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Whatever this is,
it's been here a while.
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Ooh!
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It's an old ax‐head.
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This ax could be a weapon.
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That samplecame out to be 1741.
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Whoa. What the hell
does that fit with?
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The raidson Fortress Louisbourg.
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Rick, look at this one.
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A drain system.
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Looks like flood tunnel
or box drains.
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Whoa!
‐Whoa. We're uncovering
something here
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that people haven't seen
for hundreds of years.
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There is an islandin the North Atlantic
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where people have been lookingfor an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have founda stone slab
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with strange symbolscarved into it,
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mysterious fragmentsof human bone,
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and a lead crosswhose origin may stretch back
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to the daysof the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have diedtrying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasurecan be found.
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Let's see what we've got.
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There's a lot of water in here.
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There certainly is.
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In the aftermathof a powerful hurricane
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which hit Oak Islandand the surrounding region
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with windsof nearly 100 miles per hour,
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downing trees
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and causing structural damageacross the island,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
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are eagerly tryingto put their search efforts
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back on track.
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Our excavation area was full,
but we're making headway.
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I think
we're still in good shape.
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I think we are, yep.
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Hurricane Dorianalso completely filled
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the recently drained swampwith ocean water,
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thwarting the team's effortsto investigate
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the mysteriousstone‐paved pathway
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that was discoveredearlier this year.
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After the extensivepumping we did,
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we are currently backto square one in the swamp.
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That's problematic.We've got to drain it
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as quickly as we can
and hope the weather holds.
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Just looking at it, Scott,
I think that, you know,
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it‐it's gonna be wet
no matter how long we wait.
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So, I think
we're just gonna have
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to let this settle out
and‐and pump down.
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I'd say, two to three days
before we get in here.
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‐A day or two will make
a big difference here.
‐Yep.
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But the real impact
is gonna be this place, really.
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- ‐That paved area.
- That's right.
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So this is critical.
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If we can get this dry
to the point where we can
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at least investigate
a ten by 20 area,
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come to some understanding
of what it may or may not be,
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whether it's natural
or artificial.
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I agree with that.
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Every day is a new day.
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Do what we canand move forward.
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Yep.
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Later that same day,
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as the pumping operation at theOak Island swamp continues...
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- Hey. Hey, Craig.- Hey, Craig.
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- Hello, mate.- Hey, guys.
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...Rick and Martygather with other members
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of their team for an importantmeeting in the war room.
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Joining themvia videoconference
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is Rick and Marty's partnerCraig Tester.
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Okay. So, you know, today
is Marty's favorite day.
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‐Yep.
‐It's about science
and getting results.
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Um, Craig has some
very interesting results,
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about our work
in Smith's Cove.
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And it's about dendrochronology,
which I'm hoping
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that there'll be some really
definitive answers here.
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‐Yeah.
‐Yeah.
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Billy!
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We want to get a piece
of dendro off of it
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for dendro testing.
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One week ago,after fully exposing
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a mysterious log structurein what has become known
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as the bump‐out area,
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the team obtaineda large sample to be tested
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through a process knownas dendrochronology...
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‐Perfect!
‐There you go.
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...which analyzesgrowth rings on wood
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in an effort to determinenot only the age of a tree
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but also when it was cutfor use in construction.
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It was this processthat determined
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that the wooden slipwayunearthed last year
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was most likely built in 1769,nearly three decades
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before the discovery ofthe original Money Pit in 1795.
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Now that the teamhas discovered
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an additional structure,they are eager to find out
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if it could have been builtduring the same period
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or perhaps even earlier.
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Fill us in and make us happy.
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Okay. Well, we hadone sample that we,
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sent to, Colin Laroque
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to do the dendrochronology.
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He said it's a, red spruce.
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Um...
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It's a little head‐scratcher.
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‐
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1741.
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- ‐Whoa.
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1741?
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Is it possiblethat the structure was built
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more than two decadesbefore the nearby slipway?
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Knock me upside the head
with a fish.
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: I mean, you know,
it's just amazing.
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It's amazing. 1741 now?
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I'm surprised.
I thought the‐the date
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would be contemporaneous
with the U‐shaped structure.
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I really did.
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In 1741,
there was virtually nobody.
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You know, if you look
at the foundings of these towns,
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none of them are that old.
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What was going on here in 1741?
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Accordingto historical records,
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prior to 1795, Oak Islandwas virtually uninhabited.
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Other than its occasional useby local farmers,
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who would ferry livestockover to the island
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so that they could grazewithout the need of fences,
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there wereno reported activities
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that would require anythingas elaborate as a large slipway
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or loading dock.
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Could it be that this logstructure was built
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by the same mysterious visitorswho constructed the Money Pit,
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perhaps for the purpose ofunloading and burying something
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of great importanceon the island?
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‐I like those 1700s.
‐Whoa, though.
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What the hell
does that fit with?
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‐It's pushing it back
further in time.
Wow.
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- What was happening here in '41?
- Not a lot, right?
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Well, there were the raids
on Fortress Louisbourg.
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They‐they lost Fortress
Louisbourg to the British
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before 1746.
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So, I mean, we could look closer
at those dates,
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‐because maybe the French
had a need to hide something.
‐Yeah.
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Chipp Reid, who was a military
historian, felt so, right?
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- ‐Yeah.
- Yeah.
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Earlier this year,
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naval historian and authorChipp Reid
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presented Rick, Marty,Craig and the team
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with an astonishing theory.
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One suggestingthat the incredible structures
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uncovered at Smith's Covecould be connected
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to an early 18th‐centuryFrench fort
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located some 300 milesnortheast of Oak Island
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and which containedsimilar features and tunnels.
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If we look at these structures,
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I don't know if this structure
looks familiar in any way.
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Well, that's
the L‐shaped structure.
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Yeah.
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It was Chipp Reid's belief
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that the French, whilepreparing for a British siege
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on Louisbourg in 1745,
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might have secretly moveda vast fortune
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in gold and richesto Oak Island for safekeeping.
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A fortune which,following their defeat,
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was never recovered.
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Could Craig Tester's news,that the wood sample
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dates back as far as the 1740s,provide scientific evidence
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that Chipp Reid's theorymight be true?
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So, I think a trip
to Fort Louisbourg can help us
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try to come to an understanding
of what may have happened here.
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Yeah. That's what I'm thinking.
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So, the bump‐out was a success.
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We'd never have known this date.
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‐That's true.
‐Never had guessed that.
