All language subtitles for The Curse of Oak Island (2014) - s13e25 - Pure Gold.en

[Narrator] Tonight,
on the thrilling season finale

of The Curse of Oak Island...

-[Marty] Start your engines.
-[Craig] If there's

-a vault below here, this
could tell us. -[Fiona] Wow.

[Jack] It could lead
literally to where

treasure's deposited.

[Rick] Whoa. Check this out.

This is strange.

This came from 200 feet
in the Money Pit?

-That's incredible.
-Oh, yeah.

-[laughs]
-Oh, you got it.

-Oh, my gosh.
-Oh, wow.

It's treasure,
from the Money Pit spoils.

-[Katya] That's amazing.
-[Emma] Yeah. -And it's ours.

[laughter]

[Narrator] There is an island
in the North Atlantic

where people
have been looking for

an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols
carved into it,

man-made workings
that date to medieval times,

and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected

to the Knights Templar.

To date, six men have died

trying to solve the mystery.

And according to legend,
one more will have to die

before the treasure
can be found.

♪ ♪

[Alex] Well, guys,
it's a new day.

So, I'm optimistic here
in Money Pit-1.

Terry, remind me what depth
we finished at yesterday.

-Finished up at 138.
-Okay.

[Narrator] Winter is fast
approaching on Oak Island,

which means the year
will soon come to an end

for Rick, Marty and their team.

But as they excavate a key
target in the Money Pit area,

they may have
all the time they need

to solve a 231-year-old mystery.

[Terry] We're just about
12 to 20 feet short

of the actual
solution channel top.

[Alex] So, high hopes.

We're just now getting
to the most interesting depth,

and it's only gonna get better
from here on out.

[Gary] And that's music

to my ears because that means
it could be artifacts

at any level
we're going through.

Mm-hmm.

[Narrator] The
seven-foot-diameter shaft,

known as Money Pit-1 or MP-1,

is located in a region
where soil and water tests

from more than 200 feet deep
in the solution channel

have revealed unnaturally
high traces of silver.

[Terry] Swag time.

All right, Terry,
let's get stuck in.

You got it.

[Narrator] And even
more compelling

is the fact
that those silver levels

match the composition
of the so-called Pitblado coin,

a 14th-century silver coin

reportedly extracted from
the original Money Pit in 1849

by a drilling foreman
named James Pitblado.

[detector beeping]

Big signal here, mate.

[detector squeals]

Is that it, there?

[detector beeping]

[Terry] Wow.

-[Gary] Oh, piece of drill pipe.
-Piece of drill pipe.

-Looks about two inches.
-Yeah.

[Terry] It's a little bigger
than that inch-and-a-half stuff.

So, it's a little different,
isn't it?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

-Be interested to see
how old that is. -Yeah.

Well, that was
an interesting go.

What'd you find?

-Two-inch pipe.
-Two-inch pipe?

-[Terry] Yeah.
-So, the last time

we found two-inch pipe out here,

that dated in the lab
to mid-1800s.

-Right.
-We figured it may be connected

to the Pitblado incident, right?

-Yeah. -I think this is
more of that same pipe.

Yeah.

[Narrator] Earlier this year,

as the team was core drilling

just a few feet
from this location,

they recovered
an identical piece of drill pipe

that was scientifically dated
to the same era

as James Pitblado's
drilling operation.

We are chasing
the collapse of the Money Pit.

So, it's possible
that we are in the vicinity

-of the original Money Pit.
-Exactly.

[Terry] It's an interesting
artifact.

-Hey, guys. -[Alex] Hey.
-[Gary] Hello, mate.

Hey, Adam. How you doing?
So, what do you got?

-We're at 151.
-Great.

Uh, we're gonna push
pretty hard here on this--

these next few, uh, turns.

-Sounds good.
-Sounds good.

Everything from here on out is
gonna be good for us, I think.

-Good.
-Okay, guys.

-Thank you for the update.
-[Adam E.] Yep.

See you, mate.

[Terry] Onward
and downward, for sure.

-Mm-hmm.
-Target depth's about 215.

We've just, we've just
got to get down there.

[Narrator] As the dig continues
in the MP-1 Shaft...

[Marty] Hey, Laird, Fiona.

-I got my support troops
here today. -Uh-oh.

-You sure do.
-Yeah.

[Narrator] ...Marty
brings Rick to the mysterious

stone cradle on Lot 8
to update him

on a potentially important
recent discovery.

So, Rick,
I dug a trench over there

to see if there was
something underneath it.

