00:31:06,273 --> 00:31:08,256
So, nothing came up.
684
00:31:08,275 --> 00:31:10,442
No.
685
00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:12,369
What do you think it is?
686
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,204
I think it's rock.
687
00:31:14,356 --> 00:31:15,355
Do you think it's natural?
688
00:31:15,449 --> 00:31:17,374
Unfortunately, I do, yes.
689
00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:21,453
VANESSA: You know, us
pulling up all this natural stuff
690
00:31:21,605 --> 00:31:25,031
and not getting any further--
I think we are in the bedrock.
691
00:31:25,125 --> 00:31:27,609
I think this is gonna be as
close to getting down there
692
00:31:27,628 --> 00:31:29,219
- as we're gonna get.
- If it were cement,
693
00:31:29,371 --> 00:31:30,721
something would break off.
694
00:31:30,948 --> 00:31:32,114
- Yes. - ANDREW: Yes.
- RICK: If it were wood,
695
00:31:32,207 --> 00:31:34,633
something would
get scraped away.
696
00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:37,452
- Yes.
- We see nothing of either of those two.
697
00:31:37,471 --> 00:31:41,231
So... I-I'm good.
698
00:31:41,458 --> 00:31:42,399
We're done.
699
00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:44,067
Okay, well,
we'll put this one to bed
700
00:31:44,294 --> 00:31:46,128
and we're gonna move on
to the next one.
701
00:31:46,146 --> 00:31:47,720
- ANDREW: All right, thanks, Rick.
- VANESSA: All right, thank you.
702
00:31:47,814 --> 00:31:49,464
- RICK: Thank you.
- Yep.
703
00:31:49,557 --> 00:31:51,133
NARRATOR:
Earlier this year,
704
00:31:51,151 --> 00:31:53,301
the team drilled the
four-inch-wide borehole
705
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:54,745
known as D-2,
706
00:31:54,972 --> 00:31:57,563
which yielded evidence
of ancient structures
707
00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:00,642
dating to as early
as the 15th century,
708
00:32:00,735 --> 00:32:02,827
as well as fragments of metal
709
00:32:02,922 --> 00:32:06,572
that contained
high concentrations of gold.
710
00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:09,000
ANDREW: We'll wrap it up,
start it fresh in the morning.
711
00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:12,170
NARRATOR: However,
the ten-foot-wide TF-1 shaft--
712
00:32:12,322 --> 00:32:13,746
Excavated at the same location--
713
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,824
Has now reached bedrock
714
00:32:15,842 --> 00:32:19,010
at a depth of 152 feet
715
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:21,939
and found no further
evidence of treasure.
716
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:26,168
RICK: I'm disappointed.
I-I really am. I thought,
717
00:32:26,186 --> 00:32:28,946
"We're gonna find something.
Maybe not the thing,
718
00:32:29,173 --> 00:32:30,855
maybe not the one thing,
but something."
719
00:32:31,008 --> 00:32:34,117
We had the historical narrative,
720
00:32:34,269 --> 00:32:37,120
the finding of the metals
in D-2.
721
00:32:37,347 --> 00:32:40,123
I don't know what
to make of it right now,
722
00:32:40,350 --> 00:32:42,867
but it will demand
some serious discussion:
723
00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:44,369
how to move forward.
724
00:32:44,521 --> 00:32:46,588
But we will move forward.
725
00:32:48,025 --> 00:32:49,967
- Hey, everyone. - Hey.
- Hey.
726
00:32:50,194 --> 00:32:51,468
So, we finished up down there
and it looks like
727
00:32:51,695 --> 00:32:53,044
you guys are about
finished up here as well.
728
00:32:53,197 --> 00:32:54,304
All right, so we didn't
729
00:32:54,531 --> 00:32:56,047
expect to see a lot today,
because we were
730
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,623
in the range where we knew that
731
00:32:57,643 --> 00:33:00,143
we were gonna be in
situ between 110 and 130,
732
00:33:00,370 --> 00:33:02,204
but we did have some good finds.
Here...
