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Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.

Oh, wow. What is that?

That's exactly the thing we found near
the vault. I truly believe there's still

another vault there.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

There it is. The void thing. Is that
natural, or is that an open cavern? Only

sonar could tell you that, really. All
right, well, that's what we'll do.

Hopefully we'll find the one thing.
Cross your fingers.

We're in the cavity. Yeah, you're in.
We'd love nothing better than to see a

-made cavern or vault. We've got an
opening. This is not natural.

There is an island in the North Atlantic
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

connected to the Knight 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.

As a new day begins on Oak Island.

Here we go.

BN 13 .5.

This is an area that we really haven't
looked at very much and certainly

been to the bottom of the solution
channel in very much.

Rick and Marty Lagina and their team are
shifting their strategy to look for

treasure more than 200 feet deep in the
Money Pit area.

Right in the heart of the peacock. Yep.
The peacock is a real phenomenon.

It's a loose, slushy area leading down
into the solution channel.

They are drilling a borehole known as BN
13 .5, located 45 feet

northeast from recent drilling locations
and in an area dubbed by Marty Lagina

as the Peacock.

So right at 55 is like the bottom drop
right out of there.

It was here where three years ago, the
team drilled through heavily slushy

material between 55 and 150 feet deep.

before entering the solution channel at
a depth of nearly 170 feet underground.

Now, in order to explore another area of
the solution channel, where new water

tests have revealed more evidence of
precious metals, the team is once again

drilling down through the peacock.

The peacock is almost like the solution
channel sitting on top of the solution

channel. It's a very low, dense area
of...

what I'm going to call, Terry, a higher
mud river.

We never really drilled to the bottom as
much as we should have, I believe.

The Peacock is an area of significantly
unconsolidated soil.

Terry Matheson, a resident geologist,
can explain how that can exist.

There may be a tunnel or a shaft in
close proximity, which has caused the

to destabilize.

But the historical record does not
indicate anyone being in this area, i

searchers. So what happened here?

What is the story and where is the
treasure?

I think we're in a really good area
here. I really do.

There's probably multiple number of
holes we can put here. I agree with that

100%. And, you know, until we actually
hold the treasure in our hand, I'm not

willing to rule out any area as
possible.

I totally agree.

While the core drilling operation
continues in the Money Pit area.

Wow.

Made some good progress.

Yeah.

Katya Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy
Gerhardt in the southwest corner of the

swamp.

All right. We'll open this up a little
bit to give us room that maybe you can

get down and detect around a little bit.

So we'll start over here.

Yep. I'll see where you jump and then
I'll move there.

The team is searching for artifacts.

that might help identify who built the
stone formation uncovered in this area

three weeks ago, as well as a possibly
related stone road that was unearthed

several yards to the north, both of
which were lined by wooden survey

What is that?

Oh, wow.

We just found another sink.

Oh, good.

That's quite something.

In place as well.

Oh, my gosh.

How many sides?

Four. It looks like one side is
unfinished, but this reminds me of the

five -sided sink we found earlier.

This has been in here for a while.

And what's most impressive of that one
is that it's just... The stake was still

standing at a very deep point in the
slum, so it's exactly where somebody put

it. There's three feet of stuff on top
of that, right?

Yeah.

It's cut with purpose.

Yeah, and it's axe cut.

You can see there now is the round pit
down there, which is pretty hard to do

with a square excavator bucket.

As you were digging, it just kept
falling in there, so it does give you

inclination there's something down
there. Right.

I just pushed my bucket and the stuff
fell in. But now you can really see the

shape of what it was when it was dug.

Somebody dug a pit there and it wasn't
me.

Yeah. Maybe that stake marked why they
dug there. You know, who and why, right?

Yeah.

Could Billy be correct that someone
previously dug in this area and then

it with a wooden stake?

If so, could this stake be an important
sign of what else the team may uncover

here?

Rick told us to keep an eye out for
these, and we'll definitely have to get

Steve out here to pin this. I think with
the dating of the wood and the depth

that we had it when Steve pinned it,
that Dr. Spooner might be able to put a

date on, but that stake has to go back a
long time.

