1 00:00:02,085 --> 00:00:03,415 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,545 --> 00:00:05,665 Wow, look at that. 3 00:00:05,756 --> 00:00:08,926 This might be the missing link to treasure in this area. 4 00:00:09,051 --> 00:00:10,051 CORJAN Never in a million years, 5 00:00:10,135 --> 00:00:12,095 I expected to find a link to Portugal. 6 00:00:12,221 --> 00:00:13,511 And to the Knights Templar. 7 00:00:13,597 --> 00:00:16,057 That’s astounding. Whoa! 8 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:17,891 -- That can’s going down fast. -- Wow. 9 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,058 We’re right at the vault. 10 00:00:19,144 --> 00:00:20,854 We should be finding something here pretty quick. 11 00:00:20,938 --> 00:00:21,938 This is it. 12 00:00:22,064 --> 00:00:23,944 Wow, this is a big find. 13 00:00:24,066 --> 00:00:25,476 We caught a piece of this vault. 14 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:27,067 It’s amazing. 15 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:28,824 -Oh, baby. 16 00:00:31,198 --> 00:00:34,368 There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:36,831 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:36,912 --> 00:00:40,752 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:40,832 --> 00:00:43,752 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:46,337 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:47,339 --> 00:00:50,429 ...man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,509 --> 00:00:54,889 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:54,972 --> 00:00:56,432 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:56,515 --> 00:00:58,895 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:01,766 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:06,863 And according to legend, one more will have to die 27 00:01:06,942 --> 00:01:09,862 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:20,122 --> 00:01:21,412 Showtime! 29 00:01:21,498 --> 00:01:22,668 Yeah. 30 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:24,211 Hammer grab’s coming up. 31 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:26,843 This is the day. This is it, Pete. 32 00:01:26,962 --> 00:01:29,512 Our shining moment, hopefully. 33 00:01:29,631 --> 00:01:32,471 As a new day begins on Oak Island... 34 00:01:32,551 --> 00:01:34,471 -Good morning, gentlemen. -Good morning, Andrew. 35 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:35,515 -How we doing? -Good. 36 00:01:35,637 --> 00:01:36,547 You tell us. 37 00:01:36,638 --> 00:01:37,888 We’re doing real good. 38 00:01:37,973 --> 00:01:39,353 Really good. 39 00:01:39,474 --> 00:01:41,184 ...the level of excitement 40 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:43,140 for a major discovery in the Money Pit 41 00:01:43,228 --> 00:01:46,978 has never been higher for brothers Rick and Marty Lagin, 42 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:48,777 their business partner Craig Tester, 43 00:01:48,859 --> 00:01:51,189 and the members of their team. 44 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,200 Danny’s down to 137 feet 45 00:01:53,322 --> 00:01:55,872 with the can now and everything’s going fine. 46 00:01:55,991 --> 00:01:57,371 We’re just gonna keep continuing on, 47 00:01:57,492 --> 00:01:59,162 -same as yesterday. -Yep. 48 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:00,786 Once we get through this little last thing 49 00:02:00,871 --> 00:02:02,041 of the Hedden Shaft, 50 00:02:02,164 --> 00:02:03,464 it should be virgin ground, 51 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,500 hopefully all the way down to 52 00:02:05,584 --> 00:02:08,594 145 range and that’s where we’re looking for 53 00:02:08,670 --> 00:02:09,750 the vault or the tunnel. 54 00:02:09,838 --> 00:02:11,338 We’ll see what happens. 55 00:02:11,423 --> 00:02:13,933 -Another 20, 30 feet. -All right. 56 00:02:14,009 --> 00:02:15,179 -I’ll keep you informed. -All right. 57 00:02:15,260 --> 00:02:16,550 -Thank you. -You’re welcome. 58 00:02:16,678 --> 00:02:18,758 The team is currently excavating 59 00:02:18,847 --> 00:02:23,347 a 10-foot-wide shaft that they have dubbed "D.M.T.-2." 60 00:02:23,435 --> 00:02:27,365 Although D.M.T.-2 represents their fourth and final attempt 61 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:30,071 this year to recover the fabled Chappell Vault, 62 00:02:30,192 --> 00:02:35,072 which is believed to lie burid some 153 feet deep, 63 00:02:35,197 --> 00:02:39,407 it was in this area that notable treasure hunter Gilbert Hedden 64 00:02:39,534 --> 00:02:41,244 firmly believed it would be found 65 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:44,660 when he dug his own shaft back in 1937. 66 00:02:45,707 --> 00:02:48,537 But most importantly, it was also here 67 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:51,879 that the team obtained evidence of high concentrations 68 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:54,415 of silver and gold several months ago 69 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:57,929 while testing the water in previously drilled boreholes. 70 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,144 It’s coming out. 71 00:03:01,223 --> 00:03:03,563 As we approach the area of interest, 72 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:05,774 my hope is that we find 73 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:10,114 something definitive indicatig a subterranean void or vault. 74 00:03:10,232 --> 00:03:11,272 Here we go. 75 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,780 So, we have to be very meticulous 76 00:03:13,902 --> 00:03:16,612 to confirm that there might actually be 77 00:03:16,738 --> 00:03:18,618 gold and silver-- 78 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:22,240 not trace elements, but actual... 79 00:03:22,327 --> 00:03:24,327 refined gold and silver in the Money Pit. 80 00:03:25,247 --> 00:03:26,997 Now, that’s going to be tough walking. 81 00:03:27,082 --> 00:03:28,042 All right. Ready? 82 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:30,715 Okay, mate. Let’s get stuck in. 83 00:03:38,677 --> 00:03:41,177 We have got a signal, mate. 84 00:03:41,263 --> 00:03:42,263 Worth digging. 85 00:03:42,389 --> 00:03:44,099 -Just there, yeah. -We’ll definitely dig that. 86 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:49,274 -- It’s here. -- Oh, yeah? 87 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:53,319 -More metal, mate. -Yeah. 88 00:03:53,442 --> 00:03:55,612 A metal fragment? 89 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:58,606 Found at a depth of some 136 feet 90 00:03:58,697 --> 00:04:01,117 in the D.M.T.-2 caisson? 91 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:03,791 These could be washed off and they might have 92 00:04:03,869 --> 00:04:05,539 traces of gold on them. 93 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:07,160 -It could. -This happened before. 94 00:04:07,289 --> 00:04:09,459 -So, if you would hold onto that, mate. -Yeah. 95 00:04:09,541 --> 00:04:10,791 You want to take that to the table, please? 96 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,087 -Yeah. -Cheers. 97 00:04:12,169 --> 00:04:14,839 -Oh, there’s something in there. -There’s something in there. 98 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:17,673 Earlier this year, while conducting 99 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:20,509 a core-drilling operation in the Money Pit area... 100 00:04:20,635 --> 00:04:22,095 Yeah, it’s a big chunk of metal right there. 101 00:04:23,138 --> 00:04:25,348 ...the team recovered two metal fragments 102 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:28,104 that contained high traces of gold. 103 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:32,018 So, we got, I think, more of that same 104 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:34,517 metal that we found before. 105 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:35,979 Yeah, maybe. 106 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,279 This shouldn’t be down there. 107 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,700 That’s the big mystery. 108 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,280 -Yeah. -That is the mystery. 109 00:04:40,363 --> 00:04:42,663 Well, we’ll get a quick look with the XRF. 110 00:04:42,741 --> 00:04:44,081 -Try to get a date on it. -Yep. 111 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:45,699 -All right. -Okay. 112 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:47,787 Is it possible 113 00:04:47,871 --> 00:04:48,961 that they have found more evidence 114 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:51,499 of precious metals in D.M.T.-? 115 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:54,923 If so, could it be just a small sign 116 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:57,763 of what’s to come from deeper below? 117 00:04:58,799 --> 00:04:59,839 Are we there yet? 118 00:04:59,925 --> 00:05:01,135 We’re getting close, Marty. 119 00:05:01,218 --> 00:05:02,718 All right. Anything? 120 00:05:02,844 --> 00:05:04,644 That piece just came up. 121 00:05:04,721 --> 00:05:07,681 I don’t know what it is, but we’re going to have XRF done. 122 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:09,768 But it looks quite modern. 123 00:05:11,353 --> 00:05:12,903 Mainly, we’re in virgin ground. 124 00:05:13,021 --> 00:05:15,321 -Yes. Yeah. -Here it comes. 125 00:05:16,691 --> 00:05:18,941 What the hell is that? 126 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,027 -- That’s not good. -- Wait. Wait. Wait. 127 00:05:21,112 --> 00:05:23,362 Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. 128 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:24,490 Uh-oh. 129 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:28,244 We may have a problem. Houston, we’ve got a problem. 130 00:05:28,370 --> 00:05:29,250 The cable’s wrapped around. 131 00:05:29,371 --> 00:05:32,041 Look, Pete. The cable’s all wrapped up 132 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,205 -in the hammer grab. -Oh, yeah. 133 00:05:34,709 --> 00:05:36,249 -Dang. -What’s it look like? 134 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:37,708 Is it jammed in there? 