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

Marty: Let's quit jawboning and dig.

There it is.

-Looks like a nice big x. -Marty: Wow.

What the heck?

-No way. -Another ax!

This is no coincidence.

This reminds me of a camp.

Corjan: There's a four-kilometer menorah in France.

They built a giant royal arch

from the temple mount to oak island.

-That's impressive. -Yeah.

Well, there's something dug here.

Tom: It is 100% man-made.

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.

As the start of a new day dawns on oak island...

-Well, that's what I'm saying. -Morning.

-Hey, guys. -Guys.

Narrator: ...Brothers rick and marty lagina

and archeologist laird niven arrive on lot 15

where fellow archeologists, aaron taylor, david macinnes,

and liz michels, as well

as oak island historian doug crowell

are continuing their investigation

of an old stone structure

believed to be a pine tar kiln

that is possibly connected to the construction

of the original money pit.

One that was also noted on a 40-year-old survey map

created by the late oak island treasure hunter fred nolan

as a possible tunnel entrance.

-Did you find anything down there where you are standing? -Yes.

-I found till, I'm standing on till. Glacial till. -That's the end of it.

-We've hit the bottom. -That's the end of it.

We're at the bottom of it.

And you still think it's a pine tar kiln?

It's always been a pine tarn kiln.

-Okay. -David: At least some type

of industrial activity here or preindustrial activity

where there was extensive burning

over a prolonged period of time.

The charcoal is unmistakable.

I got a piece of that charcoal and we're gonna date it.

-That would be exciting. -I mean, if this was the 1500s,

-that's important. -Yeah, it is. -It is.

-Dave has been calling it the pit of despair. -Yeah.

I think it's the pit of promise.

- The pit of promise.

narrator: Although rick, marty and the team

are eager to perform deep earth scans

and possibly conduct a much larger excavation of the site,

they must first wait for the proper permits,

which they can only obtain

once the archaeologists complete their investigation.

I would say the chances of it being

not archeologically significant have now been eliminated.

It is archeologically significant.

-You see that? -Laird: Yeah.

David: This is till, right there.

Rick: On fred's map,

it's denoted as "possible tunnel entrance."

even though we're at glacial till,

there's certainly still a possibility

that, deeper, there may be a tunnel.

But we need to move resources, assets and people

away from this feature.

There are a lot of other activities

that we need to engage with.

Marty: All right, our work here's done.

-Yours isn't. -David: No, it isn't.

Marty: Okay, carry on.

-Yep. -Yep, thank you.

-Liz: All right. -David: See you guys.

-Narrator: Later that morning.. -Marty: Hey, guys.

-Hey, guys. -Hey.

-Hello. -Hey, guys. Good to be here.

Narrator: ...Rick, marty and alex lagina

have gathered in the war room

for a meeting via video conference

with rick and marty's partner, craig tester,

as well as david irving, of irving equipment limited,

to discuss future plans for a possible large-scale

digging operation in the money pit.

So, david, we have some information for you and,

first we want to thank you for doing all the work you did,

showing us alternatives to how to do the big dig.

You know, the honeycomb sort of approach.

Sounds cool.

Narrator: Four weeks ago, david and his colleagues

created an augmented-reality computer model

for a major excavation across the money pit area

known as the honeycomb method.

By digging a large number of eight-foot-wide

steel caissons down to the bedrock

in a uniform pattern,

each shaft could be excavated and then backfilled if necessay

before maneuvering the equipmet to each new drill site.

This method could enable the laginas and their partners

to cover a large area without the enormous expense

and dangers of drilling a massive 100-foot-wide hole.

Marty: We just want to let you know

the bad news is we really believe we've run out of time

to do either a big can this year,

because of the covid delays.

And certainly the big dig, however it evolves,

is gonna have to be postponed into next year.

Irving: Yeah. No, I mean, I...

I think we were-we were coming to that realization ourselves.

A lot of this is outside of

everyone's control, with the restrictions

and constraints of this virus that's going around, but,

I guess that's the silver lining.

It gives us more time to sharpen our pencil

and refine our approach so we can do a better job for you.

-Yeah. -Craig: Well, david, hopefully

our drilling program this year will really

narrow down, where we want to put in cans

or the big dig. And,

hopefully over the wintertime you guys can

design a good program for us.

Yeah.

It's almost impossible right now

to do a big dig, but

this year we have

a very involved and intricate

drill program in the money pit with choice drilling.

The purpose of this drilling program this year

is not just about putting the holes down,

it's about interpreting the daa for a big dig.

Let us go back to our team here, craig,

our design team. We're gonna kick around a few ideas

and then get back to you.

We'll try and do so here as soon as possible.

You know, before, the end of the summer, I think

we should have some-some good information back to you.

Sounds great.

Rick: Well, david, we just want to say thank you.

The answers here I think will be amazing.

That's great. Listen, guys, we're available 24/7.

And, we look forward to the next steps here

talking to you guys, so just, in the meantime,

stay safe, stay in touch.

-Sounds good. -Sounds good.

-Thank you. -Until the next time.

Irving: Take care. Bye.

Alex: Bye-bye.

Narrator: Meanwhile, over on lot 32...

This is gonna be a really, really good area.

I just know it.

Narrator: ...Metal detection expert gary drayton

and rick and marty's nephew peter fornetti

have arrived at a never-before explored area

near the western edge of the swamp

that the team has recently cleared of large trees.

Gary: I'm gonna keep a nice tight search pattern.

Peter: Okay.

--Sounds good.

that's a screamer, mate.

Nice screaming loud signal.

Please be something good.

wow.

Ha. Cool old ax.

It's a thick one.

-Yeah, this is an oldie as well. -Large.

By the look of it.

- Well, it's still got the wood in it. -Wow.

Gary: Looks like it was hand-forged.

And this has been in here a long time.

Look at how deep that was, mate.

That was great digging.

This is in really great shape.

It's not really a heavy-duty ax.

A heavy-duty ax is with the double bit axes.

-And you see that flat head there? -Yeah,

-that didn't break off. -So it was for pounding as well.

And this is very similar

- to what we was finding on the eastern side of the swamp. -

Up on lot 15.

That's a ax. It's a broken ax.

It is!

Narrator: Two weeks ago. While searching lot 15,

just west of the mysterious stone structure,

gary and jack begley discovered a rigging ax,

commonly used on ships dating as far back

as the 17th century.

Could this ax have been left by the same people

who left behind the one found on lot 15?

And if so, could they also be connected to an operation

to bury treasure in the money pit?

it just can't be.

-How deep? -Just there.

Three or four inches.

Just there, mate.

-It's another ax! -Wow.

Another ax, mate.

I was hoping, but I was thinking,

"no. Two in the same area?"

the same kind of shape as the other one,

with a flat head.

And it's got wood in there.

Wow, look at the condition of it.

Whatever this was used for in here,

we've got two axes being broken here,

unless someone just dumped 'em.

But these would have been a valuable commodity

- back in the day. -Absolutely.

Man, we got to continue, mate.

These axes probably date from

the same time frame

as the artifacts we pulled off lot 15.

And it wouldn't surprise me if they come from

the same country or region.

I think both of these lots are connected.

yeah, there is a signal. Just here, mate.

- Nice, strong one.

-peter: Yep. -Gary: Yep, just there.

All right. Let me get that pinpoint in there.

what the heck is going on here?

Gary: What the heck is going on here?

Blimey, look at that.

peter: No way.

-Another ax! -This is starting to be,

-like, unbelievable. -Yeah.

Narrator: On lot 32--

just west of the oak island swamp--

metal detection expert gary drayton and peter fornetti

have just made another potentially important discover.

Gary: All right, I know

we're not on high ground,

but this reminds of a camp.

Why so many tools are in one area at the same time.

I mean, doesn't make sense to me.

Narrator: Is it possible that, just like on lot 15,

the oak island team could have found another site

where human activity took place

prior to the discovery of the money pit in 1795?

You said "camp." should we call laird?

Yeah, I think we should stand down, mate.

That's what laird would want us to do.

I mean, th-this is no coincidence.

Think he's not too far away.

laird: Hello?

-Hey, laird. -Hey, gary. How are you?

What this says to me as the metal-detecting guy

is there was some kind of camp

on the west side of the swamp

and a trail on lot 15.

Peter: Hey, laird.

-Hey, guys. -Hi, mate.

What do we have?

Show him, pete. We pulled up three

really old axes

within feet of each other.

Like, a 20-feet area.

And they're all broken.

Gary: Got little bits of shaft still in them.

Laird: They certainly aren't modern, are they?

-Peter: No. -Gary: No. I...

I knew you would say the same, mate.

These look old, and they feel old as well.

You seen anything like this?

I've seen some. We don't get

- a lot of axes. -Peter:

Gary: And-and I don't think they're for logging,

because they're single-bit axes, and they're not big enough

-to be chopping trees down. -Laird: Just... They're just...

These are just forest axes. They're just...

-Yeah. -Maybe limbing, or something like that, right?

Really neat.

And for them all to be in one area, mate,

do you think it possibly could be, like,

-a camp in this area? -It's difficult to imagine now.

What other explanation is there?

Gary: Yeah, I know.

A prime location. And now it's clear, mate.

This-this is gonna bring some good rewards to us.

Yeah. That's great.

Gary: I'm sure we'll find some more around there.

All right. Good luck.

-Thank you. -All right, mate. Thanks for coming over.

Cheers. All right, mate, let's just

-pick up this line around the outside. -Awesome.

Expand the search area.

Gary: Everybody's gonna be impressed with these.

-These are nice. -Peter: Absolutely.

Narrator: As gary and peter continue their investigation

on lot 32...

Corjan: Hi, guys.

-Hello, chris, corjan. -Others: Hey, guys.

-Good to see you again. -Good to see you.

Narrator: ...Rick and marty lagina, along with jack begley,

surveyor steve guptill

and oak island historian doug crowell,

have gathered in the war room for a new presentation

from oak island theorists corjan mol

and chris morford.

We are going to come up with a number

of interesting points

that we believe deserve investigation.

-Okay. -We very much look forward to what you have to present today.

Narrator: Last year, their extensive research of three paintings

by the 17th century french artist nicolas poussin,

including his most famous work, the shepherds of arcadia,

revealed what they believed to be a secret treasure map.

A map that when placed over the boulder formation

known as nolan's cross

led the team to discover a mysterious circle of boulders

at a location that has come to be known

as the "eye of the swamp."

-wow. -Gary: Wow.

That is massive. That-that's a big boulder.

Corjan: This is where we left off last year.

Where we anchored a pentagram to nolan's cross

to position nicolas poussin's shepherds of arcadia.

So this was our starting position.

We really wanted to understand what this eye was doing there.

What's the deal with the cross and the pentagram?

Chris: Well, we knew we had to start looking at these paths

and what they may be pointing to.

We were working under the assumption that these paths

had to be pointing to something.

And when we took to google earh to see where

that might be pointing, we were quite astonished.

If you'll follow along on the path here,

these paths will lead you right to versailles.

Marty: Come on, right down the axis of the cross?

Corjan: Yes.

-That's impressive. -Yeah.

Corjan: Versailles is the world's largest royal domain.

It spans 2,000 acres.

It was built in the 17th centuy

by louis xiv, king of France.

Narrator: Based on their research, it is corjan and chris's belief

that the palace of versailles may have been where priceless

treasures obtained by the knights templar

in the holy land during the crusades

were kept hidden for a period of time

before being moved to a more secret location.

These treasures include the ark of the covenant

and the golden menorah that once stood

in the temple of solomon, on what is today

the temple mount in jerusalem.

We started to look at

the whole domain from the air.

Chris: So you're seeing an aerial shot of versailles here.

We noticed there was a very distinct plan.

The entire domain appeared to be laid out

like a giant menorah.

Including the tripod at the very bottom.

-Really? -And we wondered where we would land

if we would travel in the other direction.

We could not believe when we saw this.

Chris: It lands not close to, but directly on top

of the old site of the temple of solomon.

Marty: Holy smokes.

Narrator: A perfect line?

Starting at the site of the original temple of solomon

in jerusalem?

Leading straight through the palace of versailles,

and finally landing on oak island?

Marty: There it is.

I recognize that.

Narrator: Is it possible

that corjan mol and chris morford

have uncovered critical clues

as to not just the origins of the oak island mystery,

but also what could be buried there?

We believe they built a giant royal arch

from the temple mount that was pointing

to nolan's cross on oak island.

Well, you damn sure got us here.

but I still want to know one thing.

What's the "why" of this?

We think the knights templar indeed

dug up solomon's treasure.

Really?

Which consisted of possibly the ark,

and more than one menorahs.

One of those

was potentially shipped to north america

for safekeeping.

Perhaps buried

- in the oak island swamp.

well, I hope you're right, that's for dang sure.

Chris and corjan have done a lot of work.

It's remarkable, the effort they have put into this.

It's certainly humbling to thik that this tiny little island

in the north atlantic might house something

as historic and as, literally, earth-shattering

as perhaps a menorah from the temple of solomon.

Are you gonna tell us where to dig?

Yes.

- Okay. Good.

we got the idea that you could take the distance

from arcadia stone right to the center of the cross.

And you can create a circle from that,

go out the same distance again to the headstone.

You can create another circle there.

And then the overall circle that encompasses

the entire cross.

And you have three concentric circles there.

And if you take half of that,

you can form a menorah.

And when you overlay a pentagrm

within the second circle there,

and you can see that the bottom points of the pentagram

are pointing to two locations left and right of the spine,

marked by the green dots there.

Okay, so you want us to look where the-- where the menorah

that you've inscribed on this picture

hits the pentagram.

You consider those to be interesting spots, correct?

-Corjan: Yes. -Chris: Absolutely. Yes, sir.

We felt that these were important places

to take a look at.

Can you guys send me what's on the screen,

and I can calculate it based on today's presentation?

-Absolutely. -Perfect.

But what are chris and corjan expecting to find

-at either one of these points on the menorah? -That is a good question.

You know, is there supposed to be an obvious stone?

It would at least have to be a man-made feature,

which could serve as a,

as a placement marker or something.

Okay, I get it, then. We can do that.

Marty: Chris and corjan's work is significant enough

and well done enough that we are absolutely

going to go check out their spots.

Any dig on oak island is worth doing.

And in this case, it's well worth doing.

Chris, corjan, you know, we have immense gratitude

for all the work you've put in.

-Yeah. -Really, really appreciate it.

-Thank you so much, rick. -Thank you.

-Marty: Great. -Rick: You take care. Stay safe.

-Steve g.: See you, guys. -Doug: Bye, gentlemen.

-Marty: Billy. Steve. -Billy: Morning.

-Hey, guys. -Hey, steve. Hey, bill.

-Got it all. Pinned? -I've got the location scouted out with billy.

-Marty: Don't tell us. -I'm not gonna say anything

other than we've cleared a path for us to walk.

All right, let's go. What are we waiting for?

Narrator: After their meeting in the war room

with oak island theorists corjan mol and chris morford...

Steve g.: Watch your step. There's holes everywhere.

Marty: Okay, somebody call chris and corjan

and tell them to put an "x" in an easier spot.

Narrator: ...Rick and marty lagina,

along with doug crowell, arrive at lot 11

on the western edge of the swap

to investigate the first of two locations

marked as potentially importan.

All right, guys, based on the geometry

that chris and corjan sent me, the spot is right in here.

Right here.

This is based on the geometry and the coordinates.

Well, there's something here, immediately.

There-there's something been dug here.

There's a pretty impressive mound of rocks here.

I don't know what to think of it.

It's hard to see with the brush.

-So, have you... Have you walked this? -Not yet.

I mean, we'd have to get in there

and clear some of the trees out.

Where is the spot, the exact spot?

The exact spot is right here. I think it's something

we should probably investigate.

I'd call that something.

I don't know what to make of it.

- That's definitely dug. -Marty: Yeah.

Narrator: A previously dug-out feature?

And at the exact coordinates that researches corjan mol

and chris morford provided the team?

But who dug here?

A previous searcher, or someone else?

Could this site be connected in some way

to the potentially ancient ax-heads

found by gary drayton on nearby lot 32?

Doug: It looks like it goes back quite a ways.

Rick: Where are we in relation

to any of the other features here in the swamp?

We're really close to the paved area,

and we're really close to the arcadia point.

I'm going to try and get in here a little bit

and see what it feels like.

Rick: What could this be,

other than something that chris and corjan are suggesting?

They brought us here, right? And I don't...

I don't see any other feature like this anywhere

in close proximity to this area, right?

So, it's unique.

Doug: I was expecting a boulder,

but they said to look for something unusual.

- Rick: -This is unusual.

-This-this fits that category. -Marty: Honestly, guys,

it looks for all the world to me to be the spoils from that hole.

So the question is, why did they dig here?

Marty: Why did they dig here? Yes.

That's what we need to find out.

If this is a construct of some sort, we should find that out.

Rick: I think we've now entered

into the realm of unknown possibilities.

So let's let the science talk.

Guys, we all know someone that could probably

test the sediments in the bottom of that trench

and tell us how old it is.

-Marty: Dr. Spooner. -Dr. Spooner.

We need to take a slow and cautious approach to this

because if it is unique, as chris and corjan suggest,

we want all the information available.

We will dig it.

But for right now,

steve, you're the man of the hour, you're the man of action.

You've got to do what you do.

Take elevations, figure out its orientation.

Determine its relevance to the features

- we already know about in the swamp. -

And then, at some point, we get to the bottom--

no pun intended-- of what the structure is.

Now remember, it's not the fellowship of the trowel.

it's the fellowship of the dig.

-Yeah. -Slow and steady wins the race.

-Wins the race. -So...

I think we proceed cautiously.

Maybe one time we can find something

that somebody else hasn't already dug into.

-Steve g.: This might be it.

I think these guys might be on to something.

Marty: We got another spot. You pinned it?

Well, let's go look at that.

If there's another one of these over there,

all right, I jump into the believer camp.

-Well, follow me. -All right.

Rick: The most striking thing about the west hill location I,

not only is there a trench, but there's this huge mound.

And it's... It-it is huge.

I mean, someone took some time.

And if it was done by hand, then it truly

took a lot of enterprise to accomplish it, so...

At some point, these all can't be coincidences.

Narrator: Having traveled to the eastern edge of the swamp..

Okay, just down over here, guys.

Narrator: ...Rick, marty and the team

arrive at the second location

provided by chris morford and corjan mol,

sitting on the border between lots 12 and 13.

-Here? -Yeah, right here.

Marty: In that hollow right there?

In this area, yeah, so,

-I'll go stand on it. -Yeah, that'd be great.

Right there?

Yup, right in this little clearing. Right here.

Marty: That is a little clearing, steve. You are...

You are truly an optimist to call that a clearing.

It's right on the property line,

just north of the property boundary.

Rick: It's curious, though. I mean, there is a little

mound-like feature right through here. Right...

-Here. -Doug: Yeah.

The problem is, we all know fred pushed all this,

so if there was something here...

Marty: Is this all the dirt that went out there?

- Rick: Yeah, you can see the incline. -Marty: That was...

-That was the old lot? -That-that was cut and pushed.

Marty: The east hill location of chris and corjan's

spots they wanted us to check out

obviously has been disturbed.

It looks, from the evidence on the ground,

that fred bulldozed that area to build the peninsulas.

Now it's possible that it could be deeper there.

Remember, these points, according to chris and corjan--

they need to line up, so whoever put them here,

put them here at the same time.

So, we'll get a lot of information

from the date of west hill,

and that's when this would have been built.

So according to their theory so far is,

these points are a navigational piece to something else.

Yes. All right, well, okay, here's what I think then for...

And anybody else can chime in, of course,

but I think we get dr. Spooner over there.

Let him do the things he needs to do before we disturb it.

Then let's dig this thing up, see what it is.

All right, I think our work here is done.

Let's go.

Rrator: As a new day begins on oak island...

You the official tree cutter, doug?

- I guess I am today.

narrator: ...Oak island landowner tom nolan,

the son of the late treasure hunter fred nolan,

along with steve guptill and doug crowell

have arrived on lot 11

with geoscientist dr. Ian spooner

to further investigate the area now known as "west hill."

this is our first step to get a real date.

-Let's go collect some data. -Yup.

Rick: My first thought about the investigative processes

regarding the west hill location is

simply this: That dr. Spooner needs to take the lead.

Dr. Spooner has suggested

that he take a core sample from the trench.

Are we all antsy

to find out if there's something really here? Of course we are.

But we need to let dr. Spooner do his interpretive work.

So, what the hope is-- do you see all the algae

and goo on it?

That's open water organism, right?

So, if that's been open for 200, 300 years, that should be

accumulating in the bottom.

And I should get a core.

If I got a good core, we save it, and then I'd keep on going,

try to get a better one, but it's not gonna be pretty.

And if I sink, I'm gonna need help,

'cause if there's a lot of that stuff,

I'm not getting out on my own. Like...

-We'll pull you out. -You will?

- Good.

narrator: In order

to properly investigate the age

of the believed man-made trenc,

dr. Spooner will be using a gravity corer.

This instrument will allow him

to carefully extract material that has collected over time

in a perfectly isolated core sample,

which he can then carefully analyze

for a possible date of origin.

-If you can hold on to that... -Sure can.

-It's got a trigger right there. -Okay.

Ian: Holy shoot.

it's deeper than I thought.

Yeah, and it's soft. It's very soft.

I just basically take this thing.

All we do is lower it down.

It's already in the sediment right now.

-Okay. -There.

And then I just push it down, push it down.

It almost looks like that might be full when he pulls it out,

'cause... He's going down quite a ways.

-So I'm going to trigger it. -Okay.

And we'll just see-- this is just an experiment.

We'll see what we come up with.

There.

-Well, that's a good core. -Yeah. You filled her.

Do you see the sediment at the bottom?

-That's good.

The sediment only goes, if you take a look,

to here, right there.

-So, what does that say? -Well, we generally look at

ten centimeters, 100 years. It's been around for a while.

I was pretty astounded. We all were.

If that trench is old,

then it's going to have accumulated a lot of sediment.

And certainly, we came up with a lot of sediment,

which gives an indication that it might be older than we think.

Tom: So, ian, do you think the samples

we have will give us the information we're looking for?

Yeah, the great thing about coring is

it gives us that context.

I think where we go from here then is,

you've got the core samples to study.

-Yup. -And with your permission, tom,

we'll kick in efforts to drain this.

And I'll clear off all the lower limbs

of these trees so we can see the mound better,

-if you've got no objections to that. -No. No.

I think that's... That's what we should do next.

Well, I've got to head back with those cores.

-I got to get out of here. -All right.

-And are you gonna...? -I'll carry that.

-Ian: Thank you. -Yeah.

narrator: Later that afternoon, while they await the results

of dr. Spooner's coring operation,

tom nolan joins brothers rick and marty lagina,

and other members of their team

at the second mysterious location of interest

sitting on the border between lots 12 and 13.

This is the east hill location-- everybody knows that--

chris and corjan's theory.

The thought was, why don't we do a little dig?

Yup. Well, we got the spot marked.

-Okay, if you can get in, that would be great. -Yup.

Bring the machine.

Rick: I am grateful, this year in particular,

that tom nolan is a significant partner

in this enterprise because

he knows how much work his father put

into trying to figure out what the swamp may mean

in terms of the oak island mystery.

And tom can provide perspective

as to, you know, why his father worked in that area.

On a scale of one to ten, is there gonna be something here?

I would say a six or a seven,

so, yeah, we got a good chance.

Fred was interested in this spot for some reason,

so, I'm going to sit at a six, I think, too.

Marty: Nicely done.

Doug: Corjan and chris--

they're two for two in leading us

to man-made intervention spots.

The arcadia stone. Ian spooner believes that was manipulated

into place, that boulder,

and the west hill, that trench and mound.

They've both been manipulated by man,

so they're-they're two for two.

Yeah, all right. Let's make it three for three.

Let's quit-- let's quit jawboning and dig.

Okay, tom.

narrator: While tom nolan excavates the site

with the eight-ton backhoe,

metal detection expert gary drayton

scans the spoils for any potential clues

or evidence of treasure.

Alex: This dirt's all the same color.

I'm not seeing a lot of variation.

that sounds like a big rock.

well, there's definitely something in chris

and corjan's spot.

There it is.

Right there.

Marty: Wow.

Steve g.: There it is.

That one there has got quite a flat surface on it.

Steve g.: Can you set that boulder

-over by marty and I? -Tom: Yeah.

-Over on the side there? Yeah. -Please.

Narrator: While excavating the east hill location

between lots 12 and 13,

rick and marty lagina

and members of their team

have just unearthed a massive boulder

where oak island theorists corjan mol and chris morford

suggest significant clues might be found.

Marty: Great.

One of the things they said we might find would be a boulder

-with-with a marking. -With a marking.

If there was anything on it,

I think it'd be right here. This side.

Look. It looks like a nice big "x."

- can you see that? -Marty:

-Steve g.: That's interesting. -Yeah, it is.

I think that's from tom.

Steve g.: We need to go deeper.

We need to be at sea level, to make sure

we're covering all the ground.

Can you get three more feet out of that?

Yeah. We can get a little deeper. Yeah.

Marty: You got some digging to do.

I'll be right back. I got to make a phone call.

I don't know where this stuff came from, but...

It's the most easily dug soil

-on the entire island. -Alex: Yeah.

Well, you think this was all pushed down by fred?

-I think it has that feel. -Yeah. Looks like it.

-Rick: Yeah, there's no stratigraphy. -Alex: Yep.

Narrator: After locating what he believed to be

a number of man-made stone markers

in this area more than 40 years ago,

the late fred nolan moved several layers of earth

using a bulldozer in an unsuccessful attempt

to uncover evidence of the oak island treasure.

Is it possible that fred was close to making

a major discovery?

Steve g.: If fred pushed this in,

he would've changed the whole landscape

of the northern part of the island to get this much fill.

Rick: He certainty believed

he was onto something.

Just once, it would be nice though

to make a discovery and know exactly what it is.

Exactly.

No gray area. No interpretation.

-This is what it is. -Yeah.

Doug: The color's starting to change down there again

to a grayish... Black.

That's what we want to see.

-Alex: Yeah. -We want to see some...

S-something that's not pushed in.

Right.

--that sounds like a big rock.

-Steve g.: There we go. -Alex: Well, there's a rock.

that's a big rock there.

Narrator: Another, even larger boulder?

Could it have been placed ther,

perhaps to cover something of great importance and value?

-Is that the right hydraulic? -Rick: Yep.

I was wondering what I was getting sprayed with.

I think it's the fitting.

It's coming around and dripping here.

Yeah, it is through there.

It's coming, it's right in there.

-Tom: I think we're done. -Yep.

Narrator: Because a hydraulic hose has completely ruptured

on tom nolan's backhoe,

it can no longer be operated

to finish excavating the site, at least for now.

Unfortunately, the team will have to wait

until it is repaired before they can fully unearth

the massive boulder to examine it for clues

and also see what, if anything, lies beneath it.

Doug: Oak island throws you a curveball.

Rick: Isn't that typical?

You know the interesting take on that was

we were at the point of interest.

We hit a large stone, the hose breaks.

I think it's just bad luck, you know, bad timing.

But it's weird.

well, it's unfortunate

but we'll carry on.

Plus, there's a big rock down there.

-Now we're on top of it. -Tom: Always the time.

-Always the time. -Good job, tom.

Well, let's see about getting this fixed maybe, yeah?

Rick: Oak island, right?

Tom: Typical oak island, yep.

Narrator: As a new day begins on oak island,

in the research center...

Hey, guys. I'm here with, dr. Spooner and tom.

Narrator: ...Geoscientist dr. Ian spooner, tom nolan

and steve guptill have called a meeting via videoconference

with alex, marty, rick and peter,

along with jack begley, to hear ian's scientific analysis

of the core taken from the west hills location on lot 11.

What-what are the dimensions of that thing again?

Steve g.: It's 60 feet long, marty.

15 feet wide and it's got almost four feet

of elevation-- so it's 3,600 cubic feet of volume.

Love it, love it...

So, what-- describe this thing.

I mean, what-what is this?

So my perspective on the thing is that, it's definitive.

That it's a disturbed and manipulated site.

And I think we all agreed on that.

It is 100% man-made.

There is no two ways about it, somebody did some excavation

work there of some kind.

Marty: Wow.

This is all exciting stuff.

Amazing thing to me is something that size

remained hidden with all the scrutiny that's been done

-on that island. -Yeah.

Ian: Yeah, yeah, and so...

My main interest is, is it old or is it young?

Is it something from, you know, the last century

like the 1900s or is it much older than that?

My way of dating it

is looking at sediment accumulation in the core.

And there's a good 30 centimeters

of sediment in the core.

And that tells me that we're looking

at something that is

probably at least three centuries old.

Wow.

Narrator: The mysterious feature on lot 11?

At least three centuries old?

Is it possible that this site is, in fact,

connected to the other man-made workings

that have been found in the swamp and on lot 15?

And, if so, could it also have

a connection to the original money pit?

Rick: Certainly, someone or some ones went

to a large effort to dig this.

The hope is that we'll come to an understanding

as to what its purpose was.

Wait till we dig that up.

jack: Well, this is a huge chance

to find something really, really, really old.

Yeah.

Ian: This is a major, major feature.

I mean, what I'm advocating for

is, try to get a mini excavator, something in there,

put a trench across the feature.

We were also chatting about possibly draining the trench.

Yeah, see what's at the bottom of it.

See what's at the bottom.

That's great.

Rick: My thought about this is...

It's a huge construct.

And I think we've got, you know,

the proper people to-to look into it.

And it-it's quite a recipe for perhaps an aha moment.

Well, 2020 is shaping up to be

the year where things come out of the woodwork.

Rick: I say we're about to be

woken up to the real mystery of oak island.

Marty: Great. Good report.

Ian: See you guys.

Narrator: For rick, marty and the oak island team,

the new discoveries made on either side

of the triangle-shaped swamp

are only adding evidence to the fact

that the truth behind the 225-year-old mystery

is more complex than anyone ever knew.

But as they continue to investigate the mysterious sits

that now span the entire islan,

just what will they find?

A priceless religious treasure?

A vault filled with gold and jewels?

Or will they find that those who buried it

made sure it could only be found at a great cost?

A cost that they may not

be prepared to pay?

Next time on the curse of oak island...

charles: Here they come.

-Seems like old times. -Yep.

-Look at that. -We're back to the possibility

that the treasure hunt's been going on a lot

longer than we ever imagined.

We will find something. I'm positive.

Lot faster than I thought.

The anchors is actually a bit of a clue.

-Marty: Wow. -It's almost like there is a master plan to these features.

Steve g.: Take a look at that.

Gary: Do you see markings on the rock?

Marty: Well, there's something going on here.

That's the anchor stone. I can buy that.

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