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Tonight, on the Curse
of Oak Island...
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I'd like to know who did it,why they did it.
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Watch yourself.
‐Baby.
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No, no!
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Hey!
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I see a big timber down there.
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Yeah. And I think
this is a notch right here.
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- ‐Yeah. It's a big structure.
- Yeah. It's huge.
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‐
‐We got a signal
over here, Jack.
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- We got it. All right.
- Look!
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Wow. What is that
doing in the swamp?
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There is an islandin the North Atlantic
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where people have been lookingfor an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have founda stone slab
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with strange symbolscarved into it,
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mysterious fragmentsof human bone,
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and a lead crosswhose origin may stretch back
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to the daysof the Knights Templar.
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To date, six men have diedtrying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasurecan be found.
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Those datesare bloody fantastic.
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- Yeah, those are good.- Yeah.
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It is an exciting moment
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in the Oak Island war room,
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as brothersRick and Marty Lagina,
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along with membersof their team,
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have just receivedan important scientific report.
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A wood sample obtained duringa recent drilling operation
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some 106 feet deepin the Money Pit area
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has been datedto as early as 1626,
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more than 150 years before
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the original treasure shaft'sdiscovery in 1795.
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Could the Oak Island team,at long last,
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have located the original spotwhere Daniel McGinnis
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and his friends discoveredwhat they believed to be
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the entrance to a vastunderground treasure vault?
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Okay. So,
real interesting numbers.
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What would be the next step
with regard to this data?
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Well, I mean, it's so old,
it's‐it's definitely,
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in my eyes,
a‐a good area to,
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look at for putting
a big can down.
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That's kind of crying out
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for one of the caissons,
then, perhaps.
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Yeah. That's‐‐
it's an outlier date.
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That's for certain, but...
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this certainly begs
for further investigation.
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I never have a problem
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with that, Rick. Yeah.
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Okay. I'll reach out
to‐to Irving
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and to Vanessa, to ROC
and see if we can't
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line out some gear and‐and put
some large cans down.
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Perfect.
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- Come on, baby.
- Let's make a hole!
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Over the past three years,
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the Laginas and their partnershave attempted to locate
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the original Money Pit shaft
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by drilling dozens ofdeep exploratory boreholes...
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...most as smallas six inches wide
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and some as largeas 60 inches in diameter.
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The most promising shaft, knownas H‐8, was dug two years ago
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and producedastonishing discoveries,
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including pieces of pottery,
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shards of parchmentand leather book binding
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and even 17th‐centuryhuman bones.
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Now, with the recentdrilling of borehole FG‐12,
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which is locatedjust 25 feet from H‐8,
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the team believesthey may have finally found
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the original Money Pit shaft,
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which has been lostfor nearly 100 years.
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We're gonna talk aboutthe logistics and timing
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and possibility and feasibilityof putting down
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one or more big caissonsin the Money Pit area.
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I want to be able
to have the equipment
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so we can eliminate that spot
or find what's there.
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Okay. Once again,
it's time to dig.
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‐Got to follow the clues,
see where they lead.
‐Yep.
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‐We go get them.
‐Let's do this.
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Let's go kicksome Oak Island butt.
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Later that afternoon...
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- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Laird.
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‐Let's go talk with Rick.
‐Okay.
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...as members of theteam begin researching options
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for a new excavationin the Money Pit...
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Hey, Rick.
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...Craig Tester, Jack Begley
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and archeologist Laird Niven
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join Rick Laginaat Smith's Cove.
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Well, Laird,
just looking for guidance
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on how we proceed from here
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to dig in front
of that box structure.
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Right.
‐So,
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is it a concern from
an archaeological standpoint?
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‐No, probably not.
‐Okay.
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Now that the recent hurricanedamage to the cofferdam
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has been repaired,they are eager to resume
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their examinationof a large wooden structure
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that is locatednear the remains
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of what was determined to bean ancient slipway.
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It has recently been suggestedthat the structure
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may have been builtby a previous search team
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in their attempt to shut offthe flow of ocean water
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to the Money Pit and to makedigging in that area possible.
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Every structure we found in
Smith's Cove, we've surmised
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that it might have been usedto stop the flood tunnel.
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The people who builtthose probably saw more
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than we can see now.
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Maybe they found
the flood tunnel.
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I mean for me, the curiosity,
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right, is how deep does it go?
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Well, I know. Exactly.
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‐Yeah.
‐So...
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It'd be a big step to telling us
why they were there at all.
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Could he dig a corner?
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Try to take it down
to see how deep it goes?
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Yeah. I think he should take
the soil from the whole front.
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‐Okay.
‐I mean, leave about that much
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in front of it and we can
hand dig, you know what I mean?
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‐Push it down.
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- ‐All right.
- Surprisingly,
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there is no nails
or anything.
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- ‐No fasteners, no nothing.
- Yeah.
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As long as he stands off,
you know, far enough
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where he's not putting side
pressure on it from the machine.
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‐Yeah.
‐I think just digging it out
will be fine.
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Yep.
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Because the wooden structurewas made without the use
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of any metal nailsor fasteners, there is a chance
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that it may have been builtnot by searchers,
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but by the original buildersof the Money Pit.
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If so, is it possible thatit was done not to shut off
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the booby‐trapped flood tunnelsystem but to maintain it?
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In order to explore it furthe,
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without it being damagedor falling apart,
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the team will needto exercise the utmost caution.
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So, Billy, my thought is just
clean off the front,
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and hope the majority of it
stays together.
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And then just backfill the front
of that so it doesn't collapse.
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And just leave it alone.
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‐Yeah.
‐If all the flood tunnel work
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was done out here, then
it's down in the cultural area.
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Yeah.
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‐All right? Let's go.
‐Okay.
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As Billy Gerhardt clears
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the heavy earth and debrisblocking the structure...
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‐We're gonna knock
part of that wall down?
‐Yeah.
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...Rick, Craig and Jackwill carefully try
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to expose it by hand.
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Look at the bottom here.
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Is that‐‐ is that chunky peat?
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Ooh, that stinks.
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Is that the bottom
right where you're at?
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I think it might be.
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Okay, let's step away.
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We'll see if it goes
any more for a minute.
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Are you good?
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Yeah! Just peachy.
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All right. That's probably good
for now, right?
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Yeah.
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Okay. Just want
to clean it up a little.
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Yeah.
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All those beams in there,
they've got cross beams
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in the center
that are hooked like this.
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Okay.
‐So, I'm just looking at,
a safety standpoint,
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you've got all the ones cutting
across that are holding the ones
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that are sticking out
on this side so...
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‐It could collapse.
‐Yeah.
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Especially if we fully
expose it.
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Yeah.
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Everything we've found
in Smith's Cove indicate
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that laborious work
was done to‐to some end.
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Well, you have this rock feature
outside of the boxes.
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Was it possibly a wayto shut off the water?
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Hey, Gary.
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How you doing, mate?
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‐We're ready again, Billy.
‐All right.
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Obviously, this thing
was built at low tide
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without the aid
of any cofferdam, too.
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‐Having to wait
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till that moment when it's low
tide and slowly rolling down
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these logs to put them in place.
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I'm wondering how long
it would take.
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How many men did they have?
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Be careful, Rick.
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- ‐Watch yourself.
- Whoa! Whoa!
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Why don't you jump
over here, Jack?
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Billy! Wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait!
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Yeah, that's gone.
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As Rick Lagina andmembers of the Oak Island team
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were excavating a mysteriouslog structure at Smith's Cove
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in search of oneof the stone box drains,
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it suddenly collapsed.
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Well, it's...
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it's not staying now.
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All right, unfortunately,
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that's probably not repairable,
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but we need to get some dirt
back here to save this one.
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It's starting to separate
a bit, too.
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Problem is, you dig much deeper,
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that wall's gonna go,
then the front wall's gonna go.
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If you're gonna save that one,
you got to do something.
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‐We're not gonna dig
anymore here.
‐Yeah.
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There's one thing
I'm not seeing.
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‐‐
‐Box drains.
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Yeah. Over here? Yeah.
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Just miscellaneous rocks,
but not‐‐
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nothing, like,
was in through here.
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Although the collapse
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of the mysterious woodenstructure is unfortunate,
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the team's carefulexamination of the site
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has led toan important conclusion:
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the wooden structuredid not appear to be connected
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in any wayto the stone box drains
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that fedthe flood tunnel system.
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We didn't find what
we had hoped to find.
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Well, we now have
huge confidence
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that‐that what
we didn't find here,
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might be there in the Upland.
Let's get this done.
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Get it sealed back up.
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There's only one thing to do,
move forward.
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The next day...
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It's a swamp. You canfind anything anywhere in here.
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Exactly.
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...Rick Lagina and members
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of the team have returnedto the Oak Island swamp,
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where they are hopingto find answers
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concerning theirrecent discovery
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of a mysteriousstone‐paved area.
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All those spoils that Billy said
they'd raked over
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came from the paved area,
didn't they?
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Yes, they did.
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One week ago,
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the team came tothe stunning realization
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that the paved road,or possible ship's wharf,
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appeared to continuefurther out
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into the triangle‐shaped swam,
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towards thenorthern‐most point.
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It was here thatthe team discovered
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a mysteriouscircular stone feature,
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which they have dubbed"the Eye of the Swamp."
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I think the swamp is much more
complex than we believe.
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I've always thought that there
were some answers in there.
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Because the paved stone area isof such significant interest,
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the hope is thatsomehow we connect
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this strange formationto another strange formation,
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the so‐called Eye.
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The hope is that,
if there is a connection,
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that will help us
understand both.
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So it just kind of laid out
a little grid here
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because it's impossible
to walk, right?
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‐Yeah.
So, metal detect
wherever the plywood is,
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and then we'll leapfrog
them ahead.
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‐Okay, mate.
‐
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Can't go too far in there
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'cause it is
really, really sloppy.
258
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Yeah, we got a hit
in here, mate.
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See if we've got it.
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All right, positive force, guys.
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See what we've got.
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‐Just a nail.
‐Yeah, a nail.
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You think it's old?
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Not by the weight of it.
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‐It's really lightweight.
‐Yeah.
266
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That looks modern to me.
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Got a signal over here, Jack.
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Does it sound good, Gary?
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- Yeah, it's tough to tell.
- It's not very deep, though.
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You're on it.
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Look.
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What is that?
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We just pulled out a big piece
of iron, Rick. Look.
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- ‐Looks like an old bracket.
- Looks like a strap.
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Yeah, a strap or a bracket.
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That's an old piece,
and I know it's in not
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very good condition,
but who knows how old it is
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and how long
it's been in that hole?
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I'm thinking the hinge,
the other hinge from the beach.
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That's a really
good point, Rick.
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Same looking metal,
the same striations;
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same dimensions, as well.
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Here we go!
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That looks like a hinge.
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Last year, while excavatingnear the 18th‐century slipway
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at Smith's Cove,the team discovered
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a similar metal object.
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One that blacksmithing expertCarmen Legg later identified
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as a hand‐forged iron hinge,
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00:15:29,303 --> 00:15:32,974
which could be as muchas 400 years old.
291
00:15:32,974 --> 00:15:36,310
Could the iron strapthe team has just found
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00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:38,396
be related in some wayto the object found last year
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00:15:38,396 --> 00:15:40,273
at Smith's Cove?
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00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:43,985
And could it also be connectedto the 200‐foot‐long anomaly
295
00:15:43,985 --> 00:15:47,905
identified by seismic scanningin this same area;
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and which appears to resemblea large treasure ship,
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00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:52,702
or galleon?
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This is cool.
We know the old iron
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always has that
wood grain effect.
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00:15:58,541 --> 00:16:00,251
If there's an old ship
in this area,
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00:16:00,251 --> 00:16:02,795
we're finding old iron...
It's a good sign, mate.
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00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:05,089
Let's give Laird a call
and see if he can't come out
303
00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:07,133
and at least take a look at it.
304
00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,387
- Hello?
- Hi, Laird.
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00:16:11,387 --> 00:16:14,182
‐Hey, Rick. How are you?
‐Good. Um,
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00:16:14,182 --> 00:16:16,976
we made a find out here
in the swamp.
307
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,477
We'd like you
to come take a look at it.
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00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:21,731
- ‐Okay.
- When I
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00:16:21,731 --> 00:16:23,316
first see this piece of iron,
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00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:26,277
it‐it's got that old look
about it.
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00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:30,198
It looks like an hinge,but it could also be,
312
00:16:30,198 --> 00:16:31,699
like, an iron strap
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00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:35,494
that went around a chestor a box.
314
00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:37,663
And we all know
what implications
315
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,958
finding a chest
on Oak Island could be.
316
00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:44,086
I mean, this could be part
of a treasure chest.
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00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:45,880
Hey, guys.
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00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,798
‐Hey, Laird.
‐Hey, Laird.
Always nice
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00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,258
- ‐to meet you in the swamp.
- ‐
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00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:50,843
Wait till you see what we found.
321
00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:53,638
Big ole piece of iron
for you to inspect.
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00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:56,307
It is old, isn't it?
323
00:16:56,307 --> 00:16:59,727
To me, it looks like a piece
of strapping or...
324
00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:00,895
- ‐Like reinforcing strap.
- Yeah.
325
00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:02,271
This didn't go into the wood.
326
00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:04,607
It‐it went around the wood
and held it
327
00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,651
‐like that.
‐Like a chest.
328
00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:09,320
What about the breaks?
329
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,155
Does it look like it was
330
00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:13,074
broken, stressed?
331
00:17:13,074 --> 00:17:14,492
That looks broken to me.
332
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:15,952
That is pretty cool.
333
00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:17,995
It's for something substantial.
334
00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:19,622
To me,
I can see it being reinforcing
335
00:17:19,622 --> 00:17:20,915
for a big timber, which is...
336
00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:23,459
‐no less intriguing, right?
‐Yeah.
337
00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:25,711
Yeah. But still,
what would it be doing
338
00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,713
‐in the middle of a swamp?
‐No, I know. That's... Yeah.
339
00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,090
That's‐that's
the intriguing part.
340
00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:32,677
This came from deep in that hole
341
00:17:32,677 --> 00:17:34,262
where Billy was digging.
342
00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:35,304
Where it should not have been.
343
00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:38,182
Wow. That's amazing.
344
00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:40,393
I think Carmen might have a lot
to say about it.
345
00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,395
I mean, he would be the guy,
I would think,
346
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,480
‐to‐to do that.
‐‐
347
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,023
It's cool.
348
00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:47,525
It's certainly intriguing.
349
00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,944
You can't just find these items
350
00:17:49,944 --> 00:17:52,280
and then not seek information
about them.
351
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,283
You have to apply scienceto these finds.
352
00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:57,535
You need to seek out sources
353
00:17:57,535 --> 00:17:59,954
that may tell us the purpose.
354
00:17:59,954 --> 00:18:02,623
Maybe come to an understandingof when these items
355
00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:05,459
were constructed,who they were used by.
356
00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:06,836
We need someone's counsel.
357
00:18:06,836 --> 00:18:09,589
I know, but one thing.
That didn't float in.
358
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:12,049
‐No. No.
‐No. Too heavy.
359
00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:23,185
As another day beginson Oak Island...
360
00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:25,605
- All right. Here we go, Alex.
- Time to dig.
361
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,982
Marty Lagina and his son Alex,
362
00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:31,444
along with metal detectionexpert Gary Drayton,
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00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,112
have traveled to the area
364
00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,323
between Smith's Coveand the Money Pit site
365
00:18:35,323 --> 00:18:37,283
known as the Uplands.
366
00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:39,452
It is herethey hope to find a way
367
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,412
to shut off the flowof ocean water
368
00:18:41,412 --> 00:18:45,458
to the infamous flood tunnelsonce and for all.
369
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,335
So, here's the plan.
370
00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:49,629
‐You see the sand
in the side there?
Yeah.
371
00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,589
We want to get that exposed
all through here.
372
00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:54,091
You know, we're looking
for evidence of the flood tunnel
373
00:18:54,091 --> 00:18:56,302
or anything else we can find.
374
00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,554
It was while drilling
375
00:18:58,554 --> 00:19:01,307
in this same areaearlier this year...
376
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,100
Nice.
377
00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,352
Good grab.
378
00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:06,020
Are you ready
for this one, boys?
379
00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:07,438
...that Rick Lagina
380
00:19:07,438 --> 00:19:09,732
and membersof the Oak Island team
381
00:19:09,732 --> 00:19:12,818
obtained evidenceof a possible wooden structure
382
00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:14,654
some 50 feet deep underground.
383
00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,489
Look at that.
384
00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:19,325
These are pieces,
probably, of beams.
385
00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,160
Incredibly,
386
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,953
these wooden sampleswere later determined
387
00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:26,332
to date as far backas the 1730s,
388
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:29,710
which led the team to believethat they may have come
389
00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,796
within inchesof the main flood tunnel
390
00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:35,091
that connects Smith's Coveto the Money Pit.
391
00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,510
Gary, here's the deal.I'm gonna start
392
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,553
over there. I don't have
too much to pull off there.
393
00:19:39,553 --> 00:19:41,055
I don't know where
I'm gonna put the spoils.
394
00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:44,475
Probably wherever you guys
can work and then
395
00:19:44,475 --> 00:19:45,976
dig my way back through this way
396
00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:47,436
- ‐is what I'm thinking.
- I know
397
00:19:47,436 --> 00:19:49,188
we should find a few coins
and artifacts.
398
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,357
- ‐I see all those layers.
- Yeah.
399
00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:53,025
They're all high tide lines.
400
00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,694
‐There should be
something in here.
401
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:55,903
So, let's get going.
402
00:20:01,242 --> 00:20:02,910
Maybe we'll hit something
in line
403
00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,036
with the U‐shaped structure
404
00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,871
‐and the flood tunnel.
‐Yeah.
405
00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,332
My great hope
406
00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:10,710
for the Upland digcoming out of Smith's Cove
407
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:13,212
is to find proof positiveof the flood tunnel.
408
00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,214
We have a couple of core holes
409
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:17,508
that seem to have encounteredthe flood tunnel.
410
00:20:17,508 --> 00:20:19,719
Plan for the Upland area is,
411
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,262
deeper and bigger.
412
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,853
Hey!
413
00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:31,272
That sounded like wood,
didn't it?
414
00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:33,232
Yeah, it did.
415
00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,234
When you was taking
416
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,696
that last bucket out, I heard
something creak like wood,
417
00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:41,198
‐and I see a big timber
down there.
Really?
418
00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:43,075
Yeah, a big, square timber.
419
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:46,579
A large, square timber?
420
00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,373
Have Marty, Alex and Garyencountered part
421
00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:51,417
of the same wooden structurethat the team
422
00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:53,127
drilled into earlier this year
423
00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:56,255
some 50 feet deepin the Uplands area?
424
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,215
That big timber.
425
00:20:58,215 --> 00:20:59,717
Probably about that big.
426
00:20:59,717 --> 00:21:02,428
It's in situ
about three feet down.
427
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:03,596
Okay. We'll get it.
428
00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:09,226
It's underneath that crack.
429
00:21:11,187 --> 00:21:12,646
It's not that one, is it?
430
00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:14,565
That's not it, no.
It's still in situ.
431
00:21:14,565 --> 00:21:15,566
It's deeper.
432
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:25,117
It should be out
with this bucket.
433
00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:29,622
‐There it is.
‐
434
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:30,998
There it is.
435
00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:32,166
Hey!
436
00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,334
It's right there.
437
00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:35,628
Couple pieces.
438
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,464
Here?
439
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:40,257
- Ooh! Look!
- There it is.
440
00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:42,134
Yeah, there's
a lot of wood down there.
441
00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,135
Yep.
442
00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:47,598
Now we're cookin'.
443
00:21:49,099 --> 00:21:51,644
I see another timber there
going that way.
444
00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:53,562
Hey!
445
00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:57,149
This has been unexcavated
before?
446
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,818
Yep.
447
00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:00,110
This is totally in situ.
448
00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:01,695
Look at the different
color here.
449
00:22:01,695 --> 00:22:03,656
‐Let me‐‐
I'm gonna jump down in here.
450
00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,828
Right here.
451
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:10,162
This is all wood.
452
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,581
Down here‐‐
maybe the flood tunnel?
453
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:14,625
But it looks like
it's not just tossed
454
00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,544
in there‐‐
it's placed in there.
455
00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:18,671
‐Take another chunk out.
‐Where?
456
00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:19,964
Right there.
457
00:22:31,642 --> 00:22:33,853
Definitely one there
and one here.
458
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,980
And this was perpendicular
to that one.
459
00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:38,148
‐Is it?
‐Pretty sure that's a cut end.
460
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,358
Right?
461
00:22:43,487 --> 00:22:45,990
Yeah, I mean, this is cut.
462
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:47,157
Right here.
463
00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:49,702
So somebody put this here.
464
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,374
Yeah, I wouldn't
be surprised if that's a shaft
465
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,667
or a tunnel.
466
00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:58,586
Some kind of structure
down there.
467
00:22:59,837 --> 00:23:01,881
A shaft or tunnel?
468
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:04,258
Found some 15 feet deep?
469
00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:07,011
Could it have been built hereby previous treasure hunters
470
00:23:07,011 --> 00:23:09,722
in an attempt to intercepta flood tunnel?
471
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:12,683
Or could this structureactually be part
472
00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:15,227
of the flooding system itself?
473
00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,104
What I'm hoping is...
474
00:23:17,104 --> 00:23:19,857
that we find
the flood tunnel itself.
475
00:23:19,857 --> 00:23:23,068
But the earlier searchers hadmore information than we had.
476
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:24,904
They knewwhere the finger drains
477
00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:27,698
converged,
at least in a general sense.
478
00:23:27,698 --> 00:23:29,909
So whether it's searcheror original works,
479
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:31,410
we need to excavate
480
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:32,828
and see what they found.
481
00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:35,414
All right, guys,
what do you think?
482
00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:38,083
These guys are telling me that's
a big structure down there.
483
00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:40,377
I'm gonna climb down
in there and shoot it.
484
00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:44,423
You should check
485
00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:45,966
‐that timber out, Scott.
It's impressive.
‐Yeah.
486
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,593
I'm gonna go down
and have a look.
487
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:56,226
It looks very disturbed in here.
