All language subtitles for The Curse of Oak Island - S12E17 - Boots on the Ground WEBDL-1080p.en

How does Lot 5
connect to the Money Pit?

This may be that pathway.

This could be the connection
we've been looking for.

-Wow.
- I don't know what that is.

- This is very unusual.
-Everything suggests

an earlier date: 1600s to 1700s.

Here we go. Look at this.

- That could easily be off
a box or a chest.
-I agree.

Where are we gonna find
what fell out of those chests?

Ready to go diving.

-Let's go diving.
-We want to see

if there's treasure
within Aladdin's cave.

Oh, my God.

where people
have been looking for

an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols
carved into it,

man-made workings
that date to medieval times,

and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected

to the Knights Templar.

To date, six men have died

trying to solve the mystery.

And according to legend,
one more will have to die

before the treasure
can be found.

-Hey, Ken. Welcome back.
-Thank you.

Good morning.

We hope you'll tell us
if it's a good morning.

- That's right.
-As a new day

begins on Oak Island,

brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
and members of their team

anxiously welcome

underwater imaging expert
Ken Deboer

to the fabled Money Pit area.

Right now,
we have a caisson into a cave.

So, the cave
is about 150 feet deep.

So the hope today
is to get your R.O.V.

all the way to the bottom
and just underneath the casing.

-Okay.
- And to run sonar first
to see what's in it.

- Mm-hmm. Sure.
- And to see if we can see a void

- or a tunnel heading towards
the Money Pit area.
- Okay.

And you do have a camera
as well on that, correct?

- That's right. Yeah.
-Let's just take
a look-see

- and see what happens.
- Okay.

from ROC Equipment and SB Canada

were excavating a seven-foot
diameter steel shaft

known as AC-1...

- I think we're breaking
through the cave.
- Agreed.

a massive underground cavity
was breached,

which the team had previously
dubbed "Aladdin's cave."

It's almost like
there's nothing there.

Like a void.

was first discovered
during a core-drilling operation

back in 2022.

Right now,
we're looking into the cavity.

to obtain not only images

of possible man-made artifacts
and tunnels within it

but also high traces
of precious metals

in water samples.

We'll pick the R.O.V. up

and then center it
over the caisson

and we'll go down from there.

- All right. Copy that.
- All right?

a water-clarifying compound
known as flocculent

several days ago,
the team is hoping

that Ken Deboer's sonar-equipped

remote-operated vehicle,
or R.O.V.,

will confirm if Aladdin's cave
is a man-made chamber

and just what it might contain.

Josh.

Nice and easy?

-Got it?
- Yep.

Beautiful.

Okay, Rick,

this is our main R.O.V. camera.

- Yeah.
- This'll be our sonar screen.

- Hopefully,
we'll see what we can do.
- Okeydoke.

- Ready to go diving.
- Let's go diving.

that it will be able to tell us

if there's treasure
within Aladdin's cave.

For it to have treasure in it,

or to prove
that human beings were there,

there has to be to be an entry.

How many times
have you seen this image,

- of a camera going down?
- Oh, a lot.

And you know what?

Every time, we believe.

- Every time, we hope.
- Yep.

shouldn't be there,
geologically,

which means it likely
is human-induced.

About 15 more feet.

We have video of it.

It is well and truly an anomaly.

Touching water.

Ooh. Ugh.

-That's murky, isn't it?
-Yeah, really.

Ten centimeters into the water.

- Ouch.
-Ooh.

-Nothing.
-That's gone black now.

The flocculant...

maybe didn't do a good job.

I-I wouldn't have thought
it would go that black

- that early.
-No. Wow.

So, where we're at, Rick,
is that we're in--

floating in water,
we're in the water column--

and the sonar
is completely silted out.

So we can't see through
the dirt, the mud.

Hmm. I wouldn't have
expected that.

We have the proper amount
of flocculent in there.

It's seeing nothing but mud.

It's black.