What if it covered a tunnel?

-Yep. -And then I dug down
to the bedrock.

-Yep. -You both observed
I was pounding on it.

The teeth were scraping.

-And you were hitting it
directly. -Yep.

[Narrator] After the team
previously found evidence

of both silver
and a possible shaft

buried below the mysterious
cradle of stones,

Marty dug a trench
to the side of it

in search of a possible tunnel.

However, he was surprised
to reach bedrock

just six feet down,

which is at a shallower depth
than the cradle feature.

Here's where you come in, Ian.

Laird never hit bedrock
in the stone cradle.

-It's as if this was dug through
the bedrock. -[Ian] Right.

Topographic change of rock
over a short distance

isn't something
I've experienced anywhere.

-Mm-hmm.
-[Rick] It's impossible

to be more surprised
than we were

to find that rock cradle.

It's intentional,
it's purposeful.

So, I think
there's more work to be done

to come to an understanding
of what this is.

Is there something under here?

We need to find out.

The Lot 8 feature represents

one of the most enigmatic finds
on the island.

And Fiona and Laird
are taking their time

to uncover the cradle.

But we're going
to run out of time here.

There's-there's no question
about it.

Perhaps we need to take
a different approach.

Well, if we want to know
how far bedrock is there,

the only thing I can think of
is basically a hammer drill

if you wanted to keep on going
down, down, down here.

You need, like,
a-a pneumatic hammer drill.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

A hammer drill would work.

[Narrator] Often utilized
in masonry,

a hammer drill is a power tool

that simultaneously
rotates and "hammers"

an attached auger bit
into a hard surface

such as stone or concrete.

The percussive motion allows
the drill to penetrate

denser objects more efficiently
than a standard drill.

And it wouldn't shake

-and vibrate the cradle?
-Nope. No, it doesn't...

-No, doesn't shake, doesn't do
anything. -Okay. Just checking.

It's more that I'm thinking
of shaking the rocks loose

-that I don't wish
to come loose. -Yeah. Yeah.

-What do you think?
-No, it sounds good.

-Yeah.
-[Craig] You know,

if we're not finding
the bedrock, I think

we need to keep on going
just in case there's a shaft

or a tunnel underneath here.

I mean, while we're here,
we should get it done.

You know, we don't want to do it
invasively or destructively,

but I think, to your point,

I'd like to know
where bedrock is.

-Me too, Rick. -I mean,
both of you have said that

many, many times, you know?

Is there something
hiding under here?

[Marty] Let's do this
for right now.

We don't have
the right equipment right now.

Let's go talk to Billy
and see what he's got.

-Yeah. -And, uh, then
we'll come back here and see

if we can get
to the bottom of this.

[Laird] All right.
See you later.

[Narrator] Meanwhile...

-[Steve] Hey, Katya.
-[Katya] Hi, Steve.

-How's it going here?
-Really good.

This area has just
been amazing for us.

We're digging through
a lot of the old spoils

from old searchers.

[Narrator] ...Steve Guptill
joins Katya Drayton

and Billy Gerhardt
several yards south

of the Money Pit area

to search the so-called
Dunfield spoils.

These are several
mounds of earth

that were excavated
from the Money Pit

by Robert Dunfield in 1965,

during his unsuccessful effort
to recover the treasure.

-Could be quite exciting today.
-Well, let's find some treasure.

-Yeah, let's find something.
-[Billy] Yep.

[Rick] Robert Dunfield's efforts

to conduct his big dig,

uh, certainly pushed an--
a lot of spoils piles

from the Money Pit
down the hill,

and they were never
really investigated for clues

to the area we are now intent
on exploring.

So, the hope is that
we will find artifacts

that will help us unravel

what happened
in the Money Pit long ago.

[detector beeping]

-Ooh, hoo-hoo.
-Oh, you got a hit.

-That sounds really good.
-It sounds really good.

[detector squealing]

Ooh, it's small, too,
and nonferrous.

-Right here? All right.
-Yep.

-[Steve] Where would you like
it? -[Katya] Anywhere in front

of me is fine.

That's good.

Yeah, we'll give it
a little pinpoint in the hole.

-See if we can find it.
-Sure.

-[pinpointer beeping]
-Ooh.

-[Steve] Right there?
-[Katya] I'm on it.

-[laughs]
-Oh, you got it.

[Katya] Oh, my gosh.

[Steve] It's very clean.
What is that?

[Katya] I mean, the things
that really don't corrode...

-Mm-hmm.
-...are precious metals.

[Narrator] While searching
spoils that were removed

from the Money Pit
by treasure hunters

more than 60 years ago...

[Katya] I think

that we just found
a silver coin.

-[Steve] Oh, wow.
-[Narrator] ...Katya

has just made a potentially
critical discovery.

[Steve] I've learned
that when you don't have--

what do you call,
the-the beveled edges?

-[Katya] Milled edges. Yes.
-Milled edges.

Okay, so, that dates back
to older.

[Katya] Much.

[Narrator] In the late
17th century,

Sir Isaac Newton,
who also served

as the Master
of the Royal Mint of England,

was the first to design coins
with milled edges.

This was done in order
to combat counterfeiting.

Oh, you know, you can see
s-something written

-on the edge there.
-[Narrator] Could that mean

that this silver coin
may date back to the 1600s

or even earlier?

We've been looking for silver
in the Money Pit a long time,

and based on what
Dr. Spooner has shown us,

there is a bunch of silver
up there somewhere.

Could be a whole bunch
of that somewhere, right?

And I should run that
back to the lab.

-I agree.
-Good find, Katya.

Thank you.

[Narrator] Later that day...

[Craig] Is there a vault
below here or something?

This could tell us.

[Narrator] ...Rick, Marty, Craig

and other members of the team

arrive at the man-made
depression on Lot 8

dubbed "the stone cradle."

[Craig] Laird, as long
as he's in that square area,

-he can drill multiple holes?
-[Laird] Oh, yeah, absolutely.

In our world, it's transitioned
from archaeology to geology.

[Fiona] So,
when you bring it up,

we'll get the sample.

Start your engines.

[Narrator] Laird
is allowing the team

to punch a three-foot hole

in the bottom of the cradle
with a hammer drill

to collect new soil samples

and look for evidence
of man-made workings

buried deeper below.

[Marty] What if we just
don't even encounter

the bedrock at all?

That would tend
to mean something.

And whatever might be
interesting is deeper yet.

[Fiona] That went down
quite far.

[Rick] Doesn't seem like
it's bedrock.

[Alex] Well,
we're about to find out.

Trade spots,
and I'll take that sample.

It's pretty gritty.

Look at the color in that.

It doesn't look
like bedrock to me.

Okay, well, let's drill
a boulder that is slate

-and see how it compares.
-[Marty] Yeah, let's see what

the difference is and we can see
what the cuttings look like

and the penetration rate
and all that stuff.

[Narrator] In order to be sure
that they have not drilled

through the slate bedrock
beneath the cradle feature,

the team will now drill
into a nearby boulder

that is also composed of slate.

This will allow them to see
if the drill experiences

the same kind of resistance.

[whirring]

I bet you the, uh,
bit's heating up

-a lot more than it did as well.
-[Craig] Yeah, I wouldn't touch

that bit. [chuckles]

[Rick] The conclusion has to be
that it's not on bedrock.

Is there a feature or-or a void
or a tunnel or a shaft

underneath the cradle
or close by?

[Marty] Okay, here's what
we can be certain of:

we're not done with this.

-Mm-hmm. -[Fiona] I agree.
-Not until we get an answer.

[Marty] Of all the frustrating

archaeological waits
we have had to endure,

this one
is the most aggravating.

I thought,
by the end of this year,

we would have figured it out,
but we haven't.

The archaeologists
are incredibly protective

of the site, for good reasons,

but I'd really like to know
what's at the bottom of it,

because I know
there's a good chance

of something really interesting.

[Fiona] Well, I think
it's good that it gives us

a little bit of time
to actually do

some research on this as well.

And we certainly know
it's purposeful

and-and extremely significant.

[Marty] Well, let's run
with that. In the meantime,

we will leave you to it for now.

Thanks. Okay, let's go.

-[Alex] Okay. Thanks.
-[Peter] Thank you, guys.

[Marty] Thank you.

[Narrator] After finishing
their work on Lot 8...

[Josh] Watch your back.

I'm gonna shake down.
Just watch yourself.

[Narrator] ...while the dig
proceeds in the MP-1 Shaft...

[Marty] Welcome back
to the lab, everybody.

Emma's ready with some data.

[Narrator] ...members
of the team meet

to receive a scientific report

on the believed silver coin

found near the Money Pit area.

[Emma] Well, right off the bat,

I'm just gonna confirm
that it is silver.

[Rick] Solid silver?

It's a silver alloy.

What did you get? What percent?

-[Emma] 87%.
-Wow.

-That's good enough for me.
-Yeah.

[Marty] That's a silver coin.

It's a silver coin. Yeah.

-What do you make of that?
-It is very worn.

Um, it took a lot of effort to
get a good image in the CT scan.

What you're seeing
on the screen right now

is all that remains on the coin.

So, you have
the back of the head,

which is very clearly remaining.

You have a very clear "MVS,"

and then some lettering
over here...

-[Steve] Wow. -...which is great
for identification.

So, this is an overlay
of the CT image

on top of the coin that I found
on the coin database.

[Marty] Oh, yes,
you can certainly see that.

-[Laird] Mm-hmm.
-[Emma] And I got

-an exact match with...
-Oh.

...the sixpence, uh,
William III.

-[Marty] Wow.
-[Rick] Really?

[Emma] So, it's English.

-[Katya] That's amazing.
-[Emma] Yeah.

And that all aligns...

...with this coin right there,
and you can see the ribbon.

-[Marty] Perfectly.
-[Emma] Yeah.

[Marty] Oh, yeah.
Now that you show that,

-I can see it right in the coin.
-[Laird] Yeah. -[Emma] Yeah.

[Laird] Cool.

[Rick] What date
are you putting on this?

So, the date range
is 1697 to 1701.

So, the date range
is 1697 to 1701.

-Whoa.
-[laughs]

[Rick] What date
are you putting on this?

So, the date range

is 1697 to 1701.

Wow.

It's so significant.

That is a full hundred years

before discovery
of the Money Pit.

I think it's great.

-Yeah.
-[Narrator] In the lab,

Emma has confirmed
that a silver coin

found in the Dunfield spoils

is more than
three centuries old.

Common people
weren't carrying silver.

-So, this probably
wasn't a worker? -No.

-Somebody of means, right?
-Yeah.

[Marty] A hundred years

before the Money Pit
was discovered

is a heck of a long time.

-[Rick] Very long time.
-[Marty] That's a big deal.

-Mm-hmm.
-[Marty] These late-1600 dates

lead you one of two places:

either that's the time
of the depositor

or searchers that were searching

before the Money Pit
was discovered.

Bottom line,
this is a silver coin,

and I would call it
a piece of treasure.

I think it's an incredibly
important discovery,

but just like almost everything
we've found all over the island,

it continues
to provide partial answers

and then pose
a lot more questions.

[Rick] We found a silver

treasure coin in Money Pit
spoils on Oak Island.

It's treasure,
from the Money Pit spoils.

It's silver. It's-it's...

-it's ours.
-[laughter]

[Rick] It's the end of the year,

and we're hoping
to find more coins,

or a chest or a keg

full of the Portuguese
treasure coins,

but it validates
the reason why we're here.

I'm not willing to give up
on solving the mystery.

I mean, we say it all the time.
Sempre avanti.

"You-you do not stop."

[Marty] Very cool.

A big "well done"
to everybody involved.

-All right, let's go.
-[Laird] See you later.

-[Rick] Thank you.
-[Katya] No problem.

[Narrator] As a new day begins
on Oak Island...

-[Terry] Hey, guys.
-[Peter] Hey, guys.

The two gentlemen
we want to see.

Where are we? How deep?

So, we're about a 195 depth.

Good stuff. 195. Got it.

[Narrator] ...Rick
and other members of the team

monitor the progress
of the MP-1 Shaft,

which has now reached
the solution channel.

Just hoping to find
the one thing.

We're working on it.
We'll keep you updated.

-[Terry] Thank you.
-Okay. Thank you.

-Appreciate it.
-Yes, sir.

Let's go over there
and find something.

[Gary chuckles] Oh.

-[Terry] A lot of muck and mud.
-[Peter] Yeah.

-[detector beeping]
-[Peter] You got something?

[detector squealing]

-Got a signal. Right there.
-Sounds good.

[Gary] It's in here,
whatever it is.

[Terry] Just a heavy chunk
of metal.

Yeah, don't know what it is
until it's washed off.

It's a whatsit.

This is a piece of twisted metal

from the MP-1 spoils
at the moment.

But when it goes back
to the lab,

maybe Emma runs scans

and tell us it's something
completely different.

There's a lot of stuff
caked on it, for sure.

This could be
some kind of bladed tool,

'cause I see a curve on it.

See if you other guys
can make heads or tails of it.

[Terry] It's very heavy.

Whatever it is, it's been
down there a long time.

[Rick] This is really,
really hard.

It's been on there
for a long time.

Yeah, let's bag it, Terry.

[Rick] I don't know what it is,
but it has--

certainly has the appearance
of being old.

[Terry] Thank you.

[Gary] All right. We've got
another load waiting for us.

-[Peter] Okay.
-Let's find some more.

That is strange.

-[Gary] Clean, Billy.
-[Billy] Yep.

[Rick] Check this out.
I washed it and I see this...

-[Peter] Oh, yeah.
-...stain in it.

[Rick] What do you think it is?

[Gary] That sure looks
like exotic wood.

-Why?
-[Peter] Why do you say that?

-[Gary] The colors on it.
-[Rick] Really?

[Gary] And-and the curve.

-[Peter] That shouldn't be here.
-[Gary] Nope.

[Rick] This is strange.

This linearity
and that staining?

It could be palm tree.

Yeah, we don't know
where that's from.

I mean, we're on an island
and we know people

have traveled
from a long way away

to this island by boat.

Well, it'd be really cool
if you're right, Gary.

Uh, to come from
200 feet in the Money Pit?

That's incredible.

This is wood from the bottom
of the solution channel

and wood should not
be at this depth,

unless it were pushed down
from above.

-Get a bag, Peter.
-[Gary] Yeah, put it in a bag.

[Rick] We need
to talk to experts.

If this is an exotic wood,

it would lend credence
to an old-world ship

coming to the New World.

All right,
let's take a look at this.

[Gary] Let's get stuck in.

[detector chiming]

[Rick] The year's
come to an end,

we're within a few hammer grabs
of being done,

and I hope we find the one thing
or solve the mystery

or find the treasure.

I still have-- every fiber
of my being believes

that Oak Island is real,
the mystery is real.

I want to know
what happened here.

[Terry] It's a lot
of rounded stuff.

[Gary] No. No solid hits.

[Terry] We're probably
getting very close,

-to the bottom.
-Yep.

-[Peter] Hey, guys. -Hey.
-[Terry] How you doing?

So, we're on bedrock,
bottom of the hole.

[Terry] Okay.

What are the final numbers?

-210.
-Okay.

[Gary] We gave it
a good shot, mate.

[Rick] We did.

Hundred percent, we did.

We should all be quite proud
of what we all did.

[Gary] Oh, yeah.

[Rick] I-I love the fact
that the Money Pit,

even though
it denies us answers,

at the end of the day,

we walk away
with our heads held high.

-Thank you.
-[Adam E.] Thanks, guys.

-[Rick] Thank you.
-[Terry] Appreciate it. -Yep.

♪ ♪

[Rick] Sometimes
you get the ball

across the goal line
and sometimes you don't.

But we did learn some things
and we made some discoveries,

which may be impactful
as we delve into them.

You can't deny the science.

There is silver at depth

down in the solution channel.

I'm not willing to give up
till we find it.

[line ringing]

Hey, Marty.

[Marty] Hey, Rick.
What's going on?

You know, this is
the, uh, last caisson.

[Rick] Good news is that
it was a technical success.

The concept of the treasure
having fallen to depth,

everything we encountered,

would have permitted
that to happen.

There's no question about that.

And we got down.

210, we bottomed out.

And unfortunately,
we... we didn't find it.

Right. But if we think about
the year in its totality,

I think there's a lot
to be proud of.

I think there's a lot
to be happy about.

Right.

Okey doke. All right, see you.

[Marty] Welcome, to everybody.

We have reached the end
of this year's exploration,

which makes this
the last meeting.

Hello, Terry and Derek.

-Hello, Marty.
-I think a good place to start

is with this heat map
that Steve made some time ago

to update it
for this year's efforts.

The idea is to say,

"Where are the spots

we have found old artifacts?"

[Narrator] Earlier this year,
surveyor Steve Guptill

created a so-called "heat map."

It illustrates where the team

has made their most
significant discoveries,

noting their approximate dates
of origin

by using different colors.

So far, we have found about
800 artifacts island-wide.

Laird and his own team, they
find hundreds more than that.

We found about
1,200 artifacts this year.

[Steve] And then,
let me go over the hot areas.

Most of the artifacts
that you see

are from the last two years.

If it's in the 1700s,
um, I've been clicking orange.

If it's earlier than that,
I click pink.

-Blue is 1800s to now.
-[Scott] Yeah.

Let me turn off
every color except pink.

[Marty] Wow.

[Jack] There's an overwhelming
amount of evidence

that shows that people
were here earlier

than we originally believed.

[Laird] It's almost
indisputable that

there was island-wide activity
to a fairly large scale.

That's significant, is it not?

[Laird] It is significant.

Yeah. We just need to know
who and why, and when.

-Yeah, and what they were doing.
-Yeah.

-[Marty] Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.

Well, we also know that
the Lot 8 boulder was moved.

And looking up there
on the heat map,

that would have had to be work
that was done earlier.

That's a huge anomaly.

That's a great segue
to go to Lot 8,

and to me, this boulder
came out of nowhere this year.

Something rather significant

had to happen here.

Laird, is there anything
like it in Nova Scotia

-that you know of?
-No. I haven't found

anything like it
in North America.

[Fiona] I think it's much older.

I would not be surprised if it
got us into the 1200 range.

[Narrator] The team
was stunned to discover

a 40,000-pound boulder
on Lot 8 this year

that was covering
the cradle of stones

and a potential shaft
deeper below it.

However, prior to that,

they had found two
curious artifacts on the lot.

One, a lead bag seal that
may date back some 700 years.

And the other was
a copper artifact with symbols

that may be connected
to the Knights Templar.

[Marty] Well, and Rick,

you got some light that you
can shed on the Lot 8 boulder

-from that trip to the Azores.
-[Rick] Yes.

We wanted to find if there is

some evidence that the Templars,

or associated groups
in the 1300s,

needed to safeguard a treasure,
uh, via the Azores

prior to coming to Oak Island.

We went to a megalithic site.

And on the way up the hill,

I just noticed a huge stone,

but it had slots carved into it.

And to me, it's...

it was so similar to the spacing
in the Lot 8 boulder.

That rock has a big void, to me,
purposely built underneath it.

[Marty] Which brings me

to what Scott did yesterday.

[Scott] So, yesterday,

we went and got
a large hammer drill,

a three-foot-long core bit.

And when we drilled in there,
we didn't find bedrock.

Okay, well,
here's what's certain:

there's a lot more work to do
on this boulder on Lot 8,

including digging underneath it.

There still could be a tunnel,
there could be a shaft.

Or there could be treasure.

There could be treasure, Gary.

We need to completely
eliminate any question

as to what might have been done
underneath that boulder.

But let's shift over to Lot 5,

which has been
hugely significant.

So, we have this feature

which became two features
which became three features.

[Narrator] This year, the team
made a number of new discoveries

in the rounded stone foundation
near the shore on Lot 5

that suggest it was occupied

by different groups
over different periods

prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit.

These include a folded coin,

meant to represent
a religious symbol of protection

that may be more
than 300 years old.

They also found
a decorative lead artifact

that may date back
more than 700 years.

And in just the last month,
they began investigating

what was previously thought
to be a modern well

just a few yards away.

But after digging next to it,

they discovered evidence

that it is
a much larger feature,

and may be connected
to the rounded foundation.

[Marty] And my understanding,
Laird,

it wasn't just a domicile.

-Something different than that?
-Correct.

[Marty] We've always looked
for the camp.

If there was
this tremendous activity

at the Money Pit,
it would have taken men

and animals
and support structures

and all kinds of stuff,
and maybe Lot 5

is what we've been looking for.

[Rick] You have evidence here

that substantiates that.

And we have possibly
found a road

that might be a-a way
to move the treasure

here on Oak Island:
the sand road.

And again, it leads us down

a-a path of discovery
in the swamp.

The sand road potentially
changes the whole island.

[Narrator] While excavating
the western side of the swamp...

-[Peter] Still sandy.
-[Narrator] ...the team

was surprised to uncover
a sand-covered cobblestone road

that was lined with eight-sided
wooden survey stakes.

And as they kept exposing
the mysterious feature...

...they found signs
that it may run through

the center of the island
toward Lot 5,

as well as through the swamp,

toward the believed
Portuguese stone road.

I find the sand road
really interesting now.

We were always looking
for a connection

between the Money Pit and Lot 5.

And perhaps the sand road
is the connection.

[Jack] It could lead
literally to a place

where treasure's deposited.

[Marty] Good. Excellent.

The sand road could lead
literally to a place

where treasure's deposited.

Exactly.

I love this little oxshoe
that was found

along that path.

Only mean one thing,
and that's hauling.

[Billy] We thought
that the Portuguese stone road

that we call it was a big job?

Well, you know, look at
the length of this thing.

-[Alex] They might be the
same thing. -[Billy] Right.

[Alex] The sand road is
a continuation of Center Road.

That means that it's there
much earlier

-than we first thought.
-[Marty] Agreed.

And so, we have these
in front of us,

are what we believe to be
a hand cannon

and four stoneshots.

These two
are from previous years.

They're both from the Azores.

But then this year,
we find two more--

actually, Derek found them
on the wash plant--

and here's the ultimate point:
no country significant

was using them after about 1450.

So, what are those doing
on Oak Island?

It really, I think,
is one of the most

concrete dates we have.

[Narrator] When the team
first uncovered

a section of the sand road
in the swamp this year...

-Look at that.
-[Narrator] ...they also found

part of an early firearm
known as a hand cannon.

And that is unusual.

[Narrator] It was
a curious find,

given that they have
now also discovered

four pieces of stoneshot,

three of which were unearthed
in the Money Pit area.

Mm-hmm.

[Narrator] And during
the team's recent trip

to the Azores islands...

[Narrator] ...Portuguese
archaeologist Tiago Rodrigues

affirmed that these artifacts
may not only date back

to the 14th century

but could also be
of Portuguese origin.

Is this enough to prove
a pre-Columbian voyage?

No, but it's a good indication.

[Gary] And a good sign
of treasure,

because you'd need guns and ammo

if you're putting a large
treasure in the Money Pit.

[Marty] Yeah.

And so, finally, conceptually,

we arrive at the Money Pit.

Did a lot of work there,

and what got us very excited
is this right here.

This is the fabled
Pitblado coin.

So, this coin turns out to be

a 1369 to 1371 Portuguese coin.

Extremely rare

and very valuable.

And of course,
that got us all really excited,

including me, who is fixed
on treasure more than story.

-[laughter]
-A chest of these

would be worth just that,
it would be worth

an enormous fortune.

And it did, apparently,
come out of the Money Pit.

So, we got really excited
about this,

and then we chased
the theory of...

"All right, there was
a treasure in the Money Pit,

and the treasure fell
into the solution channel."

[Jack] And scientific evidence
to show

-that it's still down there.
-[Marty] Exactly.

So, it got us all enthused,

and we were able
to get canisters

down into the solution channel.

-Yeah.
-We found lots of things

that shouldn't have been
in the solution channel.

My analysis of that is that

it was proof of concept,

and proves the theory that stuff
could fall down in there.

We weren't successful
in finding the treasure.

But we all still think it's here
because of your work, Ian

and Dr. Fred, because
of the metals in the water.

-[Ian] Mm-hmm.
-I...

I know you have
a potentially new method

that we could zero in
and maybe find the treasure.

-Yep. -Can you bring the group
up to speed on that?

[Ian] Yeah.

A little while ago,
Dr. Michel suggested...

we're having problems
with water.

Water moves around,
gets diluted,

so Fred suggests,
"Why don't we look at wood?"

Because it has the ability
to soak up metal.

Just like a water filter
would soak up metal from water.

And the wood's much better
at soaking up metals than water.

And I think we just need
to do more work with the wood.

The wood's at its early stages.

And we got the data back.

Results from, like,
15 sort of random samples.

So, if you've just done
the tests now,

where did you get
the wood to test?

We got it from the outside
of logs and planks

that were in various tunnels
and shafts

throughout the Money Pit.

And something did show up

in Shaft 2A.

Which is, I think,
the unknown shaft.

We're digging up the first ever
searcher shaft on Oak Island.

[Narrator] In 2024,
the Oak Island team

began uncovering a feature
that they believed

to be an early 19th-century
searcher shaft known as Shaft 2,

which according
to historical records,

was located 14 feet southeast
of the original Money Pit.

[Craig] I tend to think

-it's two different shafts.
-[Narrator] However,

during the excavation,

they discovered
another undocumented shaft

some ten feet to the northeast
that they dubbed "Shaft 2A."

This made them wonder
whether they found

an old shaft built
by treasure hunters

or perhaps treasure depositors.

So, in Shaft 2A--
the wood sample from Shaft 2A--

we had the highest amount
of silver we've ever seen.

And also, uh, I think
the third highest level of gold.

[Ian] So, in Shaft 2A,
we had the highest amount

of silver we've ever seen.

And also, uh, I think
the third highest level of gold.

-[Marty] Great.
-There you go.

Well, that's pretty
exciting, right?

It's another direct indication
of treasure, isn't it?

[Ian] With that result,
if we have

this kind of silver--
highest silver we've seen

in something like 2A--
that could mean

that there's silver very, very
close to where that wood is.

[Narrator] After testing
numerous samples of wood

that the team has unearthed

in the Money Pit area
over the years,

Dr. Spooner has found
new evidence of buried silver

in the mysterious shaft
known as 2A,

a structure located
more than 30 feet northeast

of where they detected precious
metals in the solution channel.

-Dr. Spooner...
-Yeah.

...how do you reconcile
the silver

that we're finding
in the wood from 2A

and the silver that we're
finding in the solution channel?

Maybe what we're
looking at here is...

um, a-a variety of sources.

Or multiple deposits.

-Yep. -[Marty] This is
getting interesting.

-Multiple treasures?
-It's a possibility, sure.

-Wow.
-[Ian] What I'm proposing is

we take a much more detailed
look at, uh, metals in wood.

[Rick] Dr. Spooner's
latest report perhaps proves

the worthiness of the idea
of testing the wood

in several of the shafts.

It certainly introduces
new possibilities

that we're chasing after
multiple treasures

on Oak Island.

This is pretty much
a no-brainer.

-Let's continue this.
-Yep.

So, yes. Proceed, please.

Tell us where the treasure is.
We're ready.

-I'll do my best.
-[laughter] -[Marty] Perfect.

Yeah.

[Craig] Well,
I just think it's a very

productive year.

We've had some major finds.

The-the boulder on Lot 8,

the sand road in the swamp...

-Right.
-It just seems like

Oak Island has its secrets
and we've uncovered some.

-Yeah. -So, I want to thank you,
and I think we had a great year.

-Yep.
-[Marty] So,

I thought a long time
about how I would like

to close here today,

and I thought
a good way to do that

might be to use a symbol.

Gary?

[with accent] It's right here
in me top pocket.

-[laughter]
-Top pocket find.

[Marty] Yeah,
top pocket find and, uh...

It's...

this.

This is one ounce of pure gold.

It appropriately has
the Canadian maple leaf on it.

And here's the pure gold
I would like to find.

And we have found pure gold here
from the people of Canada,

from the people of Nova Scotia

and certainly,
the people in this room.

And if we are moving
caissons around next year,

instead of these poker chips,

we're gonna move
this maple leaf around

to decide where to dig,

and hopefully,
find the treasure.

-Yeah.
-Yep.

It goes without saying
how important

you have all become to me.

We're a family.

Because the experience here
is only as wonderful

as it is because of each
and every one of you.

Without you,
without each of you,

these past years of my life
would have been...

...far less rich.

The treasure
and the story are...

...like brothers,
they're together, right?

But the real treasure, really,

is each and every one of you.

This is the true treasure
in life,

what we share now.

Hundred percent.

We are very grateful
to be a part of

your passion
and share it with you.

We would not be here
if you did not share your dream,

not only with us but the world.

Thank you.

-Thank you.
-Yeah. -Yeah, well said.

-I agree.
-Absolutely.

-Yep.
-[Rick] The thank-you that Craig

expressed, the thank-you
that Marty expressed,

the thank-you that
I'm expressing is heartfelt.

It is genuine
and it is important.

Emiliano,
why don't you close out the day?

-Grazie mille.
-[laughter]

-Perfetto.
-[applause]

Okay. Let's go.

-[Peter] All right.
-Thank you all.

-[Rick] Thanks, everybody.
-After you.

[Narrator] The year on
Oak Island has come to an end.

Her legendary secrets
remain unknown...

[Rick] Look at the enormity
of the finds.

[Alex] Fiona, thanks.

[Rick] Look at the early dates.

-[Gary] Thanks, mate.
-[Rick] We have written

maybe not the answer
to the Oak Island mystery

but we have added chapters

upon chapters of information.

Goodbye, all.

[Narrator] However, Rick,
Marty, Craig and their team

have proved one thing:
the quest for answers

to this 231-year-old mystery
is well worth the pursuit.

My whole life,
I've been curious about things.

Very, very curious about things.
It gets me in trouble sometimes.

[Craig] That was
another good year.

[Marty] Yep.
Always bittersweet, isn't it?

How can we have found so many
inexplicable things in one year?

So, there's many reasons
that would make me

come back here
to find this treasure.

We have to be close
to the endgame, don't we?

[Narrator] So far, they have
found more than 2,000 artifacts

and numerous man-made structures

predating the discovery
of the Money Pit.

Some by as much as 800 years.

And they have obtained
mounting scientific evidence

that treasure
really may lie buried

all across the island.

So, next year, when they return,

they will build upon all
they have learned and revealed

to solve the mystery.

[Rick] I'd like a year
where we said, "You know what?

We did it."

That moment has not come,
but that is still my hope.

I won't relent.

I'm quite stubborn that way.

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