1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:03,450 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,620 --> 00:00:06,120 EMILIANO: We're in the oldest prison in Malta. 3 00:00:06,250 --> 00:00:08,250 This is a place very rich in symbolism. 4 00:00:08,410 --> 00:00:10,540 DOUG: The four-dot cross is thought to represent 5 00:00:10,750 --> 00:00:11,870 the presence of holy relics. 6 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,250 There was indeed a family bloodline 7 00:00:14,410 --> 00:00:17,000 that we can connect to Oak Island. 8 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,250 It's quite remarkable. 9 00:00:18,450 --> 00:00:20,000 CRAIG: This is one of the boulders 10 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,660 -that's on the map. -Come on, baby. 11 00:00:21,830 --> 00:00:23,000 Let's find a treasure. 12 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,370 -What the heck is that? -JACK: Yeah! 13 00:00:24,540 --> 00:00:26,160 -Boy, that is really pretty. -(laughs) 14 00:00:26,370 --> 00:00:28,620 -Very ornate. -I wasn't expecting that. 15 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,410 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,540 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,040 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,870 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,000 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:56,120 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,910 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,790 And according to legend, 26 00:01:03,910 --> 00:01:07,120 one more will have to die 27 00:01:07,330 --> 00:01:10,660 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,290 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:24,540 A cool fall morning has begun on Oak Island. 30 00:01:25,540 --> 00:01:27,950 But in the fabled Money Pit area, 31 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,200 ground repairs are running at full steam 32 00:01:30,330 --> 00:01:34,160 in preparation for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina 33 00:01:34,330 --> 00:01:36,830 to conduct the deepest dig ever attempted 34 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,950 in search of a vast treasure. 35 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,290 How we doing? 36 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:42,080 You know those crane mats over there? 37 00:01:42,250 --> 00:01:43,830 We're gonna run 'em from here to here 38 00:01:43,950 --> 00:01:45,910 to disperse the load and set the oscillator on the crane mats. 39 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,410 -On top of these? -Yeah. 40 00:01:48,580 --> 00:01:50,580 MARTY: All right. Let's make it so. 41 00:01:51,540 --> 00:01:53,120 NARRATOR: Over the past two months, 42 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,950 the Laginas and their team have excavated 43 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,540 multiple seven-foot-diameter steel shafts 44 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:01,290 in locations where they have not only detected 45 00:02:01,450 --> 00:02:05,370 high trace evidence of precious metals deep underground 46 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:09,040 but also the legendary Chappell Vault, 47 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,700 a massive concrete-encased box 48 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:16,000 that was first reported by treasure hunters back in 1897 49 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,660 at a depth of 153 feet. 50 00:02:19,870 --> 00:02:21,620 (clanking) 51 00:02:22,910 --> 00:02:25,370 Hey. Stop. It's caving. 52 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:28,830 NARRATOR: However, during one of their recent digs, 53 00:02:28,950 --> 00:02:31,910 just as they hoped to retrieve the buried vault, 54 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,330 the earth surrounding and below the shaft suddenly caved in. 55 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,040 This has caused the team to speculate 56 00:02:40,250 --> 00:02:43,000 that the tons of soil and the believed treasure 57 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,080 fell into a massive natural cavity in the bedrock 58 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:48,160 more than 200 feet deep 59 00:02:48,330 --> 00:02:51,410 known as the solution channel. 60 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,410 Now more than 50 tons of gravel are being used 61 00:02:56,540 --> 00:02:59,500 to make the Money Pit area safe for the team 62 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:03,160 so they can sink another seven-foot-diameter shaft 63 00:03:03,330 --> 00:03:05,330 all the way down into the solution channel 64 00:03:05,540 --> 00:03:08,750 and hopefully recover the storied riches. 65 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,660 While the repairs continue 66 00:03:12,790 --> 00:03:15,660 in the Money Pit area on Oak Island... 67 00:03:17,290 --> 00:03:21,330 ...more than 4,000 miles to the east in Gozo, Malta... 68 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,040 CORJAN: It's a grand entrance here, 69 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,000 -with the bells ringing. -ALEX: Yes. 70 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,080 -(bells tolling) -RICK: You know what? Maybe it's a good omen. 71 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:30,080 ...Rick Lagina and other members of the team 72 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:32,330 are investigating an incredible theory 73 00:03:32,540 --> 00:03:34,580 about the Oak Island mystery-- 74 00:03:34,790 --> 00:03:37,160 that members of the medieval Christian order 75 00:03:37,330 --> 00:03:39,120 known as the Knights Templar 76 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:42,450 and a related group known as the Knights of Malta 77 00:03:42,660 --> 00:03:46,160 made numerous visits between the 12th and 17th centuries 78 00:03:46,370 --> 00:03:49,540 in order to hide priceless religious treasures 79 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,250 all across the island. 80 00:03:52,450 --> 00:03:56,160 We're in, uh... within the walls of the old citadel in Gozo. 81 00:03:56,370 --> 00:03:58,660 So, after they built Valletta 82 00:03:58,790 --> 00:04:01,290 in 1571, 83 00:04:01,450 --> 00:04:03,290 the Knights of Malta started improving 84 00:04:03,450 --> 00:04:05,000 the fortification of Malta, 85 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,500 uh, the other cities around Valletta, 86 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:09,330 and eventually around here in Gozo. 87 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:13,330 NARRATOR: Over the past decade, 88 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:15,410 Rick, Marty, and their team 89 00:04:15,580 --> 00:04:17,660 have made a number of shocking discoveries 90 00:04:17,830 --> 00:04:20,870 that may be related to the Templar order... 91 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,830 ...such as a 14th century lead cross 92 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,700 and numerous stone structures that could date back 93 00:04:28,870 --> 00:04:32,250 to as early as 1200 AD. 94 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:35,080 It's just absolutely incredible. 95 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:36,870 NARRATOR: And, incredibly, 96 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,870 just after their arrival in Valletta, Malta one week ago... 97 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,830 EMILIANO: Is this clay? 98 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,870 It's grayish, bluish. 99 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,290 ALEX: The legend 100 00:04:46,450 --> 00:04:48,750 tells of flood tunnels on the island. 101 00:04:48,910 --> 00:04:51,830 ...Rick and the team saw underground tunnels 102 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,500 that were built by the Knights of Malta in the 16th century 103 00:04:55,620 --> 00:04:58,200 with a similar design to the description 104 00:04:58,370 --> 00:05:00,830 of the original Money Pit. 105 00:05:00,950 --> 00:05:04,540 I did come across a similar pattern here. 106 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:06,620 NARRATOR: They also confirmed 107 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:09,870 that a mysterious button featuring a starburst pattern 108 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,120 and which was found one year ago on Oak Island 109 00:05:13,250 --> 00:05:16,330 may also be connected to the Maltese order. 110 00:05:16,540 --> 00:05:19,040 RICK: I think it is highly suggestive 111 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,000 that the Knights of Malta 112 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,660 or an evolution of the Knights of Malta 113 00:05:23,830 --> 00:05:26,660 may have had something to do with the Oak Island mystery. 