488
00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:58,228
I mean, this looks
like backfill to me.
489
00:23:58,228 --> 00:24:00,564
Not natural material.
490
00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:02,524
‐You seeing the edge
of a wall there, Scott?
‐Yeah.
491
00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:04,568
There is other timber here.
We'll come out
492
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:06,779
of the hole, take some more
out of the bank right here
493
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,572
and see how far
it continues to go.
494
00:24:08,572 --> 00:24:09,740
We'll find out soon enough.
495
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,408
Hey, Alex?
496
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:12,743
‐Yes?
‐Well, yeah,
497
00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:15,454
‐I'll do it if you want.
‐Yeah. Just go real slow.
498
00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:25,547
Yep, that's wood.
499
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,592
This is probably a shaft.
500
00:24:30,928 --> 00:24:33,973
This is very similar
to the shafts last year.
501
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:35,766
Wow.
502
00:24:35,766 --> 00:24:37,393
Looks pretty big.
503
00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:38,978
Yeah, it's huge.
504
00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,938
That's definitely
a structure now.
505
00:24:40,938 --> 00:24:42,648
‐It all is a clue, so...
‐That's right.
506
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:44,233
One more piece of the puzzle.
507
00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:46,193
Let's get Laird here,
let's get Rick here,
508
00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:49,321
and,
we'll see what this means.
509
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:50,990
This is exciting.
510
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,290
We started digging,
511
00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:02,835
and damnedif we didn't hit a tunnel.
512
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,421
One day after findinga possible tunnel
513
00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,631
in the Uplands areaof Smith's Cove,
514
00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,967
Marty Lagina is eager to showhis brother Rick
515
00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:13,345
and archaeologist Laird Nivenwhat he believes might be
516
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,347
a breakthrough discovery.
517
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,391
- ‐Where is it?
- Kind of in line
518
00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:19,935
with the wall we found
last year and...
519
00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:22,396
a little bit askew
of the Cave‐In Pit.
520
00:25:22,396 --> 00:25:23,814
It looks like
it's well constructed.
521
00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:26,066
‐But no record of it.
‐No.
522
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:27,818
You'll have to take a look.
523
00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:29,653
It's right over there.
524
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:30,904
Hey, guys.
525
00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:32,406
Hey, Marty.
‐How's it going?
526
00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:34,241
It's good.
We're having a good day.
527
00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:36,076
We've got a big timber
across there
528
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:38,162
and a big round timber
coming there.
529
00:25:38,162 --> 00:25:40,497
There's one
main beam there, Laird.
530
00:25:40,497 --> 00:25:43,417
A big... a big thing.
531
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:45,419
A notched piece
came out of here.
532
00:25:45,419 --> 00:25:46,503
Kind of in there.
533
00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:48,630
That notched one came
534
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,716
when we took the last scoop out.
535
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,801
- Interesting, for sure.
- Yeah.
536
00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:55,971
Gary, you said you saw
a cross member back here.
537
00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:59,099
Yeah, and it's a different
kind‐‐ it's more like a log.
538
00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:01,769
Kind of similar
to the U‐shaped structure logs.
539
00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:04,563
A log?
540
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,190
Similar to the ones used
541
00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:08,317
to build the massiveU‐shaped structure
542
00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:11,070
uncovered at Smith's Covelast year?
543
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,030
And which wasscientifically proven
544
00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:16,158
to have been built in 1769...
545
00:26:16,158 --> 00:26:20,662
over two decades beforethe discovery of the Money Pit?
546
00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,290
Those logs
and the construction method...
547
00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:25,167
could be original.
548
00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:27,419
But... why speculate?
549
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:30,005
I think we needto keep digging.
550
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:32,549
Let's go.
551
00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:44,186
There's so much
undocumented stuff going on,
552
00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:45,896
‐especially in this area.
‐Yeah. Yeah.
553
00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:49,900
‐Yeah.
Pretty disturbed
on both sides of it.
554
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,235
There's a big piece there.
555
00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:56,657
‐
‐LAIRD: Whoa!
556
00:26:56,657 --> 00:26:58,325
Yeah, see, there‐there it is.
557
00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:01,328
‐Look at this, right here.
‐Yeah, I see that. Yeah.
558
00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:03,330
Just buckled the timber.
559
00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:05,415
You'd expect that
from an abandoned shaft, right?
560
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:06,625
- ‐
- Yeah.
561
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:07,751
Yeah.
562
00:27:10,838 --> 00:27:13,882
That is parallel.
563
00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:16,176
I thought the whole thing
was kittywampus, but it's not.
564
00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:17,803
That's parallel to that beam.
565
00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:19,471
- ‐Right?
- Yeah.
566
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:22,724
Square‐cut nail.
567
00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:24,768
Show that to Gary.
568
00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:25,853
Yeah.
569
00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:28,355
‐
‐That's interesting.
570
00:27:28,355 --> 00:27:30,858
Yeah. Yeah,
that is a nice oldie, isn't it?
571
00:27:30,858 --> 00:27:33,110
- ‐Yeah.
- Round nails came in
572
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:34,695
in, like, 1880
or something like that.
573
00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:37,114
Yeah. Looks handmade, Rick.
574
00:27:37,114 --> 00:27:38,782
Really?
575
00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:40,742
Precursor to a cut nail.
576
00:27:40,742 --> 00:27:44,037
Cut nail would have
two flat sides...
577
00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:46,123
be wider.
578
00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:47,791
Hey, guys.
579
00:27:47,791 --> 00:27:49,751
Hey, everybody's here.
580
00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:52,337
‐Want to see a cool spike, mate?
‐Yeah.
581
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,756
There you go.
582
00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:57,885
‐Wow.
‐More than likely early 1800s.
583
00:27:57,885 --> 00:28:00,721
Like an early cut nail,
isn't it?
584
00:28:00,721 --> 00:28:03,265
Who would have been here
early 1800s?
585
00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:06,184
1800 to, say, 1850.
586
00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,187
Well, that's easy. 1849,
you have the Truro Company here.
587
00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:11,189
‐
‐They put a cofferdam in 1850.
588
00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,859
They may have come back here
and tried to, you know,
589
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,403
backtrack, trying to find
where the flood tunnel is,
590
00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,739
and‐and did some type
of a structure back here.
591
00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:21,241
Because it is Gary's assessment
592
00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:25,621
that the square‐cut nail datesback to the early 19th century,
593
00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:27,331
the structurethe team has uncovered
594
00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:29,333
was most likely builtby searchers
595
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,210
sometime after 1795.
596
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:36,131
But is it possiblethat these searchers
597
00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:38,842
could have successfully foundthe main flood tunnel?
598
00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:42,054
And, if so, couldfurther excavation of the shaft
599
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:45,474
finally lead the teamto their target?
600
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:48,810
The timbers are interesting,
for sure.
601
00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:50,103
It is suspicious that there's
602
00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:51,772
so many massive pieces
right here.
603
00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,315
- ‐I mean...
- Yeah.
604
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:55,692
‐Where did they come from?
‐Where'd they come from?
605
00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:03,575
- Whoa! Whoa!
- Billy!
606
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,285
Hold!
607
00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,162
You got a big chunk of it.
608
00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:09,122
Yeah, you got a chunk
of it right there, Bill.
‐Yeah.
609
00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:12,459
- That's a big log.
- Yeah. That is.
610
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:14,753
- There you go.
- Yeah, that's good.
611
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:16,421
Just come out.
612
00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:19,383
This thing is gigantic.
613
00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:21,176
Hey, Billy?
614
00:29:21,176 --> 00:29:23,220
You can get rid
of that stuff there.
615
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:25,180
This stuff here?
616
00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:26,974
There you go.
617
00:29:26,974 --> 00:29:29,726
Smith's Cove has offered up
618
00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:32,020
a whole bunch of stuffthat we didn't expect.
619
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:34,231
Structures all over the place.
620
00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:36,400
We're finding outabout all kinds of things
621
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:37,734
that we didn't know were ther.
622
00:29:37,734 --> 00:29:39,194
That is big.
623
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:40,737
That must be the biggest piece
624
00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:43,115
- ‐of wood we've seen down here.
- Yeah.
625
00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:45,367
Other than the U‐shape.
626
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,995
And I think
this is a notch, right here.
627
00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:51,456
There's a lot of data
628
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:54,876
adding up to support that
a flood tunnel really exists,
629
00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:57,129
and did exist,
here on Oak Island.
630
00:29:57,129 --> 00:30:01,258
And it's gonna be well worthdigging in and around those
631
00:30:01,258 --> 00:30:03,260
to see what we can find.
632
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:07,389
There's no doubt about this‐‐this is a massive project.
633
00:30:07,389 --> 00:30:11,184
We'll dig that big one outand see what happens.
634
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:17,816
Later that day,as Rick and the team
635
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:20,777
continue their excavationin the Uplands area...
636
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:24,281
It's just up here on the right.
637
00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:25,657
Okay.
638
00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,285
...Marty, Alex and Garyhave traveled
639
00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:30,287
some 20 miles northof Oak Island
640
00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:32,289
to the Ross Farm Museum,
641
00:30:32,289 --> 00:30:35,834
located in the nearby townof New Ross, Nova Scotia.
642
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,339
We're about to get some
answers on these mystery items.
643
00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:42,883
They've arranged
644
00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:44,926
for blacksmithing expertCarmen Legge
645
00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:47,929
to inspect a numberof mysterious iron objects
646
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:52,309
recently found duringthe excavation in the swamp.
647
00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:54,895
In additionto the old iron strap
648
00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:56,855
discovered one day ago...
649
00:30:56,855 --> 00:31:00,192
‐That is a really old pick!
‐they are also eager
650
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:01,860
for Carmen to examine
651
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:03,320
two possible17th‐century digging tools
652
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,363
found last week
653
00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:08,575
near the northern point,
654
00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:11,870
also knownas the Eye of the Swamp.
655
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,206
‐
‐MARTY: Carmen!
656
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:17,793
We're here to see you again.
657
00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:19,336
Brought my buddies.
658
00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:20,962
How are you, sir?
659
00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:23,340
‐G‐Good.
‐Carmen, good to see you again.
660
00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:24,800
Hello, mate.
661
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,302
‐We got some stuff.
‐Wonderful.
662
00:31:27,302 --> 00:31:30,347
All of these came
from the back of the swamp.
663
00:31:30,347 --> 00:31:33,892
We found a big chunk of iron,
and we kept digging.
664
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:37,062
We'd like you to tell us
how old this stuff is.
665
00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,860
We were thinking
666
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:45,779
it's a shovel... spade.
667
00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:53,703
‐
‐
‐Um...
668
00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:58,792
‐‐
‐‐
669
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,386
- ‐‐
- Show him the stuff
670
00:32:09,386 --> 00:32:10,971
‐you found with it. Might help.
‐Yeah.
‐Yeah.
671
00:32:10,971 --> 00:32:12,764
Here's the next one.
672
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:14,432
‐That's a tool.
‐Yup.
673
00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:29,906
Would you say it's kind of
like a tunneling pick?
674
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,244
‐Yeah.
‐Yeah.
675
00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:39,249
Yup. Yup.
676
00:32:46,548 --> 00:32:49,009
There you go.
677
00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:50,844
Wow. That's cool.
678
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,932
At the Ross Farm Museum
679
00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:58,101
in New Ross, Nova Scotia,
680
00:32:58,101 --> 00:33:00,478
blacksmithing expertCarmen Legge
681
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,814
has just sharedhis incredible assessment
682
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:05,650
that the hand‐forgediron pickax recently found
683
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:08,153
in the Oak Island swampcould date back
684
00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:10,822
as earlyas the mid‐18th century.
685
00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:13,533
Could the teamhave found evidence
686
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:15,702
that tunneling took place inthe area prior to the discovery
687
00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,997
of the Money Pit in 1795?
688
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:24,336
But if so, by who,and for what purpose?
689
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,130
Is that a local style, or
690
00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:28,924
could that have come
from Europe?
691
00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:39,851
- ‐
- Well, the amazing thing,
692
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,770
I mean, these were found
at the back of the swamp.
693
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,191
‐Yeah. ‐
‐Yeah.
694
00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:50,695
Carmen Legge opines
that the pick could've been used
695
00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:52,864
for tunneling,
but let's face it.
696
00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,866
We know that searchers dida lot of tunneling,
697
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,576
but there's also conjecture
698
00:33:56,576 --> 00:33:58,870
that original depositors dida lot of tunneling.
699
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,873
There's evidence perhapsof tunneling under the swamp,
700
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,209
tunneling up by the Money Pit,
701
00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:07,212
and our almost impossible task
702
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:10,215
is to sort out
who did what tunnels.
703
00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:12,175
‐What's next?
‐All right.
704
00:34:12,175 --> 00:34:15,136
We saved the best
'till the last, we hope.
705
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:19,015
And this came out of the spoils.
706
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,233
We knew
he'd be interested in that!
707
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:29,609
Gary.
708
00:34:29,609 --> 00:34:31,611
We looked at this,
and we thought
709
00:34:31,611 --> 00:34:34,322
this was similar
to that strap that you found
710
00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,616
was interesting that
we recovered in Smith's Cove.
711
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,706
Here we go.
712
00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:14,112
- ‐Yes!
- Really? Seriously?
713
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,656
That's what we're looking for
in the swamp‐‐ an old ship!
714
00:35:18,992 --> 00:35:22,120
The iron strapfrom an old ship?
715
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,833
And found near the mysteriousstone‐paved area in the swamp?
716
00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:28,460
What would it have been used
for exactly?
717
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,462
To hold timber to timber?
718
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:33,590
‐Wow.
‐Wow.
719
00:35:33,590 --> 00:35:35,008
‐Yeah, it's fantastic.
‐Um...
720
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,974
Could this iron strapbe evidence
721
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:44,851
of a ship visiting Oak Island
722
00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:48,188
as much as 85 years beforethe discovery of the Money Pit?
723
00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:51,983
And if so, could it alsosupport the theory
724
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,818
that a large sailing vesselwas‐‐
725
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:55,987
as the late Fred Nolan believd
726
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:58,239
and as recent seismic datasuggested‐‐
727
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:02,577
buried beneath the muckand sludge centuries ago?
728
00:36:02,577 --> 00:36:04,663
You know what?
He had a hunch about this.
729
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:07,624
Yeah. I love those dates.
I mean, that really is...
730
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:10,085
That's the golden age of piracy,
right there.
731
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,427
How do you know that?
732
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,100
‐Wow.
‐
733
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,018
‐Yeah.
‐A burnt‐‐ a burnt ship
734
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:28,353
in the swamp, Gary.
735
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,647
‐That is fantastic. Yup.
‐Yeah, that is.
736
00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:32,315
What is that doing in the swamp?
737
00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:34,359
‐Yeah.
‐What's a ship doing
in the swamp?
738
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:37,529
‐Well, a bit of a ship.
‐Well... Wow.
739
00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:39,698
You burn it.
‐Yeah.
740
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:42,033
‐Boy.
‐Wow.
741
00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:44,869
Could Carmen Legge'snotion be correct?
742
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,788
Might the charring
743
00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:49,499
on the eighteenth centuryship's strap be evidence
744
00:36:49,499 --> 00:36:51,209
that a galleon shipwas not just
745
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:54,379
buried in the possibly manmadeOak Island swamp
746
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:56,423
but intentionally burned
747
00:36:56,423 --> 00:36:59,050
in an effortto conceal any trace of it?
748
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,761
But if so, by whom?
749
00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:04,055
And just what were they tryingto hide
750
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,890
that made such an ingenious
751
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:09,894
and incredibly engineeredhiding place so necessary?
752
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:13,898
Wow. What is going on
in this swamp?
753
00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:16,067
Was I surprised? Yes.
754
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:20,071
These dates of 1710 to 1790that Carmen Legge gave us
755
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:24,117
for this strap on a ship isactually scary to me, because,
756
00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:27,412
as I sit here right now,
I'm more or less certain
757
00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,414
that something significant
happened here
758
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,791
mid‐1700s on this island.
759
00:37:31,791 --> 00:37:34,085
Well, that is really cool.
760
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:37,714
I got to think about what that
means, but it's definitely cool.
761
00:37:37,714 --> 00:37:41,259
So, we brought you in a box
full of scrap from the swamp,
762
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:42,802
and we're leaving with a box
763
00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,637
full of shipwreck
and mining stuff.
764
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,600
Thank you for analyzing it.
765
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,602
I appreciate it,
and we'll‐well be back.
766
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:51,978
We're gonna find
some more stuff.
767
00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:55,690
Thanks for the great news.
768
00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:01,404
Sure.
We catch you drinking?
769
00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:03,656
‐We're out working, and
we catch you guys drinking.
‐Hey, guys.
770
00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,992
Hey, guys.
‐There they are.
‐What's the deal?
771
00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:07,368
‐You've got good news for us?
‐We do.
772
00:38:07,368 --> 00:38:08,995
Following their meeting
773
00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:10,997
with blacksmithing expertCarmen Legge,
774
00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:15,168
Marty and Alex Lagina,along with Gary Drayton,
775
00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:18,171
arrive at the Mug and AnchorPub in nearby Mahone Bay,
776
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:20,256
where they are eagerto share his report
777
00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:24,219
with Rick Laginaand other members of the team.
778
00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:26,429
Any time you go show stuff
to Carmen, you get a surprise.
779
00:38:26,429 --> 00:38:28,431
- ‐
- Yeah.
780
00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:29,724
What did you end up showing him
this time?
781
00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:32,227
I kind of knew
he would be excited about this.
782
00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:34,562
And he turned it over
and over and over.
783
00:38:34,562 --> 00:38:36,272
According to Carmen,
784
00:38:36,272 --> 00:38:42,070
this is a brace
from a typical nine‐inch
785
00:38:42,070 --> 00:38:44,405
diameter ship's timber.
786
00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:50,078
And it's broken, and it would've
been all the way around.
787
00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:53,039
And he was really excited
about this.
788
00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:55,166
‐And then he measured it,
which was interesting.
‐Yeah.
789
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:58,378
He measured the distance, and
he went like this, and he said,
790
00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:00,255
"This is off a sailing ship."
791
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:01,798
‐Yup.
Wow.
‐That's what he said.
792
00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:04,592
An old ship, as well.
793
00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:06,928
So you know what I'm gonna
ask you, Gary. How old was it?
794
00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:12,433
He said this was typical
1710 to 1790.
795
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:13,893
Wow.
‐Hey.
796
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:15,687
What's a ship part doing there?
797
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,356
Well, we have got that ship
anomaly in that area.
798
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,942
That's true.
‐This seems to have come under
799
00:39:20,942 --> 00:39:22,735
significant stress.
800
00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:24,863
He didn't say anything
about that?
801
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,323
- ‐It was burned, as well.
- Yup.
802
00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:29,242
- ‐It's signs of being burned.
- That's right, yeah.
803
00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:31,077
He was certain
it had been burned.
804
00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:33,371
And he said in a fierce fire.
805
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:37,375
What if it just ran aground?
806
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,502
What if it's carrying a bunch of
treasure, and it runs aground,
807
00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:41,045
and you need to offload it
and hide it,
808
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:42,672
- ‐because you can't get it off?
- And then... Yeah.
809
00:39:42,672 --> 00:39:45,425
And what better way to hide it‐‐
set fire to it?
810
00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,928
One of the theories
about the swamp is that
811
00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:52,515
the‐the treasure ship is brought
in, offloaded of treasure,
812
00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:55,018
and it either became grounded
or they... for some reason,
813
00:39:55,018 --> 00:39:56,644
they couldn't get the ship out,
814
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:58,730
and either burnt the ship
or blew it up.
815
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:02,775
Say they needed the paved area,
a working platform, to offload.
816
00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:05,528
Well, you're not gonna
get it precise, right?
817
00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:08,823
It just needed
to be a working platform.
818
00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:11,117
So, they don't fashion it
perfectly.
819
00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:14,704
They're in a haste to get
whatever's on the ship off.
820
00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:16,956
‐‐
‐They lay down a bunch of rocks,
821
00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:18,416
it doesn't have to be smooth.
822
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:21,544
Look, the swamp to me was always
interesting, right?
823
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,588
There's certainly
something there.
824
00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:26,382
There's some work yet
to be done.
825
00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:29,427
Maybe we find something
that is highly definitive.
826
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,262
Agreed. Well, Jack, I'll bet
827
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:34,223
you're anxious to quit sitting
around and get back to digging.
828
00:40:34,223 --> 00:40:36,768
There's got to be more
pieces of the ship in the swamp.
829
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:39,687
‐That sounds like an end
to this meeting to me.
‐Yeah.
830
00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:41,981
‐Cheers!Cheers!
Salud!
831
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:44,525
For the Laginasand their partners,
832
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:48,738
another weekof hard work has ended.
833
00:40:48,738 --> 00:40:50,865
But unlike most, this time,
834
00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:52,951
they not only believethey might
835
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:55,703
have found the locationof the original Money Pit.
836
00:40:55,703 --> 00:40:58,206
They have also obtainedphysical evidence
837
00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:01,668
that a ship,possibly filled with treasure,
838
00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:04,253
could have been deliberatelysunk, and then hidden,
839
00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:06,839
in the triangle‐shaped swamp.
840
00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:10,093
Could Rick, Martyand their team
841
00:41:10,093 --> 00:41:14,722
finally be on the verge ofsolving a 225‐year‐old mystery?
842
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:16,349
Or will they find
843
00:41:16,349 --> 00:41:18,393
that they've only justscratched the surface
844
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:21,938
of a much largerand more profound history?
845
00:41:21,938 --> 00:41:25,066
One that will challengeeverything they think they know
846
00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:28,361
about a small 140‐acre island
847
00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:30,947
off the coast of Nova Scotia?
848
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,453
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
849
00:41:37,453 --> 00:41:39,330
We have got a target here, Jack.
850
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:40,999
Look at that.
851
00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:42,208
What the heck is that?
852
00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,711
Does it look old to you?
853
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:49,674
That's what we're
looking for in the swamp.
854
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,009
Very cool.
855
00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:53,386
What is that, mate?
That looks like a tunnel!
856
00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:55,930
There's a massive structure
going on here.
857
00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:57,682
What have you found now, Jack?
858
00:42:02,395 --> 00:42:04,731
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