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Tonight on the curse of Oak Island
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that famous stone is it on the island it
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was in chime phrase when I thought if
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these are part of a bigger puzzle we've
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got three new pieces let's see what we
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found here do you think he's an art all
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right these two pieces seem to be part
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of the same stone you could probably
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match them right up what we got a 5 when
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we drill these homes the chambers were
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the real treasures if he put an X on the
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spot this was good work on Diaz Jack
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Empire
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there is an island in the North Atlantic
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where people have been looking for an
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incredible treasure for more than 200
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years so far they have found bits of
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gold chain a stone slab with strange
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symbols carved into it even a 17th
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century Spanish coin to date six men
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have died trying to solve the mystery
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and according to legend one more will
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have to die before the treasure
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while the process of exploring 10x has
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been temporarily put on hold Rick lagina
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has decided to focus his attention on
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the hundreds of strange carvings that
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have been found all over the island
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carvings that may provide information
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not only as to where treasure could lie
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buried but who buried it and perhaps
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even more important what it is Rick
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lagina knows there is no better source
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of information about Oak Island and its
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history than his friend and partner dan
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Blankenship at 92 dan has spent more
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than 50 years determined to solve the
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220 year old mystery
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dad
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got a question for you Ally you can if
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you want okay but I'm gonna catch you
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you know those thats stolen the H or the
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famous H o stone oh yeah is it on the
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island that's the first question not
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that I know of rich I remember it many
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years ago and it was on the island when
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I was doing drilling on on that field
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and I don't know maybe about 20 years or
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so it just disappeared
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in 1921 a huge boulder covered with
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carved inscriptions was found on the
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northern shore of Oak Island believing
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it might have been placed there to mark
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the location of buried treasure
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searchers demolished it using dynamite
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and dug underneath it although nothing
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was found in 1936 treasure hunter
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Gilbert Hedden saved some of the larger
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fragments including one which featured
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an H a cross and a circle with a dot in
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the center
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I don't know what to make all these
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inscribe stones who found them when they
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found them none of that is well
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documented correct we don't know where
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they came from
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there's urban myths about them so you
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know we're gonna leave no stone unturned
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are you certain that it's gone I haven't
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seen it I've never seen it I've never
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seen it so you don't know if someone
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took it so it could be still there
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someone had to move it I mean it didn't
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move by itself they're big yeah
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I asked Nolan if he had taken it then he
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said no you didn't take it
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just like he didn't take them big rocks
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huh uh-huh rocks are those the ones that
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are concreted into his floor three
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there's three in there Oh in there's
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stones in the floor of the museum a land
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surveyor by trade Fred Nolan came to Oak
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Island in 1961 working in cooperation
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with landowner Mr Chappell and treasure
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hunter Robert Restall he helps survey
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virtually every inch of the 140 acre
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Island
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in 1963 Noland purchased a large number
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of acres near the islands north shore
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and in 1969 he built a small Museum on
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the mainland just across the causeway
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there he displayed evidence he had
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accumulated for nearly a decade
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including artifacts pictures and news
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articles about the search for treasure
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on Oak Island and in the center on the
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floor he embedded several large stones
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in concrete stones he had removed from
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the island
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although Noland closed the museum in
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1990 and later sold the property he left
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the stones still embedded in the floor
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could one of them have been the
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mysterious H o stone great put them
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stones in concrete over there in the
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middle of his floor
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why don't I know one that it did I'm
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wondering if it has something to do with
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the stone triangle since it was fine I
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would be surprised if it did not have
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something to do with the stone triangle
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in 1897 treasure hunter Frederick Blair
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discovered a mysterious triangle made of
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round stones on oak islands South Shore
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each of the sides of the triangle
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measured 10 feet long and its apex
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pointed TrueNorth directly toward the
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money pit
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although it was destroyed by Robert
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dunfield's extensive excavations there
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are many who believe that it and the
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numerous other carved stones on the
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island offered important clues to
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solving the Oak Island mystery dan do
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you know who owns the property now yeah
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by the name of public cover we should go
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check it out hey babe it's still there
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hey it's one more piece of the puzzle
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how many times I need 300 for a 300
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piece puzzle let's go see if we can make
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that happen yeah I think that's a good
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idea
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all righty what see you later dad okay
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Dave there's a story here first and
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foremost it's always been that way for
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me when I was a little boy tonight
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I wanted to know those I wanted the