Hopefully there's more there, but that
is a great start.

Maybe we can find an answer instead of a
question. Yeah, so it'll be nice to

find some answers.

We'll keep going.

All right.

As the dig in the swamp continues.

Gary had done a complete scan of the Lot
5 spoil piles, and lo and behold, this

item was found.

Rick and other members of the team join
Laird Niven and Emma Culligan in the lab

for a report on a folded copper coin, or
token, found one week ago in spoils

that were removed from the round feature
on Lot 5.

You were quite excited about that. Yeah.

When it came out, I'm thinking, oh, it's
some kind of, like, folded coin I'm

hoping. These are unusual.

I have found these type of finds in
England, metal detecting, and they're

normally, like, talisman or good -look
tokens.

They're put out there, sometimes to ward
off even bad luck, but it was good luck

for us because we found it. Yeah.

Does it cross cultural lines or
religious lines, meaning one faith might

accepting of it? I mean, Catholicism for
sure, I would think.

It's interesting because this tradition,
I think the first recorded one in

England is like 1290.

You fold a coin and pray to a saint for
a miracle. And that's how this all

started. Yeah.

The team has found a number of
potentially religious artifacts in the

feature, such as the 14th century lead
barter token that may be linked to the

Knights Templar.

They have also found Venetian trade
beads and two ornate buttons that could

connected to the Knights of Malta, an
order with known ties to the Templars,

built a stronghold in Nova Scotia back
in 1632.

We need to know from you what you think
it is and what it represents and how old

it might be.

Okay.

So for the CT scan, I guess the main
question that the person is answering is

whether or not there's any relief or
signs that it is a coin.

And immediately I'm going to say there's
nothing that I can really see so far.

Yeah. I mean, we can't definitively say
it's a coin.

But if we look at why coins are
traditionally folded, it needs to have

value to give literal weight to the
talisman.

So we can assume it was valuable to
somebody at some point.

And then the triple folding is quite
unusual.

Yeah.

We thought it would be fairly
straightforward.

Yeah, we did.

What does the data tell you the age of
this item is?

So based on the composition,

It is a copper alloy with a zinc
content, zinc being an alloying element.

It's definitively post -medieval and pre
-mid -1800s.

There's the arsenic and lead content as
an alloying element as well, which is

from at least around the time of
industrial revolution, of mid -1700s,

potentially earlier.

And then the arsenic could push it to
late 1600s.

Arsenic could push it to the 1600s, late
1600s.

The fact that someone took all that time
to fold it over three times.

I mean, it is significant.

It is a meaningful artifact.

In the lab, Emma and Laird have just
revealed that the folded copper artifact

found in the Lot 5 spoils may hold
religious symbolism and date back.

to more than a century before the
discovery of the money pit and sometimes

was disease had put a bent over coin or
token uh to ward off the disease

yeah somebody went to some pains to do
it then yeah to me it looks quite well

done yeah

We're on an island, but it's a big
province. Have you ever found anything

this on digs or know of any of our
archaeological digs where they've found

type of offerings?

Not that I can remember specifically in
Nova Scotia from an archaeological

context.

Of course, we're on an island.

Sailors came to the island. They were
all superstitious, especially in the

or 1600s. True.

Oh, there are a lot of possibilities.
Obviously, the first one is this.

Preparing for your voyage.

Yeah, yeah. Coming here from Europe was
not an easy thing, right? Exactly.

Yeah. My suspicion is that's
intentional.

It's folded perfectly.

Yeah. And maybe three folds means
something different than two folds.

research hasn't gone that far yet. Given
the enormity of finds that date to the

1600s, there were buttons. Then you have
the trade beads, right? And the dates

you're implying.

are highly suggestive of the connection
to the Knights of Malta.

Their attempt to either create a colony
here or to do something else.

Given the potential symbolism of this
artifact, could the team be correct that

it might be related to the buttons and
ornate trade beads that have been

potentially linked to the Order of the
Knights of Malta?

The folded coin is certainly the first
of its kind on the island, but it's just

a puzzle piece.

How do you connect all of the artifacts
in the Lot 5 feature?

It's starting to build a body of
evidence, but I think in order to fully

understand what happened on Lot 5,
there's a lot more work to be done.

But at some point, with enough puzzle
pieces, then you can tell the complete

story. Just love to know what's on the
inside.

And I'd like to see the puzzle
completed.

It's one of those little innocuous
-looking things that has a great story

it. It was good luck that we found it. I
think there's a lot of information that

we can learn because of its uniqueness.

Yeah, and don't forget Sandy Campbell.

That's a good thought. Yeah.

But Sandy, he's not just a numismatist.

He's a historian.

Yeah. And he might know the history of
these coins.

Exactly. So I look forward to what we
uncover.

Or what we unfold.

Pun intended.

All right. See you. Thank you. Bye. Bye
-bye.

Keep your eyes peeled here.

Meanwhile, in the southwest corner of
the swamp, Katya, Derek, and Billy

continue to search for more artifacts
near the stone formation.

Yeah, Katya, there's a funny piece in
that last bucket.

Oh, yeah.

Oh my gosh.

That's a something there, yeah.

Piece of planky. That's a strand.

The top looks maybe cut, but it's wide
and it comes to a point like a wedge.

No, it does.

Yeah, it's tapered. So, you know,
somebody spent some time to make it for

special purpose, I would say.

It's got a great groove right there.

A bunch of little dents in it.

I'm thinking it might be an oar or a
paddle just because of the shape.

Yeah, they're so close to the ship's
rail, and maybe if we get a test that

some part of the same ship, if we find
more pieces of the same one, that would

be pretty telling to what actually went
on in here.

Yeah. A possible piece of an oar?

Could Billy be correct that it may be
related to the piece of a ship's railing

found just a few yards to the east back
in 2020?

which was carbon dated to as early as
the 7th century.

If so, might all of the artifacts that
the team is finding in this area be

connected to the nearby stone feature?

I think somebody will be able to look at
that and look at the taper, whether it

is an ore or a wedge or whatever it is,
doesn't matter.

Connect some dots.

Yeah. We'll put this to the side.

Definitely an interesting piece.

Yep. It's what Marty says all the time,
you know, facts are sovereign things,

like the ships really, going back in the
600 ADs. It's very confusing, and we

have data across the board from
literally from the 1200s right up

1750. And the bog with the types of
constructions that have been found.

That looks like another stake.

Billy, got another stake right under
you.

My hope is that as the work continues in
the bog, the gaps in that information

will be filled in.

That is one of those big round ones.

This is probably one of the biggest
stakes I've ever seen.

We have one,

two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight.

Eight size.

That reminds me exactly of the stakes we
found near the vault.

Definitely something going on here.

The team has found dozens of wooden
stakes across the swamp that have

different numbers of cuts at their
points.

But when they uncovered the empty slate
and brick vault in the northern region

one year ago, it was after following a
trail of eight -sided cut stakes that

lined a cobblestone path.

Is it possible that this eight -sided
stake could be connected to that vault

-like feature and could it mean another
one that may still contain valuables is

hidden in this area it looked like it
was about four feet down in that sand

there yeah the eight side ones are
almost all that same that really big

circumference the more sides that it has
based on the testing that we've done

the island the older that they tend to
be yeah every bucket full now we're

finding something there was a ton of
activity right here I'm sure we'll have

bunch of stuff to take back to the lab
for everybody to look at.

Well, that's another good find.

Well, I'll put it over there, and then
we'll keep going.

Oh, good eye, Derek.

That's cool.

As the sun rises over Oak Island... You
ready to rock, Charles?

Yep. Here we go.

In the Money Pit area, Terry and Charles
monitor the core drilling operation in

borehole BN 13 .5.

as it sinks deeper into the Peacock
area.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

We've never had this much fallout.

No.

It's too hard to tell if it's a void or
if it's just water gravel.

Yeah.

Okay, Charles, it looks like you lost
the core.

Gone out the end of the core barrel.
Okay.

Here's Adam now.

Hey, Adam, you lost that, right? Yeah.
And no recovery?

No recovery, no. Oh, man.

We pushed from 148 to 158, and the rods
are sinking when I run the gate. They're

sinking. We're in pretty loose material,
obviously.

It's loose. We're right in the heart of
a peacock. So you're just going to try

and push to 168 to try and get something
solid? Yeah.

Excellent. Great stuff. Thanks a lot.
Good. Appreciate it.

Interesting to see what we come up with
on this one.

We're excited about this.

Because we're in the area where we got
gold and silver in the water.

And, you know, as we're drilling down,
the mud and the muck is very loose and

sloppy. Oh, yeah.

Is it loose because of high activity by
humans?

Well, it's promising.

Yeah. Is it possible that this could be
an opening that was man -made?

If it is, it's something we didn't know
existed.

Whatever was there, we got it. Right on.

But it got hard at the bottom.

Very sloppy at the top.

Okay.

All right, let's carve this up.

Okay, this is the firm bottom of this
area of the peacock, right here.

And the bottom here is limestone -rich
material.

It's really only 10 feet of recovery for
a whole 20 feet drilled all the way

from 148 to 168.

Definitely, we've got an effective water
-filled void from about 148 to 158.

It's a low grade.

Yeah. A possible 10 -foot void above the
solution channel?

If so, is it simply a natural feature,
or could it be a man -made chamber?

I got to go. Okay.

What is a surprise is when we encounter
a relative void, I mean, you think human

activity in that area.

This is shaping up to be a really
interesting hole.

Hey, Terry. How you doing? How's it
going?

We're loose from between 148.

and 158 relatively loose washed out
material like what you'd expect down

the solution channel okay relatively
high but this is possibly a void now is

that natural or is that an open man
-made chamber we don't know yeah also

getting elevated results for precious
metals associated uh copper lead zinc

of things that are associated with a
treasure in the peacock So, yeah, for

I've always been a believer that there's
an offset chamber in the money pit. And

if there is an offset chamber, it makes
sense it would be in this area.

Exactly.

The Oak Island team has long suspected
that whoever built the money pit may

not only buried treasure at the bottom
of the shaft, but also constructed a

tunnel away from the main shaft to hide
a cache of treasure in an offset

chamber.

Is it possible that this theory could
explain?

the potential 10 -foot point that the
team has just encountered 148 feet deep

the peacock.

So what we found was an area with
possibly a water -filled void.

That's a candidate for a sonar, don't
you think? I think so.

Adam!

Quick question.

What's up?

We had a bit of an open area, which I
think of as a void. Yep. Is it a void?

Only a sonar could tell you that,
really. Yeah. Right?

All right. Well, that's what we'll do.
Yep. All right. So if this proves

fruitful, I can see this being a case on
location. Yeah.

We're not done with the peacock.

Yep. Absolutely.

As the team arranges to look deeper into
borehole BN 13 .5.

I want to thank you for coming down.

This is when Gary phoned it.

It was coin -like.

In the research center, Rick and other
members of the team meet with coin

Sandy Campbell.

It's very peculiar.

Again, a one -off. Yeah.

To have him examine the folded copper
artifact that was found on Lot 5.

Never found another one of these on the
island. So, I don't know. I'm hoping you

can help us here.

Okay.

Yeah, this is extremely interesting.

And it is a coin.

Fold it three times.

You know, when they first started
folding coins was early medieval times.

It represents a ritual that's thousands
of years old.

Yeah. It was thought that when you
folded a coin, you could trap the evil

inside the coin.

And at some point when that evil is
passed, if you pass the coin on or if

buried it, there was no more risk to you
from that evil.

And it relates to Christianity, the
Crusades, you know, even the Knights

Templar.

However, because of the size of this
coin, it's not likely medieval.

This is probably 16, 1700s. Really?

but I think it still has the same
religious and spiritual meaning.

Fascinating.

This is probably 16th, 1700s, but I
think it still has the same

religious and spiritual meaning. It's an
interesting piece.

Yeah. In the research center, Sandy
Campbell has confirmed.

that the folded artifact found near the
round feature on Lot 5 is indeed a coin,

and maybe a 17th century religious
symbol connected to the Knights Templar.

Trapping evil. It seems like a strange
ritual, right? It's a bizarre ritual,

but, you know, copper was really a show
of wealth, and it was also a show of

strength to anybody in medieval times.

So the only folded coins you will see
from that period, you're not going to

folded silver or gold. They're always
going to be copper.

Really? Yeah.

Folding a coin was also a ritual to
honor saints.

The Knights Templar, they worship both
St. George and St.

Bernard. Yeah.

And there was a ritual with folded coins
where you would fold the coin, trap the

evil. toss it away as an homage to those
saints.

So it's bizarre that you have this piece
on the island.

I guess that ritual continued into the
1600s. Really? Yeah.

So you feel that this is probably 1600s?
At the earliest.

So my mind always goes to the Knights of
Malta.

Interesting. Which is one of our
suspects on the island.

That falls right in that time period.

Is it possible that this folded copper
coin might offer another key clue that

sacred treasures of the Knights Templar
and the religious order of the Knights

of Malta may be connected to the Oak
Island mystery?

Sandy Campbell's statement that the
trifold goes back to medieval times

the time of the Templars, it's very
curious. We have proven, in fact, that

Knights of Malta had interactions, and
even through families of great

with the Templars, and there was a
connection between the two. So there's a

possible tie there. There's more
research to be done.

It's strange because there are some, I
believe, Lord, correct me if I'm wrong,

but that feature that you've uncovered,
it's basically east -west, is it not?

It's orientation.

It's a long axis.

We know from the churches we visited and
the historical places when we went to

Europe, all Templar -associated
buildings and constructions were east

orientation.

It's interesting, different, and adds to
the mystery.

there's no way to unfold that coin,
physically unfold it.

My initial response is you folded it to
capture evil.

Yeah. So if you back it up. Yeah, you're
on your own there.

I don't know what's in there.

No, it's unfortunate that we can't learn
more about it. You know, the hope is as

the work continues on Lot 5, because
you're not done, we find others.

And hopefully they'll be able to tell us
something a little bit more than what's

currently in front of us. Exactly.

So we thank you very much for coming
down.

I appreciate it.

After the meeting in the research
center.

I'm really expecting to find some good
things in here. Then this really should

be a potential for a high traffic area.

While members of the team search for
more clues in the round feature on Lot

We'll see what today brings.

Yeah, let's see.

Rick and Katja arrive on Lot 8.

located on the western side of the
island.

Let's have that or high five before we
start.

Two weeks ago.

Perfect. All right, Gary, here's our
first location. Okay, Mike.

While the team searched for clues on a
straight line that led away from a

potential 12th century marker stone on
Lot 5, Gary and Peter found part of a

possible barrel on Lot 8.

Now, Rick wants to see if that find
might be related.

to something more valuable buried
nearby.

Oh.

That's a hit.

Right there?

Ace.

Looking to be ironed.

Look at that.

What is this?

I don't know.

Looks like two holes in it right there.
Yeah.

Not heavy enough to be a tool, though,
is it?

I think this might be a knife handle.

Because there's another hole down here.

Oh, really?

Yeah, you'd possibly have, like, another
side to this. And then you'd have the

blade starting up there.

You can really see how both of the holes
are...

Square on each side.

Your father has always said that.

Square holes imply a hole there.

Yeah. Right?

Well, I know one thing. I'd like to see
that on a CT scan, right?

Mm -hmm. I would definitely agree with
you.

Well, we'll tag it.

Right?

There are all kinds of questions about
Lot 8.

In this particular location, there is no
data or no record.

that people were in this area doing
something following the discovery of the

money pit.

All right.

There you go.

It's a good start.

So anything you find, almost literally
anything, is an important clue in terms

of who might have been there and when.

That one's good.

Yeah? Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Right here. Two -way repeatable.

Right? Yep.

That was a beautiful bug.

Oh, yeah. Even I know that's a good one.

Now that is an interesting piece.

What is that?

I've never found one of these before.

This is a lead bag seal.

This is great.

On Lot 8 of Oak Island, Rick and Katya
have made what could be an important

discovery. This could possibly be a tail
coming out of it.

That would have been probably from the
bag or whatever it was being attached

Yeah, yeah.

Your dad has found other bag seals, one
on 32, one on Lot 5 down by the ocean,

and yet here we are in the middle of
nowhere.

You find a bag seal?

First developed in Europe in the 13th
century, bag seals were fasteners used

secure large quantities of goods inside
cloth packaging.

The Oak Island team previously found one
of these items on Lot 5.

that was British and could date back to
the 16th century.

However, they uncovered another one near
the shore on Lot 32 that was a

scientific match to the 14th century
lead cross, which may be connected to

Knights Templar.

Is it possible that Rick and Katja have
just found a similar artifact?

To the best of my knowledge, I don't
think there was a homestead here. I

For the life of me, I can't understand
why it's here.

It just doesn't make sense to me.

I cannot explain why this bag seal has
been found almost in the middle of the

lot, not in proximity to the open ocean.

Everything prior to the Causeway
construction in 1965, things would have

have come by the sea, by way of the sea.
So why it was lost in the middle of the

lot, I cannot even explain it.

Look, it's a great find.

I'm more curious about this one than I
am about bag seals on there and there.

Really? Because if it had something to
do with a work area, then whatever was

inside would have been needed here.

I'm really hoping that Emma and Laird
can find a maker's mark or moniker on

and we could really trace this back to
where it came from.

Yeah, let's get it analyzed, see if
there is a maker's mark or something.

I agree.

Yeah, good find. Yeah.

Well, congratulations. Thank you. You
found something you always wanted to

Well done.

It's cool.

Right? Let's keep looking.

Yeah, let's do it.

The following morning... Let's find
something.

Yeah. Oh, hey, guys. How you doing?

Craig? You about ready?

Yeah, just about.

While they wait for analysis on the new
find from Lot 8, Rick, Craig, and other

members of the team... meet with
underwater imaging expert Ken DeBoer in

Money Pit area to investigate the
possible 10 -foot void nearly 150 feet

borehole BN 13 .5.

We're going to try the camera first so
we can see if we can get an image down

there. Sure. Can you explain it, Terry?

Can I explain it geologically?

Not really. No, I mean, I'm looking for
beams and posts here. That's what I'm

going to look for in that pictures.

That's what I'm going to look for in the
sonar imaging as well.

And perhaps a little chest over in the
corner.

Cross your fingers.

Ken, it's up to you. No pressure. No
pressure. No pressure at all. No

All right.

It's very interesting.

I mean, we're in the area of high metal
values.

In my opinion, this would be an offset
chamber.

Potentially, yeah. So it's quite
interesting. So I'm ready to go. Let's

look. Okay, we're down there then. Okay,
let's get at it.

Before running a sonar device down the
borehole, the team... We'll insert Ken's

high -definition camera, capable of
operating in low -light conditions, with

lens that he can rotate 360 degrees.

We'll take it to 150 feet, so we're into
the hole. Okay.

And down.

And you're tucked down in water. Water.

We'd love nothing better than to see a
man -made cave, cavern, vault.

Anything man -made, really, at that
depth, in that location.

I don't know what to expect, but I'm
very eager to find out what's down

How deep are we, Charles?

32 feet right now.

80 feet.

90 feet.

Close to the top of the chamber.

100.

There you go.

Okay, there's a silk cloud coming up
from around, looks like a boulder or

something. Oh, that could be a beam.

Wow. Oh, wow.

There's something there, isn't there?

Steve, come up like about an inch or
two. Okay.

Whoa, whoa, that's good.

You can make it almost like a wall or
something like that there when you move

away from us.

We kind of go into more of an opening
here.

Really?

That's interesting.

There's definitely some sort of opening
there.

Yeah, for sure.

Yep.

Right there. Right there in the abyss.

In the Money Pit area, the Oak Island
team investigates a strange cavity some

150 feet underground.

Steve, you want to just take us up
slowly, kind of inch by inch?

Yes, I sure will.

You tell me when to stop.

Oh, oh.

See that?

Turn that way.

Hold it there for a second. Okay, I'm
going to steady it.

That looks like something.

I mean, you see the potential of having
boulders on top of one another, but I

mean, just off to the left or right
could be the original man -made

holding those boulders out.

Yeah.

If there was a collapse off that chamber
down there or a tunnel, I mean, we're

going to see bare earth.

But it looks like it has depth.

That's interesting. Yeah.

But we do see some potential boulder -on
-boulder gain. We're towards kind of

the rock -facing wall, if you will, side
of the borehole.

Could Terry be correct that the team is
looking into a man -made structure?

If so, could it be connected to the
precious metals that have been detected

this area?

If we rotate around this way.

You see we started opening up here, back
into that cavity area right here.

That's just very surprising.

Is that what you're seeing, Ken?

Yeah.

I'd put the sonar down and try to define
the cavity.

That's a great idea.

Yeah.

We can actually see some things, but
it's difficult to understand scale.

it's difficult to get a real
interpretation of what you're looking

So the next step here is to introduce
the sonar and see how open and how big,

how wide, how long this area is.

So what we have here is a scanning 360
-degree sonar.

The cable's marked so we'll know where
that 150 foot is.

Okie doke.

Keep your fingers crossed.

The Blue Robotics Ping 360 sonar device
emits a sound wave that reflects off of

objects and barriers.

We're in water.

We're in the water.

This will produce full -scale images of
the underground void or possible cavern.

Show me the money.

So we're in the cavity as of right now.

Oh, there's the old one. Yeah, you're
in. You're in. Okay, okay, right there.

Here we go.

This darker red line is the opening. You
can see how rough it is.

And the yellow is lower density returns
and backscatter caused by particles in

the water.

Right.

Go down just a little more.

Yep.

Yeah, that popped out farther.

Is that an opening now?

It's like around the hard return we've
got an opening.

Oh, two directions too.

Looks like it's open. Wow.

To me, this looks very linear, like with
an opening here.

Interesting.

So it's two feet from side to side right
now.

If this is not natural, it could have
been a larger cavity that has collapsed

around it. True.

I mean, just out to the left or right,
we might encounter what we're hoping

Yeah.

This hole shouldn't be open.

There's no reason for that.

Geologically, there's no reason for
that.

We found gold in the water in the area.

Right.

It's open down there.

There's no reason for it to be open
unless man was down there doing

We have precious metals and high silver
in the peacock and greater depths in the

solution channel.

We've always speculated that there was
more than, call it an offset chamber or

multiple vaults.

Maybe we just found one of them.

This is a priority target.

Now that we have video, let's contact
ProHawk, a company that enhances video,

have it analyzed.

We will incrementally pursue this
because we're trying to find the

right? Yeah.

There's every indication here that that
could be in this specific area.

Yeah, we have a few more holes of drill
in this area.

Good deal.

Okay, let's make it so.

The more Rick, Marty, Craig, and their
team dig, the deeper this 230 -year

-old mystery becomes.

After making intriguing new discoveries
on Lot 8 and in the swamp, has

the team finally located a treasure
vault 150 feet underground in the Money

area?

But if so, is that the only place where
Oak Island is hiding?

its most precious secrets.

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.

I got a signal!

Aha!

Whoa, we got here!

I recognize this seal, so it could date
to the 1300s.

That large boulder looks intriguing.

We've uncovered a big void right there.
What is underneath that boulder?

We put cameras in VN 13 .5. What we
found for Jeff... human origin.

It really seems like it's a depositor.
Wow.