All language subtitles for The.Curse.of.Oak.Island.S08E03.720p.WEB.h264-BAE

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

Aaron:
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, though.

- Alex: Yeah.
-Now, that tells me

that's a coin.

-Also chinese.
-Cool.

We've got to dig this.
It's been there a long time.

-What is that?

This could have been
a deep harbor at one time?

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

Wow.

Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic

where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure

for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols
carved into it...

Mysterious fragments
of human bone...

And a lead cross,
whose origin may stretch back

to the days
of the knights templar.

To date, six men have died

trying to solve the mystery.

And, according to legend,

one more will have to die

before the treasure
can be found.

-Marty: Gentlemen.
-Alex: Hey, guys.

So, guys, we're back.

We're back on oak island,

we're eager to get
caught up.

We're eager to have a plan,
we're eager to get going,

get briefed so we're all
on the same page.

Narrator: It is a new morning
on oak island,

and after completing
a mandatory two-week quarantine

that allowed them to
safely enter canada,

brothers rick and marty lagina
have called a meeting

in the war room.

Now, everybody can see
we don't have as many people

here in the war room,

because, you know,

the overused expression
"the elephant in the room"

is covid-19,

which we're trying to take
as seriously as we can,

follow everything the province
of nova scotia says.

We are basically
six feet apart in here,

which means we are
at the maximum capacity

of the war room.

But we want everybody
on the same page.

This could be a really big year.

This could be where we actually
move the needle

before we do the massive things
we've done other years.

So, we need to get the whole
team on as best we can.

Doug, we've got 'em teed up
to, to join us.

Narrator: Joining the meeting
via video conference

are rick and marty's friend
and partner, craig tester,

his stepson jack begley,

along with oak island historian
charles barkhouse

and archaeologist laird niven.

So the first item on the agenda
is the swamp.

And, we weren't here
for this.

Doug, maybe you want to
fill us in about

dr. Spooner's work in the swamp.

How's the penetration look, ian?

It's incredible.

It looks really good right now.

Narrator: One week ago,
while investigating

a mysterious anomaly
in the swamp,

which, according to an aerial
photo taken in 1945,

might indicate the presence
of a mysterious tunnel

or searcher shaft,

canadian geoscientist
dr. Ian spooner

and professional diver
tony sampson

used a sonar device to see if
evidence could still be found

hidden beneath several feet
of brackish water and muck.

Big drop-off right here.

It's like a wall.

-That's fantastic.
-Yeah. What I'm convinced of

is a real feature exists
right here.

So, when dr. Spooner
identified this,

this is about nine foot square,
I believe,

is the impression he got
from the sonar.

Rick:
And that goes
to the little problem

that fred and dan had.

- Fred surreptitiously drew
the swamp down. -

Dan confronts him, makes him

fill it back in, and then fred
says to dan, "hey, did you see

that shaft over there
in the corner of the swamp?"

narrator:
Shortly after being hired to mp
all the land on oak island

back in the early 1960s,

surveyor fred nolan decided
to purchase land on the island

in order to pursue
his own treasure search.

Initially, he worked closely
with rival treasure hunter

dan blankenship
until the two began

a bitter feud that lasted
until fred's death in 2016.

Unfortunately, one of the many
consequences of the feud

was that much of the pair's
research became lost.

Only now, with
the laginas' recent purchase

of dan's land
and partnership shares,

has anyone had access

to dan and fred's vast
and invaluable archive.

So, there's a feature there,
certainly.

The hope is that
we can figure out a way

to get to it and dig it.

Marty:
I'm gonna bet

that nobody here in this room
or on the screen

is gonna be against trying
to excavate

that southeast corner
of the swamp. Am I correct?

-Alex: You're right.
-Correct.

-Yep.
-Correct.

-You guys all on board?
-Yep.

Rick:
There is one more thing

that we need to talk about,
though.

What do we do--
you tried metal detecting.

You did a great job,
but if we excavate,

would we put
the spoils outside--

you know how sloppy it gets--

or would we take a chance
and truck it to the wash plant

and-and run through it?

Spread 'em out.

I'd put it
through the wash plant,

'cause you've got a big chance
of missing something in there.

Rick:
There's enough work for
everybody to once and for all

have a much greater
understanding of the role

the swamp has played
in oak island lore.

We, having recently arrived,

still have been the recipients

of a lot of information
on lot 15, which was all new.

Very exciting stuff.

A feature we were...
Heretofore unknown to us.

Just today,
when david macinnes said

that as they were digging down,
they'd pretty much decided

this thing was a, um, tar kiln,

and then he's digging down,

and he finds
another almost layer of rocks.

Laird, you're gonna dig deeper,
right?

Yeah, david's,
david's gonna take that down,

and we'll record it as best
we can, and then hopefully

he'll be able to remove
some of the rocks

and see what's underneath there.

Doug:
It's not consistent

with what you expected to see
if it was just a kiln.

No.

Marty:
Well, you know,

it was marked on fred's map
as an entrance to a tunnel.

That doesn't mean anything
necessarily, but...

Well, it does
if there's a tunnel there.

couldn't have said it better
myself.

Okay, well, that's exciting yet;
there's a lot

to be determined yet there,
and we're gonna

not cease until we find out
what happened on lot 15.

-Yeah.
-All right,

well, that's
a pretty full agenda, gentlemen.

Rick, do you concur?

Rick:
I agree. We've got

a pretty aggressive agenda
set forth,

and I have high hopes
for a lot of it.

I think it's gonna be
a really good year.

Marty:
So, I think we're done,

as far as yakkin' goes, so...

We need to get up and go, right?

-Get after it.
-Alex: Yep.

-Thanks, guys.
-Craig: Bye, guys.

-Marty: See ya, guys.
-Rick: See ya.

Narrator: After concluding
their meeting in the war room..

...Rick, marty and doug
are joined

by project manager scott barlow

along with heavy equipment
operator billy gerhardt

and geoscientist dr. Ian spoonr
at the oak island swamp.

Marty:
All right.

Hello, guys.

We're trying to figure out,
ian, what,

what exactly your target is

-out here in the swamp.
-Why don't we walk over there.

-Yeah, yeah, let... Yeah, okay.
Marty: Let's do that,
yeah, point it out, please.

We're keenly interested in it,
and we got some plans

-we got to make.
-Right.

There's nothing like
getting the team together

right where we're going to do
some sort of project,

to be able to look around
and make sure that, you know,

sort of common sense prevails,

as opposed
to having it all on paper.

I think the key thing is having
a kind of an honest conversation

-yeah.
-About what everybody,

you know,
is kind of looking for, and...

-Right.
-And building it around that.

That's... You know
where the rebar is there?

-That rebar sticking out?
-Marty: Yes.

There is... There was a...
There's a ledge there.

The sonar seemed
to show us that.

But didn't you see something?

A square-looking thing
that you thought...

-In the air photos, yeah.
-That might be a shaft.

Yeah, it was, it was...
Let's make a square here.

Nee, nee, nee.
It was like that.

Marty:
Well, I've been...

Very much intrigued
with your hypotheses,

and don't-- correct me
if I'm stating it wrong--

but that this could have been
a deep harbor

at one time?

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

-Well, I like that even better.
-Now, harbor is deep, deep.

It could have been used
as a harbor.

-It could have been used.
-Yeah.

So, if we put a...

Retaining wall, sort of...

Sort of right there, heading out
towards the tip of the peninsula

-right.
-And then coming over this way.

-Right.
-And then you want to encompass
the road here, right?

Narrator:
To properly search
the bottom of the swamp

for evidence of what could be
a wooden tunnel,

the oak island team will need
to construct a cofferdam

similar to the one that
irving construction installed

at smith's cove two years ago.

Comprised of large steel sheets

hammered deep
into the mud and sediment,

the cofferdam will create
a watertight barrier,

one that will permit the
targeted section of the swamp

to be drained.

The thought is to put-- and this
was scott's idea, I believe--

put sheet within a sheet, right?

Because if we put sheet
within a sheet,

it keeps the crane pad from
encroaching upon the wetland.

-Yeah.
-Marty: We'll run that
past irving.

That sounds like
a good idea to me.

This is gonna be
as big a project

as smith's cove, damn near.

It's a pretty big project, yep.

I kind of have a difference
of opinion.

I think it's gonna be far more
difficult than smith's cove.

Boy.

Rick:
We've got permitting issues,

we've got logistical issues...

Here you go, billy.

Might as well must have it
right now.

marty:
We'll get her done.

Narrator: After their
meeting at the swamp,

brothers rick and marty lagina

make their way to lot 15.

They have just been alerted

by archaeologist
david macinnes--

a direct descendant of famed
oak island treasure hunter

daniel mcginnes-- of a
potentially important discovery

in the structure believed to be
a 16th-century pine tar kiln.

And located near
a possible entrance to a tunnel

that could lead directly
to the original money pit.

Well, what say you, david?

-Rick. Marty.
-You're pretty deep.

-How you doing?
-Hi, liz.

-Hey, guys.
-Hey.

What's the surprise here?
Because you-you...

Okay, we've made some changes
since you got here,

but when we phoned you...

-Those rocks right there?
-Yeah?

-Were down there, right?
-Yeah.

And that had
all the appearances

-of a pine tar kiln.
-Marty: Wow.

David:
If this was an early 1700s
pine tar kiln,

and it would make sense
that-that... That it's...

That's a reasonable
speculation,

that's reasonable interpretation
of what this might be,

this would likely be colonial.

Britain officially had
nova scotia at that point.

They look like they've
been thrown in by a person

to fill in a well.

Only we haven't
gotten down deep enough

to get to the slope.
Have you got my drift?

-Yeah.
-Okay, so...

Marty:
Or you know what I'm gonna say.

-You know what I'm gonna say.
-Okay, what are you gonna say?

I'm gonna say
it could be a tunnel.

Well, we're gonna test that.

Narrator:
A possible tunnel entrance?

Could this stone structure,

which the team already believes
to have possibly been

the base of operations
for those who constructed

the original money pit,

also contain
a secret tunnel entrance,

as fred nolan indicated
on a survey map of the area

more than five decades ago?

That is really weird that

this feature was
known and delineated

as a tunnel entrance
and then-then ignored.

That is bizarre.

It just shows how treasure
hunters can really get blinder.

I don't think we're making
that mistake, but...

But we wouldn't know, would we?

I say we get those rocks out.

Okay, let's do it.

Um, now we might need some help.

- Yeah.
-Because we can't
lift these rocks.

I don't see anything here
that I can't lift out.

--okay.

You know the way
to probably do that?

If I went
and got the backhoe and just

put the bucket right there.

The hoe bucket-- I'm sure
rick and me, if he needed help,

could put them in the bucket.

Yeah. Yeah.

Well, I'll go get the backhoe,
so we can get that done.

Okay.

Narrator:
While rick and marty help

excavate the mysterious
structure on lot 15,

at the oak island
interpretive centre,

alex lagina meets with artifact
conservator kelly bourassa.

Morning, kelly.

Narrator: He has come
to share his expert analysis

of what the team believes
could be

an ancient coin which
was discovered two weeks ago

by gary drayton
and jack begley on lot 15.

Well, to get started,
I mean, we've got,

we can keep you busy
all summer, as you know.

-Wonderful.
-Um, and I'm gonna be bringing

things in periodically
as we find them, as well.

-And I have one for you
to start with, if you can.
-Okay.

I'm just gonna
put it down there,

so you can see it.

Yeah.

What in heaven's name
could that be?

There's, probably
some equipment

that might need that
and there's also

chinese coinage had a...
Had a square hole.

-Cool.
-Narrator:
A possible chinese coin?

Coins featuring a square hole
as part of their design

were first minted in china

dating back as far
as the 4th century b.C.

During what was known
as the warring states period

and were used
all throughout the region

until the early 20th century.

Could this coin actually be
an ancient chinese artifact?

And if so, how did it
end up on oak island?

Alex:
If this is a chinese coin,
there should be

some kind of markings on
the surface of it, I would hope.

I don't see anything
that's obvious

under magnification here,
but first step would be

to take a photograph of it,
of, both sides.

And I do that here
with a scale.

It's a little over
two centimeters.

Okay, I'm just gonna flip it
over on the other side.

There's one edge
that seems to be

- a little flatter
than the rest. -

Good.

So, the first part
of the process is just

to take a toothbrush
just to get that,

initial surface layer of dust.

- You see it's changing
al-already, right? -

There's a bit of green on it,

which is a hint of copper.

This was found on lot 15 near

to a structure that
we're still trying to identify.

We think it might be
a pine tar kiln.

It-it does have a bit
of a ridge, alex.

You have to look at it
pretty close.

If you see there, it does have
a little bit of an edge to it.

Right along here.

- Alex: Yeah.
-Now, that tells me that's more

- like the kind of thing
you'd see for a coin. -

-And there seems to be a couple
-okay.

Of little markings here.

- Yeah...
-So some little things,

but it's hard to say
really what it is.

It doesn't look
like it's characters

that I would recognize.

-Right now,

it can't clearly
be defined as a... As a coin

until we do a little bit
more research on it.

-Right, right.
-But then, maybe.

Maybe see
where we go from there.

-So hints of a coin,
but maybe...
-Hint, yeah.

Maybe a little bit
more leg work.

-Well, just
another mystery right?
-Yeah.

Narrator:
As alex and kelly finish up
at the interpretive centre,

back on lot 15...

Marty lagina arrives with

the backhoe to help
his brother rick

remove large stones and bouldes

from what they hope
could be a tunnel entrance.

Perfect. There, you're
right underneath it.

Marty:
Now down?

Rick:
Pull it up.

Liz:
How's the texture?

Aaron:
It's pretty loose.

Narrator:
By examining the various ratios

of sand, silt, and clay located

underneath and around
a stone structure,

experienced archeologists
can determine

if it might have been there
for a long or short time.

Soil that is primarily
comprised of sand, for example,

would be beneficial to digging
a well or a pine tar kiln,

whereas harder
more clay-rich soil

would be ideal for
the construction of a tunnel.

So what are you seeing?

Aaron:
It's very loose.

- David:
That's pretty packed till?
-Yeah.

David:
I think next steps are

to clean this up,
and then take it down to till.

See what's in here.

And then we've
got to expose this.

Liz:
Really like to define that more.

David:
Yeah, that needs
to be defined more.

Yeah, see if there is
actually is a trench

-running down there.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
Although rick and marty
would like nothing more

than to continue
an aggressive excavation

of the mysterious
shaft-like feature,

they must now allow
for the archaeological

team to proceed with caution

in order to avoid
compromising any evidence

that might help determine
just exactly what it is.

You know,
the lot 15 work, I think

there's a little bit
of frustration because

they're unsure,
even after days

of doing their work,
the purpose for it.

But I think everybody
has immense respect for

the work they're doing and how
carefully they're doing it.

And I look forward
to a competent understanding

of what that structure is and,

again, what lessons
can be learned in terms

of coming to a greater
understanding of oak island.

Rick:
It's still a mystery,

certainly. I have always
been of the opinion

that the story of oak island

is far more intriguing,

vastly more rich,
than any treasure.

-Yeah.
-So...

We appreciate it and,

look forward to what
you have to say yet.

-Well, thanks for the help.
-Aaron: Thank you.

Thanks a lot.
We appreciate it.

You guys stay safe,
take care, good luck.

-Aaron: Thank you.
-David: Yeah, thanks.

Ce is covered
with fire-cracked rock.

Narrator: While archaeologists
david macinnes, aaron taylor

and liz michels
continue to excavate

the mysterious structure
on lot 15...

Let's go, mate.
You keep me straight.

Narrtor:
...Metal detection expert

gary drayton, along with
jack begley, search nearby

in hopes of finding
more evidence related

to the recent discovery
of an ancient chinese coin.

Gary:
As we get

further away from the guys,

we're actually getting
closer towards the swamp.

An area which would've been
traversed back in the day

by anyone working in between

the money pit and the swamp.

-Just to that rock right there.
-Okay.

that sounds good.

It's a little broken up.

More than likely it's iron.

We're looking for
barrel loops and tools.

- This could be one.
-Really?

it's a screamer, mate, that is.

Widen that hole, mate.

I'm hoping it's deeper
because if it's deeper,

that means it's older.
It's been there a long time.

It's this clump.
We were just missing it.

Jack:
What is that?

That looks like a large,

broken ox shoe.

That's what that is.

Because it has the lip
on the back, right there.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

It would have come out...

And that was a large one.

Probably a draft ox.

Narrator:
A so-called "draft ox"

is a steer at least
four years of age

which has been trained for humn
activities such as farming.

Because oak island
was used by farmers

dating back
to the late 18th century,

perhaps its presence here
has a simple explanation.

However, draft oxen have also
been used by military forces

dating back centuries for
the purposes of hauling cargo.

Is it possible that this ox she

might be connected to
the mysterious structure nearby

on lot 15,
which the team believes

could be a 16th-century
british military construct?

One also possibly
connected to the construction

of the original money pit.

We're directly
between the swamp

or the paved area
and the money pit.

-Yeah.
-So, yeah, they...

Someone could have
been transporting something,

either from the money pit

-or to the money pit.
-Yeah. You got that right, mate,

and they would have
needed a big oxen.

That's what this
would have fit on.

It would have gone that way,
so it could get the traction.

This is making sense to me now.

And with us finding a broken
ox shoe-- a fairly wide one--

that tells me that this
is a large beast of burden

that would have been used
to transport something heavy

from one point to another point.

we got to dig this.
This is no blasting cap.

There's a big piece
of iron here.

Just there, mate.

Yeah, it's about eight inches.

yeah, I see iron residue.

You're on it.

- Jack: Ooh. There's another one.
-another ox shoe.

Yeah.
That's a smaller one.

But look how wide it is.

I kind of figured
that was gonna be an ox shoe.

Why would you have
ox right there?

If you kind of
lined them up, though,

you're coming
from the harbor and the swamp,

and it's headed back towards
where they're excavating

right now, the lot 15 feature.

You've got the peninsula
down there,

you got the paved area,

and now you've got ox shoes
in an area

where we know there hasn't
been a lot of farming.

So, if we start
finding these in one area,

and if they line up,
it could be an old track.

Yeah, and it lines right back
towards the tar kiln.

Narrator:
A pathway or a track

leading from the swamp to
the stone structure on lot 15?

Is it possible that gary
and jack are finding evidence

of an operation to move cargo
away from the swamp?

If so, could that explain
the massive stone-paved feature

the team unearthed
in the swamp one year ago?

And also perhaps
the mysterious anomaly

detected by seismic scanning
buried some 50 feet deep

in the middle
of a brackish, man-made bog?

Gary:
Okay, mate,

let's get back on track.

Which is kind of ironic,

'cause I believe
this could be a track.

I-I think so, too, gary.

jack, I got
more iron here, mate.

Look-- see, it disappeared
completely?

There's definitely iron here.

-Right there, right?
-Yep.

yeah, it is.

Gary:
I can see rust.

-That's a good sign.
-Yeah, that is.

Gary:
Hopefully it's something cool.

Come on, come on.

Wow.
The heck is that?

-The heck is that?
-A pin for hauling something?

-You know, I...
-I don't think it's a pin.

I-I've seen similar things

on horse and ox harnesses

where they have
these knobs on the end.

-I think you might right, gary.
-Yeah.

Gary:
That's what this reminds me of.

What they'd, like,
put the reins around?

-I think?
-Yeah. But this is heavy.

That's what I like about it.

-It's nice and heavy.
-So you think
it's really old, then?

Pre-1800s.

Jack:
This is amazing.

Ox shoes were never
really anything

to get too excited about

until you find them
in the proper context.

So we're definitely
onto some sort

-of an oxen trail
-yeah.

That leads between
the paved area

inside the swamp
over to the money pit.

I mean, we're looking for tools
and signs of activity

between the swamp and where
the guys are working up there.

This is what we want to be
finding, because some kind

of hauling took place
along here.

-We're on a track.
-And hauling before they had

-any sorts of roads or trails.
-Yep.

Obviously, they were pushed
to have to quickly make

some sort of a trail
and force their oxen through it.

-Sweet.
-We're on the right track, gary.

Gary:
Everything is lining up now.

Or:
As a new day begins
on oak island,

and while archaeologists
liz michels,

aaron taylor and david macinnes
continue their investigation

of the mysterious
structure on lot 15...

Rick: Scott, so if you want
to bring them up?

Narrator: ...Brothers
rick and marty lagina,

along with marty's son alex

and team project manager
scott barlow...

-Hello, guys.
-Hello, gentlemen.

-Rick: Craig.
-Hello.

Narrator:
...Have gathered
in the war room

for a meeting
via video conference.

Joining them
are rick and marty's friend

and partner craig tester

as well as david irving,
the general manager

of irving equipment limited,

pile driving manager
matt kingston

and his research and developmet
executive patrick craig.

They are eager to discuss
the possibility of installing

a massive steel cofferdam
in the triangle-shaped swamp

in order to successfully drain
and excavate the area

where the team
has identified the presence

of a possible
man-made structure.

You know, the first thing is to
discuss the crane position.

Where are we going to
set up the crane?

And as you know...

We do have
some limitations there.

You couldn't use the road
as your secondary crane pad?

Yes... That's where we would
set it up, rick,

but we would need to...

Add a little bit more
material just to,

widen it out a little bit.

Okay.

Marty:
The present plan is to run

sheet piling, much like
we did in smith's cove

well out into the swamp,
tie it back to the hill,

go across the road
to the high water mark,

to keep the ocean back,
and then back to the hill.

So that anywhere
in there we can dig.

We can dig the road up,
we can dig, um,

anywhere in the swamp,
and, you know,

hopefully, successfully
find out what's in there.

David, I'm gonna let you,
if you'd be so kind,

to-to start in and give us
our options, if you would.

Yeah, sure.

We've got pretty big
sheets here.

These are 30, 40-foot sheets...

In terms of pile length.

And for that reason,
we're gonna have

a fairly big vibratory hammer.

I think it's our biggest one
we have.

It's a 300 xl.
And for that reason,

I think you'd be hard-pressed to
find a suitable excavator

to hook it up to that could
handle that size vibro.

Narrator:
Installing a cofferdam
would entail a multistep proces

that begins by building
a 1,600 square foot crane pad

out of gravel.

Once completed,
a massive 300-ton crane

will be used to lift nearly
90 large interlocking sheets

of steel into place and driven
between ten to 20 feet

into the ground
by a vibro hammer,

ultimately isolating
the desired area.

This will allow
the oak island team

the ability to fully drain
and excavate the area

without the threat
of flooding or cave-ins.

Craig, we'll verify
with the design team

and let you know how-how far,

how many sheets do we need,
to, you know,

allow you guys to start digging
as soon as possible.

That's definitely something,
I think,

that's in the realm
of possibility.

Right.

Marty:
So, I think, if I can summarize,

regardless of how this evolves,

I think what we can agree on
for sure

is we put in the crane pad,

we put in the sheet piling
all the way around,

we excavate the swamp first
and the road last.

-All right, so, you know,

we need a, we need a quote
and a time and money now, right?

When can you do it
and how much?

Yeah, well...

So we're gonna go with this
configuration, this crane.

A lot of our 300-ton
class machines

are busy right now
but we do have

one coming up from texas.

And we think we can be
hook ready,

on-site, ready to go

in about a month's time.

Okay.

We think we would have
all 89 sheets installed.

Craig:
If you start in the swamp side,

once you get to the road,

are you okay with us working

the northern part of the swamp?

Yeah, I think that's no problem.

Thanks, guys.

Rick:
Look, david and matthew and,

patrick, we-we can't say
enough about,

you know, working with you
has been a pleasure.

We look forward to this
endeavor as well.

We really got to get moving,
so we look forward to hearing

back from you
as soon as possible.

Yep. Hundred percent.

No, we're all over it.
We understand

that time is of the essence.

So, we're going to
jump on it here

and get back to you
as soon as we can, and...

We look forward to trying
to help you

find something this year.

-Marty: Good.
-Rick: Well, thank you.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon,

approximately 50 miles north
of oak island...

alex: Hey, carmen.

Narrator:
...Alex lagina and jack begley

arrive at blacksmithing expert
carmen legge's shop

in centreville, nova scotia.

They are eager to have him
examine the recent finds

made by jack and metal detectin
expert gary drayton on lot 15.

All right,
let's start with this one.

So...

You're gonna know exactly
what this is immediately

because we've come
and shown you these before

and we have
a couple different... Ox shoes.

Jack:
A winter shoe?

Well, what do you mean
by winter shoe?

How can you tell that?

Is there a difference between
the shoes that would be used

by a british farmer
or, you know,

something like that
versus what would be used

by the british military?

Or would you be able to tell?

Jack:
So that's not the same

as the old shoes

that we brought
you in years past?

No. Some of them were german

and there was also
a few french shoes in there.

Early 1700.

Narrator:
At northville farms
in centreville, nova scotia,

blacksmithing expert
carmen legge has just concluded

that the ox shoes found
on lot 15 could date back

to as much as 150 years

before the discovery
of the money pit.

-Alex: Cool.
-Narrator: Could that mean

that the animal
these belonged to

was in some way connected to
the mysterious stone structure

found on lot 15?

A structure that might also
have been involved

in the construction
of the money pit prior to 1795?

Alex: We do have a few more from
the same region. Right, jack?

Jack:
Yeah, we got a couple
different ox shoes.

Alex:
That seems much bigger.

Two different animals,
at least.

-Yeah.
-Carmen: Yes.

Alex:
One other interesting thing
about the ox shoes

is that we found

both kinds on oak island,

in the vicinity
of this lot 15 structure,

which indicates that not only
was there a large-scale

industrial or military
activity happening,

it was happening
in two different seasons

for at least
a decent length of time.

Jack:
All these ox shoes were found

in a line, that it seemed like
someone was hauling something

between the swamp
and the money pit.

And... Yeah.

Along the same trail.

Alex:
Right.

Jack:

A massive excavation.

Jack:
Well, do you think this piece

is related as well?

Jack: When you identified
all the other objects,

it really makes me think
there was

an old british military
operation of sorts

between the swamp
and the money pit.

Or that's what it appears to be.

We haven't finished detecting
the area, so we'll have to

-go back and see
what else we can find.
-Yeah, we will...

We'll go back out there
a-and look for some more stuff.

-Thank you very much.
-Thanks for all the help.

Thank you. We'll see you soon,
carmen. Take care.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

-Marty: Hey, there they are.
-Hey, guys.

...Alex lagina and jack begley

meet with rick, marty,

gary drayton and peter fornetti

outside the interpretive centre
to report what they've learned

about their latest finds
made on lot 15.

-Back from the blacksmith's?
-Alex: Yep.

-Cool.
-With, I think,
really, really great results.

-Talk to us.
-Well, we took a couple objects,

mainly the ox shoes.

So, I'll go over
those first, but...

Lot 15 finds?

So, a couple of key points.

They're old enough to fit,
even predate, the money pit.

He told us that an ox
usually would throw a shoe,

one or two shoes
in three months.

And we're finding
all kinds of them.

So, h-he-- his thought was,
you know, that's indicative

of a lot of activity.

So, what carmen said
is that the ox shoes

and-and what we've been calling
a harness could date back

as early as the 1600s.

He's also certain that they were
not used for farming.

He thinks military
or large-scale industry.

Wow.

In,
he thinks, is british.

Wow.

Gary:
And it was a rocky area there.

-Alex: Yeah. Yeah.
-Wasn't farmland.

Alex:
And,

two different kinds of shoe.

Winter and summer.
Indicative of...

Year-round.

Year-round or at least
through two different seasons.

Based upon the style
and that it was all the same,

it would appear to him
that it was some sort

of a well-used
and well-traversed hauling area.

So, it's not just one ox

that, you know,
a farmer's using.

It's a team of oxen

that are,
over the course of many months

if not years,
hauling stuff between

the paved area in the swamp
and the money pit.

Yeah. Well, this is all
what you suspected, isn't it?

-Yeah.
-Marty: Yeah.

Gary:
Yeah, some kind of trail.

And-and it's exciting for me
knowing that there was

a lot of british
in that one area,

doing a lot of hauling.

Rick:
We have templars. We have,

rosicrucians.
We have pirates....

And now we're gonna throw

the british military into this?

I mean, it's amazing.

It's an island...
It is indeed an island

-of what-ifs and possibilities.
-Alex: Do you have

-the other thing
that we brought him?
-Jack: Yeah.

- There we go.
-Alex: Here it is.

You remember this one, gary?

Well, let me see.

Yeah, I thought that
was something to do on the end

- of the harness of the ox.
-Alex:

Carmen doesn't think so.

-Gary: Okay.
-He thinks this is cast iron.

-Gary: Yeah.
-So, not functional.

-Okay. Yeah.
-Alex: And he thinks
this is a finial,

which would have been
on a military cart.

Wow. That's even better.

Well, can we clean that?

Yeah, that would be interesting
to clean.

Alex:
He said if you do clean it off,

there'd be
probably more decorative stuff

under this part.

-Age.
-Alex: Two things,
actually, about this.

I asked him, you know,

a cast-iron piece like this
is not something

that you just make in, like,
a small, little blacksmith shop.

He said no, it's not.

-You'd need a mold.
-Alex: Yeah, you need a mold.

You need, obviously,
high temperature.

Um, so, this isn't something
that was made on the island.

This was obviously made
elsewhere. And...

And being decorative,
it would have cost money.

-Alex: Right.
-Sign of opulence.

Alex:
So, I mean, that was...

It's still pretty interesting.
You know,

-it's not exactly
what we thought at first.
-Yeah.

Alex:
But it is...

-Better.
-All in all, it's almost better.

-Alex: Yeah.
-I was just gonna say
the same thing.

-It's better.
-Yeah.

All right, well, that's good.

You guys did well.
You did very well.

-Alex: Thank you.
-Thank you for your mission.

Rick:
Well, look, I-I'm glad

that you guys are excited,
right?

And every time,

every little bit of information
adds to the story.

You know I'm always
about the story, right?

What do you make of it all,
gary?

Th-these finds have shown us
these are

old british pieces of iron,
and all we got to do

- is find some
old british gold and silver.
-Alex:

Rick:
Good job, guys.

Narrator:
Since 1795,

generations
of determined treasure hunters

have tried to reach the bottom
of the money pit.

They were thwarted
in their efforts

by everything from
ingeniously designed booby tras

and sudden cave-ins

to harsh weather

and a legendary curse

that, so far,
has claimed six lives.

So, will rick,
marty and their team succeed

where so many others
have failed?

There are many who are hoping
that the answer

is a profound yes

and that the oak island mystery

is finally on the verge
of being solved.

Next time
on the curse of oak island...

Marty:
Let's quit jawboning and dig.

-There it is.
Looks like a nice, big "x."
-marty: Wow.

Gary:
What the heck?

- Another ax!
-No way.

Gary:
This is no coincidence.

This reminds me of a camp.

-That's impressive.
-Yeah.

Well,
there's something dug here.

It is 100% man-made.

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