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Narrator:
Tonight 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.

Gary:
Ooh.

That's nice. Musket decoration.

-It might speak to wealth.
-Yeah.

Rick:
Which way do you think

we should chase this?

Everything is telling me

it's turning up
to the money pit.

-That's great.
-Terry: Wow.

Look at this.

Terry:
It's exactly what we hoped for.

We're heading to the money pit.

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.

another historic day
has begun on oak island...

-Rick: Here we are.
-...As brothers rick
and marty lagina,

along with their partner
craig tester

and members of their team,

continue searching for clues
that they hope will soon reveal

the answers to a 225-year-old
treasure mystery.

-Rick: Let's take a look.
-Doug: Yeah.

Narrator:
And in the artificially-made
triangle-shaped swamp

where a mysterious stone road
was unearthed several weeks ago

that may be connected
to the money pit treasure shaft,

rick lagina is eager to share
a potentially critical discovery

that was just made nearby

with fellow oak island landowner
tom nolan.

Rick:
How's it going, gary?

Good.

Why-why don't you guys
come over here and, uh,

-show him what you found?
-Of course.

-Look at the smile on his face.

it's a big top-pocket find,
for sure.

Feast your eyes on some
ancientness from the swamp.

Oh, look at that.

You've got yourself a ringbolt.

-Gary: Yep.
-Wow.

Gary:
Is that magnificent or what?

Tom:
Yep. That sure is.

The fact is, your dad did have
a map that showed a ringbolt

in this general vicinity.

-Tom: Yeah.
-Rick: You're looking at holding

something that your father
based a lot of his-his efforts.

Yeah. I can imagine
if dad was here,

he'd be quickly plotting
the location

of this and trying to tie it
into the other ringbolts

-to see,
"okay, where do I go now?"
-yeah.

Narrator:
Back in the early 1960s,

tom nolan's father,
the late fred nolan,

approached m.R. Chappell,

who owned the eastern end
of the island,

to help him excavate
the fabled money pit.

However, when fred's offer
was denied,

the determined professional
surveyor purchased eight lots

across the center of oak island,
including the swamp,

and spent the next several years
investigating the property

and, incredibly, made a number
of compelling discoveries.

Among them were
two large iron ringbolts

that fred found
embedded in boulders

on the eastern edge
of the brackish bog.

Believing they might have been
used to anchor a ship

within the swamp at some time,
he drained the area in 1969

and was stunned to discover
not only wooden scuppers

but also part of a mast

belonging to a large
sailing vessel.

This led fred to the theory
that the swamp

was artificially created

to hide the wreck
of a treasure galleon.

Could this iron ringbolt,
found next to the stone pathway,

be more proof
that fred nolan's suspicions

of the swamp are true?

It's hard to believe I've got
one of these in my hand.

And probably one
that he didn't know was here.

-Yeah.
-It's, uh, it's quite a moment.

Tom: And hopefully it takes us
in the right direction.

-Mm-hmm.
-More questions, though, rick.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-yep. Absolutely.

Tom:
Dad believed that the answers
to oak island

certainly laid in that swamp,
and to be able to do

what we're doing here today is--

hopefully it will bring
a lot of his dreams

and aspirations to-to light.

Carmen might be able to
enlighten us about the purpose.

-Craig: Yeah.
-You know, how old it is.

Rick:
I think we all believe

-it's pre-1840.
-Gary: Yeah.

And I'm c-certain we're gonna
find another ringbolt

if we keep following this road.

This is the highway to treasure.

-tom :
Highway to treasure.

Narrator:
While, rick, craig, tom
and the team

continue investigating
the swamp...

Scott:
Well, so far, so good.

Yeah. We had high hopes,
and so far

-we haven't been disappointed.
-Nope.

Narrator:
...In the money pit area,

project manager scott barlow,
charles barkhouse,

geologist terry matheson
and surveyor steve guptill

are supervising the team's
core-drilling operation

at borehole cd 8.5,

a borehole where they believe
that they've encountered

the so-called tupper shaft,

a 19th century structure
built by the truro company

that reportedly sits
just ten feet northwest

of the original money pit.

If the team can verify
the orientation

and dimensions of this shaft,

they could be one major step
closer to locating

the fabled
money pit treasure vault.

Steve g.:
53 to the bottom.

Terry:
All right.

Scott:
It's still very soft.

Terry:
Oh, yeah. This is loose.

Well-- whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Look at that. Look at that.
-Hold it now.

-And then you get
your encouragement.
-There we go.

Terry:
So, we got wood again
at 58 feet

-and 57 feet.
-Yep.

Terry:
And encouragement to carry on.

-We're still in the game.
-Yep.

Terry:
That tells us
we're awfully close.

Rick:
They need to know
the alignment of the shaft,

which will then allow you
to make a very

somewhat interpretive
u-understanding

of the alignment of the
money pit to the tupper shaft.

Unfortunately, again,
there's no cardinal direction.

It's incredibly critical
to our efforts,

because you could be off
by as much as ten or 15 feet.

You know, guys,
one of the problems that we face

whenever we're trying to locate
one of these early shafts

is we don't know
the dimensions of it.

I mean, we-we know the depth,

but we don't know--
was it a ten-by-ten?

Was it an eight-by-eight?

Are they square?
Are they rectangle?

We don't know that.

So, this is important
to try to figure that out.

Terry:
That's why
the truest information

you can get
is usually at the bottom.

And we'll have more information
to try and determine

where the heck all these shafts
are and how far they are

-from the money pit.
-Yeah.

Terry:
So, we got some good stuff
going on here.

Charles:
Yeah.

Narrator:
While the core-drilling
operation continues

in the money pit area,

over on the eastern
end of oak island...

Marty:
Wow, laird.

-You've been busy.

-whoa.
-We're trying.

Narrator: ...Marty lagina
arrives on lot 25,

where archaeologists
laird niven and liz michels

are conducting
an ongoing excavation

of the 19th century property
that once belonged

to former american slave
turned wealthy landowner

samuel ball.

Although he was known to be
a hardworking cabbage farmer

shortly after buying
this single lot back in 1786,

what is unknown is how mr. Ball
became wealthy enough

to eventually own nine lots
on oak island

as well as several more
on the mainland

by the time
of his death in 1846.

One possible explanation was
printed in the 1870 publication

known as "the history
of the county of lunenburg,"

in which samuel ball is listed

as one of the three young men

who first discovered
the money pit in 1795.

Here's the question:

Nothing to link him somehow
to a treasure find?

The biggest questions surround
"why a cellar this big," right?

But it may be that he needed
to stockpile stuff in here.

Well, he grew wealthy
through hard work

and doing the right thing...

-Yeah.
-...And not being cowed
by adversity.

-That's clear.
-Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, but he might also have...
got lucky.

-Yeah.
-So, what are
the next steps here?

Uh, well, we're gonna finish
cleaning this out

and then probably excavate it
out in quadrants

to see what's underneath.

I'm keenly interested in this.

-Yeah.
-Okay.

-All right.
-Carry on.

Marty:
Stay with it.

-I'm gonna go get gary.
-Oh, good idea.

Marty:
This looks like
a fairly substantial house.

Indications that samuel ball
was one very successful man.

But did some of his wealth come

from discoveries on oak island?

Narrator:
Although the foundation
and surrounding area

is a protected heritage site
in the province of nova scotia,

because laird niven
and liz michels are present

and able to supervise
any disturbance of the grounds,

gary drayton has official
permission to metal-detect

for any important clues.

Marty: Let's go find
something good, gary.

Yep.

oh.

-that sounds nice.
-Yeah.

And it is just there
to the side of the tree.

Marty:
Yes.

You might have got it out.

Yeah, you have.

Let's see what we've got.

It's in my hand.

Ooh, look at that.

Gary:
Let's see what we got.

And we are looking

at a little pocketknife.

-Seriously?
-Yeah.

Narrator:
On lot 25,

near the foundation of the house

that once belonged
to samuel ball,

metal detection expert
gary drayton and marty lagina

have just found what could be
an important discovery.

Marty:
I'd say that's copper
or something.

Gary:
Yeah. The ends are copper.
That's why we detected it.

Marty:
They don't make them out
of that anymore, do they?

Gary:
Not so much.

Yeah. It looks like half

-of a pocketknife.
-Yeah.

And the blade must
still be in there.

Marty:
That looks like a fine
gentleman's pocketknife.

So, you know, we're hoping
that it's valuable.

And I think samuel ball was just
a highly successful man,

and he may have had
some things we're unaware of.

Well, we'll see
what it looks like

-when it's cleaned up.
Nice little find.
-Cleaned up.

Gary:
This is a great start.
It really is.

Marty:
It's an excellent start.

-Yeah. Let's keep going.
-Yeah.

Marty:
I'm excited. Let's go

-find some more stuff.
-Yep.

oh. Not so good.

Yeah. That doesn't sound
as good to me.

Gary:
No.

-marty: That sounds good to me.

That sounds good.

just there.

Here we go.

-oh.

We're on it.

I feel something there.

Oh! Yeah, that's nice.

What is it? A badge?

No. It's not a badge, mate.

Yeah. To me, that looks
like musket decoration.

Oh, like you found
with samuel ball on it?

Gary:
Yeah.

That might clean up and have
some kind of design on it.

Or some letters or numbers.

Marty:
For sure it has letters on it.

-I can see.
-It has?

-Oh, yeah.
-I was hoping.

Marty:
It says "patent."

-gary: It says "patent"?
-Mm-hmm.

-Now you can see it.
-Oh, yeah!

Look at that.
That's nice, isn't it?

-There ain't any doubt
about that.
-Yeah.

Narrator:
A patent plate?

Possibly from an old rifle
or musket?

During the 17th
and 18th centuries,

as firearm technology advanced

in europe
and colonial north america,

manufacturers placed engraved
"patent" plates on their muskets

as a way of protecting
the ownership

of any unique innovations,

such as the firing mechanism
or the weapon's design.

Similar to a maker's mark,
a patent plate

could help reveal when
and where an artifact was made,

as well as possibly identify
who it once belonged to.

What do you think, gary?
How old is that?

Gary:
With that design,
the way it's got that nice

old-style lettering,

I'd say that's period,
mate, for this lot.

1790. 1830s.
Samuel ball era.

Yeah. I think it's period.

Gary:
Yeah.

Marty: I'd bet a lot
that was on a firearm.

It could've easily have
been on the, the stock.

-Yeah.
-Or the butt.

Maybe that's the way to look
for whatever this is.

-That's what I would do.
I would start with guns.
-Guns, yeah.

Uh, probably british armaments.

-Gary: Yeah.
-I mean, if you find out that

that was some kind of
nice shooting firearm,

-it might speak to wealth.
-Yeah.

Marty:
The little "patent" thing
was really exciting, because

I view it as
yet another indication

that samuel ball had
a fair amount of wealth.

Gary, partner,
let's put it in the bag.

-Yep.
-And we'll go onto, hopefully,

-bigger and better things.
-Yeah.

And we'll tell laird about this.

Marty:
Yeah. Cheers, mate.

-Gary: We found some cool stuff.
-Marty: Yeah.

Narrator:
While marty and gary continue
searching on lot 25...

Charles:
Here we are.

Narrator:
...Approximately 50 miles
north of oak island,

jack begley, tom nolan

and oak island historian
charles barkhouse

arrive at northville farm...

Charles:
Hey, carmen.

...Where they are eager
to show blacksmithing expert

carmen legge the iron ringbolt

that was found
in the swamp one week ago.

How you doing?

Okay.

Jack: Charles and I brought
along a new face for you.

-Hi, carmen. Nice to meet you.
-Hi.

-Tom nolan.
-Yeah. Good.

Charles: Well, you can tell us
what you think that is.

-Okay.
-Carmen: Um...

-Really?
-Yeah.

Is this specifically
made for wood?

Okay.

The ones we have pictures of
on the island,

that were in the boulders,

seemed to be a little bigger
than that.

-Okay.
-Yes. Yes.

Jack:
You'd call it a wharf

or an anchor pin?

What-what type of things
would this be used for?

Do you see that line
right there?

Narrator:
Earlier this year,

while conducting a sonar scan
of the waters

just off of the south shore,
bordering the swamp,

alex lagina, diver tony sampson

and geoscientist dr. Ian spooner

detected what appeared to be
the remains

of a mysterious square-shaped
rock structure.

Ian:
This might be evidence
of a human-made structure.

The remnants of an old wharf.
Something like that.

Narrator:
And one week later,

tony conducted a dive where
he confirmed that the formation

was not a natural feature.

Alex:
Welcome back. Did you find
the square structure?

Tony:
Um, there were rocks
in a square,

but maybe the remains
of an old cribbed wharf.

Narrator:
Is it possible
that this ringbolt

is connected to
the potential ship's wharf,

as well as
the stone-paved pathway

recently discovered
within the swamp?

And could it also explain
the 200-foot-long anomaly

that the team detected using
seismic scanning two years ago,

which eerily resembled the shape
of a large galleon ship?

We found it right along
that roadway.

-Yeah.
-In that southeast corner

dr. Spooner dated as being
a possible wharf.

So, you know, based upon
the structure, this is fitting.

This isn't the first ringbolt
we've recovered on the island.

My dad found at least three,

but, I mean, one was found
along the swamp.

Not terribly far from that one.

Wow.

That gives it away?

The date and-and the usage?

Jack:
What's the earliest date that

you could date
work like this back to?

Charles:
It definitely predates

the known discovery of the,
of the money pit.

Charles:
To me, it's quite significant

finding that pin

on the stone road

and the fact that carmen
believes it's from a wharf.

I mean, that just
springs to mind

a number of theories

based on the fact that the swamp

on the eastern side could have
been a cove at one time.

And a treasure ship or ships
could have been brought in there

and off-loaded.

Well, thank you very much,
carmen.

It's always a pleasure.

well, we love to show it to you.

-We'll try to keep
digging it up.
-Yeah.

We'll be back soon.

-Thank you very much.
-Take care.

Jack:
That was successful.

Charles:
Yeah. Absolutely.

Charles:
Hi, guys.

Rick:
Welcome back.

Here comes the true believer.

Narrator: After returning
from their meeting

with blacksmithing expert
carmen legge,

tom nolan and charles barkhouse
join rick

and marty lagina,
along with doug crowell,

to share the report
on the iron ringbolt

discovered in the swamp.

This is exciting.

Carmen was very impressed
with this.

I'm impressed with that, too.

This is not a pin that
would go in granite.

This is a pin that
would go in a wharf.

-Marty: Why the split?
-Tom: So it doesn't pull out.

-Charles: Yeah.
-Tom: Do that at the other end,
and that way it locks it

-into the timber.
-And he said

they stopped doing this in 1760.

Here.

Marty:
And you're telling me
the youngest this could be

is 1760?

But he said 1600s.

Charles:
Yeah. 1600s to 1760.

Wow.

So, begs the question:
Was that dropped

in the swamp,
or did all the wood rot away?

-That didn't float in.
-Tom: No.

-We can be sure of that.
-Yes.

The fact that it's splayed
suggests it was used. Right?

It wasn't just dropped.

Rick:
Either way,

it was found on top
of the stone feature.

Doug:
Do you know what
that suggests to us?

That stone pathway
was falling out of use

in at least 1760, because

soil started to accumulate
on top of it, right?

-Yeah.
-Yep. That's true.

So, that means that
stone pathway was...

-Rick: Predates that.
-Yeah. Predates that.

Yep.

Narrator:
Is it possible,

as oak island historian
doug crowell is suggesting,

that the iron ringbolt
could actually predate

the discovery of the money pit
by as much as two centuries?

If so, could it also be a key

to dating the stone pathway
it was found on?

As well as what
the pathway's purpose was?

What comes to mind for
this ringbolt, its function,

is that there could have been
a-a wooden wharf

in what was then
an inlet from the sea.

Certainly
deep enough for a vessel

that goes back and forth
to the big ship.

This thing could have
been driven into it

and it would be an anchor point.

So...

Highly intriguing and old.

I mean, that fits what
we were hoping for the swamp.

And maybe helps explain
the road.

And also is exciting
in terms of,

okay, what are you
off-loading here?

-And where were they taking it?
-Yeah.

We're gonna follow that thing

-and find out.
-Charles: Yeah.

Rick:
What would your father say?

Tom:
This all sort of fits in
with his theory.

I'm not just sure what
he would have thought of it.

Except that, "I told you so."

-there you go.

I-I'm gonna kinda
say that myself.

marty:
All right, well...

As much as it's a beautiful day
to sit right here, isn't it?

-There's work to do.
-There's work to be done.

There's work to do. Yeah. Okay.

Let's do it, then.

Charles:
Yeah.

Narrator:
Later that afternoon...

Terry: We're gonna carry
on to 110, easily.

-All right?
-Sounds good.

...While the drilling operation
continues in the money pit area,

in the uplands near
the eastern border of the swamp,

archaeologists dr. Aaron taylor
and miriam amirault

continue their efforts

to track the path
of the massive stone feature.

So, if we can get these
cleared off.

-Mm-hmm.
-And hopefully see
where the road ends.

And then maybe it'll tell us
where it starts to turn up.

Yeah.

If you find any stones

that don't look
like they're in place,

like this, this blue slate...

Does that just look
out of place to you?

Yeah. Maybe a bit.

Hey, craig!

Yo!

Aaron:
Can I bother you for a second?

Sure.

-Let's go have a look.
-Yep.

Look at that.

Hey, guys.

-Hey.
-Good day.

This is the area
where the ringbolt was found.

Mm-hmm.

So, I came down
on this blue-y slate

that looks out of place.

It doesn't look like
it really belongs there.

And if you come closer...

To me, that just looks
like it's been pecked

or a circular piece
has been punched out of it.

I don't know,
but it doesn't look natural.

But why don't we
get dr. Spooner over

and see if he can explain.

You know,
maybe there's a natural process.

It just looks
too human-made to me.

Okay.

Dr. Spooner, you come over
and take a look at something?

On my way.

What do you got?

I came to this slate and, to
me, it just looks out of place.

-Right.
-And it's got

an unusual circular piece.

You can take it right out.
That'd be fine.

-Right.
-Does that look natural?

Ian:
Let me pick up
my little whisk here.

Well, you know,
with the ringbolt being here

and then this circular feature,

it doesn't quite look
like what I'd expect.

To me, usually
when these rocks break,

it's just an edge like
that, but to,

to have that little indent,

is kind of, kind of odd.

We should take a look at these
stones a little more carefully,

see if there's any attempt
to make a hole

-in any of these stones, but...
-Yeah.

The question begs,

why put a ringbolt in a rock,
in a hole, here?

I think it suggests working
with block and tackles.

Or, you know,
it's like heavy cargo.

-Heavy, heavy stuff. Right?
-Right.

I can buy it
if this was just, you know,

Sunday groceries
coming down the road here,

-you don't need ringbolts.
-Billy: Yeah.

Narrator:
Although this ringbolt
found in this area

is believed
to have once been embedded

in a wooden ship's wharf,

is it possible
that this piece of slate

was connected
to the other ringbolts

found several decades ago
in this area by fred nolan?

Ringbolts that were
embedded in rocks.

And if so, could they have been

part of
a chain and pulley system--

as billy gerhardt
is suggesting--

to haul some kind
of heavy cargo or chest

out of the swamp
and along this stone pathway?

Given all those facts,

that the road appears
to be turning upland,

you have the ringbolt...

It could be
some sort of support

for a pulley system

or a way to assist in hauling

large cartloads of something.

It's too early to tell.

Ian:
It's unequivocal
we've got a road--

and a road built to last.

It's really
quite a nice little road.

-Yeah.
-Ian: Yeah.

All hidden under swamp.

And why?

To me, it's a big problem
that needs to be solved.

-Aaron: Well,
I'll take this down...
-Okay, I'll...

...And see what's
going on there.

Okay. Good.

Aaron:
We'll see
what's in store for us.

Narrator: Another day
has begun on oak island,

and near the eastern border
of the swamp...

-Hey, bill.
-Hey, rick.

-Rick: You've made
some progress, I see.
-Yep.

...Rick lagina and craig tester

have just been alerted
by billy gerhardt

to another potentially
important discovery

that he believes may be
connected to the stone pathway.

It's got to be good news

-with billy using that shovel.

yeah, trying to figure out
what's going on here.

And? Your thoughts?

Well, we thought it might be
end of the road.

But just in the last
few buckets, again,

it's starting
to get a little bit interesting.

-We got this high rock.
-Right.

And we got a rock right there
in front of you.

At first, we just thought
it was all jumble,

so we dug
a little test hole here,

but look in the test hole.
We got cobbles.

Craig:
That's a rock down there, too?
Cobble?

We have cobble here.

This is the base of the cobble
right there.

Billy:
So, it looks pretty
suspiciously like the road.

But if this is a turn,

well, then, we have to try
to figure out what's going on.

Narrator:
Another possible section
of the stone pathway

running along
the eastern border of the swamp?

If so, just how far
does it extend...

And where is it leading?

Rick:
Hey, gary.

Gary: I was standing here,

looking where this road leads.

It seems to be winding
towards that direction.

Uphill to the money pit?

Yeah.

Narrator:
The stone pathway

possibly turning
in a new direction...

Toward the money pit?

If so, could it actually
lead the team

to the location
of the fabled treasure vault?

-Hey, steve.
-Steve g.: Hey, guys.

-Hey, aaron.
-Hey.

Well, if we can take elevations
off of these boulders here.

Steve g.:
Sure.

This is about two feet
above sea level.

So, I would say,
based on elevation,

that this is
part of the roadway.

But what about that?

All right, so...

Oh, wow.

Yeah. This is all organic.

So, these stones were placed
into this organic material.

Then you've got these...

These pieces of wood
at the bottom,

which is what we're finding
in the other stone features.

So, they put
these pieces of wood down

as a matting
and then put the stone on top.

So it's definitely man-made,
aaron?

I would say so. Yes.

Rick:
Let's assume this is a road.

We're almost to
that decision point, though.

Whether we turn left,
turn right, or go straight.

Which way do you think
we should chase this?

Straight ahead
to some unknown location

or uphill
to the money pit, possibly?

Everything's telling me
it's turning up.

Rick:
That has always
been the thought,

that this was just

a easier way
to get to the money pit

with an extremely heavy load.

Um... Is that being
borne out here? I don't know.

Is that wood?

I would say so. Yes.

Rick:
I think there's hope

that we're finally gonna

further the understanding

of the purpose of this road.

Billy:
Well, I think we've got

about six or eight more feet
to take this.

The logical way is to keep going
the way we're going,

because if it's
a turn in the road,

we should find it soon.

We ain't never getting
out of here, are we?

narrator: While rick lagina
and craig tester

continue to oversee
the investigation

of the stone pathway
near the swamp...

-Terry: It's 98 at the bottom.
-Charles: 98.

...Steve guptill has joined

charles barkhouse
and geologist terry matheson

in the money pit area

as they have now drilled
to a depth of nearly 100 feet

in borehole cd 8.5.

A borehole that has intercepted

what they believe could be

a 19th century
searchers' structure

known as the tupper shaft,

which was built
just ten feet northwest

of the original money pit.

Terry:
That's damn loose.

Steve g.:
This is what's interesting.

-Yeah.
-We have wood right there.

Oh, yeah. Lots of wood.

Oh, yeah.

steve g.:
Hey, scott.

-Guys.
-Charles: We got wood, scott.

I like the look of that.

There's where our faith came in
to stick with it.

-Steve g.: Yeah. Always does.
-Charles: Yeah.

Scott:
You know, we should see
the bottom of the shaft

if we are in the tupper shaft,

because that bottom few feet
is usually in place.

That'll really help us
pinpoint the dimensions of

where that wall sits.

It's gonna tell us a lot.

Narrator:
It is the team's hope

to verify
the orientation of the shaft

so that they will know which
direction to move the drill rig

and, with any luck,

locate the fabled treasure vault

that has eluded searchers
for more than two centuries.

-What do we got?
-103 and a half.

103 and a half. You guys got us
a beam by the look of it.

That looks like a piece of wood
or something, right there.

Geez. Oh, my lordy.

So, we got some
good information from mike.

103.5. He thinks he's out.

Terry:
Okay. Well, that would--

that would be about where
we thought the bottom was.

And we might be out
of the bottom here.

That's a great beam.

Scott:
Oh, yeah. We have lots of wood.

Steve g.:
Yeah. We're still in wood.

Terry:
There's the ax cut there.

There's the wood grain.

And the ax cut is there
and back that way.

That ridge is where they cut.

-Charles: That's hand-hewn.
-Steve g.: We've got a side,

we've got a wall
and we've got a floor.

-Hey, rick.
-Rick: Hey, steve.

I've heard, uh,
it's pretty exciting up here.

Well, we're-- we were successful
in the first hole.

Charles:
That's a vertical piece
of wood right there.

That's a timber.

You can see where
that was cut by an ax, right?

The dip in it here?

-Rick: Wow.
-That's hand-hewn lumber.

Rick:
That is incredible.

Look at this.

That's fantastic.

Terry:
That's a really
interesting piece.

So close to the bottom.

Narrator: While drilling
in the money pit area,

rick lagina and members
of the oak island team

believe they have
obtained evidence

of a 19th century searcher shaft

that could help point them
in the direction

where the fabled treasure vault
may be located.

Rick:
We believe we have delineated
the wall of the tupper shaft,

but it's critically important
to try to find

the proper orientation
of the tupper shaft,

because that's the information
that we're hopeful will lead us

to what they found,
I.E., the original money pit.

Steve g.:
So, our last hole, rick,

-we've just come out of cd 8.5.
-Yeah.

Steve g.:
And based on what we're seeing,
it looks like we might be going

right down
the center of a shaft.

We-we think now...

...So if this is a wall,

then-then the money pit would
have to be over here or here.

Because this is relatively
not investigated.

How confident are you that
the orientation is this way?

Steve g.:
That's the next step.

This-this hole we're in
should really help us

confirm or deny
this orientation.

Rick:
My thought would be, we need

all the information possible
to really be certain

of the orientation of that.

Let's just see
what another rod looks like.

If you can define two walls,
you're good.

-You're golden. Right?
-Charles: Yeah.

Well, that's the decision.

End of day, we'll know
exactly where we are.

-Yep.
-And then we'll make a decision
based on that information.

Terry:
That'd be great.

Anyway, my hat's off to you guys
for-for sticking with it.

-Good luck.
-All right. See you later.

Charles:
Okay. We got
our marching orders.

Narrator:
The following morning,

just as drilling gets underway

in a new borehole
dubbed bc 8.5...

Rick:
Well, gentlemen, this is...

Probably one of the most
important meetings of the year.

Narrator: ...Oak island
historian doug crowell

has requested a meeting
with rick, marty, craig

and members of the team

after making
an important discovery

in the files of the late
dan blankenship,

which he believes could be
critical to the continued search

for the location
of the original money pit.

But a decision has to be made,

and I think
it has to be made today.

So, there's some new information

that doug has found
in dan's files

regarding the money pit.

So, uh, with that, I'm gonna
turn it over to doug,

and then we'll have a discussion
about what we do next.

So, I'm gonna share
a presentation here with you.

We've been compiling the data
from the historical record.

Craig's drilling has revealed
that the tupper shaft

sits right about here.

It should be contained
within that circle.

This shows the caisson oc-1.

It was between those two shafts
that we were pretty sure

the original money pit must set.

Which would mean that
the money pit would be here.

And what we know
about that area is

that this is where
we found the wood dated 1706.

The oldest wood
that we've brought up

out of the money pit so far.

Narrator:
Last year, while drilling
the borehole known as oc-1,

the team obtained evidence
of a wooden tunnel

some 150 feet underground
that was dated to 1706,

nearly 90 years before
the discovery of the money pit.

This find led the oak island
team to believe

that the original
treasure shaft

and the fabled vault

would most likely
be located in that area.

Doug:
I think we would have
been hard-pressed

for someone to convince us
that we didn't find

the original zone
for the money pit.

But we have some diagrams
from the 1890s,

and this revealed
the tupper shaft in relation

to the money pit that they were
working in at the time.

"a" is the tupper shaft.

And the money pit is over here.

This is kind of exciting because
being able to delineate it

has given us a whole new place
to look for the money pit.

We've been looking to the east
of the tupper shaft.

And that diagram suggests that
the money pit's to the west.

Wow.

T
we wouldn't even know

where the hell the money pit is
after all those holes?

Yeah.

Steve g.:
I mean, we've put in

close to 400 holes
since I've been here, and...

-God.
-...That's sonic holes.

Marty:
It would explain a lot
if we have been

-looking in the wrong spot.

rick:
The troubling thing is,

is it possible
that for 200 years,

people have not looked in the
correct area for the money pit?

Marty:
The historical records

that we're using to try
and refine our search

for the money pit
are the same sort of thing

that happens
all over oak island.

They're great,
they're very helpful,

and they're
maddeningly difficult

and perhaps inaccurate.

And so, we're trying to weed out
what's useful and what isn't

by trial and error, I guess.

Alex:
Well, what's the decision?

I'd be willing
to sacrifice a shot

at the eastern location
to be confident

that we fully explored
the western location.

-Right.
-So, my vote's

to go for the site on the west.

Do we only have time for one?

We don't have a ton
of time left.

-I'd go for both.
-Scott: We have
to start somewhere,

so we need a priority.

-Okay, west.

doug:
And the interesting thing
is, c-1,

if that's where
the money pit actually is,

c-1 did present
that shiny gold object.

C-1 hit some shaft and it could
be part of the money pit.

Yeah.

So, I like the west side.

Narrator:
Ever since rick, marty,

craig and the team
first drilled borehole c-1

five years ago at the suggestion

of oak island historian
charles barkhouse,

it has remained
a tantalizing mystery.

Narrator:
Not only did it encounter a void

measuring some 20 feet deep
by ten feet wide...

Craig:
Here we go.

...But when cameras
have been placed down inside,

three different gold-colored
objects have been seen

embedded in the walls.

Charles:
It looks metallic.
The hell is that?

Narrator:
Although numerous dive
operations over the years

have failed to determine
just what they are...

Dave:
Going down.

Narrator:
...Is it possible

that the information
doug crowell has found

means that c-1
might be connected

to the original money pit
after all?

Marty:
Okay, well, rick,
you haven't said anything.

You want to do the west?

Yeah. Yep.

You have to go west. You have
to chase the historical context.

Yes.

-Otherwise, why are we here?
-Yeah.

Scott:
One ace in the hole

we may have is, we know
there was a shaft in c-1.

-Yes.
-Marty: That's about

as most enthused
I've heard you, man.

Scott:
Everybody is very optimistic
and excited about this.

So hopefully it leads
to something good.

Marty:
Well, there you have it.

So, it's just a matter
of establishing a grid

and, uh, putting steel downhole.

The question is,

where is the money pit?

That has always been
the question

regarding any of the work
over the last 225 years.

I mean,
we've drilled exhaustively.

It's almost
a foregone conclusion

that we've been looking
in the wrong places.

We can't drill
the entire money pit,

at least certainly not
this year.

And, thus, we need to remain
focused on the c-1 location.

Marty:
Okay. I say make it so.

That's my vote.

-Agreed.
-Yep.

-I'm in.
-I'm in.

-Definitely.
-Yeah.

Well, let's dig the west and
call this war room adjourned.

Absolutely.

Marty:
All right. Thanks, guys.

-Rick: See you.
-Steve g.: See you, guys.

Narrator:
As another productive

and surprising week
comes to an end on oak island,

rick, marty, craig and the team
remain unwavering

in their efforts to solve
a 225-year-old mystery.

Will their new drilling
strategy in the money pit

finally help them close in
on a legendary treasure vault

that is believed to contain
everything from gold,

jewels and priceless documents

to possibly even sacred
religious artifacts?

One thing is certain.

They are now following a path
that could soon reveal

the ultimate secrets
of this storied island

in the north atlantic.

The question is: Just where

will that path lead them?

Next time on
the curse of oak island...

Yeah. Look at that.

-The top of a keg.
-Wow.

holy schmoly.

Marty:
Well, how about that?

Rick? Come look at this.

-We just found this.
-Wow.

That's the most significant
artifact we have.

-Hey, guys.
-What do we got, gentlemen?

Rick:
That is incredible.

Debris field, baby.

It might actually be
the money pit.

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