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- Tonight on
- The Curse of Oak Island...
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There's no doubt at all
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that somebody was digging here
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- ‐a long time ago.
- Wow.
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Sir Francis Bacon did
experiments
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in preserving documentsin mercury.
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We're gonna take this down
as deep as you can go.
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See that, right there, Rick?
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They're all hand‐hewn.
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And that's 1769.
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We struck something there,
Marty.
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There's wood on the left
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and it looks like a tunnel
going that way.
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There is an islandin the North Atlantic
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where people have been lookingfor an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have founda stone slab
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with strange symbolscarved into it,
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mysterious fragmentsof human bone,
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and a lead crosswhose origin may stretch back
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to the daysof the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have diedtrying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasurecan be found.
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Welcome back.
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Good to be here.
‐Yeah.
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Hopefully, you're about
to see something that you
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not only are intrigued by
but can't explain.
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It is a new morningon Oak Island,
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as the Laginasand their partners are eager
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to investigatewhat they believe to be
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another breakthrough discovery
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in the mysterioustriangle‐shaped swamp.
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Today they haveenlisted the help
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of geoscientistDr. Ian Spooner,
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whose previous efforts onthe island have convinced them
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that the swamp is man‐made,
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and was deliberatelyconstructed as far back
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as eight centuries ago.
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Hi, chaps.
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Hey, Gary.
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So, there's huge boulders
in here,
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sitting on top
of what looks like
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- ‐the so‐called paved area.
- Right.
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After drainingthe area one week ago,
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Rick and members of the team
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along with fellow Oak Islandlandowner Tom Nolan,
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discovered a strangecircle of boulders
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which had tracesof blue clay on them,
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similar to that reportedlyfound deep in the Money Pit
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by searchers in 1804.
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Even more intriguingwas the fact
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that the largest of the stones
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appears nearly identicalto the massive boulders
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that make up the megalithicformation on the island
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known as Nolan's Cross.
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I'm just gonna take a look down
there right now.
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If we get anything,
it'd be in there.
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And this is swamp mud.
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We certainly have sticks.
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You know what? I have to say,
it doesn't look much different.
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‐What's that?
‐Doesn't look much different
than the paved area.
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Over the past five weeks,
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Rick, Marty and the teamhave been gradually uncovering
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a massive stone‐paved feature
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beneath the muck and mudof the swamp
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that Dr. Spoonerhas concluded was man‐made.
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Could this formationof boulders that the team
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has discovered nearthe so‐called Eye of the Swamp
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also be partof the stone‐paved area?
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Hey, guys.
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Hello, mate.
Thanks for coming down.
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- ‐What do we have?
- You know,
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I've seen boulder pavements,
but usually there's soil
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or there's sediment
that's embedded
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from 8,000 years of wind, and...
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‐Yep. It's inevitable, right?
It has to...
‐Yeah.
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‐Is that it?
‐T‐This was deposited
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and then filled in by the swamp
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‐relatively quickly.
‐Yeah, yeah.
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Wow, really?
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I know when I've examined
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the filled‐in cellars,
it looks exactly like that.
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It's very odd, and I can't find
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a natural process that would
lead to this stratigraphy.
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Yeah.
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So, some disruptive event
happened here?
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Yeah.
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The level where there's going
to be activity evidence
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‐is underneath this...
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‐...this not yet
composted layer.
‐Yeah.
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So, you can pull
that stuff back, right?
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- ‐Yeah.
- Billy!
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We're talking about
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- ‐taking this off.
- Right.
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Yeah.
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Dr. Spooner made a‐a...
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what I thought was an astounding
statement, and that is
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that these stonesmay have been placed there.
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We're always lookingfor corroborative evidence,
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so hopefully it will rendersome more information.
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I just find it, incredibly‐‐
I hate to say it‐‐ weird.
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Whatever the truths are
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here in the swamp,
that's all that matters.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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As Rick Laginaand members of the team
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continue their investigationin the swamp...
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some 1,000 miles westof Oak Island,
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at Mari Vineyardsin Traverse City, Michigan...
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‐Hey, Mark. Good morning.
‐Morning, Marty. How are you?
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...Marty Lagina has arranged
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for an important telephone callregarding the steel cofferdam
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that currently surroundsSmith's Cove
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with Mark Monahanof Irving Equipment Limited.
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Thanks for taking the time,
because this is kind of just
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a, make sure we're on
the same page call, you know?
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There's a lot of stuff
happening on the island,
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‐as you know.
‐Absolutely.
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Because the government permitthat allowed
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the steel cofferdamto be installed one year ago
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is set to expirein just one month,
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the Oak Island team mustnot only have it removed,
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but in accordance withenvironmental regulations,
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they must also backfilland restore the entire area
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to its original condition.
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Honestly, we would love
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to keep the cofferdam
in place indefinitely.
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‐Yep.
‐But we're running up against
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that old enemy: time.
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Our permit will expire
in about a month,
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and the‐and the sheet piling,
the cofferdam has to come out.
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‐Okay.
‐And so, can you do it?
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Can you get that thing removed,
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and what logistical issues
might we have, to do that?
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‐It's certainlygonna be tight. Um...
‐Yeah.
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We're gonna need, a good three weeks
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to‐to get that, that
cofferdam at a place off‐site,
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loaded out.
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We would take steps today
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to‐to get moving,
to‐to mobilize the site,
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to get set up so we can,we can achieve that,
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‐that deadline.
‐Okay.
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Because removing the cofferdam
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will require Irving EquipmentLimited to stage a number
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of massive cranesand other heavy equipment
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around the entire areafor several weeks,
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Rick, Marty and their partnerswill soon be forced to suspend
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their search activities in theUplands and around Smith's Cove
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for the remainder of the year.
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Yeah, Mark, you know,
I'm pretty sure that all
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of the Irving personnel
get invested in this.
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This isn't just
the average job, is it?
