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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:03,516 Tonight on the curse of oak island... 2 00:00:03,540 --> 00:00:05,660 We're now gonna move to the swamp. 3 00:00:05,790 --> 00:00:07,370 - See this log here? - Yeah. 4 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:09,120 Somebody built this with purpose. 5 00:00:09,290 --> 00:00:11,830 What in the heck is going on? 6 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,500 I think I found something kind of cool. 7 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:16,040 No way, moya. 8 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,750 We came across a really interesting artifact. 9 00:00:18,870 --> 00:00:19,950 It's venetian. 10 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,830 So that feature is much older 11 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,040 - than we thought. - Yeah. 12 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,950 - We got wood. - Wow. 13 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:26,560 I think we have found the money pit. 14 00:00:26,620 --> 00:00:28,580 - That's amazing. - It's all coming together. 15 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,250 There is an island in the north Atlantic 16 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:36,660 where people have been looking for 17 00:00:36,830 --> 00:00:41,000 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 18 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,830 So far, they have found a stone slab 19 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,200 with strange symbols carved into it, 20 00:00:46,370 --> 00:00:50,330 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 21 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:54,830 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 22 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,056 to the knights templar. 23 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,830 To date, six men have died 24 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,660 trying to solve the mystery. 25 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:06,870 And according to legend, one more will have to die 26 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,410 before the treasure can be found. 27 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:25,660 Here we go. 28 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:28,000 Let's do it. 29 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,950 You know, we've done a lot of survey work out here. 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,660 We've done a lot of drilling trying 31 00:01:32,830 --> 00:01:35,290 to just figure out what's going on underground. 32 00:01:35,450 --> 00:01:37,790 This is one of the few boreholes where we get to say 33 00:01:37,950 --> 00:01:40,000 that there's a potential for treasure coming up, 34 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,846 - without it being an accident. - Yep. 35 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:45,540 It is the start of a potentially significant day 36 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:48,660 on oak island for brothers Rick and Marty lagina 37 00:01:48,790 --> 00:01:51,660 and their team, as the answers 38 00:01:51,830 --> 00:01:53,910 to a 230-year-old mystery, 39 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,830 as well as a vast cache of treasure 40 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,330 may finally be within their reach. 41 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:02,580 So today we've moved a little north 42 00:02:02,750 --> 00:02:06,330 of where we've been drilling, d.25-6.75. 43 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:08,700 And the goal today is to hopefully slide 44 00:02:08,910 --> 00:02:11,080 into the wall where-where the original money pit was, 45 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:13,250 and go all the way down to 150 feet 46 00:02:13,370 --> 00:02:15,250 - where we're hoping to find the vault. - Okay. 47 00:02:15,410 --> 00:02:17,870 And the tunnel that we hit last time is at... 48 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,250 It is at 109 to 117. 49 00:02:23,660 --> 00:02:26,160 We could be very, very close to the original money pit. 50 00:02:26,290 --> 00:02:28,910 One week ago, the team 51 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,330 drilled a borehole known as e.75-5.6 52 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:35,830 in a region of the fabled money pit area 53 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,830 where new groundwater tests have 54 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:39,870 identified high traces of gold 55 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,830 more than 100 feet deep. 56 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,016 This could be the bottom of our tunnel right there. 57 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,950 Incredibly, as the coring drill reached 58 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,346 a depth of 109 feet... There's a core. 59 00:02:51,370 --> 00:02:53,330 It penetrated what appeared to be 60 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:55,660 a mysterious nine-foot-high tunnel. 61 00:02:55,830 --> 00:02:57,390 Okay, we got a little bit of wood here. 62 00:02:57,540 --> 00:02:59,200 - We got wood! - Huge wood. 63 00:02:59,370 --> 00:03:01,516 - Whoa, whoa, whoa! Absolutely. - We got a lot of wood. 64 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:04,000 But as the team drilled deeper, 65 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,500 reaching a depth of over 150 feet, 66 00:03:07,660 --> 00:03:09,910 they may have encountered something that has remained 67 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,500 one of the greatest oak island legends for more than a century. 68 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:16,160 It looks like we have two small beams 69 00:03:16,370 --> 00:03:18,290 sandwiching a very large beam. 70 00:03:18,450 --> 00:03:21,830 To me, this sounds like the chappell vault. 71 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:24,620 In 1897, 72 00:03:24,750 --> 00:03:27,790 treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William chappell 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,160 drilled through a reported seven-foot-high wooden chest 74 00:03:31,370 --> 00:03:34,500 at a depth of 153 feet. 75 00:03:34,660 --> 00:03:37,226 When they extracted their drill bit, 76 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:39,290 they were astonished to find it covered 77 00:03:39,450 --> 00:03:41,040 with small flecks of gold, 78 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,040 as well as a tiny piece of parchment 79 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,830 bearing the letters "vi." 80 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,000 Primary target today is a vault 81 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,040 at 155 plus or minus five feet. 82 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,370 Yeah. 83 00:03:52,540 --> 00:03:58,540 Today, the team is drilling borehole d.25-6.75, 84 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:01,290 located just a few feet to the northeast 85 00:04:01,450 --> 00:04:04,160 to confirm the existence of the mysterious tunnel 86 00:04:04,330 --> 00:04:06,870 at 109 feet deep, 87 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:12,160 and the chappell vault below that, some 155 feet underground. 88 00:04:12,330 --> 00:04:14,330 If successful, 89 00:04:14,450 --> 00:04:16,500 they will install a massive steel caisson 90 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:20,250 in order to retrieve the legendary treasure. 91 00:04:20,410 --> 00:04:22,330 The historical narrative indicates 92 00:04:22,540 --> 00:04:24,250 that there might be a vault 93 00:04:24,410 --> 00:04:27,660 within this horizon, 150 to 160. 94 00:04:27,870 --> 00:04:30,500 We have retrieved wood from this depth, 95 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:35,000 so, there's every hope that we will find a structure. 96 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,120 I think, the hope today, Alex, is to... 97 00:04:37,290 --> 00:04:39,660 To hit the vault, pull up a coin, a Jewel, 98 00:04:39,830 --> 00:04:42,200 and then you can go and put that in Rick's hand. 99 00:04:42,370 --> 00:04:44,500 Fingers crossed on that. 100 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:45,976 So that's exciting. Let's get going. 101 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,790 Here we go. 102 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,830 As the core drilling operation proceeds 103 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,620 in the money pit... 104 00:04:52,660 --> 00:04:55,200 It's a pleasure to see a full war room. 105 00:04:55,370 --> 00:04:57,346 Because lately, we've been extremely busy, all of us, 106 00:04:57,370 --> 00:04:59,500 doing a bunch of different things. 107 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:03,160 Alex lagina and Steve guptill join Rick, 108 00:05:03,370 --> 00:05:05,500 Marty, Craig tester 109 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:07,870 and other members of the team in the war room 110 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,056 to discuss another critical search operation 111 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,790 that they are about to begin. 112 00:05:13,910 --> 00:05:16,200 We went scouting today in the swamp, and 113 00:05:16,370 --> 00:05:19,160 I don't know about anybody else, but I smell swampish. 114 00:05:19,370 --> 00:05:21,080 And I'm sure Marty misses that. 115 00:05:21,290 --> 00:05:22,580 I'm certain of it. 116 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:25,330 - I do. - So, at this point in time, 117 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:28,120 we're now going to move the large-scale efforts 118 00:05:28,290 --> 00:05:29,690 to the swamp, because there's a lot 119 00:05:29,870 --> 00:05:32,346 of opportunities there yet, even after 120 00:05:32,370 --> 00:05:34,660 all these years. 121 00:05:34,870 --> 00:05:36,870 For more than a decade, 122 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,620 Rick, Marty and the team have been investigating 123 00:05:40,830 --> 00:05:42,500 the mysterious, triangle-shaped swamp 124 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:45,790 based on the research and past discoveries 125 00:05:45,950 --> 00:05:49,950 of the late landowner and treasure hunter Fred Nolan. 126 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,580 After unearthing potentially ancient survey stakes 127 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:55,660 and pieces of a large sailing vessel 128 00:05:55,870 --> 00:05:59,330 in the brackish bog back in the late 1960s, 129 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,160 Fred came to believe 130 00:06:01,370 --> 00:06:03,330 that the swamp was artificially made 131 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:05,330 in order to hide important clues 132 00:06:05,540 --> 00:06:08,330 and possibly, valuables. 133 00:06:08,540 --> 00:06:11,080 - This is really cool. - It's impressive. 134 00:06:11,250 --> 00:06:13,910 This is mondo cool, isn't it? 135 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,250 And in recent years, the team has uncovered 136 00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:18,500 numerous artifacts and structures in the swamp 137 00:06:18,660 --> 00:06:22,000 that suggest Fred may have been correct. 138 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,160 These discoveries include 139 00:06:24,290 --> 00:06:26,410 a potentially 500-year-old stone road 140 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,330 in the southeast corner, 141 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:30,910 an adjacent cobblestone pathway 142 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,160 that leads up toward the northern border 143 00:06:34,330 --> 00:06:36,160 and a massive, stone-paved feature 144 00:06:36,370 --> 00:06:37,790 near the center of the swamp 145 00:06:37,950 --> 00:06:40,950 that geoscientist Dr. Ian spooner 146 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,160 has carbon-dated to approximately 1200 ad. 147 00:06:45,330 --> 00:06:48,620 Let's start by getting Steve to bring up the permitted areas 148 00:06:48,790 --> 00:06:51,200 that we applied for this year. 149 00:06:51,370 --> 00:06:53,660 So we started off this winter making plans 150 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:56,040 of what we wanted to accomplish this year. 151 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,950 We have come up with four areas. 152 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,330 Permit area one to four, and 153 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:02,080 - let's start in permit area one? - Sure. 154 00:07:02,250 --> 00:07:03,410 Down in the southeast corner, 155 00:07:03,540 --> 00:07:05,160 we have the stone road. 156 00:07:05,370 --> 00:07:06,910 We want to get back into that 157 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,660 and do some more work in there. 158 00:07:08,870 --> 00:07:12,160 We go further up, we have permit area two. 159 00:07:12,370 --> 00:07:13,950 We have the paved area. 160 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,830 Hopefully, find an artifact or something, and, you know, 161 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,450 get a real answer on who may have built that feature. 162 00:07:20,580 --> 00:07:22,160 Permit area three. 163 00:07:22,330 --> 00:07:23,660 That includes the stone path, 164 00:07:23,870 --> 00:07:25,580 which Rick is eager to get back and do. 165 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:27,750 He loves being on his hands and knees in the muck. 166 00:07:29,660 --> 00:07:32,330 So, the fourth permitted area 167 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,330 is what we call the north bog. 168 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:36,790 That's on the north side of Tom's road, 169 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,660 and I know Tom is eager to get in there 170 00:07:39,830 --> 00:07:42,410 - and see what he can find. - Yeah. 100%. 171 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:44,120 So, we've been pumping the swamp now 172 00:07:44,290 --> 00:07:45,620 for about two weeks. 173 00:07:45,830 --> 00:07:47,700 You know, we've managed to dry up the... 174 00:07:47,870 --> 00:07:49,500 The northernmost part of it. 175 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,870 Once we can get in there, 176 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,160 we can start taking off some of the surface cover, 177 00:07:54,370 --> 00:07:57,790 getting down to what hasn't been seen before. 178 00:07:57,910 --> 00:08:00,290 Yeah. There's a lot of work to be done, 179 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:02,120 but I'm confident we can do it. 180 00:08:02,290 --> 00:08:04,290 We'll-we'll get it done. 181 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:07,000 If I could just suggest something for discussion. 182 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,750 Since the most under explored area is in something 183 00:08:10,910 --> 00:08:13,080 my big brother's been wanting to do, 184 00:08:13,290 --> 00:08:15,830 forever, is north of the road, 185 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,160 what about starting there and then coming back to this? 186 00:08:19,370 --> 00:08:21,450 Cause what I hear 187 00:08:21,580 --> 00:08:23,540 is everything is dry, everything looks good. 188 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:26,000 - Yeah. - I, for one, would be 189 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,250 most disappointed if we somehow didn't get to that. 190 00:08:28,410 --> 00:08:31,080 There might be a real "aha" there. 191 00:08:32,750 --> 00:08:35,830 To me, the northern end of the bog contains some secrets. 192 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,120 It's something that we should devote time and energy 193 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,830 and resources to, to see if something is still there. 194 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:44,846 I mean, it's a big area. It's gonna take a lot of work. 195 00:08:44,870 --> 00:08:46,700 It's gonna take a lot of eyes on the target. 196 00:08:46,870 --> 00:08:48,790 All right, look, this is exciting stuff. 197 00:08:48,950 --> 00:08:50,830 I'd never thought I'd say it, but I do want 198 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,580 to get out there and see and feel and smell, 199 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,120 along with you guys. 200 00:08:55,290 --> 00:08:56,790 So 201 00:08:56,910 --> 00:08:59,620 I think it's time to quit talking and get after it, right? 202 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:00,950 When can we start? 203 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,346 As soon as we go outside, we'll go at it. 204 00:09:03,370 --> 00:09:05,500 Great! 205 00:09:05,620 --> 00:09:07,620 Okay, I'm all excited to get into the swamp. 206 00:09:07,830 --> 00:09:09,910 Yeah. Let's go get dirty. 207 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,580 Later that afternoon... I think she's going in. 208 00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:19,790 While the core-drilling operation 209 00:09:19,950 --> 00:09:21,950 continues in the money pit area... 210 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,750 There's got to be something here. 211 00:09:23,870 --> 00:09:25,580 We're really close to the shore 212 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,250 in an area with a lot of history, 213 00:09:27,410 --> 00:09:29,480 and we know there's been a lot of activity. 214 00:09:29,504 --> 00:09:29,830 Yeah. 215 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,700 Rick, his nephew Alex, 216 00:09:31,870 --> 00:09:35,370 metal detection expert Gary drayton 217 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:37,120 and Billy gerhardt prepare 218 00:09:37,250 --> 00:09:40,660 to begin excavating near the mysterious, cobblestone pathway 219 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:43,830 in the northern region of the swamp. 220 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,200 Which side are you going to put the spoils on? 221 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:48,160 Probably over this way, I think. 222 00:09:48,370 --> 00:09:49,676 Okay, mate. We'll get ready for 'em 223 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:52,330 and count all those silver coins. 224 00:09:53,830 --> 00:09:56,000 All right, get ready for the spoils. 225 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,790 Smells like treasure. 226 00:09:59,950 --> 00:10:01,386 That's how you know we haven't dug here before. 227 00:10:01,410 --> 00:10:03,000 Yeah. 228 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,830 It's important to understand the swamp. 229 00:10:07,950 --> 00:10:10,620 And there are some answers in there. I truly believe that. 230 00:10:10,790 --> 00:10:14,676 I mean, how do you deny that there are some sort of 231 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:17,950 answers there that will affirm the fact 232 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,500 that this may have been a multigenerational attempt 233 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:23,330 to hide something on oak island? 234 00:10:27,370 --> 00:10:29,660 What's that board there? 235 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,330 Is that an old plank, Rick? 236 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:37,660 It looks like it. 237 00:10:37,830 --> 00:10:39,080 Yeah, it's been notched. 238 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,870 Notched out right here. 239 00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:44,750 That does not have the look of a new board. 240 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:47,120 A hand-cut plank? 241 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:50,830 Could Rick have merely uncovered a piece of discarded lumber? 242 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:52,830 Or could it be part of yet another 243 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,040 previously unknown structure 244 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:57,790 that was hidden long ago in the swamp? 245 00:10:57,950 --> 00:11:00,200 It's old. It's not dimensional lumber. 246 00:11:00,370 --> 00:11:03,040 You might want to haul that out later and take a look at it. 247 00:11:10,330 --> 00:11:12,750 Hold up, bill! 248 00:11:16,370 --> 00:11:17,700 See this log here? 249 00:11:17,870 --> 00:11:19,500 Yeah. 250 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:20,910 And then there's 251 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,040 a couple more here running this way. 252 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:24,580 Big ones. 253 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:26,660 Yeah. 254 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:28,430 So somebody was out here doing something. 255 00:11:29,540 --> 00:11:31,200 It's curious. 256 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:42,910 And these are some pretty big logs to haul down here. 257 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,540 And even just a couple inches down, 258 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:46,330 - that could last a long time. - Yeah. 259 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:48,700 While investigating the northern region 260 00:11:48,870 --> 00:11:50,830 of the oak island swamp, 261 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,700 Rick lagina has just uncovered what appears to be 262 00:11:53,910 --> 00:11:55,450 a large wooden structure. 263 00:11:55,620 --> 00:11:57,016 Somebody was out here doing something, 264 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:58,370 and they-they installed that 265 00:11:58,540 --> 00:12:00,540 - right on the subsoil. - Yeah. 266 00:12:00,750 --> 00:12:02,620 - Well, let's keep looking. - Yeah. 267 00:12:02,750 --> 00:12:03,830 Yep. 268 00:12:05,910 --> 00:12:08,330 These logs are massive. 269 00:12:09,290 --> 00:12:12,830 There's a strong hint that there are certainly some answers 270 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,200 or at least some clues at the bottom of that bog. 271 00:12:15,410 --> 00:12:18,000 And... If it is associated 272 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,450 or can be associated with original work, 273 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:21,790 it's incredibly important. 274 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:23,950 See right there? 275 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,824 There's a bunch of big logs going this way. 276 00:12:25,848 --> 00:12:26,516 I see that log. 277 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:28,830 - Yeah. - That we should reveal 278 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,000 and see if Tom remembers his father building 279 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,000 - something like that. - Yeah. 280 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,160 If he doesn't, then that makes that all the more interesting. 281 00:12:36,370 --> 00:12:37,950 Right. 282 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,899 It's possible that it's much older than we think. 283 00:12:39,923 --> 00:12:40,176 Yeah. 284 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,296 This-this log structure that we're uncovering here. 285 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:43,320 Yeah. 286 00:12:43,660 --> 00:12:45,330 There's the bottom. 287 00:12:48,870 --> 00:12:50,120 Lot of rocks there. 288 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:55,740 Boulder under that wood there. 289 00:12:57,830 --> 00:12:59,410 Stone in there, in amongst the... 290 00:12:59,580 --> 00:13:01,290 Yeah, I see that. 291 00:13:02,790 --> 00:13:05,290 This is a lot like the cobbles from the paved area. 292 00:13:05,450 --> 00:13:07,660 - Same kind of rock. - Yeah, same kind of rock. 293 00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:09,470 Which you don't really see on the beach. 294 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:10,790 Yeah, I don't know. 295 00:13:10,950 --> 00:13:13,040 A layer of stones 296 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,120 similar to the paved area near the middle of the swamp 297 00:13:16,290 --> 00:13:20,700 and which is believed to date back to as early as 1200 ad? 298 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:24,620 If so, could the team have just uncovered 299 00:13:24,830 --> 00:13:27,040 another key clue that could help them solve 300 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,660 the 230-year-old mystery? 301 00:13:29,830 --> 00:13:31,870 That's right at the edge of the swamp. 302 00:13:32,870 --> 00:13:34,176 They may even have introduced material there 303 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,700 to try to build a platform. 304 00:13:36,870 --> 00:13:39,950 Yeah, no, this is... Curious. 305 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,410 Things are built upon other things. 306 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:46,330 So did the cobble represent an older path, 307 00:13:46,540 --> 00:13:47,580 an older structure? 308 00:13:47,750 --> 00:13:49,700 There's all kinds 309 00:13:49,870 --> 00:13:51,950 of possible explanations for these two things, 310 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,580 and we need to slow down and take a real good look at them. 311 00:13:55,750 --> 00:13:57,290 It might be a platform, but that's 312 00:13:57,450 --> 00:14:00,080 Tom would have an idea of what his father did 313 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,910 - or did not build out here. - Right. 314 00:14:02,910 --> 00:14:05,660 Small cobble rocks are interesting because... 315 00:14:05,870 --> 00:14:08,540 We have seen that on the stone road. 316 00:14:08,750 --> 00:14:10,830 We saw that on the stone path. 317 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,160 We need to try to understand 318 00:14:13,330 --> 00:14:16,000 what that may or may not represent. 319 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,120 It's quite a collection of rock though. 320 00:14:19,330 --> 00:14:22,580 - Yeah. - What have we found? 321 00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:26,830 Well, we don't know. There's that log embedded north-south. 322 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,410 And then there's some big timbers running east-west. 323 00:14:30,540 --> 00:14:31,830 Appears to be on top of it. 324 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Right, and then also in the corner down there, 325 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,800 there's all those rocks on top of each other. 326 00:14:35,910 --> 00:14:37,450 No material in between 'em. 327 00:14:37,620 --> 00:14:40,000 I remember when Dr. Spooner looked at the paved area, 328 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,160 he said that's not common in nature. 329 00:14:42,370 --> 00:14:44,160 I mean, there's a lot of questions here. 330 00:14:44,290 --> 00:14:47,620 Let's stand down and figure out a way to-to take advantage 331 00:14:47,830 --> 00:14:49,580 of what-what we might be seeing. 332 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:51,790 But first we need to see what Tom says. 333 00:14:51,950 --> 00:14:54,200 So... Okay. 334 00:14:54,330 --> 00:14:55,910 Let's, stand down for now. 335 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:57,120 Stand down for now. 336 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,410 - But there's other work to do. - Yep. 337 00:15:01,580 --> 00:15:04,540 While the investigation continues in the swamp 338 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,910 over near the shoreline of lot 5, 339 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,250 on the western side of the island... 340 00:15:12,290 --> 00:15:14,170 If you start finding any artifacts or anything, 341 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,346 will you tell me? Cause I'm curious. 342 00:15:15,370 --> 00:15:18,790 - Okay. - Archaeologist Fiona Steele, 343 00:15:18,950 --> 00:15:21,290 Jack begley and other members of the team 344 00:15:21,410 --> 00:15:25,346 continue their investigation of a large stone foundation. 345 00:15:25,370 --> 00:15:28,750 A foundation where they have made compelling discoveries 346 00:15:28,910 --> 00:15:30,950 that include venetian trade beads 347 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,000 that may date back to the 16th century, 348 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,660 a mortar-like substance that matches soil samples 349 00:15:37,830 --> 00:15:42,450 collected from over 100 feet deep in the money pit area, 350 00:15:42,580 --> 00:15:44,370 and several iron artifacts 351 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:47,500 that have been scientifically linked to sir William phips, 352 00:15:47,620 --> 00:15:51,660 the 17th-century English politician and treasure hunter 353 00:15:51,830 --> 00:15:55,660 who some believe buried a large cache of Spanish gold and silver 354 00:15:55,870 --> 00:15:59,370 in the money pit back in 1687. 355 00:15:59,540 --> 00:16:03,040 Well, it certainly is the gravelly layer. 356 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,330 We have a connection through the soil chemistry of the money pit 357 00:16:06,540 --> 00:16:09,370 and the construction over on lot 5. 358 00:16:09,540 --> 00:16:12,700 I want to find something that really helps us explain 359 00:16:12,870 --> 00:16:14,370 what went on here. 360 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:18,160 It certainly suggests that, efforts made 361 00:16:18,290 --> 00:16:21,016 by whoever inhabited lot 5 362 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,080 had something to do with... 363 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,370 Perhaps the construction of the money pit. 364 00:16:25,540 --> 00:16:28,660 We're hoping that lot 5 helps us solve 365 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:29,830 the whole mystery here. 366 00:16:43,580 --> 00:16:44,910 Hey, Helen, Jack, 367 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:46,870 I think I found something kind of cool. 368 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,290 What is it? 369 00:16:48,450 --> 00:16:50,540 - I think it's a bead. - A bead? 370 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:52,620 - No way, moya. - Yeah. 371 00:16:52,790 --> 00:16:55,790 And it's smaller than the ones from last year. 372 00:16:55,910 --> 00:16:57,500 My heavens, it's tiny. 373 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:59,160 - Yeah. - Wow. 374 00:16:59,330 --> 00:17:01,000 The red's a very stark color 375 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,400 - against the... - Let me see it. 376 00:17:02,450 --> 00:17:03,790 Dirt. 377 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,000 Look at it. 378 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,700 Do you think that could be another venetian bead? 379 00:17:09,830 --> 00:17:11,250 We need to get it cleaned up 380 00:17:11,370 --> 00:17:12,730 and have a really good look at it. 381 00:17:13,870 --> 00:17:16,200 Great find, moya. 382 00:17:16,370 --> 00:17:18,370 That's the third bead that we've found 383 00:17:18,540 --> 00:17:20,516 - on this lot. - Yeah. And the other two were white. 384 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,140 Remember, they were the venetian glass with the stripes. 385 00:17:22,164 --> 00:17:22,556 With the red 386 00:17:22,580 --> 00:17:24,120 - and the blue stripes, yeah. - Yeah. 387 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:25,830 And this one is a solid red. 388 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,000 A possible venetian bead? 389 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,330 In 1470, 390 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:35,250 specialized glass bead jewelry was created in venice, Italy, 391 00:17:35,410 --> 00:17:39,330 and soon became a highly valuable form of barter currency 392 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:42,160 along trade routes throughout Europe, Asia, 393 00:17:42,290 --> 00:17:44,660 and ultimately North America. 394 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:49,410 In 2023, the oak island team was astonished 395 00:17:49,540 --> 00:17:51,886 when they discovered two venetian beads 396 00:17:51,910 --> 00:17:54,040 in the round feature on lot 5. 397 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,540 Laird, want to come and see what moya's just found? 398 00:17:57,700 --> 00:18:00,830 If they have indeed discovered a third venetian bead, 399 00:18:00,950 --> 00:18:04,250 could it offer more evidence that this feature was created 400 00:18:04,410 --> 00:18:06,450 in order to hide valuables? 401 00:18:06,580 --> 00:18:10,040 And if so, just what else might they find 402 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,330 as they continue to dig? 403 00:18:13,330 --> 00:18:14,450 Wow. 404 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:15,910 Yeah. 405 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,240 Looks like two colors, glass. 406 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:19,700 Yeah. Looks like 407 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:22,003 there's, like, a black ring on the inside. 408 00:18:22,027 --> 00:18:22,370 Yeah. 409 00:18:22,580 --> 00:18:24,660 So it's either part of the firing process 410 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:27,580 or it's different glass in the interior., 411 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,700 but that looks to be a venetian bead to me. 412 00:18:30,870 --> 00:18:32,450 Yeah. The other two we found 413 00:18:32,620 --> 00:18:34,460 weren't too far from where we're at right now. 414 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:37,330 The presence of beads in the round feature 415 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:40,250 on lot 5 can be a really important find. 416 00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:42,370 We're finding enough artifacts that are... 417 00:18:42,540 --> 00:18:44,290 Enigmatic and intriguing. 418 00:18:44,410 --> 00:18:47,346 Hopefully we'll find the answer to what it was used for 419 00:18:47,370 --> 00:18:48,660 and who was using it. 420 00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:51,160 Perhaps the xrf will tell us 421 00:18:51,330 --> 00:18:53,200 - and compare the beads. - - Yeah. 422 00:18:53,330 --> 00:18:55,290 That'd be cool. Right? 423 00:18:55,450 --> 00:18:56,910 - Good job. - Thank you. 424 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,370 Fantastic find of the day. 425 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,620 As a new day begins on oak island... 426 00:19:07,910 --> 00:19:10,410 If he can stay straight, it's gonna be a good day. 427 00:19:10,620 --> 00:19:12,886 While the core-drilling operation proceeds 428 00:19:12,910 --> 00:19:14,120 in the money pit area... 429 00:19:15,910 --> 00:19:17,886 - Hey, Billy. - Hey. 430 00:19:17,910 --> 00:19:19,370 I brought reinforcements. 431 00:19:19,540 --> 00:19:21,460 Well, I think we need 'em, by the looks of that. 432 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:25,000 Rick lagina and fellow landowner Tom Nolan 433 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,500 join other members of the team 434 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,080 in the northern region of the swamp. 435 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:31,750 That long beam is the first thing we exposed. 436 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:34,500 Rick is eager to have Tom examine 437 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:36,580 the mysterious wood and stone feature 438 00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:39,660 that was uncovered just one day ago. 439 00:19:39,870 --> 00:19:43,000 It's at least 14 feet, I would guess. 440 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,306 We never really found that end, 441 00:19:44,330 --> 00:19:45,790 and we never really found this end. 442 00:19:46,830 --> 00:19:49,540 It's underneath a substantial root structure. 443 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,580 I don't think it was done by us, or my dad. 444 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,200 You know, to get those size logs out here 445 00:19:59,370 --> 00:20:00,830 is quite a... quite a job. 446 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,950 You know, 447 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,516 I can't imagine how somebody really did. 448 00:20:04,540 --> 00:20:06,580 The other thing is 449 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:09,250 we got rocks in a row underneath you here. 450 00:20:09,410 --> 00:20:10,810 Yeah, that's almost a perfect line. 451 00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:12,200 Yeah. 452 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:18,000 If you're saying that probably not your dad's 453 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,040 and that he didn't know of it, 454 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,500 then it makes it certainly very interesting. 455 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:24,450 Now that Tom has confirmed 456 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:28,620 that his late father Fred Nolan did not build this feature 457 00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:31,660 during his extensive investigations in the swamp, 458 00:20:31,870 --> 00:20:35,160 the burning questions that remain are who did, 459 00:20:35,330 --> 00:20:38,790 why, and might it be another critical discovery 460 00:20:38,950 --> 00:20:43,120 that will help the team finally solve the oak island mystery? 461 00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:45,080 Want me to take a little off this end 462 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,676 so you can try to find the end, or...? 463 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:49,250 Okay, but let's be patient with the dig. 464 00:20:49,410 --> 00:20:51,200 If you see anything here 465 00:20:51,370 --> 00:20:53,120 beyond what we're seeing here, call me. 466 00:20:53,290 --> 00:20:55,080 - I'll come back. - Okey doke. 467 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,950 Good luck, and we'll see you guys in a bit. 468 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,330 Thank you. 469 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:03,540 There might be something significant here, 470 00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:06,226 so we need to go slow, approach it 471 00:21:06,250 --> 00:21:09,000 from an investigative process 472 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,620 and an intellectual process, 473 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:12,660 meaning, what is the purpose of it. 474 00:21:19,410 --> 00:21:22,290 You can hear clanging on rocks. 475 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:30,410 Right now, there's... 476 00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:32,700 Just in this little area, there's one, 477 00:21:32,870 --> 00:21:37,200 two, three, four, five, maybe six logs, 478 00:21:37,370 --> 00:21:39,540 just from here to here. 479 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,450 - Half a dozen more over there. - Yeah. 480 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:45,000 So, the hope is, Billy just exposes it. 481 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,040 We may be able to see how long and how big this thing is. 482 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:50,580 - Right, Billy? - Yup. 483 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,330 It's very apparent from the first log 484 00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:58,450 we uncovered is that it's well made. 485 00:22:02,950 --> 00:22:04,580 Right here. 486 00:22:08,540 --> 00:22:11,000 That's not a small log there. 487 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,580 What in the heck is going on? 488 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:16,750 There are two parts of the construction. 489 00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:18,750 There are what I call the "carry logs." 490 00:22:18,950 --> 00:22:21,330 They are the support of the structure. 491 00:22:21,450 --> 00:22:23,580 And then there are what I call the "platform logs," 492 00:22:23,790 --> 00:22:26,040 which sit on top of the carry logs. 493 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,160 And there are multiples of those. 494 00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:31,500 There's one here, running this way, 495 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:34,830 and there's another one there, running that way. 496 00:22:36,290 --> 00:22:38,330 And it was Alex who noticed the cobbles 497 00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:40,540 at the bottom of the dig. 498 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:44,910 An intentional layer of cobble laid down for some purpose. 499 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:46,580 I don't know its relevance 500 00:22:46,750 --> 00:22:50,410 to furthering our understanding of the mystery, 501 00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:52,290 but it's definitely quite large. 502 00:22:52,410 --> 00:22:55,160 - This is a mystery. - Yeah. 503 00:22:55,330 --> 00:22:56,500 - And its massive. - Yeah. 504 00:22:56,660 --> 00:22:58,120 I mean, this would carry 505 00:22:58,290 --> 00:23:00,660 a tremendous amount of weight. 506 00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:02,370 I think you're right. 507 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:03,790 What do you make of it, laird? 508 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,750 It's odd. 509 00:23:05,870 --> 00:23:08,500 That's not sufficient. 510 00:23:08,660 --> 00:23:10,330 We have enough for Dr. Spooner 511 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:12,410 to make a pretty good evaluation right now. 512 00:23:12,580 --> 00:23:15,660 - Yeah. - I think we get Dr. Spooner in, and 513 00:23:15,790 --> 00:23:18,660 he can take these organic samples that we can date. 514 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:20,700 This is unique. 515 00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:23,750 But Dr. Spooner can maybe tell us exactly what happened here 516 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:27,080 and what progression of time. 517 00:23:27,250 --> 00:23:29,000 So, we're done for the day. 518 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,540 It was a cool day, though. 519 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:32,120 - Interesting day. - Yeah. - Yeah. 520 00:23:32,330 --> 00:23:33,910 A new discovery on oak island. 521 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,660 It's a great day. 522 00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:38,790 Later that afternoon... 523 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,620 We have a core! 524 00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:46,200 In the money pit area... Maybe this will be 99. 525 00:23:46,370 --> 00:23:48,120 Is this the core of interest? 526 00:23:48,290 --> 00:23:49,540 It is. 527 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:51,160 Charles barkhouse, 528 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:52,556 Steve guptill and Jillian Parsons 529 00:23:52,580 --> 00:23:56,870 continue monitoring the drilling 530 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,370 of borehole d.25-6.75. 531 00:23:59,580 --> 00:24:01,580 - What do you got, Steve? - 99. 532 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:03,330 99. That's what I thought. 533 00:24:03,540 --> 00:24:05,160 A borehole that the team hopes 534 00:24:05,370 --> 00:24:08,500 may be on course to pinpoint the legendary chappell vault 535 00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:10,750 and the source of precious metals 536 00:24:10,910 --> 00:24:14,580 that have been detected below a depth of 100 feet. 537 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,346 - I thought we had wood. - We do have wood. 538 00:24:17,370 --> 00:24:18,410 How does it look? 539 00:24:18,580 --> 00:24:20,200 - Good. - Yeah, we got wood. 540 00:24:21,410 --> 00:24:22,750 I mean, we have wood here, here. 541 00:24:22,910 --> 00:24:24,830 Yeah. 542 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,870 - There's a big piece of wood there. - Ooh. 543 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,040 These are some of the biggest pieces 544 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,790 - we've found in this borehole. - In this borehole, 545 00:24:32,910 --> 00:24:34,726 and in particular, when we've been looking for the money pit. 546 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:36,870 Yeah. I mean, finding wood at this depth, 547 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,660 - in this hole, is amazing. - Yup. 548 00:24:39,870 --> 00:24:42,620 We're in the right depth for the original level of the money pit. 549 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,000 Finding wood at this depth, in this hole, is amazing. 550 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,200 Well, you know what? We're in the right depth 551 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:55,766 for the original level of the money pit. 552 00:24:55,790 --> 00:24:58,000 It is a surprising 553 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,830 and thrilling moment in the money pit area 554 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,500 for members of the oak island team. 555 00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:04,540 That's a good sign. 556 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:06,220 Although they were hoping to encounter 557 00:25:06,250 --> 00:25:09,250 a mysterious tunnel at a depth of 109 feet 558 00:25:09,370 --> 00:25:13,580 in borehole d.25-6.75, they have just encountered 559 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:18,450 a different wooden structure at a depth of just 100 feet. 560 00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:20,450 You know what that reminds me of? 561 00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:23,016 - This borehole is close to caisson t-1. - Yeah. 562 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,596 There's a reason we keep drilling around t-1, 563 00:25:24,620 --> 00:25:26,700 which is an old caisson... it's from 2016. 564 00:25:26,870 --> 00:25:28,390 You know, it's some of the oldest wood 565 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:30,290 - we've ever found in the money pit. - Yeah. 566 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:31,790 It dates back to the late 1600s. 567 00:25:31,910 --> 00:25:33,040 Yeah. 568 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,910 X marks the spot. 569 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,790 T-1. Tester-1. 570 00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:41,500 In 2016, Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 571 00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:43,330 installed a 40-inch-wide steel caisson 572 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:49,000 that was located less than five feet to the south, known as t-1. 573 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,040 Although no treasure vault was ultimately found 574 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,040 during that excavation, at a depth 575 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,700 of 102 feet, a massive, hand-cut timber was unearthed, 576 00:25:58,870 --> 00:26:03,500 which was carbon-dated to as early as 1670. 577 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:06,160 What if this is part of the money pit? 578 00:26:06,370 --> 00:26:08,580 We should actually take that back sooner than later 579 00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:10,250 - and get Emma testing it. - Yeah. 580 00:26:10,370 --> 00:26:11,830 Is it possible 581 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:13,830 that the team has once again found the same 582 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,886 potentially 17th-century structure, 583 00:26:16,910 --> 00:26:19,410 which they believed could be the original money pit, 584 00:26:19,540 --> 00:26:22,200 less than five feet north of t-1? 585 00:26:22,370 --> 00:26:24,870 If so, could that mean 586 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,000 that they are now finally on course 587 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,200 to pinpoint the legendary treasure vault? 588 00:26:30,370 --> 00:26:32,410 So, this is good news. 589 00:26:32,580 --> 00:26:33,790 Very good news. 590 00:26:33,950 --> 00:26:35,910 If this is the money pit, 591 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,016 then we got a good shot at hitting the vault below. 592 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,120 Yeah. 593 00:26:42,370 --> 00:26:44,080 - Hey, guys. -Hey, guys. - Hey. 594 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,636 So I'm wondering if you want me to push it 595 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:47,330 to at least till 150, right? 596 00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:48,750 Let's just keep on going. 597 00:26:48,910 --> 00:26:50,580 - Okay. - That's what we want, right? 598 00:26:50,750 --> 00:26:51,976 That's the vault level, so that's where we want to be. 599 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,660 Yeah. Okay. 600 00:26:53,870 --> 00:26:55,190 The preponderance of the evidence 601 00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:58,660 is that the t-1 area is 602 00:26:58,830 --> 00:27:01,250 the area of the original money pit. 603 00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:03,160 This one can go. 604 00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:04,930 Based on the water sample testing alone, 605 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,160 I think that the area could be a possible 606 00:27:08,290 --> 00:27:09,660 treasure location. 607 00:27:09,870 --> 00:27:12,700 It's also the area where the soils 608 00:27:12,910 --> 00:27:14,750 from the money pit 609 00:27:14,950 --> 00:27:17,830 have a significant match to the clays found 610 00:27:17,950 --> 00:27:20,450 in the lot 5 feature. 611 00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:24,830 So, for two reasons, this is an area of significant interest. 612 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,846 So that wood that we were holding in our hands 613 00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:29,160 that could have been part of the original money pit? 614 00:27:29,330 --> 00:27:30,540 Absolutely possible. 615 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:32,660 That's amazing. 616 00:27:32,830 --> 00:27:34,676 We got another 50 feet, and we're at target depth. 617 00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:37,870 If there's a treasure to be found, it's there. 618 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,750 As the core drilling operation advances deeper 619 00:27:40,910 --> 00:27:42,410 in the money pit area... 620 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:45,620 Thank you, guys, for coming. 621 00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:46,846 We've been working down on lot 5, 622 00:27:46,870 --> 00:27:48,290 and we actually came across 623 00:27:48,450 --> 00:27:49,650 a really interesting artifact. 624 00:27:49,790 --> 00:27:52,950 Rick lagina and other members of the team 625 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:54,830 meet in the oak island laboratory, 626 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,120 regarding the small, but potentially valuable bead 627 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:00,580 that was discovered just one day ago 628 00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:03,450 near the rounded foundation on lot 5. 629 00:28:03,620 --> 00:28:05,580 How the heck did you find that? 630 00:28:05,790 --> 00:28:08,250 I've been used to finding, like, bricks 631 00:28:08,410 --> 00:28:11,330 and red coarse earthenware, so I kind of had an eye out 632 00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:14,750 for, like, a red color, so I managed to find it. 633 00:28:14,870 --> 00:28:16,700 But, yeah, it's tiny. 634 00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:19,160 It's what we call a "seed bead," for obvious reasons. 635 00:28:19,370 --> 00:28:21,830 - I can see why, yeah. - Yeah. 636 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,500 - Are they pretty durable? - Yes. 637 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:24,870 - They are? - Yup. 638 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,790 They'll come out of the ground looking like 639 00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:28,830 they just... they're brand-new. 640 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,556 So, it could have been around for a long time? 641 00:28:30,580 --> 00:28:33,000 Yeah. We have the circular feature. 642 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,950 It was found in the southwest exterior. 643 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,450 So this is coming from the yard. 644 00:28:37,620 --> 00:28:38,830 Not from the fill. 645 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,540 So in terms of context, this is coming 646 00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:45,080 - from a much better context. - Is it venetian? 647 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,580 We did find two venetian glass beads last year 648 00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:52,000 so I did run a compositional comparison. 649 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,000 Prior to their meeting, 650 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,620 archaeometallurgist Emma culligan 651 00:28:56,790 --> 00:28:58,450 scanned the small glass bead 652 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:01,910 using the X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, or xrf, 653 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,080 a device that uses gamma ray radiation in order 654 00:29:05,290 --> 00:29:07,500 to not only identify the elements 655 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:09,830 that make up an object's composition, 656 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,870 but potentially help determine when it was created. 657 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,516 So, here are the venetian 658 00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:18,160 glass beads that we found last year, 659 00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:23,000 and it's in the same kind of cluster, compositionally. 660 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,830 And that one is also matching with the coloring 661 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,500 from last year's beads. 662 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:32,290 So, all in all, it's coming from a similar batch. 663 00:29:35,250 --> 00:29:37,750 But it is, yes. It's-it's venetian. 664 00:29:37,910 --> 00:29:41,040 So, for the red coloring. 665 00:29:42,540 --> 00:29:44,160 So there's no selenium, no gold, 666 00:29:44,370 --> 00:29:46,950 but there is copper, and I think that is an indicator 667 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,450 that the red colorant is... 668 00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:52,750 Early 1700s and before that. 669 00:29:52,910 --> 00:29:57,290 - So early 1700s -into the 1600s. - And pre. Yeah. 670 00:29:57,410 --> 00:29:58,870 That's pretty interesting. 671 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,500 Pre... pre-money pit. 672 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:02,700 Yeah. 673 00:30:02,870 --> 00:30:03,910 Bingo. 674 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,080 That's fantastic. 675 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,120 The red colorant is early 1700s and before that. 676 00:30:13,290 --> 00:30:15,200 - Pre-money pit. - Yeah. 677 00:30:15,370 --> 00:30:17,330 In the oak island laboratory, 678 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:21,660 laird niven and Emma culligan have just informed Rick lagina 679 00:30:21,870 --> 00:30:24,120 and other members of the team 680 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:26,910 that the glass bead found one day ago 681 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,910 near the rounded stone feature on lot 5 682 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,250 is, in fact, the third piece of venetian jewelry 683 00:30:33,410 --> 00:30:35,290 that they have discovered in the area, 684 00:30:35,410 --> 00:30:37,950 and may predate the discovery of the money pit 685 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,910 by more than a century. 686 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,830 So how do we explain that being there? 687 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,640 They could have been trading from there. 688 00:30:44,790 --> 00:30:46,750 This is another piece of evidence 689 00:30:46,950 --> 00:30:51,450 that dates from the mid-1700s into the 1600s. 690 00:30:51,660 --> 00:30:55,500 So it's kind of reinforcing my gut feeling that we have 691 00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:57,830 an earlier structure on-site 692 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,830 that was repurposed at a later date. 693 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,200 And the 1600s date 694 00:31:03,370 --> 00:31:05,711 lines up with some of the wood we found in the money pit. 695 00:31:05,735 --> 00:31:06,016 Yeah. 696 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,620 Is it possible that the team has now found more evidence on lot 5 697 00:31:10,750 --> 00:31:13,790 suggesting a connection between the rounded feature 698 00:31:13,950 --> 00:31:15,500 and the money pit? 699 00:31:15,620 --> 00:31:18,620 Could that explain why the team has uncovered 700 00:31:18,790 --> 00:31:21,000 a mortar-like material in the feature 701 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,660 that matches soils collected from more than 100 feet deep 702 00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:27,000 in the money pit area? 703 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,950 And if so, could that help explain the wooden timbers 704 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:35,040 that were recovered in the t-1 caisson back in 2016 705 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,500 that were dated to 1670? 706 00:31:38,660 --> 00:31:42,040 Lot 5 is starting to play a pretty significant role, 707 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,120 both in terms of the story and perhaps the treasure 708 00:31:45,330 --> 00:31:47,250 or the remnants of the treasure. 709 00:31:47,450 --> 00:31:50,120 There's lots of evidence of people being here 710 00:31:50,290 --> 00:31:53,700 way before people from Europe were supposed to be here. 711 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:55,290 So I want to keep investigating. 712 00:31:55,450 --> 00:31:58,330 It surely gives us a clue 713 00:31:58,540 --> 00:32:02,000 that corroborates your intuition that that feature 714 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,160 is much older than the current inventory of artifacts 715 00:32:05,330 --> 00:32:06,580 - are telling. So... - Yeah. 716 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:08,330 Moya, congratulations. 717 00:32:08,540 --> 00:32:10,830 - I would not have found that. - Thank you. 718 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,500 Thank you very much. Very interesting. All right. 719 00:32:13,660 --> 00:32:17,040 As Rick lagina concludes the meeting in the lab... 720 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,160 We have a core. 721 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:21,500 Back in the money pit area... 722 00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:23,080 What do we got, Leighton? 723 00:32:24,450 --> 00:32:25,540 That's 159. 724 00:32:26,580 --> 00:32:30,700 Members of the team anxiously monitor the progress 725 00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:35,370 of the core-drilling operation in borehole d.25-6.75, 726 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:39,580 which has now reached a depth of nearly 160 feet, 727 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:42,160 the target depth where they are hoping to encounter 728 00:32:42,330 --> 00:32:45,500 more evidence of the fabled chappell vault. 729 00:32:45,660 --> 00:32:47,580 Here you are. 730 00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:48,750 Great, thank you. 731 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,370 That's a pretty stark transition. 732 00:32:53,540 --> 00:32:54,540 Sand? 733 00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:56,330 Yeah. 734 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:57,830 It's a lot of sand. 735 00:32:57,950 --> 00:33:00,160 - Hey, Charles. - Hey, Steve. 736 00:33:00,330 --> 00:33:02,790 That's about as Sandy as you can get right there. Look. 737 00:33:02,910 --> 00:33:04,870 You know, obviously we have back fill here 738 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,306 - and we have it here. - Yeah. Yeah. -Yeah. 739 00:33:06,330 --> 00:33:08,330 But I'm not seeing any wood. 740 00:33:08,540 --> 00:33:09,540 No. 741 00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:13,000 That's the depth we expected to see something. 742 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,016 But we didn't hit the vault. So we might be sliding back 743 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,200 into the old caisson. 744 00:33:16,410 --> 00:33:17,750 Yeah. 745 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,370 This hole is ticking all the boxes 746 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,500 that there's something deep down there. 747 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:25,370 Unfortunately, we hit caisson back fill. 748 00:33:25,540 --> 00:33:28,540 It was just... Extremely disappointing for us. 749 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:31,580 Frustrating. 750 00:33:31,790 --> 00:33:33,910 With this Sonic drill, we're getting pulled 751 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,450 - to the path of least resistance. - Yeah. 752 00:33:36,580 --> 00:33:39,120 Just when the team believed that they were on track 753 00:33:39,290 --> 00:33:41,160 for a major breakthrough, 754 00:33:41,330 --> 00:33:44,200 what they discovered instead is gravel back fill 755 00:33:44,370 --> 00:33:47,370 from one of their previously excavated steel caissons. 756 00:33:47,580 --> 00:33:51,410 This means that an obstruction, such as a Boulder, 757 00:33:51,580 --> 00:33:53,910 diverted the coring drill off course 758 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,500 and to the side of its intended target, 759 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:00,580 which in this case may have been the legendary treasure vault. 760 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:02,870 We didn't get to where we wanted to be, 761 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,040 which was a straight hole 762 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,120 - all the way to 160. - Yeah. 763 00:34:06,290 --> 00:34:07,540 We are in the right location. 764 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:09,176 We are just pulled in the wrong direction. 765 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,950 Right. 100%. 766 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,500 It's a bit disconcerting to have all these clues 767 00:34:14,660 --> 00:34:16,160 and all this data 768 00:34:16,330 --> 00:34:19,410 that strongly hint that this area is significant 769 00:34:19,580 --> 00:34:22,500 but not having made a proper discovery. 770 00:34:22,700 --> 00:34:26,660 I have hopes that if there is something to be found, 771 00:34:26,830 --> 00:34:28,910 it is within this general area. 772 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,160 You don't give up. 773 00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:32,040 You follow it to the end. 774 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,176 We've got to find a way to get back into that vault 775 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,500 - without getting pulled into a caisson. - Yeah. 776 00:34:36,660 --> 00:34:38,381 Let's all head back to the research center. 777 00:34:38,405 --> 00:34:38,676 Yeah. 778 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,450 Okay. 779 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,580 The following morning... 780 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:49,200 Figure it out yet? 781 00:34:49,370 --> 00:34:50,500 Almost. 782 00:34:50,660 --> 00:34:52,250 Yeah. Okay. 783 00:34:52,370 --> 00:34:54,450 I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to look like this. 784 00:34:55,450 --> 00:34:57,410 While members of the team 785 00:34:57,580 --> 00:35:00,450 plot the next course of action in the money pit area, 786 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:03,950 Rick lagina and geoscientist Dr. Ian spooner 787 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,200 join Rick's nephew Alex, 788 00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:08,160 Gary drayton, and Billy gerhardt 789 00:35:08,370 --> 00:35:10,540 in the northern region of the swamp. 790 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:14,290 They are eager to have Dr. Spooner assess 791 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:16,120 the recently uncovered wooden structure 792 00:35:16,290 --> 00:35:19,500 that sits atop a layer of cobblestones. 793 00:35:19,660 --> 00:35:22,660 You seen anything like this before, Ian? 794 00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:24,250 No. No, I haven't. 795 00:35:24,370 --> 00:35:25,726 And, I haven't seen a platform like this. 796 00:35:25,750 --> 00:35:29,120 I wonder how it extends back towards land. 797 00:35:29,250 --> 00:35:32,160 Well, these are the platform logs. 798 00:35:32,370 --> 00:35:35,250 But if you see here... Yeah. Yeah. 799 00:35:35,370 --> 00:35:36,540 So there's this one 800 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:39,000 - and then there's that one. - Yeah. 801 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,096 And it looks like it keeps on going into land there. 802 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,160 It's almost like this is a... 803 00:35:43,370 --> 00:35:45,040 - A ramp, right? - Yes. 804 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,790 Yeah, this is a ramp. I have no problem with that. 805 00:35:47,950 --> 00:35:50,016 The-the amazing thing is 806 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,700 how big this structure is. 807 00:35:51,870 --> 00:35:52,289 Yeah. 808 00:35:52,313 --> 00:35:55,290 This was meant to carry extremely heavy loads 809 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:59,330 or to be very stable for something very, very heavy. 810 00:35:59,540 --> 00:36:02,330 If you just wanted access out here, 811 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,250 you're not doing this. 812 00:36:04,410 --> 00:36:06,950 You know, for me, it's... this is built with purpose. 813 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,160 But to what end? 814 00:36:09,330 --> 00:36:11,790 There's a lot going on here. I mean 815 00:36:11,950 --> 00:36:14,231 I think I'm more interested in what's going on down lower 816 00:36:14,330 --> 00:36:16,160 than up top. You know, 817 00:36:16,370 --> 00:36:19,160 why is everybody so interested to get out to this point? 818 00:36:19,330 --> 00:36:21,386 There's something right here that somebody was chasing. 819 00:36:21,410 --> 00:36:23,580 - That's what I would say. - Strangely, 820 00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:25,830 it seems to point towards the eye of the swamp. 821 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,500 Yeah. 822 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:30,120 We're only about 60 feet away from the eye. 823 00:36:30,290 --> 00:36:32,290 - Yeah. Yeah. - So 824 00:36:32,450 --> 00:36:34,580 I know the eye is a human-built feature. 825 00:36:34,750 --> 00:36:35,676 Yeah. 826 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:37,040 It's entirely plausible 827 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,540 those same people built this feature here. 828 00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:48,660 The eye's right there, which we know was 829 00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:49,830 a man-built feature. 830 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,330 It's entirely plausible 831 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:56,580 that this was part of that same interest in this environment. 832 00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:58,120 Right. 833 00:36:58,290 --> 00:36:59,770 You just don't do this kind of stuff. 834 00:36:59,870 --> 00:37:03,160 In the northern region of the oak island swamp, 835 00:37:03,330 --> 00:37:07,200 geoscientist Dr. Ian spooner has just suggested 836 00:37:07,330 --> 00:37:09,750 that a newly uncovered wooden structure 837 00:37:09,870 --> 00:37:11,160 and cobblestone pathway 838 00:37:11,330 --> 00:37:13,540 I have no clue what this is. 839 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:17,000 May be directly connected to another man-made feature 840 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,846 known as the eye of the swamp. 841 00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:22,620 It's the first thing that we ever have found 842 00:37:22,790 --> 00:37:24,750 that points directly to the eye in a structure. 843 00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:27,500 And we have Dr. Spooner that did work in that. 844 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:31,790 His cores show industrial activity way back. 845 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:34,000 This is a very puzzling feature here, 846 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:35,370 this eye of the swamp. 847 00:37:35,540 --> 00:37:37,200 The all-seeing eye. 848 00:37:37,370 --> 00:37:40,540 In 2019, the oak island team 849 00:37:40,700 --> 00:37:43,500 investigated a mysterious circular formation 850 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,830 in the triangle-shaped swamp 851 00:37:45,950 --> 00:37:48,370 where vegetation would never grow. 852 00:37:49,750 --> 00:37:51,370 Wow. That is massive. 853 00:37:51,580 --> 00:37:53,410 That's-that's a big Boulder. 854 00:37:53,580 --> 00:37:56,160 Incredibly, after draining the area 855 00:37:56,370 --> 00:38:00,160 and discovering a man-made formation of boulders, 856 00:38:00,290 --> 00:38:03,040 they dubbed it "the eye of the swamp" 857 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,290 due to its eerie resemblance to the masonic symbol 858 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:09,080 known as the all-seeing eye. 859 00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:11,700 This is quite a provocative site. 860 00:38:11,870 --> 00:38:14,200 And after analyzing organic materials 861 00:38:14,370 --> 00:38:16,830 within the feature, 862 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,750 Dr. Spooner presented the team with astonishing data 863 00:38:19,950 --> 00:38:22,620 about when it was likely created. 864 00:38:22,790 --> 00:38:27,290 I'm very confident we're looking at 1680 to 1700 865 00:38:27,450 --> 00:38:29,160 that that disturbance took place. 866 00:38:29,290 --> 00:38:30,750 Really interesting. 867 00:38:31,790 --> 00:38:33,346 I just want to take a look at the stone, 868 00:38:33,370 --> 00:38:35,330 at the bottom of it. 869 00:38:35,540 --> 00:38:37,660 Is it possible that this wooden ramp 870 00:38:37,870 --> 00:38:41,160 and cobblestone feature were constructed at the same time 871 00:38:41,370 --> 00:38:43,200 as the eye of the swamp? 872 00:38:43,370 --> 00:38:47,160 But if so, by who and for what purpose? 873 00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:49,330 This kind of stuff always intrigues me. 874 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,000 See that rock? 875 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:52,830 This little rock here 876 00:38:52,950 --> 00:38:55,830 was wedged between this piece of wood here and that rock. 877 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,660 So if we date that lowest piece of wood 878 00:38:57,830 --> 00:38:59,250 that's sitting right on the rocks, 879 00:38:59,410 --> 00:39:00,676 we know that the rocks were put there 880 00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:02,500 before the age of that piece of wood. 881 00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:04,330 - Yeah. - If this feature 882 00:39:04,450 --> 00:39:06,290 is the same age as the eye of the swamp, 883 00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:08,016 that lines up with the William phips theory. 884 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,000 Right. 885 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,580 We know that phips found silver on the concepción. 886 00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:14,870 Since 2021, 887 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,450 the team has been investigating the theory 888 00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:20,370 that the 17th-century English treasure hunter 889 00:39:20,580 --> 00:39:23,290 and politician sir William phips 890 00:39:23,450 --> 00:39:27,370 and his masonic associate captain Andrew belcher 891 00:39:27,580 --> 00:39:30,830 buried a vast cache of treasure in the money pit. 892 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:36,290 In 1687, at the direction of the English crown, 893 00:39:36,450 --> 00:39:38,370 phips conducted two salvages 894 00:39:38,540 --> 00:39:40,500 of the famed Spanish treasure galleon 895 00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:42,370 known as the concepción 896 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,120 which sank in a hurricane near the Dominican Republic 897 00:39:47,290 --> 00:39:49,200 in 1641. 898 00:39:49,370 --> 00:39:51,450 In a controversy that bewildered many, 899 00:39:51,620 --> 00:39:54,540 phips delivered less than half 900 00:39:54,750 --> 00:39:56,830 of the 100 tons of silver and gold 901 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,660 that were recorded on the ship's manifest. 902 00:40:00,330 --> 00:40:03,950 Now, after previously finding iron tools 903 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,080 in the round feature on lot 5 904 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:07,790 that have been scientifically matched 905 00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:09,830 to the birthplace of William phips, 906 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,160 could the so-called eye of the swamp 907 00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:16,830 and perhaps these two additional man-made features 908 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,330 offer more compelling evidence that this theory is true? 909 00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:23,540 I would just send these out for dating. 910 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:25,410 - We're absolutely gonna do that. - Yeah. 911 00:40:25,540 --> 00:40:27,250 And some of these logs are 912 00:40:27,370 --> 00:40:31,000 - sufficient size to facilitate that. - Yeah. 913 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,370 Whole area seems to have some sort of reason. 914 00:40:34,540 --> 00:40:36,226 If you're moving through a bog, 915 00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:38,830 you-you would have to have a platform from which to work. 916 00:40:38,950 --> 00:40:42,330 If it were 1680 dates or thereabouts, 917 00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:45,450 you know, certainly one of the possible theories 918 00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:47,410 might be a phips connection. 919 00:40:47,580 --> 00:40:48,910 So, we got a plan. 920 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,410 I think we just keep pulling down this line. 921 00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:54,000 Yeah. And we start finding some metals 922 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,700 and some Bobby-dazzlers and top-pocket finds. 923 00:40:56,870 --> 00:40:58,330 - Yes. - Hopefully. 924 00:40:58,540 --> 00:41:00,330 There are still answers down there. 925 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:01,870 Yeah. 926 00:41:02,910 --> 00:41:05,500 Whatever may lie deep in the money pit, 927 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:08,540 perhaps within a seven-foot-high vault, 928 00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:10,870 remains elusive. 929 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:12,870 At least for now. 930 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:17,040 But as Rick, Marty, Craig, and their team unearth more clues 931 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,120 all across oak island 932 00:41:20,290 --> 00:41:23,040 and keep zeroing in on the original treasure shaft, 933 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,040 just how much longer 934 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:29,750 can the answer to this 230-year-old mystery 935 00:41:30,620 --> 00:41:32,620 stay buried? 936 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:38,290 Next time on the curse of oak island... 937 00:41:38,450 --> 00:41:40,750 - What is it? - These are bricks. 938 00:41:40,910 --> 00:41:42,950 That's looking pretty structure-like to me. 939 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,250 - What a perfect place to hide something. - Yeah. 940 00:41:45,410 --> 00:41:46,910 Ooh! 941 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,330 That has got a good chance of being gold. 942 00:41:49,450 --> 00:41:51,346 We see the ct scan. 943 00:41:51,370 --> 00:41:52,660 My gosh. 944 00:41:52,870 --> 00:41:55,660 Imagine my surprise when I saw that. 945 00:41:55,870 --> 00:41:57,290 As I was going down, 946 00:41:57,450 --> 00:41:58,636 there's definitely nothing solid there. 947 00:41:58,660 --> 00:41:59,660 Like, totally open? 948 00:41:59,870 --> 00:42:01,016 - Yeah. - That sounds like a void. 949 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,450 It could be the treasure chamber. 950 00:42:03,660 --> 00:42:05,660 Captioning provided by a+e networks 71460

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