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Rick: Now we've got the largest can possible.
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-So it's a little bit
bigger this year.
-Yeah, much bigger. Wow.
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Ian: The cores show high lead and mercury at the base.
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The eye was excavated
to extract clay.
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Steve w.:
We have two anomalies here.
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It's like treasure chest
anomaly.
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We got five different experts
saying this is man-made.
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-Wow.
-Vanessa: We're gonna start
slamming can.
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-Marty: It's time to dig!
-Here we go.
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Rick:
Does this one come
with a guarantee?
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100% treasure
guaranteed, yep.
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Okay!
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Narrator: 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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marty: Trucks are on their way, guys.
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Dave: Good.
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Narrator: As a new day begins on oak island
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for brothers rick and marty lagina and their team,
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they are about to begin their most ambitious
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and expensive operation yet,
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in the hopes of finally locating the fabled money pit
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treasure shaft and solving
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a 225-year-old mystery.
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Dave:
There she is!
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-Hi!
-Marty: Howdy, howdy!
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Hey, guys.
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Hello, vanessa and team.
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-Hey, guys.
-How are ya?
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Narrator: Today, the team
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from irving equipment limited,
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along with roc equipment,
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are delivering a number of massive steel
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caissons, each measuring
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eight-feet-wide by 26-feet-long,
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as well as the heavy equipment needed to drive and stack them
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into the earth down to depths of more than 200 feet.
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I don't know if you guys
can see that our can's a little
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-bit bigger this year.
-Marty:
It's a little bit bigger.
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We've got a lot
of washing to do.
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You've got
a lot of washing to do.
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Narrator: Unlike the 60-inch-wide shafts
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that the oak island team has put down in recent years,
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these larger caissons will allow them to excavate
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and search through more than twice the amount of earth
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or spoils for any evidence of the fabled chappell vault
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first reported by searchers in 1897,
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at a depth of more than 150 feet underground.
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We've pushed the envelope here.
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The-the thing that has been so
difficult about the money pit,
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is you don't know
if you miss it by a centimeter
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or a millimeter or five feet.
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Well, now we've got
the largest can possible
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to try to encompass
as large an area as possible.
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How much can is here?
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We brought up 210 feet.
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-That should do.
-Yeah.
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So we'll need to leave,
you know,
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six to eight feet
through the oscillator,
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so we'll be able to get
down to 202 for you.
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Do you think you'll get to 202?
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We'll see-- we brought up
a different set of teeth,
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and it's placed a little
bit different, and we
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did our starter can
as a two-inch wall,
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the entire thing versus
just the cutting shoe,
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so, you know, and we got a lot,
a lot more weight this year.
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So the starter can last year
only weighed 30,000 pounds.
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This year's starter can
weighs 54,000.
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-Wow.
-So almost twice.
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This project
is completely different
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than any other project we do.
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But I've been pulled on this adventure.
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And as-as rick says, I'm invested.
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So we were very excited
to be able to come back up
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and have another shot
to help them find
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and discover
and get their answers.
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You got a location this year?
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We got a pretty good
target down deep,
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-which would explain a lot.
-Rick: We've done a lot
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of research
and we really believe
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we've located what we believe
to be the money pit.
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Narrator: Earlier this year,
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rick, marty, craig and members of the team
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conducted an extensive core-drilling operation
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in the money pit area.
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This led to the discovery
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of numerous compelling clues..
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Whoa! This is hand-cut.
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This is cut with an axe.
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Marty:
That is quite remarkable.
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Narrator: ...Including axe-cut wood
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from a mysterious wooden structure
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at a depth of some 106 feet
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in a borehole known as fg-12.
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A wooden structure that when carbon tested,
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proved to date back more than a century
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before the discovery of the original money pit
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in 1795.
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We spent most of the summer
getting ready, really, to dig.
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We haven't done a lot
of true exploration till,
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till you guys arrived,
so we're ready now.
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-Now it's time to dig. Yeah.
-It's time to dig!
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Narrator: While the teams from irving equipment limited
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and roc equipment
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begin their extensive preparations
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at the money pit dig site...
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Rick: Hey, guys.
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Narrator: ...Rick lagina heads over to
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the triangle-shaped swamp where other members of the team,
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along with geoscientist, dr. Ian spooner,
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are continuing to investigate a mysterious formation
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of boulders and other stones near the northernmost point.
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Also known as the "eye of the swamp,"
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the team believes this strange area,
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where no vegetation seems to grow,
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may represent the "all-seeing eye,"
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a symbol whose origins date back to the ancient egyptians.
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The symbol was also adopted and made sacred
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by the order of medieval warrior monks
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known as the knights templar,
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as well as their descendants, the freemasons.
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It is also where oak island theorists chris morford
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and corjan mol believe could mark the location
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of a vast treasure vault.
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you look a bit exasperated.
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Well...
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This material,
I'm almost, you know, 95
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to 98% certain-- I think gary's
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got a sample of it up there.
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There's a piece here.
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- You see the organic
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-Yep.
-We got this organic material,
then into the gray material.
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In the surface, it's obviously
been heavily compacted.
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So the only way you can really
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get that in my books
is to have the rock...
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Come in later.
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Yeah.
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Rick: The theorists presented
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a very compelling case
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that the stone is bang on to the theory.
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ian:
You know, we looked
at some samples
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we took before from here.
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And so in the bottom
of the core,
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we get this high mercury
and high, high, um, lead.
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The cores in it show high lead
and mercury at the base
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and some really
interesting things
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that speak more specifically
to human activity.
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Narrator: High levels of mercury?
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And found at the eye of the swamp?
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Ian:
It's not what we see
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in all the other
environments we have.
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Something was going on here,
but it's anomalous.
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I don't know.
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I am trying to figure it out.
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Rick: Certainly one of the most stunning aspects
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of the test results was that
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it contained a high level of mercury.
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Well, you take that little bit
of information and you round
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to, certainly,
the baconian connection.
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Francis bacon had
developed a process
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by which documents could be
preserved with mercury.
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Narrator: The 17th century english philosopher, politician,
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and scientist, sir francis bacon
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was not only a highly respected member
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of queen elizabeth's court,
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he was also believed to bethe leader of the rosicrucians,
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a secret society of intellectuals,
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who many believe are responsible for the burial
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of a vast treasure on oak island
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that included a number of sacred artifacts
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connected to the knights templar,
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as well as volumes of ancient knowledge.
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In his scientific work,
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novum organum,
published in 1620,
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bacon detailed a method for preserving documents
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by placing them in sealedcontainers filled with mercury.
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Has the team actually found hard scientific evidence
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that supports this incredible theory?
