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The Curse of Oak Island...

-It must be
something massive.
- Whoa!

That's been down there
a very long time.

- It's like it was buried.
- Yeah.

I think that's a Restall shaft.

If the Restalls are right,
it leads to the flood tunnel.

That's definitely it.

We believe there's
some source of metal

that's come in from the south.

That's where the original
Money Pit's supposed to be.

-Look at
that piece of wood.
-Wow.

I really feel
we're in a tunnel here.

This is it.

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.

Yep!

What do we got, Terry?

-29.
- 29.

begins on Oak Island

for brothers Rick and
Marty Lagina and their team,

the anticipation
for a breakthrough discovery

that could solve
a 229-year-old treasure mystery

has never been higher.

Okay.

Nice start to the hole,
eh, Steve?

Yep.

Our target depth is
in around 120 feet

where we tested
the water samples.

And we got new data now
from Jan Francke

that says in around
that level, at 127 feet,

we potentially have
a structure or tunnel.

- Yeah.
- So we've got
two pieces of data

and they're telling us

there's a man-made structure

of some sort at depth.

We have nothing
in the historical record

of any searcher activity
in this area.

So if we find something here,
that's really exciting.

- I agree, Charles.
- Yeah.

while the team postponed
their core-drilling operation

in the Money Pit area

so that geoscientist
Dr. Ian Spooner could conduct

new groundwater tests for
evidence of precious metals...

And down she goes.

Dr. Jan Francke inserted

a specially designed
radar device

into a previously drilled
borehole known as HN-16--

a borehole located

in a 30-by-15-foot
oval-shaped region

dubbed The Golden Egg--

where prior groundwater testing
identified a large source

of gold, silver and other metals

between 80 and 120 feet
underground.

As we scroll
down the hole, we get this.

A discrete void space.

That's around 127 feet
from the surface.

near the approximate depth
where traces

of precious metals
were detected,

Dr. Francke's radar device
identified a mysterious void.

This could be the fabled
offset chamber.

Really?

Sure.

if they have located
an offset treasure chamber

connected to the original Money Pit.

Between a little bit
of gold in the water

and a little bit
of wood in the water,

we need to pull something
out of the ground.

Little bit of solid gold,
little bit of solid silver, huh?

Yeah.

to continue drilling
while he analyzes

the newly collected
water samples,

the team has begun drilling
borehole HN-15.5,

located in the northern region
of the Golden Egg

to verify the existence
of the mysterious void

and also determine
just what it may contain.

It's certainly in an area
that is incredibly interesting:

there's the Garden Shaft,

there's the flooding association
with the Garden Shaft,

there are the high metal values
deep underground.

And, of course, the hope is

that it will lead
to a long sought-after,

currently unknown,
fabulous treasure.

Let's hope
that this one bingos it.

- That's the plan, Terry.
- We got to get down
to the anomaly.

Yep.

continues in the Money Pit area...

-Hey, Billy.
-Craig.

What are you feeling down
at the very bottom?

Well, it's--
it's some rocks there

- and, uh, clay.
- Okay.

located nearly 500 feet
to the east,

Rick Lagina,
along with Craig Tester

and other members of the team,

are proceeding with another
critical excavation.

So we want to get
as deep as we can

looking for the flood tunnel.

- Yep.
- Okay.

the legendary
stone-lined flood tunnel

that is believed to feed
seawater into the Money Pit,

a believed booby trap,
which has thwarted

all previous searchers
who attempted to recover

the fabled treasure vault
over the past 200 years...

...and which the team believes
halted their own exploration

of the so-called Garden Shaft

when it was flooded
with salt water

at a depth
of some 100 feet in 2023.

- Hey.
- Hey.

So he says there are some rocks

down there, but-- but not

focused like it was
a flood tunnel

at this point in time.

Okay, so here's what I think,

is... why don't we go
deeper first?

- You good with that?
- Yeah.

excavating a massive trench
two weeks ago...

This has a bunch
of same-size cobbles.

Yeah.

That is the description
of the flood tunnel.

not only large cobble stones

matching the reported description

of the flood tunnel...

- Is it concrete?
- Yep.

that may have been
mixed and poured

by Robert Restall and his son,
Bobby, in the 1960s

during a failed attempt
to plug up

the so-called vertical shaft:

a 32-foot-deep,
stone-lined feature

that the Restalls believed
was designed to act

as a shutoff valve
for the flood tunnel system.

and dig down and intercept
the flood tunnel...

