1 00:00:01,910 --> 00:00:03,577 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island. 2 00:00:03,729 --> 00:00:05,653 GARY: Ready to find some good stuff out of these spoils? 3 00:00:05,748 --> 00:00:07,064 - RICK: Wow. - GARY: What have you got there, Rick? 4 00:00:07,157 --> 00:00:09,233 - RICK: Look at this. - Ooh. That's nice. 5 00:00:09,251 --> 00:00:11,918 Wow. This is old. 6 00:00:12,071 --> 00:00:14,329 JOE: This came out of the medieval period 7 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:16,573 - from about 1235. - CHARLES: It's amazing. 8 00:00:16,592 --> 00:00:17,665 - Yeah. - (laughs) 9 00:00:17,685 --> 00:00:19,184 GARY: I'm hoping that we smash 10 00:00:19,336 --> 00:00:20,835 straight through the Chappell Vault 11 00:00:20,929 --> 00:00:22,579 and come up with some treasure. 12 00:00:22,672 --> 00:00:25,098 - This should be it. - Wow, big timbers. 13 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:26,859 Chappell Vault, here we come. 14 00:00:27,010 --> 00:00:28,318 (laughter) 15 00:00:31,090 --> 00:00:34,091 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,184 --> 00:00:36,535 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:36,686 --> 00:00:40,947 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,950 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,045 --> 00:00:45,878 with strange symbols carved into it... 20 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:50,198 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:54,127 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,129 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,282 --> 00:00:58,615 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:58,708 --> 00:01:01,618 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,637 --> 00:01:06,623 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:06,716 --> 00:01:09,359 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,075 --> 00:01:16,909 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:19,655 --> 00:01:21,729 CRAIG: Gentlemen. 29 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:24,083 - GARY: Morning, mate. - Had many pulls yet? 30 00:01:24,234 --> 00:01:28,328 No, they're readjusting and sinking the can down. 31 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:31,148 This is it, mate. 32 00:01:31,241 --> 00:01:33,074 DANNY: All good? All right. 33 00:01:33,094 --> 00:01:34,318 NARRATOR: It is the beginning 34 00:01:34,411 --> 00:01:37,154 of another potentially historic day 35 00:01:37,172 --> 00:01:40,340 on Oak Island for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 36 00:01:40,492 --> 00:01:44,511 their partner Craig Tester and the members of their team. 37 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,754 - DANNY: Okay, go ahead. - GARY: First hammer grab, mate. 38 00:01:46,849 --> 00:01:48,849 I'm hoping that we smash straight through 39 00:01:49,001 --> 00:01:52,594 the Chappell Vault and come up with some treasure today. 40 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:54,020 Yeah. 41 00:01:54,173 --> 00:01:55,781 MICHEL: We're going in. 42 00:01:55,932 --> 00:01:58,600 NARRATOR: In the area dubbed the C-1 cluster, 43 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:02,028 they are now approaching a depth of nearly 150 feet 44 00:02:02,181 --> 00:02:06,700 with their ten-foot-wide steel-cased shaft known as EC-1, 45 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:09,703 or more affectionately, "Early Christmas." 46 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:13,632 Positioned just one foot east of Borehole C-1 47 00:02:13,783 --> 00:02:17,878 and just eight feet northeast of the recently dug TF-1 shaft, 48 00:02:17,972 --> 00:02:20,714 which may have intercepted part of the original Money Pit, 49 00:02:20,866 --> 00:02:24,792 EC-1 is believed to possibly be on target 50 00:02:24,812 --> 00:02:27,295 to reach a seven-foot-high wooden vault 51 00:02:27,314 --> 00:02:31,558 first reported by searchers in 1897 at a depth 52 00:02:31,710 --> 00:02:36,822 of some 153 feet and encased in concrete. 53 00:02:37,049 --> 00:02:39,716 I'm gonna go see what kind of, uh, pressures 54 00:02:39,735 --> 00:02:41,660 Danny is seeing over there. 55 00:02:41,811 --> 00:02:42,977 - All right, mate. - All right, sounds good. 56 00:02:42,997 --> 00:02:45,222 GARY: I'm confident, mate. 57 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,073 Today is the day. 58 00:02:47,168 --> 00:02:50,060 NARRATOR: The team has good reason to be hopeful, 59 00:02:50,078 --> 00:02:51,895 as it was in this same location 60 00:02:51,988 --> 00:02:54,989 that, earlier this year, water testing 61 00:02:55,083 --> 00:02:58,010 and a core-drilling operation revealed evidence 62 00:02:58,161 --> 00:03:00,495 that vast amounts of both silver and gold 63 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:03,682 lie buried somewhere below. 64 00:03:03,909 --> 00:03:06,000 PETER: Here comes the first hammer grab, so let's... 65 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:08,169 - GARY: Yep. - go to it. 66 00:03:08,189 --> 00:03:10,096 I'm confident. 67 00:03:10,191 --> 00:03:11,598 - Hopefully. - Yep. 68 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:13,433 GARY: All right, mate, let's get stuck in 69 00:03:13,585 --> 00:03:15,343 and find some treasure. 70 00:03:15,437 --> 00:03:20,199 I've got high hopes for EC-1. 71 00:03:20,350 --> 00:03:23,927 It's not too far off where we found traces 72 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:26,187 of gold and silver on pieces 73 00:03:26,281 --> 00:03:28,949 of metal and water samples. 74 00:03:29,043 --> 00:03:32,769 If this can works out, we'll all be home for Christmas. 75 00:03:32,862 --> 00:03:34,955 - Good? - I'm not getting any metal hits. 76 00:03:35,107 --> 00:03:35,863 - Okay. - It's clear, mate. 77 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,274 Yeah. 78 00:03:37,367 --> 00:03:38,884 GARY: Maybe the next hammer grab. 79 00:03:39,111 --> 00:03:41,795 We're following along this concentration of gold 80 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:45,373 that they found in the Money Pit itself in the C-1 cluster. 81 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:46,541 There's just too much there. 82 00:03:46,635 --> 00:03:49,377 Gold on the metal, ancient wood, 83 00:03:49,471 --> 00:03:51,379 and so, we hope this is it. 84 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:52,547 This is the one. 85 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:54,900 PETER: What did Danny say? 86 00:03:55,051 --> 00:03:58,886 We're down to about 147, 148 feet. 87 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:00,739 He'll measure in a little bit. 88 00:04:00,890 --> 00:04:04,317 He figures the plug is about six feet behind him. 89 00:04:04,411 --> 00:04:06,303 RICK: No increase 90 00:04:06,396 --> 00:04:08,396 in pressures or decrease or anything? 91 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,231 No. Nothing significant. 92 00:04:10,325 --> 00:04:12,142 What about what's coming up? 93 00:04:12,235 --> 00:04:14,160 GARY: Yeah, we had one hammer grab 94 00:04:14,255 --> 00:04:16,980 of slurry and limestone. 95 00:04:16,999 --> 00:04:18,906 Next, treasure. 96 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:20,926 (laughs) 97 00:04:21,153 --> 00:04:24,746 NARRATOR: As the excavation of EC-1 continues, 98 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:28,433 just 200 feet to the northeast, near Borehole 10-X... 99 00:04:28,660 --> 00:04:30,844 We got to go through Early Christmas material 100 00:04:30,938 --> 00:04:34,589 and try to get as much of that taken care of as possible today. 101 00:04:34,683 --> 00:04:36,942 - ERIC: Okay. - NARRATOR: Jack Begley and surveyor Eric Valois 102 00:04:37,169 --> 00:04:40,946 are at the wash table, preparing to search for clues 103 00:04:41,097 --> 00:04:45,617 and valuables in the spoils recently unearthed from EC-1. 104 00:04:45,769 --> 00:04:48,453 So, keep your eyes peeled. 105 00:04:48,605 --> 00:04:50,864 Um, but I-I'd like to do a little bit bigger loads 106 00:04:50,958 --> 00:04:52,365 than we have been. 107 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:54,851 And as you can see, I've added 108 00:04:54,944 --> 00:04:57,111 - this plastic mesh on top. - Mesh, yep. 109 00:04:57,205 --> 00:04:59,205 Hopefully it's gonna be able to catch 110 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:02,467 if there are any parchments or other softer materials. 111 00:05:02,619 --> 00:05:07,547 - Really, in the past, I was just looking mainly for gold coins. - (laughs) 112 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:10,625 - JACK: Now, we should be able to see everything. Yeah. - Catch those smaller finds. 113 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:13,312 - Perfect. - And-- Yeah, I-I say we get cracking. 114 00:05:13,463 --> 00:05:14,888 I'll get in there, I'll go get our first load. 115 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:16,373 All right. 