1 00:00:02,292 --> 00:00:03,667 Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,750 --> 00:00:05,875 Wait, what's that? 3 00:00:06,042 --> 00:00:07,375 It's similar to what we have on Oak Island. 4 00:00:07,542 --> 00:00:09,667 This is from 2000 BC. 5 00:00:09,875 --> 00:00:11,500 -Really? -We're starting to find 6 00:00:11,708 --> 00:00:13,500 -a hidden wall. -Whoa. 7 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:15,667 This would be an ideal place to deposit treasure. 8 00:00:15,833 --> 00:00:17,458 -That sounds great. 9 00:00:17,625 --> 00:00:19,417 -Oh, my gosh. 10 00:00:19,542 --> 00:00:21,375 -This is huge. -Amazing. 11 00:00:21,542 --> 00:00:24,125 This is very, very, very significant. 12 00:00:24,292 --> 00:00:25,625 If that was part of the treasure, 13 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:27,458 the rest of it is still in the Money Pit. 14 00:00:27,625 --> 00:00:29,125 Absolutely. 15 00:00:31,625 --> 00:00:34,750 There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,917 --> 00:00:37,167 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:41,333 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:44,333 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,542 --> 00:00:46,708 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,875 --> 00:00:50,833 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,958 --> 00:00:55,042 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,250 --> 00:00:56,625 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,792 --> 00:00:59,333 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:02,167 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:07,375 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,542 --> 00:01:10,917 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:23,542 --> 00:01:24,750 We're getting there. 30 00:01:24,875 --> 00:01:26,833 Trying to level it out right now. 31 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,833 As a new fall day begins on Oak Island... 32 00:01:30,042 --> 00:01:33,333 They do the grinding, we do the finding. 33 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,167 ...the team is currently repairing 34 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:37,292 a section of unstable ground 35 00:01:37,417 --> 00:01:40,542 in order to begin the final massive dig of the year, 36 00:01:40,708 --> 00:01:43,458 where unnaturally high traces of silver 37 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:46,833 have been detected some 200 feet underground. 38 00:01:48,708 --> 00:01:50,958 As the work proceeds... 39 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,333 ...over 2,000 miles to the southeast, 40 00:01:54,458 --> 00:01:58,292 on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese Azores... 41 00:01:59,875 --> 00:02:02,500 Welcome to Nossa Senhora da Conceição, 42 00:02:02,667 --> 00:02:04,333 Our Lady of the Conception. 43 00:02:04,542 --> 00:02:07,167 ...Rick and members of the team, 44 00:02:07,375 --> 00:02:10,542 along with local historian Francisco Nogueira, 45 00:02:10,708 --> 00:02:12,875 arrive at a 15th century church 46 00:02:13,042 --> 00:02:15,583 connected to a sect of the Knights Templar 47 00:02:15,708 --> 00:02:18,500 known as the Order of Christ. 48 00:02:18,625 --> 00:02:21,167 Founded around 1474 49 00:02:21,292 --> 00:02:23,292 by Ouvidor de Omen, 50 00:02:23,458 --> 00:02:25,792 this church is the crossroads of a number of great stories 51 00:02:25,917 --> 00:02:28,417 that might tell us what came from the Holy Land 52 00:02:28,542 --> 00:02:31,167 through the Azores, uh, towards Oak Island. 53 00:02:31,250 --> 00:02:33,833 -Yeah. -And I think it's wonderful, so... 54 00:02:34,042 --> 00:02:35,917 -let's go. -Perfect. 55 00:02:36,083 --> 00:02:38,000 After discovering a number 56 00:02:38,167 --> 00:02:41,708 of believed Portuguese medieval artifacts on Oak Island, 57 00:02:41,875 --> 00:02:44,708 such as a hand cannon and stoneshots, 58 00:02:44,875 --> 00:02:49,625 along with structures such as a rock wall on Lot 26 59 00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:52,708 and a stone road in the swamp, 60 00:02:52,833 --> 00:02:55,000 Rick and members of the team 61 00:02:55,167 --> 00:02:57,875 have come to research the theory that the Templars 62 00:02:58,042 --> 00:03:00,500 and their descendant organizations 63 00:03:00,667 --> 00:03:03,375 may have stored sacred treasures in the Azores 64 00:03:03,542 --> 00:03:05,042 before taking them to Oak Island 65 00:03:05,208 --> 00:03:08,625 between the 13th and 17th centuries. 66 00:03:08,792 --> 00:03:11,708 It is also their hope to find clues 67 00:03:11,875 --> 00:03:15,250 related to the 14th century silver Portuguese coin 68 00:03:15,375 --> 00:03:18,792 that was reportedly extracted during a drilling operation 69 00:03:18,958 --> 00:03:24,417 in the original Money Pit by James Pitblado back in 1849. 70 00:03:26,542 --> 00:03:28,125 At first glance, 71 00:03:28,292 --> 00:03:30,833 this looks like an ordinary church. 72 00:03:30,917 --> 00:03:32,875 A beautiful but ordinary church. 73 00:03:35,833 --> 00:03:37,500 A few years ago, we were underground 75 00:03:37,708 --> 00:03:39,333 in Camerano, Italy, 76 00:03:39,542 --> 00:03:41,750 looking at a altar, uh, 77 00:03:41,917 --> 00:03:44,458 which had this image here. 78 00:03:45,833 --> 00:03:47,458 The goose paw. 79 00:03:47,625 --> 00:03:51,167 I think you'll agree that it's, at least, very similar. 80 00:03:51,375 --> 00:03:52,833 Yeah. 81 00:03:53,792 --> 00:03:55,667 The goose paw is a symbol 82 00:03:55,875 --> 00:03:57,875 that was created by the Knights Templar, 83 00:03:58,042 --> 00:04:01,000 which they carved at locations of sacred importance 84 00:04:01,083 --> 00:04:02,833 throughout the Middle East and Europe 85 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:06,000 between the 12th and 14th centuries. 86 00:04:06,167 --> 00:04:10,083 The team saw a similar carving just one week ago 87 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,875 at a nearby church 88 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,458 known as the Igreja de São Sebastião. 89 00:04:15,625 --> 00:04:16,958 And in recent years, 90 00:04:17,083 --> 00:04:18,917 they have also seen goose paws 91 00:04:19,083 --> 00:04:22,167 carved at former Templar sites in Italy... 92 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:24,917 ...as well as in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 93 00:04:25,125 --> 00:04:28,833 less than 50 miles from Oak Island. 94 00:04:29,042 --> 00:04:31,042 Any treasure that was on this island 95 00:04:31,208 --> 00:04:33,500 would have been in the realm of this church. 96 00:04:33,708 --> 00:04:36,208 Could Corjan be correct 97 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:39,000 that this goose paw carving is a clue 98 00:04:39,167 --> 00:04:40,917 that Templar-related treasures 99 00:04:41,083 --> 00:04:43,667 were once safeguarded in the Azores? 100 00:04:43,833 --> 00:04:46,792 If so, might that also suggest 101 00:04:46,958 --> 00:04:48,958 that the goose paw found near Oak Island 102 00:04:49,083 --> 00:04:51,583 is evidence that those treasures 103 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:54,833 were taken to that area at a later time? 104 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,083 The goose paw. 105 00:04:57,250 --> 00:05:00,167 It was an interesting connection that he made. 106 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:02,167 What better place-- an isolated island 107 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:03,792 in the middle of the open ocean-- 108 00:05:03,958 --> 00:05:05,500 to safeguard a treasure? 109 00:05:05,625 --> 00:05:07,083 And then, perhaps, 110 00:05:07,250 --> 00:05:10,333 an attempt to move it even further west. 111 00:05:10,542 --> 00:05:12,167 One thing I'm noticing, 112 00:05:12,375 --> 00:05:14,292 just looking at this, is we have the goose paw, 113 00:05:14,417 --> 00:05:17,333 but then we also have an elongated cross, 114 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:19,833 using the, the stem of the "H." 115 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,542 It's elongated just like Nolan's Cross. 116 00:05:22,708 --> 00:05:25,167 Yes. The symbology is endless. 