Hey, Billy.

...follow it up the hill,

then we can find out right
where the Money Pit is.

I think we're plenty
far back on this side.

I'll take this bank off
so that I can see a little more.

Okay. Sounds good.

the large-scale excavation...

- of this tide going out, mate.
-I agree.

along the shoreline...

It's been quite a while
since we've detected

these beaches.
We've got the Money Pit

right up there.

- Could be anything.
- Mm-hmm.

and Alex Lagina are searching

for additional clues
that could help solve

the Oak Island mystery.

When people would
have been slipping

and sliding on these rocks,
losing artifacts,

the currents would have pushed
all the artifacts this way.

That's what I'm hoping.

- Let's hope
they're on this side.
- Okay, mate.

- See what we can get.
- Let's get stuck in.

- Okay.
- Zigzag along the shoreline.

the team has not only recovered
metal ship spikes in this area

that predate the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795,

but also
the 14th-century lead cross,

which may actually be connected

to the Christian military order
of the Knights Templar.

Got plenty of places
for an artifact to get trapped,

that is for sure.

- There's a hit.
- You've got that right, mate.

- And it's in that area there.
- There.

Underneath this giant rock.

Yeah, see what's trapped
in the rocks.

The problem is,

you have to dig quickly
because it keeps

- filling back in.
- Yeah.

Let's see.

I mean...

Ooh. It's caving in.

- Sorry, mate.
- It's okay.

How does something
get down that deep?

With these rocks? I mean,
it's almost like it was buried.

Yeah.

I say we bring some help
and-and expand the hole

and dig it out.

We just need
some more guys, more shovels.

I agree. I can't dig
any deeper than that.

- Yeah.
- I'm calling my Uncle Rick.

So a text comes in
from Alex, my nephew,

and it's hard
not to get enthused.

How can you not be excited?

It's a treasure hunt,
for gosh sakes.

There might be something here
beneath our feet

that will speak eloquently
to what happened here.

I don't care if we have
to dig it ten feet down.

We're gonna find
what's down that hole.

So this is
your little pet project, huh?

Yeah.

Little is not
the right word for it.

It really could be
anything, mate.

And it's still there,
that's the good news.

Okay, we need to get
this water out of the hole.

Yep. Exactly.

It's draining work, isn't it?

Yep.

my gosh, how did you even
detect it at that depth?

I mean, it's, it's incredible.

And we're two, three feet down.

My only thought is,
it must be quite large.

Again.

This is it here.

We just need to dig this out.

- It's moving.
-Ooh.
-Here we go.

- We got it.
-Oh, mate.

- You're getting it.
- There it is.

That would be it.

Ooh-wee!

We're gonna need a bigger pouch.

-There it is.
-That would be it.

Let's see. You're getting it.

That's it, there.

It looks like an iron plate.

There.

We're gonna need a bigger pouch.

It is an exciting
moment for Rick Lagina

and other members
of the Oak Island team...

Yeah, I don't know what it is.
I have no idea.

heavily encrusted metal object

beneath the shoreline
of Smith's Cove.

Some kind of

big iron conglomerate
coming off a wreck.

- Mm-hmm.
- How the heck did that

make its way down there?

That's been down there

- a very long time.
- Oh, yeah.

When iron objects
are submerged in salt water

for long periods of time,
the metal corrodes

and can collect smaller,
nearby objects,

creating one large,
solid concretion.

Could Gary Drayton be correct

that this concretion
may be related to a shipwreck?

If so, then just what kinds
of artifacts might it contain?

And was it buried several feet
beneath the shoreline

by a natural process?

Or, and perhaps
most importantly,

does it contain valuable clues
that compelled someone

to deliberately conceal it?

Emma, back at the lab,

she always scans these artifacts

to see if there's
anything else attached.

Could be a coin or two
attached to it.

Could be, I mean,
I-I'm just glad we got it

- out of the hole, you know.
-Yeah.

that that was at that depth,

especially in salt water,
is quite astounding.

It could be something

that speaks to this mystery.

But to understand what it is,
there might have to be

some fairly aggressive
physical cleaning of the item.