116 00:05:16,466 --> 00:05:19,225 We've got huge hammer grabs this year 117 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,803 to facilitate the extraction of soils 118 00:05:21,897 --> 00:05:23,229 from the ten-foot caisson. 119 00:05:23,324 --> 00:05:25,899 It's just a process to move that material 120 00:05:26,051 --> 00:05:29,161 and at the same time, visually inspect the material. 121 00:05:29,388 --> 00:05:33,498 And we need to be at the top of our game 122 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:35,792 in order to get through as much material as possible. 123 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:40,230 Here's a piece of glass. 124 00:05:40,248 --> 00:05:42,156 Wow. 125 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:43,658 We'll save that. It doesn't look very old, though. 126 00:05:43,752 --> 00:05:45,510 No, it's pretty thin and clear. 127 00:05:45,662 --> 00:05:49,330 JACK: Which could be from down in the shafts, but... 128 00:05:49,424 --> 00:05:51,499 still just searcher stuff. 129 00:05:51,593 --> 00:05:54,911 I've grown quite fond of just washing through the spoils, 130 00:05:54,930 --> 00:05:57,080 'cause that's where you find things 131 00:05:57,099 --> 00:05:58,506 that everyone else misses. 132 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,600 And so, I'm really hoping 133 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,844 that we can make it through all the material, 134 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:05,438 'cause I'd really like to put a coin-- 135 00:06:05,591 --> 00:06:09,016 A gold one, specifically-- In Marty's hand this year. 136 00:06:09,111 --> 00:06:11,111 ERIC: What about this? It's got a little flex to it, 137 00:06:11,263 --> 00:06:12,537 so it's not a rock. 138 00:06:13,932 --> 00:06:15,448 JACK: I-I'm not quite sure, though. 139 00:06:15,601 --> 00:06:18,768 I-It might be a conglomerate of some other type. 140 00:06:18,787 --> 00:06:21,621 - ERIC: Okay. - You see how it's not a natural limestone... 141 00:06:21,773 --> 00:06:25,217 - Yeah. - because you wouldn't see so many little clasts 142 00:06:25,368 --> 00:06:28,202 or small, little stones included inside this rock. 143 00:06:28,222 --> 00:06:29,796 - ERIC: Yeah. - You know, I can't say 144 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:33,040 that what's drawing it all together in here 145 00:06:33,135 --> 00:06:37,120 is, uh, limestone, though. 146 00:06:37,213 --> 00:06:39,881 It could be even a type of a concrete. 147 00:06:39,975 --> 00:06:41,958 Like, look at those stones 148 00:06:41,977 --> 00:06:43,476 that are all trapped inside of there. 149 00:06:43,629 --> 00:06:45,904 - Mm. - It almost looks like it's a cement. 150 00:06:47,149 --> 00:06:48,648 It might be an older one. 151 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,467 NARRATOR: Concrete, 152 00:06:50,485 --> 00:06:54,988 found nearly 150 feet deep in the spoils of EC-1? 153 00:06:55,082 --> 00:06:58,733 Since no previous searchers have ever been documented 154 00:06:58,827 --> 00:07:00,585 to use concrete while excavating 155 00:07:00,812 --> 00:07:04,589 or reinforcing shafts in the Money Pit area, 156 00:07:04,816 --> 00:07:06,741 could Jack and Eric have possibly found 157 00:07:06,835 --> 00:07:08,910 an important clue? 158 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:12,172 Perhaps evidence of the concrete-encased vault 159 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:17,160 first reported by the Oak Island Treasure Company in 1897? 160 00:07:17,253 --> 00:07:19,921 It could be a depositor concrete. 161 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:22,274 - Yeah. - When they encountered the vault, 162 00:07:22,425 --> 00:07:23,833 - they encountered a layer of concrete... - Yeah. 163 00:07:23,927 --> 00:07:25,444 that surrounded the entire vault 164 00:07:25,595 --> 00:07:26,928 - at the bottom of the Money Pit. - Yeah. 165 00:07:27,022 --> 00:07:28,780 So this could be a piece of that. 166 00:07:29,007 --> 00:07:30,674 - Yeah. - But for me, this is a keeper. 167 00:07:30,767 --> 00:07:32,784 And-and maybe it's big enough 168 00:07:33,011 --> 00:07:34,786 that we can actually get it tested. 169 00:07:35,013 --> 00:07:37,347 - Okay. - You know, figure out if it is natural 170 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,016 - or maybe it is an old concrete? - Yeah. 171 00:07:40,035 --> 00:07:42,294 Great job finding this. I'll bag it. 172 00:07:42,521 --> 00:07:44,354 NARRATOR: While Jack and Eric continue sifting 173 00:07:44,447 --> 00:07:46,539 through spoils at the wash table... 174 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:48,783 RICK: It sure would be nice to find something. 175 00:07:48,877 --> 00:07:50,451 - Anything. - CRAIG: Oh, yeah. 176 00:07:50,471 --> 00:07:52,696 NARRATOR: back at the Money Pit... 177 00:07:52,714 --> 00:07:54,139 - Hey, Charles. - Guys. 178 00:07:54,366 --> 00:07:57,217 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina, Craig Tester 179 00:07:57,311 --> 00:07:59,961 and members of the team continue monitoring the excavation 180 00:08:00,055 --> 00:08:02,630 of the EC-1 shaft as it approaches 181 00:08:02,724 --> 00:08:06,467 the critical depth of 150 feet. 182 00:08:06,487 --> 00:08:11,156 You know, we all hope that this encounters 183 00:08:11,307 --> 00:08:12,882 the Oak Island Treasure Company vault. 184 00:08:12,976 --> 00:08:15,068 - Yeah. - Because we're in that vicinity right now. 185 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:17,144 We are in that vicinity. 186 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:19,906 It was the Oak Island Treasure Company in 1897 that drilled 187 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,242 through what they believed to be cement and then wood 188 00:08:22,336 --> 00:08:25,078 and then loose metal. 189 00:08:25,230 --> 00:08:27,897 Is that coins? Is it silver bars or what? 190 00:08:27,916 --> 00:08:29,733 You know, I know you-- Or gold bars? 191 00:08:29,751 --> 00:08:32,418 Who knows? So, hopefully, 192 00:08:32,571 --> 00:08:36,831 we can find what they found in 1897. 193 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:39,075 - RICK: That'd be great. - Oh, yeah. 194 00:08:39,094 --> 00:08:40,167 CRAIG: If we're gonna be finding it, 195 00:08:40,262 --> 00:08:42,245 it's gonna be in the next 196 00:08:42,264 --> 00:08:43,913 - few hammer grabs. - CHARLES: We're close. 197 00:08:43,932 --> 00:08:45,415 Yep. 198 00:08:45,508 --> 00:08:46,858 GARY: Got another load coming in. 199 00:08:47,010 --> 00:08:47,859 RICK: Well, Gary, have at it. 200 00:08:48,011 --> 00:08:50,011 All right. 201 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,863 Another shot at glory. 202 00:08:54,368 --> 00:08:57,518 Dang, that was a big bucketload. 203 00:08:57,612 --> 00:08:59,037 PETER: There's some wood. 204 00:09:01,266 --> 00:09:02,374 - There's wood in there? - Yeah, right there. 205 00:09:02,601 --> 00:09:04,934 GARY: Excellent. 206 00:09:04,953 --> 00:09:07,045 - That's exactly what we want. - Yeah. 207 00:09:07,196 --> 00:09:09,881 - GARY: It was in that area. - PETER: Let's see. 208 00:09:11,276 --> 00:09:12,792 CHARLES: Let's hope it's a good one. 209 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:14,553 GARY: Here we go. 210 00:09:14,780 --> 00:09:16,888 Oh, look at that. 211 00:09:21,787 --> 00:09:22,969 PETER: There's some wood. 212 00:09:23,121 --> 00:09:24,396 GARY: Oh, look at that. 213 00:09:24,623 --> 00:09:27,290 NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area, Rick Lagina, 214 00:09:27,309 --> 00:09:29,884 Craig Tester and members of the team 215 00:09:29,978 --> 00:09:32,979 have just made a potentially important discovery 216 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:36,482 nearly 150 feet deep in the EC-1 shaft. 217 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:39,636 That could be important. 218 00:09:39,729 --> 00:09:42,639 - That fits with the story. - Mm-hmm. 219 00:09:42,657 --> 00:09:45,750 - Especially with this vault area. - Yeah. 220 00:09:45,902 --> 00:09:49,403 This wood recovery is exciting because, so far, 221 00:09:49,497 --> 00:09:51,831 we've been going through in situ material 222 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,742 and now we're going through wood 223 00:09:54,836 --> 00:09:57,153 at quite a deep depth. 224 00:09:57,172 --> 00:10:00,081 I'm hoping that we've hit the vault. 225 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,325 So, this just came up. 226 00:10:02,344 --> 00:10:04,269 - Just in there? - It was in-- Yeah, it was in the bucket. 227 00:10:10,426 --> 00:10:12,185 CRAIG: Well, it'd be a good one to carbon-date, then. 228 00:10:12,337 --> 00:10:15,355 RICK: Yep. Well, let's see if anything more comes up. 229 00:10:15,507 --> 00:10:17,598 Yeah, it's the next one that really matters. 230 00:10:17,692 --> 00:10:20,510 RICK: There's hope that the Oak Island Treasure Company vault 231 00:10:20,603 --> 00:10:22,937 resides roughly around 150 feet, 232 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:26,015 and now we have a limited amount of wood. 233 00:10:26,034 --> 00:10:27,108 It's exciting. 