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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.
‐Oh, baby.
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Oh, no, no!
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Hey!
‐Oh! Oh!
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I see a big timber down there.
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Oh, 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 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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Episode: Burnt Offering
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Those dates
are 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 brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,
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along with members
of their team,
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have just received
an important scientific report.
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A wood sample obtained during
a recent drilling operation
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some 106 feet deep
in the Money Pit area
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has been dated
to as early as 1626,
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more than 150 years before
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the original treasure shaft's
discovery in 1795.
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Could the Oak Island team,
at long last,
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have located the original spot
where Daniel McGinnis
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and his friends discovered
what they believed to be
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the entrance to a vast
underground 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, uh,
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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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Oh, 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 partners
have attempted to locate
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the original Money Pit shaft
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by drilling dozens of
deep exploratory boreholes...
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...most as small
as six inches wide
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and some as large
as 60 inches in diameter.
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The most promising shaft, known
as H‐8, was dug two years ago
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and produced
astonishing discoveries,
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including pieces of pottery,
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shards of parchment
and leather book binding
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and even 17th‐century
human bones.
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Now, with the recent
drilling of borehole FG‐12,
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which is located
just 25 feet from H‐8,
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the team believes
they may have finally found
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the original Money Pit shaft,
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which has been lost
for nearly 100 years.
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We're gonna talk about
the logistics and timing
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and possibility and feasibility
of putting down
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one or more big caissons
in 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 kick
some 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 the
team begin researching options
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for a new excavation
in 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 Lagina
at 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, uh,
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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 hurricane
damage to the cofferdam
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has been repaired,
they are eager to resume
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their examination
of a large wooden structure
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that is located
near the remains
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of what was determined to be
an ancient slipway.
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It has recently been suggested
that the structure
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may have been built
by a previous search team
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in their attempt to shut off
the flow of ocean water
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to the Money Pit and to make
digging 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 used
to stop the flood tunnel.
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The people who built
those 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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Uh, could he dig a corner?
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Try to take it down
to see how deep it goes?
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Oh, 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.
‐Mm‐hmm.
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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 structure
was made without the use
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of any metal nails
or fasteners, there is a chance
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that it may have been built
not by searchers,
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but by the original builders
of the Money Pit.
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If so, is it possible that
it was done not to shut off
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the booby‐trapped flood tunnel
system but to maintain it?
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In order to explore it furthe,
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without it being damaged
or falling apart,
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the team will need
to 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 debris
blocking the structure...
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‐We're gonna knock
part of that wall down? ‐Yeah.
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...Rick, Craig and Jack
will carefully try
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to expose it by hand.
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Oh, 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 way
to shut off the water?
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Oh, 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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Mm‐hmm.
‐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 and
members of the Oak Island team
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were excavating a mysterious
log structure at Smith's Cove
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in search of one
of 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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‐Mm‐hmm.
‐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 wooden
structure is unfortunate,
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the team's careful
examination of the site
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has led to
an important conclusion:
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the wooden structure
did not appear to be connected
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in any way
to the stone box drains
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that fed
the 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 can
find 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 returned
to the Oak Island swamp,
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where they are hoping
to find answers
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concerning their
recent discovery
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of a mysterious
stone‐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 to
the stunning realization
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that the paved road,
or possible ship's wharf,
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appeared to continue
further out
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into the triangle‐shaped swam,
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towards the
northern‐most point.
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It was here that
the team discovered
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a mysterious
circular 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 is
of such significant interest,
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the hope is that
somehow we connect
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this strange formation
to 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.
259
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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.
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00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:07,722
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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Oh, you're on it.
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Oh, look.
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00:14:37,335 --> 00:14:39,044
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 excavating
near 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 expert
Carmen Legg later identified
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as a hand‐forged iron hinge,
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which could be as much
as 400 years old.
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00:15:32,974 --> 00:15:36,309
Could the iron strap
the team has just found
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be related in some way
to the object found last year
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at Smith's Cove?
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00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:43,984
And could it also be connected
to the 200‐foot‐long anomaly
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identified by seismic scanning
in this same area;
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and which appears to resemble
a large treasure ship,
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00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:52,701
or galleon?
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00:15:52,702 --> 00:15:56,163
This is cool.
We know the old iron
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00:15:56,164 --> 00:15:58,540
always has that
wood grain effect.
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00:15:58,541 --> 00:16:00,250
If there's an old ship
in this area,
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00:16:00,251 --> 00:16:02,794
we're finding old iron...
It's a good sign, mate.
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00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:05,088
Let's give Laird a call
and see if he can't come out
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00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:07,132
and at least take a look at it.
305
00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,386
Hello?
‐ Hi, Laird.
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00:16:11,387 --> 00:16:14,181
‐Hey, Rick. How are you?
‐Good. Um,
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00:16:14,182 --> 00:16:16,975
we made a find out here
in the swamp.
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00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,477
We'd like you
to come take a look at it.
309
00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:21,730
‐Okay.
When I
310
00:16:21,731 --> 00:16:23,315
first see this piece of iron,
311
00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:26,276
it‐it's got that old look
about it.
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00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:30,197
It looks like an hinge,
but it could also be,
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like, an iron strap
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00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:35,493
that went around a chest
or a box.
315
00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:37,662
And we all know
what implications
316
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,957
finding a chest
on Oak Island could be.
317
00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:44,085
I mean, this could be part
of a treasure chest.
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00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:45,879
Hey, guys.
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00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,797
‐Hey, Laird. ‐Hey, Laird.
Always nice
320
00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,257
‐to meet you in the swamp.
321
00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:50,842
Wait till you see what we found.
322
00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:53,637
Big ole piece of iron
for you to inspect.
323
00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:56,306
It is old, isn't it?
324
00:16:56,307 --> 00:16:59,726
To me, it looks like a piece
of strapping or...
325
00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:00,894
‐Like reinforcing strap.
Yeah.
326
00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:02,270
This didn't go into the wood.
327
00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:04,606
It‐it went around the wood
and held it
328
00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,651
‐like that.
‐Like a chest.
329
00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:09,319
What about the breaks?
330
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,154
Does it look like it was
331
00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:13,073
broken, stressed?
332
00:17:13,074 --> 00:17:14,491
That looks broken to me.
333
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:15,951
That is pretty cool.
334
00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:17,994
It's for something substantial.
335
00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:19,621
To me,
I can see it being reinforcing
336
00:17:19,622 --> 00:17:20,914
for a big timber, which is...
337
00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:23,458
‐no less intriguing, right?
‐Yeah.
338
00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:25,710
Yeah. But still,
what would it be doing
339
00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,712
‐in the middle of a swamp?
‐No, I know. That's... Yeah.
340
00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,089
That's‐that's
the intriguing part.
341
00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:32,676
This came from deep in that hole
342
00:17:32,677 --> 00:17:34,261
where Billy was digging.
343
00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:35,303
Where it should not have been.
344
00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:38,181
Wow. That's amazing.
345
00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:40,392
I think Carmen might have a lot
to say about it.
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00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,394
I mean, he would be the guy,
I would think,
347
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,479
‐to‐to do that.
‐Mm‐hmm.
348
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,022
It's cool.
349
00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:47,524
It's certainly intriguing.
350
00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,943
You can't just find these items
351
00:17:49,944 --> 00:17:52,279
and then not seek information
about them.
352
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,282
You have to apply science
to these finds.
353
00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:57,534
You need to seek out sources
354
00:17:57,535 --> 00:17:59,953
that may tell us the purpose.
355
00:17:59,954 --> 00:18:02,622
Maybe come to an understanding
of when these items
356
00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:05,458
were constructed,
who they were used by.
357
00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:06,835
We need someone's counsel.
358
00:18:06,836 --> 00:18:09,588
I know, but one thing.
That didn't float in.
359
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:12,049
‐No. No.
‐No. Too heavy.
360
00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:23,184
As another day begins
on Oak Island...
361
00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:25,604
All right. Here we go, Alex.
Time to dig.
362
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,981
Marty Lagina and his son Alex,
363
00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:31,443
along with metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,
364
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,111
have traveled to the area
365
00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,322
between Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit site
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00:18:35,323 --> 00:18:37,282
known as the Uplands.
367
00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:39,451
It is here
they hope to find a way
368
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,411
to shut off the flow
of ocean water
369
00:18:41,412 --> 00:18:45,457
to the infamous flood tunnels
once and for all.
370
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,334
So, here's the plan.
371
00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:49,628
‐You see the sand
in the side there? Yeah.
372
00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,588
We want to get that exposed
all through here.
373
00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:54,090
You know, we're looking
for evidence of the flood tunnel
374
00:18:54,091 --> 00:18:56,301
or anything else we can find.
375
00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,553
It was while drilling
376
00:18:58,554 --> 00:19:01,306
in this same area
earlier this year...
377
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,099
Nice.
378
00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,351
Good grab.
379
00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:06,019
Are you ready
for this one, boys?
380
00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:07,437
...that Rick Lagina
381
00:19:07,438 --> 00:19:09,731
and members
of the Oak Island team
382
00:19:09,732 --> 00:19:12,817
obtained evidence
of a possible wooden structure
383
00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:14,653
some 50 feet deep underground.
384
00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,488
Look at that.
385
00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:19,324
These are pieces,
probably, of beams.
386
00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,159
Incredibly,
387
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,952
these wooden samples
were later determined
388
00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:26,331
to date as far back
as the 1730s,
389
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:29,709
which led the team to believe
that they may have come
390
00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,795
within inches
of the main flood tunnel
391
00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:35,090
that connects Smith's Cove
to the Money Pit.
