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Rrator: Tonight on
the curse of oak island...

Marty:
We're out of quarantine.
We're headed 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.

Gary:
I like the look of this, jack.

What the...?

- I think it's leather.
-Wow.

Steve g.:
See, this is what
we're looking for.

This is an awesome find.

David:
Not only is it man-made,

this goes
all the way back to 1500.

It could've been used for
construction of the money pit.

Wow.

Narrator:
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 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.

it is the start of another
new day on oak island.

Another sweaty day
in quarantine.

-Got to keep the legs moving.
-Alex: Yep.

-What day is it?
-Day eight!

Narrator: But for brothers
rick and marty lagina,

it marks the start
of their second week

in a 14-day mandatory
quarantine...

Rick:
Okay. Perfect.

-50 more to go.
-Peter: Perfect.

Rick:
And then we'll plant them.

Narrator:
...One that is required
of anyone

granted special permission
to enter canada

from the united states
during the global pandemic

that has swept the globe
since earlier this year.

Alex:
All right. We got my dad
set up on a, bike trainer.

marty:
Passing them like
they're standing still, baby.

Narrator: And sharing the tie
with rick and marty

is their nephew peter fornetti

along with marty's son
alex lagina.

That's how we're killing time.

Waiting to get on the island.

Marty:
I'm growing a beard, too.

-Yeah.
-But I will shave it

on the day we are free.

Narrator:
Although rick and marty
are each staying in houses

on the mainland, across
mahone bay from oak island,

they are not allowed to leave
their respective properties.

They are also prohibited
from having personal contact

with any third parties,
or even visiting oak island.

It's a little frustrating,
being in quarantine,

um, because,
I'm used to freedom,

you know,
to go about my business.

Normally, we immediately,
without stopping or passing g,

we go directly to oak island,
because we want to see

what's happened
since we were here last.

Alex:
It looks pretty good, actually.
I'm impressed.

- We're gonna stay
on this piece of property...
-Alex:

-...Until we get the all clear.
-Right. And...

Then we're gonna go
to oak island

and we're gonna unleash
a firestorm of activity.

Narrator:
Fortunately, even with
the laginas stuck in quarantine,

treasure-hunting activities
on oak island

have been able to make progress.

Aaron:
So, I'm gonna continue
to excavate this unit here

and hopefully get
to the bottom of this today.

David:
Absolutely.

-We want to date
when it started.
-Laird: Yeah.

Narrator:
On lot 15, for example,

archaeologists laird niven,

aaron taylor and david macinnes,

a direct descendant of the first
oak island treasure hunter,

daniel mcginnis, continue
their careful investigation

of the remains
of a stone structure,

one which they believe
could be connected

to the construction of the
original oak island money pi.

It was also in this same area

that veteran surveyor
and treasure hunter fred noln

noted the existence
of a possible tunnel entrance

on a recently discovered map.

A tunnel entrance which fred
believed could lead directly

to the fabled oak island
treasure vault.

If we turn over rocks here
and we got organics under it,

that will date the beginning
of whatever this is.

All right. Let's get digging.

Rick:
As far as the lot 15 feature
is concerned,

and the proximity of that
structure to the money pit,

is there a possible
connection there?

I think it's too early,
but I'm very interested

now that the project is underway

to see what they come up with.

Aaron:

Laird and david,
come take a look at this.

I'm coming down
on this really flat stone

with a really
interesting edge on it.

David:
That's been beveled.

Aaron:
Yeah. Possibly.

-Look at how flat that is.
-Laird: Yeah.

It's kind of not like
anything else, is it?

Aaron:
That looks interesting.

It looks like, possibly,
a drilled hole in here.

Laird:
Wow. That looks pretty cool.

-Aaron: That's-that's handmade.
-Laird: Yeah.

-It doesn't look natural,
does it?
-No.

Aaron:
You've got a drilled hole

and a possibly beveled edge,
like it might have been cut

-to fit into another stone.
-It's cool.

Narrator:
A drilled stone?

Found in the mysterious
structure on lot 15?

In 1895,

treasure hunter frederick blair
located a drilled stone

just northeast of what he
believed to be the money pit.

More than four decades later,
in 1937,

fellow treasure hunter
gilbert hedden found another

near smith's cove,
and on a perfect east-west line

from blair's discovery.

Since then, a number of
surveyors and treasure huntes

including the late fred nolan,

have found similar surface
markers across the island

believed to be part
of an elaborate treasure map

leading to where the legenday
vault lies buried.

Could this drilled stone
on lot 15

be another important piece
of that puzzle?

It certainly looks
like it's been manipulated

by people, right?

- Aaron:
-You know who

who would be interested in this
is steve guptill.

So, I'm gonna give him a call.

-steve g.: Hello?
-Hey, steve. It's laird.

-Hey, laird. How you doing?
- Good. We've got,

a pretty unusual-looking,
partially drilled stone here

- I thought you might want
to take a look at.
-Yeah.

I mean, that's pretty
interesting. I'll be right u.

All right. See you in a bit.

So, this is a-a potentially
important stone,

and perhaps if we can get a clue

of what it's sitting on
or what it functioned as.

If it was placed intentionally,

we know that, it was brought
from somewhere else

and put there
for a specific purpose.

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

So, steve, I was just

excavating this unit here.

And I came down on this.

Steve g.:
Wow.

I mean, the fact that this
is buried is a huge clue.

So, this is really,
really important for us.

So, what I think we should do
is we should get rick

and maybe the guys
on the phone.

-Okay.
-And we should show them this,

and I think they'd be
pretty interested.

- All right.

hey, guys.

-Hey, laird.
-Hello, laird.

How are you?

-Good.
-Hanging in there.

Excellent. We've, found
something interesting on lot 15.

I just uploaded some photos
for you to look at.

It's actually pretty intriguing.

So, we're digging on the edge
of our feature here.

And, aaron
uncovered this rock,

which doesn't look like much

until-- david, do you want
to point out the hole?

- Yeah.
-Yeah.

Laird:
There we have a drilled hole.

And, as well,
there's a flake on there.

And lo-- almost a beveled edge
on that side.

-Hey, guys.
-Do you want to explain to them?

Sure. To me, they look
like an old survey mark.

Surveyors would have
done that years ago.

So, this could've been used
in conjunction

with others on the island
as a directional piece

or a survey control piece.

It would be tied to something.

Because if they were all done
in the same time period,

they should all match.

We know there
have been a number

of drilled stones that...
Some of which have been lost

over the hundreds of years
of discovery.

If there was a master plan

to what was originally
done here,

you would need some sort
of surveying apparatus

or, the ability
to lay down a grid.

So, this location
was important enough

to put a site line there.

So, that's-that's
very, very good,

but we need to be brought
up to speed in person.

So, it may have been here when
the people arrived here

and they just left it there
on the ground.

So, if this stone
predated the structure,

then it has some other meaning.

The key is getting
to the bottom of it

and then we can speculate.

You know, and rick,
you-you got to go look at that.

I know you're dying
to go look at that right now,

because you're
the rock-meister.

I am singularly intrigued
with the drilled stone.

You always fall back
to personal experience, righ?

And I've built thousands
of feet of stone wall.

So, my suspicion is that

the drilled stone has nothing
to do with this feature.

It was just an asset.

So, I'm very interested

in proceeding.

-Absolutely.
-Marty: Yeah.

Great, great discovery,
you guys.

Um, you know,
curiouser and curiouser.

So, pursue it
and take us where it goes.

That's what I would say.

Um, the only thing I'm concerned
about is this proliferation

of archaeologists
on this island.

you're-you're gonna be
surrounded soon, so...

I know! I know!
I'm surround-- I know!

But it's a good thing.

It means we keep finding,
you know, important things.

So, stay at it, guys,

and let us know
what it means. Thank you.

-Yeah.
-Thank you.
Take care, stay safe.

Laird:
We'll get back to work.

Narrator:
It's a new day on oak island,

-and at smith's cove...
-Steve g.: All right.

Let's go find them.

...Oak island historian
doug crowell

and surveyor steve guptill
continue their efforts

to retrace the so-called
barringer survey,

a large-scale scanning
and survey operation

conducted in 1988

by dan blankenship
and his partner david tobias.

It was this barringer survey
that identified the location

of a number of possible tunnels
leading from lot 15

towards both the swamp
and the money pit.

It also indicated four targets
that might contain quantities

of nonferrous metals,
like gold and silver,

located some 100 feet
below ground.

-Doug: You lead me to it.
-Steve g.: Sure.

Right here, doug,

is where that tunnel
enters the cave-in pit.

-Okay. We're gonna use red
for that tunnel. Right?
-Yep.

That's the end of the tunnel
going into the cave-in pit.

Let's head back
and put the junction point in

-for the two tunnels.
-Okay.

-The intersection point
should be right out here.
-Okay.

Doug, this is where I leave you.

So, this is the start
of the other tunnel.

You know what's interesting
about this point?

This is where gary
found the cross.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Narrator:
A possible tunnel...

Holy schmoly, all right.

-Rick: It's a cross.
-Gary: That's a cross.

Narrator:
...100 feet below ground

near the same spot
where rick lagina

and gary drayton made one
of the most important finds

in oak island history?

Let's go up and see where
this nonferrous target sits

-in relation to all that.
-Sure.

-Let's go stake out some gold.
-Sure.

-Steve g.: We're here.
-That it?

-Yep.
-I'll tell you what.

You took the hit on getting wet,
on the last one.

I'll give you the honor
of driving in

the nonferrous target stake.

- Doug: You know
what's striking me? -

Doug: This is south of the work
we did last year.

-Steve g.: Yep.
-It's hard to believe

that we were
in this whole zone,

digging with that long-reach
excavator, down to...

What was that capable of?
50 feet in depth?

-50 feet.
-Yep. We just couldn't go
deep enough with it.

This-this... We were
in the right zone,

according to
the barringer survey.

We just didn't know it.

Marty:
That looks like a big hole.

narrator:
Last year,
while the team was digging

in the uplands area
of smith's cove...

Marty:
It looks like a tunnel to me,

going that way.

Narrator:
...At a depth of some 50 fee,

heavy equipment operator
billy gerhardt

discovered what they
all believed to be part

of the fabled booby-trapped
flood tunnel system,

designed to protect

the original money pit
treasure vault.

Unfortunately, the muddy, soaked
ground surrounding the pit

proved to be too unstable
to continue digging,

and the oak island team wee
forced to abandon their searc.

Is it possible that they were
actually digging their way

toward not just a tunnel
but something of great value?

Something that was
a mere 50 feet deeper below?

I think some of this
I-is so incredible

in how it aligns that I think

maybe we should call rick
and just fill him in on it.

-I think it's a good idea.
-All right.

Doug:
All right.

Let's see if we can
bring him up on facetime.

Rick:
Hello?

-Doug: Hi. Hi, rick.
-Hey, doug.

- Hey, guys. What are you doing?
-Doug: Hi, marty.

we're out, staking out
the, barringer survey

as it lays on the land
below the cave-in pit.

Marty:
And any surprises
or does it all fit?

Well, it-it fits
amazingly well.

-Where's the nonferrous target?
-Marty: Yeah.

I was just about
to say the same thing.

All right, guys.
You ready for this?

This yellow stake right here
with steve,

that's our nonferrous metal
target.

This is the one between the
cave-in pit and smith's cove,

so that is the old crane pad
behind steve.

We're only in about,
15, 20 feet from that.

Wow.

I mean, can you get
any more classic than that?

Out of the archives of--
in someone's basement,

you find a map,
and it's a treasure map.

Well, the barringer survey
is sort of like that.

It says here are
four nonferrous targets.

Well, nonferrous at depth
on oak island... What?

Do-- people weren't
burying aluminum cans.

So, what does that suggest?
Gold and silver.

Rick:
Okay, give me something

to orient off of.

We are not far
from dynamite hole number three.

-Rick: Okay.
-That is somewhat to the west,

but not-not far.

Marty:
That's got to be pretty close

to where we dug that great, big,
deep hole then, isn't it?

Steve g.:
It would have been

on the outer edge
of the great, big hole.

Right where billy
would've been sitting.

Billy was sitting on the money.

marty:
So, billy was right
on the money.

Well, he'll never
live that down.

All right.
So, the obvious thing,

what we say every year:

We're gonna need
a bigger excavator.

--yes.

All right. Good.

Well, that's good enough
for me guys.

-Thanks a lot.
-Rick: Well-well done, guys.

-Take care.
-Marty: Bye-bye.

-Stay safe.
-Talk to you later.

-Doug: Good work, steve.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

-Jack: How about we start here?
-Gary: Yep. Good place.

Narrator: ...Jack begley
and metal detection expert

-gary drayton...
-I like the look of this, jack.

...Arrive at isaac's point

on the far eastern end
of oak island.

This is an area
where spoils removed

from various excavations
in the money pit

have, over the years,
been used as landfill.

They are hoping
that after years of soil erosion

due to a number
of harsh winter storms,

any valuable objects
or artifacts are now closer

to the surface and thus
easier to detect and retriev.

Anything that's been flushed
in and out of the winter storms,

they're now spread out around
the end of isaac's point.

It's a great opportunity, mate.

Let's grab the gear
and get stuck in.

Gary:
Ooh, I like it.

The best way of searching
the area is to zigzag along

from the tree line
down to the big boulders.

There could be
anything anywhere.

I've got the large coil on.

I know this can get
small targets.

Anything that seems like it
could be older iron

or, you know,

a good size, I say we dig,
'cause I'd like to recover it.

All right, mate. Let's go
recover a bit of history.

We'll go all the way
to the end here, just in case.

what'd you find there, gary?

Gary:
That is definitely not iron.
It's just there.

-Definitely. Yep.
-Jack: Just right there?

I would bet your last dollar
that this is not iron.

Let's see if you got it out.

-What the heck is that?
-That?

A pewter spoon-bowl.

That's what that looks like.

It's got that right shape,

and it would've been
elongated spoon-bowl, like that.

It would've gone t-towards,
like, a rounded front.

If it's pewter, that's your
typical mid-1700s, mate.

So, that could've been
a depositor, maybe, or even,

a-a searcher in the money pit,

-yeah.
-...That was eating
using that spoon.

Gary:
Yeah. If it is
a pewter spoon-bowl, mate,

that was the poor man's silver
of the day.

- Nice little find.
-Jack:

It's not exactly a "super bowl,"
but it is nice.

All right,
let's recheck the hole,

see if there's any more parts
to it.

Maybe we broke a piece off.

Possibly.

- We've got more.
-Ooh.

Solid signal, as well.

Let me see if...

- I think it's still there.
-Yeah.

I got down to...

--it's right in the side.

All right. I'm-I'm gonna...

What the...?

It's a pickax.

Narrator:
On the far east end of
oak island at isaac's point..

Jack:
That is really cool.

This is what I was hoping for,
an old tool.

Narrator: ...Jack begley
and metal detection expert

gary drayton have just made
another exciting discovery.

Gary:
Yep. Broken a long time ago.

No-no recent break.

Look at the shape, mate.

It's broken here.

This ain't no heavy-duty pickax.

-This is a tunneling pick.
-Yes, it is.

And look at how short it is.

Narrator:
A tunneling pick,

found amongst spoils
from the money pit?

Narrator:
Last year,

while inspecting spoils
from the rf-1 caisson...

...The same caisson
that recovered wooden beams

believed to date back
to the construction

of the original money pit shaft,

the team found a pick

that blacksmith carmen legge
suggested could predate

the money pit
by over two centuries.

Is it possible this pickax head
could have been used

for the construction
of the money pit

well over 200 years ago?

All those years ago,
it was lost at the money pit,

and then ends up
being dumped here,

and then we retrieve it.

It's a fantastic artifact
from oak island.

Doesn't get any better
than that, mate.

It's what we're searching for,

and that's what
we're finding, mate.

Okay, mate.
Let's keep following this lin.

We're doing good so far.

Narrator:
Later that day,
near smith's cove...

Show me the money.

Narrator:
...Steve guptill is joined by

gerhardt property improvement
employees

josh ballard and michael john

at the wash table.

They've come to oak island
to assist the team

in sorting through spoils
from caisson 8-a...

...Where last year the lagina
brothers and their team

discovered possible evidence
of debris

from the money pit's collapse
in 1861

after searcher tunnels had
destabilized the earth

beneath the vault.

By carefully sifting through
the remaining content,

the team hopes to find
further evidence

of the money pit collapse,

and hopefully
the treasure itself.

Here we go.

-Steve g.: You find something?
-Yeah.

-That's a button.
-Yeah.

It's awful light.

I believe it's probably
searcher-related.

It's not overly old.

We knew there was
human activity in there,

and that, perhaps,
is the collapsed area.

So we know we're
in the right area.

We should keep on looking,
and then we'll move on

to the next table.

We should bag it.

Hey, guys, look. Steve?

What do you think about
this piece?

Wow.

I think it's leather
or something.

That's thick.
That is a piece of leather.

Wow.
And that's really thick.

Wow. It's got a...
An edge here...

-And almost like the binding
you'd have on a book.
-Yeah.

-So you hold it and you flip it.
-Yeah.

See, this is what
we're looking for.

That's incredible.

We're in the shaft six
tunnel area.

So the vault collapsed,
and potentially,

some of that vault rushed
into the shaft six tunnel.

And that piece right there
could prove that.

I think that is possibly
depositor-related.

This is an awesome find.

Narrator:
Leather found in the spoils
from caisson 8-a?

Over the years,
the drilling operations

in the money pit area
have turned up

various leather artifacts,

including just last year,
when bits of what appeared to be

leather bookbinding
were discovered

in this very same caisson.

Along with pieces of paper
recovered from other shafts

dug in the money pit area,

these pieces of leather
bookbinding support

a number of ongoing theories
that the oak island treasure

might not only consist of god
or priceless artifacts,

but equally priceless
historical documents.

Well done, mike.

Cheers. Thanks.

I think we should call laird.

-hey, steve, how are you?
-Good.

Laird, we're up here,
we're looking through spoils

-from last year.
-Right.

And we found something
pretty interesting.

I'd like you to come in
and take a look.

-Okay, I can do that.
-All right.

-We'll see you in a minute.
-Okay.

Bye.

When michael hands me the
leather I think, "okay, wow."

it's like no leather we've seen.

And it's a lot thicker than the,
than the stuff that,

you know, I found in the past.

I mean, I'm not
an archaeologist, but to me,

it looks like a book,
or an old bookbinding.

-Hey, laird.
-What do we have?

We have something to show you.

I don't want to spoil
the surprise,

so I'll let you take a look.

-Okay.
-And here we go.

-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

All right, um...
It's a piece of leather.

It's not bonded leather.

-So it's older.
-Yeah.

But I'd say it's probably
a piece of footwear.

-You think?
We thought bookbinding.
-Yes, right.

Laird:
It-it could. I mean,

it's worth taking
a closer look at.

-
To me it looked promising.
-Right?

-It's something.
It's unusual, right?
-That's right.

-It's big. It's in good shape.
-Yep. It's in really good shape.

-All right, thank you, laird.
-All right.

Really well done.
Great find, guys.

Let's keep on looking.

Narrator:
The day rick, marty

and their oak island team
have been waiting for

has finally arrived.

Marty:
Well, it's gonna be
a little bit weird

seeing rick and peter.

Alex:
I know.

Marty: Sort of the lack
of human contact is strange.

Narrator:
After the mandatory 14-day
quarantine period has ended,

and with no evidence
or symptoms

of the dreaded coronavirus...

Marty:
Here we come.

Alex:
See if they're excited
to get back to the island.

Narrator:
...The laginas are free
to exit their homes

and join their fellow treasue
hunters on oak island.

-Rick: They're here?
-Yep, they're here.

Marty:
There they are,
coming right out.

Alex:
Waiting for us.

Marty:
Well, what do you make of this?

-you ready?
-Where are your shovels?

- In the back.

how does it feel?

-I'm nervous and excited
to get over there.
-Yeah.

-Rick:
I'm not nervous. I'm excited.
-Cool.

So let's get to the island.

There's all kinds of stuff
I want to talk about,

all kinds of stuff
I want to see.

We're out of quarantine.

We're done.
We're heading to the island,

and it's like a new beginning.

And we have that little
flutter of excitement

to see what the island
looks like

and what it feels like,

and observe for ourselves
what's going on.

Rick:
I think we're all ready
to get back to the island.

The other guys have been
doing the heavy lifting,

so it's time for us
to share the load.

The amazing thing is,
against all odds,

how much is new this year.

You'd think that newness
would be gone,

but there's a lot
of new things to explore.

I want to see all this stuff
with my own eyes.

Some of it has got to pay out.

Rick:
There's a lot of
interesting things happening.

I guess I'd say that if I had to
put a poker bet down...

-Really?
-...I'd be all in.

-wow.
-Wow.
-Here's the deal, rick.

You are putting
a poker bet down.

This whole thing is
one giant poker bet.

I think this is gonna be
a good year.

-Wow. Who is that back there?
-Peter.

He is excited to be
out of quarantine.

Marty:
All right, here we come.

Rick:
I wonder how the road held u.

That was all just woods

when you and I came across
20 years ago, right?

Remember that feeling, rick?

-The trepidation?
-Yep.

Marty:
All right,
to the research center.

Now, looky, looky.

-Gentlemen.
-Hey, guys.

-Hey, hey.
-Hello.
-There's a pair to draw to.

-Good to have you here.
-It truly feels like
the fellowship's

getting back together
now that you're here.

you guys have held up your end.
More than your end.

And now we're here to-to help.

So we can take time off now
or what?

-Rick: No.
-No?

Not even a little bit.

You've got something
to show us, I hear. Right?

-A lot to show you, actually.
-We got a lot to show you.

-Let's go.
-Doug: All right.

-Let's go look at stuff.
-Peter and I will hang out here

-for you guys to get back.
-Okay. Yeah.

Marty:
First thing on the agenda is
this feature on lot 15.

doug:
You're gonna be amazed
with lot 15 I think.

-How you guys doing?
-Good morning, everyone.

Marty:
We're back. Pseudo handshake.

-Hey, guys. Nice to see you.
-Nice to meet you.

Marty: We got three
archaeologists here,

so where we at?
Bring us up to speed.

- I can start
wherever you like.
-Well, you know what,

-first thing I'd like to do
is just peer down in here.
-Yeah, have a look.

-Have a look.
-It looks a lot different
than it does on the tube.

Rick:
Look at the way it's built.

Marty:
It kind of looks like
a tunnel entrance.

Narrator:
Although rick and marty
had each kept

close tabs on the work
that had been going on

during the past several week,
they believe

there is nothing quite like
examining the various

search sites and artifacts
firsthand.

That's glacial till right there.

That soil's been there
since the last ice age,

14, 15,000 years ago.

-There could be a tunnel
underneath it.
-Yeah.

But if there's a tunnel,
it's deeper. It's way down deep.

I'm evaluating what
this thing is.

So what is this thing?

It's not just a natural
pile of stone, or it's not

just a pile of stone,
you're sure?

-Something was intentionally

-built on this.
-You're sure?

-Absolutely. That's 100%.
-We're positive with that.

That doesn't happen very often
on oak island.

Aaron:
So now we know it's man-made.

I think if you look
at the evidence,

you've got a continual
burning event,

you've got liquid...

You've got pooling areas.

When you add up everything...

This is why david and I
are so certain

that it is a pine tar kiln.

Will this produce tar
in sufficient quantities

to actually use it?

-Seems like a very small
operation.
-That's a good question.

So this goes all the way back
to-to 1500,

when early european fishermen
first started being here.

You can't buy pine tar.

You either got to bring it
with you, if you're here,

or you got to
manufacture it on-site.

So this is historically
important.

Wow.

Narrator:
Although tar may have been
made on oak island

for the purpose of
waterproofing ships,

it has been speculated
that the unique placement

of a pine tar kiln
on lot 15

was most likely for the purpose
of waterproofing

some kind of underground tunnel
or shaft.

The most important artifact
on this site is charcoal.

Charcoal is throughout
this whole site.

That can only be produced
at a site where you have

repetitive burning.

We always assumed that this was
used for marine purposes,

but it could have been used for
construction of the money pit.

What first brought the people
to look at the money pit

was a light at night, right?

Perhaps someone was
making tar at night.

-Wow.
-Really?

Ator:
During the 18th century,

reports and bonfires lights

in the dead of night
on oak island

created an unsettling
curiosity for those

living on the mainland.

In 1795, after witnessing
this phenomenon,

daniel mcginnis
and his two friends,

john smith
and anthony vaughn,

traveled to oak island
to investigate.

Although by the time
they arrived on the island,

all traces of the strange lights
had vanished,

it wasn't long
before they found

a large circular
indentation on the ground--

right near the base
of an old oak tree.

An indentation which later
revealed itself to be

the entrance to what
is now known

as the oak island money pit.

Rick:
If it is a pine tar kiln
and it--

by their own description,
the archeologists--

it's a rudimentary one,
seemingly fashioned hurriedly,

might there have been
a singular use

as relates to the original
depositional work

in the money pit?

That-that's exhilarating.
That's-that's exciting.

Marty:
If you're digging the money pit
and we know water is an issue,

they might've needed pine tar
to seal that up, too.

It could've been a,
a quick mission

to make pine tar
to dig the money pit.

David:
Whenever we dig,

we almost find a new question.

And we find enigmas
wrapped up in questions.

-We want answers.
-Laird: Yeah.

There's only one way
to find answers

and that's to,
get back to work.

I'm gonna go with you guys
to the war room.

There's some artifacts
we'd like you to look at,

as well as the drilled stone.

-Okay. Let's do that.
-All right.

So, I'll see you guys
back in a bit.

-Thank you very much.
-See you later.

Narrator:
Meanwhile, some 50 miles norh

of oak island, in nova scotia...

-Okay.
-I hope carmen's still inside.

Narrator:
...Alex lagina
and jack begley arrive

at northville farm
where they have arranged to meet

with blacksmithing expert
carmen legge.

Hey, carmen.

Yeah. We're back again.

Pretty good.

-You?
-Smells so nice...

Not too bad, not too bad.

-I just moved.
-New place.

Very nice-- just doing
a little blacksmithing here.

All right.

We do.

Yeah. It's always good news

when we have
to bring stuff to you,

because we've found
something interesting

that needs proper assessment.

After the storms
of the past couple years,

isaac's point has
really washed away a bunch.

And we were given permission
to reinforce it with rocks.

And so we went
and metal detected the point

and we brought you
today what we found.

And I think it's
kind of obvious what it is.

But...

Yeah.

Narrator:
A pickax dating back
to the mid to late 1700s?

Could this be one of the tools

used to dig one
of the mysterious tunnels

that are rumored to run
through the money pit area?

Or could it have been used

to dig the money pit itself?

-Um...

-Jack: Thanks for all
the help and info, carmen.
-Alex: Thank you.

Marty: It is great
to be back on oak island.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon,

shortly after alex
and jack return

from their visit
with carmen legge,

rick and marty lagina
convene this year's

first official meeting
in the war room.

There are a couple guys standing
by in the research center.

-Can you...?
-I'll get them up, mate.

-Hey, guys.
-Gentlemen.

-Hey, guys.
-All right. Hey, jack.

I'm over here, too,
but I'm keeping my distance

-over to the side.
-Marty: Good, perfect.

Gary, you teased us
big-time the other day,

and now we're here to see
the unveiling.

Jack has to be held
accountable, too.

Yeah, jack's involved
in this-- that's correct.

Narrator:
Last week, while metal detecting

near the mysterious
structure on lot 15,

gary drayton and jack begley

made two potentially
significant discoveries.

That's an ax!

Narrator:
An ax-head believed

to be used
for ship maintenance...

No way!

Narrator:
...And what appeared to be an
ancient coin of unknown origi.

That is an old coin!

Wow! Let's see it!

And it was this intriguing find

that gary promised to share
only when rick and marty

returned in person
to oak island.

This is worth waiting for,
guys.

When you get out of quarantine,

this will lift
your spirits, mate.

You're really not gonna
show this to us?

- Um, no.
- What?!

so what was in your top pocket?

That'll come last, mate.

-I'll keep teasing
a little bit longer.
-Marty: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Gary:
Jack and I

found a nice,
chunky piece of iron,

which I believe

is an ax.

You can see where
the socket was broken there.

-And just the shape of that,

the way it comes down like this,

which would put it
to the early 1700s.

1720s...

1740 era.

It's definitely
a ship's rigging ax.

Feel that, rick.

Feel how heavy that is.

You know that's
an old piece of iron, mate.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, that's a really
substantial piece of iron.

Marty:
No. That's a good find, gary.
That's a real good find.

-And-and, laird, do you
concur about early 1700s?
-Yeah.

-It fits in place there.
-Okay.

Good find. Now, I know
this wasn't in your top pocket.

-No. Definitely not.
-Because you,

you weren't
tilting to one side.

-No.
-He tried to put it in there.

Marty:
Did he?

Jack:
Yeah.

That's not the only thing
we've got to show.

-Yeah?
-I know

you said that's
the biggest find,

but, you know, size
doesn't always matter, laird.

there you go, mate.

Pass that around.

Alex:
Is that a coin, gary?

Yeah. It's a coin.

It's a coin
with a square hole in it.

Gary:
But the thing about this is,
it's got some

heft to it.
It's got that...

Thickness to it.
And if you look at it

closely you can see
some kind of symbols on it.

You can see
embossing almost up,

-up along here.
-Yeah.

Do you have an idea
what it's made out of, gary?

Yeah. Copper.

-It is copper?
-Gary: Yeah.

To me, when you find a-a coin

with a square hole
in it like that,

it's an old colonial-era coin
that the locals

decided to deface it.

I think this was
in someone's pocket.

Think about the coins
that we've found in that area.

Who's to say this isn't

from 16, early 1700s,
or even older?

Jack:
I think we're getting
down to an early

date that there was
activity on the island.

-Gary: That is good.
-Rick: If there's any

remnants of a design on there,
that will be very helpful.

Marty:
Well, let's do it.

Let's find out
what the thing wants to tell us.

That is a great find, gary.
That's a great find.

-
- This is all pre-money pit,
original story.

Yeah.

We have all kinds of dates

in the early 1700s now,
late 1600s,

and, of course,
some going back even farther.

The real question
that perennially pops up, to me,

is was that when treasure
was placed here,

or something entirely different?

Artifacts tell a story.

It's remarkable this place--
I mean,

we've got a french connectio,
we've got british military.

You know, that aligns with
a significant amount of find.

But we need more experts
or technologies to weigh in.

There's plenty
of evidence that something

super significant happened here.

Yeah.

Marty:
All right, well,

this island has teased us
long enough.

-Let's this year
find it, shall we?
-Both: Yeah.

Marty:
All right, let's get
you back out there.

Narrator:
For the laginas and their tea,

a year that has brought
forth great obstacles

is already offering the
promise of great breakthrough.

Breakthroughs that have
only made rick and marty

more determined to repeat

as they struggle to make up
for both lost time

and lost lives.

Narrator: Next time on
the curse of oak island...

I say we get those rocks out.

Marty:
Okay, let's do it.

This feature was known

as a tunnel entrance,
and then ignored.

It does have a little bit
of an edge there, yeah.

- Now that tells me
that's a coin. -

-And also chinese.
-Alex: Cool.

Gary:
We got to dig this.

It's been there a long time.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-What is that?

Marty:
This could have been
a deep harbor at one time?

It's not probably could have,
it probably was.

Wow.

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