All language subtitles for The.Curse.of.Oak.Island.S08E11.720p.WEB.h264-BAE

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

gary: I've got a hit here.

-Ooh, it might be gold.
-Jack: That's gold, isn't it?

Wow! Hey, hey!

This is more high-end.
Somebody with money.

It could have been
for a secret box.

Aaron:
We're getting remnants
of maybe the money pit.

Wow. Okay, that's wood
well below any expected depth.

-Wow. That is an "aha."
-yeah.
-Marty: We got

to keep drilling, because that
could be the money pit itself.

-Yes, it could.
-Drill.

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.

craig:
Hey, guys.

-Hey, craig.
-How we doing?

Not too bad.

Interesting stuff.

In situ.

In situ material here.

Okay.

Narrator:
It is the start

of another exciting day
on oak island,

as brothers
rick and marty lagina,

along with their partner
craig tester

and members of their team,

continue a strategic
core-drilling operation

in the money pit area,

in search
of a fabled treasure vault

that people have been trying
to unearth since 1795.

Marty: The drilling program
needs to be done,

because a lot of our wells
stopped short last year,

the year before.

We weren't...
We weren't looking that deep,

and when we ran into
difficult-to-drill conditions,

we stopped.

So we need to go deeper,

because that's
where it's possible

any treasure fell to.

And before we give up
on the money pit,

we need to know that.

Did that go
right into a full piece of wood,

-too, it looks like?
-Terry: Yeah, it looks like

a pretty good chunk of beam.

What depth is that?

-That's at 156, exactly.
-Okay.

-Yeah, I think it's encouraging.
-Yep.

It went from formation rock
directly into a full-sized beam.

-And so it...
-Yeah.

It had to have
completely pushed over,

-or we're coming on down
on top of a tunnel.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
As part
of a strategic drilling grid

designed by craig tester,

the team is currently drilling
borehole de-9.25,

which sets some ten feet
from the oc-1 shaft

that was constructed
one year ago.

It was in oc-1 that the team
discovered evidence

of a wooded tunnel
some 150 feet underground

that was dated to 1706,

meaning that it could
very well be connected

to the original money pit.

So, embedded sediment,
as in undisturbed,

and then into some wood.

You got to really hope
that we have finally found

-our elusive tunnel.
-Scott: That's really
the only thing

that it could be right now
that we know of.

-That's right.
-Terry: So, for as far

as proceeding on this hole,
would you like to carry on

-just a little deeper to see
if we hit the bedrock plateau
-yes.

-For the information?
-Yep.
-Steve g.: I think if we

can confirm this is
the potential tunnel from 1706,

-we keep on taking shots.
-Terry: Yep.

I mean, we could have
300-year-old wood.

-We need to bring up more.
-You got to chase it.

-Absolutely.
-Craig: I wouldn't mind

-having a treasure, too,
coming out of there.
-That was my thought.

You take the wood,
I'll take the treasure.

Terry:
A chunk of gold or silver
would be nice.

I'm gonna go talk to mike
and tell him

-we're gonna go a little deeper.
-Okay. Sounds good.

Hey, mike! We're gonna take it
a little deeper.

At least ten feet,
if not 15 or so,

-to try and get into the bedrock
plateau, if it's there.
-Okay.

Terry: However you want
to proceed with due caution

and try and get us the next
sample below, that'd be great.

-Use your best instincts
and go for it, okay?
-Tedford: All righty!

Craig:
I wanted to follow that tunnel

to see where it goes, so that's
what I'm all about this year.

I've got four or five locations
picked out

to see what direction
that tunnel will go.

Is it the vault
that we've been looking for?

Is it a flood tunnel?

Or is it a tunnel
that leads far away? So...

We just have to find out
where that tunnel is

and where is it going.

Terry:
One, two, three! Yeah!

-All right.
-There you go.

Craig:
Well, I'm hoping there's
a little more wood in there.

Terry:
That is pretty murky.

Whoa. Okay,
there's a little chunk of woody.

We seem to have little splinters
periodically.

Scott:
We got a big piece right here.
Look at this.

-Charles: Yeah.
-Terry: Yeah.
-Scott: That's strange.

- Yeah.
-That is odd.

Craig:
We're way too deep, though.
This is 185.

-Charles: Yeah.
-Wow. Okay,
that's wood well below

any real expected depth.

That is some of the deepest wood
we've seen.

That's too deep for what
the hamilton extension would be,

-for sure.
-Charles: Yeah, exactly.

So that's unexplained.

Narrator:
In the summer of 1940,

team members working
under professor erwin hamilton

constructed
a six-by-six-foot extension

onto the hedden shaft...

A 12-by-24-foot structure

built by treasure hunter
gilbert hedden in 1937,

down to a depth of 124 feet,

which was believed at the time

to have intersected
the original money pit.

According to historical records,

the so-called
"hamilton extension,"

which reached 170 feet deep,

is the deepest
man-made structure

to have been built by searchers
after the discovery

of the money pit in 1795.

Is it possible that
craig and the team

have found the workings

of someone prior to any
search operations on oak island?

And if so, could it be the key

to locating
the money pit treasure vault?

You know, but just seeing
where this is going...

-Charles: Yep.
-I think we need
to be taking it deeper.

-Terry: I vote yes.
-Craig: Why don't you guys

kick that around
while I head back to the swamp.

Let me know

if you hit anything
on this next run.

-Okay.
-Okay, guys.

-Charles: Okay, see you later.
-Craig: See you in a bit.

Narrator:
While the drilling operation

continues at the money pit,

in the triangle-shaped swamp,

as rick lagina,
dr. Ian spooner,

and metal detecting expert
gary drayton

continue searching
for valuable clues

along the mysterious
stone-paved pathway

discovered earlier this year
in the southeastern corner,

archaeologists
dr. Aaron taylor, liz michels,

and miriam amirault,
along with jack begley,

continue to carefully clear
away the muck and mud

from the feature's surface.

How's it going?

Jack:
Hey, craig!

-Look at the road we found!
-Craig: It is amazing.

Jack:
There's no mistaking,
this is a cobbled road.

There is no doubt.
I mean, this is obvious.

Jack:
Yeah.

-gary: That's solid.
-Yeah, that's a good one.

Narrator:
Over the past two years,

rick, marty
and the oak island team

have discovered
incredible evidence

of man-made workings
within the swamp.

It began
with a 200-foot-long anomaly

detected some 50 feet deep
by seismic scanning,

resembling the shape and size
of an ancient sailing ship.

Gary:
Look.

Narrator:
This find was followed
by numerous pieces

of burnt metal and wood
that were all determined

to have come from a ship.

However,
the most astonishing finds

included a circular formation
of boulders

at the northernmost point,
known as the eye of the swamp,

which dated to 1680,

as well as a massive
stone-paved feature

dating all the way back
to 1200 ad.

Now, could the discovery

of this stone pathway,
which the team believes

may also be heading
in the direction

of the money pit itself,

be the key to revealing
the swamp's ultimate secrets

and solving
the oak island mystery?

Well, this is amazing.

-Aaron:
It doesn't get better than this.
-Craig: Yep.

-Okay, well, I'm gonna see
how they're doing.
-All right.

Craig:
You guys find anything more
over there?

No. Surprisingly little.

Okay.

Rick:
What I wouldn't give
for a whole keg

to be down there,
full of something.

Craig:
Right.

Ian:
I'm interested in if we find
another structure

or an artifact
that puts the whole...

-Operation here in perspective.
-Yeah.

rick: Whoa, whoa.

Craig:
Is that a...

Square beam there,
or is that just a log?

Rick:
Looks squared off.

Ian:
I'll get in there,
craig, take a look.

Heads up, bill.

Are you gonna pull it out?

Yeah.

But, again,
it's a squared-off beam

with... But it ain't fancy work.

No.

Narrator:
A wooden beam?

Discovered
next to the stone pathway?

Could they be connected?

Or has billy gerhardt just found
a different man-made structure?

Ian:
Well, that's good.

Gary:
Rick!

I've got a hit here.

I got a definite hit, rick.

--it's just in there, mate.

Anywhere you like.

Just on the top here.
Then I can see it.

You got it out.
Let's see what we got.

look at that.

- Whoo-hoo!

gary:
Look at that!

Wow. That's bloody brilliant.

It might be actually gold.

Narrator:
In the oak island swamp,

metal detection expert
gary drayton

has just made an exciting

and potentially important
discovery

while investigating
a man-made stone pathway.

That's in great condition.

What is it?

Gary:
That is a-an old handle.

And it looks like it would be
off a boat, probably.

Narrator:
A gold-colored handle,

possibly from a ship,

and found near the stone pathway
in the swamp?

Could it be connected to the
mysterious ship-shaped anomaly

found last year in
the middle of the swamp?

And could it also help explain
the purpose of this pathway,

or possible wharf,
in the southeastern corner?

Look at that.

Very fancy.

Look at that.
Could be a low-grade gold.

Feel the weight of it.

For its size, it's heavy, mate.

I wouldn't be surprised if
that ain't gold-plated, mate.

- Whoo-hoo!

gary took his pinpointer
and found this object.

You could-- I always look
at gary's face when he's...

Got the pinpointer looking
for whatever's in the hole,

and his face lit up
like a christmas tree.

Come over here, dr. Spooner.

Rick: It's what appears
to be a knob, and it seemed

very, very heavy.

But the metal is untarnished,

and gold

would remain untarnished
in that ground

for however long
this item's been in the ground.

-Ian: What is it?
-To me, it looks like a...

Looks like a-a fancy knob.

-For a drawer.
It looks like a...
-Yeah. Yeah, like a dr...

-Fancy drawer knob or...
-Gary: Yeah.

Like, it looks like
it was on a...

-Like, a-a ship or something.
-Yeah.

-Jack: Wow.
-Gary: And, obviously,

in this area,
it was probably off a ship.

-Jack: Really?
-Gary: But that's
a really fancy handle.

I wouldn't be surprised
if that ain't gold-plated.

Jack:
You think it could be gold?

Laird-laird's coming over.

Gary:
Look at that color, man. That...

There's a good chance
that is gold.

Jack:
I think you're right,
though, gary.

-That's gold, isn't it?
-Rick: Come on in, laird.

Look at that.

I always burst
people's bubble, though.

-That's all right.

What is it?

Laird:
It looks like gold paint.

But then that looks better.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, that-that back.
That's what really caught

our attention, the back.

I mean, that looks solid,
doesn't it?

And I was thinking maybe it's
gold-plated or low-grade gold.

If it was ten-karat gold,
a lot of gold off the shipwrecks

in florida,
spanish gold comes up,

and it's got that same patina.

Didn't like that.

I like that.

Well, it looks
relatively soft. I mean,

-it looks like it was a knob.
-Gary: Yeah.

To me,

this looks like
it was off an old sailing ship.

And if it was, it came
off a captain's quarters.

We can definitely get
that tested.

Did you find anything else
with the knob?

Not yet, and that's why
we need to get back to it.

Gary:
This is fantastic.

Narrator:
While rick lagina
continues to oversee

the exploration in the swamp,

later that afternoon...

Terry:
This material is

somewhat soft and loose.

I think it's close to something.

It's pretty deep, though.

Narrator:
Craig tester has returned

to the money pit area

to supervise
the core-drilling operation

of borehole de-9.25

as they continue to drill

through a mysterious
wood structure

more than 185 feet deep.

This is definitely unknown.

Terry: No, that's unknown.
We've never hit wood

that deep or-- not at that size.

Craig:
The other thing is,
this is darker,

which, to me, is just verifying

that for an extended period
of time,

it's been in this dark material,

where this one's
actually absorbed

kind of this...
Whatever's causing the darkness

out of this muck here, so...

No, the grains are running
this way, too, here.

I just wanted to make sure.

Okay, I'm good. We can bag her.

Charles:
You know, the deepest
anybody's ever excavated

in the money pit area
is 171 feet.

This is at 180.

This is deeper
than anybody that we know of

has ever gone in the money pit.

This has turned into confusing
and then,

wow, you know,
some great revelations.

Deepest wood ever.

: Which is neither
here nor there unto itself,

but what the heck's
it doing down there?

-Craig: Yes.
-Who put it there?

Is it part
of an old collapse zone

-or part
of a tunnel nearby? Yeah.
-Terry: Yeah.

Possibilities for this hole
are-are very interesting.

I mean, there-there is nothing
in the historical record

of any, you know,

shaft or-or tunnel
that went that deep.

You know, especially a tunnel.

-Yeah.
-Absolutely.

-Craig: Okay, guys.
-Okay.

-I'm gonna get after it.
-Charles: Catch you later.
-Okay.

Keeps getting
more and more interesting.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

Marty:
Hey, craig. What's the update?

Narrator: Craig tester
meets with marty lagina

in the war room to update him

on the latest developments
from the drilling operation

at the money pit.

-So, this is oc-1.
-Yep.

Craig:
You know, where there
shouldn't have been

any wood.
It was definitely a tunnel.

So, that's why we decided

to put oc-1 here.

Brought up that wood

that dated to 1706.

- You got to chase that.
- Yeah. Yeah.

So, there was a number of places
that this tunnel could lead to.

Um, so I started out

right here on e-12.

Unfortunately, as you can see,
this one walked this way.

- Yep.
-that ended walking

under where we dug.

It's a pity,
because that means that hole

-gave you no data
whatsoever.
-Exactly.

-It didn't hurt, didn't help.
-Yep.

Okay. Where'd you go next?

Well, then I moved up to,

de-9.25.

This is the location right here.

So far, it's going off
to the southeast,

which is directly towards oc-1.

- Marty:
-Craig: We got to 180 feet.

-Marty: Yeah?
-Craig: And we brought up

two pieces of wood. Um...

One at 180, one at 181,
I believe it is.

Basically,
the size of this pen.

Well, what could have been
from the record at 180 feet?

Nothing from any
of the records we have. I mean,

could it have been--
especially when it's,

you know, a splinter this size--

could it have been a collapse
of the money pit? I mean,

- we have no idea
how far it collapsed.
- There you go. There you go.

That seems like...
Well, I mean, if you look

at the historical record,
that's the only thing

-that was down that deep, right?
-Right.

It's subtle, craig,
but that could be an indication.

I mean, you-you can't...

You can't ignore data.

-No.
-So, and-and much as I'm tired

of finding wood,
wood at 181 feet

eliminates an awful lot.

It's definitely a mystery.

Well, that's cool.
Maybe keep... I would say

keep drilling. Are you all d...

You're still running,
right? Right now?

Well, we're debating
whether to go deeper.

-Marty: No, go deeper.
We got to keep drilling.
-Craig: Okay.

Because that could be

part of the collapse
of the money pit

or it could be
the money pit itself.

Yes, it could. Definitely.

-Drill.
-Okay. We'll do that.

-We will keep after it.
-Get on out there. Don't...

-Don't let them stop. All right.
-Okay.

Marty:
I'll see you out there

-in a little while. Thanks.
-Craig: Okay.

Narrator:
While the excavation continues

in the oak island swamp

and as the core-drilling
operation resumes

in the money pit area...

-Aaron: Hey, scott.
-Scott: Hey, aaron.

Thanks for coming.

Narrator: ...Archaeologists
dr. Aaron taylor,

miriam amirault,

and liz michels,
along with scott barlow,

are concluding
their investigation

of a mysterious feature
that has come to be known

as the serpent mound

due to its oddly perfect
snakelike shape.

Aaron:
So, we,
been spending the morning

with trowels
and sifting all this stuff.

I'm wondering
if we can just pull this back?

-Sure.
-Aaron: What do you think
the likelihood is

of doing a cross section

on the other side
of this birch tree?

Pulling back right here,
if you can get a setup.

'cause that'll give us the body,

the egg and the mouth.

Okay. Just let me
get set up over here,

and we'll get to work.

There are serpent mounds
in canada

and in,
in the united states.

The body
is quite easily identifiable

as a serpent, and at the mouth

of some of these mounds is

what they call an egg.

This sort of looks like it.
It's much cruder.

But the only way
to figure it out is to...

Is to excavate it.

So, you've, you've gone
to till there.

You want it widened out any,
or just that one swipe...

If you could widen it out a bit,

-that would be great.
-Okay.

That's interesting.

Narrator:
Over the last two weeks,

the oak island team has found

not only an early 18th century
handwrought spike

matching one recovered
from borehole oc-1

in the money pit area

but also burnt charcoal

that, incredibly,
dated back much earlier.

Craig:
That one had a date

of 1320 to 1440.

-Jack: What?
-Rick: Wow.

Narrator:
These discoveries
have led the team

to speculate that
the so-called serpent mound

is not only man-made
but possibly connected

to a previous excavation
of the original money pit.

The questions they are
still trying to figure out

are: Was it deliberately
shaped like a serpent?

And if so, why?

And what else
might be buried within it?

That's perfect.

-Just like that?
-We're at till, yeah.

-Okay.
-That's great. Thanks, scott.

- No problem.

all right, well I'll let
you guys do your thing,

and hopefully you come up
with something good and...

-All right. Yeah.
-...Something exciting.

Thanks. All right.

We're at the bottom.

If it was something,
there'd be, definitely,

intentionally placed stones,
but there's none of that.

Yeah. No.

Yeah, you can see
the old root layer

right here.

Looks like fill,
feels like fill.

Aaron:
Yeah.

-Whoa. Yeah.
-Wow, they've done
a lot of work.

Definitely.
These are all new spoils.

Rick:
This looks a lot different...

-Miriam: Hi.
-...Than the other day.

Yeah.

Rick:
We have aaron
and miriam working

quite diligently
at the so-called serpent mound

to determine whether
or not this mound

was a significant
archaeological find.

I was just tidying up
the profile and, um,

there's no structure to this,
it just looks very rubbly.

-Did you guys want to come by
and take a peek?
-Gary: Yeah.

Want to get in there, rick?

Aaron:
That's the original
forest floor.

Gary:
So, that's the interface
from the forest floor

-to the fill.
-Yeah.

Rick:
That's forest floor there?

Aaron:
That's forest floor.

- Rick:
-Aaron: Yeah.

Rick:
So neither of you think

this is built.

I.E., it's just rubble.

It's rubble.

-Yeah.
-Rick: So, as far as
this feature is concerned,

you're both comfortable
with an acknowledgment

that this is not what we had

-initially believed it to be?
-This is absolutely not

a serpent mound, no.

There's no structure.
It-it's a, it's a depo--

it's a spoil pile.

-From where and when

-is the really interesting
question.
-Right.

-Yeah.
-Rick: Scott and doug,

I believe, have put
this forward, is that this

are spoils from the money pit,

and they were dumped up here
to keep them away

from the dig location.

That's the only
possible explanation.

-And, again,
more questions than answers.
-Yeah.

Absolutely.

Is it really a...

A-an original human construct
from long ago

or is it an amalgamation
of both?

Maybe an original feature there
and then it was destroyed

or at least added to
by some sort of modern work

with mechanized equipment.

Again, we're at
a confidence crisis

in terms of our belief of-of
what this structure represents.

So, now that you've made
a definitive statement

that this is not
a serpent mound feature, I mean,

I would like you to devote
your efforts now to the swamp.

Yeah, I-I completely agree.

Yeah. While the weather's
still good, I think our priority

should be the swamp.

Narrator:
Now that archaeologist
dr. Aaron taylor and his team

have concluded
that the mysterious mound

is most likely a spoils pile
from a previous excavation,

and likely not a feature that
will yield any more clues

or objects of value,

they will now refocus
their attention

back to the swamp
and the stone-paved pathway.

Our focus at this point should
be the stone road feature.

-Yeah.
-I'd like to concentrate
on where the road does go.

Whether it goes
to the paved area

or whether it comes upland.

Wherever it goes, that's what
we need to concentrate on, so...

-I agree.
-If we can do that tomorrow

-and in the forthcoming days,
that'd be great.
-Miriam and aaron: Yeah.

Well, we're gonna head there
right now and see what we find.

-Rick: Okay. Perfect.
Thank you.
-All right.

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

-Craig: Hey, here comes rick.
-Terry: Yep.

Narrator:
...In the money pit area,

rick lagina and oak island
historian doug crowell

have just arrived at the site
of borehole de-9.25

after being alerted that more
evidence of man-made workings,

possibly connected
to the original money pit,

have just been discovered
some 180 feet underground.

-How you doing, rick?
-Hey, rick.
-Hi, guys.

Well, you've certainly piqued
our interest, that's for sure.

Terry: Very, very interesting
wood hit at depth in de-9.25.

A relatively thick chunk of beam
with no particular origin

that we can think of at a depth
where it seems to match well

with the f-11 tunnel series

that we confirmed
last year with oc-1.

Rick:
No way to tell if this is

vertical or horizontal?

It appears horizontal.

Terry:
The top of a tunnel
support beam perhaps.

So, we liked it.
It looks like a tunnel.

The question is: Which tunnel?

One of the options is, we could
be inside the money pit.

- That's pretty exciting.
-Craig: Yes. Wow.
-It is.

-It is.
-Yeah, definitely.

And then, at 180 feet,
we found

these two pieces of wood.

-180?
-180. Yeah.

-Wow.
-Terry: Way too deep.

Craig:
We've got this vertical-looking
pieces of wood

that don't look anything
like the stuff from above.

We've never found anything
that deep before.

And there was,
what I would consider,

good, solid, competent rock

for at least five feet
above this.

-Wow. That-that is an aha.
-Yeah.

Terry:
Absolutely.

Narrator:
A tunnel

beneath a five-foot layer
of solid bedrock?

If craig's assessment
is accurate,

it would mean that this tunnel
may very well be connected

to the original money pit

and hopefully provide
a direct pathway

to the fabled treasure vault.

Terry:
Something's going on
in this whole area,

whether it's tunnel
or collapsed money pit.

That's what we got to try and
figure out a-as we go forward.

What about for this hole, craig?
What are you thinking?

Keep going.

-See what's down below.
-Yeah.

Rick:
What's the thought, then, about

carrying this down to 200? 210?

I think absolutely.

Rick:
When you get the results here,

any information we get
from these deeper holes,

please send it on.

The truth is, we don't know
exactly what this means.

-That's why we're here.
-Yes.

And if my brother's right

and if we're close
to a treasure vault,

then kudos to everybody.

--it's a great day.

-Terry: Absolutely.
-And it's only just begun.

-Exactly.
-Okay?

-Thanks.
-Thanks, guys.
-Yeah. Okay.

Appreciate it.

Steve g.:
I think we should probably run
this to bedrock.

210 and to two feet later--
that's all we need.

Yeah, for sure.

all right.

Charles,
I'm gonna operate, okay?

Go ahead.

narrator:
Having now reached
a depth of some 210 feet,

terry matheson
and charles barkhouse

inspect the final core
extracted from de-9.25

for any more potential evidence

of the original money pit
treasure shaft.

What do you think, charles?

Pretty undisturbed material,
I'd say.

-Terry: Look at that bedding.
-Yeah.

It's beautiful till.

It's a little soft.

Very clay rich.

No particular evidence
of a tunnel

or any kind
of a structure, though.

All as mother nature left it.

Narrator:
Unfortunately,

no more evidence of human
activity has been found,

as rick, marty and craig
had hoped.

However, since they did find
incredible evidence

of a wooden tunnel
at a depth of some 180 feet,

they can now drill
a new adjacent hole

along craig's grid plan

to hopefully continue tracing it
to where it leads.

Clear.

You all good, terry,
on this one?

Yes.
Let's note it and move on.

Narrator:
While terry

and representatives
from choice drilling

prepare to reposition
the drill rig

at the next borehole
on craig tester's grid,

charles barkhouse
joins rick lagina

as they meet with rare coin and
artifact expert sandy campbell

in the oak island
interpretive centre...

Sandy.

-Hey, rick.
-...To get his analysis

of the gold-colored object found
one day ago by gary drayton.

Charles:
It's from the swamp.

Sandy:
Wow.

-Rick: And-and deep.
-Yeah.

- Really?
-Rick: About three
or four feet down.

Sandy:
Wow, that's cool.

Rick:
Gary believed

that it was gold.

sandy:
You know,
I-I think it's quite yellow.

But let's--
you know, let's clean it up.

-Sure.
-Let's put some water in here

and have a peek.

I'm curious what we might see.

Well, if you're curious,

- we certainly are.
-Yeah.

narrator:
An ultrasonic cleaner

is a device
that works by creating

high-frequency pressure in water

to thoroughly
but gently clean objects

without causing abrasions
or damaging them.

Charles:
You know, after sandy's
initial impressions,

he decides to put it
in the ultrasonic cleaner

to pull out any details

either on the obverse

or on the reverse of the knob.

Sandy:
Let's take a peek.

Definitely found in a swamp.

There's a lot of dirt
coming from inside.

Rick:

Sandy:
This is really...

Quite odd.

I mean, you can tell
by the workmanship,

it's far from modern.

Or it could be some kind
of a-a knob from a jewel chest.

Does that mean that it's
something from more high-end?

- I-I would think
this is more high-end, yeah.
-Yeah.

Sandy:
Yeah, for sure, you know,
probably somebody with money.

It could have been
just for a secret box.

who knows?

My question is,
what was inside it?

-yeah.
-You know?

I know.
What was inside the box?

It's funny, though,
out in the field

we thought that had
the appearance of gold.

Sandy:
No, this here screams brass.

Really?

If it was gold,

that color would be
a higher karat.

It wouldn't be ten or...

It'd be, like,
18-karat or-or 20-karat.

It would have
a little more weight

'cause gold is much more dense
than, than copper and, and zinc.

Although, you know, under
a loop it does have a really,

you know,
close resemblance to gold.

Rick:
So, sandy affirmed

that it was not gold
or gold-plated,

but what he did attest to
is the fact

that this was an item
not of common usage--

it was indeed a high-end item--

and that, in his belief,
that it came from a chest.

That's interesting,
but it's not definitive.

What is
a high-end chest pull doing

three or four feet down
in a swamp?

It's certainly
an interesting piece.

I think we've done
as much here--

you've done as much here--
as we possibly can.

-Yeah.
-I can't say it often enough--

we thank you
for your assistance.

Well, the journey is
really the treasure.

- It absolutely is.
-But let's not rule out,

- you know, a big bag of gold
at some point, so...

we appreciate the help,
sandy, we really do.

-Thank you.
-Yeah, I appreciate
the opportunity.

-Charles: See you later.
-Sandy: Take care.

Narrator: Later that afternoon,
as archaeologists laird niven,

miriam amirault, liz michels,
and dr. Aaron taylor,

along with charles barkhouse
and surveyor steve guptill,

search through the spoils

removed
from the stone-paved pathway,

rick lagina and metal detecting
expert gary drayton

are searching
the feature itself.

Okay, so, what have
you found so far?

All the orange flags
are mine.

-These?
-Yeah.

Rick:
Really?

Gary:
Yeah, all the orange-red flags

-are us.
-So, are we going to dig it?

I'd like to dig 'em up.

Do you want me to start?

-Yeah, please.
-Which one?

Two flags over here.

Okay.

yep, it's underneath
that branch here.

My guess is,
it's right underneath her.

rick:
Does not want to come out.

Did it come up?

It'll snap off.

It's really loose on that end.

I don't think
that's going anywhere.

rick:
Let's see if we can
get it out anyway.

That's a, that's a timber.

That's big.

That's a nice-looking piece
of timber, isn't it?

Yeah, it is.

There is wood there
and it's got iron in it.

-And it's got a--

some kind of iron fastener
in it,

which will be interesting
if it's still in the wood.

-This could be something.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
A wood timber found alongside
the stone pathway in the swamp?

And giving off
strong signals for iron?

Could it be part
of the structure?

And if so, could it offer clues

to help identify
when it was made?

What do you think is the
best plan of attack, rick?

I don't know.

I don't want to damage it.

But you can't leave
that iron fastener there, mate,

not without knowing what it is.

I know you.

No, it's coming out.

--it's just a matt--
it's just a matter of,

are we going to manually dig it

or are we going
to mechanized dig it?

Scott, can you come on over
a minute?

We've got a piece of wood
in there,

but gary has detected
a piece of iron.

-Right, gary?
-Yeah, there's definitely

an iron fastener
in that wood, and...

-That's right.
-...It looks,

-that wood looks old, scott.
-You see right here?

Scott:
Yeah.

So, I just want to get this
out of here

and maybe this
and then just gently scrape.

Don't-don't dig.

-Just kind of scrape.
-Yeah.

Then we'll try to dig it out.

Plow that back in the bucket.

-Yep.
-All right.

Gary:
We have a signal in the wood.

This is deep, and that gives us
real good context for this find,

'cause if this is
an old iron fastener

and it's still in the wood,
then the wood and the fastener

is really old.

Rick:
Get that out first.

Gary:
That's a big old boulder,
isn't it?

-Rick: Yeah, it is.
-Wasn't expecting that.

No.

Can you just move it?

Well, it's right here.

That is an impressive piece
of timber, rick.

It is, and it's cut.

And it's cut.

put your metal detector
down there.

- See it?

ooh, yeah, look at that.

Yeah, that's a screamer, mate.

That's a good chunk
of iron in there.

that's a beauty. Look at that.

That is gorgeous.

That is a really old spike.

That kind of dates this timber.

I mean, that is really old.

At least 1700s
by the look of that spike.

Narrator:
In the oak island swamp,

rick lagina and gary drayton

have just made what could be
another important discovery

while investigating
the massive stone pathway:

A hand-cut wood timber

containing a potentially
ancient iron spike.

We need to find
the extent of it.

I think it's hand digging
at this point, right?

-Gary: Yeah.
-Scott: I think so, yeah.

You don't want to move it,

and if she's butted up
against there, it could snap it.

Yeah, we'll dig it up by hand
and then we can put it

in the bucket
and take it over there

-and wash it off.
-Yep.

Gary:
Whoa, watch yourself...

Look at that spike sticking
out of there.

-We got two of them.
-Wow, look at that.

Gary:
Let's stand it up
and get it out.

That is gorgeous. Look at that.

And the fasteners in situ, look.

Rick:
Well, they're spiked
two different ways.

Scott:
Yeah, that's what I was
just thinking as well.

The head's coming in this way,

and this one's coming in
that way.

Why is that?

This is a big spike.

This looks boat-related to me.

Scott:
Well, if you were going
to build a dock,

you'd want to build it
out of timbers

-sized like this.
-Gary: Yep.

Narrator:
Could gary drayton be correct
that he and rick have found

the remains of a ship's dock
in the swamp?

And connected
to the massive stone pathway?

If so, could it offer more
evidence that the stone feature

was used to transfer something
of great value onto oak island?

Rick:
The wrought iron spike
was an outlier.

That was an aha moment because

in my mind I'm framing up
this concept

that this is just a cobbled
together, structure

that facilitates some sort
of cantilever bridge

for probing in the swamp.

And then gary pulls out
this spike--

it's certainly handwrought,
it's certainly old.

Hey, steve, can you come over?

We need you, young man,
to gps this log,

which was found in that trench.

Sure.

So, this would have been
roughly the surface location?

-Gary: Yep, that's correct.
-Okay.

here we go.

Rick:
It's confusing.

Surely they would use
that spike in this structure.

It's an oak island tease,
you know.

You-you think you have
an understanding

of what you're looking at
and then, all of a sudden,

you pull up something
that's just an outlier,

so then you start extrapolating
on that idea.

"okay, we need to dig further,
we need to dig deeper."

marty: We clearly have
to follow the stone pathway

all the way
'cause it's enigmatic,

it's got artifacts on it,
it's very old.

So what's it there for?

You know, how does it fit in
with the treasure story?

So we have to find it, we have
to follow it to where it leads.

I believe we're going
to get some answers

off this, rick, for sure.

I hope so.

That was worth fighting for.

Yeah.

It's just one little iron hit
can lead

to something fantastic
like that.

Rick:
That was pretty cool.

Narrator:
For rick, marty, craig,
and their team,

the clues that may soon reveal
the answers

to the 225-year-old
oak island mystery continue

to emerge both near the surface
and deep below ground.

However, they also offer
more tantalizing questions.

Might the team really be
on the verge

of discovering
the original money pit

and a vault filled
with incredible treasures

and priceless documents?

Or does the swamp
ultimately hold the secrets

that generations of people
have searched for

and so far have cost
six men their lives?

The laginas are now
on a promising path,

but just where
is it leading them?

Next time
on the curse of oak island...

-Marty: Wow.
-Charles: This is
the tupper shaft,

-which was ten feet away
from the money pit.
-Great, guys.

Ian:
I think we're sort of
on to something right in here.

-There's a lot of rocks.
-Yeah, they're fitted.

- Ian: Yeah,
something was built here.
-Yeah.

-What is that?

-That's leather.
-Looks like a heel from a shoe.

Yeah, something like that
could be a breakthrough.

Craig, what do we got?

95% sure, 1492.

How about that?

Medieval, baby.

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