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-Tonight on
the curse of oak island...
-Gary: It's here.
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-Big, chunky piece of iron.
-Aaron: Wow.
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This is something
to do with tunneling.
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The road seems to be angling
towards the eye of the swamp.
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-Michael j.: Look at this.
-Marty: Wow.
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What the hell is that?
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Steve g.:
I think that's a cannonball.
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Somebody was trying
to protect something.
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It's rock on rock.
They're stacked.
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Rick:
There's a big hole.
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You can put your hand
right in there.
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There might be something
in there. Could there be
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treasure here? Yeah.
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Narrator:
There is an island
in the north atlantic
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where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure
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for more than 200 years.
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So far, they have found
a stone slab
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with strange symbols
carved into it,
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mysterious fragments
of human bone,
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and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back
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to the days
of the knights templar.
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To date, six men have died
trying to solve the mystery.
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And, according to legend,
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one more will have to die
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before the treasure
can be found.
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-rick: Morning.
-Aaron: Hey, rick. How are you?
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Good. How are you?
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Good, thank you very much.
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Okay. There's
a couple things, right?
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We need to know
where we're going.
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-Aaron: Mm-hmm.
-Is the pathway
going to the upland?
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Does it... You know, do we need
to continue to go that way?
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Yeah. I think
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right now, it looks like
it's possibly splitting,
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but that's why we're focusing
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-here on this middle part.
-Rick: Okay.
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Narrator: For brothers rick
and marty lagina and their team,
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the triangle-shaped swamp
continues to reveal clues
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suggesting
that it may hold the keys
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to solving the now 226-year-old
oak island treasure mystery.
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Most notably,
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a recently uncovered
stone pathway
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running along the eastern border
of the brackish bog,
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which now appears to be heading
in two different directions.
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Okay, how can I assist you?
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I think this is
the critical spot
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for figuring
what-what this road is doing.
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So, I was thinking
I'm gonna work back over there,
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and I'd like
to take my shovel at it
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-and take a better look.
-Rick: Okay.
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You could jump in there, uh,
with miriam and come this way.
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-And let's see
if there's a boundary on that.
-Rick: Okay.
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My gut tells me
it's gonna turn uphill,
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um, but, you know, until we get
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this area cleared out and then
a swamp boundary defined,
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uh, we won't know for sure.
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-So, that's our game plan today.
-Rick: Okay.
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-So, I'll jump in.
I'll help miriam here.
-Miriam: Yeah.
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-Perfect.
-Cool.
-And, uh,
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whatever you need,
you just tell me, and I'll help.
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Perfect. Thank you.
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Narrator:
In recent weeks,
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the team has found
not only ancient pottery
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along the stone pathway
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but also iron ringbolts
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possibly used
to dock a large ship
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for the purposes
of offloading heavy cargo
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as well as pieces
of wooden keg barrels
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that may date back as far
as the early 15th century.
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When aaron renders the opinion
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that the path
might be separating,
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one going towards the upland
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and one continuing along
the eastern edge of the swamp,
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the hope is that the path
to the upland
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leads up to the money pit
or somewhere in close proximity.
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Marty:
This pathway could lead
to a very significant clue.
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It may lead us to information
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and possibly lead us
to treasure.
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So, we clearly have to follow
the stone pathway.
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Aaron:
That's kind of interesting.
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-Hey, miriam.
-Yeah?
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You want to come here for a sec?
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-Take a look at this?
-Miriam: Sure.
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What do you got?
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Aaron:
So, just as I'm uncovering this,
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I'm not sure
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if it's part of a road feature.
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Uh, I think these
are intentionally placed.
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I don't know if that signifies,
um, you know, a road.
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-Yeah.
-Or what I've seen before
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is this looks like the-the
cellar feature of a building.
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-Really?
-Aaron: Yeah.
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This looks like
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there's
intentionally placed stones.
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Courses of stones.
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-One on top of the other.
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-It's incredible.
-Oh, gosh, yeah.
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Narrator:
The possible remains
of a cellar?
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Located along the stone pathway
leading out of the swamp?
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But who built it? When?
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And could it be connected
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to the evidence
the team has recently found
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of heavy cargo
being moved in this direction?
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Aaron:
To me, right now,
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it looks like a cellar feature,
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but it's still too early.
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Rick:
Another mystery.
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I don't need another.
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-What is it?
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aaron and miriam see
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the straight, angular lines
to this rock feature,
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and they're indicating
the possibility
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that it may be a foundation
or a cellar.
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And if it is some sort
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of a structure constructed
and used by-by humans,
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what is the relevance of it
so close to the so-called path?
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Aaron:
Well, I'll get back to it,
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and I'll try
and have an answer for you
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-by the end of the day.
-Okay. Perfect.
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Thank you.
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Narrator:
While members of the team
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continue their investigation
near the swamp...
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Charles:
So, if we don't hit
something at 88, 87
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on this one, do we
still continue on this grid?
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It's all predicated on probably
hitting the tunnel again.
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-Yeah.
-Narrator:
In the money pit area,
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geologist terry matheson
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and oak island historian
charles barkhouse
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continue overseeing
a core drilling operation
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that,
for the past several weeks,
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has consistently encountered
a wood-cribbed tunnel
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located some 90 feet deep.
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Terry:
That is wood.
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We're probably
at the edge of a tunnel.
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Narrator:
A tunnel
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which has been carbon-dated
to as early
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as 1648, nearly 150 years
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prior to the discovery
of the original money pit.
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Today, they have begun
a new borehole
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known as cd-2.5
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in the hopes they will
once again hit the tunnel
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and hopefully the location
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of the fabled treasure vault
itself.
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Rick:
The possibility
that we've intersected a tunnel
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at 80-plus-foot horizon,
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it's interesting because...
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I'm not sure
that there's ever been a tunnel
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at such a shallow depth.
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All right, charles.
Let's take her home.
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Marty:
Tunnels are showing up here
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where they shouldn't, so there's
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another giant,
pop-out-of-nowhere mystery.
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Is it searcher, or was it
the original depositors?
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I want to believe
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we're really close
to the money pit
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because that could be
really exciting.
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Terry:
And a one, and a two.
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Up!
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let's give her a slice.
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-Charles:
Pretty solid stuff, terry.
-Terry: Yep.
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Okay, wow.
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-There's definitely
some wood in there.
-Charles: Yep.
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Terry:
This is a fairly significant
intersection of wood
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compared to our other ones.
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Yeah.
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We got more wood, terry.
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Terry:
Wow.
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-That's a chunk there.
-Charles: Yeah.
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-This'll be 83.5 to 88.
-Charles: 88.
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We're in cd-2.5,
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and again, we're hitting wood.
Hey, scott.
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And we've done this consistently
over six holes,
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and that's definitely exciting.
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Hey, rick.
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-Okay.
-Hey, rick. How you doing?
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-Good. How are you?
-Interesting times.
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Look what we hit.
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We've got some good stacked
cribbing, and the continuation's
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-right down there.
-But there's no more wood
down there, right?
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Oh, there's wood,
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but it's not, uh,
it's not as, uh, consistent.
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Rick:
Where are we on the grid?
Are we too far away
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for this to be the shaft in c-1?
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No. C-1,
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these small ridges
are two and a half,
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so we're five feet right now.
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Five feet away.
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From the exterior wall of c-1.
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Well, that's good news.
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Narrator:
It is in borehole c-1,
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first excavated five years ago,
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that the team has discovered
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not only a massive cavern
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some 170 feet deep
underground...
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-Glen: Here we go.
-Narrator: ...But subsequently,
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compelling video evidence
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of four different gold,
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metallic-looking objects
embedded within the walls.
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That's definitely
a gold object right there.
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Narrator:
Leading the team to speculate
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that c-1 may be connected
to the original money pit.
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But could this tunnel feature
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located just five feet away
and much shallower
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at a depth of just 90 feet
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be connected to it?
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We came looking
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for a tunnel
associated with c-1.
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We may have found it.
That's good news.
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Yeah.
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I want to go back now.
You guys can stay here.
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Let's get to some steel
down the hole,
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and then we'll see
what tomorrow brings.
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-All right?
-Okay.
-Okay. Thanks, rick.
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Rick:
Thanks, guys. Appreciate it.
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Narrator:
While the drilling operation
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in the money pit continues,
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back near the pathway
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on the eastern border
of the swamp...
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-Aaron: Hey, guys.
-Miriam: Hi.
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Hey, aaron. How are you? Miriam?
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-Both: Good.
-Narrator: ...Rick lagina
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has invited
geoscientist dr. Ian spooner
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to inspect
the mysterious stone structure
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along with archaeologists
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dr. Aaron taylor
and miriam amirault.
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Aaron:
So, this was looking
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more and more like
a sort of a cellar feature.
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I think this is
some sort of foundation.
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Right.
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It's rock on rock.
They're stacked.
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It's like nothing
we've seen before
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in that it's vertical.
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This looks like
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a feature, uh,
separate from that.
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-Aaron: Yeah.
-Rick: But one question.
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Is this contemporaneous
with this road?
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Are they two different times,
two different purposes?
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I don't think
this can just be a coincidence.
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I think if we can figure out
what this is,
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it'll really go a long way
in telling us what that is.
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Ian:
Yeah. It just deserves
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-more treatment.
-Aaron: Yeah.
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I think miriam
and one other person
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can handle this,
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and then I want to show you
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something really exciting
over here
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-which I'm gonna put
more resources towards.
-Okay.
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Narrator:
While the newly discovered
stone foundation
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has become a focus
of investigation for the team...
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Careful coming down here, guys.
It's loose.
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...With the harsh fall weather
fast approaching,
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they must now carefully divide
their resources
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and also remain focused
on identifying
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just where the two branches
of the stone pathway
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are ultimately leading.
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I'm pretty sure we've caught
the-the road coming this way,
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and it seems to be angling
towards the eye.
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Ian:
Where's the eye?
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Right over there.
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Narrator:
One branch of the stone pathway
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heading toward
the so-called eye of the swamp?
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It was here,
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at the northernmost point
of the triangle-shaped swamp,
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where, last year,
the team found
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a mysterious circular feature
made of boulders
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as well as evidence
of a backfilled shaft.
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Although the team will need
to carefully continue uncovering
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the pathway to verify it,
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could the eye of the swamp
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possibly be one location
on oak island
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where something of great value
was hidden long ago?
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Rick:
We need to make certain
that that is a road
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and not just a jumble of rock,
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because this island
is full of jumbles of rock.
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-Yeah.
-With that said,
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I'm gonna head back
and find this road.
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-Okay. Good. Thank you.
-Thank you.
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-Miriam: We've got a lot to do.
-Aaron: Yeah.
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Narrator: As a new day begins
on oak island...
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Rick:
I do believe that all of us
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will find this very interesting.
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...Rick and marty lagina,
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along with members of the team,
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have gathered
for a video conference
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to once again meet with author
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and oak island theorist
james mcquiston.
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Rick:
Hey, james.
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Narrator: Although james
previously presented his theory
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that a 17th-century
scottish order
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with direct ties
to the knights templar
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known as the knights baronet
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were connected
to the oak island mystery,
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he has recently discovered what
he believes to be new details
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about how a vast treasure came
to be buried in the money pit.
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We're quite familiar
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with his research
about the knights baronet
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and their possible connection
to oak island
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and the oak island mystery.
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So, james,
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-take the floor.
-Well,
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I was hoping today to talk
about the three types of men
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that came to oak island
when it was first being settled
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and when the search
for treasure began.
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These men came
from the freemasons,
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they came
from the knights baronet,
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and my latest discovery
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is that a lot of 'em came
from the plymouth colony
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of massachusetts.
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And these three groups
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have one thing in common
besides oak island
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and that is a connection
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to sir william alexander,
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the founder of nova scotia.
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Narrator:
Sir william alexander,
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a scottish nobleman
who lived from 1567 to 1640,
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not only helped establish
nova scotia,
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which was previously known
as acadia,
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but was also the founder
of the knights baronet.
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So, here's the theory
in a nutshell.
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The followers of a group
of scottish knights
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created by william alexander
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settled in nova scotia
during the early 1600s,
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and this is historic fact.
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They were
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the freemasons.
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Narrator:
Stretching back
to the initial discovery
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of the money pit in 1795,
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the secretive fraternity of
builders known as the freemasons
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have been intimately connected
to the oak island mystery.
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Not only have prominent
searchers been members,
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such as daniel mcginnis,
melbourne chappell
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and even a young franklin
delano roosevelt in 1911
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before he entered politics.
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But sacred symbols associated
with the organization
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have also been found
all over the island.
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These include the letter "g,"
representing god,
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triangles...
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And-- all the more curious
today--
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a depiction
of the all-seeing eye.
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The first man to be initiated
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as what we would today
refer to as a freemason
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was william alexander
the younger.
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And his father was
sir william alexander,
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the founder of nova scotia.
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William alexander was
an investor
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in the plymouth colony
of massachusetts.
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He and his son,
william the younger,
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were on the council
of the plymouth colony.
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Narrator:
The plymouth colony?
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Possibly connected
to the oak island mystery?
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Located in what is today
plymouth, massachusetts,
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the plymouth colony
was established in 1621
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by english separatists
who sailed to north america
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aboard the famed ship
known as the mayflower.
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It not only became a new home
for those fleeing
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religious persecution
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but, curiously, its official
flag eerily resembled that
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of the knights templar.
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But just how might america's
first known european settlement
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be connected to a vast treasure
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believed to be buried
in the money pit?
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It was the people from plymouth
who petitioned the king
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of great britain to give
the french colony of acadia
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to alexander,
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'cause they feared
an attack by the french forces.
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So, in 1621,
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the french land of acadia,
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at least on paper,
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became the scottish land
of nova scotia,
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which is latin
for "new scotland."
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so, the plymouth colony
settlement
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was directly responsible for
nova scotia being established
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by william alexander.
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Unfortunately,
the french attacked nova scotia,
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leaving the scots ousted
in the spring of 1632
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and unable to sail directly
across the north atlantic
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back to great britain due
to the bad spring weather.
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And I believe they took shelter
in mahone bay,
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which would have been
the best place to take shelter,
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and oak island
is at the back of it.
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So, it would be the perfect
place to hide back there
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and buried what they
couldn't take back with them
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or didn't want
to take back with them.
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And so I think
the treasure was connected
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to these three groups of people
that I mentioned,
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the freemasons,
the knights baronet
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-and the plymouth colony...
-Mm.
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...Who were all aware
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of the oak island treasure.
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So, years later,
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the freemasons,
the knights baronet,
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and the families
from the plymouth colony,
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descended on oak island as
landowners and treasure hunters.
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Several of the most famous
searchers for treasure
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on oak island came out
of the plymouth colony legacy
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and some landowners as well.
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First, we have
franklin delano roosevelt
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and his grandfather,
warren delano jr.
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Well, what I discovered is
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that warren delano jr. Descended
from three plymouth colony men,
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and franklin roosevelt
descended from at least four.
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Marty:
Well, how about that?
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James:
It's been said long before
I got involved
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in this search
that these men were pursuing
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an old family legend.
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00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,791
With so many important
oak island families
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coming to nova scotia from the
vicinity of the plymouth colony,
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there could be no greater way
to connect oak island
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to the very colony responsible
for the founding of nova scotia
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by sir william alexander.
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Rick:
I have the most respect
for james' research.
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As you sit there and you listen
to the information,
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it puts you back in your chair
because
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we know c-certainly
that the delano family
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and the roosevelt family side
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were certainly interested
in the hunt.
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But, really, all of these people
directly associated
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with the oak island story?
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00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:00,912
That's strange.
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It's hard to think
that all of this
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can be a coincidence
after listening
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to all those names.
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I mean, it's really amazing
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that you did all that.
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00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:13,341
I have to admit,
the treasure story's amazing.
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There's something there,
427
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and your theory
is entirely plausible.
428
00:18:16,888 --> 00:18:19,180
Uh, it gives us, kind of,
the energy
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-to keep going.
-Rick: It speaks
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to the importance
of doing research.
431
00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:24,894
Research is
so critically important.
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I think we're only in
its infancy here on the island,
433
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-recognizing
the importance of it.
-Yeah.
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Rick:
I-I just want to say, we thank
you for all the hard work.
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I hope somehow
we can work together
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to figure out exactly
what the heck happened up there.
437
00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,159
Rick:
You're welcome back at any time.
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It's quite remarkable.
What is it, charles?
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How many piece puzzle
and how many pieces missing?
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A thousand-piece puzzle
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-and 600 pieces missing.
-There you go.
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Charles:
Maybe james has added
a few pieces.
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narrator:
Later that afternoon...
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Gary:
This is gonna be
a fantastic day.
445
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...Metal detection expert
gary drayton,
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along with rick and marty's
nephew david fornetti...
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-All right, chaps?
-Hey, guys.
448
00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:09,772
...Join geoscientist
dr. Ian spooner
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and archaeologists
dr. Aaron taylor
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and miriam amirault near
the eastern border of the swamp
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to help them investigate
the mysterious stone pathways
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and possible cellar feature.
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Aaron:
So, as you can see,
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we've opened up some more areas
455
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-and we have this trench here
that billy dug.
-Yeah.
456
00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:33,045
-Gary: Okay.
-And then we have spoil piles.
457
00:19:33,131 --> 00:19:36,215
-Gary: Yeah.
-We have this area here.
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Gary:
Wow.
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And, finally, uh, miriam
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is down on what we think
might be a cellar feature,
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so that's very exciting.
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-So any artifact out of that
is really important.
-Yeah.
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'cause if that's a cellar,
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that means there was
a structure there.
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-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Okay, mate.
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00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:52,982
David and I will start
at the end
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-of the trench.
-Beautiful.
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00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:56,944
-Okay. Fingers crossed.
-Ian: Great. Thank you.
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00:20:03,828 --> 00:20:05,870
oh, I see all the cobbles.
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here we go, david.
I got a signal, I believe.
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00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:16,172
I do believe it's in that angle.
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00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:19,050
Just there. It's in that wall.
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David f.:
Let's see if we got it.
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Let me see if I can pinpoint it.
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that's way down there.
476
00:20:29,771 --> 00:20:32,438
You know what, I should
really call aaron over here
477
00:20:32,523 --> 00:20:34,607
and let aaron dig this out
with his trowel,
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'cause if this is in situ,
this could be important.
479
00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:38,903
Aaron!
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-Yes.
-Come and check this out,
please.
481
00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:44,116
David and I got a-a signal
over here
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-and it looks to be
in that area there.
-Mm-hmm.
483
00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:49,455
-Ooh.
484
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ooh, that is a strong signal.
It's there.
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-Aaron: It's right there.
-It's right there.
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Aaron:
What the heck is this thing?
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Narrator:
Near the eastern border
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of the triangle-shaped swamp,
489
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gary drayton has just obtained
a signal with his metal detector
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that something of importance
could be buried
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00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:10,685
in the recently discovered
foundation
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near the stone pathway.
493
00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:15,022
-You want me
to hit it again, mate?
-Aaron: Yeah. Please.
494
00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:18,818
gary:
Oh, it's down there, all right.
495
00:21:18,903 --> 00:21:20,069
Aaron:
Wow.
496
00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:21,612
-That's a screamer.
-David f.: Yeah.
497
00:21:21,656 --> 00:21:23,239
That's gonna be something good.
498
00:21:23,324 --> 00:21:25,366
-whatever it is.
499
00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:27,201
I mean, this is fantastic.
500
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:29,120
Aaron:
Here we go, boys.
501
00:21:29,163 --> 00:21:31,330
Oh, you got it out.
502
00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:33,582
Good work, aaron.
503
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:34,959
Now, what are we dealing with?
504
00:21:35,003 --> 00:21:37,461
Aaron:
It is very heavy.
505
00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:39,588
Gary:
Oh, that's a great sign.
506
00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:41,382
The heavier it is,
507
00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,551
the older it should be.
508
00:21:45,013 --> 00:21:47,013
Aaron:
I don't know what it is.
509
00:21:47,098 --> 00:21:48,806
Gary:
I know what it is.
510
00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:52,143
It's a caster.
It's a-a caster wheel.
511
00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,729
You think about it,
we're on an island
512
00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:57,440
with lots of tunnels.
513
00:21:57,525 --> 00:22:00,109
Now, you would need
a little dolly...
514
00:22:00,194 --> 00:22:01,569
-Aaron: That's
exactly what it is.
-...With casters
515
00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:03,237
on the bottom.
516
00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:07,408
That is. That's a little wheel
517
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:08,701
off a caster.
518
00:22:08,786 --> 00:22:11,912
The type of little trolley
that you would need
519
00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:14,540
if you were running
a long tunnel.
520
00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,959
And it makes sense
if you think about it.
521
00:22:17,045 --> 00:22:20,296
A wheel
off a-a little tunneling cart
522
00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,964
because we found tunneling picks
523
00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:24,759
not too far away from here
at the back of the swamp.
524
00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:28,179
Narrator:
Designed for furniture
525
00:22:28,264 --> 00:22:30,848
as well as trolley
or mining carts,
526
00:22:30,892 --> 00:22:33,976
casters are components
that contain wheels
527
00:22:34,062 --> 00:22:36,604
for the purpose
of moving objects with ease
528
00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:39,315
and in multiple directions.
529
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,567
Could gary drayton be correct
530
00:22:41,652 --> 00:22:43,736
that this caster
might have been utilized
531
00:22:43,821 --> 00:22:46,364
for a tunneling operation
on oak island?
532
00:22:46,449 --> 00:22:48,657
If so, could it be connected
533
00:22:48,743 --> 00:22:50,993
to previous evidence
the team has discovered,
534
00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:55,122
such as the tunneling tools
also known as swages
535
00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:57,708
found one year ago on lot 21
536
00:22:57,794 --> 00:23:01,545
which could date
to as early as the 15th century?
537
00:23:01,631 --> 00:23:04,632
David f.:
So, I think
the question remains.
538
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:07,134
Is this from depositors,
or is this from searchers?
539
00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,136
Gary:
More than likely depositor.
540
00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:11,138
-Aaron: Good job, guys.
-Gary: I think this was off
541
00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:12,765
a tunneling car.
This is fantastic.
542
00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:14,683
-What an artifact!
-Aaron: Yeah.
543
00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:18,354
-I'll bag that.
We'll get that to the lab asap.
-Excellent.
544
00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:20,356
That is fantastic.
545
00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:22,274
David f:
Get back to work, gary.
546
00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:23,692
Narrator:
As the investigation
547
00:23:23,778 --> 00:23:26,362
of the stone pathway
continues...
548
00:23:26,447 --> 00:23:28,406
Charles:
I think you'll be
interested in this.
549
00:23:28,491 --> 00:23:30,241
Terry:
Let's have a quick look.
550
00:23:30,326 --> 00:23:31,784
Narrator:
...And while terry matheson
551
00:23:31,869 --> 00:23:33,285
and charles barkhouse
552
00:23:33,371 --> 00:23:35,371
oversee
the core drilling operation
553
00:23:35,456 --> 00:23:37,456
in cd-2.5
554
00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:40,209
in the money pit area,
555
00:23:40,294 --> 00:23:42,420
at the wash table near 10-x...
556
00:23:42,505 --> 00:23:44,046
Steve g.:
For data sense,
557
00:23:44,132 --> 00:23:46,006
northwest of the money pit,
we went to 150,
558
00:23:46,092 --> 00:23:47,883
160 feet,
if I remember correctly.
559
00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:49,385
Narrator:
...Surveyor steve guptill
560
00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:51,720
and treasure hunter michael john
561
00:23:51,806 --> 00:23:53,431
are sifting through the spoils
562
00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:58,102
from a borehole known as e-5.25.
563
00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:02,940
I have high hopes for this can.
We're gonna find that one thing.
564
00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:06,360
Narrator:
Excavated two years ago
as part of the team's search
565
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:08,946
for the elusive
money pit treasure vault,
566
00:24:08,990 --> 00:24:13,242
the five-foot diameter e-5.25
has become of interest
567
00:24:13,327 --> 00:24:16,745
once again to rick,
marty and craig tester
568
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:20,040
due to its close proximity
to their current drilling grid,
569
00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:22,751
which appears to be tracking
a man-made tunnel
570
00:24:22,837 --> 00:24:25,838
some 90 feet deep underground.
571
00:24:25,923 --> 00:24:27,590
It is their hope
572
00:24:27,675 --> 00:24:31,343
that a more meticulous search
of the e-5.25 spoils,
573
00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:34,597
which have remained
carefully stored on the island,
574
00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:36,974
will produce valuable clues
that were missed
575
00:24:37,018 --> 00:24:39,935
during the borehole's
original excavation.
576
00:24:40,021 --> 00:24:41,812
Okay, let's explore.
577
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,737
Steve g.:
What is that?
578
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:52,781
is that just wood,
or is that fiber?
579
00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:54,742
-Michael j.:
It looks like fiber.
-Steve g.: It's a fiber.
580
00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:56,160
I don't know what it is.
581
00:24:56,245 --> 00:24:57,953
You think it'd be coconut fiber?
582
00:24:58,039 --> 00:24:59,330
Could be.
583
00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:01,332
Narrator:
Possible coconut fiber?
584
00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:06,170
Found in the spoils
of borehole e-5.25?
585
00:25:06,214 --> 00:25:08,380
As one
of the most compelling clues
586
00:25:08,466 --> 00:25:11,258
ever discovered
by the various companies
587
00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:14,470
that have conducted large-scale
investigations on oak island
588
00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:16,805
over the past two centuries,
589
00:25:16,891 --> 00:25:19,266
coconut fiber,
which does not exist
590
00:25:19,352 --> 00:25:22,603
in nature anywhere
in the northern hemisphere,
591
00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:26,690
was uncovered in mass amounts
beneath smith's cove in 1850
592
00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:29,151
and thought to be used
as a filtering agent
593
00:25:29,237 --> 00:25:31,987
for the legendary
money pit flood tunnels
594
00:25:32,073 --> 00:25:34,448
as well as
in the money pit itself
595
00:25:34,534 --> 00:25:37,326
when it was first excavated
to the 90-foot level
596
00:25:37,411 --> 00:25:39,453
in 1804.
597
00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:42,998
If this substance
proves to be coconut fiber,
598
00:25:43,084 --> 00:25:45,668
could it mean that e-5.25
599
00:25:45,753 --> 00:25:48,170
is connected
to the original treasure shaft?
600
00:25:48,256 --> 00:25:53,509
If so, what else might they find
in these spoils?
601
00:25:53,594 --> 00:25:54,635
Steve g.:
I know we've found
602
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,136
a lot of coconut fiber
in smith's cove,
603
00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:58,764
and it'd be really exciting
if we could find coconut fiber,
604
00:25:58,849 --> 00:26:00,975
because this
would at least help us
605
00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:03,269
connect e-5.25 to the money pit.
606
00:26:03,354 --> 00:26:04,812
-Okay.
-I think
607
00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,398
-it's important enough
we should bag.
-For certain, yes.
608
00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:31,797
-Steve. Look at this.
-Yes.
609
00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:33,090
Oh, wow.
610
00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:39,179
What do you think that is?
611
00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:40,764
Narrator:
At the money pit wash table
612
00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:42,766
located near 10-x,
613
00:26:42,810 --> 00:26:45,227
michael john and steve guptill
614
00:26:45,313 --> 00:26:48,272
have just made a potentially
important discovery
615
00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:52,359
in the spoils
of borehole e-5.25.
616
00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:54,320
Steve g.:
You know what
that looks like to me?
617
00:26:54,405 --> 00:26:56,363
I think that's a cannonball.
618
00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:58,407
-Yeah.
-Or a grapeshot
of some sort. So, yeah,
619
00:26:58,492 --> 00:26:59,908
I don't know how old
these can date.
620
00:26:59,994 --> 00:27:01,619
I know they can date old.
621
00:27:01,704 --> 00:27:03,287
But a grapeshot
or a small cannonball.
622
00:27:03,331 --> 00:27:05,122
-That's about the size.
-That's right.
623
00:27:05,207 --> 00:27:08,083
-Yeah.
-Narrator: A small cannonball
624
00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:10,002
or possibly grapeshot?
625
00:27:10,087 --> 00:27:13,922
Used as artillery in both
land-based and naval warfare
626
00:27:14,008 --> 00:27:16,800
dating back to the 15th century,
627
00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:20,179
grapeshot was made of materials
such as metal,
628
00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:23,641
stone or clay which were
tightly packed into clusters
629
00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:26,310
and fired from cannons
in order to cripple
630
00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:29,480
and sink warships
on the high seas.
631
00:27:29,565 --> 00:27:32,983
-One week ago...
-Yeah, we got it out, mate.
632
00:27:33,027 --> 00:27:36,612
Narrator: ...Michael, along with
gary drayton and david fornetti,
633
00:27:36,656 --> 00:27:38,656
discovered
three heavy iron objects
634
00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:41,367
buried in a mound
on nearby lot 15
635
00:27:41,452 --> 00:27:42,993
that were determined to be parts
636
00:27:43,037 --> 00:27:46,664
of an early 17th-century
english-style cannon.
637
00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:49,667
Is it possible
that michael has now discovered
638
00:27:49,752 --> 00:27:51,835
a piece of artillery
that may be connected
639
00:27:51,921 --> 00:27:53,504
to that very weapon?
640
00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:56,507
And in a borehole
that might also be near
641
00:27:56,550 --> 00:28:00,177
or even intersecting
the original money pit?
642
00:28:00,221 --> 00:28:04,682
-All right,
prepare to astonish me.
-Here we go.
643
00:28:04,725 --> 00:28:06,433
narrator:
Arriving on the heels
644
00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:08,435
of this potentially
important discovery
645
00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:10,062
are marty lagina
646
00:28:10,147 --> 00:28:13,565
and archaeologist
dr. Aaron taylor.
647
00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,526
Marty:
What the hell is that?
648
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:21,490
It's got
an interesting weight to it, eh?
649
00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:22,700
Do you have any ideas?
650
00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:24,410
Aaron:
Um...
651
00:28:24,495 --> 00:28:26,704
Right now, I'm not sure.
652
00:28:26,747 --> 00:28:27,871
-Let's hear yours.
-Michael j.: Um...
653
00:28:27,957 --> 00:28:29,206
Grape-grapeshot.
654
00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:31,291
Like, some sort of a weapon.
655
00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:32,376
-Grapeshot?
-Michael j.: Yeah.
656
00:28:32,461 --> 00:28:34,545
Yeah, that's...
It's pretty interesting,
657
00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:35,838
-whatever it is.
-Michael j.: It is, isn't it?
658
00:28:35,923 --> 00:28:37,339
-Yeah, I think so, too.
-Marty: You know what,
659
00:28:37,383 --> 00:28:39,174
you could be right.
Maybe it is grapeshot.
660
00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:41,260
I think it's a cool find.
661
00:28:41,345 --> 00:28:43,178
We need to get
a lot of eyes on that,
662
00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:44,888
and somebody might know
what it is.
663
00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:47,808
When I see this little
rock cannonball thing,
664
00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,686
I know immediately
who needs to have a look at it.
665
00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:52,020
Gary needs to have a look at it.
666
00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:53,731
He's found such things before.
667
00:28:53,816 --> 00:28:55,733
And laird
needs to have a look at it.
668
00:28:55,818 --> 00:28:57,651
Aaron:
It's definitely
worth collecting.
669
00:28:57,737 --> 00:28:59,695
I'll tell you what.
Even if it's nothing,
670
00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:01,405
I'll put it on my desk.
671
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,120
narrator:
Later that afternoon
672
00:29:08,205 --> 00:29:10,038
in the oak island
research center...
673
00:29:10,124 --> 00:29:11,707
-Marty: Hey, guys.
-Doug: Hey, marty.
674
00:29:11,751 --> 00:29:14,042
Narrator:
...Marty lagina meets up
675
00:29:14,128 --> 00:29:16,253
with oak island historian
doug crowell,
676
00:29:16,338 --> 00:29:18,547
along with gary drayton
and archaeologist laird niven,
677
00:29:18,591 --> 00:29:21,425
to share the team's
latest discovery.
678
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:25,095
I-I still think this
little artifact here... You guys
679
00:29:25,139 --> 00:29:27,598
haven't seen it yet,
but I think it's something.
680
00:29:27,641 --> 00:29:29,975
-Have y-you seen this, gary?
-Gary: I'm hoping
681
00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:33,771
that it's something similar
that I've recovered in England.
682
00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:35,272
Yes, it is.
683
00:29:35,316 --> 00:29:37,608
I was hoping that
684
00:29:37,651 --> 00:29:41,904
this stone
was exactly like this.
685
00:29:43,491 --> 00:29:45,115
Marty:
What is it?
686
00:29:45,159 --> 00:29:48,452
This is a dress stone
or a gunstone.
687
00:29:48,496 --> 00:29:51,288
This is really, really old.
688
00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:53,457
This is a projectile, mate.
689
00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:54,625
-Marty: Is it?
Well, that's what...
-Before the days
690
00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:56,627
of cannonballs.
Iron cannonballs.
691
00:29:58,339 --> 00:30:00,297
They called them dress stones
692
00:30:00,341 --> 00:30:02,132
because the guys
were out looking
693
00:30:02,218 --> 00:30:05,052
for stones of a certain size.
694
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:07,137
They've become known
as gunstones,
695
00:30:07,223 --> 00:30:09,598
uh, but it's a projectile.
696
00:30:09,683 --> 00:30:11,642
It was fired
out of a blunderbuss
697
00:30:11,685 --> 00:30:12,726
on an old ship.
698
00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:14,311
Yeah.
699
00:30:14,396 --> 00:30:15,437
Narrator:
Dating back
700
00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:17,648
to before the 17th century,
701
00:30:17,691 --> 00:30:19,983
a blunderbuss is a firearm
702
00:30:20,069 --> 00:30:21,985
with a short,
large-caliber barrel
703
00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:23,821
that featured a flared muzzle.
704
00:30:23,864 --> 00:30:27,324
Known as the predecessor
to the modern shotgun,
705
00:30:27,409 --> 00:30:29,743
the blunderbuss
was a single-shot weapon
706
00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:32,120
that utilized gunstones,
iron musket balls
707
00:30:32,206 --> 00:30:34,248
and other projectiles.
708
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,041
Incredibly,
709
00:30:36,126 --> 00:30:37,793
it was also a type of weapon
710
00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:39,837
long associated
with the pilgrims
711
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,839
who founded the plymouth colony.
712
00:30:41,882 --> 00:30:45,175
Could this discovery
actually be evidence
713
00:30:45,261 --> 00:30:47,177
that helps corroborate
james mcquiston's theory
714
00:30:47,221 --> 00:30:50,889
of who might have been
behind the oak island mystery?
715
00:30:50,975 --> 00:30:52,850
Marty:
Well, I was wondering, when it
716
00:30:52,935 --> 00:30:54,184
got handed to me,
I said, "that's grapeshot."
717
00:30:54,228 --> 00:30:55,477
-because it was black.
-Yeah.
718
00:30:55,563 --> 00:30:57,354
-At the time, it was wet.
-Gary: Mm-hmm.
719
00:30:57,439 --> 00:30:59,439
-And then I realized
it's not iron.
-Gary: That looks
720
00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:03,527
a similar size
to a canister shot made of iron,
721
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:06,238
which is centuries newer
than this.
722
00:31:06,323 --> 00:31:07,823
This is really old.
723
00:31:07,908 --> 00:31:10,409
Doug:
The reason
they stopped making those
724
00:31:10,494 --> 00:31:11,535
is because
it was more economical
725
00:31:11,579 --> 00:31:13,704
to make the cast-iron ones.
726
00:31:13,789 --> 00:31:17,249
They used to employ stonemasons
and whatnot to make them.
727
00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:18,959
-That's really pretty cool.
-Yeah, that is nice.
728
00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:20,919
I did not expect
729
00:31:21,005 --> 00:31:22,546
to be holding one on oak island.
730
00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:25,173
I've found a lot of them.
731
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:26,300
I used to collect 'em.
732
00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:29,303
And it was always close
to battlefields
733
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:32,180
in England.
Old, old battlefields.
734
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:34,141
-Laird? Let laird take a look.
-It's like
a medieval projectile.
735
00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:35,225
You got any familiarity
with that, laird?
736
00:31:35,311 --> 00:31:38,270
Laird:
I mean, this-this one, I think,
737
00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:41,315
-was just-- it was just pecked.
Pecked and pecked and pecked.
-Mm-hmm.
738
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,484
-Well, what the hell's that
doing here on this island?
-Gary: Yeah.
739
00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:47,112
Well, what the heck's
a medieval cross doing
740
00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:48,989
-in smith's cove, mate?
741
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:51,033
the hand-point chisel,
the swages,
742
00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,534
going back to the medieval days.
743
00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:55,078
Marty:
So this thing could be
more significant than I thought.
744
00:31:55,164 --> 00:31:57,205
-Doug: That is really cool.
-Yeah, good for michael, huh?
745
00:31:57,249 --> 00:31:59,249
Gary:
It just goes back to why
746
00:31:59,293 --> 00:32:00,709
we wash the spoils as well.
747
00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:01,793
We'd have missed that.
748
00:32:01,879 --> 00:32:03,003
Marty:
I always seek
749
00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:05,631
confirmation from experts
in their field.
750
00:32:05,716 --> 00:32:08,717
So when laird and gary both say,
"yep, that's what that is."
751
00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:11,428
and then especially because
the little bit of research says
752
00:32:11,513 --> 00:32:12,763
that stone cannonballs were
753
00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:15,307
phased out a long time ago.
754
00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:17,267
You know?
Here's another potential clue
755
00:32:17,353 --> 00:32:19,102
that this is very ancient.
756
00:32:20,147 --> 00:32:21,605
Well, I hear broad consensus
757
00:32:21,690 --> 00:32:23,774
that this is
a pretty significant find.
758
00:32:23,817 --> 00:32:25,442
So, here's what I'd like to do.
759
00:32:25,486 --> 00:32:26,818
I'll give it to you, doug.
760
00:32:26,904 --> 00:32:29,655
You can measure it carefully.
761
00:32:29,740 --> 00:32:30,948
-Get its volume.
-Yep.
762
00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:32,616
Calculate its density.
763
00:32:32,660 --> 00:32:34,576
Maybe even if you can run terry
to ground,
764
00:32:34,662 --> 00:32:35,661
why don't you do
the acid test on it?
765
00:32:35,746 --> 00:32:37,955
-Let's see if it is limestone.
-Okay.
766
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,791
I'll get it processed
into the archives.
767
00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:42,000
-And, gary,
let's go find something.
-Yeah.
768
00:32:42,086 --> 00:32:44,086
-Leave no stone unturned.
-That's right, bud.
769
00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:46,755
I get energized when
they actually turn up something.
770
00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:48,799
Gary:
Yeah, that's fantastic.
771
00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:53,428
Rick:
I won't say the cavalry's here,
772
00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:55,263
but we're-we're somewhat
of a help.
773
00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:57,933
Well, we can use
all the help we can get.
774
00:32:58,018 --> 00:33:00,560
Narrator: Although another day
will soon come to end
775
00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:01,478
on oak island,
776
00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:04,606
rick lagina and steve guptill
777
00:33:04,692 --> 00:33:06,650
arrive at the eastern edge
of the swamp,
778
00:33:06,694 --> 00:33:09,444
hoping to make at least
one more important discovery
779
00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:13,865
with archeologists dr. Aaron
taylor and miriam amirault
780
00:33:13,951 --> 00:33:16,493
as they continue
their investigation
781
00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:18,996
of the believed stone cellar.
782
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:21,456
Okay. Where do we want to go
and what are we...
783
00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:22,582
What are we doing?
784
00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:25,168
I think we've caught
this boundary here
785
00:33:25,254 --> 00:33:27,963
-of what we're calling
a cellar feature.
-Mm.
786
00:33:28,048 --> 00:33:29,673
Aaron:
So, the idea is we want to...
787
00:33:29,717 --> 00:33:32,426
-Find this boundary...
-Mm-hmm.
788
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,302
...And that boundary.
789
00:33:34,388 --> 00:33:36,596
-Mm-hmm.
-So, if we could get
you guys helping us,
790
00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:38,306
just keep pulling back.
791
00:33:38,392 --> 00:33:41,101
-I think, maybe, a shovel
might be good up there.
-Okay.
792
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:45,147
-And I might focus on that area.
-Okay.
793
00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:46,565
And you three
keep pulling this back.
794
00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:49,151
And then once we know
the size of it...
795
00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:51,111
-Mm-hmm.
-...Then we can start removing
these stones
796
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:52,612
in the center.
797
00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:54,114
And I would anticipate,
798
00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:55,240
if it is a cellar,
we're gonna find
799
00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:57,659
some interesting things
at the bottom.
800
00:33:57,745 --> 00:34:00,203
Rick:
Okay, well, miriam,
you're in charge.
801
00:34:00,289 --> 00:34:01,788
-: Okay.
-You tell us what to do,
802
00:34:01,874 --> 00:34:04,583
-and hopefully we find
something today.
-Aaron: Yeah. All right.
803
00:34:04,668 --> 00:34:08,128
Rick:
As we are-- aaron and miriam,
804
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:10,505
myself and others,
we've all taken our turn
805
00:34:10,591 --> 00:34:13,467
at troweling
and shoveling this area,
806
00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,052
it's exciting.
807
00:34:15,137 --> 00:34:16,053
The shovel
808
00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:18,013
is my metal detector.
809
00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:20,932
And it's miriam's
and aaron's as well.
810
00:34:21,018 --> 00:34:24,019
And you get a sense of:
It's-it's discovery, right?
811
00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:27,230
It's a little-- tiny little
aspect of the treasure hunt.
812
00:34:31,612 --> 00:34:35,113
It's probably down here, right?
Not here?
813
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:38,909
Yeah. So, we're assuming
if it's a structure,
814
00:34:38,994 --> 00:34:40,077
it's all gonna be level.
815
00:34:40,162 --> 00:34:43,080
So, yeah, it should
all be kind of at...
816
00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:45,207
This level.
817
00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,667
And if you're reaching, like...
818
00:34:47,753 --> 00:34:51,254
A blueish kind of sand,
819
00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:53,256
it's underneath that.
820
00:34:53,342 --> 00:34:55,509
Rick:
All right.
821
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:59,387
Maybe get... A trowel.
822
00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:08,605
Oh.
823
00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:10,440
It's a piece of ceramic.
824
00:35:10,526 --> 00:35:13,360
Any way to tell what kind?
825
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:14,778
Well, you can see on it,
826
00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:16,029
it's been printed.
827
00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:17,906
There's a print on it.
828
00:35:17,991 --> 00:35:20,117
-Your eyes are better than mine.
829
00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:22,911
it looks kind of like
white refined earthenware
830
00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:23,829
with a print on it.
831
00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:25,163
Oh.
832
00:35:25,249 --> 00:35:27,499
Narrator:
Earthenware pottery?
833
00:35:27,584 --> 00:35:29,793
Found in the believed
stone cellar?
834
00:35:29,837 --> 00:35:31,837
Common in modern times
835
00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:34,714
but also dating back
to as early as ancient rome,
836
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:39,427
earthenware is a light-colored
type of pottery composed of clay
837
00:35:39,513 --> 00:35:43,098
and manufactured
under the extreme heat of fire.
838
00:35:43,183 --> 00:35:44,641
The question is,
839
00:35:44,685 --> 00:35:47,018
did this piece of earthenware
once belong
840
00:35:47,104 --> 00:35:49,062
to one of oak island's
past inhabitants
841
00:35:49,148 --> 00:35:50,939
from the last two centuries
842
00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:53,900
or to someone much earlier
843
00:35:53,986 --> 00:35:56,653
who may have come here to hide
something of great value?
844
00:35:56,697 --> 00:35:58,280
Yeah, I'll bag that up.
845
00:35:58,365 --> 00:35:59,823
This whole road is definitely
846
00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:01,408
a transitional area
'cause everything's changing
847
00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:02,409
at this point--
848
00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:03,785
in terms of artifacts,
849
00:36:03,871 --> 00:36:04,953
in terms of soil,
850
00:36:05,038 --> 00:36:07,455
in terms of it moving upwards.
851
00:36:07,541 --> 00:36:09,457
I think it's definitely going
to help us
852
00:36:09,543 --> 00:36:11,251
understand
where this road is leading
853
00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:13,503
and if it has anything
to do with,
854
00:36:13,547 --> 00:36:15,672
you know, the treasure story
or the money pit.
855
00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:26,600
I'd say that's burnt,
wouldn't you?
856
00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:28,351
Yeah.
857
00:36:30,105 --> 00:36:33,190
So, we've been finding
other pieces of burnt wood
858
00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:34,691
in and around here.
859
00:36:34,776 --> 00:36:36,610
Um, if you have, like,
860
00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:38,820
charcoal staining in the soil,
861
00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:41,156
like, if it's dark and black...
862
00:36:41,241 --> 00:36:43,116
Rick:
Might be something
coming up here.
863
00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:45,577
Miriam:
Yeah. I think it's just
a burnt piece of wood.
864
00:36:45,662 --> 00:36:47,621
Not necessarily, like, a...
865
00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:49,789
-Like, a burn feature.
-Right.
866
00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:51,583
All right. Well,
I'll just keep going then.
867
00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:53,501
Miriam:
Okay, yeah.
868
00:36:57,090 --> 00:36:58,048
Hey, miriam.
869
00:36:59,259 --> 00:37:00,508
There's a cavity here.
870
00:37:07,226 --> 00:37:07,849
Miriam:
Yeah, cool.
871
00:37:07,935 --> 00:37:09,100
That's a good sign.
872
00:37:09,186 --> 00:37:10,310
Narrator:
In the mysterious stone cellar
873
00:37:10,354 --> 00:37:12,562
near the pathway
bordering the swamp,
874
00:37:12,648 --> 00:37:14,981
treasure hunter michael john
875
00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:17,192
has just discovered
what appears to be
876
00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:20,737
a void, or cavity, beneath it.
877
00:37:20,822 --> 00:37:22,781
And you see
how the soil gets darker
878
00:37:22,866 --> 00:37:24,741
when you're, like,
underneath the stones?
879
00:37:24,785 --> 00:37:26,534
-Michael j.: Mm.
-So, that's original soil
880
00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:27,786
-that they would have, you know,
-yeah.
881
00:37:27,871 --> 00:37:29,621
Been putting these stones
on top of.
882
00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:30,580
Okay.
883
00:37:30,666 --> 00:37:33,166
Rick:
When michael said, "hey,
884
00:37:33,252 --> 00:37:34,668
I can reach down this far,"
885
00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:37,337
my first thought was, "wow,
there really is the possibility
886
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:39,089
that there might be something
down here."
887
00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:41,174
-so, should I stop digging
around here?
-Yeah, I'd say
888
00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:42,509
-you're at a good depth there.
-Okay, good.
889
00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:44,094
-Stop there.
-All right. All right.
890
00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:45,345
Rick:
You know,
what I find interesting
891
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:47,472
about this ongoing work
with the path
892
00:37:47,557 --> 00:37:50,058
and this so-called
foundation work is
893
00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:53,019
that we can get eyes
and boots dirty.
894
00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:54,562
That's really the key, right?
895
00:37:54,648 --> 00:37:56,564
Because, at any moment,
you remove one rock,
896
00:37:56,650 --> 00:37:58,692
there may be the aha moment.
897
00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:01,444
-I mean, it could be
the root cellar.
-Michael j.: Yeah.
898
00:38:04,032 --> 00:38:06,533
Anthony graves' farm
is right over there.
899
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:10,078
-He easily could have put a
house up there by the money pit.
-Mm-hmm.
900
00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:12,539
But he chose here.
Now, why did he choose here?
901
00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:15,208
I think that's the most
intriguing aspect of graves.
902
00:38:15,294 --> 00:38:17,335
You know?
Was it because of this?
903
00:38:17,421 --> 00:38:19,713
Was it still being used
during his time?
904
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:24,092
Narrator:
In 1857,
905
00:38:24,177 --> 00:38:26,261
a farmer named anthony graves
906
00:38:26,346 --> 00:38:29,472
purchased most of oak island
from the family of john smith,
907
00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:31,683
one of the three young men
908
00:38:31,768 --> 00:38:33,059
who originally discovered
the money pit,
909
00:38:33,145 --> 00:38:35,770
after smith had passed away.
910
00:38:35,856 --> 00:38:39,482
Curiously, after graves built
his home near joudrey's cove,
911
00:38:39,568 --> 00:38:41,192
north of the swamp,
912
00:38:41,278 --> 00:38:42,736
rumors began to swirl,
913
00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:45,989
as he would occasionally
purchase goods on the mainland
914
00:38:46,074 --> 00:38:50,201
using spanish coins
made of both silver and gold.
915
00:38:50,287 --> 00:38:52,078
Is it possible,
as rick speculates,
916
00:38:52,164 --> 00:38:56,958
that anthony graves made a
valuable discovery in this area?
917
00:38:57,044 --> 00:38:59,961
And if so,
what else could still be here,
918
00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:02,422
just waiting to be found?
919
00:39:03,717 --> 00:39:06,134
-You can put your hand
right in there.
-Miriam: Yeah.
920
00:39:06,219 --> 00:39:08,011
And it keeps going.
921
00:39:08,055 --> 00:39:10,889
-My hands are too big, but...
922
00:39:10,974 --> 00:39:12,807
-there might be something
in there. Like...
-Steve g.: Right.
923
00:39:12,893 --> 00:39:16,227
Rick:
Voids like that
don't just happen.
924
00:39:16,313 --> 00:39:17,687
-It goes down there for a while.
-Yeah.
925
00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:20,357
Steve g.:
So, do you think treasure
926
00:39:20,442 --> 00:39:22,108
-could be here?
-You know,
927
00:39:22,194 --> 00:39:23,985
I think graves was
every bit a mystery man
928
00:39:24,071 --> 00:39:25,236
-as samuel was.
-Mm-hmm.
929
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:29,282
Did he have access
to some found treasure?
930
00:39:29,368 --> 00:39:30,658
Maybe.
931
00:39:30,744 --> 00:39:33,995
Obviously, if this is
an out building, as you suggest,
932
00:39:34,081 --> 00:39:36,331
you're not gonna--
there were no banks.
933
00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:38,416
-You hide your money, right?
-Mm-hmm.
934
00:39:38,502 --> 00:39:40,001
Well, you're not gonna hide it
in your home,
935
00:39:40,087 --> 00:39:42,003
-'cause that's where
"people would look."
-mm-hmm.
936
00:39:42,089 --> 00:39:43,671
You'd hide it here.
937
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,673
Could there be treasure here?
938
00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,258
Yeah, there could be.
939
00:39:47,344 --> 00:39:48,927
How many stories
940
00:39:49,012 --> 00:39:51,930
have we all heard
about "treasure finds
941
00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:54,182
in old barns,"
in the floor of the barn
942
00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:56,559
or in the--
you know, behind the wall?
943
00:39:56,603 --> 00:40:00,730
It's possible that there might
be something in this structure,
944
00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:02,399
but we have to prove
it's a structure first.
945
00:40:02,484 --> 00:40:05,360
Then we have to find artifacts
to date it.
946
00:40:05,445 --> 00:40:09,072
Would I love to pull up
a bag of coins out of there?
947
00:40:09,116 --> 00:40:10,073
Of course.
948
00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:12,283
This is a treasure hunt
after all.
949
00:40:12,369 --> 00:40:17,747
All right. We probably
should opt for peeling this off.
950
00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:20,959
-That's a lot of dirt
to move by hand.
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.
951
00:40:21,044 --> 00:40:23,711
Until we found this,
I always thought that...
952
00:40:23,797 --> 00:40:25,547
Somebody hid something in all--
953
00:40:25,632 --> 00:40:27,924
-in at least one
of all these rock walls.
-Mm-hmm.
954
00:40:27,968 --> 00:40:30,552
-Yeah.
-But, just like the money pit,
955
00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:32,053
you have to hold it
in your hand.
956
00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:35,181
-And we haven't held it
in our hand yet, so...
-Here.
957
00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:36,433
It's possible.
958
00:40:36,518 --> 00:40:38,101
It's certainly possible.
959
00:40:38,145 --> 00:40:39,686
We got to keep digging.
960
00:40:41,815 --> 00:40:44,607
narrator:
If rick, marty, craig
and their team
961
00:40:44,693 --> 00:40:47,068
are gaining confidence
in anything,
962
00:40:47,154 --> 00:40:49,446
it's that the ultimate discovery
963
00:40:49,489 --> 00:40:52,782
that has eluded treasure hunters
for 226 years
964
00:40:52,826 --> 00:40:54,159
is now another day closer
965
00:40:54,244 --> 00:40:57,871
to finally being
within their reach.
966
00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,790
And as they continue scouring
documented history
967
00:41:00,834 --> 00:41:03,626
in an effort to complete
the oak island puzzle,
968
00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:05,670
perhaps with a drill rod,
969
00:41:05,755 --> 00:41:07,630
a metal detector
970
00:41:07,716 --> 00:41:11,384
or one scrape
with an archaeologist's trowel,
971
00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:15,388
the final piece
will be put in its place.
972
00:41:19,644 --> 00:41:22,604
Next time
on the curse of oak island...
973
00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:26,107
Terry:
Oh! We got a shaft here,
and maybe it's the money pit.
974
00:41:26,193 --> 00:41:28,902
Aaron:
Wow. That's super cool.
This would indicate
975
00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:30,778
that there was a structure
in here.
976
00:41:31,865 --> 00:41:33,156
ooh! Look at that.
977
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,157
-Michael j.: What's that?
-This is old.
978
00:41:34,242 --> 00:41:36,284
It's typical
of early time periods.
979
00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:38,411
With the narrow caulk
on the back, it means
980
00:41:38,497 --> 00:41:39,496
it was scottish that did this.
981
00:41:39,581 --> 00:41:40,705
Jack:
Oh, no way!
982
00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:43,291
This came
from underneath the pathway,
983
00:41:43,376 --> 00:41:45,168
and they're
from one time period.
984
00:41:45,253 --> 00:41:46,920
-Wow.
-That's really cool.
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That's stunning.
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