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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island.
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GARY: Ready to find some
good stuff out of these spoils?
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- RICK: Wow.
- GARY: What have you got there, Rick?
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- RICK: Look at this.
- Ooh. That's nice.
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Wow. This is old.
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JOE: This came out
of the medieval period
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- from about 1235.
- CHARLES: It's amazing.
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- Yeah.
- (laughs)
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GARY:
I'm hoping that we smash
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straight through
the Chappell Vault
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and come up with some treasure.
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- This should be it.
- Wow, big timbers.
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Chappell Vault, here we come.
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(laughter)
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NARRATOR: There is an
island in the North Atlantic
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where people
have been looking for
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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it...
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man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected
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to the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have died
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trying to solve the mystery.
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And according to legend,
one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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CRAIG:
Gentlemen.
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- GARY: Morning, mate.
- Had many pulls yet?
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No, they're readjusting
and sinking the can down.
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This is it, mate.
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DANNY:
All good? All right.
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NARRATOR:
It is the beginning
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of another potentially
historic day
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on Oak Island for brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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their partner Craig Tester
and the members of their team.
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- DANNY: Okay, go ahead.
- GARY: First hammer grab, mate.
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I'm hoping that we smash
straight through
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the Chappell Vault and come up
with some treasure today.
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Yeah.
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MICHEL:
We're going in.
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NARRATOR: In the area
dubbed the C-1 cluster,
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they are now approaching
a depth of nearly 150 feet
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with their ten-foot-wide
steel-cased shaft known as EC-1,
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or more affectionately,
"Early Christmas."
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Positioned just one foot east
of Borehole C-1
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and just eight feet northeast
of the recently dug TF-1 shaft,
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which may have intercepted part
of the original Money Pit,
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EC-1 is believed
to possibly be on target
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to reach a seven-foot-high
wooden vault
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first reported by searchers
in 1897 at a depth
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of some 153 feet
and encased in concrete.
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I'm gonna go see
what kind of, uh, pressures
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Danny is seeing over there.
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- All right, mate.
- All right, sounds good.
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GARY:
I'm confident, mate.
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Today is the day.
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NARRATOR: The team has good
reason to be hopeful,
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as it was in this same location
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that, earlier this year,
water testing
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and a core-drilling operation
revealed evidence
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that vast amounts
of both silver and gold
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lie buried somewhere below.
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PETER: Here comes the
first hammer grab, so let's...
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- GARY: Yep.
- go to it.
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I'm confident.
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- Hopefully.
- Yep.
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GARY: All right,
mate, let's get stuck in
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and find some treasure.
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I've got high hopes for EC-1.
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It's not too far off
where we found traces
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of gold and silver on pieces
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of metal and water samples.
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If this can works out,
we'll all be home for Christmas.
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- Good?
- I'm not getting any metal hits.
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- Okay.
- It's clear, mate.
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Yeah.
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GARY:
Maybe the next hammer grab.
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We're following along
this concentration of gold
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that they found in the Money Pit
itself in the C-1 cluster.
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There's just too much there.
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Gold on the metal, ancient wood,
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and so, we hope this is it.
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This is the one.
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PETER:
What did Danny say?
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We're down to about
147, 148 feet.
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He'll measure in a little bit.
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He figures the plug
is about six feet behind him.
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RICK:
No increase
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in pressures
or decrease or anything?
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No. Nothing significant.
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What about what's coming up?
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GARY:
Yeah, we had one hammer grab
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of slurry and limestone.
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Next, treasure.
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NARRATOR: As the
excavation of EC-1 continues,
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just 200 feet to the northeast,
near Borehole 10-X...
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We got to go through
Early Christmas material
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and try to get as much of that
taken care of as possible today.
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- ERIC: Okay.
- NARRATOR: Jack Begley and surveyor Eric Valois
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are at the wash table,
preparing to search for clues
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and valuables in the spoils
recently unearthed from EC-1.
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So, keep your eyes peeled.
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Um, but I-I'd like to do
a little bit bigger loads
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than we have been.
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And as you can see, I've added
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- this plastic mesh on top.
- Mesh, yep.
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Hopefully it's gonna be able
to catch
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if there are any parchments
or other softer materials.
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- Really, in the past, I was just looking mainly for gold coins.
- (laughs)
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- JACK: Now, we should be able to see everything. Yeah.
- Catch those smaller finds.
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- Perfect.
- And-- Yeah, I-I say we get cracking.
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I'll get in there,
I'll go get our first load.
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All right.
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We've got huge hammer grabs
this year
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to facilitate
the extraction of soils
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from the ten-foot caisson.
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It's just a process
to move that material
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and at the same time,
visually inspect the material.
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And we need to be
at the top of our game
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in order to get through
as much material as possible.
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Here's a piece of glass.
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Wow.
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We'll save that. It doesn't
look very old, though.
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No, it's pretty thin and clear.
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JACK: Which could be
from down in the shafts, but...
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still just searcher stuff.
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I've grown quite fond of just
washing through the spoils,
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'cause that's where
you find things
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that everyone else misses.
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And so, I'm really hoping
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that we can make it through
all the material,
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'cause I'd really like
to put a coin--
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A gold one, specifically--
In Marty's hand this year.
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ERIC: What about this?
It's got a little flex to it,
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so it's not a rock.
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JACK:
I-I'm not quite sure, though.
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I-It might be a conglomerate
of some other type.
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- ERIC: Okay.
- You see how it's not a natural limestone...
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- Yeah.
- because you wouldn't see so many little clasts
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or small, little stones
included inside this rock.
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- ERIC: Yeah.
- You know, I can't say
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that what's drawing it all
together in here
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is, uh, limestone, though.
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It could be even
a type of a concrete.
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Like, look at those stones
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that are all trapped
inside of there.
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- Mm.
- It almost looks like it's a cement.
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NARRATOR:
Concrete,
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found nearly 150 feet deep
in the spoils of EC-1?
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Since no previous searchers
have ever been documented
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to use concrete while excavating
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or reinforcing shafts
in the Money Pit area,
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could Jack and Eric
have possibly found
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an important clue?
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Perhaps evidence
of the concrete-encased vault
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first reported by the Oak Island
Treasure Company in 1897?
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It could be
a depositor concrete.
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- Yeah.
- When they encountered the vault,
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- they encountered a layer of concrete...
- Yeah.
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that surrounded
the entire vault
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- at the bottom of the Money Pit.
- Yeah.
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So this could be
a piece of that.
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- Yeah.
- But for me, this is a keeper.
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And-and maybe it's big enough
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that we can
actually get it tested.
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- Okay.
- You know, figure out if it is natural
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- or maybe it is an old concrete?
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Great job finding this.
I'll bag it.
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NARRATOR: While Jack
and Eric continue sifting
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through spoils
at the wash table...
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RICK: It sure would be
nice to find something.
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- Anything.
- CRAIG: Oh, yeah.
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NARRATOR:
back at the Money Pit...
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- Hey, Charles.
- Guys.
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NARRATOR:
Rick Lagina, Craig Tester
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and members of the team continue
monitoring the excavation
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of the EC-1 shaft
as it approaches
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the critical depth of 150 feet.
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You know, we all hope
that this encounters
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the Oak Island
Treasure Company vault.
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- Yeah.
- Because we're in that vicinity right now.
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We are in that vicinity.
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It was the Oak Island Treasure
Company in 1897 that drilled
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through what they believed
to be cement and then wood
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and then loose metal.
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Is that coins?
Is it silver bars or what?
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You know, I know you--
Or gold bars?
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Who knows? So, hopefully,
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we can find
what they found in 1897.
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- RICK: That'd be great.
- Oh, yeah.
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CRAIG:
If we're gonna be finding it,
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it's gonna be in the next
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- few hammer grabs.
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GARY:
Got another load coming in.
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RICK:
Well, Gary, have at it.