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Yeah.
‐Yep.
Yeah.
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I mean, this is certainly
the absolute
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earliest date we've ever had
regarding any activity,
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other than the cross.
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Somebody can drop a coin
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‐from a long time ago,
but nobody dropped that log.
‐Exactly.
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‐Exactly.
‐And it didn't fall down
by itself
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and dig itself five feet
in the ground, either.
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I've always said
you have to look backwards
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in order to move forward, but
we keep going deeper and deeper
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- ‐in the weeds.
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I like it, okay?
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Because, remember, when we first
stepped foot on here, I said,
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"Find me concrete evidence
of substantial human activity."
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I said underground, but if you
take the word underground out,
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prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit, you know what?
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You did it.
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Something rather massive
happened here, at least in 1741.
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For me, that's a big deal.
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For the longest time I thoughtmaybe nothing happened here
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prior to 1795.
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I think it was a success,
the way I look at it,
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because we got good data.
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And I'm happy that he thinks
it was a success.
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- ‐As deluded as he might be.
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Let's deal with it, try and put
it in context and move forward.
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Let's go.
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Yeah, see you, Craig.
Thank you.
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As a new day beginson Oak Island,
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and as the teamcontinues their efforts
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to re‐drain the swamp...
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We've got a nice day
for the visit.
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It's beautiful.
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...Rick Laginaand historian Doug Crowell
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are traveling some 300 milesnortheast of Oak Island
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to the townof Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.
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They are eagerto explore firsthand
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the 18th centuryFrench fortress which,
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according to naval historianand author Chipp Reid,
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has a direct connectionto Oak Island
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and its 225‐year‐oldtreasure mystery.
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If there was French involvement
on Oak Island,
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here we have some examples of
their engineering underground.
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At the time the Frenchhad completed construction
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of the fortressat Louisbourg in 1740,
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it was considered a monument
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to 18th centurymilitary engineering,
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with over two milesof stone walls
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which were built as much as 30feet high and eight feet thick.
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But perhaps oneof the installation's
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most compelling features
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is the vast networkof secret tunnels
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that were constructedbeneath it,
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tunnels which Rick and Dougbelieve may contain
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designor construction similarities
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to those found on Oak Island.
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We now have two structureson the island that
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were quite laborious in terms
of their construct, right?
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Louisbourg‐‐
wasn't it started in 1713
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and then it falls in 1745?
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Well, when you look at the dates
that we got
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through dendrochronology
this year,
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like the, the end
of the wharf area,
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the end of the slipway,
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dating to 1741,
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you're right in the heyday
of Louisbourg.
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In fact,
I believe it was,
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Jean‐Baptiste
de La Rochefoucauld,
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‐the Duc D'Anville.
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It was my understanding
that's where
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the duc d'Anville is buried.
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That's interesting.
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It is.
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In 1746,
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one year after Louisbourg fellto British military forces,
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the French senta massive armada to Nova Scotia
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in an attempt to seize backtheir conquered fortress.
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Led by the duc d'Anville,
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a member of the sameRochefoucauld family
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that boasted direct tiesto the Knights Templar,
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the 97‐ship fleetwas reportedly carrying
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a treasure in gold and jewels,
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presumably in orderto finance a local army.
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Unfortunately,
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before the ambitious operationcould be carried out,
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a series of severe stormsdelayed and plagued
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the doomed mission.
262
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Typhus and scurvyquickly spread
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among the soldiers and sailor,
264
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causing hundreds to die at se,
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including the duc d'Anvillehimself.
266
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I found eight pages of
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what looks like a ship's log.
268
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According toa recently discovered journal,
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the duke's crew,after his death,
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was able to hidethe treasure he was carrying
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on a wooded islandin Mahone Bay,
272
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in hopes of keeping it outof the hands of the British.
273
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"It has been agreed
that a deep pit be dug.
274
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"The pit to have
a secret entrance
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by a tunnel from the shore."
276
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I mean,
a great quantity of treasure,
277
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and‐and that‐‐
they appear to be in this bay.
278
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I mean, it fits in every aspect.
279
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Exactly.
280
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Could it be
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that the surviving membersof the duc d'Anville's mission
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chose Oak Islandnot by accident
283
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but because they knewthat a vast treasure vault
284
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had already been built there,
285
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one that was establishedcenturies earlier by members
286
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of the Knights Templar?
287
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Louisbourg is
a fascinating place,
288
00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:14,043
and there's
incredible history there.
289
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Duc D'Anville is buried there,
290
00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:20,425
who may be partof a hypothetical reason
291
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as to what was done hereon Oak Island.
292
00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:25,054
I mean, we're not that far away.
293
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I look forward to just‐‐
actually just seeing it.
294
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Yes.
295
00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,685
I hope there's
some answers here.
296
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- ‐That's my hope.
- Yeah.
297
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As Rick and Doug continuetheir journey to Louisbourg...
298
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All right, here's Lot 27.
299
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Yup.
300
00:13:40,445 --> 00:13:42,530
...Jack Begley, Peter Fornett,
301
00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:45,491
and metal detection expertGary Drayton
302
00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:49,829
continue to search for clueson Oak Island's Lot 27.
303
00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,206
All right, mate.
I've got my magic wand.
304
00:13:52,206 --> 00:13:53,166
Let's make some magic.
305
00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:58,379
Look at that!
Look at the size of that.
306
00:13:58,379 --> 00:13:59,589
That's chunky.
307
00:13:59,589 --> 00:14:02,508
Yeah. An hefty chisel.
308
00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:06,095
It was on this same lot,seven weeks ago,
309
00:14:06,095 --> 00:14:07,638
that Gary, Jack, and Peter
310
00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:09,932
discovered what waslater identified
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00:14:09,932 --> 00:14:12,351
as an ancient chisel‐‐
312
00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:15,480
a chisel that Gary believescould be connected
313
00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,732
to the 14th centurytunneling tools,
314
00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:21,694
known as swages,that were found on Lot 21.
315
00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:24,989
Because the recent hurricanebattered and stirred up
316
00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:26,532
the island's surface,
317
00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,535
Gary is eagerto search the area once again,
318
00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:32,163
in the hopes of findingany newly exposed clues
319
00:14:32,163 --> 00:14:34,373
or valuable artifacts.
320
00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:36,167
All right, here's
a good place to start.
321
00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:37,668
Okay.
322
00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:41,589
We're here to find
some good stuff.
323
00:14:46,094 --> 00:14:50,056
Nothing in here.
324
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,310
You don't want
to go for it?
No.
325
00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:58,356
Not feeling any love
at the moment.
326
00:14:59,982 --> 00:15:01,359
- Got something?
- Yeah.
327
00:15:01,359 --> 00:15:03,736
This is a nice
repeatable signal.
328
00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:06,781
‐
‐Got to dig that, mate.
329
00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:12,537
It's out.
330
00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:22,004
Whatever it is, it's out.
331
00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,092
‐
‐Ooh.
332
00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:28,469
It's in me hand.
333
00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:30,805
What have we got here?
334
00:15:30,805 --> 00:15:33,307
That is nice.
335
00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:35,768
‐A bit of cut lead.
‐
336
00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:39,480
It's always good when you find
cut lead on old sites.
337
00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,607
Let's have a gander.
338
00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,860
What's that little knob for?
339
00:15:43,860 --> 00:15:45,486
Yeah, that little knob
reminds me of a sprue.
340
00:15:45,486 --> 00:15:47,864
When they make musket balls,
341
00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:50,616
they would pour 'em in a mold,
342
00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:52,827
and then they would snip
all the musket balls off
343
00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:55,872
on the line, and this
would've just got thrown away.
344
00:15:55,872 --> 00:15:56,998
- ‐‐
- It's old.
345
00:15:56,998 --> 00:15:59,125
It's 17s, early 1800s.
346
00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:02,712
A musket ball?
347
00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:06,257
Dating as far backas the 1700s?
348
00:16:06,257 --> 00:16:08,217
Is it possiblethat the team has just found
349
00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:10,553
another pieceof physical evidence
350
00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:13,639
supporting Chipp Reid's theoryabout the French military
351
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:18,477
burying treasure on Oak Islandin the early 1740s?
352
00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:21,814
Maybe there was some sort
of military force on Oak Island.
353
00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:23,900
We know thatthere were French here,
354
00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,444
so maybe we'll find more
evidence in the area
355
00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:28,821
to be able to pin down
exactly who it was.
356
00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:31,407
All right, chaps.
Let's see what's on the beach.
357
00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:34,202
Okay. We will follow you.
358
00:16:34,202 --> 00:16:36,829
Nice, low tide.
359
00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:39,040
There's a lotof the lower beach exposed.
360
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,499
This looks good.
361
00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:42,877
I'm gonna start
zigzagging down here.
362
00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:57,016
‐Just there.
‐That sounds fairly good.
363
00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,309
Yep. Just there.
364
00:16:58,309 --> 00:17:00,061
Yeah.
It doesn't sound too bad.
365
00:17:02,939 --> 00:17:05,900
Whatever this is,
it's been here a while.
366
00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:07,777
Yep.
367
00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:09,612
You got that right, Jack.
That deep?
368
00:17:09,612 --> 00:17:11,781
That's gone undetected.
369
00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:13,282
- A lot of rust.
- Ooh.
370
00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:14,867
I like the look of that.
371
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:18,788
Take it real easy, mate.
My God.
372
00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:20,331
I like the look of this.
373
00:17:20,331 --> 00:17:22,291
Look.
You see what I'm seeing?
374
00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:24,710
I'm gonna have to get down
and dirty on this one, mate.
375
00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:25,795
All right.
376
00:17:25,795 --> 00:17:28,297
Let's scrape some stuff off.
377
00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:31,425
This could be a good one.
378
00:17:33,344 --> 00:17:35,304
Watch your fingers.
It could be sharp.
379
00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:37,598
‐Look at that.
‐Yeah.
380
00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:38,766
What the heck is that?
381
00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:40,434
Is that it?
382
00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:42,478
Wow.
383
00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:45,106
It's an encrusted conglomerate.
384
00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:46,983
So, there's something
inside of that mass?
385
00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:49,652
Yeah.
That's nice.
386
00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:51,612
And who knows what's in this?
387
00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,289
What's that?
It's just a big
conglomerate.
388
00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:03,457
‐
It could be anything
in there.
389
00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:05,376
While exploringthe beach on Lot 27,
390
00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:07,712
metal detection expertGary Drayton,
391
00:18:07,712 --> 00:18:10,381
along with Jack Begleyand Peter Fornetti,
392
00:18:10,381 --> 00:18:13,634
have just made what could bean important discovery.
393
00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:16,554
You never know what's in
something like this.
394
00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:19,098
That's why it's called
an encrusted object.
395
00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,601
And what happens is,
in a saltwater environment,
396
00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:23,728
all the sand and the shells,
397
00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:26,939
they become encrusted
onto the piece of iron.
398
00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:29,650
The salvage guys love these
on the shipwrecks,
399
00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:34,488
because they bring 'em up,
and they find gold and silver,
400
00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:38,409
mainly coins, attached
to the iron object.
401
00:18:38,409 --> 00:18:41,454
And that looks to me
like an artifact.
402
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,456
Look.
I can see the shape of it.
403
00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:44,957
- ‐That's an old ax.
- Ax. ‐
404
00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:47,084
And that could be
an old ax, as well.
405
00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:48,377
And you know what?
406
00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:50,463
Yeah.
407
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:54,884
‐This could be either
a tool or a weapon.
‐
408
00:18:54,884 --> 00:18:56,135
‐And you're right, it goes...
‐Yeah.
409
00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,219
‐Yeah, it's an old ax‐head.
‐Look at that.
410
00:18:57,219 --> 00:18:58,220
‐Wow.
‐Yeah, and that looks
411
00:18:58,220 --> 00:18:59,805
like an oldie, as well.
412
00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:02,433
This is 1700s, baby.
413
00:19:02,433 --> 00:19:05,728
- ‐Could it be older than 1700?
- It really could.
414
00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:07,855
This could be older than 1700s.
415
00:19:07,855 --> 00:19:12,109
‐Could be, for example,
a ship's rigging ax.
‐Yeah.
416
00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:14,111
A rigging ax?
417
00:19:14,111 --> 00:19:16,405
Dating backto the early 18th century,
418
00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:18,032
or even older?
419
00:19:18,032 --> 00:19:21,827
Commonly kept on boardlarge sailing vessels,
420
00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:25,122
a rigging ax was usedfor everyday maintenance
421
00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:27,124
and safety while at sea,
422
00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:29,043
as well asto gather new materials
423
00:19:29,043 --> 00:19:31,337
for construction when ashore.
424
00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:34,048
Could this rigging axbe evidence of a ship
425
00:19:34,048 --> 00:19:35,800
landing on the island prior
426
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,928
to the Money Pit's discoveryin 1795?
427
00:19:38,928 --> 00:19:42,765
If so, could it be connectedto the massive wooden wharf
428
00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:45,101
recently unearthedat Smith's Cove,
429
00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:46,727
which wasscientifically proven
430
00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:50,398
to have been built in 1741?
431
00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,067
That's nice.
432
00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:54,819
‐Let's stick her
in the bag, mate.
‐Yeah.
433
00:19:55,945 --> 00:19:58,322
All right. Awesome.
434
00:19:58,322 --> 00:19:59,824
Let's keep moving.
435
00:19:59,824 --> 00:20:02,118
As Gary, Jack, and Peter
436
00:20:02,118 --> 00:20:05,454
continue their searchfor artifacts on Lot 27...
437
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:12,420
...some 300 miles northeastof Oak Island...
438
00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:13,838
Pretty impressive.
439
00:20:13,838 --> 00:20:17,299
...Rick Laginaand historian Doug Crowell
440
00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:18,634
arrive in the townof Louisbourg
441
00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:20,261
to visit the siteof what was once
442
00:20:20,261 --> 00:20:22,430
a French military fortress.
443
00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:24,098
Hey, Sarah!
444
00:20:24,098 --> 00:20:25,641
Hello.
445
00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:26,726
Good to meet you in person.
446
00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:27,810
Great to meet you
in person, too.
447
00:20:27,810 --> 00:20:29,103
Welcome to
the Fortress of Louisbourg
448
00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:31,105
National Historic Site.
449
00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:33,649
Assisting Rickand Doug in their investigation
450
00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,359
is historian Sarah MacInnes.
451
00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:36,277
It's a beautiful edifice.
452
00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:38,112
It's just...
453
00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:39,989
awe‐inspiring.It's absolutely stunning.
454
00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:41,699
It's really, really,phenomenally gorgeous.
455
00:20:41,699 --> 00:20:43,492
- Yes.- Yeah.
456
00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:45,661
And what you see hereis actually only one‐fifth
457
00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:48,456
of what it originally wasin the 18th century.
458
00:20:48,456 --> 00:20:49,957
Wow.
459
00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:52,001
Sarah, we have,
460
00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:52,960
some questions that
we're trying to answer
461
00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,754
on the island.
462
00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:57,089
Over the last couple years,
we've uncovered some structures.
463
00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:59,925
‐‐
‐And we've had
a naval historian tell us
464
00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:03,220
that perhaps they're
temporary siege works, of sorts.
465
00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:05,181
So, we were hoping perhaps
we'd find something
466
00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:07,641
of a similar nature here.
467
00:21:07,641 --> 00:21:10,269
‐And we understand you have
some tunnels under the fort.
‐‐
468
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:13,939
And tunnels under... underground
are of big interest to us.
469
00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:16,817
And we're hoping to find
something that might be similar.
470
00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:18,152
Well, hopefully, we can find
some answers for you.
471
00:21:18,152 --> 00:21:20,154
That'd be great.
472
00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,031
‐That'd be fantastic.
‐You know what I'd love
to do first,
473
00:21:22,031 --> 00:21:23,908
though? I'd love to see where
the duc d'Anville is buried.
474
00:21:23,908 --> 00:21:26,327
‐All right,
let's go see him first.
‐All right.
475
00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:27,745
These people,
476
00:21:27,745 --> 00:21:29,622
long ago, were committed
477
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:31,582
to building thison such a large scale.
478
00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:33,751
They did itbecause they had to,
479
00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:36,796
and that's the key enigmaof Oak Island.
480
00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:38,297
Sometimes you think,
481
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,049
you know,
they couldn't have gone down
482
00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:41,842
to the bedrock
in the Money Pit area.
483
00:21:41,842 --> 00:21:43,427
They couldn't have tunneled
to Smith's Cove.
484
00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:45,721
And then you look at this,and you realize
485
00:21:45,721 --> 00:21:47,890
it is possible.
486
00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:49,934
We'll go into the chapel now.
487
00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,977
This is where the duc d'Anville
has been buried.
488
00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,813
Wow.
489
00:21:55,356 --> 00:21:57,483
In 1749,
490
00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:59,527
after Louisbourg was returned
to the French,
491
00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:01,654
the English took
the duc d'Anville,
492
00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:04,365
who was previously buried
in what's now Halifax Harbour,
493
00:22:04,365 --> 00:22:06,367
and sent his remains here.
494
00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:08,661
And they were interred
under the altar of the chapel.
495
00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:15,334
"De la Rochefoucauld"
is the last word.
496
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:18,462
The Rochefoucauld family has
been of interest to us
497
00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:21,507
the last couple of years
because of some other documents
498
00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:23,551
we've been looking at
on the island. We're tracing
499
00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:25,135
some possibilities
that that family
500
00:22:25,135 --> 00:22:27,221
may have had some
of the answers
501
00:22:27,221 --> 00:22:29,557
‐for which we seek.
‐
502
00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:32,643
Not only wasthe duc d'Anville a member
503
00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:34,895
of the Rochefoucauld family,which, in turn,
504
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:38,482
had close associates withmembers of the Knights Templar,
505
00:22:38,482 --> 00:22:41,735
but the name Rochefoucauldis also featured
506
00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:45,865
on a mysterious14th century map of Oak Island.
507
00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:48,242
Given to Rick Laginaby his close friend,
508
00:22:48,242 --> 00:22:51,245
the late author and researcherZena Halpern,
509
00:22:51,245 --> 00:22:54,707
it is one of three maps thatwere found in an ancient book
510
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:57,084
and which suggestthat the Rochefoucaulds were,
511
00:22:57,084 --> 00:23:01,422
in some way, directly connectedto the Oak Island mystery.
512
00:23:01,422 --> 00:23:04,800
So, is there a crypt
beneath here that is accessible?
513
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,176
Yeah. It's not a crypt
514
00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:08,012
as, many people
would think of it,
515
00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:10,306
but there are a number of
burials underneath the chapel.
516
00:23:10,306 --> 00:23:11,807
One of the things we were
517
00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:14,852
hoping to find or see‐‐
some original works,
518
00:23:14,852 --> 00:23:17,104
so that we could see it
as it was built in the time.
519
00:23:17,104 --> 00:23:18,731
Is there anything
like that here?
520
00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:20,274
Definitely. Yeah.
‐That'd be great.
521
00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:22,026
Let's go.
522
00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:28,282
So, the casemates were
constructed to protect civilians
523
00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:30,284
during times of war.
524
00:23:30,284 --> 00:23:32,119
And they were
one of the only structures
525
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,080
that remained standing
after the British destroyed
526
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,126
the Fortress of Louisbourg
between 1760 and 1768.
527
00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:40,586
So, these are the ones.
528
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,630
You can get an idea
of the construction.
529
00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:44,465
Rick.
530
00:23:44,465 --> 00:23:45,716
Come look at this one.
531
00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:48,969
What's your impression of that?
532
00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:54,892
A drain system.
533
00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:57,811
Yeah, that's what
caught my eye, Rick.
534
00:23:57,811 --> 00:23:59,688
Look at that.
535
00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,148
Look at that.
536
00:24:01,148 --> 00:24:03,192
Yeah.
537
00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:08,238
Now, we were talking earlier
about controlling the water.
538
00:24:08,238 --> 00:24:10,908
It goes into the dry moat.
539
00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:13,577
A stone drain system?
540
00:24:13,577 --> 00:24:15,120
Could Rick and Doug be looking
541
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:17,665
at the same kindof water‐flow system
542
00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,917
that the Oak Island teamhas found evidence of
543
00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:23,087
over the past three yearsat Smith's Cove?
544
00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:27,633
A water‐flow system knownas a French drain.
545
00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:30,302
It's certainly one way to run
water off, that's for sure.
546
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:31,845
This is very cool.
547
00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:33,389
I can't wait to see
what you show us next.
548
00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,142
All right. Let's go look
at that fortification
549
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,727
- ‐that you were wondering about.
- Excellent.
550
00:24:38,727 --> 00:24:41,772
I just found it
exceedingly strange
551
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:46,443
that the‐the drain systemin the original fortifications,
552
00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:49,363
they certainly havean appearance
553
00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:53,492
of some of the structuresthat we saw in Smith's Cove.
554
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:57,204
I just found that
more than interesting.
555
00:24:57,204 --> 00:24:59,665
So, the countermine tunnel
was constructed
556
00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:01,959
as a means of defending
the fortress.
557
00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:05,004
So, it's that red door
down there.
558
00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:06,797
It was made so that it could be
filled with powder,
559
00:25:06,797 --> 00:25:08,465
and if the enemies
were approaching,
560
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:11,802
the powder could explode
and cut off enemy attack.
561
00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:19,476
Dating back as earlyas the ninth century BC,
562
00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:22,229
countermines were a kindof defensive tunnel
563
00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:24,356
commonly utilized in warfare
564
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:27,192
for the purposeof preventing enemy attempts
565
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:30,779
to dig beneath wallsor other fortifications.
566
00:25:30,779 --> 00:25:33,532
These countermine tunnelswould often be rigged
567
00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,827
with booby traps,such as explosive powder.
568
00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:38,996
Unfortunately, we can't go in
569
00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:41,081
because it's home
to a bat colony right now,
570
00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:43,584
but one neat thing about
the countermine tunnel
571
00:25:43,584 --> 00:25:45,878
is that it's one of the only
features that's still
572
00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:49,548
in the same condition that
it was from the 18th century.
573
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:52,551
It was never destroyed, and it
hasn't been reconstructed.
574
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,720
- ‐So it's stuck in time.
- Really?
575
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,181
It's a lot of work,
when you think about it,
576
00:25:57,181 --> 00:25:59,099
because the land's
really marshy.
577
00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:00,684
It's a good ways out.
578
00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:03,812
So, underground then,
when they built it,
579
00:26:03,812 --> 00:26:05,981
they had to have a way
to manipulate the water?
580
00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:07,149
They had to deal
with that, yeah.
581
00:26:07,149 --> 00:26:08,942
A tunnel?
582
00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:12,571
One that was builtthrough a marshy waterway?
583
00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:15,240
Could it be that the sameengineering knowledge
584
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,242
used to buildthe countermine tunnel
585
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,328
in the surrounding swampat Louisbourg
586
00:26:19,328 --> 00:26:21,705
was also employedin the construction
587
00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:23,499
of Oak Island'selaborate network
588
00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,501
of booby‐trapped flood tunnel?
589
00:26:25,501 --> 00:26:27,795
It's what we're
constantly amazed at
590
00:26:27,795 --> 00:26:29,338
on the work
on Oak Island, right?
591
00:26:29,338 --> 00:26:31,173
All the tunneling,
all the shafts.
592
00:26:31,173 --> 00:26:33,675
I mean, the amount of work.
You know, a tunnel is a tunnel.
593
00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:36,011
Digging underground
is digging underground.
594
00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,930
It'd be interesting
to see the plans.
595
00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:40,849
We can definitely look into some
plans if you're interested.
596
00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:43,060
Yeah. Be very interested.
597
00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:45,145
Well, let's head out.‐Great.
598
00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:52,319
We pulled some plans that wethought you'd be interested in.
599
00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:54,655
And these actually show
the countermine tunnel.
600
00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:57,074
While visitinga nearly 300‐year‐old
601
00:26:57,074 --> 00:27:00,244
French naval fortressin Louisbourg, Nova Scotia,
602
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:04,331
Rick Lagina and Doug Crowellhave been given the opportunity
603
00:27:04,331 --> 00:27:07,876
to examine not onlythe actual plans of the fort
604
00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:11,588
but also the system of tunnelsthat exists beneath it.
605
00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:16,135
So, the countermine tunnel
is 180 feet out
606
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:17,845
and it's in the shape
of a cross.
607
00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:22,516
We thought that was
fairly interesting.
608
00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:25,227
We have a cross on Oak Island...
Nolan's cross.
609
00:27:25,227 --> 00:27:27,813
‐‐
‐Which is a‐a collection
610
00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:33,861
of precisely arranged boulders
to form a‐a cross.
611
00:27:33,861 --> 00:27:37,906
Tunnels, laid outin the shape of a cross?
612
00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:40,367
Have Rick and Doug just found
613
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,245
their first pieceof concrete evidence connecting
614
00:27:43,245 --> 00:27:47,124
this 18th century French fortto Oak Island,
615
00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:50,377
and more specifically,to the megalithic structure,
616
00:27:50,377 --> 00:27:55,048
discovered in 1981,known as Nolan's Cross?
617
00:27:55,048 --> 00:27:58,552
But you don't know if there's an
engineer drawing of the tunnel?
618
00:27:58,552 --> 00:28:01,305
It's at, like, a side? No.
619
00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:04,099
Not that we know of.
But there are some images.
620
00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:06,602
‐There are?
‐Yeah.
621
00:28:06,602 --> 00:28:14,151
So, it's hard to tell
because of the flooding.
622
00:28:14,151 --> 00:28:16,778
That's cool.
623
00:28:16,778 --> 00:28:19,281
Beautifully done.
624
00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:22,200
‐It's gorgeous.
‐‐
625
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,078
And to do that for 180 feet.
626
00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:27,539
That's a significant...
627
00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,291
‐Straight as an arrow.
‐‐
628
00:28:29,291 --> 00:28:31,376
- ‐Math comes back into it, again.
- ‐
629
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:34,046
Yeah, we've always, we've always
wondered, you know, like,
630
00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:35,881
the tunnels that
are on Oak Island,
631
00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,842
how were they able to do that
straight as an arrow?
632
00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:40,677
I suppose it just depends
633
00:28:40,677 --> 00:28:42,930
on the time and precision
you want to put into it.
634
00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:47,267
But that goes to command
and control,
635
00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:51,146
because look what
was achieved here.
636
00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:53,649
Visiting Louisbourg wasexceedingly interesting.
637
00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:57,277
They were able to manipulate
water underground,
638
00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:59,696
i.e. specifically
to create that tunnel.
639
00:29:00,948 --> 00:29:03,367
So... what did they know?
640
00:29:03,367 --> 00:29:07,996
How did they come to learnof it, i.e. moving water?
641
00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:09,414
They certainly were
able to do it.
642
00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,583
Could be done here
on the island.
643
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,543
Well, we don't want to take up
any more of your time.
644
00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,462
You've given us
some great takeaways.
645
00:29:15,462 --> 00:29:17,798
There's a tunnel right out here
that says you can
646
00:29:17,798 --> 00:29:22,094
drive a tunnel in a wet
environment and keep it dry.
647
00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:23,553
That's interesting.
648
00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:24,888
Thank you, guys, for coming.
649
00:29:24,888 --> 00:29:26,640
Can't thank you enough.
650
00:29:32,646 --> 00:29:36,233
One day afterhis visit to Louisbourg...
651
00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:38,151
This is the paved area, right
there, where Billy's digging.
652
00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:40,112
‐
653
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:42,614
...Rick Laginaand his nephew Alex
654
00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:44,533
arrive atthe triangle‐shaped swamp.
655
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:49,037
Now that the area has onceagain been drained
656
00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:52,624
to the point where it is nowsafe to begin excavating,
657
00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,210
they are eagerto resume this year's plan
658
00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:58,046
to fully reveal the mysteriousstone‐paved walkway
659
00:29:58,046 --> 00:29:59,881
discovered earlier this year.
660
00:30:01,591 --> 00:30:03,176
Hey, Bill!
661
00:30:03,176 --> 00:30:05,012
You know, Dr. Spooner's
662
00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:06,972
gonna want to come out
and take a look at it.
663
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,974
‐Yeah.
‐As you dig,
664
00:30:08,974 --> 00:30:11,226
maybe you might want to swing
some of it over there?
665
00:30:11,226 --> 00:30:13,186
Yeah, this one pile
is already there.
666
00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:14,771
‐It's dry.
‐All right.
667
00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:18,191
How deep do you want
to dig here?
668
00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:20,944
I say we dig until
we can't dig any deeper.
‐Yeah.
669
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:25,949
Because the recent hurricane
670
00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:28,660
has significantly stirred upthe bottom of the swamp
671
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:32,414
and, once again, buriedthe possible stone walkway,
672
00:30:32,414 --> 00:30:34,666
the team will haveto carefully drench out
673
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:37,377
several feet of water and muckwithout damaging the structure.
674
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:40,005
I have to remove myself.
675
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:41,506
I've got another,
errand to run,
676
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:44,384
so you'll be Billy's eyes
and boots.
677
00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:46,762
Okay.
‐Anything you see that might be
678
00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:48,638
‐"out of the ordinary..."
‐Yep.
679
00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:50,307
If I stop us down,
I'll call you.
680
00:30:50,307 --> 00:30:51,725
‐Okay? Thanks, Alex.
‐Yep.
681
00:30:56,938 --> 00:30:58,607
We're going for the...
682
00:30:58,607 --> 00:31:00,025
whole enchilada, if you will.
683
00:31:00,025 --> 00:31:02,819
We're gonna try to expose it
in its entirety,
684
00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:06,865
and hopefully we'll get an ideaof the length, the width,
685
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,950
get a cross section of it
and look at it
686
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:10,994
and see how deep it really is.
687
00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:14,414
I think we all have some hopethat it's much bigger,
688
00:31:14,414 --> 00:31:17,876
because then,
lends itself to the belief
689
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,086
that it's man‐made.
690
00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:25,675
Hey, Billy!
691
00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:28,512
That's a lot of stones
in the side there.
692
00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:30,847
But if we clean this off,
maybe it's something.
693
00:31:30,847 --> 00:31:32,390
I would think we're looking
for flatness, too.
694
00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:34,017
I‐I'm not sure.
695
00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:36,311
I'll get a little more
of that brown stuff off
696
00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:37,729
and then we'll pick 'em all out
and see what's there.
697
00:31:37,729 --> 00:31:39,147
Yep. Sounds good.
698
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:41,858
As Billy Gerhardt
699
00:31:41,858 --> 00:31:44,069
uncovers the rocky surface...
700
00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:46,738
Alex! How you doing?
‐Hey, Terry.
701
00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:50,283
...geologist Terry Mathesonarrives to help identify
702
00:31:50,283 --> 00:31:54,871
if the feature is naturalor man‐made.
703
00:31:54,871 --> 00:31:56,581
Unfortunately, the water's
come up quite a bit in here,
704
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,500
‐so you can't see
the edges as well.
‐Right.
705
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,794
Approximately what depth
did you get the boulders?
706
00:32:00,794 --> 00:32:03,171
Probably about five feet below
that, maybe a little bit more,
707
00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:05,924
- ‐at the maximum depth.
- Okay, so
708
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,467
those are probably clastics.
They're not limestone...
709
00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:09,094
‐
710
00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:12,430
...and they're not the gypsum
we find deeper, so...
711
00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:15,892
I'm surprised to see
what I think
712
00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:19,688
I would not encounter
until about 120 feet down
713
00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:21,273
in the Money Pit area.
714
00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,650
Boulders near the surface
715
00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:27,487
that would otherwise be foundmore than 100 feet underground?
716
00:32:27,487 --> 00:32:31,491
Has Terry Matheson justidentified potential evidence
717
00:32:31,491 --> 00:32:34,744
that the stone‐paved areais man‐made?
718
00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:36,580
I'm hoping it'll reveal
719
00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:38,206
a little bit more
of the wall to you.
720
00:32:40,584 --> 00:32:42,085
Let's keep digging.
721
00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,086
That's what it's all about.
722
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:52,137
As another new day begins
723
00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:54,014
on Oak Island...
724
00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:57,058
‐Rick, good to see you.
‐How are you? Good to see you.
725
00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:59,186
...Rick Lagina joinshis nephew Alex,
726
00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:01,354
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner,
727
00:33:01,354 --> 00:33:04,983
and heavy equipment operatorBilly Gerhardt at the swamp,
728
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,319
where they are continuingtheir effort
729
00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:10,113
to expose the possiblestone walkway.
730
00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:11,865
Having locatedwhat they believe to be
731
00:33:11,865 --> 00:33:13,366
the outer edgeof the structure,
732
00:33:13,366 --> 00:33:16,244
the team is nowcarefully washing away
733
00:33:16,244 --> 00:33:18,246
layers of mud and debris
734
00:33:18,246 --> 00:33:21,082
that was depositedduring the recent hurricane.
735
00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:22,834
There's a lot of water in there.
736
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:24,753
What is the area
that you want to see
737
00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:27,172
‐over here in the paved,
"paved" area?
‐I just want to get
738
00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:30,425
maybe a ten‐foot‐long
by the whole width section.
739
00:33:30,425 --> 00:33:33,929
Get it cleaned,
see what it looks like.
740
00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:36,890
The paved area is certainlya well‐defined target.
741
00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:39,684
We want to remove the organics
and the sediments
742
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:42,395
and visually inspect
the paved area
743
00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:44,773
to ascertain whetherthere's anything there
744
00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:47,234
worth investigating.
745
00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:48,902
That looks strange to me.
746
00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:51,321
It looks strange to me, too,
so we're in agreement,
747
00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:53,323
there's something strange.
748
00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:56,576
The main thing about it is,
you've got all these rocks
749
00:33:56,576 --> 00:33:58,578
that are all fitting together,
and my problem is from
750
00:33:58,578 --> 00:34:00,914
a geo point of view,
straight geo,
751
00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:02,958
all those rocks,
752
00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:05,001
that's not common.
753
00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:07,462
It's almost as if
the rocks were brought in,
754
00:34:07,462 --> 00:34:10,465
and I don't‐don't
quite know why.
755
00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:12,842
That is very strange.
756
00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:16,263
That's the paved area
right there.
757
00:34:16,263 --> 00:34:18,890
‐It's fairly flat
and fairly consistent.
Yeah.
758
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:23,103
Is this different enough
for you to say
759
00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,689
this is natural or
760
00:34:25,689 --> 00:34:29,359
the hand of man
being introduced here?
761
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:34,823
It's different enough
for me to consider that.
762
00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:40,829
I would like to clean off,
like, a ten by 20.
763
00:34:40,829 --> 00:34:44,332
‐See if it is exactly
what we see here.
Yep.
764
00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:51,464
The paved area in the swampis exceedingly interesting.
765
00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:56,636
It truly is an unknown,
you know?
766
00:34:56,636 --> 00:34:58,763
When we go looking for a shaft
here and there,
767
00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:00,974
we have some background,
we have some history.
768
00:35:00,974 --> 00:35:04,352
This thing has materialized out
of the ether.
769
00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:05,979
It's quite uniform.
770
00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:08,148
It's level.
771
00:35:08,148 --> 00:35:11,151
My initial thought is,
this is indeed man‐made.
772
00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:15,905
Having finallyexposed a portion
773
00:35:15,905 --> 00:35:17,073
of the paved stone area...
774
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:18,199
‐Hi, chaps.
‐Hey, Gary.
775
00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:20,118
Hi, Gary.
776
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,078
...Rick has calledarchaeologist Laird Niven
777
00:35:22,078 --> 00:35:24,289
down to the site to examine i.
778
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:27,459
So, that is the feature that
779
00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:29,127
we are troubled by,
right over there.
780
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,295
Okay.
781
00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:37,177
It doesn't look like
any natural formation.
782
00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:38,470
It looks like what to you?
783
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,555
It looks like it‐it‐‐
they've been introduced.
784
00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:42,140
‐You do think so? Okay.
‐Yeah.
785
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:45,685
I can't see any natural way
for it to get here.
786
00:35:45,685 --> 00:35:49,230
‐So you've never seen anything
like this before?
‐No.
787
00:35:50,732 --> 00:35:54,194
- ‐Billy, would you finish this?
- Yeah.
788
00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:55,862
I'll get that water moving,
789
00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:58,406
‐Bill, and then you can remove
the rest of this.
‐Yeah.
790
00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:07,916
My mind rounds to
791
00:36:07,916 --> 00:36:09,751
all the work it took
792
00:36:09,751 --> 00:36:13,588
to build this paved area.
793
00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:16,591
I've done a lotof stonework myself
794
00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:19,260
in my younger days, and,
795
00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:21,388
this is an enormous undertaking.
796
00:36:21,388 --> 00:36:24,808
Building it was probablya lot more difficult
797
00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:27,018
than it is uncovering this,
798
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:29,229
but we have to uncover itbecause we need to know
799
00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:31,106
what, when, where, why and ho.
800
00:36:31,106 --> 00:36:34,693
And the hope is that we will be
able to investigate it.
801
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:39,280
So here's the thing,
I don't know to make of it.
802
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,868
I mean, I think we all,
to varying degrees of belief,
803
00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,370
that this is
804
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,706
something out of the ordinary.
805
00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:50,417
But I do know this,
it's just made the swamp
806
00:36:50,417 --> 00:36:52,877
- ‐that much more interesting.
- Absolutely.
807
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:55,213
- ‐Yeah.
- So to that end, I think
808
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,840
tomorrow morning
we'll have another go at it
809
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,008
‐and see what it looks like.
‐Yeah.
810
00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:00,760
There's something strange here.
811
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:09,436
That's a puzzle.
812
00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:11,312
One dayafter successfully exposing
813
00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:14,691
part of the paved stone featureat the swamp, Rick Lagina
814
00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:17,235
and geoscientistDr. Ian Spooner
815
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,612
return to the siteto see what else
816
00:37:19,612 --> 00:37:21,406
may have been revealed
817
00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:24,117
now that even more waterhas been removed.
818
00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:26,286
My issue is,
819
00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:29,789
if this was just dumped by
glaciers or something like that,
820
00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:33,126
it would be piles. It would be
a little less horizontal.
821
00:37:33,126 --> 00:37:37,255
You'd see these undulate a bit,
but it's straight across.
822
00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,258
You have to have
somebody to do it.
823
00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:43,887
In my mind,
somebody created a surface.
824
00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,680
You know, I‐I truly
want to send my brother
825
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,348
some photographs of this.
826
00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:50,810
And then I'm‐‐
I'll give him a call.
827
00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:52,896
I'm sure he's gonna ask your
opinion, I'm certain of that.
828
00:37:54,898 --> 00:37:58,568
We have this significantmystery ongoing in the swamp
829
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:00,570
because the paved area
has proven to be
830
00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:01,905
quite a puzzle within a puzzle.
831
00:38:03,198 --> 00:38:06,034
Hey. Morning.
832
00:38:06,034 --> 00:38:07,786
I have, Dr. Spooner here,
833
00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:10,789
and we're looking
at the so‐called paved area.
834
00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:13,792
I sent you some photographs,
which I think you have.
835
00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:18,588
I'll be honest, my eyes
and boots perspective,
836
00:38:18,588 --> 00:38:19,672
it's man‐made.
837
00:38:21,841 --> 00:38:25,094
There's these
layers of stone
838
00:38:25,094 --> 00:38:28,473
above the till that have
no clay around them,
839
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:31,017
and yet have swamp sediment
around them.
840
00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:33,186
It has to be manipulated.
841
00:38:33,186 --> 00:38:36,397
I can't find a natural process
that would have led to this.
842
00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:37,774
It's a manipulated site.
843
00:38:37,774 --> 00:38:40,068
I've worked
in these environments
844
00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:43,404
and in a similar environment,
but it's nothing like this.
845
00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:45,073
To me, it's like
846
00:38:45,073 --> 00:38:47,992
somebody came in and put
the small rocks on the bottom,
847
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,620
just like building
a road, and then
848
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:52,497
put the bigger rocks
on top of that.
849
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:55,792
It's that, I think, precise.
850
00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:06,219
He said he has no explanation
other than it's man‐made.
851
00:39:13,268 --> 00:39:14,936
‐I don't know.
‐Well,
852
00:39:14,936 --> 00:39:18,690
if you go seaward,we're on a line,
853
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,777
like, if you have the eyeas a excavated site.
854
00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:26,781
If you have this paved areaas a filled‐in site,
855
00:39:26,781 --> 00:39:29,617
maybe trying to makea platform, something solid,
856
00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,703
and then if you go seaward,
857
00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:33,663
you have the deepest portionof the swamp,
858
00:39:33,663 --> 00:39:36,499
where it was actually an inle.
859
00:39:36,499 --> 00:39:38,835
It all lines up
860
00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:40,712
with the peninsula
cutting through it.
861
00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:44,132
And, so, was this some kind of
work surface if people
862
00:39:44,132 --> 00:39:45,341
brought boats in?
863
00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:48,845
A work surface, like a dock?
864
00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:52,599
Possibly usedfor boats or ships?
865
00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:55,935
And located in the middleof the Oak Island swamp?
866
00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:59,272
Could the team have finallyunearthed definitive proof
867
00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:02,775
that the swamp was artificiallycreated centuries ago,
868
00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:06,279
and that a ship or sailingvessel was offloaded here
869
00:40:06,279 --> 00:40:11,200
and then sunk in such a wayas to hide all evidence?
870
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,953
It's as wide as a two‐lane road,
871
00:40:13,953 --> 00:40:15,246
no question about that.
872
00:40:21,628 --> 00:40:25,673
This is notwhat I expected to see
873
00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:28,968
in how clear
the interface is and how
874
00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:31,971
orderly the stones look,
as if they're placed.
875
00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:35,892
I've always thought the swamp
held some sort of information,
876
00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:38,353
maybe not everything,
but something.
877
00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:40,647
I mean, it's just very strange.
It shouldn't be there.
878
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:47,654
Yeah, we can. Yeah.
879
00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:52,700
‐Bye.
‐Take care. Bye.
880
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,913
For Rick, Marty,and their team,
881
00:40:56,913 --> 00:41:00,124
unearthing what appears to bea man‐made stone platform,
882
00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:02,627
or wharf, in the middleof the swamp
883
00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:06,339
is nothing short of a historicbreakthrough discovery.
884
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:08,925
One that may proveto be just as critical
885
00:41:08,925 --> 00:41:10,927
to solvingthe Oak Island mystery
886
00:41:10,927 --> 00:41:13,721
as findingthe original Money Pit.
887
00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:15,556
But who built it? When?
888
00:41:15,556 --> 00:41:18,810
And for what purpose?
889
00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:21,062
Those are the questions that,when answered,
890
00:41:21,062 --> 00:41:22,689
might very well provide
891
00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:26,192
the keys to solving the entireOak Island mystery,
892
00:41:26,192 --> 00:41:29,737
and could, in turn,change the history
893
00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,031
not only of North America
894
00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:35,284
but of the world.
895
00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:38,413
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
896
00:41:38,413 --> 00:41:41,749
The 90 Foot Stone isthe most important artifact.
897
00:41:41,749 --> 00:41:43,584
- Rick, look at this one.
- I think we found it.
898
00:41:43,584 --> 00:41:46,129
- Yeah.
- Whoa!
899
00:41:46,129 --> 00:41:49,173
The eye of the swamp isconnected to the paved area.
900
00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:51,092
Ooh! Look at that!
901
00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:53,761
That is a really old
tunneling tool.
902
00:41:53,761 --> 00:41:55,138
That's awesome!
903
00:41:55,138 --> 00:41:58,558
‐Holy crow.
‐What the heck is it?
904
00:41:58,558 --> 00:42:00,852
‐This is old.
We foundthe smoking gun.
905
00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:02,603
- ‐The paved area is man‐made.
- All right!
906
00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:05,064
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