117 00:05:26,167 --> 00:05:27,833 I do believe there is some 118 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 religious component to what was done on Oak Island. 119 00:05:31,167 --> 00:05:34,000 There's so much encoded information 120 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:37,208 associated with Templars and the Knights of Christ 121 00:05:37,417 --> 00:05:40,208 related to significant religious artifacts 122 00:05:40,375 --> 00:05:43,792 that we have found in Europe and Oak Island. 123 00:05:43,958 --> 00:05:46,167 This is incredibly intriguing and interesting, 124 00:05:46,292 --> 00:05:48,625 as the whole story of Oak Island is. 125 00:05:48,792 --> 00:05:50,167 It's very, very cool. 126 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:52,292 It's all fascinating. 127 00:05:52,458 --> 00:05:54,583 We should move to the next location. 128 00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:56,083 -That'd be great. -Let's go. 129 00:05:56,250 --> 00:05:57,833 As Rick and the team 130 00:05:58,042 --> 00:06:00,875 continue their investigation in the Azores, 131 00:06:01,042 --> 00:06:03,167 back on Oak Island... 132 00:06:03,292 --> 00:06:05,375 -Hey, Katya. -Hey, Marty. 133 00:06:05,542 --> 00:06:09,833 I hated to see you not have a digger, so I am here. 134 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,125 ...Marty Lagina joins Katya Drayton 135 00:06:12,292 --> 00:06:16,292 several yards south of the Money Pit area on Lot 18. 136 00:06:16,458 --> 00:06:18,667 I just wanted to go over these spoils. 137 00:06:18,792 --> 00:06:20,333 Oh, the spoils from Dunfield. 138 00:06:20,458 --> 00:06:22,167 Yeah, I am ready to dig if you find something. 139 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:23,833 Let's find it. 140 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:30,500 In 1965, treasure hunter Robert Dunfield 141 00:06:30,708 --> 00:06:32,458 used a 70-ton crane 142 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:37,083 to dig a 100-foot-diameter crater in the Money Pit area. 143 00:06:37,250 --> 00:06:42,333 Unfortunately, upon reaching a depth of 143 feet, 144 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,000 the ground around the hole collapsed 145 00:06:45,125 --> 00:06:47,875 as seawater rushed in and flooded it. 146 00:06:48,042 --> 00:06:50,875 Mr. Dunfield hastily filled the hole 147 00:06:51,042 --> 00:06:54,292 but left massive piles of spoils off to the side, 148 00:06:54,417 --> 00:06:58,500 which were never searched for possible clues or valuables. 149 00:06:58,708 --> 00:07:03,833 Now, because the team is about to sink a much deeper shaft 150 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 in the area encompassed by Dunfield's dig, 151 00:07:07,208 --> 00:07:09,500 Marty is curious to try the team's luck 152 00:07:09,583 --> 00:07:12,542 by metal-detecting those old mounds of spoils. 153 00:07:14,458 --> 00:07:16,458 Ooh, that's different. 155 00:07:16,625 --> 00:07:18,542 That sounds really good. 156 00:07:20,792 --> 00:07:23,583 Right in there, and it's small. 158 00:07:23,750 --> 00:07:25,167 That's why it kind of sounded choppy. 159 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:28,250 Okay. That makes sense. 160 00:07:34,875 --> 00:07:37,000 -Try that. -Let's see. 161 00:07:37,167 --> 00:07:39,708 -Got it? It's out? -Ooh... It's out. 162 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:45,125 Oh, man. That sounds great. 164 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:53,667 Oh, we got it. 166 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:55,750 It's in your hand? 167 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:59,000 -Oh, my gosh. -Yeah. 168 00:07:59,167 --> 00:08:01,500 Oh, you know what, Katya? I've seen this before. 169 00:08:01,708 --> 00:08:03,542 -Oh, really? -Yeah. 170 00:08:03,708 --> 00:08:06,167 Hang on, I'm pretty sure I've seen this before. 171 00:08:06,292 --> 00:08:08,500 It's shaped like the fleur-de-lis almost. 172 00:08:08,708 --> 00:08:11,083 Yeah. You are dead-on, 173 00:08:11,250 --> 00:08:13,292 -because you know what this looks exactly like? 174 00:08:13,458 --> 00:08:15,333 I am positive your dad found something 175 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,625 exactly like this, and he was sure it was a French cap badge. 176 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:21,542 Why is there a French 177 00:08:21,708 --> 00:08:23,833 cap badge in the Money Pit? 178 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,250 Well, here's the thing. 179 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:28,125 The short answer is: we're not sure. 180 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:30,333 -But here's the cool thing. 181 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:32,208 It was found on the... complete opposite side 182 00:08:32,375 --> 00:08:33,583 of the island. 183 00:08:33,708 --> 00:08:35,250 Oh, my gosh. 184 00:08:35,375 --> 00:08:39,333 Which implies a greater presence than we thought, right? 185 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:41,417 -Oh, my... -I mean, why over here and over there? 186 00:08:41,583 --> 00:08:45,000 What is that? That's got some designs on it. 187 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,958 -Yeah, that has. -In 2018, 188 00:08:48,083 --> 00:08:50,250 while metal-detecting on Lot 21, 189 00:08:50,375 --> 00:08:53,292 located on the western side of the island... 190 00:08:53,458 --> 00:08:55,042 This reminds me of, like, a cap badge, 191 00:08:55,208 --> 00:08:57,125 a military cap badge. 192 00:08:57,292 --> 00:08:59,375 ...Gary, Jack and Peter 193 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:02,250 found an identical artifact fragment. 194 00:09:02,458 --> 00:09:05,875 Is it possible that Marty and Katya 195 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,250 have discovered a directly related clue 196 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:10,000 that was removed from the Money Pit 197 00:09:10,208 --> 00:09:12,583 more than 60 years ago? 198 00:09:12,708 --> 00:09:15,500 There are several leading theories 199 00:09:15,667 --> 00:09:18,208 that involve the French in a very significant way. 200 00:09:18,375 --> 00:09:20,375 The Knights of Malta, 201 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:23,000 Isaac de Razilly, which had a settlement 202 00:09:23,125 --> 00:09:25,417 just down the coast here in the 1600s, 203 00:09:25,583 --> 00:09:28,000 was apparently here associated with the French 204 00:09:28,208 --> 00:09:29,833 or under French orders. 205 00:09:29,958 --> 00:09:32,708 In 1632, 206 00:09:32,875 --> 00:09:36,500 a French military officer named Isaac de Razilly 207 00:09:36,708 --> 00:09:39,500 established a fort in LaHave, Nova Scotia, 208 00:09:39,667 --> 00:09:43,167 just 15 miles south of Oak Island. 209 00:09:43,292 --> 00:09:45,833 Curiously, De Razilly was also 210 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,500 a prominent member of the Templar- 211 00:09:47,708 --> 00:09:49,917 and Order of Christ-related group 212 00:09:50,083 --> 00:09:52,208 known as the Knights of Malta 213 00:09:52,375 --> 00:09:54,208 and is believed by some researchers 214 00:09:54,375 --> 00:09:57,458 to have possibly visited Oak Island. 215 00:09:57,625 --> 00:09:59,750 That is a great find. 216 00:09:59,875 --> 00:10:01,292 Boy, the, uh, the Draytons strike. 217 00:10:03,625 --> 00:10:08,292 We don't know exactly where these Dunfield spoils came from, 219 00:10:08,458 --> 00:10:10,333 but nobody's gone through them. 220 00:10:10,417 --> 00:10:13,042 I would never have guessed this would show up over here. 221 00:10:13,208 --> 00:10:14,833 And so I think this is evidence of 222 00:10:14,958 --> 00:10:17,833 human activity deep underground in the Money Pit area, 223 00:10:17,958 --> 00:10:20,083 and potentially some of the depositors. 224 00:10:20,250 --> 00:10:22,042 This is a great indicator 225 00:10:22,208 --> 00:10:24,042 that something's still down there. 226 00:10:24,208 --> 00:10:27,625 Look, honestly, it is so significant. 227 00:10:27,792 --> 00:10:30,292 -Thank you. -Of course. I'll find you another. 228 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:31,708 Great find. 229 00:10:35,375 --> 00:10:36,667 I got a lot of passes to lead. 230 00:10:36,875 --> 00:10:38,667 And I probably got a couple nights' work still. 