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Tonight, on
The Curse of Oak Island
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Fire up the pump!
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There we go.
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Showtime! All right, here we go.
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I'm excited to finally
be digging in the swamp.
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We hit the side
of a tunnel, gentlemen.
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Complete success on this hole.
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We could be very, very close
to the Money Pit.
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We're hot on the trail.
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Got a signal, Pete!
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What's that?
-Oh, my Gosh!
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That's bloody silver, mate!
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This is what
we've been looking for!
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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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Good morning.
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Hey, mate.
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For brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
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and members of their team,
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the recent expansion
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of the cofferdam
surrounding Smith's Cove
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has led to what could be
another exciting discovery...
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This is far and away much larger
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than anything associated
with the slipway.
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-Yeah.
-...one that could provide
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important information
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about not only when
the Oak Island treasure
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might have been deposited,
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but also, by whom.
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See any numerals on it, Rick?
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No.
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Possible similarity is,
this might have been a notch
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at one point,
but I don't know that.
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Yeah.
What's got my toes tingling
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is all the coins and artifacts
that could be in this area.
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Hmm. You've not done
any of this?
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No. I've gone along the top
of the rocks, but...
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that's where the meat
of this structure's gonna be
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as far as coins and artifacts
trapped underneath.
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It'll be interesting to see what
Laird's got to say about it.
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Yeah, I mean, uh, there's no way
we're gonna take this apart
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-without his supervision, you know
what I'm saying? - No, definitely not.
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The hope is
that Laird will give us
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-the A-OK to do it.
-Yeah.
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-He is in charge,
at the end of the day. -Yeah.
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One week ago,
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while excavating a section
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of the 6,000-square-foot
cofferdam extension,
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also known
as the "bump-out area,"
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Rick Lagina
and members of the team
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began to expose
a massive wooden structure.
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And this could be oak.
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Maybe this is connected
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to the U-shaped structure.
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Upon closer inspection,
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it appeared to be made
of oak logs packed with clay.
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Incredibly, this construction
method matched the reports
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made in 1804 by treasure hunter
Daniel McGinnis
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and members
of the Onslow Company
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when they excavated
the original Money Pit.
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Not only did they encounter
platforms made of oak logs
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at every ten-foot interval,
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but at a depth of 40 feet,
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they found the oak logs
were packed
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with a layer of blue clay,
which acted as a water sealant.
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Here comes Laird.
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So, what are we looking at?
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We're hoping
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-you can tell us.
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A bunch of new things.
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Wow.
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-That's massive.
- You've got...
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a crossbeam here.
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I'm not sure what that is.
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Yeah.
-This thing is...
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I mean, that's U-shaped
structure size, isn't it?
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- Yeah. Bigger, even, I suspect.
-Yeah.
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Yeah. I mean,
my initial impression
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is that I would associate that
with the slipway.
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Could the structure
that the team has found
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actually be part
of the 18th century slipway,
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or ship wharf,
discovered last year?
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And if so, might they find even
more important clues nearby?
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Perhaps evidence of something
of value being offloaded
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from a ship onto Oak Island.
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Albeit,
there's similar construct here
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you've got a... a carry log
and then cross pieces.
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Yeah.
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But this is
so much larger than that,
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that it defies logic.
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But this is like a dogleg.
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This. This is where
you would have pulled
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the ship alongside this area
at the end of the slipway.
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-Yeah.
- Which...
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which makes you excited.
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-Oh, it bloody well does.
-Yeah. Yeah.
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So, our quandary is:
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how fast can we dig
and where can we dig?
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I'd certainly like to see
this piece,
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like, hand-dug
as quickly as possible.
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-Okay.
-This is our one chance
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to get answers, right? So...
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At least initially, let's...
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hand-dig this.
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Gary gets in here and finds
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what he thinks is gonna be
a treasure trove of items,
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and, I mean, we're all
hoping that to be the case.
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So if you're good, Laird,
I say we get going.
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-Yep.
-Okay.
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Perfect.
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As Rick and members of the team
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carefully uncover more of the
mysterious wooden structure...
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Where are we gonna put it,
right here?
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...Craig Tester and Jack Begley
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meet with Scott Barlow
at the Oak Island swamp,
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where they are beginning
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this year's
large-scale investigation
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of the area.
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Want us to put it here?
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Uh, this... this works perfect.
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This seems the most stable.
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We can just throw
the pump out that way.
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Having finally received
the permits necessary
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to dig in the swamp,
the Oak Island team
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is now more eager to fully
drain and excavate the area
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to find what
may lie hidden there.
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It'll work.
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Earlier this year,
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while investigating
a 200-foot-long object
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detected by seismic scanning,
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the Oak Island team made
several compelling discoveries,
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including a mysterious
paved surface, or pathway.
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They also found
a circular rock formation
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at the northern point,
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which the team had dubbed
"the eye of the swamp."
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This is...
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quite a provocative site.
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There was something super big
going on.
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Incredibly, it was
after taking core samples
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from the same site one week ago
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that geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner
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shared some astonishing data.
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And that is, we've got the till,
we've got the organic matter,
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and it's disturbed.
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He determined that not only
did significant human activity
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take place at the so-called
"eye of the swamp"
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during the 17th century,
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but that the swamp itself may
have been artificially created
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nearly 800 years ago.
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I'm curious. I'm eager.
I'm excited about it.
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We've worked
with the authorities,
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we have the permits,
and the first stage
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would be to drain it down
as best possible,
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and when that's reached,
then we start digging.
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Astonishingly,
I'm kind of looking forward
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to digging there.
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Scott,
what size pump do you have?
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We got two different types.
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We have a diaphragm pump
we're gonna try using
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to see if that'll suck
the slurry out of there.
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We got a four-inch
for over there.
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-Oh, really?
-Yep.
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So, I got this pump
just in case.
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We have a fallback plan.
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In order to successfully drain
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the entire Oak Island swamp,
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the team will first use
a six-inch trash pump,
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specially designed to operate
in environments
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containing heavy amounts
of debris.
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They will then strategically
place smaller, four-inch pumps
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at various target sites
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in order to remove
any remaining standing water.
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So we can expect
the swamp to be drained
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in about a week?
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Uh, quite dry in a week.
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I mean, most will be done
in two days.
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You know, to me, the one thing
that's gonna be the big t
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it's always been wet.
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Even when this is, you know,
pretty bone-dry out here.
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So, uh,
where's the water source?
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Is it that back pond?
And having a pump there
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-is gonna be huge.
-Yeah.
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I'm just excited
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to finally be digging
in the swamp.
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But this is the first year we've
gotten permission to be able
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to dig it out enough
to see the bottom,
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to see if there is actually
this paved path
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or if there's a ship, or...
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maybe there's an unknown
that's around this pathway.
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What if...
what if we get to the bottom
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and there's...
gold coins sitting there?
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We don't know
what we're gonna find.
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That'd be huge.
-Another... Yeah.
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So... let's turn it on?
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-Yep.
-Okay.
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Fire up the pump, Randy!
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As the pumping operation begins
at the swamp...
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Rick, Peter and Gary
continue to investigate
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the newly exposed area
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surrounding
the end of the slipway
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in hopes of finding
any important clues,
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artifacts or, possibly,
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evidence of treasure.
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So, where can I get in, Rick?
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If that is the end of the...
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-Mm-hmm.
-...slipway/wharf,
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that's where you want
to be, right?
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-Yeah.
-And we know that that kind of
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flowed into here, because...
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there's very few rocks here,
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and yet there,
there's a whole bunch of 'em.
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So I'd like you
to just at least do a...
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-a quick once-over of this area.
-Okay.
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-All right. -I know that's gonna be a little
sloppy down there, but...
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-you're up to it. -I'll try and stand
on the stones.
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We've got a ongoing puzzle
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in Smith's Cove,
and if there's
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anything to be found,
it's at the end of that slipway,
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well, hopefully, we'll find it.
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I mean, we're all excited,
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no one more excited
than Gary Drayton.
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The hope is we'll find
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artifacts.
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I'd love to find something,
anything.
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Got a signal, Pete!
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It's actually over this big log.
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Somewhere just in here, Pete.
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It's in there still.
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Let me see
if I can dig it out by hand.
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What's that?
-I don't know.
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Now, that has got me stumped.
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What is that?
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It's a piece of black metal.
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Wash it in the water there.
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Oh, man, this is interesting.
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Wow.
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This could be silver, mate.
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While investigating the end
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of the slipway at Smith's Cove,
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Rick Lagina,
his nephew Peter Fornetti,
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and metal detection expert
Gary Drayton
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have just made a potentially
important discovery.
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That's what it looks like.
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I don't know if there's some
kind of design on it
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or whether my eyes
are playing tricks on me.
256
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Uh, it looks like
some kind of silver tag.
257
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A silver tag?
258
00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:45,704
Could the team have just found
an actual piece
259
00:11:45,864 --> 00:11:48,448
of the Oak Island treasure
at Smith's Cove?
260
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Why does it have
the little scallops in it?
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00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,862
Who knows? I mean, it's probably
been down there for, like,
262
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300 or 400 years.
263
00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:59,108
I mean, that's been there
a heck of a long time.
264
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Every time I've ever found
265
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Spanish treasure coins
made of silver,
266
00:12:04,599 --> 00:12:06,799
they've always had
this same patina.
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It's oxidized.
268
00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:12,789
It's contact in a saltwater
environment, mate.
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This had been next to that log,
oh, my God,
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hundreds and hundreds of years.
271
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And we know how old
that cross was.
272
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This could be earth-shattering.
273
00:12:24,828 --> 00:12:26,302
Holy...
274
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Holy schmoly, all right.
275
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- It's a cross.
-That's a cross.
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Is it possible
that Rick, Gary and Peter
277
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have found an artifact
that could be connected
278
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to the 700-year-old lead cross
279
00:12:40,585 --> 00:12:45,171
that was unearthed here
at Smith's Cove two years ago?
280
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It's a beautiful specimen.
281
00:12:47,258 --> 00:12:48,933
Now we need somebody
to look at it.
282
00:12:49,093 --> 00:12:50,918
But we can certainly try
to get it tested.
283
00:12:50,979 --> 00:12:54,421
When this is cleaned up,
if there is some kind of design,
284
00:12:54,483 --> 00:12:56,332
oh,
285
00:12:56,359 --> 00:12:58,926
we don't know
how far back this piece goes.
286
00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:02,005
This is
what we've been looking for!
287
00:13:02,032 --> 00:13:04,190
Oh.
288
00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:06,433
I might even go
for a swim after this.
289
00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:08,194
This is fantastic!
290
00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:09,788
Let's give Marty a call.
291
00:13:09,948 --> 00:13:11,531
It's what
we were hoping to find
292
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artifacts in-in this bump-out.
293
00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:17,036
Well, we found this...
what could be silver.
294
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First piece of real treasure
found in Smith's Cove.
295
00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:23,543
I think, more importantly,
there's a lot of information
296
00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:25,211
that could be gleaned from it.
297
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Caveat is it has to be tested.
298
00:13:30,301 --> 00:13:32,535
Hey. We're down at...
299
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We're down at Smith's Cove
300
00:13:34,138 --> 00:13:36,722
at the, uh,
extension of the slipway.
301
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Yeah, we came to the end of it,
or so we think.
302
00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:43,804
And I have somebody here
that would like to talk to you
303
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for a couple minutes.
304
00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:46,741
Okay, hang on.
305
00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:51,387
I'll spoil the surprise.
306
00:13:51,414 --> 00:13:53,498
We found what could be
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a really, really old piece
of silver.
308
00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,320
Yeah, and it was trapped against
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the old log,
310
00:14:01,424 --> 00:14:03,900
the big logs on the slipway.
311
00:14:03,927 --> 00:14:05,751
And it's really, really nice.
312
00:14:05,846 --> 00:14:08,905
I mean,
it's almost like a-a large tag.
313
00:14:08,932 --> 00:14:11,182
Um, it's got some kind
314
00:14:11,342 --> 00:14:14,243
of decoration on it
that we can't make out.
315
00:14:14,271 --> 00:14:16,079
But it's old. I mean,
316
00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:18,940
this could easily be
a friend of the cross.
317
00:14:22,186 --> 00:14:24,420
We keep finding
318
00:14:24,447 --> 00:14:26,531
really interesting things on
Oak Island, really interesting.
319
00:14:26,691 --> 00:14:28,774
Lead crosses
and old coins and stuff,
320
00:14:28,869 --> 00:14:30,684
but if what Gary found is
321
00:14:30,745 --> 00:14:34,263
a small bar
or something of silver,
322
00:14:34,291 --> 00:14:38,101
I'm really excited
because that would be treasure.
323
00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:41,604
It's quite a stunning piece,
and, uh, hopefully, it has...
324
00:14:41,631 --> 00:14:43,030
a story to tell.
325
00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:44,549
Yeah.
326
00:14:44,709 --> 00:14:46,292
Yeah, we'll send it on.
327
00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:49,536
And we are all kind of
amped up about it,
328
00:14:49,598 --> 00:14:51,472
but we got
to find more than one piece.
329
00:14:55,979 --> 00:14:57,729
All right. See you.
330
00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:04,961
The next day,
331
00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:06,887
while the excavation
at Smith's Cove continues...
332
00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:08,406
Good morning, Terry.
333
00:15:08,566 --> 00:15:10,149
-Hi, Doug, how you doing?
-Good.
334
00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:12,301
...geologist Terry Matheson
335
00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:14,637
and historian Doug Crowell
are overseeing the core
336
00:15:14,664 --> 00:15:17,490
drilling operation
in the Money Pit area.
337
00:15:17,584 --> 00:15:20,826
They are hoping to pinpoint the
tunnel leading from Shaft Two,
338
00:15:20,921 --> 00:15:23,646
the first searcher shaft dug
on the island
339
00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:27,316
after the Money Pit shaft
flooded in 1804.
340
00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:30,670
If successful, the tunnel
should lead the team directly
341
00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:32,338
to the original Money Pit
342
00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,157
the location
of which has been lost
343
00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:36,083
for more than a century.
344
00:15:36,144 --> 00:15:38,585
-We're all... -So, we're all spotted
and ready to rock
345
00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:41,514
here on F.25-12.5.
346
00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:44,016
So, this is gonna be
an interesting day.
347
00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:47,853
Yup. If this is indeed
Shaft Number Two...
348
00:15:47,948 --> 00:15:49,614
Mm-hmm.
349
00:15:49,774 --> 00:15:51,841
...historically, it was 14 feet
away from the Money Pit,
350
00:15:51,868 --> 00:15:53,451
but the tunnel only went over
351
00:15:53,611 --> 00:15:55,678
12 feet before the water
broke in and chased them out.
352
00:15:55,705 --> 00:15:57,104
The deluge, yeah.
353
00:15:57,165 --> 00:16:00,032
And that's, I think,
12.5 feet away at
354
00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:01,867
the western extent...
the farthest western extent
355
00:16:01,962 --> 00:16:04,537
that we think
we could find that tunnel.
356
00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:06,798
Built in 1805
357
00:16:06,958 --> 00:16:10,451
by Daniel McGinnis and other
members of the Onslow Company,
358
00:16:10,512 --> 00:16:12,786
the Shaft Two tunnel
359
00:16:12,847 --> 00:16:15,807
was constructed
at a depth of 110 feet,
360
00:16:15,967 --> 00:16:20,369
just 14 feet southwest
of the original Money Pit.
361
00:16:20,397 --> 00:16:23,481
McGinnis was hoping to bypass
the man-made flood tunnel
362
00:16:23,641 --> 00:16:26,651
protecting the original
treasure shaft and a vault,
363
00:16:26,811 --> 00:16:28,544
which he and his partners
intended
364
00:16:28,571 --> 00:16:30,655
to retrieve from below.
365
00:16:30,815 --> 00:16:34,066
Unfortunately, just
two feet shy of their target,
366
00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,221
the Shaft Two tunnel
suddenly flooded with seawater.
367
00:16:38,248 --> 00:16:41,815
Rick and Henskee
and the team found Shaft Two.
368
00:16:41,876 --> 00:16:43,409
That is the closest point
369
00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:45,652
that we've ever had
to the historic Money Pit.
370
00:16:45,714 --> 00:16:47,747
I'd like
to refine that data is all,
371
00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:50,249
but are we close to
original works? Yeah, I think.
372
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,901
More so than any other time.
373
00:16:51,928 --> 00:16:54,661
So, at 12.5 feet away,
374
00:16:54,723 --> 00:16:56,681
we'll hit that missing link
that we need
375
00:16:56,841 --> 00:17:00,000
-to get the exact alignment
of this tunnel. -Yup.
376
00:17:00,061 --> 00:17:02,336
Literally, we are knocking
on the Money Pit door right now.
377
00:17:02,397 --> 00:17:04,080
Yeah.
- All right.
378
00:17:04,107 --> 00:17:05,915
Tell 'em to fire it up.
Let's go get her.
379
00:17:05,942 --> 00:17:08,192
While Terry and Doug continue
380
00:17:08,352 --> 00:17:09,919
to monitor
the drilling operation
381
00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:11,512
at the Money Pit area,
382
00:17:11,573 --> 00:17:14,699
Rick Lagina
and members of the team,
383
00:17:14,859 --> 00:17:18,018
along with fellow Oak Island
landowner Tom Nolan,
384
00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:21,372
arrive at the swamp, where Tom
has arranged a meeting
385
00:17:21,532 --> 00:17:25,043
with John Skierka of
Great Excavations Incorporated,
386
00:17:25,203 --> 00:17:28,954
a company that specializes
in heavy digging equipment.
387
00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:30,864
John, nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming.
388
00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:32,458
-Appreciate it.
-Nice to meet you.
389
00:17:32,552 --> 00:17:34,868
John has some of the type
of excavators that I had
390
00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:37,613
mentioned to you guys
that could possibly
391
00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,224
go into this bog,
and he's here to have a look
392
00:17:40,384 --> 00:17:42,118
just to see
if he thinks it's doable,
393
00:17:42,145 --> 00:17:45,955
if we can get this thing out
here, but, uh, this is the guy.
394
00:17:45,982 --> 00:17:49,216
I think we all really had a lot
of interest in your expertise.
395
00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:51,736
If you want to walk down here,
we can show you exactly
396
00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:53,571
what the project is about.
397
00:17:53,731 --> 00:17:55,907
Over the past few weeks,
398
00:17:56,067 --> 00:17:58,559
the Laginas
and their partners have met
399
00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:01,412
with numerous contractors
to consider different methods
400
00:18:01,572 --> 00:18:03,639
for excavating
in difficult environments,
401
00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:05,658
like the Oak Island swamp.
402
00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,810
It's a very difficult
enterprise,
403
00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:09,587
trying to dig in the swamp,
404
00:18:09,747 --> 00:18:12,481
so Tom Nolan has actually
offered an idea,
405
00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:14,984
and he's suggesting
that there's a tracked
406
00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:18,078
swamp excavator, if you will,
that he believes
407
00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:20,323
you could probably walk in there
and dig.
408
00:18:20,350 --> 00:18:22,658
And that's... that's exciting.
409
00:18:22,685 --> 00:18:24,435
Look, a swamp excavator?
410
00:18:24,595 --> 00:18:26,587
We know nothing about it.
I certainly
411
00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:28,589
-don't know anything about it.
No. We've seen
412
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:32,501
pictures of them in bogs, but
we want this one to go in and
413
00:18:32,529 --> 00:18:34,779
-come back out again.
Yeah. Well, so,
414
00:18:34,939 --> 00:18:38,116
most places we go, you wouldn't
dare to try and walk in it,
415
00:18:38,276 --> 00:18:41,285
so, in terms
of getting out there
416
00:18:41,445 --> 00:18:43,788
and doing what we need to do, I
don't see it as being a problem.
417
00:18:43,948 --> 00:18:46,682
So does this thing
sort of float?
418
00:18:46,709 --> 00:18:48,126
No. It'll sink down
a little bit.
419
00:18:48,286 --> 00:18:50,444
But then you have
your ground pressure,
420
00:18:50,505 --> 00:18:52,355
and then you get
your displacement, right?
421
00:18:52,382 --> 00:18:54,781
So, all we need
to do is run the excavator
422
00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:56,551
like you would normally run
an excavator.
423
00:18:58,963 --> 00:19:01,197
Unlike
a conventional excavator,
424
00:19:01,224 --> 00:19:05,534
the Trax X300AD-L is equipped
with six-foot-wide tracks
425
00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:07,703
known as pontoons
426
00:19:07,730 --> 00:19:11,874
allowing it to maneuver over
and in amphibious environments.
427
00:19:11,901 --> 00:19:15,636
It also features
a long-reach arm, or boom,
428
00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:18,972
capable of digging
as deep as 70 feet underground.
429
00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:20,825
Well, why don't we,
430
00:19:20,985 --> 00:19:23,661
uh, travel down to the end
of the swamp
431
00:19:23,821 --> 00:19:26,389
and walk in, and we'll show you
exactly the areas of interest?
432
00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:27,814
-Yeah.
-Okay. Sounds good.
433
00:19:27,876 --> 00:19:29,650
I'm all
434
00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:31,669
for getting this long-reach
excavator. I mean,
435
00:19:31,829 --> 00:19:33,729
you know, it's amazing
when you run
436
00:19:33,756 --> 00:19:37,249
those big standard excavators,
you know, they look so massive,
437
00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:40,511
but, really, you're limited
to about 18 feet,
438
00:19:40,671 --> 00:19:43,756
maybe 22 feet,
maybe something like that.
439
00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:45,591
So, I think it's gonna be great.
440
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:48,260
This is the area
we would like to dig.
441
00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:50,913
-How would you do it, John?
-Like, if we were
442
00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:53,357
just excavating this pond,
443
00:19:53,517 --> 00:19:56,919
the top three feet off of it,
it'd be a day.
444
00:19:56,946 --> 00:19:58,696
Really?
445
00:19:58,856 --> 00:20:00,531
I would come in
by that blue stake
446
00:20:00,691 --> 00:20:02,700
over there,
and walk along the side
447
00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:04,593
of the excavation area,
and I would
448
00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:06,520
start pulling everything
this way,
449
00:20:06,581 --> 00:20:09,189
on an angle, and if you're
worried about the material,
450
00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:11,434
you can throw all the material
behind you over there.
451
00:20:11,461 --> 00:20:14,270
You know, this isn't
a get-in and get-out project.
452
00:20:14,297 --> 00:20:16,380
-Right. -'Cause we don't know
what we'll encounter here.
453
00:20:16,540 --> 00:20:19,366
So, this needs
to stay open for a while
454
00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:20,960
so we really come to
an understanding of what it is.
455
00:20:21,054 --> 00:20:22,553
Yeah, and it's gonna be
456
00:20:22,713 --> 00:20:25,056
pretty gentle, a pretty
gentle dig in here. You know,
457
00:20:25,216 --> 00:20:27,207
that's a big machine,
so just take our time with it.
458
00:20:27,268 --> 00:20:28,801
Yeah.
459
00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,953
I know that we have
your expertise, we have
460
00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,064
your expertise,
and we have your expertise.
461
00:20:33,224 --> 00:20:35,975
Between the three of you
and the gear,
462
00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:37,309
I think
we've got an excellent chance
463
00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:38,811
of investigating
all three targets
464
00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,554
to the point
where we can put 'em to bed.
465
00:20:40,615 --> 00:20:42,055
We should be able to look on
466
00:20:42,116 --> 00:20:43,315
what's underneath her
with all that.
467
00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:45,058
And what have you always said?
468
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,411
-If it's there,
it's in the swamp.
469
00:20:47,571 --> 00:20:49,247
John, thank you very much.
470
00:20:49,407 --> 00:20:51,582
-Appreciate it.
Yeah. I appreciate it.
471
00:20:57,581 --> 00:21:01,817
As a new day begins
on Oak Island,
472
00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:04,336
and as the operations
at both the Money Pit area
473
00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,505
and Smith's Cove continue,
474
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:09,934
Marty Lagina
joins Gary Drayton,
475
00:21:10,094 --> 00:21:12,937
Charles Barkhouse,
and Steve Guptill
476
00:21:13,097 --> 00:21:15,422
in the war room.
477
00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:17,500
They have gathered
to hear a scientific report
478
00:21:17,527 --> 00:21:20,686
concerning the possible
silver tag found two days ago
479
00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:24,340
near the end of the slipway
at Smith's Cove.
480
00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:26,175
Well, here's the deal, guys.
481
00:21:26,202 --> 00:21:28,027
It's a pretty good sign that
there are only four of us here
482
00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,678
to get this information.
That means everybody's
483
00:21:29,706 --> 00:21:31,347
out working.
That's good.
484
00:21:31,374 --> 00:21:34,625
But, uh, I reached out
to Christa Brosseau,
485
00:21:34,785 --> 00:21:36,460
Dr. Brosseau,
and she has some results
486
00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:37,870
on some of the stuff you found.
487
00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:39,964
And let's hear
what she's got to say.
488
00:21:40,124 --> 00:21:41,674
- Yeah.
489
00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:44,193
Hello.
490
00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:45,452
Hello, Christa.
491
00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,096
It's Marty Lagina.
492
00:21:48,224 --> 00:21:49,456
Good.
493
00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:50,957
That looks like iron.
494
00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:52,459
Yes.
495
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,370
-We're quite sure of that.
-Yeah.
496
00:21:54,397 --> 00:21:55,980
As an associate professor
of chemistry
497
00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:59,875
at Saint Mary's University
in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
498
00:21:59,902 --> 00:22:03,136
Dr. Christa Brosseau
is an expert in the study
499
00:22:03,197 --> 00:22:06,215
of metal objects
and particularly
500
00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:08,809
their chemical compositions.
501
00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:11,329
So, you have some,
uh, data for us,
502
00:22:11,489 --> 00:22:13,331
which we're
keenly interested in.
503
00:22:13,491 --> 00:22:15,482
Um, Gary,
why don't you talk about it?
504
00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:17,168
You thought something.
You thought it was silver.
505
00:22:17,328 --> 00:22:21,230
Yeah, we found this
right next to a log
506
00:22:21,257 --> 00:22:23,065
at the bottom of the slipway.
507
00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,568
And when this first came out,
508
00:22:25,595 --> 00:22:28,829
I... thought at first
509
00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:30,756
it might have been pewter.
510
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:32,758
-But when I looked
511
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,519
at the patina,
I'm thinking it's silver,
512
00:22:35,679 --> 00:22:39,248
because I figured
that black color
513
00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:40,749
is from oxidization,
514
00:22:40,777 --> 00:22:43,027
contact with salt water.
515
00:22:43,187 --> 00:22:45,087
It had the feel of silver.
516
00:22:45,114 --> 00:22:47,365
It's got the look of silver.
517
00:22:47,525 --> 00:22:48,924
So I'm hoping
you're gonna tell us
518
00:22:48,951 --> 00:22:50,851
this is either silver
519
00:22:50,912 --> 00:22:53,412
or pewter.
520
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,222
Okay.
521
00:23:11,382 --> 00:23:12,297
Wow. I'm shocked.
522
00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:13,799
I thought that was silver.
523
00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,285
-I wouldn't have thought
this was lead. -Yeah.
524
00:23:16,312 --> 00:23:18,137
-That's surprising.
- Yeah. -So when you say
525
00:23:18,231 --> 00:23:20,856
"impure lead,"
just that it's not 100% lead.
526
00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:38,824
Would they use lead
to build the slipway?
527
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:41,477
Well, lead was like
the duct tape of the day.
528
00:23:41,504 --> 00:23:44,313
-All the way back to Roman days.
-That's true. Yeah.
529
00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:46,239
- They used it
for a lot of stuff. - Yeah.
530
00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:48,592
News that Gary Drayton's
recent find
531
00:23:48,752 --> 00:23:50,761
is made of lead and not silver
532
00:23:50,921 --> 00:23:52,171
is an unexpected
533
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:55,174
but not necessarily unimportant
development.
534
00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:57,101
If it could be related
to the other
535
00:23:57,261 --> 00:23:59,328
lead objects discovered
on the island,
536
00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:01,180
like the 700-year-old cross
537
00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:03,348
found at Smith's Cove
two years ago,
538
00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:05,943
the team may have obtained
further evidence
539
00:24:06,103 --> 00:24:08,279
of European visitation
to the island
540
00:24:08,439 --> 00:24:12,191
hundreds of years earlier
than was previously believed.
541
00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:14,510
I had to broggle
at the side of this log
542
00:24:14,537 --> 00:24:17,288
to-to winkle that out,
543
00:24:17,448 --> 00:24:20,015
and I was certain that was old.
544
00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:21,959
He broggled it out!
545
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:23,443
Would you please speak English
in this conference room?
546
00:24:35,799 --> 00:24:37,308
Okay.
547
00:24:37,468 --> 00:24:38,976
Laser ablation
548
00:24:39,136 --> 00:24:40,811
is a scientific testing method
549
00:24:40,971 --> 00:24:43,222
in which a high-powered laser
550
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:46,650
cuts microscopic samples from
the surface of an artifact.
551
00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:49,061
These samples are then analyzed
552
00:24:49,155 --> 00:24:51,230
to determine
the lead's isotope value
553
00:24:51,324 --> 00:24:54,975
and possibly
its geographic origin.
554
00:24:55,036 --> 00:24:58,403
The piece of what Gary thought
was silver
555
00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:00,831
found near the slipway
turns out to be lead.
556
00:25:00,991 --> 00:25:04,560
Initially, I'm disappointed,
but then I thought, "Well,
557
00:25:04,587 --> 00:25:06,837
"because it's lead,
it could tell us more
558
00:25:06,997 --> 00:25:10,824
than silver ever could because
of the isotope analysis."
559
00:25:10,885 --> 00:25:13,068
It's a great test.
We have high confidence in it.
560
00:25:13,095 --> 00:25:16,588
And maybe it will tell us
the when and where.
561
00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:19,183
Excellent. So we'll have
another gander
562
00:25:19,343 --> 00:25:21,260
-at that.
- I think so, Gary.
563
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,412
Because, you know, actually,
564
00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:26,248
lead has told us more stories
on this island than any other...
565
00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:27,733
-Yeah.
-...any other metal.
566
00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:35,366
Yeah, we do.
567
00:25:35,526 --> 00:25:36,608
-That's good.
-That's good.
568
00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:38,761
Dr. Brosseau, we thank you.
569
00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:42,022
Uh, I'm sure you're gonna be
seeing more of us and our stuff.
570
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:46,118
-Thank you.
- Okay. Cheers.
571
00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:47,603
Look,
572
00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:48,546
that thing's exciting.
573
00:25:48,706 --> 00:25:50,122
Uh, and-and everything she found
574
00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:51,790
is consistent
with it being very old.
575
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,700
So let's just
let's just remember that
576
00:25:53,761 --> 00:25:55,052
-and go back to our business.
How's that? -Yeah.
577
00:25:55,212 --> 00:25:56,202
-Sounds like a plan.
-Okay, guys.
578
00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:58,130
-Let's go.
-Yeah.
579
00:25:58,224 --> 00:26:00,057
As Marty and the team conclude
580
00:26:00,217 --> 00:26:02,042
their meeting
in the war room...
581
00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:04,044
- Hey, Dan. How you doing?
-All right.
582
00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:06,138
...veteran Oak Island
treasure hunter
583
00:26:06,232 --> 00:26:09,233
Dan Henskee arrives
at the Money Pit area,
584
00:26:09,393 --> 00:26:10,976
where Dave Blankenship,
585
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,720
Doug Crowell,
and geologist Terry Matheson
586
00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:15,221
are hoping to pinpoint
587
00:26:15,283 --> 00:26:18,817
the tunnel leading off
of Shaft Two.
588
00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:21,579
Dan, you came
at a really good time.
589
00:26:21,739 --> 00:26:23,655
We're just about
into the tunnel zone.
590
00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,249
It'd be nice to just put
something down the hole
591
00:26:25,409 --> 00:26:26,975
-and say, "Oh, there's a..."
-There it is.
592
00:26:27,003 --> 00:26:27,976
Yeah, interesting times.
593
00:26:28,004 --> 00:26:29,311
We're just dialing in
594
00:26:29,338 --> 00:26:30,754
the alignment of that tunnel
595
00:26:30,914 --> 00:26:32,089
off of Shaft Two.
596
00:26:32,249 --> 00:26:33,482
Maybe this is gonna be
the big dig.
597
00:26:33,509 --> 00:26:34,592
-Maybe.
-DAN H.: Yeah.
598
00:26:34,752 --> 00:26:37,002
-That's we got to hope.
599
00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,154
You draining that or putting it up?
-Oh, we'll-we'll drain that guy.
600
00:26:39,181 --> 00:26:41,223
This one's good. Okay.
601
00:26:44,261 --> 00:26:46,328
So, we got 98 and a half
602
00:26:46,355 --> 00:26:48,755
-to 108 and a half.
- Yeah. 108 and a half.
603
00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:52,000
Super. All right, this one's
saying, "Open me first."
604
00:26:52,028 --> 00:26:54,278
-It certainly is.
605
00:26:54,438 --> 00:26:56,447
This is it,
potentially, right here, boys.
606
00:27:00,036 --> 00:27:02,953
Whoa! Hold the phone!
607
00:27:03,113 --> 00:27:06,198
It's a
it's a very small beginning,
608
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,441
-but I think we have some wood here, gentlemen.
-Oh, look, look, look, look.
609
00:27:08,502 --> 00:27:10,853
-Right there.
-Oh! Yeah. -Whoa! Hello! Hello!
610
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,537
Where you been all my life?
611
00:27:12,632 --> 00:27:14,114
Hello, Dolly.
- Oh, look.
612
00:27:14,175 --> 00:27:16,191
There's more inside.
613
00:27:16,218 --> 00:27:17,784
-There's sawn lumber.
- Yeah. Sawn lumber for sure.
614
00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:19,452
Yeah.
615
00:27:19,513 --> 00:27:21,180
In all likelihood, we're right
at the edge of the tunnel.
616
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,141
Finding hand-sawn lumber
617
00:27:24,301 --> 00:27:26,310
at a depth of 108 feet
618
00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:28,962
is a major development.
619
00:27:29,023 --> 00:27:31,056
It offers possible confirmation
that the team
620
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:34,134
may not only have intercepted
a section
621
00:27:34,195 --> 00:27:36,636
of the Shaft Two tunnel
but also that they are
622
00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:40,732
one major step closer to
finding the original Money Pit.
623
00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:43,661
This is all diggable here.
624
00:27:43,821 --> 00:27:45,478
Sawn lumber right there.
There's the finer sediments.
625
00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:47,556
Yeah.
626
00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:48,891
Okay. Whoa. Come here.
627
00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:49,816
Check this out, Doug.
628
00:27:49,877 --> 00:27:51,743
Look at that.
629
00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:54,913
You can see sand there
and a little bit of clay.
630
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,399
That would give water
a perfect conduit
631
00:27:57,426 --> 00:27:59,009
from the flood tunnel.
632
00:27:59,169 --> 00:28:03,347
Sand packed
inside a layer of clay?
633
00:28:03,507 --> 00:28:05,924
Five weeks ago,
634
00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:08,427
while core drilling between
Smith's Cove and the Money Pit
635
00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:12,097
near an area known
as the Cave-In Pit,
636
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:13,357
the Oak Island team found
a similar
637
00:28:13,517 --> 00:28:15,526
four-foot section of beach sand
638
00:28:15,686 --> 00:28:18,362
packed between layers
of hard clay.
639
00:28:18,522 --> 00:28:20,346
This sand could be
the manifestation
640
00:28:20,408 --> 00:28:21,657
of a bygone tunnel.
641
00:28:23,411 --> 00:28:27,520
This discovery
also matched an 1897 account
642
00:28:27,581 --> 00:28:29,373
by members of the Oak Island
Treasure Company,
643
00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:31,600
who exposed what they believed
644
00:28:31,627 --> 00:28:33,785
to be one of the island's
legendary flood tunnels
645
00:28:33,879 --> 00:28:38,957
in the original Money Pit
at a depth of 111 feet.
646
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:41,719
Could it be that the team
has intercepted
647
00:28:41,879 --> 00:28:43,779
part of this same flood tunnel?
648
00:28:43,806 --> 00:28:45,964
And if so, could it mean
649
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:47,950
they are on the verge
of finally locating
650
00:28:47,977 --> 00:28:50,227
the original Money Pit?
651
00:28:50,387 --> 00:28:51,970
I think
it's starting to be clear
652
00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:54,790
that we could easily have had
a very rapid, uh,
653
00:28:54,817 --> 00:28:57,067
flooding out of this tunnel.
654
00:28:57,227 --> 00:28:58,794
We're in the Money Pit
right here,
655
00:28:58,821 --> 00:28:59,811
and we're digging towards it.
656
00:28:59,905 --> 00:29:01,071
We're very, very close, uh,
657
00:29:01,231 --> 00:29:02,631
to the Money Pit at this point.
658
00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:04,450
Yeah.
659
00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:10,655
- How you doing?
-Well?
660
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:11,749
We got her.
661
00:29:11,909 --> 00:29:12,824
Do you? What did we find?
662
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,251
Complete success on this hole.
663
00:29:14,411 --> 00:29:16,828
Upon hearing news
664
00:29:16,922 --> 00:29:18,571
that the team working
in the Money Pit area
665
00:29:18,632 --> 00:29:21,925
may have intercepted one
of the man-made flood tunnels,
666
00:29:22,085 --> 00:29:26,338
Rick, Marty and Alex Lagina
have arrived on the scene.
667
00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:28,340
We hit the side of a tunnel,
gentlemen.
668
00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:30,325
Oh, wow. That's great.
669
00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:31,935
-That's perfect.
-It's perfect.
670
00:29:32,095 --> 00:29:34,329
-So, FG-13 hit the tunnel.
-Okay.
671
00:29:34,356 --> 00:29:36,273
-And we have a zinger
to show you. -Really?
672
00:29:36,433 --> 00:29:37,608
Check that out, right there.
673
00:29:37,768 --> 00:29:39,351
Look at that.
There's sand,
674
00:29:39,445 --> 00:29:42,762
and it's encased in clay,
above and below.
675
00:29:42,823 --> 00:29:44,597
We know they lost Shaft Two,
so we really feel
676
00:29:44,658 --> 00:29:46,508
that that's good evidence
677
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,693
of sandy material
that jetted water
678
00:29:48,788 --> 00:29:50,345
and sand up into the tunnel.
679
00:29:50,372 --> 00:29:52,014
It all came flooding in,
680
00:29:52,041 --> 00:29:54,941
so you got a potential for what
Rick's always looking for,
681
00:29:55,002 --> 00:29:56,685
stuff coming in
from the Money Pit.
682
00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:57,610
Agreed.
683
00:29:57,671 --> 00:29:59,129
So, uh,
684
00:29:59,289 --> 00:30:00,947
could potentially be close,
685
00:30:01,008 --> 00:30:02,782
uh, to the Money Pit
at this point.
686
00:30:02,843 --> 00:30:04,784
Terry's a good geologist,
687
00:30:04,845 --> 00:30:07,787
and he thinks that he's hit
a section of sand
688
00:30:07,848 --> 00:30:09,531
that isn't bedded.
689
00:30:09,558 --> 00:30:11,716
But I think it could be done
intentionally in a flood tunnel,
690
00:30:11,811 --> 00:30:13,885
because sand will transmit
a lot of water,
691
00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:16,888
and it would also keep
the thing from collapsing.
692
00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:19,708
Which means we have to be very
close to what they considered
693
00:30:19,735 --> 00:30:21,634
to be the original Money Pit.
694
00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:23,378
Absolutely.
I totally agree with Marty.
695
00:30:23,405 --> 00:30:24,563
We're-we're close.
696
00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:26,048
Here's the exciting thing.
697
00:30:26,075 --> 00:30:27,807
If this is really the Money Pit,
698
00:30:27,868 --> 00:30:30,719
then maybe one of these things
comes up with something.
699
00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:32,888
If you wanted to do one more...
700
00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:35,332
-Right. -...you push it right here
and find...
701
00:30:35,492 --> 00:30:36,983
If you're
you believe the collapse
702
00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:38,910
-or they didn't get any farther
than that. -I think
703
00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:40,671
that's close to the collapse.
Yeah, we might
704
00:30:40,831 --> 00:30:42,822
-we might do one out there to confirm that.
-You can put one there.
705
00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:45,509
Yeah. So, we'll get this
706
00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:46,902
and we'll see what happens.
707
00:30:46,929 --> 00:30:48,253
Right on.
708
00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:50,997
Later that afternoon,
709
00:30:51,058 --> 00:30:53,575
as work continues
at the Money Pit area...
710
00:30:53,602 --> 00:30:56,578
Well, today's the day.
- Yeah.
711
00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:58,689
She's rolling down the road
as we speak.
712
00:30:58,849 --> 00:31:01,341
...brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina
713
00:31:01,402 --> 00:31:03,676
have joined
fellow landowner Tom Nolan
714
00:31:03,737 --> 00:31:07,364
at the South Shore road
near the swamp.
715
00:31:07,524 --> 00:31:08,924
You've seen these kind
of machines before, right, Tom?
716
00:31:08,951 --> 00:31:09,941
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Yeah.
717
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:11,443
This is this is a bigger...
718
00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:12,703
bigger-sized one.
719
00:31:12,863 --> 00:31:14,262
-Yeah.
-Thirty 36-ton.
720
00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:16,707
-Oh, boy.
-It's a big machine.
721
00:31:16,867 --> 00:31:19,710
Now that the swamp
is almost completely drained
722
00:31:19,870 --> 00:31:22,104
after three days of pumping,
723
00:31:22,131 --> 00:31:25,365
representatives from
Great Excavations Incorporated
724
00:31:25,426 --> 00:31:29,052
deliver a specialized
36-ton excavator.
725
00:31:29,212 --> 00:31:31,947
Once assembled,
it will allow the team
726
00:31:31,974 --> 00:31:34,540
to conduct the most extensive
investigation of the swamp
727
00:31:34,602 --> 00:31:36,042
ever attempted,
728
00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:38,878
in an effort to reveal
whatever may lie buried
729
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:41,481
under several feet
of mud and muck.
730
00:31:42,818 --> 00:31:45,127
Here we go.
731
00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:47,362
Look at that.
Isn't that something?
732
00:31:53,403 --> 00:31:55,728
Great Excavations.
733
00:31:55,789 --> 00:31:57,581
-Hey, John. Welcome back.
-How you doing?
734
00:31:58,959 --> 00:31:59,991
Hey. How you doing?
735
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,567
-Hi, I'm Marty.
-Hi, Marty.
736
00:32:01,629 --> 00:32:02,836
-John.
-Hi, John.
737
00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:09,242
-Yeah, that's a for-real deal there.
-That's quite a track.
738
00:32:09,303 --> 00:32:11,153
Oh, I thought it was
actually like a pontoon.
739
00:32:11,180 --> 00:32:13,155
It doesn't it doesn't
really float, does it?
740
00:32:13,182 --> 00:32:14,747
-Or does it?
-It-it does.
741
00:32:14,808 --> 00:32:17,008
- It looks like a tank.Yeah, it does.
742
00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:19,419
Seeing the swamp excavator,
743
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:23,106
I have a lot of confidence
that'll do the job.
744
00:32:23,266 --> 00:32:25,167
The tracks on this thing
are enormous.
745
00:32:25,194 --> 00:32:27,110
Plus, it has flotation in it.
746
00:32:27,270 --> 00:32:28,594
So, if Rick's right,
747
00:32:28,656 --> 00:32:30,172
if there are answers
in the swamp,
748
00:32:30,199 --> 00:32:31,597
then it could be real important.
749
00:32:31,659 --> 00:32:33,525
It's certainly
the piece of gear we need.
750
00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:35,694
Are you gonna have
room enough here
751
00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:37,696
-to put it together?
It's gonna be tight,
752
00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:39,681
but I think we can do it, yeah.
753
00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:41,850
Okay, so, next step
754
00:32:41,877 --> 00:32:43,368
put that bad boy together.
755
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:44,777
We're real excited about it.
756
00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:46,521
-Sounds good. We'd be happy to.
-Yeah.
757
00:32:46,548 --> 00:32:47,613
-Thank you.
-Thank you, John.
758
00:32:47,675 --> 00:32:48,799
We got stuff to do,
759
00:32:48,959 --> 00:32:51,218
but we will be back.
760
00:32:54,464 --> 00:32:57,307
As a new day begins,
761
00:32:57,467 --> 00:33:00,035
and as the team from
Great Excavations Incorporated
762
00:33:00,062 --> 00:33:02,704
continues preparations
for a large-scale dig
763
00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:04,964
in the Oak Island swamp,
764
00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:07,150
Rick and Marty Lagina,
765
00:33:07,310 --> 00:33:09,211
along with their partner
Craig Tester,
766
00:33:09,238 --> 00:33:11,396
gather the team in the war room
767
00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:12,823
for an important
scientific report
768
00:33:12,983 --> 00:33:14,733
that has just come in.
769
00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:17,235
Joining them is
Dr. Chris McFarlane,
770
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:19,237
a professor of geochemistry
771
00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:21,331
at the University
of New Brunswick,
772
00:33:21,491 --> 00:33:23,500
who has come to present
his analysis
773
00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:26,003
of the ancient lead artifact
discovered
774
00:33:26,163 --> 00:33:28,839
three days ago at Smith's Cove.
775
00:33:28,999 --> 00:33:30,990
Uh, this is Chris McFarlane,
776
00:33:31,051 --> 00:33:33,993
and he has taken a look
at the piece of metal.
777
00:33:34,054 --> 00:33:36,254
Well, we were pretty excited
about it, 'cause it was adjacent
778
00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:38,240
to the slipway in Smith's Cove.
779
00:33:38,267 --> 00:33:40,500
Yeah, and that was
way down deep.
780
00:33:40,561 --> 00:33:42,668
And you have some information
for us, I understand.
781
00:33:42,730 --> 00:33:45,004
Oh, yeah.
Now, it's definitely lead,
782
00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:47,507
uh, I'm happy to say.
783
00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:50,193
That particular artifact
784
00:33:50,353 --> 00:33:51,570
ablated beautifully.
785
00:33:53,023 --> 00:33:55,181
I brought some results here.
786
00:33:55,242 --> 00:33:57,034
The, uh...
787
00:33:57,194 --> 00:34:01,020
the one thing of interest
is the tin.
788
00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:05,024
Okay? And this thing has
a lot of tin in it.
789
00:34:05,085 --> 00:34:07,435
That's, like,
nine weight percent tin.
790
00:34:07,463 --> 00:34:09,862
-That's a lot.
-Which might explain a little bit
791
00:34:09,923 --> 00:34:12,198
-why it looks kind of weird.
- Yeah, it's got
792
00:34:12,259 --> 00:34:14,534
-that strange patina on it.
-Yeah.
793
00:34:14,595 --> 00:34:17,036
It's quite high. It's higher
than anything I've ever seen.
794
00:34:17,097 --> 00:34:19,264
So what did it tell you?
795
00:34:20,768 --> 00:34:23,560
Well, first off,
the slipway artifact
796
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,313
is clearly not
of North American origin.
797
00:34:28,442 --> 00:34:30,567
There's a publication
798
00:34:30,727 --> 00:34:34,813
that's a compilation
of over 6,000, uh,
799
00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:36,147
measurements of lead isotopes
800
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,558
from ores
from all across Europe.
801
00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:40,726
Really valuable data set.
802
00:34:40,788 --> 00:34:44,806
So we want to know
where it could be from.
803
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:46,975
And Europe,
804
00:34:47,002 --> 00:34:48,335
I think, is a good bet.
805
00:34:49,579 --> 00:34:51,329
I would say that the lead
806
00:34:51,423 --> 00:34:53,632
is Italian, French or Spanish.
807
00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:58,095
-Wow. -That sort of neck
of the Mediterranean.
808
00:34:58,255 --> 00:35:00,597
Rather than
in the Eastern Mediterranean,
809
00:35:00,757 --> 00:35:03,266
more of a Western
Mediterranean flavor.
810
00:35:03,426 --> 00:35:05,660
-Wow.
-That is pretty cool.
811
00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:08,087
This is fascinating.
We all know
812
00:35:08,148 --> 00:35:11,757
who used to travel a lot
along those trade routes
813
00:35:11,819 --> 00:35:14,093
in the Mediterranean:
Templars, baby!
814
00:35:17,032 --> 00:35:18,931
Ancient lead?
815
00:35:18,992 --> 00:35:21,118
From the Western region
of the Mediterranean?
816
00:35:21,278 --> 00:35:23,769
Could it be connected
in some way
817
00:35:23,831 --> 00:35:26,606
to the mysterious lead cross
found at Smith's Cove
818
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:28,625
two years ago?
819
00:35:28,785 --> 00:35:32,129
A cross that suggested that the
stories of the Knights Templar
820
00:35:32,289 --> 00:35:36,115
visiting Oak Island
could be true.
821
00:35:36,176 --> 00:35:38,526
Wow, this is a long way
from home.
822
00:35:38,554 --> 00:35:40,953
- Yep.
- Given the...
823
00:35:41,014 --> 00:35:45,033
the historical context here of
the what-ifs and possibilities
824
00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:46,534
of Oak Island
825
00:35:46,562 --> 00:35:48,887
France, Spain certainly,
826
00:35:48,981 --> 00:35:52,056
and now there's
an Italian connection,
827
00:35:52,151 --> 00:35:53,817
or a possible
Italian connection.
828
00:35:53,977 --> 00:35:56,544
Those last two keep popping up
here French or Spanish
829
00:35:56,572 --> 00:35:59,322
but this is the first time
the Italians have showed up.
830
00:35:59,482 --> 00:36:00,899
-You're happy about that.
-Yeah!
831
00:36:00,993 --> 00:36:02,642
Maybe there's
an Italian connection here.
832
00:36:02,703 --> 00:36:03,827
Other than us.
833
00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:05,311
This is extremely interesting.
834
00:36:05,372 --> 00:36:09,073
I don't know what a piece
of tin and lead from...
835
00:36:09,168 --> 00:36:11,317
Italy, France or Spain
is doing...
836
00:36:11,378 --> 00:36:14,229
Yeah. Eight feet below sea level
837
00:36:14,256 --> 00:36:15,839
and underneath the slipway.
838
00:36:15,999 --> 00:36:18,175
-That's crazy.
-It is.
839
00:36:18,335 --> 00:36:21,327
Well, it's interesting from
the different potential areas.
840
00:36:21,388 --> 00:36:22,737
I'd like to reach out
841
00:36:22,764 --> 00:36:25,515
to... to Europe and see if, uh,
842
00:36:25,675 --> 00:36:27,184
the amount of tin in there,
843
00:36:27,344 --> 00:36:29,519
uh, can tell us
more information.
844
00:36:29,679 --> 00:36:33,023
Well, the analysis
from Professor McFarlane
845
00:36:33,183 --> 00:36:35,266
zeroes in on the Mediterranean:
France, Italy, Spain.
846
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,176
It's just incredible, right?
847
00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:41,589
So... you know, that's
certainly not inconsistent
848
00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:42,848
with the Templars.
I mean,
849
00:36:42,910 --> 00:36:44,367
there is data...
850
00:36:44,527 --> 00:36:46,761
that we've acquired
that supports it.
851
00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:48,947
And we've had other, uh...
852
00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:51,616
connections to-to that region.
853
00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:53,877
And possible explanations
as to the why
854
00:36:54,037 --> 00:36:55,954
of the endeavor here
on Oak Island.
855
00:36:56,048 --> 00:36:57,530
So...
856
00:36:57,591 --> 00:37:00,700
it's supported,
but at the end of the day,
857
00:37:00,761 --> 00:37:03,720
it's just one more
little piece of the puzzle.
858
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,448
We have got to start putting
these puzzle pieces together.
859
00:37:06,475 --> 00:37:09,300
The best thing is
that we continue to do
860
00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:12,712
some more specific testing,
apply more science,
861
00:37:12,773 --> 00:37:14,714
and different
testing methodology to give us
862
00:37:14,775 --> 00:37:16,233
more information.
863
00:37:16,393 --> 00:37:17,809
Okay, well, again,
thank you, Dr. McFarlane.
864
00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:19,310
Excellent stuff.
I'm sure we're going
865
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,987
to be talking with you again.
866
00:37:27,329 --> 00:37:29,137
While search operations
continue
867
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:31,823
at both Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit area...
868
00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:33,399
So, it's showtime.
869
00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:34,567
It's showtime.
870
00:37:34,628 --> 00:37:35,827
Big bog.
871
00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:37,570
...Rick and Marty Lagina,
872
00:37:37,631 --> 00:37:39,314
along with their partner
Craig Tester
873
00:37:39,341 --> 00:37:42,408
and fellow landowner Tom Nolan,
874
00:37:42,469 --> 00:37:44,594
head to the newly drained
swamp.
875
00:37:44,754 --> 00:37:46,337
This is the Tom Nolan quote:
876
00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,156
"If there's anything
to Oak Island,
877
00:37:48,183 --> 00:37:49,933
the answers are in the swamp."
878
00:37:50,093 --> 00:37:52,160
Well, I think
there's something there.
879
00:37:52,187 --> 00:37:53,661
I love it.
880
00:37:53,689 --> 00:37:55,272
I do not like being
in the swamp.
881
00:37:55,432 --> 00:37:56,681
It stinks. It's nasty.
882
00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:58,257
But...
883
00:37:58,318 --> 00:38:00,110
if there's something interesting
down there,
884
00:38:00,270 --> 00:38:01,761
then I want to see it.
885
00:38:01,822 --> 00:38:03,763
We have to dig.
We have to investigate.
886
00:38:03,824 --> 00:38:06,116
And if it takes getting dirty
and wet and cold
887
00:38:06,276 --> 00:38:08,601
and miserable and smelly,
I don't care.
888
00:38:08,662 --> 00:38:09,911
I want an answer.
889
00:38:12,374 --> 00:38:14,207
Yeah. Yeah.
890
00:38:15,544 --> 00:38:18,186
Well, there's a trio.
891
00:38:18,213 --> 00:38:19,445
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
892
00:38:19,506 --> 00:38:20,538
Okay, what's in there?
893
00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:21,873
You tell me.
894
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,783
- No, no, no, no.
-Mysteries.
895
00:38:23,844 --> 00:38:26,194
All right.
Well, why... what are we...
896
00:38:26,221 --> 00:38:27,953
-what are we standing around for?
-Saddle up.
897
00:38:28,015 --> 00:38:30,456
- Yeah, let's go.
Turn the key, Billy.
898
00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:33,292
Because a thorough draining
of the swamp
899
00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:35,312
has always been difficult
to achieve,
900
00:38:35,472 --> 00:38:38,815
the area remains one of the
least explored on Oak Island.
901
00:38:38,975 --> 00:38:40,800
But recent discoveries,
902
00:38:40,861 --> 00:38:43,636
including
Dr. Ian Spooner's confirmation
903
00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:45,805
that the swamp
was most likely man-made
904
00:38:45,866 --> 00:38:47,657
some 800 years ago,
905
00:38:47,817 --> 00:38:49,567
has made digging in the area
906
00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:52,495
one of this year's
major agendas.
907
00:38:52,655 --> 00:38:55,723
First among the team's list
of potential target sites
908
00:38:55,751 --> 00:38:59,227
is the flat, stone walkway
discovered earlier this year
909
00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:00,920
by diver Tony Sampson.
910
00:39:02,499 --> 00:39:06,325
So, me and my copilot here,
911
00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:08,661
we need a little guidance here,
because we're wondering...
912
00:39:08,722 --> 00:39:11,906
where to start,
and I'm assuming...
913
00:39:11,933 --> 00:39:14,333
way at the end of these
blue stakes, is that right?
914
00:39:14,394 --> 00:39:16,578
I was only interested
in going...
915
00:39:16,605 --> 00:39:19,356
digging to the paved area.
916
00:39:19,516 --> 00:39:21,358
Do you want us to go
to the end first,
917
00:39:21,518 --> 00:39:23,193
so we don't mess things up?
918
00:39:23,353 --> 00:39:25,603
-Yes. Go all the way to the end.
-Okay. All right, okay.
919
00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:39,617
Today's operation
920
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,770
is particularly meaningful
for Tom Nolan.
921
00:39:42,798 --> 00:39:46,198
It was his father, the late
treasure hunter Fred Nolan,
922
00:39:46,259 --> 00:39:47,959
who spent
more than five decades
923
00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:50,294
of his life being convinced
924
00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:52,055
that the key to solving
the Oak Island mystery
925
00:39:52,215 --> 00:39:55,141
would be found in the swamp.
926
00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,470
Well, Rick, it's hard to believe
927
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:02,565
we actually see this machine
in the swamp.
928
00:40:02,725 --> 00:40:04,809
You know, if Dad had been here
to see that out there, he...
929
00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:06,144
he hardly could've believed it.
930
00:40:06,238 --> 00:40:07,570
Hopefully, we can...
931
00:40:07,730 --> 00:40:11,315
finally get
to the "bottom of this."
932
00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:12,725
You know, this thing's just...
933
00:40:12,786 --> 00:40:14,393
Hopefully,
this'll be a game changer
934
00:40:14,454 --> 00:40:16,729
for this bog
and what we can, you know...
935
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:18,473
get it to tell us.
936
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,400
You look out there,
and I-I see, you know,
937
00:40:21,461 --> 00:40:24,737
look at all the assets
we're-we're pouring into this,
938
00:40:24,798 --> 00:40:26,756
and yet, you contrast that
with the years
939
00:40:26,916 --> 00:40:29,426
your father labored here,
just you and he.
940
00:40:29,586 --> 00:40:31,669
I mean, it's quite
a significant difference.
941
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,412
Yeah. I think
if we can get out there
942
00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:35,006
and take some
of the top layer off,
943
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:37,508
I think there's things out here
to be had, so...
944
00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:39,510
Well, let's clean that out
945
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:42,105
and see what we got, how's that?
946
00:40:42,265 --> 00:40:44,666
-Let's do it!
- All right.
947
00:40:44,693 --> 00:40:46,151
All right, here we go.
948
00:40:47,362 --> 00:40:49,337
After 225 years
949
00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:51,597
of backbreaking work,
950
00:40:51,658 --> 00:40:53,098
frustrating setbacks,
951
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,434
and bitter tragedy,
952
00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,680
the Oak Island mystery
may finally be on the verge
953
00:40:58,707 --> 00:41:01,774
of being solved.
954
00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:05,778
But as the Laginas and their
partners know all too well,
955
00:41:05,839 --> 00:41:09,466
the island does not share
its secrets willingly.
956
00:41:09,626 --> 00:41:13,470
There is likely
more hardship ahead,
957
00:41:13,630 --> 00:41:15,788
coupled
with the ever-present threat
958
00:41:15,849 --> 00:41:18,624
of a curse that says
959
00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:20,977
one more must die
960
00:41:21,137 --> 00:41:23,938
before the treasure
can be found.
961
00:41:28,195 --> 00:41:31,062
Next time
on The Curse of Oak Island...
962
00:41:31,156 --> 00:41:33,214
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
963
00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:34,732
What is that? Stop.
964
00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:35,733
There you go.
965
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,160
That is exactly what Fred found.
966
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:38,328
Whoo, baby!
967
00:41:38,488 --> 00:41:39,579
Any idea on an age?
968
00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:43,407
- Whoa! Whoa!
We've got some wood here.
969
00:41:43,502 --> 00:41:45,818
Look at this.
This is cut with an ax.
970
00:41:45,879 --> 00:41:48,004
-This is wood from the original Money Pit.
We found it!
971
00:41:48,164 --> 00:41:49,580
There's a huge storm coming.
972
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,991
Category 1.
It's headed right for us.
973
00:41:52,052 --> 00:41:54,068
Anything that can become
a sail has to be tied down.
974
00:41:54,095 --> 00:41:55,753
It could be catastrophic.
975
00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:57,972
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