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[Narrator] Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...

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[Rick] Wait, what's that?

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It's similar to what
we have on Oak Island.

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This is from 2000 BC.

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-Really?
-[Fiona] We're starting to find

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-a hidden wall.
-[Marty] Whoa.

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This would be an ideal place
to deposit treasure.

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-[device whining]
-[Katya] That sounds great.

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-[Marty] Wow.
-Oh, my gosh.

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-This is huge.
-Amazing.

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This is very, very,
very significant.

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If that was part
of the treasure,

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the rest of it is
still in the Money Pit.

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Absolutely.

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[Narrator] There is an island
in the North Atlantic

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where people
have been looking for

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an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.

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So far, they have found
a stone slab

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with strange symbols
carved into it,

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man-made workings
that date to medieval times,

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and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected

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to the Knights Templar.

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To date, six men have died

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trying to solve the mystery.

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And according to legend,
one more will have to die

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before the treasure
can be found.

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♪ ♪

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[Josh] We're getting there.

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Trying to level it out
right now.

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

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They do the grinding,
we do the finding.

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...the team
is currently repairing

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a section of unstable ground

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in order to begin the final
massive dig of the year,

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where unnaturally
high traces of silver

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have been detected
some 200 feet underground.

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As the work proceeds...

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...over 2,000 miles
to the southeast,

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on the island of Terceira
in the Portuguese Azores...

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[Corjan] Welcome to Nossa
Senhora da Conceição,

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Our Lady of the Conception.

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...Rick and members of the team,

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along with local historian
Francisco Nogueira,

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arrive at a 15th century church

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connected to a sect
of the Knights Templar

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known as the Order of Christ.

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[Corjan] Founded around 1474

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by Ouvidor de Omen,

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this church is the crossroads
of a number of great stories

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that might tell us
what came from the Holy Land

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through the Azores,
uh, towards Oak Island.

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-Yeah. -And I think
it's wonderful, so...

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-let's go.
-[Rick] Perfect.

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[Narrator] After
discovering a number

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of believed Portuguese medieval
artifacts on Oak Island,

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such as a hand cannon
and stoneshots,

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along with structures
such as a rock wall on Lot 26

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and a stone road in the swamp,

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Rick and members of the team

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have come to research the theory
that the Templars

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and their descendant
organizations

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may have stored
sacred treasures in the Azores

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before taking them to Oak Island

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between the 13th
and 17th centuries.

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It is also their hope
to find clues

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related to the 14th century
silver Portuguese coin

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that was reportedly extracted
during a drilling operation

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in the original Money Pit
by James Pitblado back in 1849.

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[Corjan] At first glance,

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this looks like
an ordinary church.

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A beautiful but ordinary church.

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Wow.

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[Corjan] A few years ago,
we were underground

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in Camerano, Italy,

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looking at a altar, uh,

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which had this image here.

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The goose paw.

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I think you'll agree that
it's, at least, very similar.

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[Alex] Yeah.

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[Narrator] The goose paw
is a symbol

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that was created
by the Knights Templar,

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which they carved at locations
of sacred importance

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throughout the Middle East
and Europe

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between the 12th
and 14th centuries.

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The team saw a similar carving
just one week ago

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at a nearby church

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known as the Igreja
de São Sebastião.

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And in recent years,

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they have also seen goose paws

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carved at former
Templar sites in Italy...

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...as well as
in Liverpool, Nova Scotia,

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less than 50 miles
from Oak Island.

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Any treasure
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would have been in the realm
of this church.

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[Narrator] Could Corjan
be correct

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that this goose paw carving
is a clue

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that Templar-related treasures

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were once safeguarded
in the Azores?

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If so, might that also suggest

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that the goose paw found
near Oak Island

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is evidence that those treasures

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were taken to that area
at a later time?

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[Rick] The goose paw.

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It was an interesting connection
that he made.

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What better place--
an isolated island

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in the middle
of the open ocean--

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to safeguard a treasure?

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And then, perhaps,

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an attempt to move it
even further west.

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One thing I'm noticing,

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just looking at this,
is we have the goose paw,

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but then we also have
an elongated cross,

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using the, the stem of the "H."

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It's elongated
just like Nolan's Cross.

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[Corjan] Yes.
The symbology is endless.

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[Rick] I do believe
there is some

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religious component
to what was done on Oak Island.

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There's so much
encoded information

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associated with Templars
and the Knights of Christ

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related to significant
religious artifacts

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that we have found
in Europe and Oak Island.

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This is incredibly intriguing
and interesting,

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as the whole story
of Oak Island is.

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It's very, very cool.

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It's all fascinating.

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[Corjan] We should move
to the next location.

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-[Peter] That'd be great.
-Let's go.

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[Narrator] As Rick and the team

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continue their investigation
in the Azores,

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back on Oak Island...

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-[Marty] Hey, Katya.
-Hey, Marty.

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I hated to see you
not have a digger, so I am here.

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...Marty Lagina
joins Katya Drayton

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several yards south
of the Money Pit area on Lot 18.

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[Katya] I just wanted
to go over these spoils.

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Oh, the spoils from Dunfield.

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Yeah, I am ready to dig
if you find something.

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Let's find it.

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[Narrator] In 1965,
treasure hunter Robert Dunfield

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used a 70-ton crane

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to dig a 100-foot-diameter
crater in the Money Pit area.

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Unfortunately, upon reaching
a depth of 143 feet,

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the ground around
the hole collapsed

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as seawater rushed in
and flooded it.

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Mr. Dunfield hastily
filled the hole

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but left massive piles
of spoils off to the side,

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which were never searched
for possible clues or valuables.

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Now, because the team is about
to sink a much deeper shaft

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in the area encompassed
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Marty is curious
to try the team's luck

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by metal-detecting
those old mounds of spoils.

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[device beeping]

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Ooh, that's different.

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That sounds really good.

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[device whining]

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Right in there, and it's small.

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That's why it
kind of sounded choppy.

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Hmm. Okay. That makes sense.

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-Try that.
-[Katya] Let's see.

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-Got it? It's out?
-Ooh... It's out.

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[device whining]

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Oh, man. That sounds great.

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Mm... Ooh.

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Oh, we got it.

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It's in your hand?

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-[Katya] Oh, my gosh.
-Yeah.

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Oh, you know what, Katya?
I've seen this before.

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-[Katya] Oh, really?
-Yeah.

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Hang on, I'm pretty sure
I've seen this before.

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It's shaped like
the fleur-de-lis almost.

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Yeah. You are dead-on,

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-because you know what this
looks exactly like? -Hmm?

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[Marty] I am positive
your dad found something

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exactly like this, and he was
sure it was a French cap badge.

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[Katya] Why is there a French

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cap badge in the Money Pit?

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Well, here's the thing.

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The short answer is:
we're not sure.

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-[chuckles]
-But here's the cool thing.

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It was found on the...
complete opposite side

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of the island.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Which implies a greater presence
than we thought, right?

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-Oh, my... -I mean,
why over here and over there?

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[Jack] What is that?
That's got some designs on it.

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-[Gary] Yeah, that has.
-[Narrator] In 2018,

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while metal-detecting on Lot 21,

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located on the western side
of the island...

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This reminds me
of, like, a cap badge,

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a military cap badge.

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...Gary, Jack and Peter

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found an identical
artifact fragment.

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Is it possible
that Marty and Katya

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have discovered
a directly related clue

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that was removed
from the Money Pit

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more than 60 years ago?

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[Marty] There are
several leading theories

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that involve the French
in a very significant way.

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The Knights of Malta,

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Isaac de Razilly,
which had a settlement

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just down the coast here
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was apparently here
associated with the French

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or under French orders.

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[Narrator] In 1632,

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a French military officer
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established a fort
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just 15 miles south
of Oak Island.

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Curiously, De Razilly was also

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a prominent member
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and Order of Christ-related
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known as the Knights of Malta

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and is believed
by some researchers

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to have possibly visited
Oak Island.

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That is a great find.

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Boy, the, uh,
the Draytons strike.

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[both laugh]

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We don't know exactly where
these Dunfield spoils came from,

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but nobody's gone through them.

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I would never have guessed
this would show up over here.

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And so I think
this is evidence of

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human activity deep underground
in the Money Pit area,

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and potentially
some of the depositors.

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This is a great indicator

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that something's
still down there.

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Look, honestly,
it is so significant.

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-Thank you. -Of course.
I'll find you another.

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Great find.

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[Josh] I got a lot
of passes to lead.

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And I probably got
a couple nights' work still.

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[Narrator] While work continues
in the Money Pit area...

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[excavator beeping]

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[Fiona] He's just dying
to dig, isn't he?

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[Narrator] ...Marty joins
members of the team on Lot 5

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to dig for new clues

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several yards from
the rounded stone foundation.

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Okay. Talk to me.

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What-what are we
looking at right now?

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[Fiona] Well,
as we started uncovering

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this lovely ring of rocks
and got a little further down,

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there's something
starting to present itself,

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and it looks like a-a nicely
stacked area of rocks,

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which potentially
could be another feature.

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-[Gary] A hook. A hook.
-[Marty] It's a hook.

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[Narrator] Four weeks ago,
the team

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began investigating
what they believed

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was a 20th century stone well.

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However, after finding
an iron hook

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inside of it that may date back
three centuries or more...

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...Fiona and Laird began to
carefully excavate the feature

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and have found evidence
that it may not

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only be older than they thought

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but is perhaps
not a well at all.

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[Marty] Okay,
so what do we want to do?

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What's the next step?

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Why don't we take off
that top layer where the rocks

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are on the outside,

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scoop up that, and it gives us

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-a-a start on a test pit
that we can do. -Okay.

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I love this
excavator archaeology.

261
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You can do some real
metal-detecting with this baby,

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-can't you?
-[laughs]

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[Narrator] Now Fiona and Laird
want Marty to dig a trench

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beside the feature so that they
can carefully expose more of it

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and hopefully determine
just what it actually is.

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[Marty] It's still too early
to say what it is, but

267
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it sure as heck
wasn't a 20th century well.

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Fiona, more? Or closer?

269
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I think you can do another one
in here. I'd go for more.

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[Marty] It's necessary
to find out what this is

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because it's Lot 5,
it's close to activity.

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Could be maybe associated
with the round feature

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and is one of the things
that probably

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happened a long time ago.

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We need to do more
investigation of it.

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It hasn't really told
its secret yet.

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[Fiona] I think
that's good, Marty.

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That gives us
a really nice trench zone.

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-I think that gives us
a really good head start. -Good?

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-[Fiona] Yeah. I think so.
-All right, and just call

281
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-when you need, you know,
big scoops taken. -Yeah.

282
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Your team is chomping
at the bit over there.

283
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-[laughter]
-I say we turn 'em loose.

284
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-Let's get after it.
-[Fiona] Thank you.

285
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[Marty] All right, I'm gonna
get this thing out of here.

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[Laird] All right.

287
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[Narrator] As the archaeologists

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continue their investigation
on Lot 5...

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...back on the island
of Terceira in the Azores...

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-[Emiliano] Hey, guys.
-[Rick] Francisco. Felix.

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Thank you for welcoming us.

292
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-Nice to meet you. -Appreciate
it. -Hey, how are you?

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...Rick and other members
of the team...

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-Morning.
-Morning.

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...meet with historian
Dr. Felix Rodrigues

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at Grota do Medo,

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a site of mysterious
megalithic stone features

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which are believed
to have been built by someone

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before the Portuguese
settled the Azores in 1439.

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For over 15 years,
Professor Rodrigues studied

301
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the place we're going today
to date some of the features

302
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that are here. We know that
the, uh, Portuguese arrived

303
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here officially
in the early 1400s.

304
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You-- We will see, uh, traces

305
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that someone
in the Middle Ages was here

306
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and might have used the Azores
as a stepping stone

307
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to sail to-to North America.

308
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Right, which is basically
the halfway point

309
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between the European mainland

310
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-and North America.
-[Emiliano] Yeah.

311
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You're always looking
to incrementally

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build the database

313
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brick by brick by brick
or stone by stone by stone.

314
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Uh, with, uh, Felix's, uh, work,

315
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we have to have an ability
to get from

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east to west.

317
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[Alex] Right.

318
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That-that possibility
that there was

319
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a, uh, a group here

320
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prior to the conventionally
accepted date

321
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is kind of the thing
that I'd like to investigate

322
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while we're out here
because that implies

323
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sort of a secret visit.

324
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-Oh, yeah, yeah.
-If this can support that data,

325
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then I believe that
is the intent of our trip here.

326
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-[Emiliano] Yeah.
-[Doug] Gentlemen,

327
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I've got some business
to take care of back in town,

328
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so I'm gonna excuse myself.
Nice to meet you, Professor.

329
00:15:09,042 --> 00:15:11,125
-All right. See you, Doug.
-See you, Doug. -See you.

330
00:15:11,292 --> 00:15:13,417
-Let's go. -Let's go.
-Okay, yeah.

331
00:15:15,167 --> 00:15:17,500
[Rick] I believe that the point
of beginning on Oak Island

332
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was in the 1200s...

333
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[Corjan] Let's go find
some data points.

334
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...because of the paved area
in the swamp.

335
00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:24,625
-[Alex] We'll get our exercise
today. -[Corjan] Oh, yeah.

336
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It significantly predates
the discovery of the Azores.

337
00:15:29,208 --> 00:15:31,875
[Emiliano] Up there, no?

338
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[Rick] There is a belief
that the Templars

339
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and the Order of Christ
knew of this place.

340
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Is there a early habitation
here in the Azores?

341
00:15:41,167 --> 00:15:43,583
This is what we seek
to find out.

342
00:15:44,708 --> 00:15:45,833
Hey, guys. Hold up. Look.

343
00:15:46,042 --> 00:15:47,500
-Yeah.
-Look at that.

344
00:15:49,542 --> 00:15:52,917
This is exactly the way
the Lot 8 boulder is, right?

345
00:15:53,083 --> 00:15:54,958
A space and this and a space.

346
00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:58,208
-Oh, it is.
-[Narrator] A rock formation?

347
00:15:58,375 --> 00:16:01,917
Similar to
the boulder feature on Lot 8?

348
00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:05,250
Which sat above a series
of evenly spaced stones?

349
00:16:07,042 --> 00:16:09,000
Come on down.
Take a look at this.

350
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[Narrator] Could Rick
have found a stone structure

351
00:16:11,125 --> 00:16:13,250
built with
the same kind of design?

352
00:16:13,375 --> 00:16:17,500
Felix, I-I was just walking by
and I just noticed this.

353
00:16:17,708 --> 00:16:21,333
It's kind of similar to a rock
that we have on the island.

354
00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,542
Very interesting.

355
00:16:26,708 --> 00:16:28,958
Does anybody have a photo
of the Lot 8 feature?

356
00:16:29,125 --> 00:16:30,750
-Yeah, I think I do, here.
-Do you?

357
00:16:30,917 --> 00:16:32,583
I'll show you.

358
00:16:33,708 --> 00:16:38,167
So, this is-- it's-it's zoomed
in, but it's a giant boulder.

359
00:16:38,375 --> 00:16:40,125
-There's a support rock and then
a space. -[Felix] Space.

360
00:16:40,292 --> 00:16:42,000
[Alex] And then a support rock
and then a space.

361
00:16:42,208 --> 00:16:44,208
And it looked very deliberate.

362
00:16:44,875 --> 00:16:46,375
Yeah.

363
00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:50,083
[Rick] Incredible.

364
00:16:54,375 --> 00:16:56,167
[Alex] It's a giant boulder.

365
00:16:56,333 --> 00:16:58,083
So, this is--
it's-it's zoomed in.

366
00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:00,167
-There's a support rock and then
a space. -[Felix] Space.

367
00:17:00,292 --> 00:17:01,958
[Alex] And then a support rock
and then a space.

368
00:17:02,083 --> 00:17:03,500
And it looked very deliberate.

369
00:17:04,542 --> 00:17:05,875
Yeah.

370
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000
We don't know why.

371
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[Narrator] At the megalithic
complex known

372
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as Grota do Medo in the Azores,

373
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the Oak Island team is examining

374
00:17:15,083 --> 00:17:17,458
a stone feature that is similar

375
00:17:17,583 --> 00:17:21,958
in design to placed rocks in
the boulder formation on Lot 8.

376
00:17:22,167 --> 00:17:23,750
Felix, what is that?

377
00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:34,542
[Francisco] Astronomical, yeah.

378
00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,208
Oh. Has an archaeoastronomer
looked at this

379
00:17:39,333 --> 00:17:42,250
and been able to date it
through the use of alignments?

380
00:17:42,417 --> 00:17:46,667
Stellar? And what are the dates
here? Do you, do you know?

381
00:17:48,875 --> 00:17:50,375
Really?

382
00:18:00,417 --> 00:18:01,708
Really?

383
00:18:06,958 --> 00:18:08,458
That is compelling.

384
00:18:08,583 --> 00:18:11,458
What I noticed is the same thing
I noticed on Lot 8.

385
00:18:11,625 --> 00:18:16,542
The spacing of the stones
that surround the Lot 8 feature

386
00:18:16,708 --> 00:18:22,292
and the spacing of these cuts
in the stone were so similar.

387
00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:25,250
We're trying to find
real connections

388
00:18:25,417 --> 00:18:29,292
between the Azores
and Oak Island.

389
00:18:29,458 --> 00:18:32,250
This structure represents that--
that possible connection.

390
00:18:32,458 --> 00:18:34,167
I-It's very curious
to see that here.

391
00:18:34,375 --> 00:18:36,958
It's quite interesting.

392
00:18:37,083 --> 00:18:40,125
But obviously,
this feature is very old,

393
00:18:40,292 --> 00:18:44,167
so was the work here on
Oak Island done by descendants

394
00:18:44,292 --> 00:18:46,208
of the original people
who occupied the Azores

395
00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:48,292
or something different?

396
00:18:51,417 --> 00:18:52,792
Really?

397
00:18:52,917 --> 00:18:54,333
Then I would ask you to proceed

398
00:18:54,417 --> 00:18:55,833
because I'm very interested.

399
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,708
More to see.

400
00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:01,250
[laughs] Turns out,
that's just the beginning.

401
00:19:04,542 --> 00:19:06,208
[Rick] We're only
partway to the site

402
00:19:06,375 --> 00:19:09,542
that he deems to be,
uh, important.

403
00:19:09,708 --> 00:19:11,833
O-Of course we're all excited
to go see it.

404
00:19:13,708 --> 00:19:15,417
[Peter] Gorgeous.

405
00:19:15,583 --> 00:19:17,417
[Rick] It's stunningly
beautiful.

406
00:19:17,583 --> 00:19:21,167
These megalithic structures
represent, for us,

407
00:19:21,375 --> 00:19:25,167
this belief that once
this landmass was found,

408
00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:27,458
it was used over centuries

409
00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:31,208
as a stepping stone between
the Old World and the New World.

410
00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:36,000
[Rick] But I'm looking
for a timeline, a date.

411
00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:38,000
Constructions and clues

412
00:19:38,208 --> 00:19:40,750
that connects directly
to Oak Island.

413
00:19:40,958 --> 00:19:42,250
Something that will perhaps

414
00:19:42,375 --> 00:19:44,500
change history
as we have come to know it.

415
00:19:49,167 --> 00:19:51,542
[Peter] Oh, look at that.

416
00:19:54,875 --> 00:19:56,292
Mm-hmm.

417
00:20:01,875 --> 00:20:03,125
[Rick] So, is that

418
00:20:03,333 --> 00:20:04,708
hand-carved or-or...

419
00:20:05,833 --> 00:20:07,250
[Rick] So, this is not

420
00:20:07,417 --> 00:20:09,750
a functional watering hole?

421
00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:11,542
It's probably ceremonial?

422
00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:30,167
[Rick] And it was?

423
00:20:32,375 --> 00:20:33,833
-[Peter] Oh, wow.
-[Rick] Really?

424
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,458
Pretty cool.

425
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,542
[Peter] Mm-hmm.

426
00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,333
-[Alex] Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.

427
00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:49,500
Yeah.

428
00:20:49,667 --> 00:20:51,667
Comparison here is, uh,
to the Lot 26 well, right?

429
00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,792
-[Alex] Yeah. Yeah. -Small
diameter. -[Peter] Yeah.

430
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,958
More than a few people
on the island have mentioned

431
00:20:56,167 --> 00:20:58,042
that the Lot 26 well
could be ceremonial.

432
00:20:58,208 --> 00:20:59,333
[Peter] Oh, yeah.

433
00:20:59,542 --> 00:21:01,708
[Narrator] In 2022,

434
00:21:01,917 --> 00:21:05,583
the team began investigating
a mysterious stone well

435
00:21:05,792 --> 00:21:10,333
just yards from the believed
Portuguese wall on Lot 26.

436
00:21:10,542 --> 00:21:13,167
So, this is the location.

437
00:21:13,333 --> 00:21:15,000
[Narrator] When
Dr. Ian Spooner analyzed

438
00:21:15,208 --> 00:21:18,250
organic materials taken from
the very bottom of the feature

439
00:21:18,458 --> 00:21:20,167
in order to date it,

440
00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:22,875
the team was stunned
by the results.

441
00:21:23,042 --> 00:21:27,583
The date I got on the twig
at the bottom was 1028 to 1172.

442
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:28,833
[whistles]

443
00:21:29,042 --> 00:21:33,250
[Peter] Well, I mean,
if this was used in 1100,

444
00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:35,250
it could have been
a stopping ground...

445
00:21:35,375 --> 00:21:37,042
-Well, yeah, like...
-...before going to Oak Island.

446
00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:38,625
Yeah.

447
00:21:44,542 --> 00:21:45,958
-[Peter] Mm-hmm.
-[Alex] Mm-hmm.

448
00:21:46,125 --> 00:21:47,542
[Rick] 100%. And that is

449
00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:49,500
really so critically important.

450
00:21:51,125 --> 00:21:55,667
The 1100s is 300 years
before the current understanding

451
00:21:55,875 --> 00:21:57,875
of when the Azores
were discovered.

452
00:21:58,042 --> 00:22:00,583
Everything we have learned
to date would indicate

453
00:22:00,750 --> 00:22:03,917
that these islands
were known during the zenith

454
00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:07,083
of the power and influence
of the Templars.

455
00:22:07,250 --> 00:22:09,500
It fits perfectly
into what we believe

456
00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:11,833
could be a scenario
under which a treasure

457
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,042
would have been brought here
to be safeguarded,

458
00:22:16,208 --> 00:22:19,583
and then perhaps an attempt
to move it even further west.

459
00:22:20,542 --> 00:22:23,083
So perhaps there is
some association here

460
00:22:23,250 --> 00:22:24,833
with Oak Island.

461
00:22:26,375 --> 00:22:28,500
[Alex] So it's checking off
lots of the boxes

462
00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,792
as it pertains to Oak Island.

463
00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:33,958
[Rick] Right.
So, to both of you,

464
00:22:34,125 --> 00:22:35,458
we thank you for your efforts.

465
00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:42,750
-[Alex] Incredible.
-[Corjan] Amazing.

466
00:22:42,917 --> 00:22:44,542
[Rick] Pretty cool.

467
00:22:47,708 --> 00:22:50,583
[Narrator] The following
morning, back on Oak Island...

468
00:22:51,625 --> 00:22:53,042
-[Fiona] Hi.
-[Laird] Hello.

469
00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:55,500
This looks
quite a bit different.

470
00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:58,833
[Narrator] ...Marty returns
to Lot 5 for an update

471
00:22:59,042 --> 00:23:02,667
on the investigation of
the mysterious stone structure.

472
00:23:02,792 --> 00:23:06,292
[Fiona] Oh, you got
to check out this progress.

473
00:23:06,458 --> 00:23:08,000
Come and see. You've got
a good angle over here.

474
00:23:08,208 --> 00:23:09,833
Oh, my.

475
00:23:11,083 --> 00:23:13,167
[Fiona] The rocks are really
well stacked down below.

476
00:23:13,250 --> 00:23:14,458
They just look a bit more

477
00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:16,167
-jumbled on the top.
-[Laird] Yeah.

478
00:23:16,375 --> 00:23:18,292
What we're seeing
with the structure of the rocks

479
00:23:18,458 --> 00:23:19,625
and the, uh, direction
that they're going,

480
00:23:19,792 --> 00:23:21,667
I-I do feel
that this is a wall.

481
00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,167
-A foundation wall,
just to be clear. -Yeah,

482
00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:24,917
like a foundation wall, yeah.

483
00:23:25,083 --> 00:23:27,000
That-That's what I think.
And it's quite thick as well.

484
00:23:27,083 --> 00:23:28,583
Yeah. That, to me, looks buried.

485
00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,333
It's not natural accumulation.

486
00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:33,667
-[Marty] Oh, on purpose.
Hidden, hidden. -Yeah. Exactly.

487
00:23:33,875 --> 00:23:35,500
[Marty] It looks
pretty substantial to me.

488
00:23:35,583 --> 00:23:37,500
-[Fiona] Yeah.
-Hit-hit me upside the head

489
00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:39,333
with a 2x4,
but this is looking identical

490
00:23:39,542 --> 00:23:40,667
to what went on over there

491
00:23:40,833 --> 00:23:43,292
in the original round feature.

492
00:23:43,458 --> 00:23:45,375
-[Laird] I know. -[Fiona] That's
what we were saying.

493
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:47,417
[Laird] It does look
almost exactly as

494
00:23:47,583 --> 00:23:49,000
the original round feature did.

495
00:23:49,167 --> 00:23:51,625
And then we have
this-this rock-filled structure.

496
00:23:51,833 --> 00:23:54,500
[Marty] I mean,
this whole business on Lot 5

497
00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:57,625
started with the ring
of modern-placed rocks

498
00:23:57,792 --> 00:23:59,292
surrounding a depression

499
00:23:59,458 --> 00:24:01,375
that turned out
to be hiding something.

500
00:24:01,542 --> 00:24:04,167
And that turned into
a very, very substantial

501
00:24:04,375 --> 00:24:05,875
archaeological feature.

502
00:24:06,042 --> 00:24:08,500
Well, this is a smaller version
of the same thing.

503
00:24:08,708 --> 00:24:11,458
I mean, it's crying out
for more exploration.

504
00:24:11,625 --> 00:24:15,125
Even the construct,
at-at first initial glance,

505
00:24:15,250 --> 00:24:16,625
is very crude and very similar

506
00:24:16,792 --> 00:24:18,292
to what we have
over there as well.

507
00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:20,417
Well, but over there
you suspected

508
00:24:20,583 --> 00:24:23,167
-at least two occupations.
-Oh, definitely. Definitely.

509
00:24:23,292 --> 00:24:24,792
The later occupation
was better built

510
00:24:24,958 --> 00:24:28,625
than the earlier, and this-this
matches the-the earlier. So far.

511
00:24:28,792 --> 00:24:32,208
I wouldn't be surprised
if it was the same era.

512
00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:33,958
It's like déjà vu.

513
00:24:36,583 --> 00:24:38,667
A really good sign, Fiona.

514
00:24:42,083 --> 00:24:43,750
[Laird] It does look
almost exactly as

515
00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:46,375
the original round feature did
when we first saw it.

516
00:24:46,583 --> 00:24:48,500
[Fiona] I wouldn't be surprised
if it was the same era.

517
00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:50,458
[Narrator] On Lot 5,

518
00:24:50,625 --> 00:24:52,542
Fiona Steele
has uncovered evidence

519
00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:54,958
suggesting that
the stone feature

520
00:24:55,125 --> 00:24:58,333
previously thought
to be a 20th century well

521
00:24:58,542 --> 00:25:01,375
is a much larger structure
and may be related

522
00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:04,500
to the nearby
rounded foundation.

523
00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:06,583
That's a strange thing,

524
00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:08,500
to put a structure
this close to the ocean,

525
00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:10,458
especially back then.

526
00:25:10,583 --> 00:25:11,958
[Fiona] You know,
but I did question

527
00:25:12,125 --> 00:25:13,667
the proximity as well.

528
00:25:13,875 --> 00:25:15,667
This would be an ideal place
to put something

529
00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:18,625
if you were doing some
sort of activity that involved

530
00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:21,500
-bringing things in from boats.
-Maybe.

531
00:25:21,708 --> 00:25:23,708
[Fiona] Lot 5
is a prime location

532
00:25:23,875 --> 00:25:25,333
in the sense
that you could be hidden there.

533
00:25:25,542 --> 00:25:27,083
It's on the back end
of the island,

534
00:25:27,250 --> 00:25:29,833
closer to the shore,
and it hadn't been settled.

535
00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:31,958
So you could
easily hide a ship.

536
00:25:32,083 --> 00:25:34,083
It's not that far
from the Money Pit as well.

537
00:25:34,250 --> 00:25:36,292
I think that would be
very enticing for anybody

538
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,708
who's gonna want
to deposit treasure.

539
00:25:40,292 --> 00:25:41,542
[Marty] Old Man Winter
is breathing

540
00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:43,417
down our neck right now.

541
00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,208
We are running out of time.

542
00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:46,792
-Yeah.
-Uh...

543
00:25:46,917 --> 00:25:49,167
You know, we want to know
as much as we can.

544
00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:50,625
[Fiona] I agree. The fact that

545
00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:52,750
there could be another,
third feature on Lot 5

546
00:25:52,958 --> 00:25:54,542
I think is absolutely amazing,

547
00:25:54,708 --> 00:25:56,167
so, no, we're-we're hungry
to get at this, so...

548
00:25:56,333 --> 00:25:59,542
Okay. I know you're already
working like, you know, dynamos,

549
00:25:59,750 --> 00:26:01,958
but go to double dynamo, okay?

550
00:26:02,125 --> 00:26:03,792
-We're so excited about this.
-That was a pep talk.

551
00:26:03,958 --> 00:26:05,708
We're gonna be gre-- aggressive.

552
00:26:05,875 --> 00:26:07,333
-We're gonna really go for it.
-All right.

553
00:26:07,542 --> 00:26:09,167
Curiouser and curiouser.

554
00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:10,750
Lot of unknowns here.

555
00:26:10,875 --> 00:26:12,417
So we're gonna
let you get back to work

556
00:26:12,625 --> 00:26:15,167
-before the weather closes in.
-Thank you.

557
00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:17,542
All right, let's go for it.

558
00:26:17,708 --> 00:26:20,208
[Narrator] As work continues
on Oak Island...

559
00:26:21,250 --> 00:26:25,292
...back on the island
of Terceira in the Azores...

560
00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:26,875
[Rick] Usually,
a discussion like this

561
00:26:27,083 --> 00:26:29,333
would happen in
the war room on Oak Island.

562
00:26:29,542 --> 00:26:32,042
Alberto Silva from Porto

563
00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:35,333
is a numismatist,
a world-class coin collector.

564
00:26:36,542 --> 00:26:38,292
[Narrator] ...Rick
and members of the team

565
00:26:38,417 --> 00:26:42,500
meet with renowned Portuguese
coin expert Alberto Silva

566
00:26:42,708 --> 00:26:45,625
at the Luís da Silva Ribeiro
Public Library

567
00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:47,292
and Regional Archive.

568
00:26:47,458 --> 00:26:50,333
[Rick] Alberto has kindly
offered his services here

569
00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:52,875
to look at
the so-called Pitblado coin.

570
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,292
[Narrator] After
previous analysis

571
00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:56,917
by coin expert Sandy Campbell

572
00:26:57,083 --> 00:27:00,333
suggested that
the 14th century silver coin

573
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:01,958
was extremely rare,

574
00:27:02,125 --> 00:27:04,792
worth thousands of dollars
in today's value,

575
00:27:04,958 --> 00:27:07,792
and connected
to the Order of Christ,

576
00:27:07,958 --> 00:27:11,625
the team is eager to hear
Alberto's perspective.

577
00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:13,250
[Doug] Alberto,

578
00:27:13,417 --> 00:27:15,792
what we have here
to show you today is a coin

579
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,667
that was passed down
generation to generation,

580
00:27:18,875 --> 00:27:22,167
believing it came from
the Money Pit on Oak Island.

581
00:27:22,333 --> 00:27:25,083
And, uh, this is that coin.

582
00:27:38,167 --> 00:27:39,833
...above the shield.

583
00:27:40,042 --> 00:27:42,333
It is minted between...

584
00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:47,625
[Doug] That right there helps us

585
00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:50,083
because so far we believed

586
00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:54,417
that it was minted somewhere
between 1367 and 1383.

587
00:27:54,583 --> 00:27:56,500
So if it was minted

588
00:27:56,667 --> 00:27:58,750
no later than 1371,

589
00:27:58,958 --> 00:28:01,333
-that shortens the window...
-Yeah. A lot.

590
00:28:01,458 --> 00:28:02,875
...on the time
in which it was created.

591
00:28:09,417 --> 00:28:12,000
[Narrator] Dating back
more than 2,000 years,

592
00:28:12,167 --> 00:28:16,208
a die is a metal tool
used to stamp a specific design

593
00:28:16,417 --> 00:28:19,417
into a coin
during the minting process.

594
00:28:20,125 --> 00:28:23,542
When damaged,
coin dies were often replaced

595
00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:25,833
with new,
slightly different stamps

596
00:28:26,042 --> 00:28:28,667
in order to trace
the manufacturing of a coin

597
00:28:28,833 --> 00:28:31,667
to a specific date and time.

598
00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:35,583
Are there
many surviving examples

599
00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:37,750
of those coins?

600
00:28:41,333 --> 00:28:42,792
[Alex] Wow.

601
00:28:47,917 --> 00:28:49,208
Mm-hmm.

602
00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:05,958
[Narrator] King Ferdinand I,
who was reported to be

603
00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:08,792
a great supporter
of the Order of Christ,

604
00:29:08,958 --> 00:29:14,583
ruled Portugal from 1367
until his death in 1383.

605
00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:17,458
In 1372,

606
00:29:17,583 --> 00:29:20,000
attempting to expand his power,

607
00:29:20,208 --> 00:29:22,750
he declared war
on the Kingdom of Castile,

608
00:29:22,958 --> 00:29:25,917
which is now part
of modern-day Spain.

609
00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:28,500
The effort was unsuccessful

610
00:29:28,708 --> 00:29:32,333
and led to a series of conflicts
known as the Fernandine Wars,

611
00:29:32,542 --> 00:29:35,458
which nearly bankrupted
the royal treasury,

612
00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:38,333
caused instability
across Portugal,

613
00:29:38,542 --> 00:29:42,375
and threatened the strongholds
held by the Order of Christ.

614
00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:48,958
-Mm-hmm.
-[Doug] You're telling us that

615
00:29:49,125 --> 00:29:51,625
there was a large number
of these coins produced

616
00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:53,625
and yet there's only
about a hundred

617
00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:55,500
-known in the world.
-Yeah.

618
00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:57,583
[Alex] Because there's so few
of those, maybe there's a reason

619
00:29:57,750 --> 00:29:59,333
that, uh,
they weren't circulated.

620
00:29:59,458 --> 00:30:03,042
-Right. -Because the bulk
of them were somewhere else.

621
00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:07,042
-Okay.
-[Rick] Here's the question

622
00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,667
that we have asked ourselves

623
00:30:09,792 --> 00:30:11,083
in search of answers
to the Oak Island mystery,

624
00:30:11,250 --> 00:30:13,958
and that question is:
where are the coins?

625
00:30:14,083 --> 00:30:16,958
-Yep.
-If the treasure had been found,

626
00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:19,292
there would be more
than a hundred in circulation.

627
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,583
-That's almost a guarantee.
-Yeah, that would no longer

628
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,417
-be a rare coin.
-Exactly.

629
00:30:23,625 --> 00:30:25,750
-[Alex] Yeah.
-That means,

630
00:30:25,875 --> 00:30:27,375
if that was part
of the treasure,

631
00:30:27,542 --> 00:30:29,208
it is still in the ground.

632
00:30:29,417 --> 00:30:30,833
-Right?
-Mm-hmm.

633
00:30:31,042 --> 00:30:33,917
The story that has been
laid out here today,

634
00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:36,750
to me, is more impactful

635
00:30:36,917 --> 00:30:38,792
because the whole point
of the trip here

636
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,583
is to try to understand,

637
00:30:40,750 --> 00:30:43,750
might a treasure be associated
with the Order of Christ

638
00:30:43,917 --> 00:30:47,208
and found its way to the Azores
and thus to Oak Island?

639
00:30:47,333 --> 00:30:51,000
So, either way,
this is all good news.

640
00:30:51,208 --> 00:30:56,042
If coins of this type
are that valuable,

641
00:30:56,208 --> 00:30:58,208
then why aren't they out
in the real world?

642
00:30:58,375 --> 00:31:00,500
Why are there
less than a hundred?

643
00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:04,167
And why do we still have
a very significant source

644
00:31:04,375 --> 00:31:08,667
of silver expressed by the water
sample testing in the Money Pit?

645
00:31:08,792 --> 00:31:11,333
To me, it says definitively

646
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:14,000
that the treasure
still remains in the depths

647
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:16,292
and the confines
of the Money Pit.

648
00:31:16,458 --> 00:31:18,500
It makes the trip back
all that much more exciting

649
00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:22,292
because we have another chance,
with the last caisson,

650
00:31:22,417 --> 00:31:27,125
to perhaps find the very thing
we presented to Alberto:

651
00:31:27,250 --> 00:31:30,167
a coin of-- that might be
that significant.

652
00:31:30,333 --> 00:31:32,458
The story corroborates
the water testing,

653
00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:34,083
and the water testing
corroborates the story.

654
00:31:34,250 --> 00:31:36,000
[Rick] Correct.

655
00:31:36,167 --> 00:31:39,792
We still have a chance to find
the very thing we're discussing

656
00:31:39,958 --> 00:31:41,792
-because the caisson work
continues. -Mm-hmm.

657
00:31:41,958 --> 00:31:44,708
And having said that,
we do need to get back.

658
00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:46,208
Let's go find one
of those for ourselves.

659
00:31:46,417 --> 00:31:47,667
-[Alex] Yeah. Absolutely.
-One?

660
00:31:47,833 --> 00:31:49,458
[laughter]

661
00:31:49,625 --> 00:31:52,083
[Rick] The experience we had
in the Azores was amazing.

662
00:31:52,292 --> 00:31:54,000
It certainly has made an impact.

663
00:31:54,208 --> 00:31:56,667
And for that we say obrigado.

664
00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:58,708
Thank you, Alberto.

665
00:31:58,875 --> 00:32:00,333
-Thank you very much.
-Appreciate it.

666
00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:02,542
[Alex] It is back
to the island for us.

667
00:32:07,167 --> 00:32:09,667
♪ ♪

668
00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:13,667
[Marty] Our wandering voyagers
have returned.

669
00:32:13,833 --> 00:32:15,042
We want a download on your trip,

670
00:32:15,208 --> 00:32:16,750
what you found,
what was exciting.

671
00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:18,167
Everything. Tell us everything.

672
00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:20,750
[Alex] We went there
looking for evidence

673
00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:23,000
that treasure
passed through the Azores.

674
00:32:23,125 --> 00:32:26,833
And a logical place
to keep something safe

675
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000
before sailing to North America.

676
00:32:29,125 --> 00:32:31,208
-[Marty] Right. -There's a lot
of connections there.

677
00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:33,917
It's a logical place that you
would take something valuable.

678
00:32:34,083 --> 00:32:36,167
I 100% believe that.

679
00:32:37,542 --> 00:32:39,083
As part of our agenda,
we wanted to get a look

680
00:32:39,292 --> 00:32:41,083
at structures
constructed on Terceira

681
00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:43,375
because there were suggestions
that the technique they used

682
00:32:43,542 --> 00:32:46,208
on the island was also
used here on Oak Island.

683
00:32:46,375 --> 00:32:48,750
[Doug] It wasn't hard
to find stone walls.

684
00:32:48,875 --> 00:32:51,042
And so these are some walls.

685
00:32:54,417 --> 00:32:57,000
[Rick] There was rubble
in the wall

686
00:32:57,167 --> 00:32:59,000
that absolutely mimicked

687
00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:02,000
-Lot 26 walls.
-[Marty] Really?

688
00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:03,542
[Doug] The important thing is,
though, it could go

689
00:33:03,708 --> 00:33:06,625
all the way back to the 1400s
and perhaps earlier.

690
00:33:06,792 --> 00:33:08,167
[Alex] But the next site here

691
00:33:08,333 --> 00:33:10,500
is one that could
potentially support

692
00:33:10,667 --> 00:33:13,708
those early dates in structures
we have here on the island.

693
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:15,292
[Marty] Mm-hmm.

694
00:33:25,083 --> 00:33:28,833
It looked very similar
to the Lot 26 well.

695
00:33:29,042 --> 00:33:31,708
-[Jack] Oh, no way.
-Again, it's just a similarity,

696
00:33:31,875 --> 00:33:35,000
there's no proof,
but it's very curious.

697
00:33:36,042 --> 00:33:40,583
So, people sailed to the Azores
in at least the 1300s.

698
00:33:40,792 --> 00:33:43,000
At that time, they would have
been capable of sailing

699
00:33:43,125 --> 00:33:45,167
to North America as well.

700
00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:47,125
It's possible that these people

701
00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:49,167
could have made it
to Oak Island.

702
00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:51,708
-We brought a lot of artifacts.
-Okay.

703
00:33:51,875 --> 00:33:53,375
[Doug] This artifact was maybe
the biggest surprise.

704
00:33:53,583 --> 00:33:54,958
[Marty] Which one?

705
00:33:55,125 --> 00:33:56,708
-[Doug] The nail.
-The-the spike. The nail.

706
00:33:56,875 --> 00:33:58,583
Of all the things
we brought, this was

707
00:33:58,750 --> 00:34:01,667
the one piece that I didn't
think he equivocated about.

708
00:34:01,792 --> 00:34:04,667
[Alex] It's a nautical-type nail

709
00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:06,333
that we found on Lot 5.

710
00:34:06,542 --> 00:34:09,333
[Doug] That's the exact style
of a Portuguese nail

711
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:11,458
-that would be used
in a caravel ship. -[Peter] Yes.

712
00:34:11,625 --> 00:34:15,917
They became prominent
in Portuguese seafaring

713
00:34:16,042 --> 00:34:17,333
-in the 1300s.
-Mm-hmm.

714
00:34:17,542 --> 00:34:18,917
-Exactly.
-[Marty] All right. I like that.

715
00:34:19,042 --> 00:34:21,292
I like that a lot.

716
00:34:21,417 --> 00:34:23,208
[Doug] I want
to raise a point here

717
00:34:23,333 --> 00:34:26,333
because we talked to, uh,
a coin expert from Portugal

718
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:29,000
by the name of Alberto Silva,

719
00:34:29,125 --> 00:34:31,000
and we showed him
the Portuguese coin.

720
00:34:31,125 --> 00:34:33,833
[Rick] Alberto looked
at that coin

721
00:34:33,958 --> 00:34:37,917
and he said there are less than
a hundred of these in the world.

722
00:34:38,083 --> 00:34:39,667
[Alex] He also said

723
00:34:39,833 --> 00:34:41,583
there's way more out there.

724
00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:45,667
There's a good indication
that a lot of those were minted.

725
00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:49,042
And yet there's only a hundred
in collectors' hands today.

726
00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:51,833
-Oh, so the others are
hidden away somewhere. -Yeah.

727
00:34:51,958 --> 00:34:53,708
So, to me,
it speaks emphatically

728
00:34:53,917 --> 00:34:57,167
and-and almost definitively
that the treasure still remains

729
00:34:57,375 --> 00:34:59,167
to be found in the Money Pit.

730
00:34:59,292 --> 00:35:01,292
[Marty] I distinctly remember

731
00:35:01,417 --> 00:35:05,333
Sandy Campbell saying
it's worth about $20,000.

732
00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:07,208
That's one coin.

733
00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:10,333
If this really is
a Portuguese treasure

734
00:35:10,542 --> 00:35:13,333
and it was something
big enough to be worth

735
00:35:13,542 --> 00:35:15,208
the construction
of the Money Pit...

736
00:35:16,208 --> 00:35:17,958
...would there be
ten of them? No.

737
00:35:18,125 --> 00:35:19,875
Hundred? No. Thousand?

738
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,375
Perhaps 100,000 coins.

739
00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:23,750
So, you know,
I mean, the hope is,

740
00:35:23,875 --> 00:35:26,750
we're digging for something
worth billions.

741
00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:35,042
[Marty] Well, look,
I'm just gonna say this--

742
00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:37,250
that I-I find myself very rarely

743
00:35:37,417 --> 00:35:39,833
on the more believer side
than my brother,

744
00:35:40,042 --> 00:35:41,458
but, I mean,
it all makes sense to me.

745
00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:44,083
-Sounds like a great expedition.
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.

746
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:45,375
[Marty] All right,
we're eager to tell you

747
00:35:45,542 --> 00:35:46,875
what happened here
on the island.

748
00:35:47,042 --> 00:35:48,333
We did a lot of digging.

749
00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:50,000
I had heard a lot
about this so-called

750
00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:52,542
sand road in the swamp.

751
00:35:52,750 --> 00:35:55,000
This is not a modern road.

752
00:35:55,083 --> 00:35:56,875
I got a picture here
which made me a believer

753
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,667
because not only did Billy do
a fabulous job of excavating it,

754
00:36:01,875 --> 00:36:05,000
we also had a oxshoe nail

755
00:36:05,208 --> 00:36:06,875
from under the sand--
right, Billy--

756
00:36:07,042 --> 00:36:09,083
-but on top of the rocks.
-Right.

757
00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:12,458
[Marty] And lo and behold,
we absolutely found

758
00:36:12,583 --> 00:36:15,958
that the sand
and the structure underneath it

759
00:36:16,167 --> 00:36:18,417
was continuing up
towards Center Road.

760
00:36:18,542 --> 00:36:21,333
So that leads us to say,
maybe the path from Lot 5

761
00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,417
to Center Road was the path
up to the Money Pit.

762
00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:27,042
And if you project this road
on farther across the swamp,

763
00:36:27,208 --> 00:36:29,333
it hits what we have
now recently started

764
00:36:29,458 --> 00:36:31,167
calling the Portuguese Road.

765
00:36:31,292 --> 00:36:33,500
Basically, Steve, right,
it hits right at the base of it?

766
00:36:33,708 --> 00:36:35,000
It does. Yep.

767
00:36:35,167 --> 00:36:37,208
So it's ridiculous,
really, it's crazy.

768
00:36:37,375 --> 00:36:39,333
The other major thing...

769
00:36:39,458 --> 00:36:43,167
You know, you talk about walking
by something for 15 years.

770
00:36:43,292 --> 00:36:47,458
The so-called modern well
on Lot 5,

771
00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,417
but Laird does not think
it's a well.

772
00:36:49,583 --> 00:36:52,458
Fiona thinks that it is
a new discovery,

773
00:36:52,625 --> 00:36:56,167
but there's an extensive
archaeological search

774
00:36:56,375 --> 00:36:57,708
going on there right now.

775
00:36:57,917 --> 00:37:01,083
Those are the big digs
we did while you were gone.

776
00:37:01,250 --> 00:37:03,333
-It's a good week.
-Yeah, I think so.

777
00:37:03,417 --> 00:37:05,208
[Marty] And they were
getting ready

778
00:37:05,375 --> 00:37:07,417
to put in the last caisson
up in the Money Pit,

779
00:37:07,583 --> 00:37:09,208
-and it's about ready to go.
-[Craig] That's good news.

780
00:37:09,375 --> 00:37:12,125
-[Alex] Yeah. -[Marty] Anyway,
that's it. That's my report.

781
00:37:12,208 --> 00:37:14,000
[Rick] So, to me,

782
00:37:14,167 --> 00:37:16,833
there's always been concern
in this room

783
00:37:17,042 --> 00:37:18,583
that the treasure
had been found.

784
00:37:21,417 --> 00:37:23,500
But you think about it,
if this really is

785
00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:26,125
a treasure coin from
the depths of the Money Pit,

786
00:37:26,333 --> 00:37:27,792
then where are they?

787
00:37:30,333 --> 00:37:32,750
-[Marty] The Money Pit.
-In the Money Pit.

788
00:37:33,875 --> 00:37:35,333
That shows it, right?

789
00:37:36,542 --> 00:37:37,750
[Marty] Well,
let's go find something

790
00:37:37,917 --> 00:37:39,792
very special.

791
00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:41,583
The sky's the limit.

792
00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:43,958
-Let's go look.
-[Craig] All right, okay.

793
00:37:45,375 --> 00:37:47,375
[Marty] Let's get to work.

794
00:37:51,083 --> 00:37:52,875
[Terry] In the heart
of the Money Pit.

795
00:37:53,042 --> 00:37:54,167
[Steve] Hey, Rick.

796
00:37:54,375 --> 00:37:56,500
-Hey.
-[Peter] Hey.

797
00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,667
-New hole, fresh start?
-Fresh start.

798
00:37:58,833 --> 00:38:00,708
[Narrator] In the Money Pit
area,

799
00:38:00,875 --> 00:38:04,958
Rick arrives as representatives
from SB Canada and ROC Equipment

800
00:38:05,042 --> 00:38:06,750
are about to break ground

801
00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:11,417
on the team's final shaft
of the year-- Money Pit-1.

802
00:38:11,583 --> 00:38:13,500
[Peter] This last hole--
Money Pit-1--

803
00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:15,875
might be one of the best chances

804
00:38:16,042 --> 00:38:19,500
to get deep in an area where
we haven't explored at depth.

805
00:38:19,625 --> 00:38:21,833
So, Steve,
can you put us on the map?

806
00:38:22,042 --> 00:38:24,583
Yes, we're dead center
between these three caissons.

807
00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:26,333
And that's where
we've had all the success--

808
00:38:26,417 --> 00:38:28,042
the bottom
of the solution channel,

809
00:38:28,208 --> 00:38:30,125
where it's showing
signs of silver.

810
00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:31,792
And we're not far
from those areas.

811
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:36,500
[Narrator] The MP-1 shaft
is located

812
00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:39,417
less than ten feet
from the Karma-1

813
00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:43,875
and Top Pocket Find shafts
that were dug several weeks ago.

814
00:38:44,042 --> 00:38:46,417
During those excavations,

815
00:38:46,625 --> 00:38:49,458
where the highest traces
of silver have been detected

816
00:38:49,667 --> 00:38:52,250
more than 200 feet deep
in the solution channel,

817
00:38:52,458 --> 00:38:55,417
artifacts and pieces of wood

818
00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:58,000
that may have been related
to the original Money Pit

819
00:38:58,125 --> 00:39:00,000
were brought to the surface.

820
00:39:00,125 --> 00:39:01,875
This is a very good location.

821
00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:05,167
We have-- stand every
good chance to be successful.

822
00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:08,042
-Yep.
-We don't want metal finds.

823
00:39:08,208 --> 00:39:10,542
We want to find treasure.

824
00:39:10,708 --> 00:39:12,958
-Oh, yeah.
-And answers to the mystery.

825
00:39:13,125 --> 00:39:16,000
-Brilliant. -If we're gonna
find the treasure, to me,

826
00:39:16,167 --> 00:39:18,458
-this is our best chance.
-I hope you got your boots on,

827
00:39:18,583 --> 00:39:22,167
Rick, 'cause we're gonna be
knee-deep in artifacts.

828
00:39:22,375 --> 00:39:24,000
Everything we found this year,

829
00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:26,250
everything we found
in all the previous years

830
00:39:26,417 --> 00:39:30,333
indicates that this
could be the spot

831
00:39:30,458 --> 00:39:33,458
where the treasure fell
into the solution channel.

832
00:39:33,625 --> 00:39:36,167
This is our last caisson
this year

833
00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:38,667
but also the best shot.

834
00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:40,458
What say you guys?

835
00:39:40,625 --> 00:39:41,875
-Hey.
-This looking like a good spot?

836
00:39:42,042 --> 00:39:43,458
-It is.
-I love it.

837
00:39:43,583 --> 00:39:45,417
Wouldn't be anywhere else

838
00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:48,375
but right here,
going through Money Pit spoils.

839
00:39:48,542 --> 00:39:50,167
-You're having fun.
-Oh, it's brilliant.

840
00:39:50,333 --> 00:39:51,583
[laughs]

841
00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:53,542
[Rick] We have silver
in the water

842
00:39:53,708 --> 00:39:57,833
that is consistent with
the 14th century Portuguese coin

843
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,542
that almost certainly
came from the Money Pit.

844
00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:05,833
I think we are building
a very excellent case

845
00:40:06,042 --> 00:40:08,625
that old-world treasure

846
00:40:08,792 --> 00:40:12,958
that is deemed to be at depth
in the Money Pit is still there.

847
00:40:13,125 --> 00:40:14,625
And now, in MP-1,

848
00:40:14,792 --> 00:40:17,792
we are on the cusp
of proving it to the most--

849
00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,000
how shall we say--
hardened skeptic.

850
00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:23,583
I really want to know
what's way down deep.

851
00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:25,583
[Terry] Here we go. Showtime.

852
00:40:27,375 --> 00:40:28,917
[Rick] Marty has said many times

853
00:40:29,125 --> 00:40:31,500
that the story of Oak Island
started in the Money Pit

854
00:40:31,708 --> 00:40:33,167
and it will end
in the Money Pit.

855
00:40:33,333 --> 00:40:35,250
Why not name it Money Pit-1?

856
00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:37,000
Let's find this.

857
00:40:37,208 --> 00:40:39,000
[Gary] Ooh, I like the look
of that material.

858
00:40:39,167 --> 00:40:40,542
Treasure on deck.

859
00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:42,167
-[Billy] Yep.
-Let's get stuck in.

860
00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:44,000
[Marty] I'll go join 'em
for luck.

861
00:40:44,167 --> 00:40:46,083
[Alex] Okay.

862
00:40:46,250 --> 00:40:47,583
[Rick] Keep
your fingers crossed.

863
00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:50,000
[Narrator] So far this year,

864
00:40:50,083 --> 00:40:53,250
the team has unearthed
discoveries on Oak Island

865
00:40:53,375 --> 00:40:57,125
and made revelations
across the ocean

866
00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:01,250
that suggest a valuable
and potentially sacred treasure

867
00:41:01,458 --> 00:41:04,083
was buried long ago
in the Money Pit.

868
00:41:06,250 --> 00:41:08,833
Now they are digging

869
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,833
where all of this
compelling evidence is pointing.

870
00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:15,500
Others have searched here

871
00:41:15,667 --> 00:41:18,333
only to be thwarted by forces

872
00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:21,208
that are perhaps beyond nature.

873
00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:23,958
But for the Laginas
and their team...

874
00:41:25,042 --> 00:41:28,708
...a different destiny
may be waiting...

875
00:41:30,917 --> 00:41:32,125
...below.

876
00:41:34,375 --> 00:41:37,167
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