231 00:10:38,833 --> 00:10:42,542 While work continues in the Money Pit area... 232 00:10:46,417 --> 00:10:48,250 He's just dying to dig, isn't he? 234 00:10:48,417 --> 00:10:51,750 ...Marty joins members of the team on Lot 5 235 00:10:51,958 --> 00:10:53,542 to dig for new clues 236 00:10:53,708 --> 00:10:56,667 several yards from the rounded stone foundation. 237 00:10:58,375 --> 00:11:01,000 Okay. Talk to me. 238 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:02,792 What-what are we looking at right now? 239 00:11:02,958 --> 00:11:04,625 Well, as we started uncovering 240 00:11:04,792 --> 00:11:08,583 this lovely ring of rocks and got a little further down, 241 00:11:08,750 --> 00:11:11,583 there's something starting to present itself, 242 00:11:11,750 --> 00:11:15,042 and it looks like a-a nicely stacked area of rocks, 243 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:17,250 which potentially could be another feature. 244 00:11:18,542 --> 00:11:20,542 -A hook. A hook. -It's a hook. 245 00:11:20,708 --> 00:11:23,208 Four weeks ago, the team 246 00:11:23,375 --> 00:11:25,042 began investigating what they believed 247 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:28,500 was a 20th century stone well. 248 00:11:28,625 --> 00:11:31,333 However, after finding an iron hook 249 00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:35,500 inside of it that may date back three centuries or more... 250 00:11:36,542 --> 00:11:40,042 ...Fiona and Laird began to carefully excavate the feature 251 00:11:40,208 --> 00:11:42,167 and have found evidence that it may not 252 00:11:42,250 --> 00:11:44,167 only be older than they thought 253 00:11:44,250 --> 00:11:47,292 but is perhaps not a well at all. 254 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:50,125 Okay, so what do we want to do? 255 00:11:50,292 --> 00:11:51,833 What's the next step? 256 00:11:51,958 --> 00:11:53,833 Why don't we take off that top layer where the rocks 257 00:11:53,958 --> 00:11:55,125 are on the outside, 258 00:11:55,292 --> 00:11:56,708 scoop up that, and it gives us 259 00:11:56,833 --> 00:11:59,583 -a-a start on a test pit that we can do. -Okay. 260 00:12:02,583 --> 00:12:05,292 I love this excavator archaeology. 261 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,000 You can do some real metal-detecting with this baby, 262 00:12:07,208 --> 00:12:08,583 -can't you? 263 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:14,958 Now Fiona and Laird want Marty to dig a trench 264 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:19,375 beside the feature so that they can carefully expose more of it 265 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:23,042 and hopefully determine just what it actually is. 266 00:12:24,125 --> 00:12:26,625 It's still too early to say what it is, but 267 00:12:26,792 --> 00:12:29,000 it sure as heck wasn't a 20th century well. 268 00:12:29,125 --> 00:12:32,333 Fiona, more? Or closer? 269 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:35,333 I think you can do another one in here. I'd go for more. 270 00:12:35,542 --> 00:12:38,125 It's necessary to find out what this is 271 00:12:38,292 --> 00:12:42,750 because it's Lot 5, it's close to activity. 272 00:12:42,875 --> 00:12:45,042 Could be maybe associated with the round feature 273 00:12:45,208 --> 00:12:47,000 and is one of the things that probably 274 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:48,542 happened a long time ago. 275 00:12:48,708 --> 00:12:51,292 We need to do more investigation of it. 276 00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:53,375 It hasn't really told its secret yet. 277 00:12:54,583 --> 00:12:56,500 I think that's good, Marty. 278 00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:59,167 That gives us a really nice trench zone. 279 00:12:59,375 --> 00:13:01,542 -I think that gives us a really good head start. -Good? 280 00:13:01,708 --> 00:13:03,500 -Yeah. I think so. -All right, and just call 281 00:13:03,708 --> 00:13:08,083 -when you need, you know, big scoops taken. -Yeah. 282 00:13:08,250 --> 00:13:10,125 Your team is chomping at the bit over there. 283 00:13:10,208 --> 00:13:12,042 -I say we turn 'em loose. 284 00:13:12,208 --> 00:13:14,000 -Let's get after it. -Thank you. 285 00:13:14,208 --> 00:13:16,208 All right, I'm gonna get this thing out of here. 286 00:13:16,417 --> 00:13:17,833 All right. 287 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,333 As the archaeologists 288 00:13:19,542 --> 00:13:22,250 continue their investigation on Lot 5... 289 00:13:25,708 --> 00:13:28,625 ...back on the island of Terceira in the Azores... 290 00:13:28,792 --> 00:13:31,792 -Hey, guys. -Francisco. Felix. 291 00:13:31,917 --> 00:13:33,583 Thank you for welcoming us. 292 00:13:33,750 --> 00:13:35,292 -Nice to meet you. -Appreciate it. -Hey, how are you? 293 00:13:35,458 --> 00:13:37,000 ...Rick and other members of the team... 294 00:13:37,167 --> 00:13:38,583 -Morning. -Morning. 295 00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:41,000 ...meet with historian Dr. Felix Rodrigues 296 00:13:41,208 --> 00:13:43,333 at Grota do Medo, 297 00:13:43,542 --> 00:13:47,417 a site of mysterious megalithic stone features 298 00:13:47,542 --> 00:13:49,833 which are believed to have been built by someone 299 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,833 before the Portuguese settled the Azores in 1439. 300 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 For over 15 years, Professor Rodrigues studied 301 00:13:57,167 --> 00:14:00,375 the place we're going today to date some of the features 302 00:14:00,583 --> 00:14:03,750 that are here. We know that the, uh, Portuguese arrived 303 00:14:03,917 --> 00:14:07,125 here officially in the early 1400s. 304 00:14:07,333 --> 00:14:10,167 You-- We will see, uh, traces 305 00:14:10,375 --> 00:14:12,458 that someone in the Middle Ages was here 306 00:14:12,583 --> 00:14:17,167 and might have used the Azores as a stepping stone 307 00:14:17,333 --> 00:14:18,667 to sail to-to North America. 308 00:14:18,833 --> 00:14:21,167 Right, which is basically the halfway point 309 00:14:21,375 --> 00:14:24,167 between the European mainland 310 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:25,792 -and North America. -Yeah. 311 00:14:25,958 --> 00:14:28,125 You're always looking to incrementally 312 00:14:28,208 --> 00:14:29,833 build the database 313 00:14:30,042 --> 00:14:33,958 brick by brick by brick or stone by stone by stone. 314 00:14:34,125 --> 00:14:36,708 Uh, with, uh, Felix's, uh, work, 315 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:39,708 we have to have an ability to get from 316 00:14:39,875 --> 00:14:41,250 east to west. 317 00:14:41,417 --> 00:14:43,167 Right. 318 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:45,708 That-that possibility that there was 319 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:47,583 a, uh, a group here 320 00:14:47,708 --> 00:14:50,500 prior to the conventionally accepted date 321 00:14:50,708 --> 00:14:53,042 is kind of the thing that I'd like to investigate 322 00:14:53,250 --> 00:14:55,417 while we're out here because that implies 323 00:14:55,542 --> 00:14:57,167 sort of a secret visit. 324 00:14:57,333 --> 00:15:00,292 -Oh, yeah, yeah. -If this can support that data, 325 00:15:00,458 --> 00:15:03,542 then I believe that is the intent of our trip here. 326 00:15:03,708 --> 00:15:05,375 -Yeah. -Gentlemen, 327 00:15:05,542 --> 00:15:07,125 I've got some business to take care of back in town, 328 00:15:07,250 --> 00:15:09,375 so I'm gonna excuse myself. Nice to meet you, Professor. 329 00:15:09,542 --> 00:15:11,625 -All right. See you, Doug. -See you, Doug. -See you. 330 00:15:11,792 --> 00:15:13,917 -Let's go. -Let's go. -Okay, yeah. 331 00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:18,000 I believe that the point of beginning on Oak Island 332 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:19,542 was in the 1200s... 333 00:15:19,708 --> 00:15:21,250 Let's go find some data points. 334 00:15:21,417 --> 00:15:23,000 ...because of the paved area in the swamp. 335 00:15:23,167 --> 00:15:25,125 -We'll get our exercise today. -Oh, yeah. 336 00:15:26,875 --> 00:15:29,583 It significantly predates the discovery of the Azores. 