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All right.
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Another shot at glory.
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Dang, that was a big bucketload.
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PETER:
There's some wood.
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- There's wood in there?
- Yeah, right there.
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GARY:
Excellent.
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- That's exactly what we want.
- Yeah.
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- GARY: It was in that area.
- PETER: Let's see.
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CHARLES:
Let's hope it's a good one.
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GARY:
Here we go.
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Oh, look at that.
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PETER:
There's some wood.
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GARY:
Oh, look at that.
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NARRATOR: In the Money Pit
area, Rick Lagina,
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Craig Tester and members
of the team
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have just made a potentially
important discovery
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nearly 150 feet deep
in the EC-1 shaft.
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That could be important.
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- That fits with the story.
- Mm-hmm.
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- Especially with this vault area.
- Yeah.
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This wood recovery
is exciting because, so far,
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we've been going through
in situ material
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and now we're going through wood
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at quite a deep depth.
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I'm hoping that we've hit
the vault.
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So, this just came up.
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- Just in there?
- It was in-- Yeah, it was in the bucket.
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CRAIG: Well, it'd be a good
one to carbon-date, then.
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RICK: Yep. Well, let's see
if anything more comes up.
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Yeah, it's the next one
that really matters.
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RICK: There's hope that the Oak
Island Treasure Company vault
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resides roughly around 150 feet,
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and now we have
a limited amount of wood.
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It's exciting.
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So, after the hammer grab dumps,
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it's kind of like
a-a race to get in
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to see who can find what.
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Well, gentlemen, anything today?
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It brought up
a little bit of wood.
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GARY: And unfortunately,
no metals at the moment,
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but that might change.
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We got another bucket coming up.
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A couple buckets
of hope here yet
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for the Chappell Vault, right?
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- Yep.
- We should see some wood, though,
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- in these next grabs.
- CHARLES: That's right.
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- MARTY: Boy, that is a lot more water for some reason.
- CHARLES: Yeah.
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That's the most water
we've seen come up yet.
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RICK: It's somewhat
surprising that we're not finding
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substantial amounts of wood.
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And the amount of water
coming out of the grab
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suggests we're getting
to the bottom of the hole.
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- PETER: It's silent.
- Yep.
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It is silent.
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- This looks like a report coming.
- Hey, guys.
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- Here's a report coming in.
- Uh-oh.
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So, this is what came out of
the hole with the last bucket.
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That material is coming up now.
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It's the same as that gypsum.
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MARTY:
Did the can rotate down
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or didn't it really go anywhere?
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We achieved an inch and a half
in 15 minutes.
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- Oh.
- Currently as it sits,
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we're at 152 and a half
with the can
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and 151 with the grab,
so we're really struggling.
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Danny is seeing some
high pressures right now,
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obviously associated
with that as well.
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Hey-- they run
those things through all--
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They don't, they don't
only just go through
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glacial till,
they go through rock.
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- That's right.
- Why is this stopping it dead like this?
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That's the question
that we're all looking at
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for an answer right now.
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Anhydrite is notoriously
hard to drill.
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It's actually soft,
but it's gummy.
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And it gums up the bit,
it gums up the teeth,
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and the teeth don't cut.
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It's really hard to drill,
even with a big rig.
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Given that metric of advance,
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we could be here for a full day
and we can't afford it.
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MARTY:
I'm with you. Let's just see
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if Gary will find ten coins
in this one
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and then we'll reconsider.
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Other than finding ten coins,
I think we're done.
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- Yeah, then we'd be done. Yeah.
- RICK: All right.
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MARTY:
Not a lot in that one, either.
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Essentially nothing.
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Yeah.
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- GARY: I've got the okay from Michel.
- PETER: Yeah.
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That's some anhydrite
right there.
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- Yeah, that's what they're struggling...
- Yeah.
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- to get through at the moment.
- That's it.
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PETER: I'll take this over
to Craig and Dr. Spooner.
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GARY:
Okay, mate.