114 00:05:26,830 --> 00:05:30,330 There's a lot of excitement about it 115 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:33,250 and an imperative to follow those leads. 116 00:05:33,410 --> 00:05:36,700 So the reason why we're here today is to take a look 117 00:05:36,910 --> 00:05:39,080 at the old prison that is up there. 118 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,580 CORJAN: And the people here bided their time by scratching 119 00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:44,790 the-their beliefs and their symbols into the walls. 120 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:47,000 We'll also find some symbols 121 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,000 that remind us very, very much of the stuff we've seen 122 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,870 -on Oak Island. -Hmm. 123 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,370 NARRATOR: After fending off an invasion 124 00:05:54,540 --> 00:05:57,830 by the Ottoman Empire in 1551, 125 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,910 the citadel of Victoria, also known as Cittadella, 126 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,160 was reconstructed in 1599 127 00:06:05,370 --> 00:06:07,660 with the help of the Knights of Malta 128 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:11,080 to serve as a fortification and prison. 129 00:06:11,250 --> 00:06:13,500 Okay, why don't we go to the old prison? 130 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:15,580 -Okay. -Perfect. -JUDI: That's great. 131 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:18,910 NARRATOR: However, some researchers believe 132 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,330 that it may have also been used by the knights 133 00:06:21,540 --> 00:06:23,830 to hide Templar-related treasures 134 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,500 before they were transferred to Oak Island 135 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:29,000 in the 17th century. 136 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,750 We're in the-the oldest prison in Malta. 137 00:06:33,870 --> 00:06:38,200 And, uh, this is a place very rich in, uh, symbolism, 138 00:06:38,410 --> 00:06:40,080 carvings, graffiti. 139 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,410 But I-I would like, before we get in, to show you something. 140 00:06:43,580 --> 00:06:46,160 It's actually, uh, behind you. 141 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,790 There's something there that you might recognize. 142 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:50,870 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 143 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:53,160 -That four-dot cross. -EMILIANO: And... 144 00:06:53,330 --> 00:06:54,700 -Four-dot cross. -SCOTT: Yeah. 145 00:06:54,910 --> 00:06:56,790 DOUG: The four-dot cross is thought 146 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 to represent the presence of holy relics 147 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:00,120 at some point in time. 148 00:07:00,290 --> 00:07:01,500 -Yeah. -And that's carved 149 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:04,370 on the H O Stone back on Oak Island. 150 00:07:04,540 --> 00:07:07,000 NARRATOR: Discovered on the northern shore 151 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,330 of Oak Island in 1921, 152 00:07:09,540 --> 00:07:11,660 the so-called H O Stone 153 00:07:11,870 --> 00:07:14,250 was a fragment of a much larger boulder 154 00:07:14,410 --> 00:07:16,200 that was blown apart by searchers 155 00:07:16,410 --> 00:07:18,000 who mistakenly believed 156 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,870 that it marked the location of buried treasure. 157 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:25,370 The H O symbol featured a cross 158 00:07:25,540 --> 00:07:28,540 surrounded by four dots carved into it. 159 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:31,450 And in recent years, 160 00:07:31,620 --> 00:07:33,160 the team has not only found this symbol 161 00:07:33,370 --> 00:07:37,200 at numerous Templar-related sites throughout Europe, 162 00:07:37,370 --> 00:07:40,290 including Portugal, 163 00:07:40,370 --> 00:07:42,700 Italy, 164 00:07:42,910 --> 00:07:44,950 Denmark, 165 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,330 and the Netherlands, 166 00:07:47,410 --> 00:07:50,330 but have also learned that it may represent 167 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:54,120 the presence of religious artifacts. 168 00:07:54,250 --> 00:07:56,450 Maybe this, before being a prison, 169 00:07:56,620 --> 00:07:58,910 was a place to hide or, 170 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,500 you know, keep something that was special to the order. 171 00:08:01,660 --> 00:08:03,500 RICK: The four-dot cross, 172 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:04,700 it is on Oak Island. 173 00:08:04,830 --> 00:08:06,330 There's no getting around that. 174 00:08:06,540 --> 00:08:08,330 We have to follow up on this. 175 00:08:08,450 --> 00:08:10,450 It's incredibly important. 176 00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:12,330 -Right. -CORJAN: Yeah. -EMILIANO: So, guys, 177 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:16,120 why don't we go into the, uh... the actual prison? 178 00:08:16,290 --> 00:08:19,040 And then maybe we can split and take a look at the carvings. 179 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,250 -ALEX: Sure. -PETER: Okay. Sounds good. Let's do it. 180 00:08:21,410 --> 00:08:24,000 NARRATOR: As Rick and the team search for clues 181 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,120 at the Cittadella in Gozo, Malta... 182 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:30,370 MARTY: Okay. I have been informed 183 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:32,370 that you guys have found something you find 184 00:08:32,540 --> 00:08:34,790 pretty exciting, pretty interesting. 185 00:08:34,950 --> 00:08:37,450 ...back on Oak Island, Marty Lagina 186 00:08:37,660 --> 00:08:40,580 is meeting with archaeologist Laird Niven, 187 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:43,160 archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan, 188 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:44,660 and other members of the team 189 00:08:44,830 --> 00:08:47,540 -in the lab. -So, is this it here? 190 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:49,160 -JACK: Yeah. -NARRATOR: He is eager 191 00:08:49,370 --> 00:08:51,410 to hear Laird and Emma's analysis 192 00:08:51,580 --> 00:08:54,410 of an ornate button found one week ago 193 00:08:54,580 --> 00:08:57,830 in the mysterious round feature on Lot 5, 194 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,410 a feature that Laird believes may have been used as a campsite 195 00:09:02,540 --> 00:09:05,500 by multiple groups prior to the 18th century 196 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:08,000 and also where they have found 197 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,200 a potentially Templar-related barter token 198 00:09:11,370 --> 00:09:14,660 as well as the starburst button. 199 00:09:14,830 --> 00:09:17,410 MARTY: That is really pretty cool. 200 00:09:17,580 --> 00:09:18,830 I can see why you're excited about this. 201 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,500 I was most interested in the eye. 202 00:09:21,620 --> 00:09:25,000 The eye was a very robust, almost rectangular eye. 203 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,160 -MARTY: Mm-hmm. -And, to me, that's earlier 204 00:09:28,370 --> 00:09:29,830 than mid-1700s. 205 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,950 JACK: Huh. 206 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,410 LAIRD: That's what really struck me. 207 00:09:32,540 --> 00:09:34,500 Until we did the CT scan. 208 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:36,160 Okay. Let's see it. 209 00:09:36,290 --> 00:09:38,750 And it revealed... 210 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:40,830 -MARTY: Boy, that is really pretty. -JACK (laughs): Whoa. 211 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,500 -LAIRD: Yeah. -I wasn't expecting that. -CHARLES: No. 212 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:44,540 Very ornate. 213 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:45,620 EMMA: The back 214 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:48,950 is mostly, um, leaded brass, 215 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,330 but the body itself 216 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,540 is zinc and copper, 217 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:56,200 which is a less technical manufacturing process. 218 00:09:56,370 --> 00:09:57,500 So it could indicate 219 00:09:57,700 --> 00:09:59,330 an older technique. 220 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,330 So, compositionally, 221 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:03,410 somewhat sitting between, um, 222 00:10:03,580 --> 00:10:05,830 mid-1600s to 1700s. 223 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,830 And I think we just need to do more work 224 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,660 in order to narrow that date range. 225 00:10:09,870 --> 00:10:12,330 Well, you can't help but compare it to the starburst button. 226 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:13,830 -MARTY: Exactly. -Yeah. 227 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,580 Can you pull that up so we can look at the two... 228 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,000 juxtaposed? 229 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,000 LAIRD: Yeah. 230 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,370 JACK: Oh, wow. 231 00:10:20,540 --> 00:10:22,120 They really are similar. 232 00:10:22,290 --> 00:10:25,450 The way that the starburst kind of turns with its lines, 233 00:10:25,620 --> 00:10:28,040 it's very similar to the other button. 234 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,750 NARRATOR: Another potential 17th century button 235 00:10:31,910 --> 00:10:33,830 found in the feature on Lot 5 236 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,620 and similar to the so-called starburst button, 237 00:10:37,830 --> 00:10:40,950 which may have originated in Malta? 238 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,910 Is it possible that the team has unearthed a second clue 239 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,450 that could link the Knights of Malta to the Oak Island mystery? 240 00:10:48,580 --> 00:10:49,540 MARTY: Something happened here. 241 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:50,660 -Yeah. -Something... 242 00:10:50,790 --> 00:10:52,450 significant. 243 00:10:52,580 --> 00:10:54,620 Something unknown to history. 244 00:10:55,540 --> 00:10:56,660 Well, look, uh, you know what, 245 00:10:56,870 --> 00:10:59,000 anything in the 1600s on this island 246 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:00,000 is, uh, pretty exciting. 247 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,290 Yeah. 248 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:02,910 Okay. You two come with me. 249 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,500 -Let's go find some stuff. -All right. See you later. 250 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:06,620 -Yeah. See you. Thank you. -See you. 251 00:11:12,950 --> 00:11:14,500 DOUG: Have a look back here, Rick, see what you think. 252 00:11:14,660 --> 00:11:16,620 NARRATOR: On the Maltese island of Gozo, 253 00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:20,370 some 4,000 miles east of Oak Island... 254 00:11:20,540 --> 00:11:22,790 Here's the symbol here. I just wanted to get your take on it. 255 00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:25,870 ...Rick Lagina and other members of the team 256 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,540 are at a 16th century citadel 257 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:30,750 looking for more clues that may connect 258 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:32,870 the Knights of Malta 259 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:37,120 and the Knights Templar to the 230-year-old treasure mystery. 260 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,080 ALEX: We're here in the citadel to investigate the possibility 261 00:11:41,290 --> 00:11:42,540 that there's a connection 262 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:44,330 between Oak Island and the Knights of Malta. 263 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:47,250 We have a list of symbols that we want to investigate, 264 00:11:47,370 --> 00:11:50,330 so I most hope to flesh out that connection 265 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:51,750 from both sides here. 266 00:11:51,910 --> 00:11:54,000 This section of the wall is pretty interesting. 267 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,330 We've seen this here, this symbol here, 268 00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:57,290 uh, in Italy for sure. 269 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,160 Six petals in a circle. 270 00:11:59,330 --> 00:12:01,370 -DOUG: This might be very significant. -JUDI: Yeah. 271 00:12:01,540 --> 00:12:03,750 ALEX: So this is yet another very... 272 00:12:03,870 --> 00:12:05,660 uniquely shaped symbol 273 00:12:05,830 --> 00:12:06,830 that we've seen in-in conjunction 274 00:12:06,950 --> 00:12:08,660 with the Knights Templar 275 00:12:08,830 --> 00:12:09,660 and now we might be seeing in conjunction 276 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:11,250 with the Knights of Malta. 277 00:12:11,450 --> 00:12:13,330 And hopefully we can prove out connections 278 00:12:13,540 --> 00:12:14,500 to Oak Island. 279 00:12:14,660 --> 00:12:16,830 This almost looks like a code. 280 00:12:16,950 --> 00:12:18,830 -Some kind of code. -PETER: Mm-hmm. 281 00:12:18,950 --> 00:12:20,250 RICK: Something's being said there, 282 00:12:20,410 --> 00:12:21,910 -in my opinion. -Mm-hmm. 283 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,450 -RICK: There's the circle and dot. -Yeah. 284 00:12:24,620 --> 00:12:25,830 RICK: There's some, uh, 285 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,120 -90 Foot Stone symbolism there. -Yeah. 286 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,160 NARRATOR: A carved symbol in Gozo, Malta 287 00:12:32,370 --> 00:12:35,790 matching one found on the 90 Foot Stone? 288 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,540 Unearthed in 1804 at a depth of 90 feet 289 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:41,790 in the original Money Pit, 290 00:12:41,950 --> 00:12:45,660 the 90 Foot Stone was covered with cryptic symbols. 291 00:12:45,870 --> 00:12:46,830 Upon its removal, 292 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,870 the shaft flooded with seawater, 293 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:51,500 leaving searchers to believe 294 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:53,040 that a great treasure was guarded 295 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,410 by an ingeniously designed flood tunnel. 296 00:12:56,580 --> 00:12:58,120 RICK: Would be nice to do 297 00:12:58,330 --> 00:13:00,500 a comprehensive study of all this. 298 00:13:00,660 --> 00:13:03,660 NARRATOR: Is it possible that here in Gozo... 299 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:08,330 ...the Oak Island team has found not only a familiar symbol 300 00:13:08,540 --> 00:13:10,410 that depicts religious treasures 301 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:14,200 but also another one related to a booby trap 302 00:13:14,370 --> 00:13:18,250 that may be protecting such things deep in the Money Pit? 303 00:13:18,370 --> 00:13:20,700 Every time you find something that you think 304 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:24,540 is relatable to our quest to solve the Oak Island mystery, 305 00:13:24,750 --> 00:13:26,330 you pay attention. 306 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:29,000 And we see some of these same symbols represented 307 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,500 in the characters on the 90 Foot Stone. 308 00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:33,000 Eerily similar. 309 00:13:33,950 --> 00:13:35,700 I don't know about the rest of you, 310 00:13:35,870 --> 00:13:37,790 but today has just solidified for me my impression 311 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:40,580 that we've got old-world European symbolism 312 00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:42,200 -on Oak Island. -RICK: Absolutely. 313 00:13:42,370 --> 00:13:45,160 We see these same symbols on the island. 314 00:13:45,370 --> 00:13:47,000 We can't escape that. 315 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,200 There was information that was deemed necessary 316 00:13:50,370 --> 00:13:53,330 to place on these walls literally in stone. 317 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,160 If you're going to feel it's important enough to write it 318 00:13:56,330 --> 00:13:58,290 in stone, you're gonna write it on documents, 319 00:13:58,450 --> 00:14:02,500 and those documents would be housed somewhere. 320 00:14:02,660 --> 00:14:04,330 -Yeah. -My takeaway is, 321 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,080 -there's a lot more work to do. -ALEX: Yeah. 322 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:09,200 -JUDI: Let's go find it. -Absolutely. 323 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:13,040 NARRATOR: As Rick and the team continue their journey in Malta... 324 00:14:13,950 --> 00:14:15,290 ...back on Oak Island, 325 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:18,500 as the search for clues proceeds on Lot 5... 326 00:14:19,830 --> 00:14:21,080 CRAIG: This is one 327 00:14:21,250 --> 00:14:22,450 of the boulders that's on the map. 328 00:14:22,620 --> 00:14:24,000 MARTY: Yeah. That's right. 329 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,000 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina, Craig Tester, 330 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,000 and other members of the team 331 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,160 are hoping to unearth valuables on Lot 1, 332 00:14:31,330 --> 00:14:34,410 over half a mile west of the Money Pit. 333 00:14:35,450 --> 00:14:36,830 JACK: If we move this rock, we might find 334 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,040 some more evidence if it was placed or not. 335 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,160 Okay. 336 00:14:40,290 --> 00:14:42,660 This is the Blair treasure map. 337 00:14:42,870 --> 00:14:44,330 From what we can gather, 338 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,950 there were three separate treasure caches. 339 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,370 NARRATOR: Earlier this year, 340 00:14:48,540 --> 00:14:50,750 Doug Crowell, Judi Rudebusch, 341 00:14:50,910 --> 00:14:53,410 and historian Terry Deveau 342 00:14:53,580 --> 00:14:55,080 presented the team 343 00:14:55,250 --> 00:14:58,910 with a 19th century map of the western end of Oak Island 344 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,950 that was created by the legendary treasure hunter 345 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:03,620 Frederick Blair, 346 00:15:03,790 --> 00:15:05,870 one of the men who first reported 347 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,330 the so-called Chappell Vault in 1897. 348 00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:12,830 There were three original notations on the map. 349 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,660 Three stones that were indicated. 350 00:15:14,790 --> 00:15:16,700 NARRATOR: Curiously, 351 00:15:16,870 --> 00:15:19,950 the map depicted three boulders, 352 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,790 which Blair believed may have been placed centuries earlier 353 00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:25,950 in order to mark the approximate locations 354 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,830 of shallow treasure deposits... 355 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,120 -Oh! -Oh! That's what we're talking about! 356 00:15:31,250 --> 00:15:33,330 GARY: Yeah. No mistaking this one. 357 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:36,040 ...boulders which the team has already verified 358 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,000 were in the correct places 359 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,330 according to the map. 360 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:41,910 All right. 361 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:43,580 Without further ado, let's find a treasure. 362 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:46,660 (beeping) 363 00:15:46,790 --> 00:15:48,870 NARRATOR: Now, while they wait for the repairs 364 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,660 to be completed in the Money Pit area, 365 00:15:50,870 --> 00:15:55,160 Marty and Craig want to see if they can also verify 366 00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:59,000 that treasure is or once was buried beneath the boulders. 367 00:16:03,540 --> 00:16:05,540 It might be bigger than I initially thought. 368 00:16:06,660 --> 00:16:08,000 Ooh, yeah! 369 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,830 STEVE: Somewhat diamond-shaped, eh? 370 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,580 -Point at the bottom. -Oh, yeah. 371 00:16:13,870 --> 00:16:16,540 GARY: That boulder is massive. A lot bigger 372 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:18,160 than it looks when it's in the ground. 373 00:16:18,330 --> 00:16:21,830 It was just barely pushed into the "C" horizon. 374 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,040 It could have been put here by humans. 375 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,330 -Well, why don't you metal-detect it, Gary? -Yeah. 376 00:16:27,540 --> 00:16:28,620 (detector beeps on) 377 00:16:32,660 --> 00:16:33,580 (beeping) 378 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:37,410 Ooh, I got a good hit here. 379 00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:39,080 Jack, get it out of there. 380 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:46,450 It's here. 381 00:16:48,370 --> 00:16:50,080 -JACK: Oh! -Look at that. 382 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,330 That's hand-forged. 383 00:16:52,540 --> 00:16:54,750 I think it's a fastener. 384 00:16:54,910 --> 00:16:56,120 Well, you don't suppose it just fell out 385 00:16:56,290 --> 00:16:57,370 of that timber you're standing on, do you? 386 00:16:57,540 --> 00:16:58,910 Yeah. 387 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,750 So that timber is pretty old, then. 388 00:17:00,870 --> 00:17:02,370 And so could this. 389 00:17:03,910 --> 00:17:06,500 NARRATOR: A hand-forged iron fastener 390 00:17:06,660 --> 00:17:08,330 and a wooden timber 391 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:11,040 found under a boulder that was identified 392 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,950 on Frederick Blair's believed treasure map? 393 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:16,500 Could that mean something of great value 394 00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:19,830 could also be buried in this area? 395 00:17:19,950 --> 00:17:22,450 Why don't you grab this timber? 396 00:17:22,580 --> 00:17:23,660 All right. 397 00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:26,000 (beeping) 398 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:35,120 JACK: Wow! 399 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,120 MARTY: It looks like, 400 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:39,040 again, somebody or somebodies 401 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,660 were messing around with that boulder. 402 00:17:41,910 --> 00:17:45,160 We might be uncovering another structure. 403 00:17:47,540 --> 00:17:49,660 This is a wedge. 404 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:51,040 JACK: Oh, yeah! 405 00:17:51,250 --> 00:17:52,660 Nice find, Craig. 406 00:17:53,620 --> 00:17:55,580 MARTY: So somebody was definitely 407 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:58,160 in and around that boulder quite a long time ago. 408 00:17:58,370 --> 00:17:59,830 I'm just gonna go a little further. 409 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,160 CRAIG: Sounds good. 410 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,040 What the heck is that? 411 00:18:12,620 --> 00:18:15,330 -JACK: That's really weird. -Yeah. 412 00:18:19,950 --> 00:18:21,000 -JACK: That's really weird. -GARY: Yeah. 413 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,830 CRAIG: Look at that. 414 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:23,830 GARY: That's a hell of a lot of rocks. 415 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,580 STEVE: A pile of rocks. 416 00:18:25,750 --> 00:18:28,120 JACK: It looks like the rocks could have been... 417 00:18:28,290 --> 00:18:30,580 manipulated and placed there. 418 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,500 -STEVE: And we have a ring of boulders. -MARTY: Oh, no kidding. 419 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,620 NARRATOR: It is an exciting moment 420 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,950 for the Oak Island team on Lot 1. 421 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:43,290 After lifting a boulder which was marked 422 00:18:43,450 --> 00:18:45,660 on a believed 19th century treasure map 423 00:18:45,790 --> 00:18:47,910 related to Frederick Blair, 424 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,330 they have just unearthed what appears to be 425 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:54,120 a man-made ring of large stones. 426 00:18:54,290 --> 00:18:56,660 This seems like an intentional jumble. 427 00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:58,000 CRAIG: Yeah. 428 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,750 NARRATOR: But if so, who built it? 429 00:18:59,910 --> 00:19:02,910 And what might the team find buried underneath it? 430 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,250 What do you want to dig next? 431 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:06,910 Let's dig a five-foot, uh, radius. 432 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,620 Agreed. 433 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:10,620 (beeping) 434 00:19:12,450 --> 00:19:14,040 CRAIG: Following the map is pretty exciting. 435 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,950 As we pulled the boulder out, 436 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,120 there was evidence there was a lot more rocks around there. 437 00:19:19,330 --> 00:19:22,290 I'm not sure what to think of it, 438 00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:24,250 but they look like they were put there by man, 439 00:19:24,410 --> 00:19:25,830 and we need to pursue it. 440 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,160 You want to metal-detect this, Gary? 441 00:19:28,330 --> 00:19:29,160 GARY: Yep. 442 00:19:29,330 --> 00:19:30,660 (detector beeps on) 443 00:19:30,830 --> 00:19:32,040 (soft beeping) 444 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,500 (beeping louder) 445 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:36,160 MARTY: That's good. 446 00:19:36,290 --> 00:19:37,790 -Just here, please. -Yep. 447 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,830 Let me see if I can pinpoint it. 448 00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:53,790 No, it's here. 449 00:19:57,370 --> 00:19:58,950 -JACK: Whoa! -Ooh! Wow. 450 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,830 That's a chunky guy. 451 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,660 GARY: Yeah. 452 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:05,160 Some kind of iron pin. 453 00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:10,450 It's got, like, a-a wrought iron look to it. 454 00:20:10,620 --> 00:20:13,370 You can see some striations going down it. 455 00:20:13,540 --> 00:20:14,910 JACK: So that's really old. 456 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,330 GARY: Yeah. It was way down there. 457 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:18,950 So, another artifact. 458 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,450 MARTY: That's a good one for Emma. 459 00:20:20,580 --> 00:20:22,450 GARY: Yep. All right, put it in the bag. 460 00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:24,120 Wait, Gary, why don't you go ahead and sweep 461 00:20:24,250 --> 00:20:25,200 the bottom of this? 462 00:20:25,370 --> 00:20:27,700 Okay, mate. Coming in. 463 00:20:27,870 --> 00:20:29,290 (soft beeping) 464 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:30,700 Good hit just here. 465 00:20:30,870 --> 00:20:31,870 (chuckles): Nice! 466 00:20:33,660 --> 00:20:35,450 -Is it in that piece of wood? -(prolonged beeping) 467 00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:36,790 Maybe. 468 00:20:36,950 --> 00:20:38,450 Only one way to find out. 469 00:20:41,830 --> 00:20:43,450 -Let's see. -(beeping) 470 00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:47,200 Is that it? 471 00:20:47,370 --> 00:20:49,830 We've got another piece of old iron 472 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,790 -by the look of it. -Yeah! 473 00:20:51,910 --> 00:20:52,910 Yeah. 474 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:53,950 I mean, look at that. 475 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,500 It's got a hook on it. 476 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:58,330 Unless it's bent round. 477 00:20:58,540 --> 00:20:59,870 -JACK: Oh. -And, you know what, 478 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,200 this is really heavy. 479 00:21:01,370 --> 00:21:02,450 -I mean... -Is it? 480 00:21:02,580 --> 00:21:04,120 GARY: This is hand-forged. 481 00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:05,500 What the hell's going on here? 482 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,750 I don't know, but someone was here a long time ago 483 00:21:08,870 --> 00:21:11,120 'cause this is old iron. 484 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,540 It sure seems like we're confirming the map. 485 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:15,950 -Yep. -Well, sweep the rest of the hole. 486 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,620 Right. Let's add to the trophy list. 487 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 (detector not beeping) 488 00:21:24,410 --> 00:21:26,540 Nope, that was it. Darn it. 489 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:29,950 -MARTY: Well, we well and truly explored it, too. -Yeah. 490 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,540 NARRATOR: Although the team is disappointed 491 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:34,700 to have not found anything of value 492 00:21:34,910 --> 00:21:37,540 beneath the man-made stone feature, 493 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:41,000 could that be because it is merely a marker 494 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,750 for valuables that are buried somewhere else in the area? 495 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:47,660 Regardless, if the team can determine 496 00:21:47,790 --> 00:21:51,200 the age and possible origin of these artifacts, 497 00:21:51,370 --> 00:21:53,660 they may still represent valuable clues 498 00:21:53,870 --> 00:21:58,160 toward identifying just who created this feature. 499 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,830 We have several other places on the map to go and explore. 500 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,500 And we're burning daylight. 501 00:22:05,620 --> 00:22:06,660 MARTY: We should dig every one 502 00:22:06,870 --> 00:22:09,330 of the Goodwin map rocks, for sure. 503 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:12,160 There could be other places on the map 504 00:22:12,330 --> 00:22:14,080 that are still hiding something. 505 00:22:14,250 --> 00:22:15,330 So we can dig 506 00:22:15,450 --> 00:22:17,080 and hopefully find more stuff. 507 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,660 We need to move on with the hunt. 508 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:20,910 -GARY: Yeah. -CRAIG: Sounds good. 509 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,120 And hopefully find the treasure associated with the map. 510 00:22:24,290 --> 00:22:26,000 Leave no stone unturned. 511 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,000 MARTY: That's right! 512 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,660 NARRATOR: As the team continues their investigation 513 00:22:30,790 --> 00:22:33,370 on the western end of the island, 514 00:22:33,540 --> 00:22:37,450 over 4,000 miles away in Malta... 515 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:40,000 CORJAN: Welcome, everyone... 516 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:46,040 NARRATOR: ...Rick and members of the team 517 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,200 have traveled to Mdina, 518 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:50,540 the one-time capital when the Knights of Malta 519 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,500 first took control of the island nation 520 00:22:53,660 --> 00:22:56,000 back in the early 16th century. 521 00:22:58,370 --> 00:23:01,500 Here, author and researcher Corjan Mol 522 00:23:01,660 --> 00:23:04,290 has arranged to present them 523 00:23:04,370 --> 00:23:06,290 with new research, which he believes 524 00:23:06,450 --> 00:23:08,290 will further connect the Knights of Malta 525 00:23:08,410 --> 00:23:10,450 to the Oak Island mystery. 526 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,000 Okay. 527 00:23:54,580 --> 00:23:57,950 ...in Jerusalem in 1187, 528 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,000 in Acre, 1291, 529 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,910 in Ruad, in Rhodes, 530 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,040 in Paris... 531 00:24:35,330 --> 00:24:37,700 RICK: Wow. Interesting. 532 00:24:48,910 --> 00:24:51,330 NARRATOR: At the Palazzo Falson in Mdina, Malta, 533 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,660 author and researcher Corjan Mol 534 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:57,370 is presenting Rick Lagina and members of the team 535 00:24:57,540 --> 00:25:00,120 with compelling new research. 536 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,160 NARRATOR: Research that he believes 537 00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:11,540 could link a family connected to the Knights of Malta 538 00:25:11,750 --> 00:25:14,040 to priceless treasures, 539 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,870 as well as the Oak Island mystery. 540 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:32,500 RICK: Yeah. Yeah. 541 00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:36,000 CORJAN: In 1307, we have Gérard de Villiers. 542 00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:18,000 NARRATOR: After serving and fighting on behalf 543 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,290 of the Catholic Church for nearly two centuries, 544 00:26:21,450 --> 00:26:25,500 on Friday, October 13th, 1307, 545 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:29,620 Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France 546 00:26:29,750 --> 00:26:31,700 made the stunning decision 547 00:26:31,910 --> 00:26:35,580 to dissolve and prosecute the order of the Knights Templar, 548 00:26:35,790 --> 00:26:37,500 on charges of heresy. 549 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:41,290 However, some researchers believe 550 00:26:41,410 --> 00:26:45,370 that the actual purpose was to acquire the priceless relics 551 00:26:45,540 --> 00:26:46,870 that the Templars were rumored 552 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,040 to have recovered in the Holy Land, 553 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,910 including the golden menorah from King Solomon's Temple, 554 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,750 the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant. 555 00:26:56,910 --> 00:26:59,950 Treasures which the Templars 556 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:02,000 may have begun transporting to Oak Island 557 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,660 as early as 1200 AD. 558 00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:08,450 Although many Templars were arrested, 559 00:27:08,620 --> 00:27:10,160 imprisoned and executed, 560 00:27:10,370 --> 00:27:12,830 some are known to have escaped, 561 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,000 and their remaining treasures disappeared without a trace. 562 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,290 Very interesting. 563 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,540 NARRATOR: In 1632, French Naval captain 564 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:31,750 and Knight of Malta Isaac de Razilly 565 00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:34,000 commanded an expedition to North America 566 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,830 in order to establish France's colony of Acadia, 567 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,910 now known as Nova Scotia. 568 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,950 For his efforts, he was appointed the title 569 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,870 of lieutenant general for New France. 570 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,450 Curiously, the site that de Razilly chose 571 00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:53,080 for the colony's headquarters 572 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,870 was Fort Point on the LaHave River, 573 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,700 located only 15 miles south of Oak Island. 574 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,120 ALEX: To me, I think the most compelling part so far 575 00:29:30,290 --> 00:29:33,000 is the connection between these people 576 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,870 who were in charge of the Knights Templar 577 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,830 and the de Villiers who arrived in Nova Scotia. 578 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,330 I mean, you've got people connected 579 00:29:40,540 --> 00:29:43,370 to both sides of the Atlantic. 580 00:29:43,540 --> 00:29:44,700 Yeah. 581 00:29:44,830 --> 00:29:46,200 RICK: The Oak Island story, to me, 582 00:29:46,370 --> 00:29:49,620 was always even more than multigenerational, 583 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:51,500 it was multi-depositional. 584 00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:53,750 And that's what you have laid out today. 585 00:29:53,910 --> 00:29:55,500 I'm excited about the possibilities 586 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:57,290 of what Oak Island represents. 587 00:29:58,950 --> 00:30:01,080 Corjan provided us with some connective tissue 588 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,160 and a framework upon which we can build, but right now, 589 00:30:05,290 --> 00:30:06,910 it's time to get back to Oak Island 590 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,660 and finish the work for the year. 591 00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:12,000 My hope is that we can work towards the ultimate goal 592 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,870 of really saying with periods at the end of the sentences, 593 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,120 not question marks, "this is what happened." 594 00:30:18,290 --> 00:30:22,450 And if it is this story, quite remarkable. 595 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:26,330 RICK: It's been a pleasure. 596 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,080 NARRATOR: As Rick and the rest of the team 597 00:30:30,290 --> 00:30:34,000 make the long journey back to Oak Island from Malta... 598 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,580 STEVE: This is probably the closest we're gonna get. 599 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:37,290 GARY: Yep. 600 00:30:37,450 --> 00:30:39,500 Well, already, it looks like this boulder's been placed. 601 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:41,160 CRAIG: Yeah. 602 00:30:41,330 --> 00:30:43,830 NARRATOR: ...Marty Lagina, Craig Tester, 603 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,910 and other members of the team arrive on Lot 21. 604 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,620 It looks like it's laying right on top of the ground. 605 00:30:50,790 --> 00:30:53,040 GARY: Yeah. 606 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,250 NARRATOR: They are preparing to investigate another boulder 607 00:30:55,450 --> 00:30:58,750 that was identified on the believed treasure map 608 00:30:58,910 --> 00:31:01,500 based on the research of Frederick Blair. 609 00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:04,660 STEVE: So, this one on the map is important, 610 00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:06,660 because it helped me find all the other ones. 611 00:31:06,790 --> 00:31:09,160 -JACK: Mm-hmm. -It's almost like an anchor stone on a map, 612 00:31:09,370 --> 00:31:10,660 where everything was calculated from this. 613 00:31:10,830 --> 00:31:12,950 I see. Oh, okay. 614 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,200 Well, let's have a look at it. 615 00:31:15,370 --> 00:31:17,500 -We can try to get some of those dead branches out of the way. -Yeah. Yeah. 616 00:31:17,580 --> 00:31:20,540 MARTY: We are at the anchor stone from the map. 617 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:22,120 It's important, I think. 618 00:31:22,290 --> 00:31:24,500 Any surveyor needs a reference point. 619 00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:28,080 So, here's a big boulder, embedded nicely in the ground, 620 00:31:28,250 --> 00:31:31,500 very difficult to move, but incredibly intriguing. 621 00:31:31,620 --> 00:31:34,660 So, what happened here? 622 00:31:34,870 --> 00:31:36,830 We're sure gonna investigate it. 623 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000 Hey, Gary. Should you sweep first before we do it? 624 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,000 Uh, yeah. I'll go over the top 625 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,830 and I'll try and get around as much as I can. 626 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,410 (metal detector beeps on) 627 00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:51,910 (sporadic beeps) 628 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,120 (beeping steadily) 629 00:31:53,290 --> 00:31:55,830 Got a good hit, just here. 630 00:31:55,950 --> 00:31:58,040 And it's right there, Jack. 631 00:32:02,540 --> 00:32:03,950 (beeping steadily) 632 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,660 Yep. We got it. 633 00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:14,160 Ooh. 634 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:16,200 JACK: What is that? 635 00:32:20,910 --> 00:32:22,080 JACK: Well, what is that doing here? 636 00:32:22,250 --> 00:32:23,910 -GARY: A little ox shoe. -STEVE: Look at that. 637 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,160 NARRATOR: On Lot 21, 638 00:32:26,330 --> 00:32:28,660 while investigating a boulder that was marked 639 00:32:28,870 --> 00:32:31,290 on a map connected to 19th-century 640 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:33,540 treasure hunter Frederick Blair... 641 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:36,160 Obviously, this isn't farmland just around here. 642 00:32:36,370 --> 00:32:37,830 It's too rocky. 643 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,500 NARRATOR: ...members of the Oak Island team 644 00:32:39,620 --> 00:32:43,330 have just made a potentially important discovery. 645 00:32:44,370 --> 00:32:47,790 Someone was using ox to pull boulders into position. 646 00:32:47,910 --> 00:32:49,750 -That's one heck of a clue. -Yeah. 647 00:32:49,950 --> 00:32:51,200 All right, well, let's move this stone. 648 00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:52,790 GARY: Yep. 649 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,700 NARRATOR: Could the team be correct 650 00:32:54,910 --> 00:32:58,040 that perhaps an oxen was used long ago 651 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,000 to position this boulder as a marker for something? 652 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,370 If so, what was it marking? 653 00:33:04,580 --> 00:33:06,660 And might the team find the answer 654 00:33:06,830 --> 00:33:08,750 by digging beneath it? 655 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,080 GARY: That's a hell of a lot of rocks. 656 00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:14,160 -JACK: Is that natural? -CRAIG: I don't know. 657 00:33:14,370 --> 00:33:17,000 JACK: These angular rocks look like some of the rocks 658 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:18,830 that we found in the paved area in the swamp. 659 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,290 STEVE: Yep. 660 00:33:20,450 --> 00:33:22,000 -(metal detector beeps on) -Let's see. 661 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,540 Come on, baby. 662 00:33:30,830 --> 00:33:32,620 GARY: No metals yet. 663 00:33:32,830 --> 00:33:36,000 Oh, I'd love to find a piece of metal this deep. 664 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,870 CRAIG: There's the C-horizon. 665 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,540 -MARTY: That's it, isn't it? -STEVE: Yep. 666 00:33:41,750 --> 00:33:45,330 NARRATOR: Because the team has dug into the C-horizon, 667 00:33:45,540 --> 00:33:49,040 or the natural layer of earth below the topsoil, 668 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,500 it means that they have reached a depth 669 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:54,080 where there is no more evidence of human activity 670 00:33:54,250 --> 00:33:57,000 beneath the believed man-made feature. 671 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,500 I think this boulder was just used for reference. 672 00:33:59,660 --> 00:34:01,660 I don't think it was used to hide anything, 673 00:34:01,870 --> 00:34:03,370 -or anything like that. -Yeah. 674 00:34:03,540 --> 00:34:06,450 -But it seems like it was placed here. -Yeah. 675 00:34:06,620 --> 00:34:07,910 It was placed, for sure. 676 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,080 JACK: There's got to be something buried nearby. 677 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,830 MARTY: Yes. 678 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,620 A few years ago, I would have downplayed 679 00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:16,120 that the western part of the island had anything to do 680 00:34:16,250 --> 00:34:18,250 with the treasure mystery, 681 00:34:18,370 --> 00:34:20,910 but I can't do that anymore, because there's been evidence, 682 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,080 good evidence, to the contrary. 683 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,160 So, we have to do a lot of investigation. 684 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:30,580 If the boulders are indeed markers, my ears perk up. 685 00:34:30,700 --> 00:34:34,120 Then we know that something spectacularly important 686 00:34:34,330 --> 00:34:36,080 happened in this area. 687 00:34:37,830 --> 00:34:39,160 No. 688 00:34:40,750 --> 00:34:44,500 Unfortunately, no more metals, just that one ox shoe. 689 00:34:44,660 --> 00:34:46,830 So, we can get that to the lab and compare it to the rest? 690 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,160 -Yep. -MARTY: All right. 691 00:34:48,370 --> 00:34:51,200 -Time to move. -CRAIG: It is. 692 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,750 NARRATOR: The following day... 693 00:34:57,290 --> 00:35:00,450 MARTY: Okay. We have basically the whole brain trust here 694 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:03,500 because Rick and the team, uh, that went to Malta 695 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,330 is back with information. 696 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:07,200 NARRATOR: ...having just returned to Oak Island, 697 00:35:07,370 --> 00:35:10,450 Rick Lagina is meeting with his brother Marty 698 00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:13,450 and other members of the team in the museum. 699 00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:15,080 RICK: So, I'd like to know what you guys found, 700 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,410 what you did and-and, uh, then of course 701 00:35:18,580 --> 00:35:21,080 we want to tell you what we found. 702 00:35:21,250 --> 00:35:23,160 In general, what we did was a lot of digging. 703 00:35:23,370 --> 00:35:27,910 Specifically, we went and thoroughly researched the map. 704 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,330 The Blair treasure map. 705 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:30,910 Oh, okay. 706 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,500 MARTY: We dug under the two boulders 707 00:35:32,620 --> 00:35:34,870 because it seemed to be markers for something, 708 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,450 but we didn't find any treasure. 709 00:35:36,620 --> 00:35:39,250 And I did go out and take a look at the boulders. 710 00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:42,120 So, the anchor boulder on Lot 21, it's been moved. 711 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,410 The other boulder, it's probably been moved. 712 00:35:46,620 --> 00:35:49,080 At least it's been-- There's been digging around it. 713 00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:50,830 So, it looks like it's been adjusted. 714 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,500 But my take on the map is that it's-it's very important. 715 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:58,660 It's the one treasure map that exists. 716 00:35:59,620 --> 00:36:02,160 RICK: The Blair Map certainly suggests 717 00:36:02,370 --> 00:36:04,120 that there's treasure, but it's just a map. 718 00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:07,040 It's not treasure. It is not proof of that. 719 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:09,290 The proof is in the ground. 720 00:36:09,450 --> 00:36:12,000 And I think we are all quite enthusiastic about it 721 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,410 for one simple reason, this is a treasure hunt 722 00:36:14,580 --> 00:36:16,660 and this is a treasure map. 723 00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:20,000 We'll do whatever it takes to come to a conclusion. 724 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,450 A very significant final one 725 00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:25,830 from our time while you were away, 726 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:28,330 is that button right there. 727 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,330 That was found by Laird and his team 728 00:36:30,540 --> 00:36:34,500 near the steps into the Lot 5 feature. 729 00:36:34,660 --> 00:36:36,790 Right next to the other starburst button. 730 00:36:36,950 --> 00:36:38,910 The scans that Emma made, 731 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,330 it really is a very beautiful thing. 732 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:44,790 I looked at the scan that Emma did 733 00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:47,330 and it reminds me of something that we saw in Malta. 734 00:36:48,330 --> 00:36:50,290 JACK: Really? 735 00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:56,450 ALEX: I looked at the scan that Emma did 736 00:36:56,580 --> 00:36:58,410 and it reminds me of something that we saw in Malta. 737 00:36:58,540 --> 00:37:00,000 Really? 738 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:01,660 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island Museum, 739 00:37:01,870 --> 00:37:05,160 Alex Lagina has just made a surprising observation 740 00:37:05,290 --> 00:37:07,120 regarding the floral button 741 00:37:07,290 --> 00:37:10,700 that was found one week ago on Lot 5. 742 00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:15,160 So, we visited a prison at the Cittadella on Gozo 743 00:37:15,370 --> 00:37:19,200 and carved into the wall there was this symbol. 744 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:20,750 Steve, if you could pull that up. 745 00:37:20,910 --> 00:37:22,290 Keep on going. 746 00:37:22,450 --> 00:37:24,200 That, right there. 747 00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:27,870 So, this is graffiti on the walls of the prison. 748 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,580 It was obviously significant enough 749 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,750 to be carved in the wall of a prison 750 00:37:31,870 --> 00:37:33,250 that at one time 751 00:37:33,410 --> 00:37:36,000 held members of the Knights of Malta. 752 00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:39,500 There are actually similarities between 753 00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:42,120 -that carving and the button. -CRAIG: Yep. 754 00:37:42,290 --> 00:37:44,330 NARRATOR: A carving found on the wall 755 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:48,040 of a 16th-century prison in Gozo, Malta? 