733
00:33:02,222 --> 00:33:04,706
NARRATOR: Having just left the
wash plant near Smith's Cove,
734
00:33:04,725 --> 00:33:06,632
surveyor Steve Guptill
735
00:33:06,727 --> 00:33:08,986
and project manager Scott Barlow
736
00:33:09,213 --> 00:33:11,321
arrive to share discoveries
just made
737
00:33:11,473 --> 00:33:13,898
in the TF-1 spoils.
738
00:33:14,051 --> 00:33:15,283
We've hit a lot of metal today.
739
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,162
That actually looks like,
from what I remember,
740
00:33:19,314 --> 00:33:20,998
the pieces of, uh,
metal from D-2.
741
00:33:21,149 --> 00:33:23,558
MARTY:
Oh, yeah. Is this like, uh,
742
00:33:23,651 --> 00:33:25,227
the stuff that had gold on it?
743
00:33:25,245 --> 00:33:26,728
SCOTT:
Yeah.
744
00:33:26,821 --> 00:33:28,988
MARTY:
Sure is shiny, isn't it?
745
00:33:29,008 --> 00:33:31,399
- Yep.
- MARTY: You know what I'd like it to be, but...
746
00:33:31,418 --> 00:33:33,993
That's XRF candidate, there.
747
00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:35,512
Yeah.
748
00:33:37,574 --> 00:33:40,408
MARTY: Steve has pieces of
metal that came off the wash plant.
749
00:33:40,427 --> 00:33:43,595
So, we're gonna do something I
always find enjoyable, which is
750
00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:46,839
to use the XRF and look at
the composition of some metals.
751
00:33:46,933 --> 00:33:50,919
That's always exciting, and-and
the XRF is such a fun tool.
752
00:33:50,937 --> 00:33:54,013
All right.
All this, XRF.
753
00:33:54,033 --> 00:33:55,924
- RICK: Thank you, guys.
- MARTY: All right.
754
00:33:56,017 --> 00:33:57,367
Well, tomorrow's another day.
755
00:34:03,116 --> 00:34:05,283
MARTY: Okay. Joan, Kelly.
756
00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:08,027
- Hey, there.
- We have been finding all kinds of stuff.
757
00:34:08,121 --> 00:34:10,881
NARRATOR: Shortly after the
discovery of mysterious metal
758
00:34:11,108 --> 00:34:14,276
excavated between
110 and 130 feet
759
00:34:14,294 --> 00:34:16,961
deep in the TF-1 shaft,
760
00:34:17,056 --> 00:34:19,964
Marty Lagina arrives
at the archaeology trailer
761
00:34:20,059 --> 00:34:21,950
to have it analyzed
by professional conservator
762
00:34:21,968 --> 00:34:23,952
Kelly Bourassa
763
00:34:23,970 --> 00:34:25,729
and archivist Joan Barker.
764
00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:29,140
MARTY: This piece is
very interesting to me,
765
00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:31,976
'cause, of course,
we've got this big can over D-2.
766
00:34:32,071 --> 00:34:34,629
D-2 is where we found
a piece similar to this
767
00:34:34,722 --> 00:34:36,981
that for sure had gold on it,
768
00:34:37,076 --> 00:34:40,302
- but let's see what the machine says.
- Sure.
769
00:34:40,395 --> 00:34:42,971
- It's got a little bit of shininess to it.
- MARTY: Yeah, see if you can get
770
00:34:42,989 --> 00:34:46,324
- one of those points right on the...
- Absolutely.
771
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:47,900
NARRATOR: In order to
conduct a preliminary scan
772
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,253
of the object
for precious metals,
773
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,648
Kelly is using
an X-ray fluorescence device.
774
00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:57,094
- Okay.
- All right, now we're ready to roll.
775
00:34:57,245 --> 00:34:59,579
NARRATOR: By emitting
non-destructive radiation, the XRF machine
776
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:03,007
can identify the elements
that are present
777
00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:04,267
in the object.
778
00:35:07,255 --> 00:35:08,346
- MARTY: There's Au.
- KELLY: Oh.
779
00:35:08,498 --> 00:35:11,349
There's a bit of gold in there.