It's as if there's something

completely blocking
all the sonar signals.

Hmm.

have been a reoccurring
nightmare for treasure hunters

ever since the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795.

So, today,
having taken diligent measures

to improve the visibility
in Aladdin's cave,

the failure to capture
sonar images

through the heavy silt
in the water

is hard for the team to fathom.

Especially since they have
obtained camera images

within the cavity in the past.

I don't think
this is gonna work.

I think as far
as getting visual,

- we're-we're done.
- Yeah.

Without sonar data,

we have to move on.

We had high expectations of what
Aladdin's cave might represent.

Unfortunately,
given the water quality,

we're not gonna be able to get
the data that we had hoped for.

We've given the water
enough time to settle out.

There's no value in
reintroducing camera or sonar.

It's just not gonna work.

We have certainly
not found an explanation

for the high metals
originally detected,

so something
could still be down there.

But you only have so much time.

We have to move on.

I need to call
my brother and Craig

and see what their opinion is.

- Yeah.
-We've got to pick

another caisson location,
so I think all of us

will meet in the war room.

Ken, thank you for your time.

- Pleasure. Anytime.
- Appreciate it.

So, I just want
to bring you guys up to speed.

Unfortunately, uh, the water

in Aladdin's cave
is too cloudy for sonar,

too cloudy for camera...

...the Laginas,
their partner Craig Tester

and members of their team gather

for a critical strategy meeting
in the war room.

We tried everything and, uh...

u-unless you have a, uh,
the genie in the bottle

that we weren't able
to retrieve,

there's nothing else we can do.

I think we have
to make a decision

to terminate the hole,
as unseemly as that sounds.

- Yeah.
-Okay, so, then-then,

we move on to picking
another caisson location.

Vanessa and her team
need to know exactly

where we need to go next.

So, I have an idea
where I would like to go.

I've never left the idea
that Shaft Six

contains o-- the one thing:
treasure.

two potential treasure locations
in the Money Pit area,

incredibly, there is one more

that they have yet
to fully investigate.

In the summer of 1861,

members of The Oak Island Association

drilled through
what were thought to be

two stacked
wooden treasure chests

at a depth
of approximately 100 feet

in the original Money Pit shaft.

In an attempt to retrieve them,

while avoiding a believed
man-made flood tunnel,

they moved 18 feet to the west

and dug an adjacent shaft,
known as Shaft Six,

down to a depth of 118 feet.

From there, they began tunneling
laterally toward the Money Pit

with the hope of retrieving
the treasure from below.

Unfortunately,
just one foot from their target,

a flood of seawater rushed in,

forcing the workers to flee

and causing tons of lumber
inside the Money Pit,

and the believed
treasure chests,

to collapse into the tunnel
connected to Shaft Six.

You've been trying to find
this thing in Shaft Six forever.

- Where would you put this?
-I would move
to the sump area,

the-the lower end of the shaft.

-That's down here, right?
-Right down there.

- Okay.
-Are we absolutely certain

that's Shaft Six?
To the best of our ability, yes.

So that's where I would go.

We know that there
was a-a massive collapse.

It makes you think
there has to be some treasure.

Who knows?
We have to go dig it up.

- Yeah.
-If that shaft
was never fully cleaned out

a-and gone through,
then there's potential there,

and that's a great place
for a caisson.

We should name it "Rick Lagina"

and we go to the bottom.

I agree with everything
except it should be

"RP-1: Rick Pick One."

There.

always read real to me.

I could picture myself
running for my life,

uh, as the, as the-the Money Pit
collapses.

If there was a treasure
in the original Money Pit,

some of that is in Shaft Six

and in the tunnel
associated with Shaft Six.

That is my firm belief.

I appreciate all the kind words.

Incredibly humbling.

But we wouldn't be here
without each other.

So, look to your right,
look to your left.

You're all an inspiration,

and let's get out there
and find it.

and let's get out there
and find it.

Agreed.