And I think it gives us
new hope for the beach.

Yeah. If something this big

stayed hidden this long,
what else is hidden?

Exactly.

Kudos to all three of you

for not giving up.

Okay, let's get that to the lab.

Get this all back in
and go find some more.

-Okay.
-Sounds like a plan.

-Hey, Rick.
-Hey.

Hi, Rick. How you doing?

Um, the next core
will tell the tale, right?

- This is it.
-...Rick Lagina

arrives in the Money Pit area
after being alerted

that the core drilling operation
in borehole HN-15.5

is about to reach
a depth of 127 feet,

the same depth
where a mysterious chamber

has been detected
by ground-penetrating radar

in the so-called Golden Egg.

Jan Francke's GPR anomaly

is gonna be
on display, hopefully.

I guess we'll know
in the next core.

We'll know in the next core.

If there is a structure at 127,

that's a whole new ball game.

Proof's in the pudding.

The hope is that
it is an actual chamber...

Here we go.

...cut into the underground

to hold something,
and keep something safe

for a long period of time.

This is it. This is it.

-To me, there's
significant hope here.
- Thank you.

the very thing
I have long sought to do,

and that is hold a piece
of evidence in your hand

that says the old story is real.

129.

Let's have a look.

Well...

...you're seeing
what I'm seeing.

119 to 129.

Yeah, we got 110% recovery.

And really, this is very much
in situ material.

Just what you'd expect
to see at this depth. Sadly.

There's just, you know,
there's a dearth

of structure, unfortunately.

I think Jan Francke interpreted

as best he could.

It's not here, unfortunately.

I'm disappointed
we did not locate

a void in proximity with
what the GPR was telling us.

It's frustrating.

But I still believe, 100%.

If this was easy, it would have
been solved 229 years ago.

There's nothing easy
about Oak Island,

and I think we've all come
to that realization...

- Absolutely.
- ...as every searcher
before you has come to that.

But the good news is,
we've covered some ground

and we know
the treasure can't be there.

- Yeah.
- But we have to put X's

- on the ground
in the Money Pit...
- Right.

...for the possibility
of digging

the caissons later this year.

Yes.

Well, we didn't find it.

That's a disappointment.

But it is a fact
that metals are in the waters

in and around the Money Pit.

Key metals that are
associated with treasure.

So we need to hear
some more data.

What I'm hoping to hear is,

where is it coming from?

It's not a win,
but maybe it's a tie.

Maybe it's a tie.

I know for a fact the story

- is still here.
- Oh, yeah.

So, keep at it, stay watchful
and see what happens.

-Thanks, Rick.
-Thanks, Rick.

See you.

Today, we're going
to have a very frank discussion

about this water-testing program

that has been a big part
of the search agenda.

have called a meeting
in the war room

with other members of the team
at the request

of geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

and his colleagues,
chemist Dr. Matt Lukeman

and hydrogeologist
Dr. Fred Michel.

I think we can all sense
the importance

of this meeting today.

After analyzing
new groundwater samples

that were collected
from boreholes

in the Money Pit area,

Drs. Spooner, Lukeman and Michel

have prepared a new report
regarding the traces

of precious metals that have
been repeatedly detected

between 80 and 120 feet
underground

in areas known as the Golden Egg
and the Baby Blob.

Gentlemen,
we'll turn it over to you.

So, with all the work
we've done,

there are some
interesting results in the data.

I've got a little
PowerPoint presentation.

Steve?

This is the Baby Blob.

Where the X is,
is where initially we thought

the metals might be coming from,

because the red arrows
show us water movement,

and all the red circles
and gold circles

show us high metal values.

And traditionally,
when we get metals,

we trace back to source, upstream.

That was part of why
we wanted to look

in the Golden Egg,
you know, that area.

- Mm-hmm.
- Where we're having problems--

being really disappointing
for us-- um,

are, all the other wells
to the north

show no anomalous results.

The bottom line is,

is we don't think
there's any metal

to the north of the Baby Blob.

It's not in the Golden Egg area.

We've done our work,
and we have no evidence of it.

So, caisson in the Baby Blob
or close proximity?

No.

I don't have
that confidence right now.

Marty? Craig?

Go ahead, Craig.

Um...

Well, I'm still trying
to digest it all.