234 00:10:27,202 --> 00:10:29,519 So, after the hammer grab dumps, 235 00:10:29,612 --> 00:10:31,354 it's kind of like a-a race to get in 236 00:10:31,373 --> 00:10:32,947 to see who can find what. 237 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,283 Well, gentlemen, anything today? 238 00:10:36,378 --> 00:10:37,861 It brought up a little bit of wood. 239 00:10:37,954 --> 00:10:40,287 GARY: And unfortunately, no metals at the moment, 240 00:10:40,307 --> 00:10:41,622 but that might change. 241 00:10:41,642 --> 00:10:43,290 We got another bucket coming up. 242 00:10:43,385 --> 00:10:44,625 A couple buckets of hope here yet 243 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,869 for the Chappell Vault, right? 244 00:10:45,962 --> 00:10:47,812 - Yep. - We should see some wood, though, 245 00:10:47,964 --> 00:10:49,147 - in these next grabs. - CHARLES: That's right. 246 00:11:00,402 --> 00:11:02,568 - MARTY: Boy, that is a lot more water for some reason. - CHARLES: Yeah. 247 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:04,913 That's the most water we've seen come up yet. 248 00:11:07,225 --> 00:11:10,484 RICK: It's somewhat surprising that we're not finding 249 00:11:10,504 --> 00:11:12,337 substantial amounts of wood. 250 00:11:12,488 --> 00:11:15,732 And the amount of water coming out of the grab 251 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:18,009 suggests we're getting to the bottom of the hole. 252 00:11:21,664 --> 00:11:23,831 - PETER: It's silent. - Yep. 253 00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:25,934 It is silent. 254 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:29,688 - This looks like a report coming. - Hey, guys. 255 00:11:29,915 --> 00:11:31,931 - Here's a report coming in. - Uh-oh. 256 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:35,919 So, this is what came out of the hole with the last bucket. 257 00:11:35,937 --> 00:11:37,696 That material is coming up now. 258 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:43,684 It's the same as that gypsum. 259 00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:45,019 MARTY: Did the can rotate down 260 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,371 or didn't it really go anywhere? 261 00:11:46,598 --> 00:11:49,958 We achieved an inch and a half in 15 minutes. 262 00:11:51,545 --> 00:11:53,770 - Oh. - Currently as it sits, 263 00:11:53,788 --> 00:11:56,197 we're at 152 and a half with the can 264 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:59,533 and 151 with the grab, so we're really struggling. 265 00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:01,110 Danny is seeing some high pressures right now, 266 00:12:01,204 --> 00:12:04,297 obviously associated with that as well. 267 00:12:04,449 --> 00:12:06,299 Hey-- they run those things through all-- 268 00:12:06,393 --> 00:12:08,209 They don't, they don't only just go through 269 00:12:08,303 --> 00:12:09,802 glacial till, they go through rock. 270 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:12,880 - That's right. - Why is this stopping it dead like this? 271 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:15,141 That's the question that we're all looking at 272 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:16,568 for an answer right now. 273 00:12:16,719 --> 00:12:18,570 Anhydrite is notoriously hard to drill. 274 00:12:18,797 --> 00:12:21,314 It's actually soft, but it's gummy. 275 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:23,316 And it gums up the bit, it gums up the teeth, 276 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:25,243 and the teeth don't cut. 277 00:12:25,394 --> 00:12:27,061 It's really hard to drill, even with a big rig. 278 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,988 Given that metric of advance, 279 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:31,474 we could be here for a full day and we can't afford it. 280 00:12:31,567 --> 00:12:33,326 MARTY: I'm with you. Let's just see 281 00:12:33,478 --> 00:12:35,920 if Gary will find ten coins in this one 282 00:12:36,072 --> 00:12:38,423 and then we'll reconsider. 283 00:12:38,574 --> 00:12:41,092 Other than finding ten coins, I think we're done. 284 00:12:41,244 --> 00:12:42,719 - Yeah, then we'd be done. Yeah. - RICK: All right. 285 00:12:53,515 --> 00:12:55,064 MARTY: Not a lot in that one, either. 286 00:12:56,184 --> 00:12:57,692 Essentially nothing. 287 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:00,236 Yeah. 288 00:13:02,674 --> 00:13:04,949 - GARY: I've got the okay from Michel. - PETER: Yeah. 289 00:13:11,941 --> 00:13:13,291 That's some anhydrite right there. 290 00:13:13,442 --> 00:13:14,959 - Yeah, that's what they're struggling... - Yeah. 291 00:13:15,186 --> 00:13:17,462 - to get through at the moment. - That's it. 292 00:13:17,613 --> 00:13:19,705 PETER: I'll take this over to Craig and Dr. Spooner. 293 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,216 GARY: Okay, mate. 294 00:13:22,527 --> 00:13:24,877 So, I think we're pretty much there. 295 00:13:25,030 --> 00:13:27,555 I mean, that's anhydrite, isn't it? 296 00:13:29,217 --> 00:13:30,791 Well, this could be gypsum already. 297 00:13:30,885 --> 00:13:32,793 - CRAIG: Yep. - IAN: Yep. 298 00:13:32,887 --> 00:13:34,720 RICK: There's nothing in it, 299 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:37,482 so I think we're done. 300 00:13:37,709 --> 00:13:39,375 - I'm ready to call it. - MARTY: Yeah. 301 00:13:39,394 --> 00:13:42,303 Call it. Start getting ready to backfill 302 00:13:42,322 --> 00:13:43,488 - and do all your thing. - Okay. 303 00:13:43,715 --> 00:13:45,048 - Thank you. - Perfect. Thanks, guys. 304 00:13:45,066 --> 00:13:47,050 - RICK: Thanks. - Yep. 305 00:13:47,143 --> 00:13:50,053 NARRATOR: After excavating two ten-foot-wide caissons 306 00:13:50,071 --> 00:13:52,813 in an area where, earlier this year, 307 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,891 two six-inch-wide boreholes 308 00:13:54,909 --> 00:13:57,410 returned high traces of precious metals, 309 00:13:57,504 --> 00:14:01,898 the team finds themselves facing an extraordinary question. 310 00:14:01,916 --> 00:14:04,491 Just where is the vast source 311 00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:07,403 of the detected valuables located? 312 00:14:07,496 --> 00:14:09,906 MARTY: We just dug two enormous holes, 313 00:14:09,924 --> 00:14:11,407 bigger than we ever have. 314 00:14:11,426 --> 00:14:14,260 We expected to find gold and silver, 315 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:15,928 and we didn't. 316 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:19,190 So, are we disappointed? Damn right we're disappointed. 317 00:14:19,342 --> 00:14:23,269 Those two caissons were costly, time-consuming, labor-intensive, 318 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:27,198 and we had high hopes for them and we didn't find any treasure. 319 00:14:27,425 --> 00:14:28,700 RICK: Well, we're done in this can. 320 00:14:28,927 --> 00:14:31,369 Unfortunately, Dan, it didn't turn out, 321 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,430 but there's always the next one, right? 322 00:14:34,523 --> 00:14:36,432 We need to go to the war room now 323 00:14:36,451 --> 00:14:38,025 and decide about the third location. 324 00:14:38,119 --> 00:14:40,044 MARTY: Let's go. We're done. 325 00:14:40,196 --> 00:14:42,547 - The king is dead. - RICK: The king is dead. 326 00:14:47,779 --> 00:14:50,446 NARRATOR: Later that evening... 327 00:14:50,539 --> 00:14:52,115 MARTY: We have a full house today. 328 00:14:52,208 --> 00:14:53,874 And that is entirely appropriate, 329 00:14:53,894 --> 00:14:56,210 because what we're gonna discuss today is basically what we do, 330 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,897 what we're here for, we want to find some treasure. 331 00:14:59,124 --> 00:15:01,307 NARRATOR: brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, 332 00:15:01,459 --> 00:15:03,550 Craig Tester and members of the team 333 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:06,963 have gathered in the war room to make a collective 334 00:15:06,981 --> 00:15:09,056 and critical decision. 335 00:15:09,150 --> 00:15:12,301 MARTY: We have now placed 336 00:15:12,395 --> 00:15:13,803 two ten-foot canisters into the ground, 337 00:15:13,896 --> 00:15:15,747 the hallowed ground of the Money Pit, 338 00:15:15,898 --> 00:15:17,898 and we didn't come up with a lot. 339 00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:19,825 We came up with some clues... 340 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,994 - Clues. - but nothing I would call treasure. 341 00:15:22,147 --> 00:15:24,163 MARTY: We have the time and the material 342 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,740 to do two more caissons. 