1 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:04,228 NARRATOR: Tonight, on The Curse Of Oak Island... 2 00:00:04,321 --> 00:00:05,395 MARTY: What a good day to find treasure. 3 00:00:05,414 --> 00:00:06,730 Oh. Look at that. 4 00:00:06,823 --> 00:00:08,398 - ALEX: Is that concrete? - JACK: Yeah. 5 00:00:08,492 --> 00:00:10,843 We could be close to the actual vault. 6 00:00:12,588 --> 00:00:14,087 - Whoa! - VANESSA: The hammer grab's grabbing on something 7 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,664 - that's too heavy to pull back out. - Wow. 8 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:18,742 There's got to be something in that clay right there. 9 00:00:18,761 --> 00:00:19,834 - (detector beeping) - GARY: Oh, that's a screamer, mate. 10 00:00:19,928 --> 00:00:21,928 Come on, baby. Come to papa. 11 00:00:22,081 --> 00:00:23,171 Wow. 12 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:24,506 Let's see what the machine says. 13 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:25,858 Okay. 14 00:00:26,085 --> 00:00:26,841 - MARTY: That's gold. - KELLY: Absolutely. 15 00:00:26,861 --> 00:00:27,601 It's just amazing. 16 00:00:27,695 --> 00:00:31,271 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:31,423 --> 00:00:35,092 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 18 00:00:35,110 --> 00:00:38,353 where people have been looking for an incredible treasure 19 00:00:38,447 --> 00:00:41,448 for more than 200 years. 20 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,935 So far, they have found a stone slab 21 00:00:44,953 --> 00:00:46,953 with strange symbols carved into it, 22 00:00:47,048 --> 00:00:50,957 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 23 00:00:51,052 --> 00:00:52,959 and a lead cross 24 00:00:53,054 --> 00:00:57,114 whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar. 25 00:00:57,132 --> 00:01:00,041 To date, six men have died 26 00:01:00,061 --> 00:01:02,119 trying to solve the mystery. 27 00:01:02,137 --> 00:01:04,621 And according to legend, 28 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,125 one more will have to die 29 00:01:08,218 --> 00:01:10,235 before the treasure can be found. 30 00:01:22,141 --> 00:01:24,399 - GARY: Morning, Rick. - RICK: Hey, Gary. 31 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:25,567 Today's the day, mate. 32 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:27,569 To get to the bottom of this. 33 00:01:27,663 --> 00:01:30,314 This could be the Money Pit. 34 00:01:30,332 --> 00:01:32,758 - Yeah. - We'll just wait and see. 35 00:01:32,909 --> 00:01:35,669 NARRATOR: A new morning has dawned on Oak Island. 36 00:01:35,763 --> 00:01:39,414 There's nowhere else I'd rather be, mate. Really isn't. 37 00:01:39,508 --> 00:01:42,768 NARRATOR: And with it comes great hope and anticipation 38 00:01:42,919 --> 00:01:44,344 for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 39 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:46,271 and their team 40 00:01:46,423 --> 00:01:48,682 as they believe that they may have finally 41 00:01:48,776 --> 00:01:52,093 pinpointed the location of the original Money Pit 42 00:01:52,113 --> 00:01:55,188 and the hiding place of a vast treasure 43 00:01:55,341 --> 00:02:00,010 that men and women have sought for 227 years. 44 00:02:00,103 --> 00:02:03,455 - Morning. - Morning. Good morning, Vanessa. 45 00:02:03,682 --> 00:02:06,700 So, we have advanced the can. We're at 104. 46 00:02:06,852 --> 00:02:09,294 Can's advancing fine, still. 47 00:02:09,446 --> 00:02:11,538 - What dig depth do you have now? - VANESSA: 92 feet. 48 00:02:11,632 --> 00:02:12,297 - CRAIG: Okay. - Okay? Thank you. - LAIRD: Okay, excellent. 49 00:02:12,449 --> 00:02:14,115 Thank you. 50 00:02:14,135 --> 00:02:15,525 NARRATOR: Working with representatives 51 00:02:15,544 --> 00:02:16,877 from Irving Equipment Limited 52 00:02:17,029 --> 00:02:18,637 and ROC Equipment, 53 00:02:18,788 --> 00:02:21,198 the Oak Island team is excavating 54 00:02:21,291 --> 00:02:23,383 a ten-foot-wide steel-cased shaft 55 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:25,552 known as TF-1. 56 00:02:25,704 --> 00:02:28,872 It was at this location earlier this year that, 57 00:02:28,891 --> 00:02:31,817 at a depth of approximately 90 feet, 58 00:02:32,044 --> 00:02:34,561 they discovered evidence of a wooden tunnel 59 00:02:34,713 --> 00:02:37,881 dating back to as early as the 15th century 60 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:42,161 as well as trace evidence of both silver and gold. 61 00:02:42,388 --> 00:02:45,071 RICK: I think we all are very hopeful that 62 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:48,558 we'll find something that, for once and for all, 63 00:02:48,577 --> 00:02:50,818 tell us exactly what's happened underground. 64 00:02:50,838 --> 00:02:54,080 So, if Doug is right, 65 00:02:54,233 --> 00:02:57,901 all of this broken stuff-- We know it's a shaft. 66 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:01,180 Yeah. Do we know what shaft it was? 67 00:03:01,407 --> 00:03:04,074 Well, it was Roosevelt's shaft, 1909. 68 00:03:04,092 --> 00:03:07,168 But they thought they were on the Money Pit, right? 69 00:03:07,262 --> 00:03:09,521 - Yeah. - But, look, the-the little bits and pieces 70 00:03:09,673 --> 00:03:13,675 kind of add up, you know? The 1909 shaft, 71 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:15,936 - the boot, the date of the boot. - Yeah. 72 00:03:16,030 --> 00:03:19,773 So, "it fits," but we've got a lot of things that fit. 73 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:21,608 Yeah, that's true. 74 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,444 Well, I thought that boot was like an old cavalier boot. 75 00:03:24,596 --> 00:03:27,689 But, hey, if it's a ex-president's boot, 76 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:29,783 - that'd be just as good. - Yep. 77 00:03:29,877 --> 00:03:32,936 Look at this! (laughs) 78 00:03:32,955 --> 00:03:34,880 NARRATOR: Just one day ago, the team 79 00:03:35,031 --> 00:03:38,291 made a curious discovery offering more evidence 80 00:03:38,444 --> 00:03:41,278 that they could be digging in the original Money Pit: 81 00:03:41,296 --> 00:03:45,282 a worker's boot dating to the early 20th century. 82 00:03:45,375 --> 00:03:48,285 DOUG: So, up here it says Kaufman. 83 00:03:48,303 --> 00:03:50,211 They were making these type of boots 84 00:03:50,231 --> 00:03:52,472 in 1908 to 1909. 85 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:55,642 This might be the pit that FDR was digging in. 86 00:03:55,794 --> 00:03:57,218 Well, that'd be pretty cool. 87 00:03:57,312 --> 00:03:59,238 NARRATOR: In 1909, 88 00:03:59,389 --> 00:04:01,965 the Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company, 89 00:04:01,984 --> 00:04:04,134 led by Captain Henry Bowdoin, 90 00:04:04,152 --> 00:04:07,971 excavated what was believed to be the original Treasure Pit 91 00:04:07,990 --> 00:04:11,399 some 100 feet deep before their efforts were vanquished 92 00:04:11,493 --> 00:04:14,160 by cave-ins and flooding. 93 00:04:14,255 --> 00:04:18,148 It was an effort that was financed by a young attorney 94 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:22,577 and Freemason by the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 95 00:04:22,671 --> 00:04:24,596 RICK: The boot suggests 96 00:04:24,823 --> 00:04:27,657 we are into the Franklin Roosevelt workings. 97 00:04:27,676 --> 00:04:30,918 They associated their workings with the possible find 98 00:04:30,938 --> 00:04:32,829 of the original Money Pit shaft. 99 00:04:32,922 --> 00:04:35,015 CRAIG: It's still bringing up wood. 100 00:04:35,167 --> 00:04:38,518 RICK: If that is so, that's exceedingly interesting, 101 00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:41,021 because it means if we're not on it, 102 00:04:41,173 --> 00:04:42,781 we're certainly close. 103 00:04:46,862 --> 00:04:48,287 I got some information I'll show you. 104 00:04:48,438 --> 00:04:50,196 I was printing this out this morning based on 105 00:04:50,349 --> 00:04:51,581 what we were talking about yesterday. 106 00:04:53,127 --> 00:04:55,685 This is a letter from Duncan Harris to FDR. 107 00:04:55,704 --> 00:04:58,188 I highlight some interesting things here. 108 00:04:58,206 --> 00:05:01,949 It says, "We cleared out the pit to a depth of 107 feet, 109 00:05:02,044 --> 00:05:03,860 "taking out large quantities of boulders and timber. 110 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:05,971 "At this depth we found a heavy platform 111 00:05:06,122 --> 00:05:07,789 "across the bottom of the cribbing, from which 112 00:05:07,883 --> 00:05:09,308 we were unable to take up." 113 00:05:09,535 --> 00:05:12,035 So, they hit a platform they never took up. 114 00:05:12,054 --> 00:05:13,461 Where are we right now? 115 00:05:13,555 --> 00:05:16,964 92. That's 15 feet below us. 116 00:05:17,059 --> 00:05:18,466 Yeah, yeah. We're close. 117 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:20,393 To me, this is encouraging, because they were also 118 00:05:20,546 --> 00:05:21,895 seeing signs of a deep collapse. 119 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:23,304 We would have to have if 120 00:05:23,324 --> 00:05:24,639 it was the original Money Pit. 121 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:26,491 We're seeing the jumble of wood, 122 00:05:26,718 --> 00:05:30,162 so, I-I... you know, I find that really encouraging. 123 00:05:30,313 --> 00:05:33,056 Probably we're on what they're describing. 