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answers to those questions as of yet we
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have a phone
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after placing a call to Barry and Karen
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public cover the owners of what was once
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Fred Nolan's Oak Island Museum we ready
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to do this
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Rick lagina along with Dave Blankenship
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and Jack Begley head over to the place
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where they believe important clues might
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lie cemented into the floor they have
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made arrangements to remove the stones
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and return them to the island that is if
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they can pry them loose without causing
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any damage you bought the property from
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Fred right when when you purchased it
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did he relate anything about it or where
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he found it how it came to be well he
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told us they were very valuable to the
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Oak Island story and that he had found
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them on the island and wanted to keep
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them where they would be safe forever so
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we mounted them in concrete in the
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middle of the building by all means
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we bought the property were peeking in
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through the window looking at this going
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what what can this be we think there are
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actually three here are they laid out in
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any specific way he didn't indicate that
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but Fred is very very into the way rocks
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point on his property and every rock on
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his property he feels this pointing that
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direction for a reason
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so he may have done that that wouldn't
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surprise me that's why I asked she may
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have laid him specifically examined
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something to him or maybe that's how he
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found him I think Fred Nolan is an
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absolute true believer
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he's as obsessed as anybody else but he
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has to fight internally in himself to
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release all this stuff that he kept so
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private for so long we're only guessing
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all of us know other than the fact that
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you say that Fred felt they weren't
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important oh well obviously no there
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could be some markings on the underside
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no well if you do grab that jacket we
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can find out what's on the other side of
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them all right
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like most things regarding Oak Island
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nothing's easy Fred had put in concrete
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for God's sake so you don't know we have
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to jackhammer moat but it's interesting
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that he felt that they were that
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important to make certain they were
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preserved or not lost
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Hey
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today it would be nice there you go
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on the mainland just across the causeway
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from Oak Island Rick lagina Dave
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Blankenship and Jack Begley are in the
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process of removing three large stones
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embedded in concrete giving an I are old
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man but you know what when Jack
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relinquished the the jackhammer David
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stepped right in as he always does I
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mean he's right there on the spot
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willing to do whatever whenever you may
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need sweating bullets no disrespect to
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Jack but you know kudos to David okay
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dude let's see what we found here if we
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found anything ready let's see what do
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you see you nice Roman numeral yeah look
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at one and maybe x and x you're right
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that's definitely carved away why the
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app you have a little bit of water left
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what were those do you think this is a
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not P or P
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re it looks like
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ar e could this stone be one of the
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fragments of the huge boulder that also
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included the missing a Joe stone just
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maybe it's part of the H o stone and
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maybe if these are part of a bigger
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puzzle we've got three new pieces
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they're big and they're heavy yeah and
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they don't always fit together but at
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least there's three more I think what we
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need to do is find an expert not only to
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look at the carvings themselves but to
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get the carvings to become more visible
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I mean somebody who knows what they're
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looking at
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after an exciting day on the mainland
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Rick lagina is once again focused on
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what is perhaps the biggest clue of all
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the money pit into this end he and Dave
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Blankenship have brought underwater
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visualization expert Brian Abbott back
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to the island so Brian I'm you know
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obviously glad you're back
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okay thanks of course the issue is
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valley 3 we'll all right earlier this
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year Brian Abbott
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used to scanning sonar to confirm data
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suggesting that a man-made chamber
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complete with wooden posts and possibly
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human remains are lying at the bottom of
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borehole 10x now Brian has been invited
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back to put a similar device down a hole
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that lies near the original money pit
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the same hole were Rick Craig and the
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team found evidence of the mysterious
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wooden vault that was first discovered
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by treasure hunters Frederick Blair and
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William Chappell back in 1897 you think
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you're on the vault
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rictus humming that if Brian can get
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images that prove there is a 7-foot tall
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wooden vault down near the bottom of the
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money pit he can convince Marty and
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their partners to dig it up using a
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relatively experimental method known as
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a freeze ring a freeze ring is probably
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the technology we would utilize if we
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saw target in there it's not a new idea
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there was a study by some engineering
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students actually McGill University and
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McGill so we've known about it but it's
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very very expensive because digging in
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the money pit area is likely to cause
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flooding at any depth below 60 to 90
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feet the freeze ring method would
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literally freeze any modern water that
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surrounds the excavated area and could
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cause it to collapse in the case of the