780
00:35:11,501 --> 00:35:12,442
.035.
781
00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:15,761
I mean, this is the sort
of number of gold
782
00:35:15,856 --> 00:35:19,691
that when Dr. Brosseau ran it
she saw the actual flecks.
783
00:35:19,843 --> 00:35:21,409
Okay, let's
try something different.
784
00:35:23,180 --> 00:35:24,512
I think we should try this one.
785
00:35:24,606 --> 00:35:26,681
It's more or less
a twin of that one.
786
00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:27,940
But let's just see
what our machine says.
787
00:35:28,034 --> 00:35:29,793
KELLY (chuckles):
Okay.
788
00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:34,923
Then let's run it.
789
00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:41,304
MARTY:
There it is.
790
00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:45,458
Well, gold is gonna
pop up again.
791
00:35:45,552 --> 00:35:47,035
It's... it's just amazing.
792
00:35:47,053 --> 00:35:49,037
And that is.
793
00:35:49,055 --> 00:35:50,814
MARTY:
There seems to be
794
00:35:50,965 --> 00:35:54,300
indications of gold again.
795
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:56,895
If it's accurate,
I'd say, yeah, we're getting
796
00:35:57,047 --> 00:35:58,989
close to a source for the gold.
797
00:35:59,140 --> 00:36:01,232
And the upshot of all of that is
798
00:36:01,385 --> 00:36:03,142
maybe we're looking
at some of the detritus
799
00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:06,070
from a real treasure trove
a little... a foot or two away.
800
00:36:06,223 --> 00:36:09,315
The XRF result from TF-1
801
00:36:09,409 --> 00:36:12,744
could help us pick the best
location for the next caisson.
802
00:36:12,896 --> 00:36:15,005
It's time gather up the troops,
the fellowship,
803
00:36:15,156 --> 00:36:16,898
and have a meeting
in the war room.
804
00:36:16,991 --> 00:36:18,249
All right.
I'm gonna take off.
805
00:36:18,402 --> 00:36:19,992
- I'll go report to the team.
- All right.
806
00:36:20,086 --> 00:36:21,069
Thank you very much.
807
00:36:21,162 --> 00:36:22,512
See you later, guys. Ladies.
808
00:36:22,739 --> 00:36:23,638
- KELLY: Take care.
- JOAN: Take care.
809
00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:29,669
MARTY: Well, this
is an important meeting
810
00:36:29,763 --> 00:36:31,188
of the fellowship.
811
00:36:31,415 --> 00:36:32,430
Everybody in here knows
there's, uh,
812
00:36:32,582 --> 00:36:35,859
good news and bad news, I guess.
813
00:36:36,086 --> 00:36:37,936
NARRATOR: One day after
discovering evidence
814
00:36:38,088 --> 00:36:40,846
of gold in the spoils
of the TF-1 shaft,
815
00:36:40,941 --> 00:36:43,015
Rick and Marty Lagina,
816
00:36:43,035 --> 00:36:45,017
along with their partner
Craig Tester,
817
00:36:45,111 --> 00:36:47,095
have called a critical meeting
818
00:36:47,113 --> 00:36:49,522
with members of the team
in the war room.
819
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:51,190
The bad news is we didn't hit
exactly what we thought
820
00:36:51,210 --> 00:36:53,785
we'd hit in TF-1,
but the good news is
821
00:36:53,937 --> 00:36:58,698
we hit a lot of other stuff.
And, I think,
822
00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:01,776
added some knowledge
to this whole puzzle.
823
00:37:01,795 --> 00:37:03,220
And I can't think
of anything more important--
824
00:37:03,371 --> 00:37:04,963
Regarding this quest--
825
00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:07,390
Is to decide what we do next
and where we go next.
826
00:37:07,542 --> 00:37:11,061
DOUG: It was really interesting
that TF-I was, at one time,
827
00:37:11,212 --> 00:37:13,955
likely considered
to be the Money Pit.
828
00:37:13,974 --> 00:37:16,566
And if you did
have a great collapse,
829
00:37:16,718 --> 00:37:18,977
the great collapse was supposed
to have happened to the east.
830
00:37:19,129 --> 00:37:21,312
So, while TF-1
didn't bring up the treasure,
831
00:37:21,465 --> 00:37:22,906
I think we were really close.
832
00:37:23,133 --> 00:37:25,817
So, we were just
a little bit too far west.
833
00:37:25,969 --> 00:37:27,059
RICK:
If it were me, I mean,
834
00:37:27,079 --> 00:37:29,137
we have to go after
things that are
835
00:37:29,155 --> 00:37:31,897
more interesting
and evidentiary.
836
00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:34,734
If you believe
the 1861 collapse story,
837
00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:36,086
it fits right in.
838
00:37:37,831 --> 00:37:39,405
NARRATOR:
In 1861,
839
00:37:39,424 --> 00:37:42,150
searchers attempted to retrieve
840
00:37:42,168 --> 00:37:44,836
two 20-inch-tall
stacked treasure chests
841
00:37:44,988 --> 00:37:48,673
believed to lie buried some
100 feet deep in the Money Pit.
842
00:37:48,825 --> 00:37:52,010
Hoping to avoid the legendary
man-made flood tunnel
843
00:37:52,162 --> 00:37:54,271
originating at Smith's Cove,
844
00:37:54,422 --> 00:37:57,499
they dug an adjacent shaft
nearly 20 feet to the east
845
00:37:57,517 --> 00:38:00,518
and began tunneling westward
with the plan
846
00:38:00,670 --> 00:38:03,171
of recovering the valuables
from below.
847
00:38:03,189 --> 00:38:07,025
However, just two feet
from their destination,
848
00:38:07,177 --> 00:38:09,935
seawater burst into the tunnel,
849
00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:11,863
causing a catastrophic collapse
850
00:38:12,015 --> 00:38:13,698
of the original Money Pit,
851
00:38:13,850 --> 00:38:15,850
filling the now-flooded tunnel
852
00:38:15,869 --> 00:38:17,961
with tons of scattered
lumber and treasure.
853
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,299
So, you would argue
for just going right...
854
00:38:22,450 --> 00:38:24,801
- stepping due east of C-1.
- DOUG: Yeah.
855
00:38:25,028 --> 00:38:29,121
Because if this is
the original Money Pit,
856
00:38:29,141 --> 00:38:32,200
then on the east side we should
see signs of the collapse.
857
00:38:32,218 --> 00:38:34,477
CRAIG: And there's a
lot of wood to the east.
858
00:38:34,629 --> 00:38:37,221
- So...
- SCOTT: Well, if you look at the oldest wood that
859
00:38:37,374 --> 00:38:40,041
we have brought up--
Hand-hewn wood-- uh,
860
00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:41,559
that should be
the earliest workings
861
00:38:41,711 --> 00:38:43,545
that we know of in the area.
862
00:38:43,563 --> 00:38:45,304
Well, that's significant.
863
00:38:45,324 --> 00:38:48,383
So, between RF-1 and C-1
864
00:38:48,401 --> 00:38:51,786
is the suspect area in my mind.
865
00:38:53,314 --> 00:38:57,000
CRAIG: That's very
close to CD-4.5 there.
866
00:38:57,151 --> 00:38:59,485
That's the one at 75 feet
came up with
867
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:01,821
the metal that
had the gold on it.
868
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,916
Which was the same
type of gold in,
869
00:39:05,068 --> 00:39:06,509
- uh, D-2.
- RICK: Certainly.
870
00:39:09,739 --> 00:39:11,330
NARRATOR:
Earlier this year,
871
00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:13,165
during their
strategic drilling program
872
00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:15,243
in the area of the C-1 shaft
873
00:39:15,261 --> 00:39:17,595
known as the C-1 cluster,
874
00:39:17,747 --> 00:39:20,506
the team recovered
additional evidence
875
00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:23,768
of possible 15th century
wooden structures
876
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,029
as well as metal fragments
877
00:39:26,256 --> 00:39:28,865
containing
high concentrations of gold.
878
00:39:30,518 --> 00:39:32,852
Although the fabled
seven-foot-tall Chappell Vault
879
00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:35,538
remains elusive--
Somewhere below
880
00:39:35,690 --> 00:39:38,357
a believed depth of 150 feet--
881
00:39:38,451 --> 00:39:41,694
Could the team be zeroing in
on a separate treasure cache
882
00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:45,030
that lies much closer
to the surface--
883
00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:47,609
The reported
debris field of treasure
884
00:39:47,627 --> 00:39:50,387
from the 1861 collapse
of the Money Pit?
885
00:39:52,039 --> 00:39:54,874
We only have two places
where we have verifiable gold.
886
00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:58,061
That one and the one
we just dug, TF-1.
887
00:39:58,212 --> 00:40:01,472
So, why don't we try
888
00:40:01,625 --> 00:40:04,959
one more spot up around C-1,
889
00:40:04,978 --> 00:40:07,812
and then we have
two cans in reserve.
890
00:40:07,964 --> 00:40:11,983
- You want to hit CD-4.5?
- MARTY: Yes.
891
00:40:12,135 --> 00:40:13,243
Right there.
892
00:40:15,396 --> 00:40:19,082
RICK: This is an area
worth continued investigation.
893
00:40:19,233 --> 00:40:22,568
These items with the gold
signature are quite intriguing.
894
00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:26,405
Because of
the historical narrative,
895
00:40:26,425 --> 00:40:28,983
because of
the artifact recovery,
896
00:40:29,002 --> 00:40:31,243
there continues to be
reason to be hopeful.
897
00:40:31,263 --> 00:40:34,431
There is more...
more work to be done.
898
00:40:34,582 --> 00:40:36,582
-Well, if no one has any
other objections, -Okay, then.
899
00:40:36,676 --> 00:40:38,751
I say we're-we're done.
900
00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:40,937
That's where we're going--
Right there.
901
00:40:41,164 --> 00:40:43,255
- Go stake it and make it so.
- All right.
902
00:40:43,275 --> 00:40:46,091
DOUG:
I think we're really close.
903
00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:49,504
NARRATOR: For Rick,
Marty, Craig and their team,
904
00:40:49,522 --> 00:40:52,857
what appeared to be
a devastating setback
905
00:40:53,009 --> 00:40:55,267
has turned into hope
for an imminent
906
00:40:55,361 --> 00:40:57,178
breakthrough discovery.
907
00:40:57,197 --> 00:41:00,364
The Oak Island mystery
has not persisted
908
00:41:00,517 --> 00:41:04,443
for 227 years by mere chance.
909
00:41:04,463 --> 00:41:08,039
It is now clear
that it was the result
910
00:41:08,191 --> 00:41:12,026
of a well-organized and
ingeniously engineered operation
911
00:41:12,045 --> 00:41:15,287
to hide perhaps
the greatest secrets
912
00:41:15,307 --> 00:41:19,050
and treasure
in the history of mankind.
913
00:41:19,202 --> 00:41:23,054
But with every clue
that this team unearths
914
00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:26,374
and with every ambitious dig
that they conduct,
915
00:41:26,392 --> 00:41:30,135
the answers are getting closer
916
00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:33,323
and could soon be
within their reach.
917
00:41:35,552 --> 00:41:38,477
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
918
00:41:38,497 --> 00:41:40,497
- MARTY: So it begins.
- VANESSA: Shaft number two.
919
00:41:40,648 --> 00:41:42,314
MARTY:
Come on, be something good.
920
00:41:42,334 --> 00:41:43,649
- Oh, wow.
- MARTY: That's incredible,
921
00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:46,669
- that that's down there.
- Wow, wow.
922
00:41:46,821 --> 00:41:49,672
It looks like parchment, but
it's got something shiny on it.
923
00:41:49,824 --> 00:41:51,841
JON: You can see those very,
very bright spots?
924
00:41:51,993 --> 00:41:53,918
- Mm-hmm.
- That could actually be some of the writing.
925
00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:57,071
Some of the older inks
were made of iron-based ink.
926
00:41:57,090 --> 00:42:00,742
That is pre-1840s iron
and has been known
927
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,501
- since the 1500s.
- MARTY: Well, how about that?