1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,125 [Narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:06,042 -[Terry] Here we go. -[grinding] 3 00:00:06,208 --> 00:00:08,125 Wait, wait, wait. Hey! Guess what! 4 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:10,333 -Wow! [laughs] Oh! -[Terry] Oh, wow. 5 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:13,000 -Brilliant. -[Fiona] Oh, look at that. 6 00:00:13,125 --> 00:00:14,833 We're starting to get this material. 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,000 [Ian] This is blowing me away right now, because it's 8 00:00:16,167 --> 00:00:17,833 nothing I've ever seen before. 9 00:00:18,042 --> 00:00:19,958 -This is a covered well, right? -[Gary] Yeah, it is. 10 00:00:20,083 --> 00:00:21,833 -[beeping] -Oh, this has got potential, mate. 11 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,500 Ooh! Look at that! 12 00:00:23,667 --> 00:00:26,375 It's premodern, all the way back to medieval. 13 00:00:26,542 --> 00:00:28,042 No way. [laughs] 14 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,417 [Narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 15 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 16 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 17 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,542 with strange symbols carved into it, 19 00:00:46,750 --> 00:00:50,833 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 20 00:00:51,042 --> 00:00:54,792 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 21 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 22 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 23 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 24 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,125 And according to legend, one more will have to die 25 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,667 before the treasure can be found. 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:22,542 --> 00:01:24,042 -[Alex] Hey, Dad. -[Scott] Hey, Marty. 28 00:01:24,208 --> 00:01:26,750 -[Jack] Hey, Marty. -Morning, gents. 29 00:01:26,875 --> 00:01:28,167 [Narrator] As their quest to solve 30 00:01:28,333 --> 00:01:30,708 the Oak Island mystery continues... 31 00:01:30,875 --> 00:01:33,167 You know the gist of today-- you know, we're-we're done 32 00:01:33,375 --> 00:01:34,792 with Top Pocket Find 1. 33 00:01:34,917 --> 00:01:36,417 And, uh, 34 00:01:36,625 --> 00:01:38,292 you know, we found some interesting things, but... 35 00:01:38,417 --> 00:01:40,792 -we didn't find the one thing. -No. 36 00:01:40,917 --> 00:01:45,167 ...Rick, Marty, and members of the team meet to plan 37 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:48,375 their next large-scale dig in the Money Pit area. 38 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:50,042 [Marty] We're still looking for where the hell 39 00:01:50,208 --> 00:01:52,042 the massive collapse of the Money Pit went. 40 00:01:52,208 --> 00:01:53,708 And I was hoping we'd find it here. 41 00:01:53,875 --> 00:01:56,708 I really was. I mean, where the hell did it go? 42 00:01:56,875 --> 00:01:58,667 -It's frustrating. -Yep. 43 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:03,000 -[Josh] We're getting there. -[Narrator] In recent weeks, 44 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:06,083 the teams from SB Canada and ROC Equipment 45 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:10,167 have excavated two seven-foot-diameter steel shafts 46 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:13,333 where high traces of silver were detected 47 00:02:13,542 --> 00:02:17,083 more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel... 48 00:02:18,125 --> 00:02:20,667 ...Karma-1 and Top Pocket Find. 49 00:02:21,667 --> 00:02:24,958 And while 17th- and 18th-century artifacts 50 00:02:25,125 --> 00:02:26,792 were recovered in both, 51 00:02:26,917 --> 00:02:29,667 which could be related to the Money Pit's collapse 52 00:02:29,792 --> 00:02:31,333 into the solution channel, 53 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:34,000 no valuables were found. 54 00:02:34,167 --> 00:02:36,042 Well, let's talk about where we need to go, 55 00:02:36,250 --> 00:02:37,625 because time is pressing. 56 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:39,500 [Rick] Right. The year's been predicated 57 00:02:39,667 --> 00:02:41,458 upon getting down into the solution channel. 58 00:02:41,583 --> 00:02:44,167 So, you know, we're limited in terms 59 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:46,667 of where we put caissons 60 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:48,292 without encompassing 61 00:02:48,458 --> 00:02:50,333 -previous work. -Yep. 62 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:52,375 [Scott] We run the risk of collapse. 63 00:02:52,542 --> 00:02:53,958 Yeah. 64 00:02:54,125 --> 00:02:55,958 'Cause we're going through backfill material. 65 00:02:56,125 --> 00:02:59,000 It's gonna stymie your caisson from going to the bottom. 66 00:02:59,208 --> 00:03:00,750 Absolutely. 67 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:02,833 [clanking] 68 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,417 [Jared] Stop! 69 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:07,375 It's caving. 70 00:03:07,583 --> 00:03:08,833 Geez. 71 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,667 There's material flopping in. 72 00:03:10,792 --> 00:03:13,667 [Narrator] During the recent dig of the TPF shaft, 73 00:03:13,792 --> 00:03:17,250 the surrounding earth began to collapse. 74 00:03:17,417 --> 00:03:19,667 This was caused by backfill 75 00:03:19,875 --> 00:03:23,958 related to previous digs that the team has conducted nearby. 76 00:03:24,167 --> 00:03:26,500 This has left the area unstable 77 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:29,542 and would require several days or more of repair 78 00:03:29,708 --> 00:03:32,083 and regrading with tons of gravel. 79 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:35,000 But with only a few weeks left 80 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:37,333 before the harsh North Atlantic winter 81 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,542 will force the team to halt their search operations, 82 00:03:40,750 --> 00:03:44,333 their time for a breakthrough discovery is running out. 83 00:03:45,375 --> 00:03:47,167 Steve, why don't you put the map up and let's... 84 00:03:47,292 --> 00:03:49,875 -let's get this figured out. -Sure. 85 00:03:51,458 --> 00:03:53,000 What if we changed our minds 86 00:03:53,167 --> 00:03:54,708 and went up to the Peacock right now? 87 00:03:54,875 --> 00:03:57,042 The Peacock has never been explained, 88 00:03:57,208 --> 00:03:58,917 and the reason it could be there 89 00:03:59,083 --> 00:04:00,625 is because of a very deep 90 00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:02,250 unknown tunnel. 91 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:03,875 Maybe an offset chamber. 92 00:04:04,083 --> 00:04:07,458 So I'm keenly interested in seeing that hole dug. 93 00:04:07,625 --> 00:04:09,042 Yeah. 94 00:04:09,208 --> 00:04:10,875 Over there, they could make good progress. 95 00:04:11,083 --> 00:04:12,625 -[Billy] Right. -It's virgin ground. 96 00:04:12,792 --> 00:04:14,458 Subsidence is probably not gonna be so much of an issue, 97 00:04:14,625 --> 00:04:16,625 like we've seen. They're not going down through backfill. 98 00:04:16,833 --> 00:04:19,167 -They're gonna make good time on it. -Okay. 99 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:21,000 That makes sense. 100 00:04:21,167 --> 00:04:25,375 [Narrator] Located over 40 feet northeast of the TPF shaft, 101 00:04:25,583 --> 00:04:27,875 the so-called Peacock is an area 102 00:04:28,042 --> 00:04:30,500 where the team has also detected precious metals 103 00:04:30,708 --> 00:04:34,000 during past underground water tests. 104 00:04:34,167 --> 00:04:35,875 Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 105 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:39,833 [Narrator] And this year, during their core-drilling operation, 106 00:04:39,958 --> 00:04:43,375 they discovered a mysterious ten-foot void 107 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:47,833 above the solution channel at a depth of 150 feet. 108 00:04:48,042 --> 00:04:50,542 -[Ken] We've got an opening. -[Narrator] A void 109 00:04:50,708 --> 00:04:53,000 where an underwater camera recorded images 110 00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:56,042 of possible man-made artifacts, 111 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:59,000 including metallic objects. 112 00:04:59,167 --> 00:05:01,458 This has led the team to believe 113 00:05:01,625 --> 00:05:04,542 that they may have discovered an offset treasure chamber 114 00:05:04,750 --> 00:05:08,333 that was once connected to the original Money Pit. 115 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:11,792 -I vote to go to the Peacock. -Okay. 116 00:05:12,875 --> 00:05:14,167 [Marty] There is evidence 117 00:05:14,375 --> 00:05:17,583 of man-made workings in the Peacock area. 118 00:05:17,708 --> 00:05:21,500 And what if the reason this area of very loose material 119 00:05:21,667 --> 00:05:24,000 is really where some of the treasure was deposited 120 00:05:24,208 --> 00:05:26,000 in an offset chamber? 121 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:28,250 This is as good a choice as any. 122 00:05:28,375 --> 00:05:30,833 -Okay. -Alex is gonna put that 123 00:05:30,958 --> 00:05:32,625 on the, uh, Peacock. 124 00:05:32,792 --> 00:05:35,333 So let's be hopeful. Let's be upbeat. 