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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
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The 90 Foot Stone is
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-themost important artifact.
Rick, look at this one.
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-I think we found it.
Yeah.
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Whoa!
The Eye of the Swamp
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is connected to the paved area.
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-Ooh! Look at that!
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That is a really old
tunneling tool.
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That's awesome!
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Oh! Holy crow!
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-What the heck is it?
-This is old.
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We found the smoking gun.
The paved area is man-made.
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All right!
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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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- Look at that.
- Huh.
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Isn't that remarkable?
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Yeah.
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Tell me that's natural.
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Oh, there's no way that's
natural, Rick. Look at it.
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It's just layered right on top.
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For brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
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and their team,
the historic discovery
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of a massive, paved-stone
walkway in the Oak Island swamp
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has offered what could be
their greatest breakthrough yet
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in their quest to solve a
225-year-old treasure mystery.
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One they are eager to share
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with fellow landowner
Tom Nolan,
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whose father, Fred Nolan,
spent over five decades
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tirelessly investigating
the area.
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It was Fred's belief that not
only was the swamp man-made,
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but that the keys to finding
the Oak Island treasure
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were hidden beneath
its murky surface.
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Strange-looking.
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And I don't know what...
what purpose?
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I mean, it's not a drain system.
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- No. Too shallow for that.
-Yeah.
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And it's so uniform.
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It's just perfectly flat.
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Let's go down and have
a little closer look at it.
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All right.
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The paved stone area is of
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significant interest,
and the more we dig,
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the more impressive
that structure becomes,
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and there has
to be a reason as to the why.
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And what is its purpose?
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Look, look. The water's
washing that all off.
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-It's all, like, little stone
placed on big stone? -Mm-hmm.
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A lot of it's the same type
of rock, isn't it?
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It is. A lot of it is this.
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- Ooh.
-It's graywacke.
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I can't believe
you guys found this.
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It's like
you're standing on a paved road
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in the middle of the bog.
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It's certainly wide enough.
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- Yeah.
-I mean, it's so level.
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If humans didn't do that,
how is that possible?
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I've seen some strange things
in the swamp, but this is...
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I don't know. I don't know
how you explain this.
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I don't, either.
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I wonder what
your father would have said.
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He'd be amazed by this
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'cause, I mean, you can't help
but look at it and say,
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"What the heck is it?"
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Nobody knew the swamp
like he did.
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But he never had the ability
to do this to the swamp, so, mm,
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you know, this is taking this
to a whole different level,
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-what we're doing.
-Yeah.
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I think there are answers
in the swamp,
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but we may not be attuned
as of yet to those answers.
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I.e., is there some grand scheme
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larger than what we had
at first anticipated
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about Oak Island?
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Some sort of really intricate
and involved mystery
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that surpasses
the so-called Money Pit?
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Um, it's possible.
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I always said it was worked,
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somebody worked the swamp.
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Well, you look at this,
pretty hard to say
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-somebody didn't work the swamp.
-Pretty hard to say. Yeah.
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But to what end?
Like you say,
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it's the questions
it leaves behind.
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I think, let's try
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to get Dr. Spooner
to take a look at it in the dry.
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Yeah, take a look at the face
and see what he thinks of it.
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What is going on here?
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None of it makes any sense.
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Following his meeting
with Tom Nolan at the swamp...
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Doug and I made
a little road trip
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to Fortress Louisbourg...
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...Rick has called
his brother Marty
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and other members of the team
to the war room
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to share important information
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that he and Oak Island
historian Doug Crowell
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found during their recent trip
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to an 18th-century
French fortress.
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One of the reasons
for going to Louisbourg was that
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we would see some semblance of
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any structure that looks like
the structures on Oak Island.
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Those buildings
the-the ancillary features,
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the tunnels under the earth
I mean, it was remarkable to see
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-what they had accomplished.
-Yeah.
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One week ago,
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after the team obtained
scientific proof
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that the wooden structure
recently unearthed
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at Smith's Cove was built
in 1741...
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Pretty impressive.
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...Rick and Doug traveled
some 300 miles northeast
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to an 18th-century
French military fort
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in the town of Louisbourg.
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The data supported a theory
presented earlier this year
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by naval historian Chipp Reid,
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who believes
that a vast French treasure
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may have been moved
from the fortress to Oak Island
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during the early 1740s.
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Oh, Rick, come look at this one.
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Incredibly, it was
while touring the fortress
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that Rick and Doug were shown
a centuries-old,
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stone-paved flooding system,
one eerily similar
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to the possible pathway that
the team has just uncovered
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in the Oak Island swamp.
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So, we have a few pictures
of what we saw up there.
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As we were being shown around,
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Rick had asked if there was
any part of the fortress
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-that was original,
that wasn't a recreation. -Mm-hmm.
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And this particular corner
of the inner courtyard
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was original,
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and inside
this particular room,
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this is what the floor
looked like.
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Wow.
That's interesting.
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This whole system seemed
to be drainage.
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There was an actual small tunnel
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that went out
under the rock wall.
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So, uh, there's another picture
of the floor.
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The rocks, though...
Oh, the rock, yeah.
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...are very similar
to our paved area.
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Yeah.
Yes.
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Well, don't we have
multiple layers like this
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actually stacked
on top of each other?
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We-we do have
multiple layers here. Now this,
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you know, from what we could
tell, was only one layer,
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-but they were far
from an even floor. Mm-hmm.
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But that was probably
the closest thing we saw to
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-our paved area.
-Yeah.
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-Thatis close.
Yeah.
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Could Rick and Doug
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have discovered a link
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between the 18th-century
French fortress
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and a massive
engineering effort
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that took place
in the swamp centuries ago?
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And if so,
could it be further proof
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that the swamp may have been
artificially created,
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and possibly used
to hide a stolen treasure ship,
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as the late Fred Nolan
believed?
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What's this?
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This is an historic photo
the historian provided us
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that just shows a platform
of rocks on top of the soil.
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This floor is
several stones deep,
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and that is
original construction.
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That's the way it was
in the day.
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Yeah, looks just like it.
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Yeah.
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That's remarkable.
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Yeah.
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All right. Well, cool.
I mean, I-I find that
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to be very interesting,
actually.
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-Yeah. You know,
we're supposed to be
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looking around to figure out
the significance of 1741.
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-Yeah.
-If the French were here
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for some repository, and they
were using the same technique
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for a paved area
for purposes unknown,
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-well, that fits.
- Absolutely.
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So,
as we were being shown around,
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we came into their armory.
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And there are some cannonballs
there in the background.
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Mm-hmm. But look at the size
of that cart.
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That's one of the things I know
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we had some discussions
here about the paved area
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-there be too rough for a cart.
-Would have to be big wheels.
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-Yeah.
These are big wheels.
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-These wheels are probably
five feet tall. Mm-hmm.
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See, look how big
those carts were
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that were in use
in that time period.
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That cart.
Maybe they used carts here?
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-Yeah.
That would make sense
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that somebody would use carts
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like that to cart something,
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whether it be depositor,
I don't know.
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The floor in Louisbourg
looks identical
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to our paved area
out here in the swamp.
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I mean,
I'd say virtually identical.
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-Pretty much.
-And what else did he find?
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That-that the sort of
transportation of the day
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involved using
these big wheeled carts.
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They would function beautifully
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on a cobbly thing
like we found in the swamp.
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I think that these paved areas
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in the swamp and the paved areas
in the fort
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are eerily similar, and...
I've-I've got my toes tingling.
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I want to get out there
and go metal-detect it.
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I-I was just thinking
you want to get back
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-to metal detecting,
so, let's call it. -Yeah.
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Good trip, you guys.
Excellent data.
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Following their meeting
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in the Oak Island war room...
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- Hello!
-Hey.
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...Rick Lagina and Billy
Gerhardt return to the swamp,
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where they are joined by
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner.
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They are eager for Dr. Spooner
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to examine the mysterious
paved area now that
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it has been more fully drained,
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in the hopes
of finding any evidence
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that might help determine
when the structure was built
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and for what purpose.
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Oh! Holy crow!
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What are we looking at?
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I think something
really important here.
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The key thing is,
I need to find wood
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around the rocks,
and I need to have
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an indication that the rocks
were interacting with the wood.
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-So, you see this stick here,
right? -Mm-hmm.
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-And you see this rock here.
-Mm-hmm.
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And so,
if we move this rock away,
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what's happened to the stick?
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Yeah, it's squished.
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It's smashed by the rock.
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You see how it fit
right like that?
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So, what that tells me is that
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these rocks couldn't have been
laid down by a glacier.
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-Right?
-Why not?
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Because you wouldn't have
a stick. No trees.
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-No wood.
-Right.
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And that can't be done
by anything natural.
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So, the contention
that this is some kind
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of placed stone platform,
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I don't think
there's any question.
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-Really?
- Yeah, yeah.
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I guess
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I'm a little bit happy
that the swamp
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really did yield
something significant
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because I put everybody
through the gristmill
252
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about, "It's not over.
We've got to keep looking."
253
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And now it...
254
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it turns out that, you know,
255
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there's
some interesting data there.
256
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Now, I'm going to ask you
the-the question
257
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I always ask Gary Drayton.
258
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What's your...
what's your guess? How old?
259
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When was this work done?
260
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It's not Mr. Nolan's time.
261
00:11:29,848 --> 00:11:32,082
It's not Mr. Blankenship's time.
262
00:11:32,109 --> 00:11:34,084
It's way before that time.
263
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It's old, it's old, it's old.
264
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Here's the thing.
265
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This certainly predates
the discovery story, right?
266
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-Yeah.
-And the discovery story
267
00:11:43,412 --> 00:11:46,430
-essentially predates
habitation here. -Yeah.
268
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-Yeah.
- So,
269
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who did it and why?
270
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To me, here's the key.
271
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This stick will tell me
when that stone was placed.
272
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If you date the stick,
you know when that happened.
273
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Finding evidence
274
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that the mysterious
paved stone path is,
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in fact, a man-made structure,
276
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one possibly built
277
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prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795,
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is an exciting development.
279
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If Dr. Spooner's assessment
can be confirmed
280
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through further
scientific analysis,
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the team may be one step closer
to dating
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this potentially ancient
construct.
283
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Dr. Spooner has
284
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"found the smoking gun."
285
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The paved area is man-made.
286
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This is probably...
Well, I won't say
287
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it's the most important
discovery on Oak Island,
288
00:12:33,912 --> 00:12:36,421
but it certainly is up there.
289
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The swamp is proving
to be more interesting
290
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and more, uh, enigmatic
291
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than, perhaps,
even the Money Pit.
292
00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:47,657
You know what? I'm in awe.
293
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The work you've done
and continue to do...
294
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All we can do is say thank you.
295
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But we very much look forward
to that date, certainly.
296
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I know that Marty and Craig...
All of us are really...
297
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are gonna be
very interested in that date.
298
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But we've got a lot of work
ahead of us, Bill.
299
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- Yeah. Yeah. No problem.
- Thank you.
300
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Appreciate all the help.
301
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One day after
obtaining scientific evidence
302
00:13:11,333 --> 00:13:13,016
that the paved stone area
303
00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:15,535
is a potentially ancient,
man-made feature,
304
00:13:15,629 --> 00:13:17,203
Jack Begley
305
00:13:17,298 --> 00:13:19,781
and metal detection expert
Gary Drayton,
306
00:13:19,842 --> 00:13:23,209
along with heavy equipment
operator Billy Gerhardt,
307
00:13:23,304 --> 00:13:27,306
are eager to resume digging
near the mysterious structure
308
00:13:27,466 --> 00:13:29,883
to see where it might lead.
309
00:13:29,977 --> 00:13:32,202
You have to define the area,
310
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the-the complete extent
of the paved area.
311
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Otherwise,
it's just patchwork guesswork.
312
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We have to know
its exact physical dimensions
313
00:13:40,979 --> 00:13:43,713
because Dr. Spooner
is proposing
314
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that it predates the discovery
of the Money Pit.
315
00:13:46,827 --> 00:13:48,401
-Hey, Billy.
- Hey, Gary.
316
00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:50,812
So, what's the plan for today?
These spoils?
317
00:13:50,873 --> 00:13:53,557
Yeah. We'll work
at these spoils and try
318
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to see if we can find the extent
of the paved area.
319
00:13:56,587 --> 00:13:58,228
If you do a little area,
320
00:13:58,255 --> 00:14:00,321
I'll pull it back,
and then we-we'll keep moving.
321
00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:02,899
Right on, mate.
322
00:14:02,926 --> 00:14:05,827
As Billy carefully excavates
the area,
323
00:14:05,888 --> 00:14:07,829
Gary Drayton
will search the spoils
324
00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:09,497
with a metal detector
325
00:14:09,558 --> 00:14:11,850
for any important clues
or artifacts.
326
00:14:13,771 --> 00:14:16,063
We got to find
some metals today.
327
00:14:18,517 --> 00:14:20,508
Yeah, this looks natural.
328
00:14:20,569 --> 00:14:22,069
It's just clay.
329
00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:26,531
So, when you dig down into it,
there's no rocks.
330
00:14:29,027 --> 00:14:31,519
If you want to check
right here, Gary,
331
00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:34,764
then I'll peel that down.
Maybe we'll dig another hole.
332
00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:36,708
Okay.
333
00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:41,195
Nothing here, mate.
334
00:14:41,256 --> 00:14:43,790
Yeah, take it
a little bit further.
335
00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:45,700
It's a unique opportunity
336
00:14:45,761 --> 00:14:48,703
to metal detect
around this paved area.
337
00:14:48,764 --> 00:14:50,538
My theory is
338
00:14:50,599 --> 00:14:52,298
that this was used
339
00:14:52,393 --> 00:14:55,877
as a place to load
and unload things,
340
00:14:55,938 --> 00:14:59,714
and it's a great place
to trap coins and artifacts.
341
00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:02,125
Anything lost in that area
342
00:15:02,152 --> 00:15:03,902
is still gonna be there.
343
00:15:05,397 --> 00:15:07,388
Where are the rocks?
344
00:15:07,449 --> 00:15:09,408
There's not much
of that up here.
345
00:15:09,568 --> 00:15:12,059
It's just mostly small sticks.
346
00:15:12,121 --> 00:15:13,578
It's falsing off some twigs.
347
00:15:13,738 --> 00:15:15,488
Yeah.
348
00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:17,791
You keep digging this out, mate.
349
00:15:29,754 --> 00:15:31,638
- Check all this, Gary?
-Yep.
350
00:15:36,261 --> 00:15:38,437
Whoa! Do you see that?
351
00:15:38,597 --> 00:15:40,330
Finally!
352
00:15:40,357 --> 00:15:41,923
That's awesome.
353
00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:43,591
If you look
in the end of the hole,
354
00:15:43,652 --> 00:15:45,760
it looks like rocks
on top of rocks there, right?
355
00:15:45,821 --> 00:15:47,779
Yeah, it does look
stacked there, Billy.
356
00:15:47,939 --> 00:15:49,506
We might have
to jump down and...
357
00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:50,857
you know, sort of, like,
clean the side off.
358
00:15:50,951 --> 00:15:52,342
Scrape it off a little bit?
359
00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:54,511
Sure.
360
00:15:54,538 --> 00:15:56,437
You don't have
to say that twice, Billy.
361
00:15:56,498 --> 00:15:57,664
Jack's down there.
362
00:16:00,043 --> 00:16:02,202
See, the-the rock
where your shovel just touched,
363
00:16:02,296 --> 00:16:04,612
Jack, is suspended
by the other rock, right?
364
00:16:04,673 --> 00:16:06,631
Yeah. Yeah, they're laid on top
365
00:16:06,791 --> 00:16:08,616
of the natural layer.
366
00:16:08,677 --> 00:16:11,619
I also notice
there's vegetation,
367
00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,788
as in wood branches
368
00:16:13,849 --> 00:16:15,865
on top of the rocks
but not below them.
369
00:16:15,893 --> 00:16:19,478
They were put there
a long, long time ago.
370
00:16:19,638 --> 00:16:22,814
That's probably a continuation
371
00:16:22,974 --> 00:16:24,874
-of the paved area,
by the look of it. - Yeah.
372
00:16:24,902 --> 00:16:26,392
Could it be
373
00:16:26,487 --> 00:16:28,970
that the paved stone area
is even larger
374
00:16:29,031 --> 00:16:32,215
and extends much further
than previously thought?
375
00:16:32,242 --> 00:16:34,384
You look at the area
376
00:16:34,411 --> 00:16:35,827
of the paved area,
and it's not just
377
00:16:35,987 --> 00:16:37,887
what we defined it as.
It looks like
378
00:16:37,915 --> 00:16:39,831
it extends out even further.
379
00:16:39,991 --> 00:16:41,741
And there's got to be
a reason for it,
380
00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:43,484
cause it's been buried
in the swamp
381
00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:45,578
for at least
a couple hundred years.
382
00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,914
So, what are all these rocks
doing here,
383
00:16:48,008 --> 00:16:51,067
and why are they so even?
Why is it level?
384
00:16:51,094 --> 00:16:52,418
There's so many other questions.
385
00:16:52,513 --> 00:16:55,088
It does look very similar,
386
00:16:55,182 --> 00:16:57,757
but we got to dig up more
of the area.
387
00:16:57,851 --> 00:16:59,667
Yeah.
388
00:16:59,728 --> 00:17:00,852
We'll have to dig up
a little bigger spot.
389
00:17:01,012 --> 00:17:02,262
-Yeah.
Yeah.
390
00:17:02,356 --> 00:17:03,522
Okay. Let's keep going, then.
391
00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:08,777
Something went on in this area.
392
00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:14,774
We should see if we can
393
00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:16,201
-find the edge where...
- Yeah.
394
00:17:16,361 --> 00:17:17,869
If it's extended into land,
395
00:17:18,029 --> 00:17:20,038
-try to see where at. Yeah.
- Right.
396
00:17:20,198 --> 00:17:22,265
We could make a hole
just up-up here
397
00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:23,783
to see if it exists.
398
00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:25,693
After hearing
399
00:17:25,754 --> 00:17:28,438
that Jack, Gary and Billy
have unearthed
400
00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:31,365
more of the mysterious
paved stone structure,
401
00:17:31,426 --> 00:17:35,053
Rick Lagina, Craig Tester
and surveyor Steve Guptill
402
00:17:35,213 --> 00:17:37,038
arrive at the Oak Island swamp
403
00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:39,266
to inspect their progress
firsthand.
404
00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:44,804
Craig, you got a good look
at the other
405
00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:47,974
-stone structures
over there, right? -Yeah.
406
00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:50,569
You can see
there's-there's rocks here.
407
00:17:50,729 --> 00:17:52,295
It's a little muddy,
408
00:17:52,322 --> 00:17:54,055
but it would resemble
409
00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:55,481
over on this side.
410
00:17:55,576 --> 00:17:58,243
You can see
the normal gray clay,
411
00:17:58,403 --> 00:18:00,227
and then you had orange
under it.
412
00:18:00,289 --> 00:18:03,564
Then you got all these big rocks
stacked on top.
413
00:18:03,625 --> 00:18:05,658
Steve,
414
00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,568
can you get down there
and take an elevation
415
00:18:07,629 --> 00:18:09,070
and see if it mimics that?
416
00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:10,589
Yeah.
417
00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:18,655
That there
is a foot below sea level.
418
00:18:18,682 --> 00:18:20,414
And the paved area's
419
00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:23,250
two feet, on average, below.
420
00:18:23,312 --> 00:18:25,178
-Quite consistent.
This, definitely,
421
00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:27,831
I would say,
is very much like that.
422
00:18:27,858 --> 00:18:30,108
It's got that raw profile.
423
00:18:30,268 --> 00:18:33,945
Take your bar
and just probe right there.
424
00:18:35,106 --> 00:18:38,099
Oh, yeah. There's...
425
00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:39,451
There's rocks there.
426
00:18:40,621 --> 00:18:43,346
I'd be interested to know
427
00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:47,033
how far out in this direction
this paved area goes
428
00:18:47,127 --> 00:18:48,518
towards the Eye of the Swamp.
429
00:18:48,545 --> 00:18:49,961
Maybe the Eye of the Swamp
430
00:18:50,121 --> 00:18:52,339
is connected to this paved area.
431
00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:57,043
Here we go.
432
00:18:57,137 --> 00:18:59,137
While probing near the apex
433
00:18:59,297 --> 00:19:01,881
of the triangle-shaped swamp
earlier this year...
434
00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:03,642
-That's solid.
435
00:19:03,802 --> 00:19:05,793
-Yeah, that's a good one.
-...Marty Lagina
436
00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:07,795
and members of the team
discovered
437
00:19:07,856 --> 00:19:10,649
an unusual circle of stones,
which the team
438
00:19:10,809 --> 00:19:13,234
has dubbed
the Eye of the Swamp.
439
00:19:14,404 --> 00:19:15,895
It is a formation
440
00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:18,323
that they believe
could represent
441
00:19:18,483 --> 00:19:20,400
the so-called all-seeing eye,
442
00:19:20,494 --> 00:19:23,144
a prominent symbol
for both the Freemasons
443
00:19:23,205 --> 00:19:25,738
and their predecessors,
the Knights Templar.
444
00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,074
But could
this mysterious feature
445
00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:31,336
and the paved stone area
really be connected?
446
00:19:31,496 --> 00:19:34,255
And, if so, for what purpose?
447
00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:39,344
From a mid location
on the paved area
448
00:19:39,504 --> 00:19:42,922
to the Eye is 150 feet.
449
00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:44,574
So, I don't know
if that's a correlation.
450
00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,017
But when we were out there,
451
00:19:46,177 --> 00:19:47,577
the rocks just feel similar.
452
00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:49,020
This is the type
453
00:19:49,180 --> 00:19:50,930
of formations we're looking for
454
00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:52,598
to show us of human activity.
455
00:19:52,693 --> 00:19:54,934
And as long as we continue
to dig,
456
00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:57,754
hopefully they dropped something
like in Smith's Cove.
457
00:19:57,781 --> 00:19:59,346
There's a good chance
458
00:19:59,408 --> 00:20:01,107
around here there's gonna be
459
00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:03,776
some sort of indication
of who built it.
460
00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,686
I'm hoping
it's a yellow brick road.
461
00:20:07,198 --> 00:20:08,790
Golden brick road.
462
00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:11,192
We need to start
463
00:20:11,253 --> 00:20:13,436
remediating some of these areas,
so, Billy,
464
00:20:13,463 --> 00:20:16,363
as you walk the excavator out,
you can level that area off.
465
00:20:16,425 --> 00:20:19,050
And then, hopefully,
the most interesting thing
466
00:20:19,210 --> 00:20:21,535
still lies in front of us.
So...
467
00:20:21,596 --> 00:20:23,780
Got a lot of work to do.
We better get after it.
468
00:20:23,807 --> 00:20:24,973
-All right, mate.
-Okay.
469
00:20:27,886 --> 00:20:30,044
Later that same day,
470
00:20:30,105 --> 00:20:32,981
as the investigation
at the swamp continues...
471
00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:35,475
Hey, Terry.
472
00:20:35,569 --> 00:20:37,551
-Oh, hi, guys. How you doing?
-Good, good.
473
00:20:37,612 --> 00:20:39,312
Craig Tester joins
474
00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:41,798
Oak Island historian
Charles Barkhouse
475
00:20:41,825 --> 00:20:45,410
and geologist Terry Matheson
at the Money Pit area
476
00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:47,470
to resume
the core drilling operation
477
00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:49,989
near the site of Shaft Two.
478
00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,308
The shaft,
which was constructed
479
00:20:52,335 --> 00:20:56,237
just 14 feet from the Money Pit
by searchers in 1805,
480
00:20:56,298 --> 00:21:00,316
featured a horizontal tunnel
at a depth of 110 feet
481
00:21:00,343 --> 00:21:03,336
which collapsed from flooding
just two feet
482
00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:06,097
from the location
of the original treasure shaft.
483
00:21:06,257 --> 00:21:07,581
-Whoa!
-We got some wood here.
484
00:21:07,642 --> 00:21:08,674
Whoa!
485
00:21:08,769 --> 00:21:09,934
How 'bout that?
486
00:21:10,094 --> 00:21:11,252
While drilling
487
00:21:11,313 --> 00:21:12,937
at this same site
two weeks ago,
488
00:21:13,097 --> 00:21:15,106
Marty and members of the team
489
00:21:15,266 --> 00:21:17,942
discovered
unusual ax-cut wood
490
00:21:18,102 --> 00:21:20,686
at a depth of 106 feet.
491
00:21:20,781 --> 00:21:22,021
-That's very old.
Yeah.
492
00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:23,339
Think maybe
we're just skimming down
493
00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:25,784
the outside of the potential
Money Pit shaft.
494
00:21:27,445 --> 00:21:28,694
While they are
495
00:21:28,789 --> 00:21:29,954
currently awaiting test results
496
00:21:30,114 --> 00:21:31,864
on that wood sample,
497
00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:34,017
Craig and the team
are continuing to drill
498
00:21:34,044 --> 00:21:36,944
in the hopes that the next core
they bring to the surface
499
00:21:37,005 --> 00:21:39,297
may have hit
the Money Pit itself
500
00:21:39,457 --> 00:21:41,466
and the fabled treasure vault.
501
00:21:41,626 --> 00:21:45,619
We are at G10.5,
which puts us...
502
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,713
right there.
503
00:21:47,808 --> 00:21:49,474
We're very close
to the center, so...
504
00:21:49,634 --> 00:21:50,716
Yeah.
What we're looking for
505
00:21:50,811 --> 00:21:52,368
is the Money Pit.
506
00:21:52,395 --> 00:21:54,461
If Shaft Two,
507
00:21:54,523 --> 00:21:57,131
which we feel we found here,
and the tunnel comes here,
508
00:21:57,192 --> 00:21:59,818
14 foot puts it
in this area somewhere.
509
00:21:59,978 --> 00:22:01,044
Yep.
-And so we're looking
510
00:22:01,071 --> 00:22:02,487
just west of there.
511
00:22:02,647 --> 00:22:04,397
And we're just about five feet
512
00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:06,140
from where we found the wood
that we thought
513
00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:07,884
might've been the wall
of the re-cribbed Money Pit.
514
00:22:07,911 --> 00:22:08,993
Yeah.
515
00:22:09,153 --> 00:22:11,737
So, anyway, there it is.
516
00:22:11,832 --> 00:22:14,148
How deep are we going
with this one, Craig?
517
00:22:14,209 --> 00:22:16,559
We'll follow this down
to 110 feet.
518
00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:19,412
It's what we get below that
that really matters, so...
519
00:22:19,506 --> 00:22:21,047
That-That's when it's gonna get
interesting. Yeah.
520
00:22:23,093 --> 00:22:24,342
Knock on wood.
It's what we want to find.
521
00:22:24,502 --> 00:22:25,568
Yeah.
522
00:22:37,858 --> 00:22:38,931
Whoa!
523
00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:40,525
Easy!
524
00:22:40,685 --> 00:22:42,935
Wonder how far that went.
525
00:22:57,252 --> 00:22:59,193
Well, this'll be interesting,
526
00:22:59,254 --> 00:23:01,129
'cause it should've cored.
527
00:23:06,928 --> 00:23:09,295
Okay. Where's it all fit in?
528
00:23:09,389 --> 00:23:13,449
I started coring at 109,
529
00:23:13,476 --> 00:23:17,453
and I cored it to 119
530
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,474
and it didn't feel
like hardly any resistance.
531
00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:24,903
News that the sonic drill bit
has begun advancing faster
532
00:23:25,063 --> 00:23:26,887
and much easier
through the earth
533
00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:29,298
is a potentially significant
development,
534
00:23:29,326 --> 00:23:31,984
one that could mean
that the team has intercepted
535
00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:35,580
an open void
or cavern deep underground.
536
00:23:35,740 --> 00:23:37,916
Let's go with that, then.
537
00:23:38,076 --> 00:23:40,734
Your feeling is that might be in
and around 120, right there?
538
00:23:40,795 --> 00:23:42,086
I'd say 125.
539
00:23:49,930 --> 00:23:51,745
What you thinking, boss?
540
00:23:51,806 --> 00:23:53,932
I'm thinking
probably undisturbed.
541
00:23:54,092 --> 00:23:55,749
This is massively bedded,
542
00:23:55,810 --> 00:23:57,435
limestone-rich,
543
00:23:57,595 --> 00:23:58,995
you know, crumbly material.
544
00:23:59,022 --> 00:24:01,164
It is never gonna hold together.
545
00:24:01,191 --> 00:24:02,607
So, this is not fill, right?
546
00:24:02,767 --> 00:24:03,849
No, this is not fill.
547
00:24:03,944 --> 00:24:05,109
This is, uh
There's
548
00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:07,278
You can see
primary bedding there.
549
00:24:07,438 --> 00:24:09,522
It's not the original Money Pit
if we're in virgin ground.
550
00:24:09,616 --> 00:24:10,531
Yeah.
551
00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:17,680
The bad news is
552
00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:20,959
it can't be... the Money Pit.
553
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:22,627
-Yeah.
-But it being very loose
554
00:24:22,787 --> 00:24:24,704
and drilling so easily, um,
555
00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:27,523
we've got to be near something,
556
00:24:27,550 --> 00:24:30,117
whether it's the-the Money Pit
557
00:24:30,178 --> 00:24:32,971
or something that-that's
loosened up the ground.
558
00:24:33,131 --> 00:24:34,213
Yeah.
559
00:24:34,307 --> 00:24:36,641
Although the core sample
560
00:24:36,801 --> 00:24:39,626
the team has obtained
contains undisturbed soil,
561
00:24:39,688 --> 00:24:42,888
indicating they have missed
the original Money Pit,
562
00:24:42,983 --> 00:24:44,707
it is Craig
and Terry's assessment
563
00:24:44,734 --> 00:24:47,134
that the loose earth
they are drilling through
564
00:24:47,195 --> 00:24:50,379
is due to past human activity
nearby,
565
00:24:50,407 --> 00:24:53,474
meaning their target
could be just inches away.
566
00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:55,401
We might as well stop here
and move over
567
00:24:55,495 --> 00:24:58,312
-a foot and a half or so.
-Okay.
568
00:24:58,373 --> 00:25:00,665
Okay. Let's see what happens.
569
00:25:04,996 --> 00:25:07,413
As a new day begins,
570
00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:09,823
Rick Lagina
and members of the team
571
00:25:09,884 --> 00:25:12,159
have traveled
some 52 miles northeast
572
00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:14,920
of Oak Island to
the Dartmouth Heritage Museum
573
00:25:15,015 --> 00:25:17,423
in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
574
00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:19,350
Can you think of a better day
to try and solve
575
00:25:19,510 --> 00:25:20,926
the mystery
of the 90 Foot Stone?
576
00:25:21,021 --> 00:25:23,021
I'm hoping
the first bucket finds it.
577
00:25:23,181 --> 00:25:25,356
They are eager
to follow up on a tip
578
00:25:25,516 --> 00:25:27,358
Rick received earlier this year
579
00:25:27,518 --> 00:25:30,028
from area resident
Kevin Rideout
580
00:25:30,188 --> 00:25:31,863
concerning
the possible whereabouts
581
00:25:32,023 --> 00:25:35,591
of the legendary 90 Foot Stone.
582
00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:40,112
Discovered in 1804 by members
of the Onslow Company
583
00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:42,431
when they excavated
the original Money Pit
584
00:25:42,459 --> 00:25:44,433
down to the 90-foot level,
585
00:25:44,461 --> 00:25:48,529
the stone was reported to be
a flat, olive-colored slab
586
00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:51,532
carved with strange,
rune-like symbols.
587
00:25:51,593 --> 00:25:55,386
Although later translated
to read "Forty feet below
588
00:25:55,546 --> 00:25:58,038
two million pounds are buried,"
589
00:25:58,099 --> 00:26:00,800
there are some who believe
that these symbols
590
00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:03,786
could be coded instructions
on how to shut off
591
00:26:03,813 --> 00:26:07,306
the booby traps that feed
seawater into the Money Pit.
592
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,142
Unfortunately,
no photographs or rubbings
593
00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,645
of the carvings
were ever taken,
594
00:26:12,739 --> 00:26:14,888
and the stone itself
has been missing
595
00:26:14,949 --> 00:26:17,483
for more than 100 years.
596
00:26:17,577 --> 00:26:19,635
We looked out from that window,
597
00:26:19,662 --> 00:26:21,228
and it was pointed out to me
598
00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:23,823
this side of the rhododendron,
right here.
599
00:26:23,917 --> 00:26:26,233
But according to Kevin Rideout,
600
00:26:26,294 --> 00:26:29,236
the stone was shown to him
over 40 years ago
601
00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:32,164
while visiting
the Dartmouth Heritage Museum,
602
00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:34,317
where it was
reportedly embedded in the yard
603
00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:36,652
behind the property.
604
00:26:36,679 --> 00:26:39,246
-Let's get started.
-Yeah.
605
00:26:39,307 --> 00:26:42,491
Having just obtained
a government permit to dig
606
00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:44,084
on the museum grounds,
607
00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:46,345
Rick and the team
are hopeful
608
00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:48,422
they will finally recover
what could be
609
00:26:48,483 --> 00:26:52,092
one of Oak Island's
most important artifacts.
610
00:26:52,153 --> 00:26:54,019
Hey, Bill.
611
00:26:54,114 --> 00:26:57,189
I'd dig up what we talked about,
maybe a 20 by 20.
612
00:26:57,283 --> 00:26:58,950
-Yeah.
-You know, I mean,
613
00:26:59,110 --> 00:27:00,192
we'll want a good understanding
614
00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:01,953
of what-what the ground
looks like.
615
00:27:02,113 --> 00:27:03,287
-Okay?
-Yeah.
616
00:27:03,447 --> 00:27:05,014
While Rick and the team
617
00:27:05,041 --> 00:27:07,291
begin their search,
618
00:27:07,451 --> 00:27:10,186
Jack Begley
and metal detection expert
619
00:27:10,213 --> 00:27:12,797
Gary Drayton
are beginning to search near
620
00:27:12,957 --> 00:27:14,615
the so-called Eye of the Swamp
621
00:27:14,676 --> 00:27:17,543
for any important clues
or artifacts.
622
00:27:17,637 --> 00:27:19,378
-Got a target, mate.
623
00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:20,972
Right in there.
624
00:27:25,562 --> 00:27:27,386
Ooh, I like this matrix.
625
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,388
Nice and thick.
626
00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:32,817
Thick enough to trap good coins
and artifacts.
627
00:27:32,977 --> 00:27:36,045
Oh, I think I got it.
628
00:27:36,072 --> 00:27:38,156
Oh, yeah.
It's moving.
629
00:27:40,201 --> 00:27:41,884
Ooh!
630
00:27:41,911 --> 00:27:43,161
Oh!
631
00:27:43,321 --> 00:27:45,554
-Wait.
-Now, look at that!
632
00:27:45,582 --> 00:27:47,665
That is a really old pick.
633
00:27:47,825 --> 00:27:49,816
You don't think
that this is Fred Nolan's?
634
00:27:49,878 --> 00:27:51,076
No, I don't think
it's Fred Nolan's,
635
00:27:51,171 --> 00:27:52,411
'cause it is fairly chunky.
636
00:27:52,505 --> 00:27:54,321
It's old,
because it's so heavy.
637
00:27:54,382 --> 00:27:58,401
And, look, a more modern one
would be more round.
638
00:27:58,428 --> 00:28:00,753
This is that nice oval shape.
639
00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:02,922
-Mm-hmm.
-Because back in the day,
640
00:28:03,016 --> 00:28:04,590
they would have a wooden...
641
00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:08,001
handle,
and they would shave it down.
642
00:28:08,062 --> 00:28:10,746
Wouldn't be like
a machine-made, round one.
643
00:28:10,773 --> 00:28:12,431
And this is cool.
644
00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:13,599
It's got that
645
00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:15,751
The-the tines
646
00:28:15,778 --> 00:28:19,422
or the picks are really short,
647
00:28:19,449 --> 00:28:21,424
so you would have used this
for tunneling.
648
00:28:21,451 --> 00:28:23,684
'Cause you know what
a big old pickax is like.
649
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:25,928
Normally,
it's got two really big
650
00:28:25,955 --> 00:28:27,354
-pick parts to it.
-Mm-hmm.
651
00:28:27,415 --> 00:28:28,706
This hasn't.
652
00:28:28,866 --> 00:28:31,751
This is more
of a-a tunneling tool.
653
00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:35,604
An old iron pickax
654
00:28:35,632 --> 00:28:37,698
possibly used for tunneling
655
00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:41,385
and found near
the Eye of the Swamp?
656
00:28:41,545 --> 00:28:43,779
Dry.
It's very tight.
657
00:28:43,806 --> 00:28:45,539
Earlier this year,
658
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,226
while investigating
a 200-foot-long anomaly
659
00:28:48,386 --> 00:28:50,970
detected by seismic scanning,
660
00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:53,231
the Oak Island team
obtained core samples
661
00:28:53,391 --> 00:28:54,899
of unusually hard-packed clay
662
00:28:55,059 --> 00:28:57,235
up to 40 feet deep
in the swamp,
663
00:28:57,395 --> 00:29:00,887
creating ideal conditions
for tunneling beneath the area.
664
00:29:00,949 --> 00:29:02,481
Interestingly enough,
665
00:29:02,575 --> 00:29:04,075
you probably could tunnel
through this stuff.
666
00:29:04,235 --> 00:29:05,634
-Right?
-Oh, yeah. Oh, no question.
667
00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:07,152
-You could.
-Yeah.
668
00:29:07,247 --> 00:29:10,139
There has been talk of tunnels
in the swamp,
669
00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:13,976
like some kind of back entry
to the Money Pit.
670
00:29:14,003 --> 00:29:17,830
Well, if you're gonna be digging
in the swamp and tunneling,
671
00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:19,999
you would need
a little tunnel pick
672
00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:24,262
like the pick that Jack and I
just pulled out of this hole.
673
00:29:24,422 --> 00:29:27,823
What the heck is this
tunneling pick doing over here?
674
00:29:27,850 --> 00:29:28,991
We're so far away
675
00:29:29,018 --> 00:29:30,584
-from the Money Pit.
-Yeah.
676
00:29:30,645 --> 00:29:33,086
Who's been tunneling
or digging round here?
677
00:29:33,147 --> 00:29:35,756
-It's an artifact
that we can have tested... -Yeah.
678
00:29:35,817 --> 00:29:39,001
...and see how it lines up
with all the other artifacts
679
00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:40,836
we found in the swamp this year.
680
00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:42,429
Set that down somewhere safe,
681
00:29:42,490 --> 00:29:44,532
and we'll see if there's
anything else in the hole.
682
00:29:46,610 --> 00:29:48,119
-There is.
683
00:29:48,279 --> 00:29:49,412
Dig that sucker out, Jack.
684
00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:56,460
If I can get it out of there.
685
00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:58,212
I got to actually grab it.
686
00:30:02,010 --> 00:30:03,634
The heck is that?
687
00:30:03,794 --> 00:30:05,303
I don't know.
688
00:30:05,463 --> 00:30:07,805
Looks like a...
689
00:30:07,965 --> 00:30:10,199
It could be anything,
couldn't it?
690
00:30:10,226 --> 00:30:12,368
-Could be, like, an old bucket.
-(chuckles)
691
00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:14,219
It does kind of look
like an old...
692
00:30:14,314 --> 00:30:15,721
-spade.
-It does, doesn't it?
693
00:30:15,815 --> 00:30:17,297
-Yeah.
-It looks You know what,
694
00:30:17,358 --> 00:30:18,298
-that's a Yeah.
-Like a round point spade.
695
00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:19,483
Look.
696
00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:20,967
-Yeah.
-Good eye, Jack. Yeah.
697
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:22,878
It is an old spade.
698
00:30:22,905 --> 00:30:24,822
But it's a-another tool.
699
00:30:24,982 --> 00:30:27,383
And i-if you look at this
and you compare it
700
00:30:27,410 --> 00:30:29,552
-to that modern one...
-A second digging tool
701
00:30:29,579 --> 00:30:30,828
-over here!
-Yeah.
702
00:30:30,988 --> 00:30:32,555
We're in the old toolshed, mate.
703
00:30:32,582 --> 00:30:34,999
But a toolshed from the 1700s.
704
00:30:36,377 --> 00:30:38,227
A round point spade
705
00:30:38,254 --> 00:30:40,987
dating back to the 1700s
706
00:30:41,049 --> 00:30:45,659
and found alongside an old
iron pickax in the swamp?
707
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,012
Could Jack and Gary have found
further evidence
708
00:30:48,172 --> 00:30:49,680
to support the notion
709
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,682
that a large-scale
tunneling operation
710
00:30:51,842 --> 00:30:55,168
took place in this area
centuries ago?
711
00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:58,689
And if so, could it also be
connected in some way
712
00:30:58,849 --> 00:31:01,025
to both
the mysterious paved area
713
00:31:01,185 --> 00:31:05,270
and the Eye of the Swamp
located nearby?
714
00:31:05,365 --> 00:31:07,031
We should take it
to Carmen Legge.
715
00:31:07,191 --> 00:31:09,758
Oh, yeah. I think he's gonna be
excited about that.
716
00:31:09,786 --> 00:31:12,761
And you know what?
We ain't finished shopping yet.
717
00:31:12,789 --> 00:31:16,098
-I just think we're gonna keep
finding stuff in here. -Yeah.
718
00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:19,752
Let's see if there's
anything else in the area.
719
00:31:21,205 --> 00:31:23,122
Later that day,
720
00:31:23,216 --> 00:31:27,551
back at the Dartmouth
Heritage Museum,
721
00:31:27,711 --> 00:31:29,369
Rick and members of the team
722
00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:32,131
continue to dig
in search of the 90 Foot Stone.
723
00:31:32,225 --> 00:31:34,392
The last four or five buckets,
724
00:31:34,552 --> 00:31:35,726
we've hit bricks.
725
00:31:35,886 --> 00:31:37,895
That's not why we're here,
so... keep going.
726
00:31:44,395 --> 00:31:45,653
- Rock there.
727
00:31:47,407 --> 00:31:48,572
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
728
00:31:48,732 --> 00:31:49,648
Hang on.
729
00:31:51,828 --> 00:31:53,911
Let's see if that's flat or not.
730
00:31:54,071 --> 00:31:56,455
It feels flat, but I don't want
to scratch it. Right there.
731
00:32:13,757 --> 00:32:16,767
Whatever that is,
it's been in there for a while.
732
00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:19,645
Wow.
733
00:32:24,694 --> 00:32:27,002
It's squared off.
734
00:32:27,029 --> 00:32:29,021
It's flat on that face.
735
00:32:29,115 --> 00:32:30,781
It's not bad.
736
00:32:30,941 --> 00:32:33,342
-It fits, right?
-LAIRD: Well, it's...
737
00:32:33,369 --> 00:32:36,620
that's the area we'd exp...
we wanted to find it, right?
738
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:38,956
While excavating the grounds
739
00:32:39,116 --> 00:32:41,533
of the Dartmouth
Heritage Museum
740
00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:43,610
in search of the legendary
90 Foot Stone,
741
00:32:43,671 --> 00:32:46,297
Rick Lagina and members
of the Oak Island team
742
00:32:46,457 --> 00:32:50,468
have just unearthed
an unusually flat rock slab.
743
00:32:50,628 --> 00:32:52,711
It's definitely green.
744
00:32:52,805 --> 00:32:54,213
Yeah.
745
00:32:54,307 --> 00:32:56,381
-It's got a square corner.
Yeah.
746
00:32:56,476 --> 00:32:59,059
Dig it out.
See what it looks like.
747
00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:15,884
Nah, it's too big.
748
00:33:15,912 --> 00:33:18,904
It had some promise when you
first started clearing...
749
00:33:18,998 --> 00:33:21,165
cleaning it off,
'cause it did look quite flat.
750
00:33:21,325 --> 00:33:22,574
Yep.
751
00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,910
According to Oak Island legend,
752
00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:27,821
after the 90 Foot Stone
was discovered
753
00:33:27,882 --> 00:33:30,733
and removed from
the original Money Pit in 1804,
754
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,827
treasure hunter John Smith,
755
00:33:33,888 --> 00:33:35,738
one of the three young men
who first discovered
756
00:33:35,765 --> 00:33:38,924
the treasure shaft in 1795,
757
00:33:39,018 --> 00:33:40,684
mounted the stone
into the fireplace of his home
758
00:33:40,844 --> 00:33:42,836
as a decoration.
759
00:33:42,897 --> 00:33:46,431
In 1865, it was removed
760
00:33:46,526 --> 00:33:48,842
and transported
some 60 miles north
761
00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:51,103
to the city of Halifax,
762
00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:53,438
where it was put on display
in the window
763
00:33:53,533 --> 00:33:55,758
of the A & H Creighton
bookbindery
764
00:33:55,785 --> 00:33:57,868
in the hopes
of attracting new investors
765
00:33:58,028 --> 00:34:00,037
to the Oak Island
treasure hunt.
766
00:34:00,197 --> 00:34:05,617
However, after the bookbindery
closed its doors in 1919,
767
00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:08,954
the 90 Foot Stone vanished
without a trace.
768
00:34:09,048 --> 00:34:11,940
Some believed that the stone
was secretly donated
769
00:34:11,968 --> 00:34:13,867
to the nearby Halifax Club,
770
00:34:13,928 --> 00:34:17,037
a fraternity made up
of prominent businessmen,
771
00:34:17,098 --> 00:34:20,783
where it was supposedly
embedded into the floor.
772
00:34:20,810 --> 00:34:23,043
But when, in 2016,
773
00:34:23,104 --> 00:34:26,713
Alex Lagina and members
of the Oak Island team
774
00:34:26,774 --> 00:34:29,215
tracked down that lead,
they reached a dead end.
775
00:34:29,277 --> 00:34:31,735
We didn't find
what we were looking for,
776
00:34:31,895 --> 00:34:33,145
but I think
we made some progress.
777
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,239
We've got some good leads
to chase down.
778
00:34:35,399 --> 00:34:37,908
One year ago,
779
00:34:38,068 --> 00:34:39,726
Oak Island historian
Doug Crowell
780
00:34:39,787 --> 00:34:41,637
believed
he had found the stone
781
00:34:41,664 --> 00:34:44,489
in the basement of the building
where it was last seen,
782
00:34:44,584 --> 00:34:47,901
the site
of the Halifax bookbindery.
783
00:34:47,962 --> 00:34:50,296
Oh, look!
There's something carved there.
784
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,259
Holy smokes!
785
00:34:55,419 --> 00:34:58,262
But although it did match
an earlier description,
786
00:34:58,422 --> 00:35:01,657
the total absence of any
of the hieroglyphic markings
787
00:35:01,684 --> 00:35:05,160
suggested to the team that
it was not the original stone.
788
00:35:05,187 --> 00:35:08,163
-Where's all the inscriptions?
Where's the writing on it?
789
00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:11,942
Earlier this year, Rick Lagina
received a credible tip
790
00:35:12,102 --> 00:35:15,187
from area resident
Kevin Rideout.
791
00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:18,173
He insisted that he had seen
a gray-green stone
792
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,101
matching the 90 Foot Stone's
description several years ago
793
00:35:21,162 --> 00:35:25,164
on the grounds of
the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.
794
00:35:26,459 --> 00:35:28,851
Kevin.
795
00:35:28,878 --> 00:35:31,186
-Thank you for coming.
Appreciate it. -Morning, Rick.
796
00:35:31,213 --> 00:35:33,613
So, if you were looking
for a general area,
797
00:35:33,674 --> 00:35:37,042
from where to where
do you think itmight be?
798
00:35:37,136 --> 00:35:39,803
Rick, I thought you'd find it
right here.
799
00:35:39,963 --> 00:35:41,213
You're-you're right
on the money.
800
00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:42,973
You can see the elevations.
801
00:35:43,133 --> 00:35:46,368
That lower grade was over here.
802
00:35:46,395 --> 00:35:49,980
So somebody did a lot of work
in-filling or whatever here.
803
00:35:50,140 --> 00:35:51,890
It's your suggestion,
then, that...
804
00:35:51,984 --> 00:35:53,892
we need to go much deeper?
805
00:35:53,986 --> 00:35:55,110
Yes. Yes.
806
00:35:57,990 --> 00:36:00,640
We very quickly learned
807
00:36:00,701 --> 00:36:03,068
that this is not gonna
be as easy as we had thought.
808
00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:07,647
And the more we dig,
the more we expose,
809
00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:10,225
we realize how difficult
this enterprise is gonna be.
810
00:36:10,252 --> 00:36:11,877
But we're not gonna give up.
811
00:36:17,176 --> 00:36:19,385
Ooh. Wait, Billy. Whoa.
812
00:36:25,017 --> 00:36:26,350
Nope.
813
00:36:28,729 --> 00:36:30,020
After digging
for several hours,
814
00:36:30,180 --> 00:36:32,414
and uncovering the entire area
815
00:36:32,441 --> 00:36:36,509
believed to possibly contain
the legendary 90 Foot Stone,
816
00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:39,363
Rick Lagina and the team
have come to an unfortunate
817
00:36:39,523 --> 00:36:42,090
and disappointing conclusion.
818
00:36:42,118 --> 00:36:45,277
I think we've got our answer.
819
00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:47,429
Not here.
820
00:36:47,456 --> 00:36:49,948
Yeah, I think we exhausted that.
821
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:51,950
I hate to use
the word "disappointing"
822
00:36:52,044 --> 00:36:54,378
when it comes to the work
we did at the museum.
823
00:36:54,538 --> 00:36:56,196
We didn't find the stone,
824
00:36:56,257 --> 00:36:59,942
but we did everything we could
to find the stone.
825
00:36:59,969 --> 00:37:01,534
We-we followed the lead.
826
00:37:01,595 --> 00:37:03,554
We dug at the site.
827
00:37:03,714 --> 00:37:06,390
And we will continue
to follow it.
828
00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:09,059
Perhaps the trail
doesn't end here.
829
00:37:09,219 --> 00:37:11,895
- That would be the hope.
-Mm-hmm.
830
00:37:12,055 --> 00:37:13,713
There's one thing
that sums up everything
831
00:37:13,774 --> 00:37:16,458
we, together, have attempted
to do on Oak Island:
832
00:37:16,485 --> 00:37:19,144
we have never, ever given up.
833
00:37:19,238 --> 00:37:21,296
And we're not done here.
We're not done looking.
834
00:37:21,323 --> 00:37:23,574
We're not done searching.
We're not done researching.
835
00:37:25,235 --> 00:37:26,969
-We're not giving up.
-On to the next.
836
00:37:26,996 --> 00:37:28,895
On to the next.
837
00:37:34,754 --> 00:37:36,420
Following their investigation
838
00:37:36,580 --> 00:37:38,497
in search of the 90 Foot Stone,
839
00:37:38,591 --> 00:37:42,000
Rick Lagina and Doug Crowell
return to Oak Island,
840
00:37:42,094 --> 00:37:44,169
where they join
Rick's brother Marty,
841
00:37:44,263 --> 00:37:46,246
Craig Tester
and other members of the team
842
00:37:46,307 --> 00:37:48,915
in the war room.
843
00:37:48,976 --> 00:37:51,493
They have gathered
to hear a scientific report
844
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,770
that has just come in
845
00:37:52,930 --> 00:37:54,420
concerning
the strange wood sample
846
00:37:54,482 --> 00:37:56,106
recovered two weeks ago
847
00:37:56,266 --> 00:37:57,924
during their
core-drilling operations
848
00:37:57,985 --> 00:37:59,926
in the Money Pit area.