I mean, I'm trying
to make sense out of this,

- as we all are.
- Right.

The data's remarkably
inconsistent, in my mind.

It's actually
consistently inconsistent.

I don't know
where to start, actually.

I mean, we have
ping-ponged around this

now for three years, almost.

Ian, y-you know,
I-I don't really see why

you're still convinced
there's metals down there.

Because how do metals
play hide-and-seek like that?

I understand your frustration,

but I'm frustrated, too.

Yeah.

It's discouraging.

How do metals play
hide-and-seek like that?

but I'm frustrated, too.

for Rick, Marty and members
of the Oak Island team.

It's discouraging.

groundwater tests conducted
by Drs. Spooner, Lukeman

and Michel
in the Money Pit area,

the high traces of gold,
silver and other metals

that were previously
identified in the Golden Egg

and Baby Blob
are no longer being detected.

you guys were super excited
about tin,

and I don't see anything
about tin today.

So, I mean, I'm trying to,

I'm trying
to pull this together.

I mean, what happened to tin?

Well, we haven't seen tin
this year.

But if it was there

in eye-raising amounts,

it's still there
in eye-raising amounts,

you just can't
see it anymore, right?

The inconsistencies in the water

are... every time we drill,

we dilute the sample.

on drilling, we're blaming it
on poor old Mike.

I don't think that's it.

There's something else or...

something badly wrong
with the data?

The samples were taken,
I think, in a defensible manner.

So, is this human error?

Um, I don't think so.

you understand probability
and things like that.

Is it even statically likely

that there's something
of immense value

in that intensely drilled area?

Is there a big chunk of metal
down there still?

We certainly do
have some anomalies

showing up in the water

that we cannot explain
as being natural.

So, there must be some.

Where is that?

We have some data to suggest

that when we were drilling sort
of around Hedden and Chappell,

metal started to show up
north of that.

And perhaps
the area of the Baby Blob

was accepting water
that was high in metal.

They're coming
from a traditional area,

which is around Hedden,
Chappell, somewhere around that.

That's really close
to where the original Money Pit

- is supposed to be.
- You're absolutely right.

conducted by searchers
between 1795

and the late 19th century,

which were all thwarted
by the flood tunnel

originating at Smith's Cove,

the location of the original
Money Pit was eventually lost.

However, some believe
that a 163-foot-deep shaft

built by William Chappell
in 1931,

and a 124-foot-deep structure

dug just to the east
by Gilbert Hedden in 1937,

may have encompassed
the original treasure shaft.

Curiously, both
the Chappell and Hedden shafts

produced compelling evidence
of man-made tools

and artifacts
that predated 1795.

But neither resulted
in the recovery of valuables.

Is it possible that both
just missed the treasure?

And now, through repeated
groundwater testing,

the Oak Island team may be close

to locating the fabled riches.

This is the exact area
where, a few years ago,

F-4 tested consistently
for both gold and silver.

And we've had maroon till in
the Money Pit and on Lot 5.

- I would put
a borehole in the area.
- Yeah.

- Good choice.
-Yeah.

The one thing
that is for certain

is there's metal down there.

Nothing has
me deviating from that.

It's just, where is
the source of those metals?

obtained numerous trace readings
for precious metals

in the Baby Blob
and the Golden Egg,

it is a scientific fact
that, three years ago,

high traces of gold and silver
were also in borehole F-4,

located 50 feet
to the southwest.

And curiously,
this is also the same area

where the team
collected soil samples

almost 100 feet deep

that matched a mysterious
mortar-like material

unearthed from
a stone foundation on Lot 5,

located on the western side
of Oak Island.

I am very disappointed
with the lack

of being able to put
an X on the map.

But again, the metals are there.
They're still there.

So, we can't stop.

F-4 had very high concentrations
of gold and silver.

That's significant.

Trying to understand
the complexity of the Money Pit,

it's absolutely,
mind-numbingly difficult.

But I still believe
that something happened here.

And so, the dartboard,
if you will, still exists.

We just have
to keep drilling to find it.

Mm-hmm.

And we have to keep
moving forward, Sempre Avanti.

Let's reconvene after everybody
takes a deep breath

and sees what this means.

- I agree.
- All right. Bye, everybody.

Thank you. Take care.