-Keep going.
-As representatives

from ROC Equipment and SB Canada

begin the potentially
historic excavation

of the RP-1 Shaft
in the Money Pit area,

nearly half a mile
to the west on Lot 5...

-There's still stuff
coming out in the middle.
-Yeah.

I'll just keep troweling.

and Moya MacDonald,

along with their assistant
Todd Langseth,

are exploring an area
just outside

of a mysterious
rounded stone foundation.

We still have hope
of finding some more stuff.

- Perfect.
- Shouldn't take too much longer.

to find evidence
of numerous treasure deposits

in the Money Pit area,

this rounded feature on Lot 5,

which was first investigated
in 2022,

has produced evidence
that it may have been used

as a campsite
over different time periods

ranging from as late
as the mid-18th century

to as early as, and perhaps
even prior to, the 17th century.

The most telling discoveries

include a 14th-century
barter token

that, just like the lead cross

that was uncovered
at Smith's Cove in 2017,

may be connected
to the Knights Templar,

and also, multiple
17th-century iron tools

and a barrel strap,

which have been
scientifically linked

to the birthplace
of Sir William Phips,

an English politician
and privateer

who some believe buried
a vast cache of silver and gold

on Oak Island back in 1687.

Now the team
is meticulously excavating

a 15-by-15-foot test pit

just outside
of the rounded foundation

in the hopes
of finding more clues

that will help prove
who created this feature

and identify who else
may have used it

prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit.

Hey, Helen.
I don't know what that is.

Wow, let me see.
That looks different.

It looks like a nail to me.

Oh, my heavens.

There's hardly any corrosion
on that at all.

That's in as good of shape
as a copper nail,

but I don't think it's copper.

Moya, do you have
your magnet here?

- Yeah, I do.
- Could we use it to test

- and see if this is iron or not?
- Yeah, for sure.

- Square, so it's hand-forged?
- Hand-forged,

yeah.

Okay.

-Oy.
-So,
it's definitely iron.

Yeah.

You found a nail earlier,
right, Todd? Like,

- uh, regular ones?
- Yeah, almost in the same spot.

Doesn't look anything like that.

- And that's typically what we're
pulling out for nails here.
- Yeah.

So, this is what
we're normally getting,

these corroded chunks of iron.

And this one looks pristine.

- Isn't that weird?
- Mm-hmm.

This is very unusual.

This was probably just made
for building a structure.

This one could be
from something else.

- Wow.
- And it's missing its head.

I wonder if maybe
it isn't even a nail.

It could be something else.
It's very unusual.

Well, we've found
some strapping,

so maybe it's part of,
like, some sort of

- chest or barrel or something.
- Barrel, or something
like that, yeah.

possibly from a barrel or chest?

If so, could it be
an important clue

that helps link
this structure on Lot 5

to a possible treasure
deposition in the Money Pit?

that whatever happened on Lot 5

had something to do
with the Money Pit.

Think about that.

The rather large group of people
it takes to do it.

So, where'd they go?

We haven't found one
like this before here.

- It could be quite old.
-Lot 5 is
a very good place

for an encampment.

There was a lot
of human activity there.

Emma can XRF it...

- Mm-hmm.
- ...and that will tell us
a lot more.

- But that is very interesting.
- Mm-hmm.

on Lot 5 continues...

- So, you've got that.
- Ooh, yeah.

This is redeposited soil.

Tom Nolan and geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner

are continuing
another critical investigation

in the northern region
of the triangle-shaped swamp.

This soil, this type of clay,

should not be this high up.

-Okay.
- We're still on the edge

- of this cobblestone path...
- Mm-hmm.

...but they redeposited
this soil.

Somebody did something here.

- Yeah.
-Do you want to scrape

- the top over here a bit?
- Sure. Yeah, absolutely.