343 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,577 So, with that, I will open it up to discussion 344 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:32,822 because we're running out of time, 345 00:15:32,915 --> 00:15:34,507 so we have to decide where we go next. 346 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:36,935 RICK: So, 347 00:15:37,086 --> 00:15:40,754 when we started the year, the Dunfield dig 348 00:15:40,774 --> 00:15:43,274 was certainly on the list of priority targets 349 00:15:43,501 --> 00:15:46,945 because of F-4, again, a-a gold signature. 350 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,432 NARRATOR: After conducting water testing 351 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:54,694 earlier this year in previously drilled six-inch boreholes 352 00:15:54,846 --> 00:15:57,013 across the Money Pit area, 353 00:15:57,106 --> 00:15:59,348 the Oak Island team was astonished 354 00:15:59,367 --> 00:16:02,943 that F-4 was one of several to yield high concentrations 355 00:16:02,963 --> 00:16:05,538 of gold and silver. 356 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,949 Coincidentally, F-4 happens to be located 357 00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:11,785 at the very center of the most notorious operation 358 00:16:11,879 --> 00:16:14,213 in the history of Oak Island, 359 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:19,460 the excavation by California geologist Robert Dunfield. 360 00:16:19,554 --> 00:16:24,465 After constructing the Causeway in the fall of 1965, 361 00:16:24,559 --> 00:16:28,802 Dunfield transported a 70-ton crane to the Money Pit 362 00:16:28,896 --> 00:16:32,473 and dug a massive 100-foot diameter hole in the hopes 363 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,493 of finally locating the legendary Chappell Vault, 364 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:40,223 believed to lie buried at a depth of 153 feet. 365 00:16:40,241 --> 00:16:43,392 Unfortunately, his plan was thwarted 366 00:16:43,411 --> 00:16:46,320 at approximately 140 feet 367 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:49,749 when his massive crater flooded and caved in. 368 00:16:49,843 --> 00:16:54,403 Is it possible that even though Robert Dunfield failed 369 00:16:54,422 --> 00:16:58,074 to recover any treasure, he may have come dangerously close 370 00:16:58,167 --> 00:17:01,001 to solving the Oak Island mystery? 371 00:17:01,095 --> 00:17:04,522 So, I guess I'll open it up. 372 00:17:04,673 --> 00:17:09,752 What's everyone's thought about, uh, the Dunfield, um, location? 373 00:17:09,845 --> 00:17:12,346 From the evidence in front of me, 374 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,348 my best placement should be 375 00:17:14,442 --> 00:17:17,260 to cover very thoroughly the area 376 00:17:17,278 --> 00:17:20,429 on the north and west side 377 00:17:20,523 --> 00:17:22,356 of the bottom of the Dunfield dig. 378 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:23,708 That's F-4. 379 00:17:23,935 --> 00:17:25,785 And so, the quadrant is entirely opened 380 00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:27,861 and could have a vault 381 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:30,864 that is not covered by any drill hole 382 00:17:30,884 --> 00:17:33,292 that we've done since 2017. 383 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:35,294 And a ten-foot can should cover that really quite easily. 384 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,371 ALEX: So, my thought is, 385 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:40,132 that's a good reason to investigate there. 386 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,209 If you look at the TF-1, 387 00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:44,287 C-1 area, Dunfield took a lot of earth 388 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:46,564 off the surface of the Money Pit area 389 00:17:46,791 --> 00:17:48,808 and saw all the shafts, as far as I'm aware, 390 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,626 as they're laid out. 391 00:17:50,645 --> 00:17:52,070 If there was anything to see, he saw it. 392 00:17:52,221 --> 00:17:53,387 - Right. - Yes, absolutely. 393 00:17:53,481 --> 00:17:55,631 And he never really got the answers 394 00:17:55,650 --> 00:17:57,316 in that location that he was looking for. 395 00:17:57,468 --> 00:17:59,302 Not because he didn't find anything but because 396 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,488 - he lost the hole. - JACK: Yeah, and maybe 397 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:05,641 he actually saw the top of what the old Money Pit was? 398 00:18:05,660 --> 00:18:08,144 You know, maybe there are some real nice things 399 00:18:08,237 --> 00:18:10,088 just sitting right at the bottom. 400 00:18:10,315 --> 00:18:12,832 DOUG: Well, one thing we can't deny, though, 401 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:15,668 is our testing this year has told us that is the site 402 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:17,911 of the highest concentration of gold in the water. 403 00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:19,430 You cannot deny that. 404 00:18:19,657 --> 00:18:21,324 RICK: There are more than a few reasons 405 00:18:21,417 --> 00:18:23,175 why the location should be centered 406 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:26,086 over the deepest part of the Dunfield dig. 407 00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:28,681 One of the reasons, of course, is that there's always been 408 00:18:28,833 --> 00:18:31,758 this conjecture that Robert Dunfield did not go deep enough. 409 00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,760 The other reason, of course, 410 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:36,355 is that the F-4, sonic drill location, 411 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,859 that's the highest gold level that we've tested. 412 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:42,678 So, there's a reason to place it there. 413 00:18:42,697 --> 00:18:44,622 DOUG: I like that spot. 414 00:18:44,773 --> 00:18:46,773 I mean, the F-4 results are really intriguing. 415 00:18:46,868 --> 00:18:48,775 MARTY: So, is this RA-1, 416 00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:50,536 - "Rick and Alex"? - RICK: No, 417 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:55,299 I'd propose it to be... DH-82. 418 00:18:57,286 --> 00:18:59,378 Anybody know what that means? 419 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,139 Oh, I do. (chuckles) 420 00:19:01,366 --> 00:19:03,290 MARTY: It stands for Dan Henskee-82, 421 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,218 the, uh, senior explorer here. 422 00:19:06,371 --> 00:19:08,053 This will be your can, Dan. 423 00:19:08,206 --> 00:19:09,963 - DAN H.: Uh-oh. - Your chance to shine. 424 00:19:10,057 --> 00:19:13,876 - In other words, I have to take the blame. - (laughter) 425 00:19:13,895 --> 00:19:16,379 MARTY: If it's good, we'll give you partial credit, 426 00:19:16,397 --> 00:19:18,397 and if it's bad, you can have the entire blame. Yes, sir. 427 00:19:18,549 --> 00:19:22,309 - Sounds fair to me. - (laughter) 428 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:23,644 - MARTY: Well, let's do that, then. - RICK: I think we're good. 429 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:24,745 CHARLES: Yeah, let's do it. 430 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:31,169 NARRATOR: As a new day begins on Oak Island 431 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,736 while representatives from ROC Equipment 432 00:19:40,829 --> 00:19:42,738 and Irving Equipment Limited 433 00:19:42,757 --> 00:19:45,850 fill in the EC-1 shaft and prepare for the team's 434 00:19:46,077 --> 00:19:49,169 next excavation in the Money Pit area, 435 00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:52,748 approximately 200 feet to the south... 436 00:19:52,841 --> 00:19:54,750 - GARY: All right, Billy. - BILLY: Hey, Gary. 437 00:19:54,843 --> 00:19:56,085 I'm gonna remove some of this junk 438 00:19:56,178 --> 00:19:57,937 and make a little better spot for you. 439 00:19:58,031 --> 00:20:00,256 NARRATOR: metal detection expert Gary Drayton 440 00:20:00,274 --> 00:20:02,366 and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt 441 00:20:02,593 --> 00:20:05,519 begin searching through a mound of spoils 442 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,096 that were excavated from the Money Pit 443 00:20:07,189 --> 00:20:09,874 by Robert Dunfield in 1965. 444 00:20:10,101 --> 00:20:12,693 Spoils which have never been thoroughly searched 445 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:16,380 for clues or potential valuables. 446 00:20:16,607 --> 00:20:18,107 GARY: It's just a matter of time, mate, 447 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,109 before we pull up a nice coin 448 00:20:20,202 --> 00:20:23,370 or some kind of artifact with a date on it. 449 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:25,281 If we find one thing, you know, it changes everything, right? 450 00:20:25,374 --> 00:20:26,799 Yeah, I mean when these spoils 451 00:20:26,951 --> 00:20:28,467 were moved around originally, mate, 452 00:20:28,619 --> 00:20:30,877 they didn't have a magic wand. 453 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:32,045 - (laughs) - You dig it, I'll detect it. 454 00:20:32,139 --> 00:20:33,189 - Okay. - All right, mate. 455 00:20:35,293 --> 00:20:37,735 NARRATOR: Because Dunfield never searched 456 00:20:37,962 --> 00:20:39,904 through the spoils that he unearthed, 457 00:20:40,055 --> 00:20:42,740 and because the team did detect gold earlier this year 458 00:20:42,891 --> 00:20:46,560 in the area where Dunfield conducted his work, 459 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,413 they are hoping to recover any more important, 460 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,582 or valuable clues that he may have missed. 461 00:20:51,734 --> 00:20:52,917 GARY: Here we go. 462 00:20:53,068 --> 00:20:54,585 JACK: Oh, oh, wow. 463 00:20:54,737 --> 00:20:56,328 There's dowel holes. 464 00:20:56,481 --> 00:20:58,147 NARRATOR: At the beginning of this year, 465 00:20:58,165 --> 00:21:00,499 the team made a number of promising finds 466 00:21:00,651 --> 00:21:03,819 in a nearby spoils pile from the Dunfield dig, 467 00:21:03,838 --> 00:21:06,171 including timbers that were potentially related 468 00:21:06,324 --> 00:21:07,932 to the original Money Pit, 469 00:21:08,159 --> 00:21:11,269 as well as an iron spike that could date 470 00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:14,438 to as much as two and a half centuries old. 471 00:21:16,517 --> 00:21:19,184 GARY: There could be anything anywhere, 472 00:21:19,337 --> 00:21:24,340 because Dunfield totally dug all this area out. 473 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:26,692 It's a higgledy-piggledy mess, 474 00:21:26,844 --> 00:21:31,363 but there could be some treasure in these surface layers. 475 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:34,533 BILLY: Pretty old-looking plank in that one, Gary. 476 00:21:34,685 --> 00:21:36,419 Big old plank in there? 477 00:21:41,692 --> 00:21:42,800 See the black piece of wood? 478 00:21:43,027 --> 00:21:43,968 Yep. 479 00:21:55,890 --> 00:21:57,481 RICK: Found anything, Gary? 480 00:21:57,633 --> 00:21:59,725 GARY: Perfect timing, mate, yeah. 481 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:02,302 Just that piece of wood was in this last load. 482 00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:05,305 That came off that other piece of wood there. 483 00:22:05,399 --> 00:22:06,732 It's fairly rotten. 484 00:22:06,884 --> 00:22:08,067 Yeah. 485 00:22:08,219 --> 00:22:10,553 As you peel the top, 486 00:22:10,571 --> 00:22:12,646 you know, up here, I think you can look and see 487 00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:14,832 one pile and then another pile. 488 00:22:15,059 --> 00:22:16,483 I don't know what it tells you, but it... 489 00:22:16,502 --> 00:22:18,060 If you see these different horizons, 490 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:20,579 that is from long, long ago. 491 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:22,064 I hope so. 492 00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:23,341 Have at her. 493 00:22:27,071 --> 00:22:29,071 MARTY: Going through the Dunfield spoils 494 00:22:29,090 --> 00:22:31,832 out by the Money Pit, it's been a hard job. 495 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,351 There's a lot of stuff up there. 496 00:22:37,431 --> 00:22:40,024 The good news is, we can find anything in the spoils. 497 00:22:40,175 --> 00:22:42,918 I mean, it could've come from deep in the Money Pit. 498 00:22:42,937 --> 00:22:44,086 (beeping) 499 00:22:44,105 --> 00:22:45,029 GARY: Got an hit here, mate. 500 00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:46,755 RICK: What's that? 501 00:22:46,774 --> 00:22:48,515 GARY: I don't know what it is, so it's got to come out. 502 00:22:48,609 --> 00:22:51,351 - RICK: Where is it, Gary? - Uh, well, let me pinpoint it. 503 00:22:51,371 --> 00:22:53,278 (electronic whirring) 504 00:22:53,431 --> 00:22:54,663 In there somewhere. 505 00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:59,377 - RICK: Where to? - Anywhere you like, mate. 506 00:23:04,458 --> 00:23:05,883 All right, well, pinpointer time. 507 00:23:13,134 --> 00:23:14,350 What's this? 508 00:23:15,469 --> 00:23:16,519 Looks like a... 509 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:20,856 - Wonder Woman bracelet. - (both chuckle) 510 00:23:22,050 --> 00:23:24,050 No, it looks like a... 511 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,569 - just a piece of cut pipe, doesn't it? - RICK: Yeah. 512 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,240 - Cast-iron pipe, by the look of it. - Yep. 513 00:23:29,391 --> 00:23:30,799 Don't know how old it is, though, 514 00:23:30,818 --> 00:23:33,226 but I'll put it in my pouch. 515 00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:34,245 Keep digging. 516 00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:39,324 I am always keen about digging the material 517 00:23:39,477 --> 00:23:41,827 from the so-called Money Pit spoil piles 518 00:23:41,979 --> 00:23:45,664 because that material is from long ago. 519 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:48,167 And so, I'm hopeful that we can find something 520 00:23:48,319 --> 00:23:50,719 that will be relevant, uh, to the search. 521 00:23:52,173 --> 00:23:54,598 Perhaps another clue. 522 00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:59,603 You only find clay like this in a backfill of a shaft. 523 00:24:08,764 --> 00:24:10,005 GARY: What do you got there, Rick? 524 00:24:10,024 --> 00:24:11,857 RICK: I don't know. 525 00:24:12,009 --> 00:24:13,451 Leather, that's for sure. 526 00:24:15,771 --> 00:24:17,270 GARY: Wow-- Oh, yeah. 527 00:24:17,364 --> 00:24:21,292 It's like a, an old leather strap, by the look of it. 528 00:24:24,038 --> 00:24:26,279 Looks like an oldie. 529 00:24:26,373 --> 00:24:28,966 Yeah, we could get this tested. 530 00:24:29,117 --> 00:24:32,361 NARRATOR: A potentially ancient leather strap 531 00:24:32,379 --> 00:24:35,288 found in the Dunfield spoils? 532 00:24:35,308 --> 00:24:37,549 What do you think with this piece? 533 00:24:37,702 --> 00:24:40,536 - Oh, wow. - NARRATOR: Over the past five years, 534 00:24:40,629 --> 00:24:42,480 the Oak Island team has recovered 535 00:24:42,707 --> 00:24:45,541 several leather artifacts in the Money Pit area 536 00:24:45,559 --> 00:24:48,819 including bits of bookbinding 537 00:24:48,971 --> 00:24:54,550 and the heel of a boot that was dated to as early as 1492. 538 00:24:54,568 --> 00:24:56,977 GARY: Looks like a belt. 539 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:59,722 NARRATOR: Could this leather strap also predate the discovery 540 00:24:59,740 --> 00:25:02,983 of the Money Pit in 1795? 541 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:06,170 If so, what else could still be hidden 542 00:25:06,397 --> 00:25:08,172 within the so-called Dunfield spoils? 543 00:25:10,568 --> 00:25:12,676 What do you think it would be that wide from? 544 00:25:12,828 --> 00:25:15,587 It could be a, could be an harness, 545 00:25:15,740 --> 00:25:17,072 - perhaps off an ox. - Yeah. 546 00:25:17,091 --> 00:25:20,166 Or it could be the bottom 547 00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:22,244 of a leather shoe. 548 00:25:22,263 --> 00:25:23,854 There has been some old shoes found. 549 00:25:24,006 --> 00:25:25,581 Yes, there has. Yes. 550 00:25:25,599 --> 00:25:28,008 - Thick. - GARY: And it's thick, yeah. 551 00:25:28,102 --> 00:25:29,676 Yeah, that is sweet. 552 00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:31,362 That's a sweet piece of leather. 553 00:25:31,589 --> 00:25:33,756 I've got some bags in the back of me car. 554 00:25:33,849 --> 00:25:35,274 I'm gonna put this in the bag. 555 00:25:35,368 --> 00:25:36,608 - I'll go get them. - So we'll see-- All right, mate. 556 00:25:36,761 --> 00:25:38,610 Right in the trunk. 557 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:42,039 RICK: Usually, we find little scraps of leather. 558 00:25:42,190 --> 00:25:45,601 This is quite a large piece, but it could be anything. 559 00:25:45,694 --> 00:25:47,786 - Here you go. - Nice one, mate. 560 00:25:47,938 --> 00:25:49,955 RICK: It's a heavy piece of leather, 561 00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:53,125 and I think this piece of leather is substantial enough 562 00:25:53,277 --> 00:25:55,052 that it should be tested. 563 00:25:55,203 --> 00:25:57,537 I'm going to bring this down to the archeology trailer, 564 00:25:57,557 --> 00:26:00,132 have Laird look at it, see what he thinks. 565 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:02,059 If you and Billy want to keep going on this, 566 00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:05,120 I would just carry us out right to the end, okay? 567 00:26:05,139 --> 00:26:08,548 And I'll keep my twin optical scanners on the soil. 568 00:26:08,642 --> 00:26:09,900 - Okay. - Good find, mate. 569 00:26:10,052 --> 00:26:11,235 And I will be back. 570 00:26:11,462 --> 00:26:13,362 GARY: Okay, mate. See you later. 