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Tonight on
the curse of oak island...
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Rick:
That's impressive.
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Don't take a knife
to a gunfight.
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Wow. I was not expecting that.
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Doesn't that line up
with the old stone triangle?
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It runs along the same line.
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I would not have noticed that.
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Aha, ha!
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- Yeah, look at that.
- Ian: What the hell is that?
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That looks like a cannon,
for god's sake.
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Holy (bleep).
I didn't expect to see this.
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- Oh, geez. Look at that.
- Whoa!
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Narrator:There is an islandin the north atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back
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to the days
of the knights templar.
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To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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♪ ♪
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charles:
Here we go.
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Narrator:
A new day of investigation
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to solve a 225-year-old mystery
has begun on oak island.
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What do you got?
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108 to 128.
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Terry:
108 to 128. Thank you.
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- Narrator:And at the money pit area...
- (horn honks)
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- terry: Hi, rick.
- Rick: Hey.
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Rick lagina joins
oak island historian
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charles barkhouse
and geologist terry matheson
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to check on the progress
being made
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in locating
a legendary treasure vault
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more than 170 feet underground.
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- Here we are at h5.5.
- Yeah.
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Terry:
And as you can see,
that's pretty meager recovery.
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- Yeah.
- But it's what
we might expect because
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it's going down through, uh,
crushed, granite backfill.
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Of course,
our target is beneath.
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Narrator:
One week ago,
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rick, his brother marty,
and their partner craig tester
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began a core-drilling operation
in an attempt
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to pinpoint
the fabled treasure's location,
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which is believed
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to have fallen
to a much greater depth
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due to more than two centuries
of digging by previous searchers
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followed by massive cave-ins
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caused by an elaborate system
of booby-trapped flood tunnels.
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This caisson will not end
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until 175 or 190.
Somewhere between that.
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So, there's really
no surprise here.
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No, we're still above
our target horizon.
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We will get into
a more interesting area
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when we are beneath 175.
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And until then,
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it's just boring backfill.
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Rick:
We've now all come to the belief
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that if there was a treasure,
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that it has fallen
to great depths.
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So, what has the program
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led you to believe
about the possibilities
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of that very thing happening?
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Terry:
Absolutely, there is an opening
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in the middle
of the money pit area.
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A break in the bedrock,
if you will,
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around 220 or 215.
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Narrator:It is now rick,marty and craig's hope
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that by drilling
into the bedrock
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to depths below 200 feet,
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they can pinpoint the vault
inside a void
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where it is believed
to have come to rest.
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If we were to consider
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a larger dig,
where would you put it?
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Terry:
I would put it
over on the eastern side here
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- where we get our deeper points.
- Where do you go?
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I agree.
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- You agree with me? Super.
- Yeah. Yeah, I do.
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You get the rig
back up and running.
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- Terry: Rig back up and running.
- And we'll,
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- uh, we'll move on.
- All right.
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- See you later.
- Thank you. Yep.
- See you, guys.
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- Talk to you later.
- Rick: Take care.
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Narrator:
While drilling continues
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at the money pit...
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- Steve g.: Hey, guys.
- Rick: Hey, everybody.
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- Hello, crew.
- Hey.
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Hi there.
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Narrator:
Rick, marty,
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and members of their team
have gathered
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for a videoconference
with cartographer
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erin helton in the war room.
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Erin's made a revelation
about what she deems the cross,
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the importance of the cross
to be.
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I think you're gonna find it
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highly, highly interesting
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if not illuminating.
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So, these, I believe,
are your two anchors.
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Narrator:One week ago,erin presented the team
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with an incredible theory
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based on a reported
14th century map of oak island
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that was given to them in 2016
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by the late author zena halpern.
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The map, which zena believed
had been made
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by members
of the knights templar,
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noted various locations
on the island,
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including two labeled simply
as "the anchors."
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as an expert in mapmaking,
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erin suspected
that these so-called anchors
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might actually be boulders
left as markers on a master grid
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leading to the location
of the money pit treasure vault.
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The coordinate
is taking me here.
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- Marty: Wow.
- Jack: Wow.
- Alex: That is a rock.
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Narrator: When marty
and members of the team
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went to verify
the gps coordinates
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of the two locations,
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they were amazed
by what they found.
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- Alex: I mean,
that's pretty impressive.
- Steve g.: Yeah.
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Narrator:Although erinis still working to decipher
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the so-called master grid
that she thinks
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will lead them
to the treasure's location,
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she believes that a find made
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by the team three years ago
at smith's cove
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could be key to helping her
complete the project:
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The 700-year-old lead cross.
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Rick:
We'll let erin tell us
what she deems
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the importance of the cross
to be.
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So, erin,
I'll turn it over to you.
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Great.
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Thank you so much for sending me
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that 3d model of the lead cross.
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I was successfully able
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to print myself one.
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Right there.
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So, I've been able
to demonstrate with this
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and play with it a little bit.
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I believe that the lead cross
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is meant to be used
in conjunction
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with a square.
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I also provided the 3d model
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for you guys
so you can follow along.
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Rick:
That's great.
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So, erin,
I'm gonna pass this off
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to my brother,
because he is uniquely qualified
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to go from skeptic to believer.
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- Marty: Not so sure
about that characterization.
- Okay.
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But I am prepared to try.
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All right. Challenge accepted.
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So, we're actually going
to end up using the square
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to draw some particular angles.
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We're going to be aligning
the square,
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or the ruler edge,
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against all of the edges
of the cross.
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So, from the foot to an arm,
arm to the head,
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head to the other arm,
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and then arm back to the feet.
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Do your best to mark that head,
as well. The square hole.
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And now we're gonna
complete our lines
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as we drew them.
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So, what you end up with
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is a very symmetrical-looking
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- diamond shape.
- Marty: All right. Yep.
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And we can take this
one step further. Do you have
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- my maps
with the anchors marked?
- Okay.
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So, if you have the map
in front of you and you have
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your tracing paper,
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you can actually align
those two intersections
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to your anchors.
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Marty:
Isn't the little mark I made
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through the square of the cross,
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the head, doesn't that
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line up
with the old stone triangle?
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Yeah.
It runs along the same line.
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My proposed stone triangle
location does. Yes.
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Narrator:
In June of 1897,
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while exploring
the island's southern shore,
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treasure hunter
captain john welling,
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working under frederick blair,
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discovered a formation
of large stones in the shape
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of a three-dimensional triangle.
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Even more astonishing
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was the fact
that the apex pointed north,
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directly toward the money pit.
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Unfortunately,
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during the massive excavations
conducted
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by robert dunfield in 1965
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across the eastern half
of oak island,
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the stone triangle
was destroyed,
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and the location
of the original treasure shaft
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was hopelessly lost.
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It is cool
that this little device
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will make 30s, 60s,
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90s and 45-degree angles.
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I could look at this thing
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all day and all night long
for a year,
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and I would not
have noticed that. (chuckles)
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but is there something
that this shape represents?
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Erin:
Uh, yes, actually.
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Basically, my conclusion is
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that this religious keepsake
that looks
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incredibly irregular
might actually be
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a protractor
hiding in plain sight.
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Gary:
I always dream about finding
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a key to a treasure chest,
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and this might be the key
to the treasure of oak island.
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Erin:I do thinkthis is absolutely the key
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to when they were both
constructing the money pit area
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and perhaps if people
were coming back to fetch it.
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Rick:
By people
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looking at things
outside the box,
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that is really how this puzzle,
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oak island, will get solved.
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And she's certainly thinking
outside the box.
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(chuckles): So I'm somewhat
vibrating, if you will,
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because I think
it's gonna be highly relevant
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towards solving
this incredible mystery/puzzle.
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I know there's more
that you're going to reveal.
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As you proceed,
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uh, you're going to continue
to reference
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- zena halpern's, uh,
material, correct?
- Erin: Yes.
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I believe
that she is in possession
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of a couple other clues,
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and I'm hoping to help,
uh, glean light on that context
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and, uh, help use them
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to give you an "x marks the
spot" at that point, as well.
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If you put an "x" on the ground,
we will get to the bottom of it.
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- I guarantee you that.
- Great.
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Rick:
Okay.
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We look forward
to the next time.
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- Thanks, everybody,
for participating.
- Rick: Yep.
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- Thank you.
- Marty: See you later, then.
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- Doug: Take care.
- Rick: Buh-bye.
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Narrator:
Later that morning...
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Rick:I'm interested to hearwhat you have
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to say about this.
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Narrator:Rick lagina welcomesgeoscientist dr. Ian spooner
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back to the island
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to continue investigating
a mysterious feature
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in the southeastern corner
of the triangle-shaped swamp.
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So, what do you want
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to find out today?
I mean, we're gonna do probing.
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- That's all I really understand.
- Ian: Right.
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I want to check out
the anomaly area,
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- which is right over there.
- Rick: Yep.
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Because the sonar I did showed
the platform and a drop-off.
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What I'm convinced of
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is a real feature
exists right here.
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Narrator:
Five weeks ago,
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while conducting sonar scans
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across this area
with local diver tony sampson,
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dr. Spooner detected
what he believes
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could be some kind of
man-made structure.
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Big drop-off. Right here.
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- It's like a wall.
- That's fantastic.
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If we probe and we hit things,
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that probe can tell us
whether it's sand,
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metal, wood, uh, rock.
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It can tell us the depth,
and then it can tell us
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if it deviates
from that nice, uniform basin.
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And if it does, then it's
probably been manipulated.
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Yup. I think
there's still secrets in here,
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and there's still things
to know about the swamp.
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- Absolutely. That's why
I study these things.
- Yeah.
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- This has thrown
a few curveballs at me.
- Curveballs?
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Yeah. And so, do I expect
to see more curveballs?
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Well, I wouldn't have said this
a year ago, but yeah, I do.
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- Let-let's go find some.
- Let's go, let-let's find
some curveballs.
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Let's find some curveballs.
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What we're looking for is
any reference
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to this structure,
and dr. Spooner now has
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some sense of
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where to look, to what depths,
in what areas, and
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what we hope to find.
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I think it was
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- somewhere in there.
- Right in here?
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How about
I just start trying here?
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Sure.
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Two meters deep, or more.
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It just keeps on going.
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We're hitting muck.
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I'll move it over.
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Well, it's-it's three meters
deep right there.
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Holy (bleep).
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- (metallic tapping)
- what's this?
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- (metallic tapping)
- ian: Holy (bleep).
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- What's this?
- Narrator: While investigating
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the southeast corner
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of the mysterious
triangle-shaped swamp...
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- Do you hear that?
- Yeah.
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- There's rock here.
- (tapping)
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- that could be it.
- Yeah.
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Rick lagina and geoscientist
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dr. Ian spooner
have just discovered
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a flat stone feature below
the brackish water and muck.
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Let's try here.
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- (tapping)
- rock.
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- Rock. And it's flat.
- Mm-hmm.
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It's all exactly the same depth.
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- Mm-hmm.
- This is not normal.
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- Got to keep going
down that way.
- Okay.
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Narrator:
Since this rock feature
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appears to be much larger
than dr. Spooner first thought,
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could it be connected to,
or be part of,
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the massive stone-paved feature
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that the team uncovered
in the swamp last year,
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and which he scientifically
dated to as early as 1200 ad?
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I'm gonna just, um,
try the probe right here.
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Okay.
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(tapping)
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so, there's stone right here.
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Ah.
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- (tapping)
- stone.
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I'm just gonna put a stake
right in there.
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(grunts)
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so, maybe we'll just try
right in here.
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Okay.
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(grunts)
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- oh, geez. Look at that.
- Whoa.
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- There's a stone.
- (tapping)
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(laughing):
Three meters deep right here.
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A three-meter,
give or take, drop-off.
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There is.
I mean, we both saw it.
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So, it's stone
right up to there?
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Right... Right here.
One foot over.
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It is my belief,
at least my initial belief,
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that it is a road or a pathway
or a platform.
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So, what is it doing
two or three feet down,
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in a swamp, on oak island?
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But that's what makes
this structure
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incredibly interesting...
The "why" of it.
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- So, it's right here.
- Yeah.
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It's almost a perfect line,
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because there's a definite
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side there
and a definite side right there.
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It's got to be rock
to the bottom.
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But it also drops off
to three meters on the sides,
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so this was built with purpose.
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It's huge. (laughs)
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- right.
- I think
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there's gonna be an abundance
of artifacts here.
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Too many people were doing
too much work,
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and maybe transporting
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something from the body
of the swamp to the upland.
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But if this was used as a path,
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you're pointing, generally,
at the lot 15's feature.
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Right. Well, it'll be
interesting to see what we find
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- under that rock.
- Yes.
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Narrator:
Could it be
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that rick lagina's
suspicion is correct?
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Have he and dr. Spooner
discovered a hidden wharf
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or platform used long ago
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to transport cargo
from the swamp
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00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:44,108
to the structure located earlier
this year on lot 15?
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00:15:44,194 --> 00:15:46,110
Well, this is
historically important.
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Narrator:
Five weeks ago, the team,
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led by archaeologist
david macinnes,
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a direct descendant of legendary
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oak island treasure hunter
daniel mcginnis,
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began investigating
what they believe
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to be a 16th century
pine tar kiln,
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and which may be connected
365
00:16:02,963 --> 00:16:06,506
to the construction
of the original money pit.
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00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,800
Is it possible
that the rock structure
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rick and dr. Spooner have
located in the swamp could
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00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:14,806
also be linked
to that operation?
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00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:18,643
If so,
could it also offer new clues
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00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:21,104
about the 200-foot-long anomaly
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00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:24,232
that the team detected two years
ago with seismic scanning,
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buried more than 50 feet deep
in the middle of the swamp?
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One bearing the same size and
shape of a large sailing vessel?
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00:16:33,076 --> 00:16:36,369
Whatever feature is here,
if it was built,
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it's quite substantial.
They would have had
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to pour enormous resources
into this.
377
00:16:40,709 --> 00:16:43,418
Yup. So that means
it's got to be excavated.
378
00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:45,044
Yes. Exactly.
379
00:16:45,130 --> 00:16:47,463
Any discovery in
the eastern corner of the swamp
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is a big deal, right?
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It's-it's been unexplored
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by any of the searchers
that we know of.
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So, whatever you find there
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could be highly relative
to perhaps understanding
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the-the money pit, because
it's in very close proximity.
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00:17:02,063 --> 00:17:04,981
It's possible that it'll
give us some more information
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to understand the swamp itself
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00:17:07,569 --> 00:17:10,528
or its construction
or its purpose.
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00:17:10,572 --> 00:17:14,032
But that's-that's...
That's remains to be seen.
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00:17:14,117 --> 00:17:16,034
(line rings)
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- marty: Hello.
- Rick: Hey.
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Dr. Spooner and I have
been out in the swamp,
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00:17:19,456 --> 00:17:22,540
and I'm gonna let him tell you
what he believes he found.
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00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:24,834
So, what we found was
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a 20-foot-wide, 70-foot-long...
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00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:32,467
The only way I can describe it
is, it's like a road
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across the swamp.
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00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:36,637
It kind of connects
from land to the beach.
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00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:38,403
It's the biggest feature
I've seen.
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00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,396
Rick:
Because we...
401
00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:47,940
We didn't dig.
It's not metal-detectable.
402
00:17:48,026 --> 00:17:49,837
It would not have shown up
on an em target,
403
00:17:49,861 --> 00:17:51,861
because it's not metal.
404
00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:54,280
It's got about 15 centimeters
of muck on top of it,
405
00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:58,534
which means that it probably
was built back in time.
406
00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:01,871
I mean, it just gives more,
I think, more impetus to...
407
00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:03,873
To doing some excavation.
408
00:18:07,462 --> 00:18:09,212
- Okay.
- Okeydoke.
409
00:18:09,297 --> 00:18:10,922
- See ya. Bye-bye.
- Bye.
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00:18:11,007 --> 00:18:12,590
Rick:
I do believe
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00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:13,944
the swamp is a keeper
of secrets.
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00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:15,488
Ian:
Yeah.
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00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:23,309
Narrator:
The following morning,
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00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:25,331
at the oak island
interpretive centre...
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00:18:25,355 --> 00:18:26,624
Tony:
How you doing, guys?
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00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:28,125
We've got something here
to show you.
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00:18:28,149 --> 00:18:30,399
Narrator: Brothers
rick and marty lagina,
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00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:32,568
along with marty's son alex,
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00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:34,779
are joined by dr. Ian spooner
420
00:18:34,823 --> 00:18:37,907
and professional diver
tony sampson
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00:18:37,992 --> 00:18:40,284
to discuss a plan
to further investigate
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00:18:40,370 --> 00:18:43,204
the mysterious rock feature
in the swamp.
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00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,957
However, because they must wait
for the necessary permits
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00:18:46,042 --> 00:18:50,253
to drain the area and excavate,
this investigation will focus
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00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:52,755
on the surrounding ocean waters.
426
00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:56,884
- So, what we're looking at here
is around oak island.
- Marty: Yeah.
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00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:59,554
And what ian's got there
is also a map
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00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:01,033
of what it would have
looked like
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00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:03,516
going back to 1600 ad.
430
00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:07,812
So the idea here is to
go back to these time periods.
431
00:19:07,856 --> 00:19:11,607
1600 ad. We're probably gonna
go back to 1200 as well,
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00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,170
- thinking of the paved area...
- Good. Mm-hmm.
433
00:19:13,194 --> 00:19:18,322
And reconstruct what the
shoreline was at that time.
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00:19:18,366 --> 00:19:21,617
It gets back to understanding,
fundamentally, the swamp.
435
00:19:21,703 --> 00:19:24,453
It lends a new perspective
on what could have been possible
436
00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:25,599
- back then.
- Mm-hmm.
437
00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:27,101
Rick:
Oh, wow.
438
00:19:27,125 --> 00:19:29,436
But that wondering will be,
I think, a little bit solved
439
00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,919
by us getting out
and doing the sonar work.
440
00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:33,171
Perfect.
441
00:19:33,256 --> 00:19:35,234
Some of the things
that we found, I think,
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00:19:35,258 --> 00:19:39,177
seem to suggest that the swamp
was connected to the ocean.
443
00:19:39,262 --> 00:19:41,302
So the sonar data
that we're getting
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00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:44,182
is to extend that knowledge.
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Narrator:It is dr. Spooner's hopethat if he can find evidence
446
00:19:47,729 --> 00:19:51,564
of the mysterious structure
protruding out into the ocean,
447
00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:54,817
he may be able to determine
exactly what it is
448
00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:57,403
and what its purpose
may have been.
449
00:19:57,488 --> 00:20:01,199
So, what we want to do is
look at the swamp,
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00:20:01,284 --> 00:20:02,924
- which is right here.
- Mm-hmm.
451
00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:07,330
This is a projection right here
of a 1600 shoreline.
452
00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:11,167
1200 would likely be
even further out.
453
00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:13,586
Because where it's eroded...
454
00:20:13,671 --> 00:20:14,899
And we can see that
it's eroded right there.
455
00:20:14,923 --> 00:20:15,983
You can see what's left behind.
456
00:20:16,007 --> 00:20:18,925
It's probably deeper
than it was.
457
00:20:19,010 --> 00:20:22,220
If we project a shoreline out
in the past,
458
00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:24,764
then the swamp becomes
a different, um...
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00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:26,974
It has different utility.
Different purpose.
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00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,894
- Okay.
- If I reconstruct
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00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:33,105
what it was like
at 1600 and 1200,
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00:20:33,191 --> 00:20:34,482
what the island was like,
463
00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,068
I know the oak island
we will see will be more complex
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00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:38,736
than the one we see now.
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00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:40,758
Marty:
Yes, it could be all different.
Yeah.
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00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:43,241
- Mm-hmm.
- So we've got to go out
and do sonar
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00:20:43,326 --> 00:20:44,909
to modify the map.
468
00:20:44,994 --> 00:20:46,764
If you know where
the shore was back then,
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00:20:46,788 --> 00:20:49,372
you know, potentially,
where artifacts might be.
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00:20:49,457 --> 00:20:52,917
Rick:The value of doing scansaround the island is simply
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00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:56,420
that we may get some information
regarding the, the swamp.
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00:20:56,464 --> 00:21:00,716
As we know, the oceans have
come up about a foot a century.
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00:21:00,802 --> 00:21:03,344
Is there evidence
of workings out there
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00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,721
that we currently are
unfamiliar with?
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00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:07,598
We may get an "aha" moment
out of it.
476
00:21:07,684 --> 00:21:10,559
Well, look, I-I-I can tell you
this, if you pardon the pun.
477
00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:13,062
- I'm aboard.
- (laughter)
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00:21:13,147 --> 00:21:15,773
ian:
And all that we've got to do
is stay focused on
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00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:17,775
the data as it comes rolling in.
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00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:19,088
Marty:
Take the young guy.
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00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:21,090
Tell me where and when,
and I'll be there.
482
00:21:21,114 --> 00:21:23,489
Okay. Tomorrow morning.
(chuckles)
483
00:21:23,574 --> 00:21:25,010
make it so.
Get on the boat.
484
00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:26,178
- Let's get some results.
- Ian: We will go. Okay.
485
00:21:26,202 --> 00:21:27,680
- Marty: Perfect.
- Tony: Fantastic.
486
00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:29,704
- See you in the morning, alex.
- Marty: Thank you.
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00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:33,958
Ry:
Looks like the guysare on the way.
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00:21:34,043 --> 00:21:35,187
Steve g.:
Yeah.
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00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:36,836
Gary:
I'm looking forward to this.
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00:21:36,921 --> 00:21:38,482
Narrator:
Following his meeting
491
00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:40,172
at the interpretive centre...
492
00:21:40,258 --> 00:21:41,799
All right, chaps.
493
00:21:41,843 --> 00:21:43,342
That's impressive.
494
00:21:43,428 --> 00:21:46,304
Don't take a knife
to a gunfight.
495
00:21:46,347 --> 00:21:50,599
Rick lagina, along with oak
island historian doug crowell,
496
00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:52,601
metal detection expert
gary drayton,
497
00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:54,645
and surveyor steve guptill,
498
00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:56,689
arrive at lot 15,
499
00:21:56,774 --> 00:21:59,692
located near the eastern edge
of the swamp.
500
00:22:00,695 --> 00:22:03,195
So, this is
all about the ringbolts, right?
501
00:22:03,281 --> 00:22:04,822
Gary:
Exactly.
502
00:22:04,907 --> 00:22:06,593
Like so many things
on oak island,
503
00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:08,743
you've heard
about the 90 foot stone,
504
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:09,994
these ringbolts,
505
00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:12,413
- and no one's ever seen 'em.
- No.
506
00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:13,706
For a long time.
507
00:22:13,791 --> 00:22:15,041
Well, that ends today,
508
00:22:15,126 --> 00:22:16,645
- 'cause we are gonna find 'em.
- (chuckling)
509
00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,419
can't ask for more than that.
510
00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:20,087
Rick:
You've come up with an idea
511
00:22:20,173 --> 00:22:22,192
- exactly where to look?
- Steve g.: Mm-hmm.
512
00:22:22,216 --> 00:22:24,633
Doug and I took one
of dan's surveys,
513
00:22:24,719 --> 00:22:26,927
and we calculated the scale
and overlaid it.
514
00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:28,449
So, we're gonna start
at the coordinates.
515
00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:29,616
We're gonna hope it's there.
516
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,243
And if it's not,
we're gonna work slowly
517
00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:33,017
northwest with gary.
518
00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:36,020
Narrator: After referencing
a survey map of the area
519
00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,230
between the swamp and lot 15
520
00:22:38,316 --> 00:22:41,984
made by dan blankenship
back in the late 1960s,
521
00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:45,863
rick and the team are hoping
to find evidence of a discovery
522
00:22:45,948 --> 00:22:49,408
reported to dan by
rival treasure hunter fred nolan
523
00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:51,369
that may be directly connected
524
00:22:51,454 --> 00:22:54,872
to man-made workings
in the swamp.
525
00:22:54,957 --> 00:22:56,874
The assumption we're making is
526
00:22:56,959 --> 00:22:59,085
that there should be
a substantial boulder there
527
00:22:59,170 --> 00:23:00,773
for these things
to be anchored into.
528
00:23:00,797 --> 00:23:03,589
So that's what the ringbolts
are in. They're in boulders.
529
00:23:03,674 --> 00:23:05,341
- Yeah.
- Rick: Okeydoke.
530
00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:07,218
- Let's go find something.
- Okay, mate.
531
00:23:07,303 --> 00:23:12,264
Narrator: While investigating
his oak island property in 1969,
532
00:23:12,350 --> 00:23:15,559
the late fred nolan
claimed to have discovered
533
00:23:15,645 --> 00:23:18,396
several iron ringbolts
embedded in boulders
534
00:23:18,481 --> 00:23:20,940
near the eastern bank
of the swamp.
535
00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:23,734
Shortly after,
he was stunned to recover
536
00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:26,904
numerous pieces
of a large sailing vessel,
537
00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:29,448
including the scuppers
and part of a mast,
538
00:23:29,534 --> 00:23:31,909
within the swamp itself.
539
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:35,830
These finds convinced fred
that the ringbolts
540
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,541
may have been used
to dock a treasure galleon,
541
00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:41,210
and that the swamp
was artificially created
542
00:23:41,254 --> 00:23:43,504
in order to hide it.
543
00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:48,300
Rick:The long-sought-after ringboltsis important because
544
00:23:48,386 --> 00:23:50,136
fred used the ringbolts as his...
545
00:23:50,221 --> 00:23:52,141
One of his major
reference lines.
546
00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:55,641
And it directed him
to all kinds of things.
547
00:23:55,726 --> 00:23:57,101
That's what we're hoping for.
548
00:23:57,186 --> 00:23:59,437
The one puzzle piece
that will fit,
549
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,982
and we'll go, "wow.
That's what that means."
550
00:24:03,067 --> 00:24:07,027
narrator:Although fred removed theringbolts that he discovered,
551
00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:10,656
his son tom nolan
has confided to rick
552
00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:15,578
that he believes one or more
may still exist in the area.
553
00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,288
So, let's start here.
554
00:24:17,373 --> 00:24:19,707
The radius that I've calculated
is gonna loop out.
555
00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,311
- Gary: Okay.
- Okay? So I'll get out
of your way.
556
00:24:21,335 --> 00:24:23,461
- I'm gonna go to the next
location.
- Okay.
557
00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,051
(device humming)
558
00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,637
- rick: Anything?
- Gary: No.
559
00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:37,308
(murmuring)
560
00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:41,145
steve g.:
There we go.
Take a look at this.
561
00:24:42,315 --> 00:24:44,690
Doug:
This one here looks big enough
to be an anchor rock.
562
00:24:44,775 --> 00:24:45,919
Steve g.:
Yeah.
563
00:24:45,943 --> 00:24:47,838
What are you guys
up to over there?
564
00:24:47,862 --> 00:24:49,006
We have some pretty substantial
boulders
565
00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:51,280
over here that we need
to be checked.
566
00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:53,282
Yeah, we'll check 'em
with the ctx.
567
00:24:56,037 --> 00:24:59,747
This is what we should be
looking for, a lot of boulders.
568
00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:03,250
Just seems like the rocks that
should have a ringbolt in 'em.
569
00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:04,877
(device humming)
570
00:25:04,962 --> 00:25:07,566
- yeah, these two are
really promising.
- (device chimes)
571
00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:10,508
oh. And there's a target here.
572
00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:12,801
- (beeping)
- it's iron.
573
00:25:14,055 --> 00:25:16,222
Eight-or nine-inch reading.
574
00:25:16,307 --> 00:25:18,027
- Yeah? Dig?
- Yeah, please.
575
00:25:20,311 --> 00:25:22,111
Well, there's something
there, gary.
576
00:25:22,605 --> 00:25:23,605
Do it slow.
577
00:25:26,817 --> 00:25:29,151
- There, gary, it should be out.
- All right, mate.
578
00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:30,486
I'll check it and see.
579
00:25:37,078 --> 00:25:38,758
Steve g.:
Is it out?
580
00:25:41,249 --> 00:25:45,751
Wow. I was not expecting that.
581
00:25:45,836 --> 00:25:47,878
You know what this is?
582
00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:50,881
It's a, definitely, in my
opinion, part of an old
583
00:25:50,967 --> 00:25:53,384
cast-iron stove
or a cooking pot.
584
00:25:55,096 --> 00:25:57,304
I can see now...
Look, you see that flat piece?
585
00:25:57,390 --> 00:26:00,933
That was what you
grabbed hold of.
586
00:26:01,018 --> 00:26:02,938
And this would have fit
along the front
587
00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:06,313
of an old kind of like
a pot-belly stove.
588
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:08,168
This is an old piece
of iron, mate.
589
00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:11,569
When fred moved the stone
just up the hill here from us,
590
00:26:11,654 --> 00:26:14,405
he found parts of
an old cast-iron stove under it.
591
00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:17,324
He called it a ship's stove.
592
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:19,868
I could see this off a ship.
Especially being here
593
00:26:19,954 --> 00:26:21,794
on the edge of the swamp.
I really can.
594
00:26:21,872 --> 00:26:24,873
Narrator:
A piece of a ship's stove?
595
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:28,711
In 1981,
while surveying his property,
596
00:26:28,796 --> 00:26:32,172
fred nolan discovered
six large boulders
597
00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:34,216
that make up the megalithic
formation
598
00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,969
now known as nolan's cross.
599
00:26:37,054 --> 00:26:39,346
Believing that the boulders
might be covering
600
00:26:39,432 --> 00:26:41,307
buried treasure caches,
601
00:26:41,392 --> 00:26:43,392
fred dug beneath
several of them.
602
00:26:43,436 --> 00:26:45,644
Although he found no treasure,
603
00:26:45,730 --> 00:26:48,981
he did discover fragments
of an iron stove that,
604
00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:52,610
based on further research,
were believed to have come
605
00:26:52,653 --> 00:26:54,903
from a 17th century
galleon ship.
606
00:26:54,989 --> 00:26:58,282
If rick and the team can verify
607
00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,326
that this iron fragment
also came
608
00:27:00,411 --> 00:27:04,121
from a large sailing vessel,
it could be a valuable clue
609
00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:06,582
that might help identify
who was behind
610
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:08,459
the oak island mystery.
611
00:27:09,670 --> 00:27:11,587
Gary:
Nice, cool find.
612
00:27:11,672 --> 00:27:14,798
But just like any interesting
piece of iron we find,
613
00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:17,885
we know the guy who will tell us
exactly how old it is
614
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:20,095
and where it comes from:
Carmen legge.
615
00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:22,473
Rick:
He'll certainly have an opinion.
616
00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:24,202
It's really cool 'cause
we went looking for one part
617
00:27:24,226 --> 00:27:25,559
of the mystery, the ringbolts,
618
00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:27,372
and we might have found
a fragment of another part
619
00:27:27,396 --> 00:27:29,750
- of the mystery.
- Makes you wonder what else
is in here, right?
620
00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:31,273
There could well be some more
621
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,651
interesting artifacts
in this area.
622
00:27:33,736 --> 00:27:35,778
Rick:
Okay, let's find it.
623
00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:42,284
Narrator:
As a new day begins...
624
00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:45,037
Where are we right-right now?
This hole.
625
00:27:45,122 --> 00:27:47,559
Well, we're not finished yet.
They got a ways to go, so...
626
00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:50,959
And as the team continues
their drilling operation
627
00:27:51,045 --> 00:27:52,378
in the money pit area...
628
00:27:53,464 --> 00:27:55,881
Some 60 miles north
of oak island,
629
00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:59,343
in centreville, nova scotia...
630
00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:01,679
- Jack: Hey, carmen.
- Carmen: Well, looky here.
631
00:28:01,764 --> 00:28:05,683
Alex lagina, along with
his cousin peter fornetti
632
00:28:05,726 --> 00:28:08,727
and jack begley,
arrive at northville farm.
633
00:28:08,813 --> 00:28:11,188
They've arranged
for blacksmithing expert
634
00:28:11,232 --> 00:28:14,024
carmen legge to inspect
the iron fragment
635
00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:17,528
the team found one day ago
on lot 15.
636
00:28:17,613 --> 00:28:19,488
What you got today?
637
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:22,366
All right, this was
actually found
638
00:28:22,410 --> 00:28:25,035
right at the edge of the swamp.
639
00:28:35,256 --> 00:28:38,507
That's what we were
thinking, too. Stove part.
640
00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:42,386
- It's the proper thickness, too.
- Mm-hmm.
641
00:28:49,645 --> 00:28:51,854
Where would you find
something like that?
642
00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:55,733
For warmth?
643
00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:07,911
What-what time would that
have been in use?
644
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:16,253
- Early 1700s?
- Yeah.
645
00:29:19,008 --> 00:29:20,632
- Wow. (chuckles)
- yeah.
646
00:29:20,718 --> 00:29:24,595
Narrator: A ship's stove,
dating to the early 1700s?
647
00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:28,265
Could it be more evidence of
someone sailing to oak island
648
00:29:28,309 --> 00:29:30,184
more than three centuries ago
649
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:33,312
to hide something
of great value?
650
00:29:33,397 --> 00:29:35,939
Well, I think we should
get back out there and see
651
00:29:36,025 --> 00:29:37,941
if we can find more of this.
652
00:29:38,027 --> 00:29:39,818
Well, it's been a great visit,
as always.
653
00:29:39,904 --> 00:29:42,624
- Very good.
- We know a lot more
than we came here with.
654
00:29:42,656 --> 00:29:44,134
Jack:
Thanks again, carmen.
655
00:29:44,158 --> 00:29:45,635
Alex:
Thank you.
656
00:29:45,659 --> 00:29:46,950
We'll see you again soon.
657
00:29:49,789 --> 00:29:51,705
Narrator:
Later that day...
658
00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:53,685
Alex:Looking forward toa day on the water.
659
00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:55,312
Couldn't have picked
a better day for it.
660
00:29:55,336 --> 00:29:57,230
Narrator: After returning
to oak island,
661
00:29:57,254 --> 00:30:00,088
alex lagina joins
dr. Ian spooner,
662
00:30:00,174 --> 00:30:02,216
along with tony sampson,
at the dock
663
00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:04,676
belonging to fred nolan's
son tom
664
00:30:04,762 --> 00:30:07,304
on the northern shore
of oak island.
665
00:30:07,389 --> 00:30:10,224
They will be making
their way to the swamp
666
00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:13,352
in order to conduct sonar scans
along the coastline
667
00:30:13,437 --> 00:30:16,480
in search of more evidence
of the massive rock structure
668
00:30:16,524 --> 00:30:20,526
found two days ago by
dr. Spooner and rick lagina.
669
00:30:20,611 --> 00:30:24,112
As they navigate around
the island to the south shore,
670
00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:26,865
they will also be running scans
to look for
671
00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,993
any other important clues
that may be helpful in solving
672
00:30:30,037 --> 00:30:33,330
the 225-year-old mystery.
673
00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:37,896
- So what's the plan?
- What we're trying to do
is trying to find
674
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,689
old shorelines,
paleo shorelines.
675
00:30:39,713 --> 00:30:42,172
You see this brown line
around oak island here,
676
00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:45,133
that's dropping sea level
down to what we thought
677
00:30:45,219 --> 00:30:47,511
- existed in 1600.
- Mm-hmm.
678
00:30:47,555 --> 00:30:51,557
If we're thinking that the
island was used back then,
679
00:30:51,642 --> 00:30:53,119
if there was a wharf
or anything like that,
680
00:30:53,143 --> 00:30:54,643
it would be at that shoreline,
681
00:30:54,728 --> 00:30:57,187
not where the shoreline
of today is.
682
00:30:57,231 --> 00:30:59,398
Exactly. And so, you know,
whether it's looking
683
00:30:59,483 --> 00:31:02,109
for artifacts, whether
it's looking for features,
684
00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:04,152
we can go back,
reconstruct that shoreline,
685
00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,529
and look for features.
686
00:31:05,614 --> 00:31:08,198
What we're gonna be
doing today is we're gonna be
687
00:31:08,242 --> 00:31:11,702
going around smith's cove,
around isaac's point here,
688
00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:15,706
and then into the south shore
cove area by the swamp.
689
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:18,208
So that's where we're gonna do
some scanning in there.
690
00:31:18,252 --> 00:31:20,272
Well, that's great, guys.
Let's, uh, let's get out there.
691
00:31:20,296 --> 00:31:21,314
- Ian: Yeah.
- Let's check this stuff out.
692
00:31:21,338 --> 00:31:22,524
Tony:
Come on board, chaps.
693
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:24,131
I'll start her up, ian.
694
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:25,216
(engine starts)
695
00:31:25,259 --> 00:31:26,341
we're all good.
696
00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:28,947
Narrator:
In order to conduct
697
00:31:28,971 --> 00:31:31,179
a comprehensive scan
of the island's coastline,
698
00:31:31,265 --> 00:31:34,057
dr. Spooner has equipped
tony's boat
699
00:31:34,143 --> 00:31:36,685
with three different
sonar devices:
700
00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:38,854
A down-imaging scanner
701
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:42,190
focusing on the seabed
directly beneath the boat,
702
00:31:42,276 --> 00:31:46,194
a side-imaging scanner focusing
on either side of the boat,
703
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:49,406
and, finally,
a low-frequency scanner
704
00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:52,743
capable of penetrating the thick
silt on the ocean floor
705
00:31:52,786 --> 00:31:57,080
where artifacts or valuable
clues could be buried.
706
00:31:58,375 --> 00:31:59,958
Tony:
Target area, ian.
707
00:32:00,044 --> 00:32:02,586
- Ian: Okay.
- We'll move closer to the shore.
708
00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:05,047
- We'll be about
three meters' depth, ian.
- Yep.
709
00:32:05,132 --> 00:32:07,174
So, we should
watch this carefully.
710
00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:08,425
Mm-hmm.
711
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:20,415
Alex:
Nothing so far.
712
00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,230
Pretty shallow, though.
713
00:32:24,902 --> 00:32:27,782
- If we can just kind of go out
a little bit further, tony.
- Tony: Okay.
714
00:32:39,041 --> 00:32:40,477
Ian:
That's good. That's good.
715
00:32:40,501 --> 00:32:41,978
Well, let's see
what we can find.
716
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:44,753
Tony:
You got any silt here,
buddy? Or...
717
00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:46,421
Uh, yeah.
718
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:52,312
- Alex: I don't see
anything on this.
- Yeah, I know. It's featureless.
719
00:32:58,978 --> 00:33:00,310
What about that right there?
720
00:33:01,355 --> 00:33:02,980
Ian:
That is...
721
00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:04,481
What the hell is that? Yes.
722
00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:06,378
So, that... yeah,
what the hell is that?
723
00:33:06,402 --> 00:33:09,042
- Tony: That's cool.
- I've never seen anything
like that.
724
00:33:09,071 --> 00:33:10,821
It's sticking straight out.
725
00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:13,156
Alex:
Yeah, it's flat
and then it's like a tower.
726
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,440
Yeah, but that looks like
a ship, for god's sake.
727
00:33:16,286 --> 00:33:17,766
Alex:
Wow.
728
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,979
Tony:
Nothing sticks up like that
for no reason at all, huh?
729
00:33:24,003 --> 00:33:25,711
Out of the silt.
730
00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:27,629
Tony:
In the middle of nowhere.
731
00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:30,193
And we're... look where we are.
Right off the boulderless beach.
732
00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:33,969
Narrator: Off the northern
shoreline of oak island,
733
00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:36,513
alex lagina, dr. Ian spooner
734
00:33:36,598 --> 00:33:40,892
and tony sampson have made what
could be an important discovery.
735
00:33:40,978 --> 00:33:43,687
Ian:
This place was used
by a lot of people.
736
00:33:43,772 --> 00:33:47,441
- Yeah.
- So, if there was a boat
that either sunk or was sunk,
737
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:49,943
there should be a fair bit
of that activity around.
738
00:33:50,029 --> 00:33:53,697
Yeah. Whoever came here,
they didn't come in one ship.
739
00:33:53,741 --> 00:33:55,885
-You know?
They came in a, a fleet.
-(chuckles) uh-huh.
740
00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:58,201
And, you know,
some of it's still
741
00:33:58,245 --> 00:34:00,245
on the bottom now,
waiting to be found.
742
00:34:01,123 --> 00:34:03,081
Narrator:
A possible shipwreck?
743
00:34:03,167 --> 00:34:05,709
Just off the coast
of oak island?
744
00:34:05,753 --> 00:34:09,880
Although the waters of mahone
bay that surround oak island
745
00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:12,591
are known to have been a major
thruway for sailing vessels
746
00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:16,053
dating back
more than three centuries,
747
00:34:16,096 --> 00:34:20,432
if this is indeed a shipwreck,
could it be related in some way
748
00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:24,728
to the 225-year-old
treasure mystery?
749
00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:27,564
Now, this position
has always interested me
750
00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:29,961
because it's a shallow rock
ledge just below the surface.
751
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:34,404
There's a reason there's 25,000
shipwrecks around this coast.
752
00:34:34,490 --> 00:34:36,092
It's because
of these tricky areas.
753
00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:38,158
And so, that would have been
an area
754
00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:41,411
where a ship coming
into here could have wrecked.
755
00:34:43,165 --> 00:34:45,123
Ian:
So, to have it sticking up,
756
00:34:45,209 --> 00:34:47,626
there's only a few things
that can do that.
757
00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:50,148
- And you just can't get them
in the middle of a basin.
- Tony: No.
758
00:34:50,172 --> 00:34:52,255
At 12 meters.
It's almost impossible.
759
00:34:52,341 --> 00:34:55,008
So, is it ballast?
Is it... What is it?
760
00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:56,404
Alex:
Yeah.
761
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:57,781
I mean, I'd love to come back
and do a jump
762
00:34:57,805 --> 00:34:59,074
on that, alex.
What do you think?
763
00:34:59,098 --> 00:35:00,784
Yeah. If we can find it,
let's dive it.
764
00:35:00,808 --> 00:35:02,641
Sounds great to me, mate.
765
00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:05,435
Alex:Right as we're passingboulderless beach,
766
00:35:05,521 --> 00:35:08,230
we both see this really weird
kind of spike up
767
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:09,834
and a plateau
and another spike down.
768
00:35:09,858 --> 00:35:11,753
Like nothing we've seen
around the island, ever.
769
00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:13,537
It could be the remnants
of a ship.
770
00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:15,381
We just don't know,
but that's why we need
771
00:35:15,405 --> 00:35:16,613
to investigate further.
772
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:24,307
We're moving more towards
the swamp area now.
773
00:35:24,331 --> 00:35:26,059
So, that's... that's what
you should be getting...
774
00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:28,144
- Alex: That's what
we're seeing. Yep.
- Ian: Right.
775
00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:29,521
And we can see it
beautifully here.
776
00:35:29,545 --> 00:35:31,439
So, what's kind of
very interesting
777
00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:34,631
I-in terms of what we're doing,
is we're picking up these points
778
00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:36,466
where it's highly erosive.
779
00:35:36,510 --> 00:35:38,321
We see a lot of boulders.
Huge boulders.
780
00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:42,347
And we can, I think, project
land a little further out.
781
00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:44,724
Tony:
Well, this is interesting,
782
00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:46,412
'cause we're going back
400 years.
783
00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:48,854
Chances are this was
the beach on oak island.
784
00:35:48,939 --> 00:35:50,917
Alex:
I'm seeing
a lot of rocks down here.
785
00:35:50,941 --> 00:35:53,441
- Ian: Yeah.
- And I'm seeing
786
00:35:53,527 --> 00:35:55,360
maybe something even larger
just on the,
787
00:35:55,445 --> 00:35:57,340
kind of perimeter of what
we're scanning right now.
788
00:35:57,364 --> 00:35:58,883
Yeah, it's right... we're coming
right up to it right there.
789
00:35:58,907 --> 00:36:01,825
There's something very...
There's something here.
790
00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:03,930
Alex:
What's that?
791
00:36:03,954 --> 00:36:05,674
- I have no idea.
- Hey, tony?
792
00:36:05,706 --> 00:36:08,665
- Can you see this?
- Tony: Holy smoke... okay.
793
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,171
What I'll do is I'll come back
20 meters on that side.
794
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:25,952
- Okay. You're
on the line now, guys.
- All right.
795
00:36:25,976 --> 00:36:28,296
Right, we can see it. We're
coming up on the structure now.
796
00:36:29,271 --> 00:36:30,937
It should be right about now.
797
00:36:31,023 --> 00:36:33,356
-There.
-Alex: Yep.
See that line right there?
798
00:36:33,442 --> 00:36:35,378
Ian:
Boom. Like, it looks
like a line.
799
00:36:35,402 --> 00:36:37,422
Like a line that we're following
here. Edge of the swamp.
800
00:36:37,446 --> 00:36:39,206
- Parallel to the old shore.
- Ian: Yeah.
801
00:36:41,825 --> 00:36:43,450
Ian:
This might be evidence
802
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:44,701
of a human-made structure.
803
00:36:44,786 --> 00:36:46,578
The remnants of an old wharf.
804
00:36:46,663 --> 00:36:48,330
Something like that.
805
00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:51,708
Narrator:
A wharf-like structure?
806
00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:55,545
Just off the south shore,
right near the oak island swamp?
807
00:36:55,589 --> 00:36:58,548
Could it be connected
to the mysteriously
808
00:36:58,634 --> 00:37:02,385
uniform feature rick lagina
and dr. Spooner found
809
00:37:02,471 --> 00:37:04,930
just two days ago?
810
00:37:05,015 --> 00:37:08,725
Ian:
What I can do, I think,
is really refine this map.
811
00:37:08,769 --> 00:37:10,371
You got to... you probably
have to dive it.
812
00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:12,854
- It's worth a look, up close.
- Alex: Yeah.
813
00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:14,584
This feature on the south side
of the island
814
00:37:14,608 --> 00:37:17,901
is a square-shaped anomaly
that we think might be, uh,
815
00:37:17,986 --> 00:37:19,569
the remnants of an old wharf.
816
00:37:19,655 --> 00:37:22,030
This lines up with what
the island used to look like
817
00:37:22,115 --> 00:37:24,574
before it was eroded.
818
00:37:24,618 --> 00:37:25,929
So, if you're going
to build a wharf,
819
00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:28,161
that's where and why
you would have built it.
820
00:37:28,247 --> 00:37:31,206
Ian:So, we got everything.I think we've got all the lines.
821
00:37:31,250 --> 00:37:32,582
W-we've got enough data.
822
00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:33,937
Alex:
Well, it's been
a good day, guys.
823
00:37:33,961 --> 00:37:36,022
We-we know a lot more
than when we set out.
824
00:37:36,046 --> 00:37:38,755
So, let's, uh,
let's head back to the dock
825
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,924
and tell the guys
what we learned.
826
00:37:41,009 --> 00:37:42,609
Tony:
Fantastic. Will do.
827
00:37:42,636 --> 00:37:44,594
Alex:
I love it.
828
00:37:47,849 --> 00:37:50,517
After completing their sonar
scanning operation
829
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,436
off the north and south shores
of oak island...
830
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,416
- Alex: Hey, guys.
- Tony: Hey, guys. How you doing?
831
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,524
- Good. How are you?
- Good.
832
00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:01,403
Alex lagina and professional
diver tony sampson
833
00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:04,239
join rick, marty
and other members of the team
834
00:38:04,324 --> 00:38:07,284
at the interpretive centre
to share their report.
835
00:38:07,369 --> 00:38:08,972
- So, did you guys go swimming?
- (laughter)
836
00:38:08,996 --> 00:38:10,787
no. No, we didn't.
837
00:38:10,831 --> 00:38:13,999
We, uh, we and dr. Spooner
took the boat out.
838
00:38:14,084 --> 00:38:16,251
We were trying to do
a bathymetric survey
839
00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:18,878
around the island to say, okay,
where has it eroded
840
00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:21,359
and where has it deposited over
the last couple hundred years?
841
00:38:21,383 --> 00:38:23,800
The goal is to put
a map together
842
00:38:23,844 --> 00:38:26,511
of what the island would've
looked like in the year 1600
843
00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:29,472
- and-and possibly
also in the year 1200. Right.
- 1200. Yeah.
844
00:38:29,558 --> 00:38:32,225
- Did you get good data?
- Alex: Uh, we did.
845
00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:34,111
Um, we have a, we have a map
that we could
846
00:38:34,187 --> 00:38:35,854
kind of show him where we went?
847
00:38:35,939 --> 00:38:38,106
- Any surprises?
- Yeah, there were.
848
00:38:38,191 --> 00:38:39,210
- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
- (laughter)
849
00:38:39,234 --> 00:38:40,670
- oh, really?
- Alex: So,
850
00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:42,277
- everything was coming along.
- Yeah.
851
00:38:42,362 --> 00:38:44,090
Alex:
And then... Do you want
to tell him what happened?
852
00:38:44,114 --> 00:38:46,656
Well, that was...
It was the weirdest thing.
853
00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:49,053
- You've got a flat,
sandy bottom...
- Mm-hmm.
854
00:38:49,077 --> 00:38:50,847
And then all of a sudden
there's structure
855
00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:52,787
- and then there's an anomaly.
- Yeah.
856
00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:55,310
So, maybe it's part
of a shipwreck.
857
00:38:55,334 --> 00:38:56,853
- Wow.
- Jack: Oh, wow.
858
00:38:56,877 --> 00:38:58,418
Alex:
We do know
859
00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:00,143
that the surrounding area
is flat.
860
00:39:00,213 --> 00:39:02,173
- How deep is it?
- Oh, she's 30 feet.
861
00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:04,799
- I see.
- Jack: Interesting.
862
00:39:04,885 --> 00:39:06,029
Tony:
Yeah.
863
00:39:06,053 --> 00:39:08,553
- Marty: Is that it?
- Alex: Well, no.
864
00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:09,866
Uh, just coming off the...
The swamp
865
00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:10,908
by where the stone triangle
866
00:39:10,932 --> 00:39:13,099
used to be,
you get lots of evidence
867
00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:15,143
that that has been eroded.
868
00:39:15,228 --> 00:39:17,498
The other thing we found there
was a-a square-like structure
869
00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:19,564
just-just off there, as well.
870
00:39:19,649 --> 00:39:21,941
Off the southern shore?
871
00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:23,818
- Yeah.
- Rick: What'd it look like?
872
00:39:23,904 --> 00:39:25,487
Tony:
So, it was probably about
873
00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:27,405
eight feet by eight feet, rick.
874
00:39:27,491 --> 00:39:31,201
But it-it definitely had
a linear feature to it, as well.
875
00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:32,889
Well, it's a square-shaped
something.
876
00:39:32,913 --> 00:39:34,057
Doug:
In the old aerial photos,
877
00:39:34,081 --> 00:39:36,706
there's what looks like...
878
00:39:36,792 --> 00:39:38,708
It resembles an old wharf.
879
00:39:38,794 --> 00:39:41,586
It looks like
a very rectangular pattern
880
00:39:41,671 --> 00:39:43,797
that runs out from the,
from the point.
881
00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:45,401
Tony:
If we find those,
882
00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,051
um, like, small stones,
like, it was a cribbed wharf,
883
00:39:48,095 --> 00:39:49,614
they may even be part
of a timber structure
884
00:39:49,638 --> 00:39:51,930
- down there as well.
- Wow.
885
00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:53,868
Rick:I-I think we all knowthat there are
886
00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:55,934
man-made structures
in the swamp.
887
00:39:56,019 --> 00:39:58,019
But, you know,
where are they built?
888
00:39:58,063 --> 00:40:01,731
You know, do they go out
into the, uh, intertidal zone?
889
00:40:01,817 --> 00:40:05,151
Whatever results are-are derived
from this are good results.
890
00:40:05,237 --> 00:40:06,569
It's good data.
891
00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:08,591
The bottom line is,
dr. Spooner ought to be able
892
00:40:08,615 --> 00:40:10,134
to give us a picture
of this island,
893
00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:13,785
of what it looked like in 1600
and what it looked like in 1200?
894
00:40:13,870 --> 00:40:15,598
- From this data?
- From-from the details we got,
yeah, for sure.
895
00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:17,956
Well, I'm keenly interested
in that.
896
00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:20,520
Well, it sounds
like it's worth a dive.
897
00:40:20,544 --> 00:40:22,063
- Oh, for god's sake, yeah.
- Yeah.
898
00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:23,564
Marty:
Well, as rick always says, then,
899
00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:25,588
"eyes and fins on the ground."
900
00:40:25,674 --> 00:40:27,715
- (laughter)
- there you go.
901
00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:31,428
- You have one really giant
mystery to go figure out.
- Tony: Yes.
902
00:40:31,513 --> 00:40:35,014
And you got your-your big
eight-by-eight target there.
903
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,766
And so, you know, go-go do it.
904
00:40:36,852 --> 00:40:39,686
You know, it's like diving
in the money pit, right?
905
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:41,980
The prime directive
is stay safe.
906
00:40:42,065 --> 00:40:44,357
- Excellent. Will do.
- All right.
907
00:40:44,443 --> 00:40:45,962
Let's get out of here.
Let's call it a day.
908
00:40:45,986 --> 00:40:48,069
- Rick: Okay. I think we're done.
- Tony: Excellent.
909
00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:50,842
Narrator:
For rick, marty
910
00:40:50,866 --> 00:40:53,491
and the devoted members
of their team,
911
00:40:53,577 --> 00:40:55,952
a year that began
with great challenges
912
00:40:56,037 --> 00:40:58,121
that they never
could have anticipated
913
00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:00,143
continues to yield
new discoveries
914
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:03,251
both on and around the island
915
00:41:03,336 --> 00:41:06,921
that may soon prove
the 225-year-old mystery
916
00:41:07,007 --> 00:41:12,093
is more complex and profound
than anyone ever knew.
917
00:41:12,179 --> 00:41:15,305
Does the triangle-shaped swamp
hold the key
918
00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:18,016
to unlocking
the ultimate answers?
919
00:41:18,101 --> 00:41:21,478
Or could it be,
just like the money pit,
920
00:41:21,563 --> 00:41:24,772
only one of oak island's
incredible enigmas
921
00:41:24,858 --> 00:41:27,275
that will hold onto its secrets
922
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,987
until a deadly curse
is finally satisfied?
923
00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:37,577
Next timeon the curse of oak island...
924
00:41:37,662 --> 00:41:38,723
Gary:
Here we go.
925
00:41:38,747 --> 00:41:40,246
What does that remind you of?
926
00:41:40,332 --> 00:41:42,165
It looks like an enormous key.
927
00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:45,835
Doug:
I saw a rock mound
that doesn't look natural to me.
928
00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:47,899
- What is this thing?
- I ain't got the foggiest.
929
00:41:47,923 --> 00:41:50,006
It's like some crazy
irving work.
930
00:41:50,091 --> 00:41:52,300
It's a man-made structure.
931
00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:53,824
Tony:
Let's go find some treasure.
932
00:41:58,475 --> 00:41:59,660
As soon as you got close
to the bottom,
933
00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:01,684
it was that whole area was live.
934
00:42:01,728 --> 00:42:02,955
- (exhales)
- wow.
935
00:42:02,979 --> 00:42:06,189
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