1 00:00:01,792 --> 00:00:03,292 [narrator] Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:04,792 We found cobble. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,167 [Peter] It's headed towards the vault. 4 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:09,125 And it's turning towards Lot 8. 5 00:00:09,208 --> 00:00:10,917 [Rick] There has to be a reason for it. 6 00:00:11,083 --> 00:00:13,083 [Ian] We analyzed underneath the boulder. 7 00:00:13,250 --> 00:00:15,333 It's one of the most interesting 8 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:17,000 on the island ever. 9 00:00:17,125 --> 00:00:18,250 [Marty] If there is a tunnel under there, 10 00:00:18,458 --> 00:00:19,583 I want to see what's under that rock. 11 00:00:19,750 --> 00:00:21,042 Yup. 12 00:00:21,208 --> 00:00:23,333 This is weird. I think 13 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,833 you really need to see under here. 14 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,125 -[Marty] It looks like gold. -Yeah. 15 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:34,417 [narrator] There is an island in the North Atlantic 16 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:37,000 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,000 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,333 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:50,417 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:54,792 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:56,125 to the Knights Templar. 23 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:59,000 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:01,833 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:07,000 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:10,625 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,292 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:20,792 --> 00:01:23,083 [Marty] Hello, Vanessa! 29 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:24,458 -Hello, Adam. -Hi, Vanessa. Hi, Adam. 30 00:01:24,583 --> 00:01:26,458 -Hey, everybody. -Hey, guys. How you doing today? 31 00:01:26,583 --> 00:01:28,000 Thanks for joining us virtually here 32 00:01:28,167 --> 00:01:29,333 -in the war room. -[Adam E.] Yeah. 33 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:31,708 [narrator] An energized morning has begun 34 00:01:31,917 --> 00:01:35,042 on Oak Island for Rick, Marty, Craig 35 00:01:35,208 --> 00:01:37,083 and their team, as they meet 36 00:01:37,250 --> 00:01:39,333 with Vanessa Lucido of ROC Equipment 37 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:42,833 and Adam Embelton of Soletanche Bachy Canada 38 00:01:42,958 --> 00:01:47,208 to plan a pivotal operation in the Money Pit area. 39 00:01:47,417 --> 00:01:49,083 [Marty] We've asked you to join us 40 00:01:49,292 --> 00:01:52,000 because we are sure at this point 41 00:01:52,167 --> 00:01:54,458 that we want to put some canisters down. 42 00:01:54,625 --> 00:01:58,583 Um, the key thing, though, is we want to bring in 43 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:02,583 the equipment necessary to make sure that we get deep. 44 00:02:02,750 --> 00:02:06,292 We want to get to the bottom of the solution channel. 45 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:08,500 We're ready to go. We got some ideas. 46 00:02:08,667 --> 00:02:10,875 Yeah. How deep are we going this year, Marty? 47 00:02:11,042 --> 00:02:13,458 Let's call it, uh, 230. 48 00:02:13,583 --> 00:02:15,833 And that could be every single hole. 49 00:02:16,042 --> 00:02:17,500 Wow. 50 00:02:17,667 --> 00:02:20,750 [narrator] In the past three months, 51 00:02:20,917 --> 00:02:24,167 the team has drilled more than a dozen new boreholes down 52 00:02:24,333 --> 00:02:26,833 into the solution channel, where they believe 53 00:02:26,958 --> 00:02:28,458 the legendary treasure 54 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:31,417 from the original Money Pit has fallen. 55 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:35,000 And after testing soil samples retrieved from them, 56 00:02:35,208 --> 00:02:37,500 two have now revealed fresh evidence 57 00:02:37,667 --> 00:02:41,333 that a massive source of silver is located nearby. 58 00:02:41,458 --> 00:02:45,167 And curiously, this is in the same area 59 00:02:45,292 --> 00:02:48,083 where the team retrieved an old piece of drill pipe 60 00:02:48,250 --> 00:02:52,458 that may be connected to an operation from 1849, 61 00:02:52,583 --> 00:02:56,125 when a drilling foreman named James Pitblado 62 00:02:56,208 --> 00:02:59,458 reportedly recovered a 14th-century Portuguese coin 63 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:02,833 that is related to the Knights Templar. 64 00:03:03,042 --> 00:03:04,208 You know, it's really important for us 65 00:03:04,417 --> 00:03:06,292 to get down to that depth, 66 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:08,750 and it can be extremely tough material. 67 00:03:08,917 --> 00:03:10,708 In the solution channel itself, 68 00:03:10,875 --> 00:03:12,292 we get into some gypsum, 69 00:03:12,458 --> 00:03:14,333 and there's going to be ledges. 70 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:17,667 So, I'm wondering, what extra equipment are you going 71 00:03:17,875 --> 00:03:20,833 to be bringing this year to ensure we get down there? 72 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,292 Um, I think, knowing that your guys' goal is to get deep, 73 00:03:24,417 --> 00:03:26,667 we'll probably look at a telescoping method. 74 00:03:26,875 --> 00:03:29,333 So, for the first 130 feet, 75 00:03:29,458 --> 00:03:31,708 you're going to be at a larger can, 76 00:03:31,917 --> 00:03:34,000 so a larger diameter, and then, 77 00:03:34,208 --> 00:03:36,042 from 130 down to 230, 78 00:03:36,208 --> 00:03:38,208 we'll have a little smaller diameter 79 00:03:38,333 --> 00:03:41,125 so that we can get deeper and achieve your goal. 80 00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:43,083 So, what's the diameter that we're going 81 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:45,750 to have available for treasure finding? 82 00:03:45,875 --> 00:03:49,042 Yeah. We're looking at about eight and a half feet, 83 00:03:49,208 --> 00:03:51,958 outside diameter up top, and then, 84 00:03:52,125 --> 00:03:54,208 around seven-foot diameter, 85 00:03:54,417 --> 00:03:55,667 going down all the way to the bottom of that channel. 86 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:57,042 Okay. 87 00:03:57,208 --> 00:03:58,958 And also, there is another tool 88 00:03:59,083 --> 00:04:00,958 that can break stuff up. 89 00:04:01,125 --> 00:04:02,458 It's basically a really big, 90 00:04:02,625 --> 00:04:04,375 expensive, post hole auger. 91 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:06,333 But it's about eight foot in diameter, 92 00:04:06,458 --> 00:04:08,667 five, six feet tall, 93 00:04:08,792 --> 00:04:11,208 with big bullet teeth capable of penetrating 94 00:04:11,375 --> 00:04:13,167 the hardest material we'll be getting into here. 95 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:14,792 It works as a corkscrew 96 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,292 or a big drill bit. 97 00:04:16,417 --> 00:04:18,500 And then we have some other drill tools. 98 00:04:18,708 --> 00:04:20,958 A drilling bucket with rock teeth on the bottom 99 00:04:21,125 --> 00:04:22,500 that's able to go down 100 00:04:22,708 --> 00:04:24,833 to the depth we're looking to achieve here. 101 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,500 -That sounds great. -Yeah. 102 00:04:27,708 --> 00:04:30,750 [narrator] During past large-scale digs, 103 00:04:30,917 --> 00:04:35,833 ROC and SB Canada have used a powerful hydraulic oscillator 104 00:04:35,958 --> 00:04:39,000 to slowly grind the steel caissons into the ground. 105 00:04:39,208 --> 00:04:44,333 A hammer grab tool would then be used to extract the spoils. 106 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:47,833 This year, they will mount a massive auger bit 107 00:04:48,042 --> 00:04:52,042 onto a 135-ton rotary drill rig. 108 00:04:52,208 --> 00:04:55,500 Once placed inside the steel caissons, 109 00:04:55,708 --> 00:04:58,125 it can grind down through soil and debris 110 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:00,792 much faster toward the solution channel. 111 00:05:00,958 --> 00:05:02,458 Once it is reached, 112 00:05:02,625 --> 00:05:05,542 a giant dig bucket will replace the auger bit 113 00:05:05,750 --> 00:05:09,833 to safely remove spoils and, hopefully, the treasure. 114 00:05:09,958 --> 00:05:12,167 [Adam E.] We're going to be well-equipped 115 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:14,167 to, hopefully, get through anything we encounter. 116 00:05:14,375 --> 00:05:16,083 No, that's really cool. 117 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:17,750 We look forward to seeing it in action. 118 00:05:17,875 --> 00:05:19,667 Good. 119 00:05:19,833 --> 00:05:22,458 [Marty] The treasure fell down into the solution channel, 120 00:05:22,625 --> 00:05:24,458 and it's not gonna dig itself out, 121 00:05:24,583 --> 00:05:27,625 so it's time to bring in the machinery to do it. 122 00:05:27,792 --> 00:05:29,708 If there's anhydrite in the way, or gypsum in the way, 123 00:05:29,875 --> 00:05:31,458 it doesn't matter, we have to go through it. 124 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:34,833 I'm just a sucker for big, new equipment. 125 00:05:35,042 --> 00:05:36,500 I really am. I love it. 126 00:05:36,667 --> 00:05:39,375 And this giant auger will be more efficient 127 00:05:39,542 --> 00:05:42,958 in removing the spoils from the hole as we get down, 128 00:05:43,125 --> 00:05:45,208 which will make things faster. 129 00:05:45,375 --> 00:05:47,417 You both have been here enough to know the history 130 00:05:47,583 --> 00:05:49,542 of what we call the Pitblado incident, right? 131 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:53,042 -Correct. -So, when you mention auger, 132 00:05:53,208 --> 00:05:55,333 it's kind of serendipitous, 133 00:05:55,542 --> 00:05:57,917 knowing that, we believe in the past, 134 00:05:58,083 --> 00:06:02,375 that process has brought to the surface a coin. 135 00:06:02,542 --> 00:06:05,333 And all of us around the table here have high confidence 136 00:06:05,542 --> 00:06:08,042 that more of those are in the Money Pit. 137 00:06:08,208 --> 00:06:11,083 So, with your help, we believe those will come to the surface. 138 00:06:11,208 --> 00:06:13,000 Wonderful. Let's find 'em. 139 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:15,250 -Amen. -Yeah. 140 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:17,042 We're wanting to get going, say, in a week. 141 00:06:17,208 --> 00:06:19,625 [Vanessa] We'd love to make this happen for you guys. 142 00:06:19,833 --> 00:06:21,333 I'll get with the boys, and we'll start 143 00:06:21,542 --> 00:06:23,833 assembling the equipment and head your way. 144 00:06:24,042 --> 00:06:25,208 -Sounds great. -Brilliant. 145 00:06:25,375 --> 00:06:27,042 So, we look forward to it. 146 00:06:27,208 --> 00:06:28,875 -Thank you. -Thanks. 147 00:06:29,042 --> 00:06:30,333 -[Craig] Thank you. -[Rick] Take care. 148 00:06:30,542 --> 00:06:32,667 [Vanessa] Thanks, guys. 149 00:06:34,667 --> 00:06:36,292 [narrator] Later that morning... 150 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:38,167 [Ian] Hey, folks. 151 00:06:38,375 --> 00:06:39,917 [Alex] Dr. Spooner. 152 00:06:40,083 --> 00:06:43,250 Hi. Good morning. Am I ever glad you came out. 153 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:45,667 I'm always glad to be here, 154 00:06:45,875 --> 00:06:49,292 because it's always a new mystery, you know. 155 00:06:49,458 --> 00:06:50,500 [narrator] ...Dr. Ian Spooner joins members 156 00:06:50,667 --> 00:06:52,333 of the team on Lot 8 157 00:06:52,458 --> 00:06:57,125 as they continue to investigate a man-made boulder feature. 158 00:06:57,292 --> 00:06:59,167 So, what did you guys find? 159 00:06:59,333 --> 00:07:01,292 So, uh, we just moved these rocks. 160 00:07:01,375 --> 00:07:02,833 We didn't want to do anything under them 161 00:07:02,958 --> 00:07:04,417 until you were able to see what was underneath. 162 00:07:04,583 --> 00:07:07,333 -Sure. -And to me, it looks like 163 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:08,792 we still have disturbed soil underneath them. 164 00:07:08,958 --> 00:07:11,292 Yeah. 165 00:07:11,458 --> 00:07:13,833 I find that strange. 166 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,583 [narrator] After noticing that the several-ton boulder 167 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:19,750 is surrounded by smaller, evenly spaced stones 168 00:07:19,875 --> 00:07:21,667 that are holding it in place... 169 00:07:21,833 --> 00:07:23,667 -Got a big void down there. -[Isabelle] Yeah. 170 00:07:23,833 --> 00:07:25,708 [narrator] ...the archaeological team 171 00:07:25,875 --> 00:07:28,833 discovered a back-filled void beneath it. 172 00:07:28,958 --> 00:07:30,833 [Peter] Let's see what we can find. 173 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,833 [narrator] A void where the team has recently 174 00:07:33,042 --> 00:07:35,542 inserted a snake camera and obtained images 175 00:07:35,708 --> 00:07:38,667 of a possible iron stake 176 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:41,542 and what could be valuables. 177 00:07:41,708 --> 00:07:43,667 [Rick] Oh, my god, it looks like there's a pearl. 178 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:45,500 [Peter] Yeah. 179 00:07:45,708 --> 00:07:47,250 [Alex] Do we yet know 180 00:07:47,375 --> 00:07:48,667 all the techniques we could employ 181 00:07:48,875 --> 00:07:51,500 to figure out the age of this feature? 182 00:07:51,708 --> 00:07:54,000 I think one of the key things here is 183 00:07:54,167 --> 00:07:57,708 to get a sample of that soil underneath the rock. 184 00:07:57,875 --> 00:08:00,583 The core we get might give us a little bit 185 00:08:00,750 --> 00:08:02,583 -of dating control. -Yeah. 186 00:08:02,750 --> 00:08:04,375 It might also tell us if there's metal in the vicinity. 187 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:06,000 -Yeah. -So, 188 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:07,833 there's some things we should probably look into. 189 00:08:08,042 --> 00:08:09,833 I agree. Everybody's on the same page. 190 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,333 [Ian] All right. I'll get this core. 191 00:08:12,542 --> 00:08:13,833 -That'll take no time. -Perfect. 192 00:08:14,042 --> 00:08:15,500 Great. 193 00:08:15,625 --> 00:08:16,958 [Ian] Using the soil core, I'm looking 194 00:08:17,083 --> 00:08:20,250 to date when that boulder was manipulated. 195 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:23,875 We have hints on this island 196 00:08:24,042 --> 00:08:28,000 of activity and occupation, pre-1600s, 197 00:08:28,167 --> 00:08:30,250 even older than that. 198 00:08:30,375 --> 00:08:32,542 This may be a part of that story. 199 00:08:32,750 --> 00:08:35,583 Okay, so we've got a bit of a core here. 200 00:08:35,750 --> 00:08:38,000 So, we'll put this aside. 201 00:08:38,208 --> 00:08:41,500 But what I want to do is try this core, as well, 202 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:43,833 and see what we get. 203 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,542 If we could find elevated metals of interest-- 204 00:08:47,708 --> 00:08:50,708 and that's gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, tin-- 205 00:08:50,875 --> 00:08:53,500 that might give us a clue as to why it's there, 206 00:08:53,625 --> 00:08:55,167 what's happened there. 207 00:08:58,167 --> 00:09:00,333 -Look how loose that is. -Yup. 208 00:09:00,542 --> 00:09:02,542 It's quite loose, but we'll keep that. 209 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,542 I can't really do anything with that here. 210 00:09:04,708 --> 00:09:06,042 I need to take it back to the lab. 211 00:09:06,208 --> 00:09:08,125 But I'm most interested in the very end of it. 212 00:09:08,208 --> 00:09:09,792 Yeah. 213 00:09:09,917 --> 00:09:11,417 -[Ian] See you. -[Fiona] Thanks for coming out. 214 00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:12,792 -[Ian] Thank you. Yup. -[Fiona] Appreciate it. 215 00:09:12,958 --> 00:09:14,333 [narrator] While the investigation 216 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:16,583 of the boulder continues... 217 00:09:17,625 --> 00:09:19,667 [Marty] All right, Gary. What's on the agenda today? 218 00:09:19,875 --> 00:09:21,333 [Gary] This plowed area here. 219 00:09:21,542 --> 00:09:23,667 Yeah, Billy has plowed this area up. 220 00:09:23,833 --> 00:09:27,292 -[Marty] Metal detector's dream. -Exactly, mate. 221 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,708 [narrator] ...some 50 yards to the south, 222 00:09:29,833 --> 00:09:34,000 Billy Gerhardt has churned up the topsoil with a plow 223 00:09:34,208 --> 00:09:37,500 so that Marty and Gary can search for more clues 224 00:09:37,708 --> 00:09:40,000 that may be connected to the feature. 225 00:09:40,208 --> 00:09:44,625 So many great artifacts have come off of this lot. 226 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:47,417 And we're going to keep that tradition alive today, mate. 227 00:09:47,583 --> 00:09:50,125 And hopefully, we find some artifacts today 228 00:09:50,208 --> 00:09:52,792 that are connected to that boulder work. 229 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:55,042 I was kind of excited when we walked up here, 230 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:57,833 but now... now you've got me on edge, so, let's go. 231 00:09:57,958 --> 00:09:59,958 All right, mate. Let's start over here. 232 00:10:00,875 --> 00:10:02,458 [narrator] Recent searches 233 00:10:02,667 --> 00:10:04,667 of the area surrounding the boulder 234 00:10:04,792 --> 00:10:06,708 have not only uncovered part 235 00:10:06,875 --> 00:10:09,417 of a potentially 16th-century chain, 236 00:10:09,583 --> 00:10:12,083 but also, a lead bag seal 237 00:10:12,292 --> 00:10:16,208 that could be as much as 700 years old. 238 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:18,167 When you find something as important 239 00:10:18,375 --> 00:10:20,042 as that big boulder on Lot 8, 240 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:23,708 it certainly raises the bar in a sort of incentive way, 241 00:10:23,875 --> 00:10:26,417 to really look for artifacts near it, 242 00:10:26,583 --> 00:10:28,083 because if it's so significant, 243 00:10:28,208 --> 00:10:29,750 there should be some stuff near it 244 00:10:29,917 --> 00:10:31,458 that is also significant. 