392
00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,509
Gary, here's the deal.
I'm gonna start
393
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,552
over there. I don't have
too much to pull off there.
394
00:19:39,553 --> 00:19:41,054
I don't know where
I'm gonna put the spoils.
395
00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:44,474
Probably wherever you guys
can work and then
396
00:19:44,475 --> 00:19:45,975
dig my way back through this way
397
00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:47,435
‐is what I'm thinking.
I know
398
00:19:47,436 --> 00:19:49,187
we should find a few coins
and artifacts.
399
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,356
‐I see all those layers.
Yeah.
400
00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:53,024
They're all high tide lines.
401
00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,693
‐There should be
something in here. Mm.
402
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:55,903
So, let's get going.
403
00:20:01,242 --> 00:20:02,909
Maybe we'll hit something
in line
404
00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,035
with the U‐shaped structure
405
00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,871
‐and the flood tunnel.
‐Yeah.
406
00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,331
My great hope
407
00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:10,709
for the Upland dig
coming out of Smith's Cove
408
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:13,211
is to find proof positive
of the flood tunnel.
409
00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,213
We have a couple of core holes
410
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:17,507
that seem to have encountered
the flood tunnel.
411
00:20:17,508 --> 00:20:19,718
Plan for the Upland area is,
412
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,262
uh, deeper and bigger.
413
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,852
Hey!
414
00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:31,271
That sounded like wood,
didn't it?
415
00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:33,231
Yeah, it did.
416
00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,233
When you was taking
417
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,695
that last bucket out, I heard
something creak like wood,
418
00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:41,197
‐and I see a big timber
down there. Really?
419
00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:43,074
Yeah, a big, square timber.
420
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:46,578
A large, square timber?
421
00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,372
Have Marty, Alex and Gary
encountered part
422
00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:51,416
of the same wooden structure
that the team
423
00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:53,126
drilled into earlier this year
424
00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:56,254
some 50 feet deep
in the Uplands area?
425
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,214
That big timber.
426
00:20:58,215 --> 00:20:59,716
Probably about that big.
427
00:20:59,717 --> 00:21:02,427
It's in situ
about three feet down.
428
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:03,596
Okay. We'll get it.
429
00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:09,226
It's underneath that crack.
430
00:21:11,187 --> 00:21:12,645
It's not that one, is it?
431
00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:14,564
That's not it, no.
It's still in situ.
432
00:21:14,565 --> 00:21:15,566
It's deeper.
433
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:25,117
It should be out
with this bucket.
434
00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:29,621
‐There it is.
435
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:30,997
There it is.
436
00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:32,165
Hey!
437
00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,333
It's right there.
438
00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:35,628
Couple pieces.
439
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,463
Here?
440
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:40,256
Ooh! Look!
‐ There it is.
441
00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:42,133
Yeah, there's
a lot of wood down there.
442
00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,135
Yep.
443
00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:47,598
Now we're cookin'.
444
00:21:49,099 --> 00:21:51,643
I see another timber there
going that way.
445
00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:53,562
Hey!
446
00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:57,148
This has been unexcavated
before?
447
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,817
Yep.
448
00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:00,109
This is totally in situ.
449
00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:01,694
Look at the different
color here.
450
00:22:01,695 --> 00:22:03,656
‐Let me
I'm gonna jump down in here. Mm.
451
00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,827
Right here.
452
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:10,161
This is all wood.
453
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,580
Down here
maybe the flood tunnel?
454
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:14,624
But it looks like
it's not just tossed
455
00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,543
in there
it's placed in there.
456
00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:18,670
‐Take another chunk out.
‐Where?
457
00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:19,964
Right there.
458
00:22:31,642 --> 00:22:33,852
Definitely one there
and one here.
459
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,979
And this was perpendicular
to that one.
460
00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:38,147
‐Is it?
‐Pretty sure that's a cut end.
461
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,358
Right?
462
00:22:43,487 --> 00:22:45,989
Yeah, I mean, this is cut.
463
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:47,156
Right here.
464
00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:49,702
So somebody put this here.
465
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,373
Yeah, I wouldn't
be surprised if that's a shaft
466
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,666
or a tunnel.
467
00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:58,586
Some kind of structure
down there.
468
00:22:59,837 --> 00:23:01,880
A shaft or tunnel?
469
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:04,257
Found some 15 feet deep?
470
00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:07,010
Could it have been built here
by previous treasure hunters
471
00:23:07,011 --> 00:23:09,721
in an attempt to intercept
a flood tunnel?
472
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:12,682
Or could this structure
actually be part
473
00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:15,226
of the flooding system itself?
474
00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,103
What I'm hoping is...
