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Tonight on
the curse of oak island...
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This is typical of
something to do with
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- ships or parts of ships.
- Wow.
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There's a couple of
wharfs on samuel ball's property.
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Yes,
alex. Right here is the second one.
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We were 75 to
100 feet from shore.
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- Yeah.
- So, that's a huge wharf.
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- Yeah.
- Why do you need such a massive wharf?
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- Take a look at this. We found a coin.
- Look at that!
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- I think that's gold.
- It's stunning.
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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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Hey, rick. Hey.
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- I see you started.
- Yeah. We're getting through it.
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- Okay.
- We're finding stuff right away, so...
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- Oh, really?
- If you want to
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- get in there and keep pulling that back...
- Right here?
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- Right there?
- Yeah, that little island there.
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- Yep. Yep.
- And we'll dump the buckets right on top of here.
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- Fair enough. - All right.
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As a new day
begins on oak island,
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brothers rick and marty lagina,
along with their team,
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remain focused on
their historic investigation
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in and around the
triangle-shaped swamp,
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looking for more critical
clues that could help solve
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a 226-year-old treasure mystery.
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So, moving upslope...
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I think our best hope
is to follow the artifacts
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and stuff like coal,
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which we've found
along the road,
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- is a really good artifact to find.
- Sure.
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You know, ceramics,
they help us date the road.
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But anything that might
be associated with a cart,
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with oxen, and coal,
I think are the big ones.
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Okay.
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Over the course
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of their discovery
work this year,
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which was delayed by two months
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because of the
covid-19 pandemic,
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the team has found not
only compelling evidence
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that the swamp was once
an open harbor or throughway
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between two islands
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but also numerous discoveries
suggesting a deliberately
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hidden operation to bring
heavy cargo of some kind here.
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These finds include a
massive stone ship's wharf,
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pieces of 15th-century
cargo barrels...
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...And also a
cobblestone pathway,
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one that runs northward
along the eastern border
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of the swamp,
which branches off somewhere
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into the uplands of the island.
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Now,
with winter fast approaching,
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rick, marty and the team
are tirelessly continuing
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to track the pathway to its end,
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possibly to the location
of the original money pit.
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That looks like...
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Pottery. I think so.
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Looking at it,
it looked like it had lines on it.
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That's, uh, annular ware.
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And the annular ware we know
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comes in early 1750s.
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So, we're still pre-searcher.
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Pre-searcher? Absolutely.
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The pottery adds
to the mountains of data
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that this road is very
old and can't be younger
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than probably the turn
of the 1700s to 1800s.
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Can't be any younger than that.
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There's a piece right there.
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If you want to see it in situ.
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Oh, yeah.
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Just going to give
it a good wash.
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- Hang on. Here's another one.
- Oh.
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- Similar level, too.
- Yep.
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Same thing.
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This is a stoneware, too.
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You can see,
even before cleaning it,
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it's been badly burned.
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Badly burned pottery?
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Oh, what the heck is that?
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Just one week ago,
metal detection expert
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gary drayton,
along with rick and marty's nephew,
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david fornetti,
discovered a badly burned iron rod.
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An iron rod that
dr. Aaron taylor believes
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may have been part
of a large sailing vessel.
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Could this burned pottery be
connected to that discovery?
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And, if so, is it another clue
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that the team is getting closer
to discovering whatever caused
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the need for a carefully
hidden pathway?
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Or, for that matter,
an artificial swamp?
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They're both stoneware.
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And if it's in the same
area as the annular wares,
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then this can go back
into 17... Mid-1700s as well.
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So, that's a nice find.
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- Same pattern. Same...
- Yeah. Look at that.
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- Fits like a glove.
- Fits like a glove.
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Yeah. Perfect.
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- Well, that's nice to find that.
- Yes.
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Although the clues
that the team keep finding
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are revealing more evidence
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of where the stone
pathway is heading,
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just how far will they
have to keep going
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to find whatever might
lie buried at the end of it?
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It's just one more
inch that way.
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- It's always one more inch.
- Is that what you tell yourself?
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- Yeah. - All right.
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Let's see if you're
right. One more inch.
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While rick, aaron and miriam
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continue investigating
the stone pathway...
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- Hey, carmen.
- Well, lookee here.
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...Oak island
historian charles barkhouse,
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david fornetti and treasure
hunter dan henskee
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have arrived at northville
farms in centreville, nova scotia
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to have blacksmithing
expert carmen legge
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inspect the burned iron rod
found one week ago in the swamp.
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Well, what do you got today,
uh, charles?
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Well,
I'm hoping you can tell us.
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Oh, well, you've got a big bar.
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Yeah. We've got
a big bar is right.
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It's a really interesting piece.
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We have a bunch
of different ideas
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of what it could be,
but obviously, you're the expert,
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so we wanted to
get your take on it.
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Well, let me just, uh, say
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what I see,
and then you can probably
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- help out what it was for.
- Yeah.
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- Yeah.
- It's about an inch in diameter.
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Uh, very consistent size
all the way down through.
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This obviously had a
broken piece on to it.
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So, it was an eye. So,
this would be an eyebolt.
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So, carmen, do you have a
date or a time frame for this piece?
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It could be as far
back as the late 1600s.
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Wow.
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A burned
eyebolt found in the swamp?
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Dating back as far
as the 17th century?
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- Wow.
- Oh, wow, indeed.
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Could it be connected
to the large iron ringbolts
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the team has also found
this year in the swamp,
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which date back to
the same time period?
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And which the team also
believes might have been used
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to haul cargo from a
ship onto oak island?
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So,
you mentioned that it was an eyebolt.
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I know on the island,
we look a lot for ringbolts.
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Can you help me understand
the difference between the two?
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The eyebolt would have the end
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of this tang would come
around and butt onto this, right?
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So, there was a solid, uh,
piece attached to this.
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A ringbolt... the ring is-is loose,
but it's inserted
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through the bolt.
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This is just, like, one piece,
whereas a ringbolt is two piece.
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- Mm-hmm.
- Usually two piece.
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A ringbolt is usually heavier,
too.
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This is very typical
of something to do
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with anchoring ships
or parts of ships.
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- You know, ships are obviously of interest on oak island, so...
- Absolutely.
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Well, certainly appreciate you
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shedding some light
on what went on here.
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I know our team
back on the island
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is going to be thrilled to hear about,
uh,
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everything that we've learned,
so we should probably pack
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this up and hit the road.
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Very good. Yep.
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- Great stuff.
- Thank you.
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Thanks, carmen.
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Have a safe trip.
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Later that afternoon...
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As members of the team
continue their work in the swamp...
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I brought a trowel in
case you need some help.
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Oh,
excellent. We can always use help.
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...Marty lagina's son
alex arrives at the foundation
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of late 18th-century oak
island landowner samuel ball.
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We've got the
cellar all cleaned out.
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Just some final, you know,
getting rid of dirt,
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- excavating in there.
- Mm-hmm. It looks good.
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It is here where archeologists
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laird niven and liz michels
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continue their
meticulous investigation
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for clues that might
help explain how mr. Ball,
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a simple cabbage farmer
and former american slave,
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mysteriously became
a very wealthy man
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by the early 19th century.
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Piece of pottery here.
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Oh, you should find lots.
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I see why you needed
somebody to sift.
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Yeah.
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It's, uh, it slows things...
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- I could be here all day.
- It slows things down.
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That's true.
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I'm impressed with the
patience these archaeologists
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have to unearth all
of that with a trowel.
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I'm very interested in what's
gone on on the ball foundation.
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They've been digging over
there for quite some time,
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and I want to see it.
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- There you are. - Thank you.
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Hey, look at this.
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Wow, that's cool.
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Hey, look at this.
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I got a coin.
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I think.
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On lot 25,
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alex lagina has just
found what could be
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a significant
discovery in the spoils
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excavated from
the ball foundation.
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- It's got...
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- A little green.
- Yeah.
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Yeah,
this looks old. It's got kind of...
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Irregular edges,
like a flat portion.
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It does look like the
design is a little off-center.
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I-I'll trust it to you.
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Well, it's heavy enough.
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When I first picked it out,
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I thought I could see a pattern,
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and it seemed off-center to me.
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Oh, I see what you mean.
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Part of the reason
we're doing all this work
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on the ball foundation is
to investigate the possibility
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that samuel ball had a closer
involvement with the money pit
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than was previously known.
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So, if we can date this
coin to the same time period
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as these other finds we're making,
that's it.
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That's our connection.
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I see what you mean
about the edges.
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Yeah. I think, uh, we'll bag it.
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Get it to the research center
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- and see what we can see.
- Mm-hmm.
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I'll just... I'll find a
few more for you.
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Okay. Thank you.
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Later that afternoon,
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after a chilly fall
rainstorm has halted work
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near the swamp and
at the ball foundation...
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- Hey, guys.
- Hey. Hey.
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- Take a look at this. - Wow.
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...Alex lagina and laird niven
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have gathered in
the research center
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with rick,
david and gary drayton
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to share their new discovery.
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So,
this just came off of the ball property.
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Oh.
247
00:12:11,815 --> 00:12:14,190
Found it sifting
through some of the stuff
248
00:12:14,276 --> 00:12:16,818
that... the most recent test
pit that laird's been doing.
249
00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:19,529
- Right by the edge of the house.
- Yeah, northwest corner.
250
00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:22,657
So, if you look,
251
00:12:22,743 --> 00:12:25,410
- you see the anchor on the right.
- Yeah.
252
00:12:25,454 --> 00:12:28,955
So,
is the middle an anchor or is it a cross?
253
00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,624
If you pull it down
to show the edge...
254
00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:34,711
- It'll be a larger anchor.
- Yeah.
255
00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:36,733
- Well, there you can see it.
- Right there. There. Okay.
256
00:12:36,757 --> 00:12:38,256
Yep.
257
00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:40,445
There's three anchors.
There's one on the right,
258
00:12:40,469 --> 00:12:42,280
there's a large one in the middle,
and then there's one
259
00:12:42,304 --> 00:12:44,115
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
260
00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:46,784
- And you can see...
- You can see the other one on the left.
261
00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:50,101
Yeah, it looks like little waves,
and I can see
262
00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:52,562
a rope design around
the outside of it.
263
00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:56,983
I know what that is.
264
00:12:57,068 --> 00:12:58,546
What is it?
265
00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:00,779
It's a-a navy jacket button.
266
00:13:00,822 --> 00:13:03,865
If it's got anchors on it
and a rope design around it.
267
00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:07,786
Without a doubt,
that is a british navy jacket button.
268
00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,599
What time period is this,
though?
269
00:13:09,623 --> 00:13:13,458
1804 to 1825.
Solidly within the ball period.
270
00:13:13,502 --> 00:13:16,920
A button from a
member of the british navy?
271
00:13:17,005 --> 00:13:21,299
Discovered in the foundation
of samuel ball's former home?
272
00:13:21,343 --> 00:13:24,803
Although he was a
member of the british military
273
00:13:24,846 --> 00:13:26,930
during the american revolution,
274
00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:30,183
he was not known to have
been part of the british navy.
275
00:13:30,268 --> 00:13:33,645
So,
then just who did this button belong to?
276
00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:38,399
We've been searching
and searching for some
277
00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:40,902
military connection to
samuel ball because we know
278
00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:44,322
he served the british
during our revolutionary war,
279
00:13:44,366 --> 00:13:46,135
uh,
which is how he gained his freedom
280
00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,867
and came to nova scotia, so...
281
00:13:47,953 --> 00:13:50,954
- I think you just made that connection.
- Yeah.
282
00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:53,351
It's one of the
nicest buttons we've found
283
00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:56,668
- in terms of legibility.
- The front is spectacular.
284
00:13:56,711 --> 00:13:58,940
- Yeah.
- I mean, those anchors are amazing.
285
00:13:58,964 --> 00:14:01,084
I look forward to-to seeing
how much information
286
00:14:01,132 --> 00:14:02,674
- we can get off of this.
- Yeah.
287
00:14:02,717 --> 00:14:04,677
- It's a beautiful piece.
- Oh, yeah.
288
00:14:04,719 --> 00:14:07,053
Whether there's
more information or not.
289
00:14:07,138 --> 00:14:09,347
Yeah.
290
00:14:09,391 --> 00:14:11,391
I think that is...
291
00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:13,518
Gold or gilding right there.
292
00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:15,873
- I think so. That would make sense.
- Yeah.
293
00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:18,189
That would point to officer though,
wouldn't it?
294
00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:21,693
Yeah,
normally the officers had the...
295
00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:23,987
- The gilded buttons. - Yeah.
296
00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:26,364
An officer's button?
297
00:14:26,408 --> 00:14:28,741
If so, why did a high-ranking
298
00:14:28,827 --> 00:14:31,244
british naval officer
visit the home
299
00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:33,538
of samuel ball on oak island?
300
00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:37,125
And could it have something
to do with the mysterious wealth
301
00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,085
ball came to possess?
302
00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:41,357
It's a royal navy button and,
apparently,
303
00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:44,048
it would be somebody
on a ship of some import.
304
00:14:44,092 --> 00:14:45,967
An important person.
305
00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:49,470
What's that doing in
samuel ball's foundation?
306
00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:53,182
I mean, we're talking about
an officer being in his house.
307
00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:55,560
That's kind of a big deal,
I think.
308
00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:58,021
Okay. Thank you. Thanks
for calling. Good find.
309
00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:00,084
- We will keep you posted. Thank you.
- All right, mate.
310
00:15:00,108 --> 00:15:01,691
All right. See you later, guys.
311
00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:09,198
The following morning...
312
00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,242
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, gary.
313
00:15:11,286 --> 00:15:13,745
...Gary
drayton and david fornetti
314
00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:17,707
join rick lagina and
archeologists dr. Aaron taylor
315
00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:21,419
and miriam amirault near the
northeastern border of the swamp
316
00:15:21,463 --> 00:15:23,922
to continue searching
for valuable clues
317
00:15:23,965 --> 00:15:26,507
along the mysterious
stone pathway,
318
00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:30,094
and for more evidence
of just where it leads.
319
00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:34,432
- Wow, looks like you've been busy.
- Yeah.
320
00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:38,353
David and I would like to start
back up metal detecting here
321
00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,772
because we never
ever did finish this track,
322
00:15:40,815 --> 00:15:43,066
and we was moving this way.
323
00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:45,443
So, we're back to zigzag
324
00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:47,403
- along this area. - Perfect.
325
00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:49,489
- Up this hill. - Yeah.
326
00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:51,427
Okay,
mate. We'll see what we can find
327
00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:52,951
because me and david have been
328
00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:55,453
on fire recently, haven't we?
329
00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:58,414
Every time we go out,
we find something good.
330
00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:00,458
Let's keep that rolling, mate.
331
00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:12,595
I'm definitely getting
an iron signal here.
332
00:16:12,681 --> 00:16:14,472
A little chirpy signal.
333
00:16:14,516 --> 00:16:17,767
- Uh, do you want us to dig it?
- Yeah, go ahead, david.
334
00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:20,979
- Is that okay if dave and I investigate?
- Yeah.
335
00:16:22,357 --> 00:16:24,440
Seems to be in that area there.
336
00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,824
Are you getting some cobbles there,
david?
337
00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:35,076
It certainly looks that way.
338
00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:37,704
I might just finish
that up with a trowel.
339
00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:39,330
- Yup. - Okay.
340
00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:42,458
Let me see if I can narrow
the search down for you.
341
00:16:44,629 --> 00:16:49,465
It moved just a little ways
off. It's in that section there.
342
00:16:53,096 --> 00:16:56,514
If it's under the rock,
then that's very helpful because
343
00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:58,891
- it would predate the putting down...
- Yeah.
344
00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:01,853
...Of these cobbles if they
were actually put down.
345
00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:04,355
- All right. Yeah.
- You want me to do it?
346
00:17:10,864 --> 00:17:13,906
There. Spot on there, mate.
347
00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:16,242
So, you stick your trowel in there,
mate,
348
00:17:16,327 --> 00:17:18,661
you've got it in situ.
349
00:17:18,705 --> 00:17:21,164
It's iron by the sound of it.
350
00:17:28,923 --> 00:17:31,883
Ugh. Seismic blasting caps.
351
00:17:31,926 --> 00:17:35,470
We keep finding those all over.
352
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:38,014
Although finding a blasting cap
353
00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:41,059
from the seismic survey that
was run across the swamp
354
00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:44,103
two years ago is
a disappointment,
355
00:17:44,189 --> 00:17:46,814
it was that operation
that revealed
356
00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,859
a 200-foot-long anomaly,
eerily resembling
357
00:17:49,944 --> 00:17:53,237
the shape of a large sailing vessel,
which remains buried
358
00:17:53,323 --> 00:17:56,115
in the middle of the mucky,
brackish bog.
359
00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,995
It is the team's hope to conduct
a largescale dig next year
360
00:18:01,081 --> 00:18:03,664
with the help of a massive
sheet-piling cofferdam
361
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:07,085
to find out just what
that anomaly really is.
362
00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,379
Mystery solved.
363
00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:12,924
- Yeah. - I'll keep going.
364
00:18:19,682 --> 00:18:21,933
I'm getting a signal here.
365
00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:25,353
Just there, miriam.
366
00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:27,438
Still in the same area.
367
00:18:29,859 --> 00:18:31,901
Ooh, right on it. Just there.
368
00:18:51,339 --> 00:18:53,756
- - oh, wow. Look at that!
369
00:18:59,681 --> 00:19:01,992
Oh, wow. Look at that. Well,
that's nice.
370
00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:03,994
Just northeast
of the oak island swamp,
371
00:19:04,018 --> 00:19:05,893
gary drayton has unearthed
372
00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:07,665
what could be an
important discovery.
373
00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:10,815
It's a little
square-headed nail.
374
00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:12,817
Square shank, by the look of it.
375
00:19:12,902 --> 00:19:14,986
That's like a
little ox shoe nail.
376
00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:16,779
Oh.
377
00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:19,448
I thought you'd
find us an ox shoe,
378
00:19:19,534 --> 00:19:23,661
- but, you know, that's just as good.
- Yep. That's a fastener.
379
00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:25,224
- It was used to put the ox shoe on.
- Yeah.
380
00:19:25,248 --> 00:19:28,291
Which is another, you know,
check in the box for:
381
00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:30,168
This is a road or a path.
382
00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:32,628
That's great.
383
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,797
Now,
you got to put two and two together.