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So, I think
we're pretty much there.
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I mean, that's anhydrite,
isn't it?
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Well, this could be
gypsum already.
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- CRAIG: Yep.
- IAN: Yep.
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RICK:
There's nothing in it,
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so I think we're done.
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- I'm ready to call it.
- MARTY: Yeah.
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Call it.
Start getting ready to backfill
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- and do all your thing.
- Okay.
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- Thank you.
- Perfect. Thanks, guys.
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- RICK: Thanks.
- Yep.
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NARRATOR: After excavating
two ten-foot-wide caissons
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in an area where,
earlier this year,
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two six-inch-wide boreholes
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returned high traces
of precious metals,
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the team finds themselves facing
an extraordinary question.
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Just where is the vast source
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of the detected valuables
located?
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MARTY:
We just dug two enormous holes,
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bigger than we ever have.
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We expected to find
gold and silver,
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and we didn't.
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So, are we disappointed?
Damn right we're disappointed.
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Those two caissons were costly,
time-consuming, labor-intensive,
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and we had high hopes for them
and we didn't find any treasure.
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RICK:
Well, we're done in this can.
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Unfortunately, Dan,
it didn't turn out,
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but there's always
the next one, right?
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We need to go
to the war room now
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and decide about
the third location.
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MARTY:
Let's go. We're done.
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- The king is dead.
- RICK: The king is dead.
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NARRATOR:
Later that evening...
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MARTY:
We have a full house today.
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And that is
entirely appropriate,
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because what we're gonna discuss
today is basically what we do,
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what we're here for,
we want to find some treasure.
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NARRATOR: brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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Craig Tester
and members of the team
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have gathered in the war room
to make a collective
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and critical decision.
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MARTY:
We have now placed
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two ten-foot canisters
into the ground,
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the hallowed ground
of the Money Pit,
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and we didn't
come up with a lot.
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We came up with some clues...
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- Clues.
- but nothing I would call treasure.
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MARTY: We have the time
and the material
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to do two more caissons.
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So, with that,
I will open it up to discussion
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because we're running
out of time,
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so we have to decide
where we go next.
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RICK:
So,
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when we started the year,
the Dunfield dig
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was certainly on the list
of priority targets
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because of F-4,
again, a-a gold signature.
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NARRATOR:
After conducting water testing
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earlier this year in previously
drilled six-inch boreholes
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across the Money Pit area,
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the Oak Island team
was astonished
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that F-4 was one of several
to yield high concentrations
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of gold and silver.
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Coincidentally,
F-4 happens to be located
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at the very center
of the most notorious operation
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in the history of Oak Island,
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the excavation by California
geologist Robert Dunfield.
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After constructing the Causeway
in the fall of 1965,
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Dunfield transported
a 70-ton crane to the Money Pit
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and dug a massive 100-foot
diameter hole in the hopes
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of finally locating
the legendary Chappell Vault,
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believed to lie buried
at a depth of 153 feet.
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Unfortunately,
his plan was thwarted
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at approximately 140 feet
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when his massive crater
flooded and caved in.
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Is it possible that even though
Robert Dunfield failed
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to recover any treasure, he may
have come dangerously close
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to solving the Oak Island
mystery?
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So, I guess I'll open it up.
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What's everyone's thought about,
uh, the Dunfield, um, location?
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From the evidence
in front of me,
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my best placement should be
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to cover very thoroughly
the area
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on the north and west side
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of the bottom
of the Dunfield dig.
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That's F-4.
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And so, the quadrant
is entirely opened
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and could have a vault
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that is not covered
by any drill hole
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that we've done since 2017.
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And a ten-foot can should
cover that really quite easily.
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ALEX: So, my thought is,
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that's a good reason
to investigate there.
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If you look at the TF-1,
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C-1 area, Dunfield took
a lot of earth
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off the surface
of the Money Pit area
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and saw all the shafts,
as far as I'm aware,
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as they're laid out.
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If there was anything to see,
he saw it.
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- Right.
- Yes, absolutely.
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And he never really
got the answers
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in that location
that he was looking for.
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Not because he didn't
find anything but because
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- he lost the hole.
- JACK: Yeah, and maybe
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he actually saw the top
of what the old Money Pit was?
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You know, maybe there are
some real nice things
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just sitting
right at the bottom.
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DOUG: Well, one thing
we can't deny, though,
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is our testing this year
has told us that is the site
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of the highest concentration
of gold in the water.
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You cannot deny that.
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RICK: There are more
than a few reasons
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why the location
should be centered
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over the deepest part
of the Dunfield dig.
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00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:28,681
One of the reasons, of course,
is that there's always been
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this conjecture that Robert
Dunfield did not go deep enough.
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The other reason, of course,
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00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:36,355
is that the F-4,
sonic drill location,
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that's the highest gold level
that we've tested.
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So, there's a reason
to place it there.
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DOUG:
I like that spot.
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I mean, the F-4 results
are really intriguing.
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MARTY:
So, is this RA-1,
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- "Rick and Alex"?
- RICK: No,
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00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:55,299
I'd propose it to be... DH-82.
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Anybody know what that means?
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Oh, I do.
(chuckles)
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MARTY:
It stands for Dan Henskee-82,
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the, uh, senior explorer here.
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This will be your can, Dan.
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- DAN H.: Uh-oh.
- Your chance to shine.
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- In other words, I have to take the blame.
- (laughter)
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MARTY: If it's good,
we'll give you partial credit,
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and if it's bad, you can
have the entire blame. Yes, sir.
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00:19:18,549 --> 00:19:22,309
- Sounds fair to me.
- (laughter)
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- MARTY: Well, let's do that, then.
- RICK: I think we're good.
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CHARLES:
Yeah, let's do it.
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NARRATOR: As a new
day begins on Oak Island
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while representatives
from ROC Equipment
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and Irving Equipment Limited
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fill in the EC-1 shaft
and prepare for the team's
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next excavation
in the Money Pit area,
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approximately 200 feet
to the south...
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- GARY: All right, Billy.
- BILLY: Hey, Gary.
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I'm gonna remove
some of this junk
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and make a little
better spot for you.
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NARRATOR: metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
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and heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt
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begin searching
through a mound of spoils
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that were excavated
from the Money Pit
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by Robert Dunfield in 1965.
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Spoils which have never
been thoroughly searched
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for clues
or potential valuables.
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GARY: It's just a
matter of time, mate,
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before we pull up a nice coin
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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?
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Yeah, I mean when these spoils
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were moved around
originally, mate,
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they didn't have a magic wand.
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00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:32,045
- (laughs)
- You dig it, I'll detect it.
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- Okay.
- All right, mate.
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NARRATOR:
Because Dunfield never searched
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through the spoils
that he unearthed,
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and because the team did
detect gold earlier this year
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in the area where Dunfield
conducted his work,
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they are hoping to recover
any more important,
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or valuable clues
that he may have missed.
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GARY:
Here we go.
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JACK:
Oh, oh, wow.
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There's dowel holes.
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NARRATOR:
At the beginning of this year,
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the team made a number
of promising finds
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in a nearby spoils pile
from the Dunfield dig,
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including timbers
that were potentially related
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to the original Money Pit,
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as well as an iron spike
that could date
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to as much as two and a half
centuries old.
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GARY: There could
be anything anywhere,
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because Dunfield totally
dug all this area out.
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It's a higgledy-piggledy mess,
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but there could be some treasure
in these surface layers.
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BILLY: Pretty old-looking
plank in that one, Gary.
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00:21:34,685 --> 00:21:36,419
Big old plank in there?
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00:21:41,692 --> 00:21:42,800
See the black piece of wood?
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Yep.
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RICK:
Found anything, Gary?
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GARY:
Perfect timing, mate, yeah.
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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.
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00:22:06,884 --> 00:22:08,067
Yeah.
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As you peel the top,
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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)