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Previously on The Curse of Oak Island. This could be the first step towards

getting the money pit excavated.

You're not going to get nothing there.

There's no way of going through it. You won't believe this. If the bill becomes

law, the province would call dibs on some discoveries made at Oak Island.

We have located a symbol that directly connects King Solomon's temple to the

island. This eight-sided star comes from the Holy Land. That's significant.

There is an island in the North Atlantic where men have been looking for treasure

for more than 200 years.

So far, they have uncovered tunnels, booby traps,

carved stones with strange symbols, even a 17th century

pirate treasure coin.

Six men have even lost their lives trying to solve the mystery.

And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure

can be found.

It's a new day on Oak Island.

A day that will bring new equipment, new theories, and hopefully, new findings.

Hutton, Aubrey, this is what we affectionately call our war room. We'd

like to think that we have our good ideas in here, so welcome.

Thank you.

It is also on this day that Rick, Marty, and their team have arranged to meet

with professional treasure hunters Jay Hutton Pulitzer and his cousin, Aubrey

Rayford.

Welcome to the world's longest treasure hunt. You're not part of it.

One week ago, Hutton and Aubrey came to Oak Island, armed with Hutton's theory

that the Oak Island mystery involved nothing less than a treasure taken from

King Solomon's temple.

I'm going to show you a symbol that uniquely ties back to the Holy Land.

He then invited Marty, Rick, and members of the team.

to come with him off the island to see an ancient petroglyph of an eight

-pointed star, located on land claimed by the native Mi'kmaq tribespeople.

See that there?

That's what we're looking for.

That's quite significant.

According to his research, Hutton claimed the symbol was based on an

ancient language, one connected to the symbols found on the mysterious stone

slab that was discovered in the money pit in 1804.

Now the veteran treasure hunter has returned to Oak Island, ready to present

what he promises will be an incredible theory.

We appreciate the little field trip to the petroglyphs. That was interesting.

And you've had us on the edge of our seats for a little bit of time now, and

I understand you're ready to show the rest of the deck here.

Right.

This is about history.

In the bottom of this hole...

is going to be some of the most important pieces of treasure to mankind.

We're talking about the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ark of the Covenant?

The gold chest which, according to the Old Testament, contained the actual Ten

Commandments?

Although there is some debate about whether or not the Ark actually existed,

many scholars believe that if it did, it was most likely destroyed.

along with everything else, when the first temple of King Solomon was

plundered by the Babylonians in approximately 600 BC.

Here is what we believe. There is an ancient legend about an ancient mariner

society traveling from the Holy Land to Nova Scotia.

This particular society was able to navigate the world by tracking stars.

They were sailing with artifacts from the first temple.

What year are we talking?

We're talking about a voyage about 582 to 596

BC.

Okay.

There's all these theories, you know, that kind of get more outlandish as you

go. Now we're back to 500 BC, 2,500 years ago.

Am I a believer in it? No, not yet.

But am I willing to dismiss it? No, because, you know, he could be right.

Keep going.

The story goes that they left the Holy Land, they went to the north part of

Africa, they went to the Iberian Peninsula, they come on up the coast of

Ireland and Scotland, and eventually to Nova Scotia.

But if, as J. Hutton Pulitzer believes, the Ark of the Covenant and its contents

were rescued more than 2,500 years ago, who would have done it?

The Phoenicians are the people we're talking about.

And they're thinking, we've got to get this the hell out of here. We've got to

take it to the other end of the earth.

Well, you're sitting here at the other end of the Earth in relation to those

times. Clearly.

That's the thing that will change the history of mankind.

Oh, yeah, if you can prove this voyage.

Yeah, absolutely.

It changes everything because we have this Columbus-centric view, right?

Legendary for their skills as mariners, the Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic

culture that dominated trade in the Mediterranean region from approximately

1200 to 550 B.C.

Their empire extended from the Middle East to Spain.

And there are some historians who believe their knowledge of the sea may

have enabled them to sail all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.

Get me here. Get you back here? Get me back here. There's a trail, a symbol

trail. Now, they stopped at five known locations in this trip.

This language that specifically this people write is found in all of

the locations.

So you're looking at the language of the inscribed stone that was found at the 90

-foot level.

According to Pulitzer's theory, the symbols on the inscribed stone are

similar to those found in an ancient alphabet known as Typhonot.

It is closely associated with the Punic language used by the people of Carthage,

a powerful Phoenician colony in North Africa, dating back as early as 1000 BC.

So let's draw some other connections. We tried to connect one other thing. We

used what we call the Trail of Coins.

Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age was all defined by the finding of coins.

Coins is the magic trail droppings that you pick up along the way. The

breadcrumbs. Yes.

This particular coin was minted in that region 2,500 years ago.

Every one of the stops...

Along this sacred voyage, they have found these coins.

This particular hoard was found about 50 miles from here.

In 1996, three ancient bronze coins were discovered in Nova Scotia, not far

from the site of the star petroglyph at Bedford Barrens.

According to experts, the coins were thought to be Carthaginian in origin.

This particular culture that speaks this old language, the Phoenicians, their

symbol is an eight-sided star.

The Mi'kmaq original symbol that they've adopted for their nation is an eight

-sided star.

Can you at least see how the dots connect?

As the first known native inhabitants of North America's northeastern region, The

Mi'kmaq people had their first recorded contact with Europeans in the 14th

century.

But could the similarities between the eight-pointed star from the Carthaginian

coin found in Nova Scotia, the eight-pointed star found in the

petroglyph in Bedford Barrens, and the one used as a symbol by the Mi'kmaq

people really be proof of contact dating back approximately 2,500 years?

I don't know when you want to get to the Q&A because I'm racking up a bunch of

them, okay?

So you don't believe that the Templars are here with the 1313 treasure?

Templars are tied in.

This has a very long Templar trail.

What we believe is that the Templars were here.

Yes, they were here.

Visiting? They were, like everyone else that's been to this island, looking.

They were looking.

They weren't here to drop something off. They were here looking.

The whole goal was finding the Ark and finding the grill.

They were looking for the artifacts to re-establish the New Jerusalem.

It's very intriguing.

Very intriguing. Well, not only that, it's seductive. I mean, you know, we

thought we'd heard them all, but this one is the biggest one of all.

It's not that I don't buy it. I need more proof.

Okay, well, great.

Thank you for the presentation.

I'm sort of in brain cell overload right now. We would like that little chance to

talk amongst ourselves.

Certainly. Let us kick some of this around right now so maybe we can give

you some feedback. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

He's a very good storyteller, but it's time now to sit back a little bit and

try to discern fact from story.

Salient thing that I do find impressive.

if there really is a 100% match to an ancient language. Okay, but that's yet

to be proven. It's a long way from that. Well, let's say that's true. That would

be highly significant.

It's a thousand-year disconnect between their trip and the Oak Island mystery.

Well, it's more than a thousand, isn't it? Well, even worse.

I think he's open-minded to the point where, look, the pursuit of history is

really what he's engaged with. You and him will get along great.

You want the history and the mystery, you and Charles, we want this stuff, the

spendable, buddy.

But, you know, our mission has always been to gather as much data as we can

from every source we can until we finally decide whether to excavate the

money pit or not. Right.

Okay, good. Let's go.

Let's go.

Could J. Hutton Pulitzer's incredible theory be true?

As far as Rick and Marty are concerned, given the strange codes and symbols

found throughout the island, and the elaborate system of tunnels, box drains,

and booby traps that are believed to have thwarted attempts to reach whatever

it is that lies hidden, no theory, no matter how outrageous, can be ignored.

The drill, boss, the drill. The drill.

After saying goodbye to Jay Hutton Pulitzer, and after several days of

waiting, the large drill rig the Laginas have ordered makes its way across the

Oak Island causeway from the mainland.

We're going to bring as big a rig as we need, David.

If this one don't get it, we're getting a bigger one.

If that one don't get it, we're getting a bigger one.

The team is eager to resume their search for the legendary money pit.

Okay.

Up until now, the coring drill the team was using was just not powerful enough

to penetrate all of the stones, wood, and other debris that have thwarted the

team's efforts to reach their target depth of 140 feet.

But once the team reaches the money pit, why have they chosen to drill to a depth

of 140 feet?

In June of 1897, a previous Oak Island treasure expedition led by William

Chappell was drilling core samples in the money pit when they found evidence

of a mysterious wooden object at a depth of 153 feet.

The samples later determined that the object was a large box or vault

measuring seven feet tall and with walls made of oak seven inches thick.

Even more curious was the fact that the vault appeared to be covered in a white

chalky substance that looked like a type of cement.

But within a few days of its discovery, the area surrounding the wooden box, now

known as the chapel vault, flooded with seawater, making the money pit virtually

impossible to excavate.

Since that time, Dozens of treasure hunters have dug more than 40 so-called

seeker shafts in the area, trying to bypass what is thought to be Oak

Island's elaborate system of underground booby traps and flood tunnels.

Eventually, all of these shafts either collapsed or also flooded with seawater.

And the endless excavations in the area obscured the exact whereabouts of the

original treasure shaft.

In 1965, California geologist turned treasure hunter Robert Dunfield came to

Oak Island, determined to solve the mystery.

After building the causeway that connects the island to the mainland, he

supervised the excavation of the Money Pit area.

The result was a massive crater that measured 100 feet wide by 140 feet deep.

But before he could reach his target depth of 153 feet the hole collapsed due

to a combination of heavy rain and Seawater flooding in from what many

believe to be a series of underground booby traps Defeated Dunfield filled in

the massive hole and abandoned his search Unfortunately much damage had

been done priceless artifacts and important landmarks had been destroyed

And the Money Pit area was now an estimated 10 feet lower than it was when

it was originally discovered in 1795.

What are we looking for, Craig? What's your number?

Yeah, 15 meters, 20 meters.

There you go.

X marks the spot.

Today, Marty and Craig Tester.

have agreed to find the money pit by employing a different strategy marty can

you let me know which way he needs to go he's a little off that way you know he's

here he needs to be over there turn his wheels that way and come back they will

attempt to locate the so-called halifax tunnel one of the many abandoned

searcher tunnels that were dug by treasure hunters hoping to reach the

money pit without setting off one of the allegedly booby-trapped flood tunnels

Okay. We're pretty sure we can locate the old Halifax Tunnel, which is down

about 100 feet, and that'll help us line everything up, because that tunnel was

run right at the Money Pit.

In 1867, men working for the Halifax Company dug a 110-foot shaft

200 feet south of the Money Pit.

They were hoping to avoid the so-called booby traps that first flooded the pit

with seawater just after the 90-foot stone was removed in 1804.

Unfortunately, their strategy didn't work.

Upon reaching the area near the pit, seawater flooded the Halifax Tunnel.

Nevertheless, if Marty and Craig can find the tunnel, flooded or not, it

should lead them directly to the money pit.

we just want to watch the cuttings we got some idea we're going to intersect

tunnels let's do it

using

a series of maps and charts made over the years by previous treasure hunters

the team has identified two possible locations for the halifax tunnel

Right here, David.

Target number two.

The Halifax Tunnel, it's been an orientation point for a lot of the

searchers. We think it'll be important for us too. It'll help locate the money

pit. Well, we get to 45 feet.

Let's make sure we got everything cleared away.

Yeah, and then go slow from there. We're expecting to hit wood.

I will be into the top of this tunnel if it's here today.

A couple hours.

Oak Island Wheeling, of course.

We'll find it. We'll find that dang tunnel.

At the south shore near the swamp.

Gary's going to do some metal detecting. Rick Lagina has joined his nephew Peter

Fernetti, metal detection expert Gary Drayton, and longtime Oak Island

treasure hunter Dan Henske to search for coins and other important metal

artifacts.

They are hoping to find evidence to support J. Hutton Pulitzer's incredible

theory that ancient Phoenician sailors brought the Ark of the Covenant to Oak

Island more than 2,000 years ago.

So, what do you think?

I think we should try down this way.

When Hutton gave us his theory of what happened on Oak Island, is that an

intriguing story? You bet it is.

But at the end of the day, every theory has to be proven, and right now my hand

is empty.

So, would it be very compelling to put a 2,500-year-old Carthaginian coin in the

palm of my hand?

Absolutely. I mean, I'd do backflips across the ocean, for God's sakes.

Oh, boy.

One guinea about to be exposed.

Apparently. Small objects.

Oh, of course. The pull tab. The word ring was in my brain, but it didn't come

out my mouth, but there it is. The pull tab from the 1970s. Nice.

Is there anything else there?

A bit of a higher tone than the last signal. Which is good, right? Yeah.

Come on, coin.

Old, old coin.

It's a coin.

Oh, a coin?

Wow.

It's a coin.

All right, what you got? Coin?

Metal detector expert Gary Drayton has just discovered an antique coin on the

south shore of Oak Island.

Could it be like the 17th century Spanish maravillé found in the swamp

last summer?

Or could it be much, much older?

Is this a British coin?

Yeah, it looks like George II. There's his nose.

Which one is that?

There's Britannia sitting on the shield, holding a trident. This is a British

coin.

17... Is that 1771?

A British coin dated before the time of the American Revolution?

Could it have been left behind by someone who came to the island looking

for treasure?

Or could it have been dropped by someone who came there to bury it?

They call these coppers. First time I've ever found one.

Well, that's what you're here for. Fantastic.

Fantastic.

That's not old enough for you. The next one has to be 100 years older than that.

Bit by bit, coin by coin, the history of Oak Island begins to take shape.

But could one of the coins the team finds on the island be an important clue

to solving the mystery of the money pit?

Or will it be that once one mystery is solved, another, even more puzzling,

will immediately take its place?

Let's use this wall as an orientation hole, then. Let's go on and find

bedrock.

Back at the Money Pit site, Marty Lagina and Craig Tester are still trying to

locate the Halifax Tunnel.

If successful, they're hoping it will lead them directly to the Money Pit.

We are in a general orientation of the flood tunnel.

Nobody knows exactly where it is. It should be at 100 to 110.

Well, at least let's go down until we find water.

Because the Halifax Tunnel flooded with seawater at a depth of 110 feet, Hitting

water may be an indication that Marty and the team have located the nearly 150

-year-old shaft.

Unfortunately, the only thing they have been able to find so far is dry dirt.

And no water means no tunnel.

Look how dry that is, Marty. I know, it's incredible.

Look at that.

We're down to 105 feet, still no water.

Dry as can be.

I'm discouraged.

I mean, we just spent a bunch of time and money, but we missed the tunnel we

were looking for, so now we are moving to the next one.

Damn it.

At the south shore near the Oak Island Swamp, Rick Lagina and his team are

still searching for ancient coins and other metal artifacts.

I have a question for you, okay? I see the red bee cherry.

You or Dan ever make anything of that? I mean, it's most curious.

No, it's quite simple.

The island has tons and tons of fool's gold, and you see the pyrite crystals

there? Yeah. For some reason, it's not stable, and it turns to rust on the

shore.

Because of its shiny golden appearance, iron pyrite, a commonly available

mineral, is also known as fool's gold.

In 1577, explorer Martin Frobisher brought over 1,100 tons of fool's gold

from northern Canada to England, claiming he had discovered a genuine

gold mine.

Although the worthless nature of his cargo would later be discovered, one

theory suggests that some of Frobisher's abandoned mine shafts were located on

Oak Island, and that they were later used to hide objects of enormous value,

like pirate gold, the lost manuscripts of William Shakespeare,

Marie Antoinette's jewels, and even priceless religious objects.

One shot.

Okay.

Now, there's a beautiful run of fool's gold crystals there. The island is just

loaded with this stuff.

I'm going to bring this back to Marty. That's gold, baby, and he better believe

it.

That sounds like a good signal.

Ooh, a coin.

Another one.

Can you see?

This is looking good.

Another coin?

Could it be similar to the ones found earlier?

Or could it be even older, like the Carthaginian coins found near the island

just a few years ago?

There's Britannia.

It is British.

And there's today, from the 1700s. The British may have been here a lot more

than we know about.

For centuries, England and Spain vied for control of the New World's riches.

In 1762, the British Navy captured the rich Spanish port of Havana.

Millions of dollars of Spanish gold was shipped back to England.

But some people believe some of that treasure was diverted to Oak Island and

hidden by rogue British military leaders.

Could today's incredible discovery of two 18th century British coins help to

support that theory?

This is a lot better results than we usually get on Oak Island here.

As far as what he's recovered, it's wonderful information.

Does it tell us the who, what, when, where, why, and how?

Not yet, but it's an answer. Now that we're on the wind side of the column,

let's call it a day. We've got some coins to glean.

Let's flange it up here.

Move down to the next target. There's an exit in the road down there. All right.

Thank you.

So far, Marty and Craig's attempt to locate a shortcut to the money pit by

first finding the Halifax Tunnel has been unsuccessful.

They have just enough daylight left to try one more location.

I don't know about you, Craig, but I'd like to be right about something.

Yeah, once in a while. Once in a while out here.

They're down about almost 80 already.

Nothing unusual.

No changes.

Suddenly, as the drill nears 100 feet, it starts to slow down.

Could Oak Island's dense clay soil be proving too much of an obstacle for even

this powerful drilling rig to get through?

That hole is tight to get up on.

It's just there pumping water down to get out of the hole.

Is it stuck?

Now using water to loosen the soil, Marty and Craig continue their efforts

to find the Halifax tunnel.

But while water should keep the drill bit from getting stuck, it may also make

the hole unstable.

With the hole they've just drilled in danger of collapsing

and with still no sign of the elusive Halifax tunnel, Marty and Craig have no

choice but to shut down their operation.

All right, well, I've seen enough.

Didn't work.

We missed twice, so our information wasn't any good. We need to go back to

the maps, see what we did wrong.

We found two spots where it isn't.

Back to the drawing board.

Plot these two wells and see what we did wrong and get down to the money pit,

right? Yeah.

We need to get back to the money pit and drill a hole we couldn't get down on

with a little rig. This rig will get down on it, I believe.

He's got way more horsepower.

He's got way more pump.

As far as Marty Lagina is concerned, another day on

Oak Island has come and gone with little to show for it.

Because they haven't been able to locate the Halifax Tunnel, the Laginas and

their partners will have to figure out another way to find the money pit.

We missed.

You didn't see anything strange at all, right?

No wood, no nothing.

We'll get down into that triangle that Craig's determined has never been

drilled, maybe find some of the original, hopefully valuable stuff that

was in the money pit.

Tomorrow's a new day.

Let's go.

Bad day.

It's a rainy day on Oak Island.

A day when the weather seems to reflect the collective mood of the Laginas and

their partners.

What kind of weather is that, David?

Nasty weather.

As if their problems with finding the money pit weren't enough.

the brothers and their partners are now worried about another serious issue, one

which involves pending legislation that could effectively shut down all current

treasure hunting activities on the island.

This is Robert Myra. He's the counselor for this area. And you're going to kind

of bring us up to speed a little bit on this bill that we're kind of worried

about. Bill 68.

Bill 68, the infamous.

You won't believe this.

Last spring...

A local politician proposed legislation that would effectively treat all of Oak

Island as a protected historical site. Can I see this?

It would also require that any digging or drilling be conducted using the

strictest archaeological methods and standards.

The province would call dibs on some discoveries made at Oak Island. Oh, my

God.

Although the Laginas and their partners are fairly supportive of the bill's

objectives, they believe the timing for it is premature.

as it is largely inspired by various myths and legends about the island, and

not the concrete evidence the Laginas are hoping to find.

Tell us, we're concerned, and we'd like sort of an insider's viewpoint.

Well, the bill was brought to council and was talked about, and it seems like

the government, instead of 10% of the treasure, they want 25%.

Honestly, when we first found out about that bill, it shocked us.

You know, the most perplexing thing about Bill 68 is that we've been very

respectful of the island, the history, the lore, and the Nova Scotian heritage.

We've always behaved honorably and with integrity.

We've jumped through every hoop, every requirement.

The treasurer license says historical artifacts or something. Have to stay in

Canada. and and we intend to abide by that we had an archaeologist as part of

the treasure trove license go through the entire island he you know he said

there's been so much activity from searchers that most of the island

doesn't have historical value because it's just been too many holes dug and

whatnot i think there's a story here a story that belongs to nova scotia in

particular and to the world in general and we're very respectful and always

take care that in the discovery process, that's first and

foremost. Some of the provisions of that bill basically would allow the whole

process to be shut down without notice.

We have a lot invested here in money, time, emotion, and it might all get

taken away.

I do have news for you.

For the past few months, Rick, Marty, and the other members of the Oak Island

team have been concerned about the fate of a new piece of provincial legislation

that could threaten to halt all of their present activities on Oak Island.

I do have news for you.

Bill 68 is no longer in power.

The liberals got rid of it.

Good.

We got all kinds of things to worry about here.

This is Welcome News, at a time when good news has been in short supply.

They may bring it back, it may not. I can't say that. Right, but for right

now, from our standpoint, it's dead. We don't have to worry about it. No. Okay.

It was a tremendous relief because, I mean, let's face it, we have enough

issues out here without having to sort of fight a rearguard action against the

rules being changed.

We only need one adversary, and it's here.

It's Oak Island.

Armed with the knowledge that their activities on Oak Island have the

support of the government, the Laginas and their partners can once again turn

their attention to finding the original money pit. Jordan?

Frustrated by their unsuccessful attempts to locate the money pit by way

of the Halifax Tunnel, Rick Lagina and Craig Tester have decided to return to

their original strategy and find the money pit by drilling and extracting a

number of core samples.

Because I know your guys' thought.

You want to be right there, don't you?

Yep. Of course. That's our preference, yep.

But first, they're going to need to know if the 30-ton drill rig they've hired

can drill through the layers of rocks and debris left behind by previous

treasure hunters.

Since we've already got those two wells, we kind of jumped over to this side. The

problem is we were in a lot of wood right here.

But drilling through dense layers of wood and stone may not be the drill

rig's biggest obstacle.

My concern, though, is this, the ground being too soft. Right, because then he

has to back up further and further right over the unconsolidated stuff. Yeah.

I'd hate to see the rig start doing this.

That would not be good.

Good to go?

Okay. Well then, let's do it.

The rig we previously had here is a fairly small rig, fairly light.

This rig is much bigger, much heavier.

It could sink down into the mud or it could cause a cavity to collapse.

Bringing Jordan's rig in, it's two to three times as heavy as the Geotech rig.

If they don't get it jacked up properly with sufficient boards, the rig could

tip.

I mean, we're looking for that vault at the 140-foot level. So if we find

anything man-made significant below there, I mean, I think it'll just make

it much more easy making a decision whether to do the big dig or not.

Let's just give it a try and see what happens.

The big dig Craig Tester is referring to involves a complete excavation of the

Money Pit site, down to a depth of 140 feet.

First, they will have to find a way of shutting off, or blocking out, the

seawater that floods the pit.

Then, they will have to dig an enormous hole, and hope that it won't collapse

before they can retrieve whatever it is they find at the bottom.

But will it be pirate gold?

Precious jewels?

Sacred religious objects?

Or will they find nothing at all?

That sucker's heavy.

That is.

Suddenly, the drill rig begins to sink into the mud.

Could an ancient mine shaft or searcher tunnel be collapsing deep underground?

Holy! Look out! No!

Holy!

Look out! No!

That ain't good.

That could be a problem.

We need to get out now while the getting's good.

The large drill rig the Laginas are trying to use at the money pit is now

sinking into the Oak Island mud.

Centuries of digging and drilling have made the ground soft and unstable.

Even more dangerous is the possibility that numerous underground treasure

tunnels have rotted with time and could collapse at any moment.

That was dry the other day, wasn't it? Yeah.

Don't you think, Chief?

Yeah. One of the problems with this whole venture is we were drilling

probably in fill, either from a shaft that was filled or from Mr. Dunfield's

excavations or from a shaft that collapsed.

Maybe it was leaning over.

What we're going to do is we're going to dry the rig ahead a little bit, lay down

mats. That way, if it did ever go down, the wheels are going to come down on top

of the mats.

Okay, yeah, that sounds good to me.

There's 220 years of digging, drilling, blasting, boring.

And given all the disturbances in that area, that ground was still soft.

We do have safety concerns here, and the biggest one is, was a cavity formed at

some point in time, and could that cave in? If it is the original vault that

we're caving in, that would not be good news because we're hoping to get down to

it. But this is a money pit area, and you never know when something might go

wrong.

After some fast teamwork, Rick and Craig managed to pack the hole with rocks,

adding stability to the ground beneath Jordan's rig.

I'm never afraid to get my hands dirty. Craig and I were tossing boulders in the

hole. I mean, I'll do anything.

Look, we're here to solve this. And, you know, if I had to carry bricks on my

back for 50 miles every day, I'd do it.

I'm going to do whatever it takes because I'm in the fight and we're here

to win.

Seems to be pretty stable there.

Okay, so let's get steel in the hole.

There we go.

Let's cross our fingers and hope this goes down the hole.

Once again, Oak Island has been successful at keeping its most precious

secret hidden.

but will the laginas and their partners like all the previous dreamers and

treasure-seekers who came to oak island ultimately leave beaten and empty-handed

or will they fight back beat the odds and finally

solve the mystery that has eluded men and women for more than two hundred

years the island tends to take a toll

It teaches you a lesson. You can't constantly think that. Every morning

you're going to wake up and you're going to find the answers.

It's not just a one-day trip. This pursuit is long-term.

There's a reason it's called the money pit. It has sucked a lot of money out of

a lot of people over the years.

But we're on a quest, we're doing something that we love, and we're not

giving up.

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.

All right, I'm not willing to give up. You don't think we can put an X through

swamp? No. Why not?

This is looking very expensive and not too much reward.

This was found in the bottom of a swamp. What the hell is that?

It's a big tree stump. What's that doing out in the middle of nowhere? It

wouldn't have grown underwater.

Then the swamp came after the tree. It's man-made. It's the money pit. I want to

see what's down there. That's the top of the vault. Looks like we might have been

right. Holy!

Wow, guys. Do you think you're on the vault?