337 00:15:29,708 --> 00:15:32,375 Up there, no? 338 00:15:32,542 --> 00:15:33,833 There is a belief that the Templars 339 00:15:33,958 --> 00:15:37,542 and the Order of Christ knew of this place. 340 00:15:38,708 --> 00:15:41,500 Is there a early habitation here in the Azores? 341 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:44,083 This is what we seek to find out. 342 00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:46,333 Hey, guys. Hold up. Look. 343 00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:48,000 -Yeah. -Look at that. 344 00:15:50,042 --> 00:15:53,417 This is exactly the way the Lot 8 boulder is, right? 345 00:15:53,583 --> 00:15:55,458 A space and this and a space. 346 00:15:55,625 --> 00:15:58,708 -Oh, it is. -A rock formation? 347 00:15:58,875 --> 00:16:02,417 Similar to the boulder feature on Lot 8? 348 00:16:02,625 --> 00:16:05,750 Which sat above a series of evenly spaced stones? 349 00:16:07,542 --> 00:16:09,500 Come on down. Take a look at this. 350 00:16:09,708 --> 00:16:11,458 Could Rick have found a stone structure 351 00:16:11,625 --> 00:16:13,750 built with the same kind of design? 352 00:16:13,875 --> 00:16:18,000 Felix, I-I was just walking by and I just noticed this. 353 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:21,833 It's kind of similar to a rock that we have on the island. 354 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:27,042 Very interesting. 355 00:16:27,208 --> 00:16:29,458 Does anybody have a photo of the Lot 8 feature? 356 00:16:29,625 --> 00:16:31,250 -Yeah, I think I do, here. -Do you? 357 00:16:31,417 --> 00:16:33,083 I'll show you. 358 00:16:34,208 --> 00:16:38,667 So, this is-- it's-it's zoomed in, but it's a giant boulder. 359 00:16:38,875 --> 00:16:40,625 -There's a support rock and then a space. -Space. 360 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,500 And then a support rock and then a space. 361 00:16:42,708 --> 00:16:44,708 And it looked very deliberate. 362 00:16:45,375 --> 00:16:46,875 Yeah. 363 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:50,583 Incredible. 364 00:16:54,875 --> 00:16:56,667 It's a giant boulder. 365 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:58,583 So, this is it's zoomed in. 366 00:16:58,750 --> 00:17:00,667 -There's a support rock and then a space. -Space. 367 00:17:00,792 --> 00:17:02,458 And then a support rock and then a space. 368 00:17:02,583 --> 00:17:04,000 And it looked very deliberate. 369 00:17:05,042 --> 00:17:06,375 Yeah. 370 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:08,500 We don't know why. 371 00:17:08,625 --> 00:17:10,583 At the megalithic complex known 372 00:17:10,750 --> 00:17:12,833 as Grota do Medo in the Azores, 373 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,458 the Oak Island team is examining 374 00:17:15,583 --> 00:17:17,958 a stone feature that is similar 375 00:17:18,083 --> 00:17:22,458 in design to placed rocks in the boulder formation on Lot 8. 376 00:17:22,667 --> 00:17:24,250 Felix, what is that? 377 00:17:33,250 --> 00:17:35,042 Astronomical, yeah. 378 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,708 Oh. Has an archaeoastronomer looked at this 379 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:42,750 and been able to date it through the use of alignments? 380 00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:47,167 Stellar? And what are the dates here? Do you, do you know? 381 00:17:49,375 --> 00:17:50,875 Really? 382 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:02,208 Really? 383 00:18:07,458 --> 00:18:08,958 That is compelling. 384 00:18:09,083 --> 00:18:11,958 What I noticed is the same thing I noticed on Lot 8. 385 00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:17,042 The spacing of the stones that surround the Lot 8 feature 386 00:18:17,208 --> 00:18:22,792 and the spacing of these cuts in the stone were so similar. 387 00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:25,750 We're trying to find real connections 388 00:18:25,917 --> 00:18:29,792 between the Azores and Oak Island. 389 00:18:29,958 --> 00:18:32,750 This structure represents that-- that possible connection. 390 00:18:32,958 --> 00:18:34,667 I-It's very curious to see that here. 391 00:18:34,875 --> 00:18:37,458 It's quite interesting. 392 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:40,625 But obviously, this feature is very old, 393 00:18:40,792 --> 00:18:44,667 so was the work here on Oak Island done by descendants 394 00:18:44,792 --> 00:18:46,708 of the original people who occupied the Azores 395 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:48,792 or something different? 396 00:18:51,917 --> 00:18:53,292 Really? 397 00:18:53,417 --> 00:18:54,833 Then I would ask you to proceed 398 00:18:54,917 --> 00:18:56,333 because I'm very interested. 399 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,208 More to see. 400 00:19:00,083 --> 00:19:01,750 Turns out, that's just the beginning. 401 00:19:05,042 --> 00:19:06,708 We're only partway to the site 402 00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:10,042 that he deems to be, uh, important. 403 00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:12,333 O-Of course we're all excited to go see it. 404 00:19:14,208 --> 00:19:15,917 Gorgeous. 405 00:19:16,083 --> 00:19:17,917 It's stunningly beautiful. 406 00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:21,667 These megalithic structures represent, for us, 407 00:19:21,875 --> 00:19:25,667 this belief that once this landmass was found, 408 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:27,958 it was used over centuries 409 00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:31,708 as a stepping stone between the Old World and the New World. 410 00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:36,500 But I'm looking for a timeline, a date. 411 00:19:36,708 --> 00:19:38,500 Constructions and clues 412 00:19:38,708 --> 00:19:41,250 that connects directly to Oak Island. 413 00:19:41,458 --> 00:19:42,750 Something that will perhaps 414 00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:45,000 change history as we have come to know it. 415 00:19:49,667 --> 00:19:52,042 Oh, look at that. 416 00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:03,625 So, is that 418 00:20:03,833 --> 00:20:05,208 hand-carved or-or... 419 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:07,750 So, this is not 420 00:20:07,917 --> 00:20:10,250 a functional watering hole? 421 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:12,042 It's probably ceremonial? 422 00:20:29,292 --> 00:20:30,667 And it was? 423 00:20:32,875 --> 00:20:34,333 -Really? 424 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:35,958 Pretty cool. 425 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,833 -Yeah. 427 00:20:48,375 --> 00:20:50,000 Yeah. 428 00:20:50,167 --> 00:20:52,167 Comparison here is, uh, to the Lot 26 well, right? 429 00:20:52,292 --> 00:20:54,292 -Yeah. Yeah. -Small diameter. -Yeah. 430 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:56,458 More than a few people on the island have mentioned 431 00:20:56,667 --> 00:20:58,542 that the Lot 26 well could be ceremonial. 432 00:20:58,708 --> 00:20:59,833 Oh, yeah. 433 00:21:00,042 --> 00:21:02,208 In 2022, 434 00:21:02,417 --> 00:21:06,083 the team began investigating a mysterious stone well 435 00:21:06,292 --> 00:21:10,833 just yards from the believed Portuguese wall on Lot 26. 436 00:21:11,042 --> 00:21:13,667 So, this is the location. 437 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:15,500 When Dr. Ian Spooner analyzed 438 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:18,750 organic materials taken from the very bottom of the feature 439 00:21:18,958 --> 00:21:20,667 in order to date it, 440 00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:23,375 the team was stunned by the results. 441 00:21:23,542 --> 00:21:28,083 The date I got on the twig at the bottom was 1028 to 1172. 442 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:33,750 Well, I mean, if this was used in 1100, 444 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:35,750 it could have been a stopping ground... 445 00:21:35,875 --> 00:21:37,542 -Well, yeah, like... -...before going to Oak Island. 446 00:21:37,708 --> 00:21:39,125 Yeah. 447 00:21:46,625 --> 00:21:48,042 100%. And that is 449 00:21:48,250 --> 00:21:50,000 really so critically important. 