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- If you're correct and they,
this was dug... -
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-I'd like to know how deep.
-Sure, if you go down
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to refusal, then we can
see a nice face there.
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-Yes.
-Yeah.
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I think we go back
and we lay it out
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and see if we see
some sort of connection.
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But for right now, it's all
about, you know, eyes and boots.
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Ian:
So for me,
this area was critical
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because it shows human activity
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that was significant.
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That's what we know right now.
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We gonna move those rocks
over there?
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Yep.
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Ian:
This is where they excavated.
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And if there's any artifact,
I think it'd be
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-in here.
-If we're gonna find
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anything to tell us...
Who and when,
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or even what,
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it's gonna be in this material.
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Billy:
We'll keep working along.
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Narrator: As another day begins on oak island,
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and while rick lagina
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supervises the teams from irving and roc
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as they continue preparations
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for a large-scale dig in the money pit area...
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Okay, guys.
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Here we are.
Ian, how are you, sir?
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Good to see you
back on the island.
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-Happy to be here.
-Yeah, you know...
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Narrator: ...Marty lagina, his son alex,
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and archeologist laird niven, along with
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fellow oak island landowner tom nolan, meet
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once again with geoscientist dr. Ian spooner
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at the triangle-shaped swamp.
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This is, aaron,
aaron taylor.
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-Hi, aaron. I'm marty.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
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Narrator: Joining them is dr. Spooner's colleague,
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archaeologist aaron taylor.
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Well, we're really
glad you're here.
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We have some interesting things
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we've dug up in the swamp here.
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We're trying to make
heads or tails of them.
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We seriously welcome your input.
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Aaron:
Hopefully, I can help
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-in some small way.
-Great, let's go.
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Narrator: As a professor of archeology at st. Mary's university
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in nearby halifax, aaron has spent
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nearly a decade studying historical sites
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in both coastal and wetland areas
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across nova scotia.
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Today, he has been invited to examine
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the mysterious stone formations that the team has recently
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uncovered in the area,
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including at the so-called eye of the swamp,
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and the massive stone-paved feature,
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or possible ship's wharf, unearthed earlier this year.
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Marty:
This is the so-called
paved area.
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Yeah, it's a puzzling thing.
What do you see here?
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-Can I go down a little closer?
-You can do whatever you want.
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Billy:
Some of that sediment is
from back--
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this is the low point.
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He probably talked about
the eye of the swamp.
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So, if this was all natural,
where-- why no stumps?
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Why no soil?
Why no nothing?
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Aaron:
Yeah, well, it didn't arrive
when the glaciers--
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in my opinion-- when the
glaciers came through here
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and deposited this.
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Just because there wouldn't be
such a pronounced interface
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between the stones and the clay.
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Ian:
I don't mind the first layer
of stones.
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Like this?
This is fine. That's embedded.
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But the stones above it,
I can't figure it out.
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It's incredibly level.
There's no stumps.
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There's-there's no other place
in the swamp like it.
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In archaeology, we have
an expression:
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When in doubt, excavate.
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So if we can take a section,
excavate it,
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that would be interesting,
just to see the boundary of it.
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Hey, billy, how long would
it take to bail that down
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so you can see the interface?
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Just a couple minutes.
Doesn't take long.
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-Can you hop in there?
-Yeah.
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Marty:
Tom, what are you thinking?
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You and the swamp go back
a long ways.
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We do, marty.
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I mean, we were never
into it like this
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and finding this stuff.
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But you don't run into
something like this in a bog.
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- It's-it's just--
it's not natural.
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ian:
That's great.
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Aaron:
Like, look at this, and then
compare it to over there.
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Ian:
Yeah, totally different.
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Aaron:
Yeah. Yeah, that was perfect.
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'cause now we see the difference
between here and there.
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And the till is here.
Right there.
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And it's lower there, and yet
it's a flat surface.
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And so, I just don't get it.
Other than...
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Aaron:
Yeah, that's not
10,000 years old.
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No, it isn't.
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Marty:
Aaron, if you had to guess,
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-what is this?
-I don't know what it is,
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but I believe that
it was intentionally made.
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-Man-made?
-Man-made.
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So it's just--
it's too level, in my opinion,
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to be a-a naturally occurring
thing.
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Marty:
For what it's worth,
I'll just tell you.
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We have one other spot
I'd love to show you, aaron.
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-Great. I'd love to see it.
-I mean, I think--
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I think we've puzzled you enough
with this one.
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Yeah, this is... This is fun.
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Let's go look.
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Marty: I think something like five or six experts
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have looked at this, and they're all quite certain
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it's a man-made structure
of some sort.
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So I have to go with that.
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And I'm happy that perhaps rick is right;
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that the swamp has answers,
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that the swamp is a key
to this whole thing.
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This is the so-called "eye,"
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which has the rocks
all the way around it.
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And then, dr. Spooner believes
it was excavated.
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And I guess down there
in the bottom,
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which I can't see right now,
it's all nice, smooth clay.
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Narrator: In addition to the large boulders the team has found
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at the so-called eye of the swamp,
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over the past few weeks, the team has made
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a number of equally curious discoveries in the area,
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such as blue clay, similar to the kind
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reportedly found by daniel mcginnis
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and members of the onslow company in 1804
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while excavating the original money pit.
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The laginas and their team also discovered
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a number of tree stumps surrounding the site,
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which is unusual,considering the fact that trees
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do not commonly grow in wetland environments.
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This evidence has given further credence
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to the analysis presented earlier this year
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by dr. Spooner, suggesting that significant human activity
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took place in this area during the late 17th century,
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more than 100 years prior to the discovery of the money pit
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in 1795.
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Ian: The deal here was when we
cored it, we got a nice record
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of sediment that we know goes
back about 300 years.
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And then, underneath that,
we had clay,
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and that clay that was disturbed
had wood in it.
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We dated that 1680.
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So, where I'm going with this
now is I think the eye,
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it was excavated
to extract clay.
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It was a clay mine.
That's what I believe it was.
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-If they're mining clay here...
-Yeah.
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...And there's a substantial
amount of clay here...
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-And you got to remember this
clay would have weighed a lot.
-Right.
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How would they get the clay
out of here?
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So what I'm thinking is if that
was intentionally leveled,
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which we believe it is,
why would they do it?
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They probably leveled it
so that they could get
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horse and carts in here.
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So I can see them
putting it in barrels,
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and taking it out.
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Narrator: If dr. Spooner and aaron taylor's theories are correct,
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the team might be able to find a direct link between
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the blue clay found in the swamp,
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and that used in the construction
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of the original money pit.
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If so, they might be able to determine not only a date
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when the treasure shaft was originally built,
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but also the identities of those who constructed it.
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Marty:This concept of dr. Spooner and professor taylor that the eye
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was used as a clay mine, that's interesting stuff.
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You couple that with the paved area being man-made.
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That, to me, would indicate that there was significant
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industrial-like activity on the island
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long before we thought anything should have happened here.
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So... The intrigue
of the mystery
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has actually intensified.
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-Aaron: I think it's man-made.
-Marty: Okay.
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I think here--
I agree with ian that
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-right here they were
mining clay.
-Okay.
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And there's quite possible
a connection to
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the leveling area and this area.
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This is probably the most
complex site I've ever been to.
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I don't know.
It's a mystery.
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All right, well, let's all
let that rattle around
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in our brains for a while,
and maybe we can
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come up with something.
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As usual, we've got
more questions than answers,
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but you know, you certainly,
verified that it looks like
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somebody did something
in here, so I don't know.
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-Thank you very much, aaron.
Thank you, dr. Spooner.
-Aaron: Yeah, thank you.
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-Ian: Yep.
-Marty: Let's go.
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Narrator: Following the day's activities in the swamp...
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-Alex: Hey, guys. -Charles: Hey, guys. -Rick: There they are.
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Narrator: ...Marty and alex head to the mug & anchor pub
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in nearby mahone bay
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to share their findings with rick lagina
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and other members of the team.
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Just a real brief preamble,
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and then I'm gonna let--
turn it over to alex.
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We met with yet another
archaeologist--
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his name is aaron taylor--
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to check out the man-made
question in the swamp,
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and tell 'em what--
tell 'em what happened, alex.
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I mean, we basically just
took him through the landmarks.
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First, we took him
to the paved area.
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And we also took him to
the eye of the swamp.
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And he thinks, actually,
having seen the clay
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that's around there, and having
thought about it a while,
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he speculated that it could have
actually been a clay mine.
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And he said, in conjunction
with the paved area,
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it does make sense that,
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if you are mining something
like clay, which is very heavy,
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you're gonna need a place
to get it out of the swamp.
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Of all the clays
I've seen on oak island,
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that was the most pure.
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But clay is extremely useful.
403
00:17:51,654 --> 00:17:53,613
I mean, you'd make vessels
out of it, too, right?
404
00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:55,198
I mean, pottery.
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It was probably used for
some works on oak island,
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whether it was searcher
or depositor.
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You know, when experts say 100%,
I perk up.
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You go to the paved area,
we got five
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different experts
from four different disciplines
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saying this is man-made.
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It could be two distinctly
different things going on:
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The money pit treasure story
and the swamp story.
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So, I hate to say this,
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and I know you probably won't
even raise your glass, but...
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- I may not.
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...I'll say just three words.
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To the swamp.
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-All: To the swamp.
-We'll drink to this.
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narrator: One day after new information was revealed to the team
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that could connect man-made activity in the swamp
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to the construction of the money pit...
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Look at the size of
that spherical grab, rick.
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-Rick: I know.
-Doug: That's huge.
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Narrator: ...Rick lagina, oak island historian doug crowell
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and surveyor steve guptill jon vanessa lucido and mike jardie
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at the money pit area... At the drill site
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that the team has dubbed "oc-1."
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so you really did bring
the big equipment.
429
00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,401
Hey, you said let's
go bigger this year.
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-I think that was my brother.
-I wasn't afraid.
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He said, "go big or go home."
that's what he said.
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-Morning.
-Morning.
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-Morning, vanessa.
-Vanessa, good to see you again.
-Morning.
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Are we on schedule
is the real key.
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Yeah, I think so.
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Hopefully tomorrow we'll be
putting the can in the ground.
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Narrator: As the team from irving equipment limited
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finishes building the massive frame bridge
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around the oc-1 dig site,
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a 60-ton rotating oscillator arrives on the island.
441
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Custom-built in south korea, it will be used to drill
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the massive eight-foot-wide digging caissons
443
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down into the ground at the money pit area
444
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in search of the original oak island treasure vault.
445
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Well, it's an exciting day today
because the oscillator
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is coming to the island.
447
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Up till now, the historical research, all the analytics,
448
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all the data acquisition has given us a spot.
449
00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:11,000
But the spot doesn't
mean anything
450
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if we can't get underground.
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That oscillator is gonna
do the trick.
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Vanessa:
All right, well, it looks like
the equipment's getting here.
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-Rick: Yep.
-The oscillator's
just pulling up.
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So it's a little bit bigger
this year.
455
00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:21,844
Yeah, much bigger. Yeah.
456
00:20:21,971 --> 00:20:22,970
-Yeah?
-How heavy?
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110,000 pounds.
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-And the other one was?
-64,000 pounds.
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-Wow. Double.
-This is almost double.
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Rick:
But it's no different, right,
than the other one you brought?
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Vanessa:
So, it-it is.
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But this is a crane-mount
oscillator,
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so it's going to attach
right to the crane.
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Narrator: As the oscillator drives the sections of steel caissons
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down to depths of some 200 feet,
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a 26-ton hammer grab tool will be used to excavate
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the tons of earth, as well as any objects, artifacts
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and hopefully treasure contained inside.
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Rick:
Does this one come
with a guarantee?
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Like, we are gonna find
something this hole?
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- 100% treasure guarantee.
472
00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:06,514
-yep. Yeah, they stamp that
right on the side.
-Okay.
473
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- Okay, everybody heard that.
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everybody heard that.
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Danny:
We're gonna start unchaining it?
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-Yeah. Let's go, boys.
-Let's do it.
477
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Vanessa:
We're gonna clear this area
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so we can fly
the oscillator over
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and we're gonna start
slamming can.
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Okay.
481
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Let's make this happen.
Let's find this thing.
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Narrator: As the team works to position
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the massive oscillator using a 220-ton crane,
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later that day,
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rick joins jack begley, metal detection expert gary drayton
486
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and heavy equipment operator billy gerhardt at the swamp.
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In light of the new evidence connecting the paved area
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to the eye of the swamp,
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rick is eager to attempt to uncover and explore
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more of the massive stone-paved feature
491
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to see just how big it might e
492
00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,904
and also, if any important clues
493
00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:07,158
as to its true origin can be discovered.
494
00:22:07,285 --> 00:22:10,911
We're barely down
to the paved area right now.
495
00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:15,041
Jack:
We should be about
to that depth, you'd think.
496
00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:17,626
I don't think so.
We're way down over there.
497
00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:20,254
We're close,
but we're not there yet.
498
00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:29,138
Rick:
Nothing, gary?
499
00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:30,723
Gary:
No, nothing yet.
500
00:22:33,603 --> 00:22:37,021
Jack:
Well, water's rushing in
quite fast from over there,
501
00:22:37,148 --> 00:22:39,690
from right under here.
502
00:22:39,817 --> 00:22:41,484
Yeah, I see that, right there.
503
00:22:41,611 --> 00:22:43,361
Narrator: Although the team has spent
504
00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:46,530
thousands of hours draining and drying the swamp,
505
00:22:46,657 --> 00:22:49,075
it is believed that the area is littered with everything
506
00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,660
from underground springs to the flood tunnels
507
00:22:51,788 --> 00:22:55,998
that were constructed to booby-trap the money pit.
508
00:22:56,125 --> 00:22:57,958
Jack:
And it's coming in
underneath us, too.
509
00:22:58,086 --> 00:23:01,796
You can see, along the edges,
it's bubbling up.
510
00:23:01,923 --> 00:23:04,882
You wouldn't think you'd get
a water flow that shallow.
511
00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:07,385
-Of that volume, right?
-Yeah.
512
00:23:07,512 --> 00:23:11,389
Jack:
We haven't seen that much water
flowing in in the swamp so far.
513
00:23:11,516 --> 00:23:13,849
Nope. But what does it mean?
514
00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:15,726
Billy:
Look, you can see the rocks
515
00:23:15,853 --> 00:23:17,603
where the water is shooting in
on this side.
516
00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,648
Yep. It looks like we kind of
hit the paved area.
517
00:23:20,775 --> 00:23:23,234
You see the layer of rocks
that the water's running in?
518
00:23:25,113 --> 00:23:26,821
Narrator: A layer of rocks?
519
00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:28,948
Could rick and the team have found another section
520
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:31,450
of the paved-stone structure?
521
00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:34,787
Billy, you noticed
the rocks, and now,
522
00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,664
since you've uncovered
this side more,
523
00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:40,126
you can see the water's
running in from that layer.
524
00:23:40,253 --> 00:23:43,629
I think it could be the proper
depth for the paved area.
525
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:46,340
But y-- it's filling in
so fast with water,
526
00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:49,844
I haven't been able to get
a good view of it again.
527
00:23:49,971 --> 00:23:52,138
It's very simple, right?
You pile rocks,
528
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:54,765
and water will flow through,
certainly.
529
00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:57,852
Was it a way to conduct water from one area to another?
530
00:23:57,979 --> 00:23:59,645
I-it's possible.
531
00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,772
It'd be great if it were a french drain
532
00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:04,650
or part of the, flood tunnel system.
533
00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:06,110
But, as of yet,
we have not been able
534
00:24:06,237 --> 00:24:07,486
to ascertain its purpose.
535
00:24:07,613 --> 00:24:09,071
It'd be interesting
if we could get
536
00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:11,073
a water sample
from the different sources.
537
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,201
I mean, that one appears to be
coming from that direction.
538
00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:15,828
Could it be the sea or not?
539
00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,746
They're both a little foamy,
though.
540
00:24:17,874 --> 00:24:19,457
-
- Which would tend to be
salt water, potentially.
541
00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:22,209
You got a bucket?
You got a bottle?
542
00:24:24,422 --> 00:24:27,131
Jack:
I guess we can see
how long it flows for, too.
543
00:24:27,258 --> 00:24:28,883
How long can we keep
bailing this? 'cause...
544
00:24:29,010 --> 00:24:31,302
-Yeah.
-...If it's just
the water table,
545
00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:33,888
it's gonna stop
eventually, right?
546
00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:42,813
Yep.
547
00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:52,031
rick: Little bit salty.
548
00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:53,699
-What?
-It's a little salty.
549
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:56,494
-Little salty?
-Brackish, for sure.
550
00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:00,748
Craig:
That easily could be...
551
00:25:00,875 --> 00:25:04,251
Just one bed
going through there.
552
00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:07,213
-We grabbed the middle, now it's
just draining from both sides.
-We disrupted it. Yeah.
553
00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:09,423
Yeah, but there's
another one over there.
554
00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:11,759
Craig: Yeah.
555
00:25:11,886 --> 00:25:14,094
Rick:
It's quite a bit of water.
556
00:25:16,098 --> 00:25:17,890
Craig:
Hey, terry.
557
00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:20,726
Terry:
What kind of structure
do we have here?
558
00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:23,479
We know there's a-- the
so-called paved area over there.
559
00:25:23,606 --> 00:25:25,773
You do see a rim of rock.
560
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:28,317
I-I think we would like,
certainly, all of us,
561
00:25:28,444 --> 00:25:30,069
to come to an understanding.
562
00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,029
Is this a natural feature,
is it man-made?
563
00:25:32,156 --> 00:25:33,572
If it's man-made,
564
00:25:33,699 --> 00:25:35,908
can we associate it
with something else?
565
00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:38,452
The paved area, maybe,
possibly work in the money pit?
566
00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:41,914
I-I don't know.
I'm, I am confused.
567
00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:44,667
Craig? What-what do you,
what do you see?
568
00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:47,127
Um, I mean, I don't know.
569
00:25:47,255 --> 00:25:49,171
I-I agree.
570
00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:51,298
I think we see it come from
a couple different directions.
571
00:25:51,425 --> 00:25:53,676
-Mainly because we cut it
in half.
-It's been cut off, yes.
572
00:25:53,803 --> 00:25:57,596
Marty: Somebody came here a long time ago, hid something
573
00:25:57,723 --> 00:25:59,557
extremely valuable,
and then protected it
574
00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,600
by extraordinary means.
575
00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:04,186
What we were aware of
was a flood tunnel.
576
00:26:04,313 --> 00:26:06,021
Maybe there were other traps.
577
00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:09,316
So, some sort of heretofore unknown booby trap
578
00:26:09,443 --> 00:26:11,902
fits perfectly with the whole concept
579
00:26:12,029 --> 00:26:13,279
of this island.
580
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:14,947
Rick:
Thought it might be some sort of
581
00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:18,951
freshwater spring,
but it's definitely salty.
582
00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:22,371
It'd be interesting,
now that it's been down,
583
00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:23,872
a couple spots have been
leaking over there,
584
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,833
to see if they've
slowed up at all.
585
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,295
-'cause those have been
going on for weeks.
-Yeah. Yep.
586
00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:32,298
Rick:
I wonder if we just stand down,
587
00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:34,216
put a pump in there,
when dr. Spooner comes,
588
00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:36,093
let him take a look at it.
589
00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:38,178
Jack: put a couple pumps.
590
00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,767
Narrator: As a new day begins on oak island,
591
00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:46,854
and while waiting for the permits needed to continue
592
00:26:46,981 --> 00:26:50,524
excavating the mcginnis foundation on lot 21...
593
00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,484
-Doug: Gentlemen. -Charles: Good to see you.
594
00:26:52,612 --> 00:26:53,861
Narrator: ...Oak island historians
595
00:26:53,988 --> 00:26:56,155
doug crowell and charles barkhouse,
596
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,699
along with archaeologist laird niven,
597
00:26:58,826 --> 00:27:00,743
meet with ground-penetrating radar experts
598
00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:04,330
steve watson and don johnston to begin what they hope
599
00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:08,292
will be an exciting search operation on lot 25,
600
00:27:08,419 --> 00:27:11,337
the site of the home built by former american slave
601
00:27:11,464 --> 00:27:14,590
turned cabbage farmer samuel ball.
602
00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:17,885
We have very little information
about samuel ball,
603
00:27:18,012 --> 00:27:20,054
his house and his property,
and so,
604
00:27:20,181 --> 00:27:22,389
-that's where you guys come in.
-Right.
605
00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:25,017
Narrator: Although he was born into slavery
606
00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:28,979
on a south carolina planation in 1765,
607
00:27:29,106 --> 00:27:33,275
at the age of 11, samuel ball escaped captivity
608
00:27:33,402 --> 00:27:35,569
and made his way north where he would eventually earn
609
00:27:35,696 --> 00:27:38,322
his freedom by joining the british military
610
00:27:38,449 --> 00:27:40,949
during the american revolutio.
611
00:27:41,077 --> 00:27:44,870
After the war's end,ball fled north to nova scotia,
612
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:47,956
and in 1786, purchased four acres
613
00:27:48,084 --> 00:27:52,336
on lot 25, where he established a small cabbage farm.
614
00:27:52,463 --> 00:27:54,922
Over the next three decades,
615
00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:58,008
samuel ball purchased more and more land.
616
00:27:58,135 --> 00:28:01,929
Not only on oak island, but also on the mainland,
617
00:28:02,056 --> 00:28:05,808
so that, by the time of his death in 1846,
618
00:28:05,935 --> 00:28:07,476
he was one of the richest
619
00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,270
and most successful landowners in nova scotia.
620
00:28:10,398 --> 00:28:13,190
So rich, in fact, that there are many who began
621
00:28:13,317 --> 00:28:15,734
to speculate that ball may actually have found a portion
622
00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:18,445
of the oak island treasure.
623
00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:22,700
Although samuel ball's home fell into disrepair
624
00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:25,119
and was removed many years ag,
625
00:28:25,246 --> 00:28:27,996
the surviving foundation has been made
626
00:28:28,124 --> 00:28:31,291
a protected heritage site by the canadian government,
627
00:28:31,419 --> 00:28:33,085
which in the past has prohibited
628
00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:36,130
any search activity within 200 feet.
629
00:28:36,257 --> 00:28:39,925
However, laird niven has obtained a special permit
630
00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,970
to allow a gpr scan of the site.
631
00:28:43,097 --> 00:28:46,098
Rick:
I mean, I'm very curious
to take a look at this
632
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,642
because samuel ball is
the mystery man of oak island,
633
00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:50,394
as charles describes him.
634
00:28:50,521 --> 00:28:52,688
And there has been
this connection,
635
00:28:52,815 --> 00:28:56,442
perhaps that samuel had found
something, I.E., treasure.
636
00:28:56,569 --> 00:28:59,153
Marty: Enigmatic, interesting fellow.
637
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,405
There could be secrets hidden there.
638
00:29:01,532 --> 00:29:04,158
If we can investigate it properly,
639
00:29:04,285 --> 00:29:06,326
we might find the clues
we want in there.
640
00:29:06,454 --> 00:29:09,037
Laird:
So, what's the game plan, here?
641
00:29:09,165 --> 00:29:12,875
Steve w.:
So, what we do is we collect
data across the area...
642
00:29:13,002 --> 00:29:15,961
-Right.
-...And then what we are able
to do is take that data,
643
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:19,214
knit it all together
and make a 3d model
644
00:29:19,341 --> 00:29:21,133
of what's going on
in the ground.
645
00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:22,843
We're gonna try
and stay within the--
646
00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:26,180
for the clearing area
for this grid.
647
00:29:26,307 --> 00:29:29,808
Narrator ground-penetrating radar, or gpr,
648
00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:32,519
emits electromagnetic pulses into the earth
649
00:29:32,646 --> 00:29:36,148
to identify any large objects, structures or voids
650
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:39,860
buried as much as 15 feet belowground.
651
00:29:39,987 --> 00:29:43,739
Laird:
Samuel ball had a huge area,
didn't he?
652
00:29:43,866 --> 00:29:45,699
Hopefully this is the beginning
of our interpretation
653
00:29:45,826 --> 00:29:49,036
of what his land
was actually like.
654
00:29:49,163 --> 00:29:51,413
Who knows what he might have
found here on the island.
655
00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:53,040
And I would think you'd tend
656
00:29:53,167 --> 00:29:54,958
to bring that stuff
back to your home.
657
00:29:55,085 --> 00:29:56,919
Yeah. Anyway...
658
00:29:57,046 --> 00:29:58,754
-We'll let you get to it.
-Steve w.: Okay.
We'll get at it.
659
00:29:58,881 --> 00:30:00,547
Laird: Excellent. Thank you.
660
00:30:00,674 --> 00:30:03,091
Narrator: As steve watson and don johnston
661
00:30:03,219 --> 00:30:05,552
begin their scan around the ball foundation...
662
00:30:07,515 --> 00:30:09,181
...Rick lagina returns to the swamp
663
00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:12,100
with geoscientist dr. Ian spooner
664
00:30:12,228 --> 00:30:16,855
to show him the mysterious rock feature unearthed one day ago.
665
00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:20,609
So what we're doing here
is trying to determine
666
00:30:20,736 --> 00:30:24,196
- the, boundaries
of the paved area.
-Right.
667
00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:27,407
Rick: We have a full crew
of witnesses here.
668
00:30:27,535 --> 00:30:30,869
We were digging the shaft
because fred was never
669
00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:32,704
forthcoming in terms
of what his aspirations were,
670
00:30:32,832 --> 00:30:34,748
-what his goals were.
-Right.
671
00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,500
Rick:
So, the idea was just dig below
672
00:30:36,627 --> 00:30:38,377
that to see what might be there.
673
00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:41,338
But then, we noticed
a-a rock feature there.
674
00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:43,799
Billy:
Well, initially, we saw a lot
of water, but then it exposed
675
00:30:43,926 --> 00:30:47,302
itself to a deeper-- it looked
like a deeper paved area.
676
00:30:47,429 --> 00:30:49,471
Like, multiple rocks?
677
00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:51,640
Yeah. A stacking of rocks.
678
00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:54,476
Ian:
Yeah, well, I'd really like
to see this.
679
00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:56,061
We can show that to you.
680
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,563
-Bill, why don't you start...
Bailing
-yeah, yeah.
681
00:30:57,690 --> 00:30:59,606
-And we'll take a look.
-Yep.
682
00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:02,526
Rick:
We've not revealedthe paved area in its entirety,
683
00:31:02,653 --> 00:31:04,486
but at this point, we're all surprised.
684
00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:08,657
Think about it, 225 years, here, in the swamp,
685
00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:11,952
the most enigmatic place on the entire island.
686
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:16,081
This structure was not known till just lately.
687
00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:18,417
And yet it's highly suggestive of the fact
688
00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,794
that it holds
clues or information.
689
00:31:20,921 --> 00:31:23,589
- ian: They s-- think it's
that-that way.
690
00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:27,634
-This way. Right in here.
-No, it's-it's all,
all this way, all the way around
691
00:31:27,761 --> 00:31:30,929
-okay. Right.
-And it stops about here.
692
00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:40,230
Can you see that,
how it's bubbling up?
693
00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:41,565
Ian:
Yup, yup.
694
00:31:41,692 --> 00:31:43,525
Jack:
But as we get down to it,
695
00:31:43,652 --> 00:31:47,696
you'll see the water starts
coming in at such a fast rate.
696
00:31:47,823 --> 00:31:51,241
If this paved area
continued here and he hit it,
697
00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:53,660
the water would've gone...
Right in.
698
00:31:53,787 --> 00:31:57,831
Because it's open work. It's...
There's rock on rock.
699
00:31:57,958 --> 00:31:59,791
It's just-- it would be like
a natural aquifer.
700
00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:01,877
Rick:
Yeah, I-it was uncontrollable.
701
00:32:02,004 --> 00:32:03,003
Ian:
Yeah.
702
00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:04,963
Like, I can see...
703
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,548
Look at it coming in,
right over there.
704
00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:07,799
Rick:
Yes.
705
00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:20,228
ian:
Yep.
706
00:32:20,356 --> 00:32:22,773
It's not what we see
anywhere else out here
707
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:24,691
except the paved area.
708
00:32:24,818 --> 00:32:27,486
-Ian: See the sticks
and the rocks?
-Rick: Yep. Yep.
709
00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:30,280
Ian:
That, to me,
looks very, very similar.
710
00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,532
I mean, I would say
it's the same.
711
00:32:33,202 --> 00:32:35,035
This... Yeah.
712
00:32:35,162 --> 00:32:38,038
Rick: There is a direct connection to the paved area.
713
00:32:38,165 --> 00:32:39,957
But it still doesn't
answer the question
714
00:32:40,084 --> 00:32:41,875
as to the why of things.
715
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:44,461
And it rounds back to the who, why and how of it.
716
00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:46,922
Something happened here.
717
00:32:47,049 --> 00:32:51,343
The paved area has gone way up in terms of interest.
718
00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:53,595
I just want to say thank you
for coming out.
719
00:32:53,722 --> 00:32:56,974
I mean... You know,
just like that is a puzzle,
720
00:32:57,101 --> 00:32:59,768
this is a even,
somewhat even bigger puzzle,
721
00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:01,687
because we had no expectation
that this were here.
722
00:33:01,814 --> 00:33:04,523
Right. I-it's getting to be
a real conundrum.
723
00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,358
Rick: Absolutely.
724
00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:11,446
Rick: Okay, now go down.
725
00:33:11,573 --> 00:33:13,699
Go down.
726
00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:17,953
-Now go back.
-Narrator: While rick lagina and dr. Ian spooner
727
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,998
continue their investigation in the oak island swamp...
728
00:33:24,211 --> 00:33:25,752
Laird: So, I'm pretty excited to see
729
00:33:25,879 --> 00:33:27,671
what they come up with in this area.
730
00:33:27,798 --> 00:33:29,673
Narrator: ...Archaeologist laird niven,
731
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,591
along with oak island historians
732
00:33:31,719 --> 00:33:33,802
doug crowell and charles barkhouse,
733
00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:37,472
-continue to oversee the gpr scan
734
00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:40,892
at the site of samuel ball's 18th-century home.
735
00:33:41,020 --> 00:33:43,854
--well, we got something here.
736
00:33:45,858 --> 00:33:48,150
Laird, laird,
you might want to see this.
737
00:33:48,277 --> 00:33:50,318
All right.
738
00:33:50,446 --> 00:33:52,487
What do we have?
739
00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:55,198
-So, this is a plan
of what we're collecting.
-Laird: Right.
740
00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:57,242
-And this is the side view,
so think of that
741
00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:59,202
- as a slice through the ground.
- Laird: I see what you mean.
742
00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:01,788
- We have two anomalies here,
-laird: Yeah.
743
00:34:01,915 --> 00:34:05,083
Which potentially
could be walls.
744
00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:07,502
-Really? Wow...
-Narrator: Walls?
745
00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:10,464
Beneath the ground near the ball foundation?
746
00:34:10,591 --> 00:34:13,675
Could it be evidence of a secret structure or tunnel
747
00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:15,802
buried beneath the property?
748
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:18,972
And if so, was it built by samuel ball himself
749
00:34:19,099 --> 00:34:20,640
for some reason?
750
00:34:20,768 --> 00:34:22,517
Or could it have been something he found
751
00:34:22,644 --> 00:34:26,229
and covered up in order to keep it a secret?
752
00:34:26,356 --> 00:34:28,982
Charles:
There could be some kind of
an outside entrance.
753
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:31,109
-Yeah.
-Charles: Wow.
754
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,570
Steve w.:
It's approximately...
755
00:34:33,697 --> 00:34:36,114
-It's almost, like, six feet...
Yep.
-Laird: Okay. Wow.
756
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:37,824
That's great. That's exactly
what we're looking for.
757
00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:40,660
That allows you
to get things in there and...
758
00:34:40,788 --> 00:34:42,287
- Charles: Larger items,
obviously... -
759
00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:43,789
...That you would be
putting in there, right?
760
00:34:43,916 --> 00:34:45,707
Yeah.
761
00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:48,710
Charles:
And if it's six feet wide,
that's a big entrance, too.
762
00:34:48,837 --> 00:34:51,922
They're not normally that big.
763
00:34:52,049 --> 00:34:53,799
It's, like, treasure chest wide.
764
00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:57,302
You know, I had my suspicions,
765
00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,137
but to prove it
I'd have to excavate.
766
00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,932
It's that kind of data that
we take back and say,
767
00:35:02,059 --> 00:35:05,018
"we'd like to excavate here
because we see this anomaly,
768
00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:06,937
-and it may be this." right?
-Right.
-Yeah.
769
00:35:07,064 --> 00:35:10,023
-So, now we're gonna
extend the grid to the east.
-Yeah...
770
00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:12,442
I'm excited. All right.
We'll let you get back to it.
771
00:35:12,569 --> 00:35:14,694
-Excellent, thank you.
-Okay. We'll get at it.
All right.
772
00:35:16,490 --> 00:35:18,490
Marty: According to steve watson,
773
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:19,699
the gpr expert,
774
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:21,868
- there's something there.
775
00:35:21,995 --> 00:35:23,745
something that looks like it could be a wall.
776
00:35:23,872 --> 00:35:25,580
I'm keenly interested in it.
777
00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:27,249
I'm excited about them because, whether they'll have
778
00:35:27,376 --> 00:35:29,209
anything to do with the money pit or not,
779
00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:30,544
that's interesting stuff.
780
00:35:30,671 --> 00:35:32,796
So, we're-we're all on about
781
00:35:32,923 --> 00:35:34,464
wanting to see
what that's about.
782
00:35:36,093 --> 00:35:37,801
well, that's it for the day.
783
00:35:37,928 --> 00:35:39,302
-We're wrapping up.
-All done?
784
00:35:39,429 --> 00:35:41,263
-We're wrapping up.
-Excellent. Excellent.
785
00:35:41,390 --> 00:35:43,515
So what we've got is the full
grid that we've just completed
786
00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:46,393
-in the tree area.
-Right. Trees. Yeah.
787
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,146
Steve w.:
And we have an anomaly
in this area.
788
00:35:49,273 --> 00:35:51,773
That's one and a half feet deep.
789
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,234
-Laird: That darker orange grid?
-Steve w.: Y-yes.
790
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,653
The orange is
where the anomaly is.
791
00:35:56,780 --> 00:35:58,029
Yeah.
792
00:35:58,157 --> 00:36:00,740
And blue is
our consistent ground.
793
00:36:00,868 --> 00:36:03,785
Laird:
So, the little orange spots,
could those...
794
00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:05,203
They could be something as well.
795
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:06,913
-They could turn into something.
-Yes.
796
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:08,748
- So, this, again,
a preliminary process. -
797
00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:11,334
-This is just very quick
that the system does,
-yeah.
798
00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:13,295
But it gives us some,
some ideas.
799
00:36:13,422 --> 00:36:15,255
-Laird: No, that's great. Yeah.
-Steve w.: Yeah.
800
00:36:15,382 --> 00:36:17,174
Yeah, I'm pretty excited about
this whole process,
801
00:36:17,301 --> 00:36:18,717
about everything
you guys have done.
802
00:36:18,844 --> 00:36:20,760
Yeah, I think we have
enough data right now
803
00:36:20,888 --> 00:36:23,305
to start a new application
for a new permit
804
00:36:23,432 --> 00:36:25,849
to do some test excavations
in here.
805
00:36:25,976 --> 00:36:27,684
Excellent.
Well, that's very good.
806
00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:30,812
Narrator: With any luck, the team may be one permit away
807
00:36:30,939 --> 00:36:34,608
from having the opportunity to uncover key answers
808
00:36:34,735 --> 00:36:37,360
that could help solve the oak island mystery.
809
00:36:37,487 --> 00:36:39,988
Unfortunately, they must now be patient
810
00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:42,699
while laird niven files the proper request,
811
00:36:42,826 --> 00:36:46,036
which may take several weeks to be granted, if at all.
812
00:36:46,163 --> 00:36:49,915
Rick: Now we have an anomaly worthy of investigation.
813
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:53,418
So, it would certainly,
be the connective tissue
814
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:56,296
to this long-held belief
by a lot of people
815
00:36:56,423 --> 00:36:59,925
that samuel found something,
related to the treasure.
816
00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:02,510
-All right. Thanks, guys.
-Can't thank you enough
for coming out.
817
00:37:02,638 --> 00:37:03,970
--thank you.
-Thank you.
818
00:37:04,097 --> 00:37:06,306
Laird: It's all coming together.
819
00:37:09,770 --> 00:37:11,144
-Rick: This is the start of it. -Dan h.: Yeah.
820
00:37:11,271 --> 00:37:12,979
Rick: It's exciting. I mean...
821
00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:17,234
My hope is that after all
the hard work over 225 years,
822
00:37:17,361 --> 00:37:19,569
that there really is
something to this story,
823
00:37:19,696 --> 00:37:21,571
this mystery,
and that there really is
824
00:37:21,698 --> 00:37:24,741
something to retrieve at that
great depth in the money pit.
825
00:37:24,868 --> 00:37:26,952
Dave: Yeah. Hopefully it pays off, rick.
826
00:37:28,288 --> 00:37:29,621
Everybody's here.
827
00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:31,623
Jack: If we can just find
that one thing,
828
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:34,459
a little piece of gold
is gonna at least be big enough
829
00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,795
to start to prove
that something is hidden
830
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:39,464
somewhere down deep
in the money pit area.
831
00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,216
-It's got to be.
-It's down there, jack.
832
00:37:41,343 --> 00:37:42,842
We haven't found it yet,
that's all.
833
00:37:42,970 --> 00:37:44,803
Yeah, well,
with the size of these cans,
834
00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:47,514
we'll find
whatever's down there.
835
00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:50,517
Narrator: The day thatbrothers rick and marty lagina,
836
00:37:50,644 --> 00:37:53,353
along with their team, have worked and waited for
837
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,730
has finally arrived.
838
00:37:55,857 --> 00:37:58,650
-Gary: Now look at that!
839
00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:00,735
That is a really old pick.
840
00:38:00,862 --> 00:38:03,947
Narrator: After a summer filled with amazing discoveries,
841
00:38:04,074 --> 00:38:06,783
from ancient tunneling tools dating back
842
00:38:06,910 --> 00:38:09,911
as early as the 15th century..
843
00:38:10,038 --> 00:38:13,415
-Wow.
-Narrator: ...To lead artifacts whose origins,
844
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,041
much like the medieval cross,
845
00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:18,545
may connect to the knights templar...
846
00:38:18,672 --> 00:38:21,464
And absolute proof that the swamp was man-made
847
00:38:21,591 --> 00:38:24,175
as much as eight centuries ago...
848
00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:28,013
The oak island team is now more hopeful than ever
849
00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:31,391
that they could make an equally incredible and historic find
850
00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:34,436
in borehole oc-1.
851
00:38:34,563 --> 00:38:36,938
So, we're ready to go.
852
00:38:37,065 --> 00:38:40,066
I'm only gonna say a few words
and that is that, you know,
853
00:38:40,193 --> 00:38:42,485
I want to thank everybody
for all the hard work this year.
854
00:38:42,612 --> 00:38:45,447
Um, I think it would be
appropriate,
855
00:38:45,574 --> 00:38:46,906
and I hope everyone would agree,
856
00:38:47,034 --> 00:38:48,825
that I think david and dan
should do the honors.
857
00:38:51,204 --> 00:38:52,954
- you ready, bud?
-of course,
I'm always ready.
858
00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:54,414
You're gonna oscillate.
859
00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:56,541
I just thought it was very
apropos, if you will,
860
00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:59,794
to have david blankenship and dan henskee
861
00:38:59,921 --> 00:39:02,088
initiate the process
862
00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:06,593
because they now are the two titans of oak island.
863
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,887
David working with his father all those years,
864
00:39:09,014 --> 00:39:11,598
and dan henskee having-- what I always say--
865
00:39:11,725 --> 00:39:13,808
lived, breathed and bled
oak island
866
00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:17,312
for, well,
most of his adult life.
867
00:39:17,439 --> 00:39:18,688
I think it's apropos.
868
00:39:18,815 --> 00:39:20,940
You guys have been here
869
00:39:21,068 --> 00:39:23,026
longer than the rest of us
put together.
870
00:39:23,153 --> 00:39:26,112
What are you here,
50, 40-some years?
871
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,324
- Yeah, 40-some-odd. Yeah.
-Dan? How many years?
872
00:39:29,451 --> 00:39:33,036
About 47 years, actively.
873
00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:35,080
I think between all of us,
there's...
874
00:39:35,207 --> 00:39:38,208
- We're pushing 150 years of
interest in this mystery...
-Yeah.
875
00:39:38,335 --> 00:39:39,834
And it's about time, right?
876
00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:41,294
Not only for ourselves, but...
877
00:39:41,421 --> 00:39:42,712
No. It is past time.
878
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:44,714
It is past time.
Well said, dave.
879
00:39:44,841 --> 00:39:48,218
-Everybody's thinking good
thoughts, let's do this.
-I like it. Let's do it.
880
00:39:48,345 --> 00:39:50,845
-And make a wish
before you press the button.
-Exactly, both of you.
881
00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:52,555
--boy.
882
00:39:52,682 --> 00:39:55,308
All right, dan.
Why don't you do the duty?
883
00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:56,768
-Dan h.: Okay.
-Go ahead
and turn that on for us.
884
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:58,770
Okay. Here we go.
885
00:40:04,694 --> 00:40:06,111
vanessa:
Yep, there you go. It clicked.
886
00:40:06,238 --> 00:40:08,613
Dan h.:
There it is. It's on.
887
00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,156
-Do it, dave.
-Do it.
-Charles: Do it!
888
00:40:10,283 --> 00:40:11,908
Gary:
Here we go!
889
00:40:14,496 --> 00:40:16,663
-Yeah!
-Now let it up.
890
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:19,165
Push it back. There you go.
891
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:20,291
Makin' hole.
892
00:40:22,546 --> 00:40:24,379
-Are you thinking of your dad
right now?
-Dave: Yeah, well,
893
00:40:24,506 --> 00:40:26,423
he pushed it last year.
894
00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:29,551
-He did.
-Vanessa: He did.
-Yeah. So...
895
00:40:29,678 --> 00:40:31,594
I truly believe, dan,
896
00:40:31,721 --> 00:40:33,012
there's-there's something
down there.
897
00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:34,389
I really do.
898
00:40:34,516 --> 00:40:36,433
It's about time to get to it.
899
00:40:38,228 --> 00:40:40,270
Narrator: As the massive steel caissons
900
00:40:40,397 --> 00:40:41,396
advance deeper into the earth
901
00:40:41,523 --> 00:40:43,189
at the money pit dig site,
902
00:40:43,316 --> 00:40:47,068
the anticipation for ahistoric breakthrough discovery
903
00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:50,447
has never been greater for brothers rick and marty lagina
904
00:40:50,574 --> 00:40:52,532
and their oak island team.
905
00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:56,244
It is a sentiment made stronger by the bonds they share,
906
00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:58,204
not only with one another,
907
00:40:58,331 --> 00:41:00,623
but also with the generations of men and women
908
00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:03,334
who came before them.
909
00:41:03,462 --> 00:41:05,170
Especially those who gave their lives
910
00:41:05,297 --> 00:41:08,631
attempting to reveal the island's secrets.
911
00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:13,052
But if rick, marty and the team can finally reach
912
00:41:13,180 --> 00:41:15,263
what's at the bottom of the legendary money pit,
913
00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:18,183
just what will be revealed?
914
00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:21,603
Priceless artifacts of an ancient culture?
915
00:41:21,730 --> 00:41:23,938
Sacred religious treasures?
916
00:41:24,065 --> 00:41:27,108
One thing seems certain.
917
00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:32,280
Whatever it is will likely change history as we know it.
918
00:41:36,077 --> 00:41:38,495
Narrator: Next time, on the curse of oak island...
919
00:41:38,622 --> 00:41:40,246
-Rick: Coming up.
-This is the money pit area.
920
00:41:40,373 --> 00:41:41,664
All right, so we have a chance
at the treasure.
921
00:41:41,791 --> 00:41:43,458
Rick: We're on the right spot.
922
00:41:43,585 --> 00:41:44,792
Marty: I can't wait to see what comes out of that hole.
923
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,169
Rick:
You're certain that's bone?
924
00:41:46,296 --> 00:41:48,463
It's big.
It's probably a human bone.
925
00:41:48,590 --> 00:41:50,465
-It's the bottom of a barrel.
-Craig: What would a barrel
be doing down there?
926
00:41:50,592 --> 00:41:52,717
That's a component of
the original treasure cache.
927
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:56,971
My gosh! It's a ring!
This is a ring, mate!
928
00:41:57,098 --> 00:41:58,014
Charles lewton-brain: It appears to have been chiseled
929
00:41:58,141 --> 00:42:00,642
prior to 1730s.
930
00:42:00,769 --> 00:42:01,809
Possibly spanish.
931
00:42:01,937 --> 00:42:04,020
We're back in business!
932
00:42:04,147 --> 00:42:05,480
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