756 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,540 One similar in design to the floral button 757 00:37:50,750 --> 00:37:54,200 that was found near the stone foundation on Lot 5? 758 00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:56,700 Could this be further evidence 759 00:37:56,870 --> 00:37:59,000 that the Knights of Malta made a secret visit 760 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,660 to Oak Island nearly 400 years ago? 761 00:38:03,580 --> 00:38:05,500 And so, at this same prison, 762 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:07,410 there's all kinds of carvings on the wall. 763 00:38:07,580 --> 00:38:10,160 -That's a Maltese cross. -CHARLES: Maltese cross, yeah. 764 00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:13,080 ALEX: There's the four-dot cross. Which it's on the H O Stone. 765 00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:14,450 Yeah. 766 00:38:14,580 --> 00:38:16,450 ALEX: So, I kind of approached it 767 00:38:16,580 --> 00:38:18,870 from the kind of "means, motive and opportunity" perspective. 768 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,410 Opportunity is kind of settled, because we know they were here. 769 00:38:22,540 --> 00:38:25,330 Um, so, we wanted to investigate the means and the motive. 770 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:27,540 And we saw a means and motive 771 00:38:27,750 --> 00:38:30,000 when we went underground in Valletta. 772 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,830 We saw the means, because they have these massive cisterns 773 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,290 that they carved 774 00:38:34,450 --> 00:38:36,120 60 feet under the city, 775 00:38:36,290 --> 00:38:37,700 and a network of tunnels. 776 00:38:37,870 --> 00:38:41,660 PETER: So, what was interesting for me was, 777 00:38:41,830 --> 00:38:43,080 in these tunnels, 778 00:38:43,250 --> 00:38:46,160 they used blue clay to seal off water flow 779 00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:48,580 to protect its valuable items. 780 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:49,700 Yeah. 781 00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:52,120 RICK: So, here, this kind of reminded me 782 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,700 of the old description of the Money Pit. 783 00:38:54,870 --> 00:38:58,500 The hard rock, you can see the pick marks in the sides. 784 00:38:58,620 --> 00:39:01,410 I mean, you are literally walking through history here. 785 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,580 -It's incredible. -Yeah. 786 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:06,830 Okay. When we talk about the Knights Templar, 787 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,160 we know they had this sneak attack on them in 1307. 788 00:39:10,290 --> 00:39:12,000 Yeah. 789 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,250 And there's a legend that people left with a great treasure. 790 00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:15,830 Are there legends like that? 791 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,540 Corjan was able to trace members of the Knights Templar 792 00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:22,410 leaving possibly with treasure. 793 00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:24,120 -That's what I'm looking for. -ALEX: Right. 794 00:39:24,290 --> 00:39:26,910 And it's connected to one family, the de Villiers family. 795 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,580 The family itself maintains 796 00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:30,750 positions of importance within the Knights of Malta. 797 00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:34,580 Right. A member of the family left with the treasure 798 00:39:34,700 --> 00:39:37,660 -just after the suppression of 1307. -Right. 799 00:39:37,830 --> 00:39:42,500 So, perhaps this one family was charged with the protection 800 00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:45,500 of certain relics, certain treasure. 801 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,500 EMILIANO: Yeah. I mean, the Knights of Malta 802 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:50,500 that was here in the mid-1600s, 803 00:39:50,660 --> 00:39:53,910 landed in La Havre a few miles from Oak Island, 804 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,160 supposedly related to the de Villiers family. 805 00:39:56,290 --> 00:39:58,500 They not only had money, they had power 806 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:01,160 -and they had knowledge. -Yeah. 807 00:40:01,370 --> 00:40:03,830 MARTY: So, you can conclude that the Knights of Malta 808 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,580 clearly had the scientific and the technical ability 809 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:09,540 to construct massive things underground. 810 00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:13,000 And we do know from Judi and others' research 811 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,080 that the-the Knights of Malta were definitely here. 812 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,580 Just 20 miles down the road. 813 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,950 So, there's a connection. 814 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,500 Well, look, all I can say is, you know, a job well done. 815 00:40:22,580 --> 00:40:24,080 We learned a lot in Malta. 816 00:40:25,580 --> 00:40:27,160 But I think we need to go back out there, 817 00:40:27,330 --> 00:40:31,160 because you want to exhaust all the potential discoveries 818 00:40:31,330 --> 00:40:34,290 -that yet remain out there. -Yes. 819 00:40:34,370 --> 00:40:36,040 -Time to dig, Marty. -MARTY: That's right. 820 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,500 -(laughter) -And I'll tell you what this has done, 821 00:40:38,660 --> 00:40:40,620 this perhaps opens our eyes to look more carefully 822 00:40:40,790 --> 00:40:42,250 at the things that are going to be coming out 823 00:40:42,410 --> 00:40:43,950 of our last caisson in the Money Pit. 824 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,500 So, now with this background, we can keep our eye peeled 825 00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:48,500 for things that might be meaningful. 826 00:40:48,660 --> 00:40:50,200 -Let's go see. -Yep. 827 00:40:50,410 --> 00:40:52,000 RICK: Back to work. 828 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,500 NARRATOR: For more than 200 years, 829 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:57,040 people have uncovered compelling evidence 830 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:00,870 that Oak Island is hiding an incredible secret. 831 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:05,450 Could the new clues that Rick, Marty and their team 832 00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:08,000 have found both on the island, 833 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,950 and 4,000 miles away, 834 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,750 suggest that secret may be more profound 835 00:41:14,910 --> 00:41:17,370 than anyone ever imagined? 836 00:41:17,540 --> 00:41:19,830 Now, as the team prepares 837 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:24,000 for their most ambitious dig ever in the Money Pit area, 838 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:28,160 perhaps the secret will finally be revealed 839 00:41:28,330 --> 00:41:33,000 more than 200 feet underground. 840 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:38,040 Next time, on The Curse of Oak Island... 841 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,620 Into the solution channel we go. 842 00:41:39,750 --> 00:41:41,160 -Into the void. -ALEX: Our best guess is that 843 00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:44,200 the treasure is 200 feet under that spot right there. 844 00:41:44,370 --> 00:41:45,580 GARY: Ooh, look at that! 845 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:47,330 The vault connects the swamp, potentially, 846 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:48,830 to the Knights of Malta. 847 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,790 -What is that? -That might be depositor. 848 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,950 The only time I see primitive tools this size 849 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:57,330 -was from the 1500s. -Way before the Money Pit. 850 00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:59,000 -TERRY: Here we go. -We're into the solution channel. 851 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:00,700 -We're just coming into it. -MARTY: Oh, baby! 852 00:42:00,870 --> 00:42:02,540 -RICK: Check that out. -MARTY: Reveal your secrets. 853 00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:05,000 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS