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Tonight on the curse of oak island...

Hello, guys.

...A special two-hour premier.

You guys are gonna have to carry the ball.

Covid has really altered our plans, but

things are starting to happen.

We're going to try once again to put a camera down c-.

- What's that thing right there? - I can see gold.

We have to answer the question:

Is there really a tunnel entrance here?

This is going higher now.

- It's like a wall. - That's fantastic.

This is a structure.

He dated it from 1550 to 1620.

So I'm going below normal metal detection range.

- Oh, no way! - That's an old coin, mate.

- Oh, yeah. - That is an old coin!

All right, so we made it in. Yeah, we did.

The elusive chase for the shiny gold thing begins.

They're putting the dive cage over the caisson now.

Keep coming down.

He's in.

He just took something out of the wall.

I want that shiny gold thing on the surface.

There is an island in the north atlantic

where people have been lookig 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 orign 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.

It is the start of another year on oak island,

but, unlike any other, in the centuries-old search

to find an incredible treasure,

this year's progress is challenged by a deadly virus

known as covid-19,

which rapidly spread to every corner of the world.

Almost overnight, international borders were closed,

and once-thriving economies began to crumble.

It is against this grim backdrop

that operations on oak island have ground to a halt.

At least until the island's principal owners,

brothers rick and marty lagina,

along with their coworkers and partners,

can figure out how, if at all,

they can proceed.

Look, guys...

As you know, uh,

I don't know, I'll say it: You know,

covid has just kicked our exploration efforts,

uh, really hard.

- Yeah. - I know access through the border,

from the u.S. To canada just got kicked back

another 30 days.

So is there a chance we're actually gonna be able

to join the rest of the team

and get out there to search on the island this year?

I think that's the whole point of today's meeting, jack,

is that, yes, I believe there's a chance.

But we want the search agenda to move forward

under both scenarios.

So we're gonna talk about a scenario

we can get out there and do something,

and the scenario, look, you guys are gonna have to

carry the ball.

We're gonna talk about both of those here today,

- I believe is the point. - Absolutely.

For the first year ever,

this search agenda is gonna be guided

by situational conditions.

Covid-19 is gonna have impact in terms of

actually getting a physical presence on the island,

understanding what the protocols will be,

what we can and cannot do.

But most importantly, keeping everyone safe.

What we'd like to do first is

you've got it set up where the whole fellowship

is together separately.

Sure. I'll get them up on the screen.

Thank god we have a team on oak island.

They're great, uh, they're dedicated, and they are

the boots on the ground on oak island right now.

So-so things are starting to happen.

- Hello, guys. - Hey, guys.

- Good to see you all back. - Yeah.

So how are you all weathering the covid storm?

- We've been fortunate. - Yeah.

I think this week we're seven days without a new case.

- Which is great news for us. - Yep.

Things are moving in the right direction here.

- That's fabulous. - Yeah.

When you say that, though, what is the outlook

internally within the province?

What kind of decisions are going to be made here

in the near term, do you know?

Well, what they're pushing for is something they're going to

call an "atlantic bubble,"

right now, which I guess is gonna put

nova scotia, new brunswick and p.E.I. Under one bubble

so that the borders could open between the atlantic provinces.

- Yeah. - Well, that brings us to the issue

and point here today is that we're trying to stay safe, too.

And we realize crossing the border is gonna be fraught

with all kinds of issues.

I mean, bottom line, guys, is the fellowship resides

out there right now.

We're here remotely, but anything that's gonna be done

for at least the first little bit is gonna be by you guys.

And, um, you know, we're just gonna have to

- play it by ear, basically. - Yes.

Dr. Spooner.

Can you give us a synopsis of what you've been up to?

Yeah, so, um,

I'm really excited to, uh,

to kind of get out on the swamp.

Great.

We've got a new sonar rig

that we actually just got the equipment a week ago,

and we're gonna run it over the anomalies

on the east side of the swamp and see if

we can resolve anything using that new sonar rig.

That's great.

Here's the first core right here.

Last year we found that the southeastern edge of the swap

might have been

a very deep harbor back in the day.

There's substantial evidence of almost industrial-like

activity in the late 1600s.

This stick will tell me when that stone was placed.

And perhaps significant activity

in the 13th century as well, which is really a...

An eyebrow raiser.

What's coming together for me is when you

take a look at the seismic.

And what we're trying to do is put together some air photos,

and see if that matched up with

a shallow seismic anomaly from the geophysics.

But what's interesting is they all kind of matched up.

There's some kind of feature in that cove,

right on the edge of the swamp, but still in the swamp.

- Wow. - Wow.

So I'm pretty excited to take a look at that.

Well, that's interesting stuff.

And then, I'd like to hear from gary.

What do you got plans for this year, gary?

I've been checking out

some deep-scanning equipment.

It's similar in appearance

to a metal detector, but it does a lot more.

It doesn't just find metal, it finds cavities, tunnels.

A vault.

And it's quite deep.

I believe it's 60 feet. And I would like to use that

in areas where we found really cool coins and artifacts.

Yeah, but I can't help but picture right now,

here's the fellowship,

all excited about all this technology

we're gonna bring to bear this year.

And I'm picturing the island sitting right over there,

you know, and saying, "go ahead, bring it on."

- "knock yourself out." - "knock yourself out."

but no, I'm very hopeful. This is all exciting stuff.

Excellent.

So let's move on. I understand that

there's some enthusiasm for yet again

trying to find the shiny gold object in c-1?

I'd like to ask charles,

of all the work we've done in the money pit over the years,

it would seem that we continually come back to c-1.

Well, rick, you know, every time c-1 comes off the table,

something happens,

or a technology comes along

that it comes back on the table.

And I think it's just worth another look.

We just can't walk away from c-1.

We have to take another stab at it.

What's that? That right there.

That's your gold-colored...

Yeah, there's another piece

of it there, too. Look.

The shiny little flecks of gold in c-1,

there's enough data where it's still alive.

So there's reason to continue to look at c-1,

and we'll figure out a way to perhaps retrieve them

and put that to bed once and for all.

We have to take another kick at the can; no pun intended.

Yes, it's worth a look.

- What else we got? - So, doug,

if you want to take over...

Doug has made a significant find through...

- Dan blankenship's archives. - Yes.

In the, uh, midst of all this chaos

of the pandemic,

I was on the island in March getting ready for

what we thought was gonna be our

April drill program.

And, of course, the-the lockdown happened.

And I was fortunate to get isolated on the island

for the last four months,

and I spent that time going through dan's files.

And, uh, I found two old surveys,

one of which was a map drawn by fred nolan

while he and dan were working together.

The other was a geophysical study of the underground

called the barringer survey, done in 1988.

What struck me about this is both these surveys indicate

possible tunnels under lot 15.

It's a really interesting construct because

just below the brow of the hill on lot 15,

it does look like it leads into the side of the hill.

It's just these two rock wals that are in

the rise of the hill, right at the brow.

The barringer survey suggests that there's a tunnel

running from the money pit past c-1 towards lot 15.

It doesn't look like this report

ever got followed up on.

There was supposed to be a phase two conducted,

and that never happened.

What really caught my interest in reading through the report

is that they found

four possible nonferrous targets on the island.

They found nonferrous hits,

- but no one ever investigated them? - Right.

It is the sleeping beauty survey that hasn't been acted upon

these 32 years.

- Wow. - Nonferrous.

What are some of our favorite nonferrous metals?

Gold!

We could repeat that study.

- We could do the whole island. - Exactly.

Okay, so we're all in agreement on that,

and we're all, you know, weathering a tough storm.

Yeah.

This meeting has been appreciated.

- Rick? - I-I'm just grateful

and humbled by the fact

that you guys... That we're still a team,

and that we're still all pulling together.

My hat's off to all of you,

and I'm thinking I wish I was there.

Yeah.

It was wonderful to see all those faces.

Every face on that screen, you could see in their eyes,

they're supremely committed o moving this agenda forward.

I am in awe of that and humbled by it.

I think we've got a great team,

and hopefully that will resut in some answers.

When I see that there is

incredible and genuine interest

from a bunch of very smart people

to pursue this, and a passion for it,

it's inspiring to me.

It brings me back to say yeah, this is worth doing.

Now get busy.

- Yeah. - Cheers, guys.

Thanks.

Cheers, you guys. See you later.

Come back. Good.

You're backing in right here.

Good.

We're good to go now.

After their meeting with ric, marty, craig and the team...

- Mr. Huntley. - Good morning.

How you doing, doug? Charles, how are you?

Good, man. Good to see you again.

...Oak island's historians charles barkhouse

and doug crowell

arrive at the c-1 caisson near the money pit site.

They have arranged to meet with professional diver

mike huntley, along with his team

in hopes of locating a mysterious gold-colored objet

that is believed to be somewhere in the c-1 shaft.

The object was first caught on camera

five years ago, after charles convinced rick lagina

to drill a six-inch-wide borehole at the site

where he believed evidence of the original money pit

might be found.

At a depth of 170 feet, they encountered a large voi.

Here we go.

Later, using a pipe-inspection camera,

they obtained astounding video evidence

of a mysterious gold-colored object

embedded in the bedrock wall of the borehole shaft.

Right there. It looks metallic.

Look how yellow that is.

What the hell is that?

Okay, get after it.

Unfortunately, one year late,

when the laginas drilled a much wider caisson

into the area, now called c-1,

they were unable to locate the elusive object.

So, we're going to try once again to put a camera down c1

because the water has been given the chance to

settle out over the winter.

The elusive chase for the shiny gold thing begins once again.

How will we do that? You know,

there's still an open discussion about that,

but it's not off our radar.

We're really curious to get back down c-1.

Yeah, I am, too, in a different way.

A warmer way.

- You won't get wet this time. - That's right, yeah.

What kind of camera system are we putting down today, mike?

We have a deep-water-rated hd camera and light,

so they're nice and robust,

- so they'll handle the pressure. - Excellent.

For today's operation, mike huntley and his team

will be using a high-definition multi seacam,

which features a sealite sphere led light, and is designed

to withstand depths

of as much as 20,000 feet underwater.

You know, ever since charles chose the spot for c-1,

we've been fascinated by the allure

of this shiny gold thing that was seen

in the original hole.

Great. I'll wait for you guys to get set up,

and then we'll get this in the water.

- Thank you, sir. - Thank you.

It's still so interesting that charles barkhouse

picked this spot for c-1.

And they found a cavity 173 feet below the ground.

Not only that, they see a shiny gold thing

when they drill the original hole.

C-1 has offered up so many questions.

I hope today we can find some answers.

Okay, down slow, sam.

Camera's just touching the water now.

Ooh.

Completely submerged?

Wow.

Little slower.

While the team proceeds with

their exploration of borehole c-1,

some 1,000 miles west of oak island,

in traverse city, michigan...

- Hey, guys. - Hey, guys.

- Good. How are you? - We're doing well, we think.

...Rick and marty lagina, along with their partner

craig tester, have arranged a teleconferene

with david irving and representatives

from irving equipment limited.

- Whoa, baby! - Over the years,

working with irving equipment and david,

I think the most significant thing that we've found is

we believe we've relocated the money pit.

Just really big, impressive timbers.

We're back in the old stuff.

If, and there's rising belief on our part

that we have found the collapse feature of the money pit,

well, that-that's probably the most significant find.

You know, we all are in the shadow of this covid thing.

You've got a big operation, lots of employees.

How's that working out?

Yeah.

Hmm. Interesting.

It's just interesting to see how others are-are handling it.

Um, so let's talk about oak island for a minute.

How-how would you like to proceed?

- Okay. - So I'll turn it over to matt here.

Great. Let's see what you got there.

I'm sure we'll have questions.

Sounds cool.

Using augmented reality,

a technology that overlays

computer-generated images onto real-world objects,

the team from irving equipmet limited is presenting

a new dig method that will allow the oak island team

to effectively excavate the entire money pit area.

Yeah.

Inspired by the unique patten

bees use to make beehives,

the honeycomb method would involve digging

a large number of eight-foot-wide steel caissos

down into the bedrock.

By excavating each shaft

along a strategically designed pattern,

the team would be able to drill, backfill the hole,

and maneuver the equipment to each new drill site.

This would allow the laginas and their partners

the ability to cover a large area,

but without the enormous expense

and inherent dangers associated with drilling

a massive, 100-foot-wide hole.

Are you leaving the cans in in each case?

What are you doing with that?

Okay.

Here's how I'd like to sum it up, if it's okay.

Let us think about the honeycomb thing here.

And also, you're gonna work on logistically

how you would do that, how much time it might take,

what you'd do with the spoils.

Maybe you could give us the same kind of presentation,

if you would, on that.

Perfect, guys. Look forward to seeing you.

- Stay safe. - Yep.

- Cheers. - Bye-bye.

Meanwhile, back on the islan,

doug crowell and charles barkhouse,

along with professional diver mike huntley and his team,

are continuing their exploration of the c-1 shaft.

Okay, keep going slow.

Visibility's starting to get better.

I'm quite impressed with this camera.

- The resolution's really nice. - Yeah.

We have teeth. We're at the bottom of the caisson.

All stop.

Roger. At all stop.

Okay, gonna point down a little bit, too.

Look how clear that is, though.

That's some of the best views we've had

in a long time, really.

Oh.

- What's that right there? - Oh, I see that, too.

Back up a bit.

What's that thing right there? Right there.

It's kind of, like, on an angle.

What do we have there?

- This area right here. - Yeah, yeah.

Look, it's almost triangular, and it has color to it.

I can see gold.

Here. Right in there. Yes

That color just popped.

- That triangular-shaped area. - Yeah.

There's some gold-colored object there, that's for sure.

At borehole c-1,

near the site of the original money pit,

oak island historians doug crowell and charles barkhous,

along with mike huntley and his team,

have made what they believe

could be an exciting discovey in the cavity

at the bottom of borehole c-1,

some 170 feet below ground.

What's getting me though is that,

when you find gold veins in quartz and whatnot,

it's-it's just all irregular.

- Right. - To find edges that look

- like a triangle are-are not natural. - No, you're right.

A gold triangle?

Could the team have finally pinpointed

the same gold-colored object

that was first spotted in c-1 five years ago?

Do you want to continue... Continue to look around,

see if we can find a bigger one?

We'll continue down then, slowly, and we'll...

- We'll keep looking. - 'kay.

- See if we can spot anything else. - Sounds good.

Okay, sam.

- Down slow. - Roger.

Coming down slow.

Oh. All stop!

Roger. At all stop.

What's that right there?

Yeah, I see that, too.

There's another one right there,

just off to the center of the screen.

Yeah. This-this area, right here.

We do have more of that golden color there.

We're seeing another shiny gold thing.

But this one is very small,

maybe even the size of a pea.

But that's only an estimation.

Uh, who knows? Until we get down there

and fully investigate this, we're not gonna know.

- Mike, are we ready to go lower? - Yes, we are.

All right, let's-let's go really slow.

- Down slow! -Yeah. - All right.

Down slow.

There were some nice patterns there

- for a second. - Yeah.

I didn't see any coloration in it.

All stop.

Roger. At all stop.

Axel, pull it straight into you.

- Nice and slow. - Yeah.

- Uh, mike, just hold for a sec! - Oh!

- Go back, mike. - Roger.

Oh. Is this another one?

That-that's definitely

a gold object right there.

A gold-colored object.

I mean, it pops compared to

- the surrounding area. - Yeah.

- You guys see that there? - Yeah.

- Yeah. It's pretty bright, isn't it? - Yeah.

Might obtaining video evidene

of not one but three gold-colored objecs

embedded in the wall of the c-1 cavity

mean the team has finally located actual treasue

within a close vicinity of the original money pit?

And, if so, could it mean

that the team may have made a historic breakthrough,

one that could bring definitive answers

to the oak island mystery?

Um, I think the visibility is starting to go.

And it's getting really hard to see.

We could be passing stuff and we don't even know

- we're passing it. - Well,

we've probably seen all we can see now, right?

- Yeah. - I think what we should do is go back,

to where we can implement a video call with the guys

and fill them in.

For sure. Okay.

Great work, guys.

- Yeah. - Thanks.

Later that afternoon...

- Hey, guys. - Hey.

Gentlemen.

...Rick, marty and alex lagina,

along with craig tester

and jack begley, gather at marty

and craig's office in traverse city

to hear charles, doug and mike's highly anticipated report.

We're eager for some good news.

You got any?

We-we have news that is, uh...

We can report a successful operation in-in c-1.

And the results were both intriguing and perplexing.

All right. Let's hear about it.

Take it away. Talk to us.

I'll show ya. I'll bring the first one up here now.

So, this is target number one.

If you look just center,

it's just in the, uh, top left quadrant.

Just-just off of center.

What the hell's that?

Is that the gold shiny thing?

Looks like a fleck of gold.

- That's what it looks like. - Yeah.

So, the next one.

It's, uh, right here.

And it's one foot directly below the triangular object.

And then, right around the 180-foot,

we had something that was even clearer and larger,

about the size of, um, a quarter or so.

This is target number three.

You can see the luster changing now

as he's moving the camera around.

Oh, yeah.

So there's multiple gold shiny things down in c-1.

...I mean, it's not just a one-off.

There's something down there.

- You know? - But is that anything

of value or is it something

that's just natural and it appears gold?

Been the shining object

and everything else since the beginning.

Well, that-that's why I said it was perplexing.

Because, uh, after mike pulled the equipment up,

uh, out of c-1,

I put in a call to terry matheson.

And I'm going to quote terry here.

"there's no known natural emplacement of minerals

that would look like gold in anhydrite."

so that's why it's perplexing.

It had to be placed there

by something other than natural processes.

I mean, we don't know either way,

- so it needs to be pursued. - Exactly.

You know what, doug, I'll give you this.

You-you named it right.

It's, uh, interest...

Intriguing but perplexing.

Agreed.

- Right. - Mike, tell-tell the guys,

uh, your thoughts about your previous dive there,

when you had your metal detecting equipment.

Uh, from where bottom is in relation to that third target

is pretty much where I'd had those hits.

At the bottom of that, uh... That cavity.

Three years ago,

during one of the previous attempts to retrieve

the gold-colored object in the c-1 shaft,

diver mike huntley initially received

a number of hits with his metal detector.

Unfortunately, when he returned down the shaft

to remove the object,

both the signal and the elusive object

seemed to have mysteriously disappeared.

I think if, uh, you know,

we put the camera down and we only saw one thing,

I'm not sure it would warrant a dive.

But if there's four targets,

you know, that might allow the diver to be successful,

in terms of retrieval.

Now what we have to do is try

- to retrieve a sample. - Yeah.

A diver could go down there and try to get hands on the targets.

It's worth a try. I don't... I mean, unless somebody disagrees.

No, I agree.

- So, let's try it. Set it up. - Will do.

I want that shiny gold thing on the surface!

We remain your boots on the ground for now.

Thank you very much.

- Thanks guys. See ya. - See ya.

Two days after obtaining compelling video evidence

of three gold-colored objects more than 170 feet deep

at the bottom of borehole c-1...

I think these guys mean business.

This is quite an operation.

- Just a few trucks. - Yeah.

...Oak island historians doug crowell and charles barkhouse,

along with project manager scott barlow,

are preparing to oversee a dive operation

which is designed to take a closer look at the objects

and hopefully retrieve them.

Just come ahead a bit

- and just square your back right up here, okay? - Yeah.

Because diver mike huntley was unavailable,

rick and marty lagina have enlisted the services

of rob ritcy and his team from rmi marine

to conduct today's investigation of the c-1 shaft.

We'll pull him in like that.

I'll leave my truck right here.

With nearly 50 years of combined experience,

rmi marine specializes in conducting

deep underwater surveying, construction

and salvage operations.

Guys, it looks like rmi marine is ready to go.

Okay.

We're gonna get rob to give you an update.

Perfect.

Although they are still unable to enter canada,

rick and marty lagina,

along with their partner craig tester,

have arranged to monitor every second

of today's potentially historic operation via video conference.

Joining them will be craig's son, jack begley,

and metal detection expert gary drayton.

Hey, guys. So-so, we're all set.

- Great. - We're ready to roll.

So, I just want to confirm with everybody

what the itinerary was.

I-I believe target 1-2 is probably first.

That was the shallowest target.

- That's correct. Yup. - Okay, good.

So, after that, we can hit target 3 and see

what we can do there to get... to get those... to get those pieces.

Okeydoke.

So, we're probably looking at... Looks like

in the neighborhood of a 20-minute dive.

That all sounds... Brilliant to me.

That sounds perfect.

I think it's time

for your guy to get wet. Let's do this.

Okay, man. Let's do it.

Proceed.

Due to the serious risks

facing the divers as they explore the dark,

confined depths of borehole c-1,

the oak island team has arranged

for emergency medical technicians to be on site.

Rob ritcy has also set up a hyperbaric chamber

for the unlikely but potentially deadly risk

of either of the divers developing

decompression sickness, also known as "the bends."

you know, with anything we do on oak island,

safety is paramount. Before, you know...

It's-it's more important

than any treasure we could possibly find.

It's not worth the risk of somebody's life.

In order to safely reach the bottom of c-,

diver tyler newton will be lowered down in a steel cage.

Upon reaching a water depth of 50 feet,

a trap door will open,

allowing tyler to complete his descent

to a depth of some 170 feet

in search of the gold-colored objects in the cavity wall.

Once located,

he will attempt to delicately extract them

using a small hammer and chisel.

Comms check. One, two.

Roger that. I've got you loud and clear, as well.

Okay, here.

They're putting the dive cage over the caisson now.

Good. Let's do it.

Here we go.

There's not much room, either side, I'll tell you.

It's a good thing that wasn't any smaller.

You're right.

Just watch vise-grips.

Uh, bring them a little quicker.

Can everybody see this?

Yeah.

Coming down. All stop at 40.

About five more feet, just so you know. Coming down.

He's just about to the water.

Perfect.

- He's in. - Yeah.

Four, three, two,

one. 40 feet. All stop.

Light doesn't penetrate very far, does it?

No, it doesn't.

Okay, we're all stopped here at 40 feet.

You're clear to come out of the basket.

Leaving the basket?

Roger that.

Dang, this is exciting.

Now that tyler newton

has left the dive cage,

he will descend to a depth of some 170 feet

to the area below the metal caisson's cutting teeth,

where he can begin to search the walls of the shaft

for the gold-colored anomalies.

Ah, it's getting clearer now.

The water gushing by it as it's displacing it.

Yeah.

Well, so far, he's coming right down on it.

Yep.

Getting clearer.

The diver's currently at about 90 feet,

and visibility is good.

- I'm gonna go over and listen to the divemaster. - Okay. Yep.

How you feeling?

What do you think you got for depth there?

130, 135.

There's the teeth.

All stop.

They've reached the bottom of the caisson.

They've reached the bottom of the casing.

- We can see the teeth. - Okay.

Got you at 144 here now.

Is there anything shiny ther?

So, you're getting lots of reflections

but no shiny objects?

Roger that.

That's not it there, is it?

What's that?

Kind of, yep.

Going after something.

Look at that shine.

Yeah.

Is that a coin?

Oh, is it?

Oh, yeah.

A coin?

Found some 170 feet deep

within the walls of the c-1 shaft?

Could this be a vital clue

marking the location of the legendary treasure?

He just took something out of the wall.

Is that a coin?

Oh.

There it went.

That looked like a coin falling.

Yeah.

At borehole c-1,

some 170 feet underground,

professional diver tyler newton has been attempting to locate

and carefully extract three gold-colored objects

that were spotted on camera just two days ago.

Unfortunately, his first sample,

an object which the oak island team

believed might have been a coin,

has slipped out of his grasp

and plunged more than 20 feet down the pitch-black shaft,

deeper than these divers are currently permitted to g.

Got about two minutes before we start traveling up.

Anything that's shiny down there,

take some samples of that.

Well, you would think that you would be able to see it.

I mean, we all saw that shiny gold thing

- on the camera. - Yep.

Can you do a slow scan up the...

- Up the twine? - Yep.

Can you go back to the twine there?

And then just head down that.

Just real nice and slow.

Find the gold shiny thing.

Yeah.

What's that?

What was that back there?

Down to his right a little bit.

- That looks triangular to me right there. - Yeah.

- He might be on it now, guys. - Yeah!

We'll get us one more sample,

and then we'll get you prepared to come up.

That sure looks like the shape, though.

Really hard material?

- Could be that slate material. - Yeah.

Roger that.

Roger.

So, he's coming up.

So, he took some samples.

We'll see what he's got.

All right, fingers crossed.

Okay.

Got the helmet.

The diver is out, guys. He's heading into the chamber.

Okay.

As a safety precaution,

diver tyler newton spends the next 22 minutes

inside the hyperbaric chamber.

- Here you go, guys. - Oh. That's for charles's hands.

- Let's see what we got. - Okay.

While waiting for tyler to emerge,

charles barkhouse and the team

inspect the samples that were brought to the surface.

What is it, charles?

Well, obviously, we got some anhydrite here,

but this is very curious.

- It's different, isn't it? - Yeah, it is different.

What is it, charles?

It's interesting. Th-this piece right here,

guys, it seems to be slate anhydrite.

Don't know if you can see it, but right-right here,

there's a really clear crystallization.

- That is odd. - Yeah.

Unfortunately,

none of the samples retrieved from the c-1 borehole

appear to match the gold-colored objects

spotted two days before.

Is it possible that tyler newton missed them

due to poor visibility?

C-1

hasn't really revealed its secrets, has it?

Guys, rob ritcy's gonna debrief us.

Perfect.

Okay, guys. So, we just finished up.

- Okay. - So,

the diver scanned through one foot on each side.

So, six square feet. Six square feet.

There was one target just outside.

It-it sort of showed up as something yellow,

and, um,

he tried to chip that out.

He couldn't get it chipped out.

We had just run out of time.

- The island wins again. - Yeah.

That is crazy.

You know, it's a confined space dive.

It's possible, if these shiny gold things

fell to the bottom, our first thought is

all is not lost.

It's gonna have to demand possibly an airlift.

By forcing air into the c-1 borehole

at a rate of as many as 100 pounds per square inc,

the airlift process creates a powerful vacuum

that would force any silt, sediment

and, needless to say, any valuable artifacts

up to the surface.

- Hey, guys. Have a seat there. - You guys...

- Divers have a seat here. - First of all,

I just want to say thank you. I'm sure we all do.

- Yeah, no problem. Yeah. - Yeah, thanks for having us.

Thank you very much. I think you did a great job,

and we appreciate your effors in that regard.

We would prefer you find where things is.

But that can happen next.

We still might want to airlift that cavity, just so you know.

And then if we do, when we get a lot of stuff up,

- we might want another dive. - Yep.

If the bosses are happy with it and the dive supervisor says go,

then I'm down to do that for sure.

Okay.

All right. On to the next job.

Let's call it a day, gents.

All righty. Thanks again, guys.

- Okay. - Thanks, guys.

- Appreciate it. - Cheers.

Three days after the dive in c-1,

marty and rick receive the exciting news

that the travel ban between the united states and canada

has been modified.

Effective immediately,

certain approved visitors may enter the country

on condition they quarantine themselves

for a 14-day period.

This means no human contact of any kind

for two full weeks.

Having already secured the necessary approvals,

marty, along with his son alex lagina,

and rick, along with nephew peter fornetti,

are finally able to enter nova scotia.

All right, so we made it in.

Yeah, we did.

It was strange to be so close

to oak island for two full weeks and not be able to go there.

Being in quarantine is different, because usually

when we come, the very next morning we're hard at it.

There's all kinds of work to be done,

so I'm-I'm anxious to get at it.

Covid has really, markedly altered our plans.

But it's just kind of refocused us.

Here's home for two weeks.

We're gonna do new things.

We're gonna employ new technology, new methods.

What I hope is to find a giant treasure,

or the answer to this giant riddle... this year!

I think it's possible.

Hey, guys.

- Hey, doug! - Doug!

I understand, uh,

welcomes are in order... You're in nova scotia now.

- Yes. The eagles have landed. - We are.

Quarantined, but here.

One day after their arrival in nova scotia,

but while still prevented from venturing out

due to strict quarantine measures,

brothers rick and marty lagina,

along with alex lagina and peter fornetti

call into the oak island war room

for a meeting with other members of their team.

They are eager to discuss several of the search

and discovery operations planned for the week ahead.

Well, we, uh, we've been kind of regrouping here

after the c-1 dive, but, uh,

laird has some updates on the work intended for lot 15.

That'd be great.

Keen to know about that.

Yeah, actually, the-the lead archeologist

is gonna be david macinnes.

A very experienced archeologist.

Name might sound familiar, related to, uh...

- Yeah, mcginnis? - ...Daniel mcginnis.

Wow.

Direct descendant.

A direct descendant, yeah.

- Wow. - Yeah. He's agreed to, uh...

Do the investigations in lot 15

and he'll be, uh, aided by aaron taylor.

And we're really looking forward

to what david's gonna come up with,

with this, uh, mysterious feature

that we have up there.

Boy, laird the believer!

I'll tell you.

It is curious, though. It-it's two rock walls

that just lead into the side of the hill.

Mm-hmm.

Last spring, doug crowell did a-a very thorough search

of the documents in dan blankenship's basement.

And he found two old maps.

One by fred nolan, who was a surveyor.

And one called the barringer survey from 1988.

Both indicated the possibility

of a tunnel near the feature on lot 15,

both of them coming from the money pit, north of the swam.

The barringer survey also indicated a possible tunnel

near c-1 in the money pit.

If these tunnels exist, could they be connected?

Could it be a possible back door to the money pit... who knows?

Sounds like you got a downright

brain trust there, laird. I mean, uh,

let us know what it is.

I will. Yeah, no, I'm excited.

I've got my fingers crossed that it's

some kind of, uh, cavity or passage

leading towards the money pit area.

That's-that's my hope.

Is it worth investigating?

Absolutely.

Let's see what the answers are.

Another thing that's, uh, taking shape, guys,

is furthering the exploration of the swamp.

And dr. Spooner's ready to follow up on that with some

scans of the swamp.

So, yeah, just to fill you in on what, uh,

I have planned in the swamp.

What we're doing is we're running a new kind of survey.

It allows us to pound down a ways

into that swamp sediment

and to see if we can resolve that feature in the swamp.

So that's what I'm up to in the next week, week or two.

Great.

Oh! Holy crow.

This stick will tell me when that stone was placed.

You date the stick, you know when that happened.

Because of the incredible finds made

in the oak island swamp last year...

I'm very confident we're looking at 1680 to 1700

that that disturbance took place.

...Including evidence that significant human activity

took place in the area dubbed eye of the swamp

during the late 17th century,

along with proof that the massive paved-stone area

the team unearthed was most likely constructed

more than 800 years ago,

the oak island team is eagr to continue their investigatin

of the area, but now on a much larger scale.

One of the team's first targets is an anomaly

that dr. Ian spooner first spotted

in a series of aerial photographs

taken nearly 100 years ago

and located on the southeastern edge

of the mysterious triangle-shaped swamp.

Great, I-I'm glad I'm in quarantine.

I'm looking forward to it, personally.

It's intriguing, because it's only ten feet down.

And this is the one location where if there

are going to be artifacts,

this is the place where they will be.

- Yes. - And it's in front

of the paved area, so that's really I think as much

my focus in terms of,

of trying to understand what's going on there.

- Good! - And then doug filled me in on

the story of a shaft in that location.

- Is that correct? - Y-yeah.

When, uh, fred drained the swamp,

he spotted the remains of an old shaft.

He didn't say exactly where, but this spot that ian

has recognized, identified, may be it.

- Yep. - Fred obviously saw

something and recorded it.

And now this work will confirm or deny it.

Yeah, it sounds well worth doing, sounds grea.

All right, guys, that's all we have from here for now.

We'll, uh, we'll see you in two weeks.

We all knew it was going to e

an abbreviated year, but everybody stepped up.

Without them laying the groundwork for the year,

given the fact that we were late

in-in being able to come into the country,

I-I think we would be behind the eight ball.

The guys did an incredible job

of setting the stage for the year's effort.

If you need anything while you're in isolation,

just, uh, call.

Okay. We might do that.

Figure it out while we're gone. That'd be great.

That'd be fine, yeah.

We'll be there with a brinks truck in 14 days.

- Take care, guys. - Thanks, guys.

- See you. - Buh-bye.

Later that same day...

- Hey, guys. - Hey, laird.

- Laird, how you doing? - Good.

...Archaeologist laird niven

arrives at lot 15,

where fellow archaeologists aaron taylor

and david macinnes are investigating

a mysterious rock formation.

It is located near the exact same spot

where one of the late fred nolan's survey maps

had indicated a potential tunnel entrance.

What interested me about this one

is the disturbance on top.

Mm-hmm.

And it's disturbed soil.

So, uh, it can be several things.

It could be people searching for the treasure

may have come across this stone feature

and found it interesting

- and dug it up. - Mm-hmm.

- Yeah. - And thrown the spoil up here.

And aaron has just gone through that,

and he's found nails in it.

- Wow. - Which is interesting, as well.

The great-great-great-great grandson

of daniel mcginnis,

the young man who first discovered evidence

of the money pit in 1795,

david macinnes is an expert

in the prehistory of maritime canada.

During his distinguished career,

he has investigated multiple archaeological sites

that date as far back as 3200 bc.

So, I took that down.

In that, we found three cut nails.

- That's cool. - So, I went through that,

and I've come down

- on a charcoal feature here. - Wow.

- Definitely a burn event. - Yeah.

Well, there are several

burning events that happened here.

On a personal level, I was very happy to find it

because it gave me charcoal.

I can send charcoal to the lb and get a date.

If that charcoal dates anything to do with this structure,

it dates its end.

It burned down.

I'm opening up this second unit

to try to uncover more of this charcoal feature.

- Yeah. - We were talking about possibly

- there being some sort of cover. - Right.

Wooden cover over top of that,

which might explain the nails.

- Can I take a look at the nails? - Sure.

I found this just a few minutes ago.

Oh, yeah, 'cause...

Excellent.

I've seen a lot of nails on oak island.

- They are corroded, aren't they? - Mm.

But that head's machine-made, yeah.

- Yeah, cut. - What's important to me

about the nails is that it dates the disturbance.

The nails are in the disturbed layer.

And, so, searchers who were digging around,

uh, trying to find something,

and somehow, the nails ended up here.

Mm-hmm. - Uh, so, we still have mysteries,

but, uh, we've got some evidence.

I'm kind of getting more and more confident

that we're gonna find something really dateable.

- Yep. - All right. I guess I'll get back to work.

- You guys can get back to work. - Sounds good.

Could the stone formation

be connected in some way

to the construction of the mysterious tunnel

which was indicated on fred nolan's map?

- David? - Yeah?

What do you got?

What is it, nail?

- I'm not telling you. - Oh.

You're not telling me?

- That's slag. - It is.

Produced when a desired metal is separated

from raw ore by means of intense heat,

slag is commonly found near foundries

or any place where smelting has occurred.

Could this iron slag found within the rock feature

be additional evidence of some sort

of large-scale blacksmithing effort on oak island,

perhaps one that could be associated

with the possible construction of the money pit treasure shaft?

Lot 15 has exceeded my expectations by tenfold.

With the evidence coming up, it's really intriguing.

I'm pretty excited about what it potentially could be.

So, maybe an iron foundry.

The question would be, in my mind,

is why would there be a blacksmith shop here?

This would be a big forge if that's what this is.

Yeah. This was a big operation.

This was a big... Yeah. I mean, yeah. I never thought

about the possibility of a blacksmith shop.

- Did you? - No.

Hi, gentlemen.

- Hey, guys. - Hi, doug. -Hey, guys.

Well, we have a lot of different,

interesting things happening

from lot 15.

I'm gonna cede this,

un, position to laird,

who's probably gonna show you some visuals

- somewhere along the way. - One day

after investigating a mysterious rock formation on lot 15,

one that could rest on top of an underground tunnel system,

oak island historians doug crowell and charles barkhous,

along with archaeologists laird niven and david macinne,

gather in the war room to share their findings with rick lagina,

his nephew peter fornetti,

marty and alex lagina.

Also joining them, via video conference,

is rick and marty's friend and partner, craig tester.

Are you related to...

The mcginnises?

On the island?

Yeah. He was my four times great-grandfather.

So I'm not just here as an archaeologist.

I'm here because I have an interest

in my family history.

- Great. - And, uh, so, yeah.

Yeah, uh, we've got an interesting structure.

We've got some visuals for you.

Um, this is an overhead, of course.

And what's really important here

is that there are mounds

on either side of this structure.

This is on the hillside.

You don't have mounds on a hillside

next to a depression.

That's a positive relief, uh, and that rarely happens.

So, for artifacts,

we've got nails, we've got possible slag.

Slag can mean a whole bunch of things.

Slag can be smelters. Slag can be forges.

This is...

Not a natural feature.

People have done something here

to make a structure of some kind,

which we're still undecided upon.

This is not a house.

It's not a barn. It's something else.

Now, we've had some expert advice.

We've had carmen legge come in.

His conclusion is, this is a tar kiln.

It's used to break wood down into tar-related products

for preserving wooden ships

and for preserving rigging and sails on ships.

Wow.

And he even dated it.

He dated it from 1550 to 1620.

He says it's an english tar kiln.

That guy.

And it's got a particular date range,

a very specific date range.

Well, that has to be government or military.

Exactly.

A pine tar kiln...

Possibly constructed by the british military

and dating as far back as the 16th century,

nearly two centuries before the discovery of the money pi?

Laird niven and his team of archaeologists

have come to lot 15 to try to answer the question...

Is there really a tunnel entrance here?

What they found was evidence

that the stone structure on lot 15

was possibly a fire pit or a pine tar kiln.

Certainly, the tar produced in a pine tar kiln

may have been used as ships' waterproofing.

Okay, so, I know scientists hate conjecture,

so I'm gonna make you do it if I can.

- Sure. - Uh, if you were on a treasure hunt on this islan,

which is what we are, does this add to the intrigue

of that it could have something to do with that?

Or is this just interesting

'cause it's an out-of-place archeological feature?

I think it seems to tie together

the paved structure in the swamp

- yes. - And what we were finding in smith's cove.

One year ago,

while conducting a massive excavation of smith's cove,

rick, marty, craig and the team

uncovered a wooden ship's wharf,

which was scientifically proven through dendrochronology testing

to have been constructed in 1741.

Could the suspected pine tar kiln on lot 15

have been used to manufacture tar

to seal and repair the many boats

that were believed to have docked at smith's cove?

Or might it have served another strategic purpose,

perhaps one involving the construction of the money pi?

Perhaps the tar could have been used

to waterproof the tunnels in the money pit.

Certainly lot 15, which has never been on our radar,

is now proving to be very significant.

And I very much look forward to what it has to tell us.

It raises all kinds of possibilities.

So there's a lot of work left to do

to try to understand what this feature is

and what it may mean to the island.

The feature on lot 15 was denoted

on fred's map as the entrance to a tunnel, "tunnel entrance."

so, of course, that's what we're hoping for.

But recall, now, it can be two different things.

Lots of people have speculated this might be

an underground chamber of some kind, or a tunnel.

Whether there's a tunnel there or not,

we should be able to determine that.

Surely it's purposeful.

Surely it has a reason

as to why it was built.

But again, it rounds back to the theory.

A theory's but a theory until you hold it in your hand,

and a tunnel's not a tunnel

till there's an opening in the ground.

Look, excellent. Excellent data, excellent presentation.

Thank you very much.

We need to digest all this, and you guys keep giving us data.

- Appreciate it. Thank you. - You're welcome.

Thanks a lot. We're gonna sign off.

See you later.

Take care.

Wow, I never knew all this existed.

The outside world.

Two weeks' quarantine.

- It feels good to be out. - Yeah.

Having traveled to nova scota

prior to the arrival of rick and marty lagina,

jack begley and metal detection expert gary drayton

have finished their time in quarantine and are now fre

to join their fellow treasure hunters on oak island.

I've been...

Immersing myself

on the new equipment I'm gonna be using, the okm.

Is it really gonna be able to detect tunnels?

Yeah, it does. It does several things really good.

It's a ground-scanning piece of equipment,

it's a mineral scan,

a kind of metal detector, and it find tunnels

and voids and vaults.

- So, what we're looking for. Yeah. - Yeah.

Here we go, mate.

This is what we've been waiting for.

You can't beat this feeling,

- driving across the causeway. - It's such a ride.

Maybe this is the year we find the money pit.

This is the year.

This is the year that we're gonna find treasure.

Oh, yeah.

All right, here we go!

Lot 15, mate.

Couple of hurdles to cross here.

Hey, guys.

- How you doing, laird? - That's a sight for sore eyes.

- Bringing in the big guns. - Yep.

Ah. This...

Is the okm exp 6000. It does a lot

- of different things. - Yeah.

Tunnel scanning.

Mineral scan.

- It's a magnetometer. - That's cool.

And a metal detector.

- Wow. - And it goes deep.

So if it's ten feet down, what are we gonna do?

I brought an excavator.

The jack 6000.

All right, mate.

- Time to get stuck in. - Have fun.

While preparing for his retun

to oak island this year...

We'll start in the very corner.

...Gary drayton was eager to employ an arsenal

of metal detection equipment that is, in some ways,

more sophisticated than anything he has used in the past.

One of these is

the okm exp 6000.

Featuring a display unit

that creates 3d visualizatios of underground anomalies,

the okm exp 6000 is able to detect metal objects

up to ten feet below the surface,

as well as any voids or tunnels

that might exist as deep as 60 feet underground.

Turn it on.

There we go.

I like how it has the treasure chest.

- How appropriate. - Kind of ironic, isn't it, eh?

Mm-hmm. - Let's hope that works.

So, what we'll do is,

you try and keep me straight.

I'll go in a straight line.

When we get to the flag on the tree,

we're gonna turn around.

I'll head over there now,

- and then we'll get going. - Okay.

Because gary will have to wat

until laird niven and his archaeological team

complete their painstaking investigation

of the mysterious stone-and-wood structure

they unearthed on lot 15,

gary and jack will begin a grid-like sweep

of the surrounding area.

All right, mate. First scan.

So, I'm going deeper this year,

below normal metal detection range.

I'm hoping to find anything that'll help

tell the story of this area.

It does make a sound.

Almost sounds like a chicken, doesn't it, jack?

Let's hope we find a golden egg.

I like that.

All right, mate, on to the next.

- You ready? - Yup. I'm ready.

While gary and jack continue their search

for metal artifacts on lot 15...

...Doug crowell and surveyor steve guptill arrive

at the money pit search site.

Let's do this.

Using the data obtained from the barringer survey,

doug and steve carefully mark and retrace areas of interest

in order to determine if any of them are connected

to the original money pit shaft.

If the barringer survey proves to be accurate...

And that can only be done by ground-truthing,

I.E. Drilling into the anomaly...

We'd be ecstatic, over the moon.

Right there, doug.

There's the first one.

See if we can actually get this down through the pad.

- Okay. - Ready?

We got... 30 meters that way.

It's really interesting, 'cause the barringer survey,

they found an interpreted tunnel.

We're scaling that old survey to our current 3d model.

We need to get stakes out on the ground

so you can see where it actually sits

in relation to the surroundings.

We're getting pretty close, doug.

Right here.

That's perfect, steve. I mean...

When you look straight down that line...

- Yup. - Yeah, c-1's right in the middle of it.

- C-1's right in the middle. - This is the outskirts

- of the barringer survey, so... - Mm-hmm.

...There could very well be a tunnel that just continues on.

Yup. You know where this goes.

I bet if I project a straight line,

it goes up to the potential rock tunnel on lot 15.

- This is all good information. - Yup.

A tunnel?

One that possibly connects the c-1 shaft

to the mysterious rock formation on lot 15?

The same formation that is noted

as being a tunnel entrance on the survey map

of the late fred nolan?

If so, could it mean

that the oak island team has discovered

not only a direct link to the 170-foot-deep cavity in c-1,

but also the precise location

of the long-lost oak island treasure vault?

You know, this barringer survey is turning out

to be quite the find, doug.

- This is really interesting. - Yup.

As a new day begins on oak island...

I want to get the guys up on video conferencing.

...Brothers rick and marty lagina...

- Charles! - ...Along with

alex lagina and peter fornetti,

are now ten days into their mandatory two-week quarantin.

Together again, technologically.

Sitting here in quarantine, growing a beard.

In addition to receiving daily updates

from members of their team, they use their time

to consider and plan various projects for the coming year.

So, the barringer geo-surfaces survey

that we found in dan's files

gave us an interpretive tunnel

- on lot 15. - Okay.

Maybe if steve could bring up the overlay

- of the barringer survey? - Sure.

Do you have the color-coded one, steve?

Yup. And we can turn them on and off as requested.

Looking over what we calculated,

I just turn the data on on top of the overlay.

The data is starting to line up.

Lot 15 leads into c-1.

Lot 15 is exactly 500 feet

between the paved area and the money pit.

That sort of confirms the survey from 1988.

That potentially could be a tunnel.

- Fantastic. - We've got to expand the search.

We've got to go over these areas with this

deep-scanning equipment.

You'll get a more accurate reading.

If gary can get in there with, you know, all...

With your equipment, we should be able to find stuff.

Yeah, get busy, gary.

I'm ready. I'm ready.

If you guys are excited, I'm excited.

And, uh, I can't help but observe

that the sort of resurrection of this barringer survey

after 32 years is sort of like

finding the treasure map finally in grandma's purse.

You know what I mean? Or in the attic.

We're all energized, so,

get after it, gentlemen.

- Aye-aye, sir. - Bye, guys.

- See you, guys. - Okay, bye, guys.

Later that day,

area geoscientist dr. Ian spooner arrives

at the man-made, triangle-shaped swamp

with local diver tony sampson.

What's made you pick this part of the swamp,

and what are you hoping we're going to find out here today?

Right over here we have, um,

some very interesting features

that shows up in the air photos.

We also have a geophysical,

seismic, low-density anomaly.

- Uh-huh. - And so,

two things are lining up.

Plus, we have a story of some kind

- of structure in there. - Excellent.

After carefully analyzing

a collection of aerial photographs taken

from the archives of oak island treasure huntes

fred nolan and dan blankenship,

dr. Ian spooner believes he has found strong evidence

of an unusual feature... Possibly a wall

or some type of wooden structure...

Located near the eastern edge of the swam.

Today, with the help

of professional diver tony sampson,

dr. Spooner hopes to verify whether or not

this strange wooden anomaly actually exists.

So, what I want to do is take the sonar in.

- Okay. - And see if we can duplicate

or replicate some of those results.

Fantastic, and this is a specific sonar

that you've put together, right?

Yeah, it's a unit that is especially suited

- to shallow water and to sub-bottom. - Uh-huh.

So, penetrating into the sediment a ways

and so we can see structures with it.

- Okay. - I've got some confidence

- we'll get some good returns. - Good stuff.

I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Okay. I'm gonna get the stuff and start putting it together.

I know you've got to get stuff together here.

- Excellent. - Okay. See you.

What is the swamp anomaly

that dr. Spooner has rendered an opinion about?

It's a singular goal. We know what we're after,

unlike the previous dig in the swamp.

We didn't know there was a paved area there.

To some degree,

we just stumbled upon it.

So, we'll try

to put it in right here.

- Another. That's good there. - You good?

- Yup. - Yup.

Okay, I'm gonna hop in.

We're good.

I'm going to start pinging it right now.

Okay. Do you want me to take you away

- from shore a bit, buddy? - Yeah.

Do you want to do, like, lawnmowing,

in a grid pattern-pattern or...?

I think just slowly back and forth,

- and we'll see what we get. - Okay.

How's the penetration look, ian?

It's... Oh, it's incredible.

It looks really good right now.

It looks like we're getting down

to around three, four meters, which is good.

Three, four meters? That's fantastic!

Yeah, this is good.

The syqwest hydrobox echo sounder sonar device

that dr. Spooner is using

works by emitting sound pulses

that penetrate through the muck and mud

on the bottom of the swamp

which reflect back to the surface,

identifying any objects or structures buried below.

- So, towards south shore beach, buddy? - Yeah.

- Okay. - Just gonna watch really carefully in here.

Okay.

Beauty.

Are you seeing any new features down there then?

Yeah. Yeah, we're seeing some hard stuff.

Excellent.

This is going higher now.

Higher. Higher.

Ah, beauty.

You can see at one-meter depth all these logs.

Yup, that's funny you should say that, ian.

- I can feel them under my feet. - Yeah.

And right here... A big drop-off.

A big drop-off, right here.

- It's like a wall. - That's fantastic!

- Yeah. - A wall?

Could this be evidence of further human activity

in the oak island swamp?

If so, who built it, and why?

The sonar seemed to show

that we were in probably two meters of mud, and then,

uh, boom, we dropped down to three or four meters.

And that's not normal in a swamp.

Now, you just don't get these, uh, radical changes in height.

Yeah, so, what I'm convinced of,

and I think it's backed up by the seismic and the air photos,

is a real feature exists right here.

There's something here that's-that's different.

That's great news. I've-I've always felt

there's something weird about the swamp.

Right, and this is where that cribbing is, right here.

Fantastic.

A possible wooden structure

buried in the swamp?

Could it be the same wooden shaft

that was first discovered by fred nolan in 1969?

And could it also be connected

to the 16th century pine tar kiln,

which the oak island team believes may have been used

in the construction of the original money pit?

We see some very interesting features

right on top of the seismic anomaly

and just a little bit to the south of the 1943 air photos.

Any one of these pieces of evidence

on their own is interesting.

But all three, together, are really provocative.

Do you think we're getting some data here that, um,

corroborates that this is man-made, ian?

What it tells us is that if man was here,

they might have made use of this site.

- Yeah. - So, let's call it quits.

- Okay. - Yeah, we got

some great data, so my job now is, I think,

to take it to the research center and sort of compile it.

- And then I can build a 3d model. - Excellent.

So we'll get the boat out, head back.

Fantastic.

On lot 15, just northeast

of the money pit on oak island,

archaeologists laird niven, aaron taylor and david macinns

continue their investigation of the 16th century pine tar kiln

that, according to their research, may have been used

in the construction of the money pit treasure vault.

- Where's the next line, jack? - Right through me.

Metal detection expert gary drayton,

along with jack begley,

return to the area with the okm exp 6000

in search of any buried objects, voids or tunnels.

Come on. There's got to be something in this area.

Right through here.

There's something interesting about these.

Like, these circular groups of rock.

Aw. Come on, man.

You're not telling me

this is natural, what I'm standing on now.

- This is something. - Yeah?

Look at this.

Yeah, I think this is something.

I mean, if you look around here, jack,

there's definitely a circular pattern around here. Look.

Yeah, you're right.

I mean, you look at some of the rocks and how flat they are.

It looks like these rocks

- have been split and broken apart. - Yeah.

They're all very similar.

This could be some kind of stone structure.

A stone structure?

And located just 100 feet from the pine tar kiln?

Could the team have finally found evidence

of a long-lost tunnel entrance?

This is undisturbed.

I don't think we should touch the moss, anything.

Let those guys take a look at it... david and laird.

I don't even want to walk over it.

All right. I think we've done enough scans, mate.

Because the stone feature may be a significant clue,

gary and jack know they must wait

until archaeologist laird niven and his team

have the opportunity to evaluate the site.

So, let's check it out.

Having performed deep scans across the area,

gary and jack now review their results to see if they may

have also found anything of interest below ground.

The green color is just the background.

- Mm-hmm. - What I'm interested in is those reds and oranges.

Red and orange is always ferrous.

A lot of iron in this area.

And if it's nonferrous,

it's gonna be bright red.

As we're going along,

we're finding a good mix of targets.

One thing for sure,

there's a hell of a lot of metal in this area.

A lot of iron but, even more important,

there's some nonferrous targets.

Well, I'm a treasure hunter.

That's probably gold and silver coins.

There's reds and oranges everywhere.

Do you see anything that stands out to you

that we need to go after on this?

There's a couple of areas over there.

Let's continue with the ctx,

see if we can find surface finds.

I'd like to find that one coin, that one ring,

oh, man, that one bobby-dazzler that tells us a story.

Let me grab my shovel.

In order to narrow down the possibility

that there could be important metal objects near the surfac,

gary will now use the ctx 3030 metal detector,

the same device he has used over the years

to find numerous objects,

like the mysterious lead cros at smith's cove,

which is believed to be some 700 years old.

There's got to be another coin

or something around here, gary.

I know there is, mate.

There's something there, mate.

Gonna have to dig it out.

Damn. You went all medieval on that one, mate.

Oh, yeah. I'm not wasting time.

Hopefully you've moved it.

Ooh!

I see it.

What do you see?

That's a ax.

It's a broken ax.

Oh, it is!

Look at that.

The way it comes down.

That's a really old ax then.

Definitely.

And just the weight of it tells me

that this is really old.

I don't think it's a weapon.

In the maritimes, you'd call it a ship's rigging ax.

You'd use it on the ship for cutting ropes.

What would it be doing right here?

Well, let's say

you came onto the beach here

and you wanted to come inland.

What are you gonna use?

You're gonna use one of these

to hack your way into this area.

- Like a machete. - Yeah.

- Yeah. - Because, if you think about it,

you got those operations up there.

You got the beach here.

Could gary's theory

about this so-called ship's rigging ax be correct?

Could it be further evidence of human activity

connecting the 800-year-old man-made stone-paved area

in the swamp to the nearby pine tar kiln,

as archaeologist laird niven and his associates have suggested?

What's the most recent it could've been used?

I don't know, but it's out here

and it's been here a heck of a long time.

So, probably before the discovery

- of the money pit. - Yeah.

Okay. Let's keep going then.

Ooh.

It just sounds so good.

Just there.

Come to papa.

Where you hiding?

- I see it. - Ooh!

- Oh, no way! - What the heck?

That's an old coin.

That's a little beauty. Look at that.

- That's an old coin, mate. - Oh, yeah.

- That is an old coin! - Oh, yeah.

That is. I'm sure it is.

I mean, you can see some kind of... Decoration.

Any time there's writing around the outside, mate,

- that's a dead... no, I don't think we should. - No?

- Okay! Oh! - No, always...

- This is a top pocket find. - Yeah.

It's got the original patina.

It's got the shape,

that old shape.

It's not perfectly round.

And it's got that square hole in it, mate.

And you can tell it's old-old because it's square.

I mean, this could be an integral clue

in figuring out exactly who used this tar kiln.

But we found a lot of coins over the years on oak island,

and this looks to be

probably one of the oldest,

based upon the shape and the patina.

What's fascinating about this coin is the shape

and the fact that it's got a square hole in the middle.

This coin is very, very old.

And I don't believe it's european.

This coin is from somewhere much more exotic.

You're the coin expert, gary.

Can you date this coin off of just the features?

This is old, mate.

My guess is 1600, 1700s.

This is great, gary.

This is bloody brilliant.

I think so.

Elbow bump?

That's what I love about metal detecting...

The chance to pick up a piece of history.

Here we are, gary.

Following their exploration of lot 15,

gary drayton and jack begley head to the research center

to share their discoveries

with oak island historian charles barkhouse.

- Hello? Hey, charles. - Hey, guys.

- Hey, charles. - How you doing?

- Good, mate. - Good. We've had a really good

day back on the island.

- Really? - We have got some...

Really great finds, mate.

We found some good stuff.

Uh, would you say this is a top pocket find?

It's in the top pocket, mate.

Some are in the pouch,

- but definitely got a top pocket find. - Really?

So, I guess the obvious question is,

what did you find?

What did we find?

Actually, I think these are so important

that we should call the guys that are in quarantine...

Rick, marty, alex and peter...

- And let them all know. Yeah. - Really?

Yeah. They are... It's that special.

- Okay. - I'm gonna get the guys up

on the video call.

- I know they want to know. - And they're in quarantine, mate.

This is just what the doctor ordered.

Give 'em a little boost.

Exactly.

Hey, rick! Hey, peter!

Hey, marty and alex!

How you doing, chaps?

Hi, guys.

So, gary and I were over

- at lot 15. - Yes.

The archaeologists...

They gave us permission to metal detect,

and we took full advantage of it

and... I got a top pocket find.

- Wow. - Yeah.

Let's see it!

You know, uh...

This is worth waiting for, guys.

When you get out of quarantine,

this will lift your spirits, mate.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute.

Stop.

You're really not gonna show this to us?

- Um, no. I believe... - What?

...You will get a better perspective

when you see these finds in person.

Are you really that excited about it, gary?

- Or are you just pulling our leg? - Yeah.

Do you think that it sheds

any light on the structure on lot 15?

These artifacts that we found are definitely gonna shed light

on who probably made that structure up on the hillside.

- Yeah. - Oh, rick,

what do you think about these guys dorking us like this?

I don't like it. But...

can you seriously

put a date to it?

It should shed light on a country

and hopefully a date

- and maybe a surprising date. - Wow.

I'm gonna play along. I'm gonna go along with this.

You know, it'll make coming to the island even more exciting.

- Mm. - Yeah.

Well, look, if you're not gonna show us anything,

then get back out there.

- Yeah. - Okeydoke.

- Okay, thanks, guys. - All right, mate.

Let's go get some more.

Despite a number of devastating setbacks,

brothers rick and marty lagia remain as committed as ever

to solving the 225-year-old mystery of oak island.

But now perhaps equally important

to unearthing a vast treasure

is finding out what happened on oak island

centuries ago.

Perhaps it can explain

why the island has been guarded by a mysterious curse,

one that has claimed six lives

and threatens to take one more

before the truth about oak island

can be revealed.

Next time on the curse of oak island...

We're out of quarantine. We're heading to the island.

There's a lot of new things to explore.

It truly feels like the fellowship's

getting back together now that you're here.

I like the look of this, jack.

What the...?!

- I think it's lead or something. - Oh, wow.

See, this is what we're looking for.

That might be the find of the year.

Not only is it man-made,

this goes all the way back to 1500.

It could have been used for construction of the money pit.

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