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‐Oh, wow, look at that.
Oh, it is a timber!
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It's a timber!
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We don't have any structures
like this on any of our maps.
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This could be some
of the early workings.
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This painting was an instrument
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to record a secret
about Oak Island.
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I would dig
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where the shepherd points.
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Wow!
Lots of wood.
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We're on a corner.
The Money Pit's
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‐14 feet away.
‐That's stunning.
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I mean, that's zeroing in.
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The Money Pit
may no longer be lost.
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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
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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That's a substantial amount
of water coming through there.
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Am I seeing things,
or is there,
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like, a bunch of cobble?
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I do see
a bunch of cobble, yeah.
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Quite distinctive, isn't it?
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Those rocks look like
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they've been placed there.
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‐Yeah.
‐On purpose.
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Yeah. I think so, too.
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Shortly after completing
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this 6,000‐square‐foot
extension
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to the massive steel cofferdam
at Smith's Cove,
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Rick Lagina and members
of the Oak Island team
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have already found evidence
of what could be
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another breakthrough discovery.
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There's a lot of cobble there
and none here.
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Like a rock wall.
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This is a heck of a start,
or what?
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Just moments ago,
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while excavating a mysterious
square‐shaped log structure‐‐
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one that was never reported
by previous treasure hunters‐‐
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the team unearthed
what they believe
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could be part of one
of the five stone box drains.
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First discovered in 1850,
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the box drains draw ocean water
from the shore,
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which is then used to fuel
a booby‐trapped flooding system
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which prevents digging in the
area known as the Money Pit.
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‐They look like
they've been stacked.
‐Yeah.
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I mean, look at how quickly
the water runs out
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from the structure.
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It's still working today,
you know?
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Quite packed in there, Laird.
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I'm not gonna make a statement,
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but it's... well defined.
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I only know one thing, right?
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There's a preponderance
of cobble,
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but it seems to keep going
that way and that way.
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Hey, Billy, can you take
a couple scoops of water,
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and we can see it better?
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Look at the sheer difference of,
like, pure clay
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to a mound of rocks.
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There's definitely more rocks
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going that way.
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That pile is continuing.
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Wow. Look at that.
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So, this is the shaft?
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We‐we don't have
any structures like this
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on any of our maps, so this is
a new original discovery.
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Plus, you've got black organic
material rotting away there.
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That's another sign of it.
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What's disturbing
about this is that there is
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no historical record.
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Dan did not articulate
having built anything like this.
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I can't believe
that Mr. Blankenship
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would have built
such a structure, so...
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Certainly, uh,
Restall or earlier,
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but it begs the question
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how were they able
to get out this far?
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I think this,
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more than anything else,
it mimics Restall work.
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These vertical timbers,
they used that feature a lot.
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The only problem I have is,
for this to be Restall work,
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this is... somebody said
it's underwater.
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‐So how would they
have gotten here?
‐Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Bill, you want to hop in
and get this cleaned up?
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Yep.
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Just like old days.
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It is
pretty interesting.
Yeah.
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They look like
they've been stacked.
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Here comes the geologist.
All right!
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Oh, wow, look at that.
What do you make of that?
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Well, yeah,
I would say people were there.
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‐ All right.
‐People piled those boulders up.
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‐So, the north end
of this, Terry,
‐Right.
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is the south end of the slipway.
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Oh, we're not to far off there.
I see. Okay.
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One year ago,
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near the same area
of Smith's Cove...
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There's a timber right there.
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Wow.
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...the team uncovered
the remains
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of a wooden slipway,
which would have been used
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for hauling boats
in or out of water,
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usually for the purpose of
loading, unloading or repair.
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When the wood used
to make the slipway
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was scientifically dated
using dendrochronology,
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it suggested that
it may have been built
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as early as 1769,
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nearly three decades before
the discovery of the Money Pit
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in 1795.
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Is it possible that
this recently discovered
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rock‐and‐log structure
is related in some way?
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But if so, how?
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Is that rounded,
or is that a piece of timber?
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Let's have a quick look here.
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I think it's another bit of,
uh, wood.
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Oh, it is a timber!
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It's a timber!
Oh, yeah, it is.
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What do you think, Terry?
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It means that it's part
of a crib‐work, I would say.
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That's not natural.
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This is the furthest structure
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that we've ever found.
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Yes.
‐You know, furthest away
from the actual beach.
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Well, who
thinks they know what this is?
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We have
to keep digging to find out.
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Exactly.
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For now, it's been a long day.
I think we're done.
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Another day, another structure.
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Following their
productive search operation
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at Smith's Cove,
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Rick, Craig and other members
of the team gather
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in the war room.
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They are eager to share
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the news of today's findings
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with Rick's brother Marty,
who is away on business.
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‐Hey. How you doing?
‐Hey, Marty.
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Good. Whatcha got?
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Well, Marty,
I'm just following up,
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those pictures that I sent you
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‐about the Smith Cove's work?
‐Yes.
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Just wanted to explain
the‐the pictures, really.
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Remember Mike Jardine showed us
those box‐like features
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at surface?
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Yeah, I sure do,
before he even started.
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‐Yep, I do.
‐We've exposed them now.
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The curious thing
that is on the back side,
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the seaward side of the box,
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there's a tremendous amount
of rockwork,
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and that really is the most
interesting feature to date.
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We still have to decide if we
want to dig inside the box.
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Yeah, so, the rockwork
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outside the box,
do you think that's...
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different time,
or associated with it?
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It appears
as though it's extensive.
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It was quite laborious.
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But what it means
and its relation to the box,
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I don't think
I can time‐frame that.
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‐Not yet.
‐But it could have been
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that they were digging down
to‐to find a way
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to shut off the water,
you know, the age‐old thing.
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Or it could be one of the...
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‐one of the last finger drain
systems in Smith's Cove.
‐Yeah.
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Entirely possible.
Go dig 'em up.
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This area, because it's
outside Dan's cofferdam,
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it's really interesting.
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I know Dan...
really liked this area.
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He always thought
it was leaking in this area,
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the... from the flood tunnel
or something.
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There was water coming out
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when he had his cofferdam
in here, so...
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hopefully,
we can get down deeper
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and get in these rocks and...
and find out what it is.
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Okay. Well,
it was a good start.
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At least you found
something already unknown...
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‐hitherto unknown.
‐Yeah.
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I really didn't think
we'd discover
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something as massive as what
we found in the bump out.
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When I see these timbers,
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um, you know,
these are substantial.
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And Rick tells me
that also there was
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an enormous amount of rock
associated with it, too,
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that he took out by hand.
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This is yet another,
yet another structure
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in Smith's Cove,
so I'm impressed.
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It's just the beginning
of Smith's Cove,
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and the hope is that it
will reveal some things
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that to this point are unknown.
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I say dig, Craig, Rick,
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Billy, Doug, dig!
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Let's get to the bottom of it.
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That's the hope,
and‐and, uh, we'll...
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‐dig away, as you say.
‐Yeah, Rick,
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you're off to a really good
start, and I'll be out there
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just as soon as I can, 'cause I
don't want to miss all the fun.
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All righty. See ya.
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‐See you guys. Thanks.
See you, Marty.
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As a new day begins
on Oak Island,
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Jack Begley
and historian Doug Crowell
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have joined
archaeologist Laird Niven
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and other members of the team
at Smith's Cove
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to continue their investigation
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of the mysterious
wooden structure.
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To get down to the depth
we need to get down to,
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we almost have to take out a...
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a little bit more with
the excavator, don't you think?
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Do you want
to come onto a linear section
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of the box drain undisturbed,
or do you want to cut through
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‐and then try to find it?
‐Well, that's up for debate.
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I'm inclined
to try and cut through it
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and then find it
in the sidewall.
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I'll peel back in
a little bit. Yeah.
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Yeah, but not too far,
because yeah,
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‐this is where...
what we're focusing on.
‐Yeah. Yep.
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Yeah.
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Using a 40‐ton excavator,
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Billy Gerhardt will carefully
dig along the suspected path
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of the rock feature
in the hopes
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that by exposing more of the
structure, they can confirm
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whether it is, in fact,
connected to a flood tunnel‐‐
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a flood tunnel
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that would lead directly
to the original Money Pit.
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Sounds like he's
hitting rocks there.
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That's a good sign,
then, isn't it?
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Are you okay with me metal
detecting over this, Laird?
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‐Yep.
‐Okay.
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When Billy's finished,
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I'll give it a little search.
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I've been chomping at the bit
to get back to Smith's Cove.
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We didn't have a lot of success
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with coins
and artifacts last year,
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but this is the year.
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You ready, Billy?
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‐Yep.
Here we go, Jack.
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There's a hit here.
It's just tough
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to see what it is.
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This is probably iron.
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You can feel it?
Yeah.
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I'm getting something,
but it seems to be
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all over the place.
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Wow.
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This is fantastic.
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Yeah!
It's definitely an old piece
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of wrought iron here.
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That's a cool little find.
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‐Structural, right?
Yeah, that's cool.
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They look very similar
to what you found last year
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‐along the slipway.
‐Yeah.
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Right in line.
And that's where we found
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all those old cribbing spikes
from 1600s, 1700s.
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A cribbing spike?
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Similar to the ones found
within the 18th‐century slipway
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that was unearthed
in this area last year
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and which blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge suggested
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could be as much
as 400 years old?
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Could Gary and Jack
have just found
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further evidence to suggest
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that the mysterious
log structure was made
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before the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795?
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This is the start
of something good, mate.
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Mm‐hmm.
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Hey, Rick.
Hey, Rick.
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Hey. How can we help?
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We've already found
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a couple of things here,
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and I'm sure
you'll recognize these.
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‐And I believe...
‐Yeah.
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This is the only area
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we found
those old cribbing spikes beside
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of the slipway,
and it was found down there.
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It's in really good shape.
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Oh, yeah. That's an old piece
of iron, as well.
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You can actually see it.
I think it...
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The hand hammered,
you know, right here.
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All the little dimples.
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‐Right here.
‐Yeah. It's in great shape.
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And we haven't gone
that far down in this area.
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Gary comes up
with a cribbing spike that he
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suspects could be
from the 17th century.
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And we're always looking
to have one data set,
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if you will,
reinforce another data set.
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So we have this
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dendrochronology date of 1769.
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Certainly fits
within that bracket.
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And I ask myself,
is it original work,
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or is it searcher work?
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We know the myriad number
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of structures
that we've found down here.
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Mm‐hmm.
‐There's nothing says that
this is the singular one.
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Might be something over here.
Over there.
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There.
So we have to take our time
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and really analyze what we see
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‐and just take it slow.
Yeah.
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I feel good
about how it's going so far.
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Good. Very good.
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After finishing the day's work
at Smith's Cove...
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Hey, guys.
Corjan.
Welcome to Oak Island.
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Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,
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along with members of the team,
meet with Oak Island researcher
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and theorist Corjan Mol
in the war room.
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Corjan has recently intrigued
the Laginas with the notion
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that a French artist
used his paintings
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to plant clues
as to the location
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of the Oak Island treasure.
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Thanks for the invitation.
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Okay, there we are.
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So, this is, uh,
Nicolas Poussin.
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Now, if you look at the mystery,
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first, you need to know
some things about Poussin.
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Nicolas Poussin is‐is a...
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Well, he's actually
the classical painter.
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Some of his works are, uh,
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incredibly famous
and are in the big museums.
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And from my perspective,
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you know,
he‐he was an instrument
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to, uh, record a secret
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about Oak Island.
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Born in 1594,
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Nicolas Poussin became
one of the preeminent painters
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of the classical
French baroque style
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during the 17th century.
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In addition to serving
as the First Painter
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to King Louis XIII of France,
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Poussin spent much
of his career
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living and working in Rome,
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where his patrons included
powerful nobles,
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Catholic church officials
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and even the pope.
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But according to
Corjan Mol's research,
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three of Poussin's
prominent paintings
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may have been created
with a secret purpose
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to offer clues about a treasure
buried on Oak Island.
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The first of these
is believed to appear
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in the 1627 painting
Shepherds of Arcadia,
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which depicts a group
of shepherds
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gathered around a stone tomb
inscribed with the phrase
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"et in Arcadia ego."
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If you look at the painting,
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the shepherd is pointing
at the phrase,
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"et in Arcadia ego."
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It's a special phrase,
and perhaps it's an anagram.
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So, an anagram is a word
or a phrase that uses
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the same letters
in a different order.
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Now,
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"et in Arcadia ego"
could be an anagram for, uh,
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in Italian, uh,
"Gite neo Arcadia."
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Excursion to new Arcadia.
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In 1523,
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Italian explorer
Giovanni da Verrazzano
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led an expedition
to North America
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on behalf
of King Francis I of France.
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After making landfall
in North Carolina,
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Verrazzano sailed northward
along the Atlantic coast,
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a region
which he later called Arcadia,
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a name meaning "refuge"
or "paradise" in Greek.
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During the 17th century,
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this was later changed
to Acadia
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by the French cartographer
Samuel de Champlain
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to refer
to the coastal colonies
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of New France in Canada,
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which included Nova Scotia.
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Now, Poussin paints
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another work at the same time
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Midas washing his feet
in the river Pactolus.
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And these two works
belong together.
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They call that pendants.
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So these were supposed
to hang together.
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The story is
that when Midas washed himself,
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the gold, uh,
came into the river.
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And from that moment,
it was a gold river.
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A gold‐bearing river.
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It is Corjan's belief
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that Poussin's second painting
in his trilogy
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offered a deliberate reference
to the Gold River,
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which is located just north
of Oak Island
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and was also the site
of a gold rush in the mid‐1800s
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after large deposits
were discovered there.
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Almost ten years later,
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he paints the scene again.
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And Poussin used a pentagram
as the basis
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for the Shepherds of Arcadia,
the second version.
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A common practice
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in 17th century painting
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was to use geometric shapes
as a means
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of basing a painting's
overall composition.
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Most often, this was done
for aesthetic purposes,
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but Corjan is convinced
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that Poussin intended
the shape embedded
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within his painting to serve
as a kind of treasure map.
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One which, when combined
with the megalithic formation
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known as Nolan's Cross, points
to a possible treasure site
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in the Oak Island swamp.
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I thought if you look
at Nolan's Cross,
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there's five dots,
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and you only need four
to make a cross.
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Mm‐hmm.
So the fifth
might be what you need
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to place a pentagram
on Nolan's Cross.
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So, this point
is where the shepherds point.
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If you superimpose
the painting,
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this would be the placement.
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Wow.
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00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:26,439
That is pretty cool that
that pops out. It really is.
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You think that these paintings
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actually say that
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the treasure came
to Nova Scotia?
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But it also could have been
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‐on Oak Island
that it was deposited?
Yes.
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Yes. Yeah.
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Look,
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I've always felt that,
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and I think we spoke earlier
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when we first discussed things,
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that there was something
in the swamp.
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My question to you is
since you are intrigued,
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what is here, in your opinion?
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I believe the ark was found,
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uh, by the Templars in, uh...
after 1099.
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And I'm convinced it came here.
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00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,351
The Ark of the Covenant
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buried on Oak Island?
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00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,980
For decades,
numerous Oak Island
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researchers and historians
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have theorized
that while fighting for control
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of the Holy Land
during the Crusades,
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00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:15,988
members of the Knights Templar
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also conducted
secret excavations at the site
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of King Solomon's Temple
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and removed numerous
sacred religious relics,
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00:19:23,329 --> 00:19:25,164
including a golden menorah
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and the Ark of the Covenant.
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It has also been speculated
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that after facing persecution
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in Europe
in the early 14th century,
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the surviving members
of the Templar order
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fled to North America,
taking with them
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00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:43,683
not only these sacred treasures
but also a fortune in gold
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00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:46,644
and buried them on Oak Island.
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00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:49,105
Could Corjan Mol's
incredible theory
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00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:51,941
that Nicolas Poussin
had secret knowledge
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00:19:51,941 --> 00:19:54,360
of these Templar treasures
and that he used that knowledge
447
00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:57,279
to embed clues in three
of his most iconic paintings
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00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:59,907
offer evidence
that the Templar theory
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00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:02,118
might be true?
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00:20:02,118 --> 00:20:04,704
Very interesting.
I mean, the connections
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00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,747
you can make
with conventional history
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00:20:06,747 --> 00:20:09,875
‐are really amazing, you know?
‐There's no end to it.
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00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:11,877
I mean, with all the data
we have now
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from Steve's work...
So we should be able to...
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‐line that up.
‐Yeah.
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00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:19,093
Well, Corjan,
I've always felt that
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it's through collaboration
and cooperation
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that this will ultimately be
best served.
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00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:27,435
So, to that end,
we can but say thank you.
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00:20:27,435 --> 00:20:29,186
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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00:20:35,025 --> 00:20:38,028
One day
after the team's meeting
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with Oak Island theorist
Corjan Mol...
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00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:43,325
Actually, I'm probably gonna
start digging this shaft out.
464
00:20:43,325 --> 00:20:46,996
...Jack Begley and Gary Drayton
continue digging
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00:20:46,996 --> 00:20:51,000
inside the box‐like wooden
structure at Smith's Cove
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00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,585
in the hopes
of finding evidence
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00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:55,087
of one
of the fabled stone box drains.
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00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:57,715
What I like about this area,
what we're digging in now,
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there's no photos
of what it used to look like.
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00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:02,511
Yeah.
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00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:05,097
Never dug this deep.
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00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:07,975
Yeah.
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00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:12,229
Meanwhile,
at the triangle‐shaped swamp...
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‐Morning, Don.
‐Good morning.
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‐Sorry about the weather.
‐
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You're gonna get wet.
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00:21:17,067 --> 00:21:19,028
...Rick Lagina,
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00:21:19,028 --> 00:21:20,946
surveyor Steve Guptill
and local diver
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00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,698
Tony Sampson welcome back
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00:21:22,698 --> 00:21:25,701
ground‐penetrating radar
experts Don Johnston
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00:21:25,701 --> 00:21:27,077
and Steve Watson.
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00:21:27,077 --> 00:21:29,246
They are curious to find out
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00:21:29,246 --> 00:21:32,041
if the possible treasure sites
Corjan Mol identified
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00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:35,377
in the swamp are worth
further investigation.
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00:21:35,377 --> 00:21:38,130
So, uh, Tony's been kind enough
to assist us,
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00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,466
and I think that he's gonna be
a great boon to the effort here.
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00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:43,677
The hope is that Steve and I
will be in the water.
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00:21:43,677 --> 00:21:45,596
We'll run the‐‐ run the line.
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00:21:45,596 --> 00:21:47,515
Tony will be in the boat
with you.
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00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:49,767
We'll do a hand‐over‐hand pull.
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Try to keep it
consistent travel.
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00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:54,230
And, uh, then you're gonna have
to tell us
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00:21:54,230 --> 00:21:55,981
‐if it's working or not.
And then we'll tweak...
‐Yeah.
494
00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:57,358
We'll tweak the system.
495
00:21:57,358 --> 00:21:59,193
‐Yeah.
‐All right.
Okay.
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00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:01,070
Although Rick and Marty
conducted
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00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:04,490
extensive seismic testing
across the swamp last year,
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00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:07,493
which revealed
a 200‐foot‐long anomaly,
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00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:09,286
they are hoping
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00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:11,163
that additional scanning
will help better define
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00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,790
existing targets
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00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:15,167
and possibly identify new ones.
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00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,044
The other years, you know,
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00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:18,963
we were in there
doing investigative work,
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00:22:18,963 --> 00:22:21,382
and we didn't‐‐
we didn't have an inkling
506
00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:23,509
as to what may
or may not be in there.
507
00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:28,055
But now we have real reason
to‐to gather great data,
508
00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:29,306
corroborative data,
at this point.
509
00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:31,934
So there's a lot more incentive
510
00:22:31,934 --> 00:22:33,644
‐to get back in there.
‐Yeah.
511
00:22:33,644 --> 00:22:36,939
We believe
there's something there, but...
512
00:22:36,939 --> 00:22:38,983
it's all about expectation
management. We have to prove it.
513
00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:40,985
Just like finding the one thing
in the Money Pit.
514
00:22:40,985 --> 00:22:43,571
We have to prove
that that's a real anomaly.
515
00:22:43,571 --> 00:22:44,989
Okay. We're all ready to go.
516
00:22:44,989 --> 00:22:47,074
‐Got it? You got it?
‐Yeah. Yeah.
517
00:22:47,074 --> 00:22:51,078
Ground‐penetrating radar,
or GPR,
518
00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:53,914
sends electromagnetic pulses
into the earth
519
00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:55,708
to detect changes in soil
520
00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:58,460
that could indicate
any structures or objects
521
00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,796
buried deep
beneath the surface.
522
00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:03,257
‐Ready?
‐Yep.
523
00:23:03,257 --> 00:23:05,050
In order to apply
this technology
524
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,469
in a wetland environment
like the swamp,
525
00:23:07,469 --> 00:23:09,388
the GPR team will conduct
526
00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:13,017
their scan by boat
with the help of Tony Sampson.
527
00:23:13,017 --> 00:23:15,060
Meanwhile, Rick Lagina
528
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:16,687
and Steve Guptill
will guide the team
529
00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:17,980
along a systematic grid pattern
530
00:23:17,980 --> 00:23:20,441
using rope lines.
531
00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:22,610
Went off a little bit.
532
00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:24,153
Come back left.
533
00:23:24,153 --> 00:23:25,404
There you go.
534
00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:26,655
Corjan Mol has done
535
00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:28,657
an incredible job of research,
536
00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:33,120
and the swamp is a very
specific location of interest.
537
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,122
It's more than interesting.
It's certainly
538
00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:37,499
something we have
to follow up on.
539
00:23:37,499 --> 00:23:40,002
And I'm hoping
that GPR will get
540
00:23:40,002 --> 00:23:42,755
two things one, to get
a baseline reading of the swamp
541
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:46,800
and also to see if there are
any hits, if you will,
542
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,802
in the associated anomalies
within.
543
00:23:48,802 --> 00:23:50,721
Steve, what's your swath like?
544
00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:52,348
Like, are you going‐‐
You're probably‐‐
545
00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:53,641
You're a meter wide
546
00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:55,351
‐and you're swathing out, right?
‐Yeah.
547
00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:56,393
At‐at what angle?
548
00:23:56,393 --> 00:23:58,103
Uh, 30 degrees.
549
00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,521
That's not bad.
That's good coverage.
550
00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:00,564
Yeah.
551
00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:04,526
Just hold on!
552
00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:06,236
I'm gonna get rid
of the other rope!
553
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,784
Okay! Go!
554
00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:21,543
Going over a bunch of stuff now.
555
00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:22,628
Okay, just...
556
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,338
went over something there.
557
00:24:24,338 --> 00:24:27,257
Just went over an anomaly!
558
00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:30,594
How deep?
559
00:24:30,594 --> 00:24:32,846
About three meters!
560
00:24:32,846 --> 00:24:35,057
‐How big?
‐Uh...
561
00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:36,892
six meters.
562
00:24:36,892 --> 00:24:38,102
Six meters!
563
00:24:38,102 --> 00:24:39,478
Six meters wide? Across?
564
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,814
‐Across.
‐Okay.
565
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:45,484
An anomaly some ten feet
beneath the swamp
566
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,319
measuring 20 feet wide
567
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,655
and found near one
of the locations identified
568
00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:51,573
by Corjan Mol?
569
00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:54,535
Could it be connected to
the large ship‐shaped anomaly
570
00:24:54,535 --> 00:24:58,372
that was discovered
by seismic scanning last year?
571
00:24:58,372 --> 00:25:03,168
This GPR is showing a‐an anomaly
that's quite substantial,
572
00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:07,881
and I do want us to pursue it
as aggressively as possible.
573
00:25:07,881 --> 00:25:09,800
So we're in the process
of trying
574
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,762
to acquire permits
to allow such a dig to occur
575
00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:17,224
and understand if indeed
the swamp held secrets.
576
00:25:17,224 --> 00:25:20,060
That's probably our anomaly!
577
00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:21,562
Yep. That's interesting.
578
00:25:21,562 --> 00:25:24,356
Where you are,
the dimension of it.
579
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,817
It could be significant.
Let's put it that way.
580
00:25:26,817 --> 00:25:29,028
So, here's what I think
we should do.
581
00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:30,821
Do a couple more runs here
and then go north‐south
582
00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:32,865
‐through that area.
‐Okeydoke.
583
00:25:35,576 --> 00:25:39,621
As GPR continues
in the swamp...
584
00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:41,790
You guys call for some more guys
with shovels?
585
00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:43,250
Only if you're willing
to get your hands dirty.
586
00:25:43,250 --> 00:25:44,918
Yeah.
587
00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:46,462
...Alex Lagina joins
588
00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:49,089
other members of the team
at Smith's Cove
589
00:25:49,089 --> 00:25:50,549
as they continue searching
590
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:53,218
inside the mysterious
log structure
591
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,928
in hopes of finding
possible evidence
592
00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:57,473
of the legendary
flood tunnel system.
593
00:25:57,473 --> 00:25:59,141
What's going on?
594
00:25:59,141 --> 00:26:01,769
We're trying to find
the stone drains.
595
00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:04,063
So, we're digging very carefully
to see if we can find the trace
596
00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:07,024
that the drain is hiding
somewhere within this pile.
597
00:26:07,024 --> 00:26:08,776
‐So...
So, on the theory
598
00:26:08,776 --> 00:26:10,736
that this was put down
to try to...
599
00:26:10,736 --> 00:26:12,946
intersect
and shut off the drain,
600
00:26:12,946 --> 00:26:14,490
we're looking in here
and out there?
601
00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:15,824
Yes.
‐Yep.
602
00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:17,367
This, hopefully,
will tell us two things.
603
00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:19,161
Maybe it'll show us
what they were looking at,
604
00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:20,871
or maybe it'll show us
the‐the level
605
00:26:20,871 --> 00:26:22,831
that they were trying to reach
to examine something.
606
00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:24,458
Got it.
607
00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:27,127
When we first revealed
the amount
608
00:26:27,127 --> 00:26:29,296
of rock that was in the front
609
00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:31,673
of the box‐like structures,
the first thought
610
00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:33,967
on everyone's mind was is it
611
00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:36,303
some association
with the flooding system?
612
00:26:36,303 --> 00:26:38,514
We don't know as of yet,
but we need
613
00:26:38,514 --> 00:26:40,265
to continue to expose
the structure.
614
00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:43,560
Because if you can prove
that the, uh,
615
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,437
old stories,
616
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:48,440
the‐the old reports
are accurate‐‐
617
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,235
there is a flood tunnel,
there is a box drain‐‐
618
00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:52,611
that's huge.
619
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:55,531
Oh, look at that.
620
00:26:55,531 --> 00:26:57,616
That's about three feet down.
621
00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,828
Wow.
622
00:27:00,828 --> 00:27:01,995
I wonder if that's part
of a platform.
623
00:27:01,995 --> 00:27:03,413
‐Yeah.
‐Mm‐hmm.
624
00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,791
‐Yeah.
‐Yeah, looks like
a pretty thick beam.
625
00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:08,836
I can reach all in
through there.
626
00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:10,337
A platform?
627
00:27:10,337 --> 00:27:12,506
Could the shaft‐like
wooden structure,
628
00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:14,007
possibly connected
629
00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:16,385
to the island's
legendary flooding system,
630
00:27:16,385 --> 00:27:18,554
be covering
a much deeper structure
631
00:27:18,554 --> 00:27:20,806
than the team
previously thought?
632
00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:24,768
If so,
how far down does it go?
633
00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:27,938
And what could be lying
at the bottom?
634
00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:29,731
Hey, Rick.
635
00:27:29,731 --> 00:27:30,691
Hey.
636
00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:35,279
That's the end of it?
637
00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:37,823
No, this is a‐‐
this is like a platform.
638
00:27:37,823 --> 00:27:39,825
We took another board out.
639
00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:42,035
It would have been
over top of this.
640
00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:44,204
If that's a platform,
they went deep.
641
00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:46,582
What was the purpose
of the platform?
642
00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:49,293
Well, in general, it was because
you had ladderways, right?
643
00:27:49,293 --> 00:27:50,878
So, if it was a deeper shaft,
644
00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:52,629
you come down to a platform
645
00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:54,840
and then the next ladder segment
would take you down deeper.
646
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,091
You set the ladder that way
and that way
647
00:27:56,091 --> 00:27:57,759
‐kind of thing.
‐Yeah. You got to wonder
648
00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,887
how deep this goes
if they put a platform into it.
649
00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:02,431
The whole point
of this bump out
650
00:28:02,431 --> 00:28:04,224
in Smith's Cove
was to find things.
651
00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:06,226
Well,
we certainly have done that.
652
00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:11,023
There appears to be a working
platform we found in the box,
653
00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,692
and, of course, we don't know
how deep the structure is.
654
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,903
But might they be
critically important
655
00:28:15,903 --> 00:28:18,530
in terms
of the discovery process
656
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:21,283
as it applies
to the ongoing search agenda?
657
00:28:21,283 --> 00:28:22,451
Absolutely.
658
00:28:22,451 --> 00:28:24,161
So, I very much look forward
659
00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:27,039
not so much to the days
that have come before
660
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:28,624
but the days
as we move forward.
661
00:28:28,624 --> 00:28:30,292
The only problem is
662
00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:33,337
this footprint keeps getting
wider and wider and wider.
663
00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:37,633
Then we compromise our ability
to dig as we excavate.
664
00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:39,301
I'll ask you, Laird.
665
00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:42,596
Is there an importance for you
to dig this shaft?
666
00:28:42,596 --> 00:28:44,514
Or should
we just leave well enough alone?
667
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:47,559
‐Yeah.
‐And then,
as this dig proceeds this way,
668
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:49,144
then, in conjunction
with the dig,
669
00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:50,646
‐we excavate the shaft?
‐Yeah. I don't think
670
00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:52,648
there's an urgent need
to do this,
671
00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:55,150
‐to be honest.
‐Okay. So we got
to stay focused here.
672
00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:57,611
So, as interesting as it is,
673
00:28:57,611 --> 00:29:00,113
we don't want to compromise
the whole area.
674
00:29:00,113 --> 00:29:02,741
We have no idea what might be
here or there or there.
675
00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:06,954
Although Rick Lagina is eager
676
00:29:06,954 --> 00:29:09,164
to continue investigating
the mysterious log
677
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:11,166
and rock structure,
678
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:14,503
he is concerned
that fully exposing it
679
00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:17,297
would require digging
a much wider and deeper hole,
680
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:19,508
one that would restrict
the team's access
681
00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:22,886
to the bump out area.
682
00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:26,181
At this point, I don't want
to get too aggressive.
683
00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:27,849
We don't want to lock ourselves
out of getting
684
00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:30,185
as close
to the sheet pile as possible.
685
00:29:30,185 --> 00:29:34,147
So, the idea is to go dig
from north to south
686
00:29:34,147 --> 00:29:38,652
and hopefully uncover something
that will tell us
687
00:29:38,652 --> 00:29:40,654
what these structures
may or may not mean.
688
00:29:40,654 --> 00:29:43,407
That's the hope.
We have to stay the course.
689
00:29:43,407 --> 00:29:45,867
I think the best thing to do is
690
00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:49,246
to start digging over there
and‐and dig this way.
691
00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:52,040
Once we get to here, then we can
692
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,960
have a proper plan to do this
693
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,504
with archeological precision
and with
694
00:29:57,504 --> 00:29:59,756
‐paramount safety in mind.
‐Yeah.
695
00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:01,258
I'm sold. Let's do it.
696
00:30:01,258 --> 00:30:07,014
Yeah.
697
00:30:07,014 --> 00:30:08,306
One day
after the Oak Island team
698
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:11,101
halted their search efforts
at Smith's Cove,
699
00:30:11,101 --> 00:30:14,980
Jack Begley, Dave Blankenship,
historian Doug Crowell
700
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:19,484
and geologist Terry Matheson
have resumed the team's
701
00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:22,320
core drilling operations
in the Money Pit area.
702
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,489
Having recently found
a 19th‐century
703
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,825
searcher shaft,
known as Shaft Nine,
704
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:31,038
they are using its location,
along with archival maps,
705
00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:33,540
in an effort
to find Shaft Two.
706
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:36,793
This was the searcher shaft dug
by Daniel McGinnis
707
00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:39,337
and his partners in 1805,
708
00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:42,466
while they were looking for
a back door into the Money Pit
709
00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:45,302
that would allow them
to avoid the flood tunnels.
710
00:30:45,302 --> 00:30:49,097
If they can find Shaft Two,
the team hopes
711
00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,975
to finally pinpoint the precise
location of the Money Pit,
712
00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:55,771
which has been lost
for more than half a century.
713
00:30:55,771 --> 00:30:58,398
Shaft Two is really important,
'cause it's the first
714
00:30:58,398 --> 00:31:00,525
‐searcher shaft that we know of.
Last night,
715
00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:03,195
we come up with three possible,
uh, layouts of the shaft.
716
00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:05,238
‐Yup.
That's the whole idea.
717
00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:07,991
We're trying to dial in
its exact location.
718
00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:09,618
And we're gonna use
this information
719
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:12,162
to figure out where
the Money Pit should be.
720
00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:14,581
‐It's gonna direct us
one way or the other.
‐Yeah.
721
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:17,375
Look at all the wood.
Oh! Look at the wood!
722
00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:20,003
‐So we're definitely on a shaft.
This is the edge of it.
‐Yeah.
723
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,880
NARRATOR
One week ago,
724
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,758
Craig Tester and members
of the team drilled
725
00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:27,677
into a wooden structure
some 33 feet deep,
726
00:31:27,677 --> 00:31:30,180
while looking for the shaft.
727
00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:33,183
Eager to confirm
that they have indeed found
728
00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:36,061
the 200‐year‐old
searcher tunnel, the team
729
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:39,940
has begun drilling a number
of exploratory boreholes.
730
00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:43,443
All right. We got
some good stuff here, guys.
731
00:31:43,443 --> 00:31:45,278
Time to get dirty.
732
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:48,365
What's our depth?
19 to 29.
733
00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:51,201
I think this is gonna answer
some questions.
734
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:57,582
Hey. People, this is great.
735
00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,251
Oh, that's a lot of wood!
736
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:00,919
This is really good.
737
00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,046
We got a nice section
of wood here.
738
00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:05,924
Wow. Oh, my.
739
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,344
And some square edges.
740
00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:12,264
Oh, no way!
741
00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:13,765
Look at that.
There's a cut end.
742
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,934
Look at that!
743
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,727
So, we might be hitting
the corner of something?
744
00:32:17,727 --> 00:32:19,771
That's a box joint right there!
745
00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:22,232
Look at that flat there,
flat surface.
746
00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:24,067
Yeah!
We're on a corner,
747
00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,570
‐I think, gentlemen.
‐Yeah.
748
00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:28,446
That's gonna really help
with our configurations.
749
00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:31,616
If this is the corner
of the shaft, then
750
00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,451
we should be able
to adjust all our data.
751
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,412
Oh, yeah.
752
00:32:35,412 --> 00:32:37,038
Finding one
of the suspected corners
753
00:32:37,038 --> 00:32:40,041
of Shaft Two is
an exciting development.
754
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:43,920
However, the team will need
to find at least one more wall
755
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,839
in order
to pinpoint the location
756
00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:47,591
of the connecting tunnel
believed
757
00:32:47,591 --> 00:32:49,926
to lead to the Money Pit.
758
00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:52,429
Now that we have two
different points of the shaft,
759
00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:55,056
it gives us a good idea
of where we need to go to locate
760
00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:58,768
the other sides, but it's
looking like we're starting to
761
00:32:58,768 --> 00:33:01,563
get a really good idea of where
this tunnel used to be,
762
00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:03,648
and where the Money Pit
763
00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:05,317
hopefully still is.
764
00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:07,986
‐Hey, Rick.
‐Hey.
765
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:11,323
Great timing.
We tagged into the shaft again.
766
00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:14,993
Okay. Explain where we are,
what, how deep.
767
00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:16,786
So, we've got
a good solid intersection,
768
00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:18,997
whether it's on a corner
or whether it's the wall
769
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:21,166
from 24 feet to 29 feet.
770
00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:23,001
We're so close.
We're really dialing in
771
00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,961
the orientation of the shaft.
772
00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:28,173
But to go back to this then,
773
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:29,841
we're still not...
774
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:32,469
We can't be confident
of the orientation
775
00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:34,304
‐even with that.
‐100%.
There's too many variables.
776
00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:37,015
So, it's an easy call.
Keep drilling.
777
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,767
As long as needs be...
778
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:40,352
‐Yup.
‐...to come away
779
00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:43,063
with high confidence
of the orientation of that.
780
00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:45,023
Absolutely.
Because this is
781
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,275
absolutely necessary
to put "X" on the ground here.
782
00:33:47,275 --> 00:33:50,403
And then we do whatever it takes
to find that tunnel,
783
00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:53,198
and we drill it.
784
00:33:53,198 --> 00:33:55,200
Good.
Looking forward to it.
Super.
785
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,160
If this is the shaft, it's
786
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,120
the point of beginning,
as all surveyors need.
787
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,705
You need a POB.
788
00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:03,208
We know the shaft was
14 feet away
789
00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,168
from the original Money Pit,
790
00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,545
but now, the critical missing
piece of information is,
791
00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,130
what is the orientation?
792
00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:12,676
Because it will go
a long way towards
793
00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:14,010
pinpointing the Money Pit.
794
00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:15,387
I wish everybody good luck,
795
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:17,222
but I'm going to go down there,
and I hope to...
796
00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:18,890
I hope to find something
to show you guys.
797
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,892
‐Good luck!
Thanks, Rick.
798
00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:21,935
See you later, Rick.
Thanks. You, too, Rick.
799
00:34:25,146 --> 00:34:26,731
Everybody hold their breath.
800
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,692
This is getting so exciting.
801
00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:30,652
After finding what they believe
802
00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:33,738
to be one of the four corners
of Shaft Two...
803
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,116
Incoming sausage!
804
00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:38,118
...members
of the Oak Island team
805
00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:40,287
have begun drilling
a new exploratory borehole
806
00:34:40,287 --> 00:34:45,375
in an attempt to locate
another wall of the structure.
807
00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:46,918
I don't see any wood
right there,
808
00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:48,920
but let's‐let's have
a better look.
809
00:34:51,881 --> 00:34:55,760
Let's‐let's see what we got.
810
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,429
‐You just got shards there.
‐Yeah.
811
00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,264
Yeah. Oh!
812
00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:02,684
‐Whoa! Hello.
‐Oh.
813
00:35:02,684 --> 00:35:06,855
Okay. Hold the phone. Wow.
814
00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:09,024
Oh, yeah!
There we go!
‐Okay.
815
00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:11,109
That looks like we got
something interesting there.
816
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,777
Oh, lots of wood.
817
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:14,529
‐This is good.
‐Yeah.
818
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:16,656
This could be the day.
819
00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:19,326
That's a fairly
substantial plank.
820
00:35:19,326 --> 00:35:22,037
We are right up
against the wall here.
821
00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:24,039
‐So this is our third time.
Yup.
822
00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,625
We got three points now.
That can't be just one wall.
823
00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:28,376
‐Yeah.
So we've got two walls.
824
00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:30,629
‐Yeah.
This is great news,
gentlemen.
825
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:32,422
Because Shaft Two
826
00:35:32,422 --> 00:35:34,716
is the oldest‐known
searcher site on the island,
827
00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:36,426
and the one closest
828
00:35:36,426 --> 00:35:38,386
to the original Money Pit,
finding evidence
829
00:35:38,386 --> 00:35:40,889
of what appears
to be the shaft's second wall
830
00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:42,974
is an exciting development.
831
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:45,977
If they can verify
their discovery,
832
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:48,313
and then locate a tunnel
running off of it
833
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:50,523
at a depth of 110 feet,
834
00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:53,109
the team could lock in
an exact location
835
00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:55,028
for the fabled Money Pit,
836
00:35:55,028 --> 00:35:58,073
and, hopefully,
the Oak Island treasure.
837
00:35:58,073 --> 00:36:02,410
We're now chasing a tunnel
from Shaft Two.
838
00:36:02,410 --> 00:36:04,829
The best thing of all of this,
it's pointing to an area
839
00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:07,916
that's never been searched,
so it's all virgin ground.
840
00:36:07,916 --> 00:36:11,211
So, I think this becomes our
most important search to date.
841
00:36:11,211 --> 00:36:12,837
It's looking really promising.
842
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:17,092
That makes me want to collect
dendro from this shaft.
843
00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:19,844
‐Yup.
In order to confirm
844
00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,888
that the wooden structure
they discovered
845
00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:25,517
is, in fact, Shaft Two,
the Oak Island team will need
846
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,394
to submit wood samples taken
from the site
847
00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:29,521
for dendrochronology testing.
848
00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:33,191
Also known
as "tree‐ring dating,"
849
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,694
dendrochronology is
a scientific method
850
00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:39,030
used to study the size
and pattern of growth rings,
851
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:42,867
which develop as a tree grows
over its lifetime.
852
00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:45,245
The process can accurately
determine
853
00:36:45,245 --> 00:36:48,248
not only the age of wood,
but when it was cut
854
00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:50,500
for use in construction.
855
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:53,044
The tool that seems
to have worked the best
856
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,463
on the island really, as far
as precision and accuracy,
857
00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:57,048
is dendrochronology.
858
00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:59,384
So, now we have several
different samples,
859
00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:00,760
and we need to test it.
860
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,387
And if it comes
861
00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:04,431
back in a very narrow window,
862
00:37:04,431 --> 00:37:06,766
this is
when the trees were used,
863
00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:09,060
if it lines up
with that information, then
864
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:13,148
we know definitively
we've located Shaft Two.
865
00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:14,691
We've got to pin the next hole.
866
00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:15,984
So we're‐we're gonna move off
of this shaft.
867
00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:17,610
We're gonna chase the tunnel.
868
00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:20,530
Doug and I are gonna take off
to the Research Center.
869
00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:22,907
‐I'm gonna put this data
into our 3‐D model.
‐Yeah.
870
00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:24,367
I'll come back
and supply you guys with that.
871
00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:25,952
So the quest for Shaft Two
872
00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:27,328
continues
for at least one more hole.
873
00:37:27,328 --> 00:37:29,414
‐That's right.
‐At least. Yeah.
‐Yeah.
874
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,416
If we're lucky enough
to go into a tunnel, we might
875
00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:33,960
just chase the tunnel as far
as we can, actually, so...
876
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,754
‐Oh, yeah!
‐That's the plan.
877
00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:38,173
‐Yup.
‐All right, we're gonna go
pin the next hole.
878
00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:44,012
Super. Thanks a lot.
879
00:37:44,012 --> 00:37:45,722
Hey, Craig.
Craig!
880
00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:47,056
‐Hey, Craig.
‐Hey, guys.
Hey.
881
00:37:47,056 --> 00:37:49,184
One week after sending
882
00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:51,686
wood samples collected
at the Money Pit area
883
00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:54,147
off for scientific testing,
Rick,
884
00:37:54,147 --> 00:37:56,900
Marty and members of the team
gather in the war room.
885
00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:59,360
They are eager to hear a report
886
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,156
on the structure they hope
can be verified as Shaft Two.
887
00:38:03,156 --> 00:38:06,242
Guys, my favorite kind of
war room is about to commence.
888
00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:08,995
And‐and this is a favorite
of a favorite because
889
00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:10,914
what has worked best for us
890
00:38:10,914 --> 00:38:14,793
as analysis tools has been
dendrochronology on, uh,
891
00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,503
the logs, and we got a bunch
of results coming in.
892
00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:20,757
‐All right!
‐Got good info for us?
893
00:38:20,757 --> 00:38:22,634
I've got the data
from Colin Laroque
894
00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:25,345
for the dendro
from the Money Pit area.
895
00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:27,138
It was from, uh,
896
00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:31,476
98.5 to 103.5 feet deep.
897
00:38:31,476 --> 00:38:33,061
‐Yup.
‐Um,
898
00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:36,773
but the age he's coming up with
is 1796.
899
00:38:36,773 --> 00:38:38,358
Wow.
‐That's good.
900
00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:40,360
Yup. So,
901
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,238
in 1805 was the year
Shaft Two was put in.
902
00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:45,365
So it fits great.
903
00:38:45,365 --> 00:38:46,866
So we're in the right spot!
904
00:38:46,866 --> 00:38:48,368
‐
Success.
905
00:38:48,368 --> 00:38:51,204
The results
of the test indicate that
906
00:38:51,204 --> 00:38:52,956
the wooden structure
the team has unearthed
907
00:38:52,956 --> 00:38:56,543
at the Money Pit site
is most likely Shaft Two.
908
00:38:56,543 --> 00:38:59,629
They should now be able
to pinpoint the exact location
909
00:38:59,629 --> 00:39:02,298
of the mysterious Money Pit
treasure shaft
910
00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:04,133
first discovered
by Daniel McGinnis
911
00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:07,220
and his friends in 1795.
912
00:39:08,763 --> 00:39:09,931
That's perfect, don't you think?
913
00:39:09,931 --> 00:39:11,432
Yeah, it's perfect.
914
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:12,809
No, that's great.
That's your‐‐ there's your‐‐
915
00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:13,893
‐There's your test.
‐There's my test.
916
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:15,854
Yeah. Look, that's stunning.
917
00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:17,480
I‐I'll be honest.
918
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,357
I'm a bit‐‐
What is it, Gary?
919
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,693
‐Gobsmacked?
‐Yeah, gobsmacked.
920
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,111
Yeah.
921
00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:24,404
You couldn't get
better results than that.
922
00:39:24,404 --> 00:39:25,738
‐Once again...
‐It's a good thing.
923
00:39:25,738 --> 00:39:26,865
‐...a right‐on number.
‐Very good.
924
00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:28,032
That's fabulous.
925
00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:29,993
‐Yes.
‐Fantastic information.
926
00:39:29,993 --> 00:39:31,744
That's great.
927
00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:33,079
I'll tell you what's refreshing.
928
00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:34,998
How many times have we
sat around this table
929
00:39:34,998 --> 00:39:37,542
and some data comes in, says,
"Well, could be, might be"?
930
00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:40,378
I think we found Shaft Two,
which means we...
931
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,381
we are very close
to the original Money Pit.
932
00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:44,757
Yep.
933
00:39:44,757 --> 00:39:46,384
And now we're talking about
the Money Pit's
934
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,887
right in this small area.
935
00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:52,015
‐Yeah.
‐14 feet away from
known points.
936
00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:53,433
Yeah.
937
00:39:53,433 --> 00:39:56,102
1796. What it does is
eliminate that shaft
938
00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:57,979
from being anything
but Shaft Two.
939
00:39:57,979 --> 00:39:59,355
I totally agree.
940
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:01,190
'Cause nothing's anywhere
near that old,
941
00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:03,443
except that and
the Money Pit itself.
942
00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:06,195
I think the Money Pit has
to be somewhere in about
943
00:40:06,195 --> 00:40:09,365
a 20‐foot radius,
maybe even a little less.
944
00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:13,703
I think we're close to
the original workings.
945
00:40:13,703 --> 00:40:15,872
More so than at any other time.
946
00:40:15,872 --> 00:40:19,292
If you accept Shaft Two
and 14 feet as valid‐‐
947
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:22,337
and I think Shaft Two
just became completely valid‐‐
948
00:40:22,337 --> 00:40:24,923
it's the 14 feet
we're dealing with now.
949
00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:28,426
The 14‐foot arc is, I mean,
that's‐that's zeroing in.
950
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:30,011
You know what the big
takeaway today is?
951
00:40:30,011 --> 00:40:32,805
That the Money Pit
may no longer be lost.
952
00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:34,933
‐Yes.
‐Hear, hear!
953
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:37,936
We're in the right time frame.
Late 1700s.
954
00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:39,979
And we all believe
in the dendro.
955
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:42,023
‐Yeah.
We're not done yet.
956
00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:44,233
I'm really encouraged by it.
This is great news,
957
00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:46,569
and we need to go
capitalize on it.
958
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:48,446
So, let's go do that.
959
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:51,699
For brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina
960
00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:54,327
and the Oak Island team...
961
00:40:54,327 --> 00:40:57,789
locating Shaft Two offers
the promise of a potentially
962
00:40:57,789 --> 00:40:59,123
historic breakthrough.
963
00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:01,542
One that suggests that
964
00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:04,420
the end of their
decades‐long quest
965
00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:06,464
could be just a few weeks away.
966
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,218
But if and when
they finally reach
967
00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:14,555
the fabled treasure shaft,
just what will they find?
968
00:41:14,555 --> 00:41:16,391
An ending to their search?
969
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:19,936
Or perhaps only another clue...
970
00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:22,313
to solving a mystery that has,
so far,
971
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:25,274
taken more than
two centuries,
972
00:41:25,274 --> 00:41:27,568
millions of dollars,
973
00:41:27,568 --> 00:41:31,656
and six lives to solve.
974
00:41:34,909 --> 00:41:37,912
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
975
00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:40,248
‐Wow, check that out.
‐Look at that.
976
00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:42,041
‐That's the floor.
We've got a shaft
977
00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:43,710
and we've got a tunnel
coming off it to the west.
978
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:46,963
Oh, yeah, that is one
heck of a log, isn't it?
979
00:41:46,963 --> 00:41:47,922
That's massive.
980
00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:49,007
Puzzle pieces are
getting bigger,
981
00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:50,508
picture's getting smaller.
982
00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:51,718
If you draw the lines
983
00:41:51,718 --> 00:41:53,177
to find the center,
984
00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,512
this is the dead center
of the pentagram.
985
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,180
Right on the eye of the swamp.
986
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:57,390
The swamp dates
987
00:41:57,390 --> 00:41:59,934
at around 1220 AD.
988
00:41:59,934 --> 00:42:02,061
This is Templar, baby.
70413
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