Take that corner there, Al.

the team has uncovered
a number of man-made structures

all across the swamp,

such as a potentially
500-year-old stone road,

or ship's wharf,
in the southeastern corner

as well as a massive paved area
near the center of the bog,

which Dr. Spooner believes
could date back to 1200 AD.

And just this year,

they have unearthed
numerous sections

of a cobblestone pathway

that led them to an empty
brick-and-slate vault

in the northern region,

which may have been constructed
in the 18th century or earlier.

These are just a few
of the discoveries

that may validate the theory
of Tom's late father Fred Nolan,

who believed that the swamp
was artificially created

to hide numerous caches
of treasure.

And I'm starting to see rocks
pop up over here, too.

more sections
of the cobblestone path

in the hopes that it might lead

to another important
and perhaps valuable discovery.

These are completely abnormal.

-No...
- They were just stacked

in the swamp material.

To me, it's kind of impressive.

It's very similar, this feature,
to the stone road,

just a different scale.

- I think it's just human-placed.
-Yeah.

On the other side of that
bigger boulder right there...

- Right.
- ...there was more
redeposited clays.

Jack, can you show me where
that soil was? That'd be great.

Yeah, it's on the other side
of this rock.

- This right here.
-Yep.

This material, you can see,
it's on top of these cobbles.

-Right.
- And it even comes over
right underneath.

Yeah, there's a lot of hand-laid
rock in here, too, right?

Oh, definitely.

You don't get cobbles
all like this

in swamp material.

It doesn't blow in with a storm.

No, and it seems to be
in linear formation.

Yeah.

To me, what's exciting
about it is that

if it does go
to the west drumlin,

then it most certainly
goes to the east drumlin.

So, this was a primary pathway

to some kind of activity.

You'd need something constructed

to get from one side
of the swamp to the other.

And I was so excited by Lot 5,

but how does Lot 5 connect
to the Money Pit?

And this may be that thread
that connects the two.

This could be the connection
we've been looking for.

Yep.

or section of Oak Island,
to the eastern drumlin?

I think when it does
get cleared a little bit more,

it'll start
to show itself better.

have been used to transport
valuables from Lot 5

to the Money Pit area?

And also
to be hidden in the swamp?

- I'm off.
-Okay.

See you.

We'll see if there is
anything else.

Yeah, let's go for it.

See if we got any hits.

Ooh, look at what
we've got here,

- poking out of the mud.
-What do you see, Gary?

-Look at what we got.
Looks like old leather.
-Oh!

metal detection expert
Gary Drayton

has just made a potentially
significant discovery.

It is, I bet.

-Oh.
- Look at the holes in it.

- It looks like it's a heel,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.

And the holes were from the pegs

- that would hold
the sole down, right?
-Yeah.

So, they use little,
square-shanked nails

called hobnails, and that's how
you know it's an older shoe.

I think this is a heel
to an adult's boot.

And look,
there's three layers to it.

That's gonna help
the shoe expert

to tell us how old this is.

It looks old to me.

I mean,
that-that's no modern... heel.

- No, that's old.
- I mean, that's a shoo-in,

to help us find out
who made these structures.

that the team
may have found a critical clue

as to who may have constructed
the cobblestone pathway

in the swamp?

And perhaps, also,
who may have buried treasure

in the Money Pit area?

- And should we have...
- Yes.

...a-a little dig
around here and see

if there's any more parts to it?

-Ooh.
- Oh, nice one, Tom.

-Some more
of your shoe, Gary.
-Nice.

Front end of the shoe.

- Fantastic.
- Bag that with the other stuff.

- Nice one, Tom. Look at that.
- Let's see if we can
find some more.

"Eyes and boots."

Well, we have maybe recovered

a piece of the boot or a shoe.

Hey, we got another
piece here. Look.

Now, it's not the type of booty
we was hoping to find,

but it could be very old.

And maybe we can tell
who was here.

Oh, there's more.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

That's fantastic. Wow.

Ye olde shoe store,
right here in the swamp.

I think the whole shoe's
still here.

This could be one
of the biggest clues

that we've found
in the swamp in total.

Wow.

Here comes the guys.

Well, you've certainly
made some progress.

You know me, mate.
My twin optical scanners

- are always on the ground...
- Mm-hmm.

...and I saw two pieces
of leather sticking up,

which turned into
a lot more pieces.

These are really old.

Look at all this
old leather here.

And it's all got the, uh,
square hobnails in it.

- Mm.
- I mean, look--
now, this is no stitching.

- This is old.
-Where was this? Here?

Just here.

When you say "old..."?

I'd say 1600s.

I'll go straight
to 1600s with this.

- Oh, really?
- Or even older.

I remember a shoe
we found in the swamp

and Joe Landry dated that
back to the 1600s.

This is absolutely stunning, mate.

That is either a shoe or a boot.

in the southeast corner
of the swamp,

the team found part
of a deteriorated shoe,

which leather expert Joe Landry
believed may have belonged

to a 17th-century
European soldier.

This would have been

more likely done in Europe.

have found additional clues
that may help identify

who created some of the features
in the swamp?

All the more reason
to carbon-date it,

because we always try
to corroborate data.

Let's pull the top off
and then look for

- whatever else might be here.
-Yeah,

'cause we know
something's afoot here.

Something's afoot here.

Elementary, Watson.

because just yesterday,

your dad saw leather
popping out of the swamp muck.

Well, hawk eyes definitely run
in the family.

- We'll find it.
-All right.

Alan, let 'er rip.

in the northern region
of the swamp...

Anything unusual, Terry?

- Just backfill.
- Okay.

Gary Drayton
and geologist Terry Matheson

are monitoring the excavation
of the RP-1 Shaft,

a shaft where they hope
to encounter a tunnel

some 118 feet deep
that may contain a debris field

of timbers
and, potentially, valuables.

- Morning.
- Hi, Vanessa.
- Hey, Vanessa.

- How you doing?
- Good. We just got
a reading for you.

- Super.
- The hole right now
is at 69 and a half.

- Well, that's great news.
-Yep.
- All right.

Well, I'll let you guys
get to it.

- Thanks.
- Thank you.

We've got another load, mate.

- I'm off back in.
- Better get there, yeah.

See you in a minute.

I got an hit here.

- Oh.
-A hit?

Need a hand, Gary?

Yeah, just there.

It's deep.

Right. Let's have
a little recheck.

It's iron.

Bit of iron plate,

- like a broken strap, possibly.
- Right.

Actually, it's rounded edges--
it's, like, decorative.

- That could...
- Finished edge, for sure.

That could easily be off
a-a box or a chest.

- We're getting there.
- Yeah.

Where are we gonna find
what fell out of those chests?

from one of the two
treasure chests

that are believed
to have broken apart

during the 1861 collapse
of the Money Pit?

If so, does that mean

the team might soon
unearth valuables

from within
the Shaft Six tunnel?

The old finds are
coming up right now.

- I agree.
- All right, mate.

If you hang on to that
and put that on the table,

I'll finish searching
the spoils.

- We'll get it off to the lab.
- Okay, mate.

Got a signal.

Got a signal, Terry!

Hang on. One more fish.

Here we go. Look at this.

-Here we go. Look at this.
-Oh, wow.

- That looks like a strap,
doesn't it?
- Yeah, that's--

- Yeah, that is a strap.
- Oh, my lordy.

At a depth of more than 70 feet
in the RP-1 Shaft,

they are finding clues
that suggest

part of the fabled
Money Pit treasure

may soon be within their reach.

- That's sweet, mate.
- Absolutely.

we're looking
for treasure chests,

and we sure know they used
to have iron straps around them.

This is a great sign.

Now, this is really cool, mate.

That is an old-looking strap.

It looks like it's wrought iron,

and we don't find
many pieces like this

that have got two straps
put together.

Overlapping, and there seems
to be a rivet in there. Wow.

You're right, mate.
That's for reinforcement.

If you found
an old treasure chest

or, like, a-a lockbox...

- Yep.
- ...you would have
something like this,

this strap around it.

For sure. A large box
has to be reinforced.

- Yeah.
- Imagine the weight of gold.

Yeah. Love it, mate.

Now, I remember a piece of iron
strap that was found on Lot 5.

Maybe we have found
another connection

between the Money Pit and Lot 5.

We won't know that
until we have this tested,

but I wouldn't be surprised.

- It's tantalizing, my friend.
- Yep.

I'm hoping Rick's right, mate,

this Rick Pick One
turns out to be the treasure.

- Hear, hear.
- All right, mate.
I'll put it in the bag.

Okay.

You get a minute
on your upstroke?

Can you raise up
the bottom deck?

-Yep.
- Perfect. Thank you.

-Hi, Vanessa.
-Hey, guys.

-Hi, Rick.
- Hey.
-Hey, guys.

- How are you doing today?
-I'm feeling
a little anxious,

to be honest with you.

- How deep are we?
- We're at 78.

I really believe
we're gonna find something.

- That'd be awesome.
-Yeah.

Let's see what this one does.

I'm excited, stressed.

For one simple reason:
I have always believed

that Shaft Six
is the key to answering,

uh, the question of, "Is there
a treasure in the Money Pit?"

A-And I hope
we prove that today.

I mean, look at all
the artifacts coming up now.

We're getting some
really old-looking iron straps.

And how many times have
we shown Carmen Legge straps?

And you know where
he goes straight to.

Treasure chests and boxes.

These are very cool.

Yeah, so this could be

a good sign.

You've got to find the iron

before you find the gold
and the silver.

-I'm looking
forward to it.
- I love it.

I'm talking
about treasure, mate.

We've got another load here,
which means another chance.

- Okay.
- Perfect.

in RP-1...

...later that afternoon...

Okay. We're here
to talk about this item found

- on Lot 5, right?
- Yes.

join other members
of the team in the lab

to receive a report
on the believed nail

that was found
one day ago on Lot 5.

This one is different

because most of the ones
we find are, like,

corroded bits of nail,
very corroded.

This one popped out
of the ground

- looking almost perfect.
-Yeah.

So, I brought it in
for Emma to test

and run her analysis on it.

And?

And it is older. I will concur.

archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan

scanned the artifact using
the Skyscan 1273 CT Scanner,

a device which emits
X-ray radiation

to produce a three-dimensional
image of its finer details.

In addition,
she also examined it

with the X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or XRF,

which uses gamma rays
to determine

an object's
elemental composition.

It's not entirely a nail.

I'd call it more of like a pin?

- They're iron pins.
-Yeah.
-Okay.

But the cross section is square,

so it is hand-wrought,
not machine-made.

Mm-hmm.

Compositionally,
it's very clean.

There's minimal impurities.

Yeah.

Everything suggests
an earlier date.

But in general,
the purer the iron,

- the more it lasts?
- Yeah.

- Generally.
- Generally speaking.
-Yeah.

I think the big indicator was

the aluminum-silicon ratio.

I've seen that characteristic
in colonial American metals.

So, yeah,
late 1600s to mid-1700s.

All right. That date range
fits with William Phips,

and the date range
that would fit

with him possibly
being on Oak Island.

- Yeah.
-In 1687,

Sir William Phips made
two historic salvages

of the Concepción,

a Spanish galleon
that sank off the coast

of the Dominican Republic
in 1641

while carrying 100 tons
of silver, gold and jewels.

After delivering 34 tons
of recovered valuables

to the English crown
from his first mission,

curiously, Phips claimed that
he only found five tons more

on his second trip.

This has led many
to speculate that he

and a Masonic associate
named Captain Andrew Belcher

may have hidden the missing
riches on Oak Island,

based on their secret knowledge
of an ancient vault

that had been buried
in the Money Pit

more than three centuries
earlier by members

of the Knights Templar.

I mean, Emma, I would suggest,

when you get time with
everything else you're doing,

to compare the metallurgy there
to the Phips collection.

Let us know if that matches.

- Absolutely.
- Okay.

might be related
to the numerous iron tools

previously found on Lot 5

that were scientifically linked
to the birthplace

of Sir William Phips?

But more importantly,
might these discoveries,

and older ones
that have been dated

to as early as the 14th century,

help explain why the team
has found evidence

that multiple treasures could be
buried in the Money Pit area

and even in the swamp?

We refer to the historical
narrative of the island

all the time, right?

Well, let's follow

the possible Phips connection.

-Okay.
- Anyway, we've got work to do.

- Let's all get out there.
- All right.

-Thank you.
-See you later.

continues in the Money Pit area...

You're at the bottom over there,
but it looks like you got

still, like, a foot over here.

...in the northern end
of the swamp,

Jack Begley, Steve Guptill
and Katya Drayton

continue searching
for additional sections

of the cobblestone path

and, potentially,
valuable clues.

Hey, Jack.

I'm finding axe-chopped wood.

-You're finding
axe-cut wood?
- Axe-chopped wood.

Whoa.

Yeah, so, we're finding...

...square logs
that are not natural.

It was found
in the deeper piles.

What's weird about this wood,

they're roughly cut

to where they could be
quite old.

It seems to me like
it's remains of a structure.

And we're also finding

logs that are burnt.

Oh, it's burnt.

But that looks cut, too.

- Mm-hmm.
- That's really strange.

Maybe someone burnt it

- when they were done...
- Mm-hmm.

...to hide the evidence.

Each of these tells a story,

and they all come together
at some point.

Great job saving them.

could it be related

to the mysterious
cobblestone pathway

and the nearby structures,

such as the brick
and slate vault?

It's strange that we're finding

so many different
cut pieces of wood

- that are also burned.
- Mm-hmm.

But it definitely means someone
was doing work in the swamp,

and then at the end,
there was a fire.

-Exactly.
- And maybe that's why

we're not finding
that many pieces.

I mean, it's definitely worth
setting aside

and see what dates
come back from this wood.

Yep.

- Great job, Katya.
- Perfect.

We'll keep looking.

Definitely got the eagle eyes.

Let's get back to it.

Finding wood that is axe-cut

but also is burnt is something
that I've never seen,

especially in wetlands.

It's really not natural to have.

What else are we going to find?

Al, it seems like
someone had pre-dug.

This already has
the feel like it's, um,

redeposited soils.

So just be sure to take
your time going through here,

'cause I want to analyze it.

- We are getting close, I think.
-...later that
afternoon

in the Money Pit area,
Rick Lagina

and other members
of the team monitor

the excavation in RP-1

as it closes in on
the legendary Shaft Six tunnel

some 118 feet underground.

How deep are we?

The dig is at, like, 96, 97?

So, I am getting

a little nervous, I admit it.

There is a lot of material here.

- Just need that one thing.
-I'm just

surprised we don't have
a lot more wood.

- Yeah.
- With a catastrophic collapse
like that,

things are gonna spread out.

We're still above
your target area,

so we're gonna keep going.

And we'll keep you informed.

- We're going to keep looking.
-Okay.

I remember how everyone
spoke so eloquently

about that these should be
my picks, and I've always

felt strongly
about Shaft Six, but...

I want to find something
for them, too.

I want to prove the story real.

Craig,
there's some timber in there.

Timber?

What's that, Terry?
Is that anything?

It's a highly-shaped chunk
of wood, my friend.

Looks like
somebody took an axe to it.

Ah.

Could it be part of Shaft Six,

and offer evidence
that they are on track

to soon encounter
a tunnel full of debris

and possible treasure?

I think this is the edge
of the shaft.

Look at how dark this wood is.

- It's adze-cut.
-Pretty dark, yeah.

Save that piece.

We should be at the level

where the Money Pit
collapsed in and up.

Every scoop now is below 100.

So, from here to the bottom
could be part of the collapse.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, that's right.

-There's the wood.
Look at it.
-Oh, we got a lot of wood.

Look.

Look.

- This is what
we've been waiting for.
-Amazing.

This is what
we've been waiting for.

-Yeah.
-That is a lot of wood.

It is a potentially
historic moment

in the Money Pit area
for Rick Lagina

and other members
of the Oak Island team.

-So this is
probably Shaft Six.
-Yeah.

-It's mostly likely
Shaft Six.
- Yep.

in the RP-1 caisson,

they have just
recovered evidence

of the 1861 structure
known as Shaft Six...

Could these wedges be
tunnel wood?

- It's possible.
-...and the possible
remains

of an adjacent tunnel
containing wooden debris

and potential treasure.

When the collapse happens,

it probably tore...

-Yes. Agreed.
- ...some of the tunnel apart,

and that would come first.

Yeah.

two distinctly different types.

And so, I feel it represents
a collapse feature,

and that is exactly
what we're looking for.

Now, every time the hammer grab
drops the material,

your excitement goes up.

And the hope continues

to persist that you will find
the treasure.

There you go. Look at that.

Adze-cut wood.

This is early on.

This-this could represent
the first cribbing

in the Money Pit.

- That's cool.
- Certainly does not fit

with that dimensional lumber.

No, it doesn't.

- No.
-Although the team

was expecting to encounter
the Shaft Six tunnel

several feet below
the current depth of RP-1...

Let's see what this is.

Yeah, that's a lot of wood.

that they are closing in

on the legendary riches
that treasure hunters

have been seeking
for more than two centuries?

Hey, guys.

These ones just came out
of 108 feet.

So, Rick,
what's that telling us?

Vanessa, if I knew,
I'd tell you.

Well, you're smiling.

- This is something.
- Yeah, it's cool.

- It's-it's, you know, it's--
yeah, it's all a good sign.
- It's cool. Okay.

So, this wood, we believe,
could be original Money Pit wood

or re-cribbed Money Pit wood
that traveled 18 feet

through a tunnel into Shaft Six
after the collapse.

Wow.

The only thing we're missing

- is the treasure.
-Yeah.

Okay, well, um,
we are losing sunlight.

- All right.
- Uh, but the good news is,

we do have
the shaft down quite far.

The dig is at 111, but I think
we got to go deeper tomorrow

to get that one thing for Rick.

-One thing for all of us.
- Yep.

For all of us.

The light diminishes
rather rapidly.

There are safety concerns.

So you just have
to call halt for the day.

I hope everyone knows

that I really appreciate
everybody's hard work.

To me, this is
one really good book,

we just need an ending.

And with your help,
we'll get there.

Yeah, 'cause
it's a treasure story.

You bet, Gary.

- All right.
-Good luck to everyone.

Let's start tomorrow off
with a bang.

- Sounds great.
- Let's find that one thing.

All right. Let's do it.

the dedication
to build upon the efforts

of the faithful searchers
who came before them

may now be on the verge
of paying off.

But as they reach further

into the dark and mysterious
depths of the Money Pit,

just what might await them?

A vast cache of Spanish silver?

Gold and jewels?

Or might they unearth something

much more profound
and priceless?

After 230 years,

perhaps the ultimate revelation

will take just one more day.

Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...

Sounds pretty good.

-Ooh!
-Wow.

Is that normal?

- It's cryptic to me.
- Ooh.

So this could be something new.

I had, like, an aha moment.

It's 85 years before
the discovery of the Money Pit.

- Yeah.
- Wow.

-Here we go.
- Come on, baby.

Trying to find the one thing.

- Whoa.
-Ooh, that's fantastic!

That could be a piece
of the original Money Pit.

- Oh, I think, for sure.
-Yes!

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