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wooden vault a series of holes would be
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drilled in a circular pattern
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approximately 150 feet deep then a
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cooling agent such as glycol would be
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pumped into each hole literally freezing
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the ground solid and allowing for a safe
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excavation
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we've got a head and got Jordan Valley
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well drillers to come in because there
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is an obstruction at about 141 all right
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so we're gonna have him kind of swab out
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the hole and hopefully get that
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obstruction out of the way we feel like
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the best opportunity is put the sonar
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back in immediately upon Jordan pulling
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his tools out I don't know what's your
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thought on well we can give it a shot
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I'll have to be careful because if you
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create this vacuum or you create this
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flow of sediment coming in it could trap
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the sonar pin it in there what's the
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little one cost 35 40
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yeah you got some toys up here too yeah
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couple three you want to drive some sure
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absolutely fun okay let's all cross your
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fingers hope it's not plugged yeah all I
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can say in 1897 drilling master William
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Chappell while working for treasure
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hunter Frederick Blair found what they
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believed to be a 7-foot tall wooden
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vault
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since want the team has recently named
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the tester vault was discovered 143 feet
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below ground well driller Jordan Rogers
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has reamed or cleared the area just
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above the vault with this drill before
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we leave the hall we could go to 180
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well let's figure out how much hole we
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got here hopefully we got some Jordan
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will next drop a measuring cable down
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the hole making note of where it lands
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this will determine the amount of open
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space there is underground
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we got five six feet of open hole is
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enough to image yeah that's right come
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on give me a good number
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1:48 Brian you got about seven feet open
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hole all right sounds good we got about
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seven drops that we can do that good
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enough as it is lowered down the hole
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the ms1000 takes lateral scans in a
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circular pattern making a 3d image of
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the space around it I hate to jinx us
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but the day's starting off good we'll
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get that in the hall let's go
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I'm ready to roll
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they don't trip
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okay let's drop it in you do what
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happens let me know when it hits water
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at the money pit
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underwater visualization expert Brian
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Abbott is using a scanning sonar device
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to verify the existence of a wooden
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treasure vault some 143 feet below the
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islands surface water okay keep going
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yeah
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we want to get the sonar done 145 feet
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underground and have it do its work then
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come out with clear and concise imagery
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that says hey guys Here I am come get me
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what do you wanna do now okay
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go six inches in okay seeing anything at
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all just letting this scan all the way
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around and it's not showing me anything
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it's like completely kind of closed off
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so let's go six inches more okay so
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we're roughly at 145 ish what do you got
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anything hang on a second
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seeing anything at all now 145 issues
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where we should be seeing something
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that's where the core was yeah six
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inches more yeah okay
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nothing Brian hang on a second
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it's widening out a little bit we may
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have gone from foot after two feet oh
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you got a bigger void yeah a bigger void
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as Brian Abbott found the space he needs
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to get an image of the mysterious
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underground cavity where are we at one
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we're at six and a half feet in so
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you're close to tagging bottom yep so
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it's just got a you know fine little
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cavity going down you saw nothing
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angular or not enough all I got is an
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outline of something so I think we're
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just kind of in a another kind of
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straight shaft of unconsolidated
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sediment the money pit is the most
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difficult to excavate that it's ever
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been in the 220 years since it was found
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you have 44 shafts so it's probably
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voids undergrown because of those very
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unstable it's a huge challenge
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okay well here's where I'm at I don't I
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I don't think this is gonna work yeah I
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think we'll pull it yeah slowly bring it
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out
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although Rick Brian and the team could
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not get a clear image of the object in
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the money pit they do know based on last
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year's discovery that there is something
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of interest down there let's clear up
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clear up the site
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unfortunately the hole that was drilled
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last year is simply too narrow and too
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impacted with mud and sediment to get a
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good reading the only way to be certain
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what lies at the bottom is to dig a hole
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more than 143 feet straight down
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before the Sun sets on Oak Island Rick
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lagina is hoping that the day will not
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be a total disappointment and to this
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end he has invited stone structure
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expert and local historian Terry Deveau
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to meet him at the Oak Island visitor
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center which also is the site of the
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islands Museum welcome back my pleasure
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rick is hoping that Terry can help
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evaluate the large carved stones that he
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and the team recently retrieved from the
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small house on the other side of the
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causeway the ones formerly placed there
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by treasure hunter Fred Nolan alright
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these are the points of interest if you
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will oh I've never seen this oh these
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are the actual inscribed stones mr.