384
00:19:34,883 --> 00:19:35,985
We've got a stone road.
385
00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,884
We've got fasteners.
386
00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:39,510
We're on oak island.
387
00:19:39,596 --> 00:19:41,512
It's pretty clear
388
00:19:41,598 --> 00:19:45,266
that some kind of
treasure-hauling operation
389
00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:47,518
was done in this area.
390
00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:49,707
You wouldn't
think you'd get so excited
391
00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:51,105
about something that small.
392
00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:53,566
So,
I'm going to bag that and then let you guys
393
00:19:53,651 --> 00:19:55,451
- get back to detecting.
- Okay, mate.
394
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:58,154
Good digging,
miriam. That's a good find.
395
00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:02,700
Later that afternoon...
396
00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:06,954
This is the man of
the hour. Stuart wentzell.
397
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,540
- Hi, stuart. Nice to meet you.
- Hey, stuart. -Hi.
398
00:20:09,626 --> 00:20:11,645
...Rick lagina
and members of the team
399
00:20:11,669 --> 00:20:15,129
gather in the research
center with stuart wentzell,
400
00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:17,215
a local treasure
hunter who worked for
401
00:20:17,258 --> 00:20:20,051
rick,
marty and craig's late friend and partner
402
00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:23,054
dan blankenship
back in the 1970s.
403
00:20:23,097 --> 00:20:25,723
Stuart,
I know you've worked on oak island
404
00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:27,578
- since probably you were a young boy.
- Yes.
405
00:20:27,602 --> 00:20:29,663
Working with dan.
You worked a lot with dan.
406
00:20:29,687 --> 00:20:31,229
Lots of memories, lots of times.
407
00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:33,189
- Right.
- So, dan would have me
408
00:20:33,274 --> 00:20:35,194
and my brother come
over on the weekends.
409
00:20:38,655 --> 00:20:40,215
- - right?
410
00:20:42,116 --> 00:20:45,618
I met stuart wentzell, uh,
the very first year I was here.
411
00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:50,790
He had told me about these
wharfs off the samuel ball lot.
412
00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,917
And now,
all of a sudden, we find
413
00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,920
a british naval button
at the ball foundation.
414
00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:58,506
Maybe it's something
associated with a wharf.
415
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:02,760
The point is,
we mustn't fail to follow up
416
00:21:02,804 --> 00:21:07,932
on this local knowledge, uh,
which we were not privy to.
417
00:21:07,976 --> 00:21:11,102
So, uh,
this is all about the possibility
418
00:21:11,145 --> 00:21:14,272
or the potential
of a dive or dives,
419
00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:16,565
uh, related to some discoveries
420
00:21:16,651 --> 00:21:19,151
- that you had made mention of in the past.
- Yes.
421
00:21:19,237 --> 00:21:21,153
So, what's the most interesting
422
00:21:21,239 --> 00:21:24,407
search agenda-related activity
that you were involved with?
423
00:21:43,261 --> 00:21:44,802
Right.
424
00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:49,910
Is that right? - Stuart: Yes.
425
00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,183
Ball had two wharfs.
426
00:21:51,269 --> 00:21:52,727
It's absolutely there.
427
00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,270
Yeah.
428
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:57,273
So, what are the areas
429
00:21:57,358 --> 00:21:59,837
- that you're interested in, in terms of the dive?
- Okay.
430
00:21:59,861 --> 00:22:01,319
All right.
431
00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:10,494
Yeah.
432
00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:16,250
The use of large rocks,
or cribbing stones,
433
00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:18,461
in the construction
of shipping wharfs
434
00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:21,213
dates back more
than five centuries.
435
00:22:21,299 --> 00:22:24,633
Stacked between layers of wood timbers,
they offered support
436
00:22:24,719 --> 00:22:27,845
in the design of docks
for large sailing vessels.
437
00:22:29,807 --> 00:22:31,160
When you dove that,
438
00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:34,352
- yeah.
- Did you see remnants of the old wharf?
439
00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:35,853
Wooden parts of it?
440
00:22:36,898 --> 00:22:38,022
Yeah.
441
00:22:53,373 --> 00:22:55,998
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm. All right, so I'm gonna circle it
442
00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:58,417
on this so that
we can keep track.
443
00:22:58,503 --> 00:23:01,796
- So, it's somewhere in that area there.
- Yes, alex.
444
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:04,610
- Okay.
- Yeah, and here's the other place.
445
00:23:04,634 --> 00:23:06,675
Right here was the second one.
446
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,530
Okay, so,
if you want to stick a circle
447
00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:10,888
around that one as well, alex.
448
00:23:10,932 --> 00:23:13,516
If there really are two wharfs
449
00:23:13,601 --> 00:23:16,394
bordering the property
once owned by samuel ball,
450
00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:19,355
might he have
built both of them?
451
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,942
Or is it possible that one
was constructed much earlier?
452
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:25,903
If so, then by whom?
453
00:23:25,947 --> 00:23:28,572
And could it offer clues
that might help explain
454
00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:31,534
how samuel ball became
one of the richest men
455
00:23:31,619 --> 00:23:33,911
in nova scotia?
456
00:23:33,955 --> 00:23:36,872
There is concrete evidence
of substantial works
457
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:39,208
prior to 1795 and a lot of them.
458
00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:41,085
A lot went on on that island.
459
00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:44,505
So,
if somebody did build a wooden wharf there,
460
00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:48,008
there was some
significant reason why.
461
00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,428
I would love to go and have a look at that,
stuart.
462
00:23:52,181 --> 00:23:54,451
Well, I'd love to put you in
the boat. We'll go out there
463
00:23:54,475 --> 00:23:55,933
and I'll jump over the side.
464
00:23:58,646 --> 00:24:00,290
- Excellent.
- Well, thanks, guys.
465
00:24:00,314 --> 00:24:01,564
That was a great discussion.
466
00:24:01,649 --> 00:24:04,900
- You plan out the dive. Get it set up.
- Yeah.
467
00:24:04,986 --> 00:24:06,777
You two gentlemen will be there
468
00:24:06,821 --> 00:24:08,779
to observe and
watch and take notes.
469
00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:11,282
Okay. Well,
you guys got your work ahead of you.
470
00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:12,950
- Yup. - And I look forward to
471
00:24:12,994 --> 00:24:14,702
- the dive results. - Yes.
472
00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:16,098
- Let's get after it.
- Sounds good.
473
00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:17,682
Fantastic.
474
00:24:22,295 --> 00:24:24,920
- Good morning, guys.
- How you doing?
475
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:27,465
One day after the team's meeting
476
00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:31,093
with former oak island
treasure hunter stuart wentzell,
477
00:24:31,179 --> 00:24:34,472
they have invited him to join
professional diver tony sampson,
478
00:24:34,515 --> 00:24:37,308
alex lagina and his
cousin david fornetti,
479
00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:39,351
at the oak island
resort and marina...
480
00:24:39,437 --> 00:24:40,622
Okay. Let's head out.
481
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,730
...To begin a dive operation
482
00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:44,982
that will focus on the
waters just off the shore
483
00:24:45,026 --> 00:24:49,820
of lots 25 and 26 at the
western end of oak island.
484
00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:53,449
So,
the first location... You know where
485
00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:55,868
- that freshwater pond is?
- Yep.
486
00:24:55,953 --> 00:24:58,746
Hopefully, we're going to see
remains of the crib down there.
487
00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:01,624
So,
the wooden structure which would have held
488
00:25:01,709 --> 00:25:03,501
the stones in the crib.
489
00:25:03,544 --> 00:25:05,169
- Eight feet you said, stuart?
- Yep.
490
00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:06,732
- Eight feet wide.
- So, about eight feet wide.
491
00:25:06,756 --> 00:25:09,340
Of interest to the team
492
00:25:09,383 --> 00:25:11,509
are the remains of
two stone ships' wharfs,
493
00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:15,179
that stuart first
investigated in the 1970s
494
00:25:15,264 --> 00:25:17,765
while working for
dan blankenship,
495
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,142
that bordered the
property once owned
496
00:25:20,228 --> 00:25:23,354
by the mysteriously wealthy
18th-century island resident
497
00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:25,189
samuel ball.
498
00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:27,211
And, tony,
when you're down there,
499
00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,193
do you have a metal
detector with you?
500
00:25:29,237 --> 00:25:31,381
- Or how are you going to detect this?
- Yeah.
501
00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:34,198
So, we'll have visual,
and we'll also run a metal detector,
502
00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:36,123
an underwater
metal detector over it.
503
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,786
It may sort of indicate
metallic fasteners that
504
00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,891
might have been used
in a wharf structure.
505
00:25:40,915 --> 00:25:43,499
So,
similar to large shipping spikes.
506
00:25:43,584 --> 00:25:46,146
- It would have held the wharf together.
- That'd be cool.
507
00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:47,290
That would be very cool.
508
00:25:48,256 --> 00:25:50,067
Tony's going to
bring a metal detector,
509
00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:51,818
and he's going
to scan the bottom
510
00:25:51,842 --> 00:25:55,302
for wharf pins or anything
that might have been dropped
511
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:56,698
when this thing
was in existence.
512
00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:59,223
Those are the things
that I'm most excited about
513
00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:02,851
because those can help us
date anything we might find.
514
00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:06,522
Well, guys, I think we're just
about on target one up here.
515
00:26:07,984 --> 00:26:09,858
Okay. I might get kitted up,
516
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,755
and we'll go and see what we can find,
eh?
517
00:26:11,779 --> 00:26:13,696
- Yeah. Great. Great, tony.
- Great.
518
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:15,551
We've tried to answer the
question of who samuel ball was
519
00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:16,907
from the land side.
520
00:26:16,951 --> 00:26:18,576
This is from the ocean side.
521
00:26:18,661 --> 00:26:21,328
So, until today,
when we're looking
522
00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:23,831
at the ocean side,
we haven't even begun to explore
523
00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,769
that side of his life. So,
it could be
524
00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:27,876
hiding some pretty
interesting artifacts.
525
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,587
So, we'll go down there,
526
00:26:29,630 --> 00:26:31,255
and we'll investigate that.
527
00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,318
In my perfect little world,
it would be great
528
00:26:33,342 --> 00:26:35,426
to find some
artifacts dating back
529
00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:37,469
from the 16, 1700s,
530
00:26:37,555 --> 00:26:39,179
but even to find the remains
531
00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:41,345
of these structures
would be interesting.
532
00:26:41,976 --> 00:26:45,102
- All right, tony. Good luck.
- Thanks, buddy.
533
00:26:48,482 --> 00:26:49,962
He's in.
534
00:27:03,873 --> 00:27:06,290
Testing,
tony. Do you hear me? Over.
535
00:27:21,682 --> 00:27:24,808
That's great,
tony. Keep us posted. Over.
536
00:27:51,045 --> 00:27:53,087
Copy you, tony. What do you see?
537
00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:54,505
Over.
538
00:28:00,554 --> 00:28:02,179
Can you confirm?
539
00:28:02,223 --> 00:28:04,139
Does it look like a wharf? Over.
540
00:28:10,231 --> 00:28:11,480
Copy.
541
00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:20,634
Copy.
542
00:28:20,658 --> 00:28:23,367
Any metal detector hits? Over.
543
00:28:27,456 --> 00:28:29,206
- What'd he say? - Copy you.
544
00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:31,490
- No metal detector hits.
- No metal detector hits.
545
00:28:32,837 --> 00:28:34,314
We've been listening to tony
546
00:28:34,338 --> 00:28:36,024
go back and forth
over these comms,
547
00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:37,256
and every time he does,
548
00:28:37,299 --> 00:28:38,694
I ask him if he's got
a metal detector hit.
549
00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:39,820
The answer's always no.
550
00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:41,552
It's a little frustrating
551
00:28:41,595 --> 00:28:43,679
to have to sit this
one out on the boat.
552
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:46,181
But I'm hoping tony sees
clear evidence of this wharf,
553
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:47,869
and I'm really
hoping that he gets
554
00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,013
a metal detector hit
while he's out there.
555
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,358
He should be
seeing it right now.
556
00:28:56,444 --> 00:28:58,444
It's just frustrating
he can't hear us.
557
00:29:00,448 --> 00:29:02,740
Copy you,
tony. What do you see? Over.
558
00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:10,183
Is it possible
that stuart wentzell
559
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:13,500
was mistaken about the
remains of a wharf in this area?
560
00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:16,086
Or could it be,
that because of nearly
561
00:29:16,130 --> 00:29:18,756
five decades of erosion
and seasonal storms,
562
00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:21,800
that the evidence of a
potential valuable clue
563
00:29:21,886 --> 00:29:23,927
about samuel ball's history
564
00:29:23,971 --> 00:29:26,764
has simply been weathered away?
565
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:31,894
I hear you, tony. Over.
566
00:29:58,172 --> 00:29:59,232
Great job, tony.
567
00:29:59,256 --> 00:30:00,714
Keep us posted. Over.
568
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,694
In the waters just off lot 26
569
00:30:02,718 --> 00:30:03,592
on the western
side of oak island,
570
00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:06,136
tony sampson has just discovered
571
00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:08,972
the possible remains
of a stone ship's wharf.
572
00:30:09,016 --> 00:30:10,140
What do you think?
573
00:30:10,226 --> 00:30:12,100
He might have found cribbing?
574
00:30:12,186 --> 00:30:14,146
I mean,
how does that make you feel?
575
00:30:20,069 --> 00:30:21,318
I think so.
576
00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:31,328
We hear you,
tony. Go ahead. Over.
577
00:30:36,210 --> 00:30:39,002
Did you get any metal
detector hits? Over.
578
00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:45,926
Are you moving on to
target two or staying there?
579
00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:47,135
Over.
580
00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:54,142
Although tony has
been able to confirm stuart's claim
581
00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:57,521
of a potentially ancient
wharf having been built here,
582
00:30:57,565 --> 00:31:00,399
there doesn't appear
to be any metal objects
583
00:31:00,484 --> 00:31:02,150
or valuable clues.
584
00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:05,737
Tony will now search for
the team's second target:
585
00:31:05,823 --> 00:31:07,823
Another reported stone wharf.
586
00:31:07,908 --> 00:31:10,659
However, this one is much closer
587
00:31:10,744 --> 00:31:12,556
to where samuel
ball built his home,
588
00:31:12,580 --> 00:31:16,039
and thus hopefully
will offer valuable clues
589
00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:19,209
that might help explain
his mysterious wealth.
590
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:25,382
Mm-hmm.
591
00:31:29,555 --> 00:31:32,639
It looks like he's
almost 100 feet out there.
592
00:31:32,725 --> 00:31:33,725
From the shore.
593
00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:38,520
He's seen them rock piles.
594
00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:41,690
- You know there's a big rock pile out there?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
595
00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:47,154
If he's 100 feet out there,
596
00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,925
- and he's seeing signs of a wharf...
- Yeah.
597
00:31:48,949 --> 00:31:50,282
If that's what he's seeing...
598
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:51,533
That's a big wharf.
599
00:31:51,619 --> 00:31:53,054
I mean,
that could have accommodated
600
00:31:53,078 --> 00:31:54,598
- a pretty big ship.
- Yeah.
601
00:31:54,622 --> 00:31:56,622
The second wharf?
602
00:31:56,707 --> 00:32:00,751
Possibly extending as much
as 100 feet out into mahone bay?
603
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:04,254
If so,
what would samuel ball have needed
604
00:32:04,298 --> 00:32:06,882
such a large
docking station for?
605
00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:09,426
Could it be a clue to explain
606
00:32:09,511 --> 00:32:12,137
why the team found a
british naval officer's button
607
00:32:12,222 --> 00:32:15,057
in the ball foundation
two days ago?
608
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,351
If there was a
wharf that big here,
609
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,156
what would be the
purpose of that?
610
00:32:26,904 --> 00:32:28,779
We hear you, tony.
611
00:32:28,822 --> 00:32:31,907
Did you see a big
pile of rocks? Over.
612
00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:48,131
So, no hits,
but you think you did find the wharf. Over.
613
00:32:56,183 --> 00:32:59,142
Copy you. We'll
see you soon. Over.
614
00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:02,771
The most exciting of the
targets that we dove was
615
00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:05,148
the large wharf
on ball's property.
616
00:33:05,234 --> 00:33:07,985
Because that is something
that we had no record of.
617
00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:11,405
We didn't know it was
there. It's so large as to be
618
00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:13,991
impossible to be just
a fisherman's wharf.
619
00:33:14,076 --> 00:33:16,743
And we're finding other things
in the area like the navy button
620
00:33:16,829 --> 00:33:19,705
that are implying a
closer relationship
621
00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:21,832
with seafaring than we thought.
622
00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,875
Okay, you were right, stuart.
623
00:33:23,961 --> 00:33:25,794
As you come down, you can see
624
00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:27,462
where the old crib areas were.
625
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:29,317
I hit the area with
the metal detector.
626
00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:32,259
Both the, um,
both the wharf-like structures.
627
00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:34,322
And, uh,
no metallic signatures down there.
628
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,681
Did you think the second one,
target two, was a larger wharf?
629
00:33:37,725 --> 00:33:40,809
I did actually, alex,
yeah. It came out further as well.
630
00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:43,937
So,
one wharf being smaller than the other
631
00:33:44,023 --> 00:33:46,001
may have been an area where you brought,
uh,
632
00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:49,192
a dinghy, or a fishing boat,
or a small dory into.
633
00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:52,029
The one being large,
that speaks to something
634
00:33:52,072 --> 00:33:55,032
of a commercial nature or,
for a wharf of that size,
635
00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:58,201
you'd expect it to be
more than one person.
636
00:33:58,245 --> 00:34:01,830
So,
either military or maybe excavating
637
00:34:01,874 --> 00:34:03,707
or almost like a quarry work.
638
00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:05,645
Something there's
gonna be heavy product
639
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,836
either coming on
or off the island.
640
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,649
So,
those rocks there were square.
641
00:34:09,673 --> 00:34:12,033
And like you said, stuart,
they had been worked as well,
642
00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:13,592
- some of them. - Yes.
643
00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:15,196
So, you're confident
then that two wharfs are...
644
00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:17,888
I-I'm confident that
these were two wharfs.
645
00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:21,183
Do you think that one might
have belonged to captain anderson
646
00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:22,748
- at one stage? - Yes.
647
00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:25,228
Because his property was,
um, next door
648
00:34:25,314 --> 00:34:27,773
- to sam ball's, and they became friends.
- Right.
649
00:34:27,858 --> 00:34:30,692
Originally from baltimore,
maryland,
650
00:34:30,736 --> 00:34:33,070
james anderson was
a notorious pirate,
651
00:34:33,155 --> 00:34:36,740
privateer and
high-ranking freemason
652
00:34:36,784 --> 00:34:39,284
who pledged his loyalty
to the united states
653
00:34:39,369 --> 00:34:42,245
during the american revolution.
654
00:34:42,289 --> 00:34:46,083
However, after taking command
of a ship known as the betsy
655
00:34:46,168 --> 00:34:49,336
and the valuable cargo it
was rumored to be carrying,
656
00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:52,923
he defected to the
british and fled to canada,
657
00:34:53,008 --> 00:34:55,342
where he purchased
lot 26 on oak island,
658
00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:58,595
living there until
he sold the property
659
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,431
to fellow british
soldier samuel ball.
660
00:35:01,475 --> 00:35:03,517
Could the remains of this wharf
661
00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:06,186
represent an
important clue as to why
662
00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:09,439
samuel ball bought this
property from captain anderson?
663
00:35:09,483 --> 00:35:12,692
And could it also be
connected to the great wealth
664
00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:16,863
he came to possess while
living on oak island himself?
665
00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:18,968
What about the
stones in between?
666
00:35:18,992 --> 00:35:20,804
Did you notice that
they were not native
667
00:35:20,828 --> 00:35:22,244
to the landscape down there?
668
00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:23,807
Did they look like
maybe they were bedrock
669
00:35:23,831 --> 00:35:25,205
cast off from the island?
670
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:27,207
Some of them did look like
671
00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,210
uh, they had been cut,
or they were completely smooth.
672
00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:33,421
So, unlike the normal rocks
that you get around here
673
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,799
that you can see on the shoreline,
um,
674
00:35:35,843 --> 00:35:38,593
some of them in those
cribbed areas you'll actually see
675
00:35:38,679 --> 00:35:39,823
are flat,
almost like the bedrock stones
676
00:35:39,847 --> 00:35:41,116
- you've got on the island.
- Got it.
677
00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:43,380
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
678
00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:45,453
So,
I think we should go back to the war room
679
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,788
and let the guys know
that we found proof
680
00:35:46,812 --> 00:35:48,123
of what you've been saying,
stuart.
681
00:35:48,147 --> 00:35:50,147
- Fantastic. - Yes, yes.
682
00:35:50,190 --> 00:35:52,649
- Very good, tony.
- Yeah, great job.
683
00:35:58,198 --> 00:35:59,509
So, what we did,
we went to those areas
684
00:35:59,533 --> 00:36:01,511
off sam ball's property
by the freshwater pond.
685
00:36:01,535 --> 00:36:03,763
After completing
their dive investigation
686
00:36:03,787 --> 00:36:06,079
off the western
shore of oak island,
687
00:36:06,165 --> 00:36:08,790
tony sampson,
along with alex lagina,
688
00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:12,878
david fornetti,
and stuart wentzell deliver their report
689
00:36:12,963 --> 00:36:14,691
to rick,
marty and members of the team
690
00:36:14,715 --> 00:36:16,882
in the war room.
691
00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:19,426
Well, we took some video.
692
00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:21,489
So,
I've got that here that we can watch.
693
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,305
Great!
694
00:36:24,892 --> 00:36:27,309
This is wharf one.
695
00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:29,269
So, it's a flat, rocky area,
696
00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:31,646
which would have been
cribbed in the old days.
697
00:36:31,732 --> 00:36:33,899
So, it would have been a square,
uh, crib
698
00:36:33,984 --> 00:36:36,026
that would have held the rocks.
699
00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:39,154
And, so as you, uh,
descend from there down into the water,
700
00:36:39,198 --> 00:36:41,615
you can actually
see ballast piles
701
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:44,910
from what would have
been the rocks inside the crib,
702
00:36:44,995 --> 00:36:47,348
which has now been destroyed,
obviously, with the storms
703
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:49,252
and the hurricanes
over the years.
704
00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:53,043
And a lot of these
ballast stones as such
705
00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:55,879
has now grown over with kelp.
706
00:36:55,923 --> 00:36:58,673
- Sure.
- The second wharf...
707
00:36:58,717 --> 00:36:59,966
That was the longer one.
708
00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:03,011
So, it's the western side
of the freshwater pond.
709
00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:04,576
Yeah, correct.
710
00:37:05,349 --> 00:37:08,183
This is when we're getting
into the deeper water.
711
00:37:08,227 --> 00:37:10,393
This is where there's big rocks.
712
00:37:12,439 --> 00:37:15,065
Quite often,
you'd find these flatter ones
713
00:37:15,108 --> 00:37:17,692
on the bottom of the crib.
714
00:37:17,778 --> 00:37:21,238
- How deep?
- Uh, that would have been 19 feet at high tide.
715
00:37:21,281 --> 00:37:24,741
If you go back,
say, oh, 300 years,
716
00:37:24,826 --> 00:37:27,869
you would be 12 feet
maximum at high tide.
717
00:37:27,955 --> 00:37:29,746
Six feet at low tide.
718
00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:32,082
When we were looking,
we saw bubbles coming up,
719
00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:35,418
and we were estimating it to
be 75 to 100 feet from shore.
720
00:37:35,504 --> 00:37:37,754
- Mm-hmm.
- At least, but you were
721
00:37:37,798 --> 00:37:39,318
- a long way off shore. - Yeah.
722
00:37:39,383 --> 00:37:41,216
So, that's a huge, huge wharf.
723
00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:43,927
- Yeah. - That's good.
724
00:37:44,012 --> 00:37:46,429
How could he have built that?
725
00:37:46,473 --> 00:37:50,225
I don't know. You know,
that's-that's the big question, there.
726
00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:52,121
What do you think of that,
stuart?
727
00:37:52,145 --> 00:37:55,230
- You've built wharfs before, by hand.
- Yeah. Yes.
728
00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:11,621
Wow.
729
00:38:12,666 --> 00:38:14,124
Yeah.
730
00:38:14,167 --> 00:38:15,792
I won't say stunned,
731
00:38:15,836 --> 00:38:18,920
but I did not anticipate
finding two wharfs
732
00:38:19,006 --> 00:38:21,423
off the samuel ball lot.
733
00:38:21,508 --> 00:38:24,843
It seems redundant,
overkill. Why do you need two wharfs?
734
00:38:24,928 --> 00:38:27,804
A 16-foot-wide wharf
735
00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:30,432
to a gentleman
farmer to sell his crops?
736
00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:32,642
It doesn't make sense.
737
00:38:32,728 --> 00:38:36,271
It speaks to every aspect
of what we know about samuel ball.
738
00:38:36,356 --> 00:38:38,940
He's smart, he's capable,
739
00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:41,109
and he may have had...
740
00:38:41,153 --> 00:38:43,695
Some things we're unaware of.
741
00:38:43,780 --> 00:38:46,156
So, I wouldn't think
742
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:49,200
you'd build a giant wharf
for a one-time transfer.
743
00:38:49,286 --> 00:38:51,745
- No.
- I don't know. What about
744
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,456
the stone road
and the stone path?
745
00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:56,249
I know. I agree.
746
00:38:56,335 --> 00:38:57,854
But I think that that fits,
747
00:38:57,878 --> 00:39:00,879
- because it fits the story of
a big excavation -mm-hmm.
748
00:39:00,964 --> 00:39:02,505
Because of the amount of
749
00:39:02,549 --> 00:39:04,277
- back and forth you'd have to do.
- Yep.
750
00:39:04,301 --> 00:39:06,468
If that was their purpose,
751
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:10,263
it would have been to support
the hiding of the treasure.
752
00:39:10,349 --> 00:39:12,285
Not just the unloading.
Not just the transporting.
753
00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:14,726
Now,
it wasn't buried in a ten-foot pit.
754
00:39:14,811 --> 00:39:18,480
To me, it supports the idea
that they did a lot of work.
755
00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:21,733
One thing I find interesting
is that wharf location,
756
00:39:21,818 --> 00:39:23,985
and at the bottom of the
ball property there was
757
00:39:24,071 --> 00:39:25,631
a lot of buttons
and things found.
758
00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:28,198
To me,
that's from more than one person.
759
00:39:28,241 --> 00:39:30,825
You come off the ship,
you get on land, people
760
00:39:30,911 --> 00:39:33,681
- would congregate there.
- Yeah. The thing about oak island
761
00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:37,540
is that it would be a good
base for seafaring people.
762
00:39:37,584 --> 00:39:40,668
Uh, british certainly had
good reason to use it.
763
00:39:40,754 --> 00:39:43,588
Yeah. And that is where
we found that navy button.
764
00:39:43,673 --> 00:39:45,757
And we did not have
765
00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:48,134
any knowledge of him
being involved with the navy
766
00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:51,554
other than the 16-foot-wide,
hundred-foot-long wharf.
767
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:54,700
There's no question
768
00:39:54,726 --> 00:39:57,394
that the find of this wharf... Which,
again,
769
00:39:57,437 --> 00:40:00,313
a local resident has
provided this information...
770
00:40:00,399 --> 00:40:04,734
What it does is it's
helpful with figuring out
771
00:40:04,778 --> 00:40:07,362
what a search agenda in
the future might look like,
772
00:40:07,406 --> 00:40:09,406
because now we have a wharf,
773
00:40:09,449 --> 00:40:12,867
which we now, based on the
find of the stone road and pathway,
774
00:40:12,911 --> 00:40:14,869
are telling us that there's
775
00:40:14,955 --> 00:40:16,715
some aspect to
the oak island story
776
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:19,457
that was previously
completely unknown.
777
00:40:19,543 --> 00:40:22,669
First,
we thought we wouldn't be here at all.
778
00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:26,881
And now we find ourselves with more data,
more information
779
00:40:26,925 --> 00:40:31,719
than we probably could have
acquired in a non-covid year.
780
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:34,639
- Which is astounding, right?
- Yeah.
781
00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:36,766
But what it says is
782
00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:39,727
there's a lot of homework
for each and every one of us,
783
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,125
and there's only one way
to do it. We say it all the time.
784
00:40:42,149 --> 00:40:44,607
It's not going to be done
here sitting in chairs.
785
00:40:44,651 --> 00:40:46,045
Okay, guys. Good job.
786
00:40:46,069 --> 00:40:48,820
You proved that it's
worth further investigation.
787
00:40:48,905 --> 00:40:50,655
- Let's get after it. - Okay.
788
00:40:51,616 --> 00:40:55,076
For rick, marty,
craig and their team,
789
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,287
the clues continue to mount
790
00:40:57,372 --> 00:40:59,183
that something of
profound importance
791
00:40:59,207 --> 00:41:02,750
took place centuries
ago on oak island.
792
00:41:02,836 --> 00:41:06,212
And given what they
have had to overcome
793
00:41:06,298 --> 00:41:09,466
in a year that has
challenged the entire world,
794
00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:14,471
their accomplishments have
been nothing short of extraordinary.
795
00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:17,640
But now, with winter coming
796
00:41:17,684 --> 00:41:19,809
and time running
out for this year,
797
00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:24,189
can they overcome
the odds one more time
798
00:41:24,274 --> 00:41:27,817
and make the ultimate discovery?
799
00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:32,614
Next time on
the curse of oak island...
800
00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:34,282
Ooh! Look at that.
801
00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:37,327
Fantastic, mate! This is old.
802
00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:39,348
Often,
the detail is really cryptic.
803
00:41:39,372 --> 00:41:42,165
The only people who
would do that would be templars.
804
00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:45,250
- There's got to be more out there.
- Whoa. What's that?
805
00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:47,135
Whoa.
806
00:41:47,172 --> 00:41:48,463
Oh, wow.
807
00:41:48,507 --> 00:41:49,859
We took the samples to analyze
808
00:41:49,883 --> 00:41:51,883
for silver, and we got a spike.
809
00:41:51,968 --> 00:41:53,510
There's every reason to believe
810
00:41:53,595 --> 00:41:55,762
down in those holes
there's treasure.
811
00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:57,972
- Oh, baby!
- Oh, no way!
812
00:41:57,996 --> 00:41:59,996
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813
00:42:00,020 --> 00:42:02,020
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