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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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Okay, so where is this thing?
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We can follow that trail,
it'll lead us directly
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‐to the Money Pit.
‐Oh, wow.
‐There it is.
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That's a look back in time,
boys 159 years.
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This next one should be
right where we want to be.
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The French moved their treasure
out of Louisbourg
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and stuck it on this island.
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So, you're actually looking for
some kind of a French treasure.
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Here comes our next core.
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This could be it, man.
‐What's that?
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‐Ho! What the...
‐We got it.
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There is an island
in the North Atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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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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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross,
whose origin may stretch back
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to the days of
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,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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We're ready to begin.
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As a new day begins
on Oak Island,
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brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
and members of their team
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believe they are finally
on the verge of locating
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the main flood tunnel
that runs between Smith's Cove
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and the original Money Pit.
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We're looking for some sort
of man‐made connection
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between Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit.
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Specifically,
is there really a flood tunnel?
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Where is it?
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Is there a convergence point
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where the box drains
came together?
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There has to be
a connection to it.
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If there's a tunnel,
we can follow it.
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‐Hey, Doug.
Gentlemen.
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‐Hi, Doug. How you doing?
‐Good. Good.
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We're just talking about
Cave‐In Pit 2 here
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and what we're hoping to find.
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‐Cave‐In Pit 2?
‐Yes.
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This one's a little closer
to the Money Pit,
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but still within that same GPR
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ground‐penetrating radar
anomaly.
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I know when Craig had
a spot of interest, it was more
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to this side of the Cave‐In Pit.
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And we are a little bit
on the northern side of it.
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We have some
interesting anomalies
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five meters down,
seven meters back.
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After using ground‐penetrating
radar, or GPR,
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earlier this year,
the data collected
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revealed the possible presence
of a tunnel
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as much as 100 feet deep
beneath the area
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between Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit site.
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‐Here we go.
‐All right.
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The Oak Island team then began
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to drill several
exploratory boreholes
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just above the beach in an
effort to verify the results
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and find hard evidence that
a tunnel does, in fact, exist.
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Oh, yeah. We got some
good chunks in here.
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Probably of beams.
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One week ago,
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in the area between the beach
and an old sinkhole
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known as the Cave‐In Pit,
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a section of hand‐cut
wooden beams
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were discovered at a depth
of more than 50 feet.
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The most likely time period,
if you will,
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is from 1735 to 1784.
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‐Yes.
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Perfect.
When tested,
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these wooden beams
were determined
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to date as far back
as the 1730s.
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Based on this evidence,
it is the team's belief
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that they may have finally
located the main flood tunnel.
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If true, it means that finding
the original Money Pit
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could be accomplished
within a matter of days.
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Finding the real flood tunnel
has been one of my goals
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since we stepped foot
on this island.
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I mean, if there really is
a flood tunnel,
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then everything else
seems like it could be true.
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It'd be greater
than an aha moment.
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It‐it might be...
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It might be the one thing.
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Hey, guys.
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‐Hey, Jack. How you doing?
‐Hey, Jack.
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‐Any good news?
‐No news yet.
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‐Not yet. We're not too deep.
‐Okay.
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Our target depth is in
and around 100. 100 feet.
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How many times, Paul,
have past searchers
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hit this flood tunnel that leads
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between the Money Pit
and Smith's Cove?
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‐It's only been
a handful of times, so...
‐Really?
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In 1897,
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while excavating
what they believed to be
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the original Money Pit,
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members of the Oak Island
Treasure Company
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intercepted what they reported
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to be one of the fabled flood
tunnels at a depth of 111 feet.
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Measuring nearly three feet
wide by four feet high,
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it was made of hard clay
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packed with sand
and smooth beach stones.
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But shortly after
the tunnel was exposed,
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ocean water began
rushing into it,
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causing the shaft to cave in.
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How many more cores do you think
before we give up? Two more?
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Good. They could be deeper
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‐than we think.
Yep.
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All right. Here it comes.
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Come on, sausage!
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Okay!
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Look out.
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What depth are we at, Terry?
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This is, uh... this sample
in front of us is 99 to 109.
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We are now down
to the target zone.
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Oh. What's that, guys?
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‐That's sand.
‐Ho! What the...?
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This could be it, man.
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Wow.
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We haven't passed through
any kind of a sand like this.
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Seems to be out of place.
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‐Really?
‐This could be it.
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This sand could be
the manifestation
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‐of a bygone tunnel.
No way.
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We just went from
highly consolidated soils
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into four feet of sand.
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The flood tunnel was reported
to be four feet by three feet.
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It matches
the historic descriptions
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of a sand‐filled tunnel.
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A sand‐filled tunnel?
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Packed with hard clay
and found some 100 feet deep
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beneath the Cave‐In Pit area?
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Could it be connected to the
tunnel discovered one week ago
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near Smith's Cove?
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And, if so, could it mean
the team has successfully
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intercepted another part
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of the Money Pit's
legendary flood tunnel system?
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I haven't seen anything
quite like this.
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I usually try not
to get too excited
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about these things,
but this excites me.
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I think this is a tunnel.
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‐We got it.
‐Why don't we give Marty a call,
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‐let him know about this?
‐I think so.
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Hey, Marty. This is Jack.
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Good. We think we found
the flood tunnel
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that leads from Smith's Cove
to the Money Pit.
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And we'd like to show you guys
if you could come up here.
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All right. Awesome, Marty.
I'll see you soon.
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Finding the flood tunnel
would be huge to me.
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If the data is suggesting
the flood tunnel really exists,
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then maybe we can find it.
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That's exciting.
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I'd like to see
how it interacts
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or interfaces with the other
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information we have
in the Money Pit.
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It's a beautiful day
on Oak Island.
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It's beautiful now.
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All right, Jack.
You tell me we've made
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a major discovery.
Lay it on me.
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Well, I think you're gonna think
this is pretty major.
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We think, in this four feet,
that we encountered
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part of the flood tunnel system.
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Based on?
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That is extremely uniform sand.
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With the tight till above
and below, this could've been...
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you know,
this could be a tunnel.
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You know, the irony of it is
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there is no wood.
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You know what, Rick?
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Actually,
if I was given the task
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of building a flood tunnel
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and it was in this stuff,
I wouldn't crib it.
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‐No.
‐You know,
if you're given the task
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of creating something
that's supposed to last
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500 years, a thousand years,
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cribbing ain't gonna last.
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If you pack it with sand,
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that'll stay a long time.
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Yeah. The alignment
is great, too.
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Uh, there's a line all the way
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from the center
of the U‐shaped structure,
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and then where we are there
right now,
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there's a perfect alignment all
the way back to the Money Pit.
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Wow.
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A perfect line?
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To the Money Pit?
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Could this core sample
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matching
historical descriptions
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of the legendary flood tunnel
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mean that the team
is one major step closer
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to reaching
the fabled Oak Island treasure?
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So, there might actually be
something there
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if we dig it out
a little further.
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Yeah.
Absolutely.
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‐Yeah.
‐Look, it might tell us a story
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‐right away.
‐That's what we're hoping.
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Let's get it done.
Yep.
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While drilling
an exploratory borehole
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near the area
known as the Cave‐In Pit,
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Jack Begley, Terry Matheson,
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Doug Crowell and Paul Troutman
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believe they have found
strong evidence
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of the main flood tunnel
that leads from Smith's Cove
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directly to the original
Money Pit treasure shaft.
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But although the evidence
is impressive,
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they will need to drill
at least one more hole
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in order to verify
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their potentially
game‐changing find.
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Okay. So, where are we gonna
set up to drill?
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‐Where's the next hole?
Yeah,
where's the next hole?
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‐That's a good point. Well...
Well, are we gonna follow
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your thing
and step off to the side?
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‐That's what I want to do.
‐The rig's right here.
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‐I mean, that's moving it...
‐I'd go...
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‐Five feet.
‐Five feet.
‐Yeah.
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‐Yeah.
Moving away
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five feet
is a good idea to start,
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and then we'll see
what we come across.
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Well, let's confirm this,
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and then we move on.
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Eager to confirm
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that they have, in fact,
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found the path
of the original flood tunnel,
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the Oak Island team
will now drill another borehole
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five feet to the west
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along the same line.
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Brennan, I don't hear
that machine running.
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I know. I want to get drilling.
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‐Talking doesn't do anything.
‐Doesn't do a damn thing.
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Right.
Let's get some steel
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‐downhole.
‐I agree with that.
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Let's get after it.
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We'll get 'er done.
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Later that day,
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as the drilling operation
at the Cave‐In Pit continues...
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This looks like
a good spot to start.
Yeah.
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Jack Begley, Peter Fornetti
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and metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
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arrive at Lot 27,
a property once owned
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by Oak Island treasure hunter
Daniel McGinnis.
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Shortly after finding
the Money Pit in 1795,
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Daniel McGinnis spent
the rest of his life
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searching for what he believed
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was an incredible fortune
in gold and treasure.
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After purchasing Lot 21,
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where he built his home,
the young treasure hunter
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also bought several lots on the
southwest side of the island,
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including Lot 27.
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Although he claimed these acres
were purchased for farming,
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recent evidence suggests
that McGinnis
253
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may have also used the land
to look for treasure tunnels
254
00:10:45,687 --> 00:10:47,522
that he hoped
could lead him directly
255
00:10:47,522 --> 00:10:49,774
to the Money Pit's
fabled treasure vault.
256
00:10:52,527 --> 00:10:55,155
We got plenty of bags, I hope.
257
00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:57,991
‐We do.
‐'Cause we're gonna be in for
some digging here.
258
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There has been a lot
of activity on this lot.
259
00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:02,078
Dan Blankenship
believed there to be...
260
00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:03,913
Mm‐hmm.
‐...some sort of cavity
261
00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:05,707
down in the hard rock.
262
00:11:05,707 --> 00:11:09,335
It was a more shallow cavity
than over at the Money Pit.
263
00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,504
And after you found that...
264
00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,339
‐swage?
‐Uh, yeah, swage.
265
00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:16,509
It's for sharpening
stone chisels,
266
00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,179
‐dating back to the 1400s.
‐Right.
‐Yeah.
267
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,306
Feel how heavy that is, Rick.
268
00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:22,348
Wow.
269
00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:23,683
‐
‐Wow!
270
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:25,351
Three weeks ago,
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00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:28,396
while investigating Lot 21,
272
00:11:28,396 --> 00:11:30,940
Rick, Gary
and Dan Henskee uncovered
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two hammer‐like iron objects.
274
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These are very, very rare.
275
00:11:36,112 --> 00:11:39,616
Incredibly, these objects
were later identified
276
00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:42,202
by blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
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00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:45,914
as ancient rock‐drilling tools,
known as "swages,"
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which could be as much
as 600 years old.
279
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This discovery
has led the team to believe
280
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that farming wasn't the only
activity being conducted
281
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on the western portion
of the island.
282
00:11:59,969 --> 00:12:01,554
All right, mate,
let's start over here.
283
00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:02,805
Okay.
284
00:12:10,605 --> 00:12:12,106
What you got?
285
00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:14,108
‐
‐That's modern junk.
286
00:12:14,108 --> 00:12:15,944
Gonna pass on that.
287
00:12:15,944 --> 00:12:18,112
Come to Papa.
Where are you hiding?
288
00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:20,490
I know you're in here somewhere.
289
00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:30,917
Ooh‐hoo, I like
the sound of that.
290
00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:34,128
It's a nice, deep target.
291
00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,590
Just in there, mate.
292
00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:42,595
Oh. I think
I got it up right there.
293
00:12:44,013 --> 00:12:46,015
That's a...
that's a nice iron target.
294
00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:48,017
Time to change our luck.
295
00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:55,942
Look at that!
296
00:12:55,942 --> 00:12:57,610
Look‐look at the size of that.
297
00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,112
That's chunky.
298
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:00,947
Definitely looks old.
299
00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:03,783
Definitely tell it's a chisel
with the...
300
00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,785
the point, the worked point.
301
00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:08,705
And that looks like
it's had some hammer.
302
00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:10,290
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐I don't think
303
00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:13,626
this would have been for,
like, fine carving.
304
00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,586
You think that could have been
a rock chisel?
305
00:13:15,586 --> 00:13:17,630
‐It could be.
‐Made for tunneling
under this lot?
306
00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,465
Yeah, well, well,
look at the shape of it.
307
00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:21,342
I mean, you could put your hand
around that.
308
00:13:21,342 --> 00:13:23,136
That's a big whacking chisel.
309
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:25,722
That is... an hefty chisel.
310
00:13:25,722 --> 00:13:28,516
How old do you think?
‐I think this
311
00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:31,853
could be exactly like the swages
and the hand‐point chisel.
312
00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:34,605
This could go back to the 1400s.
313
00:13:34,605 --> 00:13:36,065
Yeah.
314
00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:38,568
An iron chisel?
315
00:13:38,568 --> 00:13:42,030
Possibly one used alongside
the ancient drilling swages,
316
00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:46,200
which are believed to date back
as early as the 1400s?
317
00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,661
Could the team have found
more evidence
318
00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,538
of a major tunneling operation
319
00:13:50,538 --> 00:13:53,875
on the western side
of the island?
320
00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,752
You think it's special enough
321
00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:57,587
‐to call my uncle?
‐Yeah, I do.
322
00:13:57,587 --> 00:14:00,548
Yeah, this could be
a really cool find.
323
00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:03,009
All right.
‐
324
00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:09,098
Hello. Um, so,
325
00:14:09,098 --> 00:14:11,684
Gary found something
pretty special.
326
00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,395
Really.
327
00:14:14,395 --> 00:14:16,230
All right, sounds good.
328
00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:17,440
Bye.
329
00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,443
I feel like this is
a huge find for us,
330
00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:23,029
'cause there's
no real logical explanation
331
00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:27,366
besides deep tunnels under
the western side of the island.
332
00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,744
Or at least that's
what my mind jumps to.
333
00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:32,455
‐All right,
what's the big reveal?
‐Hey, guys.
334
00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:35,958
So, we pull this
out of the ground,
335
00:14:35,958 --> 00:14:38,544
and what does that say
to you, Rick?
336
00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:43,341
Chisel.
337
00:14:43,341 --> 00:14:44,467
Chisel. Yeah.
338
00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,219
And look at the point.
339
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,762
What have we found
340
00:14:47,762 --> 00:14:51,057
that this
could possibly fit into?
341
00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:52,892
The... swages.
342
00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,435
Exactly.
343
00:14:54,435 --> 00:14:55,978
Are you sure it's a chisel?
344
00:14:55,978 --> 00:14:57,855
Oh, yeah.
You can see it's worked.
345
00:14:57,855 --> 00:14:59,148
It's mushroomed.
346
00:14:59,148 --> 00:15:01,275
But when you put that
in your hand,
347
00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:04,570
that is the type of chisel
that you... you would use
348
00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:07,865
for... for taking chunks
off a rock,
349
00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:09,492
for tunneling.
350
00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:11,285
‐Really?
‐Yep.
Wow.
351
00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,329
Wow.
Your earliest landowner
352
00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,832
we have for this lot is
Dan McGinnis.
353
00:15:15,832 --> 00:15:17,834
Yeah.
And it goes
to the point, you know,
354
00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:20,294
what was he looking for?
355
00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:22,755
Could these ancient
tunneling tools
356
00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:25,633
each found on land
once owned by Daniel McGinnis
357
00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:29,095
be evidence that he
not only searched for treasure
358
00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:31,931
in the Money Pit, but also
deep beneath the grounds
359
00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,850
of his own property?
360
00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:36,936
And if so, what else
might the team find hidden
361
00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,231
below the surface
of the McGinnis lots?
362
00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,442
I think this is
a bloody good find.
363
00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:45,736
It is, a great find. It is.
364
00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:47,446
‐Good job.
All right,
see you later, guys.
365
00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:49,448
Good job, guys.
See you.
Good job, guys.
366
00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,411
Later that afternoon...
367
00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:56,497
Always interesting
to look at a core.
368
00:15:56,497 --> 00:15:57,874
...Marty and Rick Lagina
369
00:15:57,874 --> 00:15:59,876
return to the Cave‐In Pit area,
370
00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:01,711
where members
of the Oak Island team
371
00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:04,130
are closely monitoring
the progress
372
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:06,340
of their second
exploratory borehole.
373
00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:09,093
‐Did we miss?
No, we haven't
missed anything.
374
00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:10,511
We're not at that horizon,
not yet.
375
00:16:10,511 --> 00:16:11,762
We're getting close.
376
00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:18,853
‐So, where are we?
Right where
we want to be.
377
00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:21,564
‐This next one...
‐108 should be coming.
Okay.
378
00:16:21,564 --> 00:16:23,858
But everything is
the same as before?
379
00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:24,984
Up to this point, yes.
380
00:16:28,738 --> 00:16:30,823
Here comes our next core.
381
00:16:33,409 --> 00:16:36,329
‐How do you want it?
This goes that way.
382
00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:45,004
Uh, what's that?
383
00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:53,095
There is some sand in this.
384
00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:58,267
But so far, nothing
that resembles what we believe
385
00:16:58,267 --> 00:16:59,769
was the‐the tunnel.
386
00:17:01,771 --> 00:17:04,273
Bottom line, suppose this was
the first hole you drilled
387
00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:06,192
instead of the one
we just came from
388
00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:07,735
you would have thought
this was unremarkable?
389
00:17:07,735 --> 00:17:09,403
Unremarkable for sure.
390
00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:12,323
Maybe the seismic
will image the flood tunnel.
391
00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:13,866
Yeah.
392
00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:16,494
Seismic will be able
to dial this in.
393
00:17:16,494 --> 00:17:18,287
‐I say that's next.
‐That's next.
394
00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:20,873
Because their second
sonic drilling effort
395
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:24,126
failed to find more evidence
of the elusive flood tunnel,
396
00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:26,420
Rick and Marty
have decided to abandon
397
00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:28,965
their random
and expensive drilling efforts
398
00:17:28,965 --> 00:17:31,634
in favor of seismic scanning.
399
00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:33,719
It is their hope
that by mapping
400
00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:37,723
the possible voids and tunnels
that might exist underground,
401
00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:41,394
they can better pinpoint the
location of the flood tunnel.
402
00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:42,645
We know there's
a collapsed tunnel.
403
00:17:42,645 --> 00:17:44,397
Where does it go?
404
00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,857
You know, we can't just keep
drilling all over the place,
405
00:17:46,857 --> 00:17:49,777
so hopefully,
seismic will delineate that.
406
00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:51,737
‐Let's go.
‐Okay.
407
00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:53,739
We got a lot of work to do.
408
00:17:57,451 --> 00:18:00,413
As a new day
begins on Oak Island...
409
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:05,001
...Rick Lagina,
along with Craig Tester,
410
00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:07,378
Gary Drayton
and Dave Blankenship...
411
00:18:07,378 --> 00:18:08,546
‐Hey!
‐Alex.
412
00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:10,047
...welcome back representatives
413
00:18:10,047 --> 00:18:11,799
from Eagle Canada,
414
00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:14,010
a geophysical
exploration company
415
00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:15,678
that specializes
in seismic testing.
416
00:18:15,678 --> 00:18:17,305
Pleased to meet you.
417
00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:19,807
‐Scott. Rick. Nice to meet you.
‐Pleased to meet you.
418
00:18:19,807 --> 00:18:21,225
Well, Alex, this looks like
419
00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:22,977
it's gonna be
a major project this year?
420
00:18:22,977 --> 00:18:24,228
‐Absolutely.
‐Okay.
421
00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:25,563
We got...
we got some geophones.
422
00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:27,523
We got some powder.
We're good to go.
423
00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,483
‐Some? You better have
a lot more than some.
‐
424
00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:32,153
‐Yeah.
‐Actually, we got, uh...
425
00:18:32,153 --> 00:18:36,073
about 6,500 geophones,
so that's gonna be interesting.
426
00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:39,952
Although Rick, Marty and Craig
427
00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:42,330
have previously commissioned
Eagle Canada
428
00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:45,625
to gather seismic data
in both the Oak Island swamp
429
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,585
and the Money Pit areas,
430
00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:49,378
the eastern portion
of the island
431
00:18:49,378 --> 00:18:52,089
that includes both Smith's Cove
and the Cave‐In Pit
432
00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:54,216
has never been scanned.
433
00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:57,762
It is the team's hope that
by getting a detailed account
434
00:18:57,762 --> 00:19:01,349
of underground anomalies and
possible tunnels in this area,
435
00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:03,851
they can be more strategic
in their efforts
436
00:19:03,851 --> 00:19:06,812
to locate
the elusive Money Pit.
437
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,481
Is the whole team
back again, then?
438
00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:10,983
Uh, yes, and more.
Uh, so last year,
439
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:14,362
we had about 15 guys,
and this year, we're over 30.
440
00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:16,030
So, at peak because, like,
441
00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:17,990
we'll have different phases,
442
00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:21,035
starting with the cutting
and survey and‐and drilling,
443
00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:23,996
and, uh, at peak,
we'll be about 35.
444
00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:25,748
Wow.
445
00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:27,583
To cover an area
446
00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:30,961
as large as the island's
eastern half or drumlin
447
00:19:30,961 --> 00:19:35,091
will require a record
18,000 dynamite charges.
448
00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:38,678
As each one is detonated,
the resulting sound waves
449
00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:41,597
will then be measured as they
travel through the earth,
450
00:19:41,597 --> 00:19:43,974
effectively creating
a master map
451
00:19:43,974 --> 00:19:46,435
of any potential tunnels, voids
452
00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:49,063
or other man‐made structures
that might exist
453
00:19:49,063 --> 00:19:52,441
as much as 300 feet deep
underground.
454
00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:56,529
If GPR and seismic agree
that there's a tunnel
455
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:59,156
at a certain location,
then the possibility
456
00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:02,535
of it being valid goes way up.
457
00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,412
Why don't you send your guys
on back.
458
00:20:04,412 --> 00:20:05,996
They know...
they know where to go.
459
00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:07,373
Absolutely.
Okay, let's do that.
460
00:20:07,373 --> 00:20:08,708
‐Okay.
‐Good.
461
00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,546
Later that afternoon,
462
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:17,633
as the team from Eagle Canada
begins their preparations...
463
00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:20,261
Gentlemen. Hi.
‐How are you?
464
00:20:20,261 --> 00:20:22,138
...Craig Tester joins
Alex Lagina
465
00:20:22,138 --> 00:20:25,933
and archaeologist Laird Niven
as they meet once again
466
00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:28,519
with ground‐penetrating radar
experts Steve Watson
467
00:20:28,519 --> 00:20:30,479
and Don Johnston.
468
00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,523
In light of the recent finds
469
00:20:32,523 --> 00:20:35,317
made by metal detection expert
Gary Drayton,
470
00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:37,111
like the iron swages
471
00:20:37,111 --> 00:20:39,739
and the antique
gold‐plated brooch,
472
00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:42,908
they are eager to conduct
a more thorough investigation
473
00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:46,078
of the property once owned
by Daniel McGinnis.
474
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:49,457
There is no name that has been
more intimately involved
475
00:20:49,457 --> 00:20:52,334
with the treasure hunt
than the McGinnis name.
476
00:20:52,334 --> 00:20:55,129
Yeah, there's all kinds
of apocryphal stories that...
477
00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:57,840
about the McGinnises
and their strange wealth
478
00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,800
and gold chains and things.
479
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,970
We would've searched it already,
but we weren't allowed to.
480
00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:05,723
So, this is gonna be
an archaeological search,
481
00:21:05,723 --> 00:21:08,017
but could provide us with clues.
482
00:21:08,017 --> 00:21:10,936
Okay, Laird's officially
in control of this site
483
00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:15,149
because the McGinnis Foundation
is considered "special places,"
484
00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:18,611
so this is kind of an early part
of the process of doing
485
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,321
an archaeological evaluation
of the area.
486
00:21:20,321 --> 00:21:21,864
Right. Okay.
487
00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:24,116
We're gonna have you guys
come in and do your work
488
00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,911
‐and identify anomalies
that could be significant.
‐Yep.
489
00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:29,371
And based on that data,
we're gonna write
490
00:21:29,371 --> 00:21:32,249
a new permit application
for some subsurface testing,
491
00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:33,959
‐some excavation.
‐Excellent.
492
00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:36,712
So, uh, what kind of things
might we see with this?
493
00:21:36,712 --> 00:21:38,964
We'll be able
to see foundations.
494
00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:41,050
Anything where they've dug
in the ground.
495
00:21:41,050 --> 00:21:42,927
So, once you dig in the ground,
496
00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:45,012
it never goes back
to its natural state
497
00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:47,765
because of the way soil is made.
498
00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:50,309
It's many layers
over millions of years,
499
00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:52,311
and when you mix this soil,
500
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:54,563
it's a different value
than the soil beside it.
501
00:21:54,563 --> 00:21:56,607
And we can see the difference
between what we call
502
00:21:56,607 --> 00:21:58,984
the disturbed soil
and the natural soil.
503
00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,152
That's great.
504
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:02,071
Looking forward to seeing
505
00:22:02,071 --> 00:22:04,573
‐what you guys can come up with.
‐Okay.
506
00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:06,200
‐We'll see what we can find.
‐Okay.
507
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,202
‐We'll check back in.
‐Okay.
‐Good luck.
508
00:22:08,202 --> 00:22:10,871
As Steve Watson
and Don Johnston
509
00:22:10,871 --> 00:22:13,165
begin their GPR
scanning operation,
510
00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,835
Craig, Alex and Laird
511
00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:19,296
join Rick, Marty and other
members of the Oak Island team
512
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:22,341
for a meeting at the war room.
513
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:24,969
So, gentlemen, we have
an esteemed guest today.
514
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:28,055
I've not been personally
introduced, uh...
515
00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:30,182
Chipp Reid is a naval historian.
516
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:33,352
He's associated with the U. S.
Naval Institute at Annapolis.
517
00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:37,273
Uh, retired USMC, so for that,
we thank you for your service.
518
00:22:37,273 --> 00:22:39,692
But he's here today because
519
00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:41,443
he's done an extensive amount
of research,
520
00:22:41,443 --> 00:22:43,320
all revolving around possible
521
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,240
military association
with this mystery.
522
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,286
So we look forward
to what you have to tell us.
523
00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:53,163
As an award‐winning
author and researcher,
524
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,082
Chipp Reid has written
extensively
525
00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:58,878
about the naval histories of
both Europe and North America,
526
00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:02,172
especially between
the 17th and 19th centuries,
527
00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:05,009
when Spain, France and England
528
00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:06,969
frequently battled
for control of territories
529
00:23:06,969 --> 00:23:09,513
in the New World.
530
00:23:09,513 --> 00:23:13,058
He has come at the invitation
of Rick Lagina
531
00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:15,811
to present research
he believes will shed new light
532
00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:17,646
on the purpose
of the mysterious,
533
00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:19,440
man‐made structures discovered
534
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,817
last year at Smith's Cove.
535
00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:24,111
If you'd like to tell us
a little bit more about
536
00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:27,197
your background and why
this area of interest for you,
537
00:23:27,197 --> 00:23:29,491
if you can give us
a little bit of that,
538
00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:31,201
then we can get
into the meat of the story.
539
00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:34,663
My specific area of expertise
is Marine Corps
540
00:23:34,663 --> 00:23:37,333
and Royal Navy
and Royal Marine history.
541
00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:39,001
That's what piqued my interest
542
00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:41,462
as to what could be
happening here.
543
00:23:41,462 --> 00:23:44,465
I've got some data that I think
that might... you might
544
00:23:44,465 --> 00:23:46,842
be interested in, uh,
that I believe
545
00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:49,011
could explain
some of the activity
546
00:23:49,011 --> 00:23:50,846
that you've seen
down at Smith's Cove.
547
00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:52,306
It dovetails in
with the archaeology
548
00:23:52,306 --> 00:23:54,099
that's already been discovered.
549
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,810
I've sent a couple of things
off to Steve.
550
00:23:56,810 --> 00:23:58,312
Steve, if you could pull it up
on the screen?
551
00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:05,694
This map is this sketch,
which shows a water battery.
552
00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:06,987
What's a water battery?
553
00:24:06,987 --> 00:24:08,405
A water battery
554
00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:10,574
is an artillery position
that's constructed
555
00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,534
as close to the shoreline
as possible.
556
00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:15,371
‐Okay.
This type of structure
557
00:24:15,371 --> 00:24:18,457
was common from roughly 1600
558
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:21,961
till about the middle
of the 19th century.
559
00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:23,712
If we look
at these structures...
560
00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:27,675
I don't know if this structure
looks familiar in any way.
561
00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,097
Well, that's the
L‐shaped structure.
562
00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:34,640
Yeah.
563
00:24:41,188 --> 00:24:43,315
That is a very
interesting picture,
564
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,734
because, yes, as soon as you
look at it, you think, "Whoa."
565
00:24:45,734 --> 00:24:49,196
The L‐shaped structure looks
more or less identical.
566
00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:51,073
In the war room,
567
00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:53,742
naval historian
and author Chipp Reid
568
00:24:53,742 --> 00:24:56,078
has just presented
the Oak Island team
569
00:24:56,078 --> 00:24:58,497
with astonishing new research
570
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:01,000
suggesting
that the wooden structures
571
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,335
unearthed last year
at Smith's Cove
572
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,754
which dated
to approximately 25 years
573
00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:07,923
before the discovery
of the Money Pit
574
00:25:07,923 --> 00:25:11,051
could be evidence
of a military fortification
575
00:25:11,051 --> 00:25:13,554
known as a "water battery."
576
00:25:13,554 --> 00:25:17,516
And who else but a military
would have had the manpower
577
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,226
to do something like this?
578
00:25:19,226 --> 00:25:22,896
"When did it begin?"
is the big question.
579
00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:25,858
We know from French
manuscript documents
580
00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:28,777
that the French were active
militarily around here.
581
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:30,195
And if we look at
the archaeology
582
00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:31,613
that's already come up,
583
00:25:31,613 --> 00:25:33,240
which to me points
to the French military
584
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,784
being on this island
in the early 1700s,
585
00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:40,205
soon after they founded
Louisbourg in 1713...
586
00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:43,125
When the city of Louisbourg
was first established
587
00:25:43,125 --> 00:25:45,169
by the French in 1713,
588
00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:48,797
it was nothing more than
a small fishing settlement.
589
00:25:48,797 --> 00:25:51,800
But by 1720,
Louisbourg had grown
590
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,511
to become one of the busiest
and richest ports
591
00:25:54,511 --> 00:25:57,556
in the New World,
and served as the center
592
00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:59,975
of all French trade
between Canada,
593
00:25:59,975 --> 00:26:02,102
Europe and the West Indies.
594
00:26:02,102 --> 00:26:06,231
This led the French to
construct a massive fortress,
595
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:09,109
which, by the time
of its completion in 1740,
596
00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:10,903
was considered
the most extensive
597
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:14,114
military stronghold
in North America.
598
00:26:14,114 --> 00:26:17,785
In addition to over two miles
of stone walls,
599
00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:21,246
built as much as 30 feet high
and eight feet thick,
600
00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,831
the fortress also had
601
00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:27,002
a series of secret tunnels
beneath it.
602
00:26:27,002 --> 00:26:32,341
But in 1745, an English colonel
named William Pepperrell
603
00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:35,427
launched a successful campaign
to seize control
604
00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,513
of the French fort.
605
00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:45,104
What is interesting
with the French is, in 1745,
606
00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:47,940
Pepperell's men, who came up
to fight at Louisbourg
607
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,484
Pepperell's men didn't find
any gold.
608
00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:52,194
They found nothing.
609
00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:55,489
The French knew that
Pepperrell's men were coming.
610
00:26:55,489 --> 00:26:58,450
Now, again,
if you're a savvy Frenchman,
611
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,536
you're gonna say, "I don't
want them getting my treasure.
612
00:27:00,536 --> 00:27:02,538
‐Let's go hide it."
‐Right.
613
00:27:02,538 --> 00:27:04,706
The best story,
I would say, would be
614
00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:06,291
that the French moved
their treasure
615
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:09,211
out of Louisbourg
for the 1745 attack,
616
00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:12,506
stuck it on this island,
because it was used for
617
00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:13,882
military reasons prior to that.
618
00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:17,469
So, my guess would be
619
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:20,848
you're actually looking for
some kind of a French treasure.
620
00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:23,809
What about
the Duc d'Anville expedition?
621
00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:26,854
‐Have you looked into that?
‐Yes.
622
00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:29,481
In 1746,
623
00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:32,651
one year after the British
conquest of Louisbourg,
624
00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:36,029
the French launched
a massive fleet of 97 ships
625
00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:37,990
to reclaim the fortress
626
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:42,077
and restore French control over
the North Atlantic colonies.
627
00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,997
The 13,000‐man army was led
628
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:47,958
by Jean‐Baptiste Louis
de la Rochefoucauld,
629
00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:50,544
otherwise known
as the Duc d'Anville,
630
00:27:50,544 --> 00:27:52,713
the descendant
of a powerful French family
631
00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:56,174
with ancient ties
to the Knights Templar.
632
00:27:56,174 --> 00:28:00,053
However, during the three‐month
voyage from France,
633
00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:02,514
severe storms plagued
the armada
634
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:05,267
and led to outbreaks
of typhus and scurvy
635
00:28:05,267 --> 00:28:07,019
among the crew on board.
636
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,062
By the time
the expedition reached Canada,
637
00:28:09,062 --> 00:28:11,899
hundreds of soldiers
had perished,
638
00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:14,985
including the Duc d'Anville
himself.
639
00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,530
I found eight pages
of a ship...
640
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:20,365
what looks like a ship's log.
641
00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:21,950
Two years ago,
642
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:23,911
Doug Crowell presented the team
643
00:28:23,911 --> 00:28:26,038
with a transcript
reportedly written
644
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:28,624
by a crewmember
of the d'Anville mission,
645
00:28:28,624 --> 00:28:32,628
and which described the secret
burial of a vast treasure.
646
00:28:32,628 --> 00:28:34,713
"September 8.
647
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:37,174
"It has been agreed
that a deep pit be dug.
648
00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:38,717
"The pit to have
a secret entrance
649
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,260
by a tunnel from the shore."
650
00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:41,553
I mean, a great quantity
651
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,055
of treasure, and... and they...
652
00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:45,265
they appear to be in this bay.
653
00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:47,351
I mean, it fits in every aspect.
654
00:28:47,351 --> 00:28:48,477
Exactly.
655
00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:50,437
Is it possible
656
00:28:50,437 --> 00:28:52,314
that members
of the Duc d'Anville expedition
657
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:55,400
came to Oak Island
because of previous knowledge
658
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,071
of a treasure depository
located there?
659
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:02,199
One built centuries earlier
by the Duc's ancestors,
660
00:29:02,199 --> 00:29:05,077
who were members
of the Knights Templar?
661
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:07,454
We're certainly not done
in Smith's Cove.
662
00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:08,997
All of the structures we found.
663
00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:11,083
All of the unexplained
activities down there.
664
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:13,001
It's intriguing.
665
00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,463
That's certainly worth further
investigation and research.
666
00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:21,134
If the d'Anville papers
are genuine,
667
00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:24,221
and if they refer
to the reinforcement expedition
668
00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:27,599
that France absolutely sent
to Louisburg...
669
00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:28,934
So, that would corroborate.
670
00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:30,602
They would all
triangulate again.
671
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,480
That's interesting.
672
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,607
I can't speak for anybody else,
but I had not
673
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:37,317
thought that it was
some sort of fortification.
674
00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:38,568
Hadn't thought that.
675
00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:39,987
Now, thanks to
your presentation,
676
00:29:39,987 --> 00:29:42,030
we're gonna have to digest that.
677
00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:45,158
So, we got researchers
I would love you to pick up
678
00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:46,827
on everything he's laying down.
679
00:29:46,827 --> 00:29:49,955
And it's refreshing, as always,
to talk to a true expert.
680
00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:52,124
So, I don't think we have any
more questions for right now.
681
00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,167
I guess I just want to thank you
on behalf of the group.
682
00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:55,585
Thank you very much
for having me.
683
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:56,962
All right. Thank you very much.
684
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,463
Thank you.
685
00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:02,551
Later that same day...
686
00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:04,386
How's it going, guys?
687
00:30:04,386 --> 00:30:05,971
Very good, thank you.
688
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:08,056
...Craig Tester, Alex Lagina
689
00:30:08,056 --> 00:30:12,019
and archaeologist Laird Niven
arrive on Lot 21,
690
00:30:12,019 --> 00:30:14,980
near the McGinnis Foundation,
to check on the progress
691
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,065
of ground‐penetrating
radar experts
692
00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:19,693
Steve Watson and Don Johnston.
693
00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:21,445
Any hits?
694
00:30:21,445 --> 00:30:23,280
Actually, if you look
695
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,990
in front of the well,
there's a pink flag
696
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:26,658
‐in the middle
of the field there.
Yep.
697
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,536
Yeah.
‐So, we had an anomaly there.
698
00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:31,038
‐Okay.
‐It was a very strong anomaly
699
00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:32,289
at about four feet down.
700
00:30:32,289 --> 00:30:33,498
‐Really?
‐Yeah.
701
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:35,333
But until we can sort of
702
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:37,002
resolve the image,
we won't know for sure.
703
00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:38,420
But there's something there.
704
00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:43,717
Ground‐penetrating radar,
or GPR,
705
00:30:43,717 --> 00:30:47,512
emits electromagnetic pulses
into the earth to identify
706
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:51,600
any large objects, structures
or voids that could be buried
707
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,020
up to 15 feet
beneath the McGinnis property.
708
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:58,148
Is it possible that,
using this method,
709
00:30:58,148 --> 00:31:02,277
the team has already discovered
a void or tunnel?
710
00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:04,196
Can you pull up the line
711
00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,697
‐that goes over that?
‐I‐I can.
712
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:06,865
‐Yeah.
‐Okay.
713
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,618
So, you can see
714
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:11,203
the ground is different here,
715
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:12,746
so this has been disturbed.
716
00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:14,706
And then we've got something
down deeper
717
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,625
‐at about four feet.
Four feet deep.
718
00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:19,419
‐How big is the anomaly?
Four feet wide.
719
00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:21,463
And it looked like
it'd been dug down to.
720
00:31:21,463 --> 00:31:22,881
There's definitely
something dug there.
721
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,716
‐That's good.
‐That's‐that's interesting.
722
00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:27,219
The data came out excellent.
723
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,929
We knew there was a couple wells
724
00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:31,640
'cause they're still
at the surface, old stone wells.
725
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,726
But we found another structure
in that area,
726
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,728
so it was great news
to see that.
727
00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:39,189
What it is, at this point
in time, we don't know,
728
00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:40,315
but we'll look into that.
729
00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:41,775
What's interesting
730
00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:44,569
is that the soil
inside this foundation
731
00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:48,073
is different than the soil
on the outside,
732
00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:50,075
‐so it may have been
filled in. Yeah.
‐Okay.
733
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:51,952
Well, the odd part
of this foundation is,
734
00:31:51,952 --> 00:31:54,162
you see, I don't know
if those are cellar steps or...
735
00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:56,623
They seem to go in
a little too deep for me, but...
736
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:58,250
Right.
Well, then,
737
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,169
‐it could be a second cellar.
‐Yeah.
738
00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:02,629
‐Yeah.
Which would be...
739
00:32:02,629 --> 00:32:05,423
‐pretty cool.
‐Yes, it would.
740
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:08,135
A possible second cellar?
741
00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:11,263
Hidden below the home
of Daniel McGinnis,
742
00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:13,056
one of the three young men
who discovered
743
00:32:13,056 --> 00:32:16,309
the original Money Pit
in 1795?
744
00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:19,896
But if so,
what was its purpose?
745
00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:22,607
To find out,
the team must first obtain
746
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:24,818
a special government permit
to conduct
747
00:32:24,818 --> 00:32:28,822
any kind of excavation
in or around the foundation,
748
00:32:28,822 --> 00:32:32,993
one that the GPR data
will no doubt help facilitate.
749
00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:35,245
Okay. Well,
I think that sounds great.
750
00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:37,205
‐We'll let you finish up.
‐Okay.
751
00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:38,582
Thanks, guys.
Okay.
752
00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:43,461
‐Thank you.
Thank you.
753
00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:46,631
A new day begins on Oak Island,
754
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:49,968
and while the team
from Eagle Canada
755
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:51,511
continues to make preparations
756
00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:53,972
for their massive
seismic testing of the area
757
00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:57,184
between Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit,
758
00:32:57,184 --> 00:33:00,145
brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,
759
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,480
along with
historian Doug Crowell,
760
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,650
head to the island's
southern shore.
761
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,986
They are eager to follow up
762
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,197
on some information
about another,
763
00:33:10,197 --> 00:33:14,201
possibly quicker way to find
the elusive treasure shaft.
764
00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:16,369
Uh, Doug, tell me...
tell me the background of this.
765
00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,371
I was talking with Dan Henskee,
766
00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:19,623
and he was telling me
767
00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:21,249
they had, uh, gone through
768
00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:24,294
some of, uh,
Mel Chappell's papers
769
00:33:24,294 --> 00:33:26,713
and there was a tunnel dug
770
00:33:26,713 --> 00:33:29,841
from shaft number nine
down to the shore
771
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:33,011
to help, uh, facilitate pumping
of the water out of that shaft.
772
00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:34,346
A shaft or a tunnel?
773
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:36,014
Well, it's a tunnel
774
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,350
that narrowed into a sluiceway
towards the end
775
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,644
‐once it got near the shore.
‐Oh.
776
00:33:40,644 --> 00:33:42,270
If we can uncover this,
777
00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:45,357
perhaps trace a line back to it,
to the actual shaft
778
00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:47,859
that shaft is on some
of the old diagrams
779
00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:50,612
then we've got a landmark
from the past.
780
00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:52,906
Okay. I'm all in.
781
00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:57,035
In 1863, when the location
782
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,496
of the original Money Pit
was still known,
783
00:33:59,496 --> 00:34:02,290
members
of the Oak Island Association
784
00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:04,751
dug a 120‐foot‐deep shaft
785
00:34:04,751 --> 00:34:07,379
known as Shaft Nine
786
00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:11,383
some 100 feet southeast
of the treasure shaft.
787
00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:14,552
To protect it from flooding,
a wooden drain
788
00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:17,472
known as a sluiceway
was constructed.
789
00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:20,100
Built in the form
of a boxlike tunnel,
790
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,269
it acted
as an artificial channel
791
00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:24,771
that directed water
from the flood tunnel
792
00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:27,649
down to the island's
southern shore.
793
00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:30,068
Once the water
was successfully drained,
794
00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:34,656
a second tunnel was then dug
at a depth of 108 feet
795
00:34:34,656 --> 00:34:36,241
toward the Money Pit.
796
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,410
Although the plan
may have worked,
797
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,161
it was never tested.
798
00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:43,123
The Oak Island Association
went bankrupt.
799
00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:47,877
Shaft Nine was abandoned
and virtually forgotten.
800
00:34:49,879 --> 00:34:52,090
Okay, so where is this thing?
801
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,259
‐Right here?
Yep.
802
00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:59,431
Basically, it's this whole
flat area right in here.
803
00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:01,641
See how much water
is coming down here?
804
00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:04,019
‐Yeah.
‐Soon as we dig that,
it's gonna be water.
805
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,605
‐Hey, Rick!
Hmm?
806
00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,273
It's gonna be water.
807
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:10,317
‐That all right?
Nothing we can do.
808
00:35:10,317 --> 00:35:12,527
Just when you dig,
when you grab these,
809
00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:14,279
‐place them over there.
‐Yeah.
810
00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:16,906
Don't put these
in the dump truck.
811
00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:18,366
Okay.
812
00:35:18,366 --> 00:35:19,951
Today is‐is
813
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,120
really, really exciting,
in my opinion,
814
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,455
because we're going to
815
00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,123
hopefully find the sluice gate.
816
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,125
We're gonna follow that back
and hopefully encounter
817
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,462
the tunnel
and the shaft itself.
818
00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:32,881
We can follow that trail,
maybe it'll lead us
819
00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:35,467
directly to the Money Pit,
and then the game's afoot.
820
00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:39,137
Those are big rocks.
821
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,014
They are big rocks.
822
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,520
Still quite a few stones there.
823
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,065
We're probably getting close to
where we should start watching
824
00:35:50,065 --> 00:35:51,316
for some wood to come up.
825
00:35:52,359 --> 00:35:53,818
Hey, Billy.
826
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:55,945
Hey, Doug.
827
00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:02,494
You've got
something bigger there.
828
00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,165
Is that a timber?
829
00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:19,010
‐Nah. Pipe.
‐Oh, it's pipe.
830
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,054
‐Yeah, that's...
it sounded like metal.
‐Ah.
831
00:36:21,054 --> 00:36:23,431
The last tooth
was hooking on something.
832
00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:28,353
I say you need to go
another four or five feet.
833
00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:31,022
All right.
834
00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:33,692
‐Let's keep digging.
‐
835
00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,694
It was Dan's information
that the...
836
00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:37,570
sluice gate
would lead to a tunnel,
837
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:39,030
which would lead to Shaft Nine.
838
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,032
Shaft Nine would give us,
perhaps,
839
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:43,952
some relevant information
back towards locating
840
00:36:43,952 --> 00:36:45,578
the Money Pit proper,
841
00:36:45,578 --> 00:36:48,373
because at the time
that Nine was developed,
842
00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:49,916
the location
of the Money Pit was known.
843
00:36:54,421 --> 00:36:55,922
Hey, Scott.
Hey, Scott.
844
00:36:55,922 --> 00:36:57,298
How's it going, guys?
845
00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:02,011
‐Having any luck?
‐No. We don't see anything yet.
846
00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,888
We're about sea level now.
847
00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:06,474
So, where's our thing?
848
00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:08,226
Great question.
849
00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:11,229
I can certainly keep digging.
850
00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,273
Okay. Maybe we should try
851
00:37:13,273 --> 00:37:14,941
a couple more scoops
out of the bottom
852
00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:17,527
and maybe knock a piece
of that wall out
853
00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:19,529
‐on the far side.
‐Okay.
854
00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:38,465
Oh, wow. Look at that.
855
00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:41,134
A lot of water coming in there.
856
00:37:41,134 --> 00:37:43,678
There's a lot
of water there, yeah.
857
00:37:43,678 --> 00:37:45,346
Oh, yeah. Look at that.
858
00:37:45,346 --> 00:37:46,347
You struck something there,
Marty.
859
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:48,600
Yeah, something let go.
860
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,059
It's just pouring in.
861
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:53,271
It's like a rock drain
or something.
862
00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:54,689
Yeah.
863
00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:58,485
If this is the sluiceway,
it's still functioning.
864
00:37:58,485 --> 00:38:00,445
We're gonna see a shaft
that was dug
865
00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:03,531
when they knew the original
location of the Money Pit.
866
00:38:03,531 --> 00:38:06,201
On a number of levels,
that's pretty inspiring.
867
00:38:06,201 --> 00:38:08,119
I'd say that's your sluice.
868
00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,330
‐It's‐it's this way.
Okay, well,
take another one.
869
00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:12,415
Right where the water's coming
out, we'll just take, like,
870
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:14,209
‐a quarter of a bucketful.
Okay.
871
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,298
That gives me hope
that it's still intact.
872
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:21,966
It might be.
'Cause that's a lot
873
00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:24,052
of water coming down it,
so it's still flowing.
874
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:28,139
‐Well, yeah, there it is.
‐Oh, wow.
875
00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:30,183
It's a whole box right here.
876
00:38:30,183 --> 00:38:32,644
Holy smokes.
877
00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,691
While excavating
near the southern shore
878
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:39,651
of Oak Island in search
of the wooden sluiceway
879
00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:42,153
believed to connect
to Shaft Nine,
880
00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:44,364
Rick, Marty
and members of their team
881
00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:46,783
have just made what could be
882
00:38:46,783 --> 00:38:49,744
one of the most important
discoveries of the year.
883
00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:52,997
A lot of water.
884
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,584
Goes way back in there.
885
00:38:56,584 --> 00:38:58,086
Ah, there's the top.
886
00:38:58,086 --> 00:38:59,379
Yeah, look, there's wood.
887
00:38:59,379 --> 00:39:00,547
That's a good sign.
888
00:39:00,547 --> 00:39:02,382
‐Well preserved.
Yeah.
889
00:39:02,382 --> 00:39:04,384
That's a heavy piece of wood.
890
00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:06,427
Oh.
891
00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:08,888
Check this out.
892
00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:10,348
Puddled clay.
893
00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:12,976
Oh, look at that.
894
00:39:12,976 --> 00:39:16,104
That‐that's why the wood's
so well preserved.
895
00:39:16,104 --> 00:39:19,023
‐I'd say that's your sluice.
Yeah.
896
00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,692
That's a look
back in time, boys.
897
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:23,528
159 years ago, more or less.
898
00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:26,072
‐And still working.
‐And still working.
899
00:39:26,072 --> 00:39:27,699
‐Yeah.
Well, that's amazing.
900
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:30,368
‐It still works.
Yeah.
901
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:32,203
They've engineered it properly.
902
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,581
You can't say they didn't know
what they were doing.
903
00:39:34,581 --> 00:39:37,375
So, what are we gonna do
with this, Rick?
904
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:40,545
Well, we need to dig it
backwards and expose it.
905
00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:42,630
That's what I was thinking.
906
00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,800
I should mark that.
907
00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:50,138
Dan Henskee is the sage.
He's... he is
908
00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:53,474
the royalty, if you will,
of Oak Island now.
909
00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:56,644
It is with his help
and his insistence alone
910
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:59,939
that we have uncovered
the sluice.
911
00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:02,650
It will go a long way
912
00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:05,069
towards hopefully pinpointing
913
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:06,738
the location of Shaft Nine.
914
00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:09,324
It's not that deep.
915
00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:10,617
No.
916
00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,327
Thus, we can hand‐dig it.
917
00:40:12,327 --> 00:40:14,120
You know, and try to get it back
918
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,080
to where it's not
all broken and busted.
919
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,083
‐And then see where it goes?
‐Yep.
920
00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:21,586
It's pretty cool.
That last scoop
921
00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,963
‐was like taking the cork out.
Yeah.
922
00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:25,840
Well, this is the first step
in reestablishing
923
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,342
that landmark up the hill.
924
00:40:27,342 --> 00:40:30,219
‐Yeah.
‐I think this is
a successful day.
925
00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:31,638
‐Good.
‐I have it pinned,
926
00:40:31,638 --> 00:40:33,014
so let's find
the other end tomorrow.
927
00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:34,515
Good deal, Steve.
928
00:40:34,515 --> 00:40:36,935
Good work.
Thank you.
929
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:41,689
For Rick, Marty and the team,
930
00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:45,151
a week that began
with a frustrating setback
931
00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:47,862
now ends with a discovery
that could offer
932
00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:50,114
a major breakthrough
in their quest
933
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:53,368
to finally pinpoint
the original Money Pit.
934
00:40:53,368 --> 00:40:57,455
But once the long‐lost
searcher shaft is found,
935
00:40:57,455 --> 00:40:59,332
will it really lead
Rick and Marty
936
00:40:59,332 --> 00:41:01,793
to a centuries‐old vault
937
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,545
filled with priceless gold
and jewels?
938
00:41:04,545 --> 00:41:08,675
Or will it take them
down a different path,
939
00:41:08,675 --> 00:41:11,803
one that will reveal
just why Oak Island's secrets
940
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:16,224
have been so fiercely guarded
for more than two centuries
941
00:41:16,224 --> 00:41:18,726
and protected by a curse
942
00:41:18,726 --> 00:41:20,728
that predicts
that seven must die
943
00:41:20,728 --> 00:41:24,649
before an incredible treasure
can be found?
944
00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:29,570
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
945
00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:31,239
This looks like a minefield.
946
00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,326
The island can't keep its secret
anymore. It can't do it.
947
00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:40,415
Ooh! This is
a 1700s ship's spike.
948
00:41:40,415 --> 00:41:42,208
I discovered Spanish ships
949
00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,919
deposit their treasure
on Oak Island,
950
00:41:44,919 --> 00:41:47,005
and they protect it
with flood tunnels.
951
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:48,881
‐Wow.
Heads up.
952
00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:51,175
‐Oh.
‐Whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
953
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:52,635
Hey, there's wood there!
954
00:41:52,635 --> 00:41:54,512
That's a tunnel!
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