450 00:21:51,625 --> 00:21:56,167 The 1100s is 300 years before the current understanding 451 00:21:56,375 --> 00:21:58,375 of when the Azores were discovered. 452 00:21:58,542 --> 00:22:01,083 Everything we have learned to date would indicate 453 00:22:01,250 --> 00:22:04,417 that these islands were known during the zenith 454 00:22:04,583 --> 00:22:07,583 of the power and influence of the Templars. 455 00:22:07,750 --> 00:22:10,000 It fits perfectly into what we believe 456 00:22:10,167 --> 00:22:12,333 could be a scenario under which a treasure 457 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:16,542 would have been brought here to be safeguarded, 458 00:22:16,708 --> 00:22:20,083 and then perhaps an attempt to move it even further west. 459 00:22:21,042 --> 00:22:23,583 So perhaps there is some association here 460 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:25,333 with Oak Island. 461 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:29,000 So it's checking off lots of the boxes 462 00:22:29,167 --> 00:22:31,292 as it pertains to Oak Island. 463 00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:34,458 Right. So, to both of you, 464 00:22:34,625 --> 00:22:35,958 we thank you for your efforts. 465 00:22:41,333 --> 00:22:43,250 -Incredible. -Amazing. 466 00:22:43,417 --> 00:22:45,042 Pretty cool. 467 00:22:48,208 --> 00:22:51,083 The following morning, back on Oak Island... 468 00:22:52,125 --> 00:22:53,542 -Hi. -Hello. 469 00:22:53,750 --> 00:22:56,000 This looks quite a bit different. 470 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:59,333 ...Marty returns to Lot 5 for an update 471 00:22:59,542 --> 00:23:03,167 on the investigation of the mysterious stone structure. 472 00:23:03,292 --> 00:23:06,792 Oh, you got to check out this progress. 473 00:23:06,958 --> 00:23:08,500 Come and see. You've got a good angle over here. 474 00:23:08,708 --> 00:23:10,333 Oh, my. 475 00:23:11,583 --> 00:23:13,667 The rocks are really well stacked down below. 476 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:14,958 They just look a bit more 477 00:23:15,167 --> 00:23:16,667 -jumbled on the top. -Yeah. 478 00:23:16,875 --> 00:23:18,792 What we're seeing with the structure of the rocks 479 00:23:18,958 --> 00:23:20,125 and the, uh, direction that they're going, 480 00:23:20,292 --> 00:23:22,167 I-I do feel that this is a wall. 481 00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:23,667 -A foundation wall, just to be clear. -Yeah, 482 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:25,417 like a foundation wall, yeah. 483 00:23:25,583 --> 00:23:27,500 That-That's what I think. And it's quite thick as well. 484 00:23:27,583 --> 00:23:29,083 Yeah. That, to me, looks buried. 485 00:23:30,083 --> 00:23:31,833 It's not natural accumulation. 486 00:23:32,042 --> 00:23:34,167 -Oh, on purpose. Hidden, hidden. -Yeah. Exactly. 487 00:23:34,375 --> 00:23:36,000 It looks pretty substantial to me. 488 00:23:36,083 --> 00:23:38,000 -Yeah. -Hit-hit me upside the head 489 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:39,833 with a 2x4, but this is looking identical 490 00:23:40,042 --> 00:23:41,167 to what went on over there 491 00:23:41,333 --> 00:23:43,792 in the original round feature. 492 00:23:43,958 --> 00:23:45,875 -I know. -That's what we were saying. 493 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,917 It does look almost exactly as 494 00:23:48,083 --> 00:23:49,500 the original round feature did. 495 00:23:49,667 --> 00:23:52,125 And then we have this-this rock-filled structure. 496 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:55,000 I mean, this whole business on Lot 5 497 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:58,125 started with the ring of modern-placed rocks 498 00:23:58,292 --> 00:23:59,792 surrounding a depression 499 00:23:59,958 --> 00:24:01,875 that turned out to be hiding something. 500 00:24:02,042 --> 00:24:04,667 And that turned into a very, very substantial 501 00:24:04,875 --> 00:24:06,375 archaeological feature. 502 00:24:06,542 --> 00:24:09,000 Well, this is a smaller version of the same thing. 503 00:24:09,208 --> 00:24:11,958 I mean, it's crying out for more exploration. 504 00:24:12,125 --> 00:24:15,625 Even the construct, at-at first initial glance, 505 00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:17,125 is very crude and very similar 506 00:24:17,292 --> 00:24:18,792 to what we have over there as well. 507 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,917 Well, but over there you suspected 508 00:24:21,083 --> 00:24:23,667 -at least two occupations. -Oh, definitely. Definitely. 509 00:24:23,792 --> 00:24:25,292 The later occupation was better built 510 00:24:25,458 --> 00:24:29,125 than the earlier, and this-this matches the-the earlier. So far. 511 00:24:29,292 --> 00:24:32,708 I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same era. 512 00:24:32,833 --> 00:24:34,458 It's like déjà vu. 513 00:24:37,083 --> 00:24:39,167 A really good sign, Fiona. 514 00:24:42,583 --> 00:24:44,250 It does look almost exactly as 515 00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:46,875 the original round feature did when we first saw it. 516 00:24:47,083 --> 00:24:49,000 I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same era. 517 00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:50,958 On Lot 5, 518 00:24:51,125 --> 00:24:53,042 Fiona Steele has uncovered evidence 519 00:24:53,208 --> 00:24:55,458 suggesting that the stone feature 520 00:24:55,625 --> 00:24:58,833 previously thought to be a 20th century well 521 00:24:59,042 --> 00:25:01,875 is a much larger structure and may be related 522 00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:05,000 to the nearby rounded foundation. 523 00:25:05,167 --> 00:25:07,083 That's a strange thing, 524 00:25:07,208 --> 00:25:09,000 to put a structure this close to the ocean, 525 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,958 especially back then. 526 00:25:11,083 --> 00:25:12,458 You know, but I did question 527 00:25:12,625 --> 00:25:14,167 the proximity as well. 528 00:25:14,375 --> 00:25:16,167 This would be an ideal place to put something 529 00:25:16,375 --> 00:25:19,125 if you were doing some sort of activity that involved 530 00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:22,000 -bringing things in from boats. -Maybe. 531 00:25:22,208 --> 00:25:24,208 Lot 5 is a prime location 532 00:25:24,375 --> 00:25:25,833 in the sense that you could be hidden there. 533 00:25:26,042 --> 00:25:27,583 It's on the back end of the island, 534 00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:30,333 closer to the shore, and it hadn't been settled. 535 00:25:30,542 --> 00:25:32,458 So you could easily hide a ship. 536 00:25:32,583 --> 00:25:34,583 It's not that far from the Money Pit as well. 537 00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:36,792 I think that would be very enticing for anybody 538 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,208 who's gonna want to deposit treasure. 539 00:25:40,792 --> 00:25:42,042 Old Man Winter is breathing 540 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,917 down our neck right now. 541 00:25:44,083 --> 00:25:45,708 We are running out of time. 542 00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:47,292 -Yeah. -Uh... 543 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:49,667 You know, we want to know as much as we can. 544 00:25:49,833 --> 00:25:51,125 I agree. The fact that 545 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:53,250 there could be another, third feature on Lot 5 546 00:25:53,458 --> 00:25:55,042 I think is absolutely amazing, 547 00:25:55,208 --> 00:25:56,667 so, no, we're-we're hungry to get at this, so... 548 00:25:56,833 --> 00:26:00,042 Okay. I know you're already working like, you know, dynamos, 549 00:26:00,250 --> 00:26:02,458 but go to double dynamo, okay? 550 00:26:02,625 --> 00:26:04,292 -We're so excited about this. -That was a pep talk. 551 00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:06,208 We're gonna be gre-- aggressive. 552 00:26:06,375 --> 00:26:07,833 -We're gonna really go for it. -All right. 553 00:26:08,042 --> 00:26:09,667 Curiouser and curiouser. 554 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:11,250 Lot of unknowns here. 555 00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:12,917 So we're gonna let you get back to work 556 00:26:13,125 --> 00:26:15,667 -before the weather closes in. -Thank you. 557 00:26:15,833 --> 00:26:18,042 All right, let's go for it. 558 00:26:18,208 --> 00:26:20,708 As work continues on Oak Island... 559 00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:25,792 ...back on the island of Terceira in the Azores... 560 00:26:25,958 --> 00:26:27,375 Usually, a discussion like this 561 00:26:27,583 --> 00:26:29,833 would happen in the war room on Oak Island. 562 00:26:30,042 --> 00:26:32,542 Alberto Silva from Porto 563 00:26:32,708 --> 00:26:35,833 is a numismatist, a world-class coin collector. 564 00:26:37,042 --> 00:26:38,792 ...Rick and members of the team 565 00:26:38,917 --> 00:26:43,000 meet with renowned Portuguese coin expert Alberto Silva 566 00:26:43,208 --> 00:26:46,125 at the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library 567 00:26:46,292 --> 00:26:47,792 and Regional Archive. 568 00:26:47,958 --> 00:26:50,833 Alberto has kindly offered his services here 569 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,375 to look at the so-called Pitblado coin. 570 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:55,792 After previous analysis 571 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,417 by coin expert Sandy Campbell 572 00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,833 suggested that the 14th century silver coin 573 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,458 was extremely rare, 574 00:27:02,625 --> 00:27:05,292 worth thousands of dollars in today's value, 575 00:27:05,458 --> 00:27:08,292 and connected to the Order of Christ, 576 00:27:08,458 --> 00:27:12,125 the team is eager to hear Alberto's perspective. 577 00:27:12,250 --> 00:27:13,750 Alberto, 578 00:27:13,917 --> 00:27:16,292 what we have here to show you today is a coin 579 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,167 that was passed down generation to generation, 580 00:27:19,375 --> 00:27:22,667 believing it came from the Money Pit on Oak Island. 581 00:27:22,833 --> 00:27:25,583 And, uh, this is that coin. 582 00:27:38,667 --> 00:27:40,333 ...above the shield. 583 00:27:40,542 --> 00:27:42,833 It is minted between... 584 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,125 That right there helps us 585 00:27:48,292 --> 00:27:50,583 because so far we believed 586 00:27:50,750 --> 00:27:54,917 that it was minted somewhere between 1367 and 1383. 587 00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:57,000 So if it was minted 588 00:27:57,167 --> 00:27:59,250 no later than 1371, 589 00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:01,833 -that shortens the window... -Yeah. A lot. 590 00:28:01,958 --> 00:28:03,375 ...on the time in which it was created. 591 00:28:09,917 --> 00:28:12,500 Dating back more than 2,000 years, 592 00:28:12,667 --> 00:28:16,708 a die is a metal tool used to stamp a specific design 593 00:28:16,917 --> 00:28:19,917 into a coin during the minting process. 594 00:28:20,625 --> 00:28:24,042 When damaged, coin dies were often replaced 595 00:28:24,208 --> 00:28:26,333 with new, slightly different stamps 596 00:28:26,542 --> 00:28:29,167 in order to trace the manufacturing of a coin 597 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,167 to a specific date and time. 598 00:28:32,375 --> 00:28:36,083 Are there many surviving examples 599 00:28:36,250 --> 00:28:38,250 of those coins? 600 00:29:03,458 --> 00:29:06,458 King Ferdinand I, who was reported to be 603 00:29:06,625 --> 00:29:09,292 a great supporter of the Order of Christ, 604 00:29:09,458 --> 00:29:15,083 ruled Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. 605 00:29:15,250 --> 00:29:17,958 In 1372, 606 00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:20,500 attempting to expand his power, 607 00:29:20,708 --> 00:29:23,250 he declared war on the Kingdom of Castile, 608 00:29:23,458 --> 00:29:26,417 which is now part of modern-day Spain. 609 00:29:26,583 --> 00:29:29,000 The effort was unsuccessful 610 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:32,833 and led to a series of conflicts known as the Fernandine Wars, 611 00:29:33,042 --> 00:29:35,958 which nearly bankrupted the royal treasury, 612 00:29:36,167 --> 00:29:38,833 caused instability across Portugal, 613 00:29:39,042 --> 00:29:42,875 and threatened the strongholds held by the Order of Christ. 614 00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:49,458 -You're telling us that 615 00:29:49,625 --> 00:29:52,125 there was a large number of these coins produced 616 00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:54,125 and yet there's only about a hundred 617 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,000 -known in the world. -Yeah. 618 00:29:56,167 --> 00:29:58,083 Because there's so few of those, maybe there's a reason 619 00:29:58,250 --> 00:29:59,833 that, uh, they weren't circulated. 620 00:29:59,958 --> 00:30:03,542 -Right. -Because the bulk of them were somewhere else. 621 00:30:05,208 --> 00:30:07,542 -Okay. -Here's the question 622 00:30:07,708 --> 00:30:10,167 that we have asked ourselves 623 00:30:10,292 --> 00:30:11,583 in search of answers to the Oak Island mystery, 624 00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:14,458 and that question is: where are the coins? 625 00:30:14,583 --> 00:30:17,458 -Yep. -If the treasure had been found, 626 00:30:17,542 --> 00:30:19,792 there would be more than a hundred in circulation. 627 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,083 -That's almost a guarantee. -Yeah, that would no longer 628 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:23,917 -be a rare coin. -Exactly. 629 00:30:24,125 --> 00:30:26,250 -Yeah. -That means, 630 00:30:26,375 --> 00:30:27,875 if that was part of the treasure, 631 00:30:28,042 --> 00:30:29,708 it is still in the ground. 632 00:30:29,917 --> 00:30:31,333 -Right? 633 00:30:31,542 --> 00:30:34,417 The story that has been laid out here today, 634 00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:37,250 to me, is more impactful 635 00:30:37,417 --> 00:30:39,292 because the whole point of the trip here 636 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:41,083 is to try to understand, 637 00:30:41,250 --> 00:30:44,250 might a treasure be associated with the Order of Christ 638 00:30:44,417 --> 00:30:47,708 and found its way to the Azores and thus to Oak Island? 639 00:30:47,833 --> 00:30:51,500 So, either way, this is all good news. 640 00:30:51,708 --> 00:30:56,542 If coins of this type are that valuable, 641 00:30:56,708 --> 00:30:58,708 then why aren't they out in the real world? 642 00:30:58,875 --> 00:31:01,000 Why are there less than a hundred? 643 00:31:01,167 --> 00:31:04,667 And why do we still have a very significant source 644 00:31:04,875 --> 00:31:09,167 of silver expressed by the water sample testing in the Money Pit? 645 00:31:09,292 --> 00:31:11,833 To me, it says definitively 646 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,500 that the treasure still remains in the depths 647 00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:16,792 and the confines of the Money Pit. 648 00:31:16,958 --> 00:31:19,000 It makes the trip back all that much more exciting 649 00:31:19,125 --> 00:31:22,792 because we have another chance, with the last caisson, 650 00:31:22,917 --> 00:31:27,625 to perhaps find the very thing we presented to Alberto: 651 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:30,667 a coin of-- that might be that significant. 652 00:31:30,833 --> 00:31:32,958 The story corroborates the water testing, 653 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:34,583 and the water testing corroborates the story. 654 00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:36,500 Correct. 655 00:31:36,667 --> 00:31:40,292 We still have a chance to find the very thing we're discussing 656 00:31:40,458 --> 00:31:42,292 -because the caisson work continues. 657 00:31:42,458 --> 00:31:45,208 And having said that, we do need to get back. 658 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:46,708 Let's go find one of those for ourselves. 659 00:31:46,917 --> 00:31:48,167 -Yeah. Absolutely. -One? 660 00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:52,583 The experience we had in the Azores was amazing. 662 00:31:52,792 --> 00:31:54,500 It certainly has made an impact. 663 00:31:54,708 --> 00:31:57,167 And for that we say obrigado. 664 00:31:57,375 --> 00:31:59,208 Thank you, Alberto. 665 00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:00,833 -Thank you very much. -Appreciate it. 666 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,042 It is back to the island for us. 667 00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:14,167 Our wandering voyagers have returned. 669 00:32:14,333 --> 00:32:15,542 We want a download on your trip, 670 00:32:15,708 --> 00:32:17,250 what you found, what was exciting. 671 00:32:17,417 --> 00:32:18,667 Everything. Tell us everything. 672 00:32:18,875 --> 00:32:21,250 We went there looking for evidence 673 00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:23,500 that treasure passed through the Azores. 674 00:32:23,625 --> 00:32:27,333 And a logical place to keep something safe 675 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,500 before sailing to North America. 676 00:32:29,625 --> 00:32:31,708 -Right. -There's a lot of connections there. 677 00:32:31,917 --> 00:32:34,417 It's a logical place that you would take something valuable. 678 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:36,667 I 100% believe that. 679 00:32:38,042 --> 00:32:39,583 As part of our agenda, we wanted to get a look 680 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:41,583 at structures constructed on Terceira 681 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:43,875 because there were suggestions that the technique they used 682 00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:46,708 on the island was also used here on Oak Island. 683 00:32:46,875 --> 00:32:49,250 It wasn't hard to find stone walls. 684 00:32:49,375 --> 00:32:51,542 And so these are some walls. 685 00:32:54,917 --> 00:32:57,500 There was rubble in the wall 686 00:32:57,667 --> 00:32:59,500 that absolutely mimicked 687 00:32:59,667 --> 00:33:02,500 -Lot 26 walls. -Really? 688 00:33:02,708 --> 00:33:04,042 The important thing is, though, it could go 689 00:33:04,208 --> 00:33:07,125 all the way back to the 1400s and perhaps earlier. 690 00:33:07,292 --> 00:33:08,667 But the next site here 691 00:33:08,833 --> 00:33:11,000 is one that could potentially support 692 00:33:11,167 --> 00:33:14,208 those early dates in structures we have here on the island. 693 00:33:25,583 --> 00:33:29,333 It looked very similar to the Lot 26 well. 695 00:33:29,542 --> 00:33:32,208 -Oh, no way. -Again, it's just a similarity, 696 00:33:32,375 --> 00:33:35,500 there's no proof, but it's very curious. 697 00:33:36,542 --> 00:33:41,083 So, people sailed to the Azores in at least the 1300s. 698 00:33:41,292 --> 00:33:43,500 At that time, they would have been capable of sailing 699 00:33:43,625 --> 00:33:45,667 to North America as well. 700 00:33:45,833 --> 00:33:47,625 It's possible that these people 701 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:49,667 could have made it to Oak Island. 702 00:33:49,833 --> 00:33:52,208 -We brought a lot of artifacts. -Okay. 703 00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:53,875 This artifact was maybe the biggest surprise. 704 00:33:54,083 --> 00:33:55,458 Which one? 705 00:33:55,625 --> 00:33:57,208 -The nail. -The-the spike. The nail. 706 00:33:57,375 --> 00:33:59,083 Of all the things we brought, this was 707 00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:02,167 the one piece that I didn't think he equivocated about. 708 00:34:02,292 --> 00:34:05,167 It's a nautical-type nail 709 00:34:05,333 --> 00:34:06,833 that we found on Lot 5. 710 00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:09,833 That's the exact style of a Portuguese nail 711 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,958 -that would be used in a caravel ship. -Yes. 712 00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:16,417 They became prominent in Portuguese seafaring 713 00:34:16,542 --> 00:34:17,833 -in the 1300s. 714 00:34:18,042 --> 00:34:19,417 -Exactly. -All right. I like that. 715 00:34:19,542 --> 00:34:21,792 I like that a lot. 716 00:34:21,917 --> 00:34:23,708 I want to raise a point here 717 00:34:23,833 --> 00:34:26,833 because we talked to, uh, a coin expert from Portugal 718 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,500 by the name of Alberto Silva, 719 00:34:29,625 --> 00:34:31,500 and we showed him the Portuguese coin. 720 00:34:31,625 --> 00:34:34,333 Alberto looked at that coin 721 00:34:34,458 --> 00:34:38,417 and he said there are less than a hundred of these in the world. 722 00:34:38,583 --> 00:34:40,167 He also said 723 00:34:40,333 --> 00:34:42,083 there's way more out there. 724 00:34:42,250 --> 00:34:46,167 There's a good indication that a lot of those were minted. 725 00:34:46,333 --> 00:34:49,542 And yet there's only a hundred in collectors' hands today. 726 00:34:49,750 --> 00:34:52,333 -Oh, so the others are hidden away somewhere. -Yeah. 727 00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:54,208 So, to me, it speaks emphatically 728 00:34:54,417 --> 00:34:57,667 and-and almost definitively that the treasure still remains 729 00:34:57,875 --> 00:34:59,667 to be found in the Money Pit. 730 00:34:59,792 --> 00:35:01,792 I distinctly remember 731 00:35:01,917 --> 00:35:05,833 Sandy Campbell saying it's worth about $20,000. 732 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,708 That's one coin. 733 00:35:07,875 --> 00:35:10,833 If this really is a Portuguese treasure 734 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,833 and it was something big enough to be worth 735 00:35:14,042 --> 00:35:15,708 the construction of the Money Pit... 736 00:35:16,708 --> 00:35:18,458 ...would there be ten of them? No. 737 00:35:18,625 --> 00:35:20,375 Hundred? No. Thousand? 738 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:21,875 Perhaps 100,000 coins. 739 00:35:22,042 --> 00:35:24,250 So, you know, I mean, the hope is, 740 00:35:24,375 --> 00:35:27,250 we're digging for something worth billions. 741 00:35:34,208 --> 00:35:35,542 Well, look, I'm just gonna say this-- 742 00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,750 that I-I find myself very rarely 743 00:35:37,917 --> 00:35:40,333 on the more believer side than my brother, 744 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:41,958 but, I mean, it all makes sense to me. 745 00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:44,583 -Sounds like a great expedition. -Yeah. 746 00:35:44,708 --> 00:35:45,875 All right, we're eager to tell you 747 00:35:46,042 --> 00:35:47,375 what happened here on the island. 748 00:35:47,542 --> 00:35:48,833 We did a lot of digging. 749 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,500 I had heard a lot about this so-called 750 00:35:50,708 --> 00:35:53,042 sand road in the swamp. 751 00:35:53,250 --> 00:35:55,500 This is not a modern road. 752 00:35:55,583 --> 00:35:57,375 I got a picture here which made me a believer 753 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:02,167 because not only did Billy do a fabulous job of excavating it, 754 00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:05,500 we also had a oxshoe nail 755 00:36:05,708 --> 00:36:07,375 from under the sand-- right, Billy-- 756 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:09,583 -but on top of the rocks. -Right. 757 00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:12,958 And lo and behold, we absolutely found 758 00:36:13,083 --> 00:36:16,458 that the sand and the structure underneath it 759 00:36:16,667 --> 00:36:18,917 was continuing up towards Center Road. 760 00:36:19,042 --> 00:36:21,833 So that leads us to say, maybe the path from Lot 5 761 00:36:22,042 --> 00:36:24,917 to Center Road was the path up to the Money Pit. 762 00:36:25,083 --> 00:36:27,542 And if you project this road on farther across the swamp, 763 00:36:27,708 --> 00:36:29,833 it hits what we have now recently started 764 00:36:29,958 --> 00:36:31,667 calling the Portuguese Road. 765 00:36:31,792 --> 00:36:34,000 Basically, Steve, right, it hits right at the base of it? 766 00:36:34,208 --> 00:36:35,500 It does. Yep. 767 00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:37,708 So it's ridiculous, really, it's crazy. 768 00:36:37,875 --> 00:36:39,833 The other major thing... 769 00:36:39,958 --> 00:36:43,667 You know, you talk about walking by something for 15 years. 770 00:36:43,792 --> 00:36:47,958 The so-called modern well on Lot 5, 771 00:36:48,125 --> 00:36:49,917 but Laird does not think it's a well. 772 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:52,958 Fiona thinks that it is a new discovery, 773 00:36:53,125 --> 00:36:56,667 but there's an extensive archaeological search 774 00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:58,208 going on there right now. 775 00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:01,583 Those are the big digs we did while you were gone. 776 00:37:01,750 --> 00:37:03,833 -It's a good week. -Yeah, I think so. 777 00:37:03,917 --> 00:37:05,708 And they were getting ready 778 00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:07,917 to put in the last caisson up in the Money Pit, 779 00:37:08,083 --> 00:37:09,708 -and it's about ready to go. -That's good news. 780 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:12,625 -Yeah. -Anyway, that's it. That's my report. 781 00:37:12,708 --> 00:37:14,500 So, to me, 782 00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,333 there's always been concern in this room 783 00:37:17,542 --> 00:37:19,083 that the treasure had been found. 784 00:37:21,917 --> 00:37:24,000 But you think about it, if this really is 785 00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:26,625 a treasure coin from the depths of the Money Pit, 786 00:37:26,833 --> 00:37:28,292 then where are they? 787 00:37:30,833 --> 00:37:33,250 -The Money Pit. -In the Money Pit. 788 00:37:34,375 --> 00:37:35,833 That shows it, right? 789 00:37:37,042 --> 00:37:38,250 Well, let's go find something 790 00:37:38,417 --> 00:37:40,292 very special. 791 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,083 The sky's the limit. 792 00:37:42,958 --> 00:37:44,458 -Let's go look. -All right, okay. 793 00:37:45,875 --> 00:37:47,875 Let's get to work. 794 00:37:51,583 --> 00:37:53,375 In the heart of the Money Pit. 795 00:37:53,542 --> 00:37:54,667 Hey, Rick. 796 00:37:54,875 --> 00:37:57,000 -Hey. -Hey. 797 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:59,167 -New hole, fresh start? -Fresh start. 798 00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:01,208 In the Money Pit area, 799 00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:05,458 Rick arrives as representatives from SB Canada and ROC Equipment 800 00:38:05,542 --> 00:38:07,250 are about to break ground 801 00:38:07,417 --> 00:38:11,917 on the team's final shaft of the year-- Money Pit-1. 802 00:38:12,083 --> 00:38:14,000 This last hole-- Money Pit-1-- 803 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:16,375 might be one of the best chances 804 00:38:16,542 --> 00:38:20,000 to get deep in an area where we haven't explored at depth. 805 00:38:20,125 --> 00:38:22,333 So, Steve, can you put us on the map? 806 00:38:22,542 --> 00:38:25,083 Yes, we're dead center between these three caissons. 807 00:38:25,250 --> 00:38:26,833 And that's where we've had all the success-- 808 00:38:26,917 --> 00:38:28,542 the bottom of the solution channel, 809 00:38:28,708 --> 00:38:30,625 where it's showing signs of silver. 810 00:38:30,792 --> 00:38:32,292 And we're not far from those areas. 811 00:38:34,833 --> 00:38:37,000 The MP-1 shaft is located 812 00:38:37,167 --> 00:38:39,917 less than ten feet from the Karma-1 813 00:38:40,083 --> 00:38:44,375 and Top Pocket Find shafts that were dug several weeks ago. 814 00:38:44,542 --> 00:38:46,917 During those excavations, 815 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:49,958 where the highest traces of silver have been detected 816 00:38:50,167 --> 00:38:52,750 more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel, 817 00:38:52,958 --> 00:38:55,917 artifacts and pieces of wood 818 00:38:56,083 --> 00:38:58,500 that may have been related to the original Money Pit 819 00:38:58,625 --> 00:39:00,500 were brought to the surface. 820 00:39:00,625 --> 00:39:02,375 This is a very good location. 821 00:39:02,542 --> 00:39:05,667 We have-- stand every good chance to be successful. 822 00:39:05,833 --> 00:39:08,542 -Yep. -We don't want metal finds. 823 00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:11,042 We want to find treasure. 824 00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:13,458 -Oh, yeah. -And answers to the mystery. 825 00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:16,500 -Brilliant. -If we're gonna find the treasure, to me, 826 00:39:16,667 --> 00:39:18,958 -this is our best chance. -I hope you got your boots on, 827 00:39:19,083 --> 00:39:22,667 Rick, 'cause we're gonna be knee-deep in artifacts. 828 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:24,500 Everything we found this year, 829 00:39:24,625 --> 00:39:26,750 everything we found in all the previous years 830 00:39:26,917 --> 00:39:30,833 indicates that this could be the spot 831 00:39:30,958 --> 00:39:33,958 where the treasure fell into the solution channel. 832 00:39:34,125 --> 00:39:36,667 This is our last caisson this year 833 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:39,167 but also the best shot. 834 00:39:39,333 --> 00:39:40,958 What say you guys? 835 00:39:41,125 --> 00:39:42,375 -Hey. -This looking like a good spot? 836 00:39:42,542 --> 00:39:43,958 -It is. -I love it. 837 00:39:44,083 --> 00:39:45,917 Wouldn't be anywhere else 838 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:48,875 but right here, going through Money Pit spoils. 839 00:39:49,042 --> 00:39:50,667 -You're having fun. -Oh, it's brilliant. 840 00:39:52,250 --> 00:39:54,042 We have silver in the water 842 00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:58,333 that is consistent with the 14th century Portuguese coin 843 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:02,042 that almost certainly came from the Money Pit. 844 00:40:02,250 --> 00:40:06,333 I think we are building a very excellent case 845 00:40:06,542 --> 00:40:09,125 that old-world treasure 846 00:40:09,292 --> 00:40:13,458 that is deemed to be at depth in the Money Pit is still there. 847 00:40:13,625 --> 00:40:15,125 And now, in MP-1, 848 00:40:15,292 --> 00:40:18,292 we are on the cusp of proving it to the most-- 849 00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:20,500 how shall we say-- hardened skeptic. 850 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:24,083 I really want to know what's way down deep. 851 00:40:24,208 --> 00:40:26,083 Here we go. Showtime. 852 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:29,417 Marty has said many times 853 00:40:29,625 --> 00:40:32,000 that the story of Oak Island started in the Money Pit 854 00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:33,667 and it will end in the Money Pit. 855 00:40:33,833 --> 00:40:35,750 Why not name it Money Pit-1? 856 00:40:35,875 --> 00:40:37,500 Let's find this. 857 00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:39,500 Ooh, I like the look of that material. 858 00:40:39,667 --> 00:40:41,042 Treasure on deck. 859 00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:42,667 -Yep. -Let's get stuck in. 860 00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:44,500 I'll go join 'em for luck. 861 00:40:44,667 --> 00:40:46,583 Okay. 862 00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:48,083 Keep your fingers crossed. 863 00:40:48,250 --> 00:40:50,500 So far this year, 864 00:40:50,583 --> 00:40:53,750 the team has unearthed discoveries on Oak Island 865 00:40:53,875 --> 00:40:57,625 and made revelations across the ocean 866 00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:01,750 that suggest a valuable and potentially sacred treasure 867 00:41:01,958 --> 00:41:04,583 was buried long ago in the Money Pit. 868 00:41:06,750 --> 00:41:09,333 Now they are digging 869 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:13,333 where all of this compelling evidence is pointing. 870 00:41:14,375 --> 00:41:16,000 Others have searched here 871 00:41:16,167 --> 00:41:18,833 only to be thwarted by forces 872 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,708 that are perhaps beyond nature. 873 00:41:21,875 --> 00:41:24,458 But for the Laginas and their team... 874 00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:29,208 ...a different destiny may be waiting... 875 00:41:31,417 --> 00:41:32,625 ...below.