475
00:23:17,104 --> 00:23:19,856
that we find
the flood tunnel itself.
476
00:23:19,857 --> 00:23:23,067
But the earlier searchers had
more information than we had.
477
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:24,903
They knew
where the finger drains
478
00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:27,697
converged,
at least in a general sense.
479
00:23:27,698 --> 00:23:29,908
So whether it's searcher
or original works,
480
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:31,409
we need to excavate
481
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:32,827
and see what they found.
482
00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:35,413
All right, guys,
what do you think?
483
00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:38,082
These guys are telling me that's
a big structure down there.
484
00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:40,377
I'm gonna climb down
in there and shoot it.
485
00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:44,422
You should check
486
00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:45,965
‐that timber out, Scott.
It's impressive. ‐Yeah.
487
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,593
I'm gonna go down
and have a look.
488
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:56,225
It looks very disturbed in here.
489
00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:58,227
I mean, this looks
like backfill to me.
490
00:23:58,228 --> 00:24:00,563
Not natural material.
491
00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:02,523
‐You seeing the edge
of a wall there, Scott? ‐Yeah.
492
00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:04,567
There is other timber here.
We'll come out
493
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:06,778
of the hole, take some more
out of the bank right here
494
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,571
and see how far
it continues to go.
495
00:24:08,572 --> 00:24:09,739
We'll find out soon enough.
496
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,407
Hey, Alex?
497
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:12,742
‐Yes?
‐Well, yeah,
498
00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:15,454
‐I'll do it if you want.
‐Yeah. Just go real slow.
499
00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:25,547
Yep, that's wood.
500
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,592
This is probably a shaft.
501
00:24:30,928 --> 00:24:33,972
This is very similar
to the shafts last year.
502
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:35,765
Wow.
503
00:24:35,766 --> 00:24:37,392
Looks pretty big.
504
00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:38,977
Yeah, it's huge.
505
00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,937
That's definitely
a structure now.
506
00:24:40,938 --> 00:24:42,647
‐It all is a clue, so...
‐That's right.
507
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:44,232
One more piece of the puzzle.
508
00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:46,192
Let's get Laird here,
let's get Rick here,
509
00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:49,320
and, uh,
we'll see what this means.
510
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:50,990
This is exciting.
511
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,289
We started digging,
512
00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:02,834
and damned
if we didn't hit a tunnel.
513
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,420
One day after finding
a possible tunnel
514
00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,630
in the Uplands area
of Smith's Cove,
515
00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,966
Marty Lagina is eager to show
his brother Rick
516
00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:13,344
and archaeologist Laird Niven
what he believes might be
517
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,346
a breakthrough discovery.
518
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,390
‐Where is it?
Uh, kind of in line
519
00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:19,934
with the wall we found
last year and...
520
00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:22,395
a little bit askew
of the Cave‐In Pit.
521
00:25:22,396 --> 00:25:23,813
It looks like
it's well constructed.
522
00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:26,065
‐But no record of it.
‐No.
523
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:27,817
You'll have to take a look.
524
00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:29,652
It's right over there.
525
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:30,903
Hey, guys.
526
00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:32,405
Hey, Marty.
‐How's it going?
527
00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:34,240
It's good.
We're having a good day.
528
00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:36,075
We've got a big timber
across there
529
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:38,161
and a big round timber
coming there.
530
00:25:38,162 --> 00:25:40,496
There's one
main beam there, Laird.
531
00:25:40,497 --> 00:25:43,416
A big... a big thing.
532
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:45,418
A notched piece
came out of here.
533
00:25:45,419 --> 00:25:46,502
Kind of in there.
534
00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:48,629
That notched one came
535
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,715
when we took the last scoop out.
536
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,800
Interesting, for sure.
‐ Yeah.
537
00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:55,970
Gary, you said you saw
a cross member back here.
538
00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:59,098
Yeah, and it's a different
kind it's more like a log.
539
00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:01,769
Kind of similar
to the U‐shaped structure logs.
540
00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:04,562
A log?
541
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,189
Similar to the ones used
542
00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:08,316
to build the massive
U‐shaped structure
543
00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:11,069
uncovered at Smith's Cove
last year?
544
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,029
And which was
scientifically proven
545
00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:16,157
to have been built in 1769...
546
00:26:16,158 --> 00:26:20,661
over two decades before
the discovery of the Money Pit?
547
00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,289
Those logs
and the construction method...
548
00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:25,166
could be original.
549
00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:27,418
But... why speculate?
550
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:30,004
I think we need
to keep digging.
551
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:32,549
Let's go.
552
00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:44,185
There's so much
undocumented stuff going on,
553
00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:45,895
‐especially in this area.
‐Yeah. Yeah.
554
00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:49,899
‐Yeah. Pretty disturbed
on both sides of it.
555
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,235
There's a big piece there.
556
00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:56,656
Whoa!
557
00:26:56,657 --> 00:26:58,324
Yeah, see, there‐there it is.
558
00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:01,327
‐Look at this, right here.
‐Yeah, I see that. Yeah.
559
00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:03,329
Just buckled the timber.
560
00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:05,414
You'd expect that
from an abandoned shaft, right?
561
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:06,624
‐ Mm‐hmm.
Yeah.
562
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:07,751
Yeah.
563
00:27:10,838 --> 00:27:13,881
That is parallel.
564
00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:16,175
I thought the whole thing
was kittywampus, but it's not.
565
00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:17,802
That's parallel to that beam.
566
00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:19,471
‐Right?
‐ Yeah.
567
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:22,723
Square‐cut nail.
568
00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:24,767
Show that to Gary.
569
00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:25,853
Yeah.
570
00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:28,354
‐Oh.
‐That's interesting.
571
00:27:28,355 --> 00:27:30,857
Oh, yeah. Yeah,
that is a nice oldie, isn't it?
572
00:27:30,858 --> 00:27:33,109
‐Yeah.
Round nails came in
573
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:34,694
in, like, 1880
or something like that.
574
00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:37,113
Yeah. Looks handmade, Rick.
575
00:27:37,114 --> 00:27:38,781
Oh, really?
576
00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:40,741
Precursor to a cut nail.
577
00:27:40,742 --> 00:27:44,036
Cut nail would have
two flat sides...
578
00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:46,122
be wider.
579
00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:47,790
Hey, guys.
580
00:27:47,791 --> 00:27:49,750
Hey, everybody's here.
581
00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:52,336
‐Want to see a cool spike, mate?
‐Yeah.
582
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,755
There you go.
583
00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:57,884
‐Wow.
‐More than likely early 1800s.
584
00:27:57,885 --> 00:28:00,720
Like an early cut nail,
isn't it?
585
00:28:00,721 --> 00:28:03,264
Who would have been here
early 1800s?
586
00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:06,183
1800 to, say, 1850.
587
00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,186
Well, that's easy. 1849,
you have the Truro Company here.
588
00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:11,188
‐Mm.
‐They put a cofferdam in 1850.
589
00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,858
They may have come back here
and tried to, you know,
590
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,402
backtrack, trying to find
where the flood tunnel is,
591
00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,738
and‐and did some type
of a structure back here.
592
00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:21,240
Because it is Gary's assessment
593
00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:25,620
that the square‐cut nail dates
back to the early 19th century,
594
00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:27,330
the structure
the team has uncovered
595
00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:29,332
was most likely built
by searchers
596
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,210
sometime after 1795.
597
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:36,130
But is it possible
that these searchers
598
00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:38,841
could have successfully found
the main flood tunnel?
599
00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:42,053
And, if so, could
further excavation of the shaft
600
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:45,473
finally lead the team
to their target?
601
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:48,809
The timbers are interesting,
for sure.
602
00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:50,102
It is suspicious that there's
603
00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:51,771
so many massive pieces
right here.
604
00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,314
‐I mean...
Yeah.
605
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:55,692
‐Where did they come from?
‐Where'd they come from?
606
00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:03,574
Whoa! Whoa!
‐ Billy!
607
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,284
Hold!
608
00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,161
You got a big chunk of it.
609
00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:09,121
‐ Yeah, you got a chunk
of it right there, Bill. ‐Yeah.
610
00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:12,458
‐ That's a big log.
‐ Yeah. That is.
611
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:14,752
There you go.
‐ Yeah, that's good.
612
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:16,420
Just come out.
613
00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:19,382
This thing is gigantic.
614
00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:21,175
Hey, Billy?
615
00:29:21,176 --> 00:29:23,219
You can get rid
of that stuff there.
616
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:25,179
This stuff here?
617
00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:26,973
There you go.
618
00:29:26,974 --> 00:29:29,725
Smith's Cove has offered up
619
00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:32,019
a whole bunch of stuff
that we didn't expect.
620
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:34,230
Structures all over the place.
621
00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:36,399
We're finding out
about all kinds of things
622
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:37,733
that we didn't know were ther.
623
00:29:37,734 --> 00:29:39,193
That is big.
624
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:40,736
That must be the biggest piece
625
00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:43,114
‐of wood we've seen down here.
Oh, yeah.
626
00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:45,366
Other than the U‐shape.
627
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,995
And I think
this is a notch, right here.
628
00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:51,455
There's a lot of data
629
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:54,875
adding up to support that
a flood tunnel really exists,
630
00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:57,128
and did exist,
here on Oak Island.
631
00:29:57,129 --> 00:30:01,257
And it's gonna be well worth
digging in and around those
632
00:30:01,258 --> 00:30:03,259
to see what we can find.
633
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:07,388
There's no doubt about this
this is a massive project.
634
00:30:07,389 --> 00:30:11,184
We'll dig that big one out
and see what happens.
635
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:17,815
Later that day,
as Rick and the team
636
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:20,777
continue their excavation
in the Uplands area...
637
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:24,280
It's just up here on the right.
638
00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:25,656
Okay.
639
00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,284
...Marty, Alex and Gary
have traveled
640
00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:30,286
some 20 miles north
of Oak Island
641
00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:32,288
to the Ross Farm Museum,
642
00:30:32,289 --> 00:30:35,834
located in the nearby town
of New Ross, Nova Scotia.
643
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,338
We're about to get some
answers on these mystery items.
644
00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:42,882
They've arranged
645
00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:44,925
for blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
646
00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:47,928
to inspect a number
of mysterious iron objects
647
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:52,308
recently found during
the excavation in the swamp.
648
00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:54,894
In addition
to the old iron strap
649
00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:56,854
discovered one day ago...
650
00:30:56,855 --> 00:31:00,191
‐That is a really old pick!
‐they are also eager
651
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:01,859
for Carmen to examine
652
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:03,319
two possible
17th‐century digging tools
653
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,362
found last week
654
00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:08,574
near the northern point,
655
00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:11,869
also known
as the Eye of the Swamp.
656
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,206
Carmen!
657
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:17,792
We're here to see you again.
658
00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:19,335
Brought my buddies.
659
00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:20,961
How are you, sir?
660
00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:23,339
‐G‐Good.
‐Carmen, good to see you again.
661
00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:24,799
Hello, mate.
662
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,301
‐We got some stuff.
‐Oh, wonderful.
663
00:31:27,302 --> 00:31:30,346
All of these came
from the back of the swamp.
664
00:31:30,347 --> 00:31:33,891
We found a big chunk of iron,
and we kept digging.
665
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:37,062
We'd like you to tell us
how old this stuff is.
666
00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,859
We were thinking
667
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:45,779
it's a shovel... spade.
668
00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:53,703
‐Mm. ‐Oh.
‐Um...
669
00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:58,792
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐Mm‐hmm.
670
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,385
‐Mm‐hmm.
Show him the stuff
671
00:32:09,386 --> 00:32:10,970
‐you found with it. Might help.
‐Yeah. ‐Yeah.
672
00:32:10,971 --> 00:32:12,763
Here's the next one.
673
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:14,432
‐That's a tool.
‐Yup.
674
00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:29,906
Would you say it's kind of
like a tunneling pick?
675
00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:32,950
Mm.
676
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,244
‐Yeah.
‐Yeah.
677
00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:39,249
Yup. Yup.
678
00:32:46,548 --> 00:32:49,008
There you go.
679
00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:50,844
Wow. That's cool.
680
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,931
At the Ross Farm Museum
681
00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:58,100
in New Ross, Nova Scotia,
682
00:32:58,101 --> 00:33:00,477
blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge
683
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,813
has just shared
his incredible assessment
684
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:05,649
that the hand‐forged
iron pickax recently found
685
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:08,152
in the Oak Island swamp
could date back
686
00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:10,821
as early
as the mid‐18th century.
687
00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:13,532
Could the team
have found evidence
688
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:15,701
that tunneling took place in
the area prior to the discovery
689
00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,996
of the Money Pit in 1795?
690
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:24,335
But if so, by who,
and for what purpose?
691
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,129
Is that a local style, or
692
00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:28,924
could that have come
from Europe?
693
00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:39,850
Mm‐hmm.
Well, the amazing thing,
694
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,770
I mean, these were found
at the back of the swamp.
695
00:33:43,396 --> 00:33:44,855
Mm.
696
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,191
‐Yeah. Mm‐hmm.
‐Yeah.
697
00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:50,694
Carmen Legge opines
that the pick could've been used
698
00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:52,863
for tunneling,
but let's face it.
699
00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,865
We know that searchers did
a lot of tunneling,
700
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,575
but there's also conjecture
701
00:33:56,576 --> 00:33:58,869
that original depositors did
a lot of tunneling.
702
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,872
There's evidence perhaps
of tunneling under the swamp,
703
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,208
tunneling up by the Money Pit,
704
00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:07,211
and our almost impossible task
705
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:10,214
is to sort out
who did what tunnels.
706
00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:12,174
‐What's next?
‐All right.
707
00:34:12,175 --> 00:34:15,136
We saved the best
'till the last, we hope.
708
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:19,015
And this came out of the spoils.
709
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,232
We knew
he'd be interested in that!
710
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:29,608
Gary.
711
00:34:29,609 --> 00:34:31,610
We looked at this,
and we thought
712
00:34:31,611 --> 00:34:34,321
this was similar
to that strap that you found
713
00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,616
was interesting that
we recovered in Smith's Cove.
714
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,706
Here we go.
715
00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:14,111
‐Yes!
Really? Seriously?
716
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,656
That's what we're looking for
in the swamp an old ship!
717
00:35:18,992 --> 00:35:22,119
The iron strap
from an old ship?
718
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,832
And found near the mysterious
stone‐paved area in the swamp?
719
00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:28,459
What would it have been used
for exactly?
720
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,462
To hold timber to timber?
721
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:33,589
‐Wow.
‐Wow.
722
00:35:33,590 --> 00:35:35,008
‐Yeah, it's fantastic.
‐Um...
723
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,973
Could this iron strap
be evidence
724
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:44,850
of a ship visiting Oak Island
725
00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:48,187
as much as 85 years before
the discovery of the Money Pit?
726
00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:51,982
And if so, could it also
support the theory
727
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,817
that a large sailing vessel
was
728
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:55,986
as the late Fred Nolan believd
729
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:58,238
and as recent seismic data
suggested
730
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:02,576
buried beneath the muck
and sludge centuries ago?
731
00:36:02,577 --> 00:36:04,662
You know what?
He had a hunch about this.
732
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:07,623
Yeah. I love those dates.
I mean, that really is...
733
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:10,085
That's the golden age of piracy,
right there.
734
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,427
How do you know that?
735
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,099
‐Wow.
‐Hmm.
736
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,017
‐Yeah.
‐A burnt a burnt ship
737
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:28,352
in the swamp, Gary.
738
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,646
‐That is fantastic. Yup.
‐Yeah, that is.
739
00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:32,314
What is that doing in the swamp?
740
00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:34,358
‐Yeah. ‐What's a ship doing
in the swamp?
741
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:37,528
‐Well, a bit of a ship.
‐Well... Wow.
742
00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:39,697
You burn it.
‐Yeah.
743
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:42,032
‐Hmm. Boy.
‐Wow.
744
00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:44,868
Could Carmen Legge's
notion be correct?
745
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,787
Might the charring
746
00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:49,498
on the eighteenth century
ship's strap be evidence
747
00:36:49,499 --> 00:36:51,208
that a galleon ship
was not just
748
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:54,378
buried in the possibly manmade
Oak Island swamp
749
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:56,422
but intentionally burned
750
00:36:56,423 --> 00:36:59,049
in an effort
to conceal any trace of it?
751
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,760
But if so, by whom?
752
00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:04,054
And just what were they trying
to hide
753
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,889
that made such an ingenious
754
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:09,893
and incredibly engineered
hiding place so necessary?
755
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:13,897
Wow. Uh, what is going on
in this swamp?
756
00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:16,066
Was I surprised? Yes.
757
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:20,070
These dates of 1710 to 1790
that Carmen Legge gave us
758
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:24,116
for this strap on a ship is
actually scary to me, because,
759
00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:27,411
as I sit here right now,
I'm more or less certain
760
00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,413
that something significant
happened here
761
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,790
mid‐1700s on this island.
762
00:37:31,791 --> 00:37:34,084
Well, that is really cool.
763
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:37,713
I got to think about what that
means, but it's definitely cool.
764
00:37:37,714 --> 00:37:41,258
So, we brought you in a box
full of scrap from the swamp,
765
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:42,801
and we're leaving with a box
766
00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,637
full of shipwreck
and mining stuff.
767
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,599
Thank you for analyzing it.
768
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,601
I appreciate it,
and we'll‐well be back.
769
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:51,978
We're gonna find
some more stuff.
770
00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:55,690
Thanks for the great news.
771
00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:01,403
Oh, sure.
We catch you drinking, huh?
772
00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:03,655
‐We're out working, and
we catch you guys drinking. ‐Hey, guys.
773
00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,991
‐ Hey, guys. ‐There they are.
‐What's the deal?
774
00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:07,367
‐You've got good news for us?
‐We do.
775
00:38:07,368 --> 00:38:08,994
Following their meeting
776
00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:10,996
with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge,
777
00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:15,167
Marty and Alex Lagina,
along with Gary Drayton,
778
00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:18,170
arrive at the Mug and Anchor
Pub in nearby Mahone Bay,
779
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:20,255
where they are eager
to share his report
780
00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:24,218
with Rick Lagina
and other members of the team.
781
00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:26,428
Any time you go show stuff
to Carmen, you get a surprise.
782
00:38:26,429 --> 00:38:28,430
‐ Mm‐hmm.
Yeah.
783
00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:29,723
What did you end up showing him
this time?
784
00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:32,226
I kind of knew
he would be excited about this.
785
00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:34,561
And he turned it over
and over and over.
786
00:38:34,562 --> 00:38:36,271
According to Carmen,
787
00:38:36,272 --> 00:38:42,069
this is a brace
from a typical nine‐inch
788
00:38:42,070 --> 00:38:44,404
diameter ship's timber.
789
00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:50,077
And it's broken, and it would've
been all the way around.
790
00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:53,038
And he was really excited
about this.
791
00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:55,165
‐And then he measured it,
which was interesting. ‐Yeah.
792
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:58,377
He measured the distance, and
he went like this, and he said,
793
00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:00,254
"This is off a sailing ship."
794
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:01,797
‐Yup. ‐ Wow.
‐That's what he said.
795
00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:04,591
An old ship, as well.
796
00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:06,927
So you know what I'm gonna
ask you, Gary. How old was it?
797
00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:12,432
He said this was typical
1710 to 1790.
798
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:13,892
Wow.
‐Hey.
799
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:15,686
What's a ship part doing there?
800
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,355
Well, we have got that ship
anomaly in that area.
801
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,941
‐ That's true.
‐This seems to have come under
802
00:39:20,942 --> 00:39:22,734
significant stress.
803
00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:24,862
He didn't say anything
about that?
804
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,322
‐It was burned, as well.
‐ Yup.
805
00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:29,241
‐It's signs of being burned.
Oh, that's right, yeah.
806
00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:31,076
He was certain
it had been burned.
807
00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:33,371
And he said in a fierce fire.
808
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:37,374
What if it just ran aground?
809
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,501
What if it's carrying a bunch of
treasure, and it runs aground,
810
00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:41,044
and you need to offload it
and hide it,
811
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:42,671
‐because you can't get it off?
And then... Yeah.
812
00:39:42,672 --> 00:39:45,424
And what better way to hide it
set fire to it?
813
00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,927
One of the theories
about the swamp is that
814
00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:52,514
the‐the treasure ship is brought
in, offloaded of treasure,
815
00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:55,017
and it either became grounded
or they... for some reason,
816
00:39:55,018 --> 00:39:56,643
they couldn't get the ship out,
817
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:58,729
and either burnt the ship
or blew it up.
818
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:02,774
Say they needed the paved area,
a working platform, to offload.
819
00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:05,527
Well, you're not gonna
get it precise, right?
820
00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:08,822
It just needed
to be a working platform.
821
00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:11,116
So, they don't fashion it
perfectly.
822
00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:14,703
They're in a haste to get
whatever's on the ship off.
823
00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:16,955
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐They lay down a bunch of rocks,
824
00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:18,415
it doesn't have to be smooth.
825
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:21,543
Look, the swamp to me was always
interesting, right?
826
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,587
There's certainly
something there.
827
00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:26,381
There's some work yet
to be done.
828
00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:29,426
Maybe we find something
that is highly definitive.
829
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,261
Agreed. Well, Jack, I'll bet
830
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:34,222
you're anxious to quit sitting
around and get back to digging.
831
00:40:34,223 --> 00:40:36,767
Oh, there's got to be more
pieces of the ship in the swamp.
832
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:39,686
‐That sounds like an end
to this meeting to me. ‐Yeah.
833
00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:41,980
‐Cheers! Cheers!
Salud!
834
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:44,524
For the Laginas
and their partners,
835
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:48,737
another week
of hard work has ended.
836
00:40:48,738 --> 00:40:50,864
But unlike most, this time,
837
00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:52,950
they not only believe
they might
838
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:55,702
have found the location
of the original Money Pit.
839
00:40:55,703 --> 00:40:58,205
They have also obtained
physical evidence
840
00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:01,667
that a ship,
possibly filled with treasure,
841
00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:04,252
could have been deliberately
sunk, and then hidden,
842
00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:06,838
in the triangle‐shaped swamp.
843
00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:10,092
Could Rick, Marty
and their team
844
00:41:10,093 --> 00:41:14,721
finally be on the verge of
solving a 225‐year‐old mystery?
845
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:16,348
Or will they find
846
00:41:16,349 --> 00:41:18,392
that they've only just
scratched the surface
847
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:21,937
of a much larger
and more profound history?
848
00:41:21,938 --> 00:41:25,065
One that will challenge
everything they think they know
849
00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:28,360
about a small 140‐acre island
850
00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:30,947
off the coast of Nova Scotia?
851
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,452
Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...
852
00:41:37,453 --> 00:41:39,329
We have got a target here, Jack.
853
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:40,998
Oh, look at that.
854
00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:42,207
What the heck is that?
855
00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,711
Does it look old to you?
856
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:49,673
That's what we're
looking for in the swamp.
857
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,008
Very cool.
858
00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:53,385
What is that, mate?
That looks like a tunnel!
859
00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:55,929
There's a massive structure
going on here.
860
00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:57,682
What have you found now, Jack?
861
00:42:02,395 --> 00:42:08,131
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