125 00:05:35,417 --> 00:05:37,167 Let's get out there and do some work. 126 00:05:37,292 --> 00:05:39,583 -Sounds good. Thanks. -All right. Amen. -[Peter] See ya. 127 00:05:39,792 --> 00:05:42,500 [Narrator] As Rick, Marty, and their team 128 00:05:42,708 --> 00:05:45,708 conclude the meeting in the war room... 129 00:05:46,958 --> 00:05:48,458 ...on Lot 8, 130 00:05:48,667 --> 00:05:51,500 located on the western side of the island... 131 00:05:51,708 --> 00:05:54,042 Hey, Laird. Hey, Fiona. What's new here? 132 00:05:54,208 --> 00:05:55,583 -[chuckles] Well... -[chuckles] 133 00:05:55,708 --> 00:05:58,375 I mean, it looks to me like a lot's new. 134 00:05:58,542 --> 00:06:01,625 ...Dr. Ian Spooner joins Laird and Fiona 135 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:04,000 at the cradle-like stone feature. 136 00:06:04,208 --> 00:06:07,333 It's starting to change, where we got the smaller cobblestones 137 00:06:07,542 --> 00:06:08,750 up here and then the larger ones 138 00:06:08,917 --> 00:06:10,500 have presented themselves down here. 139 00:06:10,667 --> 00:06:12,500 We're starting to get this mortar-like material. 140 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:15,292 -[Ian] Mm-hmm. -And we're getting it in different spots. 141 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:17,667 -Can I take a look at it? -Absolutely you can. 142 00:06:17,875 --> 00:06:20,250 [Narrator] After recently exposing this formation 143 00:06:20,375 --> 00:06:21,875 of hand-placed rocks, 144 00:06:22,042 --> 00:06:24,708 which were covered by a 40,000-pound boulder, 145 00:06:24,875 --> 00:06:29,125 Fiona discovered blue clay and a mortar-like cement 146 00:06:29,292 --> 00:06:31,458 that was used to bind the stones together. 147 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:33,917 It has made the team speculate that this 148 00:06:34,042 --> 00:06:37,542 was done to cover something buried deeper below. 149 00:06:37,708 --> 00:06:40,375 The deeper I'm going, it's really hard to dig through. 150 00:06:40,583 --> 00:06:43,667 [Narrator] Now, while Fiona and Laird slowly break up 151 00:06:43,833 --> 00:06:45,750 the mortar and remove the rocks, 152 00:06:45,917 --> 00:06:48,625 Dr. Spooner is collecting samples 153 00:06:48,750 --> 00:06:52,458 for ongoing lab testing in the hopes that he can determine 154 00:06:52,583 --> 00:06:55,000 when the feature was constructed. 155 00:06:55,208 --> 00:06:57,000 It's under-under every single rock, 156 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:59,333 and it's literally layered. 157 00:06:59,458 --> 00:07:00,792 [Ian] This is kind of blowing me away right now, 158 00:07:00,958 --> 00:07:03,250 because it's nothing I've ever seen before. 159 00:07:03,375 --> 00:07:05,375 You know, that kind of appearance-- 160 00:07:05,542 --> 00:07:08,292 -almost a wall of rock. -Exactly. 161 00:07:08,458 --> 00:07:10,167 Yeah. I'd be perplexed if we-- 162 00:07:10,375 --> 00:07:12,917 if we just uncovered this archaeologically 163 00:07:13,042 --> 00:07:15,958 without a 40,000-pound boulder on top of it. 164 00:07:16,083 --> 00:07:17,667 Yeah. 165 00:07:17,833 --> 00:07:19,583 [Marty] There's something very strange going on 166 00:07:19,750 --> 00:07:22,208 underneath the Lot 8 boulder. 167 00:07:22,417 --> 00:07:23,625 The metal readings, 168 00:07:23,708 --> 00:07:25,500 according to Dr. Spooner, 169 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:27,125 who knows what he's talking about, 170 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:28,667 are not natural. 171 00:07:28,833 --> 00:07:31,750 A couple of them have silver in them. 172 00:07:31,917 --> 00:07:35,583 If in fact there is a shaft directly under this cradle, 173 00:07:35,750 --> 00:07:38,583 it could lead to actual treasure on the table. 174 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:41,208 Hey, the whole thing is wildly interesting, 175 00:07:41,375 --> 00:07:43,667 and I can't wait to get to the bottom of it. 176 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:45,583 What I'd like to do is get some of that organic 177 00:07:45,792 --> 00:07:47,875 and then, uh, get back to my lab. 178 00:07:48,042 --> 00:07:49,833 Doesn't need to be a lot. 179 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,167 -Think that's enough? -That's good. Oh, yeah, that's perfect. 180 00:07:51,333 --> 00:07:53,333 I'll take this back to the lab. 181 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:55,583 I'll see what I see in this 182 00:07:55,750 --> 00:07:57,875 and get those results to you right away. 183 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,667 -Well, thank you. -[Laird] All righty. Thank you. 184 00:08:03,042 --> 00:08:04,875 -[Narrator] Meanwhile... -[Steve] Uh, Billy, 185 00:08:05,042 --> 00:08:06,375 you'll see Peter and I put a stake in here. 186 00:08:06,542 --> 00:08:08,500 -So you could see it. -Yep. 187 00:08:08,708 --> 00:08:11,375 ...Rick and other members of the team begin a new dig 188 00:08:11,542 --> 00:08:13,583 in the southwest corner of the swamp. 189 00:08:13,750 --> 00:08:15,250 We've got orange flagging 190 00:08:15,417 --> 00:08:16,917 a couple hundred feet north of us. 191 00:08:17,125 --> 00:08:20,042 We turn straight west and we go all the way to the road. 192 00:08:20,208 --> 00:08:21,833 This is the new permitted area of the swamp. 193 00:08:22,042 --> 00:08:25,167 It's an extension of the southwest corner of the swamp, 194 00:08:25,375 --> 00:08:27,292 and I'm excited to see where the sand road might go. 195 00:08:27,458 --> 00:08:29,333 [Narrator] Earlier this year, 196 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:31,875 the team uncovered two sections 197 00:08:32,042 --> 00:08:35,167 of a sand-covered cobblestone road in this area 198 00:08:35,333 --> 00:08:38,833 that were lined by several eight-sided survey stakes, 199 00:08:39,042 --> 00:08:41,417 which, according to new research, 200 00:08:41,583 --> 00:08:45,042 could be nearly 800 years old. 201 00:08:45,250 --> 00:08:48,667 So I'm looking for corroborative evidence that this is 202 00:08:48,833 --> 00:08:51,375 -indeed a path or a road. -Mm-hmm. 203 00:08:51,542 --> 00:08:53,750 [Narrator] While earlier permitting issues 204 00:08:53,917 --> 00:08:57,375 restricted the team's ability to search for more of the road 205 00:08:57,542 --> 00:08:59,792 and determine just where it may lead, 206 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,250 they have now obtained government approval 207 00:09:02,417 --> 00:09:04,458 to continue the investigation. 208 00:09:04,583 --> 00:09:06,167 When you find something, give me a call 209 00:09:06,292 --> 00:09:08,625 -and I'll come back to survey it. -Okeydoke. Thank you, Steve. 210 00:09:08,792 --> 00:09:11,708 We'd like to know why is it there and who did it. 211 00:09:11,875 --> 00:09:14,542 Why is it lined with the survey stakes? 212 00:09:14,750 --> 00:09:17,958 Might it lead to a treasure or a vault? 213 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:19,333 These questions 214 00:09:19,542 --> 00:09:21,000 hopefully will be answered. 215 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,792 -Keep an eye out for stakes. -[Billy] Yeah. 216 00:09:25,167 --> 00:09:27,583 ♪ ♪ 217 00:09:36,083 --> 00:09:38,750 Whoa. Hold up, Bill! 218 00:09:39,708 --> 00:09:41,833 Look at that. 219 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,625 [Katya] Wow. 220 00:09:48,708 --> 00:09:51,750 [Rick] Whoa. Hold up, Bill! 221 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:54,833 Look at that. 222 00:09:55,042 --> 00:09:56,500 [Katya] Wow. 223 00:09:56,708 --> 00:09:59,042 -There's your sand, Billy, right here. -[Billy] Yeah. 224 00:09:59,208 --> 00:10:01,875 [Narrator] In the southwest corner of the swamp, 225 00:10:02,042 --> 00:10:04,667 the Oak Island team has discovered more evidence 226 00:10:04,792 --> 00:10:06,958 of a sand-covered stone road. 227 00:10:07,042 --> 00:10:08,792 Makes that sand 228 00:10:08,958 --> 00:10:10,667 -really old. Yep. -That would go way back, right? 229 00:10:10,833 --> 00:10:12,750 We have the ability to go that way. 230 00:10:12,875 --> 00:10:14,833 -Right. -I'd like to know the width of it. 231 00:10:14,958 --> 00:10:18,917 That sand certainly does seem to be turning that way. 232 00:10:19,125 --> 00:10:21,625 -Right. -Here, this is well-defined. 233 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:24,083 -[Billy] Yeah. -[Rick] There's no question 234 00:10:24,208 --> 00:10:26,750 that what Billy called the sand road is 235 00:10:26,917 --> 00:10:29,000 right in front of us. We're standing on it. 236 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:32,000 Uh, that's exciting and interesting at the same time. 237 00:10:32,208 --> 00:10:35,167 As we continue this process, it may go 238 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:38,333 to another area that we are currently completely unaware of. 239 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:41,000 We think people were here at different periods of times 240 00:10:41,125 --> 00:10:42,458 for a significant amount of time, right? 241 00:10:42,667 --> 00:10:44,750 -Yep. -And we're finding 242 00:10:44,917 --> 00:10:46,333 mounting evidence that they did. 243 00:10:46,542 --> 00:10:48,292 [Rick] Yeah. Right here. 244 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:49,750 Okeydoke. 245 00:10:49,917 --> 00:10:51,208 -All right. -Let's see what we get. 246 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:53,333 ♪ ♪ 247 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,500 I'm gonna run back to the research center. 248 00:11:14,625 --> 00:11:15,917 Hopefully there's artifacts in here. 249 00:11:16,083 --> 00:11:18,167 But stakes are just as important. 250 00:11:18,292 --> 00:11:20,083 So just keep an eye open. That's all. 251 00:11:20,208 --> 00:11:21,708 -We'll let you know if we find anything. -All right. 252 00:11:21,875 --> 00:11:23,792 -See ya, Billy. -See ya. 253 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:31,042 Ah, nothing yet. 254 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:40,667 Hey, Peter. There might be a top of a stake there. 255 00:11:41,667 --> 00:11:43,000 -Right here? -[Billy] Yep. 256 00:11:43,167 --> 00:11:44,458 Oh, yeah. 257 00:11:44,583 --> 00:11:46,083 Might be. 258 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,250 It's big if it is. 259 00:11:51,417 --> 00:11:52,667 Suspiciously straight. 260 00:11:52,875 --> 00:11:54,500 From here, it looks cut. 261 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:56,042 -Yeah. -Cut. 262 00:11:56,208 --> 00:11:57,708 But not pointed. 263 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,958 [Peter] It's decayed in there, so it's hard to know. 264 00:12:00,125 --> 00:12:02,083 [Billy] Yeah. But it was pretty deep. 265 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:03,458 [Peter] Yeah. 266 00:12:03,583 --> 00:12:05,083 [Narrator] Is it possible 267 00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:07,125 that the team has found the remains 268 00:12:07,292 --> 00:12:10,167 of another potentially ancient survey stake 269 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:12,542 along the believed sand road? 270 00:12:12,708 --> 00:12:13,917 We'll put it to the side. 271 00:12:14,083 --> 00:12:15,875 [Billy] Remember where it was for Steve. 272 00:12:16,958 --> 00:12:18,333 -[Peter] Keep on finding more. -[Katya] If there's 273 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:20,708 -something here, we'll find it. -[Billy] Yep. 274 00:12:22,917 --> 00:12:26,458 [Narrator] The follow morning, 275 00:12:26,625 --> 00:12:29,125 as the teams from SB Canada 276 00:12:29,292 --> 00:12:32,792 and ROC Equipment make final preparations to begin excavating 277 00:12:32,958 --> 00:12:36,375 Peacock-1 in the Money Pit area... 278 00:12:37,708 --> 00:12:39,167 [Marty] All right, Gary, it's time. 279 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:41,333 This is prime hunting ground here, right? 280 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,042 Lots of good finds. 281 00:12:43,208 --> 00:12:46,792 We are between the structure on Lot 5 and the ocean. 282 00:12:46,958 --> 00:12:50,292 -[Gary] Yeah. -...Marty and Gary arrive on Lot 5. 283 00:12:50,417 --> 00:12:52,000 -This here is a covered well, right? -Yeah, it is. 284 00:12:52,167 --> 00:12:54,042 We don't know how old it is. 285 00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:56,500 So this would have been a busy area in between these features. 286 00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:58,958 So it stands to reason, 287 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:02,917 -we should be able to find some artifacts here. -Okay. 288 00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:05,000 [Narrator] One week ago, 289 00:13:05,167 --> 00:13:08,833 Italian archeoastronomy professor Adriano Gaspani 290 00:13:09,042 --> 00:13:13,583 analyzed the location of the round feature on Lot 5, 291 00:13:13,750 --> 00:13:16,042 a feature that the lot's previous owner, 292 00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:18,667 the late Robert Young, believed was no older 293 00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:20,542 than the 20th century. 294 00:13:20,708 --> 00:13:23,500 But, incredibly, based on its alignment 295 00:13:23,708 --> 00:13:25,708 with certain stars in the night sky, 296 00:13:25,917 --> 00:13:28,833 Professor Gaspani believes that the feature 297 00:13:28,958 --> 00:13:30,708 was originally constructed 298 00:13:30,875 --> 00:13:34,250 as far back as the early 13th century. 299 00:13:34,417 --> 00:13:37,375 -Let's start here. Let's go around the well. -Okay. 300 00:13:37,542 --> 00:13:41,500 [Narrator] Now Gary and Marty want to search a stone well 301 00:13:41,667 --> 00:13:44,667 that sits a few yards away from the rounded feature 302 00:13:44,792 --> 00:13:46,500 for clues that could help validate 303 00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:49,000 Professor Gaspani's theory. 304 00:13:50,042 --> 00:13:52,417 Especially since they have previously found 305 00:13:52,542 --> 00:13:55,500 a bronze button and a spike in this area 306 00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:59,292 that have been scientifically dated to the 13th century. 307 00:13:59,417 --> 00:14:01,542 How about you get that end, I get that end, 308 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:04,208 -we flip this thing up, and you work this from the side? -Yeah. 309 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:06,833 [Marty] When we bought Lot 5, 310 00:14:07,042 --> 00:14:09,000 the people who looked, 311 00:14:09,125 --> 00:14:12,000 uh, into Robert Young's data 312 00:14:12,167 --> 00:14:15,250 told me that this thing that was covered up in plywood... 313 00:14:15,417 --> 00:14:17,000 [Gary] Ooh, look at that. 314 00:14:17,083 --> 00:14:19,083 ...was that this was just a modern well. 315 00:14:19,958 --> 00:14:21,875 But it's weird. 316 00:14:22,042 --> 00:14:24,500 I don't know why anyone would dig a water well 317 00:14:24,625 --> 00:14:26,375 so close to the ocean. 318 00:14:27,042 --> 00:14:28,917 If you don't mind, I'd like to get you down in there. 319 00:14:29,125 --> 00:14:31,167 [Gary] I'll scamper down. 320 00:14:31,333 --> 00:14:34,667 You had me at "detect at the bottom of the well." 321 00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:36,667 [Marty] It's an unswept area 322 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:38,708 that has not been searched yet. 323 00:14:38,875 --> 00:14:41,667 So there could be artifacts under there. 324 00:14:41,833 --> 00:14:43,833 Let's get to the bottom of this. 325 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:48,833 -Thanks. -[soft beeping] 326 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:54,833 Around the edges. 327 00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:57,458 Nothing in that part. 328 00:14:57,583 --> 00:14:59,042 I'm gonna hand you the shovel 329 00:14:59,208 --> 00:15:01,208 -and then I'm gonna crawl down in there. -Yeah. Okay. 330 00:15:02,708 --> 00:15:04,250 Thanks. 331 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:07,542 Yeah, it's easy to get down here. 332 00:15:10,792 --> 00:15:12,417 Whoa. [laughs] 333 00:15:12,583 --> 00:15:14,708 -This thing goes a little deeper... -Yeah, it's soft. 334 00:15:14,875 --> 00:15:16,833 -...a little deeper than I thought. -Yeah. 335 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:20,167 That's not even a good bottom right there. 336 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:22,542 I mean, this floor is giving way as we stand here. 337 00:15:24,125 --> 00:15:26,542 -[Gary] Yeah. -Uh, we're nowhere near the bottom of this, Gary. 338 00:15:26,708 --> 00:15:28,000 -[Gary] No. -It keeps on going. 339 00:15:28,167 --> 00:15:30,333 Yeah, I'm standing on a bunch of leaves. 340 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:32,750 -That's all. You want to look again? -Yeah. 341 00:15:32,917 --> 00:15:34,458 Let me get right on out of here. 342 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,542 [both chuckle] 343 00:15:36,708 --> 00:15:39,042 [soft beeping] 344 00:15:39,208 --> 00:15:40,667 Oh. 345 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:43,083 Boy, I'm surprised. I thought there'd be more in the walls. 346 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:44,583 Thanks. 347 00:15:45,708 --> 00:15:47,250 That was crazy, wasn't it? 348 00:15:47,458 --> 00:15:48,833 -Mm. -Thanks. 349 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,208 -Okay, but we got to talk about this. -Yeah. 350 00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:54,000 Just because we're not detecting any metals down there 351 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:55,625 -don't mean-- -We're not at the bottom. 352 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:57,333 Yeah. Exactly. 353 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,500 And there could be pottery, glass. 354 00:15:59,708 --> 00:16:01,458 All kinds of stuff. 355 00:16:01,583 --> 00:16:05,000 [Gary] This is like metal detecting on a trampoline. 356 00:16:05,167 --> 00:16:09,958 The fact that there are several feet of leaves below our feet. 357 00:16:10,125 --> 00:16:12,208 We need to get the archaeologists 358 00:16:12,333 --> 00:16:15,250 and do some more exploring in this well. 359 00:16:15,417 --> 00:16:17,167 -This looks promising to me. -Yeah. 360 00:16:17,333 --> 00:16:20,875 I'm sure, when all these leaves are taken out, 361 00:16:21,042 --> 00:16:24,500 there's a good chance of finding an artifact 362 00:16:24,667 --> 00:16:26,167 in the bottom of the well. 363 00:16:26,333 --> 00:16:28,333 [beeping] 364 00:16:28,542 --> 00:16:30,042 That's a good signal. 365 00:16:31,208 --> 00:16:33,500 Sounds like there's a chance it could be nonferrous 366 00:16:33,708 --> 00:16:35,500 -and deep. -Yeah. 367 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,583 Looks like, uh, this rock has to go, Gary, 368 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:42,167 -before-- -Yeah. 369 00:16:42,375 --> 00:16:44,208 [Marty] Yeah, I think so. 370 00:16:46,208 --> 00:16:48,208 You do the hard work, and I'll take the glory. 371 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,500 Okay. 372 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:50,875 [grunts weakly] 373 00:16:51,042 --> 00:16:53,083 [both chuckling] 374 00:16:57,083 --> 00:16:59,875 [beeping] 375 00:17:00,042 --> 00:17:03,167 -Oh. This has got potential, mate. -Really? 376 00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:05,000 -[Gary] Right there. -[detector whooping] 377 00:17:06,042 --> 00:17:07,500 [Gary imitates detector] Woo-woo. 378 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,500 What do you got, Marty? 379 00:17:11,625 --> 00:17:12,958 I can see it at the side. 380 00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:15,125 [Marty] Hmm. 381 00:17:15,292 --> 00:17:16,833 -[beeping] -[Gary] Ah. 382 00:17:16,958 --> 00:17:19,667 I see something moving. There. 383 00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:21,458 You do the honors, mate. You dug it out. 384 00:17:21,625 --> 00:17:23,500 You see, that's the tip of it. Just there. 385 00:17:23,708 --> 00:17:25,417 -I can pick it out with my hand, you think? -Yeah. 386 00:17:25,542 --> 00:17:27,750 -Yep. -[grunting] 387 00:17:27,917 --> 00:17:30,292 You did all the hard work, mate. 388 00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:31,667 See what we got. 389 00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:34,458 Ooh! 390 00:17:38,125 --> 00:17:39,667 [Marty] It's a hook! 391 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:41,125 [Gary] Oh-hoo! 392 00:17:41,208 --> 00:17:44,167 That-that's probably a... an old hook. 393 00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:46,958 And it makes sense if you think about it, 394 00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:48,417 right next to a well. 395 00:17:48,583 --> 00:17:49,958 -Lowering something in it, eh? -Yeah. 396 00:17:50,125 --> 00:17:52,167 [Narrator] While searching the stone well 397 00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:54,792 near the rounded feature on Lot 5, 398 00:17:54,875 --> 00:17:58,542 Marty and Gary have just made an intriguing discovery. 399 00:17:58,708 --> 00:18:01,167 I bet it's been a long time since that's been used. 400 00:18:01,375 --> 00:18:02,583 -You know what, though? -What? 401 00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:05,125 It's not a chain hook, it's a driven hook. Look. 402 00:18:05,292 --> 00:18:06,708 -Yeah. -Drove that in, 403 00:18:06,875 --> 00:18:08,125 -to pull something. -Yeah. 404 00:18:08,292 --> 00:18:10,333 Kind of like a... a pintle. 405 00:18:10,417 --> 00:18:12,833 -[Rick] It might be a pintle. -Yeah. 406 00:18:13,042 --> 00:18:14,875 I kind of hope it is a pintle 407 00:18:15,042 --> 00:18:17,000 because we found a pintle 408 00:18:17,167 --> 00:18:19,333 20 yards away from that big boulder on Lot 8 409 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,667 and on Lot 15. 410 00:18:21,875 --> 00:18:23,167 But if it's a pintle, 411 00:18:23,375 --> 00:18:25,667 then I have a feeling this is gonna be 412 00:18:25,833 --> 00:18:27,167 a real oldie as well. 413 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:29,333 [Marty] You think the metal's gonna match? 414 00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:30,875 There could be a connection there. Lot 5, 415 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,167 -Lot 8, Lot 15. -Yeah. 416 00:18:33,292 --> 00:18:36,292 [Narrator] A pintle is a kind of pivot pin 417 00:18:36,417 --> 00:18:38,167 used for doors and gate hinges, 418 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:41,167 allowing them to open and close. 419 00:18:41,375 --> 00:18:43,500 Curiously, the team unearthed 420 00:18:43,583 --> 00:18:45,833 two other possible pintles this year. 421 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 one on Lot 15, 422 00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:51,125 200 yards northeast of the Money Pit area 423 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:54,917 and another near the boulder feature on Lot 8. 424 00:18:55,083 --> 00:18:58,417 Both could predate 1795. 425 00:18:58,583 --> 00:19:02,500 If Marty and Gary have indeed found a third pintle, 426 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:06,083 could Gary be correct that it might be a clue 427 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:08,792 connecting all three areas of Oak Island? 428 00:19:08,958 --> 00:19:10,375 [Gary] I would imagine 429 00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:12,792 we're the first ones ever metal detecting down here. 430 00:19:12,958 --> 00:19:14,500 This has not moved 431 00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:15,875 for a very long time. 432 00:19:16,042 --> 00:19:18,625 -Yeah. -Let's put her in the bag. 433 00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:20,292 Whenever we found 434 00:19:20,458 --> 00:19:22,375 these pintles around Oak Island, 435 00:19:22,542 --> 00:19:26,042 they've always been associated with an old feature. 436 00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:27,917 I know this isn't a wishing well, 437 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:29,542 but I'm wishing 438 00:19:29,708 --> 00:19:32,583 that we would've explored this well sooner. 439 00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:35,208 -We are not at the bottom of this by any means. -No. 440 00:19:35,333 --> 00:19:36,917 This is under-searched. 441 00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:38,333 Yeah, it really is. 442 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,917 Yeah. We need to get to the bottom of it. 443 00:19:41,083 --> 00:19:42,833 -We gotta talk with the crew. -Yeah. 444 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,500 -[Marty] Laird should have a look at this. -[Gary] Yeah. 445 00:19:48,250 --> 00:19:50,292 [Narrator] Later that morning... 446 00:19:50,458 --> 00:19:54,250 [Alex] 'Kay, guys, looks like they're all set up on Peacock-1. 447 00:19:54,458 --> 00:19:55,958 [Narrator] ...the team prepares 448 00:19:56,083 --> 00:19:57,958 to break ground with their third 449 00:19:58,125 --> 00:20:00,292 7-foot-diameter shaft of the year 450 00:20:00,458 --> 00:20:02,042 in the Money Pit area. 451 00:20:02,208 --> 00:20:04,042 [Alex] The Peacock has been an area where 452 00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:06,292 Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michael have 453 00:20:06,458 --> 00:20:07,750 indicated for years 454 00:20:07,917 --> 00:20:10,042 that the gold in the water is emanating from. 455 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:12,833 [Jack] Gold, silver, it's right where we're headed. 456 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,833 [Alex] Terry, what are our depths? 457 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,167 Depth to bedrock in this area 458 00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:18,375 of the Peacock, it's, uh, 211. 459 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:21,917 And this is an area where the solution channel actually 460 00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:23,958 extends up to about 165 feet. 461 00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,667 That's the most likely origin of the metals in the water 462 00:20:26,833 --> 00:20:28,500 -based on the testing. -Yeah. In this area. Yes. 463 00:20:28,708 --> 00:20:30,458 [Terry] We're looking for that structure that has eluded us, 464 00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:32,792 the structure that perhaps is emanating the gold, 465 00:20:32,958 --> 00:20:34,125 the structure that is perhaps 466 00:20:34,292 --> 00:20:36,000 -the offset chamber. -Right. 467 00:20:36,167 --> 00:20:38,167 [Alex] Before we reach the bottom of the solution channel, 468 00:20:38,375 --> 00:20:39,708 we have to look at this 469 00:20:39,875 --> 00:20:41,208 area of really loose, 470 00:20:41,417 --> 00:20:42,917 what looks like disturbed soil underground 471 00:20:43,083 --> 00:20:44,333 that we call the Peacock, 472 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:46,542 because there were some voids 473 00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:48,667 left open down there. There could be an offset chamber. 474 00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:51,833 Everything starting from about 150 feet down 475 00:20:51,958 --> 00:20:53,458 and deeper, we're gonna 476 00:20:53,542 --> 00:20:54,917 go through, because it has a chance 477 00:20:55,125 --> 00:20:56,542 of containing the treasure. 478 00:20:56,708 --> 00:20:58,250 People could've been chasing the Money Pit, 479 00:20:58,417 --> 00:20:59,792 but the reality is, with the gold 480 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:01,333 in the water and the other things that we've found, 481 00:21:01,417 --> 00:21:03,208 maybe, with this information, proves 482 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:04,833 that the treasure is up here somewhere. 483 00:21:05,042 --> 00:21:07,125 [Alex] There is a lot that speaks 484 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:09,167 to the Peacock as being the location 485 00:21:09,375 --> 00:21:11,208 of the Money Pit treasure. 486 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:13,125 And we're gonna find out with this caisson, hopefully. 487 00:21:13,208 --> 00:21:15,833 So, the more spoils we pull out of this can, 488 00:21:15,917 --> 00:21:18,167 the more chance we have of finding treasure. 489 00:21:18,375 --> 00:21:20,500 -It's virgin ground. -[Alex] Yep. Speaking of that, 490 00:21:20,708 --> 00:21:22,167 it looks like we have the first 491 00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:23,875 bucket from Peacock-1 coming up now, 492 00:21:24,042 --> 00:21:26,667 so I'm gonna grab some shovels and we can get going. 493 00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:28,167 [Jack] Can't wait. 494 00:21:28,333 --> 00:21:30,458 [Narrator] As the dig proceeds, 495 00:21:30,542 --> 00:21:33,417 later that afternoon... 496 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:36,167 -Okay, we're here to analyze an object. -...Alex, 497 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:38,208 Gary and Marty 498 00:21:38,375 --> 00:21:40,750 join Laird and Emma in the lab to hear their analysis 499 00:21:40,958 --> 00:21:42,833 of the possible pintle 500 00:21:43,042 --> 00:21:46,083 found earlier today on Lot 5. 501 00:21:46,250 --> 00:21:48,208 It was found near the supposed 502 00:21:48,375 --> 00:21:50,250 -well on Lot 5. -[Laird] Yeah. 503 00:21:50,417 --> 00:21:53,458 Robert Young refers to it as "the 20th-century well." 504 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:55,167 Anyway, I'm sort of proud of that find 505 00:21:55,250 --> 00:21:56,500 because it was so difficult to get. 506 00:21:56,667 --> 00:21:59,875 So, let's find out, Gary. Shall we? 507 00:22:00,042 --> 00:22:01,167 What do we know about it? 508 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:02,833 We both thought it was 509 00:22:02,958 --> 00:22:04,667 either a pintle or an hook. 510 00:22:04,792 --> 00:22:07,333 -And we're hoping it's old. -[Emma] Well, 511 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:08,875 here it is, kind of cleaned up. 512 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,708 We are leaning towards hook rather than pintle. 513 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:15,667 [Gary] Maybe driven into something 514 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:17,500 to lower that bucket down the well. 515 00:22:18,458 --> 00:22:20,417 The iron's composition, um, 516 00:22:20,583 --> 00:22:21,958 so it is minimal impurities. 517 00:22:22,125 --> 00:22:24,417 This one is just really clean iron that makes it 518 00:22:24,583 --> 00:22:26,333 harder to locate. 519 00:22:26,542 --> 00:22:27,833 [Marty] Well, that's interesting, 'cause most 520 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,458 of your artifacts tend to point towards Britain, 521 00:22:30,667 --> 00:22:32,250 -don't they? -Yeah. 522 00:22:32,417 --> 00:22:34,250 Yeah, and here's one that doesn't. 523 00:22:34,375 --> 00:22:36,417 Yeah. It does have a higher 524 00:22:36,625 --> 00:22:38,208 chromium content and a copper content. 525 00:22:38,375 --> 00:22:39,625 I do see European regions 526 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:42,583 with a higher copper impurity, 527 00:22:42,708 --> 00:22:45,167 so that could be kind of a region of interest 528 00:22:45,375 --> 00:22:46,917 to look into. 529 00:22:47,083 --> 00:22:50,250 There's no modern alloying elements, so that brings it 530 00:22:50,417 --> 00:22:52,583 before 1800s. 531 00:22:53,875 --> 00:22:55,333 There is a lack 532 00:22:55,458 --> 00:22:57,833 of potassium in its base metal. 533 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,167 It does point towards 534 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:02,083 mid-1700s as the most likelihood. 535 00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:03,542 -Oh, wow. -[Marty] Well, that fits with 536 00:23:03,708 --> 00:23:05,500 -the bulk of your artifacts. -Yeah, it does. 537 00:23:05,708 --> 00:23:08,167 Well, except that then they're way off on the age of the well. 538 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:10,667 -Yeah. -But the takeaway is exciting 539 00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:12,167 because it implies that that well could potentially 540 00:23:12,333 --> 00:23:13,750 be older than we've thought. 541 00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:18,417 -[Marty] That would be very cool. -[Alex] Mm-hmm. 542 00:23:21,958 --> 00:23:24,000 It implies that that well could potentially be older 543 00:23:24,125 --> 00:23:25,625 -than we've thought. -Yeah. 544 00:23:25,792 --> 00:23:27,208 And it also says there's more to learn about Lot 5. 545 00:23:27,375 --> 00:23:28,833 Yeah. I think so. 546 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,708 [Narrator] In the Oak Island Lab, 547 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:32,542 the team has just been informed 548 00:23:32,708 --> 00:23:36,417 that an iron hook found near the well on Lot 5 549 00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:38,750 could predate the discovery of the Money Pit. 550 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:40,542 The potential, 551 00:23:40,667 --> 00:23:42,000 what you can find at the bottom of a well 552 00:23:42,208 --> 00:23:43,417 -is so great. -Always good. Yeah. 553 00:23:43,542 --> 00:23:45,667 -Yeah. -So, Laird, my information 554 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:49,250 is that Robert Young felt like that well was recent. 555 00:23:49,417 --> 00:23:50,875 But I'm wondering whether this 556 00:23:51,042 --> 00:23:54,250 could lead us to some action, because just about 557 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:56,333 everything Robert Young touched, 558 00:23:56,542 --> 00:23:59,792 God bless him, seems to be 559 00:23:59,958 --> 00:24:01,167 not what it seems. 560 00:24:01,333 --> 00:24:02,875 Mm-hmm, and you have looked at 561 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,417 the surrounding areas of the well, obviously, 562 00:24:04,625 --> 00:24:05,792 -that's where that came from. -Yeah. 563 00:24:05,917 --> 00:24:08,167 The well is-is circled with rocks, 564 00:24:08,375 --> 00:24:10,125 very similar to 565 00:24:10,292 --> 00:24:12,500 the original round feature. 566 00:24:12,667 --> 00:24:15,542 -Yes. -Here it is. 567 00:24:15,708 --> 00:24:17,708 [Marty] Whoa. It's almost perfectly circular. 568 00:24:17,833 --> 00:24:20,583 [Narrator] When the team began investigating Lot 5 569 00:24:20,708 --> 00:24:25,417 in 2022, after acquiring it from Robert Young's estate, 570 00:24:25,542 --> 00:24:28,333 what is now the large rounded feature, 571 00:24:28,458 --> 00:24:30,583 where artifacts that may date between 572 00:24:30,708 --> 00:24:33,500 the 13th and 17th centuries have been found, 573 00:24:33,625 --> 00:24:37,167 was mostly buried and surrounded by stones 574 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:39,333 that Mr. Young had placed above it. 575 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:42,125 Everybody drops artifacts down the well, 576 00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:43,417 because you're leaning over it... 577 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:45,208 -Yeah. -...getting the water out. 578 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:47,375 And they're used to hide things you don't want people to see. 579 00:24:47,583 --> 00:24:49,500 -[Gary] Yeah. -[Narrator] Could Laird be correct 580 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:52,500 that the well, which was also reported 581 00:24:52,667 --> 00:24:54,333 to be a modern structure, 582 00:24:54,542 --> 00:24:57,333 is actually a much older formation? 583 00:24:57,542 --> 00:24:59,042 So, I think, again, the well... 584 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:01,250 it's worth putting a little bit of effort into it. 585 00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:02,833 Yeah. 586 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,625 Just for the potential rewards at the bottom. 587 00:25:04,750 --> 00:25:06,500 It might be a lot deeper than you think. 588 00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:08,833 -Well, that's a good thing. -That's a great thing, yeah. 589 00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:11,167 Well, we're tied up until the end of the week 590 00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:13,333 with Lot 8. 591 00:25:13,458 --> 00:25:16,000 But we can go down, reevaluate. 592 00:25:16,208 --> 00:25:18,458 -I really think you should. -Yeah, I like the idea too. 593 00:25:18,625 --> 00:25:20,500 -It was puzzling. -Yeah. 594 00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:22,500 -Okay, well, let's get after it. -Yep. -All right. -Thank you. 595 00:25:22,708 --> 00:25:24,000 -[Marty] See you guys. -[Laird] See you. 596 00:25:24,167 --> 00:25:26,000 -[Emma] See ya. -[Marty] Thank you. 597 00:25:28,292 --> 00:25:30,667 [Narrator] As a new morning breaks on Oak Island... 598 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:32,458 [Gary] Let's get stuck in. 599 00:25:32,583 --> 00:25:34,042 -[Terry] Here we go. -[Gary] All right. 600 00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:37,167 [Gary] All it takes is 601 00:25:37,375 --> 00:25:39,000 -one good find, Terry. -I know. 602 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:41,167 [Narrator] ...Rick and other members of the team 603 00:25:41,375 --> 00:25:43,625 are continuing their investigation 604 00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:45,500 of the possible sand road 605 00:25:45,667 --> 00:25:47,417 in the southwest region of the swamp. 606 00:25:47,583 --> 00:25:49,250 You see how much deeper that is there? 607 00:25:49,375 --> 00:25:50,833 Right here. 608 00:25:51,042 --> 00:25:52,875 Yeah, well, like here-- here, we're on ground 609 00:25:53,042 --> 00:25:55,333 and look how it steps right off there. 610 00:25:55,417 --> 00:25:57,292 -Yeah, just... -Yeah. 611 00:25:57,375 --> 00:25:58,583 No sand. 612 00:25:58,792 --> 00:26:00,333 Not over there, no. 613 00:26:00,542 --> 00:26:02,667 I wonder if it's going that way, 614 00:26:02,833 --> 00:26:05,042 toward the center of the bog. 615 00:26:05,167 --> 00:26:06,667 It's early on 616 00:26:06,875 --> 00:26:08,458 in terms of trying to understand 617 00:26:08,583 --> 00:26:11,083 the, uh, proper orientation of the sand road. 618 00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:13,625 Does it have anything to do with the stakes? 619 00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:15,167 Is it going towards the Money Pit? 620 00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:17,667 There's no way to make that determination yet, 621 00:26:17,833 --> 00:26:19,542 but I intend to figure it out. 622 00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:25,667 [grunting] 623 00:26:27,417 --> 00:26:28,792 Wait, wait, wait. 624 00:26:32,417 --> 00:26:34,458 [Gary] Ooh, Rick just found a stake! 625 00:26:34,583 --> 00:26:36,250 [Terry] Whoa! 626 00:26:36,375 --> 00:26:38,333 -Okay. -Let's go have a look. 627 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,833 Yeah. 628 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,833 -Is it a eight-sided stake? -Five. 629 00:26:44,042 --> 00:26:45,500 You can see it's been bounced, 630 00:26:45,708 --> 00:26:47,000 it's been cut with an axe. You can see 631 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:48,917 those bounces on that side there. 632 00:26:49,875 --> 00:26:51,167 [Rick] Well, one thing's for sure, 633 00:26:51,375 --> 00:26:53,125 that's exactly where it was... 634 00:26:53,292 --> 00:26:54,833 -[Terry] Yep. -...so we need Steve to pin that. 635 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,250 -For sure. -You know what? There's two of 'em. 636 00:26:57,458 --> 00:26:58,667 [Gary] Two of 'em! 637 00:26:58,792 --> 00:27:00,625 That's eight-ish. 638 00:27:00,750 --> 00:27:03,750 -And look how the-- -One, two, three four... how many, 639 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:05,583 -how many you got left? -[Gary] Five, six, seven, 640 00:27:05,708 --> 00:27:07,125 -eight-sided. -[Terry] Eight-sided. 641 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:10,708 -Good eye, mate. -They're right there, together. 642 00:27:10,875 --> 00:27:13,625 -No clue what either of them mean. -No. Yeah. 643 00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:16,583 I struggle with this find being coincidental. 644 00:27:16,750 --> 00:27:19,500 To me, it's intentional. Five-sided stakes 645 00:27:19,667 --> 00:27:21,458 and eight-sided stakes, I think each 646 00:27:21,583 --> 00:27:23,083 is telling a different story. 647 00:27:23,250 --> 00:27:25,917 -We've never seen a five and an eight together. -No. 648 00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:30,000 [Rick] One has to remember dates in the bog indicate 649 00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:32,583 a multigenerational attempt to accomplish something 650 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,583 as far back as the 13th century. 651 00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:36,958 So, I think they represent 652 00:27:37,125 --> 00:27:39,000 two completely different timelines. 653 00:27:39,167 --> 00:27:44,042 The five-sided stakes could represent the later occupation. 654 00:27:44,208 --> 00:27:46,208 -That's cool. -Yeah. 655 00:27:46,375 --> 00:27:49,333 [Gary] This is a good sign. Whenever we found stakes, 656 00:27:49,458 --> 00:27:51,250 we normally find some kind of 657 00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:54,083 a boulder or rock construction. 658 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:56,958 We don't know if it's a platform or a path. 659 00:27:57,125 --> 00:27:58,958 [Rick] That's why we find multiple stakes 660 00:27:59,125 --> 00:28:01,083 in different areas of different designs. 661 00:28:01,250 --> 00:28:04,500 The stakes represent multiple attempts to do things 662 00:28:04,708 --> 00:28:06,667 over an extended period of time, 663 00:28:06,875 --> 00:28:08,375 and I think we need to do a lot more work 664 00:28:08,542 --> 00:28:10,917 to try to understand what they may mean. 665 00:28:11,042 --> 00:28:13,542 -[Rick] The sand is back. -[Billy] Hmm. 666 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:15,833 And it doesn't look very haphazard, 667 00:28:16,042 --> 00:28:18,667 -it's so perfectly straight. -[Rick] Perfectly straight. 668 00:28:18,833 --> 00:28:20,375 -The road's still here. -Yep. 669 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:21,792 Or the path. Whatever it is. Whatever you want to call it, 670 00:28:21,875 --> 00:28:23,708 -it's right here. -Yeah. 671 00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:30,583 I found another stake. 672 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:33,417 What kind, Gary? 673 00:28:33,542 --> 00:28:35,458 The good kind. 674 00:28:36,958 --> 00:28:38,833 One, two, three, four, five, 675 00:28:39,042 --> 00:28:41,417 six, seven, eight-sided stake. 676 00:28:42,542 --> 00:28:44,083 It's snapped off. 677 00:28:45,708 --> 00:28:47,583 How the heck did we not see that? 678 00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:50,500 But yeah, just... just wedged in there. 679 00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:53,417 It was like this. [grunting] 680 00:28:53,583 --> 00:28:55,167 It was kind of like that. 681 00:28:56,667 --> 00:28:58,667 The point was in, I saw the angles. 682 00:28:58,833 --> 00:29:00,708 There's a, there's a 5-pointed one right there. 683 00:29:00,875 --> 00:29:02,000 [laughs] Right next to it. 684 00:29:02,167 --> 00:29:05,208 And now you've pulled this up. 685 00:29:05,417 --> 00:29:07,333 It's just like the other one. 686 00:29:07,458 --> 00:29:08,750 ...two... 687 00:29:08,917 --> 00:29:11,167 yeah, five-sided next to an eight-sided. 688 00:29:11,333 --> 00:29:14,583 Look where these are, Rick, and then look behind you. Look. 689 00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:17,458 We're in the line with that other stake. 690 00:29:17,583 --> 00:29:19,292 If this is gonna be 691 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:21,667 lining up, we should find 692 00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:25,875 a couple more stakes just over there. Same distance. 693 00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:28,375 Two stakes, different size. 694 00:29:28,542 --> 00:29:30,667 -Two stakes, different size. -Two stakes, different... 695 00:29:30,875 --> 00:29:32,833 If you're right about this alignment, 696 00:29:32,958 --> 00:29:34,750 then, as you said, there should be 697 00:29:34,917 --> 00:29:36,167 -something right there. -Yeah. 698 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:37,500 [Rick] You know what? 699 00:29:37,708 --> 00:29:40,167 Let's pace it off. One, 700 00:29:40,333 --> 00:29:42,500 two, three, 701 00:29:42,667 --> 00:29:44,500 four, five, 702 00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:46,000 six, seven. 703 00:29:46,208 --> 00:29:48,000 [Gary] 21 feet? 704 00:29:48,125 --> 00:29:50,667 -Gary, can you keep me on track here? -Yeah. 705 00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:53,375 One, two, three, 706 00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:57,000 four, five, six, seven. 707 00:29:57,208 --> 00:29:58,833 -[Gary] There. -Should be right here. 708 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,125 It'd be nice if there were some more stakes there. 709 00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:02,958 Should be right here. Billy, why don't you 710 00:30:03,125 --> 00:30:05,292 -just see if there's anything here? -[Billy] Yep, we'll check. 711 00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:09,167 [Rick] I just find it impossible 712 00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:11,833 to believe that this is a coincidence, 713 00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:13,500 that two different people at two different times 714 00:30:13,708 --> 00:30:16,375 put two stakes in that touch each other. 715 00:30:16,583 --> 00:30:18,667 Does it have anything to do with the sand road? 716 00:30:18,833 --> 00:30:20,042 Does it have anything to do 717 00:30:20,208 --> 00:30:22,875 with Professor Gaspani's archeoastronomy work 718 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,708 that there are significant, accurate 719 00:30:25,875 --> 00:30:28,125 stellar, solar and lunar alignments 720 00:30:28,250 --> 00:30:31,167 associated with the positioning of the stakes in the swamp? 721 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,500 [Rick] Guess what? Hey! 722 00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:46,250 Come on over! 723 00:30:47,917 --> 00:30:49,417 [Gary] Wow! 724 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,792 -[Rick] Hey! Come on over! -You found one, Rick? 725 00:30:55,958 --> 00:30:57,333 [Rick] Right where we said. 726 00:30:57,542 --> 00:30:59,625 [Gary laughs] 727 00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:01,375 Brilliant. 728 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:03,250 [Narrator] While uncovering more of the sand road 729 00:31:03,417 --> 00:31:06,000 in the southwest part of the swamp... 730 00:31:06,167 --> 00:31:08,000 -[Terry] Oh, wow. -[Gary laughs] 731 00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:11,167 ...Rick has made another compelling discovery. 732 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:13,000 [Rick] That's the first time we've ever said, 733 00:31:13,167 --> 00:31:15,500 "Hey, there should be one there," and there was. 734 00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:17,167 [Gary] I mean, Rick measured it out. 735 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:18,792 -21 feet in between them all. -[Terry] Absolutely. 736 00:31:18,958 --> 00:31:21,167 -And there it is. -[Gary] There it is. 737 00:31:21,333 --> 00:31:22,875 [Terry] Yeah, it's getting all the more interesting, isn't it? 738 00:31:23,042 --> 00:31:25,208 [Gary] Yeah, I mean, that's no coincidence, mate. 739 00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:26,583 [Terry] Absolutely. 740 00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:28,000 Now we know there's an alignment. 741 00:31:28,208 --> 00:31:29,958 -What the heck? -[Rick] Yep. 742 00:31:30,125 --> 00:31:31,750 [Gary] It's the first time we've ever got excited 743 00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:34,167 about finding wood in the swamp. 744 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:36,792 -[laughs] It's true. Yep. -[Gary] It is, it's exciting. 745 00:31:36,958 --> 00:31:38,792 And you were spot-on. 746 00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:40,333 You nailed that one up there, 747 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:43,500 lined it up with that one, put me on the line. 748 00:31:43,708 --> 00:31:45,083 -Bingo, there it is. -[Gary] Yep. 749 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:47,833 We've got a road and it's leading to something. 750 00:31:47,958 --> 00:31:50,125 [Gary] Seem to be the northwest 751 00:31:50,292 --> 00:31:51,917 -end of the swamp. -[Terry] Are we interested? 752 00:31:52,083 --> 00:31:53,500 [Gary laughs] Yep. 753 00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:55,375 I'm hoping to uncover 754 00:31:55,542 --> 00:31:56,917 a heck of a lot more 755 00:31:57,083 --> 00:31:59,042 -of this sand road. -Absolutely. 756 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,833 [Narrator] Could the team be correct 757 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,792 that the stakes they have found 758 00:32:02,917 --> 00:32:04,750 mean that the sand road 759 00:32:04,875 --> 00:32:07,333 is heading in a northwesterly direction? 760 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:11,333 If so, just what might they find at the end of it? 761 00:32:11,458 --> 00:32:15,042 The relationship between the stakes, the sand road, 762 00:32:15,208 --> 00:32:18,875 all of this speaks to some effort 763 00:32:19,042 --> 00:32:22,083 to facilitate an operation in the bog. 764 00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:24,583 There is a trail to be followed here 765 00:32:24,792 --> 00:32:27,083 and, uh, we have to proceed. 766 00:32:28,125 --> 00:32:29,625 [Billy] We call it the swamp, but when 767 00:32:29,792 --> 00:32:30,958 you think about it, it's so much more 768 00:32:31,125 --> 00:32:32,917 because look at all the industrial 769 00:32:33,042 --> 00:32:34,458 -purpose that it has. -Yeah. 770 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:36,167 Everything just screams just a ton of activity. 771 00:32:36,375 --> 00:32:38,583 -It's too much to ignore. -[Billy] Yeah. 772 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,833 [Rick] This path, this road 773 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:43,917 -it continues to be amazing. -[Gary] Yeah. 774 00:32:44,083 --> 00:32:46,500 Who knows what else is hidden, as well? 775 00:32:46,625 --> 00:32:50,458 I think what we're uncovering is work pre-swamp. 776 00:32:50,625 --> 00:32:53,667 And when people could get out here and do all this work. 777 00:32:53,833 --> 00:32:55,875 [Rick] There are strong hints here 778 00:32:56,042 --> 00:32:57,917 that this sand road is man-made, 779 00:32:58,083 --> 00:33:00,250 hopefully from long ago. 780 00:33:00,375 --> 00:33:02,042 My mind goes to 781 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:04,167 Fred Nolan's belief 782 00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:06,500 that the swamp was an artificial creation. 783 00:33:06,708 --> 00:33:09,625 And that once you understand the totality 784 00:33:09,792 --> 00:33:13,792 of the work in the bog, then you can understand the mystery. 785 00:33:13,917 --> 00:33:15,500 Well, we've got to prove it. 786 00:33:15,667 --> 00:33:18,208 So, let's get to work. 787 00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:19,833 It's been a really good day. 788 00:33:20,042 --> 00:33:22,000 -Yes. -You know, unfortunately, 789 00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:23,833 every day, there's an end of the day. 790 00:33:24,042 --> 00:33:26,667 But there's more to learn, and that means 791 00:33:26,875 --> 00:33:28,292 -coming back. -Oh, absolutely. 792 00:33:28,458 --> 00:33:29,750 Just need to figure out how to make 793 00:33:29,917 --> 00:33:31,167 the days longer, we'll be all set. 794 00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,208 [laughs] You work on that tonight, Bill. 795 00:33:33,375 --> 00:33:35,167 -All right, Billy. -All right, see you. 796 00:33:35,333 --> 00:33:36,500 -[Gary] Good digging, mate. -[Terry] Okay, see you later. 797 00:33:36,625 --> 00:33:38,958 [Rick] Kudos to everybody. 798 00:33:40,292 --> 00:33:42,500 [Narrator] Later that evening... 799 00:33:43,917 --> 00:33:45,958 [Rick] So, ladies and gentlemen, 800 00:33:46,083 --> 00:33:48,375 what we have in front of us are two samples 801 00:33:48,583 --> 00:33:52,125 of the mortar/cement-like substance 802 00:33:52,292 --> 00:33:54,375 that we believe is part of the matrix 803 00:33:54,542 --> 00:33:56,292 of what's underneath the Lot 8 boulder. 804 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,500 [Narrator] ...before another productive day 805 00:33:58,667 --> 00:34:00,750 comes to a close, 806 00:34:00,875 --> 00:34:02,167 the team gathers in the war room 807 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:05,000 for a highly anticipated scientific report. 808 00:34:05,167 --> 00:34:07,167 So, I'm gonna turn it over to Emma 809 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,667 and Dr. Spooner and Fiona and Jillian 810 00:34:09,833 --> 00:34:13,333 to let us know what the results of their analysis is. 811 00:34:13,458 --> 00:34:15,792 I'm prepared to be astonished. 812 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,542 [laughter] 813 00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:19,625 -[Marty] Go ahead. -So, I think I would have 814 00:34:19,833 --> 00:34:22,333 to ask which samples you brought with us today? 815 00:34:22,542 --> 00:34:25,625 So, this is the blue-gray soil and this is the gray soil. 816 00:34:25,833 --> 00:34:27,125 Okay, great. 817 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,833 Emma, would you call this a clay? 818 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,042 I don't think I would call it a clay. 819 00:34:32,208 --> 00:34:34,250 [Ian] Call it a nice sand-silt-clay mix. 820 00:34:34,375 --> 00:34:36,917 -Okay. -[Ian] It's been manipulated 821 00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:39,333 to remove the sand, probably the gravel, 822 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,333 -as much as possible. -Yeah. 823 00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:43,875 [Jack] It is a mortar, it's not 824 00:34:44,042 --> 00:34:46,083 natural, though, right? 825 00:34:46,292 --> 00:34:47,500 It's natural in ingredients 826 00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:50,917 that you find in Lot 8, but it isn't 827 00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:52,792 natural in its formation. 828 00:34:53,833 --> 00:34:57,333 [Ian] Yeah. If we were just presented with this sediment, 829 00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:59,167 if you presented it to me and say, 830 00:34:59,375 --> 00:35:01,917 "Is that something we naturally find?" I'd say no. 831 00:35:02,083 --> 00:35:03,625 I just think the people who did it 832 00:35:03,792 --> 00:35:05,500 just used materials at hand. 833 00:35:05,708 --> 00:35:09,000 It's quite gel-like, and 834 00:35:09,167 --> 00:35:10,917 you were doing strength testing of it, 835 00:35:11,083 --> 00:35:13,125 it's got a lot of elasticity to it. 836 00:35:13,250 --> 00:35:14,875 It could be used to support 837 00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:16,792 rocks that you want to support. 838 00:35:16,958 --> 00:35:19,500 -Yep. -[Jack] Is there any way that 839 00:35:19,625 --> 00:35:23,333 we can date when this was made or when it was put down? 840 00:35:23,458 --> 00:35:24,833 [Emma] There are certain things that 841 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,167 I do look for 842 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:29,333 to firmly date concrete 843 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:30,875 or cement, which is its binder. 844 00:35:31,042 --> 00:35:32,750 -Mm-hmm. -And, right off the bat, 845 00:35:32,875 --> 00:35:34,208 there is no modern binding. 846 00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:36,667 But I'm also not seeing any 847 00:35:36,792 --> 00:35:38,250 of the classic minerals 848 00:35:38,375 --> 00:35:39,792 that I would expect to find 849 00:35:39,958 --> 00:35:41,375 in, like, really old mortar 850 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:44,292 and it's not typical ingredients that I see in modern. 851 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:46,250 Right. 852 00:35:46,375 --> 00:35:48,167 [Ian] So, I'm a little bit more bullish in 853 00:35:48,292 --> 00:35:51,000 the feature being quite old. 854 00:35:51,125 --> 00:35:52,708 Like, what dates would you give to "quite old"? 855 00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:54,792 [Ian] Well, 856 00:35:54,917 --> 00:35:56,042 everything I've seen 857 00:35:56,208 --> 00:35:57,708 lends itself to 858 00:35:57,875 --> 00:36:00,208 before mid-1700s. 859 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:03,667 [Emma] Then I would put it somewhere between 860 00:36:03,792 --> 00:36:06,542 pre-1800s, post-1200s. 861 00:36:07,875 --> 00:36:09,792 It's pre-modern and 862 00:36:09,958 --> 00:36:11,500 all the way back to medieval. 863 00:36:15,375 --> 00:36:17,250 [Marty] Excellent. 864 00:36:20,708 --> 00:36:22,500 [Emma] I would put it somewhere between 865 00:36:22,708 --> 00:36:25,625 pre-1800s, post 1200s. 866 00:36:25,792 --> 00:36:28,208 It's pre-modern and 867 00:36:28,333 --> 00:36:30,208 all the way back to medieval. 868 00:36:31,250 --> 00:36:32,542 [Narrator] In the war room, Emma 869 00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:36,000 and Dr. Spooner have just revealed that 870 00:36:36,208 --> 00:36:37,583 the composition of the mortar-like material 871 00:36:37,792 --> 00:36:40,000 found on Lot 8 suggests 872 00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:42,000 that the man-made boulder feature 873 00:36:42,208 --> 00:36:44,292 may be nearly 800 years old. 874 00:36:44,417 --> 00:36:46,333 We have features on the island 875 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:48,667 that date back very old. 876 00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:51,292 We have good examples 877 00:36:51,417 --> 00:36:53,833 of the techniques that were used 878 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,333 in the 1700 and 1800s, 879 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:59,042 maybe even into the late- to mid-1600s. 880 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:00,625 And we don't see any construction like this, 881 00:37:00,792 --> 00:37:03,333 which, to me, is suggesting that this 882 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,625 was done outside of those time periods. 883 00:37:05,792 --> 00:37:07,333 Probably earlier. 884 00:37:07,542 --> 00:37:09,625 [Jack] With your XRF machine, 885 00:37:09,833 --> 00:37:12,625 you were picking up silver. Emma, are you still seeing 886 00:37:12,792 --> 00:37:14,000 traces of that silver? 887 00:37:14,208 --> 00:37:15,792 So, I haven't made sense of it yet, 888 00:37:15,958 --> 00:37:18,083 but I am getting, um, 889 00:37:18,208 --> 00:37:19,958 some low detection hits of silver. 890 00:37:20,125 --> 00:37:21,417 -[Alex] Mm-hmm. -Lovely. 891 00:37:21,625 --> 00:37:24,208 Where did the traces of silver even come from, 892 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:26,500 to be in the soil like that? 893 00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:29,667 It doesn't typically happen, right? 894 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:31,833 No, I haven't seen it in organic matter. 895 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,708 [Alex] Okay, so my dad's theory, 896 00:37:34,875 --> 00:37:36,583 if this is a shaft for something deeper 897 00:37:36,708 --> 00:37:40,000 through which silver was taken at one point, 898 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:42,125 could that have moved that silver signal up 899 00:37:42,292 --> 00:37:44,458 from deeper and then left it there as a residue? 900 00:37:44,542 --> 00:37:46,667 [Ian] It could have, with the organic matter. 901 00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:48,500 If you had an object that was laying, 902 00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:50,167 even for a short period of time, 903 00:37:50,333 --> 00:37:52,500 in the organic matter, an object that was silver 904 00:37:52,667 --> 00:37:55,417 like a candelabra or something, you know, something like that, 905 00:37:55,583 --> 00:37:58,625 it would probably show the trace amounts we're seeing. 906 00:37:58,792 --> 00:38:01,500 -[Alex] We're not there yet... -No. 907 00:38:01,708 --> 00:38:03,083 ...but the idea that this could be related 908 00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:04,667 to a deeper signal through 909 00:38:04,792 --> 00:38:07,875 maybe the shaft is still a valid idea. 910 00:38:08,042 --> 00:38:09,500 Yeah. 911 00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:12,500 The organic will soak up available metals. 912 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:14,125 Mm-hmm. 913 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:15,667 [Narrator] Could Marty and Alex be correct? 914 00:38:15,833 --> 00:38:18,875 Is it possible that the traces of silver 915 00:38:19,042 --> 00:38:22,333 detected in the soils beneath the Lot 8 feature 916 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,458 might be related to a shaft 917 00:38:24,542 --> 00:38:26,833 that contains a cache of silver? 918 00:38:27,042 --> 00:38:30,458 If so, after nearly two decades of searching, 919 00:38:30,625 --> 00:38:32,750 has the team found where the truth 920 00:38:32,958 --> 00:38:35,833 behind the Oak Island mystery may lie buried? 921 00:38:36,042 --> 00:38:40,500 Fiona, it is a very weird archeological site 922 00:38:40,708 --> 00:38:42,708 that has no artifacts. Is that not true? 923 00:38:42,875 --> 00:38:44,125 [Fiona] I think this is 924 00:38:44,208 --> 00:38:46,000 very special, and I think that the fact 925 00:38:46,125 --> 00:38:47,500 that we don't have any artifacts 926 00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:49,500 gives it a hint of being much older. 927 00:38:49,667 --> 00:38:51,583 [Marty] If, in fact, that 928 00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:53,750 40,000-pound boulder was placed, intentionally placed, 929 00:38:53,917 --> 00:38:56,625 with a cement mixture of some sort underneath it, 930 00:38:56,750 --> 00:38:59,000 it didn't happen in the 1900s. 931 00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:01,000 It didn't happen in the 1800s. 932 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:03,167 It didn't happen in the 1700s 933 00:39:03,333 --> 00:39:06,167 by normal people. 934 00:39:06,375 --> 00:39:09,375 Which means it's very, very old. 935 00:39:09,542 --> 00:39:11,500 I mean, medieval brings you back to the Templars 936 00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:13,500 and their descendants. 937 00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:16,542 It's difficult to overstate the importance of that. 938 00:39:16,750 --> 00:39:18,125 [Rick] The dates that Emma mentioned, 939 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:19,792 it's exciting. 940 00:39:19,958 --> 00:39:23,667 Zena's Templar map references this area, 941 00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:26,292 the so-called December Triangle. 942 00:39:26,458 --> 00:39:28,542 This lot does indeed hold mystery. 943 00:39:28,708 --> 00:39:30,167 [Marty] Here's my next question. 944 00:39:30,375 --> 00:39:31,708 And it is the question. 945 00:39:31,875 --> 00:39:33,375 I want to know 946 00:39:33,542 --> 00:39:35,083 what's underneath it, 947 00:39:35,250 --> 00:39:37,000 like all the way down underneath it. 948 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:40,833 -We're running out of time. -Correct. 949 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,458 We are on a treasure hunt. 950 00:39:42,625 --> 00:39:43,542 I want to know what's under that boulder. 951 00:39:43,667 --> 00:39:45,083 What are we doing next 952 00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:47,333 and what is the prognosis? 953 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,208 [Fiona] We've removed some very large 954 00:39:49,375 --> 00:39:51,667 rocks down at the bottom and we're 955 00:39:51,833 --> 00:39:53,333 examining the soil that we're seeing under there, 956 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:55,125 and it seems to go deeper, 957 00:39:55,292 --> 00:39:57,458 so we're actually at that point 958 00:39:57,625 --> 00:39:59,667 where we are gonna continue going deeper and deeper. 959 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:01,375 But we really don't want to miss anything 960 00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:03,917 and I think it's really, really important 961 00:40:04,042 --> 00:40:07,042 that we continue the way that we are doing it now. 962 00:40:08,208 --> 00:40:09,583 [Marty] Okay, well, I said 963 00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:11,833 I wanted to be astonished, and frankly, I am. 964 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,333 The consistency amongst the experts 965 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:17,250 that this thing is so significant astonishes me, 966 00:40:17,458 --> 00:40:18,833 but in a very good way. 967 00:40:21,417 --> 00:40:23,500 [Rick] It's quite complex. 968 00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:25,667 A good problem to have. 969 00:40:25,833 --> 00:40:27,792 Fascinating problem to have. 970 00:40:28,792 --> 00:40:30,583 [Marty] Usually, it's time to dig. 971 00:40:30,750 --> 00:40:33,333 I would say this time, it's time to keep troweling 972 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:35,458 so that we can eventually dig. 973 00:40:35,625 --> 00:40:36,917 So, let's go get it. 974 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:38,917 -Sounds good. -Okay. -All right. -That works. 975 00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:40,583 See ya. 976 00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:43,542 [Narrator] The road to answers on Oak Island 977 00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:46,417 has inspired long and trying journeys 978 00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:49,708 for generations of dedicated searchers. 979 00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:52,333 For many, it led to incredible evidence 980 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:54,667 of buried treasure in the Money Pit. 981 00:40:54,792 --> 00:40:57,000 For others, it took disastrous 982 00:40:57,208 --> 00:40:59,667 and even deadly turns. 983 00:41:01,042 --> 00:41:04,333 But now, Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 984 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:08,542 have found that it may lead to valuables all across the island. 985 00:41:09,792 --> 00:41:13,333 As they forge ahead and dig deeper below, 986 00:41:13,542 --> 00:41:18,083 will their journey end with the ultimate rewards? 987 00:41:18,250 --> 00:41:20,458 Or will the island lead them 988 00:41:20,625 --> 00:41:22,833 to a curve that they won't... 989 00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:25,750 ...be able to pass? 990 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:27,917 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS