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CHARLES:
We’re getting gold
and silver signatures.

This is where the real
Money Pit could be.

-Absolutely.
-EMILIANO: Welcome to Italy.

RICK:
We’re looking for
a possible Templar connection

to Oak Island.

Oh, Rick. Have a look at this.

-CORJAN: Look at that.
Fantastic.
-Oh, wow.

We’re at the bottom,
where the timbers stop.

We’re about to boldly go
where no one’s gone before.

RICK:
There is a direct connection
to Nolan’s Cross.

This is a very real
Templar connection here.

That’s amazing.

NARRATOR:
There is an island
in the North Atlantic

where people
have been looking for

an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols
carved into it...

...man-made workings
that date to medieval times,

and a lead cross
whose origin may be connected

to the Knights Templar.

To date, six men have died

trying to solve the mystery.

And according to legend,
one more will have to die

before the treasure
can be found.

♪ ♪

-CHARLES: Hey, guys.
-ROGER: Hey, how’s it going,
Charles?

Good. How are you?

Not too bad. Not too bad.

NARRATOR: The cold
North Atlantic fall season

has arrived on Oak Island.

Did you get your last set in?

The guys are in the process
right now

of getting that set in,
so it’s not,

it’s not done yet,
and we’re not quite ready

-to have anybody go down there.
-Okay.

NARRATOR:
But for brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina,

and the Fellowship of the Dig,

their determination to make
a major breakthrough discovery

in the Money Pit area
and solve a treasure mystery

that began in 1795
has never been higher.

It’s still soft over on that,
over on that corner?

-That north corner?
-Yes.

So, that one, uh,
north corner, like you call it,

yeah, we-we-- so we punched
a hole in there,

and the ground is much softer
than all three other sides.

Really?

I know we’ve got a, we’ve got,

uh, prime real estate over here,

where we’re getting
gold and silver signatures

-in the water, right?
-Right. Right.

NARRATOR:
After nearly three months
of tireless work,

representatives
from Dumas Contracting Limited

have nearly completed
the reconstruction

of the mysterious
82-foot-deep feature

known as the Garden Shaft,

a potentially early
18th century construct

that has not only yielded
high trace evidence of gold

in both wood
and water samples...

It’s quite possible that over
there could be another tunnel.

Right, a-and that could be.

...but which also sets

above a believed tunnel

at a depth of some 95 feet

that runs due west straight
into the so-called Baby Blob.

A zone where, according
to water tests

that were conducted in
previously drilled boreholes,

the highest indications
of silver and gold

have been detected so far.

Yeah, we hope to be able

to punch
some more holes in there...

-Yeah.
-...and see if we get
any more values

-like you were getting, so...
-Right.

Quite possibly,

this is where the real
Money Pit could be.

-Could be. Absolutely.
-Interesting.

-Yes. Yeah.
-Absolutely.

NARRATOR:
Now Dumas is working

as diligently as possible

to safely finish the shaft
and find out not only

what may lie at the bottom
but also attempt to reach

the potential treasure tunnel
located below it

before the onset
of winter forces the team

to halt their search activities
until next spring.

MARTY:
The Garden Shaft could
be very, very meaningful.

When we get to the bottom,
we get to start

exploring where, perhaps,
other people haven’t been.

And that’s where the data
becomes really useful.

I think it could
really help with answers.

The Garden Shaft, it presents

some very unique opportunities
for discovery.

Is there a tunnel
with those significantly

high gold values directly
beneath the Garden Shaft?

But we’re running out
of good weather.

We’re running out of time.

Well, Roger, I see you’ve got
a lot more work to do.

I’m gonna let you, uh,
get to it.

-ROGER: Sounds good.
Thanks a lot, Charles.
-Okay.

CHARLES:
Thank you.

MARTY:
Lord Niven.

Hey, Marty.

MARTY:
And Helen, deep in the pit.

HELEN:
Hi, Marty.

NARRATOR:
On Lot 5,

located on the western side
of the island,

Marty Lagina
joins archaeologists

Laird Niven and Helen Sheldon
as they continue

investigating
a mysterious depression

covered by a layer of stones.

LAIRD:
We put a trench down below.

Helen’s standing
in the absolute bottom.

Mm-hmm.

LAIRD:
In this pit,

I’ve removed the rocks
from the ring...

-Mm-hmm.
-...and I’m getting artifacts.

-Oh, really? Like what?
-Yeah, like that far down.

We have two pieces of pottery

that may have gone
out of style in the 1750s.

NARRATOR:
While the feature’s design
is curious

for obvious reasons,

it is located in the same
general area where the team

recently discovered a half coin
and a lead barter token

that are both believed to be
more than 1,500 years old

and of Roman origin.

Why don’t we measure it?

ALEX:
Sure.

NARRATOR:
And one week ago, when Laird

and Marty’s son Alex determined
the feature’s diameter...

-That’s 13 feet.
-It’s a bizarre measurement.

...they were astonished to find

that it matched
the exact dimensions

of the original Money Pit
when it was discovered in 1795.

MARTY:
For some reason,

this lot keeps giving up what
is probably the oldest stuff.

I mean, why this lot?

-We have no idea.
-I mean, if you...

Let’s-let’s try it this way.

How many circular...

rather massive features
have been found in Nova Scotia?

Like, none that I can recall.

-No. Nothing at all.
-MARTY: Hmm.

-It’s an oddity. It’s, uh...
-It’s weird.

A-And potentially
very significant.

We are on a treasure hunt,
and what I’m hoping for,

as these dates come in
older and older,

that there’s the clue in here
that could help,

that could really
help us figure out

-the treasure
component of this. Okay.
-LAIRD: Yeah.

-All right.
-Here’s what I say: Carry on.

-Okay. See you later.
-Thanks, Helen.

-See you.
-See you later.

NARRATOR:
As operations
continue on Oak Island...

(church bell tolls)

ALEX:
Wow.

Camerano truly
is a beautiful town.

RICK:
Oh, absolutely.
Okay. Here we are.

NARRATOR:
...approximately
3,700 miles to the east...

DOUG:
I see Emiliano.

-Hey, guys. Welcome to Italy.
-Emiliano.

-Hey, hey.
-Hey. Ciao.

-So good to see you.
-Good to see you.

...Rick Lagina, along with
his nephews Alex and Peter,

Oak Island historian
Doug Crowell,

and researcher Corjan Mol
have arrived

in Camerano, Italy,
where they are meeting

with researchers
Emiliano Sacchetti

and Alberto Recanatini.

EMILIANO:
I’m so glad to see you guys.

I, uh, know

you’re interested
in the underground system

of Camerano because
of the Oak Island lead cross.

NARRATOR:
Building upon the research

that was shared
with the team back in 2016

by Rick’s late friend
Zena Halpern,

Emiliano has invited them
to visit the enigmatic site

known as the Camerano Caves.

A system of man-made
underground labyrinths

which date back
more than 2,500 years

and which features a section
that is shaped

nearly identically
to the 14th century lead cross

that was found
on Oak Island in 2017.

EMILIANO:
So, this is Alberto.

He’s been mapping and exploring
these caves for 50 years.

-RICK: Wow.
-And he is gonna be
our guide today.

-RICK: Perfect.
-So, why don’t we go inside?

-There’s no better time
than now.
-Awesome.

-After you.
-CORJAN: Let’s go underground.

NARRATOR:
Although the town

of Camerano, Italy
dates back to 1198,

the first documented
civilization in the region

were the Piceni,
who are believed

to have created
the underground cave system

in the sixth century BC.

-Looks like the catacombs.
-It keeps going, huh?

NARRATOR:
The area became part of
the Roman Empire around 290 BC.

-RICK: It’s huge.
-ALEX: Wow.
-PETER: Keeps going.

NARRATOR:
However, between
the 12th and 14th centuries,

it was reestablished
as a stronghold

for the Knights Templar,

who modified portions
of the cave system

for reasons
that remain a mystery.

The construct, it’s incredible.

It’s large, it’s massive.

Wow.

The hope is that there will be

a part of the system

that Alberto can directly
connect to possibly Templars

or possibly to a belief system

that is associated
with the artifacts

that we have found
on the island.

You know, Emiliano,
when you first invited us

to this Camerano cave system,

I didn’t see it
as artfully designed as this.

Actually, this is the very
beginning of the cave system.

-Right.
-So, the model for this room

-is the Holy Sepulchre.
-Mm-hmm.

EMILIANO:
So, what you actually see here

is something
that is very similar

to what we have in Jerusalem.

-Oh, wow.
-ALEX: How old

is this part of the cave system?

(speaking Italian)

EMILIANO:
Alberto is saying

the early 13th century.

(Alberto speaking Italian)

So, right after
the Templar order was dissolved,

uh, they start digging

underground places
to keep on gathering.

So they literally
went underground.

Yeah.

NARRATOR:
The order of the Knights Templar

has remained shrouded in mystery
since it was established

in 1118 in Jerusalem.

They were headquartered
on the original site

of King Solomon’s Temple

for the purpose of protecting
Christian interests

in the Holy Land
during the Crusades.

They became
extraordinarily wealthy

by developing one of the world’s
first banking systems.

But in 1307, they were disbanded
by the Catholic Church

and persecuted
by the king of France

for the alleged crime of heresy.

However, some believe

that the Templars
were actually targeted

because they had
come into possession

of many priceless
religious treasures.

EMILIANO:
Let’s go to the...

-Venus Cave.
-RICK: Perfect.

-PETER: Follow you.
-ALEX: After you.

NARRATOR:
Those sacred valuables

have never been found,

and researchers
such as Corjan and Emiliano

believe that surviving members
of the order

smuggled them throughout Europe
before ultimately

hiding them in the New World
on Oak Island.

EMILIANO:
So we are now at the mouth
of the Burchiani Cave,

aka the Venus Cave,
and I’ll leave it to Marco,

who’s, uh, another
very expert guide.

-Mm-hmm.
-CORJAN: You know, the-the shape

-is why we’re here, right?
-DOUG: Yeah, exactly.

CORJAN:
Uh, because we think
the-the shape of your cave

completely matches
the shape of the lead cross

that was found, uh,
on Oak Island.

-That’s exciting.
-ALEX: Mm.

MARCO:
Okay.

I would certainly
love to see it.

-MARCO: Okay.
-DOUG: Yeah, fantastic.
-EMILIANO: Me, too.

EMILIANO: We are at
around 20 meters below

-the street level.
-Wow.

NARRATOR:
In the town
of Camerano, Italy,

Rick Lagina and members
of the Oak Island team...

-Check this wall.
-...are exploring a portion

of a 2,500-year-old cave system

believed to have been
reconstructed by members

of the Knights Templar
in the 14th century

and which matches
the exact design

of the 14th century lead cross

that was found on Oak Island
back in 2017.

-RICK: Wow.
-EMILIANO: This is what,
in a church,

-you would call
the transept, right?
-Mm-hmm.

We have the left arm,
the right arm,

and a-according to Alberto,
there is a slight difference.

This arm should be

a bit longer than this one.

RICK:
Which is exactly what
our lead cross exhibits.

EMILIANO:
I’d say so.

RICK:
It really is quite
a feat of engineering.

-EMILIANO: Mm-hmm.
-I wonder

if it exhibited that
when they were carving it.

EMILIANO:
Okay, let’s go take a look
at the head, the ring.

Perfect. Wow.

EMILIANO:
Now we’re talking
about the eighth century,

-before Christ.
-(Rick laughs)

Right?

That is, that is...

-incredible history.
-Clay up there.

RICK:
Mm-hmm.

-It’s amazing.
-It’s almost like a glue,

-holding the sand together.
-Yeah.

RICK:
2,000 or 3,000 years later,

it still stands.

Is there really
an intimate relationship

between the lead cross
found on Oak Island

on-on Smith’s Cove beach?

What that cross represents
and what this represents,

and are they aligned?

I think they are
the same thing, and...

Obviously, you know
my friendship with Zena.

Makes you get emotional, right?
Because...

I reach out and touch this now,
if this really is that,

she was the one
who guided us here, really.

-No, I... I understand.
-She helped us.

And now maybe, maybe this

will help us move
the story forward.

And that’s, that’s why
we’re here, really,

is to make connections.

To hear it from you
means something.

Yeah, I...

I don’t want to be
emotional as well.

(chuckles)
Lead on.

-It’s amazing, the history.
-CORJAN: Hey, Rick.

I think you want
to have a look at this.

-Sure.
-You might even recognize it.

-Huh.
-Do you see that?

(chuckles):
Uh, I recognize it.

That’s the so-called goose paw
at-- up in Nova Scotia.

Exactly.

Oh, wow.

NARRATOR:
Earlier this year...

ISAAC:
We just know it’s been here
for a really long time.

...Rick, Corjan
and Charles Barkhouse

traveled some 50 miles
southwest of Oak Island

to Liverpool, Nova Scotia...

It comes to a point.

...where they were shown

a nearly identical carving.

CORJAN:
To me, this looks like, uh,

what we call a goose paw,
and if that’s what it is,

that would be something,
because that is the-the mark

of the Masons for the Knights
Templar in medieval Europe.

CORJAN:
Looks like it.

It looks exactly like

-the goose paw.
-Our goose paw.

-RICK: Uh-huh. That’s amazing.
-That’s cool.

It is very cool.

CORJAN:
So, we thought
that they used this

to mark their presence.

-Wow.
-I mean, this is a very real
Templar connection.

You have to follow
the clues where they are,

but let’s see
where this leads us.

Okay, well, there’s a lot
more to see, so, uh,

-maybe we should move out
and, uh, join the group.
-Yep. Yep.

-Let’s go.
-After you. Yeah.

RICK:
Why? Why was such a unique shape

put into a tunnel system
from long ago,

perhaps Templar-associated?

If it was just about
refuge or storage

or the need to hide,
why would you go to the trouble

of designing something
of such uniqueness?

Everything is a stepping stone.

You have to be creative,

and hopefully
it will get us to Oak Island.

-Hey, guys.
-PETER: Hey, guys.

-Hey.
-CORJAN: How are you?

So, there’s another cave system

that I would like
to show you guys.

And it’s in Osimo,

it’s a few kilometers
from Camerano.

And I’m pretty sure
you’ll find it very interesting.

-I’d say yes. Let’s go.
-Okay.

DOUG:
It’s been an amazing day.

RICK:
It has been.

NARRATOR:
While Rick and members
of the team

finish their visit
in Camerano, Italy...

-GARY: Hello, Billy.
-BILLY: Hey, guys.

GARY:
I’m glad to see
you’re here, mate.

Sill digging
on top of this ramp.

NARRATOR:
...back on Oak Island,

metal detection expert
Gary Drayton

and surveyor Steve Guptill
join Billy Gerhardt

in the triangle-shaped swamp.

All right, mate,
let’s get diggy with it.

NARRATOR:
They are continuing efforts

to excavate
a believed stone ramp...

All right,
fingers crossed, Steve.

...to determine

if it actually connects
the stone pathway

that runs along
the swamp’s eastern border

with the massive
stone-paved feature

in the center
of the brackish bog,

which has been scientifically
dated to as early as 1200 AD.

BILLY:
Hey, Gary?

I’m getting kind of down
to some hard bottom, maybe.

What are you seeing, Billy?

It’s mostly all flat cobbles,
I think.

GARY:
Okay.

BILLY:
And it certainly looks
like the shape of a ramp.

STEVE:
This, to me, looks what,

what a ramp would look like.

GARY:
You’ve got your stick, mate,

and maybe you can probe and see

-where it ends.
-Right.

Well, we see one there.

They’re there.

Yeah, they’re everywhere.

So, to give you an idea,

right along that water’s edge,
we’re a foot below sea level.

And as we’ve come up
where I’m standing,

I am four inches
below sea level.

So, it’s coming up
quite quickly.

I think we’re on
the ramp interface.

We believe we found
a ramp interface

that connects the paved area
to the cobble path.

Let’s get digging.

And we’re gonna hope
to connect these features,

and if we can do that,

we can start to piece
the story of the swamp together.

(device beeping)

-Oh, Gary, got a hit?
-Yeah, I got a hit, mate.

I think it’s in here.

-(beeping)
-Ooh.

Let’s see what we’ve got here.

-(Gary whoops)
-What is that?

GARY:
It looks old.

-(Gary whoops)
-STEVE: What is that?

Some kind of fastener?

NARRATOR:
While investigating

a believed man-made stone ramp

in the northeastern region
of the Oak Island swamp...

And it’s a square-shanked
fastener,

which means it’s normally
an older type.

...Billy Gerhardt,

Gary Drayton and Steve Guptill

have just unearthed
a potentially significant clue.

I would say pre-1800s.

This type of iron fastener

would have been used
for securing, uh, wooden planks.

-Mm-hmm.
-Like a ship’s decking nail.

We have found parts
of an old ship in here.

-Yep.
-NARRATOR: Over the past
several years,

the team has found not only
compelling evidence

that the swamp was
once an open harbor

but, given the stone road--
or ship’s wharf--

that was uncovered in 2020,

may have also been used
for the docking

of a large sailing vessel.

If Gary is correct
that he, Billy and Steve

have found
more evidence of a ship

on the believed stone ramp,

could that mean that the ramp,
which may be connected

to the 800-year-old paved area,

was created in order
to transport something

of great value off of a ship
and onto Oak Island?

It really seems
like a ramp here.

So, just to be sure,
I think we should hydrovac

to see, really,
what it looks like,

-and then we know.
-Yeah, I agree.

MARTY:
A hydrovac truck is just a truck

that pulls a very high vacuum,

like a big vacuum cleaner,
but it’ll pull up water.

It’s like a giant shop vac,
actually.

Clean of metals, mate.

MARTY:
We’re going to try and see

what this ramp looks like.

And we’re trying to figure out

how old it is and what
it could have been used for.

Well, I’ve done my work,
I think you worked on yours.

-Yep.
-All right, mate.

STEVE:
We’ve had a good day.

GARY:
Yeah, it’s been a success, mate.

NARRATOR:
The following morning...

BILLY:
We’re getting
a little more water on that.

...as Billy Gerhardt supervises

the hydrovac operation
to uncover more

of the believed stone ramp
in the swamp on Oak Island...

EMILIANO:
So, we’re in Osimo.

NARRATOR:
...nearly 3,700 miles
to the east,

in the town of Osimo, Italy...

I want to introduce you
to Fabrizio Bartoli.

-ALEX: Pleased to meet you.
-A pleasure.

NARRATOR: ...researcher
Emiliano Sacchetti

and Professor Fabrizio Bartoli,
a historian

and modern-day member
of the Knights Templar,

meet with Rick Lagina
and other members of the team

just outside an ancient site
known as the Grotte Simonetti.

Here, there’s another
amazing underground cave system.

-It’s about 30 kilometers wide.
-Wow.

There are some interesting
carvings in these caves,

and Fabrizio will show us
and explain us

-the meaning of those carvings.
-DOUG: Well, we’re really

interested to see what
we might see in these caves.

-Why don’t we step in?
-ALEX: Yeah. Can’t wait.

CORJAN:
Look at that.

RICK:
Wow.

NARRATOR:
Located just
five miles southwest

of the town of Camerano,

the Grotte Simonetti was first
created nearly 2,000 years ago.

-ALEX: Boy.
-RICK: Stunning.

ALEX:
Everything is just
so well built.

-RICK: Yeah. Really.
-CORJAN: Wow.

NARRATOR:
Around 1160 AD,
it was reestablished

as a stronghold
for the Knights Templar.

However, after their dissolution
in the early 14th century,

it is believed to have been
used as a secret refuge

by surviving members
of the order.

-It’s quite remarkable.
-PETER: Mm-hmm.

I would never have guessed
the scale of the...

-of the work.
-ALEX: Yeah.

RICK:
I mean, look at the enormity
of the material removed.

-CORJAN: Oh, yeah.
-You know, to me,

this is a most impressive
cave system,

but as you articulated earlier,
it’s kilometers long.

So, uh, why don’t we separate?

But remember that, you know,
the reason why we’re here--

the core, the focus of it--

is to try to tie it back
to the island.

-Okay. Game ready.
-Fair enough?

-Okay.
-CORJAN: Great idea.

Oh, Rick. Have a look at this.

-Oh, wow.
-CORJAN: Wow.

I remember seeing something
very similar in Domme.

I remember this feature.

I remember the pyramidal base.

DOUG:
Absolutely.

-NARRATOR: In 2017...
-Oh, wow.

...Rick and his nephews
Alex and Peter

visited a 14th century
Templar prison in Domme, France.

There, they were shown
a number of carvings

made by members
of the Templar order

during their persecution,

including one that was
an exact match to the lead cross

that was found just
a week later on Oak Island.

There’s much more
to investigate here,

and I-I think we should
continue the search.

-EMILIANO: Yeah.
-There’s a lot to learn.

Oh, another cross there.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, look at this.

-Ho-ho.
-Right there.

-Hey, Rick.
-RICK: Hmm?

-ALEX: Check this out.
-PETER: That’s cool.

We have seen
this symbol before...

-RICK: H+O Stone.
-...on Oak Island.

PETER:
Yeah.

We saw that at Fonte Arcada.

Now, that’s a direct tie
to Oak Island.

ALEX:
We saw that at Fonte Arcada.

-RICK: The H+O Stone.
-PETER: Yeah.

ALEX:
That’s a direct tie
to Oak Island.

NARRATOR:
In a cave system

known as the Grotte Simonetti

in Osimo, Italy, Alex Lagina
and his cousin Peter Fornetti

have just found
an ancient carving believed

to have been made by members
of the Knights Templar,

matching one found
on the so-called H+O Stone,

which was discovered
in the 1920s on Oak Island.

PETER:
Haven’t we had some people
who have thought, like,

-this is a symbol for gold?
-That is true, yes.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that Peter and Alex

have found a symbol
in the Grotte Simonetti

related to the sacred treasures
that many believe

the Templar order
smuggled out of Europe

between the 12th
and 14th centuries?

If so, could the H+O Stone
be a critical clue

as to where
they are located today?

And what’s that, uh, down there?

-ALEX: I think that’s
the crescent moon.
-Crescent moon.

-We saw that
at Fonte Arcada, remember?
-PETER: Yeah. Absolutely.

ALEX:
Yeah, and we saw
that at Domme, too.

-In the prison.
-PETER: Mm-hmm.

The Templar prison.

We’ve previously
explored in France

and in Portugal
all these Templar symbols

and Templar locations.

I mean, they’re both here
in these caves.

The symbols are here
that connect all the places

that we’ve looked at so far,
so there must be more.

And not only that, but back to,
back to the island as well.

The circle with the dot,
obviously,

is represented on the H+O Stone.

And the crescent moon,
we have seen that everywhere,

from Fonte Arcada in Portugal

to the Overton Roadstone
in Nova Scotia.

So, we are beginning to draw
some connective tissue

to, perhaps, Templar
involvement on Oak Island.

Kudos to both of you
for finding that.

It-it’s impactful. It is.

There’s a lot more to learn.

NARRATOR:
The following morning,
back on Oak Island...

MacKENZIE:
That’s a darker clay.

NARRATOR:
...while the reconstruction
of the Garden Shaft continues

in the Money Pit area...

MacKENZIE:
Oh, geez, so that’d be
from the south to the north, eh?

IAN:
So we just walked over
the cobble path, right?

Yeah. That top layer.

-IAN: Oh, okay.
-Yeah. And then,

slopes quickly into this.

Very interesting.

NARRATOR:
...Craig Tester,

Billy Gerhardt and Laird Niven

arrive at the swamp with
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

to have him examine
the stone ramp

which has now been cleared
of water and mud.

IAN:
The key to it all is,

if we can find stones like this,

and there’s wood
underneath them,

then we’ve got
another man-made feature.

-Yeah. Yeah.
-CRAIG: Yeah.

And if we can get, uh,

samples that-that say

-what time was this built.
-Yeah.

CRAIG:
This area continues
to be very interesting.

If it ties into
the paved area in the swamp,

it could have been built
as long ago as 1200 AD.

A huge number.

So I don’t know
what that’s used for,

but we hope we can
find the answer.

IAN:
You see something
like this rock here?

CRAIG:
Yeah.

If we dig down,
right off the bat,

-we’ve got a stick.
-Oh, nice. Nice.

IAN:
And the stick is
sort of crushed,

and it’s not a root.

That stick did not work its way

-underneath that rock.
-Yeah.

So it tells me
this rock was put down

-on top of swamp.
-Yep.

NARRATOR:
With the discovery of the stick
beneath the ramp,

Dr. Spooner has not only
obtained strong evidence

that the feature is man-made
but may now be able to determine

just when it was constructed.

IAN:
Yeah, there’s another stick
right there.

It looks like... an older.

CRAIG:
Okay. Yeah, it’s all good.

The first rock, we find a stick.

IAN:
That was kind of a little bit
lucky, to be honest with you.

(both laugh)

NARRATOR:
Later that afternoon...

-MARTY: Hey. Hello.
-ALEX: Hey, guys.

-(overlapping chatter)
-DOUG: Everybody.

-Ciao.
-MARTY: We’re keen to hear

what’s going on
with our Italian crew.

-Talk to us.
-It’s been very,

very interesting.

NARRATOR: ...Marty
and members of the team

gather in the war room

for a highly anticipated
videoconference

with Rick, Doug, Alex and Peter

regarding their search
for clues in Italy.

ALEX:
We went to the caves in Osimo,

and there are carvings
in those caves

known to be made by Templars.

There, we saw these symbols.

And the one on the top,
I mean, that...

that’s one we’ve seen
on Oak Island before,

on the H+O Stone.

The circle with the dot
in the center.

But right below it,
you can see a symbol

that we saw in Portugal
and in France, in Domme,

which is the crescent moon.

So, that’s a, that’s
a concrete visual.

RICK:
Yes. To me, it rounds back to
what Zena posited, that there’s

a possible Templar connection,

to come to the New World
to safeguard

information or treasure.

MARTY:
I have to say,

you do see some commonality
between some of these symbols

that seems to be surviving
across centuries.

Great job, guys.

Well, here on Oak Island,

Billy has been
very busy in the swamp.

He’s been uncovering
a piece of the path

that we already knew about.

Well, Billy, tell ’em.

What-what do you think
you found?

For me, it’s-it’s a ramp.

And, you know, that really makes
the paved area something.

-So, there’s a drone shot.
-RICK: Wow.

So, the elevation of the top
of the ramp aligns

with the elevation
of the top of the path?

You could, you could wheel
a wheelbarrow up it easily.

LAIRD:
It’s definitely man-made.

There’s a level difference
that’s quite distinct.

RICK:
The bigger question is
where the stone path goes.

-Yeah.
-I think there’s,

there’s a lot more
to be learned in the swamp,

but time and weather
is closing in.

And then,
going over to the Money Pit,

Dumas is gonna keep digging
down to 82 feet.

So there’s plenty for you
to, to do, Rick,

and the rest of you guys
when you come back.

That shaft is about ready
to-to reveal its secrets.

RICK:
I’m in. But I think

the next couple, three days

are gonna be
more than informative.

Doug found a, uh,
Professor Gaspani,

who has worked with the...

national observatory of Milan

and the National Astronomical
Society for 40 years.

And he believes,
for sure, there are

stellar alignments
in Nolan’s Cross.

MARTY:
Well, Rick, that would be
incredibly important.

In the meantime,
we’re gonna let you go,

’cause you got lots to do.

-Yeah.
-We will get back out
on our quest.

-Okey doke.
-Okay, guys,

thank you very much, ciao,

va bene,
and we’ll see you here soon.

-DOUG: Take care, everybody.
-BILLY: See you later.

NARRATOR: As a new day
begins on Oak Island...

-MARTY: Hey, Roger.
-ROGER: Hey, how you doing,
guys?

Doing well. Thank you.

NARRATOR:
...Marty Lagina
and Charles Barkhouse

arrive in the Money Pit area
to get an update

on the reconstruction
of the Garden Shaft.

ROGER:
We had some cracked timbers
in there, so...

this morning when we went down,
we seen that there had been

-a bit more movement.
-Why do you think it’s pushing?

Why is it unstable behind there?

The issue now is,
is we know that we’re close

to something
that could be bearing water.

NARRATOR:
Could there be
a flooded structure

some 80 feet deep just
outside the Garden Shaft

which is causing the damage
to the original structure?

If so, could it be related

to one of the legendary
flood tunnels

connected to the Money Pit,
and mean that the team

might be close
to the fabled treasure vault?

TONY:
So, our plan at this point
was to use casing

to case the hole
ahead of time so that

-we-we can make sure that...
-MARTY: Actually, I think that--

I think that’s really prudent,
because we suspect

a tunnel right underneath you.

-Y-Yeah.
-And-and we do know when

you get into certain areas here,
the water’s unstoppable, so...

Yeah, so we want
to just hold it in place.

We put that steel bracing
in there.

Uh, the boys are in there now,
they’re...

we’re gonna be setting up
our last set this afternoon.

Okay.

We think there’s a tunnel.

We don’t know
who made the tunnel.

We don’t see the tunnel
in the historical narrative.

And yet this tunnel is right
in the treasure area.

Right where the scientists
tell us that the waters

are full of metals
that shouldn’t be there.

That could be
very, very significant.

You’re about to boldly go
where no one’s gone before.

Oh, y-yeah,
you’re absolutely right.

-It’s true. You’re right.
You’re right.
-It’s true. Yeah.

MARTY:
All right, well, carry on,
keep us posted.

-ROGER: Oh, absolutely.
Absolutely.
-Okay.

NARRATOR:
As operations continue
on Oak Island,

over 3,700 miles to the east,
near Rome, Italy...

RICK:
Professor Gaspani.

My pleasure to meet you, sir.

-I’m Rick.
-Pleased to meet you.

...Rick Lagina, along with
other members of the team

and Italian researcher
Emiliano Sacchetti,

meet with author,
archaeoastronomer

and astrophysicist
Professor Adriano Gaspani.

DOUG: Gentlemen, the reason
I think that this, uh, stop

on our trip is so important
is because,

on the island,
we have Nolan’s Cross.

And we’ve had several
researchers suggest that it has

a solar alignment

or a constellation context
to it,

so I thought,
as an astrophysicist,

he might be able to give us
his opinion on Nolan’s Cross

a-and whether those alignments
are true.

RICK:
And I would concur.

I mean, Nolan’s Cross
is integral to understanding--

according to more
than a few theorists--

an understanding of who, what,
when, where, why and how

about Oak Island.

NARRATOR:
In recent years,

some researchers have suggested

that the six boulders
on Oak Island,

which form the megalithic
feature known as Nolan’s Cross,

may have originally been
positioned to align

with certain stars
in the night sky.

That is to say
that with the stars

and, uh, archaeoastronomy,

we are able to date monuments.

NARRATOR:
Combining the disciplines

of astronomy,
archaeology and anthropology,

archaeoastronomy is the study

of ancient megalithic
stone formations

that are believed
to have been created to align

with specific stars,
constellations

and certain yearly events,

such as the summer
and winter solstices.

After conferring
with Doug Crowell,

Professor Gaspani has been
comparing the placement

of the boulders in Nolan’s Cross

with the position
of certain stars over time

to determine
an approximate era, or epoch,

when the feature
may have been created.

Capella, Arcturus, Antares,

Bellatrix, Alphard
and Fomalhaut.

Wow.

-That’s crazy.
-DOUG: It’s amazing.

It’s amazing. It’s amazing.

Yeah. That means
that, also, the cross

was made around, uh,

13th century.

-(laughter)
-RICK: Wow. Wow.

-Wow.

-That’s crazy.
-DOUG: It’s amazing.

It’s amazing.

Wow.

That means the cross was made

around, uh, 13th century.

NARRATOR:
Just outside of Rome, Italy,

archaeoastronomer
Professor Adriano Gaspani,

has informed Rick Lagina and
members of the Oak Island team

that based on the historical
alignments of certain stars

in the night sky,
he believes that Nolan’s Cross

was created
approximately 800 years ago.

This is really exciting,
Professor, because--

let me give you a little bit
of context about the island.

-This-this is our island.
-Mm-hmm.

DOUG:
This is the orientation
of our cross.

This area of the swamp here,

under the swamp,
there is a stone platform.

-(Gaspani speaks Italian)
-Yeah.

DOUG:
Quite large.

And from carbon dating,

we’ve dated it to 1200 AD.

Yeah.

Yeah.

DOUG: If these boulders
were put in place

in 1200 AD,

along with the rest
of the work that seems

to have been done on the island,
that’s huge to us.

We thought,
when we got the carbon date

from the paved area,
we thought, "Oh, this, this is

too much of an outlier."

And yet here,

the stars are telling us
a different story, right?

The professor is saying,
"This is the best-fit scenario."

I mean, the stars
are fixed in a way, right?

That’s right in line
with Zena’s voyage.

The Templar voyage
to the New World in 1179.

NARRATOR:
If Professor Gaspani is correct,

that Nolan’s Cross,
like the massive paved area

in the swamp,
was created around 1200 AD,

could it offer evidence
to support the belief

of the late Zena Halpern,

that members
of the Knights Templar

really did make repeated visits
to Oak Island

between the 12th
and 14th centuries

in order to hide
their sacred treasures?

RICK:
I think it is almost
irrefutable evidence

when he says these five
or six star alignments

are so precise and so accurate,

they only fit
to a certain time period.

And that was the aha moment.

1200 AD.

Because then your mind goes back

to Zena Halpern’s research.

I think we have to follow

the suggestions
made by theorists,

i.e. a Templar treasure.

That’s astounding.

We need to continue
to analyze and to think

about what this may mean
and how to move it forward.

But I think it’s been
incredibly informative

-and-and quite fascinating.
-DOUG: Yep.

Professore, grazie.

-Grazie mille.
-(speaks Italian)

-Thank you very much.
-Thank you.
-Thank you so much.

NARRATOR:
For more than two centuries,

devoted searchers have labored
to reveal the answers

behind the Oak Island mystery.

Is it possible
that the Laginas and their team

are now uncovering the truth
nearly 4,000 miles away?

The journey for clues continues.

ROGER:
Couple of slings coming down.

NARRATOR:
But is the ultimate proof

waiting at the bottom
of the Money Pit,

guarded by a deadly curse?

Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...

RICK:
We’re following all the clues
where they lead.

Hey, guys.
Come take a look at this.

CORJAN:
Oh-ho. Fantastic.

Holy cow.
This is freakin’ impressive.

I’ve never seen anything
like this on the island.

DOUG:
We found this on Oak Island.

EMILIANO:
It’s very old.

Probably a thousand years old.

-DOUG: Wow.
-Wow.

ROGER:
We are at the bottom
of the Money Pit shaft.

MARTY:
And very close
to the actual treasure

-of the Money Pit.
-ROGER: Absolutely amazing.

-MARTY: How about that?
-Wow.

Oh, baby.

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