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Nolan owned it interesting enough to
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actually remove it from the island and
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to safeguard it he found that important
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and I don't know why Terry Mike you take
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a look at this you think if this is
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natural or is this is man-made
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definitely man-made up here what's then
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are you look here Terry you see this
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there's a straight line yes and then you
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have this this semicircle right could
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that be the letter D or I think so that
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looks like a day to me yeah and that
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that hold
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looks like it kind of matches the
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curvature of this edge doesn't okay
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these two pieces seem to be part of the
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same stone the two pieces of a puzzle
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you could probably match them right up
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two pieces of a puzzle pieces that
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actually fit together nice like a glove
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got a match right there all right so we
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have our a d d e and probably an M
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could it be an H for heading that would
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explain a lot if it was headin could it
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be that the carvings on the stones are
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referencing Gilbert Hedden the man who
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searched for treasure on Oak Island back
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in the 1930s it seems like an armed
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living anything else did Rick and the
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team just discover an important clue one
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so important that treasure hunter Fred
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Nolan believed he had to hide it and
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cement it into the floor of a small
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building off the island
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we truly appreciate you coming we
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learned a little bit but it will keep
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looking that's all we can do at the
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start of another day of treasure hunting
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on Oak Island Rick and Marty lagina have
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arranged to meet a man who is offered to
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tell them not only what is buried on the
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island but who buried it and how to
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retrieve it Oh who's here John O'Brien
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this is my brother Marty hi Marty how
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you doing pleased to meet you sir to
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meet you come on
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why not I think you're more or less
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familiar with this right oh yeah I
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pretty well know what's going on all
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right yeah here's the thing Jim what we
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want to do is find out what's in cavity
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at Jan 35 I want to see that post I want
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to get a piece of it I want the box
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that's a lot of the box yeah let's get
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the boxes out nobody does all this work
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to hide marbles but you know what my
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understanding is you want to show us
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some stuff here you want to see some
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stuff do we want to take a little tour
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what do you want to do now I would like
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to go down to the so Shore all right
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let's go down there okay
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with more than 35 years of experience in
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the mining industry author and oak
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island historian John O Brien is an
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expert at retrieving precious objects
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from often impossible to reach locations
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he has also been obsessed with solving
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the mystery since first hearing about
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the island and later visiting it as a
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young boy growing up in nearby Halifax I
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was just young following when they first
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come on the island last week at a
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meeting with Rick and members of the
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team John O'Brien shared the story of an
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amazing discovery his father made while
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visiting Oak Island in the early 1960s
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my father and one of his best friends
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Charlie they were on the UM and they
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told me that they had found a rock and
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it was shaped like an ice-cream cone
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the top was flat they said and the comb
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went like that arrow going down what
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they did was they uncovered all around
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and there was hieroglyphs it was carved
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in the rock so then he used latex paint
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to get the images that were on the rock
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Charlie and dad decided that they would
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send these to her University in the
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United States to find out what kind of
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writing or hieroglyphs it was and I was
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there when a box came back and there was
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an envelope there and the latex things
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were inside and Charles read that these
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hieroglyphs that were written on there
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came from Central America
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a cone-shaped stoned with hieroglyphs
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from Central America but before we try
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to find out what treasure was here we
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have to figure who did the work on Oh
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God but I believe that this was the work
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done of the Aztec empire
the Aztec
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empire hiding treasure on Oak Island
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could such a fantastic theory be even
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remotely true thriving from 1428 to 1521
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the Aztecs are thought to have been a
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relatively advanced and culturally
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sophisticated civilization their capital
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Tenochtitlan was an elaborately
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engineered city of pyramid-shaped
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temples all decorated with gold as well
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as an ingeniously designed water
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distribution system
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in 1519 the Spanish led by Hernando
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Cortez began a ruthless campaign to
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destroy the influence of the Aztec
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people in the region and thus seal the
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fate of the Empire
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but what remained a mystery to the
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Spanish was the fate of the Aztecs vast
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stockpiles of gold and jewels they were
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thought to have simply vanished could
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they really be on Oak Island
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that was the Mayans ship became ashore
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and they discovered belogorsk lay in the
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sediment to the visas of Americans that
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was worth more than ol pal Igor scant
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clay otherwise known as blue clay was
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widely used by the ancient Mayans to
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adorn their temples it is also known to
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have medicinal properties although large
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deposits appalling Gorsky clay are not
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known to exist in mexico it is fairly
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common in areas of the southeastern
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United States in 2011 researcher Richard
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Thornton published his explosive
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findings concerning what he believes to
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00:27:50,110 --> 00:27:52,900
be Mayan ruins in northern Georgia
548
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:55,270
ruins which are believed to date back
549
00:27:55,270 --> 00:27:59,490
1,100 years hey Rick is
550
00:27:59,490 --> 00:28:05,000
to play during an excavation just a few
551
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,580
weeks ago Rick Marty and Jack Begley
552
00:28:08,580 --> 00:28:11,210
found a large quantity of blue clay
553
00:28:11,210 --> 00:28:13,340
while digging at a spot where researcher
554
00:28:13,340 --> 00:28:15,600
Robert Marcus indicated the treasure
555
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,770
might be found I know that's amazing
556
00:28:17,770 --> 00:28:20,440
stuff could the proof that blue clay can
557
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,960
be found on Oak Island help validate
558
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,190
John O'Brien's theory
559
00:28:24,190 --> 00:28:29,960
the significance of the social shaft was
560
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,570
that was the first shaft put down to
561
00:28:32,570 --> 00:28:34,440
establish a mine here
562
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,430
the Aztecs found the blue clay that they
563
00:28:38,430 --> 00:28:41,270
wanted they knew they could mine that
564
00:28:41,270 --> 00:28:43,250
they probably put a shaft in about eight
565
00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:45,401
foot round and they would have hit
566
00:28:45,401 --> 00:28:49,220
belogorsk I play at 50 feet so just
567
00:28:49,220 --> 00:28:53,100
simple basic mining always 300 feet was
568
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:55,830
the extent of their ventilation there
569
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:57,980
would have to be a ventilation shaft
570
00:28:57,980 --> 00:28:59,650
it's probably hidden that's why I
571
00:28:59,650 --> 00:29:01,590
figured there was another shaft up there
572
00:29:01,590 --> 00:29:03,090
and all of a sudden I looked at one it's
573
00:29:03,090 --> 00:29:07,190
the money pit shaft and when the Aztecs
574
00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:09,710
came to hide the treasures they knew
575
00:29:09,710 --> 00:29:11,460
there was an old mine here they
576
00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:13,670
remodeled it and made it into a trap in
577
00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:17,230
fact they made the whole mine into a
578
00:29:17,230 --> 00:29:20,420
trap according to John O'Brien's theory
579
00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:22,800
after the Aztec people buried their
580
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,309
sacred treasures on the island
581
00:29:24,309 --> 00:29:27,490
they remodeled an abandoned Mayan
582
00:29:27,490 --> 00:29:29,940
mineshaft to serve as a lure for
583
00:29:29,940 --> 00:29:33,030
would-be treasure seekers they also
584
00:29:33,030 --> 00:29:35,110
booby-trapped it with flood tunnels to
585
00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:37,000
thwart all who came looking for their
586
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,000
treasure
587
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,980
according to Aztec beliefs the souls of
588
00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:44,110
the dead had to pass through nine levels
589
00:29:44,110 --> 00:29:47,240
to obtain eternal rest or their ultimate
590
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:52,520
reward in 1804 when the money pit was
591
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,860
first excavated to 90 feet nine levels
592
00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:58,080
of oak platforms had been unearthed at
593
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,850
10-foot intervals and in the center of
594
00:30:00,850 --> 00:30:03,750
the ninth platform was an embedded stone
595
00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:06,320
with mysterious carvings that when
596
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,250
removed opened a supposed flood trap
597
00:30:09,250 --> 00:30:11,190
that is defeated every major search
598
00:30:11,190 --> 00:30:13,880
sense
599
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,760
so John is there anything buried here in
600
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,960
this area this general vicinity I don't
601
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,820
believe so I believe that the Aztecs
602
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:24,150
treasure is not here it's just like a
603
00:30:22,150 --> 00:30:29,990
couple hundred yards over there
604
00:30:29,990 --> 00:30:32,690
while visiting Oak Island mining expert
605
00:30:32,690 --> 00:30:35,970
and author John O'Brien has just made
606
00:30:35,970 --> 00:30:38,110
one of the most amazing claims ever
607
00:30:38,110 --> 00:30:41,670
about the 220 year old mystery method
608
00:30:41,670 --> 00:30:44,290
yes he believes that what is buried on
609
00:30:44,290 --> 00:30:46,250
Oak Island could very well be the
610
00:30:46,250 --> 00:30:49,150
priceless treasures of the Aztec empire
611
00:30:49,150 --> 00:30:52,050
okay what are we doing here this is the
612
00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:55,570
stone at the absolute bottom of Nolan's
613
00:30:55,570 --> 00:30:59,380
cross after leaving the South Shore
614
00:30:59,380 --> 00:31:02,120
O'Brien and the team have arrived at one
615
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,290
of the mysterious cone-shaped boulders
616
00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:06,500
that form a curious megalith the
617
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:10,520
grouping known as Nolan's cross first
618
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,980
discovered by Oak Island landowner and
619
00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:17,400
treasure hunter Fred Nolan in 1981
620
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,420
although many Oak Island theorists
621
00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:24,320
suggest that the so-called cross can be
622
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,179
linked to everything from the Knights
623
00:31:26,179 --> 00:31:29,100
Templar to the lost works of William
624
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:32,040
Shakespeare no one has ever been able to
625
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,880
determine its true purpose
626
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,440
would you believe you're standing on a
627
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:44,250
cliff I believe is you took the topsoil
628
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:47,190
off here 30 feet down to bedrock but
629
00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:49,320
just like a couple hundred feet over
630
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,860
there the bedrock is a hundred and
631
00:31:52,860 --> 00:31:59,450
eighty feet down when the Aztecs came to
632
00:31:59,450 --> 00:32:02,510
hide the treasures they wanted no sign
633
00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:05,050
of anything going on above they come up
634
00:32:05,050 --> 00:32:07,950
underneath a cliff and they bring all
635
00:32:07,950 --> 00:32:09,980
their goods everything to fill the
636
00:32:09,980 --> 00:32:12,450
chambers then they plug them the
637
00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:16,090
entrance is way down deep meanwhile
638
00:32:16,090 --> 00:32:18,610
there's no evidence anything going on so
639
00:32:18,610 --> 00:32:22,200
that the top would look understood
640
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,380
according to John O'Brien's theory the
641
00:32:24,380 --> 00:32:26,600
Aztecs who were skilled at building
642
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,840
canals and waterways came to Oak Island
643
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,400
sometime in the early 16th century here
644
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,220
Aztec engineers built dams and
645
00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:39,260
artificial beaches on both sides of what
646
00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:43,000
were once two separate islands they then
647
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,390
dug shafts into cliff faces horizontally
648
00:32:46,390 --> 00:32:48,300
and then refilled the dammed area with
649
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:53,590
rocks and mud creating
650
00:32:53,590 --> 00:32:55,360
O'Brien's research has also led him to
651
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,000
believe that the huge megalithic
652
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,850
boulders which form Nolan's cross could
653
00:33:00,850 --> 00:33:03,490
provide the key to finding out where the
654
00:33:03,490 --> 00:33:05,920
Aztec treasure chambers still remain
655
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,059
hidden
656
00:33:09,059 --> 00:33:12,660
they planned on coming back to retrieve
657
00:33:12,660 --> 00:33:15,690
it I don't think that they would have
658
00:33:15,690 --> 00:33:18,760
gone in that lagoon and dig down there
659
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,980
to retrieve it all they have to do was
660
00:33:20,980 --> 00:33:24,710
come here and find this cross why the
661
00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:27,610