124 00:05:33,149 --> 00:05:34,499 I would... that, I would say, yes. 125 00:05:34,726 --> 00:05:36,226 Yeah. 126 00:05:36,244 --> 00:05:37,669 NARRATOR: Because the Money Pit 127 00:05:37,821 --> 00:05:41,006 suffered a catastrophic collapse in 1861, 128 00:05:41,233 --> 00:05:43,733 could the massive amounts of broken timbers 129 00:05:43,827 --> 00:05:45,902 mean that the team is on course 130 00:05:45,921 --> 00:05:48,421 to make a historic discovery? 131 00:05:48,515 --> 00:05:51,165 I mean, this is good information to have, for sure. 132 00:05:51,185 --> 00:05:52,909 Yeah. 133 00:05:52,928 --> 00:05:54,686 RICK: At this point, I think 134 00:05:54,913 --> 00:05:57,097 - you just got to keep digging. - CRAIG: Yeah. 135 00:05:57,249 --> 00:06:00,675 NARRATOR: As the excavation of the TF-1 shaft continues, 136 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:04,696 near the southeast corner of the triangle-shaped swamp... 137 00:06:04,923 --> 00:06:07,515 MARTY: All right. Once more into the swamp. 138 00:06:07,534 --> 00:06:09,776 NARRATOR: David Fornetti has joined his Uncle Marty 139 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:11,945 and his cousin Alex 140 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:15,189 to continue searching for evidence of a stone path 141 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:18,101 between the brackish bog and the Money Pit. 142 00:06:18,194 --> 00:06:20,120 We ran a grid over the stone road. 143 00:06:20,272 --> 00:06:22,455 So, from there we went to the uplands, did another pass, 144 00:06:22,608 --> 00:06:24,532 and still, seems to show the stone road. 145 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:26,033 Okay. 146 00:06:26,053 --> 00:06:28,053 First scan, coming up. 147 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,389 NARRATOR: One week ago, Alex and David 148 00:06:30,616 --> 00:06:32,782 conducted a ground-penetrating radar scan 149 00:06:32,801 --> 00:06:35,060 heading eastward from the stone road 150 00:06:35,211 --> 00:06:37,712 discovered last year in the swamp. 151 00:06:37,806 --> 00:06:40,123 DAVID F: I think the stone road might be under us, right here. 152 00:06:40,142 --> 00:06:41,291 Oh, that's interesting. 153 00:06:41,309 --> 00:06:44,144 NARRATOR: However, because the team 154 00:06:44,296 --> 00:06:47,631 is currently restricted from excavating a two-acre area 155 00:06:47,724 --> 00:06:49,633 near the southeast corner of the swamp 156 00:06:49,651 --> 00:06:51,468 due to a government mandate... 157 00:06:51,486 --> 00:06:52,560 DAVID F: Let's go for it. 158 00:06:52,654 --> 00:06:54,304 it is Alex and David's hope 159 00:06:54,397 --> 00:06:57,082 that they, along with Marty's help, 160 00:06:57,309 --> 00:07:00,827 can trace the buried road outside that zone. 161 00:07:00,979 --> 00:07:04,164 If they are successful, they can apply for a permit 162 00:07:04,316 --> 00:07:06,833 to uncover it, determine where it leads, 163 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:10,654 and hopefully discover what might be hidden there. 164 00:07:10,747 --> 00:07:15,341 MARTY: We have a decent idea of the general direction of the road. 165 00:07:15,436 --> 00:07:17,418 We know massive things occurred at the Money Pit, 166 00:07:17,438 --> 00:07:19,512 and a road would've been required. And 167 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:22,165 what would be interesting would be to find a datable item 168 00:07:22,258 --> 00:07:24,184 along that road, and we've only unearthed, 169 00:07:24,278 --> 00:07:27,337 you know, it looks like maybe a few percent of it. 170 00:07:27,355 --> 00:07:30,115 - You think here? - Yeah, that's good. 171 00:07:30,266 --> 00:07:32,284 And then see the nice path you got right here? 172 00:07:32,435 --> 00:07:33,860 - DAVID F: Yeah. - MARTY: Right around that tree 173 00:07:34,012 --> 00:07:35,954 - and all the way through there. - ALEX: Okay. 174 00:07:36,181 --> 00:07:40,942 NARRATOR: The OKM Gepard GPR 3D scanner 175 00:07:41,036 --> 00:07:43,295 emits radio waves into the earth 176 00:07:43,446 --> 00:07:46,523 which can detect objects, structures, or voids 177 00:07:46,541 --> 00:07:50,051 up to 130 feet below the surface. 178 00:07:53,365 --> 00:07:56,123 I think you can stop. Go ahead and stop. 179 00:07:56,218 --> 00:07:57,383 ALEX: Okay. 180 00:07:57,536 --> 00:07:58,935 Yeah, see what it says. 181 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:03,815 Well... it's kind of surprising, actually. 182 00:08:04,042 --> 00:08:06,467 We have an anomaly. Right in the middle. 183 00:08:06,487 --> 00:08:08,803 Hey, that's pretty cool. And it's... that's roughly 184 00:08:08,897 --> 00:08:10,547 - three feet, isn't it? - ALEX: Three feet deep, yeah. 185 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,473 - Yeah. - MARTY: That's pretty exciting. 186 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:15,142 MARTY: This road-- if it's only three feet deep-- 187 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:16,661 I'm eager to dig it. 188 00:08:16,888 --> 00:08:18,830 You know, we might be able to find some artifact 189 00:08:18,982 --> 00:08:20,999 that helps us figure out who in the heck was here. 190 00:08:21,226 --> 00:08:23,059 That's what I really like about this, is there's 191 00:08:23,078 --> 00:08:24,669 - nothing on either side of it. - MARTY: Yeah, agreed. 192 00:08:24,821 --> 00:08:26,229 ALEX: And it's the right scale and size and depth 193 00:08:26,248 --> 00:08:27,321 - to be the road. - MARTY: Pretty cool. 194 00:08:27,415 --> 00:08:28,915 ALEX: I actually kind of 195 00:08:29,067 --> 00:08:30,583 - can't believe it. - No, either... me either. 196 00:08:30,736 --> 00:08:32,585 Well, let's keep going. 197 00:08:32,738 --> 00:08:34,070 - ALEX: All right. - DAVID F: Okay, yeah. 198 00:08:34,163 --> 00:08:37,257 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 199 00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:41,261 GARY: Sure would be nice to get our hands on some treasure. 200 00:08:41,413 --> 00:08:44,247 There are some perks, mate, to being wet and covered in mud. 201 00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:47,767 We get to see the treasure first. 202 00:08:47,919 --> 00:08:50,529 although the weather has turned, 203 00:08:50,756 --> 00:08:52,364 the team remains hopeful that the excavation 204 00:08:52,515 --> 00:08:55,441 of the TF-1 shaft in the Money Pit area-- 205 00:08:55,594 --> 00:08:59,112 Which has now reached a depth of 107 feet-- 206 00:08:59,264 --> 00:09:01,540 Could yield a major discovery at any moment. 207 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:06,545 Okay, Michel? 208 00:09:08,456 --> 00:09:09,956 - All right, Billy? - Yep. 209 00:09:10,108 --> 00:09:11,383 We're good. 210 00:09:13,703 --> 00:09:15,461 You ready for some treasure, mate? 211 00:09:15,614 --> 00:09:18,223 DAVID F: We're just getting to the target depth, so... 212 00:09:18,374 --> 00:09:20,617 - Yep. - definitely not counting it out yet. 213 00:09:20,635 --> 00:09:21,643 No, definitely not, mate. 214 00:09:25,307 --> 00:09:27,399 - Hardly any wood in there, either. - No. 215 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:32,862 What the heck is that? 216 00:09:37,894 --> 00:09:39,652 AGARY: can see, IWhat the heck is that? s. 217 00:09:39,805 --> 00:09:41,154 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, 218 00:09:41,306 --> 00:09:43,156 while searching the spoils unearthed 219 00:09:43,308 --> 00:09:47,752 from nearly 110 feet deep in the TF-1 shaft, 220 00:09:47,904 --> 00:09:51,906 Gary Drayton has just found a potentially important clue. 221 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,319 I think that's one of those wooden dowel or wooden peg. 222 00:09:56,338 --> 00:09:57,837 -DAVID F: Could be. It's shaped that way. -Yeah. 223 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,914 This was probably used 224 00:10:00,008 --> 00:10:04,102 for some type of construction in the original Money Pit, 225 00:10:04,253 --> 00:10:07,272 because there wouldn't have been any iron fasteners in it. 226 00:10:07,499 --> 00:10:10,500 They would've used wooden pegs like this. 227 00:10:10,593 --> 00:10:11,776 - That's a good eye. - Yeah. 228 00:10:12,003 --> 00:10:15,280 NARRATOR: A wooden peg or dowel? 229 00:10:15,431 --> 00:10:17,857 Could it be related to the fragments of a wooden structure 230 00:10:18,009 --> 00:10:20,510 found in this location earlier this year 231 00:10:20,603 --> 00:10:24,180 that may date back to 1488? 232 00:10:24,199 --> 00:10:28,017 If so, could that mean the team is also close 233 00:10:28,036 --> 00:10:30,111 to finding the source of the silver and gold 234 00:10:30,205 --> 00:10:32,522 detected in the area as well? 235 00:10:32,540 --> 00:10:35,783 The older constructs that we've encountered have been 236 00:10:35,877 --> 00:10:38,619 put together with dowels. And this is certainly a dowel. 237 00:10:38,713 --> 00:10:41,306 So, it implies possible 238 00:10:41,457 --> 00:10:44,643 original depositional work, because in the modern era, 239 00:10:44,794 --> 00:10:46,886 dowels were not used as fasteners. 240 00:10:47,038 --> 00:10:49,147 All right, Billy. Two thumbs up. 241 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,824 (detector beeping) 242 00:11:01,236 --> 00:11:02,994 Definitely a signal here. 243 00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:09,392 Just there, mate. 244 00:11:09,411 --> 00:11:11,294 At least we got a signal. 245 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,079 - Huh. - Wow. 246 00:11:30,098 --> 00:11:32,524 Some big, old fastener. 247 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:36,343 I can't really tell what shape it is. 248 00:11:36,438 --> 00:11:37,754 I know it's heavy, but it could 249 00:11:37,847 --> 00:11:40,532 just be the concretion on it. 250 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:45,352 I don't know if it's modern or old, round or anything. 251 00:11:45,372 --> 00:11:46,871 I know it's iron. 252 00:11:47,098 --> 00:11:48,832 - Well, we should get out of here. - Yep. 253 00:11:51,453 --> 00:11:53,044 IAN: What you got, Gary? 254 00:11:53,196 --> 00:11:55,880 Just found an interesting fastener 255 00:11:56,032 --> 00:11:58,274 in that last bucket that came out, 256 00:11:58,367 --> 00:12:00,868 and I can't tell if it's old or modern. 257 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,370 I've never seen anything like this 258 00:12:03,465 --> 00:12:04,614 come out of the Money Pit. 259 00:12:04,632 --> 00:12:05,849 Any ideas, Laird? 260 00:12:08,286 --> 00:12:10,211 LAIRD: That's weird. 261 00:12:10,305 --> 00:12:12,213 - IAN: Yeah. - GARY: That's exactly what I thought: that's weird. 262 00:12:12,307 --> 00:12:15,792 - What is it? - Well, it looks like a round nail there, 263 00:12:15,810 --> 00:12:17,143 but then you look at the... 264 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:19,128 - It's been hand-forged. - RICK: Heavy, though. 265 00:12:19,147 --> 00:12:20,405 Yeah. Yeah. 266 00:12:20,632 --> 00:12:23,057 Like hand-wrought or hand... hand-made? 267 00:12:23,151 --> 00:12:24,300 - Yeah. - IAN: Wow. 268 00:12:24,393 --> 00:12:26,227 NARRATOR: An iron fastener 269 00:12:26,321 --> 00:12:28,562 that was hand-forged? 270 00:12:28,656 --> 00:12:30,807 Because that could mean it might pre-date the discovery 271 00:12:30,825 --> 00:12:34,494 of the Money Pit in 1795, 272 00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:37,071 could this artifact be related to a structure 273 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:38,572 that was built during an operation 274 00:12:38,592 --> 00:12:42,485 to deposit valuables deep underground? 275 00:12:42,504 --> 00:12:45,079 The FDR expedition-- Let's say they were 276 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:46,931 right next to the original Money Pit. 277 00:12:47,158 --> 00:12:49,083 We do know that, from the records, 278 00:12:49,177 --> 00:12:51,102 that they only got to 107 feet. 279 00:12:51,254 --> 00:12:53,846 We know the Money Pit collapsed deeper than that. 280 00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:56,941 So, anywhere between 107 feet and 150 feet 281 00:12:57,093 --> 00:13:01,112 where we might encounter the vault is also prospective. 282 00:13:01,264 --> 00:13:05,599 - RICK: Oh, it's... Look how much wider here than there. - IAN: Yep. Exactly. 283 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:08,027 Well, I'll leave this little puzzle with you guys. 284 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:10,530 - I got to get back to the spoils. - LAIRD: Okay. 285 00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:11,623 Find us some more, Gary. 286 00:13:11,774 --> 00:13:13,124 GARY: Oh, will do. 287 00:13:15,778 --> 00:13:18,204 NARRATOR: Later that same day, 288 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,857 as members of the team continue monitoring 289 00:13:20,950 --> 00:13:24,377 the excavation of the TF-1 shaft... 290 00:13:24,529 --> 00:13:26,120 - RICK: Hey, guys. - STEVE G.: Oh. 291 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,472 - Hey, Rick. - SCOTT: Hey, Rick. 292 00:13:27,623 --> 00:13:28,881 Well, let's see what you got here. 293 00:13:29,034 --> 00:13:31,384 NARRATOR: Near Smith's Cove, Rick Lagina 294 00:13:31,536 --> 00:13:33,219 arrives at the wash plant 295 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:35,963 after being alerted by members of the team 296 00:13:36,057 --> 00:13:39,058 of potentially important discoveries they have made while 297 00:13:39,210 --> 00:13:41,727 cleaning and sorting the spoils from the dig. 298 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,613 STEVE G.: Let's see what we got. 299 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,659 - RICK: That's modern. - STEVE G.: There's a spike. 300 00:13:47,886 --> 00:13:49,735 - RICK: Yeah, modern. - SCOTT: Modern spike. 301 00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:51,663 STEVE G.: Here's something that looks a little older. 302 00:13:55,727 --> 00:13:57,961 This looks promising. It has some weight to it. 303 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:02,065 Yeah, it does. 304 00:14:02,158 --> 00:14:04,158 I mean, that's Gary's criteria, right? 