245 00:10:31,625 --> 00:10:33,167 And we're so interested 246 00:10:33,292 --> 00:10:35,042 that we've actually churned up the soil here 247 00:10:35,208 --> 00:10:37,667 to make sure we don't miss anything. 248 00:10:41,250 --> 00:10:44,167 [beeping] 249 00:10:44,333 --> 00:10:45,875 -Oh-ho! -Good one? 250 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:48,000 Banging little iron signal. 251 00:10:48,167 --> 00:10:50,500 -Well, not so little, actually. -[high-pitched beep] 252 00:10:50,667 --> 00:10:52,542 -That's a screamer. -Right in that area there. 253 00:10:52,708 --> 00:10:54,750 -That is a screamer. -Yup. 254 00:11:02,542 --> 00:11:04,292 Is that it on the top? 255 00:11:04,458 --> 00:11:06,375 -Where? -[beeping] 256 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:10,375 Little bit of the old Morse code going there. 257 00:11:10,542 --> 00:11:12,292 See what we got. 258 00:11:18,458 --> 00:11:20,375 -[laughing] Oh! -What you got, Gary? 259 00:11:20,542 --> 00:11:22,000 Oh. Look at that. I think... 260 00:11:22,167 --> 00:11:24,208 Oh, wait, wait. Is that a knife? 261 00:11:24,375 --> 00:11:26,125 Yup, you are right, mate. 262 00:11:26,292 --> 00:11:28,167 That's a tang, there. 263 00:11:28,375 --> 00:11:30,583 -It's a small chopper. -Hmm. 264 00:11:30,750 --> 00:11:35,708 Uh, they used to skin animals using this. 265 00:11:35,875 --> 00:11:38,833 I found a heck of a lot of knives metal detecting, 266 00:11:39,042 --> 00:11:41,125 and this is a little chopping knife. 267 00:11:41,292 --> 00:11:44,917 And it would have been the middle of the 1700s. 268 00:11:45,083 --> 00:11:47,500 That means man was in this area. 269 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:50,667 I can't wait to see what else we find. 270 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:52,500 Oh, the lab will have fun with that, won't they? 271 00:11:52,667 --> 00:11:54,542 Yeah, they will. 272 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:56,542 All right, I'll put it in the bag. 273 00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:59,375 -Bag it. Lab bag. -Yup. 274 00:11:59,542 --> 00:12:01,750 -And we'll keep gridding. -Keep going. 275 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:07,750 -[beeping] -Okay. 276 00:12:07,875 --> 00:12:10,833 [Gary] Oh, another strong signal. 277 00:12:10,917 --> 00:12:12,667 -[high-pitched beep] -Right there? 278 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:13,917 -Right in that clump there. -Right in that clump? 279 00:12:14,083 --> 00:12:15,875 Yup. 280 00:12:20,208 --> 00:12:21,167 [Marty] Try that. 281 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:25,708 Seems like you've moved it. 282 00:12:25,875 --> 00:12:27,917 -Oh, I see it on the top. -You do? 283 00:12:28,833 --> 00:12:29,667 -Yup. -Where? 284 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:32,917 Oh. No pinpointer needed. It's this. 285 00:12:32,917 --> 00:12:34,958 -Oh, wow! -[Marty] What the heck is that? 286 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:42,833 [Gary] No pinpointer needed. It's this. 287 00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:45,500 [Marty] What the heck is that? 288 00:12:45,708 --> 00:12:46,833 I really don't know what it is. 289 00:12:47,042 --> 00:12:48,500 'Cause that puts me off-- 290 00:12:48,708 --> 00:12:50,250 that little hooky thing at the end. 291 00:12:50,417 --> 00:12:53,833 [narrator] While searching on Lot 8, Marty and Gary 292 00:12:54,042 --> 00:12:56,125 have found a curious iron artifact 293 00:12:56,292 --> 00:12:58,833 just yards from the massive boulder feature. 294 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:01,208 Yeah. Isn't that a shoe? 295 00:13:01,417 --> 00:13:03,667 No, because we wouldn't have 296 00:13:03,875 --> 00:13:05,458 that middle piece in it. 297 00:13:05,625 --> 00:13:08,375 I think it's... it's kind of pintle-ish. 298 00:13:08,542 --> 00:13:09,958 Like a pintle hook? 299 00:13:10,167 --> 00:13:12,375 Something that goes into something to latch it? 300 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:15,042 [Gary] Yeah. It's like a gate or a door hanger. 301 00:13:15,208 --> 00:13:16,958 Then it's pushed into the side of the wood, 302 00:13:17,125 --> 00:13:18,667 and then they hang a gate. 303 00:13:18,833 --> 00:13:22,958 [narrator] Dating back to as early as 2000 BC, 304 00:13:23,125 --> 00:13:27,958 a pintle is a kind of pivot pin used for door and gate hinges, 305 00:13:28,042 --> 00:13:30,833 allowing them to open and close. 306 00:13:30,958 --> 00:13:32,625 Earlier this year, 307 00:13:32,750 --> 00:13:35,750 the team found a similar item on Lot 15, 308 00:13:35,917 --> 00:13:38,792 just northwest of the Money Pit area. 309 00:13:38,917 --> 00:13:41,000 [Gary] You can tell it's hand-forged, 310 00:13:41,167 --> 00:13:42,833 but one thing that really stands out 311 00:13:43,042 --> 00:13:44,833 is all this blistering on it. 312 00:13:45,042 --> 00:13:48,667 And if this is a really old piece of iron, 313 00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:51,875 that makes it interesting because 314 00:13:52,042 --> 00:13:55,333 -of that big boulder behind us. -You're right. Even more reason 315 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:56,917 -to get it to the lab. -Yeah. 316 00:13:57,083 --> 00:13:59,292 [Marty] We are keenly interested 317 00:13:59,458 --> 00:14:01,083 in anything we find on Lot 8 318 00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:05,417 because of this crazy, giant boulder thing. 319 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:07,208 Any piece of iron 320 00:14:07,375 --> 00:14:10,042 where we can get an explanation might help us figure out 321 00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:12,875 what in the heck happened with this big boulder. 322 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,167 Good find. Okay. Let's keep going. 323 00:14:15,375 --> 00:14:16,708 [Gary] Okay, mate. 324 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:18,958 We're finding! 325 00:14:23,250 --> 00:14:24,667 [narrator] The next morning... 326 00:14:24,792 --> 00:14:26,458 -[Peter] Hey, guys. -[Gary] Hiya. 327 00:14:26,625 --> 00:14:27,792 [Tom] Hey, guys. I see 328 00:14:27,958 --> 00:14:29,750 -you've been digging. -Yes. 329 00:14:29,917 --> 00:14:31,917 [narrator] ...Rick joins Tom Nolan 330 00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:34,167 and members of the team 331 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:35,875 as they continue digging on Tom's property 332 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,583 in the northern region 333 00:14:37,750 --> 00:14:39,833 of the triangle-shaped swamp. 334 00:14:40,042 --> 00:14:43,708 We dug down till we found the cobble again. 335 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,208 You think you're into the cobble? 336 00:14:45,375 --> 00:14:46,750 There seems to be a lot of rock here. 337 00:14:46,917 --> 00:14:48,167 [Tom] Okay. 338 00:14:48,292 --> 00:14:49,917 [narrator] Over the past month, 339 00:14:50,083 --> 00:14:52,333 the team has discovered several sections 340 00:14:52,542 --> 00:14:55,125 of a cobblestone pathway in this area 341 00:14:55,292 --> 00:14:58,500 that were marked by eight-sided survey stakes, 342 00:14:58,667 --> 00:15:03,167 and which they believe may be part of the same cobbled path 343 00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:05,792 that led them to an empty brick-and-slate vault 344 00:15:05,958 --> 00:15:10,000 more than 100 feet to the south in 2024. 345 00:15:10,167 --> 00:15:14,542 Now, after also finding a number of metal artifacts, 346 00:15:14,667 --> 00:15:16,375 loose bricks and pottery, 347 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:20,000 which could date back to the 17th century, 348 00:15:20,167 --> 00:15:23,625 they hope that following the new sections of cobblestone 349 00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:27,833 might lead them to another vault that contains treasure. 350 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,917 Just by this, what I'm observing, 351 00:15:30,083 --> 00:15:32,833 the cobble ends there, and it ends here. 352 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,458 I think these are two platforms. 353 00:15:34,583 --> 00:15:37,833 It's one possible explanation. 354 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,333 Well, if you're going to build a platform in here, 355 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:43,833 and you're going to bring in cartloads of rock, 356 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,667 you can't go through the muck to there. 357 00:15:46,833 --> 00:15:48,792 -[Rick] Mm-hmm. -You need a roadway 358 00:15:48,958 --> 00:15:50,583 to get to where you're going to construct. 