Original subtitles

Tonight on the Curse of Oak Island.

Sweet! Holy smokes.

1600. Yeah, this is really cool.

I've never seen you so excited. It means something.

Here's hard evidence. People were on this island 120 years before the

discovery of the money pit.

The drill bar is stuck.

I got pretty solid on something there now, so I think he's in steel.

We've hit construction.

This is so serious. This is the first step of shutting down the whole island.

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

incredible treasure for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found bits of gold chain, a stone slab with strange symbols

carved into it, even a 17th century Spanish coin.

To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.

And, according to legend,

One more will have to die before the treasure can be found.

As a new day begins on Oak Island, Oak Island partner Craig Tester,

along with his stepson Jack Begley, Check in with geologist Terry Matheson

on the morning's progress.

Which well are we on?

DF 9.5.

DF 9.5.

We've moved a little north and east, and we're down 75 feet.

In their determination to pinpoint the exact location of the original Money Pit

treasure shaft, the team is employing what is referred to as the geotech

system. This will involve the drilling of as many as 40 six-inch-wide

boreholes. to depths of up to 200 feet in a carefully marked grid pattern.

To date, Brewster Drilling has completed 10 holes, but there is still no sign of

the centuries-old treasure vault.

Okay, this will be H3.5.

And the main thing we're looking here is a potential debris field. So if the

money pit was over there, when the collapse happened, there was a tunnel.

And the treasure could have shot into that tunnel. We know a lot of debris

went into the tunnel. We know wood went into the tunnel.

So we know a lot of stuff from the original money pit went in there, did

the treasure. We don't know. So that's what we'll be looking for. But we'll

take it down. I mean, we don't know what might be down deeper.

That's right. We'll see what happens. Yeah.

Okay. Sounds good.

As each borehole is drilled, the soil, clay, and debris taken from the hole is

collected and deposited onto a shaker deck.

These so-called spoils are then carefully examined by hand and

methodically recorded.

Then, after the drill reaches bedrock at a depth of approximately 200 feet, the

metal casing in each hole is replaced with plastic PVC pipe to prevent the

hole from collapsing.

This will also allow for later inspection of the holes with a metal

detection device.

It is the team's hope that after the drilling program is complete, one or

more holes can be identified that would serve as targets for a much more

thorough investigation.

Yeah, it's moving right on down now.

Which means I've got to get on the log again. Okay, sounds good.

As the geotech operation continues... All right, Gary, today's the day. Let's

find something.

Rick and Marty Lagina.

along with Dave Blankenship and metal detection expert Gary Drayton, head to

Lot 16.

They are hoping to find, not necessarily treasure, but evidence of who might have

been on the island during the years before the money pit was first

discovered back in 1795.

And this is a good sign.

Anywhere that's difficult to get in, that's a good place to go metal

detecting.

Really, Lot 16 is highly relevant.

because it's a spoils pile, really.

Right through the Dunfield era, it was a place where spoils from the money pit

workings were deposited.

I'd really like to go over this, because this is basically one big spoil pile,

isn't it?

Yep.

When treasure hunter Robert Dunfield attempted to find the money pit in 1965,

he did so by digging a massive 100-foot-wide by 140-foot-deep hole.

But when the hole collapsed due to flooding, the disappointed treasure

hunter left behind a massive spoils pile, one that he never had the time to

examine.

Now, some 50 years later, Dunfield spoils have aged to look like little

more than hills surrounding the Money Pit site.

Hills that Rick and Marty Lagina hope could contain valuable information that

will help them in their quest.

Where are you headed anyway? Just here. There's a clearing just here. It's a

good place to start.

David, you're going to bring us good luck.

We've been metal detecting without you. This time we got you. Yeah.

Find something, Barry. Shiny and gold.

Good. Let's see if it works.

Whenever you're in close proximity to the money pit, you have no idea the

possibility of what you might find.

Come on, baby. Sing to me.

So I think we're all very excited to see what might come of today.

The target, guys, should be directly under the center of the search coil and

it's reading six inches.

It's out.

Thanks, sir.

Reveal your secrets.

I think this is probably a bloody modern nail.

A broken one as well. That's even worse. That means there's another piece there.

Well, quit finding that, Gary, and find something good.

I say we move away from this dastardly area.

Come on, Gary. We ain't going to be here all day now.

You haven't found anything yet?

That's right.

Come on, now. It takes longer than that.

Let's just cover this little area.

I think I'm picking up your shovel up there.

No, I'm not. I've got a target.

All right, mate.

Just a... Rick takes no prisoners.

You got a root there, Rick.

Whatever it is, it's out.

Pinpoint of time.

Right there, give it some shining.

Ooh.

I see round.

Wow, look at that.

Is it a button or a coin? How about that?

Well, David, you are lucky. I've got another target. Hang on.

It's certainly roundness in the hole.

Oh, another one. Is that a button or a coin?

Wow.

It's a coin.

Ah.

I'm seeing Britannia on it. It's definitely some kind of English coin.

I see a 16.

I see a 1 and a 6.

Looks like it's got a head on it. Yeah, look who I see.

That's Charles II.

Come on.

Yeah, that's Charles. This isn't George.

Look, that's the back of his head. There's his face.

And I can see a carolus.

Wow. Definitely.

Fantastic.

In 1660, following an era of strict Puritanism under Oliver Cromwell, the

British monarchy was restored under King Charles II.

To celebrate... Coins of all denominations were minted in the

likeness of the king, along with the words Carolus, Latin for Charles, until

his death in 1685.

We definitely haven't found any of these. I mean, well, Marty, maybe I am

good luck. You're god dang right you're good luck.

I see 1600-something.

It looks like 1673.

Holy shimola.

Way to go, Gary!

1,600.

Unbelievable. I can't believe it, honestly.

That's pretty cool.

While searching the Dunfield spoils on Lot 16, Rick, Marty, Dave, and Gary

have just made a pair of significant discoveries.

There's a date on this one, too, right down at the bottom.

1,694.

keep looking gary says find the third one look at david he's pretty excited

right baby this means something these are even spendables for you right it

means something that is fantastic that's a real big deal to me the 1600 coins

historically this would not have been a significant island in the late 1600s it

would have been a just a nondescript nothing charles ii yeah yep charles ii

that's way too early for people to be here That's 120 years before the finding

of the money pit, for sure. Yep.

Could finding these 17th century coins offer proof that the stories of pirates

frequenting the island are true?

If so, could they hold the key to solving the 222-year-old Oak Island

mystery?

Whoa, I believe this is a coin. And could they also have a connection to the

17th century Spanish meravigee?

found in the swamp nearly four years ago so the spanish coin was

1650 this is very contemporaneous i mean close so you get the spanish and the

english i didn't think they liked each other not at all you know late

1600s that's the time of captain kidd captain kidd the infamous

17th century privateer

The notion that Captain William Kidd frequented Oak Island and possibly

buried treasure there is not a new one.

In his book, Captain Kidd and His Skeleton Island, first published in

1935, author Harold Wilkins included what he claimed was a faithful

reproduction of an authentic treasure map, a map that depicted a destination

with a striking similarity to Oak Island.

Although Wilkins claimed his book was fictionalized, Oak Island treasure

hunter Gilbert Hedden was not convinced and spent years trying to find treasure

using the map as his guide.

But could finding a number of 17th century coins from different countries

rekindle the notion that the men behind the Oak Island mystery really were

pirates all along, as Dan Blankenship has long suspected?

So we will come back, but let's go show Dan those two coins. Those are probably

the most significant thing in a couple of years. We'll see what your dad says.

Okay.

After their breakthrough discovery on Lot 16, Rick and Marty Lagina,

along with Gary Drayton and Dave Blankenship, head to the home of veteran

Oak Island treasure hunter Dan Blankenship.

Hello?

Daniel?

How are you doing, man?

Say you're all set. We'll come over there.

Partner? How you doing?

I'm okay, Daniel. How are you doing?

It's important to show the coins to Dan for, I'd say, two reasons.

One is because he's our partner.

But more significantly, Rick, to a huge extent, wants to be the guy who places

something in Dan's hands that validates his life's work.

So, Dan, we were out metal detecting today.

up by the eastern side of the swamp.

I'll let David say how exciting it was. Show them what it was, Gary.

And even Dave was excited, jumping up and down.

It's two coins.

This is English, 1673.

That's very interesting.

That's King Charles II.

We're sure of it.

That confirms that the English were here in the neighborhood of 1670.

Yes. Oh, yeah.

When I first got involved here in 65, the main thing I wanted to establish was

authenticity, you know?

That's what I was looking for.

This is part of that.

Yeah. It gives credence to the history of it. Yes. To the money pit. Right.

There's no question about that.

And hopefully this is just the beginning. The beginning.

Good luck.

Good luck. Perfect.

Dan, thank you.

Later that afternoon.

How deep is your casing?

115, 117, something like that.

The team returns to the money pit site to check in on the day's progress.

So what are we looking for? The vault. We're looking for the vault.

That'd be the main thing.

The reason why we picked this hole is it's an odd location, if you will. It's

actually a hole in between the head and the chapel shafts, right in close

proximity to where William put his drilling platform in 1897, where they

encountered the vault.

In 1897, after drilling to a depth of approximately 153 feet,

treasure hunters William Chapel and Frederick Blair discovered... what they

believed was a seven-foot-tall wooden vault encased in a substance similar to

concrete. When they extracted their drill bit, they were astonished to find

traces of gold and a tiny piece of paper on which were written the letters VI.

They kept drilling, and at a depth of 171 feet, they encountered what appeared

to be an impenetrable metal plate, a plate which they suspected, could have

been put there to protect something of incredible value.

How deep were they now?

155. You hit bedrock yet?

No.

Getting hard? Yeah, it's a lot harder than what we've drilled through so far

on this hole.

What depth are we at?

Somewhere in the 160 to 165 range.

Okay.

Taking a little while to chew through it.

Okay. Part of me is anxiously waiting to see it just start spilling gold coins

out. Yeah, me too.

You said this wood's drilling a lot harder than any of the wood they drilled

before.

So, not sure what that means.

Maybe it wasn't hardwood.

Maybe it was steel.

Chunk of metal.

Pretty bright and shiny.

Where'd that come from?

At what depth are we right here to get that? That was at 162.

Metal? Has the team hit the same obstruction that Chaplain Blair first

encountered in 1897?

Well, he said right now, too, he's having a real hard time going through

whatever they're at right now. Well, if he's going through metal, no wonder.

You get that little frisson of excitement, the flash in the pan.

So great, you know, maybe we're getting into something, you know, we're going to

drill through a metal plate, we're getting into the vault, you know, your

hopes rise.

We've got a bigger piece there now, Rick.

It's not a hardened steel, but it's not soft either.

Okay.

Getting bigger pieces.

Wait, what do you think that is?

Do you think it looks modern?

I don't think so.

It just kind of blows me away, these bits of metal. I don't know what to make

of that. We'll get it tested.

The geotech operation has been forced to stop.

Whatever object the drill has encountered, it cannot be penetrated

without doing further damage to the drill bed.

or come up, put a new shoe on, and go down through.

Now we've got no teeth on them.

I get it.

Decision.

I'd say we run the PVC pipe right here as deep as we can. We're going to drill

closer to this area again anyway.

I'm all for that.

I'm not dismayed at all. That's the reason for the grid, you know? We may

find it in the first hole. We may find it in the 37th hole.

We'll find it.

We're done here, Kyle.

We're all set. Run the plastic.

Sounds good. All right. Thanks, guys.

For Rick to ask us to meet over at Dave's house sounds kind of serious.

Yeah, it does.

The next morning, while the Oak Island team waits for a new drill bit to

arrive,

Marty Lagina and his friend and partner Craig Tester head to the home of Dave

Blankenship for what promises to be an important meeting.

Rick got a letter from Heritage and Culture that he wants to talk about, and

it doesn't sound good.

When did this arrive?

Last day or something, I guess.

I get a text from Rick that there's something needs serious attention right

away.

This is ominous, okay? I mean, Rick doesn't usually react that way.

Hello?

Something's up.

Something not good.

All right, what's this all about?

You ain't gonna like it, because I don't like it. Really? Yep.

Okay, I see what you mean.

This isn't sounding good.

Metal detecting of the island has the potential to impact existing

archaeological sites and resources, and as such would need to be part of a

larger archaeological survey methodology.

Metal detecting and noting any hits with GPS photos, etc., and sharing that

information with CCH, that's Culture and Heritage, I assume, is acceptable as

long as we are very clear this does not include excavation or removal of

objects.

We would definitely need to carry out this work under a heritage research

permit.

We'd have to file a permit on every one of them. That's what this says.

Well, if that sets precedent, then it means that everywhere on the island,

that will be a requirement. That's my concern.

I think this is really, this really is upsetting.

It's unworkable.

I mean, you'd think this was a joke. Yeah, totally agree.

This is really bad.

This is the first step in shutting down the whole island.

After acquiring a partnership stake in Oak Island Tours in 2006, brothers Rick

and Marty Lagina, along with their partners, petitioned the Canadian

government to grant them the right to look for treasure on Oak Island.

Passed in 2010, The Oak Island Treasure Act allows the team's corporation, Oak

Island Tours, to actively search on all areas of the island not considered

cultural landmarks, chiefly the Samuel Ball Foundation and the McInnes

Foundation.

Also heavily regulated are the waters around the island, as well as the Oak

Island Swamp.

The metal detection has provided lots of clues to what might have happened here.

And it's continuing to.

So we're very upset, very upset about this. The clue that we need could be out

there to be metal detected, and we'll never find it under this protocol.

It's not just the concerns they've expressed. They've given us parameters

under which we can no longer proceed, in our opinion.

So it's very chilling to the exploration efforts out here.

We just don't get it.

All the Canadian government agencies we work with have been great.

And we have been very respectful. And I've praised you before.

We've been 100% compliant.

We've crossed every T, dotted every I, obeyed every rule and regulation.

And to have restrictions on what we can and cannot do, I find it to be

counterproductive at the very least. Yeah.

So, Rick, what is this all about? Because it doesn't make any sense.

Here's the backstory.

We all know we had to turn over the artifacts.

Yeah, we did.

And we did.

We found a lot of artifacts last year on Lot 24.

One of the Samuel Ball lots.

Holy smokes. Look at these.

Wow.

Last year, while searching near the site... of what was once the home of

former 18th century American slave turned British loyalist Samuel Ball.

The Oak Island team unearthed a number of 18th century British coins and a

brass tag on which was engraved the name Ball.

But could finding this simple artifact have ignited such intense concern on the

part of the Canadian authorities that the entire search operation on Oak

Island could be all but shut down?

I know when the Treasure Trove license was passed, the archaeological community

didn't want Oak Island having an act.

Maybe they're getting a lot of heat from that community.

If they're really worried about archaeology, we're doing archaeology for

free for them. It doesn't make any sense. We're turning everything over.

I mean, papers have been written by the archaeological community. Oak Island is

just a junkyard of 220-some years in search.

I never thought that this treasure hunt would leave to archaeological interest

for the simple reason that it's been so destroyed by 220 years

of search.

But the way it's evolved, I never pictured.

Stuff could be near the surface that is archaeologically significant, but how

are we going to find it under this protocol? We don't find it. They don't

get it. This is so serious to us and so devastating to our efforts that we have

to, you know, we need to have a face-to-face meeting.

What the hell do they want? We didn't do anything wrong.

One day after being informed that their treasure hunting operations would have

to shut down, Craig Tester and members of the Oak Island team gather at a

nearby pub.

They're government, and they can change your freaking mind. If we add on an

extra step for every single dig, that slows us down even further.

Yep. Exactly.

They are anxiously awaiting news of Rick and Marty Lagina's scheduled meeting.

with representatives from Nova Scotia's Department of Community, Culture, and

Heritage.

They can stop roads, they can stop buildings, they can stop anything.

They can do what they want.

The government never backs down. Yeah.

Hey, guys.

Hey. How you doing, Marty? Hey, guys. Hey.

We're here.

So we did meet with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, and...

You know, it started out a little tense.

Can we dig?

Not yet.

But where we are is we have a letter that would be severely restrictive, and

we're trying to make progress in a mutually agreeable sense. It's not going

to be totally logical from our standpoint.

The agenda going in was to find out why.

Well, we found out why, and it appears to me likely that they're getting

pressure from the archaeological community. I think...

Because of what's happening here on this island, more people are paying

attention. Our proposal is we would hire an archaeologist, more money,

that that archaeologist would get a one-time heritage permit,

not for every dig. Yeah. And then the idea would be that what we're going to

try to get sold is that you could metal detect all you want, but any time there

was a dig, the archaeologist would have to be present.

Yeah. there would be an archaeologist basically tagging along with you. Right.

I mean, I've already contacted Laird, so we can use the archaeologist we had

before. Yes.

He's acceptable to them. He is acceptable, and he's the reasonable guy,

so I agree. Yeah.

Archaeologist Laird Nivett has been working with and advising the Oak Island

team ever since helping them obtain their treasure trove license seven years

ago.

It was Laird who last year... was brought in to evaluate the team's

findings of what appeared to be a mysterious hatch located on the western

end of the island.

Have you ever seen anything like this? No.

No. That's not natural.

Laird was also instrumental in helping the team evaluate an elaborate

arrangement of rocks and boulders found buried beneath the waters of Smith's

Cove. Laird?

I'm going to put you on the spot now.

Man-made? I believe so, yeah. Wow. Yeah.

Culture and heritage, as part of our process here, has mandated that an

archaeologist be involved with any digging, and we already have a

relationship with Laird, and he brings a lot to the table. So, yes, we like

working with him.

It's a compromise.

Absolutely. You know, if you think about it, they're winners in this, and I guess

to some extent, so are we.

Yeah, look, being as we're the emissaries, we think we did a hell of a

great job, don't we guys?

The next day, in the wake of their critically

important meeting with Canadian officials... Good morning. Hello, Laird.

Rick, Marty, and Craig Tester have invited area archaeologist Laird Niven

to meet with them in person.

So here's the deal. We got a letter from Culture and Heritage that says, stop.

Stop metal detecting.

Stop digging.

Stop doing basically what we're doing.

I mean, yeah, we felt like, uh-oh, this is the first step in shutdown.

So we had a face-to-face. Apparently what they really wanted was an

additional layer of supervision.

They need to show that the correct archaeological things are being done.

Right. Enter you.

You know, if you'll take on this task, basically be an advisor to us, too. I

guess that's what I'm trying to say. And regarding that, as this story becomes

much wider, we felt that it was appropriate to tell the story as it

evolves, i.e., the things that we find, the artifacts, is now encompassed within

this building, and we'd like to show it to you. Wonderful.

We're kind of proud of it. Yeah.

Oh. very nice two years ago in response to the incredible public interest

generated by their treasure hunting activities rick marty craig and their

partners decided to build a visitor center and museum on oak island dubbed

the interpretation center it is a place where thousands of visitors can come

gather and examine firsthand the growing number of artifacts and evidence of

buried treasure that the oak island team and their predecessors have discovered

over the past 222 years you can make this story come alive i mean that's

really what archaeology is it's a very high priority for us and thus we need

your help because it's our hope that the story of oak island really should come

back to oak island to be told here on site okay so do you want to do this

yeah i've always been impressed that at how seriously you

take the stewardship of the island no matter what delays it causes what pains

there are so that's one of the reasons i really like to work here i'll apply for

the permit yep get that done i think they'll expedite it quickly and then we

can get started okay great laird now we're hoping the things we find next

will make this look boring looks pretty good already

good to have you board

Let's go find something. Oh, yeah.

One day after inviting area archaeologist Laird Niven to join the

Oak Island team.

So this is the hot spot over here, huh, Gary?

Further down the hill, yeah.

Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, along with metal detection expert Gary

Drayton, head to Lot 24.

Wow. Where last year, the team found a number of potentially significant

artifacts. related to Samuel Bong.

I think this is the sweet spot, this area, because there's been so many coins

and other interesting stuff coming out of here. Right.

I think if you guys could move these tree trunks, what would you use, like a

backhoe? I'm not using this.

Oh, no, definitely not.

When those stumps come out, we're going to be able to detect places that's never

been detected underneath the stumps. Exactly.

And hopefully there'll be some more stuff that helps identify the scythe.

All right. Well, let's do it then. Up with the roots.

Okay. I'm going to go get the machine. All right.

Here's your first chance to get beneath the tree, right over here. All right,

sweet.

The 30-30 metal detector.

It's an extension of Gary's arm and his brain.

That's how good he is.

That's a really good sound.

We might take a spadeful out of it.

It is very impactful that we must search exhaustively and we mustn't give up.

I should be able to reach it now.

Is it out?

Come on, baby.

Be something good.

Whoo! Look at this.

That's sweet.

What is that?

I would imagine it's a spoon bowl.

And that's exactly what it is. Look at that cute little thing. That's a little

beauty. Look at that.

That's an oldie as well, isn't it, Laird? How old, Laird, do you think?

18th century, yeah.

18th century?

Yeah. That's a little beauty, that is, isn't it? It's probably copper.

That is really cool.

That is a sweet find, the first tree.

Yeah. All right, well, let's keep going.

First thing I'll do is check this.

It's a chirpy piece of iron.

Come on, something big here.

All right.

Actually... That's a good one. That's a good one.

There's definitely something here. It's just so tough to tell what it is.

Come on, be something good.

See, I got a feeling that's actually something. I don't know why.

What the heck is that?

What do you got?

I'd like to say it was gold.

Oh, my.

Wow, that was worth all the digging.

That's a big chunk of something.

Is that a rock?

No, it's iron.

Every piece Gary finds are all important clues.

We're trying to puzzle together this story, and we're hopeful that some of

these artifacts will give us a lot of information as to its relevance to Oak

Island, the mystery.

What is that?

So it's an iron strapping. It could be like a door hinge.

I told you it was something in there.

It's kind of indicating that there was a house here, isn't there? Yeah.

I think that might be it.

Well, we might as well pull a few more of these then. Yep.

That's it.

What the heck is that?

I think we have to stop.

What the heck is that?

I think we have to stop.

While searching for artifacts on Lot 24, Rick and Marty Lagina, along with metal

detection expert Gary Drayton and archaeologist Laird Niven, have just

made a potentially significant find.

You can see the obvious concern we have.

What's that?

See the rocks?

You think that's a foundation or something?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Laird took one look at the bottom of that stump, and he said, that's it,

we're done.

Stop. He was quite sure he was seeing something he calls cultural, some sort

of evidence of human something going on there. So we're done. We're done just

like that.

If the formation they have discovered is in fact man-made, it is one that has, up

until now, escaped decades of searches by previous treasure hunters and

historians.

But what could it be?

A hiding place for one of four treasure chests believed to be hidden on the

island by the noted pirate and privateer Captain James Anderson?

Or could it be a gateway, one that leads to the Money Pit's mythical treasure

vault?

You think those are stacked stones, Laird?

Um, I don't know yet.

The rocks, there are a lot of rocks, and they're larger rocks, which we haven't

really encountered before.

They're roundish, too, aren't they? Yeah.

It could be a wall. It could be a foundation.

You strongly suspect this is an artifact.

Yeah. Wow.

So we would never have known that, so it's a good job Laird's here.

Yeah, get in there and metal detect something. Okay.

But don't dig.

I won't dig.

I see where there's all rocks packed in here as well inside the roots.

It'll almost look like bricks in there.

I'm going to have a little proggle around here.

That's the last one right on top.

Oh, got a signal in the roots.

I can pull this out, can't I, Lyd?

I have no idea what it is.

Hmm.

Interesting. I know what that is.

And I love saying it as well.

It's not gold.

It's pooter.

Is it? Yeah, I think this is pooter, Laird.

Piece of pooter.

It's got a curve on it and a rim.

It looks like it's some kind of like a bowl to me.

No, it's a spoon.

It's a spoon?

Yeah, you can see the...

The tail at the bottom of the base, at the bottom of the bowl. Yeah, it

probably is a part of a spoon bowl.

Ooh, that's a little beauty. Look at that.

How do you know it's pewter?

Just by the look of it. He just likes saying it.

What would you say it is, Laird? Pewter.

Pewter?

We are certainly retrieving substantial artifacts from that small localized

area. As we continue to retrieve these items, Perhaps working with Laird, we

can puzzle pieces together what it really means.

Where do we go from here?

I think to err on the side of safety, it's all stop, full stop for here right

now. Because if this is something significant, then that increases the

significance up here.

So we're going to come in, just clean up the loose soil, clean up the loose

rocks. If we get a much greater understanding of what happened here,

that's what we're looking for, answers.

Something definitely happened at this spot right here. Oh, without a doubt.

All right.

Let's call it a day, guys.

It has been a challenging week in the history of Oak Island.

One that began with seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

But now, once again, seems to be on the verge of more and more exciting

breakthroughs. But will the final answers be found?

under hundreds of feet of dirt and rocks or just inches away

one thing is certain rick marty and the oak island team remain

determined not only to solve a mystery and find treasure but to uncover an

incredible history a history that forever changes the lives of those

curious enough to seek it out

Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.

This is my brother, Rick Restall. He's coming back to the island. Welcome back.

The Restall said there was a spiral staircase.

They had a vertical shot. You mustn't tell anyone about this. This is top

secret. He's in a void.

Could be the spiral tunnel. We're closing in. We're close.

Now we're at the cusp of proving this story.

Oh, somebody got hurt.

You get close, then all of a sudden something happens.

Oak Island strikes back.