305 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,235 - Old metal i-is quite hefty. - SCOTT: Yeah. 306 00:14:06,254 --> 00:14:08,513 RICK: This certainly is. 307 00:14:08,664 --> 00:14:11,516 - It looks like it's been hand-wrought. - SCOTT: Mm-hmm. 308 00:14:11,743 --> 00:14:14,093 You know... I don't know what to make of it, 309 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:17,171 but it's a prime candidate for a CT scanner, so... 310 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:18,931 Yeah. 311 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:22,026 Basically, a CT scanner is like an X-ray machine. 312 00:14:22,253 --> 00:14:24,103 It will look through the conglomerate 313 00:14:24,197 --> 00:14:27,348 and the encrustation of the objects and you will be able 314 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:30,259 to see it as though it were just recently forged, 315 00:14:30,278 --> 00:14:34,447 and my thought always was to acquire a CT scanner, 316 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:37,283 because this science can be applied to our needs. 317 00:14:37,435 --> 00:14:38,859 That may turn into something 318 00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:40,436 quite unique and quite interesting. 319 00:14:40,455 --> 00:14:43,030 But we have a mountain of material to go through, 320 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,549 so I think we just 321 00:14:44,776 --> 00:14:47,460 keep pushing forward, keep watching. 322 00:14:47,612 --> 00:14:49,128 - SCOTT: All right, good. - STEVE G.: Thanks, Rick. 323 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:50,179 - SCOTT: Thanks, Rick. - RICK: Thank you. 324 00:14:53,284 --> 00:14:55,134 NARRATOR: The following morning, 325 00:14:55,286 --> 00:14:57,544 as the excavation of the TF-1 shaft 326 00:14:57,639 --> 00:15:00,547 continues in the Money Pit area, 327 00:15:00,642 --> 00:15:02,883 Marty and Alex Lagina, 328 00:15:02,977 --> 00:15:06,404 along with David Fornetti, arrive at the research center. 329 00:15:06,555 --> 00:15:08,981 - ALEX: Hey, Steve. - MARTY: Steve. - Hey, guys. How you doing? 330 00:15:09,134 --> 00:15:10,724 Good. Did you figure it out? 331 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:12,893 I think so. It was pretty quick and easy. 332 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:14,804 - So I threw it up on the screen. - Oh, yeah. 333 00:15:14,897 --> 00:15:17,323 NARRATOR: They are meeting with surveyor Steve Guptill, 334 00:15:17,475 --> 00:15:20,643 who has finished analyzing the GPR data 335 00:15:20,662 --> 00:15:22,995 regarding a possible buried stone pathway 336 00:15:23,148 --> 00:15:26,090 between the swamp and the Money Pit. 337 00:15:26,317 --> 00:15:28,075 So, as you can see, I plotted your points. 338 00:15:28,169 --> 00:15:30,653 They exist here, here and here. 339 00:15:30,672 --> 00:15:32,171 - Oh. - Oh, okay. - Okay. 340 00:15:32,323 --> 00:15:34,173 So, not perfectly straight. 341 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:36,935 But, just for reference, this is the stone road. 342 00:15:37,086 --> 00:15:38,603 This is the pine tar kiln. 343 00:15:38,830 --> 00:15:40,921 Based on the data we've collected so far, 344 00:15:40,941 --> 00:15:42,756 I do believe it is a road coming off of the stone road, 345 00:15:42,850 --> 00:15:43,942 or at least a path. 346 00:15:45,779 --> 00:15:48,112 You can see here that they're not perfectly linear, 347 00:15:48,264 --> 00:15:50,931 but that's okay. I mean, we live in Nova Scotia, nothing's flat. 348 00:15:50,951 --> 00:15:52,599 - Paths don't have to be straight. - No, they don't. 349 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:53,952 - Right. - So, I think it's just 350 00:15:54,179 --> 00:15:55,787 taking the path of least resistance, 351 00:15:55,938 --> 00:15:57,697 and I suspect it's probably heading to the pine tar kiln. 352 00:15:57,849 --> 00:15:59,457 Yes. 353 00:15:59,684 --> 00:16:02,868 NARRATOR: One year ago, after noticing a feature 354 00:16:03,021 --> 00:16:06,464 labeled as a possible tunnel entrance on a map of Lot 15 355 00:16:06,691 --> 00:16:09,358 that was created more than 30 years ago 356 00:16:09,377 --> 00:16:12,695 by the late Oak Island landowner Fred Nolan, 357 00:16:12,788 --> 00:16:15,047 the team began investigating 358 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,383 what archaeologist David Maclnnes believed 359 00:16:17,535 --> 00:16:19,626 was ultimately a 16th century 360 00:16:19,721 --> 00:16:22,796 British military pine tar kiln. 361 00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:25,708 A pine tar kiln that archeologist Laird Niven 362 00:16:25,801 --> 00:16:27,393 suspected may have been used 363 00:16:27,545 --> 00:16:29,821 to construct the original Money Pit. 364 00:16:32,550 --> 00:16:34,734 Although the team has yet to find evidence 365 00:16:34,828 --> 00:16:36,310 of why Fred believed there might have been 366 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,888 a tunnel entrance at the feature, 367 00:16:38,906 --> 00:16:40,981 could finding out where the buried pathway ends 368 00:16:41,075 --> 00:16:43,075 provide an answer? 369 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,152 MARTY: It's actually quite amazing. I mean, 370 00:16:45,246 --> 00:16:46,729 we have evidence that 371 00:16:46,822 --> 00:16:49,173 the English were active on this island 372 00:16:49,325 --> 00:16:50,675 long before the Money Pit. 373 00:16:50,902 --> 00:16:53,327 But I don't know why they were here. 374 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:57,181 This is not a significant historic place, 375 00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,517 based on conventional history. 376 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,021 I mean, the only thing left to do is to investigate 377 00:17:03,248 --> 00:17:04,930 north of where we've been, and we see if 378 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:07,525 - we can find a path that lines up. - Right. 379 00:17:07,676 --> 00:17:09,360 And then if we do establish this, 380 00:17:09,587 --> 00:17:12,179 - I want to dig it. - Yeah. - Right. 381 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:13,865 MARTY: I think we need to get Gary up there. 382 00:17:14,016 --> 00:17:14,824 ALEX: I agree. 383 00:17:18,854 --> 00:17:19,779 MARTY: What a good day to find treasure. 384 00:17:19,931 --> 00:17:22,022 - Hey, Vanessa. - Hi, Vanessa. 385 00:17:22,116 --> 00:17:24,283 - Hello. - Well, where are we? 386 00:17:24,435 --> 00:17:27,361 - We are at 137 with the can. - Done deal. 387 00:17:27,455 --> 00:17:29,622 NARRATOR: Following his meeting in the research center, 388 00:17:29,774 --> 00:17:32,216 Marty Lagina has joined his brother Rick 389 00:17:32,368 --> 00:17:35,202 and other members of the team at the Money Pit 390 00:17:35,296 --> 00:17:39,015 to oversee the continued excavation of the TF-1 caisson. 391 00:17:40,802 --> 00:17:43,377 VANESSA: So, we're gonna get ready to stack another can here soon. 392 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:45,288 Is there any area that we're looking for? 393 00:17:45,306 --> 00:17:46,972 I mean, we're watching pressures the whole time. 394 00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:50,234 The vault should be somewhere in the 150-ish range. 395 00:17:50,461 --> 00:17:52,052 Okay. 396 00:17:52,146 --> 00:17:53,554 NARRATOR: Although the team 397 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,631 recovered metal fragments at this location 398 00:17:55,724 --> 00:17:57,316 earlier this year that contained 399 00:17:57,468 --> 00:17:59,635 significant traces of gold 400 00:17:59,728 --> 00:18:02,321 at a depth of just 90 feet, 401 00:18:02,473 --> 00:18:05,991 in 1897, treasure hunters Frederick Blair 402 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:09,312 and William Chappell drilled into what they reported 403 00:18:09,405 --> 00:18:10,996 to be a seven-foot-high box 404 00:18:11,149 --> 00:18:14,317 at a depth of 153 feet. 405 00:18:14,410 --> 00:18:16,410 It was during this operation 406 00:18:16,504 --> 00:18:18,912 that the stunned treasure hunters recovered evidence 407 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:21,415 that the vault was encased in concrete 408 00:18:21,509 --> 00:18:23,768 and contained both gold 409 00:18:23,995 --> 00:18:26,846 and potentially historic documents. 410 00:18:26,998 --> 00:18:28,831 VANESSA: All right, well, we'll keep going. 411 00:18:28,924 --> 00:18:30,666 And if bedrock doesn't stop us, 412 00:18:30,759 --> 00:18:32,184 - we're going to 160. - Correct. 413 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:35,688 - All right, we'll do it. - Make it so. Thank you. 414 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,783 NARRATOR: While the excavation continues in the TF-1 shaft... 415 00:18:41,529 --> 00:18:43,512 Let's see what we can find. 416 00:18:43,531 --> 00:18:46,440 at the wash table near Borehole 10-X, 417 00:18:46,534 --> 00:18:49,443 Jack Begley, Alex Lagina 418 00:18:49,537 --> 00:18:51,462 and surveyor Eric Valois 419 00:18:51,689 --> 00:18:54,190 are conducting a final examination of spoils 420 00:18:54,208 --> 00:18:56,208 that have already been run 421 00:18:56,361 --> 00:18:58,636 through the industrial-sized wash plant. 422 00:18:58,787 --> 00:19:01,864 JACK: Every year, things that make it past our eyes 423 00:19:01,883 --> 00:19:03,975 just from the hammer grab 424 00:19:04,202 --> 00:19:06,719 and even on the wash plant, even 425 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,980 the small little bits-- Whether it's parchment 426 00:19:09,207 --> 00:19:12,316 or bookbinding-- They show up on the wash table. 427 00:19:12,543 --> 00:19:14,485 We're moving at such a fast pace 428 00:19:14,712 --> 00:19:16,821 that even Gary could miss something, 429 00:19:16,972 --> 00:19:18,990 but the wash table will catch it. 430 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:29,408 Is that concrete? 431 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:31,894 JACK: Yeah, it is. 432 00:19:31,987 --> 00:19:33,838 I'm gonna just bag it real quick. 433 00:19:35,249 --> 00:19:36,299 Sweet find. 434 00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:47,410 Whoa. 435 00:19:47,503 --> 00:19:49,020 Look-look at that, look at that. 436 00:19:50,915 --> 00:19:53,933 That might be more of that concrete stuff. 437 00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:55,509 ALEX: Yeah, that looks like concrete to me. 438 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:58,437 It's got that little lip right there. 439 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:00,439 This is great. Put it with the rest of the concrete. 440 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,091 Might mean that we're getting into something. 441 00:20:02,184 --> 00:20:05,094 We could be close to the actual vault. 442 00:20:05,112 --> 00:20:07,020 Yep. 443 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,539 JACK: This concrete should be set aside, 444 00:20:08,691 --> 00:20:09,932 it should be tested. 445 00:20:09,951 --> 00:20:12,359 Keep your eyes peeled, guys. 446 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:15,379 In the original stories of drilling into The Money Pit, 447 00:20:15,606 --> 00:20:18,107 when they hit the vault that was deep down, 448 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,051 they'd go through concrete. 449 00:20:21,295 --> 00:20:22,887 It might be an indication 450 00:20:23,038 --> 00:20:25,464 that we're close to 451 00:20:25,616 --> 00:20:27,058 wherever the vault collapsed to. 452 00:20:27,285 --> 00:20:29,876 Hey, guys, tell me you found something good. 453 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:31,954 - JACK: Well... - I want to hear it. 454 00:20:31,973 --> 00:20:32,972 ALEX: We found a couple interesting things. 455 00:20:33,124 --> 00:20:34,398 MARTY: Okay, so what do you got? 456 00:20:34,550 --> 00:20:36,400 ALEX: So, here's the first piece. 457 00:20:37,645 --> 00:20:39,144 We think that's concrete. 458 00:20:39,297 --> 00:20:40,905 MARTY: It looks like it's formed 459 00:20:41,056 --> 00:20:42,556 - right there, doesn't it? - ALEX: Yeah. 460 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,483 -Well, that's worth testing. Agreed. -ALEX: Right. 461 00:20:44,635 --> 00:20:47,578 One more. There you go. 462 00:20:49,474 --> 00:20:52,041 Hmm. That is quite interesting, guys. 463 00:20:54,069 --> 00:20:56,161 - ALEX: There he is. - JACK: Spoon dog! 464 00:20:56,314 --> 00:20:57,329 - What up? - (Ian laughs) 465 00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:59,164 Hi, Jack. How are you? 466 00:20:59,317 --> 00:21:00,758 That isn't how I was going to greet you, 467 00:21:00,985 --> 00:21:02,927 - I know, I know. - But it'll-it'll do. 468 00:21:03,078 --> 00:21:05,263 This is what these guys just found. 469 00:21:07,508 --> 00:21:08,991 Because you know the narrative, 470 00:21:09,010 --> 00:21:10,676 the narrative often talks about concrete, right? 471 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:11,769 Right, right. 472 00:21:13,589 --> 00:21:16,256 That can't be natural, right? 473 00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:18,776 Yeah, I think that piece, especially. 474 00:21:18,927 --> 00:21:22,171 There's this razor-sharp edge here. 475 00:21:22,189 --> 00:21:24,282 I mean, that's not natural. 476 00:21:26,268 --> 00:21:29,453 NARRATOR: Could finding pieces of concrete in the TF-1 spoils 477 00:21:29,605 --> 00:21:33,198 mean that the team could finally be close to locating the vault 478 00:21:33,351 --> 00:21:35,534 that Frederick Blair and William Chappell 479 00:21:35,686 --> 00:21:38,537 reported discovering more than a century ago? 480 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,299 - I would keep that. (chuckles) - Yeah, for sure. 481 00:21:42,785 --> 00:21:44,376 - All right, bag it and we'll get it tested. - IAN: Yep. 482 00:21:44,529 --> 00:21:45,619 - Okay, thank you, Ian. - IAN: Yep. 483 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. 485 00:21:49,033 --> 00:21:51,717 NARRATOR: As Alex and Jack continue 486 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:55,538 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?