shape of a cross John why was that
662
00:33:27,610 --> 00:33:30,370
important to that every ancient
663
00:33:30,370 --> 00:33:34,020
civilization of the world had the cross
664
00:33:34,020 --> 00:33:37,610
but to the Aztec Mayan the cross was
665
00:33:37,610 --> 00:33:41,800
rejuvenation and revival it it was like
666
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,460
a tree growing up and the cross beams
667
00:33:44,460 --> 00:33:47,230
were the branches where civilization was
668
00:33:47,230 --> 00:33:50,050
going to be destroyed they knew that but
669
00:33:50,050 --> 00:33:53,290
the plan there would be a revival that
670
00:33:53,290 --> 00:33:55,790
their civilization would rise again and
671
00:33:55,790 --> 00:33:58,870
where would you put the treasures that
672
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,100
you wanted to keep that were history you
673
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,990
would put them at the roots this is the
674
00:34:03,990 --> 00:34:07,440
root of the cross right here according
675
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,960
to the Mesoamerican culture the world
676
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,870
was represented by a world tree with the
677
00:34:12,870 --> 00:34:15,110
heavens above it and the underworld
678
00:34:15,110 --> 00:34:19,099
below - the Aztecs the tree symbolized
679
00:34:19,099 --> 00:34:22,309
both life and death with the arms and
680
00:34:22,309 --> 00:34:24,470
trunk of the tree symbolizing the
681
00:34:24,470 --> 00:34:28,700
cardinal directions and their deities
682
00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:32,549
four of the rocks of the cross are on
683
00:34:32,549 --> 00:34:35,669
the east side of the island only two
684
00:34:35,669 --> 00:34:39,020
were on the west side the key rocks are
685
00:34:39,020 --> 00:34:42,010
on this side and they knew that's the
686
00:34:42,010 --> 00:34:44,869
spot they would dig and it's exactly
687
00:34:44,869 --> 00:34:47,799
between that rock and the next rock over
688
00:34:47,799 --> 00:34:51,730
there 147 feet between them
689
00:34:51,730 --> 00:34:54,249
that's a ritual measurement of the
690
00:34:54,249 --> 00:34:56,299
Aztecs and I bet you that's where they
691
00:34:56,299 --> 00:35:02,530
hit it it's exact on this cross in 1986
692
00:35:02,530 --> 00:35:04,379
archaeologists discovered that the
693
00:35:04,379 --> 00:35:08,749
number 147 was significant in the ritual
694
00:35:08,749 --> 00:35:11,769
architecture of both the Mayans and the
695
00:35:11,769 --> 00:35:14,760
Aztecs according to John O Brien the
696
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,960
halfway mark between the bottom two
697
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,769
boulders of Nolan's cross is exactly 147
698
00:35:21,769 --> 00:35:25,390
feet you're saying the place to dig if
699
00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:27,380
you were in charge of this here
700
00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:30,000
expedition is halfway between this rock
701
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,190
and the next one on the cross yes right
702
00:35:33,190 --> 00:35:36,809
in the middle of 147 each way below that
703
00:35:36,809 --> 00:35:39,839
and below the bedrock are the chambers
704
00:35:39,839 --> 00:35:43,799
where the real treasures hid no no
705
00:35:43,799 --> 00:35:45,240
okay John what are we gonna find when we
706
00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,680
drill these holes I believe there's two
707
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,940
chambers there one is the historical
708
00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:55,420
religious artifacts of an empire a 16
709
00:35:55,420 --> 00:35:57,820
million people and in the other is the
710
00:35:57,820 --> 00:36:02,160
tomb of the god King Montezuma and it's
711
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,400
sitting there it's been sitting there
712
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,411
since about 1521 I'll bet my hat on it I
713
00:36:09,411 --> 00:36:15,880
won't need we have a plethora of wild
714
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,579
theories out here now to add to that
715
00:36:18,579 --> 00:36:20,450
we've got the treasure of the Aztecs
716
00:36:20,450 --> 00:36:25,589
well okay that seems a stretch to me but
717
00:36:25,589 --> 00:36:27,560
what if he's right my goodness what if
718
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:28,769
he's right
719
00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:31,499
but even if John O'Brien's incredible
720
00:36:31,499 --> 00:36:34,930
theory is true proving it will still
721
00:36:34,930 --> 00:36:37,930
remain a considerable challenge for Rick
722
00:36:37,930 --> 00:36:40,570
Marty and their partners because the
723
00:36:40,570 --> 00:36:43,309
marked location of the treasure cache is
724
00:36:43,309 --> 00:36:46,799
not on their land but on land owned by
725
00:36:46,799 --> 00:36:49,680
the man who discovered Nolan's cross
726
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,779
Fred Nolan so you're indicating to us
727
00:36:52,779 --> 00:36:55,640
that further search regarding your
728
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,690
theory would have to of necessity
729
00:36:57,690 --> 00:37:01,490
operate on Fred's property so in order
730
00:37:01,490 --> 00:37:04,140
for this to work we'd have to reach out
731
00:37:04,140 --> 00:37:05,210
to mr. Nolan
732
00:37:05,210 --> 00:37:07,029
mr. Nolan would have to agree to work
733
00:37:07,029 --> 00:37:09,980
with us and agree to work with you in
734
00:37:09,980 --> 00:37:11,920
terms of the development or the
735
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,240
exploration of your theory right yeah I
736
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,430
know what a land mine that is right yes
737
00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:19,980
I know all about it although most of the
738
00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:23,210
140 acres of Oak Island is either owned
739
00:37:23,210 --> 00:37:25,290
or controlled by the laginas and their
740
00:37:25,290 --> 00:37:28,630
partners 20 acres are owned privately
741
00:37:28,630 --> 00:37:32,320
and 16 of those are owned by Fred Nolan
742
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,060
a man who has so far been reluctant to
743
00:37:36,060 --> 00:37:39,999
collaborate with them so John look thank
744
00:37:39,999 --> 00:37:41,589
you very much for coming on the island
745
00:37:41,589 --> 00:37:43,660
it's intriguing like a lot of things are
746
00:37:43,660 --> 00:37:46,609
out here let us kick it around and we
747
00:37:46,609 --> 00:37:47,999
will certainly get back with you and see
748
00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:49,849
what the consensus is so I want to thank
749
00:37:49,849 --> 00:37:51,779
you one of the interesting things about
750
00:37:51,779 --> 00:37:53,609
John O'Brien's theory was simply this he
751
00:37:53,609 --> 00:37:55,650
put an X on the spot
752
00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:57,940
the unfortunate thing is the X's on mr.
753
00:37:57,940 --> 00:38:00,440
Nolan's property now could we reach some
754
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,910
sort of agreement perhaps but as of
755
00:38:03,910 --> 00:38:06,030
right now we cannot proceed with John's
756
00:38:06,030 --> 00:38:08,170
theory we got to talk to dad and see if
757
00:38:08,170 --> 00:38:10,690
we can get Fred on board too yes yes
758
00:38:10,690 --> 00:38:11,690
that would be great
759
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:13,690
Cheers thanks a lot
760
00:38:13,690 --> 00:38:30,960
okay guys we I think have reached the
761
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,690
point where we gotta take a deep breath
762
00:38:32,690 --> 00:38:34,619
and figure out what the hell would
763
00:38:34,619 --> 00:38:37,819
decide exactly what we're gonna do right
764
00:38:37,819 --> 00:38:39,990
after an exciting week that has brought
765
00:38:39,990 --> 00:38:43,059
not only new clues but an incredible new
766
00:38:43,059 --> 00:38:46,200
theory Rick and Marty lagina have
767
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,960
gathered with their partners in the warm
768
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,869
room for an important meeting we need to
769
00:38:50,869 --> 00:39:00,079
deal with
just as dan Blankenship has
770
00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:02,950
spent the past 50 years trying to solve
771
00:39:02,950 --> 00:39:06,319
the Oak Island mystery Fred Nolan has
772
00:39:06,319 --> 00:39:08,660
been working toward the same goal for an
773
00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:12,609
even greater amount of time for a while
774
00:39:12,609 --> 00:39:14,599
the two men even worked together as
775
00:39:14,599 --> 00:39:17,650
partners until a series of professional
776
00:39:17,650 --> 00:39:20,769
disagreements grew into a bitter rivalry
777
00:39:20,769 --> 00:39:23,220
that has lasted to this day what was
778
00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:27,079
going on in this island was a feud in my
779
00:39:27,079 --> 00:39:29,630
opinion it's about as strong as any
780
00:39:29,630 --> 00:39:32,440
you've ever heard about although Dan and
781
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,180
his former partner David Tobias and
782
00:39:35,180 --> 00:39:38,180
later Rick and Marty lagina along with
783
00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:40,370
Craig tester controlled most of Oak
784
00:39:40,370 --> 00:39:43,000
Island including the money pit area and
785
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,489
Smith's Cove Fred Nolan controls much of
786
00:39:46,489 --> 00:39:49,869
the mysterious triangle-shaped swamp he
787
00:39:49,869 --> 00:39:53,470
also owns the area were in 1981 he
788
00:39:53,470 --> 00:39:55,410
discovered a number of large megalithic
789
00:39:55,410 --> 00:39:58,150
boulders boulders which when viewed from
790
00:39:58,150 --> 00:40:00,730
the air formed the shape of an enormous
791
00:40:00,730 --> 00:40:04,420
cross you're not going to forgive and
792
00:40:04,420 --> 00:40:05,420
forget
793
00:40:05,420 --> 00:40:08,119
40 years of
794
00:40:08,119 --> 00:40:13,799
very contentious issues and it's left
795
00:40:13,799 --> 00:40:17,059
its wounds we can't do anything unless
796
00:40:17,059 --> 00:40:18,819
we have a real deal with the new ones
797
00:40:18,819 --> 00:40:21,869
and rig has done a great job of calming
798
00:40:21,869 --> 00:40:26,420
down the tensions here friends got a lot
799
00:40:26,420 --> 00:40:27,880
of information on the swamp
800
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,901
he's probed it for years and years and I
801
00:40:29,901 --> 00:40:31,740
think it's a lot of information let's go
802
00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:33,549
get a deal with them we've made a
803
00:40:33,549 --> 00:40:37,410
working relationship offer ie we fund
804
00:40:37,410 --> 00:40:40,380
several drill sites he put sex on the
805
00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:43,190
spot and within that framework of that
806
00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:45,359
that proposal I think we can add the
807
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:47,390
swamp extension agreement and then
808
00:40:47,390 --> 00:40:49,460
thoughts that works for everybody okay
809
00:40:49,460 --> 00:40:53,700
okay Rick go get it are we done here
810
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:58,390
then yeah all right yay let's pool this
811
00:40:58,390 --> 00:41:00,940
meeting up and go do something
812
00:41:00,940 --> 00:41:03,940
well ending the feud also lead to a new
813
00:41:03,940 --> 00:41:07,349
beginning a cooperative partnership that
814
00:41:07,349 --> 00:41:10,670
could reveal important information and
815
00:41:10,670 --> 00:41:12,900
even more exciting discoveries
816
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:17,799
or could the wounds inflicted on the two
817
00:41:17,799 --> 00:41:21,769
men simply be too deep and too infected
818
00:41:21,769 --> 00:41:22,769
by mistrust
819
00:41:22,769 --> 00:41:26,880
to ever have a chance to heal perhaps
820
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,069
the answer lies buried somewhere on Oak
821
00:41:30,069 --> 00:41:33,339
Island and deep beneath a patch of
822
00:41:33,339 --> 00:41:39,739
ground that is yet to be explored next
823
00:41:39,739 --> 00:41:42,500
time on the curse of Oak Island deal
824
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,289
with Nolan how does that strike you with
825
00:41:44,289 --> 00:41:46,900
mixed emotions it's time to quit the
826
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,619
fighting I don't want to be an obstacle
827
00:41:48,619 --> 00:41:50,940
anymore welcome to the team
828
00:41:50,940 --> 00:41:54,880
ready to put it in the ground Fred right
829
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:59,529
on your squat looks like to man baby
830
00:41:59,529 --> 00:42:01,210
there's a cavity in this slate that
831
00:42:01,210 --> 00:42:02,680
would be the most important discovery on
832
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,680
Oh God
833
00:42:05,980 --> 00:42:07,129
that's actually metal
834
00:42:07,153 --> 00:42:09,153
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