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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...

I'm ready
for a bobby‐dazzler, Gary.

Look at that! This is probably
one of the eye bolts.

‐Wow.
‐

28!
There's wood at 24.

‐Wow!
‐This is what we want to see.

It's completely virgin ground.

I got a signal, guys.

Ooh, it's a lock!
What's a lock doing in here?

This is part of a lock.

I'm gonna say it's for a box
or a trunk or a heavy chest.

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.

What do you think?

What is that?

That's the proper question

to ask: what is that?

That is not something
that should be in a swamp.

As another exciting morning
begins on Oak Island

for brothers Rick and Marty
Lagina and their partners...

That is absolutely amazing
to see in a place like this.

You would never think
this would be here.

I mean, it's just awesome.

...they continue to uncover two

of the most incredible
discoveries ever made

in the 225‐year search
for a legendary treasure.

Massive stone pathways
that have been unearthed

in the southeast corner
of the triangle‐shaped swamp.

One of which may be
leading directly

toward the original
Money Pit treasure shaft.

You've got a stone road

in the middle of a bog.

‐Why this?
‐Why this?

And why here?

I can't come up with an answer.

What do you think
your father would make of this?

He'd love to see it.
I know that.

He was such a big proponent
of the swamp.

‐Yup.
‐And

felt it played such a big role
in whatever happened here.

To see something like this now,
I just don't know what he'd say.

"I was right. I told you so!"

I kind of say that
to my brother.

Yeah.

For Rick and Marty,

these discoveries represent
more credible evidence

that something of great value

really does lie buried
on the island.

But for fellow landowner
Tom Nolan‐‐ who happens

to be the son of the late,

legendary treasure hunter
Fred Nolan‐‐

it offers validation
for the more than 50 years

of tireless work Fred spent here
trying to prove

that the swamp was an important
key to solving the mystery.

Dad believed that the answers

to Oak Island certainly laid
in that swamp.

And hopefully, it will bring
a lot of his dreams

and aspirations to light.

Whatever this is,
you got to get some answers.

Let's go down and talk to Aaron.

‐See what their thoughts are.
‐Yeah.

To ensure

that the continued investigation
of the swamp

is conducted as completely
and as carefully as possible,

they have enlisted the help of
archaeologist Dr. Aaron Taylor.

Tom has some questions for you,

and he'd probably like
to hear your opinion

to date as to what you think
this might be.

Sure. Uh, if I had
to give you my opinion

of what it is, right now,
I'd say it's a road

leading up to the Uplands.

And then we have sort
of a rubbly pathway

‐all the way down to here.
‐Yeah.

Possibly they had built
a little harbor,

somewhere to unload things.

And it was a road that would've
taken a lot of work to build.

This is an incredible discovery.

‐I've never seen
anything like it.
‐Yeah.

Question is: what's
keeping the stone up?

And we're finding
pieces of wood.

So we're thinking, possibly,
some cribbing underneath.

‐Yeah.
‐So that's what
we've got right now.

What's that? Right there?

There's no wood or anything.

Aaron, you thought there might
be some wood here, right?

‐Some timbers?
‐Yeah.

Yeah, so...

Or some sort of cribbing.

There's another layer of stone
underneath this one, though.

Right here. It's really...

‐Careful.
‐It's really firm right here.

Feel how firm that is.

Yeah.

Here's a stone here.
‐Yeah, and then you've got that

real thick whatever‐it‐is.

A cut stake.

That's very interesting.

Yeah, there's some sort
of cribbing or support.

Another layer of stones

and wood cribbing?

Has Rick discovered another
feature in the construction

of this stone road in the swamp?

Or could it be
another structure below it?

If so, just what is it
and why was it built?

That might be something
Spooner wants to look at, eh?

Mm‐hmm.

It's cut.
It looks cut.

Definitely not natural.

And it's running right under
that big stone there.

So we'll take that, sample it,

and see if we can
get some testing.

Ooh, look at that chunk.

Coal?

‐Yeah.
Nice.
Wow.

So that's the coal
we're finding.

Yeah, we've found
some pieces fairly large.

We have pounds of it now.

What would coal
be doing down here?

Well, coal doesn't float.

‐So it's not like it came
in here floating in the water.
‐No.

No, somebody left it here.
I'd say whoever did this.

Yeah. That shows
that there was a burn event.

‐Yeah.
Charcoal,

found on the stone pathway
in the swamp?

‐Yes.
Really?

That's what we're
looking for in the swamp.

One year ago,

metal detection expert
Gary Drayton discovered

a badly burned strap identified
by blacksmith Carmen Legge

to have come from
an early 18th century ship.

This offered
compelling evidence

of a long‐held theory
by Fred Nolan

that at one time
Oak Island was two islands

and that a treasure galleon
had been sailed in between them,

unloaded of its precious cargo

and then burned and sunk
in a man‐made swamp.

Could the discovery of charcoal
on this stone pathway

be corroborating evidence
that Fred's theory is true?

The only time we know coal
was used in any volume

on the island, at least
as far as the search goes,

was 1860 or beyond.

There's no need to burn
coal on that island,

in the search, until then.

So what's the coal for?

Another mystery.

Here's another one.

Another piece.

So we're finding these stakes
that are cut stakes.

Well, something would have
to hold all this up,

you know, in a bog.

‐Yeah.
You get excited about
all these things we find,

and we're just left
with more questions.

Yeah, bigger questions.
‐

Well, it's a mystery.
That's for sure.

Absolutely.

Later that afternoon,

while the investigation
continues in the swamp...

Well, guys.
We have a little metal find.

An item that was found as part
of the drilling program

in the Money Pit.

...Rick gathers
with his nephews Alex Lagina

and David Fornetti,
along with Jack Begley

and other members
of the Oak Island team,

in the war room for
an important scientific report

on a recent discovery.

Doug, if you could bring
Dr. Brosseau and Craig up,

of course Dr. Brosseau
will tell us what she has found.

‐Hey.
‐Hi, Craig.

Hi, Dr. Brosseau.

‐Hi, guys.
‐Hi, everybody.

Joining the meeting
via videoconference

are Rick and Marty's partner
Craig Tester

as well as Dr. Christa Brosseau,

a professor of chemistry
at Saint Mary's University

in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

So, Craig, if you could
bring us up to speed

about the item, where
it was found, the provenance.

You were there at the drill
table when it was found.

Okay.

Yeah, it was, uh,
well number, uh, C‐9.

There was that new shaft
that, uh, we found,

and found quite a bit
of wood, and then, uh,

Gary found that piece of metal.

So hopefully, looking
at this piece of metal,

we can, uh, get a‐a rough date,

to see if it's possibly
the Tupper Shaft.

Hmm. Interesting.

I would say that's the end
of a square nail.

Wow.

One week ago,

while conducting
a core‐drilling operation

in the hopes of finally locating
the original Money Pit,

the team obtained a square nail
from a depth of 95 feet

in Borehole C‐9,

which they believe
could be connected

to the so‐called Tupper Shaft,

a shaft named for Adams Tupper,
a member of the Truro Company

who constructed a wooden shaft
in 1850

just ten feet northwest
of the original Money Pit

in a failed attempt to retrieve
the fabled treasure vault

from below while avoiding
the man‐made flood tunnels.

It is the team's hope
that if this nail

could be part
of the Tupper Shaft,

it could mean they are
within striking distance

of locating the Money Pit
treasure vault.

So, what can you
tell us, Christa?

All right, well, I'm gonna share
my screen and show you the data.

So, what you'll see is that

this square nail does contain
manganese, at about .68%.

So that's right in the .1%
to one percent manganese,

um, that we use as a‐a marker
for more modern iron.

So, I would say
this is most likely

a post‐1840 wrought iron nail.

‐That's great.
‐Yes.

That's an aha moment.

Uh, that...
it's stunning, actually.

Because the relationship
was known

between the Tupper Shaft
and the Money Pit.

That means that if we find
the Tupper Shaft,

then it's a simple hop, skip
and a jump to the Money Pit.

So we've got some work to do,
but it's definitely exciting.

Dr. Brosseau's analysis

has affirmed
that what we are doing

in terms of our drill program

right now is appropriate.

So, we're very appreciative.

And it could be, Dr. Brosseau,

that we are close
to the Money Pit.

And if that be the case,

we would certainly like you to
come out and celebrate with us.

Oh, that's my pleasure.
I'm glad it's helpful.

Well, i‐it certainly is.

We thank you.
Till the next time, Doctor.

‐Absolutely. Take care.
‐Bye‐bye.
Bye.

This is a very good thing
for our hunt.

Yeah.
Let's get after it.

Following the meeting
in the war room...:

So, Steve, have you,
uh, got a number?

We are actually
on this one, Terry.

CD 8.5.

Geologist Terry Matheson

along with
surveyor Steve Guptill

and project manager Scott Barlow

are supervising the team's
core‐drilling operation

in Borehole CD 8.5,

where they are hoping to confirm
that they have located

the Tupper Shaft,

a searcher shaft
constructed in 1850

that sits
just ten feet northwest

from the original Money Pit.

We want to look
for anything loose.

Any sign of, you know, timber.
Anything like that

to tell us we're either in
or near a shaft.

‐Yep.
‐Possible collapsed shaft.

‐Yep. Uh...
‐So, if‐if something
does come up of interest,

we‐we may want
to pursue it deeper.

And try to find the definition

‐of the physical bounds
of all the walls.
‐Yeah.

Looks like we got
ten feet of core over there.

I'll go grab it.

Okay, good. Thank you.

Eight to 18.

‐18?
‐Just that one.

‐That's to 18?
‐Yeah, that's 18.

‐You got wood.
‐Oh, yeah.

We've been...
That whole thing's wood.

‐So, 18 here.
‐Yeah.

‐And then what's the one?
‐That's 24.

‐Okay.
‐That one's 28.

18, 24, 28.

If this is the Tupper Shaft,

it's made hope spring.

It's made hope spring
from our hearts again

about the Money Pit.

Great.

That maybe they left
sufficient tracks

that we can find it.

So that's what I'm hoping,

because this is
a pretty good possibility.

Some wood at 24.

There's some loose,
disturbed material already.

From the looks of it,
there's a lot of wood there.

Wow!

‐This is what we want to see.
Wow.

That's
a significant intersection

of stacked timber.

We're into the wall already.

The possible wall

of the so‐called Tupper Shaft?

If the team can verify

the orientation
of the structure,

they may be able
to finally pinpoint

the location
of the original Money Pit

and the fabled treasure vault.

That's gold.

Because that helps us
to determine the shaft, right?

If‐if we can stay in it
right to the bottom.

So, we're going
to the bottom on this one,

‐probably.
Yes, sir. It'd be great.

It'd be nice
if we can come out of the wall

and walk down the inside
so we get...

‐so we get the floor.
Agreed.

Let's‐let's get
more confirmation.

Let's go right down the center
and find out...

be sure of the bottom.

‐I like that.
‐There we go!

Things are going
according to plan.

Later that day...

Hey, Carmen.
Carmen, how we doing?

Oh, lookee here.

Oak Island historian
Doug Crowell

and project manager Scott Barlow

have traveled some 50 miles
north of Oak Island

to Northville Farm
in Centreville, Nova Scotia,

to meet with blacksmith expert
Carmen Legge.

So, what brings you here today?

Well, we've got an artifact
we'd like you

‐to take a look at.
‐Oh, one of those days.

Yeah.
‐I really look forward to that.

Let you have a look at it.

Oh, we'll have a look‐see.

Very interesting.

Lot 13, so that's a swamp lot.

That is a large piece of iron.

Two months ago,
while searching on Lot 13,

located near the eastern edge
of the Oak Island swamp,

Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton
made an unusual discovery.

You know what this
reminds me of, actually?

It's like
a cabinet drawer lock.

‐It's not big enough for a door.
‐Yeah.

Wonder what it's doing out here.

Now, after having the item
cleaned and conserved

by Laird Niven,

they are hoping
Carmen can shed more light

on just what it is

and also what
it might have been used for.

Well, this is, uh,

a latch or a part of a lock.

And you can see
it's double‐bolted.

So, this is for a very secure
door or lid for a box.

You can see that there's, uh,

some little inserts
that go in there.

You can see these,
uh, e‐embedded

‐into the iron plate there.
Yes.

This is a higher‐end lock.

It was more secure.

I'm gonna say
it's for a box or a trunk

or that sort of thing.

A double‐bolted lock,

used to secure a trunk
or possibly a chest?

Look at that.

Wow. That's bloody brilliant.

It might be, actually, gold.

Two weeks ago,

Gary Drayton discovered
a shiny, gold‐colored knob

in the mysterious
triangle‐shaped swamp,

which, according to rare coin

and artifact expert
Sandy Campbell,

may be a critical piece
of the Oak Island puzzle.

Could be some kind of a, a knob

from a jewel chest.

Could these two discoveries

be connected?

If so, what happened
to the chest

and whatever it contained?

And you can see
that it's quite elaborate

on the inside of this mechanism.

And the, uh, center rivet
holding the two parts together.

So there's o‐other parts
that go with this.

So, as it was turned,
both bolts came‐‐

‐extracted around the corner.
Right.

Well, that's interesting.

It's a very typical heavy chest.

You want something
that's gonna be

really, really secured.

Not a simple traveler's trunk.

Well, we really appreciate
your thoughts on this.

We find out exactly
where this came from

and, uh, see if we can go back
there and take another look.

Well, we'll get out of your way

'cause I know you're busy
making things.

See you soon, I hope.

Very good. Yep.
Thanks, Carmen.

Have a good day.

Later that afternoon...

So, Rick, we're gonna start

working our way down here.

...after returning
to Oak Island,

Scott Barlow joins Rick Lagina

and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

as they continue uncovering more

of the second
mysterious stone pathway

recently discovered
in the swamp.

I‐I should actually jump down
and help you with that.

A lot more wood in here.

‐And no rock.
Right.

But my guess is, it goes...

That way?

Yeah.

Well, then, maybe
we should get Scott to...

Yeah, I would, I would agree.

Scott, could you peel this away?

Give it a little pull.

When you see the stone road,

what immediately
springs to mind is:

where does it go?

If this is hidden and massive
and used for some, uh,

arcane purpose,
we need to know where it goes.

There's probably the wall,
right there.

This curve was
with purpose, too.

Somebody was notching out
a ton of wood here.

There's chips from axes
everywhere.

Yeah, it's everywhere.

Chipped pieces of wood,

hand‐cut by someone using an ax?

But for what purpose?

And so they were
cutting the, the heck

out of something here.

Whether it was cribwork or...

But, again, that was
underneath that rock there.

Hey, Scott.

Just that‐that chunk
right there.

Billy might be able
to get that better

from that side
because if I pull this way,

I'm gonna pull up into the rock.

Okay. We'll let him do it.

Look at all those layers
of sticks there.

Right here.

Wow.

There's something.

That's very important.

Holy crow.

Hey, here. Take a look at this.

‐That's cut wood.
Wow.

They were able to build
the stone road because of this.

In the Oak Island swamp,

Dr. Ian Spooner and Rick Lagina
have just discovered layers

of hand‐cut wood
used as a foundation

for the massive stone pathway.

All the woodchips that we see

are from them cutting
all this‐‐ these saplings,

throwing them down on the swamp,

so they could put the rocks
on something

when they built the road.

Confirming that this wood

is actually part
of the stone road

could provide the team
with a critical breakthrough:

a timeline for when it was
actually constructed.

Basically we can date
any of this

and get a bit of an idea
of how old that stone road is.

I think this is
really, really old.

200, 300 or more years old.

Oh, absolutely.

That is a buried,

hidden, well‐constructed,

massive road.

It's not just the one‐day
effort by one person.

It's multiple human beings,

some sort of engineering
principles were involved.

There's interior framework,

some sort of cribbing
to carry the weight.

This is very complex.

It's a very strange a‐area
worthy of further investigation.

It's a feature
that no one knew about

and‐and it's providing some
very interesting possibilities.

Yep.
Tomorrow, then,

we have to follow up
on these clues.

Absolutely.

The following morning...

Do you think we should
pull this out and pile it,

Craig, or put it
in a pile in here?

Yeah, I think it's gonna
be easier here.

Yeah.

...Craig Tester, along with

metal detection expert
Gary Drayton,

join Dr. Aaron Taylor

and heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt

in the southeastern corner
of the swamp

to continue investigating
the two mysterious stone roads.

That sure smells good, Gary.

‐
Ugh. Fresh baked bread.

I got a signal.

A clear, two‐way repeatable.

‐Right on the surface, or...?
‐Yeah, just there.

Ooh.

It's this, whatever this is.

Something in here.

Should I break it‐‐ ooh,
it's ch‐‐ uh, is it a chain

or is it a lock?

A possible lock

found near the stone road
in the swamp?

Could it be in some way
connected

to the double‐bolted latch
discovered on Lot 13,

or perhaps
the gold‐colored knob

that possibly came
from a jewelry chest?

That's very interesting.

Yeah.

Yeah, what's a lock
doing in here?

Yeah. Yeah.

Might be old. You never know.

Well, we'll get it cleaned up.

Okay, mate. Thanks.

Nice find.

Later that afternoon...

Are you hitting rock
down here or...?

Yep, for the most part.

I just don't want
to get too aggressive.

No, you'll feel it.

...while Rick Lagina
works with members of the team

to expose more of the second
stone pathway in the swamp...

Hey, Marty.

Oh, hey, guys.

...Craig Tester meets

with his stepson Jack Begley
and Marty Lagina

in the war room
to discuss the current progress

of their drilling operation
at the Money Pit.

Anyway, what's going on
out in the field?

I want to show you
where we're at.

Because of these
deeper woods finds,

we decided to go ahead
and drill CD 8.5 right here.

And it appears that we've hit
the Tupper Shaft.

Mm‐hmm.

And, uh, we either want to go

southeast towards OC‐1

or west towards C‐1.

And we think we can get
a better handle by, uh,

one, drilling in this area
to define the shaft‐‐

‐how big is it‐‐
that may help us.
‐Yeah.

Although the team
has been encouraged

that they have located
the 19th century Tupper Shaft,

because of its close proximity
to the original Money Pit,

they have had difficulty
confirming

the orientation
of the structure.

We don't know where

in the Tupper Shaft we are.

I mean, if it's ten by ten,
we can be

‐at one end or the other.
‐Yeah, okay.

Well, couple comments.

Number one:
I'm so sick of finding wood.

I'm really sick of finding wood.

But th‐the real question
you're asking me is:

should we go this way first?

Yes. We're limited on time.
We really think,

to know which direction to go,
we really feel

we need to define this.

Yeah, define it for sure.

If it is the Tupper Shaft,
then we're zeroing in,

yet again, on the, uh,
Money Pit.

Yeah. Mm‐hmm.
That seems to be

‐dodging us all the time.
‐That's really exciting.

It is. So which way
do you want to go?

Well, the next one

we want to look for the shaft
is right here.

So, just moving a little bit off
this last one

where we found the edge of it.

To try to find out, you know,
if we're in the heart of it

and how deep it is.

That's the key, Craig.

Of all the things you‐you said,

the one that resonates
with me is:

we‐we never had a landmark
that close to the Money Pit.

So I would say we go out there,
we delineate this thing,

and then if the historical data
supports the delineation

that this is the Tupper Shaft,

then we're within ten feet
of the Money Pit.

‐Yep.
‐Well, that would be big.

‐: Yeah.
‐Well, look, I'm on board
with that.

‐Okay. Okay.
‐Let's chase it.

Here's what I am

excited about
on this so‐called Tupper Shaft.

As we've been trying to zero in
on the original Money Pit,

man, has it been elusive.

We keep having dimensions‐‐
like, from Shaft Nine,

I think it was 90 feet
or something.

Well, that's a big arc
and a lot of territory.

So, if we're within ten feet
of the Money Pit,

yeah, we're zeroing in on it.

Looking at this map, too,

if this is the Tupper Shaft
up here,

‐that would leave a lot of area
around it for exploration.
Yes.

It would explain
why we haven't found it

with this spaghetti mess
down here.

Yep.

From the human heart,
hope springs eternal.

I'm on board.

Why don't you guys go find Rick?

I'm totally on board.

‐Let's do it.
Okay.

Great. Thanks for the update.

Appreciate it.

As another new day begins
on Oak Island...ATOR:

Gonna be real curious to see

what Laird and company
have got going.

...Marty Lagina
and his son Alex

arrive at the old homestead
of Samuel Ball,

who owned this property
on Lot 25

from the late 18th
to the mid‐19th century.

‐Hey, Laird.
Hey, guys.

‐How are you?
‐Good.

Due to a number
of compelling discoveries

that the team has recently made
in and around the swamp,

such as the gold‐colored knob,

as well as the metal lock
and latch

also believed to have
been part of a chest,

Rick, Marty and Craig
have directed

archaeologist Laird Niven
and his team

to help them look deeper

into one of Oak Island's
most intriguing

and controversial
historical figures.

This is not the foundation
central, right?

No, no.

This was a stone‐lined pit.

Lots of organics in it.

Not a huge number of artifacts.

Some handwrought nails
and some pottery.

Samuel Ball had quite
an estate here.

Yeah, he did.

In 1765,

Samuel Ball was born a slave on
a plantation in South Carolina.

However, at just 11 years old,

he bravely escaped
and made his way north,

eventually achieving his freedom
when he joined British forces

during the American Revolution.

At the war's end, he would
once again make a brave journey,

this time to Nova Scotia, Canada

where he would buy Lot 25
on Oak Island

for a reported eight pounds.

Although he was known
to his neighbors

as a simple cabbage farmer,

Samuel Ball would
mysteriously become

one of the wealthiest landowners
in the province,

owning a total of 36 acres here

and several more
on the mainland,

leaving many to wonder
over the years

if he discovered something
of great value on Oak Island.

‐Liz has a really interesting
spot over here.
Let's go look at that.

Because the surviving foundation
of Samuel Ball's home

has been designated
as a protected heritage site

by the Canadian government,

Laird Niven has obtained
a special permit

allowing for an official
archaeological excavation

of the area.

Hi, Liz.

‐Hi, guys.
Hey, Liz.

What have you found?
What is this?

Well,

we've been getting a lot
of artifacts out of here.

Which have been nice.

Um, we got, like,
this piece here.

It's a really nice piece
of, uh, of redware.

It's almost
a tortoiseshell design.

Oh, yeah.

Oh yeah, I see it.

‐On the inside.
‐Yeah, right there.

I haven't seen
too many of those yet.

That's the first one
out of here.

‐Age?
‐Uh, eight‐‐

end of the 18th
into the 19th century.

Mm‐hmm.

There's a lot of stuff
hiding around here, right?

There's a really good
assortment

of pottery here, so we know
he had, uh, quite a few pieces.

Which is a form of wealth
at that time, right?

I mean, to have a lot of stuff?

The variety?
Yeah, the variety's surprising.

Some things
I've never seen before.

‐Yeah.
‐And it's all solidly
within Samuel Ball's life.

Although it
is generally reported

that the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795

was made by three young men
named Daniel McGinnis,

Anthony Vaughan and John Smith,

according to an alternate
version of the story

from an 1870 publication
entitled

History of the County
of Lunenberg,

it was McGinnis, Smith
and Samuel Ball

who found and first excavated
the legendary treasure shaft.

Is it possible that Samuel Ball
really did discover

part of the fabled
Oak Island treasure?

If so, could there
still be evidence,

or possibly valuables,
on his former property

to prove it?

What about last year?
We were looking for the end

‐of that tunnel on the other
side of the foundation.
‐Yeah.

‐Did you ever find that?
‐I believe we did.

‐Oh, you think so?
‐Yeah. Yeah.

There's an opening here, Gary.

‐What is that?
Like a little tunnel?
‐: Yeah.

Last year, while searching just
outside the stone foundation...

I mean, if this is a tunnel,

it's an aha moment.

...the team uncovered

what appeared to be
a large drain

or, potentially,
a narrow tunnel.

We're getting jammed right now.

You're stuck
right there?
‐Yeah.

But, unfortunately,

when they ran a pipe inspection
camera inside it,

they encountered a large stone
blocking their path.

I find Samuel Ball to be

an incredibly interesting
character.

Does it have anything
to do with treasure? It might.

Because some
of the old stories say

he was one of the ones
who found the Money Pit.

He might have a role to play.

Do you have

‐any better idea what it is?
No.

I might put in a‐another
test pit offset by a meter.

And we'll find that out
once we get this cleared out.

Once everything's cleared out.

This is just
the very, very start.

Okay. Well, find the vault where
he hid the gold that he found.

Yeah.
‐

Positive start so far.

While Marty and Alex

continue working with Laird
and Liz on Lot 25...

‐
Here we go.

...and while
the core‐drilling operation

in the Money Pit continues...

Gary, can you check over here

‐for a little bit?
Yep, I can.

Yeah, find something
in there for us.

...Craig Tester,

along with Gary Drayton,

Steve Guptill
and Billy Gerhardt,

are searching the Uplands

on the eastern edge of the swamp
for evidence of which direction

the mysterious stone pathway
may be heading,

as well as for any important
clues or valuables.

‐
‐Oh!

Yeah, it's iron.

It's right in there, Craig.

There it is.

Yeah, you got it out.

The moment of truth.

What the heck is that?

I don't know.

Let's get Aaron over here.

Aaron... can you come here?

It's not big enough to be
some kind of shackle.

What do you got?

I dug it out of
this hole right here.

It's broken.

It's iron.

But it was way down there.

It's got to be old, right?

Oh, it's really interesting.

That is unusual.

Wow.

about it. got a clampl

That's how it fits together.

In the Oak Island swamp,
Gary Drayton has just made

what could be
an important discovery.

I was thinking
it's some kind of, like, a iron

bangle bracelet‐type thing.

It does look a little
bracelet‐y.

Or even some kind
of decorative handle.

Well made by the look of it.

A decorative handle
or possible bracelet?

Could it be yet another part
of a chest

found in the swamp
near the stone pathway?

Or could it be a piece
of treasure

that the chest once contained?

And when that's cleaned up
and they can connect it

and then we see the shape and...

I think we'll be able
to tell what it is then.

Excellent. So we potentially
have got an artifact.

‐Oh, yeah.
‐Got that old feel about it,
this has.

A bit of oldness here, mate.
That's what that is.

Bag it and tag it.

Well, this is a fancy,
scrolled, ornate iron artifact.

To me, this would look
in place at the Money Pit.

Maybe this is a connection
between the Money Pit

and the swamp.

It's got a very old feel
about it for sure.

I wouldn't be surprised
if this is from the 1700s.

Yeah, we can send that off
to Dr. Brosseau.

She can test that.
And I'd wager money

that that is pre‐1830s.

I'm gonna tag that location
while we have it open.

Right here.

I'm gonna call it "C Wall
Iron 2," Aaron, for your bag.

I'll be right back.
I got to go move the rig.

‐All right, mate.
‐I'm gonna go see

‐what they're doing over here.
‐See you in a bit.

‐Yep.
‐Okay.

‐So I'm going over there
now, Billy.
‐Yep.

I'm ready for a bobby‐dazzler,
Gary.

Oh, long overdue.

Ooh, good target.

That sounds fantastic.

Yeah, Billy, you might want
to come see this, mate.

This sounds really,
really good.

‐Let's see. Yeah.
‐

This could be what
we're looking for.

A clear, two‐way
repeatable signal.

Sounds like a coin.

Definitely got
something here, mate.

I hope so.

Now I'm getting
a rapid vibration.

This is iron.

I think there it is, Billy.

Oh, I can feel it.

Look at that.

It's an anchor, right?

This is really old.

I wonder if this is
one of the ringbolts.

This is fantastic.

Yeah, looks like a ringbolt.

We could have found
a ringbolt, mate.

I've always wanted to see
what one of these looked like.

This was probably in a boulder
in this area.

And you can just tell
the weight of this.

This is hand‐forged.

A piece of Oak Island history.

After purchasing eight lots
across the middle of Oak Island

in the 1960s,

Fred Nolan, who was
a surveyor by trade,

mapped his entire property,
taking note of

numerous man‐made markers,
such as the megalithic

boulder formation
now known as Nolan's Cross.

He also discovered
three iron ringbolts

embedded in large rocks.

It was Fred's suspicion
that these ringbolts

had been used to anchor
a treasure galleon

on what is now the eastern edge
of the man‐made swamp

so that its precious cargo
could be unloaded.

Is it possible that Gary has
found another such ringbolt,

used during the deposit
of a vast treasure

on Oak Island centuries ago?

‐Everybody's gonna be excited
about that.
‐Yeah.

What are you guys doing?

That looks huge.

Yep. We made a fantastic
recovery, Craig.

Wow.

One of the missing ringbolts.

‐Oh, really?
‐Yep.
‐We figure.

Well, it's a good find.
Uh, I'm gonna give Rick a call.

‐Yeah, definitely.
‐For sure.

I know this was on Rick's
"to find" list for sure.

I always used to judge

the quality of the find

based on Gary's
Cheshire cat grin.

I just wish I had
a bigger top pocket.

In the Uplands on the eastern
edge of the Oak Island swamp,

Rick Lagina and Laird Niven
have just arrived

after being alerted to a
potentially important discovery.

Wow.

Oh, wow, indeed.

That is incredible.

Where'd you find that?

Just here. In situ.

‐It's amazing.
‐Yeah.

Laird, what do you make of it?

I mean, it's old.

Yeah, you can tell.
‐Yeah. Yeah.

It's definitely pre‐1830.

I have no problem with it
in the 18th century.

It's well made.

Be interesting to see
where this turns.

‐Right.
‐Yeah.

‐
‐

I know that my brother's
a proponent of

‐"if you dig,
you find something."
‐Yeah.

Well, you dug and you found
something, so let me see

if he's available.

Hello?

Yeah, you know, we're,
we're out here in the swamp.

Hang on one second.

How you doing, Marty?

We've just made a heck
of a discovery.

We found one of the ringbolts,
the famous ringbolts,

and it is magnificent.

Oh, it's hand‐forged.

This is a nice old piece
of iron.

Even Laird's going back
into the 18th century.

Actually, the next person I'd
like to have look at it is Tom.

Yup.

Yeah.

‐Yeah, potentially.
‐Yeah.

‐You're welcome.
‐Cheers, mate.

‐Good find.
‐Great find.

The swamp, it continues to be
the keeper of secrets.

Will we be able to unravel
or to come to an understanding

of what those secrets are
and how relevant they are

to the Money Pit work
or the Money Pit story?

I don't know.

That's yet to be determined.

But get down and dirty
every day,

you'll eventually figure it out.

Beautiful piece of old iron, and
maybe it has a story to tell.

‐Yep.
‐Great day, everybody.

‐Yep.
‐Thank you.

We've just got
to keep digging in the swamp.

For Rick, Marty, Craig,

and the Fellowship of the Dig,

the path they are following
in the hopes of solving

a 225‐year mystery
continues to reveal promise

that soon a vast treasure
will be found.

And the many faithful searchers
who came before them

and those who may have
discovered

more than anyone ever knew
also play a critical role

in how the epic story
of Oak Island

may finally come to an end.

A story that, once fully told,

could rewrite the history
of the world.

Next time on The Curse
of Oak Island...

What type of things
would this be used for?

Why put a ringbolt
in a rock here?

‐Working with block and tackles.
Heavy cargo, heavy stuff.
‐Right.

Oh, that's nice.
Musket decoration.

‐It might speak to wealth.
‐Yeah.

Which way do you think
we should chase this?

‐Everything's telling me it's
turning up to the Money Pit.
‐That's great.

Wow.
‐Look at this.

It's exactly what we hoped for.

We're heading to the Money Pit.

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