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You know, we're heavily,
heavily invested.
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All right, well, then, I got
something to share with you.
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As we came upland from the cove,
we dig one hole
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with a long‐reach
excavator, okay,
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and we get just an absolute
gushing flow of water.
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‐Really?
‐Yeah.
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Yeah!
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You can see it squirting up
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- ‐like a geyser.
- Yeah.
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That's friggin' awesome!
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One week ago, while excavating
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in the area knownas the Uplands,
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where recent seismic testinghad identified the presence
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of a possible undergroundtunnel, the hole the team was
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digging suddenly filled withwater and began to cave in.
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Wow, that whole edge
is about to go.
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Man.
‐Yeah...
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- Yep, it's going.
- Yep.
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Although the team'sexcavation efforts
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were temporarily halted,
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they remain encouragedthat their discovery
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may be evidencethat they did, at last,
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locate the main flood tunnel.
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The sheet pilinghas to come out,
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and it has to come out in anenvironmentally‐prescribed way
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so that we don't get siltinto the ocean.
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We better find out what's
find out‐able
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in Smith's Cove, because
we're running out of time.
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It's gonna be
an interesting,
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dance of equipment
out there, but...
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‐It's gonna bea‐a busy site, so...
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We got to meet that, Mark,
and I‐I appreciate
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the can‐do attitude to do it.
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We will. Absolutely.
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Okay. Good deal, thanks.
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All right.
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- ‐Thanks, Marty.- Cheers.
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Hey, Bill.
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The plan is you're gonna take
this down as deep as you can go.
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And then, if it's a tunnel,
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‐that would be fantastic.
‐Yeah.
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One day after learning
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that their time to investigatethe Uplands of Smith's Cove
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has nearly run out,
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Rick Lagina and heavy equipmentoperator Billy Gerhardt
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are now focusing their effortson attempting to pinpoint
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and shut off the believedman‐made flood tunnel
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that feeds seawaterinto the Money Pit.
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We've got a lot of work to do,
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so you keep going,
I'll station myself over there.
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Yep.
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‐Okay. Thank you.
‐Try it out.
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This year, as last year,
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the Oak Island teamhas found impressive evidence
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of numerous wooden structures
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at both the Uplandsand at Smith's Cove...
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What is that, mate?
It looks like a tunnel.
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...some of which appearto be from mid‐19th century
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searcher efforts to interceptthe main flood tunnel.
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Yeah.
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After finding coconut fiber
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inside a wood structurejust two weeks ago...
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Wow.
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...the team now hasgood reason to believe
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they are closeto achieving their goal
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of locating the mainflood tunnel, and shutting off
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the legendary booby traps
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that are believedto guard the Money Pit.
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There might be
a shaft wall there.
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I can't tell if it's the boards
imprinting on the clay,
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‐or actual wall.
‐Yeah.
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It would be nice
if you could define the shaft.
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Yeah. We'll expand everything
out a little bit,
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and then we'll keep
cleaning that out.
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Okay.
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Definitely shaft wall.
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There's certainly
an intact wall on that side.
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Yeah.
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I mean, look at that.
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I have a great suspicion
this is not a tunnel.
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‐Yeah.
‐Hello, gentlemen.
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Hey, Terry. How are you?
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Not too bad. What have we here?
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Just below that clean stuff
was all wood.
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And you encountered wood
at approximately what depth?
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‐Six feet below this point.
‐Okay.
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We got a lot
of activity in here.
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Very important to now
take another look at that
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‐with a little more information.
‐Yeah.
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Although the team
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is encouragedby the discovery
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of yet another wooden shaft,
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they must carefullyexpose more of it
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in order to find out for sureif it was built by the people
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who may have buried treasureon Oak Island long ago,
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or by searchers who came theretrying to find it.
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‐Just put your teeth on that,
and hold it over.
‐Yeah.
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‐Dig that so Terry
can take a look.
‐Yep.
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Let's have at her.
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As Rick Lagina
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and members of the teamcontinue their investigation
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in the Uplands area...
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All right, let's see
how they're doing.
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...Alex Lagina andPeter Fornetti arrive on Lot 21
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to check on the progressof archeologist Laird Niven
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and conservator Kelly Bourassa
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as they continueto investigate the site
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that was once the homeof Daniel McGinnis‐‐
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one of the three young menwho first
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discovered the originalMoney Pit in 1795.
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How's the dig going, guys?
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Excellent, actually.
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‐Are we okay, here?
‐Yeah.
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‐Yeah, just step
in between them.
‐Cool.
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It's time to dig.
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After obtaining
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a government permittwo weeks ago,
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Laird, along with Marty Laginaand members of the team,
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began to systematically digin three‐foot grids
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known as test pits.
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They are carefullyand forensically looking
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for any importantartifacts or clues
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that could indicate what,if anything,
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McGinnis might have foundon the island
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during his decadesof searching.
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Most intriguingis a possible sub‐basement
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beneath the foundation,which was identified
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by recent ground‐penetratingradar scans of the area.
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This development gavefurther credence
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to the theory recentlypresented to the team
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by author James McQuiston,
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who believes McGinnisdidn't just happen upon
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the Money Pit in 1795,
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but that he had prior knowledgeof its existence,
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due to his associationwith freemasonry.
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We have a feature.
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‐Yeah?
‐Where's that?
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This is a wall.
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So, this would be the wall
to what, I mean?
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Well, actually, if you pass me
that notebook, I can show you.
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We're lucky,
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on this site
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that we have
lots of photographs.
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Yeah.
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So...
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here's the wall, and if you
stand at that corner,
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and look over here,
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you'll see this building here,
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‐which is what I think we have.
‐‐
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Yeah, you've got the‐the wall
without the window
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‐on that building right now.
‐Yep, yep.
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So, this kind of physical
evidence,
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this structural evidence
for us, it's,
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‐it's a, it's a key, right?
‐Right.
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‐We'll get one side of
the story from this, right?