135 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:40,838 The anchor chain went on the other side. 136 00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:43,764 It is a potentially serious situation 137 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:46,885 for the representatives from Irving Equipment Limited, 138 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,183 as a massive support chain has become 139 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:51,016 tangled around a stabilizer 140 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:54,311 atop the 22-and-a-half-ton hammer grab. 141 00:05:54,396 --> 00:05:56,896 It not only comes at a critical moment, 142 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:59,192 as the excavation is less than 20 feet 143 00:05:59,276 --> 00:06:02,566 from a potentially historic discovery, 144 00:06:02,654 --> 00:06:05,534 it means that the operation will have to be halted 145 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:08,115 until the malfunction can be remedied. 146 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:10,503 We’ve spent an enormous amount of time 147 00:06:10,579 --> 00:06:12,959 and effort digging in the Money Pit. 148 00:06:13,081 --> 00:06:14,671 And we’re nearly there and we had to stop, 149 00:06:14,749 --> 00:06:16,249 so that was frustrating. 150 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:17,786 And we don’t know when we’re gonna be 151 00:06:17,919 --> 00:06:19,209 able to resume our treasure hunt. 152 00:06:19,296 --> 00:06:23,296 So... yeah, it’s-it’s a problem. 153 00:06:23,425 --> 00:06:26,015 Eh, I think we’re going to be on a little break here. 154 00:06:26,094 --> 00:06:28,814 Last time, it took quite a bit to undo that. 155 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:30,770 Yeah. It took, what, a couple hours? 156 00:06:31,933 --> 00:06:33,683 That’s Oak Island for you, mate. 157 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,225 While the team waits to continue 158 00:06:37,314 --> 00:06:40,194 the excavation of the D.M.T.-2 shaft... 159 00:06:41,359 --> 00:06:42,279 ...later that morning... 160 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:43,902 -Here we are, mate. -MICHAEL J.: Yep. 161 00:06:43,987 --> 00:06:46,487 ...metal detection expert Gary Drayton 162 00:06:46,615 --> 00:06:50,085 and treasure hunter Michael John arrive on Lot 8, 163 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,950 located on the western drumlin of Oak Island. 164 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:57,079 Once you find a large grouping of potentially good 165 00:06:57,167 --> 00:07:00,207 finds like this, it’s like, "What are they doing here?" 166 00:07:00,295 --> 00:07:02,305 So this is, like, a central area. 167 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:04,420 Yeah. That’s right. Exactly. Yeah. 168 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:08,848 In addition to the Money Pit and the swamp, 169 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:11,180 Lot 8 has now become a potentially critical 170 00:07:11,306 --> 00:07:12,966 zone of interest for the team 171 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:16,188 due to a number of recent discoveries and developments. 172 00:07:16,311 --> 00:07:19,731 These include a large metallic anomaly 173 00:07:19,814 --> 00:07:23,694 detected by ground-penetrating radar some 20 feet deep... 174 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:25,358 There’s just a big layer of rocks 175 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:26,197 right across this whole area. 176 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:28,451 This looks clearly man-made. 177 00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:32,491 ...a mysterious stone-paved feature and large boulder 178 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:35,907 proving to represent evidence of previous human activity, 179 00:07:35,997 --> 00:07:39,577 and a semiprecious garnet gemstone-- 180 00:07:39,668 --> 00:07:43,208 a gemstone that 32nd degree Freemason Scott Clarke 181 00:07:43,338 --> 00:07:46,798 believes could be connected to the Knights Templar 182 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:48,843 and one of the most sought-after 183 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:51,349 missing holy relics in human history: 184 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:54,521 the Ark of the Covenant. 185 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:56,641 -Okay, mate. You ready? -Yep. 186 00:07:56,726 --> 00:07:57,806 Let’s get stuck in. 187 00:07:57,894 --> 00:08:01,194 Now, while Rick, Marty and Craig 188 00:08:01,272 --> 00:08:02,732 await a government permit 189 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:05,027 to conduct a large-scale excavation 190 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:06,070 to determine just what 191 00:08:06,194 --> 00:08:08,574 the mysterious buried anomaly could be, 192 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:10,867 Gary and Michael are hoping to find 193 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,911 any clues to help verify 194 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:16,084 if Scott Clarke’s incredible theory could be true. 195 00:08:16,204 --> 00:08:17,294 -Okay, mate. -All right. 196 00:08:17,372 --> 00:08:18,832 This is the first target. 197 00:08:18,915 --> 00:08:20,875 Let’s see what this baby sounds like. 198 00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:25,421 Oh, look! That sounds fantastic, mate. 199 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:26,757 -That’s what I like to hear, mate. -A good signal, isn’t it? 200 00:08:26,881 --> 00:08:28,421 That is the sound of history 201 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,800 -being uncovered in a few minutes. -All righty. 202 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:41,772 MICHAEL J.: Oh, here we go. 203 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:43,106 Ooh, look at that. 204 00:08:43,231 --> 00:08:44,941 That’s nice, mate! 205 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:49,526 That looks like an old, oval chain link. 206 00:08:49,612 --> 00:08:50,532 Yeah. 207 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:53,823 The old chain links were always oval. 208 00:08:53,908 --> 00:08:56,118 The newer chain links are round. 209 00:08:56,244 --> 00:08:58,964 -And if you notice the irregularity of it... -Yeah. 210 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,790 -It’s a very crude chain link. -Yeah. 211 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:05,127 -Definitely not factory-made. -Oh, no. 212 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:07,173 Whenever you need a chain, 213 00:09:07,255 --> 00:09:09,295 that means you’ve been hauling something. 214 00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:10,764 And you never know. 215 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:13,764 Maybe there was chain, like, around a chest 216 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:15,815 or an old box. 217 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:19,310 Could Gary Drayton be correct that this piece of chain 218 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:22,904 may have once been used to transport a large chest? 219 00:09:22,979 --> 00:09:26,269 If so, who left it on Lot 8? 220 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:30,069 And could it be connected to the large metallic anomaly 221 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:31,493 that the team hopes to excavae 222 00:09:31,613 --> 00:09:34,123 as soon as they can obtain a permit? 223 00:09:34,199 --> 00:09:35,489 This is fantastic. 224 00:09:35,617 --> 00:09:37,197 What was a chain doing 225 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:38,155 -out in the middle of nowhere? -Yeah. 226 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:40,616 Because this is out in the boonies 227 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:42,617 -even for Oak Island. -That’s right. Exactly. Yeah. 228 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:43,789 All right, mate. 229 00:09:45,001 --> 00:09:48,501 Let’s put that flag back in... 230 00:09:48,630 --> 00:09:50,340 and let’s keep rolling, mate. 231 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:53,725 It’s a good sign that we’re in an area where people were. 232 00:09:53,802 --> 00:09:55,432 There’s got to be other stuff in the area. 233 00:09:55,512 --> 00:09:56,352 MICHAEL J.: Oh, no doubt. 234 00:09:56,471 --> 00:09:58,931 The next flag is down here, mate. 235 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:06,190 Let’s see what this one says, eh? 236 00:10:07,482 --> 00:10:08,232 A bit jumpy. 237 00:10:08,316 --> 00:10:10,986 -I suspect this is iron. -Okay. 238 00:10:11,069 --> 00:10:12,029 But... 239 00:10:12,153 --> 00:10:14,573 -definitely a biggish target. -Right there? 240 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:25,505 -MICHAEL J.: Nice and deep. -Yeah. 241 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:28,835 -Just there. -Yeah? 242 00:10:32,841 --> 00:10:34,431 -There we go. -Here we go. 243 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:36,339 An excellent sign, mate. 244 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:37,387 MICHAEL J.: Yeah. 245 00:10:41,182 --> 00:10:42,812 -MICHAEL J.: Still there? -Yeah. 246 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:44,562 -There we go. -Here we go. 247 00:10:44,686 --> 00:10:46,186 Another excellent sign, mate. 248 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,362 Yeah. 249 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,110 -A big, old ox shoe. -No doubt. 250 00:10:51,192 --> 00:10:53,782 On Lot 8 of Oak Island, 251 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:56,912 Gary Drayton and Michael John have just unearthed 252 00:10:57,031 --> 00:10:59,161 a potentially important clue. 253 00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:02,406 Just by looking at it like that, 254 00:11:02,537 --> 00:11:05,617 what I can tell you, mate, is it’s kind of out of place 255 00:11:05,707 --> 00:11:08,917 just here, out in the middle of nowhere, mate. 256 00:11:09,043 --> 00:11:11,383 And I don’t believe this was farmland. 