This hole is important
and interesting top to bottom.

known as D.5-7.4

positioned just
several feet to the northeast

of borehole F-4
in the Money Pit area--

nearly half a mile away
on Lot 5,

located on the western side
of the island...

Especially when you see them
in relation to this area.

...Peter Fornetti
joins Ethan Green

and Fiona Steele
as they continue investigating

the large stone foundation
near the shoreline.

This whole area
is really important

because we found
a lot of things here.

So maybe we explore those first.

a recently discovered section
of the mysterious feature,

which has yielded
numerous stunning discoveries

over the past two years.

In addition
to the mortar-like material

that matches soil samples
from deep in the Money Pit area

near borehole F-4,

they have also found

a cut, 17th-century
silver British coin

as well as a button
bearing a starburst design

and a lead barter token,

which, just like the lead cross
that was found at Smith's Cove,

may also date back
to the 14th century.

Hey, guys?

I think I've loosened enough
soil up around this rock

that if you thought
there was any way

you could move it or roll it,

then that will allow me
access to the floor.

And I'm dying to see
what might be down there.

- We can give it a shot,
that's for sure.
- We can give it a go, yeah.

-Okay.
-Let's try.

Well, it's...

-Watch your foot.
-That's great.

Thank you, guys.

Oh, nice.

I am finding artifacts galore.

Oh ho! Nice shard.

Oh, I see that from here.

- That was right
underneath the rock.
- Mm-hmm.

This is not a very big shard.

So, we're finding all sorts
of different things in here.

T-That's probably--
You're looking closer to 1780s.

- Okay.
- Mm.

It fits
the Oak Island timeline.

It's pre-discovery
of the Money Pit.

-It's really exciting.
- Yeah, it is.
- Yeah.

right from the beginning.

It's almost like the feature
that just keeps on giving.

So, we're trying
to figure out what exactly

this was and who was here.

And I think
the deeper down we go,

we might get more answers as to
exactly what that feature is.

It could be hiding something

that we're not aware of
at this point.

And I've got a big pocket
of charcoal

that's stuck under here, too.

That totally shows us

that man put that rock there
for some reason.

But that also shows
that we never

- got down to the bottom of this.
- Hmm.

This is also where we found

that Money Pit soil
from 104 feet down.

I'm finding
lots of bits of brick.

- Oh, yeah?
-I've got mammal bone.

Really, a mishmash of stuff.

- And it really is all coming
out from between these rocks.
- Wow.

That really has
to make you think about,

"What was this for?"

- And pre-discovery
of the Money Pit.
- Yeah.

This whole structure would've
been buried prior to that.

It potentially has clues
not just for Lot 5,

but for the Money Pit as well.

Yeah. I would agree with you.

Hopefully we can find
more puzzle pieces.

Yeah, I hope so, too.

Well, that's good.

in the Money Pit area...

You know, I-I was actually
part of this find.

And I have no idea
what it represents, though.

So, let's figure out
what it means.

join archeologist Laird Niven

and archeometallurgist
Emma Culligan

in the Oak Island laboratory.

What was most curious
about it to me

is it was just
heavily encrusted.

Emma and Laird
have been analyzing

the large iron object
that was discovered

some four feet underground
at Smith's Cove

and have successfully removed

the corroded materials
from its surface.

It was too big and too heavy
for the CT scanner.

So, we went low tech
and did a hammer and a chisel.

We just were kind of
caught off guard,

- because this is not what
we expected from that big lump.
- No, yeah.

It's a cast-iron stove door.

It's a beautiful design,
I will say that.

Yes. I find the design
quite unique.

And I like that,
that starburst design,

because you found
that button on Lot 5

that had that starburst design.

bearing a starburst design,

similar to the potentially
medieval button

that was found in 2023
in the stone feature on Lot 5?

Could that mean
that these artifacts

are in some way
related to one another?

Was this a popular design
on stoves back in the day?

Hopefully, some research will
show us what that comes from.

But Emma, what can you tell us
in terms of the elements?

Um, there were a few pieces
that were embedded

in some of the concretion.

So, I have those that I scanned.

Emma scanned smaller fragments
of the stove door

using the X-ray Fluorescence
Spectrometer, or XRF,

which uses gamma rays to
determine not only the elements

that make up
an object's composition,

but can also
help determine their age.

It is cast iron.

So, cast-iron stoves,
they can go back to mid-1700s.

But the manganese content in it

- does push it towards
more mid-1800s.
-Yeah.

But four feet down,
that had been there a long time.

So, probably early searcher.
But where does it come from?

Four feet down in Smith's Cove,
that's strange.

It's possible that these
stove parts found here

were left as markers by people
who had come searching.

Again, I round back
to my beliefs

that there was an effort
made by a group

or an entity

or a consortium of people

who had a specific agenda,
long ago,

and they hid their work,
they hid their efforts.

We need to find out
the design of this stove.

And so, hopefully, that will

help us get closer
to solving it.

This story is complex,
and it needs to be told.

Whether it be the searcher story

or the original
depositional story,

it's all important.

But Gary,
we need to go find more.

- Yep.
- All right. Good luck.

-Thank you both.
-All right. Thank you.

-Hey, Craig.
-Hey.

I'm hoping we can find
the vertical shaft.

and members of the team
at Smith's Cove

as they continue excavating
in search

of the legendary flood tunnel
believed to feed seawater

into the original Money Pit.

If the, uh, Restalls were right,

I mean, it led down
to the flood tunnel.

- Right.
-So it'd be
a good place to dig deep.

I'm gonna check it out
from up top.

If there is
some sort of connection

between Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit,

then we should see

something that was built
by human hands.

It's just a matter
of digging as deep as possible

over a considerable distance.

What are you seeing, Rick?

It's a board.

But I can't tell
what's underneath of it.

Okay.

We are in the area
of the vertical shaft.

It's where the Restalls put
wooden forms down the hole.

They poured in concrete,

their forms blew out,
and they lost the hole.

Well, here we are at roughly
the depth suggested

it should be,
and we're finding wood.

This could be the shaft
that we're looking for.

Hey, guys, there's an old shaft
or something here.

Should be right down there.

Yeah. Let's check
where the wood was found.

We want to get Gary down there
to metal detect.

Maybe he can find fasteners
or some other proof

of this shaft construction.

Sounds good.

I'll pinpoint, mate.

It's here, Alex.

Ooh, bollocks.

What the heck is this?

inland from the beach
at Smith's Cove...

-Looks like a big bolt,
doesn't it?
-Yep.

-Modern?
-I think probably.

...members
of the Oak Island team have

just made a curious
discovery while searching

for the remains of
the so-called vertical shaft...

Okay, mate.
I'll put it in the bag.

...a 32-foot-deep,
stone-lined feature

which the Restall family
believed was

a shutoff valve
for the man-made flood tunnel

that feeds seawater
into the original Money Pit.

And we've got
another hit here, Alex.

Okay.

Just there.

Ah, I see it.

-Modern nail.
- Modern nail.

That's what makes me think
that's the Restall Shaft.

Yeah.

Could it offer an important clue

that the team may be close
to finding

the wooden frame or forms

built by the Restall Family
in 1961

when they poured concrete
into the vertical shaft?

If so, they may also
be on the verge of locating

the notorious
man-made flood tunnel.

Coming down.

This must be
all over the place, seriously.

Yeah.

As I suspected, a modern nail.

-Modern nail?
-Yep. Another modern nail.

-Okay.
- Put it in the bag?

Yep.

So as we're digging
in Smith's Cove,

we found some hints

that we might be
in the right place.

These traces
of the Restalls' activity to me

are saying
that we're getting close.

It's here, Alex.

Oh, is that it,
you just pulled it out there?

- Oh, yeah, that is it.
- Yep.

Broken spike of some kind.

Rounded, beveled point.

-Modern?
-I don't know.

It's a tough one to tell.

- We can get this tested.
-Okay.

- Why don't you bag it?
-Yep.

If you confirm the location
of the vertical shaft,

you can hopefully find
the flood tunnel itself.

Because it's a direct
connection to the treasure.

There are clues
to the location of the Money Pit

- here in Smith's Cove.
-Yeah.

And I think we've proved that.

- Yep.
-Yeah.

I think the next five, ten feet

is gonna give us
some information.

And digging the shaft
you guys just found.

I agree.

- Yeah.
- So we just got to keep digging.

- Yeah.
-Well said.
-All right.

at Smith's Cove...

Well, this is
a pretty exciting hole.

We could be very, very close

- to the original Money Pit.
- Yeah.

other members of the team
continue monitoring

the drilling operation
in borehole D.5-7.4,

located in an area

where the team's
latest groundwater tests

have identified high-trace
evidence of precious metals

more than 100 feet underground.

- We're gonna take
this one down deep.
- Yeah.

We'll all have
our eyes peeled around

100 feet down to the 150 level.

Because we could be
in the original backfill

- of the Money Pit itself.
- That's right.

Another core coming.

Thanks, Dallin. What do we got?

This is 98.

- 98? Thank you.
- 98.

- Hey, Mike.
- You see something
peeking out the end there, Mike?

Yeah, man, we've got some wood.

Whoa. What?

-Yes, we do.
-Look at that.

That's what I'm talking about.

- That's really interesting,
Mike.
- Yeah.

- That's excellent.
- Yeah.

So that right there,
Terry, is 102.

My casing drove it deeper.

- I see.
- I could feel
the end of the wood.

- So, that's when I stopped.
- Oh, wow.

Terry, do you think
that's a top of a tunnel?

I'm not sure,
but what intrigues me

is that's a piece of wood
below in situ material.

This could be promising.

and below in situ,
or undisturbed, soil?

This is just a broken run.

We've got the second half
coming right now.

be correct that the team
has found a tunnel?

If so, could it be connected

to the original Money Pit?

- What do you got?
- Uh, 108.

- 108.
- 108.

Oh, wow.

We got more wood.

Absolutely.

Look at this.

I mean,
this potentially could be the,

the bottom of the tunnel.

- Yeah.
-I mean,

we've got a lot of wood in place

from 99 to 108.

So this could be
potentially a big tunnel.

- Definitely,
that's approximately...
- Okay.

...an eight-
or nine-foot tunnel.

Wow.

- Hey, guys.
- Scott, how you doing?

- Hi, Rick.
- Hey.

Rick Lagina and Scott Barlow

arrive after being alerted

that evidence
of a nine-foot-tall

wooden tunnel
has been recovered from more

than 100 feet deep
in borehole D.5-7.4.

So here we are
at a very interesting hole.

and at the same
approximate depth

where the team has detected
high trace evidence

of precious metals
through groundwater testing.

Everything got very,

very interesting
around 99 feet below grade.

I really feel we're
in a tunnel here, no question.

That's one more thing
that reinforces

the importance of this area.

We have tunnels coming
to a singular point--

- here-- of interest.
-Yeah.

Where did it come from?
Where does it go to?

We're not sure,
but we could be in the vicinity

of the Money Pit.

An unknown tunnel at
a previously undiscovered depth

is incredibly interesting.

And when you find something
in the Money Pit

that is unexplainable,
perhaps it has to do

with the original mystery.

But at this point,
you have to make

the right decisions
in order to exploit it.

Let's finish the hole,

take it down to bedrock,
and see if we find

anything else
that might explain these high

values of gold and silver
in the water.

So keep your eyes and wits
about you

as you investigate the cores.

But let's wait for the data.

- Yeah.
- Right on.

we think this is the year,
we really do.

And I am convinced by the data
that it's worth continuing

to search here,
but for something that happened

hundreds of years ago

about a treasure
that is buried deep,

it ain't gonna be easy.

And here we have an indication
of something unknown,

so that could be yet another
sign that we're getting close.

So keep watching the rig
and we'll see what happens.

- No question.
- All right?

We'll stay on task, Rick.

- Thanks.
- Thank you.

- See ya.
- Thanks, guys.

For a week that began
with discouraging setbacks,

Rick, Marty, Craig
and their team

have learned that their faith
in one another

and their determination

to build upon the efforts
of those who came before them

may soon lead
to the ultimate discovery.

But as they dig deeper,

perhaps the greatest question
that remains to be answered

is can they overcome
the mysterious forces

that have guarded
Oak Island's secrets

for more than two centuries?

Next time
on The Curse of Oak Island...

The metal detecting
calvary has arrived.

I've learned everything
from him.

- Oh!
- What is this beauty?

This looks like
it's got a design on it.

- How old could it be?
- Old.

Yeah.

It's the center
of our next borehole.

It hasn't really been
all that explored.

Could be anything there.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-We've got
a lot of wood.

- This looks like the vault.
- Really?

This could be the one.

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