849
00:37:59,987 --> 00:38:01,686
Yeah, guys,
as you'll recall, um,
850
00:38:01,781 --> 00:38:03,596
in some of our test drilling,
851
00:38:03,657 --> 00:38:06,283
uh, specifically FG12,
852
00:38:06,443 --> 00:38:08,268
we found
some very peculiar wood,
853
00:38:08,329 --> 00:38:11,288
and the reason it was peculiar
is because it was at the end
854
00:38:11,448 --> 00:38:13,348
of the tunnel
that you guys found,
855
00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:15,125
or we think, from Shaft Two.
856
00:38:15,285 --> 00:38:18,203
The base of that tunnel
was consistently at 103 feet,
857
00:38:18,297 --> 00:38:20,798
I believe is that right?
and this one was deeper.
858
00:38:20,958 --> 00:38:22,874
It didn't look right.
859
00:38:22,968 --> 00:38:25,285
Uh, it certainly had none
of the characteristics
860
00:38:25,346 --> 00:38:26,878
of the Hedden Shaft.
861
00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:28,955
So, I mean, it was too dark.
862
00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:31,457
It looked very old,
so we decided to get it,
863
00:38:31,519 --> 00:38:34,886
uh, carbon-14 dated,
and Craig here has the results.
864
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:37,105
Um, definitely got good results.
865
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,777
It's from 1626 to 1680.
866
00:38:43,197 --> 00:38:44,071
Wow.
867
00:38:45,148 --> 00:38:47,049
-I like that.
-Mm-hmm.
868
00:38:47,076 --> 00:38:49,642
Wood from the Money Pit area?
869
00:38:49,703 --> 00:38:52,220
Dated to more than a century
beforethe discovery
870
00:38:52,248 --> 00:38:54,665
of the fabled treasure shaft?
871
00:38:54,825 --> 00:38:56,333
Have Rick, Marty and the team
872
00:38:56,493 --> 00:38:58,818
finally pinpointed the location
873
00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:00,562
where the Oak Island
treasure vault
874
00:39:00,589 --> 00:39:03,841
lies buried deep below?
875
00:39:04,001 --> 00:39:05,658
It's very encouraging that
876
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,680
the highly likely date
of this wood is quite old.
877
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,015
In the 1600s somewhere.
878
00:39:12,175 --> 00:39:14,426
We've got lots of data
that says
879
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,353
that something substantial
happened here,
880
00:39:16,513 --> 00:39:20,916
maybe between 1650
and 17-something.
881
00:39:20,943 --> 00:39:22,192
And that all that's new.
882
00:39:22,352 --> 00:39:24,194
I was not a believer
in that at all.
883
00:39:24,354 --> 00:39:25,678
I wonder what was happening
884
00:39:25,739 --> 00:39:29,758
in this area late 1600s,
early 1700s.
885
00:39:29,785 --> 00:39:32,202
Yeah, that's the question.
886
00:39:32,362 --> 00:39:34,288
-Can I see it?
-Yeah, absolutely.
887
00:39:35,916 --> 00:39:37,282
Huh.
888
00:39:37,376 --> 00:39:39,543
Well, you know what? 1680.
889
00:39:39,703 --> 00:39:41,786
That's, um,
Dr. Spooner's big date.
890
00:39:41,881 --> 00:39:43,271
Yeah.
891
00:39:43,299 --> 00:39:46,791
1680, he said
with some degree of certainty,
892
00:39:46,886 --> 00:39:49,219
that something went on
in the Eye of the Swamp.
893
00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:53,965
There's a sediment right there.
894
00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:56,042
Earlier this year,
after extracting core samples
895
00:39:56,103 --> 00:40:00,288
from the swamp, Dr. Ian Spooner
presented Rick, Marty
896
00:40:00,316 --> 00:40:03,125
and the team
with some astonishing data.
897
00:40:03,152 --> 00:40:05,977
This is quite
a provocative site.
898
00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:10,407
He determined that not only was
the swamp potentially created
899
00:40:10,567 --> 00:40:13,652
over 800 years ago, but that
significant human activity
900
00:40:13,746 --> 00:40:15,913
took place in the so-called
Eye of the Swamp
901
00:40:16,073 --> 00:40:20,733
sometime
in the late 17th century.
902
00:40:20,794 --> 00:40:24,904
I'm very confident
we're looking at 1680 to 1700...
903
00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:27,240
that that disturbance
took place.
904
00:40:27,301 --> 00:40:28,833
Really interesting.
905
00:40:28,928 --> 00:40:31,261
That'shis date 1680.
906
00:40:31,421 --> 00:40:33,597
Dr. Spooner said that something
907
00:40:33,757 --> 00:40:36,249
of an industrial scale
went on here.
908
00:40:36,310 --> 00:40:39,327
-Those dates are bloody fantastic.
Yeah, those are good.
909
00:40:39,355 --> 00:40:40,771
This certainly begs
910
00:40:40,931 --> 00:40:42,497
for further investigation
I mean,
911
00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:44,332
those outlier dates,
there's no question about it.
912
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,943
Got to follow the clues,
913
00:40:46,103 --> 00:40:47,260
-see where they lead.
-Yep.
914
00:40:47,321 --> 00:40:49,095
This is the year!
915
00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:51,339
For brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina
916
00:40:51,367 --> 00:40:53,116
and the Oak Island team,
917
00:40:53,276 --> 00:40:55,452
obtaining
hard scientific evidence
918
00:40:55,612 --> 00:40:58,604
that they may have finally
located the original Money Pit
919
00:40:58,666 --> 00:41:01,199
is a potentially
historic development.
920
00:41:01,293 --> 00:41:03,868
It may no longer be a question
921
00:41:03,963 --> 00:41:06,037
of where the Oak Island
treasure will be found,
922
00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:08,039
but rather,
how deeply buried is it?
923
00:41:08,133 --> 00:41:13,361
And... is it a treasure
of gold and silver,
924
00:41:13,389 --> 00:41:15,363
or priceless artifacts?
925
00:41:15,391 --> 00:41:18,033
But as the team keeps digging,
926
00:41:18,060 --> 00:41:20,051
it may be that they
are forced to answer
927
00:41:20,145 --> 00:41:22,887
a much more difficult question:
928
00:41:22,982 --> 00:41:25,373
was the search
for the Oak Island treasure
929
00:41:25,401 --> 00:41:28,727
worth all the time and money
930
00:41:28,821 --> 00:41:32,305
and human lives
it took to find it?
931
00:41:35,577 --> 00:41:38,495
Next time
on The Curse of Oak Island...
932
00:41:38,655 --> 00:41:41,147
I'd like to know
who did it, why they did it.
933
00:41:41,208 --> 00:41:42,332
Watch yourself.
- Oh, baby.
934
00:41:42,492 --> 00:41:43,917
-Oh, no, no!
-Whoa!
935
00:41:45,328 --> 00:41:47,153
-Hey!
Whoa! Whoa!
936
00:41:47,214 --> 00:41:48,988
I see a big timber down there.
937
00:41:49,049 --> 00:41:51,341
Oh, yeah. And I think
this is a notch right here.
938
00:41:51,501 --> 00:41:53,735
-Yeah, it's a big structure.
Yeah, it's huge.
939
00:41:53,762 --> 00:41:55,661
-Got a signal over here, Jack!
940
00:41:55,723 --> 00:41:57,264
We got it! All right!
-Look!
941
00:42:00,561 --> 00:42:01,518
Wow.
942
00:42:01,678 --> 00:42:02,835
What's that doing in the swamp?
943
00:42:02,896 --> 00:42:03,979
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