257 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:12,554 MICHAEL J.: I don’t think so, either, no. 258 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:14,760 And I’m happy 259 00:11:14,883 --> 00:11:17,223 -that we found an ox shoe in this area. -Yeah. Me, too. 260 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:19,102 They were definitely hauling something here, 261 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:20,720 because we’ve got the ox shoes, 262 00:11:20,847 --> 00:11:22,717 -we’ve got the oval chain. -The chain link. 263 00:11:22,849 --> 00:11:24,389 Yes. That’s the mystery, isn’t it? 264 00:11:24,475 --> 00:11:25,135 Yep. 265 00:11:25,226 --> 00:11:27,686 A large ox shoe? 266 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:29,650 Discovered near a piece of chain 267 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:31,401 where the team has also detected 268 00:11:31,482 --> 00:11:35,572 a large, metal anomaly buried some 20 feet underground? 269 00:11:35,653 --> 00:11:39,283 Wow, this ox shoe was very dep 270 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:41,407 and it’s in great condition. 271 00:11:41,492 --> 00:11:45,252 Whoever was hauling in this area was hauling something big, 272 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:49,791 because this ox shoe was on a big beast of burden. 273 00:11:49,918 --> 00:11:51,878 Over the past two years, 274 00:11:51,961 --> 00:11:54,001 the Oak Island team has discovered 275 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:56,918 numerous ancient stone pathways, 276 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:59,760 along with ox shoes and other evidence suggesting 277 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:03,966 large operations to haul cargo onto and across the island. 278 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:07,806 Previously, the most compellig of these was found 279 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:11,146 between the triangle-shaped swamp and the Money Pit. 280 00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:14,816 Have Gary and Michael now found more evidence 281 00:12:14,943 --> 00:12:17,323 of a similar operation on Lot 8? 282 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:21,275 And, if so, could it possibly support Scott Clarke’s theory 283 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:24,487 that the Knights Templar hid priceless religious artifacts 284 00:12:24,619 --> 00:12:27,159 on Oak Island centuries ago? 285 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:31,791 What are those artifacts doing out here 286 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,538 in the middle of nowhere? 287 00:12:33,628 --> 00:12:35,628 We’re right in the middle of the island. 288 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:38,165 I’m telling you, mate, we are on to something here. 289 00:12:38,299 --> 00:12:40,679 All signs lead to activity. 290 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:42,142 -Something happened here. -Yep. 291 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,352 -Yeah. -Exactly. In this area. 292 00:12:44,472 --> 00:12:46,272 Someone spent a lot of time out here. 293 00:12:46,349 --> 00:12:48,519 Now, whether they were passing through 294 00:12:48,643 --> 00:12:50,813 from one shore to the other shore, 295 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:52,475 the artifacts tell 296 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,515 -the story of the site. -Yeah. 297 00:12:54,649 --> 00:12:57,189 This might be the missing link telling us 298 00:12:57,318 --> 00:12:58,858 that we’re on to treasure in this area. 299 00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:00,147 Yeah. 300 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,410 Okay, mate. 301 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,319 Let’s keep rolling. 302 00:13:04,659 --> 00:13:06,829 Later that afternoon... 303 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:08,621 All right. 304 00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:10,505 Today’s the day. 305 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:13,213 Better find that vault pretty quick, Craig. 306 00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:15,884 That can is going down fast. 307 00:13:16,004 --> 00:13:17,174 Gold coins are easy to dig through, 308 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:18,917 -so... -Yeah, they really are. 309 00:13:19,007 --> 00:13:20,877 ...i-it wouldn’t increase the pressure. 310 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:24,179 ...after successfully repairig the massive hammer grab tool, 311 00:13:24,262 --> 00:13:27,892 Marty Lagina, Craig Tester and members of the team 312 00:13:28,016 --> 00:13:30,346 continue supervising the excavation 313 00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:32,565 of the D.M.T.-2 shaft. 314 00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:34,687 -Hey, fellas. -Hey, Andrew. -Hey, Andrew. 315 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:35,694 How we doing? 316 00:13:35,773 --> 00:13:37,573 -The man with the data. -Yeah. 317 00:13:37,692 --> 00:13:38,862 -Where are we? -We’re looking good. 318 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:40,745 We’re at 146 with the dig. 319 00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:42,662 -With the dig? -With the dig. 320 00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:45,489 -157 with the casing. -Okay. 321 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:47,375 All right, well, we should be finding 322 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:49,703 something here pretty quick. This is it. 323 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,329 This is your spot, Craig. 324 00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:55,962 Now that the 10-foot-wide steel-cased shaft 325 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:59,304 has reached a depth of 157 feet, 326 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:02,930 it is a critical moment for the Oak Island team. 327 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:05,181 Are we approximately in that zone where we want 328 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:06,971 -to be right now? -Yes, about this-- -Yeah. 329 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:09,975 -Beginning with this grab, I’d say. -Okay. 330 00:14:10,058 --> 00:14:12,268 Although the hammer grab tool 331 00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:14,143 has more than ten feet of spoils 332 00:14:14,228 --> 00:14:15,808 to remove from the caisson, 333 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:18,357 according to the historical record, 334 00:14:18,441 --> 00:14:20,901 the seven-foot-high Chappell Vault 335 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:24,905 was located at a depth of 153 feet. 336 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:27,621 That means the team could be mere feet 337 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:30,122 from a historic discovery. 338 00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:33,464 Well, we should be getting very close now. 339 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:35,671 This hammer grab or the next one. 340 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:39,211 We don’t completely understand the Money Pit, 341 00:14:39,295 --> 00:14:40,955 even at this late stage. 342 00:14:41,089 --> 00:14:42,969 The Oak Island Treasure Compay 343 00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:47,511 vault resided roughly at the 150-foot horizon. 344 00:14:47,595 --> 00:14:49,805 And that is the depth where it should be, 345 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:51,391 unless it had fallen deeper. 346 00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,809 Here it comes. 347 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,346 That’s a full one. 348 00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:57,477 Yeah, that is. 349 00:14:57,605 --> 00:15:00,145 That’s a hell of a lot of material in there. 350 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:09,834 Should we jump in, Ian? 351 00:15:09,951 --> 00:15:11,291 Yeah, yeah, let’s go. 352 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:15,326 Think you better go help that old man, Pete. 353 00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:16,496 Okay. 354 00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:22,502 What are we into? 355 00:15:22,630 --> 00:15:25,010 -Boulders, I see. -It’s about time you show up. 356 00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:28,763 We’re right there. We’re right at the vault zone. 357 00:15:28,845 --> 00:15:31,435 So we should be around the 148 mark right now. 358 00:15:34,016 --> 00:15:38,646 What do you make-- make of it? This clay, is it? 359 00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:43,479 Yeah, it’s very, very fine clay. 360 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,319 -Let’s take that over there. -Yeah. 361 00:15:47,989 --> 00:15:49,869 So, this looks like clay. 362 00:15:49,991 --> 00:15:52,701 Yeah, it’s very, very, very, very fine. 363 00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:54,657 -- Is that embedded? -- Yeah. 364 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:57,785 Yeah, like the story of ponded clay or puddled clay. 365 00:15:57,874 --> 00:15:59,174 Puddled clay? 366 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:03,302 Found at a depth of nearly 150 feet? 367 00:16:03,379 --> 00:16:06,259 When members of the Onslow Company excavated 368 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:09,010 the original Money Pit in 180, 369 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:12,395 they discovered large amounts of puddled clay 370 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:16,143 packed into the oak platforms descending to the 90-foot level, 371 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:18,475 acting as a kind of sealant 372 00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:21,481 from the believed booby-trapped flood tunnels. 373 00:16:21,564 --> 00:16:26,194 This same type of clay was also reported 93 years later 374 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:29,409 by treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William Chappell 375 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:31,950 just before they drilled into the fabled vault 376 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:35,203 at a depth of 153 feet. 377 00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:38,462 Is it possible that the team 378 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:41,079 has now encountered evidence of human activity 379 00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:43,539 to protect something of great value? 380 00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:47,128 If so, just what might they find next? 381 00:16:47,215 --> 00:16:50,225 I wouldn’t worry too much about the wood looking real young, 382 00:16:50,301 --> 00:16:52,591 ’cause if it was in this kind of environment, 383 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,180 there’s no oxygen whatsoever. 384 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:59,389 The treasure vault is very, very precisely described. 385 00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:03,271 It was puddled clay through concrete and wood. 386 00:17:03,397 --> 00:17:05,147 It certainly sounds like a vey 387 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:07,783 properly designed vault. 388 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:08,742 That’s what we’re looking for. 389 00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:11,489 Here we go. Here’s another one. 390 00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:16,541 Ooh, rainy with a chance of treasure. 391 00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:22,251 Is that a bunch of wood? 392 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:25,005 -That is wood. -That’s a hell of a lot of wood. 393 00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:29,171 Ooh, look at that. 394 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:32,133 That looks a little more promising. 395 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:33,510 Yeah. 396 00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:36,559 Oh, my goodness. 397 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:40,849 That is exactly what we want. 398 00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:43,565 -That’s a substantial piece. -Yeah, a post-looking piece. 399 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,439 They are dense. 400 00:17:48,526 --> 00:17:50,486 Yeah, that feels very heavy. 401 00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:52,281 I don’t know about that one, but-- 402 00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:53,955 This is dense. 403 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:56,412 Let’s let Billy spread it. 404 00:17:56,492 --> 00:17:57,832 Let’s go over there. 405 00:17:57,952 --> 00:17:59,242 Given the fact that 406 00:17:59,328 --> 00:18:00,998 the Oak Island team obtained 407 00:18:01,122 --> 00:18:02,502 high traces of silver and gold 408 00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:04,673 when they conducted water testing 409 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:06,502 in this area earlier this yea, 410 00:18:06,627 --> 00:18:09,707 could the vast amounts of hand-cut wood 411 00:18:09,797 --> 00:18:12,667 mean that they are on the vere of recovering the treasure 412 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,010 people have been seeking for more than two centuries? 413 00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:19,347 Axe-cut. Partially, at least. 414 00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:20,813 Well, maybe that’s sawed off. 415 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,943 -- That is axe-cut? -- I don’t know. 416 00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:24,599 Feel the weight of that. 417 00:18:24,687 --> 00:18:27,017 Yeah, that’s why it’s hard to see this 418 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:29,608 as contemporary with Hedden. 419 00:18:29,692 --> 00:18:31,032 It’s very deep, too. 420 00:18:31,152 --> 00:18:32,152 -- It’s older wood. -- Is it? 421 00:18:32,236 --> 00:18:34,146 -- Oh, yeah. -- Well, let’s keep going. 422 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,360 Okay. 423 00:18:53,674 --> 00:18:55,384 There’s a piece of wood. 424 00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:56,889 Piece of wood on the front there. 425 00:18:57,011 --> 00:18:58,351 A piece of wood right on top there. 426 00:18:58,471 --> 00:18:59,511 Billy’s got it. 427 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,560 Wow. 428 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:05,193 Dang, that is a big piece of wood. 429 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,021 It’s heavy as all get out. 430 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,984 This is wildly out of place. 431 00:19:09,065 --> 00:19:10,405 Wildly out of place. 432 00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:15,034 Yeah. 433 00:19:15,112 --> 00:19:16,032 This is wildly out of place. 434 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:18,163 That almost looks like what we’d see 435 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,530 in Smith’s Cove, you know? 436 00:19:19,617 --> 00:19:21,197 The clay is plastered on it. 437 00:19:21,285 --> 00:19:23,945 -I mean, that’s just pure clay. -Yeah. 438 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:25,958 It is a potentially critical moment 439 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:30,210 in the Money Pit area for Ric, Marty, Craig and their team. 440 00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:31,804 -- I’m going to go wash it off. -- All right. 441 00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:33,209 An important piece of wood. 442 00:19:33,297 --> 00:19:37,887 At a depth of nearly 150 feet in the D.M.T.-2 shaf, 443 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,390 they have just unearthed what is believed to be 444 00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:43,061 hand-worked, puddled clay, 445 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,892 as well as evidence of a possibly ancient 446 00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:47,386 wooden structure. 447 00:19:47,478 --> 00:19:49,018 What’s it mean, Charles, bringing up 448 00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:51,115 some wood from this depth? 449 00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,192 I don’t know. Is that a tunnel? 450 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:54,735 I don’t know. 451 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,400 I’ll go punch up a tag for it. 452 00:19:56,487 --> 00:19:58,277 Great. I’m gonna go wash it off. 453 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,740 And what makes these discoveries especially compelling 454 00:20:02,827 --> 00:20:05,907 is that a large amount of puddled clay was reported 455 00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:08,246 by searchers just before they drilled into 456 00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:09,832 the so-called "Chappell Vault" 457 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:14,087 at this approximate depth back in 1897. 458 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:16,375 So you see saw marks on that, Craig? 459 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:18,335 It looks like it. 460 00:20:20,302 --> 00:20:22,852 -- Look how broad those are. -- Yeah. 461 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:26,600 A motorized circular saw puts a whole bunch of them. 462 00:20:26,684 --> 00:20:28,274 You know, I mean, I wonder if this was, like, 463 00:20:28,352 --> 00:20:30,102 -a hand-done thing or something. -Yeah. 464 00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:32,107 Well, what’s it doing down there? 465 00:20:32,189 --> 00:20:34,319 Maybe it’s part of the vault. 466 00:20:34,442 --> 00:20:35,732 It could be. 467 00:20:35,818 --> 00:20:37,278 Are we all tired of wood? 468 00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:38,361 I’m tired of wood. 469 00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:41,276 But this is-- this is wood that’s wildly 470 00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:43,115 out of place. It really shouldn’t be there. 471 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:45,452 It is also heavy as can be. 472 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:47,786 I mean, this thing is a very dense piece of wood. 473 00:20:47,872 --> 00:20:48,962 It’s right at the right depth. 474 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,871 So, the conjecture is we caugt 475 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:54,038 some little piece of this so-called vault. 476 00:20:54,962 --> 00:20:57,092 See how the cut’s right there? 477 00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:59,133 -I see several. -Yeah. 478 00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:01,126 Well, it’s wildly out of place. 479 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:03,098 Yeah, I know. Doesn’t make sense. 480 00:21:03,179 --> 00:21:06,179 Okay, we’ll get Charles to mark that up. 481 00:21:06,307 --> 00:21:07,887 Excellent. 482 00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:09,425 As the excavation continues 483 00:21:09,518 --> 00:21:10,978 in the Money Pit area... 484 00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:13,021 -Hey, Mike. -Hey, Steve. How are you, man? 485 00:21:13,147 --> 00:21:14,477 -How you doing? -I’m good, brother. 486 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,647 ...just 200 feet to the northeast, 487 00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:18,896 near Borehole 10-X, 488 00:21:18,986 --> 00:21:22,236 Steve Guptill joins Michael John to carefully sift 489 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:25,993 through the spoils that were just removed from D.M.T.-2. 490 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,196 We have a very interesting and significant 491 00:21:29,330 --> 00:21:31,540 data that happens in and around 492 00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:32,995 -the 150-foot mark. -Yeah. 493 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:36,173 A few feet above that and 25 feet below that is 494 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,705 the interesting area that could be treasure vault location. 495 00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:40,009 -Uh-huh. -So, 496 00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:41,010 potentially, there could be a very 497 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,681 -significant find in this one. -Okay. 498 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,183 MICHAEL J.: As always, I’ll keep my eyes peeled. 499 00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:50,733 D.M.T. is close to a depth where we’re keenly interested 500 00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:53,851 in what it might show and so we have a lot of anticipation. 501 00:21:53,938 --> 00:21:56,188 And of course, every bucket, you’re always looking for 502 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:58,065 a piece of jewelry, a coin, 503 00:21:58,192 --> 00:21:59,402 and we aren’t gonna miss it. 504 00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:02,567 So, we need to look closely through the spoils piles. 505 00:22:04,198 --> 00:22:05,988 -What is that? -What you got? 506 00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:08,205 Well, I think it’s just a rock or a piece of wood. 507 00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:10,035 But it almost looks like a fossil. 508 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,252 MICHAEL J.: Yes. 509 00:22:12,248 --> 00:22:13,248 Oh. 510 00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,345 -Is this coal? -Oh, wow. 511 00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:17,418 MICHAEL J.: Feels like it, yeah. 512 00:22:17,545 --> 00:22:20,215 A lot of coal, so we know people were down there. 513 00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:22,127 Exactly. That’s right. Yeah. 514 00:22:23,217 --> 00:22:26,217 Dating back at least four centuries, 515 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:28,223 mining operations across Euroe 516 00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:31,725 utilized the method of burning charcoal in underground furnaces 517 00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:34,849 in order to provide oxygen for the workers. 518 00:22:34,937 --> 00:22:39,567 In 1804, when the Onslow Company first excavated the original 519 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:41,532 Money Pit down to the 90-foot level, 520 00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:45,740 they not only encountered puddled clay at various levels 521 00:22:45,823 --> 00:22:47,993 but also charcoal. 522 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:50,075 STEVE G.: It breaks really easy. 523 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,580 Is it possible that Steve Guptill and Michael John 524 00:22:52,663 --> 00:22:54,923 have just found more evidence 525 00:22:54,999 --> 00:22:57,249 of original workings that were conducted 526 00:22:57,334 --> 00:23:00,884 in order to hide the legendary Oak Island treasure? 527 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:03,547 Well, if that says anything, we know people 528 00:23:03,632 --> 00:23:05,092 were in this area. So, that makes 529 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,587 the next couple table loads more interesting. 530 00:23:07,678 --> 00:23:09,008 -Yeah, that’s right. -Yeah. 531 00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:16,943 STEVE G.: What is this? Look at this. That’s interesting. 532 00:23:17,021 --> 00:23:18,941 -What you got there? -Does that look like cement to you? 533 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:21,443 Or concrete? What is that? 534 00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:23,147 There’s something wound between... 535 00:23:23,277 --> 00:23:24,357 It’s not cement, I don’t think. 536 00:23:24,445 --> 00:23:26,115 But I don’t know. 537 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,158 Yeah. It is cement. 538 00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:29,621 STEVE G.: Oh, wow. Cement’s important in 539 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,080 the search, because cement itself often goes back 540 00:23:32,161 --> 00:23:34,961 -to a treasure chamber, a treasure vault. -Oh. 541 00:23:35,039 --> 00:23:36,039 Cement? 542 00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:38,753 The very substance reportedly encasing 543 00:23:38,834 --> 00:23:41,134 the seven-foot-tall Chappell Vault? 544 00:23:41,211 --> 00:23:44,631 As the clues keep adding up for the Oak Island team, 545 00:23:44,715 --> 00:23:46,975 could that mean the legendary treasure 546 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:49,302 is finally within their reach? 547 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,098 Good eye, Steve. You know what I’m going to do? 548 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:52,560 -I’m going to bag it and tag it. -Sounds good. 549 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:53,890 -Yeah. -Yeah, we should get that examined. 550 00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:54,984 For sure. 551 00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:58,650 There it goes. It’s on. 552 00:23:58,729 --> 00:24:00,809 Back at the Money Pit, 553 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:03,780 the excavation of the D.M.T.-2 shaft 554 00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:07,069 has now surpassed a depth of 153 feet, 555 00:24:07,154 --> 00:24:09,534 where the Chappell Vault was reported to have 556 00:24:09,657 --> 00:24:13,157 been encountered nearly 125 years ago. 557 00:24:13,243 --> 00:24:14,493 We’re ready. 558 00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:15,998 With all the clues hinting 559 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,960 that a major discovery is imminent, 560 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,330 the question now becomes 561 00:24:20,417 --> 00:24:23,417 just how much deeper could it be? 562 00:24:23,504 --> 00:24:25,094 All right, Danny. What’s the good news? 563 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:26,672 Hey. All right. 564 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:27,757 What are the numbers, brother? 565 00:24:27,841 --> 00:24:31,301 We got, uh, we just put on our five-foot piece. 566 00:24:31,387 --> 00:24:33,467 That makes it 191, total casing. 567 00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:36,175 -The casing is in the ground 174. -Okay. 568 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:37,806 Did you want a measurement 569 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:38,943 of the water or do you want us to go? 570 00:24:39,019 --> 00:24:40,189 No. 571 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:41,522 -Just go? All right. -Just go. 572 00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:43,355 -Thank you. -Thanks, Danny. 573 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:44,940 -Ready, Pete? -Yep. Ready. 574 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:50,908 Ooh-whee! Smoking. 575 00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:53,071 -It’s going right down. -It is? 576 00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:57,039 Wow. 577 00:24:57,121 --> 00:24:58,831 See how fast that’s going down? 578 00:24:58,914 --> 00:24:59,714 Geez. 579 00:24:59,790 --> 00:25:01,120 That’s the fastest I’ve ever seen 580 00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:02,378 a can go down. 581 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:06,298 Holy smokes! 582 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:08,170 That thing went down six feet, probably? 583 00:25:08,257 --> 00:25:09,877 Ten. 584 00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:12,009 You can actually watch it go down. 585 00:25:12,094 --> 00:25:14,514 -- Yeah. It’s flying down. -- Yeah. 586 00:25:14,596 --> 00:25:16,056 It is amazing. 587 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,180 A void has to be below this. 588 00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:20,057 Yeah. 589 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:28,106 A void has to be below this. 590 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:28,935 It’s flying down. 591 00:25:29,069 --> 00:25:30,489 You can actually watch it go down. 592 00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:32,201 In the Money Pit area, 593 00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:34,991 at a depth of some 174 feet, 594 00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:37,035 the D.M.T.-2 shaft 595 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,409 has suddenly begun to rapidly sink into the ground. 596 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,539 I don’t know if anybody witnessed that, 597 00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:44,754 -but we just broke a record. 598 00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:47,965 For going down that fast for that size of shaft. 599 00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:50,008 That is something I’ve never seen before. 600 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:53,340 Anything weird you can think of happens here. 601 00:25:53,427 --> 00:25:56,677 There’s some void, some reason to believe 602 00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:59,354 that there is an open area at depth. 603 00:25:59,433 --> 00:26:02,103 That might indicate a subterranean vault. 604 00:26:02,186 --> 00:26:03,686 It also could be very natural. 605 00:26:03,771 --> 00:26:05,651 And I don’t think we’ll ever be able 606 00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:07,323 to understand what that is 607 00:26:07,441 --> 00:26:12,031 unless we find something down there that is man-made. 608 00:26:12,112 --> 00:26:14,362 Look at that hammer grab. 609 00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:15,528 Wow. 610 00:26:15,616 --> 00:26:18,446 -It’s just soup. -Yep. 611 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:23,963 At this point, we’re not much farther to bedrock. 612 00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,333 Yeah. 613 00:26:25,459 --> 00:26:27,669 It looks like the vault’s not there. 614 00:26:27,795 --> 00:26:29,055 It’s just not. 615 00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:30,879 That was possibly the last grab. 616 00:26:30,964 --> 00:26:32,304 Let’s check it out. 617 00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:35,303 Nothing special. 618 00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,637 This is shocking, mate. 619 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:42,731 -Nothing? -Nope. 620 00:26:42,810 --> 00:26:44,230 Four cans, no results. 621 00:26:44,311 --> 00:26:45,941 That’s all she wrote. 622 00:26:48,148 --> 00:26:49,228 Are we done? Is that the last grab? 623 00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:50,276 We’re in bedrock. 624 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:51,279 Yeah, we are. 625 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,490 We’re definitely there with the dig. 626 00:26:52,569 --> 00:26:54,739 The fourth and last can of the season. 627 00:26:54,822 --> 00:26:57,202 We’re as far down as we can get. What’s your thoughts? Yeah. 628 00:26:57,324 --> 00:27:00,084 Yeah. You know, I’m obviously disappointed 629 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,580 that we didn’t hit something significantly better. 630 00:27:03,664 --> 00:27:05,964 It is a crushing disappointment for Rick, 631 00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:08,501 Marty, Craig and the team. 632 00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:11,335 After recovering numerous pieces of evidence 633 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:15,053 suggesting that they might hae finally pinpointed the locatin 634 00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:18,755 of the fabled Chappell Vault, they have reached a dead end 635 00:27:18,846 --> 00:27:23,056 in the form of bedrock at a depth of 183 feet. 636 00:27:23,851 --> 00:27:25,981 Could that mean they were actually digging 637 00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:27,811 in the wrong location? 638 00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:30,936 Or could the treasure cache have fallen somewhere 639 00:27:31,024 --> 00:27:33,944 off to the side in the mysterious void? 640 00:27:35,362 --> 00:27:36,612 Was the hole a success? 641 00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,697 I mean, we hoped to get the vault. 642 00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:42,624 -Absolutely. -And we didn’t. Um... 643 00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:46,753 but yet more anomalies, highly anomalous stuff, 644 00:27:46,874 --> 00:27:49,584 needs to be tested. Maybe some more clues. 645 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:51,710 When we get through that vault area 646 00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:53,757 and it’s not there, it’s disappointing. 647 00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:56,471 So, at this point, we’ve just accepted it. 648 00:27:56,550 --> 00:28:00,300 We can’t stop. We have to go as long as we possibly can 649 00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:03,217 and figure this out as much as we can this year. 650 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:05,388 We’ve completed the final can 651 00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:07,225 and it’s like a broken record, right? 652 00:28:07,311 --> 00:28:08,901 It keeps replaying, you know? 653 00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,561 Unsuccessful. Unsuccessful. Unsuccessful. 654 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:13,730 So, I don’t know where we go from here. 655 00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:15,567 But you mustn’t be deterred 656 00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,994 and we each have to step back and assess 657 00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:20,741 for ourselves what are our thoughts moving forward. 658 00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:23,334 Sempre avanti: keep moving forward. 659 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:24,870 It’s the only way we’re going to solve it. 660 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:28,753 So, let’s do that. Don’t quit. 661 00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:30,384 I like your spirit, hombre. 662 00:28:31,752 --> 00:28:33,842 Later that evening... 663 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:39,128 So, guys. A unique opportunity has presented itself. 664 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:43,219 ...Rick, Marty and Craig gathr in the war room 665 00:28:43,305 --> 00:28:46,815 with members of their team to strategize the few remainig 666 00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:49,944 weeks they have left before they will have to suspend 667 00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:52,482 search activities for the remainder of the year. 668 00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:56,942 I know that we’ve all been a bit troubled by the fact 669 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:59,399 that the four cans-- to date, at least-- 670 00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:01,068 have not yielded much. 671 00:29:02,699 --> 00:29:04,699 There may be an opportunity here for 672 00:29:04,785 --> 00:29:06,955 a possible fifth can location. 673 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:11,211 Everyone can weigh in, but I think we should possibly, 674 00:29:11,291 --> 00:29:12,331 you know, take advantage of this. 675 00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:13,959 Yep. 676 00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:16,456 Oh, that’s without question, Rick. 677 00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:18,046 I didn’t know we could fit that in. 678 00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:19,471 I mean, I’m a proponent of digging 679 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:21,259 whenever we can dig. 680 00:29:21,343 --> 00:29:23,973 So, yes, I’ve spoken with Irving 681 00:29:24,054 --> 00:29:26,814 and they’ve confirmed that it is indeed possible 682 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:29,482 and we have a little bit of wiggle room there. 683 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:30,811 I mean, that’s a great idea if we can do it. 684 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:34,274 Yeah, but... do we have a good idea of where we want to go? 685 00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:37,649 -Maybe close to C-1. -Yep. 686 00:29:38,652 --> 00:29:41,742 My thought would be to go up in that area, 687 00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:45,332 the C-1 cluster, to try to confirm that it is 688 00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:47,370 indeed possibly the original Money Pit. 689 00:29:47,494 --> 00:29:48,504 -Yep. -C-1 has 690 00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:50,908 the highest amounts of gold and silver 691 00:29:50,998 --> 00:29:52,748 of any other drill hole that we have. 692 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:55,003 So why not continue to search around there? 693 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:56,417 Yeah. 694 00:29:57,671 --> 00:30:00,511 Although the team has already excavated 695 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:03,510 two ten-foot-diameter shafts in the C-1 Cluster 696 00:30:03,593 --> 00:30:06,263 without making a breakthrough discovery... 697 00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:09,136 We’re going to mix between 2017 and 2020 holes. 698 00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:10,934 -Right. -...earlier this year... 699 00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:12,938 -Let’s hope. -...while conducting water testing 700 00:30:13,020 --> 00:30:16,440 in the existing boreholes around the C-1 shaft, 701 00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:19,783 the team obtained high readins for silver and gold. 702 00:30:20,694 --> 00:30:23,284 Additional core-drilling in the area 703 00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:26,783 then yielded fragments of metal containing gold, 704 00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:30,447 as well as evidence of man-made tunnels that could date 705 00:30:30,537 --> 00:30:35,537 to as early as 1488 at a depth of nearly 90 feet. 706 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:40,633 Is it possible that digging oe more shaft in the C-1 cluster 707 00:30:40,714 --> 00:30:42,974 will solve the Oak Island mystery? 708 00:30:44,593 --> 00:30:46,143 So, I’ve calculated the positions of 709 00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:48,559 TF-1 to the west and EC-1 to the east. 710 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,560 But I’ve left enough room so we can go to the north. 711 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:54,889 "Yes, let’s do it," is what I would say. 712 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,980 Put it a foot off of EC-1. 713 00:30:59,274 --> 00:31:00,784 -Right there? -There you go. 714 00:31:00,901 --> 00:31:02,401 -Right there? -Yep. 715 00:31:02,486 --> 00:31:04,486 Well, if we’re going to put it there, 716 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:06,321 I guess we’re pretty near gonna be centered on B-4. 717 00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:08,986 All right. Well, we’re kind of burning 718 00:31:09,076 --> 00:31:11,826 the very minutes we’re talking about to dig, so Scott, 719 00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:13,502 how about you name this one? 720 00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:15,000 Well, if we’re going to position there, 721 00:31:15,082 --> 00:31:18,002 if we roll that closer to EC-1, 722 00:31:18,085 --> 00:31:19,965 B-4 is going to be basically the center of that caisson. 723 00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:21,337 So, B-4, 724 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:24,171 call it B-4C for B-4 caisson. 725 00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:25,627 So it’s the hole we dug just 726 00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:28,299 before we found the treasure, is that what you’re saying? 727 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:30,508 -Just before. That’s right. 728 00:31:31,348 --> 00:31:33,178 Before we see the treasure. 729 00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:34,266 -There we go. -Before we see the treasure. 730 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:36,353 -I love it. -Works for me. Yeah. 731 00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:38,346 -Now, make it so. -Make it so. 732 00:31:38,438 --> 00:31:40,148 -- Okay, gentlemen. -- All right. Very good. 733 00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:45,783 Excellent. Thank you very much. 734 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,864 -- Ready or what? -- Yep. This is it. 735 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:49,908 Last can of the year, mate. 736 00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:53,661 -It’s in a great location, just north of C-1, mate. -Yep. 737 00:31:53,787 --> 00:31:55,957 That area, to me, was one of the most interesting 738 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:57,499 areas of the whole campaign. 739 00:31:57,624 --> 00:32:01,294 They said it couldn’t be done, but here we are. 740 00:32:01,378 --> 00:32:04,418 A new day begins on Oak Island, 741 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:06,926 and also with it, a renewal of hope 742 00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:09,838 for Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 743 00:32:09,970 --> 00:32:12,970 as they begin excavating the B-4C shaft 744 00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:15,808 in search of the fabled Money Pit treasure vault. 745 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,274 How’s that? 746 00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:18,312 Perfect. 747 00:32:18,395 --> 00:32:19,655 Okay. 748 00:32:19,729 --> 00:32:21,649 Okay, ready? Bring it up. 749 00:32:21,731 --> 00:32:23,651 We’re approaching the end of the year. 750 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:25,653 Mother Nature’s closing in. 751 00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:27,645 But as I have said before, 752 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,819 we’re not going to give up. 753 00:32:29,906 --> 00:32:31,816 It ain’t over till it’s over, mate. 754 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:34,660 We’re positive that there is treasure down there. 755 00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:36,414 I feel good about this caisson. 756 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:41,752 As the excavation of the B-4C shaft gets underway... 757 00:32:44,004 --> 00:32:45,514 ...later that morning... 758 00:32:46,214 --> 00:32:48,384 -Hi, guys. 759 00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:49,758 Hey, guys. 760 00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:52,013 ...Rick, Marty and Craig 761 00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:54,175 have assembled members of the team 762 00:32:54,264 --> 00:32:56,354 in the war room for a meeting 763 00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:58,853 via video conference with their associate 764 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,517 and Oak Island researcher Corjan Mol. 765 00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:03,356 Hi, everyone. Thank you for having me. 766 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,280 Also joining the team is Judi Rudebusch, 767 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:08,649 the research partner of the late author 768 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:11,317 and Oak Island theorist Zena Halpern. 769 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:14,696 Doug, as you are well aware-- and Judi-- 770 00:33:14,784 --> 00:33:17,124 are continuing to make connections 771 00:33:17,204 --> 00:33:19,914 as far as a possible Portuguese connection, 772 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,040 but Doug in particular has reached out to Corjan, 773 00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:24,247 so I’m going to turn it over to Doug 774 00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,047 and I think we’re going to learn 775 00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:27,549 some very interesting facts today. 776 00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:29,171 So, Doug, if you want to take over... 777 00:33:29,257 --> 00:33:31,717 Yeah, well, I guess what I’m excited about 778 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:35,393 is that we’ve got some scientific reason 779 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:36,474 to look towards Portugal, 780 00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:39,386 because of the dating we’ve attained on objects 781 00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:41,226 both in the swamp and the Money Pit. 782 00:33:41,311 --> 00:33:44,811 We have historic reasons now to look towards Portugal. 783 00:33:44,898 --> 00:33:47,228 Over the past two years, 784 00:33:47,317 --> 00:33:49,567 in addition to finding compelling evidence 785 00:33:49,653 --> 00:33:52,243 that vast quantities of precious metals 786 00:33:52,322 --> 00:33:55,162 lie buried deep in the Money Pit, 787 00:33:55,242 --> 00:33:57,792 the team has also unearthed numerous structures 788 00:33:57,911 --> 00:34:01,751 and artifacts suggesting that someone of Portuguese origin 789 00:34:01,831 --> 00:34:05,711 visited Oak Island as much as five centuries ago. 790 00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:08,714 These discoveries include a fragment of a ship’s cannon 791 00:34:08,797 --> 00:34:11,257 found on Lot 4, 792 00:34:11,341 --> 00:34:14,261 two pieces of stone shot, one of which was 793 00:34:14,344 --> 00:34:16,604 recovered from the Money Pit, 794 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,140 and the massive stone road or ship’s wharf 795 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:21,426 in the triangle-shaped swamp. 796 00:34:21,518 --> 00:34:24,438 In talking with Corjan, he has a very interesting 797 00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:27,111 theoretical reason why Portugal may 798 00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:29,072 play an important role, so I think you’re going 799 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,360 to be really intrigued to hear what he has to say. 800 00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:33,324 I’m looking forward to it. 801 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:35,736 Corjan, I’m going to turn it over to you. 802 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:36,994 Okay, thanks. 803 00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:41,697 I wanted to start with the, u, the first image here. 804 00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:44,788 I believe your team discovered a few 805 00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:46,634 Portuguese things on Oak Island. 806 00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:52,264 Portugal has an incredible Knights Templar history. 807 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:53,720 I’m sure you are aware 808 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,510 that the Order of the Knights Templar 809 00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:57,465 was dissolved in 1312 810 00:34:57,554 --> 00:35:01,064 in every country in Europe but Portugal. 811 00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:04,641 In 1307, the arrest warrant went out, 812 00:35:04,728 --> 00:35:07,858 first all across France and later all across Europe. 813 00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:09,981 They were arrested, 814 00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:13,526 sometimes they were executed and imprisoned. 815 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:17,953 Between the 12th and early 14th centuries, 816 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:21,333 the military order of monks known as the Knights Templar 817 00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:23,293 accumulated a vast treasure 818 00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:25,921 in the Holy Land during the Crusades. 819 00:35:25,999 --> 00:35:28,169 Some researchers believe 820 00:35:28,251 --> 00:35:31,131 this treasure included priceless religious artifacts 821 00:35:31,212 --> 00:35:32,842 such as the Holy Grail, 822 00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:35,382 the golden menorah from Solomon’s Temple 823 00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:37,838 and the Ark of the Covenant. 824 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,139 However, when the order was disbanded 825 00:35:40,221 --> 00:35:44,561 by King Philip IV of France in 1307, 826 00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:47,194 it has been suggested that a number of Templar Knights 827 00:35:47,270 --> 00:35:49,860 fled with their vast treasures to Scotland 828 00:35:49,939 --> 00:35:52,189 before taking them to Oak Island. 829 00:35:52,275 --> 00:35:55,025 Although little of the Templars’ true history 830 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:58,323 is known following their persecution in France, 831 00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:01,026 it is well established that a new sect 832 00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:03,197 would soon rise again in Portugal. 833 00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:07,582 Many Templars fled from Spain, from France 834 00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:10,377 and maybe other countries to Portugal, 835 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,800 because they were under protection 836 00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,549 of the Portuguese king. 837 00:36:14,673 --> 00:36:18,223 King Dinis, who restarted the Knights Templar 838 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,553 as Order of Christ in 1319, 839 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:22,219 changed their logo. 840 00:36:22,305 --> 00:36:23,845 He kept sort of the same cross 841 00:36:23,932 --> 00:36:26,062 and put a white cross on top of it, 842 00:36:26,142 --> 00:36:28,732 which became the emblem for the Order of Christ. 843 00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:32,273 But under the hood, this was exactly the same brotherhood. 844 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,400 And what you see in Portugal is that the Order of Christ 845 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:40,408 became very much involved in the Portuguese explorations 846 00:36:40,490 --> 00:36:42,700 and discoveries across the globe. 847 00:36:42,784 --> 00:36:47,754 They sailed on their caravels, their man-o’-wars 848 00:36:47,831 --> 00:36:51,581 with the familiar red crosses all across the sea. 849 00:36:52,544 --> 00:36:56,054 What they did on their journes was make maps. 850 00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:58,421 If you want to have good 851 00:36:58,508 --> 00:37:02,848 15th, 16th-century maps, you need to go to Portugal. 852 00:37:02,929 --> 00:37:05,139 The one you see here is the Cantino map. 853 00:37:05,265 --> 00:37:06,645 This is from 1502. 854 00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:08,426 And you can see that already 855 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,440 they have Newfoundland here, 856 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,360 which is called Terra del Rey de Portugal. 857 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,440 And Nova Scotia is on the map here. 858 00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:20,567 So, if you want to think about the Templar theory, 859 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:24,575 when the Templars were suppressed in France in 1307, 860 00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:28,079 if a group of Templars managed to escape from France 861 00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:31,623 with a treasure during that suppression, some believe 862 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,458 they brought it here to the New World somewhere. 863 00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:36,963 So, the Portuguese Order of Christ-- 864 00:37:37,046 --> 00:37:39,126 they may have been in search 865 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,837 of that Templar treasure themselves. 866 00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:48,925 The Portuguese Order of Christ-- they may have been in search of 867 00:37:49,017 --> 00:37:50,637 that Templar treasure themselves. 868 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:53,436 Yeah. For sure. 869 00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:55,691 But also, you know, there’s another reason 870 00:37:55,815 --> 00:37:57,435 I’m interested in Portugal. 871 00:37:57,525 --> 00:38:01,275 A lot of Templar archives in France, 872 00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:04,322 you know, in Italy, in England, were destroyed. 873 00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:07,027 They were not destroyed in Portugal. 874 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:11,326 In the war room, theorist Corjan Mol 875 00:38:11,456 --> 00:38:13,326 is presenting research suggesting 876 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:15,326 that clues which could help solve 877 00:38:15,418 --> 00:38:18,458 the 227-year-old Oak Island mystery 878 00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:21,916 may be located in Portugal. 879 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:24,258 There’s some areas in Portugal that I think have 880 00:38:24,344 --> 00:38:27,474 a lot of Templar archives 881 00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:29,135 and would give us a lot of reasons 882 00:38:29,224 --> 00:38:30,814 to put boots on the ground 883 00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:32,392 and check it out for ourselves. 884 00:38:34,395 --> 00:38:38,145 One place is the Convento de Christo, 885 00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,993 the Convent of Christ in Toma, 886 00:38:41,069 --> 00:38:43,529 which became the Knights Templar’s successors, 887 00:38:43,613 --> 00:38:45,203 the Order of Christ, head office. 888 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:46,283 I believe, you know, 889 00:38:46,366 --> 00:38:48,406 we could find a ton of information there. 890 00:38:49,369 --> 00:38:51,829 And we also looked at this church. 891 00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:55,333 It’s called Fonte Arcada. 892 00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:57,706 This is a very interesting place. 893 00:38:57,794 --> 00:39:02,514 Fonte Arcada was the earliest Knights Templar commandery 894 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:05,720 in Portugal; it’s very well preserved. 895 00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:08,934 I think it would be very, very 896 00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:11,925 interesting and useful to go to these places, 897 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:14,808 see if there’s any inscriptions 898 00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:17,864 or documents about Templar explorations 899 00:39:17,939 --> 00:39:20,069 that can build a bridge back to Oak Island. 900 00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:22,069 That would be astounding. 901 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:23,783 -Yeah. -Doesn’t sound so bad. 902 00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:25,533 It’s certainly interesting. 903 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,533 I think what I found most compelling 904 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:29,155 about Corjan’s presentation is 905 00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:32,042 he makes a very plausible connection 906 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,210 between the Knights Templar 907 00:39:34,289 --> 00:39:37,379 and Portugal during the Age of Exploration. 908 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:40,288 You have this incredible Portuguese history 909 00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:45,090 of navigational skillset that allowed them to 910 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:49,546 visit the New World probably before anyone else. 911 00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:51,057 It’s incredibly invigorating, 912 00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:53,519 because we have a tangible possibility 913 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,100 that suggests a who and maybe a why. 914 00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:59,268 I think there’s enough here. 915 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:00,937 If we have the time and the resources, 916 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,565 I think we should go on an expedition. 917 00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:05,440 You won’t get an argument from me, not on that. 918 00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:07,610 All in favor, say "aye." 919 00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:09,867 Aye. 920 00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:11,279 Aye. 921 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:14,622 Corjan, would you agree 922 00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:16,254 that it’s valuable to the point 923 00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:18,371 where you might be willing to assist us? 924 00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:20,998 Yeah. I think that’s a fantastic opportunity. 925 00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:22,497 So, yes, please. 926 00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:23,709 So, here’s a thing too, Rick. 927 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:25,966 While you’re gone, I’m going to stay on the island 928 00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:27,680 and dig and drill all over the place. 929 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,300 Is anybody against that? 930 00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:32,472 I have high hopes for it. 931 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:34,967 You know, and with everyone’s enthusiasm, 932 00:40:35,058 --> 00:40:37,478 I think-- I think we may just come back 933 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,270 with something that’ll be an eye-opener. 934 00:40:40,355 --> 00:40:41,985 -Yes. -Okay. 935 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,016 Well, I think we’re all in agreement. 936 00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:46,440 Uh, Corjan, thank you for the presentation. 937 00:40:46,527 --> 00:40:48,317 Thank you for the offer of assistance. 938 00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:49,606 -Thank you. -Okay. 939 00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:52,157 -Thanks. -Take care, guys. 940 00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:53,871 Thank you. 941 00:40:54,827 --> 00:40:56,657 Will a year that began 942 00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:58,708 with new scientific evidence 943 00:40:58,831 --> 00:41:02,331 of a vast treasure buried deep in the Money Pit 944 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,880 soon culminate with the revelation 945 00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:06,674 of Oak Island’s ultimate secrets? 946 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:12,300 Might Rick, Marty, Craig and the team not only discover 947 00:41:12,387 --> 00:41:15,887 what that long-sought-after treasure is 948 00:41:16,015 --> 00:41:18,885 but also answer the questions that have persisted 949 00:41:19,018 --> 00:41:22,518 for 227 years? 950 00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:23,897 Who put it there? 951 00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:26,533 When? And why? 952 00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:29,491 And, finally, what might they unearth 953 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:33,530 about the true history of North America? 954 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:38,083 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 955 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:40,004 -- Welcome to Portugal. -- Thank you. 956 00:41:40,081 --> 00:41:41,501 If there is a Portuguese connection 957 00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:42,542 to the construction of the road in the swamp, 958 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,587 -maybe this is the blueprint. -Yeah. 959 00:41:44,711 --> 00:41:46,251 That’s exactly what we have on Oak Island. 960 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:47,509 -Wow! -Oh, man. 961 00:41:47,588 --> 00:41:49,088 Oh, my God. That’s brilliant! 962 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:51,505 -All right! -That’s a trophy find, mate. 963 00:41:51,592 --> 00:41:53,052 The 90 Foot Stone definitely has 964 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,347 -this symbol on it. -Oh, wow. 965 00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:55,509 It looks the spitting image. 966 00:41:55,596 --> 00:41:57,176 -Yeah. -It’s perfect. 967 00:41:57,265 --> 00:41:59,435 -You’re looking right into it. -Whoa! 968 00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:00,729 -It’s not English? -No. 969 00:42:00,810 --> 00:42:02,140 -Portuguese? -Yeah. 970 00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:03,348 That is amazing. 971 00:42:03,438 --> 00:42:05,438 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS