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Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.

Here are the stones of Nolan's Cross.

They intersect at this location.

Wow. X marks the spot.

Yeah!

That's what we're looking for. We're on something.

That is massive.

Oh, look at that.

What? That's a lock. It is.

That looks like it's off a treasure chest.

That does not look good. Nothing's running. And we're grabbed stone.

We're in trouble. Very disappointing for me. We got the word this morning that

we're on strike.

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 a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it,

mysterious fragments of human bone, and a lead cross whose origin may stretch

back to the days of the Knights Templar. 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.

I see a piece of timber there.

Let's have a look at that before he takes it away.

Local historians Paul Troutman and Doug Kroll, along with geologist Terry

Matheson, are monitoring the excavation of the 60-inch wide borehole known as

GG1.

It looks like an older timber to me.

She's well over six inches.

It is this borehole that the team believes could get them within a few

feet. of the original Money Pit treasure shaft, first discovered in 1795.

Old chunk of timber.

Yeah, you got a little notch right in here, break at the top, break at the

bottom, notch right on the side.

Yesterday, we didn't see any changes. Still saw a lot of debris and little

wood splinters and twigs and this and that. Yeah.

That looked different.

Where are we at now?

The hole was at 90, 91 feet.

So we'd be pushing 100 feet right there now with a can.

We should be in the target area between 100, 150 or so.

So hoping to see some more timbers as we come into it.

And something like that could be supporting the top of the tunnel. No

question about that.

Two weeks ago, while excavating a 60-inch wide borehole known as S6, some

six feet southwest of GG1, the Oak Island team penetrated what they

believed to be the infamous Shaft 6, the searcher tunnel that was originally dug

back in 1861 as a kind of back door into the original treasure vault.

It was while searching through the S6 spoils that the Oak Island team made a

number of exciting finds, including bits of leather bookbinding, stoneware

pottery dating back to the early 1700s, and a hand-hewn oak timber.

similar to those reportedly found in the original money pit.

These finds convince them that not only might they have finally found shaft six,

but they could be closer than ever to finding the original money pit treasure

vault and thus solving the Oak Island mystery.

Based on these maps, the money pit is up in this northwest quadrant.

I have high hopes and high anticipation. I think that we're on the cusp of...

possibly finding the one thing in the money.

Hey, Rick.

Hey, guys.

We'll let Danny fill you in on what's been going on.

All right. We have 111 feet of casing in the ground.

The oscillator pressure is the highest it's been since last year to this year.

We're breaking records.

We're flirting with 210 bar right now.

What do you what do you make of that though a real enigma is what are we

biting into this creating those high torque pressures on the oscillator?

Yeah, we're all hoping for something significant here by You know, we got to

let the facts tell the story News that the massive oscillator is circulating at

a torque pressure of nearly 210 bar Over double its normal operating pressure is

a potentially significant development

It indicates that the 60-inch wide steel caisson is now drilling into an

extremely hard object, some 111 feet deep underground.

The question now becomes whether the object is natural or man-made.

The interesting thing is we're getting an assortment, just like we did last

time, of many different types of woods and shafts.

That looks like oak.

It does, doesn't it? That's what you'd think in a money pit.

There's a lot of oak in and around here.

Can we see the cuts?

There's an indication of a saw direction.

See that?

It seems even more of a vertical than a circular saw.

Oak timbers found at a depth of 111 feet?

As searchers began excavating the original money pit more than two

centuries ago...

They reported finding the first of what would eventually be nine oak platforms,

each 10 feet deeper than the last.

Could these oak timbers found in the spoils of GG1 be evidence that the team

has finally found the original Money Pit treasure shaft?

So the question is, with all this wood coming up, do you want to put another

can on? Oh, yeah. We have to. OK.

Yeah, we've got to continue going on.

You can't stop now. You've got to figure out what's going on.

As the excavation of borehole GG1 continues... It's cold out here. Hang

on, mate. Let's put the seats down.

Jack Bagley and metal detection expert Gary Drayton... This clip's on air.

...are heading to the western side of the island to Lot 25.

It is one of nine four-acre lots on the island, once owned by the former

American slave, Samuel Ball.

Right here?

That's good?

Yeah.

Where do you want to start?

The edge of the lot. The other side of the wall. Okay.

In light of the recent and significant finds made on the western side of the

island,

such as the lead fragments that have been scientifically proven to be

associated with the medieval cross found last year at Smith's Cove.

The team is hoping that this side of the island and perhaps Samuel Ball's former

property will reveal more clues that could help solve the 223-year-old

treasure mystery.

All right, so we'll see what we can find.

I've been all over Oak Island, but these lots have always been too thick to get

in. But now they're cleared, there's more ground opened up, and we'll be

finding some good stuff.

Wow, that sounds good.

This is iron, but definitely worth a go at.

Good digging.

Now it's gone?

Should be out.

Whoa, look at that.

What?

I have no idea what that is, Gary.

That is a lock.

An old one by the look of it. Look at that. Oh, it is.

See those nails.

Look at that old nail in there still.

That is a lock plate.

This would have been on a box or a chest.

Oh, definitely. I know.

That's amazing, Gary.

This looks like an oldie to me.

Oh, look. You can see the keyhole. Look.

Yeah. A lock plate from a possible chest?

This is a good sign.

Could it be from a chest once owned by Samuel Ball?

Or could it be from one belonging to his former neighbor, the 18th century

privateer, Captain James Anderson?

Makes you wonder what was going on.

Reportedly born in Baltimore, Maryland, Captain James Anderson pledged his

loyalty to the United States during the American Revolution in the late 1700s.

However, after being given command of a ship known as the Betsy, Anderson

defected to the British.

Although he was charged with treason and piracy by then-Governor of Virginia and

future American President Thomas Jefferson, Anderson escaped to Canada.

where he purchased lot 26 on Oak Island and lived there until he sold the

property to Samuel Ball in 1788.

Are you Steve?

Yes. Just last year, members of the team visited the nearby home of James

Anderson's direct descendant, Steve Atkinson.

There, Steve showed them one of Anderson's own sea chests, as well as a

mysterious set of keys.

That one opens that treasure chest.

Could there have been more treasure chests on the island? That's what I

wonder.

Could this lock plate be from a chest that once belonged to Captain James

Anderson? Sam the Ball got rich for a reason. And if he was wealthy, he had

something worth hiding.

What cash you need?

That's a big piece there.

At the money pit.

Gentlemen. Hey, Craig. How you doing?

Rick Lagina, Craig Tester, and other members of the Oak Island team eagerly

monitor the excavation of borehole GG1, a borehole which they believe may have

intersected with the original Money Pit treasure shaft.

What are we finding?

Just a mix of everything.

How long have we been going through this wood?

Oh, since, what was that, 100? About, it's over 10 feet.

Yeah. Okay.

Let them dump this.

Yeah.

what's that that wood yeah

so wow that's what we're looking for

nice section right there that is large

and i don't think we have the full width of it there i think it's split i'll try

knocking it up that day and just put the bucket on it

That is one big piece.

I'm giving it a try here.

There we go.

Five foot.

That's an awful massive bean.

That's a big old chunk of tree.

What kind of depth are we at?

115 with the teeth, maybe 113 with the excavation.

A five-foot wooden beam found at a depth of 113 feet?

Can you imagine getting that down at that depth?

Just the labor.

I know, I know. That is massive. Mind-boggling. The way it came up, it

could have been vertical at the time, like it was part of a tunnel.

How high was the Halifax Tunnel? This is roughly at the right depth, is it not?

That'd be the Halifax Tunnel.

In 1867, searchers from the Halifax Company dug a large shaft some 200

feet southeast of the original money pit.

After reaching a depth of 110 feet, they constructed a tunnel heading in a

northwest direction in the hopes of reaching the treasure vault from the

side.

Several feet short of their target, they encountered what they reported to be a

two and a half foot wide by four foot tall flood tunnel that was filled with

rounded stones.

Although it was a major discovery, unfortunately for the Halifax company,

breaching the booby trap thwarted their efforts.

And by the following year, they no longer had the financial resources to

continue operations.

Could it be that Rick, Craig, and the team were wrong in their previous

assessment, that they had intercepted the original money pit?

Is it possible that the timbers they uncovered in borehole GG1 are actually

the remains of an abandoned 19th century searcher tunnel?

It's all great news from a historical perspective, but sad because then we're

in already working ground.

So what do you think about going to whatever depths?

Yeah, I'd like to take it as deep as we can.

It's interesting to find out what we have.

Tomorrow's another day.

Yeah.

The next morning, as the excavation of borehole GG1 continues at the Money Pit

site, Rick Lagina.

His partner Craig Tester and geologist Terry Matheson meet with heavy equipment

operator Billy Gerhardt at Smith's Cove. Beautiful day for shorts.

It is.

With the days getting shorter and with just a few weeks remaining before major

operations on the island must shut down for the winter, Rick Lagina and his

partners are determined to excavate beneath the massive 6,000 square foot

crane pad and make what could be their greatest breakthrough yet.

Do you think you'll have the crane pad out today yet? Well, there's the edge of

the crane pad. We took a little of the edge, and I have a little of this top

section to go yet. Do you have any holes open right now?

There's a hole there in the corner, and we're down to a horizon up there where

those excavator scratches are.

There's definitely more water, it appears, in this corner than... Yeah,

it's making a lot of water. Yeah, there's some steady streams here that

are running pretty full on. That's a lot of water.

Well, you know...

to me the dye coming out in this water right through here indicates you know is

it part of the flood system let's do this four weeks ago the oak island team

conducted a major operation that involved pumping thousands of gallons of

water colored with non-toxic red dye down borehole c1 the dye has been cast

copy that they were attempting to locate the entrance of one or more flood

tunnels believed to be protecting the Money Pit treasure vault.

Have you guys spotted anything yet?

Just a few hours later, metal detection expert Gary Drayton found that red

-colored water had begun seeping out of the ground at Smith's Cove from beneath

the crane pad that had been put in place to construct the 525-foot steel

cofferdam surrounding the area.

If we're looking for red, guys, I'd say that's the red.

That's good. It is the team's belief that this water...

which tested positive for traces of the dye, indicated they may have discovered

the site of the so-called convergence point, the place where the five-stone

box drains, first discovered in 1850, are believed to merge into a single

flood tunnel, a flood tunnel that should lead them directly to the Money Pit

treasure vault.

If we can find one arm of that old drain system, and that's what's leaking the

water right here, that'd be fantastic.

Yeah, I mean, at some point they're going to converge, and then we're really

on to something.

So how much more of the crane pad do you want to remove before we start cutting

these trenches?

I think we can remove all of it. Oh, really? Yeah.

It bodes well that there's something to be learned underneath the crane pad.

It's just unfortunate that it's there. We have to dig under the crane pad for a

couple reasons.

One is the obvious, it's unknown. We haven't dug there yet. So there's the

unknown factor.

There's the fact that the...

If there was a drain system, it would be converging very near that point. So we

have to look under there, and we don't have much time.

Okay. Okay. All right. See you in a little bit. Very good.

As the operation to

remove the crane pad continues at Smith's Cove... Hey, Rick. Rick Lagina

joins Craig Tester and other members of the Oak Island team at the Money Pit

area.

They are eager to see if the excavation of borehole GG1 has turned up any new

evidence that the team is drilling in the vicinity of the original treasure

shaft.

The dig's at 159, and we're not hitting much. You know, we haven't got much

wood. That's just, that's the extent of the wood we found.

But he came out with so many empty grabs before that.

Right around 155.5, we did 10 grabs and made about a foot.

The last few grabs that were brought up had nothing in them. The dig's at 159?

159.

Well, let's see what the next few come up with, but... Yeah.

It's a little bit disappointing in the lack of significant artifacts from a

discovery process.

Anytime you work on Oak Island, no matter what you're doing, whether we're

digging, drilling, exploring, you know, your expectation level is way up here.

You know, it's always, today's the day.

Aha, there it'll be.

And we don't have that yet.

There we go.

We need to make a decision. Yep.

I agree.

I'd call it.

At this point, we're running tight up against it, right? Yes.

Time is our biggest enemy right now. If we can save some time by cutting this

off.

Because Rick and the team believe they're now drilling in an area explored

by previous searchers, they see no reason to continue excavating in

borehole GG1.

Mike, we're ready to call quips.

Shut this one down? Yeah.

We're ready to move on. Sure.

Okay.

After weeks of careful research, indicating that this was the most likely

location of the original money pit, shutting the hole down deals a

devastating blow to the Laginas, their partners, and everyone on the island.

One day after abandoning their excavation of borehole GG1... I'll

introduce you to everyone.

Gentlemen, this is Rich Motes.

Rick Lagina has invited archaeoastronomer Rich Motz to the War

Room for a meeting with the Oak Island team.

After having spent a great deal of time working with Rick's close friend, the

late author and researcher Zena Halpern, Rich has recently developed a theory

which he believes may help the team find the precise location of the original

Money Pit treasure shaft.

Gentlemen, I thank you for...

Asking me to come here today, I think that what I'm about to show you is going

to help you greatly in what you're trying to do here.

What I am about to show you is my analysis of Nolan's Cross.

As we look at the overall view of the island and then move in closer, here is

a shot of the five stones that comprise Nolan's Cross.

In 1981, Oak Island treasure hunter Fred Nolan made the astonishing discovery of

five cone-shaped boulders which, when connected together, formed a giant,

perfectly symmetrical cross.

Although some researchers believe that Nolan's cross represents a religious and

most likely Christian symbol, just who made the megalithic formation and for

what purpose remains a mystery.

All of these stones were selected and shaped to be roughly the same size

and shape and stand six foot above the ground. They were often called cones.

There are only five stones on this island of that size and shape.

There are no other stones, to my understanding, that are conical shaped

and of the same size. Is that correct?

There are.

significant-sized boulders, but as you say, shaped like that, I don't know of

any. I haven't seen any.

So that brings to the question, why was Nolan's Cross constructed?

Nolan's Cross was constructed by engineers with ocean navigation

capability because that's how they got there.

I see.

Okay. That was their technology. That was their science.

We forget about that now, you know.

back in the day navigating by the stars yeah that was what you did exactly

nolan's cross provides a means of relocating specific places on the

island by using navigation principles along with markers that could not be

changed by natural processes they were using sunrises and the stars for

terrestrial navigation okay The association of Nolan's Cross with the

Christian Cross suggests a group of people, highly motivated by a fervent

Christian belief system, constructed Nolan's Cross.

Together, this points to a subgroup of sailors and navigators, I believe known

as the Knights Templar.

It is believed by many, including some of the Mi'kmaqs, the First Nation people

of Nova Scotia.

that members of the Knights Templar sailed from Europe to North America as

early as the 14th century.

According to them, the Templars arrived on Oak Island and constructed what is

now known as the Money Pit.

There they hid a vast treasure that they had accumulated during their years in

the Holy Land, including the golden menorah from King Solomon's Temple, the

Holy Grail, and even the Ark of the Covenant.

Nolan's Cross is a device so large that its true purpose would not be easily

recognized. The other thing about Nolan's Cross is the permanence of the

structure. What is the one way long ago that you're guaranteed that your map

stays where it's needed to be? You use large stones.

And you use the word map.

Conversely, it's not written on paper.

They didn't have to write it on paper. All that had to be done was the

knowledge maintained as to what the stones did.

Here are the stones making up New Orleans Cross.

If you extend the sight line, C through stone A, and you extend a

line from stone D across stone B... Don't tell me that line's up.

they intersect at one location.

Wow.

Stone E across stone B intersects at a different location.

Those are possible places to look for what you might be looking for.

According to Richmote's theory, by tracing the sight lines between each

stone of Nolan's Cross, there are four potential target sites in and around the

Money Pit area, one of which Rich believes is the location of the original

treasure shaft.

I have already given you places where I hope you would search, but the most

important of these is Site 3.

I strongly implore you to search the Earth to see what may be there.

First, I want to say thank you. We're certainly intrigued.

as you've been kind enough to give us proper coordinates.

Could Richmote's incredible theory be true?

Is Nolan's cross really part of an ingenious treasure map created by

members of the Knights Templar centuries ago?

And if so, could this explain the lead cross and other artifacts that the team

has recently found and scientifically traced to a 14th century lead mine in

southern France?

He's bringing all this disparate information to bear, and he's come up

with this theory that, indeed, Nolan's Cross is a map on top of the ground.

Many, many theorists have suggested that.

Not a single one of them have done what Rich has done.

Rich actually puts X marks the spot on the ground on Oak Island.

We appreciate everything you've done.

That was fascinating.

Absolutely. You're welcome. Thank you, sir.

One day after the team's meeting with Oak Island theorist Rich Motes...

Morning, Mike.

Morning, Greg. How are you this morning?

Good. Yourself? Oh, not bad.

Craig Tester arrives at the new 60-inch wide borehole that Rich had designated

as Site 3 and where the Oak Island team hopes will find evidence of the original

Money Pit treasure shaft.

Hey, Craig. How are you doing? Good.

So, the teeth are at 33 feet. They're low grade.

The dig...

Five foot of plug, so the dig is at 28 feet.

The hammer grab seems to be bringing up an awful lot of timber from about eight

feet down.

Well, that's expected, so we should be in it for a while, but then once we get

down to the important area, it's the 100-foot range and below.

It's a great spot.

It's an unknown territory by degrees.

As the team continues their excavation at Site 3...

The water is coming right here for sure.

Under the crane pad? Yeah.

Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, along with Charles Barkhouse, arrive at

Smith's Cove.

They are responding to news that heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt may

have made a potentially important discovery at the beach.

So that water was leaking out more like there than here, right? It was leaking

out there, but the source is somewhere right in this general area.

See it pouring right there? Yeah. Right near your left foot?

And there's some timbers in there too.

Obviously we get into something here though, right?

Definitely something.

Where did the crane pad come out to, Billy? About right here?

There where that foot and a half boulder is.

There's a bunch more boards in there.

It looks like the wood is a foot deep under the crane pad.

Wood?

Buried as much as one foot deep beneath the crane pad?

Could it be the remnants of yet another man-made structure?

If so, is it one put there by a previous searcher or by someone much earlier?

And could it be associated with the flood tunnel believed to lead directly

to the Money Pit treasure vault?

There's another board here.

It looks like a structure.

Yeah, right in here.

Yeah. I suppose it's a possibility someone thought they found the flood

tunnel, tried to block it right here.

Yeah. Well, I would say keep digging.

Yeah.

I'd just dig it real slow.

I would.

So let's keep digging, Billy.

Hope springs eternal.

Every time somebody says, hey, we got a new structure, we got a new find, you

better come here and look.

It's always exciting.

I think it's reasonably likely that the crane pad was obscuring some significant

answers.

Hey, Gary. Anything exciting going on?

We just pulled a bunch of planks out of there, so we're thinking it might be

time to do a quick sweep.

Okay.

Oh, look at there.

You can see the cross piece on it. And there's one going in that way. Yeah.

And all that water behind it. I think you got your answer there. The water's

running. They're trying to stop the water.

That's a brace, that's not the wall, so it probably goes back farther.

Yeah.

I don't know what to make of it.

Why so many structures in a very confined space?

It's hard to fathom.

And there's still one yet to uncover.

That may give us a little more insight as to what actually occurs between

Smith's Cove and the Money Pit.

So it's really opened the floodgates now.

Maybe it's a floodgate.

One day after the discovery of a possible floodgate at Smith's Cove,

Craig Tester, historian Paul Troutman, and geologist Terry Matheson returned to

the Money Pit area to monitor the progress at Site 3.

So where are we at?

So, let's say 8 feet an hour.

Half an hour repeat, 104?

Yeah.

Since beginning to dig the shaft just two days ago, the Oak Island team has

now finally reached a depth of approximately 100 feet.

Guys, we'll make a house here pretty soon.

Yeah.

It is a chapel or is it just some other? This one is heading to a chapel.

Clearly a six by six. Yeah. Whereas this one, definitely hand hewn.

Yeah, little notches, divots, and imperfections.

All kinds of more box joints.

Yep. Good notch hole in that one.

Yeah.

That could be collapsing of any of the old... The old shafts, yeah. We're

definitely in a conglomeration.

They were hewn by hand. Yeah. That says you're going back a ways. Yeah, that's

for sure.

Hand-hewn wood found at a depth of 104 feet in the Site 3 borehole.

Prior to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century,

lumber used in construction was cut manually, such as with an axe or hand

-operated saw.

But could the hand-cut timbers the team has just found be remnants of an early

attempt by searchers to reach the bottom of the original money pit?

Or have they finally found evidence of the treasure shaft itself?

Let's see what's up here.

It's just dominantly old wood, hand-hewn.

That's a good chunk right there.

There's a new one.

Tongue joint.

Oh, that's interesting.

That's an interesting one.

Yeah, you can see on both ends.

What the heck was that used for?

Went up between something or...

Perhaps a central support?

Or there.

Central support?

Beams sitting on each side? A tunnel, yeah. Maybe there's something tunneling

off all of a sudden.

Well, that's encouraging.

Out of all the ones we've been in, I haven't seen anything like that. A

rounded hand here.

I mean, what a significant effort.

Because the team believes they've begun drilling into some kind of tunnel or

wooden structure 100 feet deep in the Money Pit area.

Stop it!

Alex Lagina.

Jack Bakley and Dan Henske will meticulously search the spoils excavated

from the shaft at the nearby wash table for any important clues, artifacts, and

hopefully, evidence of treasure.

Finding any pottery?

I haven't seen any pottery.

Well, that's a different depth. Yeah. So if we find something interesting, we

know it is from relatively deep, at least 100 feet down.

Pottery?

pottery yeah i think that's definitely pottery but it's it's shattered little

pieces broken off like a teacup or actually uh oh you're right because

there is a little bit of glaze like a fine china teacup something like that

here i'll uh i'll bag it up and we can show it to laird yeah

here's your purple wood

Is it? Yeah, definitely purple looking.

Must be like fluorescent or something. It looks much more purple in the

sunlight. Right.

Purple wood?

Look at this, Dan.

Purple wood.

Last year, while searching the spoils excavated from the nearby borehole known

as H-8, Jack Begley and Dan Henske discovered strange pieces of wood which

appeared to be stained the color purple.

How often was this color purple used?

Well, just in important church documents and royal documents.

When the wood was later examined by medieval book expert Joe Landry, the

purple color was thought to have been created by means of an ancient dye used

in the production of important books and manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages.

Could the presence of this purple wood found alongside pieces of pottery?

be evidence that the team has in fact located part of the original money pit?

Oh wow, look at that.

That's quite the jumble. We haven't encountered pieces like this before.

They're this solid.

What do you make of this, Craig?

I saw that all come up.

It came, these, most of them came up vertical.

Those are vertical?

Yeah. I like our chances of being in the collapsed structure of the Money Pit.

Big Brother, where are we? This is one of the last ones brought up.

You feel like any of this is oak?

Yeah, there's some of it looks like it has an open grain, yeah. Yeah, then we

get those things, which are obviously old.

Hand hewn.

What we were thinking is varied materials cobbled together to hold

the... side of the actual money pit together.

That's good. Let's cross our fingers.

Is it perhaps part of the original money pit? The only thing I can think of,

whoever built the money pit would have cared. An oak would last better, would

be heavier, would be stronger.

So if these anomalously large timbers are oak, then yeah, it could be part of

the original money pit.

Okay, good.

Keep going.

Find something.

this should be a good day you know as a new day begins on oak island brothers

rick and marty lagina along with their partner craig tester head back to the

money pit area to continue supervising the excavation of site three

ominously quiet

i've not seen anybody what's going on

i don't know

Hammer grabs down.

That does not look good.

No sounds.

Crickets.

We got crickets.

Nobody's working.

Yeah.

We're in trouble.

Yes.

Mike's here, though. Let's go. Yeah, let's go in the trailer.

As we pull onto the pad, it is very clear that...

Nothing's running. The men are gone.

I mean, this looks serious.

Hey, Mike.

Morning, guys.

There's something going on, and we want answers.

Pretty quiet out there.

Way too quiet for my lichens.

So it's a very disappointing morning for me. Right.

We got the word this morning that the crane operators, they are on strike.

A strike?

One that has shut down drilling operations on Oak Island?

Although the crane operators at the Money Pit site are employed by Irving

Equipment Limited, their rates are regulated by the Nova Scotia

Construction Labor Relations Association.

Over the past 24 hours, the union, which represents some 100 heavy machine

operators throughout Nova Scotia, went on strike due to wage issues unrelated

to the work on Oak Island.

I'm in touch with my guys back at the office that's, you know, digging into

that to see what they can find out, see what we're up against.

It's just a waiting game.

We know that they are negotiating again and they're hoping to have this resolved

within 21 days.

The fact that operations at the Money Pit site cannot continue for what could

be the next three weeks offers yet another setback.

for Rick, Marty, and their team.

The harsh winter weather is already setting in, and it won't be long before

conditions on the island become too difficult to resume drilling.

For me, it's a big disappointment because I want to put an X through

something and the money pit, you know, we've thrown a lot of resources at it.

We can't proceed, and we are coming tight up against some windows.

We are running out of time.

I think I speak for these two guys.

We understand completely.

We just soldier through this. Yeah. I think we got to respect the workers'

rights here. Yeah. So we'll let this play out. Yeah. Okay. Absolutely. Good.

Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks, Mike.

Thanks, guys.

For Rick, Marty, and their team, the bitter realization that their efforts to

find the original money pit had been halted by a strike is both heartbreaking

and infuriating.

Nevertheless, they are determined to make the best of it.

If experience has taught them anything, it is that patience and persistence are

stronger than any drilling caisson.

They can now redouble their exploration efforts at Smith's Cove.

They will also have time to examine new theories, evaluate new evidence,

and employ new methods of reaching their ultimate goal, the discovery of a

treasure vault.

that has endured centuries of setbacks and whose secrets have remained hidden

at least for now next time on the curse of oak island

look over there marty got a wall yep yeah there it is right there i think

it's a shaft i see it yeah 1700's all over it mate

the nights burn out are connected to the Knights Templar and might be responsible

for a treasure buried on Oak Island.

Uh, here we go.

What do you got? I don't know yet, but it looks shiny!