‐Yes.
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‐Potentially.
‐It gives us a place
to start, right?
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Absolutely.
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And, hopefully,
it's the beginning of us
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telling the whole story
of the McGinnis family and
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‐their time spent on this lot.
‐Cool.
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We will keep
our fingers crossed.
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‐‐
‐Yeah, absolutely.
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And we'll get our trowels
in the ground.
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‐Sounds good.
‐Perfect.
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‐All right?
‐Thanks, guys.
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‐See you.
‐See you guys later.
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Later that day...
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as Laird Nivenand Kelly Bourassa
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continue their investigationof the McGinnis Foundation,
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and while digging continuesin the Uplands area
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near Smith's Cove...
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We have some laserablation results
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from UNB and Professor
Chris McFarlane.
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...Rick Lagina joinsCraig Tester and other members
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of the teamin the war room to hear
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an important scientificreport concerning the lead
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artifact that he and GaryDrayton discovered one week ago
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on Lot 17near the Money Pit area.
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Doug, can you bring him up?
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Certainly.
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Hey, Chris. How's it going?
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‐Hi, guys. It's going well.
‐Good.
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Joining the teamvia video conference
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is Dr. Chris McFarlane,a professor of Geochemistry
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at the Universityof New Brunswick.
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We've got a little bit
of everybody here today
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to‐to hear the results
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‐of this lead testing.
‐Yeah.
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Using laser ablation testing,
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a process which employs
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a high‐powered laserto take microscopic samples
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of an object,the chemical composition
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of lead artifacts, as wellas their unique isotope values,
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can be identifiedto help pinpoint
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their geographic origin.
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Yeah, that'sa weird piece of lead.
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The odd thing is that it...it gave a big kick with
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mercury and tin.
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Wow.
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What could make that happen?
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Part of the ore body itself,
or has it been introduced?
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Probably not from the ore body.
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Mercury is one ofthe most volatile elements,
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so if you heat it upto eight, 900 degrees
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to smelt it,that mercury would be gone.
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So... that had to havebeen introduced
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by some other process.
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I've never seen anythinglike it, honestly.
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Mercury?
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Found on a lead artifactin the Money Pit area?
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We've had some theorists‐‐
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specifically one,
Petter Amundsen‐‐
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he talked about how
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Francis Bacon had different
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writings of preserving documents
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in mercury.
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‐
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Numerous researchers
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and Oak Island theorists
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believe thatSir Francis Bacon‐‐
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the English 17th centuryscientist,
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philosopher, and nobleman‐‐
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was not only the leaderof a secret society
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with tiesto the Knights Templar,
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known as the Rosicrucians,
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but that he may havealso orchestrated
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the burial of pricelesstreasures on Oak Island.
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Perhaps even more incredible,
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some believe that not onlywas Sir Francis Bacon
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the secret author of the works
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attributedto William Shakespeare,
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but that the originalmanuscripts,
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which have been missingfor more than four centuries,
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were also hidden on Oak Island.
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Sealed in a vaultfilled with mercury‐‐
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a methodof protecting documents
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that was detailedin Bacon's scientific work,
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Novum Organum.
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Could the mercuryfound on the lead artifact
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be evidence to supportthis audacious theory?
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And might it also be relatedto the pieces of parchment
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and leather bookbindingthat the team has
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discovered deepin the Money Pit
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over the past two years?
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00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,552
What about in document
preservation
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with mercury,
old documents?
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It'll certainlyprevent molds
401
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and bacteria and any typeof, organism
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from attacking...pretty much anything.
403
00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,984
I guess an obvious
question would be...
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00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:50,444
have you had a sense
of where this lead
405
00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:51,737
came from in the world?
406
00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:53,948
That was, um...
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Greek mainland,Greek archipelago,
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Cyprus and Turkey.
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00:17:59,829 --> 00:18:03,624
Who do we know used to hang out
around those areas?
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00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:06,961
You're kind of saying
all the places
411
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where the Templars have been.
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00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:10,172
Yep.
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00:18:10,172 --> 00:18:12,592
It's friends of the cross,
in a sense.
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This is unbelievable.
415
00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:18,306
A lead artifact?
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Scientifically tracedto Southeastern Europe
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00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,476
or the Middle East?
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00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:25,229
Could it be connectedin some way
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00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:27,773
to the 700‐year‐old lead crossfound two years ago
420
00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,567
at Smith's Cove,
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00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:32,278
which was also provento have come from an area
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in Southern France thatonce served as a stronghold
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for the Knights Templar?
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00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:39,827
It's great if you're thinking
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00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,495
theory‐wise, I guess,
about Oak Island.
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00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:42,997
Those countries were
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00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:45,082
highly Templar‐influenced
regions.
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00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:47,877
I mean, we're both
big fans of history and...
429
00:18:47,877 --> 00:18:50,796
it's a page of history
that we could help fill in.
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00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:53,549
Okay. Well, thank you very much.
431
00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:55,301
And, we'll be talking
to you again soon.
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00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:57,178
All right, thank you, guysand good luck.
433
00:18:57,178 --> 00:18:58,512
Thanks, Chris.
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00:18:58,512 --> 00:18:59,597
- Bye, now.- Appreciate it.
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00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:05,645
As a new daybegins on Oak Island,
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00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,022
and while the team rushes
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00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:09,690
to completetheir efforts to locate
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00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:12,568
the main flood tunnelin the Uplands area,
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00:19:12,568 --> 00:19:16,656
before they are forced tosuspend their investigation...
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Rick Lagina and Craig Testerarrive on Lot 21
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00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,829
after being alerted byarcheologist Laird Niven
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00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:25,873
to a potentiallyimportant discovery
443
00:19:25,873 --> 00:19:27,750
near the foundation of the home
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00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:31,003
that once belongedto Daniel McGinnis.
445
00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:32,505
Hey, Laird.
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00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:33,839
Hi, guys.
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00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:34,965
What's happening?
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00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:37,343
Just working inside the...
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be the second entrance to...
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to the root cellar.
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00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:42,848
You can see this is
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the natural soils
coming up this way.
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If they were digging a stair,
I think that would be gone.
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00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:49,855
‐Yeah.
‐So, I think
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00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,857
this is probably a trap door.
456
00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:56,070
A trap door?
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00:19:56,070 --> 00:19:57,697
Possibly leadingto a secret basement
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beneaththe McGinnis Foundation?
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00:20:00,116 --> 00:20:03,703
Could this trap door havebeen a way for McGinnis
460
00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:05,496
to hide somethingof great value
461
00:20:05,496 --> 00:20:07,707
that he discoveredin the Money Pit?
462
00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:10,918
Well, here's the bottom
of the kind of the sill.
463
00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:13,462
I mean, it was,
the cellar is quite...
464
00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:16,549
You know,
was quite deep, really.
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It wasn't‐wasn't
just a crawl space.
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‐‐
‐And it was just
loaded with rocks.
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This is the first time
I've seen one with the...
468
00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:27,059
you know, a trap door
kind of entrance.
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00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:29,228
But one thing
we found way down here
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was this,
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bone‐handled knife.
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Which is
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probably the oldest
artifact we‐we have
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from here.
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00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,781
I don't know if you can see.
476
00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:42,825
These‐these are
bone‐bone scales
477
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on the knife.
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And, the tang would have
come down like this,
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and the knife would have been
you know, probably that long.
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And the‐the scales are riveted.
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You know, fairly
elaborately decorated.
482
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So, what is the year of that?
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It's probably, you know, 1750s
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to the end of the 1700s.
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00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,094
Wow.
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A bone‐handled knife?
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Could it be something
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Daniel McGinnisbrought with him to the island?
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Or did he find it here?
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So this is kind of like,
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not an a‐ha moment,
but it was...
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this is completely different
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‐from what we're finding
in general.
‐‐
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I was really very excited
to find this.
495
00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,869
Anyway, yeah, so
we're just finishing up here,
496
00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:28,162
but the final part
turned out to be
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‐one of the more
interesting ones.
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Yeah.
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00:21:31,165 --> 00:21:32,833
It's fascinating the more time
you spend in here.
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The most significant findwas the extent
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of the size of the residence,
or the home.
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The home is much largerand the artifacts
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are a bit older than Laird
had anticipated they would be.
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Although Laird has founda potential clue
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that something of great valuemight still lie hidden
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beneath the McGinnisfoundation...
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because it isa protected heritage site,
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the permithe was able to obtain
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from the provincial government
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will not allowa more aggressive excavation.
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To do so will require himto apply for an expanded permit
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based on the evidencehe has collected,
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which could take weeks,if not months, to secure.
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‐Any human activity,
it's all about the why.
‐
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It's part of the overall
Oak Island story,
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and‐and, you know, we want to
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‐make sure that
every page is written.
Yep.
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This is one of those pages.
519
00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:25,928
Yep. And this is someone,
you know,
520
00:22:25,928 --> 00:22:27,847
directly connected
to the story, as well.
521
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:29,849
‐
522
00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,184
All very interesting.
‐Yeah.
523
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,185
Anyway, good find.
524
00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,353
All right.
‐Thanks, Laird.
525
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:35,729
All right.
526
00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,192
Later that afternoon...
527
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:42,778
Down we go.
528
00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:46,907
Rick Lagina, alongwith geologist Terry Matheson,
529
00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:49,702
arrive at the Uplands areanear Smith's Cove,
530
00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:53,372
where heavy equipment operatorBilly Gerhardt
531
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,875
continues to excavatethe mysterious wooden shaft
532
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,210
that they hope to be connectedto the main flood tunnel
533
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,462
leading to the Money Pit.
534
00:23:00,462 --> 00:23:03,757
‐You can see the wall.
Can you see that?
‐I can see a wall, yeah.
535
00:23:03,757 --> 00:23:04,967
I can see a wall.
536
00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:07,720
It's well‐defined.
‐Yeah.
537
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,181
So, Bill, if I direct you,
can you come across the top
538
00:23:11,181 --> 00:23:15,519
of that wall or shaft wall
and dig into that bank,
539
00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:17,730
and then we might
get a better idea
540
00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,273
of how far that may go there.
541
00:23:19,273 --> 00:23:20,482
Yeah.
542
00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:32,411
That was
a pretty substantial beam
543
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:35,456
brought up directly
from the bottom.
544
00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:52,932
See that, right there, Rick?
545
00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:55,601
They're all hand‐hewn.
That's hit with an ax.
546
00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:58,145
You see that a lot
in the, U‐shaped structure.
547
00:23:58,145 --> 00:24:00,064
And that's drilled
in the same fashion
548
00:24:00,064 --> 00:24:01,774
and they're both
the same diameter
549
00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:04,109
as those oak pegs
we, saw down
550
00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,444
‐in the U‐shaped structure.
‐Yeah.
551
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,529
It may be the same technology,
the same group.
552
00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:10,449
1769.
553
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,952
Ax‐cut wood?And similar to that found
554
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:14,954
as part of the massiveU‐shaped structure
555
00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:18,457
the team discovered buriedbeneath Smith's Cove last year?
556
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:21,418
A structure which wasscientifically determined
557
00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:23,712
to have been builtmore than 25 years
558
00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:27,800
prior to the discoveryof the Money Pit in 1795?
559
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,719
Could that mean that the teamis once again
560
00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:34,306
on the verge of interceptingthe legendary flood tunnel?
561
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,725
- Okay, let's get this done.
- Drop the bucket.
562
00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:38,310
You're gonna have
to bring me over,
563
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,813
center me on the hole,
I'll take a look.
564
00:24:45,859 --> 00:24:47,987
Softly, gently.
565
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,913
Further back, Billy.
566
00:24:59,999 --> 00:25:01,792
Right there. Stop!
567
00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:15,681
Can you just go down
just a‐just a little bit more?
568
00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:18,183
I want‐I just want to see
if it's wood or not.
569
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:24,189
That's getting to be
pretty nearly enough, Rick.
570
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,985
That stuff could cave
right in on you,
571
00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:30,446
- ‐almost from there.
- I can't tell
572
00:25:30,446 --> 00:25:33,907
if it's wood or just clay.
573
00:25:33,907 --> 00:25:36,201
You'd have to go
right to the bottom to tell.
574
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,662
Getting awful close.
575
00:25:38,662 --> 00:25:40,873
There's something starting
to cave away!
576
00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:43,917
There's something there.
577
00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:46,378
You're coming up, Rick.
‐Okay.
578
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,338
Right, Billy? Up. Up.
579
00:25:48,338 --> 00:25:50,883
When you're down there,eyes and boots,
580
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:52,092
when you're in the moment,
581
00:25:52,092 --> 00:25:54,720
you get a little different feelfor things.
582
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,430
Is there really a tunnel?
583
00:25:56,430 --> 00:25:58,599
It certainly looks like it.
584
00:25:58,599 --> 00:25:59,725
That'd be huge.
585
00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:03,687
Look, any original tunnel
on Oak Island,
586
00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:08,192
is probably the a‐ha moment
of the day.
587
00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:11,070
Look, whoever this was,
588
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,322
if this is searcher
or original depositors,
589
00:26:13,322 --> 00:26:15,407
they were highly motivated.
590
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:20,079
I‐I can't imagine digging,
timbering at those depths
591
00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:22,414
- ‐with that material.
- No, no.
592
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,458
I was hoping we would get
to the bottom of that structure.
593
00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:25,959
You know, we all want
easy answers.
594
00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:29,338
‐There's not too many
easy answers on this island.
‐No.
595
00:26:29,338 --> 00:26:31,632
‐But those answers
will wait for tomorrow, so...
That's right.
596
00:26:31,632 --> 00:26:35,886
Although Rick, Billy and Terryhave made great progress
597
00:26:35,886 --> 00:26:37,763
in their attemptto find the flood tunnel
598
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:38,972
connected to the Money Pit,
599
00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:42,351
they are rapidlyrunning out of daylight.
600
00:26:42,351 --> 00:26:43,936
They will have to waituntil morning
601
00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:46,021
to continue their efforts.
602
00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:47,940
Oak Island is fullof little successes,
603
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:49,483
- ‐and we had some today.- Absolutely.
604
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,826
As a new day beginson Oak Island...
605
00:26:58,826 --> 00:27:01,620
Whoa! You guys have been busy.
606
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:04,456
...Marty Laginaand Craig Tester
607
00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,959
join Rick and other membersof the team
608
00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:09,962
as they continue their effortsto intercept and shut off
609
00:27:09,962 --> 00:27:12,798
the main flood tunnel,believed to feed ocean water
610
00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:14,258
into the Money Pit.
611
00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:18,053
That looks like a big hole.
Geez.
612
00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:21,473
Unfortunately, todayis the team's final opportunity
613
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,643
to make what would bea historic breakthrough,
614
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:27,312
as tomorrow,all search activities
615
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:30,190
in the area must end,in order to allow
616
00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:33,318
for the removalof the massive steel cofferdam
617
00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:35,737
surrounding Smith's Cove.
618
00:27:35,737 --> 00:27:40,033
- What do you got there, Rick?
- Look.
619
00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:44,538
This came up about ten feet
above where we currently are.
620
00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,665
- ‐This is cut.
- Yeah.
621
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:49,751
And then this is saddle
notched in a weird way.
622
00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:51,879
Well, I'll tell you what,
623
00:27:51,879 --> 00:27:53,213
in my opinion, that's old.
624
00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:56,425
This is how you made stuff
a long time ago.
625
00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,677
I'd say that's either
the turn of the century,
626
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:02,014
or else that's original,
because I don't know of anything
627
00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,057
that was dug here
that is this old.
628
00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:06,143
No workings this deep.
629
00:28:06,143 --> 00:28:08,395
Obviously,
we need to do analysis.
630
00:28:08,395 --> 00:28:10,355
I mean, we're wondering
whether this might be original,
631
00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:12,774
we can find out, we think,
with dendro.
632
00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:15,527
‐Yeah.
‐That's a pretty unique piece,
right there.
633
00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,905
They all are.
Are there a lot
like this?
634
00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:21,533
There are lot of logs.
Lots of them.
635
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,410
There's some
anomalous wood, very deep,
636
00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:24,995
looks very old.
637
00:28:24,995 --> 00:28:27,164
It looks likethe U‐shaped structure.
638
00:28:27,164 --> 00:28:30,125
That's the positive stuff.That's really exciting.
639
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:35,631
The U‐shaped structuredated to 1769,
640
00:28:35,631 --> 00:28:37,424
so prior to the Money Pit.
641
00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:40,469
Could it be the flood tunnel?
Is that what we're seeing?
642
00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:42,429
You know, it just makes you
want to dig.
643
00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:46,224
Billy, are you sure
that you've gone deep enough
644
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,393
that there's no more wood
below that?
645
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,479
Certainly, with some eyes,
we could take, you know,
646
00:28:50,479 --> 00:28:51,563
two or three more buckets,
647
00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:53,607
and that would probably
tell the tale, really.
648
00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:55,359
Well, we might as well do that.
649
00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:56,818
- ‐Move on.
- Okay.
650
00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:58,028
It's time to dig.
651
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:03,075
I suspect that there are
structures in there
652
00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:04,242
that we have not found.
653
00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:21,760
We struck something
there, Marty.
654
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:23,845
That's it?
655
00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:25,097
Yeah.
656
00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:26,932
I'd like to know
if it's a rock or...
657
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:29,935
big wood in this corner. I think
it's a rock at the bottom.
658
00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:31,812
Well, one of us should lean over
and take a look.
659
00:29:31,812 --> 00:29:34,272
We need a harness, yes.
660
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,151
So, this harness
I'm gonna put on you
661
00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:40,904
‐is a full arrest, right?
‐Yeah.
662
00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:44,199
I think we're all quite excitedthat it could be
663
00:29:44,199 --> 00:29:46,702
the so‐called flood tunnel
booby trap system.
664
00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:49,830
Of course,we're going to investigate.
665
00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:53,333
We have to seewhat it looks like.
666
00:29:57,045 --> 00:30:00,048
That's amazing.
667
00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:02,634
Two things. I'm gonna look,
668
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:05,178
but he's done.
He's undermining right there.
669
00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:07,597
There's hardly anything left.
670
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:10,892
Aw,.
671
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:12,144
That's not good.
672
00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:15,355
Where's your rock‐‐
over in that corner?
673
00:30:15,355 --> 00:30:16,898
No, it was right... it was...
674
00:30:16,898 --> 00:30:18,233
It was right here, right?
675
00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:19,901
- ‐I heard you hitting on it.
- Yeah.
676
00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,863
‐I'm pretty sure it was a rock.
‐I'll look.
677
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,701
Well, you basically
got a slit down below.
678
00:30:28,744 --> 00:30:32,372
There's wood on the left.
Your left.
679
00:30:32,372 --> 00:30:34,916
And it looks like
a tunnel, to me,
680
00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:36,626
going that way.
681
00:30:36,626 --> 00:30:38,837
But it's probably
682
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,506
15 feet off bottom, at least.
683
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:45,052
Has the Oak Island teamfinally found
684
00:30:45,052 --> 00:30:47,512
the main flood tunnel,the one which searchers
685
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,514
have been trying to locateand shut off
686
00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,933
for more than two centuries?
687
00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:56,646
This is obviously
not very stable.
688
00:30:56,646 --> 00:30:57,856
Yep.
689
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,192
I don't like the looks of it.
690
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:02,027
All right, well...
691
00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:03,695
maybe we should try
mounting the camera
692
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:06,031
on the side of the bucket
right now.
693
00:31:06,031 --> 00:31:08,200
I think that's a great idea.
694
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,910
‐Can you rig that up, Scott?
‐Yeah.
695
00:31:15,749 --> 00:31:18,043
The problem with doing this
the simple way, which‐‐
696
00:31:18,043 --> 00:31:19,544
with a long reach excavator‐‐
697
00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:21,088
is that we do not have
a stable hole.
698
00:31:21,088 --> 00:31:23,757
I mean, if we had dug a big pit
with stable sides,
699
00:31:23,757 --> 00:31:26,718
then we could go downand look at it.
700
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:29,096
But it's not safe to do that.
701
00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:32,265
So we're gonna lower a cameraon the excavator arm itself.
702
00:31:32,265 --> 00:31:35,519
The object is to find out
what's going on here.
703
00:31:37,062 --> 00:31:39,272
Tell me which way
you want to go.
704
00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:50,659
Billy... in a little,
towards you.
705
00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:53,036
Yeah. Now down.
706
00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:00,085
Still on the wall.
He's got to go lower.
707
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,253
Okay, down.
708
00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:06,258
Look at that.
709
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:09,469
There's all kinds of wood
everywhere.
710
00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:12,722
There is definitely structure
on the left wall.
711
00:32:12,722 --> 00:32:15,642
Yep.
712
00:32:15,642 --> 00:32:19,104
He's got to go this way.
713
00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:23,316
Stop!
714
00:32:23,316 --> 00:32:25,152
Doesn't that look
715
00:32:25,152 --> 00:32:26,611
like it's a hole?
716
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:30,115
It's a hole, but is it a tunnel?
717
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:33,160
Well, it looks like it's
braced with wood to me.
718
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,453
If it's a tunnel, it'd be great.
719
00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:38,456
Well, I think it is.
720
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:44,171
Man, it doesn't look good
under there.
721
00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:46,506
Let's get out of here.
722
00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:49,634
I think we got
what we need to get, Billy.
723
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,511
Come on up.
724
00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:53,513
All right, Rick,
we got the data.
725
00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:55,640
We need to put
our heads together
726
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,726
and see what the heck
this means.
727
00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:04,149
Let's convene in the war roomand discuss all this.
728
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:06,026
Okay, pretty cool.
729
00:33:06,026 --> 00:33:07,485
Real cool.
730
00:33:10,864 --> 00:33:13,825
Gents, we're hereto talk about the Uplands.
731
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:16,203
And, what we've done,
what it means,
732
00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:18,163
where we go from here.
733
00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,165
So I think we're gonna
start out with that
734
00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:22,292
video that we took.
735
00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:23,710
Here we go.
736
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:36,556
This is down 30 feet.
737
00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:38,725
There's a lot of rock
in between those.
738
00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:40,018
Yeah.
739
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,603
Let's pause that.
740
00:33:41,603 --> 00:33:44,147
Okay, so, what are we
looking at?
741
00:33:44,147 --> 00:33:45,357
What is that?
742
00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:49,402
Is it a tunnel that's
been filled with rock?
743
00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:50,862
Could've been a collapsed
tunnel or shaft.
744
00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,197
That's what it looks like to me.
745
00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,865
That's wood on either side,
746
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,910
and you have this,
this piece right here.
747
00:33:56,910 --> 00:33:58,787
That looks like a beam.
748
00:33:58,787 --> 00:34:01,998
I mean, you can see the wood
at the bottom coming out, so...
749
00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:03,875
I'd say it's probably
a shaft or a tunnel.
750
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:04,918
Wow.
751
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,839
You see the‐‐ that...
752
00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:11,925
‐You can see the double
layer there, Rick.
‐The double wall.
753
00:34:13,593 --> 00:34:15,595
That looks like a tunnel to me.
754
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,265
I mean, it goes in there.
755
00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:25,563
It seemed like you followed
wood the whole way down.
756
00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:27,565
How thick are those boards‐‐
two inches, plus?
757
00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:29,734
Yep. The ones on the right were.
758
00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:32,362
The ones on the left were
a little bit narrower.
759
00:34:32,362 --> 00:34:34,906
The ones on the right
were much more substantial.
760
00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:36,908
- ‐Which one? This one?
- No. To your upper right.
761
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:41,746
‐Keep going, yeah...
‐This, this one right there?
762
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:44,457
What I've got tagged this year,
we've got this little‐‐
763
00:34:44,457 --> 00:34:46,584
you can see up on the screen.
764
00:34:47,961 --> 00:34:50,005
Right here.
765
00:34:51,131 --> 00:34:52,132
You can see it lines up.
766
00:34:52,132 --> 00:34:53,591
Calculated by Craig.
767
00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:57,304
Purely going off
the U‐shaped structure,
768
00:34:57,304 --> 00:35:00,265
assuming that
the U‐shaped structure
769
00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:03,852
was put in there
with a specific purpose.
770
00:35:05,645 --> 00:35:07,439
It looks more tunnel‐like
than shaft‐like.
771
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:09,107
Yeah, 'cause, like,
it's hard to picture that
772
00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:10,775
being a searcher effort,
isn't it?
773
00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:12,819
What I'm getting at is the 1769,
774
00:35:12,819 --> 00:35:15,739
which means that if it comes
back old, it almost has to be
775
00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:17,032
original works.
776
00:35:17,032 --> 00:35:18,825
That's right.
777
00:35:18,825 --> 00:35:20,619
The dendrochronology,
if it puts that...
778
00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:22,329
wood that we got, if it says
779
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:24,039
that's, you know...
780
00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,458
pre‐Money Pit discovery,
then, yeah,
781
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:29,628
then you pretty much have
to say it, geez.
782
00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:32,255
Very good chance it's
part of the flood tunnel.
783
00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:35,300
If that data comes back old,
we're right back at this thing.
784
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,802
That's where
the bad news comes in.
785
00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:39,387
We have to pull the sheet pile.
786
00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:41,097
We have a timeline for that,
787
00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:42,974
a very specific timeline.
788
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:45,560
But there's still great hope
for Smith's Cove.
789
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,146
I don't think we can put
an "X" through it.
790
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,106
So, you know,
Smith's Cove isn't done.
791
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,985
Although the team hasfound promising evidence
792
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:56,529
of the main flood tunnel,they are faced
793
00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:59,866
with a disappointingand unfortunate reality.
794
00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:02,202
In less than 24 hours,
795
00:36:02,202 --> 00:36:05,205
representativesfrom Irving Equipment Limited
796
00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:07,749
are set to arriveand begin staging
797
00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:10,001
heavy equipmentat the Smith's Cove area
798
00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:13,505
in order to removethe massive steel cofferdam.
799
00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:16,758
Because this operationwill take several weeks
800
00:36:16,758 --> 00:36:18,885
and will make workingat Smith's Cove
801
00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:21,930
and the nearby Uplandsvirtually impossible,
802
00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:26,017
Rick, Marty, and the teamwill now have to suspend
803
00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:29,688
their search activities in thearea for the rest of the year.
804
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:32,524
Look... you know,
it's obvious, isn't it?
805
00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:35,485
If‐if you have,
undisturbed soil,
806
00:36:35,485 --> 00:36:37,946
and then a bunch of wood,
and then undisturbed soil,
807
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,615
that sure sounds
like a tunnel to me.
808
00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:43,910
It's about where the so‐calledflood tunnel needs to be.
809
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:46,329
We aren't going to give upon something like that.
810
00:36:46,329 --> 00:36:48,581
But having said all that,our permits aren't gonna
811
00:36:48,581 --> 00:36:50,250
allow us to do any moreexcavation this year.
812
00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:51,584
We're done.
813
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:53,545
Okay, guys, well,
here's what I heard.
814
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:54,921
Lots of interesting stuff,
815
00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:57,048
but the key piece of data
is yet to come.
816
00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:59,050
We're all keenly interested
in the dendro results
817
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,302
on the question mark shaft.
818
00:37:01,302 --> 00:37:03,847
And, that could lead us,
well, it could lead us
819
00:37:03,847 --> 00:37:05,765
just about anywhere,
but in the meantime,
820
00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:07,726
I know, Billy, you got
a lot of work to do,
821
00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:09,644
because that sheet pile
has to come out.
822
00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:12,564
So, back at it.
823
00:37:12,564 --> 00:37:20,697
Good meeting.
824
00:37:20,697 --> 00:37:23,658
As another daydawns on Oak Island,
825
00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:26,077
one of Rick, Marty, Craig,and the team's most extensive,
826
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,204
as well as historic,
827
00:37:28,204 --> 00:37:31,708
investigations is,for now, coming to an end.
828
00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,710
According to our permit,
829
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:37,589
we have to removeall the sheet, and
830
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:41,009
without the sheet pile
system in, um...
831
00:37:41,009 --> 00:37:44,220
at least for now,
all of the work associated
832
00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,556
with Smith's Cove
has to be terminated.
833
00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:48,725
Well, guys,
he's made it in time.
834
00:37:48,725 --> 00:37:49,976
Are you ready to pull?
835
00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:51,227
Yeah, that's the first one
836
00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:52,520
coming out there now, so...
837
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,272
So, Mike, what's
the process here?
838
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:56,775
Are you gonna pull
from here all the way around?
839
00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:58,443
Yeah, we'll start here,
840
00:37:58,443 --> 00:38:00,403
and we'll pull up to pretty much
841
00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:02,030
where the power pack is because
842
00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:04,324
the dirt from the pad is being
supported from the wall.
843
00:38:04,324 --> 00:38:05,825
And then we're gonna go on
844
00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:08,453
all the way around
over to that far corner.
845
00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:11,581
You know, as I stand here,
it's somewhat bittersweet.
846
00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:13,458
Right? We're glad
that this project
847
00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:14,959
is coming to an end.
848
00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,252
It was a lot of work.
849
00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:17,587
We found a lot of things, but...
850
00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:19,130
there's that
little question mark,
851
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,299
as there is with everything
about Oak Island.
852
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,134
Did we go out far enough?
853
00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,637
Did we find everything
there was to find?
854
00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:27,388
And that's what keeps
drawing you back, right?
855
00:38:28,932 --> 00:38:30,809
Here we go.
856
00:38:38,942 --> 00:38:42,320
Although the removal of the600‐foot‐long steel cofferdam
857
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,657
will allow for Smith's Coveto once again be restored
858
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,325
to its natural setting,
859
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,702
it is neverthelessa solemn moment
860
00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:51,329
for Rick and Marty Lagina,
861
00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,248
as it also marks the end
862
00:38:53,248 --> 00:38:55,416
of a two‐year operation
863
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:57,335
that produced someof the greatest discoveries
864
00:38:57,335 --> 00:39:00,880
in the 225‐yearOak Island mystery.
865
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,549
You find any Roman numerals
on that, Craig?
866
00:39:02,549 --> 00:39:04,133
Yep.
867
00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:05,844
Yeah, there's the four
right there!
868
00:39:05,844 --> 00:39:07,637
This is awesome!
869
00:39:07,637 --> 00:39:10,056
From numerous woodenstructures...
870
00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:12,183
The slipwayat this point becomes
871
00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:13,852
an areaof significant interest.
872
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,812
...one of which dated back
873
00:39:15,812 --> 00:39:17,522
more than half a century before
874
00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:21,317
the discoveryof the Money Pit in 1795.
875
00:39:21,317 --> 00:39:24,362
That sample came outto be 1741.
876
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:27,282
Whoa, what the hell
does that fit with?
877
00:39:27,282 --> 00:39:29,242
A concrete wall...
878
00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:31,160
It's very strange.
879
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,496
This is totally undiscovered.
880
00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:36,875
...one of the five legendarystone box drains...
881
00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:38,877
- ‐Whoa!
- You hit a gusher.
882
00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:41,921
...as well as evidence furtherinland of the main
883
00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:44,048
flood tunnel connectedto the original
884
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:45,758
Money Pit treasure shaft.
885
00:39:45,758 --> 00:39:48,469
‐
‐Another one here, Rick.
886
00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:52,056
And, of course,the find made two years ago
887
00:39:52,056 --> 00:39:56,060
by Rick Laginaand Gary Drayton that inspired
888
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,228
the entire operation.
889
00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:58,730
Holy...
890
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,274
Holy schmoly, all right!
891
00:40:01,274 --> 00:40:02,650
It's a cross.
892
00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:03,902
That's a cross.
893
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:05,320
A lead cross
894
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,405
scientifically verified
895
00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:09,741
to be more than 600 years old
896
00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:13,119
and from a region of SouthernFrance that once served
897
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:16,581
as a strongholdfor the Knights Templar.
898
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:19,083
At considerable
expense and effort,
899
00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:21,377
we revealed what was revealable.
900
00:40:21,377 --> 00:40:23,630
That's‐that's
a successful operation.
901
00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:26,007
I find it significant, I do.
902
00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:30,428
Hopefully, with all the work
903
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:32,931
that was uncovered,
we can make sense of it.
904
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:36,267
I think the Smith's Cove work,
905
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,394
certainly for now, is
906
00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:40,396
maybe not at an end,
but we certainly
907
00:40:40,396 --> 00:40:42,899
‐gave it everything we had.
‐Yeah.
908
00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:47,070
For Rick, Marty,
909
00:40:47,070 --> 00:40:48,571
and their Oak Island team,
910
00:40:48,571 --> 00:40:51,950
a mystery that began225 years ago
911
00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,619
with the discoveryof the Money Pit
912
00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:57,080
has proven to be much bigger,
913
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,123
more complex,and more expensive
914
00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:02,293
than they could everhave imagined.
915
00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,088
And with each new,exciting clue
916
00:41:05,088 --> 00:41:08,466
the brothers find,comes yet another in a series
917
00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:11,469
of new and equallypuzzling questions.
918
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:14,472
Just what was itthat was so precious,
919
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,642
so significant, or so dangerous
920
00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:19,227
that it had to beso elaborately
921
00:41:19,227 --> 00:41:20,645
and ingeniously hidden
922
00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:23,773
more than 100 feet deepunderground?
923
00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:27,318
And guarded bya deadly curse that warns
924
00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,570
that seven must diebefore its secret
925
00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:32,448
can at last be revealed?
926
00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:38,496
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
927
00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:39,706
Now, we've got
928
00:41:39,706 --> 00:41:41,624
the largest can possible.
929
00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:43,042
So, it's a little bit
bigger this year.
930
00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:45,336
- ‐Yeah, much bigger, wow.
- The cores show
931
00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:47,005
high lead and mercury
at the base.
932
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:49,132
The eye was excavated
to extract clay.
933
00:41:49,132 --> 00:41:50,800
We have two anomalies here.
934
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,052
It's like treasure chest
anomaly.
935
00:41:53,052 --> 00:41:55,847
We got five different experts
saying this is man‐made.
936
00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:57,181
- ‐Wow!
- We're gonna start slamming can.
937
00:41:57,181 --> 00:41:59,183
It's time to dig!
‐Here we go.
938
00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:01,185
Does this one come
with a guarantee?
939
00:42:01,185 --> 00:42:02,854
100% treasure
guaranteed, yep.
940
00:42:02,854 --> 00:42:03,896
‐Okay!
‐
941
00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:07,025
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