571 00:26:22,823 --> 00:26:25,899 NARRATOR: Another exciting day has arrived on Oak Island... 572 00:26:25,993 --> 00:26:27,142 RICK: Good morning. 573 00:26:27,161 --> 00:26:29,736 How's it going? 574 00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:32,089 - CHARLES: Good. - TERRY: Not too bad. 575 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,908 NARRATOR: as Rick Lagina joins members of the team 576 00:26:35,002 --> 00:26:36,093 in the Money Pit area... 577 00:26:37,338 --> 00:26:39,913 PETER: DH-82, 578 00:26:40,007 --> 00:26:42,507 first scoop's right here. 579 00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:45,510 NARRATOR: where the excavation of their third ten-foot-wide 580 00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:50,441 steel-cased shaft known as DH-82 is now underway. 581 00:26:54,839 --> 00:26:55,779 Gary's in there like a dirty shirt 582 00:26:55,931 --> 00:26:58,690 seeing if he can dig up some metal. 583 00:26:58,843 --> 00:27:01,101 How deep is the can? How deep is the excavation? 584 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:06,439 Uh, they are somewhere between 17 and say, 585 00:27:06,459 --> 00:27:07,791 let's just say 20. 586 00:27:08,018 --> 00:27:09,460 They're going about two feet a grab, 587 00:27:09,611 --> 00:27:12,630 and they'll give us another measure here before too long. 588 00:27:12,781 --> 00:27:15,524 - RICK: You know, it's-it's the Dunfield Dig, right? - CHARLES: Yeah. 589 00:27:15,542 --> 00:27:19,361 So, you know, we know he got down to a certain depth 590 00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:21,380 and that measurement is a bit in dispute. 591 00:27:21,474 --> 00:27:24,124 I mean, and he-he was fighting it every day. 592 00:27:24,218 --> 00:27:26,310 I mean, it was caving in, 593 00:27:26,537 --> 00:27:28,387 uh, it was a bad time of year, December, 594 00:27:28,539 --> 00:27:30,463 there was rain, there was snow. 595 00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:32,557 The sides were-were-- Kept caving in, 596 00:27:32,652 --> 00:27:34,543 so probably for every bucket he was pulling up 597 00:27:34,636 --> 00:27:36,879 or every grab he was pulling up, 598 00:27:36,897 --> 00:27:38,397 he was probably losing two or three. 599 00:27:38,549 --> 00:27:40,382 - That's right. - So, it was a constant fight. 600 00:27:40,401 --> 00:27:44,144 I don't agree with the-the methodology, 601 00:27:44,238 --> 00:27:47,055 but you know, h-had he found the treasure, he'd have been a hero. 602 00:27:47,074 --> 00:27:48,666 Absolutely. 603 00:27:50,728 --> 00:27:52,503 MARTY: We're convinced that Dunfield, 604 00:27:52,654 --> 00:27:54,838 doing what he did under very difficult conditions, 605 00:27:55,065 --> 00:27:57,916 without a lot of the technology we have, 606 00:27:58,068 --> 00:28:02,421 without metal detectors, without observers, without wash tables, 607 00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:06,183 could easily have missed extremely substantive things. 608 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,932 MARTY: And then he also stopped a little bit short 609 00:28:14,084 --> 00:28:15,984 of the so-called vault. 610 00:28:18,698 --> 00:28:19,938 So, we're kind of just trying to find 611 00:28:20,090 --> 00:28:22,182 what Dunfield might have missed. 612 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:24,276 It's down there, Rick, you just haven't found it yet. 613 00:28:24,428 --> 00:28:25,703 TERRY: That's it. 614 00:28:27,522 --> 00:28:30,599 RICK: I'm hoping for the Bravo-Tango moment. 615 00:28:30,617 --> 00:28:33,335 This could be it. This could be "X" marks the spot. 616 00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,215 You know, there's all kinds of possibilities here. 617 00:28:38,366 --> 00:28:40,275 All kinds. 618 00:28:40,294 --> 00:28:42,110 So, we'll see what happens. 619 00:28:42,129 --> 00:28:44,388 I'm very hopeful. 620 00:28:44,539 --> 00:28:46,298 - Yeah. - TERRY: Yeah, for sure. 621 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:49,468 NARRATOR: While Rick Lagina continues to oversee 622 00:28:49,562 --> 00:28:53,046 the excavation of DH-82 at the Money Pit, 623 00:28:53,140 --> 00:28:55,882 later that afternoon... 624 00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,218 PETER: You know, Oak Island is more than a treasure hunt, 625 00:28:58,312 --> 00:28:59,461 there's a story here. 626 00:28:59,554 --> 00:29:02,314 And the research might help tell 627 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:05,467 - the other half of the story. - Oh, I agree. 628 00:29:05,486 --> 00:29:07,819 NARRATOR: Rick and Marty Lagina's nephews 629 00:29:07,972 --> 00:29:11,564 Peter and David Fornetti, along with Charles Barkhouse, 630 00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:14,159 are traveling some 50 miles northeast 631 00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,496 to Dawson's Print Shop in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 632 00:29:17,648 --> 00:29:19,815 They will be meeting with rare documents 633 00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:22,501 and artifacts expert Joe Landry, 634 00:29:22,653 --> 00:29:25,095 to get his analysis on the piece of leather 635 00:29:25,247 --> 00:29:28,248 discovered just one day ago in the spoils 636 00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:29,841 that were excavated from the Money Pit 637 00:29:29,994 --> 00:29:33,920 by Robert Dunfield back in 1965. 638 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:35,773 MARTY: Leather is always important 639 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,350 from any of these holes because it can be dated. 640 00:29:38,502 --> 00:29:41,019 It was used for a couple years, maybe. 641 00:29:41,171 --> 00:29:43,688 I mean, at the outside ten, 642 00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:47,934 so if it comes back with a, pardon the pun, concrete date, 643 00:29:47,953 --> 00:29:50,028 it's probably gonna be accurate. 644 00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:53,698 And if it's old, and old enough, it could have been used 645 00:29:53,793 --> 00:29:55,200 in the original digging of the Money Pit. 646 00:29:55,352 --> 00:29:56,794 - CHARLES: Right here, guys. - MARTY: So, 647 00:29:56,945 --> 00:29:58,962 it's something we have to get an expert to look at. 648 00:30:01,025 --> 00:30:02,707 Hi, Joe. 649 00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:05,193 - Hi, guys. - Hi, nice to see you again. - Hello. 650 00:30:05,287 --> 00:30:06,862 - Guys, this is Joe Landry. - Hi. 651 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,955 CHARLES: This is Peter Fornetti and David Fornetti. 652 00:30:09,049 --> 00:30:11,383 -DAVID: Nice to meet you. -PETER: Nice to meet you. So, we were 653 00:30:11,535 --> 00:30:15,295 exploring, um, to the west of the Money Pit area, 654 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:16,888 and we found something interesting. 655 00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:19,374 And in this area, just to give you a little bit of context, 656 00:30:19,393 --> 00:30:22,820 there's belief that this area had spoil piles 657 00:30:23,047 --> 00:30:25,138 that may be from the original Money Pit. 658 00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:28,283 So, as they were digging, they found this piece of leather. 659 00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:31,978 JOE: Yeah. 660 00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:34,164 PETER: We kind of want to know what your take is on it. 661 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,821 A bit of a shoe sole here. 662 00:30:41,841 --> 00:30:46,009 It looks like the, uh, oak bark-tanned leather. 663 00:30:46,161 --> 00:30:49,346 So, when you say that tanning, what do you mean by that? 664 00:30:49,497 --> 00:30:50,906 The, uh, the process 665 00:30:50,999 --> 00:30:53,742 is that they take bark from an oak tree 666 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,837 and-and make an emulsion that they can soak the leather in. 667 00:30:57,857 --> 00:31:02,192 And the, uh, the leather absorbs the tannin from this emulsion 668 00:31:02,419 --> 00:31:06,771 and, uh, that preserves the leather, 669 00:31:06,924 --> 00:31:10,350 and, uh, it takes them a full year to tan this. 670 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,852 - Okay. - It makes quite a strong leather, 671 00:31:12,946 --> 00:31:14,779 a well-wearing leather. 672 00:31:14,932 --> 00:31:16,707 And was particularly sought-after 673 00:31:16,858 --> 00:31:20,043 for the soles of shoes and boots. 674 00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:24,030 Just to give you an idea of what it looked like, probably, 675 00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:25,883 you know, when it was tanned, 676 00:31:26,034 --> 00:31:28,110 it was sort of this lighter color. 677 00:31:28,128 --> 00:31:31,780 But once this gets wet, it gets much darker. 678 00:31:31,798 --> 00:31:35,225 And if it's wet and put under pressure, 679 00:31:35,377 --> 00:31:37,543 it can get very dark, even black. 680 00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:40,546 And, uh, you know, 681 00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:42,065 obviously if it was underground, 682 00:31:42,292 --> 00:31:44,050 it was under a certain amount of pressure. 683 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:45,551 You mentioned that it's oak tanning. 684 00:31:45,646 --> 00:31:47,295 When was oak tanning done? 685 00:31:47,389 --> 00:31:49,889 Well, it was started, uh, in the, uh, 686 00:31:49,983 --> 00:31:55,245 medieval period, you know, ar-- about, uh, 1235 or so. 687 00:32:04,148 --> 00:32:06,331 JOE: So, this type of tannage was done from about 1235, 688 00:32:06,483 --> 00:32:08,667 the medieval period. 689 00:32:08,761 --> 00:32:11,653 NARRATOR: At Dawson's Print Shop in Halifax, Nova Scotia... 690 00:32:11,672 --> 00:32:14,506 leather expert Joe Landry 691 00:32:14,658 --> 00:32:17,342 has just informed members of the Oak Island team 692 00:32:17,494 --> 00:32:20,162 that the artifact found one day ago 693 00:32:20,255 --> 00:32:22,998 in the 1965 Dunfield spoils 694 00:32:23,091 --> 00:32:25,425 is the sole of a finely made shoe 695 00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:29,429 and could date as far back as the 13th century. 696 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:32,357 You know, Joe, we're getting some different date ranges 697 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:33,692 i-in the Money Pit area. 698 00:32:33,844 --> 00:32:37,696 And one in particular was 1488 to 1650. 699 00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:41,183 Is it possible that this could relate to that? 700 00:32:41,201 --> 00:32:43,460 Yeah, it could quite easily fit within that period. 701 00:32:43,687 --> 00:32:44,777 CHARLES: Wow. 702 00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:46,188 PETER: What type of people 703 00:32:46,206 --> 00:32:48,614 wore this type of shoe? 704 00:32:48,709 --> 00:32:50,875 JOE: It's difficult to say for what's left here, 705 00:32:51,028 --> 00:32:53,695 exactly what style this was. 706 00:32:53,714 --> 00:32:57,215 It looks to be a sole from an officer's boot 707 00:32:57,367 --> 00:33:00,811 rather than a heavy-duty workman's boot. 708 00:33:01,038 --> 00:33:04,147 - What makes you say that? - Well, it's the shape, mainly. 709 00:33:04,374 --> 00:33:07,133 It looks like it was quite a nicely cut and shaped boot. 710 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:10,212 You know, with a good taper here and here. 711 00:33:10,305 --> 00:33:13,882 NARRATOR: A potential fragment from a military officer's boot 712 00:33:13,975 --> 00:33:16,827 discovered in the Dunfield spoils? 713 00:33:16,978 --> 00:33:19,404 - ALEX: Oh. - PETER: Yeah, what is that? 714 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:22,499 - It looks like leather almost. - It for sure looks like leather. 715 00:33:22,650 --> 00:33:27,004 NARRATOR: One year ago, the team recovered the sole of a fine leather boot 716 00:33:27,155 --> 00:33:29,731 in spoils they excavated in the Money Pit area 717 00:33:29,824 --> 00:33:33,326 that was carbon-dated to as early as 1492. 718 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:36,588 It's a refined design. 719 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:39,591 NARRATOR: If Joe Landry is correct in his assessment, 720 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:43,094 could that mean that the two artifacts are related? 721 00:33:43,247 --> 00:33:46,081 And could it also offer hope that the team is digging 722 00:33:46,099 --> 00:33:49,026 in a location where something of even greater value 723 00:33:49,177 --> 00:33:51,361 lies buried? 724 00:33:51,588 --> 00:33:53,679 So, you-you've talked about the oak tanning 725 00:33:53,774 --> 00:33:56,258 as a way to somewhat date this, 726 00:33:56,276 --> 00:33:58,535 and maybe you can't tell us just from looking at it, 727 00:33:58,762 --> 00:34:00,704 but are there any other tests that could be done 728 00:34:00,855 --> 00:34:03,765 or any other avenues that we could take 729 00:34:03,784 --> 00:34:06,117 in order to try and get a-a better date? 730 00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:09,954 Well, yeah, you can try to see if-if they used anything 731 00:34:10,049 --> 00:34:13,383 to dye the leather, because that-that kind of locks in 732 00:34:13,610 --> 00:34:15,385 - the date as well. - Yeah, that'd be great. 733 00:34:15,612 --> 00:34:18,797 RICK: We need to press the envelope every time 734 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:21,725 we make a find such as this to apply science, 735 00:34:21,952 --> 00:34:25,044 technology and expertise to try to understand it. 736 00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:28,381 And not just what it is and when was it made. 737 00:34:28,475 --> 00:34:31,459 There are other questions. Is there a cultural influence? 738 00:34:31,553 --> 00:34:34,312 Is there some s-- Type of science 739 00:34:34,464 --> 00:34:36,798 that we're currently unaware of that can be brought to bear? 740 00:34:36,817 --> 00:34:39,225 Are there other experts we can ask? 741 00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:41,912 So, there's a lot of things to do 742 00:34:42,139 --> 00:34:45,140 and that is what we are in the process of doing. 743 00:34:45,233 --> 00:34:47,250 I want to thank you for everything 744 00:34:47,477 --> 00:34:48,752 that you've done today and pointed us 745 00:34:48,979 --> 00:34:51,070 in the right direction to how to proceed. 746 00:34:51,090 --> 00:34:54,149 You're welcome. I enjoyed the chance to look at this material. 747 00:34:54,242 --> 00:34:55,759 It's not something we see a lot of 748 00:34:55,910 --> 00:34:58,911 in Canada or Nova Scotia, so it-it's a real treat. 749 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:00,430 PETER: We'll take this information back to the guys 750 00:35:00,582 --> 00:35:02,006 and let them know and, hopefully, 751 00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:03,508 we'll get some testing and we'll let you know 752 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,009 if anything evolves from this. 753 00:35:05,162 --> 00:35:06,494 - Yes, it'd be very interesting. - All right. 754 00:35:06,588 --> 00:35:08,588 - Thank you. - CHARLES: Thank you, Joe. 755 00:35:08,682 --> 00:35:10,498 - CHARLES: You're a wealth of information. - JOE: Take care. 756 00:35:10,517 --> 00:35:12,183 NARRATOR: While Charles, David and Peter 757 00:35:12,336 --> 00:35:14,594 make their way back to Oak Island... 758 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,838 GARY: So, we haven't seen a lot of timber yet. 759 00:35:16,857 --> 00:35:18,448 RICK: Nothing but backfill. 760 00:35:18,675 --> 00:35:21,526 NARRATOR: Rick Lagina and members of the team 761 00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:25,956 continue to monitor the excavation of the DH-82 shaft. 762 00:35:26,183 --> 00:35:28,199 - Hey, Terry. - Hey, how you doing, Andrew? 763 00:35:28,352 --> 00:35:30,794 - Good, you? - Not too bad, my friend. 764 00:35:31,021 --> 00:35:33,112 - Yeah? - So, what's the tale of the tape at this point? 765 00:35:33,132 --> 00:35:35,632 We are sitting at 75 with the excavation right now. 766 00:35:35,859 --> 00:35:37,542 "Excav: 75." 767 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:40,786 ANDREW: It's going a lot faster than anticipated, 768 00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:42,455 and I think that's just solely due to the backfill 769 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:43,807 in here as well. 770 00:35:43,958 --> 00:35:46,551 There's no new ground to be into, 771 00:35:46,703 --> 00:35:48,720 no timbers are really being encountered. 772 00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:50,647 No holdups, essentially. 773 00:35:50,798 --> 00:35:52,298 - You guys are going quick. - Real quick. 774 00:35:52,392 --> 00:35:54,058 - That's great. - Real quick, so it's looking good. 775 00:35:54,211 --> 00:35:57,228 Hopefully we see past that 100-foot mark today. 776 00:35:57,381 --> 00:35:59,156 -Right on. Okay, good. Thanks a lot, man. -All right. 777 00:35:59,383 --> 00:36:00,323 - No problem, Terry. - Thanks for the catch-up. 778 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:09,916 GARY: All right. Let's get stuck in. 779 00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:16,673 What have we got here? 780 00:36:17,992 --> 00:36:19,509 Ooh, look at that. 781 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:22,971 That's shaped. 782 00:36:25,425 --> 00:36:27,184 That's definitely shaped. 783 00:36:29,837 --> 00:36:31,188 RICK: Yep. For sure looks like it. 784 00:36:31,415 --> 00:36:33,415 - GARY: Yep. Definitely, mate. - Like, right here. 785 00:36:33,433 --> 00:36:36,768 Maybe like an old handle off an old tool? 786 00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:38,678 It could be a trunnel? 787 00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:40,530 - It doesn't have a collar... - Yeah. 788 00:36:40,682 --> 00:36:43,533 - but it's definitely been shaped. - Yeah. 789 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,702 NARRATOR: A possible trunnel 790 00:36:45,853 --> 00:36:49,113 found some 75 feet deep in the Money Pit? 791 00:36:49,266 --> 00:36:53,025 Dating back as far as the seventh century AD, 792 00:36:53,119 --> 00:36:56,104 a trunnel is a wooden fastener 793 00:36:56,122 --> 00:36:59,365 utilized to connect large planks or timbers together, 794 00:36:59,459 --> 00:37:03,887 especially for the purpose of withstanding wet environments. 795 00:37:04,114 --> 00:37:06,948 GARY: Terry, this came out of the last load. 796 00:37:07,041 --> 00:37:09,041 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Gary 797 00:37:09,135 --> 00:37:11,803 has just found an ancient wooden fastener that was part 798 00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:15,047 of the booby-trapped, original Money Pit? 799 00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:17,383 - TERRY: That's definitely a peg. - Yeah. 800 00:37:17,477 --> 00:37:18,810 TERRY: You see where it goes in here, I mean, it looks like 801 00:37:18,962 --> 00:37:21,129 - it was pounded in to about that point. - Yeah. 802 00:37:21,222 --> 00:37:23,147 - Thanks a lot, Gary. - Okay, mate. 803 00:37:23,242 --> 00:37:25,242 Got to get back to the spoils. 804 00:37:28,062 --> 00:37:30,705 - Wow, a lot of material. - Yeah. 805 00:37:33,827 --> 00:37:36,144 GARY: That last bucketload was a different shape. 806 00:37:36,162 --> 00:37:38,088 And more big timbers coming up. 807 00:37:39,258 --> 00:37:40,382 RICK: Wow. 808 00:37:42,335 --> 00:37:43,409 This has just started, mate. 809 00:37:43,503 --> 00:37:45,987 Holy crap, that's a big timber. 810 00:37:46,006 --> 00:37:48,323 RICK: That's great. 811 00:37:48,416 --> 00:37:50,842 That's what we're looking for. 812 00:37:50,994 --> 00:37:53,103 I think our fortunes are changing, mate. 813 00:37:58,426 --> 00:37:59,517 GARY: Holy crap, that's a big timber. 814 00:37:59,669 --> 00:38:00,610 RICK: Look at that. 815 00:38:00,837 --> 00:38:02,261 NARRATOR: It is an exciting moment 816 00:38:02,355 --> 00:38:03,671 in the Money Pit area... 817 00:38:03,690 --> 00:38:05,097 GARY: That's a big boulder as well. 818 00:38:05,117 --> 00:38:07,767 - I haven't seen any of those. - Yeah. 819 00:38:07,861 --> 00:38:10,269 NARRATOR: as Rick Lagina and members of the team 820 00:38:10,363 --> 00:38:13,456 have begun unearthing what they hope to be evidence 821 00:38:13,608 --> 00:38:18,277 of the original Money Pit some 80 feet deep in the DH-82 shaft. 822 00:38:18,371 --> 00:38:20,130 RICK: Hi, Terry. 823 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,207 You can see... 824 00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:25,360 - Wow. - here. 825 00:38:25,453 --> 00:38:28,212 RICK: This is probably adze cut. 826 00:38:28,365 --> 00:38:29,806 Oh, yeah. 827 00:38:30,033 --> 00:38:32,534 NARRATOR: A timber with possible cuts 828 00:38:32,552 --> 00:38:34,052 made by an adze? 829 00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:38,982 First developed in ancient Egypt more than 5,000 years ago, 830 00:38:39,133 --> 00:38:41,300 an adze is a type of cutting tool 831 00:38:41,394 --> 00:38:45,155 featuring a sharp edge that runs perpendicular to the handle, 832 00:38:45,382 --> 00:38:47,732 and was designed for shaping timbers. 833 00:38:47,884 --> 00:38:50,051 GARY: That's a little screamer. 834 00:38:50,070 --> 00:38:53,663 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, while metal detecting on Lot 4, 835 00:38:53,890 --> 00:38:55,223 over on the western side of the island... 836 00:38:55,316 --> 00:38:57,575 GARY: Ooh, look at that. 837 00:38:57,727 --> 00:39:01,654 Gary and Rick discovered one of these very tools. 838 00:39:01,748 --> 00:39:04,566 One which blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge believed 839 00:39:04,584 --> 00:39:07,159 could predate the discovery of the Money Pit 840 00:39:07,253 --> 00:39:09,179 by nearly two centuries. 841 00:39:14,335 --> 00:39:15,334 MARTY: Those are good numbers. 842 00:39:15,354 --> 00:39:16,519 Yeah. 843 00:39:17,931 --> 00:39:19,597 RICK: That is pretty rough. 844 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,249 TERRY: Oh, yeah. 845 00:39:21,267 --> 00:39:23,676 - And we'll get those tagged up. Thanks. - Okay. 846 00:39:23,770 --> 00:39:26,178 NARRATOR: Is it possible that this adze-cut timber 847 00:39:26,272 --> 00:39:28,531 is connected to that discovery? 848 00:39:28,683 --> 00:39:31,701 And if so, could it be part of the original workings 849 00:39:31,853 --> 00:39:33,928 constructed long ago 850 00:39:33,947 --> 00:39:36,689 in order to hide the fabled Chappell Vault? 851 00:39:36,783 --> 00:39:39,358 GARY: Yeah, he's definitely gonna have to get these out of here. 852 00:39:39,378 --> 00:39:41,769 RICK: I think any time a piece of wood, 853 00:39:41,788 --> 00:39:45,456 coming from a borehole or a caisson, 854 00:39:45,609 --> 00:39:49,368 if it's cut with an adze, that indicates age. 855 00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:52,296 Yeah, that looks good, too. Thanks, Rick. 856 00:39:52,449 --> 00:39:56,951 RICK: So, it's possible that the older wood we're seeing, 857 00:39:56,970 --> 00:39:59,470 some of which is adze-cut, 858 00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:02,065 is actually part of the original Money Pit. 859 00:40:02,292 --> 00:40:04,459 - You can see a few marks here. - Yeah. 860 00:40:04,477 --> 00:40:06,218 RICK: I think it demands 861 00:40:06,238 --> 00:40:08,479 further investigation. 862 00:40:08,632 --> 00:40:12,242 GARY: Do you think it could be a shaft or a tunnel? 863 00:40:14,304 --> 00:40:15,486 - RICK: This place is such a conundrum. - Yeah. 864 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:17,805 Such a puzzle. 865 00:40:17,899 --> 00:40:19,916 GARY: Yeah. But you know what? 866 00:40:20,067 --> 00:40:22,493 You never know what's gonna come out of your next hole. 867 00:40:22,646 --> 00:40:24,479 And this is a bloody big hole. 868 00:40:24,497 --> 00:40:26,314 RICK: Yeah. 869 00:40:26,407 --> 00:40:27,740 Look, until all the gear's gone, 870 00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:30,318 until all the keys are turned off, 871 00:40:30,411 --> 00:40:32,820 every hammer grab is a-a chance. 872 00:40:32,839 --> 00:40:34,489 - Yeah. - Every single one. 873 00:40:34,507 --> 00:40:36,266 Every time they turn on the wash plant, 874 00:40:36,493 --> 00:40:38,176 every time your metal detector goes off, 875 00:40:38,328 --> 00:40:39,994 every time you put a shovel in the ground, 876 00:40:40,087 --> 00:40:41,587 there's always that chance. 877 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:44,274 That's really the essence of treasure hunting. 878 00:40:44,501 --> 00:40:48,002 Yeah. All it takes is one good find, mate. 879 00:40:48,021 --> 00:40:51,189 So let's find some gold and silver next. 880 00:40:51,341 --> 00:40:55,343 NARRATOR: For more than two centuries, a fabled treasure 881 00:40:55,361 --> 00:40:58,196 has eluded generations of determined searchers. 882 00:40:58,348 --> 00:41:01,607 Although many tantalizing clues have been unearthed, 883 00:41:01,701 --> 00:41:05,128 hinting at its location somewhere deep in the Money Pit, 884 00:41:05,355 --> 00:41:08,206 Rick and Marty Lagina and their team 885 00:41:08,358 --> 00:41:10,300 may finally be zeroing in. 886 00:41:12,545 --> 00:41:15,621 Will the Fellowship of the Dig soon realize 887 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:19,534 an extraordinary dream, and justify the sacrifices 888 00:41:19,627 --> 00:41:21,478 of all those who came before them? 889 00:41:23,223 --> 00:41:24,872 Or will they encounter 890 00:41:24,891 --> 00:41:27,484 another fabled presence on Oak Island... 891 00:41:27,711 --> 00:41:30,320 the manifestation of a deadly curse? 892 00:41:30,471 --> 00:41:31,654 (bird squawks) 893 00:41:34,734 --> 00:41:37,660 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 894 00:41:37,812 --> 00:41:39,070 TERRY: We've got gold in the water. 895 00:41:39,222 --> 00:41:41,146 Let's hope we get some gold in the mud. 896 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:42,481 There's anomalies all over the island. 897 00:41:42,575 --> 00:41:44,817 On land and in the water. 898 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:46,728 RICK: We have to map the whole island. 899 00:41:46,821 --> 00:41:48,004 COLIN: She's gonna go out. 900 00:41:48,231 --> 00:41:50,231 Oh. 901 00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:51,508 - Oh, there's a big target. - Holy-- look at that. 902 00:41:51,659 --> 00:41:52,675 - Big one? - It's big. 903 00:41:52,902 --> 00:41:54,326 Is there a shipwreck off the island? 904 00:41:54,346 --> 00:41:56,070 GARY: Here we go. Come on. 905 00:41:56,089 --> 00:41:57,496 - Wow. - RICK: That's it. 906 00:41:57,516 --> 00:41:59,665 - GARY: That's it. Yeah! - That's old. 907 00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:01,684 RICK: It's possibly the Money Pit. 908 00:42:01,836 --> 00:42:03,002 (laughter)