359 00:15:50,708 --> 00:15:53,833 What I find curious is, we're following this stake line, 360 00:15:53,958 --> 00:15:55,667 and the stake line's headed towards the vault. 361 00:15:55,833 --> 00:15:57,125 We have rocks 362 00:15:57,292 --> 00:15:59,458 on the western side of the stakes. 363 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,250 And right in this area, 364 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:04,333 it's turning towards Lot 5 and Lot 8. 365 00:16:04,542 --> 00:16:08,333 So, we just want to follow where this pathway might lead. 366 00:16:08,542 --> 00:16:10,458 [narrator] Could Peter be correct 367 00:16:10,583 --> 00:16:13,250 that the team has uncovered evidence 368 00:16:13,375 --> 00:16:17,625 that the cobblestone path in the swamp may also lead west 369 00:16:17,792 --> 00:16:20,625 towards Lots 8 and 5? 370 00:16:20,750 --> 00:16:23,333 If so, might that suggest 371 00:16:23,542 --> 00:16:26,167 it is related to the boulder feature on Lot 8, 372 00:16:26,375 --> 00:16:31,125 or perhaps the structures the team has found on Lot 5? 373 00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:33,958 Could this be a road? Absolutely. 374 00:16:34,167 --> 00:16:35,375 But in order to figure that out, 375 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:37,208 I guess we got to keep digging. Right, Al? 376 00:16:37,375 --> 00:16:39,167 [Alan] Keep digging, see how far it goes. 377 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:41,000 We're going. 378 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:42,458 [Rick] It's very curious. 379 00:16:42,583 --> 00:16:44,625 We have an excessive amount of cobble 380 00:16:44,750 --> 00:16:46,625 in a fairly defined space. 381 00:16:46,792 --> 00:16:48,333 Although we don't have a complete 382 00:16:48,542 --> 00:16:51,042 and competent understanding of what we have found to date, 383 00:16:51,208 --> 00:16:54,375 there might be a path between the two platforms. 384 00:16:54,542 --> 00:16:57,792 And it does appear to go up into the highland. 385 00:16:57,958 --> 00:16:59,500 Maybe we can see 386 00:16:59,708 --> 00:17:01,500 where it projects to. 387 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:04,083 If it is a path or a road, it has to be going... 388 00:17:04,208 --> 00:17:06,333 it has to be coming from somewhere 389 00:17:06,542 --> 00:17:08,000 and going somewhere. 390 00:17:08,167 --> 00:17:10,500 There has to be a reason for it. 391 00:17:11,458 --> 00:17:14,458 Ew. Wouldn't want to step in that stuff. 392 00:17:14,583 --> 00:17:16,542 Yup. 393 00:17:20,667 --> 00:17:21,875 [Tom] Is that a piece of wood 394 00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:24,125 right next to that rock, do you think? 395 00:17:37,417 --> 00:17:39,875 This looks cut. What do you make of that? 396 00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:42,250 Yeah. It does look cut, doesn't it? 397 00:17:44,458 --> 00:17:46,542 Oh, it's been axe-cut. It's-- 398 00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:49,083 You know, it's not an eight-sided cut 399 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:50,792 like we've been finding in other places, 400 00:17:50,958 --> 00:17:54,000 but it's some sort of a stake for sure. 401 00:17:54,208 --> 00:17:56,208 It would have been sort of on the side of the cobble. 402 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:58,833 -Mm-hmm. Yup. -Right next to that rock, so... 403 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,833 I'm just gonna set it aside for now. 404 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,333 -Let's take another scoop, Al. -Okay. 405 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:06,167 [Rick] There was significant work done here 406 00:18:06,375 --> 00:18:07,917 in the north end of the bog. 407 00:18:08,042 --> 00:18:12,333 There are a number of clues associated with the cobble path. 408 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:17,167 It appears to go towards the direction of Lot 5. 409 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:19,958 Whoever did it, someone or someones who did it, 410 00:18:20,125 --> 00:18:21,875 had a real reason to do it. 411 00:18:22,042 --> 00:18:23,542 And that reason 412 00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:25,833 may provide some real insight 413 00:18:26,042 --> 00:18:28,208 into what happened here on Oak Island. 414 00:18:33,833 --> 00:18:35,917 -[beeping] -Whoa! 415 00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:37,500 Banging signal here, Rick. 416 00:18:37,667 --> 00:18:39,792 Going to dig it out, or a pinpointer? 417 00:18:39,958 --> 00:18:42,083 [Gary] Uh, I'll try pinpointing it. 418 00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:46,708 It's in the darker material that came from deeper down. 419 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:51,958 I'm on it. 420 00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:54,250 Oh! Look at this! 421 00:18:54,250 --> 00:18:55,375 [Rick] What's that? 422 00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:01,750 -[beeping] -[Gary] Oh! Look at this! 423 00:19:01,917 --> 00:19:03,917 That's a beauty. 424 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:06,000 Check this out, Rick. 425 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:08,250 [narrator] In the northern region of the swamp, 426 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:12,333 Gary has just made another potentially important discovery. 427 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,833 That is an old piece of iron. 428 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:20,250 -Feel the weight of it. -Oh, yeah. 429 00:19:20,417 --> 00:19:22,542 Yeah, you can see the striations, mate. 430 00:19:22,708 --> 00:19:26,958 That's hand-forged. It could be an old iron tool. 431 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:31,417 Or it could be something like a hand chisel? 432 00:19:31,583 --> 00:19:33,292 Almost certainly broken, though. 433 00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:36,208 You'd think that might be the working end, 434 00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:37,667 and that's probably broken? 435 00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:42,375 Yeah. Yeah. Maybe it's seen some trauma. 436 00:19:42,542 --> 00:19:46,167 And it came from really, really deep down. 437 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:49,917 In fact, same level as those cobbles. 438 00:19:50,042 --> 00:19:52,667 Problem is, why is it there? 439 00:19:52,833 --> 00:19:55,625 Yeah, well, all the heavy stuff sinks to the bottom, mate. 440 00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:58,250 -Well, that's true. -Whoever did that work, 441 00:19:58,375 --> 00:20:00,333 who put those cobbles there, 442 00:20:00,458 --> 00:20:02,917 this could have been one of the workers who lost this. 443 00:20:03,083 --> 00:20:05,208 And we really don't know what it is, 444 00:20:05,375 --> 00:20:07,458 but this so reminds me 445 00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:10,792 of the old iron tool that we found 446 00:20:10,958 --> 00:20:13,250 at the bottom of TOT-1 last year. 447 00:20:13,417 --> 00:20:15,083 -Oh, that rectangular piece. -Yeah. 448 00:20:15,250 --> 00:20:19,000 Now that was the business end of a tool, and that 449 00:20:19,125 --> 00:20:22,583 -could have gone into the 1500s. -Yeah. 450 00:20:22,792 --> 00:20:24,167 [Marty] What is that? 451 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:28,417 [narrator] Last year, as the eight-foot-diameter caisson 452 00:20:28,625 --> 00:20:32,125 known as TOT-1 entered the solution channel 453 00:20:32,292 --> 00:20:34,958 at a depth of some 160 feet... 454 00:20:35,042 --> 00:20:36,625 That could be a really old tool, mate. 455 00:20:36,792 --> 00:20:38,500 [narrator] ...Gary and Marty found a pickax fragment 456 00:20:38,667 --> 00:20:41,167 in the spoils 457 00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:42,792 that could predate the discovery of the Money Pit 458 00:20:42,917 --> 00:20:45,417 by more than two centuries. 459 00:20:45,583 --> 00:20:49,708 And curiously, it was unearthed in the same general area 460 00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:53,042 where the recent soil tests have revealed high levels 461 00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:56,292 of silver more than 200 feet deep. 462 00:20:56,458 --> 00:20:58,333 Could Gary be correct 463 00:20:58,542 --> 00:21:00,500 that the team may have found a potentially 464 00:21:00,708 --> 00:21:03,167 related iron artifact in the swamp? 465 00:21:03,292 --> 00:21:05,667 It's a cool find. It really is. 466 00:21:05,875 --> 00:21:07,250 Especially if it's a tool. 467 00:21:07,417 --> 00:21:08,833 And as you say, found in close proximity 468 00:21:08,958 --> 00:21:11,333 to a work area, which is what you're always saying. 469 00:21:11,542 --> 00:21:12,833 -Yeah. Yeah. -Work area, people lose things. 470 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,208 Maybe it'll define that. 471 00:21:15,417 --> 00:21:17,125 Is it a road? Is it a path? 472 00:21:17,292 --> 00:21:18,542 Or is it a platform? 473 00:21:18,708 --> 00:21:20,167 Maybe that'll help tell us a tale. 474 00:21:20,375 --> 00:21:22,375 I think the work 475 00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:26,833 in the bog, at least currently, as we understand it, 476 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,500 certainly has something to do 477 00:21:28,625 --> 00:21:30,250 with the efforts in the Money Pit. 478 00:21:30,375 --> 00:21:32,958 I don't know what that is as of yet. 479 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:36,458 We need more of these finds to hopefully fill in those gaps 480 00:21:36,583 --> 00:21:39,042 and give us those answers. 481 00:21:39,208 --> 00:21:44,000 I say, put this in the bag here, and we take it back to the lab. 482 00:21:44,167 --> 00:21:46,667 -Keep going. -[Rick] Okeydoke. 483 00:21:49,167 --> 00:21:51,167 [narrator] Two days later... 484 00:21:51,375 --> 00:21:53,000 -[Rick] Hello. -[Marty] Morning. 485 00:21:53,083 --> 00:21:54,458 -[Alex] Hey, guys. -Hey, guys. 486 00:21:54,625 --> 00:21:56,250 -Hey, nice to see you. -[Rick] Dr. Spooner. 487 00:21:56,458 --> 00:21:59,708 He took some cores from the Lot 8 feature. 488 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:03,292 [narrator] ...Rick, Marty and members of the team gather 489 00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:05,458 in the war room with Dr. Spooner, 490 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:07,500 who has just completed preliminary testing 491 00:22:07,625 --> 00:22:10,375 for metal content in the soil samples 492 00:22:10,542 --> 00:22:13,542 that he collected beneath the large boulder. 493 00:22:13,708 --> 00:22:15,875 We're hoping that you will enlighten us 494 00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:18,167 to the point where we can collectively make a decision 495 00:22:18,375 --> 00:22:19,667 about how to move forward. 496 00:22:19,875 --> 00:22:21,792 I've taken a look at some of the sediment, 497 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,500 um, underneath the boulder. 498 00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:26,167 And then, the samples we collected, 499 00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:28,917 we also analyzed in the lab very carefully 500 00:22:29,083 --> 00:22:33,250 to get a sense of what metals were in the organic matter. 501 00:22:33,417 --> 00:22:35,667 And to try to get some idea as to... 502 00:22:35,792 --> 00:22:39,208 if there's sort of a... maybe a human 503 00:22:39,375 --> 00:22:42,625 signature in that sediment, a signature 504 00:22:42,750 --> 00:22:44,417 of activity or something like that. 505 00:22:44,583 --> 00:22:46,500 What we saw was 506 00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:48,625 very elevated lead. 507 00:22:48,792 --> 00:22:52,375 And this was very, very odd indeed. 508 00:22:52,542 --> 00:22:56,750 12 parts per million is what we've seen elsewhere. 509 00:22:56,875 --> 00:23:00,375 We're seeing as high as 140 parts per million lead 510 00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:03,000 in that organic matter underneath the boulder. 511 00:23:05,292 --> 00:23:06,500 How does it get there? 512 00:23:06,708 --> 00:23:08,125 [Ian] It would be moving 513 00:23:08,250 --> 00:23:09,667 through ash that was burning. 514 00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:11,458 If you're burning a lot of coal or wood, 515 00:23:11,667 --> 00:23:14,000 you might have an increase in lead. 516 00:23:14,208 --> 00:23:18,000 And so, that could mean that something was happening 517 00:23:18,167 --> 00:23:19,667 in terms of burning or smelting. 518 00:23:19,833 --> 00:23:21,833 Industrial activity, basically. 519 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,667 [Marty] We do know 520 00:23:23,792 --> 00:23:25,667 that tunneling requires air shafts. 521 00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:27,792 And we know that the old miners 522 00:23:27,958 --> 00:23:31,792 from way back used burning to ventilate shafts, so, Ian, 523 00:23:31,958 --> 00:23:35,542 what if this boulder covers a ventilation shaft, say? 524 00:23:35,708 --> 00:23:37,500 If it were burning, the smoke would be 525 00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:39,000 sort of condensing as it came out. 526 00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:41,500 That could be a source of the lead, couldn't it? 527 00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:44,000 Um, it could possibly. Yeah, it-it... 528 00:23:44,167 --> 00:23:45,792 That's-that's a good point. 529 00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:48,375 [narrator] Dating back to as early as ancient Greece, 530 00:23:48,542 --> 00:23:51,000 fire was actually used as a method 531 00:23:51,125 --> 00:23:54,292 for ventilating underground mining tunnels. 532 00:23:54,458 --> 00:23:57,458 Workers would set fires at the base of shafts 533 00:23:57,583 --> 00:23:59,667 to force smoke up and out, 534 00:23:59,833 --> 00:24:04,125 while drawing fresh air down and into the body of the mine. 535 00:24:04,292 --> 00:24:06,458 Did you test the soils nearby 536 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:08,333 just to see if it's a local phenomenon? 537 00:24:08,542 --> 00:24:09,750 Certainly did, yeah. 538 00:24:09,917 --> 00:24:12,000 And we didn't see really high lead, 539 00:24:12,208 --> 00:24:13,583 maybe a tiny bit elevated. 540 00:24:13,708 --> 00:24:16,333 So, that's intriguing. I just wouldn't 541 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:19,292 expect it in the normal, organic duff 542 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:21,375 that you would see around the site. 543 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:22,667 So, I think it's an indication 544 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:25,750 of local activity of some sort. 545 00:24:25,917 --> 00:24:27,333 Yeah. I wouldn't think it came 546 00:24:27,542 --> 00:24:29,000 from anywhere but under the boulder. 547 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:30,875 So, I'm saying, 548 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:32,458 what if there is a tunnel under there, 549 00:24:32,667 --> 00:24:34,333 and somebody was burning stuff? 550 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:37,167 That would make sense. 551 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:39,333 -This is highly relevant. -That's right. 552 00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:41,833 [Marty] Really exciting. 553 00:24:46,708 --> 00:24:49,000 [Marty] If there is a tunnel under that boulder, 554 00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:51,167 and somebody was burning stuff, 555 00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:53,167 which would be really exciting, 'cause we could 556 00:24:53,333 --> 00:24:55,625 follow a ventilation shaft down to whatever it was ventilating. 557 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:58,708 [narrator] In the war room, the team has heard 558 00:24:58,875 --> 00:25:01,542 an astonishing report that soil samples collected 559 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:04,917 from beneath the massive boulder on Lot 8 560 00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:08,542 contain high, unnatural traces of lead. 561 00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:10,625 [Ian] So, whether that organic matter 562 00:25:10,833 --> 00:25:13,583 accumulated on its own, 563 00:25:13,792 --> 00:25:16,292 or whether it was backfilled, 564 00:25:16,458 --> 00:25:18,000 the organic matter was very compact. 565 00:25:18,125 --> 00:25:20,042 It's compact probably 'cause the boulder has settled 566 00:25:20,208 --> 00:25:23,375 on top of it through time, which to me indicates, 567 00:25:23,583 --> 00:25:25,417 whatever happened there, happened some time ago. 568 00:25:25,583 --> 00:25:26,833 [Alex] Mm-hmm. 569 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,083 [Rick] I don't know what to make of it, 570 00:25:30,250 --> 00:25:32,667 other than it certainly implies 571 00:25:32,833 --> 00:25:35,708 that there was some sort of activity 572 00:25:35,875 --> 00:25:38,333 underneath the boulder by humans. 573 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:43,333 Is it explainable by perhaps an air shaft for a tunnel, 574 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:47,417 and you would burn coal to draw warm air, 575 00:25:47,583 --> 00:25:51,375 and thus, create enough air for people to work underground? 576 00:25:51,542 --> 00:25:53,833 That covers all the bases. 577 00:25:54,042 --> 00:25:57,000 It shows how lead could have accumulated. 578 00:25:57,167 --> 00:25:58,917 It suggests the possibility 579 00:25:59,042 --> 00:26:00,750 that this might lead to a tunnel, 580 00:26:00,875 --> 00:26:03,208 which may lead to something associated 581 00:26:03,375 --> 00:26:05,833 with work in the Money Pit. 582 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,542 I mean, to me, 583 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:10,667 we've got indications of human activity. 584 00:26:10,792 --> 00:26:12,500 We have a mysterious void 585 00:26:12,667 --> 00:26:15,292 that just does not form naturally underneath it. 586 00:26:15,458 --> 00:26:16,833 -Yeah. -[Ian] Absolutely. 587 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,083 You'd never have that just naturally. 588 00:26:19,208 --> 00:26:20,667 Right. 589 00:26:20,833 --> 00:26:22,417 And there's other features, as well. 590 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:24,417 The rocks around the edge of it that are spaced 591 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:27,167 at almost, um, precisely four inches each. 592 00:26:27,375 --> 00:26:28,833 The fact that I think it's... 593 00:26:29,042 --> 00:26:31,375 there's been activity around the side of it, as well. 594 00:26:31,542 --> 00:26:33,583 Um, all of this 595 00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:36,625 really conspires to produce perhaps, 596 00:26:36,833 --> 00:26:40,083 from my perspective, one of the most interesting rocks 597 00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:42,875 on the island ever. 598 00:26:44,042 --> 00:26:46,708 Well, that's the major significance of this. 599 00:26:46,875 --> 00:26:48,042 I mean, it would have been great, Ian, if you came out 600 00:26:48,208 --> 00:26:50,167 -with nuggets of gold, but... -[laughter] 601 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:52,000 Yeah. 602 00:26:52,167 --> 00:26:55,167 [Marty] But the lead is just as anomalous. 603 00:26:55,375 --> 00:26:56,750 Regardless of what it is, 604 00:26:56,917 --> 00:27:00,583 at this point, that boulder cannot be overlooked. 605 00:27:00,708 --> 00:27:04,458 So, it's time to see what's under that rock, I think. 606 00:27:04,625 --> 00:27:06,667 I wanna... I wanna pick that thing up. 607 00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:09,417 Yeah. W-We're getting that feeling from you. 608 00:27:09,542 --> 00:27:11,417 Oh, good. Yeah, well, if I'm being subtle, 609 00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:13,125 -let me know, okay? -[laughter] 610 00:27:13,292 --> 00:27:16,000 I think to do our job properly, 611 00:27:16,167 --> 00:27:19,875 we need to move the boulder, but just not yet. 612 00:27:21,125 --> 00:27:23,667 We're gonna continue going around and exposing 613 00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:25,750 the wedge stones until we get to the other side, 614 00:27:25,917 --> 00:27:28,083 and then we'll be good to go. 615 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:31,708 [Marty] We are all hoping so much for a positive, 616 00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:34,833 discernible, credible 617 00:27:35,042 --> 00:27:36,958 clue underneath that boulder. 618 00:27:37,125 --> 00:27:39,833 If it was moved, 619 00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:42,625 it really, really makes you think 620 00:27:42,708 --> 00:27:44,375 that there's something important underneath it. 621 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:45,667 So, that's what we're hoping for. 622 00:27:45,833 --> 00:27:48,625 Historical, a map, 623 00:27:48,792 --> 00:27:50,667 perhaps some treasure itself, 624 00:27:50,792 --> 00:27:52,500 an old, plugged tunnel. 625 00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:54,792 Who knows what's under that boulder? 626 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,833 We don't know how deep whatever it is it's covering might be. 627 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,042 Well, I think everyone has articulated why the lead 628 00:28:02,208 --> 00:28:04,125 may be relevant here. 629 00:28:04,292 --> 00:28:06,250 But the-the macro view at this point, 630 00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:08,417 given the discussion today is, 631 00:28:08,625 --> 00:28:11,750 that the boulder has to be removed at some point. 632 00:28:11,875 --> 00:28:14,042 -Yeah. -And I know all of us 633 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:15,458 are somewhat impatient. 634 00:28:15,625 --> 00:28:17,375 From a treasure hunting 635 00:28:17,542 --> 00:28:18,708 and solving the mystery perspective. 636 00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:20,333 I mean, it's important. 637 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:21,625 But it's important to do it right. 638 00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:24,833 -Yeah. -Yep. Yep. 639 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,667 So, I think everyone is in agreement. 640 00:28:26,875 --> 00:28:28,542 [Marty] For sure. 641 00:28:28,708 --> 00:28:30,542 That leads me to-- why don't you guys get off 642 00:28:30,708 --> 00:28:33,083 sitting on your hands and get out there and do something. 643 00:28:33,250 --> 00:28:34,500 -Okay? -Okay. 644 00:28:34,708 --> 00:28:37,292 [Rick] Fair enough. 645 00:28:38,292 --> 00:28:41,083 [narrator] As a new day breaks on Oak Island... 646 00:28:42,167 --> 00:28:43,708 [Tom] All ready for big finds today? 647 00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:46,042 -[Rick] Yep. -[Tom] Yep. 648 00:28:48,333 --> 00:28:50,542 [narrator] ...in the northern region of the swamp, 649 00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:52,750 Rick, Tom and members of the team 650 00:28:52,917 --> 00:28:55,833 work to uncover more sections of the cobblestone path 651 00:28:56,042 --> 00:28:58,708 to determine just where it will lead. 652 00:28:59,792 --> 00:29:01,625 What do you see? 653 00:29:01,792 --> 00:29:03,875 There's-there's definitely cobble on the bottom 654 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:07,333 but there's bigger boulders on top of it. 655 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,542 It doesn't make sense. 656 00:29:09,667 --> 00:29:12,167 -Cobble down there? -Yeah. 657 00:29:12,333 --> 00:29:14,750 [Rick] I mean, why don't we expose a bit more. 658 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:17,917 I would just ride the bucket on top of that cobble 659 00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:20,625 and just pull back and see if it goes 660 00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:22,875 that way or... or this way. 661 00:29:23,042 --> 00:29:25,250 -Yep. Good idea. -[Rick] Okeydoke. 662 00:29:25,417 --> 00:29:27,125 Drop her over here and we'll see what happens. 663 00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:28,875 [Alan] All right. 664 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:34,500 [Rick] It's highly suggestive at this point 665 00:29:34,667 --> 00:29:36,708 that this path was created 666 00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:39,833 to allow people to work at that location. 667 00:29:41,167 --> 00:29:44,292 Does it lead to the area where something could be hidden? 668 00:29:44,417 --> 00:29:48,417 Or it was used to transport materials perhaps 669 00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:52,208 across the bog to another area of the island. 670 00:29:55,250 --> 00:29:58,208 ♪ ♪ 671 00:30:00,375 --> 00:30:02,833 [beeping] 672 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:04,375 Got a signal, Rick. 673 00:30:04,542 --> 00:30:06,333 Woo-hoo! 674 00:30:06,542 --> 00:30:08,500 [Gary] That is nonferrous. 675 00:30:08,708 --> 00:30:11,417 -Pull it down? -Yeah, please. 676 00:30:12,667 --> 00:30:14,917 Let me see if you've moved it. 677 00:30:15,042 --> 00:30:16,375 -[beeping] -[Rick] Ooh. 678 00:30:16,583 --> 00:30:18,583 [Gary] That is getting stronger. 679 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:23,000 Banging signal. Artifact coming up, Rick. 680 00:30:26,542 --> 00:30:28,250 Whoa, what have we got here? 681 00:30:30,333 --> 00:30:31,667 What is that? 682 00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:35,583 Some kind of an... ingot? 683 00:30:35,708 --> 00:30:37,792 I think it's lead. 684 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,167 I have no idea what that is, mate. 685 00:30:40,292 --> 00:30:43,083 I know it's really heavy for the size. 686 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:46,375 Feel how heavy it is. I mean, that is spectacular. 687 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:47,792 I don't know what it is. 688 00:30:47,958 --> 00:30:49,333 -Never found it before. -Oh. 689 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,500 What do you got? 690 00:30:54,667 --> 00:30:57,417 [Gary] No idea. That's what makes it interesting. 691 00:30:57,583 --> 00:31:00,000 [Tom] You don't usually say that, Gary. "No idea." 692 00:31:00,167 --> 00:31:01,958 -See those? -[Gary] Yeah. 693 00:31:02,125 --> 00:31:03,667 -[Rick] That modern? -[Gary] No, 694 00:31:03,875 --> 00:31:05,667 just means it was made in a mold. 695 00:31:05,792 --> 00:31:08,375 Or it was decorated like that. 696 00:31:09,875 --> 00:31:12,333 This could be some kind of lead weight. 697 00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:15,833 Why would you need a lead weight in this area? 698 00:31:16,042 --> 00:31:18,125 And you have to remember too, we're on the side 699 00:31:18,292 --> 00:31:20,333 of the bog that wasn't farmed. 700 00:31:20,542 --> 00:31:23,417 [Rick] Is there a possible connection to the stone path? 701 00:31:23,583 --> 00:31:25,167 Maybe they were dropped 702 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:27,750 by the people who constructed it. 703 00:31:27,917 --> 00:31:30,042 -Interesting find though, for sure. -Yeah. 704 00:31:30,208 --> 00:31:32,667 [Gary] Well, we'll have to find answers at the lab on this one. 705 00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:34,250 [Peter] All right. 706 00:31:34,417 --> 00:31:36,500 -Back to work. -[Tom] Sounds good. 707 00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:41,458 Nice, solid ground. 708 00:31:49,792 --> 00:31:50,917 [Gary] Ooh! 709 00:31:51,125 --> 00:31:53,542 What have we got here? 710 00:31:54,292 --> 00:31:56,125 Oh, yeah. 711 00:32:00,750 --> 00:32:02,458 [Gary] Ooh! What have we got here? 712 00:32:02,583 --> 00:32:04,167 Oh, yeah. 713 00:32:04,333 --> 00:32:06,208 [narrator] In the northern area of the swamp, 714 00:32:06,375 --> 00:32:09,042 Rick, Gary and other members of the team 715 00:32:09,208 --> 00:32:13,333 have just made another curious discovery. 716 00:32:13,542 --> 00:32:16,542 Yeah. This is either the top or the bottom of a keg. 717 00:32:16,750 --> 00:32:19,750 No mistaking that. No mistaking that. 718 00:32:19,917 --> 00:32:22,167 And we have found them in this area of the swamp 719 00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:23,667 as well before. 720 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:25,083 [Rick] Strange, eh? Just to find 721 00:32:25,250 --> 00:32:28,000 part of a keg. I mean, they were well-made. 722 00:32:28,167 --> 00:32:30,667 You know? Took some force to break them up. 723 00:32:30,875 --> 00:32:32,708 -Yeah. -Strange though, you know, 724 00:32:32,833 --> 00:32:35,250 that top of a keg out here. 725 00:32:35,417 --> 00:32:36,792 [Gary] It's been down there a while. 726 00:32:36,958 --> 00:32:38,708 Emma might be able to do some XRD work 727 00:32:38,875 --> 00:32:40,083 and figure out what was in there. 728 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:42,500 Well, we'll find out, mate. 729 00:32:42,625 --> 00:32:43,875 [Rick] Barrels and kegs were used to transport 730 00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:45,500 all kinds of goods. 731 00:32:45,625 --> 00:32:48,375 Especially goods that were meant to be 732 00:32:48,542 --> 00:32:51,000 protected or safeguarded 733 00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:54,167 for years, even for centuries. 734 00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:58,208 So, my hope is that Emma can 735 00:32:58,375 --> 00:33:03,208 make a determination as to what might have been in the keg. 736 00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:08,083 Huh. Gary. 737 00:33:08,208 --> 00:33:10,458 -What do you got? -What does that remind you of? 738 00:33:10,583 --> 00:33:13,333 [laughs] Oh, yeah. 739 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:17,500 That's another barrel top or barrel bottom. 740 00:33:17,667 --> 00:33:19,042 Piece of a keg. 741 00:33:19,250 --> 00:33:20,833 Wonder if that fits the one you found earlier. 742 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:23,917 [Gary] Yeah. It could fit. It's that same shape, 743 00:33:24,083 --> 00:33:26,292 -same width as well, isn't it? -[Rick] Mm-hmm. 744 00:33:26,417 --> 00:33:28,125 -Yup. -You might learn something 745 00:33:28,292 --> 00:33:30,167 from that if it fits together. 746 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:34,125 And we could have a chance of detecting some precious metals. 747 00:33:34,292 --> 00:33:36,792 Because I know, that in the old days, 748 00:33:36,958 --> 00:33:38,333 the French, the English and the Spanish 749 00:33:38,458 --> 00:33:41,458 used to put treasure coins in kegs. 750 00:33:41,583 --> 00:33:44,708 And it came from down at the bottom there. 751 00:33:44,875 --> 00:33:47,042 So, this is a good chance this is old. 752 00:33:47,208 --> 00:33:49,333 I'm hoping we're onto another vault. 753 00:33:49,542 --> 00:33:50,917 Mm-hmm. 754 00:33:51,083 --> 00:33:53,167 [narrator] Could Gary's notion be correct? 755 00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:56,917 Is it possible that the team has found part of a barrel 756 00:33:57,083 --> 00:33:59,500 that once stored something of great value? 757 00:33:59,708 --> 00:34:03,667 If so, could it be evidence that this section of 758 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:07,208 the cobblestone path may be leading to another hidden vault 759 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,417 in this region of the swamp? 760 00:34:09,542 --> 00:34:12,250 [Rick] What is the stone road? Why was it put in? 761 00:34:12,375 --> 00:34:14,125 Where was it going? 762 00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:16,000 There's a lot of unique opportunities 763 00:34:16,125 --> 00:34:17,750 in the north end of the swamp. 764 00:34:17,958 --> 00:34:19,167 Who knows what else is out there? 765 00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:21,292 Yeah. Great find. I'll put it to one side. 766 00:34:21,458 --> 00:34:23,042 Okeydoke. 767 00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:26,292 -Okay, well, let's keep digging. -[Tom] Yep. 768 00:34:28,042 --> 00:34:31,167 [narrator] Later that afternoon... 769 00:34:32,208 --> 00:34:33,667 -[Marty] Hey, Laird! -[Laird] Hey, guys. 770 00:34:33,833 --> 00:34:35,292 And archaeologists. 771 00:34:35,458 --> 00:34:37,708 -Been any developments? -Yeah. Well, 772 00:34:37,833 --> 00:34:39,792 the reason we called you down is 773 00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:42,000 Fiona has done a lot of excavation. 774 00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:43,792 -[Marty] Yeah. I see that. -[Laird] Exposed a lot. 775 00:34:43,917 --> 00:34:48,000 But our next step now is to reinsert the camera underneath. 776 00:34:48,208 --> 00:34:49,125 -Okay. -We thought you might want to see that. 777 00:34:49,292 --> 00:34:50,500 -That sounds great. -Yeah. 778 00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:51,750 -[Marty] Gather around down there? -Yeah. 779 00:34:51,958 --> 00:34:54,208 All righty. 780 00:34:54,375 --> 00:34:56,208 [Fiona] You can see we just finished clearing out this area. 781 00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:58,167 So, now we have access to the back area, 782 00:34:58,250 --> 00:34:59,792 kind of underneath the boulder. 783 00:34:59,958 --> 00:35:01,792 So, that's what we thought it was worth another look. 784 00:35:01,958 --> 00:35:04,208 -Let's have a go. -[Fiona] Let's get the-- 785 00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:06,458 Make sure it's clean. All right. 786 00:35:18,542 --> 00:35:19,750 Seeing anything? 787 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,333 [Fiona] One sec. 788 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:26,500 I got to go a little... little farther. 789 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:34,875 Okay. 790 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,625 Oh, well, look at that! 791 00:35:41,833 --> 00:35:43,167 I would say we are probably 792 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:45,000 a good two feet underneath right now. 793 00:35:45,167 --> 00:35:47,083 -Mm-hmm. -I think you really need to see 794 00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:49,167 -what I'm seeing under here. -Give me that. 795 00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:50,667 I think you'd better. I think you'd better. You guys... 796 00:35:50,833 --> 00:35:53,250 You guys hold that while I hold this in place. 797 00:35:56,208 --> 00:35:57,833 [Marty] I mean, this looks like a cave, okay. 798 00:35:57,917 --> 00:35:59,417 But I have no idea of scale. 799 00:35:59,542 --> 00:36:01,292 We shouldn't be having voids underneath the rock 800 00:36:01,458 --> 00:36:03,958 -to this degree. -No, this is a big void. 801 00:36:04,083 --> 00:36:05,458 Got to wonder if that void gets even bigger 802 00:36:05,583 --> 00:36:07,417 -back there, don't you? -[Alex] Mm-hmm. 803 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:09,792 It's very clear that there are voids all over under there. 804 00:36:09,958 --> 00:36:12,375 It's like a matrix of voids. 805 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:14,208 So, it's consistent with something 806 00:36:14,375 --> 00:36:16,083 significant underneath there. 807 00:36:16,250 --> 00:36:18,333 [Rick] I think people went to a lot of work 808 00:36:18,542 --> 00:36:21,292 to try to deposit something that they valued 809 00:36:21,458 --> 00:36:23,042 and went to a lot of trouble 810 00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:24,958 to deposit it there and to protect it. 811 00:36:25,125 --> 00:36:26,833 I believe it will have an impact 812 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,375 on trying to understand what happened here on the island. 813 00:36:29,583 --> 00:36:30,958 -Let's see where we are. -[Marty] All right. 814 00:36:31,042 --> 00:36:32,500 Let's keep going. 815 00:36:56,542 --> 00:36:57,750 Okay. 816 00:36:57,958 --> 00:37:00,833 ♪ ♪ 817 00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:05,000 Ha. 818 00:37:05,208 --> 00:37:07,208 Okay, this is not what I was expecting to see. 819 00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:09,708 -Whoa. -I want to just pull back. 820 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:13,833 Okay. 821 00:37:14,042 --> 00:37:15,875 This is really, really weird. 822 00:37:16,042 --> 00:37:18,708 This-- I'm seeing, like, lumps-- 823 00:37:18,875 --> 00:37:21,292 lumps of-- looks like rock. 824 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:25,167 With golden, yellowy colors in it that look like veins. 825 00:37:25,375 --> 00:37:27,583 [Marty] Holy smokes. 826 00:37:27,708 --> 00:37:30,333 I swear, if I didn't know any better, 827 00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:32,083 -I would say this is gold. -Give me that. 828 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,250 Yeah. You'd better look at that. 829 00:37:34,417 --> 00:37:35,750 I don't want to get too excited. 830 00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:40,625 Sorry, I might have to change the angle a bit. 831 00:37:40,833 --> 00:37:42,958 What if I pulled it back just ever so slightly. 832 00:37:43,125 --> 00:37:45,333 -Okay, a little bit more. -I'm going backwards now. 833 00:37:45,458 --> 00:37:48,833 [Marty] Yeah. Stop right there. 834 00:37:49,042 --> 00:37:51,167 Some very "shinies" there. 835 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:54,083 All right. I see what you're looking at. 836 00:37:54,292 --> 00:37:56,083 I mean, I've got to admit, it looks like gold. 837 00:37:56,250 --> 00:37:57,667 -[laughter] -[Fiona] It does! 838 00:37:57,833 --> 00:37:58,625 I know, it's crazy. 839 00:38:03,583 --> 00:38:05,167 -[Fiona] I am really excited. -[Marty] Yeah. 840 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:06,750 -You're going to want to see this, guys. -Right now, 841 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,958 -I'm seeing things that I wasn't expecting to see. -Yeah. 842 00:38:10,125 --> 00:38:12,458 [narrator] On Lot 8 of Oak Island, 843 00:38:12,625 --> 00:38:16,125 after removing more soils from under the huge boulder, 844 00:38:16,292 --> 00:38:18,667 the team is seeing stunning images 845 00:38:18,833 --> 00:38:22,000 of what may be buried beneath it. 846 00:38:22,208 --> 00:38:25,333 -It's gold-looking. -[Doug] It certainly is. 847 00:38:25,542 --> 00:38:29,000 -It even has the right luster. -Yeah. 848 00:38:29,167 --> 00:38:31,000 Do you really think that's gold? 849 00:38:31,208 --> 00:38:34,375 Well, yeah. I would say yeah. 850 00:38:35,458 --> 00:38:37,792 Well, it could be subsoil. My concern is that if, 851 00:38:37,958 --> 00:38:40,667 usually you have to dig and move dirt to find subsoil. 852 00:38:40,875 --> 00:38:42,250 Yeah. 853 00:38:42,417 --> 00:38:43,500 We haven't touched anything under the rock. 854 00:38:43,667 --> 00:38:46,125 -Yeah. -If it was a soil, you'd think 855 00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:47,458 it would be less defined. 856 00:38:47,583 --> 00:38:49,750 [Laird] Exactly. Yeah. 857 00:38:49,917 --> 00:38:51,708 [Marty] If there is gold underneath there-- 858 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,458 this new thing that came out of the blue this year, 859 00:38:54,583 --> 00:38:56,625 this boulder on Lot 8-- 860 00:38:56,792 --> 00:38:59,458 could be the most substantial thing that's ever happened here. 861 00:38:59,625 --> 00:39:03,917 And maybe we will get a very substantial clue 862 00:39:04,083 --> 00:39:07,542 as to where the treasure is, and what happened here. 863 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:11,667 Anybody know why that would be under a boulder here? 864 00:39:11,833 --> 00:39:13,500 Somebody wanted to hide it, perhaps. 865 00:39:13,708 --> 00:39:15,333 -[Alex] I guess. -[Marty] And if somebody 866 00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,500 thought that that was here, they probably 867 00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:19,667 would want to cover it up and they never came back. 868 00:39:19,833 --> 00:39:21,208 [Fiona] And you know what? That was one of my thoughts. 869 00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:24,083 -That could be the marker. -Yeah. 870 00:39:24,250 --> 00:39:26,375 [Jack] There might be, and hopefully there is, an artifact 871 00:39:26,542 --> 00:39:29,000 around this boulder or underneath it 872 00:39:29,208 --> 00:39:31,125 that can tell us a date or a who. 873 00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:33,083 Yeah. Exactly. 874 00:39:33,292 --> 00:39:34,833 [Rick] It looked like gold. 875 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,167 It was interesting and exciting all in the same moment. 876 00:39:38,292 --> 00:39:39,667 All the more reason to 877 00:39:39,875 --> 00:39:43,333 get access to what is underneath that boulder. 878 00:39:44,375 --> 00:39:46,208 It potentially could raise the stakes 879 00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:47,667 here on the island, i.e., 880 00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:49,667 create a different understanding 881 00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:51,292 of history literally. 882 00:39:51,458 --> 00:39:53,083 What's it going to do to convince you people 883 00:39:53,250 --> 00:39:55,042 that we need to pick this thing up? 884 00:39:55,208 --> 00:39:56,458 It's really up to the archaeologists. 885 00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:59,833 And if they're on board, then who am I to say no? 886 00:40:00,042 --> 00:40:01,750 Yeah. We've gotten all the information we need 887 00:40:01,917 --> 00:40:03,417 from this area here, 888 00:40:03,625 --> 00:40:06,333 that's giving us enough to make informed decisions. 889 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,667 I think we've reached the limit of what we can do. 890 00:40:08,833 --> 00:40:11,792 Now, I think it's time to transition to 891 00:40:11,958 --> 00:40:15,250 the logistics of moving it safely and properly. 892 00:40:15,417 --> 00:40:17,167 You don't have to make the argument anymore. 893 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:19,667 [laughter] 894 00:40:19,833 --> 00:40:21,625 [Marty] I'm extremely happy 895 00:40:21,792 --> 00:40:24,167 that the archaeologists have done their job properly. 896 00:40:24,333 --> 00:40:26,417 But it's now time to lift it. 897 00:40:26,583 --> 00:40:28,250 We have to do this safely. 898 00:40:28,417 --> 00:40:29,833 And that's going to take a big crane. 899 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,625 This lifting of the Lot 8 boulder is 900 00:40:32,833 --> 00:40:34,292 a really close second place 901 00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:35,583 in terms of the most exciting thing 902 00:40:35,792 --> 00:40:37,500 that's going on, on the island this year. 903 00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:39,833 And everybody is excited to see what's under that boulder. 904 00:40:39,958 --> 00:40:42,000 Well, I'm keen to get it out of your way. 905 00:40:42,167 --> 00:40:44,500 -I'm with you now. -[Marty] All right. Good. 906 00:40:44,667 --> 00:40:46,083 Somebody get this rock out of the way! 907 00:40:46,250 --> 00:40:48,000 [laughter] 908 00:40:48,167 --> 00:40:51,667 [narrator] This year, Rick, Marty, Craig and their team 909 00:40:51,833 --> 00:40:55,167 have methodically searched for compelling clues 910 00:40:55,375 --> 00:40:59,500 to justify the most effective operation yet to try and solve 911 00:40:59,625 --> 00:41:03,500 the 231-year-old mystery. 912 00:41:03,667 --> 00:41:06,375 Incredibly, they have found those clues 913 00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:09,000 in multiple locations. 914 00:41:09,208 --> 00:41:13,125 One of which appears to have never been searched 915 00:41:13,292 --> 00:41:15,500 by anyone before them. 916 00:41:15,708 --> 00:41:19,167 Will the team finally recover the fabled gold 917 00:41:19,292 --> 00:41:20,875 and silver that has cost 918 00:41:21,042 --> 00:41:25,750 countless fortunes, and even lives, to pursue? 919 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:29,583 There's only one way to know. 920 00:41:29,750 --> 00:41:32,458 It's time to dig. 921 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:37,958 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 922 00:41:38,083 --> 00:41:39,333 [horn blaring] 923 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:41,250 [Marty] SBC and ROC are here. 924 00:41:41,417 --> 00:41:43,500 We want something found today. 925 00:41:43,625 --> 00:41:45,708 Find some treasure, boys! 926 00:41:46,708 --> 00:41:48,417 That thing looks unstoppable. 927 00:41:48,542 --> 00:41:50,500 -[beeping] -[Katya] Ooh! 928 00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:52,500 I think this is a key. 929 00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:54,833 A key? We'll want to get this one to the lab. 930 00:41:55,042 --> 00:41:57,083 -[Rick] Hundred percent. -[Craig] It's very interesting. 931 00:41:57,250 --> 00:41:59,208 It's saying super early time period. 932 00:41:59,375 --> 00:42:01,333 -No way. -We're finally moving 933 00:42:01,542 --> 00:42:03,375 in a direction that could give us some answers. 934 00:42:03,542 --> 00:42:05,250 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS